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The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-11-30
The Horrors OF War.

IA man, unless he happens to be devil
incafnate, very soon gets tired of killing
those whom he can see. Even the sur
geon who is dissecting a corpse covers up
the face of his subject. Those orbs have
sunk their fire into the abyss of death,
but they are still human eyes. To mark
the death gaze of the slaughtered, the
poor fellow who never did do us harm
to feel our feet slippery in his blood-to
have his blood squirt on to our hands, and
his hot brains brash into our face-this
kind of business very soon sickens and
revolts the bravest soldier. When you
have seen a few men slashed or shot to
death, my Christian friend-my melo-
dious poet, with your sing-song about the
"tented field" and the .'embattled strife
my m~illehuous pastor, with your high
standing eloquence about the TGod of
battles you will think as I do, and may.
hap you will come to acknowledge how
comparatively tender and merciful are the
men, in shoulder-straps whose trade it is
to kill, and how often the gorge of their
souls rises at their dreadful calling
Turn to the Book of Maccabees, and read
that one tremendous pregnant passage
that one line "And Nicanor lay dead in
harness." When you have seen him thus,
lying stark and stiff, his brave clothes all
dabbled in gore, his mouth wide open,
g%rinning, awful, the bloody foam on his
lips dried into a purple crust, and the
camp follower-thc Thenard of the army
creeping up TO rife his pockets, and
draw off his boots, and cut off his ring
finger, and smash his jaw for the sake of
the gold-setting to his false teeth, you
may form some idea about the romance
of war" very different from those you
have rrcEiously entertained.|[Sala, in
the London Telegraph.
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IFrom the Hancock Courier.
Our View of the Election.

"The die is east z. and it is black.
A dark day and a dark deed-Last
Tuesday and the election of Lincoln.
"The die is cast" Lincoln is elected,
and the death Of the Republic is sealed.
as is also all those between eighteen and
fifty.
IA fool for luck.p Abe Lincoln the
bufoon.an1 smutty joker, is reelected Pres
ident. off ignorance is bliss, tits folly to
be WISE"
Some folks may think W are. looking
on the dark side of the subject but we
can't help it, when a negroized Republic
stares us in the face.
Black is henceforth to be the promi-
nent color in our government, both in
face and dress. In order to effect the
latter change, a heavy consumption will
soon take place, when all will be called
upon to o for some relative.
F"Give him rope enough and he'll hang
HIMSELF is often said of n wilful man.
The Abolitionists have got the rope, and
we don't care how soon the hanging COM
mences. We will bet a small sum that
before another four years elapse, those
who voted fer Lincoln will feel like fol-
lowing the example of Judas Iscariot.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-11-30
az 1t is said that Lincoln is dill

* 1t is said that Lincoln is dill
gently studying the histories of Cromwell
and the tive Napoleons. The modes of
subverting free Government, and making
despotism permanent, constitute the chief
subject of his meditations, and from the
works named he derives many valuable
suggestions. We do not think he need
give himself any anxiety, or perplex what
mind he has with serious cogitation. Any
plan he may adopt will work. The peo-
pie are ready-we mean the majority of
them-and even anxious for the total
overthrow of free institutions, and the
permanent establishment of Abolitionism.
All the events of the last three years,
and the Presidential election of the pres
ent month more than all others, proves
this fact conclusively. It needs not the
genius of an Augustus, a Cromwell or a
Bonaparte to enslaYe the American peo-
pie. They are ready for the yoke, and
any burgler may rivet it upon their neck.
Dayton Empire.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-11-30
Personnel of the Rebel War
riOrs.

HEI
General Beauregard is about five feet
seven inches high, gray hair, broad FORE
head, face tapering rapidly to the chin,
prominent nose, full, dark eye, and wears
a gray moustache and imperial. He is
fifty years old. ae
General Hood is abont six feet high,
light hair, fair complexion, gray eyes,
heavy sandy beard. a large framed man,
about thirte-fve years old. His right
leg is off above the knee.
General s. d. Lee is a young man,
about twenty-nine years old, Eve feet
eight inches in height, light hair and
whiskers, gray eyes and fair complexion.
General Cheatham is about five feet
nine inces high, heavy built, dark hair,
dark hazel eyes, about ffty-6ve years old.
General clayton is six feet high, about
forty-eight years old, hair turning gray,
short, stiff beard-a good locking man.
General Pat Cleburne is six feet one or
two inches high, about forty-two years
old, lean (but not hungry looking, like
Cassius), iron-gray hair loves his friends
and hates his enemies bodies, but prays,
he says, for their souls.
General Bate is a well grown man,
about thirty-eight years old, six feet high,
dark hair, speaks. pleasantly and limps
upon his right leg, from wounds received
in Georgia.
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SHERIFF,g SAEE

'oAa,s.shl ct 9, II raf'i'ioh Il A.hlsaa
Mary Crist ct al. County eommJn Pleas.
IN pursuance to the. command Of an order,
J. of sale on partition duly issued out Of the
Court of Common Pleas of said county, dated
the 22d day of November a. d. zl864 And 70,
me directed I win expose to sale 1T public
auction on the premises, gaf4 SI&AI
On Friday, December 28d, 1864,
between the hours Of 10 o'clock a. M-.and &
o'clock P, NJ, of said day the following de-
scribed lands and tenements tozWit; ffy
acres Of land of Of the East SIDE offhstSouth
West quarter of section.one (1E in township
twenty i've To- Of range seventeen in the dis
triet of Wooster. Also . part Of the north
west quarter of section number one IN In,
township twenty five (25l Of range eeyenteen
40 and bounded and described as foll,ws.
commencing at the south east cerner Of snid
quarter, thence north on the east 1ihs Of said
quarter eighteen Us reds; themes west nine
and one half rods; thence south eighteen rods;
thence east ON the south line to the. place Of
beginning containing one acre more or less.
Also 2 certain other tract Of land IN said
county and known as part Of the north east
quarter Of section one, township twenty ave.
of FRANCE seventeen and bounded rs folfoWs;
commencing at the south east corner ofzeaid
quarter section thence north with the east
boundary line Of the same forty seven and 6-l0s
perches TO- q post thence west parallel with.
the south boundary line of said quarter one
hundred and sixty seven perches 10 . post en-
the west boundary line = thence south with.
said line forty eight and $40 perchss to the
south west corner Of said quarters thence east
with the south boundary line one hundred
and sixty eight perches to the place of Begin
ming containing fifty acres, according TO the
orc. Wise, county surveyor. reserying
and excepting out of said last described fhy
acres, twenty acres heretcforee sold by Henry
Stahl and wifeltot Msrgary Low cry By deed
dated June 9th, 1857, and bounded and de-
scribed as follows known as part Of the north
east quarter of section one II toHnship twen-
ty five I251 and range seventeen Hi and
bounded as follows, commencing at the north
east, running thence north west sixty six
1861 6g6-lo00 rods: thence south west forty
eight (451 52-I00 rods; thence south east six
ty six I66] 945-1000 rods: thence north esse
forty seven TAI rods and eight links to the
place of beginning.
Terms of Sale-One third i ! hand on day OF
sale, one third in one year and the residue in,
years from day of sale acknowledgements
to be secured by mortgage on the premises,
with interest from date.
Appraised at $685., 80 ass.atss
80 's- JAS. McCpOL, Sheriff.
Ashland, Nov. 23-tspfSI6.00
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-11-30
NEWS

The fires at New York on last Friday
night, at the five different hotels, were
made with PHOSPHORUS, and it is thought
for the purpose of robbery. In Barnum's
Museum, which was also set on fire, the
panic struck audience was robbed most
va thoroughly in the great smoke and con-
fusion that ensued.
A correspondent in describing the reb-
ell gun mandatory says that in a short
time it will be able to furnish all the
EARNS needed for the rebel forces.
The steamer Wm. s. Ewing, bound
South with Government stores, munitions
of war and troops, sunk on the 26th,
forty miles below st. Louis. Two lives
were lost. The bsat, valued at forty
thousand dollars, is a total loss. A por-
ton of the cargo win probably be saved.
Hoods army, numbering probably 49,.
600 men, have been for several days past
contemplating south of Columbia, Tenn.
Our forces in The meantimekha have 'evacua-
ted Paluski, Huntsville and Decatur,
which places are now in rebel hands, and
are. in Hoods front near aud about Co.
lumbia.
The Electors of President and Vice
President will meet in the CapitalsHof
their respective States, on the first
"Wednesday of December next, and cast
their votes.
A woman in franklin county, Missouri,
ri 80 - I
doing all the work herself, and cleared
six hundred dollars by it.
The proportion of votes between Lin
coin and Mcclellan is 100 for the former
to 95 for the latter. Not a bad beat after
all.
Governor Morton is canvassed at Wash.
ington as a successor to Stanton in. the
War Department. Mr.. Usher is to sue
ceed the late Hon. Caleb B. Smith on the
bench Of Indiana.
A copperistatne of Buddha, seven feet
in height, which was discovered while
.excavating for a railway in India, has just
reached Birmingham, England. This
statue il. said. by antiquarians to be two
thousand five hundred years OLD.
Flora Temple, the famous trotting
mare, will be brought on the turf some
time in next May, which will be positive
y her last appearance. She is the prop
erty Of Mr.. WEIGH, of Chestnut Hills,
New York.
A man named Nelson Burlingame has
been arrested at Washington City for
stealing ~lunatics cut of the Insane Asy-
lum, and furnishing them as substitutes.
His arrest is all wrong. Lunatics have
controlled the Government for the last
four years and it is now time some of that
class should dc a little of the 6ghting.-
Couldn't some one steal old Abe and
shove him into army? Then there would
bessethe right man in the right place"
Lincoln's attempt to convert the war
into a miserable and fruitless negro cru
SADIE, and his allowing some &C, 900 white
Union soldiers to suffer in the various
prisons and cattle yards in the South, for
the sake of a few hundred negroes, has SO
disguised 5000 of our Union boys thus
neglected, as to cause them to take the
oath Of allegiance to Jeff Davis.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-11-30
The Prospect Ahead.

The following not very cheerful utter.
ances are extracts from a speech of Mr..
Seward, delivered at Auburn, New York,
November Z, the evening before the late
election
I have come home to exercise my right
of suffrage as heretofore, with the con-
viction, which 1 suppose you all entertain
yourselves, that this may be my last time.
Nations, though usually long lived, are,
nevertheless, mortal. Our own republic
is now confessedly struggling for life
This, therefore, may be our last Presiden-
tiaz election.
Dangers surround us. The civil war
confronts US in the rebel States. For
eign wars loom over us. On all our
coasts, and on all our borders, the fires of
faction send up sulphurious smoke under
our feet. 1t would be absurd to say
country is not in a strait.
Persons asked me on every hand, ais
this war to last forever 2" "How long is
the war to lastI' I answer the war will
not last forever, but it must continue un-
til we give up the conflict. Are you pre-
pared to give up tie conflict? You say,
no, never. Why? Because in that case
you give up the national life; you enter
into the state of national death. What
that state is; God be thanked, we do not
certainly Know.
This is somewhat different in its tone
from that cheerful speech which the
made just after Lincoln was
in 1860, when he predicted the
of the Union in sixty days.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-11-30
Howard Association,
OF PHILADELPHIA, p.

OF PHILADELPHIA, P.sf.
hISEASES of the Nervous, Semipel. Uri-
L. nary and SexualSj stems-new and re-
treatment--in reports of the Howard
il sHOUGHToN. Howard association, No, I
South Ninth Street. P~hiladelphiA, Pa
July g 1864. vI9n5tf.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-11-30
LOT FOR SALE.

Avery desirable building Lot-No. "a,
on Centre Street in South Ashland, Is
for Sale and can be purchased low. The
lot is beautifully located, in the pleasant
est part of the town, and is az fine q spot
for building as any one could desire
For terms apply at this Office. (2w25]
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Office.

NOTICE is hereby given that the subscri-
IN Der has been duly appointed and quail
fed aslAdministrator of the Estate of William
Bird, decd, of Lake TIP. Ashland county, o.
ga,s STEPHEN BIRD.
November goth, 1854.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-11-30
TILE DRAFT.

We had supposed hat LINcoLN's last
draft had passed off quietly and that he
had succeeded in getting the men but
such is not the fact in all the districts in
Ohio. Supplemental drafts still go on in
the cities and Southern districts to fill
the vacancies, occasioned by deIinquents.
In the river counties only about one fifth
Of the men, originally drafted, have re-
ported, and they are mostly eripples.-
Supplemental drafts follow in quick sue
c~ession, and as fast as men are drafted
they fee to the hills to hide. In some
of the southern counties the drafted men
have commenced burning the barns and
houses of those who prosecute them
The draft is as disagreeable to the legal
as the disloyal. They all run alike when
the tug of war comes. Except the SOL
diers at present in the army, our fighting
population is very scarce. They appear
to love war but are afraid to engage
hit They shout war, murder and ami
hilation, and yet are afraid of their own
shadows. 1t is to be hoped. that LIN
COINS next will inspire them with more
! courage: The men who voted themselves
into the ranks should be compelled to go,
and if they skedaddle they should be
hunted down with bayonets, bullets and
Southern blood hounds. Such would be
only justice to such men,
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-11-30

q" Whom the gods wish to destroy they
first make mad" is a saying that seems
peculiarly applicable to the American
people They have gone mad, and the
destruction will come with the next draft.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-11-30
THE ooNFHssloNsA AND ExRRREaG1

Published for the benefit, and ~ . cAu-
TION TO YOUNG MEN and ofherS, Mho SUI
fer from Nervous Debility; PreuafaSs Decay
of Manhood, &c., supplying htthsL sARa time
The MEANS Oh HEEFveURz-By-onszNhp has
cured himself after undergoing considerably
envelope single copies maybe had 81 The =
fhnr lE@t:a 49,
NATHANIEL tMAyFAIR. Esq.,
(iy52) 80. Brooklyas Kings GO. =. Il
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-11-30
House Painting and PaReE Hanging

TIME Undersigned desires q Gall attention
to the actthat he is now resdXto doany
work in the swaysof House Painting n Pa
per Hanging.wWith neatness . mon the
shortest notices&tH warrants - give ennre'
satisfaction in ell particulars and uDon Tho
msst reasonable terms. ,our cpo.rpp
,.i4netf <VBHshy-nA
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-11-30
NEW ADVERTIsEMENTS-
JAMES Z. COX,
ATTORNBT AT LAW,
Public and Gener-
al Land Broker. Rs,

Office IN the COURT HOUSE, Mans
field, Richland County, Ohio,
Will give prompt and dill gent attention to all
kinds Of business entrusted to his care. sgt
Persons DESTROYS to buy or sell, will find it
to their interest to give him q call. He has
1000 Acres of Choice Western Lands
which he viii sell Cheap for Cash, or exchange
them for small farms in Richiand or Ashland
Counties. These Lands have been selected
with great care, and are warranted to be as
represented. (n25t)
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-11-30
Shocking.

An inventory made by a Committee Of
citizens of one county. of the work done
under Sheridan's orders of the desolation
of the Yalleyfof Virginia shows the fol-
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-11-30

Balance in hands Of Treas, s4,4u7,00,k
do hereby certify that the fsrgoine
Exhibit Of the Receipts and Rxpendi-
lures Of Ashland County, for che year
ending September I'm 1884 c6flsck
as I verify believe
ISAAC GATES, kudisor
Of Ashland County.
We, the undersigned gomnissiopers OF
Ashland County, o. certify thatfve have.
examined the foregoing exhibit, and it il
correct in all respects. sla,
JOHN BERRY,
ROBERT COWEN,
JOHN VAN NEST,
Auditors Office, Sept II, ,64.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-11-30

In addition to all this, immense amounts
of the supplies of the people were de-
stroyed, consumed, or taken away. Nc
Cormack's repairs, thrashing machines,
and other implements of farming, were
broken in large quantities ! plate, money,
bonds, stolen and a great deal of kitch-
en- furniture broken to pieces. The dam
age done to the unfortunate people of
that one county-Rockingham-is set
down by the Investigation at a valuation
of twenty-five millions of dollars! May
Heaven grant that the bitter. cup, whose
have thus been forced down the
threats of the citizens of Rockingham
countysto the dregs, be never presented
to the people along the border lying open
to retaliation.-Nep York Neaos.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-10-12
TO INDIANA MILITARY OFFICERS.
ExreurtvF DsFAMrxrNr OF Ixpr.x.)

EXECUTIVE DsFAKrsTNr o. ISpIsSa)
bvRrAu CT f~lNsNCY.
lSDIsxAFotfs. June -. 1861
INDIANA OFFICERS. who have Asen o. ar serving in
the army. are informed that thsir ordnance Resarus
~1ll D. made up sut pr~s~nted IS TIE proper lpp.rrsa.
an certificate q acgainsnce cttslet. yres q c44rg..
b Supplying 20 Nr. e. =. Rocker. chief clerk state Ora.
n4rce D~pzrfmert. oflc- - stalss ever NIUu.f hara-
ware store, Va. ~ NestNs shiagfoa stree. Id annapolis.
Bv making returns. - shove directed, oesets NfIi bet
culy save ell fees. but they viii b able 70 settle WITH he
Goverrnect and draw their pay from on> 10 three
noHtAs s4TAer thaE n tLe eu--Iess i eniFuste9 tc Clam
Axenis.
by ontes ssdsvsrnsr 1bsTos.
". u a. TERREII,
jsoo-d1 F&.astsi fssTslSsy
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-10-12
LAW O
DAVIS INDIANA DIGEST.

4 DIGEST OF THE DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME
N Court Of the State of Indiana, comprising the eases
reported in the eight volumes of hlackford and the first
sixteen volumes OF Indiana Reports; together with the
Revised Statutes of the State, as embodied in the edition
Of Gsvin & Hord. BY Edwin A. Davis. L. L.. b. vol
svo. 80 90.
The first edition Of this valuable work was completely
exhausted in less than three months from the time Of
publication. A new edition, printed on fine white paper,
is now ready. This is one of the most complete and best
arranged digests ever published, and has received the
highest Communications of the legal profession.
The Hon. N. N. RAY saya:
The Digest is as rare in its plan and execution ss II
is useful to the profession. This is no aoridgement OF
the Reports but a genuine digest OF them"
The Hon. DAyI2 McDosALD says:
1T is no smT commentator of the work that IL is a
Digest not only Of all our Supreme Court decisions which
have been published. but also Of all the modern statutes
now In force.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-10-12
MOST IMPORTANT TO YOUNG MEN,

Whose hollow cheeks and paled countenances tell in
fearful language and silent working Of some terrible dis
ease, undermining the constitutions, memory and reason;
hurr5 ing them to a ~prematur death. Reflect while rea-
son holds sway, and avail yourself of the services OF DIR.
Pendery, whose treatment ~dissipates the slightest disease
and cures the most harrassing weakness, or other cause
Of serious difficulty or perpetual annoyance.
His Remedies for Venereal Diseases
Are far superior TO anything ever introduced into the
United States, challenging the public to bring him q
case be oaDnot cure.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-10-12
All kinds of United States Bonds
and Revenue Stamps,

Add viii buy a-d sell Gold, Silver, Exchange. Govern
Puhnc secrnfieso Of every aescription. i
CoIlertions VIII be promptly made. ara evrry kfrt o
business attended 10 that belongs 20 legitimate banking.
Regular customers are only charged 8 per cent. upon
Icons obtained at this Bank, and the most ample pro
visions are made for the safe-kesping ofDeposits and :o'
the accommodation Of Deposifors.
In addition 20 the responsibility Of the United States
for the Liabilities Of the Bank, the Stockholders are indi-
sidaally responsible 70 the extent Of II cir stock, in add
ton 20 the smosnt invested IN such shares. thus a1orting
he mos; ample security 20 the public.
The following are the present StockholdeS OF he IN.
sIiution:
pfsycrcEs.
VIM. IL. English. Wm. Bfacsn,
W. R.Soflnger. Benz. r. futile,
Lewis Jord0n. John W. Murphy,
Deloss Root, Judge IN Pinch
ger. AeLere.
J. =. d. Lsnier. VIM. willard.
Hon. II. A. Hendricks, A Baldwin,
Hon. David Kilg0re. ID. W. Noble,
Hon. James A. Cfayens, W. O. Rockwosd.
Hon. John c. New, Daniel Hennessey.
Hon. T. NJ. Sullivan. James Powers,
Rev. Vim. A. Holiday, J. L.. Slaughter,
Prof G. ". Todd, LRcisn bills,
j. George Stilx, W. 8. T. Morton,
George ". Riggs, Barnaeas Coffin,
Robert Browning, John q. Hereth,
W. Holiday, Dr.. J. y. Castor,
W. X. Holloway. II. Il. PiIch-
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Ju5h
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-10-12
To Females, Old Or Young
Married or Single!

IL you are suffering from any Disease peculiar to your
sex. your should lose no time IN obtaining medical aid
where you will surely find it. The experience and sue
cess which the Doctor has had In Female Diseases hSsin.
fuenced persons 10 send him that class Of patients for
hundreds Of miles.
Sent free, on receipt Of stamp. q copy Of car Private
Letter 70 Married Ladies on Health.
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NATIONAL BANK.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF

rs THE onclaI depository and financial agent Of the
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