Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-11-29


PENTENTIARY REPoRT. annual re.
port for the Ohio Penitentiary for the past year
will show the following figures The re-
cepts are as follows: Convict labor $I63, ,G44,
visitors fund 1895, miscellaneous receipts
$5,0Sl, keeping United States prisoners $4,000
-t0ial$l74,4j0. The expenditures were ms
follows; General expenses $40 1852, salaries of
officers and guards $67, ABB, rewards to con-
yics 1921, usual repairs $1,606-total $l52,
1853; receipts over ordinary expenses $22, ,22S.
Other repairs were made ut II cost Of $l3,21l,
and $3.50 were expended nn the library
ing total of $t4,ll0. The expenses were
paid ont of the. excess OF reccipts.over expen
dilurrs. leaving the excess of receipts over all
expenditures $S,175
MADRID News of the 2tst was anything but
propilious for an nmcable settlement of the
difficulty between that country and this Ii
the hostile mOvem .nts of the mob can be TAX
en- as indicative OF the sentiments of the peo-
pie, CASTELAR,. the head of the Government,
though honest AM we'll disposed, may not be
able TO curb and control his subj cis We are
informed hat lle rooms of the Ameraicn Lee
CATION in that city were surrounded by n hos
tile mob, who were prevented only by the
| prompt Interference of the Government rom
doing violence TO our Minister and The Ameri-
Can flag so unpleasant and unsafe did Mr.
Sickles position bccom: that he prepared to
leave the city, and would have done ~ but
for some action, not stated, of the British Min
lister. II Caslclar's policy shows concession
to the United States, the Spanish population
may turn upon him, and he and the Republic
both be lost. The temptation 10 establish the
Republic and unite the factions around him
by popular foreign War is very great. A
prolonged Cabinet meeting was held in Wash
inglon on Friday last, but no definite action
was taken. Our naval preparations are being
pushed with such vigor that twenty of our
best vessels will he in Cuban waters within u
month. The Spanish navy is likely to be
augmented by the surrender Of the Cartagena
insurgents. This will put its entire force ol
iron-clads at the disposal Of the Spanish Gov
ernmcnt.
In all that has thus far transpired, there
seems to be very little to discourage an AMIGA
BILE adjustment of the Virginius affair, if the
two Governments can he left to the manage.
ment Of il. The difficulty may, however, be
very much complicated by the frey and i'm
petuous character Of the people, and the
course they may constrain their sovereign 10
pursue, and the result bc rendered unfortunate
for the cause OF humanity
In this connection, perhaps, might properly
be given, some news published by the N. y
Times, bearing upon the movements and oh
jecs of the Virginus, which, ii true, would
change the aspect of affairs This news repre-.
srnts that she left jamaica with Consular and
Custom-house cleurances for Costa Rica, bui
her real errand was known to be Cuba. She
made an attempt 10 land her passengers three
days after leaving Kingston, but was driven
oil and chased by n Spanish lrigntc. An En-
glish officer who left Santiago on the 9th, re-
ports that the papers OF the Virginius were
examined by the officer who boarded her and
pronounced correct, but the seizure was nev.
crlhclcss completed. The exnct truth in re.
gard 10 the nstsier does not yet appear, bu
will doubtless soon be in the hands of the Gov
ernmcnt
The sacred writer was not far out OF Tho
way, when he srid In his wrath, "All men arc
, the menacing of Minister Sckes by u mol
! which gathered before his rcsidnc" and
which seemed so generally credited and So
generally copied by the Journals of this coun
: try, and which are given In another place IN
this paper, turns out To be without foundation
The Chicago Tribune of Monday has the iol
lowing, which puts II very different aspect up
: on the whole affair:
! Through Admiral Polo, the Spanisl
Minister at Washington, the Spanisl
Government makes direct denial oi
the report of violence offered to Minis
ter Sicklcs. These hostile dcmonstra
tions which were so graphically dcscrib
, ed, and did so much to influence feeling
f in this country, had, according To thcs,
f official advices, no existence. There was
some ill-adyised talk, the Government
admits, by the Opposition journals OF
Madrid, but il was promptly suppressed
The British Minister ut Madrid has had
n protracted conference with President
Castelar,, but nothing is published of its
objects or results. An auspicious fact is
that recourse to arbitration which has
been suggested in this country, is also
mentioned with approval Mt Madrid
Dispatches from that city go so far ms to
name the umpire in Emperor William.
Ii this is indicative of the feeling of
Castelar, and his Government, then
there can he little fear thnt he will al
5 low himself to be hurried into war.
tS-rhe reply of the Mlkado TO the address
of u. s. Minister Dc Long, on his recent re-
liremcnt and introduction OF his successor
Mr. Bingham, contained the following pas.
sage | fully appreciate the statements you
make In yom praise of certain acts OF this
government but which apprehend are possib'
ly oveTated; although II has been our constant
aim to lead our people toward higher grade
= OF civilization.
. A TERRIBLE PLAoUE-Invaloke Inlet, o.
EsquImldx Bay, on the Atlantlc coast o
:. Labrador, has becn utterly depopulatcd by
!, scourge, In nimy OF It's phases similar to Asi
- atc cholera. More ESqulmaux inhabit thi
4 bay than any part Of tho Peninsula, there hay
A ing been, previous TO the visitation, 45O .
a them at lnvaloke and vicinity. AT this ba
IA there is n building erected by the Moravia