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Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-09-13
Anecdote of the French Revolution

Kendall of the New Orleans Picayune
in recent letter written from Paris, gives
the following anecdote of the late insurgen1
war:
A, the commencement Of the last para-
graph | set out to relate a few anecdotes
which have picked up of the late revolu-
tion, some of which perhaps have not found
their way into the newspapers; but while
writing of recent events which have so star
tied the world, how easily is one led into
depression, or into speculation at the least.
After merely mentioning the act in rela-
ton to Barbes, intended at once to give a
story in illustration of the thousand schemes
resored to by tho nsurrectonists in order
to gain information, during the time the
conffic. lasted, of the operations in progress
against them in the parts ofthe capitol not
disaffected, rs all this was of immense i'm
portance,in directing their own movements:
Bound heart and soul to the fortunes and
nerson of one of the leaders of the insur.
gents was a young and intelligent girl,
whose researches in the way Of procuring
and transmitting intelligence were mex
haustible and never failed her. At one time
when the line Of communication Of the rev.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-09-13
On June 29th he says:

"The enclosed will show you how the
world wags.' One of those persons that
told to wait until his turn came was the
yound PATRON, who has $4OO or $500,
taken for rents due to his father. If you
know him-as believe you dol wish
you would fall in with him and ask his O.
pinion. | know it will be favorable, altho'
dill not pay him. because he sat within
my counter, and read the papers and drank
wine with me for two OR three hours before
the bank closed. y - y - Iftthe los n
with Baird was concluded, end you expec,
the specie on Thursday, you may perhap.
ask Caleb Baker to stay for it. limo. tel
him there will not be load next week. He
and every body else think have tons of il
on the way"
These extracts prove that in spite Of all
his whining about ''stated preaching" and
salvation" my pious friend was a consu,
mate hypocrite and vile liar. Who made
him so? Cass and Croswell, by getting up
run upon the bank, Can we as Chris
tians-as freemen of the North-as citi.
zens of a great contederacy-yield to these
thingsi No! We are treated with contempt
every where-Whigs and Democrats des-
pise us-and the very abolitionists make
from US. Let US kick up jolly row, my
friends. Who's afradl Hooray!
The honorable speaker here left the
stand, and shot for the nearest grocery, a.
mid promlscuous cheering, during which
the meeting adjourned
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-09-13
DE PlatfOrm!"

While the "Convention of Buffaloes'
were in session here last week, two colored
gentlemen were heard near the pump in
Exchange street, in an animated converse:
tion:
4 tell you wat it is, Mr.. Jason, l thinks
dat dey isn't gwine to get dis ERE platform
rite.'
'W-w-wat makes you tink dat,pompey!'
wy you see, Mr.. Jason, de fac is, dose
ere old chaps dat used to be in favor oI
dem suddern men don't care so much abou,
zee platform as dey do 'bout Massa Van
Burum, and Use aieard dey aint gwine to
fix 'em JUS rite
'Well, Pomp, I'se de greatis' confdunce
in de Liberty men of dat convention, ana
| thinks dey'll git 'um all rite. Dere's Brud.
der Giddums, and Brudder Mahan, and a
good many oders dats gwine to fix'em, and
Use conclude dat dey'll make 'um satisfac.
tuary.'
Yah! yah! yahp
What's dat you laffiin at, Jason?'
4 .affin at dat ERE little fat fellow wat
dey call Prestum King-guy how he 60
scuddin aroun' latin and talkin wild eyery
body!'
hat-Prestum King?'
yes, Prestum King. l seed him JUS lit.
tie vile ago talkin wild Mr.. Fred Douglass
-golly! feel'd so tickled wanted to jump
rite up and downp
60 way nigga-you s casting 'Aecshuns
on one OBJ de bestest men dat dare is in de
country-I'd JUS advise you to keep your
mouf shut and not make fool Of youse'E.
Here the communication was broken
of.-Bufalo Courier.
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John LittlejOhn.

CHARLES MACKAY
John Littlejohn was stauch and strong,
Upright and downright. scorning wrong;
He gave good weight, and paid his way,
He thought for himself, and said his say;
Whenever rascal strove to pass, j
Instead of silver, money Of brass,
He took his hammer, and said with frown,
"7He Coin is spurious nail it do,on."
John Littlejohn was firm and truo,
You could not cheat him in s'two and two"
When foolish arguers might and main,
Darkened and twisted the light and plain,
He saw through the mazes of their speech
The simple truth beyond their reach;
And crushing their logic, with frown,
SYour Coin is spurious, nail it do,on."
John Littlejohn maintained the right,
Through storm and shine, in the worlds despite;
When fools or quacks desired his vote,
Dosed him with arguments learnt by rote,
Or by coaxing, threats, or promise tried,
To gain his support to the wrongful side,
"Nay, nay," said John with an angry frown,
"Your Coin is spurious, nail ii doon"
When told that kings had right divine,
And that the people were herds of swine,
That mobiles alone were fit to rule,
That the poor were unimproved by school,
That ceaseless toll was the proper fate
Ofall but the wealthy and the great,
John shook his head, and swore with o frown,
"The Coin is spurious, nail it dO,rn"
When told that events would justify
A false and crooked policy;
That decent hope of future good
Might excuse departure from rectitude,
That lie of white was of small offence,
To be forgiven by men of sense,
NAY, nay" said John, with sigh and frown
"1he coin is spurious, nail it doun"
When told from the pulpit, or the press,
That heaven was place of exclusiveness,
That none but those could enter there,
Who knelt with the 'orthodox" at prayer,
And held all virtues out of their pale
AS idle words of no avail,
Johns face grew dark, as he swore with frown
'7he coin is spurious, nail 1t drpn."
Whenever the world our eyes would blind
| With false pretence of any kind
With humbug, cant, and bgotry,
Or spccious, sham philosophy,
With wrong dressed up in the guise of right,
And darkness passing itself for light,
Let US initiate John, and exclaim with frown,
THE Com is SPURIOUS, NAIL IT DOWN."
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-09-13
ISelected for the Portage Sentinel.
Peace be around Thee.

Peace be around thee, wherever thou roames
May life be for thee one summers day, .
And all Tint thou wishest and all that thou loves
Come smiling around thy summer way
II SORROW e'er this calm should break,
May even thy tears pass off so lightly,
Like sping-showers they'll only make
The smiles that follow shine more brightly
May Time, who sheds his blight DER all,
And daily dooms some joy to death,
O'er thee let years so gently fall,
They shall not crush one flower beneath.
A. half in shade, and halfin sun,
This world along its path advances,
May that sido the SUMS upon,
Bs all that e'er shall meet thy glances!
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-09-13

olut;onsts had been cut off by the capture
Of the city, and when it was more imporS
tant than ever to open correspondence be-
tween the isolated parties still contending,
this girl carried letter safely through a
score Ct lines Of sentinels, although closely
searched by oil Of them. And howl She
tore the letterthe leader Of enc extremity
Of the line had just written into bits, and
+crumpling them up worked them into her
hair hastily as hair papers! The ruse sue
|ceeded-she was not suspected. In a dis.
guise admirably adapted 10 the part, she on.
another occasion accompanied d poor old
blind aageolet player entirely through the
lines which 6 larded every street, and pre-
lending she was taking the mendicant TO his
lodgings, su cceeded in secrstng letter
in his fageolet in carrying through intelii-
gence Of direst import. The sympathies of
an immense number Of women, strange ns
it may appear, were with the insurgents,
and particularly Of the thousands of the uD.
fortunates with which the city abounds. Ii
would be uni st to say that majority Of
them took part in the strife, or directly aid.
ed at the barricades; yet it is certainly at
tested that some Of the more abandoned sug-
gested and carried out many Of tie afro.
cious acts Of cruelty and savage barbarity
which characterised the conflict it is Q.
ven said tn, { one Of them recommended the
diabolical plan of placing the young girls
of the boarding school in the Rue Fiepus
upon the top of one of the barricades about
to be attacked by Gen. Lamoriciere, think
ing that the soldiers would not have the
hear, to fire upon work thus surmounted,
while they themselves kept up stream Of
death upon all who approached. Can any
thing more damnab.e than this be copceiy-
ed-strong men barricading themselves a.
ganst an onslaught with the innocent in
mates of female boarding school!
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-09-13
Keep it before the Pe0DIe !

That Seabury Ford, the federal candidate
for Governor, was one of the principal lead
ers among the absquatulators of1S42, who,
by conspiracy and simultaneous move
ment, dissolved and broke up the Legisla-
ture.
KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
That, Notwithstanding all the hypocritical
cant of whiggery about revoutionary'move-
ments, the whig party is about to endorse
and honor the Prince of Adsquatulators,
Seabury Ford, who, with his associates in
the Legislature in 1912, entered into rev.
olutionary conspiracy, and broke up the
legislative branch of the government in
order to defeat the passage of a bill not even
claimed to be unconstitutional, ard which
was subject to alteration or repeal by any
future Legislature.
KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
That while federal whiggery hypocritically
clamors about revolution and rebellion a.
gainst the legislative branch of the govern.
ment, it honors and endorses revolution anG
rebellion against the same, by attempting
the elevation of Ford, the embodiment Of
disqualification, to the highest place of trus,
in the State.
KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
That the federal apportionment scheme Of
last winter was plain and palpable viola
ton ofthe constitution, and proposed fraud
ulent system Ct party representation-per-
manent because capable cf renewing itself
at the end of every four years, and calcula-
ted and intended to disfranehise from thirty
to forty thousand of the freemen of the
State, by keeping the law-making power
in the hands of the federal party, even al
though the democracy should carry the
State by from thirty to forty thousand ma
jority.
KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
That the federal whig Legislature of last
winter, in order to force upon the people CT
the State fraudulent system of party rep
resentation in the Legislature, set at nought
the Constitution, gave to a knavish trick
the sanction of deliberative act of legisla-
ton, and to conceal the fraud altered and
falsifed the public Records of the State, and
finally, to consummate the high-handed u.
surpation, gave the semblance of law to a
bill which had never passed the Legislature
by the requirements of the Constitution.
KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
That the federal leaders are attempting to
draw off public attention from the rebellious
disqualification of Ford, and the usurpatior
and frauds Of the last Legislature, by clam
orous and silly charges of revolution anc
treason against the Democracy of the State
KEEP 1T BEFORE THE PEOPLE,
That the Democracy, by the 10th of May
State Convention, proposed no violence, nc
rebellion; but on the contrary proposed q
peaceable but efectual remedy to preserve
the Constitution, and protect the people from
that usurpation and fraud of the fedora
party which, if unchecked, would inevita'
bly, result either in abjecttyranny, or drive
the people to open violence and revolution te
recover their liberties.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-09-13
The Yankee and the Pavement.

A few days ago, as Mr.. Josiah Purdey,
from the State OF Maine was endeavoring
to catch glimpse Of the rainbow in the
Park fountain, he was accosted very polite
ly by young man very genteelely' dress
ed and who by the Grape on his hat it would
appear, was in deep mourning. The
young man had gently tapped him on the
shoulder nnd as our Yankee friend looked
around he said-"l believe your name is
Purdey?"
"Yes, sir; that's my name," replied the
individual addressed
sYou are from Maine said the stranger.
81 haint from any where else,' replied
Josiah.
"Mr Purdey you must excuse me,' con
tinued the stranger for introducing mysel
to you, but saw you at the Howard house
to-day at dinner and being from the same
state thought [ would like to know you
nv name is Funk, Peter Funk, at your
service"
"Darned glad to see you," said Josiah,
shaking his hand cordially, show were al
the folks to hum when you left?"
sIn excellent heath-but | think Mr.
Purdy that will return shortly-I've go
tired of the city and would like to go home
but the fact is hate to expose my pow
erty to stranger"
"Darn drat the stranger-I understand
it all you are busted"
eyes," replied Mr.. Funk mournfully
sI'm dead broke-I have parted with near
ly everything, rings, breastpins, lockets
and other loved keepsakes-I've now moth
ing left but gold watch, the last relic''-
as he mentioned relic he grew sadder-'l
didn't mean to part with tit was left me
in my uncles will-God bless his memory!''
At this part of the conversation the pathet.
ic Funk was obliged to bring from the bot
tom of a very deep pocket very rec
handkerchief with which he wiped his eyes
in manner hardly called for-':Necessity
has no law you know Mr.. Purdy, and |
must sell it or put it up the spout-oh! it's
very hard he gave one hundred and seven.
ty-fve dollars for that watch at Tenney's,
and | would be glad TO let it 60 for halt
the money-if | was sure | could but get il
back-if was quite sure, | would sell ii
for sixty dollars"
"Wall, now, don't want to see you in
distress, III take your watch, so put on a
laughing face"
sYou will take the watch!''
"Sartin sure" said Josiah, "and there's
the money"
"May you live thousand years?" ejac.
ulated Mr.. Funk, as he grasped his hand
with the money very affectionately "may
you live thousand years. And now as
you have performed great favor for me,
III not be ungreatful-I'll do something in
return for you I'll put you in the way to
make your fortune"
"You will? Je-mi.ma! how you talk!''
"Of course you have heard Of the Russ
pavement?"
''Oh yes; I've heard tell of the Rushin
pavement in the papers-it's one Of the
capitalist things on airth"
''ln short time the whole city will be
paved with it, and the company will retire
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-09-13
Heads and tailS-FOrd and Giddings for
CaSS.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer says that the
Conneaut Reporter, whig paper in Gid
ding's own county, comes to US with Gid
ding name as candidate for. representative
doaUn. 1t goes for Taylor, Fillmore and
Ford, but no Giddings. 1t contains letter
from Mr.. G., however, in answer to some
charges preferred by the Reporter against
himself, to which the editerahas long re-
ply, showing up the F'bolter" in a most
caustic manner.
The Chardon whig paper barely raises
Giddings' name, but it looks so odd along
with Taylor ard Fillmore's (both of whom
Giddings bolts,) that the editor cannot say
word in favor of his election. How is it?
On this same ticket, Taylor, Fillmore, Ford
and Giddings, is head which repudiate its
tail, and tail which repudiates its head;
Taylor us. Giddings, and Giddings Is. Tay:
lor. This is not all; Taylor repudiates
Fillmore and runs with Butler-Ford goes
Taylor and Taylor goes Butler and Butler
goes Cass, consequently, Ford goes for Cass.
Again, Giddings goes for Van Buren and
Van Buren, goes for Adams and Adams
goes against Taylor, Fillmore, Cass and
Butler-consequently Giddings goes against
Taylor, Fillmore, Cass and Butler. But
Giddimgs goes for Ford and Ford goes for
Taylor and Taylor goes for Butler and But.
ler goes for Cass-consequently, Giddings
also goes for Cass. So this whig paper has
to support Giddings who opposes Taylor
and Ford who supports him, and yet Gid.
dings supports Ford. What pickle for
an editor! And what pickle for them all
"Oh, ho. what nominee
"Was Seabury Ford ofGeau-eEE!
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-09-13
BigOtry.

Monster thou art, unblest with human feeling
Unblest with ell that heaven calleth good!
Thou goest forth, no sentiments revealing,
Save that baptized in falsehood or in blood!
Thou hast no heart that heedeth suffering scaling
No tear to shed on Virtues early tomb;
Thy very yisage seems fend-like appalling
O'erspread with stains of guilt and clouds Of
gloom.
Thou hast no high and holy aspiration,
For pure existence in the courts of song;
Thou hast but one desire-to curse creation,
One monarch's will to do-that monarch
WRoNa.
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on fortune-it was an immense idea tba
of the Russ pavement, Mr.. Purdy i'm
mense." ,
81 kalkilate I'd like3to own share q,
two in that ere stock, ssaid Josiah, grow.
ing Interested, Il kinder reckon it aint n
bad piece Of property.
"You are right and I'll do you favor
when came to the city purchased fiE
ty shares of the escapiM stock of the Russ
pavement at one dollar per. share, being
rather bard up anaaaapt 10 leave the city
you see, Pm willing Is sell at a reduced
price. Fifty cents piece for my fifty
shares, think would be reasonable e.
nough'
ssSartn it is:" replied Josiah, "and cal
kilate III take them all-fifly more too if
you had the critters
'Sorry I,can't accommodate you" replied
Mr.. Funk, as he handed him what he call
ed San acknowledgement and received the
money-''sorry can't accomodate you
but never mind-you will find plenty Of chan
ces 10 speculate if you only keep your eyes
open. Before | leave you, Mr.. Purdy, al
low me to present you with season ticket
for the free baths at pier No. North Riv
er, and while think oft one to see the
elephant
"Never mind about the elephant, I've
seen the critter and fed him too, | have
when the show was to hum"
swell l'll see you o.morrow,' said MI
Peter Funk, and he babe Mr.. Josiah Purdy
from the state of Maine ''good morning. D
! When he mentioned his little affair with
the stranger at the hotel, he was told tha
he had been ''done for" and sure enough
on going before the chief of the police he
was informed that his watch was not worth
a copper, and that there was no Russ pave
ment company in existence; and that how
ever good the pavement might be, has stocb
was worthless.
Josiah on counting up the costs came Il
the conclusion that he had 3ied the critter'
in earnest.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-09-13

GFThe Chillioothe Advertiser of satur-
day -"Senat or Allen arrived at home
from Washington City on Saturday last,
and has taken rooms at the Madeira House.
His health has very much improved since
he left here last fall. He gives the most
cheering accounts of the prospects of the
Democracy in all sections of the Union"
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-09-13
John Van Buren, EIOquenCe.

Most, if not all of our readers have hearc
of that great and immaculate Barnburner
John Van Buren, but as few Of them have
ever had the pleasure of hearing him run
at the mouth, we present, for the especial
benefit of such, the following, which is said
to be one of his best and most eloquent eff
forts. 1t is copied from the John Donkey,
neutral paper, andshould therefore be col
rect. as it thought that there is lively sym.
pathy existing among all the members cl
That extensive braying family.
John Van Bursn's Speech at Geneseo.
Livingston County, NJ Y-Rsporfsd
exclusively and correctly for the John
Donkey.
Below we give the speech really deliver
cd by John Van Buren at Geneseo. That
which appeared in the New York Herald
is vile forgery, as will be seen by care
ful perusal of ours. We trust that our SUBJ
scribers properly appreciate our enterprise.
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The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-07-04

country as this-so grand, so great, so glo-
rious. Our destiny is as glorious as our
country, if we hold together, and do not
suffer sectional prejudices TO divide us.
We speak one language-our identity Is
the same-we are one consolidated people
and our success has hitherto been glo,
rious and Unprecedented. Shall we, then,
divide in feeling? No ! no! No mat
ter where our man is from. if he is an n
merican. Gen. Taylor, in his feelings,
knows no South, no North, no East, no
West. He is an American Where has
he lived ? In his tent for forty years
His home, for forty years, has been under
the American Flag 1.-THE flag of his whole
country. He is Il national mamie mas
lived eyery,chtre, wherever the nag
waves He is not Southern mamie
is an American He proscrlbes no one,
either of the North or South: and will
YOU prescribe him for the accident OF
birth and home? He condemns no man
for the institutions ofhis State. Will you
condemn him ? He a is kind, generous,
noble old mana true American in
heart.
The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-07-04
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE TRIBUNE.

| Washington, Monday, June 90.
Mr.. Dix in his speech to-day has disappointed
everybody, no less by the positions he has takcr
than by the ability by which they were supported
He has placed himself upon the VAN buren,
platform, beyond retreat.
He contended for the sovereignty of the United
States over territories. He maintained the DOW
er OF Congress to legislate for territories in all
matters, and proved lst by contemporaneous ex.
positions of the Constitution, 3D. by the invaria-
bic practice OF the Government; Sd, by judicial
interpretation the extent and the necessity of such
power.
He dwelt upon these three points with admira-
bic force. lie brought to their complete elucida-
ton and establishment variety of documentary
proof, much logical acumen, and directness of
language that never lost its purpose The atten-
ton of the Senate was not accorded TO him as a
boon he commanded it.
lie exposed the fallacy of the argument that
the citizens of territories were the best Judges and
most proper constructors of their own municipal
institutions. He contcnded that it was the duty
as well as the right of Congress to give direction
and vitality to the laws and institutions of all ter
ritorics.
1t was argued by some, he said, who wished no
positive restriction of Slavery TO apply to Oregon
that slaves could lot exist there and would not
be carried there. He was obliged to differ with
those Senators. He showed how vast was the
difference Of temperature between the Pacific and
Atlantic Coast-that the same degrees of latitude
were not lsothermal, j. E., did not possess equal
degree OF heat it was Summer on the Western
..oast while in a corresponding latitude OH the
Eastern Coast, everything was bound up in fet-
ters OF Ice. They had green peas in Oregon while
INC thermometer with was nearly at zero He
proved thus that there was no obstacle from tenn
Dcraturc Dreypnfinr the inn rf6fi and