Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-12-20
EBrAt the present rate Of gold the green
hack dollar is worth OIL cents

hack dollar is worth OIL cents.
EW-The President has received but dcclin.
cd 70 accept the resignation of Gen. Sicklcs.
III A bin is now before Congress to grant
pensions ot go a month TO sodi rs deprived
Of beth arms or both legs.
fE-Samuel Nelson, ex,iudge of the U. s.
Supreme Court died at Cpopcrsiown, N. Y,
en- Saturday last. OF apoplexy, while sitting
In his chair.
g~The ssnaie has decided that Marshall
Jewell shall go 20 Russia, and James Mere
dith R'ed TO Greece. In the capacity oi Minis.
tsD plen,poten,iary.
tT-Gen. W. w. Belknap, Secretary of War
seems to be- sstjeot to the same weakness as
other people, as is indicted by T. cent mar.
riage, in Kentucky to Mrs. Amanda T. Bow
erss
sY-The California Senatorial diff1culty has
ended in the election of Judge Hager, anti.
railway, to ill the vacancy caused by Casser-
ly's resignation, instead OF Bpoth, who shook
the bush.
tTThe nomination of Mr.. Williams as
Ghief-Justice has, after long discussion in
the Senate, been referred back To the judiciary
Committee. This diminlshes Mr.. Williams
chances for confirmation.
C%-It is announced that the French Assem-
bly, will probaly construe the recent .elec tiun
ss an encouragement To restrict suffrage
The bill which the Right will probably intro-
duce cuts off about 1000, neeyyoters.
eY-The Massachusetts Dental Society has
passed resolution To the effect that The use
ofchloroiorm Is not advisable In dental opcr.
stions. his Is unqueslionahly the result OF
the invest CATION into the recent death in B Is.
ton from the administration oi mixed chloro.
form and ether.
tB- That the country Is gradually recover
ing from the effects of the panic is indicated
70 some extent by the announcement OF Messrs.
6ladin d Co.. the great dry goods firm U
New York, that they will be able to antici-
pate the payment oil the first iustalment o
ihsir extended paper.
tENr. Hoar's bill for devoting The PR
ceeds of the nuDlic land sales TO an education
al fund provides for division among ID,
States according TO their relative illlieracy fol
five years 10 come, ami thereafter all equal al
lotment TO ali. The bill is thus favorable tt
Southern States in general and the negro rue,
In particular.
FTThe United States Supreme Court ON til,
10th, decided the Railroad law oi Iowa TO bt
constitutional us within the, power of th,
State 10 protect Its PEOPLE from imposition
Ehe case which brought out the decision wai
writ against the Northwestern Rsjlroadl TO
charging double rate for freight from Chicag,
to Marshailtown, Ia.
eKThe returns from Ponnsylv,ni4 leave
no doubt that the new Constitution has been
adopted by large IN jority. There 10 a ma
jority of q. 900 for 1t In twenty. one out OF
twenty nine wards in Philadelphia. The
Counties giving majority for the Constitution
are numerous and the majorities are large,
while the mJoritlcs against IL are few and
small.
tT We have accounts Of frishlfu hur.
ricaue which on Tuesday last swept over the
north Of England and into Scotland. Very
serious damage mas been done 10 property Il,
Shefnsld,. Halifax, Nottingham, Leeds, Glas.
cow. and other cities Sheffield is said to
lbsk as 1t had been bpnbarded. Many people
were killed, and many more seriously. and
some fatally, wounded.
tHThe sui. rings Of the settlers in North.
western Iowa aFe,yery severe. The number
OF families is said To be 1000 and Of person.
over 400. who ARE actually suffering e
want OF food. The famine has been brought
hu atnt IA ,,I, h,.a
ly Destroyed the crops Ia that section Of the
country. Contributions are being made ia
keep the people from actual starvation.
t4-Spaln seems 10 have got itself Into a
serious complication with tue German EN-.
pIre The crew of one ofthe German vessels
seized IN the sooloo Archipelago, by u span.
ish man.oi,war were imprisoned for two
months, and harsl,ly treated by the Spanish
authorities. II is.ruu,pRrd, that Germany win
dsuianl Satisfaction which may induce the
Spanlards 70 turn some 0f their superfllous
rage ffoln America 10 Germany
IN There will be general qualification al
the anno uncen,ent that Marshal Bazalne's
death-seulence has been eommuted to banisb-
meni f,r twenty years. Hsis still TO suffer
degradation fiDm his rank, hui he Ia TO BE-
spared the perSonal hnmili,ilon OF all ceremo.
ny. His Lille II saved, biA II Ii rendered u
blank for the htune, and II would not be sur.
prislug II he would avail himself of tho com.
b'on resort IN such CASES of FrenGlunsn and
Jppapesc-suicidc.
tX-The Ohio Constitutional Convention
bas haen hau assing ilsrl ihr past, week oven
the subject Of free passes on railroads. An
amendment has pissed ihu holy which Is
Intended TO prevent ANY Official, Slate, or coun.
y. Judicial. legislative, or any oIler whaiso-
ever, iE'n resolving RrAiuliious passes on
railroads, II might be an Item oi interest 10
the poblio- U knox just how many ofIhese
Constitutional, Legislators have dead head
tickets In their pockets.
WThs people Of PiilsburRh. have taken
10 protect themselves against ofliclal Ilisappro-
k5Aupns by appointing. at public n,oetins
coasiAjttse Of Forty TO watch the public In
trres's Aside from. this general measure. I'll,
same meeting called upon the salirs Boar
OF Water Commissioners lo.rcslgn. on account
Of gthemisapproprlatio OF their ,bonds which
we're deposited With the National Trust Com.
pany while II was In failing condition, and
dem msnd suit for the recovery Of tue money.
Ti,av ala, dan. a.,A that fla t.,.,l.