Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-12-14

many 'men of gentle blood have actually
gone to worli-that they are holding the
plow and sowing seed, that they may
have bread. If these specimens OF the
gentle blood" could only live IN ''nIgger
quarters, subSist OH two pounds OF meat
and peek of meal week, be occasion
aliy treated to the Old-fashloned lash,
have child or two apiece sold away
trcm them, and be generally subjected to
the diaboiiSm of the old time, We should
/ find that SoGih Carolina was one Of the
most reliable Republican States in the
union. As these things are not in the he-
publican programme, We can only encou!-
age the experiment which these sons OF
I chiyalry have inauguratcd, by shouting
at this distance, Go it, gentle blood !"
Better men then You are ut work, and
t!inl, it TO liScrciit. = Chicayo Ifjb"'se.
TIE PARKER Oh FAEM.-We learn
from the Iitusyile U5r,t5J that the prop
/ erty of the Parker Petroleum Company,
consisting of three hundred and nine
acres, adjoining TituSvilIe on the east,
was sold mt auction on Thursday last, i'll
pursuance Of notice The e were but two
bids for the property, lir. Jonathan Wat
son starting it at $40, 900, and Mr.. L. {.
Ga'u HI b.d,iing 81 900 for which sum it
was Sod. The sale includes three excel
lent dwelling houses within the corporate
limits, the Parker OH Refinery, six en-
gines, and la"ge quantity oftubing, and
o,her oil well supplies.
This was originally a part Of the kcrr
tract. and was bought by James Parker
for farming purposes in 1886, for less
then s. 900 IN 1868 it was purchased
for $4,000 and has silce been operated
bv the Parker Petroleum Company Of
Philadelphia. Twenty-one wells hlye
been suak on the territory, about two
thirds Of which-avc proGuced'oil-
! CoHGREssIoyAL.-D /. GIr. Drake
offered iii the Senate the f,llowing concur
rent resolution
Rcsoiccd, by the Senate, the House of
R"prcscntatil cs coEcnrring, That the
President cf the United States in dcclar-
ing in lis anl,usl Message to the Two
/ Houses Of Congress at the present session
that TIE act heretofore passed at the
present session by these Houses relative
to the reconstruction of the iISurrcction-
airy States are not only Objectionable for
their assumption OF uugranted pewer, but
many OF their provisions are in conflict
with the direct prohibitions Of the Con
situations, and that those acts are rs
. plainly unconstitutional rs any can be
imagined, has transccndcd the just limits
Of his constitutional prrrogative to give
TO the Congress information Of the state
nf4 I ! n
sidcraticn s;2ch measures as he shall Judge
necessary and expcdient that the use
of such language by him i'll his official
character is, in our Judgment, calculated
/ to deroga;e from the rightiul authority Of
the law-making power OF the matt on, and
TO incite inSubordiuation, If not violent
resistance, to the law, which it is his d.
ty as President to take care shall be taitl
fully executed that, rs between the Con-
gress and the President, the former is the
final and exclusive Judge, in the first in
stance, of the conformity of la Gsrts to the
Constitution, aud that when any act has
passed by two thirds of both Houses
over the Presidents objections, any sub
Sequent official den uncment Oft by him
is unconstitutional, in tie absence OF any
adjudication to that effect by the Su-
prcmc judiciary Of the ration, is a Gcpar-
ture from official propricty and a breach
of official obligations, justifying and call
ing for distinct rcpreheasion on the part
of the Senate and House of Representa-
ii .es Laid on lble ordered t o print.
The New York .S,sa is moraliHing on
careless writing ard careless writers, as
Illustrated by the number OF letters re
turned to the Dead Letter Office in Wash
ington I ,30G,5 SOS were returned to the
General Office during the past year
Fully three fourths Of these aimlcsS let
ters are charged to the carelcsSness oft
authors 4 large proportion were wrong
" addressed, and many were illegibly di-
rected, and others were never sent from
the Office where they were deposited,
owing to the failure Of the writers to pre-
ply the postage. No doubt the Post of;
flee Department was soundly berated by
many of the writers OF these letters, be
cause the missives failed to reach their
destination. The figures show, however,
that the blame when letters 60 astray,
generally belongs to their authors, and
IiOI 10 i!lC i]Cp al SSl ~ ~ ID AN IJtl-
tant. therefore that great care should be
taken iii this matter. The thoughtless
writing Of a wrong name OF city, town,
State or county, is sure to make an addi-
ton to the work at the Dead Letter Of
fee, and may be the cause of much an
noyancc or trouble to the writer.
C0NrHACTIoY-Rl sUNPrI lN-Tle last Com !
gress, by large majority, directed the Secreta-
ry of the Treasury to cancel Treasury Notes at
rate of s., 4,GGO, eco per month with view TO |
Resumption. The present House has just voted |
Yeas, I3S; Nays, 3S-ihat the Secretary shall |
stop this clneeng til further orders. The Sen |
ate has yet 10 act on the resolution. We trust |
it Only asscnts on a clear understanding that we |
are to return to Specie Payments at a specified |
and not distant day. Our own judgment dcmurs |
TO gradual contraction with view to Resumr-
ton We would resume at once, and thus con-
tract if contraction should necessarily result |
from ResumptiOn-not otherwise. 1t must not |
be forgotten that there are some $500, 900 600 !
of specie in the country which is now merchan-
disc, but which Resumption will restore to its !
natural and proper function money; so, it
500, 900, 900 Of Greenbacks and National Bank
notes should he driven in and Cancelled becaeSe
OF Resumption, we should stiN have more mon
ey then now.
BISHOP BEDELL--The Mt. Vernon Republican says:
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