The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-03-07
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eagle, with a small bell attached to him,
few oyer this village, h westerly direc-
ton, on Wednesday last. He was at an
elevation of about two hundred feet, and the
tinkling of the bell could be heard distinct
ly. He had probably been captured in q
trap, and again set at liberty.-StaHford CO..
Advocate.
Or Stephen PleasantOn, recently de-
ceased at Washington, was Fifth Auditor
of he Treasury for fifty years. ItwSs him,
we believe, who, at the burning Of Wash.
ington by the British, rescued important doc.
uments from destruction. This was under
stood to be ono reason OF his prolonged re.
tention in Office.
RESIGNATION OF JUDGE SwAN.-We learn
that Judge Gustavus Swan has resigned his
Office as President of the State Bank o
Ohio, on account Of ill-health. DR., John
Andrews, Of SteubenVlle, the Vice Prssi.
dent, is acting as President, and will per.
form the duties until the next meeting oI
the Board of Control.
GA new town, called Superior City,
was laid out on Lake Superior in May last
and now contains a population of three hun.
dred people, with a fair prospect of trebling
the number next year. A valuable copper
vein has been discovered recently in the vi.
cinity Of the town. a. ....
0T Efigy burning at Albany has degen-
Grated from indignation to fun, and the boys
amuse themselves by burning distinguished
characters in the streets. An awful earica-
ture in oriental costume, christened "The
Hindoo Ullman," was burnt the other night.
Or An 1rlshman. who was overpaid $lOo
about year ago by one of the Indiana
Banks, a few days ago called at the bank
on his return from "out West" and return
ed the identical $lOo, which he had kept
sewed up in his pantaloons for whole
year.
OF The largest import ever paid at the
custom-house in Boston in single day was
taken"on Monday, amounting to $l22, ,644
The whole number of entries was lS9. a
large proportion of the merchandise enter.
ed was received by the steamer Asia.
e. Upwards of 400 gallons of soup are
given daily to the poor at the three city
soup houses in Boston.
OF The Missouri house of delegates ha,
passed bill fixing the rate Of interest in
that State at 10 per cent.
A BAD SELL.-The door-keeper Of the
House of Representatives, elected by the
K. Ms, we are crediby informed, is a ma.
tive of Wales, in Great Britain. o, poor
Know.Nothings's! how Justly you are enti
tied to the name you bear!-PittsJwg Un-
Ten.
EMIGRATION TO KANsAs.-The Boston
Courier says there are now nearly two thou
sand persons preparing to remove to Kan
sas in the spring, under the guidance Of the
Emigration Aid Society, the greater portion
of whom, belong to bands or companies OF
neighbors or townsmen.
Wing EDITORS IN TRoUBLE.-Mr Baus-
man, of the Washington (Pa.) Reporter, has
been held to bail for libel; Mr. Stouch, of
the Washington Commonwealth, for SANDER;
and Mr. Cook, of the Waynesborough Ed
gle, for forgery.
PANAMA RAlLRoAD.-The fare over this
road.s.has been fixed at $25; children under
twelve years of age half price. Freight on
baggage of passengers 10 cents per pound;
on gold of II per cent, and on silver J of
per cent.
0F"A Northampton correspondent writes
us that our Know Nothing Excellency, Gov
ernor Gardiner, has appointed one John Ed
en-, of that town, a justice of the peace
This man is an Englishman, naturalized two
or three years ago. He receives yearly
stipend of some $500 for hs aupport from
England.
OF Birds are the poor mans music, and
flowers the poor mans poetry.
kANsAs.-A number OF the citizens of
Cadiz, Ohio, are forming company TO en-
igrate to Kansas early in the spring.
An immense Democratic Mass Meeting
was held at Manchester, New Hampshire, on
the 27th nit. Much enthusiasm pervadad the
assemblage
MARTIN F. CONWAY, Esq, formerly of
Baltimore, has been appointed by the Gov.
ernor of Kansas to take the census of that
Territory.