Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-04-30


cast a legislative anchor to windward by Civ
ing that body ride Of twelve hundred
miles
While here they called on Gen. Grant, went
down to Mount Vernon had ball and saw all
the sights generally.
l think our visitors all enjoyed themselves.
When last heard OF in this city, they were at
the depot, on their way to Baltimore, where
they were 10 see the monumental city.
CONGRESS
still meets daily, but with small effect On
the first day OF April, the House began the con
sidcraion of the Tariff bill. 1t has now been
at work on that bill four weeks, and has pass
ed fourteen out of its fifty pages. Iron has
been reduced from nine dollars duty TO five,
and as gold, in which that duty is payable, has
fallen from thirty per cent. to twelve, the duty
on iron has really been reduced fifty per cent
The free traders have accomplished 50 many
victories of this kind that it is generally
thought that either Gen. Schenck will abandon
the bill altogether and bring in new bill with
but few provisions in ii, or, if perseveringly
carried through, ii will be defeated by the joint
action Of the free traders and the high tariff
men.
During the past week Il curious attempt was
made to put up gold on Wall street. Some
one went TO the telegraph offices and sent dis
| patches to all the navy yards in the country,
ordering them to arm all their ships and pre-.
pare for war. No sooner was this done, than
the same facts were teegraphed to the evening
newspapers, in the expectation that III tie fur
ry of excitement the gold market would be
affected and Il few private fortunes made by
the gold gamblers But the telegraph that
carried out the false news so quickly, brought
it back no less rapidly. The commandants OF
the navy yards Immediately telegraphed back,
and thus the truth was discovered 1t is now
said that the person who sent the false dis
patches is insane; if SO, there is method in his
.....,...ccs and GOubt il he will escape on such
II plea,
The country has lost two of its best men
within Il short time, but Is not likely to forget
how they looked. Secretary Boutwell, has d-
reccd that likcnesscs of the late General
Tnomus and Embassador Burlingame be en-
graved and inserted in the plates Of the new
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| Department.
The new post Office stamps are also out, and
are great improvements upon the present ones.
| Even the post Office stamps issued under An
drew johnson had an uglincss about them that
we'll corrcspondcd with that administration.
| On Thursday last, went up to the Capitol TO
attend IN evening session Of the House, but
hpinrp | had nrrivpI thnrn thp IInusn huI ,1
joumcd lur want of II quorum. An evening
session Of the House was also ordered the next
day, and when it was found that no quorum
was present, the doors were ordered closed,
and a call of the names made Over forty
were found to be absent, and the Scrgcant.at-
arms was directed TO bring them in Six were
arrested, brought to the bar of the House and
there fined ten dollars, which the costs swclcd
TO twenty-five dollars. Mr.. Eldrdge was II
very angry man he was in the building and
in sight Of the doors which closed Just in time
to keep him out. But he was out" and had
10 pay. Mr.. Poland asked to be excused be-
CAUSE he was calling upon his ministers the
excuse was voted insufficient, and he lorllcd
over. Gen Butler was excused because he had
leave OF absence to begin that nj sht. Another
member was excused inasmuch us an addition
To his family was made that night. But almost
ull excuses were rejected, and the absent men,
hers were generally fined.
THE CITY OF WASHINGTON
is now engaged in its biennial election of city
officers. | have never known so bitter IA mu-
nicipal quarrel ms is raging between the two
wings of tie party and ii is all the worse
that IL is purely PERSONAL that no principle OF
Ndlcalism or conservatism is engaged therein.
Both sides are trying for office The Bowen
party are in, and want to keep in; the Emery
party are out and wa nj TO be in and between
them both, Democrat is not unlikely to slip
In.
Washington is the first southern city where
negroes voted in large quantities. When they
were first admitted To the franchise, 1t was pre-
dictcd that the ballot would be- 50 degraded as
10 be worthless. 1t is due to the darkies TO
say that This quarrel is none Of theirs; it is
entirely among the whites.
WORCESTER.