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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-06-28
Slave Property.

The New York Times which is strongly
inclined to what is called the conservative
side, has TO say of the bill which provides
for the confscation of the slaves OF rebels.
AS to the leading feature of the bill we
can see no valid objection to it, nor any
good reason why Congress should reject it.,
Upon grounds of justice aud right there is
certainly no sauctily attached to the slave
property, which does not belong to every
other species of property. On the contra
ry, mans claim to his slave is less clear
less valid, less generally recognized by the
laws and the sentiments of the world than
his claim to any other property he may
hold. We do not see, therefore, why Con
gress may confscate a rebels estase, and
yet except his slaves. His slaves should bt
the first OF his chattels which he is required
to forfeit-because they are most closely
connected with the cause of the rebellion
because they themselves have interests t.
be consulted, and because large incidental
benefits will accrue to the country iron
such an act.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-06-28
Camp oorrespondenee.
In CAMP IL MILES SoUrH OF CoRtNTH, |
June 9Th, !

~ OAmt ~ AhALto A2Oylh VI NOhlNlht I
June 9Th,
Mr. REED
Corintb, you have heard before this, has
been evacuated, much to the chagrin Of the
entire army. Our extreme advance is about
fifteen miles ahead of our division, following
them up. Our advance is slow, on account
Of scarcity Of provisions, and forage -
General opinion is they will make stand
at Columbus, Miss. doubt it. The pa.
pers report Bragg in command Of the reb
els when here. Not so, Beauregard was
here. Gen. Sherman's Headquarters are
now in the same house, where ne stopped
over night.
Indeed, we are enjoying ,Oarm 1oeather,-
too warm for comfort Cherries are ripe
here, also black berries, and pleuty of them,
Wheat is being harvested; what difference
in climate. Our great trouble is to get
water, number of our men are sick, on
account of bad water. A private, one Of
the 18th Regulars, was shot through the
shoulder by Secesh Lady, yesterday,
while in the act of getting water at her
premises. Most of the Secesh inhabitants
left on the approach of the Union troops,
but great many are returning. Their
object of leaving was to deposit their chat
tels in some place of safety. Union men
are hocking in from every direction to re-
port themselves to our Generals The be.
lief that all Southerners are Secesn is erro-
neous. A great many Union men are still
left.
Capt Kinney has sent in his resignation,
which will probably be accepted, on account
of i'll health. 1t is with regret that we
lose the Captain.
Yours in ba ste,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-06-28
HENRY.

June 13-We followed the rebels some Is
miles, but it is useless TO follow them, they can
out.run u.s. Where we will go next am una.
bic to say, rumor has it to Eastern, Tenn. Pro
visions are very short, most of the iuhabitants
are suffering for the necessaries of life. think
you will be called upon to contribute to keep
the m from starvation ere another months pas.
ses. Weather very hot.
Yours truly, Henry.
P.S.-Will you please notice in "TELEGRAuH'
that recruiting Office will soon be opened to
f Il mp the battery, and oblige.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-06-28
Popular Errors Corrected.

Do not use avocaton for vocation the
latter signifies occupation, employment,
business the former signifies whatever
wthdraws or diverts US from that busi
ness
1t was impossible to suspect the veracity
of this story it should he, truth of story !;
veracity is applicable TO persons only.
had rather walk /; it should be, would
rather walk had denotes past possession,
not will or desire.
doubt not but I shall be able; it should
be, doubt not shall be able.
He was too young to have felt his loss !;
it should be, to feel his loss.
seldom or ever see him now it
should be, l seldom or never, or seldom if
ever.
Do not say, rather childish, rather salt
ish, as the termination ISL and the word
rather have the same meaning such ex.
pressious, though very common, are tau.
tological
expected to have found him it shonId
be, expected to find him.
l intended to have visited him it should
qe, intended to visit him.
hoped you wouId have come it should
be, hoped you would come.
rode in one-horse shay it ought to
be. one-horse chaise there is no such
word as shay.
lie can write better than me
than /.
When two things are compared, we must
say, the elder of the two. not the eldest !;
the richer of the two, not the richest my
brother is taller than l, not the tallest.
Though who is applied to persons, and
which to inauimate things, yet to dStin-
guish one Of two or more persons, which
must be used Which is the happy man
not who which Of these ladies
The observation of the Sabbath is
duty it should be, the observance Of the
Sabbath observation means remarking
or noticing observance, keeping or obey
ing.
A child of four years old it should
be, child four years old, or aged four
years.
The negligence Of this leaves US expos.
ed; it ought to be the neglect of this, etc. /;
negligence implies habit; neglect expresses
an act.
No man had ever less friends it should
be, fewer less refers to quantity.
BE that as it will it should be, as it
may.
The above discourse it should be, the
preceding discourse.
The then ministry it should be, the
ministry of that time.
All over tie country it should be
over all the country.
Provisions were plenty; say plentiful.
propos to visit them it should be,
propose to vi sit them.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-06-28

GRAVE WoRDs.-The following ringing
sentences are from The conclusion Of a late
sermon of Henry Ward Beecher;
/ am not prophet. / am not sanguine,
though hopeful. | think victory awaits us
at every step, but if God thinks liberty too
dear to be purchased so cheaply, we can
give more sons, moro treasure-we will
give verythiDg-but this country shall be
one, aud one undivided. The Atlantic aud
Pacific shall say it-deep answering to
deep.
Here it, England, one people, one Con
sLitution, one Government,
One God, Que country, one dag, one d es'
tiny-eost what it may, we 'om have II. =
Let God name the price, aud It shall oe
paid.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-06-28
Mr. SEWARD.

A man, should think, under five feet in
height, and of some sixty years in age /;
small made, with small delicate hands aud
feet, and a small wiry body, scanty snow
white hair, deep set clear gray eyes, face
perfectly clean.shaved, and a smooth color
less skin of sort of parchment texture
such were the outward feature that struck
me at once. He was in his Office when
first l saw him. dressed in black, with his
waistcoat half unbuttoued, one leg over the
side of his armchair, and a cigar stuck be-
tween his lips. Barring the cigar and the
attitude, l should have taken him for a
shrewed, ell.todo-attorney, waiting to
hear a new clients business. Eou are at
your ease with him at once. There is a
frankneSs and 6oahOmmie about bis manner
which renders il 10 my mind a very pleas
ant one. In our English phrase, Mr.. Sew
ard is good company. A good cigar, a
good glass of wine, and good story,eVen II
it is tant salt pe~ rtsqUc, are pleasures which
be obviously enjoys keenly. Still glance
at that spare, hardkuit frame, aud that
clear bright eye, shows you that no pleas.
ure, however keenly appreciated, has been
indulged in to excess throughout his long
laboriouS scareer. And, more than that,
no one who has had the pleasure of seeing
him amongst his own family can doubt
about tue kindliness of his disposition. 1t
is equally impossible to talk much with him
without preceiving that he is a man Of re-
markable ability. He has read much, es
pecially OF modern lterature-traveed
much, and seen much of the world of man
as well as that of books.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-06-28
Poor HUMAN NArURE.-A Pennsylvania

Poor HUMAN NATURE.-A Pennsylvania
contemporary is exercised about his foreman,
aud says:
We can't do anything with him. Ask
him II the boys want more copy and he
says "ten pounds |" Hand him job aud
ask when il can be had, he replies "ten
pounds plump p Tell him We are going
pic.Dicing and he mutters "teG pounds
splendid boy, isn't be ?" Well We were
just as enthusiastic before our waiskers were
gray. It's nat'ral
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-06-28
PRESIDENT LINCOLN.

First, then, Of the President To say
that he is ugly, is nothing to add that his
figure is grotesqne, is TO convey no adequate
impression. Fancy n man six feet high,
and then out ofproportion with long DO
ny arms and legs, which always seem to be
in the way with great rugged furrowed
hands, which grasp yon like a vice
when shaking yours with a long scraggy
neck, and q chest too narrow for the great
arms at his side. Add to this figure head
cocoa-nut shaped and somewhat oo,small
for such stature covered with rough un.
combable hair, that stands ont in every di.
rection at once a face furrowed, wriuklcd
and indened, as though it had been Scared
by vitriol /; high narrow forehead, and
sunk beneath busy eyebrows, two bright,
somewhat dreamy eyes, that seem TO gaze
through you without looking at You a few
irregular botches of black bristly hair, iu
the place where beard and whiskers ought
to grow a close set thin-lipped, stern
mouth, with two rows of large white teeth,
and a nose and ears which have been taken
by mistake from head of twice the size
Clothe this figure then in a long tight
badly fitting suit of black, creased soiled
and puckered up at every salient point of
the figure (aDd every point of the figure is
salienI; put on large, i'll fitted boots,
gloves too long for the long bony fingers, ,and
a fluffy hat, covered to the top with dusty,
puffy Grape and then add to all this all
air Of strength, physical as well as moral,
and strange look of dignity coupled with
all this grotesqueness and You will have
the impression left upon me by Abraham
Lincoln.
On the occasion when had the honor
of meeting the President, the company was
small one, with most of whom he was per-
sonally acquainted have no doubt, there
fore, that he was as much at his ease as
usual There was a look of depression
about his face, which l am told by those
who see him daily, was habitual to him
even before his child's death. 1t was
strange to me to witness the perfect terms
of equality on which he appeared to be
with everybody. Occasionally some one
of his interlocutors called to him Mr..
| President, but the habit was to address
! him simply as Sir 1t was not, indeed, till
| | was introduced to him that / was aware
the President was one of the company
He talked little, and seemed to prefer
others talking to him to talking himself
but when he spoke, his remarks were Away
shrewed and sensible. You would never
say be was a gentleman you would still
less say he was not one. There are some
women about whom no one ever thinks in
connection with beauty one way or the other
and there are men TO whom the epitbet of
gentleman like or ungentleman,like appears
utterly iucongruous and of such Mr.. Lin.
coin is one. Still there is about him an ut
ter absence Of pretension, and an evident
desire to be courteous to everybody, which
is the essence if not the outward form of
good breeding. There is softness, too,
about his smile, and a sparkle of dry humor
about his eye, which redeem the expression
of his face.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-06-28

A young lady, ia nreply to her fathers
questions why she did not wear ring upon
her finger, said
Because. papa, they hurt me when any
body squeezes my hand.
What business have you to have your
hand squeezed 7
Certainly none, but still you know, papa
one would llketo keep in a squeezaoe
order
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-06-28

Trains do not stop atstaons where the time Is omitted
the above tables.
All through Trains going Westward connect at Cleveland
with Trainsfor Toledo Chicago, Columbus, Honnat In
diaHOpOlis, &c.
And all through Trains going Eastward Dunkrk
with the Trains Y.& r. and at Bua with those
Of N Central and Buffalo N Y City Rail- Dads, for Nep
York, Albany, Boston, Niagara Folis, &c, &c.
A. g. HUBBARD, Station Agent.
CLEVELAND, Nov. 4. 1861.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-06-28
English Portraits OF Mr.. Lincoln ana mr.
Seward.

Mr.. Dicey, nm English gentlemen, is now
travelling in this country, and writes in tho
current number Of Maelgiilan's Magazine
some lively sketches Of notable men ahoui
Washington. We quote the following de
scription Of
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-06-28

DUORO 3 BROTHERS, Manufacturers of

Dealers in Furniture ofshs descriptions aud every
rlstv Also general and ofCof
ans 70 order Main street. North Of South Public Square
Asbtabaa. l9l
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-06-28
Agents.

RANSOM & COBB, Manufacturers and
Dealers in Planed Lumber Window Sash, Blinds, Doors
Moudipqs Fence Pickets Packing Boxes, &C., &c Fac
tory and Lumber Yard corner Columbus and Centre Sts
Cleveland, OHIO. oaos
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-06-28

GEORGE G. HUBBARD, Dealer in Hard
ware Iron Steel and Nails Stoves Tin Pate Sheet Iron,
Copper and Zine and manufacturer of Tin Sheet Iron and
Copper Ware Fisks Block Ashtabula, ohlo' SO
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-06-28

r. TOWER. Machinist-ouilder of Station
ay and Portable Steam Engines Saw, and other Mil
Work, and JObbing aud Repairing done to order, on
short notice and In w0rkmAnke manner south Main st.
Ashtabula. 634
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-06-28

LINUSSAVAgE, Furniture Dealer and Man
ucturer steam establishments North Main street. near the
ofBce ~ Ilrs harrington h Hall. Ashtabua, O, 40
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-06-28

@. @. CULLEY, Manufacturer of Lath, Siding
Cheese Boxes, nc. PlanEg and Matching and SeTowl-
Saving done on the shortest nece Shop South side OF the
Methodist Church, Ashtabua, Ohio. 44O
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-12-27
AfgaI advertisements.
SUMMONS.

CTATE OF CALIFUHNIA, County OF FL Dorado,
- ss.-In the District Court Of the Eleventh Judi
cia Dissatisfaction brought in the District Court
OF the Eleventh Judicial District, and the complaint
filed in the County OF II Dorado In the ofice Of the
Clerk OF said District Court In and for said county
and State
The People of the State OF California, to W. R.
HARRIS, Defendant, Greeting:
You are hereby required 10 appear in an action
brought against you by I. I. McSPADDEN, Plaintiff
in the District Court OF the Eleventh Judicial Dis
trlc in and for the County Of FL Dorado, and to
swcr the complaint filed therein the 2Gth day OF
October, A. ID. lcG2 within ten days exclusive Of the
day OF s"rvcr) after the service you of this sum-
mons-if served within this county II served out
of this county but within this Judicial District, with
in twenty days if served out OF said District
then within forty days-or judgment by default will
be taken against you.
The said action is brought to recover Judgment
against you for the sum Of $3.50 %, with interest
thereon at the rate of two per cent; per month until
paid, amount due said plaintiff upon certain prom
issory note made by you and 7. J. lIolstOn to plain
till on the oath day Of September 1861, for said sum
OF $40 W, bearing interest at the rate Of two per
cent. per month until paid; also, for decree Of
foreclosure and order OF sale Of your interest in and
to n certain piece parcel OF land known Perry's
Upper Ranch, situated near Brownsville, Costumes
mortgaged by You and T. J. lIolS:on to secure the
payment OF said note-and il you fail to appear and
answer the said complaint MS above required, the
said Plaintiff will take judgment against you for said
sum, interest and costs, according to the prayer Of
said complaint.
Witness, Hon. B. F. Myres, Judge Of said District
Court Of the Eleventh Judicial District.
-, Attest my hand, and the seal Of said Court,
L. s. In and for said County Of II Dorado, hereto
- Affixed, at office in the City Of PlacervilIe,
this the ruth day OF October, A. D. 1862
THOMAS b. PATTEN, Clerk.
HrNE L SLnss, Att'ys for PrH-oct25-3m
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-12-27

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49, uEseAse. - Aseas Rsea saa hswsss have aUA,
Tksgsapsf hes esaesFsa bic shsayes,
Iha gA1lAGas GamIaax Hes silent aaA dad,
Ard th9land, llsa Raia mpaFuse, gTievesi
Bse The UaE1sa ~ @eAAEy b bissminI to-day
RtthtAs Aoweeg ead lsasss ever nsW,
And The birds and tAe feantains arond u that play
Ara singing. dear neither, Of you.
GhsDEFssa sAsEss Feesdiue bsyood the blue seas
= 'Sse@ tks ysaFs BY yUur teudeFeesS beet,
And y0aths merry 1usic grove faint on the breeze
Tase b wafting ne - % hfs's Westj
Yet bsantifal seems the mild glance Of your eye,
A1kNAQ basssing yoaF fSaa spirit gave,
AstAs AlstS 81 the valley hung bright in the sky
Theagh he mountains are lOst In the wave.
I woadsF, sonstimes, II the souls that have flown
Return to the mUHTueFS again,
Ard ssk lef sign trOm the tfaekiess unknown,
WhsFe millions have questioned In vain.
see not your meek loving face through the strife
Whioh would blind me with doubling and fear
But . Soiee IsnTmurs peace" TO the tempest OF
life,
And kEoW that my mrtheT il near.
The EsN UNy$S CRY S5TgSJmy pathway with trOWnsI
Ard mfngfe Wfth bitter each Joy;
II may load me with crosses and rob me Of crowns
have treasures il cannot destroy;
TheFs'a green, sunny isle In the depth 81 my soul
whose roses the winds ne yer Strew,
And the billoWa and breezes around 1t that roll
Bring tidiRgs Of Heaven and you
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-12-27
LOVE AND DEBT ALIKE.
BY sIR JOHN sUcKLING, 1880.

This one request make to him that sits the clouds
above:
That we're freely out of debt As am out Of love
Than &FtS tfSseS, feHei1A, and sing, should be
very willing,
] should not owe lass kiss, nor ne'sr knave a
shilling.
ris only being in love and debt that breaks US Of
our rest,
And be that Is quite out Of both, of all the world 10
blsSt;
He sees the golden age wherein all things we're
free and common,
He eats, he drinks he takes his rest, he fears no
man nor woman.
TkonSk cfesus comprised great wealth, yet he
atin craSed mOxe:
Ne was ~ NEEDY 6eeg4t sEiH as goes from door to
to door.
Though Ovid was merry man, love ever kept him
sad;
He was as far from happiness as ono that's stark
mad.
Our merchant, he in goods is Tch and full Of gold
and treasure:
But when he thinks upon his debts, that thought
destroys his pleasure.
Our eourtIeF thinks that he's preferred, whom ev-
cry man envies;
wien love so rumbles in his pate, no sleep comes
In his eyes.
Our Rallant's ease l. worst of al-he lies so just
betwixt them:
For he's in love, and he's in debt, and knows not
which most vexes him.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-12-27
COMSTART.E,S SALE

DY VIRTUE OF an execution TO me directed, is
ID sued gu. of Justice q. II. Rockies Court, Kelsey
Township. COun OF II Dorado and State Of Cali
fornia, upon a judgment rendered therein on the
18th day Of D+ceubber, 1862. in favor of Adoph
Lorsbach AMI against Joseph W. Tucker, for the
sum Of Hintty-fve 1900 dollars debt, and sixty
four j0l0O dollars costs o. suit toge,er with accru-
ing costs have levied upon and will expose for
sale, Al public venue, Al The town OF Spanish Flat,
On the 18th day of January, A. D. 1853,
at the hour OF IL o'clock, M all the right title and
interest OF the said Joseph W. Tucker in and to the
following described property, yinL in the Township
Of Kelsey, County and State above named, to-wit:
That certain mining claim situated on Red Ravine
on the south side OF Spanish Flat commencing at
the fence OF the lot formerly owned by L. Miles, and
running down the Eavne to the upper line OF E.
Martins claims it being five hundred feet, more or
less, long, and two hundred feet wiLe and known as
Joseph W. fuckers claim.
Given under my hand this 18th day OF December,
1SG2. JAMES HUGHES,
dec2'ts Constable.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-12-27
THE wORLDwOULD BE BETTER

If men cared less for wealth and fame,
And less for battle fields and glory;
II writ in human hearts, name
Seemed better than In song or storyj
If men. instead of nursing pride,
Would learn to hate it and Abhor it
II more relied
On love to guide,
The world would be the better for it.
II men dealt less in stock and lands,
And more in bonds and deeds fraternSl,
II Loves work had more willing hands
To link this world with things supeTnal,
II men stored up loves oil and wine,
And on bruised human hearts would pour il;
If ''yOurs" and ''miRe''
Would once combine,
The world would be the better for it.
II more would ACT the play Of life,
And fewer spoil it in rehearsal;
II bigotry would sheathe its knife
Till good became more universal;
II custom, gray with ages grown,
Had fewer blind men to adoreit
If talent ehone
In truth alone,
The world would be the better for It.
II men were wise in little things
Affecting less in all their dealings;
If hearts had fewer rusted strings
To isolate their kindred feelings;
II men, when wrong beats down their right,
Would strike together and restore it;
II right made might,
Inevery fight,
The world would be better for it.
The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-12-27
PlacervilIs Pest Oae..

THE MAILS for saeTansRla So RszAIIarsAnsY
Office At y o'clock, PM.
The nAaIs Eov the Atlsntis SN4AsA, - 49,.
eleee q this dice every cay al laSeloek a.
he Mails for 0rrSOn and Washington TeYy,an,v
Close every day at o'clock Pm.
The Mails for Grizzly Plat Close st this oAe
every Wednesday, morning at O'clock
on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
The mails for CedsTVjbe and IDSls1 D,Rriep,,
close At O'Clock A. NJ, every MSDaay spd fri1nS
The Mails for Cold Springs and CoionA eIsesoS
cry day, Sundays extePteG) at 8 O'elsek.
The Kelsey Spanish Fiat, and Georgetown Nal
close Tlssdays, TAaTSaays Ssd Saturdays q ~
O'Clock r. NJ.
The Mails ioT Carson Valley and Salt Lake cR
close every day at - o'clock ~.
oFPICE HOCRS.-From sO'cIock, A. M.,tnu
M: and from till 6, p. NJ, Sundays excepted:
On snndays-Prom until ITO. A. n. and