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The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-07-28
Kit Carson.

Kit Carson, the famous Western trapper
and Pioneer,is guiding the government
troops in the region of the Rocky Moun-
tains to lairs Of hostile Indians. A mill
tary man under his escort has written, re-
Gently, as follows concerning him:-
awe journeyed where no white man or
Mexican had been before, as we had the
oldest hunters, trappers and guides in the
country with us, and they said 90. Kit Car
son amused us with description Of his trav-
els, his visit to the States, and of his being
Col. Bentons' guest. Kit has as fine a head
as Daniel Webster, and had he been welledu-
Gated, he would have made the greatest ex.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-07-28

plorer and engineer living. He has been
ohered commission in the army, but re-
fusedit. Twas greatly deceived in this man,
having imagined him to be brsggadocio.
On the contrary, he is modest and unassuni-
ing, does not drink, and is brave as a lion.
Some Mexicans killed squaw in fght,tak-
ing her for man. When Kit heard oft, he
sprang to his feet, and said if he could re-
store her to life he would give $500. Inev-
er saw more tender hearted man. A dog
was once drowning at one of our camps,
being unable to get out of the river. Kit
exerted himself as much to save it as if the
dog had been human being"
When Cooper drew his backwoods' char
acters in the novel "The Pioneers" he GER
tainly must have had Kit Carson in his
minds eye."
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-07-28

On bright morning in Jnne, 1917, two
trappers were lying on bluff of the Kan
sas river, looking down upon the stream
below, where they had set their traps. -
They were awaiting their prey amid a
scene of the widest beauty. Beneath them,
shaded by the blue-foliaged ash. and the
long-leaved willow, rolled the clear water
of this prairie stream, murmuring its song
of progress as it poured onward to mingle
it's tide with the flood of the turbid Missou-
ri. Here and there the sunlight stole
through the rich. foliage, lighting up the
surface of the gliding food, and aiding it to
reflect back natures drapery, which here
hung in festoons from every bough. Fra.
GRANGE from myriad of flowers loade d the
air, and the birds, in unrestrained freedom
caroled their sweetest notes. 1t was ma
ture's domain, tinted by the goddess of sum-
mer, where the mind alive to beauty would
have reyeled in delight.
The Oldest trapper was an Englishman
named Edward Murtel, who, during the
war of 1912, had. deserted from his majesty
service, Immediately preceding the battle o
New Orleans. In the course OF his wan
derings, he found his way to st. Louis
where he married; but, taking distaste to
lie wife, he deserted her soon otter hel
frat child was born an d fled TO the noun
tain streams. Murtel had received liber
al education, but being cursed with an i'm
patient, discontented spirit. at the first re-
verse in life, he sought forgetfulness in dis.
sipation, and while in one Of these fits he
enlisted as common soldier in the British
army. Discomfort like some evil spirit
seemed to have goaded him from one folly
TO another, until it drove him beyond cvi
lization.
Harry Harmer, his companion, was
Kentuckian, and in every respect Murtel'
opposite. He had aided his countrymen un
der Gen. jackson to defend New Orleans
ana afterwards, without purpose more def
mite han to place himself beyond restraint
he followed up the windings Of the Missi
sippi until Resfell in with party of trap
pers starting for the Missouri. With tn
least possible persuasion, he consented Z
make one Of the party, and here' content
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-07-28

SLAVE BURNING IN MAssAoHUsETEs.-Th
Washington Era, an abolition pa per, hay
ing commented strongly upon late Lynch
law outrage in Alabama, where negro who
had first violated and then tortured to death
little white girl, was seized and burned
alive by an infuriated mob@-an Alabanla
paper retorts as follows: sasEaa ssi
q "In recent biography Of the late Rev.
DR.. Codenian--an eminent clergyman of
Boston-printed by Mervine & WhipplsS
mention Is made of one Of his ancestors
who, few yeers previous to the revolution,
was poisoned with arsenic BY three of fIis
negro slaves, Mark, Phillis, and Phmbs.'
The biography says: as1 ~
aThe two former were convicted and sxe-
cuted. The place Of Marks execution w.
on the northerly side Of Csmbfidgs Fos1.
abouta quarter Of amiie above the penhhsu+
Ia, and the gibbet remained until ashsft
time before the revolution. PhilIis -
5araedsat tie stake. aboui tn CARDS Jfons -
6aHo,nsln IL t94gae seaKef7 a lsN ~
: Both were outfagss which zhsek ths -
ii sense Of every civilized asaa1anlly.A
Burning people 1t the stake : ohh4mza
whether in Massachusetts, D. AlabamA.
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4opltlar Rrige Gale>
kA-AM;; OR, DAYLIGHT,
The Arapalloe HalG.Breed.
A TALE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
BY JOHN s. RoBB, ESQ.
CHAPTER l.

For which the Premium of One Hundred and Fifty DOL
r lars was awarded by the ''Dollar Newspaper"
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-07-28
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The Homes Of Earth.

sT rnr LArI oRIrNvILLI hrLLrN.
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-05-26
1855. L. N. LEMON. 1855.
WHOLESALE RETAIL DEALER IN
Drugs, Medicines, and Chemicals


WHOLESALE RETAIL DEALER IN
Drugs, Medicines, and Chemicals.
/ YE-WOODS AND DYESTUFFS, .
J. Oils, Paints, and Painters articles; Var
nshes, Window Glass, Putty, Glassware
Perfumery, Fine Soaps,
Hair, tooth, nail, hat, paint, and clothes
Brushes, .l,s.I ..o s.,,'r.a ..l as.... ...
Surgical and dental Instruments, ..,...
Trusses and supporters, all kinds, IA m
Patent and proprietary Medicines; all sorts,
Letter, cap, and fancy Paper; Inks. .v
Pure Medicinal Wines and Brandies,
Field and garden Seeds; frcsh
Toys, Shoe brushes and blacking, ..a. ~.
Razors, fine socket Knivcs, Table Cutlery,
School Books by various authors. ....,.
nay-l offer goods equally as low as they can
be obtained from any similar establishment in
this section, all warranted to be = .s b..
#rf FRESH AND GENUINE.
ORDERS FROM THE COUNTRY filled, and salts
faction guaranteed with regard both to price
and qualiyt.
PHYSICIANS PRESCRIPTIONS will
receive my personal attention at all hours OF
the day and night '-- IA
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-05-26
10 HIN G.. ARCHIBALD,
Painte T & Grainer.

OFFERS his services to the citizens of Clin-
" ton and surrounding country. He will give
particular attention to Zine Painting, in either
the fiat or polished white, or any other that
may be desired ..l H' 9a a.u"
Any persons wishing his services will apply
at the Drug Store of Messrs. Langwortby a.
TIldon, in Clinton. '-u u'd a2l
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-05-26

A colored graduate of Oberon College,
named j. Mercer Langston, has been elect
ed clerk Of the township Of Brownhelm, Lo-
rain county, Ohio. This Langton, the pa.
per states, Is know nothing,
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-05-26
TERMS.

The "FELICIANA DEMOCRAT" will be pub
lishcd every WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY, at THREE
Dollars per annufh, payable In advance. Two cop
les will be furnished for FIVE DOLLARS. n
ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at One Dollar per square
(TWELvE lines Or lcss) for the first insertion,
and fifty cents for each subsequent one.
The Fee for announcing candidate for Office will
be TEN Dollars, payable in advance. g ~.
The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-05-26

BlD-T The Emperor of the French made
himself quite at home in England, and one
of his acts there seems to be an anticipation
of the destiny in which he so confidently
trusts He dated decree at Windsor Castle
The prefect who received it exclaimed
/" THIS Is d Ia Napoleon! This is not the
last Of the Emperor's DEGREES from the Brit
ish capital T. Nothing was better calculated
TO CRAFTY International feeling of the French
than this Napoleon assumption. 1t is ey-
idently little Notifying to the English
press, which treat it as theatrical flourish
as it truly is, but it BELTS the part which
the ex-policeman is to play in the great
drama of his own production. There is
now no doubt that his next DEGREES will
be from Constantinople. Whether he will
be able soon to date another from Sebasto-
pol isa question. 49,
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-11-09

A SLAVE HERoINE.-The Trenton IN. j.
Gazette records the passage through that town
of party of fugitive slaves, under the follow
ing remarkable circumstances Two years
ago aslave woman, advanced in years, the
mother of six children, who had all been sold
from her when old enough to be useful, over
heard her master bargaining for the sale of her
grandson, boy fifteen years old, to trader.
This being the last her family, she resolved
not to permitit, and the same night fed with
the boy. They travelled by night northward,
going by the north star, and, after long wan
dermgs, reached Canada.
There she hired herself out for wages, and
two months ago, with the result of her own
aud her boys labors, returned to the South
where, concealing herself in the woods, she
revealed her presence only to her friends, and
thus collected seven of her children and grand
children. They started northward, travelling
only by night, and concealing themselves dur
ing the day. Before reaching Philadelp hia
they were so worn out with hunger and hard
ship, as to be obliged to seek the aid of friends
These were found, aud the whole party were
then fed and clothed, and forwarded safely to
Canada. This woman is nearly sixty years OF
age, yet alone and unassisted she has done all
this,
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-11-09

HENRY CLAY AND WIN. Il. CHANNING.--A
recent number of the Journal DIES Debats had
criticism of the new edition of the Rev. DR..
Channiug's works issued in the French Ian
guage by NJ. Edward Laboulaye, of Paris
That gentleman has prefaced one of his vol
umes with an elaborate review of Ch;Mning,
in which he is contrased with Henry Clay.
We quote a single passage, which we find
translated in the London Inquirer:
Posterity has already come for these two
men, and its judgment has commenced. Mr..
Clay, the able politician, the hero of the mo-
ment, has received the applause ofhis contem-
paries-it is the recompense ofstatesmen who
plunge into the current opinion-reciperua
nercedem suam, RAM oanGm. Although his
intentions were good, history, upon which he
relied, will be severe with him for in reject
ing emancipation, he has been cruel to those
who suffer, and by his Just compromises, he
has sharpened instead of healed an evil that
may prove mortal TO America. History, on
the other hand, will be indulgent to Chan
ming, who did not dream of her. In crown.
ing this GOOD man, she will prove again that
there is more of science and of policy in q
Christian who follows the great law Of the
Gospel than in the Statesman who follows the
combinations and contrivances of parties and
far above the contemporaries but lately ia
nous, the future will place the so-caled
dreamer who saw SO justly--ths nestor, un-
noticed by the sages for Charming was the
sincere adviser Of his Countrywide friend Of
the oppressed, the apostle of liberty and JUS
tice.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-11-09

Gov. CHASE ON SENATOR DOUGLASS AND THE
ONO ELEcTIoN.-At a complimentary supper
given to the Hon. L. D. Campbell, by few
OF his friends in this city, on Saturday night,
the Governor of Ohio elect, made brief
speech, in which occurred hit so happy and
pungent that we must give it publicity. Mr..
Chase said That, on the evening when it SEEM
ed apparent that he was defeated, Mr.. Doug
lass of Illinos-though forbidden by the
Democratic Executive Committee, in solemn
council assembled, to speak in this State be-
fore the elechon-was called upon to address
the rejoicing Democracy at the Enquirer office.
There Mr.. Douglass said that he proudly con-
graduated the State Of Ohio in the language
OF the great Irish orator, CuTran. she had been
redeemed, regenerated, and disenthraled."
And next day" said Mr. Chase, the re-
turns from the country enabled us to add with
singular propriety, the words of Curran that
Mr.. Douglass could not use-the concluding
words OF the very sentence from which Doug
lass had quoted, VIZ: - By the irresistible &C.
MUS Of WiUeysat emancipation The sen.
tence occurs in Cuuan's speech in the case OF
Hamilton Rowan Cincinnati Commercial.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-11-09
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So sang the gifted poet Keats. Whatcan be more beau
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adonments Who that young, but values the uxuri-
ant locks Of YOUTH and would preserve them; and who
that is old but would avert badness? To all such
would commend LYoN's KATHARoN universally acknowl
edged to be the valuable and the most Delightfully."-
perInmed toilet article prepared. Be and ask
for LYONS KATHArRoN, to guard against the valueess
limitations and counereis which have lately been put NJ
unde somewhat similar Sold everywhere in large
bottles, for only 25 cts
HEATH, wYNKooP & CO., Pr,prietors.
I'm SO Liberty street N Y
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-11-09

The PACIFIC RAILROAD DIsAsTER.- st.
Louis papers received today, contain some adj
ditional particulars of the terrible disaster on
the Pacific Railroad. The whole number of
persons nov known to have been killed, is
thirty one at least of the wounded, Mr..
Moore, representative to the legislature, died
of his wounds, after being carried to the hos,
pital. Some of the wounded had narrow
escape from the falling of another bridge over
the st. Johns Creek. The whole structure
fell just as the locomotive, drawing portion
of the dead and the wounded, touched the
bridge. But, as thofe in charge of the train
were on their guard, anticipating the posi-.
blity Of such catastrophe, no one appears
to have been injured. line fall of this second
bridge is nscribed to the swollen condition of
the creek. No cause is assigned for the sud-
den fall of the first bridge. The masonry of
the first bridge, the St. Louis Republican says,
was the work Of Saler, Sahulenburg, & Co.,
and is of the most substantial kind. 1t has
stood every test yet applea to it, without
damage in any shape. The wooden super
structure-trestle-w ork--was put up by Stone
Boomer, Co., men of great experience in
bridge building in the West, and whose rep
utation osght to protect them from any i'm
putation OF design TO turn over to the Compa-
ny an imperfect or unfinished piece of work.
That their work, or somebody's about the
bridge, was imperfect and unfinished is quite
evident.
The Republican says that everything was
forgotten III st. Louis on the day following
the catastrophe but the one great, sad event.
The tall from the abutment to the river was
80 feet, and oil the other side of The track be.
fore entering the bridge were high embank-
ments covered with stone; and considering
the number of passengers which crowded the
ten cars, (between 300 and 600) seven OF which
cars plunged into the river, and two Of which
were thrown over the embankment just before
reaching the biidge-the only thing to wonder
at is the sman ness of the mum er killed 10
add TO the horrors Of the scene terrible thun-
der storm was raging at the moment of the
crash,
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-11-09

FATAL EFFEoTs OF VAooINATIoN. About
twenty years since the resident physician Of
the place now called Old Saybrook, vaccnat-
ed three children belonging to different lami-
lies, two boys and a girl The vaccine virus
used proved to be a virulent poison its Ell
fects destroyed the health Of ali the children.
The health OF one Of the boys was partially re.
stored by the immediate use Of efficient RENE
dies tho other was made cripple for life,
aud cannot now walk without the aid OF
crutches, The effect of the virus on the girl
was not 30 Immediately pelcephble, but in.
creased with her growth, and after years Of
great suffering ghe died on the Goth day OF DC.
tober 1865, aged %. The parents of the chill
dren were remarkably healthy, and sre now
living, except the mother OF one OF them
Esp Haven Courier.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-11-09
Book Notices.

Reader for School and Home instruction, is the
title Of neat and tastefully got up magazine for
the Juveniles. Published by Robinson & Rich
ardson, ll9 Washington Street, Boston.
TgYEBMo, a Romance by George Sand. trans
lated by a lady; preceded by biographical
sketch of the distinguished authoress. By o.
S. Leland.
Madam Dudevant, is sure of rapid and extensive
sale. A cursory examination of its pages affords
abundant evidence that the writer has lost none
of that wonderful power with which she has so
often charmed the reading world. The book is
published by Fetridge & Co., and is for sale by
John Keith & Co.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-11-09

ReU. Dr., Hithington, on Sunday last, stated
to his Pensioners, that he had been preaching
to them thirty nine yaars, and as it was his
intention to retire forty years from his settle
ment he wished them to govern themselves
accordingly. There is not one clergyman re-
naming in active service, who was settled here
when MIR. Wilmington came to town all have
changed and when he, the last of the old
school retires, we may ask-'the fathers,
where are they?' There is not probably a
clergyman in the country gilmore natural abil-
ity, and few, If any, of greater requirement
than DR. Wilmington; and since he has kept
himself as fresh and well read as any of his
younger brethren, his retirement win be Sc
we're loss to this neighborhood. New5m.yport
Herald
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-11-09

The BooT AND SHoE TRADE.-A writer in
the Atlas states that the sales of boots and
shoes by Boston wholesale and iobbing
houses, amount to upwards of $40, 900, 900
per aunum; and in our large manufacturing
cities and towns, such as Lynn, Hayerhill,
Danvers, &C., the sales are also reckoned by
millions This enormous trade is proof that
bcstoa = the cheapest market for the pur.
ehsse q seots snd shoes in the United States,
aa1 tiaae sae - the great national emporium
Tor tass sssae. The amount Of business done
10 Tia Inc 3 eonalantlY Increasing.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-11-09
Police Court.

WEDNESDAY, Nov 7.
Before Judge Green-Cataerine Buckley bro't
up for beng common drunkard was discharged.
Michael Cummings, for being drunk, was
fined 50 and costs.
Eliza Murphy, for being common drunkard,
was sentenced to the House of Correction for six
months
VIM. H. Foley and wife, brought up tor assault
and battery upon Michael O'Driscoll, were dis
charged, satisfaction being acknowledged.
THURSDAY, Nov s.
Charles Kelley, and his son Henry, lad Of
some ten years, were brought up for larceny. The
case was continued.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-11-09

WE observe by the New York papers, that DR..
E. B. Foote, the celebrated lung, blood, and cleo
tropsthc physician, of 412 Broadway, N. Y, will
make professional tour eastward, soon, land take
Worcester in his route. DIR. F. is the inventor Of
the electro chemical foot bath, by the use of
which mercurlal poisons are extracted from the
human system. and he will have this valuable ap-
paratus with him.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-11-09

NEw YORK ELECTION Partial returns are
received, but they enough to make it certain
that New York has gone for the Hindoos The
Tribune, in commenting upon the result of the
election, says
The returns from the North and Center, re-
ceived last night, were Of less chilling tenor
than those previously at hand, but they do
not serve to change the general aspect We
still believe the entire Know Nothing State
ticket, except William w. Campbell for Judge
of Appeals, llong term1. has been elected BY
considerable plurality, having polled one
third of the entire vote. Mr.. Campbell may
also be elected, but we think Samuel L. Sell
den Hard, Soft and Liquor has beaten him.
The Republican ticket is of course second.
We think no party has majority in either
branch of the Legislature. The Republicans
have probably fourteen of the thirty. two Sem
ators the Know Nothings have perhaps as
many. We have not made count of the
House. The defeat Of the Know Nothing, in
Guiding Senator Putnam, in Erie County, is
one of the most notable incidents of the can
vass.
Last year, those who resisted the nomina.
ton Of a distinct Republican State ticket at
Saratoga Springs alleging that the people
were not ripe for such movement, were Sc
vcrely blamed for their timidity and distrust
The result Of the late canvass is their ustf.
cation. The time has fully come for the laying
aside of all old party distinctions until the
question of Slavery Extension or Restriction
is settled, butthe majority Of the people have
not yet realized it. The march Of events will
rapidly Danish all hesitation.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-11-09

Al Massachusetts Mercantile and
Mathemae Boarding Institution, established in Worces
ter, y 1901, Young men thoroughly fitted in Com.
mercal Penmarshp Busress Arithmetic and in Donbla
Entry Book eepng Each student wsl be warranted to
be competent in about eight weeks perform with perfect
Satisfaction TO himself or employer, the duties OF any
counting room Hhatever Fhe entire expense for boar
together with complete Mercantile Education, being
about forty dollars.
Persons desiring information the merits and refer
ences o this Academy can be assured high standing
By sending Tor COPY Of his Annual Circular and Gaia
logue Addr-ss WIN. II. EATON, Proprietor of Com
mercial Institute, Worcester, Mass.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-11-09

THE seedy partizans of Gov. Gardner, in this
city, are already looking after theirpa Several
OF them have visited his Excellency to advise
with him who 10 reward and who to punish. In
timations are very freely thrown out as TO whose
heads must fall, and whose offices are to be given
to the especial partizans of his Excellency.-
There are great many who have lakes to grind,
and it will be hard for the Governor to silence
fheir clamor
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-11-09

SLAVE EMIGRATION SOCIETIES. "A meeting
to promote the emigration of slaves to Kanzas
was held at Columbus, Ga, recently and was
addressed by Senator Toombs and Iverson.
The cause of the slavery party in Kanzas was
advocated as the cause of the whole South,
and the speakers pronounced the highest eulo-
gums on the gallant Missourians," who
are attempting to make Kanzas slave State.
Ii freedom should be established there, they
have discovered that it may extend into Mis-
souri,, Western Texas and the Indiana Terri
tory and, on the contrary, if slavery is es-
tablished there, it will be easily maintained
in Missouri and Texas, and probably extend.
ed 10 New Mexico, Utah, and Southern Cali.
tornia. 1t was proposed that every slavehold-
er in the State should subscribe one dollar for
each slave he possessed, to make up fund
for the purpose of aiding slave emigration to
hanzas, and in conjunction with other South
ern States thus to head off the New England
Emigrant Aid Company.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-11-09

NATIVES RIGHTs IN INDIA.-At Calcutta,
India, two Englishmen have been heavily
fined for electing from the railroad cars a ma
tive, three fourths naked, whose unctious
presence was dsagreeable to the ladies pres
ent The CouSruled that natives ideas of
decency were the criterion, and that civilized
visitors must not attempt to enforce compli.
ance with their prejudicoS.