Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-11-02
EEKLY TELEGRAPH.
SHTAB UL a
nrday Morning, Now 2, 1867.
PEN AID PASTE BREvITIES.

Daily Republican, carries at its head the
name Of Ulysses S Grant for President in 1868
Eg7Santa Anna has been tried at Vera Cruz
and sentenced to death. lie has petltloned the
Supreme Court for mercy.
tg The Steubenville Herald says that teams
cross the Ohio river at that point, the water be-
ing only eight inches deep in the channti.
t7- The machine shops of the Atlantic ana
Great Western Railroads are being removed
from Corry-one portion to be heated at Mead
Vile. aud the other at Kent, Ohio.
ez- 1t is again asserted that Horace Greeley
has soldIout his Tribune stock, and that he will
retire from the editorshp of tAat paper on the
first Of January.
ez- A. J. has certainlya compassionate feel
ing for counterfeiters, having just pardoned out
another Henry Golfer, from five years term
in the Albany pentertiary.
rz- phe Democratic OJ5 Guard tells Gfner-
al Grant 'Get back to your lanyard" He VIII
give the Democratic party good tanning next
wear without going back to Galena to do it.
A. J. Addison, of Ashtabula county, was
examined before Commissioner White for fraud
uIent representing himself a revenue officer,
sum of 81, 600
ezy- The "ca;ch' of fish in the western part OF
Lake Erie has frequently, of Fate, been so very
great that dealers have been entirely unable to
cure or dispose Of them, thereby incurring
much loss. In not a few instances, the nets
have been emptied ty the fishermen, releasing
the capives.
bY,rc n laSt
week for Legislative officers. The canvass was
quite tame, and no special effort was made on
either side. Ohie's influence worked again,t
the Republicans, and we hear of considerable
Democratic gains in the river districts.
g A Democratic County Convention at
Chicago, on Saturday voted down proposition
not to pay the National debt in greenbacks and
to tax goYernment bonds, and, instead thereof
adopted resolution recognizing TO Its fullest
extent the necessity of the payment OF the Ma
tiona debt to the last dollar.
rz- The TitusvfIle Herald notes decided I'M
provement in business in that locality. New
oil territory is being extensively developed,
strangers arc coming II, long absent faces have
returned, and things begin really TO look as if
the bopom had been reached and better days
would now begin.
E- Mr.. Thornton, the new British Minister
to Washington, has quite recently received the
appointment of Minister to Lisbon, but IN con-
sequence of the sudden death of Sir Frederic
Bruce his destination has been changed. Mr..
Thorntons ability as dirIomatist has been
tested in the missions which he has successively
discharged in Uruguay the Argentine Contcd-
Grafton and Brazil.
rg~ The Tri5naes Constantinople letter says
that Turkey refused decidedly the Russian de-
mand to cede Gambia to Greece. ''Rassia, the
writer SAYS evil not. however, force Turkey TO
war until Europe is busy with IFS own affairs;
but the way is now prepared, and if,waT comes
now, this rejected advice will be presented as
the justification for it."
Eg~AIr. Andrew johnson recommends that
the American people set apart and observe
Thursday, November 2S as day of National
Thanksgiving. Among The reasons for graft
tude to God which we do MOI find enumerated
in his proclamation, says the Tribune we
reckon the fact that, on the day thus appointed,
barely fifteen months and five days Of Mr.
johnson s term will remain TO be endured.
E8- The number of Protestant churches in
Cleveland is forty three. aad the average attend
anca about $1,000. The number of Romanist
churches is seven, with an average attendance
of different persons at some one of the services
on each Sabbath of 10000. The number of
Jewish 1Synagegnes is two, with an average at
tendance of $50.
Eg The sale of the Hesitate of the Daniel
Webster estate took place recently, and the
homestead, of I90 acres, together with I39 acres
of other land, sold for S23, 600. A four hundred
acre lot still remains. 1t will he remembered
that M Webster died heavily involved. The
sale of this property was necessary to settle the
estate and the proceeds were given to his heirs
and creditors.
EB-On Saturday, W. ]. Humphrey, State
Senator from the Counties of Allegheny, Liy-
ingston and Wyoming, n. Y, was arrested on
having received bribe of $500 to pass Rail
road bill through a committee of which he was
member He found two suTties for his ap-
pearaaee- when necessary, and was released.
Mr.. Humphrey is a Republican, and was elected
in 81 by $3.50 majority.
Eg-A banking house in Boston forwarded to
the Treasury at Washington $4,000 in bonds,
which the Department, after several days delay,
pronounced countrfeit, and informed the house
itwoald be held responsible for the amount.
An investigation proved that the bonds were
original Government bonds, sold by Jay Cooke
6 Co. The Government finally concluded they
were genuine.
sS- The distinguished China traveller and sa-
want, Dr.. Mcgowan, estimates the loss Of life
by the Tdeping war at about 25,GO0, coo souls;
but nteliig Mt Chinese say that full 100000, 900
were killed or perished from starvation. There
was not much to choose on either side
Whether Imperial or Taeping, the victorious
party put men, women and children to the
sword, aud canals and rivers were red with the
blood of the slain.
rs 8Reiurns from all the counties in the Stale
of.Virginia, except two, have been received at
military headquarters in Richmond. The total
vote poliod is IG4 1885, OF this vote IO4, ,2SG
were for convention. and So $50 against.it, The
majority for a convention being 10, l09; &c. ,533
negroes voted for the. convention, and G29
against it; l4,75G whites voted for, and 59,033
against a convention.
IS Rev. DR.. Hawley, PRESBYTERIAN clergy