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Approved February 26, 1853.
PETRIFIED MAN-BARNUM ABOUT

PETRIFIED MAN-BARNUM ABOUT -The Morris (Ill.) Yeoman states that not long since, while some mer
 were digging in coal bank, near tho
 canal. they exhumbed body of a mar
 in a perfect state petrifaction. From the corduroy cloth in which the leg; were encased, the cords and seams ol which are perfectly defined, it is sup posed to be the body of one of the la borers engaged in the construction of the canal. The limbs are nearly per feet and are completely transformed to stone.
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Pleasant Thoughts for Dying Man.

Pleasant Thoughts for UYlng AaA'
 A farmer named White, in the State of Kentucky, some years since, mar ried a beautiful young lady, named Barnes. He was her senior some twen- ty odd years-she being only slxteen' while he was on the wrong side of forty. Many of his neighbors and friends told him that there was too much difference in their ages, that it was like uniting January and May, but all went tor nought-marry her he would. We'll they married, and nothing unusual hap pened, save that there was an occasion al whisper about the young bride think ing rather moro than was consistent with her marriage VOWS, of a young man, John Jones, who was employed on the farm. He was a great favorite with old White; some malicious persons even said that they could see umistak- able signs on the devoted head of old White of the growth of a fine head of Horns. The old man, however, paid no heed to their jeers, he saw nothing Hove had blinded him. He was at tackled, about a year after his marriage, with violent fever. He grew worse day after day, until there was no hope of his recovery. He became satisfied that he had but few hours to live, and concluded to make his,will; he gave his farm and, in fact, his entire estate tc his beloved wife, Sophia. He called her to his bedside and said:
 "oophy, my dear, l feel that my ] last hour is nigh, you are young anc inexperienced, and I wish to give yor some advice relative to the management
 of the farm after am dead"
 Sophy was snubbing, the old mar Q was almost reconciled to the embrace
 of the grim monster death, by the re- \ fection that he possessed the undivided e love of his dear Sophy. He proceedee n to give her advice upon various matters
 and finally said:
 "sophy, dear. it will be impossible
 for you to remain here and carry ol !, the farm by yourself, and, if consis : tent with your feelings, after suitable e time has elapsed, I would advise yol 6 to marry, and l know of no man il
 my whole range of acquaintance tha ;, would be more likely to make you ; Il good husband than our young man f John Jones. He has lived with m, Il for a number of years, he is sober an( !. industrious and understands the man q agement of the farm"
 Sophy by this time was very muol
 affected, crying bitterly, the old nal ' asked her if she approved of the ar $ rangement. She was too full to speal - for a time, but upon being presses again for an answer, she sobbingly re
 piled, "That her and John had bee ? talking about it.''
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E~gg A Kentlckv trayaler dinino

ge5- A Kentucky traveller, dining a
 a large hotel in Albany, was annoyed by the showing off of some of the mem bers of Assembly, who kept calling each other from their respective coun- ties, after this fashion, ,--"I'll thank the gentleman from Oneida," &c. :, &c. whereupon the Kentuckian said to the huge darkee waiter, "I'll thank the gentleman from Africa for slice of ham.'' This cooled off the fashion of addressing the gentleman from
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FOR HE SHIELD.

Nessrs. Editors: Railroads, ditches, levees, &c., are exciting the people of Arkansas, to high pitch just at this time. And 1, for one, am happy to see that such is the state of public feel ing For something good must result when whole community become ab- sorbed upon any one question.
 believe the time is rapidly nearing when the sun of prosperity will begin to dawn upon poor. benighted Arkansas.
 did not commence this article. however, to show what Arkansas has been, is now, and will bc-but to call public attention to an improvement that is greatly needed. It is to ditch the swamp country between Helena and the Mouth of Cache. There is a belt of country lying on the upper or Hick- ory ridge road, about 20 miles in ex- tent, that is emphatically swamp. By ditching on both sides of the road, it would reclaim an immense amount of lands, and lands of surprising richness, and at the same time make a good road. The lands all belong to the swamp land fund. It lies in Monroe county, a county that has furnished as many acres of Swamp and OverAowed Lands as any others. She has never asked for any levees. aitches, or any other improvement, and wlli Inot' pern@fPS:' :: ask for any other.
 l hope the Commissioners at their next meeting, will take this proposition into favorable consideration, as I am fully satisfied they could not make an that would reclaim as many lands, and be of as great a pub lie service, for so little an outlay of money. Yours,
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FROM THE SALT LAKE.

CoRREspoNDENcE OF THE ST. LOUIS REPuR,1c,
 The Mormons at present exhik, more enthusiasm of fanaticism, Q, whatever you may please to call it than any other sect in existence. Du ring the coming season they antici. pate an addition of ten to twelve thousand to their community, to ba. made up of converts in Great Bri. tain. The most of these are expect. ed to be taken around Cape Horn and landed at San Diego, in Califor. nia. From San Diego 10 Great Salt | Lake is a chain of Mormon settle. ments, which renders that route les, tedious than from the Missouri Whether the anlicipations of so large an emigration will be fully realized
 is very questionable. It is singular
 fact in regard 10 Mormon converts
 that not more than one-third of them come into the church-the rest fall lof. This was told me by an inten. lpent Mormon, and 1 have no doubt of the fact. The open promulgation
 of the polygamv system will. in. Icrease the amount of this waste. lGreat numbers, too, become discon. Itented, either on account of the lproximity of the gold mines or other Icauses, and go away never to return land it is to me a matter of doubt
 whether the actual emigration will Imuch more than make up his loss. lGreat efforts are now making 10 pre-,
 vent removals from the valley. A Inew impulse has lately been given lin regard to building the temple; the
 ground was broken on the - in. stant, under imposing ceremonies;
 and large numbers are now excava-
 ting, preparatory to laying the cor ner-stone on the lst of April. In ad,
 di;ion to this, the president and his council have published in the Desc ret News kind of theological ukase, lin which strong effort is made to
 strengthen the allegiance of the dis. contented and wavering.
 There is at present great want of
 capital to deveIope the resources of the Territory. The Mormons gen. eraIIy are poor, and in my judgment l their peculiar church government tends to keep them so. Their system } of tithing and of turning over their surplus property for the building Ot tchurch edifces and the support oi the priesthood is constant drain and efectualIy prevents the accumu
 [Iation of wealth among individuals. They are at work upon the temple and, Srom its intended magnitude auC
 finish, judge that it cannot cost les; ,, than a million.
 : BB@ Pericles was wont to say tha l Time was the wisest counsellor.
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TIE SUNK LANDs.-On the first page will be found an interesting ac- count of a recent trip to the Sunk Lands, which will well repay perusal.
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Tennessee.-A company has been formed in Chattanooga for the erection of laege establishment for the man. ufacture of railroad iron, &c. The company has a capital of $100,0OO and will commence work immediately.
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MONROE

DREADFUL MURDERS AT SEA.-NEw YORK, June 3.-News has reached here that on the passage of the ship Reindeer from Valparaiso to Boston, the crew rose and murdered the captain Of the ship, both mates, the steward and two passengers. They then secu- red large amount of bullion that was on board, scuttled the ship and took to the small boat.
 They succeeded in reaching Monter vldlo, where the affair leaked out, and one of the murderers was arrested. In his panic he confessed the crime and gave the particulars of the affair; there upon all the seamen implicated were arrested and sent to England for trial.
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MRS. SHERMAN, wife of Dr. Sherman. of West Troy. New York. hung her self on the llth inst. Cause. excite ment of mind occasioned by the infu- ence O. spritualism.
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Feg Had General Scott been elec- ted President, we do not think, that for the sake of ''fusion," or 'harmony.' D or "party purposes,' he would have appointed to lucrative offices, or favor ca Tn any manner, either Abolitionists at the North or Disunionists at the South.-Alerandria Gazeete.
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NOTICE.

YAVHE notes and accounts of BenJa-
 H- min Bailey are in the possession Of Palmer & Hise. Those who feel so dis posed, can call and settle their indebted ness with them, as they are authorized to receive and receipt for the same Persons who are indebted to Mir. Bailey will not be sued unless they fail to pay tiIelr notes and accounts upon maturity
 May 28, 1853.
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our citizens the necessity for immediate action upon this most important subject.
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 Col. TRAPNALL.-From Eery lndl- cation we are inclined tc think this noble champion of Whig principles, in the 2d District, will succeed in the ap- preaching Congressional election.- Our opponents eertailly "missed the fgure'' when they nominated MT. WARREN-as it is very questionable whether he will be able to rally any thing like the strength of his party.
 While the Wings in this District are cheering their friends on in the 2d, we think it is high time they were doing something for themselves. Let us go to work ,--get out a candidate, VOTE for him, and try to elect him. Our time honored principles are dear to us, and every member of the party should feel an interest in their advancement
 
 SWAMP LAND C4MMlssEoNERs.-- Wednesday last, the 18th inst, spe- Uial or called meeting Of this body was to have been held. A large number oi strangers were in town, brought hithe, in consequence,-but owing to the ab- sence of Mir. DICKSON, one of the Commissioners, nothing could be done, the law requiring the attendance of the entire Board for the transaction ol business. We understand meeting of the Board will be held on the 2D( Monday in next month.
 During the week considerable busi ness was transacted in the office of tn Land Agent, Maj. J. A. JACKS ON. large number of applications for tn entry of Swamp Lands hatying bee made.
 WHOLESALE GRoCERs. We call at tention to the card of Niessrs. HARRIS NORTON X Co.,, publj she'd in a subse quent column. As will be seen, thos gentlemen have eststbli shed themselve in New Orleans as Wholesale Grocer; and we bespeak for them a fiber; share of custom from this section ( country, which we feel sure they wi receive, as two Of the firm, Messrs MORTON and FAGKLER, are we'll an favorably known. by our citizens.
 ARKANSAS D ELEGATEs TO THE MEM PHIs CONvEN' IoN.-Several mistake having occur ed in the names of the de- egates for this State to the late Men phis Convention, in justice to ourselvt we will say that the list was publishe precis ely as we found it in the Memph I1- r1--vI~..av4. s,,.0IorUrU r1Ie Iau Of incorrectly publishing said name canno't be laid at our door.
 
 TIE SUNK LANDs.-On the frs page will be found an interesting at count of recent trip to the Sun Lands, which will we'll repay perusa
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BLACK CKSMITHING.


 |TMSHE undersigned returns his thanks A to his old friends and patrons, for their ia3heraf patronage heretofore be- sto,no, .'ron ss,im. and would be thank ful for con,;n,., ion of the same. He IS now opening shop on 4.ls ,en'o' '":ts at his old stand, where he is preparo~ 10 execute all manner of work in his line. Particular attention paid to Horse, siloelng,-Plenty of shoes and nails on hand,
 JOHN G. WHITFIELD. Also, Wagon and Carriage Trimming and Painting, &c., done to order.
 SAMUEL FITZPATRICK. June 4, 1853.
The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-12-28
National Era.

The National Era is to be published daily on
and after January I'd. The Prospectus is in
another column. We are rejoiced at this, and
yet almost regret it, for daily paper in the
city of Washington. devoted to freedom and pro-
gross. must be losing and impoverishing business
The daily Era can only be sustained by living on
the weekly. Ifthe daily enterprise should be the
cause of embarrassing the concern, the friends of
progress would have great reason to lament. for
the Era is invaluable, and seemingly indispensable
to the cause, and DIR. BAILEY certaiay should not
be sacrificed after the tolls, prvations and strug
gIes to which he has been subjected. That the
daily paper may not swamp the weekly, let every
one who subscribe for the daily-above all, let
every weekly subscriber renew his subscription,
and add as many new names to the list as possible
TIE Era is dong good work. work which no
other paper can do. Let it be sustained. 1t is
confessedy of the ablest political and literary
journals in the country-and daily issue, if it
be sustained, will be instrumental in accomplish
ing immense good.
The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-12-28
For The OHIO Star.
COuntereIting.

Almost every days paper, brings US an account
of some new and dangerous counterfeit, cautioning
the public to beware, and concluding with many
mentations because it is prevalent.
Now, if this state of things is dep'orabe, in the
money market; what is it in ethics for truly. it
fourishes there with growth vigorous, that
we are almost led to believe it be, in its native
soil, and with all de- ectors, how often we
deceived. immortality dons the garb of Virtue
ard passes undecided. Hypocrisy, Cant and
Bigotry, draw around them the mantle of pure
Religion, and pass at per cent, till assayed in the
fires of neither world. Tyranny assumes the
garments of Liberty; the effeetualy to
crush all that is noble in the masses, and passes
current Oppression puts mask of Humanity
and passes at premium, and has so filed the
ket,. that the genuine when presented, (though
seldom) is pronounced spurious. Modern Politics
having stolen sembiance of Statesmanshp, is in
great demand. Roing and Filth, arrogatug to
themselves the parapbernaa ofs'Femperance, pass
at 65 per cent. Fraud and Chicanery, clad in the
robes of Honesty. taken at par. while the
genuine is discounted for presenting less polished
exterior. Ignorance arrayed in Scholastic habili-
ments, is accepted, and knowledge suffers protest.
Egotism and Folly, find a ready endorsement,
while Wisdom in all its meekness finds at every
turn closed doors. Falsehood, assimilatiug the
rments of Truth, is received on equality, and
Truth at times to gain admission is driven to the
necessity Of going naked, aud through the
whole list. Taking these things into consideration.
| is it aay wonder in days of Galvanism and
German Sver-when all that g'itters passes cur
rent; that many engage 10 counterfeiting cur
currency? or that it is so we'll done that the mex
perenced are taken in ? but who can blame them,
surely they have all precedent in their favor and
we have not been able to discover any good rea-
son why the Counterfeit er, or School Teacher,
shoul be compelled to submit to the inconveni-
| ence of detectors ard are inclined TO think, they
have ample reasons for complaining of partiality
and injustice, and more especially the latter class,
since community have grown camorous in their
favor, but that they must submit to it, while all
others pass is garing injustice. AS remedy, we
propose that come one possessed of sufficient
ability start Monthly, whereby we may be able
to detect all the counierfes alOat, whether in the
money market, or out of it. Society would be
greatly benefited thereby, and The public gaze, in
a measure, diverted from these two devoted
classes. DENNIS.
The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-12-28
For The Ohio Star.
Clinton Line Rail Road.

MANTUA, Ohio, Dec, 1858.
Among the various Rail Roads building, on
paper and old mother earth, the Clinton Line, as
it is ter med, has its claims the pocket and good
will of the people along its line. AS the move
ments of the company have been rather quiet,
many of your readers in the retired parts of the
country such as Raveuna and Franklin, may
not understand its location and claims. Allow me
to state them, prefhcing the same by saying that
| am not sparty concerned" as l deal neither
in Rail Road stock or village lots. Starting from
Hudson, Summit Co, East as that place is the
seat of life to the enterprise the Road bears North
East, passing Aurora centre one half mile South,
and crossing the Cleveland and Mahoning Road on
the West line of Mantua. Taking Mantua centre
in its route, it leaves Portage Co. near Cuyahoga
Rapids. Bearing still North East through Park
man it strikes the Ohio line in Kinsman, where it
forms a connection with two different Roads, one,
the Sunbury and Erie, leading directly to Pha-
de'phia, the other to Oeaa or the New York and
Erie. West from Hudson it is almost an air line
to Tiffin, where it crosses the Mad River Road.
Between these two points, it forms a connection
with the Cincinuaf and Cleveland Short Line
Road, now projected and the company organized
by which it is claimed TO shorten the distance be-
tween Cincinnati and New York over any route
built or projected. Further West it meets the
Cleveland and St. Louis Air Line Road, projected.
West from Tiffin it meets the Fort Wayne and
Chicago Road, at Fort Wayne. Its projected
route West from this point, is direct line through
the Northern part of Indiana, Illinois, and the
Southern part of Iowa to Council Bluffs on the
Missouri. This point terminates the project for
the present, to be taken up in few months, prob
ably and started for sun down or the golden laud.
That part of the line between Hudson and Park
man, was put under contract lust May, and orera-
tons have been commenced on nearly every
section. The grndiug of the section passing
Mantua centre is completed. and the hands
busily engaged the depot grounds. The re-
mainder of the line, between the State line and
T,ffiu, was let last month. Many suppose this to
be an opposing or competing line with the Frank
lin and Warren Rond. This cannot be, unless it
be for the through travel, by the Clinton Lines
connection with the two Short Line Roads from
Cleveland to Cincinnati and St. Louis. The
Clinton Line completed, as it assuredy will be in
few months, and the north part of our County
will be " in the world" We shall be obliged to
call on Raveuna to pHy our tnxes unless we have
u removal Of the County seat, but for newspapers
and such traps send direct to New York.
School TEAcHERs.-More of a Gull for this ar
you have any, kind reader. in the lst of your ac-
quaintauce painting to "bend the young twig, send
them this way. Please not to send them through
The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-12-28
Prentice ON Erie.

Prentice, of the Louisville Journal, hits the
Erie oafers the following merited dig in the ribs
The State should have protected by force the
property of the company and compelled submission
to the law, if it had been necessary to charge
upon the mob upon gang of invading Indians
The majesty of the law now demands that soma
hundreds of the Erie rufjans shall be sent TO the
Peuitentiary. and we hope it will be done. 1t
would be well to have big penitentiary erected
expressly for their accommodation. And we
could wish that there might be two or three forges
in it, so that the rascals with shaved heads and
Tow breeches, under the crack of whips of the
overseers, might be compelled to make iron nails
to supply the place of those they have destroyed.
We trust that the Railroad route will now be so
changed as to avoid Erie altogether. The place
always too contemplate to stop at, and it is
also too contempt BILE to go through.
The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-12-28

With one exception the property destroyed Nas
on a farm in Atwater, on the Reserve line and
road, one and quarter miles west of the centre.
The hay house was just over the line in Stark,
and near the centre road.
The pershable title to all the foregoing proper
ty was vested in Rufus Paine, name not un-
known in Portage, in consequence of the ''mater-
iai aid =" which he hes occasionally furnished her
citizens.
The old lady who knows almost every thing,
has up to this time gone no further than to say,
she believes it was the work of some one, or more
who had at sometime received "aid " from the
aforesaid gentleman, that was quite ''immaterial."
Be that it may, the end in no way iastifes the
means, and however much community may be
disposed to turn their backs upon scme things,
they should set their faces like flint against some
others What two things are more to be dreaded
than the assassin's knife or incendiaries TORCH
it is almost impossible to guard against either. In
the midst of life you are in death, and in the
midst of prosperity in adversely.
ATWATER.
December 9th 1853,
The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-12-28
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