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E;e HUSTON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
OFFICE, IN THE OLD VERIMENDI HOUSE, SOLID AD ST.
TEXAN.
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JSC
TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE".
VOL. VIII.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS: THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1856.
. 41.
Jlrofrssional Carlo.
A A. IJEWIAATTORNEYANU OOOXdELOE AT
A* !«—. ■ Tto*. will UlwrfyonyUy to.
21-ly
eSQCB, Attob**t at Law ixi Grauui Lug
• Ann, F—munwM, Tans, will practice in
tU I^CMdior Dm Fourth Jmdlcal District, and in the
SoacNM and Maril Oanrta at Austin He will give
Ayeclal a ad prompt attention to the collection of debts,
4>ad to bayiax, selling and locating lands, and to procur.
iH fsttati for lands la any portion of Western Texas.
pnima a. B08BKLL, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR
V «f Law aad. Notorjr Public, Helena, Karnes County
'Texas, will practice in the Courts generally throughout
, Western Texas, and attend promptly to business entrust-
is distance. 37-ly
Business €ariis.
HOT AND COLD BATHS.
MADAM MASSE respectfully announces to the ladies
uid gentlemen of San Antonio, that she has fitted
up, at considerable expense a large and oommodjtms
where she is prepared to accommodate persons with Ut
and cold baths. 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-ly
Ck. 8TRBBBUNG, Attobscy akd CoosakixoB at
• Law, Hetsaa, Karnes county, Texas. Having
pemaaentiy located la Helena, weald respectfully teu
-der Ms professional services to the eitisans of Karnds
and the t^joisisf counties. All business confided to
Us care will be attended te with promptness and dis-
prntehT 2«-ly
Tkl t KAPf"S WATER CORE, SSTERDALE, COMAL
to,-ire of a J-Co^aan Antonio
TtEBHAT k QOINTERO, Interpreters and translators
'.jlJ at the French and Spanish languages,
Saa Antonio Texas.
EO. HUSTON, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT
• Law, Saa Antonio, Texas, will attend promptly to
all he rieess* tirtrsrrtH •" Vr Bounty Land Warrants
-%reeered far soldiers, or the widows and orphans of sol-
diers, in the least possible time, and upon the most reaso-
Xar be foond at all times at his office on
35-ly
Tl J. FRYOR, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT
•J?± a -Law, Saa Antonio, Texas, will practice in the Dis-
trict Courts of Bexar, Medina, Gillespie, Comal, Guada-
lape, Caldwell, Gonzales and Karnes counties, and in the
Federal and Supreme Courts at Austin. 49* Office—On
..PMteAce "street, opposite the storehouse of Messrs.
Oroesbeeek * Freaefc-
T?BANK EGAN, ATTORN'E'/ AND COUNSELOR AT
A Law, and Ge*er*l Land Agent, das Antonio, Texas.
All business entrusted to him will receive his strict and
prompt attention. W Office—Opposite the Court-
Heu.se. .
v r. suck
f1 RAVES & .SLACK, Attorneys and Counselors At Law.
UF Saa Antonio. Texas, will* practice ia the Courts of
ilextr, Molina. (iille jpie, tiuailalupe. Karnes, tionxales
ia<t Csli-nm Conntiu.: also, in the Supremr Courts at
Aauin. O* OSie—<S rner of Main I'lazi, i-ve- l,e-
riue's itog Store. *S tf.
MS-WITT, f XEWTOJI. T. S M ckxkt.
rn\VITT, &BWTON fc ;vlcCK.VKV. Auonu yj
aud Counselors at Ls&vr. 3a:i Auionfu,
vjfi :u ou Plaza, war Ka ch. <!fc Co
Et^'ora. •' r- . 'p:i 1
Hr
H.
M. A.TIURXi+Y JLSI* CC ~
la -. ian aatbru^ texid.
Brick bulldis*; ftc. 1, up stairs.
TX'm
:V> S
>aio.
£3* AT I* AY/, :-.i
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!
Dentists Plate prepared and Jewelry repaired at short
notice. Saddles, Bridles and Walking Canes mounted
with gold and silver in the best style. Orders from
distance, attended to with promptness and' despatch
Main street, four doors east of the Main Plaza,
in Brick Building.
Know BTothinglsm and Black Republican-
ism Despairing
JULIUS BEREND6, COMMERCE STREET, OPPOSITE TO
J Rose & McCarthy, Books akd Statconsby, Papers,
Fancy Toy-Books, Pictures, etc. 40-ly
J ULES POINSARD, BUILDER BY CONTRACT, FLORES
street, opposite A. Martin ex. Has the honor of in-
forming the public, that he is 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 anc
papering. Drafting, Architecture, and laying off of gar-
dens attended to. Pise work at $1 76 per perch; and
also a lot of parlor statutes for sale. 8-3m
JM. DEVTNE & CO., DEALERS IN DRUGS, PAINTS
. Oils, Varnishes, Brushes, Window Glass, Putty,
Books and Stationery, &c., &c. Sign of the Golden
Mortar. Main Pl&za, San Antonio. Texas.
VTcLEOD AND GIRAUD, Auctioneers, Land and
General Agents, will attend to 411 business entrust
ed to their care on reasonable terms. S3" Office on South
West Corner of Main Plaza. JOHN D. McLEOD,
May 28, 1855 32-tf. F. GIRAUD.
Marburg a foster, 44 pienville. corner of
Chartres street. New Orleans. Importers of French,
Swiss and German Dry Goods, at Wholesale. Keep con-
stantly on hantf a well selected assortment of Silks, Vel
vets. Ribbons. Hosiery. Muslins, Ginghams, Madras, and
all kinds of Silk, .Cotton and Woolen Goods, which they
^ellat manufacturers' prices. no5-ly
N1
Richard Patrick & Co., Importer? snd 'Wholesale
Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Hardware. Guns, Pis-
tols and Heavy Goods. ^41 J'earl street. New York.
'..sera Tarratt. Wolverhampton. England.
John Nztaox. New Jersey,
Jerkvuh M. Wakdweii,"")
Walter Trvrs. Jr., v>-V" York.
Jajses C. Patrick i 36-1
Rm.* r> . rovMi= tovTnt'-^^r.KtvTp-
« inifcterehants. Port s.v9ca, If-sss. Y* :: -V ale nr
Retail r>e^sr.-: in .--iaplc ar.j : Itv -i.op-'
Hats.'Clwt'nin?. Grorerien T i ■ c" . V
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v\
1 +>ax is vf li-t F-iU-ia « *i '•■U'.ricU
and ui Uufl ai austia. Ikiafcedi milra-twl
a*. ca.<, ul to.
H. wiU.Ua .t mat gfeggff
R.
R
f Cains Gi%S3 F-irt.-CH '*3r-_, . 0. *.T at -r
near O'A Slit, Nvr'-v N 'V BUI^TTr^S.
h:tt *' t" ~ s r. ^in rrrsn?:.
Hh 'vr-nTK. PS'2* :VI>:C ^OrwAPMNG
Coa mSi5ioii"If«r?'cVr . Texas. !«bem!
•3 it o jr corresbon<*ent?
■i.• n•.« Vrh. * 1 J>-1 ▼
*, '!Vxa* . f oroiiiis-iont'r nt
*ry Sti'tP ?n fhe Cnion. fn'trum^n*!^
ro a Votary or other enmper« nt office*
r. the S'ate of Texas. an l cfrtitie'l to bv
ioner can be use5 an«1 recorded in an*
in ai.r c.v nf r ?r
rr. a-i yomm:
«? aii cSTSureiixrtcff
SkLY AND LUUSstJJUR
at Uv, Hmrn iaiomin, Texan. % 7-y
/ uftict. Vaw the Cnvrt-Houie.
uf IL DCSCXS, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT
4) • Lav, Shi irtwrio, Tern, will practice in Ike Di*-
XmllWrU Ifcnr, Medina, flillw|H^ Comal, Guaria-
Kkw, < filn and Canlwell cuuutiej, and in tlie
y deral aMd*we*eCourt«at AuMtiu. 37-lr
T \KB CAUI^ ATVMiCNEY AND tX>6'NotlJ>R AT LAW.
« Uubor3!e, Tm< will attend pruaiptly to all
b tslaeiw entrusted to his care. S-ly
J.T. GRAVES, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LA W.
• Amstia, TravU,County, Texas, will practice in the
liHrict and ^upresee Courts, at tlils State, and the DU-
trittCwUsf the United States. Will pay strict at ten-
t" i Vtavestigatiagaad perfecting lAndlltle.i; collecting
ml iltdiiMi af Debts against the late Republic of. Texas ;
a*-A lehtaef every other description. S-ly
JACOB WJO,PER, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT
Law, Saa. Antonio, Texas.; will practice in the District
C parte af the Fourth Judicial District, the Supreme and
} edrral Courts at Austin, aad will attend to all profes-
sional kssiassi entrusted to his- care. Office—On
fsiaaera street,' two doors west of Vial'sTia shop, first
U mr si las aew two story building. 7-lv
3W. SEED. ATTORNEY. It COUNaKI<0& AT LAW,
• Saa Aatealo, Texas. Will attend promptly to all
Vis^aeas eatraxted to'hfs care.
- (7"Jmos : Soathwast corner Main Plaxa, one door
Wrst of Method * Olraad's. 1yn2
, 1. ^ i San \ gko. w. raecHAL,
t>u. m. nuitnc, j Aatouio. j Austin.
P votia1. ft STR1BLING, ATTORNEYS AND COUN
seWrsat Law, Saa Antonio and Austin, will practice
in the Sepreeee aad Federal Courts at Austin and Gal-
tmisi, aad 1a the District Courts of the Second and
Fasrtk BUtrtcta, aad in Goaxalea aad Goliad, of the
[aatk Bslild. They will pay i special attention to all
land ksltsss aatrnsted to them. 39-ly
OAWJEL 6. DAILEY, would respectfully announce to
* the dtlssai af Karnes ami the surrounding cdontry,
that ha is new practicing as a PhyaieUd and Surgeon,
and hetde himself ia rsadlmses to visit all who may
rsaiiit Ua services. He is a graduate of the Medical
Csttsfl ia Aagasta, 6a., and has had several years
yraslh% aad ha hopes by strict attention to hie business
le receive a liberal share of public patronage. Office
af " Travelers House," Helena. «-ly.
in I"ni*>n. Pocum< ntH forwarded to m<*
t>roii?h the mail*, will meet ,with prompt attention.
I've. $?. Sept. 27. 1865. n50-l v
G H. NELSON"
aoXETSSSlaaOs
iiT T. ir
H- 11>"
I.ytle. County Assessor ana on Solednd
street, opposite the Texan office. 8an Antonio. 26-1 y
JAJCM YANCB.
w« TAvrv:.
..VANCE & BRO.,
DEALERS m mmi M-rohambise,
M.V AYTOJVIO, TEXAS.
AGENTS IN NEW YORK,
W. II. LECIIFORD & CO.,
NO. 10 BROADWAY.
REi"tiVlN<x and Forwarding Agent at Port I-avara.
Texas, C, II. Jordan. 25 ly
K. L GRAVES,
Doctor of Physic and Surgery.
RBSPKCTFULLY offers his services lo the ritiz«ns
of San Antonio and viciniiy in the various bran-
ches of his protest ion.
Office, over the Drugstore of Dr. Dcvine, where lie
may be found from 9 A M. to 6 P.M. jan. '-if.
FENTBNRIEDER AND BLERSCH.
MAIN, PLAZA, SAN ANTONIO.
Wl£l5®^and Retail Dealer* in 4i icai
Instruments, Fancy Goods. Toys, Books,
Pictures. Stationery and Yankee Notions.
P.'fttenreider t Blersch, keep the largest as-
sortment of Musical InMtruments in Texas; also a fine
eleetion of Variety Goo<ls. for country merchants 40-tf
joek D. Gftl>yS*ZECK. . . «, JOHN C. FKEXCH.
6ROESBEECK & FRENCH,
RAN ANTDJJlO.-TF.XAS,
Grcooera db Cealera in
Foreign and Domestic Exchange.
Collection*-will befpromptly attended to- and remit-
tances made to ill points tnatmay be desired. 14-1 y
% c. tam nut. *-
TTAM DCRL1P k MITCHELL, ATTORNEY'S AND
V Caaasalars at Lav, San Antonio, Texas, will attend
>ies ptly t all b«si ess entrnsted to their care. 37-ly
tAU'L * WILSON, Attoetbts ±m Cocmnou at
Law, will practice ia tke IHstrict, Supreme and
Federal Oaarte of Texas, aad attend promptly to all
tsslases iatrnsted to their charge.
a^OSea : Oa East side ofxaia Plata, front room,
mp stairs, la brick baiWag-
nm. H. CLEYELAN P. ATTORNEY XN1> air X8EU)
,ff at Law, will praettoa ia all the Coanties of thc
foarth Judicial District, aad la the Supreme and Fed
•ralCearteat Aastl*. All business entrusted to him will
he earefaBy attended to. W. H. C. is also Notary Public
far Una* County. g^Odn—Next door to Carolanfc
ting's Aectien Keotus. *-ly
k $ ■sanir. a. d. e. u. xobgas, *■ d
D- .its. K_ S. * G. M. MORGAN'S OFFICE on Com
} mum street, at tke Drag store of Oesmnke k. co-
lt* ham both a good supply of Medleiaee aad Instrn"
^Mta will it teal te calls at aay distance ia the eoun
(I aad hope br prompt attentloa to business, to merit
-a shareer pubBe patreasge. R. 8. Morgan, City Phyrf-
ela . l*e« seas aaable te pay a bill, will be attended
fee-* of sham by oalliag at our offlee, where one ef
lis can Ke hm at ail hwn. 18-tf
/"irSHMAN * CO.. IMPOKTEHS AND JOBBERS OF
V Fancy aad Staple Pry Goods, No. '■ Cortland street,
opposite National Hotel. New Yoric. Con A. CusLman,
Aloazo R. Clubman, John H- H. Cu?hman.
A large assortment of IMwestl: Ciaods Constantly on
hind.—5!e#«r . C. A Cq:, will al«o V«?p a T.ir*e an<! ell
- selected stock of especially altpW to ' ae Mexi-
can market. Jine 6. 5•>
GTRARP «RE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMi'ASV
of PhiUdelpbi" — r'""
H. ^ FR._OSSWALD,
Itfovixiysr pub dig
OFFICE—At his store, west of the new Bridge, and
acrosa the street from the Ordnance Departmeut.
San Antonio,'March 6, 1856 ly
MAILLER, INGRArHA 91 to CO.,
©'©iPS'OSS'
. ■ , AND
commission Merchants,
PORT LAVACA. TEXAS.
J. C. MAILER, GEO. T. IN GRAHAM, J*.
RIFEIIRCKS:
MW" ^r.tDod^°; * C<" }New Orleans.
Russel & Vining, )
>New York.
Mailler k L rd,
N. Knight A Co. j
18-ly
^Office—145 Cbcnut Sires*
riMH'. AntUo#ised capitxl
ONES, Pre^iicat. Hoa.
Ualted States Ho'.^l
$300,W> Hon. JOEL
-W WOOD".VARi>. Vice ?re«ldeat.
DBtECTORS.—Wm. M. = iin, Thome- c--*ven. W,n_ ..
Hacker, i*. D. Shercan. Wm r. Ru-Iman. II. A. hheekel
feed, J. P- Steiner, Jeremtah Walker, J bo. Mc^i-.r*, aul
Tharlow, Wjn. H. Siwers, l irman-hepperd.
pach, Jr. H. N. B-irrougi
Mitchell. Saunel Jones, M
•«t9MMt«y. Aif^c^tt,
'ts-Tfj '• ^ J""'1"
S4T.E, lie. i^'iraadway, J'ow 4'ork- 0. * -o.
-will ai'-eys «et^ ^mii '«
of Ms id
EO
Jno
fder. Itw. C.
II ft. <ioefc'balI, Assist
EDWSN C. ESTES,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No. 71 Pine Street, New York.
SOLICITS consignments of Cotton, Wool, Hides
and other produce, and ordere for the purchase of
Merchandise of any sort for Merchants, Planters and
others.
mxriBKKcxs:
Messrs. McKean. Hanleman & Co., Prairie Lea.
'* Young & Tliompxmi.Segniu. Texas
" Monroe A Brother. Gonzales.
Mr Alexander Henderson. Bexar County 21-ly
WILLIAM CHRYSLER
wholesale and retail
Manufacturer and Dealer it; all kinds of
CABINET FURNITURE, CHAIRS,
Mattressoa, dbo.,
Ii A V AC 1, THXAS,
HAS al«o on liantl a larpe su^plr of Txntk^w
Sash which hv ia w.lli&K to sell at reasonable
rites Al&c. a l*rge supply of Wjiogojs of ditTerrut
kinds all of a sujierior «|«ial *y. an I T'r^w.j
lates :mprovemen*«« wbieb l e u rfTerjiiir v<rj
H
The New York Herald, of the 21st con-
tains a Tery dolefal article otct the present
bopelen condition of the two great isms
of the country. The following extracts make
a summary of its conclnsions:
" According to the State eloctions of the
last two years the combined opposition forces
are in popular majority throughout the coun-
try of upwards of three hundred thousand
votes, comprehending an electoral majority
of seventy-nine, including all the Northern
States, and Deleware Maryland and Ken-
tucky in the South besides a hard push for
Tennessee. Now were these opposition ele
merits united in a common cause, and upon
a common ticket, and for the simple, practi
cal, tangible purptse of a new administra-
tion, they might still give to the filibuster-
ing and nigger-driving Democracy the most
disastrous and decisive overthrow of any in
the fluctuating fortunes of the party. But
with this opposition majority cut up and
divided into conflicting factions, between Fill
more, Fremont, Stockton and others, they
must necessarily be routed and scattered like
a flock of silly sheep before the solid masses
of the " fierce democracie."
What chance of an election is there for
Fremont, with Fillmore in the field, subtract-
ing his thousands from the ranks, which, to
be victorious, must be compact and unbro-
ken ? No chance whatever. What chance
is there for Fillmore, with Fremont and his
partizans arrayed againts him? About|as much
chance as for the man in the moon. Between
the Know-nothing and the nigger worshipper,
the dullest of blockheads will readily per-
ceive that there will be nothing left for Mr.
Buchanan to do but to make his domestic
arrangements, his Cabinet and foreign ap
pointments, &c. preparatory to the occupa-
tion of the President's mansion on the fourth
of March next. The result of t'.e election
from the existing condition of things ainon<r
the opposition ranks, is just as certain as if it
had already taken place, and had gone by de-
friu-Jt in favor of the Democratic party.
'It may be saul by the astute K.uoyv-iio'l)i
ings of the Southern school, mid even bv
Fivmont mathematicians that while Krc-
mont may carry the North in spit-- of Fiii-
morc, the latter tnay realij serve >: jiuoti j.ur-
pose to carry a ilouthem ."state or two as ><n
offset sgains the possible ios-< « f a Northern
State or two ; suiil that in this way theeitc-
ti« n uia\ bo thrown into the House of Rep-
resentatives at Washington, where the com-
bined opposition forces ha e an overwhelm-
ing majority, anil can choose either Fremont
or Fillmore, as th y may determine among
themselves. But this is a most delusive ele-
ment, aa the result will show if Fillmore and
Fremont are both retuined in the field. Each
ill only weaken the other, where single
pjnleil i ■ ■■ —ailiar "tight &UCCftCd.-r—.
The lines, too, are so distinctly drawn upon
<5was Irgislatarr
A Bill to be {entitled an Act, supplcmentn-
#y t« tbe Act of March 13:h, 1848,
entitled nn Act better deflulug the marl*
tal rights of patties.
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ssUai « exaaiaatloa of ti«Ir
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|£.i= e fill.
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..:n'-ry Mcrchtii*.
jrr'.etiii c,r. rc
will <".c yell f give
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T. PEVISIE, E«T t9* ^
rwy c«o<U. 'irooeriee, kc.. a** eoa* oily on
m tttr *wriU ** -•l5>OT* ^ T^f for
C. E. JEFFERSON,
NOTARY PUBLIC
Orric*—At District Clerk's OrricE.
18-lv) San Antonio. Texat.
STOVE. TOWB!
fe* h«i< KTOirg «t every deeerlptioa : laclvjlnf
Ifff Sl-tf
the nigger question between the two princi-
pal parties in the contest, that, as matters
now stand, it is morally certain there can-be
bHt one and the same result ia every South-
ern State, to wit, a democratic majority.—
Let Mr. Fillmore adhere to his present posi-
tion as thc '• South American" candidate,
and the election night of November next will,
in all probability, le.ive him without the vote
of a solitary State in the Union. On the
other hand he may be strong enough to
break down Fremont in every Northern
State, except two or three of the most ultra
anti-slavery character.
"Such are the conclusions to which, we
think, every dispassionate and reasoning
mind must come, from the data of the exist-
ing relations of parties, platforms and candi-
dates. And yet, instead of looking their
suicidal divisions and dissenrious fairly in the
face, the Fillmore party and the Fremont par-
ty seem to be inspired with a blind and des-
perate resolution to persist in the shortest
road to ruin. The Fillmore Americans are
preparing a Corporation welcome for him on
his return to New York from the Holy Fath-
er and the catacombs of Rome—a popular
display calculated to kindle the delusive idea
of an active popularity even in the North ;
while the Fremont party are busy with their
preparations, here and there, for grand ratifi-
cation meetings and processions, as if the
rough work of the campaign were all accom
plished. What is the use of all this? It is
all foil -—a waste of time, a waste of enthui •
asm. a waste of money, and cruel mockery
of the simple minded believers that the day
of miracles had returned. * * *
Considering the existing divisions and
discordant and clashing platforms, tickets and
factions among the opposition camps, there is
but one course of action left them, as afford-
ing any way of escape whatever from the
most ignominious defeat all round. That
course is a general Convention, with a view
to a general concentration .of their forces up-
on a single ticket in opposition to the Democ-
racy. We propose, therefore, for the sake of
giving some degree of interest, spirit and ac-
tivity to this canvass that the opposition par-
ties and factions of all sorts—old Whigs, anti-
Pierce and anti-nigger driving Democrats,
Freesoilers proper nigger worshippers. Know
nothings, and what not—call conjoin 1)3- a
general Fusion Convention, for the practical
purpose.of a confederation or coalition ticket
for the Presidency, upon the broad platform
of the constituion. the Union and a new ad-
ministration ; and that this practical and
common sense Convention be held in New
York, about the last of August or early in
September.
•• This is the last chance. In default of
the adoption of some such plan of cohesion
an ! concentration against the cortiinon enemy
—0;,1 Whigs, old Fnesoil Democrats, nigger
worshippers. Know-nothings, bolters and all
— will be whip|>ed. routed, dispersed and ij;
nomijioush- crushed out from one end of the
Jo the otl r. A Un'on Convention
the pj.-.-'i'.f ti lenders, a consolidation
; r upon one common t cket.
1 -.iiiip:*-. comprehensive anti-Den:-
• ■ platform, 's their onlv chanc
cli is the opinion of one of the leading
B r« Kvpubiican Know-nothing pnp rs of
uitrv. It contain^ much foo t for 1
fi ci:< n t ih- S:>nth. It >hows the stri ng
v. in -if s. nipathv hetwa.-n the two isms at
the North—their common hostility to the
nipger driving Democracy, as they elegantly
term ns—the hopes which some entertain of
Mr. Fillmore weakening 11s at the South and
thereby strengthening Black Republicanism
—their final dispair an > last reliance upon
the effort being made to fuse all the elements
of opposition into one conglomerate whole.—
Will the Know-nothings of the South never
see the recklessness of their course 1
Section, it enacted by the Legis-
lature of the State of Texas That, the com-
munity property of the husband and wife
shall be liable for all their debts, contracted
during marriage, except in such cases as are
specially excepted by law, and in the settle-
ment of community estates, it shall be Un-
duly of the Survivor, Executor or Adminis-
trator to keep a seperate and distinct account
of all the community debts allowed or paid
in the settlement of such estate-. j
Sec. 2.—That it shall not be necessary for
any surviving husband to administer upon
the community property of himself and his
deceased wife, but he shall have the exclusive
management, control and disposition of the
same, after her death, in the same manner as
during her life, subject to the provisions of
this Act.
Sec. 3.—That it shall be the duty of the
surviving husband, at the death of his wife
if she have a surviving child, or children, to
file in the County Court a full, fair and com-
plete inventory and appraisement of all the
community property of himself and his de-
ceased wife, to be taken and recorded as in
cases of Administration, and to have the
same force and effect in all suits between
parties claiming under it; after which, with-
out any administration, or further action
whatever in the Probate Courts, he shall
have the right to manage, control and dis-
pose of said community p operty, both real
and personal in such manner as to him tnay
seem best F. r the interest of said estate, an-i
of suing and being sued with regaid to "the
same, in the same manner as during the life
of the wife. And he shall keep a fair and
full account as statement of all exchanges,
sales and other dispositions of community
properly, and 'jy:n final partition, shall ac-
count to the heirs (>f his wife for their
nt-.TestiA said coniiiiujiity. and the increase
:md profits in the same, afie deducting a
rea-ona'-lo commission for the management
Lhe .-MUif. And he shall be liable to thc
amour,; of sai-l inventory and appraisement
at ail times for the interest of said heirs in
aid community property.
Sec. 4. That should said surviving hus-
band neglect, fail or refuse to file said inven-
tory in the County (^purt as required by the
provisions of "this ct, within sixty days
after thc death of his deceased wife, th<-
County Court inay upon its own jiotion. or
the motion of any party interested, require
hiin to do so. or otherwise grant administra-
tion upon said estate as in other cases pro-
tided by Statpte. And if upolTTftc
saidThvetUory"* V" 1 to the Court.
that it is in aii3* way necessary for the pro-
tection of the property belonging to said es
tate, bond and security may be required of
said surviving husband in such amount and
with such conditions as may tic* deemed ne-
cessary by the Court for the protection of the
interests of thc creditors and heirs of said es-
tate. and upon failure to execute said bond
with security as required by said Court, ad-
ministration may he granted upon said es-
tate as in other cases.
Sec. 5. That should nnj' of the heirs of
the d- oeased wife, either in person or by next
friend or guardian, leprcsent and shew to
any Court of competent jurisdiction, that
said surviving husbun 1 is wasting or mis-
manageing or about to waste or mismanage
said community property, or is about to re-
move it out of the state or otherwise dispose
of it in such manner as to injure or defraud
the right of such heir or heirs, the husband
may be required to enter into such bond and
security for the proper management of such
property, and with such other considerations
as may be required by the Court, or the
Court may appoint in Administrator over
the estate of the wife ss in other cases pro-
vided by Statute.
Sec. 6. That said sui viving husband may
as each of the surviving heirs of his deceased
wife, or all of them, become of lawful age,
set aside and deliver to him or th in, what
he considers their equal and equitable share
in said community property, exhibiting there-
with a full and complete statement of the
same, for which he may require the receipt
of such heir, stating the amount, description
and value of the property delivered, which
said partition and distribution shall be bind-
ing and final upon said heirs, unless pro-
ceeding is commenced in some competent
Court within two years after said distribu-
tion by such heir to set the same aside; in
which case, any party interested may require
a full and fair investigation into the whole
of said estate, and said partition ; and the
Court entertaining jurisdiction of the same,
shall have full discretion to enter all decrees
and orders to obtain and carry out a lull and
fair settlement and partition of said estate
with such heir or heirs as tnay then be en-
titled to receive their distributive share.
Sec. 7. That the surviving wife tnay re-
ta n the exclusive management and control of
the community property of herself and he
deceased husband, in the same manner, ami
subject to the same rights, rules and regula*
tions i«s provided in the foregoing provisions
of this Act, until she may marry again.—
But upon a second marriage she shall cease
to have snch control and management of said
estate or.the right to dispose of the same un-
der the provisions of this Act. and said estate
shall be subject to administration as in other
cases of deceased person's estates.
Sec. 8. That tin* husband or wi'e ina\
by last will and testmni-nt. pive to the sur-
viving husbaifl or wife th«- power to keep his
or hor sefutrate property together unTil each
of the sever I heirs shall bec.ime of ;>i«lui
a^i- and io maii tge and control th -ame wil-
der the provisions of this Act nt : oili r
restrictions as n:a\ be jtu}«i x «i «.y • |>r.>
vnled the surviving hiisl-an : or wife in !:i-
fith.-r or mother a.-> the case may of th-
tn nor heirs, an I provided further, that an.
child or in-ir t-ntiti*-d to any part of *aid pro-
(•ert . shad at any time u{ion t>ecoiiiinj of
age. be entitled to receive his distributive
portion of said estate.
Sgbc. 9. That this Act, take effect and be
n force from and after its passage, add that
the provisions of all laws in so far as they
oonfl ct with the provisions of this Act, be
and the same are repc aled.
Donelson on Fillmore amt Buchan-
an.—Andrew Jackson Donelson. the Know-
Xothing nominee for Vice President, occu
pies the very curious position of having, onl
a few years ago. been the warm defender of
Mr. Buchanan, and the bitter assailant of Mr.
Fillmore. His editorial attacks upon the
latter, while he was conducting the Union
have already often been quoted. We now
meet with the following vindication of Mr.
Buchanan on the subject of the old charge
of Federalism, taken from the Washington
Union of June 5, 1851. Surely the ways of
modern politicians are wonderful to behold
"What if Mr. Buchanan, in the early part
of his life, was a member of the Federal par-
ty and followed the false lights of the men
who are even yet the oracles for a large por-
tion of the Whig party ? Are they, to he re-
warded for persevering to the bitter end, and
seeking, at this moment, to reinstate the
primitive doctrines of the Federal party?—
And is Mr. Buchanan to be scandalized lie
cause he had the courage, a quarter of a cen
tury ago, to acknowledge his convictions that
those doctrines were unwise and dangerous,
and could not be maintained without destroy
ing the Republican principle 1 By what
code of justise—religious, moral or political—
does the special oigan find that it is more
meritorious to persevere in wrong, than to
acknowledge the conviction of error—than to
do what is proper and commendable after-
wards as the votary of truth 1 Does the spe-
cial organ desire us to publish the numerous
evidences afforded by the recent speeches of
the Presidents cabinet, almost deifying Alex
ander Hamilton, the great prototype of
Whigeery. in order that the people may soe
that the real issues of the parties, stripped of
all the disguise that is thrown around it bv
the monetary passions and errors of individu-
als. is exactly what it was at the close of
Gen. Washington's administration, when the
Hamiltonian school, in love with British pre-
cedents. brought forth the alien and sedition
laws, and the republican school,appealing to
the common sense of the country, reinstated
the Constitution as a compact between the
States, and put down the dangerous doctrine
that, under the guise of the terms ie#>. the
people nd ventral welfare, as used in the
preamble of the Constitution, the federal
a-overnment acquired a power to do whatever
the discretion of Congress might decide to be
best for the common good ? If this is the
expectation of the special organ, we are ready
to gratify it; but we trust that in doing so,
it will not blame us for the pain resulting to
one who endertakes to ;'kick against the
pricks."
I'HEHOVT AM) ItUCHAVAX PLAT-
I'llllMS—fHE CO.Vl'KAST.
the fremont platform.
4i The whiir party is not only dead, buf
sITiik?. "—I mTijamrn P. ffaUe.
•T ain willing in a certain state of circum-
stance's to let the Union slide."—Nat.
P. Banks.
'• On the action of this convention depends
the fate of the country; if the republicans
fall at the ballot-box, vt will be forced
to 0rive b>ck the slaveocract with
FIRE AND SWORD. "—James Watson
fTtbb
•' The times demand and we must have an
anti-9lavery constitution. an anti-slA-
very Bible, and an anti slavery Qod."
Anson Burlingame.
" I have no doubt that the free and slave
States ought to separate."-—" J. S. P." oj
lhe N. Y. Tribune
It is the duty of the North, in caae they
fail in electing a President and a Congress
that will restore freedom to Kansas, to revo-
lutionize the government."—Resolution of
black republican meeting in Wisconsin
I pray daily that this accursed Union
may be dissolved, even if blood have to be
spiit.— Black republican clergyman at
Poughkeepttie.
We earnestly request Congress, at its
present session, to take auch initiatory meas-
ure for the speedy, peaceful, and equitable
lissolution of the existing Union as the exis
•reticieg of the case may require."—Black
republican petition io Congress.
The Union is not worth supporting in
connection with the South. "—Horace Ores-
ley.
The constitution is a reproach and a
league with Tophet."— William Lloyd Gar-
rison.
the buchanan platform.
The federal Union—it must be preser-
ved. "—Ami rev Jackson.
1 Disunion is a wo d which ought not to
bs breathed a nonfat us, eoen in a whisper.
The word ought to be considered one of
dreadful omen, and our children should be
taught that it is sacrilege to prsnounct it.'}
—James Buchinan
[r'ruia lhe Alfca California, June 2Cth.j
CALIFORNIA NEWSS.
Throughout the St;ite the j^ople have en-
dorsed the various actions of the San Fran
cisco Vigilance Committee, and in mOHtipart*
there has been, and is now. more excitement
than in this city since the shooting of Mr.
King and the execution of his murderer.
Reports from the mining region are re
markably favorable, and the prospect of im-
mense yields arj constantly looking fairer.—
No extmordin iry discoveries have been made,
but wherever the gold is being taken from
the known diggings, the fact is made more
evident that it is inexaustible almost every-
where in California.
Agricultural pursuits are in a prosperous
condition. :Tlie crajw
of'
grains promise well, and all other products
are a- abun dant as the farmer could desire.—
Farm labor is in demand, and the markets
are over full of all the luxuries native to
this productive soil.
The interior towns are active, the various
routes of travel are thronged, and there are
frequent accessions to the farming districts.
In Sacramento, Stockton and other promi-
nent cities, large meetings have Iteen held to
endorse the proceedings of. and sympathize
with, the people's reform organization of San
Francisco; and in the mines and mountain
villages the same enthusiasm prevails.
The Indians In the Reservation.
Col. M. T. Johnson, who has recently
spent several months in the vicinity pf the
Indian Reservations near Fort Belknap, re-
ports that the " feeling policy " of Uncle
j ain is succeeding most admirably with the
Indians in the reservations. The wild In-
dians are gradually seeing and becoming con-
vinced of the advantages of this, lhoge iu
the reserves seem to be contented ,ftnd. well
pleased. Col. Johnson has been intimately
acqnaintef? with the condition of the Indians
of Texas for many years past, and says that
the condition of the Indians in the reserves
is decidedly improved, and far better than of
any Indian-; he lias seen in Texas. They are
rapidiy becoming semi-civilized, and seem to
be divesting themselves to a great decree of
their noiuadic habits and restless disposition.
Those in the lower reserve are beginning t-j
Irtss in the white man's costume, and are
adopting all the white man's husbandry.—
Some of thein are building log cabins, raising
stock and farming. I u the lower reserve th':re
are upwards of 400 aeres of corn in cultiva-
tion. In the upper fvserve there are 2UU
acres of corn cultivated. These .crops, though
not as extensive in number of acres per hand
as that of iheir white n.i^hbors. are ?qual if
not superior to them in po nt of quality.—
Among the Couitnanches. the squaws and
Mexican servants, of which they have a
number, perform all the ma:>uel labor, plow-
ing, ho.-ing, fee. wh ist the rae;i hen! their
horses, hunt. <!fcc. The Indians in the reser-
vations are becoming sleek and fat, and it is
sai.l that a wild Indian from the prairies can
be readily distinguished froin the domesti-
cated Indians from his lank and lean appear-
ance.—Dallas Herald.
TERRIBLC RUL'iUAS) ICCIEEVT.
EXCURSION TRAIN DEMOLISHED.
Thirty*JTine JLivts hast
Burnlnx of the Cars aad Dead Bodies.
SIXTt-XfNE PERSONS INJURED!
Philadelphia, July 17.—a collision took
place \ esterd* v on the jf >rth?rn Pennsyl-
vania R ilroadi b tw e i excursion train.con-
mo!i hed.
T-irty-nine lives were lost by this terrible
catastrophe, and sixty-nine others injured.
The carse took fir j after the accident, and
many of the dead b -cfes uqre consumed.
Among the killed w s one of the priests
who had charge of the children in the eaCor-
•>ion train.
Washington AfTilrs.
Washington ffulv 17.-—Mr. Keitt, of
Sooth Carolina, announced h s resignation
esterday. ; ■ . r
The Senate h is confirmed the whole Int.of
appointn. en s substitutes for those impended
by the Naval Board.
Mr. Herbert's tiial is progressing. Modi
interest is felt in the result.
Decline In English Pen da. - _
Boston. July 16.—The Niagara brines
news of the closing of English funds, on too
5th, at a decline of 1-4^. in consequence of a
draft of gold from the Bank for the jMircfaaae
of silver for Australia. ...
Virginia Whig Cenrentien.
Richmond, July 17.- The State Wiiig
CEXERAL N12W9,
A much better feeling towards the United
tates is evident in the finance trade.
The English papers say that the negotia-
tions of American difficulties are believed to
be already in a train to bring spaedily an am-
icable adjustment.
The bulliou in the Bank of England has
increased considerably.
France.— 1 he new customs tariff is post-
poned until next session.
The crops in Great Britain and France are
excelle t, while in Russia. Spain. Austria.
Radon and Portugal they are about the usual
average.
Another squadron of eight ships is an
nounced to sail from Havana against Afexico.
Denmark apprehends new diffl -nines—
Schleswig. Norway. Sweden and Holstein
adhere to the maritime law of the Paris Con-
ference.
An insurrection is expected in Parma.
Mr. Mure, British Comal at New Orleans
■west to Europe io the tesa«r Aci>
Sketch or Washington.—The following
personal description of Washington, copied
from the London Chronicle. July 22. 1780.
gives, in some respects, a better notion of his
personal appearance than anything we have
seen elsewhere:
General Washington is now in the 471 h - .
year of his < e ; he is a tall and well-ma le. '
man, rather large-boned, and has a tolerably / H'0''
genteel address ; his features are manly an 1
Md. his eyes of a bluish cast, an 1 very live-
his hair a deep brown, his facj rather
long and marked with the small-pox; his
complexion sunburnt and without much color
and countenance sensible, composed and
thmghtful. There is a remi;kah'« a'r of
litinitv about him. with a sti'ikin: decree of
gra-efu'nes; he h is an excellent understand-
ii^. w.tli mt much quickness; is strictly just.
i^'ilant an i generous; an I affectionate hus-
and. a faithful frienl. a lather to the descrv
n? soldier ; g-*iule in his manners, in tamper
ruherreserved; a total stranger to religious
>r ju li"es whch hav * so of toil excitsd ehris-
:ans of one 1 •nomination to cut the throats
f th"seof an>th ?r; in !iss m ra's he is irre-
oroa liable an 1 wis never known to exceed
the bo ri Is of th • m >-;* rigid tonaiwranco ; in
word, sill his frien ls a'id acquaintances uni-
versally allow thit no in >n ever unite I in
his own person a more pjrfaet alliance of the
virtues of a philosopher with the talents of a
ip-neral; catldor. simeritv stability and sim-
plicity u im to be tha s'r.k ng feature* of his
character, fill in occasion o f rs of displaying
the most d "termwd bravery anl indep.'n
denco of spirit. "
KRCJISLATCJRG.
Relief nf Contractors and Colonists of
German Emigration Company.—The de-
~ at of this bill has lieen rendered certain at
this session, by the adoption of a resolution
in the Senate, jiostponing the cn<iMderation
of the bill, to tho 15ib day of September
next.
Penal Code.—The House has made this
Code the special order of th* day, for Mon-
day next, 28th iust.
Private Bills:—The ITouse has set apart
Saturday of each week for tho consideration
of bills of a private nature.
Hogs.—An excellent bill has passed the
Senate, introduced by Mr. Truitt. It com-
pels parties go:ng into the woods to kill hogs
to take with them respectable neieh!>ors. so
aa to prevent the killing of other hogs than
their own. which too frequently happens in
portions of the late, where large numbers
" hogs are raised.
ommon School System—The House
Committee n Education has reported in fa-
vor of sustaining the present Common School
vstem. They think that the rapidity with
which the State of Texas is filling up, will
constantly obviate existing objections.
Relief of Pre-Enption Claimants—Th"
House Has made this bill tha s|iecial order of
the day for Wednesday next. 30th inst.
A Maxmotb Document.—An address
from the citisens of Manchester, England. t<
the people of America, in favor of peace, wa-
placed in the Merchants' Exchange K adinz
Room, in Boston, on the 8th iost. It has
attached to it 31,041 names.
R -publican pari an i its candidates.
Disapprovin r of the course of the Admini -
tntion, in disttirVng the Missouri Compro-
mise for {arty purpose^.
Denouncing Bnciiauau and the PCiUjOtiaicy}
Sii^taning Fillmore as the most, suitable
pet son f>r the Executive chair in the present
crisis, but disclaiming the adoption of tha
principles of the party nominating him;
And calling for a National, Convention to
meet at Baltimore on the third Wednesday
in September. . . 0
T"ie pal!roail .tccfdent.
Philadelphia. July l7.—The conductor
of the down train, to whose carelessness the
acc d nt is attribute 1, has committed suicide
by taking arsenic. The . engineer hag
attested and committed for trial.
The Merchant'"- Cleu ana tpa
Plowbov.—The young man who leaves the
faruif i<dd for the merchant's desk or the dee-
tor's office, thinking to dignify or ennoble his
toil makes a sad mistake. He _ by
that step, from independence to eaMd^t;
barters a natural for an artificial pursuit,
and he must be the slave of the caprice of
customers afrd the chicane of trade, either to
support himself or to acquire fortaac. The
mast artificial of man's pffmpt the more de-
b a'ngts it raor dly and phy i ally! Tj test
it. contrast the merchant's* cterk with the
plowl>oy. The former may liave lhe most
('Xtertor polisu, but the 'atter under his
rough outside, possesses the truer stamina.
He is the freer, franker, happier, and nobler
man. Would that young men might' /udge
of the dignity of labor by its usefulness and
manliness, rather than by the superficial
glosses it wears. Therefore we never see a
man's nubility in his kid gloves and Utiled
adornments, but in that sinewy aftn. whose
outline l.rowned -by (he sun. betokens a hard-
ly. honest toiled, under whose farmer's -or
mechanics vest the kinglicst heart may beat.
—Hunfs Magazine.
frdm IPtshington*
The Sum ifer Assault Cas?. Tho ITMp
Mellon ofcExpu'a-oi). Im>ss of i# e <iO-
Hju ItesisnaUoti of Mr. BroeLs.
Washington July the
Sumner oa-a, Mr. English wi.slie I to offer an
amendir.<?nt expressing disapproval. t>f the
and disapprobation of the use of per-
sonally offensive languap? in debate.
This ameuditieiit being ul jerte«l to. Mr
Cainp'jell. of Ohio moved the previous, ques-
t'bii. with a view to a vote on Monday, wilh
the undersUnding that the motion will be
withdrawn if the member^ imp icatcd desire
to speak.
Washington, July 14.—The vote — Tn
the house to-day a.vote was taken on tlie
r. solution to expel! Mr. Brooks, of Son lb Car-
olina, for the assault on the Senator Sumner,
ofMassnchusois, with the fidlowing result:
Yeas. 121; nays. 96. It requiring a two-
thirds vote to expell a member, the motion
wis lost.
Mr. Brooks resigned his seat after the vote
was declared.
The Southern Railroad Contention.—
The Richmond Despatch contains the closing
proceedings ef this body. We ropy the
following interesting intelligence to trai-
lers :
Tho committer On fixing the price nf a
throuch ticket between Washington and
New Orleans, reduced tbe price fo 84ft. The
former price was $55. The report of the
committee was adapted. Caf4 Wu . JL
Phillips was appointed the New Orlean; agent
of the several roads, and a yearly salary of
§5500. out of which he is to do tU the ad"*
verti.sing of the ronte.
Tkxas Cattu at New Yosk.—One
hundred and twenty head o: Texas cattle ar«
rived af York the Tst in^t The Coa-
rier Enqnlrsr of the fourth saya: '• Ter-
"s 0ftHie afrequently to seen fn market;
—a rfrora fain'that.state, fed in Illinois, was
••n -ta!e h- re to day; they were of ah average
TM'i^y. and realized 10c pcrlb," Tliis was
t ic- highest prie> prevailing' in the market for
cattle of any description.
nt the
C irt Et'q iJmt ia-!-.iity.
Mr. Dallas Ins f-> an'ir
Quien's lfveo h*ciii<* >ti • tie'i ■ , f ?b *' *?•>
tionhad b*i n r-f'wl al iss:o-i iti'- \s--
qiieuc: of his dress being prououawl objec-
tionable.
Attachment Bill.—This bill amends na
•act. regulating attachments." approve!
March 11. 1848, so as to make the 4th section
read as follows:
• The Judges and clerks of the District
.Wirt* and Justice of the Peace, may is^ne
original attachments returnable to tli-ir res-
pective courts, upon ths party applying
the same, his ae« nt or attorney, m ikir^ _nn
affidavit in writing, stating that the d^nrlant
is justly indebted to the plamt'if m.d the
amount of the demand, also Viat th- def n-
dant is not a resident of thi> State ; th>U fie
is about to remove ont of this Stateor that
he seeretas himself. ^O that the ordinary pro-
cess of law cannot bo served on him ; or that
he is in or a!>oiit to reneiva his property hc«
\ on l the county in which th'e . nit is to lie or
has b*en conim"«oed. or that he is about to
transfer or se.'r te or has :r.mf rred or. se-
j ret-l his projx-rte for the purpose of d -
mi'lintr his er di'or-i. an : th>«i thereby the res.
! • .vini..:' ; reb.ibly lou his d. V.t. sid hei ° a ,
I -b > ! ;.:st < Avar tint the attnebui. r.t :s r.ot j j:.e c^ntr: .<it;ons in New York ftr t*- re
js f 1 out for iha purpose of injuring tho do-jS<ef of the soS'trr* bv the iadikutioti
I fendant " Frar^e amount to &I1000,
The sj nny South is not the sunniest pop
'•^n of UrHe Sams dominions just now. In
Bist/^n on the 29th June the mercury ranged
f-or-.i 91 to hundred in the shads all day, ia
Wv Yortkit «ra« nearlv a hnodred all day;
•n Philad. !phia from 95 to 98. and in Bulli-
rnr.re f-oni D5t >P8. Se\eraf persons wi re
s n trn'-k. In Oalv s'«fi tli* t nse of ihe
renry is at least ten degrlcs below thvso
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