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The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-09-28
Dutital,
The American Autumn.
BY FANNY KEMBLE.

Thou comest not in sober guise,
In mellow cloak Of russet clad
Thine are no melancholy skies,
Nor hueless flowers, pale and sad;
But, like IN emperor, triumphing,
With gorgeous robes of Tyrian dyes,
Full hush OF fragrant blossoming,
And glowing purple canoples.
How call ys this the seasons fall,
That seems the pageant of the Year,
Richer and brighter far than all
The pQmp that spring and summer wear,
Red falls the western light of day
On rock and stream, and winding shore;
Son woody banks and granite gray
With amber clouds are curtained o'er;
The wide, clear waters sleeping lie
Beneath the evenings wings of gold,
And on their CLASSY breast the sky
And banks their mingled hues unfold.
Far in the tangled woods, the ground
Is sirewn with fallen leaves. that lie
Like crimson carpets all around
Beneath a crimson canopy.
The sloping sun, with arrows bright,
pierces the forests waving maze;
The universe seems wrapt In light,
A floating robe of rosy haze.
Oh, Autumn! thou art here king
And round thy throne the smiling hours
A thousand fragrant tributes bring,
or golden fruits and blushin2 flowers.
Oh not upon thy fading fields and fells
In such rich garb doth autumn come I" thee,
NV hcme but o'er thy mountains and tiny dells
His footsteps slowly fall and so'emnly'
kpr flower nor bud remaineth there to him,
Save the faint breathing Iese that, round the yea
Its crimson buds and pale soft blossoms dim,
In lowly beauty constantly doth wear
Der yellow stubblo lands in mantle brown
He wanders through the wan October hight:
SIN as he goeth, slowly stripping down
The garands green that were the springs dehsn
Al morn and eve thin silver vapors rise
Around his path but sometimes at mio-day
He looks along the hills with gentle eyes,
That make tho sallow woods and fields seem "a
Yet something Of sad sovereignty he hath
A .ceptre crowred with berries ruby red,
And the cold sobbing wind besrews Lis path
With withered ltavas, that rustic meath his tread
And round him sill, in melancholy state,
Sweet solemn thoughts of death and OF decay,
In slow and hushed attendance, ever walt,
Telling how all things fair must ass away
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C1r"Mr. Wiggles, haveyoug got matchs
eyes, cir, match for the old boy. ThaF
she is, mixing up dough-" Wieeles points !.
ed to his wife, and then slid from the front
door. The last we saw Of Wiggles he wag
kitsing 1t down the road, hotly pursued by ! B
red-headed woman with . cisterRypole.
Poor Wiggles M.
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J(istellautous.
Art is tie SUI est and Safest CAVa-
RiZcr.

Popular education may be so perverted as
only to minister to new forms OF corruptloh'
but art puri6es itsel /; it has no Voltalres'
and Rousseaus, and Eugene Sues--sor paint
ing and sculpture. like poetry, refuse to be
made the handmaids OF vice or unbe!lei&-
Open your galleries of art to the people,
and you confer on them greater oeneh'
than mere book education and give them
refinement 10 which they would otherwise
be strangers. The boor turned loose into
civilized society soon catches something ot
its tone OF poiiteness; and those who are
accustomed to the contemplation OF forms
of ideal beauty will not easiy be won by
the grossness and deformity Of vice. A tlne
picture, daily looked ut, becomes by Degrees
part. of our own souls, and eXefts ana IN
tuence over US OF which we are little aware.
Hazlitt, think, has said, that if msn were
thinking Of committing some wicked or dis
graceful action, and were to stop short and
look for moment at some fine picture with
which he had been familiar, he would inev-
itably be turned thereby from his purpose.
l, ia to be hoped that the time is not fur dis
,ant when each OF our great American cities
shall possess ts gallery OF art, which (on
certain days Of the week, at least) shall be
10 free to all well-behaved persons as the
public parks themselves. We may not
boast the artistic wealth of Rome, Florence,
Poris, Dresden, or any Of the old capitals OF
Europe but the sooner we make begin,
ming, the better it will be for our galleries
and. cur mob. We need some more eff CT.
uel humanizer than cur educational system.
Reading, writing and cyphering are great
things, but they are rowerless to overcome
the rudeness and irreverence OF our people.
Our populace seems to lack entirely the
sense of the beautiful or the sublime. Az
Charles Lamb said, "They have, alas no
passion for antquities-for the tomb OF king
or prelate, sage or poet. If they had, they
wenld no longer be the rabble." II is toe
true that the attempts which have been made
10 open private gardens Is the enjoyment o
,he public have resalsed in the most shame
iul abuses Of privilege, and that flowers are
stolen from The graves in our cemeteries
but there is no resaon for giving our people
up, as past prayings for, on the score of Po
likeness and common decency. They mus
be educated up to it some abuses may oc
CUE at fret, but few salutary lessons oil
the necessity OF submission to authority will
rectify il all, and our people will, in courS
of time, become as we'll. behaved as the peo
pie of France or Italy. AGUEcHEEK'
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REpARTER.--" once heard Lord Broad'
lands. who was fast man, ask dear old Mr.
Justice Mellow, of convivial memory, II
there was any truth in that old saying AS
sober as Judge = 1t was good hit and
we all laughed heartily at it. 1t is per-
fec,ly trde,' replied the judge, 'as most Of
those old saws are. They are characterls-
tic, at least, for sobriety is the attribute Of .
Judge, as inebriety is Of a nobleman. Thus
we say, tAs sober as judge. and 'As
drunk as lord e" Mellow was the readi-
est man ever knew; he went on to say--l
know there are men too fond Of the bar to
sis on the bsncA. and that there are peers
who richly deserve a drop. The fret are
unworthy Of elevation the lass seldom get
what ia their due "--Dsbl'n University
MgCG5E0e. "a. 3D. ,.- fl- 4..Htr HG 7la
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annnm, three dollaTs-in advance.
Advertisements inserted fog one dollar
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the hrst insertion, Gnd so cents for
each subsequent one. Liberal de-
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confne themselves strictly to their
J legitimate business.
Professional and business cards insert
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Announcements of candidates viii be
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How many parents, who have b. in :
dustry and hard economy in the ear
lier part of their lives acquire fortune,
devote their wealth 70 vain display, and
to having them taught to despise fru-
gality and honest industry?
We could but think of this growing
vice of our times, upon reading anoth
er description of the new Female Tnsti-
tute about to be opened in Fifth ave
nue.. The palatisl mansion erected by
the successful yender of a medicinal
root and its extracts, has been pur-
chased as fitting structure in which
to educate, in the most modern and
magnificent style, the daughters OF
upper-:e OF course in such a
structure, in which everything is pre-
pared to crafty the taste and influence
the warm imagination of the young
the education must be more costly than
IN the plain, oldfashioned shcool-rooms
which served dozen or a score o.
years ago. But the cost will keep the
more vulgar out, and furnished wealthy
noodIedom with that select education
for their daughters which is deemed
essential to qualify them for the arti-
fetal society which pride and wealth
create.
! The Townsend house is monument
of the vanity which takes possession
of too many of our successful men Of
business; and we may fancy in It's ap.
prialIon to the purposes of fashionable
female education, an unintentioanl sa
tire upon the whole class whom it,
original owner sought to outvie, and tc
whose patronage the secess of the pres.
ent speculation will be due. Perhaps
the girls-pardon as. we should say
young ladies--who gather under il:
ROOF, to be furnished with all the ac
complishments Of a modern fashion
/ able education, will have the moral b
its history frequently impressed upor
| their minds, but we fear that too ma
ny Of them will give it little heed, ane
go out from it but poorly prepared and
| little inclined to meet the realities o
life and to act in the world theparts 0
noble, viftuous and true women"
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OF The editor of the Poh Trans.
script gets off The following .dnothey
Editor Dead. VIM. Fisk, Esa., edi.
tor Of the Mendoza Press, i dad. MIR
T. was poet Of no mean pr@tentions,
as our readers will testify, from the
specimens we have given them. From
some reason or osher, mr.. FAX did moi
like our views upon The inerigs of bis
poetry, and 50 cut US of FROM his ex.
change list. We however c5ntipued
to send him the transcript, ana yester
day II was returned I'd thss office
marked asendIthis paper toih-n,
This'was the first intimatian I'd had .
Mr.. Fisk's death, and we suppose tina,
he left word with his sol 70 send or
his exchanges 10 Bis new asoae.
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LITTRARY.-
The Grasshopper sat on the sweet po-
tato vine.
On the sweet potato vine,
On the sweet potato vine,
When the turkey gobbler came up be-
hind
And yanked him off the sweet potato
vine,
The rural simplicity of this poem
reminds us Of some of Woodsmith's
happiest efforts, but we doubt whether
the verses of the Lake poet any where
exhibit such compactness and rotundi-
ty, or such musical union Of sound
and sense.
1t is not our intention to go into a
critical Analysis of the touching poem.
We feel that our humble pen is not
adequate to the task; but our readers
will pardon US if we call attention to
a few of its beauties.
The poet begins with no long invo-
cation of the Muse. no hattering dedi-
cation, but plunges at once into the
subject" The grasshopper sat on
the sweet potato vine." What lovely
scene-the gay sand gorgeous insect
enjoying his otiu5s cum dignatate! heed
less of care, calmly reposes on his
chosen seat, sweet potato vine. Here
mark the exquisite taste of the poet ;
no ordinary potato, but sweet potato
vine, supports the luxurious grass
hopper.
The scene is enc Of peace, content
ment and happiness. The next line
is full of solemn warning. THE
Turkey Gobbier came up behind
The verses seem to move on with q
calm stately pace to the denouement.
The Turkey is evidently the william Of
the peace, else why the opprobrious
epithet of the ''gobbler," with which
the author stigmatizes him. The plot
thickens, and rapidly approaches its
final consummation, "And yanke him
off of the sweet potato Vine" 1t is
difficult at first to appreciate the full
force of this tremendous line. The
word yanked alone expresses volumes.
We see the fendish grasp of the
gebbler-the despairing clutch with
which the victim clings TO the sweet
potatoe vine, and seem to hear Ii.
agonizing shrieks as he passes from
the light Of day into another world
The catastrophe Of the poem, is indeed
/ sublime As an allegery, its moral i.
most instructive. We know Of NJ
song which would have been more sp
| propriate for the occasion on which i
was sung, for are we all not grasshop
pers sitting in fancied security upoI
some sweet potatoe vine, while the al
consuming gobbler Time, is stealing
''up behind" to sooner or later "yank'
us off, or cut away the frail vine o.
which We rest.
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ED. w. HODGES,
WIN. ID. MCDONALD,
JESSE SKIES,
Commissioners.
Cotton Valley, Sept. II, 'f9, MS
SRERLEFn.S Sale

q tate of Louisiana, Parish of Bos-
- sier. In the District Court of
Claiborne Parish No. I27. w. w. w.
Wood VS., Fl. F. Heath. ct als. By
virtue of a writ of feri facias issued
outof the Honorable the District Court
of the Parish of Claiborne, in the
above entitled suit to me directed, I
have, seized and will proceed to sell, at
pcblic auction, at the Court house door
in the town of Bellevue, Parish of Bos-
sier, on the first SATURDAY, the 18th
day of November. A d 1859, between
the hours of ii o'clock A NJ and 4 NJ
the following described property, to-
wit
The west half Of south east quarter
of section seventeen ~ and the north
half of north east quarter of section
No twenty coy in township No twenty
(20) of range No. thirteen ( 49, CON
tanning one hundred and sixty (16O}
acres of land, more or less. With all
Improvements the Reon;also. all the right
interest and claim Of George b. Sigh,
in and to the Steam Saw and Csrist
Mill formerly known as Diekson's
Mills, on or near the above described
premises, in the Parish of Bossier.
Louisiana.
Seized as the property Of George b.
Sigh, defendant, and TO be sold to pay
and satisfy the writ issued in the above
entitled suit.
Terms Of sale-cash, with the beneEt
of appraisement
Sheriff's office, Bellevue, L., Sept +,
A. D., 1859.
IF. STEELE, Sheriff
BY c. G. NOVEL;, Deputy.
n13-6tsApf $l4 90
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SHERIFF7S s4EE.

tate of Louisiana, Parish Of Bos-
NJ sier. In the District Court, No.
1916. Benjamin NJ johnson VS. Jas.
A. Pickett. By virtue Of a writ of
tieri faeias issued out of tho Honor
able the District Court of the. Parish
Of Bossier, in the above entitled suit
and to me directed, / have seized ana
will proceed to sell, at public auction.
OF the Court house door in the town of
Bellevue, Parish of Bossier, on the
first Saturday, the 9th day of Novem-
Der, A D., 1859, between the hours
of III o'clock A. NJ. and O'clock p.
NJ, the following described property.
to-wit
The North half Of the North west
quarter Of section seventeen NY CON
tanning eighty acres-fractional quar-
ter Of North east quarter of section
NO. eighteen (l6) North Of Red River.
conta ming seven fractional
south west quarter of North west quar-
ter OF section seventeen (l7) contain
ing thirty-fiye 1857 acres. Lot No
three (3) in south west quarter Of see
tion seventeen [ ~ North of Red River
containing (27) twenty acres all
in township sixteen( 16) FRANCE twelve
az and containing in all one hundred
and TO ry-nine acres of land, on Red
River, in Bossier Parish, and known
as the $ Mcintyre tract"
Seized as the property of James A.
Picket, and to be sold to pay and salts
~ the writ issued in the above entitled
suit.
Terms of sale-Cash, without the
benefit of appraisement.
Sheriff Is office, Bellevue, La, Sept.
18th, 1859.
L. F. STEELE, Sheriff.
| n13-6ts-pf s17 so
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q Mr.. james Hogg was married to
Miss Ella Beans, lately, What can
be more natural than the union Of pork
and beans. But this union seems all
one sided-only one bean to the whole
hog
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~ Wen bet all of eh olssclothes
that Bellevue has more aldlers 10 it
than any other town Of Is sise in the
State, or even Arkansas. Not an hour
passes but the passer can bear the dull
Get strains Of that sweet aud classical
piece Of music commonly calIed, aRoot
Hog or Die" accompanied By some
gentleman on the light 'bpnbastic,
toe" And this is the way tbs weary
hours are made to drsg their slow
length along.
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JUDGMENT.

Martha A. Jordon vs. Reubin Mar
tic. No. 1364--In Bossier District
Court, Louisiana:
Tn this cause, by reason Of the law.
4 and the evidence, it is ordered.
adiudged, and decreed, that the plain.
Tiff, Martha A. Jordon, have judgment
decreeing separation of her property
from that of her husband, Reubin Mar
tin. that the community of scquits
and gains, heretofore existing between
them be dissolved. 1t isfurther order
ed that the plaintiff recover of defen>
dant the sum Of two hundred and
Ihirty-six dollars, with FIVE per cent
per annum interest thereon from the
sixteenth day OF March, A. d, 1859.
as the amount OF her paraphernal prop.
ersy, used by the defendant, that the
plaintiff e mortgage privilege be re-.
e9gnized upon the real estate and
slaves. belonging TO defendant, 10 com.
Hence March lst, 1855. and that her
privilege upon the personal property
of defendant be also recognized. 1t Is
further ordered that the defendant pay
all coets.
Thus done, read and signed in open
Court, this 10th day of September. A.
D., 1859
(Signed) w. B. EGAN.
Judge 10th judicial District
Staio OF Louisiana, Parish Of Bos:
sIer Clerks Office, 18th District Court
hereby certiiythat the above Is a true
and correct copy of the original iudg.
ment now on file, and Of record in Thu
office.
Given under my hand and seal o
ofilec at Bellevue, on This 18th day o
September, A. d 1859.
THOMAS II BRADEN,
rl3-tf Deputy Clerk
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REMEDY FOR SCARLET FEyER.-A
lady, who has had some experience in
the treatment ofScarlet fever, and seen
the following remedy used with never
failing effect, asks us to publish it for
the benefit Of our readers. tits as fol-
lows:
Immediately on the first symptoms
Of scarlet fever: which is sore throat,
give a full dose of jalap, to an adult
so, red pepper tea, from tea cup full
to whit, according to age and yio-
lenee Of symptoms the next day give
a small dose of jalap, say half the pep
per tea at night, on the third day, if
there is ony soreness remaining in the
throat give a dose of salts, which will
generally effect cure, the dose must
ofcourse be regulated according to the
age of the patient
The above remedy was used with
great success in South Carolina, some
years ago, by Edward Chaplin, who
published
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BRoNcHIrIs-Rev F. L. B. Shaver
President of the Alabama Conference
of the Methodist Protestant Church, in
an account Of his winter tour through
the district says
Il smoke composition Of equal
parts Of saw dust, Of fat lightwood and
ground coffee, for BE benefit of my
throat, and it has done more good than
anything ! have tried for years. 1t is
here given to all who are afflicted with
bronchial disease. Try il, and if it
does not do You good, Il viii be the
first failure, in my knowledge, after a
good many trials"
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AMBROTWESl

MR.. MACKLEME, would respect
w fully inform the citizens Of
Rocky Mount, and vicinity, that he is
now prepared to take Ambrotypes.
Photographs, and Melaneotypes, in
all sizes; and put up in all all kinds
Of cases, rings, lockets, &c. Satisfac.
ton guaranteed or no pay. Give him
a call. nI3-3tss
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s@ Madam, please accept Of
lock Of my hair said an old bsceIor
to widow handing her ) large curl.
Thank you sir, said the widow
!" hadn't you better offer me the whole
wig =
Madame, you bite hare but don't
risk breaking yoar, beautiful porselain
eeth Y
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~ Isaac, my son, let the good book
be lamp unto thy path Mother
replied the thoughtful Isaac, i should
think that was making light of sacred
things
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NJ st1sFr Ep.--Last week hard
working sailor returned to this city
after an absence of about five years
in Catalonia, with but little more cash
than be took away with him. He left
a wife and two children when be went
away, and on his arrival went to seek
out his family. he found them in
Third Ward, and after kissing his wife,
saw with astonishment that his children
like sheep in wheat, had doubled in
the five years, as in the place Of two
there were now four, and one quite
small. He looked at his wife. he
then looked at the babies. Then at
his wife, who stood silently by. Back
and forth, from one to the other, for
full five minutes be gazed, then broke
out with {:
We'll, N airy, for small woman
without any help, you have raised HI
amazingly. W News.
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To- The man has no enemies is

IT. The man has no enemies is 3
mere drone in the great hive of
creased intelligence. Heis milk and
water man, who contents himself with
doing no harm, while it is notorious
that he is doing no good, Such men
are time serving, fence-riding, go be-
tweens, who creep after men of posi-
ton and property, hypocritioally bow
to men in the humble walks of life,
take no part in public sentiment; smile
and amirk upon all they come in con-
tract with. They glide through life
undiaturbed, and sink to obscure
graves, ''unwept, unhonored, and I'm
sung
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AE On o,H.frstipago wi9 be found
an article from the pen Of ole of Bos
siers most gited daughters. 5of course
we would be very willing TO leoeive the
illusions Of her pen at any tine.
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neA- Co. 7ettus, the candidate Of
the democracy Of Mississippi for Gov
esnor, n late speech, lopk lae follow
ing extreme ground. he said:
He said he would be III fasor Of re-
sisting the inauguration oil Black
Republican President, electal by a
sectional party, on sectional psinciples.
to govern The whole country; BE would
tell the people in advances, THAT he
would ask the Legislature to! fll the
arsenal with arms that we sight be
ready for thework.
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BELLEV JET:
FRIDa Y, SEPTEMBER "a, 1859

~ We would call the attention Of
the voters Of this parish to the fact that
Mr.. N. r. Blackwell has withdrawn
from the canvass for the oface of As
SCISSOR.
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e@ An English once gave orders
10 his hostlers as fallows: @'E.nry,
take the 'arness hoff the 'orse, slip the
alter hover is cad hand give i'm
some 'ay hand hoats."
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E We would call the attention of
The reader in this vicinity &c the fact
that Aessrs. Adamson 4 E'Isnd, Am
brotypists, have deterni ned TO leave
our iowa in Q few days. So now is the
time to catch the shadow ere the sub
stance fades.
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10 Fytrap says he ahead of US
in family matters. Hes got wife
now aud can 60 to market. Yes, 50
can butchered hog, Don't see any
difference.
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~ blackburn says God did his
"levsl best" when be made poman.--
Vice versa we the devil did bis level
best when be made Blackburn.