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The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-11-08

is worth more than q dozen rail fences,
which cost such al immense amount OF
labor to erect.
cit is objected that our market is too
far removed. To those who are moi at
all acquainted with our position in the
Republic, the objection is insuperable /;
but to those who have observed that we
have an excellent water communication
with all parts of the world; and that In
two years, at the furthest, we shall be
banded with iron, and a railroad connec-
ting US with Boston and New York,
along which the steam horse will be
propelled at the rate of from thirty to
forty miles In hour, the objection is
worthless. The whole valley of the
Mississippi will furnish US a market, as
will the government trains which cross
the plains to New Mexico and the Rocky
mountains, to Utah, California, Oregon
and Washington Territory. Besides this,
we expect a large home market ! for
mechanics have already commenced
pouring in by thousands, and the numer-
GUS articles which are imported into
other western States will be manufac-
tured among US. Agricultural imple-
ments of every species which are usually
made in the eastern States, will be o
structed in the Kansas Valley. We are
already talking of u commercial city,
which we claim is to rival the growth
of any western town. Chicago, with its
population of 20, 900 in twenty-five years,
will find her growth less rapid than the
great City of the Plains, which is to be
the halfway house between tie Atlantic
and Pacific, and the commercial empori-
um of North America.
1.-THE Pacific Railway will be com
pleted during the next ten years 1t
must necessarily pass along the southern
bank of the Kansas and up one of it's
principal tributaries. While this road
is being constructed the surplus pro-
ducts of the rich farms which fancy sees
already, covered with .s'bending grain
and golden-rinded fruit" will be needed
to supply the wants of its laborers, and
the money will be required in return to
meet the incidental wants of the Kansas
farmer.
Again we say, send on the five humid
red thousand farmers, mechanics and
artisans, and we will pledge them the
beautiful farms and the richest
country in all the bounties of nature
which the sun Of heaven ever shone
upon"
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-11-08

The above shows that while a few
thousand of the members of the great
national Democratic party have wan
dered off after strange Gods,' the great
bulk of our party are still true to their
ancient faith. No one of the various
factions which composed the Fusion
party, could make any show against such
an army. The Wing party sinks into in
significance when compared with it.
These figures show how utterly vain and
futile is the hope of the .fusion;sts, that
the Democratic party has received any
permanent check. 1t could only be de-
feated by the united strength of all the
parties and miserable factions that the
country could produce, and the fact now
stands forth, clear and indisputable, that
the Democratic party is tic great party
of the country. Our party changes
neither its name nor its principles. 1t
stands to-day where it has always stood,
maintaining the liberty and equality of
the whole people. The correctness of
its policy is evidenced upon every page
of the country's history. Defeat to such
a party must be momentary; 1t will
again rise in its majesty and its strength,
while its enemies will melt away before
it like the dews before the golden rays
of the morning sun.
"Truth crushed to earth will rise again,
The eternal years of God are hers !"
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-11-08
COURT OF common PLEAS

? This Court commenced its sessions
in this place on Monday last, Hon.
JAMES STEWART presiding. The mem
ibers of the Ashland Bar are all in
attendance. Among the foreign law
yers in attendance, We notice Col. GIVEN,
KIRkwooD, SHERMAN, JOHNSON, anG
,GEDnIs. But few cases, yet, have been
decided. The Docket is not as large as
usual, yet there are many important
cases, Involving a considerable amount.
In our next issue, we shall give some of
the most important.
The following are the names Of the
Grand Jury for this Term: N. d.
~SwEAR1yGEN, Foreman STEPHEN Ew-
ING, HAYNES JONES, JOHN DoUGHERTY,
HENRY BERRY, D. G. TEMrLEroN, GEO.
HAYS, JOSIAH THoM4s, JosEPH STRIcK-
LAND, RoBERr WILLIAMS, D. G. DRAKE,
JosErH SnEErs, and Thomas SUrHER-
LAND, Regular Jurors and JosEPH G.
: BoLLEs, Talisman.
The following are the names of the
Petit Jurors in attendance: CEPHAs
PARKER, JONATHAN You've, JONATHAN
DoTY, B. L. FULroN, WIN. D. EwALT,
DAVID BInp1NeER, JOHN McCoRMIcK,
zTHos. C~LoDFEETER, VALENTINE EBERT,
3 T. W. CoFF1N andfJAcoB BARwELL.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-11-08

CLEVELAND MERCANTILE CoLLEeE.-
We call the attention of our readers to
the new advertisement of this Institution
in another column. The recitation
rooms, We understand, have been r~eftted
for the Winter Session, and are ac-
Rnowledged. to be superior to those of
any similar Institution in the State.
Mr. oLsoM, the Principal, is an expe-
rienced accountant, and stands at the
hoad ofAhis profession as a teacher. We
have no hesitation in recommending this
Institution as one of the very best in the
State. ada 10 g7s
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-11-08

Hoos.-In the Madison market we IN
derstand "a net is offered by the packers
The Louisville Journnh, having de-
rived it's information from the most re-
liable sources, says:
"The prevailing rates now seem to
be So gross along the lines of railroads,
and 81 25 on time. This is about equal
to "a so net. 1t is proper to say that
some dealers engaged in the provision
trade are of the opinion that the market
will open at 81 rs net, and an advance.
"Good corn-fed hogs will doubtless
be scarce, while poor and still-fed hogs
will be largely in excess of any previ-
GUS year, and will in numbers, make up
the deficit which may be cac sed in
weight"
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-11-08
Reesta blishment of the Kingdom OF
Poland.

R0lanQ.
The most important item of foreign
news brought by the late arrival is that
which attributes to the allied governments
of France and England the design of re-
establishing tho nationality of the King
dom of Poland. The Paris correspon-
dent of the New York Tribune, in speak
ing of this matter, says:
ga pamphlet just published in Paris
which is attributed to Count Persigny
the late Minister and old friend o fNapo-
leon, openly proposes the reconstruction
of Poland as the only possible barrier
against Russia. The naturalization of
Prince Ponistowsky in France, and ia
vors bestowed upon him by the Emperor,
seem to be in connection with the plan
for the resuscitation of Poland, which, as
I an assured, is under serious discussion
both at Downing-street and in the Tuil-
cries"
The concluding part of the pamphlet
alluded to is as follows:
"Let the Western Powers, without
losing time with useless negotiations rec
ognize, by a common declaration, the le-
gitimate existence of Polish nationality,
and in the place of a compilation you
will have found a prompt and complete
solution. Poland once constituted, the
Gear is powerless against Turkey, the
Danube belongs de facto to Austria, ex
elusive domination in the Black Sea be-
comes a chimera, and every dream of am
bition is at an end"
The Tribune correspondent gives the
following sketch of Prince Ponitowsky:
ellis grandfather was the last King
of Poland his uncle-the French Mar
shall who fell at Leipsic-was destined by
the Great Napoleon to be the King of
Poland; the present Prince, therefore,
has just the same color of legitimacy as
Napoleon or Murat. His education has,
of course, not been that of Pretender,
but of a great italian nobleman. He
has filed the place of an ambassador of
Tuscany both al London and Paris; he
is known to be an amiable man, of aver
age instruction and honest private char
acter, fond of music-as he has written
several operas-digniied in his deport-
ment, not suspected of any strongly mark
ed political opinions-in fact, he is a man
of that sort Of mediocrity which makes
good kings. Should the wal be p%rotrac-
ted until spring, be may get a throne
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-11-08
Arrest of a Penitenti4ry Guard.

Yesterday-J.c NJ. King, one of the
Guards of the Penitentiary, was arrested
for embezzlement, and also for aiding a
'convictto escape.
It. appears that for a long time past,
property to a large amoun has been
found to be gradually gliding out of the
shoe shop in the prison in some mystic
rious manner.
Suspicion fastened upon King some
months ago, and the eyes of the Warden
were kept upon him. But so adroit was
his management and that of his confed-
crates, tina detection seemed quite i'm
possible.
The foreman of the shoe shop, a con-
!vict by the name of Nets, and another
convict, named Adler, who worked in the
grist mill, were the c~onfederates of King.
Articles we're conveyed from the shop to
the mill, and there snugly packed in bags
of bran.
King, it appears, probably as apart of
his contract with Nets, had made prepa-
rations for the escape of the latter, by
providing and placing at his disposal, a
suit of citizens cloths. Tt was through
Nets that the facts were disclosed which
induced the Warden to cause the arrest
to be made.
After the arrest, a search was made at
the dwelling house of King, where were
found about one hundred dollars worth
of boots, shoes and leather. together with
a large assortment of ticking, yarn, fine
thread, shoe thread, tacks, etc., etc., etc.
It is understood that the amount of
property missing from the prison is esti-
mated at $4,000.
King is from Guernsey county, and
has heretofore stood fair in public esti-
nation. He is said to be from forty
Eve to fifty years of age.
He was sent tojail to await his ex-
animation before Esq. Field tomorrow
morning at n o'clock,-Colnn6Ns
Fact.
.F IHLH---H
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-11-08

on them unparalleled in the history of
banking in the United States.
We see it stated that DIR. White, who
was dispatched from louisville to exam
inc into the state of the 4ndiann free
banks, submitted a verbal report to a
meeting of the citizens of that city held
on Thursday, in which he expressed the
beliefthat the State Stock Banks are all
perfectly able to redeem every dollar.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-11-08
FIRE

We regret to learn that the dwelling
house of Mr.. J. L, HARTMAN, of Orange
township, in this county, was destroyed
by fire on the End inst. Loss estimated
at $1,000. Fire supposed to have origi,
mated by a spark alighting on the roof
from the chimney.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-11-08
TAKE xoUR COUNTY PAPER.

Winter, with its winds and frosts, Is
= coming on. The forest trees are stripped
of their green foliage, and the A@tumnal
fruits are safely housed. Dark lowering
clouds obscure the suns rays all day,
7sand the world looks cold and dreary.
1.-The days grow short and the evenings
long, and the leisure hours ofthe Iaborer
increase Brighter glows the fire upon
the heartbstone, and tie time for the
a home gatherings and family circles has
come. N ow istte time when the paper
The .ComAty paper esq &c ially-fresh
from tile press, teeming with news and
sparkling miscellany for the home circle,
as a Releome messenger. Who of our
readers would mot rather while away the
longwinter evenings reading their county
paper, than to set like sluggards with
their elbows on their knees and their
- faces in their hands, playing "boo-peep'
with the fire? How much better would
it be for every young man in the county,
who is just starting in life, instead OF
spending his evenings at the saloons and
places of amusement, to set down with
his young and blooming companion, and
peruse his 5own county paper, thus for
getting the cares of the world amid the
ioys. ofhis own private freside /?
has We think we can safely say, that oul
d paper will compare favorably with the
best of its contemporaries, either in guam.
tity or variety of reading matter. We
endeavor to get in something to suit all
classes of readers-the farmer, mechanic
la or the man of business. Our report Of
I'D the markets may be strictly relied upon,
5szand our general selection of news mat
a ter is as extensive as our paper will ad'
init. We can say with pleasure, that
our efforts to print a good family paper
nave been fully appreciated by the peo-
j pie ofthis county. When we commenced
the publication of the Union its Cir
c~ulation did not reach eight hundred,
while now it has increased to just one
e thousand. Scarcely a day passes, but
we -receiRenew additions. Our circula-
90 tion, however, is still too small for a coun-
ty like this. 1t should be at least twelve
hundred. We have had charge of the
gs Union now nearlyo year, and without
eny extra effort its circulation has been
20 increased at least two hundred. Our
readers can. now form a definite idea as
to what kind ola, paper We shall print
nj hereafter, and we hope if they can con-
scientiously recommend it to their neigh
M bors, that they viii not fail to dose. 1t
would be avery easy matter for each of
o subscribers to induce a neighbor to
take our paper, and while it would be a
small matter with them it would be
great with MS. As an inducement to our
friends to make an effort il our behalf,
% we will send the Ualo1 one year gratis
ogafo any person who will get us up a club
of ten good, responsible subscribers.
We shall be happy to return our thanks
publically to any who shall thus favor
us. Who will be the first to have their
names placed on the roll Of honor?
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-11-08

EHon. EzRAV. Dean, of Wooster,
was in attendance upon Court in our
town on Tuesday last. Young America
in this instance, has held its " IN spite
of the elections.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-11-08

1.-THE usury laws in Great Britain
have been abolished. The abolishing Of
them went into effect on the 5th of Au-
gust last. There is, therefore, no re-
strictions on the loan of money.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-11-08
@See advertisement of AMERICAN
ARTTsrs' UNloE in another column.
wAssoN 8 srrrRs.-Theso rentia.

WATSON q STUBBs.-These gentle
men have received another addition of
Boots and Shoes. Their stock at pres
cent is immebse. They enter the field
against all competitors, determined to
make others 'flook[to their laurels :" in
in selling Boots and Shoes cheap. See
their advertisement.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-11-08
ALARGE DEmooHArIo ARMY.

In the recent elections in the three
great States of Ohio, Indiana and Penn
s~ylvania, the Democratic party, al
though defeated by a combination of all
the isms, factions and parties in the
country, polled a vote of which it may
well be proud. In round numbers the
case stands thus:
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-11-08

BALTIMORE, November New Or
leans apers of Wednesday have been re-
ceived. They contain a%ecounts OF a re-
volt in the Baton Rouge P~enitentiary.
Twenty-Five prisoners attempted to
escape. Two were shot and the others
r~ecaptured.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-11-08
Complete Returns.

Since writing the above we have re-
ceived the vote of Van Vert county, the
only remaining county. The Van Vert
Democrat gives the. vote for State of
fcere as follows:
For Supreme Judge, Sheppard F..
Norris 345; Joseph R: Swan 456.-
Swans majority Ill.
Board of Public Works, Jacob Blick-
ensderfer ASP; Alex. P. Miller 344.-
Blickensderfer's majority 10s.
So that the complete returns will fig
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-11-08

Blickensderfer's majority 1892
We shall publish a complete list of the
vote of all the counties.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-11-08
Another Internal Machine.

Daring attempt to 6op0 up a Hotel
Explosion Of a Keg Of Poaoder IN Ea-
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-10-06

Hoe SToRY.-The Louisville Journal tells
the following: We heard capital anecdote
about hogs the other day. In Madison and
other counties mast and acorns are very
scarce. 1t abounds, however, in the county
of Estill. Many hogs were driven there
which the Estil people considered an in
fringement on there rights. Councils were
called to deliberate how to rid themselves of
this nuisance. Many plans were proposed
but finally, after good deal Of debate, one
was adopted. 1t seems that hogs have great
fears of bears. Accordingly the skin ola bear
was procured, and large sow was caught
from one of the droves. She was covered
with the bear skin and then lie. loose. She
Immediately returned among the droves, but
on her approach all the hogs took flight,
pursued by the SOW with the bear skin. II
is stated that since the experiment not q
hog has crossed the con fines OF Estill county
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-10-06

CONTEST FOR THE CUSTODY OF CHILD.
AN interesting suit is now pending before
the Probate Court of Cincinnati, for the Gus.
tody of child nine years old. The case
was up several months ago, and attracted
much interest at the time. The title of the
case as now before the Court, is: The State
of Ohio er rel David H. Taylor against Nor
gan Hinchman Ten or twelve years since
Mr.. Hinchman married Miss Shoemaker,
in the 'neighborhood OF Philadelphia. Some
time after the marriage the mother and wife
of the defendant in the present proceeding,
under the impression that there were evil
dences of insanity in his conduct, took some
measures upon which he was conveyed to a
lunatic asylum in Pennsylvania. He was
confined there six months, and upon his lib.
Grafton commenced an action of conspiracy
against certain parties who were instrumep-
tai in his conveyance to the asylum. The
result was verdict of $40 .OOe in his favor.
The husband and wife did not afterwards
live together. He obtaioed possession of
one of the children and kept him in Phila-
delphia, and Mrs. II. moved to Cincinnati,
and brought with her the youngest child
In January last Mr.. Hinchman came te Gin
cinnati, and took the child out Of Heron's
school. Immediately upon the fact being
known, David H. Taylor, Of Cincinnati. a
relative of the lady, sued cut writ of Aabeas
corpus in the Probate Court, to obtain pos
session of the child, and tina question now
at issue is as to who shall have the custody.
A great deal of testimony is already on rec.
ord before Judge Warren, but an amount
has yet to be received, which will probably
occupy the attention of the Cont for several
days.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-10-06
PEOPLES TICKET.
CITY OF EVANSVILLE.
FRIDAY MORNING,::::::::::::::::::::::::OCT. 6
Time for Work.

The time is close upon us when we shall
be called on, as freemen, once more to give
an important impulse and direction to our
political affairs for the two years to come
Yes, ind not only for the two years next en-.
suing, for which our legislation is specially
designed, but for all time to come may our
State and our country be the better or the
worse, according to as the people shall will,
on Tuesday next. Public speaking, with its
enlightening influence of argument and log
ic, has done its work, and done it effectually.
The State, and our own congressional dis
trict especially, will have been thoroughly
canvassed by the close of the present week,
leaving only the great object Of our labors to
be executed and decided at the polls on
Tuesday next.
The great issue to be tried at the ballot
box, next Tuesday, is between the people,
the honest working yeomanry of the coun-
try, and the demagogues and Office holders of
the government.
The latter parties have thrust this issue
upon the people, unsolicited; for the gratii-
cation of their own unh' lowed, selfish am.
bition. The questions of freedom and slave
ry, national peace and political agitation, ARE
involved in this issue.
This matter is altogether to grave a one
to trfle with The time presses US and the
circumstances are urgent. The people have
had no agency in the passage of the rnfdmou,
and uncalled for measure which is now agit-
ating our common country, and which reck-
lessly tramples their rights in the dust.
They petitioned and demonstrated, against
the passage of the Nebraska iniquity, but a
deaf ear was turned on them. This wasespec-
tally true with regard to our own Represen-
tative, whose unhoIy ambition begets the
audacity to again offer himself for their suf-
frages. The friends Of "Old Vanderburgh''
and of the First District, now have an op-
portunity to avenge their wrongs, and to
rebuke the man who dared to betray their
confidence aud then insult them for remcn.
strating...
The contest has thus far been full of en-.
couragement and bright promises, in favor
of the vindication of the peoples rights
Let US one and all hold out to the end faith
full, and the victory is ours. The triumph
will be no ordinary one 1T will be victo
ry of right over might. The duty of every
every voter is too we'll known to need furthe
explanation. Let us do it,