Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-08-13

ernment, and of all the States and Municipal
Governments in the Union combined
B6s- The corner stone of the national
monument to the forefathers was laid with
appropriate ceremonies on Monument Hill,
at Plymouth, Mass, on Monday. The ad-
dress of the occasion was delivered by
Richard Warren, of N. Y. Dinner for
$500 persons was served in mammoth
tent. A ball in Davis Hall, and illumina-
tions and fireworks on the green closed the
festivities of the day. rs.
Bag The editor of the Warrenton Wing,
writing from the Red Sweet Va. Springs
says A few days ago a couple of southern
gentlemen here, rich planters from Red
river played seven games of old sledge for
5000 game, and the winner took every
game. $35, 900 was lost, and the money
paid, hear, in check on the Bank of
Louisiana. | could give the names, but for
BEAR
B4~ The common friction matches are
not waterproof and often so affected by
even the moisture in the atmosphere that
no light can be obtained from them. 1t is
not the sulphur which is thus sensitive to
humidity, but the pboSpheric composition.
BY recent invention, locofoco matches are
made waterproof without increasing the
cost.
Ra- The Hon. Gerrit Smith, upon read
ing the Hon. Daniel E. Sickes' late letter
In regard to his resumption of mis- mater
nal relations" with his wife, as Vermont
paper styles it, Immediately wrote, says
the Oswego Times that gentleman a letter
approving the condonation of his wife's Of
fense, and has invited him and his wife to
visit Peterboro.
la DIR. Williams, notorious about
Youngstown in connection with counterfeit
ing, DC, has been arrested for Degecting
to return horse and buggy obtained of a
livery man'ia Mercer county. He resisted
the officers stoutly, attempting the use of
revolver, but was brought down by club,
and lodged in Jail at Garfield.
B9- Miss Lizzie Wayt, the lecturer on
home ties who had the 81, 900 affair with
the old gentleman at Wheeling, has been
picked up in the streets of Pittsburg, in
sensible from the use of opium. She says
she took it to- end life made miserable by
newspaper calumny. We fear Lizzie is q
naughty girl
B4-t the London Post recently announced
the safe arrival of Rufus Choate at Liver
pool, with many complimentary words. Ii
knew that the steamer in which he sailed
from Boston had arrived, and took for gran
ted that he had completed the voyage, after
the manner of enterprising American news
papers.
BeS~ Five Bishops will be consecrated al
the next Protestant Episcopal Convention
at Richmond, Va. In addition to the new
Bishops of New Jersey, Texas, Ohio and
Minnesota there will also be consecrated a
Missionary Bishop Of Kansas, to be elected
by the Convention.
B0-The Directory of the New York and
Erie Railroad cut down the salary of Mr..
Moran from $4,000 TO $4,000, 10 hopes
he would take the hint aud leave. He is
resigned to his fate but will not resign his
place
Das- There are 100000 students and
10000 teachers in the public schools OF
the United States. There is one student
for every five free persons. In Great Brit.
ain there is one student TO every eight per-
sons. In France, one to every ten.
p0~ The Syracuse Courier tells of a
Conductor who carried a passenger past his
place Of destination, and then charged him
fare to the next station, and foe cents er.
ira because he did not purchase his ticket be.
fore taking has seat in tie ears. ~
B6- The dying request of Virginia Stew.
art, the victim Of the Broadway tragedy.
was that her mother would do all in her
power to shield Mcdonald, her murderer,
from punishment.
ses- 1t is stated that Bishop Kemper
has intlmated his determination to resign
the trust be has so honorably held as The
Bishop of the Northwest, and hereafter act
only as Bishop of Wisconsin.
H9- The Mormons have nominated Ho.
race 5. Eldredge as delegate to Congress-
dropping Mr.. Bernhisel Mr.. EldPedge
was former resident of Southampton
Mass T'N''
RsSr The Supreme Court has granted the
application for the appointment Of a receiv-
ss under the 4th mortgage on the Erie