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Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-08-16

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DIRECTORS:
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ARcH'D PLEAsANTs, Presr
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Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-08-16

From RrrL p. Hines, Pastoref idrsf Church Boston,
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stirrs I'M my family ami among those am called 10 WISH
In Distress To regulate the organs Of digestion anu
purify the blood, they are the very best remedy ha.e
- tro,yi, and l can confidently recommend them 10
my friends. Yours D. v iitni.
WARSAW Wyoming Co., Y. Y, oct. -, lsjj.
DEAR SIB am using your Cathartlc I'M, IN my l1,o
system and PURIFY he fatntsias q ~ 6t2oa; =, -
Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-08-16

(NARRIAGE BOLTS, COACH SCREWS AND
~ TIRE BOITS-Ne Just received direct from Of the
best manufacturers large and full supply OF Carriage Bolts
Coach Tire Bolts wen assorted sie To which
respectfully every In need OF such articles
T. ROBERTSON SONS.
Apls No g. Main
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-03-28
Mrs. Child the SympathIzcr

Mre. l.. Maria Child, made herself notori.
Gus by begging Of Gov. Wise the privilege
of nursing the "sainted Brown" After get.
ting the privilege she did no, 60. Her ex.
pectatioD doubtless was that she would OBJ.
tain large quantity OF cheap glory by being
refused.
At the time of the Pembertcn Mills cal
amity, Mrs. Child was near the suffering but
paid not the least attention to them. 1t ap.
pesrs, bs a further evidence OF the hypocrisy
Of her pretentions to philanthropy, that she
had daughter living at Point Coupee, in
Louisiana, teaching school. This daughter
became helpless by disease Of the spine. and
wrote TO her philanthropic mother for aid but
received none. She is now lying in room
and living upon a stipend of two hundred
dollars year, provided by the charity Of q
slave holder.
This may be an extreme case, but it is a
truthful representation of abolition philan
thropy. Where there is a negro involved
their self-sscrifce is fsnatical, but when only
whites are to be benefciaries they lack as
much as they seem to have excess for ne.
Eroes.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-03-28
How the Adjourned Session was
Brought About.

After the House OF Representatives had
so signslly defeGted the resolution for an
adjourned session, the people were taken BY
surprise when il passed the next week by q
large majority. The means BY which this
change was made are brought to light by q
letter from DR.. Fellows, a member from
CoshoctoD, to the Coshocton Democrat.-
The process is so very much like what we
have repeatedly seen attempted, often sue.
cessfully, in Legislation, thst we do not hesi-
tate to believe it implicitly.
The adjourned session, it appears, was
not voted because appropriations could not
be made so long in advance, nor because OF
anything else which might benefit the peo.
pie but purely for political purposes-if
Chase Should be elected President o thai
the Republicans should not run the risk OF
another Legislature electing his successor
in the U. S. Senate. But let DR.. Fellows
tell his own story;
"You may ask how was ell this brought
about III tell you. 1t is q we'll known
fact, that Salmon P. Chase is the embodi.
ment, soul and gizzard OF the Republican
party in Ohio. He conceived it, brought it
forth, blew wind into it,. gave it nume,
adopted it, and becsme it's god.father.-
Whenever it ceases to do his bidding, or to
serve his ambitious ends he will suspend its
being, and turn over its liieless carcass to
the oIfactory inspection Of Ben Wade, who
will pronounce it 'desd and that it stink I'll. ;
Now, sir, nearly every one OF the Republican
members Of this Legs ature were nominated
and elected in accordance with the dictation
of Chase, for the purpose Of electng him
United States Senator this would be step.
ping stone to the nomination for the Pres-
dency this would leave the Senatorship va.
cant sgain the next Legislature might be
Democratic therefore it was necessary to
call an extra session next winter to elect
another United States Senator in the place
OF Mr.. Chase. There was one great barrier
in the way two to one, in the House, were
opposed to this extra session. There were
centred the hopes of two and & half millions
of people, who were groaning under the bur.
dens OF taxation. If these hopes failed, all
was lost, and confidence OF man in his fell
low man betrayed 1t was necessary to
overcome this opposition to an extra session,
and who should be more competent to per.
form this herculean task than DIR. Chase
And he set about it in good earnest. He
came into the hall two or three afternoons
in succession, and called around him hir
truant children and sDubbed their ears, to gel
up their courage, and then blessed them, anC
told them 10 60 for an extra session, ant
they went for it but some Of them answer
ed aye very feebly others absented them
selves, and some wanted to change the
votes, claiming that they had voted under {
mistake but it was no 60. am sorry tha
some Democrats voted with the Republicans
for an adjourned session, but they claim il
their constituents"
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bills were resd the first and second times.
and were committed. A preamble and res
Olution were adopted, relative to the revenue
derived from taxes, the Public Works, &C.,
and directing the Finance Committee Of the
House to provide for raising the amount
which It may fell short OF the expenditure
for the year, as contemplated by the apPro-
priations for ell purposes. Mr.. Andrews
announced the death of Hon. Vance Robb,
the Representative from Putnam and Henry
counties, who died on Wednesday, at his
home; and. in becoming terms, spoke Of
him as Man and a Representative. He
then offered appropriate resolutions, which
were adopted; whereupOn the House ad-
journed. # @r# .a ef
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-03-28
Origin of the EWO-ThirGs Rule.


The two.thirds rule in Democratic Ma
tioBal Conventions, for the nomination oil
csudidates for President and Vice President,
was adopted at lltimore, in 1882, when An
drew Jackson was nominated for President
and Martin Van Buren was designated Vice
President. That was the first Demo- cratic
National Convention ever held. The Dem.
ocratic members OF the Legislature of New
Hampshire made the suggestion that led to
the Convention. Their argument was to
let the districts and States that did not have
Democratic members of Congress, but stil
had large Democratic popular vote, have
a voice in the selection of candidates. Un-
der the old system Of Democratic caucuses,
they were excluded. We now hear par.
tisans declaim against the very idea that led
TO the org ganz1tion Of National Conventions
The two-thirds rule was reported, in 1882
from a committee, of which the late Vice
President King, of Alabama, was Chairman.
Hh uhtC"pt W ue tuuuC W euUotItut0 IIiC uLh-
jori'y principle, but it was voted down. In
1885, the second National Convention was
held at Baltimore. The two thirds rule W rs
adopted after long discussion. The ma,
jority principle at first carried, but was fin.
ally stricken out. In 1910, no action was
taken on the two-shirds rule, at the third
National Convention, as Mr.. Van Buren,
was re-nominated for President by accIa-
nation. In lS4l, at the fourth National
Convention, the two.thirdS rule was adopted,
by close vote, after long discussio H.
At the National Conventions since held, it
has been adopted without opposition. The
two. thirds rule has never defeated a candi-
date for President who had a majority of
votes in Convention, save the case OF Mar.
tin Van Buren, in 1914, 1t has been GUS
tomary for the minority to yield to tina
person for whom a majority OF the CoDven-
ton votes. We have no doubt that will be
the case at Charleston.
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Senator Douglas and tTle RcpuD-
lICan Press.

1t is astonishing how much pains and
labor the Republican press bes,ow on
Senator Douglas to prove how weak and
unavailable he would be as a candidate
for President. If the press of that party is
to be believed, the strength Of Senator Doug.
las among the Democracy is in the States
where the party has no power, and his
weakness in the States where the party has
most strength. They make him out the
worst man for the party that the Charleston
Convention could select, and yet the
same Republican press abuse him more
than all the other Democrats who are nam cd
in connection with the nomination, aud
thus disclose their fear of him should he be
nom mated! If the Republican press wer,
sincere in what it says, nothing woul
crafty it SO much as the nomination o
Douglas. That it is feOrlul of his nomina
ton there can be no doubt.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-03-28

WAsHrNGToN, March 25.-The following
call has been furnished here for publication
to. morrow:
WASHINGTON, March 24.--The members
Of the Democratic National Committee are
requested to meet in Washington, on Thurs.
day, April 5'h, for consultation on important
business. A full and prompt attendance is
desired. Signed, d. E. Smally, Chairman;
J. R. George, c. L. Vallandigham and Ju'
illus Hessee, Secretaries. t
Six or eight members OF the Committee
are already in the city. 1t is understood
that no change will probably be made as to
the place of holding the Convention. But
it was thought important that the Committee
should be called together to satisfy public
opinion and in the hope that the grievances
complained Of at Charleston may be abated.
The cIamor Tor change continues unabated
| from different sections. rs.
There 10 some talk from individual dele
gates, now here, of an informal call upon
the several State delegates to confer at the
same time with the Democratic National
Committee on the above named subject.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-03-28
The Adm iSSiCM of Kansas,

The Washington correspondent OF tn.
Lecompton National Democrat furnishes
that paper with copies Of some amusing
documents sent from the leading Rcpubli.
cans Of Kansas to their friends in Washing.
ton, in relation TO the admission of the
State under the Wyandotte Constitution.-
They all appear to desire an early sdmis
sion, being almost all office holders under
the new State Government, and among
other things, suggest shat if the question OF
admission is likely to be embarrassed by the
land grant, to make the latter subordinate
10 it. In urging the land grant, should the
admission fail, they all impress upon their
friends at Washington to give as "full con.
troll as possible to the Legislature and ss
little as possible 10 the Governor" They
want the Republican Territorial Legis Iature
to have the disposal OF the land without re-
straint from Gov. Medary, as he would not
sanction any of the corrupt schemes they
have already concocted for making away
with the land.
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Of Democratic News
OFFICE OF BOARD OF PUB. WoRKs,|
Columbus, March IA, 1860.


We clip the following from the Albany
Atlas and Argus, and recommend it to the
attention OF all good Democrats:
"We are impressed with the Importance
of urging upon our Democratic friends, eve
rywhere, the duty aud policy OF immediate
attention to the circulation OF newspapers
and documents embracing their views, and
devoted to the Cause Of the Union.
The New York Tribune is boosting of a
circulation of the Weekly Tribune amour.
ting to 100000. 1t is useless to deny the
influence of such a sheet for mischief
The only way to counteract the poison 's
by the circulation of Democratic papers,
And this can be done if attended to now
Now 10 the time for such an effort, and II
will be ten told more effective 1t done now,
then If delayed until after the Charleston
Convention. A mere campaign circulation
is nothing like as useful os legitimate cir.
culation to yearly subscribers.
There ought to be Immediately systema'
tic organization in every county and town tt
promote the circulation of Democratic pa
pers. The territory should be divided int
districts and caRvassed for subscribers, ant
funds should be raised to supply those VIII,
ere not able to pay for paper. All thi
can easily be done it Democrats of th
counties will set about it-much more easily
prehaps, than they now anticipate. 1t onl-
requires a resolute man in each neighborl
hood to take the work in hand. The expen-
Sc is triAing. Weekly papers are furnishe
at low figures.
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The Legislative Spree.

All Of the Republican members OF the
House Of Represe ntstives are not in favor
Of sppropriating the money Of the people for
paying the whiskey bills contracted during
the late excursion of the Kentucky and Ten.
nessee Legislatures. The following protests
were received and entered upon the Journals
Of the HoHas ON w ednesdsy last:
Where's, there is appropriated in the gen.
eral appropriation bill, the sum of SIS, ,64S 26
to deiray the expenses incurred by the late
visit of the Legislatures of Kentucky end
Tennessee, and believing that large portion
Of that sum was to pay for wines and intoxi-
eating liquors used on that occasion, not in
our opinion necessary for a true and hospi-
table entertainment, the undersigned re-
spectfully ssk leave to exercise our consti-
tutional rights and enter our protest against
any money being appropriated in payment
for such liquors.
J. s. ScoTT, of Jefferson,
ROBERT McCUNE,
ALEX. McPHERsoN,
r. BURR,
R. II. WALKER,
JESSE STURBS,
JOHN ]. MUssoN.
protest sgainst the appropriation in line
l47 as unreasonable in amount and largely
above any necessary expenses incurred in
receiving the Legislatures of Kentucky and
Tennessee as guests Of the State OF Ohio.
ABEL KRUM.
In the exercise of our Constitutional right
the undersigned in voting for the genera
appropriation bill, protest against the item in
said bill appropriating 1884 26, not that We
are unwilling 10 pay the expense of the en-
tertainment Of the Legislative visitors, bu
because we are opposed to the expenditure
of the public money for such purposes
And, also, because large part OF the none!
so appropriated was used in way that w
believe was not necessary to the hoepitabl
entertainment of Our visitors, and which WI
consider wrong. JOSEPH BRUFF,
L. c. DAVIS,
d. REEs.
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CHARLESTON MARKET PRICES The Mer.
eury seys that the present unusually high
prices are induced by parties who are already
speculating for the large increase of table
supplies required during the Convention
1t says:
"Beef, and not very prime at that, is now
selling in our market at 25 and 81 cents per
pound; mutton at 81, and pork at l3 and Is
cents. Fowls also range at high prices
Vegetables are more reasonable, excep,
cabbages, which sell at 81 and 81 cents per
head"
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-03-28
MARCH 81, 1860.

MARCH Fl, 1860.
In the Senate, yesterday, sundry bills
were read the second time and committed.
and largo number of messages from the
House were received and read Committee
reports were presented and disposed Of
The Senate re considered the vote by which
the bill was passed, Defining the jurisdiction
OF the Probate Courts of Clinton and Shelby
counties in criminal cases, and to amend
sections twelve and eighteen OF an act here
in named. The bill was then amended and
passed ognin. The following bills were
passed Supplementary to Juries, passed
Feb. 9, 1881; Supplementary to an act en-.
titled an act TO authorize contest in cases
in which the removal of the seat of Justice
Of county has been submitted to vote OF
the electors, passed April l8; 1857 ; Making
appropriations for the maintenance and re-.
pair of the Public Works, for the fiscal year
ending Nov. l5, 1860, and for the quarter
ending Feb. Is. 1861 To authorize the In.
corporated village of Fremont to purchase
the site of Fort Stephenson for the use oil
Said village. The foIowsng bills were in.
troduced and read the fret time Supple.
mentary to an act further 10 regulate the
practice of the Supreme and District Courts
IN this State passed March 20, 1860 Tt
amend the act for the protection of Railroads
passed March %. 1910. The committee
appointed to examine the State Treasury
and the Books in the same, as we'll as tn,
Books in the Office Of the Auditor of State
made Report.
In the House but two petitions were pre-
sented and referred, and four bills were rea
the second time and committed. The fol
lowing bills were passed Furthur to regu
late the practice Of the Supreme and Distric
Courts in this State To authorize the Con
missioners of Clermont county to borro,
money to psy the outstanding indebtedness
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-03-28
New Hampshire Election.

The full returns Of the New Hampshire
election give Goodwin, Republican, SO .006
and Cate, Democrat, 33,410 votes for Gov
ernor. The Republicans huve chosen 10 o.
the ID Senators, and have S5 majority in
the House.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-03-28

@The Pennsylvania delegates have
chartered the steamer Keystone State, and
will take their meals and lodgings on board
while ct Charleston, paying eighty dollars
for the round trip. ."
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-03-28
MARCH 90.

MARCH 90.
In the Senate, yesterday, sundry bills
were read the second time and committed
Several bills were postponed until next ses.
sion; among them, the bill, To fix the loca-
ton of new penitentiary. The folio wing
bill was passed: For the protection of bees
House messages were received and read,
and committee reports were presented end
disposed of. House amendments to q num-
Der of Senate bills were concurred in.
In the House, Mr.. Myers presented a
petition, praying for some action. in refer
ence to unfrequented roads passing through
farms, which was referred to the Committee
on Roads and Highways. The Speaker was
directed to certify the per diem OF Messrs.
Robb and Patterson, who have been detained
from their seats by sickness. The follow
ing bills were passed: To amend the act
to make it the duty of County Auditors to
levy extra taxes for road purposes in certain
cases, passed Msy l, 1854; Supplemental
to an act to provide for the organization of
cities and incorporated villages. passed May
8, 1852, and the amendment passed March
IA, 1853, and a supplementary act passed
April 8, 1866, and supplementary to the &C,
passed April l2, 1858; For the preservation
and repair of the National Road in Ohio
and for the collection of tolls thereon; Pro-
vidng for the appointment and more thor
ough system of accountability of officers o
the Ohio Penitentiary, fixing their compen
sation, prescribing their duties and deter
mining the manner of working the convicts
Making appropriations for the year 1860
and the LIST quarter OF the year 1861. Sew
eral Republican members had their protest.
entered upon the journal against the passag'
Of this last named bill. A large number Q
messages from the Senate we're received an
read, and sundry committee reports wer
J presented and disposed Of. Several Senat
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-03-28

crit 10 rumored that Lieut.. Bartlett has
challenged Gen. Morris, one OF the editors
of the Home Journal, in consequence of re-
marks in that paper recently touching his
wedding.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-03-28
State Expenses .

1t costs good deal to grease The wheels
Of State and keep them in running ORDER
The Finance Committee have reported an
Appropriation Bill for the yesr 1860. The
following recapitulations of the bill will
give the reader some idea OF the amount oil
appropriations asked for:
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GTThe Legislature adjourned on Monday
evening last, to meet again on the first
Monday of January, 1861.
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John NI'Culley,s Estate,

NOTICE is hereby given that the subscri
IN ber has been appointed and qualified execusoT
on the estate Of John M'Culey, late Of Edinburgh,
Portage county, Ohio, deceased.
Edinburgh, March 81, Is6o-SSs
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MARCH %

In the Ssnate, yesterday, only two petit
tions were presented and referred. Several
bills were rad the second time and commit.
ted, SundT House bills were read the first
time. Howe messages were received and
read, and committee reports were made and
disposed Of. The following bills were pass.
ed: To snend the first section of the act
Of April !, 1862, entitled can act to prevent
Fraudulent practices;" To amend Sec. 80
of the Tax Law of April s, 1859; To au.
thorize the board OF Education OF the city OF
Columbus tc raise money for the erection oi
school buildings: To provide for the collec.
tion OF claims against Railroad Companies;
To provide fer the purchase and distribution
of the 4Ih volume of Curwen's Revised
Statutes OF Chic; Providing for a commits
sion to examine the condition of the Public
Works of the State; Securing to married
women whoss husbs nds are intemperate or
neglect to proyide for their families, personal
property exempt from execution; To prevent
and punish Child Stealing-which was in.
troduced and put through all its readings,
and passed, within q few minutes; also the
bill, To punish the crime OF having counter
felt bank notes or coin in possession, with
intent to pass the same; To prevent coils
sions on railroads within the State Of Ohio
The further consideration OF the bill, To
provide for the removal of the seat Of justice
OF Pike county, from Piketon TO Waverly,
in said county, vas, at the request OF ite
friends, postponed until the first Monday in
January next. Sundry other bills were
postponed until the adjourned session, at the
request of those having them in charge
Mr.. Harrison, from the judiciary committee
reported resolution, providing tor an ex
animation of the claim OF John w. A lien
which was adopted. The Senate spent moe
OF the afternoon in Committee of the Whole
The following additional bills were passed
To regulate the taxation and payment o
costs in certain cases; Further defining the
duties of Supervisors of roads and highways
In the House, six petitions were presented
and referred. Mr.. Welsh offered Pream
Bile and Resolution, relative to the purchase
Of the "Pan Handle" from the State of Vir
ginia, which was referred to the Committee
on Federal Relations. Senate messagel
were received and read. Several Senate
Bills were read the first and second times
and were committed. The bill, To provide
for the better protection of heolth and pro.
perty in certain cases, was passed. A reso'
luton was laid on the table, which provides
for the purchase of one copy of Webster'i
Unabridged Dictionary pictorial editioD) fol
each School District in the State. The
House was in Committee of the Whole
nearly the entire day. considering and dis.
GUESSING the General Appropriation Bill.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-03-28

-OrThe journeymen cabinet makers of
New York, are on a strike for an advance
Of of,wsges,