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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-04-28
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PITrsAURG, April 25.-J. F. Dun
can, r, liable citizen of Pittshurg
just returned from Meadville, men.
tons a singular circumstance in con-
ncction with Booths assassination of
the President. While stopping at
the McIIcnry House in Meadville, on
the 4th of June last, Booth wrote or
n pane Of glass with his diamond ring,
the following inscription; "Abe Lin
coin departed this life August 18th,
1864, by the effects of poison. -
Booths name was written on the ho-
tel register in the same handwriting.
Several Of his friends at different
times occupied the same room. A
complete register has been kept of
the names OF all the occupants since
June last.
Ofthe 20, 900 men Lees army, sur
rendered to Gen. Grant, ll,000 had
no arms, having thrown them away on
the retreat. This shows how thor.
oughly it was defeated. 1t shows al
so rhe magnnnimity of Gen Grant !;
and we are glad 40 know that the reb-
,ol soldiers, generally, appreciated
this. There never was an army so
completely used up as the Army of
Northern Virginia, which was the
heart of the rebellion.
Our dispatches from Raleigh are to
the 18th inst. The fact of an armis
tice was known; but the terms agreed
upon were not understood From
the position of our correspondent we
are sure that the facts were conceal
ed from officers high in command
When the terms arc made known in
the army, rs they have been by this
time, there will be an ou.burst of in,
dignation corresponding with that ex.
hibited by the loyal people at home
News fthe assassination of the Pres
ident caused great excitement in tho
army, and heavy guards were found
necessary TO restrain the weeping ant
exasperatcd soldiers.
1t appears that Wilson who Is II
the condition that q celebrated Indi
: ana Democratic member of Congress,
once desired to be in his district, ro
q wing around loose in tho South, ha
2 reached and captured Macon, maxim,
e with Montgomery and Selma, tn
. third important place he has capture,
yIof those Gen. Sherman omitted In hi
e great raids and that at That point hi
$ operations were suspended by Gen
!. fisherman, and his captures release
hy the urmistice So ii seems tt,l
our military operations are In a gen
}, erd state OF suspense.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-04-28
SUCCESS or TuE Tao to,s.

Our readers will notice That sub
scriptiohs to the populor 7.30 Loan
are still continued in the most liberal
msnnes. 10 the Old World the sue.
cess Of these Peoples Loans is one oi
the wonders cfa Republic. The Gov.
erhnent Goes rot seek to borrow in
'ore'gri markets: II offers no premiums
70 'ahke"s, but appeas directly to the
people, end with what success is sur.
hcientlg shown by the fact that du.
ring forty.three days they subscribed
amt paid the cash down for one hun
,drcd and siXty.one million dollars o.
the 7-30 Loan There can be nc
stronger evidence Of public conf
dence IN Government securities. -
While nearly all other stocks have
gone down from twenty TO fifty, and
even q greater per cent. within few
weeks oil forms Of L. s. bonds ant
stocks have remained firm except thC
slight fluctuations that are incident
to all rapid changes in tho money
market Our readers, will remem
ber that the subscribers to the 7.3(
Loan receive scrIi. annual interest ri
the rate Of seven and three. .tenths pei
cent per annum in currency, and nj
the end of three years from juno
10Th, 1868, they will have the option
of receiving payment in full, or con-
Iverting their notes into 500 six pei
cent. gold interest bond. The late
great decline in the premium on gold
makes these notes more desirable
than ever rs an Investment, and il
should not be forgotten that their cx-
emption from state or municipal tax
alton adds largely to their value. -
There is no interruption in the re.
ceipt of subscriptions or the delivery
of the notes. All banks, bankers,
and others acting rs Loan Agents,
will pay subscribers the interast in
advance from the day of subscription
until June 18th.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-04-28
TO THE POINT,

We ask the attention of our read
ers to the following extracts taker
from two papers of Wisconsin. Th,
following is from the Lacrosse Dem.
ocrai. during the late Presidential
campaign;
"Lincoln is n traitor and murder
er, and if he is elected to mis-goveri
for another four years, ps trust M0i
some bold hand ,0iN pierce his hearI
'o"h dagger point. for The pWb!is
good
The following is from the Beaver
Dam Argus of September 18th;
"IIistory shows several instances
where the people have only been
saved by the assassination of their
leaders, and history may repeat itself
in this country. The time may come
when it will lie absolutely necessary
that the people do away with such ru.
lers the quickest way possible"
Does anybody doubt that the pro.
mitigation OF just such sentiments in
the North, has nerved men like Booth
to commit such acts ? This last
crowning act of the murder of our
Presldent,is only the blooming of the
flower, the bud of which was nurtur.
ed and grown by the Sons of Liberty,
and transplantcd to where it would
Weld fruit by the Copperhead nrcss
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-04-28
THE UNION ST TIE CONVENTION

The Columbus Journal says the
Union Central Committee at its meet
ing on the 9th, determined to fix the
ratio Of represention in the State Con.
vention at one Delegate for each two
hundred and fifty home votes--and
to give each regiment in the field one
Delegate--each Battalion one Dele,
gate, and each Independent Battery
one-half II vote-any regiment having
seven hundred and fifty men in ser.
vice, however, to he entitled to two
Delegates. The Committee will earn
estly urge the soldiers to elect fellow
soldiers as Delegates. The Conven.
ton will be called for the 2lst of
June. The campaign will not be
opened till the latter part ofJuly or
the first of August, but meanwhile
county conventions may he held and
county nominations generally made
The State officers to be chosen next
fall are Governor, Lieutenant Gov.
ernor, Treasurer, Judge Of Supreme
Court, Member of the Board of Pub.
lie Works, and Clerk of Supreme
.Court-Senators and Representatives
are also to be chosen
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-04-28
ANOTHER FAILURE, OECEAsE
OF GEN. SHERMAN.

Ecn. Sherman concluding chat IT,,
a~m ach as Abraham Lincoln was, nc
rnore, he wns..the Government, saw
nt to close his military carer. snt
start as President and Congress OF
his own account. A mn NAV be q,
excellent blacksmith, hut may no
be entirely cornpete ut to run a tav.
ern. Gen. Sherman has proven the
truth OF this ancient observation
asa General he has, by his own gc
MUS In that line, with first class as
sts.ancc, done his country servict
and won M honorable name. But one
stop, prompted either by vanity O.
something worse, has ruined him for
ever and aye, aud w. T, Sherman
goes into history with Mcclellan and
She host of names we once honored
but now only speak of with contempt
In another part of to.days paper
will be found full particulars of the
extraordinary "Treaty Of Peace,
Gen. Sherman made with General
Johnston, John G. Breckenridge, ant
that King Devil, Jefferson Davis
We invite aperusal of it. and ask oul
readers to decide whether he was
crazy, or whether he has abso.
lutely gone over TO the rebels body
and soul.
There arc several things peculiar
about this transaction. Firstly, Gen,
Sherman had about rs much right to
make q treaty" as Justice of the
Peace OF Berks county, Pennsylvania
has. When Gen. Lee tried the same
game on Grant, that General said he
had no power to arrange terms OF
peace--his business was to receive
the surrender Of his army or fight
And he got the army. But if Sher.
man had had the power to treat wo'd
any one but lunatic have given such
terms !? Why lie had Johnston's s
army in a vice-cscape was impossi.
BILE, and in week he must have been
surrounded. But Sherman is mag
nanimous;" he allows them to take
their arms to the capitals of their re.
spective statcs-he pardons all, from
jeff Davis down, for all they have
donc--hc leaves the legality of tho
new states which have long ago been
recognized by every Department of
tho Government to the Supreme
Court in effect does away with
the Emancipation Proclamation, and
80 on TO the end of the chapter. The
rebels could not have asked more
had they had the thing in their own
hands-the Copperheads wanted no
better terms for them.
Js Gen. Sherman bidding for their
support2
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-04-28
THE MURDER or LINCOLN.

AS we expected, the Courier ut,
ters suhdued whine over the mur.
der of the President TO show how
hypocritical their sorrow is, we con,
the following extracts from that pa
per:
Ever since the rebellion broke ont
and the war for Its suppression com
menced, the Administration have con
'spirod and made war against stat,
rights and state governments, anC
overrodc the sumo wherever the,
stood in the way, --- November Ii
1863.
Lincoln and his Cabinet, who hop,
to make their offices perpetual b,
the bayonet, want the war to 90 on
September 20, 1868. +
"You will find that at the very tim
that the people were resisting th
President, In the enforcement of In
conscript act In New York, he, th
President, was engaged in violatin,
the constitution and the laws of tl,
United States, and resisting the law
OF New York ard other States, pas.
led for the protection OF the people.
--July al, 1868
They have been deprived Of ils
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-04-28

The famous pen where many un.
fortunate Union prisoners pined their
lives away, was burnt to the ground.
A few United States prisoners were
fouhd, skeletons of their former
selves. Almost all of them died on
their way to kuoxville. They pre-.
ferred to die-tmder the shade of the
stars and stripes, than to be left in
the loathsome hospitals of Salisbury.
A lady in Toledo, hearing that one
of her neighbors had made the re-
mark that ''Lincoln ought to have
been killed long ago.. paid aher q
visit, and on the remark being re-
peated, pitched into her and admin
istered n sound drubbing, one that
will not be forgotten for some time
to come. 1t does not do for disloyal
sentiments to be uttered in the pres.
ence of the wives of our fighting sol.
diers. .f1t rIrsrrpH1
Lorisy1LtE, EY., April 25.-The
rebel Colonel Jesse and twenty eight
OF his guerrillas were captured near
Eminence, yesterday morning, by
Col Ruckley's men The loss is
small on both sides. The number of
killed and wounded is not stated.
A good Union woman Of Cleveland.
whose husband has been in the army
lighting for his country, was in the
Kitchen cleaning spider, on Satur.
day, when a woman neighbor came
in, aud after telling the news of the
assassination of tile President, said
she was glad of it." The soldiers
wife immediately knocked her down
with the spider. t.r.a
Major Dick Turner, the rebel com.
mandant of Libby Prison, who per.
ipetratcd so many cruelties on the
Union soldiers confined there, was
captured the other day and brought
into Richmond. He was dressed as
private, but was recognized and
would have been shot by an officer
who had been one of his victims. but
he begged so humbly that his life was
spared. He has been committed to
Libby, to be feSl on bread and water.
The tables are now turned 80
A dispatch was received at the War
Department last night from General
Grant, dated Raleigh. North Carolina,
April "a. A. VI. Upon his arrival
notice was Immediately sent to Johns.
ton that civil matters could not be con.
sidered in negotiations between milli.
tary commanders. This ends the
Sherman.tohnston business. The
rebels will now surrender, or will be
vigorously pursued.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-04-28

II is som mcwhat hard on n certain
class to doubt their sincerity when
they assume to mourn over the assas
sination of our late Chief Magistrate
IT is hard. but people will do it, and
and justly too. After q course OF
1. mean, low abuse, for four years it is
little lshy Tor Copperheads to sud.
denly discover 30 tnahy virtues.
The following expression is heard
very oftcn--'It is very serious
matter to our country--he was the
only man in his party who could
treat properly with the rebels and
bring about an HONORABLE peace"
Such expressions from such source
are simply hypoeritical, rs may lie
seen by what this same class of Cop.
perhcads haee before said. They
arc breaking ground for the purpose
OF attacking Mr., Lincoln's successor
They are welcome to commence the
onslaught at once. Some OF them
have already commenced, but the
. people will suptain President John
son in his course, as he has the res.
toration of the Union nj hear. and
will not spare rebels TO bring it
about.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-04-28

an the autumn Of 1861 Andrew
.,Johnson addressed a mass meeting al
Springfield, Ohio. He was the gues,
u.of MAJOR William HINT, OF Moorciicld
township, in Clarke county--ore oI
the old quart, in the Democratic par.
,ty which came out from it when trra,
son tainted il. When Mr. johnson
was about to take his leave of Hunt,
family, ono Of its young ladies re,
'arested him to write his name in he,
album. lie complied and wrote these
= % '"T,sason must he crushed and 7roi
toys P"n'sheS." - ASpRHw JouYso,
= or TrExEssKE.
Now fllat, in tho Prevalence O
God, Andrew johnson 10 the Preni
dent of tho United States, called sud
denly 10 power nj n fearful crisis, tn
country holds him 10 the pledge Q
1861,
az We do not i'elIcve IL Gill be dis
appointed. 2sp +,al
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-04-28

WASHINGTON, April 22.-Yester
DAY evening a bearer Of dispatches
arrived from General Sherman. An
agreement for a suspension of los.
tiiities, and a memorandum Of what
Is called basis for peace, had been
entered into on the 18th instant, by
General Sherman, with the rebel Gen
Johnston, and Brigadier- Gen. Brecl<
inridge was present at the Conference
a cabinet meeting was held at eigh'
o CLOCK IN the evening, at which th'
action of General Sherman was dis
approved by the President, by th,
secretary of War, by General Grant
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-04-28

OF all the States that have ratified
the Constitutional amendment, Yer.
mont should stand at the head of the
list, not for promptness in passing
upon it, but for the unanimity OF
mind of her representatives. The
vote in the Senate was Unanimous,
and in the House 2l7 to 2.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-04-28

and property without d'
process OF law--that the freedom
speech and of the press has abridg'
--the right to choose their represe
tatives has been made of no effect
murders, robberies, and orsons la
been instigated and encouraged, 81
the offenders have been allowed to
unpunished-that all these thin
have been done with the knowleds
sanction and procurement Of the pr'
ent administration, and that for Il
high crime against the constitute
the Union, and humanity, we arrai
the Administration, the Preside
his advisers, agents, supporters, ap,
ogists and accessories, either be-
or after the iacts, before the coui
and before the world, ard that
our fixed purpose to Bring the pl
traitors Of these atocious outrage
and their accompliccs to q sure
condign punishment hereafter
ust 7th, '63.
"Does not the slow, lingeringd
hv inches. of mn innocent man
v y right under the eyd
cars Of tho President, satisfy I'll
rants who hold the keys to thos9
tiles?
Gas sure as there IS sun i
heavens, and God who loves jrl
and humanity. these devils inca1
who are committing these outri
will receive q terrible punishmcn
their conduct - indcmnifying
passed through Congress to the
trarv Notwithstanding!
Congress has passed laws to {
empt rogues from paving their hon
debts, army thieves from punishme
and "Old Abe" and his Marsh
from the effects Of their rascally CT
duct December 10, 1862.
"The engine Of Executive pow
has been turned upon and agail
them, Democrats They have he
arrested and thrown Tito dungeo
upon the most frivolous prcteXt
they have been forcibly interrupt
in their meetings; their presses ha
been mobbed and suppressed; tn
motives have been assailed and m
represented, without giving them {
chance to defend themselves.---Ap
G. 1865.
"The Administration has illega
arrested thousands ofDemocrats, n
plunged them into bastiles." Js
90, 1864.
"Under the plea Of military nec'
sitv," the Administration has be
gniltv of nearly every crime and G
preston charged against George t
III and his ministers, in the Dec
ration of Independence. .'-Janua
16, 1868.
"The President, by his bold al
defiant acts of despotism and a usu
patton of power, has lost all con
dence Of the American people. The
rights and interests have been tral
pied under foot--thcir plainly o
pressed wishes supcrciliouslv disr
yarded-and e!ervwhere outrag
is asserting its rights"
January 8, 1868,
If Abraham Lincoln was guilty
these crimes, he deserved death, al
Booth deserves well of his countr
men for his act. If Booths act W
causeless, then the Courier has w
fully and Systematically lied has d
iberately slandered pure man {
four years. 1t may take either foi
of the dilemma.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-04-28

Thalast steamer Bremen, Germany
kr Esv- York, with 500 passengers.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-04-28

There will bc no change in the
Cabinet at present. Senator Harlan,
of Iowa, who had been appointed by
Mr.. Lincoln Secretary of the Interior
and confirmed by the Senate, to as
sumo the duties of the Office in May,
waited on President Johnson and re
signed the position. The President,
however. refused to accept his re
signation. ....
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-04-28

General Stoneman's expedition,
while at Salisbury, n. c., burned the
horrible prison pen in that place. A
few very feeble Union prisoners were
found there, most of whom died on
their way to Knoxville, having been
too much reduced by the atrocities
they had suffered, to endure the IA
tigues of the journey
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-04-28

General Ord has issued general
order. announcing that parolcd rebel
officers will he furnished with pass.
ports and passage to Halifax, it they
choose to accept them. a number OF
Lees officers have been asking per-
mission TO leave the country, and the
privilege is thus afforded them.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-04-28

New York, April 24.-Thc steam
er Backbone, from Hilton Head, the
Goth, brings Savannah papers OF the
10Th. The Savannah Herald of the
18th says Intelligence was received
there on the 18th, confirming the news
of the fall of Montgomery. The
place was evacuated by the rebels,
and occupied on the llth. The
rebels retreated in the direction OF
Columbus. Government stores were
being removed from Columbus, the
fall of which place was expected by
the next news from Augusta.
A Savannah letter of the 10th says
the receipt of the Intelligence of the
sad calamity that has befallen the ma
tion, has cast the profoundest gloon
over the city.
Flags were suspended at half-mast
and other emblems OF mourning art
seen everywhere. A meeting wa:
held at Hilton Head, at which reso
lutions, condoling with the nation
and the family OF the deceased, ant
Gazing lor ihoie N'So'"S
ton Of the war, were adopted. Oh
the 10th seven arrests were made a
Hilton Head. On receipt OF the sal
intelligence in o Savannah, Genera
Grover requested the papers to with
hold it until the next morning, an'
doubled tile guards throughout tn
city. ,..ssl -,
The steamer Blackstone passed tn
I Admiral Dupont, laden with troops
on the afternoon Of the 10Th, at Type
Bar. .'.'" 'fsh ''t
j KNOXVILLE, Tenn. April %. =
Among the trophies OF Stoneman'
expedition are twelve battle dag
and banners, and one old Unite
, States flag found, in tue house oil
lloysi citizen at Salisbury. .'tssti
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-04-28
Il. vi STANTON,
Secretary of War.

AS reports have been in circulation
for some time of a correspondence
between Generals Johnston and Sher-
man, the memorandum of what was
agreed upon, and the result is as fol-
lows:
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-11-30
THE NEGRO REVOLT IN JAMAICA.

Full particulars of the negro revolt in
the island of Jamaica are furnished by res
ident correspondents of the New York
Herald The facts elected show that the
massacre was the result of deliberate
plot for assassnating the white population,
and putting the negroes in possession of
the island. The following are the particu-
lars
The 29th of October was fixed for the
rising but the arrest Of some of the con-
spirators on other charges precipitated the
outbreak several days. At the bottom OF
the conspiracy was George Williams Cor
don, ex-magistrate and members Of the
Colonial Assembly, and it would seem
though on this point the colonial papers
make no definite statement), "a white man
The active leader was Paul Boyle, a negro
preacher, and it is significant that most OF
the rebels were in some way connected
with negro religious" associations. Boyle,
Gordon and the other principal rebels have
been arrested and hanged. General La
mothe, ex-President of the Haytien Repub-
lie, implicated in the rising, has been ar
rested on board a schooner, in which he
was trying to escape from the island.
At the date of last advces the revolt
was nearly suppressed, though frightful
stories continued to be told Of the negro
atrocities, and one road eight miles long
was said to be almost impossible from the
collection of dead bodies. The insurgents
do not seem to have attempted the destruc-
ton of the property on the island. Their
aim was to assassinate the whites and then
enter into possession of their property.
Over one thousand of the rebels have
been hanged and shot in the parish of St
Thomas up to the time the steamer left !;
and it is not at all unlikely that ere the
different Courts Martial close their settings,
there will be far over two thousand who
will have paid the penalty of their vile at
tempt to exterminate the white and cOlored
races of this island.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-11-30

Rag- An order has been issued from the
War Department by direction of the Presi-
dent notifying all claimants for the re-
wards offered by government for the ap-
prehension of jeff Davis and the assassina-
ton conspirators that they must file their
claims at the Adjutant Generals office be-
fore the lst of January next, and also an
nouncng the revocation of the rewards Off
cred for the arrest-of Jacob Thompson,
Beverly Tucker, George \. Sanders and
William c. CIeary, the rebel agents in
Canada, and John H Suratt, suspected of
completely in the murder of President Lin