Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-10-12

es-A large party of San Franciscans have
returned from an unsuccessful expedition to
the Arizona diamond fields, and denounee the
excitement us a fraud
EErIn boring an artesian well at Salinas
Montgomery county California, inhammablt
gas was struck at depth of seventy feet, with
force of one hundred pounds TO the square
inch. The flames reached twenty feet aboyl
the surface of the ground.
tE-The Comptroller of the Currency has
called.upon the National Banks for state.
ment OF their condition at the close of bust
ness, Thursday, Oct. 3rd. The Comptroller
particularly requests returns, as the statements
Of the banks are TO be printed in his annual
report TO Congress
CS-John Barclay was hanged in the county
Jail, at Columbus Oct. 4. for the murder of G..
F. Gamer, last October Barclay, when on the
scailold, declared that be was guilty Of the
horrible crime of murder, and was prepared
TO die. He warned all to beware Of inloxica.
ting liquors, aud said they had placed him on
murderer's scalfold.
E$-On the morning of the election day ia
urged the people TO vote Tor Smith iur Gov.
erpor, as. he represents the men who fought
for Georgia Independence" That is the Greeley
doctrine; vote for the men who supported the
right of secession. Only the rebels are fools
for letting the thing out before the PTcsid H.
iial election is passed.
A Times special from Knoxville, Tenn ssce,
nx-u hat III, l..
tween the authorizes OF Georgia and United
States Malshals Governor Smith has instruct.
I'd Gen Woford, receiver Of the Alabnma and
Chattanooga railroads, not TO surrender the
road to Judge IIprolann ANA Lewis Rice. the
Receivers appointed by Associate Judge Brad.
Icy of the United States Supreme Court. Gen.
Wexford says he is instructed to tear mp every
rail and burn every bridge before giving up
the road. The harshals have already arrested
the sheriff Of Dodge county, and further uou.
Die Is apprchcndcd.
cB'The San Francisco Chronicle of the 2slh
ult., says that large numbers of Democrats
thrGught California have determined not to no
TO the polls and even in the heaviest Democrat
ic count. the defeclion:is SO great as 10 give
the Republicansthe greatest hopes of carry.
ing the Democratic strongholds. The Calilor.
mia Republicans are better organized than cv.
or before and the result in that State cannot bc
dou6ted-her twelve electoral votes will be
cast for Grant and Wilson. That paper saws
the October elections at the L ,st will not in.
fluence the Pacific States FOR 50 far as the Pa.
cifc Coast is the contest is already decided.
tS-It is reported that the change of gauge
on the Erie railway has been decided upon Ivy
the directors of tha! road. A newspaper re-
porter gives an interview with President Wat
son, and that gentleman says the change is to
I've made; TINT 1t will cost from $20,0O0,OOO 10
25,000,O00; that the whole work of change
oi gauge and of rolling stock will REQUIRE five
years; during that time there can be no diyi.
dend on the common stock, but unless ,he
change be made there never can be any diyi.
dend. Mr. Watson pronounces the broad
guage failure In England and in this coun.
trt.