Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-05-10


rY- A bill to abolish the. usury laws of
Ohi, was debated nearly all day the 7th in |
tie lower House of the Ohio Legislature. bu, |
was finally lost by a vote of SO to 40.
eT Doctor william II. McGuffey, Profes
soS Of Moral Philosophy at the. University of
Virginia, and author of the well known Nc
Guffey's school books, died in Charlottesville,
Virginia. after a long Illness on the 9TH inst.
Ley On the 80th al April al Lincoln, Ne
traska, storm Of wind. rain and snow came
flowing down buildings, moving hotel from
its foundation, and unroofng the capitol so
that the court had to flee from under it.
rg- Official returns of the killed and wound.
el in the Modoc blunder, of the 26th ult. show
that the first accounts were not exaggerated
Twenty one prvatcs and officers were wound
ei, sixteen killed, and six are missing.
tE The number Of visitors to the Vienna
Exposition is far below what was expected,
the American department Is in disgraceful
end dtion Of emptiness OWING tot be troubles
auong the Commissioners
CE- Hon. James Brooks Of the N. Y. La-
pas and member of Congress, from the 9th,
d strict in that city, died at his residence in
w 4shington, w ednesday, April Both, at 81
o'clock. His decease was not unexpected,
as he had long been in feeble health, He was
e'xty-three years ofage.
CT Application has been made 10 the com.
mlnder of Camp Douglass for two companies
of troops TO protect the settlers in the San
Peete Valley, Southern Utah. The Indians
ere menacing the settlers, who are greatly
alarmed. General Morrow, commander Of
the troops at Camp Douglass, is seriously III.
ty- Woman suffrage in Wyoming Terrific
ry, and the general progress Of the agitation
II the United States, was cIied by Jacob
Bright, IN his speech in the House of Com
mons In favor of the Women's Disabilities bill.
The bill received the large number of 155
votes, but was defeated hy majority of 67
votes.
Ailsn'ic is an unlucky nIme, whether
applied to marine matters Or. ~ tiers On lan'.
The Allan ic un Like Eric wes Inst, the Az
Ia ltic On Long Island Sound WAS lost. the At
la1tic on the ocean OF the same name was lost,
the All. n,ic Steamship Company has become
bankrupt and the Atlantic bank in New
York rs foundered. By the dishonest manage
ment o" its cashier,
tn A great calamity has fallen on the
town called Picobombi. p RI, caused by Il
landslide from the neighborng mpuntan,-
Forty four houses were destroyed and thiriy-
elk people perished. The great mass which
d siroyed the town also damned up the riy'
er. and the destructive effects Of an inundntion
were expected to be added to other mis-
fJrtunes.
Fg The earth OF San Salvador Is still sha.
king, and buildings whIch ltbstood the shock
OF the earthquake, among them the Govern
pnent Palace, on March A. have fallen. Many
Of the inhabitants who returned to the city, In
the belief that the worst was over, have been
Aurt, and some of them have gone mad. Ii
N NOT certain yet that the Government will
abandon its mad design OF ofrcbuildins the city
on the same sight
t8- oen, Davis Is now IN command at III,
Lava Beds. Gen. Sherman has determined Il
send to his support all the available troops oil
the Pacific COasi, but says there are not enoGgl
soldiers in the whole army 10 carry out th'
klea of surrounding the MndoCs One hund
red and fifty thousand men were unable Il
eoSe a circle round Atlanta, which wa
over hTe miles In circumference, while II l
irty miles around the Lava Beds
Sr.The figures Just made public by tn
Now York Board oi Excise, shows that du
ring the year endlag April 3Olh no less tha
e,O61 licenses TO sell liquor were Issued Thl
means o dripkiug place to every 100 OF IL
population Of the city. The papers think III
is excessive, and demand license rates sha
lie increased TO 800 for spurious liquors, al
$50 dollars for malt. in the hope that J. W
decrease the number Of saloons and q
Mount OF the traffic.
tB The most plausible explanation whit
hAs been made OF Slr. George Francis TTaiI
insanity Is that given by the officials of Il
Tombs REison, who assert thathe has conduC
ed himselfip sach manner before the Exar
lining Committes as to leave the impressi,
that he was insane. and then brag of !, altt
wards. Their theory Is that Train regar
ths whole proceeding aS an excellent opport
piiy for advertising himself, and is maxi
the moat Of Il.
~ General shermsn. 10 conversation
Medoc affairs, shows that he fully apprecia
the situation and has entered upon the s.
ject with his characteristic energy, All
reinforcenienis required will be sent to @
Hchoheld with0ut delay TO the last man 9
can be spared, A regiment will be convey
20 gomsha-io be 10 readiness for prompt mo
naep3. Asbody af fopE hundred Indian SEQ
will Be fAiseds iQrssegyiee Agalsnt the Mod
Just as fasi a. fe peA can. be found Gene
sherman has, no fosp ofs general ind
yw.