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The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-05
EXTRACT FROM THE DRED SCOTT DECISION,

II Congress isy cannot do his lprohibt slavery in
Territoryly byond Me pocrs conferred on ne federal
goeer,,,sen-a rR be ADMITTED presume that could
authorize rraoria goceaD7a 10 exercise them 40 could confer
po,rer any local gouepnen established by rs authority
tioiatc TIE propisions Of The constitution" "
And il the constitution recognises the right of prop
erty of the master in slave, and makes distinction
between that description of property and other property
owned by citizen tribunal acting under the authori
y Of the United States, whether lohr, erec,pe ju
dieinl, has right 70 drap aech distinction, deny III
bcn Of he progisons and guarantees wich hare been proped
for 1e po,on s pricae properly oguna The croaIfas q
Np government. ef GsatI Esih uar5 trEsa 5liFl
The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-05
RATS OF ADVERTISING.

Eight lines squafei longer hdVeFiements m
proportion adynncc, Advertisements ordered IN
viii be charged az ~ cents per squao o ea
per square for each Insertion spe nes charged double
he foregoing rates. - f-..ffg.g nfafF
The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-05

The Chicago papers inform that gale wns
experienced at Milwaukee the night Of the 9th ult
which occasioncd tho loss Of several lives Several boats
were out the lako which were capsznd and broken
TO pieces aud their inmates drowned
The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-05

On the morning Of tlie Sd instant fire broke out in
the Bowey New York near division street, destroying
property to tho amount Of about $50, 000
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special Notice to Subscribers.

Payment oS subscriptions advance Snd
the b dsruunuea of tho pcr1oA
subscribed coz unka rohesed Neuep gh " gp suberbssa
Nhe uer subscriptions ART about ~ eNIdre
Rmzpccs by mai wiz be s ss Of the subscribers and nol
OF ihe pIbiaher Of The Unon.
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Progress and Retrogre ssion.

ine people Of New York and vicinity have been most
cVe In the expression Of their joy the completion
% the submarine telegraph they have twice illuminated
0 city, and in the various approved methods Of march
g music and masicaton they have given vent to that
peculiar enthusiasm which distinguishes the cosmopolitan
'nl'acer OF the commercial metropolis. BY singular
t"heidenc9 on both these occasions marked misfortune
The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-05

The Philadelphia steam fire engine has been awarded
the FIRST prize ct the trial Of steam-engnes in Boston
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-02-04
4lIc Dead Letter OMcc.

A correspondent Of the Baltimore Sun
says that during the past year about $50, 900
has been found in letters returned to the
Dead Letter Ofice, and that most Of this
money has been returned to its rght'ul own.
ers. The sur further says:
From the connecting branch Of the same
Office the following interesting particulars
are derived. The number Of letters. regis
tered and sent out for delivery TO the own
'eFs during the six months ending Dec. 81,
1857, was 4,S74, the contents of which
were rs {, lows: Bills Of exchange, drafts
and letters Of credit. bonds, notes, checks,
orders Had treasury warrants, certificates Of
deposit, ucctunts and r. esipts, which, cUm-
puted at their nominal value, amounted 10
81, $50 ,6s5 So. Also, 307 deeds and titles
"a articles Of agreement and policies of in
suraDce. ~ certificates Uf stock, 7I2 pen.
sion papers and land warrants, 5}a miscel
laneouS articles, and 100 daeuerreotypes.-
Nearly all OF the above letters, with thei
contents, have been delivered to their prop
er owners. A very large proportion Of ths
veluubte dead 'etters reach tits Dead Lette
OEce through the fault OF The writer's.
either on account OF misdirection, illegibl,
writing, or neglect to prepay the postage.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-02-04
The C,aytom.Bulwrr Treaty.

The following paragraphs from the Wash
ington letter to the Philadelphia Press speak
Of q subject Of much importance, soon to
come into discussion:
There is 4 matter affecting the Uni,eC
States us a nation, more than any other, per.
haps, which has been thrown into the back,
ground. aud Ssar!y forgotten: since the open.
ing of Congress, uud that IL the relation
between the American and British Govern.
ments, &c exhibited by the Clayton Bulwer
treaty, and the negotiations which have gone
on for several years to explain its ersalsing
aud designs.
The difference OF construction by the con.
tFae,fng parties 10 so diametricaliy opposi,e,
that new convention ought certainly to be
entered into, and this will be advocated in
the House, when there is any chance OF gel
ting to the subject, very warmly by both
sides, by the Administration members and
by the opposition Republicans.
Mr. BuchanaB's views arc American, and
the propositions he is known to favor are
sech as can rect with 10 very strong OBJ
5eetioDs.
While fiIlibusteriSm Is baten down here.
ever it shows ts head, It Is the general belief
that no other nation should have prepoRder.
ating influence upo this continent but thai,
Of the United States, much less should that
influence be turned over i.Io the hands Of
European nations whose competitors we are.
The reasons for this are many, and suggest
themselves readily to every mind.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-02-04
Slave Trade HOrTOTS-Kescue of
Six Hundred AfrIcunS.

The journal Of Commerce had a letter
from on board the United States steamer
Mississippi, at st. Helena, on the oath ot
November, mentioning the arrival in that
port, a few days previous, Of a sl4ver in
charge Of Her Maiesty's steam-r Alecto,
having on board about six hundred poor At
ricans in ell their nakedness, II being the
seventh capture by that steamer within two
months. She is an A nercun built Vessel, /,
Of about one hundred aud seventy toms, u
fast sailor, nume unknown, it having been
painted out on the stern, though it shows
fuintly through as the Winaward, Of New
London" She arrived under the name Of
Lucia. The writer adds:
She was captured On the 4,h inst, about
FIVE degrees of the coast, $50 that she was
veil off, after hard chase vi ten or twelve
hours, end was only taken by the tear, and
consequent refusal of the crew 10 work her,
after having been fred on aeven or eight
times She had one or two passengers (From
captured yessels,l and a crew, all told, Of
but no Americans anon! them. When
seized she showed no AIg, had no papers,
acknowledged no captain. nnl, Of course,
her cargo declared itself and her own con.
deNnation. One Of the passengers Cup.
posed TO be the captain of the SLAYER Bss.
men. captured previuusly.) died on board of
Of the steamer where also the rest OF tue
crew t,uw uEe. She had been out ssvernI
days when cup ured, and had lost by dealh q
| great msny; and the p1or iellJws continued
| dying by the dozen daily, even after arriving
hcre-twelve dying ON the day Vi arrival,
and out Of about six hundred only something
over four hundred have Outlivcd the mise Yit q
and suffering of the "middle passage" oi
only fourteen days. Alter they were land.
cd several died ere they could reach their
quarters, and daily new made graves are
opened. visited the vessel in u few hours
after her arrival to give you this sketch OF
scene, we fain had hoped belonged t.
days gone by, but which was before my eyes
in oil its horror. found u small schOonei
whose deck ard hold swarmed with the poo:
creatures as thick as they could sit, most OIL
them young meh-very many bsye, and
about eighty girls and young women. They
had been slowed in sitting postcres in the
hold, and then over their heuds q slave. X
laid whereOn were crowded tho women and
the boys, in space barely high enough to
admit Of sitting upright. could not have
believed it possible that so many human be.
ings could be slowed in such space. When
! visited them, they Of course were not in
irons, nor cunined in their original posi-.
tions; for the deck was alive with them. |
cannot find language in which 10 paint the
filth and stencil Of this prisoD.hou Of mis-.
cradle, wretched suffering. The naked
bodies, fifth Of person, emaciated limbs, to
almost skeletons, wan and pitisble faces UP
turned, arms, legs or persons still sore from
the slave. .stealer's fiery marking brand, ell
presented scene most sickenipg.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-02-04
An Important Bunk CaSc-$3S,'
OOO Judgment.

An important bank case was before Jus.
ticc Woodruff and Jury, in New York, on
the l4th instij in which Simon Perkins
Cashier Of the Branch Bank ut Akron, O.
figured to the extent OF $4,000 default:
The action WINS 6Sought 10 recover $780,.
600, the amount Of ioIr bills Of exchange
drawn by the defendant.
The City Bank of New Haven, in 1851,
made loan Of $4,000 to tho Cashier oil
the Bank of Akron, in Ohio, in small bank.
bills Of the City Bank, to be circulated in
Ohio; the Cashier agreeing to protect the
circulation and redeem the bills as fast aa
returned. AS security for the Ian ke
agreed that S6C,U03 Of the collection paper
OF the Bank Of Akron, which might at any
time thereafter be in the American Elk.
change Bank; should be held by that bank
as collateral security for the loan.
The loan continued for some three years,
and until November, 1854, when the Presi.
dent Of the City Bank, hearing rumors
against the Akron Bank, took possession of
$4,000 collection paper which then hap.
pened to be in the American Exchange
Bank; ana upon portion OF that paper the
suit was Brought. Upon the seizure Of this
paper the Bank Of Akron failed, and its as.
sets; BY its charter, pissed to the State Bank
Of Ohio. A suit by the State Bank TO re.
COVER Of The defendant Upon the same bills
is pending in Ohio.
The defendants Eodhsel claimed that the
pledge Of Tho BILLS in the American Ex.
change Bank was unknown to my Director
Of tie Akron Bank. or Other officer except
the Cushier, until they were seized; that the
loan from the City B INK was loan to the
Cashier. individually; for which he gave his
individual note, inaorsed by him as Cashier,
and that he received the City B1nk notes
and used them for his individual specula.
lions, without right or authority. and tiiat by
the charter he had no power to make The
pledge; thut his agreement to pledge bills
to be received Mt future time gave no IL.
tie; that, by the law of the Stnte Of Ohio,
contracts for the circulate OF foreign bank
notes were void, Of which law the plaintiff
was bound 10 take notice.
The trial continued for three DAYS. A
formal verdict tor $36, 900 was directed for
the plaintiff. Judgment suspended, and the
questions OF law to be heard in the frat in
stance at the GenerslTerm.-N Y. Psper.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-02-04
Pacific RaiIroud.

In the House they are diseustin. the
prseticabili,y of the various railrosd routes
to the Pacific coast. Some contend for the
Northern route, and others are fer the
Southern route, while still others oppose
both. What Congress will do in this mat
ter is hard to guess. Wsrather think, hcw
ever, that this session will end as have
several other sessions, without doirg any
thing 10 set this really great National en-
tsrprise on foot. We hope, however, that
cur fears msy not be realized. We look on
q railroad to the Pacific as one Of the most
necessary and important works that eOull
be set on foot and completed by cur Gov
eminent. It has been talked OF and talked
shout long enough. and it is now high timt
tina, something should be done.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-02-04
Election Of mn Additional Judge,

We noticed week before last the introdue.
ton of bill in the House. by Mr.. Odell
tor the election Of an additional judge oil
the Court Of Common Pleas in Tthis1 the
third Sub division Of the sixth judicial dis.
trct. Unde: the present arrangement the
District is composed Of three Sub divisions,
viz:-lst Licking, Knox and DeIaware-2d
Richand, Ashland and Morrow--3d Wsyne
Holmes and Coshocton. and there is one
Judge elected in each Sub division, but the
three have co.cxteLsive jurisdiction in the
District. 1t is claimed by gentlemen OF the
bar and others interested, in various parts OF
The District, and particularly in the large
counties, that tho number of cases has so
largely increased the three Judges, now on
the bench, are absolutely unable to trarsac,
all the business, and it ID so far behind tna,
I't'gants are actually suffering oh accoun,
81 the delay in disp6sirt of their cases
The accumulation Of additional costs in the
courts OF Wayne county dldne, In conse.
quence OF the delay IN trying cases, amounts
10 more than half n years salary-and this
10 but one of the nine counties COMPOSING
the District; bes des the embarrassment and
perplexities Of both litigunts and witnesses
on account Of delny.
In order TO remedy this evil it is prsposed
70 elect on additional Judge in one of the
subdivisions; whose jurisdiction will be
over the whole district; and as this is more
certain OF eIecting Democrat, IL should be
located here. There is no dFer!Hce in the
COST as the salaries Of the Judges are paid
out oil the State. Treasury, and ali have Ia
crai. "
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-02-04
FiIiibUStCrEng.

The prompt sction Of ofCommodOre Pauldine
has given q death blow TO fllibusteriHg in
NiearaCua. Perhaps he did not literally
sbey the instructions of government, for the
reason that his instructions were general and
not special, but he saw that a coup de main
was necessary, even If his Instructions were
exceeded. For the boldness and skill with
which he acted, be deserves credit and sraise.
He has done honor to the navy end to the
country. He has given the death blow to
hilibustering In that direction. The "per.
tureed spirits" who, following bad exemp
lar, have thought to advsnee their own for
tunes and build up schemes for their own
ambition, will hereafter be compelled to seeI
new fields Of enterprise. The present ad
ministration will no, permit the nation to b
disgraced by sny breach Of the well estab
lished law of nations, and such men a. Wal
her will soon 6nd their level.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-02-04
ADVERTISEMENT

BGRHAvE's HOLLAND BITTERs. - Sec
what the dealers, men who will sell any
thing in their line, and who are not inter
ested in the medicine more than any other,
say: .r ....
We think highly Of your article, and ex-
fect it TO have large sale.
,. BARNES & PARK, New York.
Ths demand is greatly increasing.
II. w. DYoTT & Son, Phila.
Most medicines require time to start them;
your sells at the start.
HOFFMAN & MoRwITz, Phfls.
II is steadily gaining ground.
DR.. b. F. MILES, Peoriu. III.
The demaud is increasing.
c. g. w. CAsPARI. Baltimore.
The lot will soon be sofd-send more.
VIA. THOMPSON, Ricevile. e. Tenn.
We are out--send another lot at once.
d. NJ. & A. ]. TUCKER, Fulton, No.
We have not q medicine that sells 10
rapidly. BARCLAY BRos., Chicago.
Berhave's Holland Bitters meets with a
large sale; it hus always gi.en good satis-
faction. LOUIS WARLrcH, Chicago.
We hevo been selling Bdefhave's Holland
Bittcrs for some months; and, although,
"hen it was first introduced. we did no,
urge it's sale, being anacquaintel with the
article; still we found the public deter
mined TO have it, and to meet the demand
VIC have been Obliged to purchase more OF
this article than we ever have Of any patent
medicine Whatever. Every day Brings new
testimonials of its efficacy in removing the
various complaints for which it lie recon-
ftended, and in offering it to our customers
We do SO with more Confidence in it's vir-
tues than is due 10 host preparations Of the
kind. GALE BRorAERs, DruggiSts,
i8A Randolph st., Chicago.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-02-04
Monetary.

The money market in Cincinnati, says tbs
Gasette, is without change. The demand is
fair, and bankers discount to moderate ex
tent for their customers al l0al2 per cent
per annum.
The New York Weekly Bank Statement
shows further increase of specie, the az.
gregats being $3o,s20,l6l. There is also
an increase in loans Of $l,699,677. The
statement 10 very favorable one.
Such Treasury notes US are floating about
In New York are selling at IA and / 2
per cent discount. The Shoe and Leather
bank has applied for one hundred housand
Of theta.
The notes Of Rhode Island Banks are now
received by the Metropolitan Bank, New
York, the same as other money.
The gold coinsge Of the Uniled States
since the establishment OF the mint in 1892
makes grand total Of $5o5, ,Sl2.94O.
From report made by the Committee o
Investigation with tefefence to the BfFairs o
the Western Bank Of Scotland. we find th,
amount due to deposi,ors is S26,532 s45.-
The nominal value Of bills discounted q
$al, l,7l5,l95. and these are valued at 81,
b26, ,470.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-02-04
DistinguiAht d Dead.

The last arrival from Europe brought US
tidings of the death of four persons, distin.
gnished In their respective spheres, nEmely,
General Havelock, q Bri,ish officer, whose
gallant contuct in India Las excited the id.
uirstiCn Of the world; Marshal Radstzky,
well and widely known as one of the mos,
d;stir guished Generals Of the last half cen.
tury; Redsclid Pascha, Turkish Minister
and Vi1ier of great celebrity, and Msdamt
Rachel. the eminent French actress. TIL:
death Of the first will produce ProtOunt
sensation. General Havelock was no ord
nary man, and although his career was
checked just ct the moment when he had
achieved the very highest honOrs, and sc.
cured the warmest applause Of bis country.
men, bis name and his fame will long be
remembered with pleasure. M.rshaI Rad.
etZky vas q veteran, and hsd lived TO enjoy
almost every honor that could be heaped
upon him BY his sovereign. He was born
in l776, and he departed to his last resting
place on earth, full Of years and full ol
honorS. The name of Redschid Paseha il
not so familiar to the American reader, and
yet it has occupied . conspicuous place for
some years In the details Of the fore gn
news. and espe cially in connection with the
recent wars in the east. In regard to Med.
ame Rachel, ber history is remarkable, and
she has by common consent occupied the
hrst place on the trsgic stage for nearly Il
quarter Of . century.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-02-04
80 Inc TFgasuIy Dsaaica1Ion.

The Late TfSasury DefhicafIoDs
Mr.. PAR offered in the H6uss the follow.
Ing sresmbls snafssblbtlou, which were laid
over for discussion:
WHERgAs, II appears BY the aRnu,l mes.
cage of the Governor TO the present Gener.
al Assembly Of the State Of Ohio, that VIM.
H. Gibson, while Treasurer Of State, had
In his custody, As said Treasurer Of State,
six per cent. bonds to the amount OF S209,.
6es II, deposited as security for the circu'
Istln1 notes OF the Seneca County Bank,
and that el3s, 1873 Ia had been sent to Now
York to DO converted into other bonds OF
different date, and that 400, 900 Of these had
been placed in the hnnds Of Atwood g. &C.,,
with suthorlty to sell, snd drafts had been
made on that firm end accepted by It on this
credit, 70 the amount OF $56,o00; and that
40 sTrsngemeht wss afterwards made, BY
which these bonds we're transferred to the
Ohio Life Insursnce and Trust Company, to
be transferred to the State as SOON ~ mon.
Sy Gdvsnccd by that institution In discharge
of the claim Of Atwood & Co.. should be
realized out OF certain credits deposited BY
Mr.. Gibson; therefore
Resolved, That his exceilency, Salmon P.
Chase. 10 hereby requested to furnish tlls
House. at his earliest convenience, oil the
Information In his possession. or which he
can reasonably obtain, upon the following
points:
/. BY whom and whst authority were
the $l33, lss ID Of the bonds aforesaid, sent
to New York to be converted into other
hnnds of q different datp1
9. BY Whom and by what suthorlty were
the 100000, placed In the hands Of At
wood 4 Co., TO be sold, and who drew the
draft on that firm which had been accepted
on the credit OF these bonds to the smouEt
of S5S 900, ard to whom were these drafts
payable!
s. By v hom and by what su,hority were
these bvnCs, which had thus been obtained
from the Slate Treasury, placed in the pos.
session o. the OHIO Life Insurance and
Trust Company, to be held until the money
sdvanced to Atwood i Co, should be real.
lied oO, OF securities dsposited by Gibson!
T. What was :he character OF the secu.
rites deposited BY Gibson, when sad by
whom mnde, the amount Of each, and when
dnd to whom given when made!
5. Have these securities been paid, or
the bonds returned to the Treasury!
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From Washington.
WASHINGTON Cry. +

WAsHlNaToN CITY, Feb. l..
The Cabinet were in extraordinary coun
Gil this morning, having for the first time
the authenticated copy Uf the Lecomptou
Constitution befUfs tiIeih. The Presidents
special message to accompany its transmits.
sion to Congress is alre dy prepared, but
may not be communicated III to:mdrrow. T
Gen. ClarkSoH arrived here last evening,
with the Lecompton Constitution, which
being addressed to the President, was i'm
mediateiy put in his possession. ~
A private letter from Gen: Calhoun was
received by the President, requesting his ex.
cellency to Icy II before Congress. IL will!
be communicated to that body on Monday.
accompanied by a message.
Quite a number OF leading Kansas men
have already arrived, who, itis said, will do
everything In their pswOr to defsst the Con-
stitution. u 4ssa, J..,; tsss
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-02-04
Sale Of Real Estate by Order OF
""a COupE. @N

{ IN the 9Th day of March, A. D., 1858,
~ between the hour: Of O'Clock and O'Clock in
sold T., the highest bidder the Interests of i6e wards
hereinafter named, the following real estate az the
property OF joseph Mitchell, John Mitchell, Mary
Jane Mitchell agd Martha 4. Mitchell, heirs OF Van
X. Mitchell, late OF Hiram; portage county deceased
20 wit One tract Of land, being part OF lot number
tors-nine, In the township Of Hiram and county Of
Portage and state Of Ohio, bounded on the south by
the township line; on the west by land late owned
oy David Beardsley; on the north by the original
iot nne and on the east by land late owned by Sarah
Mcdonnell and tho highway-containine sixty.nine
and seventycght hundredths af land; also ono
other tract Of land in said township being part Of lot
number forty-nne, bound the ast by the centre
Of tho highway bounds are sixty Hye rods north
the south line OF said lot said highway; thence
west fourteen rods and fifteen aud one half links;
thence north TO the north line Of said lott thence east
to she said highWay-containihg ten acres The said
premises sold free from the cncumbranee OF dOweE.
~ rt LUCINDA MITCHELL, .
, - Guardian Of the minor heirs above named.
February 4, 1e5e-5w STRkwpER & HARr, Attt 81.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-02-04
WashlnglOn's Birth Place.

Both branches Of the Virginia Legislature
have passed bill providing for the convey
sacs to the State Of Virginia of the birth
place of Washington and the home ano
graves Of his .Ptogenitors in America. The
adoption Of this IBessure may be regarded
as patriotic prelude to the eonsHhmatiOn
of the Robls enterprise in which the Ladies'
Mount Vernon Association 10 engsged.-
The bill aPpropriates 5000 TO enclose the
places with an iron fence, and TO ereet sub-
stsntia tablets to commemorate for the ris.
ing generation those noble spots. !" as Tequr-
ed BY Lewis w. Washington 10 bis offer Of
eonveyanes. t@ Fsr t