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The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-06-07
What They Say.

Since the adoption of the first Of
Juno Platform, Republicans in this
section, seem to think it inexpedient
to say anything on the subject. They
conclude that the shortest road to sue
cess will bs ip endorsing and stepping
upon the Democratic platform en-
masse. In this. xe think, for once,
they are right in their determination.
Come in gentlemen,
"NThile the lamp holds out TO burn,
The vilsst sinner may return"
The train is in motion, jump on
or you viii be left behind Look out
for ths locomotive, or the train viii
sweep over you.
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teenth and fifteenth amendments be.
cause they are neither de facto nor de
Jure parts of the Constitution Of the
United States, propose TO the Conven-
ton a substitute for the second and
third resolutions. While opposing any
disturbance of the results which have
been occasioned by Oh resulted from
the war, we declare hat whateverlaws
or provisions of the Constitution have
been established either by violence or
fraud, are upon principles of common
honesty void.
The minority of your committee,
however, deem it e~xpedient to make
any expression of opinion as to the
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments /;
yet, believing that if IN expression be
necessary, recommend that the follow
ing be adopted as a substitute to the
third and fourth resolutions proposed
to this Convention:
Resolved, That the fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments have been made
parts of the Federal Constitution by
violence, and are revolutionary and
void.
AS14SN SN nESoOLC 4xSNO
MI. IIurd moved to strike out the
First and Second resolutions of the
majority, and insert his resolution
After much confusion, the convention
refused to strike out, by q vote OF
1863 for, and 276 against. The re.
port was then adopted under the
previous question, by a vote of 365
to 129.
GOVERNOR.
The first ballot stood George W.
McCook 1877; Thomas Ewing 1T
Durbin Ward ST.. Second ballot
McCook 254 Ewing 1911; Ward 9.
George w. McCook was declared the
nominee.
1T. GOVERNOR.
S. F. Hunt received 22s, and D.
A. Houk 1876 votes on the first ballot.
Hunt was declared the nominee.
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
FIRST ballot stood III Carran 1911;
Jefferson Palm 64a E P Wallace
100 ; L Baber l03. On the second
ballot, Mr.. Wallace received ZIG votes
and was declared the nominee.
STATE AUDITOR.
R Cockerill received 307; J r
Smith 81; R Clark SO; G o How
ard 20; NJ w Vance IS. General
Cockerill was declared the nominee.
STATE TREASURER.
On the second ballot, G Fulton
had 81; ] T. Winner 81; L Evan:
"a; Mckee 80; G. Bruehl 241; E e
CASTOR 20. u Bruehl was declared
the nominee.
SUPREME JUDGE.
George W Geddes received SO!
and G w Andrews 1O1. Judg'
Geddes was declared the nominee
PUBLIC WORKS.
On first ballot A Hughes had 343
J.. II Parks 80, and J. II. Riley 8.
votes. Hughes was declared the nomi
nee.
SCHOOL COMMISSIONER.
On the fourth ballot the vote stoo,
w. d. Ross 254 and G. Is. Smart 210
Ross was declared the nominee.
CLERK SUPREME COURT.
G S. Patterson, of Franklin. wa
nominated on first ball,t by a vote o
234; F. w. Pierson, l47 r. II. Hig
gins, 35 A. G. Price, 33.
The convention then adjourned.
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harmony on CO operation. are theses-
scntial elements of council.
The Vice Presidents and Assistant
Secretaries were called over, and the
gentlemen named came forward and
took their seats ON the platform.
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. (
The Committee on Resolutions not
being ready to report, Gen. Ball, oil
Muskingum, moved to suspend the
order of business to enable the Com
mittee ON State Central COMMITTEES TO
make a report. The motion was
agreed to-, and Gen. Ball announced
the State Central Committee. as SO
lected by the various Congressional
delegations. as follows:
First District-C W Woolley, OF
Hamilton.
Second-Jchn G. Jones, of Haril-
ton.
Third-Durbin Ward, of Warren.
FOURTH Platt, Of Logan.
Fifth-Daniel F Canagan, of Har-
din.
Sixth-T B Paxton OF Clermont.
Seventh George Lincoln, of Mad
ison
Eighth S Grail, of Richland.;
Ninth-Adolphus Kramer, of Ot'
tawa.
Tenth-Frank H Hurd, of Lucas.
Eleventh-H G. Moore, of Vinton.
Twelith-M A Duugherty, of Fair
field.
Thi, teenth-N'm. Parr, of Licking.
Fourteenth-,E B Eshelman- OF
Wayno.
Fifteenth - Jerome Stevenson, Of
Athens.
Sixteenth &C +. Mitchenor, OIL
Guernsey.
Seventeenth-C n Allen, of Jefer'
son.
Eighteenth--E NJ Brown, of Cuya'
hoga.
Nineteenth &C S 1Cottcr, of Sum.
NIT
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sHERIFF's SALE.
Jacob Weisenstine ct al
Jacob Krumm ct Al

Jacob Krumm ct al:
State of Ohio, Ashland County e.
By virtue of a certain order of sale;
issued from the Court OF Common
Pleas of Ashland County, and to N
directed. I will offer tor sale nj public
auction, al the south door Of the Court
house in Ashland, in said county, ona
Saturday, Jaas II, A..D. 1871, 1871;
at one o'clock p. NJ, of said day, fhs
following Real Estate. situate in the
County of Ashland and State of Ohio,
to wit: A part of the northwest quar-.
ter of section eighteen, rownship %,
Range Is, commencing at q post In
the center of the public highway In
line with north side ofbig barn ; themes
south 27' west II rods to q post in
the road ; thence south 671e :westaS
rods and 10 links to a post on the road
on the north line of the Andrews e.
tate; thence north 723e west A rods
and 10 links on said line of Andfexn'
lands thence north 200 east 26 rods
and 20 links to a post on the north
line ofthe lot /; thence south 81. de-
grees east 20 rods and IS links 10 the
place of beginning, just 81 acres. Of
land, being 81 acres off the east end
of a certain tract of land decided by
Grlow Smith and Flora Smith to -Sloy
cum and Jones, exclusive ofone-eighfh
of IN acre decided by said Slocum and
Jones to S. Martindale. Appraised
at 1866. Terms of sale, cash.
w. o. PORTER Sheriff.
T. ] Kenny, Atty for Pig.
April 25, 1S71-no42-7w.
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WOOSTER HACK LINE.

A good comfortable Back Line fee Tie
accommodation Of passengers VIII tecse
Ashland for Wooster, tri-Ueskly, Isestng
Ashland Mondays. Wednesday, tr.dsyi
at 8 o'clock in the morning. vie govpDur0
Pitt Oh urg. Reedsburg and Jsnsfeon'-
Throug h fare, $500
Hacf also tri Weekly fr ON Ashlapd 70
Orange and back the ssmsdsy LSsging
Ashland Tuesdays, Thursdays and estuF
days Fare 6oets
". WENTWORTH,
cyIprietoTB'
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May 81, 1871 -3w47
NOTICE

EXECUTORS NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the nm:
dersigned has been duly appointed and
qualified Executor of the last viii md
testament of George Beam. late Of
Mohecan tp., Ashland County, Ohio,
decd. WILLIAM BROCK.
May 24-4w46.
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These examinations will. commence at
10 o'clock A. NJ. and close at 4 P. n. ~.
No applicant will be admitted AFTER II
o'clock A. NJ. Written ~testimonials Of
good moral character:signed 1t least By two
responsible persons WILDE required, Which
testimonials win be kept ON &c
By order of the Board
II. j. BARTON, ClerE.
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AssIGNEE's NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given to the Credi'
tors of Wilson Enos, that a final divi.
dend of his Estate will be made at
Perrysville Ashland County, Ohies
on the 31st day of May, A. d, 1871.
- PAUL OLIVER,
Assignee
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I will also buy all kinds OF FRS.
T TO TEACHERS.

TNhe Board of School Examiners Of Ash
land County will hold the following
Examinations during the school years 1871
SPRING AND SUMMER.
q End Saturday of Feb. Ashland Ohio
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on hand, and sold n lovaas you oan buy
the same quality of work anywhere in thft
section of the country.
May 10, 1s71-no44tf. ~
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-12-09
A Jury Rebuked.
We take from the New Orleans Republi

We take from the New Orleans Republi-
can the following:
sNoT GUILTY.-The trial of the brothers
John and William Boyd, for killing Samuel
Rainey on the sixth of July, finally resulted
in an acquittal yesterday.
After the usual prcliminaries, Mr.. Trepa,
gnier, the clerk, read the following verdict :
Not guilty. A. Morell, foreman. New
Orleans, December 9, 1871.
The Attorney General desired 10 have the
jury polled. This was done, and each man
answered to the question, Is this your YER
dict, Mr." Eyes, sir not guilty"
Mr.. Semmes then moved that the verdict
be recorded, and the prisoners be discharged:
Judge Abel: "Let the verdict be recor-
ded and the prisoners be discharged. This
is the most illegal verdict rendered by any
jury for some time"
Mr.. Morell, foreman of the jury (spring-
ing to his feet)-" Your Honor, as foreman
of the Jury, | think | have the right to de-
clare that we have rendered our verdict as
conscientious men and good citizens"
Mr.. Semmes-" Yonr Honor is passing
uuon the facts, which you have no right to
do" ls8at@0
Mr.. Atocha-"We protest against this"
Judge Abell-'The court knows its rights.
The verdict in this case is an illegal one,
not based on the evidence. LIT 1.-THE jury be
discharged"
during this controversy. The Messrs. Boyd
were at once surrounded by their friends,
and drove off in a carriage which had
brought them from the parish prison to the
Court -
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Execution of the Condemned CoRmu-
nists-How General Rossel Died.

Versailles, Nov. 28.-At 6 o'clock this
morning General Rossel, Ferre and Bourgeois
were taken from their cells under a large
guard to the outskirts Of the city, near camp
Satory.
A hollow square was formed, at one end
of which the condemned men were placed
Their behavior was most courageous. Ferre
refused to be blindfolded. At Z o'cock a
company of troops advanced to within a few
PAGES ofthe prisoners, leveled their muskets,
and at the word fire Gen. Rossel fell, being
instantly killed. The others were not SO
fortunate; they writhed on the ground, when
the soldiers. obeying orders, gave them corp
dc grace with pistols.
Their bodies were placed in plain collins.
Three thousand troops witnessed the exc
cution, which produced a profound sensa-
ton. Young Rossers death is iamented
ever by those who deemed that the interests
of the country demanded il.
A Washington special to the Louisville
Ledger says
Il has been ascertained that there is no
diversity of opinion in the Finance Commit
tee as to the abolition of the income tax.
They win agree to sweep away all the inter-
nal revenue taxes, except on WHISTLES, beer,
tobacco and stamps, provided that the new
Committee on Ways and Means, on the part
of the House, will take the initiative. and
first report bills on these subjects to that
body.
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Important Decision.

This Is q special to the St. Louis Demo
crat:
Washington, D. c., Nov. PA decision
of considerable importance to all persons
who have purchased real estate in the South
under the sales of the same by the federal
government for taxes, was. decided in the
Superior Court of the United. States to-day,
on appeal from a claimant, whose land had
been sold by the federal tax commissioner
under the act Of 1862, and a deed given by
two of the three commissioners who were
authorized to sell. Two questions were in
volved, the validity of the law aHd the va.
lidity Of the deed. The court sustained
both and held as the sale was made by a
public act, it was entirely competent for two
Of the three commissioners to convey a title.
The natural effect of this decision Ia to give
all the present owners Of the lands a fee
simple in the same. A good deal of the
property is held in Virginia and South Car
.oIina under these tax titles.
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THE BOYD CASE.
The Jury System Has Outlived its
Usefulness.

A decent and wholesome regard for law
and justice compels us to approve of the
indignation with which Judge Abel recci-
we'd the verdict, and dismissed the jury that
delivered it, in the Boyd case last Saturday.
No gentleman is safe if the finding of the
Jury in that trial is to be the rule of decision
hereafter. We do not think it necessary Or
useful to recapitulate the history OF the case.
1t is familiar to all our readers. The whole
community is entirely acquainted with it.
The facts were faithfully related by the city
press at the time of the homicide, and they
have been detailed by witnesses under oath.
1t was so plain a case that mems minds were
generally made up as to what the verdict
should be. That rendered by the jury was
not in accordance with the public Judgment.
We regard the result Of this trial as an
other step in the wrong direction. It is
however but little more than an exaggera-
ton of former verdicts in cases where the
public sense outran the deliberate action Of
the law. And as the traditional respect for
the jury system compelled the public to g
lence, the precedent has almost become 8.
tablished that a conviction for homicide sn
not be had in this city.
This about establishes the position wl#h
the Republican has often assumed, that ME
jury system has outlived its usefulness. 1t
was created to protect the weak from the
strong, in the days of the fcudal nobility,
and we have hung on to it because our faith
ers accepted of it from the English. Since
there is no nobility, the juryman who was
erected to protect the plebian is not only a
mistake, he is an offense. Selected from the
lowest orders to try the highest issues, nei-
ther his honesty nor his capacity fit him to
perform the work. While all men are equal
in a republican form of government, no man
can except to a juror because of his caste ;
and since we are all on the same footing, it
is about time that we applied the rule of fit
ness TO jurors that we do to every other af-
fair of life.-[N. o. Republican.
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From the Louisville Courier-Journal.

from the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Washington, ID. c., Nov. GA long in
teryiew with Hon. Montgomery Blair is
printed here to day on the Presidential cam
paign. Mr.. Blair roundly denounces Grant
as an ignorant man, with a strong will that
compels Congress to obey him in all things.
LET the Democratic party as an organiza-
ton stand back, and let the field be kept
clear to the disahected and independent Re-
publicans. The Missouri programme suits
me. There the Radicals were defeated
through this kind of co operation. Let the
Radicals call their convention and nominate
Grant, and then let the independent Repnb.
licans bolt and nominate whoever they
please, and then let the Democrats rally to
his support. This is the way Lincoln got
in in 1860, and in this way Grant can easily
be defeated"
Reporter-Do you think the Democrats
as a party would acQuiesce in thiS?
Mr.. Blair-I believe they are fast coming
up to it. / have reason to know that it has
been under consideration now for about a
year, and it meets with but little opposition.
| met Senator Casserly yesterday, and he
tells me he warmly approves this policy.
Senator St0ckt0n SenuS me WOTu lhdt lie
approves it. met Bob Ould to-day and
talked it to him, and his eyes glistened at
the prospect that the South could be relieved
of military tyranny. You know Wade
Hampton long ago advocated this as the
true policy of the South, and it is nniver-
sally acknowledged that the opposition to
Grant agree as to general principles. The
independent Republicans are in favor of civil
service reform, a reduction Of taxation, and
revenue reform. They are opposed to mo-
nopolies, to bartering. away our public do
main to grasping railroad corporations, to
voting subsidies to steamships, to giving
power to the President to declare martial
law in the States, to the rapid progress now
being made toward Capitalization, to COR
ruption, to fraud, and to ncpotisn, and so
are the Democrats, eXcept~a few historic
traditions. The Democrats have no other
platform. They are fighting for the same
principles, hence the greater need Of such
cooperation.
Reporter Who do you think would make
the most formidable anti-G Grant candidate ?
Mr.. Blair-There are about half a dozen,
among which there could be no particular
choice. My personal preference is for Will
liam Cullen Bryant.
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John Quincy Adams on the Passive
Policy.

St. Lonis, November 30.-The Hon.
John Quincy Adams has written a letter,
which appears in the Republican, warmly
indorsing the so-called passive policy of
the Democrats in the next Presidential
election. In the course of the letter Mr..
Adams says: -
-" am satisfied such a course would
be wise and patriotic, and should be glad
to see the Democrats concur in such a reso-
luton. | regard the present administra-
ton as a national calamity, and its continu-
ance should be diverted at any sacrifice.
Not because it is Republican in politics,
but because it is mean in character, sordid
in tone, and ignorant, corrupt and arbitrary.
Because, more than any administration We
have had, it has disappointed the hopes,
and deadened the aspirations of good men
of all parties; because it is doing more to
disunite the States than the government of
Jefferson Davis ever did because its con-
ours there is no means of free government
but military force, 10 public appropriation
but private profit.
-Four years more Of such education,
family patronage and martial law will so
blunt the keen sensibilities of popular
liberty that our ignoble incubus might well
remain a fixture. Now believe the Demo
cratic party to be powerless alone to re-
lieve us, and I think it is without the hope
of carrying the next election. No doubt
if the votes Of any State lately in rebellion
were necessary to elect a Democratic a
didate for President, they would be thrown
out in counting, and a mere majority, even
could it be mustered, would not be permit
ted to elect a President. Nothing then re
mains but civil war or submission to the
usurper, and it is difficult to decide which
alternative will inflict more irreparable in
jury on the habit CT free government.
"To dismiss an incompetent official, and
avoid a governmental crisis, the Missouri
policy offers the only reasonable possibility
which has been presented. But while |
frankly avow Partially for the project, /
do not think there are very serious OBJ
stacles to its adoption. We must subdue
pride of party and break bonds of party
DISCIPLINE.
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Xnntn PuDliUnC.

Succession de fen Hugh ". RobineH.
LIN vertu dun ordre de rI1on. la Cour
80 dcs Preuyes de la Paroisse St. Landry,
il sera vendu a lcncaa public, au plus
offrant encherisseur, par lie sousslgne en-
cantcur public, a la derniere residence du
d6funt, pres de Big Cane, lie
Mercredi, 10 Janrier, 1872,
les prophecies ci-apres d%ecrites, appartenant
4 la succession dc Hugh W. Robinett, de-
cede, SAVIOR:
/. Trois cent vingt acres de terre situes
sur lc Bayou Petite Prairie,> en- cette pa
~roisse, bornes CONNIE suit au nord par DIES
torres appartenant a Nine. Sarah r. Wright,
i Pest par les terres de John Iarver ct
Rogers, au sud par les terres de W. Tarver,
ct i roucst par les eerres de Nine. .)abez
Tanner. avec toutes les batisses ct amelio-
rations qui s'y trouvent, CONSTANT en- une
maison de residence, cuisine, magasin a
mails, moulin 4 cotton ct moulin q moudre,
maisons pour travailleurs ct autres batisses.
3. Tn mulet, 4 chevaux de travail, & tetcs
dc iu1nents creoles ct p%oulains, 70 tetes de
bttes 4 cornes, so totes de moutons, 60
teteS uc COCilO1>, . f"io w '"u',
chariot, un char 4 beuf; une lot d'usten-
sis pour habitation CONSTANT en- charrues,
herses, pelles, beches, haches, harnais, etc.
Ouatre bois de litss deux bois de Its a po-
teaux has, unc table de centre, l table Il
diner, un side-board, I'm secretaire, I'm sofa,
dix-huit chaiscs, une horloge, deux Its de
plumes, cling matelas de cotton, un poole
de cuisine avec tous ses acccssoire ct four
n~itures de cuisine. Aussi, quarante minots
dc mails.
Termes ct conditions-La Motto du prix
d'achat de toutcs les adjudications payable
compliant lie jour de la vente, ct lie reste sur
IN credit de donze mois a partir du jour de
la vente, les acheteurs fournissant leurs
billets portant huit pour cent dinteret par
aimee aprGs echeance, avec des securities
a~pprouvees ct d la satisfaction dc radminis-
%trateur, une hypotheque speciale ct lie pri-
vilege du vendeur avec les reserves de Ia
clause de non aliendo, en- favour de padmi-
nis,rateur atm d'assurer lie Placement du prix
d'achat ainsi que les interets qui peuvent
accroitrent.
OGLESBY S. SMITH,
9 Dec. Administrator.
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New York, Nov. es.-Thirteen new
smallpox cases have been reported since
Monday noon.
Halifax, Nov. 2s.-The cholera has dis
appeared; all the patients are rapidly re-
covering. The infected district is still
q%uarantined.
Constautinople, Nov. a9.-There has
been a large increase of cholera in STAN
boul within the past few days.
London, Dec. 1.-The smallpox, in a
visuIent form, is spreading in Plymouth
and vicinity, The authorities are building
special hospitals for those stricken with
the disease, and have adopted stringent
sanitary precautions.
Bombay, Dec. 1.-The cholera is raging
with great mortality in the city of Delhi.
Philadelphia, Dec. 3.-The death report
shows two hundred and thirty-three deaths
from smallpox for the week, an Increase of
eighty over last week. The number OF
new cases is three hundred less than last
week, v