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m TIE DEMOCRACY OF ASH
LAND COUNTY.

nee5ne of the Democratic Central Com
mittee- held at the Court House, in Ashland,
June 2Sth, a. D., 1856, for the purpose OF ar
ranging the time of holding the Primary Meet
ings and County Convention, 10 holllhaIe
County and District officers to be supported at
the October election, it was RESOLVED,
. lstI That the Primary. Meetings for the cleo
ton of Delegates to the County Convention,
shalI be held at the usual place OF hoIdlng elec-
tons in each Township, on SATpRDAa 'the
23d day of AUGUST, 1856, and thntthe Coun-
ty Convention shall be held in the town OF ASH
Ina on MONDAY, AUGUST 25th, 1856.
9nd. That there shall also be elected at SAID
Primary Meetings, Delegates (the number to be
hereafter announced) to the judicial and Con-
eressional Conventions to nominate a candidate
for Judge and for Congress, to meet at such
time and place as may be fixed upon by the
Central Committee of the several Counties com
posing the Districts, OF which due notice VIII
be given. ,
BY selecting three Judges and one Clerk, who
shall receive the votes and count and keep q
record of the same. The Polls shall be opened
at any time after 8 o'clock A. n. and closed be-
fore S O'Clock, P NJ, and none but those whose
support of the Democratic ticket can be reled
ON shaH be permitted to vote. The Delegates
shall bring with them to the Convention the
Poll Book, aud also 4 Certificate OF their cleo
ton. signed by the Judges and GleTk.
~ 4In. ia ~
names of all the candidates printed thereon, and
Blanks left for the names of Delegates, to be
voted for at the Primary Meetings, and the Del
ssates shall be considered instructed to sup
bort in Convention the candidates receiving the
highest number of votes:
9th. No candidate shall be voted for in Coup-
ty Convention unless his name shall have been
previously announced in the regular Democrat
ic paper Of the county, without the unanimous
consent of the Delegates present and the can
didater receiving a majority of all the votes cast
shall be declared the nominee.
9Th. That we adopt as the basis ofrepresen-
tation that fixed by the Democratic County
Convention in December last to-wit One Del
egate from each Township, one more for every
fifty votes cast at the last preceding election
Tor the Democratic candidate tor Governor, and
one additional delegate for every fraction over
twenty-five.
The following table exhibits the number of
Democratic votes cast at the last Governors
election, and the number of delegates each
Township is entitled to according to the above
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Sale of Real Estate by rderO OF Court
ON the 23d day of August, A. D., 1856, be-
~ tween the hours of ten o'clock A. NJ. and
four o'clock P. NJ, on the premises hereinafter
described will be sold to the highest bidder,
the following described Real Estate, situate in
the township of Perry, in the County of Ash
land and State of Ohio. and described as fol-
lows Being the middle part of the northwest
quarter of section twepty-nino, in township
twenty-five, of range fifteen, and bounded as
follows Commencing forty rods and six links
east of the northwest corner of said quarter /;
thence south parallel with the west line ofsaid
quarter one hundred and fifty-nine perches to
the southsline of said quarter section ; thence
east on said south line forty-two perches ;
thence north parallel with said west line one
hundred and f%ifty-nine perches to the north
boundary line thence west ON said north line
forty-two perches to the place of beginning.
containing fOrty-one acres and seventy-four
one-hundredths of an acre appraised at ST.
$500. Terms of sale-one-haifcash in hand,
one-fourth in enc year, and the residue in two
years with interest from the day ofsale. Back
payments to be secured by a mortgage on sifd
premises. JOHN SMALLEY,
Administrator of Isaac Smalley, decd,
July23, 1856. 4w7
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FRESH ARRIVAL OF
Spring and Summer Hats
AT THE
ASHLAND HAY STORE !

MI 8. @ATIPB 3Ih q CO.,
DROPRIETORS of the Ashland Hat Stons
l. announce the arrival of a fresh supply Of
Spring and Summer Hats and Caps at their
Store i'll Ashland, consisting of Silk, Beaver,
Otter and Soft Hats
of every style and quality.
Panama, Leghorn, Canton, Pebble, Pearl, Palm
and Straw Hats,
the cheapest ever brought to Ashland.
Ladies' Riding Hats, ChiIdren's Flats, Hats
and Caps. Gentlemsn's summer Caps,
a complete assortment.
This stock was purchased low, and can be
chants can sell, who have gone into the Hat
Business in a small way. II you want Cheap
Hats and Caps, come where there is a complete
assortment to select fron-that is, at the Ash
land Hat Store, a few doors above the McNul
ty House.
Ashland, April soth 1856. 479
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Let Us Reason Together.

REklSseN " ny aEe we SACh :
I T has been the lot of the human race to be weigh
i cd down by disease and suffer ng. HOLLo-
WAYS PILLS are specially adapted TO the relief
of the WEAK, the NERVOUS, the DELICATE,
and tile INFIRM, ofall chimes, ages, sexes, and
CONSTITUTE ons. Professor Holloway personally
sunerintends the manufacture of his medicines in
the United States and offers them to a rice and en-
lightened people, as the best remedy the worldeV-
er saw for the removal o!disease-
THESE PILLS rSRIFY THE BLOOD.
These famous Pills are expressly combined to
operate on the stomach, the liver, the kidneys,
the lungs, the skin and the bowels, correcting
any arrangement in their functions, purifying the
blood, the very fountain Of life, and thus curing
disease in all its FORMS
DYSPEPSIA n LIVER
Nearly half the human race have ttken these
Pills. 1t has been proved in allparts of the world
that nothing has been found equal TO them IN cases
Of disorders of The liver dy spepsia, and stomach
complaints generally. They soon give a healthy
tone to these organs. however much derGnged, and
when all other means have failed
General Debility. HI Health.
Many of the most d~espotic Governments have
opened their Custom Houses to the Introduction
ofthese Pills, that they may become the medicine
m n, Il i is the best remedy ever known for per
sons of delicate health, or where the system has
been impaired, as its invigoratlng properties
never fail to afford relief.
FEMALE COMPLAINTS.
No Female, Young or old should be without this
TnnnihIv courses at ali periods, acting in many
cases like a Charm. It is also the best and safest
medicine that can be given to Children of all ages
and for any complaint; consequently no family
should be withOutit.
HoLotvGy'S Pills are the bet remedy EHo1on IN the
/ ar0rld flo; the following Diseases:
Asthma, Bowel Complaints, Coughs, Colds, Chest
Diseases, CostivcneSs, Dyspepsia, DiarhGa, Drop
| Headaches, Indigestion, Influenza. inflammation,
Nenereal Afe CtiOns, Worms, OF all KINDS, stone
and Gravel, Secondary symptoms, Inward Weak
ness, Liver Complaints, Lowness Of Spirits. Piles
~ Sold at the Manufactures of Professor Hol
Ioway, go Maiden Lane, New York, and 244 Strand
London, by all respectable Druggists and Dealers
OF Medicine throughout the United States, and the
civilized world, in boxes at 25 cSnts, 62k cents, and
SIeach-
NPThere is considerable saving by taking the
larger sizes.
n. B.-Directions for the guidance Of patients
in every disorder are affixed to each box.
April 80. 1856. ly47.
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Farm for Sale.

THE undersigned wishes to sell his Farm, stu
l. ate in Ashland County, Ohio, on the road lead
ing from Savannah to Oliveseurg, four miles from
Savannah and five miles west OF Ashland, con-
tanning 93A acres. There is on the Farm a fine
Frame Dwelling House, Stabling, and other out
houses a large Orchard of choice Fruit Trees;
twogood Springs of Water is in excellent repair,
we'll timbered, ina very healthy location, and is
every way calculated to make a desirable home.
Terms made known on application to the un-
dersigned, Oh the premises.
WILLIAM BARR.
MAY IA. $50.
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The Committee would respectfully urge
that there be a thorough organization Of each
Township, so that all may be fully represented,
md thereby nominate such men for Office as
will be elected by a triumphant majority.
J d. JONES,
DANIEL CAMPBELL,
d. S. SAMPSEL.
WM. S. STRICKLAND,
J.. P. COWAN.
DEMocRATIo CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF ASH
LAND CouSTY.
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~
Mr.. EDRoR:-You will please announce the
name of GEORGE W. GEDDES, of Rich
land County, as a Candidate for District Judge,
subject to the decision of the Democratic Ju-
dicial Convention, an1pblige
MANY DEMOCRATS.
Mr.. EpIref: Pfease aanoupce the name of
THOMASTH9NNEPe Montgomery town
ship, as Waudfdats9er9s l6Rce>ofIProsec
ting Aforney, subject to the decision of the
Democratic County Convention. and 0blIge
MANY DEMOCRATS.
EprroR UkroS,: Please announce the name of
WILLIAM S. STRICKLAND, Esq, of Yer
million township, as a candidate for County
Commissioner, subject to the decision of the
Democracy at their County Convention, and
obligc HOSTS OF DEMOCRATS.
Mr.. EDrToR Please announce the name of
John JACOBS, Sen, of Montgomery town
ship, as a candidate fer County Treasurer, sub
ject to the decision of the County Delegate Con
vention of the Democracy, and obliee
= HOSTS OF DEMOCRATS. :
~ Ed. ASHLAND UH1ox:-Please announce the
name of JOHN G.. BROWN, of Orange Town
: ship, as a candidate for Sheriff of Ashland
County, subject to the decision of the Demo
cratic County Convention, and oblige
MANY DEMOCRATS. u
Mr.; EorroE Please sspouRee the name of
subject to Re Seci1o1 ofl16 Democratic County
MANY DEMOCRATS.
c. W. BusHNEH, Esq-Please anpoHace te
name of .GEOEE w. I'LL, N%f~t-
Auditor, sG$gFS < dssisi5S Of the DSsaSy
cratic DelegaM Convention, and oblige
~" MANY DEMOCRATS.
Mr. EDITOR Please announce the name of
v. ROCKWELL, of Nohecan Township, as
~ a candidate for the Office of Sheriff. subject TO
e the decision of the Democratic County Conyen-
hon, and otlige his numerous
DEMOCRATIC FRIENDS
10 Ed. UNION -By announcing the name of j.
Z j. HOFFMAN, of Mohecan Township. as a
: candidate for Sheriff, subject to the decision of
~ the Democracy at the Democratic County Con
vention, You viii confer a favor on hosts of
Democrats in OLD
ME-. BUSHNELL the name OF
? DANIEL CAMPBELL, Esq, of Orange Town
ship, for the Office of Sheriff of Ashland Coun-
siity, subject to the decision of the Democracy at
their County Convention, and oblige
.s HOSTS OF DEMOCRATS.
Ma. EpIToa Please aAkounoe the 3mf of
JAMES SFREFORD Toxin
ship. as 02zz1EA46e the
desisio91Ss Democratic &c Gon TegE%6 and
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THE GREAT TRAvELER.-Fremont is
a great traveller. He was thirty days
in the United State Senate, and drew
it is said $4,000 for mileage! Construc-
tive mileage this was for Fremont was a
traveller on this occasion as he is a great
statesman-by construction.
No wonder he is GREELEY's candi-
date for the Presidency! we have been
waiting for the most ~extraVagant case of
extortion, in the way offalse charges of
mileage, knowing that the author would
be GREELEY's choice fer the highest
place in the government FREMONT is
L" the coming man"-and he charges for
" coming" and going, and thirty days
service at the rate of $500 a day.-AL
6any atlas.
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A MONSTER MEEr1NG.-The big Bat
tie Ground Mass Meeting to be held at
Tippecanoe, Indiana, Sept. Sd, is to be
the Monster Meeting of the Campaign.
Mr.. BREcKENnIDGE has positively assn
red the Committee that "if alive he
would be there Judge DOUGLAS has
given the same assurance; also DANIEL
S. DICKINSON, Col. BLACK, and others.
This famous ground is but six miles
from Lafayette, with railroads radiating
to all parts of the State. Lafayette is
going to lay herself out to accommodate
the crowd.
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- IOtal 40
The Congressional Convention viii meet in
Wooster, the time TO be arranged by the Com
mittees of which due notice will be gwen.
The Judicial District Convention will meet
IN the town of Mansfield, Oh Wednesday the
9th day of August, 1856.
The number OF Delegates to each of these
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CINCINNATI, Aug. 7.-AMERIcAN Ma
JoRITIEs -Woodford County, 2lli Lin
coin 200; Boyle 500; Garrord AIS;
Clarke 545; Spencer, Davies, Larue,
Mead, Breckinridge's: give small AmeIi-
can majoritics. Scott Co., 450 Demo
cratic. TrimbIe County gives a small
democratic majority.
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LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, August T.
T~hirty-six Counties returns mostly COM
plete.
American msjorities, twenty hundred
and seventy three.
The Democrats gain on SIS vote for
Gov e. $685..
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THIS well and favorabIy known Company
4 continues to insure the safer classes of
property on the most reasonable terms. Based
upon firm foundation, the capital increases
with its liability. Its risks are limitedt to 1000
dollars, and the business of the Company con
fined to Ohio.
Citizens of Ashland and adjoining Counties,
patroniZe your own institutions. This Com
pany presents superior inducements to Farm
ers by way of insuring their property. Call
at the office and get a pamphlet explaining
the system upon which this Company is based.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
EAST SPRINGFIELD, Jefferson Co., o.,
May End, 1855.
To the Treasurer of the Ashland Mutual Ins.
Co.-Dear Sir: Accept my thanks for the
prompt payment of my loss on my store and
dwelling house in ten days after the fire, of
$4,000. Such Companies deserve the conf
dence of the public, and l cheerfully recon
rance. Respectfully,
SAMUEL LINDSEY.
NASHVILLE, Holmes Co, O., Jan. 10, 1856.
To the Treasurer of the Ashland Mutual ms.
Co.. l am in receipt of a Draft for the amount
of my loss in the destruction of my dwelling
house, by fire, a few weeks ago. Accept my
sincere thanks for the prompt payment of the
loss, and my best wishes for the success ofyour
Company. Truly Yours,
JESSE HARRIS.
Apply for insurance TO l.. JEFF. SPRENaLE,
at the Office ofthe Company, and tothe agents
in the principal towns in Ohio.
Ashland. Feb. Is, 1856. 37-Iy
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ST. Louis, Aug. Galloway county
gives Ewing 500 over Polk.
Anderson, American candidate for
Congress, beats Richmond, Dem, about
$50 in county.
Colt County-Ewing's maj. $50.
Lincoln county gives Polk 800 maj.
Richmond, Dem. Congress, about 800.
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Lerona has risen where General Puix

Lerona has risen where General PuiX
commanded the garrison.
The London Sun says liz were killed
in the streets of Barcelona. Tie people
fought behind barracades with determin-
ed courage for three days when their
leader deserted them.
The new Spanish government had
issued a programme of policy, which is
theoretically very liberal.
A number of arrests had been made
in Paris of persons who bad formed
groups in the streets talking of Spanish
affairs.
Nothing of Importance from other
parts of Europe.
LoNDoN.-The Morning Advertiser
says the American question may be re-
garded as virtually settled, and it will
probably be announced in her Majesty's
speech on the p~rorogation of Parlia-
ment.
The terms agreed to are THAT the
Bay Islands reveal to Honduras, that
republic pledging itself never to cede
them to any other powers, or allow in
reference in their affairs. America
heartily acquiesces in this arrangement,
and joins with Honduras as a consenting
party to the agreement, and has ex-
pressed a willingness to sign a treaty if
deemed necessary.
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BLOODY REVOLUTION IN SPAIN.
Troops Butchered in Cold Blood.
ELECTION NEWs-KENTUOIkY Oh
Missouri and Iowa in Doubt.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 5th, P. M.-Blair's
majority over Kennett, will not be far
far from one thousand.
Benton's majority oyer Polk in this
county, about thirty-three hundred dit
to oyer Ewing about two thousand
vote not all counted-but it is pretty
certain the entire Benton ticket is elect
ed in this county.
At Hannibal, Ewing's majority over
Benton 266, over Polk lis. Richmond,
Democrat for Congress largely ahead.
WASHINGTON, Aug. Two new land
districts have just been created by law
in Minnesota, embracing all the region
between Lake Superior and the Missouri
river Oh the cast and west boundaries of
the territory, and between the Canada
line and the east and west line to a point
six or eight miles north of the mouth of
the Crow Wing river.
The act provides an appropriation of
$4,000 for new surveys.
Proper Instructions have already been
issued by the general land office for ex-
tensive surveying operations.
This is an important movement in con-
nection with the commerce of the lakes.
and the general resources of the country.
Since the facilities CT communication
now employed there the lakes and vari-
Gus lines OF railroads are such as to af-
ford ample outlets between this place
and the Atlantic cities.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. Official vote of
this county materially reduced MAORI
ties previously reported. 1t is as fol-
lows:-Benton, $685. Ewing, 4,7I3;
Polk, 2,781.
For Congress.-Blair, 6 thousand and
s.; Kennett, 5,549; Reynolds, 2,l8l.
St. Francis County-Polk's majority
probably four hundred. Caruthers, Dem.
for Congress, about the same.
Howard County gives Polk two hun
dred majority, and elects two Demo
cratic Representatives.
Lincoln County reported two hundred
majority for Polk.
St. Genevieve County gives Caruthers
los over both competitors.
Cooper County gives Ewing about 100
over Polk.
Partial returns from Keokuk, Iowa,
give Curtiss, Republican for Congress,
a vcry simultaneously in the city. 1t is
thought he will be beaten 500 in county,
and that Hall, Dem. his competitor,
will be elected in District
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Important from Washington
FOREIGN NEWS.

CoMMERcE OF THE STATES.
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Mackerel


NFAN IMPROVED FORM for sale very
-~---.+L:~ Ofi"a Five u call.
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THESE PILLS pSRIFY THE BLOOD.

These famous Pills are expressly combined to
operate on the stomach, the liver, the kidneys,
the lungs, the skin and the bowels, correcting
any arrangement in their functions, purifying the
blood, the very fountain of life, and thus curing
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BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT.

The following arc the concluding sen.
fences ola strongly marked humanitarian
story published in "Putnam's Monthly
for January, entitled The Ghost" They
are eloquent and beautiful, stirring all the
generous impulses Of the soul to renewed
devotion TO Truth and Duty.
''Ouce again the ancient prophecy Of
peace and good will shines upon world
Of wars and wrongs aud woes. Its soft
ray shines into the darkness Of land
wherein swarm slaves, poor laborers, so
cial pariahs, weeping women, homeless
exiles, hunted fugiiiyes, despised aliens,
dIunkards, convieis, wicked children, and
Magdalens unredeemed These are but
the ghasilicst figures in that army Of hu-
manity which advances by dreadful
road, 10 the Golden Age Of the poets
dream. These are your sisters aud your
brothers. Love them all. Beware Of
wTonging them By word Or deed. OF
friend, strong in wealth for 20 much good
take my counsel In gsHane of The
.SaUioy 1 charge BE- t,Tts and tsader to all
men. Come oai from Babylon into man
hood, and live and labor for the fallen,
the neglected, the suffering, and the poor.
Lovers, Of artz, customs, laws, institutions
and forms Of society, love those things
only as they help mankindI With stern
loye, oyeFsurn them, or help TO oserturn
them, when they become cruel 10 single
1.-THE huInblest--human being. In the
worlds scale, social position, influence,
public power, the applause Of inajorities,
heaps of funded gold, services rendered
70 ereeds, codes, seeis, parties or fedora
lsions--lIley weigh weight. Butin Gods
reaemher. Jour beast service 10 human
j iiy autweighs iliem al
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EFFECT or COFFEE or DISEASE
DIR. Mosely observes, in his Treatise on
Coffee, that the great use of the article
in France, is supposed to have abated the
gravel. In the French colonies, where
coffee is moro used than in the English,
as well as in Turkey, where it is the
principal beverage, not only the grave
but the gout is scarcely known. DIR
Faur relates, as an extraordinary in
stance of the effect of coffee in gout, the
case OF Mr.. Deyerau, who was attacked
with gout at the age of twenty-five, and
had it severely until he was upwards o
fifty, with chalk stones in the joints Of hii
hands and feet; but for four years pre-
ceding the time when the account Of hi
case had been given to DIR. Faur to lal
before the public, he had, by advice, use
coffee, and had no retern Of the gout al
terwards.
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IRAsBURGH, VERMONT, FRIDAY, JULY IS. 1856.

Many thanks for inspiring me with the
belief that | am not yet forgotten y
We win not describe the meeting of the
long separated lovers, tempered in its
gladness by some saddening memories on
either side. But JOY is a medicine more
potent than all the drugs of science, and
in few weeks, Lord March bore away
to English Halls blushing New Eng
land bride. A year later her husband
received long letter from Nathan, an
nouncing his marriage with one of her
own schoolmates, lovely and amiable
girl.