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The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-20
IN. M. HICKOK

iHAsALlRGE ASSORTMENT OF FURNI-
ture, consisting Of Tables, Bureaus, Bed
steads. Chairs Of every description. &c..
He keeps constantly on hands lot Of Me-,
stallic Burial Gases and Caskets. Having .
new iIeafse he willattendprsmpuy 70 fnn-
erals in any part Of the county. Furniture
made to order. Room one Door East OF the
Post Office, Up Stsirs h.e tvivnoo)
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-20
nta We don't believe the following
ory, although We find it in another pa

An old deaconin Yankeeland oncetold
US story. He was standing ono day be.
side a frog pond--we have his own word
for hand saw large rattlesnake make
an attack on an enormous bull frog. The
so AXE seized upon one Of the frogs hind
legs, and the frog to be ona par with his
snakcship, caught imby the tail and
both commenced swallowing ono another,
and continued this carniverous operation
until nothingwas left Of either OF them
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-20

y l6r A western editor complains chat
his properly came very near, being ex-
posed TO the world. A pickpocket re-
iieved him Of his purse, but unexpectedly
RETAINED from saying anything about i.
contouis, Hs s Nsli
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-20

A Bro PRoposIroN.-A gentleman
in Cincinnati, who has the funds, offers to
bet $4,000 that General Morgan will be
the next Governor Of Ohio. he can find
no one to take the bet.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-20

ra-The Republican party is labOring
to build up moneyed aristocracy in this
country. The Democratic party, the
friends of the people, are seeking to pro.
vent it.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-20

". RaLSTON,

yEwELLER and Silver Smith, one door West
Z or Potters Drug Store, Ashland, Ohio
Gold and Steel Pens, and choice variety
Of .Jewelry kept constantly on hand
Highea piice paid for old Gold and Silver.
Repairing done 10 order, on reasonable
Satisfactorily warranted.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-20
". r. yOHFs7 or.

ATTORNEY AT LAW; Office. over waiiaSk
l&Andrews Shoe Store, Main, Street ASH 2
land, Ohio. Also authorized BY the dov-
crnment to procure Pension Certificates
and Collect Bounty aud Back Pay.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-20

TnY Ir.eSes what your taxes are and
YOU may be- better enabled to determine
whether you had better vote the abolition
ticket for increased taxation, or the white
mems ticket for economy aud reduction
in public expenditures. F772 !
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-20
GEO. W. HILL, MI. d.,

PHYSICIAN s. SURGEON. Ashland ohie.---
Particular attention will be paid to the
treatment Of the following special diseases;
Dyspepsia, disease of the Liver, the Kid
neys, Scrofula and Epithelial Cancers.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-20
EYEGET0RS NOTICE.

NTolICE is hereby given That he under
IN signed has been day appointed nand
qualified as Executor Of the Estate Of David
Swarts, decd, late Of Perry Township. Those
having claims against said Estate, win PFC
sent them according 10 law, and those know
ing themselves indebted to said Estate, will
govern themselves accordingly. rN ~
e JOHNayAN NEST. Executor,
SAINT q 18G5-3wI3 -
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-20
PHYsICIANs.

Or. H. u. CRAFE,
OFFICE One Door West Of Qquire's Drpl
Store Up Stairs. Residence Corner Of cen
tire and Washington Streets, ashland, o.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-20
RoAVyvWIR@a
.I0H.rnD. IOEES.

ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ashland, o. pariic-
ular attention paid to Collecting and bn'
sincss in Probate Court. Office on Church
Street, between Main and Sandusky
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-20
70. H. McCOJuBS,

ATTORNEY and Counsellor at Law, Ashland
Ohio. Office in tho Brick building over
Singers Hardware store. ( M
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-20
BA1yI1xumH@e
utGgpImRaBs
.MILLER HOUSE,

OPPOSITE the McNul:y House, Ashland. O.,
M. MILLEn. Proprietor. Good accommoda'
iious and reasonable bills. Patronage So
licited.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-20
SCHOOL ExAMI.vERs.

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The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-20

J r.. COW'dN', M. d.,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, Ashland Ohio
Once over Hughes & stacher's Store, op:
posite the Town Hall.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-20
:. J.-KrxxY. RIM. cAMrBELI
KE.E.EY. & CAMPBELL.

ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Ashland, O.; Office
on Church Street, in the brick building i'm
mediately Nest Of Gains Store.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-20
.aNERIC.a.r. HOUSE,

OPPOSITE the Town Hall, .Ashland' Unio'
Archibald Finley, Proprietor, Is now pre-
pared 10 accommodate all his old customers
and as many new ones as may be pleased
10 give him call. .tiiee si7cb
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-20

4 NOTICE Is hereby given thht the under
signed has been duly appointed and qualified
Administrator Of the Estate Of Samuel Has,
singer deceased hte q tlfesrsoFnshlpf h
land County, ohio, +. 81, =, -.
f,.fs ld a.ss I. 1, 2 < -, 7 I - ||.'|7
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-20
8nsitttss 9irtttprp!,, ,
JiUOICIaLs OFFICERS.

GEO. ". ,GEDDEs, Common Pleas Judge.
3. ING,dAND, Probate Judge. s4i y W
8. M. BARBER, 0l'k Com Pl's & Dis! /! !C'rt,
@. W. HILL, Prosecuting Attorney 6b
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-20
COVNTY OFFICERs,

CWUJFTT OFIFTEEAtS.b I
ISAAC. GATES, Auditor. ~ 1nfi ~
HENRY HERSHEY, Treasurer. sa0e. 12
JOHN. G. BROWN, Sheriff. q aHd 81 Z
GEORGE W. URIE, Recorder. ..e..-. Ii
JOHN sKEENE, Surveyor. ns IA ~ !, ~,
JOHN WOODBURY., Coroner. s,.,...,E
JOHN BERRY, !
JOHN VAN NEST, Commissioners.
HENRY WICKs. =" 'D'''g " Il
JAMES MeNAULL, \ q !.
wM. CRAIG, lnfrmary Directors
u.s.. MARTIN, + - n9;2i3isf y ffg
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-09-20

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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-12-07

RATES oF'PosrAaE-In consequence of
the general ignorancein the South of the
rates Of postage established by law, many
letters of Importance are daily lost to
those interested by being improperly
or insuficiently stamped. The regula-
tions require that all such letters dropped
into post Offices shall be Immediately for
warded to the Dead Letter Office, where
they are never heard from unless they
contain money, or other enclosures of
value. We give below some information
which may prevent vexation to correa-
pondents.
The rate of postage on letters within
the United States is cents for every let
ter OF sealed package weighing one ounce
or under. Those over one ounce, 6 cents
and cents for every additional ounce
Prepayment with stamps in all cases is re-
quired. All letters without the necessary
postage stamps, or which arestamped with
revenue stamps, will be forwarded to the
Dead Letter office Immediately after be-
ing dropped into anyIpost offic.
Postage stamps issued prior to 1861 are
worthless, and will not answer for pres.
ent purposes.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-12-07

Srop THE CARNIVAL OF BLooD.-The
Louisville Daily Democrat makes some
suggestions against military commissions
and executions which will meet with
the appreciation of our people. 1t says:
Weare making history, and it is his
tory that may not read we'll q hundred
years hence. If all arc to be hung aftcr
civil war who deserve to be hanged, we
should havo need of a guillotinc; but after
such crazy times as VIC have passed
through, the sentiment Of tho world will
not justify vengeance, nor even rctribu-
ton, inflicted by human tribunals.
The misfortune is, that in such cases as
now come before these commissions, i'm
partial investigation, free from prejudice,
is not to DO expected. They are er parte
trials, where the victors arc judges and
the accused the vanquished; and, besides,
tho world is much given to lying. To
sift out the truth from falsehood, would
require an impartial court, and even then
the task would be difficult
We are making record that will 1.-Two
and we are much mistaken ifmen here
after do not read it with disgust and in
dignation.
What possible good purpose are those
executions to answer? We know they
will not. They have been tried often in
the world and failed of that effect. The
victims usually become martyrs, whose
example is to be initiated, rather than
Stunned. Beside, it is absurd that ma
ton born of rebellion should undertake,
by bloody executions, to make rebellion
per Sc odious. We know that remon-
STRANGE against all this is useless. Thesu-
per loyal will set it all down to sympathy
with traitors. We shall, nevertheless,
tender good advice, at it costs nothing,
and we assure those concerned that if
they never have the good fortune to be a.
shamed of their deeds, their children will,
when time has swept away the passions
Of the hour and brought it's usual chan
ges.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-12-07

FREAKS OF FoRTUNE.-A lady of this
city, of the highest responsibility and af-
nuenco before the war, by one of the vi
cissitudes ofdamc fortune, became seperat-
ed from her husband the early days of the
Confederacy. For years she heard moth
ING Of him, and at last the melancholy
conclution was accepted that he was dead.
In the meantime she became reduced in
circumstances, and at the time when the
Federal troops occupied the city she was
compelled to dispose Of her costly and
elegant furniture. This she did, piece by
piece, until the last object which served
to bind her to her former independence
had been sold, and she began to despair
Only few days ago she received q letter
from o gentleman in Mississippi, in which
she was informed that her husband had
lately died. leaving a fortune of over six
ty thousand dollars, Of which she was the
only heir. A check for one thousand
dollars accompanied the letter for her
immediate wants, and she Immediately
took her departure for the place where
unexpected fortune awaited her. 1t ap-
peaas that her husband, having enlisted
in tho army, was discharged on account
of illness, and owing to the unsettled
state of the country, preferred to remain
in the extreme South until the close Of
the war. While there ho became cngag-
cd in various spcculations, and made large
amounts of money, intending to rcjoin
his family as soon as peace was declared.
He invested his funds in cotton, and had
just disposed Of it when death closed his
career. He had written many letters to
his wife, but, strange to say, none of them
reached her; the above letter being the
first information she had been able to OBJ
tain as to his fatc.-Richmond Times.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-12-07

A correspondent of the Buffalo Comnaer-
cial had Gen. Hardee's company in going
from Savannah to Augusta. He describes
him as one of the most kind-hearted, SO.
cial and urbane of gentlemen. He was
accompanied by his two daughters, and
was on his way to his plantation near
Montgomery, Ala, where it is his inten.
ton to settle down to tho cultivation Of
the soil He spoke quite hopefully of the
success of free negro labor; said that his
plantation had escaped the ravages Of
war; that few, if any, Of his former slaves
had left it. and that it was his intention
to retain them at fair wages, or share
of the products, and to give them faith
full trial On the way to Augusta he fell
in with number OF his old soldiers, all Of
whom greeted him with warmth. In re-
turn he kindly inquired after their well
fare, and when told they were employed,
he gave vent to his satisfaction thus "I
am glad to learn that my brave boys arc
taking off their coats and going to work.
That is the only true way to recover
damages and again restore our State to
prosperity"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-12-07

The noted yacht Wandersr, sold by the
Government several months since to par
ties in Rockand, Me-, is now on the ma
rinc railway there, being rebuilt through
out. The purchasers of tho vessel, on
opening her, found her rotten, and she is
to be entirely reframed and rescalcd; on
ly the original outside plank and few
timbcrs will remain in her. The parties
paid Government $4,000 for her, and those
who have examined her say that it will
cost $1,000 to repair her. She will cost
her purchasers more than new vessel of
the same tonnage, but they will save her
beautiful model
The New Orleans Picayune says that
Judah P. Benjamin has written to his
friends in the city that he has becn re-
ceivcd and treated with great kindness
and generosity by many of the prominent
statesmen of England; that lie is await
ing the legal term of residence to qualify
him for admission to the English bar IN
order to resume the practice of his profess
sion in London or Liverpool, and that he
manages to support himselfvery comfort
ably by giving counsel and legal aid to
his friends and others in regard to legal
matters in this country.
A resolution has been introduced in tho
Tennessee Legislature, demanding the
punishment of treason upon Jefferson Da-
Wis and his late ruling rebel associates at
Richmond. The benevolent Greely says:
GAS for poor Jeff. Davis, keep him jail, or
send him to Europe, or back to his old
plantation to live on the charities Of his
recent slaves" What shall we do with
the clephant.-N Y. Herald.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-12-07

Colonel Harry WArEnsoN, delegated
scmc time ago to visit the Southern States
for the purpose of ascertaining their con-
dition, political and otherwise, has just re-
turned and laid before the President his
observations. Hc visited all the impor-
tant points in the Southern States, and
talked freely with the people. lie found
them, everywhere, manifcsting an earn
est and honest desire to adapt themselves
to tho new condition Of things. He says
that every rebellious State will not only
abolish slavery but adopt the Constitution
al amendment. His report contains a
vast amount of important information,
showing the real condition Of affairs
throughout the South.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-12-07

The Philadelphia Ledger speaks thus of
the views expressed by the Radicals of
the North in reference to this State:
South Carolina having ratified the con-
stitutional amendment prohibiting slave
ry, the partisan journals are making note
of it as wise proceeding, and one likely
to be soon followed by sufficient number
other Southern States to make up the full
number of the twenty-seven necessary for
its adoption We think it wise, too, and
believe that other States will do likewise.
But it is somewhat singular that the jour
nails which deem the new State Govern
ment of South Carolina sufficiently legal
to act upon so important matter as a
change in the Constitution of tho United
States, do not consider it sufficiently re-
established to transact such minor busi-
ness as the election of Senators and Mem
bers of Congress. If South Carolina is
80 far restored to the Union that her &C
ton upon this amendment is conclusive
and binding as the act of a State, it is
hard to see why her other acts are not lc-
gitimate also. A few weeks ago, it was
thought to be quite improbable that the
Legislature could be brought up to the
necessary action in this matter. Now
that the State has done what is right and
proper, it is but just to say that her
change of feeling and action is almost OK
clusively due to the warm, impressive and
patriotic appeals constantly made to the
Govcnor, Legislature and people by Pres
ident Johnson. They are among the
most eloquent of his productions, and dc
great credit TO him as statesman and al
citizen.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-12-07
The Jamaica Instruction.

From the Jamaica Gudrdtcn it appears
that the insurrection in that Island orig
mated from an incendiary publication of
Dr. Underhill, Secretary of the Baptist
Missionary Society. This document re-
cited in cxtravagant terms the real and
fancied expressions of the blacks, who
held "Underhill conventions" and finally
organized secret society, called the "Af
rican Liberation Society"
One of the prime movers and leaders in
all these things was Mr.. G.. W. Gordon,
large landed proprietor, and member of
the lower branch of the legislature of the
county. From every one who became
member of the secret society an oath was
extortcd as to promise Of secrecy and
combination with them, under pain of i'm
mediate death. It is generally believed,
says Capt. Atwood, of the Kingston troop,
that these misguided people have been
swearing in" their own class all around
the country for several months past, and
secretly taking the life of every one upon
whom they had the slightest suspicion of
being inconstant. Men were sent for to
attend their meetings at the chapel Of
Stony Gut, and were then and there re-
quired to take the oath that had boen pre-
pared for them, or told that they would
be killed if they did not do SO at once.
Gordon was captured and hung in Oc-
tober, and afterwards q number of the
subordinate leaders were executed. Among
the reasonable documents recently cap
tured by the authorities in their search
since outbreak in st. Thomas in the East,
is "a plan of Kingston" said to have
been prepared under the direction OF Gen.
Lamothe, the Haytien refugee. The plan
presents the points at which the city was
to be frcd-the points to which it was
expected the authorities would repair
the points at which the massacre was to
commence, and the points at which posts
were to be stationed, so as to cut off the
flight of those who escaped to the roads
leading out of the city. The conspira-
tors were to await the arrival of the
troops at the scene of the confagration,
then on given signal were to seize the
camp, the barracks, the arsenal, and the
batteries there was to have followed
general massacre in every street, from
both ends, every house being entered and
searched.
From all that can be gathered it ap-
pears that the outbreak of Morant Bay
was premature. 1t was to have com
menced, according to the best informa-
tion that can be obtained, on Christmas
Eve, and was to have been general
throughout the island
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-12-07

The Richmond Times says that 'ncvcr
since the world began did agriculture
offer such rich rewards to labor as the
agriculture of the cotton and tobacco
States of the South does at this time. At
the present price of cotton, every man,
be he gentleman or laborer, white or
black, by throwing off his coat, rolling up
his sleeves, and going into the fields, can
make q salary of at least twenty-five hun
dred dollars in tho year. At the present
prices Of tobacco, every man and boy,
who is willing to work, can 60 into the
fields and earn by the sweat of his brow
from twelve to eighteen hundred dollars a
year. Never was such state Of things
known in this Southern country of ours
before. Never was agriculture so prom
ising, or its rewards so certain and SO
munifcent as at present
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-12-07
The Southern Press.


Among the many changes that have
occurred in the South since the termina-
tion of the civil war, tho remarkable
growth and activity of the newspaper
press is not the least important and signi-
fcant. 1t might have been reasonably
inferred that people who were supposed
to be broken in spirit and with wasted
resources and exhausted energies would
be neither inclined nor able to patronize
the press, and that it would be the last of
all the institutions in the South to recover
from the ruinous consequences Of the civil
war. But these conclusions are by no
means justified by facts. No interest in
the South has recovered moro rapidly
from the prostration induced by the war
than the press. The newspapers in almost
every part of the Southern States appear
to be more numerous and hourishing than
ever before. The advertising patronage
was never bcttor, and they exhibit evory
mark of prosperity. Nearly all our ex-
changes from that quarter come to us in
new type, and with superior paper and
press work that exhibit a prosperity
which we hope may long continue.
The editorial talent of the Southern
papers is on a par with their improved
appearance, and is marked with even
more than the ability and vigor that for
morly distinguished them. The questions
of the day are for the most part discussed
with a moderation and recognition of ac-
complished facts that speak we'll tor the
temper of the people, whose views are
doubtlessly represented by the papers to
no inconsidcrablo degree. They exhibit
none of the sulcnness, anger, apathy,
and air of passive resistance that were to
be dreaded so much on the military sup
preston of the insurrection, and which
constitute the greatest difficulties of Aus
tian rule in Hungary and Venetia. On
the contrary, the newspapers present all
the indications Of desire on the part OF
the people to resume their former constr
tutional relations with the United States
Government, and an application of their
rights and duties as citizens, which show
that the instincts of American citizenship
and nationality have survived the abor-
tive attempt of the fanatical politicians to
establish an independent republic. There
are, it is true, occasional obullitions of
temper, which betray doubtful taste and
patriotism. But these are the exceptions,
and the newspapers generally exhibit a
recognition of accomplished facts, and a
readiness to abide by them, and make
the best of them, that cannot fail to pro-
duce a healthy influence in both the North
and South, and allay the irritations in
both sections that are capable of offering
such serious obstacles to material pro-
gress, and rctarding real union Of social,
political and industrial nterests.-Louis-
uilLe Journal.