Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-12-06

ne CODsututlOuui OOuNcuttoh hes hNeesaos
Is ession at Cincinnati.
psBRev. n. n. Leavlu sailed from San
iuncisco Oct 18th for japan. und,r commis-
Da from the American Board.
ERA proposition that the New York
yeamber oi Commerce memorable the Gov
slment TO r, sumo specie payments was voted
Irn At mcctiug OF that body on Eridsy
nW-The Hon Eugene Casserly, oi Califor.
!, has resigned his scat In the Uuiird States
mate. His resignation will Z, is believed
mougst the politicians Of California Improve
pv. Booths Senatorial aspirations.
GB-ws notice that = Washington special
vs. that the appointment of the Hon. Martin
selker TO the United States Judgeship Of the
orihern Ohio District WAS u surprise To that
.nilenhan, as he had no previous intimaiion
III.
fE-Tbe parish of st. George (EpiscopaD OF
hicago, whose rector is the Rev. Charles II.
! ucker, has passed resolutions Of sympathy
4 nth Bishop Cummins, and pledging the Bish-
sympathy, prayers and practical cs-opcra-
. on in his sd6rts to organize "an Episcopal
. ,hurch which shall he truly evangelical"
i tN- Although il is not known that the $780,
700 prize offered by the Stale of New York
Aill be awarded to either Of the steam canal
ioats engaged In the recent trial, II appears
rom the official report Of their performances,
which has just been published, that steam nav
igaiion on the canals Of the State 10 not only
possibility, but il is certain to be attained in
a short time.
cE- Mr. Fernando w 'sd having bees nom
inated by the Democracy for Speaker Of the
House Of Representatives, must be regarded
as their chosen and recognized leader IN that
body. II is a notorious fact that the bill in
ereasing Congressional salaries, was passed by
the aid of Mr. Fernando Wood, and by CIV.
ing him his present prominence the Demo
crsts have fully iudorsed that voie.
sTIn the Eastern cities and manufactur-
ing districts a steady improv emrnt In
financial situation Ia apparent. Manuiacto-
ries in Troy N. Y. employing 5000 hands, and
some In Newburgh and PoughkersIe, n. Y,
=. sumed work few days since. Business
prospects are daily growing better and public
confidence is gradually recovering from the
recent shock.
fT-1he number Of Protestant Churches in
Spain is stated at iwen,y.sevrn, six Of then,
being in Madrid. The United Prcsby yterians
of Scotland have recently compleRd~ fin,
house of Worship with two school houses, at a
cost of $2OO,000. A mission has been com
menced at San Fernando near Cadiz Rev
Gurick's summary o. the first years work n,
Santander, under the auspices OF the Ameri
can Board shows that the work there 10 OF
firm basis.
tE-The annual meeting Of Ohio State Hor
ticuliural Society is TO be held at Mansfelt
on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Dec
10Th, Ilth and l2tb. DR.. Warder, President o
the Society, absent in Europe. is now dali,
expected home, and his presence will max
the meeting one of more than usual interest
The fruit growers and hortioulturists IN Mans
field and vicinity. arc making ample prepara
lion for the occasion. There should an,
doubtless will be. good delegation from III
Lake Shore.
tB-The Secretary of the Navy r"por,s Il
his Department 1ts.vesscls, carrying I,2T
guns, 10 less than Inst year. or tn Sc 4S are iro
cksds, with total OF l2l guns. An addition
to this lorce Will be made In the completion
OF the eight sloops OF war authorized by III,
DIST Congress aud now being built, and oil 81,
hve-oak vessels which are in various stage
ofconstruclion. The estimates Of the next yea
ore about $20,000.000 Our naval force, III
Secretary says, - inaquedate for n nation
the responsibilities and preientions of III
United States, which Is interior In It's equJ
ment 10 any respectable naval power.
CH-The Legislature OF last winter so amen,
ed the laws relating to railroad corporation
as to prohibit them from chaTgingS 10 excee
three cents per mile tor the transportation
passengers, when the distance exceeds eigl
miles, and also prohibiting from the chargin
to exceed five cents per ton per mile tt
transportation Of property, when the distant
exceeds thirty miles. In case Of violation
this law the penalty prescribed is that the raj
road company shall forfeit and pay the part
aggrieved q sum equal TO double the amour
Of the oyercharge, but In no case shall ii
rmount of tue forfeiture be less than twenty
i've dollars.
t8The Pope /. irrrprcssible. In an addre,
which he made 10 the students about 10 leav
Rome ON the account ol the closing Of the re
ligious esiablishmsnt he particularly warne
the American students TO resist the drniorali1
iig effects the exccssiye liberty ,ha, they wei
going to enby. Even In this licentious libert
he could find material for a fling at his en-
my, a,d the German Emperor, by drawing
contrast between the nun-ntcrlereLce of Il
United States Government with the Chur,
and Ihe oppression to which II was subject,
In Germany on the 20ib.
~ lngero'Al tiic c,.air m king member
the Tanmany Ring, has bcen sentenced
Ave years Imprisonment In SiAtrs Prison
hard labor anil FArfington, wno helped hi
In hu iorgerirs. te eighteen months iinpriso
ment The success of The prosecution
Tweed, lngersoll. and harrington make I
early fail o Norton, Genet, Fields, Colml
and the r. 81 Of the SMii dl,Ts less matter
speculation, Ms they, doubtless, would like
have II. Tweed Is sill In comfortable qu
t.rs at the Tombs, receiving and entertaini
his family and friends. despite Attorney O.
sral Barlo~'s rcmOnstTanse 10 Sheriff Br'
nan. whS ought by Law to have removed b
Ifun, ainlsly TO Biaekwe island.
tB- B-The plan ofsendlng beef 10 distant IN
kels dressed instead OF driving ihuher. says
Chicago Tribune, has been pat into prasii,
operation by the Texas & Atlantic Refrige