Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-08-02

eW-MiDs Kellogg has abandoned her con
templated visit to ENGLAND, and she Is ut pres.
ent at her country. seat at Cold Spring, on the
Hudson.
tE~ The Grand Duke Alexis has almost
concluded his trip around the world He was
expected to reach Katharintburg Sibera. on
the 10th inst.
tB- Anna Dickinson, IL is again stated, VIII
appear on the stage next fall She makes her
debut iu an adoption by c. W. Tayleure oil
"The Scarlet Letter"
The Appointment Committee m the
Ohio Constitutional Convention has reported
in favor of adopting the cumulative system
of voting at State elections, as now practiced
in Illinois.
rE~Twsnty.two Chinese females, brought
by steamer from Hong Kong, were sold at
cisco. The young girls brought as high as
$3.50 each. The middle aged and old women
from 5000 to $t00 each.
CB-A memorial organ has been given the
church of Gambler, by Bishop and Mrs. Be-
dell, and is being placed IN position. II is
from the mandatory Of the builder OF the
Cincinnati musical festival organ, and is there
fore, aa Ohio manufacture.
tY- Nancy and Verdun are now the only
places in France held by the Germans, Mez-
ieres and Charlevile having been evacuated
on the gath inst. Nancy will be held for a
few days longer after which the German
troops will maintain formal stand at Verdun
until the 9th of September.
EB> The Republicans of Iroquois County, in
III. have concluded not 10 hold party con
vsniion A general convention Of all voters
without distinction of party has been calltd to
nominate a ticket for county officers. This
has something the appearance Of abandonment
fon tbs present, at least, of the Convention
system, If not Of parry nominations.
ty~ Des Moincs sends word that Iowa
grain and cattle dealers are sending their ship
ments eastward by the way of ST. Louis in.
stead of Chicago since The inaugur alton Ofthe
Illinois Railroad hsw. This kndlcs hope
in ST. Louis that she may command this tEade
hereafter, and that 10 the end she viii bes;r
herselfto make counestion between the North
Missouri Road and always of Iowa.
ERs"The anti Butler moHcment initiated by
Hoar, John u. Forbes, w. w. Rice, and Es
tes Howe have been followed ly II significant
article in the Boston 1dDerflVr. Npps, of the
Boston newspapers have yet declared that
they would bolt if Butler were nominated
but the AdSertiser, after characieriziAsS Butler
and his supporters, MS "tol'ical bnndiiti," re-
} marks gravcly, that "all parties are 10 take a
new departure"
cE-Thc correspondence between tie Post
Office Department and Great Briian, with a
view 10 establish an exchange of postal cards
at low rate of postage has closed The
British auuioritirs decline the proposition on
the ground that they are opposed to any low
or ratr sf postage than thai now paid on let
tiers. The proposition of the United States
WIS TO haye an exchange OF postal cards by
a ldiion of one cent postage, the same MS we
now have with Cnnuea.
E:g- Ebe 9th inst was. the tky Mt Vienna fOl
universal exposition of the moving and reap
ing machines on show there, hut it vas prac
iically an American exhibition. The English
and French manufacturers declined to stand
the test of comparison with the Yankee ma
h, ciincs. so that the Americans had but four
European competitors. Every thing that stu
I pidily and lack of foresight could do seems
C To have been done 10y The managers To preven
l. a satisfactory trial but despite these draw
backs, the exhibition Is said to have been yer,
fine.
y cB-Victor Emanuel has been greatly dis
a quieted by the tmmors Ot the French priest
against his treatment of the Papal See. The
are exciting an agitation, To- hold ihc Frenc
Minister on his departure from Rome, whcl
3, is INJECTING the whole of clerical Europe.
,, they are not suppressed, he will turn 0
relief to rrussia, which shows the clerics II,
II quarter, and ally his fortune with hers. Thi
Il. he Significantly reminds MacMahon, might re
d suit in losses OF men, money, and terrilor
more terslble than those of 1870.
~ The Providence JOurndL says the sen
I. tment in Rhode Island against removing ih
}, landed qualification ibE naturalized voters,
almost unanimous, among Democrats as wei
= rs among Republicans, and that every effor
p to remove 1t has only left it stronger than be
fore. lis eh1ct upon the immigrant popula
= tion has been excellent, large numbers q
: them having purchased homcsleads, whicl
:, have not only been good investments ia pc
n cuniury point of view, but have, also givcl
Il their owners po-innn and importan C,
which, they could have obtained in no othe
way.
sB-If the Intentions of the Canadian Gov
ernmcnt may be gathered from the ulterancc
of the official press there will be no furtle
investigation Of the Canadian Pacific Rrilwa
scandal during this session of Parliament
!. and that body will be prorogued In time /
prevent any debate on the subject. This pol
icy is in noticeable contrast with the proles
sion of the Cabinet that they have been foul
n slanderd, and yearn fer nothing so much u
sr opportunity 10 meet their accusers.
CB- AT last accounts hundreds OS me-
were in pursuit Of the Iowa railroad robbers
|. who are hurryingas rapidly MS their blood
10 ed horses will bear them bnck to Missouri
h whence they came, There seems little doul
/ that they are yeritable Missouri bushwha
n ers. As the officers In pursuit had got b,
n tween them and their place of refuge, and II
;, he intervening country was alarmsd, the
B capture was reasonably hoped for, A n
= ward Of $500 each has been offered by III
z Governor of Iowa for their apprehension
= BRIHSAM AND MS WIvEs-Brgham Yoin