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XAN
E. 6. HUSTON, EDITOB AND PROPRIETOR.
OFFICE, NORTH SIDE Of THE MILITARY SQUARE.
TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, IN ADVAJiCE
VOL. VIII.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7,1856.
NO. 16.
fJrofessional (EariJs*
A A. LEWIS, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT
• Law, San Antonio, Texas, will attend promptly to
all business entrusted to his care. fl^Office, on south
aide Military Plaza, in the Bejareno Office. 21-ly
C REICH, Attorney at Law and General Land
• Agent, Fredesicksburgh, Texas, will practice in
mil the courts of the Fourth Judical District, and in the
Sapreme and Federal Courts at Austin tie will give
special and prompt attention to the collection of debts,
and to buying, selling and locating lands, and to procur-
ing patents for lands in any portion of Western Texas.
CHARLES A. RUSSELL. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR
at Law and Notory Public, Helena, Karnes County
Texas, will practice in the Courts generally throughout
Western Texas, and attend promptly to business enirust
ed to his care from a distance. 37-1 y
DR. E. KAPP'S WATER CURE, S1STERDAI£, COMAL
county, Texas. Enquire of C. J. Cook, San Antonio.
DEBRAY & LEWIS, Interpreters and translators of
the English, French and Spanish languages, ^an
Antonio Texas; office of the ••Bejareno," Military Plaza.
EG. HUSTON, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT
• Law, San Antonio, Texas, will attend promptly to
all business entrusted to him. Bounty Land Warrants
.procured for soldiers, or the widows and orphans of sol-
diers, in the least possible time, and upon the most reaso-
nable terms. May be found at all times at his office on
Solid&d Street. 35-ly
FJ. PRXO&, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT
• Law, Antonio, Texas, will practice in the Dis-
trict Courts of Bexar, Medina, Gillespie, Comal, Guada-
lupe. Caldwell, Gonzales and Karnes counties, and in the
Federal and Supreme Courts at Austin, jgj* Office—On
Fostoffice street, opposite the storehouse of Messrs.
•Groesbecck k French. 16-ly
PM. DAVIS, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
• San Antonio, Texas, will attend to all professional
business that may be intrusted to him in the several Dis-
trict Courts of the Fourth Judicial District, and the
Supreme and Federal Courts in Austin. 47-ly
RANK EGAN, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT
Law, and General Land Agent. San Antonio, Texas.
All business entrusted to him will receive his strict and
prompt attention. £3" Office—Opposite the_ Court-
House. &>-*y
Business €ari)s.
JOHNSON AND MITCHELL,
Grocers. Helena, Karnes County, Texas.
HAVE IN STORE and will receive monthly from New
Orleans, the best quality, and every description of
Family Groceries.
Terms Cash.
Cash advances made on Cotton. The hightest market
price paid for Land Warrants. 34-3m.
CLOW & KEEN, LAVACA, TEXAS,
DEALERS in Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots,
Shoes, Hats, Hardware, Saddlery, &c.,
having alwavs in siore large assortments of
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, SEGARS. WIXJ&S an<!
LIQUORS: also, fresh supplies of the best St. Louis
and other Western Flour.
AST* Liberal advances made on Cotton. 27-ly
HOT AND COLD BATHS.
MADAM MASSE respectfully announces to the ladies
and gentlemen of San Antonio, that she has fitted
up. at considerable expense a large and commodious
where she is prepared to accommodate persons with hot
and cold halhs. From sunrise till 12 o'clock M. the baths
will be exclusively for Ladies,—the balance of the day
for Gentlemen. The terms of admission can be known
by application at her residence on Commerce street.
Those desiring can obtain season tickets. 25-1 y
CARPENTER AND JOINER. —M. G. COTTON, KES-
pectt'ully announces to the public, that he has
removed his shop to the building west of Li. E. Edward's
Lawoilloe where he still continues the carpenter and
joiner busiuess, where lie is prepared to execute all
orders entrusted to his care with dispatch, and on rea-
<on,|ible terms as they can be .afforded in this city—
terms considerably reduced from former rates. Thank-
ful for past favors, he earnestly solicits a share of pub-
lic patronage.
Gb. rivers, attorney ant> couxi.ei.or at
• Law, Helena, Karnes Countj-, Texas, will practice
in the Courts throughout Western Texas, and act as
General Land Agent. Prompt attention given to all busi-
ness intrusted to his care. 47-ly
R. Ii GRAVES, .
. Doctor of Physic and Surgery.
RESPECTFULLY offers his services to the,citizens
of Sail Antonio and vicinity iu the various bran-
ches of his profession.
Office, over the Drugstore of Dr. Devme. where lie
may be found from 9 A M. to6 P. M- jail. -if.
ffM. P. GRAVES,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
t) PICK— Corner of the Main Plaza, over Dec tne s
Drugstore.
WILT* practice in the Courts of Bexar, Medina.
GUle-. pie, Comal. Guadalupe, Karnes. Gonza-
les and Caldwell counties. jan 1—
I I. HEWITT, S. 6 SKWTOS, T. S. M'CEXEY.
HEWITT, SHWTON & McCESEV. Attorneys
and Counselors at Law, Sail Antonfo, Texas.
OiSce on Main Plaza, over Enoch, Jones t Co's
Store Room. Jan *
HM. LEWIS, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT
• Law, san Antonio. Texas. jgJ- Office—Main
Plaza. Brick buil ling, So. 1, up stairs.
kcsskll Howard. J- a. wilc x.
Howard & wilcox. attorneys at law, ban
Antonio, Texas, gg- Office—On Trevenio_ Street,
opposite the Catholic Church. 37-ly
JOHN E. SUNDtjTEON, ATTORNEY AND COCNSIJ.OR
at Law, San Antonio, Texas, will practice in tbe.
Texas Courts of the Fourth and Second Judicial District.-,
and in Supreme Court at Austin. Business entrusted
to his care, willbe promptly and faithfully attended to.
He will also give his prompt attention to the collection
of all claimsentrnstiid to his care, and will act as Gen-
eral Land Agent. i-
Office—Postoffiga street, opposite "the store of-, ,
MeMrs..«r«esbeeck .tjErencli. Mr. S. is jamiliar with
the French and GerniSJaiiguages. 44tr
D. BUCHANAN, ATTOE.VEY AND COUNSELOR
J . at Law, San Antonio, Texas. • -y
Office, Military Square, near north-east corner.
JH. DUNCAN, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT
• Law, San Antonio, Texas, will practice in the Dis-
trict Conrts of Bexar, Medina. Gillespie, Coma], Guada-
lupe, Karnes, Gonzales and Canlwell counties, and in the
Federal and Supreme Courts at Austin. o"-ly
TAMES PAUL, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
J San Antonio, Texas, will attend promptly to all
business entrusted to his care.
9-ly
T. GRAVES, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
* Austin, Travis County, Texas, will practice in the
District and Supreme Courts of this State, and the Dis-
trict Courts of the United States. Will pay strict atten-
tion to investigating and perfecting Land Titles; collecting
of all classes of Debts against the late Republic of Texas ;
.and debts of every other description. 5-1 y
JACOB WILDER, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT
Law, San Antonio, Texas, will practice in the District
Courts of the Fourth Judicial District, the Supreme and
.Federal Courts at Acstin, and will attend to all profes-
sional business entrusted to his care. jjGj-Office—On
flommerce street, two doers westof Vial's Tin shop, first
Coor of his new two story building. 17-ly
JH. JOHNSON, M. D., OOFFICE, at the Drcg store.
* Helexa, Karxbi Cocxtt. Terms Cash. 20-Gm
W. REED, ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW.
• San Antonio, Texas. Will attend promptly to all
business entrusted to bis care.
jyOmci : Southwest corner Main Plaza, one door
West of MeLeod k Giraud's. Iya2
CJ, GARNER, WOULD RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCE
• to his friends and customers, that his Watch-Mak-
and Jewerly Establishment is on Commerce street.
Northwest corner of th Main Plaza, one door "West of J.
. Yiall X" Co's Tin Shop. v. here he has just opened a uew
stock of Fashionable Jewelry. Watches and Jewelry re-
paired on short notice and on reasonable terms. " 23-tf
SIN ANTONIO TEXAN.
Northern Texas.
Au Eloquent Appeal.
The following powerful and eolquent appeal
to democrats to adhere to their principles
and part-.- we take from a very able speech
by S. H. Hempstead. Esq., delivered in
Saline county Arkansas. The democracy of
Arkansas are a noble band, and Mr. Hem-
stead is an ornament to their ranks:
"And what reason is there to leave the
democratic party? Is it not the only one that
can pretend to a national organzation? On
the question of slavery, of so much interest
to the South, we have something more than
profession—we have practice consistent with
profession. The Kansas Nebraska bill faith-
fully carries out the great principle on which
the democracy in its platforms have stood,
and on wliic the South must stand in de-
fence of its constitutional rights.
•That principle is non-intervention as to
j A correspondence, of the Houston Te'e-
. graph gives the following accout of the coun-
Itry embraced in the bounties of Denton. Tar-
rant and Johnson, a*u4 a portion of territory
directly west of Dei;(on, out of which it is
anticipated one or nvjrs counties will be or-
guiized during the p. oseut session of the Leg-
islature:
Denton is the oldest of the counties indi
cated, and is becoming quite densely popula-
ted. This county is permited by the Cross
'l imbers, affording ah. abundance of valuable
timber for agriculture! and building purposes.
CHSHMAN & CO., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF
Fancy and Staple Dry Goo«ls, Xo. 6 Cortland street,
opposite National Hotel, New York. Don A. Cushman.
Alonzo R. Cushman. John H. H. Cusliman.
A large assortment of Domestic Goods Constantly on
hand.—Me-srs. C. k Co., Vill also keep a large and well
selected stock of good* especially adapted to the Mexi-
can market. june 6, *50
THOMAS BENDER. DAVID- ALEXANDER.
Furniture ware-room.—Messrs. bfndfr &
ALEXANDER, have opened a FURNITURE WA RE-
ROOM. on Commerce street, in the old American Ex-
change, where they will have on hand a constant supply
of FrR.xrrrRK of every description, suiting the market of
San Antonio and vicinity. They are also prepared to
Manufacture and Repair any article of Furniture that
may be ordered or entrusted to their care. T1ip public are
respectfuHj* invited to call and examine their stock. 2-tf
General agency john malloy. Agent for the
Collection, Liquidation and Settlement of Claims, &«.,
San Antonio. Texas.
REFERENCES.
Messrg. E. Jones & Co, Mer't. I Paschal & ?tribling, Att'ys.
Li Groesbeeck&French, I Hewitt & Newton, u
" Vance & Bro.. Mer?t. | Denison &Tunstall, "
&S* Office North side Military 1'laza, near the Court-
house. 19-1 y
GIRARD FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY
of Philadelphia. JQrOffice—145 Chesnut street.
United States Hotel Building. Authorized capital.
$300,000. Hon. JOEL JONES, President. Hon. GEO.
W. WOODWARD. Yice President.
DIRECTORS.—Wm. M. Swain, Thomas Craven. Wm. P.
Hacker, F. D. Sherman. Wm. C. Rudman, H. A. Shackel-
ford. J. P. Steiner. Jeremiah Walker, Jno. McClure, Paul
Thurlow, Wm. H. Sowers, Furman Sheppard. Jno. Ans-
pach, Jr. H. N. Burrough, Philip F. Snyder. Thos. S.
Mitchell. Samuel Jones. M. D. H. R. Goggshall, Assist-
ant Secretury. Alfred S. GiUett, Secretary & Treasurer.
GROESCEECK & FRENCH, Agents,
16-ly) San Antonio. Texas.
C1ARDINER, GREEN k CO., CLOTHING AT V.HOLE-
T SALE, No. 47 Broadway, New York. G. G. & Co.,
will always keep on hand a lull and complete assortment
of Ready Made Clotliiug, Shirts, and ineft's under wear,
particularly adapted to the wants of Texas and Southern
trtrie. They respectfully solicit an examination of their
iScfc. 37-tf
G. Dry Goods, Grocei ies, &c., has constantly on han«!
a fair supply in the above line at reasonable,rates for
cash.
35-tf
G.
BEHRMAN.—WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER
in Dry Goods, Groceries, Liquors, Fancy Goods,
Clothing, Hats, Caps, Boots, and Shoes, Cigars, Station-
ery, &c. Postoffice street opposite Groesbeeck&French,
can Antonio, Texas. 41-ly
JG. & D*. BELL, DEALERS IN JEWELRY, SILVER
• Ware, Diamond Goods, Watches, Spectacles, Ma-
sons, Odd Fellows and Sons of Temperance Jewels,
Engravers and Manufacturers of all articles in their line.
i)eutists Plate prepared and Jewelry repaired at short
notice. Saddles, Bribes and Walking Canes mounted
with gold and silver in the best style. Orders from a
distance, attended to with promptness and despatch.
Main street, two doors east of the Main 1 laza.
J" iTlJl S BEKENDS, COM MERCK STREET. OPPOSITE TO
Hose k McCarthy, Books a.yd Stationery, Papers,
i ancy Toy-Books, Pictures, etc. 40-ly
C. HERNLON, GENERAL LAND AGENT, SAN AN
• tonio, Texas. Also, General Agent for John H.
iierndon's Business. 4-6m
JULES POINSARD, BUILDER BY CONTRACT, FLORES
street, opposite A. Martinez. Has the honor of in-
forming the public, that he i& prepared to undertake, at
moderate rates, such buildings as may be entrusted to
him, and also interior and exterior decoration. Masonry,
Carpenter's and Cabinet work, Printing, Sculpture and
papering. Drafting, Architecture, and laying off of gar-
dens attended to. l'ise work at $1 75 per perch: and
also a lot of parlor statutes for sale. 8 3m
I. A PASCHAL, ) San 1 GEO. W. PASCHAL,
raos. h. STWBLnro, j Antonio, j Austin.
Paschal & stribling, attorneys and coun-
selorsat Law, San Antonio and Austin, will practice
in the Supreme and Federal Courts at Austin and Gal-
▼eston, and in the District Courts of the Second and
'Feurth Districts, ax>d in Gonzales and Goliad, of the
Tenth District. They will pay special attention to all
land business entrusted to them. «*9-ly
W. PH3PPS, ATEORNEY ANDCOUNSELOR AT LA W
• San Antonio, Texas, will practice in the District
Courts of Bexar, Karnes, Caldwell, Hays & Medina
bounties, and in the Supreme and Federal Courts at
instin.
JM. DEYINK & CO., DEALERS IN DRUGS, PAINTS,
• Oils, Varnishes, Brushes, Window Glass, Putty,
iooks and Stationery, &c.. &c. Sign of the Golden
lortar. Main Plaza, San Antonio, Texas.
IfcLEOD AND GIRAUD, Auctioneers, I^and and
General Agents, will attend to all business entrust-
ed to their care on reasonable terms. £5" Office on South
«Vest Corner of Main Ulaza. JOHN D. McLEOD,
May i8, 1855 32-tf. F. "GIRAUD.
2JAMUEL G. DAILEY, would respectfully announce t4
O the eitizeus of Karnesand the surrounding country,
that he is now practicing as a Physician and Surgeon,
and holds himself in readiness to visit all who may
require his services. He is a graduate of the Medical
'College in Augusta, Ga.. and has had several years
practice, and he hopes by strict attention to his business
to receive a liberal «hare of public patronage. Office
at " Travelers Home," Helena. 31-1 y.
®. C. TAS DKRUP. !f. A. JUTCTIETT..
Van derup & mitchell, attorneys and
Counselors at Law, San Antonio, Teva-«. will attend
prontp&y to all business entrusteil to their cs*re. 37-ly
Waul & wn^ex, attob.XKTS AXI> counselor* AT
La#, will practice in the District, Supreme and
federal Geurts of Texas, and attend promptly to all
business intrusted to their charge.
IC^Offic* : On Eitst side of Main Plaza, front room
up stairs, in brick "building* lvu*
|\TSI. H. CIjEVEI.AND. ATTORNEY AND cmJXsELOP.
W at Iaw, will practice in all the Counties of tlr*
Tourth Ju<tici{vl District, and in the Supreme and F
•eral Courts at Austit. AH bunine**entrusted to him will
Ibe careTullv attended 'o. W. H.C. is also Notary Public
i&r Beter County. Office—On Flores street, oppo
ite Commerce street, next door to Italy's old stand
^an Antonio, Texas 9-ly
8. *0*UA*. M. D. n. M. * >RGAX. «. T
np|RS. R. S. k G. M. MORfSAV^ OFFICE on Coir
±J meree street, nt the Dru'/ «|ore of Desmuke k
*We have both a ?ood supply of Medicines and ln«'
iments. Will attend to cnll- at any distance in the co
*ty, and hope bv pro.T5pt attention to bu dness. to m
;a"share of public patronage. R. S. Morgan.-City Ph
•cian. Persons unable 4o pay a hill, will be attended
•free of charge by calling at our office, where one
us can be found at all hours. lfc-tf
Jt'STICT~OF THE PEACE.—JOHN *!.\Lf OY. JIVHCF
of the Peace for the Citv of can Antonio. Offir*
North side of M;litarv Plaia near the Co > t flon«e. if
-will attend pvompflv to bus*ite*s in h - < IHc*al capac :r
and the collection of debts, foreign or domestic, or any
business entrusted to IHm.
ftin Antonfo. Anrust 2VtV 1*51. *
Chai^res street. New Orleans. Importers of French,
wis* and German Dry Goods, at Wholesale. Keep con-
lantly on hand a well selected assortment of Silks. Vel-
vets, Ribbons. Hosiery, Muslins, Ginghams, Madras, and
all kinds of rilk, Cotton and Woolen Goods, which they
sell at manufacturers' prices. uo5-ly
NEILSON, WARD WELL k CO.. SUCCESSORS TO
Richard Patrick & Co., Importers and Wholesale
Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Hardware. Guns, Pis-
tols and Heavy Goods, *241 i earl street, New York.
Joseph Tarratt, Wolverhampton, England.
'John Nelson. New Jersey,
Jekkmiah M. War dwell/)
Walter Tuffs. Jr., >New York.
James C. Patrick. ) 3*-l
PEWTEWRIEDER ASD BI,ERS(H.
MAIN PLAZA. RAY ANTOXIO.
,T ORT BRS.
TL&-AI ^ ajld (le ail l«ea!er< in Musical
Instrument*. t*«I cy Goods. Tovs. Books.
Pictures, Stationer" and Yankee Notions.
Featenreider k B'.ersch. keop the largest as-
aortment of Musical Instruments in Te.ta*; al^oa nn®
■election of Variety Goods, for comntry merc? ants^ 40-t
DR. GRAVES—Has returned to Ssn Antt/fio, for th
purpose of practising in his profession He fatter
himself from many years experience tn the treatment
the diseases of the South, to receiv e a liberal share ot
patronage. , dec 13, 1656.
LACKSlfTTHI NO.—.T. C. MOOI Y. announces to hif
friends and the public, that he Is now prepared *o
do Blacksmithing on the shortest notice. Shop on South
side of Main Plan, where he will do work in his line
of business on as miiderate terms for cash, as can be had
an the city. Horse-shoeing done with dispatch. 27 ft
this vicinity and affianJancc of valuable lum-
ber for building Sirposes is to he found.—
The Mnsquite gra so valuable for range, in
lioth sunuuer and titcr. abounds in various
parts of Denton cof iily. As a wheat grow-
ing region^, this county possesses many acl-
slaverv in the States and Territories; the en- j vantages. The crojv oi wheat last year was
tire exclusion of that excitin? qiu'stion from j plentif'-d, and corn >as made in suthcient
the halls of the national legislature; the right I quantities to supply the demand tor home
of the people of the Territories to come into
the Union with or without slavery, as they
shall deem most expedient for their own in-
terests; in a word, the right to establish such
government, republican in its f atures, as
shall seem to them fit for their wants. On
these doctrines the national democracy of the
South and the North can and will stand, and
preserve this our glorious Union, and main-
tain its constitution as the best inheritance
which can be left to future generations.—
Know-nothingism cannot do it. for it has
already weakened the bonds of society and
of government; marked its local triumphs by
trampling on the purity of the ballot box—
disregarding the rights of others, introducing.
as in Louisville, riots and bloodshed, the
murder of men. women, and children as
substitutes for peaceable and orderly conduct
in elections. Afraid to trust to honor they
bind each orther by horrid oaths; but as a
illegal oath is not obligatory in the sight of
God or man. and ought to be renounced
wit out scruple or hesitation, let them cast
off the self-imposed yoke while they may.
and give us, if they will, a fair, open, and
manly contest.
"How inviting are the principles of our
party! They are, in short,* equal and exact
consumption Mucfi attention is being paid
to the stock raising business. From the
contiguity of the county to Arkansas and
Southern Missouri,.beef cattle command high
prices. The heavy emigration which is set-
tling in that direction affords a home market
for all the surplus produce of the farmer.
The citizens of Denton comity are bestow-
ing a commendable degree of attention upon
tlie education of the rising race. They mani-
fest a disposition to encourage the establish-
ment of schools, churches, ect. Special at-
tention is being paid to the general improve-
ment of society. Mu-h energy, industry and
enterprise are manifested by the citizens.
Several large Flouring and Saw Mills have
been recently put in opeiation. Much atten-
tion is being paid to the cultivation of fruit—
Apples, Peaches, Pears. Plums, Cherries,
ect. have been found to succeed admirably.—
The citizens seem disposed to consider them-
selves at home, as is evinced by the comforta-
ble residences which they have a read}- con-
structed. With the railroad facilities which
Denton will in a few years enjoy, it bids f;iir
to become one of the the most desirable coun-
ties in the State. Good lands in the settle-
ments can yet be purchased at from two to
tive dollars per aero. Excellent soil, more
justice to all men. of whatever State or per- j remote from neighborhoods, but which Willi
suasion, religious or political; the right ofj soon '^e surrounded with inhabitants, can be
States and Territories to administer their own ! purchased at from one to two dollars per acre,
domestic affairs without question from any! ^'le Prevailing religious denominations of
quarter; freedom and equality—the sovereign-
ty of the people, and the right of the majori-
tv to rule when their will is constitutionally
expressed; freedom of religion and freedom of
the press; opposition to all secret political or-
ganizations; the preservation of the naturali-
zation laws; a sacred preservation of the fed-
eral constitution, and no religious test for
office; respect and protection for the rights of
all. This, is in short, the democratic creed.
and is it not fit to be emhraced? Is there
anything in know-nothingism or native-
American or any other ism. that can com-
par with it?
' Our caesc-ir ; i l -.nr j^i-^rrvn n
prevf
the county are Methodist, Baptists and Pres-
byterians.—(Cumberland and Old and New
School.) Connected with these denominations
are several intelligent Ministers of the Gos-
pel, whose labors seem to bi highly appre-
ciated.
Even In? Hours for Mechanics.
"What." says the North of Scotland Gaz-
ette. in an article favoring the early dossing
of'shops. 'what havd eveing hours done for
mechanics who have only ten hours toil?—
What n the morals, what in the religious,
noble ! what in scieatilip world? Darken to these
one; The protection of human rights, the
protection of constitutional privileges, and
resistance to a policy that would weaken,
and, if successful!}' carried out, virtually des-
troy that constitution, are surely induce-
ments enough for every democrat to rally
undrr that good old flag, emblematical of a
thousand triumphs of republican principles
and of law and order, and to demand from
him in this emergency activity and vigilance,
patriotism and firmness, against a party the
most dangerous of any that ever sprung up
,n ^America."
A British Commoner Upon the U. States.
At a public meeting of the Marsden
Mechanics' Institution, at Manchester. (Eng-
land ) on the 14th December. Mr. Bright.
M. P., in the course of a speech deprecating
the war, said:
"Many of you have relatives or friends
in^America. That young nation has a popu-
lanon about equal to ours in these islands.—
It has "a great internal and external com
merce. It has more tonnage in shippping
than we have. It has more railroads than
we have. It has more newspaper than we
have. It has institutions more free than we
facTsF
One of the best editors the Westminister
Review could ever boast, and one of the
most brilliant writers of the passsing hours,
was a cooper in Aberdeen. One of the edi-
ors of a London daily journals was a baker
in Ehiin; perhaps the best reporter of the
London Times was a weaver in Edingburg.
the editor of the Witness was a stone mason.
One of the ablest minister in London was a
blacksmith in Dundee; another was a watch
maker in Banff; the late Dr. Milne, of Chi-
na was a heard bov in Rhyne; the principal of
the London Missionary Society's College at
Ilong Kong was a saddler in the Huntly;
and one of the best Missionaries that ever
Prepare for Planting.
The present is a fovorable time to prepare
for planting, which should be done as early
as the season will permit. Early planted crops
almost invariably turn out good in this cli-
mate. Corn, planted in February, in ground
well prepared, and then afterwards well cul-
tivated. seldom fails, in the drvest seasons,
to produce a good yield. Cotton, planted
early is not half so liable to the destructive
attacks of worms, as late cotton. Deep
plowing as well as early planting, is a consi-
deration of great importance to the Texas
farmer. Both together will enable crop in
our peculiar soil, to withstand, with but little
injury, our most protracted drouths. Al-
though we usually have an abundance of
rain, 3*et onr soil and our climate are pecu-
liarly calculated to rSSist drought for a long
time, without injury to crops. The nights of
summer are cool, and attended with copious
dews, jthat, in their effects upon vegetation,
are almost equal to rain. In short our cli-
mate and our soil may be depended upon, if
the farmer will do his duty.
The recent rains have moistened the ground,
jan put it in a good condition for plowing.
Everything (except cotton) that the farmer
can raise, brings a good price at present; and
it is altogether probable that it will continue
to bring a good price during the next year.
An old Texan with whom we have con-
versed on the subject, concur in the opinion,
that all indication are in favor of the next
season's being a very productive one. The
long cold spell, the hard frosts, and other
things are favorable syniptons, they think.
The farmer, then, has good reason to take
courage, and to begin cheerfully, the. labors
of the year; good crops, and good prices will
soon supply liiin with all desirable comforts,
and render him independent. The farmer in I
Texas with a moderate share of industry and
economy must inevitably become wealthy.
W hile his crops furni.-h the means to supply
all present necessities, his stock of cattle, of
sheep, of hogs, of horses and of mules, is a
permanent and an increasing fund of wealth
upon which he may safely rely for the future.
If the Texas farmer is not independent and
happy, it is certainty his own fault.—Adc.
"Americans shall Rule America."—
The following pertinent remarks from the
Louisiana Courier ca not be too carefully
read or too warmly commended:
'Americans shall rule America.' We re-
peat it. they shall rule. America shall be
governed by her own free and enlightened
native and adopted sons. No band of secret
conspirators shall shape our action, fix our
laws, nominate our legislatures, our execu-
tives, and our judges.
"The free, out spoken voice of right-think-
ing, virtuous, patriotic men shall continue to
shape the opinions of voters, and those voters j
shall continue to give their suffrages as they
choose, untrammelled by illegal pledges, j
unawed by any power, secret or open. Ameri-
cans shall rule America, and not a few dema- |
gogues, by means of the machinery of a 1
secret officer-disturbing cabal; American
voters, and not a few conclaves, councils, or I
lodges of political hypocrites, shall rule the J
From the National Intelligencer.
Estimate of the Agricultural Products of
the United States.
We have been obligingly* furnished from
the Patent Office with the subjoined interest-
ing approximate estimate of the Agricultu-
rate Products of the United States for the
year 1855. made up from the most authentic
accessible data by D. J. Browne, Esq., the
efficient Superintendent of the Agricultural
Division of the Bureau. It may be here
stated that if there be any error in the esti-
mate, it is in falling below rather than above
the truth, either in the quantity or value of
the products:
VEGETABLE PRODUCTS, . .
No. of bushels.
Indian corn 600.000.000
105.000 000
14.0U0.G00
G.G00.000
170.000.000
10.000.000
Total value.
§360.300.000
247.500^000
14.000.000
5.940.000
68.000.000
5,000.090
41,000,000
72,500
10,000.000
3.000.000
10.000,000
33.350.000
2.720.000
4.200.01 0
2.400j000
525.000
25.000,000
50.000.000
19,000.000
136.000.000
3.450l000
' SO,000
1 GO.000.000
143,000,000
DOMESTIC ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS.
Wheat
Rye
Barley
Oats
I.u-'kwheat
Potatoes
(ali sorts)
Flaxseed
Beans & peas
Clover and
grass seed
Rice
ugar-cane
Sugar (ma-
ple)
Molasses
Wine
Hops
Orchard products
Garden products
110.000.000
58.000
9,500.000
1.000.000
250 000.000 lbs.
5U5.000.000 do
34,000,000 do
14.000.000 galls
2 500,000 do
3.500.000 lbs
Tobacco
Cotton
Hemp
Flax
Hay and
fodder
Pasturage
190.000.000 do
1,700,000.000 do
31.500 tons
800,000 lbs
10.000.000 tons
No. of
21,000.000
5.100.000
23^500.000
32.000.000
Total value.
§420,000.000
300.600,000
47.000.000
1 GO.000,000
20:000 000
200,000,000
75.000,000
meal dictate comes from a foreign Or derpestic j
tyrant; Americans will not obey it. Echo the j
watchword, ye Buntlinites. until you are
hoarse, and hear from democrats the loud and
long refrain; Our country shall continue to
be governed by her rightful citizens, whose
welfare is most at stake, whether they are
Americans lj3- birth or choice; and as long as
Americans rule themselves they will know
precisely what value to set on secret pros-
ecutive and fanatical conclaves."
Horned cattle
Horses, asses
and mules
Sheep
Swine
Poultry
Slaughtered animals
Butter and
cheese 500,000,000 lbs
Milk, (exclu-
sive of that
used for but- x
ter and
cheese) 1.000.000.000 gal
Wool ' 60,000.000 lbs
Beeswax and
honey IG.000,000 do
Silk cocoons 5.000 do
Death of Robert Schcyler.—The fol-
lowing lette s from Paris appears in the New
York Courier des Etats Unis of December.
10;
• Robert Schuyler died about the middle of
last month, at his resilience in the environs of
Genoa, where he had !>een living for some
rii ■" hi t|ie Strictest
100.000.000
21,000,000
2.400.000
5.000
An Abolitionist Tarred and Feather-
ed.—The citizens of Lexington were verj
much incensed, on Friday last, upon reading
an article published in the Statesman, copied
went to India was a tailor in Re tli. The from a paper in Oxford, Ohio. It purported
leading machinist on the London and Birm-. have been written in Lexington, and gave
a account of Christmas, Day in that city
with many violent and false comments upon
the institution of slavery in K -ntucky. The
letter was signed J. B.. the initials, as was
ascertained of a person (J. Bready) who had
as a teacher
ingham railway, with £700 a year was a
mechanic in Glasgow; and perhaps the very
richest iroif.fnnnder in England was a work-
ing man in Moray. Sir Jame Clark, her
Majesty's physician, was a druggest in Banff
•Joseph Hume was a sailor first, an I then a j,een for some time employed
laborer, at the pestle and mrotar 111 Montrose; in one of tlle citv schools.
MA
Till NI>KK LUiHTNING! — LOOK Ol'T! — K. V.
k J. II. McNUTT. having bought Messrs. Jordii
1AU
k
Whitlocks Stock of Lijrhtnintr Kod<. ar« prepared to put
hera up in Sequin. San Antonio, (ionzafes. I.ockhai^t or
Vu.stin. and th*- surronndinjr country and we hereby res-
pectfully solicit the public patronage. 3o-l v
M. FOniJl S k CO.. COMMISSION AND FORWAP-
• in-/ Merchants. Fort I-avaca. Texas. Wholesale an«l
detail fsealers in Staple and Fancy Pry Goods, Shoe*
flats. Clothing. Groceries. Wines and Liquors. ly
IMTORTKRS ANI PF.A I.F.I :
Earthenware, No. £5. Water
street, near Old Slip, New Voik N. W. Bi'KTlSS.
A. WHITE. s*. P. SOUTHER v.
^OITHERN k WIITTE. F.ECKIYTNO. FOI!WARI lV<
^ and Commission Merchants, Indiamda. Tex > ltber::l
Ivances made on shipments to our correspondent.- in
ew Orleans and New York. W-1y
which is no fruit of its institutions, but an
unhappy legacy of the past. It has also
r> C. WKTMORE it ri>_
V* of China. Glass and
Mr. McGreggon. the member from Glasgow,
was a poor boy in Ross-shire; James Wilson
the member from Westbury. was a plough-
man in Haddington, and Arthur Anderson,
hav. the slavery of the South excepted; and the member of Orkney, earned his bread by
• ... . the sweat of his brow in the Ultima Thule.
What an array of great working men.—
sreat manufacturing interest in different! Like in New En land, the excellent parish
branches. That is the young giarft whose' schools of Scotland have made her sons
shadow ever grows, and there is the true j honored and renowned throughout the world,
rival of this country. How do we stand or | The evening hours of our young mechanics
start in the ract-? The United States Gov-
ernment, including all the Governments of
all the sovereign States, rises in taxes proba-
bly from £12.000,000 to Xlo Oi '0,0000 sterl-
ing in the year. England this year will
raise in taxes and loans and will expend
nearly £100.000.000. This population must
raise and will spend probably £80.000.000
within this year more than that population
will raise and spend, and in America there is
far less poverty and pauperism than in En<r
land. Can we run this race on there terms
and against these odds? Can we hope to be Whitfield's First Sermon.—W ritinrr on
as veil off as America if the products ofKhis snbject to a friend from Gloucester, on
our industry are thus swept awav bv the tax-1 the 30th -June. 1080. Mr. \\ bitfield thus re-
gather and in the vain scheme of saving !fers to the first semi on lie ever preached:—
Europe from imaginary dangers? Can j '"Last Sunday, in the afternoon. I preached
poverty be lessened among us. can education ' hiv first sermon in the church of St. Marv
spread can the brutalitv of so many of onr de Crvpt, where I
population he uprooted can all or anv thing j first received the
that good men look for come to us. wlnl the Supper. Curiosity
fruits of our industry, the foundation of aP (drew a lart-e eov^r
soci-d and tnorsl ^o'cl ar<' squandered in this? occasion. Th.-sip
are more valuable than they are aware of.
and it would be better if in our cities sonv
better places of resort were to be found for
the mental encouragement of our yomig men.
There are few who have had an opportunity
of judia? like ourselves of the great necessity
of good Mechanics' Associations for our young
nien. Some such institutions woo them from
the many snares and foolish wiles that lead
them into fully, and keep the mind dark for
want of knowledge. *
""tie Was nut - vtiituHtt t?y ~ us
frauds; on tiie contrary, he receivetrtVom
America the funds necessary for his subsis-
tence. '
•'The place of his residence would have
been known a long time ago if certain per-
sons occupying important positions in the
management of several railroads. cspeci-.i'\
of the New Haven railroad, had not been
deeply interested in securing his silence, and
absence from the country.
'•Since his departure from America his
health has been on the decline, and he finally-
died of grief and mortification.
"Several eminent financiers of New York
will not be sorry to learn the news of his
death. He lias left, as I am informed^ great
number of impo tant papers, which willbe
published. 'I hey will form a curious chapter
in the history of speculating enterprises in
the New World. The corpse has been inter-
red terifporarily, and will probably be trans-
ported to America."
What Peter the Great saw iu England;
Peter the Great, while in England, was as
shy and unwilling to be seen as Peter the .
Wild Roy. He was presented at a ball giv-
en at Kensington by King William, in honor
of the birthday of the princes Anne, after-
ward Queen; or rather he may be said to
have seen the ball, for his shyness confined
him to a small room, from which he could
see without being seen. When he saw King
William on his throne in the House of Lords
(a sight he had expressed a particular wish
to see.) it was not from the gallery, nor from
bellow the bar of the house, but from a gut-
ter 'n the 1 o ise-top, from which he was en-
abled to peep through a window into the
house. lie retired from this unpleasant point
sooner, it is said, than he intended;—for he
made so ridiculous a figure (says Lord
Dartmouth, who was present.) that neither
king nor peer could forbear laughing. He
He was takm to all our London sights at
that time, of any moment. To the lions and
armories in the tower, to the monuments
a v! w x figures in Westminster Abbey, to
Lambet'i Palace, to the mrs-juerade on the
last night of the Temple revels, and to the
two theatris in Drury-Lane and Po fet-gar-
dens. He was chiefly attracted by the Tow-
er and performances in Drury-Lane.
The wild beasts and implements of war
were adapted to his rough nature, while the
charms of the beautiful Miss Cross, the ori-
ginal Miss Ilovden, in Vanburg's Relapse,
and the first actress who had " MLss': prefix-
ed to her name in p'ay-bills, were so engag-
ing that the rough Czar of Russia became
enamoured of her beauty. Of this Miss C.
the story is told in the Spectator that when
she first arrived in the Low Countries she
was not computed to t e so handsome as
Madame Tan Brisket by near half a ton.
There i a fine old mezzotino which still pre-
serves to use the features that won the heart
of Peter the Great. He did not speak En-
glish. nor is he known to have been at all
desirous of learning it; few of his sayings
have ther fore been prese. u >d. Three, how-
ever. have reached us. He told Admiral
Mitchell that he considered the condition of
an English Admiral happier than tl at of &
Czar of Russia. To King William he ob-
served, "Ifl were the adviser of your Maj-
esty, I should councel jou to remove your
Court to Greenwich, and to convert St. Jas.
once more into an hospital." When in West-
minster Hall, he inou:rtd who the busy gent-
lemen were in wigs and gowns, and being
told they were Lawyers, " Lawyers." said
he. Why I have but two in my whole dom-
inions, and I design to hang one of them th$
moment I get home."—Dickens' Household.
Words.
Cruelty.—Under this caption the Chi-
cago Times makos he foltowing good hit:
A woman has been arrested and fine $50
in Bufialo, for scalding, intentionally, a little
girl, by pouring boiling hot water down her
back. The little girl was playing at the door,
and this means was resorted to to drive her
away. African slavery does not exjst in Buf-
falo, and tliercfijjK this act uf barbarous cruel-
*' *•"" —* Tlfrntinn nf"tha
Feeling that this man, who had been re-
ceived and hospitably entertained, was guilty
of great wrong in thus calumniating the peo-
ple and institutions of that section, after night
a party of almost ty.o hundred repaired to his
lodgings. lie was informed of the mission
of the company, and, though fearful of the
chill night, could not h -sitate in accompany-
ing the party. He was conducted to the
Courthouse yard, and there stripped. A large
quantity of pitch had been prepared for the
occasion, with the contents of several bags of
fciithers. The clothing was speedily remov-
ed from the body of Brady, and the pitch
applied to the thickness of an inch. Then
the feathers were nicely planter!, and Brady's
head shaved clo.se to the scalp, save two locks
near the forehead. He was then set loose,
and charged to sin no more. More severe
punishment would have been administered
liad it not been for the wife of Bradjr, a
beautiful and estimable lady.
Brady applied to a physiiiin to remove
the tar, but it \va-> found utt rly impossible,
fie left on the morning train for Covington
and the land of Black Iiepulicans.—Louis-
ville Courier. Jan. 14.
A Strong Hint.—The congregation of a
church in Maine, a few years ago, in town
meeting, proposed to increase the salary of
thwr old and faithful minister to an amount
corresponding with the increased wealth of
the society. The motion was in a fair way
of passing, when, to the surprise of every
one, the oid gentleman rose and begged his
friends not to vote a larger sum for him. On
being pressed for his reason, he declared he
war, opposed to voting any more money, be-
cause it "was so difficult to get what had
formerly been voted !" The people were put
in a roar of laughter; the increase was voted,
and what was better, promptly paid.
.NOnh," wftufe is- eo wocii aroused at ttie-re^
lations of tfie^fihielties experienced by ne-
groes at the South. By the way, the Bufia-
lo Republic recently held Senator Douglas
responsible for the black eyes which an abol-
itionist received in a light in Kansas. Why
should he not be held responsible for this
"e liding affair ? Both events have happened
since the passage of the Nebraska act.
Wealthy Men.—The member of the
house of Rothschild, whose death we have
already announced left a property worth 80 -
000,000 golden, which is some $12,000,000.
The New York Express thinks is not much,
considering the golden reputation of the
Rothschilds. It says th t Astor. of JNew
York, is worth eight millions, and that
Whitney, of the s- me city, is worth seven
million*. It will be thought presently that
the Rothschilds are no 'great shakes,' after
all.
Woman's Influence.—From the lips of
woman, every infant hears the first accents
affection, and receives the first lessons of ten-
derness and love—For the approbation o£
woman, the grown-up youth will undertake
the boldest enterprise, and brave every diffi-
culty of study, danger, and evert death itself.
To the happiness of woman, the man of
maturer years will devote the best energies
of his mind and body; and' from the soothing
and affectionate regard of woman, the man
who is become venerable in years, derives
his" chief consultation in life's decline.
CAUTION TO TIII3 PUBLIC!!
SOMF. it son or f-er*c>n< have been b* sy to circulate
various fal ehoods. ab«*ut the robbery of my store
n the nijht of the flth instant. 1 won Id caution
11 the honest portion of this community to be
•n fheir jruard. and to note the person or persons who
■"re;'Into .-: id report:—i* \* «n old dodtre reported to by
halves.intended tom' lead those who may be upon M-eir
r ,rk—and can oiily*ri«rin;ite with the 'hieves them-elves
>r with nersons connected with them.
41 tf A. M. P1CVOW1TTY.
R.
Pursue th" phantom of military srlorv fo
lOTTV-'OV. G&lve-cton. Texas. Commissioner *
for every State in the L'nion. Inst rumen'
acknowledged before a Xo ary or other com]*etent offie
in any co inty in the .-Mate of Texas, and certified 1< I
me a> commissioner can be used and recorded in an
^tate in the l'nion. Pocmnenta forwarded tg n
through the lfcari?, will meet with prompt attention
Fee. $2. Sept. 27, 1855. n
MANTUA MAKER.
MISS. MAI.1E BKRCi MAN', is vow prkparfo to
take anv work in the line of Mantua mat, in".
rind can give satisfactory testimonials to those
desiring. Her establishment is on Commerce . , . .
^♦eeet. in ?nd story of the hou^e of C Keische, (above the kite COH16S OOWI1 I1C Will JJ1VC
Teitung office.)
ten years an I expend in 'hat time a sum
equal to all the visible property of Luncas
bin* and Yorkshire, and then compare your
-elf with tho United States of America, an !
uhere will you be? P-mperisin. crime. :iinl
political anarchy are the legacies we are pre-
paring for onr children and there is no escape
for us unless we change our coutsc find re
solve to disconnect ourselves from the policy
which tends incessantly to embroil us wit!-
the nations of the continent of Europe."
—
"I like to see the dear little creatures amu-e
' 1} themselves." said Mrs. IJrown. when hereld-
nit I was comforts
>f the Divine pres.
tho church
w.as baptized, and also
sacrament of the Lord's
. as you may easily guess,
gation together upon the
it :tt first a little awed me;
1 with the heart-felt sense
nee, and soon found an
inisptakal le
eustoili 'd to
school and
prisoners and |
houses whil -t a
means I was k'
Illlieli. As 1 j.l
kind ei'. till at
amidst la c v'.mI
my infant, child
to spi-nk with S'
itv.
answers
ss-tf
J< B.x < VKESI I!
JOBSO. ' K"E?R .iCf K.
GROF.SRF.FXK St FR F.N CIV.
« AN" AVTOMO. .I t X AS.
Grocers «* Dealers in
Foreign ana1 Domestic Exchange.
Collection* will be promptly #tt*nde<l to and runit-
tancea ma'le to alt point? tha* maybe desireil. 14-ly parts.
er t>oy took a visitor's new bonnet and affixe
it to the tail of his kite. "Never fear." saiil
the pood old lady to her visitor, when she j
saw her bonnet in the air. •• as soon as the
it to you." j
Potash, (the ley of ashes boiled down into
a salt,) mixed with grease, forms soft soap. |
Soua, mixed with grease, forms hard soap. |
For the want of soda, soap manufacturers use
advantage of having been ac-
mMie speaking when a boy at
if exhorting an<l teaching the
po<>r people at their private
the University. Uv these
t from lieing flaunted over
>ceede i. I perceived the lin-
a-t. though so young, and
>f tho-e who kneiv me in
;}i days. 1 tnM I was enabled
in • degree of gospel author j
mocked, but most for the
] present seemed struck; and I have since heard i
| that a coinp'aitit had been made to the bishop
' that I drove fifle -u m id the first sermon.— j
! The worthy prelate, as! am informed, wish©"
the madness mij^.t not be forgotten befoi
' next Sunday.
Some feu-
Col. Richardson's answers to the Know
Nothings and Republicans.
The only candidate for Speaker who ans-
wered all the questions propounded to him
riy his adversaries in the double opposition
was the democrat!" candidate. The report of
the proceedings will show that, whilst both
Mr. Fuller and Mr. Banks failed entirely to
answer any of the questions of Mr. Bingham,
(republican). I'ol. Richardson met them
promptly and fully. The questions propoun-
ded by his own friends, Mr. Boycc of South
Carolina and Mr. Barksdale of Mississippi,
received a similar prompt response. Both
Mr. Hanks and Mr. Fuller fiiled to meet the
question of the proscription of foreign-born
citizens and Catholics, which we attribute to
the instinct common to the order of which
they are members, of withholding their posi-
tion upon this grave question. And to the
same cause mav be attributed the failure of
both to admit or deny their membership of
J the secret order, though particularly intcrro-
■ gated thereto.— Union.
"What Shape Xext?—Speaking of tie
future of Sam. the Louisiana, Courier says:
"We are altogether in the dark as to what
Sam' will be next year. That a contest
will he offered us on the native-American
basis none need debut. The nominating
convention of the lanternites will meet, and
they will nominate a candidate; but who or
what he will be, or what principles he will
profess. F.one can tell. •Sr.ih' has shown hit! -
self in such a variety of shapes, is so aboli-
tionized in some sections, soanti-Catholicized
in others, so berid with political preachers
in all portions of the country, and has been
compromised in so may thousand ways, that
no new form will at all astonish us.''
A MAX AND HIS BOTTLE DUG OCT OP THE
snow.—A few days ago some men were en-
gaged in cleaning the snow from the sidewalk
near IIee'3 foundry. New ~York. and after
digging away a bank of several feet deep,
much to their surprise, they came accross a
man sleeping quietly beside his bottle. He
had taken lodgings on the walk the evening
previous, and got snowed under. Elis breath
had made a hole in the snow, and thus he
was furnished with fresh air.
Enamelled Cards.—An exchange says:
"A little child of our acquaintance was ren-
dered seriously ill last week by chewing a
handsome enamelled ball ticket, which its
mother had given it to play with. For the
benefit of those who do not know, we would
>tatc that the enamel on the.se cards contains
urconie
Neoes
sity is lik
sity knows no laws."
• a "real uiaiiv lawvi
Well, neces-
A witty doctor say:
(hat
A pretty pair of eyes arc the best mirrors
to shave by.
'•Yes," replied a bachelor on reading the
, . above. " many a man has been shaved by
tight lacing is a 1 ti,era
common salt, which i the muriate of soda, public benefit, as it kills off the foolish girls
/•omnosed of soda and chlorine in about equal I and leaves the wise oues to grow up to be j •"Punch teaches book keeping 111 one les-
coinpusw | ! son of three words—' never lend them.'
■ women.
Farming in Texas.—Texas presents
great inducements to farmers of small means.
One man can easily make six hundred
bushels of corn, four hundred bushels of
sweet potatoes, two hundred bushels of Irish
potatoes, one hundred bushels ef onions, l>e-
sides a variety of other garden vegetables.
All the productions just mentioned, will, if
near a market, command on an average one
dollar per bushel, adding two hundred for
other vegetables, poultry, &c. and we have
the round sum of fifteen hundred dollar# as
the result of one year's labor of one man.
In the meantime his real estate would be in-
creasing in value, and his stock growing up
around him so that in a few years he would
be possessed of a competency.
As is th? cu-tom in New York, the Mayor
of that city received calls on New Year's day
at his office. Over four thousand persons
paid their respects to Mayor Wood, and suc-
ceeded in making way with 31 bushels of
cakes and 1 GO gallons of lemonade. Many
old topers are s id to have visited the Mayor
in hopes of gtiting a horn or two, but on find-
j ing noth'n^ but lemonade they left, grievously
•disappointed.
' w ■
Railroads in Ohio.—The railroads of
Ohio already nearly equal those of New
York, and in a few years will overtake and
pass than. The Cleveland Plaindealer says
ihat Ohio has at present 2.725 miles of rail-
road complete, while New York has only
2,791 uules.
The Columbia Carolinian says:
We have heard of sales of negroes, oi\
la:-t sale day, at several court-houses iu the
upjwr d stricts. generally averaging from §600
to §520 for gangs of fort y to one hundred."
Pennsylvania U. S. Senator.—Letter
writers from llarrisburg say that Governor
Porter's chanc*s for election as IT. S. Senator
are daily improving, and that his success is
more then probable. The Goveraor is enga-
ged in the iron business.
There were 232.2JiJapplicat 10 s for bounty
land warrants received at the Pension Bureau
during the past year, of which number 77.-
7U0 were granted.
.
When is a man thinner than a shingle?—
When he is a shaving.
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Huston, E. G. San Antonio Texan (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 1856, newspaper, February 7, 1856; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth232674/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.