Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-10-18


tBrPere Hyacinihe has been elected one Of
the three cures in Geneva by the Old Cath
slics
WThe President has issued general am
nesty 20 all army deserters who return To duty
before Jan. !, 1874
t8-Rey. Geo. II. IIepworth of New York,
has purchased Commodore Folleits yacht,
with view, probably, to the apostolic exam
ple of "s night sndl a day in the deep"
wThe debt of New York City and Coun-
~, which are practically the same, is $780,
20s,o6lss ON which $6,354, ,OO9 IL is payable
In interest
tEThe Constitutional Convention Of Mich !
igan has declined to admit the eligibility of
women to any public Dfice whatever, exclu-
ding them even from t,e;school boards.
tB- The Washington ID. C) Germans have |
struck novelty ipexprrssion in deciding not
10 suppo rfcnny candidates for Office who are
committed 10 the "p, rnicious cause of tenn
perance."
tE- Acommissjon has hetn appointed by the
Secretary of War for The erection of n military
prison at Rock leland Illinois The pris-
on Is to he kept exclusively for the contine-
ment of military offenders against the army
C&- The election of officers of The Western
Union Telegraph Company resulted in the
choice Of William Orion for President as was
anticipated, with A. b. Cornell, n. Green,
Augustus Schcll, George H. Mumford and
Harrison Durkee ~ Vice Presidents.
H-Prince Bismarck intmates in n letter to
an inquiring friend that he is hardly so God
forsaken rs TO be gully as the offensive re-
mark about "crushing Christianity" attributed
TO him and floating around OF late in the pu.
pers.
t8 1t is intimatcd that notes of the Lake
Shore Road, amounting 10 5000 900, given to
the Cleveland Rolling Mill Company for rails,
have gone 10 protest. and that, unless relief
comes soon, many of the manufacturers will be
obliged tspclose: .-
t<Ex.President johnson, who is now in
Washington, will be srrenaded very shortly,
and will improve the occasion to make u
speech In which he will explain hls conncc.
tion with the recent developments in the Mrs.
Surratt case. He threatens to make the CALLED
jades Vince.
c8 The result NJ the r, cent elections In
France to ill vacancies in the Assembly has
given great encouragement to the Republicans
and will cause equal depression among the
adherents of the Count de Chambord. The
Republican majority, previously effective, is
now substantially strengthened
tB- The President has Issued his annual
proclamation, appointing Thursday, Nov. 27,
as day of National Thanksgiving. Not.
withsiai ding the cholera, yellow fever, and
financial panic, those who are 30 disposed
will find abundant cause for Thanksgiving.
Bad as things are, they might he worse, and
tils of itself Is sufficient cause for gratitude.
1A quarantine inspection in New York
has eiieitcd the fact that there has been yellow
fever in the Lower Harbor ever since June |.
The fact has been withheld from the newspa.
pers in order not to create alarm. for which
there Is no occasion while the disease is con-
fined 10 the Louvre Bay. There have been ca
cases. in all, and 10 deaths.
tE Senator Thurman and Mr.. Garfield have
been akiag speeches In this Stale, and both
referred to the present discussions of specie
resumption Nr. Garfield thinks that green
backs should he made ns good as gold, and
that no time will be found more favorable for
resumption than the present. Senator Thur.
man believes that the prcjcc, should be post.
poncd.
1 Mr.. Wallace Taylor. NJ H., WAS ortlain
ed at the Second Church In Oberlin, Sept. 30
DR.. n. G.. Clark gave an address IN place oi
the usual sermon; oIdaining prayer by Prof
Henry Cowlcs; charge 10 candidnte by Rev
G. L. Bush, ID. D.; other parts by Prot Il. T..
Barrows and Rev. u. L. Further. Mr.. Taylor
Is now under appointment as a missionary to
Japan.
EB- France is now in The thrors of q great
political crisis. II looks as though the days
OF the French Republic were about numbered,
az $50 deputies in The assembly are pledged 10
monarchy with the Count tie Chamhord { s
Henry V. Tie Republicans and Impcrialisls
have formed an alliance to delrnt, il possible
the monarchy. which is reported To tc making
rapid strides.
sE-I Hon. John sherman addressed a large
Republican meeting ut Alliance, on the ED
ult., In Which he d. clares himselfin favor of
restoring the old salary of 81. 900 M sufficient
for the average Congressm "a. He does not
regard The Increase of salary asa party act,
HOT Tvs rehM h u party issue, hut takes II
tor granted that good men of all parties will
Join In restoring the old salary.
8- Jay +. Gallcntinr sentenced to Pen.
hentiary for ten years for killing DIR. Jones
Of Cleveland. attempted The other day, 10 com.
nit suicide ly inkin. morphine. II Is thought
the act sns prompt~d by disposition Ia
Brighten the officials who had deprived him oi
some liberties which he enjoyed on account
o. nnding nile In his clothing used In tam.
p'ring with window bar aud because of
advantage bring TAX n of his con par tively
ffeo position In 'hc hospital.
tB-The Mexic4n Clngress hns made A
number Of radical reforms which have been
formally decrced among them IN the separa.
uln Of Church aud State freedom of relig.
iols opinion recognition ofmprriage u cyi
contract dispcssession Of the property of re
ligious institutions and the suppression o
mon1silc orders. These reforms will conin
ne In force until The next revolution. Mean
while, In view Of ecclesiastical opposition 4
some OF these measures, the Jcsu,s have beer
ordered to leave the country.
sTThe Dean Of Canterbury is reprsen
tailve, we suppose, OF the Arch Bishop oT Can