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Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-01-06
The Battle of Life.

We have often been impressed by ht
deep significance Of the phrase which Dick
ems has given as title to one Of his Christ
mas stories, "The Battle Of Life" 1t i.
full of solemn meaning. All our hours
from the cradle to the grave are but series
of agonisms. Hunger, fatigue, sickness,
temptation, sin, remorse, sorrow, these are
the strong powers with which he must wage
continual war. Foes beset us from with
out and from within, and make life one
long and earnest battle. But there are VIC
tories to be won on the field more glorious
than those which cri m soned Marathon and
Waterloo. Evil habits may be subdued,
fiery passions brough under control of prin-
ciple, temptations resisted, self-denia1 cheer
fully sustained, and life itself consecrated to
high and holy purposes. To triumph over
the infirmities of d perverted nature, and
render life, once deformed by passion and
stained by sin, beautiful with love made
manifest with deeds Of benefcence, is wor-
thier Of ambition than all the blood wrought
heroism that ever linked name to worlds
Every day witnesseth tri-
umphs such as these, yet Fame proclaims
them not. What matters it? In the Sc
rene depths Of these all-conquering spirits
Gods peace abides, and harmonies are
heard such as the angels make when they
the victorious soul from the con-
Hict Of this to the raptures of the heavenly
world. r ...-: :...=.= g. ~ +
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-01-06
S OBEDIENCE TO on. .v--raonAs Jrprrnsoy.
The Pulpit on Disunion.

The following eloquent and patriotic ser
liments were delivered before The Arc
street Presbyterian congregation ,some tim
since. by the Rev. Chirles Wudsworih, il
his inaugural sermon: $500
paul amid tie surprising glories of Z
Commonwealth like ours, would have erie
with even moro than Roman exullalion, :
am an American citiZen.' Our beloyet
! land with is boundaries the broodest-it
government the freeSt--i;s Institutions The
nobleest the world ever saw, Gods grea
tgreat gift to every man who brealhes lis
b!est sr,and exults in sunshine. And woe
be to that man. whether civilian or ecles
iastic. who dare lay down at a fools bidding
his great birth right, or prove recreant IL
one of its ennooling prerogatives---whc
dare !eaye 4 merican liberty, as an unpris'
ed thing, 10 be marred by the hand Of un-
skillful legislation, and wrecked amid the
conflicts of self seeking ambilion--who
dare fail in one title OF all he can do, TO
give seadfas, strength to American hame
and American nationality. Gods pity on
the creeping thing that caa listen unmoyed
10 the whisper Of disunion, that rises even
now upon the ear! Perish the heart that
throbs not i'll agol,izins desire thatlhe glo.
rous sis,erhood be never broke! Palsicd
be the right arm that feels motifs SHOWS
tighten like steel TO speed our eagle in its
flight to the sunl Stricken be the bosom
lhn, bares not itself in full strength TO roll
back this desolating surge that won1d sweep
all these glad, goodful aud glorious things
away as wrecks upon the billows! Not
know my counsry!--not honor my count
ry!--not struggle for my country!--Why,
then would be a creature without soul Jun
worthy my minis.ry--tny manhood.
Nay, ay,-such political wisdom, will
know must know-besause absolutely
in il, am to know Christ cruciaed. For,
my audience, dear to every American
Christian must be his country y--dear be.
cause of the prayers OF lis conservation,
and the blood of It's bapism-dear because
of its great breadth and mighty power, and
the glorious fame-lhe home of the free
--the hope Of the oprressed-the beacon
to The nations -,he cradle of that infant
Liberty. which vel, when its li'nbs shall
have waxed strong, will leap from its
swaddling bands into great manhood. and
go forth IN a giants path, to shake down
the despotisms of n world in rushing On
nipotence! yet to his loving heart is 1t dear
est of all, as tho great instrument under
God to bear on lis consunmna:ion his a
dorabe Gospel! He sees Christ in his
American Nationality Chris, the God Of
all Providence, presiding and preserving
it's the great spring in mechanism OF u
triumphant Evanged And to me it seems,
that to sever this blessed Union. were 10
lose the silver chords of mans hope, and
to break the great wheel at the 'ern.-
And every Christian Minister will! stand
by the Union-nnd struggle for the Union
and preach Christ und him crucitied MS
the cement Of the Union, till his right arm
is wi,hered and his tongue dumb in death.
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-01-06
MORALITY OF PR1NTERs-A TRIUMPH

MORALITY OF PRINTERs-A TRIUMPH.
"A printer friend of ours on the evening
of thanksgiving day, stepped into one Of
the splendid drinking houses on Fourth
street, TO light The stump of 'real ia.
vann," which he had picked up opposite
the Planters House, when he met an old
acquaintance who accustomed him with
"How are you, Bill, where did you
spend the day? 5ass- as-- b.. 5..
.'At church," responded Bill, "where
every man Of family and conscience should
be on such an occasion. Where the devil
have you been?"
"About MS much at church as you, who
for the past eighteen years, al least, have
not seen the inside ofone Why, I'll. go
you two and half that you don't know
the Lords prayerl'' ..' 3. '''''''
"Done," said Bill, and UP went the
dough in thesshunds of the barkeeper. Bill
took his stand on the counter, and before
humber Of witnesses there assembled,
repeated it word for word. Il 81 issa-5-1
Our friend pocketed the money, and on
his way home though upon the great ben
eft derived from religious education, and
likewise bought his young 'un pair o
beautiful red stockings, thinking, no doubt
TO adorn his clild with his own perfec
knowledge of tho scriptures. s.-St. Loui!
Union. ....-..--. .-...s-
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-01-06

asa(TT The resting splace allotted to the
essmnins Of Louis Philippe carries out to
gal,e Inst the adventurous character of bis
,scarssr; helis inferred in little chapel at
" Wsybridgs, in the grounds Of. Miss Taylor,
"a lady of sealih and Remanist ienets, who
shas imaaortalizsd her name by being as il
llxsre,a the alandlady Of Louis PhillipPe's
nnortnl llodg,ng; lor the epitapb, singular in
4i:s suggestive turn, eproelaims that his re-
sinaains lie there '::uniil they shall abe trans
fcrredto his country and to the midst o
aiths ancestral ashes;" the wanderings o.
sths French Ulysses ceusing not even a
The tomb!-SpeetotoT. .z s.aaE-
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-01-06
: : - - -------- = - IT. -
Which is the Weaker Sex?

Females are called the weaker. sex, bu
why'd If they are not strong, who isl
| When men must wrap themselves in thick
garments and encase the VIII ole in a stou,
overcoa! to shu. out the cold, women, in
silk dresses, with neck and shoulders bare,
or nearly SO, say they are perfectly com
| fortable! When men wear water proof
boots over wooden hose, and encaso The
whole in india rubber TO keep them from
freezing, women wear thin, silk hose and
cloth shoes, and pretend not to leel The
cold. When mon cover their heads with
furs and ;hen complain of the severity of
the weather. women half cover their heads
with straw bonHess, and tide twenty miles
in eanfopen nsleigbg facing cold.wss:erond
pretend not 10 suffer at all e.--.-- q .s..s.,
They can, sit, TOO, by men who stink of
rum and tobacco smoke, enough 10 pison
whole house, and not appear more an.
noyed than lhough h they were bundle of
roses! IL -.as .y .-..-.t z-.=.-=.- --
Year after year they can bear abuse Of
all sorts from drunken husbands, as though
their strength was made Of iron.
greater Than mans? Can she no, endure
suffering tfat, would bow The stou,est man
10 the earthl Call not woman the weaker
vessel; for had she not been stronger than
man, the race. would long since have
been extinct. Here is a state of endurance
q man cannot bear.
Man labors ten or twelve hours per day,
and then his work is done, both body aud
mind can rest but woman's work is mover
done--she is never idle. From early
dawn her hands are busy, at noon she is
not idle, and at night her task is no, ac-
complshed. When all else has been ac-
complished, sewing Or knitting fills her
spare moments till The hour Of retirement
arrives, and even then when, her lord and
master is snoozing it, as unconscious as a
sleeping clam, she must tnke care of the
child and perhaps be aroused from her ti,ful
s'umberst ten times each night. 81
If woman was not the stronger vessel
she could not live three years after mar.
riage Pleasure Boat. E.'.-'
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-01-06

GFColeman, in his "Eurepean lifo and
Manners" gives the following description
of flhe. Dutch women: er,. =. So. a..
81 think some of them the ..fairesi and
handsomest creatures | ever looked upon,
and made of the finest unmixed porcelain
clay. Before left England, thought
the English women the. finest had ever
seen--I now consider them as belonging to
the colored races. The Dutch women
much exceed them. "-s.- - -z
Take the fairess rose that was ever
plucked, with the glit.erlng dewdrops hang
ing among its petals; take the tairest peach
that ever hung upon the Tree, with its
charming blending tints Of red and white,
and they are eclipsed by the transparency
and beauty of complexion Of the farest OF
the Dutch women, as saw them at Brock
and Sardam If their minds are as fair,
their manners as winning as their faces,
then can easily understand the history OF
Adams fall. 1t was impossible, poor tei-
low, that he should resist.
. Then their costume is so pretty end ele-
CANT. A sort Of thin cause helmet, fitting
close 10 the head, leaving enough Of the
hair 10 part gracefully over the brow; a
thin but wide band of highly wrought and
FURNISHED gold, extending across the fure-
head. Al the end of this, some rich .ee-
gantly wrought filngree ornaments Of gold
with splendid eardrops Of gold or of dia.
monds set in gold, with a beautiful cap OF
the finest brussels lace covering, but moi
concealIng the whole head, aEd all The rest
of the dress Of vestal purity; with tasteful,
transparent with short coats; shoes as
bright as mirrors, and with stockings ofthe
purest white, and fling the ancle as il
they were knit upon the limb; with no
drabbing train to sweep the pavement, and
no oversized shawl and loose andll fitting
sleeves and skirts, hanging about person
like cloths upon an oldslree ON washing day,
and you will have some faint notion of
what one of these creatures are. '53
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-01-06

@We stated few days since that J.
A. B. Aver had been elected Mayor of the
city Of Lowell. We should have said tha,
it twas Dr. J. G. Aver, whose pharmacental
reputation has gone the round world ovol
for, his preparation ofthe Cherry Pec,oral
Wig and Courier. ~
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-01-06

= lie Fixes 'EM.-A quack ndyertises to
cure, among other incurabie diseases, Mar.
cobozzaris, Abdelkader, Hrppopotamus,
Potato Rot, Hydrostatics, Inflammation OF
the Abominable Regions, Ager, and all
kinds Of Anniversary, by means of the
Concentrated Extract Of rEllecomfunnel,
compounded with cod liver Oil, on scientific
fprinciples. ..,-... ,s,rls~ al
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-01-06

Curiosities Wantsd,- Hinges ard lscka
for the trunk Of an elephant. Sc. oil, "a s,sza.ss
5Thsrmometrical record Of the winter Of
our discontent.a sec sa.. -ug,;aa.gBi cd -
A tough yarn twisted into the thread Of
discourse. b4ala1aoa s! ag.ia.gai Ell &sisw
Rockers FOR the cradle Of Liberty ia sso
The shadow Of knot hole. ,svas ss,sissy
Feather from tbs wing Of flying report
A rifle for, the scyths Of Tine ESP.
The latch string ola lodge in some yassa
To see the smeuntaia browa frowp.eaT
aAnaii from the i finger Of seorn.s .sau ssIs
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-01-06

"MR. SMlTHERs, how can you sleep so?
The sun has been up these two hours"
"Well, what if he has? (hiccup He
goes to bed at dark, while Pm on bender
ill after midnight" (hiccup ~ o.E
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-01-06
Tn. Homestead Exemption law mass

ed by the Legislature of Vermont Of l849.
went into operation on the lst ult. i preia
vides that houAe and land to the, valussofk
4 500, with the produce Of The land, shalliy
be exempt from attachment and e1eeatOass
except far taxes. nasf ssa ra5 saat x. bosilSss
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-01-06

) d5sfa appeal toaths sisters" said o
down east parson, ,l"and ask if they never
had s'rELIER FE ELINas in their bosons. +"
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-01-06

..poors lugi.iys slave sBilll'' said Mrs. Msrs,sS
par,incton as her eyes run over the NOM
ing uaI,er, ane her 5quiyeriag lip betrayed
,be agitation Of her n,ird poor fellow! =
hope ON my soul hey lYeont lco'sh h'm;77t
hopsthey WON'T aa6 a. 7easasayI ed b
lVs sijf ~ 3ls4s o. 'lsiyqHCa sss sst;
go
Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-01-06
Thrilling Adventure. .

Grace Greenwood has sent the Boston
Transcript letter from her brother in Cal
ifornia, detailing one Of the most thrill.
ing adventures we recollect Of reading
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-08-16
SELECT POETRY.
"Why Bless Her, Let Her Co..

Some time ago fell in love
With pretty Mary Jane;
And did hope that by and by
She'd love me back again.
Alas my hopes, a dawnlng bright,
Were all al CnCe made dim
She saw IA chap, don't know where,
And fell in love with him
Next time went-(Now how it was
don't pretcad to sayl-
But when my chair moved up by hers,
Why, hers would move away.
Before, | always rot kiss,
Il own, with some small FUSS
Eut.ncw, lcrsoolh, for love nor fun,
Twas non-comc alta -JUSs
Well, there we sat-and when we spoke
Our conversation dwclt
On everything beneath the sun,
Except what most we felt.
Enjoying this delightful mood,
Who, then, shou iast step in,
But he, of all the world whom
Had rather see than him.
And he voalJ cit down hy her side,
And she coud-all the while
He pressed her hand within his own
Upon him sWeclly smile
And SHE could pluck rose for him,
So fresh aud bright and red,
And gave me one which hours ago,
Was shrunk, and pale, and dead.
Aud she could freely, gladly sing,
The songs he did request;
The ones asked were iusg the ones
She always did Gciest.
| rose 10 lpavp-aU1 ..Shp'l he Glad
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-08-16

A western editor thus sums up the pecu-
liarities of a contemporary: ':lie is too lazy
TO earn a meal, and too mean 10 enjoy one.
He was never generous but once, and that
boy. So much for his goodness of heart
OF his industry, he says, the public may the
better Judge, when he states that the only
day he was ever worked was the day he
mislook castor oil for honey" Compliment
tary, that
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-08-16

A CAFGo Of Massachusetts Apples, packed
in ice, and in most perfect condition, was
received in San Francisco, and the editors
appear to have enJoyed the pleasure OF tas-
ting them. II is the first shipment OF the
kind which reached that place in good
condition.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-08-16

"CENTr rNs'N of the Jury" said western
lawyer, a. don't mean TO iusiuua,e that this
man is a covetous person, but will bet five
10 one that, if you should ba a steel trap
with new three cent piece and place it
within six inches of his mouth, you would
eaten MS soul. wouldn't for the court and
the gentlemen of the Jury, wonldn'. trust
him in room with red hot nlllsones aud
the angel OF Gabriel to gnard lhem.n
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-08-16

SSooEs wuude,s where all The pillow
cases go 70, Tie says he never asked a
girl what she was making, when she was
engaged IN white sewing, without having
ior an answer " "a pillow-case =
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-08-16

THE Z. S Assayel's Office, IN San Fran
cisco, IS again in operation. There are
coined there seventy 'hgusant loliai- per
dov
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-08-16

kSADpLER al OXiord having forgotten to
which OF his customers he had sold saddle,
desired his clerk 10 charge II in the bills Of
all his customers, and he afterwards ac-
knowedged that two-aud'lhiny of them
paid for il.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-08-16
TERMS OF THE AMERICAN.

THE AMERICAN is published every Saturday at
TWO DOLLARS per annum to be paid half yearly IN
advance No paper discontinued until arrcaages are
Said
. All communications letters business relating to
Hs once, to insure attention, must be POST PAID.
TO CLUBS.
Three copies to one address, $500
Seven Do Do 1000
Fifteen Do Do 1000
Five dollars in advance Will pay for three years sub
seriptiOn to the American.
One SOunIe Of 16 lines, 2 times, 500
Every subsequent Insertion 2j
One Square, months, 500
Six months, d5O
One year, 600
Business Cards of Five lines, rer annum, 500
Merchants and Others advertising hv the
year, with the privilege Of inserting;
different advertisements weekly. 1000
II" Larger Advertisements, as per agreement
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-08-16
SPRING AND sUMMEN CLOTHING

SPRING RND tUMMEN ULUTAING.
ESNERYBGDH should embrace this opportu.
~ nifty to buy CLOTHING for Men, Youth
and BOYS, at such prices as have never vet been
known in This City, at GEORGE CDIlN'S
CLOTHING ESrABLI%i!WENr, South East
Corner Of Market and Second Streets, Philadcl-
phia, embracing choice of the best, most dcsira-
tic and fashionable
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-08-16
NATIONAL AOTEL,
SHAM 0KIN,
Northumberland County, Pa.

VNHE subscriber RESPECTFULLY Informs hisfriends
n and the public generally, that he has OPEN
I'd a new Hotel in the town of iNhamokin, Nor
thumberland county, on the corner of Shamokin
and Commerce streets, nearly opposite to the
House he formerly kept. He is well prepared to
accommodate his guests, ard i- also provided
with good s'atiing lie trusts his experience
ond strict attention to business, will induce per
sons visiting the coal region to continue the lib
eral patronage he has heretofore received
WILLIAM WEAVER.
ShamOkin, April -, ls5O.--tG
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-08-16

To TAEE MILDEw OUT OF LINEN. 800 Take
soap, and rub it well, then scrape some five
chalk, aud rub that also into the linen lay
IT on the grass as il dries, wet it a little,
doing
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-08-16
DRESS AND TpOCK COATS,

Habit Cloth DO, linen DINING DO, TWccds,
&c, &c, together with great variety Of
Boys Clothing,
Consisting of Sack Goats, Polka Jac..ts Mon
key Jackets, Vests and Round Jackets made OF
Tweed, Linen Drilling, Cloth, Alpaca, Kcrsa-
micr, Docskin, &c, &c.
Pariicug care has been taken TO procure the
new styles for M-r md Boys Summer Goats,
Panaoons, Vests, &c, to which he would invite
speciaI a,tcntinn
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-08-16
Furnishing Goods.

Consisting of Shirts Stocks, llandkCrchicts, &c;
oil of which are offered at the iowe" PoS""c
rash P,itts and as cheap as amy other Clothing
Store III the Union.
Pprents wE.u desire i}0rs' CLoTHNG are ear
nestly invited to examine the Stock
Country Storckccrers can b" accommodated at
very low rates.
GEORGE CELlN.
S. f.. Corner Of Second i NarLct Sts Ph'la.
April -, lS5l.-tt.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-08-16

the snuff box. You see the price at which
he has purchased it back from me-"
81 have given five hundred thousand
francs," said M. T."
"Here is your bo&" said the jewellcr,
restoring it, 'Fand I will let you have the
rings into the bargain"
The notary, who was no less amazed
than the other witness, said
"There is some mystery in all this"
"ProbabIy there is" replied the jewel
Ter. an. r may explain it if he
pleases for my part, promise him eter-
nal Sectecy"
With these words, he took his departure,
leaving the witness bewildcred in a maze
of conjectures, NJ. T, though i'm
men5ely rich (he was said to possess up
wards Of three milionsl never recovered
from tie modification attendant on this
unexpected discovery.
VENIcE.-Mr. Greedy says in one of his
foreign letters, is full of deserted palaces
which, though of spacious dimensions and of
the finest marble, may be bought for less
than the cost of an average brick house in
the upper part of New York. The Duchess
de BerI, mother of the Bourbon Pretender
TO the throne Of France, has bought one of
these and generally iuhabits it; the Roths-
chlds own another; the dancer Taglioni, it
is said. owns four, aud so on. Cheap as they
are, they are poorer speculation than even
corner lots in a liihographc city in Nebraska
or Oregon.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-08-16

TnE following is Aunt Bctsey's descrip-
.ion or her milk man ole is the meauest
man in the world," che exclaimed, ole
skins his milk On the TOP, aud then he
turns ii over aud skins the bottom, and
then he skins the sides, and then he divides
1t into ten paris, carefally skimming each
nart.N
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-08-16

May 10, ls5l.-3mo.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-08-16

DUSIICLa' TEL BILLS. For sale by
IS ID p NlS5TF
@pNh fz. ',-f 1a T-.r
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-08-16

SAN WARD, clergyman an editor, says
Good bless yon, brother Ward, Is pretiy
good coin to 90 to meeting with, but 1t -
not worth a groal TO go to mill o. mark
wnhn