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The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-07-22
Local n Offices.
Notice to Teachers.


The Board of Examiners for Portage
Coauty will meet. formerly, at the Court House,
for the examination of teachers at 10 O'Clock A. M.
the Sd Saturdays of July and August.
For September, October and NovembeI, tn fol-
lowing arrangement, has been adopted by the Board:
/. Teachers will be examined orally.
2. Teachers will be examined by townships, com
mencing each day at 1Of O'Clock A. NJ. On the 3rd
Saturday of September will be examined at Ravenna,
the teachers of the townships of AtwateAurora Brim
field ,Charlestown On the 4h Saturday of September
teachers of the townships of DeerheId, Edinburg,
Franklin, Palmyra. On Sd Saturday of October,
On the 4th Saturday of octaber the teachers of Shall
ersville, Streetsboro, Suhield, Wlndham. On the
5th Saturday of October, at Hiram, the teachers of
Hiram, Mantra, Nelson, Freedom.
3. The teachers of the various townships will be
examined at the time designated for their respective
| townships, and at no other. z .----
4. Candidates who have taught, win bring g Ger
tscates of Moral Character" from Directors of the
last district where they augh those who have
| taught, from some well known citizen where they
reside.
S. None, except those designing to teach, need ap
| ply. 81 .-z--s. r. 9 sz.
g. None, who fail to receive certificate at any ex-
animation, will be examined more than oncs within
| six months after such failure.
z The Board will meet in Ravenna the first and
second Saturdays in November, for the accommoda
ton of such teachers were unable to atte the
examination for their respective townships, and q
those who may have failed and desire re-examina
tion.
8. The Board deem higher grade of scholarship
among essential the best interests of the
public and OF teachers. There are in Portage Coun
ty more than two teachers to each school-henc'
competition and low wages. The best teachers can
not afford to teach for the wages oferedthe poores
cam and the public has the benefit Of their ignorance
teachers and patrons alike interested 10 raising
the standard of scholarship. l.--.
D. D. PICKETT,
Clerk of Board.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-07-22

'sKajly round the flag boys:
Rally once again,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom.''
W. Il.
The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-07-22

DIRECTOR OF INFRMARY j G Beatty
withdrew his name, and moved the nomina-
ton of Frederick W. Coffin by acclamatioD.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-08-14
THE DRAFT IN WISCONSIN.

MADISON, July 1O.-Governor Solomon
publishes in Saturday. yournm the reply
of the Provost Marshal General to his let
ter concerning volunteering in New Jersey.
Volunteering is said to be allowed there
because the preparations for the draft are
not completed; hence the same privilege
is allowed in Wisconsin till the draft is or
dered, and all volunteers for old regiment !,
or for heavy artillery, will be credited on
the quotas of towns. 81 asa1 aea
The Provost Marshal General also ex-
plains in a letter. which the Governor pub
iishes, the manner of giving credit for
volunteers heretofore enlisted e u
BY this it seems necessary for each town
claiming surplus over former quotas, to
prepare lists of names of enlisted men to
be presented to the Provost Marshal, and
compared with the muster rolls at Wash
ington. '5 8 - - -, 81
The Governor advises the preparation
Of such lists as soon as possible. /.
(Signed w. II. WATSON.
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eBYIIEfEGkNET
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NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

Nnw Yossk, August, sS-fhe' lHG y4sJJddne,s
correspondent At the Headquarters of the
Army of the Potomac, writing on the 18th.
says thethermureter there stood at 1O4
A rebel has been caught and note in
favorsof Gsns Fope'f6r &c, 900 found on
~ f Rs5'4e washington aEi.Sastob
says, rs The w az with England" contained
in, the sensation news lately started has
no foundation il truth.
Q The Hsralds Washington dispatches
contain q long dispatch to the effect that
Mr.. Clay, our Minister at St. Petersburg.
has entered into treaty with Russia in
behalf of the United States, assuring Rus
STA that, in the event Of war being declar-
AGAINST her ON the Polish question, the
United States win declare war against
France and England. s4,syoi - s,.,,s IN /
Yucatan dates state that Yucatan sur
rendered, July 9th, to the revolutionists. |
-WAsHINeToN. Aug. 9.-H. Tracy, clerk
inthe Quartermaster's Department, was
arrested yea erday by Capt McKervy, and
detective McDeyit o, the Metropolitan po-
lice force and handed over to Thomas B.
Wallace, o. S. sDeputy Marshall, for the
Western district of Missouri, to which dis
trict he will be taken by that oficerkto
answer to an Indictment for treason and
conspiracy against the United States Gov
eminent. ~ The reasonable acts with
which he lis charged, and for which he will
now be required to answer before the Fed
eraf Court, where committed at an early
stage of the rebellion. d Gis6o finoa yoii5 ~ /
y The city papers to-day are all severe on
the Republicans sswar with England
sensation article. The Chronicle de-
nounces it in unmeasured terms, while the
Administration authoritatively denies that
it was cognizant of the publication.
Es.b The Secretary Of War has directed that
three South Carolina prisoners of war be
subjected to close confinement, and held as
hostages for three colored men captured
on the gunboat Isaac Smith, and now i'm.
prisoned at Charleston. A. se.is.,-ae
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-08-14
ERONI NEW ORLEANS.

New York, Aug. THE steamer Geo.
Washington, from New Orleans, August
1st, has arrived. Ex-Mayor Sith, Of
New Orleans, had arrived there, being
relieved from Fl. Pickens; also Ex-Sena-
tor Lee. They have been at Fl. Pickens
ever since last September. -tg
Gen. .Orme, of Gen. Herron's command,
had arrived in New Orleans. The q. S.
steamer Tennessee, the flag ship of Ad-
miral Farragut, had arrived at New Or
leans. ~. s.,......-. -tsr
A large number of invalids from the
rebel garrison at Vicksburg had arrived at
New Orleans, as also had some fifty reg
istered enemies from st. Louis. Their
destination was Mobile A
The new Monitor Neosha is at Vicks-
burg. The Usage was expected.
The Choctaw and Pittsburg were block
aiding Red River. -,
An important military and naval expe-
ditiOn was on foot at Vicksburg.
Gen. Grant had some dozen skeleton
regiments OF negroes organizing at Vicks-
burg. .<.-
Vera Cruz advices to July 10th reports
the death of the American Consul on the
18th. T
No American or English vessels of war
were on the coast. ..r-.
The French vessels were Selling every
thing, American and English.
On the 8th French steamer arrived at
Vera Cruz with an English steamer in
tow, which was captured at Rio Grande
with cargo of arms valued at $500, 900,
intended for Texas rebels though the
steamer had cleared at Liverpool for Ma
<amoras. Her officers report five more
loading for matalnoras
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From the Cincinnati Daily Times, March 81, 1861.
The Scandinavian Remedies appear to be growing
in favor with the public if we may Judge by the tes-
tmonials constantly received by the proprietor. A
letter from Wisconsin, to be found in our advertising
columns, announces that among the physicians of
that locality it is becoming very popular and, what
isvery unusual is being adopted by them in their
practice as cure for many diseases which they can
not treat efectually in any other way. We under
stand that the immense trade carried for several
years in these med cines has during the present
doubled. Their process of operating is by thor
ough publication of the blood, and consequent
eradication of disease. Read the letter. Oct171yeom
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GY AprBagGfgal AND
y bns PROM CMAHLEET0NJo bn ne

hi bue is9bnBuys--tsii- 4tssss9+----7f .5iel obs
The StRge Iii REpsreseiAg FayoTably
i jrnnAIH General d 1ftaek Is Wall eeson, be
[yoS% q deT-Ehs M lballnIaH6 aisHmastsr
a4s HapA age's PsIs.ftR ,taa1aO1 1sdi 70
|eleBA1 MORE Aug 7.aoTRe 4ihsrsca4ls, has
/ THE following special: e23iHA sl' PIE
bnijgqioiin FLAGsSffr AUGrsfA DiNsafoRE,, z
bd blDow SoOts MoRIsrs ISLAND, Aug. 3hh5
bai 1 fndinyself this afternoon located on
| the flag ship Dinsmore, the gnestofnAd-
miral Dahlgremi1s CALI here are Ilcoufident
ofsnecessy and nbione seems Ito entertain
lathe slightest doubt on the subiectD1i With
such a feeling prevalent failure isnext to
fanDimpossibihtya The grand b ball will be
openedeinetheI coursedof the week, and it
will belthe most furious eight of thelwar.
! Moving buOysi have beenh located from
each of the Monitors, tand the Ironsides is
within 500 yards of S1mteraeT That Sum
ter will ia | is, l think, as certain as that
the day of attack wil arrive.Y The enc
my is also at work erecting batteries on
James Island, but we are putting up bat
teries, to command them also. en- ylb41
~ There has not ebeen a dozen guns fired
to-day and they were principally from our
water batteries 5nSgeQQe won a y
The enemy has been unusually quiet.
He is evidently finding out that he has
been wasting a great deal of ammunition
} lately. i1aohl. no85 b8d o79dT noijin
IieyThe weather is very hot. The arrival
Of reinforcements has given new spirit to
the troops on shore.nw 9g9dgeum3e s'5
l9n There has been but little cannonading
to-day, but some of the Monitors will 90
in to night to harrass the enemy. There
was considerable lcannonading yesterday
all day, and during the night. 3idThe guns
of the naval battery which is the advanc-
ed battery, will 9be erected to night. ai3j
b., Yesterday, 500 prisoners was taken by
four companies of 1.-THE Lost Children, y on
an Island in the rear Of Folly Island
They showed but little fight, and after re-
ceiving two volleys, laid down their arms
BOsToN, Aug. 1.-The correspondent OF
the Boston Herald in letter dated of
Charleston, August I'd, says tie new bat
terry erected by Gen Gilmore, on Morris
Island, is mounted by the largest gun ever
cast at the North. When these batteries
are opened against Sumter there will be a
dreadful scattering OF bricks, legs, arms
and bodies. One hour and half is al
lowed for the bombardment of that fort
before it will be compelled to surrender
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GTATE a. OF MINNESOTA, DIS
~ TRICT -CQIIRT- SEC0Nl. IInIcI AT ~
HOW TO MAKE lfW 5f5 a.gE
1--WE DOLLARS A DAY !,

4 HOOD & CO., 1876 broadway, New York, have
ust published ONE HUNDRED VALUABLE Sc
CRETS: Possessing them any one, male or female,
can easily make S. day, without capital in any city
or village Every one should possess these Secrets,
for they are worth $500 to any single or married
person. Some of these Secrets have been sold for
500 each One alone cost us $3.50 for the right to
publish it.. When you once own them you will nev-
er part with them for money. Several persons are
now making 1920 per month by these Secrets alone
By them any person may make money easily and
rapidly. We send one Book of Secrets for 80 cents,
TWO copies 5Ocents, club of five cnpies 81. We also
send for 81 one Book of Secrets, and very fine
Diamond Point Gold Pen, and heavy treble plate
Silver extension sliding holder with pencil-beaut
fully chased They are never retailed for less than
$3.50. Send Government money spa2w
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Eleven hundred gallons mplasses, at 74hz
cents per gallon, to be furnished in half bar
rels.
Five thousand pounds good dried apples, put
up in barrels, at $685. per 100 pounds. =
Two thousand pounds good green tea in half
cases at $1.15 per pound. 1n VI ara vs
One thousand gallons cucumber pickles In
half barrels 6i eEegs, at 80 per package,
tHntyssne gallons to the pacfageaq
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a. sPERMATORRHEA CAN BE CURED.

DIR. RAND'S SPECIFIC cures SPERMATORR-
HGA, SEMINAL WEAKNESS, MPOTENCY,
LOSS OF POWER, ETC., speedily and e6ectaallg.
Its effects are truly magical trial of the Specific
will convince the most skeptical of its merits. Price
81 box Sent postpaid to any address by S. c.
UPHAM, 1903 Chestnut Street. Philadelphia, Pa.
Circulars seat free. Oct21dtw&w1y
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-08-14
\ FROM CHARLESTON.

NEW York, August 10.--A private let
ter from Morris Islsnd, dated August LIST,
saysit was reported that reinforcements
numbering 5000 had arrived outside, and
were to be landed that night on Folly
Island. eqa - sssss ss'as. 1897
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-08-14
KENTUCKY ELECTION.

CINc1NNAr, August s. Returns from
thirty eight counties in Kentucky show q
Union majority Of 20, 900. "a .a leisar,l
I OtNoNNATI, August g. Bramletts
Union) majority in fifty-eight counties Is
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-08-14

~. S. FIVE TWENTY LoAN.-The sub
scriptons for the last four days to this loan, at
the Banking House Of the Messrs. Thompson
Brothers, amounts to i$17, 500. It will be
seen by reference to an advertisement in an
other part Of our paper, that the Messrs.
Thompson receive subscription at par to this
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Position AND CONDITION OF
- -----I.EE,S ARMY.

s3EIFFN4 Iga III 80 q III -
assW sntSGrox, Aug s. 81 The following
from, The rebel army from the Richmond
Enquirer Of the 9th 81 { & ~ ~ 40
Stafford sagain lir possession of the
enemy and the old den of the Rappahanl-
aoek1 eeenDs, III be- Feoccupied, and will
doubhesS Become the subject and scene
y ret Of another blood <bondicx on az ss
There seemstQ Be however, some change
of position 8 81 Tie part of the enemy.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-08-14

TRow IT TO THE Doas.-If every house
wife viii throw her cheap, worthless kinds of
saleratus and soda to the, dogs, and use only
Chemical Saleratus, there win not be so much
yellow, heavy bread and biscuit to be seen, and
consequently not SO many dyspeptic, ailing
persons. Get paper, and if it does not suit,
your money will be refunded. 10
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Terence Brazil, Appellant, d
tf ..sF. tttettH vs.. 3 fi-- 49, +.>'--- ffA
! Lawrence Moran, ct al. Respondent.

Lawrence Moran, ct al. Respondent. 2g sd-
-.E no{s~e fTof-a SYLLABUS. tf-.' Il 4t fr4i
The husband alone is liable for torts COM
nlitted by him and the wife together.
Where the wife alone commits tort in the
company OF the husband, the p,lma facie is
alone liable therefor, but the presumption of
coercion arising from his presence may be re-
butted by proofs, showing that he did not in
fluence or assent to the act of the wife. In
such case the wife may be held jointly liable
with the husband. e l"
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- ltfi4N rt*i En-. $3.50 ttSs4 - ~ .'.@ 81
aGBpREA1o,, Aug. 10. The draft finished
to-day without trouble. Five Alagsphera
have been drawn.
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FOE WeoD.ts ~.
! An rneetinr Of the ST. Paul Union

1865, lthe sIolIowiLg Objects were duIy tIected
for the ensuing year:
IL For President Judge David Cooper. %
!. as,' % Vice President. G. Burbank. 80
qa1nfsg Secretary--Wm. Lee. aeia5eaot9 D
AS IL Treasurer Theodore Borup. VISA :
Managers-Benjamin Thompson, j. L. Mer-
Ram, Charles Golfer, Samuel G. Sloan, John
Harrington. a-g s, aqaas1 Da .ss4lI6 90
A vote of thanks was given to Mr.. a.
Spencer, for his management Of the course and
his attention to the interest of the Club. l'l.4
''''As THEODORE BORUP, Sec,ry Pro Tenn.
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Samuel I. Van Brunt, Appellant, !
VS..
Andrew NHsener, Respondent.

y clt&l t445t4H jig SYLLABUS. t.'t tti'il'itc
20 Where a party takes a mortgage on land to
screen liability of the mortgagor, and there
is no covenant to pay contained in the mort
gage, and no bond or other separate instru-
ment given to secure the payment, the mort
gagee is confined for his remedy, to the land
mentioned in the mortgage. He cannot main
tain an action on verbal agreement to pay.
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s ON PLEASURE Tour. "A party from
New York. consisting Of five ladies, five gen
uemen and six attendants, lately made trip
across the country from st. Paul, Minnesota, to
Bayfield,, Lake Superior. The journey was
made in three carriages, accompanied by like
number of baggage wagons, the latter carrying
tents. provisions, cooking utensils, etc. The
time occupied in the trip is not stated, but the
tourists are represented as having enjoyed
themselves hugely in camping ont, hunting,
fishing, etc., by the way. The necessary in
structiOns for the journey were kindly given
by Senator Rice, of Minnesota whose name
proved an unfailing passport to the kind atten-
lions Of the settlers at the few stations on the
route. Lovers of sport of this kind will find q
rare field of amusement in the as yet wild and
unbroken region of country around Lake Supe-
Nor, but they should not long delay embracing
the opportunity, as o few years will probably
witness the construction of q railroad through
the section now Astounding with game, fish,
and all the necessary adjuncts of a jolly sports
mans life and with the advent Of the shriekng
locomotive and rafting cars, 1.-The sources OF
the .huntcrsjoy is gone Observation-Disclosures afaee
Press. a,ss9 esa,s =
The party mentioned above was headed by Mr..
Minturn, of New York, who expressed himself
highly delighted with the trip. There is al
ways good opportunity for the conveyance
of pleasure parties from this city to Lake Supe-
rior; at moderate rates Mr.. Webb, of this
city, sends out every week two or three teams,
/. loaded with passengers. setza
Isl -----l4 LIZ ~ - 9ssfit. =.
.THE g CUTTER. = The La Crosse Demo
-erat of Saturday has the following notice of
Capt Davidson,s new light draft boat: Y -
steamer called the Cutter" which was
built by Capt. Davidson for the trade above st.
Anthony's Falls. arrived at this port last night.
1t was an extraordinary undertaking to bring
a. boatof her size.over the Eallss but the skill
and experience Of Capt Davidson vas equal to
the emergency, and she was brought over safe
and sound. She was carried bodily on rollers,
with all her machinery on board. from above
ST. Anthony to point below the Falls, where
she was launched. We believe this Is the first
time steamer has thus been transported on
rollers overland. Her tonnage is nearly that OF
the Wenona, while her draught is much less.
She is a complete craft, and will make tine be-
tween this city and st. Paul, even at the pres
ent low stage of water. Capt. Davidson has a
keen eye to the necessities of the trade, and
travelling and business men can rely upon this
line in nil eases They will always make good
time whether the water is high or low, from
the fact that they have boats adapted to any
stage OF Fwrter. El0Ix 1Ja kI 4
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BUTCHERS LIGHTNING
r Y.K IL l. e r..

Supplies q want felt by every good housekeeper.
Every sheet will kill quart where flies are thick
Remember that it il DU1CHER'S that does this, and
refuse the base limitations that are offered. The real
article is for sale by all respectable Druggists s.
Agents. elo-de1WzmfNro
es- THE CONFESSIONS AND EXPERIENCE
OF AN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES for the benefit, and
as I, " AKN1Ne AND A CAUTION TO YOUNG MEN who
suffer from. Nervous Debility, Premature Decay of
Manhood, ETC., supplying, at the same time, THE
MEaNs OF sEIR-CURE. By one who has cured himself
tier being put to great expense and injury through
medical humbug and quackery. By enclosing q
postpaid addressed envelope single copies may be
had Of the author. SIC $50 sstlsa8EN s,f4G
ie14-2TdlSw1y Bedford Kings county, N. Y.
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mos James Feller, Plaintiff in Error, 4.

-
'nJ mon ono ouiGsYLLABUs,6 W92D ga 1pc (
Upon q write error from a. Judgment rem
dered upon the report of q referee, where no
exceptions are taken upon the trial, or to the
finding, and the evidence is not reported, the
only question which this court can consider is,
whether the facts found sustain the conclusions
OF law. hrui $50 I9vC bBG eYDd denim
,4r The defendant, Bishop, transferred to his wife
certain promissory notes owned by him, in
consideration Of $500 in money received from
her, of her own separate and individual prop
erty. and soon afterwards applied for a dis
charge from his debts under the insolyent act.
Held, That such transfer was not conclusive
evidence of a fraudulent intent on the part of
the husband, even though he was insolvent at
the time, and the referee having found that
1.-The transfer was made in good faith, and not
with the intent to cover up the property of de-
PENDANT, or to defraud his creditors, the judy
ment of the referee in favor Of defendants will
not be disturbed 30 n5SHJSG ttliGf oHl
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Paddock e. Howes, Respondents, !

The st. Croix Boom Corporation.
s- SYLLABUS.
An appeal lies under Section 20 of Chapter
Al, Session Laws 1856, from the decision of
the referees named in that section, to the Dis
trict Court of the proper county.
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Marcelle Conternier, Plaintiff in Error,

Charles Sccombe, Defendant in Error -l
=. ~. y ear i +NJ SYLLABUS. tlIi.. 20 -iai
The judgment of Justice fthe Peace upon
the trial Of issues before him, will not be set
aside if there is any evidence to sustain it, al
though the evidence may not be such as to
carry conviction to every mind.
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yLblod td1uOt ymrs xBo ogneood ion ,3sol
N eHssrts Aef!eaonr Is the .SDPreamal le
.ffr tie Jdgfi
--''Tafatf4ck Nash, Appsllant,'r N9 @nirnma
Va. Yas1
The City ofi6trH aulp RespumlentAl yl4ay

80 Ip1Yr0a ,9oi sYkts4BIssW agoltAlsuo7n
amended BY the act Of February ~, 1856. the
power of the Street Commissioners to order
contracts for tee gIadingo q street did not
depend upon the making or fling of the esti-
mass Of expenses provided for BY section 6 of
p The ownefs 81 aajohans4Dtts upon upon which the
expense, OF 1.-THE grading was Nassessed, alwere
alone interested in such estimate and the failure
~ make or file it might vitiates the, particular
|. assessment, but could not inyalidate the con
tract for doing the work. . SiSn 0lla 10 5l9b
% Therefore, Tin an action on a contrast for
grading it was not necessary for ythe plaintiff
" allege that such estimate had been made or
nf q necessary s ly e. aegs that the contract
sued upon was made with the lowest bidder
, for work ordered to be done. ounce odJ boz