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The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-12-10

DERIVATION OF THE NAME "MALA-
KoFF.n-The etymology of the word
Malakoff, says a late Russian paper,
has been discovered at length by the
Courier Of Odessa. Mr.. Alexander
Malakoff, was a sailor at Sebastopol up
to 1918, when he was dismissed from
the service for a species of rebellion,
which took plac, in that year among the
crew of the Russian fleet in the Black
Sea. At all times strongly addicted to
drinking, he established a public house
on the hill, which received his name, as
we'll as the small village which was sub
sequently built in that part of the Kar-
abelnaia.
1t is said that Gen. Houston will
be a candidate for Governor of Texas at
the Bext canvass.
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REASON ANN ComMoN SENsE.-Our

readers may remember we have on several occa
sions spoken in very eulogistfc terms of a prepare
ton which DIR. Seth s. Hance, l0s Baltimore
street. Baltim ore, Md, has disc overed for the cure
of Epileptic Fits. Now, in doing so, we have been
actuated by the very best motives, viz: the allie
Walton of human suffering. From circumstance
which have lately come to our knowledge, We
fear there is a certain class of persons who are
not disposed to try this remedy in q common
sense manner. We alludc to the fact of selecting
a particular case in d town where perhaps there
are six or eight cases, and trying it on one case.
Now. perhaps the case selected might be the only
one Of the whole number that it would not cure.
This is neither doing themselves nor the medicine
Justice. If i dozen persons were stricken down
with cholera in one town or neighborhood, would
they all send for a physician. or would only one
employ him, and wait and see il he cured the first
patient7 That plan of procedure would be most
absurd. So in the case of DIR. Hance's remedy, ev
cry one who has Fits should try it for a reasonable
Iencsh of time. 1t will not cure in 4 dag or week /;
n otFing worth doing can be accomplished at once.
What is easily undone. The growth of time is en-
during. From the most respectable testimony we
have examined, we feel assured that by a proper
perseverance, in this remedy, nine cases of Epilep-
sy out of ten may be cured. The Pills are sent by
mail free of postage to any part of the world.
Price: one box 81 two 81 twelve "a. You will
find the address above. 4w26-
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DIR. RoBAck's Successive have al

ways been inclined to receive with doubt the &C
counts Of wonderful cures in desperate cases, with
which the prOpTietors of patent medicines are &C
customed TO garuish their advertisements, but the
effects produced by the Scandinavian Remedies of
this disting uished Swede are SO notorious, and so
ampls verified by direct personal testimony, as 10
put doubt and suspicion out OF the question. The
prehend nervous complaints, dyspepsia, bilious
disorders, fits, rheumatism, and almost every spe-
cies OF disease affecting the stomach, the skin. and
the organs of respiration. Under these circum-
stances we can have no objection in giving such
important facts publicity in our columns. Hamlet
dreamed of in your philosophy, ~ and every day
convinces us that the science of medicine is not
back has acquired fame and fortune by his success
full treatment OF disease, and his Blood Purifier
and BLOOD Pills are in general demand. See Ad-
Yertisement. 4W96.
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Nicaragua and it's Capacities.

A writer to the Richmond Enquirer
from Nicaragua, gives the following
character of that country, now under tho
control of Gen. Walker. 1t is evident
from this that there is still a wide open.
ing and a large work for those whose
business it is to pioneer new, uncivilized
and uncultivated countries. All the
"good land of the earth is not taken
up, and the field is still wide for the Ia
bors of civilization.
The writer says:
"The State is as large as Virginia
and 90 per cent. public lands. This l
got from the natives after careful en-
quiry.
The lands are rich and the produc
lions those most adapted to slave labor,
viz
l.. S gar in perfection no frost.
2 Tobacco rudeiy cultivated, but not
much inferior TO the Cuban.
8. Coffee of good quality. now much
neglected.
4. Indigo-said once to have been the
best in the world, but its culture has
been abandoned since the civil wars. 1t
is, however, more easily restored than
any other crop, and the vats for its prep
~aratiou are still to be found on the old
estates. They were made by the Span
iards of stone and cement.
5. Cocoa-from which chocolate is
made. A beautiful crop, requiring but
little labor, and yielding a great value
in a small bulk.
6. Rice-very abundant, of the up
land varieties.
7. Dye-woods, of various kinds and of
great value.
The foregoing are al! produced on the
low country adjoining the lake and the
Pacific. But there are no marshes, that
l saw, in travelling extensively in this
region. As you ascend the mountains
which lie to the North and East, you
meet with other productions, viz:
8. Cotton, of excellent quality.
Q. Then wheat, which is said to yield
we'll. There are still some old flour
mills in this section. Wild Indians here
begin to be troublesom
10. With wheat appear the fruits of
the temperate zone.
II. Open glades, covered with perpet-
ual grass, on which, in some parts, herds
of thousands of cattle may now be seen.
IL. A little higher than the pastures,
gold and silver mines, which the natives
are now working with profit, though u.s.
ing the rudest and most inartiicial pro-
cess for example, they bring the ore
down to their grinding places on the
backs of the oxen
Is. The best kinds of timber are to
be found in all parts. 1 was particular
" struck with the CEDAR, beams of which
were shown me, said to be IL years old,
and as sound as they were the day they
were put up.
"1n speaking of the productions of
Nicaragua, I left out corn and plantains.
These constitute the principal diet of
the people, and the latter serve the
great mass for meat as well as bread. A
lower diet you could not eonceive-hard-
ly good enough for a decent mich COW,
and nothing could more strongly mark
the low grade of the miserable human
brute that feeds on it. Its great rec
ommendation to him is that it grows al
most spontaneously, and costs him no
labor to get it. Corn is also sowed in
some places and cut as grass. They
don't allow it to grow large enough to
be called fodder"
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Internal deed. and would have been
hung up again but for the interposition
of some of tho less excited in the crowd,
whose counsel prevailed and the negro
was accordingly taken to West Union,
lodged in Jail, and chained to prevent
his escape
During Monday night, Morris reach
ed home from Cincinnati. On Tuesday
morning, a crowd of SO men with John
Dougherty "a brother of Mrs. Morris)
at their head, left Manchester for the
county seat, where they broke open the
Jail, bursting the locks with hammers
and axes.
On reaching the room where the ne
gro was, Dougherty with one blow from
an ak broke his chain, and then raised
the ak to cleave the negro's skull, but
the arm of the Infatuated man was caught
and the negro saved for a different death.
At the time, the Adams County Court
of CommonPleas was in session, attended
by probably n thousand persons, who
were deeply interested in the trial of the
Irishman Milligan, who murdered old
man Senter and his wife about a year
ago.
The mob-spirit spread SO rapidly that
it was proposed to the Manchester crowd
to wait a little, and if the court should
not sentence Milligan to hanging, the
mob would then hang them both togeth-
er. But the Manchester crowd was
intent upon completing the work they
had undertaken, and being Joined by
several hundred men, took the negro Bill
back to Manchester, and over to the Is
land, where they hung him upon the
limb Of a tree some twenty five feet high.
On his way from Jail, and even under
his gallows, the negro cursed and swore
terribly, and vowed that if he got off
alive he would kill Mrs. Morris at sight.
After hanging until he was dead, his
body was cut down. and with the chain
still fastened to him, deposited in a box
and buried on the Island
At West Union the jailor was absent
when the attack was made on the jail.
But the Sheriff of the county rushed
into Jail with gun in hand and attemp-
ted to prevent the rescue of the prisoner.
The gun was wrenched from him and
his power defied.
Mrs. Morris is lying very ill, and it
is quite doubtful whether she will re-
cover from the brutal treatment she
at the negro's hands. The me-
gro's own wife was so shocked with the
horror of his crime, and his repeated
vilIainies of the kind, that she did not
even beg the crowd to spare his life.
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THE STATE OF OHIO, ASHLAND COUNTY, SIS.

THE STATE OF OHIO, ASHLAND COUNTY, SIS. I
1T is HEREBY CERTIFIED, that the foregoing is a true list of Lands and
Town Lots, lying and being in the County of Ashland, Delinquent for the Taxes,
and penalty, of the years A D. 1855 and 1856 Notice is hereby given
said list contained a aforesaid, or 70 much thereof as will be necessary to pay
in said County. on the second Monday of January, A D. 1857, being the 18th day
of said month, by the County Treasurer, and to continue from day to day until all
are sold or offered for sale, unless such Taxes, interest and penalty be paid before
that time ISAAC GATES, Auditor of Ashland County.
\. B. Many persons owning Lands and Town Lots in the foregoing list, may
have paid their taxes, interest and penalty n the same, before the second Monday
of January next. Such persons need give themselves D uneasness as VI g will
compare the list with the Treasurers books before selling the same, and all who
have paid previous to that time will not be included IN such delinquent sale
November %, lS56-25-4w. ISAAC GATES A A. G.
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GREAT CURE OF RHEUMArl

Editors of the Richmond Republican, o: Dec. cath,
1859, saws that Carter's Spanish Mixture is no quack
medicine.
They had a man in their press room who was ar
ficted with violent Mcrcurial rheumatism, who
was continually complaining of misery in the
bat X, limbs and joints hi eyes had become fe.
verish and mattery, neck swollen, throat sore,
and all the symptoms of Rheuma tism. combined
with Scrofuia. Two bottles of Carriers Spanish
Mixture cured him, and, IN an editorial notice as
above, they hear testimony to its wonderful eff
fects, and say Il cir only regret is, that all suffering
with disease of the blood arc not aware of the ex>
istence of such q medicine. They cheerfully rec
commended it.
See their certificate, and notice in full around
the bottle. 4ws6.
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IMPORTS OF Day GooDs.-The total
imports of Dry Goods at New York dur
ing November were S403 500 greater
than for November of last year $685.
099 over the receipts for the same
month of 1854 and $3.50, COG less than
for the same period of 1858. The total
imports since the lst of January last
amount to S7s, $685. 91, which is 81
1879, s73 greater than for the same peri
cd of last year, $9,656,5l3 greater than
for the same period of 1854; but only
S662, I46 greater than for the CORES.
ponding period of 1853.
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SPEC TAI MOTTO rs.
HoYoUoY'S Pills have again triumphed

Holo,ooy's Pills have again triumphed
over every other Medicine. -Interesting Case H.
Emily Marion. aged Il. of Walnut Street, Cincin-
-Hatir=k5.red much and often from sick heaaaches,
tottering ofthe lin bs, numbness of the whole body,
and other symptoms which very much alarmed
her fond parents. the actual name and nature of the
complaint puzzled every .one, it bore such a varie-
ty of aspects, aud consequently there We're a vari-
ETY. of opinions on the subject. Three months ago,
the mother went to work with HolIoway's Pills,
which very quickly performed their part, for in
six weeks the young lady was in possession of the
most robust health after every advice and medi-
cine had failed. They are an excellent medicine
for young ladies entering into womanhood.
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&. 9. B88R,
BOOKSELLER AND STAT10NER,
OHIO.


II EEPS constantly on hand c large assort-
IN ment of School, Miscellaneous and Blank
Books, Bibles and Testaments, Stationery of
every variety to be found in the market. Cap,
letter and note Paper, by the ream, quire or
sheet. Plain and fancy Envelopes, By the M,
c or single pack. Arnold's eelebrateI Wrii
ting Fluid, in quart, pint. half pint-6 CT. or
4 OF. bottles also red and carmine also sew
eral other varities of Writing Inks, in large or
small bottles,
Fancy Coos
pocket knives, port monaies, card cases, paper
knives and weights, gold pens. in great varis-
ty of cases, pens and pen-holders in great vari.
etv of styles and qualities Ladies' travel No
Baskets, work and card baskets, various. sizes
and styles.
WALL PAFEn
in great variety, and border to match WIN.
dow paper, various styles. Oil shades cur.
tain fixtures, cords and Tassels. &c ~
Thankful forthe liberal patronage heretofore
bestowed, be would ask his friends and the
public to give him a call and examine for
themselves and then decide whether it will be
to their interest to purchase athome, when pri-
ces arc moderate, or abroad, when blowing 10
very profuse and prices high.
Blank work of any size or style, got up on
short notice and of the very best quality ofpa-
per and binding, and at the lowest prices. Or
ders solicited. Merchants supplied with goods
at lowest eastern wholesale prices. Store
at the old stand, opposite the Bank.
Feb. I3, 1856. 6m3I
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GREAT SHOOTING IN ALABAMA.-The
Eutaw Wing states that cambridge G.
Williams, Esq, of that place, shot, on
the wing, several days ago, eight turkeys
with one ball, of which number he kill
ed seven. Mr.. Williams was formerly
of Nottoway, Virginia. -
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E CHINESE BATTLE.
2 500 C~ombatants.

Four Slain-POur wounded-and two
hundred and Fifty Arrested by the
Authorities.
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MILLER e
and Restaurant

THE subscriber announces that he still keeps
l. open his well known Hotel, opposite the Samp
sci House, Main Street, Ashland, for the accom-
notation ofthe travelling public He hopes that
the liberal patronage heretofore extended him will
be continued in the future. He particularly in
vites his friends in the country to call with him,
as his bills will always be fund very reasonable.
His table will constantly be well supplied, and
good stabling for horses and a faithful Ostler will
always be provided. Boarding for private fami-
lies or single persons en- be had at reasonable
rates -
BAKERY AND RESTAURANT
In connection with the Hotel he wlllalso con
tinue tc keep open his BAKERY and RESTAU-
RANT, where he will, at all lines keep on nand
Confeetionaries. Pies, Bread, cakes,
all kinds OF Temperance drinks, and in short
e.ting honses. MILLER
Ashland, Dces5, 1855. 27-tf.
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yours respectfully,

COL. j. a. HARVEY,
of Free Kansas.
The names of eighty-cight other per-
sons. many of the L from Ohio, are at
tached to the foregoing statement Of
Col. Harvey, and who certify that they
are knowing to the above statements"
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Ashland Mutual Ins. Co.,

ASHLAND, OHIO.
CHARTERED A. ID. 1851.
IT HAS NEVER MADE AN ASSESSMENT.
OAR OF DIRECTORS.
=. Riser, A. Huffman,
]. Q. Jennings, L. JEFF. Sprengle,
J. B. F; sampsel, J. Musgrave.
j. Grail, B. B. Clark,
II. Luther.
OFFICERS,
p. Riser, President, L. jeff. Sprengle, Seetry,
j. Grail, Treasurer.
THIS well and favorabIy known Company
l. 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 limited to a 900
dollars, and the business of the Company con-
fined to Ohio.
Citizens of Ashland and adjoining Countless
patronize your own institutions. This Com
pany presents superior inducements to Farm
ers by way of insuring their property. Call
the system upon which this Company IS based,
ILLUSTRATIONS.
EAST SPRINGFIELD. jefferson Co., o.,
May End, 1856. +,
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 1 cheerfully recom-
mend your Company to all in need of insu.
rance. Respectfully,
SAMUEL LINDSEY.
NASHVILLE, Holmes Co., o., Jan. 10, 1856.
To the Treasurer of the Ashland Mutual Ins.
I 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 h success ofyour
Company. Truly Yours,
JESSE HARRIS.
Apply for insurance to l.. JEFF. S~PRENGLE,
1t the Office ofthe Company, and to the agents
N the principal towns in Ohio.
Ashland. Feb. 10, 1856. 37-Iy
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Confectionaries.

Confectionaries.
iTRHE choicest lot of Confectionaries ever
j brought to Ashland, to be scenic
Drug Store of DULIN & CRANE
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HANNAH NoRE's PuDplNG.--SiS ounces of
apples chopped fine, six ounces of hee-suot
chopped fine, SIX ounce, ID! bread grated, six
ounces Of cugnuts, six ounces OF mi,iu-.
stoned and chopped, six ounces Of sugar, six
eggs well beaten, three ounces of clu.lyi peel
chopped, half "a nutmeg grated, uuJ glass oi
brandy. These ingredients To- be we'll missed,
auI boiled in "a wcll-huttereI quart mould for
three hours. Thus pudding should be mixed
the day before it is cooked. ltisa rich pud-
ding for company, and not expensive.
BREAD pUppING.-C Crumhle down stale bread
in dish, boil sufficient milk, which pour On
to the bread. Cover it up for quarter of an
hour that the bread may swell, then beat it
up to a fine pulp, stirring in lumpot buster
NOW beat mp three or four eggs, ground cin-
namon, ginger, grated lemon-pecl, and sugar
to taste, halt pound of raisIus stoned and
chopped; half q pound of cuuauts picked and
washed; with little salt. Mix this among
the bread; make it Of the conslstence of thick
batter. Butter the dish, pour Tin, and bake
for half an hour.
BREAD AND Butter PUDDNG.-Cut some
slices of thin bread and butter, and have ready
some currants picked and washed Butter Il
dish and lay slices of the bread and butter ON
the bottom of it then strew some currants
over them, then lay another row OF bread and
butter, then some currants, until the dish be
full, Then beat up four eggs add pint of
new milk, a little ground cinnamon, nutmeg,
grated lemon-peel, four OF five bitter alulnds
blanched and crushed and sugar T. your
taste also a very little salt. Mix all these
together and pour them over the bread and
butter. Bake hail an hour
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Shooting Sales.--future was man who,
when tine stars were all out alb owe, and the
municipal stars were complai'lnt below, used
to rig up Il telescope whcrewith to study
Astronomy at siXpence Il squint.
One night, as he was getting under way, |
saw two Irish gentlemen taking an observation
to his movements. Both were policemen.
,hmey, We diyil,' said one, what in the
wurred is yon fellow after with his machine
ryl'
Whist, ye sralpeon, whispered the other,
sure, can't ye see that it's an air-gun can
non that he's got He's after shooting stars,
he is
Hadn't we better be getting out av the
way thin = inquired his friend
Sure, and it 5 not us, was the answer
Didn't ye never hear Of shooting stars
BY this time the telescope man had arrang-
ed his instrument and squintei through it up
at the stars. just then by an odd chance, II
large meteor shot down the sky,
'Bcdad he hit it-he's fetched it down =
cried both the Paddles in IA breath. Sure.
and that's the greatest shooting liver saw in
all my life
But a sense Of duty at once prevailed and
one Of them at once rudely accostcd the man
Of science
Ven Just stop that now, Mister, av We
place. Tho night is dark enough now, plin-
ty, and nv ye go on shooting stars at that
rate sorra n man'll find his way about the
strdtc.
And the telescope man had to pick up AMI
be off.
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NoN- -SyrTlNG CRFplroR.--Ther was LAWYER
On Cape Cod, Il long time ago, the only one
in those 'dlggins then, and, for ought know
at present. He was man well to do in the
world, and, what was somewhat surprising,
in limb of the law avcrse to incur litiga-
tion. One day Il client came to him in IL ylo-
lent rage:
Look here, squire said he, that are
blasted shoemaker down to the Pigeon Grove
has goneand sued me for the money for pair
Of boots | owe him.
Did the boots suit you .
On yes
Well, then, you owe him the money hon
| estly ,.
Course
Well, why don't you pay HIM =
Why, cause the blasted snob went and
sued ne, and want to keep him out of his
money ii | kin
1t will cost you something.
don t care for that. How much do you
want to 20 on with =
'Oh, ten dollars will do.
Is that all Well here an Y, so 20
ahead, and the client went off, very well sat
i-iied with the beginning.
Our lawyer next called on the shoemaker
and asked him what he meant by instituting
legal proceedings against NJ.
Why, said he, know he was able to
pay, and was termined to make him.
That's the long and short ofit.'
Well said the layer, he's always been
good customer to you; think you acted
too hastily. There's II trile to pay on account
OF your proceedings, but think you had bet
ter take those five dollars and call it square
Certain Squire, if you say 50, and glad
to get it, was the answer,
So the lawyer tOrkel over the \ and knnt
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" The following pleasant anecdotes Is
from ." Chances and Glimpses," new book
hy Harriet X. Hunt, who was once teacher
IN Boston
\ cousin Of mine in Charleston, haviu.
passed away, it became proper that should
attend her funeral. 1t was school afternoon A.
| did not dismiss the scholars and as they
disliked monitor, | hit upon the following
plan of leaving them, placed in the chair
the large old fashioned slate, { it had been
my fathers } wrote on it the names of the
scholars in the order in which they sat ar
ranged the needle-work and reading, for al
ways had some interesting work read aloud
by some elder pupil every aiternoou-and
then said, " Now my children, when the clock
strikes ., leave your seats orderly, 90 to my
chair and place on the slate, by each of your
names, uHH for good behavior, and cross
for bad When | return, | shall anxiOusly
look at the slate and the next morning,
when you are all assembled, will read the
list aloud that everything may be confirmed.
But | trust you ~ On my return | visited
the school room, and found but one cross ON
the slate, and that where | least expected it
appended to the name of a beautiful, open,
bright, brave child, who then promised much
for the world--tho fact of her having rich
parents being her greatest drawback. She
was the last child in the school should have
thought capable of any misconduct Well
the next morning came the list was read,
it proved truthful but when | came to this
name, | said, " My dear child, YOU must cX-
plain, why Is thss what did You do ~
Looking up to mo with those soulful eyes