The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-08-12
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horses.
G1THou. 8. 8. Cox was re.nominated for
Congress In the franklin District, on the
9th inst, by acclamatiOn.
6TThe Supreme Court, of California.
has decided against the constitutionAlity OF
laws for the better observance Of the Sab.
bath, mainly on the ground that it interferes
with the primary and fundamental right Of
mankind to make money.
6TStephen H. Branch of New York, an
ex-alderman, has been sentenced to years
imprisonment in the penitentiary, for libels
published in a fash sheet which he publish
ed called Ihe Alligator. The verdict Of the
public Is "served him right"
or Columbus, Kentucky, is hard place.
An old farmer, who had been badly swindled
there, said Of II: "If the angel of Gabriel
happens to light at Columbus, there'll be no
resurrection, for they'll swindle him out OF
his trumpet before he can make a single
toot p
bsrIt is an admitted fact that the circuses
and other travelling shows which have been
persmbulating in the western country this
season, have all lost money. The panic OF
last year has induced the people to save their
quarters, to the great inconvenience of DIR.
Merrymun and his motley crew.
HOn Friday last, several U. s. flags,
the British Union Jack, and green flag
with the Union and harp displayed, were
suspended across st. Clair ST., from the
Telegraph Offices to the Angler. and to.
wards evening one hundred guns were fred
in honor of the laying Of the Telegraph
Cable.
GFThe General Assembly of Presbyte-
riuns recently in session in Chicago, ILL.,, de-
cided, by vote of 100 to 50, "that divorces
cannot be granted unless adultery can be
clearly shown; and that man marrying
woman who has been divorsed is himself
guilty OF adultery in a moral view Of the
case"
0TNew York politics, or politicians, are
getting little mixed. They have now four
distinct and separate organizations: Demo.
Gratis, Know Nothings, Black Republicans
with three wings and one tail; and lastly, q,
Syracuse, the State was delivered of a
fourth, which was christened "Temper ance
and Liberty party" Gerrit Smith was its
nominee for Governor. The fight is to be
a quadrangular one.
0TIn tie Clark county, co., Court Of
Common Pleas, Mr.. Alvin E. Patton has
brought suit against Mrs. Jane E. RIanhard
[formerly Baldwin, and her husband, fol
S25 900 damages for breach of PROMISE
What adds to the piquancy of Mr.. Patton's
disappointment is that the lady is worth
100000.
He should advertise her, heading the ad'
vertisement thus: "Lost 100000, BY
carelessness or Encouragement :"
@The Rockingham (va) Re9isiss says
that projected camp meeting in that coun
ty was indefinitely postponed in consequence
of the immense expansion of hoops. A con-
siderable enlargement Of the scamp" woulc
be necessary 10 accommodate the ladies', and
considering the expense and the shortness
of the time to make necessary arrangements
it was concluded TO indefinitely postpone the
meeting. See, ladies', what you hare don't
by your expansive system. ....
GThe first house built in Ohio by q
white man, was built by Charles Fredericl
Post, Moravian Missionary, at the junction
of Sandy Creek and the Tuscarawas, i,
Stark county, in l76l. The place wher'
this house was built, lie very near the lin
!, between Stark and Tuscarawas county; an
Tuscarawas county is truly the pionee
county in Ohio. twas there where civil
cation was first planted in Ohio by the Mara
Wan missionaries. ... "a.
@The magnificent equestrian statue @
Washington, by Clark Mills, now nearl!
completed, it Is determined shall be elevate
on it's pedestal at Washington on the mex
3 anniversary of Washington's birthday, Feb
22d, 1859. Its location is yet Undecided
That proposed in front Of the White Hous
has been abandoned, on account OF the low
ness of the site, and the impracticability {
an artificial mound of sufficient dimension. n.
There appears to be no appropriate nature
elevation in the immediate vicinity, aud poi
= sibly the mound may be resorted to either
the capital grounds or on the reservatio
a known as the Mall.
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