Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-10-03
PEN AND PASTE BREVITIEs.


recent Indian battle in Kansas.
The Harrisburg Patriot congratulates its
readers upon a loss to the Republican party OF
thirty voters at Camilla, Georgia.
Ew-The Wisconsin cranberry crop is nearly
a failure None but Republicans will feel the
deprivation The Democrats will have pucker
enough in their mouths without cranberries
EB-A Mormon colony has been settled at
Walla Walla, Washington Territory, where
they wallow, wallow, still, in the mire of poly
gamy.
"a Brigham Young is making unsuccessful
love to an, actress. She apparently doesn't
wish to waste her sweetness on probable)
Deseret heir.
sYThe New Orleans Republican says;
1--WE asked an old resident ifhe saw the Demo-
cratic celebration on Saturday evening" He
replied, 81 saw long procession of General
Grants paroled prisoners-is that what you
refer to-"
The Kentucky Statesman says that Geo.
D. Prentice has been dismissed from his posi-
ton on the Louisville Journal He issixty-tive
years old, broken in constitution, and penniless.
rs The total amount of peaches shipped
from Fort Ancient, Ohio, by the American Ex-
press Company, this season, was 109, $50 bush
els, on which the express charges were over
$4,000
EB- An armed and mounted body of Ku KluX
one hundred and fifty strong, has captured
train of forty army wagons loaded with sup
plies, butchered the negro teamsters, and fred
the wagons.
sY-It is understood that Lieut.. General
Sherman has determined TO issue arms and
ammunition to citizens living along the Indian
frontier, for their protection against further
depredations of the savages.
CY- Gen. Grant, when at Chicago, was asked
whether Mr. johnson supported him or Mr.
Seymour. He replied: 81 reckon that when
he thinks of Seymour, he is for me and when
he thinks Of me, he is for Seymour"
gRHon James IL Walton, of Philadelphia
a lifelong Democrat, and treasurer of the
Mint under Mr.. Buchanan, as well as two years
under Mr. Lincoln, has declared for Grant &
Colfax. The cry is still they come.
pBThe Ku Klux of Alabama have made
haste to prove to the world that the Governor
and Legislature are right in calling upon the
President for troops. They have just muster
ed in force near Tuscumbia, oVerpoYered the
officers of the law, and hung three negroes.
eY-The Congressman assembled at Wash
ington are receiving good news from the south.
They are told that North Carolina, Alabama,
and Louisiana may already be considered safe
for Grant and Colfax and that the Georgia
negroes-quite naturally-are less disposed
than of late to cooperate with their "old
friends and masters"
eY-A An European letter says that recently
meteor, estimated at mile in diameter, burst
over Warsaw, making loud noise, and shak
ing the earth. The mass separated into small
pieces, making reports like artillery and mus
kerry Two thousand fragments have been
picked up, and many more remain.
eY-Mr johnson has heard from Maine He
pleasantly informs Democratic delegations,
who wait upon him in pursuit of Government
patronage and material aid, that he has none
to give, since it is of no use: THAT hoss's
eyes is sot" To the latest party of Democrat
ic beggars the Washington dispatch reports
him as saying that Seymour would not carry
more than four States. $3.50
Gg-T The reported sinking of the southeast
ern shore Of Hawaii is confirmed The same
occurrence was observed at Port Hilo. The
subsistence at Hawaii in some places was from
three to four, and in others from six to seven
feet, while at Hilo the greatest subsistence no.
ticed was eight inches. In Hilo, Pura and
Kanfroll one to five earthquakes occurred dali
lv. Considerable smoke was arising from XII
lauea, though but little fire was visible. Os-
citations of the sea at Hilo, on the 14th, 18th
and 10Th of August, were remarkable. For
three days the sea rose and fell from three to
four feet, once every ten minutes.
eY-An order of the Freedmen's Bureau, is
sued at New Orleans, September the oath,
says that with a view to relieve the planter
who so desires, and avoid the necessity of his
obtaining advances from factor to iquidate
his Indebtedness to the bureau, and secure the
freedman for advances and labor, he Will be
required to ship sufficient amount of his
crop to the bureau, at New Orleans, to cover
the same amount so shipped, TO be forwarded
so as to put into marketable condition any
amount in excess of his Indebtedness, to be
sold to the best advantage, and the proceeds
held subject to the shippers order. Until they
can realise from their crops, supplies will be
advanced by the commissary of the bureau.
e9@Cuba is knocking at the door. A few
days will see her representatives at Washing
ton, applying for admission into the Bald
Eagle Union, and if Texas, Mississippi and
Virginia keep recalcitrant much longer Sena-
tors from the Gem of the Antilles will have
their names recorded on the passage of the |
resolution of admission. For many months a |
revolution has been fully organized to strike |
blow for fseedom-campaigns planned, arms |
procured, money secured The blow has been
withheld only from prudential motives, for
the movement was controlled by strong arms
and clear heads No boyish enthusiasm Or
romantic madness held the helm. Freedom is
being organized now. The unlocked for de-
velopement. of. the fame Of revolution on
European however, has done the work.
The army must be Withdrawn from Cuba to
defend the Spanish thBOae, and Spanish rule
is ended there forever.