The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-05-21


7 CuLD.HEARTED.-An aged maiden lady,
iiof Portland. Maine, ~ years of age, was
carried to the work house, who has broth
Eer living in that city who was taxed the
past year, on the Assessors books for over
$4,000; also, q sister, whose husband is
taxed for IS. 0QO; and cousin who is repor.
tted, to lie N,rth S5C .oCO.
A VOLCANO IN GEoRGIA.--A writer in the
I Seatipet. states that volcano has lately
made its appearance in Pigeoa M untnin,
Georgia, about ten miles from Angus ta.-
I Several springs about it have disappeared.
! The mountan. is violently agitated, and
smoke end ashes arc seen issuing from the
crater. Z; 5.e. ~
G1-'rhe Philadelphia Sun, states that
it has received a newspaper. from Syracuse,
N. Y, made from rags directly imported from
Egypt and which had once wrapped in their
Io!ds the mumhifed Egyptians. 1t de.
scribes tliepoper good, rather better, indeed
than that ordinarily uscdlor newspapers in
this country. A-
GA lady Of Froy--one of The aristocra.
cy of that city -lost her husband on the 4th
inst, at9 O'Clock in the morning Two
hours later she caused the following tele.
graphic dispatch to be sent to modiste in
New York. "What is the latest fashion Of
mourning goods? Send purtculars by mail"
01T Lady FIanklin has purchased clip.
per for another Arctic voyage, and given
the command of it to Captain M'Clntock,
who has considerable experience in the nav
igation Of those seas.
A BLESSING The long, cold spring
which we have had has added immensely to
the sugar crop Of the North. The mope
sugar crop is enormous. tits estimated at
the enormous sum Of eleven millions OF dol.
lars. ... rta
CAUGHT.-The persons charged with the
muddcr of Sothouse, Mt Dayton, have been
held to bail in $500, each.
DECLINED. Elk Gu. s. Senator John Pet,
tit, Of Indiana, who was rendered by Prcsi-
dent Buchanan, one of the Judgeships in
Minnesota Territory, has declin ed that po-
stion,.
YIcToRT.-The Democrats of Ottawa, ILL.,,
have elected their candidate for Mayor by
lSl majority, and five out Of seven Alder,
-WALxER.--It is said that Walker has
evacu nted Rivas, and is on board aBritish
Mnn.of.war. This report is however Of
doubt Gul authority . r1l eas-.s4
= o. Wood in Cincinnati, s selling at the
unprecedently high price of eight dollors per
cord. t <4F ."aa.7tt
s. DowN.-Tle "Indiana State Dlnk" at
Bloomfield has gone by the board. 1t was
one Of tho most ferocious of wild cuts.
No MoRE.-Tbe last of the children Of
George the Third, Of England is dead. Her
RoyaI Highness, Mary, Duchess Of G Iouces.
ter, expired on April 3oth, at the advanced
age of eighty one years.
0J-There is adoot at Buffalo, mostly from
the upper Lakes. $4,000 Q bushels Of what
10000 bushels Of corn, aud 5000 barrels
Of -four. ...t1q 4.s. ,.s.t n.
6 0eTO Cincinnati firmt has shipped to
the Western Territories,i since the second
day OF March, one hun dred and fifty ready
made houses. These buildings are OF the
cottoge style, and though ghtransported in piec-
es, can be. put.up ready for occupancy in for
ty minutes. sfas's ea sasI gt
s0-A man named Daily, for attempting
to commit sn icide in Hendricks county, In
diana, has been sentenced to the penitentia-
fy for three years, and disiranchised for ten
years. y lss sla9i 'a6 ,stsit3t
or Tomatoes are selling in New York at
thirty seven and half cents per2dozen.-
They were brought from Bermuda.