Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-09-08
SALMAGuNpl.

Calforna.
sRev. Carries G. Fiuney and wife have re-
turned from successful revival campaign in
England and Scotland.
0j@The Trustees of oberlin College have vot
ed an appropriation Of $4,000, for the purpose
Of erecting a new Ladies' Hall.
~ Hungary, according to a late report on
its commerce. is fully able to supply the whole
Of great Britain with wines now the duty has
been abolished.
rs- From the Kansas papers We learn that
the land sales in that Territory have amounted
TO little or nothing. Very few seem able or
willing to purchase.
&s-There were A divorce cases In the Wayne
Ind,) Circuit Court last week. 20 ofthe appIi-
cations by wives, and q by husbands the Court
granted nine.
eE Cleveland Is sending large quantities OF
peaches westward. The Michigan Central r. r
steamers take to Detroit from eighty to hun
dred baskets per day.
Ss-The Queen Of England has ordered copies
Of the principle New York papers during the
stay Of the Prince of Wales in Canada aud the
United States.
~ In allusicn 10 the bad weather which has
accompanied the Prince since his visit, it has
been said by wag that he must be the raining
ireigning) Prince. .....t .. .,s
| GS0ne Of the Provincial Secretaries, Mr..
Alleyn, failed to illuminate his house at Quesbec
in honor Of the Prince Of Wales, and the popu-
lace broke every window in the house.
| es-A steal steamer was recently launched at
marlborough, England. The plates ofthe hull
are but 3l6 Of an inch in thickness. She COM
bines The essential qualities Of lighuess and great
speed.
@rA correspondent of the Western Christian
advocate speaking of Superior City, adds
"The location Of the city is charming, superior
to any on the Lake. Population 500, sabsiSiing
mainly by selling lots. to one another"
GgItis estimated that the reception Of His
Royal Hhighness the Prince of Wales, will cost
the Provincial Government of the Canadas no
less a sum than $1,000 ,OOO iDdependant Of the
vast amouts spent by the different towns.
@rThe capture Of the great city ofSoo-chow
by the Chinese rebels is very important event.
1t is walled city ten miles in circuit, with pop.
ulous suburbs. the whole population being esti-
msted at over two millions.
! ~ The Hudson river railroad has bought
a sit on the Battery, at the foot of Broadway,
for freight and passenger depot, paying $780,
J 900 for the land, and will at once erect mam-
moth and convenient structure.
9sr Rev. a. Bewley, Methodist superiDten.
dent and missionary in Texas, was hung by o
mob short time since on the charge of being
an abotiouist The New York Christian Ad-
vocate says be was devouty pious aud inofen-
sive man.
G5-A manuscript has.been discovered in a mu-
scum of Egyptian antiquities belonging to a
| gentleman in Liverpool, which though suppOs-
ed to be Coptic proves to be ancient Greek, be-
ing part Of the gospel of Matthew, written in
the 6rst century, and one Of the earliest copies
if not the original ITSELF
The Prince Of Wales must have been de-
lighted when be was admitted TO the Ursuline
convent at Quebec, the other day, and the young
ladies formed a circle about him addressed him
10 song, curtseying at every allusion to him,
while the teachers joined 10 the chorus, Long
live the Prince"
Ss- The old Sarcophagus, once the reposto.
ry of the Roman emperor Alexander Serverus.
which was brought to the United States from
Beirut in 1889, and intended for a resting place
| for tba - A NJ. T.. =.
course OF removal from the psteut Office to tho
Smithsonian institution.
II The great Floyd gun, the largest in the
world, is now fairly mounted on the beach, at
8 Old Point Comfort, Va, and is being tested fol
the first time. The shells weigh 800 pounds
aud the solid shot ATS pounds and the frs
shooting will be to test the range OF the mon
stOr, beginning with charge of twenty pOund
of powder and gradually increasing it to ont
hundred pounds.
TT For the past three or four years por
tions OF the remains of mastodons have occa
c sionally been discovered 10 swamp in Ulste
e county, N. Y and workmen now engaged il
= exeavating for the New ork Geological socie
.s ty have found an immense tusk, measuring tel
;s feet 10 length. 1t is believed that perfec
;, skeleton Of the mastodon will be taken out, a
:, there are signs Of one or more Of these antede
~ luvian monsters
~ A British officer writing from Shang
~ hae, june l3, says at the capture Of the city o
rs Loo chow by-the rebsls, no less than 75,OOI
re we're put TO death. Executions we're of almos
ID daily occurrence, either Of rebels or deserter
from the imperial army. After the execution
the heads are strung up 10 twenties and so DOS
ed up in public places as warning to other
~ The rebel forces are armed for the most part vii
% shsrpeued bamboos. ......
y ~ Walker is likely to encounter obstacles
Nicaragua that he did no anticipate. The teri
r Of treaties concluded between Englaod and
ls eaFagua have just been Published, by which t
D. former acquires certain rights Of way across t
" isthwus and the right to protect them and pI
Ieet British subjects there, II the goverume
:, fails to do It. England also agrees to assist
the protection Of Nicaragua against inyasiC
- which is provision specially intended for
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