The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-11-24
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ing the young men under his charge I
In artillery practice. The Depart
ment replied by sending al officer
to take the cannon away. 0her in
stances of Southern presumption will
be found in the fact that Gen Pillow
has complained 10 the authorities
that he was not allowed to search
Government corral for mules taken
from the rebels. and which he now
claims. A rebel, who left the navy
TO 90 into the rebellion, has applied
TO have his dismission revoked.
The Detroit Free Press reports
that smuggling is carried on to sol
great an entent in that city, that some
branches of trade arc greatly injured
by it, to say nothing of the losses OF
the Government. A meeting of the
merchants was held on Wednesday
to devise means of checking the
crime. The wife of a prominent
physician was caught while bringing
smuggled goods across the river, and
her horse and carriage were conils
Gated.
Spain has at last taken active meas
urcs to provide for the abolition OF
slavery; and as the first step in this
great reform, the Spanish Ministry
have reported to the Queen that it is
the imperative duty of the Govern
ment to seek the extinction of the
slave trade. To this end they pro
pose to ask the Cortes during the
next session to make the law more
rigorous, even to the extent of de
claring many ofthe practices Of slave
traders, now recognized as lawful, tc
be actual piracy.
II anything could be believed, tha
bears the name of Mexican news, Tia,
details given in dispatches, might b,
considered encouraging to the Lib
erals Maximilian is said to be find
ing his victories expensive and fruit
less, and to be preparing to leave th,
country under a certain contingency
the contingency being the non con
Ltribution of more men an money bl
France. Monterey is said to hav,
been recaptured by the Liberals an,
Matamoras is still besieged by them
Some very important matters will
be discussed at the royal family gath
ering aJ Florence. Among then
will be the marriage of Prince Hum
bert with the Infahta of Spain. TIL
King OF Portugal will also, it is said
offer to act rs mediator between hi
father in-law (Viator Emanuel) an,
the Pope, and also between the Prime
Napoleon and the Emperor OF France
In that case, the young sovereign
will have sufficiently weighty worl
upon his shoulders. Meapwhil,
Prince Napoleon is at Milan, tn,
Queen of Portugal is with her fathe
at Florence, and her husband is ma
king o tour through Germany, in
tending, it is said, TO go to Vienna
Lastly, the report is once more con
tidently repeated of a grand gather
ing at Compiegne, which will includ,
the Prince and Princess of Wales.
The Provost Marshal's books show
that from April 23. 1861, to Novem
Der 20, 1860, over six hundred per
sons were arrested in the Southern
District of Ohio, charged with vari
ous crimes, from treason down tc
theft. One hundred and one persons
were arrested for passing counterfeit
treasury notes, aud forty were arrest.
ed on the charge OF treason.
The Pittsburg Commercial SAYS
some OF the capitalists Of Erie, con
template tie establishment OF a line
OF vessels between that port and Eu.
rope, for the transportation of oil.
V. Nj. Thompson, of oil notorictv,
heads the movement, and the plan is
to form 4 company with Il stock OF
S5,0U0,000.
A dispatch has been received by
Governor Anderson from Texas,
stating that orders have been receiy.
ed for mastering out the following
Ohio regiments in Texas, nearly all
Of them having belonged 10 General
Hszcn's old brigade: 18Th, 18th, 10Th,
ilst, 10th, 6ith, G5th, and list.
General Curtis 10 rather seriously
naked up in cotton speculstions-
cotton proving more profitable than
camels. A Memphis paper states
the ease thus: when Gen. Curtis
occupied Helena, in 1862, his army
captured twenty three hundred bale ,
of cotton, belonging to Gen. Pillow,
then Of Che rebel service. These
were conhscated, and as was sup.
pOsed, turned over 30 the officers of
the United States Treasury. Since
Gen Pillow obtained bis pardon,
however, II ha- been ascertsined that
instead OF the Government receiving
the benefit of this cotton operation,
it is suspected that it was reserved
for the usc Of Gen. Curtis, as no re-
tnrn Was ever made Of it. Genersl
Pillow, We understand, has instituted
proceedings against Gen Curtis for
tue missing cotton, or its equivalent
in currency"
Some miners in Nevada County,
California, were recently working a,
quartz vein, when they struck a cave
in their ledge. No opening has been
found to the cave save the one
made by the miners. Close to the
edge of this subterranean vault was
found a cannon ball, inclosed in sol.
Id quartz, as if it had grown with the
quartz, and buried seventy feet
beneath the earth's surface. The ball