Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-02-23
PEN AND PASTE. BREYlTlEs.


sra River and Harbor bill appropriatinp
e5,soo,ooo TO various River and Harbor inn
provements, passed the House on SATURDAY..
embratipg tbeitem of So, 900 for this Harbor.
E4fhe bill to make League Island site for
sncwsNasy- Yard, especially for iron-clsds
has been passed by. the Senate, by vote of "a
to 2s, and now only needs the signituie of the
President -
The Italian Ministry has been hastily
reconstructed under Ricasoli. The delight of
the Radicals with the dissolution of the Sec
ond Chamber indicates their hope. for an in
creas Of strength in the next Parliament.
uSurrat the assassin arrived In Chesapeake
Bayapn tSuuday last, on the u S. Steamer
6watara, and has since reached the Capitol
and been committed to the marshal of the Dis
g The House on Saturday last passed bill
providing more clearly and fully for the con-
ting eacy of fyacancies al once in the Offices Of
President and vice President respectively
This bill ought to become law rag Z
GA bill is before the Italian Parliament,
proposing the entire separation of Church and
State. The fact viii be regarded with great
interest throughout our country, as it is the
frst measure of the kind introduced by one of
Ehegreat powers of Europe - tc -
I.@The portrait of Hon JosHUA r. GrDprSes,
paintedgby Miss c. L. RANSOM of Cleveland,
has been purchased by the Government for the
sum of $1,000 The purchase was decided on
towards the close of the last session, but a
press of business prevented its consumation un.
fii the present time.
sseE The Senate on Sntr lay last, passed
bill providing for the allotment of. the members
6 ofthe Supreme Court among the circuits, This
legislation is merely supplementary to the law
recently enacted for the reorganization Of the
Court, which was found to be imperf ect in
respect to this distribution. 44a So.
rrCol HExaY c. DExrsa has been renom-
mated for Congress from the ist Hartford and
Tonandl District of Connecticut M
fEPHISEAs T. BARsUM was on the l4th nomi-
mated for Representative in Congress from the
IVth (Western) District of Connecticut, after
aspirited contest. during which the name Of
the Hon JouN II. HuBBAgD, the incumbent,
was withdrawn. Messrs BEARpsLEr and
BrIxrrox were Mr.. BaRsux's remaining COM
petiters. The district is apt TO be close; but he
isns apt to bs5defeated.
HThat the British Government should as
'sume the expense Of the defense of Gov. EYRE
almost makes it an aecomplice in the Jamaica
massacre Itdoes not treat other criminals
ss well, but perhaps might as we'll This
shocking act will hasten the downfall of the
Tory Ministry. and give new strength to Re
form. ~ i91f3
stTaEoDoRR Tnros, says The Independent, on
the morning after his lecture in Lancing, had
an interview with the members Of the Legisla-
5ture of Michigan, for the purpose of urging
them to throw open the doors of Michigan Uni
versity to women as well as to men. There is
some hope this most famous of Western Uni
yersrsIties viii be reconstructed on a just and
generous foundation Of equal privileges to both
sexes. r.
EFA well authenticate case. of spontaneous
combustion occurred in Columbus, 40 miles
.south of Indianapolis, on the morning of the
18th inst. ANDREW NoLIE, German, very
Incorporate in his habits, was found dead in his
shop, his lips entirely burned AWAY, leaving q.
.ghasIly hole, his tongue charred to crisp
His nose was asoburned, as if by fire coming
out of his nostrils, and his clothes still burning
when found. No other part of the body save
the air passages was burned. Physicians who
.exsAhine the body pronounce ii clear case of
spontaneous combustion. 1t is supposed that
the fire was communicated by attempting to
light cigar @ n - fsn- s'l 81
81 ETMr SswARD's letter to MIR DUorEY, our
Consul at Liverpool, states officially what we
knew unofieialy, that the United states Gov
oernment has entirely repudiated the compro-
mise which Messrs. MORSE and GIBBS made
last December with the Rebel agents in Eng
land While the United States had suits in
the English courts TO recover very large a.
mount of properly held by Rebel agents, Mr..
MORSE. Consul at London, and Dir. GIBBS, an
~agent of the Treasury Department, agieed to
q compromise by which our Government
abandoned valuable claimes. Mr SRwARDs
letter says the arrangement was made upon
absolute want of authority, and that Mr. MORSE
has express instructions to make ne contracs
with Representatives of the Rebellion.
go The TARIFF Bill is before the House
for final consideration. Differences exist
between the Senate and House as to- a
number OF its details. 1t is Of the utmost
moment that these differences be accom-
modated, and the bill passed, though
some points have to be relinquished
that it would be well to carry. The
productive industry of the country is
largely paralyzed. In many departments
the suppression is nearly absolute. The
Treasury cannot tail to feel the loss OF
revenue, as well as the workmen of wa
ges. If the best bill cannot be obtained,
let the country haye the nearest approach
TO it that can be certainly had.
The Bankrupt Bill.
edt Trade and Commerce in all the large
, emporiums ofthe United States are won