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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-04-30
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Mobile papers of Mach 2sth publish ,l'


Mobile papers Of Mach 25th publish the
following important telegram from Georgia:
M1lLEDsEsIllE. .. March 10 Both Hous-
e. 10 day sdoptd Hon. Linton Stephens
peece resolutions. earnestly recommending
tbet ooz 6psespmeni, Immediately after
every sisnsI success Of our arms. hen none
cen impote 10 action 10 alarm Instead Of q
SINCERE desire for peace, sbali make to The
0|Fysfnment Of our enemy an ofieiai offer
q peace on the basis Of the great priDei
piss declared by our common fathers In
1776. accompanied by the distinct expires
sioB Of 9 willingness. on our part, to follow
that principle 10 lis true logical conseqoeD
eesv by agreeing that any border Stale
ubces preferences for our association may
he doub,ed. (doabss having been expressed
- 70 NE wishes OF lbe Bofder States, zhnil
1p'1le ~ Qpes'ion for herself, BY seoDvsn.
4eo<>o h s|scled ios that pnrpose, after
~ IA lffspsl - ~ milisary iorces on
~ groaI b linits.'
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rner ~ hifI oou ouiy lacks she siena-
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-04-30

'THf BANK BuILDIse The ground is be.
log prepared for the Bank boildiug, 10
Jefferson, which win be erected this spring.
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Rail Road Meeting.

ITO the stockholders Of the Asb,ab,lo
Il New Lisbon Rail Road Company. A neet,ug =,
the Stockholders ofthe Ashtabula New Iisbou Raj
Company will be holden az Firemans Hall the VILLAGE ~
Ashtabua Thursday the 26th day OF May next atioI
o'clock The question easing much OF the aore
said Road may be required for the Of the
Branch Of the Ceveand Painesvlle Ashabula Rail Road
said Branch Road shall be located the line OF the Aah
aoula New Lisbon Road any part thereof will be then
and there considered The conditions Of the lease will be
such u s believed will be beneficial 70 both Roads
general attendance Is earnestly requested,
7g1 II. HUBBARD, President
Ashtahula, April Is 1884, Az N. l.. r. r. Company.
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NOTlCE.-The undersigned has been on.
pointed Administrator Of the estate Of Alfred Hendrv
late OF Ashtabula 10 the County ASH abula
All PERSONS indebted TO Id are requested 10 make
immediate payment; and those having claims again tho
same will present them to the undersigned for aownnoe
Ashtabula, April IL, 1854. III SAML HENDRY
NOTICE The undersigned has been
duly appointed Administrative OF the estate of Iev,s
shepard late Of Ashtabula County, Ohio. deceased.
Aprtlo B64. 3tI40 MARY Il. SHEPARD
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-04-30

PUSIsHMENr OF GuERRILLAs Gar.
fields bill for the punishment of guerrillas
authorizes department or field commanders
10 carry into execution all sentences of
courts martial and military commissions
against guerrillas. and for robbery, arson,
rape and oil violations OF the laws aud Gus
toms Of war. and all sentences againts spies,
deserters and murderers. Every officer au-
thorzed to order general court martial Is
empowered to instigate any punishment ex.
cept q sentence OF death or casbiering,
which may be commufed during the rebel
lion BY field or department commanders.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-04-30
Philadelphia, June %, 1861.
From the Rev H. Kennard Pastor ofiotn B.o,,,t o.u,s

From the Rev H. Kennard Pastor ofi0th Baptist Church
DR. Jackson:-D Sir'I have frequently requested 10
connect with concentrations different kinda of
medicines but regarding the practice out OF my appop
ate sphere. have in ali cases deciined with clear
proofn yarions INSTANCES aud particularly ID amiy Of
the usefulness OF DR. Hooands German Bitters depart for
once from usual course express nay full conviction
that for general debility of the system especially for
Liver Complaint, II Is safe and valuable preparan In
some cases It may mil but usually, doubt not Il will be
very beneficial 10 those who suffer from the cause
Yours, very respectfully j. II. KENNARD
Eighth below Coates Street, PHILADELPHIA
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Reports are 10 circulation Of great couspira-
cy' extending thfough the Northwestern States,
20 resist the Government. Oat of this grows,
u tis said the proposition to call 1000 six
months volunteers -. + I (
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SURRENDER OF PLyMouTH.-rhe battle which
resulted in the surrender of Plymouth n. c.
began Oh the 10th aud was taken by the rebels
on Wednesday 20. Our loss was 1900 men. to-
gether with Gen. Vessels. Before the sur.
render Maj Gen. Vessels and his troops re-
tired into Fort William, and beld out until
noon, repalsing the enemy i'd seven desperate
assaults The rebel loss is said to be 100.
General Vessels, who gained such distinc-
tioa in the seven days fght before Richmond ,
has made, 10 this siege, most heroic esistancs
with bis little baud Of veterans
|, IT is positively affirmed that the Rebels on
taking possession of Plymouth, ordered out
the North Carolina troops who formed part OIL
the garrison and shot then; and that all negroes
found 10 uniform were murdered. We presume
The account is correct, aud it only proves that
what was Supposed 70 be an exceptional bar
barity at Fort f'dlow, has been adopted as the
deliberate policy of tue Rebels. AS the issue is
/, be made, it must be met.
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~ sunscrloers have now on baud and
Please give usN call m N, mn VI. a. TX ,''e'
Asbtabula Harbor, April 20, lsta eV
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Foxr Pillow INVESTIGATION Senator
Wade of Ohio, and Repi enseutalive Gooch
Of Massachusetts, in pursuing the investi.
CATION of the Fort Pillow massacre, have
extended them to Memphis.
LErrERs from Messrs. Wade and Gooch Of
Oondact of War committee, written at Cairo
have been received at Washington ssying that
snormitiss were perpetrated at Fort Pillow
even worse than was 6rst reported iu the news
napers.
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Cheese Vat l'or Sale.

'HE subscriber will sell n second hand
Cheese Vat n good order and Of sufcient capacity
or a dairy Of rs or 80 cows. nj w RR0WN
lake Shore, near the hafbor.
Ashtabua, april IS. 747
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From Rev j. Newton Brown d. D. Editor df the Encyclo.
leda religious wedge and Christian Chronicle Phil.
Although not disposed to favor recommend Patent
edici general through distrus of their ingredients
and ELECTS ! yet know of sufficient why
may not the benefits he believes himself
ceved from an simple PREPARATION In the hope that he may
thus contribute to the benefit oi others.
do this the mole readily in regard to Hooands German
Btters prepared by Dr. a. Jackson Of this city
was peudiced against them for many years. under the Inn
preston that they chiefly an alcoholic mixture an
indebted my friend Robert Shosnaker ESQ for the
this prejudice by proper tests and fer encourage
try them, when suffering from great and ong con
tinued debility The Of three bottles OF these Bisrs at
the beginning Of the present year. followed by eydsnt
relief and restoration TO degree OF bodily and mental viycr
which had et for six months before aud had almost
despaired ofreganing therefore thank God aud my epd
for directing me to the use Of them.
J. NEWTON BROWN
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Nsw YoRx follows Peunsylvsnia IN deci-
ding to pay The interest on her State debt in
legal teuders instead Of gold. The " y
Timcs soys; III appears TO have been dec-
ded BY the Assembly that The interest oo the
State debt shall be paid TO foreign holders as
well az 70 native ones 80 paper aud DOT in coin. "
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But little over 500 Pounds
THE EASIEST DRAWING MOWER USED!

And s ghtnesf, the simplicity fits machinery,
OF noon, and it's eedom from high gearing conspirs
to lnake II
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Is the Best Tonic in The World.
READ WHO SAYS so:

From the Rev. Levi G. Beck Pastor of the Baptist Church
Pemberton, formerly of the Nor Baptist Church Phil
have known Hoofands German Btters fsvofsbiy for
number Of years. have used them iu my family, and
pleased with their effects that induced
them many Others and know that they
operated in strikngly beneficial | take great
pleasure in thus publicly proesmpg this fact and calling
the attention of these afflicted with the dcases for which
they are recommended, Biers knowing from ex-
perience my recommendation will be sustained do
this cheeruy Hooands Bittes intended benz
eft the afflicted, and is "not rum drink"
Yours truly, LEVI G. BECK.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-07

" star Spaugled Banner" played by twenty
brass bands, speeches from orators, all Of the
same stripe, whose widest assertions no ono
present dares to contradict, except at the
risk Of being hustled to the next station house
for disturbing the meeting" the whole to
conclude with nine cheers and procession.
Such are tho details ofthe programme. Who
goes from such a meeting any wiser than when
he entered the grounds? What more does
the public know Of the comparative merits Of
the candidates, or the principles they are re-
ported to represent?
The Presidential campaign that s upon us
promises TO be one of extraordinary interest
and excitement. The questions involved are
those which threaten to cut away the sword
Of Damocles that hangs above the Union. Is
this time for fireworks and glee-clubs? Is
1t not rather time for grave discussion and
anxious deliberation? Any party, however
mired in the wrong, can get up meetings.
parade lanterns, sing songs, hire music, and
burn powder. Common sense, at such a crisis,
calls for something more manly, more digniaed,
more worthy of the grandest Republic the
world ever saw. Shall the demand be sat-
isfedp
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MCCLELLAN AT MALVERN HILL

80 RrtIiDR Facts - Mcclellan Abandoned
His Wounded 20 OPerIsh-General Kenr-
ney Characterized it as Being Prom ted
by COwRrdice or Treason General Mar
tindRle shed TeRrs-The Testimony of
Clergyman.
We find the following statement about Nc
ClellRn's retreat from Malvern Hill, in the Rev.
J. ]. Marks able history Of "The Peninsula
Campaign in Virginia" 1t is piece of history
which will be difficult for General Mcclellan
to explain The statement is the more i'm
portant just now from the fact that the Rev.
Mr.. Marks wrote his history Immediately
after Mcclellan abandoned the Peninsula.
1t was not written for political effect, nor by
politician, but by an army chaplain, who was
a faithful witness Of the scenes which he de-
scribes. We copy it now for the benefit of the
people who are invited to vote for the sweet
scented General who ran away from victory
which the glorious old Army of the Potomac had
won. Mr.. Marks says:-
The battle was over, but the canuonadng still
continued and shells and balls of every kind tore
through the woods In a ceaseless whirlWind of
fury. In the meantime thousands Of the Con-
federates fed in tho widest disorder from tho
scene, and hid themselves in sWamps and hol-
lows; soldiers without guns, horsemen without
caps and swords, came to the hospitals in the
DAttl6-Uclu Oh Olouutlci anu IcpOIttu luhb JnclT
regiments aud brigados were swept away, and
they alone we're Escaped to tell the tale"
Ii is one of the strangest things in this week of
disaster that General Mcclellan ordered retreat
to Harrison's Landing, six miles down the James
river, after we had gained so decided victory.
When this order was received by the impatient
and eager army, CONSERVATION and ama1ement
overwhelmed our patriotic and ardent hosts.
Some refused to obey the command. General
Ma,tindals shed tears Of shame.
The brave and chiYalrOuS Kearney said in the
presence of many officers 81, Philip Kearney, an
old soldier, enter my solemn protest against this
order for re,1oat-tOe ought, instead Of retreating
to foilotc up the enemy and take Richmond. And
in full view OF all the responsibility Of such a
declaration, say to yoa all, such order can only
be prompted by cOiOaTdico or treason"
And with all, hopelessness and despair sue
ceeded the flush of triumph. In silence and
gloom our victorious army commenced retiring
from an enemy utterly broken, scattered, and
panic-stTicken.
And when there was not foe within miles of
us, we left our wounded behind to perish, and
any one Witnessing the wild eagerness of our
retreat, would have supposed that we were in the
greatest peril from Vigilant and triumphant
enemy.
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WHAT THE ENGLISH THINK OF
MCCLELLAN.

If the exigencies of the Copperheads re-
quired soldier for their candidate for the
Presidency, 1t is to be regretted that they did
not select one in higher repute with their
friends, the English, than GEORGE b. Nc
CLELLAN. In an article published In the
London Quarterly ReUie,1, for April, 1854,
on "The Prospects of the Conlederates"
which the author tries to regard as hopeful,
in consequence of the imbeciHty, inertness,
and iodnt Of enterprise which he ascribes to
General MCCLELLAN, when in command,
the writer, in noticing the events preceding
the battle of Antietam, says:-
"The orders of General LBB respecting the
battle which was now imminent were placed
" in General Hills hands. These orders ac-
cording TO General LBR's invarable practice,
" were full, precise, and unreseTyed. IL was, ac-
" cording to General LEES view, very desirable
" to gain few days, In order to permit General
JACKSON to finish his task at Harper's Ferry,
" and 10 allow some of the many stragglers TO get
" to the front. General HILL was, therefore,
instructed TO take up strong position at South
Mountain. These orders, as it happened, were
" displeasing to General HILL. He flung them,
after reading them, Indignantly from him in
the belief(as has been urged in his defen se) that
" they would be picked up by one of his staff,
and carried safely 10 bis quarters. Be this
q as It may, they were left lying whore they
" fell the ground was shortly afterwards evacl-
/" atod by the CoDfederates and occupied by the
{" Federals; General LEES orders were picked up
" by Federal soldier, and, their value being
recognized, quickly carried to MCCLELLAN.
" No wonder that MCCLELLAN, commanding, ac-
" cOrding 10 his own statement 81, 100 men, pro-
" vided himself an assured and easy victory over
" the worn and weary troops which he knew to
" be before him, and as to whose movements and
" intentions he now had full information. That
hiS knoioledga iras IN has possession is confirmed
" by the testimony which he gave when exam
+" ined before Congressional Committee some
| " months later at Washington.
Viewed by the light of the fact that General
| " LES orders were in General McCLELLAN's
" hands several days before tue battle of Sharps-
burg was fought, the Dsbecihty, i',ertness, and
" todnt of enterprise OF the latter general are,
| " submit to our readers, inconrovertibly esta-
| " blished, to the utter dnnihiidtiOn Of his fame
lie dared not make any use of his large reserve
under FITZ JOHN PORTER in the battle of the
18th, he dared not resume the attack on the
F" 18th, and allowed his enemy to retire unmo-
" Tested on the morning of the 10th, leaving as
" the solo trophy for Washington and New York
"to exult over, three hundred desperately
wounded Confederates who fell into MCCLEL-
% LAN's hands"
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THE WAR NEWS.

Indications from the Army of the Poto-
mac Of forward movement to the Danville
railroad are sufficient to show that its Occu-
patton by our forces is not far distant. The
Rebels are massing and fortifying in front
Of WARREN, but they win hardly risk an
assault upon his defenses, as that would en-
tail very severe loss upon them, and they
could not hope to dlslodge him at any point
The same would prove true Of an attack upon
the lines Of the 9th Corps, on the right, or the
I'd Corps, on the extreme left of our line
General LEE sees, however, the necessity o.
not, he will find himself shut up in bad box.
The opinion is very general now that GRANT
win take Richmond, and that at no distant
period. The people begin to see his inexor-
able plans developing they begin to see what
he Is doing with his one hundred thousand
new men. GRANT will perform great deeds
during the current and coming month.
This Is the question which forms the principal
topic Of conversation at the present time. We
believe he will make on for Macon as rapidly
as possible, and viii finally retreat either to
Savannah or Columbia, South Carolina. II
he takes this route he will give SHERMAN
Montgomery and Mobile, Macon and Milledge-
vile, with the three States of Georgia, Ala
bama, and Mississippi We do not know what
may be SHERMAN's ability to pursue HooD
promptly, but have no doubt it will soon be
ample, as new troops are rapidly re-
= lieDing the veterans, who by thousands
are guarding the railroad from At
lanta to Nashville. Generals A. J. SMITH
BENJAMIN GRIERsoN, and LOWELL FL. RoUs-
sEAU win, we trust, proceed at once to finish
up the work of destroying the cavalry forces
of WHEELER, FORREST, and RoDDY. From
the latest news we ttink it probable that these
forces will be much injured before they reach
Macon, both by lighting and marching. We
had hoped that one of the results OF SHER-
MANS victory at Atlanta was the dismember-
ment of HooD's army, and the capture of a
great number of prisoners; but it appears,
from the latest news, that Hoop has sue
ceeded in getting of with considerable force,
and may show fight at Macon, unless he is
used up in the retreat and pursuit to that
place. We learn by private advices that an
abundance of stores and ammunition have
been forwarded to General SHERMAN, and
that the railroads will soon be repaired ant
running regularly again.
The death and defeat Of the Rebel Genera
JOHN MORGAN is fully confirmed, and tn
Knoxville and Chattanooga Railroad will 500
be in order again, never to be destroyed
Rebels we hope. The State Of Tennessee is
last completely reclaimed, and wholly in d
Union once more.
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Constitution. But this IA very different
thing from the convening Of representatives Of
the people Of all the States TO conclude peace
either with foreign or domestic enemies Of the
Government. The people have already effec-
tually parted with that function Of their soVe-
reignty. They have, by the explicit pro-
visions Of the organic law Of the nation, given
the entire war-malslng power to Congress,
exclusively, and the treaty or peace-making
power TO the President and the Senate. They
cannot now take these powers back without
subyerting the National Constitution by force,
which would be revolutionary, or regularly
altering that instrument in the precise mode
which they have appointed for its amendment.
In view, then, of these simple and obvious
facts, what DO the Democratic party mean
when they propose to suspend hostilities and
call Convention Of all the States, with
view to end the warp They cannot hope to
command a sufficient vote In the Senate to
declare an armistice; and if they could even
do that, the Convention Of States, to be called
afterwards, could do no more, at the most
than arrange the terms of peace, which, at
last, would require for their ratification the
approval of the President and the concurrence
Of ftwo-thirds of the Senators present in formal
executive session.
In short, the entire plan Of pacincation con-
tanned in the resolutions Of the Chicago Con-
vention is absurd, because impossible of exc
cution, while it would certainly end in final
disappointment, even if the experiment were
practicable,
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THE STUMP.

In the days of the Grecian Democracy,
those orators whose words resound even at
the present time ike the tones of a liberty
bell, addressed the mass from the stately
Pnyx. They spoke to a refined and fastidious
people, in view of the highest achievements of
art, and surrounded with the ennobllng memo
rials Of glory. Their themes, though often
personal, were as frequently the most exalted
that can engage the heart or mind; the eX-
ploits of heroes, the safety of a State, or
nations path TO power and renown. Yet with
all these circumstances, giving to their efforts
classic halo which awes the student by the
midnight lamp, they only "took the stump"
In the language Of q democracy mightier than
any OF which the Grecians ever dreamed, these
peerless takers were simply "the best stump
speakers In the State" The West lacks
Pnyx, hewn from the solid rock. But in the
bosom ofthe grand old woods, mounted upon
the stub ofan oak which the storms ofa century
had stricken down, the orators Of the new
Republic assembled their countrymen, and
inaugurated system of speech-making,
rugged, perhaps, as the gnarled trunks of the
forest, but as fresh as the green foliage that
canopied the throng. Yet, after all, with
these wilderness surroundings, the spirit Of
the stump and the Pnyx were the same, how
ever different the force OF the gloss Of the
anguage employed. DEMosTHENEs thun-
ering against PHILIP from the rock, and
HRERY CLAY pleading for the war against
England, in 1912, from the stump in Ken
lucky, spoke with the same GniHlus, and to
the same popular heart. The candidates for
Congress, representing antagonistic views,
addressing alternately the same audience,
though it be from an humble, an extemporized
rostrum, carry out the old Grecian idea OF
enabling the mass to see the whole merits Of
o subject, and to decide for the best.
In the largest portion of our land, that, too
which claims to have advanced the farthest in
political enlightenment = stump speaking
Sno political assemblages often partake
e.roneS Of the absurd Look, for instance,
~ one OF our partisan meetings in Independ-
ence square ofwhat does il consist? A
great crowd, composed Of men of all political
creeds, OF course, because, In a great city
thousands will 60 TO one of these conyoea-
tions out Of curiosity; myriads Of lanterns.
banners, and transparencies, bearing AN man.
ner ofdeyices ofa ridiculous kind, capable q,
efecting nothing under heaven but an insul,
10 those who happen 10 differ from the meet
ing In convictions Of State pohcy-hring Of
guns and pistols - spluttering Of show,
fireworks, @Hail Columbia" and th
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AUCTION SALES.
WANTS.

MACKEY's AUCTION ROOMS, No. 500
Vl MARKET street.
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CAMPAIGN DIAL WILL BE ISSG ED
" TOMORROW, at o'clock, and daily thereafter
until tho day The Presidential Election Back numbers
be supplied hence the necessity Of subscribing at
once The GTBt number win contain Illustration OF tho
ALARMING ILLNESS or hIi. PEACE DEMOCRACY, t,
together with several Of the following articles, viz
Tho Peace Party. The Loyal People At tue
The Past and Future, south,
Mcclellan Is Career, bare Not Cheer,
Organize, Military at the rOus,
Weak In the Knees, Ind'creet,
Mcclellan VS. The Platform, Consistency,
Must Submit, Hurry Up
ChicagO Platform, The Clubs,
Political Platforms Contrast Not True,
cd Cheering Prospects,
Think oft, Pierre SOule,
A Truth Well Told, Presidential Record,
The Rebel General Hood, Review OF Candidatesi
Union Campaign Club, &c, &C. sc sc.
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