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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-22

WpyAr IN EAST TgYNEssgE-The Knoxville
Who ttates that IRON the personal observation 81 ~
cd,tor ard tthers thought that from the au1unt 81
xbss, sowr sud ~ present zoe appesrance that there
NJ : uoye than II REQ millions ~ busaes proCfeei in
mo iriy counucs Of Fact Tennessee iae next se1on.
sh9lld continue lAYoraoie
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-22

In the CITY and county Of New YORK from The 18th dsj
December 70 the 2oin day Of December, 1853.
Men, ca women, 70; boys l79; girls, LOGICAL, ST5.
Aduita Ios children, ass; males 49, females, ls2; 60
lorod persons 3.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-03-06

Wellerism.-"Be-W Ware" as the potter
said to the clay. ~ 50 p
I'll be burnt if do" as the clay replied
to the potter. @
"Your doing smashing business" as
the gardener said to the hailstones.
"There's mep-tual feeling between rs"
as the cat said to the kitten. -is.----.
"I'll retire in disgust" as the colored
gentleman said when the thunder storm
came up.
"How sharp your toe-nails are." as
Paddy said when he caught the hornet.
"That's fame Of mine" as the bel
lows said to the fire. -s-sgS +
"Liberty or deoth," as the rat said.
when his tail was caught in the trap.
aThis is . CRATE prospect" as the pris.
oner said, whom he peeped out Of his cell
window" a5a1
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-03-06

The Kiachcn.-We will give 10 intellect,
to Immortality, to religion, and to all
virtues, the honor that belongs to them.
And still it may be boldly affirmed that
economy, taste, skill, and neatness in the
kitchen have great deal to do in making
life happy and prosperous. Ase
Nor is it indispensably necessary that
a house should be filled with Injuries.
All tho qualifications for good housekeep-
ing can be displayed as well on small
scale as on large one.
A small house can be more easily kept
clean than 4 palace. Economy is most
needed in tho absence Of abundance.
Taste is as well displayed in placing
the dishes on pine table, as in arrang.
ing the folds Of q damask curtain.
And skillfal cooking is as readily dis
covered in = nicely baked potato, or q
respectable johnny cake, As in a nut brown
sirloin OF = brace Of canvassbacks. ss
The charm Of good housekeeping is in
the order, economy, and taste displayed in
attention to little things; and these little
things have wonderful influence.
A dirty kitchen and bad cooking have
driven many one from home, to seek fol
comfort and happiness somewhere else.
Domestic economy is = science-a
theory Of life which al sensible women
ought to study and practice. None o.
our excellent girls are fit to be married
until they are thoroughly educated in the
deep and profound mysteries Of the kitch-
en-. Fszs s ,sff m sss 5zg. ,,s-7:
Sec to it, all ye who are mothers, that
your daughters are all accomplished BY
an experimental knowledge ofgood house.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-03-06

@ 1t is stated during the recent cold
weather sharks have been frozen to
death in Charlotte barber, south western
FSyida.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-03-06

Memory Of tie Dead.-It is an exquis-
ite and beautiful thing in our nature, that
when the heart i topched BY some tran
qsil happiness Or adecaionate feeling, the
memory Of tho dead comes over it most
powerlal ard irresistible. It would H.
meae aeem a. though our better thoughts
and synpathies we're charms. in virtue Of
which tho soul is enabled to hold some
vs9ue and uncertain intercourse with the
spirits &c those whom we dearly loved in
.lie. sAlasl how often and how long may
thoss patisnt aa9els hover above us, watch
ing 6r tAs spel which is % seldom utter
cd and 70 soon forgotten ..55aa
o. The Ohio is clear Of ice as high up
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-03-06

To CurE CoRNs- Ns-INFAI11BLr.-
tho unfortunate toe in camphene until il is
|" corned," and s. touch her of =" ea
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-03-06

LITTLE-OR-NOTHINGs.


LITTLE-OR-NOTHINGs.
"A%ap busy m Its fluctuations and It's vast concerns"
....A proud man is fool in fermen-
tation.
....BEAuT1ruL ExTRAcr.-Helping q
young lady out of a mud-puddle.
80. ..FLArrER1Ne.-A country parson
had singular pecularity Of expression,
always using the phrase "Flatter myself"
instead Of I" believe" Having occasion
to exhort his congregation during revival
he shattered himself that more than
one half Of them were on the road to per.
dition! tl
....A LITERARY TUIUMpH.-SCENE-
Chambers, somewhere in the Temple
Tom. say, Jim, hand us down those two
Volumes Of Macaulay's History Of England
Jim. Don't brother-I'm looking for
the backgammon -board.-Tom. Well you
isnoramus, that's the very thing Jim.
Why, it used to be Hume and Smollett ?
Tom. Precisely; but don't you know
that Hume and Smollett are out of date,
and that Macaulay is all the game now.
That is why l have promoted the old
trump to the backgammon board. 1t will
never do 10 be behind-hand in ones
history! Cut on (throping.) Cinq.ace'
-Punch.
r@ llr 1..'its-..-.- ..a..-
....A LovELEss HoME.-There is no
loneliness, there can be none in all the
waste or peopled deserts of the world
bearing the slightest comparison with that
Of an unloved wife She stands amidst
her family like a living statue amongst
the marble memorials Of the dead-in-
stinct with life, yet paralysed with death
the burning tide Of natural feeling cir.
cling round her heart-the thousand
channels frozen through which that feel.
ing ought 10 f1ow.-Mrs. Ellis.
80. A HEATED IMAGINATIoN.-A news.
paper paragraph informs US Of the fact
or we ought, perhaps, to say the fiction,
for we don't believe it, that a man the
other day committed suicide by swallow.
ing red-hot poker. We suspect this is
a variation on the old story arising out
Of the old worn trick Of biting an inch of
that popular fire-iron in state of red hea1
process that must be familiar to every
nursery. A man must be very tired, in.
deed, Of life, and especially hard up fol
the means Of getting rid Of his burden
before he could sit down to deliberately
eat the poker, after having firstdeliberate
ly heated it. We are quite satisfied tha
the article would have stuck in his throat
and given sufficient time for any one
present tohave seized the tongues ant
drawn the red.hot poker out before The
unhappy suicide could have found time t
swallow it. We are strongly inclined t
believe, that if there has been any suicid.
in the case, it has been by drink ant
the constant gulying down of grog Of th'
very hottest and stiffest description ha
suggested red-hot poker to the imagina
ton Of the writer Of the paragraph. W.
are satisfied that nobody has ever force'
! anything of the sort down his throat, an
we confess our own total inability +
swallow it-Punch.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-03-06

- S.,& rs - Ii
Mnsa - heat i out 81 tune tb4
ens seldom doe. right. : '''' ~
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-03-06

o. The Ohio is clear Of ice As high up
as Smithlaud.
Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1856-03-06

"Amap Of busy le Its fluctuations and vast concerns
CowPER.
....A proud man is fool in fermen-
tation.
....BEAUT1ruL ExTKAcT.-Helping q
young lady out of mud-puddle.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-03-06
How They do Reform.

A cotemporary enumerates few Of the
reforms already developed by the fusion Leg
sature at Columbus. 1t has been in ses-
sion about two months and has reformed as
follows:
1t has created two new Offices; and elect
ed two new officers whom they style Repor.
ters and puy them each FOUR dollars q
day.
1t hos spent several days Of the past week
in receiving disunon petitions-in discussing
the slavery question and other questions en-
tirely foreign to the legitimate business OF
legislation, at an expense to the tax payers
of near seven hundred dollars per day.
This same Legislature adjourned over to
attend the Celebration at Cincinnati on the
22d. This consumed about four days, at an
expense Of several thousand dollars to the tax
payers
The Senate has excused Tom Ford, who
abandons hispost as President of the Senate.
ITO attend the Know Nothing Convention at
Philadelphia, whilst the people continue to
pay him his foe dollars a Dig. '@ H
These are few of the beautiful reforms
Of Black Republicanism. Others will be
presented from time to time STARK CountI
Democrat.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-03-06

Law AND ORDER IN VIRGINIA.--The Pc.
tersburgh Express has the following par
ticulars of a bloody tragedy that occurred
in jerusalem. Southampton county, on the
10Th inst.
"On the night previous to the perpstra-
ton of the deed, at party or ball given
in Jerusalem, Capt. George Newsom, a
htghly.esteemed and fttpscied citizen, ard la!e
representative of his county in the State
Legislature, gave some offence to young
lady, which a relative others, young medi-
cal student, under the instruction Of DR..
Parker, of that place, named Calhoun Bar.
rett, resented by telling him not to speak
to her again, or il he did he (BarretD would
shoot him. Newsom being SomeUhat intor.
,cated, ufterward asked the young lady to
dance with him, upon which Barrett shot at
him, the ball passiRg through some part of
his coat. Newsom then left, and sent acord
10 Barrett that he must prepare to die. for he
intended 10 shoot him. On the next day
Barrett saw Newsom coming along the road
in buggy mith double barreled gun, a
black man driving for him. When Newsom
perceived him he raised the gun as if to fire,
but Barrett being also provided with gun
fired first, the contents striking Newsom
somewhere about the breast, causing him
to fall forward over the spatterboard. Bar.
rett then advanced and discharged the sec.
ond barrel into the head of Newsom, killing
him almost instantly"
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-03-06
The DIsunIonIst EIecred.


WADE, who pronounced the ''whIg party
not only ''dead, but stiBketh"-who preach
ed open disunion doctrines, and glorifed in
bis treason-a mnn every way destitute Of
every qualification fof the post TO which he
has been elevsted, wac reelected on yes.
ter6ay for another term Of six years as one
ofthe Senators Of the State Of Ohio in the
National Congress.
Ii was evidently sore business, even to
the performers, for the announcement fell
upon the people. though not unexpected, as
the news Of the arrival of an epidemic. Not
a smile from any one-not congratulation
not shout Of triumph but on all sides, in,
doors and out--members who performed
the deed, and the people who received the
intelligence, all looked sad, sorry, and des.
ponding. The majority felt humiliated in
performing what they considered a necessi.
ty, and the minority sympathized with them
in their misfortunes, and the whole melan-
choly performance had more appearance OF
the sad rites Of funeral service than the
pleasing act OF performing the public will.
1t was the death knel to the fusion party,
and it has thus speedily and solemnly pass
ed away. The uncongenial elements have
performed their destiny, and the partic les
being now dissolved, they will seek new
chemical combinations, more in accordance
with the of nature, and predsposed congeni-
ality!--StateSman 49,
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-03-06
u. s. senator.

Ron. B. +. wApE has been reelected
to the United States Senate. He is dis
unionist in sentiment and.the Legislature
in giving him reelection has made an en-
dorsement Of his sectional and disunion
views. His speech in Maine wherein he de,
clared the old Wing party dead, and alec
stated in substance, that the government
was no, worth preserving, will be recollect-
ted by many Of our readers. Thus is Ohio
the third State in the Union, represented in
the Upper Branch OF the National Legisla-
laturc, by man who holds that the Govern
ment constructed by our fathers,is comPsra-
lively worthless, and who by the introduc-
ton Of sectional questions, and fomenting
ofin,ernal aud domestic icuds, would ifpos-
sihle rcnd the Union ussunder.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-03-06

.h.,,lS 49,. -, .,,.......,,.s. -
nsa- h., !, ~ - oolIepe 'he
Nos.;ss,.s ",,',J ~ - 80 ~ ~ Pie,sh. "
b,e ,ss,,I, /. ,hs, vo,, h.r. G A. ,hs os,n
iten,is,. os.s ors h,nd,sd ,,,rs.;I. ~ ".
81. ri IL ,-aoss" ~ h.ssc ,,,,asI- ~. IL
lsssoc;s,ior ',v;.h h.rJarsd cony;s,. ~ ~
Munroe then Rad a~,,.c,s from, ss.s,., -
,orts Recommended hr s,.,,s,;.s Sha.,;..
/ that Of the boys Who ,s,s comm;,,sJ - an5
trained IN well conducted Honsos 81 PoG,,oo
about rs in loo. on the aysrsos bscaGe
permanently reformed and resnec,ahIo n0on,.
! hers Of society.
or the GOO conv;c,s ;n.,bo oh,o po.,,on.
tQry. at least 500 mi0bt have bssn rsfarmad
had thew heen nlaced in The Horsa ~ D.
fugc when thew were iuyenile offsnSsrs =
1--WE mipbt. perbans. conuratulh,e onrselves
when seeing the convicts in the neni,enti.r 70
that our fate was moi like theirs--we NAV
iperhaps feel inclined 10 excIaim nbarisoicaI.
/ iy, "tbank God we are NOT like tbeseI,, but
| let il be remembered thai every one nf them
was once as innocent as we ever were -
Their mothers had looked down unon their
innocent play as ours had. He would moi
ask any Legislature TO suffer criminals 10 es.
cape Justice, but he would ask them % begin
Justice at the right time and nlace. when
most criminals could be saved.
He supposed every one was agreed that
eventually House of Refuge would be an
economical institution. Crime was The
great cause of expense, The House of Re.
fuge, by lessening crime, would be the means
ofretrenchment. II must be remembered, Il
this bill was to be objected to on the ground
of economv, that either n House of Refuge
must be provided. or new pehitantiarv must
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-03-06
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

10 O'CLOCK A. NJ.
Mr.. Smith of Montgomery rose to ques-
tion of privilege and complained, that from
its conciseness the report of the Ohio
Statesman was calculated to convey the er-
roneous impression as to what he had said
in committee Of the whole on the bill to
fence railroads. He had not said that far
mers should be compelled tu fence their cat
tie for the convenience of railroads, but
that we had now so far advanced in civiiza,
ton and improvement that the interests of the
farming community demanded, that people
who had cattle should be compelled to Keep
them out, which imposed heavy bur:hen
upon the farming community. In which
case he had further contended that there
would be no necessity for law to compel
the fencing Of railroads.
B lis read the first time: 10 amend the
act regulating contested elections. MIR.
Guthrie, to forbid the use of the Jais of this
State for the confinement. of persons who
have not committed crime.
Mr.. Plumb from the committee Of Claims
reported upon the claim of Joseph Mcintyre,
Sheriff Of Clark county for services upon
Governors requisiton to the State Of H.
linois, with a resolution for the payment OF
$lS9 to Sheriff from the Governors contng-
ent fund. Agreed to.
Mr.. Bell, from Committee on Retrench-
ment, reported bill to amend the act for
the organization of the General Assem-
bly,.
The committee to whom was referred the
petition from Tuscurawas county, report
oI @hn
of Public Works to close up the waste weir
near the town of Dover. Referred to Com
mite on Public Works. The Committee
! Of Fees Salaries reported back the bill with
reference to the fees C Coronors and re.
commended its indefinite postponement.--
The bill was recommitted. MIR. Slough Off
cred joint resolution to make it out Of or.
der for any member to introduce bill after
March 18th, unless with the consent of two.
thirds the members OF the General Assem-.
bly,.
Mr. Parsons moved to lay the resolution
on the table, Which prevailed.
Mr.. Franklin offered resolution to re.
qurc theBoard of Public Work to furnish
to this House all the bids received at the
late letting ofthe Public Works, distin.
gushing the successful from the uneuccess
full bids. Laid upon the table. ~a
The bill for the protection of school ant
meeting houses was taken up and Mr.. Boy
er moved its indefinite postponmen,. Yeas
46, nays 45, So the bill was Indefinitely
postponed.
The joint resolution requesting Congress,
to make appropriations for a canal round the
falls of the Ohio on the Indiana side was
agreed to.
The bill to provide for the further distr
button of Swans Statutes was read the frs
time.
Recess.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-03-06
FITS Z! FITS ! FITS |!

Persons laborng under this distressing malady
viii find lIr. Hance's Epleptc Pills to be the only
remedy ever discovered for curing Epilepsy or Faiis
ing Fits These Pills possess aspecifc action on the
system; and although prepared especially of
the purpose Of curing Fits they will be found OF es
peca benefit to all persons afflicted with weak nerves
or whose nervous system has been prostruted or shat
tered from any cause whatever. The dyspeptc IA.
ent, whose stomach has lost tho power OF duly CON.
verng food into life sustaining clement Is relieved
BY single course of the extraordinary Pills. The
gastic fluid rc-acquires its solvent power and the
crude nutrlment which was load and burden 10 tie
sufferer, while his digestive organi cation was para
NZed ana nnstrung, becomes under the wholesome,
revolution crented in the sysem The basis Of strengths
activity, and health.
Sent to any part Of the country by mail free Of post,
age. Address Seth $. Hance, l06 Baltimore Street. /.
Baltimore, Md. Prlce--one box, SO; two. s5; twelve
S24. Feb. 28th, I6j6-3U-4w.
And for sale by l. Swift, and g. Hatch, Ravenna,
Wamn and Wilson, Deerfeld; D, Bostwick, Edinbure;
J.. w. Cone, franklin Mills G. and q. Rr Harmon,
Auross; o. l.. Drake, Freedom; Parsons and Roots
RaYenna Fcb, %, ISJI-3O-ly .f,.g
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-03-06

A DISCREET GoyERSoR.-Gov. Wright,
of Indiana, having been solicited by one Of
the parties in Kansas, to interfere in its
behalf, says, Indiana has selected her own
domestic policy, according to the great prin-
ciple tha; underlies all our Institutions
the absolute right of each State and Terri
tory to make its own institutions, without
the influence of others. She is willing to
give her ncighbors the same right, and to
suppose them capable of choosing and deci-
ding for themselves, without any interfer-
ence from Indiana. He adds, that no effort
WILDE used by him to induce solitary citi-
zen to enter upon crusade againsraany por-
ton of the people of the Union or their in
sttutions. The Governor seems to have
learned and properly appreciated the impor-
tant lesson Of ninding his own business.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-03-06

BosToN, March 1.-The steamship Amer
ica from Liverpool arrived at7 l-2 O'Clock.
Capt. Weekman ofthe America says there
is no truth in the report of their having seen
steamer on the third day heading towards
st. Georges Channel, as was reported in
Halifax.
The America reports passing on Wednes-
day, Goth Feb, lat. 50deg, l3m. log. 90 deg
54m.. a large stamer with two tunnels, bound
east, supposed to have been the Fulton.
The America encountered large fields Of
ice during the voyage, and on the 25th ult
passed large field, and clear water coult
mot be seen to the north from the masthead
Capt. Weekman thinks if the Pacific gor in
to the ice she will not be heard from.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-03-06

o. In the German Courier Of Tuesday
we find the following:
"The National Republican Convention
lately held here does not come up to our ex.
pectation. II the Convention which will
assemble on the 7th of June admits such
fanaticial parsons as this Lovejoy, or fools
like the "saw-log man." besides taking into
their rank and file Cretbi and Plethi, (tag-
nag,) Know Nothings and Abolitionists, the
fate of the Republican party will soon be
the same as that of the Wig party. II
will fall pieces by the law of sense. Under
such circumstances we advise our country
men to keep themselves aloof from the Re
publican party, unless it gives better proc
Of republican sincerity"
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-03-06


6FThe amount of grain received at Buff
falo during the season of 1855, was 24,472,.
288 bushels.
0FThe originator and leader of Hindoo-
ism in Evansville, Indiana, has been detec.
ted in stealing a dog.
GTAsa Andrews, said to be the Oldest
lawyer in the United States, died recently al
Ipswich, Mass, aged 94 years. He had
been member Of the bar 20 years.
GFGen. Williams, the defender of Kars
is all American by birth.
0cFIndia rubber ladders don't answer as
well as was supposed. There isa drawbacks
connected with them, you climb all day with
out getting up any.
0~3~"DId he hit you on purpose?" asked
the magistrate. Och, no, yer honor, he hit
me on the head, sure.
| GA person who had been listening to Q
very dull address, remarked that everything
,cent scel! especially the audience.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-03-06
Battle with the Indian $.

The news from Washington Territory is
full Of interest. On the 26th OF January.
says the account before US, grand attack
upon the town Of Seattle, on Puget Sound
which for four nights preceding had been
garrisoned by 10 men and officers of the r.
S. sloop of war Decatur. As usual, at :
returned to the ship; when, receiving infor-
nation of the attack, they went back into
the town, where they were assisted in its de.
fence by about seventy of the inhabitants
A howitzer being fired by the troops, the In,
dams returned 4 voley upon the entire rear
of the town, and the firing was kept up until
3 o'clock, P. NJ. Then the women and
children were sent on board the Decatur and
Brontes, the citizens and marines left in
charge of the brick houses, and the officers
and crew returned to the ship.
The batteries were then opened from the
Decatur, and grape, canister, and rount
shot poured upon the Indians in such quan
titles, that the main body Of them resreated
After night fall, shell and shot where throw
wherever any signs of Indians appeared
By 10 o'clock, P. NJ, oil was quiet.
1t is impossible to ascertain the number
engaged in the attack. There are various
rumors, from which we gather that the In
dians we're from seven 10 nine hundred
strong. 1t is also rumored that the Indian:
had 35 killed and 36 wounded. On the sidt
of the whites only were killed, both civil
ians. The Indians shot too high,the bullets
whistling over the heads of our forces. Al
attack is feared up Stellacoom, as short tint
before the steamer sailed, an express came
into the garrison with Information that th'
Indians had attacked some whites about fivt
miles from the garrison.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-03-06
Township Elections.

The time for the election of township Off.
GERS is fast approaching. 1t behOoves the
people to begin TO look about for suitable
men to guard their local interests. The
great burthcn of taxation in the county con.
sists Ofthat levied by the township school
dis,ri;t and other local officers. Prudent
candid, and careful men should therefore be
chosen. Are theDemocrats Of the townships
ready! 1t is time to begin work. Make
good nominations and elect your candidates.