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kind to his worth An expression of
his kind is moi CT 'culated to strength
en- public esteem tor the sacred office
of u minister of the gospel, and Cur
tainly it will Lot be likely to improve
the public position ar religious infu-
ence of the particular ministers in
question. Another objection is, that
they make no complaint against the
collector whom they would displace,
which looks neither manly nor honest.
If Mr.. Murphy is serving the govern
mcnt faithfully it would be an injus-
tee to remove him; if he is net do
ing 50, it was the duty of these min
listers, when asking that he be dis
placed, to show why such a Course is
necessary. In thus doing they might
nave partially, at least, excused their
informed ling on the ground that they
we're influenced by a desire to put
down q bad man and uplift q worthy
one. Furthermore, it is III bad taste,
and is not only without precedent,
but without any apparent justification
and has the appearance ofbeing an un
ique invention of Mr. butcher to gain
place. 1t is to be regretted that a
minister of the gospel would lend him
self to such work, for the inevitable
tendency of it is to depreciate the
ministerial calling in popular respect
and influence.
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Tragic End of a Young Dentist.

Last evening DIR. George Buckiny-
ham Galloway, a young physician OF
this city was toun'i dead in his Dom,
No 50 second The deceased
was % years of age, and had ut one
tine been in the employ of DIR. Sill,
and later in the service vi DIR. Giles
pie over two years, from whose EN-
pioy he had been discouraged on Thnrs
day evening OH account OF his tin
ued dissipaii III. DIR. u. had sem
him out OH a collecting tour, and as
he returned i'll IL state of INVESTIGATION,
he was paid off and discharged. L,
appears that he then retired to his
roon and went TO bel, and die dur-
ing The night o: continued dissipation,
As he merely roome.l ut No 56, -ht
took his meals elsewhere, his remain
ing i'll bed so long did not excite any
suspicion of his death till some of his
roomnates went to wake him, and
discovered he was dead, One of the
boarders had heard him breathing
hard during the night, but supposed
he vas tired and exhausted.
Coroner West impanneled a jury
last evening, and the testimony OLD.
Gillespie and that of the room mates
OF the deceased. showed conciu lively
that he had died from excessive use
of Intoxicating drinks" and the jury
returned the verdict accordingly. In
his trunk were found three VI four
empty bottles which had once contain
cd whisky. lie had, according to
the physician's testimony, been dead
about sixteen hours, and dccomposi
ton had already set in.
Ii appears that for several years
past his life WAS one centennial round
ui dissipation. In every respect de-
ceased appears to have IL an csti-
mable young man. His mother, sis
ter .luu ,wu nroth. rs reside i'll StcrI-
bcnv:lit, Oair, AMI have been lc!c-
sfaphei 10 concerning his aud
u:Itlniciy .lrat:I.
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t. urge on the authorities of the Bal
timore and Ohio road, the desirable
ness and superior advantages Of the
Wooster route, returned home last
Saturday night. The committee was
composed as follows: Hon. Georges
Rex, Gov. Wicker, Harvey Howard,
Wooster f; Gen. Willard Slocum, Ash
land; E. Raffensperger and Captain
w. A. Miller, Navarro; f.. Foster,
Bryan; Luther Sutton, Attica ;
Mess rs Sheffield and Heller, Napole-
on; Mr.. Bteckinridge. Plymouth, O.
and MI. Wade, OF LaGrange, Ind.
The committee had all interview W til
Mr.. Garrett, President, and Mr.. La
trobe. Chief Engineer of the Bait
more and Ohio road. Mr.. Rex very
frankly admits that the att. ude vi
affairs did not leave a favorable ill.,
preston on his mind, hut lie thinks,
by speedy End energetic action, the
location Of the road may yet be sccu r
ed. No definite result will be reached
for several weeks. Meanwhile :ml
engineer, selected by Mr.. Garrett, will
be dispatched along the Wooster
route to investigate its practic:'biity
and advantages. During the intcr>a III
every exertion should be made To in
crease our subscription of stock
The proposition of the Baltimore
aud Ohio road, as submitted by Mr..
Garrett, is substantially as follows
The Baltimore and Ohio road will
subscribe one half of the stock nee
essary to construct and equip the road
from Pittsburgh to Chicago, and
the country through which it passes is
expected to subscribe the other hall.
The estimated cost OF construction and
equipment between the points indica
ted is $40, 600 per mile. The object
of this proposition is to interest the
communities ~travrr<cd by This road in
its prospects, tr:plc success and cred
it. 1t is confidently expected, that
the shorter route and cheaper freights,
from the West to the tide waters,
proposed by this road will make il
profitable from the start.
Wayne and Ashland counties, are
aburdantly able to honor this propo.
sition. Will we do it? Every nerve
ought to be strained and our bottom
dollar pledged 10 win this golden prize
Co operative energy along the line
will command ucces The exigency
demands courageous effort and W,
hope to see it exerted.-Woo<ter Re
publican
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COLUMBUS
COLUMBUS ONO, Feb

COLUMBUS ONO, Feb. 1.
The sudden death of Col. Young,
of New Lisbon, mentioned in my last
letter threw a gloom over the General
Assembly. He had studied law with
S. w: Gibson, Of Mahoning-had
been Probate Judge of that County
was the private Secretary of Gov.
Tod, during his official term, and
then moved into Columbiana county
where he was elected Representative,
and edited the Buckeye State. His
remains were taken to his home in Co
lumbiana county by a committee ap-
pointed for that purpose.
The Governor has issued a writ for
al election to fill the vacancy occasion.
ed by the death above referred to. In
this case, the Governor is very prompt
in the discharge of his duty. This is
right, but how different he acted in
reference to the vacancy occasioned by
the resignation of r. G. Schenck, Of
the third 6ictrict. In that case he
spent a month in preparing a specinI
plea to show that there was not time
10 hold an election. In the former
case the vacancy would be illeG by
Republican and in the latter by &
Democrat. That is what is the mat
ter with our Governor He is Gov
ernor for the Republican party only.
The Senate administered to him
very severe rebuke for non-perform
ance OF duty in the case of the Schencl
vacancy.
The number Of bills and resolution.
continues to Increase. They relate t.
every conceivable subject. The au
thors do not expect to get them pass
cd, but it will get the name of thei
authors. on the Journal, and the bill
float along the current of legislation
and finally stick on the sRaggs- Th'
House is now lacking in n Ieadica
majority.
A running debate sprang up on tn
students voting law, in which one-haf
day YVES consumed, without coming t.
a vote.
A lively little tilt was also had owe
a bill changing the pay Of the mem
beFs Of the General Assembly from
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Per diem, to that of n salary OF FIVE
hundred dollars per year. 1t was
lost on its passage.
The bill allowing a larger margin to
the Board of Equalization was very
ably discussed in committee of the
whole house. No conclusion was
reached. The second half days dis
c~ussion showed n majority in favor of
allowing the reduction. The princi-
pies involved in this proposition are
simply the old struggle between labor
and c,pit.l The producer and non
producer The appraisement of real
property must stand for ten years,
while personal property is assessed
each year and is very tluctuating in its
value. In the appraisement of real
estate every one goes on the Dupli-
cate, while in personal property large
quantities wholly escape notice and
assessment. The appraisement ard
assessment of personal property has
especial reference to the f%uctuation of
values while real estate, however much
it may decrease in value, stands a.
the same apprais"ment for ten years!
The increase of wealth:in the State
for the last thirty years is but three
per centum per annum;, which would
make but thirty per cent. in the last
decade Agricultural products for the
last ten years have only increased
forty per cent. ; willie the real proper
ty of the State is appraised at IN in
crease of eighty-onc per cent. 1t will
ihen be seen that the question is
whether the farming and producing
class sh:ll be compelled to pay an un,
fair proportion of the taxes while
capital shall escape.
A number eff bills are in the hands
Of tie Finance Committee, looking t.;
a change of the tax and revenue laws
of the State. A bill will be reported
providing for the collection of taxes in
quarterly installments. during the
year. (Why not have a perpetual tax
machine ed.
PHILASDER.
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Woman Suffrage.

The correspondent of the Cleveland
Herald says, Judge bingham, chair
man of the Judiciary Committee, pre-
sented yesterday q report to The House,
upon the petition of Victoria G.
Woodruff and others, who claim a
right to the elective franchise under
the fourteenth and fifteenth amends
ments of the Constitution, and de-
mand of Congress in their peti ion a
declaratory act to that effect. MI.
Bingham takes up the subject careful
ly and fairly, and presents reasons,
Which they cannot gainsay or contro-
vert, proving that they have no suc.l
right under these amendments, and
that it is the height of folly for am
reasonable being TO claim that they
bave such right and, further, that
this, question of suffrage does lot be
long to Congress at all, but to the sew
eral States. His report is unanswera-
bic. and was adopted by the commit
tee, and the House VIII indorse it
when it is reached. But such action
will not of course have the tendency
to quiet Victoria and her followers.-
They have a room in the. Capitol, n
sort of headquarters for all the '.t)rmy
minded here assembled as s~uffragist's
or /. bhyi>ts, no homo: to beautify and
no children to claim their arc and
attention. and they give due notice
that they intend to fight the battle
tout on this very line" or "die in tie
last ditch" They characterize the
ladies who oppose them as weak-mind-
ed. acting from ne sense of duty, and
with not a shadow of reason or ar
gument for their opposition. Their
chief point of attack is against Mrs
General Sherman and Mrs. Admiral
Dahlgren ; and they cali hardly find
epithets sufficient 10 express their bit
ter feelings of hostility against these
two ladies. And yet, l venture to
affirm that these two christian ladies
have done more for the poor and des-
titute of Washington, the orphans and
widows, the houseless and homeless,
than W entered into the hearts
or conceptions of the Woodhulls and
their whole train of followers through
out the length and breadth of the land,
not emitting Mormonism.
The champions of the cause, have
taken rooms in the Capitol, and are
determined to force Congress into the
recognition of their rights. The pow
of money, and the wiles of the
strong-minded, are great; and it is
difficult to tell what may come of the
new cause. Judge John A. Bingham,
however, seems resolute in his deter:
mination to defy the advances of all
the modern Cleopatra's. He is not
dealing with poor Mrs. Surratt now.
He is surrounded by live women
He will have to keep his powder dry.
The ordeal will be equal to contend
ing against forty Mrs. P%artingtons.
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Brete Hart mnst have had the Radi-
cal party in his minds eye when he
spoke of the "ways that are dark and
the tricks that are vain,'' for their ways
are not only dark but %demonish, and
their tricks not only vain but, villain
Gus.
The Senate committee to investigate
the Carpet baggers and. scalIawag pol
iticians of the South preparatory to
another Southern outrage do not make
much progress. The witnesses who
have been summoned do not respond
with hat alacrity which was expected
Of them. The farce of examining the
very men who were guilty of foment
ing and bringing about the troubles in
the South would be laughable were it
not that their evidence is to be the
basis of another turn of the screws to
be put to the South.
Wild and wicked as Congress has
been the Southern Senators aided by
the implacables from the North are
trying to cap the climax of its: iufamy
by making out that the Legislature of
North Carolina was not legalfyelected
and by some hocus-pocus giSe the seat
which belongs TO Governor Vance,
who was elected to the. Senate, to the
present incumbent, Senator.Abbott.
The decision of the Court 'm9rtial
in the case of the refractory negro ca
det-Smith-at West Point, is yet iii the
hands of the Secretary of war and has
not been made public. The appoint
ment OF a committee of Congressman
to proceel to West Point to investi-
gate this case, in connection with an
other, gives rise to a rumor that tie
decision of the Court martial was UNI
favorable to the negro and that this
interference of Congress is to gain
time and in the end by some means
save the negro to West Point and the
service of the country. The country
should be very much obliged to Con
gre.s for their kindness, but Smith, is
n very expensive luxury to be cared
for..and might be spared. 49,.
GRATZ.
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cradle existence with disease in the
older Suites, came to Kansas that they.
may live free from sickness and pain.
POPULATION & RESOURCES.
Miami county has a population of
about twelve thousand, and is fast
filling up with enterprising inhabi-
tants. Paola, the county seat, is beau
titully located on the Kansas City
Fort Scott ami Gulf r. r. forty-five
miles south of Kansas City. The st.
Louis Il Santa Fe r. r. is now near
ly finished to this point, and will be
completed by the first day of June
next. We have some OF the finest
business blocks i'll the State; excel
lent schools; churches of all dcnomi.
nations, with n population of Twenty
five hundred. There are ten small
thriving villages scattered over the
county The various improvements
rapidly going on, all indicate an cner-
getic, prosperous people of intelli-
gence and culture. The Insane Asy-
lum, a State Institution, is located in
this county miles south of here.
With all these advantages, unim-
proved prairie and timber can be
lbought at from 5 to Is dollars pei
acre, and improved farms at from IL
to % dollars per acre. Persons who de
size to emigrat,, should first come hero
and see for them selves. Come first
to Kansas City, and then take the
Kansas City Fort Scott d Gulf Raj
Koal for Paola. Persons who desire
further in formation will receive prompt
answers to any questions they may see
fit to ask. The county. Commission
ers have had n small sectional map OF
this county Autographed. 1 will send
one of these maps to any person who
may desire it.
Those who desire to correspond
with me will address me at Paola
Kansas.
W. T. JOHNSTON.
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11oDacH7s sIoimacn E11Irrs.

Some time ago, DR.. Roback, OF CfDcin-
natl, through mis- agen, in this place, J. A.
ESQ., placed in our hands a bottle
of his Stomach Bitters, designed for dys-
pepsia, to give tone to the stomach AZ a
preventive against the bilious complaints
Incl dem TO- the western country; and, up
in America or abroad. To be able 70 state
confidently that the Bitters are a certain
cure for dyspepsia and like diseases 10
to h proprietor 4 scarce of unalloyed
pleasure. 1t removes all morbid matter
from the sseaNacbs purifies the blood, i'm
parts renewed vitality to the nervous sys-
tenn, giving IT That tone and energy so indis-
pensable for the reservation of health. The
numerous Acknowledgements ts Of its superior
excellence and beneicent results, have as
surcd the proprietor that 1t eus not but
prove 4 great cure to the ataieted, and inn
part vitality TO the through system. We
advise those who use bitters, TO use none
but Roha-k's, which can be obtained at y.
\. MAXWELL Drug Store, in Upper San
dLsky.
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@~Mr. Macrac, Il recent Scotch trav
eIer in America, describes Oliver
Wendell Holmes as "a plain, little,
dappcr man his short hair brushed
down like Il hoy'S, but turning gray
now; a powerful jaw, and Il thick,
strong under lip, that gives decision
to his look, with a dash of periness."
Professor Agassiz is big. massive,
genial looking; the rich, healthy col
or on his broad face still telling of the
Old World from which he came-a
mar who, but for his dark keen eyes,
would look more like a jovial English
squire, than q devotee of science
Emerson ''bas the queerest New Eng
land face, with thin features, promi-
nent hatchet nose, and a smile of
childlike sweetness and simplicity
arching the face, and drawing deer
curves down the cheek
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Political Preachers.

During tie late "unplelsaniness"
between the North and the South, a
loyal preacher was courted as an ora.
rB on the :scrimmage. The pulpits
all over the North were subsidized as
far as possible, and their occupants
poured out incense to the God Of war.
Many ministers trailed their robes
in p~olitical-mire, and fell victims to
the wiles of ambitious and peridious
military and political leaders. Much
of the bitterness and cruelty of the
war can be traced directly to fla
natical ~agitators who wormed their
way into the pulpit to defle it. The
usurpers have secured their plumber.
They now turn upon the dolts who
were their jealous tools, and bid then
for "shame," to wash their robes and
abandon the dirty field of politics.
This advice is deemed gracious and
wise. The Cleveland Leader, a paper
which has always had a loyal whine
issues the following bulletin to politi-
cal clergymen in gener.lE
Alas for the rarity
OF Christian charity
Under the SUI
'There is doubtless enough of ras-
cality and corruption in politics to
Justify ministers of the gospel indul.
ging in an occasional rebuke from
their pulpits of the dark ways and
vain tricks of the politicians We are
quite willing to concedc thus much as
within the limits of p~ropriety,. and
possibly Of duty at all events ii 1t
promised to work Improvement we
should by no means discountenance
it. But it is the misfortune Of much
of the so called liberality of the time,
which is frequently found TO mean
in the estimation of men who have
some selfish object to subserve. thu
privilege of disregarding all received
rules of propriety-that it runs into
license, and so becomes MOSQUE
There is q recent instance of this
A few days since a petition was pre-,
sci ted to President Grant asking the
appointment of the Hon. Silas B,
butcher, of Brooklyn, New York, tc
the position of Collector Of New 1orh
the petition being signed solely by
thirty-fve clergymen of New York
and Brooklyn. The petition made nc
charge against the present collector
Mr.. Murply,-did not allude to him
but recommended Mr.. butcher a!
a proper man whose appointment
would add strength to the administra
tIonl The particular objection to thi
petition is that these several clergymer
- were careful tt sign it as such, evident
Iy feeling that in this fact there woult
-. be found greater weight than If the!
subscribed their names simply as citl
zsns, giving no show of their office
The impression. conveyed by such &C
ton is, that it is lnying under contrl
butor the influence of and resp'c
for the ministerial character to fur
Their the aspirations af o political of
fce-seeker who may indeed be an ex-
celient man, but who stiii fequire
,ome extraordinary testimony of thi
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The Final Result.

From the commencement of the war
between the States in 1861, the wisest
and best meR IN the country were led
to fear the 'rH2id approach of central
consolidation The smoke of battle
had scarcely cleared away before Re
publicaa conventions all over the
North declared that state rights had
been wiped out, and that all authority
would hereafter rest i'll the general
government. The power of that DIES
potism was soon felt by President
johnson The Junta in the Capitol
usurped his preroyatives and made it
a capital offence for him to remove a
loyal thief from office in the absence
OF Congress- The new government
speedily thrust Statessout of the Union,
and divided. others without consulting
the people or the-requirements of the
Constitution, The Dcspot in the
White House marched his legions un-
der Satra2S. into States already occu
pyinga place in the union and attempt
ed to carry the elections by military
force. Other States are yet bounded
by the tools of the Tyrant and new
Excuses offered for pracing them un
der Satraps again. While the foun-
dations of States are thus being sapped
and mined-a corrupt and wicked
Congress is busily engaged in stealing
all the public lands and arpropriating
. them for pretended railroad purposes.
Thus concentrating in the hands of a
few, territory Eve times as large as the
State of Ohio! This is the most stu,
pendous and outrageous theft in the
annals Of history. While this is being
done, the Jay Cooks and others, are
engaged ina gigantic scheme for colo
MIXING these territories with European
emigrants, yho,are to be their servile
tenants in the future, and to obey the
!, political mapdases of the railroad Lords
and Princes: Thus a kingdom will be
created in the midst of the republic
owing allegiance only to Jay Cook,
and the railroad Kings. BY this meta
rious scheme all the public lands will
be stolen from the worthy spiders of
the late war, and the sons of farm
ers who desire homes in the West.
To render the scheme doubly certain,
the f~ive-twentx bonds have been indei-
nitely extended, and are mostly in the
hands of rich Shylocks. who will act
in concert with the friends of consoli-
dalton, 10 make the National Debt 4
perpetual lien on the energies of the
American people. If our people de-
sire n continuance of this state of af-
fairs, they should adhere to the Kepub
lican party right or wrong. But if
these wrongs are to be redressed, it
is important that the Democratic par
ty shall again WELD the destinics of
the country. Choose We.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
William Brice d; Co.,
John H. McCann, ct al.

State of Ohio, Ashland county, SIS.
By virtue OF an alias Order of Sale
issued by the Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas, of Ashland county,
Ohio, and to me directed, l will offer
for sale at public. auction, at the south
door of the Court House in Ashland,
Ashland county, Ohio, on
Saturday, February 25M, Il d 1871,
at l o'clock p NJ. Of said day, the
following described Real Estate, Stu
ate in the County of Ashland, and
State of OHIO, to-wit
Lot number so in the town OF
Hayesville, and all the improvements
thereon excepting the upper story of
the dwelling house o on said lot
No. so, being now owned and occu-
pied by the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows. Appraised at $1,000.
Also, lot one hundred and seven
teen. C11O in Fox's Addition to the
town of Hayesville, appraised at SO.
and lot one hundred and eighteen,
Q1S) in Fox's Addition to the town
Of H~ayesville, appraised at $500.
Terms of sale, Cash.
VIM. o. PORTER, Sheriff.
Ashland Co., Ohio.
Bonewitz & Carr, Attys for Pl'ffs.
January ID, 1S71.-(5w29)
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NOTICE.

On the Goth day of January. A. d..
1871, the Probate Court of Ashland
County, Ohio, declared the Estate of
John Scl'iedt. deceased. to be proba-.
bly, insolvent, creditors are therefore.
required to present their cliims against
the Estate to the undersigned, for al
lowance within six months from the
time above mentioned. or they will not
be entitled to n,vm"nt.
FREDERICK SCIIWAN,
CHARLES ii. TANGEMAN.
administrators of John Schiedt, decd.
(3w3D