Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-08-12
In GENERAL.

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Before the wac eighty-6ve newspapers we're
published 10 Texas, now there are only thirty
three. ara lpoii1sq sls
% 1t is believed at the Treasury Department
thst the ordinary sources Of revenue will meet
all acquisitions until Congress meets s.'oo' ,'9'
'' The Pos. office Department is about TO
issue double postage stamped envelopes. and
otherwise facilitate the paying Of postage. .,.
The population Of Utah is now one hundred
thousand. Salt Lake City contains twenty
thousand. 4 st ti e,ucu edi
10 In oil parts of the State Of New Jersey the
peach crop promises TO be larger this year
than it has been for many years past.
Queen Vctora manages to live iu CON-
paratve comfort, upon salary OF about two
r The total appropriations Of the last Con-
gress will amount to eight hundred and twenty
million dollars in.round numbers. 9.sa aCw-
Papa why do ,ou plant gunsf Do they
grow and have leaves? No, my son; but, like
plants, they shoot, and then others do the
leaving a',
The shipment Of cotton and naval stores
from Newbern, n. c., are said to be larger
than at any previous period iu the history of
that place. Dee lal et ia yh'u a'3
The New Orleans Picayune thinks that the
quantity Of sugar that will be produced 10
Louisiana this year will not much exceed the
crop OF 1863. 10000 to 1900 hogsheads.
Superintendent Conway reports less than 35
freedmen maintained by the government 10
Louisiana. No rations are issued except to the
sick and helpless. ..r. ...,dtt1s .f,a.
Messrs Tucker, Cutler Butterfeld, 10 cards.
deny that any sentiments in favor Of renewing
the rebellion, in any way, we're uttred OF the
meeting Of JEFF Daviss friends in New Y York
city.
F. W. Sims, the former proprietor OF the
Savannah Republican, has petitioned for the
restoration of That property, but Gen. Brannan
has ordered that on account Of his reasonable
conduct the petition be denied. .a Hf
TIE person who was recently conveyed to
Washington in irons gave his name as John
II. Ryan. lie is charged with having been
eogaged in the conspiracy 10 assassina,e Presi-
dent lincoln. t:. .. .... -4
The Raleigh IN. C) Standard says rebel
papers are appearing all over the State, and
that most Of the State officers recently appoiu-
ted are unable to qualify, as they caunot take
the GA aIh prescribed by Congress-. e4 @'' |
Five thousand female operatives are. wanted
immediately at Lowell, and the same namber
at Lawrence and Manchester, Mass. Wages
are high and agents are seeking female labor
in other sections aud in the Canadas.
An Alabama correspondent represents the
people of that State as oyerbearng and i'm.
perious iu their demands. having been spoiled
by the magnaimous treatment. they have
received. tf gt.f Beg 4 .a
II is rerorted tt at Mr. Barnum pr poses to
establish free museum, after the plan of some
of those abroad. but in order to pay the ex-
penses of this. be will erect aud carry on an
entirely separate museum with dramatic per-
forDances. .g4 ...t,.s. .. .,.
From fhe single county of Bergen, N. j.
there were sent 10 the New York market
$4,000 600 baskets of STRAWBERRIES last season.
At the average rate Of FIVE cents per basket,
the value Of those would be 1925 900. The
profit made ia about so per cent.
| Some Of the Hartford capitalists have
bought out the Weed sewing machine company
Of Nashua, N. H., aud have formed new
joint stock company with a capital of 5000 900
for the manufactuary Of the machine at Hart.
ford. "' 't"f. 5" t5dal laf e,eU.
Clara Barton. the soldiers angel, declares
that two hundred aud seventy bodies have been
4 fonDd at Andersonvie, OF meu who were shot
for getting outside OF what is known as the
dead line. They having been found op the
spot where they dropped. .., -.fa at+a. 4,
GoTernor Pierpoint has addressed notice to
the justices OF county courts 10 Virginia, de-
claring that al Offices to which persons have
4 been elected who cannot qualify according to
the act Of Congress prescribing the qualifca.
tons necessary to hold Office, ore vacant :, .s..
Among the passengers lately arrived al
Plymouth, England, from Melbourne. is John.
ny Day. champion pedestrian Of Australia.
nine years OF age, three feet ten inches 10
height, and ffty.four pounds in weight. He
visits England to walk agaiDst eny man or boy.
According to the Pennington (Maine)
Chronicle, species OF insect is threatening the
exterminaton of the Canada THISTLE which i,
kills by surrounding tie top with thick web
SO as to prevent the growth and blossomiog ol
the plant. Only doukeys will regret. this.
10 Paris swallows are superceding hun,ming.
birds for bead dresses, hats. bonoets, asd even
ball dresses. They have had dragon, Sie,
wasps. and other winged insects; these were
superseded by butterflies and humming birds
and now swallows are the rage. o9a
1t is said that while Burnside lay opposite
Fredericksburg in the winter Of 1862, Mosby
dined with him. 10 the character of Union
farmer from across the river, aud gathered
With which he regained the rebel lines without