Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-10-10
THE NEWS BRIEF.


Upon the arrival of the United States |
troops in the Coushatta, fifteen prominent
members of the White League fed to
Arkansas and Texas. Their action is
not a confession of guilt but of weak
ness.
New York firms are yielding 10 the
stringeney of the times and the failure OF
several large houses was announced ON
Tuesday last-among the number, is the
house of Henry Clews, Government
agent, though it is believed that. they
will get under way again in fe W days
In the mean time, stocks are rising,
Lake Shore having reached sO16 with an
upward tendency.
The southern part of Japan and. all the
eastern coast of China have lately been
visited by terrible typhoon accounts of
which are just coming 10 hand. The
loss of life by The typhoon.in Japan was
heavy The town reports 300 dead. The
damage to shipping was very great
Thousands Of junks were sunk, and many |
foreign vessels were driven ashore and
wrecked. More detailed reports viii be
awaited with some lmpatienee.
The marriage Of a
Sherman took ~ laughter OF een'
few days s'- lace IN Washington,
iapt .nce. Thepageant was brill
one. abounding in all the pomp and
ceremonial, parade and music, for which
the Roman ecclesiastics have such artis-
tic ewes and ears. The address of Arch
bishop Purcell is criticised as containing
many irrelevant things but we suppose
bemsy be pardoned for exhibiting salts
faction at the presence in the church OF
the brilliant party, including the Presi
dent. who had assembled to give the
bridal pair good "send off"
Our readers have all, probably, heard
of BeecheI's rather cheeky return to
Plymouth, and the resumption Of his Ia
bors. He was met with quite a show OF
enthusiasm. This of course is not sur
prisfng. The effort to extend the demon
stration of welcome by bringing the
clergy of Brooklyn into it, did not meet
with favor. A number of ministers Were
asked to join in such movement, but il
was found that leading elergymen declin-
ed to participate in the love feast in the
honor of Plymouth's pastor, who now
occupies such an equivocal position ii
was therefore concluded not to court a
failure, and the project was abandoned.
A member OF the Cabinet is authority
for saying he is satisfied, after talking
with the President, that the latter has no
intention OF being candidate for the
third term, ani at the proper time viii
indicate his purpose to decline further
political bonors. It is not improbable
that The Southern Convention of third
termites, which is 10 meet in Chattanoo-
ga during the present month, will be
greeted with an authoritative declara-
ton of the Presidents views, which will
defeat the Objectfor which the conven-
ton has been called, or at least demon
strate that further action is entirely un-
necessary.
The Democratic campaign has opened
in earnest throughout the State. Ten
nessee' led the way by the deliberate
massacre of sixteen colOred people at one
stroke; Louisiana followed promptly by
the murder of nearly an equal number
Alabama shows her zeal in the cause by
stopping mail trains. killing the colored
agents, and firing into church congrega-
lions of colored people and Texas, not
TO be outdone in the latest struggle for
Southern Rights" has accomplished SIX
hundred political assassinations since the
inauguration of the Democratic Governor
q oke In the South the spread of Dem
ocratIe 'principles" means organized rut.
fanism and wholesale slaughter.
There is no lack of earnest industry
among the Boilers and Defamers, but
their fuss and bluster partakes so much
ofthe ludicrous, and reminds us so forci-
bly, ofthe terrible earnestness Of the mat
ron of the dung hill when bent on a
brood, that it only calls into exercise the
good nature of heir,opponents, Burrows
and Tuttle, Jim Chambers and Dickin-
son, with the Orwell man-of all-work.
that represents the county, would be a
force in the land if the weakness of their
Iopes was not SO apparent to themselves
and almo st every body else. Their effarts
and intentions are good, but results are
meagre and nlortItyiag. As The attend.
ance at their meetings is not barge t,1o
general public should be favored with
faithful reports through the New York
San.
The second best and most striking
building in Louisville, KY, is that occu.
pied by the Public Library. 1t was paid
by the Gift Concerts, managed by board
headed by Ex Governor Thomas n
Bramleite. This board is au,borized T.,
the Legislature of the Stale TO five :,
these Concerts. The fifth takes place IN
Novembernext, and the profits after dis
tributiDg $l,50O.O00, TO the ticket hold
ers, are to be used in perfecting the Libra.
ry, and furnishing the blind of the State
with books in raised letters. This is a
rather large thing for Kentucky. Gov
Bramlette has given three years 10 this
Library. and be is making II the best in
the country. Books are bought for this
library in orders Of $4,000 at a fine
and an enormous amount of money has
been paid for paintings. statuarv and
other works of art. The next drawinn
In aid Of the Library, in which the cant
tai prize is $s5O,OOO, takes place. as we
stated. in November next. positively
DENIALs-BRAND THE LrAR.-Mr. F.
Thorp on behalf of the Geneva Times
addressed notes to Ex SEN.T Wv