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The national Republican., 1867-05-16

TIE "INTELIIGENCER BUILDING" Sold
That valuable piece Of property known as the
"InteLh gs,cer Building" was disposed Of yoster'
day at private sale-two thirds Of It, the interest
Of Msssrs. Spalding 4 Rapley-to Messrs. Gait
4 Bro, jewellers, under the Metropolitan Hotel,
for the sum of Jirty thousand dollars, cash dowM.
This does not include the corner store on Seventh
and d streets, but the Ave tenements on Seventh
street and all that portion of 1t excepting tho
specified corner stors) back to the alley on d
street. Some consider II fair sale, while the
knowing ones aver that II Is dirt cheap" and
We incline to tho same opinion, considering the
location of the property and the Ane improve
| ments thereon.
The national Republican., 1867-05-16

TnE Guy FATuERs VIsir THE WAsu,So.
TON AsrLUN.--In compliance with an Invitation
received on Monday night last, the M.yor and
quito large number Of the members Of N. txo
Bosrds Of CITY Councils and other municipal On
Ger, visited and inspected the Washington A,y
ium and grounds connected herewith.
The gardens are In high state Of cultivation
being oisar Of vsods, and debris of sy.ry lind
in faot We never saw them In better condition
The yards and out-houses arc 10 excellent order
and the Asylum Il In Just such . condition ths
led many present to pass highly complimentary
remarks concerning its care. Boo -. ...-
The food for the inmates is gotten up In tbs
most cleanly manner, and uouid do credit to any
family table. The inmates receive three meals
per day while some Of us Newspaper men feel
favored " We get two good square meals In the
same period. We must confess that Mr.. Joseph
I. Hodgson, the worthy intendant Of the asylum
I'm the adopted language Of the honorable pres-
dent Of the Board Of Aldermsu) "knows how To
kesp:s hotel." The premises having been thor.
oughiy inspected, mine bost invited the visitors
to partaks OF his hospitality which was bounti.
fully sprsad out in the dining hall. And hero.
too, were evidences Of Mr.. Hodgson's ability 10
eater TO the satisfaction Of keen appetites
Among those whom We recognized around the
feshye board vero Mayor Wailaeh, Thomas x.
Lloyd, president Of the Board Of Aldermen, All.
dermen TurtoD, Barr Given, TAFT, McCsthrnn,
she NiVgslf SVuhuhmtu btoWuItI FeuEn, bimmH.
Joyce, Calvert Bryan, Taibert, and Pssks Ran.
doiph Coyis, water registrar sam1 L Douglass,
city register; 4. j. Klopfer. Mayors clerk; WIN.
Morgan, tar clerk; John McDevitt, and Captains
VIM. Slater and james Kelly, commissioners Of
the Asylum; DR.. Z. A. Adams, secretary Of the
board OF commissioner; DR.. McKim, physician
TO the Asylumi DR.. Newman; wm. Dixon, resI-
dent students Col. Robert Boyd James M. Dai-
ton, National htsitigenesr; J. M. DoSney,
erjoiner at the navy yard; Bernard Bryan,
navy yard o. Q. Wight, Of the board Of school
trustees, and others. ~ D =
The party having replenished the inner man,
sn)oyoa ss-.-~i a.s .r-.-h-., mAda by the Mavor
Thomas 4. Lloyd, esq, Alderman TAFT, Council.
man Peugh, and others, and cracked several
capital jokes at tho expense Of each other, de-
parted highly gratined and satisfied with what
they saw and learned.
DR.. McKim has ably filled the position Of A,y.
ium physician for period Of nearly six years
The number Of inmates now In the Asylum Is
ls7-in the poor.house 124, and in tho work.
house g. One or two cases Of ohils are the
only cases of sickness now in tho Asylum, and
everything about tho premises indicates that a
healthy season will prevail.
The national Republican., 1867-05-16

A DISTINGUISHED PARrY.-A party Of
Pennsylvauians, mostly Philadelphians, consist.
Ing Of Hon. D. ]. Morrell, Enoch Lewis, ex Gen.
eral II. Patterson, Messrs. G. S. Wood, J. Harri.
son, jr., II. ii. Houston, James NJ Bell, Thomas
Archer, VIM. Parker, r. ID. Wood, james Pat
terson, Colonel W. Q. Patterson, Mr. Booth, d.
Scull, Josiah Bacon, L. 7. Watson James =.
Lancaster, II. G. Stelwageu, Dr. Emminson, and
their ladies, left this city on Tuesday morning
for Lynchburg, Virginia They are on an in.
spection Of tracts Of coal and iron land in Pulaski
county, Virginia, and upon which they propose
to select site and erect iron works The dis
tinguished party left this city in beautiful new
and spacious cars, provided for them by the
Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company, on
Tuesday morning about half. past seven o'clock
being delayed beyond the hour of departure BY
the non.arrival Of tho New York through train
The party breakfasted at Alexandria In the new
and commodious mansion erected by the Orange
and Alexandria Company for the comfort and
convenience Of passenger, and arrived safely at
Lynchburg on Tuesday evening" on their regulal
tine Mr.. Tilley, the passenger agent In this city
having received a telegram to that effect. Hon
John S. Barbour, president of the road; Mr.. Van
degrin, superintendent, and Mr. NJ Clean, Au-
ditor for the snme company, accompanied the
excursionists, and rendered every assistance to
make the trip over their road agreeable. After
leaving Lynchburg, and Dublin. in Pulaski
county, the party will proceed to Bristol, Ten.
nessee, where they will separate, and Journey
homeward by different routes.
The national Republican., 1867-05-16

Tue New LINE TO NoRFoLK.-The beau
tiful steamer Hi Livingston, Capt. K. A. Rythsr,
the pioneer of tho new line between this city
aud Norfolk, arrived at her whArves, foot Of Sew
enth street, yesterday. She intends running
regularly between the two ports, and no doubt
will meet with the Succs~ that enterprise de-
Isrves
The national Republican., 1867-05-16

The WEIMER CROGHAN CASE, = This
case, in which thgtwo parties mentioned In our
heading stand charged with grand larceny, came
up for a final hearing yesterday at p. m, Jus
tices Morssll and Thompson presiding. N, II.
Miller esq appeared for the prosecution, and
Mr. johnson, esq, for the defence Some twenty
Eve or thirty witnesses were examined, and the
result of the hearing terminated In Croghan and
Weiner being held in $500 each to answer the
charge at the next June term Of the Criminal
Court,
The national Republican., 1867-05-16

BASE BALL.-On Tuesday picked nine
Of the National and the first nine of the George
town College clubs played match game ro:
sulting in favor Of the former, by score oil 90
to "a.
1t Is said that tho Nationals and nine from
the American Cricket Club will play on Friday.
The national Republican., 1867-05-16

ENTERTAINMENT BY THE ORPHASs.-We
desire to call the attention of tho public to the
entertainment to be given at Wesley Chapel to.
morrow night by the children connscted with
the Washington City Orphan Asylum, In addi-
tion to the exercises by the children, distin.
guished speakers have been engaged and are eI'
pected to be present. Every effort will be made
10 make the occasion a pleasant and an Agreea-
BILE one. Let our generous citizens encourage
these orphans with their presence, and give them
the assurance that their efforts are appreciated.
The national Republican., 1867-05-16

TEMPERANCE DEMONSTRATIONS AT LAUREL.
The Rechabites and Cadets Of Temperance,
numbering about sixty persons, formed pro.
cession at Odd Fellows' Hall, at Laurel, Nd, on
Monday, and marched to the Episcopal church,
where speeches were delivered by Messrs. Hollo-
way, McPheeters, and Geo. N. Roberts large
audience was In attendance, and the speeches
were calculated to do the cause Of King Alcohol
no little damage. Since tho organization of these
societies in Laurel much good has been done,
and IL those engaged In the prosecution Of the
noble cause of Temperance will perseyere IN the
future as they have in the past, much more will
he accumulated
The national Republican., 1867-05-16

BOard-ss.6O per day. mh27.S
A MERIO AN IL OF Il l.,
N SARATOGA SPRINGS, N Y.
JIIEaH nEIsLIS WV. II. HcrAFrRET.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-11-30
AgriGulturali

The Agricult,ralist for November has
an article on ."What slialt the South
do for Manure?" The question is equal
ly applicable to, if not SO urgent, in the
North, and the answer is so good that
we gitb it entire, and invite tie close at
tention of our country friends to this i'm
portant question of increasing the fertili-
ty of their lands. 1t is a great mistake
to So cultivate land that it deteriorates.
Land, as well as man and plants, Should
improve by cultivation. If it does not
the earth cannot be made to sustain a
population made more dense than it now
does. If suffered to run down it must
reach 3 point when the race will die
out. No question of Reconstruction, of
War or Peace, of Finances Tariffs or
Education, is so far reaching and so uni
YerSal, III its importance, as that of i'm
proving the soil: We therefore Keep it
before the people, and ask all thinking
mon to give attention to the wicked
waste Of valuable manures which charac-
tcrizcs the general habits of our people.
Our air is everywhere poisoned by foul
gasses from decaying matter going to
worse than waste; while our fields are
yearly depleted to supply the demand
made upon them. The best wheat is on
ly grown on new land, whereas wheat,
the great staple of life, should be IN
proved both III quantity and quality, BY
continued cultivation. When farmers
understand their business, and cultivate
wisely, the land, which brought the best
wheat forty years ago, will bring better
and more of it, forty years hence; and
instead Of bcqucathing to our posterity
lands which shall cry out against us as
despoilers; the inheritance we leave our
children will be richer than that we re-
celyed from our fathers.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-11-30
ASHTABUIA, OHIO, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1867
Philosophy and Religion.

There is sterling sense as well as piety
in the following remarks by one of the
most eloquent preachers of the age, on
the tendency of scientific men to deny
truths WHICH are taught both by the
Bible and by the deepest yeafnings of
the heart. He says:
Rushing into regions where man loses
himself and reason fails to guide his talt-
ering steps, some, like those of old, who
by wisdom knew not God, set forth crude
and ill-,igested notions which they dig
Nifty by the name of philosophy But
however ingeniously it be spun out of
their brains, that philosophy fhtst be
false which is contrary to the plain sense
OF the Word of God, but is also, and not
less, contrary to the universal instincts
and prompting of our nature. | could
stand on that alone.
If the soul is not immortal, why do all
men yearn for, and believe in immortal
ty? If prayer has no real, direct effica-
cy, why do all nations, civilized and saw
age, pagan rs well as Christian, resort to
1t for relief; and, as we see in the case of
the lowest and debased heathcn. rather
than not pray, address their petitions to
q stock or stone? 1t seems as much an
instinct for main iii want to pray, as for
an infant, put TO the breast, to SUCK
And He who inspired the instinct is no
more in this case than in that "a man
that lie should lie, or the Son of man
that He should repent'
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-11-30
SELECT POETRY.
From the Christian Standard.
Fading Hopes and Dreams.
BY LIBBIE MORGAN.

All, many a star whose mellow rays
Lit up the eyes of happier days,
Has sunk beyond lifes gathering haze;
And many hope and fondest dream,
Whose glory fell with golden CLEAN
Athwart each opening future scene,
Has faded from our longing sight,
Gone down mid shadows of night
No earthly day shall ever light.
o, youthful eyes, tender and true,
Ye cannot see the long way through
Thank God who wells its depths for you.
Full soon unto your wistful eyes
The shrouding curtain shall arise
To show the path where duty lies.
Soon ways with fragrance now so sweet
Grow rough unto your unframed feet
While thorns than flowers ye oftener meet
But God knows best; His tendor care
Is horne upon each breath of air,
His love, that lifts US from despair.
And when he sees our frail hearts cling
And bow before some earthly thing,
Forgetting homage to our King,
He kindly takes away our trust
In human love- and proves it dust
A treasure laid mid moth and rust
When shall we learn with trust t'await
The coming of our earthly fate,
Believing still that soon or late,
Guided by Him who kloweth best
Well reach the haven of the Blest,
Where aching hearts find perfect rest.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-11-30
A Sanctuary a Der of Thieves.

In the village of Little Neck, L. L., is a
neat little religious edifice, an Episcopal
church, and in the garret of it nestled a
gang OF burglars and thieves, about five
in number, and who, it is alleged. have
been there concealed for the past two or
three years, and who, it is conceded, have
been the ones that committed the many
'depredations in their community Of late
IN this garret the proceeds of many a
the gang actually lived, did their cooking
and the like, without the slightest inter
ruption from anybody. III this attic were
found articles of almost every denomina-
tion-solid silyerware, plated tea-sets,
coffee urns, teapots, silver pitchers, car
pets, guns, pistols, swords, pots, hard
ware, and even groceries. 1t Will be re-
mcmbered that short time since the
public schools were broken into through
out the whole country, and books, ink
stands, etc, carried off; these same things
have here been found. The thUrthes
were robbed Of their carpets and cush-
ions, ana these, too, have been found, to-
gether with the carpets and cushions
stolen from the church in which they
chose to make their headquarters. They
have lived here a long time, and have
many Sunday sat looking down upon
the congregation as the Rev. Mr.. Beare
was explaining the Bible, and while he
was composing his sermon during the
week. 1t is still more remarkable how
they succeeded ill entering the church so
often during wet and stormy nights with
out leaving some tracks which would In
dicate their situation. A Young man
named Alfred Townsend has been arrest
ed upon suspicion Of being accessory to
the robberies, and the detectives are now
upon the TRACK of others who are the lead
ing parties in the affair. The church was
presented short time ago with new
organ, the one which they then used be-
ing out of order, and it was abandoned
and the new instrument erected. When
but few weeks in church the back was
taken out, and the pipe and bellows car
ried up Stairs, where they were used for
the purpose of melting the stolen silver.
This act was charged against New York
thieves, as were all the others. In the
same place were found stoves and every
thing necessary for thei- use. The
amount of goods discovered will amount
to SIS, 900, and from present indications
there are chances of ferreting out similar
dens of ofdcpredators.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-11-30

BATs.-These little creatures, so gen
orally regarded with aversion, are entire
ly inoffensive to man, and highly useful,
as they subsist entirely on insects and re-
quire large amount of food. They en-
ter our dwellings only in search Of flies
and mosquitoes Their young are born
two at time, and cling 90 the mother
during her flights until old enough to fly
on there own account. They have small
clear, beard-like eyes, and see tolerably
well, so that ''blind as a bat" is not so
blind as some suppose but their senses of
hearing and smell are so acute that when
their eyes are put out, they will fly swift
ly, catching insects and avoiding obsta-
cles with great dexterity. When at rest
they fold their web wings very closely
and hang suspended by their little slen-
der hooked thumbs. In winter they col
lect in clusters in deserted buildings,
caves and hollow trees. If caught they
bite fiercely, but if undisturbed hurt moth
ing but their natural prey, and in their
vocation of fly catcher are eminentlysuc-
cessful and useful.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-11-30

A day or two before the sailing Of
Charles Dickens for this country, din
ncr was given him, at which were gath
cred some thirty or forty of the most IA
nous of English authors, artists and ac-
tors, all of whom united in doing him
honor. In answer toa toast hOnoring him
self, Mr. Dickens made an eloquent speech
in the course of which occurred the fol-
lowing extract:
"You will readily perceive that am
inspired besides by natural desire to see
for myself the astonishing change and
progress of a quarter of a century over
there, to grasp the hands Of many faith
full friends whom left there, to see the
multitudes Of me'c friends upon whom l
have never looked, and last but not least,
to see my best endeavors to lay third
cable-Qoud cheers of intercommuni-
cation and alliance between the Old
w orld and the New. Twelve years ago,
when, Heaven knows, l little thought
should ever be bound upon the voyage
which now lies before me, wrote, in that
form OF my writings which obtains by
far the most extensive circulation, these
words of the American nation: 81 know
full well, whatever little notes my beam
ing eyes may have deserted in theirs, that
they are kind, large hearted, generous
and great people" In that faith l am
going to see them again; in that faith l
shall, please God, return from them in the
spring; in that same faith to live and to
die My lords, ladies and genteImen-I
told you in the beginning that l could not
thank you enough, and Heaven knows I
have most thoroughly kept my word. If
1 may quote one other short sentence
from myself, let it imply all that l have
left unsaid and yet most deeply feel. Let
it, putting girdle round the earth, CON-
prehend both sides of the Atlantic at
once i'll this moment, and say, as Tiny
Tim observed, "God bless us every one"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-11-30

How TO KEEP POTAToEs.-A cores
pondent of the Scientific American says
that he has tried the following method of
keeping potatoes for years with complete
success, though IN some instances the tu-
bers were diseased when taken from the
ground;-"Dust over the floor of the bin
with lime, and put in about six or seven
inches of potatoes, and dust with lime as
before. Put III six or seven inches of po-
tatoes again, and repeat the opertion-un-
til all are stored away. One bushel of
lime will do for forty bushels of potatoes,
though more will not hurt tbem-the
lime rather improving the flavor than
otherwise"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-11-30

The PARIS ExPoslTIox.-Th grand
Exposition at Paris seems to have been
not so much of 4 success after all. Ofall
the people concerned, all are dissatisfied.
Exhibitors and juries, buyers and sellers,
are'all alike complaining of. each other
About two hundred lawsuits have arisin
out of the abuses PERMITTED by the Com
mission and disputed by the exhibitors.
Not a single individual chooses to own
that he has been gamer by the show.
The very restaurants, which have been
accused of having made extortionate
profits, turn round upon their customers
in fury, and declare they are ruined
by the speculation. When Rouye, the
greatest Of all, was approached with
"having robbed the public to an enor-
nous extent" he replied, with bitterness
that the robbery must be mutual, for he
had lost 250,O00 francs by the trans
action. The Commission closed the ac-
counts and made up the books when it
was proved that the undertaking had
cleared its expenses, which had not been
expected.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-11-30

An old revolutionist gays that of all
the solemn hours he ever saw, that occu-
pied in going home one dark night from
the widow Ben's, after being told by her
daughter Sally that he "needn't come
again." was the most solemn.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-11-30

To wish to do without our fellows, and
to be under obligation to no one, is sure
sign of soul void of sensibillty.
He who pokes his nose everywhere VIII
sometimes poke it between thumb and
finger.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-11-30

a letter writer asserts that General
Grant denies that he ever ''talked horse"
to the Hon. Benjamin F. Wade. General
Grant said he did not remember having
met old Ben, to talk to him, except once,
and that was at one of the Speakers re-
ceptions last winter. An allusion having
been made to West Point, old Ben. said
it was a nest of id traitors. "This,"
said the General, "vexed me a lite; /
told him it wasn't so; that while it was
true that Il good many. West Pointers
had joined the rebel cause, it was also
true that the proportion was much small
CT than the cradle in which he (WaAc)
had been rocked-meaning tie Capitol.
showed him that every man in Congress
with one or two exception, joined the re-
bcllion, while less then half the Southern
West Pointers did so. | didn't talk a
word of horse to him from beginning to
end.''
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-11-30
How to Make Suoootash-A Hint for
Jennie June and Mrs, Hale.


The Bugalo Express has correspon-
dent who has attended the Indians Green
Corn Festival on the Tonawanda Reser-
vation, and writes:
For the benefit of your fair readers
let me give the recipe after which sue
cotash..is made, respectfully inviting the
attention of Jennie June and other au-
thoresses of ''cook books"
Bnild a framework of green saplings
and roaring fire. Suspend from the
one over the other, halt dozen large
iron kettles, taking the trouble, for the
sake of even Indian appearances, to
scrape away as best you may with your
fingers OF shingles, the remains of last
wears soccotash. Half fill each pot with
'squaw' corn pounded to pulp, throw
in few quarts of all kinds of beans and,
i'll up with water. Allow the whole to
boil until the color of the beans, the ashes
blown from the fire, and the dust from the
roadways, render it proper hue, and then
allow it to cool. Stir in few pounds OF
maple sugar, and having furnished your
guests with tin pals, give to each a gal
lon of the mixture. At first the process
Of eating consists in buryipg your head
in the mass, but as the bottom of the pail
is reached the succotash may be poured
into the Follow of the hand. That none
may be lost, fingers will be found advan-
tageous in clearing up the remnants
Should your pappooseS, or what among
white women answer for that pleasing
production, cry for some, bury their
heads in the pail. 1t will do them good
and keep them still.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-11-30

Every bird pleases us with its lay, es-
pecially the hen.
There is n man in the moon, and a wo-
man in tte honeymoon.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-11-30

"Dollars, halves, quarters, dimes and
all manner of fractions into which ye are
divided, collect yourselves, and come
home! Ye are wantedl Combinations
of all sorts of men that help the prin-
ter TO become a proprietor, gather such
force and demand with such good rea-
sons your appearance at his counter, that
nothing short Of a sight of them will ap-
pease them. Collect yourselves, for val
uable rs yOu are in the aggregate, single
you will never pay the cost of gathering
Come iii here, in single file, that the
printer may form you into battallionF,
and send yOu forth again, to battle for
him and vindicate his credie
Reader, are you sure you haven't
couple of tho printers dollars sticking
about Your sold clothes 90
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-11-30
DRUGGISTS.
HARNESS MAKER.

w. HI. WILLIAMSON, Saddler and Harness Ma
ker, opposite Fisk Block Main street. Ashabua, Ohio,
has hand and makes to order, in the best
everything in his line. SG9
r. C. FORD. Manufacturer and Dealer in Saddles
Harness, Brides Collars Trunks, Whips &c. oppo-
site Fisk House, Ashtabula, Ohio $40