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Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-05-04
robert owen converted BY the Rap

L. pefs.
Robert Owen, the celebrated English infdel
and philosopher, has recently been converted by
the espiritual Rappers,n ndhas addressed a man
ifesto of singular description, ssto all govern
ments and peoples" having for it's purpose to an
lnounce ga great moral revolution which is about
Ito be effected for the human race, by an apparent
miracle"
This miracle consists, says Mr. Owen, in COM
munications "most important and gratifying,
which have been made to him Gin common with
porting to be from departed spirits;" those with
which Mr. Owen has been favored coming from
President Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, the late
Duke of Kent, Grace Fletcher, Mr.. Owens
ssfrst and most enlightened disciple, land several
others. Until within the last few weeks, Mr.
Owen states that, while he believed all things to
be eternal, he was of opinion that there was no
personal or conscious existence after death; but
having examined the history of the late 'mani-
festations' spirit rappings) in America, Through
the proceedings of an American Medium he has
been "compelled,,' contrary to his previous strong
convictions, 'sto believe in future conscious
state of life existing in refined material, or what
is called spiritual state" The object of these
manifestations, continues Mr.. Owen, is to change
''the present false, disunted, and miserable state
of human existence, for true, united and happy
state, to arise from new universal education, or
formation of character from birth, to be based on
truth, land conducted in accordance with the estab-
lished laws of human nature Mr.. Owen thinks
that this change may be easily effected, and adds
that the means to do so in all countries are known.
They appear, from his showing, to be the univer-
sal application of his social system, the agency
of the departed spirits of Jefferson Franklin, &c,
who have kindly sent in their adhesion. We
must add, that the "medium' referred to by Mr..
owen,is the American lady who resides in Queen
Anne street, Cavendish square.
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Tho RclIe of the Sfates,

A NEW and splendid cook stove which has been admired
wherever it has been introduced both for beauty Of
trucon and the perfect of its ior sale at
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FURNITURE.

A NEW FURNITURE WARE ROOM, just opened, one
IA door East of Halls Book Store Main Street, where
be fonnd all kinds of Cabinet Ware low prces and
assortment of Collins of various sizes.
ALsoIhe largest and cheapest plain
and fancy chairs offered in this Market consisting part
of every variety bottoms from to S dollars per
Rocking nursery and Office chairs and every variety wood
bottoms A of which will be sold at Cleve
land prices Iharc also choice lot of Looking Glasses which
can sell a little below Ravenna prices.
April 25th, 1858. 4w408 T. G. PHILLIPS.
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HOsaU NOtIcCs
NOTICE hereby given that petition will be presented to
~ the Trustees OF Ravenna Township on the Both day of
May 1853 for Township roadto be follows to witt
county to Painesve Lake county, at point in said road
School House that stands
line North and Middle Division of Lots in the
township of Ravenna sRee to said line, and
thence East on said laid and established
the Lots No 49, and u, and ands in the North
Division in Ravenua.
April 25th, lS53 4w40S
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PUMPS.
CHAIN PUMPS, with pine tubing and all the axings com
u plete. Also, iron pumps with lead pipe sa
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Holm ID. Davis Estate.

NOTICE is hereby given that the subscriber has been
~ pointed and qualified Administrative the estate Of
RACHEL DAVIS.
Dated at PALMYRA this 22d day April 3w4Os
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Road Notice.

PETITION will be presented to the Trustees of Paris
n township, on Tuesday tenth day of May next, at
O'Clock p M, the store of David JONES' in New
port praying Township Road to be laid out and estb
she follows: Commencing at the south east corner of
on which jones' dwelling house stands, and running
to the East end of the East and Road leading Rays
terminates the Southeast corner OF lot
owned by John T. Williams.
Paris, April End, 1853. 405-4w
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Gloves.

DIX and Cord Kid Gloves dos do, silk do; Plain and
ID Emb'd do do Lsle do; Blk Silk Mitts, plain and
emb'd, at R0WELL WIFTER & co.
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A. ". HOR R

L
to his friends and customers
that receiving the largest assortment of Goods
TO be found at any establishment the Western Reserve
He will also adhere strictly hold motto "Large Soies
Small Profits and a' being the most condu-
sveto the interests of his customers well himself please
call and examine the goods and prices
Shalersville, April 90, 1853 A.V. HoRR.
ENOUR SH1LL1NeS.-Ladies you buy yards of good
IL calico, fast colors for four shings, at HoRR'S.
ENlFTY cents will buy good Lawn dress pattern, at
L Aprii23. H0RR'S.
poNNETS! BoNNETs!!-Ladies, ifyou want Spring
ID Bonnet any quality Silks Grape French Lace, Straw
or thing else, call at Horrs and you will find pile of
Ribbons Lnings and Flowers mach selling and cheap
pAYADERE ROBES at 25, Gingham, Lawn Robes. White
ID Muslin Robes, Tagon Robes and Berage Robes, cheap
April %. - -. at HORR'S.
CHAWLS! sHAWLs!I-Crape, and other styles, pile
- ofthem at Horr's, cheap and selling fast. apr23
RooTs AND sHoEsA great variety of all styles for La
- dies Gents and Children received from the manuaeurs
and warranted, selling cheap at
April %, 1853. HoRR'S.
OOA HATS-Silk, Panama, Leghorn, Palm Leaf, Straw,
CCO and all other styles of Hats, cheap at
April %. HORR'S.
GINGHAMS.-A pile of them selling shilling per
VI yard, by apr % A. V. HORR.
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NEuSliMS, &c.
CSwISS Null Muslin; India and Victoria Lawns Draper.
= Muslins CIemsettes and Habits Lace Collars; Muslin
and pointsd do Sleeves; Muslin Flouncng Floun
ced Skirts Corded do Thread Edgngs and Insertions Cam
brio do Swiss do Saxony do Linen Hdkfs Cambria do,
81 = -ROWELL, WITTER & co.
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CITUATED in the Village of Ravenna, containing lot N
half of ground 90 feet front by $50 deep, with
ST thrifty bearing the J. F. CLACKNER.
Ravenna March6. 1853. '4ul-u
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Tot for Sale.

TIN wARE-A general assortment for sale cheap, at
| RAWSON'S.
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Ribbons

Ribbons.
LARGE assortment of Bonnet Cap, Lntestring and Vel
A vet Ribbons, at RoWEId4, WITTER & Co.
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JUNIATA HORSE SHOE IRON

AN found the Hardware store and that Of
quality Also and inch round fron which
will be sold at lowest market price, Also hand small
quantity English refined fire ron which will be sold less
than the same can ofa the mandatory
Ravenna, March %, 1853. E. T. RICHARDSON. q
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Richard ID. Jones' Estate.

NOTICE is hereby given that the subscriber has been ar
IN pointed and quals ed Administrative on the estate
Rehard JONES' of Palmyra, Portage county, Ohio, dc
ceased Dated Palmyra, this 26th day of April D. e5
3w4es MARY JONES.
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Sugar and MOlaSSes.
90 HHDS Sugar; 90 bbls 3olasses just received at
~ march II HORR'S.
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WARN wEATHER.-The only thing to keep the head
w cool during the weather is good Panama or
Marcubo Hat Just receiving Spring stock of Hats
and goods which will se at prices which will as
tonish the natves.'' JAS.TWlII q Co.
Ravenna, April 25, 1853.
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TUST received at the New Hardware Store few steel
C .tivator teeth of the latest and most approved paer
which will be sold less than they have been heroore for
ready. E. T. RICHARDSON
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Sheriff IS Office, Portage county,(
May I'd, A. D. 1858.
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Adam Myers Estate.
NOTICE sherby given that the subscriber has been appoI
~ ed and qualified Executor the Estate of Adam
Myers late ofSufeld Portage county, Ohio, deceased
Dated Springfield, this Cd day of May, A. D. 1853.
2pvaOQ JOHN BROWN.
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-09-10

SEVENTY SwARMs OF BEES WAR-Ezra Dibble a
weknown citizen Of this town. and for many years en-
gagged extensively in the management Of bees commun-
Gates to us the following interesting particulars Of battle
among his bees:
lie has seventy Of bees about equally divided on
the east and west sides Of his house. On Sunday August
l4th about o'clock the weather being warm and the win
dows open, his house suddenly filed with bees which
forced the family to fee at the neighbors Mr. D.
after getting well protected against his aBsaan Proceeded
70 take survey and If possible learn the Gauge which had
disturbed them The seventy appeared to be out and
those on one side Of tho house arrayed in battle
those on the other sde and such battle pethaps
before witnessed They filed the covering space OF moro
than one acre Of ground and fought desperately for
three hours not for spo but for conquest and while nj
war no living thing could exist in the vicinity They stune
large hock OF Shanghai chickens nearly ali of which died
and persons passing along the road we're Obliged 10 make
hasie 70 avoid their sting little after six o'clock quiet was
restored and the living bees returned 10 their hives leaving
me slain almost literally covering the ground since which
put few have appeared around the hives and those
stationed as scnncs TO watch the enemy. But two young
swarm were entirely destroyed and aside from the terrible
slaughter Of bees no other injury done Neither party
was victorious and hg only ceased the approach night
and from utter prosaon. The occasion this strange
ring among the bees not easily accounted for and those
most conversant with their before witness
Cd or heard Of such spectacle rs Ia here narrated
[Conneout (0hio) Reporter.
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NICHOLAS

The Emperor Nicholas is a whose vigilance is all
pervadng whose purpose is immovabie whose will is Of
iron and whose energy is unseepng and
Nature has cast him. both in form and character in her
most heroic and royal mould 1t requires the greatest
crcumspecton to practice corruption beneath his keen
and penetrating eye and to the offender whose crime
is discovered lie might well look for warmth in the
deepest drift Of Siberian snow for mercy in the En-
peror's heart
Such Is the man who rules over Russia, and whose
reign has presented in its home administration picture
Of wise, stern, and impartial justice If his admnstra
ton Of foreign affairs especially in reference to Turkey
may be charged with spirit of urgent and graspine am
bion Of what other Government Of Europe may not the
be allegedf II is not at all events for any race
Of Saxon descent to denounce the Russian for his thirst
for territory Let be reserved for that people which il
without sin upon this subject to throw the FIRST stone at
him.-Richmond Nail
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in reply to the argument that the fact Of owner
ship should be tried by jury, before fugitive is
delivered up, the Journal Of Commerce very justly
remarks:
.The right of trial by jury has been applied and
cannot be consistently applied to these extradon
The delivery of fugtyes from justice under treaties with
Foreign nations and between the States under cons
cation belongs to the class They all for pre-
Enanary, not for final Investigations. They made
uifh view to determine whether the party shall be re
aaded to the jurisdiction from which he escaped there
Ia be tried The justice of those States must be
IN our political and judicial arrangements and it would
be highly inconsistent and altogether unusual
the cumbrous machinery of jury trial to preliminary in
sZaires of that character.
:. The decision of Judge MCLEAN all these points
may be regarded as decisive They made with the
suggestion that he does not feel liberty follow out
what his abstract opinions the subject of slavery might
prompt The obligation to support the constitution he
holds to be paramount all private and personal
Fctions and in this respect he sets example which
every good citizen must follow"
Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-09-10

The Washington Correspondent of the New York
Freemans Journal, writing hence on the 2dinstant,
says:
a.My of the determination of the Presi-
dent not TO recommend the Pacific railroad Admin
istraton measure made upon information which is
perfectly satisfactory to the writer The sequel of the
railroad project viii confirm my statements well dis
appoint the expectations of many politicians. 1t now
appears that rival company has been projected in
the city Of New York. with immense capital, which
will contest the with the Southern company spoken
Of in my letter. before Congress winter This single
fact shows that the capitalists North and South
WINGED that the Pacific railroad is destined be private
enterprise under Government protection stated, and
the United States will 20 into the railroad business
for the profits. Without pretending know all the
rets Of the Cabinet Washington Paris readers
Gun safely read and credit my letters pretend
n state any the Of either Cabinet without FIRST
receiying the information from reliable sources
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GREAT WESTERN RAILRoAD-ILLISon.-The work on
this road is in rapid progress The grading will be
pete during the next month between Springfield and Ste
yenss Creek, near Decatur The track is laid beyond
the Sangamon river and the road will be in operation to
Mechancsburgh in September. The track has been re-
laid with rail twelve miles from Naples and will soon
be completed to Jacksonville New engines and cars are
being delivered, which will afford increased facilities and
accommodations, which the business Of the road now de-
mands 1t IS designed to make frstcass road in every
respect The road bed being well graded and settled
will render smooth level surface on the portion relaid
unsurpassed by any road in the State.
The Great Western Railroad is destined to become an
important oroughfare by the recent in regard
to connecting the road Toledo and to Indianapolis
also west to Hannibal and ST. Joseph ultimately the
route to California and Oregon. BY referring to map
it is that this route passes through the capitals Of
the largest States and connecting important places and
currents Of trade between the Atlantic and the asss-
sppi valley.
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A CoaET VISIBLE IN THE SOUTHERN HEMfsPHERE.-The
captain Of ship Houqua, arrived San Francisco
ports comet W. s. W, at p. NJ, April 13 80 1863
lat So deg 81 min. s., long. 20 deg. ~ min. w. Ac-
counts from Australia state beautiful comet became vs-
bic at Adelaide the first Of May its place in the
constellation of Orion
Professor BoND Of the Cambridge Observatory writes
under date of September 1s and says 81 have other
than newspaper Of the in the South
ern hemisphere in April and May last. We shall doubt
have good Of it from Mr.. Maclear the Astro-
homer Royal ut the Cape"
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THE JUDICIARY FIRM.

The High Court of Appeals Of Mississippi have
refused the application for rehearng of the case
decided by the court below in favor of the holders
of the Union Bank bonds. The highest judicial au-
fhority in the State has thus affirmed the validity
Of the bonds, the liability of the State and the lille
gaiity Of their Reputation ltexalts our reverence
for the Judicial Office when we see it maintaining
lis sacred allegiance to justice in disregard of popu
lar error or popular clamor 1t remains to be seen
whether the people, enlightened by the opinions of
the Bench, will now ratify the Judgment Of the
Court by electiug Legislature which will make
provision for iquidatng the bonds. We hope they
will and think they will
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THE CHEROKEE NATION.

We have before q copy of the Cherokee Advocate,
newspaper printed at Tahlequah in the Cherokee Ma
ton. 1t contains Grafton pronounced at sHungry
Mountain, the 4th of July last, by II. L. A. WASH
The orator dcvotes the greater portion of his
grafton to the subject of education We learn from his
remarks that the Cherokees have within their reach the
of securing good education for their children
free of expense. There twenty-one public free
schools several missionary schools, and male and fe
male seminary open to all who will prepare for them
Both of these seminares supplied with able and eff
cien teachers and professors 1t appears however, that
Cherokee youths not disposed attend school
regularly than other children and the orator refers
the fact with view to impress upon parents the import
of regularity. " In ORDER" says he " that you
may secure good crop, you must labor for it, not
day in five day in twenty but you must labor
stanty and unceasing till the laboring is
Just must your children attend school in order
tain any thing like education No of the child
unless it be sickness should keep it away from school,
forcible remark which should not be dsregarded The
Advocate also contains call for meeting Of the Edu-
cational Association, and proposition to organize the
Grand Division of Sons of Temperance for the Cherokee
Choctaw, and Greek Nations. These all healthful
signs of progress which will be hailed with pleasure by
all who feel interest in the welfare of the aboriginal
inhabitants of our country.--NdshrlLe Banner
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A MoDnL CosDuoroR.-Some three years ago COLI
sion between freight and passenger train occurred
Charlton, the Western Railroad BY this collision two
freight became detached from the freight train in
consequence Of the breaking Of shacke and went back
at most fearful rate down the grade towards East Brook
field where the train from Springfield Boston was in
waiting. On board this train large delegation of
Baptist clergymen their way to cenventon and who
is usual with passengers impatient the delay
and urged Mr. Parker the conductor to proceed He
length told them if they anxious proceed to 90
ahead but his train would not 90 until he heard from the
other which due and he thereupon put his train up
the turnout in order to wait in safety the intel
gence. He had scarcely done So before down the
two heavily loaded freight cars with lightning speed up
the very track which his train had but moment be-
fore left Had he listened to the request of his passen-
gers, remained upon the track the would have
been smashed into fragments In view of their most re-
markable deiverance from collision which, in all human
probability would have caused certain death to Of
them the terrified passengers held prayer meeting
board to return thanks to their Maker for their mracu
lous escape and they afterwards voted silver cup to
Mr. Parker in token Of their qualification for his rness
and foresight. Mr. Parker is still favorite conductor
the Western railroad IL the example which he set on
this OCCASION well the instructions recently given to
conductor by director when asked how long should
wait for train that due, viz. till the wheels rust
of, and then get set" followed in all cases
by Others very many of the terrible railroad accidents
and rghtful sacrifices Of life that so frequently occur
would be successfully prevented Worcester Transcript
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SHOCKING DEATHs-on Monday evening, at u o'clock,
the house Of Mr.. James WEIGH, Of Jefferson Micbioan
consumed by fire. and two Of his sons aged eighteen
and eight years. persisted in the deyourpg element Fonr
other children escaped. The parents were half n mile
distant taking care Of sick child Of John Griffith AZ
the fire discovered Mr. wclch and others re-
paired to the house, and it with difficulty that the
frantic parents could be kept from entering the
ing house The scene Is represented appalling and
heartrendng The unfortunate sufferers are nearly
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Railroad collision took place Thursday last on the
Michigan Central Railroad, whereby man, German
emigraut killed. and several other persons serops
injured The Of the collision was the meeting Of M
Michigan Express train with gravel train Of the Jli
nois Central Road The fault lay in the former train
being behind time and the sending the other without
lookouts.
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A "REMINISCENCES.

GENTLEMEN The enclosed extract from your file of
1913 struck me SO forebly to and so in
psrestng that have had it copied for republication.
it will be still thousands. More than
generation have upon the stage since it first
Published. Yours, truly, J.S.G.
Messrs GArEs & SEAToS
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FrRE N FREDEnIcKsBURo.Af FIRE, said to be Of ncen-
diary origin took place in Fredericksburg on Commerce
street between Main and Princess Ann, whereby num-
Of stores and dwellings consumed seriously in
jured together with their contents assurances on this
property we're partial.
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TRIAL OF BfsHoP DoANE.-The Court assembled at ten
o'clock yesterday morning
Bishop DoANS applied TO Bishop MEADE for the paper
promised by him Saturday alleged to have been signed
by one hundred and thirty Episcopaans of New Jersey
This paper declared have been the cause Of the
three bishops making their third presentment Every
effort has been made by the Bishop and his friends
tain sight q this paper
Bishop MEADE refused to produce it, or place it in
Bishop DoASEs hands
After the conclusion Of Bishop DoASEs reoinder to the
three Bishops the question Of admitting the committee
OF the diocese N person. the four Bishops retired while
the Court delbcrated upon this question
By vote OF feve to nine the Court refused to admit
the committee "a psrsoa.
motion was then made by the presiding Bishop that
the diocese be heard through Bishop DoAxR
The Court then adjourned until tomorrow.
The vote the question above stated is not considered
unfayorable to Bishop DoASE as the real question is
whether the diocese should be heard or not it matters
not whether by the committee or the Bishop-PAa Inq