Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-06-13

last week They are old hands at the bus
mess. One of them handles the pen so
cle7erly that he can initiate Spinners
tangled chirography so well that it is haro
to tell @tother from which"
Ex-Mayor Joseph Medill, of Chicago,
one of the editors of the Tribune, who has
been making an extended tour in Europe
with his family, and whose letters have
been perused by our readers with so much
admiration and instruction, is expected
home in August.
George William eurtiss delivered an
oration on the late Charles Sumner in
Boston on Tuesday. It is said to have
been more finished and scholarly than the
Grafton of Mr.. Schurz. Mr.. Curtis treated
less of Mr. Summers political career, and
more of his ifuence as citizen and a
man ofletteTs.
Butler provoked lively debate on Bark
in the House the other day. The New
York and Western border farm ers desire
q tariff on Tanners bark. Butler in the
interest of eastern, shoe and leather man
sufacturers fsvors its free introduction
from Canada and the Provinces. The
tariff men won the battle.
The official report of the Vienna Ex-
position of the annual production ofiron
shows that England produces more than
ore half of the production of the world /;
North America about one fifth France
about one-twelfth. and Belgium about one
twenty fourth, these four constituting the
great IRON producing countries of the
globe.
1t is asserted that Colorado now has
population of 10000, but the last census,
which was taken in 1870, showed only
s9,s64 The figures at the previous cen
sus were "a, ,277, giving an increase of only
5,5S7 in ten years. There has been large
emigration to Colorado in recent years,
but the alleged increase to 10000 since
1870, exhibits an almost marvellous
growth
Washington news state that there are
a good many Senators in favor of the
proposition amending the tariff bill so far
as to restore thetax on sugar 1t Is said
that the Louisiana sugar interests needs
this protection, that sugar is no cheaper
since the abolition of the tax, and that as
soon as our government struck 1t of the
Cuban government, Immediately put it
on.
All the European Powers have agreed
to send delegates to an international Con
ference in Vienna, which will consider the
measures to prevent the spread of cholera.
The idea is good Cholera can be easter
prevented than cured. The adoption of
the rigid quarantine regulations by the
Governments of Europe win go far to pro-
tect the Western Continent from further
rsyages of cholera.
The Chatauqua Lake Camp meeting
will commence July 7th. Mr.. F. R. Eli
Oft will soon commence laying out the
grounds at the expense of Lewis Miller
Esq, of Akron. Among other notables
who are expected to be present are Henry
Ward Beecher, Bishops, Simpson, Haven.
Ames, James, Rev. 7. Dewitt Talmadge,
DR.. Hatfield, and Chancellor Mitchell of
Syracuse University.
French papers publish letter written
by the Bishop of Laranda upon the mas
sacre of Christians at Tong Gin. The
bishop says that within his mission there
were eighty thousand Christians, but ten
thousand have been strangled, burned or
drowned, and he adds he has no hope of
escaping martyrdom hIms elf. This start
ling communication bears no date, but is
generally credited in France.
The New Orleans Times of May SOtb, |
ssys Mayor Wilt, Of that city, still calls
for aid for the more than $4,000 men, wo. |
men and children who were turned out of |
house and home by the desolating waters.
The relief committee has also announced
that the supplies now on hand will not
last over two weeks. Although the COM
mittees have done all that was possible,
the calamity which has befalIen the peo-
pie of Louisiana is by no means over.
One hundred and twenty-five Deputies
IN the French Assembly have signed
proposal for dissolution, and i.is not
improbable that the Len Centre NAV ioin
in the coalstion. This latter bodv II is
said has determined upon the definite
declaration Of Republic or an anneal
10 the country. In the present condition
Of French politics, il is Impossible to
foreteli what Will be the course of afairs
in the near future. or even what a day |
may bring forth.
The American people drank m eight
million barrels of beer in 1872, and nine
million barrels in 1873. The Question is
whether the additional million barroI.
paved the way to temperance or ;r,or,
perance, and the question is a moo,od -
Most common sense people would insis, |
that its influence would be 10 Fos,er a.
temperance, while brewers and tho;,
friends who guzzle, would no doubt claim
that it was an advance towards national
temperance, inasmuch as II took the place
osa equal amount of alcohol in whisky.
The currency question in Congress is
no nearer a solution. The President is re.
ported to have given up all hope of sat-
isfactory adjustment this session, as be has
determined that the rate of retirement
should net be less than fifty per cent. The
moderate lnfationist and hard money men
in Congress have resolved to stand by the
President, while the inhatioDists are just
Is resolved to make no further compro-
mise. The indications are, therefore, that
the financial system of the country will
be let alone by Congress for the present. in
me- ehopa that It viii satisfactorily adjust
itself to the Views Of the people in tne-fn--i
tsrval between now and next session