The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-06-09

also that OF the State Us. Eli Hudson.
There was but one civil case tried BY the
jury, and but one criminal case yet consid-
erabls business was disposed of during the
term. Several orders for partition of lands
were taken, as were also a number Of judg.
ments by default. The business on the
docket is greatly behind.hand, and II will re-
Quire considerable time to dispose Of the old
business.
RETURNED PKE's PEAKERs. H. LIEF.
FIKGwELL, G. w. EssIG and JUtIUs DAY,
OF Ravenna, and G. C. CArLIN, Of Newton
Falls, who left this village on the 18th Of
April for Pixies, Peak, returned on Friday
last. From q conversation with one Of them
we learn that their journey was pleasant
and made up of the usual adventures Incl.
dent to O"wild goose chase" The conpa-
ny reached st. Joseph in four days after they
left Ravenns, where they purchased their
provisions, oxen, etc., and started on the
plains with bright anticipations and buoyant
spirits. They met with little or nothing to
discourage them until they came to The Big
Blue River, where an occasional returning
emigrant would give them news from the
digsings Of an unfavorable character, but
they still continued on, almost hoping gainst
hope, until about thirty miles beyond the
Big Blue, when the tide of returning emf.
grants was so strong and the reports SO bad
that they considered it imprudent to 60 fur.
ther. Here they turned back, and proceed,
ed to ST.. Joseph, where they disposed of their
supplies, oxen, etc., at grelt sacrifice
w. s. TRIBoU, one Of the company, re-
maned at st. Joseph. with the intention of
working at his trade the coming summer.
Each man in the company lost in the neigh
borhood of eighty dollars.
The deception which has been practced
on these men and thousands of others is one
of the saddest and most deplorable events
OF the day. The enticing Of men away
from the comforts of home and the enjoy
ments of their families, by unwarrantaba
statements regarding gold mines, and the
consequent plunging Of them into the deepest
distress and destituton, is something which
can hardly be regarded as practical joke.
1t has the cool, fiendish malignity of devil
in it, and those parties at st. Joseph, Leav-
enworth and Omaha who encouraged and
instigated this emigration, by lying stories
about the wealth of the mines, in order that
they might make money by selling supplies,
have incurred responsibility sufficient to
blast their temporal and eternal prospects.
THE FOURTH OF JULY.-The anniversary
of our national independen "Glor
GUS Fourth"-is rapidly approaching. but as
yet we have neither seen nor heard Of nny
t move being made on the part of our citizens
towards on appropriate observance of the
day. In almost every town in the state, the
people are making arrangements to celebrate
the event, and if it is-as we hope-the in
tention to observe it here, it is time the ini-
tiatory steps were being taken.
Since writing the above we understand
} that the fremen of the village propose, if
seconded by our ciliz ,ns, 10 have parade,
} in which they will be joined by one or more
neighboring companies A meeting will be
held at the Town Hall, on tomorrow (Fri-
day. evening, to take the proposition into
} consideration, ond suggest such steps other
: wise IS will tend to q rational celebration
Of the day-one which will be worthy Of the
occasion and q credit to the village. We
r hope their efforts in this direction will meet
the cordial sympathy of our cit;z,ns.
ACCIDENT ON THE CLEVELAND g. PITTS.
BURG RAILRoAD.-An accident occurred on
the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad on
Thursday last, by which two men were in
stantly killed. 1t appears that the WOOD
train in backing near Saneville ran over q
, COW, which threw the train off the track
, producing the above effect. The names oil
the men were JAMES MURPHY and MICHAEL
, CUMMINGS. Murphy was resident Of RI
VIENNA, and is said to have been quiet, hare
working man. Cummings resided in Bed
ford, and has lett wife and family to mourr
, the sudden loss of protector.
= For CoLuMBUs.-On Monday mornin ms
last, JAMES B. KIRK, convicted at the lat'
. term of the Court Of Common Pleas o
:" forging the names Of the President an'
Cashier of the Forest City Bank, wa
taken TO Columbus under the care o
Sheriff WILLIAMS, and Constable MILLER
During his three years Imprisonment, NJ
- Kirk will have frequent opportunities. Will
keeping time to the flying shuttle or drawin
" the wax end, Of analyzing, dissecting an
probably rejecting upon the trite but tru
adsge, that "slow justice overtaketh tn
feeteth rogue at last"
- PIccoLoMIN1.-The bright, joyous an
- lovab!e countenance OF the "deah cweature
-Mademoiselle Piccolomni-adorns til
> walls of our sunctum, for which our mot
' profound bow is now being made to the dt
u nor, FRANK Ford. That she is divinity
as much as we feel warranted in saying, f
n' to say more in praise of her beauty and gel
., ius would be, in the appropriate language