The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-01-25
NEWS POEMS.
Blair left this morning for Richmond,

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Sesive commissioners to treat for peace,
and for an undivided country. Of course
this means also the recognition Of the
a ~proclpmations as valid.
Ss ReportsAby the Fortress Monroe boat
say, that an arrival from of Wellington,
last evening, brings the intelligence that
the rebels had blown up Fort Casewcll,
~ and Wilmington was said to have been
~ evacuated by them,
y The Commercials special says that
ssa several rebel Congressman have express
a. ed d desire to confer with authorized Of
fcials Of the United States on peace.
a., The monitor Potapsco was destroyed
as4of Charleston, on the 18th. by a torpedo.
- Forty or fifty Of the crew went down with
net.
The telegraph between Richmond and
81 Mobile is uninterrupted.
tsi'7 The New York TriJune's Washington
special says one Of the results Of Secretary
STATIONS mission to Savannah, is TO solve
1.-The doubt about General Sherman being
~ OIL! right 90 the negro question, 1t is
claimed that he is heart and soul with the
Administration, and will, in a few days
A. issuean order, giving to tho negroes the
abandoned cotton plantations in Georgia.
There arc mary speculations about Blai's
second mi sion to Richmond. 1t is be-
feyed thrt his first mission was more sue.
% eessful than has been allowed to transpire.
The New York TriJune's Montreal
(Capada) correspondent has another
sensation story Of new rebel rid upon
the border frontier towns,
Mr.. Blair on his return from Richmond
on Monday last, brought with him a
manuscript letter from Davis to Lincoln.
Davis says that he is willing, as he always
has been, to receive commissioners to
treat for peace, in order to spare his coun-
try from the horrors Of war, and to ad-
pvsuceall It's interests.
w John Push, convicted Of murder in
the second degree, escaped from Spring.
field Ohio Jail, one night last week, dis.
guised as a woman. He is about S feet
l7inches high, dark hair aud CONNECTION.
A reward of $500 has been offered for his
arrest
There has been a destructive fire In
Louisville. The Gaui: House and its
furniture was burned. The loss is esti-
mated at half a million of dollars. There
was an insurance Of 100000, on the far
,niture. Mr.. William Hamer, of Shelby
coun.y, Ky, persisted in the flames
a. Hon. George H. Pcndletou made a
splendid speech recently in the House of
Represe natives, on the question Of
amending the Federal Constitution so as
10 abolish slavery.
A lady, while eating oyesters at a sa-
loon 10 Chicago, found q pearl in a shell
which the jewellers pronounced worth
$3.50. Fat oyster, that.
D. What a burlesque it will be- what an
audaucious mOckery Of God and the peo-
pie, to see Abraham Lincoln, on the 4th
Of March, again swear toprescrre, protect
and defend the Constitution Of the Uni.
ted States.
The citizens Of Philadelphia have pur-
chased a fuely.iurpished house for 3d.
600, to be presented to Mrs. Gen Grant,
o. permanent resid ence. They have
also subscribed $4,000 for the widow
General Birney, buying her a house for
$4,000 and investing the balance in Uni
ted States bonds.
According to the message OF Governor
Morton, the State Of Indiana, thus far has
furnished 10000.
Mayor Gun,her, Of New York, in his
Message puts the debt Of that city at $685..