The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1861-01-09
News Items.
OTHon. Edward 81. Stanton has been
confirmed ss Attorney General.

WIFI -
o. n. Johnson, U. s. Marshal Of the
Northern District OF Ohio, has Instituted
proceedings against ]. w. Gray, of the
Cleveland PlGindealsr, for slandsr.
6TGOV. Medary, of Kansas, hes resigned
bis ofice, and will shortly commence the
publication Of Q new daily paper in COlum-
bus, called "The Crisis"
TSpeuker Pennington, and Vice Prssi
dent Breckinrindge have determined not to
recognize the Commissioners Of South Car
olina, unless by order OF the House and
Senate.
OTSenator johnson, OF Tennessee, re-.
ceived one hundred and sixty-thres letters
Of approval ftom Maryland. and Virginia
withia the two frat days after his Union
Speech.
0FThs silk market in Lyons has been
greatly affected by the unfOvorable accounts
from the United States. Many orders from
tueHl nAFC eoOu
6-A little boy, in Vermont, who swal.
lowed cent last summer, 10 dying slowly
by copper poison. His legs have become
useless. ,
6FIn the Nevada jail California, the
Chinese sre 80 addicted 10 opium smoking,
that in spite of all precautions the obtain
pipes and the drug.
GrA curious work has recently been
published 10 Germany, the purpose OF which
is to prove thet Judas Iscarriot was one of
tn moat conscientious and honorable oil
men.
GA new feature 10 the late annual eat
tie show at Birmingham, Eng, was show
of dogs of every known breed. Among
other costly dogs was King Charles span.
iel, priced at So 500.
RTJomes Redpath has chartered a yes
sci, and in company with John Brown, son
OF old OsEawatomie, end thirteen colored
emigrsnts is about to sail to Hayti. We
wish them a quick passage and an eternal
residence there.
>" Occasional" writes to Forney'a
Press, from Washington, that he has NO
doubt that the Disuuiorists propose to take
possession OF the Federal C4pitol BY force
OF arms, and prevent the Inauguration Of
Lincoln.
0FThe Department of the Interior gives
public warning against receiving or purchas.
Ing any Of the stolen Indian bonds and cou,
pons, as tho claim of the United States
thereto will be proae cuted to the utmo:t ex
toat.
GT"A monkey aud three young lions were
born at Goodwin's 4 biological Gardens in
Boston, Oh Saturday last, making vory at
trGctive batch of Juveniles. The young
monkey is the only enc bora in the United
States.
OF We copy the following from late
Mobile paper: "A'l free negroes are or
dered to Isave the State within ten days, CT
they will be waited upon by vigilance
committee and dealt with to the extreme of
the law"
GsarMrs. Jane Sparks, OF Now York city,
having a $1,000 and $500 bill, sewed
them for safe keeping, in theao periIouS
times upon one OF her under garments, and
then forgot all about it until the clothes had
gone into the wash. The bill were not to
be found, ard the waaaerwornan was arrest.
cd, but denied all knowledge of the money.
O1FA letter from Charleston. published
in the New York World. says that the table
upon which the Declaration of the lndepen-
dence of the United States was signed, is
in the possession OF u lady in that city. On
the goth che was urged by the Secessionists
to permit them TO use it for the signing OF
their Declaration. The lady told the com
mittee who made the request, that rather
than have the ordinance of secession signed
she would burn the table to ashes.
0-rA correspondent, writing from Chatles-
ton, says that the proposed State loan Of
S4oO. 600 is alrsady parceled out among the
weaIthiest mon OF the State, mainly in
Charleston, and that each enc is expected to
furnish his share, under the penalty OF being
considered diafected. 1t will be forced
loan as thoroughly as WAS ever uny loan
during the French Revolution, or during the
chronic revolutions of Mexico. The truth
is, the secession movement is in the hands
of the mcb, and the planters, merchants, and
other men of substance, are poweriess
against them.