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RART0N & GUESTIER'S OIL, ETC.
D just received, 20 cases Of the celebrated Barton
Guester OIL It is without doubt the finest Oil i'm
ported; Also, 20 cases Holland Cheese; 200 lbs Sap
Sago Cheese; 20 cases Maccaroni and Vermicel!i.
For sale wholesale and retail, National Theater
Buildng, Sycamore street. apis
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-02-03

( As Congress has but a little over four
= weeks in which, to transact the vast amounI
4 Of ofbusiness still on the kles Of the two Houses
an extra session begins to be seriously talk.
ed Of. Among the most important bills to
come up for discussion are the appropriation
bills; the bill for facilitating negotiations for
the purchase Of Cuba the resolution Of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, looking to q
Protectorate over Mexico the Pacific Rail.
road; the increase of pay Of naval officers;
the subject of on increased rate of postage,
and the admission of new Territories. Add
to these the many minor questions yet to be
disposed OF, and we must come to the con.
clusion that unless the members work more
and talk less, many Of these measures will
be left to the next Congress.
Contrasting the pay of members Of Con.
gress, for the present session, with the
amount OF work which has benn done, it is
hardly probObly that the Government will be
able to write "valus received" opposite the
total sum of expense.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-02-03
Important TO the Press.

We notice in the Washington Union OF
the 96th, that Dir. English of Indiana, from
the Committee ON Post Offices and Railroads,
reported bill regulating the payment OF
postage on newspapers and periodicals, and
for other purposes, and asked that it be put
upon its passage.
This bill authorizes the regular printers
Of newspapers and periodicals to receive
such newspapers and periodicals as they may
require, and pay postage thereon at the same
rate as regular subscribers maps and en-.
cravings to be charged at the rate Of one
cent an ounce or fraction of an ounce.
Mr.. Wslbridgs of Michigan, remarked
that the bill was very important one, and
moved that it be referred to the Committee
OF the Whole on the state of the Union
which motion prsvailed-yeas 6s, nays IS.
Newspaper proprietors now receive Their
exchanges free of postage, but. if we under.
stand the above bill correctly, it is proposed
to tax them like other persons are taxed. Il
the amendment is passed, the members vot.
ing for 1t, will be likely to hear some pretty
loud thunder from the country press.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-02-03
Postage.

The Postmaster General has sent into
the U. s. Senate, plan to render the Post
osice Department self.sustaining. He shows
that bis predecessor (CampbelD notified
Congress there would be deficit of $4,Ooo,.
OOo' for the current year of '56-7. On clos.
ing up that year Gov. Brown found deficit of
A.Soo,oOO. The deficit next year will be
100000. He says to fall back on the
law Of ls45, would equalize the expenditures
and the receipts Of the Department. That
law provides for five and ten cent postage.
The Ocean and Overland Mail lines, be says
were never established with view TO reve.
nue., but for great national purpose; therefore
these should fall on the Treasury. Exclu.
s'Ve Of these, uniform fine cent postsge,
with the frankling privilege abolished, would
render the Department self. sustaining.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-02-03
JANUARY 30. 1888


The Senate, yesterday, was not in ses.
sion-a number Of the Senators having leave
OF absence on committees.
In the House number of new bills were
introduced as follows:
10 amend the act to provide for releasing
ministerial section 30 and school section l6
in Homer township, Athens county, passed
March 6, lS45; TO amend the act for the Gre.
alton and regulation of incorporated com.
panles in the State of Ohio; supplementary
to sections % and % of the school law; for
the relief of Goldsmith Coffee; and for the
Improvement of the breed of horses. The
House, by resolution, instructed the Judi.
clary Committee to report bill providing
that attorneys for the defence of pauper
criminals shall not receive pay for such ser.
vices out of the county treasures, but NAV
have their action at any subsequent time
against the party defended.
A resolution was adopted directing the
Committee on the Judiciary to examine and
report to the House what additional legisla.
ton is necessary to secure the redemption
oil the bills of the Canal Bank of Cleveland:
also resolution that the same committee
report to the House bill providing that re-
cognizances of criminals and their bail
shall operate as lien on the estate real and
personal, of the parties bound by such re.
cognizances. A resolution was offered and
laid on the table, directing the same com.
mittee to examine section Is of the Inde-
pendent Treasury law, and, if in their opin-
ion, it shall be expedient, to report bill to
so amend as to permit township, city or
school treasurers to deposit, loan or use
moneys coming into their hands by virtue of
their several Offices; also resolution direct.
ing the Committee on medical societies and
medical colleges to visit the medical col.
lege at Cincinnati with the view of enquir.
ing into the propriety of separating said
medical college from all connection with
the hospital.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-02-03
Death Of u Great Historian

1t will be seen by telegraphic dispatch
in another column that William H. Pres.
cott, the Historian, died suddenly at Boston,
on Friday, of paralysis. Prescott was one
Of the most brilliant and learned writer's OF
this country, and his history of the Conquest
of Mexico and the Conquest of Peru will for.
ever remain monuments OF his unwearied in
dustry and genius. He was engaged, up to
the time of bis death, upon the history Of
Philip H., Of Spain, the first volume OF
which ia already published. He was prob.
ably the best informed man in regard to the
history OF the Spanish discoveries on this
continent, in the world.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-02-03

lion relative 70 tie construction Of certain
6mbsnkmsnt on the Hooking Canal, was
adopted. The Senate bill suthsrizing Coun.
ty Commissioners to reduce the width oil
county roads, was indefinitely Postponed.-
Several bills Of local character were intro.
duced. The following bills were passed
fixing the time Of holding the District and
Common Pleas Courts I'd the several districts
and counties Of this State authorizing the
Commissioners Of Scloto COUNTY to purchase
ground and erect county Jail ; making pro
visions for distrlctlng the counties where the
Commissioners have omitted to do so undel
the law Of Aprii-i3, 1858, relative to the as
sessment and taxation of property. Resolu
tiOns were introduced in favor Of the acqui
sition Of Cuba, and calling upon the Treas
urer of State for certain information In rela
tion to the collection Of taxes and paymen
of dues by the several County Treasurers
which were laid on the table.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-02-03
Cheap Postage.

Instead of increasing the letter postage
from three to five cents, as proposed by the
Postmaster General, the "Journal of Com.
merce" desires to see the rates reduced TO 9
cents as an experiment, and with the British
example in view, it believes that the amount
received from letter postage would be equal.
ly increased. The British government tried
q four penny uniform rate at first and it fail
ed.. We quote:
"With an estimated excess of expendi.
lures over receipts of Sc, ,29O, ,44O for postage
in the year 1859, the Postmaster General
favors return to the five cents rate-mak.
ing that uniform for all distances, and abol-
ishing the 5000 mile limit. Under the pre-.
sent system, with population nearly equal
to that of Great Britain, the total number OF
letters passing through the post office per
annum is only little over one hundred mil.
lion, I02, ,l39, ,l4S) while in Great Britain,
with the uniform penny postage, it is up.
wards Of four hundred million, GAO O,sl7, ,4s9. }
1t is just nineteen years since the penny
postage was established there-the 10th Of
January, ls40, being the day on which it
was commenced. Its effect in increasing
letter writing was at once apparent-the
number OF letters despatched on that doy
from London being 10000; while the ave-
rage for January of the proceeding year was
only s0.800."
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-02-03
4 sunday Chdse.
The AsGtabula Telegraph has the follow


The Ashtabula Telegraph has the follow
ing:
The quiet denizens OF Austinbdrg were
thrown into quite state Of effervescence on
Sunday last, by irregular impromptu scrub
race between q number of said citizens, and
"a young worthy who took French leave, a
short time since, of the public accommoda.
tions provided for him at Jefferson. The
circumstances, as related to US BY an eye
witness, were nearly as follows On the
morning OF Sunday, the young man in ques.
tion, mounted on a somewhat jaded animal,
made application at the house of Mr. J. B.
Pierce, residing some three miles south of
the viiiageS for refreshments, representing
that he was in pursuit OF stolen horse, and
that he was going to Lenox. His manner
excited suspicion, and that suspicion created
uneasinesS, and this uneasness induced him,
without much further delay, to resume his
journey south. He was watched, and his
passing by the road to Leuox increased sus-
picion, and q young man by the name of
Weber, followed, and coming up with him,
prevailed upon him TO return, but no sooner
had he done so, and on opportunity offered,
than he mounted one of Mr.. Pierce's best
horses, and attempted an escape. He was
soon followed by Mr.. Chauncey Pierce, on
another horse, and young Weber bringing
up the rear. The race was one Of some in
terest, but unfortunately Pierce's horse fell,
causing severe injury to its rider. Pierce
had provided himself with rifle which was
taken possession of by Weber, who follow
ing on to the village, enlisted Col. Tracy
and others, with fresh nags, and the pursuit
was resumed with desperate energy, the
thief having, by this time, left quite gap to
fill between himself and his pursuers. He
had turned east, and following this course
for a mile, again turned north, and having
disub led his horse by the accidental discharge
of revolver into his neck, dismcunted and
took to the field. He YVES discovered, and
the party coming up with him, demanded i
surrender, which demand gathered potency
from leveled rifle in the hands of Webber
and the thief was taken not far from the
school house in that neighborhood. The
horse on which he arrived at Pierce's, was
sorrel, striped face, and no doubt stolen.-
His name, he said, was lawrence Marsh
and from a memorandum book found upon
him, it was satisfactorily ascertained that he
had but recently returned from a soutlIern
trip. On Monday morning he was examin
ed before Justice Alvord, and in reply to 0
pressing question from him, admitted tia
his name was Mallory, and that he was tht
same, who had few months since escaped
from the Jail at Jefferson. He was taker
back to his old quarters, where he was re
cognized by the Sheriff. He admits knowl
edge or completely with horse-stealing opera
tions in this county, and may be made ser
viceable in terretiDg out some of the gang
that infest the border towns in this county.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-02-03
LeElsIntIvg summary.

January 26, 1885,
The following bills were introduced into
the Senate: To protect concerts, lyeeumS,
spelling schools and singing schools; to pro:
vide for the election Of an additional Judge
of the Court of Common Pleas in the third
subdivision of the ninth judicial district; to
prevent the recovery Of damages on protest.
ed bills of exchange, and to repeal section
one Of an act assessing damages on pro-
tested bills Of exchange, passed February
Is, 1881; and to further prevent the taking
Of usurious interest on the part Of banks, and
to prevent confessions Of judgments on war
rants of attorneys in favor OF banks. The
House bill for the protection Of gas COM
panies was defented-ayes IL; nays IL. A
resolution was adopted calling on the War
den ofthe Penitentiary for information as to
the existing accommodations Of prisoners,
the room convenient for additional buildings,
and such further information upon the sub
ject as he may be able to communicate
The interest bill was made the special or
der for today.
In the House resolution was introduced
and laid on the table for discus sion, instruct.
ing our Senators and requesting our Repre-.
sentatives in Congress to oppose the raising
of rates Of postage. The following new bills
were introduced: Amending the act for the
punishment of crimes relative to the destruc'
tion Of property; to enable vestrymen Of the
Episcopal Church in this State to act as
Trustees; amendatory Of the road law, as to
cities of the second class and incorporated
villages. Bills were passed authorizing the
TRUSTEES of Crane township, in Wyandot
county, to borrow money; authorizing the
Commissioners Of Hamilton county to make
further appropriations to did in the erection
of bridge aoross White Water river near
the village of Harrison; authorizing the
Trustees Of Jackson township, in Musking-
um county, to sell certain plat Of ground
in the village of Frazerburgh; and the Sen.
ate bill permitting associations for gymnas
ic purposes to become bodies corporate.
The two houses failing to agree upon the
amendment to the bill amending the act for
the publication of laws in the newspapers, q
Committee of Conference was appointed.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-02-03

GrMr. R. H. Trip writes from Hamp.
den' Wisconsin, to the Spiritual Telegraph
that the spirits have broken his habit o.
chewing tobacco. He says that on certain
occasion he was riding across the prairies il
his carriage, alone, when his quid of tobacco
was taken out ofhis mouth by the invisibles
and his mouth made to taste as though it wal
filled with copperas; and that he has never
been able to take quid since. The same
writer relates that medium, who was under
spiritual control, wanted drink of water,
and that the spirites took him bown into q
we'll twenty feet, to the water, and brought
him up with dipper two thirds full.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-02-03
The Pacific RniIr0n6

The long discussion in Congress upon
the Pacific Railroad Bill, was brought to o
close in the Senate, on Thursday, by the
passage OF the bill in an emasculated form
1t was reduced by striking out all other fea.
,tures to single proposition authorizing the
Secretary Of The Interior to advertise 70,
proposals for constructing the road on three
different Professionalism, central and south
ern,-leaving it to the next Congress tc
decide the whole question and select the bes
route. This disposed of the question TO,
the present session, we presume, bu, the
wheels have been started and this great nu-
tlonal project will ere long be consummated.
The final decision Of the matter was not OF
such pressing importance at the present
short session as other questions before Con.
gress, and the people OF the county mus. be
content to wait. The Senate bill has not
yet been acted upon by the House.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-02-03
The Tariff.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-The House Com
mittee on Ways and Means had protracted ID
and animated meeting this morning on the
subject of the tariff. The Chairman, Mr.
Phelps, Of Missouri, placed before them i
bill framed in accordance with the sugges-
tions Of the Secretary of the Treasury. lIr.
Morrill,, of Vt, presented one which was
supported by two other opposition members,
Mr.. Howard, of Mich, and Mr.. Davis, OF
Md, containing principally specific duties,
compounded and admired with advelorum
rates.
MIR. Phillips, of Pa, introduced bill tas-
ed on the tariff of 1916, with short list OF
specified duties, and retaining the principal
part of the free list of the act OF 1857
Neither Of these projects seem to be accept
ible to the majority fthe Committee, Letch
er, Dowdell and Crawford being opposed to
any change, in the tariff at this time. As
less than majority cannot make Il formal
report, the probability is that moth ng on this
subject will be reported from the Committee
during this session.
The above named bills may, however, be
brought into the House by courtesy, with q
view of obtaining decision on their sepa-
rate merits.
The committee have decided that they
wsuld report no loan bill except with re,
| vision Of the tariff attached, and fixed that
amount at twenty.one millions, to fund the
treasury notes and pay the interest thereon;
the loan to be payable at pleasure alter two
years and before six.
All parties are in qu9ndury about the
tariff. 1t seems to be understood that the
Republicans and Pennsylvania Democrats
generally will support specific duties. A
majority of the Democrats would rather
let the tariff stand as it is, even If they
have to come to direct taxation to sup.
port the government--such is the report OF
gentlemen who have given close attention
to the subject. This result may be the pas.
sage of twenty five million loan bill and
nothing more, for the relief of the Govern.
ment during the next fiscal year.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-02-03

GTThe Board of Overseers Of the town o.
Flushing advertised for proposals to "feed
clothe, wash, mend, lodge, and otherwise
care for" all the poor, chargeable on SAID
town, for one year-the contractor TO have
the use of the town farm, and to provide
everything save physicians bills and burial
Of the dead.
A system such as the above is nothing
less than infamous. How would their over.
seers like to be fed and clothed on the same
principle-to have their temporal wants en-
trusted to the care Of some gripping contract
or whose interest in his wards is far less
than that of the planter in his slaves!
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-02-03

In the Senate, yesterday, new bills were
introduced as follows: supplementary to the
general incorporation act; to amend the
school law, and the act prescribing the duties
of county auditors. The House bills requir.
ing township assessors to ascertain the num-
ber of sheep killed and injured by dogs; and
authorizing the city Of Dayton to issue bonds,
were passed. A resolution was adopted
calling upon the Auditor Of State for q state
ment of the amount Of taxes paid by the
canal counties, from the year 1926 to the
year 1855, both inclusive; and likewise the
amount paid by counties not on the canals,
during the same yenrs, and the amount re-
ceived by the State from the sale of canal
lands; also, resolution directing the sever.
al Committees to report to the Finance
Committee by the 18th of February, the re.
spective sums necessary to be appropriated
for the expenses of the current year.
In the House the following bills were in
troduced: To provide for the payment of
the State debt falling due Dec. 81, 1860;
to amend the Civil Code; 10 amend the law
relative to time in which assessors shall
make returns to county Auditors; to author
ize the Trustees of Boston township, Sum.
nit county, TO levy tax for certain pur.
poses; and amending the Civil Code. The
House Indefinitely postponed the Senate bill
prohibiting the circulation of foreign bank
notes of less denomination than ten dol.
lars, and the bill introduced by Mr.. Dawes
to amend the mechanics lien law.
The following bill were passed. To pro.
vide for plating and recording fractions Of
land; 10 prevent watchmen and other police
officers from claiming witness fees in certain
cases; to authorize an increase of tho sal.
aries of Common Pleas Judges in Hamilton
county; and the Senate bill prescribing the
time when the official terms of the Common
Pleas Judges shall commence. The Sen.
ate after considerable discussion of Mr.
Blair's bill, which passed the House at the
session last winter, to amend the lien law,
SO as to extend its benefits to the EMPLOYEES
of railroads, referred the same to select
committee of FIVE.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-02-03
JANUARY %, 1859.

In the Senate, yesterday, bills were pass
ed as follows: Fixing the time Of holding
District and Common Pleas Courts through
out the State; so amending the general in.
corporations formed under its provisions to
designate the time OF holding their annual
meetings; authorizing the Commissioners Of
Hamilton county to surrender the Lower
River road in said county and the extension
thereof to the creditors and bondholders OF
the same. A resolution amending the Kan.
sas resolutions adopted last winter was de-
feated. A resolution was offered, calling
on the Committee appointed to examine in
to the Treasury defaIcation, for information
whether their forthcoming report would
recommend additional legislation in refer
ence to the subject to which it will pertain; I;
and was referred to Select Committee OF
one. A resolution was adopted directing
the Finance Committee report in the gener.
al appropriation bill provision for the pay.
ment of a claim for safe furnished to the
Commissioners Of the Sinking Fund.
In the House the following bills were
passed: To authorize the Commissioners of
Hamilton county to surrender the Cummins.
vile and Clifton turnpike road to the bond
holders thereof; amending section Ga of the
school law relative to the collection OF claims
against school districts; authorizing Courts
to order the publication of abstracts of legal
advertisements; to amend section 3l4 of the
civil code; and the bill supplementary to the
act fixing fees of Sheriffs and Constable les
The bill to provide for the payment Of mem
bers OF the General Assembly by salaries,
was indefinitely postponed.
The following bills were introduced
Making partial appropriation for the ex.
penses Of the Northern Ohio Lunatic Asy.
lum for the year 1859. To authorize the
Commissioners Of Coshocton county 10 Dor.
row money to meet the deficiency in the
county treasury Of said county. To author.
ize the Commissioners Of Licking county to
borrow money. And to authorize the Town
Council of Calais, in Monroe county, to levy
tax for the purpose Of improving the streets
of said town.
A resolution instructing the several Com
mitteos to report to the Finance Committee
before the 10th of February, wkat appropri.
atoms will be needed for the several Insti-
tutions the coming year, was laid on the
table, under the rule for discussion. Also,
a resolution to raise a Joint Committee o.
the two Houses to report n plan for making
the several amendatory acts, passed since
the adoption of the present State Constitu-
tion. The resolution reported by the Stand.
Ing Committee on Federal Relations, with
reference to petitions asking laws to nullify
the Fugitive Slave Law, and which depre-
Gates the presentation Of such petions as not
COMFORTING with sentiment of obedience to
the Federal Constitution, was adopted BY a
vote of Ayes 80, Nays II.