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The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1862-01-25

time to bid hurried goodbye to their fani-
lies, and leave them under the shadows o
untold perils to fly to the woods. One man
had laid hidden for six weeks few miles
from his own house, waiting till the blood
hounds should leave him free to escape. Du-
ring that time he saw his home but twice.
Several had been imprisoned, and used The
first hours of their freedom for fight to sec:
revenge under the old flag. They came BY
mountain passes, following the paths which
they knew, and then the North Star. In their
night marches not a word wasFpok"n. Thslr
hands on their knives and pistols, they came
on, prepared to die rather than to surrender
They tell us that if we can reach Tennessee
with arms, four-ffths of the male population
will flock to our standard. They promise IL,
such reception as cnly can bs given by bray,
hearts long crushed beneath superior force t.
those who bring them rescue. .....-
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1862-01-25
What Army NIules Eat.

A letter from Sherman's Brigade, Camp
Morton, near Bards:own, KY, January 9Th,
says:
Besides having the wants Of the men of
the regiment to supply, have seventy light
mules and eleven horses to take care Of The
mules cause me more trouble than all else,
for the scoundrels will break loose at nishtand
wnder away, which causes a gsod deal of
trouble and confuse in the morning. Then
they eat everything; II they get short Of
hay they eat the wagons One of our wagons
has the tongue almost eaten off !; another has
the spokes on the wheel eaten nearly throtgh.
If they are forbidden this pleasure, they eat
each others tails; and since the mule tails
are shaved off, they have taken to the horses,
and now every horse in the reg ment is bob
tall from the same cause, except Dr.. Mack's
and mine. They have already disabled two
or three teamsters, who sooner than be both
cred with them, have comeback to the ranks"
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1862-01-25
Michigan Military Law.

The State Military Board of Michigan have
prepared with great care, law organizing the
State militia, which the Legislature will uu.
doubtedly pass. 1t is modelled after the Mas
sachusetts plan, with some Improvements
The State is divided into four military ds-
trcts, with one regiment assigned to each ;
two regiments form brigade, and to each
brigade a battery of artillery is to be attached,
with officers of engineers ordnance and staff
A Major General commands the whole force,
under the Governor. All the milita are to
be known as " s ste troops'' They are to he
enlisted for six years, at the expiration Of
which time they are exempt from all poll
taxes, jury duty, highway assessments, and
from any tax on property of less value thar
$500. Once in each year they are 10 be mus
tered for drill and service, the camp to contin-
ne not longer than ten days, cash soldier re-
ceiving one dollar day for such service &C.
corling to the pay of the same rank in the
army, pro rata. All old commissions are re-
voked and the Governor starts anew in or
gAhizing the force. There is to be Statt
military board of five members, appointed fo
two years, to audit bills. The force will con
sist of about 1000 men, and the expenses 0
the military establishment will be abou. $50,
600 year. In addition, there has been SOM
effort in the Legislature to establish Sat
military school, or military department il
the University, but the money question pre-
vents the realization of the plan at presan!
Instruction in military tactics, in the common
schools. will be encouraged
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1862-01-25
Tht Fighta at Blues Gap, Va.--.Fur-
thcr rParticularS.-K0u Burned.

tHCT
The Wheeling Press, has letter dated
Romney, Va, giving some further particulars
of the fight at Blues Gap in which the Fe =
eral troops sent from the former place under
COL Dunning, participated. We coy the
following;
COL D. led the Fifth Ohio rapidly into
the mountain, to which the r4bels had fled
There sharp engagement ensucl; whole
voleys of musketry wero hear !, stl it Was
soon discovered that the rebels were firing bc-
hind breastwo.k on the top of the noun
tain. As soon as Col. Dinning discovered
this he ordered his men to fix blyoncts and
charge. Willis this was being done the rob
els left in haste for the camp at the foot Of
the mountain and back Of the gap.
While the above action was going on Col.
Mason charged up the mountain to the right
with the Fourth Ohio, and drove the rebels
from the rock on thai side. Some sharp f.
ring occurrcyi in that direction. In the mean
time, but when the firing had nearly ceased
on the mountain, the Eighth Ohio led the
way down the gap, followed By the First
Virginia, Seventh Ohio, and tn, Fourth In
diana. Col. Dunning having passed on and
taken the two pieces of artillery with theil
caissons and horses, also wagon and horses,
with the Fifth Ohio Regiment returned and
ordered the cavalry to charge. His orders
were obeyod with promptness, but the rebels
had taken to tho mountains
The artillery could not be used, and moi a
shot was fired from cannon on either side
during the actiol. The robcs were surprised,
and it was a complete rout We found eight
dead bodies on the i.ll, or rather amongst
the rocks There may have been more, but
they were not reported and, singular as it
may appear, not a man Of ours received even
a scratch from bullet. | can account foF
this only upon tho ground that our guns were
some of the hest in the world, while theirs
were probably inferior arms.
Our forces consisted Of attachments Of the
Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, and Eighth Ohio, the
Fourteenth Indiana, and the First Virginia,
together with two companies Of cavalry and
Daum'S battery, with section of Howard'S
battory--in all about $500 men. Our in
formation led lis to expect about 1000 rebels,
but the citizens anil negroes agreed in stating
4 force of 5000. All went on we'll until some
crazy soldiers, encouraged by some of the Off
GERS. commenced burning houses, and am
sorry to say that several houses were burned
along the road as they returned. The mill
and Blues house, which were used for SOL
dier's quarSers were burnsai perhaps properly,
as they constituted shelter, and might have
been used again for nest Of bushwhackers;
but the burning Of dwellings along the road
was piece of vandalism which should be
punished with death.
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1862-01-25

Wr,en up with that flag! let it stream on the tir
T t0aRh our fathers ara cold in their 2rSYes;
They hands that uld strike, they mas souls that
conli dare,
Ard their sons were not born 10 be slaves.
rp Upl with that bSnuor: where'er 4 may call,
our millions shall rally around;
A nation OF Ffcemen that moHCht shall fall,
When Its stars shall he traed on the ground
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1862-01-25

or The work Of building the Temple of
the Lord" at Great Salt Lake City, suspended
by the crisis of '58, has been resumed. The
Deserct News goes into rapturss over it, ayers
that the continual noise made by the many
stone-cutters by their hammers and chisels is
pleasing to the ear" and looks forward to the
day when this sanity edifce "on the top of
the mountains" will be completed and s her
aided to the ends Of the EARTH" n y
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1862-01-25
DeaEIl Of l5NsPreMiAeRk WYInr.

Elk. President John Tyler died in Rich
mond, Va, on Friday night Of last week. lie
was born in Charles CO., Va, Oh the 20sh Of
March, 1870, and at the age Of nine:een WAS
admitted to ,hc bar Two years afterwards
he was chosen member of the Virginia Leg
stature. III 1915, when, BY the death of the
!lpH, John Clopton, vacancy o2cumed in
he representation IL Congress in the Rich
noud district Mr.. Tyler wGs"elected to that
uoslioD; in which he continued till 1921. In
neaeuber, 1925, ihe Guhernatoral term of
Mr. Ploa4ants expired and Mr.. Tyler was
chosen his sncc2sSor He continued to fill
hat Office till 1927, when he was thbscn By
The Legislature to fill the Office Of U. S. Sens
ator, made vacant by the expiration of the
term of Hon. John Randolph. He was early
noted for hisorrosition to the principal meas
reS of Gen. Jackson'S Administration, and
when the Force b;l! was before the Senate, he
opposed it in an animated speech. After a
heightened debate, the bill was passed, Mr.
Tyler being the only Senator who recorded
his vote in the neg tive; the other opponents
of the measure having absented themselves
from the Senate Chamber while it was being
adopted. In 1888, he wss reelected to the
Senate but he resigned before his term ex-
pired, and returned to his homeein Virginia.
In 194O he was elected; by the Wing party,
Vice President of the United States, and on
the death of President Harrison in April,
1911, he succeeded him to the office IF Pfesis
dent. His disagrccmcnts with that party on
the subject of banks, are familiar to most Of
our readers At the close of his term, he fs-
tired to his mansion, near Fortress Monroe
where he resided when the present rebellion
broke out. In 1861, Mr.. Tyler was appointed
by Gov. Letcher as one Of the Virginia dele
gates to tho Peace Congress convened in !,
Washington. He was elected President Of
that body, and although, during its sessions,
he protested to be an ardent friend of the
Union, he early distinguished himself as one
of the most active instigators of the existing
rebellion. On.the adjournment of the Peace
Congress, he repaired to Virginia, and was
elected one of her representatives to the Rebel /,
Congress. In that body he cxerted all his
influence to keep Virginia in hostile attitude
towards the Federal Government. He was
seventy-one years old when he died, aud
leaves wife and several children. Robert
Tyler and John Tyler, ,Jr., formerlyof Phil
adclphia, are his sors.
The Effects Ot ts.e BlOcHS de.
The following articles, being q portion Of
cargo recently arrived from Havana, w're \
sold at auction last week, by Messrs. Lar o,he
& Bell, of Savannah! 1,o30 sacks coffee,
various brands, brought from 6e to 6624c per
pound; 20 pieces army and navy cloth brought
$lo 10 $12 5oper yard; 80 carboys carbonis
acid brought 81 per pound; 100 hhds. cla,-
fed and brown sugars brought 8 to 1lcpf
The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1862-01-25
The Prosecutions ina East Tennessee,


A correspondent, writing from Somerset,
KY, says:
Last evening, and this morning, we have
had pleasant excitement in our camp in
welcoming Tennessee refugees Seventy
three came in having travelled by night through
tie mountains. Driven from their homes by
the tyranny which prevails in their State, they
come to join those who have promised to re-
deem their fresi les from the pollution of the
oppressor. 1t is most painful to listen to
their stories. The conscription has been go-
ing on in East Tennessee, forcing brave men
into the service of a cause which they hate,
and of men for whom their only prayers are
curses. The greater part Of them had only
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-27

yaruhh. made Wholly o. IN part q gum eopsL per
10 made q other gums o. Substances ~
Vegetable os. pr gallon &C
Vegetable pulmonary balSssn. same - "D<sfri-
hce /"
vermifure same - 'sDeufifrcc"
Warehouse entry. a. cuztcsa houses not e&escd-
ing one dollar IN value. stamp duty Zee
De-. do. exccedng one dollar. and sos exceedins
Do. do. exceeding Eve dollars IN value
Warehouse receipts. stamp duty = cel
WHISKY. per gallon sooe
Do. reciined, i not - pay additional duty.
whole~aIe dealers. under which tenn i iuciuded
every person who's bushes sccupafion j.
10 sell. o. ofer 70 sell. zrsceres.cr aay gcosi<,
wares or merCha.disc II fore IN o. domestic
production. BY more than one original pack
age piece at Que time. - the same par
chaser, Dot including wines, spirtnons 90 malt
liquors. for each license 80
Wholesale dealers ~ iiqaors q every descrip-
tion, including distilled sVints, sermented D.
quors aud wines q all kinds (per~ons other
than ai>tiiicrs. who sell oaer for sale any
such b4oors. in quantities of more than three
gallons Al one time 10 The zane purchaser, are
inciaded.l for each license 100
Willow. manufactures Ct per
Wine made Of grape. pr eallon See
Withdraw al entry az custom house. stamp duty 80 Gel
Wood. manufactures Of u not otherwise pro-
vided Tor per
Wooi screws 4.
Wool. manufactures o. otherwise specified. pes
Wursted manufactures n not ober~ize specified pei
Worm iozenges. same As '.Dcatifrce."
WIT, stamp duty 80 &C
Zine. manufactures Of. not Otherwise specified Ie
Do, oxyde Of. per Ice poands = C
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-27
RAILROADS.
PERU AND INDIANAPOLIS
r. "A IL r . a d.
1862. WN sE - 1862.
NEW ARRANGEMENT.
new Ron,c to Chicago VIA Kokeme.
- MILLS SHORTER THAN OTHER ROUTE

- Mtl-f> >HOhIfk THAN OlHfh kOllf
I'M AND AFTER NAY 5. 1854, trains viii be
~ A. follows
Mail Train will leave indianapolis At Tito NJ,
stop allssons and mske close connection al kosomo
With train on the Cincinnati and Chicago Air Lane ksil-
road for Losan>por Val aaso and Chicago. and arrive
Peru al 3.l5 a. n IN make connections With
trains the Toledo ard wabash railway. going ks<t and
West.
Returning the will leave Peru 600
A. ". after the arrival OF the train the T. W X. W.
from the East and arrive ~ Indianapolis Al $50 A. N.
in time 10 make CONNECTIONS for all points last south
and West.
An ENpreSstrain will leave Indianapolis nj les r. NJ,
connect kokomo with train for Chicago. and arrive nj
reru at 100 A. NJ time make connection With trains
going East and West the Toledo and Wabash Rail
way.
Returning the train will leave Peru at 1900 N.
making close connection kosomo with the trains
the cincinnati aud Chicago Railway from Chicago
Valparaiso and Loganspori, and arrive NJ Indianapolis s
Ale F. NJ in time 10 connect with the evening trains for
Cincinnati. louisville and other points.
Special attention given the transportation Of live
stock produce and merchanii>e generally.
DAVID MACY, General Agent and Superintendent
Tmo. p. HkreHki. General Ticket Agent sp1 s2 -dly
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-27
SCHOOL ORGANS.

4 Ntw iNsfRUMkNt-JUST THE THING gou
n sabbath Schools. Ac~iemi<- aud small charch<s-
0c18 ~ CB9 Nc - -
Hy7 WILLARD STOwE11.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-27

The Taxes Imposed ~ the Tax Bsii,
aaa Passed NJ Cougress, Juue 23ds
ssss-rhe Duties On incomes, Bnsu.
surnaee Ces1psoses, ssatsrsaa Cssn-
pans~s. &e.-The Taxes on Distilled
spirits. manufactures, Oils, Paper'
Gas, Candies, Tobacco, snufSs Sc
gars, Iron, soap, screws, Cloth, Lea.
cher, Glue, wine. Coal. &e.-The Tax
ON Cessom-The License Tax, &c., &e'
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-27
INDIANAPOLIS AND CINCINNATI
SHA~s-a-HADn&
r a L r Q A d
s.y;=:.;y;sis 49, 49, -
shortest Rouse ny Thirty usscs!

NO CHANGE OF CARS 10 CINCINNATI
Three trainsicAse Indianapolis Daily Sunday -Ncspted)
,NIRST TRAIN.-520 An CINCINNATI LIGHTNING
Express arrives a. Cincinnati Al 10 NJ, and Lex
ington Nv. $50 4. n
second lran-l04o A. N.-cncinnad Mail. arrives st
Cincinnati $40 A. NJ making c~c connection with Little
Miami Railroad Tor Lovelaad. Morrow. Columbus, New-
ark. Zane>yie. and Wheeling.
Third Traiu-C35 r. NJ, Cincinnati Express arrives at
Cincinnati lilo 4. VI.
Fare by any other
Call for your tickets the Indianapolis and Cincinnati
Railroad
Baggage checked through.
SPfcI.L Sorcs.-Be you get In the right train At
indianapolis. The sny Cincinnati train. stands the
fifth track, being the farthesi track south in the Union
Depot. at Indianapolis
W. II. L. NOBLE. General Ticket Agent.
WV. POWELL. Travelling Agent m,2s 81
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-27

The Tax Bill Just passed both Houses Of Congress on
the Al Il We give beiow table Of the ta1es i'm
posed ef the articles and Glasses Of
taxed are arrsBgi IN alphabetical form, rendering the
sihls valuable for convenient and ready reference:
The .sxes impo.sd Of following different
, 1862-05-24

a gentleman informs us of the death Of one
OF McCiellan's sh8rpshootera, on the Peuiasu.
ID, under circumstances which possess interest
sufficient to give them to the public. Several
OF our men, it seems, were killed while going
to ? spring. near By, but By whom no ono
could imagine. 1t was at last determined to
stop this ;1nhuman game, If possible. even at
tho cost Of killing the hire1ing himself. who
was thus, In cold blood, butchering our men.
50 sharp look out vas kept TOR the sharp-
shooter and the next time he fired, the smoke
Of Lis rifle revealed the locality Of his Dit.
soldiers, commanding fhe position Of the
Yankee sharp6heotcr, and arrangements made
to get lid Of the annoying creature; For
this purpose young KentuckIan was pl aced
in our pit, With trustg rifle, and provisions
enough to last him until the next night. Next
morning; earty, 3 man -was dispatched Us
usual With twO buckets to 20 to the spring.
He bad pruceeeded about two hundred yards.
when the Yankee marksman elevated himself.
ard placing his r1fle to his shoulder. was
abont to pull the trigger, bnt the Kentuckian
vas too quick for him, for he pulled bis trin-
ger h1st, and eimultaaeonsly Herewith tue
Yankee fell. Upon repair1Dg to the spot.
which tbe ;Kentnckian did 19medfatelY-
discovered q rifle: pit, aud = sturdy Yankee In
1t, In the last agoniss Of expiring nature, Tie
pit Was provided with . cushioned chair.
gipea aud tobaeeo, liquors aud provisions.
But the rife which had been used was really
q valuable prize. It was Of most superb
manulaetnre, and supplied with the Latest iu-
yenton-an improved teleecopic sight upon
M It's end: The pit had been dug At night. and
Us Occupant -had been pfoVfsioned aE night,
sfo but foE sharp lookout for the SMOKE Of
bis gun, there is no saying how long this Yan-
kee vandm would have enjoyed this luxury OF
killing Southern men, without even 4 chance
Of 1ooslng his own worthless life~ We aro
gratihed TO- know th2t he at last met With a
righteous fate :.-s.
, 1862-05-24
MARYLAND COMING.

The prospects Of the adoption Of the
Presidents Emancipation policy are more
hatteriDg in Maryland than in Missouri.
War has not swept over the former as over
the latter, and her citizens are capable Of
maturing their opinions in the great ques-
ton at issue without the mental obliquilies
and exasperatons which accompany pro-
loDged and bitter strife. They, nearer
the centre Of political influence
and Of Federal power, have had an oppor-
tunity to get clearer idea Of the might Of
the forces arrayed against their institution
and Of it's changed and anomalous relation
to the predominant influence Of the Repub-
lie; hence they are mere ready to act Of
intelligence immeasurab1y superior to the
masses of the people in most of the slaye
States, they will not be slow to see their
interest and pursue it. We hope
much from the result of the agitation that
has set in; and though the motive which
will bring about the end which is desired
may not be the highest that influences men,
it will accomplish its work, and ere long
Maryland will be free. Happy day for her
when her regeneration commences. How
gladly will her worn-out fields welcome the
hand Of industry guided by freedom
, 1862-05-24

RIGHTS OF PUBLIC JOURNALS.
The indignity offered to the whole Ameri-
can Newspaper Press, in the exclusion Of
all newspaper correspondents from the
army Of the West, Gen. Halleck COM
manding, has excited among editors and
publishers much discussion in regard 10
the propriety Of inviting the managers Of
the leading journals Of the Northern cities
to meet IN Convention, at an carly day, for
the purpose Of authoritatively asserting
their rights in relation to the army, and Of
laying before the Government a sharp
remonstrance against the course which
Gen. Halleck has pursued. Wesee no rea-
SOD why such Convention should not be
held More than once since this war com
menced, publishers have had the fruits Of
years Of labor imperiled by orders eman:
atng from Washington, as unlawful and
as arbitrary as any act Of JEFF Davis and
his fellow conspirators-orders that any
might. violate in ignorance, and expiatc
the ofense in bankruptcy and ruin per
petually they have been annoyed and in
jured by censorship that las been Of no
public service, but frequently welded to
serve the purpose Of hate and malice; and
now, just at moment that the people are
most interested in what the papers might
tel, comes the order Of the commander of
the Department, shutting all correspond
ents out of the field toward which all eyes
are turned. It is time for the Press to
assert itself, and in the service Of the loyal
men Of the North for whom it labors, to
break down this military domination
which, not content with welding danger.
ous power, asserts It's right to WELD j: in
secret
, 1862-05-24
Amos Kendall! on Confiscat1on OF
Efav4N.

Slaves.
lF.om artic1s in the National Iute1igencer Fch.
luary, 1862, written by Hon. Amos kundAlI.1
Look at South Carolina. In the violent mr.
tion of the State, the planters, to . man. f1y
on the approach OF the Union army, burning
Their cotton, ana, In many cases, their build.
lngs, and abandoning their slaEes. There are
said to be now about eight thousand slaves
thus abandoned in the vicinity of Port RoyaI.
south Carolina, every one Of Whotu NAV he
conetituuona1ly set free by confiscation, as a
punishment Of their masters treason. As the
Union arm1es advances into tho interior, other
thousands will be added to the number by the
desertion Of their masters and finally, there
Ebl be no resident population, Ia large por-
ton OF the State, but deserted slaves. Ii short
IT the masters persist in their mad aud Cause.
less rebellion against the Constitution, the ond
Wall De negro community along portion Of
Eae Southern coast under the protection ofthe
United 6tates.
II the war is to be pTot1acted By tho obsti
nacy Of the cotton planters, this is q result
hlch the United States could not avert il they
would. By contiscation the slaves wilt be set
Of their masters will be surrendered to them
for cultivation, all without Infringing on Tue
Constitution Even now there Ii j negro COL
oDy around Port Royal, under the protection
OF The national forces, and its future expansion
into On organized Community depends upon
the obstlnancy of the planters and the events
Of the war.
But this is not all. Probably four-ffths Of
all the slayea IN the United States are no " law
fully Subject to condscation on account Of the
TREASON Of their masters. How far the forfeit
nre Of their slaves, their property, or their
lives. shall be carried, Is question Of cxpadi-
ency only, and inyolYesno constitutional Dues
tions Of power Four-ifths Of the slaves mar
be thus lawfully set free, and the emanciparion
Of the other 6fth would soon follow,