Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-09-21

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Ez-A lad of eighteen has married, q oman
OF forty, weighing three hundred and ninety
pounds, near Dungannen, COlumbiaua county
d. Sosays the New Lisbon Journal.
H. srEH-THE NORTHERN ONO Fam was graf.
ifyiug success, as well in the attendance as in
- the entries and competitors. We are unable
! TO speak of it specifically this week.
E|-Sam Bowles thinks Gratz Brown can
10 carry fewer States and more whiskey than any
candidate ever presented 10 the American peo-
pie for their suffrages.
-, 95-The Executive Committee appointed by
, the Louisville Convention for the State Of
:, oaifD, have called strakht-out Democratic
Convention to be held at Columbus on
"Wednesday, October gl.
gB-The Ohio Educational Monthly, Of Co.
iumbus, an excellent periodical for The Teach.
er, contains in its September number an able
paper entitled Supcrvision--Its Extent and
T1s Limitations" by r. W. Stevenson, Esq
eS-The boiItrof Zee, Dunbar & Cos steam
dredge,. exploded on Wednesday afternoon,
while at work in tho channel, at Eric q.
Though many persons were exposed. only two
were injured. A fireman named Cornclia,
has since died from injuries received, and an
other named Golden had leg broken
Cs-Thc Norwalk Reflector of the nth says,
"During the thunder shower on Friday morn
ling last, Mr. Lew Fletcher, of this pIacr, lbst
J. 4lsheep. A flock OF sou were in field nd.
j6ining the Irish cemetery, and the Al were
found dead under chestnut tree which had
o Been struck, while nine others were so much
injured that they were killed.
= tB-Ku-Klux fires still burn fercely IN many
of the Southern hearts, which nothing but
time can extinguish. party of masked men
lately weS to'tbe residence of ono Miller (col
: ored) at Chrs,iana, Rutherford Co., Tenn,
!. aud upon his attempting TO escape, was shot
desd. HIS OtIenss was connection with n
white woman.
tF-Lyman Tumbull, who, while he was
receiving his salary as L. s. Senator, charged
the Government ten thousand dollars for a
few hours legal service. Secretary Stanton,
paid $1,000 of this charge :: but the reforming
.Senatpr stuck to il and collected the other 81,
900. This would be good man for one Of
Grcelcys cabinet
= tB-Coloncl Mcclure, who is engineering the
GtecH-y cause in Pennsylvania, is in a slough
of despond. He says: 4" II Buckalcw is beat
en, the game Is all M with Greeley" My
idea of the canvass" added the Greeley Head
Center ,"has been that the tide would rise about
tAis time; but 1t doesn't appear to be coming,
and blast my eyes II don't begin 10 think 1t
won't come.
The Soldiers and Sailors Convention II al
lowed Ia lie one of the most enthusiastic and
politically important ussemblaScs OF the cam
paign. The mulitudes arc represented to b"
beyond computation, and the enthusiasm un-
bounded. A procession on Wednesday was
.two miles long and was two hours in passing,
R'2he tOrch.li5ht pruGrssi0l in tbs evening was
probably tie largest ever seen in the west.
.Myriads of colored lanterns decorated the
fronts Of The buildings, and the route of the
procession was one continuous scene of pyro-
tuchnic display, the mir being nblnZe with
rockets Roman candies, etc. There were 80
brass bands aud over 300 Wagons from shops
and manufactures, many drawn by four, six
aad eight horses, with elaborate representa-
lions oicvcry branch ofindnsry, in Pittsburgh
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TnE LATE ELECTION returns seem sufficient
ly 10 indicate 10 my intelligent mind that this
drcticy Uusintha Is one " lhe ihpe' "pS"'" w"
soniemptibie discJs 10 which political ma
'neuverins has yet given birth. 1t Is SO palpa'
ble and apparent. that tsere Is hardly room
TO doubt that the people believe II so. II Is
built upon so flimsy foundation that 1t seems
TO be more likely To fool Greeley bimself than
those whom he attempts to bcf'oL The the
ory OF ''caspIng hands across the bloody
ehasm"-the idea which Mast has Illustrated
30 forcibly In the last BIyper-in the effort of
Greeley TO stretch his dumpy carcass over the
trenches at Andersonyille-fail To commend
itself 10 the better judgment of the people,
aud they turn away With evident distaste.
Reconciliation, we are TO believe, can only be
accomplished by putting Greeley aud the
Soutie into power. Is there not something
sinister about this Is II not plain enough to
ace that opprcssion is one ihing-IoTgIyeness
another, and the surendering OF tbs victors
70 the vanQuished, Is very clearly Hnoiherr
The Republican party are not 10 favor OF, ana
never have been IN favor Of expressing the
south. Not mothers son Of them was called
1t the ulnse Of tho war To mount the scaiSoiu,
and tbs. public sentiment that called Tor one
example AT least, In the case Of JEFF Davis,
was sonened dawn by What might he cOnstru-
I'd into disposition 10 regard the feeling by
delays and poslpoaemcat until the people
hopeless OF ,rialos punisGment-sald In their
petulence-Lot him gol The north has aot
keen wantlng In a iceliag favorable TO recon-
siliation. President Grant has hailed the
time when general peaes aud harmony should
prevail IhToaghOul the land, and'an n merlcau
citizen shonlabs safe IN any part of our broad
domain. Mach kas been done 10 add 10 tn
prosperity OF the South ,.but Ia give these pei
pie the power and offices, yviISe In smo'here'
hostility 10 the government, while those who
kAye fbught the war through and sre- in pos
ssssion sot only Of the patriotism and loyalty
Bat the numerical and military strength, y
something ancallsd Tor by ans ideAs Of )usuc
or right Had.thess people never rebe''eo
there would be no occasion. 70 do as mnch' Ant
mach less must be the necessity for II sine
alsy have proved recreact to tho uhson'o 'of tn
states II seems thss thls delusion OF GIselel
sad sailowers Is claiming so maohthAt tn
..ac.,la. revoia, Al H. and are driven back int