Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-08-11

The admission of Colorado as a State of
the union was on Monday proclaimed Off
cially by President Grant.
According to the official exhibit for Au-
gust 1, the reduction in the national debt
during the month of July was 81, 19s, ,OS3.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, demo-, says
Tilden's surroundings are bad. If elected
he would take to the White House the
worst set Of political jobbers and thieves
ever seen in Washington, and that's saying
sgood deal"
The. House has passed, with slight mod
ification, the resolution providing for the
submission for ratification by the States
the amendment to the Constitution pro
posed by Mr.. Blaine, and relating to the
school question. There were but five mega
tive votes.
The Belknap impeachment trial closed
on Monday of last week, and the Senate,
bya vote of 50 to %, decided that the
House had failed to sustain. the impeach-
mept charges it presented. Fourteen Re
puhneans voted for conviction. A portion
Of the negative votes were barred on the
ground ofnon-jurisdiction.
The formal indictment Of the Mississippi
banditti, which is the result Of the labors
of the State Investigating Committee, was
presented on Monday. It is an exhaustive
and able review of the bloody campaign of
last fall, which swept so many Republican
votes out Of existence.
The Prohibitionists of Massachusetts, are
in a bad way. They have nominated a
full State ticket, and all but two of their
candidates have declined. It would be
well il the remainder would follow suit,
and for once forego the folly of spelling
votes that might be used to better advan-
tage;
That reliable Democratic journal, the
State, Of Richmond, Va, in real anguish of
mind is forced into the following: ':Why,
oh, why, does not Mr.. Tilden write his let
teri The delay is suggestive of many ugly
possibilities. 1t makes the canvas lag,
stops the campaign and hurts every inter-
est we desire to serve.
Sad accounts Of grasshopper ravages in
Iowa are received, but some of our exchang-
es assert that they are much exaggerated. |
v Nast swarms have moved through the air.
stopping at intervals to lunch off the
growing crops, but nothing like wholesale
-, ueVaSCaton' it is ayered, has taken place.
ne wheat crop is fully an average one, and
'he prospect OF corn was never better.
Inc Democrats eOndemned gpeenbaeks
when they were issued "a y1pnrsss +bo -
bellion, and declared them n5cons+itntia, -
al and void; and they went for an unIimit- /
eo ana perpetual issue Of them in tima % /
peace AS to the present position Of the |
democratic party on greenbaoks. we are |
unaDle 70 md it from their. doable faced
platform or from their double faced osndi-
dates II any Democrat can inform us we
shall meeSly receive the information.
Eesl4iish Z. and md improbable stories are cirou-
lated to the effect that General GorsoIa
had encouraged or eountenaneed an &C.,
ment that if Northway and friends wonII
abandon the Aeld-two years ago, Gay8eld
and his friends would stand aside at this
time. As Mr.. Northway says that he does.
not hold Mr.. G. responsible for any such
agreement, it viii dofor his friends to treat
the story as it deserves. Beside, Mr., North
way and friends did all they could at that
time to secure his nomination, and there
fore, there is no obligation left for Mr.
G. 10 fulfil,