The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-08-18

accornt Of the discovery of an ancient
city Immersed in an almost impcne-
trablo forest in the vicinity of leo.
The accumulation of wild forest
growth and decomposition for ages,
had guarded its vast solitujes against
invasion. With great difficulty a par
ty has finally penetrated its depths,
and discovered ycstigcs of streets,
which were followed until the dis.
covcry Of two houses of rather sim
lgular construction, covered with tri.
angular vaulted or arched roofs, one
OF which was entered, when they dis
covered an extensive court, and in it
many stone idols, which were carried
to Nuanchinango. They found pas
sages crossing in every direction;
but many Of the doors and entrances
were stopped up with stones, tapia,
and mud mortar, so that when they
wished to leave the various parts
which they had separated in the
course the investigation, it was nee
essary to fire pistols and shout in Il
loud voice, in order to get together
again. Some of the parties report
having found the ruins of stone col
umns and stone stairs leading to q
high place which, when struck, gave
evidence Of vaults below. A more
extensive exploration is to be made.
The Evansville journal tells new
kind OF coercion which the colored
people OF KSucky, opposite New
berg, Indiana, practiced upon their
masters, on election day. They
Threatened to leave, unless their mas
ters or employers would vote the
straight-out Union ticket; and as the
Conservative chaps wouldn't comply
Tile negroes were as good as their
word, and left them to hoe their own
corn and potatoes, and sucker their
own tobacco.
Brig. Gen. Van wyck, command
insthe Military Division of Western
South Carolina, issued general order
from Newberry, in that State, dated
July 10Th, which was called out by
the pcrpretation of the continued vi
olent abuse Of the freedmen. The
offenders in the more violent of these
outragos are now in Jail awaiting
trial. The parties arrested claim a
clause in their contracts with ill
treated blacks, which permitted the
application Of the lash in certain
cases, and which having been intro
duced with the permission OF the To-
cal commandant, was regarded by
them as full permission to inhict such
punishment upon their employees as
to them seemed proper. The com
mandant in question is, by the terms
of the above order, severely rabuked,
and to be summarily dealt with for
permitting the insertion Of the clause
so repugnant to the principles on
which the frccmen's system is found.
ed. The misguided and stubborn
planters who are attempting to en-
barrass the successful application of
the negro labor system, are warned
in direct terms, by the above order,
that their policy is short sighted and
self injurious, and the Objectionable
clause for the punishment of freed
men is rescinded from all contracts
into which it has been inserted
The Herald's Matamoras CORES.
pondent gives particulars of an i'm
partial version of the late attack by
Cortinas in the Imperial army train
between that place and Monterey, an
account of which from the journals
Of the former town we have hereto
fore published. 1t was nothing like
so formidable an affair as the latter
represented The Republican sol
dicrs under Cortinas are described
as greatly lacking in discipline and
organization, but as being quite well
fitted for their chosen work of con-
tinual harrassing Msximillan's troops
on the Rio Grande and keeping them
closely confined to Matamoras.
The Times Washington special
says the counties of Virginia, bor-
dering on the Potomac, are rapidly
recovering from the devastation of
war. Refugees are returning to their
abandoned homes. Society is re-
suming its influence upon all sections.
A large number of those who have
returned are Northern settlers, who
were driven out in the first year of
the war, ard who are siding very
materially in spreading loyal senti-
ments. Building and farming are
going on extensively, and land con-
tiguous to Washington and Alexan
dria is selling, in some instances, at
az high rates as before secession.
1t is said that Attorney General
Speed is preparing and Will shortly
lpromulgate an opinion as to the lc-
gality Of the trial by Military Com
mission of the conspirators against
the lives of the Presidsnt and Cabi-
net, in which lie sustsins the Gov
ernmeut in its action, urging in just.
iiication that at the time of conmis-
sion of the deed we were still at war
with rebels against the lawful author
ity Of the Government, and that the
District of Columbia was, and still is,
under martial law, from the fact that
the order of 1861, issued just after
the battle of Bull Run, has never been
revoked.
The Mobile Daily News says:-
"The new Constitution, adopted by
popular vote of the people of Mis-
souri,. proyides Hthat Missouri shall