Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-11-06
SUMMARY.

re- Rarey, the horse-tnmer instead Of return
ing home, has gone from England to Sweden,
and purposes seeing Lapland before he returns.
The London News says II is surprising how his
system takes everywhere.
ag- The Ohio State Journal has been sold to
j. & Fl. Miller, book publishers Of Columbus,
and will hereafter be edited by Henry d. Cook
OF the Sandusky Register. 1t is to be changed
to morning paper.
O. The overland mail to California leaves
St. Louis every Monday and Thursday. and car
ries letters only, which must be marked 'By the
overland mail, and need only the single three
cent stamp.
Gg- Postmaster general Brown has matured
plan, after the British system, whereby money
orders may be transmitted through the postOf-
fee. He will recommend il to Congress at the
noxt session.
Es~ The rope which surrounded the ring in
which Morrissey and HeeHan fought has been
bought by q citizen of Buffalo, and in a short
time will be cut up, set in gold, silver or brass
and sold to all who desire memeDto Of the,
battle. . ..
&s- George Peabody, the American banker
iU London, has lately bestowed upon tie Balti-
more Peabody Institute the sum of S200,O00;
which makes the total amonnt Of his gifts to
the institute over half million of dollars
Gs- The poisonous vapor that had collected
| in the bottom of q we'll, near Cincinnati while
the workmen who were digging it were absent
TO dinner, last week, caused the death OF the
one who descended first and came near killing
another who went down TO his rescue.
as- Hiram Robinson and family moved into
house in Gaines, near Grand Rapids, Mich.
last week Tuesday, and the same night the build
ins was burned with all its inmates. The terri
BILE calamity was not known until the sm oulder-
ing embers were discovered the next morning.
es- The Independent describes ridiculous
yet painful scene in public schoolroOm in New
York; raw Irshman with erich brogue"
trying to teach English to q stupid German
The result is described as being polyglot Eng
lish pronunciation.
~ When you have the small pox. reader,
and the pustules begin to appear, anoint them
with sweet oil and lime water, as these are pre-
pared for burns, and water scalds, and the irri-
tatioS will be allayed, and the discoloration of
the skin and the pittiug of the flesh will be
greatly lessened
Ts- California law says neither negro, mulat-
to nor Indian shall he accepted as evidence
against white nan, either in civil or criminal
suits. But lately local Judge has over-ruIed
the harsh statute so far as to admit the testi-
moDy Of the prescribed classes is all cases where
they are the injured parties.
~ BY the number of passports to Ameri-
cans visiting foreign ports, issued since Gen.
Cass became secretary of state--20 months
ago--it is calculated $4,000 persons have gone
abroad and allowing 81 900 as their average
individual expenditure, thrty.two millions dol
lars have thus been carried out OF the country
Gs- The people free state) Of Kansas hold q
convention at Lawrence, Nov. 10, to see wha,
they will do about moving afresh for state
government and also as to abandoning theil
free state party organization for the republican
leaving such democrats as cannot keep step u
subside into democratic party.
Gs- Politics as well as pugilism entered int
the Morrissey aud Hecnau prize fight Tb
two parties represent the two factions Into whict
the New York city democracy are divided
Morrissey aud his crew are Fernando Wood
: men; while Heenan and his hackers are the bui
lies of the TammaDy Hall or olice-holdnl
' school. ..4.
es- The Cincinnati Gazette says there is
double headed girl ia that city, with double set
of arms and legs, but consolidated arrangement
for the digestive organs, ETC. She talks an
a eats with both mouths, and walks with two o
| four legs according to her own choice. She
supposed 10 be the youngest grand-cbild {
Joice Health and p. T. BarnGm u........f
e GS- Excessive outdoor speaking has had
u very singular effect upon Judge Douglass yOct
1t preserves its volume, but has lost its effect
= be speaks slowly, anSf gives every syllable a
Is emphasis but it seems as if every tone wen
q forth surrounded and enveloped by an echC
+ which blunts the sound aud utterly destroys tn
word. You hear voice, but catch no meal
ing. ... .l-I oii n
e es- Attorney General Black has prepared a
If elaborate opinion, in which he pronounces th
: entire proceedings Of the Naval Retiring Boar
u illegal and void Under this opiniOh the Pre-
ident will restore the whole list Of retired an
Y dropped officers. -Four Of them will be brougt
q before courts.martial TO answer charges 60
4 preferred. a'h-
G9- The Baltimore american says the sui
to be paid TO the Mount Vernon Fund, is $500
= 900; $4,000 were paid at the signing of Ii
g contract The FIRST instalmeut Of S57 900, du
Of January !, 1853, Is now ready TO be paid, an
le il is hoped 10 raise the entire purchase sum d
b. ring the present year in order TO take pOSsessiC
i. on the eOming 22d Of February .
e 2S An old slave woman freed by Rev. Jol
a g. Fee Of Kentucky, and located ten or twel,
- miles across the river in Ohio, went back to
some OF her children after years OF absence, lat
ly, and being driven off the premises the po,
and comfortless black Rachel made a feeble {
IS, fort to have them come to her, blt was arres
ct ed, dragged to Jail, and will probably end b.
be days 10 a Kentucky penitentiary
TO aE A German musician has brought out
% New York a new musical instrument, which
a. calls the Organo- Accordion. combining the POI
~ ers Of the two instruments whose name il onitG
81 II performs all the parts Of choral music. al
ha with apurity, fullness aud variety Of tone Whit
y are surprising in so small an Instrument II
y capable OF the quicker and more lively measure
", but seems better suited To- Tie graves and mo
msjeetie harnonies Of Psalmody, u i ii