Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-04-13
WEEKLYT'ELEGRAPH
AsHTABULA, OHIO.
Saturday MOraiRg, AprilpS, 1872.
ITEMS.

" "A poste etnce 0eialcauon IS reported al |
Fort Wayne, Indiana
tE-Miss Grant Is going to Europe, with ex-
Secretary Borie's family,
ETThe United States Consul al st. Mare,
Hayi, was arrested, butsubsequcntly released.
eB-A report is current that Queen Victoria
Is discussing the expedency of abdicating in
favor Of the Prince of Wales.
kY-The action OF the Havana authorities in |
prohibiting Coolies from leaving Cuba has |
been condemned in the British House of Com |
mons.
tBA greenhorn was offered at public |
dinner plate Of maccaroni soup, but declined
II, declaring that they couldn't play any boiled
pipe-stems ON him.
sEAn Irishman, just landed, was asked
what party he belonged TO. Party is IT,"
said he; II suppose you've got government
Thin Tn agin it,"
tSA political aspirant, after an electioneer-
ing harangue, met his particular friend with,
well, my dear sir, did you hear my last
speech I" Il hope So" was the reply.
eEThe report of the Kansas Legislative
Investigating Committee on the charges of
well we're presented in the u s. Senate on
Monday last.
H-While 81. Louis has been pretty soundly
shaken up by tornado, California had similar
experience by subterraneup coinmotion, in
both cases quite alarming, and not without
Obstructive results.
eB The ways and means committee at its
meeting on Tuesday decided upon uniform
tax OF 20 cents per pound on all kinds Of to-
bacco, and consolidated tax on whisky of
65 cents per gallon.
E-An old lady gave this as her Idea of a
great man: Zone who is keerful of his
clothes, don't drink spirits, kin read the Bible
Without spelling the words, and eat a cold
dinner on wash-day without grumbling."
EThe Congressional apportonment agreed
upon by caucas Of the Republican members
Of the Legislature, places Lake County in the
18th District, which is TO be composed of
Portage, Lake, Geauga, Ashtabula and Trum.
bull counties,
WFull returns from the Connecticut cleo
hon. make Jewels majority over all "a, and
his plurality over Hubbard, Democrat Just
1880. The Senate stands 10 Republicans and
Democrats, and the House 1870 Republicans
and Ill Democrats.
tB-Payment on the Public Debt during the
month of March, amounted to the sum of $15-
400,96s. This is an illustration of one of the
virtues of the administration, which It'll at
tempted to dim and tarnish by misreprcsenta-
lion and doiraction.
eB-The New York city charter gotten up
and submitted by the reform party, does not
meet with favor, and nearly the entire city
press is down upon it. The pressure against
II is so great that the State Assembly has asked
the Senate for Conference Commlttes
wWill anybody charge Mr.. Greeley, with
apostolic foresight of the politically pregnant
present, when he SO eagerly sought to place
his home upon JEFF. Davis bond Or that he
INDUCED any sinister hopes from his gentle.
ness and amiability with the same worthy, and
his sympathisers on his tour OF the south ?
eB-Two eminent clcrgymen of Brooklyn
the one an Episcopalan, and the other Uni
taran-met in crossing the Wall-street Ferry.
Jsking being in order, the ohurchman said
"Brothcr -, II were not an Episcopalian,
would be Unitarian" "Why so I" was
the question. Because always had my
mind made up to be either something or moth
ing"
sS-The worry and perturbation of the au
thor OF the Arms war upon the administration,
resulting unfavoraby upon health, stands IN
strong contrast to the serene. summer.mornng
calmness oi President Grant, who, feeling that
the people-in whose hearts he has an i'm
movable place--wil follow their own bent,
d whatever their decision, he will bow to it Ia
manly md digniGed approval. His conduct,
not lifting finger for his denomination, says
10 language not TO be mislakeu--"none of
these things move me.
EB-Senator Wilson, IN speech made In
Connecticut before the election, said that the
week before General Grant told him at the
White House. "that he had never expressed u
wish TO any human being TO be renominated,
and should never lift finger to accomplish
that result. More than anything else. he de.
shred the continuance Of the Republican party
In power, as he believed II essential to the Sc.
curity OF the country; and, SO far rs one In
his condition properly could lie would do all
in his power TO assist in the election Of the
nominee Of the Convention, whoever 1t might
be-"