Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-03-24

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By order Of the Committee, - vvrovz
e cs.t.,.., Republican 81 STATE s. I Il. Com.
&c. DoxALDsoE, Secretary.
The Graphscsays Beecher's flag is--Storrs
and stripes. efas .556gs
Mr.. David A. Wells is to ill the vacancy
in Congress occasiOned by the death Of Mr.
Starkweather, Of Connecticut.
Goods for the Centennial Exposition are
beginning to pour into Philadelphia. and
the foreign arrivals arc very large.
Pendleton's fifty per cent. margins have
put hisfsllow Democrats to their Wits ends
and some wish the devil had their bodies,
John G. Whittier has written a letter con-
graduating the women Of Massachusetts on
the success Of the Woman-sufrage amend
ment in the State Senate.
Emerson says that mans action is only
picture-book Of his creed. he should
have told us what sort Of picture book is
presented by man without creed.
Senator Conkling's triumph at the Re
publican primaries IN New York is an
nounced. and the prospect is that the dele
cation to the national convention viii be
instructed to give the vote of the State for
him. hrt m s
A Washington dispatch to the Chicago
Times, intimates that Governor Hendricks
has been mixed up in a Gatling gun con-
tract and that Congressman Randall is
involved in naval frauds. Investigate
theml
The Democrats IN Congress have been
holding sort Of post 1lOrtsm inquest, Of
late, over the body Of gentleman George
Pendleton. The verdict, not yet rendered,
may be anticipated ''Too broad in his fe-
male alliances, and too loose in his morals.
=The press comments on the fall Of Mr..
Pendleton are generally an admixture Of
orrow with Indignation. His fall isgreater
than Belknap's inasmuch as his position
was higher and, when he falls, be falls
like Incifer, to rise again.
The Louisville Library Company are IN
trouble. In a case before him, last week,
Judge Ballard, Of Louisville, virtually de-
cided that the lottery by which the Library
was built and maintained was Illegal, and
that all money paid by ticket holders could /
be recovered.
'Clymer's itching palm for fame seemed |
to be quite promising ON the start Of the |
investigation matters, but the same i'll luck
thathas marked the progress of the party in
Congress, has Overtaken him. He is not |
equal to the situation, and the notoriety |
gained is not particularly enviable.
A dispatch to the Cleveland Herald,
dated Savannah, March 21st, from one Of
the-excursionists says, 1--WE reached here
Sunday morning, meeting the same cordial
reception everywhere extended while en-
route through Georgia. We go by rail to
Jacksonville, Fla, Tuesday morning.
A telegram from Naples reports that the
long-expected eruption Of Mt. vesuvius
commenced Friday night 18th. Lava is
flowing towards Pompeii. A large column
of vapor rises from the base, and re-
fleets the FIRE beneath. Vast quantities Of
lava is thrown upward. The sight is mag
nifcent.
Clymer speeded Marsh to Canada and
raised the cry that the President and At
tOrney General had frightened him away.
Now it turns out that the. President and
Attorney General are using their utmost
efforts to induce Marsh to come back and
testify promising him immunity from
punishment oV He-.es
Thesunanimous decision of the Supreme
Court Ofthe .. s., on Monday last, in the
immigration tax matter Of California,
New York and Louisiana, is that these en-
actments ara unconstitutional. The ground
Of the decision in all the eases was that the
States had no power to impose restrictions
upon immigration. - 2 iiit3s aaI %
True. every time-s.As a tvig Is 5 bent the
trees inclined" It seems to be utterly i'm
possible to reborn Democrat. 1t has been
tried at various times by the Republican
party, but asproYed 2 failure, So it has
proved with Belknap, Inscomingfwith the I
Republican party he brought with him al
his vicious Democratic habits.
Although the friends Of R. Il. Dana, Jr, J
have given up much Of their Rrst hope Of
his confirmation Is Minister to England, al Z
memorial has been signed by the presiding /,
officers Of both branches Of the Legislature 3
and members, nearly unanimously, 2OOi !
NUMBER asking the o. S.ISenate for the
confirmation Of the nomination.
A brief address to the Republicans Of / s
Connecticut says: 'Remenber that !
the Democratic party Of today is the /
party Of the rebellion. II
knows no change Of heart. It fought you
in the rebellion. It fights you now. The !
destinies Of this nation are not safe in its
hands, Place your tried men in power.
a Memphis dispatch announces the sale ! !
under proceedings in bankruptcy of the en-.I 4
the estate Of Confederate Gen. Gideon ! !
Pillow BIS friends, however, bought in !
his residence valued at 5000 for sea. and :
bis large library for II, and presented both !,
to his wife, 50 that be comes out Of bank :
ruptey in much better plight than he en-
tered. fns a 0
Twenty fest Of snow along the route of !
the Union Pacific Railroad and trains
nine inches Of snow at Little
Rock, and foot at Memphis-nore than
they have seen in either place for years,
would indicate that good deal Of the
country has been oTertalCen by next winter.
The same thing seems to have occurred in
Great Britain, e telegram from London an
nouneing that nearly all the railroads north
Of the river Tsy are blockaded BY snow. Il
Minister Schenck landed in New. York b
on Sunday last, and expressed his deter \
70 proceed forthwith to Washing &
ton and vindicate himself against the in b
lamousiy and maliciously false charges a
brought against him in connection with t
.he Emma Nine affair, This is all well, c
bat it may not obliterate the revelation Of
The fact that he ayailed himself Of his d. G
plOmatic privilege to avoid meeting in the t
British rourtA the fairness which be con- {
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