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The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-02-18

lust RECEIVED.--A fHs stock Of
=, .Woolens for Mems and Boys wear, such a.
Broad Cloths, Beaver Cloths,
Cessmeres, Doeskins, r-e
| Wool andSilk vestings, Velvet and Plush DO =,
Kentucky Jeans, colored and wool Tweeds, all wool
Twaeds, Satnetts, Union Cassimercs. Cashmaretts;
Also, good assortment of Berlin, Buck Kid and
Wooien Gloves, Woolen Comforters and Scarfs.
Those In want ofa good article Of wooden Blanket
can be accommodated with one or more, at veFy low
them and shall sell ,ihet cheap. Also, variety Of
| good large sizes. " = :
BFocateiles and bamask TO, Curtains, ttoaske GOV.
ering and other uses, we are selling cheap. We have
| nne selection Of them. Call and see. "a
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P0RTAGE. SENTINEL.
ITnoAfIANIyREnsONAL

rAll petsons indebted to
the Portage Sentinel Office. for
su6scriptiony advertising, or JOB
work prior to January !, 1868,
are fequested to make Immediate
payment, as it is necessary that
the books Of the late firm Of Hart
& SonerviIle should be balanced
!. without delay-and they mast.
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n EET'S Fur Gloves and Muflers, Ladies'
" cloth and kid Gauntets, and ladies' Gloves Of
every description. at POE 4 BRO'S.
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Legal NOlica,

4 @STfTf"S" horse shoe iron and common
bar iron all sizes, at F.A. CURTIS & CO.'S.
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The New York Mirror.

The New York Weekly Mirror, one Of the
best Family Newspapers in the Country, de-
voted to Politics, Literature, Science, and the
Arts and free from the scandal and immortality
which form the great staple and interest = of
large class of weekly newspapers.
The Mirror is addressed to readers of re-
fined taste, and the publisher looks exclusively
to this class of the community for a liberal
support. In Politics, the Mirrors Independ-
ent, Progressive, without being radical, and
earnestly devoted to Americanism, and the
Union of the States.
Terms 81 a Year in advance, subscrip.
tons will be received, and the paper sent, on
the receipt of Twenty-Five cents.
Address, post paid, II. FULLER, Edi OF
and Proprietor of the NewYork Mirror.
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CIR AHAM'S
American Monthly MAGAZINE.

WILL CONTAIN EACH MONTH A SPLENDID STEEL ENGRA-
WING, A COL0RED FASHION PLATE,
Prose and Poetry, by the best Authors-An Edi-
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Reviews of New Books-Fashionable Chit Chat
Patterns for Needle Work-Music.
Yearly subscribers who pay in advance will re-
ccive as a premium either the Great National En-.
craving, "THE PORTRAITS OF THE PRESIDENTS y or
two smaller engravirgs, The Girard College, and
The Capitol at Washington.
The portraits of the Presidents were engraved ex.
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plate measuring is by "a inches. The Capitol at
Washington, and the Girard College, also very ex-
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THE UNDERSIGNED, formerly Of s22 Ramr

THE UNDERSIGNED, formerly of S22 Ramp
L street, gives notice to his numerous friends and
patrons, that he has nearly done perfecting his arrange
ments to his new and large establishment, where he
has now on hand and shall continue to keep a most
beautiful and complete assortment of both young and
grown Fowls, of the following breeds, viz red, buff,
black, white, Dominique, Perley, Palmer and Marsh,
Changhaes or Imperial Chinese, Royal Cochin Chinas,
Santon Chinas, Brahmah Pookas, (Bennet stock, J
Chittagongs, black and spangled Polands, White
Calcutta Prussian and Wild Indian Mountain Fowls,
English Red Caps, black and fancy Bantams, Sumatra
Ebon, Sumatra Pheasant, and Malacca and several
other game varieties.
ALso-Middlesex, Lincolnshire, Essex and Suffolk
Pigs, from two months to two and three wears old
Hong Kong, Bremen and White China Geese. White
Aylesbury crested or Poland Ducks.
All Of the above pigs, fowls, &C., will be sold at
reasonable rates, and are warranted pure and the
best in the country, from stock of his own importation
from China, England and other places, or from speci.
mems Which took first premiums at the last wears
New England Exhibition.
Apply by letter or otherwise. to
A. VERLOIN DE GRITTY
% Cont Street, New Orleans. or On Go-r
street, between Eighth and Ninth stree.s Tonr.i
district, formerly Lafayette, where purchsse-s nd
the public in general, are invited to call a,S 80
inc his stock and iudgs II heusdvse.
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TIE HOME CIRCLE.

MONTHLY PERIODICAL, entitled the "Home
IL Circle" devoted to Religion and Literature is.
published for Stevenson & Owen, Nashville, Tenn.
for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at 81
per annum, strictly in advance.
Each number will contain "a pages, super royal
octave, printed in superb style on fine calendered
paper, and embellshed with one Or more engra-
wings. The matter will be mainly original and of
the best kind.
The numbers will be stereotyped and back mum.
bers can be furnished whenever called for.
Accounts will be kept with the travelling preach
ers and other agents, and not with subscribers -
Agents may retain 90 per cent.
Subscriptions and business communications
should be addressed to Stevenson & Owen, agents.
Contributions and letters pertaining to the literary
management of the work to L.. d. Hustce. Editor
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sewing Machines.
WILSON'S Patent Rotary Sewing Machine,

(,AN now be seen in operation by persons -.
ca, Tasnlng TO purchase, at No. 10 ST. x2S8
wharies street, New Orleans, up stairs.- 80
The utility of these machines is no longer a matter .,
opinion, but a settled fact, manufacturers at the Nj
give them a decided preference over all others ever
interested, and planters are fast bringing them
into general use, not only for the use of their families
but especially for making up negro clothing.
An experienced hand, with one of Wilson's Rotary
Machines which takes from 1900 to 1900 stitcha.
per minute,-can do the work Of fifteen seamstresses
with ease.
This machine is simple, and not liable to get out Of
order it is not noisy or complicated-working with a
shuttle or two needles, and a dozen or more wheels :.
but, on the contrary, a neat little article, working with
one needle only, not having a shuttle or wheel in h.
Ladies and seamstresses who purchase ma chimes,
can receive instructions from experienced and prac.
tical teachers how to use them, on application at the
sewing rooms, No. 13 St. Charles str eet, up stairs.
A constant supply of improved machines, needles,
spools, suitable thread, ETC., for sale.
ORDERS from abroad BY mail promptly attended TO.
@o<'essss feo'a JOSEPH HUFTY.
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Charleston Mercury.

a weekly and tri-weekly newspaper, published
in Charleston, South Carolina. Besides CONTAINING
the latest news Of the day, both domestic and for
eign, commercial, agricultural, literary and miscel-
lsneous matter, it is a decided States Rights paper.
ardent and uucompromising in its devotion to the
rights and interests of the South.
The Mercury has as regular contributors to its
columns some Of the ablest writers of the South
and both as a political and general newspaper. it is
one of the most valuable and desirable papers
published in the country.
Terms-For the daily Mercury, $40; for the
tri-weekly, IS.
Address Editors Mercury, Charleston, South
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EMERSON'S
United States MaCaZint

THIS Young Original Monthly
ring the last year, been twice enlar.,
is now Of the size of the leading nd
in this country and Europe. 1t !
each year l.400 pages, in two volur
is embellished with about 600 origg
torial Illustrations. Although the y
it has already outstripped in e%ircula'
popularity every other Three Dolls,
zine" in this city, with one except
has now come to be regarded by The
can Press, and a large portion Of ~
readers, as "The Rival of Harper.
originality, its purely national char
bold, independent criticisms, its higA
tone, and its beautiful artistic embells
are securing for it hosts of admirers
every class and profession. !
The new volume which CONNIE
July, contains many new attractive
among which is the Life of Georgs
ton, prepared by a distinguished aas
illustrated by the first American arts
will be continued each month until
ted--the whole TO be embellished "
raj hundred Of the finest engraving.
ecuted in this country. !
illustrated Poems will appear 4
number.
My Thirty Years Out of the So
Major Jack Downing, which is ~
tense interest in every section Of ts
viii! be continued through the nsd
1t is the design of the Publishes
Emerson's S.the Great Magazine
one which every Amer
be proud to accept as a specimen q r
periodical literature.
Specimen copies sent on receipt d
Compare it with any of the M
The day. Three DoLLARs q wear, isiss
n EMERSON 4 co, Prn1
:. A.ssrucs q,
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THE NEW YORK DAY BOOK,

\ daily anI weekly paper published in New York
City.
The character Of the Day Book is well known,
as a staun!ch ard thorough advocate of Southern
institutions, and published where it is, it has Pc
cuiiar claims at the hands of the Southern people.
for the present year, the proprietor has added to
MS arrangements many new features, SO that It
Will nave still stronger claims than heretofore.
Inc Weekly Day Book intended for general cir
cuiatlon, and containing the matter Of the daily, is
a large royal octave sheet, beautifully printed and
furnished at Two Dollars a year.
Specimen copies gratis.
city. aom
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THE SOUTH CAROLINIAN.
PUBLISHED

DAILY AND TRI-WEEkLY.
THIS wcll-knowh journal is respectfully offered
/ to the mercantile community as a proper We
hicle for their advertisements. Having the largest
circulation of any paper i'll the State out of Charles
ton, and many subscribers in the ncighboring
States, it is their interest to publish in it.
The political views Of the Carolinian are well
known. Devoted to the Union as a means to an
end, it would have it administered as was intended
by its founders, with a strict adherence to its con-
stitutional provisions; but believing as we do that
the paramount interest of the South is sectional,
we advocate the Union Of the South as her essen
tial interest. If the South is united, she can enjoy
equality III, or independence out Of the Union
Strict construction of Federal and State Constitu-
tons political and religious rights to all.
The Latest News, by telegraph and the mails, is
carefully selected for its columns. The wholesale
prices current and a full market report are pub
lished weekly.
Original Sketches, Literary and Scientific ESSAYS,
and miscellaneous selections daily make their ap-
pearance in its columns.
subscriptions Sc and 81 per annum in advance.
K. w. GIBBES, Proprietor,
Columbia, S. C.
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RUSSELL'S MAE4ZIVE.
Il Monthly Organ of Literature and
Erlk1cISn

Criticism,
" be devoted to a free discussion of all ton.
~ les properly embraced in the order and RANGE
oi Il magazine, and will be published in Charleston
South Carolina, on or before the frat nf oaat
month. eaen
1t Is designed and established to meet a com.
monty fet want, and to give utterance and circula
tioi to the opinions, doctrines and arguments of tho
educated mind Of the South especially, and to pro.
mot L. U sphere and measure, the progress of a
sound American Literature, free from nartv sbso,''
les and individual prejudices.
Agencies will be established as soon as possible
to supply all sections of the country. and mean.
while orders from Booksellers, Period al Dealers
rost-masters and others, disposed to extend the
eis"la"oh OF the work, are respectfully solicited,
ana Will BE supplied on the most liberal terms
The work will be supplied at s. per annum or %
cents by numbers.
Letters on business should be addressed q Prs
ELL Magazine, Charleston, sc.
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4 LIKED MuNROE u GUS. "ONE PRICE STORE,
II No. 81 Magazine Street, corner of Gravier. We
would inform our friends, and the public in general,
hat our present stock of
Clothing, furnishing Goods, &c.,
3 unequaled in extent and beauty by that of any
other establishment in the United States. To be
convinced of this statement, it is only necessary to
call and examine. Our immense sales are brought
about b. the simple TACT being known, that the prices
we place upon goods is uniformly low, and the quality
Of each article is guaranteed what it is represented to
be. Perfect satisfaction is what we aim at in dealing
with our customers
All our clothing is manufactured at our establish
nent, No. AL Broadway, New York, under tn. i'm
mediate superintendent of one Of our firm, who
spares no pains i'll securing the most desirable styles
of goods. 1t is with the fullest confidence Of being
able to give satisfaction, that we invite all who may
be in want Of articles in our line to call and examine
our assortment.
The following is only a partial list of articles:
Frock cad Dress Coats-Frencha and English black
cloth dress and frock coats do do. blue, brown, null
berry and green clsth frocks; do do black, mulberry,
brown, olive, and golden brown cloth POlkas French
and English black and fancy coiored cloth walking
coats; Hi,naiaya ,ur, new STYLE sac; French, black,
mulberry, end olive cloth opera sacs; do black and
fancy coored doeskin Union sacs do extra superfne
drab and fancy coioIed walking coats; codrington,
gray, mixed, and silver gray sacks and polkas Frch.
black, blue brown, and olive beaver sac and frock
tbHS NO bihO, pio"h' IL oi' -Si"yf 'AH"'y S1S
coats; dc. Labrador (varions colors) to turn, sac
coats dc superiine drab cloth and beaver Walking
coats French and English black superfine cloth sac
and waking coats; do blue, brown, and drab pilot
cloth sacs.
Noaks.-Blue and black cloth cioaks, every quail
It.: black and blue pilot cloth cloths.
\ variety Of Vests Of every quality and pattern
also every variety AID quality OF Pantaloons.
GeaUenea's Furnishing ~Goods.-Linen and cotton
shirts, all Qualities; check and cotton hickory and
night shirts, all qualities all wool and super ribbed
shirts; game, nerino, cotton, Isle thread, and fan
uel shirts; socks of every quality.
BOYS and Chidren's Not~hing.-Cunsisting Of
frocks, po'kaa, sacs, jackets, overcoata, pantaloons,
vests, and cloaks. of every quality.
Also every variety of gloves; suspenders of various
Kinds cra'a.' and handkerciiefs Of every quality.
Also trunks, yaiises, umbrellas.
India rubber goods of every description.
70 One price for Goods, and no d~seiotion. -
IL visiting tie city, do not fail to call on
ALFRED MUNROE IL co,
febS v "a Magazine St., New Orleans.
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ET How do you do, Mrs. Towe! Have
you heard that story about Mrs. Ludy 2"
why, nc really, Mrs Cad. What is it +?
Do tell"
20, Ipromised'not to tell for all the world!
No, l must never tell ont; I'm afraid it
will get out"
~Why, III never ont as long as I live, just
as true as the word. What is it, Come
tell"
"Now you won't say anything about it will
your
"No, I'll never open my mouth about it
never. Hope to die this minute"
swell, if you'll believe it Mrs. Fundy told
me last night, that Mrs Trod told her that
her sisters husband was told by a person
what dreamed it that Mrs. Troubles oldde>t
daughter told Mrs. Nichens that her grand
mother heard by a letter which she got from
her sisters second husbands oldest brothers
step-daughter, that it was reported by the
captain Of a clamboat' Just arrived from the
Ceeiee Islands that the mermaids about that
section wear crinolines made out Of shark
skir1eh,T
y LEG
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WEEKLY NATIONAL INTELLIGE
EOR A YEAR, the subscription pria
l. National Ihtelligencer is Three Dali

EOR A YEAR, the subscription pra
l. National Ihtelligencer is Three Ddi
able in advance.
For the lons sessions of Congress, d
eight months) the price will be twy do
the short sessions, II dollar per copy.
The Weekly Intelligencer consists off,
pages, containing a mass of valuable a.,
ting matter from every quarter Of the
lec-ed By experienced hauds. From IT,.
every N can post himself mp not ony
gressionat affairs, and the affairs of ts,
generally, bat also on those of Europe, d
Africa, Souh America, &c. having a corp
pondents il I'll quarters, whose talents u
of obtaining information are not inferior h
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also deyosed to literature, the arts and
agriculture, besides being well stored VIZ
aneous reading.
No accounts being kept for this psf
not be sent or mailed TO any one uuless !
advance, nor any longer than the time t
is paid Address GALES 4 SEA-,
Washington Gin
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M DELLA
TO MECHANICS. INVENT0ss
Manufacture

ITO INVENToSs
Manufacturer.
IN announcing the THIRrEsNru 49,,
IL the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
respectfully inform the public thats
crease and stimulate the format;o, y !.
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The new volume will be printed ma
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The general character ofthe Sciepts,
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ufactures, Agriculture, Patents, In,ers,s
neering, Mill Works, and all interes. 1!
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N. 0. COMMERCIAL BuIIh

Subscriptions to the Wed
year, in advance; ;12 a year for Ii
Three copies Of the semi-weekly vii
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mour, 81 Gravier ST., NewOrleans.
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MISCELLANEOUS ADvTs.



Philadelphia SadAlery WarehOuse
SIGN OF THE GOLDEN HoRsEHIAD.
No 6 Magazine street, and No. Al Canat street.
| n AGEE Il KNEASS, Manufacturers and ~
NJ Importers of Saddlery and Saddlery -
Hardware. Harness, Trunks, Carpet Bags, &c. ;
Leather, Materials and Findings for saddlers, Coach,
Trunk, and Shoemakers, comprising one of the lar.
gest and most complete assortmenfs to be found in
this city.
PLouoHs.-Carey, Dudley, and Peacock Ploughs,
of every description and size.
REaAL1A.-L O. O.. F., Masons, and S. of I. Regalia,
aid Paraphernalia of every description the largest
aud most complete assortment to be found in the
United States.
INDIA RUBBER BrLrrNG, PACKING, &c.
Magee l. Kneass are the principal agents for the
Boston Betting Company, for the sale of india rubber
betting and packing for steam joints and boilers
Hose of every size, together with all descriptions of
India Rubber Goods, which they offer at the lowest
market rates.
- Look for the large horse standing in the door
n 6 Ma azine street.
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NAMPSON & KEEN, No. 81 Bienville Street. be-
~ tween Charities and Royal street, NewOrleans,-
Wholesale and retail dealers in Furniture, Chairs
mattresses, Looking Glasses, Hair Cloth, Curled Hair
Glue, &c, &c. CIV.
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~ That was a wise niger, who in
speaking of the happiness of married people,
.a,d,s"Dat ar, ponds altogether how dey en-
Joy demselves.,.
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A wit and a fool in company are like a
crab and an oyster; the one watches till the
other opens bis mouth, that he may eat him
up.
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10 Agcnts and Adrertistrs. JK
The terms of "Porter's Spirit" to 81
Newsmen, will be $4a hundred. Agents. ~
at once forward to the Wholesale Newspa4N {
who supply them with New York papers. 1t
Advertisement rs cents per line, paya1Te r
vance.
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Poricr's Spirit Of the Tina
CHRONICLE OF THE
7nT, Agriculture, Field Sports, Literalun

u;hlished every Saturday Morning, at NJ
34s Broadway, New York.
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Single Subscriptions. Three Ds'a'
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No subscription received Tor rs
months.
Postmasters are requested to act q
and retain 25 per cent. for their trouG
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NEW ORLEANS DAILY & WEEKLY
TRrE DELLA

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months, Two Dollars.
Daily, one year, Ten Dollors, Six months Five
dollars, Three months, Two dollars and fifty cents.
Address John Aaginnis, Editor and Proprietor.
ke. is 81. Charles street., New Orleans.