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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-07-02

eighteenth day of May 1882 the said plaintiffs filed their
petition in the said Court against the said defendants setting
forth that at the October Term 1858 of the said court
the plaintiffs recovered in i'd Court judgment against the
defendants Henry Keyes and Ira We for $395O 6s-lOO-
That execution has been issued upon said judgment and
returned unsased and that there due the plain
ts said judgment 81 575 $780, with interest from the
2Sth day Of March, 1859 That the 23d of February
1858 the said Henry Reyes for the purpose of deaudg his
creditors conveyed TO the said Henry p Keyes parts of lots
No and TO- in tract No l. in township a. In the
of townships in the Connecticut Western Reserve and
parts Of lots No and in tract No in said township
said Henry Keys knew Of such fraudulent purpose
ceyed said conveyance to effect the And the prayer
said petition is that the said lands be sold TO satisfy the said
judgment.
And the said Henry Keyes further notified that unless
he demur to said petition before the 23d day
July 1859 the TO him will taken confessed
and judgment rendered thereon accordingly.
U. II. FITCH, Attorney for Plaintiff
Dated May 18th. 1859. 6w4g1S5 so
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-07-02
MASTER COMMISSIONERS SALE

Door Of the Court House in Jefferson,
in the County Of Ashtabua in the State of Ohio on
Monday, The 4h day Of July "A. ID. 1859,
between the hours Of 10 o'clock Of said day. the follow
ing described Lands and Tennement tow Situate In the
township Of Tunbul County Of Ashtabula and State OF
Ohio being parts Of Lots Nos. 3 20 20, In Township No
TO- in the nth range of Townships in the Connecticut West
Reserve and bounded and described follows: KNOWN
piece parcel of Land in the West part Of Lot No. 2
bounded North South and West by the lines Of said Lot
25 and East by ID owned by Julius Seely, containing 40
96-l00 acres Of d, and the piece decided to John
Jackson by Samuei Mathew March 18th, 1854 appraised
Also other piece Of Land situate said Township be-
ing the West part Of Lot No. 26 and bounded West North
and south BY the lines OF said lot No &c bv
parallel with the est line Of said Lot No 26 far enough
theeirom to contain seventy and 2lO0 Of Land APP
Also other piece Of Land In said township being the
East part of said Lot No 25 and bounded East North
and South by the lines Of said Lot No 90 and West
parallel with the East line OF said Lot No 2 and far enough
thereom 10 contain sixty and oryou hnndedtns Of
Of Land and the last two pieces in the decided
John Jackson by Julius Seey aud wife, March 10TH 1854
wh ch deed for definite description reference hereto
had. Appraised at -
Also the undivided half of other piece or parcel
Of Land situated in said township and known being in
section three and Lot No two containing hundred and
twenty nine acres Of Land.
Also the undivided half other piece parcel Of
Land situate the township and s fifty OF Land
follows: East West and North by the original lines
said Lot No and South by line TO be parallel the
North line and far enough from 1t TO make said quantity
Land inclusive Of Roads, If any there arc be the
less subject to all highways and is the piece Of land
decided to John Jackson By Nicholas and we 6y deed
bearing date Sept. 2gth 1855. Appraised at -
WAL HENDRY, Sheriff, as Special Master Com.
Jefferson. May 81, 1859. 5w4g2-S7 IS
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The MAILS department in a commen-
dable zeal for retrenchment, is materi ally cutt-
ing down the mail service, and in the general
retreuchment, some of our neighbors, we regret
to hear, are made to feel the pruning knife
Jefferson, which has enjoyed two mails day
a part Of this gratuity on the part of the stage
proprietors, the Messrs. CULvER,-each way,
has been cut down one each way leaving here
on the arrival of Lake Shore Eastern mail -
The mail to Warren will be reduced to four a
week, and the ranges East and West of us, two
mails respectively.
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SHERIFFS SALE REAL ESTATE.
~ Ashtabula Common Pleas-Mareh Term 1859.


~ Ashtabun Common Pleas-March Term 1859.
shearer and King,
CALVIN Woodwork.
By virtue OF yend Only issued nom said court in the above
case to me directed, will oier for sale by OF
Public Auction, at the door Of the Court House
in Jefferson Ashtabula County, and State of Ohio on
Saturday the 10th day July, A. D. 1859,
between the hours and o'clock of said day. the follow
ing described Real Estate, TO wit
Situate the township of Harpersfeld County of Ashta-
bula and State OF Ohio and bounded and described fol-
lows, tO-wit
south by the Road running East and West past Calvin
WoOdworths House. East by Road running Westerly the
River, past Rney WoodwOrths North by lands OF Riley
Township saving and reseing xix of Land in the
ter Of said Lot bounded south by the East and West Road
dsdueng the said six acres of the said Asa Woodwork, T
ty-hye acres Of Land.
Appraised at Sixteen Dollars per acre.
sheriTs ONCE, June 9th, 1853. 5wt0isi IS
OHERIFPS SALE OF GOODS AND
Howard, whitcOmb Co.
Benham johnson, ct al.
BY virtue Of writ OF Fieh Facias duly issued from sd
Court In the above to directed will Oder TOR sale
by way Of public auction, at the
Residence of Levi G. johnson,
in Geneva, Ashtabua County, and State OF UhiO, on
On Thursday, the 3Oh dag Of Jane, a. d. 80.
between the Of ten and four o'clock said day. fol-
lowing described Goods and Chattes to wit
One Bay Horse Eve years old Open two Horse Buggy
old two Twin Heifeis Red Cow three yess old
pile of Lumber supposed be about eight thousand feet
one Ok Yoke, and one eaiash 'SP I, sS,aggy v,,Dpz ,
Jefferson, June IA, 1859. 2t4s5sl75
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-07-02

1870 EMORY LUCE gives notice
OOO OO to all his friends CUSTOMERS and the rest of
mankind that he still continues the Plant Fruit snd YeR-
eabe growing business and prepared to furnish @ season.
n large quantities.
Sweet Potatoe plants, Tomatoe plants, Cab.
bage plants in variety, Cauliaower
plants, Celery plants,
and most other kinds of plants that need forcing order
get them early in the season.
He is also prepared to furnish individuals families With
Pie Plant Strawberries Green Poss Salads and other kinds
of vegetables.
Strawberry plants Of Standard and best varieties, for sale
Sweet Poatoe plants nicely packed to any part
the United states Canada in fresh condition delivered At
the office for 1000 and upwar 90 per thonsand
5O0-l50 l00-371Sc.
Ashtabuia, April, 1859 AGA
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-07-02

FREE-W1LL TRoTTING PARK-Juue oath, SO.
Purse $50; best three in FIVE.
Lady Sherman, entered by Geo. Nettleton;
Shanghai, by Fankel Honest John, by W. H..
Potts.
ST heat. time 2.5R Lady Shnrnnn
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Purse awarded to Honest John.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-12-30

The New York Times, in commenting
upon some portion of radical character
assumed by the Tribune, says:
If the next Presidential canvass is to be
carried on upon such an issue as the Tribune
here presents to the South, the slaveholding
States of the Confederacy must choose at
once between dsgra ceful and abject sur
render of all the attributes of sovereignty
and independence, and definite rupture of
the ties which bind them to the North.
They cannot consent even to open the dis
cussion of such an issue without degradation.
Possibly, the Tribune, as those who think
with it, count upon the cowardice or the
commercial interests of the South, as sure
to coerce it into submission to this invading
insolence of Northern superiority. Possibly
also they may look forward with complacen-
cy to the spectacle of Union no longer
cemented by the reciprocal justice and the
unsullied self.respect of its members, but
held together by the vulgar bonds of force
and fear. We believe they will find them
selves mistaken in their calculations. We
are sure that no American who values the
honor of his country, can wish to see these
calculations crowned with cuccess. To rid.
icule the cry of disunion merely because it
has been uttered hundred times, and fold
ones hands in a sleek conviction that the
South will suffer anything rather than spurn
dishonorable dominion, is the extreme of
easy twaddle. If the Republican party is
ready to endorse the Tribune's doctrine of
anti-Slavery action as thus set forth, the
Union not only is, but ought to be, very
seriously in danger. TO suppose it safe, in
such case, is to suppose the population of
the South race of such time-servers and
imbeciles as we are not disposed to believe
the inhabitants of any American State
TO he
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Religions News.
matters

SLAVERY IN THE M. E. CHURCH.--An
association entitled the Members and
Laymen's Union, of the NJ. E. Church."
has been established in New York, with
the venerable DR.. BANGS as its President.
The object of the Association is to combat
the ultraists of the Church, in the Slavery
question. This latter class insist that the
General Conference next year, shall so
amend the discipline as to expel all slave
holders from church fellowship. This is
opposed by the association of d" Members
and Laymen,' and if insisted upon, will
undoubtedly create another division in the
church. The following is the platform OF
the society:
We the subscribers, preachers and lay men,
beers of the M. E. Church, holding fast to the
testimony of our fathers against the great evil
of Slavery, and the policy of our Church in
relation thereto and desiring to strengthen one
another by mutual cooperation, do unite to.
gether on the basis of the following principles
FIRST; We hold that while it is the duty of
the Church to seek the eXtirpatiOn of Slavery,
she should do so by such measures only as
Christian wisdom will justify. and should care.
fully guard against the destruction of her unity,
or the endangering Of her usefulness as an
agency in spreading the kingdom of Christ.
SECOND; Inasmuch as Slavery in the M. E.
Church is limited to the southern boundary of
its territory, where, from the first, our breth.
rem as faithful sons of Wesley, have labored to
meliorate its odious features and to secure it's
ultimate extirpation, and inasmuch as the &C.
ton of some of our conferences has only EN-.
barrassed our border brethren, we pledge to
them our cordial sympathy, and with entire
confidence in their wisdom and integrity, will
sustain them in their efforts to elevate the con.
dition, and to secure the freedom of the slave.
THIRD; We hold that the policy of our
church is, and never has been, to receive into
her communion both shareholders and slaves,
whenever they have given evidence of CONVEX.
sion, for the sake of great and ultimate good,
viz the bringing of slaveholding under the.
restrictions OF Christian discipline and prepar.
ingsthe way for emancipation, in manner con.
sistent with the best interests of both masters
and slaves.
FOURTH; In view Therefore, of these facts. we
are convinced, that instead Of altering the Gen.
eral Rule on Slavery, and thereby making a
new condition of membership, the true policy of
our church in its legislation on this subject is,
to add to the chapter on Slavery, such provis
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A Resolution Omitted.

A Chicago correspondent of the Presby-
terrain, clergyman, relates the following
pointed little fact:
Before close, let me relate an incident
which occurred during the late sessions of
synod, in Chicago. An anti slavery con-
vention of the DR.. Cheever stripe was sitting
in Chicago at the same time. A gentleman
of the city, with whom one of our professors
was slightly acquainted, accosted him one
morning, D." Well, Doctor, were you in the
convention last evening ?" "No, sir; do
not belong TO that stripe there great sur
prise was manifested by the gentleman J
but if I had been there should have offered
one additional resolution" All, indeed,
what would that be p Resolved" re-
sumed the Doctor, THAT when we get to
the kingdom of heaven, we will not sit down
with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, for they
were once Shareholders p This was enough.
The gentleman passed on concluding, doubt
less, that be had mistaken his man.
The Hartford Press (colored) is surprised
that Northern Democratic presses have not
denounced southern disunion speeches in
Congress. We regret to hear any man,
north or south, talk of disunion; but when
it is considered that the Southern members
of Congress base their declarations on
northern interference with their institutions,
and profess desire to remain in the Union
if they can do so unmolested, it strikes US
that northern Democrats haven't much to
say Suppose the South should attempt to
force their peculiar opinions on the north.
Would we suffer it Not at all. If the
North will cease its annoyance, we shall soon
hear the last of disunion speeches. "-New
Haven Reg.
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Piles of which were given.) Among the
metaphors the Doctor quoted the follow

pies OF which were glven.) Among the
metaphors the Doctor quoted the follow
ing:
Here lies the dust of Margaret Gwin,
Who was so very pure within,
That she chippd the shell of her earthly skin,
And hatch'd herself cherubim."
In this matter the lecturer remarked, there
ought certainly to be no levity as to the
vices of the deceased, especially as to those
which were the cause of their death. But
such they found to be the case. For exam.
pie, the following is to be found in Win
chester:
Here lies in peace Hampshire grenadier,
Who caught his death by drinking cold
small beer,
Soldiers take heed from his untimely fall,
And when you're hot, drink strong, or not
at all"
The last point he would refer to was with
regard to ludicrous incongruities, putting
things together that had no sort of affinity.
He remembered, when young man, seeing
the following notice in steamboat, which
piled between England and ireland mo
dogs, luggage or smoking allowed" 1t was
very good, but the mixture of words and
ideas was extraordinary. But perhaps the
most extraordinary incongruity of the kind
was the following at Pewsey, in Wiltshire
"Here lies the body of Lady OLooney,
great niece to Burke, commonly called the
sublime She was bland, passionate, and
deeply religious; also she painted in water
colOrs, and sent several pictures to the exhi
ton. She was first cousin to Lady Jones
and of such is the Kingdom of Heaven"
Another characteristic of inscriptions
was that they should be correct, both in
syntax and in sense Look at the following
to be found at Montrose:
Here lies the bodies of George Young
and Isabella Guthrie, and all their posterity
for more than fifty years backwards"
Another more ludicrous, when the posi-
ton of the deceased was considered, was
this at Plymouth
Here lies the body of James Vernon,
ESQ.,, the only surviving son of Admiral
Vernon"
Here the lecturer referred to the practice
of the Romans in placing admonitory in
scriptions on their tombstones, such as
Mors jan,ta 1tG," and then cited the
following epitaph on the Earl of Devonshire,
as showing how truly the scripture saying
in regard to laying in store in Heaven by
giving to the poor on earth, was recognized {:
Hoe hoe who lies here?
l the good Earl of Devonshire.
With Maud, my wife, to me full dere
We lived together fifty-fve year
What we gave we have
What we spent we had
What we left we LOST
The reverend Doctor then concluded by an
eloquent peroration on the views held by
the old Roman and Greek philosophers in
regard to the soul. Immortality and future
state, as contrasted with the positive know
ledge of the Christian in regard to these
matters
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NEW SERIES-NO. 2l1.

would have been suicidal test, or initial
question, to be safe test now? one thal
should be at the basis of American politics =?
Should the basis of politics in Massachusetts
be subject in which it had no right to act
in fifteen States of this Union?
Suppose majority of the States should
look upon this as the fundamental question,
and decide that slavery was right: how
could such decision affect the politics of
Massachusetts,? Suppose majority of the
States decide that slavery is wrong how
can their decision affect the politics of fif-
teen States that recognize slavery to be
right? The truth is, a question thus resolv-
ing itself into question of local account can
never legitimately form the basis of sys-
tenn of national politics. This is, however,
the basis of the great Northern geographical
party.-Boston Post.
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The Fundamental Question of Ame-
rican Politics.

The New York Tribune of December IL,
thus characterizes what it regards as the
fundamental question of our politics:
"The fundamental, the initial, underlying
question affecting American politics, then
is simply this--Is Human &avery right or
sUrong?"
The italics are the Tribune's and hence it
would have every locality occupy itself with
this initial question
Suppose John Adams had stood up in the
1774 Congress and said this is the initial
question, that effects the whole of our poll.
tics--ls human slavery right or wrong :?
where would have been the united resistance
to Great Britain?
Suppose the same test had been made in
1776; where would have been the Declera-
ton of Independence?
Suppose this test had been put in the 1887
Convention where would have been the
deliberations of that noble body? and
where would have been the result of the
Constitution
Had such utopianism prevailed in 1774,
1776, or in 1889, we should have bad no
Union, no Declaration, no ConstAutionI Are
things so changed as to make what then
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-12-30
Tombstone Literature.

DR.. MCCALL, of Toronto, recently de-
livered in that city very curious and in
teresting lecture upon Tombstone Litera-
ture," which we find concisely reported in
the ColoniSt as follows:
His principal object, however, in this
lecture, was to suggest to those most inter-
ested in the subject-and who was not ?
certain points to be kept in view in epitaph
writing, so that in this country we might
guard against the gross want of taste and
proprety that characterized too many of
such inscriptions on the old country. An
epitaph or inscription on tombstone might
be properly described, if not correctly de-
scribed, if not correctly defined, as an in
scription on a monument or tombstone
intended to perpetuate the memory of the
dead and to approve the living. In the
first place. such an inscription should be
simple; there ought to be no affectatiOn or
extravaganza. The first epitaph he would
quote which violates that rule was that of
Pope on Milton:
Mature and Natures laws lay hid in night;
God said-'Let Newton be-and all was light"
Such language as that was not fit to be
applied to any mortal it was applied by
the Almighty to that light which was to
illuminate the whole world. Applause.
The next he would quote was that on Sir
Cope D'Oyley in 1888:
ASK not who is buried here.
Go ask the Commons, ask the Shire;
Go ask the Church-they' III tell the who,
AS we'll as bubber's eyes can do.
Go ask the Heralds, ask the poor;
Their ears shall have enough to ask no more.
Then, if thine eyes bedew this sad urn,
Each drop pearl will turn,
To adorn his tomb; or, if thou cans't not vent,
Thou bring st more marble to his monument -
The seventeenth century was remarkable
for bad taste in this respect also for ex-
travagance, as the following would show.
This was written on Samuel Ratanks, stew
ard to the Earl of Donby, of Donby Hall,
in 1875, and evidently Overshot the mark :
His life was an academy of virtue.
Ills conversation precedent OF plety,
HIS estate storehouse for charity;
His good name place for innOcency,
His death passage to eternity,
His eternity perfectng of glory;
Where he now sits, triumphs and sings
With angels, archangels, cherhbims, and
seraphims.
Holy; Holy Holy
Ano ther characteristic of inscription is
that they should be concise. The object
we have in view on such inscriptions would
suggest the propriety of having it neither
too long nor too short. With regard to
being too long, he had many examples, but
they would be too tedious to read. Putten.
ham, in his "Arte of English Poesie," says
of these long epitaphs
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-12-30

OREGoN.-A Democratic Convention had
been held at Oregon City. Sixteen dele
gates withdrew, and those remaining select
ed Gen. LANE, LANSING STOUT and Judge
DEADY to the Charleston Convention.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-12-30
VOL. XI.-NO. 80.
Written for the Pioneer and Democrat.

Written for the Pioneer and Democrat.
THE STORY OF THE CHRIST.
CHILD.
THE streets are all deserted now;
The life is all with in;
And | alone do wander here.
| have nor kith nor kim
And the little child sobbed bitterly
As he looked through windows bright,
And saw the merry Christmas Trees
Flash in the cheerful light.
- In all these bright and happy homes
There is no home for me;
Each child tonight has joy and light
Around its Christmas Tree"
Each mother has her own loved flock
Around the glowing hearth;
His pleading voice breaks not upon
Their love, and warmth, and mirth.
Up in the darkling night he looks
His little hands afold;
"Oh dear and holy Christ" he sobbed,
I'm hungry and I'm cold"
Orphan, friendless and forgotten,
Be my father, mother, friend,
Dear Christ, be thou my Christ,
Lead me, Saviour, to the end.
little while and then the street
Was gloriously alight,
And now there came a white-robed child,
With ripping ringlets bright.
Then with voice of melody,
Unto the weary one,
The White Child said 4" am the Christ,
Gods own and only son.
"And evermore on Christmas Eve
am child again;
To smile upon the friendless ones
And take away their pain
Then suddenly there rose above
A bright and glorious Tree,
Hung with sweet stars, while angels sung
The softest melody.
They reached their white arms to the boy
And wiped his tears away;
Then drew him up among the stars
Into the Eternal Day.
DECEMBER %, 1859. ALRO4.
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The Mining Journal says that, after a
large number Of experiments, DR.. CoLLYER
has succeeded in manufacturing paper
from straw which is in every respect equal
to rag paper, many reams having already
been finished. By his mode of treating the
straw, he splits it and separates the SILICA
and gluten without in any way iluring the
fiber. Baron L1EB1G has pronounced very
favorable opinion of the invention.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-12-30

The London Shipping Gazette says that
in the first ten months of the present year,
iron valued at G1O.785,684 was exported
from the United Kingdom.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-12-30

CATHOLICS IN THE UNITED STATES
The following summary is given of the state
of Catholicity in the United States at the
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-12-30

The average exports of China to Great
Britain are about $45,OOOOOO a year that
8, the latter buys that amount Of the former.
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ions as shall define more strictly the duties of
slave to assume the position of freeman.
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Estimated Catholic population of the
United States, about three and quarter
millions