The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1867-06-26
NEWS ITEMS.

Tho Russian American treaty has been
finally ratified by all Of the contracting
parties.
The House Judiciary Committee are
said to be busy preparing a report uf the
evidence on the impeachment question,
in expectation of a July session of Con.
gress.
0fthe indian race which once thickly
peopled this continent, only three hun
dred and fifty thousand men, women and
children remain in the United States.
L.sD. Campbell, minister to Mexico,
has resigned because he does not feel dis.
posed to follow the instructions of the
State Department. Mr.. King, editor Of
N. o. Times, is urged as a successor.
In Surratt's case, his counsel will try to
prove an abb, and have several witnesses
to swear that the prisoner was in Elmira,
N. Y, on tho day Of the assassination.
Areport has reached New York from
Cuba that Spain has decraed4h fsasdomi
Of allchildren born Of slave parents on
the island after the first of July.
A split has taken place among the re-
publicans Of California, the ticket for
State officers nominated by the recent
Convention being unsatisfactory.
A negro having outraged a young girl
in Shawneetown, Kansas, he was taken
by q mob and burned to death last Fri
day.
The Hon. Isaac Newton, Commissioner
Of Agriculture, died on last "Wednesday
night.
Thirteen lives were lost by the burning
OF the Varieties Theatre at Philadelphia
en- Wednesday night, besides thirty per
sons more or less seriously injured.
The first instance Of a full negro jury
oil twelve men, occurred at N~avasota,
Texas, last week.
The first peaches Of the season
have been offered for sale at thu
Eric Railroad depot, in Jersey City, a
the price Of one dollar and a half apiece
A cannon ball with immense destruc.
tive powers has been invented. When
fired, two swords fly out like wings, pre-.
senting an awful appearance, while it.
penetrating power is greater than any
other ball ever invented.
Jefferson Davis was born in Todd Co,
Kentucky, and was sixty years old on the
Sd day Of june.
A Detroit paper AYERS hat thirty SIX
hours after q swapping turtle had beer
cut up at one Of their restaurants, and
made into soup, its heart continued t,
beat.
1t is reported That James Stephens
the Penian leader, recently made a tri
to Dublin, held a council, at which h
endeavored to vindicate his course, an
returned in safety to France.
The Atlantic Cable, broken at Heart
Content, BY. an iceberg some weeks ag,
has been repaired.
A letter from Fort Wallace, Kansa
gives particulars Of several Indian oul
RACES. Stagecoaches have deem attackel
and the'guards and passengers killed.
The drivers refuse any longer to incur q
risk. II is said that the Indians are
such force as recently to have been alb
to repulse Gen. Gustav;
JEFF, Davis has accepted an inyitaii
from tho proprietor ofihe White sulph
Springs, in Catawba, North Carolina,
visit that place on his return from Car
do, aud ~ will be there with his fam
;aJnly q August. 3
Yhestsstest ttotting % record was M
By tho horse Ethan Allen, yesterday
sthrss straight heats we're won ID 2.l
ZIG and ia beating Dexter VII
best t'mo ID the secoul heat was 2:l6
Great dana has been done to