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The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-01-27
Useless Destruction of Property.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette
writing from Knoxville, pending the siege,
says:
"Nearly all the buildings on the plain below
the city ase destroyed. The splendid round
house of the Georgia railroad. the arsenal, ma
chine shop, Humphreys hotel, dwelling, ETC.,
OF incalcuiable mischief to our own interest,",
and of no possible injury to the enemy. Such
conduct can excite no emotion but disgust and
Indignation. Nothing is sacred ; destruction
r.des on the wind, and pillage and carnage go
hand in hand: 1t is safe to assert that East
Tennessee has been more vitality damaged
since the entree of our army than by the rebel
occupation during the war. This is an un-
pleasant charge to make, but I can prove
what 1 say and as it is a state Of things fer
which some one is responsible, and not Alto
gether irremediab!o, it should be ventilated
The scene presented by the lurid glare of a
score of burning buildings at once, lighting up
the whole horizon, was as beautiful as it was
horrible, and only lacked a Nero fddling from
the Court House to render the analogy COM
plete of another scene of old equally terrible,
wanton and useless. OF property, a few more
thousands destroyed, a few more families cast
homeless and destitute upon the world, naked
and starving What of it ? Som , BOBBY Of
fcer misunderstood the order, perhaps. Of
course it is to be regretted but where there
Ia SO much suffering we have no room for mi
nor sym athies. The domestic drama hides its
diminished head before the magnificent hor-
rors of militsry tragedy. It is war that is all
about it. Who has time to think of justice,
right, honor, charity, or even honesty, amid
the turmoil of war 7"
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Henry Clay upon civil War.

If there be any who want civil war-who
want to sec the blood of any potion of our
eountrymen spill am not one of them. I
wish to see war of no kind but, above all, I
do not deRire to see a civil war. When war
begins, whether civil or foreign, no human
sight is competent to foresee when, or how, or
where it Is to terminate. But when a civil
war shall be lighted up in the bosom of our
own happy land. and armies are marching,
and commanders are winning their victories,
and fleets are in motion on our coasts-tell me,
if oyu can, tell me If any human being can tell
ats duration. God alone knows where such a
war would end. In what stateSwill be left our
institutions In,what state our liberties I'm
Senate, Feb, II, 1888.
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Or. o, O. Thwing,
uRose0pde PHYSICIAN.

Whose Unprecedented success nthe treat ment of a
diseases of the Throat, Chest, Lii yer, Stomach
Urinery Organs, N ervous and Sexual System, ha
rendered his name so familiar throughout North
ern Ohio, will continue to visit, for gratuitous con
situations
ASHLAND, Miller Heuse, each month, 10.
LoUDoNVILLE, Browns Exchange, each
month, g.. hea
DIR. THwING has heretofore devoted two days
each month to each of his stations, but as he pro
poses to visit the cities of Erie, Buffalo, Rochest Or
&c, &C., hereafter in connection with his other
appointments, it will be impossible for him to re
main more than ONE DAY in each month at his
smaller stations. Patients, therefore, who can
should call EARLY, and thus avoid the risk of wait
ing sometimes for their turn, and at the same
time afford those who come from a distance a bet
ter chance of being attended to-. No charge for
consultation or advice. Charges for medicines
in consequence of his great practice, frequently
will not exceed 50. 90 and never more than $500
aimonth.
December 16. v1Sn2Stf
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-01-27
David Tod. ESQ.

This Individual did a very undignifedth thing,
when he struck at Attorney Critchfeld, in his
lasl message. It was, perhaps, as small a
thing as old Dave ever did. But Critchield,
in reply, makes the fur fly. Hear him:
It may be proper to state here that 1 regret
to have been placed between two gentlemen,
Mr.. Cathcart and Mr.. Tod-both of whom are
il indicted for crimes involving official perjury.
The official delinquencies of neither of them
are chargeable to this Office. And, while to
be charged falsely with dcreliction of official
duty is quite unpleasant, il is made somewhat
more SO to come from a person who figures on
the criminal lists of the State.
Respectfully,
L. R. CRITCHFIELD.
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SELL RINGERS
a r. II @ o M N G.!
TO w n A
Thursday Eve, Jan. 2Sth, 1864.
Owing to other engagements, they can re-
main positively IN NIGHT ONLY!

ATELY returned from a four years tsur round
l. the world, and having, since their return,
given SUCCESSFUL CONCERTS in
the City of New York thirty-six in Boston ; thir-
teen in Baltimore; sixteen in Washington also
visited the principal cities of the Western States,
in oil of which their Concerts have been attended
by the largest. most fashionable and delighted au-
diences that ever greeted musical artists, would
now respectfully announce one of their highly
popular MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENTS as above.
Their Repertoire embraces a choice collection of
Vocal Quariettes, arranged in their own peculiar
style also variety of .he sweetest English, Irish,
Scotch, German and Spanish ballads extant; Hu
morous Songs, Duets, &c Arias, Cavatinas and
Scenas, from works of the most popular Italian
and French masters. In addition to their usual
choice selections of Vocal Music, they will play,
each evening, several pieces on the celebrated
SWISS BELLS.
The ALLEGHANIANS beg leave to state to their
numerous friends and patrons of former years,
that about fou years ago they added the SWISS
BELLS to their already superior Conctrts and the
Press, as well as all competent musical critics,
have pronounced their Bell playing superior to
any thing of the kind ever heard IN this country
not excepting that of the original Swiss Bell Ring
ers who appeared in the United States about fifteen
years since.
Admission SO cents-Children % cents. Com
mences at u O'Clock.
certs of the ALLEGHANIANS were honored by
the attendance of hundreds of thousands of de-
lighted listeners-Kings, Queens, Mobiles, and the
most distinguished men of the age patronized their
entertainments, and lavished upon them the most
hattering demonstrations of approval.
J. III. Manager.
D. G.. WALDR0N, agent.
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oun

W. notice by some exchange that VIM LAR
WILL Esq, tho representative elect from tins
district has been refused the seat to which he
was entitled in the Ohio House of Represen-
,tatizes. On this case, like that of the case
of Hon. T. j. KENNY in the Senate, a COM
mittee was appointed to examine into the
rights of the claimants. The Senate COM
mittee adopted a rule which defeated KENNY,
of course, by the combined notes OF Ashland
and .Riehlapd. They threw out under his
rule n certain class of soldiers votes in Ash
land county. IF the same rule bad been adopt
ed bv the Committee of the House, A. Lar
,,;u ,co,la hare been declared elected By a
Lras ,,a;or;tu. But this would not do. The
League had determined that peither OF these
men should have their seats. Ii the rule
adopted in-one body did not defeat the can
zdidate in the other, a new rule must be made.
The infamy of these thieves and scoundrels
is more plainly and clearly shown in another
matter. Upon the Senatorial question the
s1zommittee refused to receive the certificate of
fhe Ashland County Clerk and demanded
these farces.called the army poll books. They
examined these and threw out q portion oil
them by a certain rule. In the auckland
oouuty case they took MIR. RITTER's, the coun-
t. Clerks certificate, soithoas examining the
nolb books. Had they dune this with him
under he same rule applied to Ashland eoun.
afuM Mr.. BENNY would have been elected by q
large majority. Such is in brief the history
If their most infamous fraud upon the people.
and is Just what we expected when We noticed
tbe article in that organ of the LeyalLsaguer
md cotton thieves, upon our candidates, +Ae
Ohio State Journal. A persistent effort wa'
made by it to incite feeling against Mr.. KEN
Nv and with its power over the League it wa'
decided that he and Mr.. LARwILL should b.
ousted at an hazards, with or without law
q Is done; and when the scoundrels Wit
have thus violated their eaths think calml.
of this matter no enc will ensg either then
uosition Or conscience.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-01-27
Expulsion of Senator Kenny

by a strict party vote, expelled Hon. T. j.
KENNY, the able Senator from the. Ashland
district, or rather they decided that Mr.. Gass,
and not Mr.. Kenny, was entitled to represent
that district in the Senate The pretense that
thers was not a fair count of the soldiers vote,
was a mere sham. The fact is, Kenny had
more brains than the whole Abolition crew in
the Senate ; and hence they wished to get rid
of him ; fearing that he would expose the
frauds, hypocriey and thieving of Abolition
ism. The shoddies had not even the deceucy
to wait for the decision of the Supreme Court
in reference to the legality of the soldiers
vote.-M. Vernon Banner.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-01-27
Corrupfiom.

As to the corruption which of late has stalk
ed sham elessly through our legislative halls,
what is to be done If nothing, then repub-
lican institutions are a failure,-New York
Tribune.
The Tribune's candidate for the Presidency
means to see that nothingsis done to check the
far greater Corruption at Washington. Secre-
tary Stanton has taken good pains to see that
nothing is DONE Mr.. Chase suspends but
does not remove H. b. Stanton. Secretary E.
M..Stanton sends to Washington-Territory an
officer who knows too much for his safety of
the gigantic frauds in the QuartermasteI's
Department at Cincinnati. The Tribune had
better abandon its republican idols and advo-
cate the reelection of honest men. It will
thus acquire more confidence in republican in
stiutions.-Horld.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-01-27
bankruptcy ortne government.

In the House of Representatives, on the
18th inst. Hon. Rufus p. Spauiding, member
from the Cleveland District, in the course CT
some remarks in opposition to- the payment of
$1,000 0 to reimburse the State of Pennsylva-
MIA, for expenses incident to tie expelling of
Lees trmy, made an admission which the
Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati
Enquirer says startled the outsiders. He said:
"The Treasury is on the point of bank
ruptcy, and It is difficult to find money to pay
the bounty to volunteers" AS Mr. Spaulding
is one of the leaders, and an intimate personal
friend of Mr.. Chase. and doubtless posted as
to the actual condition of the Treasury, his
statemertis alarming and impolitie. Itscaus-
ed quite a sensations in the galleries, which
were pretty well crowded with contractors and
expectants at the time. They doubtless
thought the harvest was about over. AR.
Spaulding is Chairman of the Special Commit
tee to prepare a general Bankrupt Bill would.
it not be advisable f1r him. if his Statement as
to the forlorn condition of the Treas ury is
true, to make some provision to include the
Government as well as individuals in the ben
efcial operations of the law.-M. Fermon Ban
ner.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-01-27
suffer- a of the Confederate Pris-
Oners During the Late Cold
Weatk,cr.

-
The Chico 60 times, in an article upon the
suffering of the soldiers at Camp Douglas,
near that city, says:
1.-THE suffering and tortures endured by the
Confcderafe prisoners is beyonds the power
OF pen to portray Unaccustomed to the
Northern climate, and cold lake and prairie
Kinds. their light Southern garb was&a poor
protection against the ordinary temperature of
the elements. But with the winds maddened
into fury, the air filled with freezing snow,
they suffered as no people ever suffered before.
Through the erevices of their thin board bar.
racks the wind whistled as if invery mockery,
bringing the snow in such quantities as to
cover the floors and beds upon which they had
to sleep. So desperate was their condition
that they were compelled to sleep by reliefs.-
Divid ding off into squads of four, two would re-
tire to their cold berths, covering with the
blankets of the foGr, while the others would
keen up the fire. thus in turn of four hours
each did these poor mertals attempt to brave
the raging of the storm. In many cases the
snow bad frequently to be shaken from the
blankets of the sleepers. With all their inge-
nuity they could not keep warm, and numbers
Of them will suffer from exposure of this dread
full storm for all time to come. To add to the
horrors or their situation, many of them were
sick, and the Svailiug wind and searching cold
added fresh ter-ors to their sufferings."
It is not much use to declaim about the
horrors of the Libby Prison, at Richmond, if
we allow such cruelty in our own prisons at
the North. 90
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-01-27
First National Bank.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

IL Ia GAH "E. E
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY,
WAsHINGToN, January A, 1864,
Whereas, by satisfactory evidence presentedtoths
undersigned, it has been made to appear that the
First National Bank of Ashland and State of Ohio.
has been duly organized under and according to
the requirements of the Act of Congress, entitled
can Act to provide a National Currency, secured
by @ pledge of United States Stocks and to pro-
vide for the circulation and redemption thereof"
approved February 25, 1868, and has complied
with all the provisions of said Act required to be
with before commencing the business OF
Banking;
Now therefore,, I Hugh MoCullooh, Comptroller
of the Currency, do hereby certify that the First
National Bank of Ashland, County Of Ashland and
State of Ohio is authorized to commence the Dusi-
ness of Banking under the Act aforesaid
In testimony whereof, witness my hand aud
-. seal of Office, this fourth day of Janua-
~ HUGH McCULLOCH,
= r2t Comptroller of the Currency.
january rs, 'e4-ows2}
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SRERIFFS SALE.
MEL Babst In Ashland County,
Common P1ans


John Atom, ct al. Common Pleas.
In pursuance to the command of an order of
sale of mortgaged premises, duly issued out of the
Court of Common Pleas, of said county, dated the
22d day of January, A. D.. 1864, and to. me direc-
ted, 1 will expose to sale at public auction at the
door of the Court House in Ashland on
the LIST day Of March, a. D. 1864,
between the hours of 10 o'clock A. NJ. and 4 o'clock
P. NJ. of said day the following described lands
and tenements to-wit: Situate in the County of
Ashland, and State of Ohio ; being the south half
of the north west quarter of section twenty six,
(26) in township twenty FIVE, e25l of range seven
teen. (iO containing eighty acres more or less,
save and except so much of said premises as are
embraced within the following boundaries: Com
mencing at the north east corner of said quarter
section, being a stone planted in the public road,
thence runningseuth eighty eight degrees, west
forty and twenty three hundredths chains to a
stone. thence south -nnn-an4r haff degrees east
along the section line thirty two, and thirty
two hundredths chains to n stone. thence north
eighty eight degrees east forty, and twenty
one hpndredths chains to o stone in the pub
lie road, thence along the center CT said
road north, one and one half degrees west thirty
two and thirty two hundredths chains to the place
of beginning containing one hundred and thirty
acres, leaving in Plaintiffs said mortgage thirty
acres Of land. Terms of Sale cash. Appraised at
S30,55 per acre, making the aggregate appraisement
SO 1856.
LARS McCoOL. Sheriff.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-01-27

DIR. Gw1N AND NAPoLEoN.-The French
Emperor soon after the receipt oe the news of
the defeat of Bragg's army at Chattanooga,
sent for DIR. Gwin, of the Confederate semi-of-
fetal ENJOYS, and had a long interview with
him. When DR.. Gwin left, he called on the
French Foreign Minister with an autograph
letter from his Majesty. All sorts of specula-
tions were rife respecting the meaning of
these mysterious interviews, but it is generally
understood to have had relation to the annex
alton of California to the. French Mexican
Empirc--a project which Gwin is said to ia
vnr.
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xvI,ot tbeuA haIf,I on Movement la.
ccoIn. Wished.

The New York Heral, y in noticing the ar
ticle of the New York 4 ri6une tracing the
connections between the OF. ganizatlon on the
Abolition societies in the No. rth in lSa3sand
the present condition of the co untry says:
aWhat these one hundred tn, 'usand Aboll-
tionists have accomplished may be- oIleny sta
ted in a very few words. They b ave accom-,
plished the present war. They he We worked
for it thirty years, and here it is. hey have
wrecked a powerful, peaceful and haI Ply eoun
try. They havo arrayed brother against proth-
er, father against son, children against p arenfs-
They have filed the land with widows a nd Or
phans. They have transformed the country
into a vast grc Yard. They have shed an
ocean. of blood and squandered mountains OF
money. They have made the air heavy wit o
the cries of the Wounded and the gro lns of the
dying, and the lamentations of the mourners.
lThey have devastated the fields and plantations
ofthe South, and destroyedsthe of
the North. They have given a check to civilt
cation and democratic institutions which it will
take years to recover. All this they
have accomplished in thirty years. One hun
i bred thousand fends let loose from the lowest
hell and inspired by the most Internal malice
| could not have accomplished more mischief in
the same space of time. If this be any thing
to rejoice over let the Abolitionists rejoice
If they desire to raise a monument to perpetr-
ate the remembrance of their triumphs, our
| battlefield will furnish them with enough
human skulls for a pyramid, and Wendell
Phillips or Beecher would be only too happy
to Deliverable address at the laying of the cor
ner SKULL"
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-01-27
The National Democratic COnven
ton.

4 At a meeting of the National Democratic
Committee, held at New York, it was unani-
mously voted that the next National Demo
cratic Convention, for the purpose of nomin-
ating candidates for the Presidency and
Vice-Presidency of the United States, be held
at Chicago, Illinois, on Monday, July 4, 1864;
By vote of the Committee at a meeting held
September Z, 1868. the number of delegates
for each State was fixed at double tie number
of electoral votes.
FRED. o. PRINCE, Secretary.
New York, January II, 1864.
All Democratic and conservative papers arc
respectfully requested to publish the above.
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More stolen.

> A apatriot," by the name of Capt. Tom.
Stoddard, has been detected by a portion of
the" Goyernmont'' in a wholesale fraud. He
has stolen SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS Which act GER
tainly ranks the Captain. a a patriot of the
of course this "patriot' is loyal He ought
70 become a partner of Captain HURT; in the
notification of the Ohio State Journal tfre'or-
gan of the Abolition party CT Ohio.--Es.
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The Whole Argument i'm n Nu1
hell

The following, from a letter Of the Hon.
Chas. R. Buckalew, well cpitomizes the ar
eunent of the abolitionists !:
Join us, (this is the cry) be with us, think
ss we think, do as we do, forget that you fore
told these terrible evils as results of our policy,
and we secuted the warming, forget that We
had platforms which we have broken, forget
that you were freemeR before we mounted
your backs, and ruled you by degrees, and
put you in prison by telegraph, and sent you
x-gatherers to take your earnings, Provost
Marshals to sieze your sons for the war For
get all this. AMI hold up your hands and bid
us God speed--or, you are secessionists, trail
tors, copperheads, worse than the enemy in
arms, and saved of grace, net by merit ,.fEern
condign end pitiless punishment.
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IL The Cincinnati Enquirer of Tuesday
the following D araeraph

The aBLANDIGHAM GAsE IN THE SU-
PREME CoURT.-The Hon. George E. Pugh,
who is at present in Washington on legal
business, will, during the present term of the
Supreme Court, present to that tribunal a mo-
ton soreview the proceedings of Judge Leav-
lit, of this city, wherein the latter denied to
Mr.. Vallandigbam the writ Of haleas corpus.
Transcript of the proceedings under the
seal of the Court are row in Mr.. Pugh's pos
session, As to the precise mode by which the
question will be brought before the Supreme
Court we are mot advised.
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n BEST PIANO IN
II COUNTY

HAVE at my house a seven octave, iron frame,
overstrung bass Piano Forte. four round cor
ners. carved legs and Tyre, from the celebrated
house o Conrad Meyer, Philadelphia, which L am
DESTROYS of selling at once ard win offer at a bTr-
gain. Those DESTROYS ofpurehasing will eorfer a ia
yor by Calling and examining the above named
instrument before contracting elsewhere.
II. S. KNAPP.
January 9th. le64-3wnos4.
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A SEWING MACHINE GRATIS .
Notice.

sbose indepted on the books of the late frm "
W,rK 4 BUSHNELL. or to me otherwise viii
tate notice that E. T. Drayton or myself viii AZ
lend at the Stone Butter Store in Ashia nd, 1ora
short time to settle and receive payment .Iuss
nd will avoid costs which will occur IN All cases "
neglect. My business must be closes PromPsay.
/, Ashland. Dec. 0, lsss-swn27
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AWHITE MANS ToAsT.-At a banquet at
Newburyport to the Hon. G. w. Jsekman,
the Democratic candidate for Mayor Mr.. r.
s. Spoford proposed:
"Old Newburyport-the only Democratic
city in the State
"Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night.
Like q rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear