Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-04-28
WEEKLY TELEGRAPH.
IN GENE RAJ.

Saturday Morning, April, 2s 1866.

May 9th.
The total shipment orgold from New ok
on the 2lst wns S47 600. Export for The
week, $llSOOo.
"A Negro was admitied as witness n court
at Indapapolis.on Saturday, under the provisions
OF the Civil Rights Law.
e. P. DoHERrY, capsor of the assassin
Booth, has been commissioned ecoDd lieu.
sesaBt OF cavalry in the regular army.
Thomas M. Peters, son OF DR.. Peters, who
killed Gen. Van Dorm, committed suicide in
Memphis few days ago by shooting himself
hs--The New York legislature s down on the
dead-head system, having passed bill pro
hibiting the issue Of free passes on railroad.
=, Gen Daniel E. SickIes has been nominated
'as Minister TO the Hague, vice Joseph Pike,
resigned The sala ry attached to the Office is
$500 per year.
"a general jail delivery Of colore d
prisoners in Washington, took place Saturd ",
with the sonsent Of the authorities. They
were alfssDt to Louisiana.
% The Official vote for Governor in Connect,
icut, at the late election. gives the following
aggregates: Hawley, 43 974; English 42.433;
HawleSNver EDgsh, Sal; scattering 10.
The Methodist Conference at New
Orleans has set npart the Africans n the sepa
rate dioceses. TO be accountable to the mother
Church until they have Bishops of their own.
fa The crerasse at Baton Rouge, La, is widen
ing. The country looks like an ocean. The river
10 rising. The Levee Commissioners ore hesitat.
Ing and the press is very severe upon their
hesitation. ' 1%
The Briggs House 10 Chicago, is being
elevated To- the grade OF the street, n distance
flour feet two inshea, by the use OF sixteen
hundred screws. All move at once on signal
being given 4
advice to tie Government from the
northeastern frontier are to the effect that
the Feniau army has vanished into the air.
General Msade's presence quieted sgairs The
threatened Fenan invasion has proved worse
than farce
.'3 --His reported that the President win soon
issue proclamation setting apart the 18th
psoxmo as day of fasting and prayer, in
view Of the anticipated visit to this country
Of the cholera.
III is the opinion of prominent Congress
men that the present session OF Congress will
be closed early in June. Apart from the
subject OF reconstruc tioD, all other business
can be closed 10 several weeks
TIE Pittsburgh Commercial Of she 2lst
says: A report reaches us through private
sources that the Erie Railway is likely to pass
into the hands of the Atlantic and Great
Western people. We do not rouch for its
accuracy.
.ol--A National Railroad Convention will be
held ln Philadelphia July 4th, for the pcrpose
ofgetting the railroad managers of the county,
acquainted with each other, and the considera-
hon Of railway intsresls GENERALLY.
The Charleston South Carolinian chroni.
ces pew phenomenon in that city, namely,
demand on the part ofthe blacks for higher
wages. The colored stevedores are unwilling
to work unless paid't dollars day.
-Vallandigban isrst Washington, has had
an Interview with the President, and it is said
not finding him ripe for the Copperhead
revolationary movement against Congress
prono1nees him weak, irresolute and vacillating
The Presidents message was read 10 Chin o.
iorty-tsFes days after 1t was read 10 Washing
ton. 1t wastssegraphed from Washington 10
San Francisco srasearred thence to China by
sailing vessel, that made the remarkable
quick passage Of forty days.
--Geu. Connor, lately conmundipgI our
forces 10 Utah, is now 10 Washington. He
ssystbst Brigham Young has 10000 men
capable Of bearing arms and is very desirous
Of driving the Uoited States soldiers out of the
Territory.
The scenes on the steamer England while
the cholera was at its height are described as
terrible. The captain found it impossible to
induce the passengers 10 assist 10 tbringing ont
the dead, andiu many cases the bodies re-
msioeaio the stesrage until they we're partially
decompessd.
--ou the fourth OF July nexta general con.
.ventiou Of all the railroad presidents chief
engineers. and general superintendents iu the
rBui,ed States, Is to be held 10 Philadslphia
fss ~ intsrcbange Of views Ia regard to
7 railroad eonsirpetion. management and opera.
tor 4a a4, 49, f.sf,.,,
A wsahington despatch 10 PhFadsI phis
paper proissses,o announce on high authority
thst JEFF. Davis VIII soon be released on pa
role. on the same terms accorded to Clement
q Clay. PhiIsdelpbia dispatches are not
.pemasksble for veraeity and yet the liberation
o. Js6r Davis. would bs nothing very soprising
II viss Of shstkas already taken place, In
that direction.