Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-02-25

THR HousE Sara The Select COmmitoe on
Seats, in the House, viii recommend the resiOra'
ton Of desks as indispensable to the necessities
Of members. The changes introduced by Cap
tain Megis, thoueh sanctioned by the Commit
tee of the last Congress, were not authorized or
contemplated by the resolutions directing the
experiment, and cost nearly $4,000 A large
expense must be incurred in replacing the desks,
as the floors and heating apparatus were con
structed TO, prevent return to The old system
TfousE PRrNTER.-The election Of Printer is
still involved in doubt. A few Of the Southern
Americans, who went into the bargain to elect
Mr. Gossbrennsr, with share OF the spos for
their friends, are dissatisfied with the arrange
ment and will perhaps adopt some third candi-
date This course may prolong the contest, or
ultimately give it new direction.
GovkRSaENr AFrRoPRIArloNs--1HE TARIFF.
The Committee on Ways and Means reported
the FortlfcatiOn aud Indian appropriations to-
day, and will complete others by the beginning
Of next week, thus clearing that calender pre-.
paratory to general legislation. Immediately
arterward the tarF bill will be taken up, with
the intention Of bringing forward moderate
aud weIl-consdered bill, founded upon the best
practical information, and having stability aud
proper discrimination for leading ideas. The
friends Of Protection do not ask any excessive
measures, but tariff which will afford revenue
and encourage suffering industry
The RIcHNOND ExPLosIoN.---The explosion
in the Democratic Convention at Richmond,
and failure Of Wise's friends to carry their res.
olutions declaring he was the preference Of Vir-
ginia for the Presidency, are regarded as con-
elusive against him, and as securing the delega-
ton for Mr.. Hunter beyond contingency.
OrFESsE- Our good natured allusion, week
or two since, to Second Advent movement
in this quarter, although making no declaration
Of our own, or advancing au opinion, has given
such offence as TO call for a summary move
ment in the way Of ordering two or three pa
pers stopped. We regreut the conclusion which
this step leads us to infer is the one arrived at
by the offended oues-that We would persecute
any one for his religious sentiments. We have
no sympathy for that kind of intolerance. But
while we wish to indulge our own views on these
matters, we would not purposely wound the
feelings Of any one differing from us. however
much we might consider them in error. The
opinion, however, that any system of religious
belief is so sacred and sombre as 10 preclude
pleasant alusion to any Of its features, is one
that we are not ready to endorse /; aud further,
il this system is vulnerable TO such assaults as
that complained Of it can hardly be worthy Of
the implicit confidence reposed in it, as means
of salvation.
WEBsTER's DIcTIoSARY.-Tbis concentration
Of English literature has nearly supplantcd all
competitors, and has become the text book for
Colleges and Universities, both at home and
abroad, and its decisions are evidence in Courts
Of Justice. No one, whether merely business
man, or one of literary persuits can afford to
he without its comnauionship