Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-03-06
Pen ana I,aste Breritics.


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tE~P PEise-fghis keep a large part Of Mem
phis from church op sundays ~ 1oul
.tf}-fAc faslosi Skibcipcdc riding ,6d record
tlaat.ef a Young smap-in -GiBciHn"'i'- no
arted from the upper floor of building and
t3ae Si,tonrhlA number of iiktchways, going
.69yn nuEstoriesa and bali, l' ,ro1 d,
.tE-Ths British authorities in New Zealand
have sevcrclypunished the savagcs WHO, sew
eral,mdnths ago, comthiticd tho horrid on'ra-
ges at Poverty Bayt Several villages have
benldestroyed and about hiqoty natives Killed
and wounded. 1.y. '.'.r i.' Z" i-'
itg-1tis said Ger. Grant is opposed to'Gen
Butlef.i proposition for a reduction OF the
army. He also opposes the bin paying army
-oficefs fixed salaries, and says. what would
support an officer IN New York would siarvc
him en- The frontier, y ,Ft .,.,,. ....
~. ssE-The Tribune has just raised Greeley s
salary to $4,000. During 1868 the Tribune
Association divided among its Stockholders
.eis4O0O--much the bcstiy iyUar in It's history
-besjes Is it,belioves incrcasingits value by the
purchase of real estate to the amount Of $780,
900 8f94s !Lo1h '.. "' tH.-~' 1853.
IutE-Itis not a good sign for the Pacific Rail
road that, notwithstanding our remarkably
open winter, the SHOWS on the mountains have
completely blocked i, up for over half Of the
past month. There has not been single train
through since the -,12lh Of February.
sH- The EXPENSES of thcilIouse, with lis a22
members, are shown ny areccnt report upon
fle subject tofbe 50 far below those Of the Sen
nte, with lis Ga members, as 10 show. either
that the Hgusc, is ipsuiliciently supplied, or
that the sqllandering of the Senate on matters
concerning its personal eomior; is shameful.
istB-Thc XEIst Congress was expected Il
convene and the House 10 organize ats p. m
Of Thnrsday the 4tlf inst When Mr.. BlaIn'
would be chosen Speaker of the House, AM
Mcfhefson probably SELECTED Clerk. Tn
Vice President tcleet no dotiH took tue chair Q
the Senate and entered upon the regular duiic
OF his position as president Of that body,
htE- Louisiapa makes haste 70 follow Kansa
in the ratification Of the constitutional Amend
ment concerning suffrage. Meantime tho Leg
islature of Tennessee has adjourned wiihou
netion on tho subjcct--a course not altogotle
surprising, when the slowness with which tl
people of that Stale came to regard ncgr0'sut
1rage rs at all tolcrable isrcmcmbcrcd.
EB-The iotali cost of the Lake Shore Rail
road and ed,hpmeht- Erie 10 Cleveland
has been S0,74ts73 40, or at the rate Of $i02,
SO 6e per mile The equipment of the roa'
includes SO engines, 6S passenger cars, 81 eX
press and baggage cirs, f,950 freight cars, an
i07 other cars. And 1t has paid TO the stock
holders several times over -
sy-It has lately beer discovered thai, tn
great plains of Colorado eycrlic y ypst Goa
he'd, also numerous beds OF iron. Some q
these large beds Of coal have lately been foun,
70 I've on fire. and to such an extent as 10 warn
up the earth for several miles nr6und. Tn
section VI country most explored lies bctwcci
he headwaters of The Republican and Plat
Rivers, in Colorado. "'''
tB- Kansas, which year ago rejected a
amendment TO IL State Constitution author
zing negro suffrage, las now been the frst I
ratify tho Constitutional Amendment whic
Congress- has just submitted, Against grant
of suffrage in individual States there were a
ways plausible objections which do not appl
to general measure affecting all the Stat
alike. H..... f... .. ..,.
.E"Tho Spanish accounts from Cubn clai
number of successes The Spanish lrool
are said Ia have be,n victorious In nm engag,
mcnt at Cifuentes. Al villa Clara 800 rcbe
are reported to have surrendered, and the span
ith General Iesca claims to have outwittc
Gen Qucsada' And Cuban General Is sal
TO have gone over to the Spahlards with zoo
mem We shall see whether future advice
will confirm one-half Of these stories.
EB-D, p Southworth, Supervisor OF Inter
nal Revenue for tho Eastern District, Pa, ha
suspended Assessor john w. Frazier OF th
First DisIlctof rennsylvonia, for alleged neu
lact OF duty, and directed Assistant Asscsso
IL. V. Stafford 10 take charge of tho Office. j
Is understood that Assessor Frazier refuses {
recognize the authority of tho 5urperviso
and has sent him letter to that effect, an
t',at he intends to continue TO perform III
duties Of his Office. "' H1u
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