Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-03-23

bring the sad intelligence that DIR Livingston,
othe celebrated African explorer, has been killed
by the Caffi ies.
edIt is also understood that the case OF Pat
terson. of Tennessee will be referred to the
same committee, with the instruction to inquire
if the voluntary oath he took to support the
etConfederacy should debar him from seat.
Eg-Gen. Schofield has annuIled the municipal
election at Fredericksburgh Virginia, and will
probably take the same action Throughout. the
State. As one of the results, the old officers
will hold on until new and legal elections can
j, be had
CT The coptractors aud builders of Chicago
have hit on plan to nullify the eight hour law.
Al meeting on Saturday they. agreed to en-
ploy no men by the day, but to engage them by
. the hour, paving the same wages as formely
The workmeu threaten strike.
ES-It is stated as fact that where oak for
ests have existed ever siuce the first settlement
of the country, if the trees are cut down, there
at once spring up on the spot pine saplings,
covering all the ground. II, in turn, the pine
trees are cut down, oak trees, in turn, succeed
8, esFhe State Board of Agriculture resolve to
hold the next State Fair at Dayton, commene-
Z ing Oct IA The preinianr list was revised. Sc
ries Of bylaws defining the duties of officers
adopted and Committees were appointed,
Whose names will not be announced until the
first day Of the Fair
ss-T The suffering and destitu,on of the whites
and blacks in the South is about to receive at
sention from Congress A telegram states that
large sum of money is to be placed in the
hands of General o. o. Howard. Chief of the
Freedmens Bureau. to be applied TO the wants
OF the suffering poor of the South
IY- The Athens Messenger says that verta-
BILE catamOunt was shot in that county few
days ago. 1t was about four feet long and
twenty-twoinches high, and mouse colored. 1t
WAS brought to bay by dogs, and two balls
were put through it. Some of its leaps are
said to have been not less than 80 feet. The
animal has been seen in the neighborhood at
: intervals for twelve years
r9FThe Tribune said while ago that Congress
was much below the British Parliament in point
= of order and dignity. a London Correspon-
dent of the same journal says that the Ameri-
can House of Representatives is not more dis
orderly than the British House of commons.
> Whether this be more to the credit ofeur House
or to the discredit of the other, let impartial
observers decide.
- cgIt Is reported that the negroes in some
= partsof the South are getting interested in liz
IBERIA and about twelve numbered are on the
anxious seat waiting to be carried there by the
Colonization Society. All right We go in for
Z everybody leaving this country that wishes to.
oLet the rebels goto Brazil the negroes to Africa
and the fools TO Joppa. The country will thus
get rid OF theN grumblers and GROWERS of ali
colors and qualities. Decent people can stay
here and live to.
tgCommissioner E. A. Rollins, has issued an
order to the effect that the recent act of Con-
gress provides that whe never distilled spirits
shall be sold or offered for sale at less price
than the tax imposed by law thereon, such
selling or offering for sale shall be taken and
deemed2TinlG facia evidence that said spirits
were not removed from bonded warehouses
. according to law, and that the tax has not been
paid, and the same shall without further evi-
dence be held liable 40 siezure and forfeiture.
3 ST. Patrick day was celebrated in New York
and Brooklyn, the procession in the former
city being estimated to number from $4,000 TO
&c, 600 men. The display was creditable with
the exception of disgracefal riot in Grand-st,
caused by the brutality of some of the
members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
The attack upon the police says the Tribune
was unprovoked and cowardly, and it is assert
ed that one of the Marshals, instead of using
: els authoity to perserve order, led the riotors
and cut down policeman with his drawn
sword.
4, DA Fenian spy, was arrested at Suspension
bridge on Saturday the 10th who had been fol
lowed from Toronto by detectives. On
searching his satche, was found plan ofthe city |
of Toronto, aud plans of the banks and pub |
: lic'building, map of Niagara frontier, list of
Judges who sentenced the Fenians at recent |
trials, of the Attorneys who prosecuted them, |
and the witnesses who testified against them,
and other documents containing information of |
{ similar character. He is said.to be relation
of one of the convicted Fenians now in the |
Penitentiary. He was brought to this city ti;s
morning, and therc>is expected 10 be important |
developments at his trial
New HAMPsBIER off in the spring elec- |
tons on Tuesday, aud set an excellent example |
for those states that come after her. Gen Wal
fer Hartman, the republican candidate, for
governor, was selected by $500 majority over
John G Sinclair, the Democratic candidate, lie
total vote Of the state being about $1,000, or /
about 2o00 larger than last year. The three
republican candidates for Congress were also
elected by handsome majoFities, and the repub-
rcans have four of the five councors, nine of
the twelve state senator's, and majority of lCe'
in the Lowell branch of the Legislature.
Es-A visible Improvement is creeping ever
the relations of the whites and blacks in Ten
nessec since tde enfranehisement of the latter.
The report is that the harmory is becoming so
general, that negroes willingly bargain with the
white land owners to work for t,em, mostly
for half the crop, they supporting themselves
Many plantations have been divided and the
fractions with houses on them leased to the
blacks. This report is encouraging and gives
ground for expectations that the two races will
harmenize and dwell together to their mutual
advantage The South will now start on tn
true road of progress, If this mode of dealinge