The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-03-07
Correspondence OF the Ashland Union.I
FROM NEW YORK.
New YoRk, Feb. %, 1855.

tntS 0reorfeat OF Tor the Gel
ebration- of Washington's Birthday;
and patriotism turned tho occasion to
good account in this city. The Order
Of United Am orleans mustered in pro-
digious force, each chapter accompanied
by a military escort. Our citizen sol
diers did not parade in great numbers,
but the finest corps were out, including
the entire regiment of National Guards,
fully equipped for winter service. A
finer body of men never wore uniform /;
and their marching and ering
would have done honor to veterans of
the line. The civic part of the process
sion was gorgeous spectacle. count
ed Eve magnificent emblematic cars, M
of which was drawn by sixteen horses ;
these vast columns occupied just one
hour in filing out of Chatham Street in
to the Park. every division marching to
the quickest military time. The Ma
tional Banner foated at such short in
tervals along the whole line, that a per-
spective view of the procession as it NOV
ed through the city, gave one the idea of
q continuous stream of stars and stripes
being suspended over its ranks. After
the marching and reviewing was over,
Hon. Thos. R. Whfterly, grand Sachem
of the o. 8. AS, delivered a long ad-
dress Every patriotic and very prosy) to
about 5000 persons in the Academy of
Music. A large portion o fthe immense
stage was occupied by ladies, and the
feminine moiety of " Young America"
was brilliantly represented in all parts
of the house. Greater enthusiasm 1
never say exhibited by any public as
semblage. The spirit of the revolution
seemed TO be rekindled in all hearts,
and the cheers which burst forth at
every strong expression of national feel
ing, literally shook the building. An
illumination at the City Hall, and a
splendid service of fireworks, a~ppropri-
ately concluded the exercises of the
day.
It is said hat by way of counterbal-
lance Of this imposing native demon
stration, the Irish will make an unpre-
cedentod display on the festival of st.
Patrick, the 18th proximo. They ex-
pect, report says, to parade twenty thou
sand strong. Nobody will modest them,
RI presume, in the peaceful celebration
of their jubilee but it is to be hoped
that they will confine themselves to that
object, rs any attempt to provoke a
quarrel with the Native Americans,
would probably lead to murderous col
lisions.
Business is recovering from its syn
cope. The late Improvement in the
weather brought the ladies out in bat
talions. The dry-goods stores, miilin-
cries, mantua-making, and all other es-
adjustments, where fashions are studied,
to. adorn the body, have been in a state
Of seige, and the retail merchants are
recovering from the kspocondria pro.
dueed by glowing skies, overslaugh-
ed streets, and q blue condition of things,
generally.
The prohibitory liquor law (diyested
Of the clause, recognizing the right to
reach private dwellings, if connected
with q store, Office, or other places of
business} has been passed by the Assem-
bly,, and sent to the Senate, where it
will DO referred to a select committee.
Its passage may be STAYED off for a
time, but it is sure to Be "put through"
before the legislature adjourns. It will
play the mischief with the great distil-
lers here. One of these concerns turns
out 5000 gallons of Alcohol per day,
the greater portion of which is used in
the manufacture of Camphene and for
other chemical purposes.
The trial of Holmes, for the man.
slaughter es policeman Gourley, has
again been postponed, and win go over
to next term. The accused is said to
be ind isposed- His disease is thought,
by those acquainted with his case, to
be an indisposition to be tried.
Peulrelily, convicted two or three
terms ago, of an attempt to fire his own
,warehouse, has appealed from the judg-
ment-eft he Count Of Sessions and ar
gumcnts in the case pro and con, are
now going on in the Supreme Court.
Considerable anxiety is manifested by
some of our citizens to ascertain the
whereabouts of one Mr.. Curtis. L. Nor,
who figured not long ago as a banker
at Meriden, Connecticut, subsequently,
as q iuancier, without q conscience, in
this city, still more subsequently, as n
bankrupt, and finally as a borrower of
several thousands of dollars, both which
he is understood to have absquatulated
to California. There is some talk of q
being sued on the Governor
of that State for the purpose of secu-
ring Mr.. Nor's safe return to his At
lantic friends; but I suppose he has
steered clear of criminal responsibility.
A savage editorial skirmish is at pre-
sent under way between the Tribune
and the Daily Times. Mammon is at
the bottom of the difficulty. Mr.. st.
John, the Bank Superintendent, adver-
tho waakIv statement of the con-