Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-02-11

to Boston. The Michigan Central Railroad
Combination freight car, reached Boston
on Tuesday night, with its cargo of Illinois
pork, the 6rst ever sent through without
transhipment.
pF-The British Episcopal chapel in
Paris, under the charge Of Rev. Mr. Gurney,
has been ordered closed by the government,
because service had been read in French
The London Times attributes this to a
desire to propitiate the Catholics and di-
minish the effect of the late pamphlet
R~White brass is the name give the new
metallic alloy of M. Sorel which consists
Of ten parts of "copper" ten parts of cast iron,
and eighty parts of zinc. 1t may be
turned 6led aud bored, does not adhere
TO the moulds in casting, and retains its
luslre for very long time in moist air.
RM-- The Richmond Enquirer was print
ed 10 mourning on account of the election
of republican speaker at Washington -
The event was u sad oOe to the disnniOnists'
but not half so bad us the election Of a re.
publican president, for which they may as
well get their weeds ready.
nn- They are having small Morgan
affair at Sandusky, Ohio. One Curtis ex-
posed the secrets Of the Sons of Malta,
has since mysteriously disappeared There
is some excitement about it, but on the
whole it is not believed that be has been
made martyr
Ba- Northern visitors to mount Vernon
are said to be subject to insult annoyance.
A party of Phladelphians were closely
watched and subjected to insult few days
since. This must be remedied. Noun,
Vernon now belongs to the whole country.
Ray- At sale Of negroes at Greenville,
s. c., last week, George, likely fellow, a
joiner and carpenter, brought the great
price of $3500 He was bought by the
Rev. j. p. Boycn, who afterwards refused
$4,000 for him. Perhaps he wants George
to ''join the church."
B@- The New York democratic polti.
clans come up to Mr.. O'Connor's doctrine
on slavery without difficulty. George
Wood says in recent public letter THE
regular working of the system slavery is
essentially gOsd and has no era IN IL, aud
the conclusion is irresistible that it is not
sinful"
p1g- Rev. DR.. Baird paid visit to Fa.
ther Chiuiquy's colony in Illinois, and CON
firms the statements made by him as to the
wants of his colonsts Fully two hundre d
families must be mainly sustained by char
ty till next harvest, and although theil
wants are supplied for the present they will
be objects Of charity for some time to come
DSS- Mr. Bullock Of the Alabama Sen
ate has u shrewd idea about disunion and
the South. He wants to hurry up the dis
solution before republican administration
is chosen, because he says the republican:
would then give so many offices to southern
men as to create party in that section
that would prevent disunion.
na- Chancellor Walworth of n. York
a descendant of John Rogers, the martyr
declares that it is definitely settled that he
had only two children, and not ten as the
catechisf telIs If our early beliefs are tc
be upsetin thi@ay, we shall soon be al
aAoat on seaspf doubt
B@r Mrs Josepbine Herskel, favoritC
professional dancer, ana pupil of Mons
De Lave, the noted rope walker, lost her
life at the Volksgarten, New York City
Saturday night. She made rope ascen.
sion, and in stepping off her gauze dres,
caught fire from the foot-lights, and she
was instantly in blaze.
RG- At the banquet given to the three
legislatures at Cincinnati, Rev. MIR. Hoyt
made the opening prayer, in which rever.
ence for his audience seemed to struggle
with reverence for the Almighty, and he
used such language as this! 20 God, Thou
God of heaven, hear these earthly gods in
these their prayers, for the sake of thy 10y.
alison"
B9- Prof. Agassz addressed a legiSla.
tive educational meeting in the Massachu.
seetts state house, on "The. true aims oi
Natural History" He made strong ar
gument against the development theory,
showing that the animals of the different
geologic epochs are radically different from
each other and connected by no intermedi.
ate formrtions, indicating successive crea.
tions rather than progressive development
BaE- The Boston American Tract soce
~ is now publishing monthly paper and
child's paper with good success An eff
lOIt was ndue W BeC ADVERTISEMENTS anu
other matter of the Boston society into the
papers Of the New York society, but that
was refused, and fortunately, as now the
Boston society has papers Of its own, in
which all matters of Christian doctrine aud
life may be freely discussed
B9- Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and
Lucy Stone Blackwell addressed woman:
rights meeting at the Cooper Institute, n
York, Thursday evening. Mr.. Beecher
took radical ground and argued that "wo-
men should be admitted to the same public
trusts, and be awarded the same legal ant
civil rights, that man now enjoys" Saint
Paul must be sent to look after Mr.. Beech
er.
B6- Mr.. E. Haxton, of Beekman, Dutch
ess County, n Y. sold fat steer, of bi,
own raising, TO New York butcher, few
days since, for $3.50. The steer is Low
grade Durham, 7 years old, and has beer
fattened Cor the last five years. He stand
feet inches high at the withers, girth,
10 feet IL inches, and weighed ten day.
ago 1852 pounds.
p9-The South Carolina Legislative Dis
union Resolutions were received 10 the Ma
ryland Legislature on the 30 inst, and