Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-06-15

SieKLEs and bic Brigade are attracting some
little attention from the uneven tenor Of affairs
herewith connected. While he asserts bis right
tul commission from the War Department,
the Tribune publishes evidence showing that
the representations Of Sickles to the government
in respect to the completeness Of his brigade
were not consistent with ract aud the accept.
ance which had gone forth, was recalled. Mr..
sickles, the Tribune thinks, has undertaken
more than he is able to accomplish.
AERIAL RRcoSSoIrKRrNG.- PROF Lowe, the
balloonst is nt Washington has proposed to
government n system Of accommodating that
was to have been tested on the 18th.
Prot. Lowe will be accompanied by q
telegraph operator. The balloon will be
held to the proper height by cord, aod,
Sso be connected with the earth 10y iuSula-
ted wires, which will be attached to the re
cording machine in the War Department
The operator in the balloon will thus commu
ncate with the War Department.
WASHINGTON, June H.
Gen. Sanford sent back some fugitive slave
10 Virginia masters, which causes good dee
Of dissatisfaction.
The propeller Resoute arrived last nigh
and had seized two schooners down the rive
which had been carrying provisions for the enc
my. They were both burned.
The TribuBe's dispatch says--1he column
of Gen. Patterson marching forward will add S
l., 10 ,1.,E. ,F
that to assoil it with any force at the comman
Of Bcauregard will be madness.
The convention at Wheeling will give a fires
impetus to the Union sentiment in the Borde
States, and the re.opening Of the Baltimore
Ohio Railroad will supply facilities Of transpor
tation from the west, and will bind commerciu
Baltimore TO her correspondents.
Letters are received in this city almost every
day from Kentucky full of the strongest Unior
sentiments. They ask for arms, aud say tha
companies Of true Union men are forming pat
ticularly in the central counties of the south
ern tier.
The lers!d'5 dispatch says-Our informant
who was in the first engagement at Bethe
states positively that the report of the caunoI
belonging to the Federal forces were taken, !
false. .. .....
They we're moved back in good order, onl.
regrcting the want of ammunition, and the fal
of Lieut. CREDIBLE, who inspired them more thai
any other officer.
have no doubt that at least 100 we're kilet
on our side, when the detailed report is received
No doubt that heavy loss of life was due Il
the fact that the troops had literally to act with
out leader. The general opinion is that th,
ignorance of Gen. Pierce calls for promp
court-martial.
Marshal Kane, of Baltimore, has sworn i
1000 secessiouists as special patrol men for spe
cial duty on election day. This is GOO NOR
than have ever been sworn iu before and i
looks bad.
There is reported to be secret band Of 3,50t
men with arms who are ready to rise agans
the government as soon as the Federal troop
meet with the FIRST defeat.
1t is said the q. S. Marshal Bonifaut, of Mary
land, will absebt himself from Baltimore ol
election day. and leave his department in tb
hands of his deputy Some say for want 0
nerve. If so there are signs of trouble.