Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-03-31
IN GENERAL.

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--PIKE's Opera House, Cincinnati, took
Gre at II o'clock on the night Of the 22d and
burned down. Loss, half a million of dollars
The people of ST. Paal Mimi, on the 22d
were ceebratig their one hsndredth doy Of
uninterrupted good sleighing.
MIR. and Mrs Minister Adams, and several
other Americans, were presented to Queen
Victoria at her last reception"
The good people of Chicago are luxuratipg
IN the wonders performed by Bassecouthau.
maturgist!l
"A company Of soldiers are engaged in ex.
humipg the bodies OF soldiers buried on the
battlefield of Shiloh, and are interring them
10 cemetery pear by.
"A new religious journal is shortly to be
started in Cleveland, under the auspices of the
Deciple demonstration. Elder Isaac Errett is
to be editor in chief.
The Commissioner of Indian A fairs has
been informed from Forts Randall and Sully,
Dakotah, that great number of Indians are
arriving at and above the Forts in a starving
and destitute condition. They had actual
been forced by the extremity of their hunger tc
eat their ponies ard dogs
Geo. N. Sanders has been arrested for
debt in London. He owes the little matter o
ten thousand pounds sterling, which he con.
tracted on account of the G. S. A. His trial
has been postponed until the 23d inst.
light pork packing establishments in Full
ton and Washipton market New York have
quit the business Trichina were discovered
10 large quantities in the contents of an i'm nense
establishment on Greenwich street.
The iron clad Miantonomah left the Po.
tomac on the 25th for New York, on her way
to Halifax. Her departure excited interest on
account Of its supposed connection with the
vexed fishery question.
APPoINTED.-The Columbus journal en-
nounces that D. G. McDermott, Surgeon. Gen.
eral Of Ohio, was on Saturday appointed
Trustee or Director OF the State Soldier s
Home, to fll the vacancy occasioned by the
resignation Of DR.. r N. Barr.
The United States Senate on the 22d, passed
bill authorizing the building of bridge
across the Mississi rp at ST.. Louis; also, bill
making provisions for canal to connect the
waters of Lake Superior with those of Lac
Belle, iu Michigan.
According to the figures of the Poor Law
Board there were ou the last day of 1865 il
England and Wales alone, 882 O25 paspers 10
receipt Of relief. So that the present year.
opened with every twenty-third person in
England and NV ales apauper, receiving parish
pay:
"A Havanpa letter says Cuba gentleman
named Francisco San Juan. who died receutly,
left his entire estate, valued at $4,OOO,0OO, to a
Spanish Female School, with provision in
hiswill that if the Spanish government shall
10 sny manner interfere With the legacy, il will
refer to the United States.
The question as to whether a license
under the United States Revenue Law legal
ICES business prohibited by State legisla,
tiop. has been settled by the United States
Supreme Court 10 the case of an appeal from
the Massachusetts, Liquor Law. The Supreme
Court decides that the license does not lega-
lize whatthe State laws have declared unlaw.
ful.
"A total eclipse Of the moon will take place
on the night OF Friday uext a0th which will be
visible in the United States. The eclipse will
begin at fifty minutes past nine on Friday eve
ming. The eclipse will be total from about
eleven until nearly half past twelve. A total
eclipse Of the moon is a sufficiently rare thing
TO make it an interesting phenomenon.
The Department Of State has received
sutheniic Information that three colored chill
dren OF Rose Elysia. Of New Orleans. who were
taken to Havana without the consent Of their
parent, has been sent back to her by the
United States Consul at the latter city,
General Canby gave information concerning
the abduction, or removal. oftbe children, and
the State Department Instituted the measures
which led to their recovery.