Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-07-21

are pretty We'll d1fertieeA'
There are some indications that the Gov
eminent means to take the bull Sitting
BuID BY the hOn-by the Little born
aRsforn IS necessary, said John Nor
rissey. az shall proceed at once to punch
III. Kelly's head. p Rochester Democrat
TiIden has accepted the nomination
This was al absurd ceremony for one who
nan the Convention and forced it to accept
The Turks positively refuse to be annihi-
l.ted. it seems. Their brilliant victory,
.xiers defeat had been anticipated, puts
cutie another aspect on the eastern ques-
ton.
Sam. TIdea is the very incarnation Of
trained politician. Boss Tweed having
been the Gamaliel at whose feet he sat it
shows that he made good use Of his Oppor-
'tunities.
"a proposition for the total abTOgatiOn Of
The laws restraining the freedom Of the
press vas brought to a vote in the French
Assembly on the 14th, and defeated BY
decisive majority.
Samuel Tilden has about the worst rec
aord for an honest man that has Jet turned
up in the ranks Of reform. For man
With straight hair he is the best abused
man IN the country.
Tilden's chances are improving in South
Carolina. SIX colored negro voters were
killed at Hamburg the other day, and It Is
reported that fifteen others who were cap
stuTed have been shot. Hurrah for reform
The New York Sheriff who permitted
Tweed to RaIkofl and made no serious ef-
lot 70 recapture him, is enjoying bis Office
under the reign Of that great resormer,
Samuel J. TiIden, otherwise called Slippery
Sam. =
There would be degree Of fitness and
propriety in bringing Boss Tweed back.
As q retorner he might join hands again
with bis old friend and felloW-laborer,
sam. Tilden, and. render service. to the
common cause.
q The New York San, that SHINES 1or al,
is unhappy. Carl shurz supports Hayes
andfWheeler. The Suns grief at the fur
thar fact that all honest and intelligent
Germans follow Schurz' lead, VIII no doubt
-elotbs it IL sack-cloth and ashes.
The World has got so that it can eat
crow with relish. It now credits Tilden
with al that Governor Dix did in reducing
the State tax. TIlden had no more to do
With it than with compiling the Ten Com
mandments, bat only stole Dix's aurels.
sam, TlIden, it IS claimed, went for Boss
Tweed two or three years before the Tsnti-
Istions Of the New York Tines and did
more to bring him to justice than the Times
OEany ether agency VIII any Of Tweed's
friends refuse on that account, to support
Tildeni Not any.
Every one Of the Tweed and Sweeny
Guard in the etty Of Now York are among
the mos enthusiastic supporters Of Tilden.
Birds of : leather, &c, No1esr Of any Of
tie Old Tannany gang voting for Hayes
and Wheeler. They have no fellowship in
tkat direction. '.''.'
- Il IS told as 6 fact that when the
aames began to get under hsadvay at Cas-
tie Garden, q procession of bed bugs Of
al ages and natiyitias, filed ont of the
place in platoons, fourteen abreast, and
something over mile in length. in search
.efineW .quartsrss
1.-The Oenfedefate Congress win not sue
.essd ii getting the National election Law
repealed. The Senate stood firm, and the
Ballot suffers have about concluded to
back down. That Law was passed in conse-
sauence Of the election frauds committed
BY Tilden and Tweed.
The New York CosiameFcial Advsrtiser is
among the old institutions Of Gotham. It
vas started in 1921, nearly eighty years
aFo. The proprietoss have sent rs 9 copy
iof Monday tha 10Th inst, with fao-sim-
feei the first shests s6xs0, 1t is ourios-
aity in its way, and gathsra interest from
the comparison.
The British Navy is unfortunate. The
disasters. which befel the monster iron
ships Captain, Iron Duke and Vanguard,
created stir in Europe and raissd hor-
nets nest about the ears Of the Lords Of
tie Admiralty. Nov comes the news Of a
terrible explosion, attended with loss Of
llies % TIE Thunderer.
.gsTildsh's friends who would defend him
.ouths;sEodhd of his character as a reSorm-
ssrs ere gsKasiOHsly met By the fact that the
portion Of his hfe devoted to stealing so
dHhrfs and dwiisdles that Of rsfo7m, as to
inAkeft ;nsignifeant in comparison. He
should have stopped stealing sooner that
Is rseord IS 3 reformer might have been
iengez Iol Tc1f Z
slippery Sam Tilder has recently got
smother extension to the time in which he
ls required % answer the suit Of the Chiea-
So, Alton & st. Louis Railway company
for breach Of trust in appropriating bonds
left with him in trust for specific pur-
pose. IRordiaery language It Is called en-
bszzlenent. Tilden thinks to put OF
pleading to this charge until after election.
-fThe letter Of the President to Ex-secre-
tary BssstoW, solisving him from all Obliga-
ton Of sseress in regard to the prosecution
of the whisky thieves, IS timely and in
good taste. It viii greatly disappoint the
Dsmeeratic investigators who sought to
make capital BY asking Bristow questions
they knew he would not CT could not hon
orably answer. Nov, perhaps they viii
get more than they bargained for.
Tilden, With an his ingenuity, has 50
far been unable to devise any ereditable
plan of adjustment, and it is not easy to
see kov.the thing is to be done. A confer
enes has dlready been held between the
two eandidates-vith, what poor success
can Be inferred from The announcement
that the pressure of public business at Al
banyt vii necessitats the postponement
of 9iIden's letter 81 acceptance for several
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