Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-06-16
IN GENERAL.

Tuesdny eVehing.
1T Is reported TINT the farmers in Texas
baye harvested the fpest crop OF wheat ever
I raised 10 that state.
A Monument Is 10 be erected at Jackson.
VILE, ILL.,, to the memory Of the late Jacob
Slrawn, well-known as the cattle king of the
West.
Judge Underwood decided en- the llth.
that Jefferson Davis could not be admitted TO
bail, because ho wus prisoner Of war, aud he
has no power in the premises.
--Wheas throughout Georgia has been bar.
vested. and although the, crop is by no means
excellent, II turns out better th en- was autici
pated some time ago.
Colonel John NJ. Council, of Lancaster,
Ohio, a supporter of the President, has been
appointed Assessor Of the 18th District, in the
place Of Charles F. Shaffer, removed.
Last week the local election in the town
Of Plover, Wisconsin should have taken place,
but was entirely forgotten and thus neglect.
ed--an event without parallel in our history.
The House on the 1lth by a vote of los
yeas to 10 nays adopted resolution asserting
that JEFF Davis should be held in custody un-
: Gil tried according to the laws of the land.
Gen. Beauregard was in Liverpool on the
30tb, and visited the Exchange, where he was
applanded and on leaving was followed through
the streets by numbers OF people.
L.. L. ~f L. 4
been reached. The whole force is disbanded,
and alk but few stragglers have left Canada,
and are anxious only to get hack to their
homes.
Sodium Amalgam Is the name Of new
explosive compound of California origin. The
explosive power Of one ounce Of this material
Is said to be equal TO that OF rs pounds Of
guppowder.
"A young man named John Dale was shot
dead near Titusville Sunday morning while
on bis way to be married to a Miss Hattie
Mathison. A rival for the hand of the lady is
supposed to be the murderer
4 Marshal Bszaipe recently assembled the
French officers 10 Mexico aud told them they
had leave to take service with Maximilian, as
the French troops were to withdraw. The off,
GERS declined though offered promotion.
Samuel Speer, says the Warren Chronicle
late an employee ct the Mahoning Depot, left
this place last week for Wloughby, and while
there committed suicide, by iaking arsenic
The reported cause was domestic troubles.
The Postmaster Geceral refuses to increase
the pay of New England railroads for carrying
the msils the expenses of reopening the South.
ern mail routes not permitting such an increase
Of expenditure.
Provisions are very scarce 10 the interior
OF South Carolina, and repor. says that unless
large supplies are provided by Government
numerous plantations will be abandoned for
want of provisions TO feed the laborers
:, The monotony of the House of Repres en-.
tatives was broken on Monday by bitter.
truthful but undignifsd speech from Mr.. Grin
nell Of Iowa, directed against Mr.. Rosseau of
Kentucky. For while there was some ap-
pearance OF Gght but the elements subsidized
before adjournment.
Investigation of the invasion Of Vermont
by the British troops shows that they killed
one or more Fenans on American soil. Such
is the report from Malone. An account from
Washington, however, says the Investigation is
not complete, but so far the reported invasion
is not confirmed.
--One hundred acres of land, lying within
three miles Of Cornth, Mississippi, was sold
few days since at auction, being trustees
sale, for thi:ty-ive cents per acre. People ac-
qsainted with the topography of Cornth and
vieiai,y will wonder that purchaser would be
found for the land OF any price
1t is said that guard of Fenians placed
on this eide OF the Canada line, in the vicinity
ofSt. AlbaDs for the purpose OF bringing uE
strsgglers, were attacked by mounted British
troops and one Of them killed ard three wound
ed. 10 two other instances, on Saturday, tb'
British are raid TO have crossed the line ant
captured or killed Feniana
Officers who have returned from the war
to lay their laurels c: be feet OF the ladies
find il expedient 10 perfume the leaves Win
Phalons Night Blooming Cereus. A few
drops of the perfume takes of the odor Of gnn'
powder acquired amid the smoke of battle
Bold everywhere.
-The House Naval Committee have report
ed hill giving the President authority, when
ever in his judgment public interest requires
II. TO establish at Cleveland, Grand Haven ant
Milwaukee, or at any one of said points, suit
able navy yards or naval depots, for tho pro
lection Of American commerce Oh the grea
lakes.
while party of night scavengers were
cleaning out deep privy vault in Cincinnati
Monday night one of the workmen was over
come by the stencil and fell in. Two Others
Who descended TO drag him out, fell into the
flth--asphyxiaied. Volunteers succeeded, 10
the course of three quarters Of an hour. in res
cuipg the men. one Of whom will probably die
from the effects Of inhalation:
Oar better balf says she always welcomes
Shs Gold Medal Soap with the same hearsinsss
-slI s<raaf old friaads il