The Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 52, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 27, 1860 Page: 1 of 4
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GALVESTON,. TUESDAY
G, MARCS. 27,
"Hí
Capt. I. Sterrett,
Tipton, Mrs
Mrs Atchison and
—, Vn Faby,
, Chad wick and
ter, Hard, Finale?
Lewis, Isbell. Misi
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out of
and the following pas-
Indian depredations and murders continue to
be committed on the frontier, and mnch alarm
and distres still prevail* among the settlers,
The Indians appear to be^dirided into small
parties, scattered along the whole northern Iron-
ifer, and eludo the rangers aad Moid coming to
battle, whenever there is a chance of success oa
the part of the whites. Twenty-seven Indiana
is the largest Dumber reported to ha
in one bodj ; hot parties ef ftta five to ten are
to be seen in almost every direction.
A letter in the Bello* Independent aw
" The reports faom Comanche are a little in
^«SfiSCK
which was scalped, and the other, a girl, was
only stuck by arrows with the hand, but may
e unless skillfully treated."
An extra of March 1st, from the "White Man,"
states that a Mr. Tooly was killed by the Indians
on the West Fork of the Trinity, about ten miles
from Jacksboro. Eleven Indians were seen.
They stole five horses from Mr. Robert Bean.
The State Gazette learns from Palo Pinto
county, under date of March 1st, that during the
past month the Indians had made large banla
of horses in the surrounding country; supposed
i Reserve Indians.
ib report of several families being killed
Waco, was unfounded. The State Gazette
says— .
to receive the most deplorable
the frontier. Mr.'Bradley, who
of Capt. Burleson's company,
'nüt
, ¿Sprateher and lady, Tar-
dier, Dr Fatherlee, J J Gid-
■, F Spies, J Spies, W Tuns-
> Dayton and daughter, J B Bun-
gs, Stnbbs and lady, Miss Bnrn,
, G Jiays, Kit.
' The steamer " Belle Sulpher," Capt. E
b, arrived yesterday trom Turner's Bluff,
Trinity Biver, with 413 bales cotton and Messrs.
Ptidgeen and Taylor aa passengers.
She left Tarniiii Bluffoa Sunday morning,
river rising slowly ttnUberty, with a fair boating
stags. She left the steamer Alice at Turner's
BMC with 10# bales cotton on board from Capt.
Boae* fiat-boats, ready to start down. Passed
Hail k Barton's, Smith t Beaver's, and White's
fiat-boate twenty.miles down from Turner's
Blufl; all coming on safely, and would reach
Liberty by Monday night.
provisions, and thus unable to do
. Capt. Connor's camp is some thirty miles
this side. Mr. B. says the Indians are ftick in
the country, and whipping the whites and steal-
ing the horses, and that there ranging compa-
nies-bavs not been able to catch the red skins.
We learn of the departure of Capt. Conner with
fifty men for the Wichita mountains. Lieut.
Hammett had taken 25 head of horses from fire
Indians, bat the .Indians escaped. There are
only fifteen men at Camp Holland, under com-
mand of 1st Serpeant G. W. Cullen. A daily
scout of five men is kept out. An express reach-
ed Camp Holland for Capt Burleson on the 12th
and was forwarded on."
W We have received from Mr. /. D. Allen
• very neat volume bearing the title of Woman
from the French of M. J. Michelet, and trans-
lated by J. W. Palmer, M. D. We have had
bo opportunity of reading this book, but would
jadge from its preface that it ia of a higher
tea aad superior in every respect to the ordi-
nary literature of the day.
W A new firm styled Strother A Stone,
—etiesanrs to the late firm of Strother, Plough
A Shepherd, will be foand advertised in another
eolnma, to which we would call attention. Mr.
Strother has been engaged in the Cotton, Fac-
torage and Commission business for a long time
1a Galveston, and we believe is generally known
throughout Texas. Mr. Stone comes from
Loaiaborg, N. C., as we understand, with the
very best of testimonials and means equal to
(he requirements of the business he has en-
gaged in.
' Capt. Baeon has placed upon our table
e Leslie's Monthly Part for April, (unusu-
ally attractive,) Bailee's Dollar Monthly, The
Knickerbocker, Li Hell's Living Age, The Month-
ly itet of Harper's Weekly Journal, Part 1st
Sad Jd of CaaaeH's Illustrated Family Bible,
Gleason's Pictorial, Literary Companion, The
■. T. Illustrated Vews> Journal of Commerce,
Mercury, Sun and Day-Book. All of which
may be had at his Literary Depot on Market
' We understand that the following gen-
at the meeting of the va-
in companies at Engine Bouse No, 1,
last night, to be recommended for appointment
hy the City Coflneil to act aa general officers of
Bw Fire Depart men
t for the ensuing year : Ed.
Wanen, Chief Engineer; Jas. Mageean, 1st
. W. Bebrman, 2d do
"Hesiten, Trinity and Trier H.
H. Company."
Last week we noticed the prospects of the
Eastern Texas Road," proposing to run from
Sabine Pasa via Henderson and Tyler. From
the evidences then before us, we expressed the
opinion that this enterprise would be completed
at *9 early day. Bat in justice to the '• Hous-
ton, Trinity and Tyler Road "—chartered at the
late Legislator. s—we must say, in all candor,
that the people of this county and immediate
section look to its completion with deeper inter-
est than perhaps to any other road in the State.
While Smith county will give to the other roads
proposing to pass through her territory all the
aid which her enterprising citizens can com-
mand, yet we look to the "Houston, Trinity and
Tyler Road"—if completed—as furnishing to
this section greater commercial facilities than
any other enterprise. The Pacific Road we look
upon as a great National highway, as well as
a powerful agency to develope the resources of
Smith county stands ready to give
hand; but the Houston and lyl
Texas, and
it a"
Road will lake us on an air line to the Gulf,'and
will pass through, perhaps, the richest cottou
growing section of Texas—including the coun-
ties of Harris, Montgomery, Walker, Houston,
Cherokee, Anderson, Smith, Upshur and Cass.
By reference to the population, and the esti-
mated productions of this great and fertile sec-
tion, it will be seen that the counties above
named comprise more aggregate wealth than
the same number of counties (connected as they
are) in the State. We mention this fact to show
that the country through which this road is to
pass is able (and wc will add, willing too,) to
build the Jioad, by the proper energy and under
u iso management. Again, this Road—connect-
ing as it will with all the ¿rest lines heretofore
chartered by our liberal Legislature, will tend
as much or more to the real development of
Texas, than perhaps any similar enterprise.—
We hold that it is our duty to build tip our own
sea ports. It is becoming a commendable State
; this noble feeling we do
h our interests, political,
pride, and in gratify"
not run in conflict wi
social or commercial.
. G;\l veston is our principal and best seaport.
It is, we believe, our nearest point to the sea.
Hence, that enterprise which will by the most
speedy route, bring thp rich and accumulating
products of the interior into the port of Galves-
ton, is the one best adapted to foster and ad-
vance the interests of the great planting and
mercantile interests of Southern and Eastern
Texas.
Again, while we have numerous chartered
roads running East and .West through Texas
from various points, (some of which roads are
being built,) yet it is a strange fact, that vntil
this Legislat ure, the vital importance of an early
connection of this section with the Gulf, has
i Concert, last
, like the first-though
Í sailing no more seats than
i ia the house, and only admitting a
r of sachar were willing to
Haul^pWHimrcf"any conftision in the audience.
Many were again unable to obtain admittance.
The first sons was operatic music—of course
not intelligible in language to many, but the
moaie was beautifully rendered—with all the
dramatic fire requisite to its requirements. The
doet of Bishop and Mr. Rudolphsen
fu most and set the whole house in a
roar of laughter.
Canpataot judges, who have heard the best
lingers both in Europe and America, regard
Bishop's ballads as unsurpassed
Though faU of pathos, they have much of the
aatfre simplicity, which constitutes so large a
share ia the charm of sneh pieces.
Mr. Rudolphsen ia a baritone of good quality,
both operatic and ballad music. His acting
isgood, and very comic withal.
A new feature in Madame Bishop's concert
traa Mr. Hofflnann, a violin soloist. His last
piece, played with Mr. Sachtleben's Piano forte
accompaniment waa well performed and much
admired. It waa announced last evening that
Madame Bishop would give another Concert on
Wedneaday evening, prior to going into the in-
terior of the State.
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has ever heretofore even pointed directly to the
interior of Eastern Texas. Charters have oc-
casionally been granted, but as often forfeited.
The time has arrived when we must and irill
do something to remove the incubus which has
so long and so cruelly weighed down the agri-
cultural interests of this 9ection. And we say
to our people that the Houston and Tyler road
gives us an opportunity of showing our " faith
bv our works." Weaccept the opportunity, and
lie " *— ' —
JUMITAL OF ITEAimpP TEX A
The steamship Tacas, Capt. H. WilsoiJ, from
New Orleans, arrived this (Tuesday) morning
with the following passengers:
Smith and lady, Hra Wellington, Miss Wel-
lington, Miss Ventos, Mrs Dagnall, E Runnel),
lady and child, Mrs Lestergee, Miss Hanell,
Misa Nash, Miss HarvilL Moses, Reapers, Gilt,
Stewart, Biskett, Emmett, Fant, Hyman, Milli-
gan, Mills, Panner, Miller, Honkham, Itonsoh,
Bostrick, N B Yard, Randle, Capers, Schwartz,
McConneli, Gill, Bell, Furgeson, McGee, Stern,
Balis, Walker, Cohn. 21 on deck : Hi negroes.
Wow Graaada Difficulty Settled.
Washington, March 17.—The Washington
Constitution of this morning says that the dif-
ficulty which has long been existing between
this Government and New Granada, relative to
the transit across the Isthmus of Panama and
other matters, has been satisfactorily settled.
The Homestead Bill.
It is reported that the Black Republican mem-
bers of the House will accept 'the Homestead
bill introduced by Senator Johnson, of Arkan-
sas, in case theirs shonid Ik- rejected in the
Senate.
The passage of a Homestead, bill by both
Houses is likely to take place.
Extensive Hebberies in Jtew Mex-
ico.
St. Lotris, March 17.—A passepger has ar-
rived at this place from the Territory of New
Mexico, who reports that the district of the Rio
Abajo had been invaded by a tribe of Navajo
Indians, who, after háving committed depreda-
tions in that district, took possession of nearly
all the stock belonging to the inhabitants.
Col. Fontleroy is preparing an extensive ex-
pedition, and intends to conquer them.
The U. S. Si. steS&sfiip Gen. Rusk, H. Den-
m'son, eommapder, from Berwick Bay, arrived
at.l p. II. with the following passengers :
Messrs. ii Geuring, T Daieter, Hoggan, K T
Terrill, L G Gramberg, J T Cobbtt, K Bernnik,
W Gregg, McKee, J R Crane. H Follower, T
Follower, Beyan, J G Barley, W McGav, J But-
ler, Farrell, Mose'.v, Franks, N A Ouvek and
lady, Miss S G Weber. Not and lady, Mrs Roc-
kett and Son, Bastvk, J Denmon, Peak Family
(Swiss Bell Ringers)—26 An deck—6 grown
negroes and 3 children.
Nrw York, March 17 —Messrs. E. B. Little
& Co., extensive stock brokers of this city,
failed to-day.
The amount of their liabilities is not men-
tioned.
Biver Intelligence.
Louisville, March 17.—The Ohio river at
this point is falling slowlv, with eight feet of
water in the canal, aud four feet nine inches in
the pass on the falls.
St. Lot'is, March 17.—The Mississippi river
at this point has fallen inches during the past
24 hours. There are 9 feet water to Cairo.
The upper rivers are all falling slowly, but
still in good boating order.
New York markets.
New York, March 17.—The cotton market
closed dull—the sales to-day amounted to 1500
bales. Middling Uplands quoted at lie.
CincinaUi Markets.
Cincinnati, March 17.—The flour market
closed dull—the sales to-day amounted to 000
bbls at $5 40@$5 50 <jji bbl. Mess in the citv
is selling ¿t $17 25@$17 30 V bbl. Lard at
*5¿c V fe.
Pooa Jack—At a meeting of the British and
Foreign Bible Society, a speaker related the fol-
lowing :
A drunkard was one day staggering in drink
on the brink of the sea. His little son bv him,
three years of age, being very hungry, solicited
him for something to eat. The miserable father,
conscious of his poverty, and of the criminal
cause of it, in a kind of rage; oocasiuned bv his
intemperance and despair, hurled the'cbild into
the sea. A British-man-of-war passing bv dis-
covered the plank and thechild; a sailor, iit the
risk of h¡s own life, plunged into-the sea and
brought him on boa>'il. He could inform tlicra
little more than that his name was Jack. They
gave him the name of imiir jark. He grew up
onboard of the man-of-war, liehaved well, and
gained the love W all the officers and inert. He
became ap officer of the sick and wounded de:
partment. During an action of the late war an
aged man eame under his care nearly in a dying
state. He was all attention to the dving strang-
er, but could not save his life.
The aged stranger was dying, and, thus ad-
dressed tbis kind young officer: "For the great
attention you have shown me, 1 give you tbis
only treasure that I am iHjfses^ed of," (present-
ing him with a Bible hearing the stamp of the
British and Foreign Bible Suciety.) "It was
given me by a lady: ami has been the means'of
my conversion, and lias been :< great comfort to
me. Head if, and it will lead you .hi the way
you should go." He went on to coiifess the
wickedness and protligacy of his life before the
reception of his Bible: and, among other enor-
mities, how he once cast a little son, three
years old, into the sea, because he cried to him
Ibr needful food ! •
The young office?' inquired of liini . the limp
and place, and fou^id here was his own history.
Reader, judge, if you can, of his feelings, to rec-
ognize in the dying old man his father, dying a
penitent under his care! ami judge of the feel-
ings of the dying penitent, to find that the same
young stranger was liis soil—the very son whom
lie had plunged into the sea, and had m> idea
but that he immediately (vrished! A descrip-
tion of their mutual feelings will not be attemp-
ted. The man soon expired in the arms of his
son. The latter left the service, and became a
pious preacher of the Gospel.
n<4 MKl, " V>r, 1 til
dm little Jack "
CobrsctioN.—In reference to a statement in
the Brenbam Enquirer, that the Houston packets
tewer the price of passage when the cars run,
tad raise when they do not, we are authorized
aad requested by Capt. Sterrett to gay that such
t ia wholly unfounded; but that the
has continued np to this date, and still
I %), which has been the uniform rate
lb* the last five years.
-The Houstou Telegraph bas
celebrated its Mth birth-day, and is now in its
fritas of life. The Civilian is the nextonthe list
ef Texas papers, in point of age; and at the rate
of dating ahead, which that paper notices in our
bead, we shall soon be as old, if not as fast, as
the Telegraph. That was an accident of the
types or the ty^gBflttUh does not go much
shesd of the Orleans weeklies
which alwaya^^^Hp&ay before they pur-
port to be printedi¡|||Pi8 a fast age.
Pilot Boa* fob Galvbston.—The Sandy
Hook pilot-boat Wm. J. Homer, has been sold
to go to Texas, to be used as a pilot boat at the
pert of Galveston. The Times says of this
eraft:
The Bo—r, although one of the oldest boats
ia the fleet, is still one of the soundest and best.
Thia boat, it will be remembered, was chartered
hy several aewapaper establishments of this
eity for a voyage to Europe, during the pen-
dency of the Oregon boundary question, for the
aarpoae of obtaining the latest intelligence on
Bat subject, and she crossed the ocean ia mid-
-wteter, arriving at Cork after a most tempes-
piedge this county and the surrouhding sections
to a hearty financial co-operation in the great
enterprise."
Tbe Commissioners of this road meet in Hunte-
ville oa tbe 2d Monday in April, to orgsnize the
Company. The very efficient and zealous Com-
missioners for Smith county ( Col. B. T. Selman,
Col. B. L. Goodman, I F. Swann, Esq., and
Asa Holt, Esq.,) will all be in attendance. They
will pledge, in that meeting, this county to the
good work ; and we predict that when stock-
books are opened, not less than Three Ibmdred
Thousaiut Dollars of stock will be immediately
taken in Smith and the counties composing this
Senatorial district. This much we pnrmine to
our friends of the coast and of the South. What
will Houston, Cherokee, Anderson and Mont-
goroerv do ? Let us hear from tbe Galveston
News and the Civilian. Will you give us your
aid? [Ave; cordially.] What shall we look
for ? It "is an enterprise which, if successful,
will build up a great mart on our own Gnlf.
Again, this road has the magnificent grant of
sixteen sections of land per mile and $#000 loan.
The Charter is. }ierhaps, the most strictly and
securely guarded against peculation and Irand
of anv character ever heretofore granted. By
proper exeition, we may receive the benefit of
the loan. Une million of dollars of the &/>e
eial School fund " is set apart for Eastern Tex
as railiond purposes. Aot a dollar has yet
been drawn. Several roads will compete for
the prize. It behooves us, therefore, to look to
this object, and hurry the enterprise on as rap-
idly as possible. Our own mdividual opinion
is, however, that these State loans are of but
little advantage. The road has to be mortgaged
to secure it to the State, whieh prevents negoti.
ations for private capital.
But then our road has this privilege, and if
we desire to use i' we ean do so. Under our
Charter we can either connect with the road al-
ready unitiug.Galveston and Houston, or can
build directly an entirely new road to the Gulf.
Wbieh course will be pursued will remain for
the wisdom of the Stockholders to decide.
We tope onr friends in Upshur, Cass, Chero-
kee i,nd Honston, and the counties South, will
be " up and doing." It is a great work—worthy
IS?" Tlie U. 8. Mail steamer Island City,
Capt. Forrest, from Houston, arrived this morn-
iug with $29 bales eotton and the following pas-
sengers i "
Messrs. A W liarte J S Tail, Harding, E
Tenpeff, W%McRay,\V i.angáter,WGTurry,
M D Brown; P Dyer. G Nail, T W Powers, An-
derson, J WHuin pi tries, J R Sloan, T'J War-
ren, W R Thomas, W Sheldon, Thomas, J G
WenselI, Parker, J T Ratterson and son, Lewis
Schram, W D Pelham, Moore,Walton,W Benge,
G W Newmae, J Violet, T Nose, E Town send,
G W Ear, J Jones, Saunders, Schultz, T An-
non, ED Palmer, lady and ebild, Miss Harmony,
Miss Hanford, Miss Sanaders and brother, A B
McCormick, J White, A H White, A Daws, J
C Habermohl, J Helmers, E Dicky, M HenkilL
S W Huff, B C Franklin, R M Franklin.
33F" The U. S. Mail Steamer Swan, Capt.
Thomas Peacock, arrfivefl here yesterday, from
Liberty, with" 488 bales Cotton and the following
passengers:
■nt at i !>■**. *
into # aerrfea of t
(eatlr ta e, «tailing-*. Sowen in %««*
Breathe richest perfume oa the ambient air;
Speak gently to an, darting—yon may net know
What jv !• tomfcosa languge kindly given;
ST®
rbxas
it not for the proverbial
measures of in portance are i
we shoqld long since hare
from that quarter, far tbe i
Texas. Shortly after the i
gan introduced a bill
the supportof the
téers, which the President
is authorized to receive
United States for
the frontier of tbe State of Tsggi byUte act of
Congress of April 7, II
first and second time by fte trf audveferred t
tbe Committee on Military Afi M fee lu
accounts from Washington,
bad been bad on this
though ample time bad etapa
measure. S, ;
The amendment offered tar
the Military Academy Mil, niybg the appro-
priation for a regiment of
for (he defence of the frontkr
only openly opposed fay a
but obstacles in the shape of
were interposed by others,
sire the protection of oar
tbe administration for nsgteet% ft. The igea-
sure was not in the nature of s|*riginal act, or
SQSKQ of wWP** ™
.. 1. Col
Benton, Gen Beaver—3 on deck.
River 3% fret above low water mark, and fall-
ing—left the steamer J. II. Bell at Liberty—
met the Belle Sulphur 1G miles below Liberty—
met the Lucy Gwin .j miles below Chambersia.
it would have been killed tMui
various rules attempted to bs
its passage. The tfcn. Houston,
when in the Senate, i 185H, had ei*bled him to :
HusirigTiT a~regraght gTT<
jbhbesi.
StaMstB, taííal I
g«rs:
to dispose of tbe
And Is an earnest of the bita of heaven.
Speak gently to me—fee pine tree! kjRy ccnt
Howl's back defiance to fee ;
But softly muimura, when, from out the west,
The Zephyr woo lflta whtaper low and kind.
Speak gently tome—the ocean's awful roar
Is only beaii amid the lathing storm ;
When «ileoee reiga -* babe on mother's mm.
wOdoat beasts are tasted
Oft'ner hy lore than by the use of might;
And, ! believame, 'mong all the beasts e'er named,
Man is worst when driven from the right.
tode-
*#
wm
Joy, bat atrenffth to sternly fight
tattle wife shvhpssa nf heart,
are indebted to Mr. F. D. Alum
for a new volume, entitled " Fanny," from the
French of Ernest Fevdenn. It is an interesting
novelette.
J3F~The Peak. Family or Swiss Bell Ringers,
arrived this afternoon, at one o'clock, by tbe
steamer Gen. Rusk, from Berwick. They will
go to Houston for the purpose of giving enter-
tainments, and will visit several other interior
towns in Texas previous to the 1st Monday in
April, when, s will be seen by their advertise-
ment, they will give entertainments in this
citv at the Casino Hall.'*
Liabilities and Dtties of Factobs and
Commission Mebchants—By an act of the last
Legislature, it is provided that no factors or
commission merchant to whom any cotton,
sugar, piodnce or merchandise of any kind is
consigned, for sale on commission, or otherwise
shall purchase the same or reserve any interest
whatever therein upon the sale of the same
either directly or indirectly in his own name, or
in the name or through the instrumentality of
on other for his own benefit or for the benefit of
an other, or as factors or agent of any other
person, w ithout express license from tbe owner
or consignor of such cotton, sugar, pródüce'or
other merchandize, or some person authorized
by him, given in writing so todo, under a penal-
ty of a forfeiture of one half the value of cot-
ton, sugar,-produce or other merchandise so
purchased or sold, to be recovered by the owner
of flie same by suit before any court of compe*
tent jurisdiction in the country where tb'e sale
took place or wherein the oilfcnding party re-
sides. '
Upon the sale of any cotton, sugar, produce
or merchandise consigned for sale to any factor
or commission merchant, it is. made duty to
render to the owner or consignor thereof, a
complete account of sales thereof, state the date
of the sale, thii nature of the purchase, the
terms of the sale, and if cotton, sugar or ot^er
produce sold by weight, the Weight of the same
toss, and the taré allowed, and be accom-
panied by the certificate or memorandum signed
by the weigher weighed the same, of the weight
and conditions as required by law* under the
penalty of not more than five hundred nor jess
than one hundred dollars. ".
No commission merchant or. factor is permit-
ted to make any charge for mending, patching
or roping bales, or for cooperage or repairing
bales, or for labor, or' hauling, or cartage, or
appropriation for the
cured. The present
%ave been made, under the rule^in order to cany
out a pre-existing law; and t required all the
boldness of Senator Wigfsll backed by the
weight of Senator Hemphill, tend such other
leading Senators as Mr. Mtaoato carry'the
Among the last shfts resorted to by
those who covertly opposed tip messare, from
the anti-slavery side of the Amate, Mr. Hale
moved to amend by adding a jjjpviso, that the
new regiment of mounted voHpiteers provided
for by tbe act of April Tth, 1818, shall not be
received into the service of the CTnitoá States, if
in tbe opinion of Lieut. Gen. Stott, one of the
mounted regiments now in the army, or so modi
thereof as may.be necessary, esa be safely or-
dered for the defence of Texas. The amendment
was rejected. Teas 12—nays U.
Although, as has already^heea stated, Mr.
Douglas seemed at first to raqwre the rigid en-
forcement of ruls that seetaMi to bear against
boldly m the
W, nay* 19. We
House of Repre-
" anticipated, by
long to test
the amendment, he si
end, aga t a very
was finally adopted by
trust that it will also
sentatives, thongh it hat
Mr. Reagan's resolution
the sense of tbe House, if that body was really
disposed to adopt the ineasure. Coming in the
shape it does from the Senate^however, we trust
that it will receiye more favor; and that the
blood shed by citizens of Texas while Congress
has been hesitating will not cry from the earth
Army MovementswTh* Camp
for storage, Ifc, flfjiijl |}f ||||¿jll¡Ml IliUlgM '
A Town os a Lake—Rev. W. C. Suiiih, pre-
siding elder of#one of the Indiana Conferences,
gives the following account of Morgautown, in
that State, one of tbe peculiarties of wipcl
that it is built on a lake :
We read of a " city set upon a hill," but Mor-
gantown, in my district, stands upon a lake!
Tbis was not known for a number of years after
the town was settled. The discovery was made
by digging wells to procure a full supply of
water. The supply of water in the wells which
had been used, failing in the dry scasán, a few
years since, one of the citizens concluded to sink
a well deeper, and see if he could not strike a
stronger vein. When some" thirty-five or forty
feet below the surface of the earth, the man at
work in the well suddenly struck his pike
through a crust: the water gushed up with such
rapidity that with difficulty lie was saved by the
men at the windlass. In a few moments the
water whs some fifteen feet deep in the well. In
two or three instancia afterward, men were near
being lost by coming suddenly to this inexhaus-
tible fountain of water.
Wells have been sunk in difieren! parts ot the
town from each other* and 1 believe forty feet is
tbe greatest depth to reach this lake. Load lines
have been dropped into several .if tliese "veils,
but no bottom has been found. In digging down
to this lake they invariably pass through strata
of sand, leaves and iíiiiUt. vescmbling drift-
wood. This is somelwpnty ¡vet below the sur-
face of the earth After passing through tliese
strata, a stratum of hard clay is fmiiid. and
when within some eighteen inohes of the lake a
hard crust is reached, which is a sure indica-
tion that they are uear the water. \\ hen they
reach the crust they commence a wall thereon,
úi any such charge,' a MW of particulars shall
be rendered. Any usage or custom to1 make
such charge by rate or average to the contrary
notwithstanding ; under a penalty of not more
than five hundred nor less than one hundred
dollars, to be recovered by the owner or con-
signor-- *
-We hear of a sale, at New York,
of H bbls. Texas at 25 @ 36 cte. per gallon.
T Ottoman
This power in Bo-
under a cloud from
naa and Asia is passing under a c
wEih itrte not Ukely ever to emerge.
medan civilisation is founded upon the Koran
-ft cannot go beyond it; it cannot cut loose
(torn ft; the civil and religious law is all oon-
in that, and there is no escape from it,
axdent by apostesy and revolution. The se-
cret rauae of the decay of the Turks ia to be
JbmdJbtbairconsciousness—everyday becom-
iac more patent and wide-spread among them
J¡j,| European or Christian civilization U su
•trior to their own. This result has been pui-
Sumd hy their growing intercourse with other
aSeod—br the Greek war and its consequence,
, gf ¡be Turkish gentry, who have traveled
* for themselves,
■er in the Chris-,
Under the dead- scenting
carrying it the top of the well, then put down a
large augur, and bore a hole to lite water, which
gushes up with great force, filling the well Irom
15 to 20 ft. in a- tew minutes. When the augur
sti ikes the l ite'tiie atmosphere bursts up for
a few seconds, producing a sound resembling
very much the -blowing off of steam from an
engine. I have fiot given all the particulars of
what has been discovered of this mysterious
lake. Enough is known to settle it beyond a
doubt that the whole town stands upon a lake
under ground.
A Silest Witness.—The late I . Archi-
bald is reported by one who heard him to have
said in a dedication sermon: " If this house
were to stand for years, and not another sermon
were preached within its walls, it would amply
pay its cost. It would stand as a silent wit-
ness of the fact that there is a God." The re
murk illustrates the wisdom ot that eminent
man. The influence of saiicln+ries as con-
servera of public morals is ine-tiniable. Wise
legislators have recognised it. and eonsecptently
exempted houses of worsllip from taxatiifn.
Intelligent travelers know it. ami examine the
sanctuaries of the community as the best in
dices of its moral condition. 11 i*, indeed, true
that sanctuaries are at first, the outbursts of the
moral sentiment of a people, lint they, ill turn
preserve, strengthen, and mould that sentiment
into forms ol controlling power and perma-
nence.
Painful Affair.—The Crockett Printer says
that Mrs. Blair, wife of Col. John Blair, was
badly burned one day last week in endeaverfog
to put out a fire, whioh originated in the woods
and threatened their premises.
Mrs. Blair died lieni the effects of the burn-
ing, suffering most horrible torture, such as a
burn alone can inflict. Col. Blair himself is so
badly burned in his endeavor to save his wife
that it is thought both his arms or hands will
have to be amputated.
The ReactioÍ.—A German citizen,of Natick;
the home of Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts,
makes the receipt .of the Senator's late speech
the text of the following remarks on the policy
of the Black Republicans and the Senator him-
self :
A reaction lias already set in ; the masses of
the people begin to consider their own affairs a
little. In Natick, the home of Senator Wilson,
five or six hundred men are marching through
the streets, carrying'banners with inscriptions;
of what ? " Free Kansas," " No more slave
States," " Free Soil for Free men 1" No, sir.
"Bread for our Wives and Children!" is the
motto paraded before Mr. Wilson's window.
The speech which he sends here in thousands
did not supply his constituents with '' bread for
their wives and children." They ask for 'bread'
and lie gives them a "stone." They ask for
labor and he sends his speech. These anti
slavery speeches don't All the stomach, though
they confound the mind and drive away the cus-
tomers who buy our manufactures. If there is
an avenging spirit, these agitators will have to
answer for a grave offencc in depriving their
fellow-men of their daily bread.
of the enterprise of any people, and we indulge
the hope that the day is not far distant when we
shall be within a day's ride of the sea.— Tyler
Reporter.
Tub V AarvRK.—Oaptaiu Steadman, in his
" Narrative of a Five \ ears' Expedition against
the Revolted Negroes of Surinam," relates that,
oa waking about 4 o'clock one morning in his
hammock, he was extremely alarmed at welter-
ing in eongealed blood, and without feeling any
Hun whatever. "The mystery was," continued
aptain S., "that I had been bitten by the Vam-
pyre or Speetre of Guiana, which is'also called
the Flying Dog of New Spain, and by the Span-
iards, Perrotalad<-r. This is no other than a
bat of monstrous size, that sucks the blood
from men and cattle while they are test asleep,
even sometimes till they die 1 and as the man-
ner in which they proceed is truly wonderful, 1
shall endeavor to give a distinct account ot it.
Knowing, by instinct, that the person they in-
tend to attack is in a sound slumber, they gen-
erally alight near the feet, where, while tbe
creature continúan «twrsrthus
wtngs, which keeps one cool, he bites a piece
out of the tip of the great toe, so very small in-
deed, that tbe head of a pin could scarcely be
received into the wound, which ia consequently
not painful: vet through this orifice he contin-
ues to suck the blood until he is compelled to
disgorge. He then begins again, and thus con-
tinues sucking aud. disgorging until he is
soarcely able to fly: and the sufferer has often
been known to sleep from time to eternity.—
Cattle they generally bite in the ear, but always
in places where the blood flows spontaneously.
Having applied tobacco ashes as the best
dV, and washed the gore from myself and ham-
mock, I observed several heaps of congealed
blood all around the place where I had lain on
tbe ground; on examining which, the surgeon
judged that I bad lost at least twelve or four
teen ounces during the night."
Liki For every one tife has some blessing prerogative of the people to assemble and peaoe-
—some cup that is not mixed with bitterness. „bly abate it. This doctrine was endorsed by
At everv heart there is some fount of pure wa- i the Judge and the bill was quashed,
tere and all men at some time or other teste I — - * « '
their sweetness. Who is he that bas not found ¡ He only is worthy
■lagh MMsi lá. mptoH J H
By qaidftlag Talfe, te «tve Hs ftdnOng flock T
t«aa Manto.WMt tor sweet, meetfete.
mm
[For the Civilian.
Balan Anna Btsftop'a Concerts.
Nothing has taken place in our city that has
received more universal approbation than the
concerts of Mídame Bishop.
If there is one peculiarity above another that
this sweetest of all our singers is distinguished
for, it is her rendition of "Home, Sweet Home,"
and " John Anderson my Joe," Ac. Now, how
can a writer assert that «it fncM-« is given ( mind,
was a most enthusiastic «core,) for the linger
rather than to the songs:' Why, it is well known
that Madame Bishop has appeared before tbe
most critical audiem
aad there, against thVWfe&at she still
English name, she far^Jorpassed them all ia
popularity—though it is fashionable to have an
Italian one.
It is only necessary for any one to note the
whirlwind of applause that hailed tbe two songs
specially alluded to by the writer in the 'News,'
to observe the difference of opinion, or of taste,
in their appreciation of one of the greatest
singers of tbe age.
- fiat Justicia.
■■«i
I keep tbcc safely fron a gaunt Despair 1
Tel, speak thou gently—thy words of love
Will Ml like leaves from off the Tree of Life:
Whose roots are nourished by the Stream above.
And set fer healing every woe and strife.
to, e'er speak gently—as the tain-cloud riven.
Bends its (lad drops upon tbe thirsty earth;
Or, ts the manna eret to mortals given,—
8'en shall thy wonts bring happiness and mirth.
Galveston, March 31st, 1860.
[Tor the Civilian.
8PBIHO TIME.
The pleasant Spring-time somes sgain
With all Its sunny boon.
And after months of gloom and rain
Spring up the happy flowera— "
And in the train of the winter rain
We see the laughing flowers.
The royal roees, white and red.
How hold a carnival,
Aad from their lowly earthly bed
Look the meek-eyed posies aU,
With tenderejres to the cheerful skies
That smile opon them aU.
The leaflets quiver on the tree.
The sky is warm and blue.
And in each lilly-bell the bee
Is ripping tbe sweetest dew;
The humming-bird and the honey-be*
Are bussing and drinking dew.
The Southern breeies gently blow
Across the Southern sea.
And swiftly to die North they go
With the birds that sing with glee;
Aad wherever they go the frost and snow
Are banished by their glee.
GiXíasrm , March SO, 1860. h.
The U. S. mail pactetAüoe, Capt. Williaws,
from Liberty, arrived «his morning with 399
bales oat* and the faifowfeg {mssmgeñ: *
j DeBlattc, B f Ryburn, E L Wentz, J Smith,
F Half, S DeBIauc, FB Daughter A lady, J
Simons, C"B Wood, J M Gownis, B H Alstons,
N S winner, Mié Tompkihs,~S B Turner.
E3F" Mr. Isaac Jeesup has made as the re-
«¡pial* of a bottle of
for which he has onr
—i
There will be a Historical Lmtctbi
delivered at the Hall of the Galveston Lyceum,
rDauovan A Sngw ' ImiMinj^ Tremont afreet,)
by a Member of tbe Asaoriatiw, on Monday
evening, Month 2«th next. Tickets 25 cents
eaoh, to be had at the book-stores.of the city.
Madams Akha Bishop's Concert last night
.drew a house which was, "though not o'erflew-
ijfefnllif' Wi rtinfi
r— - -• ntly it ^
position of the United
States forces, especially along the western and
southwestern portion of Texas. A dispatch, of
inore recent date, savs that the Government ex-
pects to have four thousand men concentrated
on the borders of Mexico by the first of June.
No details are given, and nothing else to justify
this assertion, except tbe surmises of the tele-
graph reporter. We
therefore take the liberty
of believing that the Government does not ex-
>ect any such thing. Tbe only official and ro-
uble information touching the movement of
Houston* Trinity and Trier Ball
road Company.
Our readers are aware that at the last session
' the Legislature a charter waa granted' with
the above title. It is proposed to connect the
Houston termini of the road with the Galveston,
Houston and Henderson road at Houston, thence
an-air Une through fee counties of Harris,
ntgomerr, WalkerjHouston, Anderson, Cher-
okee, to Tyler in Smith county. As has been
said, that by reference to the population, and the
estimated productions of this great and fertile
section, it will be seen that the counties above
named comprise more aggregate wealth than the
number of dounties (connected as they
the State. We mention this fret to show
that tbe country through which this road is to
(and we will add, willing too,) to
build the mad, by tbe proper energy and under
wise management. This road has the liberal
donation of sixteen sections of land and the loan,
16000 to fee ifaile. At the Honston terminus3
it will comñct «4th all the great lines of rail-
road heretofore established and running in al-
most every direction. If a satisfactory arrange-
ment cannot beanade-with the company owning
and controlling the Galveston, Houston and Hen-
_ denton road, this company hagJhejjghLkLfiflifci
isgraceftal njiulsuonu'of the merciless specu-
lator, who only has in view his own aggran-
dizement, and would let {his great enterprise
languish. It is proposed to place it on a cash
basis, and thus save the ruinous discount suf-
fered by some other companies on their con-
struction bonds, when thrown into tbe market.
Notwithstanding'numerous railroads have been
chartered hevtofore, yet this enterprise is the
first one which has promised anything for our
immedietesection of country. Our people now
bare aaadpportunity of being connected by iron
• j • .. - , _ nio rementol t^with tbe Gulf of Mexico, and to so nearly
troops, is contained in the order Iroin the War ¿¿níMlate time and space as to place themselves
jlv what programme the Government
has adopted, the public is not
"udging from the military dis]
ng made,
aot yet informed,
positions now be-
Department already referred to; and that __
not imply a concentration o£ troops on tfee Xexan
frontier to anything li|^ the number of four
thousand men, at aiiy^Ume Sear the first of
June. It may be true that four thonsand
ace to be concentrated along tbe Mexican fron-
tier within four or five months; and this dispo-
sition of the forces pretty clearly indicates that
the Government has some important and decis-
ive movement in view, and that the progressive
policy of that portion of the President's mess-
age relating to Mexican affairs, is about to be
developed in some practical and effective form,
'recisel
¡
1
ing made, we should infer that the design is to
approach the Mexican territory on the side of
Chihuahua; add that, for this purpose, the
troops have been ordered down from Utah into
New Mexico and Arizona. Along that frontier,
the Republic of Mexico has practically abdicated
its functions. It has shown itself unable to
protect its own people from the depredations of
lawless banditti, and ruthless savages; or to
fulfill its international obligations by prevent-
ing the invasion of neighboring States, by ma-
rauding parties issuing from its borders. A
state of war exists, in point of fact, although it
bas not been preceded by official declarations,
and formal proclamations. It exists by the act
of Mexico; since, by her neglect, or inability,
to fulfill her international duties, she has be-
come responsible lor the consequences which
have arisen. This position was assumed, and
ly stated, by Mr. Buchanan in bis
Virti'K and Vice Dkpikeo. In the Boston
Investigator, we find, in a letter from Joseph
liarker, the following very truthful definition ol
virtue and vice:
'I condemn nothing Init wlwt is it real injury
to myself or others. The hurtful tendency of
an action or a course ot life is ihejueasun? ot
immortality or impropriety: and the beneSeial
frmdonoy of action or 11 course of lile is the
measure of its virtuoustiess or propriety. In
human conduct nothing is virtuous but what is
successful, beneficial: nothing: is vicious bnt
what is hurtful, injurious. Everything is y i
utous and commendable in proportion us it is
useful; everything is vicious and censurable in
proportion as it is hurtful. That which is ex-
pedient, or conducive to our own goed and the
goo.1 of others, is virtue: that wliiqh is inexpe-
dient or inimical t . our own good aud the good
of others, is v ice."
The Grand Jury of Campbell county, Ken-
tucky, recently found an indictment against the
parties who dostroved the press and printing
materials ill the uthce of the tree South. \V m.
S. Bailey's anti-slaverv paper. On bringing
the indictment into court, however, they were
informed bv the State's attorney that it was the
law that where a nuisance existed that could
not be reached by process of law, it was the
Napoleon's Position Towards Italy.—The
Paris correspondent of the London Daily News
says the Emperor's speech, or rather that part
of it which concerns the settlement of the Ital-
ian question, was discussed at length in the
Ministerial Council before it was delivered. The
substance of the conclusions arrived at by the
Cabinet is given as follows:
l'lrst—That the project of annexing Piedmont
to Tuscany must be abandoned altogether. The
people of Tuscany will be called upon to choose
a sovereign, and there will be uo objection to
their choice falling upon the Duke of Genoa,
Victor Emanuel's nephew.
Secondly—The Duchies of Modena and Parma
may be annexed to Piedmont by the consent of
the inhabitants.
Thirdly—The question of the Romagna is to
be revised, and will probably be submitted to a
conference of the powers; butjstill the idea of
creating a separate State of the sovereignty of
the IIolv See, and annexation, subject to that
sovereignty, either to Tuscany or Piedmont, is
not abandoned. Piedmont will be required to
adhere to these proposals, made under the threat
of withdrawing the French army from Italy and
leaving her to the mercy of Austria.
The same writer savs the argument most
stronlv urged in favor"of the abaruloumebt <>f
the consolidation ot" Northern and Central Italy
■in one ¡rreat kingdom was the opposition of
Russia and Prussia to the aggrandizement of
Sardinia. With this feeling, also, France no
doubt naturally sympathized.
very forcibly , „
last message. But it applies wKh much greater
force to the Rio Grande frontier than to the thinly
peopled borders of Arizona. Within the last
few months all the phenomena of actual war
have been presented in south-western Texas ~
invasions and repulses; sieges and sallies
battles, victories and defeats; marches and
counter-marches; have characterized the Bio
Grande campaign. If this is not war in name,
it is surely war in ffcet.
We had, therefore, supposed Oat the Govern-
ment would choose this field for solving the Mex-
ican problem. And not for these reasons alone.
There arc others just as convinebg. The sov-
ereigntv -f Texas is insulted; bet soil is invaded
bv r. f I. i. -i enemy; her towns lie besieged and
p^'i'i iered . her citizens are assassinated or driv-
i- . , rom their homes. It is the faty of the Fed-
eral Government to espouse bet cause, and to
extend over ber the shield of the national pro-
tection. It would be degrading la the dignity t '
a Government like that of the United States
huifle off its highest responsibilities upon
single State ; it would be an anomaly in oar
history and a solecism on our institutions
suffer a single State to bear tie expenses and
assume the conduct of a foreign War.
For these reasons we regret ttyt a larger force
has not been ordered to Western Texas,
ten companies of the 10th Into!
to be stationed at Ringgold Bag
Butler, are not enough for adive operations
scarcely enough, considering- the extent of conn
r.they have to guard, for purposes of defense.
.. e learn, on good authority, that Gov. Houston
does not consider tbis foroe at all commensurate
with the necessities of the case. Major McCul
[ | | _ HI tecui that knows what.
'' in^his'patfrof* life, some fragrant rosebush,! ¡3 just arid bouest, and tUres todo it; that is
I* sc-ntinc all the air with its sweet perfume 1 master of his own passions, and scorns to be a
'*1 " * slave to another's. Such a one merits more
respect than those gav things who owe aU their
greatness and reputation to their rentals and
Bkinu Angxy.—Make no great
be occasion, I
angry; for if there
enough for it
haste to be
títere will be
Moore, Converse
as are granted to it by its Constitution, aad can
eely he ineteaeed er diminished by the people
Who establish it A county or other corpora-
Son, is the creature of the State Government,
d derives all its powers therefrom.
Query f—" Can a State constitutionally ex-
ercise • power or enjoy a right in violation of
aa expresa law of Congress 1"
Answer.—If the right or power in question is
reserved to the State, and the express lawof
Congress is unauthorized by tbe Constitution,
" she can."
Question t—" Or must the States like the
county or corporation, wait for the repeal of that
law, or for the court to deelate it unconstitu-
tional, before it ean constitutionally'disregard
it ,.
That, we thinks should depend upon the char-
acterof fee power or right in question. Incases
of gross aad palpable usurpation on fee part of
Congress, or disregard of State and private
rights by courts, the States and the people are
free to vindicate their reserved and natural
rights in whatever manner,, they may deem ex-
AiJ-
be had in fee jam of the first two nights. The
programme was new and the interest well sus-
tained. Two of Moore's beautifhl ballads added
to the pleasure afforded by tbe more elaborate
Italian musie; and the Little Fat Man set every
body to laughing. The scenes in opera costume
also afforded a new feature of interest.
• Her last concert In this city will be given to-
morrow night.
We have endeavored to answer the interroga-
tories of fee News, and should be glad if that
journal would reciprocate, by replying to the
following:
Is the News a Democratic paper ?
If yes, when did it become one Í
Waa Andrew Jackson a good Democrat 1
What part did the News take in the contest
between Gen. Taylor and Lewis Cass, for the
President??
1 intf.
More Logic.—The News still persists in its
efforts to read the Civilian out of the Democrat-
ic, or, as the heading of its last, and the sub-
stance of its previous articles go to show, out
of fee "State Rights " party, which, with that
paper, is nothing more or less than a Disunion
party. As usual, when put to the test of evidence
for the correctness of its striotures, it resorts
to metaphysics and makes a run on interroga-
tion points. As proof that we are no longer
Democratic, even if we ever were so in its esti-
mation, the News says feat it does not know of
a single Enow Nothing or Whig .paper in the
State with whioh the Civilian " is not at pres-
ent acting;" and our neighbor calls "this
pretty good proof." It.is usual,-in prosecutions
for offences, to furnish specifications to sustain
charges; and, (being at a total loss for the
meaning of the kind of " acting" which has
placed us .among the dry bones of the old
Whig and Enow Nothing parties, which we
fought with all the strength that was in us dur-
ing their entire existence as parties, while the
News made terms wife, and received aid and
comfort from them,) we should he glad to learn
what particular action or declaration on our
part is referred to. We think we may safely
assume that the only action is in the decided
and we trust not fruitless, opposition we last
year made to the introduction or toleration ol
the African slave trade as a part of the Demo-
cratic creed, and our humble efforts in £ehall
Of the Union. The same rule that would ex-
clude us from the Democratic fold on this sub-
ject would also excommunicate Hon. John H.
Reagan, who was elected to Congress by a
popular majority alsmost without a parallel.
It would also include nine-tenths of the Demo-
crats in Texas, and tbus throw the whole State
into the indefinite " oppostion " against which
the News is doing battle.
But the inherent forte of the News is in ask-
ing questions. If even a Wise man cannot an-
swer many queries which may be suggested by
the simple, fiow much more are we, in our sim-
plicity, to be confounded by the searching cross-
questions of our erudite neighbor. He has for
the last fifteen years constituted himself, if not
our inquisitor, at least our father confesser,
and put ns to' fee catechism with such regu-
bound, we answer
follows: ' '
Aews.-^g" Whether our neighbor believes that
the States must, in all cases, look to the Su-
preme Court for protection against the uncon-
stitutional and oppressive legislation of a ma-
jority in Congress."
Answer—The Constitution teaches us that the
almost within speaking distance of tbeir friends
who dwell down by fee sea-side. Galveston is
our natural shipping point,and besides the com-
mendable State pride which should actuate us,
it is a good market and we should endeavor to
build up a city at that point which we could be
proud of, more especially as we would thereby
promote our own interest by bringing capital
there and securing competion, which is univer-
sally acknowledged to be the life of trade.-
Palestine Advocate.
Commercial Tee at r and Cotton Trade.—
Further interesting details of European news
by the steamship Niagara, from Liverpool the
25tb, via Queenstown the 27th, came to band
last evening. Thg London Times discusses, at
length, tbe great advantages of the new com-
mercial treaty with France, and thinks it will
give an immense impetus to the cotton trade.
' If France, it says, be imitated by Germany
nd Italy, and if America be shamed into fol-
lowing their example, there is no reuon why
Lancashire should not double its nflmber of
looms within the next five years." Tbe Times
also predicts a great impetus for almost every
other branch of manufacture.
In the House of Commons on the 24th, also
the treaty was commented on very favorably, in
very much the same light.
The principal speaker was John Bright, who
eloquently defended the French commercial
treaty, and predicted that incalculable advant-
age would be derived from it by England. He
argued feat free trade with France would raise
itself to the level of tbe United States, tbe new
tariff wife France being as liberal as that with
America.
Mr. Cauldwell spoke in a similar strain, and
pointed to tbe results of the great intercourse
prevailing between England and America, ren-
dering war all but impossible. The same rela-
tion might be established with France.
The whole subject was again renewed the next
evening by Messrs. Milner Gibson, Gladstone,
and Rimers ton, in favor of the treaty, and
Messrs. F. Baring, Walpole, and Disraeli,
against it. A division fallowed, at which the
ministry had a clear gain of 43 votes.
Fillmore ?
Did you vote for the idmission of Texas into
the Union under a law embracing be Wilmot
Proviso, prohibiting Slavery in States to be
formed out of the Territory, North of 36 degrees
30 minutes ?
Do you approve or oppose the resolutions of
South Carolina, declaring that a sufficient cause
for the dissolution of the Union is embraced in,
the passage of the Compromise Acts of 1850
and has continued ever sinee ?
Did you oppose or approve those measures at
the time?
Do you approve of the whole of the Demo-
cratic Platform, adopted at Cincinnati 1
If no; please state what parts you disap-
prove.
Will you support the nominee of the Charles-
ton Convention ?
ARRIVAL OF STEAMSHIP FULTON.
New York, March'áó.—The steamship Ful-
ton, from Southampton and Havre, arrived at
sr wharf this morning.
The Fulton left Southampton oa Wednesday
evening, the 7fe inst., and brings two days later
news than were received by the steamship Teu-
tonia.
Liverpool Cotton Market.
Liverpool, March, 7—The sale* of cotton lor
fee past three business days, since the depar-
ture of the Circassian, have amounted to 14,<MM)
bales, of whioh speculators took s,w0,-leaving
the balance to the trade.
The market generally closed, very dulL All
qualities of .cotton'have slightly, dechned.
The decline "is chiefiy attributed to tbe lower
ifeMrimnHpteteoMt-to ¿¿fLdur-
The Next War would seem to be upon us,
by the accounts from Vera Crux; but we fear
that it has opened too well to last. The greas-
ers will doubtless say that it was all a mistake;
and that they were resisting the forces of the
United States. ,
We trust, however, that the little affair be-
tween our vessels and the Mexicans may assist
in the overthrow of the Centralists, and thus aid
in establishing the relations between the two
countries, contemplated by the pending treaty.
From the accounts it appears that Miramon'
was actively beseiging Vera Cruz, but with'
slight chance of success, now that his supplies
and support from sea were entirely cut off.
The Liberal forces in the interior had been
rapidly concentrating on the city of Mexico,
which was entirely surrounded.
Much bad feeling existed among the French
and Spanish fleets against the Americans, and
great excitement prevails generally at Vera
Cruz, in consequence of what is considered by
many fee high handed action of Com. Turner
in capturing these steamers.
Gen. Miramon and his followers appeared
before the city of Vera Cruz, on the 5th, and
beseiged it.
Previous to making the attack, Gen. Miramon
notified-the representative of the foreign Gov-
ernments that his intention was to cannonade
the city.
On the night of the 7th the city was attacked
by a force of the beseigers, but they were soon
repulsed by the Liberal army.
The next arrival will probably bring us ac-
counts of some decisive result; as the beseig-
ers cannot long maintain their present position
without gaining some additional advantages.
Arrived.—Barks T. W. House, Bearse, from
B. Nichols & Co.; i. Mr
^qwhíí
."¡SMS:
, Demond, Hise,
TWO DAYS
Later fren Europe.
London Money Market.
Losaos, March^7.—The London money .mar-
ket closed dull. Consols for money closed at
J 1 aea
Manchester Trade.
Liverpool, «arch 7.—The advices received
from Manchester and other manufacturing cities
continue to be of a favorable character.
The market closed firm and steady. The de-
mand for oloths was fair, but yarns had tn some
cases slightly declined.
Captare of two Mexican Steamers,
SPIRITED NAVAL, ENGAGEMENT
IS Men Killed and S3 Wounded.
On the 5th inst, Miramon commenced the
of \ era Cruz.
6 th, Marin appeared before the city wife
two steamers, and not showing his colors. Com-
mander Turner, in the sloop-of-war Saratoga
wife a detachment from tbe Savannah and fee
Preble, on board fee Bteamers Indianola and
Wave, was ordered to proceed to fee anchorage
of the steamers, off Anton Lizardo, and ascertain
their character.
Upon nearing fee steamers one of them was
seen to be moving off, when a shot was fired
ahead of her to bring her to, and the steamer
Indianola was sent to overhaul her.
The hail from the Indianola was answered by
shot from the guns-of the Gen. Miimon, ac-
companied by a volley of musketry, whereupon
ihe Saratoga fired a broadside into the Miramon,
and the action became general, resulting in fee
capture of the two Mexican steamers, together
with Marin, their commander, and nearly all
his men.
Marin, and most of fee prisoners are on*board
the Preble.
The action was brief, but spirited. Fifteen or
twenty men were killed, and as many more
wounded.
Particulars of tbe Engagement.
In the meantime the Constitutional Govern-
merument at Vera Cruz had issued a proclama-
tion, declaring Marin a pirate, and authorizing
whoever should encounter him, or his vessels,
in the waters of Mexico, to capture them, as
sailing piratically, in violation of fee law of na-
tions.
What day the steamers left.Sisal we are not
informed, but they made their appearance off
Vera Cruz about noon of the 6fe. They were
mmediately signaled, from fee castle, as sus-
picious vessels, and the news circulated rapidly
through the town, where it produced great ex-
citement.
In the meantime the steamers continued, un-
der full steam, rapidly to advance. Th^y passed
uehind the castle of San Juan de Dlua, in the
direction of Sacrificios, and finally ran into An-
ton Lizardo, where a flag, previously raised by
Miramon, indicated the place of rendezvous.—
Miramon was at this time before Vera Cruz.
The steamers bore no flags whatever when
they passed the castle, nor did they hoist them
dither then or at Sacrificios, though they were
ordered so to do, first by a shot from tb fortress
and afterwards by tbe U. S. sloop Savannah.
On the contrary, they steamed boldly forward,
casting a look of defiance
upon those who pre-
n«d to qoettton them.
.nish, and English ve
" The prizes captured by our squadron at
Vera Cruz have arrived in the Mississippi river,
the Head of fee Passes, awaiting orders, it is
supposed, from Washington.
judicial power of the United States, vested in
one Supreme Court and such inferior courts as
Congress may ordain and establish, shall extend
to all cases in law and equity arising under this
Constitution; the laws of the United States:
treaties; controversies to which the United
States shall be a party ; controversies between
States; between a State," or its citizens, and
foreign States ; and we believe that the States
should " m all cases look [first] to the Supreme
Court for protection against the unconstitutional
and oppressive legislation of a majority in Con-
gress."
Kews.—The Constitution only gives the Su-
reme Court jurisdiction in cases "arisii
aw and equity "—not in political cases,
the States any redress, except by the exercise
of their own sovereignty over their reserved
rights, in cases that do not arise in law and
equity 1"
Oivilian—Here we are befogged. We are at
a less to know what is meant by "political
cases " regardless of both law and equity, un-
less the News means to make an example ol
in which case neither Congress or the Su-
preme Court, but that paper, has jurisdiction.
We believe, however, that the States have the
right to resort to any and all the means at their
command for the protection of their reserved
rights; feat tbe General Government has no
powers except soc^- as' atf¡ delegated to it by fee
Constitution; and feat ail other civil and politi-
cal rights and powert ate teaerved to the States
or to the people; and should be" preserved by.
them at all hazards. We believe that fee alien
and sedition laws were adopted in violation of
the Constitution; and that the " principles ol
'98," enunciated in opposition thereto were cor-
rect and are such as should be maintained by
any and all tbe means possessed by the States
and the people; that the means of redress
there indicated remain unimpaired, and are ap-
plicable to all similar cases, should any saeh
Bombardment of Vera Cruz.
Head op Passes, March 20.—The day tbe
rize steamer General Miramon sailed from
era Cruz, Gen. Miramon sent word to the com-
manding officers of the Vessels of war in port,
that he would commence the bombardment of
the city that night, and that he would not be re-
sponsible for the damage done to the shipping
anchored under the Castle de Ulna.
At 8 o'clock on the evening, on the 13th of
March, the officers on the deck of the steamer
Gen. Miramon heard the report of a heavy con-
nonade in the direction of Vera Cruz.
When this report was heard the steamer Gan.
Miramon was then on her way to New Orleans.
It is supposed that the sloop-of-war Preble,
with Marin and the balanco of the prisoners
captured by the Saratoga, has been delayed in
consequence of fee bombardment.
Wreck of Steamer Commerce
Nhw Yobx, March 20.—The bark Driebert,
from Cardenas, bas arrived at this port, having
rescued, on the 14th inst., 22 persons,compris-
ing all the passengers and crew of the steamer
Commerce, bound from New York to Galveston.
The steamer was abandoned at sea in a sink-
ing condition.
pokcblais.—Porcelain, by which is desig-
nated a dense body too hard to be scratched by
a knife, translucent; sonorous and white, .was
manufactured from a very early period in
China. The remote antiquity of this manu-
facture is proved by the discovery of bottles of
Chinese porcelain, with inscriptions in that lan-
guage, in the tomb of Thebes. The porcelain
tower near Nankin, was built a. n. 1277, but as
early as 103 n. c.,' it is stated that porcelain was
common in Chiua. Marco Polo, the Venetian
traveler, penetrated into China in the thirteenth
century, and he describes with much accuracy
the mode then, as now-employed by the Chinese
in the preparation of their clays. " They col-
let," he says, " a certain kind of earth, as it
were from a'mine, and laying it in a great heap,
suffer it to be exposed to the wind, rain and sun
for thirty or forty years, during which time it is
never disturbed. By this means it becomes re-
fined and fit for being wrought into the vessels
above mentioned. Such colors as may be
thought proper are then lain on, and the ware
afterwards baked in ovens or furnaces. Those
persons, therefore, who canse tbe earth to be
dug, collect it for their children or grandchild-
ren."
lough, who has just passed through this city
his way to Aastin, is of tbe sane opinion. It
% believed that, unless the Federal Government
consent to augment its forces along fee Bio
Grande, and to take needy and teciaive meas-
ures for fee relief of Texas, and her future se-
curity, Governor Houstou will himself assume
fee responsibility and take fee aitiatire. We
trust, therefore, feat there will beno furfeer de-
lay at Washington. The momertia auspicious.
The Bio Grande is no longer a recognisable
boundary. The natural rampart of the Sierra
Ire, lyine "beyond the fertile valleys aad
Vaocinatioh.—Dr. Adams, in his discourse
before the Massachusetts Medical Society, on
the subject of Vaccination, presents some con-
clusions respecting feat subject which are both
rational and of praotical value. It is, be says,
of tbe utmost importance, that fee first vaccin-
ation should be performed with great care; that
if the susceptibility to receive small pox is once
extinguished in the system, it remains so, and
reraccination is superfluous. In order that we
may be sure that this susceptibility is extin-
guished, vaccination should be repeated solong
as it produces any specific efl&t; especially
should it alway be repeated when the first op-
eratiun baa been performed at an at early age,
luring dentition, or when disease of any kind,
jr a diseased diathesis, existed. Then, as so
much looseness in the manner of performing
vaccination, and in tbe selection of the Tiros, is
known to exist, it would be well always, as a
matter of precaution, to re vaccinate all who
may at-aay time be directly exposed to small-
pox. If this be done, oa or before fee fifth day
after enlosare, it will usually take precedence
of, or essentially modify feat "
News—" Or if they have no redress in any
case except through the Supreme Court, then
What does their sovereignty amount to ? "
Quien sale T The News has never instructed
us in the doctrine of State Sovereignty, further
than we gather from the general tenor of its
articles, from which we infer that "secession"
the " sovereignest thing " extant for all politi-
cal evils. We should be greatly edified by
dissertation on fee term " sovereignty " from
that journal.
Madre, ^ingbe^fee^^
■e protection toe
Orleans Delta.
broad plains of
the only secure
frontier.—A".
Whits Lasok nt ths S
word just spoken by Senator
Senate: " Nor is it true that the
slavery makes manna! labor on t
part of fee
of this I am certain, that every <
the slaveholding States is noi
eqality wife every other man in I
eqality wife every otner man mm commumr
übumblkbs.—If you find a man disposed to
complain of fee coldness of fee world, be sure
you will fiad that he has never brought any thing
mto the world to warm it, but is a personal lump
of ice set in the midst of it. If you linda man
who- complains that the world is'all base and
hollow, tap him, and he will probably sound base
and hollow. And so, in toe other way, a kind
man will probably find kindness all atxmt him.
Tbe merciful man,aa a general thing, will obtain
mercy. He who has always had a kind excuse for
others, who has looked at fee brightest side of fee
osse he who his rendered his pardon and his help
whenever he could, who bas never brought bis
fellow man into any strut by reason of not help-
ing him—will find that fee mercy which he has
bestowed flows back opon him in a full and
spontaneous spring. He will make a merciful
world by the mercy be himself shows.
If asmall quantity of solution of starch be ex-
posed for «short time to the light of the sun, it
w31 U oooverted M grape sugar.
New York Markets.
New Yobx, March 20.—The cotton market
is depressed, owing to the unfavorable advices
received from Liverpool. The sales amounting
to one 1000 bales.
p o mestic Recipes.
Biscuit Püddino.—Slice four common bis-
cuits thin, boil them in three gills of new milk,
with a peice of lemon-peel chopped as fine as
possible. Break it to a margh; to which put
three ounces of warm butter, two ounces ol
sugar and four eggs well beaten; add a large
spoonful of brandy. Bake or boil.
Gum Arabio Stabch.—Put two ounces of
fine gum arabic in a vessel with a pint of boiling
water, according to the stiffness you require •
and after covering it tightly let it stand all night,
In the morning strain it into a nice bottle, cork
it and keep it for use. It is far preferable to
any other starch for giving muslin a look of new
ness.
Cokned Beep.—Fresh beef boiled in very salt
water is said to be sweeter and tenderer thau
that which has been pickled before cooking: any
family that can get fresh beef may corn it as
they want.
Corn Caes for Beep.—Mix at night one
quart of corn meal with water enough to make a
ibin batter, adding a tablespoonful of yeast, and
salt to suit the taste. In the morning stir in
two eggs and a small teaspoonful of soda, and
wife a spoon beat it long and hard. Butter i
jan, pour fee mixure into it, and bake im
lately about half an hour in a moderately
heated oven.
Salt Pork firr On- rpuwl „wU.a^I
one quart of nour, two cups sugar, one of mo-
very probable, will it then be any consolation
to say that that Court is open to us? Will it
be any better than mockery to tell us that the
Sovereign States of the South have the great
privilege of appealing from a Republican ma-
jority in Congress to a Republican majority !«
the Supreme Court?"
Answer.—That would present a case in which
there could be no difference of opinion at the
Soath. We regard the teachings of Seward
directly opposed to the letter and spirit of the
Federal as well as of our State Constitution,
and a Supreme Court which would attempt to
carry out his doctrines, would deserve and pro-
bably receive fee fate of old Brown and his
companions. We do not, however, like fee
News, think it very probable that Seward and
company will do anything of the kind.
The News backs down gracefully from its as-
sertion, that the editor of the Civilian held "that
the counties of a State are Sovereign, in abont
the same sense feat fee States tBemselves aye
Sovereign," and, admitting that we " claim for
fee States, rights essentially different from, and
of a higher order than tbe rights of counties or
corporations," says:
" But still fee question recurs, what are these
rights, or what is the difference 1"
Jane*.—'tie rights of a State are just sneh
lasses, one teaspoonful of salaratus: spiced with
cloves and ciunamon.
vessels at
Savannah,
al_ f; 4 ¡
ft
Arrival of the steuw Orizaba.
HT The steamship Orizaba, Oapt. H. Place,
from Brashear, arrived early this (Thursday)
morning wife New Orleans mails of yesterday
and the following passengers:
Newson, lady it children, Misa Mrs
Bufiifin,LVon, lady A 2 children,MrsBtL Mrs
t?ewSnl'.£Ule'
D May, DeSabla,
D Barcklay, Pelham: P<
Booth, Cow<
CondrictJi
Bamev,
Cron-^-St on deck and'
the sloop-of-war Sav
the Senior U. S. officer at Vera Cruz. Be
saw with his own eyes this.centemptuous viola-
tion of the law of nations—two vessels of war
armed to the teeth, passing coolly by without
giving a signal or hoisting their colors when
irdered so to do—and took his course decidedly.
He immediately ordered the sloop-of-war Sara-
toga, Capt. Turner, to go in pursuit of the steam-
ers. The Saratoga, only carrying sail, was
toned down by the steamers Indianola, of this
port, and the Wave, plying on the Mexican coast.
The Marin steamers had just cast anchor at
Anton Lizardo, when the Saratoga came up with
them. They still had steam up, however, and
seemed to have taken a position as if to put at
once to sea in case of being overhauled. The
Saratoga, however, seems to have taken them
unawares,though the moon was shining brightly,
and at once took a position to cut off all retreat.
Marin then prepared as if to give fight.
In the meantime, Capt. Turner dispatched a
small boat to the steamers, wife a nag, to de-
mand their nationality. Marin fired upon it.—
The boat, however, continued its course; Marin
fired upon it the second time. The Saratoga
tben launched a broadside upon the steamer,
commanded in person by Marin. This was the
Gen. Miramon, and seemed best armed. She
was piloted by a man named Flores, well known
at Vera Cruz!
The other steamer was commanded by one
Capt. Sanchez, formerly of the Mexican war
steamer Demócrata, which he betrayed.
One account says Marin fought like a lion,
but others say that, on the opening of fire, both
Steamers tried to run away. They were, how-
ever, intercepted by tbe Indianola and the Wave.
It was, however, two or three o'clock in the
morning before Marin surrendered. He was
taken on board tbe Saratoga. Nearly all the
officers and crews of both steamers were also
captured, either by the Indianola or Wave, and
taken np to Vera Cruz, where they were distrib-
uted between the Savannah, Saratoga and Preble,
Tbe number of the wounded on board tbe two
steamers was about thirty. They were taken
on board the Saratoga,and their wounds promptly
dressed. Among fee wounded was Capt Flores,
who has since had his arm amputated at Vera
Cruz.
The number of Americans wounded was three
—one mortally.
A few ot Marin's men made go Mpcape
to the shore, but a number of "
v ho bad already gone on
were captured.
Among these last captures
principal agent, who is said to have hid bimselt
in an obscure corner when the firiDg began, but
had the misfortune after all to be I lodly
dly wounded.
The Gen. Miramon was veir badly injured by
the Saratoga's broadside, ana only gotten.afloat
with difficulty. The Indianola also received
several shots, but they did her no serious iojurv.
So soon as the action commenced, the two
steamers hoisted tbe Spanish Hog.
Tbe Attack on Vera Crux.
While the firing was going on at Anton Liz-
ardo, the enemy encamped before Vera Crux
seem to have caught the spirit and sallied out
in several small parties in the direction of the
town.
They had, during the whole day aud evening,
been riding about on the sand hills, cnolj* >ir-
New Mexican Buins.—Interesting aud re-
markable ruins have recently been discovered
near the river Pecos, ninety miles above Fort
Stanton, New Mexico. They are situated on a
plain, and are massive relics of a people who
have passed away. The city appears to have
been built by a warlike race.' It is quadrangu-
lar. Many of tbe buildings on the outer line
are pierced with loop holes, as though made for
the use of weapons. Several of the buildings
are built of large blocks of large granite rock.
There are three building, each of which has a
front of three hundred feet. The walls are now
thirty-five feet high. In the centre one there
are no partitions, thus forming an immense
hall. There are carvings in bas relief and fresco
work in tbis supposed temple. The blocks of
which these buildings are composed are cement-
ed together bv motar of a seemingly bituminous
kind. Vast portions of fee walls have fallen
down, and the blocks remain cemented together.
S trim br Drink.—Pour a quart of boiling water
over half an ounce of loaf sugar, ahd half an
ounee of cream of tartar, with the outer rind of
alemmon, either fresh or dried. When cold,
strain for use.
To TAKE OUT mlldxw.—Mix Soft SOSp with
starch powdered, half as much salt and the juice
of a lemon; lay it on the part on both sides with a
brash. Let it lie on fee giua day and night
till the stains come out.
/.
Kf
About midnight they made a descent upon
the first and sccond lines, between the railroad
and Huaca, where they were received with a
good cannonading, and after about twenty
minutes, retired.
They seem to have had only a few small
piíces with them, nor was the number of men
great. It appears to have only been a union of
several small scouting parties, who caught the
spirit of the cannonading in tbe distance, and
thought they would see what they could do be-
fore tbe town.
Actual State of Thlngt atVera Cm*
At last accounts Miramon was still encamped
before the city, and bad served upon fee foreign
representatives the usual notices of his inten-
tion to bombard it. Whether, however, he bas
now the means, since the capture of his steam-
ers, seems a matter of doubt.
All agree, however, that up to tbe latest ad-
vices he still threatened the city. No one, how-
ever, seems to believe he will take it. Miramon
has with him a large number of very fine cav-
alry, which is constantly parading on the sand
hills.
Proceedings el Congren.
Washington, March 20.—Tbe Bouse of Repre-
sentatives met this morning at fee usual boor.
The military academy bill was amended by
making an appopriation to provide for a mounts
regiment of volenteers in Texas. The bill was
referred to the Committee on Military Affairs
by a vote of 111 ayes against linoes.
" A bill was introduced providing for a regiment
of volenteers to suppress Indian- hostilities in
the Territory of New Mexico.
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