Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-01-28
wRev. Henry Ward Beecher has accepted

~ Rev. Henry Ward Beecher has accepted
TIE offered $4,000 as his salary
w-Tho noted choir Of Trinity Church,
New York has been strengthened b. an or
thestra Of thirty brass, wind. ssd siringed in.
strumen,s.
CTBoih houses Of The New Jersey Legisla-
ture. on the 24th. elected Frederick Ferliughuy-
sen U. s. Senator, by a joint vote-42 against
80 for Governor Randolph
EE- Thorsns Mast, whose cartoons have
given him celebrity, is engaged on series Of
grotesqpe illustrations for a burlesque edition
of Shakespeare.
gSTThe author of Little Breechcs" and
the other highly original poem after the style
Of Bret Harte's Truthful James" in the 7yt.
ezne is John Hays, former private secretary
Of President Lincoln.
E#~If all the land grant bills introduced on
the Gath inst should pass, about $4,000, 900
acres, would be taken from the public domain
more than enough for one hundred thousand
homesteads, of 100 acres each.
eE-It is stated that the American Tract So.
ciety in New York is to asnke the American
AssssnQer a weekly instead Of monthly, and
that it is to be illustrated in tho best style,
after the plan of HIrpers Weekly we suppose
U-Few persons have done more literary
work in their lives than Miss Mary A. Booth,
who has translated in the neighborhuod of
thirty volumes Of French history and general
literature complied bulky History of New
York, and edited single handed, Hayper's Baz1r
Results Of continuous and well l-directed effort
ha
acted wisely in abandoning their first decision
10 conduct the present investigations of the
case Of DR.. Lanahan and the Book Concern
at New York, with closed doors. The whole
affair has acquired such bad odor that the
ffeest ventilation is now the most desirable.
tB-The First Church, Oberln, with a mem.
bership of more than thousand, divides them
into ten sections according to residence, each
with its leader, who keeps a record and makes
monthly report. The ten with the pastor as
chairman constitute .he Board of Christian
Work"
10 Miss c. L. Ransom, OF Cleveland, re.
Gently commissioned by Governor HAYES 10
furnish portraits OF Governors Huntington
and Cox, has finished the work, thus eomplet.
ing the collection of the portraits of the Gov.
ernors of Ohio, for the State House at Colum.
bus.
tB- II is an suspicious sign that the leading
clergymen or laymen Of at least eleven rclig.
ious denominations, have been IN session in
Washington, at the invitation at the Peace
Commission, to consult upon measures for
promoting the social aud civil welfare OF the
Indian Tribes. Thc wise and humane policy
of the Government towards the obargines, i,
is hoped may be continued.
t8- A number OF Presbyterian clergymen in
New York have recently put on the gown rs
preaching habit. Quite a number of their
Congregational brethren in and about Boston
adhere to tho same custom. At the recent
ddicatton Of new Episcopal church in
Webster, Mass, no clergy In gowns were
present and tue request Of Bishop Eastburn
that there should be no aoral decorations, was
strictly complied with.
tB-A bill has been introduced into the New
York Legislature requiring all railway compa.
nies in the State to carry Legislators and Leg
islatve attaches free during the session. This
looks like gratuitous piece Of oddiiy, ut first
sight, but second sober thought shows il
good sense. BY the enactment Of such u law
the obnoxious bribery aspect claimed to b,
the end aud design OF comforting passes woult
I've obviated. and the tendency of law makers
10 become law bnaakcrs, 80 generally tho Gus,
when the majesty oil m@ forbds the confer
rim. or receiving Of passes, would be pre-
vented.
tB- There are those who will consrue Bis
marck's failure 10 pass Jules Fnvrc to London
10 attend the Conference as refusal To recog.
nize tho French Republic. But 1t must not b,
forgotten that NJ. Favre had previously dcclar
ed that an invitation To take part in the Con
ference would be recognition OF the Republic
and hence no alternative was lett but to declin,
TO pass him out Of Paris. The Prussiar
Premier will certainly be in no haete to rcceg
niLe the Republic:that resists him. when il i.
very probably that he will gladly recognize
any government which secures hin, much
cpyeicd peace and the repayment OF his wal
expenses.