Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-07-28
SALMAGUNDI.

n@A proclamation has been issued for
the sale, in October, of one million acres of
land in Minnesota, not heretofore offered
for sale.
b6rThe wool clip Of Ohio will amount to
abont 5000, 900 pounds, and as ii has been
sold at good prices, it will bring into the
State over $4,000,000.
RG-It is said that Ex,Secretary Guthrie
declines to endorse either Breckenridge or
Douglas. Mr.. Guthrie was the choice of
majority Of the Kentucky delegation for
President.
baTOne Of the recent on dts of London
is that Sir Edward Lytton Bulwor has be-
come reconcied to his wife, and that they
are about to live together again.
R0r They are experimenting on grapes
with great success in Northern Louisiana,
by grating the best varieties from France
upon the swild grape vines which grow lux
uriently in that region.
Gen. Comonfort, former President of
Mexico, is now residing with his family in
Fifth avenue, New York. Mexican great
ness and power are unstable as water.
pA-John Tyler, exPresident Of the U.
States, has written letter, in which he
declares he is Disunionist in the event of
the election of either Lincoln or Bell, or
Douglas 10 the Presidency
bay Hon. John Hickman, of Pa, became
disgusted with Mr.. DonglaS' subServiency
to the South early during the last session
Of Congress, aud now is an uncompromisng
Republican.
E9- Mr.. J. NJ. Morrison, cashier of the
Manhattan Bank, having lately inherited
thirteen slaves in Kentucky, has emancipat-
ed them ali. Two little boys he has brought
to New York to be educated.
pS-The Ottawa lumberers propose to
man q hundred canoes, each crew in uniform
and banners flying at the sterns, 10 welcome
the Prince of Wales and TINS escorted,
they will convey him the length of Lake
Duchesne and back again.
RS~The amount Of the annual increase of
the public debt of France under Napoleon
III is stated at fifty million dollars. The
Emperor means that there shall be strong
semi-annual interest taken in the stability
OF his Gov ernment.
The ship Castilan has taken on board
four hundred of the negroes at Key West,
bound to Liberia. 1t is represented that
the mortality among the Africans held as
prisoners at Key West continues to be very
great, the whole number Of deaths reaching
2SO up to June Both.
The Haytians have indeed subscribed
some $28, 600 to the John Browns widow
fund, but only 1854 of il is in Spanish cur
rency, and the balance, being in HaytiaU
dollars, is equal only to $l,802 so thai
the widow will only get 50, 486 from the sub
scription.
b9~A Lowell writer states that care
fol computation shows the steam power o.
the Great Eastern steamship is equal TO th(
water power that drives the mills at Lowell
This gives an idea of the immense power o
the steamer, equal to that required for the
works of the great manufacturing city o
America.
b5-Joseph Gales of the National INTEL
igencer, died on the night of 2lst inst a
Washington, in 18th year Of his age. HI
was, during two.thirds of bis life, connect
ed with that establishment For severa
years past he has been very infrm, but con
tinued his usual visits to the Office until to
wards the end of the last week, having de
serVedly been beld in high esteem by al
classes Of the community.