The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-01-31
NEWS.

q, Late reports from Alaska, receive
at San Francisco, say that the weath
er has been frightfully cold OF late
,r Saloons and pawn brokers' shops ar
% being opened, and burglaries ant
q fights are not uncommon. The in
:, reference of our authorities with tn,
customs of the Indians has created
discomfort among them. Notwith
y standing it is the winter season
) many strange Indians are appearing
e and disappearing; some come from
: Victoria, and others from Fort
n Simpson; for What purpose it is moi
] known. 1t is expected, as Russians
1 move the possessions will become
Americanized and affairs changed
: for the better. In consequence of the
J exorbltant prices demanded for game,
and knowledge of the fact of its be-
ing principally disposed ofby Indians,
, surreptitiously, for liquor, General
Davis issued an order that whatever
, article of provisions the Indians wish
ed to sell, must be exposed in the
market place. In many instances
Indians, detected in the violation of
the order, have been arrested, the liq.
uor confiscated; whereupon the
whole tribe would appear at the
headquarters and demand the release
If refused, they will hold a council
J of war. The chief makes savage
threats against the whites.
In the Georgis Convention, 23d
inst, a very spirited and interesting
debate took place in regard to inser.
ting a clause in the new Constitu-
ton, defining treason. The Demo
Gratis and secession sympathizers
tried hard to keep out all mention Of
such crime, but it is obvious from
a vote taken that the Convention
stands nearly two to one against
them. The matter was not finally
decided when the hour for adjourn
ment arrived. One of the best
speeches in support of the doctrine
that secession is treason, was made
by member who had been manned
in the rebel service. j ~ 1ei.
A convention of New England
manufacturers met at Worcester,
Mass, the 22d inst, and passed res
olutions approving those adopted by
the late Convention at Cleveland, and
calling on Congress to free the man
ufacture of articles necessary for
consumption from tax, and procure
the national revenue from luxuries.
The Convention also adopted me-
mortal embodying the points in which
it believed Congress could improve
the Internal Revenue law, and sent it
to Washington, by delegation of
fifty-one persons, representing the
various departments OF manufactur-
ing industry. a
! In the Kentucky Senate. the 22d
inst, resolutions were introduced de-
nouncing as unconstitutional and void
the removal of Chief Justice Bullitt
by the Governor during the war, on
an address of the Legislature. IN
the House resolutions were introduc-
ed declaring that Congress, the leg
islatlve department of the Govern
ment, is usurping the prerog atlves OF
its coordinate departments, the Ju-
dietary and Executive, and pledging
the support of Kentucky to the Elk.
ecutive in case of need. Both series
of resolutions were referred to CON-
mittees, to be hereafter reported up
on.
Lord Stanly, son of the Earl of
Derby, and a member of the Tory
Cabinet of England, in an after dinner
speech delivered on Wednesday, said
Ireland had never been more pros
porous than now that American SOL
diers were mainly responsible for the
disaffection that existed among the
Irish people that the consideration
of Church reforms in Ireland should
be postponed, and that land reform
was out of the question. .. i
A drunken maniac, named John
Swaney, mate of the steamer Arma.
dillo, murdered W. H. Graves, a.
passenger from Rochester, Pa, on
board the steamer, on 23d inst. at
night. The crime was committed
without provocatIon. After shoot
ing Graves. Swaney threw him over
board, and washed his bloody hands
in the coffee urn. s... -.s -
The official vote OF Iowa. at the
late election, has just been declared.
The majority for Merrill, Republican,
for Governor, is 26, 799 over Mason,
his Democratic opponent, and over
all, 26,792. The total vote cast for
Governor is 152, ,743.
A case was argued in the L. s. Su-
preme Court at Washington, the 9th
inst, which directly involves the
question whether or not Texas is a
State in the Union. The decision
will have bearing on the constitu-
tonality of much legislation. te2
The Arkansas Convention has
adopted memorial to Congress, ask |
ing for an appropriation to improve
river navigation in the State, and an
other asking for the continuance of
the Freedmen's Bureau until the com
pletion of reconstruction.
Tuesday afternoon, in a Memphis
Court while trial for murder
was in progress, an sltercatiOn be-
tween counsel arose, and in the melee
which ensued, Thomas Malone, an
uncle of the man murdered, was shot
fatally. Who did it is not known.
Some two months ago, a Captain
Rehrer mysteriously disappeared at
Pottsville, Pa. It has been confessed
by one of the perpetrators of the
crime that he was murdered and his
body thrown into coal pit, 500 feet
deep, and filled with water. All the
parties implicated have been arrest
ed.
In the Virginia Convention, the
oath inst, after a long debate, Mr..
Porter's amendment to the bill of
Rights was laid on the table. The
report of the committee on Finance
and Taxation was taken up and the
first section adopted. The Committee
on the Executive Department made
its report.
The Massachusetts Anti Slavery
Society met at Boston, 22d inst. Res.
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