The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-06-12
NEWS ITEMS.

The Boston Journal gives the facts
relative to Nehemiah Ball. the alleged
crazy Nan, who, as our dispatches
mentioned, was recently arrested in
Mansfield, O., with several thousand
dollars in possession. In February
last, he stole between eighteen and
twenty thousand dollars from his un-
Gle, Rufus Merriam. of Concord, Mass,
converted part of the assets, which
were railroad stocks, into money by
forged Inducements and started for
the West. His extravagant conduct
at Mansfield led to his arrest on &C.
count of his supposed insanity. On
his indemnity becoming known, a re-
quisition upon Gov. Hayes, of Ohio,
was obtained from Gov. Bullock,
and detective Littlefield, of Massa-
chusetts police, proceeded to Mans.
field, and secured the prisoner, with
whom he. arrived in Boston on Mon
day. Six or seven thousand dollars
of the stolen money was recovered.
Ball is a smart, intelligent.young man,
a graduate of Harvard College, and
was on his way TO Kansas to settle.
lie is not insane. He will be arraign-
ed before some court in Middlesex
county where the offence was commit
,ted.-Cis. Gazette.
/ A Washington letter says that
Judge Chase recently expressed him
self in unison with the Democratic
party on every point except that of
universal suffrage. If he was elected
by that party he would carry out
their policy faithfully, and labor to
make the party one Of permanent use
fulness, but he does not want the
Presidency, is not a candidate for
nomination, and would not assume the
office at sacrifice of his honest con
victions on general issues. He ex
pressed highly conservative ideas !;
favoring material Government aid to
the Southern States; a general am
nesty, and strongly deprecating the
harsh measures OF Congress on finan-
cisl questions, and iavors an early
return to'specie payments.
The Nashville Banner, the ablest
and widest circulated of Tennessee
independent journals, indicates no
choice for President; thinks the
Tennessee Democratic State Conven.
ton should express no preference,
but leave the matter to the National
Convention, and will support the
nominees enthusiastically. The Ga
zette has supported Pendleton from
the start. The Press and times and
Stats Zeitung, Republican, cordially
sustains the nominees Of the Chicago
Convention. The chances now are
for brief and active campaign after
the Democratic National c Convention,
though many Conservatives depre-
cate any contest, preferring to let the
State 60 without controversy for
Grant.
A gentleman in Columbia, South
Carolina, recently wrote Senator
Sumner a letter regarding the remov-
al of the writer's political disabilities.
The Senator. in his reply, said: 81
am not sure that the time has yet
come to make exceptions to our
general policy in individual cases,
To do so would be to open the door
to innumerable applications; and
once open, it would be difficult to
shut it. hope to meet such cases as
yours by some general enactment, and
as soon as the condition of the coun-
try will permit, i shall be the first to
advocate the removal of all disabili-
ties under which yon labor at pres
ent."
Gov. Hartman, of New Hamp-
shire, was inaugurated at Concord,
and delivered his annual message,
which is mainly directed TO local af-
fairs. The floating debt has been re-
duced to less than $4,000 and the
entire State Indebtedness to about
80, SOC, 900; $500, 600 of the debt has
been paid the past year. The mate
rial interests of the State are in a
prosperous condition. The Governor
urges on the Legislature the duty of
encouraging home manufactures and
and closes with brief
allusion to national affairs.
Weston failed in his attempt, at
Boston, to accomplish 100 miles in
% hours, making 9Ot mmiles in y
hours and So minutes.
1t generally happens that the more
money o widow has, the sooner she
quits buying mourning.