The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-01-24


laboring people of Quebec.
Maximilia1' 8 remains were buried
with great pomp in the Church OF
the Capuchins at Vienna, yeste rday-
The King of Sweden, in his speech
at the opening Of Parliament on -.
urday, proposed enrollipD AL the
population in arms.
Arrests of Fenians in Ireland and
Scotland continue. On Saturday
night Fecian placard was posted on
the Mansion House, London. The
boldness of this act is surprising and
annoying to the public and the au-
thorities
The French government is dispos
ed to threaten the Italian government
to make it more submissive On New
Years day, the French Ambassador
at RoDe attended q party given BY
Victor Emanuels rival, the depOsed
King of the Two Sicilies.
Henry, the Montreal liquor dealer.
who absconded to the United
States, has robbed the Canadian gov
ernment of $l20.000 In taxes. He
pumped the liquor out Of the barrels
in his celler, which was bonded
warehouse, and sold it and filed the
the barrels with water
The National Convention of the
Grand Army of the Republic, at
Philadelphia, the 10th inst, elected
the following officers of the Grand
Encampment for the ensuing year
General ]. A. Logan, of Illinois,
Commander in Chief j, 7. Owen, of
Pennsylyania. Senior Commander-in-
Chief; L. C. Campbell, of Ohio, Quar-
termaster General John Bell, of
Iowa, Surgeon General A. ii. Quint,
of Massachusetts, Chaplain; and II.
B. Banning, of Mt. Vernon, on the
Council of Administration for OHIO.
Illicit distillation is said to be ear
ried on very extensively in tho Third
District of Tennessee. Resistance
has been made to revenue officers
while in the discharge Of their duties
near Knoxville. r. o. Crofford, In
spector in the Third District, was re-
Gently wounded while dlstraining on
the property of an offending distiller.
a Convention of Alabama Conser-
vatives has been In session at Mont
gomery. The result Of their delib-
Grafton was, that it is best to stay
away from the polls on the 4th and
9Th of February, the election day ap
pointed by the recent. Constitutional
Convention. The 30th of January,
was also set apart as a dag of fasting
and prayer. 5at sIc l=csmitra q
The correspondence between Gen.
Meade and Governor Jenkins, OF
Georgia, which resulted in the re-
moyal of the latter from office, is
published. The General held that
the Constitutional Convention had a
right to make appropriations and
draw money from the State Treasury
to pay its own expenses, while the
Governor insisted that the Legislature
was the only body possessing that
power. He, moreover, expressed the
opinion that the Convention was i'm
constitutional. The General then re-
piled that he did not doubt the purity
of the Governors motives, and that
he respected him personally, but, un-
der the circumstances, be must vacate
his office.
Specials have reported the enthu-
siastic Endorsement of Gen. Grant,
by mass meeting of the delegates t.
the Grand Army of the Republic Con-
vention, at Philadelphia, on the 10th
inst. The following is verbatim
report of the resolution, which was
unanimously adopted
/" Resolued, That the veteran SOL
diers and sailors, steadfast now, as
ever, to the Union and flag, fully re
cognize the claims of u. 5. Grant,
General of the Army of the United
States, to the confidence of the peo-
pie, and recommend him for the office
of President of the United States, in
implicit confidence that the victories
won under his guidance in war, will
be fully carried out by him in peace,
in such measures as shall secure full
fruits"
Gov. Jenkins, of Georgia, is on his
way to Washington, to see the Presi-
dent and try and get the Supreme
Court to acton his troubles. He has
sent the finances Of Georgia to New
York, and, thus far, all the efforts to
discover just what has been done
with the money have failed. 1t is
probable that the State officials will
be arrested.
Honolulu advices to December 2Sth
says Queen Emma had retired to Ko
eiba, the ancient city of the Hawaiian
Kings, for q protracted residence.
The English war steamer Cameleon,
Commodore Annelsy, arrived at Hon
olulu, December Path, and enteringl
the harbor eollided with the ship
Magnolia, damaging both vessels
slightly. A flood in Kalioka, Stally,
did considerable damage to property.
Several lives were lost There was
anxiety among the native population
in regard to the failure Of the taro
crop. The high prices of last year
stimulated an unusual planting the
present season. The plants we're at
tackled by an aphis, of the same specie
as infests rose bushes. 1t was feared
that the entire crop would be destroy
ed. Experiments were being made
at raising seeds imported from Jap
an.
An accident occurred on Sunday
night on the Boston and Providence
Railroad, the train from New York
being thrown OFF the track by a bro
ken rail. Half dozen persons were
more or less seriously injured, but no
lives were lost.
A prize fight occurred at Bloody
Island, opposite st. Louis, on Sun
day, between Dennis Reardon, aged
Is, and Thomas McCann, aged IL.
The latter died from his injuries.
Reardon, and a number of other per-
sons, have been arrested.
Gen. Meade has succeeded in find
ing S15, 900 of the concealed money
of the State of Georgia, which will