Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-04-07
The l.rv..t oontraot;on Of tbe currency

1871 occ red during the month q MArs-
4 clos The defa ST of greenbaeks b
i;onal inks for withdrawatof bonds
end t6e : RENDER oironlation arsOuntse
10 s5 so4 10. Trf arer New. whs is gOea
antbority & Na1sshAl- RasA matters, esd
mates that, during the remaining nine
months Of the year 1876. the contraction OF
the currency from this cause viii be over
800, 900, 900.
A strong point for the Democracy in the
House il the continual reiteration of the
averment that the Republican party is re-
sbonkiBle for the present high salaries OF
! 3overnment officers. Therefore Mr.. Ran
.ilslll -wzs Intensely enjoyed on Tuesday
last when Mr.. Garfield, Ehowas Chairman OF
The House Committee On Appropriations of
the Forty third Congress, brOnghr into no
tice the embarrassing fact that in nearly
every ~ instance the increase Of salaries had
been due to Mr. RandalT's persistent labor,
with Conference Committees andelsewhere.
y Attofney-G General Pierrepont's name is
oOnneeted with subject of investigation
which dates back to,1Se5, when he was the
attorney Of MaEshal o. Roberts, Of New
York. Thsiohargs is that, in this capaci-
llty, Judge Pie4epont effected the sale Of
tiEO steamers TO the Government for $780,
GOO, worth not more than $75,OOO. It is
said that Gen. iMeigs Quarterrnaster Gen
eralj protested; against the purchase Of the
vessels, AID his testimony is relied on as
the entering wedge to the development OF
Gnoshsr great scandal, IN which the distri-
6ution q the ptlrehase-noney is expected
To lhgurs onfisppiicuousiy.
On Tuesday last, Secretary sBristow re-
plied to the impetinent and offensive reso-
luton Of inquiry introduced BY, Mr.. Lynde,
Of Milwaukee, and, as usual it is a
complete discontinue to the Ehisky-theives
and their supporters. In one instance only
it appears,a journalist having peculiar
facilities for obtaining valuable knowledge
to che Shipments 81 the sscrookeds in St.
Iguis was commissionedasa Special Agent,
and has continued in that capacity ever
since. This YES the only ease Wheremoney
was paialte editors or Correspondents OF
newspapeFs4 e--lggaaI ~ 1a
l. The eOneiliatofy niaRhefl in which politi-
cal discussions are now conducted in Miss
issippi may be inferred from an article in
lthe Vieksbufg Hsrald. referring to the as
sembIing Of the Republican State COnven-
tion.s It commences thus: '.EIeven negro
preachers. thirteen cafpet-baggers, ninety
six niger Inanipulatots, and 10s swindlers
| meet ID jackson to-day ss the Republican
lconSention Of this State. Every man in
| the convention wants, once, OF is working
for some man Who does want office. This
mess Of men viii send delegates to the Gin
cciInnati Convention. The men they send to
/ the convention VIII probably be pledged to
old Morton. .-.s..,, ,fiss.-s..
The people Of the nation we're never bet
ter informed on public affairs than at the
Epreseut time. They were never 50 alive to
necessity Of keepiagithe government in
the hands Of 1eaFnest shonesk land loyal
mead The war Of ithea rebellion was a
school of iexperience Its lessons were
seostlysbutathey ywill newer be forgotten.
Oneoh&pter has been committed to memo
ry1and thatlons teaches the doctrine, which
is assulaias the world itself, that q true
friend is better than one who has broken
faitk. The Republican party has been a
true friend to the Republic, the Democrat
lo party has broken faith and ought not to
be trasted..1 eleee7 q u a5a t'.
7 The Northsrsn ohio Democrat says it
can prove from the books Of. the Atlantic
and Great Western r. R. that Allen G..
Thurman received 500, 600 for acting as
trustee Of that road two years, and that he
was employed only about ene-feurth ofthe
time. It says that his services were en-
gagged and he. was paid that enormous
amount because he was a Senator in Con-
.gress from. the State Of Ohio. Now let US
hayeEa few more walls fFomour local Demo-
cratic papers and politicians about salary
grabbing, extprtionate fees and plunder in
general Pspdleton and Thurman evident
~ think railroads are fit subjects for whole
sale Plnehags ssu99e eBH sa8 snsaa
alItl WAS rumored, III railroad circles last
Saturday, that Col Thomas a. Scott had
sobtained eonttol.ofthe IakeShore q Mich.
| isafl Southern Railroad. The rumor, how
ever, seodla not Be traced to any reliable
soaree9d Yetghere is applicability that
tbsfeIs some truth in the report The fact
that Commodore Vanderbilt has lately as
sumed e6ftrol If The Canada Southern, and
aals6lconttUls. m a measure The. Michigan
Eeatrdl, has created 4 suspicion that ey-
sfythins Is not right with the Michigan
Southern, as fan. as the Commodore's con-
trSl was concerned, especially as the first
two lines drain almost The same territory
as the latter. a few days more win un-
dorbtedly reveal the truth or falsity Of the
I,repott. z s" 49, .
/ Under sever, cross examinations, Minis
Il ter SGhenck's skirts are not as clear as the
/ first statement of the gentleman seemed to
leaEsthen, By bis admissions since, the
II stock Of the Emma Nine, in which he in
vested, only necessitated the payment
down of 81 100 Atone time he received
4 q payment Of some $40, 600, purporting,
however toibe the avails Of speculation
BY one Parks, from whom the stock was
.obtaihedsosAt another time, SIC, 1000 more,