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FURTHER FROM MEXICO.
We karri ly a pr.vale letter In ni ti p oily
or Mexico, that it »im generally beleved III at
President Arista v.ou'd form tic fnlVvnij
frbiret: Manuel Relief, Minister of War I
Mariura Yi n y. Minister ol Relnirns; Fr. A-
(juKie. Miniver 11 Justice; t r. I\uio, Minis-
ter til the Treasury.
V , ii i >i ii 0 i f '/ a '11'' i 'I < '•
Noien ber the Mexican Boundary Coir.mission
lefi Chihuahua lor i'tiso del Norte, where it
was to await the United States Cotnmiisio.i.
A Mexican pjot named Galium Ortiz lia*
■been writing a comedy, which is praised very
highly by the papers a.i a specimen of national
literati! re.
The elections for ayuntamienlas, (corres-
ponding vvit.ii municipal and town eiectiotis in
iliin country.) have come offlaiely in Mexico'
and have yenerally resulted to the advantage
of i tin liberal party.
The Sight has some interesting particulars
from Yucatan. It will he recollec'ed that in
IS IS, when the country was reduced to the
greatest extremity, the church gave up i lar»«
pur! ion ot its property to a,ssUt in curry i ijj[
on the war again^l the insurrectionary Indians
This has now been recognized as a s'anding
debt ot the Government. The authorities have
commenced paying pensions lo the widows
and orphans of the persons hilled in batlle by
the Indians
A tux has been imposed on all professions
offices, &c. Tlie Sta'e elections for numbers
<if the Legislature has recently taken place.
Besides Tckax, the Indians surprised and cap-
tured Boloncheu In both of these places they
committed great depredations. fc*r. Michel
torena has resigned the command of the army
to Sebastian Lopr z de Sler»o. 'i ha garrison
of Bucalar, it is said, is in a very precarious
position.
The extra session of the Mexican Congress
closed on November 15th. The 1'resideiH
made a speech on the occasion, in which lie
d;d not say anything in particular, and an ad-
dress was returned by the Houses having pret-
ty much the same meaning.
The Slates of Tabascnnd Chiapas, which
have been quarreling about their boundaries,
have reconciled their differences.
A short time ago they had extraordinary
cold weather at Vera Cruz, during which the
ti ermometer tell to fiU deg. Such a tiling had
i.ot been known since 1 S31.
Molonco, a lamous criminal, and Bernard"
Maria and Jacurlas Alvarado have been sen-
tenced lo death in Jalisco. They executed a
good many of that kind of people lately in
Mexico.
The Siglo has news from Guatemala to the
ffffct thai StHte had offered it a interven'ion
ti> hetile tlie difficulty between San Salvador
and Gieat Britain. Our latest news, it wit.
be recollected, stated that war had already
Lroken out between the two powers already
mentioned.
All expedition has beer, sent to oxplore the
river Poblanoand ascertain how far iromtlie
I'acitic it is navigable.
Great compUints have been made by Sono-
rians returning from California that lliey had
been robbed ol their gold by a party of Amer
icans stationed at the lords of the Colorado.—
The State Government has appointed a com-
mission to inquire in'o the afl'tir.
The diligence between Guanajuato and
Qucretero was latelj robbed.
MORGAN
and
I S Ii E R
U BL
W f L L I A M
Constitution
Libert y."
I'HOP 1! IK TO I
VOL. 3.
PARIS, TEXAS: FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1851.
NO. 52.
be a complaint of want of space. The de-
mand has been so great that it has been resolv*
ed to erect an extra gallery by which an ad-
ditional area of 45,000 superficial feet will be
obtained. The space appropriated for the
native exhibitors is 1320,000 superficial feel-
er about one-half of the quantity applied for,
Ernest Jones, and other members of the
late Chartist body, are again making a tour
of the provinces, in the hope of including the
working classes to join in another Chartist de'
menstration.
The Liverpool Courier says, the Scotia is
the name of tlio magnificent steairship now
being erected on the Clyde, lor the British
mail squadron from Liverpool io New York.
The London Athenaeum says that the man-
ufactures of tlie United States will be the only
ones in the Wold's Industrial Exhibition in
which the power and capita! of government
will not enter.
In Ireland, as the winter advances, paupers
are returning to the workhouses. An in-
crease was to be expccted at this season, on
account ot the decrease of agricultural labor,
but generally the numbers seeking admission
me less than usual at this period of the year'
and, altogether, there is a very decided dimin"
ution in the workhouses as compared with the
(amine years, whilst out-door relief is wholly
abandoned, unless in a few of the more dis-
tressed and pauperized unions.
Subscriptions are gradally flowing in to-
wards the new Catholic university.
In France expressions in favor of th? Presi-
dent's message continue lo come in from al'
parts of the republic.
Reports were in circulation in Paris (hat
the Minister of tlie Interior was about to pre-
sent to the Assembly a bill demandinga credit
ot three millions of Irances, applicable lo the
year 1850, for the extraordinary expenses o'
the Presidency.
The legislative session of the Belgian Cham-
bers was opened on tlie 11th nil. In conse-
quence of the decease ot tlio late lamented
Queen, there was no royal speech on the oc-
casion.
Terrific florins occurred at Hamburg,off
and on the coasl, during the 10th uit., and did
great damage. Several vessels and crafts
were lost, and the west coast in many direc-
tions was strewed with wrecks.
The king of Wnrtemberg, on account of the
agitation in his dominions, has demanded the
intervention of the Aust:ain troops.
It is reported thai ihe Poituguese Government
lias invited Spam lo interpose her good offices
in adjusting its differences with Great Britain.
THE AGE WE LIVE IN.
remember that the elasticity of water, or oi
air, or the contractibility of metals, has been
used as a mortor, yet we don't see why some
vision try might not hit upon a secret of that
kind when trying lo pick t lie locks of Nature -
cabinet.
By the bye, fuel is a very unnecessary thing
They light the Astor House with water gas.
and if water burns'in the Astor House lamps
there i9 no reason why it should not cook the
Astor House beef steaks—and, if in the Astor
House—there is no reason to prevent its warm-
ing and cooking in the cottages of the poor.
One more gigantic project'now in ptoces^
and we have done. We mean the improve-
ment of water courses by damning the rivers
al various points connected by telegraph, and
thus, by opening or shutting the resevoirs, ex-
tending navigation to inland distances al pres-
ent impracticable. The experiment of Ellet
on the Ohio river is one of this uature. This
is a tlrst step to universal water carriage, a
measure of the highest value, that is to say
if it be not superseded a little too soon by the
employment of balloons.
Let iinue say these projects are Utopian.—
The practicability ol some of them has been
lested, w>>ile experiments made in others give
promise of successful issue. Already the A-
riels, the Calibans, llie spirits of tire,earth,
and water are having the supernatural busi-
ness taken oul ol their hands. We live in go
a-liead times, ily and bye we shall see wlmt
we shall see.—liuston Chiviiolype.
Among the giant projects no.v engaging Ihe
attention of the world is the practicability o
passing un electric telegraph around the globe.
Jose Gonz.lez Echeverria has been chosen Already the initralive has been taken in this
Govenor of the State ol Zaca'ecas
According to official documents, under the
treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1,551 inhabitants
of New Mexico have left that territory and,
settled in Mexico.
The Stale of Chihuahua stops the pay of
its Deputies when they are absent from their
posts; a tery good plan to secure punctual at
lendance.
It appears that there died of cholera in Vera
Cruz 989 persons; in Jalapa, 2,287; in Coate-
pec, 790; in Misantta, 457; in Orizaba, 2,111
in Cordova, 512; in Tnxtlas, 500; in Cosoma-
loapan, 300. Total, 8,64fi. All these places
are in the State of Vera Cruz.
The National Guard of the State of Vera
Cruz numbers 15,071 men.
The rebellion of Melevdez, in Oajaca, has
not been suppressed. The insurgent chief
lies hidden somewhere waiting for a favorable
eppor'nnity to show himself.
The Committee of Liquidation, appointed
for the arrangement ot the interior debt, is
composed of the following persons : Manue!
Canseco, Guillermo Prilto and Jose Maria
Urqnidi.
M. Pedro Velez has been appointed Treas-
urer General.
GLEANINGS FROM EUROPEAN
JOURNALS.
The new Baron of the Exchequer, Mr. S.
Martin, is the first Irishman who ever tilled a
similar post in England. He is son in-law to
the Lord Chief Baron.
A government commissioner has been ap-
pointed to report upon the practicability of re-
moving the transatlantic mial station from
Liverpool to some point on the western coast
of Ireland. Tlie American and Liverpool
Chamber oi Commerce oppose the project, and
an atrcnously engaged in endeavoring to
cause lb* dock trustees of Liverpool to five
greater facilities to the American trade and
abipping ol the port.
The building for the World's Fair, is rising
with the rapidity never yet seen in any struc-
ture in the world. Already its vast size is ap-
parent, and produces a remarkable effect.—
Large as it will be, however, there if likely to
matter by the accomplishment of a line be-
tween Calais and Dover, and the survey for
another wire troin England to Ireland, across
the English Channel. Leaving out of account
the practicability of circling the planet land-
wards by Behring's Straits, the next maritime
ink must be, and doubless will be, from Ire'
'and Lo the Azores. Froni the Azores to New-
'oundlaud—from Newfoundland to the Ameri-
can Continent is but a step. It follows that
the hemispheres brought together by this ca-
ble ol wire would speedily find themselves on
such friendly terms as would reduce the War
Nav:es of the world into commercial fleets,
and make the occupation of peace societies
like Othello's—gone.
It is impossible to estimate the changes
ivhich the establishment of the world girdling
telegraph would develope within a few years.
The post office would be the first thing knock-
ed on the head. And how long would nations
rainain in barbarism with electricity preaching
the doctrines of civilization in every end ol
the earth ? Not long indeed. Morse, House'
Bain, and other apostles would speedily bap-
tize all nations, and bring the most distant
sheep ol the h uman flock within the cry of the
pen.
Another project of this age is serial naviga-
tion. America generally, and Mr. Taggart
olGharlestown, Mass., in particular, England
France and Spain are striving one against the
other to reduce it to practice. Why should
they not succeed ? The science is in its in-
fancy it is true. Ere long it may be breeched.
What is the uie ol a new-born child 7 It may
become a man.
This brings us to the subject of motive
power. Steain begins to be blaae. It is too
ponderous an affair for general use. A gen-
tleman can not cary a coal binn and a piston
in his coat tail. But be may carry a series of
magnets, and by adapting these to a pair of
wneels conveniently stored away in the crown
of his hat, he may at any time construct a
vehicle and go ahead. Again, electromagne-
isin is not at all likel) to be the ultimate mo-
tive power. It ia very well in ita way, but
there are, no doubt, other poweta imprisoned*
somewhere in Qatar's laboratory. We don't
A SINGULAR EVENT.
The Washington correspondent of the
Boston Atlas recently wrote thus to that pa-
per:
A circumstance happened here last session
which, were we inclined to superstition, or
disposed to put faith in omens, might startle
us not a little, and certainly cause curious ap-
prehensions for the future. It was during a
heated debate upon the compromise measures
one night, and before California was admitted,
that, seated in the Hall of Representatives,
my attention was about equally divided be-
tween llie noisy declamations around me, and
ihe beauty and brilliancy of the ci andelier
suspended overhead, which threw out a vol-
ume of light upon one of llie .nost impressive
solemn, and exciting scenes that ever was
witnessed in that chamber, or probably ev-
er will be again. The galleries were
crowded, and every heart was intent upon the
turn of affairs, when Mr Burt,of South Car-
olina, took the floor; for then the novelty of
discussion gave place to actual suspense, be-
cause it was known he intended to define the
ultimatum ot his State, and to the words he
might utter, she would stand, as Mr. Venable
had previously declared, "until the crack of
doom." I was still gazing at the chandelier
at the instant Mr. B. delivered the sentence
—"secession and dissolution a I ecery hazard,'*
—when one of the gilded stars studding the
crescent ol the dome, and nearly over where
Mr. B. was standing, gave way and fell to the
door, without exciting any special remark,
(from the fact, perhaps, that very few observ-
ed the incident,) nnd the speaker continued
his speech uninterrupted, until, by the rule of
the House, limiting his lime to one hour, he
again resumed his seat.
1 noticed ihe circumstance in connection
with his words, "secessWi and dissolution at
every hazard." To-dajr^ffl counting the stars
including the fallen une, I discovered they
amounted to just thirty, the number of States
constituting the confedracy; but it must be
borne in mind that when the capitol was
erected, only eighteen States formed the U-
nion, and hence there could have been no de-
sign (unless prophetic) in placing that num-
ber there. But this waB not all. Enumera -
ling from the limb of the descent nearest to
where Mr. Burt, the Representative of South
Carolina was standing,! found ihe fallen star
to be the thirteenth—answering lo the original
thirteen Slates, and thus clearly indicating
that, in t e opinion of old maids and riddle
readers, the thirteenth star was surely and
unequivocally South Carolina. She was the
last admitted, if we reverse Georgia, and
consequently, viewed, twisted, contorted, turn-
ed, examined in what light we may, the inci-
dent was singularly and truly extraordinary.
The guilded outline remains on the dome, but
the body has dropped.
EDUCATION AND CRIME.
The philosophers of some European coun-
tries have seriously discussed the question,
whether intelligence is favorable lo morality
—in other words, whether the diffusion of
knowledge was not attended, as a consequence
by the increase of crime.
Were this so, the wheat man in the world
would be the greatest scoundrel, and all men
rascals in proportion lo llieir knowledge.—
Now the rule is notoriously to llie leverse
whatever seeming exceptions there may be
and in this rule is ihe safety of society: for if
men's disposition to commit crime increased
with their capacity, there would be no safety.
Ihe fact is, men nre fools in proportion as
they are knaves. Rascals are generally bung-
lers. Suppose all our smart lawyers should
turn their energies utid acuteness to schemes
of fraud; suppose our most capable merchants
should turn systematic swindlers; suppose
our most skillful machinists should take up
the trade of burglars, society could not hold
together a single year.
The general rule is, that the more capable
a man is of committing crime successfully
the less disposition lie has to do it. A skill-
ful chemist could poison right and left, and
make wholesale slaughter with little risk of
detection, while the poisoner is almost sure to
be detected and punished. A ciever black-
smith could open half the stores in town, but
a burglar is almost sure to be caught and sent
lo Sing Sing. One of the heaviest dealers in
counterfeit money in this State, now in Au-
burn State Prison, cannot read nor write.—
Nearly all criminals are illiterate.
The best security society can have, is !o
give to every member a good education. It
is the best as well astiie cheapest inheritance
a man can leave his children.
(From the Journal*/
THE MEAT BISCUIT FACTORY.
The Fikst Fugitive Slavk Law.—The
Boston Post has the lollowing bit of political
history.
"The Fugitive Slave Hill of 1792, was
drafted by Geo. Cabhot, of Massachusetts, in
November, and it was passed by Ihe Senate on
the 18th of January, unanimously, fourteen
from the free and thirteen from slave Siate3
voting for it. The House Committee, Theo-
dore Sedgivick anil Sheerjashuh Hour or, of
Massachusetts, and Alexander White, of Va .
reported that nill to the body, by which it was
passed on the 5th cf February, without dis-
cussion. Eight free Stales were represented
by 31 votes, six slave State by 24 votes; Iree
State majority, 7. The bill received 48 yeas
to 7 nays. Massachusetts gavo six yeas to
one nay. This record shows that the Ireo
States passed the first Fugitive Bill."
ID* We learn from "La Patria" of the 9th
of November, published at Saltillo, Mexico,
that Arista's election is considered certain he
having obtained the votes of the following
States: Mexico; Jalisco, Oajaca San Louis
Potosi, Guanajuato, Verm Cruz, Quaretero,
Tamaulipas, Chiapas, Coabuila, Sonora, Sina-
loa, and the Federal District. '"La Patria'*
congratulates the Mexican States of the East
on the advent of General Arista to the Presi-
dency, and predicts for then the opening of a
new epochol prosperity and grandeur,
say we.— Wnlern Texan.
ITT' A receni meeting at Manchester, N II.
the Hon. C. G. Atherton was hissed by a
clergyman present, w lien the orator made ihe
tollowing happy retort:
"We all know who entered the garden of
Eden, and what, was his mission. The mis-
sion of the hisser here, whether he be from
llie pulpit or not, is no better than that ol the
respeciable personage who stole into the gar-
den of Eden."
Dj" A youngster who hud commenced the
study of natural philosphy, was one day asked
to mention the properties of heat lo which he
replied :
'•The chief property of heat is that it ex-
pands bodies, while cold contracts ihem."
"Very good, can you give me a familiar
example?"
"V'es, sir. In summer, when it is hot, the
days are long; while in winter, when it is cold,
the days become very short I"
Mtt. Clay.—"X," the correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun, eavs:
"Old Hal looks like a green oak, that de-
fies time and blast; and which can only he
cloven by Jove's own thunderbold. The
storm howls through its brances, and it bends
not; the snowy winter gathers on its crest,
and jet the unchecked life within shoots forth
new foliage with the vernal sun."
Brotherly Lsve.—"Jack. Jack," cried a
sailor on board of a ship at sea, to one of his
companions.
"Halloa;" replies Jack, "what ia it ?"
"Your brother'sovtrboard I"
"Oier/mard J"
"Yes."
"Blast the luck ! he's got my tea bouts and
monkey jacket on
Smart Bor.—Last Sunday a little boy at-
tending Sunday School, was asked "what he
come of Judas Iscariot T" "Killed in the rev-
olutionary war," said the boy with much nai-
vete.
Mcsical.—"I'd give almost anything to
hear Ole Bull," said a down east lass to her
lover.
"Well," answered he, dad's got an old
brindle chap and you can hear hita beller at
nest any time."
your services ?
"Oh, nuffin to ment ion, Yeptin dal I 'casion
ly lrib de disagree'ble honor ob 'sistin to put
away de locomotur into de 'sUblishment
which you know may some time or auder
exult me lode extinguishedkerpacity obingi-
neer."
Breaking the News.—Cuff had been out
with the cart and oxen, and returning, his
master asked him what was the trouble.
"Why, massa, de wheel is bruke."'
"Is that all, Cuff?"
"No, massa, de tongue broke too/'
"What, did the oxen runawa)?"
"Yes, massa, and kill de nigh ox."
"Is it possible, Cuff?"
"And de off one too massa.''
"So, you black rascal, you have made a
perfcct smash up, and that is the reason
why you came back; why did you not tell me
so T"
"Why massa," said Cuff scratching his
wool, "I '&pnse dat one wheel broke be 'ficient
of itself individooly, widout prnceedin' into de
entire argument ob de cart and oxum."
Receifs.—For keeping your temper-
Never gel into a passion. For geting on—
Never be in a hurry. For avoiding mistakes—
Don't express opinions. For improving the
memory—Net cr forget anything.
We stepped into this estalishment the oili-
er day fer the purpose of noting Ihe modus
operandi by which beef cattle are concerted
into biscuit. The arrangements and ma-
chinery are on a much more extensive scale
than we had previously imagined, and the
whole establishment exhibited e neatness and
cleanliness which wo did not expect to see,
considering ihe nature of the work. The
process is carried on in a capacious brick
building at the westend of llie Strand, and
all contrivances for facilitating the work are
admirably arranged considering that the build-
ing was not'designed for the purpose.
It is out of our power lo give a minute and
intelligible account of how the work is per-
formed, but we may be able to convey some
idea ot the operation.
A gui.otine worked by steam power, chops
the carcase of beef into pieces of convenient
size. The beef is then put into vats or boil-
ers, of which '.here are two, each capable of
containing fventy beeves. The vats are
heated by steam, from the boiler that supplies
ihe engine, and when the boiling process is
completed the juice is drawn off, and the re-
mainder ol the beef pressed, to extract all the
liquid. The liquid is then evaporated bv
steam .to anniform degree of density ascer-
tained by an instrument for that purpose and
is about one eleventh of the weight of the
entire meat, including the bone, first put into
Ihe Caldron. This extract is then mixed and
kneaded with the finest Hour in a proportion
of two pounds of the former lo three of the
later; but when baked the weight of the
dough is reduced about twenty per cent, or
five pound to four, by'which it appears, that
one pound of the biscuit contains the essence
of some five pounds and a half of the meat
including its usual proportion of bone The
dougli is then maed into biscuit by machinery
such its is used in extensive bakeries. Placing
the raw biscuitjn iron pans nnd baking, fin-
ishes the operation, and the article is ready
for packing. There is also a mill, similar to a
corn-mill, for grindin the biscuit into powder
after it is baked, and a larga portion of it is pre-
pared for market in this shape. The pow-
dered biscuit is packed in tin canisters and
sealed, effectually protecting it against damps'
and making it more convenient for use and
transportation.
The "Meat-Biscuit" ha3 been highly re-
commended for Ihe use of the'ariny and navy
For travelers, overland emigrants to Califor-
nia, oi exploring and surveying parties who
have to carry provisions with them, we should
say it was invaluable. Combining so much
nourishment in so small a space, as well us
being pure and wholesome, it cannot fail, we
think, lo be in demand.
It is right to state that none"but the best
quality of beef is used,, and that the whole
process is performed with parlicular'regar lo
cleanliness, as is apparent fr( in the perfect
order in trie estiblis'xment und llie condition
of the vessls and machinery used in it.
A Commute Mas.—The following* 'talk"
is said to have taken place in the vicinity of
a railroad lately.
"Well Zeb, what biznes is ye prosecutin'
now-a-days 1"
"Oh, nuffin' much, 'cepin' dat I 'casionly
acts as 'mittee man down to de rail road."
"Oh,hush I you don't say so. When did ye
'rive at such extinguishment V
"Why, I'se been follerln' it loss or more all
dis season—'specially since de railroad went
into corporation."
''Well, Zeb, what composition do ye git for
THE INVISIBLE FOE.
We verily believe that the best jokes in
llie world have occurred in our colleges, and
the one we are about to narrate is as true as
is amusing. It transpired in the "Old
North Sla'e."
"One of the Professors of College
was in the habit of exercising a sorveillenr*
over the students uf'tpr night fall, which was
by no means agreeable to them. He was ac-
customed to steal cautiously along the corri-
dors of ihe college, and, whenever their ap-
peared to be anything going on not presibed
in the 'rules,' he did not hesitate to peep
through ihe key hole, and 'take an observa-
tion. Some of the students resolved to cure
him of this propensity, and they hit upon the
following expedient:—In Ihe course of their
walk they had frequently seen at a neighbor-
ing farm a large black ram, which was per-
ectly tame, and which had been laught to
butt any one who appeared lo challenge liini
by stooping or bowing his head. They man-
aged, one night, to entice llie ram to llie col-
ege, where they secured him in an empty and
darkened room, and fed him the next day.—
At night, just before the time for the Profes-
sor's espoinage, llipy 'urned the ram out into
the hall, having first shod him with pieces of
blanket. 11a was perfectly black, and, of
course, invisible in a dark corridor. His step
also was noiseless, as lie perambulated, st
pleasure, the wide hall. Presently the Pro-
fessor came stealing up stairs, and on tiptoe
proceeded towards a room whence issued
rather unusual sounds. As he stooped to ap-
ply his optic fo ihe key hole of the door, the
ram, taking it asra challenge, gave him a
playful butt, and tumbled liiin heels over head.
Picking himself up ns well as he could, in
his astonishment, he was assailed in the rear
and once more prostrated. This amusing il- •
lustration of the ups and downs of lile con-
tinued some minutes, until both parties made
an unpremeditated descent of the stairs. Tlio
alarmed Professor was not sufficiently hurt
by his fall to disable liini] frum flight, and ho
blade tracks for his .>dwelling*with Gilpin
speed. The liberated animal fled also towards
his huine. The next morning the worthy
I rofessor whs seen, at a very early hour, ex-
amining the floor of the hall very closely for
some tracks which might unfold to him the
character of his 'nocturnal foe.' He sought
in vain, however—and for days the mystery
preyed upon his spirits.
"After the graduation of the next class, he
inquired of one of the-; baccnlanreats if he
had not a hand in the adventure of that night,
and begged him, if ii were so, lo explain to
him the mystery. When? the explanation
was given, the Professor was convulsedwith
laughtei, and said that, bad lie discovered tlio
joke at the time, he should have pardoned its
authors for the matchless fun of the thing.'
Sou. Lit. Gaz.
A New State—The Henderson Flag of
the Union goes for tiie formation of a new
Stnieoutof Eastern Texas, to be composed
ofthe territory situated between tlio Sabine
and Trinity rivers—bounded on the Northwest
by a li ne running from the Trinity river to
the point where the 23 deg. north latitude
intersects 103? meridian west longitude—a
corner of llie Texas cession to the United
States then pursu ing said meridian to 3G» 30
north lattitude, and parallel of latitude, the
Rod River, Sic., to the Sabine.
A Giant.—A young man aged 19, a na.
live of Scotland, but for some lime past a res-
ident of Nova Scotia, arrived at Boston a few
days ago from St. John, N. B. He is sev-
ven feet four and a half inches high, fifty-six
inches in circumference around the breast,
and weighs 326 pounds. He has risen in the
world, und is now a man of mark and sub
stance.
"What was that you were going to tell
me to-day, when your father hushed you up?"
said a dozing mother to her son. "Well I
seed pa a hnggin' John Dean's wife !"
Said a young fellow indignantly, when
called a boy—"Don't call tne a boy ; Fvs
chewed tobacco this six years."
ID* The man that broke his arm in polling
awhisPcy panch out ol a tumbler, has taken
lo a sling.
The last "case of conscience" is I ha: of a
temperate surgeon, who refused to furnish a
sling for a man who had broken his arm."
"The Whole Uhmuhded Contisest,"
•fee.—The Loudon illustrated Almanac con-
tains a portrait ot the Chief Magistrate of
this great country, and informs the reader
that it ia a likeness of "Millard Fillmore,
President of America."
A new mode of dispersing mobs has been
discovered out West, said to supersede the
necessity of a military force. It is to pass
around a contribution box.
A new musiral prodigy is announced in N.
York—a child only two ami a half years old,
remarkable for his skill on Uie drum. |Qr
drum of the ear?j
A witty acq uaintance of ours, speaking of
that kiatf ot literature which deals in raw
heads and bloody bones, dark dungeons, dam-
aged damsels, riots, and murders, calls il
"writing in the jugular vein!" as opposed
to the jocular manner uf othtr writers.
Baitun Pe*t.
TbeKentuckey Flag has run up ihe names
of Win. O. Butler, ot Keutucky for President,
and Daniel S. Dickenson, of New York, lur
Vice President for 185J.
If you do not hear reason she will caivly
np you on the kcuckels.
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