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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-08-16

EeasTanAsunEn.-The ffituar Of Dw1gur L. CHosBy,
Of Rock creek, believing him 10 be well qnalhed for
tho once Of County Treasurer. have determined to
present he the Convention. and urge lite adop
tion candidate for that position. Being wen known
10 the county for bunness application and competen-
cg they not without hDpe that his elaine will be
fsvornbly considered BY that body. MANI vorEns.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-08-16

Democratic papers do not relish the declera-
tions of The TTi5u1s that the Democratic party
is ready for burial. An eastern organ regards
it as amusing to hear paper like the New
York Tribune talk about the 'moribund De-
mocracy, when the faction it personiaesis is
on ice to prevent putrefaction until buried"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-08-16
FnR TREAsuRER.

Rp TELEeRAPH.-At the forthcoming Convention Of
the Republicans OF Ashtabula county to nominate
candidates for the several places To be lled the
offs J. Massngham will be presented a suitable
didate for County Treasurer. BUSINESS.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-08-16

The name Of Capt. s. II, Cook, OF Lenox, will be
presented by his friends to the Republican Nominating
Convention, to meet the st Of September next as
candidate for nomination for ONCE OF County Treasu
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-08-16
NEW ADyEmTISEmENTs.

AMERICAN HOUSE, 7. N. BoorH Proprietor,
has emily been reatted and improved, and ofers
pleasant, sub tantial and convenient aceommoda-
lions to persons stopping over nRht or for nseal,
or for those from the Interior wishing stable seeom
mediation for teams. The House 10 orderly, with
prompt attention 10 guests, and good table end
fodgings. Hfi ~1282.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-08-16

FoR TREAsuREn.- Among the names that may be
presented before the forthcoming County Convention
as candidate for this ONCE we would ask the cousd-
Grafton OF that OF II. II. GRovER gentleman very "a
vorahy known throughout the county Az business
man. energetic accurate competent and successful he
eujoYs large share Of the confidence Of HE fellow
citizens who feel that the financial inereefs Of tn,
county will be safe In his handss HARrseRovE.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-08-16

HE ASHTABULA COUNTY MU-
Al orwell, under the direction Of Prof L. o. KnsEsoE
Of Bostoi, commencing August 26!h and Continuing
all 10 Come ths nsst day. y: oAsfnn1HA Bss. a
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-08-16
ron COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

The ffiensis Of @ O. sawberry Of Richmond, know
ihg him 10 be every way worthy Of the office-
and well qualified 70 dischawe lite duties, and that he
- sisoa stsnnct Republican will present his name TO
the Republican Convention September isi, 1879 as
q candidate for the once Of County Commissioner.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-08-16

The President has got no back pay" by
the NIL. There was and Is no objection TO the
general increase Of Executive and Judicial
salaries. Everybody admitted that they were
too 10 W. but the iniquiiy os the back pay steal
consisted in taking Eve thousand dollars for
services already performed and paid for in full.
The responsibility Of that larceny cannot be
shifted on the President. Each man who vot-
ed for it, received 1t and retained 1t, is respon-
sible to the people for his share os the plum
der, and Of these the Democrats outnumber
the Republicans two to one. let the back pay
odum rest where II properly belongs, but let
II net be laid at the doer OF the Executive, fop
cf that responsibility his hands are clear, ex-
cept IN the matter OF yielding TO the necessi-
ties of Nse case In signing the bill.
Though the reason Tor these attacks upon
the President are not very apparent to people
of straightforward honesty aud candor, an
Iowa exchange hinis at an dnimus which may
be recognized ameng peaitcians, old stagers
and party hacks. "should the time ever come
for Gen. Grant to speak cm phatcally ON the
point, II will be found that he will spurn the
idea. Journals affect 10 treat the matter Sc
riously, evidently for the purpose of making
capital against the Republican, party by Great.
ing the impression that j. Is AN organization
willing to foster despo,ic notions.
| In this eonnc etion we wish to reproduce the
prediction lof Col. Bob Tyler, son of the ex-
President and editor of the Montgomery (Ala,
Advertiser, who thus puts his attributes Ol
prophet on record:
"In less than four years the probabilities ar,
that Ulysses $. Grant will walk to the scaffolC
or mount throne"
All this balderdash has, we suppose, the
same common object
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-08-16

CINCINNATI ENQuIRER ON THE NEW MOVE
MENT.-The Enquirer cditorially says; To
sum up, the new party which comes TO US
with flourish ol trumpcis, is but II weak and
puny ntiair. The m, agre convention, the in
difference with which its action Is received and
the character and antccedents OF lis p"rtici-
pants, go to- prove uat the oit-repeated de-
claratiOn that there wus II great popular de-
mand for new party wns delusion and u
snaie. 1t is not peoples movement, and II
will meyer become peoples party. The man
| ugers through their IA.lGrm propose nothing
that cannot be obtained through the regtner-
ated, li6eralizcd, aud modcrnized Democratic
party. We look upon this, movement now Us
but nn insurrcciiun among the quarter masters
and contractors oil the Democratic party. Theil
efforts " Ill be mainly directed against that or
ganizaiion, but it will rise superior 10 theii
assaults. 1t is understood that the founders 0l
| he new p trty ask no afliliati0n or co-Opera
tion with the Democratic party let us see lC
| il hen, that they do not receive any. Tie
democracy on the OH Of August can nominate
good ticket and adopt platform which viii
be indOrscd by every true reiormer in the State
With our cOnset the ticket nominated on tina
day will contain the name Of no man nomi
mated by the new movement.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-08-16

The Pennsylvania Constitutional Conven-
ton Numbered 81 lawyers among 100 men,
bers and nearly all OF them great constitu-
uonal lawyers" as Meredith, Buckalew, Jerry
Black, Henry G. Carey, ct al. The Conven-
ton, having practically completed its work
the Buffalo Erpress (Republican) says:
The prosposed new Constitution Of Penn
sylvania covers sixty large printed pages, be-
ing five times as large as the old one. This
unlimited devotion 10 trivial details, resulting
from an inability to grasp and embody great
principles, is the worst Of vices In Constitu-
lon maker. A Constitution ought to be like
u atechism-something that can he read, un-
derstood and learned by heart by every per
son af ordinary intelligence.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-08-16

THE DEMOCRACY ~ this State having cut
clear from Liberalism, though shaking in the
wind, has pushed out for an independent voy-
age, with standard bearer, who, by the ac'
tion OF the recent convention, Is to be returned
to active political lite again, after having gone
into retirement, and been shclved In lS49
with such contemporary senators as John A /.
Dix, Simeon Cameron and Others. They are
to be commended tor ut length finding out
that their incestous cudlling with Greecyism
brought them no advanmges-indeed, failed
to rctard, us was expcct, d, The downward ten
dency of the party The cry Of "help, Hor-
ace, or we PERISH" was 80 contemptous as TO
turn the stomachs Of many who had worship
ped at the party shrincs because OF its pres
tige, and-whelher right or wrong-for its un-
compromising independence-bu in this ever
thing was pitifully compromised. The status
of the party, after this humiliation, Is rather
graphically drawn by such old friends us rx'
Senator Pugh and VIM. 5. Groesbeck, standing
presidential candidates. They declare the
Democratic party dead, and nuisance
to be buried out of the way. Mr., Groes'
beck says that the blunders OF ten years cul'
ulIHutcu lust lhlii uHu tnut IL 10 iOHJ w uShJ
that Democracy then and there expired. Al
Columbus, tho other day, a new pariy was
formed, with MIR. Pugh at It's head. Tom.
Ewing made II speech ON the occasion In
which lie said II was useless TO attempt To al
tract converts 80 long us the name Demo
crst" was adhered 10. Ii had become odious,
and brand new patent designation was de-
manded. What 1t will be, remains TO be seen.
"A rose by any other name would smcl! Us
sweet" and Democracy by any other name
will smell as felia and be just as severely let
alone by the American people. But the Hon.
Tom Ewing pours balm upon the wounded
spirits of the Democracy. lis said: "Expe-
rence has demonstrated that no matter how
dlsaffected Republicans may be in their own
ranks, few or none can be recruited to the De
mocracy." lie furthermore remarked that III
had been forced, 'though most reluctantly,
10 the conclusion thai the Democrats party Is
powerless and ineffective as an ally, and not
1T instrument Of reform IN american politics
But let Messrs Pugh, Groesbeck and Ewing
20 ON. They aniase the country and do n,
harm. Ii rs proper 10 say that senator Thur
man repudiates the new party and wants L
continue To suffer die as u Democrat. Ths
is heroic, sure. II not patriotic
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-08-01
Jones's 8 Revenge.

The London Athen9um tells the fol-
lowing story Mr.. Brown, let us call
him, the proprietor of, shall we say, the
Kitchen Sumner, was dissatisfied with
his novelist, Mr.. Jones, and told him
SO. Jones was then halfway through
romance which appeared in weekly
driblets, but Brown gave him notice to
quit at once, and added that he had en-
gagged Mr.. Robinson to go on and COM
plete the story. Jones accepted the
warning, but remarked that, as he had
sufficient manuscript copy to supply
the chapters for the next number, they
had better be "set up," after which
Mr.. Robinson might take up the thread
of the story and get to the end of it.
Brown consented, and went down to his
"suburban retreat" whittier was for
warded to him the next number of the
Sumner, with Jones's chapters, from
which Robinson was to continue the
narrative If Brown possessed true
critical faculty, he must have admired
the inventive power of his own hired
writer, and have doubted whether Rob
inson would be equal to the present
emergency. In short, Jones, having
collected every living parsonage and
animal he had named in the novel, put
them all on board of a ship bound for
America, and sent the whole of them,
ship, freight and passengers, down to the
very bottom of the Atlantic, never to be
brought up again. The words. To
be continued" at the close of the chap
ter, formed challenge to the ingenuity
of Robinson, which he was Ill qualified
to accept, and, accordingly, the story
remains somewhere unfinished, and as
forgotten as the author who stopped,
and the writer who could not set it
going again.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-08-01
Louis XVI. Going to Bed.

At IL o'clock came the officer on duty
and the courtiers. Every thing was
ready splendid toilet-table with lace
and gold brocade, the dressing-gOwn Of
white embroidered Lyons silk on a chair
of red morocco, the chemise wrapped in
a peice of taffety on the railing a
double cushion of the cloth of gold,
called sultan, with the night-caps and
bapdkerchiefs on il BY IL were the
slippers OF the same material as the
gown, placed near pages OF the chamber,
standing against the railing The mon
arch arrived, the first gentleman Of the
chamber removed his hat and sword. and
handed them TO an under official The
king commenced a conversation with
the courtiers, that was longer or shorter
according as he found IL pleasant, and
was often much too long for our sleep
mess and weary legs. Afterthe converse
ton was finished, the king went within
the railing, lSnelt with the chaplain in
waiting alone, who held a long taper
stand of silver gilt, with two tapers,
while the princess could only have one.
The chaplain recited the prayer, Qumsi-
ums. omnipotens Deus and, when the
PRAYER was finished, the taper-stand was
handed TO the first servant Of the cham
Der, and he, at the kings orders, gave It
TO any gentleman 20 be eXtinRuished.
This honor was so much appreciated in
France that many aspirants could not
disguise their disgust If they did not
obtain it. After the prayer the king
took off his coat, the right sleeve being
held by the grand-master OF the ward
robe. the Duke de LiancOurt, and the
left by master of the first rank, nj. dc
BoisRelin or de Chauvelin, and always
in descending order, if the higher Off
GERS were not present. Then the king
took his shirt il was given him by the
first gentleman of the chamber. But II
one of the princes of the blood was pre-
sent IL was he who had the right 10 put
ON the night-shirt, which was considered
a great honor. Then the first gentle
man Of the chamber present d the dress
in0-Rown TO the king, while he took the
purse, an immense bunch Of keys, his
telescope and knife, from his pockets;
then let his small clothes fall down up
on his heels, and, standing thus, would
often again converse for n long time.
At last he sat down in an armchair
servant of the chamber on the right,
one of the wardrobe on the left, knelt
down, and each tSok one of the kings
teet 10 pun on MS bbocklnBb bnen ble
two pages of the chamber advanced and
put on his slippers That was the time
for departure; the usher gave the signal,
saying, Pass, gentlmen." No one re-
manned but heprinces, thespcial service,
and those who had the little entree.
They talked to the king while his hair
was being prepared for the night. That
was the time for pleasant speeches and
little anecdotes, and the free, noisy
laugh of Louis XVI. often struck on our
ears in the Oil de Bnuf, whore we
awaited orders for the next day. Before
Iouis XVI. was absorbed by his
troubles, bedtime was his time for relaxa-
tion and fun. He played tricks on tho
pages, teased Capt. Laroche, and made
them tickle an old officer, who was 80
sensitive that he used to run away for
the fear of it.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-08-01
Some Facts About the Sandwich
Islands

Among the various documents re-
ceived from our minister at Honolulu,
bearing more or less directly upon the
question of annexation, or a protector
ate and reciprocity treaty between the
Sandwich islands and the United States,
are some statements and tables illus
trating the commerce of these islands
and its relations to the question just
named. The imports amount to over
one and half million dollars, and con-
sist chiefly of ready-made clothing,
much of it for seamen's use, dry goods,
groceries and provisions, hardware,
lumber, flour, naval stores and box
shocks. The tariff on imported goods
is, on most articles, 10 per cent. ad
valorem, though liquors and tobacco
and opium, OF which large quantities
are used by Chinese laborers, are taxed
much higher, and a few other articles
not of prime necessity pay an additional
specific duty. There is also small
free list. The exports of domestic
goods amount to over one million six
hundred thousand dollars in value, and
consist chiefly of sugar and molasses,
rice, wool and whale oil, five-sixths of
all being sugar. Besides the actual ex-
dUOub &iOsOOO WOlJu VI oOACoOIS
supplies are furnished yearly to whalers,
merchantmen and men-of-war, and
twice that amount of imported mer-
chandise is re-exported. There are
about thirty-five sugar plantations on
the islands, yielding some $4,000 tons
of sugar, but the prodHct is small in
proportion to the area of cultivation in
consequence of inexperience and the
dearth of labor, though there is steady
improvement in the former, and serious
attention is being paid to the means of
introducing more labor into the islands.
The sugar plantations abs orb two-thirds
of the floating capital invested in the is
lands, and of this capital, amounting to
about three and a half million dollars,
from two-thirds to three-ffths is owned
by Americans, who constitute, in part,
the party of annexation, and who, be-
lieving the manifest destiny of the
islands to be annexation to this country,
are active opponents to all proposed
alliances with Great Britain. The ma
tive population continued to decline
wear by year, and does not now number
much more, if any, than fifty thousand.
The foreign population, however, IN
creases, and the coolies form marriages
readily with the native women. Trade
has developed rapidly since regular
steam communication with San Fran
cisco has been established. The United
States have nearly monopoly of both
the import and export trade by way of
San Francisco, and if congress would
be willing to concede reciprocity in re-
turn for a naval station, the commerce
between the two countries would be
stimulated to a still greater extent.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-08-01
Mount Vernon and it's Relics.

The magnificent painting of Wash
ington at the siege of Yorkstown, by
Rembrant Peale, and valued at $40, 900,
was presented to the Mount Vernon as
sociation, May Is, by Mrs. Underwood
of New York, daughter of the artist.
The painting represents Washington
mounted on spirited gray horse, indi-
eating the position for a new battery,
surrounded by Lafayette, Knox, Ham
ilton, Lincoln and Rochambeau. 1t is
framed in a massive black walnut mold
ing from a tree grown on the estate of
Robert Morris, one of the signers of the
declaration of independence, in Norris
vile, n. j., and it occupies and nearly
covers the rear end of Banquet hall.
The cabinet of relics in the east par
lor has been improved by the addition
of a red gilt banner, with English arms,
taken at Germantown, a field-glass of
Genl Washington, and a sword or cut
lass with the word Constantinopolis 1"
etched upon the blade, said to have
been picked up by Washington on some
battlefield. These articles were pre-
sented through President Grant by
parties in Harrisburg.
Visitors at Mount Vernon will remem-
Der the covered passage connecting the
Banquet hall with the kitchen. This is
falling into decay, and it is about to be
rebuilt with iron columns, cast in New
York, in place of the present wooden
ones. The south kitchen is to be con-
nected with the other end of the man
sion In The same way, as was the case in
Washington's time.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-08-01

The cost of lighting Paris makes a
startling exhibit for small cities. The
gas works at La Villette consume 100
tons of coal day during the winter and
$50 tons throughout the summer
months, and the price paid for coal by
the company during the past year has
been close upon So, 500 600. The con-
sumption of gas has increased from 40,
OOO,0 900 of cubic meters in 1855, and
10000, 600 in 1866, to close upon $780,
600, 900 for 1872, and the total length of
the pipes laid down is rather more than
1000 English miles. The gas company
pay the municipality sum of $4,000
for the right of laying on the gas, and
it is further obliged to bear the cost OF
repairs whenever the pipes have to be
replaced, to say nothing of tax OF two
centimes upon every cubic meter OF gas
consumed. From this latter source the
citv of Paris derived more than $780,
600 during the last year, while, by the
terms of another agreement giving 1T a
fixed share in the profits, its revenues
from the gas company amounted to to-
tai nearly three times as large. There are
75O lamp-lighters for the whole of Paris,
who, so excellent Is their organization,
perform their lighting functions in 40
minutes, while it takes them even less
time to extingush the lamps. As the
distance of ground covered is little short
of $50 miles, each man has TO get over
about 9200 yards in 40 minutes.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-08-01

has powerful bard called " SinRleline
I'M whose latest locally characteristic epic of 8,
ty the following attractive piece OF portraitu
y be sdmiringly selected:
AFTER DIVORCE,
Mrs. Addie was fst-adipose,
NTH (Tennyson1s) tip-tilted nose;
And she came into court
With sort Of caYort,
And countenance as red as a rose,
Her duck Of bonnet was small,
Tipped forward till ready to fall;
Like the Mother Goose Humpty,
OF pantOmime Dumpty,
Who couldn't stay upon the wall.
She came into court, and she sat
In chair, it was full (she was fat)
With stare at the miners,
And penny-a-liners,
And lawyers, and judge, and all that.
She started with the snilingest stare
At the hoodlums surrounding her there;
And every one said,
by the toss of her head,
Shed discount the sweet Mrs. Fair.
One miner of old 49
Who panned out the bloom of his mine
In a high-colored nose,
Said: " If she amt rose,
Just say amt much on opine"
The sheriff cried Silence :" The court
Inquired if she'd argue tort?
Her counsel said "Yes,"
That she wanted redress,
And have it she certainly ort.
The man that had married her couldn't,
Or didn't, or hadn't, or wouldn't
Support the petitioner,
Clothe, feed, nor physician her;
And stay with him longer she shouldn't.
He hadn't been light in ill-treatin' her,
But possibly never had beaten her.
To his pard' did opine.
" He might as easily have eaton her.D
These points were all read in rotation,
form of su-per-e-ro-ga-tiOn,
And no one replying,
Nor any denying,
She won her Decree like tarnation.
Then Addie went out as she entered.
The object where all eyes were centered,
As gushing dsmsel,
Restored to Mamselle
As ever to wedlOck dissenter'd.
No word had the court of hen-pecked heard,
Nor how the poor man had been checkered
But the law took its course
In handy divorce.
And you cannot go back on the record
Its getting as common as lying,
This sippling the moose without trying;
And marriages soon
May revolve with the moon,
And keep all the furniture flying.
When bad, there is nothing untruer
Than some styles Of masculine wooer
But usually there
Is reason to swear
That the done's rather worse than the doer.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-08-01

IMPORTANCE OF READING. No matter
how obscure the position in life of an
individual, if he can read, he may at will
put himself in the best society the
world has ever seen. He may converse
with Frankling and Washington with
all the writer's in prose and poetry. He
may learn how to live, how to avoid the
errors of his predecessors, and to secure
blessings, present and future, to him
self. He may reside in a desert far
away from the habitations of man in
solitude, where no human eye looks
upon him with affection or interest ::
where no human voice cheers him with
animating tones, if he has books to r. ID
he can never be alone. He may choc sc
his company and the subject of conversa-
ton, and thus become contented and
happy, intelligent, wise, and good. He
thus elevates his rank in the world, and
becomes Independent in the best sense
of the word.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-08-01

Mr.. Renan, in his Antichrist, 4"
has pl ausible theory of Nero's setting
fire to Rome. The city was encum-
bered with old tumbled-down build
ings, many of which were held sacred
and indestructible by the people. To
a direct attack on the religious prejudi-
ces of the populance. Nero wanted to
build a new and more splendid city,
something like Paris, but the only way
he could get the ground cleared for the
foundation was by applying the torch.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-08-01

"A gentle rain which was falling at
Ontario, Wis, the other day, received
sudden accession by the supposed burst
ing of water-spout. In half an hour
the streets of the village were rivers,
and the country around was submerged in
places to the depth of six feet. Ten
bridges were carried of, and immense
numbers of cattle, sheep and hogs were
drowned, but no human lives were lost.