Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-10-21

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" proceeded to elect its officers for the
ensuing year. as follows: 80
DAVID MCINTOSH, Pres.
RANSOM A. GILLETr, Vice Pres.
Ezra B. TAYLOR. Secy. -
ENos P. BRAINERD. Treas.
: Executive committee-Pomeroy Reed.
Benlamin r. Pardee, Wallace Williamson,
Marcus F. Spellman, Richard J. Thomp-
son.
Signed. DAVID MCINTOSH, Pres.
Arrival of the Steamer America!
New York, October 10.
The "America',', has just arrived at Hal
aax, bringing Liverpool dates to the 18th
inst. ..rg.- - 81 stz.:a s.. asr b:
Flour-Deelined Cd. anil. . ...r- ,..g
Cotton-Firm; no change. .z-a g.
There is a, great stir in Ocean Steam
navigation and Electric Telegraphs. The
proposed railfond from Halifax through
Maine has completely aroused the friends
Of Galway. ,.. J i7..s. :. y -. :,
The directors Of the Great Southern and
w es,ern Line ;are about laying q line. OF
telegraph between Galway and Dublin
The Government also appears TO be very
anxious IN the matter, and had survey Of
The capability Of Galway taken, oil (which
prove most favorable. - { res- - :. . ri,
The keel Of q suitable steamer to run
from that, section is already laid. ::
8. Z. The Irish and English papers are full OF
this subject. = 49, seq -
Tho aCi,y of; Glasgow has been bought
for tho Liverpool and Philadelphia line,
and with another to be called the "City OF
Philadelphia. will form the nucleus OF
that enterprise.
1t is statedAhat the ;Cunard new. line Of
steamers will run between Glasgow and
New York. /. 70
< DENMARk AND THE DUeHIEs.-The war
hns been renewed with considerable vigor,
The HolsteiRers having thus for the ndvan-
jtase, but withou, bringing about any very
.impor,an, result. ~ 7=
= ENGLAND: III.
= 7, ia stated that the Government has in
concentration the construction Of power
FIJI souadron of steamers for the African
coast, with the view Of employing them 10
earry a monthly mail and 10 act upon the
slave-preveniing service. 1t is proposed
that the fleet shall consist of forty vessels,
and one shall be detached from the stations
along the coast monthly, to come home,
and return with the mails, thus establishing
a regular monthly communication with tho
African coast and ehectually crushing the
slave traffic. ~,
In Ireland the Tenant League are ex-
tending their organization throughout eve.
yry town and parish.
! Out Of Ireland the general opinion q
mong we'll informed persons is, .lhnt5 the
cumbersome machinery Of the League will
ultimately prove its own destruction; still
the movement is regarded by the Govern
,rhent with considerable aprehension. Il :
The subjec, OF Irish Colleges con.insss
10, give rise to angry discussion. - j":.a
The Catholic Bishops are making strens
uous, effort.,toe essablish a University Of
their own, with'd 'fair probability '~of suc-'
c'ss. ,-:-, ~ ,:.st r. ~ a. ::
:. Painful 'rumaora in. regard to theaSirs Ishas
Franklin expedition are afloat. Despatch-;
es have been received FROM SIR John Ross,
stating that on the 18th rof August last ihe
Esquimaux were found in the ice in the
direction Of Cape Dudleigh, and after
wards burned by a fierce tribe Of natives;
shai.the ships in question were not whalers,
and that epnuletts were worn by some OF
the white men; that part Of the crew were
drowned, and the remainder were for. some
time in houses or tents, apart from the na-
iives; that the white men had guns but no
bplls, and being in weak and exhausted
condition, were subsequently, killed by the
natives with darts and arrows.
The paper from which the above is cop
ed says the whole story is q gross miseon-
ception; but what the reasons are for so
promising are not stated. ,rH '-.t 4
=. The American ships Advance ahd Re-
serve, at the last advises, had penetrated
as far as any squadron. The. Advance
had got aground-but no serious injury,
in consequence, vas aprehended.
The British Parliame mt, which was to
have assembled on the 4th- Of November
next, is to be further prorogued.
FRANcE.-The Corsaire newspaper was
seized in Paris, on Saturday, for publish
ing m article rejecting severely on the
President, as.t -t,ia.a' lis har E.25-
Thirty individuals accused Of belong
ing 10 society, haviag for its object the
of the heussof Bourbon, have
been declared guilty, and sentenced 10 six
months imprisonment. ...
A ship builder at Havre has contracted
10 build steam friga.e for the Pope.
The Government, has given its sanction
to the proposition for lottery Of 100000
francs to send out 5000 distressed persons
to California. ~. - ~,
The price Of bread in Paris is declin-
ing. g!.:> ,s... -. ..r5 ~a.~.]
|. is said, speaking .ofthe candidates in
opposition to Louis Napoleon at the next
Presidential elec.ion,4 that the Prince de
Joinville has fallen into insignifcance.
. Trade in Paris, and Throughout, the
country generally, continues very brisk.
The funds on; Thursday were heavy, in |