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The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-05-29
ST.. LOUIS Nav 90.

The steamer Morning Star from the Mis-
sour river, yesterday brought an extra from
Lexington Mo-, which says Lexington was
destroyed on Wednesday last, The U. S.
Marshal with five to seven hundred men
entered the town and made arrests OF all for
whom he had writs.
He then turned the posse over to Sheriff
Jones who had arrrststo make, when the
people rcss ed and fired on his men. Jones
then opened his artillery on the Free State
Hotel, after which his men charged to Sc;
the Hotel on fire, and destroyed the Print.
ing Presses and set fire to the uffice.
Governor Robinson is at Lncompton, in
the hands Of the authorities. Shannon, it
is said, is no more than prisoner in the
hands Of the Missour ans. He is only a
thing to sign papers with. 1000 er l,500
MissourianS are in the territory. Rerd"- is
supposed To be in II place Of safety. He is
daIy expected here. via Iowa and Nebraska,
The mob threatened to hing Robinson,
Dietzlrr and,G. w. Brown all on one tree.
eThc Free State men will make stand
at Topeka and Fl tht it out. They are now
gathering to that point. ..
hlchlSCn Is IN the territory WIN the can
non used in the invasion. The U. s. troops
ure not allowed to leave their quarters
though anxious to protect the settlers.
A civil war RACES on the frontier.
| There were only about two hundred in
! Lqwrcnce when the messenger lett, the ar.
tillcry was still firing, and the fire still
spreading But few lives were lost,-This
is the testimony of Radcliffe and Hutchin.
son, Free State men.
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FEVER AND AGUE--AN INFALlBLE CURE
We dcn the world t' produce any mediei 10 whicn
does not contain QuiIiIc, Bark, Arsenic Mercury or
amy other 40 i0us deadly compound, " cure this
anno!n disease 50 efecLualiy IS carter's Spanish
Mi'tarc. " he it contains none OF the above named
dangerous articles. yet possesses power In rehVV
ing and curihg Fever and Ague which cauhot be ro4
rroaccd b! any Of them separately in mbnation.
ltact specifically tho liver, PLriass thu blood,
opens the poreSnf tho Sk ill., and assists nature to eX
pei f0m the stem the s'es" Il" III scase, what Is as
bad. the r. mains of the Mineral Drugs which clog and
finally destroy the constitution. ...,
See thu cnra "r Mr. iongd0n. Of Virginia. He had
thills t"lcca day for yeats, nothing would rcncve
HIM unlii h. tried Carers Spanish Mixture, only
bottles OF which cGac'uaIly restored him to health nor
has he had II return oftia disease since.
And for sale by |. swift. aud c. Hatch, Ravcnna;
Waun ~ iis,n, Deert I'D; y. Bostwick, Edinburgh;
J. w. Cone, Franklin Milis: G X. Harmon.
= trnra: u. l.. Drake, Freedom; Parsons a. Root,
Nindhun; al! Dealers IN NJ 'hcincs every where.
RAyenua, Feb 9eth isJii-3U-4w,
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The Democracy s.sad their Dele
EHtCS.

gHtcS.
The relation existing between tho people
and their representatives is always intimate
and sacred. In our government "the voice
of the people is the voice Of God A rep
resentative who disregards the known wish.
es Of his constituents, is no longer trust
worthy and should not be permitted TO occu.
py the place he has dishonored. AS with
the representatives of the people at large,
so with the delegates o: political party
They are bound as honest and true men, to
carry out the known wishes of their party.
This is peculiarly important in the choice OF
candidates for President and Vice President,
which is now to be made.
Next Monday, the Democratic party by its
delegates, meets at Cincinnati to chose a
President 1t is highly important that the
will of the masses Of the party should be
obeycd. The St1te of Ohio. is entitled to
forty.six votes in the convention. How
shall the vote be cast and for whom Who
il the first choice of the Democratic purity
in Ohio! or This, we can only Judge by
tic tone Of our exchanges and from views
expressed by our Democratic friends here at
home. From all that we can learn howev-
er. we believe that BUCHANAN is the first
choice of the Democracy in this State
We are quite sure this sentiment prevails
among the Democratic voters in this Con-
gressional District.
Nine ten,hs of the Democracy Of Portage
are in favor Of BUCHANAN.
They regard him US a man cminentIy
qualified for The post, and the strongest man
with the people whose name will be brought
before the Convention. Regarding him j,
this light they earnestly desire his nomina'
ton. Still they are willing and ready IL
give their hearty support toany high-mndet
national democrat, and whether the cawd
date be from the North, South, East or West
the Democracy of old Portage will be ioun'
fighting with earnestness and enthusiasm
under his STANDARD.
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E-a.traOrd inaFy RcnOvGtiOn ofthc
Blood. "

The astunding cures accomplished by DR..
Roback's scandinavian Remedies, are the
result Of their immediate ard most salutary
effect upon the blood. Nervous complaints,
indigestion, schrofula, liver complaints, mel
ancholly, general debility, affections of the
p'ocreative organs, ulcers, eruptions, etc.,
all have their seat and source in the blood.
II that fluid is healthy, the whole body is
healthy, and if corrupt, it is quickly feed
from every taint by a course Of Dr., Hubsck's
Blood Pnri6er ahd Pills Every mail brings
grateful letters from convaiescent patients.
The whole west wrfngs with the praises oi
these priceless cufaiiyes. See Advertise
nent. b
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sen.ttOrs sumner ana Broolx..


That our readers may form faint idea oi
the character Of Senator Summers speech,
and the estimation, in which it was held by
the leadinglmembers of:he Senate, we give
the following reportof what was said at the
close OF the speech:
. 4" Mr. COss, (dem } Of Mich, said he had
listened 10 Mr.. Summers speech with equal
regret and surprise. 1t was the most UNA.
merican and unpatriotic speech he had ever
heard on this floor. He hoped he n ight nev
er hear such u speech again, here or else.
where.
Mr.. Mason, (dem.) OF Va, said political
relations, in obedience to the forms nf our
government, bring Senators in ussaciations,
" hirh beyond the walls Of the Senate cham.
Der is dishouOr and touching whose hand
would be pollution. They were compelled
to listen to language here to which no gen.
tleman would lend an ear elsewhere. They
bear it in obedience 10 the constitution, the
trust Of which they have undertaken to per.
form. Mr.. Mason said that when Mr.. Sum
ner dared, in the presence of the Senate TO
connect Judge Buffers name with an pa-
truth, he presented himself as one utterly
incapable oil knowing whatarurh is -
IN replying to the remarks of Mr. DOUG.
LAS, MIR. SUMNER threatens personal violence
upon the "Little Giant" thus:
The Senator from Illinois. swclterng in
venom, had brought forth statements utterly
without foundation. heaping upon him (Sum
ner) p rsonalites ard nbIoquy. No person
with the upright form OF man.
Here Mr.. Simmer paused,
Mr.. DOUGLAs-Say il; say it.
Mr. SUMNER shall say it. No person
with the upright torn of man can be al.
lowed to discharge FROM his tongue indecent
personalities. The noisome, nameless uni.
NAL, whose nature it is to discharge venom,
is not a proper model for an American Sen
ator. Will the Senator take notice!
Mr.. DOUGLAs-I shall, and certainly shall
not initiate you in that respect. (Lnughter)
Mr. SUMNER - Ali! the Senator ugan
switches his tongue, and again fills the Sen.
ate with offensive odor. Then, turning TO-.
wards Mr., Mason, he continued | would
simply say 10 the Senator from Virginia that
hard words are not argumenis-nor do scowls
belong to Senatorial duty.
Mr.. MASON was understood to say The
Senator is certainIy non compoS mentis.--
(Ltughter.) ...........
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EplLEllSY OR FAILING EIrS

We brlitNe caI,iIut do our readers Il more I'm.
Port,nt scr'icr, thIn by again calling their attention
10 that most remarkable preparations, discovered ty
DR.. SETH HANrE. ut Baltimore. Md ,whit h possesses
tlc power Of IlctiAug and curii that horrid vista
ton Of man-EpepNy. or FAltirg Fits, In recommend
iHg this preparation u our readers, !o NthR
conviction tat we are not degrading columns to-
pun aruah"m litet IN licinc hHt are llaclng before
tlrm discovery. which. ii fuIiy knawn, would do
mare t. alleviate human suffering. than any invrnsion
of,uodern times. Ur. hanue, 1t asking us to Loice
his IrernratiHn fvorably in ear editorial department,
h,s sent tnr r<Ual u unbrr of letters from persons
who have used The Pills. and have been cured thereby.
All ~ them speak III th most grateful eulossiie terms.
One twdratagc this medicine m is the fact,
thai il can be transported through the mails thereby
dnring every "nean opportunity Of dealing directly
with the inventor and also prVcluding all possibility Of
b,ing imposed on by coInterf,it or spuriuuSi |.
ttinn Dr. ilaEce pays the postage his pills 10 any
part "t tho country and will forward them bv return
Of mail. On tp receipt OF remittance. His prices
are as follows: orc box. 81; to do 81: twelve do,
$2l. Al orders for the medicine should be addressed
u SErnS. HANcE, lLS Baltimore street, Baltimore,
Nd
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CIVIL WAR IN KANSAS!
Battle at Lawrence.
ST. Louis. May %.

~ DoSASf Naoy
The Reputtieqn, to-day. publishes dis
patch dated Wrstport, goth, which says:
As Mr.. Cosgrave aud Dr. Brannon were
going from Lccompton 10 Franklin, they
were hailed by party OF Free State men,
who inquired where they were going. On
being answered. the commander of the par.
ty turned to his men and asked their motto.
They replied "Sharpe's rifles" and immedi-
ately fired on Cosgrave and Brannon. Bran.
non was wounded, but Cosgrave sent ball
through the brain OF their leader, when the
balance fed. The Free State men shot at
Blanbor's bridge, were mortally wounded.
There was report in Kansas city, that
the people were preparing to evacuate Law
renee, and had called upon Col. Turner to
protect their property Kickapoo, Doni.
phan and Atchison are almost deserted, the
men having gone 10 aid the Marshal at Law
renee.
The Democrat learns from gentlem1n
who arrived from gentleman who arrived
from Jefferson City yesterday that dispatch
had been received there, stating that bat
tie had been fought at lawrence, and mum.
ber of persons were killed on both Sides
We have no particul%s. ,.--.
A mass meeting had been held at Kicka.
poo, which resolved upon sacking the Kan
sas Hotel, at Kansas City, as it was under
stood 20 be owned by Massachusetts, men,
and so certain was its destruction considered
that families had moved out. Thn citizens
OF KickapUo offered reward of $500 for
Gen. P"meroy and parties have been sent
in search Of him.
NJ. T. Conway writes to The Democrat,
saying that himself and Gen. Scuyler were
arrested ut Parkvlle, Mo, on the 9Th inst,
on charge OF being iugitiveo. and detained
until private information could be had from
Lccompton.
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A Horrible \ fair.

The r,ades has, perhaps, noticed in sew
eral papers a statement that the Sheriff
Of Walker county, Alabama, had persist.
ed in executing n culprit in the teeth of q
reprievc from the Governor. We had be.
lieved the story fabrication too monstrous
for belief, until the Selma Sentinel brought
circumstantial account of it, which we ap-
pend striking out the Sheriff's profanity,
as revolving as his cod blooded cruelty:
CATER dsputching the momentous docu-
ment, John Anthony concluded that it could
not, by Mr.. Postmaster General Camphe l's
uncertain mails reach the. destination in
time to save the neck of the culprit, aud he,
therefore, dispatched Il messenger, a Mr..
Kendall. in post haste for Jasper, with a
message to the Sheriffto put off he execu.
ton, as the reprieve was on its way. and
would soon be received. The Sheriff re.
ceivpd this communication n short time be
fore the execution, and.asked the messenger
from Governor Winston, "Where is the re-.
priever The reply was that it would be
there by the next Mail. email. - ;" said
the Sheriff; "why in-ddn't you bring
it with youi"" Because" SAID Mr.. kendall,
"the Governor didn't give it to me-" Every
well, then, said the Sheriff, with II fixed de-
termination in bis look, "thrt may do for
Winston; he has been making himself II
-fool all the winter by VetOing the bills
OF the Leeisl,ure: but him he can't
come in here. The Judge has pronounced
eon,,,oo ,n this fol in,v and hpra nrn npn.
pie who have come more than twenty miles
to see him hung, and by-I mean to hang
him" And, in accordance, he executed
the cuIprit according to the sentence Of the
Judge
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Presidents Veto of the ST. Clair
Flats Bill,

The President has vetoed the bill provid.
ing for the Improvement of the st. Clair
flats. In the veto message, he claims, and we
think with jnstice, that the power of Con.
gress to construct works of interim improve
ment, is limited by the Constitution to cases
in which the work is needrul for the execu
cution of some one or more Of the powers
delegated TO the general Government. He
claims that this bill, does not come under
that head.
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OF The grasshoppers. says the Austin
STATE Times. cont,nue to destroy vegctation
We learn that at Se2uin. on the Gandalupe
the.grasshopper has also made il appear
ance. At last accounts much destruction
had been done by them in T'arrant county.
in the northern part OF tn State. Further
down the Colorado the ravnges are moi SO
bad as at Austin. Below Wcbcrvile Iittie
mischief has yet occurred, aud but little is
reported on the other side of Onion Creek
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The Coosic Trade TO &c Suppress

The trofic which has Of late been carried on
on the coast ofChina and by which thousands
Of Coolies have been sold into bondage, has
come under the cognizance Of our govern
mcit. Efficient measures are being taken to
nut stop to It. 1t is looked upon in the same
light as the African slave trade, full Of I'M
moralities and inhuman atrocities, which are
and should be stron gly condemned BY every
civilized people. 1t is not pcrrnteaby the
terms ofany Treaty. Americans in China are
warned against it, otherwise they will for
felt the protection Of this government, and
render themselves liable to heavy penalties
This is right.
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A CASE FOR ORNIrHoLoGGsTs-ANE EAGLE
HATcHED AND NuRsED BY a STA NGHAI -
About six weeks ago Robert Cameron who
resides on the Miami river, few miles be.
low Hamilton, Butler county, Ohio dscov.
cred q Bald Eagle nest on huge sycamore
tree standing near the river, and one of his
sons. an active and adventurous fellow. bv
"tall climbing" reached the cyrie, and made
prize of two eggs OF the bird Of our cuun
try, which were at once deposited under u
"setteihg hem" and in two weeks fine,
lusty eaylet pecked the she'll, and made his
appearance. with less pain aud pOnp, aud
circumstance. than attended the birth OF the
"eniaut de France" One Of the eggs OF
the hen were thrown away, it being consid-
cred that the barn yard fowl would have
quite enough to attend to in the featherrd
"prnce imperiIl;" and the chicken and ca.
glet are both, we are pleased to learn, doing
ns well as could be expected. The pItbian
nurse. fowl is, we are informed by Mr.. Ca.
meron, apparently at times very much as
toHShed at the ercantricities of his Royal
Ilighness, the infant bird of Jove, whose
keen, unAinching eyes, and stout, sharp,
crooked beak, and appetite for fish and flesh
are slightly terrible, and beyond her nppre.
citation. Still the attempts to relieve his
wants with true motherly devotion, and ia
trying to induce him to take prunnadr
clucks at him vainly by the hour. His legs
are not serviceabe, and disclaiming to crawI
after her, he looks with eager aspirations.
as becomes his iiustrious race, skywnrd.-
III is very fond Of fish, and luXuriatrs in rats
and snakes, though he is not yet strong
enough to skin them for himself The quan.
tty OF skinned garter snakes that he con
sumcs is queer, he being competent to con.
sumo. almost his weight in that article Of
prepared snake Cin Com.
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Practice, WITH THE pREAcuIEG DIR
Warren, warm advvc tie of the law in
Massachusetts lrgalizing dissection, and di.
recting the municipal authorities to furnish
the physicians with bodies fur that purpose,
has by will LEFT his own body for dissection,
and his skeleton for preservation in the Med
icsl Museum. He did this To break down
what he considered a superstitious rever
ence FOR dead human body, which inic ,Ier-
ed, he believed, with the acquisition ol
knowledge very essential to the Ewing, aud
their exemption from disease and suffering.
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No Family shOuid be without
HOOfiand'S Grranan Bitters,

chidren afflicted Uith the Summer Complaint entirely
cured By them.
CAMDEN, n. j., March IA, 1855.
Dear SrIt is with much pleasure that inform you
Of the great benefits derived from the use of your Ger
man Biters Ia M! family. DuhhR the greater part
last summer SON. aged two years, was severely af-
nicted with the Summer Complaint in the worst FORM
for which various remedies prescribed by Physicians
and Others were used, but with no avail. / also sent
him to the cou try, but proved of little benefit
Having bottle of German Bittsrs IN the house, was
persuaded to try thai, which to my ustonshment en-
tirey cured him. lie continued to take the Bitters
sometime afterwards aud became healthy. have the
greatest confidence IN the tters and feel no hesitation
in saying that no family should be without them.
Respectfully yours, JOHN w. PARIS,
To DE-. CA Jackson. Plum-st,, above Second
See advertisement. 3g-9w
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o. Hinton I,ear.I fro,n.

A letter passed through the Cleveland
Post Office. post marked N. Y..,directed 10
NARY HINTON, Delaware, o., with the ac-
cumpaHyiag memorandum written on the
outside: rfThis picked up on the
Island Of Son Juan, by the crew OF the scow
Storm" Or course The General los, Il
out oi his pocket while engaged in ca'ching
crabs, aud these kind sailors, seeing It ad.
dressed to lady. kindly brought it over the
sea, wherS it could reach its gallant destina-
ton.
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suGianisrs, in rhe House OF Rep


Having sent husband and father TO a
bloody grave, the Honorable Mr.. HERBERT
walks To his seat IN the House, cody takes
his seat among the lawmakers Of the land,
and is received with smiles and cordiality
He has only murdered an Irishman. u poor
waiter, poor Ihborer, at that, aud the. OH,
garchs look with contempt upon labor and
the laborer --Poridge Democrat
M HERBERT is Il murderer. He should
suffer the just penalties of the law for the
crime otmurder. Why then don't the House
Representatives turn him out oflhat body
Why do they allow villain to remain in
their midst, whose hands are red with blood!
Will the Democrat answer! The Black
Republcan-fuson party is responsible for
this guilty refusal to expel HERBERT. 1t
has the power and yet refuses to exercise
it. Our friends in Ohio should think oI
this.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

III Among thu many patent remedies Of the day,
there are fiw IT any snrpassg equaling IN intrip.
sic worth "BaeA's American compOHndu Having
sold large amount the past season. and wItnesseu lts
happy effect in very many chronic cases OF disease
am constrained to acknowledge its urpassre merits
remedial agent, and feel fully confident that II Wilt
suSta" itspresent high rcputatons being one Of the
best med ines now IN use.
u. NJ. HUTCHINSON, NJ. D.,
Chemist and Druggist.
Bedford, May 8, 1856. lO-4w
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kansas News at washington.

WAsHINeoTN, May "a. "A telegraphic
despatch was received here to duy which
states that collision had taken place be.
tween the United States authorities and the
Free State men, by which the town Of Law
renee was destroyed and number Of per.
sons killed. I saw the President this even.
ing, aad he expresses some doubts as to its
authenticity. One despatch is dated LOU
isyille, whereas il should come from st.
Louis to be authentic.
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OJ- A gentleman observed to a lady, that
II mutual friend, since n late Illness, h..a
spoken like u puppy. "No doubt Of it," she
replied, "for his physician has Stree ordered
him to bark three tines day"
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CONGRESSIONAL rLEcrons.

COA6hkSSluNAL ELECTORS.
1sr. SHELDON I. KELLOGG, Hamilton
ID. HENRY F. SEDAN. of Hamilton.
30. DAVID CLARK. o' Montgomery.
4TE. ]. III. THOMAS. of Darkr.
GTH. EDWARD FOSTER, of Williams.
9Th. MICHAL Fl. DAVIS, of CIermont.
7TH. WILLIAM CROSSEN. of Warren.
STH WILLIAM KERSHNER, Of Clark.
9TH. GEORGE E. SENEY, Of Seneca.
10TH. LEVI DUNCAN, of Jackson.
llTH. ALFRED McVEIGH, of Fairfield.
l2rH. JACOB SLYH, of franklin.
l3rA, JOHN Tiff. Of Huron.
l4rH. JOHN e. MYERS, of Medina.
18TH JOSEPH BURNS. of CosAoclon.
10TH. JAMES NJ GAYLORD. of Morgan.
I7rH. BENJAMIN F. SPRIGGS. ofNoble.
18TH. ALPHONSO HART. Of Portage.
18th. HENRY H. DODGE, Of Cuynhoea.
20rH. GEORGE G. GILLETT, Ashtabula.
DlsT. GEORGE COOK, of Harrison.
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or There are five hundred and eighty
nine applicants for q passage to Liberia at
the American Colonization Society's ship,
which Is to leave Baltimore during the pres
snt month. and Savannah early in June,
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Frnm the Boston Hernld. I

SOMETHING WoqrH KNowING!-By using Professor
Woods Hair RESTORATIVE, grey hair can be perma-'
uertly restored to its original color. The suboined
certificate from Johnson ~ Stone. Gardiner. Me-, is
is bat of the many Instances that daily eom-
ing trour Knowledge of ITS wonderful effects. II is
longer pfnbcmtcaL, but self-cv lent truth, as,
hundrcdsin our community can testify.
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Democratic National Convention.

The Democratic National Convention. for the nom
inaton of candidates for President and Vice President
Of the United States assemblies at Cincinnati on the
nrst Monday of June, being the second day.
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ST. Louis, NAV, %

A despatch from Brownsville to the Re,
publican says the city Of Lawrence was de-
stroyed ON Wednesday. The Hotel, Prnt-
ing Office, and press were demolished. But
lew lives were lost.
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GARDINER. Me-, June {

Prof. o. J. boar Sir:-i have used two bot
ties of Prof WnudS Hair lrstoraiivc and can truly
say The greatest discovery Of the are for restor
ing and changing the Hair. before using il was
man Of .cynnty. Ny hair has now attained its orgi'
ttl cUor Ypu recommend ii To tho world with.
rut tho least fsur as my ease Of the worAt
Kind. Yours, respectfully.
DAN,L! n. MURPHY.