davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-10-26
The Trade in New York.

Business with the interior is stacking,
though some branches of trade continue to
exhibit considerable activity. The dry goods
auctions are becoming lesr frequent the i'm
port entries continue large, but the interior
demand is SO light that most OF the goods
now arriving will have to be kept in store
all winter. This is more particularly the
case with fancy goods of all descriptions
staple goods and very desirable articles arc
in fair demand at good prices. The dry
goods jobbers say that the West will con-
tinue to buy throughout the winter. and it
their crops yield a handsome profit, as at
present expected, they will be in the mar
ket again early in the spring. ...I.
The business in foreign produce is modo.
rate. There have been two auction ssIes of
tea, at the first of which the bidding lacked
spirit. and sales were made at lower prices
than those previously ruling; but on FRIDAY
full prices were obtained, and the market
closed firm. but quiet. Sugar is also firm,
the consumPtve demand being large, and
the stocks in the hands OF grocers being
quite small. Coffee is rather depressed; an
auction sale is to take place on Tuesday, and
buyers are holding off to see how prices will
range on that occasion. Foreign spirits are
steady, but dull. Hides are Inactive, and
prices are unchanged; leather is rather low.
er. Foreign wool is very firmly held. and
on advance confidently expected by ho!desa.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-10-26
10 the Democracy of Ohio.

The Democracy of Ohio are hereby mott
fed that at q meeting of the Democratic
State Central Committee, held in the City
Of Columbus. on Tuesday, the 18th dOy Of
October, 1859, it wss resolved that it be re.
commended 10 the Democratic voters of the
several Congressional Districts in this State,
to hold District Convention at some suit.
able place in their respective Congressional
Districts, on
THURSDAY, THE lsT DAY OF DECEMBER,
1859, and then and there to elect two Dele
gates to represent such District in the Dem.
ocratic National Convention to be held at
Charleston, to nominate Democratic candi-
dates for President and Vice President; the
Delegates to such Congressional Conven.
ton to be elected in the same manner in
which the Districts respectively usually Sc
lect Delegates to a Congressional Conven.
tion 10 nominate a candidate for Congress,
and the basis of representation in such Dis.
trict Convention, to be one vote for every
100 Democratic votes, and an additional
vote for every fraction OF so votes and over
cast for RUFUS P. Ronney, on the second
Tuesday of October, 1859, in the different
counties or subdivisions of counties in such
District.
1t Is further recommended that after the
selection of the two Delegates aforesaid,
the officers of the Congressional District
Convention will certify the proceedings
thereof, with the names Of the persons duly
elected, and sign the same, and transmit
such proceedings thus certified, under a
sealed envelope, to the Chairman of the
Democratic State Central Committee at
Columbus, Ohio, endorsed "Pr0ceedings Of
the Democratic District Convention, for The
- District, an the State Of Ohio," TO be by
him submitted TO the Democratic State Com
mittee, to the end that proper credentials
msy be issued TO the persons elected as such
delegates.
At the sume time and place, it was further
resolved by the Democratic State Central
Committee, that q Democratic State Con-
vention be held at Columbus, on
THURSDAY, THE 9TH DAY OF JANUARY,
1860, for the purpose Of appointing four
Delegates to represent the State of Ohio at
large in the svid Charleston Convention,
and that the different counties in the State
be requested to appoint Delegates to said
State Convention, in the usual manner in
Wnlch they nave hete'oluIe dPPoih'eu Deie
gates to State Conventions, end on a ratio of
one Delegate for every 500 votes, and one
Delegate for fraction of $50 votes and over
cast in each county for Rufus P. Ranney on
the second Tuesday of October, 1859.
The Democratic voters OF Ohio are, there.
fore, in pursuance of the foregoing recon-
mendations of the Democratic State Central
Committee. requested to proceed to take the
necessary steps to appoint Delegates to the
several Congressional Conventions to be
held on the lst day of December next, and
to the State Convention TO be held on the
9th day of January, 1860, in pursuance Of
the recommendations of the State Central
Committee as aforesaid.
GEO. w. MANYPENNY, Chr'n.
A. MCGREGoR, Secretary.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-10-26
Examination of the Harper's Fer
Ty InSurrectiOMisGS.

CHARLEsTowN, Va, October 25.-The
examination Of the Harper's Ferry prisoners
will he commenced to day. The law re-
quires that the decision Of the Justices of the
Examining Court, who may number from
five TO sixteen, must be unanimous.
The prisoners will be examined together,
and it is supposed that the examination trial
will be concluded by two O'Clock, to which
time the Grand Jury have been adjourned by
the Court. The grand jury will then take
up the case Immediately, and the indictments
which are olready prepared, will probably be
presented to the Court on Wednesday morn.
ng, when the trial ofthe prisoners will com
mence before the Court and jury. Should
they be found guilty, and sentence of death
be pronounced upon them, the Judge, under
the laws of this State, fixes the day of exc
cution, independent of the Governor. The
usual delay of thirty days after the sentence
is excepted in cases of insurrec,on and re-
belion, and the prisoners, if convicted ofihe
same, muy be hung Immediately, either with
in or without the jill yard.
A fellow named James Lynch, alias viii.
liam |. Stoburgh, supposed to be one of the
hlllbusters, was brought in prisoner to-day
and lodged in Jail. He was captured some
days since, ky M. Z. Price, mail agent on
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad cars, at q
place called Sir Johns run, and kept in a
room till today. The fellow is quite under
sized, of simple and foolish appearance,
and had been for several weeks lettering
about this and the adjoining counties, beg
ging and borrowing money. His commit.
ment, on suspicion Of having aided and abet.
ted John Brown & Co., was issued by JUS.
tice Eicheberger.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-10-26
Gcrritt Smith OH InSurrcCtIOn. =

The letter of Gerrtt Smith, written Au.
gust 9th and addressed to those who were
celebrating at Syracuse the rescue OF Jerry,
the fugitive slave, is republished to show his
prophecy of the outbreak at Harper's Ferry.
The following is an extract of it:
No wonder, then, is it that, in this state OF
facts which | have sketched, intelligent
black men in the States and Canada should
see no hope for their race in the practice
and policy of white men. No wonder that
they are brought to the conclusion that no
resource is left to them but in God and in.
surrections. For inSurrectionS, then, loe may
look any gear, any month, any day. A terri.
Jle remedy for terrible Urong! But come
At must, unless anticipated by repentance and
putting aaOay that terrible torong.
1t will be said that these insurrectiona
will be failures; that they will be pat down.
Yes, but will not slavery, nevertheless, be
put down by them! For what portions are
there of the South that will cling to slavery
after two or three considerable insurrections
shall have filled the whole South with hor.
ror? And is it entirely certain that these
instructions will be put down promptly,
and before they can have spread far q! Will
telegraphs and railroads be too swift for even
the swiftest Instructions Remember that
telegraphs and railroads can be rendered
useless in an hour. Remember, too, that
many, who would be glad to face the insur.
gents, would be busy in transporting their
wives and daughters TO places where they
would be safe from that worst fate which
husbands and fathers can imagine for their
wives and daughters. | admit that but for
this embarrassment Southern men would
laugh at the idea Of an insurrection, and
would quickly dispose Of one. But, tremb.
ling as they would for their beloved ones, |
know of no part of the world where, so much
as in the South, men would be likely, in a
formidable insurrecton, to lose the most i'm
portant time, and be distracted and panic.
stricken.
When the day of her Calamity shall have
come to the South, and fire and rape and
slaughter shall be filling up the measure of
her sff1iction, then will the North have two
reasons for remorse: First, That she was
not willing (whatever the attitude Of the
South at this poinD to share with her in the
expense and loss of an immediate and uni.
versal emancipation. Second, That she
was not willing to vote slavery out of ex.
istence.
Then, too, when, alas, it will be too late,
will be seen, In the vivid light Of the suffer-
ings of our Southern brethren, both black
and white, how shameful and of what evil
influence was the opostacy Of those Jerry
rescuers," who e--guiIty of falling from
the "Jerry level" and casting pro'slavery
votes. But why should have spoken Of
the sorrows that await the South Who
ever he may be that foreIels the horrible
end of American slavery, is held both at the
North and the South to be lying prophet
another Cassandra.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-10-26
The Next Democratic National
Convention.

By a card In our columns this mofning il
will be seen that the Democratic National
Committee has been called to assemble at
the City Of Washington, on the 7th day of
December next, to designate the day on
which the Democratic National Convention
will assemble at Charleston. The Demo-
cratic State Central Committee OF Ohio met
In Columbus on yesterday to consider the
same subject. and to consult with reference
to the selection of Delegates to represent
this State in that important sssemblage, to
which the Democracy of the United States
are directed with unusual solicitude. The
proceedings of our State Central Commit.
tee will be found elsewhere in this paper,
and to them we call the especial attention
Of the Democratic voters of Ohio, and ask
them to take hold with energy and proceed
to select from among themselves, two men
in each Congressional District, of sound De-
mocracy, tried patriotism, intelligence and
integrity, to represent them at Charleston.
This action of the State Democratic Com
mittee and the movement for the assembling
of the National Committee, are well calcu-
lated to impress all sound and loyal men in
the party, with the absolute importance and
necessity of careful, discreet, and sober
councils and considerate conduct on the part
of all those who are impressed with the ne.
cessity of harmony and unity of action in
the Democratic party. Differences Of opin-
ion may exist as to whom we should elect
10 carry the banner in the great campaign
into which we shs II soon enter; preferences
may be INDUCED in the choice of the candi
date; but on one point there should be per-
feet accord, and that is that the Democracy
of Ohio will resolutely stand by the Cincin-
natl Platform and support the nominee OF
the Charleston Convention. Who that
nominee may be, it is not for us or any other
man to foretell. We may have our prefer
ences, and these may happen to be gratifed,
but in the indulgence of our own preferen-
ces, and in making our own choice. let us
take heed to extend the same privilege to
every other Democrat, and let US above all
be careful that we do not indulge in impro.
per and unwarranted abuse against distin-
guished men no may be named in connec.
lion with the Presidency, simply because we
may may not happen 10 prefer them. LIE,
US also take heed to treat the friends of all
the distinguished gentlemen whose names
are connected with the nomination with pro-
per respect and bro,herly feeling. Do no,
let US feel that all wisdom, all intelligence,
all honesty, and oil Democracy are centered
and absorbed in us or our candidate, but let
US be charitable enough to believe that we
do not in fact monopoIze all the graces and
virtues in our party. We may press the
claims of our fovorite with energy, but in So
doing let US oct fairly towards those who
prefer some other distinguished man for the
favor of the Charleston nomination.--Oh
Statesman.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-10-26
Revolutionary Soldier
Gone.

Died, at Theresa, Jefferson County, N
Y, Sept. 9Th, aged 95 years, months, l6
days, Elisha ScoheId. He was o native of
Bedford, Westchester County, N. Y, where
he resided until 1881, and for the five previ.
GUS years amid many Of the most exciting
scenes Of the Revolution. The previous
year the stupendous piece of treachery, ot-
tempted by Arnold, had eliminated in his
neighborhood. The beginning Of 1881 had
witnessed the revolt of the Pennsylvania
line, which was soon followed by the mutiny
OF part OF the Jersey troops, and nothing in
the future but accumulatipg distress. Alarm
had spread among the friends of American
Liberty, and the high hopes of its foes had
become excited. These events aroused the
patriotism Of his youth, and at the age of
seventeen, in slime that tried mems souls"
he entered the service of his country, as
soldier in the Revolutionary Army, to Serue
throughout The Dar. At the close of the war,
he married Abigail Ingerson, native of
Bedford, who is still living, and soon after
removed to Greenvile, Saratoga Co., where
they resided until 1912, when they removed
to Leroy, Jefferson Co., then quite wilder
ness, In curly life he was led by the Holy
Spirit TO seek and find Christ, and he united
with the Presbyterian Church. He literally
made the Bible his only rule Of faith and
practice.
1t was at his house in Leroy, that on the
18th of January, 1914, the first Congrega-
tional Church of that town was formed, com.
posed of II members, himself and wife of
that number. This church became Prcsby.
terian, on the 10Th OF Feb, 1925. In this
church he lived pious and consistent Chris.
tian, until lie was gathered to the garner of
the Lord, sin full age, like shock of corn,
cometh in his season." and it was true of
him. that sat evening time it shall be light" I"
-Waterto1On (N. Y Union.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-10-26
Judge Terry under Bali.

Judge Terry, who has been arrested near
Stockton on a warrant transmitted from this
city, was brought down on the Stocton
steamer last night, and this morning appear.
ed before Judge Blake, Of the County Court,
and gave bail for his appearance to answer
any charge the Grand Jury might have to
bring against him. He was brought down
by Sheriff O'Neil, OF San Joaquin county,
and met on the wharf by several of his
friends, who had collected for the purpose of
escorting him to the Metropolitan Hotel,
where he put up. Upon arriving in the city,
the custody was transferred from Sheriff
O'Neil to Chief Burke, and he remained
constantly under his charge until released
on bail.
The arrest was made at Terry's ranch, in
San Joaquin county. twenty-five miles from
Stocton, on the 18th inst, by officers Lees
and Ellis, Of this city, who were sent for
that purpose by the Chief OF Police, in
whose hands a warrant had been placed
BY the District Attorney, issued by Judge
Blake. The warrant was sworn out by p.
w. Shepherd, and that the crime of fighting
a duel was committed, &C., by and between
David s. Terry and David C. Broderick, in
VI oSlCC"Cbbp thO OOuuI VI
San Matteo, on September 18th, 1869, in
which duel said Terry did feloniously and
wlfully shoot off and discharged certain
pistol, loaded with gun. powder and a leaden
bullet, &c., and feloniously and unlawfully
strike, perpetrate and mortally wound said
Broderick, in and upon the chest, &c., oI
which said mortal wound said Broderick did
within one year thereafter, to wit: on Sep
tember 10th, in the city and county of San
Francisco, die. The warrant orders the of.
ficers forthwith TO arrest Terry, and have
him before the Judge in Chambers. Tine
date of the warrant is 18th September, and
it is signed by M. Blake, as County Judge.
At half past nine O'Clock this morning,
Judge Terry was taken before Judge Blake,
and bond for his Temperance in Court,
in the penal sum of $4,000, was given by
himself as principal, and by D. Walker
Bours, G. w. Trahern and M. F. Truett.
as securities. The surelies state under oath
that they are residents and householders
Bours and Trahern of San Joaquin county,
and Truett of San Francisco. Truett and
Bours justify in the sum Of $4,000 euch, and
Trahern in the sum Of $4,000. After Civ.
ing bail, the accused was dischurged.--S San
Frrnc iSco Bulletin, Sept. "a
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-10-26

ter hatred, without principle, and utterly
thoughtless of results. What was theory to
those who led him on, was practice in him.
He was ready to act, and cared not what
construction the public might put upon his
motives. He was q fit tool 10 the hands Of
the designing traitors who were undoubtedly
at the bottom of this conspiracy.
Alresdy the Black Republican press have
commenced to apologize for him. They say
that exasperated by wrongs done him in
Kansas, he was driven to madness. They
place theory in his mouth. They say he
reasoned thus "that the slave drivers had
tried to put down freedom in Kansas by force
Of arms, and he would try to put down sla-
very in Virginia by the same means" Thus
is the "irrepressible conflict" OF Seward and
Smith end Giddings, and the Black RePubli'
can party carried out practically by bold,
bad, desperate man. Who is responsible for
this Not Brown, for he is mad but they,
who by their countenance and pecuniary aid
nave IHuuCeu Hlu tuuS " IeoOit W oi"o "
carry out their political schemes, must an
swer to the country and the world for this
feorfully significant outbreak.
The terrible thought arises, what If he had
been successful in creating a war of slaves
and white men In the South the negroes
greatly preponderate in number, and if he
had succeeded, the shuddering Imagination
can scarcely coDjure up the terrible scenes
Of incendarism and carnage which would
have been the result. Think Of one half the
population of State menacing the other
half, with civil war, rnpine and murder.
The intent of this insurrection was to
bring these things in all their horrid barbsr.
ity into actual existence. The responsible.
ty lies at the doors of that political party,
whose fanatical disregard Of the principles OF
our Union leads men to such intents. If our
fair land is ever deluged with the blood oi
civil war-if the stars of the UHion are ever
divided-it will result from the extreme and
sectional doctrines of the Republican party.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-10-26
Senator Douglas.

PHILADELPHIA, October 25.-The Wash.
ington correspondent of the New York
Times furnishes full analysis OF Senator
Douglas rejoinder to Attorney General
Blacks views of his article on Popular
Sovereignty. Mr.. Douglas enters into the
merits of the subject at considerable length,
arguing with great force in favor of the po-
sition which he originally assumed. Au-
thorities are extensively quoted to sustain
his views. In conclusion, he repeIs with
much indignation the charges preferred by
the Attorney General that he is hard-work.
ing candidate for the Presidency, and says
that at his time of life, he would much pre-.
fer to finish out his term in the Senate, with
the chance which he has for reelection, tt
being nominated for d four years Presiden
tial term.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-10-26
MIR. CIay'S Quarrel with General
Taylor.

The following scrap of history in the
Binghampton Democrat of the 18th inst. ,
from the locality and the personal familiari.
ty with the relations of the great men named
which is exhibited in the comments, is as
cribed by the Buffalo Commercial to the pen
of Hon. Daniel s. Dickinson:
"Among the causes of enlargement be-
tween Mr.. Clay and Gen. Tay lor, and pro.
baby the great and final one, was this--Mr.
Clay, it may be remembered, had q son in.
humanity butchered at Buena Vista, in the
Mexican war. That son left widow, and
a promising, manly boy, Of some sixteen or
seventeen years. This boy was anxious TO
be appointed cadet at West Point and re-
ceive q military education, and his request
was warmly seconded by his mother and
his grandfather, Henry Clay. Henry Clay
thereupon wrote to Mr.. Polk, then President
and his successful rival for the station, re-
questiDg the appointment of his grandson as
a cadet. Mr.. Polk ut once ordered his
name to be placed on the list for appoint
ment, and it was done; but Gov. Marcy,
then Secretary of War, upon the examina
tion usual in such cases, found that he was
below the requisite age to enter the acad-
emy, and the rules of the War Department
were too imperative to be changed, and his
name was not for that reason sent to the
Senate. Mr.. Polk, however, placed on the
files Of the War Department, letter under
his own hand, detailing the crcumsta ces,
and requesting his successor, whoever he
might be, to appoint young Clay, who, in
the first year of the then next administra.
ton, would be of sufficient age. General
Taylor, a political friend of Mr.. Clay, was
his successor. The list of cadets is usually
prepared by the Secretary of War, and cor
rected by the President, and in making up
the list under General Toylor's administra-
ton, Mr.. Crawford, his Secretary of War,
placed young Clay's name at the head OF
the list. General Tayler, when he came to
review the list, struck out the name with
his own hand and refused to appoint him.
This strange act was never forgotten nor
forgiven by Henry Clay, and it 10 believed
both parties died without uny change in their
relations.
"When General Taylor's death was an
nounced in the Senate, and Mr.. Webster,
General Cass and others pronounced euIo-
gies upon his character, MIR. Clay, on being
beckoned to rise, waved his hand significant.
iy and remained silent" . .-.........
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-10-26

A man in Brooklyn, the other day, pur-
chased an old clock at picture store, and,
on overhauling its interior, found carefully
slowed away, bank notes to the amount of
three thousand pounds. These valuable
"pictures" were on the Bank Of England,
issued in the reign of Queen Anne! They
are SO old that the brokers of New York re-
fuse to cash them, and the fortunate finder
intends to send them to head quarters for re-
demption. This old clock is another illus.
tration of the Old saying that "1vme is mon
ey." What a shame that the venerable
time.piece should for so many years have
gone on tick, with cash in its possession n
The old clock is almost as censurable as
the beggars in large cities, who solicit
charity in the streets, while they, at the
same time, have snug sums "salted down"
in the savings banks.