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That FENeE.-The black republican
papers seem dreadfully exercised abdus
the State House yard nce,swhich some
joker said would cost $l00,000: Hyss
terical shrieks come up from every hill
and valley, and an ,extraVagantcompu
tion of $z6, ,797, made forsome object in
1855 by the architect is claimed an
extravagant Democratic set off. They
(and the ashland Times among the
number claim that the fence aHill
cost less than $40, 600. They might
as well tell the truth at oDce-7Aat
amount as The contract price Of The iron
cork alone Of one hay ftlte fence States
man se - btl. slt sactse 500 - sgf1
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TIHes.5 KENNY. IJoHN J. JACOBS.
Kenny & Jacobs,
4 TTORNEYS AND COUNSEL
IA lors at Law, Ashland, Ohio. Office one
door East of Wasson 4 Stubbs Shoe Store.
JAN z, 1857. 3fH
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9Noetrp
Scene on the Chic.

BY GEORGE D. PRENTICE.
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IwM. B. ALLISON.
VIZ osDoaN.]

VIZ osDoRN.] WIN. B. ALLISON.
Osborn 4 Allison,
A TToRNETS AND CoUNSELLORS AT
N Law, Office ON Church Street, opposite
Store of j W. Boyd, ashland, Ohio.
November 9th, 1855. 26tf
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Sampsel House,
Miller Hnnse.
hAWYBR2.


JAS. STEWART w. sLocUM-
Stewart & SIocum,
WILL attend to all matters in litigation in
wv = Ashland county, intrustcd to their
Ashland, March ls, 1857. 9m4I.
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DR.. s Woodin.

DR.. s Woodin,
u ESIDENT DENTIST, Office
a., HI one door east of B-F Samp-
41nD sci Il Co.'S Drug Store. Teeth
inserted from one to full set. Filling done to
order, and warranted to give satisfaction.
November 9th, 1855. 26tf
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ME8GB4AAAMBDUs. Z

.. W arxLL.I II. H.. CHARLES
RyaIl & Charles, -- :
DEAL ESTATE AGENTS AND SURVEY
h ORS, Sioux City, Iowa. Land Warrants
located at reasonable rates.
n. B. All selections personally made
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Hts Legitimate Fruit.

The compact made by the South with
the North at the time Of admitting Mis-
souri, into the Union, was disbandoned
and annulled. The defence made by the
Northern men who aided in this work was,
that they desired to enable the pcople Of
the Territory to form their own laws and
constitutions in their own way. The
great majority Of the people of the free
States protested against destroying the
old compact. But the administration
found means TO force the bill through
Congress. Behold the result.
Anarchy and bloodshed; crime and
misery, have been the order Of things ever
since Instead of allowing the people to
rule, the administration has at all times
been against the people, and on the side
of the Border Rufians, who are but a
small minority Of the people.
And now the administration is trying
to force on the people Constitution,
which they have had no voice in making,
and are not permitted to accept or rejec' ,
Speaking of this Constitution, the Law
renee Republican says:
Among other Objectionable features in the
Lecompton :. Constitution the whole code Of
bogus Territorial laws is declared to be in
force in the State of Kansas. OF course, the
people would negative any such proceeding as
that, had they a chance. But tue people OF
Kansas are not consulted. The Constitution
is not intended for their benefit, but for the
Lecompton lanl-sharks aud spectators.
James Buchanan sustains the I4ecomp-
ton usurpcrs, and thus endcayors to set
his heel on the necks of the people. Beau
tiful Dc.2ocracy that . How many are
there in this coCnty who are not ashamed
that they aidcI, by voting for him to
help thrust on the free:nen o. Kansas a
Constitution, which they scorh and rt,nu,
diate.
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and the Republican meet together In the
social party sometimes, forgetting their
differences, and feeling for once at least,
that they have a common country; that
they are, or ought to- be, neighbors and
friends. We love, too, to see the old and
young together sometimes--the wealthy
and those less so-the cultivated and those
who are not so. The rich and the poor
meet together; the Lord is tae Maker OF
them all
But in case our dwellings could not acs
commodate so many as the parsonage aud
church did then, yet we can meet. We
can assemble as many as or houses rW
hold, fire hare just one thing, a'td 'cW
mahe up oar minds to do it. We were
sorry to sec so much provision made for
eating and drinking on this occasion. This
was quite superAuous. What we want
is to dispense with this. Itmakes slaves
of our women-folks, and really is no use.
1t is extravaganc: which we can well af-
foad to retrcnch in. Let us meet as do
the brilliant French in their sorGes, or as
do the Spanish in their terfasiaS, without
the dance or as the sociable Germans
and lively Italians do in their coaccrsa-
.ioaes; and as they are doing this winter
in ourown cities, .tor Sociul purposes. Let
US leave out the eating and drinking; taky
an eatly tea at home and then G..
We should in this way emancipate the
ladies rom large share of dradsary, anc
shall ourselves be practicing a necdtu
Christian virtue, of which VIC have beer
too forgetful in times past, to vita WISE
and sensible economy. Fcasting IS no
indispensable to social life. 1t is not fo
our health Or happiness; and especially IL
these "hard times we can and ought t
forego it. Who will begin ? What lady
will dare to open her house and assembl
her friends together rithout the "chickcn
Gxcns ~ Don't all speak at once. v
pause for a reply; but hope that we shal
not need to stir up the minds Of our pee
pie again on this subject
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tSlandcr and Tale Beariny.-We are
indebted to one of Onr many excellent
exchanges for the following short patent
sermon, which has so many points in it
for the instruction of our community
We plead guilty to certain degree OF
pleasure in being able to lay it before our
readcrs-not for the benefit of one or =
few, but for the benefit of all. Lee 30
one neglect to read it because he or she
believes himself guiltless, for it has points
alike for the innocent and guilty-and
who will arrogatc to himself entire iRno-
sence? ? Dare any one2 But read
/" Yes. you pass it along whether YOU be-
Iievc it or not You doat believe the one
sided whisper against the character ofauoth-
er. but YOU will use your influence to beaq Up
the false repor. aud pass it on tn current
Strange creatures are mankind. low many
benevolent deeds have been called by the
shrag of shoulder. How many individuals
ha c been Stunned By gentle mysterious
hint. How many chaste bosona have bct 7
wrung with grief at single nod. How many
graves have been dHg lay f;lse report Nct
you will keep it above the water by wag. o.
your tongue, when you m GIT sink it forever
! Destroy the passion for taIc-bearing we pray
/ Lisp not \ word that may injurc the charac-
ter OF another BE- dct rnincd to listen to no
Story that is repeated to the great Injury o.
another, and. as far as you are concerned. the
/ slander Will die Bnt tell It once and il may
! - as on the wings of the w:Hi. Increasing
with each breath, till it has circulated through
/ the State, and has brought to the grave 4uc
who might nave beanu blessing 10 The world.
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|. When this Lecture was prepared the st
of NovemheE last, we had not received any
definite adYiceS from Europe as to the effect
of the panic there. But were the writer to
to express himself now upon the same subject
he could hardly haye chosen more appropriate
language.
2. At the close of t4a Lecture member of
the Library Company present suggested that
this Work was already upon its shelves. The
Wrller could not believe thai be had overlook
ed II; and on a second exami4ation was de-
lighted to hnd that what he haa mistaken for
the "Peany CycIopndia,' was ia reality q
uew work by Mr.. Charles Knight IF London,
AID cAile ! the English Cyc opGdiq It is, in
deed, on The basis of the Penny Cycigpmdia
but it is all written anew, and brought down
to the present day. In fact it is a6usaantly
adequate to the wants of any Libraryi and
members viii be well rePsid by cousuiti&s its
ample pages. c.s.s.
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SHARON, Dee. 18th, 1857.

APPOINTMENT BY THE GoyERNoR.-
DAVID WILMOT, of Bradford county, to
be President Judge of the Thirteenth Ju-
dicial District.
The district is composed of the counties
of Bradford, Susquehanna and Sullivan,
and is in the same district Mr.. WILMor
represented on the Bench previous to his
resignation of the Office last summer, when
he proposed to stump the State with Cen
PACKER for Governor. s.s a-sa
. On Mr.. WILMoT's resignation, DARIUS
BULLOCK, Esq, Of Bradford county, was
appointed by the Governor to fill the va
cancy. His appointment was made on
the 9Th of August last, to expire on the
first Monday in December instant. Mr..
WILMor's commission commences on
Monday next, to expire on the first Mon
day in December, 1888. In the mean
time, an election of a President Judge to
supply the vacancy that will occuri in De-
ccmber next, will take place, when Mr..
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hay Governor Walker has been Undue

hey Governor Walker has been Undue
ed to resign. So the fourth Governor of
Kansas, has broken down in attempting
to carry out the administration scheme OF
making Kansas Slave State.
We submit that it would be wise to
abandon d scheme which such men as
| Gcary and Walker are unable to carry
through. Is there any body in this coun-
ty now, wao believes that Buchanan has
improved upon Picrce's administration in
Kansas affairs ?
Since the above paragraph was penped
we learn from Washington that President
Buchanan has declined to receive the let
ter Of resignation of Gov. Walker, and
will not permit it to be placed among the
archives of the nation. The truths Of the
letter are too vivid to meet the approba,
ton of cur Gar Observation-Disclosures he
having the power, refuses to let them ap.
pear on the national witness-book. We
are also informed by the same advices that
the President will make further use of his
"power of revenge" by the removal ot
Gov. Walker. We hope the letter o.
Gov. ". ~ill be directly presented to the
National Senate tS3r discussion in connec
ton with the Kan>2s policJy of the Presi.
dents Message. The letter is an able
refutatiop of the unfair and unstaS esman-
like views and assertions of that docu-
ment; as is also the reccLt speech of Sen
ator Douglas On the subject.
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Senator KRigieF I'm Kansas,
versus Senator Blgler
in the Senate.

5 Governor Walker went to Kansas In
the service of the Slave Power. Being a
shrcwd man, he undertook. to coax rather
than drive the free State men into his
plan for making that Slave State. But
he found such state of feeling there,
that in order to secure hearing he was
obliged TO assure the people of Kansas,
that the Constitution when framed should
be submitted to fair vote of all people.
At the great meeting at Paeli, Govern
or Walker was assisted in his work OF
pac;fying the people BY Senator Blglcr OF
this State. ....-..... .......- -.........
Governor Walker make long and able
snecch. closing with the declaration that
~ cannot doubt the Convention will Enbmit
The Constitution to the barr. F%e residents Of
Kansas" And mast en- phaticaliF SAIL, II as
,crt us nv clear conviction, that uAics5 the
Convention submit the Constitution to the fair
vote of the people that Constitution should be
rejected By Congress :" and with much feeling
plcd.ed himself in these words III tae Con-
yeution does not submit the Constitution lo
the peoplc, bona fds, say TO YOU, Will join
yoa in resisting such 4 ustip ptt.oa.
Senator Bigler listened apFro9ingly t
these pledges; aud is reported Is having
made similar ones for the administration
/ Now he stands up in the Senate, an'
undertakes to defend the action Of the l4c
compton Convention which undertook L
force its Constitution on the people Q
Kansas without submitting it to them. L
it possible the people of Pennsylvani;
will permit Senator of this to act thu
treacherously without entering their in
dignant protest .. @
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Applying the whip 10 29lnn.

The slave holders, have 50 long applied
the plantation discipline to the affairs o.
State, that no one will be surprised at the
insolept tone of the Southern press toward;
Senator Douglass.
The following from the Richmond South
is fair specimen of the manners and
ideas engendered by Slavery:
ave cannot effect indifference at the treach
cry of Senator Douglas. II, was a politician
of considerable promise. Association with
Southern gentlemen had smoothed down the
rugged vulglrities Of his early education, and
he had come to be quite decent and well=be-
haved person ...- -.
We trust "our Southern Brother" will
continue to ply the whip is this style,
without cessation until the race of dough
faces is extinct, we think it will not
take long if they will continue their pres
ent tactics; but Douglass aud those who
cat with him, have yielded 50 long to their
insolent rule, there is no certainty but
they will submit to even the present in
solencc.
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Social Affairs.

All who attended the agreeable soir6c
at the Methodist Parsonage on Monday
night of last week, will, We think agree
with us in the desire to promote great
ep degree Of social intercourse among our
selves in this place. We are we'll aware
of the difficulties in the way of doing this.
We know all about the cliques and coteFies
wnioh have formerly existed. We know
that our private residences are too small
to furnish accommodations for so many.
We know the labor and trouble it costs
the ladies' All these things and moro
too, We know; and to discuss them we
have undertaken this article. All will
join us, we believe, in the effort as we'll
as in the desire, to remove them.
We begin, then, thus Man is a social
being. He was made for Society He
was placed iu Society by his Maker lie
loses much by its neglect-hc gains much
by its cultivation.
1t does good, too, sometimes, for all
classes to be convened together We do
not mean in the worship of God alone
but in social intercourse, as we did on that
Monday night, at the parsonage. We
love to see the hear-hunter talking with
the clergyman, as we saw them on that
occasion. We love to see the Democrat
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FJr Ii,c Potter JoLrflpl.
FRIEND CHASE:

FRIEND CHASE:
On the Bird inst we had TcachsTs Ex-
animation in this town, by our Go. S&lper-
intendent, Mr. Hendrick Yhefa, was a
class of s or 10 Teachers, and fair at
tendance of the friends Of education, Now
| am no friend to pufs, nor silence when
commentator is due The examination
was public, and occupied about six hoaTs,
during which time the class acquitted
itself fairly. As usual there was some
difference in the qualifications Of ohc
members of the class, all were fair, some
good, and one Ga young lady) eminently
qualified for teaching. All present APP
peared well pleased with the Superinten-
dent. lie was more rigid than either of
his predecessors had been-but we think
none too much so. lie not only seemed
intent ON learning what the qualifications
OF the Teachers were, and their manner
of teac .h,iug-but labored earnestly, and
think with god success, to benefit and
instruct them. 70 oct through and . be
off was evidently not the obJect-but to
faithfully discharge niz trust, and who IL
our county has higher one We are IN
wise ia not giving him salary that would
enable him to spend more time with
Teachers and in schools Is.
SHARON, Dec. 18th, 1857.
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Cir uottsr 9uurnal,
n1rTHE New YORK LEDGER, the

DlrTHE NEW OKk LEDUEK, INC
great Family Paper, has now attained the
extraordinary circulation of Three HIM
tired n4a Thirty Thousand Copies. The
Prospectus of TuE LEDGER, which con-
tains all necessary information in regard
TO it, will be fo4nd ia our advertising
columns.
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sB The financial affairs of our State
are in healthy condition. Receipts at the
State Treasury for the year ending Nov.
30th, including balance on hand Dec. !,
1855, s5,976,4l5 2G. Expenditures 50,
+70,276 70, leaving balance in the Treas
ury Dee. l, 1857 of S5,691,334 I.
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EE l.. D. WILLIAMS has been ap

H l.. D. WILLIAMS has been ap-
pointed Commissioner of Lykins County
Kansas, by His Royal lIighness Prince
John Calhoun, the Regent of the late
Constitutional Conyention. l.. D, WI
lians will do the dirty work of helping tc
ensIave the people Of Kansas, with abll,
ity
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Ba- In the L. 5. Senate, Mr. Douglass

Re- In tho L. ). Senate, Mr. Douglass
has offered bill, similar in some respects
to the Toomhs Bill Of last session, as an
enabling act for the people of Kansas to
form q Constitution, and come into the
Confederacy. 1t is calculated to offset
the Lecompton Consultation, should it
come before the Senate.
Movements are also on foot in both
Houses, to get the Pacific Railroad Bill
under way, as also Homestead Blll-the
latter is a movement of Mr.. Grow, of thi,
State, who deserves great thanks for bis
promptness in the matter.
A bill has been reported to the Senate
from the Committee of Finance, allowing
the issue of Treasury notes to the amount
of $l2 100000, as a remedy for the de
preston Of revenue caused by the none,
panic. 1t is an administration scheme
and will doubtless be adopted by Congress
it has already passed the Senate.
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THE MINNESOTA ELECTIoN,-St Paul
dates of the 10th inst. have been receiv-
ed. The canvas of the election had not
been completed, but it was thought that
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Political atcEf1S.

. +. W. LISC0LN, Democrat, was elect
cd Mayor Of Boston by large majority
oxer CHARLES b. HALL, Republican, al
the recent municipal election in that city
Hall was very unpopular, in addition to
which the Gartsincr Americans voted the
/ Democratic ticket
The new Constitution of Virginia pre-,
yidcs for bieuaial sessions of the Lcgisla-
ture, as an offset to which Gov Wise has
sent his Message in, divided into thres
separate documents. No. l is devoted
to banks and banking; No. 2 to the usury
laws; and No. IS miscellaneous lie
recommends the passage Of more strln'
gent laws to prevent the escape Of slaves
and also suggests a policy to prevent free
negroes from accommodating property too
fast. .... sF.-s# ...
EDWIN II. GRANT, writes to the v T.
Tribanc, under date Of "PelIa, Madison
CO., Iowa, Dec. Lat The merchants
Of that place have, by mntualconsent eA,
tended credits and exchanged notes ana
real estate to avoid the necessity OF mon
.ey: lie gives among others the follow
ing staple markets Wheat 40c. z BUSH
Potatoes 25c,; Corn l5c.; Oats ZVc'
Flour s43 per bbl /; Pork So per 100 iD:,
Beef 81 per 100 lbs. Cabbages two f9I
Sc. Turnips l5c. per bushel- What uD .,
our farmers think Of thi. for "hard tllncF'
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the Democratic candidate for Governor WINoT if he des
would be declared elected No election mated BY the Reput
of United States Senator had aken place elected Hrba
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state Educatlonai Convention. ;.


body assembled at Waren.on, on Tuesday the 30th
ntmo. Some twenty.seven counties were represented
by ono hundred and twenty-five delegates. Professor
Wheat. the President, being absent the Convention
was called to order BY E. w. 0gburn, Esq, Of Gull
ford one Of the Vice Presidents.
On Wednesday at | o'clock w. w. Holden, Esq,
OF the Raleigh STANDARD, delivered an address before
the Convention and large audience, the subject
Of Education, and especially Of Public Instruction
and in the evening eloquent and interesting speeches
were delivered by Prof. Charles Phillips, DR.. Alex
ander Wilson, VIM. Canton Jr., Esq, Rev. Mr.. Chris-
tian, and Prof Webster. Great harmony and enthu-
sasm prevailed, and we understand that much yalu-
able information was communicated and important
suggestions made.
On Thursday morning State Educational Assccia.
lon was permanently formed, constitution adopted,
and the following gentlemen elected officers for the
ensuing year; President, Rev. Alexander Wilson, D
D. Of Alamance; Vice Presidents, z. w. 0gburn o
Guilford, Prof Charles Phillips Of Orange, w. u
Blake Of Fayetteville Prof. w. r. Walters Of Wake
Prof NJ ID. Johnston Of Charlotte; Corresponding
Secretary, G. w. Brooks, Of Raleigh; Recording Sec
Rotary, w. II. Bass. Of Warren.
The next meeting is 10 be held on The first Wednes
day il July, 1858, the place 70 be designated BY III
executive committee.
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MlLirARY OPERATIONS N CIRcAssIa.-The
Russians are sending all their available force
and many Of their best officers to the eau
cassus, where some new tactics are to be
employed in the subjugation Of the noun
taineers. The Circassians, however, are
none the less active, and, under the guidance
of their new leader, the Hungarian refugee,
are preparing warm reception for the hosts
of the Muscoyite. Every province must
furnish one man for each family Or house.
The enrolment proceeds briskly, and az last
accounts between forty and fifty thousand
men we're under arms. Provisions and
draft .hurses and oxen are also cheertulls
supplied by the various provinces, and the
province of karabatir has furnished in add.
ton two cavalry regiments, composed q
the sons of the best families. ready mounted
and equipped. In all the engagement
which have recently occurred. the Russian
have been defeated, and have been obliged
10 sue for an armistice, III order to bury thei
| dead.
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FIX OATs.-We have received from VIM.
Faisnn, Esq. bundle 81 as fine Oats as we
have seen this season, from his plantation on
The Six Runs in Sampson county. They are
nearly feet high. and heavily headed. Its
pleasant to know that in all sections Of the
State the grain crops are abundant.
Tar CRops.-The present prospect nf
crops in sampson County is very good. II is
believed that il no new contingency arises,
there will be more corn made this year than
ever before. ciinioa iadependtni.
cRoPs IN THE WEsT.-The editor OF the
Cincinnati Gazette has examined a large
number Of papers from the West. published
within the last lew DAYS. and found from
every section INST fattering accounts Of our
prospects. Wheat il maturing finely, aud
corn is growing rapidly. The corn CROP
d the Wabash valley promises to be i'm.
Inense.
SuosR CRoP.-The Louisiana sugar crnI
promises to yield 250,OO0 10 100000 hogs
heads the present year, against 5000 las
wear. Glad to hear That the price 81 sweet
ching i likely 70 come dawn.
CRops ~ TExas.-rexas papers Of the Ill
inst saw that abundant rains had fallen y
portions 81 the State, and The reports Iron
ihe planting districts we're generally yer.
encouraging. Cotton is reported 70 be re
covering from the late backward spring, an
promises lair yield.