The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-04-25
SUMMARY OFNEws.


psrtmentfhe 10th, that his mortsrs ope ned
on Port Pillow on the i4,h, the shells fai.
ling into ihesebel camps. The liver wai
soon cleared OF all vessels. He says The
rebel works are strong and extensive.
The Navy Depsftmen; is IN receipt OF dis
patches from the Commanders Of the Taylor
and Lexington, giving a full account OF theil
part in the Pittsburg Landing fight. Lieut.
owine, commanding the Taylor, says tha,
he awaited instructions from the Command.
! Ing General patiently, although for an houI
or more shot and shell were falling all
around. Feeling that could some system o
communication be adopted, the Taylor
nigh, be Of great assistance, he sent an of;
Ger to get permission, and received il. Al
one time a rebel battery was silenced in
| thirty minutes; at another in ten minutes,
and the rebels were put TO flight in a hurry
All night at intervals OF fifteen minutes guns
were Cred from tie boats into the rebel comp.
On the second day the boats did not Gre.
Tn. enemy retreated after the fire in haste
having contested every inch Of ground all
day with stubborness.
The Select Committee Of the Senate TO in.
ves,isste tho loss OF Norfolk Navy Yard and
Hsrpefs Ferry Arsenal. will report thtous h
Mt. Hale Tomorrow. The total loss Of prop
er,y at Norfolk was 80, ,7sO,isi. The uum.
Der OF guns seized by the rebels was two
thousand. The Committee, after a review ol
The case, censure Buchansn's administration a
for the total neglect Of lis duties; that com
modore McAuley is.bighly censursble in ev.
cry way, and particularly for negiecting the
orders ofth Secretary Of the Navy to send
the Merrimac to sea; that commoi ore Pauld
ingis censurable for general inefficiency aud
cowardicej that Commodore Pendersast is
also censursble for apparent indifference to
the safety OF any Of the public property, ex.
cept the flagship Cumberland. The com.
mittee say that never was there any occasion
for the destruction or abandonment Of any
property at Norfolk, there being no enemy
there except few undiscipiined. ili.armed
militia, while our force outnumbered them
two TO one in men, aud munitions Of war.
The Military Committee Of both Houses
are satisfied that no more money shall be er.
pended on Notifications. but that floating
batteries and rams are TO be the defences of
the coast in future.
II is reported now that FIedricksburg has
been abandoned, and that the gunboars have
gone up The Roppahanock TO take possession. 4.
1t is certsin the Jacob Bell, with three 9th.
er sunbosts. went up the river forty five
miles, to RaBpahanock, and hoisied the
Union hag. At Urbana, a, the mouth Of the
river. there was slight skirmish.
A large body Of rebels have occupied the
town till recently, when all from this, as
well as other points Of Virginia, were sent
to Yorktown.
Five or six OF OFT men were killed in a
skirmish on Friday.
The Tailioad from fredericksburg to Ac.
quin Creek is in good condition, except its
two bridges broken.
One Of the Jacob Belps officers says that
many people Of the Rsppahanock country.
where the gunbost expedition went, declar.
ed themselves sick Of rebellion, and said
they were waiting patiently for the good
time when the old flag shall wave over oil
Virginia.
In the Ohio Legislature two black laws
were in'ioduecd. Mr. Crain's, in the
House, provides that negroes and mulattoes,
except wives and minors, who hereafter
come into the State, must give a bond, with
two snrei'es, and those not giving bond
will he removed from the State at the ex-
pense OF the county. Councilmen and
Trustees refusing TO remove such negroes
are fined two hundred dollars, one holf to
20 to the informer and half to the school
fund.
Senator Johnston's bill fines with five
hundred dollars, or Furnishes with six
months in Jail. or both, any one with vis-
ible admix,ure Of African blood comin ng
hereafter into the State. II contracts are
hereafter to be void with negroes coming in.
to the State. ~
A new coal oil bill has been introd uced
as a substitute. Guagins is required. and
the inspectors are to give bonds and appoint
deputies. The standard Of petroleum is 90
Fahrenheiti coal oil, I40.
The new School Examiners bill, provides
that teachers pay for county use, the men
fifty cents, aud the women twenty FIVE cents.
Senator Hitchcock proposes that banks
may issue double amou mt Of bills less than
five dollars.
Senator Gunckle's bill provides that sol .
diers may vote wherever their companies
are.
Saturday, Apr! 10.
The negroes in the district OF Colu mbia
held a grand jubilee over the emancipation
act Meetings were held in all the colored
churches.
Senator Howa I'd Of Michigan, made very
able speech in favor Of Trumtulrs Con6s-
cation Bill, 10 day. II is regarded as the
sblest OF the tession. II thIusts aside all
constitutional obiec,ionsto to confsca,ion and
founded the whole argument on the war
powell which the trainers Of the Constitu-
ton INTENDED TO give in its plentitude; IT,
having alteady been exercised by tho States
in conhscating the property OF tories by
hundreds and Of all disloyalists.
Al 6 o. clock on the morning the Presi.
dent signed the emancipation bill, a two
horse wagon load Of nceroes-one man and
the balance women and Children was driv.
cd by. under the direction OF white ma n