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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-10-11
ASHTABULA, o., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER II, 1862

cavil at this or that Inconsistency com
plain that Blacks are not recognized as the
equals Of Whites-tlat they are excluded
by law from certain Free States and nhu.
manly thrust from omuibusses and street.
cars in most Northern cite that they are
not generally allowed to fight for the Union
against the Shareholders Rebellion. etc
etc. True as all this is, its statement gives
false impression. For the ndignties and
nhumanites to which the Blacks are ex.
posed in many if not most Free States are
reicts Of the brutal Past, if not indica.
tions of the humaner Future. They are
among the debris of the slaveholding re-
gime, now tumbling into ruin Years may
be required to remove them utterly, but
the overthrow of Slavery seals the doom of
them ALL
~. The President has rescued US from
the real and so imminent peril of Foreign
Intervention. If he delayed a little longer
The French Emperor would almost certain
ly have iuterpo,ed to our prejudice. The
poffcrs Of the Rebel chiefs were too tempt.
ing to be obstinately resisted 10y such an
adventurer. His need Of markets aud { {
cotton, with the prospect of having the
Confederate concern for satrapy of his
empire, shield for his anticipated Mexi.
can conquests, would have overborne all
prudential considerations Now, if he
shall not have involved himself inextrica.
bly, in this business before he receives the
Proclamation of Freedom, he surely will
not afterwards. Intervention is a by.gone
danger, spiked cuunon, from the hour
that this Proclamation is flashed across the
continent Of Europe Abe rulers may
lack conscience, but they do not ignore the
consciences Of others. Aud no European
potentate will enter upon bloody crusade
IN behalf of a cause puIpably identified with
the preservation Of Slavery.
Finally, let US all gratefully realize that
the President deserves our thanks for u
great, wise, and hnppy act, whereby half
the perlS Of our position have at once been
swept away. We have still dangers to
confront, disasters to bear up against, ene
mics " battle, sacrifices 10 make, aud giant
obstacles to overcome. We may have six
months of the struggle yet before US; but
the stormy cape is past, the clouds diSper,c,
and bright hopes rradiate our future. We
hDve yet to encounter dsordered finances,
incompetent officers, dignilarits whose
hearts are not in the National cause, and
the thousand impedmenIs whereby hero.
ism is developed and tested; but, trusting
IN Gcd who hates oppression, let US
unite in thanks TO heaven for such PreSi.
dent as Abraham Liucoln, and go forward
uushrinkingly on the path Of trial aud duty
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NIGHT IN A SLEEPING CAR.

Have you ever taken sleeping car for long
ride on any of our Western and Eastern rail,
roadsY lt is very curious experience To
the old traveller such journey is full of Incl
dents. Accustomed to The trip between Phil
adelphia and WashiugtonI nev er made il with
out gathering materials for amusement and re-
hecuon, The best course is TO secure a full
toioer 6erh about thirty minutes before the
rush oegins' and from your roost you can, unob-
served,hear aud see many odd sights. The con-
ductor Is constantly perplexed parsonage
He is scolded, questioned aud impOrtuned by
turns. He must explain, apologize and ex.
postulate. this melee il is marvellous how
he preserves his temper.
Mr.. Conductor, says a breathless passenger,
who had just got in by the New York line, give
me sleeping place.
Have you a ticket siIY
Yes, have my through ticket.
Sorry sir, but you must have a sleeping tick
ct. You can get it at the Office 10 the station
house, but you must hurry or you will lose
your chance.
And away goes the passenger, with about
ten chances to one Of being too late
have taken places for two, says soft spo-
ken' handsome young fellow, with blushiug
woman on bis arm,
Yes, SIR, said the polite master of ceremonies
berth. 'N0 NFFN'
But, she ia my wife, aud cannot sleep alone
or with anybody but me-
Sorry, my dear sir bat our rules are absolute
can put another lady with her. f'7' =
But she Is my wife, ! tell you, indignantly re.
spends the gentleman.
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VOICES OF ANIMALS.

There is chapter in the history of ami.
mails that has hardly been touched upon as
yet, and that will be especially interesting
with reference to families. The voices OF
animals have family character not 10 be
mistaken. III the candie bark and howl
The fox, the wolf the dog, have the same
Kind OF utlerance, though on a somewhat diff
ferent pitch. All the bears growl, from
the white bear Of the Arctic SHOWS to the
small black bear of the Audes All the
cats mdau, from our quiet hreside eompan
ions to The lions and tigers aud panthers OF
the forest and jungle. This last may seem
a strange assertion; but TO any one who
has listened critically to lhe.r sounds and
ana lyZed their voices, the roar of the lion
is but gigantic mlaw, bearing about the
same proportion 10 that Of cat as its state.
ly ard majestic form does to the smaller,
softer, more peaceful aspect of the cat
Yet, Notwithstanding the difference in their
SIZE, who can look at the lion, whether in
his more sleepy mood, as lie lies ,curled in
in the corner OF his cage, or in his fierce
moments of hunger and rage, without being
reminded of cat. Aud this is not merely
the resemblance of one carnvorous animal
to another for no one was ever reminded
of dog or wolf by lion. Again, all the
herseS aud donkeys neigh for the bray or
the donkey is only har Sher neigh, pitch.
ed on different key, it is true, but a sound
of the same character, as the donkey him.
self is but clumsy and dwarfSh horse
All the COWS low, from the buffalo roam.
ing the prairie, the musk OK of the Arctic
ice'feld, or the jack of Asia, to the cattle
feeding in our pastures. Among the
birds this similarity Of voice in families is
still more marked. We need only recall
the harsh noisy parrots, SO similar in their
peculiar utteranccS. Or take, ,as an exam
pie, the web-footed family. Do not all the
geese and the innumerable hosts of ducks
quack? Does not every member Of the crow
family cav, whether it be the jackdaw, the
jay, the magpie, the rook, in some green
rookery of the old world, or the crow OF
our woods, with its long, melancholy cav,
that seems to make the silence aud solitude
deeper? Compare all the sweet warblers
of the songster famly-the nighteugales,
the thlushes, mockiDg birds, the robins
they differ in the greater or less perfection
of their note; but the same kind Of voice
runs through the whole grOup.-Agassiz,
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THE AGE OF OUR EARTH.

Among the astounding discoveries Of
modern sceuce, is that of the immense Pc
riods that have passed in the gradual for
nation of the earth. So vast were the
cycles of the time preceding even the ap-
pearauce Of man on the surface Of onr
globe, that our own period seems as yesle :
day when compared with epochs that have
gone before it. Had we only the evidence
of the deposits OF rocks heaped above each
other in regular strata by the slow aecu-
mutation of materials, they alone would
convince Us of the long aud slow maturing
of Gods work on earth; but when we al !
to these the successive POPULATION Of whose
life this world has been the thesatre, and
whose remains are hidden in the rocks into
which the mud or sand or soil of whatever
kind on which they lived has hardened in
the course of time-or the enOrmou:
chains of mountains whose upheayal divi
ded these periods Of quiet accumulation by
great convulsions-or the changes of a diff
ferent nature in the eoniguraton OF oul
globe, as the sinking of lands beneath th.
ocean, or the gradural rising of islands anc
continents aboVe-or the slow growth 0
Of coral reels, those wonderful sea.walks
raised by the little ocean architects whose
' own bodies furnish both the building stone
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FL . AT IN -B Y 4.

Weep not for death
'Tis but fever stilled,
A pain suppressed, fear at rest,
A solemn hope fulfilled,
The moOnsbine on the slumbering deep
Is scarcely calmer-wherefore weep?
Weep ye for change
For earth's pure dews exhaling,
For joys first tear, for hopes first fear,
For loves first little failing.
Morn's lightest shadow on the seas
Tells us of midnight-weep for these
Weep not for death
The fount of tears is sealed.
Who knows how bright the inward light
To those shut eyes revea' ed ?
Who knows what fearless love may gil
The heart that seems so cold aud still?
Weep ye for life
For smiles end in sighing;
For love whose quest hath never rest,
For the heart is hourly dying.
Weep not when silence locks the breath
Life is the bitterness of death.
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MANAGEMENT OF pUoKwuEAT.


twthstanding all that has been writ
ten gu this subject most farmers will per.
sist in following the old practice Of allow.
ing buckwheat t. lie in the swalh for a
long time after it has been Graded. | have
seen it tried, and tested it so mrny times
on my own farm, that know 1t is not the
best way o manage that kind of grain.
In the FIRST place, far more Of the grain
will be wasted than when il is stocked. as
soon as it is Graded and in the next
place, The grain will not make as good
lour aud third, The crop canuot be secur-
ed as soon
Every one who knows anything about
buckwhcet, understands that much Of the
gran is dead-ripe before he crop is fl to
be cut That grain is the very best part
o! the cop; aud great care is not
exercised in handling it, a large por ion Of
it will be lost by sheling { f. .....
My own practice with buck wheat always
has been, not TO cradle it when the straw
is dry but to ocuti it when the dew is on
o" when the straw is wet. Theu let it be,
set upin stocks Immediately, and bound
around the tops with small band. A
little care and skill must be exercised in
making the stocks, to keep the butts very
even, So that they will stand erect.
| have always found that large stocks,
that are set up even when the straw was
very wet with rain, would dry out very
soon ; aud the grain will cure much better
when it is set up, than when the straw is
lying in the swath. Fit is allowed to re.
main 10 the swath for only few days, il
settles down among the stubble and when
the rake gathers it, much more OF the grain
will be shelled off than would be was it
ruked Immediately after it is craded.
Whe buckwheat is exposed to storms
for several days, the grain becomes sqtur.
ated with water. But when it is in stocks
us there is but little chaff about the kernels
long and heavy rains will not injure the
grain After the grain has been thorough.
ly soaked with water, that grain will never
make as good, white, nor lively four, as it
would had it not been allowed TO get wet
Therefore, if one desires to have buckwheat
-four that will be white, and uake. light
and excellent cakes, the grain should not
be allowed to get wet. When buck wheat
is well stocked, and the top of each stock
bonnd with small band, it will stand
through all the storms of autumn without
injury, as The kernels will not retain water
enough to hurt them.
Let those farmers who have been in the
habit Of allowing their bnckwheat to re-
main for long time in the swath, adopt
for once the practice ofpltting it in stocks
as soon as it is cradled and then decide
which mode is the best Country Gent.
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ana cement that bind them together, and
VINO nave worked so busily during the long
centuries, mountain chains islands and long
lines Of coast consisting solely of their re.
mains-or the countless forests that have
grown up, nourished, died and decaycd to
fill the store houses with coal that feed the
fires of the human race,--if we consider
all these records of the past. the intellect
fails to grasp chronology for which our
experience furnishes no data, aud time that
lies behind us seems as much an eternity tC
our conception as the future that stretches
before us.-1gdSsiz
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Musical Intelligence Since the army
changed its base the press has changed its
tenor. i" an
Some married folks keep their love, like
je welry, for the words eyes, thinking it to
p recious for every day wear at the FIRE.
side.
Marrageable young ladies are prettily
called waiting msidt.
The redoubtable X. in payment for a
cigar, pulled out little swab OF gummy
greasy, filthy postage stamps. Cant You
give me hard money ?" asked the cigar
lady "Well, Madam" responded X, 81
have seen very little harder looking money
than thatp
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Prepare Your Stamps.

On the lSt Of October. that part of the
National Tax Law requiring the use of
stamps went into operation.
We give below scedule showing in de.
tail the various kinds of papers and docu.
ments upon which stamps must be placed,
and the amount Of duty TO be levied on
each.
It is very important that the business
public should carefully stndy these pro-
visions, so as to avoid confusion and trou-
BILE.
All papers subject to stamp duty will af-
ter the law takes effect, DO void and of no
effect in law, without the stamp affixed and
besides. both the party issuing and the par
ly receiving such paper. with intent to
evade paying the revenue are subject to
hne.
1t will be for the party making or issu
ing document on paper 10 place a stamp
thereon aud he is required TO put the
initials of his name and the date upon the
stamp to cancel it.
The stamps will be sold by the Collector
and the Postmaster, and besides these, sta
TONERS and others are permitted to buy
them at discount from the Government
aud keep them for sale.
SCEDULE.-STAMP DUTIES.
Agreement or Contract, other than
those specified in this schedule
any appraisement of value or dam
age, or for any otherpurpoSe for
every sheet or piece Of paper up.
on which either OF The same shall
De written. ...,-.--.'.' ''''''
Bank CAeck, draft or order for me
payment Of any sum OF money
above $40 drawn upon any bank,
trust company, or any person or
persons, companies or corpora
lions, at sight or on demand ...
Bill of Ecclange, (inland) draft, or
for the payment Of any sum OF
money above $40 and not above
| 500, otherteise than at sight or on
demand, or any PrOm'sory note ex-
| cept bank notes issued for circu,
4 lation. for q sum above $40 and
not above $l0O..-...........
Above 500 aud not above $780,. II
Above 5000 and not above $780,. j
Above $3.50 and not above $780,. 2
Above $500 and not above $780,. A.
Above $3.50 and not above $1,000 y
Above $1,000 and not above $1,000 o
Above $500 and not above $1,000 ! y
Above $25O0 aud not above $4,000 1 o.
And for every $2500. or part OF
u $4,000 in excess Of $4,000. 10
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La Sc ;@4..::;:s3:E ;;3:ss..:is:;;.l 5sss:.5aaa
TINE TABLE OF THE
& ERIE RAIL ROAD
Passenger Trains will run as follows:

Trains do not stop Stations where the time is omitted
! the above tables.
All through Trains going Westward connect Cleveland
with Trains for Toledo, Chicago Columbus, G. einRat, In
diaROpolis &c.
And all through Trains going Eastward connect Duukk
with the IRA ns Of N Y f. L. R. and az Bua with those
Of N Y Central and Buffalo N. Y City Rail- Dads, for Neu
York, Albany, Boston, Niagara Fails, &c, &c.
A. C. HUBBARD, Station Agent.
CLEVELAND, Nov. 4. 1851
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pAINTS, OILS, &c.-300 gal. Linseed
Il O-l00 gallons Sperm Oil-l0O gallons Tanners Oil
gallons Lard O5O gallons Lunar o5oO gallons Coal
0lOO gallons Spirits Turpentne6O gallons Burning Fluid
40 gallons Alcohol, 9S per cent
5000 h White Lead in 0-2O00 Tbs Mnere Pant50O ID
Yellow Ochre500 lbs jet Red300 Tbs Putty in Badders
so lbs Furniture Varn40 lbs Coach Varnish60 lbs Jap
pan Varnish-25 Tbs Demar Varnish.
Also Chrom Green Paris Green, HampCen Green, Chrome
Yellow Red Lead Black Lead thrIge Indian Red Chinese
yemion, Ivory Black, Whiting, and large assortment Of
Artists COors, for sale by GEO. WILLARD.
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Books.

NJ. G.. DICK, Bookseller Stationer and News
Dealer Also Dealer In sheeMusic, Toys. and General
Variety Goods, Main stIeet. Ashtabula, Ohio, 467
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1t is wiser and better to hold the torch
of truth to the mind than the torch of per.
Secution to tn body.
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II. r. & j. q. CULVER, have removed to the
Fsk House stable where they offer TO the citizens of Ash
tabua the Of the best equipped Livery Stable In Ash
tabua County, at prices that range but just above the v
ing standard. Call and see. Nov. J. 1850. 567
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TELEGRAPH OFFICE-Western Union is
removed to the Drug Store Hendry Copeland corner
Main and Center Streets three doors south Of Fisk House
j. NJ. ALLEN, Manager. de7
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miscellaneous. .

d. s. WILLIAMS, Wholesale dealer in Straw
Goods, Hats Caps Umbrellas Parasols &C. lO5 and 1O7
Chambers st., and SO 81 Reade st., New-York.
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EMORY LUCE, Dealer in Sweet Potato, and
other Early Plants and Vegetables.
Also, Dealer In Preserved Fruits, Tomatoes &c. East
tabula, Ohio.
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Clothing.

81. FASSETT, Agent for the Purchase, Sale, a
Renting of Real Estate, nsura ce Negotiating Loans Col
and sale charge. sale direct or indirect, const
tutes commission. Main street, Ashtabua, Ofo Also
Notary Public. 40
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RANSOM & COBB, Manufacturers and
Dealersin Paned Lumber, Window Sash, Blinds, Door
tory and Lumber Yard conner Columbus and Centre sts
Cleveland, Ohio, '64s
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w. PUNCHES, Dealer in Clocks, Watc hes
Jewelry and silver Spoons Clocks Watches and Jewery
repaired Ashtabula, o. Four doors north OF the Post
Office. oos
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sting circumstances. aud that the event
will show either that the surprise was
one which could not be foreseen and
guarded against, or tina, Gen. Csseys di.
vision iosght as we'll As men could in
their position We nevertheless are com
PEELED to acknowledge reverse, with all
it's demorslizing effects on one an en-.
couragement on the other. Why this
happened time will show.
The New York T;mes on the contrary,
speaks Of the battle rs victory aud
Mcclellan, in his dispatch. nrodestly says
Of tue 6ght on Sunday :"The enemy
was every where repulsed." lie admits,
however, that the battle was a 'desper.
ate" one, with heavy loss on both sides.
A telegram FROM Washington states,
on the authority Of unofficial dispatches,
6rst, that the battle fought on Saturday
and Sunday resulted in victory fcr the
Federal arms and secondly. aud "the
importance aud dimensions Of the victory
increase I" they are hourly developed y
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s75 REWARD!
/ RW ssu wa Y Ttom " here We had ,

4 R0 ssu way hom where We had them
r hhed. near Chester in June last, our
n three Negro mcu. viz IL: BILL, GILES
aod HENRY.
Bill and Giles we bought the 18th Of last
November. at the estate sale of I'D. Leach
on Broad River, in York Dist. let They
being brothers aud having relations in the
neiyhborho"d where we purchased them, II
10 more than Bksley they have made ,hriI
war back Ia their old n,iyhborhood.
Bill il about 26 yeur, old. 5 feet 8 inches
high, will weigh $50 or l6o pounds ; is
very black rather sharpcd face, speaks
quick when spok-n to.
Giles, his brothvr, Is about ~ years old
8 feet . inches high {; will weigh I60 lhs
10 very black, aud walks with his head up
and feet turned out iE front.
Henry, We purchased, Jan ]. Of Col. G..
Rivrs on the Cntawba river. iis is - years
old, we'll so:, s feet 10 inches high, aud will
weigh IT'S pounds has u heavy brow and
speaks slowly has soms character IN n
runaway. Mag 70 1" Chnrl-St"n or Wash
ington city. il is hard telling where he will
GO NJ he 10 q gentleman uf travel. They
all ran of about tho same time.
We will pay SIS reward for tho three
men; or 815 n piece for either OF tn-m de-
livs:sd in any Jail no il,nt We can yet tn ,rn.
These boys may attempt I" make their way
North, N some others from this place have
attempted.
PRIDE g. DUNOvANT.
ANY. Z, lSGl-26.if
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GEs. PErr1eREw NOT DEAD.-From n
Aag Of truce which communicated with
the enemy on Friday, We learn that Gen.
Ps,tigrew was not killed, as a, frst repor.
ted. but tha, he was severely wounded
and a prisoner Of war. lila capture was
owing to his own heroism. for, while
wounded on the field, he commanded
those who were bearing him of to re-
turn &c their pos,s and leave him to HE
fate. Ills wound, although serious, is re.
ported as doing we'll Col. Iigh,foot and
L.-C,L Long. of the Twenty Second
North Carolina, were also supposed 10
be among the killed !; bu, we have
learned by the flag Of truce that they
we're neither injured in the battle, aud
tha, they are now prisoners in the Fed,
ersl srmy.-Riehnond Dispatch.
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"HrAr-ws returned from Knox
vile on Sunday evening". and observed
the wheat very closely on tho way. We
bad been alupg the ssms road only a
week before. IN that time there has
been such al improvement in The pro.
poets Of the growing wheat. that the
hrljs did not look like the same. Some
fec 6sIts will bs failure {; bu, from the
presen. appearance, ~s will certainly
raise almost an average crop. Early
wheat m ripsuing s,r>w looking
bright SEd yellow. Tho rus, ss ye, >,
only on the blade. Greenriiie (7tnn. J
Bannsr. June I.
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THE WHEAT CRoP.-Tbs farmers IN
this country are this week harvesting g
their wheat crops, which We regrs, 10
lear" will turn out remarkably lightly
yield foV tho amount Of land. Il will 10,
turn out pear 90 well ss WAS though, i,
would two weeks nga, We fear tha, the
wheat crop 10 very sorry throughout the
Confsderscy. 10 Ess; Tennessee (~bicl,
conisin' rs 6ns wheat lands ~ there are
10 The country We Ieara the wheat Il
ruined by rust. MempAp STANDARD
June 6h.