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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-10-24
A Proclamation at Hilton Head.

Hon. John Hutchins, OF the Trum
bull and Ashtabula district, ia now
on a tour Of inspection at Hilton
Head. He writes an interesting let
ter to the New York Tribune, from
which we quote tho following para.
graph:
"Th's proclamation ia received
hrre with Joy by the officers and
men, including the navy, as | an
informed Gen. Mitchell heartily
indorses it, not giving it cold snp.
port because it is the order OF a
superior, which he is bound to obey
but yielding obedience to it hecaus,
he believes it to he a wise military
order, and because he believes it t,
be right and just.
'GeD. Mitchell has been hereto
fore favorably known to tho literafy
world IA an able Astronomer, tami
liar with and at homo with The stars:
and now that he is practically pro
tcssor of the stars and stripes h.
will held them mp in his department
to the terror OF 'rai,ors 0nn Tor the
protection o! lovSl men wherever
'ornd. | have only had time 10 col.
,cct few facts concerning the cnl
'iva'ion Of tlieso islands during the
past season hv the contrabands -
The island Of P,rris is near Ililto'
Head, is about three miles wiic. and
about nino miles long, This is n
rich and fertile island, bu' hot in a
high state Of cultivation. TIL re- sre
upon THE island 32O contrabands
only $50 of whom ara available as
lahorers. These labCrers have cnl
tivated daring tie past season. 900
acres Of cotton 800 acres ofcorn, 4G
acres oi q eet p tatoes, AM 20 ocrc-
oi rice md garden vegetables. The
gross prnduct or thcan crops can
be lrss than $4,000. This is tic
cstim to al the Superintendent, All
Intelligent and carnnl business nen,
Dr. -. of Cincinnati, OHIO. HI
hNs been the sole Superintendent o.
these necroea, nssisted by coloroa
man. These contrabanjs have Ia
bored faithfully ard cbeeriully-n I
from fear of the lash. but for the
hope OF reward. The cultivation
he's been much embarrassed for th.
want ol teams and able implc.
ments ot hnsbaDdry. There is also
o. this island fine crop of oranges
the value ot which did not ascer
tain. These sre not included in Il Q
above estimate. Ono oi the contra.
b,nds told me tn sometimes Two
schooner loads oil oranges in a season
were shipped from the island.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-10-24

|, KANSAS Cry, October 1s.-Reli
able information states that Guam.
trill, with about two hundred mon
made a raid on Shswneetowp Kan,
sas, last night, burning the greater
portion OF thetown and killing nine
citizene. He carried off oil the
horses he could find. Ila p lssr d
Little Santa Fe. Missouri, last evon.
ing, at about seven o'clock, on his
way to Kansas returning in the same
direction at five O'clock this morn.
ing. Considerable excitement pre-
vAils hero.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-10-24
Soldiers Voting.

The soldiers OF Iowa, Illinois and
Pennsylvania. are permitted to vote
wherever they may be. In every
regim Mt, tho vote has stood four to
one Tor the Union ticket-particnlsr.
ly for the Union Congressman -
The soldiers know the Butternu.s
are the alice Of their enemies.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-10-24


The people wcrc told until many
believed that Ohio was to be over
whelrned with rnnawsy negroes. and
for proof, she twc contrabsnds now
in Findlsy were pointed at. The
high price Of cotton, OF sugar, OF
coffee, the paper money, the nation.
al tax. the draft, were hsrped upon
until in the minds OF the uuinform
ed, a vague terror was raj. ed, that
swelled their vote immensely.
And lastly the interminablc and
alec unaccountabls delay in war
matters generally, had its ef,ct.--
Thousands Of voters who bad here.
tofore given the administration q
hearty support, tired Of the incom.
potency Of Generals s--diseuetod at
the sacrifice OF men and money,
made daily by retaining them in
place, stsycd at home, willing that
the Administration should receive
a rebuke. Flattered with "boa con
strictors," "bsgging," strategy
"crushing ont 10 ninety days. fo'
nearly two years, and eeeirg the
work a. far ne ever from completion
they allowed the rebuke to be given.
There are the leading causes that
produced the dsfeat. We regret it
for the reason that in the South, i,
will be taken as an indication OF dis
affection in Ohio--as the forerunncr
Of that "reaction" in their favor, they
have been looking for 30 long, and
will nerve their forces for the con
fict. It will send thrill Of Joy
from Richmond to New Orleans, aud
will do more for the rebel cause than
conld forty regiments Of men. il
will prolong the war by inspiring
new hope in their discouraged peo
pie, and excite them to new efforts.
They are deceived. Ohio is YET
loyal, notwithstanding che still per.
mits a few traitors who have control
OF a powerful organization, to exist
within her borders.
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Notice.

UNhe undersigned, has been duly sppoInted
Administrator OF the estate OF John swan.
Il. ger, late of Hancock county ohio. de-.
cpi'sed. All pcrsons indebted 10 the estate.
are requested 10 make immediate payment,
present their claims tn tho undersigned for
allowance, JOHN LEWIS
Oct. -, 1869.
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The sirum,iou.-Uus Duty.

The situatiou.-OuS Duty.
We have met with y reverse, one
of the most serious, character. The
carrying oi The state by the Butter
mot faction, has encouraged and EN-
ibo,dencd them, and treason that two
weeks ago lay hid 10 the souls Of the
desperate men who. control that
party, is now manifcstihg itself in
words, acts, and deeds. All over
The state, Il lie msniiesting itself. In
Crawford sonnty, sn ex-Judge and
usnber Of congress, &. w. Hall hes
been arrested for counciling resist-
ancs to the draft. and several others
of less note have also been put in
limbo. The denupoistious Of the
war, Of the tax, Of the adminstra-
tion and iss policy. are aercer, more
def ant, come thicker and isster than
ever before. In short, we nov
know wbst Was before inspected,
that we have INCUR midst, bold and
unscrupulous sympatbizers with the
Southern rebellion. The men who
actually sympathize with the South
and are lsboripg for its success, are
few, but they make up for numbers
by bcldness and zeal. They are,
now, that they: have succeeded In
their election, actively at work poi.
soning the minds Of the people, in 3
new way. Before the election, they
protested . semi -Unionism, and
bssed their oposition 70 the admins
trs,ion upon the ground that II was
not working IN the right direction to
accomplish the great work Of put
ting down the rebellion. Now they
have thrown of the mack partially,
and attack the cause itself, and are
iaboriug 10 convince the people that
the South is right and the govern
ment wrong, in this struggle, and
that the rebels should Of right sue
ceed. "a 90
The Union men have duty 10
perform at this time. Had the
proper work been done before the
electioa., q part Of 1t would have
been saved, for Union victory would
have kept the scoundrels in check
but we were defeated, and il now
rename for Us to wrest as much as
possible OF tho fruits Of victory from
them. The ideas they are promul
eating, must be met with truth. and
the minds Of the people kept steadily
to the one point Of crushing the re.
bellion. We must not dodge or
blink one article OF our belief--onc
solitary point al, our principles
Wo. 90 . party nrQed tho tax TO
e. stain the government. We urged
the emancipation proclamation, and
now, Notwithstanding temporary 70
verse, wo must sustain them. They
are right, and the time will come,
when tho people as a unit will zee
and ac&nowledge it. The spirit o.
loyalty must be kept alive, and the
fires Of patriotism famed into
brighter fame, and the d vilish, ,fiend.
ish spirit Of secession, now growing
30 raritAy must be met and crushed
" wherever it shows its head.
Wo have ss an organization, ten.
fold the work we ever had before.
and let us, ss patriots and lovers OF
our country, set about it at once
IL we lose our government, we lcse
our sll-wc have every thing worth
living for, at stake. Let every
Union man isht the demon OF Sc
cession, with more ardor-more zeal
thar ever.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-10-24

VNHE undersigned hils been duly appointed
l. administrator OF tho estate oi Petor Roth,
late OF Hancock county, Ohio, deceasod. All
persons indebted 70 the estate, are reqaest to d
70 IN tko Immediate paymsnt, and taoso hav,
ing oalns against tho same, will pyesent the M
10 the undersgne for allowance. n '''T5 ]
o. 80 J.F, BURKET,
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-10-24
Judge Whitley and tho Union Party

Last fall there was a Common
Pleas Judge to olect, in the place
.of Machirs G. Whiteley. Judge
Whiteley had worn the ermine five
years. and had found il CON Portable
He was 10th TO throw IL off, but the
district was strongly Republican.
md as Democrat he had not the
ghost Of a chance. Unionism was
nPpermost, and Judge Whitley waa
seized with violent love for it. He
alked II on the streets, he maneu-
vred with it, until, believing him
honest, large number OF the Un.
ion men Of the county begsn to be
willing to vote for him for Judge.
The following correspondence en-,
sued between him and the Union
Central Committee:
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-10-24
IS i'f NN1V T0NNfN Map. Nllf II rs n
County and Railroad Map
EVERY RAILROAD STATION

tN
ind distances between.
Guarantee any woman or man 81 to - pei
day, aud will taee hnck AL maps that calno
be sold and refund the money.
Seud FIR 81 tn Try.
Printed Instructions how to canvass well
rurniphcd .ll our agt MIS-
wartod wholesale Agents for our Mans IN
in every State. California. Canada Enclrrd
France and Cuba. \ fortune may he made
with few hundred '"i'prS cpritnl
NO COMPETITION.
~ T. LiOiD. No. LII B. Oai,rdy. Nfr To,k
Tho War Department usrs our Man of Vir.
cirea. Maryland, and PENNSYLVANIA. cost sion.
i9OM on which is mark"h Antin,rm Creek
iSharnsburg, Mar, land Heights, Willamsprr'
Ferry ,Pror 'svillc, Noland's Fora. and all 9th.
ers on toe Potomac. and every other place in
MARYLAND virginia aud Pennsylvania, or mo
nov r"rrrdod
LIoYD's To7oaRApHICAL MAP
,CF KENTUCKY, OHIO, INDIANA AND ILLINOIS,
is tie only authority Tor zen. Buell. anil the
War Department. Money Refunded tn any
one finding an error IN IT. Price ~ cents.
From the Tribune. August ~:
'"iIoyd' Map of virginia. Mirylnnd aud
Prnnsy:yanIn.
Tho Map is very lar e. its cost is but - cts
and II is the best that ran hc purchased"
I.I.oyd's Great Map Of thc lii ssis-ippI Rive,
From actual surveys by Captuirs Bart and
VIM. Iinwen, Mississippi river ss,ln,s Of 81
Louis. M'sSouil shows every mans plantation
~ d owners name from ST. Louis to Tie GuJI
lof McX'co-une thousand three hundred and
atty miles -cvcfy sand bur, i-ltnf, town, land
ing and al places twenty miles back from tho
river cololcd IN counties and States. Price
81 In sheets. 50 IN pocket firm, aud s2 -. nr
linen, with Hers Ready sept %.
NAVY DyrARTMgNr
WASuINGr"s. september. II. lsG2.
J. T. LLnYD- sir: Send mo your Man Of ,ha
Mississippi river. with price per hundred COP.
Irs Eear'Admiral Charles n. Davis. com.
msndins tho Mississippi squadron, is author
iznd To purchase as many as arc required for
use "i tilat squadron.
GIDEON WEhLES,
Secretary of tho Navy
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-10-24
Six Hundred-Thousand

MALE OH FENAL'S AGENTS To SELL
LI.OND'S NEW STEEL. PLtTE CoUN.
Ty C0LORED MAP or THE
UNITED >TNTEs. .CNNADAs,
AND NEW nRJSsNvICK.
From recent surveys. completed August 10
time.
Superior to any $40 map ever made hv Col.
ton ar Mitchell, and sells at the low price ni
hfv cents; $40 900 lanes are engraved on
his m,p.
Il is iot only n County Map, hut Il Is also "A
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-10-24
Correspondence with Judge whiteIcy
FIspLav, September 10, 1861.


To Hon. NJ. G. WHirnLrY.-Deo. sir
The undersigned, membets Of the Union
Cepial Committee Of Hancock county,
ONO, desiring TO do all in their power Tor
the success OF the Union movement, by as
ssting IN their appropriate capacity, in the
election OF uncond itional Union men TO Of
lice, desire an expression from you, upon
the following points, which we deem ma.
ie-ial in the present state OF our public af.
fair, viz:
LIST. Are you unqual fedly in favor OF
the prosecution, on the part OF the Federal
government, of the present war, until the
authority OF the government is established
in all the States Of this Union, where rebel.
ion now sxstsl
ID. Are you 10 favor Of laying aside. for
the present, all party controversy, patty
lines, and party spirit, and uniting as one
people, upon one issue and one ticketi
Sd. Do you approve of the Un on State
Platform, adopted at Columbus Ohio, on
the 9th Of September instant, and will YOU
support its nominees
Oar object IN addressing this letter to
you, is, that yo position upon these pues.
tions mav he the letter understood by YOU,
fellow citizens, in view OF the approaching
judicial election, and that they may take
sucr action IN the premises as is con,is,eh,
with purpose above expressed.
Respectfully yours, &c.,
ISRAEL GRErN,
q. W. TwIsINo,
JAMES ll,RsH,
CHARLES ELMEs,
P,UL SOFAS,
+. ID. BlaELow,
Hancock County Onion Ctnirai Committee.
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LAND! LAND

fIN HE undersigned viii sell on Friday, the
i 2lst day Of November, 1902, at public OF
private sale, the following real estate In Jack
son township, Wood county, Ohio, AT tho house
Of James Ferguson. residing near said land
The Southwest quarter Of Section twenty
Eight and the North West quarter " section
Ithrty.threc, In township three North OF Range
nine. Said hand will be sold in twenty, forty
and eighty acre tracts
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-10-24

six milcs from NJ linn staten. FIVE miles North
West of Macomb, and fifteen miles from Find
lay, In Hancock county.
JOSIAH S, OFT, Cadiz, Ohio.
October 81. lSG2.-l4w.
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TO SUIT PURCHASERS.

One third of the purchase money TO be paid
in hand and the balance in two equal annual
pay menls, with six per cent. interest. There
IL about seventeen acres cleared and fence d.
and thirty acres deadened on said lands
Tnprn ia "a
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-06-21
HAVE CONFIDENCE.

DIR. YOUNG will guarantee perfect and perma-
nent cure in the following cases or he charges moth
ing for his services Syphilis, GonOerhea, Structure
of the Urethra, Affection of the Prostrate Gland,
Weakness of the Genital Organs Impotency, Sterili-
tv, both in the male and female, Spermatoria, or
Seminal Weakness. Noctural Emissions, Rheuma.
tism Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Fever and Ague lncip-
lent Consumption and all Irregularities in Females,
together with all diseases of Women and Children;
also. Nervousness Palpitaton of the Heart. etc.
Persons afflicted with symptoms after being treat
ed should consult Dr. Young at once, as no disease
is cured unless the patient feels perfectly well. II
there is particle Of disease left in the system il will
break ont some future time when least expected. or
be handed down tn an innocent offspring. Persons
who have been treated with mercury should be very
cautious in believing that they are we'll for it is a
scientific fact thatt he mercury will mngle with the
venereal and form a disease great deal worse than
the original. All those who have reason to think,
by bad feelings, that they have been treated thus,
should consult DR.. Young and he will examine their
cases and tell them at once how they stand
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-06-21

TRAGIC DEATH,-A dispatch from Evans
vile, Indiana, furnishes the following par
ticu.ars of the death of Professor Fletcher,
on the Evansville and Crawfordville Rail.
road:
The engine of the passenger train struck
The car, smashing it up completely, and
throwing it of the main track, but barely
sufficient for the engine and cars TO pass.
Prof Miles J. Fletcher, of Gov. Morton's
party, who was partially asleep on seat
near the Governor, awoke at the shock, and
raised the window, and had just put his
head out few inches at the moment the
car in which they were in passed the disa-
bled stock car, which was so close as to
take the top off Prof. Fletcher's head,
crushing it in and killing him instantly.
The Governor raised him up, but be only
gasped twice and expired. A portion Of
his skull was found some twenty yards
from the spot, and the car inside and out
was covered with blood and brains Of the
lamented Fletcher.
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-06-21

CoAsr DEFENsEs.-The Massachusetts,
House of Representatives has passed bill
"iu relation to the Coast Defeuses of Mas.
sachusatts," providing
First, That the Governor be authorized
to enter into contracts for ordnance for
coast defense, to test the same, aud to ten.
der the same to the United States If neces-
sary; on such terms as he may think best.
Second, That he be authorized to contract
for an iron-clad steamer, to be built within
the Commonwealth and be its sole property
aud to tender the same to the United States
if necessary, on such terms as be may think
best. Third, That for such purposes scrip
may be issued to the amount of $500, 900.
Fourth, That said scrip shall bear interest
at six per centum per annum, payable semi
annually. Fifth, Repeats the resolves sew
orally in relation to the coast defenses Of
Massachusetts aud concerning the compen-
sation Of certain public officers.
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-06-21
CnutIon to the Public.

Every intelligent and thinking person must know
that remedies handed out for general use should
have their efficacy established by well tested expe-
rience in the hands Of regularly educated physi-
clan whose prepa ratory study fits him for all the
duties he must fulfill yet the country Is Hooded with
moor nogtrums and cure-as, purpOrtng to be the
hest in the world which are not only useless. but
alway VS. INJURIOUS The unfortunate should be PAR
TICUIAR in selecting his physician, as 1t is lament
able vet incontroyertihle fact that many Syphlitic
patents are made miserable with ruined constitutions
hy nal.treatment from inexperienced physicians IN
general practice for it is point generally conceded
by the best syphographers, that the study ana man
aoement ofthese complaints should engrosS the Whoe
time of those who would be competent and successful
I'm their treatment and The inexperienced gem
eral practitioner. having neither opportunity nor
time 10 make himself sufficiently acquainted with
their pathology, comony pursues one system OF treat
ment in most cases making an indiscrimnate use of
that antiquated and dangerous weapon, mercury.
More caution however. should be used by the syph-
ilitic patient, in consulting nominal physicians OF
the advertising class, nineent OF them are I'M
posters who assume German, French, or other
names and are without any claims to medical knGwl-
edge These knaysh rascals iniest all large cities,
and by means of their lying advertisements and pos
ters they induce the unwary to enter Their Peter
Funk constitutions" )" and unmeIclully fleece them
and poison them with mercury. Persons living at a
distance in the country are more apt to be duped oy
the living notices of quacks than citizens.
In view of the above facts, DR.. }. {. IOUNG
would say that he is the only regularly educated
physican in California now Advertising who de-
votes his whole time to the treatment of venereal
diseases Office, 751 Clay street. opposite the Plaza.
Hours from 9 A. NJ, to p. NJ
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-06-21
PROBATE NOTICE.-In the Probate

Court. Nevada County state Of California: intle
matter Of the estate of CHARLES SCHMIDT deceased
Pursuant to an order Of this Court made this day
notice is hereby given that MONDAY THE OBJ IAY
OF JUNE D. 1862 at IL O'Clock a. ~. in the court
room of this court at the Court House in the County
ofNcvada, have been appoin ed as time and place
for making return 10 this Probate Court fthe pre.
ceedings Of the Administrator Of said estate under
the order Of this Court. GATED April 2Sth H. D 1sf2
authorizing the sale OF steam saw mill lying one
mile soutn of Omega, on the cmgrant road in ibe
County of Nevada known as Schmidt's Mill formerly
known as the Voss x McCambridge Mll-when ami
where any person interested in the said estate NAV
appear and file written objection TO the confirmation
Of the sale, and may be heard and may produce wit
nesses in support Of his objections
Dated at Nevada, May 26th, 1862
r. II. FARQCHAR, Clerk.
BY G. X. FARQUHAR, Deputy. may2T
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-06-21
REBEL RHYMES.


[The following lines are spirited and venomously
lever, and we print them admiringly as the swan
ong OF the Rebellion. They originally aPPeAIeu
ome weeks since in the Rockingham (Va.) Regis
er, issued at HarrisOnburg.l
CALL ALI CALL ALL
whoopl the Doodle have broken loose,
Roaring round like the very deuce!
Lice OF Egypt hungry pack -,
After 'em boys, and drive EN- Daekl
BULLDOG. terrier cur. and flee,
Back to the beggarly land Of ice;
Worry em bite 'em, scratch and tear;
Everybody and everywhere.
Old Kentackys caved from under;
Tennessee is split asunder;
Alabama waits attack,
And Georgia brstes at her back.
Old John Brown is dead and gons!
Still his spirit is marching on,
Lantern. jawed, and legs, my boys,
Long as an Apes from Illinois
Want weapon? Gather a brickl
Club or cudgel, or stone or stick;
Anything with blade or butt;
Anything that can cleave or cut
Anything heavy, or hard, or keen
Any sort of Staying -machine
Anything with a willing mind
And the steady arm Of a man behind.
Want weapon9 Why, capture oneI
Every Doodle has got gun,
Belt and bayonet, bright and new,
Kill Doodle, and capture twoi
Shou lder to shoulder son and sirel
AIT ca II all to the feast Of fire
Mother and maiden, and child and slave,
A common triumph, or a single gravel
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-06-21
TAKE coURAGE-NEvER DESPAIR.

NELSON CREEK, sept 80, 1861
DIR. J. c. YOUNG,-YOu will remember what n
poor wretched creature was when last saw you,
and the result has astoniShed me as well as my
friends. Your invaluable prescription and excellent
advice have completely overcome ailments such as,
il seems to me- never afflicted mortal before new
er wrote letter with greater satisfaction than pen
this. shall remember you with gratitude as long
as | live. That you may live long to alleviate the
suTerngs of others you have mine, is my earnest
prayer Please accept my heartfelt thanks that you
have brought this almost hopeless case to 50 happy
a termination. Yours, truly,