Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-09-17

. depend very much upon that in this Safe,
will occur in November.
The discovery has been made by Gov.
Allen, and he takes no pains to conceal
1t, that there is a deep plot TO destroy the
liberties of the people by the election of
Grant for third term.
Commodore Perry's flag ship, the Law
renee. sunk in Erie Harbor sixty-two
years ago, was recently raised. and the
bottom found to be in good state Of
preservation. She is TO be exhibited at
the centennial,
The progress of Mr.. JEFF. Davis in Mis-
souri, excites stormy applause" If he
could be persuaded to come to Ohio and
take the stump with VIM. Allen, we
think he would be placed where the most
good would be likely to come of him.
The entire advocacy of paper money
was revolting 10 minds educated in the
principles and traditions ofthe Govern
ment, especially of the Democratic party.
The Whig party always had suffer ed un-
der the designation of the rag-money
party.
To test the quality of wool, take lock
from the Sleeps back and place it on a
measured inch. If the spirals count from
80 to 33 in the space of an inch, it equals
the finest Electoral or Saxony wool
grown. The diminution of the number
offolds to the inch shows the inferiority.
There is rather more about JEFF Davis
as Granger in the newspapers than is
worth while. : JEFF is TO be the rival of
Theodore Tilton as a high-priced lectur-
er. He would think it beneath his dig
nity,.we suppose, to become the principal
attraction of a geological gardener to e
associated with the sea-lious of a mena-
gerie.
1t is stated that Gen. Joseph E. John
sion has accepted the command of the
Khedlve's army, which he had three tim es
declined The salary is $25, 900 with a
bonus of 100000 for outfit Joseph
should do well in Egypt, and treat his
visiting bretheren with all due courtesy.
In fact he should initiate the original Jo-
seph in every way, even to the practice
of the severest virtue.
Fred Douglass proposes remedy for
the slaughter to which the black man is
subjected at the South, and notably of
late in Mississippi. His words are, "If
the negro must die at the South my ad-
vice is to let them sell their. lives as dear
ly as possible. Let it be seen by those
cowardly mobocrats that in attempting
TO slaughter black men they invite the
knife to their own throats, and fire and
rapine to their own hearthstones, and
then it will cease"
When the War broke out, til Demo-
cratic party in Congress protested agains t
the issue Of greenbacks, and especially
against making them legal-tender. Con :
spicuous among those VoIng agai nst the
bill were Pendleton, of ohio, Voorhees,,
of Indiana, and Richardson, of Illinois,
the three great greenback advocates of
the present day. The Democratic vote
was unanimous against legal-tender notes
all taking the ground that such law
was unconstitutional
The Chicago Tribune, with truth, says:
There may be a difference. of opinion
upon the part of the American people
with regard to the currency qu sation,
but with regard to the public schoor svs-
tenn and its immunity from sectarian as
ssults there Is but one opinien among the
the masses. The Republican Party OF
New York has expressed itselfin its plat
form calmly, but decidedly; ahd if the is
sue Is made by the Democracy. 1t VIII be-
met not only by the Republican party.
but by every protestant and every iber-
al Catholic friend of state education.
A WONDERFUL TRoTTER-The excit-
ing topic for the last week or two in the
Golden City is the performance of a
trotting mare belonging to Mr.. Stark:
Report credits her with going a mile in
2:1s9 after taking SO seconds to make
the first quarter This would be neaTiy
;1s gait for the three-quarters. She
IS described as remarkably fine looking
maze with an open, slashing stride.
This mare Is reported TO have been re-
Gently sold for $4,000 to Mr.. Pritchard
All that is known of her pedigree is that
she was sired by Niagara, formerly
Washtensw Chief.
Gov. Osborne of Kansas. in a reply 10
. formal demand of the Indiaa Bureau
upon that State for damages. amounting
TO $4,000 for the killing of four Usage
Indians, fatty refases to make repara-
ton. Hs says h's the business Of the In
teIlor Department TO keep It's Indians on
their reservations, and that when they
raid upon Kansas they must take their
chances The experieBee of the people
OF Kansas on the subject of roaming red
skins IS not favorable for their health
and longevity, and that if Secretary De-
lano really values Usage hides at s12. 500
apiece, be can save money by keeping
them out of the range of Kansas buIlets
The evidence IN the Westervelt ca "a
at Philadelphia, increases in interest. An
important witness was one Hartman
keeper of New York drinking place
who swore that he was on familiar term
with Westervelt and Douglass about tn
time of the abduction of Charley Ross
and for long time afterward. This wit
ness says that WesterYelt admitted Il "a
he knew all about the stolen child, or, a
least he pretended he did, and he said hC
boy would not live three days if amy
thing happened to the two desperadt)e
who were subsequently shot at I3a
Ridge. If Hartman's evidence is acce pt
ed, Westervelfs completely in the abdlac
iion viii be pretty clearly establishe ed
and the statement of Mrs. Peets, w,h
identifies the defendant as man i
charge of a child resembling Charlie,
Ross, in Brooklyn street car, helps {
establish his guilt.