Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-06-28

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ASEErcAN Iron IN EEGLAND-T6e LoD-
don Times of June 3rd remarks that whik
America possesses almost unlimited stores of
iron orc aud fuel, lts works are constructed on
the most approved scientific principles. Me
chanical pudding for example, had been thor.
oughy lntrDduced into the American iron
mills before t1e invention had been generally
made known in this country and in other
matters transatlantic cnterpri Sc and ingenuity
had done much TO compensa te for the higher
value OF labor hfherto prevailing in America
as compared with this country. Now the En-
glish wages have been so nenSly approximaed
to the American standard, our rivals have
gained n sudden and substantial advantage,
which they will not fail to turn TO good ac-
count, and hence the American iEon in our
market.
Whatever the Credit Mobilier Company
may have taken from the Union Pacific Rail-
road, the Coolness Of that corporation is unim-
| paired. The last time the road was inspected
1t was reported as not completed according to
requirements of the law, and one.half its
| lands were reserved until the law should be
complied with. The company asked til nj they
be IiVeD the lands east Of the Rocky Noun.
tains, and that the Government "go West" for
its security. The Government declines this
! proposition, and thinks its interest win be
served by keeping hold of half of the lands
indicated by the company as most valuable !;
so 1t is reserving alternate sections of all land
located. Meanwhile the Government offers
TO make another inspection, but the railroad
company does not seem ready for another
New YORK EXPOSITION Governor Dix, of
New York, has signed the New York Indus
! trial Exhibition bill When the industrial Ex-
hibilon bin was originally introduced, the
Governor notified its friends that he could ney
er sign 1t II passed in the shape II was. 1t was
then amended to meet his suggestions, which
was that the Mayor and Common Council
of New York city would be authorized to loan
the company $1,75aOOO, so soon as the ground
on which the building was 10 be erected WAS
! purchased, and paid for, and entirely clear of
| incumbrance, and the company gave the city
n first mortgage then that the city should
loan ST50,O00 moye as soon as the building
was erected, giving mortgage on that. This
makes the city iolerably secure.
ABOLITION rF THE FEANKINs PRIVILEeE-
A prominent official in Washington has made
an estimate Of the cost of abolshng the frank
ing privilege on the 1st OF next month, which
demonstrates the fact that between seven hun.
! drcd thousand and II million dollars will be
expended in supplying Federal officials with
scales Oh which to weigh mail matter, and Tor
printing circulars of instruction, and engrav-
ing, printing and forwarding, postage stamps.
nc, to the officers Mt distant points 1t is cal
cuated that at most the abuse Of the fFunking
privilege involved an expenditure by the Coy
eminent of not exceeding three hundred thou
sand dollars per year. and that after supplying
the wants of the various Federal departments
and such individuals as may be entitled TO
postage stamps at Government expense, il will
be found that there will be no saving to the
Government by the abolition of the privilege
On the other hand, there viii he Il loss, espe-
eiaf|y during the Rrst year, Of from four hun
dred thousand to seven hundred thousand
dollars. Great stress will be laid upon the
above facts at the next session of Congress,
when an effort to revive the iranxng privilege
is to be FOaGle.
THAT MAsACRE.-By MIR. Meachani's ac-
count the massacre of Gen Candy and Rev.
DR.. Thomas hy the Modocs was due to the
unwisdom of Dr. Thomas. When NLeacham
represented the danger, and told DR.. Thomas
of the arnings he had received from friendly
Indians, and bcseeched Gen. Candy and DIR.
Thomas moi TO go TO that council, DR.. Thomas
replied God will call me Mt his proper time
II he desires me to offer my life in this man
ner, shall not Withhold it,"
Ol course DR.. Thomas was good man, but
he lacked sound seuse when he expected The
Almighty would work miracle in order to
save him from Mod0c treuchery. If DR..
Thomas had hesitaied, Gen. Candy would no,
have brqved the danger. But SO long as
either of the civilians insisted upon going,
soldiers must not hesitate. The Almighty |
permitted Thomas TO 20 and be murdered, not |
that he desired il, but because he allows US to |
work out Affairs on human judgment, and good |
Judgment would have Kept DIR. Thomas from |
thus throwing away Lis life
... Clesslasd Herald
TRANsFIxED.-rhe following rare bit |
is from the saturday ECening Post:
We shall never forget that evening we
spent mt Magruder's yearag We ad-
mired Miss Magruder, and we went
round to see her. 1t was summer time. |
moonlight, and she sat upon the piazza.
The carpenter had been there that day, |
glueing up the rustic chairs on the porch |
so we took seat cn the step in front of |
Miss Magruder, where we could gaze in
to her face and drink in her smiles. Ii |
seems probable that the carpenter must
have upset his glue-pot, on the spot
where we sat, fo' after enjoying Miss
Magruder's remarks for couple of |
hours, aud drinking several of her smiles
we tried to rise for the purpose of going
home, but found that we were immova.
bly, fixed TO the step. Then Miss Mag
ruder said: ''Dont he in hurry" and
we told her we believed we wouldn't
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