The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-08-25


held to be moderate, harvest wages h Weu..
worth, C. w, IN York COUNTY the farmer,
are paying cslifOrnia wsgss also.
or The pro-slavery men at Atchison, in
Kansas, have lately caught an sbolitonist
and publicly whipped him. They then got
up public meeting and ordered him to
leave ia an hour. He left. His name was
Kelley.
The Washington Star says an i'm.
preston prevails in Washington City, that
Hon. Wm. Preston, of louisville, Ky.,
will have the place of Minister rendered to
him when made vacant by Mr.. Buchanan's
intended resignation. a5i
or The Supreme Court has refused a
new trial to DR.. Beale, the Philadelphia den
tist Judge Black was the only one in fa-
vor Of granting new trial. The Doctor
will have to serve out his term.
OF Mr.. Hornberger forbade Mrs. Collier
to draw water from his we'll at Jonesboro'
Ill.,, and ordered her off, but she returned
with knife and stabbed him several times.
He then seized the knife and killed her.
His own wounds are mortal.
or Many of our exchange papers ssser,
that an armed invasion Of the northern states
Of Mexico is rapidly organizing In Texas,
and that large portion of the Mexican pop.
IlatIon will join the invaders. 1t is but q
rumor,
Or The census Of Boston, it is now said
will foot up 100000, showing an increase ol
about $4,000 in five years.
O"The census of Chicago has Just
been taken. The present population i.
s7,500; last November it was 6Q,l4o-in.
crease in seven months, $4,000. The nun.
Der of new buildings erected during the last
year was 2,0Oo, many of them of the first
class. There are now 1873 vessels belong.
ing to that port"
iThere may be some mistake abou,
the last item above. It seems hardly posi-
bic that the population Of Ceicago can have
increased $1,000 in seven month.
QT The opponents of the prohibitory law
in Massachusetts are to hold State Con.
vention at Worcester on the 30th inst The
Springfield Republican expresses fear that
II they and the Democrats in Massachusetts
unite, they will carry the next State elec.
ton.
o. Mr.. Brown, editor of the Marion I'm.
diana) Republican, formerly Wing puper,
announces that hereafter he will be found
battling with the great Democratic party ol
the country.
o. Ex-Governor Hunt, of New York
has published very able letter protesting
against the abandonment Of the Whig par.
ty.
o. Amongst all our exchanges we no.
tice not one northern paper that does no,
condemn the infamous proceedings of the
Kansas Legislature. Those proceedings
will result in making Kansas a free State
or forever excluding it from the Union.
0T The latest rumor aflout at Vera Cruz
was, that conductor which left the city OIL
Mexico on the 18th ult., with $1,000 900
had been captured by the Revolutionists.-
Forty of the troops escorting it were killed
and 500 others joined the Rebels.
OF There is every reason to believe
Judging from present indications, that the
Democrat party will be able to carry the
next Presidential election by large major.
ity.-Auaay Argus.
or The Dubuque (iowa9 Tribune gar.
rice the name of William H. Seward a,
the head OF it's columns for President In
1855, subject to the decision of a National
Convention.
DEMOCRATIC REJo1cMG.-A despatch re-
ceived from Memphis says: "The Demo
Gratis are firing one hundred guns from tht
Bluff in honor of Jehnson's victory. Grea
rejoicing Union.