The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1854-02-08

with much feeling. that it Instantly brought TO
my recollection ehildhood's home. surrounded
by beautiful trees and old fashioned lilacs, while.
one tall, grim poplar stands like sentinel to guard
the domeil from invasion and the cold nor westers
that sweep over the bright waters of old Erie.
Adeu for the present NORAH.
Nep-EHgiand Correspondence of the Ohio Star.
January 26th, 1854.
DEAR HALL:-Sitting by my warm, cheerful
hearth stone this evening, my thoughts tcM wap-
der back to old and associations. in spite of
the rafting windows and untempered gusts, which
break 10 upon ones reveries. The actual IS eyer
thus pressing in upon US, crowding tbs sdza ard
refectiUe ont from the realms Of ti,ougHt:
the walks of life, how often is it. that the ia
ton has to succomb to the stubborn fact and Tvs
be reused from delicious revery TO q cold. dis-
agreeable reality
But the shaking, shreking actualities this eye-
ming, cannot quite crush the flowers of memory.
Familiar faces, vuices of sold chums' the hum Of
daily toll, such as was wont to greet one in your
fair "Snmmit City, rush in upon me. and must
take my pen-fresh nib it. and trace out those
thoughts, for our fayorite ..Star."
energy, which underlie the marts of trade, of
artizanship and literature of our growing western
world; comparing them with the sleepy, dull,
stupid inactivity, which hangs like huge cloud
over tho Old World. In the one, we see intelli-
gence industry, and honest thrift, running through
the veins of associated life barmonizipg heart,
head and hand. In the other, ignorance over
rides the popular mind. moral disease stagnates
The currents of association, and reckessness clogs
the wheels of industry and honest labor.
was led to these reflections. lly glancDg at the
rapid progress. and noble enterprise of your new
city. One day your citizens battling with the
frey element, which sweeps down your stores,
shops and dwellings. The next-ere the embers
of ruin had ceased smoking, they are laying the
foundations of new and better ones. Frustrated
to-day from disappointment, pecunipiy loss,
tomorrow they rise above all misfortunes, and
struggle fur their niche in the temple of influence
-and gain il, too.
| They seem determined to "go ahead.'' A
Rail Road is wanted : Immediately the route is
hit upon-surveyed out, and ere long those belts
Enf irou which annihilate old notions of space and
distance, are ready for the steam hoIse.'
Speaking of Rail Roads, reminds me of the late
war in Erie. Was not that most magnanimous
affair A mayor of city. deputy sheriff. an
| ex- Governor, followed by christian citizens, who
| believe in the Dscalogue, and have read the
:. Sermon on the mount who profess .aw and
order," mobbiDg peaceful workmen on public
work, because forsooih, they claim that a certain
party has transcended Lis legal privileges =
Pshaw.
| We have talked here, of sending on a load of
missionaries, to preach to the savages but thea,
fearing lest they may have to .fyht their way to
the hearts of the people, we have abandoned the
idea as impracticable. TVass
PoLITlcs IN ROMA letter was read before
the, Society Of Universal Democracy in New
| York on Thursday evening las, from C. F.
Henningsen. He says:
81 regard Roman Catholicism as dead in
Rome; nile-tenhs Of the people, including the
female portion of The Populilion looking on the
Pope and his cardinals with contemp, as spirit.
ual imposlors, and with the utmo ha red and
horror as temporal oppressors.
+" From what heard and saw feel conyinc.
ed, and am willing 10 place on record my con.
l
vic ion, that within twenty-four hou IFS after the
withdrawal of the foreign garrison, the Pope's
government will have fallen, and his own life,
together with those Of his cardinals and counsel
lors will have been sacrificed, unless they can
save themselves by eight or conceulment, which
will be very difficult.
@Every avenue Of escape is noted and
watched. The popular feeling Of the Romans
has been so emb,,ered by the manifold execu
ions, impriscnments, treacheries and oppres.
sions of their rulers that | regret 10 say,
found the popular leaders nexorably deaf to any
councils Of moderation and mercy; celebrating
merely whether the Holy Father should be
hanged from The cross Of S.. Peters, or over
The so-called tomb of ST. Peter within; the
least violent stipula,ing only, that he should be
unfrocked as a false priest. and then tried like
Charles l., for violating his contract with and
numbering his people.
II Near SarahsvilIe, Noble County, there is
an oak that measures twenty one feet in circum-
ference, and is we'll proporiioued, being as large
at distance Of fifteen feet as at the ground. This
is probably the largest oak in Ohio.