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The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-31

GHe who essays to speak in the storm
of passion, and amid the strife of tongues,
should have silver trumpet, more soft than
shrill or better yet" the still, small voice"
of the Divine Whisperer.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-31

PRAYER.-One hour OF solitude pass.
ed in sincere and earnest prayer, or the
conflict with and conquest over single pas.
sion or bosom sin, will teach US more OF
thought, will more effectually awaken the
faculties, and form the habit of reflection,
than years study in the schools without
them Coleridge.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-31

RESURRECTION. - AS for tho resurrec.
ton of the dead, / do not conceive it so
very contrary to the analogy Of nature, when
I behold vegetables left to rot in the earth,
rise up again with new life and vigor; or a
worm 10 eli appearance dead, change its
nature, and that, which in its first being
crawled on the earth, become new species,
and fly abroad with wings.-BsrksIey.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-31

HTTwo men, strangers to one another
met one day, and spoke to each other in q
mistake. One of them made this apology
"Oh, gorrah, it's all mistake! thought il
was you, and you thought it was me, but it's
neither of US y
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-31

"Stand like an anvil!" when the strokes
OF etalwart strength fall fierce and fest;
Storms but moro deeply roots the oaks,
Whose brawny arms embrace the b!ust.
"Stand like an anvil!" when the sparks
Fly far and wide, fiery shower;
Virtue and truth must still be marks
Where malice proves its want Of power.
"Stand like an anvil !" when the bar
Lies red and glowing on its breast;
Duty shall be lifc's leading star,
And conscious innocence its rest.
"S,and like all anvil!" when the sound
OF pondrrous hammers pains tho ear;
Thine but tho still and stern frbudnd
or the great heart that cannot feur.
"Stand like an anvil 10 Noise and heat
Are bOrn of earth and die with tiuio;
The soul, like Goo, its source and seat;
IL FOlemn, still; serene, sa0Iirne!
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-31

CE1f we were as careful to polish our
manners as our teeth; to make our temper
sweet as our breath, to cut off our faults as to
pare our nails, to be upright in character as
in person. to shave our souls as to shave our
chin, what an immaculate race we would
become.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-31

Gran Indian has been discovered in
California five feet high, and weighing only
sixteen pOanas, being mere skeleton, but in
good health and lively. This is supposed to
be the veritable "Lo, the poor Indtdn."
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-31

ORA placsrd in the windowebf q patent
medicine vender fu the Rue Saint H0hosss
Paris, reads as follows |: a1'hs pablic srs
requested not to mistake this shOp foT that
of another qussk just Oppoai.s.'
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-31

Gran excellent author says, "if the pros
pect arodnd you is sad, look upward" But,
if man turns his eyes upward even in the
clearest day, will not all look blue to him !!
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-31

Gran Irishman, trying to put out gas
light with his fingers, cried out, "Och, mur-
thur, the divil wick's in it!"
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-31

G1rSpEAKINe CooLLY OF A FRIEND
Calling him "nice swell !"-(An ice ,reR. }
Punch. -
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-31

0rTo keep water out, use pitch ! to keep
Il In, use pitcher.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-31

aOtrThe worst Of ell knaves are those
who mimic their former honesty.--LGvosr.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-03-31
Stand as an Anvil when il is
Beaten Down."
ny DIsAoP DOANE.

lTgnatius to Pol! carp-both Martyrs.l |
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-08-31
Ex-President Pierce.

In the spirited letters of Col. Hiram Fuller
late editor of the New York Mirror-pub-
lished in the New York Express, and writ
ten from London and Paris, he pays the fol-
lowing happy compliment to Ex-President
Pierce :
'But of all the strangers of distinction in
Rome, none is more courted or more respected
than our much abused x-President, Frank
lin Pierce. Modest, atfable, and courteous,
everybody is seeking his society with as much
eagerness as he avoids publicity. He refuses
all invitations except it be to join few
Americans and then,-for instance at cod
fish dinner at Harry Stone e's,-we find him
the most entertaining and the most agreeable
of companies lie will leave soon for Eng
land which he has never visited, and where
he will find it difficult to avoid all the honors
that await him. see some Of the American
papers are urging General Pierce's name as a
candidate for the next Presidential term, but
it is utterly useless Nothing can induce him
to accept second nomination, nor public
office Of any grade. Notwithstanding my
own official head was one of the first to roll
into the bushel under General Pierce's admin
istration, yet / cannot forbear saying, in all
sincerity and truth, that would sum up his
biography in these brief words He was q
brave general patriotic President an hon.
est man. His enemies found it easy to abuse
but impossible to impeach him."
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-08-31
Quack Nostrums.

The majority of hair washes, hair dyes,
hair tonics, hair oils, and the numberless pre-
parations which are now before the public un-
der such extravagant, hyperbOlical and fan
tastic titles as we see parsded in show-win-
dow cards, and newspaper headings, as haT
are all humbugs of the first wa
ter their real merit, when they possess any
is that they do no harm. Hogs lard, whale
oil, lard oil, sweet oil scented and colored.
make up, when in beautiful wrappers, and
white flint glass bottles, the costliest character
of tonics, and when thus costly, are baptized
with some tri-syllable term, and caught at by
vercant young and old of both sexes Suchis
not the character Of Professor Woods Hair
Restorative. This gentleman comes before
the world without any high hlutin" Xiloph-
or any other astounding and start
ling catch-penny term he simply advertises
a Hair Restoratiye-what it expresses, pre-
as Restorative it acts. Buy
Prof Woods Hair Restorative, and as YOU
value your scalp, aye, your very brains, apply
nothing else; for it may be that you will get
some worse substance than perfumed lard oil
on your Uranium. Remember Woods Res
torative for the Hair is the best article extant.
See new advertisement in another column.
June z 80 II.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-08-31
Another Letter.

Douglas has written another letter for the
edification of the public, and the delight of his
abolition followers.
His present epistle is a denunciation of the
slave trade movement, and an approval of the
Maine Squatter Sovereignty platform publish
ed in late number of this paper
A more effective means of checking the ex-
pansion of the South, and eventually destroy
ins isr institutions than tbs sehspas se peas-
las, could not be devised by her worst ene-
mics.
He proposes to prevent the South from in
creasing her supply of negro laborers by con-
tinuing in force the death" penalty for i'm
porting foreign slaves; and to put into practi-
cal operation his doctrine of Squatter Soye-
reignty. Thus he win deprive her of all
power to compete in mere numbers with the
North in the settlement of the territories
and of all right to protection when there by
the government against the brute force of an
ti-slavery societies.
If the anti-slave trade laws were repealed,
the South could bid defiance to the abolition
hordes who might be poured into the terrific
ries by Thayer & Co., and for whose rule
Douglas contends; but with the death" pen
atty in force, and Squatter Sovereignty tri-
umphant in the Territories, what chance has
the South fol the expansion and perpetuity
of her institutions What chance has she
to maintain, or rather to restore the equilibri-
um of the sections, and TO protect herself in
the national counsels against the encroach-
ments of an unfriendly majority
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-08-31
Go it Ye Cripples !!

A short time since, we copied letter from
the Buffalo Republic, expressing great fear
that Douglas and his friends would be literally
massacred at Charleston by the Southern fire
eaters. 1t seems that the alarm has spread
throughout the Douglas ranks in the North
ern States, and that they are preparing for the
bloody issue. The following is an extract from
a Milwaukee correspondent of the Charleston
News
Wisconsin will send a delegation of five
hundred of her Democratic sons to accompany
the delegates of the State Convention to be
chosen next month. These five hundred are
all Douglas Democrats. Minnesota sends a
delegation of three hundred Douglas men,
Michigan eight hundred, Iowa i've hundred,
Ohio one thousand, Illinois fifteen hundred,
Pennsylvania one thousand, New York one
thousand, and nearly all the New England
States one thousand each. This is a secret
plan !; and it is understood that Douglas will
have at least twenty thousand friends in
Charleston during the Convention
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-08-31
The Cotton Movement in Great Britain

According tolate accounts the leading man
ufacturers in Great Britain continue to perplex
themselves with the possibility Of some future
great cotton failure in the United States, and
all its serious consequences. The consump-
ton of this article, they contend, increases
more rapidly than the growth. (By the way
let those who oppose the re-opening of the
slave trade on the ground that it will result in
the production Of an over supply of cotton
and bring down prices, note this fact.) Among
the many eXpedients which have been con-
templated and resorted to, memorials were
recently presented by the Manchester Cham
Der of Commerce to the Government, in which
they urged the importance of extending such
encouragement to Mr.. Bourne's proposals for
navigating the Indian rivers, as would enable
the cotton grown in the interior to be trans
ported to the coast, with adequate facility and
at a moderate expense. The old East India
Company consented to give to the Oriental
Inland Steam Company, which has been
formed in London to carry this method of
navigation into practical effect, a yearly grant
of money to assist in carrying out the under
taking, and which grant will, it is stated, of
ITSELF return ten per cent. yearly on the cap
ital which the company undertakes to expend.
This concession is a much more favorable one
than any which has been granted to the In
dian railways; but the necessity of adding to
the British supplies of cotton from India is
considered urgent, and hence the most liberal
policy is advocated. The cotton manufactur-
ers of the United Kingdom recently formed
great association for promoting, by every
means in their power, the production and sup
ply Of cotton and the London Journals state
that in order to supply funds for accomplish
ing their objects, they have assessed and made
calls on, the respective factories, in proportion
to their horsepower 1t is stated that nine
tenths Of the cotton of the world comes from
about thirty eight millions of acres of Ameri-
can land, cultivated mainly by three millions
of Africans under white supervision.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-08-31
NUMBER 81.
The Fear Of French Invasion.

1t may not be uninteresting to our readers
to know that the present undignifed fear of
French invasion which seems to have so firm
hold upon the English mind, is an exact par
allel to the state Of feeling which existed one
hundred years ago. We quote from book
published in London in 1853, called "An Es-
innate of the Manners and Principles of the
Times"
'Our effeminate manners and defect of
principles have weakened the natural capacity
and spirit of defence. IT'S from an
outward enemy, as has been observed, that
danger is most to be apprehended. The
French in land armies are far our superiors !;
they are making large and dreadful strides to-
wards US in naval power. y = + Should
the French, then, possess themselves of North
America, what eye can be so weak as not to
see the consequences. Must not a naval pow
er come upon us, equal, if not superior, to our
own Thus, by gradual and unperceived
decline, we seem gliding down to ruin. We
laugh, We sing, We feast, we play we adopt
every vanity, and catch at every lure thrown
out to us by the nation that is planning our
destruction, and while fate is hanging over us,
VIC dLC SISiAtlcSS, anu HcliCc beCuTc.
"Were we but as innocent as blind. we
should, in our fondrfess for French manners,
completely resemble the lamb described by
the poet Il.
% 'The lamb thy riot d0oTns to bleed to-day,
Had he thy reason, would ne skip snd play?
+" PLEASED TO the last, he crops the fowery food,
+" And lieks the hand that's raised to shed his
blood
"In the meantime, we NAV Just
ly conclude, from this argument, that the ex-
orbitant trade and wealth of England suffi-
GENTLY account for its present effeminacy.-
4 Virtue may rise on the ruins Of
corruption, and despairing nation yet be
saved by the wisdom, the integrity and un-
shaken courage of some great minister
1t is difficult TO realize that the present alb
surd and childish cry of fear that breaks from
every English voice is a mere echo Of this wall
of a hundred years ago and it is easy to be-
lieve that people so badly off in their own
estimation century ago are no worse, no
more effeminate or powerless now, but that
they are, notwithstanding their absurd clam
Or, as capable of new Waterloo or new
Trafalgar as they were in 1853, when they
supposed themselves corrupt and despairing,"
and adopting the vanities'' and catching at
the snares" Of 'Hthe nation that was planning
their destruction
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-08-31
Southern Manufactures.

The Philadelphia Enquirer, an able North
ern journal, in the following article, bears tes-
t;monv, to the wonderful resources of the
South and her adaptability to manufacturing,
and offers encouraging advice-saying
Our brethren of the South ever and anon
make an effort to infuse new energy INTO the
canitaiists. planter and manufacturers OF tnat
rss;on In this, they deserved TO be enconr-
.essd and commended. The resources OF the
South have only been partially deyeiopeo.-
For some reason or other that secs,on u s 'lls
IIn;on does not keep pace with the North, and
while magnificent enterprises are constantly
,,ndertaken. Ne. and CARED into triumphant sue
aess IN the Northern and Middle o.ates' tne
So,,sh = docs nothing more than look on and
eonnla;n. Let us hope however, tnaI 9e.'
ter day IS coming for that portion OF Ins un-
i'm Why the South should not grea.ly m
crease and extend her commerce ana mahulac- ,c
t,,res we are at a loss to understand. In TEE I
t;on to the former, she has great advan.age uul-
mo mo The ~ winter season, when many OF tne nor
t5srr r;vars and harbors are blockaded py ice,
and as concerns the latter, she produces .l;e
raw material, and therefore possesses q e'e''
A line Of ocean steamers from some ieaun L..S
Southern :, mort IS every way feasible, ana We We
sbonI ra;a;ce 10 see It established. The pre-
liminarv movements have been made, anu VIC
shall await the results with no ii'tie a''N
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-08-31
Worthy Of Reflection

An exchange paper offers the following rea-
sons in favor of re-opening the African slave
trade, which are worthy of serious considera-
ton:
About three years ago, the energetic arm
ed interference of Great Britain compelled the
Government of Brazil, to practically recognise
treaty stipulations providing for the suppress
sion of the African slave trade, and it then
became exceedingly difficult, if not impossible,
to land cargoes on Brazilian territory, and
few if any slaves have since been imported,
the authorities no longer winking at eVasions
of law. A friend who has just returned from
three years civil engineering sojourn in the
empire, gives us some interesting information
as to the effect of the suppression of the trade
in slave property in that country. From pri
ces ranging from S40O to $500 for good hands,
the quotations have gone up to about the same
rates that rule in this country, within less than
three years. This fact gives us some data
from which to reason the results of reopen
ing and vigorous prosecution of the slave
trade between the South and Africa, suppos-
ing that it ever should be. A thirty-five to
forty-five per cent. reduetion in the cost of
slaves might be reasonably calculated on, and
this would place negro labor within the means
of thousands of small agriculturists, or would
be agriculturists, who cannot now command
it, and the consequence would be an incalcu-
liable development of the productive availsbili-
ty of the South, checking to the tendency
to monopoly of slave labor by planters of cap
ital, with whom the small producer cannot
compete, and the resulting Of that equaliza-
ton of property which is the very basis as
well as fact of a sterling and immutable De-
mocracy"
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-08-31
It Cures at Once

The quickest and the surest remedy is of
course, the best, hence, in such disorders as
piles, salt rheum, scrofula, and in fact, every
kind of cutaneous eruptions, cuts. wounds,
bruises, old sores Erysipelas, and all of the
same genus, DALLEY'S MAGICAL PAIN
EXTRACTOR is the only real quick and eff
iectual cure to be obtained. Try it once, and
you will never be without it.
For Sale in New Orleans, wholesale and re-
tail, by j. WRIGHT & CO.,
2l and Isl Chartres street.
Sole agents for the Southern States, and to
whom all orders should be addressed.
For sale by all Druggists, Aug 8 '59-lm saw.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-08-31
Grape Culture at the South.

The New Orleans Bulletin rejoices at the
increasing culture of the grape at the South,
and refers to the statement of German, that
the northern part of Alabama, between the
Coosa and the Talapoosa, can be better cult
waited in grape than in any other product of
the soil
1t is significant fact that the Catawba, our
most valuable and productive grape, which
has proved so valuable North, is but little
cultivated in the region to which it is indigen-
Gus, to-wit: Tennessee, North Carolina, and
the southern parts Of Georgia Mississippi and
Alabama. Where cotton begins TO decline is
the latitude where the Catawba most flour
ishes-a benefcent arrangement of Provi-
dence for these Southern States. The Bulle-
tin says:
Ii wine were as cheap in the United States
as in France, or in the neighborhood Of it, it
would soon become the prevailing beverage,
with all classes, and would banish the vile
compounds which are now, under the names
Of whisky, gin, rum, brandy, ETC., found in the
cabaretS, and whose effects, when taken into
the human system, are not less damaging to
the physical than to the moral nature.
Mr.. jefferson stated the same fact and ar
gument more than sixty years ago, but the
temperance fanatics and. the eistn4aacrs have
combined to prevent their carrying eonvic-
ton to the minds of the people and law-giy-
ers
The Bulletin calculates the probable profits
of this culture as follows
The average yield is about four hundred
and fifty gallons per acre, which at the ex-
tremely low price of ten cents per gallon, is
forty-tive dollars per acre, or about as profita-
BILE as our average cotton crop But when
we reflect that the price of good article of
wine in this country will for long time be
scarcely less than dollar gallon, the value
of an acres yield would be four hundred and
fifty dollars! Could a stronger argument in
pecuniary point of view, in favor of prompt
attention to this subject On the part of people
living in sections where the soil and climate
are favorable TO the growth of the vine be
presented ? We should think it well worthy
the attention of the people Of our piny woods
parishes.
The juice of the grape readily commands
81 % per gallon in Cincinnati. and that rate
will increase rather than decline more rapidly
than the production.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-08-31

ter the laws of the United States If not,
what new rule is the President to adopt in Sc
lecting men for Office that the people them
selves discard in selecting them ? These are
serious, but practical questions, and, in order
to appreciate them fully, it is only necessary
to turn the tables upon ourselves. Suppose
that the South, having majority of the cleo
toral votes, should declare that they would
only have slaveholdersf for President and Vice
President, and should elect such by their ex-
elusive suffrages to rule over US at the North
DO you think aee aoould submit to 1t !? No, not
for a moment And do you believe that your
Southern brethern are less sensitive on this
subject than you are, or less jealous of their
rights ? If yom do, let me tell yom that you are
mistaken. And therefore, you must see that
if this sectional party succeeds, 1t leads aneot-
ably to the destruction Of this beautiful fabric
reared By our .forefathers, eemnnted by their
blood, and 6equeathed to ss a priceless inherit
once.''
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-08-31
The Practical Naturalization Question

The Liverpool Times intimates that the
American Government has taken up the case
of the naturalized Hanoverian who was re-
Gently draughted on his return to Germany,
and has peremptorily demanded his release !;
that other German powers were informed by
the United States Government that naturaliz-
ed citizens of American States should not be
subjected to such dictation; and that our SIM
pie demand, even with but meagre army
and navy, will be submitted to at once. We
do not know what authority it has for the
specific statement, but the world knows what
the American character is
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-08-31
The Cotton Trade

The New York Herald says that in spite Of
and there by the more timid holders, the cot
ton year of 1859 lending the 1st September
next) will prove one of the most prosperous
and remarkable in the history Of the country.
The crop, estimated at 100000 bales, is
the largest ever grown in the United States,
and estimated at the average af about $50 per
bale, it amounts to the enormous sum of$185,-
100000.
The crop, so far, has been distributed as fol-
lows
Estimated crop, 100000 bales Quantity
o.-r,o-tod 70 Inl.r O6
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-08-31

To ADvERTIsERs.-The Mississippian goes
to press Immediately after the arrival of the =
past o'clock cars from New Orleans. Those
wishing their advertisements inserted would
do well to bring them in before O'Clock on
publication days.