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TERRIBLE OVERTHROW OF SENATOR
FENTON
From the N. Y. Sun.


From the NJ Y. Sun.
The Hon. Reuben E. Fenton has sustained
terrible defeat in the confirmation of the
Hon. Thomas Murphy as Collector, and the
removal of General Edwin A. Merritt as
Naval Officer of the port of New York, two of
the most important and lucrative positions in
the gift of the President. Mr.. Murphy is
the determined antagonist of Senator Fenton,
having opposed his reelection for Governor
in 1866, and gone to Chicago in 1868 to pre-
vent his nomination to the Presidency;
while General Merritt has long been his
ardent supporter and confidential friend,
Fenton having made him member of his
staff, as Quartermaster-Gene while he was
Governor.
In the appointment of Murphy and the
removal of Merritt, General Grant therefore
has dealt double blow at Fenton, and with
the intent of crippling his influence in the
Senate, and destroying it altogether with the
Republican party of this State. General
Grant has never liked Governor Fenton. He
opposed his nomination to the Vice-Presi-
dency, snubbed him in distributing the
Federal patronage in this State, and especially
in this city; and having recently got it into
his head that Fenton is secretly plotting for
the Presidential nomination in 1872, he has
determined to bring him to grief.
The war on the part of the President is
not to end here. The head of not a single
friend of Fenton, who holds a Federal Office
in this State, is now safe upon his shoulders,
but is liable to roll from the block at mo-
ments notice. 1t was this consideration
which led Fenton to abandon his usual tactics
in exigencies of this sort. Shrewd and facile,
he has been wont to spy defeat in the dis
tance, and to seem to avoid it by quietly
acquiescing in the inevitable. He was too
sagacious not to foresee the certain confirma-
tion of Murphy, and the probable
removal of Merritt but there
was no alternative left for him except
| cowardly retreat from the field, or a
bitter fight to the end. His friends and fol
lowers would not allow him to take the for
mer course, and he was compelled to adopt
the latter. He therefore fought the battle as
he best could; and the result is his disastrous
overthrow. A few Senators may have so far
sympathized with him as to abandon their
seats and not vote at all on the confirmation
of Murphy, the key of the position; but Fem
ton was only able to rally two Senators to
his side in a roll-call of fifty-one. Of its
kind and degree, this is one of the worst poll.
tical defeats which any prominent politician
in this State has sustained for the last twenty
years.
What has General Grant gained by this
victory? He has removed and disgraced Gen
eral Merritt, the best politician in the Gus
tom House, a shrewd and energetic man, who
has good deal of strength with the Republi
cans of the interior; and he has put in his
place an amiable old gentleman, who has ut
terly failed as Collector, and who has no po
litical following anywhere. He has aroused
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Frasoati's2 Or has the rage Of modern specu-
lntion reached that estimabe body Of PROV
lers by midnight the chiffonnierst Astriking
scene certainly 1t must have been-that mid
night Bourse-and, as we can believe, rather
excited One hears the bulls in "rags"
contendipg madly with the bears in 'junk'
and ''old iron, while the CHASTITY ravines of
the Carrieres dAmerique echo their specula-
tive shouts
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sSs| NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN
application will be made at the next meeting
of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth OF
Pennsylvania for the Incorporation OF Bank, in
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth, to
be entitled THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
BANK to be located at Philadelphia, with capital
of five hundred thousand dollars with the right to
increase the same to ten million dollars.
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s9ga OFFICE OF THE PHILADELPHIA
AND READING RAILROAD CO., No 227 South



AND READING RAILROAD co., No 227 South
FOURTH Street
NOTICE.-In accordance with the terms of the lease
and contract between the East Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
and the Philadsphia and Reading Railroad Co., dated
MAY 49, 1862 the Philadelphia Reading Railroad Co.
will pay at their Office No 227 South FOURTH St. Phila
delphia and after the lsth day of JULY 1870, div
dend $3.50 per share clear of all taxes to the stock
holders of the East Pennsylvania Railroad Co., they
shall stand registered the books of the said East Penn
sylvania Railroad Co. the LIST day of july 1870.
All orders for dividends must be witnessed and
stamped. aa,nuo,n
Note-The transfer books of the East Pennsylvania
Railroad Co. viii be closed July l aud reopened
July ii, 1870 1Ypxpy ~ ,o,,uS
622lm Treasurer East Pennsylvania Railroad 90.
ses- NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN
s~S application viii be made at the next meeting
OF the General Assembly OF the Commonwealth OF
Pennsylvania for the incorporation OF Bank, IN
entitled THE ANTHRACITE BANK, to be located
at Philadelphia, with capital OF five hundred thou
sand dollars with the right to increase the same to
two million dollars.
ssF. PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAIL
Vs. ROAD COMPANY, Offiee No. 227 S. FOURTH
Street, Philadelphia, June 20 1870
The Transfer Books OF this Company will be closed
ON the 1th of July next and reopened on Wednes-
< Dividend of FIVE PER CENT has been de-
clared the Preferred and Common Stock, clear OF
after the ED of July next to the holders thereof as
they stand registered on the books OF the Company
at the close OF business on the 7th July next. All
payable at this of1ce
All orders for dividends must be witnessed and
stamped S. BRADFORD,
629 I'm Treasurer.
n.y. NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN
49, application will be made at the next meeting
of the General Assembly Of the Commonwealth OF
Pennsylvania for the incorporation of Bank, in
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth,
to be. entitled THE SOUTHWARK BANKING
COMPANY, to be located at Philadelphia, with
capital OF one hundred thousand dollars, with the
right to increase the same to one million dollars.
nay TREGO's TEABERRY TOOTHWASH.
1t the most ps.sant cheapest and best dentifrios
1t Preserves and Whitens the Teethi
Invigorates and Soothes the Gumsi
Puriies and Perfumes the BreAthl
Prevents Accumulation of Tartarl
Oleanses and Purihes Artificial Teethl
Is q Superior Article for Ohildreni
Sold bf all druggists and dentists.
A. M. WILSON, Druggist Proprietor.
Q l0m Dor. NINTH AND F1LBERT bts., Philadelphia
nSs~ WARDALE g. MoALLISTER,
- Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
49, No. 308 BROADWAY, - l.I e
! Rev York -.br.r rnl 1
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

application will be made at the next meeting
of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania for the Incorporation of Bank, in
accordance with the laws OF the Commonwealth, to
be entitled THE KEYSTONE STATE BANK, to be
dred and fifty thousand dollars, with the right
to increase the same to i've hundred thousand
dollars,
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nSSsn A N M ORT mt NOTICE
49, TO ALL WHOM II MAY CONCERN.

nsy AN IMPOR RTANT NoTICE.
TO ALL WHOM II MAY CONCERN.
The following named persons, If they We're on the
Bark ARCHIBALD Oracle, which left San Fran
cisco, California in 1885, their next OF kin, will
find it to their advantage to address call upon
ROBERT S. LEAGUE & COMPANY, No. 1875 South
SEVENTH Street, Philadelphia. Immediate atten-
ton to this is requested and any knowing their
present whereabouts will oblige by communicating
as above.
A. M. Spencer, James j. Nichols,
Jabez M. Upton, Charles Brown,
G. +. Myers, Absaom Cryers,
Henry Adler, John Baker,
Lewis Scarce, William Roberts,
Samuel B. Pingrey, E. 5 Wilson,
Martin Hart, G. W. Hopkins Son,
William Douglas, L. B. Dresser,
William Chamberlin, William Rafferty,,
Daniel X. Colby, j. ii. Painter,
Walter Smith, nj. Barnes
Samuel b. Wilcox, X. j. Black,
William f. Willis, X. Blair,
Henry Lowell, Mark Ferrill,
John Dockendorf, John Anderson,
David LoZen, John w. Walden,
j. ii. Keller, William Scrtoner,
William Davis, William Callahan,
William Ferry, Jonn B. Jones,
Charles Nodne, John H. AnXes,
A. S. Young, A. Ii. Whitner.
Sanford Crooks, 6Nt
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xa| TFS> o TEXAS PORTS,
THE STEAMSHIP YAZOO
WILL SAIL FOR NEW ORLEANS DIRECT.
On WEDNESDAY, July 20, at A. NJ
Through bills of lading given in connection with
Morgan's lines from New Orleans to Mobile Calves
ton, Indianoa Lavacca, and Braz0s, at low rates
as by any other route.
Through bills OF ladng also given to all points on
the Mississippi river, between New Orleans and St
Louis, in connection with the st. Louis and New
Orleans Packet Company.
For further information apply to
WILLIAM L. JAMES,
General Agent,
711st No. 1870 S. THIRD Street.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-12-28

Governor Walker, of Virginia,
lead the van. Then TO lowed Senter,
with the host of liberal Republicans of
Tennessee, And but recently Gratz
Brown, with General Amnesty as his
Shibboleth, has carried Missouri by an
overwhelming rnajority, sweeping the
State as the ircs sometimes sweep its
Praries.
In our own State in the only Dis
trict (2d), where q Fepublican Candi
date is declared elected to Congress,
upon every stump he proclaimed him
self in favor of the Removal of all
Political Disabilities. I'm almost ev-
cry county where the Republican tick
ct succeeded, it carried that inscription
upon its banner. And we hope and
believeithat our Governor, whose Oc-
tober speech caused in the popular
heart such 7throb of joy, will now
so speak and act as to awaken its
chords with a diapason of delight.
The Revolution has begun. 1t is
one of those, too, that never 90 back
ward-Nulla Vestigia Retrersum.- :
And whoever would attempt to stem
it, might as we'll endeavor to stay the
in its fall or the tornado in
its resistless sweep. Stand from nm
der.-Pine Bluff (Ark.) Weekly.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-12-28
Light Ahead.

AS old Father Richie was wont to
say the political "skies are bright and
Frightening" The long night of op-
preston and wrong in which the peo-
pie of the South have lived is drawing
to a close. The day of their deliver
ance is at hand. =.
The clouds are breaking up and
through the riffs the light begins to
etream steadily upon US. It is no I'M
certain ray, no pale reflex of Cynthia's
brow" 1t is, however, the glorious
promise of the full orbed day of gen.
eral REIMBURSEMENT and political dis
enthrallment.
For a long time we pleaded and pc
titioned and awaited its appearance.
Indeed hope had well nigh died. out
and given place to grim despair
Those who, to serve their wicked pur-
poses, SO long traduced and .tyran-
nized over US, were long in the as
cendant.
Detraction and malignity and mis-
representation have done their worst.
Truth and right and patient. forbear-
ance will yet prevail. And soon, we
believe, throughout the South We can
join in a common Jubilate.
Throughout the North the leading
Republican politicians and papers
have decla ed IN favor of universal
enfranchisement. Among the latter
we may mention the New York Trib-
una, Cincinnati Commercial, Chicago
Tribune, st. Louis Democrat. &c
And whoever opposes them will raise
a very puny standard of revolt.
To many Republicans in the South,
of thought and nerve and feeling, are
we greatly indebted for this suspicious
change. From their hearts and brains,
in a great measure, came the electric
flashes which cleared the foul, mephit-
ic atmosphere which surrounded us.
And they have thereby endeared them
selves for all time to the people of the
South.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-12-28

CowardIy.

A malicious liar and dastardly pup
py haiIing from Ashland, has written
a libeIous letter concerning US TO the
yenafand vulgar sheet edited by Pom
roy. Its idiotic author has followed
the business of defamation for several
years and when he cannot find others
to malign amuses himself by assailing
the members of his own family He
is a pettifogger by profession-a vii
lain by practice, and an assassin by
intent.
We incurred his malice and hate,
some years since, because we refused
to do his bidding. Our paper is at
tached to the skirts of no man OIL set
of men, We hope to do justice to all.
We are determined 10 be the servile
tool of no man. Whenever we cannot
publish an independent, straight-fSr.
ward Democratic paper, witbout the
dictation ofbolters, disorganizers, sore
heads, political spies and shysters. We
intend to quit fhe business, .
We have long been convinced that
the anthor of the New York ISLANDERS
is harmless, where he is best known.
We have heretofore borne his malice
and vi:uperation without resentment
because we believed a straight5jacket
beftted his condition during his inco-
herency and delirium. We have de-
sired and provoked no qnarrel. For
bcarance now ceases to be a virtue.
Enthusiastically miscreant will put
the allegations over his own name,
we will give him the qualification Of
defending himself against a suit for
libel. If he refuses to do this, let him
go branded in this and every other
community as a common liar, defamer
and villain,
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-12-28

tended BY the most horrible pain,
managed to fix a pencil between his
bloody stumps of fingers and wrote
the horrid tale A party was imme-
diately organized, and FASTENED 30 the
miser's den. he a at the door As
they approached, and fred a revolver
six timee at them, wounding two of
the patty seriously. Mr.. Skinner re.
tut.ed the fire, and the villain fell,
with a piercing yell, MORALLY wound.
ed. "My money-my money He
moaned, my beautiful money" and
he crawled to his bags of gold and fell
upon them-a corpse !-Over 10000
dollars was discovered, which was
presented to the poor fund and used
for ether charitable purposes. The
event will never be forgotten by our
citizens. The child is slowly recover
ing. The miser was buried the day
after, and the hut was torn down.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-12-28
ADM IoTRATOR'S SALE.

In pursuance of an order granted
by the Probate Court of Ashland
county. Ohio, l will offer for sale, at
public auction, % the 18th day of
January a. d. 1871, between the
hours of two o'clock P. M. and three
o'clock P. M. upon the premises, the
following described real estate, situate
in the county of Ashland and State of
Ohio, to-wit: Lot number forty
three (43) in the village of Loudon
VILE, excepting eleven Q1) feet off of
the west side Of said lot. Appraised
at s. Terms of sale: one
third in hand, one third in one year,
and one third in w years from the
day of sale, with interest ; the pay
ment to be secured by mortgage upon
the premises sold. McCombs and
Curtis. Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
FREDERICK SCHWAN,
CHARLES H.. TANGEMAN,
Administrators of
JOHN SCHEIDT, deceased.
no22-4w
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PROBATE NOTICES.

The following Administrators Elk
ecutors and Guardians, have filed in
the Probate Court of Ashland county
Ohio, their Partial and Final accounts
for settlement VIZ
Final account of James McFadden,
as guardian of Sarah RYland.
Partial sccount of Frederick Schwan
as guardian of John and Mary Hick.
man. r. :.
Partial account of William Sheets.
executor of Joseph Sheets deceased,
Final account of Daniel Pocock, as
administrator of James Pocock de
ceased.
Final account of A F. Shaw, as
guardian OF James d. and Harvey P.
Newton.
Final account of Joseph B. Strick-
land as guardian of John l.. Miller.
Partial account of Peter Becktel,
as guardian of John Braden.
Partial account of John Burns, ex-
ecutor of Samuel Burns deceased.
Final account of Thomas Bndd, as
guardian of Alonzo Humphry.
Partial account of Henry S earn,
guardian of John E. Ewing.
Final statement of Lazarus Stump,
guardian of VIM. and John A.
Craig.
Partial account of H. G. johnson,
executor of Samuel Keister deceased.
Partial account OF Mary Buchanan,
guardian of Walter Buchanan.
Final account of Jacob Fast, ad-
ministrator OF of Joseph Wicks de-
ceased.
Partial account of George Myers,
as guardian of Oscar and Mary e..
Porter
Final account of Nicholas Plank, as
guardian of Joseph Morr.
Partial account of Enoch Vert
man, Executor of Jacob Sill deceased
And the same will be for hearing
on the End day of January 4. D.
1871 at 10 o'clock A. NJ. ~ =
d. w. Whitmore,
Probate Judge.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-12-28
BoARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

The Board of Commissioners at
their regular session divided the coun-
ty into three districts.
Cowan, supervising affairs in Hano-
yer, Green, Lake, Vermillion and
Mif1in.
Smalley, in Mob can, Perry, Jack
son Montgomery and Milton.
Dunlap, in Clear-creek. Orange,
Ruggles, Troy and Sullivan.
Any person having business with
the Board when not in regular session
must apply to the Commissioner hav-
ing CHI arge of the district.
A Book OF RARE INTEREsr.-We
can hardly conceive of more entertain
ing reading for the long winter eve
nigs than the new book, Belden; The
White Chief. 1T reminds one of Rob-
inson C~rusoe, but is certainly more
valuable reading, as it presents fact S
and not fiction
Published by G. F. Vent, New
York and Cincinnati, and sold only
by subscription.
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-12-28
A Tale of Horror.

Last weeks Saginaw (Mlchigan)
Repub!ic says:
1t has been known some time that
a dirty, wretched old man lived out
side The city, about a mile or so in a
filthy little cabin, entirely alone, and
that he vas hermit. No one ever
went near him, for it was said he was
a magician.
His only companion was a skeleton
looking dog. He came into the city
sometimes to leg. and would piteous-
ly implore for money, stating that he
was starving. Sometimes heA would
gather rags and sell them. Every
one supposed him to be wietchedIy
poor. He had an evil look, and moth
ers would emove their children when
they saw him coming. One day last
week however, a child, the son of Mr..
Abraham Skinner, went out alone to
fish in the stream, and happened to
wander on until, before he knew it he
came to the howell of the old man. =
At first he was frightened, but seeing
no one around, he plucked up cour-
age and went nearer. Everything was
silent. He went and looked through
Il crack in the side of the hut.
He almost screamed a what he
saw, for he beheld the old man bend
ing over a bag of money that he was
counting, and there were other bags
beside him that contained large guam
titles of money. Mr.. Skinnefs son
was so terrified that when he attempt
ed to move he stumbled, when like
lightning the old man rushed out and
seized him. "Hal" he screamed,
'I've caught You, have 1? You saw
me did you? Well-now you will
pay for it." And before the boy
could say a word, the old monster,
with an awful laugh, drew out a
knife, and Ooh, horrorl) cut the child's
tongue out, and then chopped off his
fingers. "Now," said he-.now
you can 60, for you can't tell"
The poor boy "A off overcome with
agony /; and ran to his fathers house
only to fill them with CONSERVATION.
what was the matter with their child?
He could not speak to tell them, and
he could not write tor his fingers
were. cut. A
Still the poor boy, after efforts at
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-12-28

The Cincinnati Chronicle, thus com
ments on Sumner and the San Do
mingo business:
All the evidence available goes to
prove that Sen ltor Sumner, either in
tenfionally conn itted himself to the
President In favor of San Domingo,
~ was understood by all present at
the interview in question. or else was
playing q deceptive and trea"herous
part. It wa not his opposition to the
measure that was deemed objectiona-
bic, had It been manifested in a fair
and honorable manner, but his dupli-
city and bitterness of partisan hostil-
ity. His extraordinary conduct will
not receive popular approval, whatev
er opinion may he entertained OF the
annexation policy itself. 1t does not
comport with the frank and honorable
dealing to be expected from high
minded Republican Senator.
It Is rare that Sumner does anything
worthy Of Democratic approval. In
bis opposition to the San Domingo
job, he Is Gle iriy pursuing the right
course In resisting the attempt to
circumsent and rope him into the
support Of . measure that has corrup-
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-12-28
How Scarlet Fever Is Spread.

The enormous mortality from scar
let fever which appears in the Regis
trar Generals mortality bill is now a
constant and increasing quantity. 1t
is assuming proportions which ere
alarming; not the less SO because
they are largely increased by individ-
ual carelessness. 1t has always been
a source Of great mortality ; and, in
the absence of any means of, checking
it's progress, such as We possess in
vaccination for smallpox and by at
tention TO the water supply and drain
age for cholera and some forms of
py ,hegenic fever, it fbecomes the more
necessary to accurately investigate the
means by-whieh it is spread These
may be summed up chiefly in a few
words 1t is spread by personal reck-
lessness, by negiect and by4reckless-
ness OF individuals as to public safety.
Scarlet fever is propagated from per-
son t person by 5culpable ignorance
ard criminal neglect. Cleanliness and
general sanitary regulations are of use
in mitigating the severity of the dis,
case, but are no bar to its propagation.
Let us take the experience, of one
London physician during the last
week, and it will easily explain how
scarlet fever is now being spread. He
tells us that he became cognizant OF
the following cases during that time.
Travelling by rail, he was requested
not to put down the window, as lit
tie boy in the carriage was not very
well. The boy was on his way home
from school where scarlet fever had
broken out, and, on examining him,
the eruption was fully evident. A
clergyman brought into his room a
lad, not to consult him about the lad,
but inadvertently. He was about to
take him into the country. This lad
had just recovered from scarlet fever,
and was in a dIsquamative stage of.
convalescence. shedding about those
scales which are so highly Infectious
aud are enough to poison the whole
population. His wasller-woman had
scarlet fever in her family; she ascer-
tanned that 1t was conveyed by the
clothing of a scarlet fever patent sent
by The friends withoutany caution
These are all the acts of the most cul-
pable and dangerous negligence.
Scarlet fever is one OF the most in
tensely and continuously contagious
diseases. Till the completion Of the
subsequent process of perling off the
skin, the patient, his clothing and dis
charges, and the light scales Mhich
are diffused in the atmosphere from
his pealing surface skin, are pregnant
with poison. Not only should he be
carefully isolated, not only should his
clothing and all that comes in contact
with him be carefully and thoroughly
dislocated, not only should his body
be annointed, as DR.. Budd has re-
commended, with oil to limit the aerial
diffusion of the epIde.mal scales, but
the utmost care should be exercised
by the persons attending him not to
become carriers. of this virulent and
su btle poison. To send to the laun-
dress garments as fatal as those of De-
j%anira, to expose in a public carriage
a crowded waiting room the fertile
sources of a deadly and volatile poison,
are terrible offenses against the public
safety. Theyare constantly and care
lessly committed, and, it is thus that
s~carla.ina is spread.-Es.