Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-05
Pen and Paste BrcUfttes.

tE-The death of Salnave by apublic execu.
zion removes, but with another blot of blood,
the last formidable relic Of a noted Haytian
regime. safnavefs death wifi not improve, we
fear, the general life Of Hayti. 1t is hardly
guaranty that the days of shooting are over.
gT-General Ames Senator, called upon the
President on the 1st, and presented him the
official records of the organization of the
Mississippi legislature the adoption of the
constitutional amendment, and the election of
United States Senators according to law.
gE-After trial lasting eight days, party
Of women Who in 1868 made raid upon a
drinking saloon in Alton, N H.. in which
they knocked in the heads of barrels, broke
jugs and smashed things generally, have been
sentenced TO pay about 1000 in fines and
costs
tB-There are NOW rsofe States represented
IN Congress than ever before, as three States
West Virginia, Nevada and Nebraska, have
been admitted since the war When the States
Of Georgia and" Texas are represented there
will be thirty seven States in the Union, and
consequently seventy four Senators.
"a Fashionable New York is quarrcling
over the distribution of two hundred and
eighty tickets TO n select ball to be given in
honor Of Prince Arthur The ball is being
gotten up by thirty-six gentlemen, each OF
whom is allowed eight tickets for disiributio' .
tss7The Upper Sandusky, Ohio Republican
puts il thusly; TO one and all WHO voted
for the righteous measure, we wish TO say that
you will Fever look back to that act rs the
proudtst of your life, and your children will
glory in being able to say, MY father voted
for the Fifteenth Amendment"
eB-The first day of February, all the inter
nal telegtapbs IN Great Britain will be taken
IN charge ty the British government Tn"
shareholders in the companies will receive
neHly forty millions of dollars out of the Ex
chequer as payment of the amounts they have
invested in telegraph enterprises
e5-W West Of the Rocky Mountains are broad
table hntls- from five to eight thousand feet
above tic level of the sea. Travcrsing this
plateau for more than 300 miles is the canon OF
of the Colorado, from three to six thousand
feet deep. Ruins of ancient cities are scattered
all over this region in great numbers-rclics of
apartial'y civilized people who dwelt there
hundreds Of years ago.
s5s- The complete report of Mr. Dawes last
speech In the House, replying to General But.
ler's attack, takes away all the comfort which
the Democrats have been having from him
Instead of placing himself in antagonism with
the administration, he shows that Preside mt
Grant Is thoroughly in sympathy with his
anxiety to reduce the estimates of the subordi-
nate officers in the government
e8-The iron steamer Firefy, of 400 tons
burden, is being fitted up at Jersey City for
the transportation of meat from Texas TO New
York. When completed she will be an i'm
mense travelling refrigerator, so that the meat
will be kept fresh for an almost indefinite per-
iOd. If the experiment succeeds 1t may lead
TO very important results.
sSy- -Shoecralt Of the Fisk Hotel Livery Sta
blcs, is determined MOTTO be out-done by any
one IN his line of business, in the matter of
easy and gentecl turnouts, either single or
double, ahda easy r0tes, for pleasure, weddings,
or funerals lie don't expect to let any Que
lead him, either in elegance of carriages. style
Of harness, or caretuncss of drivers.
G3- "A letter from Rome indicates that the
Pope, without doubt, will give Cardinals
rcd hat to one OF the American prelates, either
McCoskey, Spaulding, Purcell or Kenrick,
with the chances, he thinks, in favor of Arch
bishop Spnuding. He represents thas the
prize Is an object of much ambitious rivalry
between the four prelates mentioned.
CB-The Times Paris special says the orgnni.
zation OF the new company for building the
isthmus of Darrlcn canal was completed on
the evening of the goth ult, and the capital
was all subscribed. -Four French bankers and
dozen American capitalists are ut the head
OF It. Such are the powerful combinations ex.
is;ing that concessions from the Columbian
government will he secured. The company
wait the report OF the United States exploring
expedition To go TO work
gS-Tbe valuable metal nickel, now en-
p'oyed extensively in preparing various alloys
resembling silver for table use, and making
the coins Of the United States and other coun.
tries, has been but seldom found in this cOun.
try. locality which promises to yield II In
abundance I. the mine IN Motto In Missouri,
so celebrated already for its copper, lead, iron
and other ores. A specimen of nickel.lin-
n@ite, yielding over thirty per cent of nickel,
has been received at the geological and min
efalogical cabinet Of the General Land Office.
e;3~The London Times of January 18Th an-
nounces that the English dcputaton of the
Great Western Railway of Canada, ON their
return to London, reported that they had made
working arrangement with the Michigan
Central Railroad Of very advantageous char
aeler and which will shortly be submitted To
the promieiors ut special general meeting
The two lines, II Is stated, are to be worked as
one, so far rs regards through traffic ON the
Joint purse system, dividing the gross earnings
SecoTding 10 the average results of the past
two years.
The proceedings OF the Legislature show
that we are not without plenty of good mate
rial In lis composition. Democratic folly aud
madness Is In somewhat the same condition
n"w' that evil one Is expected be, during the
prophetic 900 years. They make no al,
vance pu' they are promptly and successfully
met by some inirpid Republican movement
ha' not only neutralzcs their action, but sets
Ihe current IN the opposite direction. Thus.
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