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Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-01-10
GOVERNORS MESSAGE
Gentlemen Of the Senate and of the

's's"ss" " tHe Cen0tS ana OF tHG
House Of Representatives.
An eyentful year in the history of nations
has just drawn to close. II has sum-
moned yeu as it passed to the discharge,
once more, Of your constitutional duties and
obligations, under auspices inspiring every
true American heart with renewed patrie-
tism. and profound alteration and gratitude
to Almighty God, our national deliverer,
and beneecent benefactor. Amidst the
fearful and sublime uprisings of the people
Of EtEsPe, and the consequent downfall Of
dynasties, thrones and dominions the medel
Republic, so long and so much scoffed at
by the advocates of monarchy sands Sc
rene and unshaken. Peace smiles a~ain on
all ker extended borders, and law, abund-
Snee, freedom and contentment reign with
in. Questions Of foreign and domestic pol
icy, Of constitutional power and obligation,
Of peace and war, of freedom and slavery,
may, at times, as they should, the dormant
energies of her people, and the renovating
powers Of her constitution. A great party
and its n,ea sures, may encounter the silent
but potent condemnation of the ballot box.
The president of to-day, welding, in want
onness, the power of twenty millions of peo-
pie, may be weighed tomorrow in the BAL
ance and found wanting. Yet who does not
perceive that the great American Republic,
purified and strengthened BY these awaken
ings, remains fast anchored in virtue, intel
ligenee, habits, affections and deliberately
formed judgement Of her people of all parties.
The reports Of the several departments Of
The State government, will be laid before
you without delay; and l shall therefore
content myself with the following synopsis
Of the receipts and disbursements Of the fiscal
year ending on the 18th day Of Nov. l84s
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General revenue from taxes, aue.
tion duties, and foreign insur-
ance companies, Sc. ST 155, 500 II
Tolls, rents, &e-r from canals and
roads, s53,97l 81
Taxes paid by Banks, Insurance
and Bridge companies, 45,933 81
Principals of surplus revenue paid
by counties, 2l5,355 81
Interest paid by counties on sur
plus revenue. 1904 6s
Canal lands sold, 66.461 76
School and trust funds received 5I,273 81
Claims collected by Attorney
General, and other items. 6,lS9 43
Balance in Treasury, IS November
ls47, 4e4,e9s 81
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Sd. Resolved, That we adopt as the on
" safe and stable basis of our State as
we'll as our national policy, the great prin-
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Glorious Result in Virginia.

The result of the late election in the Old Do
mtnlon is yet more favorable to the cause Of De.
mocracy, than we announced in our last paper
1t appears that Of the fifteen Congressman to
which the State is entitled the Democrats have
elected FOURTEEN, as follows,
!. Johns Millson, VIII A. R. Holiday,
II, Rich X. Meade, TX Richard Parker,
III, Thos. II, Ayerelt XII, James Mcdowell,
" Thos. s. Bocock, XII II. Edmunson,
V, Paulus Powell, Kill F. M'Mullin,
VI, Jas. A, Seddon, xiv ]. M. II. Beale,
VII. Thos. II, Bailey, XIV. Alex. Newman,
The successful candidate in district X, is Jere.
miah Morton, an anti.Proviso Whig.
This is, indeed, as the Pennsylvania remarks
"a great triumph" "The hollow promises Of
Gen Taylor-however honestly made at first
are now only alluded to with pity while the bold
bad men who are leading him to trample these
promises under foot, are universally regarded
with indignation, Virginia saw her duty in this
crisis, and has discharged it with noble and hero.
ic perseverance She appreciated the danger of
the country placed unreservedly in the hands of
an administration thus headed and controlled
She knew that if General TaylorS cabinet cared
so little for him as TO induce him to dishonor his
own plighted faith, they would care less when
they came to apply their abandoned policy to the
country at large. The worst schemes ofFeleral.
ism--the rejected elements of an cfete banking
system-the odious combination that plumbers by
a general improvement law-the system Of tariff
buunties-the gradual accumulation Of debt by the
increase Of taxation these are few of the mea.
sures which the cheering example of Virginia
may avert, by extending an encouragement to all
the states that have yet to vote. We thank her,
therefore, ardenty and sincerely, for her glorious
victory over the coher of party that has just re-
turned from field won through the divisions of
an antagonist now united by sense of common
danger.
Should the Democracy in other States which
have yet to elect members of the next Congress,
do as we'll as their brsthern in Virginia, the
Democrats will have a decided majority not
only in the Senate, but also IN the House.
And what then Why we will find General Tay.
lor and his Wing advisers giving the lie, by their
acts to all that they have said against the Veto as
they have already done to their professions on
several other subjects
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Democratic County Meeting.

A Democratic Meeting was held at the Court
House in Wlllamsport, on Tuesday evening, May
lst. Col. BENNETT was chosen President, asss.
ted by Tour Vice Presidents.
A Acommlttee was appointed to draft resolutions,
and in their absence the meeting was most ably
and eloquently addressed by Hoo, j. R, JONES' Of
Sullivan, and General William +. Packer of
Lycomng It was one of the old fashioned Dem
ocralc Meetings preparatory to the opening
Campaign.
The following, among other resolutions, were
then read and adopted
ResoIved-1hat our confidence in the integrity
and ability Of the Democratic Canal Commission.
ers, Hon NORRIS LONGsTRETH and Col. Israel
PAINTER, remains Unimpairrd That We approve
Of the views Of the latter as expressed in letter
to the Legislature, suggesting the fxpediency of
adopting the cash system Of payments for work
and materials done and furnished on the Canal,
believing with him that such policy would ma.
terially lessen the expenses Of keeping the same
in repair
ResOived-That in presenting the name of
JOHN A. GAMBLE Esq, TO the favorable con.
sideration Of the Democracy Of the State, a 5
suitable person to receive the nomination for
Canal Commissioner we have no selfish interests
to subserye or designs to accomplish but seek 10
promote the general welfare Of the party. That
in him we recognize an honest capable and de-
serving Democrat good citizen aud an available
candidate, backed by the strong claims of the
North.
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The Selfish Man.

It's the decree Of Heaven, that the exclusively
selfish man shall be miserable even in this world.
As he never gives love to any man, he never can
receive return Of love, He is at war with the
general good of his species, and is therefore the
common enemy Of mankind. His money may
command attentions, and procure The outward
show of respect-but he can never receive the
homage Of an unbought smile, or the warm lrb'
ute of a grateful heart. Wealth is Too poor to
purchase love; and Power is not strong enough
to enchan affection The eye may fall abashed
in the presence of grandeur-the lips may chaunt
the praise OF afluence the knee may bend in
homage before the splendor of authority the
heart saboye all bribe, I'd will give its affect.
ions to goodness alone. The selfish man is there
fore shut out from all that gives grace and value
to life, all that makes life blesSing-tor what
is extensive worth to him who has no mans sym.
pathy, no mans love,
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Horrible Occurrence.

One ofthe most heart.rendng events that ever
came 10 our knowledge occurred near BigbOne
Spring, in Boone county Ohio, about midnight
on Saturday week Mr.. Richard Johnston and
wife were aroused at that time by the noise Of
a hre raging in their dwelling They started
up and seeing, az they supposed, that it was in
remote room, they hastened thither to save some
Of the furniture, leaving their two children, a
little girl and infant son asleep. They returned
in A few minutes and found TO their horror that
the room in which the children were lying was
ali on fire. Mr. Johnston burst upen the door
and was thrown backward by the expansion of
the rarefed air. His wife rushed forward and
fell over him into the flames. He dragged her
out much burnt. But the children were mac.
cessable; and the parents then appeared in their
agony TO have lost all their self.possession.--
When the first neighbor, lelatlye, arrived, he
found her standing stupefed holding on to the
garden fence, which was on fre-her night
gown all burnt off except the neck, which was
burning. He extnguished the fire and laid her
on the grass, and then hastened in seach Of her
husband, whom he found near The spring rolling
on the ground, aud considerably burnt. She IS
hardly expected to ,anigs; hs s considered
oyi Of danger
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Canadian Troubles.

It's entirely impossible totell, as yet, to'whst
termination the difficulties in theCansdian prov
inces will be brought. There appeorto be two
parties, the old French and the English citizens
arrayed against each other, without any other
object than that of harming the respective adhe.
rents. |, net so much rebellion against Gov
ernmen; as a civil war.
Whether the breach which has been thus made,
can ever be entirely healed is extremely doubtful.
We are neither Prophet nor the Son of a
Prophet, and cannot therefore, give any sensible
or reasonable prognos'icatiOn on the matter.
What step the English Ministry will take can
not be imagined, and the final result we think
very much depends upon that. In few weeks
we can probably tell YOU something more definite,
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Editors Correspondence.

MILL HALL, May lS40.
Dear COl.-lf forget not my last was from
Jersey Shore. To my notion it is very pleasant
little place. Much taste il displayed b. the citi-
zens in the erection Of dwelling houses, and the
laying out of the surrounding ground plots, 1t is
beautiful and healthy location.
From Jersey Shore to Lock Haven there are
numberless little hamles scattered along the river,
giving an air Of Cheerfulness and business TO the
whole route. The country is not quite so beauti.
full, the valley being generally narrower, than it
is below.
Lock Haven, the County Seat Of Clinton county,
is also very pleasant place. Pine Creek about
mile above Jersey Shore, is, | believe, the line
between that and Lycoming county, A rich and
highly cultivated Valley lays back of Lock Haven
which Is built Immediately upon the river The
canal crosses the SusQuehanna at this place
Mill Hall lays from three to five miles from this
town There are two or three Villages between
the two. Mill Hall is apparently place of con.
siderable business a stream Of water, over half
as large as our own Fishing creek, called Fishing.
creek runs through it; upon which are erected
Woolen Factory, Grsl. Mill and Furnace
BY the way talking Of Furnaces, am informed
that the present Propretors of the Establishment
are making money at the business. Now if they
can make money away up here, with their disad.
yantages for Market, and where they must haul
their Limestone, Coal, and the greater part Of
their Ore, from eight to twelve miles, what is
there to hinder the MontUur Co., from getting
rich? It puts me ont Of patience to hear such
men croaking "ruin !" ""ruin" The more facli. !
ties and protection they have, the more they want
The Woollen Factory turns of from Eighty to
One Hundred and twenty yards of Cloth, Cassl.
mere aud SatnetS per week. Most Of the Ma.
chinery was to me new. The Roller particularly. |
Instead of making the rolls Short as usual, it was
80 contryed as 10 make them any number of yards
long without breaking. Twenty -four rolls came
from the machine, if do not forget, unbroken,
until the windIas was full. 1t was then carried
up stairs and spun Immediately into yarn upon
spinning machine called New, driving two hun.
dred and forty spndles.
The country is rough but fast improving, and
thus leave it for the present, o, P. q.
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England.
Gle.

In the house Of commons on the 9th ultmo,
the navigation law bill being under considera.
tlon, Mr., Gladstone moved clause empowering
the Crown, on application Of any colony, 10
sanction a conveyance Of goods and passengers
from one part Of such colony TO another in other
than British vessels The proposition was adOp.
ted, and the bill was ordered TO third rea.
ding.
On Monday, 23d April, in the House fLords,
in reply to question, Lord Lansdowne said that
the British Government, though aware of the in.
tended French intervention in Rome for the res.
toration of the Pope, had taken no part in sug.
gesting or promoting it, though he acknowled.
ged that that they did not disapproye it.
1t is stated that a commercial treaty is about to
be formed between England and France, the lea
ding features Of which will be the free admission
Of brandy, wine, and fruit from France, and coal,
iron, and twist from England, Whatever adyan-
tages may be conferred upo French vessels by
the alteration Of the navigation laws are to be-
literally reciprocated by the Government of the
Republic.
Jenny Lind has been married at Bath to Mr.,
Harris, and retired from the stage
The jury in the case of Mr. Duffy, of the "Na.
ton," have again disagreed and he has been set
at liberty on bail for his appearance at the next
commission.
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The Difference.

The Treaty Of Client was signed Dec. "a, lsld,
The battle ofNew Orleans was fought Jan y, 1878,
Iha' Is, ttiesR ddys after the peace was cOnclu'
ued, Had European steamers and magnetic tele.
graphs been IN use in that day some I,700 poor
fellows would have had longer lease Of their
lives ur limbs, and Gen. Jackson would not have
been thought Of for President 80 Boston ChTOnO.
iyps
The PdrdiI6T III the Whig Party could
have had their own way and succeeded in their
desire OF Withholding supplies from our armies
ia Mexico and granting laid and comfort" TO the
enemy Texas, New-MeXico and California would
have been lost to the United States and before this
belonged to England-The glory acquired by US
in bringing the war 10 successful conclusion
would have been lOst-the honour Of the Nation
sacrificed the Battles of Palo Alto, Resaca de Ia
Palma, Monterey and Buena Vista would not have
been fought and General Taylor "would not have
been thought of for President"
The Difference, is still more striking than
the parallel jackson was man of mind, Of tai
ent xperience'--a profound statesman, bold,
correct and original thinker lie was elected to
the Presidency by the Party who had supported
the war and sustained its men and measures.
Daniel Webster says that Gen, Taylor is mill.
tary man nW,siy--and he wds the available can.
didate of Party who opposed the war of 1912 aud
1916, in both OF which GeN Taylor figured aud in
the last of which, he won his fame
And we may add while upon this subject, he
(TaylOr) was rode into power by parry who
would have ruined him, tho administration and
the nation, in order to show--fonl whom they
are deceudud,
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RHODE T'LAND--The Legislature ef this State
met at Newport on Tuesday last, when the new
Governor, II. B. ANTHONY, the Editor of the
Prov dence journal, and Lieutenant Governor,
T. WHuFpLE, were sworn in also, the Attorney
General and Treasurer. For Secretary of State
there had been no choice. The whole vote for
Governor in the State was s,clj-Anthony's
majority l,5l7,
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ConOndyum.- here was Noah when his can.
die went out Ans. In the dark
Where was General Taylor when ithe cabinet
made the appointments Ans Much about in
the same place
His cabinet are so dark that il is little doubt
ful whether he will be able to see the light for
four years,
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Arrival Of the America.
Seven Days iatcr from Europe.

The steamer America, which sailed
from Liverpool on the 2lst Of April, arri-
we'd at Halifax OH Friday last. The news
by this arrival is important both in a COM
mercial and political point fview.
The steamer Canada arrived at Liver
pool on the 10th ult., making the passage
in Ia days and ~ hours.
The America has on board for the Uni
ted States, the large amount of two hun.
dred thousand pounds sterling in spe-
Gle.
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Centre County.

The sterling Democracy Of this county met
few days ago, and appointed RonERT BARROW,
Esq, representative delegate to the Plttsburg
Convention, with instructions Is support JOHN
A. GAMBLE, for Canal Commissioner.
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France.

In the French National Assembly, on Monday,
the President Of the Council of Minist ters made
communication relative to the Intervention of
France in Italy. He stated, in substance, that
the cOnHe.cOnp of the victories gained by the
Austrians over the Piedmontese would be felt
throughout the whole of Central Italy that a
crisis appeared to be iminent in the Roman State,
and that France would not remain Indifferent to
such state of things He added, the protec.
ton of natives of France resident in Italy, the
necessity of maintaining the legitimate influence
which France long possessed in Italy, and the
desire which the French Government felt to con.
tribute towards obtaining for the Roman people
good government, based upon liberal institu-
lions, rendered it duty to the Cabinet to make
use of the liberty which the Assembly had gran.
ted to it, by its act Of the goth March, to occupy
temporarily that territory of the Peninsula. The
Minister added that it was impossible for him
to enter further into details.
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GCrnanH.

Germany is still in state of great confusion
The Prussian Government is said to have obtai-
ned the assent OF few otthe small States, such
as Hesse Cassel, Brunswick, and Weimer, to the
assumption of the imperial dignity by the King {;
but these form a small part Of the States of Ger
many Austria is of course violently opposed to
plan which would transfer the imperial dignity
from the House of Hapsburg to that of Branden-
burg and Bavaria, the third State in Germany
for population and influence, is scarcely less so.
Both France g. Russia are strongly opposed to the
change. All these difficulties might perhaps be
got over if the smaller states of Germany were
unanimous in favor of the union with Prussia :;
but this is not the fact. Hanover, whose assent
is essential to the carrying out of the scheme, is
not likely to give it, and Saxony has too strong a
sense of what it has to do in the way of reconsti.
tuting the German Empire on the basis proposed
at Frankfort.
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10. "ELNOnA," a chaSe, ~ellwritten and very
interesting literary production, over this signature,
(which we have perused with profound saIIsIac'
uon--is on 6le and will be published next week
The article is highly creditable to the heart and
hand of its author. We invite a continuation Of
further efforts from our valued correspondent.
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CoNNEcTIcUr.-Th Connecticut Legislature
met on Wednesday last at Hartford, and the day
following elected Mr.. Trumbull (Whis) Govern.
or by l2 majority. A tree soil democratic spea.
ker was elected on the second ballot, receiving
ll3 out of 22l votes. A Whig would have been
elected on the hrSt trial had he himself omitted
to vote
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This paper is devoted to the cause Of humanity,
which according to the terms Of its Editor, means
the prevention and overthrow OF vice in all its
various forms and hues-wheher in the "Marble
Palace" Of the Upper Ten" or in the Lowly
Thatched hoyel of the "Lower Millions" and not
only in the City OF New YoIk, but throughout
the United States.
Its columns will be filled with rich and Tacy
productons-humorou and sarcastic. Vice will
be boldly met and cha.tely exposed. Originality
will be one of it. leading features, and an Original
will weekly grace its columns. In word it is
sheet of peculiar character and surprising interest
as those who read its COnleets will readily dis
cover
Tie Nftc York Scorpion, can be obtained on
the following very reasonable terms, by addressing
the Editor, as above, postage paid.
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~ We acknowledge the receipt Of copy Of
"Scott's Mammoth Weekly Pictorial" Paper,
comprising an almost innumerable numbar OF
superb engraylngs.
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state TREASURER,

GIDEON J. BALL, Esq the modest gentleman,
who elected himse!fthe Treasurer Ofthis State
assumed the duties of his place on the lSt inst.
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MAssAcHUsErrS.-T The Legislature of this
State adjourned on Wednesday last, after Sess.
ion of one hundred and twenty days. The bills
on the subject of the sale of Intoxicating drinks
and changing the law in relation to capital pun.
ishment, failed by disagreement between the two
branches.
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China.

The news from Hong Kong is to the 27th of
February. The dispute about opening the city
gates at Canton was going on, but there was
general confidence that the Stpulations of the
treaty Of Nankn would be enforced. Two Brit.
ish officers were missing, and twas feared some
catastrophe had happened to them Trade in
India and China was in satisfactory state
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