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Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-10-15

Behind the chapel was rack, ard on
both sides OF the rack were several rows of
gaIluws some miles in length, aad instru-
ments of torture ready for the unfortunate
victims. The punishments were in accord
anee with the degree Of cul lpability and sta
ton in society of the rebels. In the first
row of gallows the most guilty were exc
cuted; after being subject to the rack they
were quartered alive. The leaders had their
hands and legs cut off, and afterwards inn
paled on long spikes, and left to their horri-
BILE fate Their groaus were heard for miles,
and their bodies teasted the eyes of the panic
stricken population. In the second row of
gallows they were only quartered, and their
suf1;erings were, at least, shorter. In the
third row, the parties were simply beheaded.
In the fourth row, they were merely hang
ed. In the fifth, they ran the gauntlet and
the knout All the ecclesiastics were burn
ed. There were separate gallows for women,
marrien and maiden. Even children Of thir-
teen years were subjected to great cruelty.
Married couples we're occasionally hanged
on the same gallows, as well as whole fam
lilies. During the space of three months 49,
900 human beings were executed In presence
of Dolgourouki. Stenko Rosin's nephew
and particular friend was quartered. A
mong the female prisoners was handsome
nun, who over her female garments had a
male attire. She commanded corps of T.
900 men, gave more than once proofs of ex-
traordinary courage and great ability In the
field, and inflicted terrible losses on the
Russians. When summoned before Dol
gourki, she displayed a frmness and pres
snce of mind difficult to describe, and said,
if every one under her command had done
his dutv in such manner as she had done,
Dolgorouki, instead of erecting gallows,
would have taken to his heels. AS for a nun
in Russia to run away from a monastery,
is capital offence, she lay down quietly
on funeral pile, and was burned to ashes.
The dangling dead bodies of so many dead
veterans brought many crows and ravens,
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-10-15
WH0E NUMBER s25.

know tto well that our brothers beyond fhs,
waters, though defeated, still sbids their
time, !" for by that very defeat they have
been taught lesson in the book Of nations,
a nd only await the moment, Cop grant il
may be soon, the propi6ous moment 10
strike for freedom and Fatherland.s In the
me an time we can only hope for the best.
The destinies Of nations are in the hands of
an all-wise Providence whose designsit is
not given to mortals to fathom. 81
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-10-15
Resignation. !

szx AgSGya W
There is no flock, however watched and tended
But one dead lamb is there SIS s5i@asis2
There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended,
But has one vacant chair! "as-
The air is full of farewells tothe dying, s.,o
And MORNINGS for the dead j, -.grss,. !,
The heart of Rachel for her children crying Z
Will not be comforted! .s ,.--.-.. z.-s
Not from the ground arise, -tts ~ l@-
But oftentimes celestial benedictions
q Assume this dark disguise. @ .&7
We see but diinly through the mists and vapors
Amid these earthly damps t...5.. ..7t
What seems to us but dim, funeral tapers
May be Heavens distant lamps. .r i5
There il no death which seems to us transition;
This life Of mortal breath
II but suburb;of the life elysian,
81 Whose portal we call Death
She is net dead --the child of our Affection
But gone unto that SCHOOL, .' aa..=,s
Where she no longer needs our poor protection
And Christ himself doth rule -.e
In that great cloister's stiffness and seclusion
BY guardian angels led, 4.
Eafe FROM temptation, safe from sins pollution,
She lives, whom we call dead. ........-.s
Day after day We think what she's doing O. 10
In those bright realms of air; ...giefs ell
Year after year, her tender steps pursuing, {
~ Behold her grown more fair. ssi eatEa:s
Thus do we walk with her, and keep unbroken
The bond which nature gives, - - -,
Thinking thpt our remembrance, tho unspoken
May reach her where she lives. l., ,f.=-...
Not as a child shall we again beheld ,her-.-,
For when with raptures wild "a
III our embrace We again erfold her.
Sls will not be a child
But a fair maiden, in her Fathers mansion, ss
Clothed with celestial grace ;aer q: sret s#7
And beautiful with all the souls expansion
Shall we behold her face s7H -ra. .,ssee
And though attimes impetuous with eo,otion o.
And anguish long suppressed, -.....
That swelling heart helves moaning like theoccan
That cannot be at rest. ..r,.
We will be patient, and assuasethe feeling
We cannot wholly stay; -.i ci ta-st-l.la --.
BY silence sancsif ying. not conceafng .=ri15sa
The grief that must barezway. III .--1s
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-10-15
Up the Nile.

Blackwood's Magazine, in q Review Of
Werne's Narrative up the Nile, furnishes
the following description of some of the
starnge scenes passed through:
We Can think of few things more excit-
ing than such voy age as Mr.. Verne has
accomplished and recorded. Starting from
the outposts of civilization, he sailed into
the very heart cf Africa, up stream whose
upper waters, then for the first time, were
furrewed bv vessels ne larger than a savas-
es canoe stream Of ssch gigantic propor-
tions that its width at a thousand miles
from the sea, gave it the aspect of lake
rather than river. The brute creation
were in proportion TO the magnitude Of the
water course. The hippopotamus reared
his huge snout above the surface, wallowed
in the gullies that on either hand ran down
the stream-enormous crocodiles gaped a.
long the shore-elephants played in herds
upon the pasture = the tall girafes stalked
along the lofty plains--snakes thick as trees
lay coiled in the Shiny swamps-and ant
hills, ten feet high, tower above the rushes.
Along the thickly peopled banks, bordes Of
savages showed themselves, gazing in won-
der at the strange ships, making ambigu-
GUS gestures, var;ousIy construed by the
Adventures as signs Of friendship or hos
tility. Alternately sailing and towing, as
the wind served or not; constantly in sight
of natives, bat rarely communicating with
them often e.N off for days from land by
fields of tang led weeds, the ex-
petition pursued its course through innu-
fperable perils, guarded for the most part
from them by the liquid rampant in which
it foated. Lions looked hungry and saw
ages shook their spears, but neither showed
q disposition to swim and board the Aotills.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-10-15
Weighin' the Gals

Sum body says it uint fair question to
AK agal her age. The Old maids, reckon
sed mat. Now think it's fully as unfair
t. AK a gal her weight as it is TO AK her her
age, case lis a tufques,ion, SO it is, and
when you hears about weighin' Sally
Greeney, you will say so too.
You know cusen jeff, he is rale staver
among the gals, he is, and he don't care a
straw what he says to any on'em he don't.
Cusen Jeff cum over to nur house one
Sunday, and he ses tonne, 'Peie, let's go 10
see >qnlre Greeney's gals Agreed said
|, anu SO out we struck, felt ortul bold
when we first started, but somehow the
nearer we got to Squire Grceneys, the
worser skeered | was. wished we had
never sta rted, but it was too late now, SO
in we went. Squire Greeney's got two
gals, Sally and Be:sey, as nice gals rs yot,
ever seed, they is. They all seemed nigh.
ty perIite. and me and cusen jeff thought
we was getting on tust rate; we did. Sally
looked dreadful nice, tell you. l'd gin
the world if could only q foHnd sumthing
10 say to her, but | studied over everything
| ever had heard or thought about in my
whole life, bnt not the first word could |
| think Of nth sayin
Cusen jeff was all .he time talkin' like
| all natnr to Bctsey. After a while Sally
proposed we should all go and weigh, s.
out we all went, Squire Greeney going a.
long TO weigh US. When Sally's turn
cum, Squire Greeney he looked sorter
'stonished, 'Why Sally says be, you
weigh hundred and fifty Law par,
said Sally. 'Aint it Jcff, said the Squire:
yes, sir-ee' said Jeff: And sure enull
Sally weighing a hundred and fifty; the
newest crIller in the whole gang on US.
Well we all went back to the house and
arleF while seq the Squire, old oman,
Sally weighs hundred and fifty
mo she don't' said the old lady.
yes, but tell you she duz,' sed the
Squire, Don't she Jef'?'
i don't believe it, said the old lady.
We'll, we'll weigh Sally again, and
show you,' said the Squire.
oh, no, don't' sed Sally.
'Why not, Snlly?'
'Oh case its Sunday .......-
But will, though sed the Squire.
w odl WIS stiu uiS up uSiii, dHu TIC
Squire he balanced the stillyards to the
last kickup place and then he commenced
lookin' over his specks and counting his
fingers. Jeff sez he, 'how much is that
jeff, he looked over the Squire's shoul.
der, 'One hundred and thirty seven
YES sez the Squire, "a hundred anc
thirty "
Thar, now,' says the old lady, 1 tols
you Sally didn't weigh n hundred and fifty.
'Weli, how on earth did we make such
a mIstake,' said tile Squire.
4 know said Kate, Sally's little sister
'Hush, said Sally, shaking her fist a
Kate and turning as red as beet in the
face. &
Howl sed the Squire.
'Efyou do, said Sally, s'anping he
foot.
'But l will though sed Kate.
4 'Yes, tell said the Squire.
:. sally has took her bustle off"
Bring the cam,,hor here straight
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-10-15

aThe little darling-he didsnt strike
Miss Smiths baby purpose, did he! 1t
was mere accident, wasn't it dear:"-
Yes mar, to be sure it was, and if he don't
behave himself, I II crack him again.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-10-15

Chance for an Infsrence.-A little boy
Of four or five years, was much vexed with
his grandmother for boxing his ears, but
not daring to Sauce" the old lady directly,
he took up his favorite cat, and stroking her
back, thus addlessed her:-"Well, pussy,
wish one of us three was dead-and 1t
aint you, pussy, and it aint me, pussy"
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-10-15

PRETTY lnEA.-The woman Of sensl-
bility, who possesses serenity and gooo
temper amid the insults of faithless, bru'
tai husband, wants nothing Of an angel but
Immortality.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-10-15
Our Country,


proud aud enviable a position as ours al
the present time. When our pilgrim faith
ers landed on the shores of Plymouth they
little thought that they were laying the
foundation for s1ch a mighty nation as,
under Providence, we nave become While
other powers are being weakened OF over
thrown by internal dissentlons, and. anon
arches which have existed for centuries
.on centuries ave shaking and trembling in
the throes Of approaching dissoution,. this
sEepublic. stultds .tirnler Stronger and ,AAosc
Independent than it ever did before or the
most senguine person, fifty years ago,
could expected. Our commerce, too, is SO
rapidly extending, that but lew years
will elapse ere it will be beyond the reach
OF rivalry or competition; and England,
naughty, irnperious England, will be fore.
ed to submit that she is no longer mistress
of the seas. The mechanics OF this coun-
try are, without question, the most inveE-
tive, expeditions and skillul that can be
produced. The perIections to which they
have brought the applications OF steam is
truly wonderful. Considering the few
years which we have been in existence.
we are farther advanced in the fine arts
and literature than could be supposed; and
we are advancing SO rapidly in the various
branches OF each that the country will soon
be enabled TO compare t;evorably with any
on the face of the globe. Oar people, as a
mass are intelligent, firm and resoluta de-
tenders their rights What then can be
expected but success in all our unJerstak-
ings! While .despolic governments are
lettering to their base, America! happy
proud America! is destined to stand pre-
eminent ub,ve them all.-Saratoga Re
pubhcan
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-10-15
rIoN TO YRAMMv.s rs oBED1ENcE 70 G

to each individ lal- male or fsmale--n tai
Tot two or three inches long. they are
tcalied Ghtlanes, and are rarely more thar
ave feet high; bodies lean and seem weak;
nras long and slim; forehead low Sisd re.
ceding; ears long and 'defbrmed; mouth
wides and furnished 'withsteeth very si1aif:r.
Hints TO iiie Bald Headed. =
According 10 the following extrac. from
an editorial article in the Boston Medical
and Surgical journal, the easy and sure
way to prevent badness is to 90 bare
headed, or wear d Mell.ventiia,ed hat: 4
''A rsfnea, ,cIsiil ion has Brought with
i l1ssas sl { d i'm iii
the province 81 science to control or subiue.
Oar tight hats, our warm rooms, closely
fitting cups, silk night caps, from which the
perspirable M liter cannot escape, by their
combined agency, in connection with other
influences not always easy to define. bring
off th, hair prenaturely, and turn it gray,
sooner than personal vanity is willing to
exhibit such evidences of decay. And this
Is not all; the ska is actually in low state
Of disease, the effects of which are recog.
nized in The accumulation Of danruff-des-
quamation of the epiderrnis. The bIabs OF
the hair are inaamed, also, from the same
cause, and from year to year, the hair de
generates and become thinner, and not un.
ending in baldness. On all
that part Of the head not covered viz:
from the back side, between the ears and
on the lemple-the hair generally remains
to extreme old age, however. much the vor-
tex my be denued. Ii females wore
equally tight covering, the hair would
probably suffer very much in the same
manner, but their light, airy bobnets ado,t
OF ventilation, and hence, bald headed
woman would be a phenomenon. Who
ever saw q bald headed fndianY We have
had an opportunity of seeing various tribes
in all the freedom OF an unrestrane1
savage life-but a sparse head Of hair we
have never noticed. Atmosphere exposure
Conducts to the luxuriance of the hair and
q heallhful condition Of the scalp.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-10-15

MEN WITH TA1Ls.-A French scientific
commission has discovered q race Of men
IN Africa with tails, and no mistake. A
report was lately made to the Academy Of
sciences thereon. They are one remove
from the baboon, scarcely so handsome or
human as the ourang outang, but can talk
like negroes. They are terrible savages,
and one Of their peculiarities is fondness
for raw flesh, especially human flesh.
When they are kept as slaves, if not stuffed
] with raw meat occasionally, they are as
dangerous as beast of prey. The slave
traders, on this account. refuse to buy them
as they do not want their stock to eat eacl
] other up. .s.a ses., ~ ..a-
The descriptions Of them say that tn
prolongation Of the vertebrul column give
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-10-15
America Forever.
By BLANCHE wooDsuar..

America! what charms cluster nfouf,t
thy name. America! exelains the poet.
Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-01-27
FERRY NOTICE.

HDAI no attention to new humbugs, n:p es.
Il tdbiShed Ferries--cu rOddS-nelc bridges
and nep nigh cuts Keep the old well established
and plain road to the VAN BUREN, Ferry,
where you will find good new ferry boats-expe-
rienced. careful and obliging ferry-men and
charges cheap the cheapest. Drovers will
find this the best and safest point stock at
on the Arkansas river. They will also find a
good lot, Immediately at the Ferry landing, for
their accommodation. The farmer, by crossing
at this ferry, have the advantage of the Van
Buren market, where the highest prices are paid
by the merchants, for all kinds Of produce.
]. M. GLENN.
Van Buren,, Sept 26, lS47.-34-tf.
Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-01-27
Invaluable Family Companion.

XIX Lectures on Causes, Prevention and Cure
- of Consumption. Asthma. Diseases OF the
Heart. and all Female Diseases. 234 pages, 20 en-
aravin,s Paper so cts; bound IS cts. Mail to any
SbonIder Braces and Chest Expanders. So Mail to
any part, so cts. postage. lnhaing Iuoes, onser'
perfect, s8 to sIO for all Ruptures. Falling of the
RoweIs and Womb, and Weak Back, and Chest; sent
by Express everywhere. For Braces or Supporters
or Rupture Supporters. give height from neaa 10
above the hips. If Rupture, mention which slde
AGENTS wanted for the sale of the above goods. al
dsa DR.. S. S. FITCH,
7O7 Broadway, New York, post paid.
Feb "a IS4S lily. ..
Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-01-27
CanchaIagua Triumphant!

DR. TOWNSEND the celebrated manufactu-
~ rer of {" 3ounsend's SarsapariHa.' y had ad-
nitted publicly that the California Plant is tar
better than Sarsaparilla," and is the "cheapest
and best medicine in the world" Pamphlets con-
tanning interesting information as to Its remarka'
BILE properties in the cure OF fevef ana Asue,
Pulmonary Complaints, Nervous Affections and
Cu,apeous Disorders, from the most respectable
sources, may be obtained at the agencies, or will
be forwarded to post paid applications, per mail.
FREDERICK A. GAY,
Proprietor of ''Gay's Canchaagua."
Depot SO Broadway, New York.
july l, lS4S.-20. .. ....
Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-01-27

UST received by steamer Santa Fe, large and
- well selected stock of Clothing consisting of the
following articles:
PANTS-Black cashmere. merino alpaca, black
ribbed and fancy cashmere fancy linen, cottonade
and croton, sattnet and leans ...
co ATs-Back dress, frock, sack, and paletots ;
cloth, French and English merino alpacca, croton.
dress, SACK linen and cotton sack and Dress and Ken
lucky jeans. r.. ... ...-. ...G .-
VESrs-Black satin, figured and pains 1pacca and
common. Linen bosom shirts, drawers, ETC., etc.
TRUNKS, various sizes, for sale low for Cash or
Produce, by E. B. BISHOP g. CO.
August 10, 1S4S. ..
Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-01-27
CLIPPINGS.

II has been remarked by DR.. Graves, that as n
general rule. women are never afflicted with SIAM
mering of speech, although males OF the same ia
my should all suffer with it.
Brazilian Tea.-Specmens Of Brazilian tea,
received at Washington, are said to be fully equal
in flavor the best Chinese tea of a similar kind.
Strange larc in Egypt.-The Egyptian govern
ment has issued proclamation declaring It un-
lawful for woman to mourn more than threo-
DAYS, except for husband. If she mourns the
loss of child the government assures her that the
Supreme Ruler of the Universe will make her
tongue seventy cu5its long, with other disagreea-
BILE changes of feature not to be mentioned.
RoJberies in Mexico are more numerous than
ever. The same may be said of robberies in tho
United States.
The coinage Of gold dollars is again urged upon
the attention of Congress.
Indian difficulties still, continue in Yuca,an.
A cotton factory is about to be erected at Wash
ington, d. c.
RebeHious Hens.-A neighbor of our State says
that hogs lard is the best thing he can find to mix
with the dough he gives to his hens. He says
one cut Of this fat, as large as walnut, will set
hen to laying Immediately after she had been bro
ken up from setting, and thus his hens lay through
the whole winter.
Will some other experimenters try tho virtue of
hogs lard
A correspondent of tho London Times disputes
Lieutenant Lynch's claim to have first accom-
pshed the descent from the Lake of Tiberias TO
the Dead Sea. by the Jordan. lie says Lieut..
Molyneaux did the same thing.
The Dublin Evening Post says that most of tho
persons who have left Ireland for America, since
September, have been of the grade Of comfortable
farmers, and that more money has been taken
4 from Ireland in the last three months than Tor
three years previous.
| A horrible massacre is reported 10 have taken
Mace at the Feiee Islands. No particulars.-
Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-01-27
'on and Fort Gibson Packet.

NJ iHE undersigned would inform his
iriends, and the public generally. that
p naglng bnilt the ALERT No. 2, ex-
S ARKANSAS river, she will make REGULAR
P.son to Fort Gibson. He is confident
sScientiy light drawing but twelve
~ We year round, and will do so if the
eh'end to him reasonable portion of
IN. II is not his wish to monopolise the
hVer, and run all other boats out and
''mous prices, but to do an honest fair
&G, not wishing to take any advantage
Il, - Il invites them to give him a call, and
sr mem as comfortable and take them
any other boat of her class in the river.
. ]. P GREGG, Master.
Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-01-27
Drugs Drugs!! Drugs -!

- ECEIVING and for sale, at all times, the follow
N, ing articles, which Farmers, Physicians, Mer-
chants and the public generally are respect uy re-
quested call and examine before purchasing else
where:
Drugs and Medicines.-Calomel, Qunne, Rhu-
barb, Balsam Copaiva oes, Castor Oil, Chalk white
and red, Cream Tartar, Camphor, Magnesia, etc.
Patent Med dicines. Ac.-Bateman g drops, British
oil, Eye water, Essence Peppermint, Essence CHINA
mon, Essence Lemon Godfrey's cordial, Haerlem oil,
Laudanum Opodeldoc, Paregoric, Pills of all kinds,
Soda and Seidtz Powders, Oil of Spike, Quicksilver,
Red Percpt ate, Sweet OIL Sugar ead fancy and shaw
ing Soaps, Cloves Ginger, Nutmegs, Cayenne pepper,
Crome yellow and green, Lampback. Putty Venetian
ied, Terrasenna, Verdagris, Copal Varnsh, Whiting
Walls and Bottles assorted, etc, All for sale
low any in Arkansas, at the Drug store of
Sept %, l845 X. STEVENSON.
Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-01-27
List OF Acts and Resolutions

LlN Oh AcS aM keSOlull0nS
Passed by the General assembly, at its present
session, and approved By the Governor, up TO the
5M Janary, lS49.
An act to change the name of Josephine Grvna
to Josephine Maxey, &c. Approved, Nov. %.
Resolution requiring the Governor to issue five
section to William M. Burton. Approved Nov.
%.
Az act 10 change the time Of holding the
county courts of Scott county. Approved Nov.
25.
Resolution making committee on public printing
Joint committee, &c. Approved. Nov. 25.
Amendments to the constitution, adopted and
approved, Nov. 25.
An act providing for the collection of revenue
due from certain counties. Approved, Nov. %.
An act to authorize the sale of certain lands
belonging 10 James M. Matlock, deceased, in his
life time, Approved, Nov. %.
An act to establish the county Of Ashley. Ap-
proved, Nov. 80.
An act for the relief of Benjamin F. Woodruff
&c. Approved, Dec. 2.
An act to change the time of holding the pro.
bate court of Poinsett county. Approved, Dec. 2.
An act TO declare War Eagle, in Washington
county, a navigabe stream. Approved. Dec. 2.
An act to constitute James Maxey, of Newton
county, the lawful heir of Walter Maxey. Ap
proved, Dec. 4.
An act to call in the county scrip Of lizard
county. Approved, Dec. 7.
Resolution concerning Red river raft. APP
proved. Dec. 8.
An act TO amend an act TO incorporate the town
of Arkadelphia. Approved, Dec. 8.
An act to change the time of holding the
county courts in the counties of Newton and Car
roll. Approved, Dec. 8.
An act to change the military road in Hemp
stead county. Approved, Dec. 7.
An act to extend the time now allowed by law,
for sherifs and late sheriffs, to pay into the treas
ury the amount of State revenue, due from their
respective counties for the year lS4S. Approved
Dec. 9. ..a..
&c. Approved, Dec. IL.
An act to incorporate the town of Wttsbu-g.
Approved. Dec. ii. .-a
An act for the benefit of John Anderson. Ap.
proved, Dec. III. . H
An act to authorize administrators to use dis.
cretonary power in certain cases. Approved,
Dec. IL. a.. .I.I l..g.a
An act to change the time of holding the county
and probate courts of the county of Union. Ap-
proved, Dec. IL. rsr at
An act to extend the time for collecting the
arrearages of taxes, to sheriffs, and late sherifs
Approved, Dec. IL.
An &C: to prevent the failure Of tie next jan
uary term of the Supreme court. Approved
Dec. Is. re' .-,L-1r H.HI
An act to legaiize the sale of lots in the town
of Dover. Approved, Dec. Is. &
An act to empower the county courts to ap-
point notaries pub bic. Approved. Dec. Is.
An act to define the crime of felony. Ap
proved. Dec. Is.
An act to incorporate the town Of Batesville
Approved, Dec. 20.