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SAMPSEL & CO.,

Dealers in Hardware, Cutlery, Paints, Oils,
Varnishes, Bent Stuff, Iron, Nails, &c,
Store one door East of The McNulty House.
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MASONIC.

Stated meetings of Ashland Lodge No. Isl
+. & A.. NJ, held at Lodge room in Miller's
Block on Fridays preceding the full moon
Of each month. ly..-
&C.. ]. STEVENS, w. NJ.
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CLOTHING.
ID. s. SAMPSEL & son,

Dealers in ready made Clothing, Cloths, Cas-
simcrcs, Valises, Umbrellas, Gents furn-
ishing Goods, and manufactures Of Mems
Clothing. Store in Miller House block.
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HARDWARE.
S. w. & z, NJ. BEER,

- y .. w ~ 4 NJ. DI9I1I',r.. =
Dealers in Hardware, Iron, Nails, Glass,
Cutlery, Paints, Carpenters Tools, Sash
and doors. Store one door east of 1st Nat.
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CABINET WARE.


ASIIL ND FURNITURE HOOAS-1I. NJ.
HIcKoK, AGENT
Manufacturers and dealers in all kinds of
Furniture, gilt and rosewood mmIldings,
Metallic cases and Caskets. Collins and
hearse always ready. Ware room in Bush
nell's block, second story. -
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G. & II. SCHNEIDER.

Baker and Confectioner, Dealer in choice
family Groceries, Flours, provisions, Fruits,
Notions, &c, Bread, Crackers, Fancy and
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- MS. SEE, a.

Attorney at Law Fire and Life Insurance
s--.s ..Agent, and Notary Public. Particular at
v-tention paid tozeofieeting, Probate business
,rsSS; Partition gases and execution of deeds,
. ,.- and c9nlracIs- Office in Aiillers
SsssS~ block t,~second story, Main street, Ashland,
~fJLfos sf'-f I. asfsh : ~ .''t- ~
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C. F. & C. EPPLER

Manufacturers of and dealers in cabinet
furniture and chairs. A first class stock al
ways on hand, at their ware rooms south
side of main street, east of Times office.
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'aHAXN & KEcf6RS SON.

&c PfeTieters of the Ashland Mills, manufac-
turers of Choice Family Flour and Feed
slufs.' The Best flaoe In Ashland to sell
-, your grain. Mills on Centre street. ys
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I. S. HLNTER, NJ. D.

=. - Ash land Ohio, Office oyer Sampsel C Co.'S
- 'S'S Hardware Store Special attention given
to surgery and the treatment of chPopic
disaaSQa Moad dzlra aerad s,,-s. eless &
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PHYSICIANS

-hissT-t:.'st ss., :. = GEORGE W.. IIIbL5Mi'D5
--.ss Physician and-Sdrgeoh, VAshlmId, Ohio.
=. 49,. Pafiicular attention wiIl be paidato the
.ztreatment of the following special diseases
GA Dyspepsia, disease 'of1the Liver, the Kid
neys and Scrofula.
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C1s HaTblid SicCOMBS &-GURTIS.
~ SI-F-f9s rEts -.Isf@r= frgt3C ass=zefa
-sf.ot' Attorneys nd GounselIers at Law, Ashland
.si.sao Dfce in Bank building, oSer Beers
.tssEs dfar1ls store. ,Iisll y -, -. BIO
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: : ?s.'e3 !s, r. NJ. CAMPBELL, .Ii.I,

'sattorriey at I1Iw, Ashland, Ohio, will at
tend promptly to all legal business critrtst-
cd to his care.-BanlSrupt cases IN u ..
Court will receive special attention.
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JOHN J. JACOBS,

Attorney at Law, Ashland, Ohio. All
kinds of business belonging to the profession
promptly attended TO. Office, opposite First
National Bank, up stairs.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-02-25
From John K. eilllas g Co.'S Circular.

LONDON, February 3, 1859.
Though we have to report only moderate
demand for Tobacco during the past month,
with transactions rather under the average,
the tone Of the market may be considered
firm Stocks of American growth arc less
than for some years past, and cannot be re-
plenished before the autumn supplies come
forward. This, coupled with the report OF the
high prices paid for the new crop in the West,
seems to justify the present rather strong po-
sition of our market. .5. aa..s
Western Stripts commanded the chief atten-
tion Of our buyers, and some fine parcels
(both old and new changed hands at fnit
rates. The stock on sale is now very small,
and will no doubt be cleared of before the
new supplies come to market.
Western Leaf moves more slowly. The sup
ply is equal to our wants for long time to
come. While stripts are at about present value
leaf will be used but very moderately.
Virginia Sripts.-Compared with the de-
lIveries for the last year, the stock of theseis
excessive, and we have yet TO see at what
price, relatively with western, they will take
their fair share in the manufacture OF this
country.
Virqtnia Leaf is still out of favor with the
trade, and 1t will evidently require very mode.
rate prices to attract more general attention
to the good and ample stock remaining in our
warehouses.
sale; for other kinds the demand is slow.
NsTohedd.-Scarcely any inquiry.
Carendish neatly made, glossy black, and in
good condition, is saleable, but at very low
prices-say 6@7d.
Substitutes are in fair supply, and from our
customs return we see they are extensively
used. American tobacco has SO far not been
able to displace to any extent the use OF these
growths; but with a large make Of stripts
this season, and moderate range Of price,
we may hope to see our favorite staple regain
the position it lost during the war period Of
high prices.
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INTERIOR VIEW OF THINGS IN CUBA.-
The Providence Journal has been permit
ted to make the following extract from 8
letter received by gentleman in that city
from an American gentleman now IN Ha-
vana:
$50 much alarm is felt here that Ameri-
cans seldom 60 out in the evening, or even
move about, except with great caution, ct
all times. We have little news except the
lumorB connected with the insurrection on
the island. The situation of things looks
worse and worse every day, and you can
hardly imagine the inten Sc hatred that now
exists between all Cubans and Spaniards.
Report says that there are some twenty
five hundred Cubans confined in the
. Moro" among which ere many of the
best and most respectable people of Ha-
vana. These people ure often taken from
their homes at night, carried to prison
that is, Moro Castle-and there locked up,
without having their cases investigated III
the least. Great fears are entertained that
there will be serious outbreak in Havana
on the 22d of February, that being the day
when the amnesty expires.
"To give you an idea Of the savage feel
lDSS O1 lNe Cpaulaluo, WIZ uSh'A'n 0tA
event that occurred but yesterday. A cap
tain Of the volunteers in public CAFE
stood up before party of soldiers, and
taking his glass in his hand, which was
filled with liquor, he empted it on the head
Of one of the party, saying As baptizc
you with this liquor to-day, so will | bap-
tie you with the blood of Cubans on the
22d.'
"People are, with reason, getting much
frightened, and are leaving every day in
any vessel where they can find passage
whether steamer, ship, or small craft. l
am glad that our Government has a large
war-steamer in the harbor, and l only wish
there we're more here, including monitor
or two. A family of the highest respects
bility told me few days since that they
dreaded the 22d, and should seek one of our
war-ships on that day as place Of refuge"
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authorizations OF TEAs.-Dr. ]. c. Dra-
per describes at length, in the GALAXY, the
various means resorted to for adulterating
teas. They may be divided into the fol-
lowing divisions: first, the substitution Of
inferior for superior varieties second,
the addition Of leaves of other plants !;
third, the employment Of what the Chinese
call I" lie tea" fourth, the coloring and re-
drying Of leaves that have already been
used, or of those that have been damaged,
80 as to pass them for good green or black
tea. The greater part of the adulteration
takes place before the teas reach our shores.
The Camelia plant, used By the Chinese
for adulteration, so closely resembles the
genuine that they have bean classified by
botanists in the same natural family.
There is, however, decided difference in
the arrangement Of the veins Of the two
plants. In England, tho leaves Of the
beech, elm, horse-ohestnut, oak, willow,
poplar, and hawthorn, are used for adulte-
ration. These are doctored with rose pink,
Dutch pink, catechu, chromate Of lead,
sulphate Of iron, Venetian red, soapstone,
carbonate Of lime, carbonate Of copper,
carbonate Of magnesia, arsenite Of copper,
chromates Of potassa, Prussian blue and
indigo, and are made to assume the ap-
pearance of black or green teas, according
80 the demand.
The ''lie tea" Of the Chinese is made
from the dust Of tea leaves and sHeepings
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Domestic Markets-rBr TEIzssApHl

NBw Yoax, February 24.-Eoon.-Stocks
strong. Exchange, 1925. Gold, 1921. sos,
'62, lax. Virginia 6's, ex-coupon, 81 new,
81 North Carolina 6's, So new, jS2.
Flour 59lOc. lower. Wheat dull and droop-
ing. Corn dull and shade lower. Mess pork
frmer new, s3l.75G$3l .s7B. Steam lard
steady; barrels, slS. 1889. Cotton shade
easier, at 2sH@2sAc- Turpentine steady OF
56c.
Eusnino.- closed strong and
advancing. 6-2os, 90, ll5. Money continued
easy to the close at 5G7. Sterling quiet At
log. Gold declined to 1921 during the after
noon, but closed at l32H@l3S. Southern Sc
curities weaker. Tennessee 6's, 664 new,
$50. North Carolina SIS, new, COX. Georgia
rs, 93. Stocks generally firm.
Cotton du!l and AGhc. lower; sales 800
bales 1t 2sAG29Hc. Flour dull; supertine
State, s5.7G@ss3o; common to fair extra
southern, So 4oGs6 90. Wheat heavy. Corn
2 shade easier; new white southern, 9499sc.
Mess pork firmer, with moderate demand ut
S3L75GS32. Lard firmer; kettle, l9h8l95sc.
Whiskey dull at csc. Rice Gull. Sugar active
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-02-25

CONCERT PITCH.-This subject is ct
tracing great interest among musicians
abroad, and singers in England particular y
are complaining that modern mueic !"
written so high that the human voice Il in
capable of reaching the upper notes 18th
out straining. For this reason Sims Eeeve:
the popular tenor, refuses to appear at CO..
certs, as his voice is unable tc undergo he
strain. In France, few years ago, the
orchestral pitch was lowered half a tone,
and is fixed by decree Of the Government.
Germany has also adopted the French
pitch. 70 obtain the received concert pitch
the following instrument has been devised !;
Take stout, smooth piece of board eigh,,
teen inches long and six inches wide, and
fasten securely thereon, at distance apart
of twelve and fve-eighths inches, two strong
blocks narrowed at the top TO an edge.
Nov take two feet Of piano-forte wire,
weighing exactly rty-eight and two
thirds grains, and fasten one end into one
end of the board, carry the wire over the
two bridges. and keep it tightened by q
twenty-four-pound syoirdupois weight at
tached to the other end. This string made
to yibrate will give 256 vibrations to the
second, and will sound the above middle @
at the mean concert pitch.
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Norfolk Markets.
wpnypsn.y February q,

.4 a -r~ WEDNESDAY, February "a, 1869.
C6tton.-Recsipts for the week have oeen
s, 400 bales Transactions were limited 10 some
sales OF parcels forced at 27027hc. Today
there is decidedly better feeling, and the IN :
ouiry is growing. We hear OF some sales at
2Sc late yesterday afternoon.
Lumber -Staves, red oak hogsheads are
quite dull The revolution in Cuba inter-
feres very much with the general demand,
and shipments thence are entirely suspended
We quote sales 1t s36GS3S for prime and $50
for culls White oaks are steady.
Shingles are very quiet, and nothing DOING
in them. - :
tar, with sales at 50 .5o@$2. 62H for large bar :
rels.
nal. None coming in.
Eqqs are abundant, and sales at 2oG2lc.,
which is freely paid by shippers. Shipments
for the week are 700 barrels.
Corn-Receipts for the week about 10000
bush els.-There has been an =uctiEe inquiry
for both southern and foreign export snip
rnent At the close s7Gsse. is freely paid ;or
prime white; yellow. soc.
Beans, Peas, dc.-White beans are quite
plenty Ut s2. 254s2.a SO. Black-eyed peas come
in quite well, and sell AZ Sl.459sl.1o per
bushel, Black and clays are wanted ! ing
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CONGRESSIONAL.

HouSe.-Mr. schenck's bill pledging the
faith of the Government to pay the bonds
in gold or its equivalent was paEsed-ll9
to 81.
Senate.-Mr. Wilson introduced bill
providing for the abrogation of the Missis-
sippi Provisional Government and the in
stallation of those officers elected at the
recent election who can take the oath.
Where they cannot take the oath the man
who received the next highest is to have
the Office.
The Judiciary Committee asked to be dis
charged from the consideration of the bills,
memorials, &C., regarding congressional in
reference with Georgia.
The Committee Of Commerce was dis
charged from the further consideration of
various bills.
Several amendments to the army appro-
priation bill were adopted, involving its re-
turn to the House for concurrence.
The McGarrahan case was discussed till
rncess.
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If tbe warehouse, to which portions 9
foreign leaves and sand sre sddsd, snd
the whole is made up with gum ana pass
into small masses, which are coiored GISsn
or black, as circumstances require. fno
Chinese usually mark 1t lie tea. Iney'
however, use it for the purpose of adnite-
rating other teas, but at the Same time
give certificate Of the proportion o. uus
and false matter in the sample.
The fourth method Of cheating--fhas u
reyamping exhausted and damaged leaves
was, observes DR.. Draper, at one time car.
ried on to such an extent that in iS4S
there were eight establishments devoted 70
it in London alone. Agents bought the
leaves at the coffee houses, and delivered
them to the factories, where they were ma
nipulated with gum, sulphate Of iron, sad
cateohu, to restore the astrirgency, ana
then dried and roughly curled. Ksblack
tea wss to be made, the requisite gloss cf
facing was impaired by the judtcious use
Of rose pink and black lead. II Q green
was required, the leaves were submitted 20
o dyeing similar to that employed by the
Chinese, into which the use Of 8cheele's
green, carbonate Of copper, and other Pol,
sonous compounds, often entered. 81
It is undoubtedly true, as Dr.. Draper
asserts, that to the apathy prevailing among
the consumers themselves is the large
amount Of adulterated tea in use due. Many
do not know what good cup Of tea is snd
even If they suspect that the tea Is not
good, they do not take the trouble 70 IN
vestigate or expose It. Until the people ints-
rest themselves, and SO oblige the importsrs
to exercise greater pains In the selection OF
their teas, inferior qualities viii continue
to be foisted upon us.
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and arm; Havana, 1s@nhe. Moiassss quiet
at S7b@oOc. Naval stores quiet. Frefghts
fr7ner; wheat, per steam, 4A94h. ae
BALTIMORE, February 24.-Tirginia e's In
scribed old, 50si 1868, 81 1857, 6lA coupons,
old, 81 new, 81. North Carolina e's, old, e3H ;
new, SO. fsetn .
C1sc1sxArr, February A.--Whiskey in good
demand at CSC. Mess pork irregular; city
sold at s3l.25, but Is generally held at s32.
Bacon nominally unchanged and held at:
Shoulders, l4c. clear sides, l7Ac. sugar.
cured hams active at l9Hc. Lard dull and
held ut l9Hc.
LOUISVILLE, February A.-Mess pork. $751; go
6s32. Lard, 10Hc. Bacon-Shoulders, 14c.
Flour, s5.5O9s5. Whiskey, 92Gs3c.
Sr. LOUIS, February "a Whisky : No
buyers. Bulk meats frmer. Nothing doing
in bacon and lard. @t
WILMINGTON, N. G., February a4.--Spirits
turpentine, 81; crude. steady ct sl.s5gs2 90.
Rosin better ct s1.soGss.6. Tar, s2.aogss.
Cotton, ZINC.
NEW ORLEANS, February N.-Cotton &c.
lower with light demand !; middlings, 2SAc;
sales, 2, 100 bales; receipts, $3.50 bales; ex-
ports, s,o4o bales. Sugar firm common, l2h
9lSc. prime, I5hc. yellow clarified, 1870
17Ac. Molasses firm at 79Gs2Hc. Gold, 1924,
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Tue OLDEST MAsoS.-A paragraph has
been going the rounds Of the newspapers
fer the last week or two noticing the death
Of Captain Joseph Metcalf a short time ago
a, Erie, Pa. Ii says: Captain Metcalf
vas 10 the ninety fifth year of his age, and
was the Oldest member of the Masonic
Order in the United States" We must
correct this paragraph. Old as Captain
Me,calf was, and he was certainly very
old man, he was not the Oldest Mason in
this country. Our respected fel!ow-c citizen
William Hamlin, who has numbered nearly
ninety-seven years, and who is still alivo
and well, is q Master Mason, having en-
tered the Mystic Order early in the present
century. We may be mistaken, but we
believe THAI Mr.. Hamlin has been for some
years the oldest living Mason IN the United
States--perhaps, in the world.-Frou'aence
(R. ~ Journal.
We have in this city gentleman who is
still gay and game who is not far behind
these venerables. Considering his zeal ana
plishments, he must have began
work as an "Ancient York" at q very
early age; and we should not be surprised
10 learn that he has been longer Mason
than any man in the Union. We meen Ut.
J0Hs Dove,
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New York Cattle Market.

MONDAY, February 22.--The Beef Cattle mar
ket dull. There was heavy supply of lank
and bony Texan, rangers and large number
OF rough and thin State cattle, with n large
proportion of half fattsned stays and old oxen.
Scarcely any bullocks were sold for over Ice. u
D., net weight. Sellers tried hard to main
tain thier top prices at &c., p D., net weight,
but most of the sales seemed to be made at
about ls@l5c. p h. Hundreds Of cattle did
not bring over 10@llc. saz4 er r~
The Sheep trade is tolerably fair, and prices
are maintained at 5@7c. y b., live weight. for
fair to good sheep. Several good droyes were
sold at &c. y D., and a few other droves were
reported as sold at nc. y b. A few selected
sheep, which had been fattened on grain and
roots, brought Sc. q b.
The S,oine market is becoming more and
more dull. City dressed were held at lac. u
H., and in some instances at l4H@144c. r. D.,
with slow sales. The arrivals consisted of the
poorest lot of rough and shabby swine that
has been received in long time past. Live
hogs are nominal at le@llc. u H.. with few
at 1lhc.
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Interesting from Havana-Further
Particulars Of the Revolution
Three Thousand Troops Sent In.
land. -re~ -ag 80
HAVANA, February 23.-Three thousand
troops depart inland tomorrow. The city
is quiet. .,.. .-s-.. ..s
The rebels are burning plantation build
ings in the Villa Clara and Jaguay dis
tricts.
The Government expedition against Qua
naja consists Of $500 men, including ca
valry. :.5s
A decree just issued imposes an export
duty from March 1st Of SO cents q box and
sl.25 hogshsad on sugar, 81 q bale on
tobacco, so cents thousand on cigars, S
per cent. increase on export duties, and 20
per cent. On internal taxes. The proceeds
of all this are to secure an S., 100000 loan.
General Dulce assures volunteers of q
vigorous campaign against the rebels in
arms. o
The salute fired in honor Of Washington's
birthday on the 22d frightened the people
here. a.. "a .- ~ ....- .a<0.a- (
The insurgents are not plundering the
native Cubans, preferring to live off the
spaniards.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-02-25

UNsExIyG WoNAN.-The National Intel
ly0ccr has 81 eloquent article on the de-
tcstable agitation Of the lay about giving
the ballot 20 women;
"They can be considered nothing but in
yale9s of domestic peace, meters 10 social
disorder, violence, and dscord, who seek to
draw woman from her appointed and SUI
Prcmely exalted sphere Of home, as the
guardian angel Of the worlds inner life,
and plunge her, with her UNNECESSARILY
Inc and feminine sersibilities, in the coarse
sud iarring throng Of masculine public
life. The times on which we have fallen
are all uuhingcd. The same fanaticism
which has overthrow, or is overthrowing,
the order and good government OF the State,
il It's restlessness under the wholesome re-
slraints OF everything conservative and
settled, is striving also 10 overthrow the or
der ana good government Of the freside !;
and az in the former case the larger liberty
Of man is pleaded az the propelling motive,
and in justification, SO IN the latter case
IL" larger liberty of woman is pleaded,
linked with thousand unnamed yet fam
cjci benefits that would accrue to her,
and through her to mankind. Any man
with properly organized mind, and
Who is capable Of calm and philo-
soyAical reflection on the nature and
the province Of the two sexes, and how they
stand at the antipodes, one Of strength and
the other Of tenderness, cannot but con-
denim the tendency, as here indicated, of
fanalical and unbalanced natures and
every woman, endowed as Heaven meant
she should be, in whose being beats sense of
almost superhuman elevation, and whofeels,
as the ought, that it is her high and para
mount prerogative to create the social realm,
and rule it by the power and the purity OF
the heart, must shrink, with instructive
and womanly dread, at the bare thought OF
30 unsexing herself, and casting aside all
that makes her better than men, as to en-
ter the low public and political arena Of
men, and participate in its wrangles, its low
ambitions, its corruptions, and its debaslng
influences. She could not but feel herself
profaned. Once there, she would feel her
self an outcast, and look back upon the
sweet dominion which she had left, where
enc Eat unsulled, lifted up and pure, as our
first parents did when exiled from the Gar
den Of Eden for yielding TO the tempter,
aud never restored to that peaceful Eden
ayain.A
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Convention for the Improvement Of
the Tennessee River.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, February 24.-
TIL g Tenneasee-river Convention, including
delegates from Kentucky, Alabama, Geor-
gio, Ohio, Virg inia, Pennsylvania, and this
state, met to-day Governor Patton in the
chair. The Cover nor gave history of the
efforts made from time to time to improve
the navigation of the river. Mr.. Cav, en-
gineer of the improvement, also gave facts
and figures about it. One hundred and
seventy-six delegates are present, Cover
nor Bullock, Of Georgia, was chosen per
manent president of the convention, and
acknowledged the honor. A letter Yves
read from Governor Brownlow expressing
his interest in, and sympathy with, the OBJ
jects of the meeting, and promising his
best efforts to secure sufficient appropria-
tons for the complement Of the improve
ment. The business committees were ap-
pointed, and the convention adjourned un-
til tomorrow.