The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-01-31
NEWS ITNMs,

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3. The census, Just completed, shows that
there are 20, 600 colOred psrsonsin Wash
,s,ington, and about 10000 in other por-
lions Of the District Of Columbia.
The New Jersey Senate has passed the
azgonstitutional Amendment abolishing
..oslavery. The House took the same ac-
ton some days ago.
The resignation Of General Lew Wal
!. iaee has been accepted by the President
,sssaAn Oregon paper says enough liquor
has been sent across the mountains to
keep every ma in Montana drunk all
winter
sc Colonel Mosby was arrested in Lees
- burg, Va, q few days ago, and is held
sdsubiact to TIE order of Gen. Aver, the
Military Commandant at Winchester
The, cause Of the arrest has not been CIV
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-sen.s "a sefl
.otgrT The Nashville Union Of the oath says:
ysfSone CT eur exchanges report the wheat
Crop Us badly damaged, owing to sudden
Changes. in the weather, and the absence
Lsof snow. Farmers talk about half q crop
,1cas the best to be anticipated
n, The spotted fever has made its appear
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oance in Guernsey County, Ohio. Many
lopersons have died Of it within the last
ten days.
. The increase in the number OF Grimm
al arrests in New York city last year
.sovertheyear previous, was l4,0OH
no The story Of tho attempted assassina'
ton Of Ben Wade, has izzled out to the
most Insignificant proportions. The sup
iposcd assassin was only q Bcedy Abolition
.9ocHicte seeker, and the fears of assassina
ton probably grew out Of an uneasy con
sscience. u ao.a.-
John Seaver, Of Portsmouth, New
SHanpshire, accomplished the feat in tina
city, last week, of walking 100 miles il
hoo hours, without sleep, complstinl
ithe task on Saturday evening at 1886
O'Clock. This is said to be the first tim
tthis feat was ever successfully underta
;ksn.JI ;sdi et tfatra
;1ogumner and his traitorous follower
afs opposing the admission Of Colorsd
IA q. State because her Constitution doe
mot secure to negroes the righto5 voting
Ketchum, who was lately convicted 0
Ifprgsry, and sentenced to serve q term o
-four years and six months iu Sing sing
has been placed in the shoe shop of tn
prison. .ssg ga
Twenty seven years ago, the tot'
amount Of grain exported from Chicag
was seventy eight bushels, a quantit
which might have been drawn by a pal
Of horses OF q single load. In 1865, til
shipments reached 40, 900, 10000 bushels
and would have loaded 1000, 900 wagon
,fAIf the disuDionists in Congress persil
ii declafing the Southern States out
she Union,l what will they do with th
Stars on tho cold flag" they recently pr
fessed 50 much love fori Will the
wipe them out as they did ten yea
-aigo7 Can they be for a Union Of Il
Stars and a disunion Of the States?
=, According Ia q special dispatch in Il
Cincinnati Enquirer, tho marriage
IMrs, Stephen A. D douglas to Major W
liams, United States Army, took place
Washington, D. G., on Monday eveuiu
Al,the residence Of the bride, on Ne
Jersey avenue.
Generals Grant and Sherman had
lengthy interview with the President
Saturday. sdi Cd
The Sampson County Court in Nor
" Carolina, recently arrested a negro on t
charge Of drawing "a pistol on a viii
man and sentenced him to be sold in
servituds. Major Wickersham, Of u
District, ordered the Court and all part
concerned tobe placed under arrest.