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Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-03-29
Canals vs.. Railroads !.

We give place in our columns to the structures
of our correspondent. .'.Vergniaud, upon the
conduct of the Board of Public Works relative
to Railroad Bridges: We, ought in justice to
the Board, and with aview to full nderstand-
ing ofthe subject. to publish the Report of the
Board, bat we have no room> for it this week.
The. order of the Board is calling forth the Bit
ter denundiations of the whig press throughout
the State who hope to turn it to party advan.
tage. si'tta
But We should not be too hasty ii condemning
Of Public Works have an Important trust COM
mitted 10 their charge. They are bound BY the
law to protect the State Works. which are the
property of the people, and for the construction
Of which they have been saddled with an enor-
| nous debt, from obstruction and destruction, and
if they be remiss in its discharge, or fail to pro.
! tect the interests of the State and the people,
they will richly merit and win receive the con-
demnation of the people 1t has been source
| Of qualification to the people that, under the
judicious management of the Board during the
last year, greatly increased revenue was deriT-
ed frem our Public Works, and the burthens of
the people correspondingly lessensd Will it not
be equally source of regret if through their
| neglect they shall allow those Works to become
useless and yalueless7 r. sz-;sf: 81.
If, therefore, the Board found certain Railroad
companies entering upon the canals Of the State,
bridging them SO as to obstruct,t their navigation
without the authority of law; ifthey found them
entering into, a ruinous competition with the
works of the State, by esta blishing q nominal
rate Of prices in the vicinity of the canals, for
the express purpose of destroying their business
and endering them utterly worthless as is al
| legged, thus imposing an additional tax npon the
people to pay the debts incurred in their con-
struction, sit not time for the Board to in
terpose to protect the interests of the State and
! the people?
This is called an issue between the State and
the people, but in what respect We do not under.
stand We had supposed that the State and
the people were identical, and their interests
identical. These canals are the property of the
people, and the officers who have the manage.
ment of them are the agents Of the people, The
issue, then, is between corporations on the one
hand and the people on the other. What the
latter ask is 'fair play that their competitors
shall not obstruct their works., that they shall
mot make war upon them for the sole purpose Of
rendering them useless. The simple question is,
whether the interests and revenues of the people
shall be sacrificed to the cupidity of these corpo-
retions s9s -
We have quite as little reverence for the fol.
lies Of the past by whica these enormous debts
we're incurred, as our correspondent has, and
we entirely agree with him, that sit is time te
pay up the expenses of our slippery courses, and
reform" Exactly, let us ''pay up;v and that a.
speedily as may be, but let US make our follie.
the past conserve as far as possible to this enc
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-03-29

u The 'Whig' asserts that Gen. CAss is op-
ed to KossuTa. venture to say that no 9TH
er paper has the news. The assertion is based
upon the fact that Gen. Cass voted against pay
ing the expenses ofthe great Congressional ban
quet got up on the occasion of the visit of the il
lustrious Magyart the Capitol, out OF, govern
nent contingent fund Wesdon't know but the
refusal to feast the members of Congress at the
expense Of the national treasury may be eyi-
dence Of such opposition Tt probably Is 10 those
who are anxious to believe it and have no better
evidence. Gen. Cass has boldly defined his po-
sition, and by neither word nor deed has shown
any disposition to retract fromEit Perhaps
the maIigners Of Gen. Cas- can inferm their
readers Of the whereabsuts of Gen. Scot. in ref
ererce 10. o.KcEsntb and his eause. 's'eta'
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-03-29

GAn exchange says that q letter writ.
ten by Gen. Scott last winter in favor OF
the Compromise measures. will soon be
published. This will produce profound
sensation among those who have been SO
stremously urging the claims of old"Soup''
for the Presidency with { view to having a
candidate whose views were unknown on
that exciting topic.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-03-29

No. 90 ass,-A AN ACT
Pixlng the compensation of members of the Gem
eral Assembly. -
Skc. 1. Be itienocted by tie General .4s-'
sfmbiy Of The State Of Ohio, That each menu
bsr of the General Assembly of this State,
shall be entitled, during the present or any
succeeding session, to receive for each days
attendance during the session of the General
Assembly, the sum of four dollars, and also
four dollars for every twenty. five miles dis
tance by the most direct route of public travel
from his place of residence, in travelling to
and returning from the sent of the General
Assembly; Provided, that no route on which
there shall not be some mode of public con-
veyance for travellers or passengers, shall be
considered as public travelled route.
8. go .Ess JAMES C. JOHNSON. s.
s. Speaker Of the House Of Reprs.
Il. f&8 WILLIAM MED1LL,
- ass ~ President Of the Senate.
AupIroR's OfF1cE, PORTAGE Co. .
Ravenna, March 81, 1852.
thereby certify that the foregoing are true
copies of the acts passed by the General As
sembly of Ohio. as certified to by the Secre-
stary Of State.
JOHN 6. MCBRIDE, .qaditor.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-03-29

NEw HAMrsHIaE ENrlRELY DEisocRAr-
Eight Democrats md two Opposition,
says the New York Journal Of Comnsrcs,
are elected to the Senate. l57 Democrats
and 1873 Opposillon 10 the House. Dsmo.
cratic majority in the House over all others,
%. The vacancies in the Senate will of
course be filled with Democrats. MaRin's
(Dem.) majority for Governor, as Ar as
heard from, over all others, is $50 All
wood Free Soii) has lost 2 ,762 votes since
last year.
This is great triumph and proves n,osr
conclusiyely the invincible character Of tbs
Democracy of The Granite Stase.--Stats s.
man. :
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-03-29
Gen. Cass' Speech.

We commence this week, by request, to pub
lish tie great speech Of Gen. cAss on the ques-
ton of N -Integyention, delivered in the U.
Senate on the 10th ult. 1t is a pretty thorough
review fthe whole question, and is one of the
ablest efforts of that distinguished Statesman
1t will richly repay perusal. -
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-03-29

printed, on or before the first day of Noyem-
bar, Que thousand eight hundred and flftytwo,
and earlier it practicable aud if the General
Assembly be not in session at the time any
such report may he go prepared and printed.
ii shall be the duty Of the Secretary Of State
to forward one copy Of any report or reports
90 printed, t. each member of the present,
and those elected, Of the, GeueraI Assembly,
which may next be 10 session, one copy to
each Judge of the different caurts OF the State,
and one copy to each Clerk of every court Of
record aud he shalfreeerve sufficient num-
Der Of copies For the uae Of the General AS
semhly, when "a session.
+ Sec. I2. If from any sufficient cause or
causes. the work of said commissioners shalt
not be completed on or before. the fret Mon
| day of November, onethousaBd eight hundred
and fifty two, they shall make a full report to
the General Assembly, ifin session, landi not,
tothe Governor, the progress already made
IN said work, and Of the cause or zcnuses
which prevented it's, completion; and if the
General Assembly, if 10 session, shall there
upon take said report into consideration, and
| may allow such further time as may be Deem
! ed necessary for its completion and If the
General Assembly be not in session, the Gov
! ernor, by and with the advice and consent of
other officers of the executive department,
! or majority of them. shall be and is hereby
authorized to allow said commissioners such
further time us may be deemed necessary for
| tho completion of the work as aforesaid.
/ JAMES c. JOHNSON,
Speaker of the House of Reps.
a WILLIAM MEDlLL,
President of the Senate.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-03-29

Glpe hundred aud fosly persons have
left, or are preparing to leave the town Of
Albion, Calhoun county Michigan, for Cab
ifornia. The number it ID thought will
reach ,50o-a regular stampede.
~ The lasto Washington's LifsGuards
was buried in New York. on the 22d: A.
large number Of military companies were
10 the funeral procession.
AUSTRIAN ATRociriEs.-The visnne
Gazette contains the sentence Of Maria
Vichweger. cigar roller, 10 four months
imprisonment. in irons and twenty stripes
with rods for inciliDg her fellow laborersto
strike for wages.
The Legislature OF Minnesota passed the
Maine Liquor Law recently, on condition
its approval althe bal loi-box before tax,
ing effect. II will be decided on the frst
Monday in April.
Mr.. Fillmore has been declared the choice
of the Wings of Richmond Virginia, for
the Presidency,
THE oED BONES BARE.--The Directors
of the Bank Of the U. S. in compliance
with q resolution Of stockholders, have as.
signed the property and assets Of that insli-
tuition. ~ 80,
FuNNY.-Ths sAmerican Wing Re-
view" is opposed to Gen Scott asa casdi-
date for the Presidency, on the ground of
a ana,st Of guolifeationsf There are
good many othal whig papers which, il
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-03-29

GREAT FiRE AT MsLAN, ORIo.--A de-
siructive Gre occurred at Milan, between l2
and O'Clock on the night ofthe 22d inst.
which destroyed the whole Of Lockwood's
block, valued at $lo, ,O0O,, and abou, $a0,.
600 worth Of goods.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-03-29
Gen: Scott and the Natives.

Gen. Scott has recently written a letter to the
Seward Association of Brooklyn, an Irish Be-
nevelent Society, in which he speaks in the high
est terms of Ireland and the Irish. This. letter
has given his spoliticol friends who are elamor-
world of comfort. 1t is in beautiful contrast
with his Native American letter written to G..
". Reed, of Philadelphia, on the 10th of Nov.
ls4l, and was probably designed to neutralize
the effect of that letter on his political prospects
That letter was fire id the rear" of his own
anticipate. But the opinions therein expressed
were not hastily formed, for he says they "had
their origin in the stormy elections of the spring
of 1885" Nor were they dictated with a view
to his nomination for the Presidency; for il was
written but one year after the memorable cam
paign of 1910. They were, then, his honest and
deliberately formed sentiments. Gen. Scott says
in that letter. that, Fired with indignation, two
friends sat down with me in my parlor at the
Astor House, November, is40) to draw up an
! address, designed to rally an American parfy:'
| Again be says: II now hesitate between extend
ing the period of residence before naturalization
1 and total repeal Of all acts ef Congress on the
sJhect-my mind inclincs to the iatter.o And
again. sCnncurriRg fully in the principles Of
the Philadelphia movement, should prefer as.
Stunning the name of American Republican, as in
New York or Democratic Americans, as would
respectfully suggest In REV of the sentiments
Of that letter, who can be misled as to Gen. Scots
4 true feelings towards our citizens of foreign
birth, by his newborn interest for .Ireland AND
/ her sons,n which only finds utterance on the eve
of q Presidential nomination when he is fishing
for the first place on the ticket2
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-03-29
CIeaYeiand Plain Dealer.

This valuable and efficient Democratic
Daily is to be issued in two editions
morning and eveping-pfter the first OF
A pril, which will enable il to furnish the
very latest news. The following are the
terms Of the Daily and Tri Weekly:
Daily. per mail, payable half
yearly $500,
Tri.Weekly, payable yearly. in
advance $500.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-03-29

% The Wings of this Congressional
District have called Convention TO be
held a, the Court House in this place on the
14th Of next month, to chose a delegate to
the Wig Nationals Convention.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-03-29
The Tariff and Agriculture.


8 The tariff is now about the only measure
the wings have left on which 10 fight their
political battles, and even on that their
views have undergone mighty change
within . few years past. Once they were
clamorous for "highn tariff-for s'pro-
lection Tor the sake of proleclion"-bul
recently, since the Message of President
Fillmore in 1850, they have made the dis
covery that high Tariff is no, popular. that
ia high tariff Gun never be permanent
Il will cause dissatisfaction, and will be
changed. 1t excludes competition, and
thereby invites the investment Of capital in
manufactures to such an excess. that when
changed it brings bankruptcy, aid ruin
upon all who have been misled by its faith.
less promises" This they haye found out,
but still they keep up their ron, about the
beauties of the whig protecliretariffo Of 1912
and the evil effects Of the ssLocofoco Brit
ish, free trade tariff Of 1892 Not an
iron work is suspended, or spindle stop.
ped, from whatever cause, but It is charged
over 10 the account Of the Democratic tar
iff. If the half they hive predicted about
the ruin consequent upon the adoption OF
this Tariff of 1916 were true, the country
would have been ruined years ago. Blu,
in spite Of these gloomy forebodings the
country has continued to prosper, because
|. the great paramount interest ofthe country
Tho Agricultural interest-which has re-
ceived so little Of the regard Of whig tariff
makers, has continued to prosper.
The following extract from speech de.
livered in the House of Representatives on
the 18th ult., by Hon. Rober, Ran,oul, Jr.,
Of Massachusetts,, will show the influence
Of these two tariff systems upon the Agri-
cultural interest ofthe country:
"Take the Agricultural products Of this
country, take The whole amount Of articles
exported from this country-nnd they are
almost allagricultural-irom the year le4s
to 1916, during the operation Of the las
tariff, and compare their export value al
stated by the shippers with the value of the
same quantities of the same articles at The
prices which prevailed before 1912, ane
you will find the difference TO be abou
1925, 900, 900. You will find that your
exports of products Of all sorts brought
under the tariff Of '42. about s lbs, ,000, ,000
less than tbs same articles would have
amounted to if sold al the prices which
prevailed for four years previous to 1542
There is state oflhings which agricultur
al interests would rot desire during dhos.
four years. How has itbeen since 1916
There has been general rise of about th.
same amount; that is to say, about $780,
600, 900 year. The articles exported
since 1916, down 10 the present time, i
they had been sold at the average prices
that prevailed from ~ 10 A6. would hay'
brought nearly SI50, 100000 less thai
they have brought--a difference Of $50,
000, 600 a year as before. Under the tar
if of AZ our exports sold for 80, 600, ,00t
a year less than the same qualities hal
solo for before; and under the tariff of '46
and since that time, they nave brougb
$50, ,000, 900 q year more than the sam
quantities had brought before" -o
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-03-29

!, Owe ore under obligation to Senator
Chsse for a copy Of the Thir.y.Fifh An.
nuni Report Of the American Colonization
Society, which contains much valuable in.
forma,ion in regard to the condition and
progress Of the Society.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-03-29
Ravenna, o.

II The Wing State Convention Of Louisiana
met at Baton Rouge on the 18th inst, and chose
delegates to the Whig National Convention.
They declared in favor Of Fillmore for President
and ~. cri,tcnden fer Vice President.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-03-29

F We are indebted to Mr.. MORGAN,
Auditor Of State, for his Special Report,
communicating to the Senate Of Ohio cer-
tain information in relation to the Banks Of
the State. 1t contains some facts of inter
est and importance to the people 10 which
we shall refer hereafter.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-03-29
q R A.V EN- NJ A. OHIO:
M on day, March 80, Is 81
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.

The Democratic electors of Ravenna township
are requested to meet at the Grand Jury Room
on Friday evening next, to nominate candidates
for ownship officers, to be supported at tht
approaching Spring election. sssz
BY order of the Township Committee
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-03-29

r. There is some talk in Washington, OF
TOW CoRwrs's being the whig candidate for the
Presidency.-Ex. s 81 i.9-z
Those Whig papers which have eountsd it as
so highly creditable to Gen. ScoTr that he was
rendered the Presidency Of Mexico for five years
at s250,Goo a year, will 60 it with rush for
CoRw1N, Of course, for he was not only candid
ate for, but the worthy recipient of. Mexican
honers, which were showered most profusely up
on his head. This will give him most decided
advantage with his party.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-03-29

o. The Wing papers talk blnsteringly
about @Medary's rottenness" and his sdam.
aged reputation. We had supposed that
the best place to find out mans charac acter,
was to 60 among those who are best ao-
quainted with him. In Columbus and the
county of Franklin, where Col. Medary is
best known, no man stands in higher
esteem among the people. On the evening
of the l7th the Democrats OF Columbus
held large meeting, at which several ad-
dresses were delivered and series Of reso-
lutions adopted unanimously approving the
course Of the Legislature in regard to the
public printing, and endorsing the private
and public character of Medary. But Of
course his whig maligners will not publish
the proceedings of that meeting. for they
are bound upon breaking him down, at all
hazards Well, they have some cause 10,
their hate, for he has ever been a thorn 10
the side OF iwbiggery. But the real object
Of the wings in this crusade is to divert the
attention OF the people from their Treasury
plundering operations their Galphinisms,
and Gardnerisms, and Allenisms, which
they dare neither attempt to defend or CON.
demn.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-03-29

he result Of the contest in N ew York,
CIR SHAe Treasurer, 10 ia faesr Of " elst,
tns Dsnncratic candidate. Oh coarse 4hess
viii be safisklng alnsssgss the Ppor wings!
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-03-29

o. We cali attention 10 Mr.. TvTrLs's
advertisement for Select School, to be kept
in the room recently occupied BY Mr.. Reed.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-03-29
/ A " Or Ohio.
pusgxsuEn lsY AIvrs0EITY:
,c1 An ACT

No. le ] AN ACT
TO prosiae ior fhe appointment ef the Register
~ Of Vireinia Military Disfie, school Lands.
Sic. /. BE il enacted 6t fde General .sssena-
Jlynf the State Of Ohio. Tint from ana after
the p,ssage If this act, the manner + ap-
ppi1iing tie Register of the Virginia Military
District Srhod Land, provided for ty the
fiji. sectian Of an act enii led ''nn act direct
ing N Is h.t manner certain lands eranted BY
C .ngre ST r the use OF echa"ls IN the VIZ
sinia Military tract. shall be surveyed and
disposed ef pissed Frbrusrg IL, lso9," shall
be by. the Governor, by and with the advice
Eand consent Of the Senate; which Register,
when Sc. app inted, shall hold his office for
the term Of two years. and until his snccess-
or shall be appointed and qualified; and shall
be governed in oil respects by the laws how
in f.,rce regulating the management and sale
Of said land. ..and be liabla to aii the rsstric-
lions, and subject to all penalties, now in force
upon that suijeet. s..=*5s. =.
SIC. g.. Should vacancy happen in said
office Of Register, by death, resignation, ,eor
otherwise, curing The recess OF the General
Assembly, it shalI be the duty of the Govern
or to appoint some person to gill such vacancy,
which appointment shalInot extend beyond
the adjournment Of the next General Assem-
bly thereafter. e
- JAMES C. JOHNSON,
Speaker Of the House of Reps.
~. AARON PARDEE.
President pro tempore Of the Senate.
FEBRUARY %, 1852. : -
/ mo. I7.] ANACT.9 ST
To repeal the act entitled an act to amend he acf
entitled an act establishing The Superior Court
in the city Of Cincinnati, passed March 9th,
I845. and 10 Provide for the time of holding the
terms Of said Court, and the return of process
thereto. So, .it+,4.s .-fs~.s.z:
sdmb,y Of he Slate Of Oio, That there shall
be term ofthe Superior Court of Cincinnati,
commencing on the first Monday of April
next, and a term Of said Court commencing
on the first Monday Of July next; Provided,
said July term shsll not continue beyond the
,nineteenth day of said mouth !; and all process
issued out CT said Court, returnable to the
next June term, and all notifications to appear
at sxid term, shall be considered as if origi
nally made to the April term herein provided.
The act 10 amend The act entitled an act to
urnend the act establishing Superior Court
i'm the city of Cincinnati, passed March eighth,
one thousard eight hundred and 70, ty-fiYe, Is
JAMES c. JOHNSON,
Speaker of the House Ct Reps.
tsssss MAROON PARDEE, sf s
President efthe Senate pro tempore.
February 26, 1853. is5 s. g :
! INo.s16s1 ssaza AN ACT SEE ,Ess.szs.
To repeal an act passed March 18Th. 1885, supple
rneainry 70 the act entitled an act for the pro-
techor of Sheep passed March, 1850.
Resi- -, n pyi bJ the reag ,.9I 4sse,n.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-03-29

CoNcERr.-The class under the direction
of Mr.. john Little gave Concert at the
Free Church, in this village. on Thursday
evening. The pieces were well performed
and showed that the class, many Of whom
had taken their first lessons under Mr.. h.,
had made good proficiency.
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about 80 Of which are in timber The rest cl..r.5
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