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seized his gun and began his work o

seized his gun and began his work Of
gN,etion. A young man by the name Of
9biis, dropped his gun in the confusion
ebattle, and happened. to run directly
lsRptaet with q Mexicansoldier who hae
aaasleA tho can seized
lGbbins, and both being stout ifleh, foiiiIelfss
the ground. But Robbins drew out his
Bowio-knifo, and ended the contest by cut
ting the Mexican's throat.
Son starting out from our camp, to enter
upon the attack, saw an old man, by the
nomo of Curtis, carrying two guns. | ask
ed him what reason he had for carrying
more than one gun. He answered: On
the Mexicans; they killed my son and SON
in-law in the Alamo, and | intend 10 kill
two Of them for it, or be killed myself
saw the old man again during the fight, and
he told me he had killed his two men; and
if he could find Santa Anna himself, he
would cut out q rasor-strap from his back"
Such was the day ofvengeance!
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-11-18

A WHITE CRAvAT MAKES A MINISTER.
A few evenings since, Yankee was
travelling to this city on the Bardstown
road in company with q minister of the
gospel. They had two toll-gates to pass.
When they arrived at the first, the minis
ter remarked to the toll-man: 81 suppose
you pass minister of the gospel Free"
The gate-keeper answered: "Certainly, if
you can satisfy me you are minister"
The gospel man thought this too much
trouble for half dime, and paid it and
logged on. When they came in sight of
the last gate, the Yankee thought he would
try his luck. He folded white cravat and
put ita bout his neck, to give him minis
terial appearance, and then advanced a
little ahead of the minister. When he
reached the gate, he addressed the toll-man:
81 suppose you pass ministers Of the gos-
pei Free" "Oh! yes sir, pass on. The
minister paid his toll without trying to pass
free. He now, without doubt feels satisf-
cd that white cravat is better passport
than his word. - Exchange Paper.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-11-18

HOPE IN GoD.-The sailor on the mid
night sea, if he would behold the star that
alono would guide him across the trackless
deep must look not on the dark troubled
waves, but at the clear blue heavens. If
the sky is overcast, and the star yelled by
clouds, ne must turn to his compass and its
needle, ever truo to the pole, it will point to
the star, though it be hidden from his vision.
So we, tossed on many bllow, if we
would see heavens guiding light, must look
not on the waves of temptation, that dash
and break around, but above to Cod
Should darkness and clouds gather in the
sky, let us turn to the bible, and it will point
to him who shines beyond the clouds in un-
changing glory. ,s''s
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-11-18

7 a. I, Nj
The WIFE. .--ssHew sweet to- the soul of
man." says Hierocles, sis the society of q
beloved wife; when, wearied and broken
down with the laborsof thesdays her zen,
sdearments soothe, her tender care restores
him The solieitade, tie anxie9ies, andthe
Eheayi tanislo Of liis e. ~ ia
ha bsfst5 Ilissil s'ol
business and domestic care as tlio sal},s'
time to contend with.
But how much lighter do they seem,
when his necessary vocations are over, and
he returns to his home and finds there a
partner of his griefs and troubles, who
takes for his sake, her share Of domestic
labor upon her, and soothes the anguish of
his anticipations. A wife is not, as she is
falsely represented and esteemed by some,
q burden or q sorrow to man. No, she
shares his burdens and alleviates his sor-
rows, for there is no difficulty so heavy or
so insupportable in life, but it may be sur
mounted by mutual labors, and the afec-
tionate concord of that holy partnership"
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-11-18
The Resting Place.

$50 man lieth down, and raiseth not till
the Heavens be no more; they shall not
wake nor be raised out oftheir sleep"
However dark and disconsolate the path
Of life may seem to any man, thore is an
hour of deep and quiet roposo at hand, when
the body may sink into dreamless slumber
Let not the imagination be startled, if this
resting place, instead of the bed of down
shall be the bed of gravel, or the rocky
pavement of the tomb. No matter where
the remains Of wearied man may lie, the
repose is deep and undisturbed-the sor
rowful bosom heaves no more-the tear
are dried up in their iountains-the aching
head is at rest, and the stormy waves o
earthly tribulation roll UNDECIDED over the
very bosoms Of the pale nations of the
dead, not one ofthe sleepers heed the spirit
stirring trump or the rending shouts Of vic
tory.
How quiet these countless millions slum
Der in the arms of their mother earth! -
The voice of thunder shall not awake them
tho loud cry Of elements-the winds
the waves, nor either the giant tread of the
earthquake shall be able to cause an in
quiotudo in the chambers of death. They
shall rest and pass away, the last great bat
tic shall be foug ght; and then silver voice,
at first just heard shall rise to a trumpot's
tone, and penetrate the voiceless grave.
For tho trumpet shall sound, and the dead
shall hear His VOICE.. NJ .Iatit
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.1')o'.elt1r:p
The Unconscious Orphan,

MC OAOVUSCAVuS VEEbkAhns
From the Literary Magazine.
Mother, have found tear at as4v0
In your eye! How came il here2 ,,es a-
More are coming-now they chase ,., /,
One another down your faco. $50 -,
How l feel your bosom heave: ~ -"
What does make you sob and grieve?
Let me wipe your tears away, .'f9 8.
Or cannot 60 and play. ,s. .....
Why is father sleeping so!
Put me down and let me GO
Let me 60, where can stand @
Near enough to reach his hand, ..
Why! it feels as stiff and cold
AS piece Of ice to hold
Lift me up to kiss his check;
Thon perhaps he'll wake and speak. ..f
Mother, oh it isn't he,
For he will not look at nc
Father hadn't cheeks SO white,
See the lips are fastened tight!
Father always spake. and smiled. ..
Calling me, his, "darling child;"
He would give and ask kiss
When came-But who is this? '
If IT'S father, has he done, .....,H
Speaking to his little one? .s ...
Will he never, never moro
Know and love me as before?
Gould he hear what we have said f
Tell me what is being dead! .et ar
Oh he doesn't breathe breath 49,.
Mother, what's the cause of death? ..
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-11-18

SIGNs.-When will signs and wonders
cease? Not till the destroying angel shall
clip short the thread of time, and tho
Heavens be rolled together as scroll.
Not q day passes but we sec good and bad
signs, as the following will show:
It is good sign to have man enter
your sanctum with friendly greeting
''Hore'y two dollars to pay for my paper" "
1t is bad sign to hear man say he's
too poor to take paper-ton to one ho car
ries home a jug of"white eye' that costs
him half . dollar.
It is good sign to see man doing an
&C: of charity to his fellows.
1t is bad sign to hear him boasting of
it.
It is a goodsign to see the color ofhoalth
in mans face.
II is bad sign to SEQ it all concentrated
in his nose.
1t is good sign to SEQ oh honest man
4gassiag bis old clothes.
1t tisa bad sign to see thom filling holes
in his windows.
1t is good sign to soc man wlplng
the perspiration from his face.
1t is a bad sign to see him wipe his chops
as he comes out Of q cellar.
1t is good sign to see woman dressed
with taste and neatness.
1t isfa bad sign to see her husband sued
for her fnery.
1t is good sign to see a man advertise
in the paper.
1t lis bad sign for the sheriff to adver,
tise for him.. Goshen Democrat.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-11-18

JAwINc."-Shut your clamshells. Jaw
-jaw-law--who can possibly live where
you are? The falls of Niagara are moth
ing in comparison to the everlasting clack
OF your tongue. Give as dwelling a.
midst the eternal roar of the ocean, OF in
the bowels of growing earthquake, but
deliver us from tho tongue that never tires,
and tho mouth that is mover shut Portland
Tribune. .''- "'
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-11-18

HApp1NEss.-Be not afraid Of diminish
ing your own happiness by seeking that OF
others. He who labors wholly for the
benefit of others, and, as it were, forgets
himself, is far happier than the man who
makes himself the solo object of oil his af-
fections and exertions.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-11-18

Hour OF DEATH.--It will afford sweet
or happiness in the hour of death, to have
wiped one tear from the check OF Sofrow'
than to have ruled an empire, to have con-
ouered millions, or enslaved the world.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-11-18

THINK OF Ir.-"All is vanity, saith the
preucher:' and it is death which stamps
this character ON the affairs of the world /;
it throws mockery upon all that is human;
it illustrates the wisest plans, and absolutely
converts them into nothingess. All the
ecstacies of pleasure, all the splendors o1
fame, all the triumphs Of ambition, all the
lows of domestic tenderness, all that the eye
can look upon, or the heart aspire after, 'h's,
this is their affecting termination-death
absorbs all, it annihilates all. Our fathers,
who strutted the little hour on this very
theatre, were as active and noisy as we ;
the fond laugh of festivity was heard in
thoir dwelling and in the busy occupations
ofthoir callings, they had their days of
labor, and their nights of painful anxiety !;
the world carried on it the same face OF
activity; as now, and where are the men
who kept it up in their successive genera
tions They are where we shall l.. soon 20 IN
follow I; they have gone to sleep'-ouI II l.; IS
the sleep of death; their bed is coihn' IN
which they are mouldering; the gafhmSSn' hSl,
whicv thew have thrown aside inthelr body
which served them through life, but is
now lying in loose and scattered fragments
in tbo linIo earth they claim --Chaln'ars'
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-11-18

"THE WeRx1NGMAN.--Ho is to society
what the moimast is to the ship."-~Pa"
Bgen.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-11-18

GFWho ever conceived moro boauti-
ful illustration of sublime text, than the
following, by Bishop Beverage? 81 AM"
He doth not say, AM their light, their
guide, their strength, or tower, but only
Il AM" He sets, as it were, his hand to
blank, that his people may write under
it what they please, that is good for them.
As if He should say, care they weak?
AM strength. Are they poor? LAM riches
Are they in trouble? AM comfort. Are
they sick? l AM life. Have they moth
ing? lam all things.
| AM wisdom and power; AM justice ant
mercy; AM glory, beauty, holiness, emi
nency, super-eminence, perfection, all-suf
fcioncy, eternity! JEHOVAH, lam! What
soever is amiable in itself, or desirable untt
them, that | AM. Whatsoever is pure ant
holy; whatsoever is great and pleasant
whatsoever is good or needful to make moi
happy, that AMI"
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The Columbian fountain., 1846-03-14

NHE subscriber, THos. G. FORD, returns his
/ thanks to his friends and the consumers OF
Leather in general, for the liberal patronage he
has received since he opened his Leather and Cur
rying store, on the corner of 7th and G. Streets
He would respectfully inform them that he has
now full assortment Of his own finish on hand
and which he can recommend as equal to any in
the District, which will be sold on the most rea-
sonable terms.
The stock consists Of Sole Leather and Skirting
and very superior Calf Skins, upper and kipps,
Harness and Bride, and bags Leather, SIC. Ali
his Leather being tanned expressly for the estab-
lishment, he feels confident with his practical
knowledge of the business in all its branches he
can give general satisfaction.
Please call and see, before making purchases
elsewhere. Hides bought, and Plasterihg Hair
kept for sale. Jan l7-tf
The Columbian fountain., 1846-03-14
CHEAP DRY GOODS.

A ND BOOTS & SHOES. The subscribers
n respectfully return thanks to their custom
ers for the liberal patronage which they have re-
ceived, and at the close of the season would offer
good assortment of dry goods consisting, in part
as follows-Cloths, Cassimeres, Sattinetts, Ken
lucky Jeans and Vestngs, Mouslin delains, Alpa-
cas-, French Florentines, and calicoes of every
price and quality. Flannels, white, red, yellow
and green, plain and twilled, at very low prices.
Canton Flannels, brown and bleached, Sheeting and
Shirting, cotton and wooen Lnseys, very supe-
rior, and at low prices. Blankets from 50 SO to
S6 SO per pair, of very superior quality, together
with a complete assortment of Hose, half hose,
Comforts, Scarfs, Gloves & Handkerchiefs, which
will be sold very low to close out the stock for the
season. We have also good assortment of
BOOTS IND SHOES,
consisting in part as follows, Mems calf and mo-
rocco dress Boots, calf, kip, and wax leather boots
for the season, Mems calf kip, and other brogans
Ladies CATERS, half CATERS, and buskin ties, Ladies
morocco, kid and leather buskins, Boys boots and
brogans, Misses boots, buskins, ties and slippers
together with complete assortment of Children's
and Servants shoes, which will be sold on very
reasonable turns, r. l.. SMALLWOOD & CO. i
Between 9th and 10th sts., Penn. Avenue.
N. b. We have some mems boots for servants,
little out of style which will be sold at 81 SO per
pair, as well as women's and children's, which our
customers will do well to examine, for we are de-
termined the price shall suit. r. L. s. & co.
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you ask me that question, when Pve seen
you with my own eyes holding an idle
dancing girl clasped in your arms y
"Good faith, sweet love!" replied Ro-
ger, G It's well that | have arms left to clasp
any one in; for sour old Glanville would
fain have struck off part of one, and that
the most useful part, too, for but defending
this poor girl and her lover from his min
ions and himself but come, Mary dear,
wipe away those needless tears, and 90 down
with me, to promise comfort and protection
to this wandering maiden. She needs it
much; and Mary's hearts kind one,
though, as the fool said to-day, little jeal-
ous.o
/" Marry come up!' cried the maid in
loud voice.
Gay, that fool you talk Of, Roger Dut-
ton," replied the fair lady, rising, and turn
ing toward the window, "was a good
prophet. Fight a duel for dancing girl,
indeed Who would have thought of it3
and yet it has come true, it seems.''
"Ah, and he told me, too" said Dutton,
!" that, though she be somewhat Jealous, /
shall have my fair lady's hand.n
I" In that | will take care he be mistaken -
said the lady, who, though naturally as
kindly as warm day in spring, was, to
say sooth, somewhat Of spoiled child
Gam to have it said,'' she continued
cam to have it said that welded the
man who was famous for fighting in behalf
of the dancing girls and tomblesteres of
the fair ? and that, as fitting sight for his
bride, be brought up one of them in his
arms to Chester Castle? No, no, Roger
Dutton. have sent away to my cousin
Edith, at Rothelan, to say that will join
her tomorrow early, rather than stay two
sunsets in castle where we have such
guests"
ITO be continued.
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PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE, Gettysburg
Pennsylvania.

L Pen7lSuLUGJlaQ. tA93#H
FACULTY AND Instructors.
Rev. G. p. KRAUTH, ID. d., President and Pro-
fessor of Moral Science.
Rev. H. 8. BAuGHER, A. M, Professor Of Greek
and Rhetoric. t#0.- kN@
Rev. M. JACOBS, A. NJ, Professor of Natural Phi
losophy, Chemistry, SIC. -
Rev. w. M. REYNOLDS, A. M, Professor of Latin,
Mental Philosophy, &c. agtr g
M. l.. SToEvER, A. M, Professor of History and
Principal Of Preparatory Department
Rev. G. A. HAY, A. M, Professor of German
Language and Literature. rga9
HERMAN HAUPT, A. M, Professor of Mathematics.
VIM HENRY HARRISON, A. b., Assistant Professor
\ of Languages.
DAVID GILBERT, M. D., Lecturer on Anatomy and
Physiology s&NH2 sGaM a
Rev. ]. G.. MoRRIs, d. D., Lecturer on Zoology.
VIM ALBAUGH, A. M. Tutor and Teacher in Pre-
paratory Department
H. r. GEIGER Teacher of Writing.
The course of studies in Pennsylvania College
is extensive and substantial as that of any in
stitution in the country. The Preparatory De-
partment provides for instruction in all the branches
of thorough English business education, in addi-
tion to the Elements Of the Mathematics and Clas-
sical Literature. The College course is arranged
in the four classes usual in the Institutions of this
country.
The government of the students is as energetic
as their circumstances seem to require. They at
tend at least two recltatlOns day. and the Faculty
contemplate increasing them to three, Church and
Bible Glass on the Sabbath, and are visited in
their rooms so frequently as to preclude the dam
ger of any great irregularities. 1t is believed no
institution in the United States has more exem-
plary young men in connexion with it. They are
all required to lodge in the College edifce, special
cases excepted.
The annual expenses are--for board, tuition and
room rent during the winter session $61 81 l2 for
the summer session, VAL 81 10; washing, $10 wood
$3 90. Total expense, $ll6 IS Boarding can be
had in town at I'll IS per week. 0 ai t5 T5Ha
I There are two vacations in the year, commenc-
ing on the third Thursdays Of April and Septem-
Der; each of five weeks continuance. af s N
The summer session will commence on Thurs
day, the 22d of May. The annual commencement
takes place on the third Thursday in September.
The Trustees have recently made various ar
rangements which will increase the efficiency of
the Institution. They have increased the number
Of Professors and provided for the most ample in
struction of the students. .i4
Professor Baugher and Haupt are prepared to
board boys and to exercise special supervision
over their studies and department. and Parents who
may perfer placing their sons under their care,
will be secure in regard to their proper manage
ment, under arrangements such as pertain to the
family circle.
Gettysburg Adams Co., Pa, May 3, 1s45. nov 6-tf
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HUNTS MERCHANTS MAGAZINE,
AND
COMMERCIAL REVIEW,

by FREEMAN HUNT, EDITOR AND PR0PRIEro&,
Published monthly, at 142 Fulton street, .Nss0 Yorki
at Fsve Dollars per an,sun, in odvoncs. G" 81
The Merchants Magazine and Commercial Re-
view, embraces every subject connected with Com
merce, Manufactures and Political Economy, a.
follows Commercial Legislation; Commercial His
tory and Geography; Mercantile Biography De-
scriptive Statistical and Historical Accounts Of
the various commodities which form the subject OF
Mercantile transactions; Port Charges; Tariffs;
Customs and Excise Regulations Commercial sta
tistics Of the United States and the different coun
tries OF the world with which we have intercourse,
including their Physical Character Population, Bro
ductions, Exports, Imports, Seaports, Monies,
Weights, Measures, Finance and Banking Ass0cia-
tons, and Enterprises connected with Commerce,
embracing Fisheries, Incorporated Companies,
Railroads, Canals, Steamboats,, Docks, Post Offices,
&c.; Principles of Commerce, Finance and Bank
ing, with Practical and Historical Details and II
lustrations Commercial Law, and Mercantile Law
Reports and Decisions of Courts in the United
States and Europe, including Insurance, Partner
ship, Principal and Agent Bills of Exchange, Sale,
Guaranty, Bankruptcy, Shipping and Navigation,
&c., and whatever else shall tend to develop the
resources of the country and the world, and Illus
trate the various topics bearing upon Commerce and
Commercial Literature. e &
1t has been, and will continue to be-, the aim Of
the Editor and Proprietor Of the Merchants Maga-
zine, to avoid everything of party political, or
sectional bias or bearing, in the conduct Of the
work-opening its pages to the free and fair dis
cussion of antagonistic doctrines connected with
the great interests of Commerce.. Agriculture,
Manufactures and the Currency a4s., n yss1a
~ Complete sets ofthe Merchants Magazine,
embracing IL semi-annual volumes, Of about 600
large octave pages each, bringing itdown to June,
1874, inclusive may be obtained at the Publishers
Office, 142 Fulton street, New York, at the sub
scription price. sI2 y@a # asG Ahg,s aH
IH Publishers of newspapers in the United
States, by giving this advertisement two or three
insertions and remitting Two Dollars to the Pro-
prietor, will be entitled to the Magazine for one
| year.
| Office of Merchants Magazine, August u ls45.
dec lS-
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IaydDIe INVARIABLY III ADVANCE.
g. Printing of every description neatly
executed such as Books, Pamphlets, Cir
culars, Cards, Handbills, ETC., etc, on as
good terms as at any other Office.
To the friends Of Temperance and the
public generally we now make our appeal
in behalf of this paper The publisher
feeling it a matter of importance to the IN
terest Of the Temperance cause in the Dis
trict, as well as the general interest Of the
cause, and having been, as he conceives,
Providentially placed in situation at this
time when he can mingle this interest with
that Of the business men, and thereby rem
der double service to the community, and
still further open medium Of communica-
ton by which our principles may be ex-
tended far and wide, at cheap rate, he
has purchased printing establishment, SO
as not only to be able to put daily paper
regularly to press, but also a weekly and
still further, be able to do any other print
ing the public may be pleased to have done;
and he assures them that they shall have
no cause of complaint. He has made ar
rangements by which he can devote his
time to the interest of the Office and the pa
per; and, having employed Mr.. Charles w.
Fenton, who will be always on the spot, to
conduct the printing, he has no doubt but
that general satisfaction will be given. We
shall make arrangements to have the earliest
news; also the proceedings Of Congress.
We wish all who are indebted for the pa
per up to this time to pay up, as the affairs
of the tri-weekly must be closed. They
will perceive that we are about to give
them better paper, double the number, at
the same price.
While the ssCoLUMBIAN FOUNTAIN" will
be devoted to the cause of Temperance, its
columns will be enriched by original articles
on subjects calculated to interest, instruct,
and benefit its readers. 1t is intended so to
blend variety, amusement, and instruction,
as that the various tastes of its patrons may
be (as far as it is practicable) gratifed.
Commerce, Literature, and Science, and
every other subject of interest, not inconsis-
tent with Temperance and morality, will re-
ceive the earnest attention Of the publisher.
Nothing of a sectarian, political, or personal
character will be admitted.
The Columbian fountain., 1846-03-14
co AL! GOA IL!

NTOW is the time! Just arrived and now landing
IN small vessel load 600 tons) of Coal, Gan
thracite) from Philadelphia. Those in want of a
good article of this kind of fuel will please apply
early, it would be preferred to deliver it from the
vessel without slowing it. Apply to the under
signed at his Lumber and Coal Yard, 7th street,
near Centre Market-where all kinds of Lumber,
with Lime, Cement, and Cacined Plaster, may be
had cheap for cash or short credit.
JOHN PURDY.
Feb. Cliff