Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-05-12

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ex-Seeretary Belknap by the Grand Jury of
the District Of Columbia. for accepting a
bribe while in Ofice.
In order to relieve the small change fam
inc the Secretary Of the Treasury has con-
sented to pay small checks on the Treasury
and salaries of Government employees IN
silver. sc ~ gff
Georgiass representation in the National
Republican Convention is mixed, there be-
ing 1s whites and colored delegates, stand
ing-Blaine, s; BristOw, Q; Morton, s.;
oonkIing 8.
The natural thing for the Confederate
Congress to do IS to investigate the con-
duct Of the var fOr. the Union. As the Con-
feds went under there is, without doubt
something wrong about it.
Piper-she belfry murderer-has, the
dispatches have It, confessed his guilt IN
the case Of the young girl, and also the
murder Of another girl, Of which ne was
suspected at the time-some two years ago.
The investigators Of the House in taking
hold Of the war expenses in Indiana, are
likely to bring something to bear, as it is
well understood that pretty much all those
expenses were s'unc0nstiitutionaI, any how.
The popular ferment ia California over
the Chinese question has at last found ex-
preston in the National Congress. Sena-
tor Sargent has submitted resolution set
ting forth the evils which the ehinalhan
has brought upon the country, and asking
for bill to suppress him.
The Centennial win ct least accomplish
one good. It will bring an immense amount
Of money from the Old World, and cannot
fail to add a large per cent. to the general
circulation. Those whoattend the Centen-
nial viii Of necessity have to open their
purses and let the dimes fow out.
The Centennial Commission on the 9Th,
decided to take no action in regard TO the
sale Of beer and wine on the exhibition
grounds. The privileges sold by the Fl
nance Board win not be disturbed, unless
the temperance people shall enforce the old
statute p1Ohibiting the sale Of liquors in
Fairmount Park.
The Massillon miners have and another
meeting, and resolved to go home and wait
for se4enty-fve cents. Meantime there
are plenty Of men to take their places at
sixty-fiye cents, and Gov. Hayes is fully
determined to protect them at their work.
The news from the seat Of the trouble this
morning suggests stormy times.
How easy it is for Congress to commit a
blunder, and how hard to correct one when
confessed, is shown by the hanging of the
bill to correct the confessed blunder Of the
last Congress in changing the rate on tran
sient newspapers and other reading matter
Of the same class. Over five mounths Of
the session have passed, and still that blund-
er is not corrected. This Congress has yet
to show that it iscapable of doing ANYTHING
that ought to be done.
New York GommereSul Advertiser: How
much longer sre the financial and indus
trial interests to be parayized by the con-
temptation Of an inefficient House Of Rep
resentatiye, engaged in the child's play
business Of exploding canard fre-crackers,
and collecting material for Democratic
campaign bonhres, while every thing else
is going to the bow-wowsg"
The Cincinnati Republican National
Convention VIII be composed Of 756 dele
gates. Number necessary to nominate, $40.
A Washington estimate says that of the
422 delegates thus far elected, their pref
erences are as follows: Blaine 146; Nor
ton 81; conklin So; Brstow "a; Hartranft
IS; Hayes ze; Unknown 1s.
The Cleveland Herald comes to the res
cue and meets the adverse stories. afoat
about the progress Of the breakwater at
that point, and says that 400 of the con-
templated /, ,ooo feet will be completed next |
week. One hundred, cords Of stone have
been used, and the work of pile driving
will be resumed the first Of June. Besides,
the Herald gives what must be very pleas
antnews to vessel men-the work of dredg-
ing the river has begun.
Dom Pedro visited both Houses Of Con-
yress on the sfh, snd seemed to take quite
an-interest IN the proceedings. he sub
visited the Supreme Court and
hen went to the Executive Mansion. BE
vas met IN the Blue Room by the President
md Secretary Fish, and, after being pre-
'ented, passed to the Red Room, where he
vas introduced to Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Fish
and Mrs. Fred Grant. Sometime was pass
ID In social conversation.
FREGHrs TUMR1Ize.-Under this head a
lispatch from New York, dated the 9th,
ays: The Grand Trunk Railroad pro pose
'educing largely the rates on freights and
passengers between Buffalo and Detroit in
! few days. Esst-boand rates for freights
re down to from fifteen to twenty cents
o-day compared with forty-fve cents Of
en- days ago. Six hundred car loads Of
reight- averaging twenty cents, arrived
o-day over one road, and two hundred
nd sixty car loads we're dispatched West
vard.
The visit Of the Emperor of Brazil to
lear Moody and Sankey at the Hippo
irome, and the remark of the latter that
lot even an Emperor can save his soul
Without submitting to Christ, recalls an
'needote Of Peter Cartwright, 50 famous
n his day as Aethodist minister. He
vas preaching on one occasion, when Gen.
Jackson entered the church, and attracted
S Mr.. Cartwright thought, more attention
han he vas entitled to; whereupon the
preacher lustily sang out: "who cares for
Ten. Jacksona He'll go to he'll as quick as
anybody if he doesn't repentg"
The Reform Conference Of Messra.
bryant, WoOlsey, Bullock. White, and
'churz, which was advertised to take place
n New York on the 18th inst, does not yet
DOM up ss large as the proposers Of it
doubtless anticipated, Indeed. from pres
mt indications, there is no special occasion
or alarm that things are to be thrown OF
heir equilibrium. There is an opinion
sking fast hold, that there is something
mister in the movement, and that its aim