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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31

mA.The franking privilege originated IN
England 10 the year 1900 Under Il mem
bers Of Parliament used to frank "entire
bucks and packs Of hounds" IL anybody
would frsnk our old Buck and his pack Of
dogs out Of the country. we should think
the franking privilege put to q most excel.
lent use.
p@-The Home Missionary enterprise is
passing through a period Of extraordinary
embarrassment. The attention Of the
churches has already been directed to the
subject, in several recent appeals for in.
creased contributions, but adequate relief
has not yet been provided.
nA-Mr. Sherman brought the House to
a vote on the 9th on his bill TO reduce mile
age from 40 to 20 cents per mile, to be con-
fined by straight geographical line, and
so clearly right was the measure that the
bill was passed by yeas l54 to nays II.
Let the Senate do like, and return to the
age Of miracles will have to be recorded.
peA- The Tribune learns through private
adyices that Mrs. Brennan, whose disap
pearance from Staten Island caused so
much excitement fifteen months ago, and
who was supposed to have been murdered,
is now in Italy. By whom she was accom-
panied we are not informed, but she is
thought not to have been alone. She was
seen and recognized there by persons who
knew her perfectly
n@- The fishing business at this point
has Increased, remarkably, 10 few years,
so says the Toledo Blade, This season,
two small steamers will be employed in
bringing fish TO this city from the various
fishing grounds in this vicinity. The amount
Of fresh fish being shipped by Railroad
this spring, bids fair to be greater, this sea-
son, than ever before one firm, alone ship
ped 40 tons last week.
no. Judge Love, United States District
Attorney of IOwn, on the 18th of March
ia the case Of the St. Louis Chamber Of
Commerce against the Rock Island Bridge
Company, decided that said Bridge was
nuisance, aud decreed that defendant should
remove the main pier by the first of July,
aud the lower part by the first of October.
The case will be taken to the Supreme
Court.
p0r About two thousand dollars worth of
southern ''Aooting capital" says the De-
troit Advertiser, PASSED over the river
yesterday, to the land where fugitive slave
laws are imperative, and where the "lion h
the unicorn" are supposed to be more than
match for the American Eagle" on the
"nigger question" The capital was in the
form of stalwart negro, who had become
personally disgusted with the peculiar insti-
tuition"
The New Bedford Standard vouches for
the following
"a friend of ours, who has been unfOr-
tunate enough to be taken down with the
varoloid left his boarding house very quiet
ly aud suddenly, as soon as the FIRST symp-
toms Of the disease began to manifest them
selves, aud took up his quarters at the hos
pital In order to allay the anxiety of his
landlord as to his whereabouts, he dropped
him note, stating that he entertained no
personal hostility towards the house, but
he did not wish to associate with the board.
erS I ~
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31

n4-Ths ship Norway, Of New York,
when I've days out on Ihe passage from
Macao TO Havana, with 1000 Coolies, was
the scene Of terrible mutiny, 10 which 80
Coolies we're killed aud 90 wOunded. The
fight lasted from 6P n. till daylight BeEt
morning. when the CosIias yielded. Capt.
Mtjor had his wife and two daughters, al,o
q lady passenger and child on board The
lady passenger died Of fright, and her child
died scCn afterwards
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31

TRADE-The New York Courier d En-
qHircr complies table showing the exports
to and imports from foreign countries for
the year ending 3Oth June 1859. 1t shows
that our exports amounted to 1856, 789,
462, and the imports $3.50, 76S, l3O From
Spain aud Brazil we import, together, thir-
ty-eight millions more than they take from
us. Our imports aud exports together
1880, 900, 600, are less than the mere ex.
ports of domestic goods and produce from
Great Britain. The cotton goods alone
exported by that country in the year 1859,
exceeded forty-eight million pounds sterling,
or about two hundred and forty millions Of
dollars.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31

The subject Of impression at FIRST sight
was talked over at the supper table, when
the lady whose duty it was 10 preside "oVer
the tea cups and tea" said she always
formed an idea Of person at first sight,
and generally fonnd il to be correct.
"Msmma." said her youngest son, 10 a
Shrill voice that attracted the attention Of
all present.
"WelI, my dear, what is it rreplied the
fond mother.
IL want to know what was your opinion
Of me when you first saw me p
This question gave sudden turn to the
conversation.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31
AshtAbula, March 2s, ls6t

Notice
STATE of Ohio-Ashtabula County
~ Ashtabula Township.
Edward Hopkins and Charles A. Hopkins Plaintiff
Isaac Z. West, and Charles H. McDougal, Defendants
Before John Booth Justice Of Peace for said Township
The defendants West McDouga are hereby notified that
en- the 18th day Of March, A. d. 1860 the plaintiff commenced
an action against them before the sad Justce claiming
recover judgment aganst them fer tie sum of one
hundred and ninety three dollars the balance of an
for money paid BY plaintiffs the drafts of the deiendans
That attachment Issued In said action and Wells
Faulkner debtors Of the defendants garushee and that
the said action will be tried before ssd justice the 7h dAy
Of May 1870. C. BOOTH PIaptias Attornsv
Dated March 26th 1860. siSas
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31

INLAND PosTAL SERyIcE.-lrhs PcstoE-
nee Committee Of the House after 8 pro-
trscted and earnest consideration, resolved
with but one dissenting voice that the In
land postal service Of the country should
be restored to its condition on the srd Of
March, 1853. and instructed their Chair
man 10 prepare and report = bill for that
purpose to special meeting Of the Com
miltee on Saturday last Petitions for dam
ages BY contractors. III allowed. would be
larger lhan the amount haEed by the cur.
talmenlR
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31

ANTI Doc Law PAssED-After spending
considerable breath and time on the sub.
ject Of protecting sheep from the slaughter O
dogs, the Legislature compromised Oh Law
that provides as follows
THAT every person owning, harhOring
or Keeping any dog, shall be liable to The
party injured for oil damage done by such
dog aud it shall be lawful for any person
to kill, or cause to be killed, any dog oI
dogs which he may find running at large
on bis premises, without the presence of the
owner or keeper Of such dog. And it shaI
further he lawful for any person at any
time to kill or cause to be killed, any
dog which may be or may have been founC
killing, worrying, or injuriRg any sheep VI
lambs
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31

PROGRESS IN KENTUcKY.-Thomas II Daw-
son, Esq, editor Of the Louisville Democrat,
publishes his valedictory in the last number Of
that paper--stating in effect that be had publish
ed the Democrat two years as a moderate Doug.
las organ, but that he can do so no longer "lor
conscience sake" He purposes to start a
straight out Republican paper in Clay county
before the campaign is fairly opened.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31

The LEGISLATURE closed its session on
Monday night last. Time and space forbid
an account of its closing scenes, further
than 10 say that the bill brought forward
by the member from this county, failed Of
decisive action in the Senate, aud goes
over with the unfinished business to the ad-
iourned term.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31

UTAH.-It is stated that the Senate Com.
mittee on Territories will provide for the
organization of the new Territories of JEFF
ferson, Nevada, and Dacotah, and in doing
50 will cut Utah up into slices and attach
each to different Territory, thus erasing
Utah from the map and destroying the
organization which has given the Govern
ment so much trouble, and involved the
country in millions on millions of expense.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31
.h5oS", sTfTT or .SSn'o o"I0, NorrCE is hereby

given IN Charles A. g. DepeW Of the State New York and
e all Others whom 1t may concern that the 9th day
March, A. d. lS0O petition filed with the Auditor Of
said County praying that County road be laid out and es
abhed between the Ashtsbua Central Plank Road and the
North and south Public Road the East line of Plymouth
township In said County to be taken equally from the South
side Of Lots Nos S. So TO- H. and r. the North side Of
Lots Nos B a. u.s. IS and II in sad township Of Plymouth
and that at the session Of the Commissioners Of said County
held in said month of March, viewers appointed
and determine the compensation 10 be paid for the property
sought 70 be appropriated and that said viewers and
yeyor will meet for said purpose the line Of said eontep
lated road on the 3sd day Of MAY next.
z. C. HUBBARD, Principal Petitioner
AshtAbulA, March 28 1850 Awb9B
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31

Last Tuesday night, 10 the course Of bic
speech at New York, In favor Of dissOlvisg
the Union, WESDELL PHrlLIPs spoke as fob
lows with reference 10 the coming election
IL would like to vote. ] would like to
add my quota to the civil influence Of my
country directly. Show me how i eau
without jeopsrdzing my selfrespect--with-
out swearing IN oath which you know |
would not aud onght not to mean to keep
and will vote for VIM. II. Seward for
President tomorrow. Aud yet I tooHLd
rather see a Democrats President. Loud
Langhter.l And l will tell you why II
there Is a Republican President elected in
1850 you will all he looking at the, Admin
istFation. You will be oil waiting to see
what law can do--what Liberty fettered
can do ngaiust Slavery unbound. AgitG-
tiom ,oiH be lulled Everything like free
and uniettefed action will cease. We shall
wait. But let Douglas or any other Dem.
ocrat be elected, and every man in the free
states will arm himself for the struggle with
the slave power. InsurrsctiOa SoiH break
out upon the mountdiAs- inSurrsctioB Of
thought in the puipits-and sce shall makt
greater Anti SiarsrV progress IN four gear,
haa ws should do IN forty gears under sHei
a programme az Wm. H. Se1Oards speech Of
the last month"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31
| REMARKABLE DIscovERY.-Many

A REMARKABLE Discovery. OF
our old citizens, says the New Lisbon
Buckeye State, remember gathering gallons,
if not barrels of Rock Oil or Petroleum
along the banks Of little Beaver Greek
more than the third Of century ago but
it had all been forgotten, or overlooked,
until recent discoveries of oil in divers parts
Of the country awakened up memories OF
the past A short time ago, an examiua.
tion was made near the place where oil was
gathered years ago, and on digging about
two feet oil was found and in short space
of time some two gallons were collected.
Some of it was taken to Pittsburgh and
Cleveland, and there pronounced superior
to any previously tested. 1t was thus
brought to the notice Of one or two rar.
ties who Immediately came on, and after o
careful examination we're SO we'll convinced
of the existence Of oil that they at once
negotiated for lease of land and will in a
short time commence sinking wells
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31

The defence in the Carstang VS.. Shaw
case to which allusion was made last week
closed their testimony on the 26th. Nancy
Wilbur, of Charleston, where the plaintiff
once lived, testified to her having seen
John p. Seaman and Miss Carstang in bed
together and at another time lying on the
the floor of shop, Seaman being partially
undressed.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31

- MILK And MOLAsSEA-,A buxum widow
BY the name Of Beach. belonging 10 Bridgeport,
CT. woman Of respectable position in society.
and above reproash in all things. except that
she has democratic prOclivities. reeently unitsd
herself 10 marriage TO gentleman Of color,
cOlOrsd black. Tsry much to the morti6cation
Of her frionda
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31

DarLieut. Governor Wood, Of Illinois,
becomes acting Governor by the desth of
Governor Bissel, his term expiring next Jan.
nary. He Is 0 Republican.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31

District Attorney Van Dyke, of Phia-
delphia, brother of Rev. Mr.. Van Dyke,
of Brooklyn, N. Y. has been removed and
Geo. l.. Wharton, appointed to the Vacan-
cy. NJ: Van Dyke was the officer who
had charge Of the Passmore Williamson,
contempt case, which the reader will recol.
lact
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31

Much NEEDED Law PAssED.-Tax-pay-
ers will be glad to learn that the bill has
passed giving County Commissioners au-
thority to work convicts imprisoned in
County Jails. The bill takes effect from
its passage.
The labor is to be performed under the
direction of the County Commissioners,
who may adopt regulations on the subject
aud the Sheriff is to pay the avails of such
labor into the treasury of the county.
That for the purpose Of enabling the
county commissioners of any county in this
State to employ, in profitable manner, all
persons who may be convicted under the
provisions of this act, the county jail, in
such cases. is hereby declared to extend to
any stone quarry or roads, or other places
within the limits Of the proper county, at
which the conyicts may be adVantageously
employed
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31

The telegraphic manipulatiOns Of Mr..
Bates letier,-a condensed view of which
We attempted to give last week-were of
such bungling and reprehensibe char
acter. as in some cases to entirely misrep-
resent the positions Of the author. To
meet an earnest wish to become acquainted
with Mr.. Bates views from an authorita-
tive source, we gave the report as it reach.
ed us, emitting merely, such portions as
were palpably uninteIligible and absurd
With all our care, we find that we misrep-
resented him. 10 our article, be is made
to say.
at, slavery is a social relation, domes.
tic institution it exists by local law. and
the federal government has no control over
it in the states or the territories"
Mr.. Bates gives his views on this subject
as follows
Slavery is a social relation, domestic insti-
tuton. Within the States it exists by the 10
cal law, and the Federal Government has no
control over il there. The Territories, whether
acquired by conquest or peaceable purchase,
are subject and subordinate not sovereign, like
the States. The nation is supreme over them
and the National Government has the power
to permit or forbid Slavery Within them.d
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31

eR- OBERLIN. a forsakeu spot T.
STEPPED to the lips in hair Drained abolitionism,
1t is as dry az powder horn, in other respects,
not having solitary spot where man could
wet his whistle, and raise himself above the
Yexations of this erNel world.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31

KENTUCKY A man named Hanson, who
was recently expelled from Berea, Madison
Co., KY. with Johu G.. Fee, has returned
The committee again ordered him from the
country, but Hanson, with 25 or 80 associ-
ates, armed with rifles, fired upon the
committee. Nobody was wounded. Han.
sons party barricaded itself in house.
The committee is composed of 25 or 80
persons armed with reVolvers.
A military force has been ordered from
Lexington, aud it is thought the disturbance
will soon be queled.
LOUISVILLE, KY, March % The Hanson
matter has been settled. 1t will be impOs.
sibe TO get reliable information concerning
il before to morrow. Nobody was hurt and
the excitement has entirely snbsded. The
latest dispatches ridieule the whole affair
without explaining it. Gov. Magoifin has
returned 10 Frankfort. The Lexington
Company did not go to Berea as at FIRST re-
ported.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31
Trip Lightly.

Trip lightly over trouble,
Trip lightly over wrong
We only make grief double
By dwelling on il long,
Why clasp woes hand SO tightly
Why sigh DER blossoms dead 7
Why cling to forms unsightIy
Why seek not joy instead &?
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31
cARRAAGE MANUFACTOhY a DEPOT
80

w. q. bENHAM has At length perfected bis bust.
arrangements that the public may b Acommodated
call fOf most Of the
Various kinds Of Pleasure Vehicles,
having number finished Up and read for dslivsry be-
soea large quantity Of work 10 various Stages Of progress
xheh may b completed upon very short notice. Sheh pre-
Order. win Be rsssv'd iOr new vt Of any particular style
With fall supply Of The bsst hands 10 Be found In the
county he fsAr no competition, east vest 10 the matte.
o. Taste or STYLE Of exoeeBee of mael thg nasli ano
o. sasss satemens' any ons may sats hima'H ~ personal
RspsisS q al Llad dos via psouPsass and On 'At
VIZ q. BEEEAM
AiAtsSals, KsrsA n, iss6. Ss'
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31

Mr.. HYATT. now lying in Washington
Jail for declining to answer the in,errogato-
ries of Senator MAsoSs committee, has
had the rigors Of his incarceration relaxed,
and is preparing to make the thing steady
business, and declares his determination to
assert both his fidelity and endurance.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

New Clothing Store : >Ra
Now opening, at the Store lately occupied WI
by n. Phillips, opposite Fisk House,
fine assortment OF
M EN's AND BOYs LOTHING,
which has been prepared with special reference to village
eustomtrAde combining taste In the beauty and
durability In goods and ranged At prices that will Be
admitted TO be fair and liberal.
As the subscriber wishes to offer Inducements for share H
public patronage and to commend himself to the confidence
Of the citizens of AGhAbulA he will spare pains to make
such impression the start will serve to secure these
ends. So give a CALL
WOLF & co.
Ashtabula March 2s, 1850. 53s
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31

1H0SN WffO DANCE MUST Al Ihk lDDLkh
The force OF this spothegm, we supposed,
was well settled IN the religious, as well as
the moral aud political world. The South,
however, in seeking the intrenchment of its
peculiar institutions, seem to think, as did
the fellow we read Of, "The text is very
good, the sturdy william cried, but to be
rightly understood, should ue'er be misap-
Piled"
The South Carolina Commissioner to
Virginia, to arrange for the southern con.
federacy concert, ran up bill for a few
weeks board of 1900. This amount the
Legislature Of the State paid with little
more fuss than few wry faces The so.
journ of the Mississippi agent at Richmond
was barely three weeks. and his hotel bill
was more moderate. 1t amounted to only
1895, and notwithstanding this evidence Of
economy, sharp discussion ensued, and
scarcely votes enough could be secured in
the lower house to carry an appropriation
for its payment With such uiggardly no.
tionS, bow can the south expect to run a
national institution on their own account ?
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31
Ternas, oash o. Reaar Paw.

: = - effsN"t " "t"H NV"ecfHf
III NOW YE :--That when Kim. Solo.
- mos cath Che hrnt tina be sud th.,. -.
nong new opdrr The 500, but bad he lived NTH this tIrs
ne "ouio hafs seen ufOdrfj Store nled With
All New Goods.
and would have said tst Ashtabua vaes nor s,So ,hs
County, the brore for orriitv or ,..,t..
they are not surpassed having been selected with re sr
and bought the lowest cash pisea and viii Be scd for
Cash or Ready Pay
II prices that will suit The purchaser and An M ots, -
The following are rev OF the articles that on hand
Pork Hams Shoulder, Dried Beef Lard yl.h o 4. Mad.
MclasseE Segnr' Renn Ciee, ground and N be hsyr,
Spices Cinamon Cloves Mustard Starch Corn starch ell
colate Cocoa, sneraus, Ginger Soda trran Tnsr snss
Tobacco snu alsings Curants Fgs Prune. c,tran T..
choice article Stearine and Talov Candles ffsrog h. az
box Powder Shot and Lead, Dairy Salt In bags or harre
Cfacers 81 kud Shoe brushes and backing Hosr bru
~ Curey combs horse cards Lanterns three kinda scsvs
Butter Ladies, Codse ts Chopng Knves Scrub brushes
Mle-wash brushes Clothes Pins, Pas Tubs Brooms, Nor
Sticks Stone churn Jugs, aud Butter Crooks yellow
hock ware, and Glass Botlea Shovela Spades and Hoes
Corn In the Ear Oa Flour and Meal And In fact everything
thHt y generally kept IN we'll regulated
Family Grocery Store.
Being satisfied that the Ready pay System l. the most i'd.
vanageeus TO the consumer The subscriber has adopted is
snd ne VIII strictly carry out the prinei al In al
hsng bees engaged IN selling Goods for the last four years
lor AesHrs Prenticc T0ubes, IT, O. Tonnbes, and j. n.
Thomas Esqrs who probably the most experienced Rrs-
GERS IN the county he haters himself that he and will
sell as gooo articles IN his line and prices b.
to9na ~ any establishment In the County
Butter, Eggs, Lard Potatoes. Turnps and almost everys
thing the farmer has tn se win EXCHANGED Tor oods "A
the same prices that viii sell for cash
~ Remember tie place, Hulberts Block Mais street
near the PSTk
Ashtabuia March 1pIh. 1900 "~'''s' AEehS s,s
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-31

~ Dark aud onimous hints are thrown ous
that mimic Hseuan sNd suysrs affair, with
the natural sceSupsalments Of phlebosony'
&C., came OF dsy or two since between Two
Southern democratic members Of the o. States
Senate. A very laudable effort is making 70
keep such evidences Of human weakness and
depravity away from the prying, gigling i@Per-
tuence Of the vulgar inussea II, as is intimated,
the set-to was ot hstioual or constitutional
character, we see no reason why there should
be any undue concern felt aboat Il.
Nebraska advertiser., 1860-08-30

The Persian Fever Charm,

For the prevention and cure Of Fever and Ague and
Bilious Fevers. This wonderful remedy was brought to
the knowledge Of the present proprieSoTs by a frind who
has been a great traveller in Persia and the holy Land.
While gong down the reveT EupFrates, he experience
ed a severe attack Of FevOr and Ague. On discovering
his condition, one of the ROatmen TOO from his pocket
an Amulet. saying "Wear this and no Fever will touch
you F." Although incredulOus as to its virtues; he COM
piled. and experienced immediate RELIEF, and has since
alwBys fOnnd it an efectual protection from all mala-
Tious Complaints.
On fnrtber investigation he found that the boatman
attributed to 1t miraculous powers land said that it only
could be obta ned from the priest of the sun. Sometime
afterwards, the gentleman in cOnversing with a Priest
obtained from him the secret o. its preparation, and as
certained where the medicinal herbs were found, Of
which it was compounded. The wonderful virtues Of
this article have induced a full belief in the minds of
the natives in the miraculous healing powers Of their
Priests,
Since his return 10 America, 1t has been tried with
the happiest effect by several Ladies and Gentlemen OF
high character. who have given il the most unqualified
paOise. This remedy having been a specific in Persia
for hundreds Of years, for the prevention and cure os
Fever and Ague and Bilious Fevers-is now offered to
the American People
1t viii be sent by mail prepaid, with full directions
70 uss, on receipt Of one dollar,
Principal Depot ond mandatory, 1888 Main Stleet,
Richmond Virginia. Branch once, Bank OF Commerce
Sui hiding, New York.
Address, DIN WILCOX Co
July, 9th ~