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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-04-06

WAsmKaroE NEvs-The bids for, the new
loan were opened al Washington, April I'd.
About $500, 100000 were bid for. The aver
age for accepted bids was about 931, and no
bid was accepted below s3T lO0 The range
from % to par. 100000 came lIom Roston,
and 10000 900 from N. York. I
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-04-06
The N. Y. Tribune says

The n. Y. Tribune says 20 Ess. e..
The appointment of Mr.. Whittlesey of
Ohio as Comptroller of the Treasury, is a
measure for which Mr. Chase deserves and
will receive the thanks of the country.
Mr.. Whittlesey was for sixteen years a
member of Congress, from 1928 to 1889,
and for several years subsequently held the
important Office to which he has now been
recalled, and which he quilted with repu.
tation of the highest order for faitbfulneSs
and stern integrity. With Mr.. Chase hfor
Secretary and Mr.. Whittlesey for Comp.
troller, the people may feel degree of con
fdeDce to which they have been long stran-
gers as to the secure custody aud proper
disposal of the public money. llI
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-04-06

TEXAS is hard up for means. The report
upon her finances shows that to meet the
demands upon the treasury mp to June next
after oil other reliable means have been ex'
haustcd, there will be needed $4,000.
The yearly taxes must amount to $343, 900,
so that the taxes must be increased three
fold to meet the ordinary expenses under the
old state of affairs The expenses Of the re-
cent session of the Legislature and the con
Vention will make up Sl75, 900 more to be
provided for. To this must also be added
large sum for troops to protect the peo-
pie agains: the Indians. Texas will remain
Independent until she has run hopeessly in
to debt, is starved out and half her people
is killed by the Indians, when she will ap,
ply for to the old Union and
demand that the Federal Government pay
the expenses of her rebellion.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-04-06

At charter election at JefIerpon city. Mo
es the AZ an unconditional union man was
elected Mayor another Of similar sentiments al
Kansas city, 10 the same state, IS
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-04-06

TExAs.-Gov. HoUsToN publishes on appeal
10 the people Of Texas, setting forth the as
sumPtions and anti-democrAtic course of the
eooSeo1iOH- We are informed that he has also
appealed 10 the authorities at Washington for
relief irOm the Favages Of the Indians, who have
become exceedingly troublesome since the trea.
son Of Gen. Twiggs, and removal Of troops.
Gov. Houston wihked at the treason of Twigps
thinking to have everything his own way when
Texas seeded. But a convention DISPLACED
him, and now he is vainly calling on the peopIt
to gather about him aud resist the usurpers
Had be held his place as Governor of the State
aud denounced the revolutionists as traitors, h
might now be st the head Of powerful part
instead Of whining out ia the cold.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-04-06
ge- One of the best lessons father can Civ,

ss- One of the best lessons father can give
to his son is this rr e..aat .- .t.
Work, strengthen your moral and men.
tai faculties, as you would strengthen your
muscles by vigorous exercise. Learn to
conquer circumstances, you are then indie
pendent Of fortune.' The men of athletic
minds who left their marks on the eras in
which they lived, were oil trained in rongh
school. They did not mount to their high
positions by the help of leverage they
leaped the ehasms, grappled with the op-
posing rocks, avoided the avalanchet,
and when the goal was reached felt that
but for the toll that had strengthened
them as they strove, it could never have
been attained. $3.50
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-04-06

News FROM THE SourH,-The Steamer
Daniel Webster arrived at n. Y. on Satur.
day afternoon. She landed two companies
of artillery at Fort Jefferson, Tortugas, and
two at Fort Taylor, Key West.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-04-06

ANNUAL REPoRT OF THE CLEVELAND, PAINEs.
WILLIE & AsHrABULA r. 4. Co. FOR l860.-The
following is a statement of the earnings and ex
penses Of the Cleveland, Painesville aud Ash
tabula Railroad for 1850:
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-04-06

The EIGHT MILLION LoAS.-The combination
to affect the $4,000, 900 loan uDlayoraby will
not succeed, if the assurances received from
leading capitalists are reliable. The Sec
retary Of the treasury has discretionary power
to reject unsatisfactory proposals, and to substi-
tuie Treasury Notes. That authority will
doubtless be held in reserve until all other pro
per means are exhausted. But it may be use-
ful hereafter. if spectators and jobbers combine
to injure the public credit, when all the sub.
stantial interests should be concerned in sustain
ing it. Before Gen. Dix left the treasury he OBJ
taiued means enough TO carry him through, and
then left large amount Of unpaid warrants tC
be confronted by his successor. Hence the ne
ccssity of the loan now advertised, which viii
sustain the government until the lst Of July, if
the revenue approaches the reasonable estimate
which has been formed at the treasury.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-04-06
A.h.abpl.,. March IS, 1901. z.'asI ''li1iH
A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.-Let-
4 n tera Of AdmipstrAton on the EstAse Of -TfiE
H.7-'. .rr ai Henry T.. Smith, .r.I i-ssH

late Of Ashabula Township Ashabuls County, Ohio dseea
cd, having been granted the subscibe Notice hereby
given to all persons indebted 70 said Estate TO immediate
payment aud those having claims against will please pre-
sent them duly authenticated for settlement tlE -
d. CALDWELL, Administrator.
Ashtabula March 2eth 1851 N ~ awSsI
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-04-06

The Secretary of the Treasury has been
compelled to exclude the public, except dur.
ing a limited number of hours of each day,
in order TO give the necessary attention to
the official business, which has been greatly
interrupted by the outside pressure during
the last fortnight. 1t is of the first impor.
tance that the condition of that Department
should be promptly and fully Investigated
and the Secretary allowed oil the means al
bis disposal Of pottiBg it on the best foot
ing. He is determined to do shis now that
the first rush is over, and the public interests
demand his earnest and active attention
Applications for office will be filed or heard
personally within the prescribed time ahOtt
ed for each day. ..H ..a
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-04-06

A SrRAw=-A correspondent of the Phil.
adelphia Ledger. writing on board the U.
STATES steamer H'yamdOtie, off Pensacola,
makes remarkable statement. He saya,
Lieut.. Slemmer in command of Fort Pick.
ems, has arrested eight slaves during the
past week. The slaves were making their
way to the fort TO assist Lient. Slemmer
They report that they were told there was
going 10 be t0ay, and they must fight
lhey preferred fighting under ths Stars and
STRIPES. They report one hundredand City
more coming to join them at Pickens.
SapI Bergman, of our ship took them on
ooaro, and delivered the fugitiyes to the
marshall at Pensacola, TO be sent 70 their
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-04-06

FoREIGN-AdVioes from Warsaw an
nounee that sweeping reforms1 are pro-
claimed by the Czar for Poland. Every
town is to have elective municipal coun-
ellis. 4efsd a,orf ersgerl : mg L
The Russian manifesto proclaiming the
emancipation of serls, was published on the
lIth. The proprietors of landed property
preserve the right attached 10 the same, but
must cede to thepeasants for permanent use
the dwelling with ground attached, which
wbl be allotted TO them by law 10 cOnsidera-
llon OF the payment;of dues The peasents
are also permitieds by law, to purchase their
dwelling and land, the landlord eonsenting,
aud they then become landed propritors.
The visit of california delegation TO
the President, on Saturday lakt called out
from him very decided expression OF indie
pendenee. A paper containing some severe
reflections on Senator !, Baker, connected
with his influences 10 the matter of Cali.
fornia appointments, was presented 70 Mr..
Lincoln ; be considered IL improper IL its
tone, as well as unjust to Mr. Baker, and
therefore destroyed IT, the presence of the
delegation, who retired in disc9Mftasi
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-04-06

A Message from Gov. Pickens to the Con-
vention Of South Carolina containing many de-
tails respecting the military affairs of that state
informs them that 600 men will be required to
garrison the forts iu Charleston harbor, and
that the expenditures of the State have beer
S6ln3l6 ---
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-04-06

Texas MATTERS. advices state that
Col. Ford bad been reliably informed from
Matamoras that Gen. Ampudia, with 5000
Mexicans was within sixty miles of Brownsville
marching upon it. Ampudia dispatched ex-
presses with plaoards and handbiIls announcing
that Texas rightly belonged to Mexico ! that
she had no longer the support Of the Fed.
eFal government, and now IS the time to retake
her. ReiDfOrcements IN large numbers are rap
idly coming in Ford ordered all the heavy
guns, ordnance and stores at Brazos Island "a
be immediately removed 10 the scene Of antici
pated difficulties.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-04-06

gss- The Memphis Bulletin makes the fol-
lowing prediction - iat 7aGaI bld l.g9as
"The dayis as surely coming, as that
common sense and reason must prevail over
blind passion, when Louisiana will wrest
herself from her present incongtuous and
unnatural association, and return into that
fellowship with Tennessee, and Kentucky,
Arkansas and Missouri, and other States
of the Mississippi Valley, ixed by the ON.
nipotent Author of Nature. Neither 'het
Slidel's nor her Benjamin's, nor even the
exOspcrated passions of her people, car
permanently maintain divorce between
communities Joined together by the hand Of
God himself" 3 taA T'I'H.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-04-06

=OOk~HBISIs--F0R 0R--G CASH l.--I-wigl
81 90 per door which Tor style and quality on work ana
Pe% cannot % equHlfd In auy city In the United States
REFERENcE-H L. Morrison. Call and sec hiu dosns and
Plain Casngs and other wood vorh finished =. ,,,v. A..
shillings per sup'i square yard ffiNt ' -
JOHN V, PRISCOE, GrAlner and Painter
B-sgn and Ornamental pAinpE Of every description,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-04-06


According TO accounts received at Wash
ingtoh on the lst, from the Richmond Con
vention, while the precipitators are in a
minority, the action Of the socaled Con.
seryatives may lead to reults as pernicious
as those contemplated by her nominal op.
ponents. The plan now is to accept the
report which favors convention Of the
Border States, and accompany it with an
ultimatum TO be submitted in behalf of Vir-
ginia as the condition upon which she will
consent 10 remain in the Union That ul.
tmatum may be offered by Ballard Preston,
or some other Of his class, who has hereto
fore been regarded as among those opposed
to extreme measures AN the Information
agrees in representing that decided reac.
ton has occurred, and the Union sentiment
is rapidly losing ground ia parts Of the State
which have heretofore been opposed to the
revolutionary movement in any frcm. -''
The idea Of a Border State Confederacy
is now entirely abandoned, and if Virginia
should move at ALL it viii be for an alliance
with the fMontgomer Government. The
managers iutend TO present the distiet issue
as between a union with the North or South
IN order TO eoerce her into the latter. 8.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-04-06

SOUTHERN NEws--News reached Montgom
cry, on the I'd, inst. by the editor Of the he
of Ghe Gulf Lavaca, Texas from Pensacola
informing that on the 25th ult the steamer Gen
eral. Rusk arrived at Key West with 200 troop
for that place. and 100 for TOrtugas. The Crusa
der had reached Key West with sealed propo
sails under charge Of Capt Craven with marines
The Brooklyn was going into Key West OF
the 26th nlt and there was no doubt that she
had left troops at Fort Pickens.
The Texas Commissioners stipulated that the
troops on the General Rusk should be landed
at New York. The commanders of three com.
panies on board the Gen. Rusk had signed a
document exonerating Capt Smith of the Rusk
from oil blame for the deception practiced.
Mr.. Ward further states that by IN arrival at
Key West on the Goth ult it was reported that
the Spanish Gag had been boisted at ST Do
ming by t6s Spanish and French. The Span
ish President had previously written to Havana
stating that II Spanish forces were not sent
tbither Immediately the Spaniards would hoist
the Spanish flag, whereupen five Spanish war
vessels and 900 men sailed from Havana and
took possession Of San Domingo aided by a
French corvette.
Gen. Miramon, il is stated, was at Havana
sndeavOring to raise force for the purpose of
invading Mexico and it was said the Spanish
ami French sympathized with the movement.
1t was believed at Havana that these govern
.ments would, by squadron, aid in the landing of
such an expedition. 1t was also affirmed at Ha.
vana that the English French and Spanish,
fleets had sailed for Vera Cruz-the object Of
which was not known publicly
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-04-06

The SUPREME COURT VACANoY.-The vacan-
cy in the Supreme Court cannot ha filed until
the next session Of Congress. 1t is not impro-
bable an effort will be made then to reorganize
the present judicial dstrits. Three new states
are now excluded altogether, and the district of
Judge Mclean has grown beyond his practical
canncitY.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-04-06

INDroArroSs or CnorPiSo ROuSDi-@A special
despatch 10 the N. Y. Tribune, Of the Slst ult'
touching the policy Of the Administrations With
regard to Fort Sumter, says;
"Itis undoubtedly true that decided
pressure is brought to bear upon the Ad-
ministraton for the retention Of Sumter at
oil hazards. The resolution offered by Mr..
Trumbull, before the adjournment OF the
Senate, reflects the feeling Of the great ma
iority of the members from the Northwest,
and to this aud other similar expressions in
quarters which have hitherto regarded it as
wholly impracticable and unworthy OF con.
sidcration. We are indebted for an op-
parent new impulse IN the direction Of re.
info cement"
The Cabinet, says the same authority, has
had several sittings upon the subject, aud it Is
known that an energetic. policy is strongly urged
Leading naval officers express the belief thai
the batteries which guard the entrances to
Charleston harbor might be run under steam
without more than ordinary risk. They agree
however, that unless such an experiment could
be successfully executed at night the boats OF
tugs which might be used for this purpose would
be exposed to the fire Of Fort Moultre, 10 an
attempt to land the troops and supplies. That
contingency must be regarded as nearly inseP-
arabic from the enterprise, and it almost neces-
sary involves the commencement OF actual war
Father Chniquy's Protestant enterprise In
Illinois is again violently assailed. Rev. lhos'
Biggs, au Irish Protestant clergyman, has re-
Gently visited the colony in order TO test the
accuracy OF Father Ohiuiquy's extraordinary
statements 10 England, where be is begging
money for his mission, and be arrives at the con
cluson that the celebrated convert is an impos
ter and feels it his duty to expose bim, to pro-
tect the British eyangelicals from being swim
died out of more morey on false preienses.
! Mr.. Biggs says that he made thorough inves
tigatiou at St. Anne and Kankakee city visiting
every French Canadian family, and he finds tina
there are but . families protesting to be Eps
copalians, II Presbyterians, and IA protesting no
thing in particular, but waiting to see who vii
| give them the most money. He does not be
| lieve there are 60 Protestant families amon
them in a circuit Of six miles, and there are onl
% Catholic families. Mr.. Biggs states tha
while Father Chiniqny professes Presbyterian
ism in this country in England be declares hi
mission to be under the patronage Of the chnrcf
(Episc opnr missionary society," at which Bishop
Whitehouse Of Illinois is highly indignant.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-04-06

~ All should read Prof woods advertlssmcnt IN aDO
column. ... MI ...t. F...' I..."..r.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-04-06

The encouragement which our democratic
friends have been on tip.toe to gather from the
election in Connecticut, has not come about as
they hoped. The caviDg on the part of the
North, aud trucking to treason, is not to be
found in the Nutmeg State. There is poor en-
couragement that principle will be abandoned
at the nod of treason and conspiracy and our
friends will have to look, we fear, to some other
source for comfort.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-04-06

I ~, - VIZ, I05 ~
Inc ROAD has paid during the year as diyi.
denos' per cent in cash Jauuaryl, 1860, s
per cent. in scrip January l, 1860 and & nor
cent. in cash July /, 1860. #. $40. r
The details Of operation of passenger traffic
on the road for the year, we're as follows
Number Of through passengers. .162 I79
Number Of way passengers .......... s8I99
Average rate Of fare per mile ........ "a cts
The details Of the freight traffic were as fol
lows H
Total Tonnage '''''''.''...'.. .254 ,594 tons
Merchandise. '.''...........'. 688l5 {"
Lumber. s'ssssss'...s..... 5096 /"
Iron ''...''sssss s...'.s.... 1904
Live Stoek''''''''...''' '...... 747l2 -
tlOur'sss .sss ......s...l9S8 800 bbls
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-04-06

Bulls HEAD.-Neo YORK. CatILe Sfork.,
IHf'dS April 2.-The opening feature Of the
g'eal weekly market fer beef cattle in Forty.
lOur'h street IS that the selling rates are shade
better Tor droyers than they were this day week.
There are to-day little over s,2OO head N
bullOcks on sale, and generally Of good fair
or medium quality but not equal 10 last week
and, although the market is not lively one
we think that nearly all Of the hrst-class bul
locks sold 10 The fore part Of the day have real
lied prices equal to half cent pound net
weight more thaO the same class would have re
allied last Tuesday. That is, we believe many
more bnllOeks we're sold to-day at 0 cents net
pound than last week. and that we could have
bought then any number at 81 cents, Of just
as good sqaality as are selling at 0 cts to-day
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-04-06
rh, ,Inpsadlnr Do,,nfalI OfsssssaIon.

Ths InPsadinE DOWNFALL OfsssssSiOn-
Occasional the we'll posted Washington
correspondent of the PhilOdelpAia Pred,
predicts the speedy downfall Of secession-
lie says;
In proportion as the Southern Confedera.
cy proves its weakness and exposes its sali-
ent points, the leaders become more and
more desperate. Those of them in the
Border States who calculated that secession
would crystalze into great triumph, find.
ing that they capdot be sustained, are gett-
ing up meetings, in order to deceive still
more the people of the Cotton States and
to encourage the tlesponding spirits Of the
conspirators, IN which they give utterahces
to the strongest expression Of sympathy for
secession; but when Mr.. Pryor aud Mr.
Boccock, and Governor Wise, of Virginia,
and Gen. Ashe, of North Carolina, Robert
Nj. McLane, Philip Frank Thomas, of
Maryland, are tried at the bar of public
opinion, they will receive such a rebuke as
| has never been administered to faithless
public men, The end will be, that whether
Mr. Lincoln calls an extra sessiono or whether
he waits until December, not seoeSsi6nist
wiii Be found IN the House Of ReprsSeata
tires, and those iOAo hare been pyooldiming dis
union doctrines an he senate toiH be Instruct
ed on the right side or forced 10 resiga. .
PARsox BRowNLow Of the Knoxville Whis
Of the I'd says aal '''" Wtl
South Carolina has drawn more money
from the national treasury than any other
state in the Union, according to her popu
lation She has had more OF the Offices
civil and military, than any other state Of
equal white population. She has had q
larger representation in Congress than any
other state of no greater white population
and she has paid less into the national trea.
sury than any other state Of equal popuIa
tion, consuming less of foreign importations
She has been a tax upon the general gov
ernment, and to get rid Of her and hei
burtbens, is God send Let her go
and God in his mercy forbid that she
should ever return b..
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-04-06

Hon. Philemon Bliss of Lorain county,
ex-member of Congress, has received the
appointment of Chief Justice of the new
Territory of Docotah.
The U. S. Senate has adjourned sihe die.