The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-09-08
As pJA Omces continue to he re

opened IN The South, the BOStmasters
who were in possession Of them when
the rebellion commenced have drafts
or notices served upon them for a
settlement of arrearages. Some few
have liquidatcd their indebtedness,
while others express q willingness to
pay so soon as they can obtain the
means for that purpose.
The receipts from internal revenue
to-day amounted to the enormous
sum of four million three hundred
thousand dollars and upwards.
A gentleman of Washington writes
to the New York Tribune saying, that
among the sources of sorrow for the
death of our late Governor is the fact
that the world generally, and perhaps
a majority of our people, can never
know how really great man has
been lost. He says further: 81 have
had an opportunity to see and know
pretty well most of the prominent men
of the last four years, in all branches
of the public service, and it Is my
deliberate conviction that, in some
important respects, John Brough was
the superior OF the best of them"
The Engine "Hamilton," on the
c. II. 81 d. road, exploded on Friday
night at Jones Station, while taking
in water killing the conductor and
two brakemen. This is the second
accident ofthe kind within the year at
nearly the same place, the same en-
giheer being on both trains.
Gen. Fremont is at the head of an
organization of capitalists, who are
about commencing iron manufacture
in Missouri.
The authorities have ordered the
establishment Of soup houses in the
several sub districts of Virginia, for
the freedmen, where they collect in
considerable numbers. All raLions,
except such as can be provided at
their own houses,are to be discontin- !
ued.
The man having charge of the An.
dersonville bloodhounds has been ar
rested and is now in the Old Capitol
Prison.
AS to the cholera, the Londoa
Times has discovered that its vista
tion this year is peculiar as compared \
with the course it took in 1882, 1S40
and 1854. In those years it adj.
vanced into the interior, while now
it seems to confne itself exclusively
to the seaboard. fthis course shall
characterize it throughout its voyage, /
interior cities have little cause of
alarm. The epidemic shows no sign
Of abatement. as yet at Malta. For
the week ending the 18th ult., there
were 347 cases and 20S deaths. 1t.
had almost entirely ceased among the
military. At Constantinople the
greatest alarm still prevailed. At
Therapia the first night of its appear .
ance almost everybody abandoned
their houses together with the dead
and dying, and l3j dead were found
and buried during the first three
days. 1t is estimated that 100000
persons had left CoustautinOple, |
principally porters and domestic ser
wants. a letter writer says: All the
Government works are suspended ,
and disorganized The arsenal, to-
phana, &c. are quite deserted. The
public offices are also almost entirely |
closed, the custom being oaly upon
two hours day. In fact, such is tire I,
scarcity Of labor caused by the de. |
sertion Of the hamalS Iporters) that
ships have great difficulty in unload !
ing and taking in cHrgoes. The once
busy streets of Galata arc quite de-
serted, shops and offices closed, and /
business Of all kinds quite suspend
ed. | have no doubt the epidemic
has been much aggravated hy the
abject fear Of the inhabitants, com
bined with the too free use Of ardent
spirits (of the worst description, J
which many indulge in ut the present
time, and the unusual heat which now
prevails.
Though Captain Wirz made n pit
eous appeal to his sympathizers in
the North for means to pay the eX-
pcnses of his defense, yet the Coz
eminent has taken all pains 10 pro
cure witnesses for him, and provide
everything that can help his case, so
that his friends will be entirely re-
lieved Of this expense.
Vermont Tuesday held her annual
election. The vote cast was small
but the usual overwhelming Union
majority obtained. Dillingham;, I'm
ion, beats Davenport, his Democratic
opponent, tour to one, and in the for
ty-eight towns heard from the men,
bers Of the Legislature elected are
all Unionsts.
A st. Louis dispatch states, on
good authority, that the lately hos
tile Indians now seem pacifically in
clIned, and the October conference
with them is likely to prove a success.
If they violate the engagements then
made, or refuse to make any, the
Government will parley with them
no longer, but use all its power
against them.