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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-11-15
Adventures Ola 1--we yankee in china.

A ShOnghae (Chins) correspondent of
the n. Y. Herald, writing ou July 20ih,
gives a lively sketch Of the course Of one
of the greatest adventures Of modern times,
and one whose history reads like the Ara
balm Nights. He says that two or three
years ago, a coasting vessel arrived at
Shnnghae, having mate named Frederick
Ward, who was green boyish looking
fellow, with a Tough hardy constitution, aud
on eye that showed him to have plenty of
deiei mination and pluck. lie had 10 pos.
session suit of clothes. and six Mexican
dollar. lie is now at moderate estimate
worth ns mOny hundred thousand, and all
earned by his adventurous spirit. lie had
been in Nicaragua with Walker, and in the
Crlmea, and had seen the world geurally.
AT the time Of his arrival at Shanghae, the
country was in rebellion, as indeed it has
been from time immemOriai. The Govern.
ment held Shanghae and the re bells held
Soonkung, q city thirty miles up the Nor
sung river, strongly walled aud fortified,
aud having deep ditch filed with water
outside the walls The Government was
fearful that the rebels would cume down
from Soonkung some 6ue morning aud cap.
ture Shanghae. The impcriulists could not
take the litter city but they wanted il tax
en- would pay handsome price for having
The job done. Ward offored TO take the
contract for forty thousand iaes His
offer was accepted and iu few days he
had taken the city with Chinese force
which he had drilled for the purpose
Then he wanted TO take another city, q few
miles beyond aud permission was ,lyen
hlm' lie went Gs far as the ::,alls and fell.
shot In three places, lie soon recovered
anu lonhd h.:hself promoted TO Chinese
uo'os3isnip and made mandarin He
inen married a Chinese wife and still fur.
ther increased The confidence of the Govern
ment in him. The English officers at
Shanghae became jealous of him aud ha ring
invited him on board one of their vessels,
put him in irons as an American. lie was
let of on showing that he was a Chinese
subject and afterwards won the respect and
friendship Of the English and French off.
GERS. Then the rebels came down iu a
furious denomination against Shanghe
Ward repulsed them handsomely with his
Chinese army and forthwith he was promo
ted TO a General aud made q still higher
Mandarin. His next offer is to put down
the entire Chinese rebellion, for which be
wants ten millions of dollars, and prospect
of getting it. If this isn't Yankee enter.
pri. Q and audacity what would be?
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its diffusion and perpetuntion-will be a
very different matte. Such a political
phenomena challenges scrutiny and de.
mands investigation. Ii must find allies,
apologists, champions, eulogists even. Its
| simple appearance and claim Of an equal
in place 10 the family Of nations invites crit
icish aud provokes discussion. All the
great questions raised by the existence Of
slavery in christendom, will be intensified
and brought home TO the understandings
and consciences Of mankind by this start.
ling 'pparition
lV. While slavery will have been max
ing her desperate struggle for an independ.
ent national exis ence, free labor will have
been making giant strides toward a success.
fu rivalry with her old antagonist in those
fields which the latter has hitherto monopo.
llzed. lndin, Egypt, Western Africa, Hay.
II, jamaica, Central America, etc. will have
largely increased their annual product of
cotton nuder the stimuous of the high pri.
ccs VI the yearR Of cotton famine. A hun
dIed substitutes Cor the focuent fbre will
have been devised. The interests and in.
dustries thus called into being will not per.
Ish with the exigenry that created them
On the contrary, the impulse given to cot.
ton growing by the great rebellion will con
tinue to expand aud diffuse itself, until Aus.
tralia, Polynesia, Buenos Ayres, Venezne-
10, etc. shall fll the marts of Europe with
their cotton, and the great fact that free
labor is essentially cheaper than slave, shall
be demonstrated in the production of cot.
ton as emphatically as il has already been
in that OF corn aud cattle.
believe, therefore, that we may safely
rejoice that, even in case of the worst con
ceivable result Of four great struggle, the
domination OF slavery is ended, aud that its
downfall surely draweth nigh The best
that could now btfall it would be a compro.
mise achieved through the restored power
of its northern sympathizers, whereby it
could be enabled to resume its old position
as the dominant. dictatoriul interest in the
union. And that is probably the worst
conceivable issue Of our contest for our
country, for freedom, and for mankind.
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Jolly Times In Jemond.

judging from the Price Current Of the
Richmond Hhig of September Goth, the
eDicures and gourmtnds of that luxurious
capitul are having high times in the way of
high living. AS for the "poor white trash"
they must necessarily feed on air, like the
chameleon, since IL is impossible they should
raise the wind to bay provisions at the rates
quoted. Sugar is 65 cclts per pound but,
as the uses Of adversely are sweet aud
quite drug in SeceeSn, the tinIeSs trai.
tors probably dulcify their tea with them.
Tea, did we soy H-ah hcyo 1t is-from
Sc 10 50 pound, toa,total so exhorbitant
as to compel total abS:inance from the berb
:,nnt cheers but not inebriates," among the
common peaple." Coffee steady hol.
derS asking 81 rs" Of course no poor
man can afford to hold coffee ut that price
Extra anur, SIG" Under such state of
the market, impoverished Seceders, how
ever much opposed to the late Ossowata.
mie, must be content with Brown loaveS,
and never think of singing, Tell me where
is fancy bread
Bacon hog all round" is quoted at
60 cents. but at that figure it is incredible
that there should be hog all around in poor
families. Butter, 10 ceuts. At that rate
it can only be enjoyed by the creme dc la
creme Apples from S. 10 $40 per barrel,
according TO quality, ergo the quality
alone can buy them. Lard, 40 cents"
Put that in your pipe, PorkopOlS. No
wonder Kirby Smith marched in a SOU.
westerly direction, in the hope Of taking
Cincinnati. "Counlry soap, As to SO cts
What bar to cleanliness in the pauper
ranks of rebeldom Candles, IS cents :;
for tulIow, opal candles are held high"
1t is great mercy that opal candles
whatever they may be-are held high,
otherwise the rutf-scuf, who couldn't afford
The cOrnmonest dip. would be liable TO run
into Shockoe creek on moonless nights.
Cotton" says the Wing, "may be quo.
ted Ut a wide rauge," from which it ap.
pears that, previous to boiling, the Con
tederates are determined to burn up their
great staple. Every article of consump
ticn is becoming so scarce in the Southern
market that ere long it will be impossible
to procure any kind of food-even flood
for powder"
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On SWEET TEMPER IL cannot fnrbear
pointing out to you, my dear child" said
General. jackson onbe to yovng lady, in
whose welfare he felt deep interest, ''the
great advantages that will result from
temperate conduct and sweetness of man.
ner to all people, on all occasions. Never
forget that you are gentlewoman, And
all your words aud actions should make
you gentle. l never heard your mother
your dear, good mother say q harsh or
hasty thing to any person in my life. En.
deavor to initiate her. l am quick aud
hssty in my temper, but it is misfortune,
which not having been sufficiently restrain.
ed in my youth, has caused me inexpressi-
BILE pain. 1t has given me more trouble 10
subdue this impctuosity than anything I
ever undertook"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-11-15

The MYTH OF THE PHeNIx.-To Hero
dotus, the father of history, are we indebt-
ed for the ancient fable OF The Phoenix,
According to him, bat. q single Ph@olx
lived at a time-a bird Of beautiful form
and rich pIumsge Ii attained an age Of
Eve or six hundred years, and then built .
nest pl wood and aromatic sp CO, and died;
From the decsying form Of the dead bird
another Phoenix arose. whose fsst care Ens
to celebrate. the funeral rites Of lis dead
parent The body. deposited in bail
fragrant with the perfumes Of myrrh. was
barne by the young Pbelix TO the city Of
Helopolis in Lower Egypt. deposited on
the altar OF the Sun aud burned.
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LEND a HAND to on. Another.

Lend a hand to one another,
ln the daily toll Of life t
When we meet a weaker brother,
Let US help him in bis strife.
There is none so rich but may
10 bis turn he forced TO borrow,
And the poor man's lot to-day
May become our own to morrow.
Lend hand 10 one another
When malicious tongues have thrown
Dark suspicion on your brother,
BE not prompt to cast a stone! .
There is none SO good but ma,
Run adrafe on shame and sorrow,
Ard the best Of men to-day,
May become the worst tomorrow.
Lend hand to one another,
ln the race for honor's crown
Should it fall upon your brother,
Let not envy tear it down.
Lend hand TO all, we say,
In their sunshine and their sorrow,
AID the prize we've lost TO day,
May become our own tomorrow.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-11-15

FEAR OF DEATH There are persor
whose dread Of death is so intense that they
cannot enjoy life. They are vainly told
that it is irrational to be continually dis.
quie'ed about 90 event common to all. and
that cauuot he averted. Because it is in.
cyitable they shuddcr and tnrn pale at the
thought oft. This morbid fear of the
change is not confined 10 those who have
most cause for apprehension. 1t is shared
by many whose concences are void OF of.
Tense. Even pious men are sometimes
haunted by a vague horror of the universal
doom and in some cases their terror takes
the form Of mania, aud its victims throw
themselves unbidden into the arms of the
spectre. as if drawn TO its dread embrace
by irresistible fascination. The best meth.
cd of dealing with this ghaStly form Of by.
pochondriuSiS, is not to attack it with res.
son and phi osophy, since the sum of all
that logic can say npon the subject is the
hackneycd truism, that what cannot be
prevented should be faced manfully The
promises of the Gospel, uderstandingly
aud trustfully read aud applied, are the
only panacea for such gloomy forebodipgs
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Taking tho Top Rail,


A correspondent writing to the Cleveland
Herald from the 1854 Reg. o. v. T., is respOL-
sible for the following
At times, camped upon secession premis-
es, our boys have been forbidden, TO take
apy bot topuost rails, Camp Wells yss
located upon the farm OF noted secession
isG BsmeG Hogan. We arrived there af-
ter dark upon q rainy, chilly evening. In
accordance with orders from headquarters,
Colonel easement directed ns 10, burn onli
the top rails. In The morning the General
visited our camp, aud upon approaching
Colenel Easement, remarked, CoiVnel, your
men are instruced to only take tp rails,
aud they have taken the whole fence Col
Ouel Jack quickly replied, Yes General. bus
they took the top rail each time Well,
said the general with a smile, 10 future they
must take the top rail but Once. The iDci-
dent is related by one v he claims i, 70 have
overheard the conversation, but your cor.
respondent will not vouch for its auihea.
itchy. except iu so far as Il is alleged that
the lO3d buys did continue to burn top
rails until the entire fence disappeared,
which is Veritable fact.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-11-15

The SINS OF OTHERS. The cynics insis,
upon it that all the world is selfish, and e,.
cry son of Adam occupied only with him
self. How absurd is this theory Just
observe with what Solicitude and concern
we all watch the sins and faults of other
people How anxious We are to secure
their reform What pains we undertake
to bring them TO repentance We never
hear sermon that We do net generously
turn it over to an erring brother; we never
hear a wise axiom that we do not mental.
ly apply it to a sinful sister. We go about
lumeutug The habit and sinful weakness OF
our neghbors, and are IN such despair be.
cause Of the sins and vices Of society, that
nothing consoles us bat the balm Of our
own virtues
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6lers or gambling on bis boat, (think Of a
lake or river captain not Knowing ChappellJ
dIdn't see as he could do anylhing, but
would try aud negotiate. He returned with
the rascaPs altimatun-sevsnty Eve dollars
in cash would restore the watch--pothinS
short. The money was painfully extract.
ed from Rev. Mr.. LougshankJ wallet. and
the watch restored
He was soon after pushing inquiries
among the passengers 10 ascertain if any
Of them were going to stay In East Sagi,
nav over Sunday, where be had intended
to preach. His adveture had been noised
throughout the boat, aud be was pst1rs1y
doubtful about the effect Of bis preaching
under The circumstances. He assured some
privately that he had no intention Of taking
the gamblers money-he merely meant to
show him that he was mistaken. or
course.
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Foolish Thoughts.

We arc apt to believe in Providence SO
long as we have our own way but, if things
60 awry, then we think if there is q God,
lie is in heaven, and not on earth. The
cricket. in the spring, builds bis little house
in the meadow, and chirps for Joy, because
all is going so well with him but when he
hears the sound of The plow, few fnrrows
off, aud the thunder of the oxen's tread,
then the skies beg u to look dark, and his
heart fuis HIM. The plow comes crunch
ing along, and turns his dwelling bottom
side mp aud as he is rolling over aud over
without home, his heart says, Oh, the
foundations Of The world are destroyed, and
everything is going TO ruin 2
But the husbandman who walks behi nd
theplow, Siuging whistliug as be goes does
he think the foundations of the world are
brenking III? Why, he does not as much
as know there is any house or cricket there.
lie thinks of the harvest that is to follow
the pIow and the cricket, too will 6ud a
thousand blades Of grass where there was
but one before. We are all like the crick. :.
cts. Ifanything happens to overthrow our
plans, we think all is gone to ruin.-Beecher.
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The AIsbaua Pursasd BY ElSiash orui-
GeFa.


Upon receiving the. Information THAI
Capt. SemmeS had disregarded the eertih
Gates Of a british Consul, and ia the face OF
the British Consular seal, regulsrly affixed
to papers establishing the British owner
ship OF certsiniproperty on board Of q YES,
sci captured by him and deliberately pro
ceeded TO burn that property with the Ves,
sci which contained it, the British Consul
in this City we fare informed, Immediately
took steps to represent The trsnsacIiops mos,
forcibly to Admiral Milne, commanding
Her Britanuic Majesty's squadron in the
American waters The Admiral, upon re-.
ceiying the representations of the CoEsul.
forthwith ordered three British;men; ;of-wsr
in pursuit Of the Alabama, with orders, 90
we Understand, to overhaul that, vessel Of
wrath, aud convey heri to some British
port, where her violations of internal Laws
may bc jndicially inquired iuto.
N. Y, Times
The following is the incident,sin the ca,
reer of the Confederate pirate Alabama
that has aroused the British lion
Capt. Small, of the ship Lafayette, from
New York to Liverpool. gives The following
particulars On the 23d of Oct lat, so
deg, long, 62 deg, at p. m. saw what
afterwards proved to be the Alabama
Took her al first to be topsail schooner,
until she came within q mile when sBS
fred gun across our bow. She carried
Capt. Small demonstrated, saying that
surely he would not destroy the ship with
SO much proof of her being British prop.
er,y To this Capt. Semmes replied that if
they had no further protection than thai
it was of no laval whatever. He bop;d
to serve them a ID sight worse Find
ing protests Of no account, Capt. Small and
crew packed up q few things and were
transferred TO the Alabama. The pirate
took all his books nautical instruments &C.,
for his own use. The ship was then fred
and soon sunk They were an put 10 ffonS
aud remainep six days, at the end Of which
time they were pat on board the Castine.
The crew of the lafayette numbered ".
Four of these jQiped the Alabaml; they
were all foreigners. -
q British flag, but this was sCq9 dfplaced
by the Confederate fag. On coning
near, boat was sent to board US. Capt.
Semmes, Lieut., and about dozea of tbs
crew came on board. Capt Small was
ordered to show bis ships papers, which be-
did. They bore the certificate of the
British ConsuI, which Captain, Small sup
posed sufficient protection. Capt. Semmss
replied "You New York people are get
Ting very sharp. but it won't save you--it
is all id Matched up mess" He then
gave orders to bis lieutenant to have the
Uficers and crew. Of the. Lafayette, put on.
board Of the pirate-rthe captain to have
as much as be could put in single truak,
and the crew in one bag each and after
that 10 set Gre aud burn the ship.
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NAaMf, the daughter Of Enoch, was ave.
hundred and eighty years old when she
was married, Cosrsgs, ladies'
MANY who tell US bow much they desplsR
ri ches and perterment, mean undoubtedly
the riches and pFeiaFnent Of oIhsI meh.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-11-15

Trains do not stop Stststons where the tins is omitted
! q the above tables.
All through Trains going westward connect at Cleveland
With Trains for Toledo Chicago, CoIHHtus, HEafi In
diaHOpoiis, &c.
And ali through Trains Coins Eastward Dunkrk
With the Trains Sf N Y E. R. r. and at Bua with those
Of N. Y Central and Buffalo N Y City Rail- oads for NsH
York, Albany, Boston, Niagara FalLs, &c, &c.
A. G. HUBBARD, Station Agent.
CLEvELaNp, Nov. l,ls6l,
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The stimulus of writing is like the Stimu
luS of intoxicatiDn, with which we can sym
palhzs in our sober moments, when we are
no longer under the inspiration Of the de.
mon, or when the virtue is gone out Of US.
While We are engaged in any work, weare
thinking of the subject, aud cannot stop to
admire ourselves ; aud when it is done, we
look at it with comparative indifference.
will venture 10 say, that no oBe but q
pedant ever read his own works through.
They are not his--lhey have become
mere words, waste-paper, aEd have none OF
the glow, the creative enthusiasm, the Ve-
hemence, aud natural spirit, with which be
wrote them. When we have once commit
ted our thoughts to paper, written them
fairly out, aud seen that they are right iq
the printing. il We are in our right wits. We
have done with them forever.
TAcIrUs says: "In the early ages man
lived life of innocence aud simplicity"
Upon this critic remarks -When was
this per iod OF innocence The FIRST woman
went astray. The verv FIRST man that was
born in the world killed the second when
did the time of simplicity begin
No LAueHIxo MArrER-For the rebels
to reject that they have been driven out oi
Snicker's Gap. s,.,,.e, 80 =,
THoUcH the proverb says you cannot make
40 auger hole with gimlet, yet o small
man may make q great bore.
AN excellent grammaIan gives it as 9
reason why a blow leaves q blue mark
that blow in the pasII tense is blew.
| / AM surprised, my dsar, that l have
never seen you blush. The fact Is, has
band, I was born to blush uuslsn.
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OuININE AND CRINoLINE.-It scenes that
crinoline is bound to play m important role
in the drama of the rebellion. Its latest
use has been as system Of balloonery for
transporting quinine TO the rebels. No
doubt but the shaky condition of the Con.
federacy needs tonic. But, as will be
seen by our advices, the machine for trans
portation didn't work. The arrest of those
remarkably distinguished ladies, who made
themselves uncommon carriers in behalf OF
the rebels, proveu, for them. an utter mis-.
earyia ge-of their cherished expectations.
1t seems that this pretty little scheme Of
crinoline vilainy was frustrated by the
shreWdnes of an Ohio boy, FRANK NJ.
HUNr, q Corporal Of Company |, 55th
Ohio Regiment. Corporal Hunt made the
arrest. Would take no excuse about rainy
weather. it was bright sunshiny day Il
wouldn't melt before feminine tears, nor
run run away from feminine frowns The
quinine smugglers were armed with all
manner of passss--from the secretary ol
War, Post simsster. G eneral, and even from
Father Abraham himself But the shrewd
Corporal pronounced them bogus. Franz
was too good at HUNT 10 be led off the
trial by such shams. Hemarched them in
to camp, bag aud baggage aud upon
search their true character was revealed
Smaggiers
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A GREEK maid being asked what for
tune she would bring hsr husband, replied:
/ will bring him what gold cannot pgrch-
Ase-a heart uaspotted and virtue withoat
q stain which Is all that descended 10 mo
from my parents.
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WHOLE NUMBER SIS.



Summers gone aud over
Fogs are falling, down
And With resset tingeS
Autumu's doing brown.
Boughs are daily r1ed
BY the gusty thieves
And the book Of Mature,
Getteth short OF leavea
Round the tops Of houses,
Swallows as the Git,
Give, like yearly tenants.
Notices TO quit.
Skies Of ickle temper,
Weep by turns, and laugh
Night and Day together;
Taking halFand.half.
30 October ,endeth--.
Cold. spd most psFyerse. =
But the month that. follows
Sure will pinch us worse.
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Kingsville Mills.

THIS Mill, Situated Half Mile East of
II the village has inst been put into and complete
der and being supplied with competent and experienced
Miller, offers % do custom work the manufacture Of the
best quality ofhouT and keep hand for sale at all times
supply Of
Flour and Feed
share Of public patronage solicited and every reasons
able expectation will Be met In the accommodations and Ar
Gle offered N II, BENJAMIN
Kingsvills, July IL, 1852. 0ms56s
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Livery Stables

q, F.&J. 2. CULVER, have removed to the
tR Stable where they onsr 70 ths cltl.sns Of AL
tAbuA the use Of e best eQuppsd Livery stable n AVE-
tAbu couny s acss that ngo but jast ABOVE the lIv
lae sADdaEd' oaii and -. Kev. iJIsc6 81
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Butter and Produce Wanted.

10 Tons Of Good Butter, 1000 Dozen
Of Egge for which the highest market prios VII hs
paid hcsi kinds Of other Produce taken 10 ssehssgs for
ssslegt & b.sviHs CAL and see fes yyursslsss
my ben n Z. MORRISON.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-11-15

Artemas Ward proposes 10 raise vol
uutser company in BaldlnsVille Of nine
month women.
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REMOVAL-The 0fiee Of the Magnet.
Telegraph IA Removed Opposite the AEhtAbuA House
~ .ne Drug store Of W. y. Copeland, with whom have made
~ ksnsnc shall ba happy to administer TO the wants
ogrAph Operator. ~'~'~ee~T NJ III.kN
JAhaTay ~. lso2 o2s