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Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-05-03
WHOLE NO. 984.

GJ-We copy from the Baltimore America
with great pleasure and not little pride, tho
follJwing just tribute TO the high character
the National Int ligencer and its able and ac-
comps ished Editors have uniformly maintained
for nearly half century
! The National In,slligencer, standing in
ne same relation towards Gen. Taylor's ad-
minsiraion which it held towards those of
Madison, Monroe and J. @. Adams, forms a
flt connecting link between those days of good
government and the present restoration of
sound constitutional principles. Ii is not sur
prlsng that the just tributes paid by some OF
the most intelligent of the Wing press, recent,
Iy, to tie sterling qualities of that excellent
journal should have called forth from some OF
the most viruleni on the other side character.
istic return Of ofvi;uperation.
But the journalism of the country at largo
will not hesitate to acknowledge its obligations.
to the Intellieencer, for the high example il
has set and steadily maintained of all the bes,
qualities pertaining TO is nror,an, function.
AS representative Of the conscIyat, denoc
racy of Madison, now embodied in those indie.
structible principles which form the cons,i,u.
tional basis Of the Wings, the course Of the
lneIligcnccr has been always marked by emf,
nent ability and dignity and courtesy of man
ner worthy Of all admiration. The Official or.
gan'sm which las existed in Washington
since the beginning OF Gen Jackson's admins
tfaion, Is tie offspring of that new political
development which took place under the au-
spices oi that parsonage. But the position in
when The lnte'llgenccr stood ia its relations =,
previous administrations whose policy It sup
ported, was one which resulted naturally ftom
lis location at the seat of government, the
high character il maintained, and the mutual
conidoncc 'Eat existed between it and he ad
mlnlsiraton whose principles were its own.-
II holds; We doubt not, the same position to
wards the adm nisration now in power.
The rancor, the violence, the ungenerou.
and proscIipiye spirit of denunciation which
prevail tco generally in he 3ar,izaa 5apcr, Of
the day have not only an unfortunate influence
upon society, but operate mos potettly in d.
nlnishlng the power Of the ress and in de.
grading lis character. Where the higher qua,..
III Of mind and manners arc manifested in an
unvarled demeanor reflected for years {. ON coll
rmns replete with knowledge and character
zcd NY al the proprieies which should mark
the intercourse between intelligent onrnals
and intelligent readers, it is proper and becorn.
ing whenever suitable occasions offer. TO rec.
ognze the elevated standing and to acknosl
edge the meri'c Of such journal.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-05-03

An EDITOR KnLED.-A telegraphic des-
patch says tina, Edward Fitzgerald, the
sprigh,ly editor Of the " Philadelphia Item, "
va, on Monday thrown from horse and ki i
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-05-03

1 ARRIVAL OF PRIZE VESSEL The L. 5,
prize brig Susan, under charge. If Lieut.. Hunt
or Of the United States navy, with whom is
associated pas led mdshipman Broadhead, ar
rived at this port this morning, in seventy-slx
dave from Rio Jane-i"
/ The Susan was captured oil the harbor of
Rio Jincro, by the U. S. brig Perry, on the
9th of February, on suspicion OF being engag-
ed in the slave trade. She had on boa d at the
time of her capture, the following passengers,
who are sent home in her, with her master,
Capt Walford.
Ignacio Antonio de Motta, Portuguese -
LUZ Jose Coeho, Brazilian Jcso Joaq, de
Silva, Portuguese; Luiz Vida Lezo, do Jose
Pcreira dc Foncca, German Jon Trea Com
cz, Portuguese Con tant Ant. Monro Pzor-
is, do; Bento Pachco, for Santa Barboza, do {;
Jose Maria Barboza, do; Alexandra Jose da
Cruz, do.
Tie Susan has experienced very heavy wealth
er On her passage and has been nearly three
NcehS Oh VIC COdot huilhB 'h'~'
has scarcely had single pleasant day Pass
ed the ship Harrisburgh, of New York, on the
nth of April in lat. 35 10 N, Ion. 10 10 W.
steering to he Southwark. On the 2lst OF
April, in lat. 80 10 N, lon. II l3 W., spoke
the whaleakip Rowena, of Fall River, from a
cruise in the Pacific bound home, with 5000
barrels of OIL At l2 o'clock, April 22d,
spoke the packet ship Liverpool, OF New
York, Is hours out, high ands bearing w. n.
w. distant about I3O miles, with strong 5.
w wind
The Susan being without bread when she
spoke The Rowena, Capt Adams, OF The latter
vessel, supplied her, coming on board IN his
own boat, although the wind was blowing
fresh at the time and there was heavy sea.
Lieut.. Hunter speaks warmly Of Capt. Adams
readiness to supply the Susan whatever he
could spare. - Com. Adu.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-05-03

CoSJuGAL-One ofour cotemporaries gives
the foloNin, good advice to wives " If you
fad it ncce sary to chastise your husbands,
you should perform the painful duty with the
soft end of the broom and not the hands"
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-05-03

GA Monument to Cromwell is talked oi
n England, by the Carly llans.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-05-03

$50 persons died at New Orleans, ,of cholera
IN three weeks, ending April 7th.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-03-28

II 1t will be seen by the following notice. that
the question of subscription to the stock of the
Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad Company,
by the County, has been withdrawn for the pres
ent in consequence of defect in the giving OF the
notice. The articles which appear in our COL
umns this week, to the exclusion of nearly eve
ry thing else, were mostly in type before we
were notified of this fact Ifthe question should
come up at q future time, we hope it will be un-
necessary to go over this whole ground again.
RAILROAD NOTICE REsCINDED.
1t having been suggested that the Notice call
ing on the veters of Portage county, on the first
Monday of April next, to vote for or against
authorizing the Commissioners of the county to
subscribe to the capital stock of the Cleveland
and Pittsburgh Railroad Company, is defective,
and that all proceedings under the same would
consequently be void; we therefore deem it advis-
able to rescind said notice for the present. No
vote will consequently be taken on the subject
of said subscription at the approaching April
election. VIM. R. KELSO, Commits
ORSAMUS L.DRAKE, : sioners.
March 81, 1S49.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-03-28

exander Hamilton to the present time, that !
the people are not to be trusted with power,
the federal leaders determined from the
first that this bill should lie voted down, and
their plans have been carried out. They
will no, allow the people to say, by their
own v, les, whether they will have a new
constitution or not, and although the pres
ent constitution has been found 10 be insuc.
ficient for the wishes of the people, yet
federalism, fearful that the election of all
officers will go back to the people that
provision would be made to prevent an en-.
largement ofthe public debt that biennial
sessions of the Legislature would be adop.
led in place Of yearly ones-thut corpora
tions, enacted under q new constitution,
would be shorn OF much of their special
privileges, and be made to come under a
general law-that the present judiciary
system, inefficient and costing a vast a.
mount 10 the people would have TO give
place to one in which simplicity, cbeapness
teristcs, have voted down the measure, and
the people of this the third state in the I'm
ion, in consequence of the action Of fac
/ tious minority, will be kept under a consti-
tuition, the plain provisions of which the
federal party have so often violated, that
even the more honest portion Of that party
regard their oath to support it as custom
house oaths are regarded by the smuggler,
| to be broken with impunity.
/ When the present constitution was adop-
ted, Ohio was almost wilderness-now
she is the third, if not the second state in
| the Union. The trainers Of the constitu-
ftion never contemplated such a state ol
1 things, and that instrument was penned fol
the wants of q new slate rather than an ole
one, with population CT two millions
Much legislation was needed then in com
parison to what is needed now, and the ex.
perence of near half century, during
which Ohio has been governed by the
present constitution, has shown that over
legislation is the greatest evil a free gov.
ernment has to fear. Notwithstanding the
present constitution is acknowledged to be
Neutrality-suspicious. our Judiciary
system is acknowledged to be among the
| worst in the Union Notwithstanding that
experience hath shown that the people ol
the counties and Of the state are more
4 competent to select good officers than the
/ Legislature, yet all the evils of the pres
ent constitution are to be entailed upon US,
because the federal lenders are afraid to
trust the voters Of Ohio with the privilege
Of amending the constitution under which
they live, or 10 vote whether they deem
any change necessary or not. The men
who net thus call themselves whigs.-
What desecration Of once noble name!
Ohio Statesman, March 18th.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-03-28
GLORIOUS NE VS..
\ NEW CONSTITUTION.

The Ohio Statesman of the 23rd inst. !,
says:-"lt is with more than ordinary
pleasure that we announce 10 our readers
and the good people of Ohio generally, the
result of this forenoon's work in. the House
We announced on day before yesterday that
the Sennte, had passed q resolution by a
two.thirds vote of all the Senate, authori-
zing the people to vote for or against a
new constitution. The resolution, when it
went TO the House, was referred to select
committee of one, Dr. Townshend. This
morning it was reporte back, and amid the
shouts and cheers of the democratic side
of the House, one whig after another caved
in, and after having spoken and voted all
the session against the measure, they now
changed their position and the resolution
passed by almost unanimous vote! Let
glory be shouted from one end of the State
to the other!
Thanks to the noble, unfinching demo.
Gratis Of the Legislature, and the unwaver>
ing free soilers who stood by them; a great
work has been begun, and all honor be the
reward Let the people every where re-
joice, power is again thrown back into your
hands: and never sleep-never rest out of
season until you have thrown around Your
rights the protecting shield of Thoroughly
reformed CONSTITUTION! Now is the
day and now issfhe hour 10 look to your
hts--study the reforms necessary, and
and with bold, determined hand and stout
heart carry them out.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-03-28
For the Portage Sentinel.
Rail Road.
To the People Of Portage County:

To the People Of Portage County:
Shall we vote for the Commissioners Of
this County to subscribe for seventy-fve
thousand dollars worth of stock in the
Cleveland and Pittsburgh Rail road or not?
If the Road by experience should prove un-
able to pay the interest on this sum, and at
the end of ten or fifteen years, unable to pay
the debt then, and in that case the people OF
Portage county would have to pay the debt.
Would it not be well for us to examine our
situation and see whether our circumstances
will warrant us in entering into a hazard
Gus specula ton, which experience alone can
prove its utility. We are at this time in
debted twenty-millions Of dollars,-a great
burthen already on the tax payers of the
State-a great portion of which indebted
ness originated in speculations of internal
improvements, which experience has proved
to have utterly failed and left the debt on
the people to pay; and shall we thus situa-
ted, hazard any more speculations, which
the future alone can reveal the utility there
of? l think not. We paid the last year
in this County between thirty-three and
thifty-four thousand dollars all told, not
quite one third the amount required by the
Railroad Company. Thus you see, mar
who paid last fall tax of ten dollars, viii
have to pay over thirty dollars. VIII you
run the risk of the speculation? The town
ship of Shalersville would have to pay ovel
four thousand dollars of this money
fourteen dollars to every voter in the town
and the remaining towns in. the county
would have to pay in the same proportion
Then should we not be careful how we en-
ter into uncertain speculations? While thu
indebted, | think we should. The law au
thorizing the vote requires every voter to yot
either for or against subscription. If bu
thirty votes in the whole county are cast fo
it, and only twenty-nihe against it, it car
ries. Hence the necessity Of every mans vo
ting on the question, and not permitting
himself to be saddled with the debt agains
his own will and better judgment.
/ -r, SHALERSVILLE.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-03-28
For the Portage Sentinel.
FaIIacieS Exposed.

Mr.. Editorial correspondent of yours
signing Soar County," in last weeks pa
per, among many other fallacies to discour-
age our voting "for subscription to the
stock Of the Rail road, holds up to our view
! the Railroad from Pittsburgh into Ohio by
Salem, Canton, &C., to Mt. Vernon, as
though it were real Rail road, or likely
soon to be, when in fact the route is not To-
Gated with any certainty nor likely to be-.
Indeed there is little prospect of any Rail
Road being ever made in that direction, for
by survey the Salem route is found to be a
difficult and expensive one, whereas the
route from Pittsburgh along the Ohio valley
to Wellsyille, is comparatively easy Of con-
struction, being along a continuous valley !;
and to help this route a charter has lately
been obtained for Rail road from Pitts
burgh to Steubenyille, and it is contempla-
ted to continue it on to GAINESVILLE and Co.
lumbus.- = The route from Pittsburgh to
Steubenville must of course go by Wells
vile, and a<road once made on that route,
and from Wellsyile to Cleveland, no ne
cessity will exist for "a Rail road by Salem,
except merely to accommodate that place
and other localities along the line. And if
it were madeit would not hurt ours, but
would bring business to our part of the
road. But of that we need indulge in neith-
er hopes nor fears. The only route that
will be improved for rail road from Pitts
burg into Ohio during this generation, will
be by the very natural way of the Ohio
River valley. That is by far the best route,
and capitalists will not deem it profitable to
construct two roads on rival routes. B.
r. Let there bea general turn out tomorrow
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-03-28

route 10 Franklin be made, and Mr.. Far
mer was authorized to attend to it, and |
think to decide the matt er, but to be gov.
erned by the resolution made at Wellsville
Oct. Is, ls47. At this meeting held at
Atwater, | proposed to furnish engineers'to
survey the route to Franklin, but they
seemed to prefer to survey 1t themselves
for some reason, and it was accordingly a.
greed that they would survey the route at
our expense. AS before mentioned the !
whole matter was left to Mr.. Farmer to at
tend to. When Mr.. Farmer and the en-
gineers arrived ut Ravenna, we were a.
waiting and called upon Mr.. Farmer 10
know when he was ready to survey or ex-
anime the route TO Franklin. Mr.. Farmer
said as soon as he was ready he would call
upon US. He did so, but not until the Engi-
neers had passed through Ravenna on the
line towards Hudson some miles. w then
saw that all hands were hard at work a.
gainst us and no disposition manifested TO
find route through Franklin; on the
contrary, all were dead set against it,
However, Mr.. Farmer examined the route
in company with myself and z. Kent, and
he pronounced the route very favorable
one, and much better than he expected
to find from representations which had been
made to him, (not meaning the represent
ations of one of the Director at the Atwat-
er meeting. who said the route was full OF
swamps;) and Mr.. Farmer said there was
no need of surv eying the route as he could
represent it just as we'll as though it was
surveyed and save the expense.
Had Mr.. Farmer had the matter in his
own hands to decide, have but little doubt
he would have located the road through
Franklin; but he was, as it appears to US.
overpowered by a few interested perso ms al
Ruvenna.
After having returned from the exami
nation Of the route to Franklin, we callec
at the office of the Engineers (at Folger's,
by Col. Eichbaum and think Mr.. Lintor
Mr.. Farmer being present; and it was as
certained then, and they came to the con
clusion that they could get to Franklin
without increasing the distance more thar
! miles, provided the lines were as straigh
as the line to Hudson; Of this there canno
be the least question. And we are of o
pinion, that had the route been located
through Franklin, as cheap route as tht
present one could have been found, and g
leveler one, and by taking the running dis
tance into consideration, there would no
have been more than half mile difference
between the two routes. But had the route
been ever so feasible and every objection
dispersed, it would have been of little avail
when such determined opposition was man
ifested. Should any one take exception:
to the representations here made, we will
take the trouble to substantiate them, ant
should they not then be satisfied, we will
employ suitable engineers. not only to ex
anime the route through Franklin, but from
Hudson to Freedom or Mt. Union, and lie
the stockholders know the extra expense il
going to Ravenna.
, MARVIN KENT.
Franklin Mills, March 26, le49.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-03-28
Office of the C. & P. R. Road, I
Rayenna. March 81, 1S49. (

It will be seen by the above, that the notice re-
curing the citizens to vote for or against sub
scribing to the stock of the Cleveland and Pitts
burgh Railroad, has been rescinded by the Com
missi ners on account of defect in the notice.
Unfortunately, the defect was not perceived
until it was too late to remedy it in time for the
election on Monday. The Directors regret that
the people are unable at this time to vote on this
important measure but trust that the friends of
the Road will not be discouraged by this failure.
At future time the subject will probably be
resumed; and meanwhile it is hoped that the
people generally, will inform themselves in rela-
ton to it, and ascertaining, as we have no doubt
they will, by careful examination, how favorably
their interests will be affected, act accordingly
JAMES FARMER, Pres't
Eo,,,upr Secratarv
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-03-28
Select Institute.

1t viii be seen by reference to our adver-
Using columns, that Messrs. Rogers and
Bragg are about to open Select School in
this village. We trust they will be literally
patronized, as their reputation as Teachers
stands pre-eminently high.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-03-28
For the Portage Sentinel.

That $75, 900 subscription Of Rail Road
stock, Mr. Editorli We can't go that. We
shall still write "no subscription" ON our
own Ballot. And VIC shall do this, notwith.,
standing, the employers and salaried off.
GERS ofthe Rail Road Office, with the most
pure & anxious desires no doubt, for the good
of the people, have endeavored to persuade
US to different course. not by argument,
not by manly array of fact, appreciable
by all; but, by-Words. We shall SO vote,
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-03-28
Columbus, Monday, March l9.


In Senate to-day, the bill to exempt the
homestead from forced sale or execution,
was read the third time and passed. H~T The
bill, as it passed the House of Representa-
sives. was amended in the Senate, and be
fore it becomes law, the amendments of
the Senate have to be agreed to by the
House.
The bill of the House to apportion the
Representatives, among the several counties
of the State, after being read second time,
Mr. Goddard did his utmost to force on a
last vote, and thus to kill it at once. The
bill was referred to the committee of the
whole, where it will, we presume secure a
full discussion.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-03-28

A Scotch duchess was present at a chari.
ty school questioning. The teacher asked
what is the wife of a king calledl' 'Aqueen
was the answer. 'Of an emperor An EN-.
press The wife of a duke?' A drake
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-03-28
For the Portage Sentinel.

Mr.. Editors:
shall be pleased to see the following
article from the Stark County Democrat.
published in your paper, believing i, as
applicable to our County as anything !
could offer and also showing the views Of
our neighboring County on question coz.
responding with the one submitted to Que
citizens. ONE OF EN-.
Railroad Bill.
The Commissioners have determined 10
lay before the people the projec', as con.
tanned in the law OF the pre- sent Legislature,
for subscription 10 the Stock ofthe Ohio
and Pennsylvania Railroad intended to
pass through our county; which law We
have published in another column.
Inasmuch as the benefits will accrue to
the people generally, this is esteemed the
most equitable. individuals will not there.
by be deprived Of the privilege Of subscrib.
ing to the stock of the company, and par.
ticipating in its advantages as stockholders.
We are firmly of the opinion, that the
investment will be productive, yielding, on
completion Of the road, not less than 10
per cent. Now if we are right in our es.
innate, after deducting6 per cent, (ti,e
usual rate of interest," from the dividend.
of revenue derivable from the road, 4 per
cent. is left, being profit 10 the county
and Individual Stockholders. So that In
stead of the property of the citizens be-
coming liable for the payment of interest
on the Stock subscribed by the commission
ers, a surplus will be derived, which win
be placed in the sinking fund contemplated
by the law, toward the payment Of the
capital borrowed. 'i.E
Now it will be perceived that instead Of
burden, it will be benefit to the tax
payers, for, when the capital borrowed,
is paid, the stock in the company becomes
the property of the county. Now, lG
per cent. on SIS, ,0O0-(,he amount in. :
tended to be subscribed) will be 81 500 per
annum, which will serve to reduce the
taxes of the county, for county purposes,
instead of increasing them. Our readers
will, therefore perceive that the property
OF the county need not necessarily be taxed
even for the interest. The road will, un-
doubleday prove q source of considerable
revenue to the county after its completion.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-03-28
The Right FindiCated.

We noticed some time ago a most base at
tempt on the part certain Cotton lords of Pitts
burgh to break down the Morning Post news
pater of that city, ON account of its fearless and
manly advocacy of the Ten Hour Law, and the
rights of the laborins Glasses against the ezac-
tons of the capitalists who seek to oppress them.
Among those who joined in the conspiracy to
put down that noble advocate of the rights of Ia
bor besides the leading wings and the whole
whig press of the city, there were few who
claimed to be democrats. We predicted at the
time that the Democracy of Western Pennsyl-
vania, and indeed, of the whole country, would
sustain the editor of the Post in the position he
had taken land we believe the Democratic press,
truly representing the popular sentiment and
feeling, have universally appreciated his course.
On the 2lst inst. the Democrats Of Allegheny
County held a Convention to appoint Delegates
to the State Convention, in July, and the Con-
ventin resolved that the Ten Hour System is q
Democr attic Measure, and in the most decisive
language commended the course of the Post
How much higher satisfaction must the editor
of the Post feel at this approval of his just
than he would if he had bowed down and licked
the hands of the oppressors that thrift might fol-
low fawning The Democracy are the true friends
of the laborers, and they should ever support
those who manfully battle for thsir rights.