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Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-04-27
WHOLE NO. 1872.

Oh, no; meihinks from all her wild, green
mountains
From valleys where her slumbering fathers
lie
From her blue rivers and her yelling foun.
tains,
And clear, cold sky
From her rough coast, and isles, which hun.
cry Ocean
Gnaws with his SUGGESTION the fishers
With white sail swaying to the pillows mo.
Round rock and cliff
From the free Preside Of her unbough, farm.
From her free laborer at his loom and
Wheel.
From the brown smith-shop, where, beneath
the hammer,
Rings the red STEEL
From each and all, il God hath not forsaken
Our land, and left US to an evil choics.
Loud as the summer ihunderbolt shall waken
A PEOPLES VOICE!
Startling and stern! the Northern winds
shall bear IL
Over Potomac's to st. Mary's wave;
And buried Freedom shall awake to hear it
Within her grave.
Oh, let that voice 60 forth The boudman
signing
Bv Santee> wave, in Mississippi's cane.
Shall ieel The hope, within his bosom dying,
Revive again.
Let il go forth The millions who are gazing
Sadly upon us from afar, shall smile,
And unto God devont thanksgiving raising,
Bless us the while.
Oh, for your ancient freedom, pure and holy,
For the deliverance nfa groaning earth.
For the wrong'd captive, bleeding, %crush'd,
and Iowly,
Let it 60 forth !
Sons Of the best Of fathers! will We falter
With all they left We peril'd and at stake
Ho once again on Freedoms holy altar
The fire awake
Prayerstrengthened for the trial, come 10.
gether,
Put on the harness for the moral fight,
And, with the blessing Of your heavenly
Father,
MAINTAIN II RIGHT!
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-04-27
Trouble in the Wiswam.

A late number Of The Cherokce .3droc1ie con-
tAins a letter from which we learn that some
trouble exists among the Missionaries to the
Indians. 1t grows out Of the division in the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and we pre-
sune has no other foundation than Southern
jealousy. The circumstances are best ex-
planned 10y the letter itself which we copy
"WEsr jersey, WYANDoTr TER'Y,
January l6, lif9.
"MR. EDIroR believing that the Cher
okee nation feel a deep interest in the =" veal
or woe" Of their Wyandott friends IN the
West, drop you a few hasiy lines convey
ing 90 YOU and TO your readers a /" birds eye
view =" of the state of affairs amongst US. |
deeply regret that this information should be
anything but gratifying 10 you and your rea-
ders, as it is, 10 us, a source Of deep NORTH
cation.
A bitter and rancorous religious controver-
sy has attained foothold amongst our people
growing ont Of the late division of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church into a Northern and
Southern organization. Last fall some of
the official members Of the Church, melted
thereto by Influences from Ohio, peliiioned
tina! Conference 10 send them a preacher 10
reside in their nation as their Missionary {;
notwithstanding they were, and had been,
supplied win ministers from the lndiah MIS-,
SION Conference me more sensible ana
moderate por'lon OF me churrh UheinoeLS WIN
'le authorizes OF me hat'on immediately ior'
waided a protest 10 mat Conference against
iheIr senu'"g'a Pesafhef' Sld1hS d. 'he same
i'ne mat as a people, Wey were periecty
sil'shed WIN remaining uhofr tne pastoral
Cna'gt CT '"e cmuIr" SCUM =, lno'"" nt'Ss,oH
rohltre"ce' '"Fy ",So Po'"'eu "u' III uh'
ncn'''es anu u"hgft ''"' "on'n ''''I" ,nem;
II 'hty u'Su,'SssG 'ne'I Pds'oi anu suost'u'e"
one from 'ne NORM "no' Whale'fI ms pro-
'esslon ml4hl oe 10 me contrary "ou'u De
an Aoo''''oh's' al nea"' anu strange as !,
may appear YET, us ''"e 'n"' '"'' grave anu
reverend oouy OF u'''hts' so e'gel 'l Gun
quesl ana so ue'e,"h'heu II 'ne!' u""o'y c'u-
saue dga'nS' 'Ie "ou'", "Ppo.n'eJ d i,
ley an irish"hi"' anu ds JtHtS"ee ana 0cr'm-
P"Shed a "e$"" as 'ney 'oulu n"u III me-
oody' In que ume no arrived, anu ne Is
mere now ostens'oly 10 P,edGn '"t EosP,'''
but OF thls ne GOES nut '''le' MS mission oe'
Ing Tor a quite dli'rreh' purpose mat OF pre-
Jndlclng and poisoning me mlh1S oil me wy
andan,s against me chu'cn SCUM
The prominent men ~ ms seclon are
Gray Eyes, na'i'e local Pieac"er' W.
Clark and j. NJ Armstrong me government
Interpreter "inorousno[ed ApoiI'oh''s'-
lhese men WIN ,he,' h'e leaGt'' WI uu,,
ley seem 10 nave Ia'u as'ue 'T'g'o' anu "'
re restraints OF conscience ana entered 'h'C
the c"SteSt WIN, a bitterness ana tel2e,iy o.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-04-27
Victorious Battle in Exchange Street.

Last week a female entered a saloon on
Exchange Street, where beer and strong
drink are sold, and commenced throwing
wire glasses, tumblers, &C., at the head OF
the clerk, who, after lodging the shots for a
few moments, made his escape at the back
door. Being left in possession OF the castle,
she made a general smash up Of pitchers, de.
%cdnteTs, glasses, &C., and .un leaving the sa-
loon, took up the iron window-bar and smash
ed the front window and door; then stepped
into her carriage and drove OF. The reason
she gave for this assault was, that they sold
her husband strong drink after she had re-
peaiedly requested them not TO-. A large
crowd of men and boys soon collected, and
if the countenance is an index of the 'in'ards,'
nearly all were highly graliied at the daring
exploit. :.
| do not approve Of such violence, yet un:
der all the circumstances, cannot but regard
the act with much lenity.
Women are equals, friends, playthings,
tools. just as men please. Mere things, rob-
bed OF their rights and left 10 the mercy or
cruelty OF men. A man may drink, gamble,
do Just as he p~leases-may sqnander his last
tarthing and turn his wife into the street, or
into The woTk-house, after she has toiled hard
for years 10 secure a home, and she can have
no voice in enacting laws for her protection.
Therefore if it is right for men 10 make war
on other nations, or TO execute penal laws on
offenders and protect themselves by violence,
it is right for women TO carry out the same
spirit in their own defence. Women and
children are the greatest sufferers by rum.
and as they can have no voice in e%naciing
laws for their own protection, while men can
make just such laws as they please, they
have, at least, as good a right 20 demolish
grog-shops, as old Zach had 10 shoot Next
cans; yet after all, ! cannot approve of the
doings Of either the hero of Buena Vista nor
she OF Exchange Slreet.-POriiand Pleasure
Bout.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-04-27
State Common School Conventions.

The Commute of Arrangements for the
National Common School Convention,
which is 10 assemble in Philadelphia on
the 22d of August next, beg leave, res
rcctlully and earnestly, 10 recommend 10
The friends of Common School Education
in the several States of the Union. to as.
.1emble in State Convention, attheir res
peciive~ capitals, or at some central loca.
lion, on or before the FOURTH DAY
of JULY next, for the purpose ofappoin-
ing delegates 10 the National Convention.
and iransacting such other business in
reference 10 the interests of Common
School Education within their borders,
as may be deemed expedicnt. 1t is de-
sirablc that the number of delegates from
each State be at least equal to its repre-
s~entation in Congress. and that a fuli
delegation should, as far as may he prac-
licabIe, be secured. State or Local Con-
vcntions of Teachers, Superinlendents.
or other asscmblages Of the friends Of
education, are also respectfully requested
to appoint delegates 10 the proposed Ma
tional Convention.
65-Editors and publishers of newsPa-
pers throughout the Union, are earnestly
requested TO pulish this notice, together
with the notice recommending the Ma
lional Common School convention.
By order Of the Committee.
JOS. X. CHANDLER, Chairman.
A.. j.. WRIGHT, Cor. Sec.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-03-28

An Irishman on his arrival at Boston
few years since. sought employment as a
laborer, and finally obtained an engage
ment on one of the islands in that harbor.
Pat had never seen duck in his life.
Shortly after entering on discharge of his
new duties, a brood of chickens and anoth.
er of ducks were hatched, both by hens.
The owner put both broods with one hen,
in order to save the service OF the other, and
told Pat, as he was short of meal, to be
very saving in all his allowance of feeding
them. Pat made small dish Of dough and
commenced feeding his flock when he was
struck with the fact, that about half had
broad short be axis, and shovelled up the
dough very fast, while the others had very
sharp beaks and got but little of the allow
ance. "Arrah, my darlins," says Pat, sfair
play is jewell; III be just after putting
you upon an aqual footin. He started for
the house, got pair of shears, caught those
that had shovel beaks and sheared them
down to the calibre Of those ofthe sharp
beaks, put them down, and said, "wag a.
way, you spalpeens: | am tould this is
free country, where every beast and bird,
are aquals-so no exclusive privileges, my
darins, if you please.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-03-28
Information on the Brain.

$50 I'd Doctor Quill is dead,' said Mrs
Partlng,on as she put an extra piece of but.
ter on her bread, ''they do say that he
died Of Information of the brain; but they
mustn't try TO make me believe such an un-
probable story as that! Information on the
brain, truly! why he was the greatest fool I
know on; cant help laughing at his pre-.
sumptuous. ignorance. Why didn't he at
one Of his lectures one cold night last win
ter, try 10 make me believe, with specta-
Gle ordinance, that the sun was nearer the
earth than it would be in the hottest days in
the summer! and didn't he try to suppress
on mind, when he called on me, that time
is money?-Oh the dolt! Why, there's
Cousin Slow he has his own time-he
was never known to do anything but loaf
and the world knows how poor he is. Oh
you can't make me believe such stuff.
wonder what will carry me off, if be died
of information" and she arose from the ia
bic flushed with excitement.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-03-28
FIeHT BETWEEN A FRoe AND RAT

i0hI DE W EEN 1 NV anu "A 'AA
"A desperate encounter took place be-
tween frog and 4 rat. at brook near q
slaughter house of Mr.. Uriah Wiggin, in
this town, few days ago. 1t appears that
d rat came down 10 the brook to drink. and
discovering frog, " with force and arms"
made an attack upon him, by making
firm grasp with his teeth; no sooner did
the rat make his hold than he frog plunged
into the water, dragging his antagonist
with him, where he remained until the rat
was compelled to let go, and make for
dry land, closely pursued by the frog. AS
soon as the frog appeared above water he
was again attacked by The rat, and a second
time the latter became the subject for cold
water bathing. This feat was several times
performed, until the rat from exhaustion
and drowning fell prey to his antagonist.
After the frog became fully assured his an
tagonist was dead, he seated himself upon
the dead carcass with all the complaisance
imaginable, where he remained for nearly
an hour, exulting as, it were, over his hard
won victory. Several persons were pres.
ent and saw the fght:-Douerl ~ H. Ga.
zette. ....-
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-03-28
sEitt f)ortase 9entinel.
QnE EU1URE.;s !.

= ~!
afe ccallh apsed thon ensssd
Wbsn De svord shall gather rust, s.
!. kndthe helmet, lance and falchion,
Sleep IN silent dust
Earth has heard too long Of battle, "
Heard the trumpet's voics too longi
/ But another age. advances,
( Eeers foftold in song.
In the past, the age Of iron,
Those who slaughtering met their kind,
Have too often worn the chaplet,
Honor's hand has twined.
But the heroes of8the future
I Shall be men whose hearts are strong;
Men whose words and acts shall only
War against the wrong.
Butthe sabre, in their contests.
Shall no part no honor own,
Wars dread art shall be forgotten,
Carnage all unknown.
Years are coming when forever
Wars dread banner shall be furled,
And the angel Peace be welcomed
Regent of the WorldI
Hail with song that glorious era,
When the sword shall gather rust,
And the helmet, lance. and falchion,
Sleep in silent dust.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-03-28

up foresail, and let her slideI cried the
young hero, as soon as he could draw breath
after his Educking.
+ The crew did so, and the next moment
the little boat was flying in towards the
harbor before the blast, like glad sea-bifd
winging its way to its young ones nest.
+ The enemy opened a harmless random.fire
Of grape shot in their direction, but it only
served to tell the anxious watchers on board
of Goes vessel that somethinghad occurred.
The latter therefore, at once showed their
lights, and enabled Frank to make a
straight course for her. g.
1t was but halfan .Aour after the first gun
was sEirsa bg RsAHa, that the boat afsihs
young adventurer rounded.to, alongside Of
his own craft. ~ ~
Have you captured the lagp cried the
sonora, as Bennett bounded over the side.
The only answer she received was the
banner, wet as i, was from the water, and
cut in two pieces by the ball which had
been fired at its captor.
The lights of the vessel cleaned not half
so bright as did that lady's eye when she
caught the noble youth to her arms and
kissed him again and ngain.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-03-28

this reason: we have hnt trife over half
the year IN which to export our produce
The merchants that buy our pork and other
produce late ia the fall and winter have b
keep It on hand til the flst u May: Iosng
thesuse d their capital exposure 70 spoie
and the risk Of The market Tor fhis verY
reason; pork buyers 81 Cincinnati were CIR
ing so toto cents, more Oh hundred, than
was given al Ravenna the past season of
butehering 3. s.3sf. 4 81 /.
Two years ago last winter wheat was
selling fot 81 Is per bpshsl ii DE city of
~ ssssnlgy aa rsuizs
q busheT; this was more than dollar on
bushel difference, But what was the diff.
ference when navigation opened2 Not City
cents brshel; 50 thet every farmer that
sold his wheat in the winter, if we had had
a railroad at that time to Philadelphia or
New York, would have realized more than
fifty dollars profit on every hundred bushels,
I will mention another benefit that viii
result to- US in voting for this tax The
money will be expended in this county. and
be distributed among its inhabitants. / viii
inform you that from the best information
that I can get, this county sends to market
yearly, more than thousand barrels of
pork. On this one article we should drealizs
two thousand dollars of extra profit by ha-
wing railroad to ship it of immediately
I have not stated but few Of the many rea-
sons that should induce us to vote in favor
of appropriation,
A PLAIN FARMER.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-03-28

! Lake to the Ohio river and to the sea-board.
The very favorable character ofthe country
through which this part Of the line IS loca.
ted, will afford access to the road at consens
lent points along the route-by branches or
by plank roads-thus enabling farmers to
convey their livestock and produce to points
whence distant markets could be reached
with speed and safety.
IN some of the Western States, lines Of
road. destitude ofthe advantage d position
enjoyed by the Cleveland and Pittsburgh
RAILROAD. have been found profitable invest
fimehts. 7. 9 /. 4
The Madison land Indianapolis railroad
had net profit last year of % per cent; a
dividend Of IA Or Is per cent, was made
leaving the remainder to be applied to the
payment of old loan for construction.
The Mansfield and Sandusky and the
Little Miami and Mad River roads have also
made handsome dividends; although none
of these roads can control business at all
to be compared with that which awaits the
opening of this road, and they have labored
under disadvantages as many and as great
as this road can possibly be subjected to.
To show the opinions entertained by in
tefligent persons abroad, it may be well to
refer to the views expressed by the talented
editor of the Rail Road IN. W Journal; !;
who, after having reviewed and commented
upon the reports of all the leading railroads
in the country, thus expresses himself, in the
conclusion of his remarks upon this
road -
After giving a synopsis Of the estimates,
&c.-he says that as the Cleveland and
Pittsburgh railroad "passes through the
the oldest settled portion of Ohio, through a
fertile and denseIy populated country, aboun-
ding in coal and iron, and connects Cleve-
land with the public works of Pennsylvania
by the shortest feasible route and can have
no rival road for many years to come, we
think that these facts are sufficient proof
that the route will be good property to its
stockholders, as well as advantageous to the
public. Its completion will add much to
the value of the railways and canals that
connect, or that are designed to connect, the
Atlantic and the waters of the Ohio"
Here we have the disinterested views oI
one competent to Judge of the value of the
road itself, and of it's influence on the bust
ness of other main lines Of roads; and it
would seem that after careful inquiry and
reflection, it will be apparent to all that " the
road will be good property to its stockhol-
ders as well as advantageous to the public !"
f.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-03-28

A humorous fellow, carpenter, being
summoned as witness on a trial for an as
sault, one of the counsel, who was very
much given to brow beat the evidence,
asked him what distance he was standing
from the parties when he saw the defend:
ant strike the plaintiff The carpenter re-
piled Just five feet four inches and hail.
Pray thee, fellow said the counsel, tho"
is it possible you can be so exact as to the
d;stanceP i thought said the carpenter,
that some fool or other might ask me, SO
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-03-28
From the Portage Coun,y Wing.
To tho People of Portage County
in reference to the Rail Road

| in reference to the Rail Road
! Vote:
| have been a resident of Portage county
for more than thirty eight years, and ought
to know something of its history and its in
terest The early settlers Of this county
thought it no hardship to give a weeks
work (beside their tax,) yearly in opening
the roads. A pretty heavy tax, say you,
this, for poor men, and wilderness to clear
up! But are we not reaping the benefits
of early opened roadse After we got our
roads passible, our farms partially cleared,
we found we had no market for our surplus
produce. We were glad to get 25 cents in
cash for bushel of wheat, and other pro-
duce in the same ratio, that we had to sell.
But what do you think we had to give for
what we had to buy? From Sc to $40 for
barrel of salt; and for nails from l24 to
25 cents pound; coffee so cts; sheetings
SO cents per yard; calicoes from so cents
to one dollar per yard, and other necessaries
in the same proportion.
This was our situation before our canals
were built We saw we must have chea-
per way of getting our produce to market,
we went to work, we voted to try our credit
we issued our bonds, we obtained money
on them, we put our "sholder to the wheeP'
and a canal was built; and what has been
the result? Let me give you a faint idea
by relating a conversation that I had with
farmer, living in the southern part of Sum-
nit county. He said 81 came to this
(then Stark) county 80 years ago, purchas-
ed tract of land, what was able to pay
for, Congress land not Yankee land)
cleared up my land, and raised produce, but
could not sell it for cash at home. I wanted
a market, so I went four miles east to I'm
iontown, and got six barrels made, hauled
my wheat six miles west to get it Toured
then hauled it to Pittsburgh, and sold it fol
three dollars barrel 1 lately bought s
farm adjoining mine, and paid $25 per acre
and paid for it easier than I could before
the canal was built at one dollar twenty-five
cents per acre.
You that were residents of this countr,
before our canals were made, know by expe
renee the truth of Mr.. DIS. statement
You will probably say we have canals, an
, that is enough, think very different, fo
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-03-28

Justice to the Families Of those aUho fell
an the Mexican War.-Among the acts
passed by the present Congress, is one pas
sed on the 24th ult.giving5 years half pay
to the widows and orphans of every officer,
noncommissioned officer and private, who
served during the late War with Mexico,
and was honorably discharged,or continued
in service during the time Of his death, and
whose death was in consequence of wounds
received, or disease contracted within the
line of duty. This is due to the families of
the gallant soldiers who fell in the service
of>their country.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-03-28

open throughout the year, the transit will
be more rapid and cheaper; which will in
effect place Us just 50 much nearer to the
lake Or river market or to the seaboard
whenever it shall be opened and united with
the eastern rail roads, which it soon will.
Finally, if we do not vote sfor Subscription
when we have the opportunity, we shall long
have reason to regret it.
sfe.1 A FARMER. /,
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-03-28
APpoRTIoNMENT BILL.

We have the gratifying intslligenee to
communicate, that most excellent appor-
tionment bill passed the House this morn.
ing, districting the whole state.F 1t is q bill
that will challenge all opposition, and one
that does honor to its authors. Lets pass
the Senate, and all discord in Ohio on that
disturbing question will be settled.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-03-28
Columbus, Friday, March l6.

In Senate, to-day, Mr.. Myers drew a
most beautiful picture Of the mode of book
keeping in the public offices The law
which appropriated large amount to pay
the domestic debt of the state, provided that
interest on the bonds should be paid until
redeemed. The books in the Fund Com
missioners' and Treasurer's offices in no
cases give single date to show when the
interest was paid. and the bonds themselves
have but the word redeemed upon them. A
wider door for fraud could not well be
opened, and, as Mr. Myers, said, one-half Of
the money said to have been paid for inter-
est, might have been pocketed without tho
people being any wiser therefor, or without
any clue being left to detect the fraud.
Mr.. Archbold made an able report on tho
resolution to call on the Board Of Public
Works to give the value of the Public
Works of the state, and the proba BILE amount
for which they could be sold.
Up to the hour Of taking a recess, to-day,
Mr. Speaker Randall had not announced tho
names of the Committee to investigate the
facts in regard to the alleged passage of tho
apportionment scheme last winter. When
the resolution to raise the committee was
first introduced, the whig leaders took the
| ground that there was not time to 60 into
an investigation, and with them the Speaker
voted. As if to make their declaration true,
that officer has so managed, that the time
since Wednesday night, which might have
been devoted to the investigation, has been
lost, to give him time to conduct the investi.
cation. How much longer time hs will
need, we are at loss to guess.