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The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-05-02
A Large 'EhrOHt.

A Young gentleman OF the South, who
had expended large fortune. money land
negroes, everything, in course OF intemp's
ance and proAgacy, was one day, just ater
he had paid a last years grog bill OF $9Oo'
walking in the streets leisurely, when' see
ing a physician on the opposite slde' he
called out to him to come over.
"DoctOr:" said he, 81 wish you'd just take
q l. ok down my throat"
II don't di: cover anything. sir" said the
doctor, after looking very carefully.
"You don't !" said he "why, strange -
Will you be kind enough to give it anothe'
examination I"
"Realy, sir" said the doctor, after
second look, II don't see anything"
"No! Why, doctor, there has farm
ten thousand dollars, and twenty negroes
gone down there"
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-05-02
Company Manners!

A well-bred man has always the SAND
manners at home and in society, and what
is bad in the former, is only worse In the
latter. 1t can never be pardonabie to swag.
ger and lounge, nor to carry into even the
family circle the actions proper to the dresss
inr.room. Even where familiarity has mo-
thing shocking in itself, it attacks the rec
spect due to the society of others, whoever
they may be, and presents the danger OF
further breach of it. From familiarity to
indecency is but one step. Thus no part OF
the dress, not shoe.string even, should ba
arranged in the presence Of ladies'. Tho
Hindoos, remarkable for the delicacy Of theft
manners, would not allow kissing, scratch.
ing, pinching, or lying down, TO be reprs-
Sc nted on the stage, and at least the last
three should never be permitted in a mixed
soc,ty of men and women. There are atti.
tudes which arc transition from ease to
familiarity, and should never be.indulged.-
A man may cross his legs in the present
day, but should never stretch them apart
To wipe the forehead, cape, yawn, and Cd
forth, are only shade less obnoxious than
the American habit Of expectoration.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-05-02
Hugh Miller.

When employed as mason, it was usual
for his fellow workmen to have occasional
treats OF drink, and one day two glasses Of
whiskey fell to his share. which he swallow
ed. When he reached home, he found, on
opening his favorite book-Bocon's Essays
that the letters danced before his eyes
he could no longer master the sense. "The
condition" he says, "to which had brough.
myself was, I felt, one Of degradation. I
had sunk by my own act, for the time to a
lower level OF intelligence than that on
which it was my privilege to be placed end
though the state could have been no very
favorable one for forming resolution in
that hour determined that | should never
again sacrifice my capacity OF intellectual
ENJOYMENT to a drinking usage, and with
Gods help, l was enabled to hold by the
determination.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-05-02
Rather Greedy.

A scene occurred at our depot, writes
Missouri friend the other day, which, for
cool impudence, have seldom seen para
Ieled. was standing there on the arrival
of the st. Louis packet, when q gentleman
came up and addressed a man, standing
close by me, aud evidently stranger to him,
with the common western question,
"Do you use tobacco O.
eyes, sir" he graciously replied, and pro-
ducing plug of the hugest dimensions he
handed it to the applicant, who, taking out
his knife. cut off about one fifth of it, with
the observation ; ......
"There's tobacco enough for any man
amt there I"
"WelI. | should think there was," was
the indignant reply. .....
"Very we'll, you take it, them" he coolly
observed, and handing him the small piece
put the plug in his pocket and walke'
away. g..
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-05-02
A COlOred Divine.

A negro preacher, who. like some Other
nreachers, was in the habit Of using big
words, but did not always succeed in getting
hold of the right one, made funny mistake
once. His text was, "Broad is the road that
leade,h to death, and many there be who 60
,bare bu, narrow is the way that leadeth to
life. and few there be who take it."
"Beloved brudders, thar be two roads, eb-
berry body goes in one or odder of 'em ;
,hsr,s one road, and dat am de broad road.
and dat leads right down to damnation' ana
a great many goes in it but dar am anuddsf
rood an, dat am de narrer road, dat leads
straight up to perditiOn." ;.
"Tf dat's de case" said an excited coiofeo
brother in the congregation, eds nigga cuts
for de woods |"
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-05-02
Ma mes.

The habit of burthening children with
three or four given names has often caused
ma to smile with contempt and ridicule.-
What can sound so stupid and foolish as to
call a little dirty urchin, Come here, Alex
ander Joseph Washington Johnson, and get
your superior Caroline Matilda sophrc'
MIA Smith, it is time for you to be at the fac.
tory." Itreminas us Of tale we once read
Of a man in Spain, who accidentally fell
into q bog. The fellow bawled out Justify,
and a peasant within hearing opened his
wipdow-it was dark highland inquired
what was the matter' ''Pr'y. help. said
the sufferer, .for Joseph Francisco Dominica
Ferdinaudo Sabastiani is in the quagmire'
ia that all! said the peasant: 1T you are
such get Of lazy rascals that you wont help
one another out, you may lie there and be
d-d.'
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-05-02
SfListellaueoMs,

OTA paper in the Atlantic Monthly on
the nomenclature of American localities
contains good deal Of Information, more
curious than important. Here is bit
"Walk up, gentlemen Here you have
the top. crest Of the great wave Of civilization.
Here is a people, emOncipated from Old
World trammels, setting the world lesson
What is the result! With the grand divi'
sions Of our land we have not had much to
do. or the States, seVe nteen were baptized
by their Indian appellations four were
named by French and Spanish discoverers ;
elk were called after European sovereigns
three, which bear the prefix Of New, have
the nvmes of English counties j-there re
mains Delaware, the title of an English no.
bleman, leaving US Pennsylvania, Indiana
and Rhode Island, three precious bits ot
modern classicality. Let US now come to
the counties. Ten years ago there were
some fifteen hundred and fifty.fiye of these
One hundred and seventy three bear lndiar
names and there are one or two uncertain
For these fifteen hundred and fity-6ve coun
ties there are eight hundred and eighty eish
names, almost one to every two. Sever
hundred are, then, of Anglo.Saxon bestow
ing No. Another hundred are Of Spanisl
origin. SIX hundred county names remain
fifty of which, neat as imported, are tn
names of English places, and fifty more ar
names bestowed in compliment to Englis
peers. Five hundred are the American re
siduum.'
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-05-02
4uditd.
MY B0 Y
ny ALICE CARRY.

Al, winter days, but not so cold, so coldl
And II my little houseless boy you see,
Quilt all your iron shadows thick with gold,
And lap them round him-he Is all to me-
oh, winter winds, II ever as you blow,
You find, in some wild place apart from JOY
shining head, with curls along the snow,
Soften your rough voice-that will be my boy!
Oh, happy mothers while you watch at night
The bright blaze making all the wide room gay
keep on some upper floor light
Ny poor, lost child may chance TO pass that way!
And II, when all without is bliEd with gloom
Among your boys and girls, alive with Joy,
little white face peer-make room, make room,
Between their red eheeks-that will be my boyI
False witnesses TO prison may have lied
NY pretty lamb-oh, warden! II you see
One strange to wrong, and ready to divide
His sllce-nay, give 1t all, why that Is he!
Loose from his tender limbs the cruel bands
Even though he sinned, shall that my love destroy
Here to your chains give my old, rough hand,
To prison, to death will 1, to save my boy!
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-05-02

6TWe hope our London agent will send
q copy Of the following to the author oI
Love me Little, Love me Long" 1t is o
remarkable bit of verbal lwistifcation
ga tall Western girl, named Short, long
loved certain big Mr.. Little--while LIttle'
little thinking Of Short, loved lass named
Long. To make long story short, Little
proposed 10 Long, and Short longed to be
even with Litte's short comiDgs. So Short
meeting Long threatened to marry before
long, which caused Long in short time to
marry Little. .t .a... u%
Ouery.-Did tall Short love big Little lees
because big Little loved little Long'
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-05-02

0-"1 say, Higgins" said fellow 70 !na'
sspiring but as yet unappreciated tr'gedian'
81 met a rich old gentleman in The city VINO
declared he would give hundred pounds 70.
see you perform Hamlet"
"You don't say o"
"Fsc,, 1 assure you and what's more. I
I'm positively certain that the old chap
meant IL. -,
"By Jove. then, It's bargaln's Higgins
cried "I,ll play 1t for my benefit. BAt who
is he!' ..a s,ss
uAb, 10 be sure, didn't tell you. Wslli
he's blind man." Higgins never spoke y
the wretch again.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-05-02

0e5-It is we'll to leave something for those
who come after Us, as gentleman said who
threw barrel in the way of constable who
was chasing him. Nd
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-05-02

tFParents.in-law are naturally quarrel
some, from the fact that they have Joined
tssus with each other.--Boston Post
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-05-02

A PuS.--A facetious Boston editor an
nounces that "aol is quiet in Lynn"
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-05-02

0erHow to make people acknowledge the
corn-tread on their toes!
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-11-28

We learn by last nights mail from
FWasihgton. that Attorney General ], B,acls
has given the President his written oth>
Ibon 0${H& A9asnteps qsfsqcp of sSefs.
|siop. Aad tho pHprehssde1 4 AealtieS se-
tweeasshe Notth and &.tboSonN
It said thst the Attorney General
'has sSAnine$ths sekjeet) at SsaelssstA,
and comes to the conclusion that State
has no constitutional right to secede.
For our part, we cannot see how any
one can arrive ut uay other conc'us;on.-
Secession is only another name for Revo-
luton our Southern peigbors T. ust re-
main with us under the Constitution as IL
is, or Reyolutionize the goverpnaent-
Whetber this can be done peacefully re-
mains TO be tested, The worlds history
OF RevOlations(hllE bsafagsinst this con-
Clusion. s.,.-.. e.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-11-28
TJudaeO OTaney.

Hon. Roger B.-.Tapey, Chief Justice Of
the Supreme Court of the United States,
rendered his resignation to the President
on Saturday Lasts and it Was accepted. q
twill bottle duty ofPresident Buchan,
an to III tn appointment immediately.
Attorney General Black has becnnamea
in connection with the appointment; but
as Pennsylvania has already q member on
the Supreme Bench, in the person OF Il.
e. Grier, it is doubtful whether another
Ponnsylvanian viii etthe appoin ;ment,
There is no man living that we would
rather see get the appointment than
Judge Black. The law has. been the study
Of his whole life; it seems to he his nat,,-
raj pursuit. a'h q. 17.r lsa .Hla .rh T."
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-11-28
Lincoln and Hamliu,

The President and Vice President elect
were introduced to each otl,er,fsr tke 5rst
time, ut Chicago, on the a2d Instant. AL.
though Mr. Lincoln and Mr.. hamlin
we're members Of the saue Congress, in
ls47, they never before ibrned an ao-
suaintsnoe. Mr.. Lincoln wac . amsmber
Of the ,Isoasc, and Mr.. 'uan'la or the
Senate.
The meeting is said TO have been very
agreeable. and without any forms or os-
tcntation-in the S~gular rail" style.
1t is SAID that an unusual numbcr Of po-
litical vultures and hyenas are now as.
sembled at Chicago, forming Cabinets, ap,
pointing Foreign. Ministers, kand 5ton-
suls. It's also given outrthat Schuyler
Colfax must be appointed Post Master
General, or he will accept nothing. 1t
would be pity if this endorser of Helper
& Co., should fail to sc. an appointment.
Vice President Ham)in has proceeded to
Wisconsin to hold council. with that
red mouthed Abolitionist, Senator Doo-
little, and OH his way to Washington he
intends to visit Senator. Wade. '- /.
If our Republican friends wish to salts
fy the people of this countrysthat the new
Administration will be conservative, they
had better advise their officers elect not
to follow and hunt up for counsel, the
worst Abolitiopists in the Union.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-11-28
A Most Valiant DogberrY.

A fellow named James S. BrsbiI, who
publishes the Centre Democrat, and who
appears TO be enulous Of the Distinction
which Dogberry covetcd-af being written
dawn an ass-has addressed letter to
Gov. Letcher of Virginia, filled with fury
and bombast against the South |, whith
he condescends to answer, instead of
throwing the detachable epistle into The
fire, as it deserved. The Job Which Dog
berry desired others to do for him, James
s. Brisbin has done for himself If he
does not pass for an ass during the remains
der OF his natural life, it is not because he
has not done his best to merit that Iii
stipction. He is none Of your drowsy,
browsing asses, that one would not feel
like stepping aside to kick, but a I cal live,
ly animal, displaying his heels and coun-
terfeiting valor foreign to the nature of
the most stubborn and stupid OF created
things. .a....a,,
This sagaciou. ass informs Gov. Letch-
er that twenty eight millions Of freemen
in the North are ready to meet disunion
now, ana crush tas a strong man crush
''es an egg shell in his hand This not
valiant fellow did not stop to calculate
hat the whole population Of the North
includipg mep, women, children, negroes
and Brisbins--does not 9mount to any
thing like twenty-eight millions; bu
this Fact might haye spoiled the effect of
this impudent bit of swagger. Twenty,
eightmillions sounds very formidable when
hurled against the South by BRisBIN, and
1t would be a pity to deprive him of the
command of this magnificent army OF
freedom even for a brief, period. But the
grand array of Brisben dimi uisbes slight>
ly before he reaches the conclusion of his
letter, which winds ZIP with informing
Gov. Letoher that he has been rendered
ths command of two hundrsd Virginians.
in tho event OF secession, and that he
awaits the orders Of the Governor. ''' :
Gov. Jetcher replies with singular mod
Grafton. The wonder is that he conde.
scended to reply at all TO CAPTAIN Bonn
bast. He reminds him that in the hour
of danger to the Union il is the duty OF all
patriots, in all sections of the country, to
cultivate kind, generous, and conelia-
tory spirit one toward another and in
forms the valorous BRIsBiN that the yir-
giuians have commanders enough ut home
without importing one from Penpsylva-
mia, and that he has been cruelty hcaxod
by somo wag, who desires to play of a
good joke at his expense. l,0' -. 10
So the country may never have the sat-
isfaction of seeing JAsEsS BRisBIr march
ing at the head of either twenty-eight
millions OF Northern freemen, or two hun
dred Virginians, to crush secession in the
south as a, strong man crushes an egg
she'll. Pity fol BRIsBIN and great disap.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-11-28

pg"Congress assemblies at Washington
on Monday next. The constitutional,
term of the present session will expire on
the 4th of March following, which we
prophecy will be the last OF the ,.'Irrepres.
sibles' in that body, for century to
come.
The "Ielper-Forney" Congress will be
remembered as long as two pages OF
American history remain together. 1t is
truo, none of the members were expel-
led for bribery and corruptio H.
similar to the Banks Congress; this is not
because they have not deserved it, but .he
reason is, that the majority were constitu>
ted alike. If ever the curtain should be
raised TO investigate the scenes that were
enacted during the election ola Speak
er and Public Printer, it will no doubt
startle The most extravagant minded in
The country. .,-.t
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-11-28

CAmroRSIA.---B, tho arrival of the over,
land Express, at ST. Joseph, we have news
from San Francisco to the 10th inst.
The steamer Sonora sailed that morn.
ing for Panama, with 304 passengers, and
$3.50, 600 in treasures for New York.
1t is believed that the total vote OF the
State cast at the late Presidential election
will reach ll5,000' H.'fluI Ed
The official count so far reaches 10000,
dividsd as follows; Lincoln, 5000 -
Douglas, 80, ,sS6 Breckenridge. 2s.424 =
Bell, 6,942 Lincoln's majority over Dou,
glas, l,l5O The official count will be re.
quired to ascertain the true result; the
chances are in favor oi Linoolu,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-11-28
Giddings VS.. Ewing.

Tho Hon. Thomas Ewing of Ohio, oI
Galphm. .Gardaer notorieiy during the ad-
ministration of Gen. Taylor, has lately
made d speech in which he asserted that
Mr.. Lincoln would execute and enforce
the fugitive slave law in the Northern
States, and for this ,tat ement he has be en-
called 10 account by that arch Black Re-
publican Demagogue. Joshua r. Giddings,
who hastens to contradict the statement
made by him, in the speech alluded to. -
He says: s..as .t' i.ia., .A. O
"There is but one real issue between
the Republican party and those factions
who stand opposed to it. That is the
question of Slavery. There is really
no other issue formed. The Republicans S
are pledged to exert the constitutional
powers of government In favor Of liberty
against oppression and slavery wherever
it holds exclusive jurisdiction :, and il
they exert those powers to sustain slave.
ry or the slave trade al any time, or in
anv place, they will bring upon them.
selves the same displeasure of the people
that the Whig, the Democratic and tho
Bell Everett parties have brought upon
their organizations" y. ..,.. o.. 80 p.
Here we have it; the Republicans will
use the power Of the governme ent to put
down Slavery wherever they have exclu-
sive Jurisdiction and control of it. This
is just what has alarmed the people in
the Southern States, and we in the North
will realize the full benefit of it to our
sorrow. unless the "irrepressible conflict"
succeeds in breaking up the Republican
party. .
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-11-28

DEAD.-Hon Henry K. Strong, for
merly speaker Of The Pennsylvania House
'of Representatives, died at the St. Law
renee House, in Philadelphia, on The 22d
inst. Mr.. Strong was very active Wing,
Know Nothing, and Republican politi-
clan, and was, we believe, the author OF
ho present Free Banking Law Of our
State. ......
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-11-28
MARRIED,

At Prenehvlilc, on sunday,ai 2sth Of October
last by n +. 0oudriet, Esq., N. BAyIp r.. R.JAcEy
.os and Mise SARAH JAsE HAsksx, al Of Gov
lngton townshlp.i on d hmm 49, -.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-11-28

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the formation Of clubs; and toinsnre praa
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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-11-28
DIED.

In Piks township Of Dropsp MAReAREr, wiss
7st Adam Short agsd "a years o months and
-syruA IIa.l-l -4Il Nd a.a,..ff a if-.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-11-28

LEFT FOR WAsBISGros.- Ext Gov. Bieler
left his home on Monday last, to resume
his duties as Y. $, Senator upon the as
sembling of Congress on Monday next. -
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-11-28

4 Fresh stock sf groceries Of every hind IA
~ received st REID, WEAVER, d COS. "
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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-08-30
New York, Thursstiay, August 30, 1850.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

2he sAil business is setting In strongly; the Southern
coast steamers and the railroads running full of pas
senges hotels crowded. the at the water
Ing places drawing to close, and citizens will
begin to return to their metropolitan homes Families
az ALREADY mal ing their arrangements for the winter
These indications Of renewed activity arc apps
reGt everywhere, and especially in the pages of the
HsAID Our advertising columns becoming crowded
sad our circulation is rapidly Increasing We con.
strained in view OF these facts to request advertisers to
help themselves by helping 10 hand in hei business
notces se-: nine oeIel every ereins. Il takes time
even with fast presses to print ouarge edition and
20 carry oct determination have the Herald
vered before br last in all parts of the city, must
have the advertisements in hand before nine o'clock
Advertisers will derive equal advantage with in this
arrangement. Nine O'Clock Is the hour.