The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-12-26
NEWS ITEMS.

crnor Fletcher, Of Arkansas, on the REQ
ommendation Of the Attorney General.
General Durbin Ward, of Ohio, has de-
elined the appointment Of Commissioner
to settle the claims of West Virginia
against the United States, as it would
conflict with his Office as District Attor-
noy.
Nothing new has transpircd in relation
10 the Mexican question. The Govern.
ment is awaiting advice from Minister
Campbell.
II is reported that the Supreme Court
{, will grant q writ Of babeas corpus in the
case Of DR.. Mndd and others, confined at
Dry Tortugas, charged with completely
IN Lincoln's assassination.
Among recent pardons granted by the
President is that Of General NJ. W. Ram.
som, Of North Carolina.
Jack Hamilton, the Texan loyal hum
bug, has settled in Harrisburg, Pa, for
the purpose, it is said, of practicing his
profession bad for the inhabitants of
Harrisburg.
The national Democratic executive
resident committee have determined to
make arrangements to celebrate the aunt
Versary of the battle of New Orleans.
The Radical papers have much to say
over John Morrissey's election to a seat
In Congress, but have very little to say
about the Radical recently taken out of
' Jail to be escorted to a scat in Congress !
Gold closed yesterday at l34f.
Gen. Sherman has returned to New
Mexico.
The Russian telegraph line is growing
In length, passing through painless wastes
and deserts, through vast regions where
the human voice was never heard before,
to bring the civilized ends of the earth
together.
The new BOwery Theatre, with build
ings adjoining, in New York, was burned.
Loss $4,000.
The Fenian trial are still progressing
at Sweetsburg, The prisoner Mcdonald
was on Saturday night acquitted of the
charge Of treason, but vas heldfor anoth-
er trial on divers alleged o%ffenses.
A Soldiers Convention in Iowa unani-
mously nominated Dan Rice for Presi.
dent. 1t is said this nomination will be
followed by similar demonstration in 9th
or States.
A member Of the New Jersey Legisla-
ture, convicted of selling his vote, has
been sentenced to imprisonment for one
year, and forever precluded from holding
public Oaice.
The Judiciary Committee had the case
of Mr.. Culver before them on Wednesday
evening. Mr.. Culver will be permitted
TO take his seat in the House. The Com.
mittee express themselves satisfied Of
Culver's innocence Of any dishonest in
tent.
1t has been decided that the additiona
allowance Of 81 per month to the widow
of "soldiers and sailors does not includ
the widows of commissioned officers.
Chief Justice Chase is said to be Of th,
opinion that when two.thirds Of the loya
States have ratified the amendment it viii
be q part Of the Constitution.
We lick the stamps that tyrants hav'
imposed upon US. Our fathers licked tn,
tyrants who sought to imposethe stamps
Brigham Young buried his twenty
fouIth wife on Wednesday and marrie'
his forty-ffth on Friday. They say h
oscillates continually between a crap
hat-band and white gloves.
The New York Tribune says "Joh
Browns soul is marching on In England
Upon which the St. Louis Times observes
ave had seen no indications of the al
sencs of the vagabond ghost Of the Graz
old fanatic and horse thief; but, if IL
Tribune IS right, we can heartily condo,
with England in the unfortunate visit
ton.
By cable we learn that the Fenian sea
In England IS at az end, and Ireland
reported as quiet. 1t was rdmored
PaFis that the Emperor Macmillan b
been seized as . prisoner by the Fren,
authorities in Mexico. The Swiss 60
erDmentis making a move to provide
army with breach loading rifles. Figl
ing still continues in Gambia. There W
DO no transactions on the London sto,
exchange until after Christmas.