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The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-05-13
The Growth of Orr Cities.

Boston was trying to grow nearly one
hundred years before it attained q pOpula-
! tion Of ten thousand.
Albany was two hundred years.
New York was one hundred and thirty
years.
Philadelph settled sixty or seventy
years later, grew much faster than the older
cities, and arrived at the dignity of ten thou
sand IN much less time, that is, in about fifty
years.
New Orleans was about one hundred
years old before she had that number.
During the first hundred years after the
settlement of Boston, (l63O) she was The
largest city Of the colonies.
New York became as popuIpus as Boston
just before the Revolutionary war.
Philadelphia had taken the lead of both
her older sisters many years before The war,
About 1911 New York became as popu.
lous as Philadelphia, each containing one
hundred thousand Inhabitants.
Baltimore overlook Boston about the vent
1900.
The principal new cities grew to the
number of l00O0, nearly as folIows:-
Pittsburgb in 66 yeursj Louisville, so years ;
Cincinnati, % years; Cleveland, 40 yenrs :
New lbany, 35 years; Chicago, IL. years ,
and Milwaukee, 10 years.
The above named cities attained to CO..
600 in the number of years from their birth
as follows; Boston, 1863; Albany, s2O;
New York, 100; Philadelphia 80; New Or.
leans, 1l2; Baltimore, about 80; Pittsburgh,
70; Louisville, Al; Cincinnati, 80; Cleve.
land, 45; Detroit, 81; Chicago, l6, and Mil
wauhie, II years. =,
Ii any one will compare the early with
the late growth of our cities, he will be
struck with the extraordinary disparity in
favor OF their recent growth-not in their
actual augmentation, merely, but in their
pfoPorlonate more fapid growth as they at
tam larger size, the per cent. increasing
from decade to decade. In a community Of
high civilization, less than halt are now
needed for the cultivation of the ground.
and more than half find cities and large
towns the best theatre for their industry
and enjoyment. In our country, west and
northwest OF the Atlantic slope, includipg
the Canndas, not over one in fifteen live in
cities and towns, the other fourteen. fiftee enths
oelng engaged in opening new farms or
growing crops. This slate of things is an.
omalous, and cannot long continue. Our
cities will receive, before long, the whole
augmentation, and a considerable number
from the thinning ranks of agriculture. 1t
Is as certain as any future event dependant
on human action can be-, that the next ten
years will exhibit more rapid city growth,
and especially in our great interior plain.
than has ever before been witnessed. d.-To.
ledo Blade.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-05-13
ACQuittal for KILLING a Scducer in
Kentucky,


The trial OF HMdesty for the shooting OF
Grubb occupied three days OF last week. at
Burlington, Boone county. 1t will be re-
menbered that sister Of Hardesty was se-
duced BY Grub, and thu. Hsrdesty told the
seducer that he would give him six months
in which to make his choice between mar
rying the girl and being killed. The six
months expired, and Grubb not having mar
ried the girl, Hardesty met him, and on sight
sbot him. The evidence showed that
Grubb was armed also in expectation of the
attack, but was shot in the act OF drawing
his weapon. The trial was ended last
Thursday, and the verdict Of the jury was
not guilty. The following is the substance
Of the judgment pronounced by Judge Nut
all upon the verdict of not guilty by the jury
in behalf Of Hardesty.
Sir: You have been indicted by grand
jury of your country upon most heinous
charge. You have put yourself upon your
country and your God for deliverence. -
You have had fair and impartial trial be-
fore them, and they have both pronounced
you not guilty, and so sayI. 1t may not be
proper for me to express my sentiments,
yet, nevertheless, | will do it. Young man!
had been wronged as you have been, I
would have spent every dollar | had on
earth, and all that | could have begged and
borrowed, and then starved upon the track
Of the villain, but would have imbrued nv
hands in his blood Go hence without de-
lay. You are acquitted. Louisville Cou.
riey,
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-05-13
AGhirs IN Congress.

The present Congress, The tbirty.ffth
has been in session nearly five months, and
as yet, it has msde but very trifing progress
in public business. But ten public and
eleven private acts, and six Joint resolutions
have been passed by both Houses. At the
present rate Of progress, it would take sew.
eral years to take Up and pass, in regular
order, the various bills and acts now remain.
ing On the calendar. 1t is stated that
there are still unacted upon nearly five hun.
dred bills which have already been brought
before Congress by the various committees
In addition to these, there are now in the
hands Of the Standing Committees, unre.
ported to Congress, over thousand bills ind
petitions.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-05-13
A larger Ship than the Levsa.,,au

Already larger ship than the Levia,hon
has been projected in EngIand-a ship to
which the monster will herself appear as
ninnow. And this new monster is of spe-
cai importance to the citizens of New York,
fer, although it is proposed to make her eight
thousand tuns larger than the Leviathan, she
is to sail faster and draw less water. An
engineer of Liverpool, named Glare, has
come forward with propositions for building
tn iron screw and paddle steamship, by woy
Of testing principle, greatly the superior
OF the Levathun. His experiment is to be
tried on scale of startling magnitude, and
he has already exhibited his mt dels, which
Ure attracting the attention of scientific men
in England. He proposes 10 build q ship
cne thousand feet in length, seventy feet
beam, ard only thirty feet from deck to keel,
making her perfectly flat bottomed, and her
sides nearly square. In size she would be
thirty thousand tuns,
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-05-13

The Canandaigua & Elmira Railroad
from Canandaigua to Jefferson, is advertised
in the Canaudaigua papers to Le sold al
public auction in that vilag e, n the Gath
Of June Dext, hy Philo T. Rnggles, Re-
feree.
The Niagara Falls Railroad is also ud-
vertised to be sold soon. Rumors are cur
rent that it is to be bought by the Central
Railroad Company. We understand meet
ing Ct the Directors Of the Central R. R
Company was held in Albany on Saturday
when the subject was taken into considera-
ton. So saith Madame Runor.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-05-13
Destructive Fire im Stcuben vile,

The Steubenville Herald, of Wednesday,
gives the particulars Of the burning OF Han.
ma u Sons paper mill in that place on
Tuesday night about eleven o'clock. The
hre broke out in the garret of the mill,
where large umotnt of rags and other
combustible matter were stored. The FIRE
was discovered before it had made much
headway, and put out where first observed: !:
but having been fired at many places abo ut
the same time, all efforts to extineuish il
were vain. The building. with most Of it's
contents, valuable machinery, &c., was
speedily reduced to ruins, involving q loss of
about $4,000. Upon the mill there was
an insurance of 1900, $4,000 in the Del.
aware Mutual, and $4,000 in the West.
ern Insurance Companies. Some sixty or
seventy persons are thrown out of employ.
ment.
1t is the intention OF the Messrs. Hanna
to rebuild the mill as soon as possible.
The Herald says: "The loss Of Messrs.
Hanna q Sons in all is about $22, 900. for
which they have the sympathies of the peo,
ple' and the deep regrets of hundreds-for
no men in the city Of Steubenyille have ex.
hibited more enterprise or borns ID against
the pressure with more untiriBG zeal and
eonmsndaeIe energy than these gentle
s"SH' aal3 .tesf5s 5s.s6e+s.s H. -Ss 80
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-05-13
VA'Ec Of Spanish Coin at the Mint

A letter from Mr.. Cobb, Secretary Of the
Treasury, to a citizen in Utah, throws Iigh,
on this subject, which is of general interest
at this time. He says:
81 am not able TO state the market price
OF such bullion at the present time. Au.
thorlty was formerly given to the mints at
Philadelphia ard New Orleans to purchase
silver of that standard at 1921 cents per
ounce, but our stock of silver coin and bull.
lion becoming too large for convenience
TINS authority was revoked nearly q year
since, and purchases of silver bullion ere
not now made at mints at any price. The
act OF July 81, 1856, authorizes the recent
OF Spanish Mexican quarters a, the Treas.
ury and It's Offices, and the Post Offices at
20 cents each, and for the space Of two
years. authorizes them 10 be deposited at
the mint in Philadelphia, and payment of
their nominal value Of rs cents each in ne "
cents. These are the only modes in which
Spanish Quarters are received and paid for
on public account at the present time. Gold
bullion may be deposited at the mint and its
branches, and assayed and coined on &C.
count of depositors. But this ia not the
case with silver bullion. No silver is an.
,herized to be coined by law except on pub
lic account"
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-05-13
FRED. p. STANTON
An English ll0le; Ou iac .Amcri-
can Plan.

A large hotel, somewh1t q ter the Ameri.
can pattern, has been projected in london
BY company who propose to raise capital
to the amount Of one and half million
The Great Wes,ern Hotel at Padington, is
the only ono OF the kind in England, and it
Is "always full" ..- a.- .. .0..., oa..
The proposed site of the International
Hotel is described iu the prospectus as ga
square plot of freehold ground, having a
frontage OF eight hundred feet, abutting on
the Strand, Burleigh street, Exeter street
aud Wellington street, including the site OF
the Lyceuti Theatre." 1t is close to the
government Offices ut Somerset House, not
tar from the Inns of Court, and almost
within stones throw of the two great the
atres and of Exeter Hall. For travellers il
has still greater advantages. 1t is within a
smiling cab fare of every terminus in Ion.
don except the G eat Western and the East.
ern counties, and is in immediate cuntiguity
to Waterloo bridge, which, notwithston nding
It's toll, forms the great debouchere from the
Southwestern, Southeastern and Brighton
lines, to the centre and north of the metrop.
oils. The extent of accommodation, az an.
nounced IN the prospectus, will amount to
two hundred and thirty beds, with private
slttlng-rooms in proportion. Thefe is to be
daily table d'hote; a separate coffee room
and reading'room for Indies; bIliurd.rooms,
smoking. rooms and chess rooms.
The London Ne'cs says, at is certain
that in London there must exist an ample
demand for the increased accommodation
that large establish ments like these are best
qualified TO supply. 1t is absurd to suppose
that great hotels, such as are worked to on
ample profit in Paris, New York, Boston and
New Orleans, should, if properly managed,
prove unremuneratiye in London" This is
marked and unusual tribute to the superb
Ority Uf American hotels.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-05-13
Death Of Judge .s,uthcrla nd

il is with feelings of the deepest regret
that we are called upon to announce the
sudden demise Of John X. Sutherland, Pro.
bate Judge of this county. He died abou,
4 O'Clock on this "wednesday morning, oil
APoplexy. To within an hour of the time
Of his decease he was in the enjoyment Of
his usual good health. He had. been up
during the night attending to the wants Of
some OF his children; and shortly after bis
return to bed, the attention of bis wife was
attracted by his hard breathing. She spoke
70 him, but received no answer, and becom.
ing alarmed she sprang from her couch and
procured a light only to discover that no was
dying. Assistance was Immediately SUM
moned and a physician sent for, but By the
time he arrived al the house the Judge was
no more. Thus I'm the prime Of life and IL
the midst OF his usefulness, death laid bis
heavy band upon him. -SseubsaviAs Union.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-05-13

Von May Day, the citizens OF Dedham
masS.' celebrated the anniversary by assem-
ohng to set out fifty young trees in the pub
nc highway. The trees were mostly elms
when the job was done the amateur a,ri-
cul.9railsts adjourned to the Agricultural
HailS where repast was set out, 10 wind
up me ceremony Of setting up. Edmund
ua'hey, ESD. presided, aud made a speech :
other speeches followed from Mr.. Josisb
Qaioss yf5 Rev Dr. Dawson and others,
end . lsitsr from don. Marshall P. wiido,
was rssa. y wssa great day in Dedhsm.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-05-13

VTThe Leavenworth papers state that
for the last three months that place has been
Hooded with counterfeit silver coin. On
the 18th ult, the United States Marshal ar.
rested Sergeant Repard, Of the United States
lafantry. and found in his trunks a large SUD.
PLY Of bogus coin. An accomplice testified
thathe had seen Repard engaged in its man.
nfaeiure. The bogus coin is but apoor i'm.
iEatioR of the genuine.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-05-13
An Internal RIachiMc~-Inccnil
ism by CIOck-WOrk.

While Mr.. Henry Fischer was employed
on Saturday last, in removing Mr. Tolhurst's
agricultural implements, patterns and stock
from the Stephens warehouse on the cana
in South Akron, he found singular box
with external 6xings indicating mis- schievous
intent. Fearing it might prove an Orsin's
bomb or one of those hair.triggered death.
dealers such as are picked up at Sevastopol
tie threw it into the canal.
On taking it out and inspecting il, the
box was found to contain the running works
OF brass clock, so adjusted and fixed tha,
the revolution of the stem would draw a
bunch OF friction matches connected with q
train Of tissue paper and fine shayings over
the tube OF lamp wick. An oyster con,
cut and fitted, with leather top, and filled
with camphene was placed under the clock,
being the lamp to furnish blaze. The box
was enclosed in large box which contain.
ed combustible. A bottle of camphene was
near and some quarts of quick friction
matches.
When adjusted and the lamp lighted, the
clock would have run several hours (accord
ing as 1t was wound up,) and gradually drawn
the matches into the blaze, when the com.
bustion would have been instantaneou
There can be no possible doubt that the
whole contrivance was for the purpose of
lncendiarism, but the ulterior motive is a
mystery. ... s..... .a
The building in which it was placed was
warehouse belonging to Roswell Kent,
Esq MIR. TClhurst, whose stock was in the
building, was uninsured. Thus far the pur.
pose to be-, accomplished in setting fire to
that building is not discovered, and conjec-
Eure is quite at fault.
The apparatus was ingeniously got up,
but has failed of its object. Such discoye.
~ 10 Akron, in all the circumstances, is
calculated to suggest some curious refec.
.ions-whch, however, we leave readers to
follow out for themselves Bed.
con.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-05-13

JThe Pennsylvania Legislature has
passed bill abolishing the Canal Board
The duties Of the Canal Commissioners ex-
Pire from The. date Of the transfer Of the
works to the Sunsbury and Erie Railroad
OosapAny. but thsE> remain in Office until
July let iossstle up the business.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-05-13

GThe Teachers throughout the Unior
expect to meet ct Cincinnati next summer
and have jubilee. The occasion wbicf
calls them together is the Convention Of th,
National Teachers, Association; the time il
Tue second Wednesday in August. Many
OF the most distinguished educators of this
country and in Canada will be in attend.
ance.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-05-13

: RT Matthew Johnson has been appointed
u. 8. MARSHALL for Northern Ohio.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-05-13

GTThe aalsry o. the police n George.
town, D. c., 10 fixed at S7oo per year.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1858-11-12
ROAD NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that petition
IN willbe p esentcd to the Commissioners
Of Wyandot county, Ohio at their December
session, for the year 1855, asking an altera-
ton of acounty road established at the De,
cember session, 1857, of said Commissioners
Said established road commences the centre
of section ID, township l, Crawford tp.) south
of range 9 east. thence running south on cen
tres line Of said section to the quarter post,
thence south on or near the centre line ofsec-
tion 90 to ihtersect the road from old Tymoch-
teeto Carey. The alteration asked for in said
road commences ON at the point on said centre
ford, where said established road divergeas
from said centre line, and running thence south
on tina centre line of said section 90 until it in
tersects the road leading from old Tymooh-
lee to Carey, there to terminate. -so.G ylre l1.
Oct. 29. .'5S .u3. be- 4.i..fs!sA gs..5 saA H.s5J
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1858-11-12
ROAD NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that there will be
INA petition presented to The Commission
ers Of Wyandot county, Ohio, at their Decem-
Der session for 1858, praying for a view, sur
vey and location Of county road in Marseilles
township in said cennty, commencing at a
pontnear the brick School House in thu Viii
1age of Marseilles in said township, running
thence east or alittle south east through lands
belonging TO athe heirs Of Charles Merriman
ard through the lands of Thomas Efnptage
and south Of said Emptage's house. until it
and l6 in said township. running thence south
on tie section line to the center Of said sec.
tions 16 and II, running thence east through,
the center Of sections sixteen, fifteen, fourteen
and Thirteen in said t. wnship to the county
line between the counties of Marion and Wy
apdot, there to terminate, ,4.a
Oct. %, '.8,n3, .i.s .-,la is ss.s5s,s ss.1
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1858-11-12
NOTICE..

Russell Bowsher will take notice that Sa ,
rah Bowsher, widow Of Jesse Bowsher, dc.
ceased, efthe county of Wyandot ard State
of Ohio did on the 2lst day Of April, A. D.
1858, file her petition in the Court Of Common
Pleas within and for the county of Wyandot,
in said State of Ohio, againstth said Russell
Bowsher. and Cornelius Young, and Mary
Young his " ife, Manerva BoWshcr, and Miles
Bowshel and Nelson Bowsher, defendants.
asking that dover be assigned her in the fol-
lowing described premises Of which her said
husband Jesse Bowsher died seized, to witi--
The north west quarter ofthe n.rth west quar-
ter of section one. the south west quarter Of the
north east quarter of section three, anltf the
north west q arter of the north east quarter Of
section eleven, all in township three south.
range thirteen East, in Wyandot county in
the State of Ohio. And the said Russell
Bowsher is notified that he is required to ap.
pear and answer said petition on or before tie
fr,t day OF the next Term af the Court Of Com
mon Pleas, next to he holden in and for tho
County Ct Wyandot aforesaid. ~ !
~ SARAH BoWSHER.S' ?
F4T. By G. W. BEERY her Atty.
Oct Sth 1858
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1858-11-12
To the Public.

AT the fair ofihe Wyandot Co. Agri'
cultural Society held October 18Th, l4th
and 18th, 1858, the Sweepstakes" pre-
MUM for the best stallion three years old
and upward, was awarded to "Republi.
can, three year old stallion owned by
Barnet Hughes. d1rt9 lI,
First premium on mares for all work tc
E. stokely;; on2lyear old Filley. for al
work. same ,:., 25e sl,do5 i5y fjS
AS these items were omitted in the list
Of premiums awarded, as Published, !
make the statement in justice to those in
terested. CURTIS BERRY, Jr.,
e ayii1 EfuI01 y Sect'y VIC. AS.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1858-11-12

T SOMETHING WORTH KNOWING ..
We would call your HtentiotiI to the Advertise,
ment Of pr! Mahn's Augue Balsam, which ap.
peafsain the columns Of our present humber. -
We are pleased TO DC able to'record the satisfac-
tion of our pstrbps after trial 81 an article ad.
vertiseai 10 our columns Ali tile Lqu ack NOS
trums Of the day aragiving away before land
1t seems, truly, toIwork oy magic, land in all
cases effect a cure This is indeed q great dis
covef,, and will be hailed with pleasufe by
thcnsandswh u have 'suffetea' and striedy and
ths tt,eG w and 81 defed year year. throaghost
isl is Il ,bs essrn Soqntty, To- Sosw that lIHr'dc
Az 4 II !. t1S reach efall. This VIZ sk..
y lists IS s0le oy all good and responsbIss leme'
s'''f'0 ~ tlhStiNi TAS'f''sfpfe aruS-
7tifT rhHis ~
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1858-11-12
Constitution and By.Laws Of the Wyan
dot County Teachers Association. D'

' PREAMBLE. '-''" I
% r For mutual improvement in all
that pertains to education, we the under
signed do hereby form ourselves into an
Association and agree 10 be governed by
the following constitution and bylaws.
idli CONSTITUTION. .ye7 a,
ART. qst This Association shall be
called the Wyandot County Teachers AS.
socation. iAFt.t,sl4
ART Cd. The officers Of this Associa.
ton shall consist of President, two Vice
Presidents. a Secretary and Treasurer.
J. ART, 3D., The President shall preside
at the meetings of this Association and
perform all the Offices usually assigned tc
a presiding officer. , ..
4 ART. 4th. Either Of The Vice Presi
dents shall preside in absence ofthe Pres
ident, and shall have all the power Of that
office. ,,f '" "
ART. 9TH. 1t shall be the duty Of the
Secretary, to record the transactions oI
the Association. attend to all its correspon.
dents and furnish an abstract Of the same
to the Association. IA ,sf. .-t9rrio
ART 6th The Treasurer shall have
charge of the funds Of this Association
and shall rep.rt the state Of the treasury
to the Association at its regular meetings.
Z ART. 7th. This Association shall hold
atleast two meetings and one Institute
annually. l ''.s .,..,t
ART. 9Th. Any person may become a
member Of this Association by subscribing
to the Constitution and By Laws and paw
ing the tuition fee at Institutes. .,.
ART. 9th. This Constitution may be
amended by majority of those present
at any regular meeting, notice having
been given to that effect at previous
meeting. r 5.larte a.. tra et
BYLAWS. 4,...
ART. LIST. The officers of this Associa-
ton shall held their offices for the term
of one year and shall be elected at the an
uua meeting in the Fall. lc
ART. Cd. All the members Of the As
socia'ion shall have the privilege Of voting
on.allquestieDs and discussing all subjects
that may come before the Association.
ART. Sd. The officers Of this Associa.
lion shall be elected by ballot unless 9TH
erwisc ordered by a majority Of those
present at the time and those receiving
the greatest No.. Of votes shall be declar-
ed elected. a.y4 asa. iUois l5.as ),
AIT. 4th. The Treasurer shall pay out
funds only by order Of the President.
ART. 5th. This Association shall have
two Corresponding Secretaries in each
Tp.. of the county, one male and one
female, appointed by the President. gF
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1858-11-12
Dr. Roback's Great Medical Discoveries.

DR.. Roback's Great Medical Discoveries.
eDr. ,Robacki's Scandinavian Remedies are
overturning all the old theories of medicine.
They reach the blood through the digestive or.
gans with quiekness. certainty and accurate
effect almost miraculous, The herbs Of (which
they are made are from the mountains Of 'Swe
den, and this combination Of vegetable ele.
rnents is superseding alltl,e mineral medicine.
Dyspepsia, coughs gbronchits, bilious COM
plaints, sAts. nervous Affections, Mysteries, !.
scrofula, skin disease, rheumatism, heada ,he,
paips in the back sexual debility etc.. are
relieved with wonderful rapidity and there is
no rnalady originating in "a morbid condition
Of the blood Or other Hpids Of the body, that
does not yield to the Scandinavian Remedies;
See advertisement. "a . "a 2 tOt1 ~ 10 II