Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12
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EH-3Ir. Wade presented on the Sd, petitions
from citizens oe Ashtabua for law asStish-
ing Boardssef Education, T.I.
.NeS5-The President has Issued an executive
order farlidding. the introduetion-of whisky
into Alaska.
p,cE-It is reported that the Rev Horace
Cook is now With his ithnily near Boston, -rn-
der medical treatment.
eyT Extensive frauds on the revenue, through
Che medium of the mails, have been detected
in the chiesgo Post.ofiice
rE-The f'sr-slem wiii as soon as officially
Informed of IIoar's rejection, nominate two
candidates for the vacant Judgeshp-one OF
whom will be Judge Strong, of Pennsylvania
eE-The distillers of Dayton and vicinity
have made up case to test the legality of the
rule, allowing only forty eight hours for fer
mcntation.
CE-A large crowd assemblies on Monday,
the same as ON Saturday, around the Office of
Woodruff, Clafiin & CO., female stock brokers
ut New York. Comments on the street indicate
an intention 10 keep them from securing bust
ness to any extent
eE-It is contemplated 10 extend the Chicago
Lake Tunnel beneath the city To a point four
or five miles in a southwestly direction. The
committee will also report in favor of the cree
ton of pumping works at the terminus cf the
tunnel so prolonged
~ Discoveries of extensive marble qunrrics
have been made along the banks OF Stilwa:er
Creek, in the northern part of Montgomery
country, within the past few days. The de-
posts are said 10 extend for several miles
The specimens found were susceptible Of a
polish equal TO the finest Italian marble.
cSThe London Times makes most impor.
tant admission, and one which should strike a
certain class of American political economists
with the force of a broad idea of solid argu.
mcnt. u is that the decrease of the cotton
trade in England is attributable to ",hc superi
oriiy of AmtricGn manufactures"
sErThc outrageous, cold-bloodsd assassina-
tiam of two Americans in the streets of Havana
and the bare escape OF a third from the bullets
of Spanish bravo, is matter which demands
thorough investigation, and we trust oul
government will not let the matter pass with
out o direct calling Of the Spanish government
TO an account.
Is There has been l5l ,2S7 persons entirely
supported, or materially assisted, by the pub
lie charities of New York during 1869. The
persons received support in the city prisons
numbered 42.53G, in the warehouses 1928
and in the penhentiary 2,0GJ, making Gl ,s3j
criminals and vagrants who were burden on
the community.
gB' 1t has been proposed that the final and
complete ratification of the XVIII Amendment
be appropriately celebrated, not only by The
race whose wrongs il will right, but by all the
people of the country. 1t will certainly mark
new era in the history of the land when the
last remnant of the old proscripuve days oi
slavery is forever removed from the statute
books.
lH-The election of colorcd man to the
position Of Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of South Carolina is one Of the mos
striking and singular results of Reconstruc
ton. The new Judge is described as the bcs
educated negro at the South. For his own
sake and for the sake of the race hc represents
We trust that his conduct will justify his pro-
motion.
cB-It is said by English correspondents
that n very general feeling of discomfort pre-
walls in England among the laboring classes,
One writer asserts that the struggle for bread,
the pressure of poverty, the difficulty Of get
ting on, the hopeless prospect which is before
the vast majority of poor men in England, the
immense burdens imposed upon all classes,
have almost cXtingulshed the love OF country.
ii The admission of Georgia and Missis-
sippi 10 the Union League of States, with the
assumption of government by the civil pow
crs necessarily dispenscs with the services of a
large pumbeE of military officers in those
States, .whs have been employed in civil capac-
Ties, and returns them To military duty The
applications of these officers for assignment to
other duties are becoming numerous
eB- Unlsrtunate Mexico IL doomed to
another bloody civil war, the friends of Jaurez
admit that the catastrophe cannot be averted.
Five States are now in,open insurrection, and
the Central Government is powerless Jaurez
has made ready for his departure for Europe,
having shipped fortune In bullion. We may
iadeed expect regin Of anarchy in that un-
happy country. which, II seems Is never likely
TO be quict until the strong Anglo. American
arm rules II.
eB-Mr. Brown of the Chinese embassy says
he has read the correspondence which passed
between Burlingame and Bismarck on ia,
subject Of a treaty, and that the same policy
was adopted by Prussia that controlled th'
Hction al America, England and France
namely furbearanCe and consideration towar,
China, and consent To abstain from the u.s.
Of force In compelling China, to adopt meas
ures ior vhi1h she Is not nj present prepared
E4 Tie President has issued an cxccutiy,
order, In response 10 The wishes aud petitions
Of large numbVn ot the citizens of Alaska
prohibiting the introduction in that Territor,
Of distilled spirits. The report from the gov
rrnment officers stationed at Slka ARE 10 ih
effect that the demoralization among the In
habilant Is intense, und that there Is greu
desdtuilon and suffering in consequence Of III
tendency Of the people in that climate TO us
strong drink
~ Spain has as much difficulty in gettin
King as Mexico has in retaining a Prcsiden
There prc four candidates mentioned In come,
tion with the crown, The Duke Of Monlper
sber Prince Geofge of SaXony n,,ed thirt,