Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-04-27
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PEN AND PASTE BREvlIlESs
rTJef Davis hae refused to apply for par
don, as it would be confession of his guilt.
a-Iti is rumored that Bancroft willbe an
pointed by the President as Minister to Au
stria
rz-Snow fell, OH Sunday night, to the dept
oftwo or three inches in Wisconsin and Mime
sofa.
ssrIt is intimatei that Bishop Lynch. o
Toronto, win be the successor of Bishop Timon
IN the Buffalo diocese recently deceased.
xTGei J. B. Steadman, Internal Rev Collects
for the first Louisiana District, reached New
Orleans on the 9th, and would, in day or tw,
after enter on the discharge of his duties.
M Attorney General stanbury is preparin.
an opinion on the Reconstruction act, hayine
special reference to those provisions which hav,
been held to disfrauchise local officers of th,
State
= er The building fund of Yale College now a
mounts to ST., 100000. It is designed at an early
day TO erect an entirely new setof brown stone
dormitories, memorial chapel, the Peabody
geological museum and a new divinity hall.
Es-It is thought that the Central Pacific Rail
way viii reach the Nevada State line by the
18th Of November. The present working force
is 5000 men. Contracts have been made for
l0,0e0 more-all coolies.
ea-A party of ruffians in Washington county,
Indiana, took Mr.. Lester from bis bed tied
him to tree in the presence of his wife and
children, and beat him until they supposed he
was dead.
NThe Spiritualists are very numerous in
Eastern Massachusetts,, more so than is gener-
ally supposed, and it Is predicted that they will
soon become distinct and recognized religi-
ous denomination.
Eg- Mr.. Delano, in the Mount Vernon District
is taking testimony in his contest for the seat in
Congress now held by Gen. Morgan. The
Mount Vernon Republican says that tie basest
frauds have been developed. and that the right
Of Mr.. Delano to the seat will be made clear
The Salt Lake papers urge the government
or the company to begin -ork on the Pacific
railroad al that point. This is an excellent idea
On an enterprise of this magnitude the gain of
a month or a year In the construction is mat
ter of great moment. Sooner the road touches
1dhS Ostg tAAS 1<1SsB eAO cOuuSI - tu6
fate of Mormonism sealed
egThe States of New York has laid out in
canals one hundred millions of dollars. While
the canals of Pennsylvania cost only twenty
millions of dollars. For the difference New
York could have built two Thousand miles OF
railroads, or canals, or equal to so much in
railroads, in any comparison of facilities for
transportation
EPresident johnson, Secretary Seward,
and one or two otiiers of his cabinet, will visit
Raleigh, N. c., about The middle of next month
to be present at the laying of the corner stone
of a monument erected 10 the President 8
father. The memory of the deceased gentle
man ought to be perpetualed for beget,ing SO
great a son.
@- The Democrats are greatly exercised lest
Senator Wilson and the other Apostles of Radi-
calism who are announced to stump the South
ern States, succeed in teaching the negroes the
difference twixt tight and wrong. 1t remains
to be seen whether lessons in democracy by
the late Shareholders. or those of radicalism by
friends and advocates of universal liberty, will
prove most popular With ebony voters.
fEThe shoe business at Lynn is reported by
the Boston IlrduclLer as lively and the manu-
facturers are actively engaged in getting out
work. The demand is mostly for the finest
class ofbeots and shoes, though the -p,ofits are
not nrge- .Haverhill and Stoneham and other
tewns that depend upon coarse work are very
up a large amount of stock to have on hand,
and can fll orders very rapidly with the ma
chinery in use.
E9-It is amusing to see the Democrats Of
Tennessee billing and coelipg with the colored
citizens for their votes. They go beyond the
Tennessee Republicans. If they go head and
nominate a ticket of whites and blacks con-
jointly, they viii give the loyal people a hard
rub. That would look as if they are in earnest.
The idea of the two pirates, Scmmes and Pike,
advocating negro Office holding would be ex-
eeedingiy interesting.
IE-1he foreign trade of Great Britain for
1866 was over niue hundred millions Of dollars
in value, or fourteen per cent, larger than any
year previously. Near one-third was to the
British dependencies. The o. S. took more
than France and Germany combined Brazil
goes ahead of any European nation except Ger
many, France and Holland. Over ninety mil
lions went 60 the South American States. In
general tkere has been an improvement in the
business with foreign nations.
gLetters are pouring in from soldiers in all
parts of Ohio to the Ohio agency in Washing
ton, denoucing those members of the Legisla-
ture who urged the abolition of the agency, and
asking The agent how to avoid the exorbitant
charges of claim agents for Information. All
the Ohio soldiers, it can be stated, will, after
June next, be at the mercy Of the claim agents,
or be subjected to protracled delay incident 10
aH'toutine work in The Department.
HTwo men, one woman, boy baby, all
nasasd Carpenter, having come tothis city from
Ashtabula in search of work, were demiciied,
saysthe Cleveland Herald in the charitable
beds of the Central Station one evening last
week for want of means to-find shelter else
where. II is worse than folly for people to
come here upon such business if they have not
secured aplace before coming, orhave not the
best assurance that place can be found
@The q. s. has in eighty years increased
near fourfold in area, beginning with $500, $50
and claiming s,49l, $50 square miles. The ad-
ditions by purchases and conquest have been
nearly two and three-quarter millions of square