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Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1846-05-26
From the ''F'Tcdrick Examiner.
..SPOON FASHION,,

Talking Of peculiar situations: gentlemen, said Mr.
Tatem 4 once in rather singular fix myself
How so-how that2' said
4 will tell you. Sagers and myself had gone to Cape
May that favoe of fashion and folly during
of the hottest got up on this continent. It
extensively hot, perspire nsensbly when think of
it. have you been at Cape Island, gentlemen?
a general negative shake of the head followed the
question
Then permit me- a friend and well wisler,
you against the place unnviting resort is not
to be found have good authority for stating that
the only unfinished portion Of creation. They have
legend down there which thus:
The hands work this spot at the tail of the
sixth day. but ight overtakng them they compel
led to suspend operations and thus the Island left
uncompleted! To those who familiar with the local.
lily, this is certainly pausable story. have than
once heard it called the jumping of place Sunshine
and sand knee deep the strongest
second To be-sure, they say something about the
advantages of seabathng-but look at the risk If you
venture beyond the carries out
and death by drowning is inevitable After which follow
graphing irons and then the indgnity of coronors in
quest, The spotis distinguished by half dozen stuned
trees, three apologies for hotels and three
cabins painted red
But the story, Mr. Ta,em--the story
All in good time, gentlemen. said Sagers and my
self were foolish enough go down Some two three
thousand people there when arrived and every
nook and corner 'aln-ful After repeated solicit
tation, finally succeeded in getting small with
the privilege of sleeping two in bed. The thermome-
ter at 90 and two in bed. The thought bath
of i,self'
Don't descend to particulars, but give the story
Certainly In the room adjoining slept two beau
tful girls-ssters-for best known TO myself
shall be nameless One night about week after our
rival had gone early to bed, wishing participate
in any .: e abominable hops that were given at our
hotel
'Pooh-Pooh. it's ghost story said Nathan
.No-gentemen.'
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1846-05-26
POTOMAC.

PRIVATEERS--The unfavorabe state of our rcia-
tons with Mexico, naturally arises the inquiry among
ship owners and underwriters how far they liable
suffer from Mexican privateers in war should
ensue It safely be assumed that in the snppo-
sed, the principal Mexican ports both seas win be
block AIDED, and the entire Mexican coast constantly
watched by Besides, Mexico has seamen
and fewer vessels But has been said that swarms OF
prvaeers would issue from Havana under the Mexican
license, to prey upon commerce. The following
correspondence, which We copy from the New York
Journal of Commerce of yesterday, will show that the
Spanish subjects engaged such business will be liable
be treated pirates both by their government
and
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RAEDiNG.--Perhnps you forever reading
bu, W hn, doth it profit A person may road and
read, and yet bya simple:on. To pIoet 10 we must
reflect and ,hink-compare and illustrate in our
minds. and occasionally put own thoughts
upon paper. One Of the best thinkers we know
Of seldom reads anything; but what he does read
he understands. 1t Is the author Of Paradiss
Lost, we believe, who says:
"Who reais
necessarily, and to his reading brings not
spirit and judgment equal or SUPERIOR
Uncertain and unsettled still remains
Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself -!
We cnn Ill poin, to individuals, who. from their
carcs. years, have read every thing they could got
hold of, in the shape Of romance or history. but
who cannot write paragraph 6t for publication.
and whose business letters it is next TO impossible
to understand What good has all their reading
done theml There is practical sense in tho fol.
lowing lines by-wc forget wbo--Byron We
think:
81 reading authors, when You find
Bright passages that strike your mind;
And which, perhaps. you may have reason
To think at another sesson,
Be not confented with the sight,
But take them down in black and white:
Such a respect is wisely shown.
And make anothers sense your o~n@'-iN H.OsUsr
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20 Vera Cruz 1890 miles. Yuca,an 10 the CITY
Of Mexico 900 miles. Tire population of the
city OF Mexico IS about 10000. High mountains
rise IN the distance all sides of tho city, but
the location. although under the Tropic of Cancer
IS remarkable for its salubriy. and IN summer
the extreme heat IS less severe than in New York
or Philadelphia.
Tho city IS approached by excellent roads
which branch out III every direction, and on which
are transported the silver ores and bullion from
hundred OF the richest mines in the world. The
inagnihcencc OF the principal edlfices-some be-
ing furnished with gold and silver ornaments
valued at many millions. and, containing rich
treasures hid away by tho avarcious--has oxcit-
cd the admiration of all travellers. Yet, with
all her riches, Mexico is poor. Her people arc
kept IN ignorance by the tyranny of a few. and
their wealth ls carried off TO other lands, swell
the gains of trade and commerce. which they
arc not permitted 70 enjoy. The poor Mexican
crawls listloss!y over neglected silver mines LOST
in tho contemplation Of his own abject condition.
The iron hand Of despotsm is upon him
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Correspondsree Of The Baltimore Patriot
WASHINGTON, Nav IS, ]

The game IS being played out quite early. The OBJ
ec Of the dominant party in Congress, in framing the
bill with lie in it, could not be accounted for
cept upon the groundand very poor ground It is too
of forcing the Wings to vote agains, bill carrying
fraud upon its very face, and then stgatzDg them on
the stump and in the newspapers, the enemies Of their
ntrv roted against furnishing supplies for
ing the e0r.
No anticipated, however that the tanni would be
thrown out in Congress- where all the members knew
the whole merits and bearing of the Nevertheless
the thing been done to-day in the House of Repre-
.entatives Mr.. Gordon of New York, a little dark
looking man, with a head like bison, following
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1846-05-26
Washington, April IL, le46.

My dear Sir:-In consequence of our conversation
few minutes since, think it proper to inform with
delay that Treaty with Spain of the Goth October
1895, contains the following article, still in force:-
cart IA No subject of his Catholic Majesty shall ap
ply for take any commission Letters of Marque, for
armng ship ships to act privateers against the
United States, against the citizens, people nhabit
ants of the said United States against the property of
of the inhabitants of any of them from prince
with which the said United States shall be
Nor shall any citizen subject, nhabitant of tho
said United States. apply for take commission
letters Of marquee for armng any ship ships act
pavateer- against the subjects Of his Catholic Majesty
the property of any Of hem from any Prince State
with which the said King may be at And if any
person of either nations shall take such commissions
letters of narque, he shall be punished pirate.
Yours, very respectfully
JAMES BUCHANAN.
ard oil Esn
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New York, 18th May, leA6.

E. h. Collins ESQ., Sir;-At meeting Of the Board Of
Underwriters this morning. was directed ask of you
the publication of the letter received by you from tho
Hon. James Buchanan, communicating to you the SUBJ
stance of the Treaty between the United States and Spain
in relation to priva'eers and Letters of Marque
am, very respectfully, yours,
S. BALDWIN, Sec,y
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From an English Paper
THE SONG OF THE SWORD.


Weary, and wounded, and worn,
Wounded, and ready 10 die,
A soldier they left. all alone and forlorn,
On the field ofbatte to lie.
The dead and the dying alone.
Could their presence and pity Afford
Whilst, with sad and terrible tone,
He sang the song of the sword
Fight. fight fight
Though a thousand fathers die;
Fight. fight! fight!
Though thousands of children cry,
Fight. fight fight
Whilst mothers and wives lamont;
And fight. fight! fight
hist millions Of money spent
Fight. fight fight.
Should the cause be foul or fair,
Though all that's gained is empty name,
And tax too great to bear;
An empty name and paltry fame,
And thousands lying dead.
Whilst every glorious victory
Must raise the price of bread
War. wal, war.
Fire, and famine, and sword;
Desoate fields, and desolate towns,
And thousands scattered abroad,
With never home, with never a she'd
Whilst kingdoms perish and fall,
And hundreds of thous nds are lying dead,
Ana ail-for nothing at all.
All. why should such mortas as
Kill those whom never could hate
lis obey your commander die;
It's the law of the sword and the state.
For the ve-iest slaves
That ever had their birth:
For to please the within of tyrants viii.
Is all our use upon earth
War. war, war,
Nusket, powder, and ball:
All. what do we fight for,
All. why have we battles at alll
lis justice must be done, they say.
The nations honor TO keep;
Alas! that Justice is dear,
And human life SO cheap.
IT'S oh. that Christian land
4 professedly Christian state,
Sould thus despise that high command d
So useful and great
Delivered by Christ himself on earth.
Our constant guide to be:
To ..love our neighbors as ourselves
And bless our enemy"
w ar. war; war.
Misery, murder, and crime,
Are all the blessings Eve seen in thee.
From my youth to the present time:
Misery, murder, and crime
Crime. misery, murder, and wo;
All would had known in my younger days
A tenth of what l now know.
All, had but known in my happier days
In my hours of boyish glee-
A tenth of the horrors and crime Of war
A 1.-THE of its misery
now had been joining happy band
Of wife and children dear,
And had died in my native land.
Instead Of dying here.
And many a long, long day of wo.
And sleepless nights untold.
And drenching rain, and drifting snow.
And WEAKNESS, famine, and cold,
Ana worn out limbs, and aching heart,
And grief too great to tell,
And bleeding wound and piercing smart.
Had l escaped full well.
But though, with such sorrow and NO.
Thy progress must al ways bound:
All. would it were only below
That the fruits of thy curse could be found.
But war. war. war.
From all that ever could see,
Full many groan, in the future world
Must be traced fear to thee.
Weary, and wounded, and worn,
Wounded, and ready to die,
A soldier they left, all alone and forlorn.
On the field of battle to lie
The dead and the dying alone
Could their presence and pity afford,
Whilst thus, with sad and terrible tone,
would that these truths were more perfectly know
He sang the song Of the sword
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ADrE Using.

DiaUertisennents riu be eon.penousy in.s,ed IN sas
"Paladiuna'' at the follo,rng
One square Of 10 lines. [25om'sl oeess, si00
Each continuance, 25
announcing names Of candidates for Office 100
liberal discount the ADORE rates. to those Ao adr<v
se oy the advertisements U be continued until
bid at the expense the advertiser time fired
No advertisement ou be considered less squeeze
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Edward K Collins, Esq
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-07-22
The State Auditor in trouble.

John Woods, and the Attorney General
arS in peck Of trouble. The county
Auditors do not understand the tax law,
consequently Poor Johnny cannot under.
stand their returns. Our Auditor received
a circular from John the other day stating
that some auditors had madevery bad work,
and hoped he would be very exact. We
think our Auditor understands the law full
as well as pretty Johnny. II He has been
telling sincessantlyl all summer, with an
;eficientdeputy, and is not through all yet.
His work appears to be we'll done, and very
neat. s,'e {'''.'M ~ :" .i.- I'.1l.' '' =,
I'VE have not yet had time to examine
the Assessors returns very closely, yet from
a hasty observation we find that when the
law is in full operation, real estate ,o;ll bea,
The hef Of Me, fares. The actual value OF
taxable chattel property islargely increased;
but ii bears no proportion to the increased
value reaiestate, consequently the farmers
will pay the highest taxes. The Wing
papers make great glorifcation over. few
thousand dollars Of money and credits
brought on the listin large cities and towns;
and contend that this will lessen the eburden
on the farmer. What nonsense. Go
among the farmers; look at the largely
increased valuation Of their farms, and then
add their young stock, the sheep and hogs,
guns, and saddles, and it will be found that
the increase in towns and cities is but a drop
in the bucket in comparison. Even this
fall, every farmers tax will be ashigh, and
most Of them higher than last year. What
then will it be next year, when the chattel
and real are both taxed on their full value?
Let the farmers think of this.--Holmes Co.
Farmer hes vt q,7aF. stsH4 sl rst. sgs
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-07-22

ANOTHER FIRE IN CLEvELAND.-On
the night of the Goth inst, another fire oc-
Cured in Cleveland, which destroyed a
large store and warehouse, next to the new
canal bridge on Merwin street, owned by
S. S. Stone and is valued at about $l5OO
insured for $1,000. The building was
occupied by Anson Loomis who had large
stock of groceries and liquors on hand
which were destroyed. His loss is estima-
ted at near l0,0OO--insured for $250O.
The flames communicated to an adjoining
warehouse owned by Augustine Merwin,
which was insured for $500. The build
ing was valued at about $4,000. Messrs.
Woolson, Klemm & Co., had stored in il
about $4,000 worth of stoves and castings.
Their damage is between $1,000 and $4,000
and no insurance An adjoining ware
house owned by w. A. Otis g. Co., was
singed ofits clapboards, when the fire was
STAYED by the fire department..
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-07-22

I1XECUTOR'S SALE.-Notice Is hereby
r. given that l, Joseph C. Ensign, Executor
OF the Estate of Harmon Barber, decd. by
virtue cfauthorly vested in me by the last
will and testament of said Barber shall offer
for sale al public vendue on Saturday the fif-
teenth day of August next between the
hours of one o'clock and 4 o'clock, p. M. of
that day ON the premises hereafter described
the following lots of land TO wit: Three
Lots or parcels situated in the township of
Freedom In the County of Portage and State
of Ohio, comprising the;fa,m heretofore known
as the Farm of said Harmon Barber, and
shall sell the same to the highest bidder.
Subject to the widows right of Dover in the
same. Said Farm is supposed to contain a.
bout eighty -four acres and is well situated on
the Diagonal road from Freedom to Gar
rettsville. JOSEPH c. ENSIGN, Ex'r.
June "a, l846. 6w57.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-07-22

The BETTER CURRENcY.'-The editor
Of the st. Clairsville Gazette has returned
from an eastern tour, and gives the follow
ing as the result Of his observations of the
working of our friend Kelley's banking
system, in other states:-'At Buffalo and
Rochester, the Kelly currency Of Ohio is at
discount Of 8 per cent, and on small
notes. The brokers say they have no con-
fidence in the banking system of Ohio; mer-
chants refuse our currency, and eastern
farmers will not sell produce for it. The
machinery being worked by Kelley & Co.,
as the U. S. Bank was by Biddle and his
followers, the people are justly alarmed
because they remember the ruinous lessons
of the ''prince of inanciers," who managed
every thing in the dark, and soon left the
widow TO beg, and the orphan to starve.'-
Ohio Statesman. .lu.sfr f..
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-07-22
Chancery Notice.

N pursuance. of an order of the Court of
Common Pleas of the County Of Portage,
anu state OF Ohio, at their June Term, A. d.
lS46, Joseph r. Scuvill is hereby net,fied,
that on the Fifth day of May, A. D. 1916,
Isaac Brayton filed in said Court, a Bill in
Chancery, against one JohA ScoyiIl and the
said Joseph K. the object and PRAYER Of which
Bill is, to foreclose Mortgage given to one
Samuel Miller by said John e. Joseph r.. on
the esd day of Oct. 1914 upon their tile and
interest in the Mill seat and yard situate IN
Root<town, Portage County, Ohio, in Lo,
No. FL under and by virtue of lease from
Truman Pitkin for the period of sixleer
years from the ninth day of March, A. d
ls4l, to secure the payment of five sepera.e
promissory notes when they severally become
due, and which notes were in said deed liter
ally set forth. Said Bill further represents
tina: on the 18th of January, l845, said Miller
assigned his interest in three of the notes
therein specified together with his Mortgage
security unto Complainant & that the remain
ing two notes he assigned to Cyrus Prentlss;
that the said three notes are each of them
due and unpaid. Sand Complainant rrays thai
said defendants may be decfeed to pay ths
sum found to be due unto Complainant fol
principal and interest within reasonable
time to be named, or in default thereof that
the right, title and Interest of said Defend
ants in said Mill, Mill seat, and yard with
privileges described in said Lease and Mort.
gage be sold by the Sheriff as on Execution
at Law. and the proceeds of such sale be
applied, &c. &c.
And the said Joseph R. is further notified,
that unless he appears and pleads. answers,
or demu's to the said Bill, within Sixty days
after the next term of said Court, the said
Complainant at the next term after the expi>
ration of the sixty days. will apply to said
Court to take tho matters of the Bill as con-
fessed, and TO decree thereon accordingly.
FRANCIS w. TAPPAN,
SoPr. for Ccmp'lt.
Dated, Ravenna, June 27, I848. 6w57.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-07-22
Truly a hard case at our Doors.

In conversing with the worthy assessor
Of Madison township, he casually referred
to several cases in which the hardship Of
the present infamous tax law is faithfully
apparent. One Of these cases was that Of
two maiden females advanced in life--one
ofthem upwards of sixty, and the other
close upon 90, a tottering cripple borne
down with age, inirmity and want. These
two females live in n retired spot alone.
Aside from the bounty Of their friends and
the scanty pittance which their feeble hands
cnn earn for them, they have nothing to
rely upon except the revenue which $3.50
at Interest yields to them yearly. The law
relating to them is plain, and the duty OF
the Assessor although painful was impress
siye. The poor old women must go on the
tax list and they accordingly stand charged
with sligo at interest and sheep which
Craze about their door! No mntter for
their gfeebleness and age-no matter for
their loneliness and poverty, the law is the
same. The price Of State Stock must be
raised--a state house must be built-the
salaries of Judges and State officers must
be increased and the old women must
give up q portion oftheit scaaty means to
assistsin carrying out these objects! Glad
would they beifa like bankers, they were
only taxed on THE PROFITS of their money
al interest; but that indulgence is not in
tended for such as them. They are too
poor to be bankers and therefore must sub.
init to their fate. q In the face of countless
instances such as the one referred to above
we have men amongst us who recklessly
deny that the poor are sufferers by the pas
sage Of. Kelley's infamous law!-Ohit
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-07-22
Medical Notice.

nR. E CASPARI takes this method of
- informing his friends and the public in
general that he is soon to leave on journey
TO the west, and is happy in recommending to
the numerous friends of Homeopathy that
DRs. LEE &. GAME will be his successors in
whom he can place much confidence as hon.
orable Practitioners and feels assured that
they will give entire satisfaction to the pub
lie.
DR. C.! LEE would announce to the public
generally that he will also attend TO the va
rious operations of Dental Surgery, during
any leisure Office hours.
Ravenha, May 26, l846. 52tf.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-07-22
Later from the Army.

ARRIVAL OF THE GALVESTON. The
steamship Galveston, Capt Wright, arrived
at New Orleans from Galveston, on the
9th inst, bringing Galveston papers to the
4th instant. The New Orleans Bulletin
has the following letter by her from Bra
SOS St. Jago; ~ -,'',...,... .-,'... y.
ara B.. U. s. SCHOONER FLIRT,
BrGzos st. Jago, June 80, 1S46.
We are on the eve of Sailing for Santan-
der, where we hear the Mexicans are land
provisions, munitions of war, &C., for their
army. Atpresent we have just arrived at
the Brazos, after six days absence, having
been blown off in heavy gale ofwind; the
third night Of which we fell in with the
schooner Sarah Levinia, about one hundred
and twenty miles south of the Brazos, and
forty three from the Mexican coast. She
was laden with coal, and sprang aleak at
sundown and made water so rapidly that we
had hardly time to save her officers and
crew, but no property; there was On awful
sea running, and the gale had but little a.
bated. %
The Galveston .Ne,os of the 4th inst says:
The high pressure steamer Potomac,
which left this port few days since for
the Rio Grande, was wrecked as we learn,
in the recent heavy gale, about six miles
beyond the pass of San Louis. Our infor-
nation is, that she sprang aleak, which con-
tinued to increase until the Captain was
compelled to run her on shore. She had
about 1000 bushels of coal on board, and
other freight. Captain Lamsden and his
company were passengers. The boat, it
is said will be total loss, and the freight
greatly damaged.
No movement of the main body of Gen.
Taylor's army beyond Matamoras has yet
been made. The arrival of sufficient
number of light draught steamers for the
Rio Gronde would be the signal for such a
step. Some eight or ten of this class of
vessels have passed Galveston recently, and
we presume that the advance of the army
in the direction of Monterey will not be
much longer delayed. The troops are i'm
patient to march. .... ..-,
The Austin (Texas) New Era, of the
Goth ult. says: a..
Captain Newcomb arrived in our city
last night, direct from San Antonio. He
says that Chico, the Lipan, has arrived al
that place from the Rio Grande, and re-
ported that he had been sent in by the Ca
manches to inform the people that large
force of Mexicans were concentrating at
Preside Rio Grande for the purpose of
marching against San Antonio; and that
they said they intended to lay that place as
low as they had La Bahia, at the CONNIE nee
ment of the war.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-07-22
The federal Ohio State Journal, has been

The federal Ohio State Journal, has been
attempting to disparage the election of Col.
Morgan, by reporting that there was great
dissatisfaction in the ranks Of his regiment.
In justice to Col. M, the Captains of the
several companies have published card in
the Cincinnati papers, in which they not
only deny the Journals libel, but declare
that the utmost harmony and good feeling
prevails. Let the base calumniator hide
his headin shame. Wayne Co. Democrat.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-07-22
Alarriaqes.

In this village on the 7th inst by E. Spalding,
Esq. Mr.. HENRY BEARDSLEY, to Miss sA
RAH WARD.
At the Prentiss House, in Ravenna, on the
10th inst. by E. Spaldng. Esq. Mr.. ELIJAH
PET to Miss LOvINA SECONDGOSS, Of
Paris. g0.'s's -H