Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-01-23
Columbus Correspondence.

The State Capital have progressed in the usual
quiet style which characterizes the esrir days
Of every session Of the Legislature Several
important measures have Been proposed, and
quite an amount of business is before the vari-
GUS standing and select committees.
A resolution has been introduced by Mr..
Dunn, of the House, to submit to the voters an
amendment 10 Mocoastitution, requiring all State
elections to be- held on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November, thus bringing
the State and Presidential elections on the
same day. II this plan should be adopted II
would save ono day every four years, and
bring election day into November every year.
1t is questionable whether the greater risk of
bad weather at . later day would not more
than counterbalanee the advantage to be
gnihed.
Mr.. Scott, Of Hamilton county, has also in
troduced a resolution looking to another con-
stitutional amendment. viz, that Of female
suffrage The general impression seems TO be
that neither resolution will be adopted, and
that all constitutional tinkcring should be
postponed until 1871, when the people can
have an opportunity to express their wishes,
without the authority Of the Legislature.
The severe rebukes administered at the late
elections do not appear to have reformed all
the old Democrats as much as we had hoped,
for they are at their old tricks again.
Mr.. Hughes, of Highland county, introduced
bill to repeal the law permitting disabled
soldiers at the Soldier Home to vote, If they
have all tho qualifications for voters.
The same hatred and opposition that was
exhibited through the war toward the nations
defenders, still exists. Many of the members of
the Senate are absent, on account Of sickness
and other reasons and but little has been ac-
complishcd by that Body. Several committees
are absent from beth houses, examining into
the condition Of the benevolent institutions,
and looking for site fer an agricultural col
lege, = penitentiary, and . reform school for
girls. Urbana and WorthIhgton are contend
ing for the first, Cincinnati, Portsmouth; Mans
field, Sandusky and GAINESVILLE for the second.
and Painesville and Wellington for the last.
1t is not certain that either will be located this
winter. Some of the reports are published,
among which are the Audor's, tho Controllers,
tho Railroad Commissioners, and the Reform
| School.
The Auditors report shows. in regard TO
Ashtabula county, that 1t has paid into tho
State Treasury for Sinking Fund, General
Revenue and Common School Fund, the past
year, $3S,757 95; that It receivcd-from the
State Treasury-s1,15l 80 more on the Com
mon School Fund than it paid into il; that IL
contains 44O,765 acres of land, valued at &c.
345, ,S3s, being larger by 10000 acres than any
other county In the State; that II has $685., IL
worth of real estate in towns, and $4,6l0,940
worth Of chattel property. Total, $11 642 $3.50,
or about five millns more than Geauga county,
four millions more than Lake, and three mil
| lions less than Trumbull.
Thore are 9,O15 horses In the county, worth
$4S4, ,691 82,21O cattle, 5000 OS0; 146 mules,
$6,558; 1854 sheep, &12S,80O; 4,ls3 hogs,
$17,416; 8,138 carriages, $123 223; LIT watch
es, SEQ 1857; 24O pianos, $27 800 $500 ,220 worth
of merchants stock, and $03,305 worth Of
manufacturer stock and there are 03l dogs,
valued at s4166
According to the enumeration of April and
May, 1867, there were 7,435 adult male white
The number of scholars between five and
twenty lone Is stated at 10,004
The whole amount of fees paid to the
County Auditor for the year is $23G4 OF, Of
which 800 were paid for clerk hire; net COM
pensation, 81 ,G64 OF. County Treasurer-To-
tai Of foes, &2,1 ,139 "a; clerk hire, $3.50; net,
sl,s19 o. Sheriff, $2,24s 10; for deputies,
$g8 25; net, $2 LAD IS. Clerk, $4,000 10; for
deputies, 1904; net, 1923 TO- Rcrcorder,
81 ,735 55; for clerks $500; net, 81, ,235 So.
Prosecuting Attorney, $918 %.
The Railroad Commissioners report shows
that the total cost of the Lake Shore Railroad
and eqnlpment-from Erie TO Clevsland--was
30, ,744 1873 10, or at the rate of $f02,577 % per
mile. The equipment Of the road includes "a
engines, 80 passenger cars, 81 express and bag
gage cars, 1855 freight cars, and 107 other
cars Total number Of persons employed on
the road In Ohio 2,7sS. The passenger trains
have run 6O7,52o miles during the year, and
carried 1,070,27l passengers The freight
trains have run ,203,25 miles, and carried
over one million tons of freight The total
earnings OF the year were $5,OO3,0l7 rs, and
the total expenditures were $4,s27,004 As. The
number of farm animals killed In Ohio on this
road was 24s, including 90 cattle and 81 horses,
The number of persons killed during tho year
was - killed, and 20 injured. H.
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