Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-08-26
IN GENERAL.

Post Master General Depnison will not, a.
many Of his friends DESIRE be q candidate for
the Scna,orsbip or Ohio, as Mr.. Shermans
successor. 0 Gu' s"l
Mr.. schenck is thought TO be the most
probsbie candidate for the succession. ~
Out Of $4,000 applications for pardon re-
ceived from ex-Rebels, Il is stated that the
President has actually psrdoned less than 100.
r. p. Rsnney n. b, Payne. aod FRAsKLfS
T. BAcKrs, ere among the Cleveland delegates
10 the Democratic State Convention TO be held
| In Columbus. ..sl, ....,.,..,..a ed. I
Various reports 10 the newspapers give the
impression that TepDysou s wasting away
with . mortal disease. Recent letters from
him are to the effect that he is 10 bis usual
health. pa
On the evening of the 2lst tre broke out
10 the large workshop attached to the Peniten-
tisry on Black wels Island which resulted in
its complete destruction. ... ...... i. t..,
The President has permitted ex-Congress-
man Henry @. Buroett Of Kentucky to return
to his home, srd delivered to him his property
He has not yet been psrdoned. i'i.-ri
During the week ending Saturday 18th there
we're GIT deaths in New. Y ork. decrease OF
IS from the previous week. and Of Iss from
the same week Of last year. aba .5suta
The statue Of Je -ersop. executed in marble
BY the late virginis artist. Alexander Gait Of
Norfolk, now lies 10 the University Of Virginia.
boxed up. just ss it came from Europe.
Philadelphia consumes in week ave thou-
sand cattle, twelve TO fifteen hundrded sheep
and Ia mbs and . proportiouste amount Of
pork, veal. and poultry. s5rs pos
A man named Lewis, supposed to BE- an &C.
compliee Of the assassin Booth, was arrested
on Wednesday 10 Fort Wayne, Iud., and Is
now in the military prison at Indiana. a..,t
The Atlantic Gable Compay held an sx-
traordiuary meeting on Aug. .. and resolved
to issue additional capital to the extent Of
ESQ 900 to complete the cable and lay down
secord. -5fA4 4''.aaf Aa
Mr.. Duulap, Baltimore merchant. lef,
| Norfolk. Conn, on Friday 18th with o crate
Of Maltese hit:sps. to supply the demand 10
Baltimore. where the feline species are very
scarce. ad ~ -'"'
The Postmaster General has just ordered
the resumption ef the daily mail service from
Macon to- Colambus, Atlanta, Chattanooga.
and other important points in Georgia By
Railroad, 90 .aaja "1.F .-tI '-a' Z
Bsyard Tsylor win spsnd the summer Of
1866 in Europe. visiting the relations Of bis
wife 10 Germany. and 10 making tour Of
Spain and Portugal He viii have q new
novel ready for the press before The aasumn.
Franklin claims to be asesd Of Titusville %
Q postofice station. Tho receipts Of letters ct
TRusvilIs for the quarter ending with june
were s,29l per week, and 10 Frsklin the nun
Der Of letters received per week 10 june
sverged $4,000. a'r7a so .''isf %
The Ketcbum case has ceased to be sensa.
tiou. and walLst. bsoiog on as usual, with q
stssss stock and gold market. or young
'Ketcbum nsthing has a. yet been heard
though the feeling is general that he will be
arrested before long. ese,s ,.oas7
The steamer Traveller was burned at Eagle
Hsrbor, Lake Superior. Mich. on Thursday
morning last. She had on board q valuable
cargo Of merchandise, which wss mostly de.
stroyed. The vessel was valued at $4,000.
Insured for $4,000. H ~ s!is 3.
The Medina Gazette says il is reported
that the Atlantic sud Gres wss,ers Railroad
Company Is negotiating for the purchase OF the
unfinished railroad through Medina, with a
vHw TO its completion to ito Junction with
that Company's road at Seville or vicieity.
At Syracuse N. Y. ou Mooday the 2lst. j,
was reported that the Electric aaid was 90
abundant 10 sks atmosphere bat the Electrics
machines 10 the telegraph Office were buruet
up. md the operators s'ires heller skelter ou
of the Office.
The Hoo. Theodore s. Fay, late American
minister at Switzerland. has publ ishsd at Ber.
lin. in the German language. work. the design
Of which is to give the German public clear
and just view OF the causes, the nature and
the history Of the late rebellion In the Uatsd
States. ha
Spectators are engaged 10 buying up rsbe
currency. in expectation that even, aaily IL vii
have an spprecisble value. The assertion !
openly made at Washington that inducement
will be brought to bear upon some furtar'
Congress that will secure recognition OF tn
rebel debt. gs H9y a7sa lsdS .yb
Information has been reesivtd at ths pepsr,
; ment OF State. from the Minister Of the Uute
States at Busnos Ayres. Of the passage Of
, Law BY The legislature OF the Provincial Go '
erDmcnt Of Buenos Aynss, authorizing th
Governor 10 call the hrst town TO be locate
in province. Lpeeln. in eommemoration I
, the late President OF the United States. lqis.
The masters. engineers and officers OF Ii
J. Meteor have made detailed sworn ststemer
concerning the collissiou between that yeas
! sod the Pewsbic from which II appears Oh,
4 the Meteor copformed TO regular maritime rul'
. in steAriog ct the tine OF the accident. b,
that the Pewabic in some unaccountabls maj
ssr took the wrong directies. 8sr sit
+ The Atlantic cable parted on the And ins
Aftsr several inegsetssl attempts TO raise d
cable. sank 10 1850 fstboms Of water. u v,