The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-08-25
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IueClucly oil the treatment OF Union
men by Gov. Peirpont.
Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, late Vice
President of the United States, has
been appointed Collector of the port
of boston.
Crime still RACES at Jefersonville
Indiana, aud no one is arrested. -
Last Tuesday the body of negro
soldier was found i'm the suburbs
who had been shot through the head
by some person unknown. On Mon
day morning another colored soldier
was found in Fort Falten, pinioned
to the ground with q bayonet. This
crime was also by some person un-
known.
JACKSON, Miss, Aug. II. The
Times special says the effects of al
earthquake was sensibly felt about
nine O clock this morning, at Mem
phis, Lagrange, Holly Springs, Ok
ford and Grenada.
At Memphis the shock was severe
enough to cause the people to run out
of their houses.
New York, Aug. 1S.-Gov. John.
son, OF Georgia, has issued provla-
nation, authorizing the ordinaries
throughout the State to administer
the Presidents oath of amnesty to
all persons entitled to receive the
same; also that all the civil officers OF
the State who have taken subscribed
the oath prescribed in the proclama-
tion aforesaid, if not embraced within
any of its exceptions, or who may
have received special amnesty, if EN-
braced, shall proceed thereafter in
the discharge of the duties of their
several offices according to the laws
in existence prior to the 1st of Jan,
1864, so far as the same are not in
consistent with the present condition
of the State.
a married man who was recently
at whist party, when he proposed
to go home, was asked to stay little
longer. well" he replied, "per-
haps | may as well; my vile is prob
ably already as mad us she can be-"
Philadelphia has fifty eight more
churches than New York City, with
about three quarters the population.
The Garfield Herald tells the story
Of Mr.. 5. Beard, of Springfield
township, Mahoning county, who
sold to the Government two years
ago, o fine horse for SS5, that being
the average price OF horses at that
time Last week he attended the
Government sale of horses al Culum.
biana and purchased Il horse Tor 8 40
and took it home His family visited
the stable to see the animal, and dis
covered it was the identical horse
they formerly owned and raised -
The horse is ~ good rs ever, bat the
Government considered him worth
$50 more than when it took charge
Of him We doubt whether another
circumstance of the kind will occur
in the State.
A returned soldier in Wellington
knocked down a copperhead, who
was taunting him with having thrown
away his time in lighting for the
Union.
The Canadian papers are complain.
ing of the continued exodus from
Canada to the United States. The
st. GATHERINGS Constitutional says:
The large number who leave St
Caterines alone is really astonishing
and society is beginning to feel it to
great extent. From the churches
Sabbath schools, temperance socie
ties, Masonic and other bodies, they
are daily missed, and the cry is still,
I"Going, going"
The family of President Juarez, o
Mexico, lives in New York City. A
lite son died few days since.
Doct. Windship, the celebrated
"strong man." of Roxbury, Mass.
died lately, after brief illness Of
diptheria.
A hurricane passed over Dubuque
Iowa, few days ago, that unroofet
buildings, and twisted asunder trees
a foot in diameter A reaper at the
levee, weighing nearly one thousand
pounds, was moved some distance
and photograph gallery was quietly
transferred to the middle of the
street.
| A calculation has been made which
shows that the Government has beer
defrauded of eighty i've millions O
dollars of the whiskey tax during the
last seven months--an amount sufli
cient to pay the interest on the ma
tional debt.
The brother-in law Of jeff. DAVIS
was soundly whipped short tim'
since, in Savannah, for talking toe
much treason. The name of tn,
gentleman who had the honor is no
given, but hc was ga little Yankee
Captain"
| 1t is said by Montreal papers tha
John Surratt has been in Canada fol
'la long time, and is now secrcted il
or near Montreal. 1t is believed h,
is harbored by secession sympathiz
ers, who became indignant at the ex
scution of his mother. Several Ca
madam detectives are on the aler
for him, in hODes of securing the re