Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-11-30

not to hope for a reaction in favor of the
south, and bide their time as they are
now doing.
THE D.MocgACY can have no good ground
OF complaint OF: want of candor and fairness
at the hands.of IFS opponents, if in giving its
portrait, the testimony Of those embraced in its
faith, and the orthoxy of whose profession and
practice has never been questioned, furnish the
material for the limning. The Woods of New
York have too long swayed the political mind
and heart of the pure and unterrifed of that IN
equaled democratic city, to admit of any ques-
ton, either as to knowledge or reliability. Fer
naulo Wood is a candidate for mayor of the
city, and represents the Mozart wing Of The
party. John T HJffnan IS also a candidate for
Mayor, representing the Tammany ring. The
fight between these two factions is getting TO be
interesting and refreshing to outsiders. In a
speech a few evenings since. Wood made the
following courteous and forcible alusion to the
other wing of the party:
Gentlemen, John T. Hoffman is the
Representative OF Tammany Hall. Tam
many Hall is political institution, con
ceived in fraud and maintained by cor
ruption, (Cheers and cries OF ''that is
so.'0 1t has originated a system of vir-
tual disiranchisement of the people of
New York. (Crics of That's soy 1t
has refined the old way of committing
frauds at elections. What l say here
now | say upon my own responsibility
and 1 am personally responsible to- any
man who may feel aggFieved at what |
say. / charge that at the late election
the Tammany Hall organization import
ed thieves from Philadelphia to vote their
ticket; that these thieves We're organized
in different wards of the city, and that
bands of them voted in more than six
teen wards, and in more than one hun
dred ard twenty-five election districts.
(Cheers.) More than that, it is known
that several of the inspectors of election,
after receiving the ballot from the voter
substituted another ballot, and deposit
ed it in the box. (iIisses and cries Of
"Shame.') And then, finally, in the can
vassing itself, we have proof positive
that most base frauds were committed
against the honest old man, Judge Con-
molly, the then candidate for Sheriff
loud cheers) frauds that would consign
the perpetrators of them, their aiders
and abettors, to the State prison for the
balance of their natural lives. (Cheers.)
That is rich, decidedly. Is it wonder
fill that the city gave 10000 democrat
ic'' majority? But while Mr.. Wood is
on the stand we will let him proceed.
He says further:
Why, we scarcely take up 4 newspaper
in the morning, that our eyes are not at
tracted by accounts of assassinations and
public executions l will venture to say
there is not man in this room who keeps
house, who has not had the respect of a
burglar paid to him within year. For
myself, that is my experience within the
last three nights cheers aud laughter
-one of these thieves, | suppose, that
were brought from Philadelphia by Tam
many Hall to stuff the ballot-boxes
Tgreat cheers and laughter and who,
not satisfied with cheating poor old
Judge Mike Connolly of his election, but
was ready to rob his house atterward.
CONTINUED cheers and laughter.
GENERAL GRAxr's ANNUAL REPORT
puts the strength of the army ut $500
men. He thinks it may soon be reduced.
He wants s77,OOO,oOo for the next year.
He recommends neither the continuance
nor the discontnuance of the Freedmen's
Bureau There are 800 cemeteries filled
with victims of the late rebellion; so of
these are distinctively known as National
cemeteries. and of the 100000 buried sol
diers, more than 100000 now sleep IN
"Nationar' ground. There are still to re-
move and re-bury about 10000 bodies
and the total, when all is finished, will
reach 32S,O90. This duty of respect and
national honor has been performed at a
cost of about s3,5Oo,0c0.
FREEDMEN's SCHOOLS General How
ard of the Freedmen's Bureau, who left
Washington about two weeks ago on
tour of inspection to Freedmen's Schools
in the west, has returned, and had long
interview with Gen. Grant. He visited
a majority of the schools in Western
Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mis-
souri, and reports them in a highly pros
prous condition. Gen. Howard is Of the
opinion that if the freedmen are proper
ly protected in their rights by the civil
authorities, the operations of the Bureau
might be dispensed with in the above
States, with the exception of Kentucky
where they are subjected to gross out
RACES. The negroes are comparatively
free from annoyance in the states visited.
A Hartford man, in the delirium
tremens, jumped from third story win
dow the other day. When picked I'D Ee