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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-09
Mr.. Johnson Expresses his Opinion.

Iui. JOliilSOH LApIcSScS HIS OpIHlUu.
A Washington reporter has called
upon eX President Johnson and
found him eager to express his Opin
ions without reserve. He still feels
bitterly toward President Grant and
expresses the utmost contempt for
that gentleman, considered physical
ly or intellectually He thinks he
has read Grant through and through,
and is satisfied that he has neither
substance, opinion, or policy. He
has as little respect for the Cabinet
AS for the President himself. Mr.
JObnson reiearsed ut length his con-
troversy with the General and reiter-
ated his former charges, becoming
very warm, and showing mach tenn
per. He remarked incidentally that
he had no favOrs to ask OF the Ad-
ministration and that he had reach
ed the summit of his ambition. lie
only desired To see the Government
fixed on solid foundation, etc
The country is tending TO Imperial
ism and a bondholding Aristocracy.
After talking awhile in this vein the
eX- President would return again to
Grant, and declare that he had no
military ability; he was "a mere in
cident OF the war, as a baggage
wagon or ammunition train would
he" The only way to return To
Constitutional Government is to
make the Southern States a nucleus
about which to form it Power would
soon develop itself in the South, and
the North-W est would come in and
strike hands with it, as against the
East, and protective tariffs and kin
dred subjects. Mr.. Johnson says
that BrOwnlow is acting with him
He has no confidence in Browllow,
he says; but BrownlOw is shrewd
enough tu see change of sentiment
in Tennessee.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-09

THE latest London sensation is the
findiBg OF u human foot, hacked from
the leg, done up in small paper
parcel, with note addressed To
s'My dearest Lizzie,' asking her to
dispose of it so as not To arouse sus-
pieion, and intimating desire TO get
rid OF other "parts.'
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-09

THERE are $40 Smiths, 100
Sehmidts, and number of Smits,
Schmids, SehDidlins, Smitzers and
Smythes N Cineinaatli. All the lat
ter are degenerate and corrupt pro-
ducts Of the original and honest
name of Smith. John Smith lives in
Cincinnati, 45 of him..
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The Marriage Law.

luc mdIIIdSC LAW.
Attorney General West has given
the following as his opinion of the
marriage law passed by the last Leg
islatnre:
COLUMBUS, June l6, 1869.
Hon. l. l. Sherwood. Secy OF State, Columbus
SIR--The act of May 5, 1860, "to
amend section one of an act regulat
ing marriages. reads as follows:
"SEC. L. BE 10 enacted by tie Gen
erm AssemLly If Tie State of Ohio
That section one of the above nam
ed act b. amended so as to read as
follows:
"'SEC. /. That male persons oil
the age OF eighteen years, and fe-
male persons Of the age of sixteen
years, not nearer of kin than second
cousins. and not having a husband
or wife living, may he joined in mar
riage; provided, always, that male
persons under the age of twenty,
one years, and female persons under
the age of twenty one years, shall
first obtain the consent of their faith
ers respectively, and in case of death
or incapacity of their fathers, then
of their mothers or guardians
"SEC. 2. This act to take effect
on its PASSAGE a.s .
The proviso requiring female per
soDs under the age of twenty-One
years to first obtain the consent OF
their fathers respectively was, as ]
am informed, the result Of bIunder
OF the enrolling clerk of the House.
The bill, as it passed the two Hou
ses, read females under the age OF
eighteen years, etc. As the law
now stands it is clearly inconsistent
with other provisions, and in some
cases operates as restraint upon
1t should he disregard
ell by tue officers whose duty it is
to execute it, and treated as if 1t
read eighteen, instead of twenty -one
years.
Very respectfully,
w. II. WEST,
Atty Gen.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-09

.lj The Emperor OF Russia has sent a
small lield piece To Gen. Grant, on
which are engraved the names OF his
victories. The lettering must be ex-
eeedingiy small to get all Grants
victories on one field piece. 4.a
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-09

Great preparations are being made
for military maneuvers on a grand
scale, to he held near Odessa, Rus
sla, and several regiments OF infantry
and cavalry have already arrived in
that city.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-09

IL any one has found a better
"scarecrow" than 3 line Of twine
strung around a field, with jingling
scraps of tin hung on it, it has not
been reported. 4a-.la .-4.l5
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Internal Reyenue-Important.

The following correspondence, re-
IeeDtly held between . citizen of
of Missouri and the Assistant Asses
sor OF his district, will be read with
interest. We especially commend its
relations TO the matrimonial privi-
iege, and have no doubt that Mr..
Dairy has determined this point
in a manner entirely satisfactory to
the department, however it may be
considered by gentlemen matrimonI-
ally involved .Jnaa.sIg .sT
% LEBANON, Mo, May 90, go. =
G. L. Dalrymple, Assistant assessor,
Bol;uay, No. .@'' 81 '.'.-'i'-'
i "a You have notified me to pay
a tax that dent think / have
right to pay. have never sold an
acre of land, or lot belonging 10
any one but myself. Excuse my i'm
pertinehce, but permit me to hug my
own wife, if you please. 10 Respect
fully,iJ i8aifo .aaI-lW-"
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-09

q James |. Goldsmith, yard master at
the railroad depot in harmar, Wash
lngton county, was recently knocked
from the top Of . train BY a bridge
and fatally injured,
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S39.

aud are .ast making the homes of
farmers almost as unhealthy as those
OF the dweilers in cities. Are not
these suggestions. worthy of consid-
Grafton.
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aRo1Iy.,lR- Mo June 5 go.

= u, Lebanon, No -
T DEAR SIZE Your note of the 29th
ult,, is at hand, contents noted and
found satisfactory. Considered no
impertiheuee. Permission granted,
and assistance furnished, if desired
Respectfully, Is,-55t s-f ~
c. III. DALRYMPLE,
Assistant L.. = Assessor.
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IRON & woOD-WoRK-
IRA EoUrSoS. -s'l's = p .Air Nm. MIrciII.I. L.
RGCTS0S d MtTCfsII1 90

NlTE would respectfully aunounoe 10 The
w public, that We hsV., fol med a partner
snap for the purpose OF carry ing L:l.s ban l.
ness OF BlacKSInlJhiIits and Wagon -IiIal1 Ili.-
The woodwork will Be conducted isy I,nsiI !,
Hillick-a IiIsi-ciass awoIl man shop on
Main Cross Street, East of Head ,sIafIeis.
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INSURANCE.

A TTORNEY AT LAW and Notary Public,
"A will practice in all State and Federal
Courts Office in Patterson's Block, Corner
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''One very angry individual hand
ed me the following statement, and
asked me to look at 1t carefully, and
.shen say how 1iberally Pehnsylyania
had been treated by the President:
''Ohio has accredited TO her the Sec
retary of the Interior, General of the
Army, Chief Justice of the United
Ssstes, Chief Justice of Washington
City, Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue, Commissioner of Patents, So
licitor of Internal Revenue, First
Comptroller OF the Treasury, and
Third Auditor, Pennsylvania had
the Minister TO Portugal, but he was
removed; she has left only only two
Important offices under the Govern
ment, Minister to Russia and Regis
ter OF the Treasury'' s.-
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-09
7. NJ. IIALEl HPLE,
Assistant l.. :. Assessor y

bH The Cincinnati Commercial SAYS,
and we beg the attention of the men,
hers OF our Board Of Education, and
those of our school teachers who
think knowledge and virtue must be
driven into tue pupils through the
pores with stick, TO its recommend
alton:
AS an experiment it is to be hoped
the Board of Education will adopt
the regulation requiring report of
all cases or corporal punishment in
public schools to he kept, and open
co the inspection of any one, the
report TO set forth the causes for
punishment, as well as the mode and
degree of its iniliction. The rule
has been successful in Boston and
Pittsburg. where the percentage of
iioggings has been largely reduced,
and yet as good discipline maintain
ed, as when the rod was in daily use.
In one of the most successful and
oldest private schools for boys in
Cincinnati, corporal punishment was
long ago abolished, and the teachers
lind II t"possibleo not only to exact
abedience. ljut To obtain the cheerful
assent of scholars 10 tlsir rules and
regulations. How do they accom-
pIish it? By winning the respect
and confidence of tiIeir pupils, and
leonviDeiDg them that the Iules are
established, not for their own con-
yenience, but for the progressive
interest OF the. scholars themselves.
ThatIs the whole secret.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-09

The Post-oilice Department esti-
mates that ut the close of the fiscal
year, ending June 80. the money or
ders issued at the various offices will
amount to $50, 100000 against Sc.
0OO, 900 last year. The system Is
good one for the sending of small
sums of money, and must become
popular as soon as understood by
the public. The department extend
ed the system to 225 more offices OF
the lat inst ai ga ,
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-09

CHEESE men think that the home
and foreign market for their product
is likely to continue good for an in
definite period, from the fact that the
annual demand of England is one
hundred and thirty million ponnds
in excess of production, which the
fifty million pounds OF America fail
to satisfy. The increase in the con-
sumption in this country bids fair,
from present indications, to keep
pace with the increase in supply, and,
if it does not, the foreign demand.
which is gaining every year, will
absorb all the surplus at remunera-
tive prices. @
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s. FULLERTON,

A GENT Ohio Farmers Insurance Company
"A Issues Policies on Farm Property only, at
lover rates than any other Insurance Conn pa-
ny. II y purely Q farmers company. Far
asilsh 0aaA saasst geaE iTorsig inislsa
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PHYSICIANS eAHo SURGEONS.
DEaIfSTSI


OPERATIVE AND MEeTIANTcsAI. DEN
~ tist, tSuccessor TO Dr. Hlecltrr, decc.i~tdi >
CroGley's Block. All operations pertaining
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a MIIIIAM GRIRnEx.
uAHN HAMIIN

A TTORNEY AT LAW, will attend prompt
"A 10 All legal business entrusted TO las care
once over Ewing and Redicks Shoe Store
Main Street, Findiay, Ohio.
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MANUFACTURES OF CIGARS and
Al Dealers in Tobacco, Cigars, Nfeelsciati3i
..Cruok Houst.." Flndl:iy. ONO.
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= n. n. sEARDsLEY,E .

A TTORNEY AT LAW and Claim Agent
"A Will practice law in Stale and u. y Courts
ana attend promptly TO business intrusted 10
his care AS Justice of the Peace wiz attend
10 oConveyaIicfng ana taking positions Ofiice
Room No. 1. Melodeon Building, t1ndlay, u.
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A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
a and notary Public VIII attend prompt
" 20 ali business entrusted TO his care. Par
ticuIar attention given to Collections, Pdrti-
tioning Of lands, and business In Probate
Court. -
OFFICE on Main Street, East Of The Court
House, m room formerly occu pied By BroHa
& Burket-- - may q.
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HOTELS.
Clis,slA.S lINilhk
MILLINERY.

| ~ SPRAGUE, Proprietor, Main Street, Find
10. lay, Ohio. The best OF SlaDIing Attached,
with careful aud attentive employees naaiIeIi-
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l.. Il. DUNN,
aA BROWN. Jas
BROWN d BOPE,

HAVING formed co-partnership. will
III promptly attend 10 all business in and out
Oh Courts, requiring the services of AN atIor-
ney AID TO the collection OF all claims against
the Government or otherwise. Onice-Over
III cad q uarters," Findlay, Ohio.
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ATToRNE EYS.
&. q. BARsD,
n RURKEr.

A TTORNEY AT LAW Office in CaTiin' 5
"A Block, opposite Courthouse, fIndiay ~
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The Washington correspopdeBee
of the New York Journal OF Cou,-
mprcp saws.
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Pindlay Business Directory.

Carus of Seven Lines inserted i'm this
of the paper al Six Dollars
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lin Eh l-sp l. H.
EMING a REDIEH.

1nEALEIS IN BOOTS AND SHOES, Has
IL and CAPS GOl lang, -ssi iieF aiil1 Il lIl az.
lslsos q andl d. Ewipgs' Bbeli, Nadui - ns.i,
l4indiay, Onlo. ~ tEa Wh
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-09

Attorney General West has given
the following as his opinion of the
marriage law passed by the last Leg
islatnre:
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-09

w. 5. OSBORN. -..--..stl L. a. BALDWIc
OSBORN q BALDWIN.
IENERAL PRODUCE MERCHANTS Deal
VI Srs ia Batter, Eggs, Lard Feathers S,.sis,
Dried Fruits, Beeswax, Pelis, Hides and Cgun
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LID pa,rEEsss0N. ] III
GROCERIES, 9

lhEAI.ERSiNDRl6 GOODS. ID dillhieaH Goods,
IL Ladies' and Gents furs, pTy Go,sis iki -
taps, etc, Nos. 81 aid ~ Main Street, findlaS
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MISS JULIA A. rAnKEn.

n nESIRES TO call attention to her stock OF
~ Millinery Goods, Hats, l5oIpfets ud TfInn-
IIngs, Niiicli Sine IS RECEIVING sd ~ II. "a j..
y Nheelers g lore. Man. s5tIeta, F1ndlay. ONO.
BooTs AND SHOES,
= = - = = = - y =
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w.L DAVIS J. W DAVIS. JOSEPH AAErIE.
- liip wv. 4. DAsES & CO.. >"
VIEHoDESALE. 4aeSIf RETAIL pT,pcEU-
w ;id ueai ierS "a f.OHr, iiOs .oas, as.,,i, a.,
MsIiOw siiidStOne VI stie, Co.iiectloi.ciy j. Gtis
Notions and general variety. t1Uods az NIio,,--
sale, al CieNeilnd and IOiecio prIees- NUs. -
and D Main Street. IL
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DIR .. CAitte,
II nRUcclsrS.
W. Ii. d 3. j. wi.EELEa.

lnEALERsS IN Staple and Fancy Dry Goods.
III Groceries. B4Ot, and Shoes Hats and ,ti.,
feIc., etc, Nos. 81 and -, Main Sueel, tindiay,
| OHM
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-16
GRANT NOTIFIED.

On Saturday morning last, the committee
appointed to officially notify Gen. GRANT
of his election to the Presidency, made their
appearance at the headquarters of the army,
for the purpose of presenting him his certifi-
cate of election. Mr.. Morton, of Indiana,
addressed the President elect, announcing
that they were the committee appointed by
Congress to notify him of his election as Pres
ident of the United States for four years from
the 4th of March next.
General Grant said, in reply, II will inform
Che committee that my best efforts will be
used to conduct my administration SO as to
secure the best interests of the country, and
to call around me as my assistants such men
as believe will be thoroughly able and etti-
cient At least my whole attention shall be
directed to that end. If should fail in
making my first choice Of assistants and OIL
GERS, I trust that second or even a third
trial will result more successfully. In the
matter of removals I shall be governed alone
by the interests of the public service. 1
should Just as soon remove from their posi-
tons my own appointees as should those Of
my predecessors. y pause.
''There is one other matter it may be proper
to mention here-for it may be that something
of the kind is expected Of me-and that is
the composition of my cabinet. l have always
felt that it would be indicate and premature
on my part to announce whom L intend to
invite into my cabinet, or even to consult with
friends in regard to their selection. l am
not prepared even now to announce the names
of gentlemen to whom intend offering posi-
tions in my cabinet, and hope that this course
will meet with the approval of my friends"
Senator Morton bowed acquicscence.
General Grant continued "Until 1 have
made nominations to the Senate, do not
think 1 shall make any declaration whatever
as to who shall select for any position in
nv cabinet"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-16
THE JUDGEsHIP.

Well the deed is done, and Joe. Chaplne
h nv. appointment, the Judge of this judi
c;al District. We do not suppose that our
readers expect US to write deliberately upon
tbe action of Governor Boreman which fills
the vacancy occasioned by the failure OF
Judge Hall to qualify, but we cannot recon
cile it to ourselves to pass this appointment
bv in silence 1t is true that the new Judge
has occupied a sufficient space in these col>
umns for the past three years, but then he
vas only Joe. Chapline now the thing is
changed, and he appears upon new theatre,
and one where he has an opportunity of re-
deeming himself from the odium that has
heretofore ATTACHED to his conduct as
man and politician, if there be anything in
his composition susceptible of improvement,
of which We are forced to entertain strong
doubts.
a more unsuitable appointment, in our
Judgment, could not have been made. To say
nothing of Mr.. Chapline's moral character
which has never been regarded as exemplary
his knowledge of law, and his acquaintance
with the forms of practice, are so meagre, as
to disqualify him for the efficient and intelli"
gent discharge of the duties of Judge
AS politician, he possesses all the vindic-
tive prejudices that are usually the result of
ignorance and incompetency, and he can
hardly be expected in his new position, to
rise above that narrow mindedness that has
ever characterized him. We may hope for
elevation of tone and dignity of demeauor,
but it is hoping in the face of the strongest
kind of odds.
We shall await for future developments,
when he shall have assumed the ermine,
and then, if his career as Judge is marked
by the same abandon as has been his
life as politician, We shall not spare him the
fullest expression of condemnation.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-16
NJ A R RIED.

On Wednesday. 10th inst, in the NJ. Church.
South, Ciiarlestown, by Rev. J w Tongue, Nj.
Va, to Miss SALLIE Z. HAINES, daughter of MIR.
Jacob w. Ha"es, of this place.
At the residence of the brides mother, in Har-
pcr's Ferry, January 3Ist, 1862 by Rev J. c. Stew
art, WILLIAM COCHRAN, Esq, of Edinburg.
Scotland, and Miss NJ. DALLIE BEALE.
Baltimore. Frederick City and Washington pa
pers please copy.
Attic residence of the brides father, the Sd
inst, by Rev. G. l.. Leyburn, SETH NJ. TIMBER
LAKE, of Brooklyn, N. Y, to EVELYN, only
daughter of G. w. Timbcrlake, ofFrederick coun
ty, Va
On the Cd inst :, by Rev. J. J. Kahn, Mr.. VIM r.
TURNER to Miss Ida j. KISER-both of Berkc-
ley county.
In the German Reformed Church, in Shepherds
town, on Thursday morning last. by the Re ". ID. H.
Bittlc, Mr.. JOHN w. McCLEARY, of Baltimore.
to Miss ELLA SNYDER, eldest daughter of the
late John Snyder, Of Shephcrdstown.
In Shepherdstown, on the 1lth inst, by the Rev.
W. G. Coe, DAVID HESS, ESQ.,. and Mrs. HAIR.
RET HAFELsTA Y-both of Berkeley county.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-02-16
THE GEORGIA CASE IN CONGRESS.

The House of Representatives, spent nearly
all of Thursday and Friday last in discus
sion raised by the resolution offered by Mr..
Butler, of Massachusetts,, protesting that the
counting of the vote Of Georgia, by order of
the Vice President, was gross act Of
oppression, and an invasion of the rights and
privileges of the House. On Friday morn
: ing, Logan, OF Illinois, took the foor and in
his peculiar style, entertained the members
with eulogy, upon the character of that il
lustrious 'Patriot benjamin Wade" Butler
backed down from the position assumed in
his resolution, and withdrew it, thus putting
an end to senseless discussion that had al:
ready consumed two days Of the Houses
time
When the Senate returned to its chamber,
utter the count of the electoral vote had been
completed, Mr., Davis, of Kentucky, offered
the following joint resolution:
Resolved, That the noisy and disorderly
conduct of Benjamin F. Butler, representa-
tive from the State of Massachusetts,, and
other members of the House of Representa-
tives in the Representative Hall on the 10th
day of February, during the time the presi-
dent of the Senate, in the presence Of the
Senate and the House of Representatives
was opening the certificates of the votes of
the electors for President and Vice President
of the United States, from the several States,
and while said votes were being counted,
whereby said business was disturbed aud OBJ
structed, is disreputable to said Benjamin f.
Butler, and the other representatives acting
with him, and wrong and an insult to the
people Of the United States.
Objection being made to the immediate
consideration of this resolution, by Mr.. Ferry,
it went over under the rules, but we hope it
will be called up at an appropriate time and
passed