The Southern Intelligencer. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 35, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 21, 1858 Page: 2 of 4
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R. JOHNS,
COl'NTY.
ATE JUSTICE,
W. BUCKLEY,
BBND COUKTV.
LEE.
COUNTY.
d to «nnoui.cn J. 1<H?RAVKH « «
Jul tice of Tr« l« county, at the next
eüic Mine of i auk T.
r (be oBco of County Clerk,
d to muouitee Jno. P.
I candidato for tile
Judicial Ulatrict -,
í Gonna-
vmr-zmzSjEli
It. FRY, of
sandume
(nlerUun.
HAMU*M. WOOU,
and Collector of TravUcoun-
rioorlon.
niMtunrr l„ L. HYKKH u a cttli-
" Collector, of Traria
j JAI. U, TIIOMJ'SO*
I County CUrrtt at the ec«u-
4 D. McOINNIM,
tofUlalrlct At-
Drat Hon-
nla would lie jjlcnited to receive t he aup-
r bia friend*, aoquaintaneea, and the people gem-
, who believo hlui to be deaenrlng and mertto-
«e flF.O. H. OK^Y, u
r Juatlce of Tfarll Co.,
to announce JAM KH CAHTKK, of
* enndldftte for the office of Aiaeeaor
of TratrUcounty at the aoauiiig election.
auUtorlaed to aunouueo HIANK BROWN aa a
• fur reflection to the nftlco of Clerk of the
of Trarla county, nt the next Augnat dec
to announce Pr. 8. (1.11AYNIK tut
>Moe of AatetMir and Collector of
;y, at the enauing elootion.
MB
ion
Sp.
the confirmation, by tho Senate, of J.
8. McMichen, of Tex ni , as Consul at St.
'M
Legislature of Virginia ad-
i Uie 6th i list., without mak'
utions for tbo oomple-
Ished Railroads.
' Capitol Union
be in atten-
tion t, as btisi-
* come before the
of Bostiok Si Kngland
business will |
'T. M.Boi
in bia History is absorbed in
the one groat fact that be was for 30 yours
the distinguished Brunt or from Missou-
ri. As such, lie was one of the old
guard, who dealt and received so many
blown in the defence of the administra-
tion of Gen. Jackson. He was among
the last of that bright galaxy, who then
made the Senate illustrious. Forsyth,
Wright, Calhoun, Clay, Webster aud
Grundy, have all preoeded him.
But Col. Benton was not alone great
as a Senator and debater. Ho wan
also a military man, of iron norve, an
eminent scholar, aud accomplished wri-
ter. His mind wus richly stored from
the vast arcana of knowledge. In his
family circle he was the most tender of
men. No man better knew that tiobad
sleepless and vindictive enemies, who
watched his every step, and novel* for-
got or furgavo a single fuult. No one
of these did ho ever uttcmpMo concili-
ate. To them ho would sometimes un-
bend, but it wag the unbending of u ti-
ger. Ills like only appears upon the
world's theatre once in many ages.—
Col. Benton was well fitted for the age
in which bo wus active—but he outlived
that ago; and his last years gradually
conformed his character to the present.
Judiciary.
Wo aro not going to speak of politi-
cal judicial nominations, but upon the
inroads which out- lust Legislature made
upon practico ia our courts. The im-
portant ones arc:
1st. That by serving one partner, a
judgment may be rendered against tho
firm, which binds tho partnership prop-
erty. , - k ,
Sd. That each party to a soft may
examino'bis adversary, under tho «ame
rules As other witnesses. This Act does
not supercede tho present law of pro-
pounding interrogatories to parties, but
is oqly cumulative.' •
3d. All members of corporations or
civil sociotiea, are competent witnesses,
for or against such associations.
4th. Tho rate of interest is presumed
everywhere else, to lie tho samo as in
Texas, unless tho contrary bo proved.
5th. The parties pmy send Up appeals
to tho Supreme Court, with no other
part of tho record, except such as in
volvcs tho very questions at issue.
Oth. All securities and endorsers may
v at the
than the other, which corresponded to
tracks oí Thompson's Jwrse. T1
nor wat sent to jail, in tho custo-
of tho Sheriff. Able couafcl was
urod for both sidos. Thompson'
relations aro numerous, and some of
them wealthy.
Matters wero quiet during the eve-
ning—tlie next day having been fixed
upon for his trial. That night, howev-
er, Thompson took molphinc,; and the
next morning was found dead ; thus
committing a double murder, by ualicr-
iug hi own guilty soul into the presence
of its Mitkfi.
Sorslio, the best Crop.
Tho grasshoppers, having cut off
many of the corn fields West of the
Colorado river, It is in vain to hope that
die second planting will muko a heavy
crop, even with the most favorable sea-
son. And in this country, summer
ruins aro hardly to be exacted.
The crop which has best resisted the
drouth, is the Sorgho, or Sugar Millet.
It succeeded through the great drouth
last year, We have no great faith in
its ever making a great abundance of
Bugar, or syrup—if it should, our peo-
ple aro not prepared for its manufac-
turo upon un extensive scale. We
merely recommend onr farmers to plant
it extensively, as a substitute for corn.
It has been demonstrated that hogs
will consume the stalks and seed, and
fatten upon it; and so will horses and
cattle. A full^crop of its seed is equal
to a crop of corn. Cut down, it may
be dried aud housed in the samo man-
ner our farmers saved their "stalks"
lust year, with this advantage in favor
of the Sorgho: it has inore sacluir i lie-
it has seed, and if cut up, it is an excel
lent feed. The first crop may be cut
off, and a second one springs up, which
is green and luxuriant until frost. But
even if wo mistako Hb utility, its cer-
tainty aa a crop recommend* tlie trial
San Saba.
We have received a letter from an
Jonathan Mriiky, of San
Saba county, giving in substance the
samo facts which we published over the
signature of Mr. Thaxtou, last week
Mr. Mulky complains bitterly of the
withdrawal of Capt. Conucos company,
or socoud
on failure, the
and all
form of
pwpWf#*
> vu.'v
mm.
after notice, or up-
y to bo reloased;
ut regard to the
may have judg-
nst them as such;
in tho second lil-
ies or officers pay-
tits, Bhall control tho same
e principal. Sureties have
samo remedies «gainst their co-
for contribution. • '
t&T Wo learn from a private corres
pondouco, thai J. D. Carr, a highly re-
sassinai
by a Dr. Thompson,
loin, in the «amo county,
lars are, in
Carr, some
difficulty with
son,) threatened
Oarr, in the
from Salem,
Hói
of liusk county, was au-
ifl WW
igbt of the 5th inst.,
njmr .Sa-
llad a
(Thomp
had rumoved
a farm near
out of
that the
be jorgot-
' *
lit in question, Carr had
ko house, accompanied
to weigh some meat for
when Thompson slipped
tho muzzle of a shot gun
of a house, and fired,
foil i
i of his
excla
which he says, through many privations,
defended the frontier through tho win-
ter and wore withdrawn at the most
dangerous period to tho settlements.
Tbo writer insists that Capt. ford's com
pany is too remote from San Saba to be
of any service. Ho describos San Saba
as one of the most promising regions in
tho State, but Bays that if protection
bo not afforded, tbo settlements wilff;
rcthognde.
We vouch for tho respectability of
Col. Mulky, and sincerely .hope that the
causea of compluint will not He disre-
garded.
We again admonish our frontiersmen,
that whenever organization is invited
under the law of Congress, to become
themselves tho volunteers for their own
protection.
Every citizcn in the state should feel
a deep interest in pushing onr settle-
ments westward and northward as rap-
idly as possible. This can only bo
dono by proper protection.
Austin City.—Wo call attention to
tho appropriation of $15,009, for quiet-
ing the titlcH to real estate in tbo City
of Austin. Tliia Act provides that
any person who may claim to have
owned tho legal or equitable title to the
Satmid Gouchcr third of a league, may
briiig suit against the Treasurer of this
State, and any other udverse claimants,
and'if it appear that Edward Burleson
was uot really entitled nt tho time of
condemnation, then tho better owner
«Ml recover the value of said third of
a league, with the twenty years b
interest theroon.
This was the bill of Mr. Lee, but
whether it will answer tho intended ob-
jctgtj depends upon whether or not the
|aut shall havo tho good senso to
bring tho suit.
"QnittlDg the Dcmotraey."
Iuthc first issue of the Intelligencer,
after tho eighth of January Democratic
Convention, we noticed, under the head
of " Joining tho Democracy," the
apccches of Gen. McLcod, Col. Wilcox,
and Col. Robt. Taylor; and we accom-
panied the pleasant announcement that
tlieso gentlemen had "joined tho De-
moarath} party" with some rollsctiojis,
which received bordial endorsement by
Hticli journals as the New York Day
I look, tito Journal of Commerce, ami
other standard Democratic organs. As
we anticipated, however, the sentiments
were not very palatable to Some of our
politicians, who have been Whigs, Know
Nothings, Democrats aud Disimionists,
all within the last three years.
We have now u word of caution to
some of these «ame men, who are for-
ever talking of "quitting the Detnocra-
racy," or " reading men out of the De-
mocracy."
Stephen A. Dorai.Ass and Henry- A.
Wise differed with the administration in
tho application of the great principle
of non-intervention; (and we think they
attempt a nonsensical distinction, and
one which no well read lawyer ought to
entertain) aud straightway tho very men
who were in the very filth of Sam's Cul-
vert, when Wise was standing as a
breast-work against the conquering for-
ces of Know Notliiii(;isin, and when
Douglas,by the thunders of his eloquence,
was sustaining Wise, raise the cry that
" Douglas and Wise have quit the De-
mocracy!" Wtjl, we fear they have—
or if they havo not, that it will bo long
before they will Bo restored to the con-
fidence of right thinking men. But our
ex-Know Nothing presses, who would
consign tiieso men to a felon's death,
should rocollect that those who followed
Houston into Know Nothingism then,
ncted with tho thousands who "quit the
Democracy " because the Pie reo admin-
istration repealed the Missouri Compro-
mise. We aro aware that many joined
Sam for fun and frolic, others from curi-
osity, and still more, under the fatal de-
lusion that l/icre they would .;'oap the
roward of offico.
Wise—Looking at Wise from the
consistent stand-point of a Democrat
from principle, wo have never regarded
him as a consistent, safe, poiitieul guide.
A s we remember Iiíb history, ho com-
menced lifo as a hifiilutin Virginian,
who believed iu no suffrage, except for
land-holders. He made war upon Gen.
Jackson, because of some personal dif-
ference—ho indulged in merciless abuse,
until he became the acknowledged lead-
er of tho opposition bullies—ho was
only one stop behind Oglo in the hard
cider orgies of 1840, when so many new
converts ' quit the Democracy," and
"joined the two dollars a day and roast
beef" Whig party, uuder tho load of
Tippaeanoe and Tyler too," with "no
principles for the public eye."
When tho maii of " Accidents " fo.iiud
himself " President without a party,"
Henry A. Wise bccamo ono of tho squad
who supported tho anomalous adminis-
tration. CoiidcniHed by the Whigs, Mr.
Tyler gradually gall into tho measures
>f tho Democratic party, from which he
iimiated lie had only strayed; and the
President, brought Henry A. Wise along
with him. Upon tho annexation of Tex-
as question, tho President transferred
bis now party, with John C. Calhoun at
its bead, to tho support of Jumos K\
Polk, the Democratic candidate for the
Presidency. Since that tiino Henry A.
Iticb, luxuriaut and suceessful, the trail-
gition fruía the House to the Senate was
oasy. A Western mau, ho was ap-
pointed Chairman of the Oommittoe
on Territories. Hé aeiaed tho non-inter-
vention priuciple, and the friend or loe,
who cannot admire his Herculanean ef-
forts in carrying the Kansas Nebraska
1.111 through, is simply to be pitied.
How Douai-AS Fkli From the day
Douglas mounted Fisk's hobby-horse, lie
had always had his eye upon the Presi-
dency. Ho had outlived Cassj he had
helped to entomb Van Buren; he had
goaded Houston off uf tho bridge; be
had rivalled Pierce, aud seemed to be
more powerful as Senator, than the lat-
ter as President. But tho hour of dis-
appointment came, James Buchauao,
always quiet, had been from the close of
Polk's administration, peculiarly so.—
Wise was not possible; but Wise pre-
ferred Buchanan to Douglas, and Vir-
ginia followed Wise—tho " little giant"
was killed oil'; and what was more, the
race was run up®n Douglas' thunder.—
Now we don't know, but it may be, if
Douglas had been beaten for District
Attorney, or Judge, or something else,
lie would have balked sooner. Then
leading or driving might have got liinj
along. But we.fear now that ho will
never lead or drive—that ho has indeed
"quit the Democracy." No one at-
taches less importance to what Douglas,
or Wise, or any 0110 else shall do, than
the writer.
Examples.—Wo are a very young
man, yet in our day, wohaveseen Win.
fl. Crawford acting with the Democrats,
as the " Bull Dog of war; " next with
the Federalists, in chartering the Na-
tional bank; then the'1 Mastiff" of Mon-
roe's cabinet; next the last Congression-
al aiuciis candidate for tho Presidency,
with father Ritchie, nnd all that school,
fighting for the corrupt expiring caucus
system. Ho was beaten, atid too ob-
stinate to withdraw in favor of Gen.
Jackson. He camo homo and turned
State's evidence against Mr. Calhoun,
and drove him into antagonism to Gen.
Jacks oil, and off of the Presidential lad-
der. Crawford thus laid tho founda-
tion of tho NL'i.t.iFiCATioN party, wliieh
we may say he afterwards joined, and
among whoso adherents he died.
We havo seen Benton, Blair, Van Bu-
ren, i 'oOte, Clements, Houston and Bon'r-
land, with as many followers as they
could carry, desert, and yet Democrscy
liVes. We saw the par excellence States
Rights Crawford party in Georgia, be-
come the nucleus of tho nullification
party; and the same leaders supported
Harrison in 1840, and Clay, tho father
of tho American System, in 1844—op-
posed t'io annexation of Texas', and
supported Gen, Taylor, who believed
that he appointed Judge Crawford's son
Secretary of War. And yet these,same
leaders became flio disunion "fire eat-
ers" in 1850—and the Know Nothings
of 1851; and yet Democracy lives. This
is no rare chapter óf the inconsisjtenclss
of " party Joiners, "party organizers,"
and " party leaders."
The Reason—Thoro is no such in-
consistency in the unambitious mau of
piinciple. Ill's Democracyfor his Aris-
tocracy, or by whatever name you call
it, is inherent, organic, and part of his
nature. If religiously a Democrat, he
believes in man's ability for wise s?lf-
govcrnmcnt, arid that the less ho is gov-
erned, that is, tho less power ho surren-
ders to constitutional, arbitrary, or self-
created governors, tho safer is liberty
We never "joined the
sucked it in with onr mother
We «hall never " quit tho De-
mocracy," however much we may ^les-
piBo the mere spollsm^ wl^ would be
little Bucaneera adrift, if they had no
"organization;" nor shall the Democracy
nuitus. Wo never joined order, Beet,
or society, and God forgive we fear
we never shall. But wo will be true to
the principles of Democracy and honor.
And no Templar loves sobrfciy, nor dev-
otee Democracy, more than we do. And
we never will lend our influence to In-
jure eitWt cause, to support the enepiy
of both; ..
A lid tnc Books were Opiiied.
Our Clerk has opened the General
Acts of the late Session of the IiOgis-
¡ature, and foots up in round numbers
about one million three hundred •thou-
sand dollars. Some of these appropri
ations uro confined to the single year
suok as ono hundred and pinety-six
thousand dollars for the expenses of
the Legislature proper, and thirty-nine
thousand dollars for building the Asy-
lums. But the civil list proper, per an-
num, seems now to be, one hundred
and seventy-seven thousand uiue bun
dred dollars.
But hero follows our Clerk's table, to
which, when the Private Law book
shall havo been opened, we shall add
the relief appropriations. Certainly it
cunnot bo said that our Legislature has
been niggardly in appropriating money:
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS OF TIIE
LAST LEGISLATURE.
Mili'ugn. p««r illem.pritit-
iitu,di|tl;ibutiii« IfiWi.nml
contingent expende*, $216,000.00
Printing lawn ia foreign
Itiiigiutgrs, 3.000.00
New Digest, 20 000.01
Indexing ¡-lteciitl lnws, (¡00.00
ISiiek Texas Report-1, 10,710.00
Texas Henorta fur the
next two yearn, 11,000.00
Tntiil for laws, $201,300.00
Cr.tWnr, 16,000.011
Miniito M n, 4.100.01
Conner's Company, 2U.000.0t
Ford's " 70,000.01
Drawing arias and aooa-
trementf,, 2 000.00
Total l r volunteers, — 112 400.00
Printing Gov.'s Procla-
mation, 3,000.01
Kanning Boundary, 20 O'JO 01
' Deaf and Dumb, and
lliind Asylums, 59.080.00
Deaf and Dumb, and
lliind Asylums, for 1859, 13,000 01
Alamo Monument, 2 !iU0.00
State Geologist, 20,000 Of
State University. 100 000.01
Weights and Mensures. 10,000.01
State Penitentiary for
18.)8, 101.40-30I
State Penitentiary lor
ia')9. 73270.01
Deficiency Bills. 33.30901
Payment of 1st and 2d
class debts. 78.053-2!
Civil list for 1858, 172,400 01
1809, 172.400.01
Improving Sabine river, 15,000.01
Wise has bflfti a consistent Democrat; Jnstinctively he rejects tho tyrant, who
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: had
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The Spirit or Goo amono tiír Pbople
•—From every part of tho Union we
vo accounts of rcligiou^ revivals.—
nsunds, it is said, haw been convert-
ía the Western and Nbrthorn 9tates
1 « • , i . . . '. C • -ii'j r
within the past few weeks, atid United
themselves to some branch of the Chris-
tian Church. Some of the vilest " negro
worshipper " in tbe land havo been
on«*heir knees supplicating an offended
~ " "trforgi veness. We trust that He
icar their cries and cleanse their
sin-pollutwd, leprous souls. Even that
arch abolitionist, Horace Greeley, wo
atcd in a New Ycirk pnpcifthus
his knees asking for pardon —
prayers are heard aud answered,
lirof reaching the " bot-
1—the most abandoned wretch
tu find peaee and
I
■NtPWp
■Washington «Jes
. *y that tío?,
who have
it*
m
:'é
.to make
and in tho contest of 1855, ho rendered
services in the cause of political equali-
ty and religious freedoir, which no man
lias ever surpassed. lie arrested the
advance of Federalism in its worst form,
and turned tho tide of political warfare.
Mr. Buchanan was his spontaneous
choice for the Presidency. And while
no political tergivisation of a man who
has been so inconsistent, could much
surprise us, we wore not prepared to
call Wise traifor—to believe that he can
ever affiliate with Hotts.
Douglas.—The case of Senator Doug-
las is difierent. Bating Iiíb rather fed.
eral application of tho internal improve-
ment principle, he has always been a
consistent Democrat iu theory, if not in
practice. But he is a man of a pecul-
iar history. From tbo day he sat oat
upon Fisk's horse and eight dollars, (to
say nothing, of the boots, he could not
have worn Jo«inh's hat) to run for Dis-
trict Attorney, up to 1850, he never met
a disappointment. With him every
thing was political Fisk's horse waB
a mere politico hobby horse—tha eight
dollars sinews of war—tho District At-
torneyship a stepping stone to tho Cir-
cuit Judgeship—from tho latter he leap-
ed to the wool sack, which he merely
warmed, while fixing his eye upon the
Houses of Congress. In Congress, he
glorified Gen. Jackson,,and made speech-
es in favor of clearing out tho Illinois
liver, and local dock puddles. With an
e to brtiilneSs, hó married a Southern
ife, and established a Southern plantá-
mi.*'Mui'cfortunate than his heuef¿ c-
tor, th* property which is Jim jittery -he
bad left behind, ¡rrcw into a fortune.
w
says, " I am wiser," or tho " king is wis-
er," or the " caucus is wiser," or the
" convention is wiser," or somo " Belf-
conjgiUitcd organ is wiser," than the
people. Systems may break down, as
the corrupt caucus system did, and
as the convention system will, unless
managed in moderation ; but Democra-
cy will live, and it will teach the pre-
sumptuous tyrants that it depends up-
on no party loaders. It is not a thing
to be joined, or to be quit. It is the
centrifugal and centripetal force which
acts upon men, like gravitation aud mo-
tion upon created matter; uflfc it íb as
¡ndo8tructublc as matter itself.
Ijookijig at the principle^ from thi?
philosophical point of view, and havpig
been taught that Jackson was right
when he opposed the caucu* nominee be-
cause ho was the nominee—and having
then, as a boy, fill that tho Haro of the
Hermitage symyatliized with tbo poor
—having voted for tho Democracy be-
fore there were conventions—and hav-
ing written in favor of electing judges
by the people, "before any Judges, ex-
copt those of the Georgia Inferior
Courts, wore so elected -having always
supported the political Democratic nom-
inees as a matter of choice—and never
having happened to vote for any but
Democrats, we cau afford to smile upon
the men oF yesterday, who tell ua, that
union i \ve support ail political cMctls
candidates for Judges, drunk or sober,
against unquestioned Democrats, we
sliouW^quit tlie party." We could
not if we wjiuld, and'.woulll not
could. So cry aloud spoilsmen.
Law* Kfs|>fftinc 8Uv
Tiie criminal laws of Texan i
brace the following provision
Tho master or any other al
any of the crow, of uny «toan
other vessel, who shall carry (
to be carried, out uf a*
slave or slavus, without tit
the owner or employer, with ¡„
deprive the owner or oirnérf ^
their property in biicIi slave, or
or who shall knowingly receive on 1
of hi« vessel uny ruiiuwiiy g|aVe
permit liini to stay on hoard Wll
proper efforts to apprehend fu'm
i>o confined in the Peadtcntiwi
leas than ton nor more I
Pensions for 1K>8. 1.850.01
'• 1859, ' 1 350.01
Kansas War, 10,000.0
Removing the Polk jad
'Ptiloii r.no
Tyler Indians,
Judge Lipscomb's por-
trait.
Remodeling and cover-
ing the old laud olllce,
and capitol.
Quieting land titles in
Austin City,
■Support of State Peni-
tentiary, to be returned
from sales of tmmufao-
tnred articles,
I'rai
Colony certifl-
To ascertain fraudulent
Peters'
cates,
Total,
ó.qoo.oi
100.01
8.000 01
15.000.01
20,000.01
I,200.0(
870,454 23
(52,000.00
1,312,154.23
I®"The overflow of tho Mississippi,
below Memphis, Tenn., we learn from tliu
Memphis Appeal, has been very destruc-
tive to plantations, stock, &e. Largo
plantations, valued at smrto fifty dollars
per aero, wero. completely covered, and
all the livo stoek swept away—nil, in
fact, save the few that congregated up-
on little patches of rising ground here
and there, of somo low feet in extent.—
In many places private dwellings furn-
ished shelter and protection to " man
and beast"—'thé whites occupying one
end, tho negroes tho other, whilo in the
intermediato porch cattlw would boliiKl-
dled as thick as they could stand. In
very many instances, however, houses
were deserted, tbo owners being com-
pelled, for safety, to betuko themselves
to dugouts, toati aud rafts, or whatev-
er camo first to hand. Tho suffering
and distress of tho inhabitants is des-
cribed as having been severo in the
extreme.
The Troops for Utah.—The regular
troops in KunHas and on the western
frontier will start for Utah between the
<lOth of April and 10th of May, muster-
ing in all aborit 2,010 effective mom*—
Fivo regiments of volunteers, proposed
by tho bill ijow before tlie Senate, will;
it is staled, be accepted and organized
whenever tlie bill is passed. No force
less than a complete regiincut will bo
received from any State. According
to tbo plan of the War Department for
the Bcrvice in Utah, there will be by
July next about five thousitud fivo hun-
dred troops iu that 'Territory, amply
supplied with food and war material.
Mkxico.—Tbe Extraordinary announ-
ces the complete success of tbe Gov-
ernment forces over the - coalition,
against.Doblado, Parrodi, nnd the oth-
ers defending tho Jámese government,
ters
HP
ever, was said to have boon
tlaugprous .position, hctwoen „thc forces
of La Llave and those of Nogrcte.
less than ton nor more than
year , •„ • .
Aiiy person who shall atteniM j
steal, or entieo away a slave, the DfJ
erty of another, shall be cimfhJjf
the Penitentiary, not less than fiy8
moro than fifteen years, lln, ,,jenc*
stealing a sluvois ct>mpl«to by tukJÍ!
the «lavo into possession either bT?l
consent or forcibly, and reiuovin/ |,¡lí
a distance however short, from tlie J!
fCBsiou or premises of bis employer
owner, with tho design to claimllieo !*
ei ship of such slave, or otherwise'di'
pose of the smne. J "
An attempt to entice away a slay,,:
the use of any means forcible or J¡
sutiBÍve, which may be calculated t T
diico such slave to abandon tbo setyi
of his master or employer, and accon.
pany the offender, with the viewtodj.
privo the oSvner of bin property.'
If any person advise a slave* tol^
the servico of his master or employ
or aid such slave in bo leaving, by pj^.
curi'ig for or delivering to him a pm.
or other writing, or by furnishing bin!
with money, dollies, piovisioim, or ^
er facility und uucli slave do actus|r
abscond, ho shall be confined In tin
Penitentiary, for not less than tlirtenbf
moro than ten years.
Any person convicted of aaeMidit
fence, un ler either of the procediugtr-
ueles, shall be punished by confiMM
in the Penitentiary, not leBs tliau'tlimi
nor more than ton years.
If any person who deals iu intoxict*
ting liquors, either by wholesale or«.
tail, shall sell to a slavo without tin
written consent of his master, mlitre^
overseer, or employer, any intoxicating
liquors, or shall give to any biicIialave,
and without sncli written consent,
intoxicating liquors, he shall be fli
not leHS than lii'fy nor more than twtl
hundred dollars.
If any person «lin.ll luiy from n«l^
any valuable produce, or other article
whatever, without the written eminent
of tho muster, mistress, overseer,
employer of such slave, ho shall bc'ffitd
not less than twenty nor more tlinn tw
hundred dollars.
If any • person . shall uureasoi
abuse, or cruelly treat a slave, wi
bia own property or the property of
other, lie mhuII be fined not less tin
one bund red nor mure than two tho
sand dollars.
It is ci'ftel treatment of a slave fob
Diet an unusual dcgiyc of puuislimitf
without just provocation, or to torta
or to cause unusual paiu aud xttfieriif
to a slave by the use .of any means, «
to subject such slave to pnnishniftKl no
severe us to bepomo injurious to bit
health; or calculated greatly to depre-
díate liís value, or for tbe person htf-
iug the Charge of iinjfcslave to fail to
supply him with Comfortable clotbioK,
or a snfliciciit quantity of wholenum
food.
Remains of a Mammoth Exuunti,-
V\re find the following interesting fit
graph in the New York livening Poat:
The workmen employed by tliuBrwfc
ly ii Water Works Company, while en-
gaged yesterday in exca vating the up-
per part of Baisle'y's mill pond,. nliMt
two miles below Jamaica, civiiioii|«
the remains of some vast animal, whitfc
have caused no little speculation ammif
the citizens of that place. Tlw boW
are of iinmenso sizu, very much dfr
caycd. Pieces of rib bones
found, measuring nine incites browl-
Four teeth were brought up to Jam
one measuring 17 1-2 inches nroumt
with roots 6 1-2 to 7 inches long,MÍ
although part hilly decayed at the root*,
weighing 3 3-4 pounds. OuunforHMl
saw one said to bo the Sinalffiit—ilW
nearly square, measuring 4 1-9 by SHI
inches, serrated, partly worn. It •
hoped that this notice will indnCo 8"
scientific peruón to proceed to tlio spoi,
and examine these remains. There
four or fivo wagon loads of bonestyii*
exposed, and crumbling rapidly, 8¡,u?
exposure to the air.
Indians in thr United Status ¿kkauJ
■Tho Washington States of the lWj
ult, says:
Yesterday, as soon as the Senate W'
its recess, tho delegation of SioiMM*
dians, twenty-six in .number, Btalkcd
tipon the floor. They looked ai'oW'
not with tho inquiring eye and miro
a live Yankee, but with ttoical in<I®J
ence. Their criticisms, remarks jj*
conclusions were more brief tbsH*
incss telegraphic despatch,
of tho expirsaive. expressions of''"8
"ugh," not forgetting to solicit of;
lionorabio Senators present testimow
of tlieiu affection for the "red me -
British Goia.va. — í)emevar pttpew I
the 16th of Febrauiy have boon |
ceived at New York. The apt
of thd crops, according to th^
Gazette, was all that conhl be
The yowftf cfcnes wore thrftih^,
work of making sugar was -
well on moHt of the estates.
ornment had aanctipned a p'a
ding that planters could een<
delegations to Vlllagéti lii ln,'ia
purpose of recniiting laborers.
sy I#b extended no muclriu tlw
A eminent iias proposed
ty establish an asylum/or
to provido for their caro and ">J
.........
nance therffHrW*' " ' _
It is said'tTmt sbvcrj
of -peVsons, arrested in alt
France, in pursuance of the
oí snipty," have reaclteil M«r
will be sent to Lambeesa, tli
ony in Algeria.
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Whitman, J. T. The Southern Intelligencer. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 35, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 21, 1858, newspaper, April 21, 1858; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth179946/m1/2/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.