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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-08

only possible system of taxation, by
which the laborer and the mechanic
can be relieved from the burdens
imposed upon the rich and the COM
mercial classes. 1t was pnrposely
done and all intelligent workingmen
understand it, We shall be much
mistaken if their votes do not go with
their understanding.
There is an old msXim-'let acell
enough off aione"-and there was
scarcely ever a time wher it was
more applicable than it is now. In
four years. time we have reduced our
financial system to manageable
condition. The bouded debt is re-
duced about two hundred and fifty
millions; but at the end of the war
there was great floating debt, which
! has likewise been paid, and, in fact,
eight hundred and fifty millions have
been paid, which Is one fourth Of the
whOle. The greenback debt has been
reduced but little, because it was
discovered that the currency o. the
country was really not much too
large, if any. The taxes have been
reduced largely. In one word, the
country is in a condition in which
specie payments may be resumed at
an early day; and the business OF
the country has accommodated itself
to this condition OF affairs. Why
should we change 1t? Can we i'm
agine any change which would not
throw the business of the country
into confusion, and make almost i'm
possible the resumption Of specie
payments in generation to come ?
Things are settled down now in q
quiet and safe way. Why should
we not let soeu enough off alone?
E. d. NJ.
MORROW, Oct 1st, 1869.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-08

The Printers Union Of " ashing.
ington City-the same men who
made asses of themselves in the casl
of young Douglas, (and in numerous
other instances no doubt recently
demanded Of Mr.. Clapp, Congres.
sional printer, that all copy-holders
should be printers, and received
from that gentleman the following
explicit reply:
s'SIR: / can say in brief That
have yielded my last submission to
the behests of any combination ol
men inside or outside of the Office
relating to its administration, hold.
ing myself responsible only TO the
government for my stewardship.
cannot respect any attempt outside
the Congress of the United States to
interfere with me.n
"a. II. CLAPP.
Cungressi0asl Printer"
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-08
THE DANGER.

Let every Republican voter re-
member that all that is necessary to
insure 8 complete Republican victo
ry next Tuesday, is a full and hon.
est vote. There can be no doubt
that a large majority of the legal
voters of Ohio are in favor of the
Republican nominees and will vote
for them if they vote at all Gu,
great danger is that too many will
allow trifies to detain them from the
polls, thinking that one vote will
make no difference when we have so
many to spare. This is all wrong
The present election is very impor.
tant one. The Legislature to be
elected will redistrlct the State i,.io
Cong gressional III tricts ami She cleo
ton of a Democratic Legislature
viii b. >yrpn, NOUS TO giving lha.
parts najosItY oi the next Goa
gressioasl delegation. Geo. H.
Pendiston is the pet candidate oil The
Western Democracy ior President,
and his seeming endorsement will
give hIm prestige in the next Presi-
Dental campaign. Thus we per-
ceive the far reaching influence the
present campaign in this State will
have on our national politics. AS
we remarked before, there is no dan.
ger save from apathy. We have
legal votes sufficient to defeat Pen
dleton by $4,000; the only trouble
will be to get them to the ballot box.
We urge upon the Republicans in
each township to see that the full
strength of the party is polled. This
dona and victorv ia certain
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-08
S7,467,429.39.

The above figures show the amount
of reduction of the public debt du.
ring the month of September. This
is good news for the people, but
somehow Democratic journals fail to
give their readers the benefit of it.
Reader, whether Democrat or Re-
publican, can you give your support
to q party which depends upon such
deceotion for its success
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-08
IT is claimed that Fall River is the

IT is claimed that Fall River is the
largest cotton manufacturing town
in the United States, its spindles be-
ing more than even those of Lowell
or Lawrence. There are twenty
two mills within its limits, and the
place can boast of twelve thousand
eight hundred looms and nearly SIX
thousand spindles. These give en-
ployment to 1900 hands, whose
wages approximate a quarter of q
million monthly, and whose labor
produces one hundred and twenty
million yards of goods a year. 1t is
said that the mills, although thrifty,
and undoubtedly profitable, have
been the subject Of but little improve.
ment for number of years past, ex
cept in the character of the mechan,
ism used. Some will be surprised to
learn that this is for the most part
imported. The managers of one e.
tablishment have recently ordered
ten thousand spindles from English
makers, and in spite of duty and
cost of transportation, claim to find s
profit in SO doing.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-08
S56,o68,187.oO

The above is the amount of reduc-
ton of the public debt since March
lst, under Grants administration,
being an average of OVER EIGHT
MILLION DOLLARS A MONTH
under Republican management
Democrats make wry faces, but there
are the figures, and ''fgures won't
I,
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-08

Our Fur traders and Trappers in
fitting out here, find Ayers medi-
cines one of their most profitable ar
ticles of traffic. Around Slave Lake
and the wild regions of the north, the
Indians know their uses and have an
abiding faith In them. They say
"Ayer-great medIcine-cure sick
man," and his remedies, for the dis
eases from which they suffer, will Of
ten bring forth their stock of skins
even quicker than wampum, rum, or
tobacco. Savages are not fools if
they are unsohisticated in some of
the arts of civilization.-Montreal
Pilot.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-08
DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY VS.. REPUB
LICAN EXTRAVAGANCE.
IN STATE LEGISLATURE.
sal,443 50
Governor HayeS.

On the contrary, who and what is
Hay es? Gin. Enquirer.
1 have not a word to say against
Governor Hayes personally. He is
an honor to the State, and his party
honored itself by renominating him,
George E. Pugh.
Nor nave | ever had occasion, So
far as l now remember, for aught bu,
conmendatinn OF the military con
: O. O. Go,einpr Hsye> While und. I
r-..- command D. re c.lntrerv, he
i nd e>,rsm ss
IA a. u lem -. and sill
ees7,us ihem.-Gsa. Wm. 8. RGss
mesa.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-08
BOGUS TICKETS.

We have it from reliable authority
that the Democratic State Central
Committee are flooding the State with
Republican tickets with names omit
ted and mis-spelled. Compare your
ticket with the one at the head of our
paper, as that is official. Be on your
guard, Republicans
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-08
HEADQUARTERS On THESADDLEI

"HEAUQUARTERS In INTHESAUULE!
JEFFERsoNIAN headquarters, Friday
and Saturday, will be at the Fair
Grounds, where we will be happy to
meet our friends, receive notices of
machinery, stock, &c, receipt for
subscriptions and advertising, and
receive new subscribers. Come and
see us.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-08

Settle Up.
would respectfully ask those who
are indebted to me by book account
to call and settle up at once. There
are many accounts on my books
which should, by right, and must, be
settled up at once Due attention to
this notice will save me much trouble.
no19t3 F. L, MILLER.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-08

There has been IeGeng for the
days. eight Boxes Bales each day They have been
quietly opened marked cheap stacked and stored where there
could space found Empty Boxes piled the reof the
Store. where they will be sold for price Customers feel assured
that this will ad of choice good goods
price, will buy whutan further trouble ofshoppmg Courteous
treatment that will make every feel at home.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-08

II nsi.c youF hsiT grow thick,
arpi HAIRS Vegetable Sicilian Hair
Renewer, ihe greatest discovery of
the sge.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-08

The German Expedition to the
North pole has been heard from, DIR.
Peterman having received letter
containing intelligence to July Goth.
Contrary winds and storms lad de-
tanned the expedition until July in
the North Sea, and forced it to keep
near the coast Of Norway. The first
ice was encountered on the 18th OF
July, in IA degrees north latitu dc
and 10 west longitude. Up to the
Doth of July the expedition had not
reached the coast of Greenland
which was, however, in sight. Al
lis English miles from the coast the
soundings showed depth of 1000
feet. Capt. Holloway reports that
the prospects of the expedition art
more promising than they were in
1868, The temperature is higher
the winds more constant, and the ice
looser but from the 9th to the 29tt
of July much foggy weather prevail
ed. The ship Is in excellent condi
tion, and the crew in good health.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-08
A Successful Administration and Dem
Oeratic Lamentations.
From the CINCINNATI Gazette

from the Cincinnati Gazette.l
1t is very singular that the Demo
cratic politicians should choose to at.
tack the administration on what
proves to be its strongest point-the
financial condition. 1t is equally sin
gnlar that they should lament over the
prosperity of the country. But per
-haDs both may be accounted for. In
Johnson's administration they had a
statistician (who is at present playing
chess in New i orii) who demOnstrat-
ID that the reduction of taxes by the
2epublican Congress would cause a
deficiency in the Treasury of many
nil:lonS This being taken for grant
"A, that was a vulnerable point. II
he Treasury is deficient, our affairs
are going backward. If backward,
then debt and taxes will be very un-
popular, and perhaps rep~dsatio's will
he popular. At any rate. it will be a
ine thing to attack the administration
about. Thus began the cry--to tax
the bonds, pay in greenbacks, and
sluint at reputation, for which teeiers
were thrown out in the shape of pam
phlets and newspapers, and broken
down politicians who had nothing to
lose. This programme having proved
a dead failure, the lamentations fol
lowed of course, not that we are will
ling to believe that peace, health,
great crops and an overflowing Treas
ury really existed, but lamentations
that all this should happen under a
Republican administration. There is
where the shoe pinches. But let them
take courage and rejoice with their
fellow citizens that somebody is hap.
py- If not, they will be suspected OF
rejoicing more in the misfortunes than
in the successes of their country. But
we differ from them in this, that we
really think it is cause of congratula-
ton with any good citizen when the
Treasury has a surplus, and the bur
dens OF debt and taxation are being
reduced, even if slowly. In such a
fact we have the assurance of ultimate
success and relief. We take from the
New York Times the following briei
statement. which we beg the reader
10 examine:
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-08
GENERAL NEWS.


The Virginia Legislature met al
noon Tuesday.
Ex Secretary Stanton has returned
to Washington with his health much
improved.
William Bunstin, one OF the Oldest
printers in the United States, died
on the 4th inst, at Leoanon, Ohio.
Horace Greeley does not wish his
friends to use his name in connection
with the Virginia Senatorship.
The New York ub-Treasury sold
81, ,OO0,00 of gold Tuesday at 12e
20 100 and 130 5 100. y
Il is now known that twenty per
sons were instantly killed by the boi
ler explosion at the Indiana Fair
and more than fifty were wounded.
There has been no official state
ment yet concerning the affairs ol
Lockwood & Co. There is a rumol
that they will resume business.
Sarsaparilla Townsend died in
Boston on Sunday.
The New York Hail hears from
Mrs. Stoves friends that she is pre-
pairing an answer to the evidence
which has been adduced against the
statements in her article on the By.
rons.
The Tennessee Legislature met
Monday. The Senatorial question
is the all-absorbing topic. A tire
mendous pressure is beng brought
against johnson, and the belief is
now largely entertained that two
weeks will be sufficient to kill him
off. The electioneering is said to be
"extraordinary.m;
Arrangements have been made by
Collector Grinnell and Secretary
Boutwell, for the reduction of the sal.
ary list of the New York Custom
house about twenty-five thousand
dollars per year by discharges ol
employees. And there will be wall
ing gnashing of teeth.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-08

Latest Styles fresh York Market which will be sold
goods sold
those who first will be served first and the the
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-08
We gain on the six months Of 1865, compared
with the last six months OF lS6S:

we lose on specini taxes s4D,UtH, on Ie9acIcS
sl11, ,eal, and on SUGGESTIONS slll,c09. We gain
on passports SSOOJ, on tax upon gas Sl3j, 900, on
stamps SjG,000-nearly million ofdollars on
the single article of the stamps on legal in
Istruments: and we lose on the salaries of Off
GERS S2i2 O0a. This last loss Mr.. nelano happily
explains by saying 1--WE don't have so many
officers now, drawing salaries, and that is one
of the things General Grant intends TO do
while he collects the tax he intends also To
reduce the expenses of the Government"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-10-09

Mr.. Justice Blackstone, on p
BOG, says: "When the Grand Jury
have heard the evidence, it they
think it a groundless accusatlon'
they used formerly to endorse ON
the back of the bill 'ignoramus,'
or we know nothing of it; intima-
ting that though the facts might
possibly be true, that truth did
not appear to them; but now they
assert in English more absolutely
not a true bill,' or (Which is the
better Way not found, and then
the partyis discharged witho"t tur-
Their ans,cer.'' The same doctrine
almost in the same words, is laid
down in Chitty's Criminal Law,
vol. l, D. 1913. And, in fact. it is a
doctrine recognized by all the
eminent writer's on criminal law
from Hale's Pleas of the Grown
down to Wharton. If Beaver had
been in Jail when the bill against
him was ignored last Spring by
the Grand Jury, he would have
been discharged by the District
Judge. If he had been at large
on bail, he would have been dis
charged aud his bond cancelled
AS to the evidence on the mer
it's of the case, we will say moth
ing, only that the Judgment O
his Honor did not reflect the opln
ion of all who heard the TESTING
nv, there being an unanimity tina
no evidence was adduced to crl1.
u ate the accused.
: We live in strange times an
E, with the Roman orator may e.
l. claim, o, Temporal! O, ''sores!
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-10-09
1t is said Gov. Warmoth has

1t is said Gov. Warmoth has
again appointed Col. j. l.. Lewis
to the judgeship of the 18th Dis
trict, and that he has been holding
court the past week in Union-all
this Notwithstanding Col. Lewis
is unquestionably ineligible.
Thus, while the people are ira
duced with charges of violating
the law and are rigidly held to
account for slight misdemeanors,
the Executive and judiciary de.
partments of the State govern
ment override both law and Con
stitution and are independent O.
either. Queer country, truly, te
be a Republic.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-10-09

General State elections take
place in. Iowa, Ohio and Pennsyl-
wanna next Tuesday, the three
States electing Governors, State
officers and members of the legis-
lature on that day. There is a
good prospect that Pendleton, the
Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor in Ohio, and Asa Packer.
Democratic candidate for the
same position in Pennsylvania
will each carry his State. If so
Radicalism will receive a blow
from which it will stagger unit
it's death.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-10-09

RAILROAD MEETING.-Thec iti-
zens of Franklin have requested
the citizens of Ouachita, More
house, Carroll and Richland par
|ishes to meet them in convention
at Delhi, on next Saturday, the
10Th inst, stto deliberate upon the
formation of a company to build
a. railroad from the vicinity of
Starts Landing, on the Ouachita,
through said parishes" We sug-
gest that the people of this parish
send delegation as requested.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-10-09

To- The river is down to ex-
IRENE low-water mark, with no
prospect of permanent rise be-
fore Christmas. The Tahlequah
and Caroline make weekly trips
to Rutland's bar, % miles, by
land, below here.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-10-09

~ Meeting Maj. Green, chief
engineer of the N. L. Il H. Kali
road, we learned from him that
he had just returned from a visit
to the West where he had gone
in search of labor and contractors
to work on the road. In conse-
quence of the great demand for
labor by similar enterprises loca-
| ted in the West, his success was
only partial and was secured only
by offering the highest wages
He thinks that the prospect now
is fattering to have the work OF
Reconstruction fully completed by
the LIST of January next.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-10-09
~ TELEGRAPH.
Special to Ouachita Telegraph

WASHINGTON, Oct, 7th via Vicksonrg,
Oct. 8.-The Supreme Court case y.
Thorington vs.. Smith ct a':' nvo1s"s
. transaction in Confederate treasury
notes in Alabama during the war; "as
argued by Phillips for appellant ap-
nellees not appearing The defense
vas that at the date Of the note 'oero
was no lawful currency IN Alabama.
The case involving constitutiona''ty o.
common Cotton p tax will be argued
soon.
Naval matters more active ct the
Navy yards. ~
Senate is regarded as certain.
, Immense damage has been done oV
| aood, in tn. Eastern States and Cana
: da. In New Brunswick it was attend ,
q "A nv . tidal wave, and thousands OF
}, cattle destroyed, and low GROUNDS
: flooded. ~.
!. Affairs in Spain look bad. Inc
n ,occess Of the government no" de-
r ponds on the faithfu1nes' OF the army
~ v,cxsBuRa, Oct. 1.-The following
~ telegram, addressed to President Gran
J. vas sent from this city last evening
:. Seen. Ames, in an official interview
- with a citizen of this State, on Monoa
~ last used this language: i Intend
tcarrv the election in November aga'ns
" THE Dent ticket if have to march m
~ soldiers from precinct to precinct
7'r effectit! Will such action fall With
no h;s legitimate official power III
M neople wish . fair expression OF tt
ed nuhlic will in the choice OF Governo
ia The consumation Of the military 20
cts ernor's purpose will render the e!e
al t;on a cheat and a national degrao'
ne ton.
ern Signed Neo A. C'H eN
of Ch,mn Natl Union Rep. State f
md Com.
~ CONCORD, N. H., Oct. s.--Frank
80 Pierce died here this morning, !eav'
no ex-President elected by the peol
700 now living.
New ORLEANS, Oct. 8. Afternof
Cotton active aud frmer at PSI
. |25Ac. Sales $500 bales. Gold 13'
INV YoRx, Oct 8.-Cotton hea
49,, at 272c. Gold 1911.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 9.-Ootton fa
~, |up,ands 12s; orleans 12s; sales 7t
- bales.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-10-09

IT, Franklin Pierce, the last
ex-President living chosen by the
people direct, expired yesterday,
and with him passed away a true
man and a patriot. The South
at least will honor his memory.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-10-09

~ Planters have been partic-
ularly blessed with fair weather
for six weeks or more. During
all that time there has fallen but
lone shower in this region, and
that was quite light. We esti-
mate that at least one-half of the
cotton crop has been gathered.
Where the July and August
drouth was not too severe, the
weld on both river and hill lands
lis equal to that of last year.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-10-09
OLD FEATHERS MADE NEW!

W r, Amonett. at Dr. McCormi cks old office, now
has his FEATHER RENOVATION at work. Old
feathers are entirely renewed and made better
than when ne W. and feathers thoroughly cleans
Cd Call and examine the operation for yourself.
Bring in your BEDS. 800
Monroe Oct 9, 1869. no3tf
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-10-09
Special Notice.

In Withdrawing from the firm of Standfer,
Oliver & Mcclure the undersigned cheerfui'y
recommends the new firm of Standifer & Nc
Guire to his friends trading at Trenton, salts.
fed that they will fiad the business conducted
uniformly upon strict business principles
coupled with the greatest lbcraity and accom-
mediation. A. B. OLIVER.
n3:3t
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-10-09

Gen. Sherman is now General
of the Armies, Secretary OF War,
and virtually President OF the
"NatiOu.n
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1869-10-09
Homicide in Franklin Parish.

A young man named Marshall
Shelton was killed on the 29th
ult., in Franklin parish, by Lieut..
r. Vance, q. S. A. We condense
from the Sun as follows:
On the night previous to the
homicide, Lieut.. Vance was sit
ting in his tent, with two or three
citizens, playing cards. Two shots
were fred near the tent, the balls
entering the tent and one of them
passing near one OF the party.
Vance went to a neighboring sa-
loon Immediately, and there learn
ed young Shelton had left about
ter minutes before. Next morn
! ing about O'Clock, Shelton came
riding into Winnsboro where
Lieut.. Vance is stationed, in COM
pany with two other persons.
When near the Lieutenant's tent,
which it appears was stretched
near their road. the three we're
thrice ordered to halt, which they
did, when the Lieutenant fred
one barrel of double-barreled
shotgun at Shelton, the contents
taking effect in his side. He fell
from his horse, and the two other
men rode on. The manner and
circumstances of the killing, These
1 men give as above. Lieut.. Vance
. makes q statement to the effect
j. that on the morning in question
i he was going a-fshing, and ha<
It supplied himself with rod am
l. the gun with which the KILN,
J. was done. Just as he reaches
the road, Shelton rode up, whe
y he (Vance) halted, and seem
} Shelton take hold of his pistol, h
q (Vance) fred. One Of the me
ID with Shelton AYERS, however, ths
e Shelton had both hands. on b
le bride reins, and that seem
Vance's movements, he exclain
ne ed, "Don't shoot me; I've done II
~ thing to YOU
e. Shelton survived between
ty quarter and half an hour. t
ID was respectfully connected, 81
10 was Is years Of age on tt
u day he was killed. Van
"a was arrested and was a
os. raigned for trial, but the procee
10 ings were suspended to await t.
Is action Of the Grand jury, viii
49, was then sitting. The Sun clos
10 it's account by saying the edit
had Just learned the Grand Ju
oct had found true bill for murc
Try against Lieut.. Vance. We retra
lie, from commenting on the alta
1id not knowing the particulars SUI
las GENTLY to enable us to form S
lat isfactory conclusion. We tru
vas and believe, the people OF Fra1
tnd lin will see the accused has +
eso and full trial.
pse
,te. Gen. Sherman is now Gene
of of the Armies, Secretary of w
T. i