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HEAD q FOOT STONE SLABS

Il am receiving an additional stOch OF the above ar
ticIe, and prepared To finish orders with neatness
and dispatch, Call and see them at
iune l5-t, JNO. B. GADDESS'S.
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WAK! NATURALIZATION SOL

w DIERS OF HE WAX OF 1872! t-BOUNTY
LAND WARRANrS.-The Soldiers of the War of
1879. ther legal representatives., call and
get the additional qunntiiy nj Bounty Land coming
them also, The wild Of the soldiers of the revolu.
tjnnary Come one, come alI-there is enough for
ruch. enough for all
BE sure To enquire for the undersigned il you wish
YOUR ciama property offended 10 for have Just received
from Head Quarters all the necessary rolls and docu
m'nts 10 esiabl' h your caims you have nothing
10 but to como !" me and get your warrant for which
| will pay you the hghrs cash price.
mirl2 Is l.. w. GRAY. Agent for Claims.
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'I'lE on3crdgocl rsnres In. rhaubs 20 hi4 friends in
F0giHie for their heh patronage I" tt late firm
Nam. Gla.arll md hes- leay" to recommend H."
ursy haasn Z, Jh'ir fiv3tn5r consideration, assuming
them itat they mny lave every rnlhlrh'e in them
Jun. S-11w THOMAS ]. NANCE
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NOTICE TO LADfES.-MRS PET TET,
" TEACHER or AN PROVED PLAN OF La
DIES AND CHILDREN'S DRESS QUITTING which
gives perfect fit the shoulder and be altered
suit any fashion and from its simplicity aud correctness
particularly adapted 10 the of families.
Tuition s. so, including sett of Rules and Mod
els Innings cut and fitted for - cents.
just received and for sale assortment Of beautiful
PATTERNS, of the late.t style
Mrs 7. he found at her room, No. = at the Cab
ell House Main street, where the Ladies' respect
fully invited to call soon June l6 dr.
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SNiLh exh'F thi combine C6'u'. Neneecrir
w and Ilupojr7fe, ia L,nch ure oa MONDAY,
TUESDAY md WEDNESDAY. the . 3 , ! M irh OF
! lIv
Performance op MONDAY at o'cpc, Z Nm Tues.
day Ut ANT o'c'ock Z. NJ np lh' It Of .lnfy
THREE GRAND PERFORMANCES,
commencing ut a. NJ. aud and n'cloe, /. n.
" It'll all the great ilppodroWattc feats OF IL New
York and Paris IIPPodrame, am'rg which Vii be The
wonl,rtai sccntil' uclreramrn e
Walking upon perfectly smooth Ceiling,
FEET UPPBRMOST 81 HIS HEAD DOWN
P,rl Ir,ucI b, NJ. q. \. "a DRED
LA HERCHEI
By Mc.srs. ROCKFORD and ENIZ.
This extraordinary perio has created universal
wonder and animation showing beau .fu ieaisnf Bal
oHciHg md elegant hcrobattc PostniaF, by Morsienr
kFS1z, pole thirty feet high held by Mr.. W.
Il CHORD.
Mr. W. h0CHFORD. Madame ROBINSON,
Mast. Jas ROBINSON, Master JOHN.
tHi additional list OF pnpulpr Actors. are with
the Gompany, and will appear the various .Narei-es.
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NEW GOODS The sub rriher has now re-
l. ceivei lis complete stock Of Spring and summer
DRY GOODS; to which tie attention of his friends
and tie public In general ia respectfully called. EIav
ing u,hcu advantage oi tho depressed state Of the mar
kot in purchasing his Goods, he will he able TO offer
grant inducements to LuYrrs.
The nrtir' are too numerous to mention, there can
b. found all the articles which general Dry Goods
li,up., embraces besides large assortment n Boots,
Shnrs Iat-. Cans, Tmb rllns, Parasols &c Country
Merchants nre cspccally invite t, call him brfure
they go further East he determined To sell Rich
mond Prices Stct attention will be paid 10 ORDERS
Come and all
pplgt.I NATH'L GrGGENHEIMER
TIME SUBSCRIBER wishes To sell his TRACT n
4 o. LAND. lyine in tie County of Amhersi--tao-I
miles from the city Of Lynclburg. The Tract contain
nbuut 1000 ACRES, which viii he divided To sud
Etrars0asrrs. The Improvements We all good mn
~Sanrt..
Fer 'ara- apply to the subscriber at Lynchburg
.irc 7-drodts1 GEO. G. CBRLE.
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WANTED-A young mon assistant in Drug
w Store. One thoroughly acquainted with the bu-
lines and Of ly business habits, find perma.
ncnr situation by applying tbs Office. may 81 its
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FEET UPPBRMosT & HIS HEAD down
LA HERCHE !
Madame ROBINSON,
Master John.
THE BAND

thi nm additional list Of Pnpulir A"to.s are with
the Gompany, and will appear the various .Nerces.
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N HEkKIN6S.-IUO bbIs and 80 half bb!s. Halt
fax Herrings for sale low 10 close. Also, in store. SO
bbs. and 100 halt bbls North CsroliHa No Cut Her
rings Tor sale by A. s LEE,
June dts Richmond.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-06-09
RAVENNA. SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1855.

There was spot beneath my feet where
a fall Of mason work had been built to break
the violence of the winter floods; to this
spot all eyes were directed. The frery riv-
CT would fall over it in an hour; as yet it
was distant from it seventy yards, perhaps.
Gradually it rose in height, and welled out
its vast proportions, and then vast masses
fell off and rolled forward; then it swelled
again as fresh matter came pressing down
behind, and SO it broke, and oD it rolled a.
gain and again till it had arrived at the very
edge. There was a general buzz and a
murmur ofvoices. The royal family stood
opposite to me, iDtermiDgled with the crowd,
looking on with immense anxiety.
At last it broke, not hurridly, still with a
certain show of majesty. At first few
small Jumps fell down; then poured over il
the liquid of metal, like thick treacle, cling
ing sometimes mass to mass, from its gIut-
onous character, and last of all tumbled
over gigantic Jumps Of scoriaf. Then on it
moved once more in it's silent, regular
course, swelling up ard spreading over vne-
yards on either side; and now there was a
rush for the road, which traverses this lava
bed. Houses and the bridge bordered the
road, the carriages had all been ordered off,
and the bridge was being broken down
we were cut off completely. The sentinels
would not let us pass, and struck us and
drove us back; but we forced our way, and
then found too surely that it was impossible
to get on. .g..r ..,
The bridge was half demolished, and by
the light of torches we could see the sold.
iers above working away with the pick and
axe. We had therefore to retrace our steps
and making long circuit through the oper
country and over walls, came round the tor
of the bridge, -"run," said the sehtinels
Cor you will be to late" We crossed the
parapet which was still remaining, ard soor
afterwards dowA went the whole fabric in
In this way it is hoped that lava will be di'
verted from the townships of St. Sebastiano
Massi di Somme and Pollena, which stanc
on either side, and have as yet only suffered
partially. Cerolo through which, however
the stream is rolling, will be sacrificed.
The expectation is that the lava, should
the eruption continue, will flow down to the
Ponte Maddaloni, and into the sea. Sc
grand and SO destructive an eruption has aot
been known for many years, and even now
we cannot tell how or when it will termi
nate. The mountain is litetolly Jseamet
with lava, and many fear violent explosion
as the final scene of the tragedy.
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"Oh, Lous!" was the answer of the sup

"Oh, Louis!" was the answer of the sup
posed Biddy.
The young husband started in astonish-
ment. That this blackened, tearstained,
ashes.covered figure could be his neat, pref
ty wife, was almost incomprehensible.
"Biddy's left me, Louis! How DIDO,
mother" but the kiss on Mrs. Wharon's
face was accompanied by such a burst of
tears as shocked the mother-in-law. The
good, thrifty soul could not comprehend
such sorrow
They all went into the parlor, where En-
lily, with broken voice recounted her trou-
bles,
1t would be untrue to say that Louis was
not disappointed; he was anxious that Emf
ly should continue the favorable impression
which he knew that she had at first made on
his mother. In his own mind he had deter
mined that she should sing herself like q
mermaid into old Mrs. Wharton's affections
and he Just now discovered that there were
other accomplishments, which he suspected
his mother, valued more highly than music,
singing, French or Italian.
The good lady smiled, but not unkiLdly
ond her daughter-in-law, for she saw how
an xious she was to do her duty.
"No matter, Emily, about your dinner
said she. eff your kettle boils, give us
some bread and butter and preserves, and a
cup of tea, and we shall do famously. Wait
till get off my things, and will see what
can do with your refractory fre-I can gen.
orally coax fire like charm" a.u
The willing voice and manner relieved
Emily indescribahy, and with lightened
heart she led the way to the Kitchen.
Mrs. Wharton rolled up her sleeves, tied
her handkerchief over her cap, and pinned
up her gown, emily did not possess cook
ing apron, for which she inquired) then with
an ease which did really seem like charm
she kindled fire with the splints which
Emily had brought at her request from the
cellar.
A suspicious twitch fitted about the cor.
ners of her mouth, as she peered over hel
spe ctacles at the beef and potatoes, and the
spinach but she told Emily SO kindly how
she ought to have done, and made it appear
SO easy, that she, poor, little wife, gave her
a hearty kiss, and took another cry.
Biddy did not return till the next day, and
to her astonishment she found the could la.
dy,' as she called her, was constantly invad
ing her domain with young Mrs. Wharton
and after some unintellgble muttering about
"two mistresses," she quietly yielded to the
presence and the help of the two, when she
was preparing meals, and in consequence
Emily Wharton now adds good cooking tc
the list of her other accomplishments, as we
would advise all young ladies, whether mar
ried or not, to do.
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TIA [Ffom Reterpou's Magazine for May.
EMILY WHARTON'S
ACCOMPLISHMENTS. ..
BY FANNY SMITH.


AT eighteen, according to the diploma Of
a,fashionable boarding school, Emily Mar
tin, was fully qualified to marry. Her music
was of the most scientific description, far a.
bove the comprehension of the common
herd; her voice in the highest state of cult
, vation; hef French as Partisan as Monsieur
Condor and provincial French nursery
maid could make it; her italian so extensive
thatshe could sing it with but few mistakes,
and,her embroidery and fancy work very
much better than her plain sewing. @
So, as Isaid before, my friend Emily con-
sidered herselffu fully competent for the mat
fimonial state, and a certain Louis Whar.
ton thought so too. ~,
After the flutter of bridal fnery and bri-
dai parties was over, the young wife was
carried off to distant village to make ac-
quaintance with her husbands family, and
she came home delighted with everything
and everybody she saw, Such housekeek-
ing, such 1clock-work regularity, such break
fasts, and dinners, and suppers; these were
the themes Of Emily's conversation for many
a day, and she had half mind to try to
rival her mother -in4law and sster-in-law
in that respect g.ssa .aye
But herold interests and occupations soon
superseded her new ones, the more readily,
as Biddys her one servant, was faithful,
thorough going creature, who preferred hav-
ing.the work entirely under her own con-
trola3 II ,aa ~ ~, atag
.Itwasfour months after her marriage, and
with q gay heart and willing hands, Emily
Wharton was putting her frilled pillow-cases
on the bed Of her spare room, for her mother
in-law was expected that day to make them
She was standing back to admire the effect
Other hshdy-work, when Biddy put her head
in at the door. y. '-.. NJ.
sIfyou pleasel man," said she, 81 mus
90 this mint to my sisters. Jemmy's dowr
stairs. and he says the baby's most dead in
tirely. The, Virgin save us!" and Biddy'i
4 rHl
tears flowed coPiously.S a. @.sa
Poor Emily stood bewildered. It was
case in which she could not refuse to let he'
servant 60. but,what was she to dos he1
moshef-ip-isaEiSl; the queen of housekeepers
coming and dinner 70 get Had Had. it been
piece Of intricate music to play at sight, sht
would have laughed at the difficulty, bu
chickens 70 prepare, and desert to make. an'
old Mrs. Wharton TO criticise! poor Emily
felt as II her sorrow was as great as Bid
dy's..o '''a'' ~ /, n ~, 81.
''But can't you run down and see th'
child sBiddy, and then come back to &c
dinnerf ssYou know my mother-in.law
coming to-day ,aa You. shall go away agail
as sosh ,ss possible e 1 guess the baby ism
very ssiek,n said she coaxingly asi her man az
pef ySala AaSe y madsitt as she wished, a
But Biddy shook her head.
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Advice to COnsuslaptives.

In some good advice to consumptives,
DR., Hall says:--
"Eat all you can digest, and exercise a
great deal in the open air, to convert what
you eat into pure healthful blood Do not
be afraid of out door air, day or night. Do
not be afraid of sudden changes of the
weather, let no change, hot or cold, keep you
in doors. Ii it is rainy weather, the more
need for your going out, because you eat as
much on rainy day as clear day, that
more remains in the system of what ought
to be thrown off by exercise, and some i'll
result, some consequent symptom of i'll
feeling is the certain issue.
If it is cold out of door, do not muffle
your eyes, mouth and nose in furs, wells,
woolen comforters and the like; nature has
supplied you with the best mufler, with the
best inhaling regulator, that is, two lips,
shut them before you 60 out of warm room
into the cold air, and keep them shut until
you have walked briskly few rods and
quickened the circulation a little, walk fast
enough to keep off a feeling Of chilliness.
and taking cold will be impossible.
What are the facts of the case; look al
railroad conductors, going out of hot all
into the piercing cold of winter, and in
again every five minutes, and yet they dc
not oftener take cold than others; you scarce.
ly will find consumptive man in a thousand
of them. 1t is wonderful how afraid con-
sumptive people are Of fresh air, the very
thing that would cure them, the only obsta
Gle to a cure being that they do not ge
enough of it, and what infinite pains they
take to avoid breathing it, especially if it il
cold; when it is known that the colder tht
air is the purer it must be; yet if people
cannot get to hot climate they will make
an artificial one, and imprison themselves
for awhole winter in warm room, with
temperature not varying ten degrees in si'
months, all such people die and yet we fol
low in their footsteps W.,
i IF were seriously i'll of consumption
II would live out of doors, day and night, ex
cept it was raining or mid-winter, then !!
would sleep in an upholstered log house.
my consumptive friends, you want air, no
(physic; you want pure air; you want nutri
ton, such as plenty Of meat and bread viii
give and they alone; physic has no nutri
ment, gaspings for air cannot cure you; mon
ikey capers in gymnasium and stimulant
cannot cure you. Ifyou want to get wei
go in for beef and out door asr, and do no
be deluded into the grave by newspapers
advertisements and unfndable certificates.
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-toey92f---
KANSAS.
Prospects of the SeasOn--POliti-
cal s->NEisceIlancOuS.


Correspondence of the New York Timcsl
... KANSAS, Saturday, May 10.
Altogether the emigration continues to a
considerable extent, still it has been much
checked by the unprecedently low stage Of
water in the Missouri river, the greatly ex.
aggerated rumors of Cholera which have
gained currency, and the outrageous con-
duct of the Missouri borderers, brought to a
present climax by the destruction of the
office of the Parkville Luminary. But the
check is only temporary. The river, am
glad to say, is rising, and from this time till
July or August, passage and freights will be
cheaper than at any other season of the year.
During the low water, ffeights have been
held as high, in some instances, as So per
hundred from st. Louis to this place; in
June, they will drop down to 40 cents. But
in spite of oil this the leUee here is literally
covered with freights; saw-inills, grist-mills,
plows, wagons, and innumerable boxes,
Contents unknown) fill the inhabitants of
the place with astonishment indescribable,
and give the lebee anair ot'business prophet
ic of the Importance which this town is GER
tain to attain. aHnuiaiT aFi ~.
AS to Cholera, there has been some here;
but l do not consider it the fault, so much
of the place as of the victims themselves.
If people asiR be irregular in habit, and use
ardent spirits, they need not expect immuni-
ty from the dread disease, that every Sum-
mer searches all our towns Cor the tceak and
Wnguarded spots wherein to ntuse its venom.
Let all who come here during the Summer,
be sure to secure on,,the boats, good, COM
Portable beds and wholesome fare, eating and
drinking moderately, and regularly, and keep.
ing good hours-always eschewing all alco.
holiG drinks--and they will be as safe in
coming to Kansas, as in taking trip on
the Hudson river.l I Ii1f1f' I, -,21
! We have had copious rains, under the in
fuence of which nature has wonderfully re.
vived, and the whole country is enchantingly
fresh and green. The air. too, is balmy ant
delicious,--the very perfection of climate
Emigrants are busted in getting their .wsg
ons and plows in readiness, breaking Il,
teams are going plehtifully out into the ricf
prairie, to prepare its its virgin sod for al
immediate corn crop,-to be followed il
I the FalI hv wheat ~ nd am;dst all tbf
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day or two, and think the trial may prove
successful. She will not attempt to carry
much freight.
NeW Cities are as plenty as prairie flowers.
Maps are being circulated, several of which
have been born since gave youa list in
March. IndiGnola, Whitfield, 1l0, ,DelGpGrt
City, "a new one) and some others are pre-
senting their unrivalled claims to discrin-
mating public. Irather like this enterprise
] should be glad to see every town become
the centre of good farming cOtnmunity.
AS to politics; there is lull in the storm.
/ cannot but believe that the Atchison bull
lies are little alarmed at their own te-
merity. They have sown the seeds Of their
own defeat, and cannot but discern some
signs of popular retribution which is sure to
overtake them in their iniquity. For one
do not apprehend any personal danger to any
bona Jfde eastern emigrant who comes tc
Kansas, minds his own business, and de.
clines controversy till the population reach
es point which will secure recognition
Of the majesty of law. People who know
the real state ofthe case, and are deferred BY
fear from coming here, are too cowardly tc
be good citizens; for me am we'll pleased
with ther absence. ...
By the way, considerable emigration may
be expected from the South, in the fall.
am informed of the intention of good many
Virginians to exchange their exhausted field:
for the wide prairies Of Kansas. Let theu
come: / hail them as an honorable ant
high minded race, who only need contac
with her free institutions, and evidence o
their vast superiority over the efete system
of slavery, to become most valuable citi
zens. They will not emulate the Missour
rowtlies, but act out the impulses of bette
nature. But meantime, the north must no
forget to send its thousands, or the chains O
the victim now loosened almost to fallin,
off, will be re.riveted in Kansas on his limbs
The stories Of famine, &C., as we'll as o
sickness, are absurd exaggerations, got up
suspect, by the Atchison League, TO dete
northern men from coming hither. Judging
from the rugged, hale people one sees OIL
all sides, he would little suspect he was liv
ing in the midst of starvation and disease.
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II '"'': 3 s''''' Oufitrl.pt.... l.t..
!, .TWENTYs YEARS AGO.

-,ssxxz1.tes Il
ID rj TWENTY YEARS AGO.
I've wand Wandered to The village, Tom, I've sat beneath
@oh % the tree,
Upon the sch0OIhousc play grounds which sheltered
you and me, Il. -..E -s.E-
But noio wert there 10 greet me- Tom, and few were
~ aido LEFT to know, . ...-.sH
eawho played with US upon the ground, some twenty
-Iss 10 years ago. .i- '.''
The grass slust green, Tom, bare-fOOted boys at
~ 5 play M gaa' a..sa -
: Were sporting Just as we did then, with spirits just
as gay;
But the ,sMaster sleeps upon the hill, when coated
Afforded us sliding place just twenty years ago.
The old school house is sheltered some, the benches
.--s.---saFe- replaced, .--zss7-'
By new ones, very like the same our pen-knives had
defaced; - 81 81. h. r
But the same old bricks in the WALL The bell swing;
TO and fro, '.
Its music's just the same, dear Tom, twas twenty
years ago. "
The boys were playing some old game, beneath thai
a. la same old tree,
lido forget the name just nowyou've played the same
On that same spot; twas played with knives by throw
Bi3e3 ing soand so,
The leader had task to do-there, twentyyears ago
The river is running just STILL the willows on it:
- side
Arc much larger than they were, Tom; the stream op
- pears less wide,
But the grapevine swing is ruined now, where once
B! we played the beau,
And swung our sweet-hearts-"pretty girl" jusi
- twenty years ago.
The spring that bubbied meath the hill, beside the
"a, ,r spreading beech,
tsTwas once so high-but low, that could hard
e7ie''iy reach,
And kneeling down to get drink, dear Tom, start
10 SEE how much that am changed, since twenty
,a,ro'years ago.
Near by the spring, upon all elm, you know your
- name,
Your just beneath it, Tom, and you did
{ss mine the same,
Some hcartess wretch had peeled the bark-'twas dy'
,T,.tr ing sure but slow,
Just as that one, whose name was cut, died twenty
H., yearsago.
NY lids have long been dry, Tom, but tears CAME In
~ my eyes,
thought of her Iloved so well-those carly broken
IN ties .IEWl. @#iHPt ae
ivisitea the church-yard, and took some flowers to
airthrow A'.''' ..-..
pop the graves of those We loved, some twenty years
.Sag9. / NJ ts.Llf A-s.
somc ore in the ehdrcl-yard ladscme sleep beneath
''' tile sea, i, s,,,. "a b. .,..s t,.
But few are left of our old class, excepting you and
ua me; giis ,Dl ~ H &l
And when our tune is come, dear Tom, and we are
i,-l ealledt TO go, "..'
Ihope they'll lay us where we played, just twenty
'-'' years ago. h. ..-
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The OLpEsas CHIME In THE UNroN.
chime of bells in Christ Church, Boston,
Mass, was first rung on the alst of Decem-
der, f754, aud has announced the approach
ofseach successive year for century. tits
said that the man who put up the bells. and
who had come oVerlin the same vessel with
them, refused any compensation, for his la
,bor. but seqdestedtha they might be sollsd
Dmufied at his death, which was accordingly
done in his case, and also, in that Of his
wife.