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The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-12-26

The following is the letter OF the Hon.
Howell Cobb, sddressgd to the President,
rendering his resignst q of the office of
Secretary of the Treasury, and the Presi-
dents reply:
WASHINGTON CRY, Dec. 8, 1860.
My DEAR SIR A sense of duty to the
State of Georgia requires me to take step
which makes it proper that should no long.
or continue to be member of your Cabinet.
In the troubles of the country consequent
uuon the late Presidential election, the hon.
or and safety of my State are involved
Her people 80 regard it, and in their opinion
fully concur. They are engaged in strug.
gle where the issue is lite or death. My
| friends ask for nv views and counsel. Not
to respond would be degrading to myself and
unjust to them. have accordingly prepar.
cd, and must now issue TO them, an address
which contains the calm and solemn Convic'
tons of my heart snd judgment.
The views which | sincerely entertain,
and which therefore am bound to express,
differ in some respects from your own. The
! existence OF this difference would expose
me, if should remain in my present place,
to unjust suspicious, and put you in false
position. The first Of these consequences
3 could bear we'll enough, but will not sub
Z ject you 10 the last.
My withdrawal has not been ocCssloned
by anything you have said ordone' Whilst
: differing from your Message upon some o
e its theoretical doctrines, ss we'll RS from the
s hope so earnestly expressed that the Unior
g can vet be preserved, there was no pTsctica
It result likely to follow which required me tt
retire from your administration. Ihst ne
= cessity is created by Whist feel my duty tt
e do; and the responsibility of the act, there
e fore, rests alone upon myself
To say that regret-deeply rcgret-thi
Il necessity, but feeby expresses the tealinl
: with which | psn this communication. Fo
y nearly four years have been associate
Z with you az one OF your Cabinet officers, az
'' during that period nothing has occurred t
}, msr even for moment, our personal an
e official relations In the policy and meas
e uros of your Administration, have Cordia
II Iy concurrsd, and shall ever teel proud {
a the humble place which my name may occu
IS py in its hiatory. If your wise couu-els IN
patriotic warnings I'd been needed by you
coUNFyW6h' tue Ii VI hAhSh HeAt "uu'
n have found our country hsppy, prosperous
= snd united. Thst it will not be go is n
$ fault of yours.
e The evil hss now passed beyond contro
Il and must be met by each and oil OF Us unde
Q our responsibility to God and cur ccuntry
e If, as | believe, history will have to recor
II yours az the Isst administration Of our pre-
II sent Uaiop, it will also place it side by sid
u with ths pu7est and ablast OF those that pre-
Il ceded it.
2 With the kindast regards FOR yourself an
i the members Of your Cabinet, with whom
have been 30 pleasantly associated,
# I'm most truly and sincerely, your frient
= HOWELL COBB.
- To THE PREs!DENT
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-12-26
A Southern Jour,.nI Defying Sc

The North Carolina Standard, OF recent
date, says:
"We denounce and deiy disunionists, and
we will make war upon tnem until the peo.
pie OF this State, of all par ties, shalI rise in
their might aud teach them, and teach all
professional and designing politicians, that
their property, their fortunes, their lives, and
the Federal Constitution shall not be sub.
iected to the control OF the demngogues
lus,ing for power and Tor new places 10 q
Southern Union. Our reliance is on the
people. If they will stand BY Us in this
struggle, as We believe they will, we. shall
fear no oconsequences. as' sfes.s Gas
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-12-26

OEA New Jersey paper-the Bridgeton
Chronicle-notices un organization Of young
men in that town, styled the "Zouave Oddi-
ties," who have banded together for the pur.
pose of saving and splitting wood for poor
families the ensuing winter. With wood
saw astride of horse, and axe in hand, they
proceed to the premises, and reduce the
wood to stoye size with an alacrity unknown
TO those who lah6r for pelf.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-12-26

temperate counsels msy depend the fate OF
the Union. May no hope be INDUCED that
a little time for calm thought will suffice for
the change of what seems to be their pre-
sent purpose and determination la little
time for reflection upon the nature and
amount Of evils which are certain to attend
a revolutionary movement, and slso upon
other aud more appalling contingent evils,
which may and probably will arise betw cen
its beginning aud consummation."
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-12-26

NEW GOODS!
IN sustaining the reputatiOn long enlol

TN sustaining the reputation long en1oyeA
ofkesping the best aud most elegant stock OF sta
pie and fancy Dry Goods, offered in this market, my
daily receipts will furnish abundant evidence, and,
that my customers have long since, discovered an
economy in buying good goods, 10 al potent. Feeling
grateful for past favors, shall hope for continuance
Of your patronage. sa -
The general and unusually prosperity Of all branch
Of industry having inspired the hearts Of the peo-
pie with good times come again. viii in like manner
will as naturally suggest the proper place to go In
getting them supplied, aud, 10 offering my vaLisd
stock Of new goods, will make Ike guaranteed.
that, you shall In every instance, get vaus received
in exchange for your comodites or cash If you have
il to spare.
That you may better Judge Of my stock take pleaS
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-12-26

GrThe Wisconsin State Journal pub lish'
es a supplement of fourteen large newspa-
per pages of fine type, being list Of the
lands forfeited in that State, for non.pay'
ment Of taxes.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-12-26

9The Ohio State Journal says, Gov !.
Dsnnison has appointed P. P. Lowe, Esq ;, of
Dayton, as special examiner of the State
Treasury, and he has entered upon the du.
i es.. of bic appointment.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-12-26
WOODEN DRESS GOODS. 3. '-

MERINO PLkIRS,
FRGNCH MERIN0S, In sett figures,
PLAIN FRENCH MERIN0S, all colors, 500
can be found at H. L. DAYS,
No.. Phoenix Block.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-12-26
NEW DRESS GOoDS.1

AMERICAN PRINTS, In ss,t figures. .,.,.
FRENCH /" " ehintz eoloN, {.
DELAlNES, 8 ~
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-12-26
CHARLESTON, Dec. O..

The House yesterday adopted resolution
insuuctias the Military Committee to moke
provision for feeding and transporting troops;
also establishing telegraph lines to all ex
posed poiats OF TIE State, and giving the
Governor authority over all telegraph lines
in case OF wcr or invasion. 1t was made
The special order Ter to-day.
A resolution vas offered making search.
ing etquiry into the business OF the Banks
Of The State, with power to send for persons,
examine Bank books, Transactions, g..
The Convention will probably take re-
cess, TO tuy, iii the 18Th OF J4nu4ty.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-12-26
SILKS! SILKS!

PLAIN BLACK SILKS, from zoe to" So 90 or yard,
the best aud cheapest stock ever offered, at
II. l.. DAYS.
BLACK BROCADE SILKS,
PLAIN BROWN" all of which are unsur-
passed in elegance Of pattern by any tina have been
OGorod In tbis marEet ut Ii. l.. Day B.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-12-26
Resignation Of the Hon. Howell
Cobb

The following is the letter OF the Hon.
Howell Cobb, addressed to the President,
rendering his resignst q of the office of
Secretary of the Treasury, and the Pres-
dents reply: =.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-12-26

lists. .s5
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-06-21
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS FOR THE STATE AT LARGE
FREDERICK HASSAURECK, of Hamilton,
JOSEPH M. ROOT, of Erie.
Is there q NOrthf

The Locofoco majority in the Z. States Senate
do not seem TO think there is, or at least they
unceremoniously reject any measure that comes
before them which fayors any of the great ele-
ments of Northern Industry. No measure de-
sired by the Northern people will ever pass that
body, and no Northern democrat who is not a
slave of the Southern members-which we are
sorry to say the few that are left there have be-
come-can have fair dealing at the hands of
these men, The Southern Administration lead
ers are undoubtedly looking to dissolution of
these States There can be no question as to their
purpose. 1t is their main, if not their only OBJ
ject. Not only does the action of the Seceders'
Convention at Richmond, but the whole current
of Southern Administration action Ia Congress,
prove it. Their hostility to the homestead-to
the Pacific Railroad, and to the river and har-
Dor bill-their decree against the admission ol
Kansas, are so many efforts to widen and deep
en- the breach between the slave and the free
States
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-06-21
A Nest OF Hornets.

Just after the secession of portion Of
the Southern Delegates from the Charles
ton Convention, Mr.. s., of Louisiana,
called at the quarters of the New York
Soft Delegation, and in an offensive, men,
acing manner commenced talking of the
event as though he expected the Northern
representatives would be astouuded, cowed
and humbled, winding up with the inquiry,
"Whst do you think, nowP "Ihnk'
said Dean, 81 think that you Southern folks
are much in the same condition as the
Irishman's nest of nornets.' "How Is
that 2" was asked. "Why," resumed Dean,
"an Irishman out hunting came across
hornets nest, when one of its inmates came
out and stung him. Angered by the i'm
pndence of the little rascal, and smarting
with pain, Pat raised his fowling piece and
let drive a shot right into the center of the
nest, at the same time exclaiming: "There
by J., l think you've got something
to do at home now" 1t seems to me"
continued Dean, "that the 'irrepressible
conflict is transferred to your own neigh
borhood, and you will have to fight it out
amongst yourselves Batavia Advocate.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-06-21
Political LIENS.

At the Illinois Democratic State Con-
vention, held in Springfield, June 18th, a
string of resolutions were passed. 1t is
significant that among them was not
found one endorsing the Baltimore nomi-
nee, whoever he may be.-The aboli-
tion papers, the National Anti- Slavery
Standard and the Liberator, have come
out flat-footed against Lincoln, because of
his conservative views.-The Memphis
Avalanch intimates that it was offered $40,
900 to support Douglas but declined.-
Prentice says that if it is enjoined upon
men to reverence their superiors, Mr.. Bu-
cnanan ought to reverence every respscta-
Bile man he meets.-Charles H. Watson,
a locomotive engineer on the Orange d
Alexandria Railroad, was kept in the Jail
at Alexandra from April to June 4 be-
cause he was seen talking talking to ne
gro on the wharf, and refused to tell the
jailer, who happened 10 be passing what
he was talking about. "A resident in
Mason County Virginia, says he knows be-
tween fifty and seventy-five people in his
NlClulIy WuO are oulc " NOto lOi hluCOIu
and Hamlin, although not vote was cast
there for Fremont in their last campaign.
-Lincoln has written letter to Hon.
George Ashmun, stating that his name is
spelled "Abraham." ."-The Chicago
Press and Tribune publishes the names of
seventeen new Republican papers have
recently been started in Illinois, and states
that several neutral journals have come
out on the right side. The growth of Re-
publican papers has been particularly rap
id in the Egyptian counties.-John
Mitchell, the Irish "patriot," /" in letter to
tho Milwaukee Free Democrat, says the
Democratic party is dead. He advises the
Irish to do away with the "Irish vote"
and affiliate with which ever party
they personally think best. His ad-
vice is that the Irish in the North vote
for free territory and protective tariff.
He says there is no use for the North to
trouble itself about protecting the South.
If the South will not save herself she
must 900 unsayed "
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-06-21

The Bill to repeal the Territorial Laws
of New Mexico, establishing Slavery, and au-
thorizing employers to whip "white persons"
and others in their employ, and denying them
redress by the Courts passed the House Of Rep
resentatives afew days ago, every Locotoco mem
Der voting against repeal. The white slave code
thus repealed, subjected and authorized all
scaite laJorirag men and ,Comea to be whipped by
their masters, and denies them any redress for
such outrages in courts of justice. The South
ern nabob and aristoerat makes a slave of his
white laborer, and in order to give him power
over their lives as well as their liberty, he gets
by Executive and Congressional Intervention
a slave code adopted, which has features in it so
odious, that it ought to disgrace forever any
Administration or any party organizing it, and
when an attempt is made to repeal this Slave
Code, we find every Northern Democrat in Con-
gress voting against repeal. Who Will dare to say
hereafter, that Northern Democracy means any
thing more than slavery, Just as much as It's so
acknowledged to be in the South.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-06-21
Mexican Affairs.

Accounts received from Havana by the
Karnak, confirm the defeat of Uraga. 1t
appears that this general, instead of march
ing direct upon the City Of Mexico, turned
aside to attack Guadalaxara, which Gen.
Scott took with garrison Of 1900 men.
Uraga had 1000 men, including some
troops from Jalisco, by which he had been
joined. 1t issstated that Mirmon with his
army reached Guaxalaxara the same day,
and that his cavalry were preparing to fol-
low the flying enemy.
By the same arrival, we have further
explanations as to Zuloaga's attempt to
resume authority as President, and the
suspension on part of the foreign Minis
tiers of diplomatic relations with Miramon.
Miramon has never been acknowledged as
President by the foreign Ministers, except
in the character of substitute, and under
a decree of Zuolaga, issued the 2sth of
February year ago, but in Zuloaga, so
far from resigning the Government, merely
appointed Miramon to the temporary ad-
ministration of it, reserving to himself the
power to resume it at pleasure. Under
what influence or encouragement does nor
appear, Zuloaga, who has been quietly in
Mexico ever since he deputed his authority
to Mramon, sent notification on the Sth
of May to the foreign Ministers that he had
determined to assume the active discharge
of his duties. This notification was fol-
lowed up the next day by printed copies
of. a decree recalling the powers which he
had intrustsd to Miramon. The same
evening Miramon, who was just about to
Join his army on the march against ITraga,
sent for Zuloaga, and obliged him to go
with him on the same campaign. The
reign Ministers, however, on the strength
of Zuloaga's decree-and probably antici-
pating that the fall of Miramon was nigh
met at the British Legation, and resol
we'd to suspend diplomatic relations with
Miramon-on the ground that the decree
of Zuloaga deprived him of the basis on
which his character as President had hith-
erto been recognized. How this affair is to
end does not appear. The report via Tam
pico that Zuloaga had escaped flom Mira
mon, and had assumed the Presidency at
the capitol, received no confirmation, and
probaly refers merely to the decree already
referred to. Whether the foreign Minis
ters will adhere to the position they had
assumed, now that Miramon has obtained
another victory, remains to be seen, and
also what will be the course of the Span
ish Minister, who, at the last accounts, was
on his way to city of Mexico.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-06-21
Land swindling Extraordinary,

The land swindles brought to light in
California are perfectly astounding, and in.
volve hundred millions of dollars! 1t
appears by the report of Attorney General
Black on the subject, that after the acqui-
sition of the territory of California by the
Unitad States, eight hundred and three
claims, covering 1,4s9 square miles of
country, were made by private individuals,
under Mexican grants. What first raised
suspicious of their genuineness was that
they included all the best mineral and ag-
ricultured regions of California and all the
places, best suited for lighthouses, fortifca-
tions, ports, military stations, and in fact,
every spot in the State which was likely
to prove indispensable either to the State
or Federal Government. There was not q
place to be found for a public building
which was not held by some private indi-
vidual, under a grant from the Mexican
Government, or conveyance from the orig
inal grantee, at an enormous price. When
the parties were finally put to their proofs
before the United States District Court,
documents were produced bearing every
appearance of authenticity they were sworn
to by hosts of witnesses; and even Mexi-
cans in high political and social position,
members of the Government, and others,
came on 10 San Francisco, to vouch for
them under oath.
The result was that the larger portion of
them passed muster before the District
Court, and were fully confirmed. The con-
viction of their falsity was, however, so
strong at Washington, that the President
sent special counsel out to California in
February, 1858, to give the proofs thor
ough overhauling. The archives of the
former Government were then for the first
time carefully collected and examined and
classified, and they furnish ample evidence
that the vast majority of the deeds and
grants presented to the Land Commission
ers and the United States District Court
were barefaced but ingenious forgeries. 1t
was ascertained that claims to the value of
sl5O,OOO,OOO were supported by the most
deliberate and systematic fraud and PERU
ry, and they were all carried up to the Sn-
prene Court, where two-thirds of them
have been already annulled, and the others
will share the same fate in due course
The cost of the exposure will be $4,000,
for which an appropriation has been made
by Congress. We wish all the expendi-
lures of the Administration had been half
as judicious and profitable.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-06-21
Legislation in Regard to the Cat.
tie Disease.

The Massachusetts, Legislature adjourn
ed after session of two weeks, the grea-
ter part of which was spent in devising
and adopting measures to arrest the spread
of the pleuropneumonia, or cattle disease.
Two bills were passed which if enforced,
will effect the object if it can be done by
legislation. The first bill directs the
proper town and municipal authorities to
insolate and keep in enclosures cattle af
fected by any contagious disease, and to
make regulations in regard to their pas
sage through towns and cities. Diseased
cattle are also required to be branded on
the rump, and after being branded it will
be unlawful for the owners to sell them,
under penalty of $500, for one year
thereafter Four-ffths of the expense of
isolation, keeping, DC, is to be paid by
the State, and one fifth by the towns in
which the expense is incurred. Cattle Or
dered to be killed and buried are 10 be
paid for at fair appraisal.
The present commission to make regula-
tions for the cure and extirpation of the
disease is in creased to five. They have
powers superior to those of select men and
other local officers, and may set aside their
regulations. The transportation OF cattle
westsof Connecticut, or into and other
state, prior to April l, 1861, is prohibited.
An appropriation of 100000 is made to
defray the expenses to be incurred by these
acts.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-06-21
The Troubles i'm JaDan,

Ihe opening OF the doors to foreign
commerce in Japan is already producing
the inevitable result of commotion in the
internal affairs of that country. The "old
settlers" find their long cherished and an
cient prejudices jostled at every corner by
the intrusive progress of foreign ideas.-
Social manners and commercial customs
that have existed undisturbed for genera
tions are suddenly revolutionized, and the
restless spirit of changes penetrates to
places hitherto sacred to the principle
that whatever is, is right. At length the
authorities seem to have discovered the
dangers that menace their long enjoyed
peace, and wish to retract their steps, but
it is too late.
The thin end of the wedge has been in
serted. American vigor and English stur
diness will be used with resistless effect to
drive it home until japanese exclusiveness
will be completely rent asunder. In the
mean time formidable opposition to for
eign influences has been organized, the re-
suit of which will be to provoke retribu-
tive acts and hasten the very events so
dreaded by the ultra conservative Japanese.
The North China Mail says:
1t can hardly be doubted that most of
the evils to which subjects of the Treaty
Powers are exposed, arise from the Japan
ese official Interference. The mobiles are
jealous of the freedom of foreigners, while
their revenue is shorn of half its worth, as
silk, tea, oil, and the necessaries of lite
have since, the ratification of the treaties,
doubled their value, ,and increased in propor-
ton the expense of their large and sloth-
full establishments. 1t is said that the
members of several legations seldom leave
their houses unarmed, as they feared for
their personal safety. 1t would seem, too,
that the report of one of the ministers
having, during the heat of discussion,
grasped the hilt of his sword and exclaim-
ed: "Let us rid ourselves of these treaties,
or fight for freedom!" is not an idle story.
Muskets and rifles are now equally as well
made in Japan as in Europe, and the
Dalmos' (noblesO retainers are daily taught
their exercise and use.
Much, continues our Shanghae arfthori-
ty, will depend on the coming campaign of
the Allies in China. If the demands of
Great Britain and France are granted with
out further recourse to hostilities, the diff
culties of the foreign minister at Jeddo will
be fearfully increased, and it will require all
the diplomacy they are master of to pre-
vent matters drifting into war.
The bad feeling of the japanese towards
foreigners decreased in places distant from
the capital. At Kanagawa there were
peaceful relations, and the most serious
feuds were among the European commu-
nifty itself. AT Nag gacaki, the site of the
European settlement was progressing. In
travelling north the dislike changed its form,
until almost cordiality reigned between
the foreigners and the japanese.