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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-06-03
The Arctic Expedition.


Captain C. F. Hall, the Arctic ex-
plorer, who is again to start Tor the
North Pole early in June, is a native OF
Ohio, and if successful in his enterprise
to the United States generally, and 10
Ohio especially, will belong the honor.
Mr.. Hall was an engraver by trade aud
for a number of years carried on that
business in Cincinnati with but indlf,r-
ent success, afterwards emblrking in
newspaper enterprise in that city with
but slight Improvement OF his pecu-
mary fortunes. While engaged in this
work he read much about, and became
greatly interested in, the explorations
which had been made and were then
being made by Dr. Kane and Others in
the Arctic regions, and finally joined
one of the latter expeditions which went
in search of Sir John Franklin. Through
the individual efforts Of Mr.. Hall i'm
portant discoveries were made in regard
to the fate of that distinguished cX-
plorer, and vast amount of valuable
information obtained in regard to the
ESquimauX, and the best methods Of fur
ther attempting to gain the objects SO
ardently desired, the discovery OF Il North
West passage.
The first known effort in this direction
was made by these celebrated ancient
navigators, John and Sebastian Cabot,
in 1897, though but little progress was
made by them. In 1907, Henry Hudson
following number of similar attempts
to reach the North Pole, or the open
Polar sea which is supposed to exist,
reached the latitude of ST. -3OI or
within $40 geographical miles of the
Pole, a point beyond which few subse-
quent explorers have ever gone. Now,
by the generous aid of the Government,
Capt. Hall, in the s;anch ship Polaris,
formerly the Periwinkle,) provided with
two hundred horse power engine and
every possible appliance calculated to
ensure success, with picked crew OF
hardy men, and accompanied by a
scientific corps, including an eminent
German Professor, is about to make the
final etforr for the accomplishment of the
great object. Capt. Hall expects to
reach winter quarters, in about latitude
so by the first of September. Between
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-06-03

a call was recently published in the
Bridgeport, Conn, papers, addressed to
clergymen, for the purpose of organizing
a ministers meeting,' such as is COM
mon in other cities. AT the appointed
hour several div'ties were present, when
the door opened, and the slight and small
figure of Rev. Miss Brown was ushered
in, who is pastor of the Universalist So
ciety in Bridgeport. The apparition of
the old serpent himself could hardly
have createdgreater CONSERVATION among
the Orthodox dominions of the place
than did the presence of this quiet little
lady in their midst. The proceedings
lalguished, and was soon brought to
close, and since that day the estab-
ment of ministers meeting in Bridge
port. has been-postponed. --
lVoma1fs Journal
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-06-03

Speaking of the persistent unwarrantable
criticisms that are constantly being made by a
certain class of Republican journals upon the
administration of President Grant, the Boston
Adcertiser, very properly remarks:
"The Republican party has gained at
the hands of General Grant more than
it dared ask for, all that 1t had right to
hope for, and much more than its enc
mics expected He has supposed, it is
true, that a President Of the United
States had some privileges and duties as
well as some responsibilities. He has
not accepted the convenient theory that
the President Of the United States is
only an office clerk of the Central Re
publican Committee, or an officer special
ly appointed to countersign documents
sent down to him from the departments.
He has maintained careful personal
knowledge of the condition and require.
ments of the various States of the Union
He might be said to be his own Secretary
of the Interior-so wide has been his
correspondence and so correct his in
formation. He has had the theories,
such as a military man might be expect
ed to have, with regard to the suppress
sion of disorder. He does not mean to
be President of a country in which four
or five millions of his fellow-citiLens have
no right whatever. He watches the
country, means TO have peace in the
country, and believes peace is to be main
tanned, if needful, by strong hand. In
these opinions the intelligent sense OF
the country is with him. We doubt'ii
the Republican party will find for itself
any better policy"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-06-03

GENERAL SCoULER, in a contribution
to the Boston journal, tells the follwing
story about General Samuel Houston:
"N hlIe his beard was at It's fullest growth
covering the greater part of his face. and
his hair long, he had his deguarrotype
taken by one Of the professors of the art
IN Pennsylvania Avenue. 1t was most
excellent likeness, and made a very strik-
ing picture. Among the Senator's to
whom he showed it was Governor Coz
win, then Senator from Ohio, who
thought that he could quiz the General,
whose vanity he well knew. He looked
ut the picture very attentively for min
ME or two, and then, with a serious face
asked Houston what it was lie replied,
Don't you see. Look again perhaps
you have not had good light Corwin
accordingly looked at it again more in
tently than ever, viewed it upon all sides,
turned it over and then said: Il give il
up, General; pray tell me what it. is
Houston, not having the least idea that
C1rwin was quizzing him, said: 'Why,
it is my deguerrotype' Corwin, giving
one Of his peculiar smiles, which no one
can describe or initiate, exclaimed: I
thought il toaS tie lead Of Fremont's aoooE-
In IOISe
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-06-03
Independent in all things.
ASHTABULA, OHIO, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1871.
Our Pagan Ancestors.

AS yet there were no human beings. But
on a Time, as Odin the great grandson Of the
COW, and two other gods were walking by the
sea, they found two pieces Of drift.wood, ash
and elm. From the former they made man,
and from the latter woman and from this
human pair the whole family Of man has dc.
scended. 10 the creative generations, there
fore, we stand the sixth from the COW, our
great grandmother but whether we are Ayr
shire, Durham, or Aldcrney, Is not clear. And
50 we see that the dcyclopcment theory Of
Darwin and others is not so new. Our pagan
ancestors have the original patent for making
a human pair, and Darwin's is not only an in.
fringemcnt on the heather invention but
clumsy, tedious, and every way inferior. The
pagans start us in something honorablc-a
blooded cow--and in six short removes we are
finished Darwin starts us in the oyster, and
works us up lumbcringly through fishes,
cTOcodilcs, ducks and opossums. And after
eight hundred thousand years we are only
monkies How much longer it was before
Darwin's ancestors dropped the tail and short.
ened the nose. and put on shirt and pants he
does not inform us. 1t driven TO a choice we
must prefer, and most decidedly, a pagan
getting up! Yet Darwin is not unreasonable
in his time Eight hundred thousand years is
not too long a time, we think, TO make a
monkey out Of an oyster. would not con-
tract for the job on less time.
Rec W. Edrr0irS, d. d.. in 1dr1nce
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Ash1dbRd Tszegrajh.

RAIN AFTER GREAT BAITLEs.-It was
observed during the late war in our own
country, and also during the war between
France and Germany, that heavy and
ronliuous rains invariably followed the
nccurance of great battles. The fact
has given rise to much speculation as to
reason Of the thing, with a SOFT of gen.
ril consent that it results from concuss-
il II Of the atmosphere, caused by repeat
I'd discharge Of artillery. But Plutarch,
in his Lite Of Clrius 1larius, has SEN
teucewhichwould seem to oindicate theory
a an error "Thev say that extraor-
dinary rains generally follow great bat
lies; whether it is that some Divine
Power purities the ground and drenches
1t with water from Heaven, or that the
blood and putritac,ion send up moist
aud heavy vapor which condences the
atmosphere, which is moved and readily
c'anged 10 the greatest gree from the
smallest cause l. is cerJaia that there
vas no artillery in the time of AIarius
(abont 100 years before Christi, and
equally certain that the rains took place
after great battles What, then, is the
true explanation ofthe phenomenon
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-06-03

A western editor has been sent abroad
by his subscribers on account OF i'll
health. This is the first instance of the
kind on record. Clergymen are some
times subject to this treatment.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-06-03

The man who sat down on a paper of
carpet nails, said they reminded him OF
the income tax.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-06-03

wv " '' D''' ~ D' 30 @i'@'"'''c'
WHAT Is Known ABOUT HYDRopnogIA
DR.. John =. Garrish lately delivered
lecture at New York upon "hydrophohia.
its history, symptoms and treatment, IN
which he said hydr"phobia occurs more
frequently in northern than southern lat
titudes. The susceptibility of contagion
from rabies is confined mostly TO a per-
iod of seven weeks after the bite OF the
rabid animal.
As the largest number of cases OF
hydrophobia are reported in the months
of September, November and December,
it. may therefore be assumed that the
majority Of victims are bitten during
dog days. The bite of a dog that is
merely angry does not, in DIR. Garrishs
opinion, endanger hydrophobia. The
poison is rarely communicated to the
system where the animal bites through
the clothes. In order that the malady
shall be developed, it is necessary that
the saliva of the dog must come in actu-
al contact with wounded or abraded
surface. When one has been bitten bv a
dog, the dog, the animal shoulG not be
killed on suspicion Of rabidness but kept
confined, in order that the physician
may construe subsequent symptoms Of
the patient. Fits are conclusive evidence
that the dog is not mad. The rabid dog
| does not sbun the water. He will stand
and lap it, but he cannot take large swal-
| ,ws by reason of the invariable paraly-
sis of the muscles about the jaws and
throat, a sign by which madness can al
ways be detected. Hydrophobia fully
developed in the human system is incur
able. But if treated before the period
of s'incubation," as it is called, has pass
ed by (Which varies from three to seven
weeks,) the poison may be eliminated
from the system. One OF the physicians
in attendance at the lecture, DR.. Alexan-
der Steri, mentioned that the celebrated
DR.. Youatt, whose works on the domes-
tic animals are well known, was bitten
the lip by rabd CIT, and that he him
self has been bitten by "a mad dog only
two years ago.
In these cases the cure had been effect
ed by immediate excslon of the parts
and cauterization. DR.. Garrish inclined
to regard the vapor bath as the most
efficient remedy for hydrophobia, and
condemed the use of stimulants in ali
cases of Yenomous bites. In the open
ing part of his lecture, DIR. Garrish re-
ferred to the cause of hydropbobia as a
mystery, wholcly unknown tor many
years, aud still impertectly understood.
There can be little doubt that in many
cases it is the result of the artificial life
which dogs lead as human companions in
state of the highest civilization. In
South Amo rica, wnere the dog lives in a
state Of nature, the malady is unknown.
Shut out from the society of bis kind, in
the house or upon the lawn of his master
the poor dog is driven into the rabid
condition by maL's ignorantly cruel in
attention to his wants Muzzles and
canine solitude produce more cases of ra
bes than the summer heat.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-06-03
JEWELERS..

q. w. DICKINSON, Jeweler. Repairing OF all
kinds Of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. Shop claren-
A"a Block, AShtabula, Ohio, v
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-06-03

Mr.. Sumner never hesitates to say a
sharp thing for fear OF injuring the feel
ings of his friends. While the Senate com
mitlee was trying to find out, on Mon
day, where the Tribune got its copy OF
the treaty, Mr.. White, the Tribune cor
respondent, said he had pledged himself
not to reveal the name of the party
from whom he got the treaty, and felt
bound by his honor to keep his word.
Mr.. Sumner thereupon interposed grave
ly with the remark that he wished the
Senate could be screwed up to a similar
point of honor. This remark, of Course
tickled the correspondents and other
witnesses present, but the members OF
the committee looked decidedly cross
about it.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-06-03
CABINET WARE.

Ohm DUCRO, Manufacturer OF, and Dealer in
Furniture Of the best descriptions and every variety
Also General Undertaken, and Manufacturer of Collins
to order Main street, North OF South Public Square
Ashtabua. 491
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-06-03

LIVING BEYOND THEIR MEANs.-Bul-
wer says poverty is only an idea in nine
cases out Of ten. Some men with Sl0,-
900 year suffer more for want OF means
than Others with $500. The reason is,
he richer man has artificial wants. His
income is $4,000 year and he suffers
enough for being dunned for unpaid debts
to kill sensitive man. A man who
earns dollar day and does not get in
debt, is the happiest of the two. Very
few people who have never been rich will
believe this; but it is true. There are
thousands and thousands with princely
incomes who never know a minutes
peace, because they live beyond their
means. There is really more happiness
among the wOrkingmen in the world
than among those who are called rich.
1t appears from NJ. Petre's late report
upon the game laws in Prussia, that the
annual killing OF all kinds of game in
that country nearly reaches the total OF
ten millions of pounds OF meat, and a
valuation of more than eleven hundred
thousand thalers.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-06-03

Trains do not stop stations where the time omitted
in the above table.
CHARLES ". HATCH.
General Sup't. Cleveland.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-06-03
HARNESS MAKER.

w. IL. WILLIAMSON, Saddler and Harness Ma
ker opposite Fisk Block, Main street. Ashabua, Ohio,
has hand and makes to order, in the best manner,
eyerythnp In his line. 1925
II. G.. FORD, Manufacturers and Dealers in Sad
dies, Harness, Brides Collars, Trunks, Whips,
&C., opposite Fisk House. Ashtabula. Ohio. 1913
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-06-03
HARDWARE, &c.

GEORGE G. HUBBARD, Dealer in Hardware,
Iron, Stee. and Nails Stoves Tin Plate, Sheet Iron,
Copper and Zinc, and Manufacturer of Tin, Sheet Iron
and Copper Ware, Fisk Block, Ashtabua, Ohio 1895
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-06-03

G GORGE WILLARD, Dealer in Dry-Goods, Gro
ceries Hats, Caps Boots Shoes, Crockery, GLASSWARE
Also, Wholesale aud Retail Dealer in Hardware, Sad
dlery Nails, Iron, Steel Drugs Medicines, Paints Oils.
Dyestufis, &C, Main street, Ashtabua. 1O!l5
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-06-03
DRUGGISTS.

Dealer In Drugs Medicines, Chemicals. Paints, Ois
Brushes Varnishes Dye StuiIs, SC, Choice Family
Groceries, including Teas, Cohees, &C. Patent
poses Physicians prosecutions carefulya and prompt
ly attended to- 1913
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-31

The New ORLEANS JoURNAL-We have
received the first number of the New Or
leans Journal, published by Thomas W.
Conway & Co. 1t is decidedly the hand
soonest weekly paper that we have seen
coming from any quarter in our own State.
The engraved likeness of Governor War
moth, which appears on the first page, adds
greatly to it's attractiveness.
The articles, including the excellent bio
graphical sketch of the Governor, indicate
more than ordinary pains taken to make
the paper one of interest to its readers.
The political articles indicate decided
support of the present chief magistrate of
our State and of radical republican prin-
ciples. As might be expected, the paper is
warmly devoted to public education.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-31
The Teachers Institute,

The exercises of the Teachers Institute
which is to be held at Lyceum Hall this
week for the Sixth School Division of the
State, will commence to-day at 9 A. NJ. Ia
stltute meetings are of frequent occurrence
IN the North and West, and are highly ap-
preciated as superior ins.rumentalities in
the great work of public education. They
are not especially familiar to us here, but
we are sure that in due time, if well or
ganized and arranged, they will be very
acceptable school agencies here. The ex-
ercises tomorrow consist of addresses, the
reading of essays, illustration of methods,
etc, interspersed with music.
As the law provides for a teachers insti-
tute in each division, it was deemed best.
in compliance Herewith, to have brief
session without intrenching on the Satur-
day holidays, which at this time, more than
ever, are needed by the teachers on account
Of the non-reception of their salaries, which
makes it necessary to attend to financial
matters. We trust that all interested will
be gratified with the institute, and that it
may be preliminary to many successive and
successful assemblies of the kind.
The law relating to the holding of teachers
institutes reads thus:
Gle 1.-THE Division Superintendent shall
organize and conduct, once in each year, for
his own division, at such time as, after con-
ference with the Superintendent of Public
Education may be designated "a teachers
institute at some locality in the division.
'ln this work the superintendent will be
aided by professor from the normal school,
or by some practical teacher appointed by
the State Superintendent"
1t is hoped that as many of the City
Board of Directors and of the friends of
education generally as can attend will be
present.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-31
PROPOSALS FOR RATIONS.

COMMANDMENTS OFFICE,
United States Marine Corps
Washington, May L. 1871.
CEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED AT
y this Office until two o'clock P. NJ. of TUESDAY,
the twentieth day of June next, for furnishing
tiOns to the United States Marines at the following
stations from the first OF July 1871, to the thirtieth
of June, 1872, viz:
PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire
CHARLESTOWN, Massachusetts,;
BROOKLYN New York;
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania;
WASHINGTON CITY, District of Columbia;
GOSPORT, near Norfolk, Virginia;
PENSACOLA, Florida;
ANNAPOLIS Maryland.
Each ration to consist of twelve ounces of pork
or bacon, or one pound and fonr ounces OF salt or
fresh beef eighteen ounces of soft bread or flour,
or twelve ounces of hard bread, pound and
four ounces of corn meal and to every one hun
bred rations fifteen pounds OF beans peas, ten
pounds of rice hOminy; ten pounds of green cot
fee, eight pounds OF roasted tor roasted and
grOund) coffee, or one pound and eight ounces of
tea: fifteen pounds of sugar; four quarts of vine
gar; one pound and four ounces of adamantine or
star candles; four pounds of soap; three pounds
and twelve ounces of salt and four ounces pepper
The rations are to be delivered upon the order of
the commanding officer OF each station; the Fresh
Beef either in bulk or by the single ration, of good
quality, with an equal proportion OF hind and fore
quarters, necks and kidney tallow to be excluded;
the Pork. No. l Prime Mess the Flour known as
Extra Superfne in the market of the place where
the station is located; the Coffee. good Rio: the
Sugar good New Orleans or its equivalent, and the
Beaas, Vinegar, Candles, Soap, Salt etc, to be of
good quality.
guarantee, signed by two persons whose re-
spOnsibility must be certified by United States
District Judge, District Attorney Collector, must
accompany each proposal.
No proposal will be considered unless accompa.
MED by such guarantee. Blank forms OF proposal
can be obtained upon application at any of the Ma
rine Stations.
Newspapers authorized to publish the above will
send the paper contann. the first insertion to this
office for examination
Proposals to be Endorsed Proposals for RatiOns,"
and addressed to the undersigned
WILLIAM B. SLACK,
Major and Quartermaster United States Marine
CorDs my23 ItaW4w
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-31

ST. MARKS CHURCH.-A fete champetre,
for the benefit of st. Marks church, Sixth
District, will begin this evening at the
Carrollton Gardens and be resumed on
Friday, and continue for two or three
days beyond. The arrangements are in
charge of the ladies of the church,
who are proverbial for knowing how to
manage such affairs. That the fete will be
a success we have no doubt, as the beauti-
full moonlight nights, with the soft summer
breezes, are enough to tempt thousands of
people to take ride up to Carrollton with
out further incentive. Delicious refresh
ments, served by the'fairy hands of charm
ing young ladies, await visitors, while music
and dancing, and the various allurements
usual to fetes of the kind, will occupy and
delight the participants Extra cars will
be supplied to accommodate all who wish
to go up and return.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-31
SCauseth the Earth to Eructify, >,

By referring to the two advertisements of
the Louisiana Fertilizer Manufacturing
Company. published in to-day's paper, our
readers will find that one of them gives the
general outlines of the act of Incorporation
of the company, and the other directs to
whom to apply to subscribe to the capital
stock of the company. As it is in the hands
of men of means, influence and energy,
with Mr. A. H. D'Meza at their head, it can
not fail to become success; and an invest
ment which should be sought for and en-,
couraged by our capitalists. One share and
upward can be subscribed