The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-03-16
The N ews.

The Fenian panic In Canada con.
tinues with little, if any, abatement,
though the British Minister at Wash
ington, through the assurance of our
Government, that no violation OF neu
trality will he permitted, and his own
belief that the Fenan enterprise is a
mere speculation Of the leaders, is
reported to be quite easy. 1t is cur.
ious TO sec that the Montreal Gazette,
the warm defender of the South dur.
ing the rebellion, and the apologist
of the raiders who invaded Vermont
and fitted out expeditions on Lake
Eric, Is now imploring the United
States to opreservc neutrality, and de
nouncing the liberation of hostile or
ganization of our soil.
In the seizure of the whisky dis.
tilleries in New York, the detectives
found in one place brandy being man.
ufactured from old printers rollers
for the sake of the molasses, of which
they are partially composed.
A curious case has just been dc.
cided in London. Colonel Campbell
sued Lord Wmlock for 500 guineas,
the rent of furnished house in that
city from the ODD of April TO the 1st
of August, 1865. His Lordsfip ad.
mitted taking the house at the above
rent, but said that tho servants
rooms were found to be infested with
bed bugs. He therefore left the
hJuscimmediately. The Chief Jus.
tice summed up and told the jury
that the question for them to decide
was, whether the apartments were in
such condition Gas to render the
rest and comfort OF the inmates i'm.
possible" The jury returned a YER
diet for the plaintiff for the full
amount of the rrnt, 800 gulneas.-
So IL is law in London that any quan-
.ity of bed bugs IN chambers do not
make a house untenantable for no
Die family.
a curious story of a New York
ustom House official hnds its way
into print. Not long ago an English
Dptician firm manufactured for the
Microscope Society of New York an
81 ject glass having focal length OF
of an inch, and which was
regarded as a triumph of art. The
box containing it was marked "Glass
instruments, with great care" and
to the Secretary of the
Society. On reaching New York,
one of the Custom House officials,
in examining the contents, took the
lens for bit of clmented
glass, and, imagining it to be worth.
less, tossed it overheard. BY this
momentary folly years labor was
thrown away.
George n. Sanders, lately rebel
assassination agent in Canada, along
with Jacob Thompson and C. c.
Clay, Jr., is now in London on
visit to his friend, DR.. Mackay, Of the
London Times, sentimental poet and
npologist for slavery.
A correspondent of the New York
Tribune, who has lately been explor-
ing Virginia, arrives ut the .conclu-
sion that there is large amount of
land tor sale, mostly unimproved and
held at o high price. The prospect
IS that it will be cheaper in 1867
than 1866, The owners will then
have tried farming for year with
out stock or capital, and will be more
willing to sell. Labor Is plenty and
cheap, but the emigrant thither must
have capital. enough to support him
self and family for the first year, and
for the erection of buildings and
other improvements. Everything
that can be raised finds a ready mar
Ilet at fair rates, but the social con-
ilition of the country is far from
good, churches and school houses
being very scarce.
The Secretary of War has dis.
charged one of his clerks for saying
he would like to see Senator Sumner
''sent to his long home"
The reports from Northern Missis-
sippi are quite favorable. The ne
groes are laboring and the planters
are III good spirits.
The fur companies formerly sent
from st. Louis two boats each sum.
mer up to the Rocky Mountain, to
supply their trading posts and bring
back the accumulation of furs and
pcltries, and the Government sent
,no to take out the Indian annuities.
Now no less than seventy five steam.
ers are advertised to leave during
he month OF April. Immense quan.
Iities OF goods and groceries are
being purchased to go to the noun
tains this season.
The new residence of Gen. Grant
1t Washington, is one of a block
built some ten years ago hy Senators
Douglas, Rice and Breckinridge, as
heir metropolitan residences while
N Office. The Government has used
he whole block as a hospital during
lie rebellion. The house adjoining
Gen. Grants belongs to Alfred Lee,
| sagacious and highly respected col,
'red man, flour dealer, and repor
ed 10 be worth S2O0,00O.
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