The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-12-12
NEWS ITEMS.

AA0tAS
telling what dependence is to be places
in the reports. .
o The Illinois and Michigan Canal closed
. Wednesday. The New York Canals ar,
still open their whole length, and produc,
b is ~crowding forward very fast. The lat,
season is very favorable for ell concerned
The Ohio State Canals are also still open
though the business on them is not of /;
very rushing character. Railways, in
this State, alone hurry things forward fasr
enough for our people,.
Governor Chase is row Down East, at
tending the bedside of a sick brother, L
J. Chase, Esq Of Lockport, N. Y. The
sick man was recovering when last heard
from.
The Schooner EUdoru, whose officers are
supposed to have been murdered by the
Negro cook, at last accounts was not SO
far recovered from the water where she
was scuttled and sunk, as to allow the ex-
~loratinn of her cabin. 1t was thought
tla tide of yesterday would leave her dry,
when the mystery will be solved.
It is now said that the U. s. Steamer
N1agqra. building BY the celebrated bull
der, George Steers, in the Brooklyn Navy
Yard, will be ready for launching on the
24th inst. Shis magnificent craft is one
of the finest vessels of war eveT built, and
it is thou ht will be the fastest %sai!er,
an the ugliost customer generally, that
is aioat. Sc is a propeller. frigate rig
ged three decks; carries II Paixhan on
the first dcck-each gun weighing aboct
$4,000 pounds!-and two swivels carry
ing 20 lbs balls: Tonnage $500 IONS
To our Western eyes the craft looked on
the Monster order, as we gazcd upon her
huge proportions, a few weeks since, and
the picture of horror which our imagina-
tion could easily depict, in event of any
use being made of the ship in battle, is
not of the transferable order. May those
Paixhan guns never be called into the
requisition of Death!
AT a meeting of the State Agricultural
Society, held at Columbus on Wednesday,
the following gentlemen were elected
members of the State Board, to serFe for
two years: r. w. Musgrave, of Crawford:
John K. Green, Of Hamilton; b. Stedman,
ef Cuyahoga; G. w. Barke:-, of Washing
ton, and Luciau Battles, of Franklin.-
The members holding over for one year
are Gen. Worthington, of Ross; WIN. H.
Ladd, of Jefferson; Alexander Waddlc, of
CLARK; R. W. Steele, of Montgomery, and
Kramm, of Ashtabula.
Ten young ladies from Oberlin College
appeared before the School Board of Mont
coauty, on Saturday last, passed !
first rate examiRatioa ana received their t
t
Within the last year or two, pasperism II
as been reduced in ireland. $
The Peoria, oil, Daily News is qrg- =
ng the claims Of that city 80 the next c
State Fair. e
The swarap lands of Like county, Ill a
re to be sold at public auction On the M
9Th of January. e
The Aubura IN y Advertiser says NJ
,efe Is a remarkable revival gaiag Cor p'
ard in the State Prison at that pilee N
TIE Atlantic brings a report that til A
,al'h Of the Pope is very iplifercut. and M
S Intellect II -ach enfeebled. kr
In the .ieirity of Uriea, N Y. the i'm
eighing IS good, aud the stage coachc< 'e
i artcd from that city Fri lay meroiae ml
runners. ca
The receipts on the late election lay 10 -
Orleans, ia aid of tbe completion oe hy
e Washington Monument, were 1921 en-
1t is stated that the aeE paper mill at Ia
tile Falls; N. Y, being erected by Mr. ia
'ardslcy for The manufacture of Eastwood as :,
per, is nearly completed. cal
The Directors Of the Blnk of Ire land
The rate for loans, on the socn- 6
y IF G~oresnncnt stock, from FIVE to six :
r cent. :
Martin Bnsta. the natnra1ized Hung1-
n. has arrived at Galveston Texas. from a c
with the intention of making tc'
xas his future residence. W
from Athens notice as remarka :
that the minister of the United States =
'uld have paid a formal visit TO the A
ssian Minister, yet did not call on the =
rescRtatives of England and France. tor
has declared in an ofh:ial note h;
t her recent prohibition to export grain mott
Sc from no feeling of hostility to the is s s
powers but beeaus her citizens a
'rehended scarcity. =
". Adolphc Francoui, the well-known TIL
eetor of the Equestrian Cireus. has
t died at the age of fifty three. The o.
Sc of his death is stated to be 'fdecom- FAM
ition of the blood" Einnd
EurC
seventeen citizens of Springfield, Mass and
~usetts, dissatisfied with the increased LlFl
enditures of the city government, have In
toned that the citizens be called upon and
on the question of re~linquishing are
city charter. Be
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