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The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-09-17

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RAVEA :. .HTaH.. j., t'u4se, edAtsday and lEurs'
IIRfon, Eal tiro ,5ags4, Ven. I4E, sept 9oth.
Cioyolaru, Amerc.ta'Iote, Moi.day and Tuesday
Sert. 7th aI;a 9TH
Warren, National Hct1l, Wednesday, Oct, 7th.
For consultation upon all diseases of the Throat
Lungs Heart, Liver, Stomach, Bowels, Kidneys and
Srleen; also Dropsy, Gravel, Rheum4tisp, Nervous
ness Debility, Dyspepsia Female diseases, AGuo and
Fever, Fits Impurities of the blood, Eruptons Csp
GERS UIeors and all other varieties of long stafdill
complaints both external and iatornal.
For somo ten years Dr. I. has deYated his entire
time TO chronic isoasos treating thousands annually
many Of whom had eNna9s,rd every other resource
within reach. In cass r- mineral or other pOi2ens
ned, nor d0cc t. 'ss sex TO make UCH or teal
non TO baiid tF - ID. 2g ;cnes can be taken viii
safety by the n.s' " .g,H aH@ patients may remair
at hoAne .ttuA t.at " tn prudence their ordMar!
diet and, eXesriso Many have recovered nnder tht
treatmc t;tttr iondsald physicians had given Hp al
hnpe the iudtsput,bto evidence of which can alway
befIrniShed. inyuiids however reduced and despair
ing are invited /" call, d may he assured that
cou cement will be given or expense incurred, with
out corresponding prospect OF recovery.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-09-17

THE MECHANlc-THE NECESSITY OF AR"
HIvlEG AT EXcELLENCE.-There is nn old
adnge that whut is worth doing is worth do
ing ,ceN. 1t is true as it is old. In every
department of human industry, there is a con-
stant and absolute necessity of keeping this
rule in view. # you are a lawyer, labor
night and day until you occupy an eminent
and honorable position in your profcssion.-
Ifyou are a physician, study t;lc laws Of life
and health-investigate the anatumy Of the
human frame-extmine the nature and uses
Of medicines until you ere master Of every
subject connected with tile health or disease
of the physical body. If you are n"farmer,
make yourself familiar with the pecu'iaFties
Of the seasons as they come and go in their
ceusless round--sow the seed and gather
the harvest in its time; read"everythiDg and
observe everything which can render you
thoroughly prepared for the duties and inter-
ests Of your calling. = ;.
SIN no department of life can thofo be
accomplished by untir;hg industry and con-
tinual effort at improvement, than in the Me.
chanic arts; nor is there any other occupation
where greater work has been achieved
AS the bark canoe of the Indian has been
succeeded by the stately steam ship fsUugh.
ing the waves of the Atlantic, so has one
Improvement SUCCEEDED another. In the pa
tent Office at Washingtorare exhibited thou
sands of modelss for which letters have been
taken out by inventors. Nearly all of these
are useful end practical. Nearly every one
is an improvement upon some one that has
gone before it, and the originator thereof is
a benefactor of his race.
The really great men in this world ofours
are those who have brought to light great unt
practical Inventions. The benefits which
they confer upon mankind are solid and per.
manent and they live forever. The name Of
Gallilco may be forgotte q the laps OF ages
but the blessings conferrea by him upon the
world Of science, will be felt by the nations
SO long as the stars shine and the planets re-
volvo in their orbits. The name of Faus
may disappear from the records OF Earth ant
the recollections Of men. but who can esti
mate the immeasurable good which flows
from. the art Of printing. Every book o
science, art, poetry, history. philosophy; ev
cry Language, every pen and every tongue
speak his praises and proclaim his immortai
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-09-17

PosT MASTER APPoINTMENT.-R. O..
HAMMOND, Esq, one Of the editors OF the
Summit Democracy has been appointed Post
Master at Akron. ~ *3.t'
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-09-17
ONE PRICE, CAsH AND READYPAY

" ST0RE.-Just opened, beautiful lot Of plain
and prntAl LAwns, pl%h, and priuted Jacconrtts,
.pi2n aud pia Re}us.s. SHalntr P6ptfrs arr6 Tis-
sues, plain, co"-o1 & vr;el Gr,lHant5, etc., etc.
Also, striped, ,'i} .. :a,n Dress Silks, o. the
latest stttfs O. s.- s.it1c; Il large lot of choice
black silks -.-aV. Bccrhc, Stella, plain
and printed ..n is ald back silk Shawls; long
and square, iGlu aud Embroidered White Grape
Shawls., Plain and figured Chaiiics nio new pat
terms S'ring styles of De ain5s at brices'irom to
5 shillinga. Also, rich assortment Of D~eGs Frn-
miHgs and Bonnet Ribbons, and in fact all the differ
ent kSdS of goods that Dc sound ri any store IN
this county. Intending to do Il strictly Cash and
Ready Pay business we have marked our goods at-
cordingy, aud ut lower f2urcs than we or any on.
else could DO were We Obliged to give long credits 81
our stocH. Ladies' and gentlemen in want of aay
kind of Fry Goods or Groccrics, Will nd they can
save money by calling at No. Pho'niN h}Dck.
CDtfIN & PlNNEY.
*x%An kinds Of Glrm nroiHr' taben in exchange
for goods 1T the rs, urtl CT !rces.
San Andreas independent., 1857-06-06

A SAD PICTURE OF DEsTITUTIoN IN New YoRK
An inquest was held in New York on Monday
on the body of woman 40 years of age, who was
found in dying condition the previous night
In an open yard in Seventh avenue, and who
expired at the station house. A little girl, 8
years OF age, and two younger children boys
were lying beside her upon pile of rags At
the inquest the little girl, Mary Ann by name,
was examined. She told very sad tale most
artlessly:
That is my mother she said, pointing to
the corpse The night before last two men
came into our house and turned my father ana
mother and me and my two little brotherS out.
We had nowhere to go. We then went 10
sleep in the entry. Nobody turned US away all
night In the morning father went away 10
look for another place. He was gone all DAY.
We had nothing to eat, and were very hungry
Father came back at O'Clock and thcn went
avav agaip. Nobody would let us into their
bouse. cause they said if they did the landlord
u-ould turn them out. The folks we hired the
bouse of. hired it to somebody else So we
went into the yard. Mother said she was very
sick she had been sick a long time before, and
nv little brothers cried Mother lay down, and
I put some rags on her to keep her warm, be-
cause she said her head ached so bad When
it got dark my two little brothers lay down,
and put some things over them, and got some
rags to put under them too, and then sat up
to watch. BY and by policeman came aiong'
and then he went away and got another one,
and they lifted her up and put her into cart,
and took us all here. Mother didn't want to
leave the ward. She said to the policeman that
She wanted to stay where she was"
San Andreas independent., 1857-06-06

A SINGULAR DIscovERY.-In 1852, a few grains
of wheat were discovered in the tombs of some
mummies found in the South of France, sup
posed to have been two thousand years old
These grains of Egyptian wheat were planted,
and produced, to the surprise of every one, 1900
to l I! The government took the affair in hand,
and consigned the management of it to the
farmers of the Government farm at Rambouillet.
The result has been most astonishing. Each
year the product has been magnified in such an
immense proportion over the preceding year,
that the Minister of Agriculture is now enabled
to distribute over France large quantity of
this wheat to each of the departments gratuit-
ously, with instructions from the Government
farm as to the best mode of cultivation. At a
late meeting of the Academy of Sciences, the
Baron de Mennevlle presented several stocks of
this regenerated Egyptian which were six feet
high, and bore each several fine cars A French
lady explained the other day, this great multi
plying power of the Egyptian wheat, by the
long rest it had 1t is a great and important
discovery for the study of agriculturalists.
San Andreas independent., 1857-06-06
botfls, Restaurants, &f.

Y~HlS POPULAR AND COMMODIOUS HO-
IL tel, situated in one of the most pleasant and
convenient localities in the town, is constantly
open for the reception of TRANSIENT and
PERMANENT BOARDERS. The rooms are
spacious, thoroughly ventilated and furnished
with view to comfort. The dining hall is the
best in the place, where the patrons of the house
may depend upon finding the table spread with
the choicest edibles the market affords
The Bar is furnished with the choicest bl ands
of Wines, Liquors and Cigars
BOARD AND LODGING.
Per Week, single rooms, ms,..............S $1,000
Per Week, double rooms, s,................ 500
Without Lodging, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 100
Single Meal ,................. rs
Meals at regular hours.
BE Payment to be made invariably in ad-
vance. nov %, '56-tf
San Andreas independent., 1857-06-06
WAGON RoAps.-The Washington correspon

WAGON RoAps.-The Washington correspon-
dent of the Baltimore Sua says:
The Secretary of the Interior has had con-
versation with Messrs. Douglass, Weller, ant
Chapman, of Nebraska; Bice, of Minnesota, and
Denver, relative to the Wagon Road to the Pa.
cihc coast, authorized by an act of the las
Congress. The whole question was discussed
and they came to the conclusion that there
should be general superintendent of the work
which is to be divided into three sections, with
sub-superintendents to each; and it is said that
Gol. VIM. ID. Mobiles, of Minnesota was regar-
ded by all of them as eminenty itted for the
supcrintendency.
San Andreas independent., 1857-06-06

Ba Brown says g have seen rope palk y
Jones says " have seen better than that have
seen a rail fence" " All that is nothing" says
Smith, f" have seen a hat boz" And we have
seen cat fish. Wonderful age. Well, it is
Grand Rapids Herald.
And we have seen horse Gy.-Detron Adr.
The above may be all true, but we have seen
whip saw, and heard mill dam(n (n)-Sandus-
ky Register.
That c1ssis amt nothing to the awful bark
we heard of tree, the alacrity of its leaving
in the Spring-BufaIo cypress.
And we have seen screw drirer, a cork screao,
a "billy" birch and a monkey wrench.-.San An-
dreas Independent.
San Andreas independent., 1857-06-06

PoETRY.-The Adrian "Watchtower" has been favored
with poetical efuson from favorite correspondent
who styled the gentle Lucy" On previous occasion
age of her John 'cross the sudgy sees" The burst
lyric joy with which she describes the arrival of John
very touching:
Deer John has cum sound the drum
Aynt happe wumun
To MARIE NEE hees-krost the see
0 didunt he act human
Her joy here appears to take quiet turn and she
thus graphically describes the wedding attire:
hadd on dres NV muzling whyt
OH trimd arownd with yeler,
And the gals tha sed mi fails wuz red
A thinkin mi feller.
My hare wuz fixt and phrizlud upp,
With ribunz redd and ROXY
An on the top NV mi big bak kome
Wuz boka a ly Victory.
An John had pare of blue troughsiz on,
An Shanghi kote so meet
An big buzum pin stus rite under his chin
An pare Nv bootz on his pheet
How touchingly she aludes to the minister's aunhu-
nun question, whether wanted to be married
or not Hear her
The minister hee lookt rite at NEE
An seq Evil u be a marred womun y
| will sez |, and begun to kri,
Fur it seemed so kinder minimum.
Tu ask me when he nu so wei
lde bin waytin so long, it wuz horryd
But itz oil over nou all imc happe vough
Tu thynk John an has gott marred.
San Andreas independent., 1857-06-06

20 Like the nelodious sounds which accompapv the
whlte spray Oh the mountain cascade the autumn breeze
watts its murmuring echoes in sweet conct ;,,, u,
rustng leaves-a requiem to departing summer-ANSAs
paintive memorial to who loves shim. too ~ !; ~
quistely beautiful. The lines are written not on,v ~
the feeling and pathos of true womans love but of
heart richer in the of greatness and goodness than
all the .ngerng sunbeams in golden tresses cherrv
lips enchanting smiles and 'sweet caresses of Regi
ment of LIDAs;-lght snowfakes all these charms
compared with the exquisite poetcal genius and orsvns
nature expressed in the epistle of Anna to Ida.
San Andreas independent., 1857-06-06

To Ida.
Oh! let me paint thee Ida
know thou'rt passing fair,
Thy smile is full of sweetness,
Thine eyes like diamonds are,
And thy dear heart is loving
Oil love him Ida too,
For his heart contains treasure,
A love most true for you.
He tells me sunbeams linger
Amid each golden tress,
And red as cherries are the lips
He loves so much to press:
He says thy smile 5 enchanting
Ali knew he not the pain
On my soul he was inflicting,
As he praised thee o'er again?
He says thou'rt full of feeling
He has marked thee often weep,
AS shadow, after shadow,
Ger thy spirits joy will creep:
Oh 4! wilt thou think of, and pity
One who loves him too,
With heart as pure as thine is,
With love that is as true?
leave thee! in thy gladness,
leave thee in thy love,
May no deep touch of sadness,
Thy spirit ever prove:
But OH do not forget me,
When e'er thy prayers combine,
But think, oh, think how often
Mine will go up with thine
No wo shall mar thy pleasure,
No 'plaint shall meet thy ear,
No murmuring sound shall greet thee,
Thou shalt see no tear:
My prayer each morn, and nightly,
That thou shalt happy be,
And all lifes hours brightly,
Shall pass to him and thee.
'an -1ndreas, June, 1857. ANNA.
San Andreas independent., 1857-06-06

DEFINITION OF :. WILD OArs."-A cereal crop
that is generally sown between eighteen ana
twenty-five; the harvest usually sets IN ABOUT
ten years after and is commonly iound TO con-
sist of broken constitution, two weak iegs,
bad coucb and trunk filed with small vials
and medical prescriptions
San Andreas independent., 1857-06-06
To Ida.

Written for the Independent.
San Andreas independent., 1857-06-06
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in the Independent Building, st. Charles Street,
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TERMS OF ADVERTISING square of
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Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-07-18
From the South Side Democrat.
FREE NEGROES.
MEcKLrNBuRG Co., june Is, 1857,


Something should be done by our noxt legisla-
ture to better the condition of this unfortunate
class as well as to relieve ourselves of their pres
ence Every day furnishes us with additional ma
terals Of proof to convince us that the free negro
and the slave should not exist in tine same commu
nifty The presence of the free black in our midst
breeds corruption and It is necessary for us to take
active means to rid ourselves of them and the
sooner will we be enabled to control the conduct O.
the slave. The free negro is the medium through
wh.eh the slave is enabled to procure ardent spir
its-the medium through which The slave is enabled
70 dispose of stolen goods--the medium through
which the Northern emissary is enabled to wOrl
mischief-in fine, he is an agent of corruption
powerful to 40 harm and mpotent to do good.
The negro has but little industry, economy, fore
sight or mind, and without control and direction
in other words, in state Of freedom-is incapable
by the experience of every Southern community
of either providing properly for his wants, or i'm
proving his social condition
The laws of Virginia give the free negro bu
few privileges. His freedom is abridged;his natur
al inferiorty prevents him from being placed up
on an equality with the white nan. SelG.preserva
ton prompted our Legislature TO pass laws pre-
venting his education; his testimony is ignored il
our courts of Justice, in both civil and crimina
cases except in such cases as the black man
alone interested he is not recognised MS citizen b.
the laws Of the State, and is incapable OF maxim
himself worthy of citizenship.
1t is useless to discuss the point; Is tho negr
carable of enjoying freedom? Every day furnish
es us with new illustrations, and it is only neces
sary for us to open our eyes. to be convinced ina
ho is either born for barbarism or bondage
would be an act of charity for us to dispose of ,her
by giving them masters to look after and minlste
to their wants. Ignorant degraded, and poor, the
live out miserable existence half clothed an
hall-led living like dog without a master prov
ing about making that his own which no chance
to ind. Itisa race that needs the GUARDIANSHIP
of a superior; and under tho control of that suro
ior' their labor eonducos to the highest producuo
of agricultural and mechanical industry, as wIo
as secures the greatest amount OF happiness I'M
could attend the blacks.
All negroes brought to America were brought
slaves all free negroes are tho dcscendahto
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-07-18
From the National Antslavery STANDARD.
The CASE OF MARGARET DOUGLASS

EoMe Editors gf tie Anh Slarery Standard.
IhE htermeddlng impudence Of Yankee blue
stockings in going to the slave States, and there
unlawfully teaching the slaves to read the Bible.
was eHectualy checked by the prosecution, con-
viction and punishment of Margaret Douglass.
That case, truly reported, would read as follows
INDICTMENT
COMMONWEALTH, or VIRGINIA, In tie Ciyc,G
NORFOLK County, SS. Court. Tn,
Grand Jurors empanneiled and sworn to inquir,
of offences committed in the body of said County
on their oath present tina. Margaret Douglass, be
ing an evidsposcd person, not having the fear o
God before her eyes, but moved and nstgated b,
the Devil, wickedly, malciously, and felOnlously
on the fourth day of July, in the year of our Lore
one thousand eight hundred and ty-four, at Nor
folk, in said County did teach a certain black CIR
named Kate to read the Bible to the great dis
pleasure of Almighty God, to the rernicous ex
ample of others in like offending, contrary
to the form OF the statute in such case made and
provided, and against the peace and dignity of the
Commonwealth of Virginia.
VIcToR VAGABoND Prosecuting Attorney
On this indictment Mrs. Douglass was arraign-
ed as o necessary matter Of form, tried, found
guilty, of course, and Judge Scalawag, before
whom she was tried, having consulted with DR..
Adams, ordered the Sheriff to place MIS-. Douglass
in the prisoners s-box when he addressed her as
follows:
Margaret Douglass, stand up. You are guilty
Of one of the vest crimes that ever disgraced So
ciety; and the jury have found you so. You have
taught slave girl to read in the Bible. No en-
lightened society can exist where such offences go
The Court, in your case. do not feel
for you one solitary ray of sympathy, and they
willintlict on you the utmost penalty of the law.
In any other civilized country you would nave
paid the forfeit of your ermcs with your life, and
the Court have only to regret tlat such is not the
law in this country. The sentence for your offence
is that you be imprisoned one month IN the Coun-
ty jail and that You pay the costs OF this nrosecu-
tion. Sheriff, remove the prisoner to jail"
On the publication of these proceedings, the
Doctors of Divinity preached each sermon on the
necessity of obeying the laws; the Nec York OO-
Seicer noticed with much pious gladness revival
of religion on DIR. Smiths plantation in Georgia,
among his slaves; while the Journal Of Commerce
commended this political preaching of the Doctors
of Divinity because it favored slavery. Let us do
nothing to offend our Southern brethren. l..
81 Louis, May "a, 1857.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-07-18

those slaves-and being incapable OF proper SELF
preservation, should return into Slavery. l be
iieye Slavery to be, as | have heard it expressed
"a moral. political, and social good"--a blessing
both to the black and the white man it elevatcs
the negro from the most degraded condition, makes
him useful to himself and useful to others I'm,
proves his morals, and gives him an opportunity OF
arriving at the highest state of mental ana moral
Improvement that his imbecelity will permit Of
In view Of this, am in hopes our Legislature will
take action upon the subject and provide every
free negro whose choice it is to remain in the state,
with suitable master. | aware that there
are persons that would object to this summary
means of disposing Of them; and others, who do
not conceive Of any suitable plan by which it could
be carried into effect To them will say, there IS
practical and humane system by which it could
be effected.
Give every such negro a reasonable time to leave
the State. If it is his choice to remain let him be
appraised and sold at a certain per cent, under
valuation, permitting him to choose his MASTER
provided the amount required be paid for him.
say, let him be sold at certain per cent, under
valuation; that would 90 far to procure for him the
master he would most prefer. Let the proceeds of
of these sales 90 to delray the expenses Of those
whose choice it would be to leave the State; and if
1t be insufficient for that purpose let the adequate
amount be raised
If it should please the Legislature to pass such
law. bope they will not permit any such negro
to be sold out of the State, or carried out of the
State after being sold for it should be the policy
of every true Virginian to keep as many slaves as
possible in the State
If there is any odium attached to this system of
Kidding ourselves of the greatest nuisanceS in our
land there is odium attached to Slavery itself for
if Slavery is right, it is right for to enslave
those whose condition will be improved thereby.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-07-18

Let us see ns quickly rs possible whether Cover
nor Chase and his myrmidons can release the peo-
pie of Ohio from their loyalty to the Constitution
and Union ! Let him unfurl his black flag, and,
with his battle cries of "lligher Law" "Ab0li.
ton" and Negro Rights" rally his fanatics and
denagogues of every shade and advance against
that bulwark which has survived so many porls
and shocks, and over which the stars and stripes
still and long will wave in triumph and glory.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-07-18

The SLAVE IRVINE Nor EXPECTED TO LIVE
TIE slave Irvine, who was shot in the last fugitive
slave arrest in CINCINNATI, and taken over by
his master, Col, Wthers, to Covin9ton, was when
his symptoms wore favorable, removed to FayottC
county but although cared for by his wife
and in charge Of competent physician. his life is
now leBpaircd Of .'
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-07-18
'NlIlouI n IoWI or oven onleken, =
sneaked out Of Mechanisburg as they sueaked in

Why WE ARE WHIrE.--A Mahomcdan Afghan
priest thus explained to large audie nee, who
wondered how it happened thatEuropeans differ in
color from themselves. "Their faith for5ds the
European women to suckle their children and
they supply the mothers place by eve. This
therefore," he said preserves the natural white
ness of the skin; hut they are not the less hall
beast, half man ; and that is the reason they can
not understand the sublime religion of our vener
atod Prophet"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-09

SPLITTING ROCKS WITHOUT BLASTING -
Some French inventors have taken out patent
In England for splitting rocks by the generation
of heat without causing an explosion. They used
a substance composed of 100 parts of sulphur by
weight, 100 of saltpetre, SO of sawdust, so OF
horse manure, and 10 of common salt. The salt
petre ard common salt are dissolved in hot water
to which four parts of molasses are added, and
the whole ingredients stirred until they are thor
oughly Incorporated together in one mass, which
exposure to the sun, and ia fit for use, II is tamn
ed In the holes bored for blasting rock in the same
manner as powder, and is ignited by . fusee-
1t does not cause an explosion upward like gun
the rock