Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-05-30


care that they are never seen IN . POiice-
court again.
A nio,ure bv young English lady who
;s moi vet % wears old, is specially CON-
mended among the works of art in this
Years exhibition of the Royal Academy.
The picture is styled, Scaling the Roll
after an Engagement IN the Crimea"
The ocean steamer Idaho. from Liver
pool to New York, went ashore at Fire
Island, OF the Long Island coast DAY or
two ago. The passengers came ashore on
the beach all right Atlantic ocean steam
ers have heap of bad luck this season.
Rochfort, the banished disturber of IA,
ria. having escaped to this country 4nu %
landed at San Francisco, has left the "a
cifc Coast--over Iand-for New YORK.
1-hsro he will no doubt find kindred spir-
its enough to surround him WIN haio
of glory.
Within the past ten years the screw has
entirely replaced the paddle in transatian-
ticnavigation, the weight OF marine en-
zines has decreased one-half, the steam
pressure has quadrupled and the consump-
tion Of coal has diminished tWo-ihirds.
These facts we CLEAN from Frank Lss'Ss's-
The New York BUening Post takes oeca-
sion in a well written article, TO point to
Judge seoheld, Mr.. Dawes and General
Garfield and says they have never been
surpassed in ability and integrity, as the
heads of their respective committees
since the organization of the Government
The trial Of Prof Swing. pastor of the
Fourth Church, Chicago, for heresy, has
terminated In the acquittai Of that gentle
man. The trial has resulted in the deter
mination of Prof Swing to dissolve ms
connection with the ecclesiastical ofaer
with which he has been connecteo--tne
Presbyterian church.
The Cupnard steamship Company
whose steamers have been making regular
trips across the Atlantic since 1S4O-34
wears, it is estimated-haVe not lost sin
gle life or letter through the earlessness
oftheir employees, or misfortune to their
ships In all these 81 years the company
lost only 'twQ vessels-the Columbia and
1sIpOEi-neither wreck being accompanied
by loss of life.
The marriage at the White House, the
other day, was understood to have been
an unostentasious and modest affair. In
carrying out this idea, it was understood
that the Jenkinses of the Press were ex-
cluded. 1t, however, turns out that there
was either a discrimination, or some OF
the guests played the surreptitOus, for ii
will be seen from our columns that pref
ty full report has found its way into print.
This week. says the Chicago Tribune.
will propably be bad one for railroad
companies in Wisconsin. Gov. Taylor
has about finished with his inscrutable
proclamations, and has gathered his sub
ordinates well in hand for serious work.
He means mischief. Four suits were be-
gun against agents ofthe road on the 23d,
and these are merely the first of a myriad
which the State officials are preparing to
bring.
Mr.. Thurman spoke in the Senate on
the Civil Rights bill He said it was on
the programme that the bill should pass,
but he believed that, if Senators should
vote without regard to outside pressure,
it would be rejected by an overwhelming
majority. But the eolored vote was moi
to be eontemned. Mr.. Thurman had some
reasons to urge against the passage of
the bill which deserve respectful cOnsid-
Grafton.
Good Catholics will find little to com
mend in the remarks of Senators Edmunds
and Sargent in the OWL Rights debate,
the attitude of the Church to-
ward the common schools. Sargent al
legged that the Church was attempting to
break down the common school system,
and Edmunds feebly parried by saying
that the Church never Disseminated be-
tween black and white men in her mis-.
sionary efforts,
Nineteen praying women of Cincinnati,
we're amatch for gathering of 500 daunt-
less bruisers ofthat city, and If the Mayor
had not come TO their relief. and after ar
rest and admonitioD, prohibited and for
hidden such an array of women from
upon The streets, there is no
knowing what would have become of the
gallant five hundred. Such set of wor-
thies ought to be artistically grouped
With the mayor as the central figure. and
handed over to posterty by an act of can
1t is rumored that Germany has a greed
% make common cause with Italy against
my enemy who may attack her. France
md Austria are the only countries which
would be likely to quarrel with Italy, and
Germany would not object 10 giving
.Ither small thrashing. In this way
Germany strengthens ITSELF securing the
rood will of Italy, and ables the latter
country to dispense with standing army
of any great dimensions, and of course,
With the expense attending the mainte
nance of such an army.
A sensible step has been taken by the
Northern Presbyterian Assembly in vot-
ng to strike from the official record of its
all honorary titles, academic
or otherwise. DR.. Howard Crosby, Chan
cellor of the University at New York,
who has himself string of titles as long
as that appertaining to any other member
Of the Assembly, deserves the credit Of
having introduced several years ago the
measure which be has just pushed 10 a
successful conclusion. His argument is
that all ministers of the Church Militant
are officers Of equal grade, and the ones
most honored by civil and literary socie
ties are oflsn the least distinguished ser
wants OF God.
A loyal soldier boy. during the late in
testine unpleasantness, tell into the hands
of the Confederates and was thrust into
Libby Prison. The violence and suffering
here endured was much of ii inflicted by
one Mai. Csdy. and it made vivid and