Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-04-23
rom our Warrington corre.pondent.

W AsHINeToN. April 18th. 1870.
For few days, Washington is to be happily
flooded With Ohioans II was wise Thought
TO add the strength of the Ohio Legislature to
she assembled wisdom at the capitol. While
am writing, your Legislators are trundling
hithcrward at the rate of forty miles an hour.
They VIII arrive here late this evening, and
win have two days for enjoyment One Of
these days will be spent in visit to the tomb
Of Mount Vernon. and Thursday viii be given
up to n reception and leveo at the Masonic
Hall, at which President Grant will be present.
The speeches on the part of Washington, will
be made by Senator Thurman, and Secretary
Cox. Responses will be duly made, of course,
by the coming Legislature,b but they will select
their own speakers
GEN. HOWARD AND THE FREEDMEN's BUREAU.
As the evidence in this case develops itself
nothing has yet occurred to shake tire public
confidence in Gen Howard's his management
Of she public funds That eminent int, Fer
nando Wood, is rapidly getting disgustcc with
such mild treatment of so bad man as Gen.
Howard, and expresses his opinion that the re-
port will probably be Republican whftewash-
ing, in which opinion he is probably correct
II is the general impression here, that the
whole matter is the revival of the old quarrel
of two years ago, between Rev. DIR. Boynton,
formerly of Cincinnati, and Gen. Howard
When the Congregational church was started
here DR.. Boynton was called to be its pastor,
and Gen Howard was It's leading member; in
fact, without his aid in personal appeals for
money, the church could not have been built
DR.. Boynton, who is very ambitious clergy
man, was disgustrd at having a parishioncr of
more prominence in the public mind than him
self and he commenced u series of attacks on
Gen. Howard Drawing up a pamphlet, ac-
cusng Gen Howard Of hypocFaey he caused
il 10 be signed by all his followers Two coun-
ellis were then called, one, erpdrte, by the
friends of Gen. Howard, one by the friends of
DR. BOynt0n !; and the council Of the friends
Of Dr. BoyntSn condemned his course as freely
and completely as did the erpartG council. DIR.
Boynton still struggled for four months longer
against these reports OF his ministerial brethren
and Of The church ; and when finally obliged
10 go, he established rival church in a pub
lie, hall, hoping tlle secession of so many of
Failing in this, his friends selected Fernando
Wood rs their fit representative and are now
trying to break down the Generals character
Themselves nominaTly Republicans, they are
perfectly willing to injure the party and the
Bureau through Fernando Wood, If thereby
they can also injurc Howard.
THE FREEDMES.
n,.forn II,n nourf xyoa tnl ,rn 1vnro
told that il made free he would never work ;
he would prefer lnziness even if it brought
starvation. When freedom came to that four
millions of people, and it was proposed to give
them the suffrage, we were told that the ballot
was useless TO them; they would all vote as
they were told to do. hardly think the most
bitter Democrat will to-day say that tie negro
will vote as bis ex.master requires; stubborn
" Republican do all the negroes turn ont.
The other objection, that they are too lazy TO
work, is best rcfutcd by the great crops of cot
ION the South has produced the past year and
that ille money paid the black laborer Is not
all wasted, is evident from the statistics of the
Trcedmen's Savings Bank of this city which has
nearly two million of dollars of deposits, near
ly all Of ii the property Of colorea men. This
sum is growing by deposits about 81 900 day,
which is very large amount for a race to
whom it was so lately impossible to own any
property, even, themselves.
CGSGRESS
still makes the same report Of itself that il has
made for weeks Ii is doing nothing.
The Senate is engaged on the Georgia bill,
with present prospect, If the talking is even
concluded, of the defeat, Of the Bingham
bill
The House still sauntcrs over the tariff, tax
ing of little here and there but leaving the
bulk of revenue charges untouched. A great
cry comes up here for the abolition Of the in
come tax; but il will certainly be continued
this year, and then probably be lighencd by
having an income Of of $4,000 US Il minimum,
instead of $1,000 rs now.
WoRCEsTER.