Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-03-16
WEEKLY TELEGRAPH
ASHTABULA. OHIO.
Saturday Morning, March l6, 1872.
ITEMS.

tEy-Ovcr a-millOft OF dollars were cXpcnd- /
ed for paupers in New York city poor-houscs |
last year, and half q million was expended-up- |
on orphan asylums and homes Tor the friend
Tess.
- VE-The Orleans princes d Aumale and De |
Joiuville lave'been restored Ia their respect |
I've positions in the French naval and military |
sserviho. sthaulss 10 "A steadier and stnrdier
statesmanship.r t....f f..-.t,
sg-The Pope has packedh trunks and is !
preparing to slAke the dust oi' tIO Unholy
City from his shoes. Report says he is going
TO Trent, In the Tyrol.. Rome is 10 be con-
graiulatid- when he goea
s8~ Galifunia Is suffering from q new set of
borcs sA'i5 pctrolcum they are after, about
35 miles west from Angeles, Vherc the crude
oil yields about GO per cent. of refined fluid,
aud the cost Of refining is ouly two cents per
gallon At most The wells promise wcA,
GE Aam Dickinson Is aojng TO adopt the
drama tor profession, NuN, What will Mrs.
Grundy say Anna has hitherto been the
pet OF the highly moral people who consider
the stage an abominaien BHt if Anna only
succeeds on the stage as well as she has on
the platform, all good people ought 10 encour-
age her, for however much We may not adj
mire Aanss- habit of scolding, we cannot
withhold lrom her praise for her cstimable de-
pertinent OF character,
ET~An astonishing rumor has recently pre-
vailed iu Virginia, the purport of IL being that
the Governor is about TO appoint -four hun
dred colonies of militia" which would give
two or three colonies to every regiment. The
JD.oo,.oys ca vu tlnt tnT n
in Virginia, regular and honorary, there can
not be less already than 10000 including
members of the Legi.latur', newspaper r.
porters, lawyers, sherifs and other public men
whose acknowledged right il is 10 be thus
dubbed r. this sort Of thing continues as 1t
is now going on in all the States, plain Mister
will be the most exclusive and distinguished
title which man can bear.
CE- Secretary Belknap estimates that the
total ascertained loss by the rebellion in prop
ty, assets, and debts State and ConGc lerate, is
$5.262 303,5JL There were debts due mer-
chants of the North from those of the South
for goods purchased aud consumed and mon
ey loaned, amounting when the war began to
$G00,000,000. The State debts, with the disa-
billies existing and prospective, the Conied-
erte debt and commercial debts make an az
gregate of $2,07G, 4j.3jj90. Here was II bur.
den that must have crushed the people of the
South & reduced them 10 general bankruptcy.
tTS-To-day tlnce men in this country en-
ploy armies of mon, and these men arc of all
grades of capacity and influence, from the
common handler of Il spade to the most ylgor.
our and 4blest men of affairs IA the country.
They WELD their great influence, not openly
and irritatingly, as did the Southern slave
owners but quietly and through subtitle ngen-
cies which peryadcs legislative halls, ncwspa-
per offices, courts, and society itself We can
feel Scott or Vanderbilt or Gould all over the
Continent They are powerful clements in
the politics rs well as in the business of the
land. Railway monopolcs are one Of our
greatest dangers; these powerful corporations
are among the mos, imminent perils the Re
public has. The worst Of it is that there
seems 10 be no hnAedile escape from thcir
clutches. The railroads ought to be owned
by the people and run Cor The public adyau-
tage, instead of being held hy a few unprinci-
pied spectators and mil!ionairos.
Bri ish Free Trade, says the 1rijVHc, harps
on the single string Of prices Tho poor
mans coat wsull cost less irl were not for the
Tariff AN assertion which has several thou.
sand times been demonstrated TO be false If
IT we're true, its irrrlevancy ana worthlessnrss
would be felt by all the men who cannot sell
their labor, and who, consequently, cannot
buy coats, cheap or dear. Protection, on the
other hand, does uot cooccrn Itself ABOUT
k,,t bn, Il, Ln ,lpIgrIninpl ~ hn
quiet adjustment between demand and supply.
Protection aims to defend our country young
Industry against the ma,ured industry Of for
eign states and To give complete development
to our material rtsourscs. our ingenuity, our
enterprise, our capital, our credit This nc
eouipished, prices will adjust themselves so
ciIectually that no foreign goods can be sold in
competition with American Tire avenue to
cheapnfss Is steady protection. The cheapness
of British goods is the result Of five hundred
years of vigiant and obstinate Protection.
WooL.-We learn from persons who have
paid practical attention 10 the subject, says the
Pittsburgh CommTeias that it Is probable the
best grades OF Pennsylvania and Ohio wool
will be worth from eighty 10 cighty-Aye cents
per pound tie coming season. The stock on
hand IN tue scabonrd cities OF this country, as
well as In the wool markets of Europe, has
been reduced TO an unprccedcniedly low
hgurnsMhile the Western markets ARE entirely
clessed oesupplhs, A large number of buy
ers have lately started for the Western sheep,
raising States, for the purpose Of purchasing
the incoming clip on the Sleeps back. Yet,
notwithstanding the high price of the staple,
u is reported that many farmers In the wool.
producing sections, who do not take the papers
and are not posted as TO the markets, continue
to slaughter their fiocks and sell tlSe earcasses
At dollar TO dollar and half each, to the
sepious impalrlng Of their own fortunes
thereby.
The NATIONAL LABOR REBoaM PARTY met
IN convention al Columbus. on the 2lst ult.
There were L0 delegates In attendance. On
THURSDAY morning the Convention re-assem-
bled, and the Secretary read the report on
Platform. Judge David Davis, OF Illinois, was
nominated on the thitd ballot as candidate for
President. Gov. Jod Parker, of New Jersey
xyaa nomfuated fttr Nice. Pr al lent A fter ti,o