The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-01-26
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The house has passed the bill grant.
ing the right of negro suffrage in the
District OF Columbia.
The matter of reconstruction still
occupies the attention of Congress,
and as yet nothing very definite has
been done.
Twelve children of Moses and Re.
becca Fitz, formerly of Gloucester,
Mass, are now living in Maine, all
!. enjoying excellent health. The Lew.
istown Journal says their united ages
are T4S years and I months. Not q
member Of this family of children
has died. The oldest is 10, and the
youngest so years Of age. The doz-
en- consists of six males and six fe-
males; the latter are all married. -
They hey had, had q Of 6Pynl''ii Monday last.
The Government has recognized
d. s, Walker as the legally elected
! Governor OF Florida.
The steamship Asia arrived at Hal
, flax on Saturday, with foreign adj
vices to the 7lh inst.--two days later.
The main item of news is the at.
tempted assassination of the Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland, by unknown
parties. The plan employed was
that of firing into the railroad train
on which be and his wife were pas
sengers. None of the shots took eff
feet. Mazzini is dangerously i'll in
England. The weekly returns of the
rinderpest show that the plague is
still on the increase. The London
+ Times expresses an opinion that by
next January all French troops will
have been drawn from Mexico. Five.
twenties closed on Saturday, the 9th
! inst, at GAY.
The United States Senate was In
session an hour and half Saturday
The bill authorizing the President,
instead Of the Secretary of the In
terror, to appoint pension agents and
name pension districts, was passed;
and so was q joint resolution extend.
ing the time for the completion OF
the Burlington and Missouri River
Railroad The House bill making
: appropriation for invalid and other
pensions for the year ending June,
1867, was taken up and passed. The
bill to enlarge the powers of the
Freedmens' Bureau was discussed
: Guthrie of Kentucky, arguing that
his State should not be included with
the States lately in rebellion. Pend.
ing the debate the Senate adjourned
, The furious gale which swept ovel
Cincinnati on Friday night, was ever
more violent at Nashville, Severa
: houses were blown down in Edge
. vile, one Of the suburbs Of that CITY
! nd the Mercury sank until on Sat
lirday, 1t stood at three degrees be
low zero.
Official news from El Paso, Mexi
e co, up to the 22d of December, is re
f ceivcd. The French marched il
great force against the city OF Chihu
ahua, and the Mexican Government
had to abandon it on the 9th. Pres.
: ident Juarez left chihuahua with his
Cabinet and his army, and came to
FL Paso, arriving there on the 18th
The French occupied chihuahua
on the llth of the month. The Mex.
lean forces under General Jerrezas
remained fifty miles from chihuahua
awaiting the French.
President Juarez was very well re-
ccived by the people at FL Paso
The news from the interior is presen.
ted as very good for the national
cause.
Three things only are essential to
happiness, namely: Something to do;
something TO love; and something to
hope for
A SIGNIFICANT PnRAsE.-Some,
body said of Buchanan: "The old
scamp; he sat at Washington for
four years like bread poultice, and
drew the rebellion to a head"
"Somebody" should not hide his
light under bushcl. 1t is simple
justice to Mr.. Buchanan to say that
a more apt and perfect comparison
has never been instituted. What a
fate for an ex President. To 90 down
to history as the "Bread Poltice of
the Rebellion
If the negro haters Of Washington,
whose rage at the passage of the Suf-
ferage bill is unbounded, carry out
their threats, there will be a fair
chance for Northern capitalists to
invest in real estate in the District.
Many of the old residents declare
they will emigrate as soon as the bill
becomes a law.
The Macon, Ga, Messenger SAYS
1t continues to receive encouraging
accounts OF the cotton crop from
planters throughout Southwestern
Georgia. The freedmen have gen.
orally made labor contracts. There
will, however, be little corn, not en-.
ough to feed the plantations, to saw
nothing Of the towns and. non, prodl.