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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-06-05
Correspondence.
A southern SYM pathizrr,

EDITOR JEFFERsoSIAS:-Permit me
through the COLUMNS of your highly
useful paper, to state that we learned
that the Hon. Mr.. j. H., Prophet,
Apostle, High Priest and King &C.,
of Hancock county, Union township,
Ohio, is an nn-compromising enemy
to the Administration. lie says, 1--WE
don't endorse tho prosont Admins
tration by a great ways, it is one of the
most tyranical Administration that
ever white man lived under on God S
earth" This sentiment we copied
from letter written to his son in the
Federal army.
Mr.. Editor would it not be q good
policy for j. III. Ca Southern svmpa-
thizer) to recruit for the Confederate
army? He is opposed to his son and
in sympathy with Jcfrs bogus Con-
federacy. lie is IN old fogy Demo
crat, but not of the Douglas school.
He cant say, Il am for my country
and against its enemies" He is pro
slavery theoretically and practically.
This Benedict Arnold is a treachcrous
dealer and has dealt trcacherouslyl
yea, he has dealt very treacherously!l
Irreligiously he is also a most invct
crate enemy of the L. b. Church. lie
maintains that Slavery is n Bible in
stitution. lie was a practical, but
rather unfortunate professor, having
displayed about as much dexterity
and craftiness as the ass which was
dressed in the lions skin. Did the
animal succeed in this dcception?--
We think not. When he roared like
The lion, he was detected and degra.
ded. Oh! yes, his voice failed him.
l am, Mr.. Editor, Numerically op.
posed to rebellion and treason against
God, my country, the church, and
government. BONA FIDE.
WIDE WORLD, 1868.
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MURFREEsBoRo Tenn,
Nav 1St. 1863


Surgeon J. T. Woods having just
exhibited to me letters from his
friends at home, stating that certain
parties have made statements to the
effect that he has acquired habits of
intemperance, is drunken and abusive
to his men, negligent of his duties
DC, &c.
/ deem it but just to him MS q
Surgeon and soldier, and that he
may be fully enabled to disabusc him
self and the public of these foul SIAN
dcrs to state. First that the charge
of intemperance is wholly fabrica-
ton Of wicked and malicious persons,
one Of the bascst lies that ever black
heart invented TO abuse an innocent
man, and for which the false calum-
niator can receive no punishment not
fully deserved.
Surgeon Woods has been under my
command ever since the army lofG
Louisville in September last, and had
any negligence or abuses occurred, it
would have been my duty to correct
them, hut so far from this being my
duty, | have to state that during onr
, severe marches, the kindness and
even tender hcartedness of Surgeon
Woods were such, that. in order to
prevent entire decentralization of tho
command, and by order of the officer
, in command of the Brigade, / repeat
! edly ordered him to exercise more
|, and more severity, and it wrs only by
degrees that l succeeded in training
him to that degree Of stcnncss that
: the necessities of the service demand
ed.
The life of soldier is one Of pri.
yations of the sevcrest character, and
| if the Surgeon not being enable tc
Y relieve these, he will he the subject
of abuse, and too often of attempts &c
pain his feelings and injure his repu
tation at home and among his friends
as means Of gratifying the spirit o
: revenge, and is usually as ! have M
a doubt is in this case, done by meal
low lazy towards who have recive'
their bounty and sneaked like dog
out of the service of their country
II who deserve tie kicks Of all goo
citizens, instead Of kind treatmer
. and belief of their calumny. So fo
,f from these aspersions being ms'h has
e may say that Surgeon ,,st st efficient
n been and is one of .tRs Department
g. Medical icss6peratc habits, zeal
{ dis stfi.SiIpathetic nature, coupled
e. e his superior Surgical and mco
i ! cal skill, make him the right man Il
he right place and place him abov
thu ealumny Of cowardly sneak''
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-06-05
The Defeat of the French in Mexico

During the past two years 10000
soldiers have been landed on Mexican
territory by the French Emperor, with
which it was supposed lie could con,
qucr that Republic. This was done
Mt the expense, according to the
French Budget, published some month
ago, of 104,000,000 francs. The re-
suit has been the defeat of the French
army with loss of more than one
third Of its men, and its retreat on
Orizaba-thus putting an end to the
ambitious schemes Of Napolian on
this continent. That he calculated
confidently on success may be dcterm-
incd from the facts that La France"
announced few weeks since, that the
staff of clerks to lie sent ont to MeXi-
co TO collect the revenue of that conn
try" was then assembled in Paris!
And that having once been successful
he would then turn his attention to
the contest in the United States, hard
ly admits of donbt. Buffers Paris
correspondence Of the 10th April, con-
tanned the following announcement:
We shall surprise our readers by
telling them that the conditions OF
peace in America are likely to he die
tated, not from Washington but from
Mexico or Vera Cruz!
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CAMP NEAR Books SrATIoN,l
Va, May 2lst, 1868. 9Th

DEAR FATHER:-Yours pleased to
I have received, and Ster, and one
receive so patriotiaccorded with my
too, that SO must say, that could
own feelinf the army receive letters
everymme stripe, encouraging them
ofseep in their line of duty, that dls,
contentment would not be heard OIL
and desertion would cease TO be-
Nothing cnlivens the soldiers more.
or gives him more 2est to preserve IN
the good cause, and to endure with
out murmunng, the hardships incl
lent to a soldiers life, than to know
that his efforts are fully appreciated
and seconded by his friends ot home
II those at home only knew now nue.
good they might accomplish BY, by,sSrit TSrrl;
inc encouraging letters. t"'
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vnIInutlighnm.

A very intelligent gentleman
officer in the Federal army whrae
taken prisoner in Mississi11erahie
time ago, aud was for . 81 Jaehsoh '.,
time retained in en-, US Us 'neS Ie ,,o,in" Th'le
Mississippi, irers Of one OF Vailan.
there large ,est Anti'wor speeches
diohomig printed in pamphlet form
weslrculated gratuitously among the
Jeople. The rebels derived great
comfort and no little courage from
.he utterances of the great Copper.
head. The papers printed in that
section commented largely upon the
effect which they claimed it would
have upon the minds of the Northern
people, in favor of the Southern Con.
fcderacy.-Mssopri Democrat
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LETTERS from Southern Illinois re-
late that the people are raising this
wear considerable crops Of cotton, to.
bncco and sugar. Over ore hundred
tons Of cotton seed were delivered at
various points in Southern ..Illt'om.
by the Illinois centrasls 2 Spring and
pany' duringrl this was purchased
WiHpiiiatr.ibuted, to be planted this sea-
son.
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in long, snalSy ligG--bare- armed sur
geons, sweaty with hacking and man
Cling towards the rear--pale officers
in groups, discussing, giving hurried
orders, and peering anxiously through
field glasses - aids darting off into
the smoke and never returning =
blood stained orderlies darting ur
out of the smoke with mysterious
dispatches, and instantly disappear
ing again like phantom messengers
the roar of the great gun heard miles
and miles away, rafting the glass in
the windows of peaceful homesteads.
where they think it's some distant
thunder storm over the mountains.
Look at that regiment charging the
rebel battery on the hill, yonder-
that formidable battery, which, by
fclled trees and stone walls and brush
barricades, has been playing all day
with such deadly effect upon our poor
fellows. Down they 90 into the little
valley at n half run, canteens jingling,
muskets at slope, tlgbt-waisted ollie
ers already beginning to pant a little;
men loosening their knapsack- straps
ready to throw them Off when they
begin the real work. Now they cross
the little brooklet in the hollow
dozens of them STOPPING to catch q
draught of muddy water--and now
and then they check their speed for
an instant to dress, before they face
the unseen battery, whose position is
indicated only by the laundering dis
charges which at every instant shake
the ground.
Nick Dudley is at their head, as
where else should their Colonel be?
And, see, see ! what filmy fire
CLEANS in those dreamy eyes as he
turns his flushed face up towards the
threatening nights!
"Nor, i0y"
A hoarser cheer from their thous-
and parched throats, aud on they go,
sweeping up the hill like a great sea
wave. A deeper roar from the rebel
guns, depressed so low that the cruel
grape goes tearing right into the face
of the advancing ranks. Aninstant s
pause, and ont of the smoke come
pouring hundreds of rebel horscmen,
barbaric fellows, the cleaners who
follow the harvest of the grape shot,
riding down the reeling columns
yelling-slashing like devils.
Where is the Colonel, now? Why
doesn't his voice rise above the death
shrek and musket shot like trum-
pet call to his brave boys?
See! Flash, fash, flash from his
revolver and down goes rebel drag
oon. Too late! for, with the rush and
roar of cataract, they sweep over
him, and Nick is left lying on his
back, with another and a f'rcshcr scar
across his forehead; his right arm
twisted hopelessly under him; sting
ing, numhing pain in every nerve; q
thousand pieces of artillery in his
brain!
Oh, the sweet, sweet light-Cicily-
all fade together from his bewildcred
soul!
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AV1CTIONEEEs. Il

u g.. .S-:S. would res, ecttully morn
-. he citizens oi HaI cock UNITY that h'
has taken uu, a License Auctl"neef' ah'
will attend 10 sales ui all kinds. Long exp
rienre in the business ENABLES hlm l" pTom's'
entire sItiiac,i"n.
posl lice add ess. Find'ay or Vanlue.
'--~-- ~ FERS TO
W. C. Cox. Piudk,v, John Westcott, Vanine.
c. Cook, Nj. Bl.i chard, Jacob Burket, oh'o'
township.
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Did he oct well2'

or course he did! Wouldn't he
have been a perfect ass to die at that
iuncture? lie got well, (that is he's
yetting well fast now, as you read this.
They were married last month. Nick
'wears he's the happiest man in New
England today.
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DR.. A. Hurd,

DuYSlCIAN AND SURGEON, would
4 rrc,t,lIy t-nder h's i'reless,"lla 'erVi'e'
Ia Tho riiIzrns ui flnd.ny aud surround n.
Sptci Al, ArTEN ZION GIVEN tn SURGERY
rp-uni @ IN corncI over the store ol II
Gaze, IL Co. Residence un Stndusky rer'
secnud door west of United Brethren Church
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-06-05
Incense AucC.oneer.

,tiIN isuI IE+. Jr., has taken "ui li'ens'
= as AuCtiuneer, viii attend u calls. :
respectfully r"dues's persons "'shihg III
sery,c. 70 communicate with him before r.
vcrti,ing. iuat the days "i sale ma' be SCI
Tat he ctn attend them. Having had len
rxuer.ence. he is confident of giving satsidr
tiun. TaIms reasonable.
RgfERs To
N II Canine. VIM. Mnillt.
W. Mc,,suyhev. l.. Dlkcs Jr., I. n. Davis
Ard ci iZenS geW railv. rem wv 'N"'
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mother.
Folks wondered that he should
come home, if he couldn't conduct
himself little more sociably and
neiphhorlv; and indeed, many sur
missed that he would not have return
ed at all, had it not been Tor his
mother.
But, at any rate, there he was, and
they made tle best OF him. "hlch,
too no doubt of that, for didn he
Iond Squire Fordham three thousand
dollars. all in double eagles, after the
latter s mill was burn? But, them he
took an unconscionable rate oil inter
est per cent, not dime less; what
n REGULAR old Shylock he must be.
And as set off to his riches, don
he drink wine every day at dinner
with his father awful tate before
/ b;mp and ain he forever with pipe
betwcen his teeth? and didn he play
cards and carouse, sing songs all night
and drive about the country all day
with those friends of his who came
nm from Boston? Old mates III the
mines were they? Humph! guess
gamblers, with their superiine broao
Cloth and their gold chains and things
So went the gossip and Nick care'
for it all, not red cent, but went OF
his way, turning neither to the rlgh
nor LETT, farming little; dabbling il
fancy cattle little, often going Oh
for n day shooting or fishing; NOR
ottener going down to Boston for no
bodv knows what, evidently enjoyin!
life in his own way, despite all tina
was said of him and his golngs-oh'
AT last the war broke out. A re
lioious fervor ragged up there in tn
hack part of New England. Non
before them in the holy crusad
against the destroyer OF the Union!-
The young men volunteered by score
by byhundreds-by thousands! Weel
inc mothers packed their kits an
babe God bless them. Sad, broke
circles met around homely boards
the brown farm houses. Poor OF
Puritan fathers, with stern faces al,
sad hearts, strained every nerve
make both ends meet while the bo,
were away fighting, and sweethear
4 ond wives sat themselves down
. weep over lovers and husbands mare
" ing away for the cruel swamps
In the midst of it al, a report b
,on to snread THAT Nick Dudley W
% %, a Secessionist." And, indeed his co
duct was somewhat conspicuous
'n' Before the storming OF Sumpter'
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I,A~IEL q. BEAttDsLEy, Attorney at
i Law, will promptly attend to all busi
less entrusted to his care.
JUSTICE OF I'll f PEACE
will suten to the Writing and acknowledging
,f deeds and mortgages, and to the taking oi
tepositions.
oprIcs-Melodeon Building, in the room for
rcry occupied by j. =. Calles, ESQ.
Fiudlay, ohio. April 70. 1888.
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A crippled invalid, an exchanged
prisoner, is sitting in an easy chair,
propped up with pillows in the COST
est, warmest nook of the old farm4
house. Poor Mrs, Dudley; her wrinl-
led face, so sad and anxious, is watch
ing him with tender eyes. He does
not seem to care for the fresh flowers
on his table, for the jcllies, the fra
grant lemons, the iced drinks, the lit
tie comforts and luXuries so plentiful
ly strcwn aroand him.
a cripple! White, Scared race;-
lips contracted by sharp pain; one
arm gone at the shoulder, emaciated
frame, shaken by frequent fits Of
coughing; lack-lustre eyes, vacantly
straying around the room, rs though
seeking something forever unattaina-
bic. Not even mothers love, all
pervading rs it is, seemed to satisfy
his qucrulous longing. SO changed.
So broken bown! Poor Nick Dud-
ley!
Hear his feeble voice, thin and
cracked by illness.
"Mothcr, did you write to her?'
"Yes, my son; but And here
she wipes away furtive tear or two,
But-yes, Of course, she S forgotten
me. Why shouldn she? Tn moth
ing now-only miserable wreck
Still, wish-could see her before l.
just to say to her that II release
her from the-the engagement, that
l MIN willing she should go--and
bear her unslindness for desert--fol
not wishing to marry a-cripple
"Oh, my dear son, do not speak so
1t may be all mistake. If she real
ly loves you-'
Say no more, mothcr-you wrote.
Z, Yes, my son, nearly month ago,
'AEd no reply. uunph! 1t il
! clear and the poor fellow turned
: wearily toward the wall, while a few
: tears trickled down his thin check.
A knock at the outer door, anC
Mrs. Dudley slips out Of the ROOM
;. In five minutes she returns.
: Are you asleep, my sonT
; No, mother, but give me the laud
anum drops. l think could doze
few minutes with their help
. MY sonT
y Well
!. Can you bear good newsT
+ He turns quickly, and sees the dea
!. old wrinkled face all smiles.
,. what is it2' And the wistful eye
% turn beseechindly toward the door.
20 A rustic of muslin--a flutter
r. lace-an odor of violets, and darlin
/. Cicily Hopkins, with eyes red fro
:. weeping, and mouth all pouting, hal
lv way between laughing and cryin
n NJ pushes by the old lady, and with
K. sobbing cry of "Oh, Nick, they new
,o told me"-has her arms round b
iii neck; and her dear head upon y
ir. bosom before the poor, unfoytEe
et, happy devil knows whet'
ds dreaming or awaks.
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REFLECTION Of PRICES.

tlMlNr totne ~ar ana ilatu ,,,neo We @ "een e',
- /, uruper IL REDUCE the PRICES OF DEN
a,Sru, 10 Tue following low rates, which WI
JACOB CARR,
H. b. rABER,
}. j. Bi.EChER.
FRrsp, Iy. August ~, 1861
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EFT e Il M a N -
(FoKagRlY srOuGHTOS's)
ANBRUIlPR GALLERY.

'I,lIl<Dsttblishmen has been so long IN ope'
l ration and its reputation is so well known
oy the people OF Hancock and adjoining c"un,
lies. Ihat we presume It IL not necessary u"
mention rilEFACr. that' 'Ne dlhcreuts,y!es
~ -, ,,,,turcs are taken here. IN n manner that
CANNOT BE SURPASSED,
and m uw prices to sui inc times.
Rs- stock "l fancy Gases WIZ We s"'o WV
sls,9sArLY reduced prices.
UtvInp a SKY LIdnT along with all the other
improvements Of the day, we can produce !,
90 ID TONED picture. Examine specimens Al
me reyoiving sign aud at the rooms, IN Dr.
-" W. RElTERMAN.
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Mlstrllanu.
Nick Dudley the Californian.

Nick Dudley the Californian.
The pleasant village Of Springdale
was all agog with curiosity, when Nick
Dudley returned from California
Nick, the ne er do well, who had run
away from his fathers hosewhip ten
years age, and now came back rich.
All the gossips of the little neigh
borhood were in n perfect flutter.-
The young Misses donned their brigh-
test smiles and most captivating cali
Goes. The young fellows were mad
with enemy. The minister introduce
ed period in his long prayer with
special reference to the "wanderers
return" and, in fact, never in New
England was seen such flutter as
pervaded this pretty rustic hamlet,
when it was rumored and then con.
firmcd, that Nick had really got home
+ The poor widow Dudley, who had
made her few preparations for the
event, in fear and trembling, for she
scarce expected from her runaway
son, anything save repetition other
reprobated husbands neglect, yet she
spread her little table with the best
her scanty store afforded, smoothed
her faded gown with trembling fing-
ers, when she heard the rumble of the
stage wheels. To widow Dudley and
Nick himself, all this hub-bub and CO.
motion was lost; neither of them min
ded it a whit
Nick bought back the old farm
which his paternal ancestor had sue
ceeded in mortgaging twice over be-
fore he luckily broke his neck. built
an addition to the farm house, flung
ont bay window here, and n piazza
there, put up a comfortable row of
stables: planted shrubbety; drove his
mother to meeting in n new wagon,
Of rather rakish and sporting appear
ancc, behind the fastest pair ofchesnut
mares ever seen in that county. But
he civily declined all invitations to
tea-fghts, sewing circles, and quilting
bees; was invisible at town meetings
and fancy fairs; asked no one to visit
him, returned no calls. and in fact,
us pretty Miss Langford remarked to
Lizzie Hopkins, the Deacon's daugh-
ter, "behaved more like a savage In
| jim, or horrid old miser, than a de-
cent christian, and the handsomest
fellow in Springdale, to boot. Grac-
ions! she could cry with vexation,
just thinl ing Of his going on-so she
could.
One or two of Nicll's old school
mates, who ventured to introduce
; themselves to his presence, told
strange stories of the interview, and
of the wonders to he seen in the apart
mcnt where the returned Californian
received them, politely, to be sure
but cold as an animated icicle. They
spoke of the walls hung with rifles
bows and rich furs, of cabinets filled
with outlandish looking bits of rock
which sparkled in the sunlight like
diamonds, of silver-mountcd pistols
barbaric spurs and bits, diaboiica
Mexican idols carved ofsold gol |; of
gorgeous cloaks flung over great ell
antler, of Indian scalps, triumphant,
stretched upon hoops daubed will
vermillion, and of Nick himself, stran
gest of all-tall and swart, with hi
great beard and streamy eyes, an ug
" red scar athwart his forehead; nev
er flushed nor disconnected; his voic
sweet rs a woman and full of tend
erness whenever he spoke Of his OLE
mother.
L, Il o..ol thnf hn shOnl
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8usintss Garbs

q iuEspylpejwN. .. y. BURK IT.
4 SilUNs. ~ BURIkET.
ID Attorneys az Law.
Will attctd t. all BUSINESS entrusted to their
care in Hancock and adjoining counties.
OFFICE:
Orer Gresn's Drug Store, opposite Court House.
FlNDLAY, OHIO.
RFParticular attention given To Collec-
tions Foreclosures OF Nor cages. Partitoning
OF lands, Guardian and Administration mat
ters Jan. "a B3
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A battlefield black masses ofsmoke
drifting overhead; below, black mass
es of men here and there-motion-
less-hurrying- charging - retreat
ing. Red flashes Of fire darting an
grily out at sudden intcrvals-strag-
glers lying stark and dead, clottins
the fields, the woodlands and the
roads-batteries, with their powder
stained pieces, and the haggard artil'
lcry-men fitting wildly around them
an occasional cheer coming hoarsely
up in the distance, as some regiment
goes swinging on at the double,qnick
the men bare headed, tongues lollins
from their mouths, eager-eyed, al
dust, begrimed and breathless, Skir
mishers outlying in every thicket
creeping up hills and through wood
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1863-11-26
Law of Newspapers.

l. Subscribers who do not give express no.
tice to the contrary, are considered as wish
ing to continue their subscription
2. If subscribers order the discontinuancs
of their Periodicals, the Publisher may con-
tlnue to serd them until all arrearages are
paid:
3. If Ifsubscribers neglect or refuse to take
cir periodicals from the Offices to which they
are directed, they held responsible iii
they have settled the bill and ordered them
discontinued.
4. If subscribers remove to other place,
without informing the publishers, and the
papers are sent to the former direction, they
are held responsible.
5. The Courts have decided, that reufsug
to take perio ideals from the Office or remoy.
ing and leaving them uncalled for, is prins
faciae vidence of intentional Fraud
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BOOTS AND SHOES.

ture of BOOTS and SHOES of every descrip-
ton at his establishment, in Ebensburg, three
doors east of Crawford's Hotel. Employing
none but the best workmen, he trusts that he
has been and still is at all times able to give
entire satisfaction to his customers. He
hopes that the same liberal patronage hereto
fore given him may be continued, and that
more may be added.
He has also on hand large assortment OF
French Ca!f-skins, and Morocco ST all kinds,
suitable for fne Boots and Shoes.
Readv-made BOOTS and SHOES always on
hand, and prices moderate.
MESHAC THOMAS
Ebensburg, Sept. 26, 1861.