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St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-01

A company has been organized at Nemaha
City, styled the g Nemaha Valley Canal and
Manufacturing Company" We have not heard
what branch of manufacturing this Company
proposes to engage in, hereafter, but at pres
ent their labors are principally confined to
gas"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-01
Minnesota.

4 Minneapolis correspondent Of tbs
st. Paul Minncsotian gives the follow
in~. under date Of June l4th
4 number of troops from Fort Smell
ling, passed through town yesterday,
on their way to Fort Ripley. They
were provided with q Soodly number
of mules and wagons. | understand
it is the intention of Government to
rc-garrison Fort Ridgcly, and to drive
the Sioux back to the lcscrvatioE al
so, to keep the Chippcwas north where
they belong.
l was told yesterday, by Mr.. Nc
Combs, who has contract in the Min
ncapolis and Cedar Valley Railroad
from this place to FaribauIt, that he
would commence his part of the road
as soon as he heard from the Compa-
ny, who hold a meeting in st. Paul
to-day.
was shown a letter to an editor
the other day from town called Jack
son somewhere about Spirit Lake,
which reads as follows please give
our town a puff and | will pay you in
scalps.'" The writer went on to say
that scalps were worth S25 i'll Manka-
to, and he had some dried and stretch
ed which he would soon bring into
market. Beautiful country that, where
white people deal in scalps.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-01

The oldest piece of furniture is the Multi
piication table. II was constructed more than
two thousand years ago, and is yet as good us
new.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-01

One of our finest writer's says that " the
nightly dcws come down upon us like blcs-
sings" How very different the daily dues
come down in these hard times.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-01

The saying that " there is more pleasure in
giving than receiving" is supposed to apply
chiefly to kicks, medicines, and advice.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-01
GREAT CELEBRATION
INDEPENDENCE,
Officers of the Day.

At st. Charles City, Monday, July 9th, 1853
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-01

The girls of Northampton have been send
ing bachelor editor IA boquct made of tanzy
and NORWOOD lie saws he don't care, its
swceter than matrimony, anyhow.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-01

When You are whistling in Il Printing ofic,
and they say - louder don't you do it.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-01

Life is now defined us consisting Of money
a horse, and fashionable wife
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-01

\ touch of real calamity cures the magma
~ sorrows Of those who make mountains of
molc-hills.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-01

What is the best line to lead man with ?
Crino line.
And the best line to lead woman with, is
Masculine.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-01

That WAS "a wise Niger, who, in speaking Of
the happiness of married people, said Dat
ar ponds altogether how dcy enjoy dcmsclvcs."
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-01

did the defendant approach the plaintiff
seriatimi" inquired an attorney, in a case of
assault and lattery. mo, stree, was the
reply, - he went at EN- with poker"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-01

The strongest minded woman shrinks from
being caught in her nisht-cap.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-01

Cream may he frozen 10y simply putting it
int" Il glass vessel, and then placing the whole
ia an old bachelors bosom.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-01

The hest bite We have had when VIC went
fishing. was the bite we took along.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-01

Never speak Of yonr father as the I" old
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-01

1t is in vain to stick your finger in water,
and after pulling it out, look fOr the hole
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-01

Never hire servants that go in pairs-as sis.
ters cousins, or anything else
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-01

The man who was filled with emotion.
hadn't room for his dinner
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-01

When was Rome built ?" :" In the night,
sir!" In the nights /" How do you make that
out ?" Why, sir, you know Rome wash t
built in a day
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-01

Why is a dogs tail like the bark of tree !
Because it is tarthcst from the bark.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-01

Bad for the hcad-onc hickory club. or four
whiskcy punches.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-01-28
Terrible Disaster in BROOKLYN.

NE" YORK, Jan. ~.
Between two and three o'clock this after.
noon, fire originated in the large public
school at the corner OF Concord and Mary
street, in which were five hundred children,
and most agouizing scene took place.
The teachers in one the rooms, In conse
quence of the increased heat, not knowing
the cause. threw up the windows, and il was
not until the smoke poured into the room
that the alarming fact Of the building being
on hire was suspected.
A stampede ehsued umung the alarmed
children. uttefing the most agonizlng cries.
Many were thrown from the windows, and
saved from injury by being caught IN the
arms OF the fremen and others. Seven of
Me children were sufFocated or killed by be.
ing trampled upon in the rush for the vuri.
GUS stair~ays at the first alarm. Il is be.
lieved that none were burned. Several
other children were badly injured, two having
their backs broken.
The teachers acted with the greatest firm.
ness, remaining in their rooms until all the
children were out. ,. a-.
Many exaggerated reports are in circulation
relative to the number Of children killed
and injured, but 1t is believed the dead does
not exceed seven.
The school house was nearly new, and
considered the most perfect and thorough
built of any in the city. 1t was four stories
high and covered large extent of ground.
The fire commenced shortly after 2 O'Clock
and at sunset the destruction was complete
the wall being level with the ground. =, p.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-01-28
The Tnaction Of congress

TITUS for Ccngress hos overlooked the
great object for which i, convened-Iegisla-
ton for the public goo1-snd been content
with listening to stupid speeches on Rsnsss,
Nicaragua. the seizure Of Generst Walker,
and the prUprfety of giving Commodore
Pnuldipg gold medal or brass BUTTON
l,s Feeiect Of the best interests Of the coun.
Try hos been ard is mos, shameful. and calls
for condemnation loud and deep on the part
Of the press and the citizen.
Especially hss Congress been dereliet in
regard to matters in Utah. 1t 10 notorious
ahat n that unhsPpy and misgoverued terri.
tory sts;e of actual rebellion exists. The
uuthority Of the United S,stes is defiej. and
Brigham Young and his followers glory in
violating tie laws AID Lurling defiance a.
orr government.
The President Of the United States has
e,.lCd The attention Of Congress TO the mat.
tcr; iLt Secretary Of War hts recommended
IN increase of cur military forces in Utah,
ard tie experience End ST euCit rs General
Scott has urged the necessity, of prompt,
vilcTsrs ard decisive scticn. Notwi,h.
sishGirg this, Cougess has thus far done
nothing ard If we ere to judge the future
ty TIE past, i, may be inferred that steps
NilI soon be taken TO vindicate the honor
and maintain the dignity Of the nation. Our
Senators aid Representatives, sert to Con.
gfess TO pass wise and wholesome laws,
GPend the time ind treature Of the nation in
rnFrtftable controversy. Matters Of bu,
liu!c public interest engage their attention.
vi lie questions Of mcmentoua interest to
tie whole country, and iaGccd to all Chris.
a<Letm, receive scarcely passing thcugh;
from nrn Nhose cnly object seems to be to
stvanee their own interests and figure as
Crutcrs in the newspapers OF the day.
The Utah difficulty must be settled, aud
s?eedily, or tie consequence will be ap-
paliing. Rebellion has raised Its flag and
trCcscn has lifted its hand. II our Repre-
Itrtstives possess either patriotism or in
mlligence, (to cry nothing Of christianity
Which is debutesble queEtion,) they viii
cease their petty squubbles, and take imme-
Giate action for the preservation Of the peace
and harmony OF the Union.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-01-28
Putting in The Sabbath.

As a sample Of the manner in which the
people OF New Orleans pass their Sabbaths
we append the following "local" from the
Picayune, OF Saturday the 9Th int. The
sight would be a novel one Ht any time, in
this region. but on the Sabbaih day We cpine,
would disturb the rrcrrie'y Of the nest
hardenedsinner amons<tus:
BALLooE ASCENSION AID Foor RACE
Tomorrow stierRtor, at ] o'clot K, will
commence Rt the Place d'Armee, Congo
Sqnore, a series Of entertainmtnts, consist.
ing Of preliminary balloon ascensions, and Il
grand balloon ascension OF Moras, and 8
cha llenge race between Mile Eugene l..
Fosse, Of Pors, bliss Lucy Reynolds, Of Liv
erpool, and the feet and celebrated Indian
squsw Ba tu uch o.un.ra, OF the Cherokee
tribe, and challenger in this race. Frsnce
England, and America, represented in their
native costumes, by the great contestants ---
The Indian delegation on their way to FloIi
da, will also be there aud give some of their
war dances, &c. Race: distance 400 yards,
heats 3 best in 5, and supurb piece OF Jew.
elry the prize. See Advertisement.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-01-28
The New Treasurv Notes.

The new treasury notes Just issued BY
Rawdon, Wright, Hatch 4 Edison, Of New
York, are among the most perfect specimens
Of bank note engraving executed in this
country. As this is now a recognized de.
nsrtment of the ine arts. some of our best
artists devoting much attention to it, it is
worth the while, not merely of the unfor
tunate possessor of such notes, but Of ell
who are interested in engraving, to inspect
the workmanship of them. Specimen
proofs of the $1,000 and $4,000 notes are
dehigned and execut with great beatty. "a
Tire former have the American eag4e with
expanded wings for the principal vignette,
with the portrait of the President of the
United States on the right, and figure OF
Justice on the lett. The principal device OF
the latter consists Of two figures represent
ing Agriculture and Manufacturers on the
lett is a portrait of the Secretary of the
Treasury, and on the right are the eagle and
the shield containing the arms OF the Union,
with emblems of Commerce and Peace
These notes are printed In Indestruciibls
Inks, (black and green) az protection
against Photographic counterfeits and alter
atoms. The portrait of the Secretary oil
the Treasury has been engraved expressly
for there notes. and is q perfect likeness
That OF the President is the best that we
have seen.
Messrs. Rawdon g. Co., took a contrac,
for four million of these, the balance Of the
six million to be issued having been giver
to Philadelphiu house, and have ALREADY
sent to Washington a million and q hall. -
They sent million and quarter more o:
Friday, and the remainder by the end Of ,
week. Our Philadelphia friends had dir
at New York the other day, because thei
share of the notes was finished first, but
comparison Of the two sets satisfies US thu
the beauty of execution and security agains
counterIeiting, in Messrs. Rawdon & Co..
notes. fully compensate TOR the delay il
in the Issue of them.--PW;bu burg Post.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-01-28
LcrisImt.ve Wo,k Latd Ont.


Tie DE- ocratic Legislature Of Ohio ha.
gene to work in earnest to do up the business
for Which they were sent. Among the pro.
positions already intro duced are bills on the
following subjects:
TO prohibit tie expectation of still fed
pork. ...G ... IT,.
To cstGblith Uniform rate Of interest.
To repeal the game law.
Concerning the relstions Of guardian.
To repeal tie sct for the protection Ol
6sh. -.1
tmerd the act defining the jurisdiction
erd regulating the practice of Probate
Courts.
% Torepeal the act defining the duties Of
county trcnsurer.
For the semi.nnnuol collection Of taxes.
To provide for the better organization Of
the State Treasury, and for the safe Keeping
and disbursement Of the public money.
To provide for the incorporation and reg.
ulation Of Saving institutions.
To repeal the act entitled an act to pre.
vent kidnapping in Ohio.
To amend the act prescribing the duties
Ofroad supervisors.
To regulate the settlement Of the estates
ef deceased persons.
To suspend the operation Of the 5sth sec.
iioD L:brsry cause) Of the School Law. for
two years.
To amend section 9th Of the act for the pun
ishment of crimes.
To repeal the act prohibiting the use Of
jsils in Ohio for the confinement, of,fusi,ives
from slavery.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-01-28
The Ohio PeMitcmtiarv.

The Annual Report of the Directors OF
the Ohio Peni'entiary, detailing its condi
ton and management, for the year 1857,
has just been published. A few facts tn.
ken from this report may not be uninteres.-
ing to our renders. The receipts of the
prison have been $7O,667, and the ex rendi.
tures ST., 7,429, but from which we are to
deduct some SO 600 for expenses that will
enter into the account Of the next year,
The institution is, therefore, not quite q
self-supporting one. The Direct ,rs think
S6o,00o will be sufficient to support the in
sti;ution this year. The number OF convicts
remaining in the Penitentiary on the lst oil
Novem er, was six hundred and eight; two
hundred and fortytwo were received during
the year. The Number of ccnyicts pardon
ed by the Governor during the last year wae
forty.six.
or the two hundred and forty two con.
victs sent TO Columbus in the last year, fifty
were from Hamilton and forty.four from
Cuyahoga county. This speaks we'll ei
Hamilton, or i'll for Cuyahoga, as the latter
county has not more than one third as MANY
people as Hamilton, yet it sends very nearly
as many convicts. Of the xix hundred CON
victs in the Peniten.,ry, two hund ed and
sixty five are put down as intempcrate, two
hundred and twenty as temperate, and one
hundred and twenty as moderate drinkers;
four hundred and nine Gun both read and
write, while one hundred and one can do
neither. AS the number Of pc sons in the
State who can neither fead nor write is very
small, compared with the whole population,
the fact that one six of oil the convicts are
in that category shows that ignorance is in.
deed fruitful mother Of crime! Three
hundred and thirty five of tie cohvicts are
unmarried, and two hundred and forty six
are married There ure fi'ty.fve negro con.
victs. which Is an immense number, consid.
ering their small population in the State.-
One person is serving out his fourtl, convic
tion, and forty six are serving their second
terms. Two Of the prisoners are put down
as being born in A friGa, sixty. seven in Ire.
land, twenty.cne in England, hiiy.six in
Germany, and four hundred ahd fifty odd in
the United States. The great proportion
of English to Irish is rather remarkable, as
there must be ten times as many of the lat.
ter as the former in the State.-Cin. Enc.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-01-28

Useful LessOn-GoV. Clshse learn
Ing sosaetlslng ~ Experienee.
Under Gov. MedilPs administration, the
'manuRsrs Of the State Mouse and some Of
the BenevOIen Institutions, contracted debts
FOR their respective enterprises which ex'
cesded the amount the Legislature had pro.
Vided for those purpose. This Circumstance
was made great handle OF against the Dem
oeratic party, and e,en Gov. Chase, in bis
frst message, sought to convert it into an
exhauatless source Of paltry pelitieai cspi.
tai. He now finds bimself in the same fix
that Gov. MeaiIl was, only worse. Under
gcdill, there was no statute against con-
tracing liabilities beyond the amount ap'
propriated BY law; hut nov there is law
expressly prohibiting It. Yet in the lace
Of this statutory prohibition, hear what Gov.
Chase says in his recent message:
"It gives me pleasure to state that the cx.
penses Of most OF the State Institutions and
Of the different Officers and Boards In the
public service. have been kept strictly with.
in the limits Of The legislative appropria.
tions. An important exception will be found
in the case of the Northern Lunatic Asylum.
Debts have been contracted in behalf Of
that institution largely bcyon0 the oppropriS.
tion for its support; aud In part. at least. in
direct riolotioa of the oct of March 30,
1857, which Mt enly expressly prohibits such
contracts, but subjects The cfscers making
them to personal liability for their perform
snce, and distinctly declares that the State
shall not be Liable. 1t is indIspensibly nee
essory 10 arrest q practice, which, together
with the dedication, has caused the present
embarrassment of cur finances, and which,
if permitted, n ill tfsnsIer the determination
OF The amounts ic be appropriated to the va
rious objects OF the State Government, from
the Representatives. Of the people, TO the
several Administrative Boards and Officers. :"
-Ntgark Advocate.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-01-28
Suicide.

Miss Martha Stewart, daughter Of mr..
Samuel Stewart, OF Flat Rock, in this coun.
ty, committed suicide on the llth inst. The
deceased was member OF a most respect.
able and wealthy family. A correspondent
writes US "that she had been subject Of
diseuse and suffering OF both body and mind
for number OF years, and on the night OF
the llth Of January committed the fatal act,
by cutting her throat" She had been subie ct
to fits of partial insanity end therefore a
source OF care ond sorrow to her now bereav.
ed and afflicted friends. She had often times
in her wildBess threatened to end her own,
existence, but was prevented by the care Of
watchiul attendants; but at last the sad hour
came, end when none but God could see.
the deed was done. Many ere the friends
end sad are the hearts Of those who syIapa-
thize with the afflicted on this s9onrnful
occasion. God alone can bind ap TIE sov-
rews Of ber friends. s.-Ssneca A4serlfssr
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-01-28
The Grave Of Patrick Henry,

Until very recently-and the people not
only Of Virginiu, but of the whole Union,
should hear it with chagrin and sorrow-.-tfie
9raue Of Patrick Henry has had no stone to
mark it's locality, no monument to invite the
eye Of the pilgrims in search Of that sacred
shrine. And at last the piods and patriotic
task has been undertaken, not by the State
that proudly claims the maternity Of him
whose dauntless spirit and stirring eloque ce
awakened the slumbering spark and famed
the fame Of American freedom--not bv the
nation that "boasts his name" and still
reaps the reward of his services, but by the
two surviving sons Of that fearless and Gift.
ed champion of liberty. .n%
We have been favored by gentleman
who has lately been sojourning Tor a few
days in the county Of Charlotte with a des.
Cription Of the tomb stone. II Is strikiugIy
symbolical Of the great cause of tepubli-
cahism, In which be who sleeps beneath it
SO gloriously shone, not less by the light OF
the genius with which he irfadiated It than
by the patriotic ardor thdt animated him to
espoose it. 1t consists simply Of 4 solid
wall Of fine sand stone-quurried on the
place-nine feet ten inches square, and two
feet high, with q superstructure six feet
square. twenty two inches high, with mar.
BILE slabs projecting over the sides. On on.
Of the slabs is Inscribed: "Patrick Henry.
Born May 29th, 1886. Died June 9th,
1899. His fame his best epitaph." On
the other: "Dorethea Dandridge, wife Of
Patrick Henry. Born in the year 1855. -
Died February 18th, 1891" 1t will thus
be seen that his wife sleeps BY his side. In,
Charlotte county, at Red Hill, the fesidence,
Of John Henry, Esq, these sacred relics
lie. Would it not be we'll forsthe State Of,
Virginia to add single stone, at least, to-
the modest monumsns that marks the graraI
Of PATRIcK HEaRYi-- RicAm3aS Enquiries.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-01-28
fAdver,isemept.1

HAIR REsroRAroR Wood advsT.
tises in our columns his valuable medieinS
Tor restoring hair, and for the ptsysnilon u
badness, &C. This remedy has besa usSA
quite extensively, end with great Suec6ss.1a
Hundreds, nay, thousands have used Il, and
are willing 10 testify to lie etieaey. Reed
the advertisefnent-go At once and procure
bottle, and prove it's virtue. Oar good ~
bald headed bachelor friends shOnid etMeftSA
this opportunity to cover their pates Wlth Z
coat OF rich, luxurianl haiF.- fHdiaasY6es
LoconoliNk.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-01-28
RAvENNA MARKET-JAs. ~.
DIED..

At Newton Falls, on the 9th inst, Mrs.
SARAH LYMAN, in the SD year Of her age.
Sho lived the life Of q Christian.
In Piltsfeld, Muss., Dec. 2oth, OF ScsrleA
Fever, EMSA N. SEELEY, only daughter Of
the late DR.. l. c. See!ey, aged seven ysars
and nine months.
EMMA was child Of unusual promiasA
possessing a disposition mild and aGsetioa-
ate, shedding cheerful influence in nwhs,tvdE
circle she moved. None could know her,
butt love and admire hef graceful manner
and ludy.like teportmsnt. We may trviy
say she was flower too beautiful for thiS
earth; God has taken her to forever blsom in
the garden OF God above. J.K.r.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-01-28

ruption Of the peace OF The Territ6fy, and
which subjeetSheir sctoFs to the penalties
accorded to traitors. 8
II these papers referred to be not nuthen-
tic, trust you will promptly disown them.
l herewith enclose copy Of my procls-
nation to the people Of Utah.
You will obligs me by acknowledging the
receipt OF this by the returning messengers.
i am, sir, very respectfully. your obedienE
servant, &C., &c. A. CUNNING,
Governor Of Utah Territory.
st Loxis Republican Of January IA.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-01-28

or The Speaker Of the United States
House Of Representatives receives SI9.Oo
for esch, Congress, besides bic milesge.--
Good wages for hard timssI