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The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-04-04
New Jersy Democratic Convention

TRENTON, March 28.-The Democratic
State Convention met to-day at l2 O'Clock
tor the choice of delegates to Charleston
butcher was sppointe temporary chairman.
Adjourned to Q O'Clock.
AT the afternoon session the following
delegates were selected:
Senatorial-Wm. Wright, Benz. Wfllism.
son, J. w. Wall and John c. Rafferty,.
Congressionnl-lst district, John L, Sbaru
and Samuel Ha"nsh; I'd, David Near snt
John T. Ford; Sd. Joshua Doughty and Al
bert Spear; 4th, John HyIer and Rober
Hamilton; 9th, Saml Wescutt and Jacob
Vanarda
Resolutions we're adopted as follows: Isl
denounces'the Republican position in Con
Tgress os dsregardiog the provisions OF the
Constitution tor the protection of slave
property. I'd says the Constitution must be
sustained, and ready observance Of the
laws enforced to preserve the Union. 81
asserts that federal legislation on slavery
thould be limited by the ConstItutioD-ai
that instrument gives should be accedrd
and all it wthholds should be denied. 4tt
says it is the duty of every State to protec
itself agsinse invasion by fanatics, and e
punish offenders in an exemplary msnner.
The fifth is in favor Of the fugitive slave
law, and 10 favor of the suppression Of thu
slave trade.
The sixth re.endorses the Cincinnati plat
form, and says, we will consent to no unau'
thor;Zed interpretations Of it.
Tho seventh is for tariff by wise dis
elimination in favor OF home manufactured
and says that the Government should, 70
public uses, favor home products.
The eighth recommends VIM. c. Alexan
der Tor Vice President.
The ninth recommends the delegates OIL
oil Questions to cast united vote.
Inc tenth says the administration of Pres
ident Buchanan has been Statesmen like ant
conservatice.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-04-04

New ORLEANS, March 27.-The prize
steamers Mlrsmun and Marquee and sloop
o war PrebIe, are all ancho ed opposite the
city.
The Preble brings 100 prisoners among
whome are General Marin and his two sons
The prize steamers bring SO prisoners. The
prisoners from the Marquee were taken to
the parish prison by the U. s. Marshall
Their trsl has been postponed
The Mexican mails OF the 18th, by the
schooner Virginia AntoInette are at hand.
The military Con erence agreed upon the
terms ot sn armistice, but The Juarez G ov
ernm' nj disapproved OF them because they did
not sufficiently guarantee the Constitution
Of 1857, which 10 the cardinal principle oI
i'd Government. After three meetings
the Conference was dissolved.
The garrison re opened fire on the NOR.
ming of the 18th which was quickly returned
from Miramon's batteries. Two shells bus
ting in the palace. The French feet wa.
constantly communicating with Miramon,
contrary to Juarez's orders.
The s. S. Arizona 10 below from Arizon
ia on the Oath inst. with l4O 900 dollars in
specie.
Advices from Brownsville to the 23d inst
furnish the following important int lligence
On the 18th inst. two companies oil Ran
gers under the command Of Capt Ford, anc
two companies Of U. S. cavalry under Capt
Steneman, crossed the Rio Grande Into Mex
ico in search OF Cortin 8, who hid returned
to the frontier. The troops approached the
Mexican encampment at night. drove in the
pickets and took thirty prisoners, who
claimed that they belonged to large body
OF Mexican National Guards, also in search
Of Cortinas. The next morning a large
Mrxcan force appeared and claimed the
prisoners Ne part OF their guard. It wns
afterwards ascertained that these forces had
been watching the movements of the Ameri.
cane, and that C,rtinas wus with them aDt
has escaped OF the first alarm. Our tr"ops
remain encamped on the Mexican side above
Brownsville determined to c,pture Corti
nas. Major Heintselmnn, oil the army, hsd
sent them rein orcement and two pices o.
artillery. Three thousand Church troops
were soon expected on Rio Grande. 1t was
repor ed that Gen Garcia had invited
Americans into Mexico.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-04-04
The Republicans and a PrOtec-
tive Tariff.

The Tariff question, says the Chilicothe
Advertiser, promises to give the Republicans
some trouble at the Chicago Convention.-
The Whiy element Of that party will, un.
doubtedly, insist upon a Tariff plank being
incorporated into the platform. To this the
Free traders in that organization will not
resdily submit. Already has the New York
Evening Post sounded note of warning
against the incorporation of any such plank
into the platform. 1t asserts, in plain and
terse Language, that If the Chicago ConveD.
ton should be beguled into any such folly,
defeat and dismemberment will inevitably
attend the party. The Cincinnati CONNER
cial echoes this note. The Republicans are
rather in pitiable condition. II they nom.
mate a representative man on the slavery
question, the conservative element that hos
contributed to their local triumphs, will
withdraw from them, while if they nominate
a Conservative, the Radicals will withdraw
their support. 1t will be almost equally
vex,tious for them to adjust their differences
on the Tariff question. 1t was a RepubIi.
can Congress that reduced the duty on iron
from 80 per cent. Qhe rate fixed by Dem
ocratic Congress in lS46,) to "a per cent.
With this fact to their foreheads, and tho
outspoken protests OF leading Republican
Journals, he who Aatters himself with the
belief that the Chicago Convention will pro.
claim for High Protective Tariff will wake
up after that Convention adjourns to find
that he was the dupe Of a delusion.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-04-04
A Live Esqu.maux In New York


AT the meeting OF the New York Geo
graphical Society. on Thursday evening, the
principal object OF which wss the reception
OF Dr.. /. J. Hayes, Of the Arctic Exploring
Expedition, an EsquimaDx, rejoicing in the
name of Cudlouchdue, was present and at.
tracted much attention. The Herald SAYS
he is on the whole a rather 90, d looking
man, OF the middle stature, with straight
black hair, as black as jet, and Olightly
curling whiskers extending below the chin.
There was total absence OF the moustache 9
and goatee sttactions on his calm, Tartar
looking face, which he occasionally very
comp laisa ntIy stroked with his open palm.
lie stands about FIVE feet eight inches, and
was clothed in the ordinary. American cos
tune, in which he appeared 10 move some.
what awkwardIy. This Esquimaux was
brought to America by Captain Budding.
ton, Of the Georgiana, a whaling vessel
which arrived in the month of December
last. He was brought to this country by
his own particular request, as he had a
strong desire 10 see the land and the coun
trymen OF Dr.. Kane, his gallant associates
His wish has been gratiied, much to his eat
isIac,iOn. He has spent two months ia
New York, and expresses himself immen
sely pleased with ail the wonders he hSI
ceen. Captain Quayle, OF the new explor
ing expedition. speaks AuentIy with him il
the language OF the Esquimsux. and very
kindly interpreted tor all curious ladies' ant
gentlemen Thursday evening. CudIouch
due says he belongs to the tribe called An
mutt, and that he has experienced no die
comfort whstever since he lett bic own no
We regions Of eternal ice to visit his fair
haired brethren on this side Of the globe
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Large BrQuest.

VIM. Enston, formerly q journeymun d
chair-maker in Philadelphia. but for mapv
years resident OF Charleston, 8. c., died
suddenly last week, leaving an estate valued
at $2.Ooo.oOo. Being childless, be has lef.
bis wife life interest in the estate. and one
or two snnui,ies to relatives. Upon the
death Of these parties the entire estate, OK
ceptiDg about $4,000, reverts to the city oi
Charleston, 10 trust for charitable purpose.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-04-04

6rIt is said that Forrest. the tragsdiaD,
has expended over one hundred thousand
dollars In the truitIesS atssmpa 70 free him
self from his wife. ..- .
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Isaac ToucEY. Secretary.

The same orders were sent to Captain
Furagut, manding the Brooklyn, and
comm nders Turner, Jenkins and Hazzasd
respectively commanding the Saratoga,
Preble, and Pocahontas. In communicating
the documents relative to the course OF Cap
tains jarvis and Turner, 10 the seizure Of the
Miramon steamers, tbe Secretary udds -
"Upon the facts stated in these official re-
ports, the department approves of the cou'
duct Of both these gallant officers, and the
officers and men under their commend
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-04-04

NTThe Lyon strikers, on Mondsy last
voted unanimously to continue the striks.-
The women were especially enthusiastic.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-04-04
BEAUTIFUL AND COMFORTABLE.

MO ONE can view q Park, Cemetery,
~ Lawn: or Avenue, which 10 tastefnlly orDamep.
ted with vigorous Maple, Fir, Elm, Spruce. Horse
Ash, Willow, Arbor VitS, Birch and Laharnum
trees, without realizing something Of the msEnia-
before and behind Il, may have life long pleasure By
the OUTLAY ofG very few dollars thereon, IN the plant
log OF Fruit and Ornamental trees. The SpFing is
ouiuce and Evergreen trees; also CuFiant, Goose
berry. Blackberry. RaspbeFry, Grapes, %e., 60. In
Cleveland, have large stock OF all the foregoing,
o. also everything In the Nursery and Floral line,
Of which IL reared on the pro eminent nursery soil Of
the lake shore. All orders for the delivery Of FTuit
and Ornamental Trees, or for the mapping Out and
ornamenting Of Fair Grounds, Cemeteries, Church
Yards, Lawns, Avenues, &c. promptly. attended ~.
t-i 2f HANSON n. CLARK.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-04-04

IEW GOODS!
.iAF--- 5IIaa2 #IE
-..,azs-s-=.asses-s
PoE&,B BRO.
Are again on hand with large and elegant aSssTa.
.st..ss s.astlf nenios n- -9 a.'"
FALL & WINTER GOODS
,..e 1.a r..' ...r .... ..t a..-. .-... a'
:.'t
". ~Ould sinply ny sAa,
THEY ARE
e OR S A E,
AND AT THE LOWEST
LIVING PRICESI
DE LAINES.-Ws hsve q very splendid
~ stock, some Of entirely new designs and boSrtfGI
colors-going fast.
WE would call particular attention to our
w stock Of Prsneh Mehnoes--Plain, plsid and
6gured. We arc selling good al! weol Nehno aI
Is cents. ig assortment Of small Patds, just The
pLAIN and figured Wool De Laines Of
all coLOr', and at the very lowest possible pEisss
! 4 pretty stock Of dark Winter Ginghams.
"A Also, large pile Of the best brands Of shilinE
! GlSghamS in the country,
| QLACK AND FANCY SILKS.-Aa On.
~ tireiy new stock. We think we can Offer induce.
ments In these goods that cannot be surpassed.
MILLING PRINTS.-Any quantity of
~ ait coiors, ki1dS and SHlss. Ali lind just The
UR stock Of ShRwls, We venture to aav.
prochA, long aud square. Stella, win Ssncy TsUi
brocha borders, all sly les. Also an immsnss MI
u Gens' 1t lower prices than ususl,: T'
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES AND VEST
" tNGS.-An endless variety, Aov one x.n.s..
snyihing In this line will do well 70 o1SmioS en-
H oOP SKIRTS.-A terrific pile-whi.S
Al AM colored-cheaper than syef-and at ali
prices. We do sRAs on selling the MOST, cheapest.
and the best for the least money We sell : cSp,"i
sslrt ior p. Also, nov skirt supporter and 6usslo
use.
| ROOTS AND Shoes Mems. womsn's.
y boys, girls and chiidrsn's-any quantity, any
siIe and any price. We have few esses of msn' .
thick Boots, which We will warrant to any eustoR
made.
(lARPETINGS.-A good stock at lew
" ngures. Oil Cloths Of dinSrsst pa,tsEAS-S.t,
6-4-cheaper thsR ever.
hats AND CAPS.-The gentlemen that
IL writes such ExQUINTs stories, Vho IssdgeE naaJ
tells have the best stock Of Hats and Caps n
the county and are selling them very low.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-04-04
The Authority for SetZimg Mira
mons Sfna MlCcS.

The documents sent into the Senate by
the President embrace the instructions OF
the Navy Department to Capt. Jarvis. Un
der date of July 81. 1858, he is informed
that the ship ol.war Savannah has been pre-
pared for service in the Home Squadron,
and he is directed to proceed with her to
San Juan Del Norte, Nicaragua. "You
will al sIl tmes," the Secretary adds, "af.
ford protection to citizens of the United
States and their property, and, should occa.
sion srise, protect any vessels of the United
States from search or detention on the high
seas by the armed ships of any other pow
ers."
The following letter from the Secretary
to Cspt. Jarvis had not reached him at the
time OF the capture Of the Miramon steam.
ers.
NAVY DEPARTMENT, March l3, 1860.
SrR: With a view to aft rd the protec-
ton due to our citizens at Vera Cruz, the
President has directed Hon. r. MLaDe,
should hostile force approach that place,
and he should consider the American citi.
zens there in danger from its operations, to
request the commanding officer Of the Uni.
ted Ststes vessels OF war on that coast to
land such forces as msy be needed, and can
be spared from indispensable duties, and to
employ them for the protection Of our citi-
zens. whose persons or property he may be.
lieve to be in danger.
Should Mr.. M'Lune, therefore, make Of
you, as senior commanding officer, the 70.
quest which his instructions authorize him
to do, you will promptly comply with it,
Statements having been made which lead to
the belief that arrangements are mixing. bv
what is known as the Miramon government
OF Mexico, to establish a blockade at Vera
Cruz. and other ports on the guilt Of Mexico,
the President has decided that no such
blockade will be recognized by the United
States. You are, therefore, directed to EN-
pIoy the NsvaI force under your command TO
afford American vessels Tree ingress and
egress a. ell Mexican ports, and fully to
protect them" ..a. 4. ~ r...
q
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HOOP SKIRTS.-A terrific p;Ie-whi,s
IL AM colored-cheaper than eyer-nnd A. al
prices. we DO sRAa on selling the MOST cheapest.
ana me pest for the least money. We sell capital
combined for 25 centsths best hiLr of the kind IN
use.
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HATS AND CAPS.-The gentleman that
IL writes such EXaUIsITs stories, (lhe ledger naa)
tells US have the best stock Of Hats and Caps IN
the county and are selling them very low.
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IARPETINGS.-A good stock at low
" ngures. Oil Cloths Of dinSrsst patteTAs--i.ts
6-4-cheaper thsR ever.
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ROOTS AND SHOES-Msn's, womsn's.
~ boys, girls and chiidrsn'S-any quantity, any
size and any price. We have few casos Of men =
mRdes
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
From Washington.

Washington, Nov. 14.-The course of the
Administration will afford no just cause
for increasing the present excitement
North or South, as il will perform its du-
ty to the Constitution and laws firmly
and impartially.
Keitts remark that the President is
pledged 10 secession was received here
with astopishment. His friends do not
believe that he is correctly reported.
Col. Gardner has been relieved of COM
mapd Of Fort Moultric, and is succeed
ed by Maj. Anderson.
The Charleston Mercury denies that
Fort Moultrie has been takon by the
South Carolinians.
The President is fully informed of the
plans OF the seceiers and will meet the
responsibility, when the hour of action
comes.
grand Union meeting is called at
Scranton, Va, for Saturday.
McLanc is instructed to cooperate,
with the Spanish and French Ministers
for the suspension of hostilities, and es-
adjustment of Provisional Govern.
ment until popular elections can he held.
Washington. Nov. ia dispatch re-
ceived from the Governor of Florida, says
that Florida goes with South Carolina.
Washington, Nov. Tg.-Toombs has not
yet resigned but intends to resign on the
81 ot March unless Georgia secedcs.
Floyd. Secretary of War, has EXPRESSED
his determination to deliver the Forts
and Arscnals in South Carolina intact to
his successor on the 4th of March.
The Florida papers are calling upon
the Governor to convene the Legislature
ON account of Linooln's election.
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The Late Thomas Ritchie.

For years, the late TmoMAs RiTcuIE was
editor of the Richmond Enquirer, and the
acknowledged head of the democratic
party OF Virginia-the great expounder
and able defender Of its principles. His
pen in party matters was potential. When
Mr.. Polk was elected President, Mr..
Richie removed to Washington to take
charge of the administration organ, which
he edited with consummate ability. At a
period some time before his death, he
wrote the following on the doctrine of
Secession:
Mo man, no association of men, no
State, or set of States, has right to- with
draw itself from the Union Of its own ac-
cord. The same power which knit us to-
gether can un<nit. The same formality
which formed the links of the Union is
necessary to- dissolve it. The majority of
States which formed the Union must con-
sent to the withdrawal of any one branch
of it. Until that consent has been oh.
tanned, any attempt to dissolve the onion,
or obstruct the efficacy of its Constitu-
tional laws, is TREAsoN-TREAsoN TO ALL
INTESTs AND PURPOSES"
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Hold Onl

The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph contains the
following bit of good advice to the Legis-
lature of that State:
HOLD ON.-If our kilograms are correct,
some Of our Legislators must have strange
ideas of the rights, powers and duties of
the General Assembly of Georgia. They
are actually resolving and billing the State
out of the Federal Union, and then pro-
pose to call Convention of the people to
rdity the act! Did any body ever hear the
like? Suppose the Convention should not
ratify-what then? Which will topple off
the stool--the Legislature or the Conven-
ton? Where does the Legislature get
its power to rullify the State Constitution
and the Federal Constitution? Do they
find it in either instrument, both of which
they are sworn to '.preserve protect and de-
,fend" If they can declare the State out
Of the Union, there's nothing in the world
they can't do. They can hang every man
in Georgia before Christmas, and they
have just as much right to do the one as
the other.-Hold on, friends. Don't blot
the record with any such nonsense as
that. Let us move with propriety and
dignity.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
Washington Items,

Special dispatches from Washington to
the Charleston Courier. under date of
November IA, says:
Private letters from prominent men in
New York to the Government say that
the New York banks will certainly have
to suspend.
Heavy specie deposits have been drawn
from the banks here.
Hon. L. II. Wigfall, of Texas, will re-
sumo his seat in the Senate, as there is
no prospect of the Texas Legislature call
ing State convention. Gov. Houston
has declined to call the Legislature to-
gether. He opposes secession.
There is an effort making here in GER
tain quarters to procure the repeal of all
the laws in the northern States obnoxious
to the South.
Secretary Cobb has notified his Georgia
friends that lie will not be candidate
for the United States Senate if Lincoln
is inaugurated.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23
Tho Doctrine Of Secession = It's Alb
surdity,


FROM tho Nnsuvilo bhnhcr.I
What Is the right Of secession, as claim
cd by the politicians ofihe South Carolina
schoolY And upon what Is that alleged
right restedH The right Of each of the
States embraced within tho general Gov
eminent of the Union TO Withdraw from
the Union and break up that general
Government whenever any ono Of them
chooses to do 40. Tho principle upon
which that assumed right Is based is that
tho general Government is q confcdcracy
OF sovereign States. Well the politicians
Of the South Carolina school propose to
substitute for tho present general Govern
mcnt, u C6nfcRcracy of the Southern States.
Now if the right of secession is inherent in
and flows from the nature Of Coycderacy,
than each of tho States constituting the
Southern Confedcracy must necessarily
have the right, al pleasure, to secedc from
that Confedcrncy. Is theSouthcrn Confed-
cracy at war with England orwith France,
Louisiana has the right to secede If the
war docs not meet tho appreciation of that
State Is 4 President of the Confcdcracy
Hsyproccd By South Carolina, elected by
four.fiths OF the other Southern States,
South Carolina has the right to seccde.-
DO three iouths of, the other Southern
States refuse to sanction the African slave
trade by law authorizing the importa-
ton of slaves from Africa Alabama has
the right to secedc. In short each of the
fifteen Southern States, whenever the
Southern Confcderocy shall pass law or
do an act of which that State disapproves,
has right to sccede. Would it not be
an act of the gratest folly for Tennessee
to enter such Confederacy? TO become
member of a Confederacy resting upon
the whims the caprice, the ~iN, of any one
of the fourteen other States? Such Con-
federacy would be as changeable as the
waves of the ocean, the tides of popular
passion or the wiles of demagogues.
COMMON SENSE.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-11-23

The Charleston Courier assures the outside
public that South Carolina will secedc-
alone, if necessary The same paper says,
in another paragraph:
"rhc Union is dissolved, and it only re-
mains for Southern States to ratiiy their
severance"
Not yet. The Courier, usually staid and
sober, and always respectable, is too fast
in its conclusion. The Union surely is not
yet dissolved; and we have an abiding
confidence, strong as the Christians faith
and hope in the providence and mercy of
God, that some means will yet be devised
to avert the threatened calamity. For
calamity it will be whenever it comes. We
would have the South exhaust every
honorable mode of redress before resort
ing to the dread alternative.