The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-03-30
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UUO III Arkansas DOnQS before com ]
business. Recently a New |
York company desired to establish /
an agency in Little Rock and applied
for the bonds, when the Auditor said,
the State had nc bonds yet, and,
had no money to get them
printed with.
The French Government has APP
pointed Commission TO go to the
source OF cholera, even to the banks
of the Ganges, there to study it in its
original home, and our government
intends to appoint two Commission.
ers to take pert in che fmpUi tant
work. 1t may be that the flow oil
the deadly disease may be arrested
at the very fountain, aud before it
becomes an irresistible torrent,
sweeping all before it, What a
blessing if the origin of the evil
could be detected, and the world be
freed from the awful scourge.
Returns from all the polls in New
Hampshire have now been received,
except seven very small towns. The
majority for Smith (Rep for Gov.
ernor is 4 ,942, more that twice that
of Lincoln's electoral ticket in 1851
The Union vote thus far received is
about 600 more than last year, while
that of the Democrats has fallen Off
neatly 600.
The Republicans of Mexico are
commenting with much severity on
the late message of Governor And
.erson. They deem 1t a gross insult
from an official of that country to
which they have been wont to look
for encouragement. One of the Lib.
eral papers calls upon the United
States to remember that their ances.
tors were the descendants of the lib.
eral governments of Europe, while
their own were conqucrors, dcspots
and ignorant sailors
The news of the Peruvian TO the
9th inst. shows no material change
in the London market for American
securities. Cotton was buoyant, but
unchanged in price. Provisions con.
tinued in active demand with an up.
ward tendency. Breadstufls were
dull.
1t is stated that President Johnson
has received q dispatch from Cover.
nor Hamilton, OF Texas, in which he
says that, although the convention
has been in session month, and ap-
parently without accomplishing any
thing, still measures similar to those
adopted by Alabama are likely to
prevail lie also states that the
freedmen will be treated more salts.
factorily than in most Of the other
States.
An important decision was made
in the New York Court of Common
Pleas, on liability oftelegraph compa,
nies for mistakes in the transmission
of dispatches. A verdict was found
for the plaintiff, affirming the decis-
ion OF lower court, from which the
case had been appealed. The plain.
titr had sent through the New York
Albany d Buffalo Telegraphic Com
pany, dispatch to an agent in Sar
Fransisco to buy cargo of wheat a
not over twenty-five francs, the hec
tUrolite landed in Bordeaux. Tht
dispatch read twenty five, and for hi
expenses in consequence of this error
the plaintiff recovered S2,094 81.
The prospects of the peach crop a
the East are very dismal. Nearly al
the buds are killed in New Jersey
North of Burlington, and south o
thas, only a few scattering ones are
alive upon any varieties, except
Holes early, which appears to have
been less liable to kill than othel
sorts. In Delaware and Maryland
there may be one,third of the bud:
alive. They are reported less injured
along the south shore of Lake On
tario than anywhere else.
The reception of the President
veto message and the vote hy which
Senator Stockton, of New Jersey
was unseated were the interesting
features of the Senate's session Wed.
nesday. 1t was expected that thC
Civil Rights bill would be passed by
a two thirds vote over the veto, there
being a sufficient majority in favor
of The measure, but two Senators
being absent, action was deferred
until day. The vote declaring
Mr.. Stockton not entitled to his seal
stood - to II. In the House, the very
Important testimony on Southern af.
fairs, which had been given before
the Reconstruction Committee, was
the principal subject of notice.
Massachusetts has n prohibitory
liquor law. Prosecutions under its
provisions are not unfrequent, and
the defendants have offered their Ii,
ccnses under the Internal Revenue
law as legalizing the traffic. The
lower courts decided that the Gov.
ernment license was no protection tc
the dealers, and the Supreme Court
of the United States has just affirmed
the decision. The result is an import
ant one, as it covers lottery dealers
and variety of other classes who
are taxed by the Government, while
their business is prohibited by the
statutes of various States.
A duel was fought near Lexington
KY, Monday, between Capt. Kimb