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Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-08-20

FEMALE PIETY.-Female lovsiness
cannot be clothed in more pleasing
garb than that of piety. A female, thus
arrayed, is one of the most interesting
objects. Every eye rests upon her with
pleasure: :athe learned and the wise, The
young and the aged, ofthe opposite sex
delight in her society, and affix to her
respect and veneration. Ignorance and
folly stand reproved in her presence; and
vice, in its bold career, shrlnks abash-
ed at her gaze. She moves the joy, the
delight. of the domestic circle; she ex-
cites the praises and admiration Of the
world. A female thus armed, thus
equipped, is prepared to encounter eve
ry trial which this uncertain state may
bring; to rise with proper elevation to
the pinnacle of fortune, or sink with be-
coming fortitude, into the abyss Of pov>
erty; to attain with cheerful serenity,
the height Of bliss, or endure with pa
tient firmness, the depths of woe.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-08-20
Fire and loss Of life at Newport, R. /.

On Sunday about noon the Ocean
House took fire in the kitchen, and
burnt down, and three hundred inmates,
fashionable boarders, turned out to
seek other quarters. A little before 6
o'clock in the afternoon, the corpse of
Sam'l F. Gardner, Esq, Of Newport,
was taken from the ruins.--Mr. White,
connected with the hotel, was missing;
several persons were injured by the
falling Of the building. The stables
were saved, and good portion Of the
baggage and furniture, The estab.
lishment was owned by a company o.
gentlemen in Newport and was in
sured at the American office for $4,000
Washington $4,000, Mutual $4,000, Gal
Providence offices) and in Hartford a
the Hartford Office for $4,000, Protec-
ton for $4,000, and Etna for $4,000.
P. S. Mr.. White was not injured.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-08-20
Deferrfo Artifles.
From the Philadelphia Gazette of the 5th.
Southwark last Night.
BOLD ATTEMPT AT INcENDIARIsM.-

BoLD ATTEMPT AT lNcENDIARIsM.-
Several attempts at Incendiarism were
made last night in Southwark. in spite
of the vigilance Of the police. The
shop of Mr.. Hill was set on fire, but
was soon extinguished, and bundle
of combustibles were placed in the oil
shed near the Navy Yard, and ignited.
The bundle fortunately burned out
without setting fire to the place. Sur
rounded as the shed was by infamma.
bic material, had it caught, an extern
sive and destructive confagration
would have been the consequence, the
wind being in the right direction to
produce It. Small boats containing
unknown men and boys were seen ply.
ing up and down the Delaware in
front Of the district during the night
1t is believed that they were selecting
places for the purpose of firing bull
dings, as they would come ashore IN
der the cover of darkness, and were
seen suspiciously lurking about. Up.
on repeated alarms, the police and
volunteer citizens endeavored to ar
rest them, but they escaped by run
ming and jumping into their boats and
putting off'in the stream.
The policy Of the rioters, it is evi-
dent, in this: to set houses on fire a
night, the iremen of the district to re-
fuse to turn out, while ruffians, coun'
tenanced by them, would try to bca
back the fremen from the city proper
and the other districts, coming into
Southwark, and attempt to run theil
apparatus into the Delaware. Or j
the up town firemen got to fire, ther
their hose to be cut, as was done in the
case of the Hope on Sunday morning
A spirit ofthe worst and most alarm
ing hostility to the authorities exist:
here, and nothing but the unyieldins
and uncompromising stand Of the lattel
can prevent an ebullition OF serious
and perhaps disastrous and fatal nature
The police have already been defied
insulted, taunted, and hooted at, ane
though they have made arrests fol
these high-handed acts of insubordina
ton and opposition of the law, yet thu
principle offenders are still at large
The want of respect for law and ordel
exhibited by these rioters, and tht
manner in which they have triaed will
and laughed at the constituted author
tiles, is unparalleled in Philadelphia.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-08-20
The IdOlatry Of Wealth.

The insure and Unsuitable passion for
accumulation, ever ready, when circum-
stances favor, TO seize upon the public
mind. is that 'love Of money which is
the root of all evil" that "covetousness
which is idoIatry." 1t springs from an
undue, an idolatrous estimation of the
value of property. Many are feeling
that nothing, nothing will do for them,
or their children, but wealth; not good
character, nor we'll trained and well ex-
ecuted faculties, not virtue, not the hope
Of fheaven-nothing but wealth. 1t is
their god, and the god Of their families
Their sons are growing up to the same
worship of it, aud to an equally baneful
reliance upon it for the future; they are
rushing into expenses, which the divided
property Of their fathers house will not
enable them to sustain; and they are
preparing to be, in turn and necessity,
slaves 10 the same idol. How truly is it
written, that "they that will be rich. fall
into many temptations and snares, and
into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which
drown men in destruction and perdltionr'
There is no need that they should be
rich, but they will be rich. All the no
blest functions of life may be discharged
without wealth, all its highest honors OBJ
tanned, all its purest pleasures enjoyed
yet | repeat it, nothing g-nothing will dc
but wealth. Disappoint man Of this
and he mourns as if the brightest end o
life was defeated. Strip him Of this, an,
shall point 10 no unheard ofexperience
when say he had rather die than live
]-U. S. Journal.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-08-20

that would fain shroud in rayless gloom
the chainless and immortal mind. o,
the mystery, the infinitude Of mind!
Ages on ages have wheeled their rapid
circles since the Anointed One sealed
with his priceless blood the testimony OF
the everlasting covenant; yet we almost
think we hear the heavenly accents,
"Father, forgive them:" we seem to
gaze upon that agonized form, raised
between heaven and earth, and tremble
as the terrible earthquake speeds his
fearful march, while the frighted globe
reels beneath his giant tread, and the
caverned shores echo the wall of the
troubled ocean, whose lofty lyre-strings
swell the mournful chorus, as If it were
sounding the requium of dissolving ma
ture. Yet this same principle that scars
among the clouds Of heaven, and roads
the courses Of the stars, that unlocks
the secret cabinets Of nature and learns
4 her mystic laws, that arrests the thunder
in its course, and grasps with fearless
hand the lightning lances, is often found
using its god-like powers, for what? To
endeavor to prove itself beneath the
brutes that perish.
o the beauty and glory, the folly ant
madness Of mind!
How mournfulto see the spirit tha
should soar amid the stars that gem the
everlasting blue, that might claim com.
munion with the shining throng who bow
before the shrine where Intelligence
holdst its eternal seat. cover inglorious'
ly in the dust OF the earth, contented to
shroud its hopes in the vale Of nonentity
Contentedly? C Alas, no. Discomfort, and
darkness, and moral death are the por-
|tion of those for whom the wing Of faith
has never been unfurled. ..
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-08-20

SEVERE FIRE, Loss OF LIFE AND
PROBABLE MURDER, AT XENIA, OHIo.-
The Xenia Jefersonian, Extra, of the
Sd inst, brings the following particulars
Of sad calamity which has befallen that
thriving town:
This morning. at about 2 o'clock, the
extensive store-room of ofPuterbaugh and
Allison was discovered on fire. Their
entire stock Of goods, probably to the
amount often thousand dollars. were de>
stroyed. The large brick building oc>
cupied by Puterbaugh and Allison. store
keepers, A. B. Beal, harness-maker, and
Samuel Crumbaugh, hat store, was con-
sumed. The large brick occupied by
D. D. williamson. grocer, ID. Barr,
!, Bookseller, and partly as dwelling by
two or three families, was also destroy
ed. The loss Of property cannot be less
than from fifteen to twenty thousand dol
lars. One of the buildings was insured
t The most deplorable part of the Gu.
8 lamity, was the loss of two very estima,
Bile young men, James Kenny and Will
lam Steele, Clerks of Puterbaugh ant
' Allison,. who slept in the store. Wber
the flames were discovered, and the dooI
burst open, Mr.. Kenny was found lyint
against the froat door, senseless, cut anl
Z bruised to a considerable extent. H,
was conveyed to dwelling not far off
9 when he breathed his last, without bein,
able to give any information how tn
fire commenced. Mr.. Steele was dis
8 covered lying IN bed, probably senseless
but could not be rescued in consequence
. Of the flames. His body was afterward
discovered in the cellar, where it ha
fallen through. The back door of tn
u store-room was standing open, frof
VI which it is very conclusive that mos
foul murder mas been committed, and tn
ID the store set on FIRE.
,"l Part Of the goods have been found IAN
i, $500 reward has been offered.
= a d r
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THOUGHT.
BY MRS. 8. BROueHToN.

What mysterious principle is thought;
that brightest evidence of immortality.
In the stirring scenes of day, its sphere
may seem very limited. The cares OF
earth press heavily on the mind, weary.
ing toll unbends all our faculties, and
wien the welcome shadows steal over
the valleys, we gladly hail the quiet OF
evening, that languiaa nature may enjoy
the sweet balm of repose. But ere the
mystic wand Of Morpheus can shed upon
the eyelids the soft dews Of slumber,
what has become Of truant thought! it is
agay, away, with lightning speed over
hill and dale and billowy deep. 1t anni>
hilates time and space; it heeds no dis
tance, but fitting with tireless wing over
the dim and misty past, it revels again
in the fairy bowers of childhood, and
wandeis by the ri'ls. that sang a
sweeter song than the broad rolling
streams that have witnessed the rambles
of our later years. Though silence
broods around, and the wing of darkness
wells the landscape, yet if fancy lift her
chainless pinlon, we soar afar from all
thai wearies; or vexes the chained spirit.
We roam through clImes Of the lrigid
north, where the gilded icebergs CLEAN
with the rajnbows glorious dy les, and the
merry dancers fit on changing pinion
to beguile tie long dark night of tha
cherries wintry zone; or climb the lof
ty Andes, with their crowns of fire, ant
.girdles oEeternal snow, and view in i'm
agination the widest scenes ofgrandeur
as the thunder-tempest, raging far below
Us, spends its fury on the trembling
Wales. We cross the foaming waste o
waters. and gaze with admiration upol
the glorious blue Of Italia's skies, an
revel in the beautious bowers ofthat fal
land. which perhaps ows half its lowell
ness to the radiance of the spirit ths
describes il.
We tread backward on the circles
Time, and trace the rise and downfall
empires. We wander in the vale of j
hosiphat. and climb the sunlit brow
Moriah, where the glory of the Temp
shone like star of light among the hat
itations of Judeah; we mourn in the ga
den Of Gethsemane, where the Sinle
One breathed out the heavy agony of
soul; and the spirit bows in wonder al
awe, as we gaze on Calyary's fearf
scene, where the Friend of sinners
breathing the accents oflove and mere
while the life-cords are Bursting wi
the weight Of mortal agony. We vie
the boding horrors that gather and re
% gloomily along the sky; the pail
(, sicdy dun that wells the radiant concav
tho vast and looming shadows that hit
in their foldiDgs the glorious orb Of iigh
\ like the brooding wing Of scepticisr
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-08-20
.FesU Tailoring
ESTABLI M E Mt.

iVNHE subscriber would announce to the
Z IL gentlemen of Ravenpa and vicinity that
he has taken the shop formerly occupied by
Mr.. Gee, in Masons Building, and IS prepared
TO do work in his line, in the most workman.
like manner. He hopes by prompt attention
TO business to receive share Of public patr-
onage. t.3t g,
Those wishing cutting done can have j
done according to directions.
E. M. CLARK.
Ruvenna, July go, la45. 9if,
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-08-20

During the last war, revolutionary
veteran living near the ocean, never
went to bed without having a well load
ed gun by his side. One night there
was violent thunder storm which shook
the house to its foundation. g..
"Husband, husband! d!-screamed his
frightened wlfe-''the British have land
ed, or the day of Judgement has come,
don't know which,"
"By gosh" cried the old soldier
Jumping up and seizing bis musket, ..le
them come on-they'll find me ready 70,
either Of them!" ..
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-08-20

A Frencllman stopping at tavern, asked
for Jacob. s'There Is no such person here. .
said the landlord. "Tis no persans I want
sare; but de beer make warm wild do pok sir, !
he replied. "Oh, hop exclaimed the host
that ID flip,' "Aye-yes, sare, you right
said the oyerjoyed Frank, "l mean de Philip.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-08-20

70 Specie is arriving in Missouri in
small Quantities. Nearly all the traders
bring it in. 1t used TO be they brought
principally paper money. But ''things
amt now as they used to was been. y
american Uaion.
Well we "should be glad to see" cur,
rency OF this kind about these diggins,
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-08-20

He will also attend at his office in Ravenna,
from and after the esd of September, unit
the Goth ofDecember, for the purpose of re-
,ceiving all Taxes, charged on the Tax Du.
.plicate Of 1s45, that haye not been previously
paid. H'
HENRY L. TJLDEN, Treasurer.
Treasurer's Office, Portage Co.
+ Ravenna, July 95, la45. 4w9.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-08-20
From the Loaisoille Journal.
THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES.

Tho old familiar faces
With love are brimDing Ger
The old, familiar places
Are dearer than Of yore;
The shining river glides along
Between coeval trees
The laughing brooks with gladstone song
Are dancing to the breeze!
gaze upon the glowing sky
Aud fiush'd with golden light
And fancy. that to manhood's eye, -
IT'S moro diyinely bright. ..-
The teeming earth more wondrous seems,
Than when, wayward boy,
1 filpd it, IN fantastic dreams; .5
With more fantastic Joy!
The moon pours down her looks Of love
With less inconstant ray
The stars hang out their lamps above.
Like beacons on our way;
The woods are vocal still with birds
listen all Gay long,
With happiness too deep for words,
To their exulting song.
The flowers that thought SO fair
So very sweet of old, ... ...
And taught, with such unwearied care
Their beauties TO uufold;
U.N
Hove them better-not the less
Nor fancy them less bright,
That time has tamd the wild excess
To more rein'd delight.
The books that once were wont to chase
The shadows from my brow,
With wiser Joy their leaves trace,
Are more enduring now;
The shows that / SO ioy'd to see,
And thought devoutly true
love them yet, and fancy free, a
= Delude myself anew!
And childhood's voices, are they not
The loveliest, the last .........
Of dream.like echoes unfoINt,
That haunt US from the past7
Like symphonies, the evening air
Woos from the wind harps strings,
Thus mem'ry calls the sweet notes there
From her delicious springs.
The bright eyes that were wont to bless
Whate'er they shone upon,
Are dearer in their loveliness,
Because they shine on one!
Like sunbeams on sullen sea,
Their light serenely pure,
Brings peace and joy and hope to mo,
When sorrows clouds obscure.
The old, familiar faces
Oh! how / love them yet!
The old, familiar places
Inever can forget!
And when my days are overcast,
And when my heart is soro-
I call them from tho dreamy past,
And love them all the more! c
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-08-20
~ OSPECT US a.9 Il.
w eseern LiGorary Journaa
MONTHLY REVIEW

MONTHLY REVHEW.sa
i Votume 2.-TERMs. Three DoNars.
The frs: volume of the Journal and Re
view is now COMPLETED. For many reasons.
we feel greatly strengthened for The COM.
mencement of the second. We are satisfied
from the reception of the work thus far, that
its merits are appreciated, and that the peo-
pie Of The south and west are fully aware Of
the great benefit and credit that would accrue
to our magnificent country from aliterary PEI
riodical of substantial and elevated character.
We OF first projected such work, and be-
lieve the press both east aad west approve the
Judgment with Which it is conducted. While
one has pronounced it second only to tho
Southern Literary Messenger. afforded at $5.
another has declared it inferior to none in tho
Union. While one has given it an equal
rank with that sterling $5 work, the Knick>
erbocker, another has placed it infinitely above
those splendid magazines which command the
most popular favor. II such be The reputa-
toin of the Journal in its infancy, we think
much more can be expected from its mans
hood. What western man would not rejoice
to see periodical breathing The spirit and
resting the power Of the western mind? Who
does not acknowledge the great benefit re.
sulting from a literary journal that invites the
activity Of the n0bler part OF man, makes
known the sentiment and spirit Of those in
our midst who think and desire the greatest
good to man? Through it's pages, those in
every section of our great West, whose phi
losophy and philanthropy would otherwise
be unknowniand unfelt could speak to the.
reason and hearts Of their friends and neigh
bors. and thus do much TO elevate and emo.
BILE. But 1t is scarcely necessary to refer to,
these matters--every one knows all we wish
to convey, and we are confident will act fog
the best interests of himself and fellows.
| TERMS. ~r
Single subscription, $S aa per year.
Two uniling, ~ A.. q so ss'+' = 49, ~
TEN do F.9 sp g 90 g. ts
The Journal and Review is published in
two volumes per year each containing from
37s to S84 pages. Subscribers can engage
for year e Vols.) or for months Ii Vol.l
1 at the same rate. lgit@
! Address Journal and Review. Cincinnati,
A Ohio. Will editors, friendly to this enter
lprlse, give the above few insertions aud re-
Iceice the journal and Reyiew7
4 We are tempted to quote extracts from few
notices. of the press. s '' .st ts&4
1 The fifth number Of this highly yaluble peri-.
odical is before US. It's coutents would do cred.
tito the literature of any country. II is one of
the cheapest as well as the best literary periodi-
cal journals Of the present day. y. Louis CO.
xette r kE a8 attt
''It is one of the most entertaining magazines
lin the country, and should be in the hands Of
all."-SumnaH Beacon. f'2
'sThe Knickerbocker in its palmicst days was
not better than the Western Literary journal and
|, Monthly Review.n--C -Cadiz Sentinel
,arin ~ j,oo
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-08-20

We know gal in our town whose
hustle is so large that she is compelled
every time she dresses to ak in her neig
bors or make rasin to get the thing ul
to where she wants it.-Erchange.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-08-20

" "Let lis alone," is the motto on the
standard presented by the citizens of Fiorida
to the State. .I NJ .A
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-08-20
DISSOLUTION.

NOTICE. Whereas my wife, Anna B. Gill
IN bert has seen fit to leave my bod and board
without any cause OF provocation, together with
my daughter Fidelia T.. Gilbert, | hereby eau.
ton all persons, from giving them any credit on
my account SO long as they shB'l absent then-
selves from me, as hold myself ever ready to
receive them should they be willing to return.
and to afford them support and protection so
long as they will remain under my roof.
HEBER II. GILBERT.
Rootstown, July 8, 1915. ~ 6w6
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-08-20

The Treasurer or his Deputy will attend
in the several Townships, at the usual places
of holding elections, for the purpose of res
ceiving Taxes, from nine o'clock, Am. ], un>
til four o'clock P. NJ. on the following days,
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-08-20
p Atm NTING.

i AIN IL i MI.
YT,HE subscriber takes this method to in
Il form the public that he has rented tbs
Paint-shop of N. D. CLARK & Co. and is
prepared to do all kinds of ~ @4a
Carriage and buggy Painting
on. as short notice and as cheap as can be-
done in the County. And he hopes. BY being
promp: and attentive to his business, TO merit
a liberal share of patronage.
Those having Buggies in country shops,
will find il, to their. interest. to bring them to.
him at Clark's shop. Particular attention yyiib
be paid to re painting old Buggies and Wag~
go1s. Refer to N. d. CLARK & Co.
9fil .sstsa u q H. T. SEYMOUR.
IL Ravenna, Junet5, f845.s t asrss!lt
Having rented our Paint shop to Mr.. H.
n. Seymour, and reposing full confidence in
him, lie having done our painting the past
year and intending to furnish him with the
same the present year, we cheerfully recom>
mend him to all who may require his services
IN, Carriage Painting, or any other work in
his line Of business. a., st lt.r,.1s1st,
ND. CLARK q Co.
Ravenna, June 5, 1875. Y @ iHha 92a3
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TREAsURER's NOTICE.

I N conformity with Statute of Ohio, pre-
i scribing the duties of County Treasurers.
Notice is hereby given, that the amount Of
Tax charged on each hundred dollars valua.
ton of taxable property within the County of
Portage for the year 1S45, is as follows, TO
wit: ..-sl...
Fcg State and Canal Purposes, 20 Cents.
For County purposes, IS
For Poor purposes, "a
For School purposes, 10
For Road purposes, 20
For Bridge purposes, %
For Township, Poor and School
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-08-20

#Paris has leuied an additional School
Tar.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-08-20

CCYTHES-Gra and Cradle Scythas for,
~ sale. oGILLETT& & Co.
June 1915. q .Eg rs #s @sIi Ict
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-05-23
A SLAYER CAPTURED.

For years the United States Government has had
a squadron the coast Of Africa, with Great Brit
ain-the British, however, to our disgrace, have
made all the captures. We rejoice to say that at
last an American vessel has done its part In March,
the U. S. brig TruXton, in company with the Brit
ish steamer Ardent, discovered pair of slavcrs,
when the Truxton captured the American slave
schooner Sptfre of New Orleans, and the Ardent
took Spanish brigantine. The Sptire is a vessel
of only 100 tons yet last years he slowed 3i3 slaves
between decks, where man cannot sit without
bending his head forward, and landed 339 of them
in Cuba near Matonzas Each negro cost about
$50 (paid for in rum, cloth and tobacco,) and sold
for from $500 to 500. The Spitfre has been
brought to Boston, and her crew are to be tried for
piracy.
U. S. Circuit Court. The Grand Jury, on Sat
urday morning, returned bill ofindictmenta against
Capt Peter Flowery, of the schooner Spitlirc, for
piracy, in being engaged in the slave trade on the
coast of Africa but they found no bill against the
crew of the vessel Boston .4iias, i9h.