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The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-04-15
A BatEi IN tile Dead sen.

II Z
FIdnging into the Dead Sea, Mr.. Y. g.
Prime reports is not agreeable. He seys;--
."',H there were words to express aliseohy
that NO 6ne has experienced | would. Tee
them here. cannot conceive worse Tor.
ture than that plunge caused .mea Evsry
inch Of my skin smarted end stEng aa Il =
thousand nettles had been whipped uysF Z.
My face was as il dipped in boiling Oil he
skin under my hair aad beard was absolues
fire, my eyes we're balls ofaIguish. and ~
nostrila a. hot as the nossrils Ut -
cifef. Ihowlsd with pain, but I saspsaS.
ed when | heard Wh1ely's voice. -
had swallowed some Of the water. -
coughsd It up Into his aose and tke tdkes
under bis eyes. The sfEectwa toeysssclks
all paiu elsewhefs while that torture saAur-
cd, Il came near beiag assrions mstlsE
with him. and. as i was, bis v0iee snisassa
fot aweek, his eyes md nuze vsrs inlSzssz
as If with ssvsre cold. and ths pkis -
.tinusd severe fof several dsys. RssaTs
our feet with difficulty. We slood picsuKz s.
despair. not able q open our syss. - -
the pain y essFy sEtemRt " -
10 rub shem With our vet haads = akllIs.ss
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hiIG,.isht.

1t is midnight-the clock is striking
twelve. How finely the full tones sweep
past through the air, as II they should take
up your thought and carry it miles away to
the very friend you are thinking Of at that
moment. How many haunts of wretched-
ness hidden from the human eye, 10 the
depths of human hearts have these cold vi.
brations reached while they are dying So
carelessly upon our eats +! What tales il
night tell of secret misery, sickness un.
watched. and preying sorrow and fesr and
care, and the thousand bitter canksrs that
lie and feed at the very heart strings beyond
all reach of neutrality-suspicious. sympathy
Mafy wife sits watching with broken
heart for her husbands step, many moth.
er for her child's-and many venturous
merchant lies haunted with fear of ship.
wreck and fire many an undetected default:
or fancies voices at the dddr--maDy a young
girl, just finding out thai love is only heavi-
ness and fear, muses. bitterly over the ca.
price Of a moment or an unmeant triAe.-
And those are only watchers-for the happy
are asleep save the bride on her dainty pill
low, murmuring in low tone in the ear that
will soon tire of its monotony--or to the
fervent poet building up his dream into ths
darkness, and his pulse ihountihg with soaf.
ing freedom Of angels forgetting the world
Eill trample out his fiery SPIRIT ashes, and
laugh iii scorn the fine work Of his towering
fancy.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-04-15
A Practical Joke,

H D, a subsltern officer inI
the revolutionary war. who was taken pris
Oner at the battle ofL,ng island; and was
after the restoration Of peace asmember Of
our State Legislature, was an incorrigibie
though good natured wag and practical jok-
er. He had been successful in his tricks
on q number Of persons, who. to do him jus.
tice, were generally proper subjects on
whom to exercise his peculiar vein Of hu.
NOR. In most cases the lessons received
from him were appropriate rebukes Of folly
or extravaganza.
Not far from him lived young German,
though Of Pennsylvania birth. This young
man he'd heard Of the acts OF our fucetious
friend, and was in the habit OF declaring him.
self proof against any of his schemes. He
was naturally boaster, and the sequal will
show not without some reason. Often he
was heard to say in his patois, 81 is doc gun.
min to be cotch, nit his bricks. and mine
heart is so pig that der TeufeI nit all his
spuchs can't skeer me-" This defiant Dir
made D more anxious to turn the Ia.
bles, and excite the laugh ngains; him.
One fine summer evening near nightfall,
D. saw young Brom Bones riding his
fuvorite horse down the road, by the old
church yard, near the abode Of the latter -
Knowing that he would return by the same
way at dh early hoar Of the night, in order
to carry out his plan, he clad himself with
such attire as he judged to be.the appropri.
ate costume Of ghost, and stationing him
self under some venerable oaks; In cother
of the grave yard, Ne awaited, with as much
patience as he could tssuihe, the fetarn of
his victim. Fortunately he had not remain
ed long on watch. before he heard the clat.
ter OF hoofs; announcing the approach Of the
young man. When he came opposite to
him. he rose slowly above the wall--an aw-
full looking spectre, in white shroud.--
Addressing him by name in q sepulchraI
voice he said:-- .
"Brom, before two changed of the moon,
you will be mouldering in a cold grave, by
the side Of the one to which, alas | must
soon return" Without apparent alarm OF
trepidation, Brom replied--"Well, now Mr..
Speerit, 1 know dat ia a lie. For when
die, dey will bury me at Pikeland, at de
organ chnrcR, BY Minis dwh to!ks." In re-
lution to this j. used to say--"I was
dead beat, and willing to admit that he was
as he boasted, doc cunning to be cotch init
my dricks." w. T. w.
. NorriStowa Pa. ~.
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Hickory Flour.


Dick OF the mill Dragged one day. thaths
could grind anything, no matter what they'd
bring to him.
"l'll bet ten bushels of 'taters agin hun.
drsd Of meal, that I'll bring ye 'grist -
can't grind" said Uncle Enoch Wailer, .
rich old farmer living q mile Up the road.
"Done, Uncle Enoch. I'll take that BET,
bring on your grist."
The next day down came Unele EnoeA
with cord Of dry hickory wood.
"Oh, yes, Uncle Enoh, can grind that
beautiful. only you'll have to wait few
days, for I'm very busy now"
"Wall, Dick, reckon I kin wsit;" and
Uncle Euoch pitched the wood of. ;.,.5
Before night Dick had Dutchman saving
it up and dividing 1t, carrying half into the
mill and half to the house: Two big stoves
and two Big fre-places are sad deypHrers Of
dry hickory, and ten days Afterwards, WHEN
Uncle Enosh came after bis. gSist,.ie m
done. Dick had sent word to the old EafiS-.
er to bring the potatoes, and he obeyed 6r.
ders. - 49,.
"There's yer taters. Dick, and now lea
see my four." Dick trundled along bst-
rel OF ashes.. :, a i.s., 4,
"lt's mighty good flour, what thefe IL ~
it. but dry hickory don't turn out very wells''
remarked Dick. Il ~
"No, shouldn't think It did, or paid xssyr
well either, to pay ten bushels Of tsters, fpE
gripdin' cord Of hickory. and only gis 4
barrel of ashes out'ea'ts''' ---- -5-----
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Effects or Sudden grief.

Among others whose acquaintance Mon.
tsigie made in the bathroom. was the
Seigneur d'Ancelot, formerly in the ser.
vice of Charles the Fifth, and governor for
him Of ST. Quentin. One side of his beard
and one eyebrow were white; and he relat-
cd that this change came TO him in an In.
slant one day as he wss sitting q home,
wisk bic head lsaniug On his hand, II pro-
found grisi u the loss eli . brother. exsedt,,
ed 81 iha Duke 81 Alba d sceomPlice of
Counts Egmont and Horn. When he look.
ed up, and uncovered the part which he had
clutohed ID .his ageBy. the people present
Ilthouahteshst -four hadsbsen sprinkisfovsr
him. ssas78& 7
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aflisttllautolts,
Psasl ctls;ltiOll Points.

The points now used ip punctuation were
introduced into writing gradually, some time
after the invention OF printing. The Greeks
had none, end there was no space between
the words. The Romans put kind Of d.
vision between their words, thus-Publius
ScipiO Africanus; up to the end Of the 6f-
teenth century only, the period, colon and
comma had been introduced. The latter
cstAe into use latest, and was only peTpen-
diculaF figure or line proportionale to the
size Of the letter. To Aldus Manutius. on
eminent printer, in 1870. we are Indebted
for the semleolon. and also for the present
foFmo Of the comma. He also laid down
Tlijes now observed in regard to their USE
Ths note d Interrogation and exclamation
were not added till some years later, and il
u sol known BY whom. Inverted commas
Ia) we're first used BY M. Gillepont, q
French printer, and were intended by him
20 supeFsede the use Of IIalic letters; and
ne FFsneh printers now call them by tha,
Hsms. But they are used By. English print,
sfs,s0 denote quoted matter. Ins london
book nThs Art OF Engliah Poetry" printed
III 1907. Il appsars that the present mode d
asHotIIa quoted matter il therein denoted
SgbelAg pus IN Halle. Il is not known bJ
whom lhs spostrophe and dash were invent
& q AE y * "a d r.
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Doe'.tit;aI
when Iatch sllaIl be 70 Each n
Brother.

r-3 BY N. n. coBB.
There IL an untold wealth OF bliss,
In hating little, loving much,
Until the heart that throbs amiss pa.
Shall thrill at sorrows every touch.
We lore too little here below
We know too little OF each other;
But in the prime ~
ora coming fine,
Each man shalt be TO each q brother.
,Ambition, envy, greed and pride,
The soul OF man too much consume;
h Too few seek out lifo's darker side
- with love-its darkness TO Hume,
Too few are great in doing good,
As guides and helps 10 one. another
Few gaze away ..-
70 the coming day,
s1@ When each shall be To each a brother.
We do not hear tho angel feet
szs That TAIL bcst!e us in life's path;
Nor DO we feel the hearts that beat
~, 30 near TO ours. Existence hath
2" 90 much to shure with greedy self,
We grow obIivious of each other;
-. And thus delay
The coming day,
When each shall be TO each broshets
"a Kind words boar hecling., Christ. like d. eds
@s Are prayers, embodied forth to view;
b speak! and heal the heart tha. bleejss
Acti aud the earth may bloom anewI
ls n oarth hath iOst one Eden time,
through love It yet may esa ahotheE,
x5.- $50. When man shall be
a.3 Unsel1sh, free,
And each shall he u each brother.
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Domestic Bliss.

am
"A married lady of iAirts odd"
Every evening l see In their beds
A .bakcr's dozen" Of curly heads.
Every morning MY slSisbcrs greet
Tho patter, patttr, Of twenty-six feet.
Thlrssen little hearts sre always in a autter, =,
viii thirteen little mouths are aled with bread and
"a hatser.
fhlrtaen iittlc tongues are busy all day lorg,
And thirteSa little hands, with doing something
q wrong, .n.
4s '1'ill fain am to Do,
H. @ WIN an energy. too, ,..,u
Al dbl thS 8id W. man that ed in shoe.
Ahd wheH ms poor husband cor.es home from Me
work, ,.
firea and hHnSFy, and fierce as fafk..
what do yo,i think IL the picture he scesP
A lGsion u babies, all in u breeze
s54 s-.5 Johnny crying, ~
And brGS n sighng,
AAd wdFn oil ia nina, " ith lief hair all hyiBe
EtroaR and angry William, beating little Ncll.j
Chzslsy In lhs pantry, eating current Jelly;
Richard Shutting round in papa's sunday Goat;
Harry Al The glass, with razor at his throat;
Robert gets his fingers crushed, when Susy shuts
the door,
Mitigsros sheie aching with fort,=roHha rbar,
Baby ut this coal-hod hurres TO begin,
Throwing in bis mite TO the universal din.
AIasl my lord and master, being rather weak 6f
j. nerve, --.., ID. 7~
He begins to lose his patience, In the stunning
tspsey-tnrv.y, - ....r ..-., ..
And then the frightened little ones all fy to me
for shelter;
And 30 Tho drama closes, mid a general hclter-
skelier.
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5iO4.Ah slcheuhist. who knew that Leo the
Tenth Wss ! great epCouragef Of the arts
sSsdseisnosss addressed him On sidisoovsry
hs had made oi surnipg other metals into
gsla. Fhs Pope read Bis addfessNish gfsst
attention. Whilst The philosopher 'wss
Aakiz sIser bis TemuneFatien from his hoii.
1lsAs Esssivsi .fronss the Pope ! ssty lares
sasysy psssss vish shsss vrfds ~ 6u can
Allia.a siissss 49,
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A HIT RY = MIss. -CoDgreve rockets
were invented Ia 1908, by Sir William Cone
sgreve. On q certain occasion. when visit
ing Westminster Abbey, in company with
ladies, ltis attention was directed By cite u
the pafy to the inscription Oh the great
composer. Purcell's monument, "He has
gene to that place where only bis nusic car
Be excslled." aThsrs. sif Willian,'' said
The young lady. ssnbstltnse tiFe-works for
music, and that spitaph. viii answer fof
yourselt." :s.s. ....s 81 s.s...s
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In May there is to be bridal. Need !
tell you whose! As we pass through the
portals OF the church, after the minister has
Joined our hands, we will 60 by grave, over
which the myrtles blossom--at it we will
pause moment, and, If Uncle Martin drops
a tear there, who is there that will chide
him .t, .
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.a rasf ] dare not ask u kissc;
. -. dare not ask smile;
s., Lest having that or this,
Z might grew proud the while.
4 No, no, the utmost share
% es4 OF my desire shall be,
.Ns ohly to kisse thut aire
1ha, lately kissed thee.
3&s1ME HEERIcK's lIEsPERtpEs, .164S.
Isthere God! ALI nature shows
!. Thcre is--and yet no mortal kn"ws; s
se The sninl that could this truth conceive,
Which brute sensation never taught,
s. No longer to the dust would clesve;
q, But grow immortal with the thought.
.sEF JAMES MONTGOMERY.
The one unquestioEcd text we read,
Eas All doubt bcy"ud, all fear above,
Nor cracking pile, nor ursing creed
RE- Can burn or blot it: 'Gpd is Love-"
,sar. 5.4! lra. ..--.. st O.W HOLMES.
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How 10 Mars MoaE1s--Gst situation
IL the mint.
The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-05-21
Kansaa epnrna I'D Brlbo.

As we expected, the people Of Kansas
treat the English bill with scorn and con
tempt. Every newspaper in the ieTrito-
ry, even the Herald Of Freedom, scouts
the idea that Kansas viii seek admission
into the Union undey the Locompton con-
s,itution, Notwithstanding tho bribo and
threat attached. The universal sentiment
throughout the territory appears to be,
that they would rather stay out Of the
Union, until doomsday, and suffer all the
pains aud penalties to which they are now
exposed, than consent to such humilia-
ting proposition. All they want is a fair
chance at Il and they will kin II, though
possessed Of a thousand lives. But des-
perats effort win be made, BY bribery and
corruption, by ballot-box stuiing and
false returns, to cheat tho people Of Kan
sas out Of their due and force tho iniqui-
ty upon them. Already we are told Blu
ohanan has bis secret omissarios In the ter
ritory, trying to create public sentiment
and 10 ascertain how many votes will be
needed to carry Lccompton The Mis-
souri border game will probably be rccn-
acted. Tie time and places Of voting arc
IN Ihe hands Of The pro-slayery party-a
majority Of the Board being appointees Of
the President or course the election
will be held just whom and where they
please and the returns are entirely under
their control. But we do not think, tha
even, with these disadvantages, tho FREQ
state men, who arc a large majority, will
suffer themselves to be swndled. The
game will be defeated; and what theu?
Why Kansas win be thrown back into a
territorial state and the question will re-.
turn to vex Congress and the country,
perhaps for years. Those that deserted
the Cistenden. Montgomery bill, for this,
viii be held strictly responsible for the
consequences Of thoir troaohory.
The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-05-21
Tho Storm.

On Thursday evening the 18th, n storm
Of great violence passed over certain por-
tions Of the West, causing great dostruo-
tion Of property and scattering dovasta-
tion in It's path.
Az Lexington Ill.,, the storm was ter
riio, Nearly every house in the village
was uuroored or blown down and the
cars were blown from the track and cap
sized.
AZ Galosburg, It was terrible. Tho
engine house and two churches were
blown down aud number Of dwelling
houses unroorod. Three cars, standing
on the track, were blown OF and turned
upside down. Loss estimated at s4O,-
600.
Two steam mills we're ruined at
oquawka aud ten houses unroofed, be-
side other damage done. Loss estimated
at from $4,000 to $4,000
AT Galva, much damage was done to
the houses and at Mendoza the storm was
also furious, and while in progress, the
railroad engine house caught fro and was
consumed, together with the Locomotive
Rocket
At Peoria, all tho church spires in the
city were blown down-the college bull.
ding was demolished-houses were un.
rooted and the steamer Olin was com
pletely wrecked. Several canal boats
wlre also sunk, The only life lost YVES
that Of little child from the wrecked
Steamer.
The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-05-21
The New York Central Rail Road
Disaster.
Funrmnn rARr1cuLARs.


From the Utica Telegraph we obtain 4
the following additional particulars Of
this terrible accident:
TIE SCENE on THE ACCIDENT
The scene Of this disaster, which will
link the name Of the Sauquoit with the
Des Jardins IN the record Of horrors, Is
between the Erie Canal and the Mohawk
river, and directly opposite the village Of
Yorkville. The bridge was about thity
five feet span, Of wood, with stone abut-
ments. The distance TO the water is
iboul eight feet, and the depth Of water
not over four feet.
The wood work is Of elm. The tim
bers outside appear comparatively solid,
though wofm-eaten, but where broken
several Of the beams are rotten through
and through. Mr.. Eyorett. master Of
wood repairs on the Road, informs US that
this bridge was rebuilt only three years
ago.
The heap Of ruins at a distance even
we're sad to behold. AS one drew nearer
ho saw on the south side Of the track a
passenger car in splnters and the bridge
crushed; a pile Of passenger cars rising
twenty to thirty feet on the freight cars
on the bank and in the creek: and here
and there gouts Of blood, and fragments
Of clothing that hinted at the terrible cas-
uality.
The work Of removal and repair was
early begun The efficiency Of Superin.
tendent Priest soon placed gangs Of men
preserving the freight from the water,
removing the ruins from the track; pre-.
pairing for the reconstruction Of the
bridge.
A large number Of men arc employed
at the bridge removing the rubbish and
remnants of cars. Hands will be engaged
necessarily until the bridge shall have
been repaired, and trains allowed to pas.
with regularity Large numbers Of ex-
cited and inquiring persons are lowering
around the spot, anxious to learn the lat
est news, and, strange though Il may
seem, appear disappointed when no ru
NOR Of additional deaths reach their ears
The following are the dead up to thi
time: A. Moore, Of Rising Sun, Indiana
Daniel s. Brayton. of Phelps, Ontari,
Co., N. Y; two children of Cincinnati
one girl aged II, the other boy age,
6; John Fitzgerald, Of New York, VIII,
had been to Detroit on visit to his sons
w. II. Sharp, oolored preacher; Charlie
Beltman, of Cincinnati, aged Q years.
The Cormer's Jury tonight examine,
several parties, and the testimony al
went TO show the Oxreme rottenness Of th
bridge.
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rrnnrar m rhilnaeInhln.

PHILADELPHIA, May 13.-George L.
Goodwin shot Lizzie Marshall this morn
ing in Franklih Square, and subsequently
shot himself and died few moments af-
terward The woman is supposed to be
fatally ipiured She belonged to Lynn,
Mass. She had been living with Good
win, but left him lately. Goodwin be-
longs ia Boston, has a wife and two
children; his mother is said to be living
lharn.
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How he hasRedeemod bis PIedees.


During tho canvass Of 1856, Lawrence
w Hall, wherever he addressed meet
ings, made the following declarations:
That he was opposed to the extension
Of slavery.
That II he should be elected his votes
and influence should invariably be thrown
against any aud all schemes for the extern
sion Of slavery.
That ha would insist upon the doctrine
Of squatter sovereignty being applied TO
Kansas, aud that the people Of that terri
tory should have the privilege Of forming
their own institutions.
That $4,000 per aunum was too much
to pay Representatives, and that he would
introduce a bill rep5aling the Compensa-
ton Act, and use all bis influence to ef-
feet It's passage.
Upon the strength Of these pledges this
modern Oily Cannon was elected How
has he fulfilled bis pledges?
After avowing himself opposed to the
LecomptoB outrage aud making his vote
Of value to the administration, he, for
reasons known only to him and the ad.
ministration, turned and voted for the
English bill, and by SO doing voted to
admit Kansas If she will accept a pro. .sla
very Constitution, and to keep her oul
for Eve years if she rejects IL. When he
cast that vote he broke the FIRST two pledg'
es.
AS for the $4,000 per aunum, Hal
takes Il without a grimace. He did give
notice of his intention to Introduce a bill
restoring the old s por diem, but as we
never heard of it again we have a right
to suppose that there was but little yea
behind this laudable intention.
Lawrence W. Hall has proved himsel
exactly what we said he was ia 1856
demagogue. lie wormed himself int,
Congress by making promises he neve
intended to keep, and his course Their
has exceeded the expectations Of his bit
terest enemies
We hope he may give the people
chance AZ him next fall Bueyrus Jour
! nal.
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lIinnasota.

The bill for the sdmission Of Mime
sofa has passed and she is now a member
of the con(ederaoy, increasing the mum
Der 10 thirty-two. Her two Senators elect
Rice aud Shields, have been admitted to
their seats in Congress and the wheels Of
state government, that have been stand.
ing so long in "dead lock-" have been
creased up and put IN motion. We ex-
tend to this new member Of the sister
hood hearty welcome. She has "oome
up through much tribulAliou." but her
Infancy has been fortunate compared
with Kansas, who is compelled to stay
out Of the Union. unless she win embrace
slavery.
The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-05-21

KANSAS CRY, May l3-Intelligence
was received here last night from Le-
compton, that band Of marauders COM
mitted numerous depredations in that
neighborhood, on The 1lth, robbiHg sew
eral settlers and the store Of McWelle,
Il miles from Lecomptop. The gang is
said TO number 60 men, completely
armed and is asserted to be the same
band which perpetrated the recent rob
berries and murders at Fort Scott. Nc
pursuit was attempted.
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The Marshalshln.

The appointment Of Matthew johnson
to the &srshalship Of Northern Ohio, an.
nounced on Waacooday through a dis
patch in the Blade from Washington.
will leave several screws loose ir the great
machine Of office holding Democracy and
send several patriots home from their
boarding houses in Washington 10 the
blossoms Of their family" Mr.. Diclin.
son, OF Halls district, was the man to
have been appointed, but Hall did not pull
true on the Kansas bill. and his candidate
was dropped. Mr. Loveland, of Burns's
district ought TO have been appointed 10
Justice to Mr.. Burns. Common rumor
says that it was to secure his appointment
that Mr.. Burns went over to Lecompton.
but that question is out Of the way. and
so is Mr.. Loveland. Gill, Of Columbi-
ana, according to the Cleveland Herald.
had the promise of the office a full year
ago, aud has lived in Washington ever
since to nurse his prospects. Alas, poor
Yorick! The ways Of Buchanan Democ-
racy are not to be calculated on. We be.
lievo Mr.. johnson will make a good Mar
shal, and we congratulate him on his luck.
Toledo Blade.