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Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-01-07

S. d. HARRIS, JR., one of the pub.
fishers ofthis paper, has gone to Colum-
bus to attend the Democratic State
Convention which meets tomorrow
for the purpose Of nominating candi-
date for Governor, and for the adoption
OF such measures as shall be thought
TO be best calculated to promote the
success of Democratic principles-
From every thing which we can learn,
DAVID TOP will be the nominee of that
Convention. In many of the counties
the Delegates are instructed to cast
their votes for him; and if he shall be
nominated, we know not OF a Demo
cratic paper in the State which will not
give him its hearty, firm and decided
support. But should some other per-
son be the choice of the Convention, il
its proceedings be characterized by
unanimity and good feeling, there can
be but little doubt of the success of the
nominee of the Convention, be he whom
he may, so that he be man we'll quail
flied for the station.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-01-07
The Black Laws.

The wings during the late contest
professed TO be the real "Simon pure,''
abolitionists, the genuine and only true
friends ofthe doDn.trodden and oppress-
ed, they could not beal to hear any body
speak Of sympathy for the oppressed
j: was stealing their thunder,"-they
most bitterly denounced the "Black
laws" as inhuman and barbarous both
in their public prints and in the Reso-
lutions at their Conventions, and they
declared their determination, should
they succeed, to repeal them,-that
they should no longer disgrace the
The Governor, in his
Message, deemed it his duty to call the
attention OF the Legislature to the sub.
jecf, yet we are told by letter. wri.
ters that the repeal of these laws can.
not be effected. There has not yet, as
we can learn, been any action upon this
important suTect-and why7 1t is be-
cause they dare not take a decided
stand upon the subject. If they repeal
those laws they lose their bate for CATCH
ing gudgeons-and if they don't they
may as we'll hang up their tackling-
for the fish won't bite the barb that has
once wounded them.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-01-07
STATE LIBERTY CoNvENT1oN.-This

STATE LIBERTY CoNvENT1oN.-This
convention assembled in this city on
Tuesday, Dec. SOth, for the purpose of
nominating a candidate for Governor.
There were about two hundred dele
gates present, including considerable
amount Of talent. Mr.. A. A. Guthree,
Of Putnam, was appointed president.
They passed a series of resolutions,
setting forth their principles: and nom.
mated SAMUEL LEWIS, Of Hamilton, as
their candidate for Governor. Whe,h.
er they will consider the whig candi-
date, when nominated, a better aboli-
ZIONIST than Mr.. Lewis, will be seen
by their votes next fall.--Ohio States
man.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-01-07
1874 6

We congratulate our patrons on the
privilege Of commencing new year
This season gives rise TO many inter
estipg reflections, and we trust useful
ones. While the heavy car Of time
rolls on under our feet, numbering all
things with the past, we should not be
unmindful of its feetness. We should
be taught by the lessons Of the past to
improve the future. "We know not
the prospects and misfortunes which
await US. Before the year shall have
run its course, many ofus will be sleep.
ing in death; many will suffer from
blighted prospects; and others will OBJ.
tain the summit of their ambition, and
reap the harvest of their hopes.
Life is eventfu! and changing. To-
day the sun shines in majesty and pours
down his rejoicing beams, and fills the
world with gladness. Tomorrow the
sky may be o'ercast with clouds, the
elements may frown, and the earth be
shrouded in gloom. So it is with
human life. Lights and shadows
must greet us. The new year will
bringits annual amount ofpain and bliss.
Let us then be grateful for the one and
prepare for the other. Virtue will
sweeten our joys and alleviate our
miseries. Let US form good resolutions
and abide by them" With hopes high
and ardent desires for our patrons, we
wish them all ~ happy New Year."
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-01-07
New mode Of tanning Important invention

All engaged in the business oftanning
leather feel how extremely desirable it
is to save labor, time and expense-and
consumers are no less interested in any
mode, which, by reducing the expense
Of manufacture, will, as matter Of
course, lessen the price of the article.
Mr.. +. D. PARMELE, Of this village, is
the inventor Of a process of tanning
which he thinks secures these objects.
The old mode Of tanning is said to re-
quire from twelve to eighteen months.
Mr. Parmele's new mode requires only
about one tenth as long. We have
seen specimen Of sole leather tanned
by this process which seemed to be
thoroughly tanned. and to be Of a firm
and excellent texture. We are assured
that leather tanned by this new process,
weiehs, about six per cent. more than
thai which is manufactured in the or
dinArF way. The ooxe used in the new
proS6ss is precisely the same,and in the
fame condition, as that used in the old
procsFs. Certain machinery is used in
Mr.. Parmele's new process by which
the hides are kept perfectly straight,
and also affords many other advantages
over 1.-The old way. The machinery
used is Of simple construction and not
expensive, and by means oft from one
to Two thousand hides can be kept in
process Of tanning at once, thus ena.
bling many thousands to be turned out
finished in the course ofthe year. We
do not pretend to competency, in
matters of this kind, of Judging with
entire accuracy, but we are strongly in
clined 10 the opinion that Mr.. Par.
mele's improvement will prove to be a
valuable one. and it is at least, worthy
of the attention and careful examina.
ton Of all who are engagedlin the man
ufacture of leather. If this invention
secures, what it SO strongly promises to
accomplish, and effects a great saving
in labor, time and expense in this great
and important branch Of business, Mr..
ParmeIe, the inventor, will have
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-01-07
A Lucky Escape.

Some three weeks ago, subject wal
brought ina bag to the Medical Col!
lege at Cleveland during the darkness
of the evening, and the Professor Of
Anatomy perceiving by hasty exam>
ination that it was "a good subjec, paid
the usual price ofthirty dollars, tied up
the bag and directed tito be placed in
the dissecting room, promising the stu>
dents that it should be carved up tor
their edi6cation within a day or two at
farthest.
During TIE lecture on the next .norn-
ing tremendous noise was heard from
the region of this same dissectlng room
and some of the more timid students
grew pale with terror, imagining that
the ghosts Of their butchered subjects
were appearing to take vengeance upon
them, or else holding their direful or
gies over the remains of their new com.
rade. The clamor still increasing,
some OF the bolder ones ventured to
enter the room when 10 the bag con-
tanning the purchase Of the last evening
was pitching and rolling about, and
from it proceeded with true Irish
brogue the cries of 'Murtherp Murth-
er!' 'Holy Mother and blessed Mary,
deliver mel Sure | am living, and am
not dead! Murther! Murtherr
Selling hold ofthe bag; they tore it
open. and behold genuine son of Erin,
more frightened than themselves, who
looked around with utter astonishment
upon the scene before him. After a
while, Pat told them that the last he
remembered of the preceding day was
that he was drinking very freely at one
of the doggeries underline hill. When
dead drunk he was undoubtedly bagged
up and sold TO the Professor. Such
was his fright that poor Pa. solemnly
declared he never again would touch
zone blessed drop of the craythur," and
the Professor and Students with hearty
laughter over the ridiculous joke babe
him take to his heels, and never again
find himself brought so near to Purga.
tory by the devices of the dramseller.
NJ There is a town East. where
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-01-07

Mr.. McNuLrY ACQUITTED. The
jury in the case Of Caleb J. McNulty,
tried before the U. S. District Court,
for an alleged defalcation, brought in a
verdict of NOT GUILTY on the 34th
ult. Instead Of Mr.. NJ, being a de-
faulter, it appears tho government is in
debted TO him in the sum Of 81, I,594 Sc.
Union,
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-01-07

U The following short advice, by
William Penn, should be kept in the
minds OF all young persons who think
of committing matrimony:-"Never
marry but for love, but see that thou
lowest what is lovely"
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-01-07

U The latest Partisan fashion is
for the ladies to dress entirely in blue.
Ladies go to the theatres in blue bon.
nets, blue gloves, blue shawls, blue
boots, and, in cold weather, blue noses.
They are blue all over. ~
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-01-07

DC The British papers in Canada,
manifest the same feeling upon that of
the Presidents Message which relates
to Oregon as some Of the British papers
this side Of the line. They think it is
calculated to give needless offence to
"Great Britain"
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-01-07
Correspondence Of the Pittsburgh Post.
WASHINGTON, Dec. %, ls4B.


l have not much TO offer you this
evening, in the way of congressional
news. Both houses adjourned, after a
short setting, to meet again on Satur-
day.-The Senate previously elected
chaplain in the person Of Tustan, chap.
lain to the late Congress.
The bill providing for the extension
of our laws over the state of Texas, and
making 1t judicial district, g., w;s
considered and ordered to be engrossed
for third reading.
Mr.. Benton. from the Committee on
Military Affairs, reported a bill provid-
ing for the raising of corps of sappers,
miners and frontiers, also a bill TO re-
vive the office Of Inspector General.
Mr.. Webster presented number of
remonstrances against the admission Of
Texas into the Union as slave state;
which he desired to have laid on the ia.
BILE; as they might apply to the con.
templated annexation Of Cuba-the oh.
ject for which they were designed be.
ing thwarted by the previous action Of
Congress.
In the House Of Representatives, a
resolution was passed directing the
printing Of map that accompanied the
Presidents message; and an attempt
was made to 60 into the election Of
superintendent of the Folding Room
an office hitherto in the gift Of the Door
keeper, but which was taken out of his
hands by resolution of the House a few
days since. While the proposition to
go into the election was pending, a mo.
ton was made to adjourn, which was
carried. ~,
Ibelieve I have before taken occa>
sion to allude to the spirit Of industry
which seems to characterize the menu
bers of the present Congress. A three
days adjournment for Christmas,-
which has usually been made, to include
New Years and sometimes the Eighth
Of January-is another sample Of their
propensity for doing the work they
were sent to do. I'VE ,.;
The long mooted question as to who
shall fill the place on the bench OF the
Supreme Court, vacated by. the death
Of Judge Baldwin, a long time ago, Is
finally settled by the appointment Of
George w. Woodward or, rather, /
should say, by his nomination. 1t will
undoubtedly be sanctioned.
DUQESNE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. ~, ls45. y
In the Senate to-day bill was rs>
ported from the committee on Public
Lands, providing "for the establishment
Of ia permanent pre.emption system in,
favor ofthe settlers on the public lands,
which received its first and second
reading.
Mr.. Levy withdrew his resolution
in relation to the Islands of Cuba. He
said that he did SO in Difference to the
wishes and judgment Of Senators with
whom he had conversed on the SUBJECT
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-01-07

was all day with him. He lay peepin
the fodder, and kicked mastery. l
hollered TO him, and axed if he was
hurtl--but he only grunted and kickeo
wuSser.
An last got hold of his legs and
pulled him out; and such lookin' site
guess never was heard on in these
partsl There he lay with his head
drove clean up to his shoulders in one
of Deacon Dimon's big hard shell
pumkins! and TO get out again he
couldn't, no how but kept foundering
about like evrything broke loose
Hold still, Jim,' says 'and I'll fix it,
so when he got easy took stone, and
standing rite over him, you know, let
her drive. II smashed the pumkin any
how, and come plagy near drivin'
Jim's smeller down his throat, in the
bargain. But pretty soon he got up.
and began to spit and chaw, and sputter
and then he began to cuss land sich
orful wicked words !-'Darnation to
golly gracious' says he, if this amt jest
the last spreel ever did see! Whoop!
-Chaw me into shoe stringsifI didn't
think | was clean into the middle Of
next week, when l was only in that in
farnal punkin Whew this is the last
punkin sass ever did eat, for sartin,-
Jemima! Prudence, but your bonnet is
knocked into cooked up hat! With
that he wiped the curry off from his
face and pulled the punkin seeds out Of
his hair. But says he where's the rest
of your trowsis.' Say nothing about
the trowsis,' says ], where's the dea-
cons mare? Sure enuf,' said Jim, and
we started for her. We found her on
her side, in the barn yard, and if she
wasn't as near dead as any of us, then
boss flesh don't kick over easy-for as
sure as snakes, the bits was broke rite
in the swivel, and we'd pulled the head
stall eenmost to the old sarpint's shoul.
ders tryin' to hold her inl lfshe warn't
about choked for once then Pm mistak.
en-. But, towsomever, we got her up
and took the harness off and put the
wagon together, when that was done,
the way the old mare went into the
paster amt nothin' to nobody. There
is some things connected with this Pair
in Bee, that I never will tell to nobody
and that is whether the Deacon ever
got his other shllin, and another what
mother said about my trowsis next
mornin.' and another how got my
boots of-though to be fair should say
they was both found split up in the in.
step next day. But there IS some
other things that I'd as Ileves folks
would know as not-and one of them is
that my shin was scraped from the
knee, half way TO the ankle, on the wag-
on railin' when we went over, and
another is, that Hetty Gawkins got
cut on The other side of her face, which
makes her mouth draw down on both
sides alike, and now she's more hom,
lier and dresser than ever. Whether |
ever used any more soft soap IN my
boots is nobody's business.
Respectfully yours
JEDID1AH PARSLEY.
Pertater .Holer. Down East, Nov. !.
ls45.
PSI forgot to tell you how the
gals, and especially Helty Gawkins,
Yot home that mite, and | shant-cause
arter what happened most any body can
guess.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-01-07

OThe whig State Central Com
mittee has issued call for Delegates
to attend Convention to be held in
Columbus on the 9TH Of February, to
nominate the man that DAVID TOD
is to defeat on the I'd Tuesday of Octo.
Der next.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-01-07

G. J. McNuLTY.-A nolle prosequi
has been entered upon the four remain
ing indictments against McNuIty, and
he has been set at liberty.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-01-07
ECLIPSE OF TIE SuN.-Robert Treat

ECLIPSE OF THR SuN.-Robert Treat
Paine, distinguished Asti onomer in
Mass. in recent publication predicts
a partial eclipse Of the Sun throughout
the United States on the 25th Of April
next, (ls46.j Its. obscuration will be
about five digits in Illinois, seven. in
Massachusetts, and gradually increas.
ing as one approaches the island Of Gu
ba, near the middle Of which, it will be
total.
The next solar Eclipses (Mr. Paine
predictsI will occur, May 26, 1854,
Aug. 7, 1869, and May 20, 1900.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-01-07

HIRAM Bowen, A. H. LEWIS, H. A.
SWIFT and DR.. T. G. SHREvE have
our thanks for valuable Pub. Doc.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-01-07

U There is town East, where
the cows are fed upon fishes. Their
milk is the scaliest that is served in
the Union,
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-07-25

Pecuiiarities Of Literary Men.
JOHNSON used TO bite his nails to the quick,
an intima,ion o: his dogmatism and crustnesS
ADDISON WINS remarkable for the irregulari,y
of his pulse. but his heart was believed to be in
tho right place and OF proper demensions'
PoPE was Of frame SO feeble that he was sc
customed to brace himself up with stays padded
with cotton. lie occasionally found time also
to lace his enemies!
HrxE, the historian usually composed while
reclining upon a sofs. He did not search FOR
fame. but she came to visit him.
MENACE, while sciences covered his head
with laurels, used to cover his feet with sever.
al pair Of stockings.
BEN JoHSsoN used to sit silent in learned
compsny. and suck in,' as Fuller says. not
only his wine, but their several humors.' Like
Shakespeare he held the mirror mp to nature,
but chose sometimes to look into the glass him.
self
MAGLIABEcHI, librarian to the grand duke of
Tuscany. and q very learned man, was fond Of
pet,ing spiders, the webs Of which he would
not suffer 10 be molested. He seldom left his
books. ate, drank, and slept among them. thus
Initiating the domestic propensities and indus.
try of his strange favorites.
RossEAU used To knit lace strings when in
the company Of lili,erate people. for the pur-
pose Of concesling the unessiness which their
gsbble gave him. He preferred his lace strings
to their long yarns.
CowLEy boasted with much gsyety Of the
versatility Of his passions among many mistres'
ses. but wanted even the confidence to address
one. To HE tender fair one. he made no ten
der.
STEELE constantly preached economy tc
Others. but forgo, to practise it himself He
was always in debt and once pulled the nose
Of an sequaintancs ~ho hesiitated to lend hin
q large sum Of money. Certainly curiou'
way Of obtaining draft!
BLooxvIsLD wrote most Of his poem, the
Farmer Boy with chalk. upon the top Of . psil
of bellows wind instrument until this tint
probably unknown to the choir Of the MUSES..
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-07-25

me to the middle Of the room, and bump against
Simon. who had been reused from his roof by
Dorothy's fire he black ss an incsrnats devil
and as beautiful cream color az ever was
seen.
We stood moment as we encountered each
oiher--then simultaneously sprung towards the
door, and as we beggared the winds in the
swiftness Of our retreat, the evening breeze
joned in tho laugh against US, as il bore the
sound oftheir merriInent after us, for nearly a
mile.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-07-25
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Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-07-25

A JUG AN EMBLEM OF THE ilrMAN HEARr.--
The jug is most singular utensil. A pail, ium-
bier, or decanter. may be rnsed, and You may
satisfy yourselfb optical proof that it is clean
but the jug has little hole in the top. and the
interior is all darkness. No eye penetrates il
no hand moves over the surface. You can
clean it only by putting in water, shaking il ~
and pouring il out. II the water comes ont
clean. you Judge you have succeeded in clean
ing the jug. and vice versa. Hence the iuF
is like the human heart. No mortal eve csn
look into its recesses, and you can only judge Of
its purity by what comes out Of it.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-07-25

BATTLE PIcruRE. painters, Of known
and acknowledged artistical ability. NJ. Chatl'
Ion, of Paris, and NJ. Deville, the scene painter,
Of the Orleans THEATRE are about to proceed T.,
the Rio Grande, with the view of visiting The
backgrounds Of the 9th and 9th of MAY, and
making themselves accurately acquainted .gin
what transpired while the two armies Were en-
gagged, and giving to the world on accurate pic,
ture of the same. They will algo lake porrsi,s
OF Gen. Taylor and his principal cificsrs, who
were engaged, in the battles, and group the df:
ferent corps Of the tive yrriies according to the
positions they occupied in the engagement of
the 9th. The dime .sions of the picture rot 70
be less than eighteen feet in length, BY = pro-
portionate height. The chief personsges on the
scene will he foot and half high, which viii
amply suffice to preserve the resemblunces.
N. o. Pic.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-07-25

INvErERATE sMoKEhs.-A correspondent of the
Troy Wing, writing from Cubs, says: The en-
tire population smoke cigsrs. In returning
from the theatre. the other night, where went
to zee the Ravels, saw ladies genteelly dres-
sed smoking their cigars as they were walking
home through the streets.
The barber smokes while he shaves you, tho
negro smokes as he waits upon you, the servant
girl smokes as she sweeps or cooks, the children
smoke; and, over the way are two or three
pretty girls who smoke the day through, and
cease not when the sun gives away 20 tha
moon