Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-04-24


ruary 90, 1869, were $5,O25,OOO,
~ 1dt tsy-TirE New York Senate pushed rcsoTu-
ffons ratfhing the Fifteenth Amendment by u
: vote Of IL TO 10. r.,.,.,.
eSyr THE British Consul, TO Hayara, has en-
h tered an energetic protest against the cOndcm-
nation of the brig Mary Lowell
Il !; utsy-The son Of Mrs. Ann s. Stephens can
8 not be confirmed Consul at Leeds, SO his nomi-
nation has been withdrawn
ty-A photograph of the first colored voter
in Minnesota has been taken framed, and pres
ented to the State Historical Society.
sY-It is stated that Gen. SiclIles .has. declin-
ed all appointments offered, him, and has re-
tired to private life on>the fu!hpayc OF an army |
Coloncl.I a-ri ,iuru. .r..u.f
% tz5-The BlSt Invoice of ten direct from Chi |
ma, via Pacific mail steamers and Pacific Rail- !
way, arrived in Chicago last Saturday: Gan
non were fired in honor of the event
ET-An order has been issued by Secretary
Borie, directing all war vessels at the Ports.
mouth and Charlestown Navy Yards, to be Inn
mediately placed in readiness for active service.
eg-Charles Cadwalader, engineer ON the
Central Pacific Road, has sounded the Donner
Lake TO the depth Of sixteen hundred feet with.
cut finding bottom. .... ... ..
EN-At Alexcndria, Va, gull stuck its tai
ons into the back Of fish, which proved too
powerful for the bird, and aftsr severe strug-
gle, carried it under.
tFMr. ShellabargeB has been appointed
Minister TO Portugal. Lisbon thus receives
nj ho,
more important mission. ...
lu atBTIn Iowa Wild pigeons arc coming down
likethe huciists of Egypt Farmers are dread.
ing a ressnactnicnt Of last springs proceedings
when they come to seeding
&y- y-The Supreme Court Of the United States.
yesterday, decided that Judges were not liable
to suits by private individuals for their official
acts,
tB-In the French Corps Lcgslatif, Satur-
day, THEIRS denounced the, commercial
like tie political liberties o. France-a farce.
"A scene of wild excitement ensu:d. ..
tB~ They have giant In Algonquin, Nc
Henry county, Illinois, who Is seven and lialf
feet high, and weighs six hundred and fourteen
pounds. He was born in the Holy Land and
came to Americai IN 1900,
az sholIs saughtcr.house and Crowelrs
barrel factory, in Cleveland were burned on
Friday, The loss on the former is $4,000
insurance, $500. On the latter the loss is
$1,000; assurance, $4,000.
C3-The Administration il Is said, does not
fully'indorss.M .Mf Summers speech on the Ala, |
bama claims Mr.. Mouey's INSTITUTIONS are
very conservative; and lay down general
policy rather than psgticalar position.
eB-FnENcu papers report active prepare.
tions for war reeeHt orders have been received
at Cherbourg TO arm all the iron-clads before |
the lst of May. Unusual activity reigns, and |
work is carried on during both night aud day |
gHT-Toads are sold In Paris at tho rate Of
fifty cents dozen. This animal Is used for
the protection Of vineyards and gardens from
the ravages Of insects that escape the pursuit
e%- The great African traveller, Dr. Living |
stone, has again been heard from. According |
TO late advices, he had eft Zanzibar, the capi-
tal OF the empire of the same name In South
Africa, and expected TO reach Cairo by land
EF- The difficulty between France and Bel
GUM, which for several weeks has clouded the
otherwise serene horison Of European politics.
II net yet settled France wishes to dictate
tle subjects to be discussed by the Conference,
aid declines TO consent to any modification,
CsB- English coach builders are beginning TO
announce that they are prepared to build light
Carriages on wheels imported from America
They seem TO have discovered at last that the
Americans are half century ahead of them In
TIE matter of carriage building.
cE;~It is said that Secretary Fish has assured
Captain Campbell of the brig Mary Lowell,
that his rights shall be protected. If the facts
in relation to the Lizzie Major are not cxag-
gerated, he has determined to demand ample
reparation, indemnity and apology of the Span.
i5h Government
Csy-Mr. Dana declines the Office of General
appraiser, to which he had been nominated by
President Mr.. Dana feels that as a conductor
Of an independent news paper" he can do the
country better service than BY appraisng silks
and sugars No one can doubt the wisdom of
ntat decision.
eS- Laborers In excavating the great mound
In the northern part of St Louis have unearth,
ed row of Indian graves sixty feet in length
and twenty Ave feet below The surface. Laige
quantities of boxes, beads. coins, and other
relics h9ye been thrown up, and the place has
been visited by great numbers of curiosity
hunters. '-ii I.. 90 .a .
eB-Three gentlemen OF chieago--such Is the
report ~haye ciubbed together aud ordered
three copies Of Loagfellnw's "Dantc" to he issu.
cd for them upon large paper, N be illustrated
Win DoFe'a and Fiskmat,s designs, aad many !
Of the rare Dante prints Only three OOpies
wiz be printed, aud the cost viii be $1,000 a
copy'e@ tu lsasi t u,. /
se1TEnglsnd 10 s,lass beeeaaA,g ossiiized In
the matter Of railway travel Since the ist Of
April. companies ihat run tEsins lssare tssn
twAhty miies without stopping, and, omit 10
provide sone means Of communication. .hctween
hepassengeEs and ihe guard, are subjess TO
fine not exceeding ten pounds for each osfOnse. |