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What's TO Come.

Whatever may be the result Of the
military operations now in progress, the
re.cstablishment of the Government upon
a permanent basis, involves a choice be-
tween the principle Of a National and
that of Federative system,
A Government organized and admin
istered under the former, consolidates the
whole American people in a single body,
governed by the will Ola majority OF
representatives. It ccntralizes political
power, and affords every opportunity to
organized capital for further a~ggrandizc-
mcnt at the expense of the labor Of the
people. If organized under the latter,
i, will permit local communities to ron.
trcl their own destinies aud to promote
their own local development aud Interests
in accordance With their natural carabili.
ties and their advantages Of soil, climate
and production.
1t was in accordance with this latter
idea that our present admirable Federal
system was established. 1t was only by
reason of a departure from it, that it has
been disturbed, if. not altogether de-
stroyed.
The will Of the numerical majority,
under our present Federal Constitution,
has never been the governing power in
this country. Mr.. Lincoln himself owed
his first election to the votes of more
than a million less Than a majority Of the
aggregate number Of voters Of the United
States. Neither branch Of the lcgisla
tive department Of the Government ii
organized in accordance with the princi
PIE that the aggregate numerical MAORI
ty shall rule. On the contrary, in ever,
department, the confederate principle i
distinctly recognized. /,
If the people of the States, that is
majority Of the people of each State, act
ing concurrently, desire to superccd
their present system by one in which al
aggregate majority shall rule, it is thei
right to make tho alteration ; but Their,
is no other power or earth that can law
fully make such a change.
Every people not only have the righl
but will ultimately exert the power, I
control their own destiuiss--it this /
denied to the people of these States, il
stead of baing near the end, we ar
scarcely at the beginning Of the presel
t revolution = dayton Empire. .r.
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For tlolunion

Msssrs. Editors a- In the Ashland
7imos Of March 18th, 1865, there appear.
cd a. communication isingned Spectator"
which criticises the Ashland Unions
comments upon the "literary exercises of
the Excelsior Society in commemoration
Of Washington's birthday .tbo4. q,
He says, speaking Of the Unions COM
ments, "No notice was taken Of the mp-
steal part SToo patriotic" he, spppo.
ses. Then, after speaking Of tho music
as being highly entertaining, he says,
dthat department wass. superintendent by
Miss Folger, the thoroughly accomplish.
ID aud skillfui teacher "of, Instrumental
music Of Vermilfion, Institute. +, /.
Without wishing to derogate, tho wei
deserved cchafraic,}Sef Of Miss FoIger. as ar
aecomplis I'd ady and Sskillfal musician,
,Oe claim l,at The part Of the musical do
part1epStt fePrssshted ~ the Hayqgat
Brass Rar4 was int t'supsrintepdsd By
Miss Folger,". but by tho geutlemanly
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~sHERMAN,s MARCH.

81 ~ A LLf
We ask our readers to peruse some OK
tracts VIC give from correspondence of the
daily papers, in relation to Sherman's
march through South Carolina, aud.tell
US whether this is war. If these savage
autrages can go unpublished, then may
the atheist we'll doubt that there is a
God in Heavea. II appears that Gen.
eral Sherman allowed a lot Of thieves
and p.underers to go 10 the van of bis
army audto rob and plumber TO their
hearts content. No restrictions seems
to have been placed upon them, and the
consequence was, that they robbed the
people of all the gold, or silver watches,
Jewelry, plate or other yaluablcs they
possessed One account says that three.
ffths of all the valuabless belonging to
the people in the counties through which
Sherman passed, are now in Sherman's
army, as stolen property. : Neither age
nor SEX old nor young, were respected,
and they %wontonly destroyed what they
could not carry away, The heartfairly
sickens at the story Of woe and misery
which these fends in human shape %inflict-
ed. War is horrible enough and terrible
enough, but this march of Sherman's is
not war. 1t is robbery. 1T is a savage
and maliciousha;e. 1t is a grand raid Of
Mieues. 1t would disgrace the savagcs
of the desert. 1t is a stain that eau new
er be washed out, and ought to consigu
Lincoln and all his aiders, abetters, advi-
sers, supporters ard apOlosists to everlast-
ing disgrace and shame, and boundless
infamy. Read, read the horrible details
on u first page. They are enough to
make a savage shudder.
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RICHMOND.

The telegraphic dispatches of yester.
day state that Richmond has been cap,
tured and that Petersburg had been cvac-
uated. The Cleveland Herald editorally
says: "If Lee, however, has got of his
main force, with their material, he may
form a JUNCTION with Johnson and turn
like a painting stag at bay, AID yet make
a desperate fight" There will, in all
probability, be severe fighting within a
few days. =
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and ''skilfur' leader Of the Band, Mr..
Redding. H.
We offer these reflections for the fol-
lowing teasouc When they hire us for
a stipulated price, they plead poverty and
finally refuse to pay at all and when We
play for nothing and board ourselves,
they even then deny us the poor poon of
4 notice ina windy puff, which they write
for themselves and part Of the music :
Therefore, we conclude that il the. Band
plays for an entertainment that paid large
ly, ito their pocketsl without receiving
nay, puff Of vote q thanks, We will JIO~
oDn hora,A TUBA.
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A 09TC&Sp FORD, Texas, III
February 18th, 1865.

Dear Friend AS there is an ex.
change going of now, I have an oppor-
tunity Of sending a few lines through to
the land Of the living where plenty
reigns. | have heard but little from the
regiment and nothing from my friends
North since that memorable day, (May
Sd, lS64,) when I took my leave of Gods
country via the City Belle. d,a 5.i3 ii
| am much surprised that some of the
officers have not written to me before now.
| am we'll, as is the whole command here.
Captain B. +. Miller and. J. P. Rummel
have effected their escape from the stock
ADHERE. Whether they escaped to- our
lines or were re-cnptured you perhaps
know ere this.* When a person once
gets out of the stockade they deserve
their freedom and will try hard for it, for
our hardships are sometimes almost unen.
durable, but when we consider the Justice
Of our cause we bear II without a mur.
muir.
We carry, our frewood near one mile
under guard. One fourth to one. half a
pound of beef and three quarters of o
pound of musty corr meal per diem is
our fare. I do not know whether you
would realize this as students fare" or
not.
OF the consolidation of the regiment |
was indeed sorry to learn, not because !
do not like the 1l4th, but the idea OF
losing our name and organization is hard
to bear.
Oh !! what an era in our lives was the
3rd of May, 1864, and what a train Of
evils follow in its wake. I sometimes try
to imagine that it is oil dream, but then
comes up the dread reality, staring me in
the face Ike a grim monster, and tie
thought of the death of our noble Colon,
el-~irreparablc loss! How I lament his
sad fate?
Twelve hundred go out this time for
exchange; this leaves in camp about
1000 men, all told.
*Both of the above named wero recap
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ORDER OF SALE.

TN pursuance of mn order Of the Probate
Court Of Ashland County, Ohio, made on
ne lIthly Of Feb ruary, A. D. 1865, in the
case of John Swope, guardian Of Thomas
SwOpe against his ward and others. The un-
dersigned will, glelr ,.
On the 18Th day Of March, A. D. 1868,
at two o'clock, P. NJ. ondhe premises. offer
at Public Sale the following described Heal
Estate, situate in Ashland County. Ohio, 10.
wit Being the one undivided seventh part
of Lot number sixteen, Q6), Of Durands sur
vey of great tract number two (2), in the
nineteenth Range Of the Connecticut Western
Reserve, said Lot containing eighty acres and
seventy one rods of land according to said
survey. u"' ..;ti btt ,s1..' g' DO
Terms of Sale one third cash in hand on
day of sale, one third in one and the balance
in two years with interest ut & per cent. per
annum, payable annually to be secured by
Mortgage on the premises sold. Appraised
at S400. @ '.HI t'-" uaa q n.
odd. rr.' JOHN SW0PE, Guardian
of Thamas Swope
BY Nd. Jones, Atty.
Feb. 10, 1s65-3wn36 ''
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1865.

FARMERs AND H0UsEKEEPERs-
should recollect that hundreds of doll ars'
worth of Grain, Proyi,ions &c., are annual
ly destroyed by Rats, Mice, Ants, and other
insects and vermin-all of which can be pre-.
vented by n few dollars worth of "Costar's'
used freely. "
See "C0STAR'S" veftisemeDt in this
paper.
EN-. Sold an ashland, Ohio, by all
Druggists and Dealers.
(6m43)
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y WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIIg6r

f HEADoyARrkas ll4TH DIV, m!
PENsAdoLA, FLeRIDA, March is, '65
EDIToRs UNION :,-FSr the bench, Of
the friends-of the old l20th 0.sV. II,
who are prisoners of war, you will Oblige
me'by-the publication Of this letter from
Capt. p FaowNFELTER Company FpR
Hath o. V, l., (late of Company az
10th U. Y. la prisoner of war.
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d SGS.

A VOICE FROM THE FAR WEST.
Speaking Of ''C0STAR'S" Rat. Roach. &c.,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES grain and provisions
are destroyed annually in Grant County by
vermin than would pay for tons of this Raj
and Insect Killer. "-Lsncastor, Wis. Herald.
raa.- See 'CoSTAR'S' advert .ement in
this paper, a..I. .. ...... N....
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4 1865.

INCREASE OF RATS.-The Farmers Ga
zette (English) as. erts and proves by figures
that one pair Of rats will have n Progeny and
descendants no less than G5l $50 in three
years. Now, unless this immense family can
be kept down, they would consume more
food than would sustain So, 900 human beings
nGq-. See "C0STAR'Sn advertisement in
this paper. , ... .
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f. N.HN. nsN "" -
A- The pious editor of the Times is
rictcus over the fact that JonN j. ia.
ooBs, esq has enlisted 10 the army
He parodies sacred melodies, and charac.
teriies them as "Bible' promises" Is
JEFF. indignant because he could not
make some ''blood money" out OF the en-.
listncnt of Mr.. JACOBS JEFF. should
talk about consistency" There has
been no moe rampant war bowler than
himself, yet not q drop Of his W blood
has been. put in jeopardy to sustain the
Abolition crusade which it was the oh.
ject Of bis whole political life to iuaugu.
rate and few have made more Of pelf of
the calamiiescof the country than him
self. The nearest he has approached q
personal sacrifice, is to persuade some Of
his wifr's relations to enlist 10 the Band
While dhel and q few others have beer
growing rich off the public miseries they
have produced, the honest men who hav,
always stood out against the inccndiary
schemes Of the Abolition party have beer
! gtowins poorer JEFF. probably believe
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Since General Johnston assumed
command it is claimed that ten thousand
sold,e rsj absent without leave, have re-
turned to their command. I'd bnc ,s,e
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NEWs ITEMs..s
Th,isr,lrn,lraas Of France amounted

~ lns... q wosb;rc,on
,h..pO,o.
= ,,sss N. scsio ,eommedced the offensive.
~ the Jaues crossed over ON
IN al IA Tnesdayv ia. take bart in the
.,sw. moyemeut. A.,
.oa sherman led the advance with his cav
alrv. and is tboughthas cut the only CON-
.-rm6n;c.tiou left for the rebels to retreat
.setom Richmond to Burksville and; Dam
,usiDs. ; s2Ja m'
Grant. t tttl
al The Richmond Enquirer says a heavy
Federal force moved down the jerusalem
= Road, on Tuesday to strike Weldon, and
. create a divsrsioDgiu favor of Sherman.
.adorhAo 10, on tbs unn.r lake (su.
perior aud Michigan) is now open.
cd The Republican Legislature Of Massa-
&c elb,.etts has PASSED a bill prohibiting liq.
.ono,, f.o,, s;,,;n, m ;r;sa
I'M. ;s'S.csnt 81 soms o,ber .vci,smsnt
GIIS'.5 ;a. hu
-, ~ =. ,r.r;.;o.s Il,
.soost,scts for houses or tenemeuts to sell
.l,,,nsor are void Tn case such buildings
,sra.rs,,sa- sor thu, rurnose the nronsr,v
$500 r.,I. s.a.,h.I,w
fe,ss;rs, tbs occnnan.. This will mako il
sa, y,rv b,,,,dou, 10 rent houses for the sell.
Inc of liono,
~, According to documents found by the
rebels in North Carolina the strength of
.sShefpsn's armJ before Schofeld joined it
bNas ~forty.tvo thousand men, 'h aei
According to the telegraph, our army
has gained important advances from the
.Hsbels inpositiOns near Hatcher's Run,
on the James. o1i
.sa,'Gold showed more frmness yesterday
IN New York. on account of tue belief
that the late rains would defeat Grants
1CPlaso Of capturing Richmond.
The rebels, have lately destroyed a rail.
'asoad train on the baltimore and Ohio
.,Raitoad, between Baltimore and Wheel.
.bi6g. o. ~ s'-a .a
The rebels claim that they arc well
spreparsd for a siege in Mobile, and have
sslK months provisions. .i,
neIThe copfederates have adyices that
General Thomas is united with CLAN
L,,a /. uov;ov n, L~,vrcbborc v, i, or
yd,sr. q n, ssF the retreat - To-. II ,b,,
sl quarter. They profess to believe that thi,
,r~euterurise Of Thomas will fail. 5
bas Tbsv hive had frameoaons rain and
estv;, towns i, tbo v;o;n;tv &c 1nd;on,no
eifi;.. .wb;oh IA or.,, a,u... n,nor,,
MID - = ~, ~. ,i y.
.ns inc Dal'lmOre correspondent
JDte'ns1 noria, P'sa'cp' mat the great Dat
fue DetNeen pneIulan anu JODnf0n Will D
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3U. s. $50 LOAN

BY authority of thol secretafy of the Treaf'
.ury, the undersigned has assumed the GeS-
eral Subscription Agency for the sale of Uni
ted. States Treasury a tess bearing seSsn-and
three tenths per cent. interest, per annun,
known as the
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JAY COOKE,

M Subscription Ag't, Philadelphia.
Subscriptions will be received by the
First National Bank of Ashland,
First National Bank of Mansfield,
Richland National Bank If Mansfield.
March l-3mn3S IA ."i 81 n..s MOI
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The Ninth National Bank

OF The CITY OF NEW lokh'
Capital, $1,000 600, Paid Ia,
FISCAL AGENToF THE UNITED STATES,
.lyp SPECIAL AGENT Fer JAY COOKE, Sun.
sRIrTIoY AGENT,
wiz del,ver 7.30 Notes, Free Of charge,
by express, in all parts of the country, and
receive in payment Checks on New York,
Philadelphia, and Boston, current bills, and
all five per cent. interest notes, with interest
to date of subscription. Orders sent by mail
will be promptly filled. orig
This Bank receives the accounts of B aEls
and Bankers on favorabl' terms; also of in
dividuals keeping New York acco ints.
He H J.U. ORvlS, President.
j. T. HILL, Cashier. g'a (Sm30)
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FARM FoR sALE.

TIME subscriber offers his Farm for Sale in
Monroe Township, Richland County, o.,
containing 80 acres, Go acresin good %cultiva.
ton, aud the rest in good Timber. A good
Frame House on it with good outbuildings, u
hewed log Barn with. single roof q good or
chard With o good running Spring near the
House. and plenty Of water for Stock, Farm
is situated 4 miles South-Eas from he town
Lucas and three miles North West from the
towu town of Perrysvillc and l mile from the
d. 1T. WI G. r. r. Terms $4,000 per acre,
one half cash, the rest in two annual pay
ments secured by mortgage or cool security
with interest, ,,ls, ....5
(2mi2i 3.t A, J; R0YER' i
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U. s. $50 Six Per Cent.
q BONDS.

7 'Thss 50 bonds are now worth a premium of,
nine per cent including gold interest from
Nov. which makes the actual prof on the Z
30 loan, at current rates, including interest,
about ten per cent. per annum, Besides its.
exemption from State and municipal taxation
which adds from one 70 three per cent. more,
according to the rate levied on other proper
ty..' The interest is payable semi annually
by coupons attached to each note, which may.
be cut off and sold 10 any bank or banker.
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News

.
Crow, Chapman, Crew
.aetv8oy l5ia1 a-ai Gid "a Ias
RICHMOND TAKEN.
lag 80 s1-t.1i --.5s1 b,1s sae7 4
ASHLAND REDEEMED
'ssisu g'liI'1-psg9 boa h5Ts
Mayor Elected by 81 Ma
"'.a' ID; jorilya! .'..
A DEMOCRATIC GAIN OVER LAST
wv, YEAR OF 1881! 5,s. \
RALEIGH TO BE EVACUATED,
Montgomery Township Ticket
Elected by an Average Ma.
jOrity Of SiXty!!
A LARGE DEMOCRATIC GAIN /!
The Andy Johnson Party
Fearfully DeInoralized!
1T CAN NEVER BE RALLIED
AGALW!!
1.-THE Rebs Starving to Death!"
Their Abolition Allies in Ashland
Routed, Horse, Foot and Dragocn!l
GLORY ENOUGH FOR ONE DAY
We give below the majorities of the
candidates for Township Offices:
Trustees, q,
jams McCool, Moses Latta and Peter
.Tbomas,-average majority 90
el Treasurer,
E. W. Wallack- -..--.---.105
Clerk,
R. NJ. Campbell 81
"a Ila ..Yf Constable,, 9a3 BY.
A. L. HiIborn and A. G. Swincford-av.
erage majority 50
Assessor,
Andrew Sponsler-
The candidates on the Borough ticket
we're elected by the following majOritics :
I,gl o. Mdyor,
j. B. 3. sampsel- 50
Recorder, '
Henry 3. Hershey 40
2 $50 Treasurer,
VIM. G. Heltman- 46
Council,
/. Il. Crane. Isaac Gates, j. D. Jones
Michael Miller and j p. Deror-av.
erage majority CT;
.. So sa Marshal,
Frank Grubb. 81
Many of the best aud most iuauen
tial Republicans, and also many Demo.
crats who have voted with the Republi
cans for the past few years, supported til,
entire Democratic Borough and TOWNSHIP
tickets, and will in the future idcntif
themselves with the Democracy. The.
have become disguised with the action
Of the dominant party, and have dcterm
ined to unite with the Democracy ia thei
efforts 70 restore our distracted countr
to her prestiRe greatness and glory.
h. I.w 4.----otss.A@--
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SEVEN THIR TY LOAN.

These Notes are issued under date Of August
18th, 1864, and are payable three years from
that time, in currcpcyy orare cpyertible at
the option of the holder into tAA'[
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Great Popular Loan Of the People !

Less than $500, OOO, 900 remain ulsold,
which will probably be disposed of within
t he next co or 80 days, when the notes will
undoubtedly command u premium, as has uni
formly been The case on closing the Subscrip ,
In order that citizens Of every town and
section Of the country may be afforded facili-
ties for taking The loan, the National Banks
State Banks, and Private Bankers through,
out the country have generally agreed TO re.
ccive subscriptions at par. Subscribers will
sele ct their " agents. in whom they have
confidence, and who only, are responsible for
the delivery of the notes for which they re-
ceiyc orders. ..lt.i luh 'ai e.ltF
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j. S. PITY, Adj't ll4th.
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The Only Loan in Market

now offered by the Government, and it is con
fdontly expected that its superior advantages
will make it the .
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-02-16
Miscellaneous items.

The rebel congressman, Henry S.
Foote, was not sent to Port Warren, but
sailed for Europe on Saturday 10 the
City of Cork.
Gen. Grant Is reported as saying
that with 100000 more men he can close
up the war in three months.
S. P. Davis, the rebel spy who is TO
be hung in Cincinnati, is the man who
murdered Gen. McCook.
The Lucerne (Fr) Catholic clergy
have denounced the practice of insuring
farm houses or other property, such an
act being "a defiance against divine
Providence, and an attempt to Illustrate
the purposes of the Almighty"
Accounts on file in the department
at Washington show the singular fact
that since the rebellion began, forty
thousand more Southern whites than
blacks have received assistance from the
Government.
"A Cleveland copper speculator fell
asleep in church, from which he was
wskSd by the pastor readings nsureiy
there is q vein for the silver and a place
for the gold where they find it." Jump
ing to his feet he shook his book at the
minister crying, am take five hundred
shares"
1t is noticed In the Richmond pa
pers, but without comment, that neither
vice president Stephens nor Judge
| Campbell, two OF the peace ENJOYS, have
| taken any part in the effort to fire the
Southern heart. Mr.. Stephens has gone
to Georgia, but for what purpose is not
| known.
A Washington dispatch to the New
York Times gives to Mr. Greeley the
| honor OF the late peace negotiations,
and says that 1t was at his instance and
| solicitation Mr. Blair went to Rich
moud MIR Greeley will not be disposed
to dodge the responsibility, for he still
hopes for good results from the confer
ence through separate state action In
the Sonth.
Mrs, Dali, the new engineer of the
ladies' loyal league, has gol SO vexed
with American merchants and maniac.
turers for palming of their home mades
for foreign stuffs, and making such pool
goods withal, that she advises her sis
tiers to adopt the rule Of buying only
the best made goods Of whatever nation
ut Is folly TO help few unscrupulous
men to build up large fortunes at ouI
own expense"
1t is said that many lives were
saved at the recent Philadelphia fire by
the device OF peltlng The upper window,
OF tenensuts with snow-hsl's, which
breaking the glass, awakened the In
mates ia time to make their escape
which few moments dalay wCult
! hRya rendeTsd inp1soi ne
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BUSINESS CHAEoE.-It will be seen by
our advertising columns that Messrs.
Lewis & Fox, who have been doing
business as, druggists on Merchants
Row, have sold out to Geo. W. Chaplin,
Jr., who having recently returned from
California, has concluded to locate again
In Rutland. Mr.. Chaplin is young
man of considerable business experience
and will without doubt secure his fair
share Of business patronage at his new
location. Give him call.