The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-02-02
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agents OF Jne frecumen bureau ana
all other loyal men would be com.
PEELED to leave.
The Nashville Union of the oath
says: "Some of our exchanges re-
port the wheat crop as badly dam
aged, owing to the sudden changes
in the weather, and the absence of
snow. Farmers talk about half a
crop as the best to be anticipated"
The total number of National
Banks now in operation is 1,630.
Theodore Tilton gets $4,000 year
for editing the New York Ind epen.
dent. He is worth it.
The oldest clergyman in Boston is
Father Cleveland, in his 9th year,
and still active in tie duties of his
charitable profession. He was an
Office holder under Washington.
In Nashville, last week, negro
was callcl upon under the new law
to testify against white man--the
first instance of the kind in the history
of the State
Postmaster General Dennison asks
for the passage of law authorizing
uim to sell stamps on credit. The
object OF the bill is that the Southern
people may DC able to supply them.
selves.
Among the recent captures of Fe.
nian war materials in Dublin were
BOG pike beads, sixty FIVE of which
were mounted on ten foot poles, and
a machine for the manufacture OF
percussion caps.
A duel was fought at Osyka, Mis-.
sissippi, on the 18th inst, between
Mr.. Limet, of the New Orleans Bee,
and Mr.Lefranc, of the Renaissance
the combat was with small swords,
and Mr.Lefranc was seriously wound
ed.
The official census returns of Hi
nois arc now nearly complete, eight
counties out of one hundred and two,
only being estimated. The popula
tion in 1850 was l,7l1,951 and in
1860, ., ,5IS, being gain Of 433,-
507. -.
Ex-Governor Magrath, of South
Carolina, is writing editorial articles
for Charleston journal, to show that
the success of secession would have
been injurious to the South. This
makes his old friends feel bitterly
toward him, and they look sourly
upon him.
A man claiming to be descended
from q white father and mother Of
mixed blood, offered his vote in
Green township, Mahoning county,
in the October and November cleo
tions of 1864, and was refused.
Thereupon he brought q suit against
the Trustees, and jury has recently
returned a verdict for the plaintiff,
asse S ne his damages at enc hundred
dollars.
1t is reported that six large French
transports have touched at Havana,
on their way 10 Vera Cruz. 1t is
believed they are intended to carry
back troops from Mexico to France.
Abandoned and captured cotton,
valued at 5,744,000, was seized by
the Government, in the Valley of the
Mississippi, from March, 1868, to
August, 1868.
A correspondent of the New York
Times notices the recent ratification
OF the constitutional amendment by
New Jers' y, and Calls attention to
the fact that tue absence OF one dele.
gate from New Jersey prevented q
two thirds vote for the fifth section
of the Jcflersonian ordinance of 1874,
by which it was provided "that after
the year 1900 of the christian era,
there shall be neither slavery nor in.
voluntary seryitude in any OF the said
States, otherwise than in punishment
Of crimes" DC.
The House, Monday, refused to al
nit the Arkansas representatives to
the privileges of the floor until their
credentials had been passed on, The
subject CT claims for damages to the
property of loyal persons during the
war was discussed at considerable
length. MIR. Delano, while sympa.
thizing with the losses of loyal men,
thought it very difficult if not impos
siglc to ascertain the true character
of many claimants, and that the con
dltion of our finances was not such
as to admit of lavish expenditures in
the way OF settlement OF the numer-
ous private accounts OF this kind
The sessions of the house were alb
breviatcd through the desire of many
members to attend the Presidents
levce. In the Senate, Mr.. Wilson,
from the Military Committee, report.
ed bill for the organization of a
national militia 1t provides for one
regiment OF active militia in each
Congressional District, to be made
mp of men between 20 and 35, who
shall be held in readiness for any call,
the period Of enlistment being six
years. All able bodied men between
20 and 45 are also enrolled as militia.
Mr., Trumbulrs bill declaring all
persons not subject to foreign powers,
irrespective of color, citizens OF the
United States, was debated, Messrs.
Trumbull, Cowan, johnson, and
others participating.
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