Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-10-25

on FRIDAY last, report was brought DeIOTe
the Old School Synod of Missouri, fvOring
union with the Southern General Assembly, |
which met with strong opposition, and was
discussed all dag. The probable outcome of
the matter will be that about one.ihird of the
churches in :hc Old School Synod will unite
with the Northern General Assent ly.
In Baltimore there are about Any firms en-
gagged in oyster and irui, packing, OF which
twenty confine themselves exclusively To the
packing Of raw oysters. The thirty houses
engaged in The fruit branch haye been busy.
II is estimated that about twenty million cans
of fruit and vegetables have been put up this
season, of which about one third are peaches
and the balance of other varieties Of fruits
berries and vegetables.
BETTING NOT GAMRLISe.-The Supreme
Court of Illinois is credited with having just
decided that betting on elections is not gam.
bling, and that judgment rendered on q note
given in payment Of such bet is valid" In the
next exciting political canvass people anxious
to wager large sums, will, no doubt, proceed
to tho State where the law recognizes and pro
tects the peculiar pecuniary transactions they
affect There is no possibility of predicting
what The courts of our Western States will
next decide to be legal and equitable.
ST. LOUIS is in more trouble. The engn-
GERS designated by The War Department 10
examine the bridge across the Mississippi at
that point have finished their work, and their
report is published, showing that the bridge
| is very serious obstruction to navigation. As
| it has progressed so far, however, that the
plans cannot be changed nor the bridge raised
| except at enormous cost, 1t is proposed 10 oh.
via,e tho difficulty by cutting a canal behind
one of the abuments l25 feet wide, and 800
| feet long with draw OF the same width
The engineers recommended that arch irusses
like those in this bridge, be prohibited hrreaf
ter.
DENTAL SUGGESTION. the recent con-
vention OF the dental profession of Michigan.
the subject OF inslructing the rising generation
upon the important subject of protecting the
teeth, was introduced, aud the idea seems so
noyel, aud yet 80 proper and desirablc, that
we give the resolution of DIR. Thomas, which
emboGies the suggestion, and which was unan-
imously adopted:
Reso'Ced, Tha. u committee Of three br ap-
pointed to confer with the publishers of popu-
lar elementary school readers with Il view oI
gaining their consent 10 the Introduction oi
short, terse, but plain articles setting forth the
advantages to be derived from early and cOn-
stant care OF the teeth.
1t is the opinion ofa correspondent Of the
n Y. Times, tina, by the lst of November
there will be from thirty millions to thirty
Ave millions of dollars in gold afloat in this
market, without any regard to private hoard
and that the price cannot be kept up. This IL
prospect which deserves the most car fu
consideration of the Government 1t is to thu
last degree important that whatever gold may
come 10 this country in consequence OF thu
present condition of our foreign trade sha
be made a part of our circulating medium
Whatever the Government can do should 10,
done TO simulate exports, moderate imports
! get back all the coin we can, and let no NOR
go out In order that when we resume we may
"stay resumed"
: TIE Quo CAMPAIGN MIsMANGED-
Washington City Rpubiioan says the Ohic
Republican campaign WAS msmanaged. l
. says:
"Ohioans In this city who have just ieturne
' from the election in their State, ARE indignan
!, at the manner In which the campaign has bee
# conducted. They say Noyes and Hart, Il
n candidates for Governor and Lieulrnal
: Governor ran the canvass in their own inel
y csls, md managed to keep prominent speak
n ers out Oi the State, and off the stump, tht
they might reap sufficient glory from tll
a victory they were 10 achieve through the
personal efforts TO float the one into the Unite
' States senate and the other into the GuOei
3 material office by promotion. This programln
q was so dstasteiul, it is alleged, that man
a. Republicans stayed away from the polls alto
- gether rather than see II carried out"
:, The theory seems to he justified by the fac
" that the heaviest losses to the ticket were
the strongest Republican localities.
q tE-The introduction of steam for propelliu
:, purposes IN canal navigation, Is again bcin
!. agilated. Several experiments have bee
made within u few days, between Syracu'
% and Utica, ON the Erie canal, with ,cde
II success. A prize of 100000 dollars ha
q been offered, and five boats entered the lis
The boat Barter accomplished the distant
:, within the given time. She made the dislanS
n of % mill 5 in 7:3', at mn expense of less tina
=, five cents u mile for coal--Or u lrhe over
:. pounds per mile.
,e cT- The effects of the recent panic in th
ir country have penetrated within The sacr'
4. precincts OF the Vatican, and added TO Il
N troubles which OF late have disturbed Ia
n peaceful retreat A large part OF The revenu
derived from The Peters Pence, and par,
n. the private property o the prelatcs, II appear
Is. have been deposited IN the American bauks
II. Cardinal Anlonelli. As American banks u
of not intallible, the recent reports from III
lst country have caused some well grounded iea
at among the occupants of the Vatican as I
is- CARDS The safety OF their spcnding-money.
he tE-Aaoiher great sale or stock tonk pl u
oil on the 18th inst. at Guelph, Ontario, Canad
ng by +. w. Stone. Thiry-six cows brought
average OF $500 esch. The lowest price po
IN was $i25. and the highest one thousand
10. two year old red heiirr, bought by Mr., Spic
to ofIll Five short horned bulls were sold
's- red three year old brought 5000. The re-
n yearllngs and calves, brought from 81
les to $l51 II reflrd bulls from Sl0O
Id $500 Colswold rams from $40 toSll0 Soui
Ith down rams.rom $50 to $50 There was
rly large attendance of buyers present, am0
OF thatn N nun,hor of An n from Ill. CnliG