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The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-09-13

EMIGRATIoHoF CoLoRED PEoPLE,--A con-
vention of the colored men of the United
States and Canada, who are in favor of emf
grafton to another country and the founding
of a State Of their own, was held at Cleye-
land last week. About l40 deiegates.lwere
present, and Rev. VIM Munroe, Of Michi.
igsp, presided. Some discussion took place
upon, the prominent objects Of theis conpen-
tion, apd reports embodying facts and SEN
sinehts relating thereto, were read. Are
port On the political DESTINY of The Color;
ed Peopie," was. read. The report recon-
mended Central America or theaWest In.
fiesas placesto which to etnigrate.c Cans.
da was set sside, Oh account of the majority
there being white 5-and the probability ,ol
Canada. being anHexed,tothe United ,States.
Hwass however, recommended to purchase
land, Gel as itwould for 'ths present siford
aretteat for the fugitive. Central Americ.ss
was regarded as lofsriag The greatest adsan-
tagest asa permanent home to the colurel
race on this continent. 10
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-09-13

IWATER.-An excellent thing is water
Next to the "man who invented Sleep"
blessed be he who invented water-clear,
cold, sparkiings ever delicious water! How
manifold ars'its uses! Think what a vast
deal it has done for navigation, to say moth
ing Of washing, scrnbbing and hydropathy.
Even tea and coffee can't be nude without
it, and the grog sellers and grogdrinkers owe
ii more than they are likely to coH&ess-=the
former in money saved, the latter in iHtS&i-
cation, avoided. Then, what charming
drink it is! 1--WE have tried h; and know. )
In spite of the untoward tendency Of the
Maine Law, we shouldn'twonder ifit came
some day-into general use as beve.
rage. To be sure, Itais abused people
drink; IL too cold, and sometimes too much
of it. But that proves nothing against the
use. Folks abuse rum, and brandy, and
wine, and they'Ean abuse water ifthey like.
Aslto hydropathy. it is welFeaough in mod
eraticn, espec ally if one takesla shower
bath as Pat did-L"with the precaation Of an
umbrella; hut even water may be 'srsn in.
td.tile ground" which is often q sad waste oi
agood thing. .--BostoniF Post. ,R rpi} q
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-09-13
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Duhp.
THE DEATH-RED.

We watched hsr breathing throughthe night, hTs
Her breathing soft ana low, as.j .G EiI. '
As In her breast the wave fife $50 Il
skept beaving 10 aud fsO.'iNo yt u s.T
50 silently we seem'd TO speak, ~ hhE 80
ave So ioWiy moved about 10 89l -iaFIHt.
ll As~e had dienehaIf ouFpcwers 20 uoa77O 10
nr- FO.eks per livinsoat. gliaif' so i ssaH. J.
Our very hopes bolIsd oar-fears, = : ''.' '''
Our fears our hopes belledz.sM
We thought her dying when she slept,
" Aud sleeping wheash aiedA SHct go
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q, ,P0r when the morn came dim and sad, N.
and ehiu- with early showers, - =. = 80. =.
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Another morn than ours. '-'' ',C
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II ~ AMIte fOrtlfe Poor. b9a'.s sab
81 mil iil iJS& sB as--&&f gallE tfai R9Wsi' -
...5.l Think Of the wretched room,od jg8 Il
ofthe embers burning low o.7.gasa5
=. Think of the scapty garb 80, a-.-. g
or the cbildof want and woe; :; ,.f, -,
,Yt, whose bright cup Of life -, -
-. '''''' vt3 Ftdlth running DER; =.
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ielaTJ Aiti t6dff your store ''''ioi 9aa
= e, h. x vIoss fSIssf; h;sogi ,i smile, ni CO.. "'
s.g, .}it9egiy4ql taeSssi si9Fs praise, 10 80 4
- In! RlIsy9ly sifts be blest s,g :, s. ..I
. = y lhgse DUR later daysS ...L. a. a.,
Est.S'yet3 deed pflove -,
''"fa atfirf1 af'fsparkIhg gem, 'H''''".
lg-+c- -vr-a-iy-aBVargai hands
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-06-08

to denote the character Of thy progress in the
spirit patriotism and the principles of liberty.
At all events, Let the anniversary Of this, thy
ever memorable second of June, which has 50
cast thy fourth of July glories into the shade,
be evermore celebrated by the burning of tar
barrels, the firing Of pewter pistols, the blowing
of rams horns, and the growing of Shangh@
BOOSTERS. twill serve the double purpose Of
concentrating the new era in thy history, and
drowning the recurring noise on that day which
will ever rise from thy buried Warrens and
Hancocks, whose bones last Friday so ratified
in their graves, that the ominous sound Thereof
even reached the Green Mountains, rousing old
Ethan Allen from his never-befora disturbed
slumbers for the natural but angry response
" In the name Of The Continental Congress, a,
it ,cas, and the Great Jehopah, as he still is,
command you to let that negro be as God mad
him, and if they hare bond for flesh, put Com
missioner Loring in his place."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-06-08
THE STATE CONVENTION.

1t will be seen by the call of our State Com
mittee that the Free Democracy are to have their
State Convention in Montpelier, on the Goth of
this month, which will not be till the last of the
Conventions of the other two parties have been
holden-the Wing Convention coming off this
week, and the Old Line Democratic on the Dist
inst. This course in putting off the Convention
of the Free Democracy till after both the old
parties have acted and made their nominations
we much approve, as it will afford us many and
obvious advantages. We trust it is not neces-
sary for us to say to the friends of freedom,
and, in the purport of the judicious and liberal
call Of the committee, to all others who now 80
far see the wisdom, business and true Democratic
principles of our Platform, as to go with US,
that they, at this crisis, shonld need no urging
to attend. Let not only men be sent from every
town in the State, but the best men and, to
ensure this, formal mectingsfor the appointment
Of delegates, are earnestly recommended to be
held in all the different towns in the State. Our
position is a proud one. We have joined no
party, but the masses of both the old parties
are now everywhere, but for the first time, ac-
knowledging and adopting the most of our
principles. The harvest is ripe, shall we want
for laborers
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-06-08
For the Green Mountain freeman


Ma. EpIroE OF all the goosey- goosey-gan-
ders of the so-callcd Wing presses in this State,
we think Forcible Feeble, Esquire, Of tho " Brad
ford Inquirer =" caps the climax. Certainly for
bad photography, worse punctuation, wors
grammar, certain grave and owl-like stupidi-
ty in general, an d special and readful contempt
for "the Abolitionists," he throws the ether
Wing papers far into the shade. There Isl in
his last number something like three columns OF
what we must, we suppose, in courtesy, regard
as "editorial'-and of all the .fapdoddle that
is tceakly doled out to any sort of suffering sub
scribers in New England, we do think that Of
the Inquirer, but especially this last dose, is
about the sorriest. The writer talks oracularly
of /" the Compromises of 1885," makes some
very long-eared observations upon an extract
from the Rutland Herald, and pitches into the
Fugitive Slave Case in Boston pretty much as a
blind bull-calf might be supposed to pitch into
a Mountaineering up Theodore Parker, Wen
dell Phillips, VIM. Lloyd Garrison, and other
small-fry of their stamp, as far as the foulest
falsehoods and the lowest billingsgate can be ex-
pected to use up any body
The ostensible writer of this miserable stuff
in the Inquirer, advertises himself, in card on
his first page, as Attorney Y Councillor al
Laso" &c. The reader has heard of " the man
that knew beans"-but it is not him that we
are talking of. The. great Wing oracle Of
Bradford is our theme. Doubtless he is very
eminent " council" for he talksas sagely about
% laws and constitutions as my lord Black
stone himself but, unfortunately, he cannot
write sensible paragraph, and be does moi
know how to speH Wendell Phillips, Horace
Greeley, or Faneuil Hall - A brilliant Wing
luminary, that
We advise brother Walton, or him Of the
Free Press, to look after this Bradford satellite
for it will be hard work for anti-slavery men tc
train in the Wing ranks, if they are going te
have such fellows for corporals. LUcRETE.
Orange County, June, 1854.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-06-08

Attacks, the first colored martyr of tho Ameri-
can Revolution, as Anthony Burns Is the iss'
victim of that Republican Government which
that Revolution inaugurated!
Making dctour into Merchants row, the In,
famous procession passed down the north side OF
Long wharf to 7 wharf, at the end of which lay
the steamer John Taylor. All the stores, offices,
&c., were closed, and not less than fifty thou
sand people witnessed the march.
| At the corner of Merchants Row and state
street, the crowd being immense, and with dim
Guilty restrained, sallies were made upon them
Iby the horse-troop, in the course of which serl-
Gus injury was done to unofending individuals.
An elderly gentleman, of over 60 years, unarm-
ed and unresisting, whose name we did not
learn, WIS badly cut over his head and face with
sword in the hands of an officer of the Lancers.
The Boston Artillery, we are told, had orders to
fire upon the people but the order was counter
manded by Col Boyd A valuable horse was
bayoneted, and other damage done.
! Upon the arrival of the procession at the end
of I wharf, the u S. troops went first on board
the John Taylor, and the volunteers standing
guard with drawn sabres, the prisoner was con-
Quoted on to the deck, at precisely 20 minutes
to 3, by Marshal Freeman-the rigging and
decks of all the surrounding vessels, as well as
the wharves and house-tops. and innumerable
water-crafts in the stream, being crowded and
covered with the indignant populace, who mani
tested their feelings by groans, misses, execra-
tions and ordinations. The Taylor" had
the American ensign run up at its stern.
At Is minutes past three, the steam being on
and all things ready, the boat let 90 her moor,
ings at L wharf.-the Marshal having previously
lelt-and steamed athwart the basin to the END
of Central wharf, off which lay the U. S. reve.
nue-cutter Morris, to which in five minutes more
she was attached by hawsers,-the whole air
meanwhile, resounding with groans, Kisses, and
excavations.
Whether the prisoner was conveyed to the
cutter from the boat or not, we cannot shy; bui
at % minutes to 4, precisely, both vessels NOV.
ed in straight line down the harbor, land the
vast multitude, on land, water, house-tops, and
shipboard, having given their last look at thu
saddening and notifying spectacle, rapidly
passed away from this section Of the awful pan
Drama.
The troops were soon after dismissed, and re
turned to their armories Business was partial
ly renewed; but all over the city knots of in
terested and indignant citizens gathered to tall
over the events and atrocities Of the day
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-06-08
STATE CONVENTION.

The Free Deubcracy of Vermont are requested
to assemble in State Convention, at Montpelier,
on Thursday, the Doth day of June, 1854, at 10
o'clock, A. NJ, to nominate State Ticket for
the ensuing important political campaign. And
in view of the new and alarming aspect which
the deepening conflict between Freedom and
Slavery has recently assumed through the ex-
traordinary Intervention of the Federal Govern
ment in favor of the Southern Slave Power, and
in which it has come to this, that the question
is now, not only whether the bondmen of the
South shall be freed, but whether the freemen
of the whole North be made slaves, it is hoped
and trusted that no town in the State will go
unrepresented in the Convention. The old and
tried friends of Freedom are expected everywhere
to rally in their strength and all, of whatso-
ever party, who are now willing to 60 with us
in earnest against the entertainments ofSlavery,
and for the preservation of the periled liberties
of the North, are cordially invited to attend
and take part in the proceedings.
JOHN MCLEAN, Chairman
OF the State Committee.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-06-08

AWFUL EXPLOSION Wilmington, Del.
May 2lst. wagon loads of five tons of gunpow
der exploded killing men and Is horses. Ont
man, two women and child were seriously in
jured The dwelling houses of Bishop Lee .ant
James s Price Together with four other dwell
liags and six stables were demolished. Abou
seventy-fve other houses were badly damaged
and many persons slightly hurt. Trees were
torn up'by the roots Fragments of the wagons
horses and drivers, were scattered in lldirectons
The mutilated remains Of one Of the drivers wer'
wine.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-06-08

--"' an administration as undemocraiic, cor
rupt and reckless as that of General Pierce =
Fireman.
81" When the FreemDn happens to hive leis.
ure moment, its readers would be glad to hear its
reasons for such wholesale denuDciation. ~.
Patriot
We have leisure enough now for all the reply
we wish to make. We have never meddled with
the Administration or condemnedi it for aught dis
connected with matters having bearing on the
slavery issues; and in respect to its course on
them we repeat all we have said By interior
ence in State elections, and encouraging members
of Congress to disregard the viii! of their con-
stituenls, as 10 case of the Massachusetts ecc,
tions, and in the passage of the Nebraska Bill
we pronounce it clearly undemocratic. In trying
to induce members of Congress to go for that bill
through offers of office of profit or honor in the
Gift of the executive as has VIGOROUSLY been done
we pronounce it corrupt; and in all these, and ir
the moving Of the Gadsden treaty, and our Who'll
ly unnecessary difficulties with Spain, we pro
nounce it reckless-beyond all precedent, reck
less tt. @
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-06-08

FILLIBusrERING.- 1t has been ascertained that
q force of $4,000 has been organized in New
Orleans, for fillibustering expedition against
Cuba, and that they are nearly ready to embark;
when they expect TO be joined by another large
force now organizing in New York. The last
news from Cuba, is that the Spaniards are ready
for their reception. The Presidents proclama-
ton is, in many places, understood to DO hint
to these expeditions to be on their way, as the
U. s. authorities will soon be compelled to no
| ties them.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-06-08

The 'Fnrusn continues to denounce the Ne
brazka Bill, but has never offered single rgu-
ment against it--not one! The people will hard
" be satisfied with such course. p Vermont
Patriot
Besides presenting at different times, after the
Nebraska Bill was moved in Congress, some hall
dozen columns of our own of what we had sup.
posed were arguments against it, we have offered
and endorsed the speeches of those old and every
where admitted Democrats, Benton and Houston
and the speeches of the able Free Democratic
Senators, Chase and Sumner, to say nothing o
the able speeches or letters of such leading Dem
ocrats as Butler of New York, and others, al
going against the Bill and if these do not contain
arguments, and the most unanswerable argu-
ments, too, against the measure, we know moi
what the word argument means.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-06-08

aims, less liberal in its maxims, or less fixed in
its determination.
With the greatest respect,
Yours truly,
S. P. CHASE.
w. Bird, Ed. W. Reyes, Robert Carter.
Esqs., Committee, Sc.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-06-08
THE FINAL PROCEEDINGS AND RESULT
OF THE BOSTON SLAVE CASE.

Below we give from the Commonwealth the
last days proceedings Of the Court, and the
carrying off in chains by the military forces, to
the number of over one thousand armed men, of
Anthany Burns, who was delivered up to bond
age by the evidence of words wrung from him
under duress God save the commonwealth of
Massachusetts
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-06-08

On Thursday, the 18th instant, the agent of
the Virginia Colonization Society embarked o.
board the ship Sophia Walker in Hampton Roads
l26 colored emigrants for Liberia.
The Southern Methodist Book Concern il to Ne
located at Nashville. The decision was reached
after SIX ballots, Nashville receiving sixty and
Louisville fifty seven votes. e.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-06-08
Che Greeman.
MONTPELIER:
Thursday Morning, june 8, 1854.

" All communications to the FREEMAN whether on bust
Of the paper or for publication should be addressed
postpaid, to the Editor.
The daily union., 1854-01-03
ny onEEy q SCOTT. A~ossens.ss.

TioN--On Tuesday, the ID Of January, 10 seiock
shall sell residence Of A. T. Burnley the soa'h ds
Of ~
Navy once excellent nsroncrt Of furniture, vis
Brocatet- sofs and union chairs
escreoire, and book stands
sme ocsaves, Of hne tone aud
touch, msde ny Nupns h CLARK
Pine large walnut extension dining table
Mahogany centre, side and other tables
Fine walnut marble TOP rdeboard, wsrdrohe, &c.
China. siasx nd crockery which
gold rfsuch china dinner SET and while
fhins duo
Prem and coffee aTf5
waiaui once and ehar-
nne gilt and bronzeh chandelier. ta8El9a4
Pine GIT End brooxed candeabras and csndestcks y
DO collar, hall, and other lamps rnantei clock, &c.
Do wslnst harsck hall
De painted marble chamber
rain'ed and plain toilet Ha .MBf
Pine window curtains hearth IT
Brussels, ingram, stairsppd chamber
Large passage oiicioth, mating, stair rods, &c.
Pine spring and hair mattrssses and bedding
Androns, shovel and toags, md Tenders f Il
With Of kitchen
tces which deem eDumsrnte.
Term.: All of S2 enh eE credit Of 90 and %
days, for notes satisfactorily endorsed, bearing interest.
GREEN 4 SCOTT,
Dec 2o-d Asosbosssrs.
The daily union., 1854-01-03
National Theatre.

The dramatic opened last night at the National
by the Introduction OF the and attractive comedy oil
the Extremes"
Mr. Marshall the proprietor deserves great credit for
having consulted the tastes and wishes Of the play going
portion Of community. n the selection OF company,
all Of whom proved satisfactorily. large and dscern-
ag audience. their capacity TO fully sustain the various
characters assigned them.
The very senilemany proprietor fail receive
during the current such remunera,ive support
from the public cas his efforts justly merit.
The daily union., 1854-01-03
MARKE ETS,
sales To-Day.
by j. c. MCGUIRE. Auctis

by j. G. MCGUIRE. Auctioncer.
INTENSIVE SALE OF NEW AND HANDSOME FURNI-
u Tuesday morning, January ID, commsncse 10
O'Clock SELL factory OF Mr John Wasss
poses, of
avenue, 2h and 18th nrscu a hs sock
In trade, comprising
Wanu mahogany French ter and plain sofas in
Rosewood walnut mahogany marble top CENTRE so and
side tables
Mahogany and walnut hal cloth and rocksn
dressing and
DO and walnut and marble washstands
Do hair spring and wood chairs
Walnut extension dining tables, breakfa4t tabis
aideboards, whatnos corner stands
painted wardrobcs washstAnds
Walnut, maple, aad painted cane and wood-ssst arm and
rockers
ouom ans loo-ooIs, mahogany and tables
High, and uundie bedstssds, Of
x
Cherry dining, breakfast and kitchen tables
articles usually found IN house fur
nishing
$40 aud under credit a
four for satisfactorily endorsed BEARING ntelsse
J.nl-d Auctsosssr
The daily union., 1854-01-03
From tho Albany Atlas
The Postmaster Generals Report

The annual exposition OF the affairs OF this department
always interesting State paper; for while other
pous asate the progress Of the people il wealth and
physical resources and in statute and strength express
ing il the physical development OF the country
This report explains its mental growth the expansion OF
its nervous energy, the growth Of the brain Of the
ton
The report will on hs account. be read by many who
aside from the details OF and population,
and territorial acquisitions with which other papers
abound. What is the mental progress of the country
How wonderful does free preas speak free people
Hsw have the Of finer-communcaion the ies, OF
the condition of the moral sympathy and social inter-
oi the people and OF the homogsney Of the pop
ulason OF the Sates-how have these multiplied These
are questions OF this class How indeed have they not
The daily union., 1854-01-03
Gen. Cass and the Presidency.

. learn from respectable authority thar the cabinet are
quite confident that Gen. Can will take cay occasion
in the Senate sustain the adm nsraiion and general
policy consolidating the democratic party They say
Gen Cassi dead yet; bat that his aspirations
sson he 10 wise the hs yards of
belon Washt~gto~ correspondence Of an paper
In the OF all iha, is just and generous, protest
against the degrading aspersioR OF great and good man
in the last sentence of the above paragraph Nothing
less than the bi,,ees, malgnity could have prompted
such defamation OF statesman whose character and
fame are the pride OF the Dationnow this advanced
period OF his life. when with heart acerated by afa
,ion and head sivered for the reaper DEATH he
stll stands like hero al his post with aspirations
except give the last ,hrob OF his breast and the last
breath OF his counsel for The people whom be has served
and the republic which he has loved 50 ioncly.
Gallant Old veterani When thou shalt have gone to
thy long home and the "mouners sh all 90 aboa the
Streets" may such ungraeiul thoughts mingle their
bitter trace with the deep which .hall swell the
heart of afeclionae naiionmsy such bgh, impair
the deep and enduring esteem which Thy patriotism and
purity and intellectual eminence have richly merited
But six months ago we the senator al his own
house. one week only after his freside and heart had
been made desoa,e BY the loss OF her whose love bad
been bis unfang through lifelong OF labor
and Trial and persecution. The crowd thronged him
ever but though his pracsed urbaniy endeared them
him as OF yore yet seened hs TO zee them. through the
fearful film OF his sorrow. only the child OF faith per-
cevcs in his last mortal hour. the ohcious friends who
proder their unavailing kindness Never shall we forget
with what mournfa emphasis he said TO "My
friend, think no OF me- have ambition TO
do my duty until called hence There ia Office in the
gifl OF mortal man that would have now Act for the
public, and may God bless youl" We canno, forget this
or the deep sentiment, OF admiration which rresisiby
filed us as felt the confirming pressure Of his hand
parting.
Could the writer OF the above have participated in such
emotions he would have classed the eminent states
man. so fippan,y, with the OF intriguing Office
seekers II he could have done could have
pared him 10 nothing save to some vandal who would
drsg corpse from the tomb by its gray hairs gamble
for money or for Office upon his fathers sepuchre.
fksokak Despatch.