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The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-10-11
Whiggery as it was and as it Is

When the forces of Whiggery were led
by their great captains, Clay and Web
ster, the Democrats had an enemy worthy
of their steel, men of galantry to contend
against, whom it was an honor to over
come, and no disgrace to be beaten by them.
Then was carried on warfare of principle
measure arrayed against measure; lusty
I blows were given and received in fair and
open fight. In many hard-fought battle
and well contested field, the Wings, under
their gallant leaders, manfully disputed ev-
cry foot of ground, and were sometimes
| crowned with temporary success. But, de-
feated and driven from position to position,
they reluctantly abandoned the field to the
victors, without vestige of those measures
for which they SO nobly contended remain
ing. Worn out by age and continued SER
vice, their gallant and honorable leaders are
gathered to the tomb. The great conquer
er, Death, marks them for his own; they
| sleep with their fathers; they no longer ap-
pear i'll the stormy arena of political strife.
Their graves are bedewed with the tears of
sincere sorrow, and their virtues are en-
balmed in the memory of those against whom
they SO lately stood in hostile array. Brave
men lament the brave, ard do not refuse the
tribute of tear to the memory of an homo
rable foe.
What spectacle does Whiggery present
to the world at this time! Bereft of the
counsel and guidance of their great cham
pions, their principles exposed and derided,
defeated in all their measures, they no long
er dare meet the Democracy in open field;
they no longer attack Democratic princ-
Piles, or those great measures which are con-
ducting our country with such rapid strides
in the career of glory and prosperity; they
are content to meet in secret-a band of
midnight conspirators, plotting destruction
to our glorious constitution. Stealing "the
livery Of Heaven to serve the devil in,"
they appeal to the religious fears of the
weak and timid, and endeavor to stir up
spirit of fanaticism against portion of our
fellow citizens, and by combination deprive
them of constitutional rights.
They bow their once proud heads and sub
nit to the. yoke which Abolition chooses to
put on their necks. Every hair Drained en-
thusiast and crack Drained fanatic that de-
sires to become the leader Of new party
or sect, whether in politics or religion,
counts with certainty Gpon the sympathy
and cooperation of Whiggery. Having
no fixed national principles on which to
stand, the old party Of Clay and Webster
make terms with every adventurer who pro-
poses to use them. The correctness oi
these remarks was fully illustrated in the
late combinations and coalitions and fusions
which have marked the late career of fac.
tious leaders in the Northern States. We
are not surprised to sec that the Southern
Wings are beginning to repudiate any fur
ther relationship with such party Wash
tagton Union. X sJas 7f7 '6u, h
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-10-11
The National Baby Show.
CINCINNATI. Oct. s

.....,... ...... 'E4HNlNNAA4s wv V'f
The National Baby Show took place al
Springfield, Ohio to-day, and one hundred
and twenty entries of babies were made.
The first premium, for the finest baby OF
two years old or under, was q tea set with a
salver, valued at three hundred dollars. .,..
The second premium, for the next best
baby, was tea set valued at two hundred
dollars. .r- ..f. .-.s. 5.e
The third premium was two hundred dol
lars for the finest child under one year OF
age.
The fourth premium was Parian mar
Bile group. 'aEuH Bag aa3' -rp
The first premium was awarded to Mrs.
Romner of Vienna, Ohio; the. second to
Mrs. Mcdowell, Of Cincinnati; the third to
Mrs. Arthur, of Philadelphia; the fourth to
Mrs. Henry Howe, of Cincinnati.
A letter was received from "Fanny Fern"
and read TO the ediication of all concerned.
e Letters were also received from Mrs.
Swisshelm, Mrs. Crittenden, Lrs. Mott, and
Horace Greeley, Esq. e.t't '.2ia
Mrs. Mott thought that black babies
should have been admitted to this exhibi,
ton, and had an equal chance with the
whites! q"
Among the exhibitors was an old woman
who came with her seventeenth child. She
claimed premium on that ground.
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Mortality among Immigrants at
.... Sen.

During the twenty-four hours ending at
noon yesterday, five ships arrived in the port,
bringing an aggregate Of 2,O57 passengers.
One of these vessels, the Isaac Bell with
GOT passengers from Havre, lost nineteen
passengers on the voyage from cholera
The Yorktown, another ship from London,
with $50 passengers, buried 81 of them at
sea from the same cause. The Yorktown
has been detained at quarantine on this ac-
count. t '5 III. .-.r ga.- F b. a..'.--
# 1t is significant fact, that the excessive
mortality at sea, last year, commenced at
about this time. During September, 1863,
28,652 passenger arrived in this port, $50
died at once, and lO7 were landed sick. In
August of the same year, 34,270 emigrants
arrived at New York, no deaths occurred at
sea, and but &C were landed sick. For Au-
gust, 1854, the mortality among emigrants
at sea has been exceedingly trivial, while
September bids fair, we fear, to rival its fell
low Of last year in making the Atlantic a
vast charnel-ouse. If the epidemic should
not speedily abate, shippers would do well
to take fewer passengers, as they lid last
year, until more healthy season shall have
set in. Much of the mortality at sea is to
be attributed to the crowded state of the
vessels bringing emigrants. The Congress
sional Committee on Sickness and Mortali-
ty on board Emigrant Ships, after a care
ful examination cf facts, states, that Of the
3l2 vessels which arrived in this port from
European ports in the last four months oil
1853. the average number of passengers on
board of each was 31l, while en- board oI
the Al which were visited with cholera, the
average was 465. --Trib., Wed. @ s.a
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-10-11
The Fusion Victory.

Our political opponents are having good
time of rejoicing among themselves over their
victory. We don't wonder at this. They
have been beaten at every election for the
last six years. That is a pretty long rest
ing spell, and it is perfectly proper that they
should now have a general glorifcation.-
The Democrats can afford to hang up their
fddles for while. We are not much ac-
customed to the navigation of Sail River, but
the Fusionists who have travelled it so often
that they are perfectly familiar with all the
snags and sand-bars, tell us that there is but
little danger.
They say we are badly beaten
Well, what if we are! We had Wings,
Free Soilers, Sore Headed Democrats,
and Know-Nothings to oppose us! 1t will
take some time for this pie-bald party
to decide which of its factions shall claim
the victory. In our opinion the Know Moth
ings are justly entitled to it. 1t is their
work.
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Hon. j. HI. T.. Scott.

We are sorry to see the article in the Dem
ocrat abusive of Hon. ]. Fl. L. ScoTT.-
Nothing but pure malice could have prompt
ed its author to write it. The object is un-
doubtedly to iniure Mr.. ScorT's influence at
the present Teachers Institute. This it
will not do. As citizen, he stands above
reproach; as friend of education he is
faithful and devoted. At the last session OF
the Legislature, he was an active and eff
cent member Of the Committee on Schools
and School Lands, in the House. In this
and every other responsible station ever held
by him, he has shown himself to be compe-
tent and faithful.
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The KnOw-SOm cthings.

The Mobile Register learns, from tn,
Linden Jeffersonian, that society callet
"Know-Somethings" has been formed, ant
is now at work, in Mckinley, Marengo coun
ty. 1t was organized on the 10th of July
1854, on which day one hundred and fifty
came forward and signed the following.
'+. PLATFORM:
| /. The execution of the present natu
ralization laws.
Q. None but honest, upright and quail
fed men for office.
8. A pure free school system.
4. War to the hilt on Known Nothing.
ism. -
5. Opposition, first and last, to the for.
nation of military companies, unless we
need them.
6. The advocacy of healthy, sound and
safe political creed.
7. Hostility to oil deuiIish influences, in
whatever form, and under whatever Lame.
8. Liberal institutions and liberal senti.
ments. "'
8. More stringent opposition to secret
political institutions.
10. The amplest protection to religious
worship of every kind.
IL. The doctrines of our revered Wash.
ington and the patriotic Lafayette and Their
compatriots.
l3. The formation of societies to dis
pense charity to ALL suffering humanity.
ID. Eternal enmity to all who attempt
to carry out the principles of political in.
reference in matters of religion.
ID. Our country, our whole country, and
nothing but our country, and Cuba and the
Sandwich Islands, if we can get them hon
orably.
Is. And finally, wholesome laws, whole
some legislation, and death to all devilisf
influences, whether in high places or low
The society holds lis meetings publicly
once week. ."4i - @'''.'@
Resolved, unanimously, That the above
platform be published in the Linden Jeffer
sonian, and all papers friendly to tht
"Know-Somethings."
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From Utah.

According to late advices, Utah is getting
along aourishingly. The wheat fields prom
ise an abundant harvest. Salt Lake City is
getting along finely; paper is now manufac-
ured there, and the Desert News is printed
upon the homemade articles. Brigham
Young's policy has been to have everything
made in the settlement which could possibly
be produced. A ferry-boat now plies ON the
Jordan, on which Salt Lake City is situated.
She is 46 feet long, will have a stern wheel
propelled by horse power, and is destined to
be used mainly for the transportation of stock
to and from Great Salt Lake City and Ante
icpe Island. A bridge has been built over
Jordan The Necs states that goods to the
amount ofover one million Of dollars are on
their way from Missouri to Deseret A
meeting of the Saints, an the 2sth of June,
missionaries were appointed to many distant
lands, and John Smith, the eldest son of. Hi
ram Smith, was voted TO be Patriarch over
the whole Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter
Day Saints. Il; 88iirsa .sass 3
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-10-11
WEDNESDAY, October II, IssA
6The Result OF the Election.


as'issi II viii be seen by the report Of the
e election in our county and State that the
Sslis. Democrats are defeated by large majority.
'el ~ This does not at all surprise US when we
aaa aAs consider the means by which it was accom-
b l'e plished. OF the causes of our defeat, we
-lt7' a. will speak hereafter. s.....
CO hil ~ sIr Democrats are to be beaten, It could
-s5Eba not be at more favorable I ne than the
sa1 % present. The triumph Of our opponents
axe will be Of short duration. They are bound
.ts9. together. by no principle The only tie
is@i that unites them is desire for spoils, and
-'9 ~ now that they successful, they will very
st ~ soon quarrel among themselves. E..f
The ground upon which the Democratic
,ssfHis party stands is firm and sure. Our princi-
.'.4,,yh Piles are unchangeable and eternal. They
haa are part of the very government ITSELF
Popular prejudice and fraud may gain now
-s4 and then temporary triumph, but sooner or
'' y later, Democratic principles will bear sway
ass in the government. -..
's4sa'' Our defeat now, will serve to unite the
VA Democrats. Those who are true to their po-
litical faith will join their strength and la
'lsRa Dor as one man for our future success.
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The Piellald Party.

The Mongrel Enemies of the Democratic
party have been organized under the follow
ing name from l776 down to 1854.
In 1776 Tories. ..a -.,.. .....
d" 1880 Nova Scotia Cow Boys.
&C. 1887 Convention Monarchists.
g 1889 Black Cockade Party. "#
" 1908 Anti-Jeferson Impressment Men
1911 British Bank Men. ,-.
1912 Peace Men.
" 1913 Blue Lights.
1914 Hartford Conventionists.
" 1915 Washington Benevolent Society
/" 1918 No Party Men. :
81" 1920 Federal Republicans.
/" 1926 National Republicans.
I" 1894 Anti-Masonic Wings.
I" 1897 Conservatives. .s.
3" 1888 Abolitionists. -......--,. ..
I" lS40 Log Cabin, Hard Cider, Demo-
cratic Republican Abolition
# Wings. '
1874 Anti-War Wings. 'e
l848 Taylor rAnti-Annexation Wings.
1899 Scott Anti-War Wings.
1853 Maine Law Wings.
-a:" 1854 Wing Anti.Ne6raska Know
Nothing Faction. s'."
Under the last name, the party now stands.
As q parry it has no clear we'll defined prin-
ciples, but is simply "union for the sake Of
spoils." 1t will be successful for short
time. As soon however as its members
shall have the moral courage to define their
position, and an opportunity is given to dis.
cuss their principles, their defeat is certain
We venture the assertion that the Fusion
Know Nothing party, will not continue il
existence longer than two years. By tha,
time 1t will be defeated-and as a conse.
quence will assume new principles and /
new name, rs 81 ser
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No Starvation Prices--DemOc Ocr:atic
... .... . ......s Policy. ...,.'E g.. .


We are likely to have fall in breadstu6s;
so that rumors which have spread consider
able alarm through the country may as we'll
cease. The main articles of consumption
will be tolerably cheap, Notwithstanding
short crops in Ohio and some other parts Of
the country. The reciprocity treaty. with
Canada has had happy effect in thus pre-
venting starvation prices. The produce of
Canada comes to Ohio now as freely as the
produce of Indiana. Does the Adminstra-
ton which has given us this benefcent poll:
cy, at this peculiar juncture affairs, deserve
no credit for it :! Where is the opposition
paper, save the magnanimous old National
InteHigencer, but what has withheld the need
of praise which should follow the consum-
nation of this treaty ! If tits given grudg-
ingly. ,.. .,...... .....
But our object was to call attention to pre-
sent prices and future prospects. Nearly
all grades of -four, says the New York Ad-
verttser, are declining, notwithstanding the
severe drought and the prediction that pri-
ces would reach $l5 to $40 per barrel du-
ring the fall and winter. The receipts from
the South and West are rapidly increasing;
producers having become pretty we'll satis-
fed that present high prices cannot be sus-
tanned for any great length of time, are push
ing forward their stocks with considerable
vgor. There is no demand for export, and
each succeeding steamer from Europe con-
firms the impression, which has now become
pretty general, that not single barrel of
-four will be wanted from this country. Ell
ther in England or on the continent. The
best grades have declined in New York,
$3.50 per barrel within week, and holders
can only make sales by continually submit
ting to lower prices. Exchange.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-10-11
NIlsrcprcscntntion Correctcd.

"Though the election is passed, we place
the above(article from the SeatineDon record
10 show up the political knavery of an i'm
r. ported demagogue, and for future reference.
N' After Mr.. HART, the editor of the Sentinel
p had written and printed the foregoing, we
5, are informed, and believe it to be suscepti-
=. BILE of proof (and he can deny it if he dare,)
that he went into neighboring town, and
4 offered to barter off any candidate on his own
a- ticket, if thereby he could secure votes for
Mr.. LOOMS, his candidate for Auditor, stat
ing (but falsely that "fusionists' were bar.
teriD9 and agreeing to vote for Mr.. LOOMS
81 instead Of Mr.. BROWNING, and that they (the
said HART and his associates) were going
into every town in the county, to make
similar arrangements. ......
SO We place this ON record for convenient
reference in October 1855. ."-Portage Coun-
ty Democrat. E.f
.s We had supposed that after the election
q was over, there would b, an end TO the mis-
representations published in the Bogus Dem
ocrat. The above statement of the Demo-
=, erat is without the least foundation In truth
and this was known to its editor, before he
!. penned that article. We haze nerer in our
!iues offered to barter votes. That story was
r one among thousand other falsehoods cir
- culated on the day of the election very much
r.; to the injury of Mr.. LOOMS, and the other
,sa Democratic candidates. 1t is said to have
Ks been started by o. P. Brown who claimed
ID that he received his information through q
IS a,lettcr written by DR.. APPLEGATE of Wind
ri ham, 1t turns out however that Dr.. APPLE
GATE never wrote any letter to Mr.. Brown
apon the subject-and never circulated any
such report The thing is falsehood from
beginning to end. Any person can be sat-
isfed upon this point by questioning DR.. Ap-
g plegate in regard to the matter.
lgs, The Editor of the Democrat seems to be
ii. devoid of every principle of honor and man
aa hood. He is SO constituted that to perform
ssr noble or generous action, would be to vio-
& late the laws of his being. He is constitu-
tionally mean. His fort lies not in argu-
ment, or the advocacy of principle, but in
misrepresentation. His highest ambition is
to be blackguard, With such man we
have no desire for controversy. 1t would do
our readers no good, and would disgrace our
selves. We should take pride in contend
Ing with an honorable opponent, but there is
neither honor or profit in STOPPING so low as
to quarrel with man totally bankrupt in
principle and degraded in practice. ...
If there should be at any time an improve
nent in his course as a man or an Editor
- we will inform our readers until that time,
we hope to be excused from taking any fur
ther notice of Mr.. HALL or his paper.
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AlOO Reward.

The statement has been exten sively cir
culated throughout the county, that, Mr..
LOOMS, late Democratic Candidate for Aud.
tor while canvassiRg the county, "ofrered to
bargain away candidates for the Offices up
ON the Democratic ticket in order to secure
his own election"
Nowwe are authorized by Mr.. Looms, to
say, that he will give ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
70 any honest and reliable man who will
state under oath that be, UooMIs) ever Of
fered to barter, bargainor trade, in any man.
ner, whatever, the votes of his fellow -candi.
dates to secure his own election. e
Let the Fusionists come on with their
proof, or acknowledge that they hays circu.
lated afalsshood,
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FuEther news by lhe canada.

NAW AOhAi W. n
The instructions issued % the troops at
VNrna the moment of their departure bad
been. published, and displayed evidence Of
their minute> care and forethought, and
indicate that the intention is to make an i'm
mediate attack on Sehastopol- -
A dispatch dated Varna, the cad, says !:
"From Russian sources il has been ascer-
tanned that the Russians did not oppose the
landing of the allies, because their entire
force in the Crimea was only $4,000 men,
besides the garrison at Sebastopol. The
Russians have $500 men and 48 guns on
the heights of Sebastopol, and will defend
Sebastopol via Symperpool. The first en-
counter was anticipated about the 2lst their
position u meet the allies. "JsegE's. -si4 f'
Ships with troops were off the fortress oi
Kinborn and the Island of Tenbria, doubt
less with the view of intercepting Russian
reinforeements. si"-' 4 A''S 'a-'''
The English are said to have captured a
Russian express steamer, with important dis
patches from Sebastopol. --.-.,.. .,ss..f.
The Vienna Tremuden Bludl states tha,
on the 18th, all the strand batteries recently
erected at Odessa, were destroyed by part Of
the allied fleet on the l2th. e,tIi.aa vert
A powder magazine had exploded at Pc
sekop. 1t is said there was great loss oil
life on the part Of the Russians. A num-
Der OF vessels of the allies were also dam.
aged. 5cg7afa .Hr.' O. S1a@ A'-.''
A number OF Russian regi ments have
been inspected by the Emperor, and have
left to join in the campaign in the South.
Whilst the embarkation was proceeding al
Varna, an English vessel upset two gun.
boats and twenty lives were lost. Ha.a
The French commander has demanded
that $4,000 troops should be received al
Athens, Greece. The King refused, de.
claring that he would rather leave his cap.
ital. s--a -.t.E asaag'a. -aEs
Prince Napoleon has sent lot of muskets
to Schamyl ..-1--...,.
Persia is threatened by the Tukamons
who have taken the fortress of Moro and
Meschid. y... .. aF r.- .r
The Grand Duke Constantine was expect.
ed at Simperpool. .... -.
The Emperor of the French, it is rumor.
ed, is to visit England ' r.r
A most diabolical outrage has been per.
petrated in Ireland. About 900 inhabitants
of Enniskillen and neighborhood, including
the Earl of Enniskillen, proceeded to Derry
on the 18th, by railroad, and had a granC
Protestant and Orange celebration. As
they were returning, the train came in con
tact with q large fragment of rock, placec
upon the rails near an embankment, throw
ing the train off the rails, instantly killing
the stoker, and wounding numerous others
including the Earl. 1t is stated to have beer
a deeply laid Popish conspiracy. Suspicion
of it being entertained before, unusual pre-
cautions were taken, and the train was go
| ing at a very slow rate; otherwise, the loss o
life would have been frightful. e'
All the Electoral Committees Of Madrit
have adopted the programme of the Liber
ais. ....
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INDIAN Outragcs in mexico.

A circular of the 1st inst. orders all forts
on the frontier that can be effectively used
in the prevention of incursions by the In
dians, to be occupied and put in order.
The most horrible of the unnumbered
atrocities of the Indians lately. is one in
which they made hole beneath the chin
of Young man, through which they pass
ed cord, taking it through the mouth, and
SO hanging him up by his chin to tree, and
making him target for their ,arrows!---
Another, in which the wretches cut some
pieces Of flesh from the launches Of o poor
infant, roasting them and eating them while
the agonized little creature still lived! and
another, in which they devoured the great
er part Of the human body.
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BriInGeId.

The township of Br;mfeld gave Demo.
cratic majority of seventy three, at the late
election. This is the only township in the
county where the Democracy maintained
their former strength. Sufield also gave us
a majority, but not quite SO large as usual
This is the result Reorganization. In Brim-
field an organization is kept up the year
round, and the consequence is that the Dem
ocratic phalanx there remains unbroken by
the assaults Of Fusion Know Nothingism.
Three cheers for the BrimfeldI Democracy!