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The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-09-23

80 FROM THE STATE or MAINE. sfs&
The attention of the reader is called to the
following cert ficate of a remarkable cure eff.
fectsd by using only five bottles of Sands saf.
saparila. - FL 54gggsL .sKaa-4gfs4
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-09-23

!, " ROBINSON. WIN. WALLER. sAM'L. COLES.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-09-23

Times Of holding the Court Of Common
Pleas for 1850, in the l7th Judicial Cir
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-01-28
Minnesota.


The Cleveland True Democrat publish.
essa letter from lady-.lhe first teacher
whowent to St. Paul's, in Nj Minnesota, under
the charge of Gov. Slade.' 1t Is dated
December 1s, 1549. According to her ac-
count; this capitol Of the new territory is
very prosperous. A second school house
has been built. There are lawyers enough,
physicians enough. good supply of tie
clergy, and as many ''good school teachers
says the lady, as in ''any other place Of its
age in Chrslendom." There is also suf-
Eciency of that important class-the far
mers. The letter says:4 : rsss Eizz~>- ~
'sSaAis is athea only Thing that can see,
(seitesg aside, whiskey selling, to retard the
prosperity Of this land of promise. The
annuites paid by government to the Sioux,
Chippeway and SWinnebago Indians, are
now in circulation through the territory
The Red River and cranberry trade affords
not little profit, which with the fur trade
makes the amount of tnoneysin circulation
in the territory not little. But now this
must nearly all be sent below to supply
the inhabitants with The necessaries of life. "
The letter speaks in high terms Of the
fertility Of the soil, and says Of the climate:
':The weather has surpassed anything |
ever knew in New England. Until the first
of December it was us lovely as September.
Now slight snow has fallen, and we are
having n very comfortable winter, and
there can be no dispute but this is the most
healthy climate on the globe" s.-sy..s r..
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-01-28

A Plethora of Gozd.-According TO the
London Mercantile Gazette of November
28th, England is now, suffering. under q
plethora Of gold. In the Golfers Of the Bank
o., England there are nearly sixteen millions
lying idle; there is no way Of employing it.
1t is pouring in from Russia and California
but still the price must bs e3 It's lO4d per
ounce, according to Sir. Robert .Pesl's bill
and more than this, the directors of the
Bank Of England are obliged to buy it at thai
price, whether they require it or not, Of
whether it is worth it or not. at would be
just as reasonable" says this paper, "te
put a fixed pride by act Of parliament, upor
wheat, cotton, or indigo, as upon gold ir
the uncoincd state. y ,.--.-. ,-......<
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-01-28
slsgalar and Mysterious Pressntiment

= An Old lady named Montague, Of New
port, KY while sitting, in her chair at the
5reside, on Tuesday morning, in company
with her family, suddenly. rose from her
ssat, and requested those present to go for
certain neighbors, stating that she desired
!. them TO come and see her. die. She was
then apparently in good health. Her way
and nnunner were SO solemnly and seriously
earnest, that her request was. complied
with Immediately. The neighbors came
--Mrs. M, was seized with sickness, car
'ried 70 bed, and died in. the presence Of
those whom she sent for! She said before
she died, that,sb had received a summons
while seated ID the chair.-Cin. Com. II.
an may Learn.-A little girl went to
the study Of philosopher for FIRE. sBu'
you have nothing to carry it in, said be-
The gid took some cold ashes in her hands.
and piaded the live GOALS upon it. The phi
7osophsr threw down his books, exclaimipg
With all my learning, never should have
thought Of SO simple an expedient. And
4hds t is ever. The most learned. the mos
talented, as if Heaven would save then
from undue exaltation and pride of superb
sority, have only totcome in contact with
the comparatively ignorant and depressed
in the scale Of intellect to acquire informa
Itiou the highest practical use. % -
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-01-28
Business Of the United States.

From the tables appended TO the report
Of the Secretary Of the Treasury, much
valuable Information may. be derived
The goods or our oton growth and manu-
facture exported during the year ending
June 80, ls49, amounted 10 $132 $3.50, ,955,
namely: fisheries S.. .547,654, furs and
skins $50 ,225, ginseng 1875, 1855, other for
est products 5,o7e, 800, beef and horned
cattle products 2,058, ,95s; pork, hogs, lard,
e,245, Ss5; butter and cheese 1,654,l57;
horses. sheep, mules, .113,287; wool ST.
O15; wheat I,756, ,84s; -four 1I,2sO,5 $50;
Indian corn and meal 9,l35, ,994; rye meal
2ls,2 ,24s; rye, oats and other grain 1885,.
793; bisbuit and ship bread 354, ,3l8, pota.
toes SO 1913, apples SO. 90l, rice, 1850, 362
tobacco 5,804,207, cotton 66, 1896 967, all
other agricultural products 2,540, coal
lead, and ice, 165,62l manufactures
soap and tallow candles $627, $50, leather
boots and shoes, Isl, ,774, household furni
ture 2S7 ,342, snuff and tobacco 61a, ,044
iron 1905, l72, manufactures OF cotton 4,
933, l29, gold and silver coin of the Uni
ted States 956, ,s74, other enumerated man
ufactures 1882 1858, non enumerated man
ufactures 1,4O8,278, all other articles moi
enumerated 769,557. The value of the
goods Of foreign products exported free
of duty from the United States for the same
time was $l3, ,o3s ,s65, namely: gold ane
silver coin and bullion $SS4 ,447 TIA; tea g..
los, $50 lbs., 1,o94,897; coffee, l4,35O.
429 lbs /; $50, 400; other; free goods, 70,5ls
total free goods Sc, ,46s, ,5s9; manufac
turessof wool 2ol, ,4O4, Of cotton 81 1852
of silk 4O4. Os7, of silk and worsted cam
blets q, ,97O, of fax and hemp 245, ,495
all other articles 5,175,235. Total ex
ports, exclusive of coin and bullion $40,
35l, ,l72. sssss4szIts' "a
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-01-28

If you don't wish to fail in love, keep a
wav from calico. You can. no more stay
with girls without losing your heart than
you can play roulette without losing money.
AS Dobbs very justly observes, the heart,
strings of woman, like the tendrills of a
vine, are always reaching out' for some
thing to cling to. The consequence is,
that before you know it, you are ftgone,' y
like one legged stove at stree. auction.
ALBANY Dutchnlan. .r--- g. .- e. 'z.s
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-01-28

WHrsKERs Mrs Swisshelm, editrcss Of
the Pittsburgh Saturday Visitor, says ga
smoothly shaved or beardless man meets
ou- idea of manhood about as we'll as as a
square shouldered, shingle shaped woman
meets our notions of womanhood." Let
grow the whiskers now, ye lords of crea-
tion; here is one lady at least who does
not ''set her face against them.''
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-01-28

CHARLES LAMB ON DlsEAsE.-Charles
Lamb in one Of his letters to his friend
Carton, gives him the following advice
There is much more truth than poetry
in il: .5r @ .. -=
"You are too much apprehensive about
your complaint know many that are
always ailing of it, and live on to good
old age | know merry fellow, (you
partly know him who, when his medical
adviser told him he had drunk away that
part, congratulated himself-now that bis
liver was gone-that he should be the long
est liver Of the two. The best way in
these cases is to keep yoarself as ignorant
as you can-as ignorant as the world was
before Galen-of the entire inner construc-
tiuns Of the animal man; not to be con-
scious of midriff, to hold kidneys (save OF
sheep and swlne) to be an agreeable fc:
tion; not to know whereabouts the gall
grows; to account the circulation of the
blood a mere idle whirn of Hervey's; to &C.
knowledge no mechanism not visible
For once, fix the seat of your disorder,
and your fancies fux into it like so many
bad humors. Those medical gentry choose
each his favorite part one takes the lungs,
another the aforesaid liver, and refers to
that whatever in the animal economy is
amiss.5 Above all, use exercise, take lit
tie more spirituous liquors, learn to smoke,
continue to keep, a good conscience, and
avoid tampering with hard terms Of art
viscosity, serrhosity, and those bugbears by
which simple patients are scared into theil
graves. Believe the general sense of the
mercantile world, which holds that desks
are not deadly. 1t is the mind, good B..
and not the limbs, that toints by long sit.
ting Think Of the patience Of tailors-
think how long the Lord Chancellor sits
think Of the brooding hen.' srs .-.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-01-28

n period as is necessary TO secure success
ful results. ........4 az.
the law governing this In iitu ion is ia
many respects del, C i've, especially iu the
large amount OF costs required 10 procure
the tdln'ssion OF patients, and needs thor.
ough re, ision. to which would earnestly
invite the attention Of lhe General Assem-
bly,. The wants of the community will, at
10 distant day demand probably two like
Institutions in different sections oftae Stule-
An enlarged philanthropy and enlightened
forecast require that the public attention be-
early directed 10 this subject.
sssa0 nsthse2d d-sl Nsesea,hers-l lsa8sstsr r,iara.s
ber OF convicts in the Penitentiaty we're
four bundled and twenty FIVE. OF this
number there were taken from contracts
and applied 10 the work on the New State
House from fifty to one hundred and twenty
as the labor could be mos. advnntageously
used upon thai building; leaving upon ths
contracts only so many rs were supposed
to be necessary TO pay the current expei-
ses of the prison. Che health ofthe pris-
oners was unusually good up to the 30th of
June, when The Cholera first made its sp<
pearance among Them. ruging with great
maligniiy. prostrating in its course more
than thrse-lourlhs OF the whole number,
and carrying Off by death more than one
fourth. Thus the arrangements Of the
prison were III own into confusion, the
means exhausted by extra expenses and the
loss of about two months labor. In tbs
pressing necessity two thousand Eve hun
drsd dollars OF the Governors fund was ap-
propriated TO aid in procuring such necss-
saries and assistance as were absolutely in
dispensabe and demanded immediate par
tial payment. e. ,
Too much praise cannot be bestowed up
on the Directors. particularly upon The two
residing in this city, who gaveftheir whole
personal attention, and to the Warden end
all the Ofirers and Guards who remuined
al their posts, for their devoted exertiuns
and firmness through that fearful trial. as
to those citizens Of this place who nobly
and generously came 10 their relief. @
A mere particular description Of this
calamity together with detailed account
OF the affairs Of the prison will be- given in
the Report Of the Directors and Warden.
Durirg The prevalence Of the Cholera.
twenty-eight OF the convicts whose terms
Of service had nearly expired. or who
had rendered important services in watch
ing the sick and in aiding the Officers in
preserving the safety Of the prison, were
pordoned. Thirty others. including this--
teen pardoned by my predecessor. for good
cause shown. received Executive clemen-
cy, n,aking in all ffty-eight. its ID. -'s'
The whole number of prisoners
al the commencement Of The
year was 435
Received during the year 1855
Making -, ........s .s.' $50
Reduced by Cholera, lis
By other diseases. 6
By pardon by the Governnr, So
By pardon by the ePresidenlU.S.,
BY expiration Of sentence, So
|. By writ Of Error,
By escape, ..-.. 5-245
Leaving now in the Institution S35
The work upon the New State House
h., boo Il /, J,,hl
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-01-28

ID 3
of Holland; Ibrahim Pacha, Shah Of Per.
sia; Maria Edgeworth; Theodore Lyman
of Boston; David B. Ogden; Hon. Corne-
Illus Warren, OF New York; Hon. Join /.
Morgan, of New York City; Major w his
tier, Railroad Engineer; Marquis D. Alizre,
the French millionaire; Henry Colman the
Agriculrurallst; Col Washington Cushing;
DR.. Fuller, original editor the "'Albion;"
DR.. Brigham, oflhe Utica Insane Asylum ;
Hon. A. Newman, Of Virginia; DR.. Crol!ey,
R. C. Primate of ireland; Duke of St. AL
bans; Sir Edward 'Rnatchbull; General
SirsE Pagei; Major Gales; Professor Car.
michael, Dublin; Gen Sir Hector Maclean;
Rcbrt Vernon, patron of Art; Gen. Bel
KNAPP, Railroad Contractor; Lieutenant
General Sir Benjamin D'Urban; Bishop Of
I.ondaff; Hon. Richard Thomas, of Mary
land; Peter c. Brooks, the millionaire of
Boston; Madame Catalina; Dow, Lady
Ashburton; Col. r, S. Dix, U S. A.; Car
dinal Mezzofante,the Linguist; Sir Andrew
Agnew; Horace Twiss; Gen. Sir B, T.
Wilson; Queen Adelaide; Ebenezer Elliott;
George Knoop, the Violincellist; David
Hale; Harthy Culeridge; Dr.. Pritchard,
the N aturalist, Sir Charles Forbes; Earl
ECanaryon. 3. :, -55f5 k! taste3 a7- ssas ~
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-01-28
Balance applicable to the
payment the State debt. $433. 365 II

1t will De seen by this statement o. the
condition Of the Finances, that under our
present system, after discbarging all the
general requirement Of the State, the res,
has been punctually paid. and large bal.
ance annually applied to the ez'ipguisb-
ment of TINT debt.
The receipts from the Ca
mails and Public Works
during the year ending
November Is l54S. were $773 55l 81
,Ehe reee,g!s from The sane
source during The year
ending November Is,
1S49, are 73l 173 so
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-01-28
Leaving now in the institution

The work upon. the New State House
has been prosecuted with commendable ELL
ergy and success, though considerably re-
tarded by the loss Of convict labor for near.
ly half the season, in consequence Of the
mortality occasioned by the Cholera in the
Penitentiury. 1t is believed that larger
amoont than the appropriation Of last yenr
can be used during the coming yenr with
advantage to the building and economy Of
the State. The report Of the Commission
ers will be made as required by law.
The militia system Of this State h:.s so
totally failed under the law now regulating
it, that it would be difficult to find in any
portion OF the State sufficient force to
suppress disorder or enforce the civil law
The public arms which have been distributed
to the various Divisions, in many instances
are neglected and scattered in taverns and
other places, and wholly destroyed. By the
best information which can now be obtain
ed, there has been distributed TO militia Of
this state S,l67 muskets, 1882 rifles, H..
49S pistols, and 1854 sabres, with the &C.
coutremenls, which at the government
price, costs something over SIX hundred
and. ninety-t1oo thousand dollars. This
amount oil property should not be left to
wanton destruction. The Quarter Master
General hos, during the summer, mnde
every exerton in his power, within tie
limited means allowed by the Legislature,
to collect the arms and put them in repair.
Their condition can only be known by an
examination Of those returned, and now in
the Arsenal.
A full and detailed report from that off.
GER will be laid before you in due time.
would recommend that the Quarter
NJ aster General be authorized to collect
and repair the arms and place them where
they shall be safely kept until needed, or
until under some ew orgaI iz tim Of the
militia system, they shall be otherwise dis
posed of. and that an appropriation be made
for that purpose.
In pursuance Of joint resolution Of the
last General Assembly, calling on the peo-
pie to vote for or ngainst convention to
amend the constitution Of this state, q vote
of the people was taken at the election on
the second Tuesday of October, nnd the
question decided in favor Of calling con-
venlion by a majority Of all the votes given
for Representatives at that election. II
will therefore become the duty OF the Leg
slature TO provide by law for carrying that
!; vote into effect.
+ This state is one member Of great con
: federation Of states, bound together by eve
. ry consideration Of interest and selI-preseE
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-01-28
GOVERNORS MESSAGE
1entlemen of The SenMe. and q

y
I. House Of Representatives.
In obedience to the Constitution of the
Stale you are again assembled us The Res
resentatlves Of The people. 10 exercise the
high and responsible duties Of providing
laws for the welfare Of your common COZ.
sltuents. $50 s'
During the past year, while intestine dI.
visions and wars have devastated sene por.
ton of other countries. and the struggle
of the people for liberty has spread gener.
ialsanxiety and a3arra among the .aristocrats
81 me 0ld ord fof ne sttntTity N rfTeir
own Cover nments, we have reason to con.
gratnlate ourselves that through the benign
influence Of free institutions. and the bless
ings of Divine Providence, this Nation, oil
which our State forms no inconsiderable
part, has been left 10 progress on its onward
march, in civil. Internal, religious and all
other improvements that tend to national
happiness, prosperity and aggrandizement.
Since your adjournment, that dreaded
scourge-the Chdlera-made its appear.
ance In many of our towns and cilies. cloth.
ing them in mourning, and in IFS course
spreading general affi ction and dis,nay; YET
we have abundant reason for gratitude and
thanksgiving 10 God for the restoration Of
health throughout our borders ard for our
general prosperity ns State.
The laws regulating all the departments
Of State have been executed during the
past year with fidelity, and due regarG
to the interest of the State. full ano
detailed account Of the condition Of each
department will in due time befaid before
YOU by the officers on whom that duty by
law devolves.
The following s'a,emen, exhibits the Re-
ceipts and Disbursements during the year
l549. and the balances applied 10 The pay.
ment Of the State debt.
RECEIPTS.
Taxes paid into the State
Treasury. including Mis-
ceIaneous items, sl.27o.5o3 Ga
Taxes collected from Banks ~
and State Insurance com.
panies. 30 692 "a
Tolls received from Canals
and Public Works, ani
paid into State Treasury, 73l, ,173 SO
Dividends upon Turnpike
and Canal Stocks, and in --
cidsnal receipts, '' So 43,e03 81
Canal Lands sold, and pro-
ceeds puid into the Ireas-
urv. AZ 1875 OF
Schools Lands sold. trus.
funds. rents on Virginia
Military School Lands,
and other items paid into
the Treasury. 81. .Sl9 Il
Principal Of Surplus Reve-
nue. repaid By Counties. 1873 426 l.
lnteres, on Surplus Revenue
paid by Counties, 6o.336 =
National Road Tolls and
proceeds Of NationalR Road
Bonds issued, 1892 II
Three per cent. fund re-
ceveG from the United
S,ates, 1926 5.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-01-28

Total amount Of payments
into the State Treasury
. during the year Is49. $2,5l1, l19 81
DISBURSEMENTS.
Bills drawn upon approPria-
lions and paid at the State
Treasury, 3o|,loo Al
Common School Fund paid
10 Counties, 200, 900 90
Interest on Special Schools
and Trust Funds. and
rents on Virginia Military
School Land paid, 95, ,224 At
Interest on foreign Debt paid
in New York, 1922 1853 e5
Repairs Of Canals and Pub
lie Works. and incidental
expenses paid. 4o9,'593 II
Repairs Of National Road,
interest and Na,ionalRoad
Bonds paid out. 5I,o99 81
Interest on Domestic Bonds
mid 30 ,s2l %
Interest of one per cent on
Surplus Revenue paid TO
Counties, o,o2l ~
Incidental payments, s'7s2 ~
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-01-28

$131,650 25
67,736 90
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-01-28

We copy the following letter from the
Washington Union, which youches for The
scientific inlelligence and high integrity Of
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-09-21
SHERIFFS SALE.

DY virtue of certain writ of Lee. F06ias and
ID Ven. Erpoaaas, to me directed, will be sold at
public vendue or outcry, on Monday, september
80, 1850, at ten o'clock, A. NJ. at the house of
VIM. Weaver, in shamokintown, the following
described property, VIZ
.au these seventeen Lots Of Land,
situate in the town of Shamokin, Coal township
in Northumberland county, and numbered IN the
general plan of said town, as follows, to wit
Nos. us, IA, IT'S, 176, TT. l7s, i7s, $50
lsl, 100, isi, l9s, 1913, l94, 1875, 1886 and 1877
ALSO:
The undivided half part of 55 town Lots situate
in the same town and numbered II, IL, 10, "a
IS, So, 90, 81, 90, 90, "a, s5, SO, 100, lol, iia
IFS lie, III, lls, ll9, l20, l24, 10, 10, lao
f47, 14s, 149, 16o, 15l, 1852, i5a, i5f, i5s, lot
| l57, 1853, l5s, los, l6e, 1877, l6s, 1863, l1o, III
l72, 1872, iss, is4, is5, 1885, is7' 1885, and is'-
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-09-21
ALSO.

The undivided halfpart ofthrce squares Of Land
situate in said town between Commerce street on
the north. Spurzhem street on the south, Rock
street ON the east and Washington street on tho
west.
ALSO,
The Square situate in said town between Com
mcrcc, Washington, Independence and Liberty
streets.
ALSO:
The Square situate in said town between Liber
ty, Independence, Orange and Commerce streets.
ALSO:
The Square situate in said town between Conn
mercc, Orange and Independence streets, and the
western end or side of the said town. viz the
whole of the last described two squares Seized
taken in execution and to be sold as the property
of John G. Boyd. in the hands his admir-. with
notice to tcrrctcnants.
ALSO:
Two certain contiguous lots OF land situate IN
the town aforesaid, bounded north by lot oi JOS
Zern, east by the Danvile and Potsvillc Railroad,
south by lot of Eckel, Spangler and Raiguel, and
west by Sbamokn street, each of said lots being
2si feet in front and 100 feet in DEPTH on one OF
said lots is erected two story Frame Dwelling
House. Seized taken in execution and to he sold
as the property of Daniel Kerstctter.
ALSO:
At one o'clock P. NJ, on Saturday the 2Sth
day of September next, at the Court House In
tho borough of Sunbury, a certain Tract OF Land,
situate in Upper Augusta township in said county,
bounded north by lands of Sarah kean, cast by
lands of Bastian's heirs south by lands of the
Widow Savidge, and west by land ofSarah kean,
containing 81 acres more or less, whereon are
erected frame dwelling House frame Stable
and Saw Mill. Seized taken In execution and
to be sold as the property of William IL. Thomp-
son.
ALSO:
A certain Tract of Land, situate in Point town
shin in the county aforesaid, bounded north by
lands of William Cameron, east by the North
| Branch of the Susquehanna River. south by lands
of the heirs of Leonard Pfoutz and vest by Mon
tour Ridge, containing 80 acres more or less,
whcreon are erected a two story Brick Tavern
House. frame Barn. a Wagon Maker Shop,
Black Smith Shop, and, also three tenant houses.
Seized taken in execution and to be sold as the
property of Jonathan Pursel.
ALSO
A certain Tract of Land, situate in Upper
Augusta township in said county, bounded north
by lands of Edward Oyster, east by lands OF Jos
SNYDER and Jacob Eckman, south by lands OF
| John Farnswurth and west by lands OF Edward
Oyster, containing 24 acres more or less, whereon
arc erected small log dwelling House, and a
small Stable Seized taken in execution and to
he sold as the property of John Snyder.
JAMES COVERT, Shr'fT.
Shirts Offirr, Sunbury,
August 81, 1850.