Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-06-23
IN GENERAL,

Gold on Wednesday night stood at 81 525
james w. Patterson b been elected
United States Senator from New Hampshire.
THE ExnIBITIoN OF THE UNION SCHOOLS will
take place at Clarendon Hall on Saturday even
ing Of this week.
The New York Tribune receives one
thousand Republican newspapers in exchange.
Twenty of them support the President.
A dispatch from Nashville announces the re-
oept in that city Of l3 400 barrels Of petroleum
from the Tennessee wells.
There are seventy telegraph Offices 10 New
York CITY with force OF 375 persons; nearly
one hundred wires leave the city, thirty OF
which run to Washington
Under the new West Point Academy bill
which has passed both houses, the President
has authority to appoint fifty cadets at large,
instead of ten as heretofore
The bill TO regulate the appointment OF
Naval officers was called up, the provision cre-
atiBg the office Of Admiral was adopted by
IL to IL, and the hill was passed the House.
The Richmond Times says that an order has
been issued at Washington releasing Dick
Turner. the turnkey OF Libby prison during the
xaE.
The funeral OF the late Colonel Seaton,
OF the National Intslligencer, was largely at
tended in Washington on Monday last
Among the mourners were compositors who
had been employed 10 the Office for fifty years.
The Secretary Of War has revoked the
order which dishonarlbly discharged Capt
John Brown, 38th Ohio, from the service, as
it appears that he acted 10 good faith, notwith-
standing bis non.observance of certain orders
and regulations.
The cholera in New York is on the TO-
crease, both ia city asd hospital ships. The
dispatches report several new cases. No alarm
however, is felt in the city, and the Board of
Health are active 10 the work of prevention
aRd preparation.
ELIAS Howe, the inventor and patentee Of
the sewing machine aeedle, has declared bis
purpose not to apply for an extension of bis
patent which runs out this year, on the ground
that be has made million and bali dollars
on il already, which be regards as fortune
enough for one man.
The Detroit offices have astonished them.
selves by the capture of female horse thief
one Catharine Guott, who very appropriately
balls from Defiance. Ohio. and in connubial
squan ran away with her husbands team Of
hsrses, which she converted into cash at Mon.
roe, Michigan.
"A convention Of engineers, representing
almost every railroad 10 the United States and
The Canadss. have been in secret session 10
Rochester, N. Y. It is understood their
object is to adopt measures that will
guard against such strikes as recently occurred
on the Michigan Southern Road
The records Of the Auditors Office show
that during the ,rebelliou the naval force of
United States captured over 1900 prizes, some
ofwhieh were worth as high as 5000, ,009.-
Besides these, important captures of corn,
rics, and cotton were made. 1t is stated that
the navy has netted over twenty million dollars
as its share in these prizes.
TRLsaRAPHIo CoSsoLIDArIoS-By the con-
soiidstiou Of the American and Western Un-
ion Telegraph lines there will be control OF
more than 100000 miles OF wire. connecting
all important points from Newfoundland to
San francisco. Within year there will be
teIegrspblo connection between the place last
named and s.. Petersburg, while Cuba is soon
10 be uuiled with this continent 10 the same
manner.
The bill reported by Mr.. Julian' Chair
man Of the Public Land Coi2mittee OF the
House, some month, ago, extending the Home
stead law over public lands Of the South
was on the l4th reported to the House aud Sea-
sts by the Conference Committee having IT 10
charge, and passed. 1t dsdicates to actual set
element in small homes. some 46 900 900 ncres
which can 10 longer be sold and secures it to
Che poor white and black. This 10 regarded as
ons Of the best practical measures Of recon.
slFustisn yet enacted.
The BaHalo Exprsss Of the 18th thus en-
n1ancss Tie large receipts Of grain ~ tbsa port
Tor two dsyss The rsesipts Of grain al this
port daring the fOFiy-sight hours ending last
nighi amounted 10 the enormous aggregate
u svs MILLIONS. SIX HUNDRED AND NINE THOU
sAHp TWO HusDRED AND rurr-rwo bushels.
which is not only more thanl ever before ar
rived 10 BuifAlo, IN he same period. but fai
the groatsst quantity OF brssdstuas ever re-
csived at any port Of the globe 10 two success
siye days