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The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-04-07
Grant and Butler.

When Grant was General in COM
mand of the armies" he could afford
to poke fun at Ben Butler; to allude
to his being 'bottled up" besides in
dulging in other jokes an Benny's ex-
pense, Grant was in his element
then; Butler wasn't. Times have
changed. Grant has laid aside the
regalio of war for the more trying
for him-trade of craftsmanship. He
is out of his element now, and Ben is
in his. Plainly, it looks as though
the pugnacious representative had now
got the great" general "bottled up"
%certainlp it is he who can play the
p%atronizing air, now. 1t is a funny
sight, is it not, to see Ulysses leaning
on Ben Butler for his chief support in
the tenure of Office embroglio? The
New York World says it was Butler
who, in Grants interest, introduced
and carried promptly through the
House a repeating bill early in the
last session, 1t was Butler who re-
introduced and pushed through the
same bill a second time, soon after the
assembling of the new Congress.
When the Senate passed a substitute
and sent it down to the House for
concurrence, it was Butler who mar
shalled the Presidents friends, man.
aged his case, and, by a combination
of Democrats, with the Republican
minority, defeated the Senate's amend
ment, and strengthened the wavering
President to stand up again for repeal
of1a- r,on,n,Hfnr 70 tho SoY,otnr-
''1t is needless to inquire into Buffers
motives, but certain it is that General
Grant could not have been subjected
to greater humiliation than in accept
ing such a champion. Butler is the
last man in the Republican party to
whom the President would spontane-
ously wish to be indebted for a favor,
least of all, for such a conspicuous SER
vice as Butler is now rendering him.
If General Grant were naturally of a
placable, forgiving temper, his pres
n dependence on Butler would not
seem quite so humiliating /; but every
body knows that the new President is
singularly stiff and stubborn in his
resentments. His surprising reconcil-
iation with Butler goes very far be-
yond a public concession to decorum
on ceremonious, occasions. He is more
than reconciled with him. A mag
unanimous man may nobly forgive an
injury; but it is not magnanimity, ii
is meanness, that descends to accept
a load of obligations and services
from one who has persistently belittled
and disparaged you, and whom you
have persistently disparaged, as But
Ter has Grant, and Grant has Butler.
1t is evident that he has accepted the
championship of Butler from the lack
of other strong supporters. HIS pow
erty, not his will, consents."-PMm
Dealer.
We propose that the gentleman in
the "bottle." and the occupant of the
"white house. now kiss and make up
Since these distinguished leaders of
the republican party are now in unity,
we trust the public spoons" and the
annals of Andersonville" will be care
fully compiled and placed in the same
volume. Grant should by all means,
make "old spoons the historian of
his administration.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-04-07
Thurman, Stockton and CasserIy.

The editor of the Columbus Jour-
nal, the Radical organ of Ohio, is in
Washington, and is writing home Pen
Pictures of the new Senators. This
is what he says of Thurman, Stockton
and Casserly: b,
On the other hand, Republicans
like Wade, CONFESS, and Frelinghuy-
sen, are replaced by the opposite pol,
itics. Their successors, Thurman,
Stockton and Casserly, have arranged
themselves in a little knot 10 the Vice
Presidents right After the windy,
consequential CONFESS. anybody %
any party would be q happy contrast,
and SO he gives the Senate relief from
his predecessors vaporings. Eugene
Casserfy will serve as well as another
Democrat. He is a dapper, ecclesias-
teal looking gentleman, with thin
legs, and physique as Frenchy as his
name. His head isAone of the spher-
oidalphenomonens, reminding you of a
drop Of metal turning cold after smell
ting, and according with his general
appearance, has the clerical tonsure,
bald at the summit and fringed heav-
hy about the crown, with short snow
white hair. Tout essm6Ae, he resem.
bles apriest In clean cloth and starch
ed linen, just stepped out of his clois-
ter from a good dinner and a bottle Of
Burgundy, and impresses you that he
has wedged into politics by a kind of
Jesuitical craftiness, from a profession
outside, of quite another order.
Since writing the above sketch of
this Senator's appearance, taken at a
glance, with no knowledge of him but
the somewhat familiar. sound of his
name, l am told that he is a devoted
Catholic in religion, and once had or
ders in the Church. If these are facts,
they are probably well enough known
your elder political readers, and ac-
count for what l have described. Att
any rate, among the new men, Mr..
Casserly's is another rather singular
presence in the Senate, but his speech
on the tenure-of-ofioe distrac-
lion was dull enough to fairly entitle
nm to o seat in the body. To the
right of him sits New Jerseys irrep.
'essible Stockton, veering, in spite of
PROGRESSION and those whose all iel
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years, as the needle to the pole, q tall,
commanding figure of q man, with the
air of a moustached count, suggesting
an organ for his name by his stify-
erect presence in his seat. Altogeth-
er, New Jersey perhaps could have
sent no more appropriately foreign
looking man to represent her than
Mr.. Stockton. In him the little State,
like a spoiled child, avenges herself
every way, her affronts and her Dem
ocracy and her clay soil. As to Ohio's
change of a Senator, a good Repupli-
can went out and agood Democrat
if the parts of speech do not war ON
each other-has come in. Thurman
takes his seat on the other side of
Casserly and makes the last of the trio
I have mentioned. None of the new
Senators have been so warmly greeted
by all parties as he. A man of straight
party G%envictions, but manly and sin
cere, with respectable record and affili-
atoms, frank and gentlemanly in his
bearing. Judge Thurman will be in
the Senate what George H. Penorcton
was in the other IIouse-the pet OF
his party and Il favorite even with the
opposition. Many think that his tai
ent and legal abilities will do more for
him the leader of the
handful of political friends who sur
him on the floor. 1 do not
doubt it, and Iii: absence of such men
as Johnson, Hendricks, Doolittle and
Buckalew will leave his well poised
talents little competitor. His first
though not ambitious, promises
we'll, but if 1 make an estimate of the
Senator, 1 should say his mind was
scholarly and judicial more than pow
arful or. original.
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crop. The yield Of beets, per acre,
varies from seventeen to forty-two tons.
We think that, with our improved
methods, an average yield of thirty
tons per acre can readily be secured,
but taking the low average yield of
twenty tons per acre, at five dollars
per ton, is one hundred dollars; de-
Quoting the highest estimate of the
cost of production, three dollars per
ton, leaves forty dollars per acre clear
profit to the farmer. Considering the
probability of a yield of thirty tons per
acre, costing two dollars per ton, we
have the possibility of a profit of nine
ty dollars per acre.
"There are, at present, but few
manufactures of Eeet sugar in this
country. but they would spring up on
every side, if farmers once determined
to raise the crops, and made that de-
termination known. Communities
settling on the rich soils of the west
and south, have this matter in
their OWN hands. as have also
the farmers in the older states,
Let a dozen farmers in any section OF
the country, agree with some capital
list to supply him with beets, and a
market will be at once created. It is
for farmers to agitate this matter, in
their daily conversation, in their Wis
its to the city markets, in Farmers
clubs, ard through the columns of their
chosen Agricultural journals. The
manufacture must be exceedingly prof
liable. 1t is carried on from Septen.-
Der to March, a period when labor is
easily commanded. It will employ
the extra farm latorers, at a season
when their services are required on
farm; thus incidentally comforting a
permanent benefit upon every com
munity, where such an industry is es-
tablished." The author of the work
from which we quote the above, esti-
mates the cost of working one thou
sand tons of beets as follows
1000 tons of beets at $500 $4,000
Labor 1900
Other expenses 1,20G
Total $500
Receipts
1Go. 600 lbs, sugar al 10 cents GIG ooc
7200 gallons molasses at rs cents 1900
200 tons pulp at 81 800
Total s1s, GOO
leaving a profit of over one hundred
per cent. on the manufacture, reckon
ing the sugar to be worth only ten
cents per pound. But supposing such
q quantity could be raised as to bring
the price of raw sugar down to eight
cents per pound, there would still be
a profit of over fifty per cent. on the
investment of the manufacturer. Ger.
tainly this branch of industry cannot
remain long unoccupied
Journal.
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The Rise in Sugar.

The late rise in sugar ought to sug-
gust a lesson TO us as a people. Ii
shows us how wholly we are depend
ent upon other countries for a supply
of this great staple.
We use in the United States up
wards of four hundred thousand tons of
sugar yearly three hundred and fifty
thousand tons of which are imported.
There is at present no lessening of the
supply, but the bare possibility of
next seasons supply of sugar from
Cuba being cut off on account for the
troubles in that Island, is sufficient to
send up the price % per cent. in a
single week. If the prospect of con
tinued war in Cuba should be realized,
the price of sugars is likely to be still
more largely increased, and in case of
the cessation of our foreign commerce,
should we become involved in war
with any foreign power, nearly our
whole supply would be cut off, and
prices must advance wholly beyond
the reach of all but the wealthy class
es. This would be a National calami-
ty greater than the loss Of any other sin
gle article Of importation. 1t would at
feet every citizen.
We know of but one way to insure
ourselves against such a possibility,
and that is to raise our sug RS. This
we are abundantly able to do. We
do not refer now to our capacity for
the production of sugar from the
Sugar Beet.
In a recent complete and valuable
work on Farm management, farm
crops, &C., (entitled-'sHow to make
the Farm Pay-and published by
Zeigler, McCurdy & Co., of Philadel
phia and Chicago,) is a most excellent
chapter ON the cultivation and man.
agement of Beets for sugar, from
which we make the following extract:
1.-THE production of beet sugar,
throughout the world, is now about
six hundred and fifty thousand tons,
or one fourth of the whole production
of sugar. We have millions of acres
adapted to the cultivation of the sugar
beet. We have the best labor machin-
cry of any country on the globe, and
there is no good eason why we should
not produce a million tons of sugar
annually, within ten years. In'accor-
dance with the practical aim of this
work, we shall endeavor to show that
is to our pecuniary, and especially
our agricultural interests, to do so.
The cost of raising the beet cannot,
under judicious cultivation, exceed
three dollars per ton, and we think
they can be raised for two dallars
per ton But, taking the highest esti-
mate, of three dollars per ton, there
is left a large margin for profit, as one
ton of beets will yield from one hun
lred and forty to one hundred and
pounds of refined sugar; about
fifty pounds of molasses suitable for
.1istillation; FIVE hundred pounds OF
caves, an excellent green fodder; and
i've hundred pounds of pulp, worth
,ne third as much as good hay. But
his is not all the beet cron cleans audi
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Speech of Senator Sprague.

The following is a very remarkable
speech, made by Senator Sprague, of
Rhode Island, in the Senate, on We'd
nesday last, on the Tenure-ofO fice
bill. Mr.. Sprague, (rep.) of r. l.,
said in substance:
A few days ago he had expressed
the opinion that the Senate, because
OF the preponderance in it of men of
one profession, was not a body fit to
exercise control over the President in
appointing and removing public Off
GERS, but in expressing that opinion he
had carefully avoided reference to any
individual or individuals. The Sena-
tor from Nevada, however, (Mr.
Nye,) had seen fit to reply by a per-
sonal attack upon himself, and had
succeeded in getting ON his side the
laughter of the galleries and of some
of his fellow-Senators. This being so,
he (Mr. Sprague) felt justified in adj
dressing a few words to the people
now in the galleries. They were rep
resentatives of the American people.
He observed that they were better
clothed than the masses-(aughter)-
but whether their dress covered more
virtue than might he found under less
sopay habilimonts, each would have
to judge for himself. He did not
wonder that the galleries laughed at
his warning. The teaching of the past
had educated them to make light of
serious things and had made them of
a frivolous, thoughtless, senseless dis
position. They reminded him of the
idiotic inmate of 4 burning dwelling,
who laughed at all warning and per-
ished in the flames. He would, new
ertheless, repeat his warning. The
affairs of the country were being mis-
managed and ruined by men of the
class he had spoken of before. The
people of England would not tolerate
such a state of things, The men who
controlled the affairs of England, Glad
stone and Disraeli, were not lawyers;
they were men of wider culture, with
the instincts of statesmen, fit to con-
troll the destinies of great nation.
He had felt deeply interested in the
success of the republican party in the
past, and had contributed to it, he
thought, as much in character and a
good deal more in money than other
Senators; indeed he believed that his
contribution of the latter kind had
been. greater than those of all the 9th
Senators combined. When the war
broke upon the people without warn
ing and found them ~unprepared, he
had been among the first to rush to
the support of the Government; but
now there was a great danger pending
md he felt it his duty to warn the
people of it. He read a long accou 1t
If the character and career of the no
.orious Judge Jefreys, and of the con-
1itiop of Epoland in his tin,e .rhiJAa1L
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James Harper.

Ex-AIayor james Harper died at
St. Luke's Hospital, Fifth avenue
and Thirty-fourth street, in Saturday
evening. 1t had been previously an
nounced that on Thursday afternoon
last, while driving with his daughter
in Central Harker, they both were
thrown from the carriage in con-
sequence of the horses taking fright.
The daughter was but slightly injured,
but her venerable father was taken up
insensible and carried toh is home.
He never recovered consciousness in
this life, and finally expired as above
stated. "
James Harper was born at New
town, Long Island, in 1895. His ia
ther, o substantial farmer, was of stur-
dy English stock; his mother of the
no less sturdy Dutch race, who three
generations before had settled upon
Island. Almost 60 years ago,
James Harper, a tall stout lad of six
laffman, deceased, Of jackson township,
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commiseration for its misfortunes.
Having disposed of President John
son, who haunted their leaders at ev-
cry step in their conspiracies and ras-
calities, they prided themselves that
General Grant would be their plant
tool. He meets them at the thresh-
old and protests, that he will be Pres
ident or nothing. The leaders, tremb-
ling in their boots, attempt to hood
wink him, but have again been signal
" foiled. Alas! poor radicals.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-04-07
SALE OF REAL ESTATE BY
ORDER CT PROBATE
COURT.

On the 18th day of March, A. D. 1869,
between the hours of one o'clock p. m. and
three O'Clock p. M, on the premises herein
after described will be sold to the highest
bidder the following real estate as the prop
erty o Daniel Boon, deceased, situate inthe
township of Lake in the county of Ashland
and State of Ohio, and more particularly de
scribed as follows: 1t being the west hall
of the north west quarter of section number
eight in township number twenty of range
number fifteen to contain eighty acres more
or less. Appraised at s..
Terms of sale one third cash on day of
sale; one third in one and one third in two
years from the day of sale with interest
from the day of sale deferred payments to
be secured by mortgage on the premises.
PETER TREASE,
Administrator of Daniel Boon, decd.
By McBombs & Curtis his Att'ys.
Feb. 18th 1863. 4w32
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Columbus Correspondence.
COLUMBUS, April 5, 1869.
ASYLUM FRAUDS.

IAh
ASYLUM FRAUDS.
The committee appointed to mves
tigate the frauds in the erection of the
new Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Co
lumbus by the notorious Blackburn
brought in the report on "Wednesday
last. The report shows that he swim,
died the State in the hire of hands.
the purchase of lumber, brick and
other materials to the amount of &c.
900 or $50, 000. The committee
brought in a resolution authorizing
the Attorney General of the State to
commence prosecutions against him
and his bail so far as they r liable.
The horse is. stolen, and it is too late
to lock the stable.
THE NEW PRISON.
House bill for the location and cree
ton of an intermediate prison was de-
feated in the House ON Thursday last.
The bill may be re-considered. This
structure will cost the State at least
one and a half millions of dollars, and
is not needed at this time. The pres
ent P~enitentiary is not full, and it has
been shown that the number of con-
victs is gradually decreasing, and that
no other building may be needed for
years.
TAXATION OF BONDS .
Mr.. Leete brought in a bill a few
days since, for the taxation of all
United States Bonds held by citizens
of Ohio, invested in corporations or
otherwise. 1t is shown by his report
that about one fourth of the personal
property of this State is invested in
United States Bonds. and escapes tax
alton, while the laboring masses are
compelled to make this up by ~increas-
ed taxation. We hope this bill will
pass, and that all bonds will be placed
on the duplicate for taxation.
THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT.
The House adopted the resolution
rejecting the fifteenth amendment to
the Constitution of the United States,
recently proposed by Congress, for
adoption by the States, under the OPP
erations of the previous question, on
last I fear the friends of
that measure will have reason to re-
greet their hasty action before the ides
of next October. This was essential
" a question for the consideration of
The people. may be mistaken in the
matter. If the future should demon
this I will be happy to recon
slider the matter.
We are working industriously for
an early adjournment. IoN.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-04-07
Hollands German Bitters
Hollands German Tonic

& q combination of al the ingredients Of The BKteyf,
sciHh PURE Santa Crus Rum, Orange, etc. n q used
for Ge same disedses as the Bitters, IN eases sohsre sonsa
mind that these remedies are entirely different from
any others dduertisSd for the csre Of the disedses named,
these being scientific preparations Of medicinal ezfraets,
.1hile the ottsrs are mere deeoctions o rum IN semS
SAINT and agreeable remedies crer offered to hs prf6lie.
n. taste is ezqrisite n is a pleasure TO take u sehils "a
t1e.0iving. collaborating, and medicinal q~HdiSttss hare
caused IL to Be knoun as The greatest Of al toHiea
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-04-07
"MYERS' BALSAMIC REMEDY"
Take Notice EVERYBODY.

For Coughs, Colds, Asthma. Group
1ncipient Consumption and Bronchitis.
use A H. Myers Balsamic Remedv.
1t v fails to give relief. To he
had of z&Rarren-audL LIB,
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-04-07

A profuse and many time excessive
ly offensive discharge from the nose,
with stopping up" of the nose al
times, impairment of the sense ofsmell
and taste, watering or weak eyes, i'm.
paired hearing, irregular appetite, oc-
caslonal nausea, pressure and pain
over the eyes, and at times in the back
of the head, occasional chilly sensa-
tons, cold feet, and a feeling of lassi-
tude and debility are symptoms which
are common to catarrh, yet all of them
are not present in every case. DIR.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures catarrh
in its worst forms and stages. 1t is
pleasant to use, and contains no poi
sonous nor caustic drugs.
Sent by mail on receipt of sixty
cents. Address DR.. Sage & Co., Bnf-
falo, N. Y. For sale by most Drug
gists everywhere.
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FROM HON. GEO. w. woopwARD.

Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court Of Pennsytyania-
PHILADELPHIA, March 10, 1851
lind HoQfdnds German BiheTs is not an tAto1.
ieatin0 beverage, but Is a good tonic, useful in disordera
q De digestsre organs, and Of great bengal In cases q
oeottuy and tcd1t of nervous action, in the svsteS-
GEo. ". WOODWARD.
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A ROBBER SHOT.
He is Found Concealed in a Peddler's
Pack, and Killed v ithout Delay.
GFrom the Joliet Oily Sienal.1

lFrom the Joliet Ill.) Signal.
A short time since, just at dusk, a
peddler carrying a large pack appear
ed at the door of a wealthy farmer in
the town of Green Garden, in this
county, and requested the privilege of
remaining over hight. The farmer
being away from home, he was inform
ed by the hired man that he could
not stay. He then requestd the priv
llege OF leaving his pack until morn
ing, as he was very tired and could
not carry it any further that night.
This was granted AMI the pack de-
posted II one come of the sitting
room. During the evening some Of
the females Of the h~ousehould had oc-
casion to move it, and taking hold
OF 1t discovered that there was some
thing suspicious about the contents.
The hired man was called, and, ur.
on taking hold of it, found that it
contained a man. He quickly stepped
into an adjoing room, and, returning
with a revolver, mot;oned the family
to stand aside, and at once proceeded
to fire three shots into it. A piercing
80 1SSOSu Il II, anu vi ripping
off the outside covering a man with a
large bowie-knife and revolver clinch
ed IN his hands was found welteripg
in his blood. Two of the shots had
proved fatal. The neighbors wer,
alarmed, but no traces Of the peddler
who lett the precious pack could b.,
found: Thus, by a mere incident,
doubtless a SHOCKING ease of robbery,
and perhaps murder, was prevented.
1t was doubtless a plot to rob the
farmer, as it was known that he had
a large sum of money in the house.
An irquest was held oYer the body Oh.
the following morning, and the YER
dict was that the killing was justifiable
homicide. Nc C ue leading to the dis
covery of the name of the victim or
his a~ccomplice has as yet been as
certained. Such summary justice is
seldom melted out to the guilty.
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They impart q tone land vs0or 10 ne svheis
system, strengthen Ge dppstIe, cGgss
Gn enjoyment Of AeS6 food, enable Ehs ao-
mach to digest II, PURITY the blood, Sire a good, sotaBd,
healthy complexion, eradicate the yeustu tinge from ne
eye, inpdTt a bloom to The cheeks, aud change the patient
from a ShoTtbredthed, emdcidted, lcedk, and NERVOUS
inralid, to aJuuJaced stou, and vigorous person.
Weak and Delicate Children are
Tonic. I'm fact, they are Family Medf.
cines. They can be administered with
perfect safety to q child three months
old, the most delicate female, or man
OF 11nety.
Tnese Aeemedis. arr Ds hsa