Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-11-19

B0- In Springfield, Mass, John Brown
had one vote for Governor, and Lydia Ma
ria Child one for Lieutenant. G oTernor.
B6~ North Elba, tho home of old John
Browns family, gave last year AZ votes for
Gerrit Smith for Governor, Is for Parker,
and only for Gov Morgan.
BS~ An editor down east apologies for
a days delay in the issue Of his paper, on
the ground that he had an extra "male' to
attend to during the week.
RSg- Mr.. Giddngs says he would go down
to Richmond and take the $4,000 offered
for him if he had confidence in the good
faith and responsibility Of the advertiser.
B9- Two initials of famous characters:-
j. B.-Jack Bunsby, Joe Bagstock in
Domby & Son, James Buchanan, celebra-
ted Judge Of "old rye" and John Brown.
B1~ Bayard Taylor spent seven weeks
in California, and delivered about two dozen
lectures, with clear profit, estimated by
some Of his acquaintances there at about
$4,000.
bsg~ II Bear Valley, California, the peo-
pie are subscribing freely and literally for
luC III OuGllCh 4hOHulllCllb Il ullus SOls II lO-
mont headed the list with subscription
of $500.
BeA. 1t is said at Washington, that an
effort will be made to exclude the Hon. H.
Winter Davis, of Baltimore, from his seat,
on the ground that the late election in that
city was not legal one.
pg Two or three wells have been dug
in the vicinity of the 'frozen welP in Bran
don, VT, but they do not show indications
like their famous neighbor, which is still q
puzzle to the savans.
s9AY The Albany Erening Journal well
says Brooks, in his efforts to smash
the machine has met with the same fate
as the bull which undertook little job
with the locomotive. In each case the an
imal was smashed while the machine
went right on"
R@~ Rev. John Cotton Smith, of Trini-
ty Church, Boston, is asked to take the
Rectorship made vacant by the election of
the Rev. g. I. Bedell as Assistant Bishop
of Ohio. Mr. Smith is son of Rev. DR..
Thos. NJ. Smith, Professor in the Tbeologi-
cal Seminary at Gambler.
RFg@ A Sergeant and eight men left Gov
ernor's Island on the 18th for Harper's
Ferry, to strengthen the military force in
the arsenal of that place. This addition
will raise the number to forty, which is
deemed sufficient to protect it against all
apprehended assaults.
Bsy~ The Executive axe has given anoth.
er clip and the official head of Mr. Dickie,
Postmaster at Buffalo, is in the CORY bas-
ket. Israel 7. Hatch, the subservent Bu-
chanan member of Congress rejected by
the people of Erie county, has been re-
warded by the President.
Bag- AS the conference of Zurich opened
on the Sth of August, aud closed on the
18th of October, it has lasted ten weeks
The expenditure of the plenipotentiaries
and their suites at the Hotel Bauer is said
to amount to above 100, 900 francs. A fine
windfall for Swiss hotel.
BG5~ The national republican committee
will meet at the Astor House, New York
December 81, to fix the time and place fol
the national presidential convention. The
last of May and western city-Chicago
Cincinnati, st. Louis, or Indianapolis-art
/ lhIl1 " DG JDC lCoulto vi LiO dCllDSlobi
ExAMILArIoN OF TEACHERS the meet
! ing of the School Examiners on Monday
there was quite foil attendance. There
was present "a ladies and 36 gentlemen.-
! The probabilities are that they will not all
get certificates, though the average of an
swers was pretty good.-SentineL.
BS5- The St. Paul papers complain of al
unexampled financial depression in Mime
sofa. They have plenty of agricultural pro
duets to spare, but have no market fol
them. The low stage of water in the riVel
has cut them off from any considerable ex
changes with st. Louis. There is a gener
al stagnation of trade, and arrangement o
currency.
Ea5- Frederick p Stanton has fully iden
tilted himself with the republican party il
Kansas During the recent canvass h
made able speeches for their candidates ant
principles. He was, it will be remembered
a democratic member Of Congress frcm Ten
nessee, and was sent to Kansas by MI
Buchanan as Gov. Walkers secretary, an
for some time acted as governor Now b
"shrieks for freedom"
pD- The Buffalo Commercial Advertise
an American paper, is of the opinion tha
the democrats did not make much by thei
fraudulent use of John Brown in that state
1t says:-"There was poor old Brown, toe
They had the fool-hardiness to make him a
issue, when the sympathy of every man q
whatever politics, ran toward the pluck
old fellow, in obedience to that instinct {
humanity which always admireS game an
courage"
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