Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-19
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twThe Newfoundland Ministry has resigned
ChsA For Bennett has been called upon to
form new government
eE-A farmer In Lewistown, Maine, sells his
wood By sample. leaving sticks at residences,
and offering TO deliver wood like them at a
specified price.
otB-The chimes of fashionable Church in
Philadelphia played "shoo Fly" mot for
Soo," and "fm the Girl that's Gay and Happy"
at recent wedding.
eB-Thc murderer of Greenwald was arrest.
ed In Havana, on Friday night He is a ser
geant Of Volunteers He will be tried inlme.
diately by court-martial.
cB-A Proclamation has been issued by the
Canadian Government, declaring that on and
after the 18th Of April, American silver shall
only be current at discount Of twenty per
cent. .s'
BTho Select Committee OF Congress on
American Navigation proposes to allow draw
backs on certain shipbuilding materials and
subsidies to vessels in the carrying trade Ii
also proposes TO abolish State trade on vessels
coming into port.
tB-The Cleveland Herald Of the 10th inst,
says: 1--WE learn that DIr James A. Briggs
formerly of Cleveland, has become financial
editor of the New York Tribune, delicate
End responsible position, for which his high
integrity and intelligence evidently fit him"
H-The investigation, by Garfelds commit
Zee, into the New York gold conspiracy, is
Ill. T4
nelfeasance against any Government officer
will be made, though ButterAcld will be cen
sured. Corbin Is understood to have sworn
that his famous letter to the President has
been either lost or destroyed
tF~ Old John Brown, after his failure NJ
Harper's Ferry, came TO the conclusion that
he was COED Cor nothing but to hang 1t turn
ed out that in that capacity, lie was worth a
good deal. The Olivier administration is
making the same mistake in imprisoning Ro-
cliefort, that the STAKEHOLDER did in the case oI
Brown. Almost any timber will nuke good
martyr
sB-A significant resolution was introduced
the other day into the Illinois Constitutional
Convention. 1t proves that there shall be sub.
mitted to- the women of the State, OF the age
of twenty0ne or over, u separate constitution
al amendment giving TO tlem the right Of the
ballot II this amendment receives n majority
of the votes cast, it is 10 be considered u part
Of the Constitution.
EB-The President is reported to have said
that any man who agrees with Chief Justice
Chase In his late Legal.iender decision is not
ft to occupy seat upon the Bench. This in
dcates the mistaken integrity of the President
and shows how deeply he is Gisgusted with the
unpatriotic, schemng politician who is be-
traying the high trust reposed in him. for
his own political elevation and aggnndlze-
ment
E5- Astronomers tell us that there is great
commoton in the sun now II days. One OF
the extraordinary manifestations is "a large
current or column of electric light shooting
out to an enormous distance" That il appears
there is excessive combustion. 1t might be
worth while to inquire whether the agitation
of the sun has anything to do with the mild
winter, or is likely to be over in time to give
us reasonable summer.
gH-A writer In the boston Adpertser shows
that the cost of building an iron steamer OF
1900 tuns burden in Scotland would be $14S,-
878 less in gold than IL constructed in an
American shpyard, even were all duties re-
moved. The difference arises from the differ
ence in the cost of labor Skilled labor in the
Scotch yard averages seveniy-five cents day
in god in the American 5 S3, and only
eight hours work per day at that.
EB-Mr, Beccher's church incllnes still more
TO latitudinnrianism, the last step being to
modify the orthodox Calvinistic idea of eternal
punishment This rigid orthodoxy has hereto
fore found place In one of the Articles Of
Faith" Of Plymouth Church, but for some
time past many members have thought it Oh
jectonable, and now Mr. Bcccher concurs in Il
resolution directing the appointment of II COM
mittec to revise or blot out the offending arli-
cle
tB- Several years ago two little white cir
were captured by the Indians The nOrtl rn
part of Texas. They were recently rans mt d
by Colonel Lcavenworth and taken 10 Wash-
ington. The Committee on Indian Affairs of
the House agreed TO report Lill giving each
OF the girls $1,000, the amount to he paid ont
Of the annuity of the tribe that captured them
Ills Uthubnt lhlS VIII nave bhluluy cHcCl
upon the Indian tribes generally with regard
TO capturing whites.
sB-Ar. Seward will so to Hayti and San
Domingo, as has been hinted. His presence
there will simply serve to show the relations
which exist between the climates Of Mexico,
Cuba, and the general West indies, and their
effect on American travellers, The Hayiians
and the Domnicans will take our word Cor Il
that Ir Stewards visit will be innocent con.
clliatory, Ind, rightly taken, in the nature of
benediction. His journey through the topics
is the very romance Of stalemanshlp, and we
hope the Dominleans will welcome him as a
seer, and entertain him as a sage.
s3-oencral Mcclellan is frst choice for the
posltion OF Most Eminent Commander Of the
new political organization called the Grand
Army Of the Constitution. Little Mac has had
some experience with grand armies, and II be
marshalls this one with anything like the
tact and ability displayed with that OF the
Potomac II viii take some little time 10 get II,
fully equipped and. into active service. His
familiarity with tile receipt for not doing it,
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