Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-02-15
WEEKLY TELEGRAPH
AsHTABULA. OHIO.
Saturday Morning, Feb. 15, 1873.



e''rhenk GodRr cxclpims this immaculate leg
isla,nr Il am no congressman
sg- English. nc,urs give as the hgHvrs Of
emigration TO tho United STATES from Liver
POOL last year. a total Of 3o5 ships and 163,57s
passengers.
tE- The House OF Representatives again
voted down proposition to increase the sal
airy Of the President and the other Executive
officers, and also the salaries of members of
Congrss.
CT- A Japanese loan for ten millions of
dollars, just brought out on tho London mar
kct has proved decided success. The s,b-
scripiions amounted to i've times the sum
called for, and the loan is now quoted ga per
cent premium.
to- Gatfney, the Buffalo murderer, who es-
capped hanging on Friday last, an secured
respite tor week by feighiHg insanity has
been prouounced sane, aud will without doubt
exYa,e bis crime on the gallows on the l4th
ins,.
gg- Mr. b. r. BUTLER's modest and disin-
terested proposition to increase the s'slary of
Congrcssmen to 5000, came 10 Sudden, and
we presume, ineyitable grief, iIc other day,
0htCh VOho iINto h41ItNIHANNuo iOi ihO
present success of tlis measure.
6S Phelps, Dodgs & Co., of n. Y who
had proposed compronsise with the Govern
ment foe their gigantGfrauds in the importa-
ton 0s' goods, by the payment OF quarter of
o xillion of dollars, have Withdrawn their
eiBer, AMI their case will go before the Courts
tE- In the event of Mr.. Boutwell's being
chosen TO ill the vacancy in the United States
Senate caused by Senator Wilson's election TO
the Vice Presidency, the signs now point to
Assistant Secretary Richardson as the person
to whom the Treasury portfolio will be en-
trusted.
FF The newspapers ofCincnnaii, and Clrve-
land, and Toledo all regard the creation of u
third District Court of the United States in
Ohio Cat Columbus, as sustaining ''uscless
expenditure" The bill of n third district has
passed the House and is pending in the Sen
ate.
tE- Cleveland, we hear, Is 10 have new
daily paper. The new journal is 10 be issued
- an.evening paper, and lis Office will be To-
catsdlupOn the west side where IL certainly
seems % II paper conducted by experienced
and able Journalists may eventually reap n
sufficient reward.
CH 8. w. Dorsey, the new Senator from
Arkansas, Is only thirty two years old. He Is
Vermonter, and a graduate of Ob'rlin Uni.
yersity, in Ohio. He serv, d in the war ne u
private soldier, and after 1t was over settled in
Sandnsky, He then became an cmigrant Ia
Arkansas AMI was elected President of tho
Arkansas Central Railrsad.
q The profits on Amcs' eontncts FOR build
ing the Union Pacific Railroad, rs divided
were $40, ,S54 $50, and on the Davis contract
t7,S02, 1853, or over $37 100000, which were
stolen. The Government subsidy was $27
100000 which, Il will be seen, was wholly mp
propria,ed by the Credit Mobilier gang.
tE- The bill introduced into Congress pro
vidng that the salary of Congressman shal
he 5000 n year substitutes mn allowance o
actual expenses In going TO and from Washing
ten. In place of mileage. Mileage andexpens
60 should both be abolished for the same ren
son that the franking privilege was abolished
and the sum Of $8, 900 per annum would seen
10 be large enough to cov,r all contingencies
EN-CALpwELL is not the only Western Sen
ator IL seems, who believes In the potency o
money IN securing an election. The Senator
from No, Bogy, by name, although just elect
ed, Is already convicted of having spent IL for
tune In accomplishing his success. The Sen
ate cannot help ousting Caldwell ;and whcl
Bogy presents himself for admission, he vii
probably be told that he cannot come in.
Or The accusation against Ingalls,, Scnat or
elect of Kansas. Of $500 bribs to Influence
certain decision of Judge Delnh1y, very near
ly affects Tom Osborn tho new Governor o
Kansas, who. Is nahay's son,n-hw. and
traBsacsed that special business Gr the ole
man and moreover, IL Is not an accust uUI
merely, but matter of court.rrcord. Tn,
Kansas Legislature will do well tn prosecut
the inquiry aginst both Governor and Sen
ator.
gB- Central Pnrk New York up to Janui
ry, 1872. had cost the City $ls,+iS02a .
this SUN s5,O2s.s44 had been paid TOR Lane
andl$7, ,4l0, ,798 for construction. The annu
al burden Is about three millions Not with
Standing this enormous cost md annual Inter
est, figures shows that II has been a good In
vaiment for he city. The increased valua
tiDn Of property aifesisd by this elegant i'm
proyemeni more than pays the Interest upon
tiia aas This increased valuation ylelde,
snd,r the rate of taxation Of 1871. q 4aa. az
~ the City Treasury, faH
EB- Tie Kansas Legislature asks Ponsero
10 resign, but does not ask Caldwell, prefer
ring that the Unip d. States Senate shall dea
with him. On the Romeroy resolutions sher
we're only enegaiives /; aud. during The dc
bate, which was general, no Onu 80 much a
hInied douht Of his crlmlnalliy.. His bes
friends kept silent on that point anh. vote,
for ihe resolution. There ore rumOrs In Kan
saa. however, iha, Pom cray, who at one Tint
thought 70 save himself by throwing caidwcl
overheard. has really gone ~ Washington Il
save Caldwell, as The lest hope Of the corrup
uonlsis.
IL riae OGrr Of The Presidency of the Oh,C
Agriculture College and lh Profcssorship %
Moral Philosophy which was made by TN
Ohle Board of'Agr1eul,ure 10 Senator Pa,tcr
son has been reconsldcred and cancelled
Senator Nye Of Nevada Is reported wag, am
hlsSs abont TO lake his flight, brighten
and corruscates like meteor. On hearing
OF Mr. Pailrrson's purpose 10 go before th
Poland Committee again and "cxplain" hi