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Cleveland, Medina & Tuscarawas Rail
Road.

The Contractor on the division of this
road north of Dalton DIR. Tolman) has
recently reinforced his latorers, and is
putting the work through with energy.
The deep cut and fill at this village,
We believe is the heaviest work on the
line, has just been finished. We are not
informed what time the work will be
finished to this place, but we think the
public may now look confidently for its
speedy completion. The Directors have
labored under considerable embarrass-
ment on account of the want of funds
almost the entire stock being taken on
the line of the road-but recently capt.
~talists in the Cleveland, Massilon and
Wheeling have realized the Importance
of the work, and large additions have
been made and are being made to the
subscription. The officers of the road
have performed their part under the dis
couragements which surrounded them
with commendable energy. The i'll
health of Judge Sargent has compelled
him to retire from the Presidency, and
his place has been supplied by the ap-
pointment of Hiram Bronson, ESQ.,, we'll
known as one of our most active and
energetic business men, whose zeal for
the completion of the work gives assur-
ance that no effort will be spared on his
part to secure its successful prosecution.
Medina Gaz. $50
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New York. july s.

-
The Steamer Washington reached
her warf between 5 and O'Clock, bring
ing dates from Liverpool and London to
the 21st, being four days later than the
Europa. ~
The following despatch from Vienna is
published in the London Times A Tur-
kish brigade from Shumla, entered the
fortress of Silistria on the 14th. 5e
A Russian despatch says that their
soldiers defeated two Turkish brigades
with 5000 cavalry and 40 guns in an ac-
ton on the 18th.
Gen. Childers received a wound which
rendered the amputation of his leg nee
essary, and Prince Gortschakof received
a confusion. -..T... f.5.g Is ga.-
The Paris Monateur announces that
on the 18th of June the Turks made a
tremendous sortie from Silistria and at
tackled the Russians with great fury. -
Gen. Childcrs was dangerously woun-
ded and had to remove to Kalefat. 55..s
1t was thought that a body of troops
dispatched from Shumla appeared there
and that on the 18th the Russians sprung
three mines before Silistria without do
ing any damage to the walls. The Rus
slams storming corps were prepared to
mount the expected breach, but were
attacked on three sides by the Turks
and a fearful slaughter took place. The
Russians fed i'll terrible disorder. The
Russians were employed on the l4th and
18th in removing their dead. aa
Three Russian Generals wounded and
all the Russian siege-works totally de-
stroyed- The same day the garrison of
R~utschalka went over to the island of
Mokau and destroyed all the Russian
works there. ai
A telegraphic despatch from Vienna
states that a convention has been conclu.
ded at Constantinople between Austria
and the Porte, relative to the Danubian
Principalities. Its principal conditions
are, that if Russia voluntarily retires the
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Decision of Judge Corwin on the Lii
quor Law.

The Urbana Cltizan o'd Gazette
gives the following as the decision of
JUDGE CoRw1N on this law:
The Judge, after promising a few re-
marks in opposition to that class of leg
%islation which prescribes what a man
shall eataand what he shall drink, and
w~herewithal he shall be clothed, pro-
ceeded to say, that the Government has
discharged its functions when it provides
for the protection of the citizens per-
sonal security and private property.
1t has been urged here, in favor of
sustaining the law under consideration,
that Judge Warden, of Columbus, has
caused to be published an elaborate opin-
ion, fully sustaining the constitutional
ty of the law; and that this opinion is
fully concurred in by Judge Swan and
John A. Andrews, Esq, of Columbus.
It is sufficient to say of this argument,
that these gentlemen received a hand
some fee for the utterance of that -opin-
ion, and have been known to prosecute
for violation of the law, under that opin-
ion.
The Constitution of the State of Ohio,
section Sth of the schedule, is as follows
"No license to traffic in intoxicating
liquors shall be hereafter granted in this
State, but the General Assembly may,
by law, provide against the evils result
ing therefrom."
From this it is evident that the Con-
stitution of the State of Ohio sanctions
the traffic in "intoxicating liquors." but
at the same time the General Assembly
is authorized to provide against the
evils resulting from the sale of intoxica-
ting liquors. Without, however, stop
ping to consider whether this is a pro-
hibitory law, or a law merely to provide
against the evils resultingfrom the traffic,
the Constitution further provides, art I'd,
sec. 10, that every bill shall be fully and
distinctly read OIL three separate days,
unless, in case of urgency, three fourths of
the House in which it shall be pending,
shall dispense with this rule.
The journals of the Senate and the
House of Representatives are, by ha0,
public records, and contain the evidence
of the legality or illegality of the acts of
the Legislature. By referring to the
journals of the Legislature which adopt
ed this law, it will be discovered that
this pretended law was not adopted in
accordance with the requirements of the
Constitution. It was read but once in
the Senate.
The old Constitution contained no
provision against the evils of hasty leg
islation; and the restrictive measures
embraced in the new Constitution are a
part Of the remedies which were design
ed to be corrected in the new Constitu-
ton This law, then, not having been
passed in accordance with the require
ments of the Constitution, is not law.
If either the Executive or legislative
departments of the Government violate,
disregard or refuse to observe the re-
quirements of the Constitution, it be-
longs to the judicial department to en-
force their observance, and protect, by
proper process, every citizen from their
violation.
The REALTORS must therefore be dis
charged.
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Secrecy of Diplomacy.

The following extract from KossUrH's
speech, speaks the sentiments of a ma
jority of the American people in relation
to this subject The world isbeginning
to believe that where there is sec ecy
there is wrong. Let diplomacy forbear
to hide its head, and VIC wilt mot have SO
many political movements and ,organiza-
tions of a mysterious character in our
midst. There is always dagger in hiding
under ground political elements. Pow
der that c~plodes on the surface, is in
noxious; that which is confined, produ-
ces rack and ruin. Here is the extract.
1t is from his speech at Guildhall, Lon
don, in 1851:
"The time draws TEAL when a radical
change must take place for the whole
world in he management of diplomacy.
Its basis has been secrecy; therein is the
triumph of absolutism, and the misfor-
tune of free people. This has won its
way, not in England only, but throughout
the whole world, even where not a penny
of the national property can be disposed
of without public consent. 1t surely is
dangerous to the interests of the country,
and to constitutional liberty, to allow
such a secrecy that the people not only
should not know how its interests are be-
ing dealt with, but after that crisis is
passed the minister should inform them
I" The dinner has been prepared and eat
en- /; and the people have nothing to do
but to digest the consequences What
is the principle of all evil in Europe
The e~neroaching spirit of Russia. And
by what power has Russia become SO
mighty? By its arms? No: the arms
of Russia are below those of many pow
ers. It has become almost o~mnipotent
at least very dangerous to liberty-by
diplomatic intrigues. Now, against the
secret intrigues of diplomacy there is no
surer safeguard, or more powerful coun-
teraction, than public discussion. This
must be opposed to intrigues, and in
trigues are then of no weight in the des-
TIMES of humanity"
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State Politics.

IowA.-The Gubernatorial and Con-
gressional elections in this State take
place in August next. The nominees of
the respective parties are as follows
For Governor-Curtis Bates, democrat;
James W. Grimes, wing and ablition.-
For Congress-First District, Augustus
Hall, democrat, r. 1 B. Clarke, whig,
Second District, Stephen Hampstead
democrat: James Thorrington, wing
lVERMoNT.-The democratic State con-
~vention met at Montpelier on the 2lst,
inst. Merritt Clark, of Poultney was
nominated for Governor and William
Mattocks, of Peachom, for Lieut.. Cover
nor. Il H HHt t'
New HAMPsHIRE.-The wing State
convention met on the Goth inst, and
nominated James Bell, of Clifford for
Governor, and William Whittle, of Con.
cord; for Railroad commissioner. The
democratic nominees are-Nathaniel B.
Baker, of Concord, for Governor, and
Mark Noble, of Somerworth, for Rail-
road Commissioner.
MAINE.-The democrats of Maine
have nominated Hon. Albion K. Paris
of Portland, for Governor. Mr.. Paris
was Governor of the State thirty years
ago. He subsequently was a United
States Senator, afterwards State Judge,
then a Comptroller at Washington, and
then Mayor of Portland, to which Office
he was elected over Neal Dow. His
nomination is considered a very strong
one
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e Ohio is the greatest corn grow.
ing State in the Union, growing in 1856
upwards of SO, 0OO, 900 bushels; and ii
need not be wondered at, when we find
such fields of maize as the following
On the west side of the Scioto, just be.
low Columbus, there is planted a field
of six hundred acres of bottom. Fifteen
shovel plows and three cultivators, work.
ed by eighteen men and twenty-five
horses, are kept in constant requisition
and the result is, that scarcely a weed
can be seen in the well plowed burrows.
Twenty-Five German girls follow the
plows, and do the hoeing, for which they
receive 81 and one-half cents per day
The men receives $50 a month. The
Licking bottoms are more prolific in that
article than any other portion of our
country, frequently yielding rs and SO
bushels to the acre. Kentucky ranks
next after Ohio, yielding for the year
ending 30th of June, 1850, upwards Of
5000, 900 bushels tits. Post.
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We call attention to the favor
of our friend TIMOTHY TIcKLER on first
page, We have no doubt but that ii
iwould {" tickle" him considerably to be
in possession of the ticker he asks for.
we also call attention to the letter OF
our New York correspondent in another
column. We expect to soon complete an
arrangement by which we shall receive
aletter from our New York friend week
a1y. In view Sof this fact, we hope no
democrat of Ashland County will send
for a New York paper instead of taking
his own county paper, as we will give
the 10 al news and markets of that city,
IN addition to our own county news
Our readers. may also expect, from
time to time, letters from Washington
City, Iowa City, st Louis, and other
portions of the Union.
We know of no weekly paper in the
State that contains as much original mat
ter as our own, and we are glad to say
that our efforts in this respect are appre-
ciated by the people of our county. The
Union has now a larger circulation than
at any former period of its existence.
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COUNT.


This Court commenced its session in
this place on Tuesday last, their Honors,
JAMES STEWART, R. G. Hump and MAR
TIN WELKEn, being present as Judges.
Quite a number of important cases are
for trial. We give the only case disposed
of at the present writing.
E. N. Gates, In Ashland
u.s.. Com. Pleas.
Vermillion and Ashland
Rail Road Company. In ASSumpSit.
This action was brought by the Plain
tiff to recover of the Defendants for SER
vices rendered as an Attorney, in prose-
cutting various suits in the counties of
Wayne and Richland, for the Company,
and before Justices of the Peace in
Richland county. Services were render
ed from 1912 to 1916.
Defendants set up as a defence,
LIST. That the services were rendered
for CLARK g. HENRY, to whom Defend
ants claimed the Stock of said Company
had been assigned.
2nd. That the Plaintiff had been paid
By a receipt of $50, to apply on his,
Plaintiffs, Stock.
Sd. The Statute of Limitations.
The Court charged the Jury, that if
they found from the proof that the Plain
tiff had rendered the services for the
Company, he was entitled to recover what
his services were reasonably worth, if
the services were rendered within six
years before the commencement of the
suit. Or, if the services were rendered
under a contract for the Company to do
generally their business, that the Statute
did not begin to run unless the contract
had been put an end to by the parties,
and that the plaintiff would be entitled
to recover. But if the services rendered
were for isolated items, for which suit
could be brought at any time, and those
services were rendered more than six
years before the commencement of this
suit, that her the Plaintiff would not
be entitled to recover. But that if any
payment lad been made within six years,
for services rendered more than six years
before suit commenced, that this payment
would take the case out of the Statute of
Limitations. That if the proof showed
that the services were rendered for CLARK
& HENRY, that it made no difference in
whose name the suits were prosecuted,
the Plaintiff would not be entitled to re-
cover.
, Jury returned a verdict for Plaintiff
of $145.
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THE WOOL TRADE.

Various are the devices CT the men Of
capital, to keep down the price of the new
clip The Wool Growers of this county
generally, seem to understand these
/" fnancie-e rs in tie Wool trade. They
are a migratory set of individuals, com
ing from the east, crying hard times, and
that they don't desire to buy hardly any
Wool this season-just a little. This
game is only played on a certain class
If they do not want the whole Wool clip,
why arr they SO exceedingly anxious to
convince farmers that the price must be
low, and that the proper place to sell
their Wool is at the C1eUeLond Wool
Depot? Perhaps the proprietors of the
" Depot" are men behind the scenes
largely interest d in buying. Let Wool
Growers once get their Wool into the
Depot" and they would of course rather
take less than their Wool is worth than to
take it home again, or incur the expense
of storage.
To show the neoduS operaa,dI of these
Wool gentry, we give an extract from
a letter published in the Ohio Farmer,
printed in Cleveland, which seems to be
the organ of the Wool buyers instead of
farmers, p%urporting to come from a Wool
grower in this county, endeavoring to get
the Wool of this part of the State into
the depot )" where, in our opinion,
the Wool buyers will get it at their own
price. We don't believe there was ever
such a letter written by a Wool grower
in this county. We would rather believe
it was written in Cleveland, or by some
person who is buying for some of the
big fish. But read the extract:
"MEssRs. GooDALE& Co. Having
learned that you have established a Wool
Depot in Cleveland, / have some thoughts
of forwarding my wool to you. 1 am
pleased to hear of the enterprise, a d
hope it will be successful. l have been
in the w~ool-growing business from its first
introduc, ion in this region, and am dis
QQSG6u WILL InC HduuOI LII Hu1CA HOOl
is bought and sold, and believe a change
of system is needed. 1 have supposed
that a Wool Dep t in good hands, and
properly sustained, would be the proper
medium between the grower and manu-
facturer. But the idea is sneered at by
many; and wool buyers claiming to be
manufacturers tell US hat manakfactur-
e7S are not favorable to it. I sent my
wool to a Depot some five years since,
and lost in the operation, and of course
the matter was taken advantage of by
interested persons, to produce an unfa-
vorable impression in regard to such en-
terprises :"
The Farmer comments upon the let
ter, as follows:
GIVE would here remark, that the
mismanagement of some particular Wool
Depot does not argue against the system.
We are quite confident that the plan
will be appreciated and approved, when
tried"
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BALrrMonE, July

Id BALTIMORE, July r.
Up to the present time there has been
80 deaths on the Susquehanna Railroad
at the late accident, and there are three
or four more persons iii doubtful con-
dit. on. co.. = asa 4 10
A warrant has been issued for the ar
rest of Mr.. Parks Winchester; the Su-
p~erintendent of the road.
1t is reported that Mi. Winchester has
resigned his Office this morning N
The accident is now mainly attribu-
table to the recent removalof the former
competent and experienced President
and Superintendent by political proscrip-
ton, and the appointment of an INSULT
Gent and inexperienced successor o fthe
right political stripe. soar
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Austrian troops will enter the PriDci-
palities and form a defense between Rus
STA and Turkey. If Russia refuses to
retire Austria takes such measures az
will appear necessary to compel it.
A despatch from TrebezoDdt states
the Russians had been surprised and beat
en- by the Circassians in The Danube
pass.
Eighty thousand Austrian troops were
on their march from Bohemia towards
the East
All the Austrian garrisons were being
reinforced, and all the disposable troops
were to be concentrated in Vienna.
The death of Mussa Pacha in Silistria
is confirmed.
He was killed BY a grenadier after an
assault, which was CALAMITY repuIsed.
He refused two million rubles offered
to him by Prince Paskiewitch.
The Gazette confirms the destruction
by Admiral P1umridge's squadron of the
WharVes, gun boats, timber, &c., a Brah-
stadt on the 30th of May, aud at Weld
urn on the LIST of June. The Vessels en-
gagged were the Leopold, Odin, and 9TH
ers. Several ships weressaptured. =
Fifteen hundred men and marines were
landed at Marin. sTTY a.
The Vienna papers announced on the
18th ult that Pri: ce Paskiewituhh had re
ceived orderssfrom ST. Petersburg to re-
tire beyond the Pruth and thus ;snrren-
der to the Sultan that material gdaran-
tee so arrogantly claimed, SO ~insolehtly
seized, and SO feebly defended E2k
The Turks have driven the Russians
out of Tortukai. TT0Hd - mot
They have also strengthened their gar
risonI at Rutschuck. .TtGIH1 aHJI
The operations againstiSilistria have
been suspended. .I3tYHI GTTkd
Prince Psskiewiteh, who was on his
way to Jassy, is said to have been DR.
dered to return, and take sSiiistria, 1t
any cost. ddItL .H iDHOdD
The Austrians summons to Russia to
evacuate the PrIncipalitiesi had caused
great excitement at'St Petersburgh, and
the answer was under discussion.
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NEwYohk. Jnlx

Alexander Kyle, Jr., Secretary Of. the
Harlem Railroad Co, confesses that
there has been an overissue Of 1900
shares of Harlem stock, valued at S50,-
600, and that he, Alex. Kyle has ,ap-
propriated that amount to his own pri-
Vate purposes.
Besides this amount the Company lose
some s40o, 600 by the misuse of their
bonds. 1-zi- az
The stock was not called at the board
Of brokers tdday ; it will not be until
the examination now proceeding is over.
The examination into the affairs of n.
Haven road is still Proceeding. a.
The Board of Health of this city to-
day decline giving a report of Cholera
cases for publication on the ground that
it tended to cause excitement among the
people. 49, Es5 : i
The physicians stated, however, that
there had been no increase. Sc aid
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THE SEASON OF FRU1T.-During the
past four days two hundred and ninety
three thousand four hundred pine ap-
pie, forty thousand eight hundred ba-
nanas, and eighty thousand coconuts, have
been dumped upon our docks and great
is the consumption thereof by the Goth
a~mites-the juvenile citizens particularly,
as we may see by a walk through the
Bowery. There is nothing more deli
cious to the taste or more conducive to
bodily health than sound, ripe fruit; but
every body should carefully refrain from
excess in eating it, and be very careful
to reject that which rs not fully ripe or
in the slightest degree tainted. LET US
use the good things the gods give us with
prudence and moderation. ~. Y. Her
aid.
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more fully interpreted, means that the
Wings would like to be placed in power
in this county. The Free Sellers, quite
a number of them, do not feel bound tc
act in accordance with this resolution.
They think it too much of the good thing.
From what we have individually heard
them say, they object to being politically
metamorphosed, and will not enter into
the bargain. The Convention was very
harmonious and respectable in appear
ance, barring the presence and oficious-
ness Of toe many Wings. 1t certainly
had a bad color in this respect. Three
Free Soil Democrats, two Wings and
two Free Sellers, were appointed Dele
gates to the St tie Convention. The
Convention was addressed by Messrs,
CLARK, OSBORN and ALLISON, of Ash
land, and Mr.. PHILPoT, of Sullivan.
Strong anti Nebraska resolutions and
against the Fugitive Slave Law, were
passed. 20,
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ST.. Louis .Juiv

ST. LOUIS, July 5.
Late advices from the Plains received,
state that the business at Santa Fe was
dull.
The news, however, is of no general
interest. .J
The cholera had made its appearance
amongst the variuus emigrant trains be-
tween Forts Tiffany and Laramie, and
may had fallen victims. 5aei
The continued rains had rendered al
most every stream impossible.
There is1not at present half as many
emigrants' except Mormoes on the roads
this year as at the same time last year.
Horses and cattle are very scarce.
The new mail contractors to Salt Lake
and Santa Fe had commenced their OPP
erations, and were about stocking the
road. as5ssa.7l 4s3l a.
The Pawnee Indians are represented
as being very truoblesom, robbihg the
SAHAho's s.4.n-y aNN So .ezsz. . Il a'vssE
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e The Census of Detroit, as pub.

- The Census of Detroit, as pub
lished in the Free Pres s, shows a popu-
lation of 4o,127, being an increase of s.
691 since last year.
The Enquirer says:
There is no doubt that the city is sus-
tanning a constant vigorous and healthy
growth, and though its prosperity may
be less talked about than that of its
neighbors, it promises to be of a sure,
durable and legitimate kind. We fully
expect the next U. s.. Census to record
a population in this city of at least TO-
600.
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P. S. Since the above was in type,
the Seer tary of the Convention has fur
nished US with a copy of the proceedings
of the meeting. AS we have given abovl
a pretty correct and full synopsis of them,
and being considerably crowded with 9th
er matter, We fope our friends will ex-
cuse us from publishing them. We
also decline publishing the proceedings
of the meeting of the return Judges OF
the Primary Meetings, for want of space.
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COLLISION N Loss OF LrFE.-A
despatch from New York under date OF
July 5, says:
The clipper ship Tradewind of New
York came in collision off Cape Sable
with the ship Olympia for Liverpool
from Boston both ships sinking. Sup
posed 20 lives were lost. Capt. Osgood
was rescued by the brig Belgian, and
brought to this city.