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The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-11-15

RAILROAD WAR.--A touch OF the Erie
trouble, on u small scale, was manifested
yesterday, on the Pittsburgh and Steuben.
vile Railroad, in Temperaucevil!e, at the
po int where it crosses Saw Mill Run. To
get across this creek, it is necessary to con-
struct a bridge for this purpose, an tn"
Company yesterday morning sent Il number
Of their employers to commence the cree
ton of an abutment. The workmen accord.
ngly broke ground on the lower side Of
the run, in front of Woods rolling mill.
but not, it appears, with the consent of the
proprietor of that establishment. for imme-
diately upon the appearance of the railroad
ers, he, in connection with his workmen,
chased them away from their contemplated
work. The Ra'lroad Company, not liking
this summary procedure, came over to the
city, and solicited assistance from Squire
Steel. ..".n Fa- g. ... .-. l.a
The Squire, with laudable desire to pre-
serve the peace, Immediately dispatched a
detachment of his police to the "seat OF
war; On arriving on the ground, they
were joined by u corps of forty or fifty
Corkonians and Fardnwns, Considering
that they were now sufficiently powerful to
overawe any resistance, the contractors or
dered their men to commence work again,
but before time was allowed for a single
shovel full of dirt to be thrown out, the bell
of the mill was rung, as signal for the
assembling Of the opposing force, who,, to
The number of perhaps fifty, appeared in
front of the works, from whence they com
menccd an attack ON the Railsoaders below,
The weapons used were ''cliukers," stones,
&C., and did considerable damage. After
standing the assault for some time, the
Railroad party, finding they were getting
the worst Of the battle, beat aretreat, aI.c
left the rolling mill men in po,srssion o
the scene Of action, Two Irishmcn, whose
. names we could not learn, were very badly
nlureT about the face and head, and sever
al others we're wounded slightly.
I AT the close Of theid itficulty, the rairoa,
men again repaired to town, and made in
formation against several of the assalant
for riot. We suppose the difficulty will b'
settled somehow or other to-day Pitts
| b7Lr1h Past z-g.i..i,g. ..fs d. tstt; agft.
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g,aineI1 fss.ore 3 lhe .Ins. pesllnsa.ly

ordinary feature q the times pcrinsntly
inquiries: & -
"What Is the reason of all thisi Has
The old fashioned Gospel--which we have
been accustomed 10 believe was the EUsr-
LISTING Guspel-been at length exhausted
and worn tlFeSdbaFet Is no text fresh
enough now for preachers and people, ex-
cept Il be itakeh from tie Gospel according
to the daily papers! Is il that the ministers
are tired of the old topics of grace and sal.
Vation. aud no longer believe that Gospel
Of which theJ ptetend 70 be fPreOchersF--
The point we now wish to mike, however,
IS thsrin- the country, where, as. we=hsd
fond "! hoped Church and State--reiigop
and politics--were thoroughly and forever
divided, popular preachers are rapidly rising
TO be the leaders Of political parties; and
pupits are found to be--as in times oi old
1.-The best recruiting drums to beat up vo-
ters for political partisans. And a cores
ponding change has taken place in politics,
too, as well as in religion--both OF them
rising and falling upon one Democratic pivot
--vOr popui. As the pulpit, therefore, has
! grown political, the stump has waxed pious;
and if Nebraska rings out Justify from the
meeting house, it is only in sonorous uni
son with the higher law resounding from
the halls of Congress.n &c. 'gE
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Loss OF AN OCEAN SrEAMER.-The 70

Loss OF AN OCEAN STEAMER.TTThe tol-
lowing paragraph from the Toronto Globe
chronicles the probable, or, indeed the al
most certain loss OF new iron steamer,
named Her Majesty, bound'fof Quebec' with
twenty men ON board :--""This steamer, built
by Mr.. Denny, Dhnbarton. on the Clyde,
tor Capt Thomas Dick, has now been out
between eighty and ninety days, on her voy-
age to Quebec, and we greve to say that
there are no hopes Of her safety. She was
built Tor the Niagara and Toronto route,
nearly 200 leet long, and between 300 and
400 tons burdeh. She was sof IRON ofthe
strongest construction, and of that model
which is considered to combine the greatest
speedywilh. safety Her builder went in her
as far as Cork. and describes her as having
behaved well during the passage. She had
D trrew Of twenty ON board picked iheHS Satid
MnaDenny asillanot belivelthat thelgreatest
stotmswhich eyerblew caused,h her tGfovnder;
he thinks that she must have been destrpye!d1
by FIRE. SHE had coal for l3 days cohsIhp-
ton On board, which would have Brought Bel
to Newfoundland, IL not Quebec
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56,079
Loss in 1854,

The Fusion vote in 1852 was lS4,208,
heino within two thousand as many as twas
this year.
Tn speaking Of this result the Statesman
eloquently remarks "Every token oil the
future and every lesson OF the past, inspire
US with confidence in the triumph OF Demo
cratic principles. The late victory-what
is it but q political negation? From the
ephemeral character Of its issues, from the
covert conduct of its champions, and from
its lack of that progressive stamina (which
alone it can be treasured up to life beyond
its day of jubilee. we can take courage
From its, mobile elements which to-day have
one front and tomorrow another; from the
reckless disregard of the constitutional COM
pact, not only on questions Of domestic poll
cy, but still more fundamental question of
equality OF franchises, we may well account
it a victory without results, and triumph
without the energy Of continuance. AL
ready the very leaders of this strange sue
cess are striving to disavow their connection
with the ignominious combinations and dis
graceful means used to effect it. For our
selves, though at first profoundly chagrined
at the result, yet on a.carefu survey of the
field, and of the posts of honor at which We
have fallen, we rejoice in it, as the harbin
ger Of o. glorious series Of victories in tn
future. If we have made failure, it is
noble one; and we
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Asorarn RAnRolp orrrrD.-The Obi,

ASoruER RAILROAD OPEEED.-The Ohio
and Indiana Railroad Company propose to
celebrate the opening Of their Road from
Crestline to Fort Wayne, on the 18th Of
November, BY grand excursion, leaving
CrestIihe 1t 8 A. NJ, going through Buoy
rus, Upper Sandusky, Forest Johnstown,
lafayette, Lima, Delphos, Van Vert, State
Line. and arriving al Fort Wayne at 4:2o
p. M. Leave next morning At 4. M,
and return to crestline pt $40 ?. N, ,,.oaz
An .Exeursion Party in Mail Traia from rom
Fort Wayne will meet the Excursion Train I
at Lima. where a collation. for all the guests
will BE- set in the Station House, and will
return te Fort Wayne by the Excursion
TraiA.
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Kansas upon Popular sovereign


A recent number of the Kansas Herald
confirms the following: ~ lPe.,,.. sl,7a.t
"The Kansas-Nebraska bill does for these
Territories precisely what the compromise
of 1880 did for New Mexico and Utah; it
leaves the people Of Kansas and Nebraska
to choose for themselves the INSTRUCTIONS un-
der which they will live. Are the people
of the Territories the slaves of the States,
that they are, to be deprived of the right ol
shaping their own Institutions! When ali
American freeman removes from Illinois or
Kentucky into Kansas, is he the less an
American freeman! Our whole structure
of government is founded on the supposed
Intelligence Of our people aud their capabil IL
ity Of elf-gOvcrnmtht-is it Contended that
the people Of tic Territories have less OF
these qualifications than the people Of the
States. There is no State in the Union but
Gr &c to adopt or abolish slavery Within liz
limits at its pleasure, without consulting
Congress-. Why notalow the Territories
the same privileges! 1t is Il question en- tire
Iy local to each State, and absolutely for
egn to the jurisdiction OF Congress. Was
it not wise then TO throw out of the arena o
national politics a question that never br
longrd there, and which, Ike thetuppIe u
diScord could never serve any purpose hu
to generate strife, and try the strength oi thi
bonds Of our Union.
Men coming to Kansas from any part o
this Union, and dtmeaning themselves like
good cilizrn ~, will be protccted,in in the riglt
of free speech andiFee suffrage. The en-
issarjes Of mischief, who come !or, the pnr
pose Of stirring up strife, aud arraying on
class Of on, people against another, of gen
Grating bad passions and creating sectiona
parties, are unwe elrome visitors. 1t is tn
purpose of the great body Of the actual set
! tiers Of this Territory to carry out the lctte
and spirit of the Douglas bill. '''"..
Niuy Kansas, when she applies for admis
! sion as II State. be able to iBscfibe on he
escutcheon as her motto, Free speech an
! the rule of the maiority.'' ...,5......
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4 Sl,amc..-NOt q Glory.

The same Infamous trick by which Mr.
VALLANDIGHAM was injured, or attempted to
be injured, with Democrats in the Butler dis
trict, has been tried in Michigan. The Know
Nothings, without the contrivance of CHAP.
MAN and BAdG, Of Detroit, elected them TO
their order and posted them as such in hand
bills. They were compelled in aftidavits
to DENY y.that they had, in any manner, united
or co-operated with any such body-or any
secret body of the same name or nature
Victories thus obtained, are shame, not
glory .--StdtcSmdn.
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slant, the subscriptions 10 the Washington
Monument were 81 ,SO6, ,ss.-Fhe- -SkpeudL
lures were $4,000 50.
OF ARIsoN was arrested on the 9th, inst.
at Miss Catine's Iowa, for sending the in
fernal machine to Allison and his wife, by
which both were killed in Cincinnati, last
SUMNER r-ry,-rtn
f6FDr. GRAHAM, has been sentenced to
the State Prisun,-for the muedet-of-bOtiag
lh New York, for seven years, the utmost
limit of the law aud tEli sm silai :,1s
. " Two girls were arrested ih Manchcs.
ter, NJ Ill., short time since, for horse
stealing, &e.,5 and seatenced on Tuesday
last to four years hard labor in the State Pris.
on. Their bravado gave way when The
sentence was pronounced, and they shed
tears freely. .aa l.a' ''a'uo" ee-'i7e'
OF We observed a great decline, rapid
ly extending, in real estate in New York
New stores in Chambers street, and the
neighborhood, (says the Post,) which could
only be rented on the lst Of May at $4,000
per year, are now offered at a yearly rental
Of 81 900, with no takers. '..'' '
~ T. B. CUNNING, the acting Cover.
nor of Nebraska has issued his proclama
ton ordering a census of the territory to be
taken Immediately, in order that an election
for delegate to Congress, and for mem
bers of the territorial Legislature may b
held at an early day.
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I IF,sa us eonJ.pOnd ince Il he VI Y. Hsrald.l
lmpoftaaI nom NIexieO-RevOiu-
tIdhary DemOnstrsltiOn in the
EapitPI. Y ~ "

~ tNttt ltPAn 4hr
tidharyi DemOnstTsltiOn in the,
capitol. 8 8
= AcAPuLco, Oct %, 1854.
The following has been received here from
the city u, Msxico.- per Judge -ROse, bearer
of dispatches, who was detained Twelve
days in Chilpuncingo by the government
troops.
Owing to demonstration, made on the
18th OF September, by the people against
the present administration, and which, the
soldiers were unable to suppressed and aisOto
the victories ON the Rio Grande ofihe AIvetez
party, his Serene HIgh6ess santa Hnnaha
removed, with u strOnghiorce. to Tscubnya;
His seven millions are nearly exhausted ,,and
his troops will revolt as soon as he 'stoIs
payment The spiritoi feSoldtioh has spread
throughout the entire republic, and II islcaf.
rently reported that Santa Anna eanuothold
out sixty days longer. 70 His Serene Highness
has quarreled with the whole foreign diplo-
matte corps, and has made application for the
recall of the British minister. '''
In Guerrero things ure going on prosper'
ously, and althuugha price has been set on
Alvarez's head--haVing seen him few days
ago, was much surprised to fad him, in
such excellent health and spirits-he says
heis determinediupon his independence, ant
the adoption of a new and liberal .constitu-
ton, with similar lawsito those of the Uni
ted States-separatipg church from state
aGairs-inviting emigration; and permitting
every man to worship God in accordance
with the dictates OF his own conscience I.
r. Alvarez is liberal, patriotic, and withal Q
democrat Of the Jeffersonian SCHOOL, and,
is great loss for this country that there !;
not host Of men like him. ''' ''''- W
I win add that courier has this morrfen
arrived, bringing news OF an engagement a
place called Cucuas, between the limit
oC the States OF. Guerrero and Mlchoqcan
The Alvarez forct was under the c0mmalt
of General Tatgaro, who put to fight th
SantaAhna force under command of Gcner
al Andrade, killing 800, among whom weg,
General, Kulntaua and his aid; many wer
wounded, and number taken prisoners
The Alvarez loss was trihing. Wh6nt tn
government troops were retreatng the.
shouted s FiUa et@ar,y Alr@rea.' 10 b
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Seuastopoi not so Easily Ia!en--Fraacel
Refused an American MtniSisr Perm miSSioRI
to Cross her territory Steamer Yqntee
RlaGg Wrectyd. =
.' "".'~ HALIFAXs,: NV. Q. ~'
The steamship AmerieG, rom Liverpool,
on the 2Sth nit, arrived at three O'clock. n
BY the London INp,rS, W. are informed
that Mr.. Soulr, Minister az Madrid, Was on
Tue sdoy the 21fh uIt. refused permission to
pass through France, on his return from
England To Spain. : p'.,1 !
The London 4Horai0g Pos! announces
semi officially The acquisition Of Snmana,
and says it amounts virtually. il not absO-
iuttlv, to the Annexation OF st. Domingo.
The acquisition by The Untcd States of so
important position to the West Indies,
position threatening on either baud To the
Spanish Islands Of CUBA and Porto REQ:
ma 50 directly affecting the British West
Intiln Possessions, cannot be received with
indifference. #s-. .....
s bastopol is not taken. The latest ad-
vices show that twenty days elapsed between
The departure of tie brsicgng armies from
BaIaklava, aud their opening fire upon Sc-
bastopoI. Both the French and English
had their batteries ready ON the 18th.
On the Eth ult. fire was opened on the
! place from land and sea- The lombard
ment continued I'LL night. The Russians
lost nine hundred, killed and wounded.
Admiral koin!Itl' Was killed. The Rus
sian torlifcations suffered very little. ...
On the next day the bonn barGment was
resumed.
The next day, when the mail left Con
stantinopIe, five steamers had arrived at
BIluklava with men wounded in repelling
great so'tie of 10000 strong. ....,.s
Generals Raglan and Canrubert had sum-
moned Srbastopol to surrender, and reques!
| ted women, children and sick to be sent
away and flags to be hoisted upon the hos
pitfalls. a..... ......... ....l 3a.., loans.
So far as known the Russian army is
concentrating upon the upper Belbec, and
already numbers $4,000. ~"' '".
On the 9th and 10th the parrison Of Sc
vastopol made Surties and destroyed, some
small works. ..,.. ..........,. ,
On the evening Of the 5th a convoy OF
! 1000 Russians succeeded in eutcri g Sc
bastopol. "r res. a5.aH nro a--
The Allies now number 10000. and
5000 additional French were ready to en-
bark from Marscilles on the 2lst, and 5000
I Turks from Varna. ''s.' '' '.."
Letters of the 18th say that the Allies
/ have 900 gun batteries, and alter a few days
4 fire will attempt to storm the garrison, which
is estimated at AZ, 600 men altogether
TLn nrnsnert the snpedy EsIl of Sebas.
+onoI Is not 81 ravornbIe 10 the Alljesy.r9I-.
!. :, AdmiralMacLjnof' who commanded at 81.
uone is commander Of Sebastopol, he has
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BY order of the committee. gr
ID. f.. 4... FRANCIS GRANGER.


DREADFUL SUICIDE.-One OF the most
shock pg cases of seIt.destruction on re cord
occurred yesterday morning, in our neighbor.
ing city of Cuvington. The facts, as we have
them, are as follows. Mr.. Friedrich c. Gedge
of the firm OF Gedge & Brothers, one of the
most extensive tobacco concerns in the
West, aud he himself Vice President and
one OF the directors of the GoVngton and Lex
ington Railroad, also one or The Directors Of
the NOthern Bank of Kentucky, was seen, a
little before seven O'Clock, on Washington
street. about two squares from the depot, by
the de the track, at the time the train
was approaching. He was recognized by
the engineer, who was paralyzed with aston
shment when he saw. him throw himself
across the rail. There was no time to ar
rest the dreadful engine of destruction, The
next moment the locomotive was upon him,
and before the train could be stopped, his
head was rompletly severed from his oody.
His arms, too which were partially ppdn the
track, were considerably mangled 1t is said
that pecuniary difficulties of the road, will
which he was 50 intimately connected, caus
ed the rash act Bonds to the amount o.
100000 had been returned the day previou.
from New York, protested. With q hear
oyerfowino with the milk of human kind
ness, it is pity that grain of the adarlian
| which beats within the breast OF our moderl
SkyIocks, was not engralted.1 Peace to hi
manes - Cincinnati ENQUIRER g4H ,l
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A HAsrY CAxT1DATE.-J. w. Barker, the
Known Nothing candidate for Mayor in New
York, indorsed the platform Of" the Practical
Democrats" This gave some dissatisfact-
ton to his friends, when Barker very cody
publishessthat he signed the circular without
having read it. Some Of the papers query
whether man who signs circulars without
reading them is exactly qualified to take
charge OF the city's usiness.-Statesman.
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THE FRENCH IN THE EAsT.-A recent let
ter from Constantinople says: -ga.
/" The French are proceeding in the most
metheodcaI manner to make their prepara-
tions for q long war; and the course they
take cannot be doubted. They have bought
a piece ofland at Tophana, and are erect
ing stores ofithe most spacions and durable
character, capable of containing munitions
of war and provisions for an entire army
The most wonderful feature ofFrench mill.
tary character. il its power Of elsborasel and
minute organization d The nworks. in the
present instance, are being carried ont on the
most comprehensive and yet on the mos
subdivided scale, and whefl they are finished
every thing that the soldier can want, from
Minnie rifles to shoe blacking, will be ready
for him in the poper place."
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love

A splendid failure than petty good,
Even as the thunder-bol WI osc course is downwar
10 nobler far thar any fire which soars."
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"THE RULE OR RUIN GAME.

""THE LAST DESPERATE STRUGGLE OF
FREE SoiLTsM We beg in the most ear
nest manner to warn our brethren in the
American movement against the intrigues Of
Free SJilism. The American party IN this
State Is in the greatest peril from this class
of poitlcians-the most desperate and damn
ing ol any that has ever disgraced the an
nails of our history. Their motto and rally
is RUE or ruin Against their arts, their
deceptions, their frauds, their violations OF
honor, of honesty. Ut everything that con-
stitutes high and honorable men, organizl.
tions and measures, we must beware.
They will either rule or ruin the party, uu.
less it at once, with courage and determina-
tion, throws them overheard. To-day, this
hour, this very moment, there is not an en-
emy OF halt the, danger, Of half the c"rrup-
ton, OF halt the daInnableness Of these
same Free Srilrfs. '.' '.
. ID "We say To our friends in the cause, that
there is dangcr-rral, great, imminent dan
ger from these nrn, They have plotted
long and deep. Their whole end and aim
is to defeat the American measures and
their m"n. They have secured the whrIe
State and in the disguise OF the American
character have laid their plans for drstruc.
ton. Protesting American principles. pro,
Tossing to love the cause which vitaizes and
hailows those principles; which dignties
and Strengthens and beauties the cause,
these black iraiors--thPsc Red Republican
rcaegGIcs-haye. no enl in view but to de-
stroy those hon they haye ilattetcd, to de-
stroy that 10 which they have proiessed at.
tachinent. -... ...
"Bewure beware, o., bewarc.--AmcriiaH
r,p,yOI
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MAJORITY against Fusion,

According TO present returns it wiltbe
seen that Seymour is elected. Still the
election is SO close that later returns may
change the result.
MGcHIGAN.-The Wing aud Know-No,h-
ing party is successful.
ILL1xoIs.-Here the Democrats are beaten
by small majority.
New JERSEY. .-Clawson, Robins, and
Pennington (Whigs) are elected to Con-
gress in the lst, I'd aud 9Th Districts. In
the third Congressional District, james
Bishop, (Whig)is elected. ....
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Native America Il M and FreesOil.

From present appearances, the Free SOL
party is destined to be badly used up, by the
Native American element Of the Wing par
ty. We copy the following article from the
Boston "KnoO Nothing and American Cru
sader" It viii be seen that it is extreme
ly bitter towards the Free Solers of Mass
achuseets-and in it can be traced the same
spirit which actuated the annihilution of the
Free Soilers on the Fusion ticket in sever
al counties in Ohio. We copy the article
below, merely to put it on record for future
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DEAR SIR: Upon consultation among u
number OF National Wings, from different
parts of the State, it has been deemed advi-
sable to call convention, to assemble at
this place, early in January, to reinstate the
Wing party on its old platform, re Gently
discarded at Auburn.
Tt is proposed to issue an address t. the
Wings throughout the State, in which the
principles of the National Wing party will
be plainly declared, expressing decided op-
position to the Nebraska bill as q violation
of the Missouri compromise, and adherng
to the Wing principles established by the
national convention at Baltimore in 1852,
pIedging ourselves to oppose all PROPOSE
tions for the fusion of the Wing party with
any other for the purpose Of forming sec
tional party, based upon the agitation OF
the day
The time for decision has arrived, and the
coming winter will determine whether Ma
tiona Wing party shall cease to exist
Should your views coincide with those here
in expressed, be pleased to forward your
name, with the names of such other relia-
Bile men in your neighborhood as you may
select, to JAMES KIDD, Esq, of this city,
without delay, that they may be printed with
the address. '". "'
BY order of the committee. - ars
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New YoRK.-Democrpti Mayor elected,
for the city. CLARK the Fusion Candidate
FOR Governor was regularly nominated by
fue Slate Conventions. According to the
htest returns the vote was Hs-fOilOws:
Seymour, Dem. l2S'OOo
UllmaD, KnOw-NOthing, lo2'ooo
R,on.on Dem. $4,000
Anti. .Fusion vote 249,0 900
Clark Fusion, lsl,OCO
-. =. r..-.- 100 mn
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Itemsef News

Z 0r Por one month ending on the tth in-
slant, the subscriptions TO the Washington
Monument were 81 ,SO6I Iss.-Fhe- skPeud-
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