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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-23

led, the brave General and patriot OF
'63 is lost in the apostate of so, and
it must be inferred that his noble
words then was the canting eloquence
of an ambitious demagogue. If he
was sincere then, he is times serving
now. If he is honest now, he was
time-serving then, and can lay claim
to no patriotism In the past, save that
which was dictated by ambition and
love of power. In either case he
cannot with honor to himself, or con.
sistency to his record, become the
candidate of those whom he ther
denounced as traitors.
The fact that Hon. U. S. Senator A.
G. Thurman has hied himself away
to the Pacific coast, to meet General
Rosecrans, admits a hope in the
minds OF those who remember Win
gratitude the Generals honorable
services to the country, that he has
not been consulted in regard to the
dishonorable connection in which
his name has been used, and that he
may, when consulted, spew the Cop
perheads out of his mouth, as his
leads us to believe he would
have done in 1868. If not, the name
Of Rosecrans will go down in history
as one who was willing to barter
honor and patriotism for the empty
honor of a Democratic nomination.
We shall see.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-23
STATE NEWS.

A balloon which ascended from
Newark, dropped down in Columbus
one day last week.
Fifteen of the principal BARRIERS Of
Columbus have agreed to close their
shops on the Sabbath.
The death warrant of John Griffin,
of Butler county, has been issued by
the Supreme Court, and he is to be
executed on the 9th inst.
The American Spiritualist Publish-
ing Company, of Cleveland-capital
SO, 900, has been incorporated
Object-the publication of Spirit
ualist paper.
Nine car loads of emigrants pass
ed through Columbus on the 10Th
inst, four car loads of whom were
Mormons, en- route for Salt Lake
City.
A vote in the School Board of
Cincinnati to abolish capital punish
ment in the schools, last Monday
night, stood Is for and IL against,
but it requires 81 vOtes-a majority
of the whole Board-to change a
rule. The matter was postponed
one week, and the Commercial of that
city says, "there is little doubt the
requisite number of votes will be OBJ
tanned to adopt the rule requiring
registration of corporal punishment"
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-23
POSTMASTER AT COLUMBUS.

We learn that the Hon. j. j. Wi
mans has recommended Gen. J. NJ
Comfy, of the Ohio State Journal,
for the position of Postmaster at
Columbus. The appointment would
meet the wishes of the people of the
State in general, and of the Republi-
cans of Columbus in particular, to
our certain knowledge, who hold
Gen. Comfy in high regard for his
services as soldier, and his efficient
management of the central organ of
the party in this State. We consider
the recommendation a good one, and
hope the appointment will be made.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-23
SECRETARY robson.

The appointment of Mr. Robeson,
pronounced Robe sCn,) to succeed
ex-Secretary Borie, in the Navy
Department, was made the occasion
for much ridicule by those who
opposed the administration OF Grant,
on the ground that he was quite
unknown as a national man. These
fault finders did not seem TO realize
that an unknown man, even, was to
be preferred TO one who was.too well
known, as was the case with n large
proportion of Johnson's appointees.
The following brief notice of TIE
new Secretary, from the Germantown
Telegraph, will be read with interest
"The new Cabinet Minister, who
at once entered upon the duties OF
this high position is well-known to us.
lie is well known throughout New
Jersey as one of her ablest, parest
and most distinguished citizens
He is a son of Judge William p
Robson, late of Belvidere, n. j.,
and graduated at Priceton College,
in 1917, when he was only eighteen,
and entered the law Office of Chief
Justice Hornblower; after which he
associated himself with A. Nj. c..
Pennington, Esq, in the practice OF
ms profession. Subsequently, he re-
moved to Camden. where he was an.
pointed prosecutor OF the pleas of
that county in 1850. Upon the cleo
ton of Mr.. Frelinghuysen as Sena.
tor in 1867, Gen. Robson was ap-
pointed by Governor Ward, Attor-
ney-General OF the State TO succeed
MIR. Frelinghuysen, which position
he resigns for his new duties. Gen |
Robson is forty-one years of age,
Of fine presence, and is unmarried. |
As a lawyer he stands as high as
any man in the State, but to these
qualifications he unites general
knowledge and a practical ability
which will prove of great value in
The efficient and useful administra
ion of the duties of his new and
more elevated office.
"Gen. Robson, however, possess
IS other traits of equal considera
ion. He has much dignity of char
lcter; he is utterly incorruntible
le is polished gentleman; he is
inc belle lettres scholar; he is an
orator of rare eloquonce; he is an
unqualified Republican. 1t remains
)nly to add our earnest satisfaction
which the foresight of President
Grant has afforded in selecting a
successor to Mr.. Borie, and our
,ntire confidence that he will prove
me of the most capable, unpreju-
Iced and popular Secretaries who
vas ever placed at the head of the
Department.
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hrii Notice.

JOSEPH F0UST, of the State of Michigan
~ VIII take notice that ON the 18th day o
June, a. d., 1863, John VI. Teal, of HancocI
county, Ohio, filed his petition in the Court o
Common Pleas of said county of Hancock
against said Joseph Foust, setting forth thai
said Joseph Foust is indebted TO said JohI
NJ. Teal, ON a promissory note, dated Septem
Der 70, 1867, due one day after date, for the sun
OF 90 y, and on an account for the sum O
20 %, ana on an account to Fisher Il Priest, o
sS y, which last account is assigned to John
NJ. Teal, and said John NJ. Teal, in said nett
lion, prays for a Judgment against said JOSEPH
toust Tor the sum isis %, with interest on
So % irom September I'D, 1867, and on Stj6 Z;
from the 18th day of May, 1869.
SAID John NJ. Teal, at the same time, filed In
said Court his affidavit for an attachment
against the real estate of said Joseph Foust
situated in said county of Hancock, and that
VIII OF attachment was iSeued i'll said case
and levied by the Sheriff ofsaid county upon
lnlot No. lis, in the Village of Arcadia. Said
Joseph foust Is req uired TO appear and answer
said petition on or before the day 18th of Sep
tenber a. ID. 1862. JOHN VI. TEAL,
BY j. +. BURKET, his Attorney.
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REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

Pesolced ]. That, as citizens of the nation
representing the Republican sentiment OF a
honored commonwealth, We regard with sin
cere Satisfaction the fidelity evinced by Gel
Grant TO the Republican party, and his polio
both foreign and domestic, and OF his nationa
administration, and pledge our cordlai sup
port TO the measures inaugurated TO insur
conciliation economy and justice at home
and command consideration and respec
abroad. ...,..
faction the patriotic and constitutional dec
laration of President Grant in his Inaugural
address, that while he viii ON all subjects
have n noIicy 10 recommend to Congress, he
viii. have none 10 enforce against the VIII ol
the people-a sentiment which assures the
counfry of an executive admlnlstrail ion
founded on the models Of the administrations
of Washington and Madison, and that VIII
insure to Congress the unrestricted exercise OF
its constitutional functions, and TO the people
their ri0hffi,I control of the Government.
e That the abolishnent OF slavery was a
natural and necessary consequence Oh the war
of the Rebellion, and that the recohslructlon
measures of Congress were measures Wen
adapted 10 effect the reconstructlon OF the
Southern States, and secure the dressings OF
liberty and free government, ana ils a COM
nInfion offhose measures; and firmly believ-
ing in its essential justice, we are IN laNor OF
the the adoption OF the 18th amendment 10
Thai The late Democratic General Assem-
bly.in lis reckless expenditure OF pubic mon
ey: it's utter neglect of the business interests
OF the State, by failing 10 enact the wise anu
for the assessment and equalization OF taxa,
ton prepared by the commission appointed
by the preceding General Assembly; its hos
tility to our benevolent and literary lnstltu-
tions; its failure 10 carry out the repeated
pledges of the Democratic party 10 secure
economy in the State; its extraordlnary
length of session in time OF peace, resulting IN
an expense to the State amounting, ior the
paw Of its members alone, TO more than dou-
Bile that of the previous General Assembly lts
malignant attempt TO disfranchise disabled
soldiers and other citizens of the state; It's at
tempt TO take from the General Government
the right to pursue, arrest and PUNISH those
who violate the laws made in pursuance OF
the Constitution of the United States, and The
vicious acts intended TO destroy the power OF
the nation to preserve and protect the liberty
and safety of its citizens, has shown the peiii-
ocratic party unworthy OF the trust, commence
and support of an honest and patriotic people.
D. That the Republican party OF ONO is III
favor of speedy establishment OF soldiers
Orphans Home in Ohio, not only as an act OF
justice to the many poor and helpless of pnaiis
of deceased soldiers, but as recognition OF
the patriotic services of their fathers IN tne
late war, and for the purpose of redeeming the
pledges made by all loyal people 10 protect the
families of those who fought and fell In the
cause Of human liberty and right.
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Ditch Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given to ID. Jonson, w. L
~ Heller and Others owning land, sought {
be affected by the location of the hereinafta
described ditch, drain. or water course, tn
Jacob II. Slaugh-terback did file his petition
i'll the Clerks office of Allen township, Han,
cock county State of Ohio, on the 18th day o.
June, 1868, praying the Trustees ofsaid town,
ship,to locatea ditch, drain, or water course in
said township, as follows: Commencing al n
point at the road at the northeast corner ol
the southeast quarter of section six, (6l on
the south side ofsaid road running west along
the center line of said section To the Perrys-
burg pike. and there terminate.
Also, "a ditch, drain, or water course to COM
mence about eighty-five (s5) rods east of the
PerTysburg road, on said center section line.
To run from thence north across the lands OF
i. II. McMurray. to the lands of w. l.. Heller:
thence east on the line between the lands OF
I. ii. McMurray, w. l.. Heller, John c. Baker
and Jacob X. Slaughterback, about one hum
dred and five (l05) rods; thence north forty
tiUl rods; thence northeast through the lands
of Jacob II. Slaughterback, to the Wood coun-
ty line, and there terminate.
said Trustees have set the 18th day of July
ls5s, al o'clock, To meet at the commence
nent OF said ditch, 10 hear and i determine said
petition; jacobs Z, sLAUGHgERBAcK,
June q, ls68-ts
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we're inferred IN the cemetery.
Total ECLIPSE OF THE SUy.-I

Total ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.-Pro.
fessor S. N. White writes to New
York paper of the total eclipse of the
Sun in August, 1869. His notes OF
the locality, calculated fifteen years
ago, are as follows:
The sun will rise eclipsed in Sibe-
ria on the morning of August I,
1869; when the shadow will move
in a northeasterly direction; then
turning eastwardly, will pass over
Behring's Straits and Northern Alas
ka about noon, local time. Thence
moving across part Of British Amer
lea, will enter the United States in
Montana between = and p. m To-
cal time; moving thence across
Western Nebraska, it will pass dag
onally through Iowa, passing over
Sioux City, OesMoines and Keokuk
about five O'Clock; thence it will
pass to the southeast over Jackson
vile, Ill. across Southern Indiana,
Central Kentucky, Eastern Tennes-
see, into and across North Carolina
and will touch the sea coast at Pamli.
co Sound, and it will finally leave
the earth not far from the Bermudas.
1t will be visible to all parts of the
United States, and total over belt
OF one hundred miles vile along the
line just indicated, the sun being hid
more than four minutes.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-23

JUDGE DENT is the candidate OF
the Conservatives Republicans fol-
Governor of Mississippi. He is also
a brother in-law to President Grant
The latter fact is supposed to be
quite an honor-tO the Judge. We
are not informed as to whether the
President considers the honor recip-
rocal or not. Judge Dent is just now
engaged in a quarrel with Secretary
Boutwell,, because that gentle man will
not WELD the official patronage OF
his Department to aid him in secur-
ing the GovernOrship aforesaid. He
is certainly to be sympathized with,
and it will be admitted that Secreta-
ry Boutwell, Is acting very naughty.
It's pretty pass, indeed, if the wor,
thy Judge is to be snubbed in the
house of his-relatives.
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Campaign Subscribers.

We will send the JEFFERsoNIAN to
all New Subscribers until the middle
of October for Fifty Cents. Will our
friends exert themselves to send in
a rousing list from each township?
Who will respond first?
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-23

THE "boiler law" passed by the
last legislature Of this State, does not
seem to give general satisfaction
1t is almost ver6atins copy of law
passed by the New Jersey legislature
some two years ago, and which be.
came so odious as to result in its
repeal last winter. The New Jersey
law required, under penalty OF
5000, that each boiler should have
attached TO it "a high and low water
Indicator, with an alarm whistle, y
and it has transpired that the law
was maneuvered through by the own
er of four out Of six of the 'patent
alarm Whistles then in existence
From the fact that similar require
ment is made in the Ohio law, it is
intimated that the owner ofsome such
patent contrivance had finger in its
passage. At all events, owners OF
boilers declare these alarm whistles
to be unreliable, and, as a conse-
quence, are very 10th to fulfil the
of the law.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-23
GovERNoR-elect Walker. of Vii

GovERNoR-elect Walker, of Vir
ginia, was serenaded at Binghamton
N. Y, and in response said that his
election was ''triumph of the policy
of Gen. Grant and the reconstruc.
ton measures of Congress-" Oh
course, the triumph of these is o
Democratic victory, Certainly,
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-23
No Change.

A friend OF Gen. Il. L. Blair's has
revived letter, written by thai
gentleman in 1865, to show that his
, respect for the Confederate heroes
which he manifested so Extensively
at the Long Branch banquet, is nc
new thing, bu. feeling which he
has always cherished. The letter in
question is one introducing a clergy
man who purposed erecting "mon.
amental cathedral'' in honor of the
Rebel dead, land SIR. Blair saw '.noth-
ing to disapprove, but much to ad-
mire, in this effort to consumate
commemorate their virtues OF
constancy and courage" The cler-
gylnan's name is not given, but we
presume he is the Rev. Mr.. Rogers
of Memphis, well-known for some
time as an advanced ritualist, and
now Roman Cotholic; whose pro.
ject for a monumental cathedral at
tracted, about four years ago, q good
deal of interest. Mr.. Rogers propos-
ell that the surviving friends OF
Confederate warriors should be al.
lowed to erect in the church statues,
memorial windows, tablets, &c, in.
scribed with the names of any indi-
yiduals whose deeds they chose thus
to honor; so that there was no
reason why Booth, Wirz, or any OF
the yilest agents of the Secession
conspiracy might not receive a sort
of canonization, and the gorgeous
rays through tinted panes shed down
upon the worshipers an honorable
"reminiscences of treachery and mur-
der. Gen. Blair saw nothing to
disapprove in this, and much to
commend. We can respect the
personal character of the men against
whom We fought, but we don't see
why they must be honored precisely
because OF their errors and ofienses.
The kindest thing We can do for
them is to forget their past deeds,
and look only to their present and
their future.
Gen. Blair's mistake is that of all |
the Democratic politicians. They
are constantly straining their eyes to
look beyond the line; when the war
was at its hight, they watched for
salvation, not i'll the national arms,
but in the debates OF JEFF. Davis
Congress. While our soldiers were
laying down their lives for the Union,
these foolish politicians were treas
onably corresponding with the Rebel
President. Mr.. Pollard has recent
ly told us of the mass of letters from
Northern Democrats hidden away
in Mr.. Davis private archives OF
their offers to subsist the Southern
armies out of our granaries and
and of the complete
understanding between the Richmond
and certain members of
the Democratic National Convention
Of 1864. ANY body who doubts that
an important section OF the Democra-
cy we're intriguing during the war 10 .
secure the triumph OF the Southern
arms, can easily have his doubts re.
moved By Mr.. Pollard. Their fault ,
was the same as Mr.. Blair's; like c
.he Bourbons they neither learn nor
forget that the Northern Democracy, $
or years, pinned its hopes of success /
upon the favor of the South, fattered
t, fawned upon it, obeYed its slight F;
EST wish. They caanot learn that !
war and emancipation have changed
he whole aspect of the political Il
ield, and no party can now become s
established in power except by ident a
flying itself with the interests of all a
he loyal portion of the country. Z,
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-23

THE friends of Yerger, the muir
derer of Crane, have applied to Chief
Justice Chase for a writ of ha5ea8
corpus In his case, and it is the gen
eral opinion that it will be granted,
thus throwing the trial into the civil
courts of the State. 1t is a well
known fact that no Mississippi court
will convict Yerger for the insignifi
cant crime of dispatching a Yankee,
and this action will be equivalent to
an acquittal.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-23

THE President has appointed Tues
day, Nov. 80, for an election in Mis-
sissippi. The articles of the Consti
tuition requiring a test oath, and
disfranchising those who aided IL
rebellion are to be submitted to {
separate vote. The Radicals and
Conservatives of that State (both oI
which style themselves Republicans)
are preparing for vigorous cam.
paign.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-23

The EFFECT OF GooD CoMPANY.-
NJ. de ROthschild was asked one day
by young man, an intimate of his
family, to lend him 5000 francs
No. said the Baron, Il only do
business now with crowned heads
but I'il get you the money. You
may walk once with me along the
Bourse, taking me familiarity by the
arm The promenade was effected,
and, at the time of it, the young man
had his 5000 francs in his pocket,
and had refused offers of 80 900 more.
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THE ERIE DISASTER.
ife Engineer Of the Freight Train In
saii---N; ;.at lie has to say-.-FuneraI of
The Victims.
of the New York Times.

correspondence of the New York Times.
PoRr JERvIs, N. Y, July Is.
James Griffin, the engineer who, it
Is averred, by lis own carelessness
sent eight or more souls into eterni-
ty by the horrible disaster at Mast
Hope, Penn, was arrested, as an
nounced in the city papers, at SaIa-
manca. A detective at that place
took him to Great Bend, Penn
where a warrant from the authorities
was issued, and he was arrested and
placed in charge of officers until the
arrival of police from Port Jarvis
and constables from Pike county,
who put him on board the first train
east. arriving in Port Jarvis yester.
day noon. Upon the arrival of the
train carriages were in waiting, and
he was quietly conducted to one of
them, and Immediately started for
Milford, the county seat of Pike
county. A crowd had congregated
at the depot to get a glimpse of the
prisoner; but the railway officials
managed the affair so quietly that he
was on the way to Jail ere his friends
or the curious could catch 4 glimpse
of him. At Milford he was given in
charge of Sheriff COrneliusOn, who
placed him in Jail. understand an
effort will be made Tomorrow 10
secure his release on bail. The
prisoner states that he was asleep at |
the time OF the accident, and pulled
the throttle OF his engince while IN a
dreamy and half unconscious state.
lie says he is extremely sorry, but
that he ought not to be punished
severely. He coniesses that he was
to blame in allowing himself TO go to
sleep, but thinks his fireman was
asleep also, and says that he depend
ed on his fireman. He adds that he
means to tell the whole truth, and
that no man ever worked harder for
promotion and the interests of the
road than he. He states that after
-he accident he went to Lackawaxen,
by the advice of friends, and then to
lis home In Susquehanna. Having
a sister living near Salamanca, his
wife and friends advised and urged
lim to stay with his sister until the
AFFAIR had blown over, and he could
return in safety. He did not mean
% run away.
The prisoner is small in stature,
md seems reconciled to his arrest,
out seems somewhat fearful he will
De vigorously dealt with.
The bodies of the victims of the
disaster, who have not been identi-
led, we're placed in neat collins, and
yesterday morning were inferred in
Laurel Grove Cemetery,in one grave,
side by side. The funeral services
we're conducted by Rev. Messrs
BOttsford and V.ncleve.
A large concourse of citizens follow
ID the funeral cOrtege to the cemetery.
This afternoon the funeral of David
5aer, the German who was killed
md burned, took place from the Ger
nan Lutheran Church. His remains
we're inferred in the cemetery.
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People should not sleep in tight
rooms any season of the year, but
more particularly in the spring
Those who fear night air should re-
member there is no air but night an
at night, whether it come in by the
window or any other place. 1t is
not improved by the impurities of a
bedroom.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-23

The District Attorney oil Sacramen
to, California, was recently called of
from the trial OF murderer by forg-
ed kilograms stating that his daugh.
ter was dying. He left the case in
The hands of green lawyer, and
hurried home, only to find his child
well and hear of the acquittal of the
nriG0nar
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-23

RETURNS OF the vote In the III. T.
Church on the question of lay dele
cation ioots up, as far as heart
from, 69. .537 for, and %, ,63S against
This comprises the vote of but six
teen hundred congregations, while
there are upwards of eleven thous
and churches in the denomination
The churches heard from are the
most populous, and it is estimated
that they will cast nearly half the
vote. Thus it will be seen that the
proposition is certain to carry by q
large majority.
This question has been an issue in
that church for the pact fifty years,
being first broached in the General
Conference of 1918. That body,
however, refused to entertain the
proposition, and steadily adhered to
this decision, voting negatively upon
the question as many as five times
between that date and 1860. In that
year the Conference, for the first
time, expressed a willingness to ad-
NIT lay delegates whenever the peo
pie should desire it, and referred it
to a vote of the male members of the
age of twenty -one years and upward.
The vote stood 30,222 for, and So
924 against. In 1868 it was again
referred to all members, male and fe-
male, of the age of twenty.o one years
and upward. From present indica-
ions it will carry by large majori-
y, and the General Conference of
1872 W i'll be composed, in part, of
ay delegates.