The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-12-28
This and That.

A poetIcal genius out west, speaking OF Heaven,
describes it as being "a world of bliss fenced in
with gals"-The Supreme Court of Indiana, has
decided that the liquor law OF that State is uncon-
stitutonal. The rumsellers are now driving busi-
ness, and rum is as free water. This is of course
the natural consequence of such decision-A
new Melo- pean instructor has just been published
by Horton & Cowles, at Akron Ohio. The Bea-
con says several original pieces Of merit composed
by residents of Akron are among lis contends
Cotton, very truly says, none are so seldom found
alone, aud soon tired of their own company,
rs thuse coxcombs who are on the best terms with
themselves-The Ohio Farmer, Published at
! Cleveland, commences its third volume with the
new year, with circulation of twenty eight hun
dred-The losses by the great flood in Ireland
amount to about ECO 000-Barnum, the show
man, and Genn the halter, have each donated
$1,000 to buy farm for the Five Points House
OF Industry Of N Nsw York City-The SIAM
ese Twins in New York City-The Ha-
pers had books enough saved from the fire to ena-
BILE them to ''set up" store upon small scuie--
Gerrt Smith, noble man, has already commenced
the agitation of the Slavery question" in Congress.
The advocates the Slavery interests, in that body
are afraid of him. He is northern man that can
not be bought. More such are needed--The
editor of the Cincinnati Commercial has been sued
for libel by John w. Cummings. Rufus Chaplin,
and VIM. L. Holland, the principal actors in the
celebrated ..Martha Washington Case" The
damages placed at sixty thousand do!lars-
The present population of China is estimated al
400, 900, ,0OO-The Council of Wheeling has re
solved to submit the iqnor license question to VOTE
of the people-An accident occurred on the C
& P. r. R. on the Goth near Cleveland caused
by the misplacing Of the switch. The locomotiv.
was badly injured. no other harm done-Hon
Horace Mann. President of Antioch College. de
livers lecture before the Cleseland Library Asso
r citation. on tha 29th-An injunction has bee
t granted the Commercial, Merchants, Canal, an
} City Banks of Cleveland, restraining the Treasur
err of Cuyahoga Co. from collecting the taxes
SO from these iusti,utions-The aggregate fun
ded debt of Russia, is said to be about S240. 900.
OOO-Thrteen thousand miles of Railroad hav
been constructed in the United States within tn
Il last twenty years. at cost of S500000, 600
The State of Texas has 102 747 900 acres of va
cant domain-It is said thu pillars Of liberty ar
j stuffed with the feathers of the American Eagle
iu0d---1G
: the wbig candidate for Governor received major
ties in nine counties! Who says the whig party
alive!-1200O men now at work on the Ill
. nois Central Railroad-The inhabitants of Cub
are divided into two classes. those who make G
t gars, and those who smoke them!-New Bee
t ford ranks the third port in the United States
point of shipping-The Vermonr Legislatul
. has elected Jas. S. Redfeld for Chief Justice Owe
q Stephen Royce, the present incumbent--Fatl
II er Gavazzi, in a recent lecture in New York Cit
:, announced his intention of returning to Italy SOC
Tile Virginia Senate have refused to pass
i bill admitting small notes into circuIaton-Thc
:. F. Meagher sailed from New York on the 2l
> inst for Califorpia-Jas Adams, the Maine La
70 candidate for Mayor of Charlestown Mass. hi
been elected--The New Year, 1854 begins al
ends on the Sabbath. There five months in I'll
g year that contain FIVE Sabbnths. There are fft
st three Sabbsths in the year. The anniversary
the battle of New Orleans anG Washington's bril-
: day also come upon that day. This will not occ
Ill again in twenty eight years.