Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-11-18
i'm GENERAL.

poison her husband. asserts that the circum-
stance trasspired substantially as stated.
A special says: Judge Underwood has
recommended Governor wise's personal
property for copfscation. His rcal estate is
sot worth ss much as sformsrly.
The total sick and wounded in Government
Hospitals throughout the country is less than
Eve thousand. Eight months since there we're
ever ono hundred thousand
General Augur has issued an order forbid
ding the whipping OF colored men, under any
law Of Virginia. within the limits Of bis De.
partmeut
No additional cases OF cholera have occur
red on board the Atlanta. The passengers
complain much Of their detention Strict
quarantine Is being enforced.
be- Tbs 5apders kijnappers were brought before
the Csurt at Toronto 90 writ Of hsbeascor.
pus. but the judge refused bail and they were
remanded TO prison,
The Fenisn excitement still continues in Ca
NADIA. II Is rumored that plot has been dis
covered to rob the banks, and much uueasi-
ness ls felt in consequences.
The State election in Nevada for local off,
GERS, members Of the Legislature, and Congress.
nan took place on the 7,h instant. ID. II
Ashley. Republican. for Congress. has about
I 900 majority.
The Commercials Washington dispatch
says the President informed 40 ex-Confele ate
general, on the 18th, that it was not his in
teution at present to pardon any more civil or.
military leaders Of the rebellion.
A Fortress Monroe letter of the lltb says
The Merimack is being raised; portions Of her
machinery have already been taken out, and
her hull has been raised clear of the bc:tom
and is now suspended.
The last story OF Wirz is, that his wife
while the trial was 10 progress. on one Of her
visits to him attempted to place in his mouth.
in the act Of kissing, pill of strychniue
covered with liquorice.
About halfpast two o'clock Thursday of,
ternoon last. the great United States well. on
Pithole Creek, ceased flowing, having b7en
flooded by one of the new wells going down 10
its vicinity.
! Captain Ralph Plumb, who was on duty at
: Csmp Denpison for nearly three years as Assis-
tant Quartermsster Of the United States Army,
has been relieved at his own request, and is
succeeded BY Captain by R. c. Rutherford.
The President has informed the rebel Long
9ssseet. as be belonged TO the old army, be
would consider his pardon at the proper time
He only pardoped three or four who were
educated st West Point, and they were not
there when the war broke out
DR.. Tyires church was destroved by fire on
Tuesday afternoon. 1t was on the corner Of
18th street and Stuyvesant Place. Loss esti-
mated 100000 on which there is $4,000
insurance. Only the walls and towers are
standing.
@ The Phila. North Americau says that an i'm,
mense deposit of black marble equal to rhe
Belgian, aud superior to the Irish. has been
found at Williamsport. 1t is the only one
known in America, and a company has been
formed TO work il upon an extensive scale
q The Erie Dis patch says: We learn from a
reliable source that an arrangement is about
being closed between the Erie aud Pittsburgh
apd the jamestown and Franklin Railroad
Companies for the immediate extension OF the
Erie and Pittsburgh road from Newcastle
its present TERMINUS to Pittsburgh.
Alexander Fl. Stevens, Rebel exVice Presi.
dent, having been solicited to become candi-
date for Governor of Georgia, has written
letter 10 which he positively declines to allow
his usms to be used n that connection. Mr..
Stephens has also refused though strongly
orged, to be candidate for Congress.
The Legislature Of Mo. on the 18th inst
resolution appointment Of Committee to
nemorialize President johnson to release all
the Union soldiers now confined for offsnses
committed during the rebellion. on ths ground
OF the pardoning ofrebel soldiers whose crimes
were infinitely greater.
The Portsmouth Chronicle learns that orders
have been received TO prepare the immense
ironclad Psssacooaway, now lying on the
stocks 10 the Portsmouth navy yard, for sea as
soop ss possible; also that the steamers Min
issota Msratapgsea and Galeua are to be
fitted ont for sea at once. ilrs
Hon. Preston King wwbo bad been for some
days iaboring under an attack OF nervous de-
billy, cad who j. will be fecollected was re-
gently sppoibted collector OF the port OF New
York. jumped from q ferry boat 90 the l4th
ana committed suicide. The act seems to be
snbssantiatsd. upon the mouy test Of two chill
dren. ard The finding Of bis hat.
The Liberal forces Of Mexico have not yet
withdrawn from Matsmoros. They hold the
river below the city. and will try to prevent
subsisteoce supplies for the garrison to reach
the city. The citizens are said to be 10 a
starving condition. Gen. Gonzales. with 500
men. was expected soon 10 rs-snfore the be-
siegeu. acfatf1 saa sr - ifau
President Geffrard Of Hayti has issued
ussniisska 10 which he announces that ships Of
pan zrehased for The Government 10 New