Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12


complexion Of the Central Assembly.
No bills Of general interest, have as yet
passsd both Houses, except those I hnve here.
tofore referred to. II IL aRf by flryse huow-
ing whereof they affirm. that last Saturday The
House did the largest days work that has been
known here for fifteen years. Among its Ia
bors were the I'd reading and referring to the
proper committees of "a bills.
A Joint Resolution was introduced last week
instructng our members Of Congress, to urge
the passage of law, donating TO Wibcrforce
College in Greene Co., o., s50O00 TO assist that
College in rebaildipg its buildings, which were
a few years ago burned down RS claims to
such donation, were, that its object Is the ed
ucation of colorcd teachers. male & female for
the south, & that u is the only institution of the
kind in the U. s., controlled and managed ex-
clusively by the coiorcd race, having tull col
lege course. This resolution was referred to
the Comm. on Federal Relations in the House,
of which, Ward, of Cincinnati, The author of
of the celebrated Bible bill, is chairman, and
the irrepressiblc Baber is member
On Monday, in order TO report moro under
standngly as to the wants and necessities of
the College and the merits of the resolution,
of the comm. went TO Xcna, and visited the
college The effect produced can he readily
understood when, ! say that Ward and Baber
when called upon for speeches hy the students,
of which there are IL. Internationally com.
mitted themselves to full and hearty support
Of tile resolution. And your correspondent
can only say, that he fully agreed with. them,
on that subject.
The Leg is being flooded with petitions, for
and against every conceivable proposition to
change or make new laNys The bulk of them
however refer ~ tle interest laws, and the tax
ing of BuAdihg and Loan Associations There
is Tremendous effort being made, to get pass
ed free interest law" and abolishing all pen
alties for taking extra interest. The PROPOSE
tion is to leave the rate of interest open. and
be made the subject to contract only The cry
is "frec trade in money" "Why should the
law provide for the price of money, any more
than the price of bushcl Of wheat 2" The
building association have by recent authority,
banking powers given to them, but they claim
to he very benevolent and charitable nslitu-
tons, and asked to be relieved of tax.
ing to themselves, that they, TO Il greater de-
gree, than any members here, enjoy the conf
dence of their constituents, for the reason that
they have, not yet received II single petition,
but have been left entirely free TO act for them
selves, and absolutely untrameled.
At the Pcntentiary the ether dhy an insane
prisoner struck Samuel Boyle, of your town,
who is guard in the shops, in which the man
was employed. The injury was not serious
and Boyle is again on duty AS usual.
John A. Prentice has been spending day
or two here among his friends. lie meets
with cordial greeting from large circle of
acQuaintancrs, who learned to appreciate and
prize him during his residence here US War
den of the Pentcntiury.
The usual adjournment from Friday to Tues
day cores this week X.
INsuRREcTICN in Mexico develops much as
the smallpox does No sooner does one par
ticlc appear than the whole body becomes
cruptyc. Already the nsunection has ex-
tended beyond the boundaries of San Louis
Potosi to neighborng States, and it is suspec-
ted that the agents of the insurgent leaders are
at work within the Capital itself to create dis
turbances that will paralyzc the energies of
the Government If the rumor of an nsur-
gent victory in San Louis Potosi over the
troops sent to suppress il should be confirmed,
IL will give tremendous impetus to the revolu
tionary tendencies of the people, who, by all
accounts, would hail the appearance of the
venerable Santa Anna, by general rising
OF tI,n 4
conspiraor against the peace of the Republic
is actually at work, and has his agents in every
State and Capitol he has the prestige of
renowned name, the sympathies of the Church
party, the adhesion of Juarcz's enemies, and
an intcrminable lease of life in his favor.
"CANADA's BLuNDERING."-Th second
number of "The New Nation" newspaper. the
Winnipeg annexation organ, has strayed into
our sanctum. 1t is dated Winnipeg, January
18th. The first page is filled with original and
selected articles advocating in the strongest
terms the union of their country with the Uni
ted States. On the inside, among other art-
ccs, there Is one of three colums in length,
under the caption of canada Blundering,"
in which we have u vivid recital of the injus-
tlce perpetrated, and of the bungling manner
in which the attempt was made to usurp the
rights and liberties OF an intelligent people.
A casus 6eti is established, and having asserted,
the people propose TO maintain their rights at
all hazards.
PRoPosED AMENDMENT to the Bill of Mr.
Ward in the matter Of the Bible and prayer, In
our Common Schools.
SEC. ]. BE it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State OF Ohio, That it
shall be unlawful tor the Board of Edu-
cation OF any township, or the Board Of
Education in cities, towns, incorporated