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U. ©. THOMPSON
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BEAHIi AND illK UKM.
EÜV,
We learn from mytbologj that Minerva, the
Goddew of wisdom, carne (rom tbo bead of Jove
aud that it cured tho old geutleirj&o ever aft***
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IHfi AUK xib' &CIKNCÍ2.
Under the above head we see, in Flake's Bul-
letin of the 10th Inst-, quite an interesting arti-
cle in which the writer reminds us of school boy
days, when the arls and science* were "uiarub-
of the headache. The Government at Washing* i >ng onward with gigant e strides," But wo tear
ton seen 9 now to have a severe hondache. a¿ wr*l*r *u ^ stride* o'ar geology, housts and
well as other severe pain*,—way wo not hi.pe a P Stepped over some Important facts
B cond goddess ot wisdom wIU be the result? The i, "u^° eicapyii his notice. o make tbe lol-
only question seems to be whether some one UjWJrg quolaÜiM from the article referred to in
will prove bold enough to again t-piit open the I kulletio:
bond of iLis second Jupiter tonans, so as to give j "Geology, too, like astronomy, has laid its
birth to another p> ducts of Wisdom. But one heavy hat d upon the churchc*.
thing Í3 certain, somethirg must be done soon— Tbo narrow religionists has brought nature's
the pain must be removed, or the old father will revelation into antagonism and conflict.
perish. Like the mau journeying from Jeruaa-1 # Faith in God und bis Providence, iod the be-
jín to Jericho, he has fallen among thieves.— i lief in the creation of earth and of man, in a
em
The priefct and the Xevito pass by on the other
6ide, after looking upon him. This will not do.
Despente diserses requiro desnerato romedies,
and tho man that has tallen aincug thiev- s must
to cared for Iho radical leaders dread the
prospect that stares them iu the face of giving
up their lease of pjwer, and (he fat spoils of of.
fice. Here now is the whole difficulty. But
they will have it to do. They have robbed end
plundered tho old man, and t; oy will louve him
more than half dead; but he must now bo t; ken
care of so lhat he can recover. Tho preiext of
tho leaders of the party for keeping representa-
tion from Ihn Southern fitates i«, to prevent se-
cession in tho future. It was a denial to the
Southern people of their rights uudir the Consti-
tution, that brought about secession, and now
will they resort to tho cause of tho former dis-
v solicit communications from our friends on | ease for a remedy? Mayhap it might
atters of intciest.
fajiED.—Wo are sorry to learn that tbeS.
VI. 0. Railrq/id Dopot was burned at Vic-
few nights since.'' Tho building was not
irned, but engines damaged. Several
•¿"d/JHtroyod as well as much useful ma-
ne road that had b<*on purchased lato-
• targe quantity of to.Ia, Ac. Some
that it was tho work of an incendi-
como to tha more reasonable
.hifky was at the bottom of the
the carelessness and dereliction
uployes.
o shock, oppocially at tho pre3-
this branch barely paya ex pen-
en tho eve of contracting for
mile3 moro of this road. Jt is
• a and energetic men, nnd wo
sot will but redouble their
this great enterprise, that
vuruj tho future develop-
.osas.
^ÜITá OF THE WAR.
saying, that "a aits is as gcod aa
d' although tho Southern people wore
i a in tho'Iate struggle, owing to their own
$tyor eimftly from tho'fact ¿hat specula-
^^{'olifiigal^orruption from tho Norih con-
nateAour people to such an extent that
lost eight of tho great end iu view, and the
•aera soldiers knowing this fact, laid down
arms ami wont homo during tho last year
•var, to tho number of^OO.OUO,—s ill thoy
•ngaged in a struggle from which they
■•a.e'b^t conqucrers ¿¡¡o Southern dwel-
lings, and inhl^t and machinery, and fences, and
railroads havo/toSn destroyed, but tho rich soil
remains, ileroto&re tho Southern planters
amassed their tho^anda^ yearly and spent it
with nn unsparing hri\d in tho North; nnd wo
vi rily believe that thislmfepm that for years has
cursed tho South, would st^U continuo, wero it
cot for tho faot that negroes 1*3 cotton and sugar
plantations aro of no further'atcount. Thus we
seo that tho curse, tbo incubus thXt for years has
beon hanging ovor tho whito3 of tke South has
bean abollshod, throttled, kicked out of custom;
and although this God-send was dealt out to the
Southern pooplo with tho hand and will of
double distilled quintosconoe of malevolence,
an i they for a tima will mourn over their lost
idols, still this will not have tho least effect on
tho groat result that will thereby be accom-
plished. Hereafter, capital pre iicated upon tho
labor of freedmon will diminish each year; and
most of our pooplo know this fuel now, and those
who do not will learn it at a dear school.
The rich lands of tho South now open on in-
viting field, and tho emigration has already set
in, that will contiiao with an irresistible inun-
dation, bringing into tho South not only labor-
ers, but capital; not only tho brawny arm to
open and cultivate our millions of ocres of iuvi-
tiug lands, but also the dollars and conts to pur-
chase und improve it. Over thrco hundred
thousand emigrants have loft Missouri nnd Illi-
nois for the South, during tho past year, and the
same epidemic is reaching other States. Eight
years ago tho Legislature of Illinois passed laws
forbidding negroes to emigrate inicuhat Stato,
arid now that Stato is throatenod with such a
stampede of hor own citizens goinAo the State*
ot the treedmon. that her laniholi^j aud capi-
talists are wringing their hands with despair.—
Wo aro told that in Missouri large sections are
nearly depopulated, and still the lino is length-
ening. Tho old proverb "Woatward tho star of
empire takes its way," has become obsolete;—it
wiil in the future bo Southward!
A reliable New England Journal remarks of
late that, "lands in most of the Now England
States, have, as a general thing, diminished in
value over fifty per cent, during the last yoar;"
and with but lew exceptions tho same may be
said oí stock in tho different branches of trnde.
The most of the people from Missouri and Illi-
nois, as also from the other States, who are em-
igrating South, are men of tho right stripe.—
l'hey are fleeing from oppression, and going to
a land of thoir own liking. Even the City of
P ow York has diminished in popula on since
the war to the tone of 87,U0ü. Men and capital
w:ll make machinery and materials, and before
ten yours roll around, the States Bouthjot^Ma-
son s and Dixon's line" will outnumV in pot.u •
latiun the States Nnrth of that J&e This is
what wo term "th .at frttltsiMf tho late civil
war. Before that e, howe/^Now England
will be on the pa., * p- w yiliing out lustily
for charity. She e£\ • •
poclally from tltó*^
throttle it for the
.soon control the ':¿y ofjFbis great naUou.—
J.he grep* oabar xybocauso sho will have
tho oap
vote?
¿ailing out lustily
3hqj¿>\ -JífiÉBfv : Jiarity—es-
ínjl^oico ol tho South,
tho t* • ■ !iell*r as you may, will
' wm
y%
juey uow ruIo3,«und not
'i .como South .and bring
y ihay tho better aid to it.
£ • w ill vote iu tho future. Tho
J0jkable, puritanical idea that
"ross is, for money to v-te in tho
bt, of sufFrago, say thoy, must
like; and the last problem they
ito .establish universal suffrage,
$' '>) ou tho basis of a prop-
t Very well—let us
statesman, by some sud-
aade pennyless, and he can-
hegro who owns a jack, worth
now which votes, the negro,
$250, Uowevor, wo shall not
Mithj whether rnou or money
onWolling power of this
other needed blessings,
¿ work.
„ . „ - brin0
back the old disenso so awfully dreaded! A na-
j t on should gain nis lom by suffering, but wo tee
nothing in such conduct that rcsombles tho birth
of a second Minerva. Like causes will produce
like effect , und above nil, if the leaders of that
pirty have any love for our Government, let
them avoid tho rock on which it struck before.-
Do thoy expect that bv taking «way nil tho
rights cf tho South under the Constitution, that
■t ey then will have nothing to complain oí -
This reminds us of tho ancient god that devoured
his children for fear they might some day get
possession of his kingdom, lio finally, through
bliudncss, devoured a st mo instead of a child,
and was driven from tbo kingdom. The loaders
of that parly should leatn from all tlieso odds
an i onda, and if possible grow wiser. Tho peo-
ple of the United otates want quiet and peaco.
Why then these threatening storms of revolution?
Have not tho Southern people sworn to support
tho Constitution? What more can thoy do?—
Will this oath bo longer resjectcd when the-ve;y
lifo and spirit of tho Constitution is gone, by do
nylng tho rights guarantied by the Constitution,
"respectively lo tho Matos und to tho people?"
Will foreign p-K.ers rospoct the government that
during the war told thorn that "the States wero
in tho L'nion. and their representatives could
tako thoir seats when tho people laid down their
arm.-? ' This wi s to prevent tho recognition &f
tho Coofedcfate States by foreign Governments,
and now tho htatcs are declared cut oí the Un-
ion, aud their representatives aro denied tho
right to tako thoir seats. Can such a medley o I
hypocrisy, fraud and corruption pass tho test oí
trial, judgmont, sea twice and execution?
Wo either bavo a Government, or wo have
nono. If wo bavo ono, it is under our former
Constitution If thore is any other, so-called,
more than half tho people have "had no «'say so"
in this ephcmoral come-by-chance, nnd of course
fealty will not bo expected. Wo believe our
wholo people are devoted to the Constitution and
laws with scrupulous fidelity; but when tho
leaders of tho party in power threaten the Su-
preme Cour: aud tho President, simply because
the ono declares their tyrar.ical nets unconstilu-
t'ona', and tho otL.er for tho samo reason, ro-
fuscs them, it verily lot] !:ko a dissolving of
ihe mist before our eyes, and we may soon see
that what w3 once revered as tho Constitution
will provo to bo but a rough attempt at its like-
ness, a daubed and botched work by unskilled
h. nds, and that the reality has passed from our
gazo forever.
Chronic as woll as epidemic disease may bo
curod by elimination, fumigation, expurgation
or various othor at ions—a. d the sooner it is
done tho better; We havo como to the conclu-
sion that something should bo done speedily to
rid the tody politic of tho discaso that threatens
the lifo of the Government, and that the Horneo*
patliio method has proved a failuro, nor do we
think that "roots and yarbs" can reach the dis-
ease in its present stage, and tho regular prac-
tice of substituting ouo diseaso for another is
only a temporary relief whilo tho disease in tho
meantime increases. Tho promises considered,
we would therefore rccommeud a consultation of
the wholo people of tho wh^le country in con-
vention, by delegates, assambled, to counsel on
the condition of a Hairs, and either agree upon a
remedy or prepare for a burial, u-.l administer-
ing on tho estate of "Brother Jduathan," do-
ceased.
single week, about tlx thousand years ago, were
placed cn the same foundation.
To hold to the first, and not subscribe to the
second, was heretical."
Sacred writ informs us that "a thousand years
and a day aro tbo samo with God," und no be-
lieve that the six days of croation were not of
the same measure of duration as our days. An-
other fact that would confirm this position is,
thut the sun, which is the herald of our days,
was not created until tbo fourth day, showing
conclusively that the days of croation were meas
urod by another time than our days.
Again—tho liuiledn is right iu saying that
"geology too, like astronomy, has lad its heavy
hand upan the churches;" but as yat wo see no
antagonism between geology and tho sacred
scriptures. On the contrary, gcokgy and the
othor Ew'iouces havo proved tho "hundmaids to
religion," iu removing error from the churches,
aed in proving the divine origin cf the scrip-
tures.
Wo aro unablo to Ionrn from tho Bible that
tho earth lias beon created only six thousand
years—on tho contrary, wo read in the first chap-
to of Genesis, "In the bo>. inning, God created
tho Heavens and t^e earth, and tho earth was
without form und void And the spirit of God
moved upon tho face of tho water?." Lot us
here pause, and ask ourselves the question, how
long was the earth "without form and void?"—
How long was the "spirit of God moved uno i
the face of tbo waters?" Will tho Bulletin an-
swer this question?
"The spacious firmament on high,
Willi ail me blue ethereul sky,
And.spanglfcd heaveuH, a shining frame,
Thoir great Original proclaim."
MPJ3ACIIMF NT
ppeal of Febrrary 7, we
¿ly reported that Ashley
, for introducing his pro-
u ~tbo President, .$5,000 of
ono mnn in Wall street,
and if true would bo no
>an that witnesses bhould bo
ict the President cf complicity
r.f Lincoln, which has al-
iffl- We notice that tho declino
it-place in Wall streit, lut from
nd growling of the bulls and bears
reasonably conclude that, they did
fi of a speo after all. When tho
Judioiary departments of the
ú; thus bo threatened by a scheme
B, In collusion with members Of
may well sigh for tho days of
jlyne," when the "Truo and tried
uminlstcrod tho Government with
fidelity. Those days tony return
not—i* all depends upon the
otVioral and social depravity to which
nre&Jit political rloderpost has reduced
:eatfnaBs of the people. Tho sore will soon
íjand a report rondo accordingly of the
) s^all then (est oar renders.
«i erate Payments.—The State G« r.etto
.at Judge Duval, in the U. S. Circuit
low holding its Sessions in Austin bas de-
ibfrtollowing points;
t 'he payments mndo by debtors in the
>f iuterestto the Confederate States Re-
jas not a valid payment, and that tho
Tvss still collectable; and, also that du-
Yil war, interest was not stopped by
* fib. sumo principle, hold that th«
Bt bj tbo prlacipul to tbo Re-
h« tror, wne not a good pico, and
i.urrer to euch pisa.
aa Vi ih« effoot by the war on the
,, Intereetj was argued at length and
.í Í Meena. Morrill. Alexander, aud
Xi. Kubirdi for the Pitt's, and Moura
,M> «and Hancock ict the Deft' .
communication.
Mr. Editor:
What Í3 the reason that those persons who are
emigrating to our great. State, do not more v
them come out West! Wo havo a good and
healthy country here, and if we cannot boast of
a good farming country, we can say, with truth,
that wo havo tho bert grazing country in the
State. Wo have the fatost beef and mutton, the
best pork, the finest horses, and best horsomen,
of any portion of J exas. The truth is, Air. Edi-
tor, wo have moro gamo, more hotey, aud more
of tho good things of thia .ife and tho best ap-
petite to eat them of any people in the world.—
What a pity it is that all those peraons who are
«ffl;cted with lung diseases, or any othor disouse
could not know of our delightful country and sa-
lubrious "climate, if thjy did, they would ccr
tainly como and sharo it with us. We havo a
vast region of unsettled country North, North-
west nnd West of San Antonio whero there aro
thousands of acres of as good land as can bo
found any where, which can be irrigated by ex
ponding a very fow dollars; all wo want Í3 eapi
tal and enterprise, and my word tor it, those
beautiful valleys would soon bo made to blossom
like tho rose, those enchanting hill.-: and lovely
slopes would resouud with the bloating of herds,
any tho merry voice of tho happy shepherd.—
This, Mr. Editor, is no fancy sketch, for I know
whereof I speak. Tho truo road to wealth und
contoutmont. ia after tho flocks and herds of
Western Texas.
I can point out persons among us, who six
years ago had to strive hard for a living, now
they havo an abundnneo of every thing; they
now take their ease, ride in fino carriages, drive
fat horses, and havo every thing they want for
themselves and families. Mr. Editor I hope
your readers will not think this a fancy picture,
and ono used for the purpose of inducing emi-
grants to purchase these rich lands, so abun-
dant in Western Texas, for your correspondent
does not own ono foot of land in our great State,
and probably never will own moro than will tall
to his share when ho winds up his earthly ca-
reer. I write wholly for tho benefit of those per-
sons who are seeking homes arnung ns, I want
thorn to como nnd look at Western Texas, to
tasto fcer pure limpid water,to sf.end afew weeks
campiug out aud sleep on Nature's soit, green
carpet, to chase tho buffalo, tho boar, tho deer,
-ul wild tu-key to their hearts content, and in-
halo the puio air, to behold the landscapo be-
spangled with its innumerable beauties and de-
lightful objects of intorost that lure tho explorer
and seeker of health, wealth aud contentment,
on to a moro noblo object, tho adoration of lio
who niado all things for tho benefit aud happi
nees ul man.
I am persuaded that tho sinking health and
wasted fortunes of all tboso in the ico-bouud re-
gions of tho North, and olsewhero. would be
benefited largely, if they would tako up their
abode in this portion of Texas.
TRUTH.
-*•* •-<
tiir. Oil Wells op Calcasieu.—Wo find tho
following io tho Galveston iNews:
Col Gray has visited tho petroleum springs of
Calcasieu, La., where several cotnmoneed opera-
tions in search of oil some two or three months
since. Ho is fniniliarlv acquainted with tho ex
tensivo petroleum springs of Pennsylvania,
wbicb furnish tho principal froigbt for the roada
ho represents, and ho assures us that tho «pringa
at CaJoaMeu nre fully equal, if not superior to
any in Pennsylvania; Ho says they nre des-
tined soon to bo a source of immense wealth.—
They are scarcoly ovor a day's travol from Gal-
veston, and ero long a vast amount of this valu-
able material, destined for the raarkots of tho
world, will be sont to this city for shipment.
SroKTANi ens Combustion.—Tho following is
promulgated in a circular ttoia tho ordinanco
office;
Brevet lirig. Gen. Haynos having roported a
well authenticated case of sponteneous combus-
tion at Watei vliet arsenal, it is deemed of suffi-
cient importance to communicate the attendant
ciroumstances for the information of ordinanco
offioeis:
This combustion resulted from the spreading
of sawdust, instead of sand, as was orderod—on
tome linseed oil which had loaked from a biuret,
i he sawdust thus mixed with oil, ignited spon
tancouily In twelve hours, in a collar where it
had been placed, in a box, but was discovered,
and the firo extinguished without doing damage.
The temperature of the collar was 35 °, indica-
ting that a low temperatoro will causo sponta-
neous combustion in a mixture of linsoed oil and
sawdust.
THE YVAU NOT OVJEH.
Wo begin to believo In thij favorite principia
of .Mr Stevens und his party. A gallant en-
gagemout has just taken placo In Texas, where
"Uenoral Grilfin," (what i.s General Griffin?)
has achieved an exploit which is, for aught we
know, his first feat of arma, lío has boroically
repulsed from a church door the corpse of Gen.
Albert Sidney Johnston. It wus an opportunity
for Genof il Grifiin; he had never had the honor
to meet that gallant chief in battle while alive;
nor any body else that wo know of; but here
wns a great moment approaching; and tho war
still raging, and he (Griffin) commanding gen-
eral of tho post, and dotermined to hold it to the
last extremity. Tho enemy advanced, aud
Griffin felt that ho hat him just whero ho wanted
him—nearly, in his coffin; and that ho (GrilUn)
hold the koy of tho position.
If Gi iflln had it any time In tho course of his
life encountcrod General Johnston at the head
of his gray brigades, wo imagine that on this
day, in Texas, tho spectre of tho hero would
havo rison up before him, and ho might not.
havo beon nblo to hold tho church door. As it
was he had t < dea , not even with a Confederate
ghost, but with a sad train of mourners follow-
ing to h';s grave all that was mort l of a noblo
Southern chieftain, llo fult that ho could not
only victoriously repulse tho corpse, but also tri-
umphantly insult the mourners. Aud ho did it:
alono ho did it. lloncuused tho body tobo
laid in tho open air, whero it romained all uay,
and was visited by thousands*" llo thought he
was show ing his disrespoct for tho dead, but he
was, on the contrary, by his very outrage, en-
shrining him still moro than ever in tho hearts
of those thousands, and hundreds of thousands
more, who will read the tale with hot eyes.—
That piece cf bare ground in Galveston becamo
on the moment a'shrine,a catafalque, a taberna-
cle, and will ono <' — bear a column or a statue,
when no human oeing will k^o*/' the name of
Griffin save as tho name of a , fsonw'o insult-
el1 tho ashes of a hero. Uoweyór, s Griffin1
day now; every grifiin has bis da, But no-
body, we apprehend, will greatly admire bis
aohievon*euf, for albeit a living dog is hotter
than a dead lion, yet if it "lilts up its log at the
noble bouat's carcase," no one admires tho dog
Richmond Dispatch.
We refer our planters and rcatars irenerally
to General Orders No 5, from Gen. Grifiin, As-
sistant Commissioner of Frondmen's Buronu re-
yoking sundry circulars nnd orders previously
issued. It will bo seen that our Stato law regu-
lating labor contracts is now to bo respectod by
officer^ of tho Bureau, and that disputes under
taeso contracts are no longer to ba adjudicated
by the agents of tho Bureau, but uro to bo set-
tled by the laws of tho State, and that all crimi-
nal cases in which freedmen aro concerned,
aro to bo left to t ur civil authorities,
tho agents of tho Bureau, however, being re-
quired to report to tho nearest military com-
mander and theso Headquarters ull cassos in
which they believo injusiioo has been done.—
Sub-Assistar,t Commiss'onor3 are also required
not to interfere with tho Stato laws relative to
Apprenticeship and Vagra noy. Our plantors
will bo gratified to see this order. It indicates
An entire change in the administration of the
Bureau—a change we are disposed to attribute
mainly to tho moro correct inloriuation which
has at last reached our rulers of tho almost uni-
versal disposition among our people to do fuil
justice to the freedmen. It is very encouraging
to obtain even the slightest evidence that those
in authority ovor us are gradually becoming
batter informed of tho important fact that the
truo interests of tho frocdmen are best promoted
by tho very policy that contributes must to the
genoral prosperity aud welfare of tho country.
Miscellaneous Intelligence.
A now Republican popor is to bo started in
Springfield Alass. More mischiof.
Tho jfonians of Detroit offer a reward of ono
thousand dollars for. tho capturo of Crganizor
Stephens.
Augusta, Maine, is going to devote two hun-
dred und fitty thousand dollars to developing its
water power, and to iuduoo lthodo Island manu-
facturers to locate there,
A daily paper, callcd tho Arizona Miner, lias
recently been started at Prcscott, the capital of
that Territory. There is also a papor called tho
Weekly Arizona Gazette published at La Paz.
A novel elopement occurred rccontly at Dan-
ville, New York. A wife bocame poisoned
against her hubband through tho machinations
of a lover, who furnished her with money to pro-
cure a divorce, and then married her iHtor
living with hor second husband a while, she be-
came convinced she had beon deceived as to her
first husband, and her old love returning, she
eloped from her second husband, running away
Wi-h the first.
P. T.Barnum is a candidato for Congress at
the appr. celling spring election in Conneticut
Tho members of the Maino Legislature havo
voted thouiselves a copy each of Webster's Dic-
tionary, (unabridged,) LippiucoU's Gazetteer,
tho Bible, ond $10 worth of postago stamps.
Panama ooirespondence reports tho operations
of that placo of a company rocently organized
by wealthy capitalists in New York, called the
Pacific Pearl Company. The company intends
to. operate at tho Pearl Islands, about thirty'
miles from Panama. A submarino boat bas ar-
rived, on pablo of carrying ten or twelve men at
ono timo, who can work undor the water for
many hours.
Hon. J. Dixon Roman, forunrly a Representa-
tive in Congress, from Maryland, diod at his
residence, iu 11 agorstown, on tho 19th ult.
A new Democratic daily, styled tho Advcr
tiser, has been started in Norwich; Conn. A
favorable sign in tho East.
Baltimore has socurod largo supplies of ico
from tho Smquehanna iiiver.
1 our Boston gentlemon havo just givon five
thousand dollars onch in aid of tho "Homo for
Aged Men," in that city, a bonovolent institu-
tion which haa outgrown its present location, and
ecoks a now and permanent situation.
> m i
_Mr. Everett and Ju'lgo Story wore at a public
diuner. Tho ordinnry toasts were giren.—
Judge Sturj aroso and «aid, "Fame follows lor-
tuiio wherever it (Everett) goes." Everett re-
plied, "Hero's to the legal profession. It has
never got above the first story (Story.")
The Charleston Jfews says that there are ten
or twelvo cotton factories in successful operation
in different pirtsof tho State, and companies
for lnnnutnetuiing purposes aro being organized
in every district having water poffor available.
Important from ¿léxico.'s'ripped and ilesuUted. to satisfy the rob-
bing propensities of C'ortiua, tho must
abandoned villuiu that over went
A Grand Baaie Hourly Expected.
| Special Correspondence of tho Picayune |
Brownsville, Feb. 2. lfc'G7.
There is news from tbo interior of tho
Mexican country of more or less impor-
tarle. Our dates from Monterey are to
the 27th, nud from Queretaro, a few
leagues Ibis side the Mexicau cupital, to
the 20th ult. |
From private Mtfterey letters wo nr
made awnro of Ine Inst—positively tho
last—demonstration that Maximilian will
ever make to retain bis poner in Mexico.
If wo caa believe the. apparently well-
authenticated reports of our M^nturey
uorrespondeuts, u battle, ere this, bas
taken place at Sun Luis Potosí between
tho Imperial und Libei ul amies.
At uo peiiod Miice their defeat at Pue-
bla have the L btruls been us strong as
to-day. IVithin a few days' march of
San Louis Poto i they havo a force o!
sonio fifteen or 20 thousand men, tolera-
bly well armed. Of course we havo only
Mc.mcu," authority for these figures.
Ou tbo 20tli ult. Gens, MiViuion nn
Mejia took up tho line of march at Quer-
oluro for San Luip Potoso, with six or
scvon thousand well armed, well organ-
ized soldiery, composed of. foreign and
no'ive troops.
Vhe Liberals from Zacatecas nnd Du-
rnngo nro hastening to San Luis Potosí
to ;;ive battle to Mirainon and Mejia.
The Miixicans interpret this movement
in an adroit manner, It is stated that
Maximilian's object is to gain a victory
over tho Liberals and then propose an
armistice, in tho hope of obtuiuir.g a
peaceful time in wbioh to quit the coun-
try.
From all llie limb's before roe. I should
much sooner conclude that this move-
ment of tho lndiun Mejia was m draw the
Liberals o.s far away from tho capital as
possible, so that Maximilian may have an
easy und safo journey Io the ooist wiib
his suite. Stlli it is liaid to realizo that
the Church party of Mexico are going to
t;ive the capital up to the Liberal revolu-
tionists short of a death grapple.
There is no more doubt whatever that
tho empire is at an end tluin that all gov-
ernment in Mexico is at an end. There
is no government in nil llmt broad hnd.
The fulo the hour is tho hw of tt:o
hour. With the retreat ofvMaximilian
from the country, undoubtedly now tak-
ing place, Mexico will he herself again.
' J' 11 o | articular of llie arrest of Orte-
ga by the ofiicers of Juai'ez havo trans-
pired, but they are ui imp. rtnnt. Ortega
went tu Zacatecas, and after remaining
there a day or two iucog.^ sent for Gen.
Miguil Auza, commander in chief of Zac-
atecas. Not being ablu to saúsfy that
officer of his superior right to ^bo Presi-
dency of the rattling Republic, ho was ta-
ken into custody, in other woj-ds, Orto-
ga was peor, and though bo pfl'ered to
mnkoO ii. Auza tbo highest military
head of the bind of "God and Liberty,"
that officer could not see tho army l,e was
offered to command. lie could o no
army, no money, and therefore could not
see Ortega's right to the' Presidency.
Ortega had arrived in San Luí' Pótosi,
whero he would be tiied by com. martial,
but not before the arrival of Juarez, who
is expected there on the 15th inst.
On this border there is a s -rt of lull to
the storm of outlawry. But little is do-
ing in tho war milking line. A revolu-
tion, however, is on foot, aud is expected
to break out in a few days.
Cortina holds complete swoy over the
whole of Tamanlipas, save and except tho
garrison of heroic Matamoros. G'' <>rnor
un-
hung.
The cow thieves, who wfre captured
and lodged in tin,' jail at Rio Grande City,
made a breach the other uight, arid ull
but one escaped.
Ben Butler was on tbo floor of the
Senate to day and seemed to bo quite an
object of inUrest.—[Washington Letter,
Jan. 31.
'•Seemed to"—the wtiter ought to be
ashamed of himself. Doesn't everybody
know tl :it old cock-eye is a very in tores i -
ing object to look at; equally so ns a hy-
ena or any other boast of prey.— [X. 0.
Picayune.
- -a- ^
Bursting of a Shell.—On Saturday
morning about 12 o'clock, wo were start-
led from our office by a loud report.
Thinking soino damage must Imve been
done, we sought the direction of ihe ex-
plos on, and to our horror wo found two
of our mo3t estimable, haul working citi-
zens fearfully torn and mangle d by the
fragments, and blackuied and burnt by
the powder from tbo bursting of a large
sized loaden shell, which they wero un-
fortunately attempting to op< n with a
chisel, when we suppose the friction caus
ed il\e ignition of tbo powder.
The unfortunate gi-ntlenicu wero Mr.
Henry D. Donnellan and Mr. A. Richer,
bis partner in tbo tin business below the
Kennedy building. Their iijurioB were
frightful to behold. Richer bad both
arms aud legs nearly torn off, only hang-
ing by a little flesh, lie died last night
after suffering very excruciating pain.
Donnellan bad his left arm and elbow ter-
r bly mutilatod. Also a wound in the ab-
domen; a severo laceration of tho leg,
nnd several fingers torn off his hands.
No hopes are given for his recovery. This
should be a sad warning to all not to med-
dle wiib old shells, but let them rest in
pence.—Houston J o u rn a I.
A ttrangor, on bis first visit to Wash-
ington, looking at tbo vast domo which
surmounts the Capitol, inquired if that
wero the gas works of tho city. A wag
answered: "Not of the city, sir, but oí
the nation."
Uorriozubel quietly reigns, bu* v it un
conscious of tbo nosti i «' ' 'io
outlaw chief. Hr-'i«<Slo'
people in a very small space.
Cortina holds all tho up riverlowns,
Rcynnso, Comargo, Micr and Nuevo La-
redo. lie continues conscripting, making
prestamos an¿ living off tbo people with-
out discrimination of age, party or color.
He respects no order of the Governor; in
fact, receives nono. He .ias a rulu of bis
own, and is determined to rulo Borrizo
bal out of the State,
Trade continued paralyzed, and will so
continue until tbo country comes under
the rulo of government und law. When
that time will be, the United States alone
can docide.
Canales is at tho San Fernando or Tic
toria, and is acting in concert with Cor-
tina. They will strike together against
Beriiozobal, and if successful, will havo
a Matamoros sticet fight to eco who
shall bu Governor.
further from Mexico.
Tho Ranchero, of February 2d, hus tho
follow ing news:
Information that we can put our finger
on as reliable, arrived yesterday from up
the liver.
Cortina had left Cnmnrgo for Mier; not
without first having levied a préstamo on
the former placo of $2S,000.
It was believed that he would not be
able to raise any such sum out of the mer-
chants; but he bad left a force behind to
gonl the people into the payment of it.
Tbo news of liis going to Mier bad
been anticipated, and the civil officers of
that place had fled to ltoma.
Merchants and families of Mier gene-
rally bad imitated tho examples of tbe
officials and had crossfd or were crossing
to tho Texas side to escape the banditti.
Cortina coutinues to conscript into his
ranks all persons able to bear arms, and
according to all accounts is getting quite
a motley crowd together.
In this connection, however, it should
bo noted that a large proportion of his
conscripts were deserting on the fii'ut op-
portunity, nearly allot'whom íleo to tbe
greenback side.
Cortina plunders tho ranches with
which to feed his men nnd horses, and al-
ways leaves the people in a starving con-
dition. His rule up the river is supreme
and equally as independent of Gov. Bcr-
ri< zubal as Berriozabnl is of him.
Cortina does not make known bis plans
but it is well understood they point to an
attack upon tbo present guberuatorial in
cumbent.
Cortina has left bohind him at R yno-
sa, Capt. Tngles with his sixty men, to
push on his abominable work of con-
scription, sacking and plundering. He
has conscripted in tho district of Rey-
nosa, already, upwards of fifty men. On
Los Quevos ranch tho men manifested an
iudisposition to obey tbo conscript office,
when every one was seized, bound hand
and foot, and thus carried off from their-
home?.
Capt. Thodosa Zamora, with about CO
men, is conscripting between Reynos
and Matamoroe, plundering the ranohes
and carrying off the male population.
Capt. Sanchez is operating on tho Mat-
amoros road, in the vicinity of Charcos
Escondido, laying wasto thut section of
Tainaulipas.
■ Cortina's entire command numbers
over 700 men. lie has near 600 with
him on his up country trip.
Major Graves, commanding at Edin-
burg, paid Cortina a visit, about a week
ago, at Reynosa. Cortina sent an escort
and his own horse to the river bank to
meet tho Major, whom he treated with
much consideration.
Thus is Tamaulipas being scourged,
Brief Vacts or TIijmax Lifb.—'Thcro nro on
earth 1,0011,000,000 iuiuibitnrit#, and of these
33,333,333 dio every year, 01,824 every day,
3,730 every hour nnd GO every minute, or one
every re con These losses are about balanced
by hu oquul nuuibor of births. Tho married are
longer lived than tho siuslo. Tall men live
lunger than short onos. Women havo more
chances of life in thoir favor, previous to being
fifty years of «ge than men, but fewer ultor-
wtirds. Tbo number of marriages is in tho pro-
portion of 75 to every 100 individuals. Mar-
ringes nro most frequent after tho equinoxes ,
that is during tho months of Juno and Decem-
ber. Thoso bom in tho spring aro generally
more robust than others. Births and deaths are
more frequent by night than by day. Tho num.
her of men is about equal to that of women.—
The average'Juration of lifo is about 33 years
Of every 1000 person?, only ono reaches 100,
only fiix roach tho of 05, and not more than
ono in u00 livo to SO years. The number of lan-
guages spoken in the world amounts to 3,064,
an l thero aro moro th.in I,0ü0 dittoreut relig-
ions professed
Hair Wash fok DAswim'-.TjJp ono
pint of alcohol and n teuspoonfuTof cas-
tor oil. mix them well for a few minutes,
then scent it with a f*nv drops of oil ot
lavender.. Alcohol dissolves castor oil,
like gum camphor, leaving ti e Injuid or
wash quite clenr. it does not not seem to
dissolve any other unctuous oil so per-
fectly, hence no other is equally us good
for this purpose.— [Scientific Ameri
can.
Sad Accioknt.—Un Sunday evening
Inst, some men that were at work on the
It. 1Í. bridge, started down the cut on a
hand-ear with tho expectation of being
ablo to siop it when they rcuclifd the
place thoy were at work on, bnt they let
it get tbo advantage of them, and wire uu-
ÍÍ¿VJ« lo stop bi'for ot.m.l- ~ —p- 3 --
pioce of timber they had left 011 tho tiack;
thoy roso to their feet for tbo purpose of
Jumping wncn thiy saw their danger,but
it was too late, Tho car was thrown par-
tly off of the biidgo' one man was killed
instantly, threo badly, and ouo slightly
injured.
We Ii nrn thnt tbe man who wa<s killed
was quite intelligent, and opposed to
working on Sunday, and expressed a de-
siro to attend church on that day; but wo
suppose that it was actually necessary to
the interest of the R. R. Company, tint
the men should work. Tbo Sunday Law
does not rifoct railroads, so far as neces-
s:.ry work is concerned.
We are told that there was somo little
d ffieulty experienced in g«tting a sur-
geon to attend the men, bcoauso it was
for | tho Railroad Company, which, is
seems, does not appreciate tho services
of tbe doctors as they shoul!, in such
cases.
Drs. Throckmorton and McCloy, who
aro ntteding the injured men, inform ús
thnt they are doing well, though ono is
suffering from et< run I injury, that it is
difficult to learn tbe extent of. und the
one that has his arm so bndly lacerated,
nyiy yet have to have it amputated.—
Richmond Signal.
gorsrtue Rioiit Way to Work.—
Tbe Galveston Civilian thus speaks of an
interview with Capt, Thomas Jones, an
old planter on tho Trinity, who has ac-
cepted tbe situation, and bas gone to
work reconstructing bis own affairs with
bis own bands. Tho Civilian says:
Singly and alone Capt. Jones mudo the
past season, twelvo hundred bushels of
corn, and twelvo bales of cotton. He is
an old man, upwards of fifty-five years
of uge, and never worked a day in the
Qeld before in all bis life. Since the
"brosk up," being loft to his own resour-
ces, and being unablo to biro ' help,'' he
went bravely to work in his old nge, and
tho abovo figuros aro tho result of bis
labors. He says it is all foolishness to
talk about people starving in Texas, when
an old, docrepid mnn like himself can
make $2,C00 a year by tilling the soil.—
Wo are of tho same opinion, and wo think
if the disaffected spirits of our State, who
are making tr-ucli strouous efforts to ge t
out of the country, and migrate to Mex-
ico and Brazil, would imitate the example
of Mr. Jones and go bravely to work they
would do much better.
Large numbers of immigrants are ar-
riving hero by almost ovory steamer.—
They come from ail quarters of tbo coun-
try, mostly by families and neighborhood,
and bring with them their household fur-
niture, farming utensils, &c., ready to
commence housekeeping and go to work
at once. 15y far the larger portion of
them arc evidently enterprising, industri-
ous persons, who cannot fail to add to tho
wealth und prosperity of tbe State, while
at tho samo timo they are engaged in
monding their own broken fortunes.
Tho Boston dry goods market is re-
ported 'Mull, dry and uniutcrestmg."
Tbo hopes of *n early spring trade in
the shoe business fail. Tbe market, says
the Newburyport Herald, is as dead as a
door nail.
Minnesota still has left 30,650,000 acres
of public lands open to settlement under
tho Free Homestead Law in tbat State,
an area larger than the whole State oi
Ohio.
Tho Western papers, of all shades of
politics, aro taking ground against tho new
tariff bill.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Washington, Fi b. 4.—The Star 6ays
Governor Orr, of South Carolina, Judge
Shaikey and others have gone homo to
carry out tbe plan «greed upon. It re-
quires $Í250 and ability to read us a negro
suffrage qualification. The Star adds that
the diifeient Legislatures now in session
havo been telegraphed not to adjourn till
ihe matter is luid before tbeui.
Texas, through its attorneys lias com-
menced a suit in tho District Supremo
Court, against tho Secretary of tho Trea-
sury. to test tbe right of holders to cer-
tain indemnity bonds, valued at $100.000
in gold. Texas alleges tbo bonds were
improperly obtawd from tho Stato on
unfulfilled coutrncts, ncd sold to various
puriies. Tbo suit is to resfruin Mr. Mc-
Culloch from paying them.
Washington, Feb. 0.—Gov. Sharkey
ia in bad health and leaves as soon as able.
Gov. Parsons leaves to-morrow.
They aro authorized to say that the
new project of recoustruo'ion, as publish-
ed at tbe Norih and South, ia garbled aud
unreliable.
Gentlemen prominent in the project re-
grot its publication. The text of the
scheme will be presented to tho North
Carolina Legislature in a few days and
wi 1 be given to tho publio by that body.
Tliu scheme originated with Southern
men without formal consultation Kith
either of the political parti s. It is claim-
oil by itd friends that it will meet the de-
mands of the ooi servative element cf tbe
oountry, and drive extremi ts into rea-
sonable terms.
washington, Fob.7.—General Daniel
Sickles' wife is dead.
Louisiana House unnn'rrtously rejected
Amendment. Unanimously concurred in
by tho Senate. Bill pnssed, calling a
Stato Constitutional Contention. Veto
expected. Two unuuccessful Seuatoriul
bojlotings.
Senator Saulsbury,of Delaware, author-
ize t the denial of the stutement of bis in-
tended resignation.
Governor Brown, of Georgia, is here.
The Pennsylvania lloueo passed tbe
Constitutional Amendment by a party
vote.
San FnANUisCO.Feb. C.—NevadaLeg-
isluture passed a joint resolution, peti
tioning CougreSM to extend tbe laws of
that. State over Utah.
Charleston, Feb. 7.—Governor Orr is
hero. Ho is hopeful of a speedy rnstora-
tion on the basis of impartial suffrage,
and will convene the Legislature as soon
as North Carolina nets.
Wasiiincton, Feb. 9.—Tho Nitionn-
Democriitic Committee met at the Nation!
ul Hotel, with the view to recommend the
app intment of delegates to a Convention
of States to consider the stato of tbe
conn'— , and also the proposition of the
Pennsylvania committee to hold a National
Convention at Ilarrisburg, on the 21st of
May next, which were favorably entertain-
ed, one tho adoption probable, with tbe ad
ditional sugges'nvi to State Commission
ers to o dor an eieotion of delegates forth-
with, who may act in an emergency.
Tho House resumed tho consideration
of Mr. Stevens' bi 1.
Mr. Banks took the floor. Ho believed
tbe States lately in rebellion were still
States, but may bo regarded in a stato ot
siege. He would not object placi< g them
under martial law, but tbo bilí went furth-
er iu establishing Governments responsi-
ble neither to Congress or the people, but
to the commander of the array. Another
objecti n is that there is not a letter or
lino looking to the establishment of any
other military Governments.
Mr. Ashley rose to a ouestion ofv-ier .
uua btniva u\t tiro ilt'OrilsKll Dill VT-iUO int'S-
sage and the action of the Senate tbeieon.
which was read, when Mr. Ashley moved
tbo previous question, and the bill was
passed by 120 to 41—Dawes aud Ray-
mond voting for it.
The consideration of the bill of Mr
Stevens was then resumed.
Mr. Raymond said it was clear there
was not unanimity enough ti secure the
effectiveness of tbo measure, as nono of
tho propositions before the House had suf
liciei.t friends to enforce them even if
passed. Tbo lime had arrived for Congress
to concert sonio measure whieh would so-
curo effective unanimity, and command
ihe support of every department of the
Government, lis proposed that tho whole
matter be referred to a committee of' livo
or seven, of which Mr. Stevens should be
chairman, to report a bill by Wednesday
for the protection of life aud liberty in the
South, and for tho speedy readuiission of
thisc Siates.
In the courso of a long debate, Mr.
Shollabnrger siid the New Orleans Riot
Committee would on Monday noxt pre-
sent a bilí for tbo civil organization of
tho Sou hern States.
Mr. Raymond was ¡j;lnd to hear it.
Washington, Feb. 7.—Tobacco manu-
facturers' Convention is permanently or-
ganized. J. A. Prague, of Ohio, President;
eleven Vico Presidents from as many
States. Resolutions were adopted favor-
ing a uniform tax ou all kinds of manu-
factured smoking tobacco and suutf.
Fred Seward arrived.
Internal Koveuue receipts to day over
ball' a million dollars.
Washington, Fob. 8.—George Peabody
the eminent London banker, now in this
city, to day made a donation of $1,000,-
000, to be devoted to educutionul purpos-
es in tho South Western States.
Washington, Feb. 8.—Tbe Sonnfo to-
daj passed tbe bill to admit Nebraska,
over the veto of the President, by a vote
of 31 to Ü. It was not acted un iu the
House.
Mr, Slovens moved the previous ques-
tion on liis Military Government bill this
afternoon. The demand was negative#
by an unexpected vote of 55 to 98.
This is considered conclusive that the
bill can not pass iu its present shape. It
comes up to morrow as unfinished busi-
ness,1' when it may bo amended and pass-
ed through, it is more likely to be
dofeutcd in any form.
Washington, February 9.—President
Johnson called upon Geo. Peabody to day
as a private itizen. In tbo course of
conversation be paid that gcntl-nnnn a
high compliment for his munificent gifts
in behalf of tho educational interests of
tbo South. Mr. Peabody, in reply, said
ho had somo knowledge of tbo clliciai
cores of tbe Executive, und appreciated
bis efforts to restore tho lately rebellious
slates in their relations to the Federal
Government. Alluding to his reridonce
in England, ho said that thore was a more
friendly feoling among the people and
(iovommcnt of tbat country than hereto-
fore.
Washington, Feb. 10.—The New Or-
leans Iiiot Committee will report to-mor-
row condemning Mayor Monroe and cen-
suring the President. They say the loy.
al peoplo are not protectod, and will in
connection, report a bill appointing a
Governor and council, under whom the
State can reorganize. Only loyalists,
regardless of color, allowed to vote.
The ways and Means Committee will
report at an curly day, probably to-mor-
row, an Internal Revenue bill Tbe
leading idoa is tbe reduction of the tax on
manufactures at the earliest possible mo-
ment. The pressing wants of the Gov-
ernment forbid this jest now, lience |'bd^
very partial action. Artioles entering
largely into tbe cost of living, such as
soie-ieather, cooking and kitchen utensils,
scales; engines and clothing mudo from
taxed staples are exempt- "
Many articles now paying two percent,
shell a glut-, wagons used for farming or
Weighting, unit butter and ebeese . are
also exempt.
New York, Feb. 10.—The Costa Rica
Government has comracted with John C.
Fremont, James W. Nye, and others, to
construct a railroad from Union lJay, on
ibe Atlantic, to Caldera, on the Pacific.
A body of priests, of tho Order of San
Fraueisco, was expelled by tho unani-
mous voico of Ihe people. $5,000 were
raised to pay their txpeiisos out of tbo
country.
The crops in Costa Rica nro vory large.
Jeffeuso.n City, Mo , Feb. 10:—A
bill ha3 been introduced into tbe House
to prevent driving 'Texas cattle through
the State, on tbe ground of banging cou-
tagious diseases.
13 a i.tim o he, Feb. lOih.—Tbe obemical
works in Davidson county are burned.—
Loss, #40,000.
More cotton is nt Norfolk «waiting
shipment than ever known before.
A heavy northwest wind prevailed last
night. A boat was oapsired and six men
are supposed to be lost.
Tbo cotton lux remains unchanged.—
The tax on cane sugar is placed at tho un-
iform rate of one cent a pound. Liquor
tnx unchanged. Distillations from up-
ples and peaches ore free. Grapo brandy
fifty cents. W ¡nos unchanged. Incomes
under a thousand dollars exempt; all
above five per cent. Rents, taxes, insur-
ance, and repairs are to bo deducted from
income, making average exemption of
about $1.500. Violations of the disiili-
ing law nro punishable by fiiuo nnd in;- *
prisoi.mcnt of not less than two mouths
nor more than two years. The bill will
contain a provision that articles offered
for less price tbun tho lax shall be sub-
ject to seizure.
A section wasadded refunding amounts
paid on raw material eutermg manufac-
tories.
MISl'EhliANfcOUS.
It is estimated liiat about fen million
Mexican silver dollars bavo boen taken
out of tbat country since the Empire be-
K'in io break lip. Shakspeare says, "con-
si ¡slice makes cowaxdsof us a!!;" and so
doos money.
A New York contemporary states it na
a fact that nt tho present timo there is
not a single now merchant ship or steamer
building ot any of the numerous ship-
yards of either Now York, Brooklyn or
Jersey City.
Tho Attorney General of New Hamp-
shire has given direction through t c
State to close up by prosecution all rum-
shops, by whatever name they may '■•a
called, whero crime is committed, to
which it can be directly traced, or in
which criminals are harbored.
Boston is announced as return- ¿ to
primitive customs, an innovation having
been made upon tho rules of fashionable
life, by issuing invitations to a stylish
party, in which it is announce d that the
entertainment btgins at three and ends at
eight in the evening.
One of the Sandwich
fearfully scourged by 1
Bla'k-band iron,
in Pennsylvania i
hundred miles, has v
vcelt^'r'' 't*\cjj*
"irmi. I>. w. v>
Statesman aud o
New Orleans.
A Buenos A
can named Go ,,„rt has
gold mine in the vicini'v w <-•■« ciij iV
Sari Luis, and has or^.. jed a con^pa.iy,
in which tbo Governor nnd other lu "'1
capitalists nre largely int> rested. /
Tho Boston Transcript says tbat o"
Messina oranges and four lemons c. >e
bought in Boston for tile price of one a, .e#
Tbe snow drifts on the Alleghany Mo^u--
taios, it is said, aro thirty feet high.*^ •
A letter writer from1 Naples,, saye:
"Standing on Castle Elmo, Id.. iir ilia,
whole sweep of tho bay." What a swal-*
low bo must bavo I í f
The profits of a Son Francisco moroh-
an', who sent a cargo of grain to Phila-
delphia in the ship David Crocket, are
estimated at 8'.r>,00().
Only seventeen vesgols are being bni't
at Quebec tl.is winter, lesa than half tho
usual number
An effort is being made in the Illinois
Legislature to ensure the ejter.sion of tho
cariui from Chicago to tho Mississippi, at
or near Rock Island, The estimated cost
of the enlargement and extension is
$4,0c0,000.
A German writer estimates tbat an
acre of buckwheat yields fourteen pounds
of honey daily. Single hives gathered
three pounds on favorable days.
Eight thousand soldiers bavo been sent
West to guard tho plains, and the Indian
Department has furnished tbo Indians
witli ten thosand superior arms to make
the fight even.
Paris lias no laco curtail s ltirge enough
for tbe windows of the Whito House nt
Washington and some are being made to
order.
A Kansas dispatch says a scout brings
in tbe report that tbe Cheyennes and Ara-
pabnes are on the war path, numbering
in all about twelve thousand warriors.
The submarine cable between Florida
and Cuba, it is said, will bo ready for tho
public in March. Tbe maximum sound-
ings give 845 fathoms.
Tbe United States Supreme Court has
decided that a government tax, or license,
does not nuthorizo a business forbidden
by Stato laws.
Tbe greatest misfortune men fail into
arise from themselves; and that temper
which is called very often, though with
great, injustice, good nature, is tho source
of a numberless train"of evils.
When is a lighted candle like a tomb-
stone ?
When it's set up for a late husband.
Many bavo been ruined by their fortunes
and many have escaped ruin by tho want
of fortune. To obtain it. tbo great have
become little, and the little great.
Thou can6t not joke an en1 my into a
friend, but thou mayest a friend into an
enemy.
Tho wealth of m'nd and hesrt, of faith
and love, no change can take ftom us.
Great calamities teach us how many
beautiful lessons reveal to us much we
should never have seen from tbe common
level of life.
Men often are not awaro of what se-
vere and untiring labor they are capable,
until they have made trial of all their
strength.
There is nothing like ooursge in mis-
fortune. Nex't to faith, in God, and in
overruling providence, a. man's faith in
himself is his salvation. ;
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Thompson, S. C. & Thompson, H. C. The San Antonio Ledger. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 16, 1867, newspaper, February 16, 1867; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth179471/m1/2/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.