Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-07-13

eulprits are now in the hands Of the police
and other arrests will follow.
- TIRE cUsToN-HoUSE.
The work OF clearing out the custom
bouse Is progressing satisfactorily 10 evrry-
t6o5v5nt those who find themselves fhort
head Uns hundred and seyenes-fiye
men were discharged tbs week, and ffty
more are being prepared for sacrifice, IThe
unlueky ones are making fearful outcry
over it, and are trying very hard to make
war upon the President. OF course they
tell all sorts Of stories, bul they all nee"
to be taken with many grains Of allowance
The greatest care has been taken IN MAN
ing this reduction Of the force \ com
mittee of experts made eareiul eA''l'-''''
tiop and dismissed all who could DC si'aIe--'
,n,i+,,- tho basr in every instance neh
-, b.or howl about one-armed- soldiers
- -; ,Iis,,.isSetI. YOU must remember that
- soldiers do sometimes drink.
.,5 some of them have been known to
= their remaining hand with bribes at
I,.,st this was the case with two who were
dismissed, and who are now making an ef-
fort to get sympathy on that account.
There will be a great deal of dirty linen
washed in this matter which would justify
the President even if justification were nee
essary. The ''outs" are Teaciing on their
associates who are retained, to show that
if they we're dismissed for cause there
were others equally guilty; and the eieWs
thus obtained will be followed till the en-
tire establishment is renovated and filed
with decent men. A movement is being
made on collector Arthur on the score
that he must have known of the corrup-
ton; and his plea, that it was only follow
ing precedent viii not answer. It is prob
able that he viii 60. The professional
politicians of New York are an astonished
lot of men.
HOW THE GREAT FAMILIES DEPRECIATE.
Oakley s Barker, a grandson of Cornell
ious Vanderbilt, was up in the courts on
charges Of stealing and general swindling.
For years this degenerate scion of a rich if
not noble house, has been doing the most
nefarious things; doubly bad because they
were not only dishonest but sneakingly so;
and for years his uncles and aunts have
kept him out Of the penitentlary, to save
the family name; but this time they have
decided to let him go, for they feel that
any attempt at reform is hopeless. He OBJ
tained goods under false pretenses; he
stole jewelry, clothing, and everything he
could lay his hands upon; he borrowed
money and everything else, going 50 far as
to lay himself liable to the penitentiary,
where he will finally land. Yet this young
man was the pet Of the old Commodore,
and was intended as one of his successors.
The old man used to take him from Viii
liams College, in vacations. in a special
car, and showered money upon him with
out stint. He is naturally bad one.
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH
passed off in the city without any formal |
observance. Business was suspended, and |
a vast number of picnics and excursions !
we're had, but there was no general eelebra- |
ton. The Fourth Of July is not a very |
popular day in New York, for the popuIa-
tionis not sufficiently American ST. Pat
riek's Day has much more general observ- |
anee. Withthe population two-thirds for
eigh, running all the way up from Chinese
to Irish and from Irish up to every nation
ality on the globe, it cannot be expected |
that day purely American should receive
any attention. But wait till st. Patrick's
Day comes! Then business will be sus-
pended; then the streets will be blocked;
then whiskey viii run like water; then
buildings viii break out in an eruption of
green, and there will be a show worth see
ing. No, New York is not an American
city; it is Irish to the core. The Irish con-
troll if, and have their own way. Hence a
Democratic majority Of $4,000, and taxes
that hang over. every mans property like
mortgage; and, as a result, a decaying
commerce and city. nearly bankrupt. 1t
is not Fourth of July city.
THE MRNoNITEs.
Thank heaven, all the emmigrants to
this country are not Irish. Asship load Of
Russian Menonites landed here yesterday,
and went straight to Nebraska. They did
not stop to. vote and hold office for while,
but went straight to their FARMS They
are a species of Dunkards who will not
bear arms, and prefer to leave their native
countries rather than do military service.
They are rich; this party averaging 81, 900,
gold. They buy their lands and have
enough to stock them, and commence max
ing money at once. q Of course they settle,
as they left, in colonies. All of them read
and write, and they are as desirable citi-
zens as any that come to our shores. Ne
braska gets the most of them, that country
being almost identical with the one they
left. This party settle near Columbus, Ne
braska, on land bought for them by their
agents nearly year ago.
BUSINESS
is dead. Oh, for green woods and purling
brooks. '' PTErRo.
New York, July 10, 1877.
FREMONF-NEBRASKA.