Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-04-18

picion of improper dealing. The
proposition of the London stock
holders that the Company's affairs be
Investigated by an expert account
ant, has therefore met with cheerful
acGuiescence. II there has been
any fresh corruption, the present
Directors of Erie would like to have
it shown up.
PENDLEToN PARTY.-Hon. Geo. H.
Pendleton invited the. General As
sembly to meet the Constitutional
Convention at his residence in Gin
cinnati, on Tuesday night, April,
7th, the day being the anniverary of
the settlement of Ohio, which oc-
CURED April 18th, 1888, or Sc years
ago.
Gentleman George, being healthy
wealthy and wise always enterlalns
with lavish hospitality. So he ar
ranged for special cars for the mem
bers, and provided an elegant en-
tertainment in all respects.
Upon the return of the Legisla-
ture to Columbus the next day, the
Bourbons all swore by Pendleton
Thurman stock was below par. In
fiation was the watchword. Pen
dleton and Greenbacks the battle
cry. Somuch for the effects of cham
paign and other fxings! This it is
thought is the first move in the game
to lay out Thurman both as Sen
ator and possible Presidential can
didate, and TO erect Geo. H. Pen
dleton-which is TO provide for the
termination of the present General
Assembly, and the election of a new
Legislature under the new Consti-
tuition.
The law provides that the United
States Senator must be elected by
the last General Assembly before the
beginning of his Congressional term.
Such an action as is on the slate
would vacate the election of Mr..
Thurman to the United States Sen
ate, and necessitate a new election.
Of course the man who would be
elected is Geo. H. Pendleton, and
that is the small game. Hardly
Democrat can be found in the House
who would vote for Thurman again
were it necessary to hold a new
election. His course upon the cur
rency question and the trenchant at
tacks the Enquirer has made upon
him, and the results of the last cleo
tions throughout the State, all make
the situation such as to encourage
the friends of Mr.. Pendleton. All
this is sport for the Republicans,
whose only interest in the quarrel
is, that it may be first class funeral
for both of these willy politicians.
The United States steamer Michi-
gan, at the port of Erie, is being en-
tirely reftted and painted outside
and inside. The officers, who will
be the same this season as last, ex-
pect to sail about May lst, on
cruise to Sarnia, and perhaps Chica-
go, to be gone about one month.
New York, it would seem, can do
nothing of public nature, upon fair
and honorable principles. AS an ev-
idence, the Brooklyn bridge is prov
ing a gigantic swindle. The city has
been applied to for $8,OOO,OOO to fin
ish the work. To this the Mayor has
opposed his objection. He has writ
ten to the Assembly Committee on
Commerce asking them to report ad-
versely all bills compelling or author
izing that city to contribute any more
money toward the building of the
bridge. He says that the company
have spent $5,OO0,OOO and ask for
$6,O6O,OO0 to complete the bridge,
although Mr.. Roebling and other en-
gineers once estimated the entire
cost at 100000. The Mayor fears
that the bridge Gf it is ever fnished)
will be so high and SO heavy that it
may not stand the gales which often
visit this latitude. He considers it
impracticable to build it, and if prac-
ticable, entirely useless as means
of increasing the business or popula-
tion of the city, and adds: "While
willing to lose everything invested in
this bridge, am unwilling to appro-
pirate another cent in any form to
complete it.
Pere Hyacinthe's wife Madam
Loyson, as she is now called-writes
a word of encouragement to her
American sisters engaged in the cru
sade. The point made in the letter
has much originality and force, and
is the result of her continental expe-
rience. 1t is thus we quote from
Madam Loyson:
''The great American malady is a
malady of the stomach. Conscien-
tious people become dyspeptics; non
conscientious people become drink
ers. Bear in mind this fact, that the
appetite for drink is not necessarily
made by drinking, but in nine cases
out of ten it is created and cultivat-
ed at your tables-in your children,
by the use of coffee, tea, pepper,
pickles, mustard, spices, too much
salt, hot bread and pastry, raw meat
and grease, and, above all, by the
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