Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1863-08-08
Current Nerra.


Current News.
REASONABLE letters, from James Buchanan
are said to have been found amoug JEFF. Davi,
papers which were captured at jackson. Lei
the treechery Of tie hoary old tory be dragged
10 light.
81 From Cairo we have news OF the burning oil
the steamer Ruth, on the river below, on the
picht of the 4tb, having on board eight pay
mosters and their clerks, & $4,000 900 ofgreen-
backs, bound for Helena, for the payment oil
Grants army. Besides these funds, the boat
had on board nnety-nne head Of beef cattle,
oue hundred and twenty mules, four hundred
tons of commissary and suffers stores, and
about one hundred tons OF private freight,
which was oil lost. The'loss Of property was
not the worst feature OF the casualty. Some
thirty lives we're also lost, either in the flames
or The water. The FIRE is believed TO have been
tbe work of.au. incendiary in the interest Of The
rebel government
The Washington National Republican has
pravely ominous aod seemingly semi.official
allusion 10 the course Of England towards this
government, and the chances OF disturbances
between the two netoDs. Napoleons mschina.
tions in Mexico are also alluded TO, but conso-
lation is drawn from the fact that Mexico can
be restored whenever: the attempt shall be
made.
The Pa. Union State Convention met at
Pittsburgh on the 5tb, and nominated Governor
Curtain by 90 against 43. Resolutions com.
mandatory Of the administration for its course
Of summary arrests Of disloyal persons, were
unanimously adopted
The draft has been completed in the District.
1t gives au aggregate of 800 whites, and
1858 colored couscrpts.
The New York riot cases came up for trial
Oh the 5th Some fifteen were postponed, iu-
cludipg the murderers Of the negroes, through
dllatory motions op the part Of the counsel.
Two we're sentenced for robbery-one for five
and the other for ten years 10 the Penitentiary
There j. general qualification over the glor
Gus triumph Of the Union party in Kentucky
Peculiar qualification is expressed at the choice
Of Cassius NJ. Clay's brother, Brutus J. Clay
as Crittenden's successor, and General Greer
Clay Smith, in Covington and Newport dis
tricts over the late member Menzes. -
The REBEL Yarcey. has gone to reap bis re
wards in that other world where rebellion meet
more summary treatment than in this. 81
will prove no mean acquisition to the province
Of celestial exiles.
The Chicago Tribune has reports that Bank
had arrived at Biloxi in force, ard that Grar
was sending him men. Ifso, Mobile will 500
all for il Banks has ten thousand men, an
makes an attack, the place cannot stand gain
him.
The same authority says poutoon brid
has been erected across the Rappahauno
near KeIlys Ford The Goth Ohio, Lieutent
Colonel Powell commanding, was the first
cross the river, in order to protect the pontoc
ers. Shortly after getting on the other si
the rebel cavalry made dash upon the OF
boys, but we're handsomely repulsed.
Considerable excitement prevailed at Colu
bus, on the 4tb, over the tearing down, by
valid soldiers, Of flag on which we're inscrib
the names Of Vallandgham and Pugh. I
Copperheads commenced gathering, and swt
vengeance on the author Of the act An
valid soldier IN the crowd, was badly beaten
approving the act. - The soldiers in the c
were put in the guard-housc, TO prevent furt
disturbance. 10 the evening crowd assemb
before the door Of the store where the
hung. After paradiag the streets, they W
back TO the store, aud presented the ow
with new flag. Further trouble was app
hended.
The Charleston Courier Of the 2eth Of Jr
says there were about twenty seven vessels
side the bar, including the Ironsides and
Monitors, also twenty-five in Stono Iul
Anxiety is felt in Charleston for the safety
the city. Last week there were hanging fr
the parapet Of Sumter, as protection to
walls, lines of cotton bales. They were set
fire by their own guns, and we're taken do
Everything betokeus a fesrfulness on the |
OF the rebels, very en- ,ournging to u.s.