Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-10-13
HoueHroN, L. S. Sept. 2sd 1860.

hOOGHTONi H. D sept Zou loOO.
September strews the woodland DER
b.. With many brilliant color
The world is brighter than before,
Why should our hearts be dnler
Sorrow and the scarlet leaf
Sad thoughts and sunny weather,
All me this glory aud this grief
Agree not well together
The panied emotions Of our hearts are
well expressed in the lines / have quoted
The air is soft and balmy, the gorgeous for
est craving in the distance seems aaame
beneath the ruddy sunset beams but our
spirits are saddeued, our words are few and
aud low, for we mourn the fate of those
who persisted on the ill-stared Lady Elgin,
and in dread expectancy we await further
news. Almost every day brings us
the name of another friend, heuceforth to
be numbered among the loved and lost,
or our sympathies are called forth anew for
some heart-stricken mourner.
This gaiety of nature seems to mock at
grief There are words in which the song
of bird--a smile on the face we love--or
even brilliant hued blossom in our parlor
vase, may give acutest pain for grief is
utterly selfish. We ask for sombre clouds,
for wailng winds. Only at dusky night
does earth yield to us the sympathy which
we demand and then, forsaking the light
ed halls, with their crimson and gold-and
standing beneath the ebon canopy of heav-
en-we hear the holy, plying night pro-
nouuce its starry benediction.
What a wise provision of nature that
all strong emotions soon exhaust themselveSl
Were it not so, life must pay the peualty.
There is a rare bit of philosophy and
consolation in the following
ARAB LEGEND.
IAN Eastern Shiek came once to Solomon;
oh, king, said he. life has its changes many;
Yesterday love and riches for us shone
To-day, we look about and have not any
Aud day by day year by year that goes
Still finds that atsomethng we hold fast is feetng;
Give me word to comfort me in woes,
Tokeep me watchful when fair joys are meeting;
Something to humble in prosperity,
Yet in adversely joy discover
Something that like an amulet shall be.
The king said, smiling, This, too, will pass ovetl
But we all lead double lives aad veil
ing our heart and inner world turn we to
the outer world. All around us is activi-
ty and Improvement. An elegant and COM
modious hotel is to be opened in few days
across the lakes, and another is to be built
on this side this coming winter by Joint
Stock Co., and to be ready by next June
for occupancy. About sixty hands are
now engaged upon the new smelling works,
and it is said that 100000 ore to be in
vested in this new enterprise In about
month they will commence smelling copper.
A wharf $50 feet deep, and of $50 feet
water front is in progress before the build
ing.
A new Machine shop and foundry are
also in progress, and early in Oct. we shall
commence the manufacture of stoves, min
ing machinery and all kinds of iron castings.
1t may not be known to you that at LAuse
some 80 miles from here, are iron mountains
like those at Marquette. In some locali-
ties veins of plumbago are found running
through the iron.
The products of the Portage Lake mines
for the past two months dwarfed into lutte
ness those of the famous Minnesota, aud
Cliff. The prodnct of the Pewdbic for the
last Month was over 800 tons. The ad-
mixture of silver with the copper is great
e; in the Pewabic, than in any other mine
in this vicinity. AT the stamp mill, about
$50 per day are found, but large quantities
are known to be secreted by the miners in
other localities, and this one is probably no
exception.
At the Sheldon niue location a new min
erAl has been discovered which has attract
ed considerable attention. 1t is GrseRieaI
copper, is of a fine steel gray color, and
quite brittle. The masses bear evidence of
belonging to a true fssurs vein, which has
not yet however been discovered.
But here as everywhere. all other sub
iects of interest suceumb TO politics, and
at every street corner is pole and its ap'
propriate banner. Three days ago Re-
publican flag 80 feet iu length was unfurled
10 the breeze but the prevailing sentiment
is, regret to say-srougly democratic.
Even the schoolboys are inviting their little
comrades to the raising Of miniature poles
and banners. ar fa
Last Sunday the beautiful church Of our
Methodist friends was consecrated to the
service Of Almighty God The sermon was
preached by the Rev. MIR. ISBs, Of Auburn,
N. York The church was still 10 debt to
the amount Of $7OO. aud at the close Of the
services. such is the power cf sloquenos,
that $3.50 were promptly subscribed or con-