Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-11-22
Bold Robbery of the Patent Office.

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place. The loss is estimated ot $4,000:
to say nothing Of the impossibility of re-
placing many of the stolen articles. A
reward Of $1,000 is offered for the detec.
ton OF the thieves. Ths following inter-
esllng particulars of this daring robbery
are communicated by the Washington cor
respondent of the Now York CommerciaE
Advertiser, under date Of Nov. 9th:
"Great Robbery.-Lust night another
great robbery OF the Patent Office was COM
united. Some time during the night, be-
tween the honr Of closing the rooms of the
National Museum attached to the office,
and seven O'Clock this morning, when they
were reopened by the person IN charge, the
case containing several diamond snuff box
es, neckleces and other articles Of
Value, which have been presented to
officers ef this Government and by
them deposited here as the property of the
nation, was broken open, and the follow
ing articles, among others were taken O.
way.
"The small vases of ottar Of roses, and
hnel y mounted yataghan, presented by
the sultan Of Muscat, and some other ar
tlcles of a like valuable descriptions; the
scabbard of the sabre presented 10 Commo.
dore Biddle, by the Viceroy of Peru, mount
ed and adorned in q very magnificent
manner; the gold snuff boxes mounted with
diamonds, presented by the Emperor of
Russia and other foreign digni.aries, to di-
plomatic agents of the United States; a
magnicent pearl necklace, and q number
of gold and silver medals, some Of them
valuable as containing lilzenesses Of dIstin-
guished men. There may have been 9TH
er things stolen but have not heard them
enumerated. The thieves propably man.
aged to conceal one Of their number, for
several of them were undoubtedly confed-
Grated. in the room, yesterday afternoon,
before it was locked up for the night, and
finished their work u: leisure between mid
night and morning.
"After the former robbery Of jewels in
this Office, for greater safety these valua.
BILE things were enclosed in q small glass
case by themselves, which was placed with
in one Of the small compartments, the sides
(which consist Of sashes and panes Of thick
glass, and bell was SO attached as TO be
made to ring near the door, where the at
tendant usually sits, if the inside case was
disturbed. One Of tho panes ofthe outside
case was found to have been taken out. |,
is probable that the thief had Thoroughly in
formed himself Of all that was necessary to
be done to insure the success of his enter
prise, and that he commenced by remov.
ing this bell.
s'Ie lef! the inside Of the most valul
ble snuff box, which beliye contained nc
diamonds, as we'll as the blade of Conmo
dore Biddle's sabre. Having made up his
pack OF yoluables, he left the premises by
one Of the front windows, letting himse
down to the ground from height of thirty
Ave feet by means ofa rope. There are
two watchmen whose duty it is to be abou
the building during the whole night, bu
they have made no report of the occurrence
though i. must be said if they saw moth
ing Of these proceedings their offices mus
be practically sinecures.
"It is said that the telegraph wires were
broken both North and South very early
this morning, ard it is supposed that that
circumstance has some connection with the
robbery"
F The N. Y. Tribune thus acknowl
edges the service rendered TO the whig par
ty by the free-soilers at the recent election
"Ve cannot close he record of the lat
political contest without direct acknowl
ed cement of the obligation which the caus'
of Human Progress and Universal Free
dom owes to the devoted band which, defy
ing the SCOTS and despising the misrepre
sentaiions showered upon them from ths
ranks of the two great parties, rallied will
thinned ranks but nnfalt ering spirit aroun
he uplifted banner of Free Soil"
II is as true as preaching that the whig
are indebted to the free-soilers for thei
victory, and they may as well 'acknowl
edge the corn at once, and cease their bit
ter abuse of their allies. But whether il
lending their aid in the election of Genera
Taylor they have conserved the cause o
"HumanProgress andUniversal Freedom,
is question upon which learned comen
tators difor, and which time alons viii
determine.
WHAT DOES 1T MEAN?-Taylor's in