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The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-07-29

ing out on the street. When he gave nos
lice Of Bis intention to leave, be stated thss
be did % 10 better himself, which he propos.
ed to DO somevhere on the seaboard. By
Keeping - little place." which be was en-
abled to do "with little money he had saw
ed up." This story was direct coniradic.
ton OF the one he told the clerk when ask.
ing pay for his services, which he said was
all the money be should have to 60 away
with.
Mr.. Weeks has made one excuse and an
other TO delay his departure, but Fuller was
paid last night, and Chamberlain notified to
be after bin. This morning, Fuller LETT the
hotel and went over to the Trumbull House.
and shortly after returned with a hat-box
under his arm. He paid visit to to barber
shop and took the box with him. The bar.
Der said che ought to wet the new hat," and
wac about TO unite the string which held the
cover, when Fuller told him that his new
hat was on his head, and that nothing but
an old Panama he was going to wear at the
seaside was In the box. The barber was
satisfied with the story, and Fuller took the
box under his arm to the steamer l.. Board.
man. After the first bell had been ruDg,
he went upon the upper deck and sat down.
Chamberlain, who, all the morning had fol-
lowed him as faithfully as his own shadow,
also went upon the deck, and moving the
hat box from Fuller's side, g It down by him.
The weight Of its contents were more than
the weight Of q hat, and Chamberlain asked
him what was in the box. II appeared by
the reply that the box contained few oil
Mr.. Fuller's bosoms and collars. The off.
Ger then united the cover, and looking in,
found very large package of bills, the ends
of which showed plainly from deerskin
envelope, into which they were sewed. Mr.
Fuller quietly remarked to the officer that
"there was the money he was looking for
He then abandoned his idea of going to the
sea side, and came t. the Police Court. He
plead guilty 10 the charge of stealing the
money, and was bound over for trial at the
Superior Court. The bonds were fixed a,
80 1000 failing to obtain which he went tc
Jail. Fuller Is about 81 years Of uge, and q
native of Bristol, in this county, where he
has mother living. He had spent abou
800 of the money, the remainder being re-
covered, and lodged in the Pheaix Bank fol
safe keeping. --
He says he is not given to stealing, bu
that the temptation was too great Tor him t
withstand. He had became aware that tht
package contained nearly $4,000, aud HI
could not rid himself of the idea Of sudder
competence.
He likens it to FIRE in his bones, ant
took the money, when conscience immedi
ately commenced it's work, aud he has beer
miserable ever since.
He endeavored to find some means Of re
turning the money, but could devise non
which assured him ot escaping detecton.-
He feels better to-day since his arrest tina
at any previous time since he had the money
While aware Of the severe penalty the la'
attaches " his crime, he acknowledges it
justice, and his willingness to pay it.-Hari
! tord Press
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Jefferson Davis on the Union.

Among the passengers of the ship Jo-
seph Whitney, Captain Howe, from Balti.
more, which was making for the port Of
Boston on the 4lh of July last, was tine dis
tinguished Senator, Hon. Jefferson Davis,
of Mississippi. There was on board an un-
usually brilliant array Of passengers from
different parts OF the country, and, upon the
patriotic suggestion OF the captain, it was .
solved to celebrate the day in manner be.
fitting the great anniversary. A commit
tee was appointed to invite Senator Davls
to make an address. He accepted the invi
tation, and delivered an impromptu Grafton
which is spoken Of as characterized by 'ssin
gular felicity OF dic,ioh and impassionet
eloquence," and which commanded the ad
miration of those who listened to it. w,
make from the report of the speech the fol
lowing extract:
"And this great country will continu
united. Tri1ing politicians in the South
or in the North, or in the West, may con
tnue 10 talk otherwise but it will be of ~
use. They are like the mosquitoes uroun
the ox-they annoy, but they cannot wounc
and never k ILL.,. There was common in
,erest which run through all the diversiie
, occupations aid various products of thes
sovereign States; there was commo
sentiment of nationality which beat i
} every American bosom there were con
r mon memories sweet to us all, and thoug
clouds had occasionally darkened our pol
tical sky, the good sense and the good Zee
ing Of the people had thus far averted an
I catastrophe destructive of our Censtitutio
Il II ~ la -
# elevation of principle, which rose superi'
to sectional OF individual aggrandizemen
r that the foundation Of our Union was laid
: and if we the present gener alton, be wO
9 thy ofour ancestry, we shall not only pr
s tects those foundations from destructio
e but build higher and wider this temple
liberty, and inscribe perpetuity upon Il
/ tablet"
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Late from California

We have late news from California by
the Star OF the West. She brings trea.
sure to the amount ofa million and half
Of dollars. The news from the Gold
Mines on Frazer River, in the British ter.
ritOry, created great excitement in Califor.
MIA. 1t ID estimated that 5000 persons
have already left Tor the new diggings.
Some have gone to the mines, soma to
trade, and some to speculate in lots and
real estate. Six steamers are running
from San Francisco to the mines, and a
large Dumber of sailing vessels are also
plying between that port and the river.
Every ship is crowded with adventures, and
the berths are taken many days in advance.
The CorleZ, the last steamer that sailed, is
estimated to have carried out 1900 passen-
gers. Several parties are about to start
newspapers in the new country. The
"North American," daily journal, IL an
nounced to be published at Victoria, Van.
couver's Island.
In San Luis Obispo county the depreda.
tions Of banditt bad caused much excite.
ment. Two Frenchmen hid been massa
cred on the San Juan Capistrlnd ranch,
and the people formed vigilance commit.
tee. Four of the banditti were caught and
summarily punished. In Carson Valley
there had been similar affair. Henry
Gardere, Frenchman, was murdered and
robbed in Honey Lake Valley. A man
named Snow was seized by the people, and
to save his life, he revealed the existence
OF band of robbers, aOd disclosed their se.
cret signs and pass-w ords. 1t was given
out that Snow had been executed, and pre-
para,Ions were silently made to seize the
whole gang. On Monday June l4th, ala
armed band of citizens captured seven Of
the robbers at Genon, Carson Valley.
They were being tried before Judge LyncL's
Court and Peoples jrry when the last ac.
counts left. Three OF them w. B. Thorn
ton, l.. Olds and one Edwards, it was
thought, would certainly he hung
In the northern part of California the In.
dlans were becoming troublesome. In
Del Norte county they fired upon govern
ment train, on the 29th May, killed one
man and captured the train, On Eel Ri.
yer two white men. On the 9th of June
the ship Caribbean arrived at SIN Fran
cisco. She brought twelve Japanese sea-
men, picked ny at sea from a disabled Junk
on the goth of May. They had been drift
ing about the ocean five months. Much
curiosity was manifested towards the Japa.
nese, and they had been taken to see all
the sights Of the city.
The Bay mare Princess bea. the Cali:
fornia gelding, New York, ON the 18th
June, mile heats to harness, best 3 in s..
The mare won in three straight heats.
Time, 2,32,2,30, 2.3l. Thomas McNabb
rode 200 miles in ten hours for a wager Of
$4,000. He beat time by even and u
half minutes. 1t''n' '"'
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lnportans Railroad DccIsIon.

l AaAAIOA eA4e AeeAAhhVeAu OCSA1aOns
An important Railroad decision has iusl
been rendered in the United States Circuit
Court Of Ohio. The eomplainants in the
case were mortgages, for the SteubenVille
g. Indiana Railroad company, and trustees
under the mortgages, for the holder of the
bonds secured thereby. The company had
defaulted on the interest due upon these
bonds, and the defendant, Levi Sargent, the
Treasurer of Tuscurawas county, had seized
a locomotive and some ears embraced in
said mortgage, and was proceeding TO sell
the same to pay the taxes assessed against
the company for the year 1857, which was
subsequent TO the default in the payment OF
interest. On the ground that the company
were unable to replace the locomotive and
cars in case they were sold. and that the
use and possession of the same were abso-
lutely necessary to the operation of the
road by the said company, the bill prayed
for an injunction to restrain the Treasur.
er from selling them. Upon the filing Of the
bill a provisional injunction was granted,
but upon hearing Of the case, this was dis
solved. Judge Mclean held that the lien,
Of the State for taxes was paramount to all
private rights invested under the government,
and further that the default Of interest on
the part of the company did not vest in the
the road and the equipments as
mortg ages, but authorized them TO take pos
session Of the road and run it, or to sell it at
public sale; that the ownership of the road
could only be changed by the sale Of it.
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when Agricultural Improvement
Begins ..,

Agricultural improvement only begins
when real estate is regarded as permanent,
fixed and Interchangeable investment. He
only 10 prepared to aid in its advancement,
who regards his farm as his permanent home
the spot he has selected for the labor of
his youth, the energy OF his manhood, and
The wisdom of his maturer years are to find
their attractions, their rewards and their hon.
ors, elevated and strengthened by the reso-
luton 10 transmit it to the posterity as the
true record of what he was in his day and
in his generation. "The good men do is Of
ten inferred with their bones" In agricuI.
ture, The good we do lives after US. The
| fields we enrich--the land we drain--the
spacious barns we erect--the comfortable
dwellings we build--the trees we plant OF
preserve around it--the green gruss we
make grow--the gardens we enclose anC
adorn--oll lives after US, and it's benefits anc
blessings perpetuate our name. He who
does this inseribes bis name on mother
earth, and the revolving seasons, the chill
winter, the bright summer, the fruitful aut
umn--all come in their order to revive an,
rem the memory of that man who has lef
his record behind him. Agriculture has he
triumphs no less than war, and these are O
them.
Nothing characterizes more strongly ou
American industry, or contributes in great
er degree to give superiority over that of tn
world, thanth inventive genius that dis play
itself in the construction and use of .hos
lubor.saving machines and implements will
which II has supplied itself. In no pursui
are their benefits more apparent than in tn
use Of agriculture--in the additions the,
have made to power-the economy they pro
duce in time, and the effectiveness they pro
i duce in human labor. Nowhere can capita
be so benefcially employed as lin aiding un'
strengthening the productive power OF na
tore. a - ss Va
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Thurs.l.iy, Iuiysas. 1858.
A,ate Nominations.

ss- The Democracy OF Ohio assemble to-day
: in Convention to nominate State ticket
Wbsteyer msy be the action Of the Conven
tion. We believe that the democracy will
present On unbroken front to the enemy.
In this county at least, they are cup and
!, d,essed," eager for the fray. All our past
differences seem to be forgotten we know
/, neither Paul nor Appollos, Buchanan nor
Douglas. but the principles of that glorious
old party which has nailed the flag of the
Union 10 the mast in the days of Jefferson
Ma1eon and Jackson.
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In Memory orthe Pilgrim Fathers


A monument is to be erected to the Pill
grim Fathers at Plymouth. 1t will cost from
SsOO,ooo to 100000. The design is by
Billings. 1t will be built of granite, 1853
feet high, so feet at tho base, with sitting
figures from ss to 70 feet high. 1t is to be
completed in twelve years from August,
1856. Thir,y.six thousand dollars have
been subscribed, principally in Massacbu-
setts-$l5,C0o OF which has been paid;
$4,000 Of the above sum was subscribed by
the Legislature of Massachusetts,, and the
subscriptions run from 81 10 $1,000. The
Society for building the monument have
purchased all the estates Immediately around
the vtri,able rock, and have also purchased
site. for the monument, embracing ten
acres Of land, commanding fine view o
the harbor and the locality OF the rock.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-07-29

APPolSassErs.-Dr. J. HI. Coulter has
been appointed . Director ia the Deaf AMI
Dumb Asylum ut Columbus, and Edward
Jordan, eflrontoD, lawrence county. d.
rector Ia the Central Lunatic Asylum, in
places Of Mr. Martin, resigned. James Cioy.
pool has been appointed Receiver OF the. Sc.
neca County Bank, Judge Ihrall 10 eater.
ing upon the duties OF Comptroller having
resigned the ReceivershiP.
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o. The N. Y. Sunday Atlas says that the
famous Cor infanous) John ]. Eckel has
married tie Mrs. Cunningham, and that they
are now living together, as Of old, in New
York city, Eckel is the proprietor OF fat
melting establishment, which has recently
been indicted as nuisance. 3 1l,t
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90, People caRnot be too careful in keep.
ing raedicines out OF the teach Of Children.
On Sunday last little son ofJohn Watson
of Decatur township, Huntington county
lost his life bY drinking laudanum. One Of
the ! nily had been using il for the tooth.
ache, ind had set it down on the window,
when the little fellow, upperceived, eot
feldof the yial, and drark K the contents.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-07-29
The Congressional EIecttous.

The approaching elections for the mem.
bers Of Congress will take place in the fol-
lowing order:
ls5s-August, lst Monday-Alabamo, Ar.
kausas, Missouri, Kentucky and Texas.
August, lst Thursday - Tennessee and
North Carolina.
a., September, LIST Tuesday Vermont.
, lst Thursday-CaIifornia
.-. ed Monday--Maine.
October, lst Monday--Floida and Georgia.
.a. I'd Monday South Carolina.
4" I'd Tuesday-Indiana, Iowa, Min
nesota, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
November, lst Tuesday Illinois,
Massachusetts,, Michigan, New Jersey,
a New York and Wisconsin.
November, lst Wednesday
ls5s-March, I'd Tuesdoy-New Hamp.
shire.
April, lst Monduy-Connecticut.
LIST Wedn ,sday- Rhode Island.
May, 4th Thursday Virginia.
October, lst Monday-Misslssippi.
November, LIST Monday--Louisiuna.
rs The retiring members are rated according
to ordinary party divisions thus
aFs Democrats 1871
Republicans 90
Americans IA
Much as relates 10 the best interests OF
g the country will depend upon the next Con.
e- gress, and the people, we are glad to per-
Ceive, seem, to be alive to the important is.
IS. sues. The terms of the following Sena-
tors will expire on the 4th of March, 1859
Alabama-C Clement C Clay, d., reelected
ras ATkansas--Wm. X. Sebastian, d.
Delaware--Martin w. Bates, d.
Georgia--Robert Toombs, d., reelected
Illinois--Stephen A. Douglas, d.
lOwa--George w. Jones, d.
Kentucky--John B. Thompson.
!. Louisiana--Judah P. Benjamin d.
Malne--Wm. P. Fessenden, r.
EiichigaL--Churles E. Stewart, d. ,t
g'@t' nnesota-Jomes Shields, d.
ag Mississippi--Albert G. Brown, d.
$3.50 New Hampshire John P. Hale, r., re
elccted...i
~ New William Wright, d.
North Caroline David s. Reid, d.
Rhode ls!nnd--Phillip Allen, d.
South Carolina--J. J. Evans, d., deceuee
Tennessee--John Bell.
ssS ESQ Ttxss--Samuel Houston, K. n. &C.
8 Virginia--R. N. 4. Hunter, d. re.electe,
Ns&FBsasss ------sssss------r----s d
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ETAn old bachelors definition of love-
A little sighing, little crying, little dy.
ing, and great deal OF lying.
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OTIt is said that the greater part of the
oats crop in Crawford county has been struck
with III
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Psn, pastr ana 5fissprq.

.0rThe Democrats Of Iowa have nOmi.
mated Hon. Samuel DOuglss for governor.
The census shows that there ere FIVE
hundred thousand more men than women in
the United States
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Gone thousand boxes Of peaches ar.
rived at New York onMOndoy in the stes m
ship Columbia from Charleston.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-11-11
freed by a Horse.

Bears are more numerous this a
than for several years, in the central
counties of the State, and lures
with them are quite often. Mr.. D. Cross
of Fairfield, who recently visited Eaton
county, related to US an affair which &C.
cured four miles east of Easton Rapids,
which presents an example of maternal
care by a mare for her colt, that is rare.
Iy exhibited by the horse kind, if it was
not a hair breadth adventure. A mare
with a colt by her side, was feeding in a
pasture, when she was approached by
three bears-an old one and two cubs
nearly grown. Alarmed for the safety
Of her colt, the mare forgot the usual fear
of the horse for these animals, and attack.
ed them with such vigor that they were
forced to retreat. They were pursued
SO closely that one of them was COMPEL
ed to seek safety, and remain in a tree
until the. owner of the mare, who had
watched the whole proceedings, went to
his house for a gun and shot it.-Adrain
(JMlch.) Watch Toaoer.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-11-11
SEVERAL PIECES.

One day a " turtle" or " FORM" shaped
like o turtles back, full Of type, fell off
the press in the Bulletin Office, Philadel-
phia. The lightning type revolver
was in motion, and in consequence, the
press was nearly torn to pieces. A great
connection naturally followed, and a mis-
~cellaneous company of editors reporters,
pressmen, compositors, engineers and 9th.
ers quickly gathered around the wreck.
And verify, it vas a wreck, Tor the whole
press room was literally filed full of bits
of iron, weighing from an ounce to q
hundred pounds. You would have
thought it was some iron foundry adrift
But the enormous quantity of metal lying
about wal fully counted, for when we dis.
covered that this press was made up OF
fourteen thousand seven hundred and
thirty-six pieces.
No paper was issued until 5 O'Clock
that evening, and one sometimes wonders
that the miracle Of getting it out is ever
performed, when the intricacy of the OPP,
Grafton is considered. They do things
differently in the East Indies, lift be true
that during the trial Of the ex-King Of
Delhi, a person named Chaunce was Ok
amined, who had been the editor of a
daily paper called the Delhi News. Ii
was conducted on a novel principle, the
editors duty being to write his paper
fall, and then carry it around and read it
TO the subscribers.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-11-11
Not in the Bills

The Baltimore Despatch recounts a
scence which occurred at the Holiday
street Theatre, a few evenings since.
which was not in the bills, and which,
however Notifying it may have been to
the young lady concerned, provoked the
disabilities of those who witnessed il. to
ar irrepressible degree:
GA fine looking young woman in more
than the usual amplitude of erinoline,
entered with her beau, and was making
her way through the already we'll filed
seats to the front row of the dress circle.
where places had been reserved for
them. To do SO with all the bold free
dom feminine Young America, she step.
ped upon the seats, when, unfortunately.
her hoop, or rather the lower hoop of her
skeleton skirts, caught upon the back of
one Of the seats as she swept by, and the
fastening about the waist parting, the
whole concern cume down by the run
and as she stepped forward and out of it.
was left hanging in full view upon the
seat.
The change was astonishing to the full
blown belle at one moment, the next look
ed like a lamp post with a silk dress tied
around it, For a moment the young lady
was quite unconscious of the accident.
In another she saw the full extent of it.
and blushing crimson, sank into her seat.
and for the next half hour had undoubt-
eddy, the most brilliant complexion in the
audience"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-11-11
Protection from Dust in Threshing

Ii your correspondent, "a Subscriber"
will procure q thin broad piece of sponge,
large enough to cover the nose and
mouth, (which can be procured Of most
Of the druggists for a triae) By sliicing off
from a large piece, and fasten this on over
the nose and mouth, having first mois-
tened the same with water, which imparts
a very soothing influence to the nostrils,
and at the same time collects all the
small particles Of dust that would other
wise settle on the lungs by inhaling the
dusty atmosphere. When this becomes
filled with dirt or dust, all you have to
do is just wash it out in water, and apply
to the face as before.
Another correspondent says Ny prac-
tice is to tie a piece Of slightly moistened
sponge Of good quality over my mouth
and nostrils. This does not interfere
with breathing, and but slightly with
conversation, and-is a most perfect res.
pirator. The sponge should have no
large holes, and need not be thick S. P.
N.-Country Gentleman.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-11-11
Awful.

\ day or two since when droppjdg Ia
upon a tetotal FREUD Of ours, rather early
in the morning. We remarked that bls
eyes looked dull and heavy. AMI that his
general appearance was that Of a nan
who had been INDUCING in a tremendous
spree, a regular run all night affair. On
the table by his bedside was a bottle.
partially filled with congress water.
Knowing him to be a very strict TEN
perance advocate. and a man whose hor.
ror of the ardent was only edualled by
his dislike of bibulous people, we natu
rally inquired of him what had occurred,
whether he had been ill over night.
NO" he replied with a profound sigh,
" no sick !; that is, not very sick"
We caught a Whit Of his breath il
was excessively vigorous and strong,
similar Ia odor to the atmosphere of a
lager beer brewery.
You see," he continued, Ianguidly.
Z" you see, the fact is, l have suffered her
ribly for, just before you came in, |
awoke from a horrible DREAM
what was it?" we inquired hastily
and earnestly.
dreamed l had voluntarily. and
without the slightest compuIsion-indeed
without anything further than an invita-
tion-taken a stiff horn of brandy and
water, and you may believe me or not,
the NOR | drank out of that glass, the
more there was in it. 1t took me i've
hours to empty it. Oh, ny head and
only think, the dream was so natural and
so like reality, thatit even left the smell
Of the brandy on my breath"
The temperance dream took us down.
and we evaporated /; or in the language
OF the great bard of Podunck
1--WE slid,
We did"