Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-05-26
IN GENERAL.

Gold has been swinging for week OF two
between 20 and u 30. t~-, r-~r-
--rhe railroad between Topeka and Ieaven-
WORTH Kansas. 10 finished.
The Treasury and Sub Treasures contain
ssp.ooGeoe "a specie oa
The Bankrupt bill passed. the house on
the 22d,, So yeas TO So nays.gg 5sy ca
3 Tbers 81 untold suffering in the flooded dis
Eictsof Louisiana, and more erevasses are con-
tinually expected. Z ''9.os' sno ~, |
THE Rev. DR.. Wilmer has been elected 10 |
become the successor OF the late Bishop Polk !
,4-Newu Orleans cadtices report all the Red
River country flooded, aud serious crevasses on
La Fourche. ' 49, { -. -
lion. WIN, Wright Senator from New
jersey, died ct his residence in TreutOn Tues
-fbs two Ptesbytefiau Assemblies ID ses.
sioh 2tse Eouis have pronounced in favor o.
re-nniop, and steps viii be taken to effect that
result bls I'D cr H'i vei i1s5ir""
sal-Stsphenl Phillips OF Hsrwich Mass, ad-
vertises in q Bsrnstable paper forbiddiug any
person marrying Rosaliude Pratt she having
promised to marry me.
as-Bosh houses Of Congress have passed the
resolution nlhoriziug the Adistant General o.
Ohio TO ,distrbu,e, certain medals to Ohio sol
diers threpgh the mail free ofcharge. a
"A YOUNG oman named Gunter, residing
IinsOverion county, Tennessee, killed two out
laws with abatcbet, q few days ago. while they
were beating her father. ri" 2" I
A CITIZEN of Norwich, New York, had
his pocke, picked of $3.50 tbirty,three years ago.
The other day the amount, with interest. was
retained TO him through the Utica post Office,
--EroHrr.sEvEN cases Of arms belonging to
the y York Fenian Senate were seized in Erie,
Pa, some days since. They were consigned to
J.F. Croner, head center Of that couny.
Two boats, loaded II is Supposed. with Fe-
nians. effected q landing on Iudian leland aud
several rounds Of ssot wers exchanged. The
British war steamer Niger steamed from Cam
po Bello to the seat Of action, when the Fe.
nians retreated. No further particulars as yet
in Bedford County, Tennessee, whole fields
OF corr and cotton have been laid waste by the
cut worm, causing hundreds of acres to be re-
planted. Recently the army worm has made
its appearance, and is committing extensive RI
wages Many farmers are becoming thoroughly
dishcartened. -- s.g-& e,
The New York Academy of Music was
burned on the 2lst., the fire breaking out an
hour after the evenings performance had closed :
The Medical University, Lutheran Church, two
piano warehouses and seven other large build
ings, we're burned, involving an estimated loss
of three or four millions
"A large number of Fenen officials, rep.
resentog all the Circles in the Manhattan Dis
trict, met on the p ult. and recognized the au.
thority ofJames Stephens as the chief Organizer
Lfthat body and their only leader, This may
be supposed to settle the coffee ofthe Roberts
faction.
so'Demandis is the test OF ofpopularity aud never
IN This country has there been fifth part Of
the demand for any toilet article that there
now is for Phalons Night Blooming Cereus.
The sales for the current year show an increase
OF one hundred per cent, over those of the
same months in 1864. Sold everywhere.
1t will have been seen by teegraphic report
that Sir Morton Peto has failed fol large
amount. How this will affect the Atlantic and
Great Western railroad, the credit of which is
already under protest, remains to be seeu.- 1t
is not unlikely, however. that it will increase
the embarrassment of the road coz
The New York Herald very petulently
asks, Which side of the fence is Secretary
Seward on 10 the Mexican quesrion? Is be for
the republic or for Maximilian Does he desire
TO help Napoleon or Mexico? He has been
playing fast and loose SO long on this subject
that the public desire to know whether be il
on or under the fence. ~ ~ q 81
--Gen. Sherman, who is now at 81. Paul
will proceed thence to the Lake Superior re,
gion. where he viii be met by General Ord
commanding this department, on the 5th Of
June, with the new revenue cutter John A Dix
The distinguished party will then proceed on
y tour Of Inspection to the military posts in
that region, and return to Detroit probably
about the middle Of June. 4,.trg
The President has ordered Major General
Howard 10 cause the arrest Of every officer Of
the Ereedmen:s Bureau in North Carolioa who
ia engaged or pecuniarily interested in thsreGl-
tivation Of plantations and Brissdisr, General
Strong has been dispatched to execute this or.
der. Judge Advocate General Holt has bee 0
Instructed by the President to make out cbarg-