The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-12-24
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bis message, reeomms nds the organization
of the territory of Arizona. Senator G vim
OF California, has already introduced bill to
carry out this Objset. Arizone, is portion oI
territory lying belv cen NSw Mexico on the
north' and the Mexican provinces Of Sono.
ra and Chihuahua on the south. Il was pur.
Chased BY thsiUnitsd States for $40 900 600
II is said to be exceedingly rich in mines +
silver gold and copper, and is particularly
adapted to the growth Of all kinds of fruit.
especially the grape, The climate is the
finest in the world. The territory embraces
i27'oOo square miles. Let US smigra,s.
AHorHKR FREE srArE.-Ths vote in
Oregon agains. slavery has not disappointed
expectation. In six counties the vote was.
for slavery. 259, against 1t 1871; in Monroe
county. not included in the above count
there i' 800 majority against slavery. The
vote for excluding free negroes is just az
large. The policy Of the Territory seem,
to- be to keep out all inferior races from .
free State. Oregon will doubtless be admit.
tedinto the Union under her present Con.
'stitdtiOn, which will give additional strength
in the Senate to The interests upon the p.
cifc.
AN ESABLise Acr ron Kis.u.-Tbe
bill introduced by Douglas, in the United
States Senate, to prepare the wsy f6r The
admission Of Kansas into the Union, 'p,ro.
vidss for board of'fve Epeisons to bs sp.
pointed by the Pre.faent'lnd confirmed by
the 'Se nate to make IN enumeration of The
inhabitants and a fair apportionment of mem.
bers OF the Convention, the election to be
held on day to.be designatedby the board,
not less than ninety nor more than one hun.
dred and twenty days from the passage of
this act, and who shall be entrusted with the
aPportienment ofjudges and places Of voting,
which is confined to every white male ci.i.
zen Of the United States over twenty.ons
years Of age, who may be bona .fde inhabi.
tdhts of the Territory ON the 2lst of Decem.
Der, and who shall have resided three
months next to said election in the county
in which he offers 10 vote; the Convention
to assemble not less than thirty nor more
than sixty days after the election OF dele.
gates; the Constitution to be submitted to
the legal voters for their ftfl acceptance or
rejec.ion' and unless adopted by majority
OF all the legal votes cast, shall be null and
void. The bill secures the personal and po.
liticul rights of the people, including those
of speech and the press.
CosTEsTrD SEATS IN CostREss. There
are four or FIVE contested seats in the pre.
sent House Of Representatives. The first
and the one which interests the people of
Ohio most deeply, is that of'Col. C. L. Val.
andighsm, Of Dayton, SEt tclaims tile seat
of L. D. Campbell. Reports from, Wash.
ington tell us that The matter will be taken
up and'decfded at an early day, and that Mr..
ValdHdigham will undoubtedly be declared
the legally elected Representative. This
will make nine Democratic Congressmet, eli,
from Ohio.
THE SPrDER's WErb.-Austrian pup.ers Der
state that merchant of Vienna has lately
presented TO the Industrial Gnioh Or that
cspito1, the detsil Of sefies Of experimei,Its
mdde BY him to manufacture spiders thread
into woven tissues. The thread 10 otiud
on reel, aid two dozen tpideitda produce in
six months beautiful and delicste ishnfTe}d. /
two thcusard feet in sngth. The s,uffs i
manufactured in this manner are described
as being far superior to those OF silk in beau.
ty and deicacy Of fabric.
JoKAHs BooTs.-The Charleston Mass
advertiser says whale Of the hump ked
species was driven ashore at Nahant, a few
Days since, and upon being cut open, pair
Of boots, marked 81" in good state of pre-.
servaiion. were found in his sntrails. 1t Is
the boots, as they were marked a."
belonged to Jonah, and were taken off and
oft behind BY accident when he made his
Kit from the big fish.
TIE UTAH ExPEn1rroS.=A "A dispatch from a
It. Louis, dated on December 18th, in t
pesking of the express messenger from a
Utah, says that he passed Col. Johnson's o
ormand near FOtt sridgeh The baggage,
and trains are all safe. Tbe
roops are in good spirits. b
Hon. SAMUEL :. Cox.-Thls gensl ehsn, q
he young and talented representative from u
'e Columbus District, made speech ii, the ID
louise of Representatives,, at Washington;
few d"sS since, Upon the Ksnsas aues,ion. h
lie takes ground against the Lsco,npton &
constitution: He was replied to BY Mr.: n
Iughes. from Indiana. I"
IhE NEW SPEAKER.-Mr. Orr, the new
peaker Of the House of Representa- tives, is :.
ne OF the youngest men who ever occupied ~
lat position. He is but thirty.six years of o' .'
ge' but has been nine years in Congress NJ
is unanimously conceded that he is emf. u u
emily qualified for the position. ~
NATIONAL PARApoxEs.-Somebodv once i.
marked that the Englisbman is never han. =
but when he is naiserablej the Scotchman :.
nd Frenehman is never at home but when :,
10 abroad; and the Irishman il never at =,