Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-11-20
DOMESTIC MATTERS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MATTERS
PROsPERINoi.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MATTERS
PRosPERINo.
The committee to whom we're entrusted
the duty Of deciding upon the reliability of
the new 500, 900 subscription. for the Ash
tabula & New Lisbon Rail Road met at
this place on Thursday last, and alter full
and mature deliberation, came to the con-
Clusion that q sufficient amount Of subscrp-
tions over and above the 10000, had been
secured to make that sum good against any
probable contingency. The subscriptions
amount to nearly $4,000 This announce.
ment will thrill the hearts Of our citizens
and readers, as upon it hinges the speedy
completion of this, to us important enter
prise.
We are Informed that the work will now
be pushed on with the utmost vigor, until
the music of the whistle, aud the trundng
of cars shall startle iuto freedom and acti-
witty, the latent energies and elements of
commercial industry and thrift which lie
along its pathway. We look upon this as
the most gratifying aud important an-
nOuncement we have been called upon to
make.
CoURT MATTERS. .--Besides granting of the
Divorce Petitions of Minerva vs. w. NJ Petit
bone, and Mary VS.. w. Il. Spring, the court has
done little but 10 disposiug OF the defamation
case from Geneva, Mary j. Phillips, vs.. H. b.
Stephens. Two days were spent in the prelim:-
nary business, and the examination of Witnesses
of whom there was a very large number present
On the morning Of Friday the third day, tie
terms of compromise were agreed upon which
was the rendering of verdict for the paiutiff
Of $500 and costs. The cost Of suit, attorneys
fees, and time and money spent in preparation,
will probably carry the whole expenses of the
caseto 81 200 or $1,000.
Among the changes incident to this mortal
st ate, and more especially those occurring
within the incorporate limits of Ashtabula, no
chronicle has been written concerning the
changes that have befallen j JoEI. whose surname
is Thomas. Verify, verify, t'is is an oversight,
for JOEL is a man of the day. Be it known,
th ,refore, journeying towards the North, his
stake may be found driven at the corners of the
roads, and bis ''shingle stack out so that all
who pass from the street called Park-accord.
ing to the nomenclature adopted under the
reign of Henry THE lsT--along the highway
called Lake, shall behold it, as their eyes fall
upon the Ridge whose name is Prospect. Now
as to the merchandise and haberdashery from
which this JOEL, seeks the bread that pcrsheth,
are they not written in his advertisement in the
columns Of the weekly TeiegraPh2
The editor Of The Seatinel, seems as much
puzzled at the announcement of ANDREW
JACKSON DAVIS preaching in one Of the ortLo-
dox churches Of Jefferson, which appeared in
the Reporter, Telegraph, and Painesville Com
nerciaL, as we we're; AID tho appearance Of
that notice under our obituary head. wcll-nigh
ac Omplished the work Of toppling reason from
her tripod. How it came there, becomes a some
what grave question. If wa were to venture an
opinion on this subject we should say, that IL il
did not get there by some ETHEREAL, impalpable a.
Boucy ~ must nave ulItcu lltO thuI pldCe Dy HS
own inherent, imponderabIe. volatile attributes,
in utter contempt of the vulgar distinctions re-
specdyely attached to things quick and dead
The CoNNEAUr ACCOMMODATION, VIC un-
derstand, which has well met the wants
and conveniences of the people along the
line Of the Cleveland & Erie road, between
Conneapt aud Cleveland, for something
over four years, is TO be wthdrawn on the
20 h INST. The necessity which requi res
tniS step, will cause very general feeling
OF regret. Why, the whole thing from the
Brakeman to its very courteous and agree
q bile Conductor, was as familiar and pleas
ant subject of reflection, as the object
about our domestic arrangement, and the
public viii part with them in sadness-
Nothing we think has done more TO give
the Company Il bold upon our kindest i'm
pulses like this familiar domestic institution,
and we heartily trust that better times will
soon arrive, if it only be to give US back our
Accommodation, with MoREnoUsE at its
head.