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Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-03-16

tility towards him. tits to be hoped
that by some stroke of good luck,
the way may be opened for him TO
the speakers chair. A partial com
pensation might thus be made him
for what he has so magnanimously
and patrlotically suffered to pass
him when apparently within his
grasp. There is this thought about
it, which to himself and friends, is
not without a comforting feature.
Gen. Garfield is a growing man. He
is a statesman whose zenith is some
year in the future. The "stature of
the man" may be increased, perhaps
in his present position, as well as IN
the other more exalted one, and es-
peeially so should be be placed in the
speakers chair. So that he may be
able to accept the boon he so gener-
Ously declines, now, at some futnre
time, and be enabled to carry to it
a htness and breadth of character and
attainment, that will make him a
prominent figure in the Senatorial
body and enable him to take a place
among the foremost minds in that
exalted body. General Garfield is
building a monument of enduring
fame, and those of our fellow citi-
zens of the 10th district, who are
still nursing an unfriendly feeling
towards him, and refuslnggrt0 reeog-
nize his wqrth, and share in the
pride felt by the large majority of
the voters of the district, should
weigh well their posture, and ask
themselves if they are directed by
true wisdom, or are doing justice to
themselves, or contributing their
share to the honor of the district.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-03-16
GARDEN SEEDS.

New VarIetIes OF Flower and VeRe-
tables.
Don't write to your member of Congress,
who is flooded with application for seeds, but
obtain the same varieties and all the new
ones. by ordering from the undersigned. Be
81 de my own specialties I am prepared to
furnish any kind of seed from any catalogue,
at discount of ten per cent. from list prices.
For the convenience of those who want
an assortment / have prepared two collec-
tions. No consists of l3 varieties of choicest
Flower Seeds-a complete flower garden
price 81. No. comprises a complete cOllec-
tion of Vegetable Seeds for a small family
garden. price sl.50. Packages Of the two sets
combined for 81. Sent post paid to any adj
dress on receipt of price. The seeds in these
collections would cost double the money,
made up in separate orders or purchased OF
any dealer II. D. SMITH,
3ml4l5 7s4 18th St Washington, D. c.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-03-16

The State dinner given by ex-
President Grant to President Hayes,
Saturday evening, was the most
elaborate affair of the kind given
this winter.
The inaugural address of Presi-
dent Hayes meets with warm COM
mendatiOu from the Southern press,
but the New York Worzd suIks and
is unhappy.
When the average Democratic
editor finds there is nothing in Presi-
dent Hayes inaugural address to
find fault with he writes it down
"meaningless."
Alas, Congress had so much to do
that it could do nothing for the re-
lief of the country financially. The
specie payment question is post
poned till December.
The Southern policy of the new
President is not approved by the
Democratic leaders at Washington.
1t suggests dissolving views of a
s'solid South" in 1880.
Ben Hill listened to the inaugur-
al address "with intense interest
and evident satisfaction" and Judge
Davis took occasion to say that it was
Gan able and excellent State paper
The New York Sun reports that
Mr.. Tilden contemplates trip to
Europe in the spring. After the
late. .protracted season of care and
labor, bis system no doubt needs re.
taxation, and wisdom is shown in
selecting retreat separated as far
as possible from the scene of his
sorrows.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-03-16

GARFIELD's WITHDRAwAL.-There
is something beside selfshness and
greed in this act of Gen. Garfield.
In yielding to the solicitation of the
President and other friends to re-
main in the House-in disregardino
the urgency of other friends to put
IN his claim for the vacant seat of
Mr.. Sherman, in the Senate. The
well-warranted opinion is, that he
would have taken the lead in the
caucus of the legislature, and the
proud position of U. S. Senator was
probability that he might have
counted upon. This step is one of
self-sacrifce rarely to be met with,
and should reflect upon him much
credit, and should have the effect to
make his enemies molify their hos.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-03-16

The Cabinet is entirely satisfactory
to New York, and altogether there
is a sort of political love-feast pre-
vailing, that is not only pleasant but
encouraging. l don't know which
party is The best satisfied. 1t looks
now as though Hayes would so ANAL
gamate the warning factions as to
make but one party before his term
is out. And let me put word in
here. Go very slow in the matter
of the Senators UerSaGs the President,
Gov. Hayes is going to be President
himself. He went into Office with
the promise that he would reform
the civil service, and that he would
be the President of the whole coun-
try. He will surround himself with
the right men. He will urge the
right measures, and if the politicians
refuse to support him, ne will throw
himself upon the people. Those
who suppose Hayes to be a mere
man of putty, who can be manipu-
lated by traders and ofice-mongerS,
and made a mere machine of for
others to grind, will find themselves
mistaken. He is strong, self-reli-
ant, self-willed man, who knows all
about the Government, and who will
run it. He has a fight on his hands,
but he will win. He has the conf
dence of the people, and can afford
to antagonize the trading politicians.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-03-16
AshtabuIa. Jan. 1S77.
Earm for Sale

N B.-Imported Brandy, Rum, Gin and
Sherry Wine, Old Bourbon and Rye Whis-
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-03-16

PATENTEEs AND INvENToRs.-All persons
desirous taking out a patent, or who have
business Of any kind TO be transacted at the
Patent Office are advised TO place IT in the
hands of Edison Bros, Patent Attorneys,
Washington, D. @. This frm is strongly rec
ommended and rank highin their profession
Their fees are moderate. See their advertise
ment In another column.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-03-16

These are really "hard times" and wise
people save doctor bills by keeping Dr. Bulls
Cough Syrup in the house.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-03-16
MI Union College.

4 thorough Education accessible to all.
Another superb building to be erected this
Classics, Scientific, Philosophical, Ladies',
Normal Commercial, Fine Arts, Preparatory.
Board, S2.SO-co- operative less. Tuition but
trif1e; no incidental charges, Attendance
last year SH Students enter any time, choose
any studies earn by teaching winters their
expenses for spring, summer and fall terms.
For Catalogue address President Hartshorn
LII. D., Alliance, Ohio, junction Pittsburgh,
Ft. w, q Chicago, and Clev. d Wheeling Rys
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-03-16

is improving for certain. The no.
tells are full of merchants, and, thank
heaven, they are buying. The big
importers are rolling out bales and
boxes in the most cheerful way, and
the heart of the truckman is made
glad. Now, good people in the in
terror, take little heart. We are
not going to have war. We have
President, and things are going on
smoothly and well. Build, buy,
marry, and give in marriage, just the
same as though you never heard of
hard times. There was no occasion
whatever for the howl, and now that
the shadow is gone, don't stay
frightened. If the people get back
their courage, the. times will be as
good in month as they ever were.
Courage is what we want now.
PIETRo.
New York, March 18th, 1877.
These are really "hard times" and wise
DeOple save doctor hills bV Eeaninp O- Ell1llsi
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-03-16
FRIGHTENED. CROWDS.

Another terrible accident took
place Thursday night. A series of
meetings are being held in St. Xa-
vier Catholic church, for women and
children, under the direction of a
Jesuit missionary, who is wonder
fully moving preacher. He was
dwelling on the horrors of purgato-
ry and had the congregation of wo-
men-there was twenty-five hundred
of terribly excited. One wo-
man lost control of herself, and
shrieking, tainted. Some equally
frightened woman shrieked fire, and
the mass made a rush for the door.
The strong trampled remorselessly
over the weak, and when the build
ing was finally emptied, it was found
that six women and four or five
children had been trampled to death.
Nobody seems to be to blame, but it
does seem as though in buildings in
tended for such purposes, some pro-
vision should be made for these con-
stantly occurring accidents. The
trampling killed as many people in
the Brooklyn theater as the fire.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-03-16
FIRE-PRooF BUILDINGS.

The fire in Bond street, in which
two millions of-diofiafs went up,
shows how little sense there is in
builders. The building was built
by the Waltham Watch Co., and
was intended to be fre-proof. The
walls were massive, the front was
iron, the beams and girders were
iron, and everything was done to
make the receptacle of millions of
property absolutely safe. But the
floors were laid with Georgia pine,
which is about all rosin, and the cas-
ings and all the interior work was
made of wood. A fire got into it
how, no one knows-and this fire
proof building went up about as
quickly as a common frame barn.
The infammables inside made heat
that curled the iron supports like
pipe stems, and actually melted the
walls. The brick and iron afforded
no resistance to the fret licked it
up about as readily as it did the
wood. And now the architects are
figuring on buildings which won't
burn. They never will do it, if they
make the outside of brick and iron,
and then put enough Georgia pine
inside to melt it.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-16
Progress of the Southern Transcon-
tinentnl Line.

The annual report Of the Texas and Pacific
Railroad, just made to the stockholders,
shows that one. hundred and ten miles Of
road have been completed during the past
year, making four hundred and eighty
miles in all, and that the line has earned a
considerable sum over running expenses.
On the other end of the line work is going
on even more rapidly. Trains are now
running regularly from San Francisco to
Fort Yuma, and one hundred and sixty
miles are under contract in Arizona, to be
finished by the LIST Of January. This will
bring the western end Of the great Southern
Transcontinental line to about the longi-
tude Of Tucson, and within four hundred
and forty miles Of Ell Paso.
It is asserted that the Southern Pacific
Company OF California mean to push the
western end as fast as they can get contrac-
tors to work, and the managers of that road
express the intention to do the work with
out asking for subsidy, and will connect
with the eastern end wherever they may
meet that 1t would seem from this that
the talk about the necessity of subsidy
grant is all moonshine, and that the South
will have it's own transcontincntal line COM
pleted without government aid, except the
land grant already voted. This is fortu-
nate, for both parties ore everywhere put
ting anti-subsidy planks in their platforms,
and Congress will not be disposed, in the
face of these resolutions by both sides, to
grant aid in money or Endorsement of bonds.
Luckily there will be no occasion to do
so. The road will be built without such
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-16
Christian Burial.

Fortunately the trouble that has arisen at
Vineland in regard to the occupancy Of q
grave is likely to be arranged without the
scandal that would be inseparable from the
violation of the resting place of tho dead
because of omissions in regard to ecclesi-
astical discipline. 1t is satisfactory to note
the fact brought out by this case, that if in
the Catholic Church there are functionaries
likely to put their cause in hopeless col
lision with common opinion by too much
zeal there are others judicious enough to
see ways in which justice and liberality
may be reconciled with even strict views Of
discipline. Bishop Corrigan will compen-
safe for many Father Vivets. If it were
fairly established that the rules of the
Church were paramount in this case, and
that under them the priest might justly
cause the elimination of Maggiolis body (;
if the charge of intolerance that could be
made against the priest might as fairly be
made acainst those who would not recog-
nize that any other ground would make as
good a grave as that of the Catholic Gene
tery. there would still rest as the importan.
factor in the case that universal sentiment
AGAINST the disturbance of the dead--a sem
timent that it is unwise and incongruous for
any religious body TO offend. There would
rest also the fact that if it is a scandal
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-16
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.

s. B. Mills, the pianist, Is among tho Catskills..
Colonel S.nn of the Brooklyn Park Theatre, has en-
gagged somo OF the principal ''stars
Theatre Comiquc, are doing q fair summer business
II will doubtless not DO forgotten that Lydia Ihomp-
son and her blondes open at Wallacks on Saturday
evening IN "Dluc Beard"
A telegram from Chicago states that Miss Clara
Morris again taken suddenly Ill night before last,
notwithstanding a large, profitable and oxpectant
audience and that "Smike" had 10 be suddenly sub
stituted to Gil the gap
by the courtesy of N. Durand the boards OF the
pretty little Twenty third Street Theatre near Sixth
avenue, are now being used by the Broadway company
for tho rchearsals of tho "Dauitcs" well chosen
French company to appear hero during the season
Gimore's Garden tonight Is to be surrendered 70
tho First Connecticut regiment ana their hosts, tho
Ninth regiment of New York. Music betting the &C.
will be substituted for tho usual Thursday
night classical performance "a grand promenade all
round"
Tonight Is the occasion oil tho Introduction at the
Union Square Theatre OF "Pink Dominos" play that
has proved successful London and Paris, and, IL one
may Judge from its long In those cities, aud tho
engagement Of somo OF the best artists In tho mo-
tropolIs no effort Is to DO spared TO mako the play
equally successful on tho New York stage Much
money Is s,aked the venture, good managers are Ia
the rear first rate at the ront, and II re-
mains with the public to say whether Pink Domi-
nosu shall take its place among the "red lettercd'
nntarnrises of tho New York stage
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-16

A Mexican colonel, Estrada by name, has
it seems, marched two hundred of his men
at the double quick from AIier to Camargo,
opposite Ringgold Barracks and near Rio
Grande City, where some Mexican outlaws
the other day broke open Jail. Now that
the excellent Estrada is at Camargo he ap-
parently does not know what to do. We
advise him to bury the men he killed on the
march and try to cure those who suffered q
sunstroke. He appears to have hurried
up to resist an American invasion, poor fell
low! Did he imagine that he, Colonel Es-
trada, could really stop an American inva-
sion? We are not coming; but if ever we
do we advise Colonel Estrada to get out Of
the way. He cannot hope to mop back the
sea with his small broom. President Diaz
ought to send officers to the border who will
not take the earliest occasion to make them
selves ridiculous General TreviGo, a man
of more sense, sent his troops in pursuit Of
the outlaws. Ii this Colonel Estrada were
fit to command even q corporals squad on
the border that is what he too would have
done.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-16
Garbage.

Under cover of pitiful bubble the Police
Department endeavors to shift to other
shoulders part Of it's plain duty; fact so
Characteristic Of our government generally
in all departments that it excites no sur
prise and little indignation. Hitherto the
Health Department has condemned quanti-
ties of vegetables and fruit on sale as unfit
it away. Now rises up the man who has
benevolcntly furnished the city with a
dumping ground, and says that rotten fruit
and vegetables shall not be deposited on his
promises. He is apprehcnsive, perhaps, of
i'll odors; though, as his premises are on
Newtown Creek, he seems in his rejection
of bad pexches and stale cucumbers to
strain at particularly small gnat for a
man who swallows SO large q camel.
But his objection has nonplussed the
whole Police Department, who there
upon inform the Board of Health that
they will receive no more rotten fruit, as it
is not garbage What is it then? If the
Board of Hoalth should simply dump this
condemned fruit in the street would the
Police Department be compelled to shovel
it cup and carry it away? But it does not
need to be dumped in the street to consti-
tute it garbage; garbage is not commonly
dumped in the street. 1t is kept in the
custody of individuals, in barrels or bas-
kets, for convenience of delivery. Garbage
is, in the common use of the word, animal
or vegetable matter not fit for food, and
condemned fruit is, therefore, garbage, and
it matters not whether the fact that the sub
stances are unfit for food is indicated by an
official notice or by the circumstance that it
kettle by careful housekeepcr. This pitt
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-16

in the Church for the poor Italian to
rest where he is. then the Church should
have protected itself at the right time by
keeping him out; for if he is in there In
violation of the rules made for the govern
ment Of church authorities it is through
the negligence of those authorities, and
they cannot correct their fault at the ex-
pense CT the sanctity of the tomb. But we
do not believe that the rules of any church
or any private corporation are paramount
in case of this nature in any civilized
country where the Church is not the state.
Places for the burial of the dead are subject
to rules Of statute and common law that are
OF primary obligation, and under these
rules the action some days since injudi-
ciously threatened by Father vivet would
be q crime.
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ity must place q general reliance on the
disposition of the States to discharge their
duty. The victory at Bennington was the
clear result of spontaneous State action,
and, SO far as it proves anything, it proves
that the local communities are keen and
correct judges both of their own and the
general interest. In other words, the main
lesson of the Battle Of Bennington is a
vindication of local action in public
affairs. It WAS not the supervising
wisdom of the Continental Congress,
but the local action of the New Hampshire
Legislature that gave us the victory Of Ben
nington and the important consequences
that thereupon> ensued. The Continental
Congress censured the Legislature of New
Hampshire for exempting General Stark
from its control, and yet General Stark, act
ing on his own Judgment, won victory
which led to tho surrender of Burgoyne. SO
far as Stark's brilliant success proves any
thing it is q noble vindication of the right
Of the States to judge Of immediate expe-
diencies.
The application of this principle to the
present condition of the country is quite
obvious. In the recent railroad strikes
urgent applications were made to President
Hayes for federal troops and assistance.
Ifthe applying States had been asstrong and
self-subsistent as New Hampshire was in
1777 they would have disdained to display
such flag of distress. Nothing can be
more dcmoralizing in our political system
than On imbecile dependence on the fed
eral government to maintain local order
in the States. General Stark would have
scorned and disdnined such an idea, for IN
his conception the local authority was not
only sufficient to maintain local order but
to contribute by it's Independent action to
the success of the general cause. 1t would
be subversion of our institutions for the
local authorities to be brought into AFFECT
dependence for the maintenance OF local
order. If tho history Of the Battle of Ben
nington teaches anything it inculcates the
value of local independence and public
spirit
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-16
PERU.

ENTHUSIASTIC OVATION TO THE OFFICERS Oh
THE HUAsCAR AT LIMA-sTRoNG ANTI-ENo-
LIsH FEELING MANIFESTED.
WASHINGTON, August IS, 1871
A despatch has been received the Department Of
State from Minister TO Peru rccounting the ovation
Lima to tho officers and men who on board the
Huascar during her engagement with tho Shah and the
Amethyst. DR.. Perola, it reported had lon
Iquiquo for Chilli by ordcr Of the government because
of Tears that his appearance at Lima would cause
revolution. On tho landing Of tho officers and men OF
the Huascar from the British steamer they wore met
by delegation Of ladies who crowned them with laurel
leaves Their arrival at Lima was the occason OF IN
immense ovation equulling triumphal entry
ANrENGIIsu FEEILNG.
procession. with bands OF music and banners bear.
ing devices Indicative intense feelings against
Eng naughtness and for the glory OF all Americans
paraded through the principal streets and plazas amid
the widest while from the balconies alOni
the route flowers were strewn In profusion. The gov
eminent, while prepared for any outbreak abstainea
any interference with the proceedings, and aitei
several speeches, the crowd peaceaby dispersed II
said that the affair managed by the ultramon-
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THE LATEST SPANISH OUTRAGE.

DETAILS OF THE FIRING AT THE AMERICAN
WHALING SCHOONER EDWARD LEE OFF THE
COAST OF CUBA.
WASHINGTON. August l5 1877.
Tho government has alvces through nrm at Nov.
buryport. Mass, of a communication received from
Captain Akin, OF the whaling schooner Edward Lee,
OF Provincetown OF which vessel tho firm relating tho
affair are part owners, in which Captain Akin says,
cruising la the Caribbean Sea he won't to Cayron,
tho south SIDE of Cuba whore on the first day aftor
his arrival, he was fired into by gunboat Captain
Akin represents that he first fired INTO with bail
and afterward with grapcshot and bOmbsho, mono OF
which, however were effective.
REPERRED TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
Tho report has been rcferrod from tho State Depart
mcut tho Secretary Of tho Treasury and Secretary
taken stops to ascertain the correctness
OF the report and tho particulars OF the Affair." Though
animation was given rs TO the nationality Of tho
vessel perpetatng the alleged outrage the presump
ton Is that II was q Spanish vessel should decisive
Information received II Will undoubtedly BIO sub
jcct Of ut tho Cabinet meeting next after
the Official reports OF the character desired shall reach
the Treasury Department