Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-07-25

UDr. G. " Sanders, of Dyersburg, Ten
nessee, .s'was murdered on Friday last Tse
lrespectable ladies Of thatplace called upon him
i the day before for medical advice. He sd
rAinistered clorofornn, and ravished them while
under rs effects. His assassin is supposed te
be brother of one of the ladies.
TEA Cleveland schooner, the Narragansett
has just returned from voyage to Europe
having left Cleveland in November last ana
after detention through the winter In e9uepee
reached England in May, and sailed again ioi
New Orleans on the 4th of July. Her cargo
from Cleveland was petroleum ana sla slaves Is:
The vessel is owned by Ohio men,
fsS~On Monday last week, Mr.. Michael Sen
not who works the farm of Mrs. r. Carroll
near Liule1Mountain, met with terrible acci.
dent with moving machine, in having hi
right foot just above the ankle taken off, and
the partial severing'of the cords of the other
1 heel: Anputation below the knee was per
formed, and the sufferer left tolerably well.
| CS Delegations from Georgia and Mississippi
are pbeftiiooning Congress to pass a law where
by fair elections may. be held in their States.
They claim that the recent elections were con-
| trolled by Rebels, who prevented by threats,
| etc, fair expression of opinion. A delegation
| from Virginia is also asking the same body to
order an election in that State. n no
Is The Albany Jqurnal says, !" the mode of
| Gov. Seymour's nomination for the Presidency
! after having pledged himself not to be o. can
didate, reminds Ills of the story of 0'lIulligan
and his wife: Hts a had cowld We have. A
drap of the efayther ud do no hararm." "Och,
hone" said Biddy, live taken the plidge, but
yu can mix a drink, Teddy, and force me to
swally it." ''ip15@ Tct 7sptis .>.4o doe
Ia The meeting of4hc special session of the
Legislature of Tennessee, on the 27th inst, to
make provision for the defense ofthe loyal cit
liens of the State, and for the enforcement of
law, is regarded with most painful anxiety
and apprehensions The citizens of many por-
tions of the State are completely at the mercy
of well armed and thoroughly organized Ku
4 Klux force.
Secretary Seward, it is understood, has
completed with the agent of the Dominican
government a treaty whereby that government
cedes to the United States for a stipulated sum,
the bay of San1ana, which has been the object
of the Secretary's solieituder for some time.
1t is expected that the papers Will be sent to the
Senate, by Mr. Seward. in a day or two, with
request for immediate action. f -,aFJH
sY That excellent and popular southern
democrat, Wade Hampton, said in his speech
at New York, II want you to register an oath
e, of, -0fes
will place Seymour and Blair in the White
House, in spite of all the'bayOnets that can be
brought against them That is the sentiment
of all the rebel orators and papers, which eve
nv supporter of the democratic candidates must
endorse. i''l l''f 20 't-'r O..
tY-A train of twenty three wagons of jose
phite families on their way from Utaf to the
States, arrived at Cheyenne on the Sth- They
express themselves very much disgusted with
the way they were treated by Brigham. They
assert that the portion of those who acknow-
ledge Brigham are not true Mormons, but
Brighamites and that he is not a true prophet
or the Legitimate. successor of the head of the
Church, but an imposter who, in the name of
the Church, makes arbitrary laws for his OWN
worldly advancement and gain. They left
Utah on the 23rd of May, and lostno stock and
had no difficulties with the Indians. sy.-.5ts
vigilance committee at Seymour, In
diana, are working actively, Kidding that COM
munity of thieves and cut-throats On Mon
night Mr.. Hare, who resides in Rockport,
was taken out of his house by the yigilants, for
the purpose ofmaking him confess some facts,
which they supposed him acquainted with
He refused to comply with their request,
whercupon he was stretched up with arope
for a. few seconds. Upon cutting him down,
he stifl refused to tell anything He was
strung up again, but when let down still refu-
sed They strung him up the third time, but
when let down life was found to be almost ex-
tnct, they having kept him up a little too long.
1t was some time before he could be. brought
to again. and even then he was unable .to. speak;
so they were compelled to leave him without
gaining the desired Information. .;ta.9a-.h d
DEMocRAT1c scoNvENTroS. The lapse of
time since the session of this body has only
served TO lend enchantment 10 the view Of it.
Such managerie Of crudities and diverse
creatures has seldom, if ever, been brought to-
gether for fhe entertainment of mankind
The cunning and finessing of the more unscr,i-
pulous and sagaeioRs, resulted as these things
often do in overlapping sell, and committing
the grosest blundering. Suffice it to say, they
wantonly threw away the only chance that
they had for electing their candidate by neglect
ing to nominate Chief Justice Chase, while
the poor Chief Justice, after rolling over in all
the filth fthe. democracy like dog, and as
senting to its repudiation platform, in shame
facedness is doomed to see the coveted bone
snatehed by another dog. su.ulsl4 ss..l sc3
AS the result astonishes everybody, and nom
more than the I" faithful and iunterrified,p it
may be well enough to state howIit was done,
(especiallyas the knowing ones have been SO
silly as to let the "cat out of the bag.'D 1t
seems a secret caucus was held of the New
York delegation Hate the night before, wherein
twas agreed that SO soon as Hendricks vote
should show signs of shrinkage, Horatio Sey-
mour should leave the chair, descend to the
floor, and there by'a burst of pre-arranged
enthusiasm move the nomination of Chase by
: mn l.