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The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-11-15
CHIP AND STRAW HATS!

and all kinds of ChiIdren's Hats. 1t would be
useless to attempt to enumerate the entire
stock ,as il is admitted on all hands to be the
largest and best selected stock oil hats, erer
brought to Ashland County. The subscriber
respectfully requests the public to call and
examine hrs stock, whether they buy or not.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-11-15
CITY Bank Closed.

The City Bank did not open its doors
this morning. A little before ten O'Clock
the following placard was put on the
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-08

REVIVAL oy BUSINESS IN NEW
OpLEANs-As an evidence Of the re-
yival of business in New Orleans the
Delta Of the 9Th says: that on Wednes.
day over seven thousand bales Of cot
ton we're sold in that market, and
nearly six thousand barrels Of -four
taken for foreign shipment.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-08

DlsTuRpANeH AT A BuR1AI.-Al-
bert Roessing, a member Of William
Tell Order Of Odd-Fellow's at Pitts
burg, has instituted h suit against the
Rev. Francis Ieimer, Of the Lutheran
Church in that city, for an alleged
disturbance Of the burial service Of
one Of the members Of the Lodge, At
the buryipg ground. II is alleged
that the minister, being near by, was
invited to perform religious services
at the grave, but paid no attention to
the request, when the members present
proceeded with their services. in tho
midst Of which the minister 1t is said
pushed himself violently through the
assemblage, uttering threatening and
abusive language, and upbraiding
them for what he was pleased to term
their heathenish ceremonies T. DEL
Ia.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-08

The appearance Of Philadelphia on
Sunday, say the papers Of that city,
has changed decidedly for the better
since Mayor Conad's recent move
merit TO shut up on that day all the
gro. shors.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-08
G'bt mtrklg Galllrt
Sunday s1orrias, - oct. =, 1854.

A FtsE M,cRoscorE. IL was our
pleasure the other day, to look ut the
most powerful microscope anywhere in
this section Of country. II is the
property Ut our fellow citizen DR.. Il.
j. b. RoMnR, who imported ii from
France, to crafty bis leisure moments,
and taste for scientific pursuits Would
that there were thousand such men
in this community as the Doctor
persons willing 10 devote some Of their
leisure moments TO sueh studies. as ex-
pand the mind, assinilatipg The soul
to that Great embodiment Of All Wis
dom, who has formed kingdom be-
meath It's, AZ well as above--a kingdom
infinite il its proportions and yet SO
minute, as entirely to escape the eye
Of man--a kingdom that would have
remained forever unknown were il not
for that wonderful discovery-th the
Microscope
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-08
THH 1mBsert,Tv or THE Mtn,At,

tHe1ne even among tie mUdern tflatll-
/ bers Of this ancient and honorable
profession itself, and II is for this reas
son we afe partly justified in present
ing a few facts, that must strike the
eommonest comprehension, in a very
forcible manner. II Is very evident
that the tens Of thousands, yearly
turned out from learned institutions in
this country add no new light to the
profession but rather tend to make
darkness fstill more visible" The
mluublc aceessions to the already
over burdenea fraternity Of Patent pill
makers, and panaeae vendors, has
made the business equal only to the
speculatiops in stock, 10 which the
making Of "Who-ah- ho'' remedies
bears u striking resemblance. The
newspaper maker helps them out,
in bastard pulfs and certificates sigued
Invariably by MARY Jenkins and
other well known personsgss, and
what with this crew Of mountebanks
the ccmmunit, is fast sinking to The
very lowest depths Of empirieism. Il
is now generally conceded, that The
practice Of medicine ia "bumbng.'
If not something worse.
The result Of this condition. weighs
heavily on The soeiaR compact and it
becomes the duty Of every right think
ing man. TO raise up his arm with ito
full muscular strength, to aid in throw.
ibg it Of. All manner Of diseases are
mar pronounced contagious even The
"muligrubbs walk about in the pure
atmosphere Of heaven, to enteh PEG
pie and shake them to pieces. Peo-
pie fly from the presence Of one
other. at a simple tooth ache in August,
and very populous plsoss like Wood
ville-@the cities Of jackson, Clinton
and other great inland towns, where
the travel is immense, establish
observation-disclosures are taken about
in wolleu cloths and rag money; and
the United States mail must stop at
the station house for some fellow who
has authority from the body corporate,
to examine Through leather specta-
eles) and see that there il no infee-
tious disease in them, more Malignant,
than Know Nothingism. What sim.
pie blasphemy, il this. We mako no
wonder that people trernble in their
shoes, Mt the imaginary phantoms--
are shaken to.pieees and tumble into
the grave Of oblivion. Where is the
medical profession, that it does not
disabuse tho public mind on this
score and furnish the world will,
some scientific deductions to prove
their position? Where is the minis.
ter of The gospel Of Christ. that he
does not bring the moral suasion Of
that holy religion to bear. in order to
remove these errors? He tells us we
are visited with pes!ilenoe, that there
il direct Interference Of Providence
in the affairs Of men but brings us
no evidence from the past or the pre-
sent. to prove his position. True it
Ia, we do have pestilenco, but it IL
brought by mans ingratitude to man,
u criminal fear, and common igno-
rance. Must it always continue 80
Shall this, and every other commuui.
ty. fall periodically into fits and
spasms, because some one, in obedi-
anee to the laws mandate, falls into
the grave at midsummer? Ifso, give
US some wilderness to live in, where I
other animals stay in "blissful igno- I
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-08

rTThe receipts from tho New
York Custom House, during the month
of August alone, amounted to s5,221,.
900, being an axcess over the amount
received in be same month Of 1853
of $4s7,690.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-08

SrHuuLAriNe IN THE FuBLe LANDS.
by letter from D. NJ seayar, State
Treasurer Of Wisconsin, we see that
he has disposed Of the whole Of the
public school lands Of that State,
amounting to two hundred thousand
acres. to one individual in Milwaukee.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-08

Upon tpandlih philanthropy, Of a
misdirected religious sentiment
As a brief paragraph Of kind advice
for our Wing friend "Mr. NJ" We
would recommend that he hold off
Until Thorpe comes home. Al mtey-
i'm we shall do our best for The Colo-
neil
| THn Man SHRvtcE-We are pleas-
Ell To see, under this 1ead, IN the Ad-
voeate Of Wednesday, ali interesting
correspondence between Mr. T. +. Il.
Hatch, The lion. John Perkins, Jr.,
and W. II Dundas, Es1r, "a Asst.
+. NJ General, relative 10 The mail sar-
vice on The lower Mississippi. An ar
tiole in The Advocate, on this "gehet-
ally" interesting subject, having At
traeted the attention Of Hon. ]. r..
was placed before the Hon. the 2mi
Asst. r, NJ General, who says
The service to which the writer nj
ludes, was regularly advertised and
bids were received but the price ask
ed being considered estravagant, the
Post Master General declined TO az
eept any Of them.
After much negotiation be has finally
succeeded in making contract with w.
u. Appleton, of New Orleans, to con
vey tbs mail in STEAMBOATS,, from New
Orleans to Vicksburg. three times o
week, The whole year, with three nd
1itional weekly trips from New Or
leans to st. Franeisville, from LIST OFT.
to Isl July This service is to com
inenee on the 1st Of November next.
We are pleased to soc that price
las 1T length been hgteed upon and
really hope, that it is not fixed ut
SO large I'M alnornnt as to einbarrass tie
other peeunairy arrangements Of tho
government. II Is now very rare
that we get less than two New Or
leans mails together, and more Of
ten three. The whole southern press
Ia very weighty establishment, but e.
eeedipgy light without Northern ligbD
has rendered its thanks TO Mr.. Camp
bell for bis kindness in tlie matter;
and with the additional obligations it
labors under, we know not how it is
to prevent . caying.
We must confess tllat We have To-
obliged all along, in kind Of vague
hope, that tho attention Of some Of tho
Washington fpnct'onaries, would even
tually be aroused to the Importance Of
this matter, and it affords Us infinite
pleasure to see that it has ut length
found its way there, through such
channel as to have awakened o0iciak
attention.
Pits THE Nrarti-~I'hs life Of the
Pope, IL in a very precarlons state.
The droteical affection under which
he has suffered for the past few years,
is past remedy. lis Holiness is fre
quently unable to perform his pontif-
cial duties, where they involve much
physical exertion. II is well known
that Prince Lncian Bonaparte, second
son Of lhe Prince Of Canine, has taken
the hov orders, and .lonncd Pr'estly
vestmeuts.
Louis Napolcan is more interested
in The Holy See, than any other prince
in Europe, and in the event, that an
election is held during his reign, will
not move be made 10 place Lpc;en
in the PontifciI Chair Of ST. Peter.
Lucian has the qualifications d birth,
and being q Daturalized Italian, with
The influence Of family connection, and
wealth, may very reasonably aspire to
H., ros,finn Ehrn'd anch nm escnt
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-08
A Regular r,resrr.d In the camp.

signs himself en- tMoonshine per-
haps), writes a communication TO
Wednesdays Advocate. wherein, Col
Thorpe. who il therein denominated
something like unto mouth piece Of
the Wing party, is most awfully used
up, by The aforesaid "Moonsbine" who
is candid enough to confess himself a
Wing, welded to The interest, Of that
long since demolished house that Jack
built As TO any dsfencs on our
own part, for presuming to deny what
the reporter Of The Herald newspaper
says in reference TO Thorpe, this we
shall not d., because we have been
lampooned 50 often, that our devoted
bead has--anot become hardened but
elastic, aud the blows rebound with
much more force than that generally
used in laying them on. But we do
presume to take the part Of Our friend
and fellow citizen, the Bee Hunter.
and in bis absence. will maintain the
ground now occupied. May we ask
for the sake OF information, why it il
that Mr. I'M" makes choice Of The
locofooo organ on Church street, 10
place Of eending bis we'll written arti-
Gle to the Lafayette street Organ Of
his own party? II seems 10 us that ii
would have had much more telling
effect, had it come from the latter
source and it would not have given
rise ito suspicion in our own mind,
that IN is D cunning locofoeo in dis
Euise. However this is n mere point.
In reference 10 the Col, and bis
apti-Nebraska speech Mt the aptiNs-
braska meeting in Brooklyn We say
again that we do not believe The said
So, aud that be does net deserve to
be called d "Catsline 10 the interest
Of the South" on such slender eyi-
lenee. Mr.. "M.' asks "Did lie
not (ths Col.,) see the speech 7 l.
not The Herald published under hts
nose 7 And don't he know TINT 1t,
|ths 1lerald) is ono Of the most ihdu-
entail papers in the United States y
Let Us answer these questions Il is
prorable that the Col. has not seen
'hs Herald's report Of his speech
Though the Col. has a considerable
probosis, with reasonably wide base,
till the Herald Is not published i'm
nediately under it, and the Col. may
not know that the Herald il one Of the
most influential papers in the United
States. On the contrary he may
snow that the Herald like other New
York papers, is given to immoderate
ying, and that not more than one half
d it is true, and the other half 50
,olored as not TO be recognized In a
with The original. This
nay be the exact state Of the Coils.
mind in reference to the New York !
newspaper. Now then. We take it
or granted, that the Col. made "a
peeeh--this Is admitted. In his
peech We should not be at all sur.
,rised. if he gave his own opinions;
,or should we be surprised if those
,pinions were adverse to the extern
ion ofslavery, but we do deny---nos
My in the face Of the Herald, but
very other newspaper published in
he Empire State, that be said the
North should oppose the admission
( any more territory into this Union
States, without a restrictive clause
II the subject Of Slavery. We would
ooper take Thorpe's word tlan the
nitnd Voice Of the whole northern
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-08
How AIHn CHANes rnBtn V1rws.

How MHN CHANeH THEIR VlEws.
1t Is difficult matter, always to
get ut The reason why an honest and
honorable politician, will sometimes
suddenly stop short in the path that
leads 10 honor and to glory, and after
burredly Locking about him, take an
opposite direction. Settled conviction
Of error and the most exalted patriot
ism combined, cause these sudden fits,
and starts, as the following brief epis-
ties from the Hon. Odds, NJ. G. will
show. Comment Is deemed to be
unnecessary.
No. IL WAsaissfos, March 4. 1854.
y ~ admit that the Ne
braska bill is nh unfortunate affair for the
Democracy Of the North It may be
changed SO that ran vote for it.
y. b. Obps."
No. 9, WAssivsfos, May ~, 1861.
n v ut is now morally eetz
tain that the Nebraska bill will PASS Inn
i, Il tosnip,. 10 ash u farot for U f,iend -
How Would yot' like 1ndgeship' This
Is private matter between you and /, and
no one need to be the wiser
II. u OLbs:n
PorAroHs. The accounts we are
now receiving from the Northern,
Eastern and Western States Of the po-
tatoe crop are much more favorable
than we expected they would be-
Potatoes, it is now pretty certain, in
stead Of being very scarce, will be very
plentiful, and should be reasonably
cheap.
The potatoe crop in Ireland This
year. Is said to be far the largest ever
known.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-08

MAsTupoN EkEtEToH NEAR PoUeH.
REErslE.--We learn from friend
that few days since the tusks Of q
mastodon Of enormous size were dis
covered protruding from the inclined
side Of q marshy deelivity. few miles
from the city Of Pougkeepsie. Meas
ures were Immediately taken to exea-
vate the place and exbumo the skele.
ton We arc informed TINT the work
thus far has been remarkably success.
full, and the condition Of the skeleton
such as to promise the security Of The
most perfect specimen Of the lnastodon
ever found. The location is extreme.
" favorable. The excavation, which
il prosecuted under the direction of
Professor Morse, the dis,oyerer Of tue
magnetic telegraph, who resides at
Poughkeepsie, has proceeded as far as
the head and shoulders Of the NAM
moth. The bones are partially petri-
fed, as far as the exhumation has ex-
tended, and this promises the recove-
ry Of the entire skeleton in a more
perfect state than any yet discovered.
If our information is correct---and it
omanates from an entirely responsible
sources an object Of great interest will
be added TO the science and study
of natural history ALBANY Regis
ter.
The Roman Catholic Council
The council called by the Pope il not
to discuss the immaculate conception
of the Saviour, but Of tho Virgin
1t is doctrine of some powerful sects
in the Catholic Church, aud especially
Of the Jesuits, that the mother Of
Christ was herself conceived without
sin, but this has never received the
sanction Of the highest authority; and
it is to discuss and settle this question
that the council is called.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-08

Y%-See advertisement Of W. Cline
4 Go.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-08

upon ipaadlin philanthropy, Of
misdireoted religious sentiment
AS d brief paragraph Of kind advice
for our Wing friend "Mr. NJ" We
would recommend that he hold off
Until Thorpe comes home. Nj inter-
i'm we shall do our best for Tie Colo
mel,
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-08

E9-The Trenton Wing Standard
has put ont the names Of John Bell Of
Tennessee, for President and and R'f-
fus Choate, Of Massachusetts, for Vice
President. We incline TO the belief
that the next Presidents name VIII
not be known un,il three OF four bal.
Lt,ings u the electors.
Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-05-02
Editors in Parliament.

The press in England certainly cannot com
plain that it is not fairly represented in high
places. The London AMea9um says:
There are more proprieors, editors. and
correspondents of public journals in the present
House of Commons than at any previous
period. Among leading debaters in that
House are to be found some Of the most power.
full writer's OF the day, The Chancelors of the
Exchequer are men who have occupied equally
distinguished positions in literature, and the
Lords Lieutenant OF Ireland are elegant ESSAY
lists, pleasant versiiers, and accomplished
authors of diaries. In fact, the distinction and
antagonism between the worlds of politics and
literature seem fast dying out to the advantage
of both, we would fain believe. While the one
becomes more enlightened, it is to be hoped
the other will gain in robustness and health
ness of Tone"
The ten daily political journals of Paris have
a total circulation Of 100000, villa Press
$1,000, lie Steele $4,000, lie Constitutional
$4,000, lie Pays 10000, La Patrie 1000, lie
Journal des Debates 5000, L'Assembly Nation
ale 5000, L'Union 1000, and La Gazette de
la France 5000.
Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-05-02
MIR. Dickinson and the Boston Anti-slave-
ry Society.

BINGHAMPToS, Oct. l6, 1855.
GENTLEMEN Your favor Of the 9th ult..
inviting me to deliver one OF contemplated
course OF lectures on the subject Of slavery. at
the fremont Temple, in Boston, the ensuing
season, reached here during my attendance
upon a neighboring circuit, and avail myself
Of the earliest moment, consistent with pres.
sing engagements since my return, to acknow-
ledge the honor extended me, and to explain
the cause Of delay in ansN ering.
have considered the subject Of your inyi-
taton with much anxiety, and, upon the whole.
am constrained by convictions Of duty to de.
cline it. To lecture upon this disturbing sub
ject, unless it is proposed TO act upon it, would
seem to be barren and proftless gratuity ;
and If action is proposed, il must have relation
to the domestic concerns Of our sovereign
equals, with which we Rave no right to inter
fere. They left this question in other times,
according 10 the true sense Of the Constitution,
to the people Of New York and Massachusetts,
with all is responsibilities and irriaiions, to
dispose Of in their own good time and manner +;
and may we not, in the same confidinq spirit,
leave IL 10 those upon whom IL rests2 Deter.
mined long since to leave this question where
the Constitution left it, were | to accept your
invitation, would choose for my theme The
Duty Of the People Of these Free States and
would endeAvor 10 inculcate the valued admo.
nitions Of the Father. Of our Country upon sec.
tional disturbances Lest, however, formal
lecture, as proposed by your course, even in
yoking nonintervention in the affairs Of sover-
egn States, might be construed into an admis.
sion that it was an open question, aud that by
the same rule others might arraign and assail,
i have determined that shall best contribute
to preserve the public peace by declining to
take part in the proposed discussion. / have
the honor to be, Your obedient servant,
d. S. DICKINSON.
DR.. Stone and others, Committee, &c.
Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-05-02

tory by certain persons protesting to be the
peculiar friends of freedom, is al a variance
with all law, and entirely subyersye OF good
order, is practical qualification, rebelious aud
treasonous, and should be irowned upon and
denounced by every lover of civil liberty and
the prosperity of the Union
N.,That the admission Of Andrew II. Reeder
to seat in the next Congress of the United
States, would, in our opinion, be a violation Of
all law aud precedent and would have ten
dency 10 encourage the violation of the law and
order of good government, aud would be an
outrage upon the citizens of Kansas.
vi. That the convention lately assembled at
Topeka to form a Constitution for the State
government called and elected by, and com
posed OF, members Of political party--the
so-called State party-and neither called nor
elected by the people Of Kansas, would have
been u farce II Its purposes had not been trea-
sonable; and constitution presented by such
convention is unworthy the serious conside.
| ration OF freemen, and if presented to Con-
gress as the Constitution Of Kansas, should
be secuted from its walls as an insult to its in
teiligehce, ana an outrage upon our sovereign
| rights.
VII. That we cordially endorse the Kansas
| Nebraska act, and more especially that part OF
enunciates the principle that The people Of
every Territory, in framing their orgs uc laws,
have right to decide for themselves what do
nestle institutions they will or will not have.
VIII. That the Kansas Nebraska bill recog.
| nizes the true principles of Republican govern
ment that we feel that we are as iii for and
capable of sell-government as we we're when
| citizens of tive States, and as the citizens OF
other States are; and we denounce any at
tempt on the part of Congress, or the citizens
OF other States to control our domestic affairs.
IL. That although, as citizens of Terrific
ny, we can take no part in national politics,
yet we feel ourselves impelled to express our
gratitude to the Democrats of the Northern
States for their undertaking support of the
great principles OF government under all the
abuse which has been heaped upon them.
y. That we deplore the course which has
been pursued by some of the newspapers
abroad, in the misrepresentation which have
been published by them in reference to the DO
litical excitement which, it has been alleged,
existed here, charging anarchy and confusion
as presiding in this Territory to an alarming
extent and making other gross misstatements
III regard to the actual state of affairs here ex.
lslng-all OF which are calculated to mislead
the public abroad, and thereby retard the
growth and settlement of the Territory.
ri. That we, the Law and Order party.
Union-loving party, and State Rights party Of
Kansas Territory, are fully able, and we pledge
ourselves to support and sustain Gov. Shannon
in the execution Of the laws and that we feel
the utmost confidence in his firmness and in
tegrity.