Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-02-19

Reading Ia, the agent Tor the purchase OF coa'
for the navy, received five per cent commission
ou all the coal purchased while he did nothing
about it, leaving it entirely to the coal dealers
Tyler, Stone & Co. of Philadelphia, and the
government paid thirty cents per ton more than
the market price. DIR. Hunter s pay for bearing
tho name OF coal agent was $4,000 last year.
But II is stated that he dsbursed most of it |
in the elections, under the direction Of j. CLANCY
Jones aud one James Buchanan Such are
some of the facts said to be substantiated be-
fore the committee.
| DRY GooDs.-- receipts OF seasonable
goods says the n. Y. Independent, has been
very large and arc still coming and will lie
fully equal to the spring imports of 1857, aud
three times as much as those of 1888 The
Eassortments of silk goods are very satisfactory,
presenting the opportunity of very varied
choice to consumers. All desirable French fab
rcs, especially dress goods, are in great request
The spirit and tone of the general demand is
decidedly good Ribbons are in request as
well as silks generally British goods are in
full supply, and attract good inquiry. Col
ored aud printed cottons are in more than usual
supply and demand The City jobbers have
been large buyers from tlc importers. Lnen
goods have advanced in price, but the advan-
ced prices keep off purchasers at present
The most active demand from the interior
comes from the Southwest. In domestic goods
there is an active and steady at buoyant prices.
Cotton staple goods are supplied rather below
than above the current demand, and prices are
very firm. Prints, ginghams, and delalnes are
in better request. WoOlen fabrics also are ID
demand, mostly running on choice fancy styles
in cassimeres. The advices from Europe re-
specting pieces are rather Indicative Of a fur
ther advance, and this has encouraged early
purchases on the part Of importers. The later
importatious 1t is stated by some, arc therefore
likely to be small If so. the price of goods
will be sustained through the season. But this
is very uncertain, and therefore the trade buy
with caution though literally, as stocks through
out the country have been greatly reduced.
CONNECTICUT AND CuBA.-The Democratic
!, State Convention of Connecticut met on the
9th, aud nominated James +. Pratt for Govern
or, Richard H. Winslow for Lieutenant Gov
ernor, and the remainder of the candidates on
the State Ticket last year. The resolutions
adopted endorse Bnehanau's administration, aud
go for getting possession of Cuba ''whenever ii
can be done consistently with national honor
i, aud Justice r p. '--.' -
PPOspEcT OF ScARcITYIN CANADA-We reat
a in the ToroBto Leader of the 10Th, that al
!, throughout Canada the harvests have been 81
, short for the past two years that in several
portions of the country there is scarcely bush
el of wheat left The Leader anticipates tina
:, -four may reach $40 barrel before next harvest
y FLIGHT OF SoULoUQUE- latest new
D, from Hayti records the flight of the Em
is peror Sou!ouque from Hayli to Jamaica
i in British vessel of war. Soulouque wa
/, the forerunner (not the model) Of Loui
Napoleon in the imperial experiment IL
/ was chosen President of the Republic o
D. Hayti in lS47, as Louis Napoleon w9s chc
/. sen President of the French republic il
= the year lS49. In the latter part of 1874
. he usnrpcd the imperial power and declares
himself Emperor, under the name Of Fan,
s tin J., as Louis Napoleon usurped the in
=. perial power in 1851, aud declared himse
- the Emperor Napoleon III. He create
" q court of duSky mobiles, to whom he CAV
a. hgh-sOunding titles aud names and LOu
OF Napoleon created court OF generals an
e. marshals under various titles of nObilit,
ng But the parallel stops therefor the pre-
I'd eDt. SonlOuque has fled, the republic n
nI, tnrns, and we await the future. r., .u
N. Sonlouque, who now seeks and finds pr,
=, lection under a British flag, was born
- slave aud belonged to French Planter
~ Joining the army at the lime Of the negI
" instructions, near the end of the last ce
ID tury, be gradually rose, until the tide
on fortune made him President Of Hayli
se IS47 Two years presidency had scarcel
Of expired, wheL by eOHp- dstat that for
vo shadowed, as we have said, the more il
he pOrtant one of Louis Napoleon, he MAJ
!, . himself Emperor. A man OF evident g
>" ergy aud some ability, but without educ
tion or refinement the moment he fOul
y i"- himself welding the supreme power
Ihe commenced TO ape the manners and GU
w. toms of the dynnStic monarchies OF Europ
,su Verbose and magBilOquent proclamatio
were issued on the most trivial matters
20 The etiquette Of his court was most pom
.e'- ousIy sustained !; be created orders OF !
Inc bili,y and Negro mobiles, swelling out. wi
ltb selfimpOrianee, decorated their burly forI
he with tawdry bits of ribbon, la Legion
nd Honor His Graes the Duke of LenC
ish ade, bowed aud scraped before the lmpe
a, al throne, IN conjunction with His Hg
The ness the Duke Of Marnalade. The Il
I, peroF sought to annex Dominica to his
a.. mnions, aud was preparing TO res1mt
a. war broken off by three years armistI'
u,u when au insurrectiOn in his own petty
% minions overthIew his government u
can 'GefraFd is now the ruler of theme repI
lic.-N Y Evening Post