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&c, California Items.
BY tie last steamer.

~
At a meeting of the citizens Of San
francisco, called on the 31st ult., to take
measures to pay the indebtedness of the
city, ana to adopt measures of reform,
the following resolutions we're passed:
7id ReSoLUed, That owing in part to de-
feetive Law 8 and municipal organization,
and a partly to a system of reckless and
--1extravagant expenditure, the city of San
francisco is burdened with a heavy and
UNNECESSARY debt, with a most onerous
and burdensome taxation, and without
-animmediate reform, is on the high road
$50 Bankruptcy and financial ruin.
- Resolred, That we will not counte-
.sdnance any irepudtation of the equitable
o y legal indebtedness of the city.
ssS ResoIUed, That our delegation be re-
Ilquested to use their influence to secure,
through legislative action, previous to
sthe passage Of any funding act, the fol
lowing objects
Ast. Such changein the organization
of the city and county governments as
will reduce thenumber of public officers.
and consequently the amount of public
expenditure, or such an alteration of the
City Charter as will secure the same re-
suit.
I'd. The abolition in regard to city
e and county officers of all fees of Office,
and the adoption in all eases of fixed sal
aries. lf9e3S
Sd. A Law securing the observance OF
the City Charter, or any op6ihances OF
the city by making the violation OF the
same By any public officer, a penal OF
fence, punishment by fine and imprison-
ment.
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Large and Small Potatoes for
Seed.

EDITOR Ono FARMER.-In your pa
per, tEoor three weeks since, " Yankee
Farmer y told as not to plant a potato of
less size than a.hen's egg. Now it so
happens but few have potates so large.
Some say, what shall we do ? others, it
will do to plant small ones n year
It is some ten years since 1 begin try
ing to get a living by the use of the
pillow and hoe. I did not take an oath
to do as oa~ fathers had done, therefore
was at liberty to plant small potatoes,
and at itIwent, and for ten years have
not planted a potatoe as large as a hens
egg, unless it Was a new variety. AT
thisdatey I have the pink-oye, that 1 be-
gan yithsten years since, and expect to
get as large potatoes this year as those
who are careful to plant only large ones.
The Irish potato with me has grown and
done well transplanted, as the sweet
potato sets have. The sprout should be
transplanted when from one to two
inches high, Yours, SC. SHELLEY
SMITH, Lenox, Ashtabula county Ohio.
- MHHE IN ErH
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,R1BT IJI-2
Farmers department,
- < Buckwheat.

Hr-@
Few crops can be turned to better &C
count ona poor, light, grave.ly soil,
than buckwheat. 1t possesses q chemi-
cal action on thesoibbyowhich the coar-
ser particles, are d~isintegrated, or rem
dered finer, and the soil isthereby i'm
proved. Pure Inorganic earth-that
is, earth unmixed With animal Of vegeta-
bic matter-is produced by the disin-
tegration, or pplvsrizing ofrocks. Slick,
or sand, is the oxide, or rust of silicium ;
OF to make i1more familiar, it is pulver-
lied qu~artz:ssGlay is produced by the
decomposition of feldspar. Now all the
quartz'an and feldspar in the world, while
existing in the form of rock, will not
produce blade of grass; it isouly when
~decomposed, or pulverized and the
finer the particles the better the soil.
If soil then, is coarse, the object of
the farmer should be to pulyerize it,
whichecan only be done~by seine chemi-
cal application, or the growing of some
crop Vhich has that chemical power
Buckwheat by a process yet undiseoyer-
ed, .hasthat power, and the longer it is
cultivated. onea given piece of ground,
the finer win be the particles of the soil
1t i1jnres for corn, but leaves it in Gne
orderafor potatoes, and is the best crop
to XIII out bushes, Wild grass, and mel
low g~Feensward. To fit the land for the
nextsacceding crop, in rotation, pillow in
a cropef buekwheat in blossom.
As a food for man, except in small
quantities, eweeeould not recommend it,
as cakSsmaHe from it though light when
hot, are heavy as cold liver when cold.
A constant use of it, has a tendency
also, toprodace eutaneous diseases but,
boiled With potatoes, apples, or pump
kins,i IL Is FIRST rate for hogs. When
ground, st is, excellent for milk COWS
Fedra9, or left standing in the field, it
is great for shanghais, they bengal
lowe1to harvest for themselves. The
blossoms afford material for the very
best honey,aand at a season of the year
when other flowers are gone.
ItEshould ncEerbe given, in any form,
to horses. a $ it BIoats them rather than
fattens land what appears to be fit, put
on shorse BY buckwheat, in aweek, will
disappear,sb by hard work ina day
Ohio Farmer.
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5ELJEF IN TEy AfIyIJ1-ES J

DRYAN'S PULMoNIc WATERS are uniail-
Id ing in the cure OF Coughs, Colds, Asth-
ma, Bronchitis, Sore Throats, Hoarseness.
Difficult Breathing, FncipientConsumption, and
Diseases orthe Lungs. They have no taste O
medicine, andany child willtake them. Thou
sands have been restored to health that had
before dispaired. Testimony given in hundreds
utcst
Ask for Bryan's Pulmonic Wafers-fhe orig
inal and only genuine is stamped "Bryan.'
Spurirs kinds are offered for sale. Twenty
J BRYAN & Co., Rochester. New York. Pro-
p~rlctors. Whole sale by J. Park, Cincin-
natl, Ohio w. Fiske Cleveland, Ohio
Eehrnn nv 6. lSn4- n2Sff =. .
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4th. To limit the total amount of am
nual city and county taxation to one
and one-half per cent. on the assessed
valuation of real and personal property.
The San of the 8 Ist says:
The Grand Jury now in session is &C.
Icupied with an investigation of onr Mu-
nicipal affairs. The investigation is not
~sopincd to the doings of the present
City Council, but extends sometime
back. We are also aware that this in
vestigation is not directed against any
particular individual neither is it con-
Quoted on the basis of any specific char
ges. The fact is, that the Grand Jury
has instituted a general inquiry into the
conduct of our city government, with a
view of preparing and presenting to the
Court such definite charges as may be
made out by the evidence, which has oc-
cupied a very wide range. q
EXPRESS TO SALT LAKE.-The Paci-
flo Express Company have commenced
an Express between San Francisco and
the Great Salt Lake.
REPoRTED OF GOLD IN
MExCo.-We learn from one of the
passengers OF the Golden Age, that In
telligence had just been received at Ac-
apulco, of the discovery of rich placer de-
posts Of gold, within eight days journey
of Acapulco, on the river del Orc, by a
party of soldiers, who have sent speci.
mems of gold picked up by them on the
surface of the earth, to Mr.. Deuman, the
American Consul at Acapulco, together
with afhdavits su~bstantiating the report.
The climate is said to be temperate and
delicious in the new diggings, and for
eigners are invited by Gen. Alverez to
work the mines on easy terms of taxa
tion-he agreeing to furnish them arms
and ammunition to protect themselves
from the Indians, on condition that no
"flibustering" shall be attempted BY
them. ID .s. a.
l.sGoLD SHIPMFNTs.-The amount of
gold shipped at this port since the com
mencelnent of the present year to yester-
day, March 3Oth, is
To New 81 ,ocs
e0'0oa
ship, d during the present period Oflust VI slO,e7s.I7o
Dinsrence:in favor Of 1,76s,s 49,
CHINESE IN THE NoRTH.-The citizens
of Shasta have petitioaed the Legisla-
ture for an act to expel the Chinese
from the mines.
: Miss Laura Kceno vas playing in
Sacramento on the 9th ult. Miss Da-
renport and Mrs. Estelle Porter at San
Francisco. Mr.. Neafis at Marysville.
Mr.. Silsbee was expected the next steam
er.
DRowNED.-A boy about sixteen
years of age, named Albert G. Davis, a
native of Hamilton, Ohio, fell overheard
FROM the sloop Gen. Taylor yesterday
opposite Angel Island, aud before assis-
lance could be rendered him was drown
ed. The unfortunate youth had but
lately arrived in the country aud was
on his way to seek a fortune in the rural
districts of Napa. He has left a widow
ed mother and two sisters to grieve over
his untimely fate.
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-Carter's SsfatsIsa MIXTURE
Not qpqrlic1e1 Of 1Mcgc4y2yaiiNa? M III
the afflicted 4cad and pohder ron

l. ~ -H~ AN ~ sac a-.+I-E .
AN 1nfaHilas Kennedy for S~crolula, Kings Evil
a, Rseumatisn, Obstinate utaneous Eruptions,
Pin1ples or PastEeson The Face, .Blotches, Soils,
Chronic Sore Eyes. Ring Worm orTetter, Scald
Head, ENLARGEMENT and Pain Of the Bones and
Joints, stubborn Ulcers. syPbiliiici Disorders,
arising from an injudicfous use of Mercury, I'm
prudence in Life, or Inipurity of the BIocd. -.
T This great Glterative medicine and Puri6er
tents nom all lartsoftLe United States, who les
THY To the rennrkable cures performed by The great
TURE" Neuralgia, rheumatism. ScrOiula, Erup-
tinns en- the skin, Liver Disease. Fevers Ulcers
the Throat, Female complaints, Pains ard Aching
olthe Bones and JOINTS are speedily put to flight by
using this great and inesIimabIe remedy H .
For all diseases OF the Blood, II thing has YET
been ouDd. to compare with il. 1t cieanses the
system Of all impurities, acts gently and effcient.
ly on the Liver and Kidneys, strengthens the Diges
tion, gives, tone to the Stomach, makes the skin
clear and healthy, and restores the Constitution, en-
feebied by disease or broken down by the eXcesse:
of youth. to its pristine visor and strength. ~
For the Ladies, it is ineomparably better than all
the cosmetics ever used- A few doses of CARTRRi
SPANISH MIXTURE will remove all ,sallowness o.
complexion, bring the rose mantling TO the cheek
/ give e~lasticy TO the step, and improve the genera
health in a remarkable degree, beyond ali the med
ieihes ever heard or fs!- -.,-.-
The large. number OF certifcates. which we have
received from persons from all parts ofthe United
States. is tie best evidence that ihare is no Humbu,
about it. The press, hotel keepers. magistrates
community, all add their testimony to the wonder
full effects oftnis treat BLOOD PURIFIER. %
Call on the AGENT and get a Circular aud alma
nae, and read the wonderful cures this truly great
est of all Medicines has reformed.
None genuini unless signed by BENEFIT s
BEERS, Projectors, No. , Pearl stae9t, Richm ond
Va to whom all orders for supplies and agencies
must be addressed. Ffc'-
And for sale ~ r. H. CHuBn e. Co Ashland. d.
Slrivcr. Savanna, HAYES &. KENNINGER, Hayes
vile, J. HOFFMAN. Jeromeville, NJ. TyI Ter, Mohecam
willie. A. Stoner, LaSeviiIe~s station. J.. .StockmaI
ard ANDERSON e. Rowan, LoudonvilIe, and Dealer
i'll Medicines every where. - -
Jan. ,, IS n321@
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A CARD.

ID C. TICENOR has removed to the store
d. room directly under the Shield < BAN
ner Office, where he is opening and-offe ring for
sale, at the rery loacest prices, and extensive as
of
ENTIRELY NEW BOOKS,
MUSIC, BLANK BOOKS,
WALL PAPER, CUTLERY,
PAPER MACHIA GOODS,
PORT MONAIES,
and a variety of other flncy articles, selected
with care IN the EasterH markets. He respect
fully solicits the patronage of the people, and
hopes by strict attention to business, to give
satisfaction to his old friends and customers
generally M
N. B. The public are warned not to be de-
ceived or misled by finding our name attached
to any other establishment in to ~n.
Mansfield, Nov. 10, 1854. 24tf
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NOTICE.

r hereby given that the undersigned Eli
Bailey, who was convicted, at the Marcel
Term, A. D. 1861, OF the Court of Common
Pleas of Ashland County, and Sta e of Ohio
on a charge of selling and d,sposing of a couE-
Bank Note, and sentenced to imPris
onment in the Penitentiary for the term O
five years, will make application 10 the Gov
ernor of the State of Ohio, on his own behalf
for a pardon for said offence. ELI BAILEY
Ashland Feb. IS, 1853, 4o-3w.
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rERms OF

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A failure to pay in full, and give notice o.
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tors Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned
~ has been duly appointed aid qualified as Ad.
liinistrstor Of the estate oe Joseph Gray, decd
late of Savannah, Ashland county, Ohio, dated
March %, IS55 All persons Knowing themselves
indebted to said estate, by notes, Guebills, book,
accounts or otherwise. will come and settle imme>
dlately; and all having claims against said estate,
viii present them properly autheptieated for set.
tlement within one year from this date.
JOSEPH MeCUTCHEF.
Savannah Spril 6, 1855. Nv as
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To Officers, Soldiers, Seamen, &c, OF
all Wars their Widows and
Minor Children.
S. NJ. KNIGHT, Attorney for G overnm't Claim

s. NJ. KNIGHT, Attorney for G overnm'tl Claim
ants,
H. WASHINGTON, D..C,-
CONTINUES 20 give prompt and personal atten-
ton to prosecution OF Claims ofevery descrip-
ton against The General Government. and partic-
ularly to those before the Treasury Department..
Pension aud BoUnty-Land Bureuus, Patent and
General Land Offices, and Board Claim q -43=
An experieECe Of years, and a familiarity with
the means of 0ntaining the earliest and most avor-
able action on Claims. with his faculties for the
dispatch ofhusiness: justify him in assuring his
Correspondents. Claimants. and The Public gener-
ally, that interests jnlrusted to his keeping will
not be neglected. .r-... .g- ~
PENSION, Bounty LAND. PATENT, AND PUBLTc
-a.. LAND LAWS.
He has nearly rcsdyfOr gratuitous dislr button
among his business Correspondents, iand those
ing a Synopsis or the existing Pension, BOUNTY
Land, Patent, and Public Luud Laws down to the
end of the tate Notwithstanding tho -
Bounsy-Gard1 Ret of Sd FEarch, 1859,
under which all who have heretofore received less
than 100 acres are now entitled to additional land;
said Act grants also I6G acres to ali Officers, Nm
commissioned Officers. Chaplains, Soldiers. Wag
on Masters, Teamsters, ard friendly Indians, If
the army, including State Troops, Volunteers and
Militia-and all Officers, Seaman, Ordinary Sea
not heretofore provided for, who have served no
less than fourteen days (unless in battle } at any
period since 1916 aud TO the widows and mi
nor children Of ali such persons entitled, and de-
ceased. r 'a E 1870 .ls !
This pamphlet coniaiHsF Forms of Application .
more fill and %eRniplete Than any else WHARF TO &c
found adapted 10 The wants. of every class OF
Ilaimahis rhdcr me ACt, win coPlous decision.
ard Instructions OF the Department, and practical
suggestions as to the c ouTse TO be pursu ed in sus
pended protected cases. aro .rf74- .
Parties not wishing to avail themselves ofthe
facilities Afforded by this Office fl sucui ing prompt
and personal suPcriHtendcHce of their Claims at the
Departments. can obtain copies of the above PAM
phlct by RENTING thirty cents in postage stamps:
Inducements to CSTrcSpOndents.
Correspondents who prepare and forward cases
for management by this agency will he dealt with
lihcrslly supplied with all necessary hanks
| gratis. and kept constantly advised of The c!
that from time TO time occ ur in the execution 9th
law. t s-
1t is within the Subscribers power 10 direct his
Correspondents to the locality oTvery many per-
sons entitled under the late Act and having OBJ
tanned several thousand Land Warrants under for.
mer laws, he is in possession of daia that will
materially assist in securing additional bounty.
Fees, below the usual -ates-aud contingent up
on the admission of Claims.
The highest cash price given for Land Warrants,
Revolutionary, Scrips, and Illinois Land Patents.
Address $. M KNIGHT, los
~ 4 ..s- WASHINGTON CITY
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BRUcE's NEW YORK TYPE FOUN

10" H+ Dak a, #z"# asFH. H-- t.z-
TSTA BLISHED in 1919, has now on hand, ready
Il for immediate delivery, in fonts toNsuit pur-
100000 u. EemcH tEFe Cfnew cut,
sc, COO " Fancy type.
I0.GCO " scripts OF various styles, s
5 o00 " Germans l ISIS t- p
5.CCO 4" Ornaments in great variety,
5000 " Borders,
0,0Go feet Brass an| Type Metal Rulcs, md all
the novelties in the business.
An the above Tyf es are casI by steam power.
of the new composition of metal peculiar to this
Foundry and WHICH Is CERTAINLY SUPERIOR to any
ev9r used before in any part of tire world. The
unequalied rapidity in the process Of casting, ena-
bles me to sell those more durable types at the
prices of ordinary tepes, either on credit or for
cash. -.-4 ~
Presses, Wood Type, and all other Printing Ma
terials, except Paper and Cards, CIV hlch have no fix
ed duality or price1 furnished at manufacturers
prices 80 zasEa o
The latest Specimen Book ofthe Foundry is free
ly given to all printing Offices, on the receipt of ff-
ty cents to prepay shc postage.
II Printers OF newsPapers who choose topub
fish this advertisement, including this note, three
times before the first day of July, 1855. ard fer
ward me enc of the papers, will he all owed their
bills at the time OF purchasing five times The
mount of any manufactures. address,
GEORGE BRUCE,
IL Chambers Street. .Ne1c Fork.
New York, Feb. 1a, 1885. 3w4A.
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These examinations will commence at 10
O'Clock, A. NJ, and close at 4 O'Clock, p. NJ.
No applicant can be admitted to examination
after ii O'Clock, A. M. Written testimonials
of GOOD moral character will be demanded of
all appIicants. No certificate can be ante-da-
ted, ROBERT BEER,
CLERK Of the Board Of Examiners.
Ashland. March 81, 1853. iy43
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S.ARD.

At a meeting OF the Graduating Glass of Baron's
the Mercantile College, held in the Lecture Room
of College cdifce, Friday. 18th March, 1853, J. S.
Baker was appointed chairman. and Weston Ar
mold, Secretary. On motion; a committee Of five,
composed OF HI. Bowman, J. 5. Baker, L. J.
Forsyth, I. o. Sawyer and Geo. Nichol, was ap-
pointed to report resolutions expressive of the
high opinion entertained by the class, of the mer-
its OF this Institution, and of the character and
qualifications Of the Principal and his Assistants.
W hcreupon, the committee reported the follow
ing preamble and resolutions, which were unani
mouSly adopted:
WHEREAS. We, the members OF the Graduat-
ing Glass Of r. S. Bacon, Mercantile College. being
about TO separate. desire TO give to our
leelipgs-of respect ror our esteemed Instructor, and
his corps of able assistants. Therefore,,
RcsOIccd, That the thanks Of the class are due
10 cur SAID instructors Ter the UNIFORM kludhess oil
their deportment toward us while in this lnstitu-
ton al the same time the thoroughncss of their
instructions has entitled them to our highest re-
ResOIoed, That we to this %Instititu-
ton TO all who may desire to acquire u CONNER
ciaI education. as a%fordiLg the greatest facilities
for such acquisition.
ResoIged, That we as a class, anix our names
to these proceed ngs. and that a copy OF them be
delivered to RS. Bacon, aud that they be published
Ii. a. Bowman, S. Black, VIM. w. Snyder,
Isaac Baughman,J J. $. Baker, franklin Elliott,
=: w. Carroll, Ell; Fo.syth' 4: Paddock,
Sa1sess Tbompacm,H i. Kyeer, Daniei Bowen,
W. I. Robinson, George Harvie, S. Field.
BACoN's MERCANTILE CoLEEdE.-"The eSamina-
ton of the students in Bookkeeping exhibited a
degree OF proficiency on their part highly credit
tor. Themnst difIicuIt problems in Double, Entry
were as rapidly solved as the most simple, giving
ample proof TO the audience that the
Unmarried during the session would be of practical
beneft."-CineinRati Enquirer of March l2th, 1853
The various complex questions proposed by the
Principal and other gentlemen present, were an
swered with great promptitude and conciseness,
whicl1relects great credit upon the course of study
pursued at this Institution."-Cin Daily Gazette.
Mr.. Bacon is unrivalled as a teacher. A di.
ploma from this College in Cincinnati, is required
as a Sine qua non in obtaining situations IN the best
Mercantile Houses in large cities.'-ChiHicOtht
.fRcieat .MctropoHs May Stir, 1853.
Mr Bacon has constructed the Upper portion oil
his building expressly for the purposes Of his col
Iegc and withouta any doHbt, it is the most com
pletc arrangement of the kind in the u. States.
-CfReinHati Gazette, Nor. s, 1853.
This whole institution is undoubtedly the mos
elegant aud fnished establishment, for the pGr'
poses in the w Id."-EagGtrer. .
Eel 81. IS5I. IL 10.
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CTRAYED from the subscriber, living in
- Ashland, about the 30th of January, .
black Cow, with a white face, about 7 years
old. Any one returning said Cow, or giving
information at this office where she. may be
found will be rewarded for their trouble.
Z H.t 4lf OK. METLER.
Ashland, Feb2Ist, 1855.
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Livery Stable.

cHrTL A MOS LEWIS wishes it destinetly
@8S-A understood that he has not quit the
livery buesiness, and that he has Just made quite
n addition to his Stable in the the articles of Bug
gies and EAU horses,
His Stable is now kept Immediately back of
the Sampsel House. Customers can always fBd
some person to attend 10 them either at the sta
Bile or the SampSel House. Passengers carried from
Ashland in any direction, at moderate rates.
May IL, 1854. 2jtf,
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R,.ahmn Nmficc.

VIZ F. the undersigned will offer for sale on
w Friday, the 18th of May next, to the low
est and best bidder, the building of Il Bridge
across the Black Fork of Mohecan, one mile
east of Perrysville, near, or at Pratt's MILL
Said bridge will likely be built with stone butt
ments aud pier. Sale TO take place between
the hours OF two and four O'Clock, P. NJ. of
said day. G dGo m se6sSi CONS,
AMOS HILRoRN,
March 81, 1850. 4w43
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NOTICE.

T my instance a Writ of Attachment was
IN thus day issued by Elijah Hart, a Justice
of the PcJce of Mifiin Township, Ashland
o., against the property and effects ct
Marks, a nonresident of said County.
SOPHIA MARKS,
Dated this 26th day of Feb. 1853. 4o>4w.