The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-04-27
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A terrible disaster occurred at
Aspinwall on the Both ult. There
was q fearful explosion on board the
steamship European, destroying the
ship and four hundred feet of her
wharf The cause of the explosion is
supposed to be from nitro o-glycerinc
on board. About fifty persons killed
among them the captain and
officers Of the ship.
The st. Paul Press describes as
feariully grand the breaking of the
immense ice gorge above the Falls
of st. Anthony, last week. Twelve
boom piers between the suspension
bridge and the falls were destroyed,
causing loss of about $4,000. A
lumber sluicc on the Minnesota side
of the river was also carried away.
involving n loss of $1,000. A por.
ton of the upper bridge was also
broken down. About 100000
worth Of logs were hoated oil. The
suspension bridge was uninjured.
NJ. +. Maury, ex-Director Of the
National Observatory at Washington,
eX-rcbel and present colonizcr in
Mexico, is now in Paris engaged in
petitioning the rebel sympathizers in
England and France for the relief Of
destitute Southcrncrs. He has writ.
ten three column letter to the Lon
don Morning Herald, in which he
estimates the pecuniary losses of the
people of the Southern Confederacy
at 81 100000, ,0oo, falling on less than
eight millions of whites.
The Conncrsville (Indiana) Times
says that wheat of its county (Fay.
ette) presents very unfavorable
appearance. In the fall the wheat
was seriously injured by the fly, dur
ing the winter much of it was frozen
out, and what is left is suffering very
much now from drought. Here and
there good field of wheat may be
seen, but rs general thing it is very
thin on the ground. Several farmers
intend plowing up their wheat fields,
and unless the drought soon termin-
ates the crop will be almost a total
failure.
A raid was made last week on five
or six Of the heaviest lottery policy
dealers in New York, at instance of
a victim who alleges that he has lost
over Si2, 900 by their fraudulent and
illegal transactions.
The Supreme Court OF Massachu-
setts has decided that a revenue
stamp is no part of a note, nor does
it affect its validity unless fraudu.
lently omitted. ........
1t is proposed in Washington to
have grand National Soldiers and
Sailors Fair, under the auspices of
Mrs. Gen. Grant bs President, and
Mrs. Gen. Sherman as vice Presi-
dent.
The 100000 in gold captured by
the military in Georgia, after Lees
surrender, and claimed by the Rich.
mond banks, proves to have been a
loan by these banks TO the rebel an
thorities, and together with Sl4O,.
900 more also thus loaned, but not
drawn, is liable to be forfeited to
the United States. rss.1. tn M
The Secretary of the Treasury has
been authorized to sell at public auc.
tion such of the revenue cutters as
he shall find i'll adapted to the pur.
poses of the revenue service, and to
expend the proceeds in the purchase
or construction OF other vessels bet.
ter suited to the wants Of the ser,
vice. ''t A'lI Hl 'l'f'7 'i
The official count Of the Connec
ticut election has been made. Haw.
ley, Union, Tor Governor, received
43,974 votes, and English, Demo.
cratic, 43,4SS. There were only ten
scati ering votes. Hawley's majority.
is 531, On the other tickets the
Union majority is about 1000. On