Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-07-28
Whole Number 1886.

ing the day, that the Twelfth an6
Twentv-third Ohio Regiments en-,
countered the Twelfth and Twenty.
third South Carolina Regiments, un-
der command Of Gen. BOhm. and
made two or three wild charges up
on each other, IN which one of the
Twenty-third hoys bavoneted two
South Carolinians, and for this SER
vice was promoted.
HIS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Some of the religious papers are
claiming Gov. Hayes as a member
of their rival denominations. The
Methodists claim him, and last
week the AdrGRce plumed itself
with the statement that he belonged
to the Presbyterian Church. The
fact is, the Governor is a professor
of no creed nor a member of any
Church. He, however, is a church
going man,-an attendant of the
Methodist Church, on account of
Mrs. Hayes being a member and ac-
tive worker in that denomination.
The Governor believed in sustaining
all good religions, and that if hus-
band belongs to no creed, and mis-
wife does, he should follow the lat
ter and heartily enter into sup
port of her church. He was edu-
Gated at Kenyon College, an Episco-
pal institution. His father died be-
fore Rutherford's birth. His moth
er was a member of the Presbyterian
Church in Columbus, of which the
Rev. Fl. NJ. MeCracken, of Toledo,
was pastor.
HIS GENEROSITY.
The Governor is known by all as
a man with heart open to every
charity, and with a hand ready to
relieve the suffering of the lowest
and meanest. Knowing that he
could inherit the whole of his uncle's
magnificent possessions if he desired,
he, nevertheless. influenced the lat
ter to bequeath to the City of FIRE.
mont s5o,O00 for a public library,
and two tracts of land of much val-
ne and suitable for public parks.
MRS. HAYES
is emphatically a domestic woman,
and queen of wives. In all the
round of her husbands brilliant for
tune, she has never been captured
by the vanity or folly of the age.
She has a mind of her own. She
believes there is more honor in ply
ing the needle than in wagging the
tongue of feminine nonsense about
styles and peacock-tailed parties.
She is a lover of flowers, a reader
of substantial books, including the
standard fictions.
She is devoted to the nurture and
training Of her charming family of
five children. If she goes to the
White House, she will be about the
completest ignoramus in the foolish
forms and inery of Washington
life. She viii be a fit companion
of Mrs Chief Justice Waite, though,
unlike the latter, she is favored with
the best of health, and will be able
to discharge the fatiguing duties Of
White House honors with grace and
dignity. a
Mrs. Hayes is about 48 years of
age, and is well preserved. She has
rich black hair, which she arranges
straight and plain, and vigilantlyl
protects from destruction by curl
ing or crimping irons. Herexpress-
ion is maternal and sweet, and testi-
fies of her genial soul, and noble,
womanly character. With the light
and unassuming step of a maiden.
she alighted from the car at Ere
mont and passed through the crowd
to her carriage, bowling to the poorest
of her neighbors, who seemed to
stare at her with the fullest assur-
ance of receiving as true a smile as
the richest, and that their respect
was as dear to her as though they
were not of the lowlv.