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lSow5 OF the Week,
BX r 81 Z. E G. Z r. PI
TO THE FREE PRESS
34th Congress, First Session.

34th Congress, First Session.
Congress assembled Monday, the Sd, at
noon. The House balotted fur times for
Speaker wilout an election and then nd.
journed.
WAsnrNGroN, December 4th, 1855.
Senate-Messrs Hale. Yulec, Durkce and
Pearce were sworn in. IIouse--In the House
another ballot was had for Speaker, resulting
in no choice. The vote stood, Richardson,
a Banks. 23 Fuller, 20 Campbell, 81 ;
Marshall, 10 all others, %. Sixth trial .
For Richardson, IS; Campbell 81 Banks
. Fuller, %: Marshall, Is. Seventh tri
al Richardson, - Campbell, "a Banks
Is Fuller, 20, Marshall, 20. Eighth trl.
al Richardson, IS Campbell, 81 ; Banks,
80; Fuller, %; Marshall, Is. Ninth trial :
Richardson, IS; Campbell, 81 ; B.nks, 81
Fuller, 81 ; Marshall, 10 No election. Adj
journed
The Kansas NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. results {!
lNDIPE>DENcE. Mo, Nov 3OtI
messenger arrived ut Shawnee Mission
last night and states that Marshal Jones.
who had 50 mn with him at Lccompte, is
up in arms, drilling constantly, and has five
pieces Of artillery. Our cannon left this
morning in the hands Of the X lnsls III m
The outlaws in Douglass County have
burnt a number Of houses and driven
number Of families, including women
and children to Missouri for refuge.
The latest accounts represent that the law
and order people Of the Territory are rally
ing in large Numbers to the assist lnce Of the
erin Of Douglass County in tho execution
OF the Inv. lie has by this time an over
whelming force. Sheriff Jones is acting n
L. 5. Deputy Marshal for Douglas. and
Johnson Counties
SHAWNEE MlssIov. Nov 3Oth
The marshal has rcqui,ition from the
Governor to arrest 10 mtn in Ltwreacc.
They refuse to deliver Themselves up and he
calls for volunteers. The people of Lawrence
say publicly that they will take Coleman
an Jones and hang both Of them. They are
drilling in the open prairie every ~ and
have five fine pieces Of artillery in their p). =
session. They openly bill defiance 10 the
law. Large NUMBERS OF the Inv breakers
were seen crossing from Delaware and
LAvenworth yesterday, going 10 Lawrence.
\ IN mber Of the legislature came from there
yesterday morning for guns. We can only
send 90 Jones also sends for wagon load
of ammunition and for a cannon Immediately
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Carpeting, Oil Cloth, &C.
Brocateile, Lace. Mouslin n Turkey Red,


1 GOOD A. 'uiIMENT no" OPENING, together
with Cloths, lriminiI q Tor tloaKs AMI hIt- e.,
in .reat variety, At the C'sh store Of
{. SIA<D 10.
Blr,in :tpn, Nov. -, 1853. dtw
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VICTORY. VICTORY

VICTORY . VICTORY
Indian \ cgctablc i'ulmonc Syrup.
hOcIOR LALUEAH, a celebrated Indian, dis
~ covered m tie combination ui fuur kinds of
Roots ami Hobs, rene iy that is WARRANTED
to cure the worst ca'es Of
Coughs, Colds, Whoopiag cough, Group,
ASTHMA, Bronch,Hs, and Consumption
in all cases where the Lungs areuot mostly ,on-
'um,d or where there /. vitality to sustain life in
It has been ,riol g. hundred 7, ofcls,-, and lever
vet, hn- failed 10 cure. The agent has in his pos
session many certificates Of it. wonderful virtucs
uue to three bottles are warranted to cure the
hardest OUGH
One to two bottles warranted to cure the worst
COLD.
One to two bottles will cure the wuooPING
Cough
Two to four bottles will cure the ASTHMA
-Four To eight bottles warranted TO cure
BRONCHITIS.
One bottle will euro the GROUP.
SIX 10 eight bottles are WARRANTED to cure
Cc\SLNPiIDN
ip all eases whore the Lungs are not consumed land
in every ea.e II GIVES RELIED bene6t is expe.
rienced from the fret bottle, and is warrant
/ ed whe0 the above quantity is taken.
Nothing eau BE- more astonishing 70 The invalid,
/ after ..yug all the popular nedi-!uos If tho day
/ Z. no effect, than tunt those soismor Roots and
ltlb' cuMCln'd WI cu.e an lu'IuN-ly 4is~Asesi
still this isa FIXED FACT. Thousands OF cases
can be- referred 20 in our own Nov England states.
tor further particulars aud certificates OF cure. soc
circulars icft with every agent.
TITS attic!. IS now manufactured by
. oEV nv q ~ WARD.
@ai puI up in iarsa bottles a. sl,oo each, or six
D bottles fJI $500
COLLINS i FIGGCL,
/ ptud1Isrs, Montpelier, General WI les,lc agents
/ ioF Vermont. sold by A. c. SPEAR, Burlington,
/ I. T.. nuTCHER& SON. st. Adams II. A. H0DG
/ r. Richmond.
! Nov, ;. $3.50. i&w6m
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iriuts iIlnt5.
1.-TWO Cas- '. mclc ot Ne:rtna'< -,la PrntS
Ntit.r Oolpr-, At ct. ror VI. worth - ct
C..t. STANFORD.
Nov q, 1855. dAw
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Groceries and pvoyisions

One needn't "tako the p,pcrs" to learn that Mt
DEWEY + he can get Flour Of the best quality, extra
clear Pork by the bbl. or ID. salmon, No. l.,
Mackerel in kits, Picked llerriugs, smoked do.
Hams, Lard, Dat and Corn Meal, Maccaroni, rapoci,
>ago Farina, Rice Flour, Pearl Barley, split Peas,
Corn starch, llominy, Table and Dairy Salt, II rs,
sweet Herbs for Culinary purposes, Mustard,
Pickles, Prunes, Tin family ars) soap oi all kinds
soft exceptcd-Pure Ground Spices, Currnuts.
Citrons, Sultna Raisins, Mace, Molasscs, Pals.
Tubs, llrooms, Clothes Lines and Pins, Bakers
Cocoa, Chocolate and Brona.
All these AMI many more, 70 say nothing Of his
choice aud cheap, rich and rare Teas and Col e..
are universally understood without the aid Of the
press, to be OBJ ainsble for cash at
DEWEY'S.
June 10Th 1855. dtwtf
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Why Don't Won Advertise .

Il HIS QUESTION Is FREQUENTLY ASKED
by those who know themselvos-but Mt
know that ,urybody else knows where to go fof The
nutchaga uf
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NO FERTHER NEED or GOING re
NEW YORK OR BOSTON
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-04-11
From the Wayne County Demoerat.
The Scarlet Degree.

We have made rapid progress in
Know Nothingism, and are enabled to
to the world our introduction
into the "ScARLEr DECREE" or Third
which was established at the recent
sitting of the State Council. Only a
selected few are permitted to become
members ofthis degree, in which the Sc
lections of all candidates for Office are
made, and then presented to the menu
bers of tho FIRST and second degrees, who
are SNORING support all nominations
made by the order. This gives the
/" small fry no choice whatever, in Sc
leeting the ticket they have to support.
As this degree only extends to a Sc
lected few-the " ~aristocracy and the
rich and ell-born"-the masses can
not possibly ascertain the work, there,
fore we have concluded to furnish them
With the information, that they may be
fully posted on the doings and works of
the order. Here are their instructions.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-04-11

Let the wdtekrord of the people be, Repeal When
men become so infatuated with power, either in
possession or expectancy. as to run of alter every
new dogma, and at the bidding of their imperial
masters, pass lawsin direct violation of the plain
est principles of our republican institutions, it be-
COMES the Vox Populi to rise their might, with
outdistinction ofparty. and compel onr servants to
repeal those obnoxious por ions of our law . that
strike at the root of our Independence. So, also
physically when men run of otter every new
tangled nostrum opened to the public. They not
only cndanger their own. but the lives OF their
families andfriends. 1t is therefore W tn pleasure
we again recommend to the afflicted the use of
McALIsrER's ALL-uEALIEG OIHTMEST, an old and
well-tried remedy. and almost certain cure for
Burns, Bruises, Cuts, weavels. Scald Head, Ague in
the breast, Corns, Spinal Afections. Fevers, and
all Febrile diseases, too numerous to, mention
That by restoring the insensible perspiration, ften
pb les the system TO throw of all the old worn out
particles, thereby restoring to sound and perfect
health. For sale BY J. Z. F. Samnsel& CO. and r.
B. Chnbh & co. Ashland J. McCrory, Mifhin +
w. Coulter, Perrysville; ID. (. ~Stockm-n, Loudon-
VILE: L. Spencer & co., Mckay J. Kinning-r &
co. Hayesville; Hagerman and Buchanan, Hayes
vile; Coulter aud Goodwin, Lafayette; w. Spen-
Ger & CO., Albioni J.J. Wright. SEshvan: Miehael
Kriege. Orange H.. S. SeeS CO., Savannah f.. F.
Bealy, Troy. 1yn7
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Nice Members of Congress.

The senior editor of the Louisville
Journal was in Washington for some
weeks previous to the recent adjourn
mept eff Congress. He gives the follow
ing account of a trick played off by some
wags on a number of members of Con
gress, each of whom thought himself a
perfect Ad0nis and irresistible lady
killer /:
A couple of merry fellows, one of them
a distinguished member of Congress
from a Southern State, aud the othera
distinguished exvediter from Kentucky,
c~oncocted a letter purporting to be adj
dressed by a young lady to a very fine
looking gentleman. 1t was got up in
first rate style. The pretended lady set
forth therein that she had several times
seen the gentleman she was addressing,
that she was. captiyated by his fac face
and manly form, that her heart was deep
ly touched by all sho saw and heard of
him, and that she must make his ac-
quaintancc before his departure from the
city, that she hoped and prayed he would
forgive her seeming boldness, as it was
the first ~imprrdcnt act of Der life, that
she had always moved and was still
moving in the highest circles of the Cap
ital, that she would be upon a certain
square of a certain street at precisely
Re oaelock on the following day in a
dress which She described with great par
ticularity, and that she hoped and trust
ed be would meether and thus afford
her an opportunity Of a brief personal in
~tercourse with the idol of her heart
The two wags had between Thirty and
forty copies of this letter written by a
female friend of theirs and they sent
copies to between thirty and Forty meG-
bers of Congress. selecting those of
course who were known to entertain a
very exalted opinion of their own per
sonal destinations.
Every t~hing~heing thus arranged, the
two jokers called upsn us and another
young gentleman, explained what they
had done, and invited us to get into
their carriage, ride with them to the
point of designation and see the sights.
We unhesitatingly consented, and We
saw sights sure enough. Riding upon
the designated square, we beheld the
whole of the thirty or forty members.
Northern men and Southern men, Wings
Democrats and Know Nothings, walking
to and fro, all gazing earnestly in every
direction and at every female figure to
discover the object of their anxious
search.
We concluded, that, fla few more
of the letter had been sent to
members of the House of Representa-
tives, the House would have had to ad
journ for van offs quorum.
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Correspondence OF the Ashland UnioB.l
FROM NEW YORK.
NEw YoRK. April 5, ts5

New York, April 5, 1885.
Mr.. EDIToR We have now an open
season upoRsus, and the Spring business
has had a fair beginning. The winter
has been long and sharp, aud no season
for many years has witnessed as much
suffering, nor SO many devices to relieve
the poor and afford aid to destitution.-
But the worst is past The revival of
business and trade gives employment to
many hands, and the SORROW of the win
ter will soon be forgotten. We are
drawing near the time when all New
York is on the move-all who move
their dwellings, at all do so on the first
day of May. In passing through New
York, and boxing upon tho} thousand
houses playcarded with To Let 4" on
them, it would appear that all the peo-
pie Of New York were about to step
out. But all houses not rented on a
lease are rented from the first day of
May; and soon after the first of Janua-
ry, Landlords ascertain who intend to
remove and who remain. And soon as
a tenant decides to leave in May, a large
handbill is put up which indicates the
resolution to all the city who take any
interest therein. The Hotels of New
York are as changeable as private dwell
ings. The Irving House changes hands
this Spring. part of the vast pile now
known as the Irving House is to be
rented as a hotel and a part of it is to
be separated and rented as a first class
Restaurant. The Prescott House has
been sold and to be conducted as a Ger
man House on the European Plan
The Astor House has been taken for a
number of years by Messrs. Coleman &
Stetson, on a lease, and has just been
put in most elegant repair. and viii be
for years to come, as ithas been in years
past, the leading business Hotel in New
York.
The hangers on of Geo. Law, and
they are many and hungry, arc doing
their best to bamboozle him into the be-
4EElE0nsfairlchance for til
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A wonderful Discovery has recently been made
by DIR. Curtis, of this city, in the trcetmento of con.
sumption, asthma, and all diseases of the lungs-
We refer to DR. Curtis's Hysean or, ~Inhafiug Hy
gean Vapor and cherry syrup" Within this new
meth cd the DR.. has restored many afflicted ones to
perfect health; ss an evidence of which he has
imnumerabie certificates. Speaking OF the treat
ment a ply stefan remarks:-lt is evident that in
halins-constantly breathing an agreeable, heallng
rect contract with the whole OF the aerial cavi-
tygoi tho lungs, and thus escape the many ami va
ried changes produced upon them when introduced
into The stomach. and subjected to- the process OF
digestion. The Hygeana is for sale at all the drug
eists throughout the country. (Ncw York Dutch
man OF Jan. l4tlI1 See advertisement OF Medica-
tedinhaiatioM In smother column. of this paper. lye
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Correspondence OF the Ashland Union,
SIX ETCHES IN THE CAPITOL.
CoLuMBus April 7, 1855

CoLUMBus April z, 1856
Urged forward by curiosity and a de-
sIrc TO enquire into the forIorn condi.
ton Of those confined for crime,-I, in
company with several friends, on SABBATH
morning last, visited the Ohio Peniten-
tiary for the purpose of witnessing reli-
gious services in the Chapel. Through
the politencss of Mr.. Buttles, the War
den, we were permitted to pass through
IRON doors that grated harsh!yon their
hinges, from n department to another,
and up winding stairs, till we were ush-
cred into the presence of Large num-
Der of convicts assembled before the
Chaplain of the Institution for worship.
Imagine if you please, some six hun
dred striped "pauts" the wearers of
which, arc assembled in one homogeneous
mass, presenting various pbysiognomies,
ranging from the intellectual, impressive
and handsome, to the logged and the re-
pulsiYe, and you will approach SOME
what, this sad picture of po2r fallen,
fostering humanity, entembed in a house
of !" living DEATH" under the surveil-
lance of Basehful guards, and some
times ca of brutal keeporst From
whence sprang this fount of bitter wa
tiers? This deplorable specimen of our
ruined race? Turn to the family circle
Contemplate the example of parents,
count the result of evil association; then
go and find spread upon the records of
u Courts, the history of their fall
Alas! how many have bitterly rcpen-
ted their folly when two late-how many
parents, disgraced by their hayward
children, have wept over their error in
permitting the unbridIed passion of
their child to lead him down to ruin
Horse
and
many other crimes have, like the en-
cbantment Of a serpent, led their vic
Tins to a felons cell. !
The gray haired seteranzi n-erimesie
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-04-11
Another Awful Calamity
Burning of the S Gamer Bulletin on the
Mississippi.
E LOSS OF F
Total Destruction of Boat and Cargo
$500 BALES of COTTON Harmed.


(From the vieksburgh Sentinel J
The Memphis and New Orleans pack
ct Bulletin; Capt G. B, Church, whilst
on her downward trip, and near island
&c & OF, took fire on Saturday after
moon, about four o'clock, and was total
~ consumed. In addition to the de
struetion of the boat. we regret to have
to record q great loss of life. The fire
was frat discovered in the third or fourth
tier of cotton from above, and in less
than Eve minutes, SO rapid did it extend
that the boat was almost entirely enyel-
opcd in flames.
Below will be found tho proceedings
of a meeting of the passengers which
contains a full account of the sad casual
ty. The books and agreater part of the
papers belonging to the boat, were de-
stroyed, together with the baggage of
the passengers.
jill PARTICULARS.
Al a meeting of the surviving pas
sengers of the Inflated Bulletin, Capt.
VIM. Wick, of Bolivar county Miss , was
called to the char, aud j. ". Craig, of
Chicot county, Arkansas, was chosen
Secretary. Whereupon tho following
proceedings and statements were had.E
Tae boat was found to be on fire whsn
pear the Islands 90 and 81, about four
and a half o'clock, p. NJ, the wind at
tho time blowing hard. Capt. G. b.
Church gave the order to make the
shore as soon as possible. Mr.. w. J..
Miller, the pilot at the wheel, stood
manfully at his post until the boat
struck the shore, and her made his cs-
cape from the flames by jumping off the
hurricane room at the stern of the boat
into the river. He exercised a fine
judgment in he selection of a point at
which to reach the land, It or before
which the boat was encompassed in
flames, having on board about 500 bales
of cotton.
Some of the passengers succeeded in
Jumping on shore from the forecastle,
but the large majority were cut off from
their escape forward by the flames, be-
in the rear part of the boat. The of
fcers and crew worked with faithful f.
deity in saving the passengers from a
grave.
The number of missing, as near as
can be ascertained. is from 20 to Is, per-
sons The lady passengers, by means
of life boats and cotton bales, were all
saved, for which we ascribe great credit
to Captain Church. The beat, cargo
and baggage are q total loss. The
wreck foated down seine five Oh six
grounded aud sunk:
~
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lie seems to have. n keen appetite for
lattery, and he is surrounded by satel-
ties who are willing to lay it on With a
trowel, if desired.
The P~rohibitory Liquor Law stilllin-
gers in the Senate, and opinions are di-
yided on the subject of ITS final passage.
Eff money can stop it the liquor dealers
will not spare that persuasive. / know
that forty thousand dollars are nov in
the hands of certain parties at Albany,
to be used as occasion may require. 1t
is said, however, that the Temperance
Party have raised a large sum to be
used in putting the bill through, and
are ready to meet their antagonists with
pecuniary as we'll as moral arguments.
When Greek meets Greek, then comes
the tug of war" :
John Bliss projects of raising "food
for POWDER in this city, is blown to the
winds. The recruiting agents of, the
British Government finding that they
were rendering themselves amendable
to the pains and penalties of our neutral
ity laws, suddenly disbanded their 'trag-
ged regiment" pulled up stakes and
vamoscd to parts unknown. ETHEREAL
Mildncss," the genuine article, made its
first demonstration this season, to-day.
The -tempersture as 1 write is bland
enough for June, and eminently sopo.
rife.
Business is really wakingiu up among
the retailers those who con
troll the domain of fashion. Broadway
is crowded with ladies, and the Mill
ncrs and drcss-makers are in a state of
seige. Money may be scarce in Wall
ST., but the shipping season must be i'm
proved, and the fair danes and demoi-
selles of upper-tendom must be supplied
with the w~herewithal for French bonnets,
laces, cmbroideries, and the like, what
ever may be the relative condition of
the " bulls y and " bears " on change.
Our Theaters and other places of
amusement, are reaping the benefit of
the influx of country visitors. Apropo
OF Theatricals, who that carries a heart
behind his waistcoat but has had it stir
red and melted by the wondrous crea-
tons of Dickens? Well, last evening
Manager Burton presented to his crowd
ed theatre, in Chambers St, a dramat-
ised form of his Dombrey & Son--him-
self pe~rsonating Edward Cuth Mariner.
He perfectly fills the conception one has
or the rough, simple and tender-hearted
old tar from reading the story-espe-
cially in the fine scene, where he breaks
the news of Walters safe return to the
weeping Florence, he imp-esses the look
er-on with a sense of the naturalness of
the character Dickens has portrayed
The startling and uncouth confusion
with which he receives the unexpected
kiss of the grateful Florence, and the
determined expression with which he
upon the execution of a hornpipe
to express his joy at the happy denou-
ment, are more than ,acting-they are
Forrest is playing his round
of a-Breaaway5-anai
regularly dished up next morning by
the critic of the Tribune, who ransacks
all histories of all languages, to prove
that he is no tragecian. When the learn
ed critic succeeds in convincing US, the
that he is only a humbug, of
course VIC all will drop him-but not
till then. ST. CYR.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-04-11
IFor the Ashland union.l


Mr. EDITOR In last'week's, Times
appears q long article against me, to
which I feel called upon to make q brief
reply, As it abounds in ~falsehoods and
misrepresentation about myself and
others, / win give a true statement of
the facts in the case, and leave the whole
matter with the public.
A little moro than a year ago Dir.
SPnEScLE called upon me at the Audi
tors Office, and asked the privilege OF
making bid for the printing of the
Assessors Blanks. I replied that l
would consider the matter and if 1 con-
eluded to receive propositions for the
printing, I would let him know. So
a few days thereafter the Commissioners
of the county met IN regular session,
(being the March SESSION. and accord
ingly I laid the matter before them,
informing them of Mr. SPREsGLE's re-
quest, and told them that I felt inclined
to aecedc to it. The Commissioner
then took the matter into consideration,
and before the close of the session they
told me that theyhad coHcluded to take
upon themselves the responsibility and
management of the printing simply say
ing to me that I should giyo the print
ing to the Editor of the Union that
they would zee to the allowance of the
bill &c. thereby freeing me from all
responsibility in the matter accord
ingly gave the printing to the Uufon
Office. MI. SHERIDAN done the work,
presented his Billie The Commissioners
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Butter and Eggs,

the Farmers may have for market. We invite
the. Country People to call and see us at our
Store, and whatw we can do for you. in the way
OF purchasing their products of the above char
aGter. We will pay nothing but CASH for
wnal we buy, and our prices shall be as high
as the market will warrant or as high as any
other store in this place.
Messrs. Mory s. Harms wishes il distinctly
understood that they arc now, as ever, willing
to maxi their host bow to all their old, as we'd
as new customers Come and see US. Don't for
get the place, under the brick opposite Mus
grave & Drayton's store 7s.
MoRY& BARNES.
Ashland. April 18th, 1885. 43t