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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-28

The Sort SHE'LL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION AT
SYRAcvsE.--The soft she'll democracy, who are
to hold q State convention at Syracuse to-mor-
row, love the administration and the Custom
House; but the course of true love never did
run smooth" They are in difficulty, and it is the
difficulty of worshipping at two affairs at the
same time--of dividing their allegiance be-
tween principle and policy. There is on one
side the administration, the Custom House and
Tammany Hall, and on the other the chances
for the loaves and fishes which may, in the fu-
ture, spring up under the furore of negro wor
ship. The first is certainty, and the softs
have an eye to such advantages. They are
practical men in matters of Office; they confne
their theories to their conventions and stump
speeches. But this is neither here nor there.
They are now on their way either to rule or
ruin, and nobody seems to be able to tell which.
They can no longer serve two masters they
must 90 to the right with the national demo-
cracy, or to the left with the Seward hybrids
to the right they run into the hards, and sink
the administration; to the left, into the repub
leans, and lose the Custom House. 1t is a
terrible state Of things. There is no middle
ground and no long sleepy probation; the thing
must he done now. We can imagine that I'M
der the strict moral teachings of John Coch-
rone, and the sharp intellectual lessons Of
Capt. Rynders, there could be no difficulty ia
getting the soft democracy to adopt the rcso-
buttons Of their hard brothers, and even to be
more unequivocal about the folly Of attempt
ing the repeal Of the Missouri compromise
the rights of popular sovereignty and the like;
but the trouble is that the hards got up ear
lest in the morning; and now, to repeat what
they uttered will carry the impression Of a ca
pitulatiop, and yet TO refuse TO do so will send
the whole soft faction over TO the Seward n.y.
brids Here is the difficulty. The ugly qucs-
tons which divide men have been brought to
an issue. The hards have taken up their posi-
ton on one side, aud Seward and his negro
worshippers occupy the other. Which way
will the softs go? ~ doubtful as we regard
them, in view of the strong weights of five
hundred good Offices in possession, drawing
them towards the constitution, and softening
their asperities towards their local opponents
Just now the anomalous outs Of democracy
we believe they will, as far as human pride
will permit, rush into the embrace of the ma
tionals, and enlist for the war agan.t the nc
gro worshlppers. We shall see.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-28

. rorrosnouIent Of the Washington Oynn wiring
fn ~. cifv under date &c The Path lust. says Zap
tain West, al the steamship Atlantic !. now in this city
experimenting the building q the new ship q the Collins
bc hing Tho oldest captain u the line A. he Il oC
The most popuar officers in merchant service this
~ m, M cannot but give the greatest safi~,lon
antaIn T.ce Of tho lost Arctic H i said has zone IN
M paeiac having relinquished his claim % tho eau.
iapcy 81 the vessel 10 thi. decision Captain Eucc
bee shown good Judgment
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-28

UNION COURSE, L. I.-TR0TrING.
match for $500 announced to come off yesterday
afternoon between the celebrated trotng nags Lady
Franklin and Miller's Damsel; but owing to under
standing between the drivcrs-Hiram Woodruff and VIM
whean doth tavern keepers the road)-he race was
postponed until another day, when probably they win
have a larger crowd.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-28
The Telegraphic Excursionists.

HALIFAX, August q, 1855.
The steamship Merlin, from st. Johns, n. f., arrived
here yesterday afternoon The St. Johns papers contain
glowing counts of grand ball. and other compliment
tary demonstrations by the citizens, during the time the
Geographic excursonsts in port. The excursion
lists IL expected would meet the ship and cable from
London at Port Basque, the return Of the steamer
Adger to that port We may therefore, shortly expect
TO hear from the party at Cape Breton.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-28
NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST g. 1855.

that this aourishing territory already numbers
6fty-hve thousazd inhabitants. 81. Paul. the
capital, has over five thousand inhabitants.
Minnesota win, Of course, come in az free
State, and thus preserve the balance Of power
with Kansas, which will probably ask for ad-
mission at the same time, as a slave State.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-28

NEW TnEGRApB LIN. 10 MoSraRM.--The House Printing
Telegraph Company have just completed ne~ and
ceent line TO Montreal BY the way of Troy Saratoga
&c, which has been placed under the
mage ment Of Mr.. phonso Prescott, for time past
con nected with the Astor House line in this city.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-28

FAMILY Enthusiastically, in Massachu-
sets, there have been several reunions Of the
members of old Puritan families aud we see
that call 10 issued for a general meeting Of
the Rice family, as follows -
The descendants (and those connected with thcm) of
Edmund Rice born 1884, settled in sudbury {tlat part
now wsyand) Mass, 1882 ana died at Marlboro 1858,
southerly part of wayiand ard half miles from.
Saxonyic, and the road from that place To Weston,
On % Aas a. be tea
family kindred; to behold new Cousins and with them
walk over the grounds tsodden and cultivated BY their
ancestor and drink OF the spring from which he drank
more than two centuries ago.
An address will be delivered by W. W. Rice, Esq, of
Worcester.
Refreshments viii be provided for the occasion.
genealogical history Of the family from Edmund to
the present me embracing thousands OF his de-
scendants male and female, their births marriages,
places of residence and deaths is in good degree OF for
wardness tor publication. Those VINO wish their nmes
done record of themselves and families to Andrew
II. Ward, Esq. West Newton, Mass.
MARSHALL :. RICE, of Newton,
Chairman of the Committee OF Arrangements.
BRIGHroS MAss., July 70, 1890.
This pride of ancestry may seem little sim
gular in an unterriied democratic republic;
but such meetings are always harmless, and if
properly carried out, may do a great deal Of
good. Two or three weeks ago, at Plymouth,
Robert Cushman, stout old Commonwealth
man. who came out in the May Flower. On
this occasion, over one thousand members of
the family met together to talk over old times.
At this meeting nearly every State in the
Union was represented, and political disputes
were buried in the pleasant "reminiscences of
the good old times, when there was no differ
ence of opinion between the first families of
Virginia and the Puritans Of New England.
We hope that the Rice family will have
"good time generally" and that their example
will be initiated by other old families North
and South. In gathering together the scattered
descendants Of the Pilgrims from all parts of
the United States, the members Of the families
now resident in New England may be brought
to better understanding of Mr.. Webster's
meaning, when he said I" know no North no
South, no East, no West, under the constitu-
tion." New England owes much Of its wealth
and power to the South, but it occasionally
forgets the obligation.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-28

ANorutE FREr SrATE.--Before the new Con-
gress has ini-hed it, work, we shall have Min
nesota asking for admission into the Union.
The late census shows that its population al
most cones up to the required number, aud
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-28
Railroad Movements In Ohio.

CLEVELAND, August 81 1850
The Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Company have leased
the of The track Of the Cleveland Columbus and Gin
cinnati Railroad from Berca to this place distance
twelve miles. The gauge is to be changed to feet 81
inches, in order 10 accommodate the trains Of both
roads Tbis settles tho bridge
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-28
Kentucky Election.

LOUISVILLE, Aug. q, 1855.
The official majority for sIorehead Know No thing
date for Governor Of the State, is four thousand four
hundred and three.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-28
The Late Liquor Riot at Portland.

DUrIUN, August Y, 100.
The Gand Jury Of CHAMBERLAIN nd Mane have refused TO
find bill ofndictment against Mayor Neal Dow for con-
neoion with the death of Robbins, in the late Portland
liquor riot Several Of the alleged rioters however, have
CEN nlirtnd
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-28

Governor Shannon en- route for Kansas.
ST. LOUIS, August %, 1855.
Governor shannon passed through this city yesterday,
u route FOR Kansas.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-28

The iusopsts In Massachusetts, are in some degree ~
confusion inst mass convention 4. called how.
ever 70 rs hsld TEDDY at New salem Centre,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-28
Navigation NJ the Ohio.

PrrNBrRG, August p, 1855
Al to-day the river measured five feet six inche
and is falling
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-10-17
rhe Election-Its Lessons.


The victorious should always draw a
lesson from their success. Had the Re-
publicans put in nomination a popular
candidate for Governor, the majority
would not have fallen one below our
Seventy Seven Thousand of last Fall.
We opposed the nomination Of Mr..
CHASE, but when nominated we support
cd him, we have labored diligently for
him, we voted for him, and now we shall
speak our mind about the folly in non,
inating him. The case stands just thus:
The Fusion or Republican party Is
composed of Wings, Democrats, and.
FREQ Sellers. Now the truth stands
apparent that among those, many in each
section had no confidence in Mr.. CHASE;
they believed his nomination was ono
MT fit to be made. And these are the
reasons. None of the Wings can ever
forget the election of Mr.. CHASE to the
United States Senate, and many can
never forgive him for the means used to
elevate himself to that office. The De-
mocrats supported him for that Office,
pr%onouncing him orthodox. By his sub
sequent course, they say he cheated them.
AT Gov. WOODS last election Mr.. CHASE
did his pretticst" to carry the Free
Soil party over to the Locofoco ticket.
That planted a ranking thorn III the
side of many in the Free Soil ranks; so
that among the three sections which now
compose the Republican party, there are
many who will not trust Mr.. CHASE and
with whom the dislike to Mr.. G. was so
great, that the argument, everything
for the cause, nothing for mcnn had no
weight. They believed that a good cause
cannot have for its file lea Ter a ilnan
against whom stand suspicious of poiiti-
cal treason; they believed the cause, if
entrusted to his hands, was not safe, and
hence ''there was no use in talking" to
such men. As we look upon the matter,
they did wrong in not swallowing even
as bitter a pill as MI. CHASE, for tho
good of the cause; but as they honestly
believed the remedy to be worse than
the disease. we shall not call them hard
names.
Mr.. CHASE has been cut by Wings,
Democrats and Free Sellers, and the
charge cannot be laid exclusively to the
door of either, for they all had a hand
in it.
Those who we're most %trenuou for
.Le nomination of Mr.. CHASE, believed
him to be the strongest man in the State,
and argument could not convince them
of their mistake. Dearly have we paid
for the blunder. But never mind, we
shall not upbraid any one; the intention
was honest, and the error was of the
head. We arc in for war against CLAY
cry Extension and shall not quarrel with
brother soldiers. Our army has won q
great victory, for the election of Mr.,
CHASE, under the circumstances. even
by one vote, is a triumph, The Pierce
Administration, the Medill Administra-
ton, and Slavery Propagandists every
where, may put it down as a fixed fact
that Kansas-N ebraska bobbin is wound
up in Ohio.-CIev. Herald.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-10-17
Inevitable.

We have some wicked news for grow
ing up women. According to the GEN.
sus of 1850, the excess of females over
males was IL 900. Think of that, ye
wives, who are raising up girls to be-
come old maids, for there were then
land the chances are that there are
more now, cherep thousand of them over
and above q chance for matrimony, I'M
less Mormonism becomes -general,-
What is to become of this widely scat
tered assortment. Every female by in
alienable right received from heav en-, in
her organization, is entitled to a hus-
band, and the lack thereof, is the alb
sence of a sufficient number of men to
go round, the law should supply. There
fore pass a law, o damsel of thirty, five
indignantly whispers in our ear, to allow
enough men to have two wives each, to
exhaust the overplus of women. This
would be of great effect in various com
munities, and would inevitably decrease
SANDERS, gossip and scandal, if it did
not entirely extinguish them.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-10-17
GreatTimes at Observation-Disclosures
Judge Lynch.

The proceedings of a public meeting
of the depositors in the collapsed In
surance Company of Urbana, which was
held on the 9th ult., are published in the
last issues of the Urbana aud Springfield
papers. The depositors say, in their
preamble:
ave, the depositors, here assembled
for the purpose of considering the
statement of Liabilities and assets of
said company, recently published by the
assignees, do and that our money,
amounting to one hundred thousand, six
hundred and eighty Eve dollars and
eighteen cents, has been used ia n reck
less and dishonest manner ;thercfpres
"Rcsol0ea, That the schips aud wIlct.
stones stockssof a broken bank, claims
Oh an insolvent ana defraudcd stage
company and BLACK swamp lands, turn-
ed OFT in payment, are no equivalent for
our cash.
Whereupon they get sharper polluted
and resolve that the good ofsthat town
requires the absence of Colonel James
and Dir. Glenn, the principal managers
of the concern, ~intimating that Judge
Lynch may call his court there one of
these Gays. Judge Corwin and Mr..
Way opposed the proceedings, but they
were sustained with acelaInation.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-10-17
Ohio Election-The Gubernatori-
al Vote.

Well, the fat of the people has gone
forth, and Salmon p. Chase, the Abo-
alition- disunionist and the dishonest po-
litical i~ntriguer, is to be Governor of
Ohio for the next two years. With all
due Difference to the popular will, we
cannot but feel that the State of Ohio
is disgraced by this selection. We very
much doubt whether there sis q single
Northern State, with the exception of
Vermont and Massachusetts, that would
have elected asman of the stamp of Sal
mon p. Chase. Upon the heels of this
event we expect that the party which
has succeeded in choosing Chase, and a
Legislature to match, will now pass a
Personal Liberty Kili," similar to that
OF Massachusetts, nullifing the Fugitive
Slave Law /; that they will prescribe, to
the extent of their power, the foreign.
born white man, AND elevate the negro
above him. The Maine Law will be
passed, and the reign of fanaticisnt re-
ally commence. 1t is our opinion that
short time i'll suffice to convince the
popular masses of their mistake. and
that they will then rally with alacrity
Jun SHO 0CllOCTdOiC we
may safely calculate that the State adj
ministration which is to take the rein of
power on the first of january next, will
commit such follies and enormitics as to
cause it to be indignantly repudiated by
the people. Notwithstanding we believe
that, in a party point of view. the De-
mocracy will be ultimately the gamers
by this result, yet we feel exceedingly
mortified by it. While Maine, Penn
s~ylvanias Indiana, Illinois, and We may
add, the whole North, refuses to have
anything to do with this sectional cru
sadc, Ohio alone goesinto it, and elects
a rabid Abolition-sectionalist Governor.
1t is enough to mantle the cheeks of ev-
cry true son of Ohio with shame. But
we have no time now to indulge in ex-
tended comments upon the result, and
will reserve them for another occasion.
Gin Eng
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-10-17
FROM rHE oouNrIEs.

RIcHLAHD.-We learn from the Ban
ner that a man on the last day of the
Fair at plymouth, attempted an out
rage upon the crson of a d~efencelcss
idiot girl only II years of age, but was
frustrated in his base desires by the
timely interference of a person who
CHANGED to come up at this time. The
perpetrator of the deed has been caught,
and we hope that the scverest penalties
of the law will be melted out to him.
A very spacious and elegant edifce
has been erected in Mansfield for a fo-
male College. It's diImimsions,arc fifty
one by seveuty-six feet base, four sto-
ries high, and in architectural style is
equal to any similar edifce in tie West.
This noble building will be formally
dedicated on the 25th inst, when ap-
propriate addresses will be delivered BY
DR.. THOMPSON, of Delaware, O., and
Professor SEEGER, of Lima, New York.
The College will be open for the re-
ception ofpupils, and the first term will
on the 9TH ofnext month.
We are informed by the Banner that
when our Wing friend BANNING Non
TON, attempted to address the people
of that county in favor of Mr.. Trimble
he was assaulted by noise, tumult, bel
lowing, and III attempt to push him off
the stand. Such conduct must react.
LucAs.-A new paper has been start
ed at Maumce City, called the +" Forest
City FisifOr," by JAS. FOLEY! 1t is
indepcndont, in politics, and filed with
interesting matter.
We clip the following items from it !:
The corn crop in tn S section of Ohio,
in consequence of the unusually wet
season, is rather slim, though much bet
ter than it was expected to be. Rain
or shine, hot or cold, crops must grow
i'll such soil as We have here.
The Indians regard a thin husk on
corn as indicative of a mild winter
This being true, the one just approach
ing will be of the gentle kind, as the
husks are said to be very thin.
SQUIRRELs.-This is said to be the
'sseventh year." aud the squirrels are
travelling to the north Gu PHASE
Large numbers are constantly swim
ming the river, and sportsmen daily
shoot them from the forest trees within
the city. We would be pleased to have
some intelligent reader explain the
periodical stampede on the part of these
little foresters.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-10-17
farmland county Fair.

Our County Fair this year was rather
a slim affair. There were PEOPLE enough
! present, but the number aud variety of
articles were not ':too numerous to men
ton" The organization of this society,
from the lightning, has been Wing It's
patronage has always been thrown to the
Wing Office in this place-in fact it is
organized, we think, with special refc-
renee to secure this patronage, So far
the game has succeeded. Not q dimes
worth of patronage has ever been thrown
in favor of the Democratic Office of this
place. Is this right? It certainly is not,
unless the members are all Wings.
This year the organization is all Wing,
except one Democrat, How happens ita
Can any one tell US why DR. BIB.
CLARK should be President of an Agri-
cultural Fair, Lawyer OSBORN, Treas
urer? The Farmers of Ashland County,
we think, have men among them that
would fill these places more appropriate
ly than professional gentlemen.
We speak plainly, not that VIC have
anypersonal objections to any. but be-
cause we do object that the Society
should bemadesuse of to keep up a
Wing Office. Much dissatisfaction exists
in regard to the manner in which it has
been conducted. We have heard far
mers belonging to the Democratic party
say they were done with it. The De-
mocratic farmers of Ashland County, We
are certain, will have nothing moro to do
with it, until there Is some ''retrench-
ment ard reform" There is,no reason,
why exorbitant printing bills should be
allowed By the Agricultural Society of
this County. If the Ashland Mutual
sees proper to allow exorbitant printing
bills to keep up Wing Office, it may be
slightly different. We AVER then, that
the Society up to this date have paid
one half more than we would have
for the same work, and that
there has been more printing done than
necessary. Will the officers give
the public a statement Of these exorbi-
tant printing bills Conc, let US have
light.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-10-17
For the Ashland Union.1

Mr.. EDIToR: L noticed a cut in the
last number of the Times intended to
caricature you and me, and purporting
to represent our appearance the morning
after the election. In these days of an
tecedents it may not be put of place to
give the anteccdents of the cut above
referred to:
About three weeks before the election
1 made a speech in tho Hickory Club
at Ashland, in which I made u bold and
daring expose of the corruption of the
club-footed proprietor of the Times
The truthful portraying of JE-F's char
acter called forth such expressions from
the audience, at the time, as to compel
him to leave the Club. Some one car.
featured the occurrence in the Union,
in which | was represented by a Shang-
hal rooster in the act of cro%ing, while
JEFF was represented in a cringing at
titude at my feet, and in the act of being
drawn away bya Jackass. This is the
anteeedent of the cut used in the Times,
which IS an exact facsimile of the one
used in the Union for tho occasion re-
ferred to
AS a recent evidence of JEFF's dis
honesty, 1 woald say that on the day
before the election no was detected in
the act of attempting to gouge his own
Mother out of some valuable property /;
which act procured for JEFF a fsty-cuff
~lampooning from his Foreman, (JEFF's
Mothers Brother,) who sent him cleo
pioneering with a swelled head and
bleared eyes. Unable to see strait EFF
has selected the wrong cut for his carl
cature, and thus unwittingly exposed
himself.
l aver the above statements to be true
to the very letter ; and if L. JEFFERSON
SrRESGLE, (which I interpret to be Ly-
ing JEFF wishes to coatrovert them,
he can "pitch in " ut leisure.
SOLOMON CHAPLIN.