The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-03-12
NEWS OF THE DAY.

w. ID. Todd has been appointed
secretary to the Vice President.
About one hundred refugees from
Cuba arrived in Baltimore, Thursday,
on the steamer Cuba.
The President has accepted the
resignation of Commissioner Rol-
Inns. Hon. Columbus Delano of this
State succeeds him.
President Grant has been present
ed with an elegant copy OF the Bible
by a committee of the American
Bible Society.
On the night of the Sd inst. anoth'
er severe snow storm prevailed about
Hyacinthe, Canada, covering the
railroad track to the depth of ten
feet.
President Grants father was badly
injured on the 4th inst. by fall
down some steps in the Capitol. His
hip was severely bruised, but no
bones were broken.
The President has revoked the
pardon issued by Mr.. Johnson in the
cases of the Depuys, Of New York.
convicted of rescuing seized whlskey
from a revenue officer.
In the Canadian Parliament, re
Gently, another batch of petitions was
presented from French Canadians in
the United States, asking encourage
ment to return to Canada. The mat
ter was tabled.
The Boston Journal learns that
among the last acts of President
Johnson was the paIdonlng of James
d. Martin, detaulting cashier of the
National Hide and Leather Bank.
The Opera House in St Joseph,
Missouri, was burned on Sunday
evening, involving a loss of about
s12,0 Insurance $4,000 in tine
Sangamon, of Springfield, Illinois.
The New York Herald predicts
that Grant will make his administra
tion historic by recognizing belliger
ent rights to the Cuba revolutionists
and then the independence of Cuba
Seven States have already ratified
the equal suffrage amendment of thu
Constitution, namely Missouri
Kansas, Nevada, Louisiana, Yves
Virginia, Wisconsin and Michigan
Fractional currency printed las
week, s129,6l0; shipments, SAIL,
462; National Bank Notes issued
s129,6l0 actual circulation, $40,
9O5, ,063; fractional currency redeem
ed, 1868, ,1S5.
Tie following nominations hav,
been confirmed: Gen. Sherman, t.
be General of the Army Gen. Sher
idan, to be Lieutenant G General Gen
Augur. to fill the vacant Brigadier
ship; and Gen. Schofield to be Major
General.
General Stoneman has instructed
Colonel Ross, at Richmond, Va, Il
notify citizens that unless Ku Klu,
outrsges cease, detachment of sol
diers will be sent into infected por
tions of the State, who will preserv,
order and subsist upon the country
The National Council of the Unior
@--sos.rvu' n washington two days
adjourned Wednesday. John w
Geary, Of Pennsylvania, was elected
President, and Thomas C. Baker, o
New York, Secretary. The Nationa
Executive Committee of the Counci
meets in New York in Decembel
next.
A nolle prosequi in the case o
John c. Braine, the Chesapeak,
pirate, was entered in the United
States Circuit Court, Brooklyn
Monday, under directions from At
torney General Evarts. Braine was
then discharged, and left the Cour
in hack, saying that he would &C
to Savannah, where his relatives re-
side.
Mexico adviees state that the Leg
islature of Colima adjourned without
revoking the oppressive taxes, which
would have closed almost every
commercial house there, if the local
authorities had not entered into a
friendly agreement with foreign i'm
porters and prevailed on them to
remain. Political affairs in the inte-
rior are unsettled. Robberles are on
the increase.
Governor Baker has issued proc
lamation for special elections in the
several Senatorial and Representa-
tive Districts of Indiana, where
occurred by the resigna-
tions of Democratic members of the
present Legislature, to be held on
he 23d inst. A special session of the
Legislature will be held early in
April. Tire Republican members of
he Legislature met yesterday, but
Idjourned without transacting any
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