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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-02-21
U. n. ScnntOr.

There is quito lively discussion
progressing rs to who is to represent
Ohio IN the Senate. There should
be no discussion on this point, for il
the People could 10 heard, Ben
Wade would be designated by an
overwhelming majority. !Ie should
be elected without opposition.
lie is honest-a qualification very
much needed In officials ut this par.
ticular time. He ia q statesman,
not a mere politician like many oI
those coveting his scat, but n states.
man, and one fully up to tho stand =
ard OF years ago, when such men as
Clay aud Webster were alone con.
sidered worthy OF places in that
House. He is fearless. Ben Wade
hasn't white feather about him.
When ia the right (nnd he always
is) he ID AS stubborn az mule, and
threats have just as little effect upon
him as cGjolery, aud no 10 Just rs
much proof against both as an iron.
clad gun boat would be against n
discharge OF boiled peas. Then he
has had experience, aud that is ev.
erythlng. One Reason why the
South always carried her points
against us WAS that whenever they
found man Of ability in Congress,
they kept him there, and everybody
knows or ought to know, that one
experienced Congressman is worth
three raw once. The Legislature
shonld elect the Old Roman without
delay,
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-02-21
GLORY ENOUGH

The events of tho past ten days
have been absolutely startling The
Union cause WAS apparently under
q cloud. Up to Il certain timo we
met with not but disastor. Every
where we were defeated, until none
but the most sapg, zine hoped Tor the
restoratioD OF 'the Union. But the
tide is now turned. The brilliant
victories ~ the Atlantic coast are
morssth'.n oslipsed by the stupen
duous achievements in Kentucky
and Tennessee, and now the g'o'
riJus old Flag floats over every
State, cave three Glory enoneh
The Rebellion ia dead. II hss re
ceived blows from which !. can nev.
or recover, and by next May Peace
will be restored TO us. Real th,
glorious news in to day's paper.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-02-21
TIE New York World saws: TIL

TIE New York World says: Tn,
Legislature OF Delaware has just ad.
journed, having passed a resolution
expressly denouncing any measure
to abolish slavery in tho state. II
also declined assuming the states
quota OF tho national tax, aud re.
fused to pass a resolution instruct
ing their Representative aud Sen
ators to sustain the government il
tho prosecution Of the war. II il
very evident Delaware has not any
loyalty to spare.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-02-21
lie gal Notice.

XX-lLLIAM WALLACE WELSH is hereby
w notified. that on tie II ID day Of Feti1i.
AIRY, \. -. laJ2, sarah Welsh. ct the county of
iilno, uc aud state of Ohio. flied in the Court
Il Common P,..Is uf the said county of Han.
Goes aLG state ut OHIO, = petition against tho
said william Wallace Welsh. Charles Clark
Welsh ,and jam, Wellington Welsh. he Object
and prayer ui winch petIhun Is fur tho assign.
mGLt IL dover tp said ~artu WG..a, "a tho fol.
loNiEg premises, of which her l.,'e husband.
james Welsh, WAS ssiIcj during her cuycrtury
with him. to'wit: TIE sail premises being SIT
u,tte IN sand county oi ilancDCk and state Of
Ohio, IS follows tie east i,.,li of tho suuti.
west quarter ul section i.ur, township two
u rth, range twelve C,.ai --- containing eighty
40 rts uf hand; aiS', TIE GHdiV une-fuurlli
pact ,i tie south east one tDGr'h ui the iiurtil.
east one iuUr,A ~ section twelve, tuwnsh!n
acres ct land; ant the ",,t uuo h;..I OF Tho
southeast one uU"riert ~'ctiuHl!. tiwEship
two, i,p,tu tango cicyuu.-. C..u.luIug eighty
.tafra col l.ud Il; the ,.st tNu drsog.JuU I.r,a. ,i
.idnd tu.u' s,IlJ ct Co. tnu .,u. ts'..lu Ut EIEt.
bttN VI, ia, Nl'uW Ui Jnuu ~ rlau, docu,tsud;
and ttc stid William WuiH', Welsh D., hrlLor
untH'a u.al uucss Eu ai. ear tlG iiCad, AN
>HCr ,t U,i.lur L. ,AH st.u Dt,tlJ!I. W,tutn SIX.
y Gdy alter tho next tern. OF s.tlG Court, lLu
said sarah Welsh at tue term next alter tAe
cAP.r3't.u - said $ Nly d.!S HIl. ami. iu said
Court To- t.kc the matters 4 tie iCuiiun as
q, n!c-svI ana t. dcgrce thereon agcurdIngly.
SAR III ", l.sii.
BY O'NgNL, 8lAc%.nHD HARSH, her Alas.
/.
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PORT ROYAL, Feb. 10,

Everything here presents tho ap.
pearance OF n thriving seaport town.
Civilians constitute no small por-
ton OF the population. White la
dies u short uine since. excited much
attention, but now they are abun.
dant I; as many officers aud civilians
have brought their families with
them. Number'ess buildings are
bong erected, and splendid aul
substantial dock. 1900 ieet long, is
neslly completed, The contrabands
are enjoying themselves hugely /;
most VI them making money by
selling sweet potatoes, oysters, iish, :,
&c, to the soldiers. Fine oysters
sell at ten cents u quart. Up the
river from Beaufort tho slaves OF the
plantations are reveling on their
masters property, the town 10 ut.
terly deserted, the officers occupy
ing tho best houses. The Provost
NJ arshal has stored away all tho pi.
amos and finest furniture. Whisky
sells at Beaufort and Hilton lleau
at SIS per gallon matches, 25 cts.
per box. sweet potatoes, 8 cents per
dozen, butter 70 cents per pound
The troops arc oncamped in besuti.
iul orange groves back OF the city.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-02-21

ST. Louis. Feb. 10. The Rcpub.
LEANS Cairo dispatch says the latest
odviccs from Donelson report thu,
the gun boat ST. Louis, Capt. Pauld
ing proceeded up the Cum berland tc
ClaIk3vi'le, and found the enemy
abandoning that place in a panic.
Two largo flats laden with muni
tons Of war were captured ut the
Rolling mill, inst below CIarksville
Every thing was being m we'd ia
Nashville as last as possible, where
the next rebel stand would bc made
Everything at Donelson is pro
-ressing satisfactorily. Oar army
are encampcd in the captured works
having comfortable quarters in 10:
huts and tents lately garrisoned. -
The soldiers are very enthusiastic
and anxious to march at once agsins
Nashville.
With thecxcep,ion oiscvero colds
conse quent upon recent exposure
our army was well.
Tho actual number OF prisoner
taken was l3 800. Amuny them /,
Gen. West, not previously mention
ell.
Gen, lIallcck has received dis
patches from Dorelson stating tha
one thousand more prisoners hav,
been taken. They came down tn,
river to reinforce the fort and, no
knowing it had surrendered, wcr,
begged hy our troops
Prof. Swallow, State Gcolopist
who arrived here Las, night wa
committed TO the military prison o.
charge Of Cisloya'ty.
Tho names oi the r,lr, ,fIi,e,
captured at Warsaw, Saturday las,
were incorrectly reported from Sc
dalia this morning. They are Brir
Gen. Price, Col, Dorsey. Col. Gross
Capt. lngc, all of Maj. Gen. Price
staff
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-02-21
MIR. WILLIAM GRIBBEN.

Las wock resolution was intro.
duced into tho Legislature Of Ohio,
favoring the passage OF the Legal
Tender Bill. OF course il passed
for very large majority oi our Leg
islators are stsunch supporters OF the
Government. but among the Nays
We were surprised to see the name
Of VIM. Gribben, the Representative
OF this county,
We ask the people Of Hancock
County to remember this vote.
The Government 10 In a periious
situation. The enormous expenses
attending its efforts to maintain it,
self has drained tho Treasury, and
1t necde and must have more money,
for without II tho Government dies
and the rebels establish theirs in its
stead. Authority ID given to issuc
Treasury notes, and Immediately
the New York and New England
bankers and brokers saw AL oppor-
tunity to speculate on the misior-
tunes of tho country, and combined
to depreciate them in value. The
Government strives to maintain its
~
credit by making them Legal Ten
der-the bankers oppose the meas
ure that thoy may fill their own col
fers. To strengthen the hands OF
the real friends OF tho Government,
tho Legislatures OF the diffarenl
states pass resolntions approving o'
the measure, Cnd on the introduc
ton Of one in tho Legislature o
O..io,
VIM. GRIBBEN VOTES NO
This ia the whole story. Know
ing that tho so!diers OF the Repnb
lie, and tho farmers who feed them
must be paid off in these noiee, the
brokers and money cormorants o'
New York and Boston determined
to depreciute them, to run them
down in value, that they might buy
them vt such rates ss they pleased
The soldier in the field was to be
swindl.d out OF portion OF his
earnings, and the farmer who sells
his cattle and grain to the govern,
ment was to bo dcrauded in the
same manner, that New York Shy
locks might add to their ill.gotten
boards, and William Gribben, who
represents constituency OF farmers,
every one of whom has friends and
relatives in the fold, dares to aid
these worse than robbers with bic
v0to.
Mr.. William Gribber will proba-
bly, regret that vote before long.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-02-21

CoNFIscArEp. A son OF cx. Sen
ator Underwood, of kentucky, a stu
dent at the Rensselaer, Institute, in
Troy, received news last week that
the entire estate OF his father. At
l'owling Green, had betn contisca
ted by the rebel government.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-02-21
Another Victoryl
SAVADNAH CAPTURED |!

Intelligence was received at WASH
ington, on Monday last, that Savan.
nah had been taken by Commodore
Dupont. No particulars.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-02-21

Sr LoUIs, February IS The fol
lowing haa been sent from head
quarters TO M'jor General McCl,l.
Ian, Washington:
The fig Of our country now
floats over Arkansas. Gen. Curtis
has driven Price from Missouri and
is several miles across the Arkansas
line cutting up Prices renl and
hourly capturing prisoners and
stores. The amy Of the South must
bo doing its duty nobly.
III. w. llALLEcK,
Major General Commanding.
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W ~~NNysP

who wcre roc killed or did not es.
cape" II ie impossible to get list
OF the killed and wounded, as the
killed have not Sll boen brou siH in
! and are mixpd with the rebel killed
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-02-21
Mainr General Commanding
MINNESOTA OUTLINING REBELS.

A bill has passed both branches oI
the Minncsota Legislature, to pre-
vent people Of The seeded states,
and thu; portion oi Virginia which
sustaius secession, during tho rebel
lion, from nysiling themselves OF the
Miuuesota state Courts, in the col
lection OF debts contracted by citi-
Zens Of Minnesota.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-02-21

BACK AGAIN.-Santa Anna has as
many lives as cat. Alter lying
ptrau for, VIC do not know how
many years, he now pulls up stakes
and starts Tor Mexico. We venture
TO say that he will give good &C
count Of himself, and it may lie that
he is destined to play an important
part in the luture OF his country.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-02-21
Summary of --latest News !

From TT. Donels0n tho news comes
bu,trr and bitter. Two regiments
o. rebels have been captured since
the surrender of tho Fort. 10000
stand. Of arms, 9 900 barrels Of flour,
1000 boxes of beef, and large
amount Of ether provisions were
among our spolls. Gen. Grant has
been made Major General, and Col.
Garfield, Brigadier. Ovr losA at
Fort Donelson was 300 killed, and
700 wounded and missing. TIE
| Tennessee Rolling Mills, the estab'
lishmcnt that makes shot and shells
for tho rebels was burned by our
gun boats, Tuesday. Floyd's Brig
ado threw their MIME Rifles into
the river, and the crews If our gun
boats are fishing them out. Two
thirds OF the prisoners taken at FL.
Donclson expressed desire to re-
turn to their allegiance. They &C.
Iknowledged they had been humbng'
ged into thcir present uncOmt sia'
bic. fix.
A report is current at Cairo, that
tho Governor OF Tennessee has or.
dcred The citizens of that State to
lay down their arms. Faulkner oi
Virginia, in speech to the citizens
oi Mertiusburg, declared the rebel.
lion failure, and advised the rebels
TO make tho best terms possible with
the Government.
ADdy Johnson goes with our ar
my TO Nashville, to organize a Pro-
visioHal Government tor Tennessee.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-02-21

Tho bill which the Territorial
Committees of both Houses are ma
turing will organic, the rebel un-
try into irce territories. on tho prin
cip'e that, by the rebellion, thr states
have committed suicide that with
them their local laws and "pecu.
lar" institutions nave died.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-02-21
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am, sir, your obedient servant,
s. B. BucKNER,
Brigsdier General, q. s. A.

DtiSouior NShcFai, ". .. n.
Our whole force WAS soon in the
enemy's works. The rebel officers
gave up their swords. Tho bulk of
the rebels were chagrined, as they
had known OF the surrender long be-
fore our men were apprised OF it.
Pillow and Floyd had planned and
executed their escape during the
night, taking with them Floyd's
brigade, and few favorites in a ie W
small steamers.
The prisoners are loud in their de.
huncistlons, and many OF them ac-
knowledge the hopelessness OF their
cause, in'imsting their willingness
to take tho oath OF allegiance and
return to their homes.
To q question put to an officer as
to how many prisoners we had, he
replied, "You have all out Of 25, 900
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A DhiN is iAiA ioH's NorlCE.-Nollcs 1.
"A hereby gwen that the undersigned, GEO.
iHHsOE anu later IREECE, have been duly an.
pointed anu qualhed rs lns AdmInIs strlL1rs n,
tue estate ol ukSRY TKEECE, lale of Haucook
county, ouio, deJeasee.
GEORGE TREECE,
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February n, lo12. [3w
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Headquarters IN FIELD.

FIR, DoNELsoN, Feb 16, 1SG2.i
To General 5. b. Buckner-Sir
Yours OF this date, proposing an
armistice and appointment of Com.
mission,rs to settle the terms OF ca.
pitulatlon, ia just received. No
terms except unconditional and i'm.
mediate surrender can be accepted.
| propose to move Immediately upon
your works.
| am, sir, very respectfully,
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(Signed) U. s. GRANT,
Brig, Gen. Commanding.
HEADQUARTERS, Dover, Tenn, Il
Feb. IL, 1862.
Brigadier General U. s. Grant, U
). A.-Sir The distribution OF
forces under my command incident
to an unexpected Change in com,
,nanders, aud the overwhelming
iorce under your command, compel
the, Notwithstanding the brilliant
success OF the Confederate arms yes
terday, to accept the ungenerous,
unchlvalrous terms which you pro-
pose.
| am, sir, your obedient servant,
~
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Brigcdier General. G. S. -.
To U. 5 GRANT, Brig. Gen y. S.
A, commanding u. S. forces near
TT Douelson.
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-10-28

TRUSTEES SALE.-Whereas on the 1t jay
L OF November, A. D., ls59, Lafayette Parker
ami Josephine l.. c. Parker, his vile. executed
unto David :. True, as Trustee. a certain Deed Of
trust, conveying to said Trustee Tho lands in
Scott county, Iowa, described as follows to-wi. /.
That part Of lot No. five rs, in block No.
six'y-hVc CO., in the city Of Davenport rarticu.
larry described as follows, to-wit CONNIE. cno at
point twenty-tour "A feet west from the snuth
east corner OF sad lot; running thence yes,
twenty 1ol ieet thei ce north eighty (s0) feet
to ten foot alley thence east twenty (201 feet
thence soath eighty (S0) feet to the place Of be-
ginning. Also lot No. twenty five 25) of sec
ton No. sixteen (l6,) in township No. seventy
eight 49, north o, range No. three 60 east Of
the fifth T. NJ, as said lot appears Of record IN
the Fund Commissioners Office of said cosn.v he
ing for'y 40) acres. Also the north west ouar,ey
OF the north east quarter ard the northeast
quarter O. the northwest quarter Of section No.
eleven (ll,) and the north west quarter
Of the north west quarter of section
No. fourteen { l4,) in township No. eighty (sO
north of range one { y east OF the fifth 5.h) +.
Nj. Also an Undivided one half part of the south
hall OF the south west quarter Of section No
enc III in township No. seventy nine f7e. north
OF range one ~ east Of the fifth r. NJ and also
the soath- east quarter Ut the south west quarter
OF section No. twenty-nine 80 } In township No
eighty (so,) north of range two 90 east IL III
NTH oh +. NJ. which said conveyance was
male by the said Lafaye Parker for the pur
pose OF securing the payment of two certain prom
issory notes and the interest thereon, signed bv
said Lafay ette Parker. dated the lst day Of Nov
ember, 1859, and payable as follows: One for the
sum OF thiriy-three hundred TS3 5ool dollars.
pay able 10 the order of Charles s. Watkins. Sen :
on the lst day of November. 1850, and the oiber
for the sum of one hundred and ninety-eie b
lslas dollars, payable to the order of Charles
Watkins, Jr., on the 1st day of MAY. l>fo. with
interest on each of said notes ct ten 10 per cent
per annum.
And now said promissory notes having became
due and and the said Parker having tailed
to pay the said note Of thirty-three hundred
lSo,5ooI dollars, save ana excepting the sum of
three hundred and thirty IS3SOl dollars interest.
!, David ). True. Trustee as aforesaid do hereby
hive this public notice, that by virtue of the
power, which is in me vested by said D. ed If
Trust. will, on Wednesday, the 2sth dav
OF october, A. d. 1862, at the hour Of 9 O'Clock
mine afternoon OF said day, at the Court House
door, In the city of Davenport expose and offer for
safe, at public auction, the rarcels of land
above described, or SO much thereof as shall
be necessary to satisfy and pay thu amount Of said
note, with the interest thereon to the day of
sale, together with all the costs and exnenses
attending said sale, costs o. this notice and Trus
tees fees. -" us
Dated the 9th day of October, A. D.. 1862.
=. DAVID 3. TRUE,
w Trustee.