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j, I. Boyd. OF Beaver, Pa, has
found III his garden gold coin,
mrarlv an ounce. and bearing date 4
-. 3-9. It's an old coin. Fort Nc
intoNh once occupied the spot where
'twas discovered, and it was probably
carried th6re b,y some of the British
officers when they occupied the fort.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Attention is cali
ed to the following advertisements, which
are published this morning. for the first
time:
Fisher 4 Lowrance--Fresh Arrivals.
The Watch Dog" at Levin & Peixottos.
Wm. 4. Lav-yaluable Real Estate
Edward Sill-Turnip Seed.
). l.. Frcmont-Noticc to Travellers.
Ir. G. II. Mot-Turnip Seed
Apply at this OIlice-Spectacles Lost.
City Of Colum bia-Notice.
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Total. ..... ........ $253, AS AZ
Leaving deficit of $50, O57. 33 to
De PAID out of the national treasury.
These expenses are in addition to the
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To TRAVELLERS TO AND from TIE NoRTE.-
Attention As invited TO the .advertisemeat
OF .. L. Fremont, Esq:, agent of the vii
mlnston and Weldon Railroad. Passengers
oyer this route viii find comfortable cars.
and everything in the-best condition. As
the great Southern mail is carried over
this route, sure connections may be relied
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prescribed in one State, while in an
other. different form is adopted. III
Louisiana, the expenses of the freed
mems schools have been wholly paid
by the Governments; in the other
States, the schools are partially self
supporting, and in -eXas thew are
entirely so. In some localities, the
Bureau officers interfere arbitrarily
between the planter and the freed
men in favor of the freedmen; in
other localities, the Bureau is used as
means of coercing the freedmen in
favor Of the planter. The expeIli-
ture Of the Bureau varies as much as
Its mode Of administration. In one
State, the expense, are over $500, 600
year; i'll another State, with an
equal population, the expenses are
not more than so, 900. In some
States, the expenses have been met
by taxes levied on and collected from
the people; in other States, the cost
is entirely borne by the United States
Treasury.
The official report of Col. Reno,
United States Army, Provost Mar
shall General of the Bureau of Louisi-
ana, shows deficit of upwards of
1000 in the accounts of the officers
who were engaged in the collecting
Of taxes i'll New Orleans, which deficit
Cob. Reno says he is unable to ex-
plain, III consequence of the loose
manner iii which the boots were
kept.
| We are of the opinion, that at the
close of the war, and for some time
after the cessation of hostilities, the
Freedmen's Bureau did good. The
people of the South, having at first
no faith in the negroes working under
a free labor system, were dcsirous of
getting rid Of them, and during tic
summer of 1860, judicious Bureau
and military officers did much to-
ward restoring order and harmony,
and inducing the people of the South
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-09-29
General Grants Position.

General Grant, while In Columbus, did
not hesitate, in conversing with those
with whom he is intimately acauainted,
to express, his utter disgust with the
whole performance of the Presidential
troupe with which he is in company, by
command of the, President, as his supe-
rior officer, but, With the political aspect
of which he has not one particle Of sym
pathy. He has been excessively bored
by the persistent efforts Of John Hogan,
and other Copperheads, to identify him
with themselves and their political pro-
jects. r. ..t as .'o,
While in Cincinnati, this John Hogan
proposed to introduce to General Grant,
a gentleman connected with the Elaqtia,-
er, mentioning as reason the fact of such
connection, and that the E,,guirer was an
ardent supporter of the General. He res
ponded that he had no sympathy with
the E5t9,tir@. lie remembered its course
during the war, and it was very abnoS-
ious to him. aa e..' 'ilaa. .
q" But" said the persistent Hogan, ''this
is one of the editors of the EEeq,tjrer"
"That," replied the General, "might
have prevented my saying what have
as matter of politeness, but it is ogt
now"
He complained that the Enquirer had
published a garble account of his remarks
in Cincinnati. The General says that he
accompanied the expedition, feeling that
the manner in which he was invited and
pressed by the President to do so amount
ed to an order from his Comnander-in-
Chief He expresses extreme disgust
with the manner in which it has been
conducted, and that he feels, though ply
sically strong enough, as tired as though
he had been absent from Washington for
six months =" i'. '-'a'.'
These statements are net derived from
rumor, but are entirely trustworthy and
reliable, and their publication is believed
blythe military and personal friends of
the Geppseral, to be both due and accepta-
bic. to himself ,..-, ....F..... ... ..-.- ....
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WHOLE NUMBER S74.
A Pen Portrait.

writer In the Atlantic MonthIy for sepsem-
ber has made President Andrew johnson q
study, and shows himself, In the delinsation of
Character, an apt limner. The following Il the
portrait produced. The Oiocinnsti Comser.
dici thinks It will answer for likeness: ~ tfg
The President Of the United States has 40
singu'ar combination OF defects for the Office of
OF constitutional magistrate, that be could
have obtained the opportunity 10 misruIe tho
nation only by visitation Of Providence. In-
sincere as stubborn, cunning as we'll as uorea.
sonable, vain as web ss iltempered, greedy of
popularity as we'll as arbitrary 10 disposition,
veeriug in bis mind as we'll as fixed ip his silI
he uuites in his character the seem;polv onno.
site qualities OF demagogue and autocfat. and
converts the Prudential chair into stump or
a throne, according as the impulse seizss him
to cajOle or 10 command Doubtless much of
the evil developed in him is due to bis misfor.
tune in having been lifted by events to a posi-
tion which he lacked the elevation and breadth
| OF Intelligence adequately to 6ll. He was
cursed with the possession of power and aus
,horiiy which no man Of narrow mind, bitter
prejadices, and iaordiuate selEestimatiou can
exercise without depravipg himself as well a
ipjuring :te nation Rgotistic to the point Of
mental disease he resented The direct and manly
| opposition or statesmen to his opinions aud
moods as personal sffront, and descended to-
the last degree ofittleness in political leader
that of betraying his party 10 order to grsts,
i[y bis spite. He Of course became the prey of !,
intriguers and sycophans---of persons who up.
derstand the art Of managing minds which are
at ouce arbitrary and weak by allowing them
to retain unity Of will amid tie most palpabte
| inconsistencies Of opinion, so that ncons .tence
TO principle sh all not weaken force, of purposes
The puDhaeia M Mt oil hate xr.th 4
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Hon, Reuben Hitchcock.

This gentleman has accepted the NOM
nation rendered him by Mass Conven-
ton held in Madison on the 4th inst. In
another part of this paper We print the
Address to the people of Ashtabula, Ge-
auga, and Lake Counties, bya Commit
tee appointed at that meeting.-setting
forth the reasons. why Judge Hitchcock
should be elected instead of Judge Chat
fee, to the honorable position of Judge
for this sub-jndicial district. F.
Mr., Hitchcock is too well known to
most of the voters of the district, to re-
quire any Recommendation from us? and
if the acts charged against Judge Chaffee
are true, it is very evident he is totally
unfit to discharge the duties of Judge OF
this District.
Mr.. Hitchcock has the entire confidence
of the Bar in the district, and this, it
seems to lis, is entitled to great consider
alton. The lawyers have the best means
of knowing the qualifications of the two
mon-both of them have held the Office,
and the verdict of the legal profession is
nearly. upanimousi in favor of Judge II.
We trust the decision of the people
will be such that all will be satisfied, and
the integrity and purity of the Office full
IN
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Sweet Corn all the Year Bound.

Nearly all the dried corn that one buys
has flavor, when boiled, resembling So
da or pcarlash--certainly it has but little
sweetness and much toughness. 4 n ow,
there is way of preserving corn which
entirely avoids these results and which
is warranted to give 'entire satisfaction"
Select, in their season, fresh, medium
sized ears of corn, strip Off silk and husks,
then plunge the ears in boiling hot water,
leaving them in for only three minutes.
Next cut the corn kernels. from the cob
with sharp knife and spread them out
on fiat dishes, taking care not to have the
layer more than two kernals thick. i.iar
The dishes must then be placed either
in a moderate oven {left 7openl or over
the kitchen range on q board shelf (which
can be arranged over it4for the purpose
! (say % or three feet above the top OF the
! ragne). The contents of each dish must
be distributed occasionally so as to insure
their becoming thoroughly dried. 1t is
well to spread lace or musquito netting
over the dishes to protect them from flies,
dust, etc. for sometimes the corn will be
two or three days in drying. ,.-.rt,o ais
When the corn is perfectly, dry tie it
up in bags and put it away in q cool, dry.
place. so,..l ,..,g. OIL. .,.,. l..- ...,,,
In winter, when you wish, to enjoy the
fruits of this little pains-takiug, you can
take ont few handsful of the corn, wash
it, and soak it well all night, and next,
day boil it till tender in the same water
it was soaked in land about twenty min
'utes before you take it OFF the fire., add
milk to the liquid according to yonr taste,
and when nearly done, add butter, pepper
and salt. A little corn starch added as
thiekeping, ten or fifteen minutes before
taking the corn from the fire, improves it
very much. y the corn should not be dry
when served, bnt floating thickly in its
own stiff broth; and, my word for it, it
will taste as fresh and sweet as any corn
need not ' say " that by soaking geo corn, a,
thus dried, all night, and also, soaking
the preserved beans for, the same length
Of time, a delicious winter succotash, can
be made the next day, as good as any
ever eaten in summer. ,, ~
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ASHTABULA, OHIO, SATURDAY, SEPT. 20, 1866.

of his candidate. lie was willing to ''dee
prive the people" of Munson, "of their
right of suffrage" by any and all means
to get for Mr.. Chaffcc the nomination, and
at the same time was declaring that if
Judge Hitchcock was nominated, he
would not support him. What, Mr..
Editor! not support the regular nominee !?
You who took so active part in your
primary meeting; not "bound to stand
by the regular nominee" unless forsooth
he is your candidate ? One township at
least in this county was carried by Dem
ocratic votes given at the primary meet
ing, and now the editor says These men
having taken part in the primary meet
ing, "are bound to support the regular
nominee" of the Republican party. Yet,
you yourself were not going to do so un-
less Judge Chaifee was nominated.
Verify Mr.. Editor, you must be classed
with attorneys and Democrats. You
cannot sit down with those pure ones
who desire to "maintain party faith"
Another point made in the article, "Sup-
port the nominee" is that Mr. Sherman
was recommended to the people by the
bar, as a candidate, not before the people
at the election, but before the cOnven-
ton How much trouble, Mr. Editor, you
might have saved, if you had only been
frank enough to have admitted that be-
fore, instead of writing article after arti-
Gle to show that the recommendation of
Mr. sherman was an attempt upon the
part of the lawyers to dictate to the peo-
pie, and to interfere with their "high pre-
negatives" Had you done so, to be sure,
you would have politically bankrupted
Judge Chaffee, as all of his capital stock
in this business Of the Judgeship, was in
vested in such kind Of sham articles, but,
then, you would have had the satisfaction
of having had truth on your side, But
perhaps You and the other '"few cunning
wire-workers' having deprived the peo-
pie Of their right of suffrage and impos-
ed officers upon them, who are not their
choice" and by being thus successful, saved
yourselves from occupying the position Of
Boilers, think you can afford to be mag
unanimous, if not iust. 80 ':'i, 70 ',7f
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From the Painesville Telegraph

AT the last term Of the Court of Com
mon Pleas of Lake county, Judge Chaifee
approached S. T. Loomis, Esq, (who was
then acting as Deputy Sheriff. and solici-
ted his support for reelection for Judge.
Mr.. Loomis, in reply, stated that he knew
no reason why he could not aid in his re-
election. IN. ni,..'.. t.,. ,... .. ~
Afterwards, while the call for the Bar
meeting was being circulated, Judge
Chaffee, in a conversation with w. w.
Nevison, ESQ.,. relative to the proposed
meeting, requested Mr.. Neyison to see
Mr.. Loonlis and be sire and have him at
tend the Bar meeting. Mr.. "a Nevison, in
answer to the Judge, said that the call
only embraced practising lawyers. and
that Mr.. Loomis had no license under the
u. S. Revenue act to practice law. Up
on which Judge G. told Mr.. Nevison to
tell Mr.. Loomis to make application for a
license and he Judge Co. would pay for
it lprice being $iO). s1..'.'. .,'.'' .'- ''li
MENevison accordingly got Mr.. Loom
is to procure the license as requested,
and attendrthe bar meeting at Ashtabu-
la, where he Uoomis) then for the first
time learned that Judge Chad withdrawn
from the meeting. ... .,,..,. .s %.
What think the voters of this Judicial
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Minnesota.

Minnesota will produce this year, it is
estimatad, l0,00o,0o0 bushels of wheat,
and that in 1850 she produced but 1885,
S12 bushels. 1t is doubtless true, as is
believed in minnesotr, that if the railroad
to Lake Superior had been running, SO as
to raise the price of wheat in out of the
way neighborhoods, the quantity this
year would have been very much In
creased. To the knowledge Of the writer
of this, wheat grown three years ago is
only this year brought to market, low I.
water inthe streams, and want of ofrailroad
facilities prerevenitng the farmers from
bringing it forwards q In .far-of,y settle
ments much wheat is grown which sells.
for 80 or 40 cents per bushels, the cost of
marketing it beiog so great AL this is,
chahging rapidly Minnesota is to be )
the greatest of all the wheat growong,
States for it is a sure crop, and avery,
the average as Illinois, or Ohio, and. its,
grain being of better, quality 81 80, .''' ),
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Renewal of Civil War-Views of
! lsdl .l--l Horace Maynard. -.L t-l-

.-
The Philadelphia correspondent of the
Neacl York Post, says: .aiH ~. ta
"Thc subject of renewal of civil war
III certain contingencies has been o good
deal discussed. There are those who are
quite apprehensiYe ON this point, and Mr..
Maynard, among others, was asked his
opinion. Mr.. Maynard expressed his be-
lief that the only way to avert trouble is
by carrying the fall elections for the Con
gressional policy. He says that the
Union men ofTennessce, already are sub
ject to a great deal of persecution. social
ostraeism, business ostraeism, insults, an
noyanees of all kinds, terminating often
in violence. Another Tennessee delegate
cOrrobborated this statement, and said
his county paper publicly warned him
mot to run from this convention. Other
delegates, from Georgia and Alabama
had received similar warnings and some
of them will heed them.
Mr. Maynard says that the one thing
to secure the Union men in the South is
a Radical triumph in the North He
says that the rebellion has broken down
from the moment when news of Mr.. lin
coins election was announced, and that
similar effect would follow a Radical
triumph now. He thinks that the rebels
would be as quick TO recognize and sub
NIT to a political defeat now, as in 1864.
They would be less intolerant, and would
vote for qualified negro suffrage in order
to get back into the Union. He is also
of the opinion that Mr. Johnson will ac-
cepts the popular verdict and obey its
mandates. ,-,,i....,. ...... .........-. ".
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-09-29
The Great Union Triumph in Maine.

The full returns show the Union victory in
Maine moro complete than announced last week.
General Chamberlain, the Union candidate for
Governor, is elected by 10000 majority. This
is an unprecedented majority, greater than ever
before given in Maine. We have elected the
lowest majority on any Congressman, will reach
1000. This shows an absolute gain of 10. 600
in the Congressional vote. All Of the 30 Union
Senators are elected and seven-eighths, OF the
Union members of the House. The vote is
heavier than that cast in 1864 for President, and
the majority at least ten thousand larger than Lin
coins over McClellan's. This is an emphatic
rebuke to the President and his policy-a re-
buke that the loyal Unionists in every other
State should be sure to emphasize ''''1
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-09-29
Meyer Fret.

Children, havea capital rule to giTo1l
you about fretting and, grahabling, Ia :
very short r,lle--which is worth your q.
while to reeollect, if you want to- culti-
vate contentment. - aNecefaJ fos ,so6sassio
'ohdt yow can't AeIpe beeauce it won't doc
any good. Nerer fret odosst, ,soAdt lyoss n
cais help; because, if yOu can help its do.s
so. When you are tempted itolgrumble. o
about any thing, ask yonrself e Can T.
help this ? 2" and, if you can't, don't fret I;
but, if you can, do so, and see how much &
better you will feel. ,r-r -r
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-09-29
Fun Among the Spiritualists.

The Spiritualists have been holding nation.
al convention at Providence, Rhode Island, late
ly, and avery free and easy and entertaining
affair ii seems to have been. Some of the more
rational tried to tie up the brethren and sisters
to rules and methods, but they scorned all such
bondage and talked. and sung and resolved
with the most perfect abandon. Among the re-
solutions the following is a model for political
conventions, and it is quite as logical as many
that come to light in such bodies;
WHgREAs, The people have outgrown the su-
persttions of the Christian religion therefore
resolved, that tobacco. rum, Sunday Schools,
churches, hanging, Andrew johnson, animal
1000, and swearing arc against science, reason
and experience, and they are not to be tolerated.
MIR. Chlld,, of Boston, the philosopher of the
sect, delivered his opinions on variety of top
les. He thought the devil was good thing in
his way, but that his ways were devish, and he
was about played out and bound to go down.
Didn't believe in force, in matters of morality,
but admitted its virtue in physics; thought the
founder OF Christianity and Fourier were very
good sort of plen, and was opposed TO ignoring
them believed in music and dancing, but was
deadly opposed to pork. Miss Hutchings ex-
pressed her disgust at much talk and so little
| action. She said the convention had done no.
| thing, and wanted 10 know what good resolu-
| uons d'u When one was suHerlng Win pam In
the bowels. She wanted something done and
that quickly, even if she had to do it herself
AR. Wheeler reinforced Hiss Hutchings, and
exhorted the members of the convention not to
make fools Of themselves and act as if they had
q patent right to all the insanity in the world
The great sensation of the meeting was poem
from Andrew jackson, written and spoken
through Sanford B. Swan. 1t concludes with
this comforting assurance: .... .......
. ...,.. ..Old Hickory the lover of the Free .4
Has not forgot the Old Liberty Tree
Which jackson helPed protect and Train LII
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Revolution Intended.

In the speech made at Little Falls,
New York, by President johnson, he
pssd the follQying significant language;
81 pray that we may not have another
war, that no blood may be shed, and nc
more. Treasure. be wasted, But if tho
course now persisted in by some is kept
up, and they succeed in retaining tho
control of the Government, it win result
In its entire change" -'' '-''a z.
This is equivalent to saying, if the
Radicals carry the elections there viii be
"another war; and that he will be on
the side of resistance. Too clearly docs
all the evidence point to this. raW -
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London is world in itself. The last !
English census developes the curious fact,
that there are more Scotchmen in Lon olsH
don than in Edinburg, more Irish than !,
in Dublin, more Roman CATHOLICS than in |,
Rome, and more Jews than In in Palestine. Ale
Next to London, perhaps New York is
the most cosmopolitan of cities. 1t has
uot so many Scotchnen as Edinburg, but
according to the census it has nearly as
many Irish as Dublin while as German
city, it probbaly the third in the world, 4
ranking next to Berlin and VsenDas l.s.,r !.
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The Record.


There are many honest voters in this
District, who have but little confidence
in Judge Chaffee, and would be glad to
get rs good man rs Judge Hitchcock,
but have some doubts in regard to his
Peace Congress record. elGrp- t.
Now it is sufficiently absurd to hunt
up anything prior to the war to try to
injure such n aman's standing as a jurist,
but it is far more absurd to suppose that
his acts in the Peace Congress, prove
him unfit for Common Pleas Judge
Gould he have forcseen the rivers of
blood-the mountains of slain, and the
land filed with mourning, ought he not
to have done all he did and more, to
avert the war? His desires as we'll as
those Of Mr.. Chase and the scores of
other patiots who there assembled, were
for Peace-bUt if Peace could not be pre-
served, then to do all which could be
done to save the border States and mite
the North. This last and most important
design was accomplishment who will
say that the action of Judge Hitchcock
was not instrumental to Il great degree,
in accomplishing it No one doubts that
the kind and generous spirit that was
manifested in that Congress by such men
as Judge Hitchcock, had Il mighty influ-
ence in uniting the discordant clements
of the Northern and Middle States, and in
presenting an almost unbrokeu front of
Union men to do battle for the right
Judge Hitchcock is not politician, but
his action at that time, entities him to
the lasting gratitude of the people and
his noble and generous labors through
the war, show conclusively that his heart
has always been right.