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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-09-14

Alter waiting three hours, the monster
waddled out OF the slough, snuffed the air.
| ShooS The water from his eyes, and with n
heavy tread clombered I'D the bank toward
the cornheId. AS he passed under where
'ne men were stationed, they succeeded in
getting one Of the nooses over his head, but
could not tighten it till the rope was around
his body. When with sudden cry of sur
prise, followed by a sort OF below. he wheel.
ed and made for the water The single rome
was useless, as it broke off the large limb
to which it was attached, causing the men
to come tumblng to the ground, while the
monster rushed for the water, with sixty
odd feet of inch rope around his BODY
Dan Rice has sent an agent TO snperip.
tend its capture, who will give 81, 600 to
the party who will take him alive. Long
poles have been firmly planted in the slough
so that the animal cannot escape. It's nose
is badly lascerated from the giving way oil
the muscle in which the ring was fixed, on
the sinking Of the cage, aud the struggles
of the animal for release
The farmers ia the vicinity are in great
fear, aud insist that a cannon shall be pro
cured, with which to forever stop the
roaming of this behemoHl Of the anledin.
Wan age, but the agent viii not yet consent
as the animal is worth alive, $40, 600. Thou
sands of people visit the place daily, in hope
to aid in the capture Of the game, which is
q triRe larger than this country usually af.
fords
Another attempt was more successful
the rhinoceros was captured after fear.
ful struggle, and is now securely chained in
the city of IIa Crosse, awaiting the mskiug
of the new cage aud wagon. 1t came out
of the water about 5 O'clock, D. IN. and
with careful steps walked into the corn.
field, filled his capacious belly, aud on the
way back, got into the chain trap which
had been set by Col Preston the agent,
catching both feet securely. A rope was
tnen thrown around his neck, and by severe
choking, the monster was blndfolded, when
it ut once gave up, and was led like calf
to a stone stable. Col Preston compensat-
ed each Of those who helped in the success.
ful capture, with 5000 and presented the
young man who was hurt, with 81 900
in full for all damages, besides paying the
Dr's bill. The monster will be taken to
milwaukee, as soon as the cage is ready tor
his reception.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-09-14
Forney on Slavery.

Col Forney, the Washington correspond
ant of his own paper, the Philad. Press,
democrat, looks at slavery after this fash
ion: .r -...
l must confess to remarkable change of
sentiment gu this subject. Our most con-
servatiYe men, who have hitherto believed
that our difficulties would oil be settled
without elfecting the institution of slavery,
ure new freely expressing their solemn con-
viction that slavery will be swept from the
country, not as one of the primary objects,
but as ono Of the consequences OF the war.
As the union army advances, the slave pow
er will dissolve before it as snow before
meridian sun.
We must abandon this daintiness ou
the negro question. 1t is simply nonsense.
The seeessionists among the masters are not
entitled to the service assumed, and the
Unionists will not be strengthened or ihspir-
ed by it, Let the fugitive slave law secede
with its author-MaSon-and let US have
no more folding with vested rights IN mars
flesh. Let the marshal attend to tue spies
in Washington, and gait searching SANTOS
poskets for his right to bis heels.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-09-14
Odds and Ends.

II ia only those that have done nothing
vho fancy that they can do everything.
lie who cannet keep hisown secret ought
not to complain if another tells it. Eaa
You may gather rich harvest of know
ledge by reading! but thought is the
winnowing machine
Keep the horrors OF arms length
Never turn a blessing round to see whether
it has dark side TO it.
Show a naughty man that you do not
look up to him, and he will not feel that
he can look down upon you.
Well may every act and every silent
thought deep-hidden though it be, tend 10
the great hereafter.
"Too late" and ''no more" are the mourn
ful sisters, childrea Of sire whose ase they
never console. a-f i.F $3.50 taas1
Valne the friendship 81 k.SSa who stands
by you in the storm /, AWarms Of insects
vii surrSdnd you 10 the sunshine. a li.
Talk of fame and romance -all the glory
and adventure in the world are not worth
one hour Of domestic bliss. ~
The golden everlasting chain" deseFb-
ed by Homer as reaching from heaven 70
earth. and embracing the whole moral
world, was no fable. That chain Is love.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-09-14
From the Springfield Republican
RUMINATIONS:
A SERVES OF Essays upon Human Life.
By TIMOTHY TITCouB.
From the Spl
CHAPTER XVII.

CHAPTER XVII.
When the heats of summer have dried
up the streams, and cataracts only trickle
and drip, and the dams of brooks and rivers
cease to pour the archng crystal from their
lips, | always loved to explore the forsaken
watercourses. An imprisoned fish, shell
with rainbow lining, a curously worn rock,
a strangely tinted Stone-these are always
objects of interest. Then to sit down upon
a ledge that has been planed of by ice, and
smoothed by the tenuous passage of an
oceans palpitatiDg volume, aud watch the
shrunken stream slipping around its feet
aud hear the gurge of the raintly,going
water, and grow SO drowsy with the song
that it breaks at last into surprising artcu.
latiOns, and talks and laughs and shouts
and sings-ah this indeed is enchantment! !
There are few men, / suppose SO fortunate
as to have enjoyed country breeding, who
do not recall scenes like this,-who do not
remember baIfholiday, at least, speat n
the bed Cf summer stream, and at the feet
Of scanty cataracts, making fierce attacks
on water snakes, watching lizards lying
among the stones of au old raceway, creep
ing up-hat in hand--to gauze.winged
devils needle that shiVered on a sunny point
of rock and looked as il it might be the
ghost of a hummiDg bird, starting to mark
the sudden fight and hear the chattering
cry of the king'fsher as he darted through
the shadows and disappeared, and noting
the slim'legged wagtail, racing backward
aud forward upon the border OF the stream
Among the objects of interest very often,
Il not always, TO be found at the feet of
dams and eataracts, are what people call
pot holes They are round holes worn il
1he solid rock by a single stone, kept 10 mo-
tlon by the water. Some of them are very
large and Others are small. When
the stream becomes dry, there they are,
smooth as if turned out by machinary and
the hard, round pebbles at the bottom by
which the curious work was done. Every
year, as the dry season comes along. we
6nd that the holes have grown larger and
the pebbles smaller, and that no freshet ha.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-09-14

| The CINNAMON q ARDENs in the neighbor-
hood Of Colomby, although for tho most
part gone to decay, nevertheless impart to
the scene q siDgularIy cheerful and agrees
BILE aspect The bushes, from four to six
feet in height, with their smooth, beautiful,
light green leaves, resembling those of the
bay tree, and its pale yellow aower,stamens,
shoot up doubly fresh and succulent, from
the snowy-white quartz soil in which they
thrive. The Towering season of the cinna-
mon is in January, and the fruit ripens in
April, when the sap is richest in the shrub.
In May the boughs are begun to be barked,
which process continues till October
The pruning and gathering of the yearling
shoots, which are about the thickness of q
mans thumb, is very laborious, and en-
ploys many hands. Each laborer cnts Of
as many as he can conveniently carry in a
bundle then with the point Of crooked
knife, made for the purpose, strips the entire
rind from the wood, carefully Scrapes off
the exterior cuticle, and nnermost layer,
aud lays the strpped-of cinnamon rind,
now reduced to the thickness OF parch-
meDt, in the sun, where it dries and cnrls
together. ...--- -.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-09-14

Moss ON RooFs-Thero is one thing.
says the American Agriculturist, that
nearly all people know if they would only
attend to il: that is, to sprinkle Stacked
lime on the roofs of their buildings in rainy
days Put it on considerably thick, SO as
to make the roof look white, aud you will
never be troubled with moss, aud if the
roof is covered ever so thick with moss, by
putting the lime on twice, it will take all
the moss off, and leave the roof white and
clean, and will look almost as well as if il
had been painted. 1t ought to be douo
once a year, and, in my opinion, the
shingles will last almost twice as long as
they will to let the roof all grow over with
moss | tried it on the back side of my
house ten years ago, when the shingles
were all covered over with mess, and they
appeared to be nearly rotten. / gave the
roof heavy coating of lime, and have fol-
lowed it every year since then, aud the roof
is better now than it was then; and to all
appearance, if | follow my hand, it will last
ten or fifteen years longer. The shingles
have been on the roof thirty years The'e
is no more risk about sparks catching on
the roof than on newly shingled roof
Those who do not have lime near by, can
use good strong wood ashes, and these
will answer very good purpose to the
same end.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-09-14
From the Evening Post
Bulls Run, Sunday, July 2Ist.


By ALICE n. HAVEN
we-walkng 40 slowly adown the green lane,
with Sabbath bells Ginning and birds singing psalms,
He.eagsr with haste pressing on Ger the slain,
Mid the tanpling of steeds and the drum beat to
In that cool dewy morning.
We-waiting with faces all reyerent and still
- The organs voices vibrant with praise unto God
His face set like flint with the impress of will,
To press back the foe, or to die on the sod
My lair, brave young brother!
We-kneelng to hear benedctions of love,
Our hearts all at peace with the message from Heaven
He-sretched on the field, gasping, wounded to prove
lfmercy found where such courage had stIiyen
lu the midst of the slaughter.
Oh, God l--can Ii with the horrible truth
Stabbed through as he lay, with their gtterng steel
Could they look In that face, like wonans for YOUTH
And crush out its beauty with musket and heel,
Like hounds, or like demons
That brow have blessed in my dead mothers place,
Each morning and evening since she went unto rest
Smoothing down the fair cheek my own babys face
Those eyes with her look, where my kisses prest
For saw hers-so tender
or swift ready vengeance for deeds such this
EoTego all thy mercy, II judgment must fail
Forgive my wild heart ii IL ra eth amiss-
His blood crieth upwards
Amissl'-and the strife of my cl amorouS grief
Is hushed into Stiffness, what grief like TO thine!
IL my poor human heart with its passions SO brief
Is tortured with pang" can VIC guess the Divine,
With depths past all searchng
know eyes tender looked upwards to Thee,
That yisage mArred by the tOrturing crown
Those smooth noble limbs racked with anguish see
The side where the water and the blood gushed down
From stroke fierce and brutal
Help lips white with anguish to take up His prayer
Help hearts that are busting to Stiae their ciies;
The shout OF the pOpulacS, too, has been there.
To drown pleas for JUSTICE clOthe truth 10 lies
To eniAge and to madden.
They knew not we loved them they knew not prayed
For their veal own, 1--WE BRETHREN" plead
Unceasing those prayers 10 Our Father were made,
When they flung down tia palm for palmetto said,
LET us still hope to win them"
God so loved that he gave /" We are giving to these
The lives that were dearer to us than our own
Let us add prayer for blood trusting God appease
Our hearttcAviug pa in, when He hears his throne
Oh, Father forgive them %
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-09-14
WHOLE NUMBER 0l2.
Recognition OF che sabbs,h.

THIS GENERAL ORDER FROM HEAD QUARTERS,
was promulgated on the 9th inst 1t will re-
new confidence in the success Of our arms in
every christian heart, which the unfortunate
Bull Run desecration had very much impaired
The Major General Commanding, de,
sires and requests that in future there mas
be o more perfect respect for the Sabbath
on the part Of his command. We are fight
ing in holy cause, and should endeayor to
deserve the benign favor of the Creator.
Unless in case Of an attack by the enemy, or
some other extreme military necessity, it is
commended to commanding officers that all
work shall be suspended on the Sabbath !;
that no unnecessary movements shall be
made on that day +; that the men, as far as
possible, shall be permitted to rest from
their abors that they shall attend divine
service after the customary morning inspec-
ton and that officers aud men alike use
their Influence TO insure the utmost decorum
and quiet on that day. The Gen. com
manding regards this as no idle form. One
days rest is necessary for man and animals;
more than this-the observance of the holy
day Of the God of mercy aud of battles, is
our sacred duty. C. MCCLELLAN, . r.-.
haj. Gen. Commanding.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-09-14

A quaint old gentleman, in speaking of
the different allotments of men, by which
some become useful citizens and others
worthless vsgrants, by way of illustration
remarked, 80 one slab Of marble becomes
useful doorstep, while another becomes Q
lying tombstone" leL 81.
Heroine" is perhaps as peculiar word
as any in our language the two FIRST letters
Of it are male, the three frst female, the
four FIRST brave man, and the whole word
q brave woman,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-09-14

A tedious writer is one, not who uses
many words, in long or short sentences,
bnt who uses many words to little pur.
pose.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-09-14

Trains do not stop atstaons where the time Is omitted
Ia the above tables.
All through Trains going Westward connect at Cleveland
with Trains for Toledo, Chicago Columbus Cincinnati In
didRopohs &c.
And all through Trains going Eastward connects Dunk
with the Trains Of N Y E. r. r. and at Buffalo, with those
Of N Y Central and Buffalo N Y City Railroads. for Neto
York, Albany Boston, Niagara Falls, &c, &c.
A. C. HUBBARD Station Agent.
CLEVELAND, l3. 1861.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-09-14
Livery stables

.H.F.&J. q. CULVER, have removed to the
Fisk House Stable where they offer To- the citizens Of Ash
tabua the Of the best equipped Livery Stable in Ash
inc standard. Calf and see. Nov. i, 1850. 56T
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-09-14

UODNU DhOI HERb, MAhuIacIureFs OF 4
Dealers in Furniture ofths best descriptions and every va
Tety AlsO general Undsrtakers and ofCOf
ans 70 order, hain street. North Of south Public sgAA
AsktabI,a, ne
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-09-14

LINUS SAVAGE, Furniture Dealer and Man
usetuTeI steam esabshment North Main street. near tn
snice ofDra- Harrington a Hall AshtAbula, o. Al
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miscellaneous.

d. s. WILLIAMS, Wholesale dealer 10 Straw
Goods Huts Caps Umbrellas Parnsols &C. 1O6 and lO7
Chambers st. and so 91 Reade st., NewYork.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-09-14

SAMUEL HUMPHREY is now Offering Good
Building Lots cheaper than and at prices within the
reach Of almost every See advertisement. 53o
The constitutional union., 1861-02-22

THAT BELT AGAIN.-The presentation belt of Savers, which was follow to the one pretended to be given to Heenan by the En- glish people, has been redeemed from its late custody and handed over to the ex-champion, as was proper. The belt of Heenan, how ever, which all England admitted to be deserved, and which was handed to him by the editor of Bells Life, in all England $ name, still remains in soak" for want of a subscription of some two hundred dollars. The people of England, who did not hesitate to call Heenan Ca fine fellow,' made up a subscription for Tom Savers of fourteen thou sand dollars, but could not afford to keep their word to the "Yankee" to the tune of two hundred Heenan could easily have redeemed the belt himself when he came away from London, but though he wanted it.
 he disdained to do it. This business of the belt is the shabbiest feature of the Farnbor- ough fight, we are sorry to say; and we have but little hope to see it mended We have still less expectation that Heenan will think it worth his while to test English fair play and liberality again, until justice is rendered him in the matter of belt. Wilkes Spirit.
The constitutional union., 1861-02-22
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SIMPLE AND CoN

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SIMPLE AND CoM- POUND INTEREsT.-From the birth of Christ to the 25th December, 1915, one penny, at five per cent simple interest, amounts to Is. 3id.; at compound interest, it would be q ,227 ,742 ,357, 151, 589, 060, 967, 240, 755,- 94l 9s. 9d., Cone decillion, two hundred and twenty nonillions, seven hundred and forty-two octillions, three hundred and fifty seven septilions, one hundred and forty sextillions, eight hundred and seventeen quin- tillions, five hundred and eighty-nine quadril- lions, sixty trillions, nine hundred and sixty seven billions, two hundred and forty millions, seven hundred and ffty-fve thousand, four hundred and ninety-one pounds, sterling, nine shillings and nine pence.)
 Allowing a cubic inch of gold to be worth 93S, 16s. 6d, and the above sum to be con- densed into globe of gold, its diameter will be 6,193, GOA miles, 540 yards, l foot, inches and fraction, which would exceed in magni- tude all the planets in the solar system; and sup posing this earth to be solid gold, it would not pay one hours interest of the above sum-
 If man should live million of years, and should count million every second he would not be able to count this number.
The constitutional union., 1861-02-22
Tup p,ar;na losses by the insurance cOmpa

TIE marine losses by the insurance compa- nies in Boston have been very heavy within the past few weeks, several frst-class ships with their cargoes having been wrecked
 TT is rumored that Mr. and Mrs. Burch, whose divorce recently created so much ex- citement, are about to come together agaln, c la Mir. and Mrs. Sickles.
 A PARTY of Indians deliberately cut an Indians throat near San Joaquin, California, one day last month, because he was over one hundred years old.
 BILL BRIGHT, who seduced a woman at Central Hill, California, recently, was found on the evening of the 10th ult., with seven balls through his heart.
 TIE leather inspectors at Philadelphia stamped 480, ,59S hides in 1860, nearl y 50,- 900 more than 1859; the largest number ever inspected in one year was 496 ,52O in lS55.
 TIE notorious Dr. Eads, defaulter to the school fund of the State of Iowa in the amount of 5000, is publishing paper at | Warrensbug, Missouri
 THERE are at present three hundred and sixteen persons confined in the Frankfort (Kcntucky) penitentiary, of whom twenty two are negroes.
 THE Caledonian (Scotland) Mercury cele- brates its two hundredth anniversary by glv- ing fac simile reprint of its first number, The Mercurius Caledonius.
 TwENTY-FoUR students seeded <" from St. Joseph College, near Mobile, last week, and went to the city to enlist with the State troops.
 AN eastern editor is delighted at having nearly been called honey" by the gal he loves because she salutcd him at their last meeting as ''Old Beeswax,"
 TIE gentleman so often spoken of in novels, who riveted people with his gaze, has now obtained employment in a boiler manufactory.
 THE Supreme Court of Indiana has decid- ed the liquor law of that State to be constltu- tional in every respect.
 TIE Mount Vernon Banner gives list oi thirteen candidates for that postofhce, and closes it {" To be continued"
 TIE Daily Banner, newspaper Tn Kaielgh l North Carolina, has the name of Stephen A Douglas for President in lS64a its masthead
 AN accomplished skater at Namur, Belgi um, recently won a wager by skating an houl with basket of eggs on his head.
 WHEN a great man stoops or trips, tho small men around him very suddenly become | greater.
 TIE present difficulties would have beer settled ere now, if the North had been willing to do justice It Is now too late.
 THE smallpox has entirely disappeared from Columbia, South Carolina.
 Ir is both safe and true to tell 3 knocked down nan that he lies"
 PUNCH asks whether a sewer derives any particular qualification from being diverted.
 INK Is a caustic that burns most often the fingers of those who use it.
The constitutional union., 1861-02-22
ED YIN BOOTHS FIRST REPRESENTA-
 TION OF RICHARD III.

Ten or twelve years ago, says The New York Express, old Booth was playing an en- gagement at Chatham street Theatre in this city, and was announced on a certain night for Richard III; he went to rehearsal in the morning, and gave no indication of the eccen- tricity which sometimes seized him, or of any disinclination to perform in the evening; He was i'll, however, and when night fell, utterly refused to go to the theatre his dresses were packed and put into the carriage that awaited him, but he was obstinately immovable. He said to his son Edwin, now the inheritor of his fathers fame, but then boy of sixteen, who had played only parts like Richmond in this very play, or $ Laertis in Hamlet, and these but seldom-" Neddy, you must go and play Richard for me-" The boy thought his father was joking, but the strange man of genius persisted; and the other genius, not knowing what he did, or what he was going to do, got into the carriage and drove to the theatre. He told his story, and the manager, who knew how intractable old Booth was when he got into his vagaries, called for J. R. Scott, who sometimes played a part when the greater actor disappointed his audience. Scott how ever, refused; he was cast for Richmond" !" and Richmond" only would he play. The house was crowded, the overture was over The manager exclaimed in despair "There is no one to play Richard but you, Edwin. "
 That's what my father sent me to do." "Are you mp in the part?" (which means " do you know the text?') "Yes." And without consulting the youngster further, they dragged him into the dressing-room made him up to look as much like his father as possible, dressed him in the parternal garments, (so that he lit- erally stepped into his fathers shoes and wore his fathers mantcl, and without giving him time to think. without announcing to the au- dience any change in the cast, they rang up the curtain and Edwin Booth appeared as "Richard III.' It was strange debut for him to make, as a star, who has since gained so en- yiable dramatic rank. The audience looked amazed; but they were used to having Booth, the elder, take all sorts of liberties with them !; most of them knew who it was that filled his place, from the son having supported the father at intervals in this theatre. They were curi- ous to see if any of the fire that animated the old man so wonderfully had been transmitted It was sensation, a novelty, and they sub- mitted The boy went through the piece, was applauded at times, and called out at the close of the play. Then, indeed, he was more frightened than before; then he must appear in his own person. and leave Richard III' behind the curtain. He dared not go; so Scott took him by the hand, led him out, and said to the house that cheered so loudly: " A chip of the old block ;" words that have been proven since more than casually true. And so young Booth for the first time played "Richard"