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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-02-12

-, WIGS! WIGS! VIGS!!!-DATcll-
9>SS ELOKS WIGS aud ToUPEES surpass ALL They
are elegant, light, easy and durable.
Fitting a chartn-no turning behind-no shrinking
OF the head indeed his is the only establishment where
these thing, properly understood Fad made.
w. 4. BATCH ELOFR,S HAIR
80 DYE-This splendid Hair Dye has no equal
instantaneous In eliect-Brsuitul Back or Natural
Eruwn-no staining the skin or nurng the Hair-re'ners
the absurd and III effect of Bad Dyes. and iurgorses the
Hair Life None genuine uuiess sisnei w. A.
BATcHELoK." sold sveryThere
Sept l3-dtwly 81 Barclay Street, New York
49, A. BATCHELUR's HAIR DYE. The Dri2i-
nal and Best I'm the WOrlG! ALL others are
limitations, and should he avoided II you wish 70
GRAY FED or RUSTY HAIR Dyed Instantly TO Resu-
,iru aud Natural Black brown, without injury 10 the
Hair or Skin
to WM A. BATcagLoR since 1882 aud S0,uao nprbca
lions have been made TO the Hair Of his Patrons oi MS
WT, A. pATCuELoR's HAIR DYE produces u color
to niure In the least long II sy he and
the Iii effects Of Bad Dyes Renedied tho Ear IL nrgoraed
Tor Life by this splendid Dye.
~ Sold In all cities and Towns Of the United States, by
Druggists and Prncy Goods Dealers.
az The Genuine has the and address npon steel
rats engraving four sides OF each box, OF Whi ~.
BACHELOR. Address
CHAs BACHELOR, Proprietor,
Sep. l5-dkwly 81 Barclay Street, New York.
F@,SPECIAL NWTiCE;.-TES DOLLARS r
BE- year saved a. the least calculation, by using one
of Ciruhnun'S SMALL STENCILS FOR MAEklSG CLOTH
ING. They but sEvESrYFvR CENTS. Sent By mail on
receipt Of so in postage stamps O.: otherwise
Also every kind OF PLAIN AND FANCY BRANDS Tor
Flour Tobacco Liquors Machinery &C., made TO ordc.
A. F.. GRAHAM, Brand Cutter,
Next door 10 III. Columbian Hotel,
Richmond. ,
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-02-12

rSIFEETT SEii..DAA.-Ta.. ,:.y, IL oc..-l
u SI .-ii % likely SLAVES.
BELTS : GREGORY, .."c;s., Fr.Hk''n Street
ET P'CELIa1I 4, GO. Auciiunc"T..
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-02-12

For she names of the Towrt villages and Cities situated
upon th= Inoi: Central Eaiisoad page lSs is9 100
Applctons RaIlway Guide. Jan III dcSwjn
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-02-12

eSE TEGfiGs::-we ~!il sell Twcniy Grs HEcy -
80 GRcEs To-Day, 4. u O'clock.
PCILiAsi { CO., Aurt'Es
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-02-12

HOOK AND MOSELLE WINES.
fENUE undersigned would call the attention Of the pabac
Il TO large 10. Of HOOK and M0sELLE WlSHs, in
cases and casks; which he has just received direct
from Germany Auoug these Wines, s.e some Of the
very finest that crow on The Rhna and superior
thing til, country FOR sale by
o. CRANE,
Jsu "a No. o Exchange Block.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-02-12

. tWPONTEB GOUDS,
NHEDDAR CHEESE, Of superio. quality, beautifully
" put up.
Dutch Cheese, in balls, of superior quality.
Olives Capess Olives r rel.
Graade chartrcuSc cordial. white and green
Maccaron Vcrmicelii, Is, % superior Cigars
Chow Chow, CaueO~er, Onions, Woser sauce, So5er's
Relish, Piqusnt Sauces. Mustard Olive OIL Sardiurs.
Brandy, 1885, Cbalnpa gnes Maguuns quartz prts and
half pnts
MADEIRA, Port and Sherry wines.
claret. from good 10 very superior.
For sale By BLAIR i CHAMBERLATNE.
Ian SO-Sy
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-02-12
nY fEECTNN nAFi>, s It"V.

"a EE:s.is1ES.-fs. aaJ, nj IL "'clo's, nj. !;
~ sod % ilry slaves.
HECTOR DAVIS lucr
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-02-12

~ NIias, i.itEE d ct, NtC'E'S.

Oh SEt.l.pES.-we wilt SCI. THIS ;ORSISG, =
OO ~ o'clock, Thirty likely slave,
DAVIS, DECpRrE CO.,
Old Fellows Hail. corner Mayo awe Franklin US,
:2i gtt,sssi,H.5.. ;Lh.,.. :. t:p.. ..et"7A.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-02-12

PURSUANT TO DEED OFTR UST Ex-
ecu,rd to me BY Henry Cairns, the I'D day w.
y la for certain purposes therein specified shall Of
fer for sale the tract cfland which the said Cairns nov
resides. lying In the county OF Westmorelaud on FRIDAY
the sru DAY OF MARCH 1861. The sale will take place
on the premises.
The terms are cisI.
The ssd tract Of land two hundred The
soil L: good tie houses comfortable aud the location
healthy. THUS. IoNhS
Feb 5-cw4T IFnslec.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-02-12
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Unfit :%f;i:stSSS.-Th rs., h. 10 o'c;ook
= vii be sriG nH likely &sgcocn :,uLs CT :,u
Rs-s srd t;:r!t anu I:or:s,. and ,:hi':-..
D;GSiNSn:. .'!IL 1 60, Ancts
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-02-12

B-please notice that every ingredient used IN lnI
loresoius Pi@F Jan 9-9m
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1861-12-14
The Monroe Doctrine.

AS people at home ard abroad are contin
ually mistaking the purpose Of this famous
]ootrine, VIC copy an &C ,uratc statement Of i
Tom the Ntim,al Mtelfgearer as follows:
President Mjnro, never AFRO .ate4 70 tn.
United S ates a monopoly Of political control
in affairs Of the American Continent. What
he said was, that no part of their surface Il,
that date, (n the year 1923 was open to the
colonization Of European powers by the right
Of discovery and settlement as form ,rlv applied
to waste and unoccupicd territory. 10 which
doctrine Of public law, as being due to the
existing condition Of the New World, he ad,
ded a caueat against the alleged designs oi
the Holy Alliance, which, it was represented
after putting down rebellion at home proposct
to extend its political system to the American
Continent, for the purpose Of suppressing al
free institutions there as well as in Europe
The right of European powers to wage wal
with American States, OF to acquire their ter.
ritory by purchase or conquest, was never
questioned by Mr.. Monroe.
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1861-12-14
Arkansas Too.

The rebel leaders have difficult time in
watching the development Of the Union SEN
mcnt in the rebel States. Last week they
made number Of arrests in New Orleans be-
longing to secret Union societies, and we see,
in the Little Rock Journal, that such societies
have becn discovered in two Of the counties
Of Arkansas, with ramiiications in other parts
of the State. The Governor of Arkansas in
Inmates very strongly that the foreign born
citizens Of the S:ate,, were unwilling to fight
against the Union, and he proposes that re-
giment Of Germans and one Of Irish shall be
immediately raised to test the fact, u, -e,,
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1861-12-14
Agricultural DiyiGisn Of the Patent
Office yrrai.t -..

We l,asn that during the FIRST three QUAR-
tns of the present. year members of Congress
have been supplied, for distributonto their
CO stituents, with about six hundred thousand
papers, containing one hundred and ffty-four
varieties Of vegetable, and two hundred and
thirty varieties Of flower secd-many of them
new and very choice; and Others very old and
excellent kinds, not in general cultivation
Some ten thousand packages (cach containing
two quarts) Of cereals were also distributed to
the members These comprised new and
choice varieties of wheat, oats, and barley,
from France, Germany, Italy and Turkey.
+ Upwards of eleven hundred agricultural So
cieties, in every part Of the eountry, also re-
ceivcd their quota for distfbation in their re-
spcctive communities--to an amount Of three
hundred thousand papers of vegetables and
flowers, and ten thousand packages (two quarts
each) of cereal. ..r6 @ls 3iGi 3U1
y In addition tothe aboys, It is estimated that
upon personal or written application to the
Agricultural Division twenty thousand OF
our countrymen and fair countrywomen have
bcen supplied with Ave hundred thousand pa
Ipers of vegetables, flower and field seeds du-
ring theithree quarters ofthe yearreferrcd to.
The fourth quarter of the yearwill unques-
tionably show an amount Of labor ard useful
ness in full proportion 70 the above Nation.
al Intel1iotater.a aFs yrff.a ,'iG rl} rsg
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1861-12-14

The New York lines in comm ,nting upon
the views Of a correspondent on tho contra
band qa o +, say: :l.,. .u..-.. .sG .....a,
"Our correspondents remarks on this point
are eminently practical and worthy Of consid-
Grafton. They suggest one aspect of this gen.
cral sHbject which must command the speedy
attention of the geycrnmcnta and county
and that is the practical provision to be made
for the support gors1,mem anil elucation Gf the
negroes, whom the progress of the war will
eventually throw upon cur Ssl1ds. The loud
clamor about emancipation is worse than idle,
until something has been done towards provi-
ding for the negroes already set free. Any
man with half an eye can see that whatever
the government may do, or not do, about
emancipation, it will very speedily have thou
sands and tens Of thousands Of these people
on its hands--if it persists, as 1t shou Id in
pushing the war into the heart Of the South
ern States Every naval expedition that lands
national trcOpson the Southern coast draws to
the immediate shelter Of our flag thousands Of
slaves, and infects the entire slave population
for leagues around with discomfort and the
desire for freedom This fact creates state
Ofthinss for which thu govern ment must
make prompt and effective provision. II has
no right to merely III these negroes loose 1t has
no right to release them, directly or indirectly,
from the control Of their masters and Of State
laws without subbjecting them to some other
law equally effective" - Ga Il,
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1861-12-14
An a 1n,crvic,v vyith Indian..


On Friday morning delegation Of CherOkec,
Creek, and Seminole Indians had an interview
with ths s ,:rstlry of ths Interior. They ex-
planned thresgh inteBpretep the circumstances
undcr which their nations had apparently
Joined the rebsl caase. sTheg expressed sur
prise and satisfaction 1t finding Afais differ.
ent from what they had been ledto believe
they were by the rebels, and confidence that
on their return homo their explanations, es.
psciallyfollowedup BY U. 81 military authority
In their territory, owould at once bring thei'
tribes up to work Of sustaining the Union
Secretary Smith explained to oithem the cause
cftBe present difaculsy, .andtOld them thai
they should be protected in all Their rights
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1861-12-14
yEason ana SEisseai.

The money article of the New York III
b,tne states tbst gcntietnan WHO arrived b,
the Africa had an interview with our Minis
ter, ME.sAdams, before leaving London who
informed him that he had had correspond
cnce with Lord John Russell upon the subjec
Of the sailing of the Adgcr for the purpose o
arresting Mason and Slidell. and stated tina
the law officers of the Crown admitted tht
right of the Adger to make such arrest. Mr.
Adams looked upon the Nashville matter a.
much the more serious Of the two. The per
son making theso statements is the Londor
resident partner of banking house in thi'
city, ard is entirely trustworthy. ., ...r.-.
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1861-12-14

Much as has been said Of this celebrated
division between the North and South, few
besides politicians know where the name came
from or exactly where the boundary lies. II
is generally supposed that the line divides the
slave from the free States, and that the same
opinion is held by President Lincoln is evil
denccd by the use in his Message Of the
expression. "South of the Line, little Della.
ware led OFF right from the frs" But La.
trobe's History of Mason and Dixoh's Line
shows that this view is erroneous. The Penn:
and E.ord Baltimore agreed, in uI763,' with
Charles Mason ard Jeremiah Dixon to deter.
mine the boundary lines in dispute between
the proprietary governments of Pennsylvania
and Maryland, the present State of Delaware
comprising the three lower counties Of the
t5cn province Of Pennsylvania. Messrs. Ma
son and Dixon landed in Philadelphia on the
18th Of November, 1868. They ran the line
from the point where the southern boundary
Of Pennsylvania touched the Atlantic, and
thence followed the division line between
Pennsylvania and Maryland towards the
West. Delaware beng then part o. the
former State, was left the North Of the line,
and hence Baltimore, Washington Alexandra
md Mt. Vernon arc all north Of the starting
2oint of Mason and Dixon's line upon the
ocean. The line is not, therefore, at its east
,rn extremity, the boundary between free and
lave States, Delaware being entirely north of
t. Mason and Dixon's line begins at the
'cean at GS3 q north latitude; the southern
'oun4ary of what is noweD Delaware is 39o 433'.
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1861-12-14
Where We stand,

. . t ..
Several of our former patrons have sent us
communications asking what arc the politics
Of the PORTAGE SENTINEL. We do not know
that we can answer them better than by reply.
ing in the words of John Phoenix, who, when
elected to the responsible office of Coroner in
California, was waited upon by deputation
of citizens and asked his politics. John said
he had not q darned pofitie,"' The PORTAGE
SErr1NUL has not any politics-=-it believes
that the game Of brag,l blow and Nustsf; I'M
the political line, is played out. 1t sncither
a Democratic, Republican, Abolition nor Sc
Session paper; but simply q paper pa6lished
by man who thinks that the Union Of the
States, should, at alf hazards and at any cost,
be maintained laws enforced and those
engaged in the present rebellion punished
The acts Of the present Administration, thus
far, meet its cordial approval, and while the
President keeps within Constitutional grounds,
he will have 10 more earnest supporter than
the PORTAGE SESTINEI.i,. ..,;. .r.., 49, -
These who have the same views are re-
quested 70 patronize us; others are notsfase,
- j. T Il ~
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1861-12-14
Com tracts.

The Washington correspondent of the Eve1,-
iipg Post intma.es thai certain contractors oc-
cupying high places in the government are be-
ginning to grow nervous in anticipation Of Ger
tain developments. Itsays;-" Tho evidence
taken by the House Committee of Invcstiga-
tiou on Contracts is soon to be published, o.
batch Of it at least S,me Of the develop.
mcnts will moths pleasant to certain important
gentlemen The fact that some Of the prin-
ted testimony has been abstractcd by the re.
o.ters Of one or two journals was this morn
ming brought before the committee and upon
the promise Of the offender being given no,
to offcnd again, they were discharged with q
slight reprimand. The business Of stealing
evidence from committee rooms should be
made disrcputablc by the acticnof Congress,
if the journals themselves willnot put an end
to it.'Na .ts nE =. ,y.ialgsga 's - Ge,
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1861-12-14
Lana Warrants.

The Secretary Of the Interior docs not ia.
vcr the issuing of bounty land warrants to
volunteers engaged in the present war, on the
ground that warrant for one hundred and
sixty acres of grottnd to each volunteer would
absorb over one hundred millions Of acres,
which would deprive the Government of all
income from this source and would afford but
little benefit to the volunteers The warrants
are now sold in the market at about fly cents
per acre, and if thislargo additional quantity
was thrown in the market the prices would
be reduced to amerc nominal sum. The Sec
retary suggests that it would be better both for
the G oyerrmcnt ard the volunteers to make
compensation to the latter by direct appliea-
tion Of money or Of Government securities.
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1861-12-14
Easa sssry

The following is from Constantine; ii Al.
geria: e When the vast plains near Jemnaapes
we're converted into lake Of fire by accident,
triagpif ,ent lion, not knowing where to spend
the night, directed his conrse toward camp.
into which he flung himself, making the hor-
scs, mules, bullocks, sheep, and other animals
there collected, fly before him. A tent being
open, the creature took refuge therein, to the
horror of the family that INHABITED it, and
trouched down on the ground Just above the
entrance. The Arabs lay perfectly still, not
even daring TO sigh. Of scarcely, 10 tacf, 10
breathe; we may believe, as stated, that the
prayers offered up BY them to the prophet in
that long night, during which the lion remain
ed without moving. but -still awake, were TIM
II ardent. When the first streak Of daylight
caused the Ere in the plain to lose its brillian.
~, the animal rose up, gave gentle growl
which was. pefhaps hisrnode Of saying adieu
and walked Of toward The mountain,
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1861-12-14

or The. Massachusetts Scnaser .SumnOt'
We see is sharply ccnsuring in the Senate Gen.
Hallcck's Military Administration in Missouri,
because "hc severely lets slavery alone" ~
suppose.
II the MASSACHUSETTS, Senator wo..ld but
raise regiment, as his cx-colleagues from the
South have done, or enlist himself as . SOL
dier, he would have better right to criticise
a General in the field. Carpet Knights should
keep silent in these times Bull Run cam.
raigning ought to have finished off the Mill.
tary ambition Of all the Home Guard Sena-
tors
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1861-12-14
COntraDands In:the Diet. OR Cslnm-

The Washington Republican Of yesterday
alluding to the order Of the President forbid
ing the Imprisonment Of fugitive slaves in the
District of Columbia, says: .,-..g., il f..
"The probable effect of this order of the
President will be to prevent the interference
by our city police with any slaves escaping
from the Virginia rebels, whether coming
within the Confscation Act or not. This is
a most des rablc result, and will be made q
permanent ono, by thu impending abrogat:on
by Congress Of all the Infamous laws in force
here, whether inherited from Maryland or of
our own municipal making, which debasc our
police in 20 bum -lailiffs and bloodhounds, for
the benefit Of Virginia shareholders, or which
establish the hdeous presumption that man
is net free because he is not white, when all
prescriptions ought always to be i'll favor OF
life and liberty. ...s j.
:" This order of the President indicates the
necessity Of making the Cenfscation Act eff
feetive, by prescribing the proofs which shall
establish the fact that slaves have been en-
ployed in the military sevice Of the rebels, and
BY furnishing an easy method of preserving
such proofs, That act was most estimable
one. The number of slaves freed by its pro-
visions IS to be rcckoned, not by tens Of thous-
ands but by hundreds of thousancs and the
number will increase just so long as this war
continues. All that is needed to make this
grant of freedom effective is to provide sum-
mary modes of establishing the fat upon
which the grant Of freetsom is made to de-
pend ,. r.ag s as4aa .a.. ,s,. ss..
In making use of this act,. the friends OF
n hnwn Ia nAu "a
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1861-12-14

OF The Cincinnati Commereiat is credi-
by informed thd Gen. VT. Sherman, ate
Commander Of the Department Of the oCtni.
bcrland, is insane. He has, recently been in
Missouri, at the head Of n brigade at Sedalia,
but has now been relieved from command. 1t
is said that at one time while In command in
Kentucky he telegraphed to the War Depart
n,ent three times in one day for permission to
eyacuaAe Kentucky and retreat into Indiana.
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1861-12-14
Army winter Quarters.

The Washington Chronicle of the 9th says
that the army of the Potomac in Virginia arc
substituting log cabins for canvas tents. Each
regiment is bu,ily employed during the inter
va!s between the hours devoted to military
duty, in cuttn :, splitting, and preparing tim
Der for the miniature houses. Each man is
his own architec', and the cabins present as
great a variety in size, style, and finish as arc
usually found in city. The soldiers are thus
preparing for themselves comfortable quarters
against the inclemcncy Of the weather
Similar provisions are being made for the
cavalry horses in some portions of the army,
but not to an extent sufficient to provide for
the Very Large Number Of cavalry horses in the
a.fr,.t sf4FTa gq4
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1861-12-14
Latess lei. Il war. ~. News. g. g1.l.-

We have highly interesting intelligence
from Port Royal by the arrival of the Cow
ernmcnt transport steamer Gtysef Nep Roak,
which left on the 9th inst. Gen. Sherman
had Mt lnst decided to occupy Beaufort perma-
nently, and Gen Stevens Brigade, consisting
of abeut twenty FIVE hundred men, was to 20
up for that ipufpese lon the day tho steamer
sailed. Another diversion of troops was to be
made to- Tybee Island, which would be occu-
pied permanently by force Of FIVE hundred
men, which would doubtless be sufficient, with
proper fortifcations aided by the g,inboats Of
tho fotilla, which have been detached to op-
crate in those waters. These movements had
rendered necessary the postponement of the
expedition under Gen. Viele, until the arrival
Of achievements. Measures had also been
taken by Gen. Sherman to secure all the cot
ton in the ncighborhood, withuthe aid Of the
negroes, and Col Noble of the Seventy ninth
Regiment, who is fully acquainted with all
the details Of cotton picking had been select
cd by Gen. Sherman to superintcnd this inn
portant business, assisted by Col. Suydam.---
The health of the troops continued good.
We have at last n very brief intimation oil
the truth in regard to the recent fight at Fort
Pickens, which the rebels have had full lib
erty for the rast two weeks Of dstorting to
suit their fal,cies, The Columbia, which
reached here yesterday from Havana, brought
a mail from Fort Pickens, and the letters re-
ceived state that the rebel batteries were 81.
lenced By the fire Of the Fort, but that Bragg
and his army were allowed to remair, because
Col. Brown had not force enough to land and
drive them away. A few detailsarc given in
a private letter, from which it appears that
the firing was commenced by the steamer
Richmond, assisted by the Nsagara--the first
point of,attack being Fort McRca. The Rich
nsond was considerably y injured, but the Niagara
very little The loss of life on our side was
very small. .a lam .s.,t .f..s ,-a
al An important report reaches us from Ken
lucky, to the effect that the bridges on the
Memphis branch Railroad at Whippoorwill,
FIVE miles from Russcllville, close to the Ten
ncssee line, have been destroyed by small
detachment OF National troops .longing to
Col. Burridgc's Regiment under command oi
Capt. Nevitt. This cuts off direct communi-
cation between Bowling Green and Memphis.