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The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-10
Balloon Voyage 10 Europe.

Mr.. John La Mountain is busiIy engaged
In this city in making preparations Tor the
of the balloon with which he
hopes to be able to cross the AtIantic during
Il g coming season. For two weeks, one
of butchers patent machines, at the rope
and cordage works, has been used in making
the twine to be used Tor the net OF the ship.
This is about one.tenth Of an inch in thick.
ness, and composed Of thirty six strandd Of
the very best Holland linen, carefully Sc
lectcd from the stock at the Mcchanicsvllle
Thread Mills. 1t was necessary to guage
The machine and drills IN order to turn out
cord of the required size. That produced
it remarkably beautiful In its make---as
smooth and even as woven silk. It's stfength
may be in erred from the fact that it will re-
.ist steady strain of three hundred pounds.
The silk for the balloon has been selected
from a recent importation from the East
Indies ct New York. 1t is remarkable for
the strength and irmness Of it, fibre, while
at the same time it is as light as any IN
market. The b4loon is TO be constructed
at Lancaster, Pa, upon the frames and with
the apparatus used by Mr.. Wise, the father
Of p-onautics, for the purpose. II will pro-
b'bIy be completed early in May. Inc hFst
trial trip will be made from Chic"go during
the latter pert of that month--and DIR. La
Mountain designs crossing one Of the lakes
and travelling at least a thousand miles over
the Continent.
Whatever may be thought Of the prnctica'
bility of his scheme, he has entered into ii
with hearty crrnestness which proves thai
he believes its accomplishment Practicablei
and is prepared to risk everything in the
venture, with no possible hope OF making
anything unless he succeeds. In the nine
teenth century it will no, do to laugh at any
proposition, however absurd it may eeem.-
We can, therefore, only wait; and shall see
what We shull see. II Mr.. La Mountain
should croes the Atlantic with an mrial ship
his name will Of course 90 down to posteritJ
with those Of the most famous men; If ht
does not, he will, it is to be feared, share
the fate Of those who ego down to the sea ir
ships. Troy Times, Feb. l9h.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-10
GrThe Mentrose Democrat OF the 24tb

GTThe Mentrose Democrat OF the gath,
contains an account of the marriage of a
white girl named Amelia Tingely, aged ls,
to negro named John Sophia. The negro
hid lived several years in the family of a
Joseph E. Whiting, in Hartford, Susquehan-
nah county, and the girl Tingely having
gone to liys at the same house, through the
influence of Whiting and bis wife, who have
been deeply imbued with the subject of ne.
gro equality, an intimacy sprang up between
The two, which terminated in this disgrace
ful marriage. The sirps parents are said to
be respectable. ard while we feel for them,
we have nosymPathy for any one who will
degrade themselves as she had done.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-10
MARCH 9, 1859.


In tho Senate, yesterday, bill was intro.
duced to amend the lSt section of the act for
the organization Of cities and villages also
a bill 20 change the territorial limits of the
city Of Cleveland.
The following bills were passed to amend
the act authorizing the Commissioners ol
Hamilton county to surrender the Lower
River Road to the creditors and bondholders
thereof; and the House bills authorizing
courts to order the publication OF abstracts
of legal advertise ments; authorizing the
trustees of Boston township, in Summit
county TO levy tex and to fix the compen-
sation of county commissioners.
In the House, the following bills were in
troduced Fixing the time of holding Courts
in the Scioto, Lawrence and Vinton Subdi.
vision to authorize the Board of Education
of the village Of Malta to borrow money for
school house purposes and to aid in the de-
lection of the authors of lbelous publica-
tions, and to compel the publishers of news.
papers to disclose the real name of the au.
thor OF any !helous communication.
The bill amending section S15 OF the Civil
Code, was indefinitely postponed.
The bill providing for recording mortga.
ges and bills Of sale Of personal property,
was defeated on its final passage.
The following bills were passed To
amend the act to amend the several acts in
cooperating fire insurance companies in this
State for tho relief of Grandson Newell !;
supplementary to the act to provide for the
organization of cities and incorporated viii
lsges authorizing county commissioners to
fill vacancies in the Office of coroner the
bills authorizing the council OF the village
of Delaware and the Board Of Education of
Jefferson, Mercer county, to borrow money (;
and the bill authorizing the Board Of Educa-
ton OF Delphus to convey certain lot Of
land.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-10
The Democracy and New States

The Democracy and New States.
Our readers will recolIect that during the
last Presidential campaign, the New York
Tribune declared that Gas sure as there s
God in heaven" if Mr.. Buchanan were elect
ed all our Territories would be made slave
States, and this UNANIMOUSLY and designedly
false and wicked declaration was echoed in
substance by the greater part of the Repub-
lican party. But look at the result. Two
years Of Mr. Buchunan's administration have
expired, and during that time Two FREE
STATES have been admitted into the Union
In opposition to the best G forts of the Tri-
bane, and the wishes of designing dema-
gogues. Other Territories are biding their
time and maturing arrangements for q like
welcome from the National Democracy,
who, alone, ever have and ever will welcome
and admit new sisters to Cur glorious con.
federacy, in spite of the combined efforts Of
Aboitionism, RepubIicanism, Know Moth
ingism, or whatever other detestable ism
may spring up, to hang as n loathsome ex-
cfetcence upon the banner of the Union.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-10
Hung to a. COrDSe.

At Cumminsville, on Saturday night, a
man entered the graveyard, removed corpse
from the grave, and placed it in sack
In leaving the graveyard he was compelled
to climb high fence, and the feat was un.
doubtedly difficult with the dead weight the
resurrectionist carried. 1t would seem that
the man had placed the cord of the sack over
his shoulders that he might climb the easier,
the sack hanging at his back. At any rate,
he was found in the morning dead-hanging
by the neck on one eide of the fence and the
pendant corpse on the other. .-Bafalo Com.
Hnercial.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-10
CnpId,s Arrnn1ement Frustrated

Cupfd's arrangement Frustrated
The Abingdon Vir9inian velates the fol-
lowing very amusing story
We happened to be at our depot q few
days ago, when the mail train arrived from
Bristol. As moved off in hurry, we OBJ.
served young gentleman standing upon the
track in the rear of the train, bareheaded,
and with evident disappointment depicted
on his countenance. Remarking that pas.
senger had been left. q bystSnder, with q
knowing wink, replied that the bearheaded
man upon the track, and young lady upon
the train, had intended to stop at Abingdon
with the design Of committing matrimony.
The young lady was in charge OF her mother,
who was taking her eastward from Bristol
to prevent the marriage. The young lady
had arranged the matter thus: The expect
ant groom, without the knowledge of the
mother, was to come ns for as Arlington in
the baggage car, and then, about the time
the train was TO start, he was to run to the
back platform Of the rear car, where his lady
love was to be standing, and as the train
moved of he was to lift her down, and lei
the incorrigible mamma go on, with ample
time for rejecting upon the uncertainty ol
human calculations. The arrangements
were understood by the engineer, who was
to move off as rapidly as possible, as soor
as the hatless gentleman disappeared behnt
the train. The mother, however; having
seen him making his way 10 the rear of the
car, looking round for her daughter, and see
ing her about to pass on the platform, rush
ed toward her, and grusped her tightly b!
her clothing, just at which moment, the low
er having reached the signal post, toot
toot sounded the whistle, and away wen
the train, with the mother holding on to tn
daughter, and the young gentleman as befor
remarked, standing bareheuded upon tn
track, looking very much as il he had let
bird 60. a. ..,..
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-10
AYERS
AgQe Cure,
Yon rH1 esgIpY 0uRE or

e geH THE esxHpY ouRH OF
Intermittent Fever, or Fever and AgueS
Remittent Fever, Chill Fever, Dumb
Ague, Periodical Headache, or BfliOuS
Headache, and Bilious Fevers, indeed
for the whole class Of diseases Origt4
mating in hillary deFangenent, caused
by the Malaria Of miasnatic eountries.
No one remedy Il louder called tCs By the
necessities Of the American people than sure
and safe cure for Fever and ARua, Such
we are now enabled to offer, with perfect
certainty that It win eradicate the disease,
and with assurance, founded On proof, that
no harm can arise from its use In any guam
tity. t.'i .'.t' ie.s -'.
That which protects from 6r prevents this
disorder must be Of immense service IN the
communities where it prevails. Prsve'stioS b
better than cure, for the patient escapes the
risk which he must run in violent attacks Of
this baleful distemper. This "CuRx" O3pels
the miasmatic poison of FKvAl AND AGVD-
from the system and preveAts the develop
ment of tho disease, if taken on the first ap-
proach Of its prernonitory symptoms. It Is
not emily the best remedy ever yet discovered
for this class Of complaints, but also tho
cheapest. Tho large quantity we supply for
a dollar brings It within the reach Of every
body; and in bilious districts, where FEvBR
AND Aous prevails, every body should have It
and use it freely both for cure and protection.
1t is hoped this price will place 1t within the
reach Of all-the poor as well as the rich. A
great superiority Of this remedy over any
other ever discovered for the speedy and cer-
tain cure of Internittents Is, that it contains
no Quinine or mineral, consequently It pro-
duces no quinism or ether injurious caects
whatever upon thu constitution. Those cured
f. by it rre left as healthy ns if they had never
had the disease.
Fever and Aguais not alone the consequence
Of tho miasmatic poison. a great variety OF
disorders arise from its irritation, among which
are Neuralgia, rheumatism, Gout, Headache.
Blindness, Toothache, Earache, Catarrh, Asth-
ma polpitation, Painful Affection Of the
Spleen, Mysteries, Pain in the Bowels, Collie,
Paralysis, and Dcrangemolt Of the Stomach,
all of which, when originating in this cause,
put on the intermittent type, or become period
ical This CUEE" expels the poison frem
tho blood, and consequently cures them oil
alike. It 10 an Invaluable protection to immi-
grants and persons travelling or temporarily
residing in the ma1arions districts. II taken
occasionally or daily while exposed to the in-
fiction, that will be excreted from the system,
and cannot accunulatc in sufficient quantity
| to ripan into disease. Hence it is even more
| valuable fer protection than cure, and few will
ever suffer from Interlnittents, if they avail
themselves CT the protection this remedy af-
| ScrGs.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-10

DAMAGEs.-Mr. Beale, wishing to 90 from
Gallon (Ohio) to Crestline, on the c. G. e.
c. R. R., some two years ago, got on the
train and rendered the conductor fifteen
cents in payment of his fare for the four
miles travel. Twenty cents was demanded;
five being added to the fifteen, because he
had not bought q ticket. This Mr. D. re-
fused to pay, and the conductor stopping the
train, elected him from the cars. Mr.. Beale
brought his action for damages in the Court
Of Common Pleas OF that county. The case
came on for trial at the present term, and
resulted in verdict for the plaintiff of $500.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-10
Ayers Catl1artic Pills,
FOR ALL the PURPOSES oeAFAMlLY pHYSlO,

are so composed that disease within the range Of
their action rnre)y Withstand or evade them.
Their penetrating properties search, and cleanse,
and invigorate every portion Of the human organ
ism, correcting Its diseased action. and restoring
its healthy yitalitics. As consequence Of these
properties, the invalid who is bowed down with
Eain or physeal debility is aStOnshed to find his Us
ample and inviting.
Not only do they cure the everyday complaints
Of every body, but also many formidable and
dangerous diseases. The agent below named Is
Pleased 70 furnish gratis my American Almanac,
cort.ining certificates of their and directions
for their use in the following complaints: COstirs-
ness, Heartburn, Headache arising from 6tsordert3
Stomach, Nausea, Indigestion, Pain in and Morbid
Inaction Of the Boteels F'atultncy, Loss Of Agps-
tite, Jau;,dice and other kindred complaints,
arising fron low state of the body or obstruction
Of its functiorfs. They are excellent Alternative
for the renovation OF the blood and the restora-
ton Of tone and strength to the system dsbiitateA
by disease.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-10

ADRIAN, Michigan, March s.-The re
mains Of Ira J. Thurston, the eronaut, whit
met his death in the unfortunate ascension
from this city, on the 18th Of Septem bel
last, were accidentally found on Sunday
evening last, about ten miles from the place
of his second ascent. The remains were
brought to this city and fully identified.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-10
MARCH 8, 1859.

In the Senate, yesterday, a bill was intro.
duced 10 authorize the Commissioners of
Hamilton county to contract for the building
Of roadway or bridge for public use, across
Mill Creek in said county.
Mr. Slade introduced resolution provid.
ing for submitting TO vote Of the people,
an amendment TO the constitution authoriz-
ing regular annual sessions Of the General
Assembly and the same was referred to a
select committee of FIVE.
The following bills were passed to amend
section two of the act to relieve the District
Courts and to give greater efficiency to the
judicial system Of the State, passed A pril IL,
1858 and the House bills to protect gas
companies to amend section AIS of the
Civil Code and to provide for taxing in
cost bills the expense procuring transcripts
and records.
In the House the bill to provide for the
settlement OF decendents' estates was defeat
ed on its final passage. A motion to recon.
slider was laid on the table. The official re-.
porter was instructed by resolution to report
names of ubsentees on calls of the House.
A bill was introduced by Mr.. Christy to reg
ulate black and mula,to persons to prohibit
their further immigration into the State ot
Ohio, and to provide for their colonization
in certain cases.
The House passed the bill to amend the
act of March IA, 1886, to provide for the re.
cording of Land Patents.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-10

@Gideon B. Smith, of Baltimore, who
is to locusts what Merriam is to the weather.
writes to the National IntslliSsnesr that there
will be invasions Of the insects during the
spr ing just opening, in seven districts, most.
" in the Southern States. ..
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-10

WASHINGTON CRY, March s.--Postmas.
ter General Brown died this morning at
half-past nine O'Clock. Up to quarter OF
on hour previous he was perfectly conscious
ofhis condition, and took leave Of his fami-
lY.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-10

6TThe terms of twenty-five Senators ex-
pired with the Thirty-Fith Congress. o.
these, ten are reelected for a new term,
which will expire March 4th, 1865, and the
successors of three sre yet to be chosen.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-10
OATOut of one hundred and Twenty-Five ee

EOut Of one hundred and twenty-three
thousand FIVE hundred and forty.seven chill.
dren between the age Of five and fifteen
years, in the city Of New York, forty-one
thousand eight hundred and ninety.eight,
more than ons.third Of the sOhole number. 60 to
no school. public or private, and receive no
sort Of education but that furnished in The
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-10
Ayers Cherry Pectoral,
FOR THb RAPID CuRI OF

FOR THs RArID CuRI OF
Coughs, Colds, Influenza, Honrsenessy
Group, Bronchitis, Incipient COnsump.
ton, and for the relief Of ConSumptivs
Patients in advanced stages Of the
AiocRSe. H. rg
So wide is the field Of lis usefulness and 80 MT
merous are the cases of its cures, that almost
every section of county abounds in persons pub
licly known, who have Been restored from alarming
and oven desperate diseases Of the lungs BY lie
use. When once tried, its superiority over every
other medicine of its kind is too apparent to escape
observation, and where its virtues are known, the
public no longer hesitate what antdote to employ
Sor the distressing and dangerous affections Of the
pulmonary organs that are incident to our climate.
While many inferior remedies thrust upon tho
community have failed and been discarded, this
has gained friends by every trial. conferred benefits
on the afflicted they can never forget, and pro-
duced cures too numerous and too remarkable to
~ PREPARED ny ..t
DIR. J. G. AVER & co.
LOWELL, MASS.
ISAAC SWIFT Rauenna 0hios
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-10

O1rIt is said that gold has been discover
ed in Bartholomew county, Indiana.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-10
MARCH 4, 1859.

In the Senate yesterday bill was intro.
duced and passed making partial appropria-
tons for the repair of the public works oi
the State for the present year. The follow
ing bills were also passed: To amend the
second section of the &C. for the uniform
government and regulation OF the Lunatic
Asylums of the State comforting certain
powers and prescribing certain duties of the
Board of Public Works; requiring the Pro-
bate Judge Of Noble county to make certain
records, entries and indexing in the books Of
his office to provide for the payment Of the
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-04-07
The Best Time to Sow Peas.

Your correspondent 6. Butts, in your pa
per Of the 10th, asks the question referred to
in the caption above.
1, 1 have raised many peas, of many sorts
for market, both in garden and field culture.
Those sowed early, have with great uniformi-
ty, produced the best crops. Peas sowed late
are injured by dry, hot weather, and almost
always mould more Or less, and so produce a
lighter crop. The cold freezing weather that
ofton occurs in April and early in May, dt es
not injure peas once in ten years.
2, The -bug--alas, know Of no certain
means Of resisting this almost omnipotent
enemy. The assertion that he may be avoid
ed by early sowing is simply not true. 1t
would seem that the pea-bug finds other
places for the deposit of his eggs, in the alb
sence of the pea-pod. Hence it is that clean
seed, -sown on soil where peas have not recent
,ly been grown, does not avoid him. The
pea-bug, however, may always be cheaply
and thoroughly expelled from the seed you
are about to SOW. Let your seed be well
dried in the fall, and put up in close vessels.
When you are about to SOW them, turn them
into tub Of water, when you can readily
skim off and destroy every bug. Thus you
will somewhat diminish your enemy do
not esteem the presence Of the bug in peas
$50 great an evil as some other persons do
AS the bug always deposits its egg in the
side of the pod and not in the edge, SO the
germ of the seed is rarely injured by it,
True, the amount of food furnished by the
body of the seed, is diminished just in pro-
portion to the amount eaten away by the
bug; but this is usually SO small in proper.
tion, as to make no great difference in its
strength of early growth For the table,
the injury by the bug is small The green
pea, as shelled for the table, contains but the
egg, and so is not greatly injured. To those
who cook the pea as winter food, and those
dishonest persons who purchase las many do, }
and mix it with coffee, the presence Of the
bug is serious drawback &C. E. Goodrich,
IN Co. Gent.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-04-07

GRAND Trunk RAILWAY COMPANY The fol-
lowing discodraging statement in regard to the
affairs of this company, is made by the Montre-
al Commercial Advertiser
Z" A meeting of the shareholders of the Grand
Trunk Railway Company was held at Toronto,
on Wednesday last, when the President an
nounced that in order to complete the works,
and save the company from complete bankrupt
cy. it was necessary to issue Preferential Bonds
to the amount of IL, Ill 500, sterling to rank
Immediately after the $4,000, 900 issued in
1856.
The lien originally held by the Province as a
first claim, wac 43, Iii 500 this was post
poned to place the Shareholders in a better posi-
ton, and to enable the company to raise the
means required to complete the road.
The Preferential Bonds issued since reach the
same amount, so that the position of the slave
holders is battered only as regards the probable
completion of the work the same amount
stands between them and a dividend as did be.
fore the Province postponed its claim. u ssgs
As regards the Province, the sooner it writes
of its claim the better, for there is not the most
remote probability that one penny of either
principle or interest will ever be paid.
Inc Il ,llo,Uo0 now required, is not only
wanted for works now in progress, but to nav
current expenses interest on the last e. GOO 0llO
borrowed, and the excess of working expenses
over receipts.
Let the Victoria Bridge be completed, and
the contractors relieved from paying any more
interest, and the inevitable bankruntcy. )
which the President now proposes to stave eff
oy this last possible loan will overtake the COM
pany and the Province, after all its sacrifices
in money and morals, will have the alternative
OF running the road at its own expense, or suf-
ierng 1T to remain idle through large portion
OF its extent, monument of fraud and foly.n
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-04-07
Che farmer.
Suggestions for April.

Put Fences in order.
See that all your Drains are clear.
Do not ruin your trees by pruning them
this month. Wait till the middle of june,
or until October or November. i.
Put the Door, ard in perfect order.
Get the small grains in early-but do not
pillow until the soil is ready for it: better that
the grain should be little late.
Transplant fruit trees as soon as the frost is
out and the ground is warm and mellow.
One dozen good trees, well set and we'll tend
cd, will yield more profit within twenty
years, than one hundred trees badly set and
indiferently tended.
Set an Asparagus bed by all means.
Do not lot the cattle run upon the moving
lands in the spring.
In some sheltered and convenient spot,
have good Kitchen Garden, where you can
go for all sorts Of vegetables, and some of
the small fruits; nothing will be more econ
omical, and few things will add more to the
comfort Of Che family.
Int selected place in this garden SOW va
riety of Flower Seeds, and allow the chill
dren to pluck the flowers to carry to school,
OR to look at as they go to church Sunday
morning Set them in dish Or glass filled
with cold water, and see how pleasant they
will make the sitting-room in hot after
noon Or place them on stand in the sick
chamber, to interest and refresh the sufferer
Purchase short-tootbed rake to use IL
the garden and you will soon see how easy
it is to prepare bed for the smallest seed
when You have the right implement in YOU
hands, or to clean up the alleys and walks.
Finally, whenever the soil is ready fol
you, be ready to strike the blow that is need
ed, and have everything done decenty ant
in order.