The Alamo Star (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 12, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 21, 1854 Page: 1 of 4
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SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS, NOVEMBER Hi, m*;
Nflr 12.
TIIE AMMO STAR,
is plbu&iiklo on kvijry *atiudát by
JAMES P. NtiWCOMB.
Ojtrc on gfytifiad' Street.
■' muí
i moa brandy, thai was guilty." , The ¿edge ki
• hi* sentence condemning hiaa la hard tabor
and solitary conSueiueat in the penitentiary
I said 'hi* dronketuftss did not mitigate his
___ ^ í crkne of forgery, but rather aggravated it, drumkh
•1 call miodfree which i not imprison* j cnness was an offence against the átate aad as
rd in itself or in a sect, which recogni*e*<in tito 1 that had led him to commit a higher ofi'encehe
Irwman brings the image üf Ood and the rights i stoxrt in the eye of the law doubly guilty.—
of his children, which delights in y4rt«e,an#j l ut a* ^ seemed duly sensible of his o%ec.
^vmpathUe* with suffering wherever they are! and apparently penitent, he shanUl grant him
seen. which conquers pride and sloth, and oilers j ihe utmost lenity ut'law, five years in the pcni-
itself up a willing victim to tlte causa uf man- tentiary.
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hind. • * * j ran that mind free which
protect* itself agai«M tire usurpation* of society,
tfttich does not cower to human opinions,
which feels itaetJ' accountable to a higher law
than fashion, which respects itself too much to
I e thejsla ve of the many or the fe<*\"—dk. en *n-
mno.
imtÍÉtic. *" "**
! knelt beside her, and Í told
ller, weeping. o'er and o'er,
How I ha it lived he long; as none
lla l ever loved before;
1 told her that my every thought
Was all, aye, all her own;
That! wo«M love her, worship h^r,
Forever, aad alone
X pleaded, till she aeemed feel
The burning words I said \
With murmuring lip, and moistened eye,
N She bent her fairy head,
Till to my own her check was pressed,
Hope's sunny uingl saw—
And asked mc if I did not want
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A pi«t« of gum t* ck*w.
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* Anaeule bore up under these oft repeatc
* tflf^rUea and trials, a none but the afffrctfond
ate hearted wife o uÍ4 do. She uttered not a
word of complaint, or reproach, There was
indeed sadness in her emite, yet she smiled up-
on her huahand, liar education was ot that
ennobling kind Which -sujpKJtinicd disappoint-
impa
He Hire il« Iply yas removed to the peniten-
tiary he caused to he published in une of the
city papera, hts warning to nil young men, to
beware uf the company tV:y keep. Stating
that the companion of his chotee, first led him
to forsake his bible clas*. neglect the public
worship.of God, to refute to ¿oim a temperance |
society, and then to profano the holy Sabbath,
to break God' law by drunkenness, to break
the law of God and man by gambling and for-
gery, and that he was justly condemned to suf-
fer the penalty of his crime in the State peni-
tentiary. Young men bcwaieofthe company .
you keep,
Annettie now put her resolution to live, and
ilo, in practice. Knowing that the house and
furniture was mortgaged, aud not knowing
when th# mortgage would be closed and the
property told, she reiolv-d to make the moat of
it before it should.11 fly away' under the auction-
eer's hammer.
Advertising three room* "to rent" with the
furniture, she soon found occupants lor them,
at prices affording her the means of comerla*
ble livifig, The rooms were rented to
Bartclay and daughters, iudustriou , re ligo us
women, who made an abundant living by the
making aud vending oí artificial#. These wo
men were accomplished foreigners l**d cipe
the paper" and stepped aside, and read the adter-
tisement oí the sale of the house aud furniture,
«t sheriffs sale, on a certain day. She drf|w
ped a silcnt tear, but quickly wiped her eyts
amt stepped forward, handing back the paper.
"This is the property sir, would you like to
look atiU walk in sir." All was showed and
from that day to the day of the sa*e, it was fre-
quently showed, painful as it was to Annetti^*,
and always to those ban! visaged. business,
monied, speculating rae% who thrive on^tbe
misforiunes of others, ty commanding teftáy,
money.
AnnetUf trough all this dooming ordeal,
which," at intervals, caused thrilling darts to
quiver through her nerves, never lor a moment
gave them, welcome, but hoped On, remember-
ing the past still would hope, and never give
iv ay lo fear forbading.... _ - _
The day of sale came and so did the
eer with his hammer, but for the particulars
the next and la*t chapter must disclose.
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rienceda reverse of fortune, and the losisof be* . Uiost effectual « «r on American Pmettam
loved friends, all of which through theif f&ft
in Dod(1ed them to seek higher thaft ianhly
treasures, even "treasures in heaven."
AnfecitiC had hut few acqualnUncci in the
city, and no desire for more. She never de-
lighted in show, finery and company, and now
thought less about t^em thanBhe
found iQtUcse flower maker®, all the company
she desif^rf^and In their employment ihfjpr^t
solaeeof1 er troubled ''life. Heir etrtiNiwy,
ment. Her a^t was icffpassionetl, and h«r j am!^flight in ,?Flora'i Kingdom," now cáme
mind had received it impress from her,—; to her ail/i^ the forming of the most delicate
Neither of them bad ever reqfcM f^ptóonable 11 flowi n, trmhtu! to nature. Tht
•1 If thrown upon her oii^'retdélai, she ! then* of the art, found
lo do,—to
IT8 FATHER AND MOT 11 KM*
conduct of the Homauists in this country,Jfo
their interference in election^ to their insolent
attacks on American ideas aud Ínst¡tutkN%.lft
their warfare against religion andL education,
antj to the use that has hecu midi^f jJieiU by
unprincipled poNtfeiaut of alt the ohl piíttfeu
It has not originated in a desire h*Coer«t It
manists to the adoption o! any political course
but has come into existence In coilsequeuee of
the displays of insolence that have %een no
fueut with the Pope's .slaves in this country,
and who have undoubtedly bean set ok by their
priest*, thusa peits of mnnkind, and themselves
the tools of ereaHifes ftke ^itapatrick ii%á the
rest of the hpmhuggjng Bishops, who go' if
ttoiUé to get fheír 1 Struct ions how to xua
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frtist to providence. One e*ceM#iit t#f k
Cha^ict«r «%a, *Ho never borrow Í
ad, ami ^ llyirig price <, Thai in ft king the u
it e fher i life, having enough and som* S spare
. and then have the ímpudence to eome here
brag of the intimacy with the Pope, the
humbug of all. Any man V III be well
ed a llo\M who oan show that he
posMrful service in behali of tyranny; and there
is hardly a Romanist priest in the Union wh<e
ecu Id not prefer suáh a claim as^hatto the
constrleration of the blood stained vilHans who
ru!e over the city of theseeen hill# from which
tbeyJwouU Ik ejected in one dfttJifter the nro-
tectum of France should I^Sn^drawn from
them. It it because of tbe#eidtuc#a
se rarelpytii- j conspiracy against freedom
ready jjfffchaa^#, at | in t¿r«e latter days, that the
unm of has spiung^so suddenly i uto
tó the
po*>r of the city, was comparatively happy until
^ tort
of Iftwt to answerihe cíff je for j infill W-e!
|hought it useieas e mék* üf fbrth saW A<
^ was eo pwitire, paper sayi^Plft N told to
Us# court, "plead fWUlft" ill* Aunettftttrembtei fof.l uet
court "U eiae^pt be, \¡m t^rde^ want, eee ed her doom,
' ?f ' - 1
áoor, hold-
patting it
thlsVre
ier,"
and
eauqi&frJy venture the pfedictHm
not cease from its labora until it a
''crushed wit," the insolence of
We XTnlted Stales.
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A wnn t!tat has nothing to d^*, generally do«#
wrong. If yea wcm¥ keep out of (fevilify
thetafote, have at little to do with idienei* fta
eto^ potalbk.
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Newcomb, James P. The Alamo Star (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 12, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 21, 1854, newspaper, November 21, 1854; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth176998/m1/1/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.