The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-11-17

Jnlteu states anu the Columbian
Government
An officer in the old army who
went South and joined the rebellion
Vt the outbreak, called upon the
President and asked for pardon. -
The President informed him hc had
not yet pardoned an officer who had
gone over to the South and taken r,p
,rms against the North. lie di9, not
know what he might do in the future.
put for the present he held their cases
under advisement.
The Herald's Be'.lin letter savs:--
Movements are III progress in liam
,urg' Bremen and Berlin to raise
nnds IN aid of the colored population
Of the United States.
general John A. Logan Tuesday
Sa' appointed Minister to the Re
D Iblic of Mexico. The General is q
warm friend of the Liberal cause,
and his appointment may have sig
nificance.
The Missouri Legislature, on Mon.
day last, passed a resolution for the
appointment of a committee, to me-
morialize President Johnson to re.
lease all Union soldiers committed
during the rebellion, on the ground
that rebel soldiers, whose crimes
were infinitely greater, have been
.pardoned.
The statistics Of the War Depart
ment show that two black soldiers
were raised in the District of Colum
bia, to one white. The whites fur
nished 1880, almost entirely by
drafting, and the blacks over $4,000
nearly all by volunteering.
DR.. Massie sailed from New York
on Saturday for his home in England
He has been for some months jour
Incying in different parts of this coun
try, and recently made the circuit oI
the South, going down the Mississip
Ipi valley, thence across to Savannah
and back by Wilmington and Rich
mond. He thus saw with his owl
eyes the condition of things in the
Southern States, and will be able tC
give valuable information to Iii!
country men. DIR. Massie has beeI
fast friend ofths North through al
the years of the war.
The receipts from internal revenu,
during the four months ending Octo
ber 3lst, were for July, twenty-on,
millions siXhundred and ninety -thre,
thousand Gour hundrd and scvent'
dollars and scvcnty-fve cents; Au
gust, thirty four millions eighty sew
en- thousand five hundred and thirty
nine dollars and nine cents Septem
Der, thirty seven millions nine hun
dred and thirty-nine thousand fou
hundred fifteen dollars and eighty
two cents; October, thirty million
four bundled and fifty-seven thou
sand nine hundred and eighty. thre
dollars and three cents.
Preston King, in n fit of temper;
ry alteration of mind, yesterda
jumped overheard from the Hoboke
ferryboat, and was drowned. Iii
body has not yet been recovered. =
Mr.. King was born Mt Ogdensburs
= New York, October Il, 1906. II
. graduated at Union College, studie
| law, and after several years scrviC
in the Legislature Of his native Stat
was elected to Congress in 1S43. Fl
T, remained member of the house III
til 1917, and served two more term
from lS49 to 1858. He was the
. elected to the United States Senat
y serving as chairman of the Commi
: tee on Revolutionary Pensions. +
!. was also a delegate to the Baltimoi
Convention of 1868. He was recen
: iy appointed Collector of the port
v New York, holding that position
e the time of his death.
! DR.. Tyng's church was destroyC
/. by fire on Tuesday last. 1t was c
: the corner of Sixteenth street N
' Stuyvesant place. The loss w
y 100000, on which is $4,000 ins
: rance. Only the walls and towe
are standing. The residence of NJ
: Bull, Mr.. Jackson and Mr.. Drake, O
;. Rutherford place, were badly dar
u aged by fire and water.
= Gov. Bramlctte, of Kentucky, h
issued q proclamation informing Il
the people of the State that the Pre-
ident has appointed the 7th OF d
Il cember as day of Thanksgiving
g and calling on them to observe it
;, He says: The war that ensanguint
t our fields with the blood of brother
= and pierced the bosom Of our hom
= with the anguish OF grief, is o'erpas
5 and peace, "gcntle peace, has sprei
r her balmy wings" DER all our belov,
! land. We this day rejoice in pea'
l returned, the Union preserved, ar
the Government restored. A kir
Providence has added the blessir
Cf abounded harvests. We may VIC
) say, "Thou crownest the year wit
thy goodness and thy paths Dire
fatness."
Where Our Grain Goes.
II 4 I l.