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Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-09

TAxDERNEss.-Let any one endeavcr
to recall the image Of a fond mother long
since at rest in heaven. Her swee, smile
and ever clear counienaDce are brought
vividly to recollection. So also is her
voice; and blessed is that parent who is
endowed with pleasing utterance. What
is it that lulls the infant to repose7 II is not
words. There is no charm to the untanght
one in letters, syllubles and sentences. 1t
is the sound which strikes its little ear, that
scothes and composes it TO sleep. A few
notes, however unskilfully arranged, if ut
tered in soft tone are found to possess
magic influence Think we that this in.
huence is confined to the cradle? No, j: is
diffused through every age, and ceases not
while the child remains under the parental
roof
Is the boy growing rude in manner and
boisterous in speech? know of no instru-
ment SO sure TO control these tendencies, as
the gentle tones of mother. She who
speaks to her son harshly. does but give to
his conduct the sanction of her own exam
pie. She pours the oil on the already rag
ing flame. '"
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-09
GROWING OLD TOGETHER,

You have promised that through life
We shall journey heart united,
Husband fond, and faithf ul wife, --.
And I trust the VOW thus plighted;
. Hand in hand, and side by side, ,..-...
Through life's storms and sunny weather
We ewill eur one fortune hide, .--s
g And at last grow old together. ~
What if times unsparing wing
OF some pleasures has beref usl
Let usnot by murmuring, ssz g..
- Lose the msnE that are left us, .see...ss.s,
hat though youth, and bloom depart
va Swift as birds oflightest feather?
Why repine with feeble hearth 5s.'A .--
6 Shall we not grow old together!
Few, indeed, have been our years,
= Yet enough our hearts to bind, love;
And to show how many tears -aa ..a
in life q brightest cup We fad, loEel
Since, in our united youth, t---s. g
Wetwain sperted on the heather,
;. Dearest, it is meet, in truth,
- Thatwe should grow old together2
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-09
infamous Forgery.

We have been presented with the Whig
Almanac for ls4s, purpor,ing to be pub
lisbed by Greely & McElralh, the propri-
e,ors Of the New York Tribune II is n
work of "a pages, and got up for the pnr-
pose of propa eating whig sentiments
Opening the book at page 81, the first
thing our eyes rested upon was a 5ase for
gery-- so proven and SO acknowledged by
even the most reckless Of tho federafpres
The forgery consists in forging the name
Of the President, TO a paper he sver sign
ed, and never saw, unless in the federal
papers which published it. Is this the way
to propog gate whig sentiments? Il yea,
that party must be- more infamous than
they were ever charged to be.
BY this Almanac making, we know not
how many more forgeries will be read and
preserved by hundreds who never saw and
never will see the correction, and by TiIers
it will be believed A like forgery against
private citizen would send the authors 10
the State Prison, but Mr.. Polk being Presi
dent Of the United States, he is considered
fair plumber by set Of scoundrelly poll
ticians, who would rob their fathers grave
if they could but glut their hellish appe-
tite for SANDER in no other manner. "
Base and infamous must be the party
who seek such aid to propagate their SEN
timents, and doubly Infamous the men who
would excuse or palliate the act or aid in
circulating the forgery, knowing it TO be
such.- Statesman.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-09

s'If I had n wife, ma am, shouldn't
mind it so much; should have sharer of
my sorrows then. And would be very
grateful if you would put another comfort
or ON the bed, since have none IN it. be.
lieve there is conspiracy against me to
drive me to mntrimony by freezing me in
to it-making it sort Of necessity!' and
poor old Roger looked desperate as he
reckoned the chances Of their succeeding.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-09

Silver leaf breaks at the l6O,0oOth part :
Of an inch, or three times the thickness off,
gold leaf. Silver can beabeat into platessot.
which / 1000 make an inch. <s,a.> =
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-09

Soap bubbles are airy things, but they
soon burst. Just so with men puffed up
with vanity. They make show for q sea-
son-sail on the current. but soon burst,
and nothing is left ofthem.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-09

Some one inquiries whether a bedstead
is bedstead, when it is little buggy? ~
A Yankee answers this question after
the true Yankee style, by asking another,
to wit: Whether o woman is woman
when she is q lille sulkn1 --- ~.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-09

"What is the matter with that mani"
asked passer by, as he recognized fell
low lying in the gutter. "He is slowed. -
Who slew him? "Old Jamaica. D. ~a'
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-09

Never rejoice in the misfortunes of 9th.
ers. Dark clouds may be rising which
may eysrshadow your own prospects. :
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-09

Contentment is the true philosophers
stone. The poor are rich that have it; and
the rich are poor without it. -
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-09

Two men were disputing upon their gen.
eaoligy, 81 can prove my family" said the
first, to have existed before the deluge."
And |" replied the other, "can prove
mine from ADAM .s sG..z
"And l mine before ADAM" rejoined his
opponent. -.. -- --.. .-.--...-
"You are right" retorted the second,
'ior before Adam theIe were no animals
but brutes." .-~ .-.-
"NEvER: SURRENDER .n-Amonp the
many sententious sayings of brave men in
war, that uttered by. a Dutch General.
stands pre-eminent. His Roman opponent
told him it would be useless to hold out. rs
he held the key to all his supplies; where.
upon the brave Hollander said, s.If all else
fail, we viii feed upon our left arms and
fight with our right rather than yield te
tyrants.' -. ....
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-09
5 0)e porta9e 5erltinel.
SAMUEL p. HARRIS, JR., p,,a, ,s,,rns
ROsWELL PATTERSON. 'HtlSAhAS'

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One year, payable after the expiration of
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One year, pay able after its expiration u 2,5t
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-02-09

rNo paper will be discontinued until all ar IT
rearages are paid except at the option of the Pub
fishers. SEsssssz, F.; ,z.5e. Is. rs#
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-06-02
Annual Meetin 6.

The 9th Annual Meeting of the WESTERN
A~Nri.SLAvERY Society will be held at Sa-
lem, Columbiana Co., on Wednesday, Thurs
day, and Friday, the 10th, 18th, and loth oil
August, commencing at 10 o'clock, A. NJ.
Let a full representation of the slaves
friends come up on this occasion IRON all
parts Of the Great West. The political lead
ers are marshalling their hosts for a conflict,
their followers are rallying by hundreds oil
thousands TO the support Of their party ban
ners. Time, and money, and labor are eX-
pended to secure their object. And shall the
friends of Freedom, whose faith should be
strong in the power of Truth, be lukewarm
and Indifferent while politicians are so ear
nest in their labors, SO u%ntiring in their zeal!
The events Of the past year should encourage
US to renewed effort, for every movement OF
importance which has been made, having any
bearing upon the question of slavery, fore
shadows the destruction Of the system, and
the oppressors feel that it is so. The polili-
Cdl pdIHGS VII ildh6 d u6SptIdNt tlOIl ~ SdNt
themselves from the destruction their corrup-
ton has brought upon them; and the efforts
of the abolitionists TO maintain and enforce
the Right should be proportionably great
Arrangements should be made at the coming
meeting TO continue the anti-slavery agitation
by the lips of the living speaker, and to ex.
tend more widely the circulation of the So.
ciety's paper-lhe Anti Slavery Bugle. Lei
none of the friends who can be there, absent
themselves for any light cause, fo. the pre-
sence of all, and the counsel of all is desira.
BILE.
Besides the friends of Liberty in the Yves
who will be present on the occasion, HENRY
G. WRIGHT and CHAs. G. BURLEIGH are eX
pected to be in attendance, and perhaps othe
representatives of the East.
LOT HOLMES,
Recording Sec'ry.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-06-02

Three years ago, there was no paper in the
West which advocated the doctrine of seces-
sion from a pro-slaveiy Church or State
The Society felt, that without one in this
field it would be almost impossible to make
a permanent impression upon the public mind,
and the "Anti-Slavery Bugle" was.accord-
inrly established. We believe that the Sec
tarians and the Politicians do not over esti-
mate the importance of the Press-they see
the necessity of sustaining the papers which
advocate their principles or policy; and the
Elk. Committee have sometimes felt disap-
pointed that too many of the friends of Dis
union have failed to see the need of extend
ing the circulation of their paper. We wish
it were otherwise, and in this we speak not
as editors, but as friends Of the slave. The
relation we hold TO the paper, was not one OF
our own seeking-indeed, we took upon us
the editorial management of the Bugle as a
temporary arrangement, to continue only un-
til the Committee could get better suited, and
our enhancement stands thus at the present
time. We shall therefore let no feelings of
false delicacy prevent the expression OF our
opinion in regard to anything connected with
The paper. We think that arrangements
should be made at the coming meeting to
place it upon a more permanent basis, and II
every one is willing to labor, its circulation
mirht be doubled, and that without a great
deal of effort. Although lis subscription list
at this time, is not sufficient to meet the eX-
penses of its publication, yet we presume 1t
comes quite as near it as any other antl-slave-
nv paper in the country. Those who expect
that reform papers will sustain themselves
and live without effort on the part of their
friends, are egregiously mistaken, as they will
find by reference to the history of any such
journal. To propel a craft against the strong
stream of public sentiment, requires constant
toll; and we believe there are enough Dis
unionists in the West who sufficiently under
stand the philosophy of reform to comprehend
this truth, and act accordingly.
If there are those among the protested
friends of the cause who desire the destruc-
ton Of the Bugle, and are continually proPhe-
sying its speedy downfall, and who regard
the Western Society as a useless piece OF
machinery, we trust that the croakiDg OF such
will deter none from doing their duty and
we hope that the reply which is made will
be seen in the large gathering at the August
meeting, and in the impetus which shall then
be given to the cause of Freedom by a con-
cert of action on the part of its friends. To
do this, needs but a long pull, A STRONG PULL,
and A PULL ALTOGETHER.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-06-02

Let us labor and wait.

MAssAcREs AT PoRT-Au-PRINCE.--The
Courier of last evening publishes a late letter
from Hayti, which contains the following pa
ragraph:
Haiti has been again the scene of bloodshed
and murders. We learn that the brigatine
Queen Victoria, of Trinidad, Captain Tucker,
from Port-au-Prince bound to Hamburg, with
a cargo Of coffee, &C., put into Morant Bay
on Tuesday last to purchase stores, as none
could be obtained at Port-au-Prince in con-
sequence of the state of matters at that place;
and that Capt. Tucker reports that he has
brought dispatches from the British Consul
there, to Commodore Bennett, on this station,
requesting that a vessel of war should be i'm
mediately sent TO Port-au- Prince, where a
serious disturbance had taken p~lace-a large
number (some say upwards of a hundred) of
the colored population having been mastered
by their black brethren. The cause of this
outbreak has not been fully mentioned, butt
is said that the lives of people Of color We're
daily being sacrificed in large numbers
This determination on the part Of the blacks
to exterminate the browns had been brewing
for a long time-in fact, since the tyrant So
loque, has been President-and it is now be-
ing realized with a vengeance that none but
savages would be guilty of committing. So.
The Commodore, we learn. has been unable
to comply with the requisilion Of her Britain
mic Majesty's Consul at Port-au-P Prince, there
not being a single vessel of war at Port Roy.
al at this moment, excepting the guard and
store ships, which are useless in their presen
state.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-06-02
From lie PaasJaryh Saturday Pioitcr.
A Scene On the Mississippi.

1t was on the 18th of November, 1917 that
took my departure from the Crescent City;
on board of the steamboat Gen. p, OF
Cincinnati, Capt. r.. While lying in port,
there was a young man of noble appearance
came on board and took births tor himself and
wife, for some port in Indiana, and paid the
fare: but when he brought her on board Of the
boat, the captain told him that lie would have
to take his wife down on deck, for he thought
she had some nigger blood in her. Here
some words followed between the husband
and captain, which ended in putting the lady
on deck, and refunding the passage money.
They informed me that they were from Ba-
ton Rouge, and were on their way to Indiana
to purchase a farm.
The young lady had at her breast one of
tho fairest and prettiest children that | ever
saw, apparently about ten months old. The
mother was of a truly feminine appearance;
she had long black hair, dark blue eyes, and
a very delicate form. Soon after she came
on board, the boat was put in motion, for her
destination up the Father of Rivers. The
weather was fine, but rather warm for that
time of the year; the evenings were very
pleasant, in fact, it was the only time of en-
ioying ourselves. There might be seen in
every direction small troops of passengers
promenading the decks, watching the vessels
as we glided past them, as it were, with light
ming speed. Some were discussing the po-
Icy of the present war, whilst others were
looking forward with pleasing anticipations
to the time when they should see their
friends and relatives /; all was life, animated
life; the boat herself seemed to feel her i'm
portance, and darling through the water with
majestic strides, she left a dark cloud of
smoke suspended in the air like a banner
Far astern in the wake of the boat could be
seen the rippled waves, sparkling in the rays
of the Moon, giving strength and beauty to
the splendor of the evening. But our happi-
ness was not long of endurance, for upon the
boat landing at Natchez, the captain infor
med the authorities of that town that he
thought he had on board of his boat a young
runaway slave. They of course repaired i'm
mediately TO the boat, but could not find thei
victim, until she was pointed out to them by
the Capt. They then dragged her ashore anC
put her into the Gdol until her husband coulC
get what he had forgotten, namely, a certifi
cate showing that he was legally married Il
her. The boat showed Off and we left then
in tears. ! could not myself, detect anything
in her countenance or conversation, that woul
condemn her in the North from walking il
the highest circles Of society. Now, this
but an every day occurrence, in the South
where the institution of slavery prevails, an
yet Northern Christians have nothing to d
with American slavery. But more anon.
Yours, &C., TRAVELLER.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-06-02

all come together and stay together till they
were shipped, when the child could be taken
back again to Grant county. The slaves
were not informed Of this arrangement, and
only discovered it by accident as they were
placed in jail. They then resolved upon the
dreadful deed, and the mother cut the throat
of the child herself, the husband cutting hers,
ana then attempting to complete the great
sacrifice, by the immolation Of himself; three
victims on the altar Of Slavery, offered up as
the price by which alone Freedom might be
gained. Was not this, Love stronger til IN
Death, overcoming him, and making him the
guide to the glorious Freedom of Eternity.
II Is said that the man-slave was so much at
tached to his master that he not only would
not run away, but would prevent others from
running away. lie was one of your ''model
slaves" one of the "happy, ft and sleek"
ones, who are a standing reproach to North
ern fanatics, and yet, in one day his heart
teaches him the lesson that Freedom Is dear
er than life. How ungralelul was this ''mod-
FL slave" how careless of his masters well
= fare, how reckless of the arguments which
have been piled upon his willing shoulders,
and based upon his happy heart, how forget
full Of the blessings Of the peculiar Institution,
when once he heard the voice Of Mature
speaking in his heart, and lifting up his hand
found that he lcas a slave. How those fet-
tiers melted of from his soul in the burning
blaze of love, and lie tossed his unshackled
arms and shouted. "Freedom in Death
Forever united in Free Eternity "
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-06-02
Murder and attempted Suicide.

We learn that a Mr. Rust, living back Of
Covinglon, on Tuesday, brougnta slave man
and woman with two children, TO the Jail in
that place, and put them in a cell for safe
keeping, intending TO send them down the
Iiver,'' at the first favorable opportunity. In
The morning it was found the man had cut
the throa; of his wife and children, and at
tempted to kill himself by cutting his own
throat. He was alive at the time of our in
formation, and it was thought that he might
recover. What his motive was we have not
learned, but il is not hard TO find o~ne1sufi-
cieat. To a slave who despite his debase-
ment, has the heart of a man in his bosom,
the sugar fields Of the South are a hell, to
be gladly escaped from by death. We can
well imagine that in the dim light of his rea-
son, if seemed TO him a holy deed to place
those whom he loved in that grave where
there is no masters whip, and all are free
alike in the eye of the Great Master Of all.
His hand would not tremble nor his hear
fail, when the vision Of the lash and its
shrinking victim, OF the sweating field, oil
the ~Seraelio and its compulsiye inmates came
up before him. Half barbarian as he is, rude
and degraded, in his heart there lurked a con
yietion that he had a right to his own, anC
his poor reason showed MIN out one way II
exercise that right. The knife becomes t(
him a sacrifcial one, and he blesses the edg,
that is to make him and his free. 1t is a ma
tural sentiment, and our horror is not for III,
deed but for the accused and Accusing sys
TEN which left him no way but this.
Since writing the above we have learne
that the supposition we have made is true
and that the wife was not only willing Blu
anxious to die. 1t is thought that the ma
will die. 1t is to be hoped so. The catas
4rophe of this new enactment OF Pirginiu!
should be no other than death. Our hOrro
of the deed changes TO admiration and on
heart thIobs att.
We learn that the slave man and woma
concerned in the Virginius-tragedy over I'll
river, were to be sold down the river Will
4he child was to stay behind. They WEI
much opposed to going down the river, BIT
would have been quiet had the child been
long. The 4fadeT proposed that they shout
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-06-02
Historical Re%COllectiOnS Of Ohio"

This is the title of a valuable and interes-
ting work by Henry Howe of Conn. which
has recently been issued from the Cincinnati
press. 1t is the seventh State history of the
kind which has been published, and will be
the means of preserving many valuable facts
and "reminiscences of the pioneer that would
have otherwise been lost. 1t is a volume of
nearly 600 pages, handsomely bound in en-
bossed morocco with gilt embellishments, has
a beautifully executed frontispieee, is illus
trated with III wood engravings representing
the public buildings, the principal streets &c
of the various villages and cities throughout
our State, and contains a well executed map
of Ohio-the engravings alone cost the pro-
prietor $1,000. 1t is written in an unpreten-
ding style, is so simple and attractive that it
would interest the school boy, and its facts
are so valuable as TO render it worthy a place
in every library.
The author visited personally seventy
nine of the counties of Ohio, and collected
his materials from public and private docu-
menis, many of them heretofore but little
known, and industriously gathered up facts
from the earliest settlers Of the State, or their
immediate descendants. The work presents,
in short, a complete history of Ohio-its
geography, its geology, its statistics, lis every
thing. 1t is a record not only of the present
furnishing condition of the State, with its
lake and river commerce, its thousand villa
ges and fruitful harvest fields but in it we
read a history of the past as far back as the
time when the axe Of the settler first broke
the silence OF its forests, when the waters of
the Erie were only disturbed by the passage
of the Indian canoe, and the hardy trad er but
rarely ventured to launch his fat-boat on the
current OF the Ohio. 1t presents many a gra-
=, phic picture of the toll, the privations, and
the dangers to which the Western pioneers
were subjected; and when we remember that
all this was dared and endured, as it were,
but yesterday, we can hardly persuade our
' selves that so brief a period has effected so
great a change as we now behold.
$ The author expended $4,000 to prepare his
work for the press, and we know that the
bills of the paper-maker and printer would
d greatly swell this amount. We trust he will
e be remunerated for his outlay, and that every
family in the State who can pay So foI lhi:
70 large and valuable work, will procure a copy
lie 1t is not sold in fanny bookstore, or by any
OF other persons than his regular appointed a
j. gents, who are now canvassing the diGreren
lie counties. A. G.. CHAMBERS is the agent 70,
Columbiana Co. and if any of our friends O
" subscribers wish to examine the work befor,
,e the agent waits upon them, if they will cal
here we shall be glad 10 afford them an on
portunity so to do.