Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-02-03

A eensus of tbe colored population OF the
District of, Colanibis, shows that there are
5000 negroes 10 wsshiaston city. sa,I
A dispatch from San francisco announces
the discovery Of diamonds ss well as gold
and silver III Idaho. sm lsbTaq"nN iat
Three hundred barrels Of petroleum arrived
at Cincinnati on Tuesday from Creelsboro, on
the Tennessee river; . source jsst discovered.
Gen. Sichles has issued en- order auuulIiug
she acts of the Souh Carolina Legislature
which were cruel and Impressive to the freed.
men. e'laI dint4 aHf ss'ilN 'A .
oMsfimilisn has Issued decree granting to
certain parties The right Of constructing and
working certain rsilroads for period Of
seyen,ysfye yearso 5as-i ie,a9, 8d ,aa @
The extreme cold weather has csused ter.
ribls suffering on The plains. Great numbers
ofcattle 10 government trains perished. and
not a'few persons were more or less injured BY
The frest. = =
General Terry. commanding ct Richmond.
haspsohibited the enforcement OF the yagraut
Act against the negroes ss the effect OF Il Is
, 10 .Fodues them 10 state OF slavery more de.
grading than that from which they have just
been emsncipated. 'Rh'9
Mrs, Douglas has ceased to be the subject
OF eaily kilograms, She is really married.
The ceremony was performed at the Catholic
Churchio Washington on Tuesday evening
thsl2sd. Major Robert Williams, U. s. A.
was the bridegroom.
In the Georgia Legislature, on the 9th,
Herschei ". johnson was elected. United
States Senator. On the drst ballot. A. H.
Stephens received majority. but would not
accept the place.
Microscopic examinations Of the bodies OF
cattle which have died Of the plague 10 Fog,
land show that the muscles Of the diseased an
iuals are invariably infested with numherless
"A report comes from Memphis that The
steamer Miami blew up and burned. on Sunday
last, six miles above the mouth Of the Arkan-
sss River, and that one hundred and thirty
lives were lost
General Robert e. Lee has received from
Cyrus II. Mccormick, Of Chicago, $4,000
for the establishment OF Mccormick,
Professorship Of Practical Mechanics in the
college Of which Lee is President at Lexing-
ton;Va. sA.o rt ren aeaa
The steamer Missouri exploded her boilers
Tuesday morning, near Newburg. Ohio River.
She had on board about one hundred passen
gefs, and che. report says that only twenty
survivors were taken of, including the woun.
ded,, :"
Il turns ont that the capture Of Bagdad,
wss accomplished by mob Of Mexicans,
sutlsrs' clerks and adventurers. together with .
few American soldiers, who, however made q
nights ffolic OF it, returning to their camps in
time to spswer at the next mornings call. = ''
Rev, Or. Thome, OF the Congregational
Church. West Side, went to Columbus Mon
day ias.to present petition, signed by many
citizens, to Gov. Cox, asking for commute.
tioa of the sentence pronounced against DR.
Hughes to Imprisonment for life at hard labor.
He was obliged to return without dicision
owing to the engagements Of the Governor.
A Washington special says Secretary Sew
ard had an intervie with Santa Anna at St
Thomas, on Mexican affairs. The hostility Of
the Mexicsns leader to the Empire imparts .
degree Of significance to the meaning that is
regarded here as highly important
The neglect to stamp receipts given for
money or goods has become so common that
the Revenue Depaftment hss'se out orders
to have the Law enforced against delioquenis.
The fpeisi ffty dollars for neglscting to apply
che stamp by the party giving the receipt
A receipt for any amount less than twenty
dollars requires no stamp,
BY an exhibit Of Adj Gen. Cowaa, 1t is
shown that over Ss3. 100000 have been spent
by Ohio and her loyal citizens in defending
the Union from Democratic war upon it,
When II Is remembered that we have not only
met this immense expenditure but have
actually reduced our funded debt $1,000,
600 since the war began. every Ohioau has
reason 10 be proud Of the financial record and
status OF bis State. "a, 7i
The report ofthe q. s. Revenue Commis-
sion has been laid before Congress. II ma kes
various recommspdstions and presents The
form Of 4 bin for the better enforcement Of the
Reyenue laws, and suggests decreased sources
Of terspue. ~. The Commission also appends
report on tes. coffee. cotto on. sugar and molas.
ses 10 that end The Secretary Of the
Treasury approves Of all the recommendations
= +. n A. az.