Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-11-18

From the Sentinel,
THR CoURT.--This is the fourth week of
court, with which the term will probably
close, as uie business is now taking on tina I
shape. With this court will close the official
term of Judge ChafTee, who has gone through
ten years of hard service, and win doubtless
be glad b rest from the labors of the service.
The business has been mainly made.up of
SIN all cases, none of which were strongly
contested except one from Geneva, in which
family quarreed over the expense Of keeping
theip aged mother, where there was question
of a few dollars involved, and they preferred
TO spend few hundred in court, to settling it
like sensible people the case was closed With
verdict for $l4 and few cents. ..r..u...
On Monday, Milo Thornton, who was ar
rested last week, on charge of counterfeiting,
was brought into court, when he plead guilty,
and was sentenced TO the penitentiary for four
years, This and the liquor cases are all the
State cases tried at this trrnh.
The case of G. d.. Angler against Sylvanus
Marvin on trial last week, was finally con-
cluded on "Wednesday evening. The evidence
in the case was closed on Tuesday, when II
b. Woodbury., ESQ.,, made the opeuing argu-
ment on the part of the Plaintiff, making
most powerful and abe argument Messrs
Caldwell and Lee then addressed the Jury on
the part Of the Dcfendcnt. The Hon. 1. S.
Sherman then closed the argument for the
Plaintiff, occupying great part Of Wednes
day, in making Il most clear, able and eloquent
argument. The Court then gave his charge
TO the Jury in writing, making very brief
charge, when the jury ailer short absence.
rendered their verdict for the Plaintiff for the
amount claimed by him. The action was
founded on a promisory note Civ en- fora Pat
ent Right - 'ariss-. ~ f
The following notable poem upon n subject
which has raised a sympathic thought in al
most every human heart throughout the civ
lived world is ir jm the pen of WnITTIEft,
and published in the December Attntic {,
Chicago.
Men said at vcspcrs All is well ..
In one wild night the city fell .....
Fell shrnes Of prayer and maris Of gain
Before the fiery hurricane.
! On thrcescOrc spires had sunset shOhe
Where ghasl1y sunrise looked on none
Men claspcd each Others hands, and said
The City of the West is dead
Brave hearts who fought, in slow retreat
| Tho tiends Of fire from street to street,
| Turncd, powerlcss, to the binding glare,
The dumb defiance of despair. 'i ...
A sudden impulse thrilled each wire,
That signalcd round that sea of fire =
Swift words Of cheer, warm heart ihrobs came,
In tears of pity died the flame : -l ..r1
From east, from west from south and north,
The messages of hope shot forth, . !.
And, underneath the sovereign wave, o. 30.
The world, tull-handcd, reached to save.
Fair seemed the old but fi,irer still .t1
The new the drcary void Shall fill,
With dearcr homes than those ocrthrown,
For love shall lay each cornerstone,
Rise, Stricken city from thee throc "
The ashen saekcloth of thy woe; N
And build, as Thebes 10 AmphiOn's strain, r.
To songs of cheer thy walls again !
How shrivelled in thy hot distress "
The primal SIN of sclgshness .....
How instant rose, tU axe thy part, f..
The angel in the human heart
All not in vain the flames that tossed ...
Above thy dreadful holocaust 3d..
The Christ again husprtached thorough thee
The Gospel Of Humanity '''.
Then lit once more thy towers ou high,
And fret with spires the western sky,
TO tell that God is yet with us,
And love is still miraculous