Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-06-01
so successfully for themselves, though sruinously


so successfully for themselves, though ruinously
Tor the nation, promoted and obtafned!', AAs2Ss
Lord Lunderale, having seen Arnold standing
near the throne, upon public reception, in high
favor, upon his return to his place in the House,
4 renorked, that "however gracious might have
4 been the language he had heard from the throne,
his indignation could not have been but hi .hly
excited at behofding his majesty supported by, a
traitor. And it is reported of Lord Ssurry, t6at
r,sng in his seat to address the house, and seeing
i Arnold in the gallery, he Immediately took his
Eseit, and pointing to Arnold. will not speak
while that man is in the Houses ssa
/ AT length, despsed and treated with contempt,
i Arnold took up his resideneean ST. John, New
Brunswick, where he entered extensively into
mercantile pursuits, and built large house on
King street, which is still standing and pointed
at as the house of the traitor Arnold" But he
was equally despised in st. John, in part for his
treason, but as much for his dishonest practices
He owned the first ship built in ST. John, but it is
alleged he obtained it from the unfortunate build.
er by fraud His unpopuiarity increased till
public opinion forced him to leave the Province.
He had two warehouses upon wharf, in one of
which two of his sons slept. These took fire in
the night and were completely destroyed with
their contents. Arnold was absent from the
Province, but the buildings and merchandise hav-
ing been insured for more than their value, and
large portion of the merchandise having been re-
moved, as was alledged, suspicious were at once
| rife that the buildings were fired by Arnolds
knowledge. Upon this ground the insurancew
withheld; but Arnold, his return, ecovered it
in court of law q Bnt the verdict Of the jury did
not satisfy the populace, and they proceeded to
burn the efigy of Arnold, dressed in military cos
tune, and labelled .The Traitor, in King street,
directly in front ofsAfnold's house. The excite
ment ran SO high that the magistrates were CALI
ed upon, the riot act read, but without effect; and
as last resort, the military were called from the
| fort to put astop to the proceedings. And the
aged people at St John relate, that the magistrate
| and the soldiery were not very alert, the one in
reading the riot act, and the other in up=
ON the assembled multitude. 3sa&s
Andit is not little curious, that at the present
time, at st. John where the people are mostly
descendants of the refugees, that the name of
Arnold is even in worse repute than among oar
own people, Arnold left the Province and prob
ably returned to England, where he. died in ob-.
scurity, on the 18th of June, 1901 aged 81 years.
Electricity. g E sass
CURIOUS AND BEAUTIFUL EXPERIMENTS,
Electricity, as widely as tits diffused, and pow-
erful its agency is in all the operations of ma
ture, is yet scarcely any better known nits causes
and effects than it was six thousand years ago.
Modern science has penetrated asstep or two into
the arcanum of its mystery, and the revelations
bave been as astonish' ng as they are beautiful a
When Morse harnessed the lightning, and
made it traveIwith the speed of light, as a COM
mon courier, great and important first step was
taken in the task of reducing this wonderful agent
to mans purposes, and making it a useful servant
to his wants. Much yet remains to be discover
ed, but the investigating mind sees in magy Of
the manifestations of electricity ofpraetical and
useful purposes it may yet applied. One .ol
the most beautiful and curious experiments per-
formed throughits instrumentality which we have
seen,is that of lighting gas with the tip of the fn-
ger. This experiment may be easily performed
and has been5dones by James Swain, OF. this city,
repeatedly, in connection with the beltings of the
iengine and shafting of the press room, and tits
far more astonishing than the spirit rappings,
which are setting somany people crazy Friction.
bit is well known, will produce electricity nicer
tain substances, and the friction of gutta percha
or common leather working belt upon the fly.
wheel or pulleyssof steam engine and shaftings
produces it in considerable quantities If aper.
son will insulate himself by standing upon "a board
fixed upon glass insulators common porter bot
ties would answer-and hold an iron bar or o
number of pixies inhis hand, their points almost
touching the belt, he Inays by extending theoppe-
site hand to gas burner, light it with theftip o
his finger as easily as with match. Helwil
feel sensible shock pass through him, prick
i ling sensation in his finger joints, and see bril-
liant spark pass off with a cracking sound to thu
gas-burner The electic fluid will pass through
several persons joining hands, the same aswitl
an electric battery, and the last may fire the burn
er-Ph5la. Ledger.
Anecdofe Of the Premier.
Il The hard pressure for app o;ntments to office
4 under the new administration at Washington,
4 giges.rise to some amusing incidents. The fol.
lowing is told of the Secretary of State:
T., sAmong the host of besiegers in the pursuit o
t EpIace. was woman who was extremely anxious