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Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-07-15
Test of Affection:

xsss Mr. Archibald Ssanhope "a groggy SEN
Essimentaiist, aresiding inss Buckley street.
,sphiIadslphia---conceivedas The narrowing
-ssuspicion that thissMife was not as passion.
.sassiy fond of him as lady Of good taste
should be; and to put the matter to a fair
trial, he hitson ~ little bit Of stratagen,,
sawhich he pn. in practice the other day, with
the results hereafter to be detailed
s.Ass He took suitof clothes and composed
isan effigy Of himself. by sstuAing the gar.
ssments wilhee quantity Of straw, which had
ssla,ely sDeen discharged from an old bed:
Having suspended .his figure TO a rafter
ssinahe gsrrel By means ola piece of clothes
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sa3subbish in ths same garret to watch the
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Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-07-15
WHOLE NUMBER 267.;

The angel re. ascends and makes three
saluta1ions, while the virgin returns to
her cell.
All the wheel-works Of this admirable
machine are Of wood or copper, and finish
ed in perft ct manner. The inventor
has conceived everything executed every
thing himself; during the day he worked
in the fields, and at night, by the dim
light of q little lamp, in one corner of his
garret he made his clock. Ii is now
visited and admired by persons from alb
parts Of the country, who upon examining
1t, are astounded that 1t should have been
made oy man wholly ignorant of the
rules of mathematics and mechanism.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-07-15
BosToN, July 6

BOSTON, July 3.
Another hearing in behalf of Webster
was had today. Various petitions were
presented, praying n commutation of sent
ence. A final hearing takes place on the
18th inst.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-07-15
From the Pittsburgh Post.
The Case of Professor Webster.

Boston, July 6.
The wife and three daughters Of Proies-
sor Webster appeared before the Council
yesterday afternoon, and pleaded in aid Of
the petition of the husband and father for
Communication Of punishment.
Mrs. Webster said she had been unwa-
vering in the belief Of her husbands inno-
cence until be made his confession. She
also stated that it was chiefly through her
means and representatives that the petition
for pardon and protestation Of innocence.
was sent in.
After their withdrawal, the Council sent
for DR.. Putnam, and stated that they hav-
ing great doubts on certain points III the
confession, had consulted, separately, three
eminent surgeons, and document had been
prepared for him to communicate 10 Pro-.
fessor Webster.
Before the document was read, the doors
were closed, but it was understood that one
of the questions propounded was, whether
such stick as tina: described in the confess
sion, could give such a blow as to cause
death in ten minutes. All three of the
physicians consulted considered that 1t
would not.
The other questions are stalled TO have
been adverse to the confession.
The opinion is universally expressed
that no commutalion will be granted.
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Late ana Important from Haynpa.

Mobile, July I.
A British sleamer arrived here yes,er-s
day, bringing dates from Havana TO the
9th ult.
The Conioy prisoners are still closely
confined, and the Consul is not allowed To-
communicate with them ass
Gen. CampbelPs correspondence with
Mr.. Clayton has embittered the Spaniards
against him. and they have threatened 10
assassinate him, as before reported.
The Germantown is at anchor in the
harbor, ready TO receive him in the even,
of his leaving the city.
Havana is still under martial law.
The Cholera has almost entirely disap-
peared
Mr.. Edmund Doyle, an American mer-
chant al Cardenas, has been'imprlsoned u,
some frivolous charge.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-07-15

81An incomtustibls paper for roofing
houses has been invented ia Germany. 3
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-07-15

THE FAILING OF TABLE RocK.-We
briefly announced on Saturday the falling
Of Table Rock, on the Canada side of Nj
agara Fails. 1t produced quite sensation
in the city, as the rumor was current that
some two or three persons were killed,
which proves to be wholly untrue. The
rock, about six rods in width and twelve
in length, fell about half past one o'clock
on Saturday, making a loud report which
was distinctly heard above the roar Of the
cataract. A number of persons were on
The rock a moment before i fell, but were
warned by the breaking away of some
rocks underneath, in time 10 make their
escape. Among them were man and a
boy, who were engaged in trimming car
riage standing on the rock. They had
barely time 10 save themselves. but the
carriage went down with the rock. A
gentleman and lady, accompanied by the
guide, had quite narrow escape from be-
low. They were passing under the rock
at the time it commenced failing, but were
so fortunate as 10 escape without the slight
est injury.-Bufazo Republic.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-07-15

AccIDENT.-Mr. WILLIAM GARDNER
of this town was thrown from a load Of
lumber, at the center of Rootsiown on the
4th inst. and considerably injured. He
had very narrow escape from instant
death. One wheel Of the loaded wagon
passed over his head in such direction,
as 10 dissever one ear entirely, carrying
away cartilage and all, leaving the appen-
dage hanging by only small strip Of skin.
He was otherwise bruised and injured by
the fall and wagon wheel, but not serious
ly. A wagon tire not being very keen
surgical instrument left the ear in rather
ragged condilion, but Doct. Pratt Of this
village took 1t in hand, trimmed it up, and
pu, it in place, and at present it gives every
indication of adhering.-Oho Star.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-07-15

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The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-26

of the amount of space it viii be able crsditablv
TO FILL recollecting that the character of the az
ticles rather than the quantity should be con-
sidered. s.... ....ss s''e
To those States which make no report through
their committees before the lst of December,
specifying the amount of space required, no al
lotment will be made, but the entire amount will
be Immediately assigned to those which may
have made report, in proportion to the require
ments of each, and publication thereof be made
accordingly. ,A., Z ~.
To these regulations, required by existing cir
cumstances, attention is respectfully solicited by
the Executive Committee.
The committee is highly gratifed in being able
to state that such assurance has been received
from the President Of the United States and the
Secretary of the Navy, as to justify the expecta-
ton that public vessel will be commissioned
to convey to London all articles destined for the
exhibtion) which may be approved by the Cen
trail Authority. &A41 a. fara ~ "a. 'S~s
All communications should be addressed to
the Secretary of the Executive Committee.
By order Of the Executive Committee:
PETER FORCE, Chairman.
Jos. C. G. KENNEDY, Secy. Erec Committee.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-26
From the XVI Commonwealth.

CoNaREss.-According to previous agree
ment between the two Houses, adjourned on
the 30th ult. Nothing of particular interest
marked the closing scenes of the session.
We have not the disposition nor the ability to
speak now at length of the events which 60 to
characterize this as in some respects the most
remarkable, and to some portion Of the Union
the most disastrous session Of Congress that has
ever been held since the foundation of the Gov
eminent The functions of Congress, were in
tended, we believe, to be exercised for the CON-
mon good of all the people of all the States in
the Union. How far its action at the late ses-
sion answers this Intention, the people may in
quire. In making up their judgment, let it be
born in mind that the limits of Slavery hare been
.fred, that the Southern States have been robbed
of all interest, right and title, to any portion of
the territory acquired from Mexico-that the in
itiatory step has been taken towards the abolition
of slavery in the District of Colunbia---that
these things have been done, not to promote
any rights antagonist to those ofthe South, but
simply in Difference to fanatical sentiment of
another portion Of the Union. Let these facts,
we say, be borne in mind, and then let the
people answer whether Congress has legisIated
for the good of the whole country, or not.
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From the .NeU York Stale Register.

ANTI-RENT NoMIN ATIoNs.-We are at no less to
know for what purpose these nomination are
made. Anti-renters nominate judges rot to adj
minister but to pervert the law, sherit1s MOTTO exc
cute but to abstain from the execution Of process.
They are an organized band of outlaws, in the
midst of civilized and christian community,
sometimes armed rs savages, and at Others,
through the ballot box, seeking to put down all
law and ,orde'. They claim the privileges of
freemcn and the exercise of the elective franchise,
but they refuse to discharge the corresponding
obligations of freemen and electors. They use
the elective franchise for the purpose ofinvading
the sanctity of Courts of Justice corrupting le-
gislators, aud disarming the executive officers of
the government Being, in fact, in n state of
rebellion, having cast off and denied their allie
piance in Justice they ought, like other outlaws,
to be deprived of the privileges of citizenship.
What should we think of letting banditti, who
lived without, and preyed upon society all the
DAYS of the year but one, come in on that day
and decide who should make and administer its
laws. The case Of the anti-renters is not dis
similar They set judgments and sheriffs at
defiance, they openly oppose and nullify the
laws, and yet have the impudence to aspire 10
set governors, law makers, and Judges over US.
They would do it, not to enforce but to repeal
the laws, annual solemn contracts, and get rid
of their obligations to perform theni-to take
one mans property and give it to another 1t is
time these abuses ended. A suffering communi-
ty has .foreborne long enough.
And what has kept this moral and social pes
thence alive SO long in the heart OF law loving
and law abiding community! What but cor
rupt and venal press, and who, but demagogues
who desire the votes Of this same banditti An
anti-rent convention has recently been held in
this city and made nominations, and what do its
members and their constituents expect to effect
by it? Do they expect a governor nominated
by them will neglect or refuse to execute the
laws! Do they expect him to sign bills for
the repeal of the laws for the collection of
rent Do they expect he viii pardon them out
of prison when overtaken by the lawl We
should like to see the chief magistrate of this
State who will dare to do these things. Weshould
like to see the legislator who will have the hardi-
hood to stand up next winter, in the Senate or As
semby, and advocate repeal or suspension Of
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~" The Raleigh IN. c. Standard says

"The storm darkens, and the evil day looms
up with disruption on its wings The President
of the United States "dOubts" upon points in
volving the dearest interests of fifteen States of
the Confedcracy-upon points as clear, even to
common understandings, rs that two and two
make four The views Of the successor Of
WASHINGTON are not 'kno,rn' as to the 'propri-
ETY. or 'eSpediency' of a law restoring the prop
erty, unjustly held, of one-half the people over
whom he has been called to preside He has
no doubts about his rightto coerce sovereign
slauehoiding State at the point of the bayonet :;
but when a bill is laid before him for his sigma
ture, the object Of which is to carry out the
plain letter of the Constitution. by returning to
their owners articles of property of which they
have been robbed by their Northern felow-citi-
zens-he hesitates, and doubts and calls for
opinions, for information, for light, to guide him
in his duty! IL remains to lie seen whether this
conduct will be approved by Southern Whieism
What says the Raleigh Register! VIII that
paper, preferring party to country and the Union,
endeavor to cover this thing up! Will it state
the facts in the premises? We shall see."
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more at some other occupation, up goes his com.

more at some other occupation, up goes his CON-
mission. s.s-. - -- :
Last winter the Legislature came near braking
up on this ground, and lately several important
ofhces have become vacant, because the holders
OF such either wished to return home or enter into
more lucrative line Of business All that you see
IN the communications Of our officials and news
papers OF a contrary sentiment to what | have
expressed, is mere buncombe gas, and intended
solely for effect on the other side Of the Rocky
Mountains, Here every body knows the value OF
these patriotic assertions and illusions, but usual
" ascribes the uttrance of such to the necessity
the writer speaker thinks he is under to use at
all times these stereotyped formulas Of expression
when abiding to such subjects.
There has been so much falsehood and errone-
Gus opinion relative to our condition and the po-
litlcal feelings and sentiments OF the masses here
promulgated by cur newspapers and sent home
by various letter-writers, that i shall send parts
OF this letter to Of our editors to publish and
challenge denial Of my premises and assertions,
TO prove to you and to those here, that have all
confidence in the correctness Of my views.
Besides ignorance in the matter with most of
them, there are other reasons for inducing these
editors to the course they are pursuing, which
shall not at present stop to explain.
III not admnted at this session Of Congress, you
may expect TO hear, soon, Of considerable agita-
ton amongst our population, should an attempt be
made to enforce collection Of the enormous taxes
levied by the present imbecile and inefficient gov
eminent. believe an unwlngness to pay these
taxes, at the high rate of assessment made, is be-
ginning now to be pretty generally manifested
throughout The State
On learning our rejection by Congress, (if done,
we shall have four parties formed among us. The
first, and perhaps largest, advocating territorial
government, provided Congress will give us one
this winter without a Wilmot Proviso The
second, another " California Bear Party which
will rally to the support Of an independent Pa
cihc Republic, and endeavor to get Oregon to joir
in the scheme. The third party are those who
| will be content to struggle on under the present
order of things, support the government as it now
us; while the fourth will be those Indifferent to
any government at all, and who will take no part
nor interest one way or another This last is
now by far the largest class in the land and may
be for some time to come, even should such q
conjunction arise as have supposed.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-26

BALLOON AscENsIoNs IN PARIs.-It seems that
balloon ascensions still continue to be the favor
tie popular amusement in Paris They are much
more harmless than some "amusements" which
the Parisians are apt to indulge in. A Paris
letter, of the 10Th ut., says:
Poitevin, in Paris, still continues from the hip
podrome his original exhibitions. was present,
four da, s ago, at his last ascension. He him.
self assembled, mounted, not upon his white pony,
but in the character of Sancllo Panza upon an
ass The poor animal was allowed nothing to
stand upon, but was suspended by girths passing
below his belly. Above the ass and his rider
was suspended n wicker car, in which were
seated female of the hippodrome, representing
Dulcinea del Toboso, and a man accoutred as
the Knight of La Mancha. The poor ass was
most unwilling actor in this ridiculous scene.
His "reminiscences of former ascension were
not agreeable, and it required at least dozen
men pushing and hauling to bring him up to lis
post beneath the balloon. For a moment or two
after leaving the arena he beat the air with his
legs, but they soon became stiff and fixed as in
death The immense amphitheatre of the hip
podrome was crowded with spectators of both
sexes ard every degree. These, with those who
were collected outside, drawn to the spot by this
novel sight, are estimated, and the estimate does
not appear to me exaggerated, to exceed on
hundred thousand.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-26

CHEERING NEWS FROM CoosA.-A friend has
just dropped in, and gave US some dots of the
doings of the Coosa B'hoys, during court week
1t was perfect Southern jubilee during the
whole time speeches were made by r. c.
Shorter, jr., and Judge Martin of this place, and
divers others from Coosa, Talladega, &c. Our
excellent friend, Col. Howell Rose, we regret to
learn, made a speech for the subs; but however
much we might delight TO hear of his success in
any other undertaking, we are pleased that he
met with no favor in this enterprise from the
noble sons of Coosa
Our informant tells us that but. two submis-
sion men could be found during the whole week.
This is indeed cheering news. We knop some
thing of the stuff Of which Coosa men are made,
having seen some service with them, and n more
brave and gallant set of fellows no State could
produce. That such men would favor submis-
sion to wrong and outrage, we will believe when
we see it, not before Montgomery (Ala) Ad.
rerttser d. Gazette,
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the laws for the collection Of rents or other
debts. But what do antirenters expect to do
with Canal Commissioner Can they expect
to use him to plumber the revenues of the canal!
That they should coyet the keeping of the re-
cords of the Courts, and have use for State
Prison Inspector, we can readily conceive.
The courts of justice are open to them equally
with the other citizens of the State, and we know
no reason why special privileges should be
granted to them over others-they have not
meritsd them by any good conduct Of their own
--and we are opposed to all such privileges
We are opposed to the election of magistrates
and Legislators for the purpose of granting them.
We ask Motive want not an anti-rent vote for
our candidates. If they can not be elected with
out the aid of an anti-rent nomination, we prefer
that they should be defeated. If they can not
be elected as Wings, we certainly have no desire
they should be rs anti-renters. If anti-renters
will vote like other citizens, independent Of the
nominations made by their Convention, we shall
not object to their following their individual pre-
ferences; but we should be ashamed to own
that Wing Governor or other officer owed his
election to them as a party; we should be sorry
to see him or his party SO disgraced. We sin
cerely regret that the Antirent Convention
should have nominated any of our candidates.
We regret that suspicion should have been east
upon upright and honorable men, who do not
sympathize with them, by such an endorsement.
1t is not the first time these disorganizers have
selected outa spotless reputation for the purpose
of bedaubing it with anti-rentism. Their APP
proval would bedim the lustre of an angel Of
light, and cast suspicion on the white-robed saints
around the throne. We hope in future they
will let our candidates alone. The Wing party
has nothing to do with anti-renters, and they
have nothing to expect from it-they may as
well understand that. The time has gone by
too, when an anti-rent nomination can help a
candidate of any party, 81 .s-..".
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-26

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGlYA-We learn from
the Charlottesville Advocate, that the number OF
matriculates on Friday morning OF last week
was 322, distributed among the different schools
MS follows: Ancient Languages 1903; Modern
Languages Is; Mathematics A; Natural Phil
osophy IA; Chemistry lat; Moral Philosophy
80 Law 81; Medicine 80; Anatomy and Sur
gerry 81; Lectureship of Anatomy S6.
Two hundred and ffty-one Students are from
Virginia; the remaining II are from the follow
ing States: Alabama Is; Louisiana l Missis-
sippi Z; Tennessee 6 South Carolina 8 Ohio
5 Maryland a; New York Georgia 3; Ken
lucky q; District of Columbia 2; North Caro-.
lima /; Missouri l Texas /; and Pennsylva-
via !.
Fifty-six Students matrculated after the 10th
last session.
The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-26

Cheap excursion trains are now run on all the
principal railroads in Great Britain. The Great
Western company takes passengers from Lon.
don to Bristol and back at eight, ten, and four.
teen shillings each. The Southeastern Company
issues tickets to Paris and back at thirty shil
lings each, and great numbers of the inhabitants
of London were visiting the French capital
In one day no less than one thousand persons
were conveyed from London to Brighton and
back at the low rate of three shilings and six
pence. On all the railroads in Great Britain
where cheap rates of fare have been introduced
the business of transporting passengers has in
creased in nm astonishing degree, and similar re-
suits would no doubt quickly follow like reduc-
tons on the various railroads in the United
States.