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The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-11-16
Serious Accident 10 Prof. loves
Balloon. -' N.

New York Nov. H..
An accident happened TO Prof. loves
balloon last night during the blow. The
huge globe of the balloon was Ii ted up with
jerk dragging the heavy bags that served
as weights to keep it down several feet,
causing it to dance along like puppet doll.
A few rods TO the east OF the balloon stands
small tent, containing ropes and other arti-
cies in constant use, and against the sharp.
ridge pole OF this tent the balloon was driven
with great violence, breaking a hole in the
muslin through which tho gas rushed in
dense voIu mes. In few minutes the sixty.
eight Thousand ffe! Of gas in the balloon had
osc1ped, and the lately expanded globe pre-.
sen ei the appearance OF collapsed mass
O tloPpy rags Involving, t1e proprietor In
dead 10 of nearly SO 600.
It will be repaired immediately, and the
ina lion resumed.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-11-16
GcHrit Smiths Attempt
TO Commit Suicide,

With regard to the insanity of Gerit
Smith, the Utica Herald Of Thursday says
We are greatly p1ined to learn that Gerrit
Smith, the free hearted but sadly errutic phi
lanthropist, became on Monday last an in.
mate OF the New York State Lunatc Asy um,
where it has been found necessary to place
him on account Of marked insanity. We
learn that he is very violent and has exhibit.
ed disposition TO commit suicide, ard thct
an attendant keeps constant watch over him
10 prevent him from laying violent hands up
on himself. This result we hear attributed
to the connection Of Mr.. Smiths nome with
the Harpef's Ferry uffar, though many will
regard it as the consequence OF long seated
and marked disease.
Mr.. Smith is said 10 have an hereditary
predisposltion to insanity. His father, Pc.
ter Smith, although the posseseor of an i'm
mense estate and surrounded by every cir
Cumstance of prosperity, was subject to fits
OF profound dependency, during which he
was under the impression that he would die
a beggar. .-'
Unlike his noted son, he was exceedingly
sharp in his bargains and money affairs. 1t
is also said that the late Peter Sken SmitA,
the brother of Gerrit, was for some time an
inmate ofa unalc asy lum, though, when he
died, he was generally regarded as in pos
session OF his reason. Gerrit Smith haa lost
oil his children, except one, the wife Of Col
Miller, Of Peierboro. A nephew of Mrs.
Smith, Col. Fitzhugh, was the cuptor OF the
fugitive Cook, a fact which greatly disturbed
the mind of Mr.. Smith. John Cochrane, o
democratic politician of this city, another
nephew of Gerrit Smith has also, by his
speeches, purged himself Of any completely
in the Harper's Ferry afair.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-11-16
Who Arc Responsible

The cause of the excitement which has &c
long disturbed the country, and produced
such sad results at Harper's Very, was wei
described by Daniel Webster in the United
States Senate: ..... ........... ..-..
"Nor, sir, this prejudice has been produced
by the incessant attrition of Abolition doc.
trines on the common mind. No drum head
In the largest days march was ever more in
cessantly beaten than athe feelings Of the
public in certain parts OF the North. They
have been beaten every month, and every
week, and every day, BY the din and roll and
rub.a.dub of Abolition presses and Abolition
lectures, and that II b which, hasae5ehfed
these prejudices."
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-11-16

Ex-senator Wilson, of Massachusetts,,
while making speech last week before the
Young Mems Republican Association OF
New York city, in the midst of an unfnish
ed sentence was seized with an attack of yer.
tigo, and fell back upon his seat unable to
proceed. He was charging upon the Dem.
ocratic party, the use of their power for the
extension Of slavery, at the moment his
tongue was paralyzed.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-11-16

9th St. Paul Minnesotian, Of the lst.,
states that the Republican majority in the
Legislature Of that State, will be certainly
torty.fve on joint ballot, with probability
Of fIty-three. Ramsey (Rep.) has a major
ity of about $500, for Governor. The og-
regate vote is not far from 40 900, an in.
crease of 1000 since 1857.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-11-16
Don't Like Their Own Medicine

DOHG AtAc hclE ONh Mc0scst1c
During the Kansas troubles of 1855, 1856
and 1857, the Republicans insisted that the
Democratic pariy.of the Union was respon.
sible for every excess and every outrage that
was committed in that Territory by excited
and infuriuted pro.slavery men. "The Kan
sas outrages" were their great political sta
pie, and by it they came near electing a
President 10 1856 The Democrats con,
tended that they Had nothing to do with them,
and were not responsible in any sense. But
the Republicans insisted that the act of ev.
cry pro-slavery man was the act Of the Dem.
ucratic party. Now, when on Abolitionist,
who has graduated in the Kansas school, or.
.Saizes band for w fOmenting of q slave
inanrrection in the South, and makes mur.
aefous attack upon Harper's Ferry, and
when ii has been proven that he was backed
up and sustained by money and arms obtain.
I'd from Abolitionists and Republicans of the
North, the Inter think 1t very unjust that.
the whole organization should be held re.
sponsible for the conduct Of Browns band,
which was imbued with their ideas, and
which was seeking to carry them out. They
don't like to have the same responsibility
forced upon them that they pu. upon the
Democrats about Kansas.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-11-16

~ The IriJuns's Washington cores. l..
poDdtnt writes that the Post Master Gene.
raj VIII ask obJut ten millions of dollars for
m2Il service for the next fiscal year, the in
crease made necessary by overland and other
rout established before he entered upon
the duties of his office
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-11-16

The NATIONAL CoNyEETIoNs.--A cores.
pondent of the Baltimore Sun says that "lhe
Charleston Democratic Convention will be
fixed for the 10th of April. The Republi.
can Convention will, perhaps, be fixed for
June, the national old line Whig Conven-
tioR, II one should be held, will be summon
ed earley in July" 4sa.su. tl "a BEL.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-11-16
COOK, Green, COppic and Copeland
.'l.,s to be Hung.

CHARLEsTowN, Nov. l0-Evening.
The Court to day sentenced Cook, Green,
CoPpie and Copeland, to be executed on Fri
day, the 10Th December. 1t is supposed
that Gov. Wise will respite Brown and exc.
cute the whole Of the condemned on the
same day. r,21 i;L sa3
The Court has adjourned for The term.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-11-16

GTTho communion set Of silver, belong
ing to St. Pouls Church, New York, was
recently stolen. 1t was valued at $500, and
among the articles stolen were two fagons,
murked with the royal arms, and two offerto.
ry plates, marked "The gift of Mrs. Murv
Davis, 25th December, l7lS." E"T
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-11-16

o. The disappointment concerning the
Great Easterns visit has been a serious in
jury to Portland, says the Argus. Much has
been expended in various ways in anticipaa
tiun of her presence and the crowd it would
draw, which will be partial or total loss.
1t has also had the effect to delay and embar.
rass business transactions.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-11-16

1t would be useless for US to go into de
ia il of the late elections in New York, New
Jersey, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, etc., for
our opinion is, from the returns received, that
the Democracy in those States have been
pretty we'll whipped. Levi'y at such time
is unbecoming
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-11-16

0J-Gowa has just completed State cen.
sus, showing population of 633.549. She
had 1920 in 1850, and 43. Ill in I84o.-
She has thus more than trebled her popula-
ton in the last uine years, and increased it
abou. fifteen fold in nineteen years.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-11-16

GTA Mr.. Barker, when hanging door
in the third story of mill in Portsmouth,
o., was standing on the head of barrel and
when in the act of striking a blow with his
hammer, the barrel gave way and he fell to
the street, killing himself instantly. r'n'
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-11-16
TO the Democratic Electors OF The
County OF Portage.

Pursuant to the foregoing notice from the
Democratic State Central Committee, the
Democracy of Portage county will hold a
County Convention, at Ravennu, on
SATURDAY, THE 10TH Day OF DECEMBER,
1859, at II o'clock, A. d., TO choose four
Delegates to represent seid county in the
State ConveL ton on the 9th of January,
1860.
The County Convention will be composed
OF SO Delegates, which will be distributed
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-11-16

o. The last foreign arrival brings the
Intelligence that Spain has declared war
against Morocco, and it was feared there
would be difficulty between England and
France.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-11-16

" a lady correspondent, writing from
Kansas to tho Masca,ine Qows) Journal.
says many families in that Territory will
stHrVe Tor want of broad the coming winter.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-11-16

G5-Judge Douglas has been confined to
his bed by a sudden attack of>indamatory
rheumatism and Mrs. Douglas still contu.
ues in dangerous condition.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-11-16
An AhsInnnf

or the votes given in the State Of Ohio,
for Governor, at the election held on the
second Tuesday, being the eleventh day of
October, A. D. 1859; taken from the Official
raInrna
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-11-16

0ClF- /; is said that about four hundred and
sixty-eight thousand of the slave population
Of the South belong to- the Church--about
one seventh of the whole slave population.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-11-16

The Democracy of the XVIIIth Congress
eional District ill also hold Convention
at A llisnce or Akron, on
THURSDAY, THE lsT DAY OF DECEMBER
1859, to eject two Delegates from said Dis.
trict to the Democratic National Conven.
tion, 10 be held in Charleston, S. c., in
1860. The representation in said District
Convention from the county Of Portage will
be one Delegate from each Township-cxD
cept Revenn1 end Sufied, (the fret having
3, and the last Delegates.
1t is recommended that each Township
holds its primary meeting on Saturday, the
96tb day of November, 1859. ard elect it'
Delegates to both Of sOd Conventions.
BY order OF District and County Executive
Committees. E. SPALDING,
October 81, 1859. Chairman.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-11-16

617Preaident Walker has resigned the
Presidency Of Harvard University. An et-
fort will be nude to elect Prof. FELTON, az
his successor. .,, -.F
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-11-16

Notwithstanding the meeting of Con.
gress is SO close Il! hand, w ,shington CITY
10 said to be very dull. Tha hotels and
streets are paratively deserted. .''
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-11-16

Dennison. Ranney.
Adams, l405 1853
Allen, 1874 1856
Ashland, 1884 1914
Ashtsbula, S737 lO49
Athens, lS43 1897
Auglaize, 696 1877
Belmont, 22S0 1881
Brown, 1867 2275
Butler, 2238 3479
Carroll, 1000 1856
Champaign, 1888 1919
Clark, 2249 1874
Clermont, 26S9 1888
Clinton, 1871 1919
Columbiana, 3l25 2235
Coshocton, 2l98 246l
Crawford, 1860 225S
CuyShoga, 1894 Ais
Darke, 220l 2454
Defiance, 77S 1888
Delaware, 1858 l776
Erie, 1888 1886
fairfield, 1894 1921
Fayette, 1893 76l
Franklin, 3762 4634
Fulton, 1887 TOT
Gala, 1865 1897
Geauya, 1881 500
Greene, 2466 1869
Guernsey, .. 2lO3 1863
Hamilton, 1926 14l78
Hancock, 1914 1898
Hardin, 1852 1927
Harrison, 1854 1884
Henry, $40 BAL
Highland, 2l68 2l75
Hooking, 976 1897
Holmes, l24l 1864
Huron, 1924 1868
Jackson, 1893 1899
Jefferson, 1894 1922
Knox, 1908 1888
Lake, 1907 538
Lawrence. 1850 1915
Licking, 3O3O 343O
Logan, 1850 1898
LoroiD, 1891 1853
Lucas, 1926 2O7s
Madison, lOl8 929
Mahoning, 2424 2O4l
Marion, 1888 1891
Medina, 24l3 l457
Mcigs, 1919 l437
Mercer, 640 Aoo|
Miami, 2722 1889
Monroe, 757 1885
Montgomery, 4747 46l5
Morgan, 1885 1908
Morrow, 1919 ITO
Muskingum, 1904 3467
Noble, l445 1856
Ouowa, 33S 57s
Paulding, AL e26
Perry, 1898 228l
Pickaway, l7lO 2l47
Pike, 669 1885
Portage, 262O 2o3o
Preble, 1851 1896
Putnam, 735 1887
Richland, 2735 2052
Ross, 2597 268S
SanduSky, l473 1922
Scioo, 1908 1924
Seneca, 246l 1861
Shelby. 1859 1917
Stark, 1925 2O05
Summit, 1850 1884
TumbuII, Sl4a 1874
Tuscarawas, 1881 277S
Union, l24l 9l0
Vanwert, S37 S65
Vnton, 979 1849
Warren, 1859 l6l5
Washington, 2l9S 1881
Wayne. 2944 1885
Williams, ll9l 1913
Wood, 1920 1921
Wyandott, 1895 1890
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-11-16

Ttc Next House Of RepTesen.
lHtiVeS.
The House of Representatves-which
will convene at Washington on the frs,
Monday in December next-wilI be poIiti.
caIIy divided as follows
Republicans, III
Democrats, 100
South Americans, %
No party has a majority in the House,
The Sruth Americans hold the balance
power.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-11-16

Or 1t is said that in Iowa there are thir.
ly.nine thousand more men than women.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-09-22
Our National disorder-Doctor
Roback's Cures.

The American stomach is tormenting
organ. 1t is generally out of order. The
reason is obvious. The driving man OF
business has not time, or will not take time,
properly to masticate his food He bolts it
and as bad habits are catching, all classes
follow his example. Hence Dyspepsia.
with all its complications-hence Indigestion,
Liver complaint, and disorders of the Boewls
in all various phases. Against these and a,
hundred other complaints, DR.. Rodack is
xaging an exterminating warfare. His
weapons are the famous Blood Pills and
Blood Purifier, and they are irresistible
The success of these Medicines has been
astonishing, even in an age of scientific mira
cles. They do not alleviate, they ertinsuish
disorder. The agony, the fever, debility,
the dependency, which characterize afflic
tions of the digestive and secretive organs,
vanish under the influenc of these prepara
tions. The constitution itself seems to ac-
quire new energy under their operat ion. We
say to the sick, everywhere, read DIR. Ro-
backs advertisements, anc give his Blood
Pills and Blood Purifier fair trial -374w
scrTo all wanting Farms sec sdyurtisement 81
Hamlnonien Lands 6n
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-09-22

children have now living eighty descen-
dants. Pstsey, the maternal ancestor OF
all this army of men, women and children
still lives in the enjoyment Of a ripe old age
surrounded by every comfort which kind
and iDdulgent master can bestOw. and re-
spected by all who know her, whites as
well as blacks.
rThe old "thing" is respected. not as
q woman, but as al animal that has been
the source of great profit. Tha, kind and
.indulgent master" mad no horse, COW or pig
so profitable. Her offspring was numerous
and always in the market. She was 'ns. .,ect.
ed''becauseproftsble. Such sthe institution
OF human slavery.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-09-22
FLUsHIse, September 1s. 1889.


EDITOR CHRONICLE: The Democratic
Senatorial convention met to-day, anG after
organizing proceeded to nominate DR.. L.
Voorhies for Senator, and Asa Holmes for
member Of the Board Of Equalization. The
Democratic candidate for School Commiss-
ioner moved that committee be appinted
to inform the gentleman of the action of the
convention. Some one thought the presi-
dent should name the coma tee On being
introduced to the audience, the DR.. thanked
the delegates for the "ainnost unexpected
honor" that had been conferred upon him,
more especially as Harrison county was ea
titled to the candidate, since this showed
that the Democracy we're intent upon prin-
ciPles and not men. (Some ignorant Re-
publicans and Democrats 100, thought it
proved that no Harrison county man was
anxious to be defeated) TIE iDr. then
entered into a magniloquent eulogy on the
immarcessible Democracy, and told ttem
to 60 to work. MIR. Clark then SPOKE ut
some lengh'. His first point was that bis
party had never changed; his second, that
Henry Clay was the author of the Fugitive
Slave Law, and SO on to the end. Then Mr..
Estep made speech in which he strongly
insisted that he liked good sngsers" and
did not like bad ones. After which the con,
vention adjourned. L:O.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-09-22
The Opinion of America on a Vital
Subject.


Show an American any Invention, from
a political constitution to a patent rat-uap,
and his first impulse will be to search for
its defects; his next to improve upon it. II,
however, he finds it periect--capable of
performing all tina, is claimed for tim
valuable, unimprovable-he acknowledges
the corn," adopts the article, whatever it
NAV be, and renders due honor to the in
ventor. This trait in our national character
is signally illustrated in the boundless pop
ularity of Professor Hollovay's remedies in
this country. When they were 6rst adver-
tised in the United States, half the world
had already approved them. The leading
governments of Europe, public institutions.
and eminent scientific men had endorsed
them. But these credentials were not suf-
try them in the crucible Of experiment.
The results were in the highest degree sat
isfactory. Dyspepsia, bilious complaints,
affections of the bowels, all the painful and
dangerous varieties of internal disease, dis
appeared, invariably, under the operation Of
the Pills; while external disorders and the
effects of external injuries, were rapidly
and uniformly removed by the application
of the Ointment This was demonstration
The national mind was convinced. Enthu.
siasm replaced doubt. -1 aes'a.l
We presume that the establishment il N
York of a central depot fer the sale of his
remedies in the United States, has been the
means of aiding very considerably to hi:
princely fortune; but if it has been pecu.
MARY benefit to him, it has been benefit
which money csnnoI. measure to thousands
of our suffering telluw-citizens. The ONT
ment and Pills are now accessible to peo'
pie of every class, IN every part of the Unior
and the amount of good they have accom-
plisted may be estimated from the fact tina
almost without exception, the newspaper
and other periodicals have published state
ments of cures effected by their operation
and back the statements by editorial decla
ralions of their authenticity. This is mas
ni evidence not to be controverted or to bt
shaken. 1t is rock of truth against hict
the waves of professional prejudice beat il
vain.--New York Courier.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-09-22
Cost of the Judiciary of Ohio.

In 1852 Ohio mad four Supreme Judges,
each at salary Of $1,000; ten Common
Pleas Judges, with salaries of 1000 each,
and one Superior Court Judge in Cleveland,
and two in Cincinnati. with salaries OF
3d. 90 each, making total of s 200 the
cost of administering justice ia Ohio in
1852.
Seven years have elapsed, and what is
the cost of our Jud iciary now! The loco
foco legislature of winter before last cIea.
ted zen additional Common Pleas Judges,
and the salaries OF the Supreme Judges were
raised from $l,7O0 to 5000 each, which,
together, would IN AXE further increase of
S2l 800; amounting in all to the sum
of E,ghiy-Fue Thousand Fius Hundred
Dollars.
There are now hirts-nme Common Pleas
Judges, at salary of 81 $40 for Common
Pleas alone, when it was only 81 900 seven
years ago. No man of common sense will
pretend that the business in our courts has
increased in that portion, or that cases are
tried better or more promptly than they
were than. In add ition to the above the
Judges OF the Superior Courts of Cincinnati,
Dayton and Columbus are paid in the ag.
gregale $4,000, and the people pay out Of
their pockets directly, e,9hty eight Probate
Judges, en- average, say OF 81 600 each,
making $4,000 more. Thus has the whole
cost Of the courts of Ohio been raised from
a trfe over $4,000 to almost ONE HUN
DRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
Attempts rure ~lAe baaa unade hy The
modern Democracy to raise the salaries OF
Common Pleas Judges, and if they should
retain the control Of the legislature such a
"retrenchment" would probably be one of
the irst acts ofthe next session. There is
always some plan devised to get the money
out of the treasury. In the absence of some
Breslin to steal and run away with it, they
60 to work and pass law or two for the
purpose, and the work is done with less
risk, but just as effectually Buckeye Stale.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-09-22
A Prolific Family.

The Memphis Ardlanehe has disc covered a
most prolific and certainly well branched
family. The head of this family is now liv-
ing in Chickasaw co Miss, on The plsnta-
tion Of Col. Duncan Hubbard, and is now con
siberably over one hundred years of age.
She was a woman and a mother during the
wsr of the revolution. Her name is Patsey
The number of her descendants is truly
astonishing. She having no less than three
Hundred and one living children, grandchi!d-
rem, great grandchildren and great-greatgrand
children. A large number Of the descen-
dsnts-perhaps one third OF the whole
have died. Her oldest son robust, healthy
man. died recently at the age Of ninty years,
and her Youngest living child is over seventy
years old. One Of Fer sons. "Uncle Billey,"
is the father Of sixteen children, and these
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-09-22
"Who Does He Mean Explained
The Editor of The Gazette a
Comentator r-Disgracefnl Insin-

IOr-D1SSrace1ul 1nSln-
uations, &c.
We regret the necessity of a controversy,
forced as it is upon US at the commence
ment of the campaign, upon the private
character of the individual cand didates. An
article entitled "Who Shall We Nominate"
appeared in THE CHRONICLE the week be-
fore the nomination, in which we endeavor.
ed to urge upon the people the necessity of
caution in the selection of candidates. 1t
will be remembered that we said distinctly
that we did not wish anything we might
say to be construed as intended for any
candidate who was then or was likely TO be
before the people, but that our remarks
were general in character. But The Gazette
was not content TO take our word for what
we meant, and at once commences sneak
ing attack-by insinuation-upon the pri-
vate character of individuals upon our ticket
and proceeds to quote as follows:
"We only ask for the nomination of such
m n as will inspire the confidence of the
community, of such men as have been tried
and NOT found ranting." .-..t-
His commenting begins as follows:
"Here, no doubt, the Editor was referring
to some body, who had held off ce and had
failed TO meet the expectations of the peo-
pie, and who was again houning them for
Office. What else could he have meanti"
Now, we ask, what Goes he mean except
that there is man upon our ticket who
"has been tried and found panting." Has
he the boldness to say who he means, or
does be intend to evadc the open attack of
an honest man, and by secret thrust to