The Matagorda Gazette. (Matagorda, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 8, 1860 Page: 1 of 4
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E. J. LlfMY, SIHTOB ANO PROPRIETOR.
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MATAGORDA. TEXAS. WTHXESDAY. FEBRUARY 8. 1800.
*3 A YE AII. IS ADV.\\«i
M'MBEK 20.
-—-A rawt luti >m THE WAll
Virginia Leg- ,« ,
•a be printed, rwow-
of Sontliern
'Georgia.
BETWEEN SPAIN
MOROCCO.
AND
a rroic:
« . , .. i liu' prest.i inuii'ilviil, 11*'ii. Ai;i
Too I.on<lon Time* brim** down, i>v m . . , .
. ' . tiraliuui, d.*cliaea again serving a; A¡!' r-
correspouucnt, its narrative of the attempt , , , „ „ , ,
;at war just esuvri by Spain againat lío- fie" nl ,A fc"7w "f « •.<*.*«■*! Nincvah onü llabvlon have
J * J 1 . , taiiimcnts, he ha#
-it: r "■-rw>R <h I>iv\<i*i c—Damascus is
• •.* < ' .ty in tiie world. Tyro and .-5¡-
tluti huvc crumbled on tiie shore ; Baallx «•
i.-, a ruin ; l'almvra is buried in the sandc
has reflected much honor up- disappearcd lrt)m the Tigris and Euphrates;
a—A clergyman of to December <S.The arrival of troops . - . , • ¡.i bore* , . ,
bee detected in .<' * <-uta from Cadiz still contMined. There' „.j ,... i_,. e_: it-:- .,r Damascus remains what it was before the an eje witness.
• • * . grctted by.his many friends. Hois one of | ,r „ ««„ - r* i i
ol «uoOk hart been one battle aud fonr skirmishes) f. ^ / „ mii tIaJs ,,f Abraham-a centro of trade ami
tíSSH? —^ -!r'- "r"-: •
Av Imi-akiat alfuvman".—An \rkansa.; 11.>7 Bed ruiuxtqaorr.—When John
«• m-:c..i„h'ni .-f the New Orhans Pica- D "wn lay wounded in prison, while he was
-a .. n.. f..i« r ..o o,,ii.,.„i; . I eing wi ll cared for, both temporally and
\ u. fs Hie tollo'. uur as authentic : • • H .mi * , . • ,.
, . ' . , , sinrituallv; while he was furnished by the
1 on arc fond of cracking jokes at the ex- an„u>rit¡^ of Virginia with everything lie
pcuse of Arkansas ; now lien) is one in needed or wanted, from chicken-broth to his
your Slate absolutely true. 1 got it from darling New York Tribune, numerous loud
voiced Abolitionists in the North ami Wost
i>i<! r-t Court iu one
ft wMfonmi,;" ™Tp ; , h : : n
itlr—iin iia i ! VWJU) « ui be (he first city against winch ^
!>ansiios was tn session
F*,i
Í of our .Ktrllicni '■ w«rr.si>n^'*JS <l.l¡ca<-¡«V pod book.,
r r . religions advice, reqnesta for his autograph,
it was tne tirsf ,teWflj>apcr extracts, Russian salve. Kail-
. f ii * i r 'r a. ná "■ 'l capital, with martial and day of the c *nrt, timo after dinner, law- wav's lioady Koliof, and bandaf^a for bis
— Hll I will .a, «d,. ^«d^ociation, extending thro,,.., moro vers and others had dined, and were sitting; wounds. Lydia Maria Child, a nice old
* Of Boston, cni'i- The bpamsli trouos. thus far l oth officers" T, ''C c¡ll*cni °l Kus'c i than thirty centnrics. It was near Damas out hefere the hotel, and a long lank, nn- '^y we sopase her to l>o, want^l to visit
' ¡jssl ve,; well before*1'0 n"'v' «"* * y to defend of t;u,su3 „w lllc „ ilt fro,„ ,„m,(rv iun , „1c al„, ^.the dear good old man in pmon -««.tod
,«3KI men, iwt« a{ ^ «v « row and abie to moot.«uy of the Opposition in I, , . . , . ril® 4l : 1 , , ,. ' . his head to repose on lier kind Ikisoui, aad
. h-c ig (lccnlvl * A ;hcavcn abovc tlic brightness of Uie sun; the coratnontously made himself one of cm aud fo |h h^k (|„
l'iietr oav- «ccpiy mna jn« jj0éwgufc|, wi,,vii «a <*n\)nA Qtmif ;n wi.^k ;♦ ^.....,^1 _ . L . ^ t .
i i éjt A j
8jm dnrnna.; «hc «emí-barbíri.. , win, holt aud skill., (|h. ^ dob>n.
•^rt-llon'if *to.;M i. A.IW««l«p«« IV.. «V- e„ t..sreJ to Democracy of the State.
-to efcet dele- «bjr charca aro prompt an.1 v.goro^and ^ ^ tllc fricmU rfKveral ^
vention, passeti^ great steading— square and deliberation I
Scott decís- ] jn nrimtr wffl necessary to resist them,
Hwre have been some cases
the grizsly hair from bis
street which is called Strait, in which it,remarked— | noble brow 1 wauiod to lighten h;s path-
1 was said he prayeth, still rnos through the : "Gentlemen I wish yon would goon with! wny to the tomb, ami to show to the world
•WW? , , , ra . .a ¡ oity. The caravan comes and croes as it. this court, T want to ro home—I left Be tsv ¡ Diat she felt for sorrow and trouble wher-
then.' '""¿j""' r ?' f""UOr"t* 1 , y i 'M a «'""«"•i ago j there arc still a looking ont." ! ~Sl'l he. Oh 1 how .ympathiaing
' spoken of them for the position. The Demo- ., , ., .. , .f . . , i „.. e , some of this class were 1 Prominent law-
raid; ~™' "T"! eratic conailtncney of Nayarro pnt forward'' ^ ' "'*'""7 ¿ ! • 71 ,7° i" S JT « fr,jm P «« ¥
' sf cliolera and dysentery in the army. The ,, u IX Xf.n 4l _ % i nicrcnant of the Euphrates and of tl e Med-, praj^sir, what deta«ns yon at court J"
>L
frtm
^ a
st'W- I
t"* ^ I
horses sad mules stand the climate better
mtcsdrd for food. Three
slaves, chosen from among
thfe best condncted. have been taken for
titers for munier, or at
la impromptu ducli
to be almost a eon-
favoring the Moors
not nal assistance,
by the circum-
IHay, Consul,
Tangier, although the
' Tti also charged
lbs
! > *t .
to Jay and
r,<? T.-rrnT
•Innij
L fill '
JwCMg
, " Am t,
. i^pPMpi
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raw-trtiCW
wiU
twaa
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the country as jackals gatlier where U^ir
prey is, and lieggcd to di fend the hero and
lion. lv. Q Mills, a gentleman who made a ; i(Crranean still occupy these with the rani-- "Why, sir,*'said the countryman, "I am
good canvass last summer in his county, hjIldes Df their waters. The city which fotohed here as a jury, and thev sav if I go i martyr! They óúne to Warper's Ferry with
and achieved a brilliant triumph G>r the j Mahomct saw from a neighboring height home they will have to find me, and moutfn! ^^.'ition sympathy stjraming from every
SastraTSytLrmt;ai~it,!-"sivc"-1*«-nr;.,,
Utnl nimlifii'itinni ir# I itrkiv dr. i I to ha\c but one Paradise, anJ lor his part. "What jury are you on . asked the law- ROnnl property except a bible, for which
ttebar endorsed by ¡ ||c wag re8olvcU not to ,KIVC ¡t ¡n th¡8 worId vcr lhe nl0 tM¿d| a fe\v copios 0f ll5, toxt.
We bsvc also heard the name of non. I to this day what Julian called "tlie eye | "What jury ? j Ik*V the Tribune, with which thev were
N. Dennis, of Wharton, mentioned fbr the \ f tl,c East."aa u wa3 m the t,mo of l9aiatl. i "Yes, what j ury, grand or traverse V knew ítíw tí
office. The capacity of this gentleman is'tho head of Syria. From Damascus came¡ "Grand or travis jury ? Dad fetched if I fVi;crong AbolUionists !
use.
undoubted, while his assiduity of business j '',e damson, our blue plum ami the delicious
and his sterling integrity, eminently quali-
fy búa for pablio position, lie is sa elo-
qooni speaker, has always been firm and
true in bis support of the rights of the
South* aud the support of the Democratic
apricot of Portugal, called damasco—dam-
ask; our beautiful fabric of cotton and silk,
with vines and flowers raised upon a
know."
A fac-siraile of the old chap's baud wril-
ini
"Well,n said the lawyer, "did the judge ing sold all through the north and west at
charge you V , t .
"Veil, 'Squire, the little follow "that sits
smooth, bright grouud ; tlie damask ros(^ up in the piilpit. and kinder bosses over the
introduced into England in the time of IIcn-| crowd, gin us a talk, but I don't know ifhc
páHy. * ry VIII ; the Damascus blade, so fadtoss i aharged anything or qpt."
, Wc also aote the name of pur townsman the world over for its keen edge aud won-
Gesrge M. Floornoy. His. friends ^intend
to suppoft him at the State Ooaventioa for
the* Attorney -OsneMdslUp. As a lawyer be
il Hgh" position at tiie bar of the
Supreme Court. Ho is young, cncrgetic
"Warm in his impulses, he
haarqaxsrialifed to aid his party in every
contest. We kaott him iathbately, -and
know hita to^be of pnre.and spotless cha-
racter, and a good and gallant man. On
the qjpeetiofl on States'rights!.he ia a strict
constructionist, snd will never yield to any
oompronrdsff.on the qaestisa of protection
to slave property.
Ib the elevation of either of these'gentle-
men, the State will be well sustained, and
the principles of thb Democratic party
ft* «
n tnocan-
may
be nomhwted, atr Galveston, will be sup-
ported'4iy IBfesé' "difttingnTstieS^ genfltJemfen
aftd tiiefr Triende, with unabated acal ah¿f
devotfcü to?the cassc.—Stale Gazette.
•' r ■ ■' /
o The crowd broke up in a roar of laugh-
dérful elasticity, the secret of whose manu-! tcrf and tie Sheriff called the court.
sjww w a í^ -íh9f rwtr "fooled
thb Wowts."—One day last week, it was
arr¥Wd,f^nirVparty' °f fifteen or six-
teen marrie^ ge^ticrocii, living ia Mi Pl?a-
have a sjeigb ri^e, a
selves
t^Hto tbemse1
<¿er\yiscr </f
'^oc^rdingly qj?range4-to l^c tiio.
^ a^^wildrop^., about f^e
facture was lost wlien Tamerlane carricd!
Ijauuiiabls Mistakes.—Franklin was pre
Sf Paris, where many pieces were rdaá, and
not well understanding the French when
declaimed, bat wishing to appear polite, re-
ft
off Ulc arts .into IVnaia ¡ and that bcantíful ^ mrrt¡ of ^ literary aociety
art of inlaying wood and stceU.wtth - silver "
and gold, a Jcmd Mesüic^ engraving and
sculpture unitedr-ca^led damaskeening,.
Wijtb which boxes and bureaus, and swords ¡^¡"^ app1aad when be should
and guuaare oruamcnlcd. It is still a city! lady of h¡g acquaintai*ef Madame do Bouf-
of Sowers and bright water*; the streams flers> expre>s satisfaction. After the read-
from I^ebanon, tho rivers of Damascus, the over> ¡,¡3 grandson said to him
rklc in «^^ndpapa, yon always applaud and load-
er than any body else when they warn ap-
■ l is 111 i^uaiivuf " uis vrs i/<nii«k v
rivers of gol<^ stiFl mnrmnr and sna
the wilderness of S^rialt gArdens.*
A Ríen
mi p
ltHk
pure!
days
merohun t of; New ,0rl«4fe, /or $500,000.
This (says the New Orieans Delta) is con
8idbred a splendid investment, as there | Caqjl^jdgc, ^n^.a musical Wie^aswng
some se^eit'di' eTglU thotfá$nd. actíea W thé tl s atójc/its *ssng a song, the chorus of
famous General Morean m^e wlienjn this
country. Jle atttsu^1 comn\|pce^nt at,
tract, and undei^good management it ought
to pfoduce. two f^housand hogsheads of
sugar, This.nnrcliaso will swell the ia
which ws^s, J'to-iaorjow, to-morrow." Im-
perfectly acquainted with English, the
Freuch ^>ffi«r fancied i( was a poetical trib-
■ivpnB «
Bu i nside, i u asgar oal<*|ute, .and that tlie stanzas closed with tftc
ture, to "m>ariy two milliotis. His slaves mention o{ his name—"To Morcao, To
now cxCced* one thousand. Threei years
ago, B purchased ,the magnificent
Hsamas estate, with some five hundred
slaves, from Gol. John Preston, the oost of
\Hlfcfir with additions; of negros and lands,
. ai). * . ¡«i «! 1 «i ' ffc _
e/xcee^ed a mill Ton o^ doílárs. The return
ojbj th^ investment /uf Oic tw^yca^ho pSs
11- a. 1 aL „ 3 — a Í T\ „ 11. — al. Z i *
Moreau, To Morean," so that ev^p time the
phrase ¿occurred, he rOSo and l>owed to. the
singers, to tliq^muscment of those wl* saw
into the canse of the general's mistake.
u '0 •" JWtfi't —i . *i- •JÉLt-r-r^c
! :r "-* !cultivated the fi ccr tiio Delta thinks,
Pleasant, and «ur^he ^p-;not GXcelled by any inveahnsnl^sf
mted night, under various pretexts they HUm ofmohpv in
of theyr wives, and
in cosy cutters, behind fast tro^ipg hordes.
to Waldrofi's^chockbftg
hich they had fooled the
Bat the wotnen were nof sb ignór-
llyJSa.
up enongh sleighs' Yo' Accommodate their
parfy; *Tfd'árnved «1 the^^^jort^S fbe
ly to sit down
fiufk0ix§m
(¿..i
sfttcrly refssi
tigWPtjwiBp
TKo f patent
*,4°
for |bo
of which they had been wbat%g
■fifPPOTM^w1*^ ndJ|
,*we| ^o.piejs. tbe
ires
able circnmstances ot tlie crop of tnif
the yield of this seaseir will not faH far be-
low tkat3attksprecadin£rcaepas*o¿> «T
■"V isoaty fi 11 «yaai >"' agIQ Tkuiiekla,
vitoB ia<yWQt-fcafe,-' Ulfirr >iHMs aguJ • gen-
^ttNTTAX VufFji 0/ SHE BOU. TpESIIB.--A
well known black and tan terrier, whjcli
laÜly rtr#iile<fatMargatb, and uias named
ia/'! ^ seendtofnsdne make bis own
. t *: j oMilllUsés' f# lifttem as often ss he «mid
tf* g«4fcf a half-pi«y fbr that pnr-
On 'several ocensioos the baker
C "'«MtáUTM WínWred trié Ms cttstom tlfcnght
tito rate of two day's work, the price paid
the poor white women of. the North for
making a dozen shirts, or . two busliels of
wheat in Wisconsin, for a "picter." In
some localities the cneaper and less worthy
oflering of prayor that 'the rope might
break, was poured forth in churches, halls,
and on street corners, but Alio majesty of
the law, and tlie will of Prosidoncc, allowed
no obstacle to intervene betwixt tlie crime
and its penalty.
A few days siuce, from MaidP to Tcxa^,
people Mitt their breath while reading that
a cotton mill at fjawreaec had Mien to ra-
ins, killing and mangling half a thousand
white slaves laboring tliersin. A hundred
home's arc made sad in a moment; liundrods
of maimed, of mangled, of burnt, of bruised,
of crushed and bleeding sufisrers ; afraid
tft 0l J'ón off bv giri^bjfca bnrnt tía-
cuitjiií exchange for bis half-penny. The
dog waíT.ver^niuph aggrieved at this in-
eqnitable treatment, "but at tlie time coald. pay the
find no'opportunity of showing ^iis "re^it-'jnat p"Ky
recel^H^ ' Ubflars per montb. ^ His
largue ibrtáné was accumulated In the city
of New áiícaás," ^ a parttier In th¿ house
WwWMaé' Aa won aa tho baker pwfforej
mea tho equal of a dozen Brewqs; of yoang
meu the asperior of all the Cooks aud Cop-
pies in tlie worid, because they honored
tlicir parents, and sought to make tbom
comfbrtable; of yonng women whose virtue
wss their only capital, were taken to tho
City Hall to Uve or die ss God decrees.
Where now is your kind hearted L. Ma-
ria Child? Where is-sbc, with her over-
flowiag heatt of kindness —her bosom on
which to frifttw thaaohing hosd—her bawls
to soothe the wounded ami still the troubled
brain—her bundle of liut and bandages t<*
stop blood and bind around the wouimIs ?—
Echo answers—where I Newspaper' re-
Ertcrs would likely aotice lier, if there ;
t if not, God would notice her ia his
Book of Life—and ono line.ibero is better
than a column in the Tribune. Where are
they who prayed long and loud on street
corncre f God is not deaf rtbw, and surely
their petitions wnnld stand a chance to
reach the throne if mTqglod with the greens
of the wonnded. "Where are the lawyers
nofcd for legal lore, to step forth and test
the question as to the liability of the own-
era of tfet dead-fall, the Pcmbsrtoo Mitts ?
Surely, there is need of sympathy nearer
home for these Abolitionists, where tlioy
can do good to suffering humanity without
making themselves obnoxious to their
brethren. Cha0lt£begins at Home.—States
and'Union.
TheVate or Booes.—Out of one thou-
sand published booker six hundred never
cost of printing, etc., two huiffred
expenses, One hundred return a
slight profit, and only one hundred show
a substantial gain?* O^theflo one thousand
diy gooda bufiness.
:T^,7 (^7^3 --nr — * CO^pes
pondefat of the Charleston Mcrcnry thinks . ,
there ana ia Vtsvt York at leaat lO^OOftf to another member of the esme trade who
cuifjiiPrince dnt ap Wa lipe, so as Is ex-
hibit the half-penny, adfftocrv walked pooi-
ly out ft( ^la'shop, %raasferring his custom
poofftaaphMábé woold be bsppy to swapjlssed <4>a tiie appoeite side af the road.
places' with" SoUtbcm slaves. AH they Koutledge'c. llly>iat. Qietory.
•m 1 sin 1-*k •- - *-♦ *—
li
ment. However, when , he aext
an eleemosynary halfpenny, he _
j way to tlie baker's as asuaj^with tho coia books^six hundred fifty aiy forgotten
between his teelhr and waitert ta bé asrvS¿ by Jhe end of the year, and one hundred
aad .fifty mors st tlie cud of these /cars {
only fift^ survive seven years publicity.—
Of the fifty tboassnd publications pnt forth
in the eeveatoenth century, hardly 4Mre
than fifty hsvc s groat repatatioo and ass
printed. Of the eighty tboassnd workg
published in the eighteenth century, pea-
Mpiiit;
wáfit ín the world is plenty to est, decent j A Wttt^t Lerrnts.—I^toisttái General ¡
clolhM. I
M)f^i*ad that aay xsae asauiera master "«•'« qnestion
me wor.u . P«r.«y w i, «trwro % Wtt?s Lctteks.—nDstmsÉtér General
ami a reasouable amount ol Ub^; noIt ha8 reCentl^ givetf a decision in a
t say Mad Southern master spsald! novel and curious. A husband,
(Ml
4* '4a
9MM
aUsdv* r^^
fl^Waea^^ indigna
^We. ventare to say that 4m
of that party will again attempt to
b^a^^fa to go to a "stag
rescued from oblivion in the
century. Mea have been writing books
t>.Hw|elM «M. Doriag one week «000 'tit
*** . ^ or. poatroaater for ^ ■
titoe and tha fwfüfi
r we Cajorr>~
t sei ^ 4he fclisowibic
i of Franklin'.s birtbtay :by
tlw prtaÜiW Os*T*widgev Maes.
The only •Hfierty" that snch po?>f creatures'1
have any prsctflS knowledge of', it the ¡
liberty to freeze and'sfarv$ and the only
slávB^a iífavcry to pincbfbg Unitt. « ' " .
" f 11 a * ii • l**^
r. Hol^iQstniCtcd
tVr Cirr or Jraeo.—AiW A
on the sifumship Bssrlmt
tu. married^ peoole ^ law Guariecr from dsdd«>, Japan, ua
-awp pwvm ^erdaff of tl« 8th October, 18W, gives aa
to L LTi.i^
wf^T ,XJlr',,r ^rr- ** ! intsaestina account of that remarkable city
^nhrMau-cX !! ^^ mpr^, b. hi> atateneM, «Me*
-«a.•í*^wñuhew%^M* .'<«
'ave a bio
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