Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-03-24
IN GENE RAJ.

--On Tuesday last. the Senate by vote Of
2l to l3, refused admission TO tho territory Of
Col srado ss State. ataa ..t.
1T Is proposed, that when that load OF
Massachusetts, women reaches Oregon 10 found
city and call 1t '.She-cargo' -.-. ..t.
The planning mill Of Alibeof & Co.. Erie,
Pc. blew up on Friday last killing 40 elderly
man named Liddell, and hurti: several others.
Senators Dixon and Foote are daily growing
worse. There is little hope Of recovery OF the
latter.
The bill fixing the time Of manual labor at
eight hours day has passed both branches OF
The Ohio State Legislature and is DOW law.
Clement G. Clay, On his parole Of honor, is
allowed the freedom Of Fortress Monroe in
day time, bot at night is locked up 10 his cell.
The War Department propose, ss soon as
Illinois shall transfer Jurisdiction Of the land
and shores of Rock Island tc establish an
arsenal there.
Some New Workers nrc making sn effort to
induce Henry Ward Beteher to locate in New
York City. They propose to raise 100000
wherewith to build church aud parsonage.
Hon. HeDry s. Fao,e, ather.iu-law OF
senator Stewart Of Nevada, is said to be the
author Of the reslutions on reconstruction
offered by Mr.. Stewart last week.
The lower branch of the Wisconsin lcgisla-
ture has defeated bill estoring the death
penalty. The Senate has adopted resolution
striking the word white" from the law defining
the qualification of voters.
Comptroller Clarke states that S27 ,000, 900
OF the ten forty loan was not issued. Tnat
recently. however, SO 7S5 have been quietly
issued OF this old loan and at 6 per cent, in
terest. .l s..
A German savapt has written a letter to
Secret ary Seward in regard to the riuderpeit
prescribing petroleum oil. by external applica.
lion and internal doses as q ma ms Of prevent.
ing the spread Of the DISEASE among cattle.
Late dispatcbs from Secretary Seward to
France settle the Mexican question. SO it Is
said. The terms agreed upon are, Withdrawal
Of the French troops within year, and non-
interyent ion during the Withdrawal
A severe and very disastrous FIRE occurred
.. Buffalo on Saturday, consuming the Central
freight depot. and adjacent elevator, a quantity
Of freight intransiis. and 400 900 bushels OF
grain. The loss was more than $l.000.000.
Out of $50 applications the President. on
the l6;h. sppoiuted 10 West Point cadets, in
accordance with the law empowering the Exc.
eutive TO appoint annually that number from
the country at large.
"A new and very fatal disease among horses
has manifested itself 10 some ofthe livery stables
in New York. 1t is supposed to have been
generated by contact with diseased army
horses. .s ...t
"A joint resolution giving the thanks OF
Congress to Major Generals Gordon Granger
and James A. Garfield, and to the men under
their commands, for their gallautry was in
troeuced on the 7O;h. '-3 1
Secretary MeCullsch, states that the
available balance in the treasury on the 10th
iust., was Sl23 423. ss5--S57, 100 s2l bein in
coin add $65.623. .964 10 currency. OF this
amount .$2l .7S0, $50 was on deposit in national
banks designated as repositories. n
| The Canadian census Of 1861, shows that
the Irish Catholics in Canada numbered q
| fraction under 800, 600. and the Irish Protes.
tants fraction over 378.000---together making
one-four:h Of the entire population Of the
| Province. .ae
The Texas Convention has adopted substi.
tute for majority report. declaring the ord.
nance OF sece ssion null and void ,acknowleds Il ng
the supremacy Of the Constitution Of the
United States, and renouncing the right again
to secede. by - to 81. ca.sl .z.saf., ... Z
There is an Ice bridge over the Niagara
River, at the foot Of the American Falls,
crossed daily by hundreds Of people at the
point known as "The Ferry" The ice in the
river between the Falls and Suspension Bridge
| could be measured by the million eosds, aud it
is estimated that the river will nos be clear
before the middle Of May.
! Three prisoners attempted to break out OF
the Columbus jail last Monday. by digging
through the wall of their cell into the hall and
from thence toonsiliag out; but after perfor-
ming an incredible amount OF labor they
emerged at wrong point. from which escape
was improbable, and returned to their cell 10
DO smiabls humor. The regular evening 10.
speetion Of the Jail. they were iroued and seat
to the dungeons.
Senator Wilson bss prepared bill for the
equalz ,tion ofsoljiers bounties. which allows
10 each soldier honosably discharged SO 80
per month. Cor every non,hs service. from
which is to be dedueied OH boaniy already
neceived from the Government. Claims
assigaed to agents are not valid. so that oil
specuias;oDs by intermediate parties ass pre-.
vented rsqF
The ship Arabis, wih . splendid lot OF
animals for Ban Rice. arrived in New
York on the rf'h inst Amob, the ht Is
. young hippopo,amus or river horse, Q
horned horse and Royal Bengal tiger.
Col Rice has also purchased Of The HoG-
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