The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-10-06
Summary of News.

cided TO anticipate the payment Of the in.
forest on b 20 coupon bonds which become
due on tho lst of November, and tho same
will bo paid on and after the 25th OF Sep.
tember, upon The presentation of the cou.
pops to the Assistant Treasurer, and to
those designated repositories authorized to
pay the interest on Government securities.
The Index OF Petersburg publishes tho fol.
lowing extract from private letter to one
OF Its editors, from General Lee: 1t should
be tho object of all to avoid controversy, to
sllay passion. and give free scope to reason,
and every kindly feeling. BY doing this
and encouraging our citizens to engage 10
tho duties of life with all their hearts and
minds, with the determination not to be
turned aside by the thoughts of the past or
fears of the future. Our country will not
only be restored in material property, but
will be advanced in science, in virtue, and
in religion.
While General Grant was returning from
Indianapolis at an early hour on the 9th,
the switch at the ond of the curve at Gull.
ford bad been turned Intentionally, and the
car in which General Grant was in was
thrown from the track and dragged some
distance. No one was injured. About the
same time o train on the Ohio & Mississippi
Railroad, carrying Gen. Sherman, was
thrown from the track this side OF Lawrence.
burg. No one was injured.
Theresa Kossuth, wife of the celebrated
Hungarian patriot, died OF Turin on the lst
of September. She was IS years of age.
A Washington special Gays the State De.
partment has received dispatches from the
American Consul at ConstaDtinopie which
show that the cholera is decreasing in Tur-
key, but that il has broken out afresh in
Italy and Barcelona.
The Fenian excitement continues to In
crease 10 Great Britain, snd the govern.
mont is very careful 10 watching the move.
ment. Some arrests have been made, but
no outbreak has occurred.
Efforts are being made to raise tho cele.
brated friga,e Merrimac, laying near era.
ney Island, Hampton Roads. Ii 10 .eatima-
ted that her copper will exceed 260 toms
She has, also, one composition wheel weigh.
ing nine tons, and an immense amount of
old iron, armor, cannon, Sc.
The Treasury Department will issue no
moro bundred dollars compound interest
notes, and will take steps 10 call in those in
circulation, that enominaiion having been
c0unterfeited. nj p 7 - ..
The Fenian Brotherhood in the United
States numbers two hundred and fifty thou.
sand; in the British Provinces, forty five
thousand; In Ireland, two hundred thou.
sand; In England, sixty five thousand, Of
which thirty fve thousand are in the city OF
london. There are over Ave thousand sol.
diers belonging TO the fraternity in the
English army. The monthly expenses OF
the body amount to @6O, 900, and IL is said
that q tax OF $40 per rpan on the Fen,aus
in the United States Is nearly paid up, and
that the aggregate assessment will reach
five millions Of dollars. Eight per cent
bondt OF "The Irish Republic" arc in course
Of being manuf ctured, aud will 5000 DO in
the market. Tue English government are
taking active measures to meet q Feniau
outbreak in ireland. 80 a'"' - 100 l.I
49, ns.o'suu s"ss uvyvvcs ~ wurk uti sso
coast OF Florida have been induced 70 20 0n
board vessels, when they were ~ once car.
RED 20 Cubs % slaves. A large number
are sold to have fallen victims to this new
slave trade. aj. & r''.s.t I'D. o. s.,sr irI.
TIE incomplete returns from Colorado
indicate'tbe adoption OF the Stsse Constitu.
ton BY very large msjoyity.; Tho oiaase
authorizing negro suffrage was defeated.
A paper was picked up 10 the Stat4
Hoose ut Raleigh. N. @. which purportod tu
be biz entitled ".aa .4et 10 permit pey.oas
Of african descent to choose their own m.ls
ters and become siaves." ...r s.a.5s
The proposed amendment TO the Consti-
tuition OF Connections. extending universal
suffrage to the blacks. kas been defeated by
the people ia that State. I'"'
exaggerated. Only $4,000, instead of 100.
900, have handed 10 their applications -
New arrivals arc, however, fast sweliing the
lisf. Mrs. Gen. Longctreet 10 among the
last who has received her "free papers,"
The Tribune has letter from COustan
tinoplo estimating the result Of the great
coafiagration as :rom o 900 10 5000 houses
bnrned. Including more than hundred pal.
aces, eight mosques, two churches, i've
kahns, aud many public baths. II 10 esti.
mated that the sufferers BY the fire. number
about $4,000. The space burned over is
about two miles in, longth. and half milo
in width. idcludiDg some of tho wealthicst
and poorest quarters 10 Stamboul The
Turks are the heaviest sufferers. Such q
scene u absolute desoiation have never
seen. .'' .ff
The Herald's jackson. Miss, correspond.
ent says the corn and cotton crops of tho
State are failure. and that the people of
Mississippi will have to draw..rations from
other States for another year. The Miss.
issippi river levees are washing away, and
tho stream threatens to food the whole
country adJacent 10 1t. The railroads of
the statelremainun repaired, and the whole
country is devastated. The social condition
is no better, and the people remain as idle
and shiftless as formerly. There are three
candidates in the field for Governor, each
Of whom 10 described as ex.rebel.
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ALABAMA CoNvENrIoN.-The following
is the ordinance passed by the Alabama
Convention in regard to slavery:
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