Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-04-14

the Assumption Dy tne SueeA u
of the Empress of India.
II is said that Buffers opposition 70
Dana's appointment has greatly injured
his chances for election to Congress 'iiis
fall.
The Ohio Senate bill to require mlliers
+ob-.nd all pscksges Of -four ground by
them, passed the House on frioay' ana Is
now law.
The Queen OF England's paintings at the
American Centennial viii be guarded BY a
squad of policemen. They are heavily in
sured in eight English companies.
General GaribaId has written letter to
the Prime Minister of Italy, accepting the
donation of 1OO,s0o livre offered him by
the nation and King some time ago.
It is stated that the Gar of Russia really
intended to abdieate, but that change
for the better N the condition of his health
induced him to alter his determination.
Congressman Scales asks: 'sWhat is the
use Of the 1900 pairs Of carriers sent by
the Government to the Indian woman, un-
accompanied by single pair of stOekingsTv
Babcock has come to grief again. His
precious name is now connected with the
Washington safe burglary. Hon. A. G.
Riddle proves to be a swift witness against
him.
Governor Noyes, in his speech before the
Republican Convention, made happy hit
when he said: 81 don't blame the Demo-
crats for being mad when 8 thief is found
in the Republican party, for they know ne
don't belong there"
Our Legislators folded their tents and
quietly stole awayl1frOm the scene Of their
triumphs and defeats, on last Wednesday,
and our great capital city is relegated back
to its waste Of dead walls, muddy thor
oughfares and poor hotels, to vegetate un-
til the ID Of January.
John A. Rice, Of Chicago, is to be mana
ger Of the new Globe Hotel in Philadelphia
during the Centennial. The bar Of the no
tel has been leased for $50, 900 cash, and
the leases agree to pay to the proprietors
10 per cent of thegross receipts after $780,
600 have been taken in.
In the bill now pending in Congress for
River and Harbor Improvements, we no
tice that the following appropriations have
been suggested for Ohio ports: Toledo $780,
600; Sandusky City, $4,000; Vermilion,
5000; FairpOrt, 5000; Cleveland, S75,-
900; Ashtabula, $4,000; Port Clinton, $5,-
900.
The Democratic Senator's voted solidly
against Dana's confrmation-thus making
common cause with Butler, whom they
have been in the habit Of considering as an
embodiment of all that was evil in his own
party, and thus left Us to infer that he was
an unsuitable element for Democratic rec
ognition and sympathy.
The Greenback Convention at Columbus,
on Thursday last, proved to be q little
more than farce. A score Of visionary
fanatics met in the Mayors Office, and af-
ter ventilating the usual imitation plati-
tudes, adjourned to meet at Cincinnati in
time to make an attempt to mould the ac-
ton Of the Democratic Convention.
The election in Rhode Island resulted in
the success Of the Republican ticket. Hen
~ Lippitt the Republican, nominee for
Governor, failed to receive majority vote
over all, but, having received a plurality
over his Democratic and Prohibition oppo-
nents, will be elected by the Legislature,
which continues strongly Republican.
Mr.. Moncure D. Conway writes from
England: sIn plain truth, the Queen is
very homely, and she gets no lOvelier very
fast, and it is a question which not even
the astuteness of her theatrical Prime Min
lister can decide, whether the lustre of the
English throhe is more dimmed by her ap-
pearance in state or by her seclusiOn.
The explosion Of four powder magazines
at one time, on the 9Th, had the effect to
shake up the Mormon metropolis, and set
some of those old prophets of BaaltO think
ing that their iniquities had Overtaken
them. Three Of their urchins we're blown
to atoms, and one old lady was frightened
to death. $4,000 worth of glass were
shattered by the conclusion.
The impeachment Of Belknap is all ar
ranged for and viii Be commenced about |
the last Of the month. It is said his at
torneys viii first take the grounds Of |
want of jurisdiction, on account Of his re-
signation. Some new and interesting ques-
tons VIII be evolved and the trial, on its
attempted Inauguration, viii provoke an |
exciting and learned discussion, at least.
The silver era is coming none too soon to
do away with a petty and annoying nui-
Sanee-that Of the extensive counterfeiting |
Of nickel fve-cent pieces. The counterfeit |
are worth every whit as much as the genu-
inc, being identical in weight and Hneness,
which is not saying much as the regular
mint nickel half-dime costs the Govern
ment, all told, but half cent, and that is
precisely what it is worth, Government
stamp and all.
One of the heaviest blows sustained by |
Gen. Babeock among all that. have fallen
upon him since his fortunes began to wane
vss that inflicted by the Senate on Tuesday
In the passage Of q bill for the improve
ment Of the Capitol grounds with proyis-
ion that none Of the money thus appropri-
ated shall pass through the hands of Gen.
Babcock as Commissioner Of Public Build
ings and Grounds. The Democratic House
has already expressed its lack Of confidence
in : similar manner. and this action of the
Republican Senate is peculiarly significant.
The House mania for investigations still
RACES. But it is perfectly comical,-o
would be, were it not eontemptible-to see
how quick lead, which has been Fstruck
on the trail Of any prominent republican,
Is dropped, if possible to do so, the moment
democrat is uncovered. Every discharg-
ed clerk, disgrunted contractor, and dis
grseed detective, is gerymandered in every
way possible to smut any republican ofA-
cial So boldfaced and extreme has been
this partizanship that decent democrats
have been as hot in1ts condemnation as any
republican could be. We are perfectly
sure that nine-tenths Of the great republican
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