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THE STAR STATE P A T R í 0 T.
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T-HE PATRIOT
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♦The loss of liberty, of all good fovkroriient, of peace
nty. and happiness, must inevitably foilow a dissolution
the Union." m
EDITED BY WlTHERSPOON & CO,
9UHSH1LL Texas
May 8, 1S.J2.
MILLARD FILLMORE
axd
JOHN J. CRITTENDEN,
Oar choice for President and Vice President; but
subject to the Whig National Convention.
V. B. PALMER the Americin Newspaper
Agent, is the only authorised Agent for this paper
in the cities of Boston, New York and Philadelphia,
and is duly empowered to "take advertisements and
subscriptions at the rates as required by us. His
' eseii'.H will he regarded as payments. His Offices
jfe—iiUSTON, Scolluy's Building; NEW YORK
Tribune Buildirrgs: PHILADELPHIA, N. W.
corner of Third and Chestnut streets."
If Col. EDWARD CLARK, will consent to be
come a candidate for Chief Justice, of Harrison
county at the ensuing election, he will receive the
support of MANY VOTERS.
We are authorize' to announce WILLIAM
R. BEACHAMP, as ajfcndidate for Assessor and
Collector of Upshur Canity, at the ensuing August
election.
D" We are authorized to announce S. P. DON-
LEY,. as a candidate for District Attorney of the
Sixth Judicial District, at the ensuing August elec-
tion.
For Attorney General.
We «reauthorized to announce Col. THOMAS
J. JENNINGS, of Henderson, Rusk Co., as a can-
didate for the office of Attorney General of the
State of Texas. Election to come off in August
next.
We are pleased to have an opportunity of ma.
king the above announcement of the name ot a
gentleman, for the responsible olfice of Attorney
General ofthe State, who is so favorably known
throughout the 5th and 9th Judicial District, and
throughout the State. Col. Jennings is well
versed in the system ot practice peculiar to our
State,having resided many years in it. His
high legal attainments, having been thirty years
a practitioner at the bar, offer a sufficient guar-
antee that he is thoroughly qualified to discharge
with honor to himself, and utility to tho State,
the responsible office of Attorney General.
Whig National Convention.—There was
a caucus of the Whig members of Congress on
the 20th ult., in which Baltimore was fixed up
on as tho place, and the 16th of June as the time,
for holding tho Whig National Convention.
OCT The Whigs of Mississippi aro calling a
Convention to moot on tho third of Way for ap-
pointing delegates to tho National Convention,
Judge Douglas, notwithstanding the speech
made in his favor in Congress, by Humphrey
Marshall, did not succeed in getting an exprcs-
sion of opinion In his favor, by the Convention
in California. California is iñ favor ot the "fi.
nality"of the Compromise. In the Whig Con-
vention Daniel Webster was most popular.
(&~ Extensive discoveries of gold have been
made in Queen Charlotte's Island. The hos-
tility of tho Indians that inhabit it, who are
quite a savage race, have hitherto prevented its
exploration. The Island is 800 miles^bovo the
mouth of the Columbia in Oregon, and consc.
que ntly belongs to John Bull.
0£r Nearly eyery county in Missouri has in-
structed its delegates to vote for Fillmore for the
Presidency, in the National Convention.
. .. ,
OCT The British Frigate Birkenhead,-was lost
-at sea, on the southern ¿oast of Africa, on the
20th of February, ajpd about 400 of tho pa3sen*
gers and crew were lost.
frÍT" It is supposed that Louis Napoleon would
proclaim the Empire on the 5th of May, the
/Anniversary ofthe death of his uncle. As that
«time i now past, we shall soon know whether
'there is any ground for the apprehension. Such
a cor sue would not surprise any body now, as
-«ocnething of the kind has been long looked
yet, for Louis to attain to that prc-eirfnence
through the votes of the masses of thjprpeople,
instead—as heretofore has beeuJ|rf^case—with
ra through the intriffipflCaiOney and pow.
"the nobility bac^jfijthy the army is well
lo excitcvfiirprise. Wc do not be-
lieon will hold bis power
long, no matter under what form it is disguised,
for this reason: Frenchmen adored the old Na-
poleon for bis military abilities, and the lustre of
bis achievements. There is at the present mo-
in France, among the Peasantry a de-
► for wan They are tired of peace, and
connected in their minds war and national
fiery- In short, tho warlike sentiment enkin-
dled In the hearts of Frenchmen, by the con-
•querer of Europe most have vent. It Louis
Napoleon attempts to follow in the footsteps of
1* ancle, in military matters and ^schemes
•of conquest, his comparative insignificance in
this respect, and inability to" follow the footsteps:
of ñíts^frve Napoleon will soon lessen his Influ-
<ence, and with it draw him down from his sta-
lion and authority.¿a France.
$V We learn fróm tho Washington Star
map y ° 1
lemen when out on an excursion
interesting fossil remains among
"V&icfc were the tusk, a portion ofthe leg bone,
* tooth of some huge animal. They were
Jfcund at Hidalgo Fall?. The tusk is said to be
n feet long, and to measure ai its large ! .point
in circumference.
RAIL ROAD M E E T I N G .
The first meeting^ the commissioners of the
Texas and Louisiana Rail Road, took place at
the Court House, in the town of Marshall, in
Harrison county, Texas, on Monday, the 3id day
of May, A. D. 1852, in pursuance of the char-
ter. Present W. R. D. Ward, T. D. Wilson
Joseph Taylor, E. M. Wilder and Wm. S. Tay-
lor, by T. A. Patillo, (proxy.) Absent Robert
[I. Hord, M. C. Hamilton, and B. B. Cannon.
The following preamble was adopted :
Wiisre.vs, the Legislature of the State of Tex-
as, at its last session, passed an act entitled an
"Act. incorporal i :ig the Texas and Louisiana
Hail Road company," and by said act appoin-
ted W. R D. Ward, Thomas D. Wilson, E.
M. Wilder, William S. Taylor, Robert H.
Hord, Joseph Taylor, Morgan C. Hamilt t,
and B. I?. Cannon, their associates and suc-
cessors, commission?'rs v. ifh corporate powers,
to receive subscription for the stock of said
company, wilh the right to locate, construct,
own and maintain, a railway as designated in
said charter.
Now the said commissioners having met pur-
suant to the authority in the act given hereby
accept tiie said charter, proceed to organize the
said company, and to exercise the powers of di-
rectors, until directors are chosen or appointed
by such persons as "may subscribe to ihe stock
of said company. Therefore be it
Resolved, That the Commissioners proceed to
the election of a President of the Board of Di-
rectors, a Secretary and Treasurer.
Whereupon, W. R. D. Ward, was chosen
President, George Gregg, Treasurer, and T. A.
Patillo, Secretary. It was further
Resolved, That the board extend the pe-
riod for acquiring real and personal estate, under
the 11th section of said charter I the 10th of
May, 183:3.
It. was further Resolved, That the President
of the company correspond with the citizens of
North Louisiana, with a view to their uniting
with this board in employing a competent To-
pograph?r, to survey the route contemplated,
from the Mississippi river by Shreveport to the
Texas line so as to continue said survey as far
as practicable on the line of road designated
"The Texas and Louisiana Rail Road, by Mar-
shall, Austin and to El Paso, into the State of
Texas."
it was further Resolved, That 'books for the
subscription of stock, be. opened 0:1 the 3rd day
of May, A. D. 1852, in the town of Marshall,
and at such times in other counties of Texas
and elsewhere as the directors may designate,
and that per cent, be paid to tho Treasurer
at such time as may be required by the board, to
meet the expense of surveying said road.
It was further Resolved, That the board pre-
pare and publish in pamphlet form, an address to
the citizens of Texas, in behalf of the said Rail
Road, setting forth the benefits that will result
from the building and completion of the same.
It was further unsolved, That so soon as there
shall bo suliscribed'tts stock to said road the sum
of one hundred thousand the President of the
board shall give information of that fact, to the
stockholders by publication or otherwise,, and
cause Jan election to Ixj held for Directors of
tho company under the provisions of said char-
ter at such time and place as the board may de-
signate.
It was further Resol red, That tiie board des-
ignate suitable persons at such places as to them
may seem proper, to receive donations of lands
or other property, for the benefit of said road,
which agents shall lie required to report to tho
board under its direction.
It was further Resolved, That this J>on rd hold
its regular meetings on the second Monday in
each month at Marshall, Texas.
It was further Resolved, That for the purpose
of aiding the company in carrying out the pow-
ers cotderretí by said charier, and ensuring the
completion of said road. W. R. D. Ward, M.
J. Hall. Gen. M. Hunt and Col. M. T. Johnson,
bo and they are hereby appointed agents for said
company, with power to receive subscriptions for
stock to said road in tho Eastern cities of the
confederacy and elsewhere—and that they are
hereby specially requested to introduce to the
favorable consideration of capitalists generally
the advantages of said road as a part of a great
contemplated ihorougfare between the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans, and that credentials issue to
them re-pec;ively signed by tho President and
countersigned by the Secretary, and that said-
agents be and they are hereby requested.to en-
ties Herein con-
(erred upon them withauLd^ldy and report their
proceedings umJtíT't'tífs authority to the board at
eaglgfPgwlaif meeting thereof.
t was further Resolved, That we hereby ten-
der o"tr thanks to our Senator and Representa-
tives in the last Legislature for the ability and
zeal they manifested in procuring the charter
above maintained.
It was further Resolved, That the proceedings
of thÍ3 meeting be published in the papers at
Marshall and that all other papers friendly to
said enterprize bo and they are hereby requested
to publish the same.
The books being opened twenty thousand five
hundred dollars stock was subscribed, and the
board adjourned to meet again on the second
Monday in June next.
W. IL D. WARD, President.
T. A. Patit.lo. Secretary.
Washington, April 10.—Visit, of hóssulh
lo Mount. Vernon.—Kossuth, wilh Lady Pnlzsky
and others ol his suite, accompanied by Senator
and Mrs. Seward, and a party of about one hun-
dred ladies and gentlemen, visited Ml. Vernon to
day in the steamer Collier. The party stopped
at Fort Washington awhile, and exaini icd that
beautiful fortification. After leaving the fort,
they crossed to the Virginia siue, and landed
near the tomb. In solemn silence they paused
r.t the sacred spot, and Kossuth gazed for some
time with evident emotion upon the last resting
place of the immortal Washington, after which
he retired to the adjacent woods, apparently to
commune alono with his thoughts. Ihe p.vty
then viewed the other prominent features of this
hallowed place, and returned to the city in the a^-
ternoi n.
Ivossnth will leave for Trenton to-morrow.
Cincinnati, April 14.—Ohio Whig Dis-
trict. Conventions.—To-day, in tho several Con-
gressional Districts throughout this State, the
whigs held conventions for the purpose of selec-
ting delegates to the Whig National Conven-
tion. In tho Cincinnati District, strong resolu-
tions were passed in favor of the nomination of
Gen Scott, by a vote of 80 yeas to 0 nays. Del
egales pledged to support Gen. Scott in the Con-
vention were also selected.
Cincinnati, April 16—Ohio for Scott—The
„ ,, 00 . u , . j . District Conventions in this State, as far as heard
Macon on the 22d ult, and organized by the aP-, ^ haye elected gcott to the Whig
pctntment of officers. ' Rational Convention.
We give the following speculations of the
Washington correspondent of the Picayune for
what they may be worth. In view of tho pos-
sible nomination of Webster the friends of Fill-
more should be up and doing. Not that Web-
stet would not suit us as a candidate should he
obtain the nomination, but because we think the
chances of his election are inferior to those of
either Scott or Fillmore. In short Mr. Webster,
notwithstanding his great merits is not available.
"Mr. Mangum's speech has not advanced the
causQ of Gen. Scott a single inch; on the con-
trary, the Southern whigs, such as Gentry, Mar-
shall, Williams, Cabell, Walsh, Pratt, Dawson
of Georgia, Moore and others will stoutly resist
any nomination not based on the compromise
measures and the fugitive slave law. 1 he next
whig caucus will prove that I am right.
The friends of Mr. Webster are, at this mo-
merit, more active and numerous than ever. In
New York and New Hampshire especially they
are up and doing; and, for the first time, it is ad-
mitted on all hands, North and South, that he
could heal the differences in the whig party, and
unite them 011 a national platform. The Seward
men themselves admit that, should Webster be
nominated, they would only be beaten by supe-
rior intellect and enlarged national considera-
tions, not by local feuds in the empire State
An effort will undoubtedly be made in the
Whig National Convention to adopt the two-
thirds rule; the democrats setting the example
on the 1st June next. Under such a rule, the
probability is Daniel Webster will be the nomi-
nee.
The standing committee appointed by the IYx-
as creditors have to-day adopted the memorial to
be presented to Congress 011 Monday next. It
is understood that Gen. Rusk, ot Texas, enjoys
the entire confidence of the creditors, and that
the same man who got Texas the ten millions
and peace, will yet help her out of her present
scrape, saving her reputation—and perhaps her
money.
OO™ We clip from the N. O. Crescent cf the
1st inst., the following Congressional news
which seems to embody most of the interesting
items of business in our President making Con-
gress.
Washington April420, 18">2.
Senate.—Mr. Pearce presented the memori-
al ot the special committee of Texas creditors,
praying that their claims may be paid by the U.
States.
Mr. Hale reported a bill confirming certain
private land claims in Missouri, and tho same
was considered, and ordered to a third reading.^
Mr. Shields icportcd a bili to improve the efli-
ciencv of the army. The bill abolishes all pay
and allowances for brevet rank, and makes many
important changes in the organization ot the ar-
my. Two thousand extra copies ol the bill and
report were ordered to be printed.
Mr. Dawson reported a joint resolution, au-
thorizing the Secretary ot War to furnish the
•'Washingto Yagers" and ''Boone Riflemen ' of
Washington City, with arras—and the same was
ordered to be engrossed.
Mr. tiwin introduced bills granting to Cali-
fornia the right of way through the public lands,
for the construction of certain railroads in that
State.
Tho Deficiency Bill «'as taken up. Numer-
ous amendmiyits were concurred in. Amongst
others, $350,000 were appropriated for the com-
pletion of the floating dock at San Francisco,
California. Also $0,000 for completing the im-
provement of Now Jersey avenue ¡11 this city.
$7,000 for planting, etc., the Smithsonian Insti-
tute grounds.
At 3 o'clock the Senate adjourned.
House.—This morning Messrs. Marshall, of
Kentucky, Harris, of Alabama, Chandler, ol
Pennsylvania, Fuller, of Maine, and Hamilton,
of Maryland, wore appointed to constitute the
committee to report upon amendments to the
printing laws-
Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, stated that as fif-
teen days had already been consumed in debate
011 the homestead bill, ho moved thai all debate
terminate on Thursday-at one o'clock.
Mr. McMullen moved to substituto Monday
next; but befbro a vote was taken, a motion was
mode to lay the resolutions on tho table;.upon
which tho yeas and nays having been ordered, it
was laid on the tabic—yeas 108, nays 02.
0^7" From tho following which wo exiraci
from tho Delta, something may be learned of the
proceedings of tho Whig caucus in Washington.
Wo shall receive the.address in due timrj.
Important Political Address.
Washington, April 28.—The Republic of to-
day püblished an address which occupies three
columns and .a half to Iho Whigs of 'ho Unite
States. The document is signed by Buéoíte^of
Mississippi, Norton, Cabell andjjfoore. and
sustains their course intbe'®ftjw&, where they
offered tho Compromisij'as a finality, and were
ruled out of order^w|lftey deny that it was their
object to distrapTho Whig party, or to open a
fresh sJaverxjItcitement.
ry, of La., Marshall, of Ky., Gentry and
Mlliams, of Tennessee, Outlaw and Ciingtnan
of North Carolina, and Strother of Virginia,
give a detailed statement of the proceedings of
the Whig Congressional caucus, and declare
their motives to have • been to put down the
Abolition fanatics who desire to rule the party,
and whose only hope of distinction is in over-
throwing the Compromise measures. The gen-
tlemen whoso names are above mentioned, only
wished to induce whigs to assume a high nation
al groii.nd—the only position upon which states-
men and paifiots can rely to preserve the har-
mony of the States and the existence of the gov.
err.ment. Their object was to terminate agila-
lion, by declaring the Compromise a finality,
believing that, coming from so distinguished an
assemblage, the country would enthusiastically
respond to it.
MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
The Michigan Democra'ic Convention nomi-
nated Gen. Cass for tho Presidency. McClel-
land and Alfred Williams were chosen delegates
to the Baltimore Convention.
Liverpool market,
Liverpool, April 17.—The Cotton market has
exhibited considerable activity since the sailing
of the Asia, and the sales for the week amount
to 49,000 bales, of which speculators have taken
4,000, and exporters 7,000 bales. Holders have
been very firm at previous rates, although no
quotable change has taken place. The follow-
ing are the quotations as fixed last evening, by
the Board: Fair Orleans, 5f ; Middling Or-
leans, 5 ; Fair Uplands, 5J ; Middling Uplands
4fd per H>.
03^" The Georgia Union Convention met at
II c n r y Clay.
As the career of this eminent statesman draws
near its close, the togs and mists which political
detraction had accumulated around him disperse
and melt away;'so that in a clear sky and with
lustre unobscurcd he descends to the horizon ofj
life in a sunset of splendor. A democratic jour-
eal, the New Orleans Courier, thus speaks of
him;
"Henry Clay now belongs to history, and his
fame to his country. From one end of its broad
territories to the other, he has not a single ene-
my. Throughout his long and illustrious career
he has been the advocate and champion of free-
dom, and of those great principles of law and or-
der, without which, liberty has no stability and
no guarantees for ihe repose of society. The
opposition to Mr. Clay, so long and so steadily
made by the democratic party, must not be mis-
talc for a distrust of ii: p iliiolism, or a want
o! admiration for his great and generous quali-
ties. It was exclusively political, growing out
ot a difference of opinion on matters concern-
ing the administration of our government—our
home policy. His reputation and his fame are
as much cherished by one party as the other.—
And no American politician could now make an
attack on him without being condemned by the
general voice of the. country."
It is we.1, says the Baltimore American, that
such acknowledgments as these should come
from adversaries—even although they are late
in coining. There is a virulence in political an-
imosity, which one can scarcely contemplate in
calmness without something like a feeling of
terror. Of all hatreds it seems to bo the most
remorseless, the most vindictive, the most blind
and indiscriminaling; perverting truth, delight-
ing in calumny, dealing with injustice as though
it were a virtue, and blending patriotism wilh a
spirit ol relentless and prospective extermination.
Few men ever passed through the ordeal of the
kiud more fieice or more protracted than that
through which (he path of Henry Ciay led from
youth to hoary age. Nor was he at any time a
man to turn aside from his course in view of any
trials or terrors, which political hostility in its
most ferocious paroxysms could array before him.
He went on his stately way with unshrinking
steps, carrying defiance in his right hand. We
are told now that he has not a single enemy.—
Well, he has had many: yet he never thought to
conciliate one by unworthy compliances or ig-
noble deprecation.
He has carried with him the impress of his
own nobility, and he will bear it with him to his
grave. It was never in tho power of majorities
or democracies to impair his imperial prestige.
lie has lived as a King among men, and he will
die like a hero—death obtaining no victory over
him. His name will be a cherished legacy to
the American people, who behold in him the no-
blest type of themselves. Salve, sálvelo, ulli>
mus Romanorum.
Fon El P.\s.>.—The Indianola Bulletin
states the train of Mr. James Buchanan left In-
dianola for El Paso on the 15t!i, loaded with mer-
chandise for the Santa Fe and Chihuahua trade.
Mr. Buchanan has formerly travelled Ihe. Mis-
souri route, but having examined our route, and
become satisfied of its important advantages in
distance, climate, grass and water, I.e ha* chan-
ged his entire business through lndianola, to
which place his goods, as well as those of Messrs
Smith, White and Randolph, have been shipped
direct from New York.
The trains of Mr. W. T. Smith and Mr.
White, consisting of 20 large wagons, five car-
riages and a number of persons destined for Cal-
ifornia, left Indiana, April 16th for El Paso and
New Mexico. This is the third trip Mr. Smith's
tiain has made in twelve month, a distance of
800 miles.
At San Antonio about seventy-five California
emigrants will join the party.—Civilian.
We learn from Ihe Austin American, tha¿ the
contract for laying the stone, plastering the col-
umns, ol the capítol, has been awaided to
Messrs Moore <S5McGehec, of Bastrop, for 8">;v
000: the contract Ibr the carpenter's work has
been awarded to Messrs. Cook and Brand >11, of
Austin, for 27,000. The American says :
[Houston 7 ele,graph.
Tho foundation as hadbeen previously slated,
will cost, about $4,500, making the entire cost
of the house, $88,000, which, we suppose, is ex-
elusive of painting. We understand I ho bid of
Messrs. Frio? & Kaufman, of San Antonio, very
accomplished stone masons, was only about $3,.
000 over the bid of Messrs. Moore &; McGehee;
but the Commissioijoi'd, wo suppose, felt bound
to take.4li« lowest bid without regard to the qual-
Ui«awóns of tho contractors. Messrs. Moore
& McGehee are very persevering gentlemen,
but not masons by trade.
The power of tho Commissioners over the
contractors are very extensive, and the contract
will, of course, be very scecific and in strict con-
formity to tho law.
Remedy for Consumption.
Some time since, Dr. Stone, the eminent phy-
sician and surgeon in this city, published here,
in a medical review, an article giving an account
of the favorable results of the employment of
phosphate of lime and cod liver oil in cases of
consumption. In relation'to this we clip the fob
lowing from the Boston Medical and Surgical
Journal:—Delta.
\ gentleman ofthe neighboring city of Charles-
town whose son was considered in a hopeless
stale from the diseased state of the respiratory
apparatus, was induced to administer Dr. Stone's
medicine. All the phosphate of lime procured
at the shops appeared to him to 1)3 imperfectly
prepared, being coarse and otherwise objection-
able. A purer article was prepared especially
for the occasion, reduced to an impalpable pow-
der, and ten grains were administered three times
a (lav, followed by a swallow of cod liver oil.—
No material change was discoverable in the pa-
tient for two weeks. Suddenly, as it were a fix-
ed pain of long Etandin:¡: in the chest then aba ¡
ted; sleep became refreshing, the appetite im i
nroved, strength returned, and from being moved
about the apartment reclining 011 an invalid chair,
he is now daily riding, on an average, ten miles
on horseback, facing the wind and breathing the
cold with impunity. This is a synopsis of a
case related by a grateful parent, who would be
triad to have others under similar circumstances,
make r'1 effort with the phosphate, combined
with cod liver :"1-
Mk. Clay's Health.—A Washington let-
ter to the New York Courier, and Enquirer,
says :
Mr. Clay is again relapsing into a condition of
serious prostiation, after having been for some
time encouraged by cheering symptoms. It is
painfully manifest that the sands are running low
i:i his glass of life, and that the. sun, which once
so brilliantly illumined the political firmament, is
fast descending to the horizon, below which it
will soon disappear forever.
Efforts are making to secure the, construction
of a railroad from Pittsburg to Cleveland, via
;he Mahoning Valley,
Foreign Markets.
[By the Morse Southern Line.]
New Youk, April 27, 7:26 p. m.
The Franklin has arrived. She reports cot-
ton unchanged. Sales of three days ,19,000
bales. Flour Steady. Corn advanced Od.
Consols 99£.
The political news is unimportant.
STEAMER WRECKED.
The Steamer Porto has been wrecked near
Lisbon and forty lives lost.
SPAIN.
Since the publication ot' the Spanish decree
against the press, nearly every daily journal in
¡Vfculrid has been seized and obliged to publish
second editions deprived of offensive a lióles.
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.
New York, April 27,20:30 p. ai.
Rumors have been received in England that
two ships were seen in the Spring of 1851 em-
bedded in the ice, and drifting towards tDavis's
Straits. They were supposed to be Sir John
Franklin's.
FRANCE.
A grand review and distribution of eagles is
to take place in the Champ do Mars 011 the 10th
of May.
FOREIGN MARKETS.
New Yokk, April 26, a. jr.
The steamship City of Glasgow, arrived at
Philadelphia, reports the sales of cotton at 9,000
bales. Market is unchanged.
Hreadsluffs where? firmer.
Bacon had advanced one shilling.
The political news is unimportant.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, April 26, p. si.
The Senate was engaged to-day in the dis-
cussion of Ihe deficiency bill, in favor of aiding
the Collins line of steamers, will pass.
The House'passed a bill to extend ihe time
for ihe location of Virginia land warrants.
NOT RESIGNED.
The report that Postmaster General Hall has
resigned his cfiice is false.
* MR. SERGEANT NOT DEAD.
The announcement of the death ot Mr. John
Sergeant, of Pennsylvania, was premanturc. He
is, however, hopelessly ill.
Baltimore, April 24.
The Senate to-day passed the act of the As-
setiibiy establishing the seat of' Government in
Oregon. They also adopted resolutions provi-
ding lor some adjustment of conflicting claims
to awards under the Brazilian treaty, as provi-
ded in forty-nine to carry Mexican treaty.(?)
The House is discussing the Homestead HI],
A St. Louis paper tells us a story of a discon-
solate widower, who, 011 seeing the remains of
his wife lowered into the grave, exclaimed, with
tears in his eyes, " Well, I've lost cows in my
day, but I never had anything cut me like this."
Childhood is like, a mirror, catching and re.
fleeting images all around it. Remember that
an impious, profane or vulgar thought may ope-
rate upon a young heart like a careless spray of
water thrown on polished steel, staining it with
rust that no future efforts can efface.
Punch says that ihe danger of abolishing Ihe
property qualification for members of Parliament
is this—that if some of our legislators were to
be without their property qualification, they
would have no other qualification whatever.
Don't moralize to a man who is on his back.
Help him up, set him firmly on his feet, nnd then
give him advice and means.
Gf.n. Suott and the lath Sir John Har-
vey.—The Halifax papers, in recording the
death of the late Sir John Harvey, who was at
the battle of Lundy's Lane, relate tho following
incident:
At the battle of Stoney Creek the Americans
were defeated; but Sir John narrowly escaped
being shot. An American rifleman was ju-t
presenting deadly aim at his commanding figure,
when a sword struck aside the firelock with this
expression : "Don't shoot that British officer; he
is preventing tho shedding of blood." .Sir John
was riding among the combatants, attempting to
stop the carnage. The officer who s'ruck aside
(ho rifle was Gen. Scott, and the occurrence led
¡0 ihe great friendship which altcnvards existed
bstwecnthe two veterans.
The Civilian says:
''The Fa'r at Corpus Christi takes wonder-
fulTy. Persons continue to arrive hero from the
interior en route for ihe scene ; and the whole
Slate appears lobe interested ¡11 tho afluir. Peo-
pie are turning out from all quarters of the
Slate ; and a poet iu the Nacogdoches Chronicle
has furnished a song for the occasion beginning
as follows :
"Ho, fortho fair at Corpus Christi I
Over the hillls and mounlains misty !
Forth from our homes and halls we sally,
Off to the bright Nueces Valley !
When a sound is made at one end of a wire
six hundred feet long, a person at the other end
will hear the sound twice— first as conveyed al-
most instantly by the wire, and secondly, when
it has traveled through tho air.
In many ofthe Western States the cost of
grading a long line of road does not exceed $1,.
000 per mile—the cost of limber amounting to
nothing more than clearing it from the track.
For these reasons, the expense of building Rail-
roads in the Southern and Western Slates is new
much less than it will be when the country bo-
comes as densely settled as the older States of
the Union.
The Nacogdoches Chronicle begins an arti-
cle on the subject of an extra session of the
Legislature by saying there is w ño necessity for
it;" and remarks—
Some of our exchanges seem to think that wo
must have an extra session of the Legislature, in
order to provino nr, apportionment bill.' We
doubt the necessi r it, and, besides, we doubt
whether it would do any good. The same men,
if they were to go back to Austiu, would proba-
bly pass just such another law as the one passed
at the late session, and the Govenor would pock-
et it again. We would be just as bad off then
as we are now. The present apportionment is
very unequal, it is true ; but perhaps it is better
for the country to bear with the law as it is than
to go to the expenses of an extra session of the
Legislature ; or at any rate, if there is a called
session.it ought to be deferred until next Win-
ter or Spring ; other questions of importance
may arise by that time.
N E W A D V E i! T 1 S E M K N T S
Notice.
BOOKS for t!>e subscription of Stock to the
Texas and Louisiana Railroad Company, are
now open in my office at .Marshall Texas.
Persons wishing to make investments will please
call. T. A. PATILLO,
May the Sth 1853. Secretary.
STATE OF TEXAS, )
COUNTY OF HARRRISON, $
William H. Dial, ) No. 84.
vs. ' > Citation,
A. S. Moiield.
To any lawful Oo. '.or of said County— Greetings
YOU are hereby commanded 10 summon A. S.
Moiield by publicaron to be and personally ap-
pear belore meat my office, in the town of Marshall,
on Saturday the 5th day of Jane, 1852, at 10
o'clock, A. M., to answer the complaint of William
H. Dial, in a plea of debt, for the sum Of twenty
dollars principal due by account bricfly'as follows:—
The medical account made iti the year 1851 with
B. F. & W. H. Dial, physicians and poitriers, <$"C.«
for the sam of ($5) five dollars, which arconnt is
transferred to Ww. H. Dial, also, the account of
William H. Dial, for medical services and medicines,
rendered and furnished at the instance and request
of said deft, during 1852.
H em fail not, and make due return Of
as the law directs. .
Given under mv hand, this 28th day of
D. 1852. " í. M. MORf'
Mayor ofl
Issued 29th April, 1§52.
3. M. MORPHTSg
Received in ofT e, April 29th, 1852, aud handed
same day to the Editor of the 'Star State Patriot' for
publication. S. R. PERRY, Sh'ff.
May 1, 1852.—3w-n51. ^ ,
ATTENTION.
Creal inu'ucemcnls offered al No. 1 Cash Store.
M. S TEINLE1N & CO.,
wholesale and retail dealers.
HAVING just received and wiil continue
ceive from the Eastern cities a large an'
selected stock of Dry Goods, viz: Clothing
Caps, Boots, and Shoes, Hard ware,
Wod ware,Tin ware, Saddlery; am"
a variety of fancy articles, such as fin
Jewelry,and many other things quite as fase
to the eyes of the ladies. You Will also find a 1
selected stock of Groceries, viz; Coffee, Sugar, Mo-
lasses, Flour, Bacon, Lard, Mess pork, Shoulders,
Hams, extra quality of Cheese, Salt. Rice Sardines
Pepper-sauce, Tomato jj^tchup, Raisins, Tobacco,
Candles, Monongahala whiskey, Dexters best
Brandy, Wine, Apple vinegar, and divers other
things too numerous to mention. Merchant and
dealers generally are invited to call and examine our
stock for themselves, before purchasing elsewhere.
We are sure y ou will find it to your interest as onr
motto will be "quick sales and sma'l profit .'' In
conclusion we will give the highest market prices
for Cotton, Peltries, Hides, Beeswax, &cn
No. 6, Marshall street, Jefferson, Texas.
May I, 1852-nj :rf. ;
Cotton Gin find Mill Manufactory.
THE subscriber would inform the Planters of
Eastern Texas, thai his Cotton Gin and Mill
Manufactory, situnted th
of Marshall, is in succe:
best workmen, nnd kei
amouut of the most appro
promise tnat ho can furnish
mills as any cstabliahment in
Let the planters remember that he
of a mile West
. Having tho
times a largo
ial, he can safply
good gins and
toiled States.—
all his
work, and that ho can always be foimrat his 1
ent rnsidonce. He is now prepared to put up Mills
to run by water, horse or steam power. These mills
are of a superior quality, as all are wilKnc'jo testify
.vlio havo tried them, and of which fact ne has nu-
merous certificates from planters in Eastern Texas,
a few of which will be found in this paper.
J. S. ALEXANDER.
May 1 1852—nSl:3m. ' .
Gins! Gin s! X (wins!!!
I WISH to Inform the planters that I will have
an Agent attending the different Conns to con-
tract tor selling my Gins and Mills. Tiiosiv^t-
ing either, would do well to satisfy themselves of
their character, as I am satisfied they will prove sat-
is fac tm y. Mr. !)• W. Patillo or A. Carmtehél,
will at' jnd each court, and represent my interests.
J. S. ALEXANDER.
May 1.1852—n51:3ni, .
«?« and M i.i Material.
a LA JYj'.;st received two thousand dollars worth
" of ',i)o best Gin and Mill materia). I have also
another large lot on ihe way l.-om the North. This
material is of the finest quality made in the United
States. J. S. ALEXANDER.
May 1,1852—nñl:3ih.
' T '.'Si
The only money they use in the back part of
Oregon consists of live stock—a hog paving
ti/i' a úiüar. a sheep fur fifty cents, turkeys twen-
ty -if. r «rents, and young hogs for a shilling each,
il .■Smith owes Jones $4 l'-i-^c, ho sends him five
hogs, and receives for change one sheep, one
turkey, and two pups.
Vcrmonlers live to a great age, as is .well
known. There are two men p there so old
that they have forgotton who they are, and they
have got no neighbors living who can remem-
ber.
An Irish piper who now and then indulged in
a glass too much, was accosted by a gentleman,
with " Pat, what mal. j your face so red?"
" Plaze yer honor," said Pat.4* I always blush
whin I spake to a gintlen-.an."
If we reprove or chastise before we feel a
patnful regret on account of the necessity for
it, the proper season for doing it has not yet ar-
rived.
A correspondent of tho Boston Post says that
at the funeral of Governor Winslow, in 1688,
the expenses for mini, brandy, gin and wine,
was fourteen pounds, eight shillings and sis
pence.
C E R TIFIC AT E 8.
ft Mil 3 is to certify that I bought a lar js mill/to.
A ran by steam power, from J. S. Alexander, that
"•round a hundred and fiiiy bushels in twelve
uours. DAVID HILL.
March 13,1852. —
I TAKE grt. at pleasure in testifying that I pur-
chased a Mill from J. S. Alexander, that has'
1 round a bushel of corn in seven minutes; it it^Slie'
'iesi I ever saw of a horse mill; I believe it will
grind 75 or 80 bushels per day, and make good!
meal JAMES F. TAYLOR.
May 1, 1852—n51:3m. • * ,
./roTicÉ. ~
/^ARLINGTON C. DIAL is my authorized'
, in 1
SAMUEL P.
agent, to attend to all business, in which ] may
be interested. AAAcrTPr «> .ia.it
May 1, 1352—n51:tf.
I t:nn\tRn THO,iipsojy
Wholesale Grocer, Wine and Liquor Merchant.
(23 &. 25 Common stheex, N. O )
KEEPS constantly on hand a large stock j*
of everv variety of Groceries¿Provisions Jt
is, Nails, and .choice French C3
of every vai
Buckets, Brooms, < ..« *-10
Brandies and domestic do old Gin,""all „„„„ wv
Whiskey, Rum. Wines and Cordials-isf all kinds,
for sale at the lowest market rates . 'All merchandise
sold is guarantied to be such as represented. -MoiN-
chnnts and planters can rely upon havrag^UKsir or-
ders filled at the lowest ratos and forwarded without
delay, by enclosing either the money, (or draftsat
any reasonable time on Merchants in our city¿ to-
the subscriber. w
New Orleans, April 24, 1852—n50:3m.
NOTICE.
THE Commissioners appointed in the cbarterof
incorporation of the Texas and
Rail Road Company, are hereby notified
queoted to meet in the town of Marshall <
the 3d of May. to urganize under the cha
citizens generally are invited te attend,
April 24,-1852.
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