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what I Begin TO Believe.

"Bubbles," of the California Golden Era,
furnishes that paper, under the head Of
"Notes and Cogitations," with the follow.
ing:
begin to believe now. a.dsys that money
makes the man, and dress the gentleman.
I begin to believe that the purse is more
potent than the sword and pen together.
begin to believe that those who sin the
most during the week are the most devout ON
Sunday.
l begin to believe that honesty 10 the best
policy-to speculate with until you gain ev.
erybody's confidence then line your pock.
cts. :
| begin to believe in humbugging the peo.
pie out of their dollars. 1t is neither steal.
ing nor begging F; and those who are hum.
bugged have themselves to blame. sFss \.
| begin 10 believe that man was not made
to enjoy life, but keep himself miserable u
the pursuit and possession OF riches.
begin to believe that the surest remedy
for hard times and a tight money market is
an extravagant expenditure on the part Of
indviduals-to keep the money moving.
begin to believe that none but knaves
are qualified to hold Office under the Gov.
ernment-with the exception of few nd.
tural born fools and lunatics.
l begin to believe that piano.fortes are
more necessary in family than meas and
potatoes.
l begin to believe that boy who doesn's
swear, smoke, and chew tobacco may be
a very good boy, but is naturally stupid.
| begin to believe that if the devil should
die, one.half of the world would be thrown
out Of employment.
begin to believe that he has most merit
who makes the most noise In his own be.
half; and that when Gabriel comes-not
to bs behind the times-he, too, will blow
his own horn pretty loud.
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Our Flag when we Part.

The following lines were recently found
posted on the walls of an old house in New.
ark, N. j., and were probably written many
years ego:
oh what will become of that nag when we part?
Shall it drocp DER the tomb of our national fame
Shall it stream DER the wreck, when each hope Of
the heart
Has abandoned the wreck to oblivion and shame !?
When that banner of glory forever is furled,
Shall each gem be reset and translated afar?
Shall the light constellation that lighted world
Ee replaced by distant and desc late star?
Rather heap Its proud trophies, and over them cast
This all Of our honor-this shroud OF our shame;
Fire the pile fling the ashes abroad on the blast
1t was born amid storm--let 1t perish in fame
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0TTwo newly. made justices Of the peace
met Rev. Mr. Thorn, as he was riding
home, and resolved to quiz him. "Ah,"
said one OF them, you are not like your Mas.
ter, for he was content to ride on an ass.
"An ass :" exclaimed the minister "there's
no such beast to be gotten now-a-days."
"Ah how's that !"said the wits. "Because,''
replied Mr.. Thom, "they now make them
all justices of the peace" ID.
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0TThe Little Pilgrim has the following:
-"Little Susie H., pouring over book in
which angels we're represented as winged
beings, suddenly remarked with much vehe.
mence: "Mamma, I don't want to be an
angel-and 1 needn't, need II" "Why,
Susie :" questioned her mother. "Humph |!
leave of oil my pretty clothes, and wear
fedderS like hes!" u.a
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OE"sonny, where's your iather."

@"Sonny, where's your father"
q "Father's dead, cir" ~
"Have you any mother?"
4 ayes, Ihad one, but she got married to
Joe Danklin, and don't be my mother any
more, cause she says she's got enough to
tend to his young uns."
"Smsrt boyi here's dime for you."
That's ye, sir; it's the way l get my
livin." WI a,a -a g, + @
.HHow!" ..a III
u why, by tsllin' big yarps to green uns
like you, at dime 9 pop" y'r a.
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eTThs Utica sIISlsgreph has found the
,msapsst man in the world. II says that a
man in its city, who was requested to act az
pail besrer,st the funeral Of a friend'A wife,
presented the bereaved husband witA2o bill
Of IS csais Jor Ais services ID Ass espseity.
and received his pay | r'rg7
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OrA Brute Of Husband. Wife, (anx-
iOusly). "What did that young lady observe
who passed us just now 7" Husband, with
smile Of calm delight). "Why. my love,
she observed rather good looking man
walking with quite an elderly female-that's
all. Ahem ="
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o. A Louisville paper has some answers

o. A Louisville paper has some answers
to correspondents. Here is sample:
Jenny-Mnisters are not more addicted
to dissipation than men of other professions.
A few OF the Kalloch type take gin toddies
and liberties with females, but the great
majority of them are as good as lawyers and
doctors. If you want true christian, mar
nv an editor. a4A
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@A barber, having very intemperate
man to shave on Sunday, begged him 70
keep his mouth shut. as 1t was punishablo
offence to open rum hole on Sunday.
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,0TA young lady at Niagara was heard
to exclaim. "What an elegant trimming that
rainbow would make for white lace over
dress" Quite poetical idsa. F
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or Prentice ssys tall gentlemen sFelal-
ways successful, bscsuss the 'Iadlss srspsll
In favor Of hymen. We
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.IyARBON OIL. colorless, aAa free fen
80. n, 80. 3d. " cAAREss 'I,gswEvT.
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Jane Smith has taken Simon Mildmsy as
her husband, and she is now, we believe, the
mother Of two little Mildmsys, who are,
OF course, 'Ibe exact image of their father
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Meat Market.

Bftf4E Subscriber would inform the public,
'iqk thathe still continues to supply his customers
daily with FRESH MEAT Of all descriptions at his
MnEket, under the Grocery Of O. A.. Pitkin, Main
Rayenn ly II, 1860 ". rs 49, cTfR-TI : :
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Jockey. CLUB, Verbena and Chronicle
ID Perfumes, for sale By the ounce, ~
80 October %. I659. GWIFT'D>l
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BARRED and. Embroidered Curtain, Null
ID Paper Irtains, OIL Shades, etc, at
April 80. 1887 lEGl O.. ZOE q BkO,s.
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! F'''S y E.hG. RUSSELL,
Sign and Ornamental Painter and Glider. Carved
letters furnished to ORDER Stencil plates of any de-
afed pattern cut with neatness and dispatch Shop
aGohe Baildingwest ofthc Democrat Office, up stairs.
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!IaIMs ii saTHYHo ka .,s, .O9sI 'OS sunf
elBs aod
ttSHYr LInad LHVa0 OML
'RF'St eSHvf .LIlHA LHvno aNo
'SHVf Limb SSV1D
s'agsg4as 5ry SsSHVf iLNIId JNId f,g "
'HHOLS DnHQ SsLHIAS Nv
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CHARLES E. SWIFT,
Dealer In Drugs and Medicines, north side ofpublic
auHare. Ravenna, Ohio.
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Barber and. HaiI-dresser. Shop opposite Phoenix
Block. Shaving, Hair-cutting, and Shampooine
done promptlyandint the mostfashionabLe style.
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RAVENNA, WEDNESDAYS, DECEMBER 70, 1850

to you, and purchase a good American ami.
NAL for the Mayor. or course you under
stand this is in confidence. as / make the
offer solely from the disinterested wish Of
serving American cattle. If you should
think it worth your while, l shall be very
happy to see you at the American House
some time during the present week.
with the highest respect,
w.. L.
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The SENTINEL is published every Wednes.
day, at Ravenna, Portage county, Ohio BY:
JAMES w. SOMERYILLE.

Over three weeks and less than three months, IS
cents persqRsre for each insertion:
Obimary notice. exceeding eight lnes 50 cents per
square. '"'
all tran .ieut advertisements must be paid for in
sdvaSce . !
Special notices. before marriages and deaths, eight
cents per line for eacn insertion.
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WILLIAM FRAZER,
Dealer in FOREIGN and Domestic Hardware, Saddlery
etc, Wheeler's Block, directly opposite the Court
HANsAg Main ST.. Rayenna. o. -. - -
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IA T. cSWIFT'S DRUG, STORE, s
IA SNOW WHITE ZINC, ~
PURE WHITE LEAD
80 7 GREEN sCoLORS, FOR BLINDS,
49, PAINTS, BRUSHES & PUTTY,
SUPERIOR L1NSEED OIL.
'NHg af.'Sa fVARNISH & TURPENTINE,
~ ~ @yo s' Very cheap for cash,
-. June 20, 1860. By CHARLES 3. SWIFT.
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sIxTr DISTRICT COURT CITY OF NEW ORLEANS VS..
g New xy 0rlsap, MRS ADELE BRoWN-No 25as.

slxTg DIST RsTRIcT COURT CITY OF NEW ORLEANS vs..
s9sssS j 4. 5s'si
70 sell e public auction :. the City Hotel
Of Nav is AZ os Streets on MONDAY the 18th day
SEVENTEEN LOTS Of GROUND, situated lying and be.
Orleans ST. Ann First and Second Streets designated BY
% arm Deputy saseSol aene s1 de e
March y 1860 and deposited my sce for reference which
SAID Lots measuring in American according to said
An Lets : sI ~ sss g feet pses ap lines
inches and line the side line towards First %
ss3 nj sss on he ns '9 %hs
divides from lot No and % feet inches lines other
@ ns. 5s ID Lit ss s
NJ inc es hso diE III sds
On oe ds int ge nj g a % f. feet INCHES lines
LOIS Nos and loeach 80 feet inches lines front on ST.
heh Tff IL he s ns a a HI S
e feet inches lines On The other side line, which divides
line Which nnd s. sh inches IN fe fes
The other side which divides ii lot No 10 and Lot No
e line Ana ass sfEs on 1T Ss
s IL t sas q ss
lea street y ~ hs following dsns viz Lot No Il
front Second street 81 fsst inches lines on tic sds
h mi vsi es a " lie @ s M H. TT NJ n
ss TSIs d,I, ii 81 s
on the other Ms ae ns which divides S from lot No L.
i ; f 4, s ~ aa " measure each ~ iee
viz Lot No L. " feet inches lines the side line which
divides from lot No. 3 and % feet inches lines on the
feet INCHES lines tie sde line which divides from ot No
ydes from lot No 6 Lot No. 49, % feet inches lines On
the side line which divides il from lot No. u.s. and 90 feet
inches lines the other side line which divides it from LOT
No H. Lot No. ~ % feet inches lines the side line
side line which divides it from lo No IS Lot No. is %
feet inches line the side line which divides lot No.
Ii and % feet 10 inches and lines the other side which
divides from lot No - Lot No. 49, % feet 10 inches
the side line which divides it from lot No. R and %
inches and lines the other side line which divides
Lot No ~ And ot No. 20 forming the Of Orleans and
First streets % feet inches and lines the side line which
street
The whole according to said plan.
Seized in the above suit.
TERMS-CaSh on the spot.
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Grcnt Fire lin Memphis.

From the Memphis Bulletin we extract the fol-
lowing account of fire in that city on Sunday
night last:
About eleven o'clock ON Sunday night fire
broke out in a row of frame dwellings, in process
of>erection on the bluff, near the foot of Vance
they were speedily consumed The frame cotton
shed OF Mosby II Hunt, on the opposite side of the
street. ignted from the flying cinders and together
with one thousand two hundred and ten bales cot
ton belonging to the customers of MFR. Samuel
Mosby, was soon destroyed, the flames meanwhile
communicating to a double tenement frame house
in the immediate vicinity, owned by Mr.. Melleish
and occupied by himself and William E. Dill, which
shared similar fate. The fire brigade, as usual,
were promptly on the spot, but the want Of an adj
equate supply of water rendered them powerless
to DO more than prevent the spread Of the flames
70 other buildings to windward of the confagra-
tlon, several OF which were in imminent danger
and only saved by the strenuous and persevering
exertions of the firemen and citizens. The houses
In which the fire originated double tene-
ments-were being built by Mr.. j. w. James, the
contractor, for Mr.. r. A. Moon. They were worth
about 81 900 and insured in the DeSoto COMPANY
of this city for $4,000
The cotton ehed was Of small value, while the
cotton it contained was worth about $4,000,
against which loss Mr. Mosby has insurance to the
amount of SAT ,500-S5000in the Etna, 5000 in the
Home, New York, and the remainder divided be-
tween the DeSoto, Bluff City, Memphis and Tennes-
see Marine and Fire insurance Companies, of this
city. MIR. Melleish had recently erected his house.
which was uninsured, and his loss will probably
reach $4,000. Mr.. Dls loss in furniture, etc., will
DO about $500, against which there is no insurance
The total loss will not, it is thought, exceed $780,
900. Y
During the progress of the fire, several persons
climbed upon the roof of Mr.. Ceaves, stable, hard
by, which became loosened by this nnwonted pres
sure and slid off, throwing the crowd violently to
the ground and breaking the legs of Geo. Staub
and injnring him otherwise quite severely. He
was removed to his residence in South Memphis,
where, at last accounts, he was lying in critical
condition. A member Of Washington Fire Com
pany No. 6. whose name we did not learn, has his
skull fractured by being run over by the wheels of
an engine. #-
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FAST WoMAN.-one of the best and most dar-
ing riders of Galway is Miss Caroline Persse re-
latiye of Dudley Persse, Esq, of New York. When
following the hounds she leaps the most dangerous
fence and the ugliest ditch without fnehing. Not
long since, she alone was in at the death of the
fox, the only two gentlemen both military officers,
who had kept mp with her having fallen in a leap
over frightfui fence with ditch on each side of
it, the one disloeating his collar bone, and the
other fracturing his thigh. -
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Law FOR PuBLIsHERs.-An act authorizing
publishers to print on their papers the date when
subscriptions expire, and in relation to the postage
on drop letters:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatiyes of the United States of America in Con-
gress assembled, THAT the second clause of section
third of the act of thirteenth August eighteen
hundred and ffty-two, establishing the rates of
postage printed matter, Is hereby SO modified as
to road as follows, namely
Second There shall be- no word or communica-
ton printed on the same after its publication, or
upon the cover or wrapper thereof, nor any writ
ing nor mark upon it, upon the cover or wrap
per thereof except the name the date when the
subscription expires and the address of the person
to whom it is to be sent
Sec. O. And be il further enacted That on all
dron letters delivered within the limits OF any city
or town by carriers, under the authority Of the
post-0Iliee Department. one cent each shall be
charged for the receipt and delivery Of said letters
and No more.
Approved Sd April, 1860.
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SEQUEL TO THE DIAMOND WEDDNG.-The New
York correspondent of the Boston Journal writes
as follows:
won't vouch for the accuracy Of it, but rumor
is loud that the lady of the Diamond Wedding has
come back again-that she found her lord and mas
ter testy, bad.tempered and penurious-that the
now due instalment on the Fourteenth street house
lis to pay generally Not having the fear q
either the Cuban or the father-inaw before my
eyes, l send you the tale afoat for what it Is
worth.
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A BoY MuRpERrp.-In the Fayetteville Arkan-
sian Of the 3oth ult. we find the following:
Webber was entined ont Of the house by two
young desperadoes, on some pretenee and u, bru.
tally assassinated with knives Young weber
was sober nofensise boy and ms tragic deata
b;s mnrderers. Webber's mother is a widow lady,
and was depending on her boy to sustain her in
her declining years. The murderers' names are
Charles Rooster and e., George smith. = = to be
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THE JAIL BREAKERs.-.In the Memphis Bulletin
of Tuesday we find the following:
The female prisoners confined in the city Jail
succeeded in effeeting their escape on Sunday night
last, by breaking through window, and are still
at large. Their names are Mary A. Kelly, Mary
Jane Cannon and Mary Ford = the first named
charged with robbery, the second under sentence
of three years Imprisonment for larceny, and the
latter awaiting examination on a charge of mali
eious stabbing.
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.ssEr NAPLES AND DE-. oomuunipaw . writes

.isEE NAPLES AND Dr." Gomu,unipaw y writes
to the Boston Post: 3s4=
I am sorry to hear that Mr.. Rarey is laid up very
ill at Naples. / commserate any mortal that gets
seized with illness at that pestiferons place. gos
Frustrated with sickness there once, and from the
effects of it did not recover for years. Rarey has
won laurels, and hope he may long live to enjoy
them. hope he may soon have d wife as the jop
and comfort of his life. Really he ought to be able
to " tamen some dear Creature TO be his own, aud
he her slave III return. At one of the London
Christmas Pantomimes, i saw beautiful fairy
like creature who seemed beyond all control
by the Harlequin Of the OCCASION In utter des-
pair at his failures be delivered himself in this
fashion
- He who can tame aIfy Or a fairy, w
Must bs a mystery. oe Mister Raiey.s
An Irish paper aslyerIIses: :. " anted, an able.
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The election passed off without any disturbance.
although the contest was very animated one.
We have had three scorchng days in succession
such as we have never before known in this blithe
month of April Rain is very badly needed, both
in town and country. Cisterns are giving out, and
young vegetation showing signs of distress.
The Houma Ceres of Saturday last says:
The weather for the last two weeks has been
unusually dry, and at present there Ii no prospect
OF rain. The planters are very apprehensiye Of q
drouth, and from the most reliable information. we
state that the stubble cane has not yet given auy
hope that it can be relied upon this year. Ali
speak of II as being very defective aud tardy in
sproufing. Should there be drouth, as is usual
at this season Of the year, the sugar crop pros
poets are indeed gloomy.
The Ouachita (Monroe) Register Of the 9Th has
the following:
The steamer Peerless landed at our wharf, one
day last week. with SO tuns of rails for the yicks
burg Shreveport and Texas Railroad, and on her
next trip she is to bring an additional quantity of
rails, with chairs and spikes. The contractors are
busily at work finishing the embankment and dis
tributing the crossties East Oh this point and will
commence laying the track here iii about ten DAYS.
Our town, stimulated by the prospect Of an early
completion Of the road to this point, already pre-
sents unmistakable evidences Of rapid growth.
But one thing we shall greatly need here this fall
good hotel. Our citizens should move in this
matter without further delay.
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surclpE-Mrs. Mary Ann Latsom, the wife of
New York dentist, having become jealous of her
husband committed suicide on the 4th inst, by in-
haling the fumes of burning charcoal. She was
about SO years of age.
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Be6 0rlfars Aailp 0rssfent.
LATEST NEWS IsTRLIIGREcE n mi Nm :
Lonisiana IntelIixsnee.

From the Bienville parish Baptist of the 9Th we
extract the following:
The general health Of the country IL good though
N few localities pneumonia is still prevalent
Our town and vicinity were never more healthy
and prosperous.
Though not quite as warm az one might desire
we have had another pleasant week. The frosts last
week seem to have done no damage. Very little
ram has fallen for about six weeks, so that some
LANDS may be hard by this time, though altogether
u i, has been just such Spring as planters need.
There can be- 30 far, room for grnmbling against
Corn hyery scarce in this vicinity, and but little
oa!s IN prospect to help out. The late dry weather
VIII pronabiy save what wheat there is from rust.
The Winfield Sentinel of the Eth says.
VIM parish has, for many years. been noted FIR
being healthy section. For several weeks mast
however, there has been quite an amount of sick.
ness here, which, in many cases has resulted ID.
tally. There seems to be typhoid en;dern;c IL
this region. which has attacked many '''D' 8
The Rapides American Of Saturday last says:
The weather is still very dry and for the most or
the week IT has been rather sultry. ii ID now some
four weeks since we had rain to any ans,,nt
We learn that the cut worm is making lad havoc
with the growing vegetation of the parish destroy
ing corn, cabbages, etc.
We also learn that one gentleman;a plantation on
Bayou C0tie ID sorely afflicted with the sucker
which sucks all his corn out by the roots. Dry
weather is supposed to be the cause.
The Baton Rouge Advocate of Tuesday has the
following:
The election of Mayor on Monday resulted in the
reelection of Mayor Elan by a majority of eighty
four votes. The vote stood
j. r. Elan. WEI
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The MOBILE AND ONO RA1LRoAD.-The Column
bus (Miss.) Democrat has received from Governor
Whitfield the following comparative statement Of
the receipts Of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. The
Democrat supposes that it will compare favoraby
with that of any other road Of similar length in
the country: ..