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Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05
Fofe on the Constitution.

The Statesman, Of the 3lst ult., says
The official abstract of the vote Of War
rem county is received at the Office Of the
Secretary Of State. This leaves but the
county Of fNedina to hear from.
&The vote in Warren county stands: For
Cohvsntion, 2477- against Convention,
226-whole No. Of votes for Representa-
tive; 1884. Added to the vote in the eighty
two counties previously published, and the
majority for the Convention is 81 1856. The
returns from Medina county will increase
the majority TO over 55,oo0.' .sz.
Don't our neighbor.of the Whig think
this is all the result of 'dictationp It is the
voice of the people to the wbig politicians
who have attempted TO defeat this impor-
tant measure, and it is well merited re-
Buke, which they must feel unless their con-
sciences are as hard and impervious as the
hide Of rhinoceros.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05
Facts for Taridites

The following is an extract from an Ad.,
dress recently delivered by Gen. TALL.
MADeE, before the American Institute at
the close Of its exhibition in New York:
'According to the interesting statistics
brought forward by the orator Of The even.
ing, il appears that in Georgia, there are
now As cotton factories in successful ope.
ration; in North Carolina: there are 80; in
Alabama there are 20; in South Carolina,
several exist, and many are beginning to
exist; in Virginia, there are 40. These
facts speak volumes for the enterprise of
our Southern brethren; they show the stock
from which they sprang, and that they are
''bone of our bone, and flesh of our flesh"
"What happy promises" said the General
''these facts give Of the continued unity of
our happy Union. In one band OF brethren
united in one common pursuit, and one
common interest" Thus, the South, as i,
were, Northernizes itself. And let us
hope that the North soiU meet it half aDay,
and Southsrnizs ITSELF"
This 10 important because it shows the
progress made 10 manufacturing under the
URN VI AZ. ALI Ut heaF!y I'LL, tuo thitls
above referred to, have been erected within
the past three or four years What u com.
menlary is here given on the declarations
Of the Wing politicians TINT the revenue
policy of Democrats tends to the destruction
of The manufacturing interests Of the coun.
Try!
In'view of this overwhelming esisd1enee
Eof the gsoundness- Of Mr.. Walker S. views,
we think our .Whig opponents cunno. long
hold up their hands in resistance to the Tar.
iff of '46-o TO any Tariff which the Dem
ocrats may choose 10 fix upon the country.
If they do not quickly yield their position
on this question, they will find their party
in n hopeless minority in every State in The
Union Pittsburgh Post. =:
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05

wages per snohtf-. auiet-~ humber of
monied men from Chicsse ando,hef places
are purchasing town lots with view Of
speculating. The appearance Of 81. Paul
is reported no. less .hrif,y. The hotels
cannot accommodate the strangers who
now throng the town. .,.4
The Sioux Tash h-On the 22d the town
Of St. Paul was visited by almost the entire
population. composing the two lower band
of Sioux Indians, tWabashaw's and Red
Wings,) on their way to the payment at
For, Smelling. They came in their canoes,
feet Of some eighty or ninety vessels,
laden, besides men, women and children,
with dogs, cooking utensils, buffalo skins,
forming the covering. Of sheis .",epees,"
&c. Thsyrstopped one day ut St. Pnul's
and on the next proceeded to the fort .
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05
An exalted eulOgy.

The Hun. james buchanan on his re.
turn home from his recent visit to Mead
vile. was welcomed to the city Of Puts
burgh BY Wilson 'McCaudles, ESQ.,, on
behalf of the Democracy. In his brief
reply, Mr.. Buchanan paid the following
beautiful tribute 10 The memory Of the late
e1. president Polk:-Ohio Patriot.
''M y connection with the administration
Of Mir: Polk, to which you have referred,
will ever be 10 me q source Of heartfelt
satisfaction. can truly Shy that he was
himself the lending and guiding spir. ofsthe
Cabinet. Wish abilities of superior.
order, he united indomi,able energy and
untiring perseverance. Whatever he de:
ter'nined to do, he d:d it with all his might.
tie was The most laborious man have ever
known; and III. lie was devoted, indeed /
might almos. say he, fell a victim, 10 his
labors and anxiety in the service Of his
country. Would that. an All-wise bu,
Mysterious Providence had spared him a
few years longer to witness the effects OF
the measures of his Administrations! = A
very brief period will serve to dispel the
mis,s Of prejudice which now hang over his
policy; and l venture to predict that the
day is not far distant, when the american
people, without distinction Of party, will do
justice to his memory and award him a
niche in the temple of famo among the
wises, and best of his predecessors. shall
ever regard the part which acted in his
administration in conjunction with my
eminent and patriotic colleagues, rs the
proudest and most useful period of my life.'
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05

RAILWAY ENTERPRISE IN THE WEST
The Cincinnnsi Gazelte gives the follow.
ing account Of Railroads in OHIO and Ia.
diana:
The railway from Columbus 10 Xenia
will be ready for travel in January next,
and the whole line 10 Cleveland in another
year. :, ::
The road from Wellsyille to Cleveland
will soon be finished.
These two roads unite at common de-
pot, on Lake Erie, al the mouth Of Cuya'
hoga. By filling the Lake, they obtain
forty acres for the joint depot The Co.
!umbus line comes in just above the New
England Hotel, where there is passenger
depot, and from thence passes down under
the hill 10 the General depot. The Wells.
Vile road strikes the Lake further down,
and passes up on the Lake shore to the
common depot.
The road from Springfield to Dayton is
pushed on with energy, as is also tba, from
Dayton to Greenvie.
The line from Hllsborough to its june.
tion with the Little Miami road, is now
partly under contract, and the whole will
be soon.
The line from Sandusky, by Mansfield,
to Newark, is rapidly advancing TO compile
ton south of Mansfield.
The work on the line from Cincinnati 10
Hamilton and Dayton, it is confidently ex.
pecea, will soon bo resumed, and eventual.
ly pushed on until the whole line is COM
pleted.
Ia Indiana the peaple are wide awake
on the subject of railways. Lines are un.
der conlrac, from Lawrenceburgh to
Greensburgh. From the Madison road al
Edinburgh, northeast, to Shebyville, anu
northwest to Martinsville. From Ind ian.
npolis to Winchester, northeast towards
Bollefon,aine. south west to Terre Haute,
north to Peru, and norlhwes, to Lafayette.
From Marlinsville to Greencastle. From
Albany northwardly TO unto with line
from Lafayette south, and the Terre Haute
and indianapolis line.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05
Houston and RnSk.

Senators Houston and Rusk seem to
have fallen into very much the same kind
of difficulty in Texas, us Senator Benton
has in Missouri, on account Of their liberal
course with regard to the slavery question.
The Charlestown Mercury publishes long
extract from a letter dated Walker county,
Texas, October 81, in which The writer
gives a sarcastic account Of an effort made
in tina, region TO get up meeting 10 en-
dorse the course OF the Senators named.
According to this letter, the tables were
turned upon the Senators, and vote poss
ed virtually condeming tbem.-Pla'n
Dealer,
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05
Tslegrahed for the Pittsburgh Post.
Awful TRAGEDY. -
ST.. LOUIS. Oc:obe,

ST. LOUIS, OS.ober ~.
An awful murderaus tragedy took place
last nigh. in Barna.n's shotel, in t,.is city.
Some lew days since two young French
gen,lemsn. calling themselves Counts Gau.
zeles and Reimond de Mome,quien, arrived
in the city from Chicago and put up a.
Barnum's hotel, representing that they
were on a hunting excursion through the
West. - y@.:=. -. q.
Nothing particular was no,iced:in their
manners until last night, WHOM, about ~
O'Clock, p. NJ, as MbzBarnum nephew Of
the proprie,or,) and J.. j. Macomber, The
steward of the house; were retiring, one oil
the Frenchmen carrie to . window on The
gallery, nndtapped lightly. Barnum push
ed the curtain inside, Yhen tho man on The
outside fred a gun, ball from, which pass,
ed through Barnu5R,sand, two buckshot
passed through the arm Of Macomber.
A, the repor,eofthe gun, Alber, Jones. a
coach maker, on Third street, who occupied
on adjoining room, rushed to the door Of
the gallery, when he received q shot
through tho head, and fell dead. Two
gentlemen, who had also entered the gallery,
were struck with buckshot-H: Nj. Hen
derson was wounded on the forehead, w.
II. Hubble, Of Liberty, on the arm.
The assailant was immediately pursued
to his room, and after severe struggle,
was secured. He isshe younger OF two
brothers. Both werssarres,ed--ande effect.
cd 10 be insane. ~Barnum is still living.
1t appears :hat they mace similar al
tempt on a landlord at Alton, some few
days since. =--.-- =.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05
For the Portage Sentinel.
The Next GOvernOr

As the time draws near when the De-
moerasy Of Ohio will be called on to name
some one Of her sons as a candidate for the
Executive chair. il will no, be deemed i'm
proper to suggest the names Of such as at
tract considerable share Of the public at
tention.
:, Prominent amongst these stands the nam
of PETER P. LOWE, of Dayton, radi-
cal Democrat, friend of the jefferson Pro-
viso, man Of high integrity, and as sclev'
er fellow" as ever opened his eyes to the
light Of day. II nominated on the 9Th ol
January next, by the Democrats, be will be
elected with majority Of TEN THOUSAND
- = :. SEVENTY-SIX."
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05
Dugdales Patent Bee Hive.

In another column wiffbe found the ad.
vertis"ment of this imselent invention. AT
the late Agricultural Rslf n this county, the
Committee on Manufactured Articles eer,i-
fed that they hadex.miaed this Hive, and
do not hesitate TO say that itais as good or
batter than any now in use; and would rec
ommend them to the public Beside. this,
and the certificates attached to the adser-
tisemsnt, it is very highly recommended by
many other gentlemen who: have. examined
it, and seen it in successful operation.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05
:RA'vENN A, OHIO:
M onday. Novembcr5. Is4s.
Elections To-day.

Important elections take place in four
States to-day, viz: in New York, Michigan,
Mississippi, and Louisiana. These, with
the MASSACHUSETTS, election, which is to be
held week from to-day, close the cam
paign for the year l849. Thus far the re-
suits ia the different States have been highly
encouragingand cheeringto the Democracy,
and have carried, dismay and. discomfeit-
ure into osthe ,rankssof the party that scarce
twelve months since made the welkin ring
with their wild, mad huzzas, over a victo-
ry achieved by falsehood and fraud. Every
election that has taken place since the wings
assumed the reins of government and be-
gan to develope their course, has resulted
favorably for the Democracy, aifording a
mostsunmis:akeable evidence that. the peo-
pie have no .sympa:hies for the principles
and .pOl'eyof the. Wing party, and that
though by fraud and deception that party
maysgain s.aenporary triumph, the people
will nota neglect the FIRST opportunity to
rebuke its course. But we have had our
day for reiaicing. over the glorious Demo-
cratic 1riamphs in Tennessee. Indiana, Iowa,
Connecticut, Virginia, North Carolina,
Pennsyivania. CHG, Georgia, Maryland,
Maine, and Texas. And now all eyes are
turned to the results offo-day. Among the
electons Of 70 day, none excites more uni-.
versal interest than that in the Empire State
For years the Democratic party has been
divided, and ahe Wings taking advantage
-of thatdivision, have held the control Of
the government. Now,happily, the Democ-
racy are re ,anited and shoulder to shoulder
struggling fa victory What will be the
result a few more days will determine. But
we shalltbe happily disappointed if after so
long an alienation and 50 better strife as
has existed Fbetween the two divisions Of the
pafty, their union shall be so complete as to
ensure the victory.
fn Michigan, the whig party, that hates,
detests,mnd abhors coalitions" with a holy
horror has joined hands with the Free Soil
sersy'aad, for the bare hope Oft few petty
Offices, have sold out their cherished prin-
scipaes" and now go for man for Cover
nor who has never acted with their party,
or upheld their principles. But the Democ-
racy will teach these sticklers for "princi
gAes,' and haters of "cealitions" that the
Penins,,lar State is Democratic still.
Mississippi and Louisiana elect each four
members Of Congress, and it is thought that
the result in these States viii show demo-
cra'ic gain. A few days more will tell the
story.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05

sBut what does the party care for Con-
stiiution or Laws, when they come in con-
tact with party aspirants? Nothing. We
have only to recur to the scenes Of last win
Wig. :
You had better not-fecur. TO those scenes.
for it might cause you some sorrowful re-
fections if your heart is not callous to all
sense of shame. 1t might remind you. of
the attempt Of the wings, for none other
than base partizan purposes, to trample up
on the Constitution and the rights Of the
people by dividing county for Representa-
tion; it might revive your recollection of
tie infamous act of the VI bigs of smuggling
upon the pages Of the statute the Appor-
tionment bill. and then fraudulently multi
ating the Journals to hide the outrageous
fraud. 1t might awaken you to knowl-
edge of the fact that thirty wings, by their
riotous and in famous course to override and
trample upon the majority Of Of the peoples
Representatives attempted to break down
the law-maklng power OF the State, and to
disgrace her fair name both at home and a.
broad. 1t might make YOU sensible of the
fact, that the conduct Of that whig cabal
delayed the business of oflegislation for near
ly month, at an expense O. thousands
of dollars to the people. 1t might cause
you 10 remember the attempt to drive
from taeir; seats the regularly elected and
commissioned Representatives Of the Free
men Of Hamilton county and to- allow two
wings whom that people had rejected to u
surp their places; and if in the midst of the
reflections, you should chance. to recur to
the scathing, withering rebuke that whigge-
ry has received from the hands Of the pee
pie within the past month, unless you be as
insensible as stone, you will be pretty apt
to feel how contemplate is your cause, and
to wish to be saved the unpleasant reaec-
tions which a. frequent recurrence to these
Scenes must produce
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05
SECOND DISPATCH.
Sr. LOUIS, Oct. 30,-P.

Sr. LOUIS, Oct. 3o,-P. NJ,
T. K. B,rnum is still alive bu, eanno,
recover. The trunks Of tho brothers Mon.
,esquien were opened this eyeniag-le,,ers
were discovered in them proving them to
be Parisan. Of wealth. and in.nily. To-
ge,her with splendid equipments, they had
$500 in German gold coin.
They are evidently insane; both fired
the fatal shots; both refuse 10 employ coun.
sci, and say ,hey- wiz plead their own
cause, jussitie1 by the order Of God.
Albert Jones, who was buried this even.
ing, was sho, by an ounce ball and sixty six
large shot. Tho Mayor has ordered out
strong police force 10 protect tho Jail.
The rest OF the wounded are doing we'll.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05

O. Our contemporaries in the adjoining
counties are putting snow storm that
paid them visit on the 30th ult. Well,
there's no use Dragging about it. We had
just as fine one, but it didn't stay long, it
was hurried off by Mr.. Thaw.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05
A Benton Organ at Washington.

Blair and Rives have dissolved partner
ship; the latter will continue the -publica.
ton Of tha, very valuable paper, the "Con-
gressionnl Globe" ond the former will Sc,
up paper to advocate the pre.ensions of
Old Bullion 10 the Presidency. Mr. Blair
has imbbed at his romantic" Silrer Spring" :"
very decided free soil notions, and holding
with Benton, that they are the true Demo
cratic Jeffersonian doctrines, he is determin-
ed to bring them into actual operation. -
Plain Dealer. 81,
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05
Interesting intelligence Relative to the
Late Russian Minister

=. NEW FORK, OcIoOeT 0U.
The New York Courier and Enquirer OF
this morning contains letter from Wash.
ingten, stating tha, the Emperor of Russia
has ban'shed to Siberia, Bodisco, the late
Russian minister to Washington and hus.
band OF IN American LADY, fer owning
property in this coonlry. Bodisco was
enlrapped back to Russia, his crime having
been first discovered by. a spy. Hisproper.y
is valued at half million, mostly in gov
ernment security. Pittsburgh Post.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05

@ Some of the whig papers are striv-
ing with might and main to prove that the
Whig party is @the true Free Soa party!"
They might save themselves much time and
trouble by simply announcing that at the
head Of their party stands that great anti
.lars.r1sy, I. {, champion, Gen. Zachary Taylor.
The proof would geYositirs and irresista-
blei Z
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05
"Going, Going, Gone ep-The TeIegrar

"Going, Going, Gone'-The Telegraph
announces the failure of t,Uo more of those
labor s(h )auing, currency regulating con-
cerns-The State Bank of Morris, New
Jersey, and the Susquehanna Bank, of
Montrose, Pa. This latter concern has been
on the point of going for some time, and
now il. has gone Let it go, it can't do
half the injury in its present condition that
its survivors are doing.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05
Big Reefs.


y. The editor Of the Mahoning Index has
received Beet which. be thinks is some.
He thus brags of the small thing:
~We have been presented with beet
raised by F. A. Brainard, which is hard to
BEAT, weighse4A lbs. and measures % in-
ches in circumference Fetch on your bets
if you want to be BEATEN. Our devil thinks
it is BEAT" -s - =,
And ours thinks it amt. Mr.. Walter
Pierce, Of this township, left a Blood Beet at
our Office, on Saturday last, which measur-
ed 80 inches in circumference, and weighed
when taken from the ground IL pounds. -
Our dev. was inclined to.,he opinion, when
he frs, set eyes upon the .overgrown mam-
moth of the negotiable creation, that it
wasn't a beet, but it "wasn't any thing
slser,' and is teet -that BEATS the brag
BEAT. 'Toat' off your 'petaties,' squash,
and other diminutive vegsta bles.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05
Arrival Of the Crescent City-Latest
from Jamaica.
New YoRK, Oct. 80.

The steamship Crescent City arrived
here yesterday morning: She left Cha
gres on the l7lh and Jamaica on the 10Th.
There is no further news from California.
From Jamaica We learn that the new tariff
bill has received the sanction Of the Gov.
ernor, and by its operations duties general.
Iy will be raised.-Piasburgh =Post:=
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05

SENTENCE OF DEATH.-Xsaia, o., Oct
10th P. M-Jesse Ransbotlom was this
day tried in the Greene county oi Com
mon Pleas for the murder of his wife by
cutting her throat with razor.
Tbe Jury. after an absence of 40 min
utes, brought in verdict Of murder in the
first degree.
hung by the neck until dead, on Friday,
January 25th.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05
The Illinois Election for q. S. Senator

-. 0T' LOUIS, Octobef Z9.
The election Of a Senator for Illinois re-
suited last Saturday in, vote Of u tor
Shieids,-2l for Cyrus Edwards. In the
previous caucus, Breesat ran Shields close.
Shields was srenutnlnaseiirf caucus OH the
BIS, ballot, by majrity Of four. The
Senate passed resolution of adjournment
to next Monday. ..
The steamer O:enn Wave sunk in the
illinois river, near Greggsville, on Friday
nigh. Pittsburgh Post.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05
. The last Whig saws:

~But these self-styled Democrats have
curious way OF showing their love for the
rights Of the people There has not been an
exercise Of that kingly prerogative (the vetoI
Tor the past twenty years, but what they
have had bonfres, fred cannon, &C., &c.
A power that no King of England has dar-
ed to exercise for two centuries"
What! has no, King of England dared to
exercise the power to have 'bonfires, fire
cannon, &C., &c. for two centuries? Well,
now, we should think they had exercised
the power to have cannon fred soma within
that brief period. How it is about the bon.
fires, &C., &c Eve don't remember. But
the Wing means that, no King of England
has dared to exercise the reto po,Uer, to pro.
tect the rights Of the people against the usurp-
ation of capital that has placed its iron heel
upon Gods image and ground him to the
earth; and it is that which makes him
love England more. 1t is true, the Demo.
Gratis have had occasion to rejoice ever the
exercise OF that power which has baffled
the efforts of capital to obtain power and
extended rule in this country, by overriding
the Constitution and trampling upon the
rights and interests Of the masses And
what has served greatly to heighten the Joy
Of the Democracy, andto add poignancy to
the grief Of Federalism under all its multi
farious names and phases; is the fact that
the people have uniformly been with the
Democracy and sustained the exercise Of this
power as the shield, the insurmeunta bic bar
rier interposed between them and those
who seek TO place them at the mercy of
unscrupulous capitalists. So well aware is
the Wing party that the principles and pol
icy are approved and sustained by the peo-
pie that they have been constrained to deny
their faith, or conceal their policy, and ma
ny Of them, in the bitterness of their grief.
have cried out, swhig principles are obso-
le'e!" Yet this constant growing Of. some
Of the wh:g press shows what they would
do if they had the power; and to what base
ness will they not resort to acquire that?
But Of all their favorie schemes which have
been put to the test Of the. veto power,
what one now survives which they dare
claim as wing measure, and stake. their
political fortunes before tho people upon it?
Not one; they are ali buried in the dark OBJ
livion of the past and upon their tomb is
inscribed, skilled b. the Veto-to which the
people criedsaloud rejoicing, Amen;' and
now no whig is left 50 mean as to do them
reverence. None! none! did we say? Yes,
there stands the Editor Of the Portage Co.
Whig, SOLITARY and alone" in low and
melancholy moan, in the bitterness OF lis
grief, cries, @kingly prerogative (the veto!, :"
Oh, Johnny sdom'f you cry"
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05
Gubernatorial Convention.

The Democratic Central Committee Of the
State have issued a call for State Conven-
ton. 10 be held in Columbus on the 9Th Of
January next, to nominate candidate for
Governor. Portage county is entitled to
delegates in the Convention.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05

C. At an election for Justice of the
Peace in the political whirlegig township of
Charlestown, AsAC Peck, Democrat, was
elected over OLIVER Wilcox, Free Soil.
October 80, lS49. Coa.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05

The MINr.-ihe total amount Of Cali
tornla gold received ~ 1he mint in: Phiia
delphia has been 50, 100 900. The Led.
ger says that all that still remains can be
coined in less than three weeks.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-11-05
Chapge!.;. :. Ehange,I

The Ohio Stats Journal has or is about
to change propre'ors for the purpose Of
changing its sditoral; lsue |. has been a
Tom Corwin paper; it is now TO be Tom
Ewing pnper.- Glory 30 70 the bob-tailed
mare.-Ptain Dealer 49, =