The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-12-01
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The Tribune's Washington specia'
says the Secretary of the Treasury
will recommend in his report con-
siderable increase in nationql bank.
ing cspital. which is made necessary
by the commercial reqtirementssso
the country, especially the destitu-
tion of banking capital at the South.
He will also ask for discretionary
power to withdraw legal tenders and
compound interest notes, retiring
them when necessary loan of mon
cy at six per cent.
Albert Pike has gained permission
to settle in Memphis. He is at Wash
ington, pardon. seeking, and also ma.
king an effort TO regain his law libra
ry, valued at 100000, now held by
the Government.
President Juarcz has information
that o,er 1900 Mcxicans have been
tried by court martial by order OF
MaXimilian, and in every instance,
the death sentence speedily execu.
ted.
The Surveyor. General of Mime
sofa, in report to the Secretary OF
the Interior, says that the western
part of that state abounds in mineral
riches, among which is gold.bearing
quartz.
The whereabouts of some oS the
rebel Generals is given. Gordon and
Gartrell are practicing law in Allan
ta, Ga; Wheeler and Anderson are
in the commission business at Angus
Ia; Hardee is at Savannah, and Cobb
is at Macon.
A session Of the United States Cir.
cult Court is ordered to commence nj
Norfolk Va, on Monday, either
Chief Justice Chase or Judge Under.
wood presiding. 1t IL thought by
some, but of course this is mere guess
work, that JEFF Davis will he tried.
The total receipts of the Sanitary
Commission for the four years end.
ing July lst, 1865, were 81, ,Sl3,750,
while the disbursements were ST..
$50. The balance is being used
in aiding soldiers in settling their
claims. The Relief Bureau closed
July lst, and the Claim Bureau will
close on the 1st of January.
The returns of the North Carolina
election are not all in, but it is ex-
pccted Worth is elected over Holden
by 10000 majority. The Newbern
Times says: The truth is, the whole
South has heen guilty Of piece
Of the most stupendous folly ever
wrought by any people, and we fear
will haN c to pay for it dearly, by two
years more of probationary suffering
under military government. IT, when
our Legislature meets, it will at once
accomplish what the Convention has
left undonc, and we can have new
election Of men to Congress who are
in favor of the Federal Government,
we may yet get in during the session;
otherwise all will be lost for the pres
ent Let the people ponder these
things.
Forty-on millions of the recently
converted 5 20 L. s. Bonds had been
delivered to subscribers from the
Treasury Department at the close OF
business hours on Saturday night
rhc remaining nine millions will soon
be issued.
Reports from Central Virginia
represent the condition of affairs in
a favorable light. More grain has
been raised than viii supply the homo
demand for the Winter, and money
is becoming plenty. A great many
Yankee farmers have settled there,
and seem to get along finely with tho
Virginians.
The principal item of Cuban news
of interest brought by the steamship
Corsica, relates to the landing on the
island Of another cargo of slaves
from Africa, an event of the kind
formerly very common, but recently
quite rare. The number of negroes
composing the cargo is variously es
timated all the way from 100 to 500
The landing was effected on the
north. western portion of the island
on the plantation of very wealthy
man named francesca Martinez Y
Torrcns. Some of the Africans, il
is said, were seized by the authori
tics, but atterward given up to the
slave traders.
Gurley, the murderer OF ColoneI
McCook, who was recently elected
Sheriff of q county in Alabama by
his rebel fellow citizens, has been ar,
rested, summary tried by military
commission and will be executed Oh
Friday.
There is much excitemement
among the Mexican Imperialists
caused by the apprehension of wal
with the United States. The recent
firing on an American steamer on the
Rio Grand, and the shots fired upon
Imperial vessels by United States
soldiers, have occasioncd the convic-
ton that q war cannot be far distant.
Puebla has been made depot ofsup-
plies, and Marshal Bazaine has com.
mcnced fortiying the border. Our
Government has rs yet received no
official confirmation of the collisions
Oh the Rio Grande,
The number vessels the rebels At.
ted out, from 1861 to the collapse of
the rebellion, was twenty. These