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The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-01-11
ASHLAND oHIo.JANUARY II, 1860.

BUSINESS MEMS PRAYER MEErING.-A
Business Mems Prayer Meeting commencedyes-
terday morning at the NJ. E. Church, aud was
well attended. Hours, from 8 to 10 o'clock,
A. NJ. All are invited to attend The meet
ings will continue at least during the week.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-01-11

h THE New SAINT.-The Republicans have a
queer morality. They admit that John Brown
violated the laws of the land and was rightfuI-
,iy hung! bat say '.his name will live through
centuries to come" for. "h;s pluck, grit and
game qualities" So win that of Nero, and
Capt Kid, AMI Morrissey ami the HBenicia
Boy:'-But the question is. how far such quail
tiles should be. recommended from the pulpit OF
prSes2-La Crosse Union. EeEsa
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-01-11

TN1IS MACHINE is the most simple, practical, ana
beautiful, ever constructed. The Stitch is the
MOST ELASTIC and DURABLE made either by
hand or Machinery.
The-advent of this new, most beautiful. and in
comparable Machine. is destined TO create a great
and decided change in public opinion, upon the sub
ice; of Cheap Setcing machines.
We confidently assert, and can eonclusively prove
by a practical demonstration, that this Machine EN-
braces in its construction the best combination OF
Scientific Principles to be found in any Sewing Ma
chine now before the public, regardless of price
In beauty of design and mechanical construction.
it has no equal in the country; and all the move
mepts being positive. and the friction very light
here is not the slightest probability of its getting
out of order. 49,
1t stands entirely upon its own merits; and needs
no better reference than its own good works, to con
vince all who see it that it is the most valuable aud
humanitary invention of the age.
n. BROWN,
Sole and Exclusive Agent for Knox. Richland, Craw-
ford, Ashland and Lorain Counties
additional AGENTS.
r CTUBB General Agent.
E. WILKINSON. Mansfield.
o. CLARK Rochester,
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-01-11

Ten linessor less make a Square Displayed ad-
vertisements in single column, ten per cent. extra.
Double column, double the above rates and 80 per
osnt extra. Advertisements loaded and placed in
the special notice column, .one-half more than the
abeve rates.
~ All.notices required to be published by law,
legal rates, viz: 81 each Square for the first three
~ Administrators notices of appointment, one
isllar in advance.
~ Business cards-Fiye lines or less, S. per
All transient advertisements must be paid for in
advance.
All advertisements not accompanied with written
directions, will be inserted until forbid, and charged
eeordingly. 5
Yearly advertisements payable quarterly.
The above rates will be strictly adhered to.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

UTTON,
HNHE Partnership heretofore existing be ween
US is this day dissolved by mutual consent.
The hooks and accounts of the firm will be in the
hand. of D. B. GRAY, with whom immediate set
Element must be made, Those having unsettled ac-
counts with said firm will please govern themselves
accordingly. GEO.. SMITH,
D. B" GRAY.
Jan. II. 1860. 3w32
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-01-11
EXTRAORDINARY SALE OF
u Ia ~ La k x?
4 fac COLD PENCIL ctk GOED PEN attached
GOLD LoCKETFOR SIS,
4nda PREMIUM to cachpurchoser aoorth from
81 TO $500:

4 FTER Two YEARS profitable experience in our
~ present mode of disposing of our Jewelry. &c
anu from the universal satisfaction given 10 all who
have patronized our house, we take pleasure inssay-
ing that we now consider our business FAIRLY and
PERMANENTLY established.
We wish it understood that this is No LOTTERY,
but q fair and legitimate sale, in which each pur-
chaser gets the value of his or her money in a Coli
Pencil uith Gold Pen attached, or n Gold Locket, worth
So each, which cannot be bought at any retail store
for the same price and in addition TO the purchase.
each person receives n VI OF
not less in value than So, and; Il may be worth So,
.. 4, 10. Is. -, 80, 30. or even S20li
MO MONEY 1ISKIo:
Gentlemeu's Gold and Silver Watches, Gold
Vest and Guard Chains, Gold Sleeve
Buttons God Watch Keys,
GOLD SHIRT STUDs-plain and with settings Coin
SCARF PINs-new style; Gold Breast Pins,
California Diamoud Pins, Gold
Rings, &C., &c.
Fo 1
We have GOLD WATCHES, FIorentine, Mosaic. Geld
Stcne. Cameo, Garnet and Coral Breast Pins
and Ear Rings, Gold bracelets. G.ld
Sleeve Buttons, Gold Belt
Slides, Gold Rings.
&C.. &C.
Also Pianos, Melodeons, Musical Boxes, Accor-
deems, Sc, &c.
Une1ceptionable References given whenever required
RsA- AGENTS WANTED for every part of the
Country.
n. BIN sending your names, write the State,
County and Town plainly, so as to avoid letters
being miscarried. Address,
G & CO.,
102 Canal Street. (OldNo. J
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-01-11

A LII WANTING FARMS INA TFUL
~ climate, rich soil, and secure from frost. SEQ
advertisement of Hammonton Lands in another
column.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-01-11
NOTICE.

YNHERE will be q petition presented TO the Com.
mlssoners of Ashland county, State of Ohio, st
SAe.r March cession in 1861, praying for 4 review ef
a County read laid out in Lake Township. in said
comfy, commencing at the north west corner Of
Rooert +. Chandeliers land n section five, OF ranfe
hfteen thence runing along said line between said
Chan Her and William A.ore's land to Intersect tina
road leading from Bonst Bridge to Jeromesville>
Aarsns.r ,ssA 1853.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-01-11
Cleveland, Columbus & Gin R. R.

BLANK DEEDS.-The best erm liver used, 70
sale at the Union OHco.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-01-11

But some will ask (as many have). how can we af,
ford 10 give so much for so little money! In answer
we say, that all who are acquainted with the Jewelry
business know that there is scarcely an article Q!
Jewelry pur hased at q retail store upon which there
is not a profit of from 100 to 400 per cent. on man
ufacturers' prices.
adopted This plan of disposing of our goods, rather
than selling to Country Dealers.on time, and taking
the uncertainty Of collecting our bills.
By this arrangement, we bring the purchaser in
direct communication with the Manufacturer, and
the profits that are made by the dozen hands through
which Jewelry has to pass, we give 10 the purchaser
in Premiums, as above stated.
We therefore offer the following Inducements to
persons acting as Agents for us:-
Any person sending u SO for our goods. will re-
ceive a Pencil and Fen, and Premium, or Locket and
Premium. free.
For further Inducements see Circular
Among our Premiums are articles suitable for La
dies and Gentlemen, such as
We propose 10 fet a person know what Premium
he will receive before sending his msney. Any La
dy or Gentleman desiring one of the above articles,
can first send US their name and address, whether
they want the Pencil and Pen, or Loeket, and we
will make their selection. and inform them by return
mail what Premium they are entitled to. They can
then have the privilege of sending Tor 1t II they
choose. t
Our Premiums are distributed in a fair andhonor-
able manner. and as soon as the name OF the pur-
chaser is received with the So, his Pencil or Pen
aud Premium. or Gold Locket and Premium, are put
up in a safe manner, and sent TO the owner oy mail,
free of postage. Our plan, from long experience
in The above business. has given general satisfaction,
as each purchaser can sell or trade the above articles
for all they cost him, and retain the Premium gratis.
If. however. any person should feel disposed to
send us their money in advance, they can rely upon
being as fairly dealt with as though they had made
previous application.
And if any one is dissatisfied with their purchase,
and an unbiased person competent 10 Judge says
the articles are not worth more than the money paid
tor them, and in some cases TEN, or even FORTY
fumes the amount, lot such persen-rerarn the goods,
and NO will freely refund the money:
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-01-11

DERSONS WISHING TO CHAN 3E THEIR
business to a rapidly Increasing country. a New
Settlement, where hundreds are going. where the
climate is mild and delightful. see advertisement Of
the HammontsR Settlement in anoths column.
6m2e
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-01-11
DRESS GOODS

By the yard. pile, or case. We are bound oecn-.
modate you with every variety, style, quality, and
last b.t not least, in PRICE.
LADIES just drop in and EXAMINE q STOCK
selected for you expressly. we know 1t will please ysE.
We return our sincere thanks te the public for
past lay0rs' and soileiI a continuance OF patronage
promote the welfare of our patrons. and ourselves.
T. c. BUSHNELL& CO.
Ashland. Oct. s. 1880. MA
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-04-30
Judges and Politics.

III Richmond Enquirer, in an article on
the subject Of the new Hastings Court Judge
ship Of that city, says:
There is no use in denying It, there are
many amongst rs who complain that the
people in many instances in electing judges,
look rather to creed, cline and politics, than
to the proper qualifications for an honest
and effective discharge Of the duties Of Of
fee Be this as it may, We hope that at
the coming election, it will be shown that
corrupt influences will be totally ignored and
that none but an honest, fit and independent
man will be selected
The Enquirer is undoubtedly correct
Party politics ought not to enter into the
selection Of Judge, and yet in some por-
tons Of the State, Judges have been elected
Just because they were Democrats! One II
the most learned and upright Judges who
ever graced the Bench in Virginia. was bea-
ten for the Judgeship Of the Wheeling dis
trict, because he happened to be Wing, and
by one who made no pretensions to any par
ticular qualification for the post, except that
he had always been Democrat.
Wehupe there are few Districts in which
Judges could be elected on account Of their
party politics, and we hope to see the day
when the test of fitness for such high post,
will be the qualifications Of the aspirant.--
Petersbuq hteligeHccr.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-04-30

A letter from Washington says, that the
Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds,
have determined to report in favor of the
construction of an addition to the City Hail.
for Courthouse, to cost $50, 900; new dis
trict Jail, which will require an eppropria-
ton of 100000 and resolution authorl-
zing the removal of the House library from
the present damp and confined rooms, to
more spacious and airy apartments, to be
selected by consultation with the architect
and superintendent of the Capitol extension,
clerk, and librarian.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-04-30
CO-PARTNERSHIP NOTICE.

VHE undersigned on the End day of April,
Il 1860, entered into co partnership under the
firm name Of SMO0T 8 PERRY. for the pur-
pose Of conducting the LUMBER BUSINESS
in all its branches.
We have for sale LUMBER of all kinds, HY-
DRAULIC CEMENT, CALCINE PLASTER,
LIME, n = Ills, at lowest market rates.
We - who are in want Of any of the
abo' = 70 rive us 6 call
J. RECTOR SM00T
In JOHN PERRY.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-04-30

The remarkable discoveries lately made,
showing that the great coal regions of Penn
sylyania and other States contain immense
and apparently inexhaustible reservoirs of
mineral oil, have led to conjectures as to the
probable effect of the discovery upon the
whale fisheries. The New Bedford Mercu-
~ refers to the successive introduction of
new Illuminating agents, such as gas, burn
ing fluids, lard and olive oils, none of which
have afforded a perfect substitute for the
produce of the fisheries, or greatly disturbed
prices. Neither does it anticipate different
results from the introduction of coal oil, or
the oils expressed from cotton seed, now so
fast coming into notice.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-04-30

\ CONSPIRACY REyEALED-TWo VILLAINS
PLoT ~ PRECIrITATE A RAILROAD TRAIN ~
~ x RIVERA conspiracy 1T Il startling M
ture WAS revealed few days since, involy-
ing the commission Of 4 lrightful crime,
which, but for the circumstances which in
tertercd with It's accomplishment might
have entaiIed wholesale destruction Of hu-
man life. The plot, revealed by one If the
projectors, was in substance, deliberately
formed plan to destroy the railroad bridge
1T Mt. Clemens, on the Grand Trunk Rail
road, and allow the regular passenger train
to precipitate itself into tie river. The OBJ
lect Of this hendish proceeding was plumber
alone, the perpetrators intending to conceal
themselves IN the vicinity, and watch for
the catastrophe, and then pounce upon the
victims On preteuce Of assisting them from
the wreck
The projectors and partial cxecutioners Of
this plot were two men named Charles
Smith and Reed Bowman. They went 20
far as to commence work on the bridge re-
moving, by the use Of a wrench, number
OF nuts from the long bolts which support
the trestle-work Smith was sentenced last
wc"!, t. State the Prison for life for n rime
1urglary and attempted murder, ,ai .,;Dw-
:'1;.L went TO the same Institution rec
lars. After sentence, Smith r. .,I the
plot in reference to the railroad 49,, and,
upon examination the fruits .eir meta.
rious la5nr we're found to b. Aactly a. de-
"'ibed. But for their detcc ION and conyic-
-" for other crimes, we should have had
hes Jardinos disaster, with its
81 ne list of railroad
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-04-30

WORKING MEMBERs.-The House of Rep
resentatives is very much thinned out by the
attractions of the Charleston Convention
The correspondent of the New York Herald
says:
There is, however bona tide DISPOSE
ton on the part of most Of the members pre-
sent, to 90 on with the business before them,
and conspicuous among these members are
Sherman, on the republican side, and Hous-
ton, of Alabama, Smith, of Virginia, and
Florence, on the democratic side"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-04-30

MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 80, 1861.

A writer in the National Inteligencer, dis
cusses the subject of GUANo, its supply, con-
sumption, and cost He admits the justice
of the universal complaint as to extortion
of the Peruvian Government, and It's close
listed monopoly; but admits that there is
palliation for that government in the i'm
mense debt, foreign ard domestic with which
it is burdened, and to pay which 1t must
rely upon its Guano Islands. Twenty years
must vet elapse before Peru can extricate
her treasury from these heavy burdens, ana
consequently before we can hope Tor any
material alteration in her present mode OF
disposing of her great staple. Nor can any
other nation. with justice, force Peru 10
adopt different or any mode OF disposing
of her own property. Every principle OF
international law, rs well as or natural
right, would forbid such a course. lie then
says docs not, then, the discovery OF
new deposits by our own enterprising mari
ners, rise into the full proportions of a truly
national question? And is not the capital
invested in these explorations entitled to the
fullest protection which our Government can
afford /? THE American trade IN guano,
saws the New York Journal Of Commerce OF
April 9th, "has already acquired large I'M
portance. Since the discovery of guano de-
posts in the islands of the Pacific Ocean
and elsewhere, under the protection afforded
by the guano law of 1856, by which Con-
gress secured to citizens of the United States
certain rights and privileges designed to aid
in the acquisition of these deposits, some
thing like thirty thousand tons have been
received in this country. Upwards OF fifty
islands, before considered worthless mounds
of sand, have been taken into possession by
Americans under the rights thus conferred.
From those belonging TO the American
Guano Company alone, twenty cargoes have
arrived, and, including arrivals from other
American islands, the number received IS
ut least forty. In the Southern States par
ticularly, this guano is being extensively
used, and, we believe with results very sat
isfactory to agriculturists. Large tracts OF
WORKOUT land lately abandoned. are once
more subjected to tillage." How invalua-
bile will such guano, which differs from the
Peruvian in their larger quantity OF phos-
pilates, the basis of all our cereal crops,
prove to the planters of Maryland, Virginia,
Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, and other
Southern States, in which the worn-out
lands are driving so many citizens far away
from the graves of their fathers, to seek homes
in more remunerative regions"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-04-30
Mrs. Z. B. Browning has deemed it nece

Mrs. L. B. Browning has deemed it neces-
sary to have the London Atheneum inform
the public, that the piece of verse lately sent
out by her, entitled "A Curse for Nation, y
was aimed against the United States and
slavery, and not against England, as was
generally supposed, Mrs. Browning should
follow the example of the painter, who made
the figure Of qpsdrpped, and, for fear of a
mistake, painfully wrote underit, in print"
letters, This is a horse"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-04-30

New YORK, April 2S-F,oag is' ~.
lOc.; State $j.4Om$545 Ohio so-
Southern S6.4O@SG ~. Wheat n''
G2c.; no Southern reported ST..
advance of lM2c Pork i 4uiei. G
dy Whiskey is duh. Stocks ar' o'
92s; Mo. 6's s3l Sterling Ezcaans.
moi
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-04-30

We have two weeks later news from Next
co, by the arrival of the United States reve-
nue. cutter Dodge, at New Orleans. The
country is, if possible, in still more deplor-
able condition than ever But little fighting
had occurred since Miramon's retirement
from Vera Cruz, a fact owing solely to the
exhausted condition of both parties. The
foreign residents in Mexico will submit to
no more 'forced loans," and will place them
selves under the protection of their respec-
tive Ministers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-04-30

A DANGEROUS GANE-PLANe J0N
BRowS IL EIRGISIA-Thc Point PIcasa.;
(Va.) Republican relate. tbar on tac t@
inst, large raft put into Point pca,a
harbor, for safety against 4 high WIND
The crew seems IL have been au enterprise,
one, and il was the first time they lad LEA
in the Old Dominion, and remembering .G
John Brown had immortatzed himsa.
surprising the citizens ~ Harper t"r
with twenty-three men, the ratHmcn
cluded that they could certainly take .a..
town like Point Pleasant with seven
About midnight, therefore, armed with N,-.
geons aud such other munitions FL war
they could muster, and headed bg s4..
consisting OF an old violin, a tlU pm aHlrr
Of bones, they sauntered forth in battle aru
They marched about town fit some .u.
making night hdeous with their music .-
savage yells. Emboldened by tleir success.
they concluded t. make i demor,r..
with their arms. The object selected I.
their attack showed the greaue,, r.r
ambition. Ii was no mean tenement ha.
largest and handsomest building II ,ha
the Kline House I'LL tie true /.
Brown style they proceeded e. their WEE
without giving the inmates even I SUNNI
to surrender Having procured ! ral
battering ram, they effected AZ cntl-
and soon found themselves in posse
Of the halls and corridors "a t1s a,t.s
ment In the meantime there Was ,ta
most alarm and excitement among tae
mates of the house. Vision. +
Brown" "Insurrections, Ghosts aol
COLLINS" fitted through their brains y
last some citizens armed with guns
the invaders t. retreat n tier o..t
finally to surrender They were Aa
to jail for the night, but were taken 3s
magistrate next morning anu dnea
will not probably attempt 81 storm
Pleasant again, til they have 4 REM
ment.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-04-30

The following Senators and members OF
the House of Representatives are at Charles
ton:-Slidell, of Louisiana; Barksdale and
Lamar, of Mississippi; Bocock, of Virginia !;
Green and Craig. of Missouri; Bayard,
Whitley, and Salisbury, of Delaware; John
Cochrane, of New York; Montgomery and
Bigler, of Pennsylvania; Vallandigham and
Pugh, Of Ohio; Davis and Bright, of In
diana; Logan and McClernand, of Illinois;
Larrabee, of Wisconsin; Stevenson, of Ken
lucky, and Stout, of Oregon.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-04-30

I "A remarkable instance of the rising APP
probation of an author was afforded by the
recent sale, in London, of collection of the
works of Daniel Defoe. 1t comprised about
one hundred of his pieces, on magic, ira
wells, adventure, political pamphlets, and
temporary tracts, of many of which scarcely
another copy could be found. 1t was bound
upin 72yolumes, of various sizes, and brought
the extraordinary price Of f43l, or more
than 1000. eV
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-04-30
COMMERCIAL
The Markets

BALrIyoRE, April 2S.-Flour closer "
Howard street ana Ohio S6.3-m>oo-.
has advanced &c.: white l75Gl I>Jrs rs'
ISso. Corn closed active, ana Y htsa..
700 7Sc.; yellow 75@77c. Provisions
mess pork SIS prime So; ramp ; ''
gsm Toe. Whisky quiet aJ 23c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-04-30

: Tie late Black Republican Convention OF
Maryland, consisting of about thirty mem
bers, appointed full delegation to Chicago
from the whole State A resolution was
passed, Constructing the delegation to advo-
cate the passage of resolution. as part of
the platform of the Republican party, form
ing the Jefersonian plan of colonizing the
free negroes to some neighboring county,
where, under the protection Of the United
States, they may establish free and indie
pendent government"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-04-30

The London Times has an editorial on the
recently published letter of Lord Macauley'
on the subject of American institutions. 1t
endorses the views of Macauley, and goes
even further. But if the United States is
soon to be upset, and our form of government
to prove failure, what will be the use OF
adopting the advice of the Times, in relation
70 absorbing, or annexing, or even protect
ma Mexico?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-04-30
Alexandria Fish Market, Apr. I.

There were more arrivals Of fi'a mn.
the receipts are yet insufficient e sal, sll
mand. 10000 Shad brought ar snil \.
$3.50 per hundred aDd 2OO,OUV he'.,l7 y.
Msq per thousand. Rock and fe''"
scarce, and prices are nominal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-04-30

The Reciprocity Treaty" with Great Bril-
tain went into operation in 1854, since
which time. according to the returns, there
has heen n steady increase in the commerce
between that country and ours.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-04-30

The jury of the United States District
Court, at Norfolk, in the case Of Capt. Brad
ley and mate, of the British schooner Alice
Rogers, for attempting to sell free negroes,
failed to agree. The vessel was forfeited,
bat the cargo restored to the owners.