Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-04-12

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9 tfaa Of 100 s4g5.od I'D eft afs=ie1s sa +
4 assembled and demolished houses, thelce
marched through the streets -smashed
lover 1000 lamps. Dragons and local
pension ers dispersed The mob, cutting off
hone man s. noses hacking lanother'ss leg. 9I
II Cheers for The French; Republie in eve-
Sixty persons ei arrested a led at Gtnsgow.
Eight Of nine thousand paraded the Streets,
brokers baker, gunsa1ith, Jewellers shops,
Ill prominent warehouses Tor .dood, ssteals
ling watches, guns, etc.ez f..sa sw f0H 8
The local pensioners fired onthe people,
killing one and wounded others. On the
18th tranquility was purity restored ~ Mr..
EAlexaHde 81; who was sssosz.on sise 6thssdted
the nextdays also the boy Gaanp pheil, = AZ
!, Manches.erthere was o formidable rising
Of tho people. aa,qeQ BIZ sa ma !.
Germany.
Accounts from Frankfort'to March 4tb,
/ say, that the Burgher's q uard had assem-
Filled indifferent parts of the town and par
1iaded the streets, crying, tssViye la Repub,
ique." The people, demanded the same
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terms as were granted by the Duke Of
Nassau, bat, after having received assur,
ances from one of the nut horities thar a
free press should be granted, they retired
without committing any excess. The pa.
pers throughout &c rmany TEEN with SYM
pathies for the sufferers in the French Rev
olution. An express was sent ofwith the
approval of the Republic. Considerable
fermentation was manifested in the minds
of many, and since the announcement, the
streets and wharves have ebeenj throngedy :
A late letter from Amsterdam, states
that there has been in that city sixteen
failures during the week ending 18th inst.
The effect of the news from + rance was
most disastrous in xAmsterdam.s5F -Four or
five heavy failures were announced Of
firms engaged .as bankers and exchange
dealers, among whom are NJ. de Coeto, NJ .
D. Leon & Co., and Weseen, Dross &
Co. besides several small failures of deal
ers in the stock market. - a.5s sfs's'liliii 81
Our letter from Holland is written in
the mos; gloomy terms. NJ. ssrssa7 I'd,
+ The failure OF Scoarch and Shellwald,
bankers in Amsterdam, who were agents
for wealthy firms, as Rotchschild, Hope;
and others, excited great attention 41H
F. Antwerp adyices state that business was
entirely disregarded. The general ,atten-
ton being directed 10 the progress, Of the
4 French Revolution.
Operations on the Bourse are altogether
suspended. The stoppage, of the Com.
mercial and Royal Banks created the great.
est CONSERVATION. Commercial tEansac,
/ tions are almost entirely suspended. Con.
fdence is totally destroyed by the an
nouncement that Two large bankers refused
assistance to the public in discounts. So
universal was distrust among the CONNER.
cial classes, that deputaton Of bankers
and merchants sought an interview with
the Minister, that he might devise some
plan which might enable them to resume
| businessstransac.ions, and prevent the in.
conveniences which would ensue, should
they be, compelled TO suspend business. i.
. A later report announces the. failure of
De Kinder, the noted banker, but gives a
more favorable account Of general trade.
| tesal &c Prussia. are tlr. 81 ass
We are happy to announce that the con-
duct Of the King Of Prussia in regard TO the
French Republic is precisely what might
have been expected from n monarch who
has shown himself animated by SO consti-
tutional spirit at home-wllo, while he
governs his people in the way best suited
to their welfare, is ready to admit the
right Of other nations to be governed after
] their own fancies, provided those fancies
do not interfere with the general peace
The extraordinary supplement Of "kel
nesche Zeitung" of the 4th inst, brings
intelligence that whilst the councils were
sitting the previous night in the town hall,
q riotous crowd gathered in frent, loudly
demanding that the members in the name
Of the people should claim the following
rights: 800. ...-....... -,.,..,.,,
lst. That the people should make
their own laws, and betheir own govern.
Eors. That. there should be universal
suffrages, and that all should be eligible
both for office in the commonwealth and in
the state.
I'd. Absolute liberty ofthe press and ol
speech. s h. r=@ Efa%a :. f.T@ -
:. Sd. The abolition of standing armies
The general arming OF the people, and the
election of officers by the people themsel.
YES.
4th. Liberty of association.
5th. Protection for the working class.
es, securing the maintenance of all.
9th. Education. at the, expense OF the
State for children. ~ =. ..
Troops were sent for, and soon arrived
in imposing numbers. The crowd was
dispersed, and the ring.leaders arrested.
The demands Of the people where then
printed on circulars, which were distributed
among all assembled. s.-ss. -. Il.
The Governor Of the Rhine, in the prov
ince of Her Erchman, promised to o'for.
ward 10 the King of Prussia, the sugges'
. tions and views Of several members of the
United Diet-chiefy the representatives
of the provinces, respecting the reforms
! and confessions called for under present
circumstances. 1@pfHt 81 sr9 af3 ,se7i"as
A correspondent writing from Cologne,
states that the middle classes OF Prussia,
and other Rhenish states are determined