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Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-09
Mad Dogs.-Meeting in Randolph.

On the eve of February 1st, goodly
number Of the citizens OF Randolph assem-
bled at the center of said township in pur.
suance of previous notice, and adopted the
following preamble and resolutions:
WHEREAS, Hydrophoby is spreading
through this community to IN alarming ex-
tent, and upon good authority it may be
stated that within the last year, in this town.
ship alone, there has bean property destroy
ed to the amount Of one hundred and fifty
dollars, by the bite of mad dogs; and in
view of the present condition of our neigh
borhood in relation to dogs, we feel i, our
duty to agitate the subject and try to awaken
public opinion, and, if possible, adopt some
measures that will effic ientfy protect per
sons and property throughout this vicinity
generally, therefore,
Resolped, lst, That all persons owning
dogs be requested to keep them confined in
some secure place, for the safety Of per-
sons as we'll as property, for such term Of
time as will insure such safety.
Resozved, I'd, That we believe that those
who have dogs, in this vicinity, will be will,
ling to comply with this most reasonable
request, or voluntarily permit them to be
killed, and thereby put an end to oil fears
on their account.
Resolued, Sd, That in cnse dogs are
found running at large hereafter, it will be
taken for granted that the owners thereof
permit them to be killed. for, if they were
worth keeping, they would be confined.
Therefore, we shall feel at full liberty to
kill any and all dogs so found running al
large, unless accompanied by its master.
Resolred, 4th, That we request neigh
boring townships to hold meetings and put
into force such regulations as they may
deem proper to insure the safety of their
neighborhood from the ravages Of dogs.
Resolnsd, 5th, That the proceedings OF
this meeting be transmitted to both Of the
county papers and their publication request
ed. J. w. GLASGOW, Chairman.
| 2 A. DAVIS, Sec'Y.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-09
Mad DOGS.

There has been considerable excitement
in this place in relation to mad dogs for
several days past. On Thursday last, a
dog came inte the village and exhibited
numerous evidences of hydrophobia. Al:
ter he had bitten some half dozen dogs in
the village he was killed. We also hear
of his having bitten several dogs and other
animals in this vicinity. A meeting was
held at the Court house on Friday evening
and, though the notice calling the meeting
was issued but very short time before the
time for assembling, there was q large
number in attendance. The meeting re-
solved upon war Of determination against
the whole canine race,as the best means OF
security and protection. and 'the war has
actually begun" Those who have dogs
which they highly prize should either leave
them at home or secure them from run
ming at large. ...-.
Too much caution cannot be taken in
protecting the community against mad
dogs A little boy, son of Mr.. Segar,
OF Perry, in Lake county, died a few days
ago from the bite of a mad dog. AT the
time the boy was bitten, there was no sus-
picion that the dog was mad, and he con-
tinued to attend school-he complained of
n soreness about the lungs and chest, and
on the day following this attack he exhibit
ed all the horrid symptoms of hydrophobia,
and on the I'd inst, death put an end to
his sufferings. We understand that nno-
ther death from the same cause has also oc-
Cured in the same town These crcum-
stances should admonish us to use every
necessary precaution torour protection.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-09
"Whig" Sentiment.

Below, will be found small specimen
of Wing sentiment-such as has been reit-
Grated, Tin effect, and almost exactly in the
same language,) on nearly every occasion,
in and out of Congress, when our political
friends have adverted to the tariff Of ls46,
as cause Of our prosperity during the
past year.
"Mr. Polk boasts, and probably truly, Of
the commercial and agricultural prosperity
ofhis country. But he ought to be remind.
ed. that great part Of Europe was, during
the past year, tributary to America for food
and provisions. The gold of England,
France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Scot.
land and ireland, have gone, during ls47,
to swell the Golfers Of the American farmer,
merchant factor, and shipowner. But, ere
the year ls48 shall have sounded its knsll,
America may have known and felt worse
crises than any endured by Great Brit.
ain.'
If the reader should be anxious to know
the source, from whence emanated this good
"Whig'' doctrine, we can tell him that it
comes from the London Herald, ofthe lss
instant, in an article reviewing the annual
mes sa 90 of President Polk. 1t is no less
"W hig,' however, for having been import.
ed-as the same statement has been made
by many of the leading "Whig" politicians
on this side Of the Atlantic. Pittsburgh
POSI- ~ -.e- ~ - ,
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-09
HiStarical Lectures.

J. D. PicKANDs, Of Akron, proposes to
deliver in Ravenna free course of Lee
lures upon History during several success
i've evenings Of this and the following week.
We have heard the Lectures highly COM
'nended by citizens of Akron before whom
they were delivered last winter, and doubt
not they are creditable to his reputation as
a critical student and popular speaker.
We are aware that prejudice has ex'
listed in the minds of some in this commu-
nifty against MIR. Pickands arising from
wide spread reports of his connection with
various isms in theology in days that are
past, but we trust that our citizens will bear
in mind that these lectures have no connec.
tion with his former religious opinions, but
have relation solely to matters of History.
We think all will find them interesting
and instructive.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-09
Riot i'm Hartford. Conn.

The good city Of hartford was, recently,
the scene Of a disturbance,-such as moth.
ing but the forbearance Of the people has
alone prevented in some other quarters,-
in consequence of an Infamous allusion. in
the "Charter Oak" to Lieut. W WooDHoUsE,
who has recently returned from Mexico, IN
very bad health; and whose reception by
the citizens was cordial in the extreme -
Burieigh, the editor Of this Mexican con-
cern, in or editorial, said che looked mar
velloualy like culprit, OH his way to the
penitentiary," We are not in favor Ct
mobs; but, under such circumstances, we
are disposed to award the verdict Of n Vir.
giuia Jury, on certain OCCASION" Serr-
ed him right" A correspondent of the
New York Herald says Pills POSI-.
"The mob, several hundred in number,
about IL, clock, broke in his Office win.
dows, % State st. took down all his signs
and destroyed them, and broke in his Office
door, to prevent his types defaming any
more of our citizens, when the owner Of
the types, MIR. Tracy, informed them that
they belonged TO him, and had for some
months. The Mayor of the city also told
them the same, when they desisted from
further violence, and dispersed. Then
they proceeded to the house in which he
lives upon hire. but he kept out Of their
way. There has never heen an occasion
where such deep feeling of Indignation
pervaded this community as now fsls TO-
wrrds Burleieh."
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-09
A Reason.

The whig papers have had no doubt OF
the fact that Gen. TAYLOR was n good
Wing, but they have been nightly troub-
led TO give any substantial reason for their
belief. The Marion Eagle, has hit upon
the method of proof, which is conclusive
and must be perfectly satisfactory to every
one Hereafter, whenever there is any
doubt as to the politics of any Of our pub
lie men, who are seeking public favor, the
rule Of the Eagle will be safe one by
which to judge them. Here it is:
''That Gen Taylor is at heart a genu
inc Whig, We have the most entire conf.
dence His rery determination to make
no public srp ssiiion Of his poAticat sent'~
ments, as 10 us the STRONGEST epidence ot
this fact For ,oere he Locotoco, there
,0ou'd be no na"fire f0r him to be silent, no
i"p.oprieiy in his p'ostaiming The fact to
the Uorid."
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-09
For the Portage Sentinel

MEssRs EDlroRs: | desire that you will
insert these resolutions in your paper They
were adopted at Convention of the friends
of Mental Liberty and Free inquiry held
in Richfeld, Summit county, on the 2Sth
and 29th Of January.
Resoired, That press. for the dissent
natson Of useful knowledge, devoted to the
cause and principles. Of Mental Liberty and
Free Inquiry is much needed in Northern
Ohio; and believing that such press can
be established and Permanently maintuined,
1t is therefore resolved, that n standing COM
mttee Of two in each county on the West
ern Reserve be appointed to receive SUBJ
scriptions for said paper, and report prog
ress to said standing committee as soon u.s.
practicable.
Resolued, That after thus examining
the practncability Of sustaining said paper,
the standing committee shall proceed and
procure the publishing Of it, if said stand
ing committee shall be ofthe opinion that
said paper can be permanently and well
sustained; and said standing committee shall
report what action, if any, has been had in
journment Of this convention.
| ne Stanolng Co1ntnlttee 50 IdT ds up
pointed, were, Everett Farnum, Rich6eld
and l. V. Bierce, Akron, for Sunni
county; David J. Beardsley, Freedom. ant
Isaac Coles, Palmyra, for Portage county
Judge Price, Milton, and Judge Rayen
Youngstown, for Mahoning county; Jona
than l. Tod, Newton, and B F. Hoffman
Warren,fo Trumbull county; Judge Wade
for Ashtabula county, and /. Kelley ane
S. Adams, Cleveland, for Cuyahaga CO.
1t was voted that L. V. Bierce,of Akron
act as Secretary of said standing commit
tee, and that he be requested and is en-
powered to fill out the standing committed
in the counties where none have been mp
pointed. The convention adjourned Il
meet in Akron, on the Sd and 4th Of June
next.
The newspapers on the Western Re
serve are requested to copy this.
| Yours, respectfully,
| ISAAC COLES.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-09
FOR GOVERNOR OF OHIO.
JOHN B: WELLER,
~ of -EasfleF COsg9a ty.
School Report.

. We have examined the annual Report
of the Secretary Of State, on the condition
of Common Schools for l547," from which
it appears that the "Total amount Of money
distributed and paid to the several districts
and counties in the State. during the year
ending November Is, 1917 is $29O,572,-
93,6. of which S9.5l9.5l was received on
account OF the Connecticut Western Re-
serve School fund The amount appor.
toned for School purposes for the year
ls45, is $3.50, ,9s5, rs, Of which So, e,5l9.52
is from interest on the Western Reserve
School fund, and the portion falling to
Portage County is So, ,522, 1874 Of which
$57. 7.26.4 is our portion Of the Western
Reserve School fund, and the balance,
-(2.665,63) is from the State Common
School fund.
The amount received by Portage Coun-
ty the past year is not given. The Sec
retary gives uh Abstract Of the Annual Re.
por, Of County Auditors for 1917, in ta-
Der Of fractional districts, number Of School
| teachers, male and female, and various
| other columns Of items; but Portage ap
pears not to have been reported by oul
Auditor as other counties are-not even the
number Of School districts and lroctiona
districts, nor the amount Of money expend
ed is given. Our Auditor excuses hinsel
by remarking to the Secretary Of State
that, ''alier having made due effort to Sc
/ cure full returns find myself with yer,
imperfect reports from township Clerks
3 Summit county gives full returns, +
witt l42 districts. 43 fractional districts
= 237 schools, LII male. teachers, l5l fe
male teachers, 1918 male and 1920 femal
scholars enroled;-23l3 males and 2llj
females attending daily on an average, -
S4, 49t paid to male teachers, and So 4S
| paid 10 female teachers from public funds
From other sources, paid to male teacher
$702-to females S693. Number c
months taught-males 369;-females 54e
Number of. new School houses 4 Co:
724 including repairs. Amount of buildin
fund raised BY tax this year, Sl,375 TIA
from County duplicate, S5,Ols,2o, In,e
est on proceeds Of >ection 16: S553, II
Connecticut W estern Reserve fund, %6 / 8
SO. State fund, So, ,926,0l.
{ We should think that our County Aud
tor could give portion Of tho above item
; for Old Portage, withou. the aid of Tow,
:, ship Clerks. . se 1@s ---
r On the whole, the report of the sever;
county Auditors Of the State encourage lh
hope that the cause Of education is advan,
ing, thatit is becoming more popular wit
!. the people Of the State than it has bee
, heretofore. Speed the good work we SO,
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-09
For the Portage Sentinel.
Plank Roads.

AZ, En,roe:-I observe that Plank
Road, are becoming popular in Northern
New York, and in Canada; and several
companies are incorporated to build Plank
roads in Michigan. From the descriptions
| zee Of them in the papers, am inclined
to believe that Plank Roads would be prof
liable in the level and muddy districts OF
Ohio. They must be cheap and conve'
nient-much more beneficial | should
think to the inhabitants Of the country
than Rail roads, and at far less cost.
The most approved method of building
these roads appears to be to throw up the
road l6 feet wide Of earth, with eight ieet
Of the centre of the road made of plank on
stringers, and imbedded in the earth so as
to lie solid in every part, and on level
with the other parts of the road. Ihe
mink four inches thick. Thus the main
carriage track is on the solid plank, and in
turning out it is only necessary to turn
one wheel off the plank. | understand
general law of n ew York authorizes Road
Associations to organize and build such
roads. and draw toll A correspondent ol
the Detriot Free Press, writing from Sy'
racuse, New York, states that on those
roads wood teams generally carry 1!
cords of wood-tha racks carrying 1O(
salt barrels, 60 on such roads at fast trot
That at toll Of J cents mile for teams
the road from Salna to Brewertown took
not far from 40 per cent. on the COST
Tolls are reduced to cent mile during
sleighing. -.
The Syracuse correspondent above al
luded to, says further, "Almost every city
and town of any business are now holding
meetings and organizing Road associations
under the general law. 1t is estimated that
a million of dollars will be expended in
ls4s; in constructing them in this State.
Hemlock timber lands are rising"
Ohio has abundance of Oak, Chesnu'
and Poplar timber Of which to make such
roads, and an abundance Of muddy roads
to be improved. Let Us about it.
ANTi-MCD.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-09
Human Rights.

Among ''the rights Of Man. enumera-
ted in our Declaration Of Independence are
The Right to Life, liberty, and the pur-
suit of Happiness. The right to life, i'm
plies right to the means to support life
the means Of subsistence; among which
the elements, fire, e,sair, water, and earth, are
all equally indispensable to our sustenance.
The first three it is hardly possible to bottle
up-to. monopolize and keep from our use.
Earth only, can be set off by metes and
bounds, fenced up and monopolized by the
locked up from vulgar hands" A
large portion of earth's inhabitants are born
landess and remain so. Such are tress-
passes on Gods earth. Stand where they
will they are liable to expulsion. In the
highway they are vagabonds, and else
where they are trespassers-not in fact
in right-but in law.
The earth like the air, is made for man s
use. Like water it is God-send, and
Government has no right to deny to man
the right-the privilege, to occupy what
he needs, to cultivate for subsistence Of
the vacant lands of the wide spread wilder
ness There is enough and to spare for
this and some futu,e generations. And
why shall government refuse poor man
what he needs, and grant TO the rich much
more than they need. The land was Sc
cured to the nation by the loil and blood
Of our fathers, and thus belongs equally to
all the people, Or q portion Of it was
paid for by duties on imports; and who
will say that John Jacob Astor has great
err right in the public domain than John Ii.
or any other man. And yet, ifthe land is
sold and the proceeds applied to pay the
expenses Of Government, it saves the prop
erty holder from direct tax contemplated
and provided for in the Constitution of the
United States,-saves john Jacob Astor
with his thirty millions, from thousands and
tens OF thousands dollars of tax moro than
it saves me from. The whole expenses oi
Government are mainly to protect proper
ly. Persons will protect themselves. The
wealthy, and those aspiring to wealth, are
ever asking favors Of Government. Bu1
what favors have the poor ever asked until
now. And now, when we ask for our por.
ton Of the public Domain, we ask only fol
our right We ask it not as favor, bu
as right. Man, by the circumstance o
his birth, is entitled to such portion of thi:
God given earth as he needs, and no more
Let that fact, MS politicians say, 'be KEEP
before the people, and let it be continual,
kept before Congress and the executive ad
m;nistra,ion of our Government. lie
Government be often ndmonished Of tn,
wrong Of selling the public lands to Sp ecu
lators, who are monopolizing their thous
ands and tens OF thousands of acres each
of the best lands, before the working settle
can arrive at it. And when he arrives h
is in effect told "push on further" or ''se
tie around the borders of my manor, an
thus make my lands more valuable, so tho
[ can sell ut q high price, H.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-09
0ur Cep:aercial Affairs.

In on article on the subject OF the com
mereial prospects of tfe country the editor
of the New York Herald indulges in some
very pleasing reflections and anticipations'
few of which we present in the extrac
below. Tho commercial speculations %
the Herald are, in general, very cor'ec';
but we cannot anticipate so high state OF
prosperity, as the editor seems TO think wS
shall enjoy during the present year. The
fact of our being engaged in an expensive
war, must Of necessity, prove to be very
considerable drawback to our prosperity:
-PMsburgh Post. s.-E
SIT has, we believe been officially an
nounced that the shipments of specie to
Mexico will hereafter be comparatively lin
tied, and the probability is,that the receipts
from the mines of that country will soon
exceed the aggregate shipments since the
commencement Of the war. The expedi-
ton to the mining district will soon turn
the tide of specie this way from that quar-
ter. Recent advices from England show
that the money markets to Europe are rap
idly improving. / he Bank of England is
nearly as strong Us it ever was. and, with
irs immense resources, it must soon let cut;
it cannot, with twelve millions sterling in
bullion, and seven millions of reserve notes
in hand, remain inactive, and when it COM
ncnces, the influence upon commercial aft:
airs must be of the most favorable chnrac-
ter. Prices for our produce must advance,
and in the event of speculation running
high, they may reach points somewhere in
the vicinity Of those current last year
Sterling exchange has already fallen in
this market, and the proba blity is that no
further shipments OF specie will be made
to any extent. 1t is our impression that
by the first Of May next, we shall have re-
ceived back every dollar Of the specie ship
ped within the past three months.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-09
Eighth Week Of the Session.

Except 10 the passa ge Of the apportion-
ment bill, and the refusal OF the federal ma.
jorty in the Senate TO protect members in
the fearless discharge OF their duty, moth
ing but local business has been done in
e;ther branch -. ...-. .-..... g.
Out Of the Legislature, the third branch
is still at work, and ut its midnight sessions,
measures OF mere party character, and
destructive Of the rights of the people, are
.,ill concocted, and we suppose will con-
tinue to be rs long as whiggery bears rule
To show how reckless and base this
party must be. it isonlv necessary to. cite
one single. inslance. . When the apporlion-
ment bill had passed, and the question was
on agreeing to the title, air Reemel;n mov-
Cd to add the words land 10 rtolaie the con-
stitution Jor base partisan purposes and
Mr.. Corwin, who, but few moments be.
fore, voted for the bill, voted for this amend
ment, thus acknowledging. under the So
lsmnity of his official oath, that not ten
minutes before he had, for 'base partisan
purposes" s:violated the constitution
which he had sworn to support That vote
is upon record-it stands upon the journal 4
witness that cannot be exfunged from the
double distilled basene>s of Mexican whis
gerry. r. 49,. .-..a.s.. ee7-
Mr.. Backus, on Saturday night. intro.
duced bill 10 project. the privilege O.
members. A few days before, the party
Of which Mr.. .Backus is Representatives,
refused to extend the protection which the
constitution affords to n member when
grossly assaulted in the Senate chamber
for swords spoken in debate" a.t r
When the majority find TINT democratic
members are determined to defend thein.
selves, and that they ask no protection bul
that which the constitution affords, and if
that is denied them, the means of protection
that nature has given. whggery is willing
10 pass laws to project the privilege o
members. ,.- ~
When the session will end, it is impossi
bic to tell. resolution passed the House
on Saturday, that after Thursday next, nc
new bills should be introduced; and this
eiiher betokens m early adjournment, OIL
else it will be made an excuse for stavine
off discussion on the infamous appoftion
npsnt bill, and then berescinded, after thnt
S6shes fraud is consummated ads -...---
The sixty days, during which members
can draw s3 per day, and but 81 per day
afterwards. ia fast approaching That ia.
may assist in an adjournment, if it be no
repealed; and upon this we build our hopes
that the day is not far distant, when whig
Senators and Representatives will return
to their constituents to receive the reward
for their Infamous conduct, in contendine
for party and not for principle-for sci
and not for tha people.-Ohio Salesman
jan 81. -. H..
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-09
From Mexico.

PHILADELPHIA, FEB. 3.
We have advices from the Brazos to the
2Oth ult. A private train was attacked
near Ceralvo, by the Mexicans, who stole
76 mules. Major Norvllle, commanding
a government train, with few volunteer
citizens, followed, re.captured the mule,
and restored all to their owners. 1t is fenr-
ed that Capt. Lewis, of the Texas cavalry,
may be mortally wounded in late fight
with Camanche Indians, near Parras.-
Pittsburgh Post.