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The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-11-09
-.---.o,. FOE he Fprtgse, ch,saty Democrat,
"A u a Chapter on abuses. ga

sA&
That there is strong tendency In mankind
to degeneracy in principle and in practice, is
abundantly proven by the history of the past.
Organizations, based upon the present prin.
ciples. are seen gradually diverging from the
right, and f6ally (hnscrnupuloasly drinking at
the fountains of CORRUPTION G ss@i4 .ai4 sss9s
Then selfsbness and cupidity, and decep.
tion, and sin rule and truth, philanthropy,
patriotism. and religion, only constitute the
ostensible good, under which men opperate, the
more surely to accomplish their real designs.
+ Tmesyasr u when the state of civilization
and morals, was ssuchs as toe induce gspublic
Isentiment to place the seal of its appreciation
lupon scenes of cruelty and blood &c Gladiators
fought simply for the entertainment of the
people.
That such scenes should be witnessed in
Heather, and Papai countries; is not SO much
q matter Of surprise but that Protestant
Nations, or communities, should tolerate any
thing, in any way allied to this, is truly aston
ishing; for that high sense of propriety pro
iduced by the influence of pure Christianity
has always hownsdupon these sports, as they
are called. ihaait their FORMS and has even re
sorted to legal enactment to suppress them.
j How shall we impress the insignia of respec
liability upon the indulgence in which we de
light seems to have been the question with
10 certain classI YIIDaAI SddA5 aT
IL A question more difficult of solution sthar
4 that touching the sale OF Ardent Spirits, fol
a resort to singular appeations. and ingenious
devices, secures the continuance of the worl
l,of ruin, in this direction, to some extent with
out incurring the penalty of the law.
IT. But this IS evidently Ian age5of progress
! Eday of great light hand' wisdom, ,-by its exet
I stion the former disabilities are removed th
3 difficult question is solved. And now. a
over the country, or nearly SO, with the exh
] bhion of Agricultural products, fine Stocl
. Mechanical works and, works of Art, is cor
nected dancing, drinking, racing, gambling
d trotting horses. &c.
And all this. apparently, covered with tn
+. mantle of public approval and enstampe
= with the image of respeetobiIty. if not Chri
tianity.
ni What aspectaclef Is pfcseatsd] on these Got
z leasousaa g What 4 molly crowd, smSracin
r christian men, and christian women, mingliD
p with gamblers. sportsmen, bold blasphemer
e and pleasure-seekers. looking on to witne'
:, their exercises. aud smiling their assent :
t. What coming out from the world Wh'
il 4 stunning abs osehY appesrascs ofevil /!
e Who snpposes that such q course viii impf0'
the manners or morals of the people I?
e there not downward movement. in all this
5s IL FRAEKLIN MILLS, Oct. 18th. 1859.
ostaa O. T. KINGSBURY.
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| .l
Continuation Of Mob Eiolencs in Newport KY
Complete Demolition Of the Free South Press
/ and Printing Apparatus, t.. -. -.
AT an early hour on Saturday last, an ia
formal meeting was held7at the office Of Col.
T. L.sJones, for the purpose Of considering by
what means the further publication of the
Free South should be prevented. 1t was
decided that meeting, should be held at the
Court House. at 3 O'Clock p M. to take fur.
ther action in the matter, and handbill CALI
| ing meeting, was circulated. andposted upon
the street corners daidH s9aF 92i -a0j ~
| Atthe hour and place indicated, a number
of citizens assembled, when Maj. Hallam was
called to the Chair, and G. w. -Kavanaugh
acted as Secretary. I'D t2aoT -tis'oysa 9d' of
A preamble and resolutions we're then read
by Col. Joness denouncing the Free South
as inimical to, the true interests of Newport,
and incendiary in its character and influence
but strongly advising non.action, at least for
the present. no 1otoasa!s1 10 ats59 sd E
MIR. A Anderson. then arose and urged the
proprety of the position. of Col u, when y.
A. Piler moved that thatiportion of the res
olution advising moderation be stricken ont.
and that the meeting at once repair to the Of
fee of thet.,Free South and remove the
printing apparatus to the Cincinnati side of
the river. This proposition was unanimously
approved, when the meeting adjourned, and
| proceeded in body to the Office of the Free
South on Taylor street. -. -.
| When the mob approached. Mr.. Bailey ap-
peared at window Of his Office in the second
story, apparently aware of the object and in
tention of the crowd below. 49,.
Maj Hallam approached within speaking
distance, and stated to Mr.. Bailey that no
harm was intended or would be done to him
or his family, and requested him to open his MS
door. This Mr.. Bailey refused to do, and
begged the crowd to reconsider It's intention,
Offering at the same time, TO admit to the
columns of his paper any objections any citi-
zen had to any article published therein.
A number OF persons then seized ladder
lying upon the pavement and attempted to
place it against window in the second story,
but painter who was at work there appeared
at the window aud threatened to hurl hatch
9. at the first who would attempt to ascend!
A yoang fiian named Barry Taylor immedi
ately produced u revolver, but it was wrestedl
from, his grasp by one Of the bystaneers.5 A
heavy plank was then procured BY the assail
ants, aud used as a battering ram against the
door, which burst open BY one ponderous blow
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-11-09

The Paris correspondent of the New York
Post writes, Oct. 10th, that Senator Sum ner
would leave Immediately for England on his
way to the United States. and that he is much
better in health than during the spring and
summer. 1t is now probable that MIR. s. viii
be able to resume his seat in the Senate, with
the opening of the next session.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-11-09
VOL. so---No. 5o.--wHoLE NO. 1868. JOIN SERIES.
Judge Amber. :.

I EfHEI'F III fstd
In all the appointments which Gov. Chase
has had occasion TO make during his Admins.
tration of State affairs, he has discovered in.
.tellgeut ard wise discrimination. and without
an exception. so far as we can remember, his
have given general satisfaction,
and the recipients Of bis favots have, 10 all
instances, proved themselves worthy of his
confidence. From the general and cordial
favor with which it is received, his recent ap-
#pointment of Judge Amber. to gil vacancy,
will. like his other appointments justify the
selection Of pthe Governor Boma notices oil
the Press in the District we subjoin:aFj
j. A. Amber has been appointed Judge of
the Common Pleas Court in the Columbiana
and Stark County District-to complete the
unexpired term of Judge Potter, resigned
Amber will make good Judge. We know
Mr.. Ambler--he abusedluss once, was paid to
do it. and most gracefully did he do the work
of hireiing. We now Congratulate him.
Gov. Chase could have made no better ap-
pointment.--!Mahoning Sentinel.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-11-09

Court is in session, Judge Amber on the
bench. This is his first appearance in the new
office to whiebhe was Appointed by Governor
Chase to ailliihe vacancy; oceasionsd by the
resign alton of Judge Potter. Mr.. Amber is
young in bis profession, but he has given evil
dence of his fitness for the responsible posi-.
ton he occupies, and stands high in the esti-
NATION of his acquaintances as a ju ist. We
wish tim success and, the egoed will of those
whose cases he viii be called upon to adjudi-
cateAC Canton Repository 5is = afs-s'=s g
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!, The New York Tablet an organ of the
Catholics, continues to urge its readers to
square the account with the Know Nothings
Of New York by voting for those candidates
on the Republican, and democratic State
Ticket whom the Know Nothings left of in
making up their ticket from the Other two.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-11-09

David Meade, grogseler of Moline, Ill.,.
has been sentenced to the Penitentiary for q
year for violent assault upon r. H. Graham
ESQ, editor of The Moline Indepeadent, who
had given him offsuse by some remarks in his
journal upon the liquor traffic. F~ a72 d.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-11-09

An accident occurred son the 23d nit, at
Union City, Indiana, caused by the explosion
of camphene lamp One child was burned
to death in its mothers arms, and four other
persons were badly injured.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-11-09
DEMOCRAT.
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Western Reserve Synod.

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Wednesday Morning. ......... November o. 1859
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-11-09


f ire=rg or bra p Chase-7si gtsgEs ss7safnoa 5a
sPlease show to Messrs. Sanborn, Lawrence,
&c. Copies viii be sent to Governor Chase.
who found money, and Governor Fletcher.
whocontributed arms, and to others interest.
ed. as quickly as possible s''','f'5' 100,
/ The New 7 erk Herald publishes this mem
orandum, and says that it prefaces a letter nd. g
dressed by Hugh Forbes, who was with John
Brown 10 Kansas and on the Border in 1857
to DR.. s. G. Howe OF Boston, dated May IA.
1883. In this letter Forbes gave an account
of his own schemes for running off negroes.
aud of Browns plans for stirring up iDsur-s
rection. -st.-5s5 sf' d'-s ..7fa-s 81 s.ss153
The pro-slayery press, eager to itnplicate
Republican leaders in the insurrectionary
movements of old Brown. have seized on the
memorandum said to be indorsed on this let
tel, as evidence that Coy. Chase was apprised ,
fofs Browns designs by receipt of the copy sent
him, and that he furnished money for the at
tempt a,,oE n ssf,5 5,.s s.vs os ssru Ill aozz
7 It seems superduous to contradict imputa-.
tions like these, No man who knows Cover
lnor Chase will give. the slightest credit to
| them. To take away, however, all excuse for
repeating them. it may be worth while to say.
that there is not, the slightest foundation for
either impuia,ion. No copy of the letter pub.
1lished 10 the Herald was sent to Gov. Chsse;
at least no copy of any such letter was ever
received by him. He received no intimation,
from any source, or at any time Of any purpose
on the part of Forbes to run off negroes, or
on the part Of Brown to excite insurrection
among the slaves. As TO bis finding money.
lit is enough 10 say that, in 1866, while the
contest for freedom in Kansas against The at
tempts TO force slavery into that territory was
undecided, Gov Chase, in common with his
fellow citizens in this and other States, con-
tributed according to his ability in aid of the
Free State cause. For no other purpose with
which old Blown was connected, was any mon.
I ey ever found or furnished by him. TO-.
We make these statements upon the author.
ity of the Governor himself and trust thae
The New Y ork Herald, and other papers which
have given currency to the imputations will
give equal prominence to this contradiction OF
thenm.-Ohio State Journal. .....-.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-11-09
KrsHen fer o. pertaas ce,.nsu psr.ee,a..

MEssRs EDuoRs Itis now year since left your
beautiful village, and mi then quiet home to seek
home beyond the Father Of waier.; friends ga'her ed
around all wishing write them conserving
The FRO nised Land, of course agreed to do and
know of better way respond fully to that promise
than TO slng them So s. ..-. r-9,} D
a.. ---- THE -Fwyavavrs snue
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-11-09

-NTT- = I'M FTuHI ING OIuuuuHrI 0o1I11I
Continuation Of Mob whence in Newport, KY
Complete Demolition Of the Free South Press
! and Printing Apparatus, a. -A -z.
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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1859-03-30
Columbus s-CorreSuondepce.


Sc 81 q coLuMBus March 17.
Dsdr Spirit: The Senate, yesterday.
passed the following bills: Making ap-
proprations for paying the interest and
a portion Of the principal of the State
debt; for the relief of SAMUEL KErcHuM,
the Treasurer of Coshocton county, who
was robbed o few weeks since. 1t releas-
es him from liability for all funds due the
State; to prevent recovery of damages on
protested bills of exchange; to prevent
usury by banks. and to prevent confes-
sions Of judgment on warrant of attorney
in favor of banks; providing for juries in
the trial of offences before justices of the
peace.
The Perry county case was discussed
at length -"teI -es 5sa p. sti
The House passed the bill authorizing
school sub districts to levy taxes, if con-
sented to by the majority Of the voters
in such sub district. Several other bills
of minor Importance were passed.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1859-03-30
Destructive Fire!I

About 3 O'Clock on Saturday norhf
last, our citizens were aroused. BY an
alarm Of ere, which prossd to be 10 the
house Of Mrs. THOMAS occupied by her,
selfand her son. in.law, Mr.. JOHN W. HAR-
RIs. By the time our citizens reached
the house the Ere had made such head
way that but very little Of its contents
was saved. The loss falls very heavily
on Mrs. THOMAS and Mr.. HARRIS. The
only occupants of the house at the time
were Mrs. THOMAS, Mrs. HARRIS, and q
niece Of Mrs THOMAS, who is the Laugh-
ter Of the lately deceased HENRY JOHN.
Son, Esq, one of the two johnson boys,
the story of whose capture by the Indians
and their subsequent escape by killing
their captors is familiar to every school
boy. The loss to Mr.. Johnsons's little
daughter is also considerable, as we sup.
pose nothing belonging to her deceased
father was saved. We also understand
that all Mr.. HARRIS books and papers
we're destroyed. Some four hundred dol.
lars have been subscribed by our citizens
for the relief of the sufferers. ia,
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1859-03-30
Democratic State Convention.

At . meeting Of the Democratic State
Central Committee held in Columbus, on
Saturday, January 8, 1883, it was.
Rssoloed, That the next Democratic
State Convention be held in the City ol
Columbus. on THURSDAY, MAY 26,
1889. for the purpose of nominating the
following officers: Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Supreme Judge, Auditor ol
State, Treasurer of State, Secretary ol
State, School Commissioner and Mem.
ber Of tho Board of Public Works.
On motion, It was further =
Rssolved, Tha: the ratio of representa-.
ton in said Convention be one vote fol
every 500 cast for T. w. BARLEY fol
Supreme Judge in 1853. and one for every
fraction of $50 or over, cast for the
sane. IH
Monroe county is entitled to four del
egstes. bna .sasi9 .9sor q r
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1859-03-30

BAD RoAps.-The roadsi in this vicin-
ity are 10 . wretched condition. That
one leading from this place to Woodsfeld
is almost impossible for man or beast. 1t
seems to us thatJthis should be i'm
proved. If theocitizeRs Of Barnesville,
Woods6eld, and thetowns along the route,
would take the matter in hand, the road
might soon be imacadamized. The ex-
pense would be insignificant. compared
with the benefits that would follow. Such
. road would materially increase travel,
80 that the tolls gathered would go far to-
wards paying the cost Of construction. -
What say our people to the proposition?
We should like to have the opinion of our
Woods6eld contemporaries 10 regard to the
matter. BergesuiNe Ialsligsacer. s1aa :
That our roads are miserable bad
there is no mistake. and we do hope to
see the day when We win have good roads
leading to and from this place. We trus,
our moneyeI men, willlook to this matter.
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For Ii. Esprit. y

MR. EDiroa:-In your paper Of the
Gard inst- you make nae say some things
that did not intend to. for instance
"or--Is-froul the prevailing ignorance
in physiology. &c." should read DOR else
from the prevailing ignorance in physiol-
ogy. &C." gi!aiss s
Again--"The former conveys srtsrial
blood TO the large vesssls. the ducts, &C.,
70 the liver" should resd 'eThs former
conveys arterial blood to the large veg
sells, the ducts, &C., Of the liver"
And near the close Jon make me say
"And 30 it is according to all authors o!
the mill-pond theory" should read "And
80 it is according to an authors of the
! age, accept the authovs Of the mill l-pond
theory" AMIcus PuERl. 4
March, ss, 1852.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1859-03-30

~W We have just received from the
publisher G. s. WILLIAMS, a copy of the
Post Office Guide, for Post Masters and
business men, containing complete list
of Post Offices in the United States and
Territories, arranged by States and coun.
ties. Also, o list of distributing Posi-
Offices, rates of foreign and domestic let.
ter postage, rates of printed postage
rates of printed matter, transient and
regular, carefully arranged in tab uia1
form. An abstract of the laws aud
regulations of the Post Office Depart
ment, etc., com piled by j. PENRosI
JONES. late assistant postmaster al
Cincinnati. 2H' !as f'ss Assgs
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1859-03-30
Singular Occurrence.

In the year 1908, April 22nd Fifty one
years ago, four men; three white and one
black, were hung in Baltimore, Nd, on
the same scnffold, for murder. On the
ssh Of April 1859. four more are to be
hung In Baltimore, three white and one
black, and for the same offence. They
have addressed q JOINT letter to the sheriff
requesting that they may not be hung il
shrouds. The sheriff has granted thei1
request. s y6 bae7at vs,sss
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1859-03-30
Wednesday, %.

The Senate yesterday. passed the bill
to amend the Reform School Law.
The Perry county bill was reconsider
ed and referred to Select COMMITTEES of
Three. e
The resolution instructing the Attorney
General to assist in defending the suit of
Elias Plumb against the Treasurer of Fsir-
field County ct al relative to certain bank
taxes, was adopted. Tt5+#ffs z
In the House the following bills were
passed: to provide for the payment of in.
rdebtedness incurred by townships for tn.
support of the poor, to amend the. 9Th
section of the act for the organization OF
cities and incorporated villages; the SEN
ate Bill to provide for vacating roads ded-
icated by private persons to public use;
to amend the 1Ilth section of the Civil
Code; defining the Jurisdiction of the Pro-
bate Courts in criminal cases; 10 amend
the SD section of the tax law.
The Senate resolution relative to so
amending the constitution as to prohibit
persons of part African descent from vo-
ting, was made the special order fol
Thursday next.
To day the flag borne by the I'd regi.
ment Of the Ohio volunteers in the Mexi-
can war is to be presented to the State.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1859-03-30

The WAvERLEY NOVELS well
known firm o. T. B. Peterson & Brothers
500 Chestnut street. Philadelphia, are
now engaged in publishing remarkably
cheap edition Of these unapproachable
works Of fiction. The Grst, '.Ivanhoe,''
appeared on Saturday Of last week: the
next, ''Guy Manuering." will issue to-day,
"Rob Roy" next. and so on, one novel
will be. Published regularly on each and
every coming Saturday, until the whole
number Of voiumes-twenty- y-six lis com-'
pleted. The low price fixed by the pub
fishers for them are only s5 cents q ivsl1
ume, or the whole twenty six vloumes for
Eve dollars. A complete set win be for.
warded. free Of postage, BY mail to any
part Of the United States. to any one. By
the publishers, on receivin g remittance
of Eve dollars for the twenty.six volumes:
or q remittance Of three dollars will pay fol
the 6rst twelve volumes; or Q remittance
Of one dollar will pay for the first four vol
umes. The novels will be neatly printed
and each volume will contain about l25
pages printed on fine white paper, aud
neatly boond with paper cover. The re.
vised uniform Edinburgh edition., from
which this is reprinted, comprises forty
eightvoldmes, the cost Of which is seventy
tsoo dollars; and this edition will contain
every word of the Edinburgh edition, = :.
We commend the determination of this en-
terprisiug Philadelphia 6rm. to furnish th,
works o. on author like Walter Scott, al
price SO reasonable that all persons what
ever, may possess full set. and direct t'h'
especial attention of our readers to the
fact, and would advise them all to make q
remittance Of Five Dollars at once, pc
! first mail, to the publishers. for the entire
set, who will send them completes to an!
one, free Of postage, on receipt Of that
4 1850 rItt -lrf--5fa 80 rtg fFf7st - sgf
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Great Debate IN the United States Sem
. ate on Popular Sovereignty, Febru-
ary %, 1859.
SPEECH OF SENATOR DOUGLAS.

A full report of the great debate in the
United States Senate, on The 23d ult.,
on Popular Sovereignty. !, is contained in
the Washington Globe on the lst inst,
and occupies over forty columns of that
paper. We publish below the first speech
of Senator Douglas on that occasion, in
reply to Mr.. Brown of Mississippi, the
debate having been continued for some
hours afterwards BY Messrs, Davis, Green,
Mason, Pngh, Dooiittle, Hunter, Broder-
ick, Stuart Gwin, Bigler, Fesserden,
Clingman, Smith, rCrittenden and Dou-
Hglas; tas sra seeeo7 gssE: IL .&alzgse
!, Mr.. Douglas. If no other northern
Democrat desiresto be heard on the points
presented by the Senator from Mississippi
Ifsel it Incumbent on me to say some
thing in vindication of my own position,
reluctant as Lam to occupy time at this
question. ] admire the .frankness. candol
and directness with which that Senator
has approached this question. No man
can accuse him, none will suspect him Of 9
desire 'tocheat or be cheated; ;"and / hope
that Ishall be able to put my opinions or
the record in Q manner that will acquit me
of the slightest suspicion, of desiring te
cheat or to be cheated. To q certain
point, that Senator and myself agree
Then there come divergence, which grows
wider the further we travel We agres
that, under the decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States, slaves ART
property, standing on an, equal footing
with all other property; and that conse
quently,, the owner of slave has the same
right to emigrate to territory; and d7car
Fry his slave property with him., as tn,
Eowner4 Of any other, property with him
IS Mr., Doolittle. Will the honorable
Senator allow ME
y Mr. Douglas IF am replying to th
| Senator from Mississippi now, and woul'
1tprefcr, therefore, togo on. CO 4sa 10 b
! Mr.. Doolittle. ] wish to put q ques
ton to the honorable Senator from Illinoi
4 on that point. :,
+ Mr.. Douglas. Idesire to deal with thi
point now At another time the Senate
can present his point. 81 The right of tran
sit to and from the territories is the sam
for one species Of property as it is for 9th
ers. Thus far the Senator from Missis
1sippi and myself agree-that slave proper
|ty In tho territories stand on an equa
footing with every other species Of psop
erty. o. Now. the question arises, to wha
1extent is property, slaves included, subjec
to the local law of the territory? What
ever power the territorial legislature ha
Hover other species of fptopsrty, extends. i
my Judging. to the same extent, and milk