Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-04-13

The entire Republican Cleveland city
ticket, with the exception of the Solicitor
and one Constable, was elected on the Cd.
Updegrof was elected Police Judge over
Capt. Young, by about 400 majority.
The President and Secretary McCrary's
order for the withdrawal of the troops
from the South Carolina Court House was
sent to Gen. Sherman on the I'd, to whom
the Secretary says. "You are hereby charg-
ed with the execution of this order, and
will cause the withdrawal to take place on
Tuesday next, the 10th of April, at 12 m. 3"
What is believed to be the real Bender
family passed through Fort Smith last
week Thursday on the way to Kansas.
The netting out of justice to this accom-
pllshed gang Of murderers would follow
very appropriately the punishment of John
D. Lee.
Mr.. highs joint resolution for judicial
constitutional amendment abolishing the
Probate Court, was adopted by the Ohio
Senate on the 5th, and upon reeonsidera-
ton, also adopted in the House. The
amendment will be advertised six months
and submitted to the popular vote at the
next October election.
Japan initiates the United States in
commercial way, and reports the balance
Of trade in her favor by an excess Of ST.
900, 900 in the exports over imports for
1876.
Governor Cullom, of Illinois, before par
doning convicts, publishes all applications
for pardon with the names of the signers.
Undoubtedly an excellent rule, having a
decidedly cooling effect on the habitual
signer of everYbOdy's petition.
There are lots of men about New York
who do not want Tweed to confess. Five
hOnorable( O. legislators are now asked to
pony over quarter of a million double
quick, or let it be known that they were
paid that to vote for the Tweed charter.
But Tweed is going to make clean breast
Of it.
Chicago against the world. In making
their nominations for city offices the Dem
oerats selected fOrty-eight Ir1shmen, thir-
teen Germans and ten Americans. Taking
the component parts of democracy into
consideration, not only in Chicago, but
elsewhere, this may be set down as very
good deal. r
Boss Tweed has lost none of his cunning.
The disrepuIe into which he fell was ow-
ing in a great measure to Nast's carica-
lures in Harper's Weekly, and one of them
was the means of his Identification at Vigo,
Spain. Now the Boss uses the columns of
the Weekly to tell of his wanderings, suf-
ferings and eontrition, to pave the way to
his release without having to disgorge his
in-gotten gains. The quarrel between
Tweed and the Harpers was one of long
standing, but now it seems to have been.
made up, and in the periodical in which
appears as kind of hero.
1t looks as if the real Bender family
would have to be found again. The Ar
kansas farmer who has been made to as
sumo the role of the old man Bender does
not work up well to the part.
The Pittsburgh Commercial and Gazette
says that the terrible misfortune to the
country growing out of cut under rates for
through freights in railroad wars, cannot
be escaped from until Congress steps in
and compels all these roads to carry freight
pro rata to different points. As things
now are, every city that lies between the
Mississippi and the upper lakes and New
York, is compelled to make up to the rail-
roads what they lose in the pleasant game
of cutting each others throats.
Sandusky is in ferment over the coup
d'stat of Rush Sloane in regaining control
of the Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland
railroad. 1t is proposed to test the case
in the courts. The indignation seems to be
rather late. The time for it to have made
itself apparant was when Rush came back,
with those whom he had
robbed, and secured immunity from pun
ishment for crimes that would have sent
any other man to the penitentiary. Give
a rogue an inch and he will take mile or