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Another Western Sensation.

The West seems to abound with
sights and scenes. Every now and
then some marveIousstery of some
thing wonderful is started, which it
would be interesting to have stripped
of e erything but the thread of truth,
probably exceedingly small, from
which it started. The latest story OF
this sort mt from near Marshall:
ILL.,, where the people are people are
said to be in great excitement A
local'paper says that a most horrid
and appalling animal has been lately
seen there. The people in the vicini
ty of where it was seen have frequent.
ly heard during tic night loud and
tremendous screams, which they could
not account for, or could not tell what
caused them until the day hat this
wonderful animal was seer A gen
tIeman living in the neighbcrhood Ct
Guysetts Mill went out into the
woods hunting his hogs, when he va
suddenly startled by hearing some
thing sliding out of a hollow tree. II,
turned round to see what it might be
when horror of horrors i! there stood
erect before him. a creature full eight
feet high, having the human form ex-
cept the head which was like unto the
the head of an enormous bird, with &
beak of tremendous dimensions. 1t
gave n scream that reverberated fol
miles through the woods, when the
hog-hun'er took to his heels, and TOLD
this Munchausen story upon his
emereence from the forest.
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Spelling a Child

That domestic atrocity known as
spelling a. child" is generally looked
upon as a consequence of excessive
maternal love; but if mother hated
her little ono she could scarcely de
anything worse. A spoiled child is
one of the most unhappy of living
creatures, and generally. sickly; for
besides the physical evils which the
indulgence. Of its undisciplined Ape
tites engenders, its temper preys upon
its health. So pamper the little folks
in all their whims and caprices, is r
pa, entail sin, and one which is always
visited upon the unfornates who have
been thus i~rrationally pettei. One of
the immediate penalties of the offence
is the dislike with which spoiled chill
dren r universally regarded. But
there are worse consequences than
this. The young tyrant is too often
developed into the o~verbearing youth,
and, the o~verbearing youth into the un-
just and hateful man.
GentIehess, Kindness, and reasona-
bic patience are absolutely essential to
the proper management of children.
When severity is necessary, it is usu-
ally because some error. of the past
has been unwisely overlooked, or per-
haps winked at. In cases of this kind
every blow that falls upon the juven-
lie offender ought, in strict propriety,
BE inflicted on-thes individual who
failed to apply the mild remedy of re-
monstrance and persuasion in due sea-
son.. Above all thigs, treat the little
ones justly, for their sense of injustice
is keen and bitter.
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State Festival of Song.

One of the most interesting musical
events of the season will be the STATE
Festival of Song, to be Leld at Mans
field, Ohio, on the l9th-23d of Apri!
inclusive, under the auspices of the
Philharmonic Society of that place.
1t is proposed to rally a chorus O.
800 singers, and an efficient orchestra
under the direction of a competent.
conductor and assistants, and combin
ing with this chorus able solist- t.
give as q finale the Oratorio of the
Creation entire.
The Committee of Arrangements is
now in correspondence with, and hope
to procure the services of Mr.. Julius
kichberg, Principal of the Boston
Conservatory of Music, and author OF
several popular operas, as Director OF
the Convention. The services of MI.
J. NJ. Wilder, basso, of New York,
have been secured rs bass soloist In
the oratorio, in which role he is said
to be unrivaled in this country. They
arc also in correspondence with a rop-
ular soprano soloist of Boston, whom
they are confident of securing. The
other solo parts will be in TIE hand
of competent vocalists.
The festival is held at the desire OF
prominent musicians of Central and
Northern Ohio, who desire to close
the musical season of 1863 by a
grand jubilee of song: and Mansfield
has been selected on account of its af-
fording ready access from all parts OF
the State by the railroads radiating
ftom that point
The Philharmonic Society of Mans
field is one. of the best established
musical associations in the State, and
was for SOME time under the direction
of Prof. b. E. Hennings, now of this
city.
Tho committee Of gentlemen from
this society will work enefgetically and
endeavor to make such complete ar
rangements that the festival cannot
fail ~of.preving a complete success, and
a feast of sweet sounds such as must
clans seldom have the privilege Of
participating in; and We bespeak the
hearty cooperation of all lovers OF
good music.
The first rehearsal will be held at z
P. NJ, April 10Th.
A miscellaneous concert will be Civ
en- on Wednesday night; a matinee on
Friday afternoon, and tue oratorio
Friday night.
Circulars, with full information,
will be issued in due time; until then,
any desired information may be OBJ
tanned by addressing Mr.. j. NJ. Jolley,
President of the. Philharmonic Socie-
ty, at. Mansfield Gereland Nnsical
WorlG,
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white nan, according to the unity
theory, started from the same stand
point. The course Of the Caucassian
has been Onward and upward for near
ly SIX thousand years, while the Afri-
can has been stationary, and engaged
in the elevating pursuit of eating bugs,
snakes and lizards, and bowling down
to wooden gods! The negro is now
where he always has been and where
he will always remain, if permitted to
have his own way. DIR. Scott wanted
no distinction of color at the. polls be-
cause he feared the white man would
suffer in South Carolina and Georgia
where the negroes were in the MAORI
tyl- Prudent and sagacious DIR
Scott He still sympafhies with the
white man, though he is convinced
that he is inferior to the negro? He
did not think the Cinnamon would
ever vote here because they had a re-
ligious obligation to carry the bones
of their deceased back to the celestial
empire for burial. That was a bril-
liant conception, and fell upon the
House like a blow from Herculese.
After much froth, and maneuvering
the matter was deferred till Thursday
April 2, when a vote will h 3aken-
The new Perfitentiary ssYroject is
probably disposed a for the present,
The house adopted a resolution having
for its object the erection of an inter
mediate prison ranging between our
JaiIs and the Penitentiary for the less,
hardeaed culprit. That will post pone
all further action for the present and
will save one million and a half of
taxes in ale pockets of the farmers.
The appropriation bills are on the
way and ths session will be brought to
II close as sosl as they become a law.
More anon, Ion.
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Columbus Correspondence.
COLUMBUS, March %, 1se

COLUMBUS, March %, 1869.
The House had under consideration
to-day the resolutions reported by
Mr.. Fielding, proposing to reject the
fifteenth amendment to the Constitu-
ton of the United States. A spirited
debate immediately sprang up, which
confined all day. 1t was confined
chiefly to outside issues, and lead to
some sharp encounters between the
champions of both sides. The newt
able gentleman from "Judea." Mr..
Wolfe lead off on the Republican side
in a TRADE Oh the physical and mental
equality of the ace and commended
that if the negro had had the same
opportunities as the white man he
would have been as much distinguish
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no difference that. nobody had ever
heard of the organ or its honorable
grinder, until then. The buffers of
the New York dailies, and all other
dailies, united in sympathetic unison
and, every day, we had the puff di-
rect, the puff preliminary, the puff
collateral, the puff collusive and the
puff obliaue, every conceivable sort
of puff. Nor has this state of affairs
ended yet. In fact, it has only re-
Gently commenced in good earnest.
Apropos of it, they tell a good joke
hereabout. Nye, of Nevada, who is
one of the drollest and funniest of
men, met a friend the other day, to
whom he told in great confidence that
he had in his possession one of the
most remarkable. curiosities of the age
80 valuable from its rarity as to be
beyond the reach Of money. The
friend was much amazed, and Won
dered what on earth it could be.
"Why. I'll tell you,"-says Nye, in
great seriousness: "its a newspaper
that hasn't the name'of Schuyler Col
fax in it. lisa fact, by lowell
wouldn't take Il thousand dollars for
it. Don't say anything about it, be-
cause, if Barnum hears of it, he'll send
an agent here to buy it, and I don't.
want to sell"
Schuyler's faith in the press as a
great moral engine is great, as well it
might be, considering the u~naccounta-
BILE hold he has on the buffers. Con.
sidering the photographic infections We
have had on the. subject recently, and
the fair presumption that its intensity
will be Increased with Schuyler's In
creasing prominence, the prospect is,
that after the 4th of March, we shall
have such paragraphs as the following
cent by telegraph, through the Associ-
ated Press, all over the country:
"WAsniSaroN. March 5, 1869.
1.-THE Hon. Schuyler Colfax had
roast beef for dinner to-day"
Whereupon the New York Tribune
special dispatches will go off thus:
"WAsHINa1oN, March 6, 1869.
"a dispatch published throughout
the country through the agency Of the
Associated Press. which is known to
be under copperhead influences, states
that Hon. Schuyler Colfax had roast
beef for dinner yesterday. Such is
not the fact. We are authorized, by
a gentleman who was present, to say
that it was fish"
And then Mr.. Pufer, chief cores
pondent of the Times, will have a re-
mark to make, and it will appear in
italics in the Times next day:
WASHINGTON, March 7, 1859.
Several contradictory statements
as to<Mr. Colfax's dinner, e few days
ago, have appeared in the New York
papers. The Associated Press reck-
lessly says he had beef, and the 7rt5-
una ruthIessly charges him with fish.
Suffice it to say that it was mutton"
Thus the great object of the puff in
the abstract, which is but to keep ones
maine before the public, is attained
For, as one of the characters says, in
Sheridan's Critic, $50 the play be
mentioned, it's n puf-even abuse is
better than silence"
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The water was warmed for the
comfort of the candidates at a baptis.
NAL occasion in a Baptist church at
Providence last week Sunday. The
rising steam caused q general stamp
EIDE among the congregation and faint
ing among the ladies, who thought the
building was on fire.
Wild horses are sold in New South
Wales at two dollars a head, and find
reluctant purchasers at that price.
The skins are the parts of them that
yield money. Why not Utilize their
fleshP 1t would make as good "Bo-
logna" sausage as asses flesh, from
which the Bolognas arc chiefly manu-
fauctured in Europe.
Sir Kenelm Digby, of England,
wrote Governor Winthrop, the second,
of Massachusetts,, in the eighteenth Gen.
fury, and recommend the following
cure for the ague pare the patients
nails !; put the parings in a little bag
round the neck of a live eel, and put
him in a tub of water ; the eel will
die, and the patient will discover"
Latest Definitions: Wooden we'd
ding-Marrying a blockhead. Gold
ing w~edding-Marrying for money.
Crystal neutrality-suspicious. a "glass
eye" Tin Notwithstanding a milk
maid. Paper wedding-Marrying an
editor. Iron wedding Marrying a
blacksmith. Weedy wedding-Mar-
rying a widow Green wedding
Marrying a grass-widow.
A gentleman of this city hasin his
possession q pair of blankets which
were taken from the English brig
Boxer, which was captured by Enter
prise and brought into Portland fifty
seven years ago. They have an En-
glish mark. upon them and are in daily
use.-Bdng: =, (1t.) Whig.
1t is evident those blankets were
made in honest times, and before
ahoddy became a byword and a re-
preach.
A Texas letter writer says of the
people in the region; Their nick
names IRE something startling. One
young lady, who was christened Mary,
is always called "Miss Pig" Miss
Pig, will you dance f"- Miss Pig,
me-" &C., I heard addressed to
her half a dozen times by as many
g~allants in one evening. A very Sc
date and solemn young man, who had
the misfortune to be the youngest of
his family, has carried the name OF
"Babe" from his cradle up-six feet.
The young women are very pretty. /
do not remember having seen one who
less than g~ood-looking. But
is oven shorter here than furth-
err north. The seniors are no beauties.
They seem to have been ''sun killed
like buckwheat. I
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the, repeal of the Tenure7of-office-bill.
The House Of Representatives imme-
diately responded to his request, in
the passage of a bill repeating that act,
but the Senate is in great tribulation
over the matter. The discussions are
quite bitter, and betray a want of
confidence in the capability Of Presi-
dent Grant to discharge properly, &C.
cording to radical ideas, his duty, 1t
remains in doubt whether the Senate
and House can agree upon any scheme
for s~uspending that mischievous meas
urc. It is amazing that the Republi'
can party is unable to find a man suf-
fciently corrupt to sacrifice honor,
oath and dignity that political trick
STEERS and thieves may rule. This is a
fit commentary upon the abolition
theories of Government. They now
propose to tie President Grant hand
and foot, by depriving him of his Con-
stitutional prerogatives, that the radi-
cal fire brands, and official scoundrels
that hung upon the administration of
President johnson like 90 many vul-
lures; deveuring the substance of the
people, may again. fasten themselves
on the country in spite of the protes-
tations ofthe President. Grant shows
fight and says he will be unable to fill
Offices where changes should be made
until these Instructions are removed.
Being anxious for, fair play. and de-
sirous Of seeingthe right triumph,~w we
trust the President will continne res.
olute and make no appointments till
he is permitted to stand up right and
free like all his predecessors in the
White House.
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SALE Of REAL ESTATE BY
ORDER CT PROBATE
q, COURT.

On the 18th day of March, A. d. 1869,
between the hours of.one o'clock p. m. and
three o'clock p. NJ, on the premises herein
after described will be sold to the highest
bidder the following real estate as the prop
erty of daniel Boon, deceased, situate in the
township of Lake in the county of Ashland
and State of Ohio, and more particularly de-
scribed as follows: 1t being the. west half
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 n 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 TKEASE,
Administrators of Daniel Boon, decd.
By McBombs & Curtis his Att'yss--
Feb. 18th 1863. 4w32
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Notice is hereby given that I vii
present q petition to the Commission
ers Of Ashland, county on the first
Monday in March 1869, praying for
a road in Hanover township, begin
ming at the state road. leading from
Eoudonville to Mount Vernon, on
the line between the lands of James
Carnagy and John Feichter and run
ming due east to the, terminus of said
line, thence bearing north of east
about twenty rods, thence south of
east about sixty rods through the
lands of James Carnagy, thence in a
a north easterly direction across the
corner of forty acres of land owned
by Adam Raby, and continuing in
said direction through the lands OF
George Fulmer to ~intersect the Ball
Alley road
ISAIAH r n
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The Fifteenth Amendment.

There seems to be some difference
of opinion among the democratic
members of the Ohio Legislature as
to the proper disposition of the Fiji
teenth Amendment to the constitu-
ton of the United States as proposed
by Congress. The Senate and House
are considering the propriety of
promptly rejecting the proposition /;
or expressing disapprobation in the
shape of a joint resolution, and then
referring the whole subject to the le-
gal voters of Ohio, for approval or
rejection.
/ We do not think the prompt rejec
ton of that amendment will accom-
plish what its friends pretend. In
deed, we are convinced that the Re
publicans are very DESTROYS of having
the matter disposed of now, under
the impression it will take the lei
ure from the people, and efectually
sever it from the approaching CAM
paign, as a subject of discussion; and
thus enable them to regain power in
the State, when, by joint resolution,
they can rescind tho action of the
Democrats this winter.
This is the golden opportunity for
both sides. If the Democrats reject,
they will rescind. If the Democrats
leave the matter to the people, and
they reject it, by giving the Democra-
cy the majority that ~effectually settles
the matter. The best thinkers of the
Democratic party desire it to be re-
ferred to thu people, SO that it may
be discussed in all its bearings and
tendencies. Shall it be done?
Those who allege that this question
was settled two years since are GER
tainly in a grave error. The ques-
ton of two years ago, was to strike
the word white" from our State
Constitution. The question 10 is,
not only to strike the word "white"
from the Constitution, but also to en-
franchise everything. from a "white"
man down tothe "Ourang," and to
surrender the right of the state to
regulate the elective franchise to an
absolute Congress /; thus wipihg out
Fesery <estige Of State rights, and
consolidating all power in Congress.
We deny that this question has
ever been before the people of Ohio,
prior to this time, We deny that our
Senators and Representatives were
Instructed two years ago to act on
any such question. The question in
wolves the overthrow of the funda-
mental principles of our government.
1t saps the foundations of the SOY
ereignty of the people, and comedies
unlimited power. to seventy tyrants,
who are now able to fetter President
and defy a people.
To reject this proposition without
consulting the people, is akin to the
theory that Congress is the master of
the people, and the Ohio Legislature
is afraid to consult them. Let the
people be heard on the matter gentle
man; for the voice of the people is
the voice of God.
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Restrictive Laws.

When the Constitution of Ohio was
submitted to the people for adoption,
a separate article was voted on, which
had for its object the prevention of
the excessive sale and use of intoxi-
eating liquors. The proposition was
'.license" or no "~license." Under the
conviction that to prohibit the issue
of a license to any party to sell liquor
would affectually prevent its sale, a
majority of the people of Ohio, voted
'tno license" 1t was soon discovered
however, that instead of having a few
licensed houses, that could be restrain
ed by law, that thousands of unlicen-
sed saloons, responsible to no law, we're
ushered into being. Intemperance
received no check. Laws, i~nfiicting
severe penalties were the next resort.
For fifteen years these laws have
proved abortire; for the reason flat
intemperance is a moral, instead of a
political question. No man was ever
reformed by brute. force. Nothing
but convincing reason, will reform
society. If reason, and appeals to de-
cency have lost their influence, prisons
and fines are in vain. Penal codes
will amount to nothing, SO long as the
moral culture of men is neglected
Persecution never converted any body.
1t is the seed of success. By remorse-
less penalties we may succeed in dis
tressing the liquor dealer and his fam
lily, but we will fail to accomplish any
good. We believe our laws are ell
wrong, and need amendment. The
time never has been, since the days Of
pious old Noah, to the present, when
men did not use Intoxicating liquors,
and no legal enactments will ever pre-
vent their use. The impediments
thrown in u way by the General
Government have completely baked
the enforcement of our laws. The
whisky ring at Washington, the most
corrupt on earth, has encouraged the
manufacture of millions of barrels of
the most pernicious and deleterious
article, while the General Govern
ment in the face Of our constitution,
and laws, has licensed under a Seer
tiicate" for revenue" tens of thou
sands of liquor dealers all over our
State; and a refusal to pay $40 for a
license to sell liquor; and S25 for a
license to use it in a hotel, would
bring upon the head of the recusant
very sever penalties. Almost as soon
as the saloon keeper has paid for his
license, a grand jury indicts him for
his privilege; and he is fined from
$40 to $780, To put the mildest
possible coloring on this, we deem-it
'legalized robbery" and no better
than theft. How shall we correct the
matter? Let us return to the license
system. By So doing, hotels and sa.
looms cal be required to keep quiet
houses, while the license fee can go
into the county treasury for common
school purposes. Having done so,
We must meet the question, not as a
political, but as a moral one. We
must di rest it of politics and political
~chicanery, and then all sides can join
in the commendable enterprise of con
vincing man that drunkenness leads to
degradation and death ; otherwise,
there is an end of reform.
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: A Happy Family.

All the nomination Of General Grant
there was great rejoicing in the Re
publican party. It was predicted that
he would discard the usurpative ideas
of President johnson and be the ODE
dent and obsequiosu servant of the
Senate. Before the ink had become
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WOOSTER. HACK LINE

Agooi comfortable BACK Line for the
accommodation of passengers will leave
Ashland for Wooster, tii-weekly, leaving
Ashland Mondays 8, Wednesdays & Fridays
at 8 o'clock in the morning. via Rowsburg
Pitt 81 urg, Reedsburg and Jefferson
Through fare. 50. 90
Hack also tri Weekly from Ashland 10
Orange and back the same day. Leaving
Ashland Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur
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A Din
FARM FOF SALE.

{ offer my farm, sale ST udtcdtwo mil,t
aud q half South of the fourishi",
,wn Of Ashland Thistarm conraius
50 ACRES
If excellent black soil land, rs acres OF
which is in timber, the balance cleared
md under good fence; a good orchard
IF fruit and a good sugar orchard OF
800 trees. Afro a good bank BARI
lOx70 feet, With we'll in barn yard -
fhe dwelling house is frame and il
good condition, with never failiDg'wel
If water at the door. spring house, auo
never failing running spring waite,
through the farm. This is one eff tn,
hest pieces of land in Montgomery
rewuship.; Any person desiring 3
good farm, will do well to call and SC,
this one, Enquire OF the premises OF
d HOUCK,
Or of Michael Miller, Miller Hous ,
Ashland. +
: Epr. :further particulars inquire
J D. Jones. -5,1
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Iron & Nails,

Iron chain and wood pumps, Lead pipes
Clothes ~wringers, including the Monitor &
Colb's patents-none better-together with
every article to be found in a first class
Hardware Store. Persons contemplating
building will do we'll to give, US . call, as
our prices are very low for cash. We want
your. trade.
LIST K Sasionsi B she Pl ashI nfaIiS oH Opposite / 2 'hF
no 43 %. :- -"
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aMYERs' fHlsAMIc REMEDY"
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Incipient Consumption and Br pch tbs.
s A. H. Myers a.samic Remedy.
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