The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-08-16

some very curious episodes of literary
vagabodism. A year or W ago, a large
and elegantly e"bellished volume was
published in this city, entitled "The
Napoleon Dynastyatphand pufportiug 20
be the productions of p" the BERKLEY
Men" 1t was a studied mystffcaeion
of all the members the NAPoLEoN family,
concluding with an ecstatic eulogy upon
Louis, the present Emperor@' number
three ;" as NICHOLAS, of Russia calls
him. The author INDUCES in an ex-
travagsnce o admiration for the the char
acter of -" NAPOLEON the Little !" which
even surpasses Mr.. ABBoT's intense de-
votion to the uncle. Such an admiration
as an adver tiser wishes for his own iucom-
parable wares; an admiration which, to
come to the point, must have been assist
ed, if not produced, by material aid . :"
Now, it is known to a few that Mr.. LESTER
was one, at least, of the " BERKLEY Men,
and furthermore that he is very fond of
European speculations. Every body
knows that the Emperor LOUIS has mo-
ney, and will willingly spend it to infu-
ence the American public in his favor.
The Russian Gear is known to be play
ing a somewhat similar game, through
agents in this country at the present
time. Somebody might put money in
his purse, by establishing an agency for
the manufacture of public opinion.
The inhabitants of the great and flour
ishing suburb of Brooklyn, are in troub-
lie because the penny formerly sufficient
to carryRthem over the East River, has
been declared by the Ferry Company an
insufficient compensation. The Compa-
ny want two pennies. The cause as
signed is, the rise in the price of coal.
The Company has a very large patron
age, as ON the Fulton Ferry, each boat
passing over in from three to four min
utes, has an average of one hundred on
board, every trip in the day. 1t is be-
lieved that the boats pay abundantly, at
former rates. These ferries are excel
lently conducted, and an EglishmeD, who
had probably Travelled largely, lately ex-
pressed his belief that they surpassed
any thing of the kind in the world. The
best Ferry on the Thames has one boat
small and i~nconvenient, which has to
turn around after each trip. The Union
Ferry Company owrs six ferries between
New York and Brooklyn. On the Full
ton Ferry, four boats are running con.
stantly during the day.
The publication of the Brooklyn Dai.
iy freeman, Temperance and Native
American paper, has been suspended, on
account of the Incarceration of j. N,
TUCKER, Editor, for numbering his chill.
dren, while drank. JAMES GORDON BEN,
NET has got into trouble with a man who
formerly filed the post of Paris CORES
pendent for the Herald. The man.
Revolt, demands to be reinstated as
correspondent, or he will publish some
letters of Nj. Bennett, which he would
not like to see in print. Something rich
ahead. 1t appears from the report Of
the Jury Commissioner, that upwards
of 5000 persons, mostly E~nglishmen,
have resided here from ten to forty years
without having perfected their citizen
ship. There are 52,991 names recorded
on the Jury Register. Ofthese, 44,71e
are marked exempt from various causes
lie are exempt from immoral character,
Ola as being w1aeducated.-The Lafarge
Hotel ruins are now being moved away.
to make room for a new building. The
workmen found a large bed of smould.
ering fire, which had been kept alive
since last February ST. CYR.