Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-09-17

$l50000, all happily paid for, with an endow-
ment already paid of 100000 1t is under
ihe control of the synod of Ohio-Columbus,
and Toledo.
tzy-The railroads Of the United States near
lv euual in extent and cost those Of all the rest
of the world At the close of this year, their
aggregate length will be nearly IL not quite,
ffty thousand miles and their total cost hardly |
less than twenty-five hundred millions of dol
Iars--a sum which exceeds the present amount
OF our vast National debt. r....
CF3~Thc Cherokee Council passed resoln-
tions on the 10th inst, authorizing their prin.
cipal chiefs to inform the Commissioner oil
Indian Affairs of their willingness TO receive
the North Carolina Cherokees into the nation,
provided they remain without expense to the
nation; and also that no rights orbeneHts now !
claimed be granted, until they shall have re-
moved west and become identified as citizens |
of the nation.
| tzgSThey have a noiselcsss street pavement
| In London. A part of IIolburn has been laid
with smooth patent asphalt, over which the
wheels of wagons and cabs roll without clat-
ter The Daily Nc,rs demands that fair trial
shall be given to this pavement and iudulges
in dreams Of the day when the traffic of Lon
don shall glide through the streets "as noise
| lcssly as the gondolas of Venice"
cT3~Thc extreme Republicans in the Corps
Legislatf have begun war upon the clergy
by proposing TO force them into the army The
clergy have only themselves TO thank for this
They have been the most bigoted supporters
of the empire, and after the coup d etat, when
they might have covered themselves with i'm
pcrishable glo-y by bold stand for the right,
they became the tools OF the usurpcr, by lead
ing the peasanry to the polls to vote the rati
fcation of his crime. Churches never can
afford to palter with injustice .
tzs-The social evil" policy adopted from
the French and other continental examples, by
the city of ST. Louis, proved failure in the
first attempt to resist it. One of the frail sis
tiers took her case to court, and it was there
, held that the tax imposed upon her and her
class was without any warrant whatever, and,
virtually, that the whole matter was farce
+ and fraud.
| At II o'clock, on the morning OF Saturday
r the l0ih large vessel, name unknown, struck
on Goodwin Sands, on the cast coast oi Eng
: land, and soon became a total wreck Inc
gea was running so high at the time that no
boat could approach the ship from the shore
The fate of the crew is unknown. On
board which iioatcd from the wreck were the
-. words New York"
t.Fs-In that celebrated interview between
the French Emperor and an "Englishman," a
few days after the formal declaration of war,
: but before the actual opening of hostilties,
: the En,pcror said that he had hoped to man
are the Franco Prussian controversy in such
way as to maintain peace even after he had
c directed his Minister to threaten Prussia with
e war; but, continued he, France has slipped
s out of my hand, and cannot rule unless
r lead"
Ccy-Thc Prohbtionists Of the Eighth Ohio
n District, to the number of fifty delegates, met
J. in convention at Delaware, on "Wednesday,
}, and nominated Colonel ]. w. Lindsey for
e Congress He s said to be thorough RcpuD-
lcan, with ultra prohibition principles, and is
e the strongest man for the position IN the Pro-
n hbtion party. Professor Williams, the Re
II publican candidate for Senator, was indorsed
IS For Judge of the Sixth District Judge Sample
of Licking was nominated. A separate coun'
Il ty ticket was also made. This movemen
} causes considerable feeling among the Repub'
8 Hcans, who regard every vote cast for Lindsey
d as virtually against the Republican party.
II Cgy-A little cockle-boat that three or ioul
men could carry on their shoulders, success
h., fully encountered MI the perils OF passag'
~, across the stormy Atlantic. grea. Iron
-, clad, said 10 be the finest specimen OF nava
architecture ever launched and declared BY
: an English admiral TO be in herself IN over
! match for all the rest Of his fleet, topples owe
In the first gale, and she and her gallant crew
C. are forever lost TO human sight 1t iga strang
"' coincidence that the success OF the one an'
III tho tragic failure of the other should occur ol
the same day.
DIR. Newman, who recently went to Sal
zee Lake TO discuss the subject Of Mormonisn
'es thus writes to n Washington paper 9TH
u.s. discussion lasted but three days and was by II
fo- means exhausted of the subject on either side
| desired nine hours, but only could get three
lal After the Mormons found themselves forced
II debate they determined TO limit the time
he the shortest possible period, aud rather tina
lo- MOI debate consented 10 the three hours pr'
position Two good results have attende
u.s. the discussion. First the people are no
IT. thinking for themselves second, Ladie
,w Christian Association has been formed, con
di- posed of Mormons and Gentiles, These r.
suits compensate for the effort put forth in b
nm half of the down trodden women of Utah.
an E7g-A movement is on foot among the lea
shc ing Democratic Germans of New York,
ion which It is thought large numbers viii parliI
of pate, to issue protest to their fellow counlr
ems men In the Fatherland against prosecuting
100 war against Republic, While the war W
against the hated Napoleon and his dynasty
-, while It was war between dcspois-th,
Tia. sympathics naturally were with the Germ
md people at home. But circumstances are ne
ted changed, and the tyNnt who threatened {
pbt spollallon of German territory is powcrle'
the aud tho people, who acted rs but his tools
red entering upon the war, have reorganized 4
o. State upon basis which ought to CONNIE
h.d II to the sympathy OF the Germans, as I
80 Empire mcrited their hatred They call up
Nal their countrymen not TO he led by an amblto
,rhn leader to further despoil apcople newly emel
,or ed from despotism under which they ha
- groaned for twenty years.
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