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THE TEXAS
rr
ATE TIMES.
VOLUME II.
CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1855.
NUMBER 29.
PC SLUSH ZD KYIBV SATURDAY BY
FORD, WALKER & DAVIDSON.
•JOIX 8. FORD. 10. WALKSS. W. T. DAYIDSOlt.
JOXOT S. FORD, Editor.
AUSTIN, SATURDAY, JUNE 23,1854-
Tke Of«sUtatlw Texan, ihall It
be RcfaniH by a Convention!
A radical change in the organic laws, or the
lubslitation of * new for an old Constitution is
a civil revolution. Happily such revolutions,
• although common, bare hitherto been peaceful
1 in the United States, with a single exception
That exception was the Rhode Island insurrec-
tion. No one doubted bat the Enflish cha/ter
ought, to hare been reformed. Tbe difficulty
grew out of the action of the people without the
couseut of the existing government. The ex-
ercise of a sovereign right thu became an act
of insurrection, and the Governor uuder the
new regime, Wilson Dorh, paid tbe penalty
by an incarceration which attached no.other
dishonor than failure of success.
It is generally conceded that in many things
tbe Texas Constitution wants amendment; and
as a cheap and certain meansof obtaining the
end it is proposed tha t the next Legislature
-shall provide lot a Convention of Delegates
fresh from tbe people, who shall propose a new
Constitution and submit it to the people for
their adoption or rejection.
Can oar Constitution be bettered? To an-
swer this question it is proposed to discuss, not
so much what is practicable, as what is just
and proper. Tbe area of Texas is so extended
—tbe interests so diversified—'he sections are
becoming so strong tlut should the matter be
long delayed, any necessary reformation will
be attended with more difficulty than has here-
tufoie been to< nd in reforming the organic law
of any State.
There are influences without, which would
dismember oar State, though happily these in-
fluences within, do not extend beyond a few
disappmutnd politicians. Nevertheless, in af-
ter years this danger of division will be held
up by that lethargic class who always oppose
change.
Let our Constitution therefore be carefully
examined and let it be ascertained if any rad-
ical changes are demanded.
As the Coustitnt'on ot Texas is not convient-
ly accessible to all our readers we may be par-
doned for a verj brief summary of its provis-
ions:
Its preamble is the unial bill of rights which
acknowledges the people as the fountain of all
power; and, that "they have at all times the
unalienable right to alter, reform, or abolish
their form of government, in such manner as
they may think proper."
'I lie pi indole ot equal rights. freetiom of
The Supreme Court is composed of one Chief
Justice and two Associates, any two of whom
form a quorum It has tppellate jurisdiction
only. Its sessions are limited to seven months
aud its places of holding them to three. The
salaries of the Judges are fixed at not less than
$2,000 per annum—salaries which cannot be
increased during the terms of the incumbents.
There seems to be no reason why they may
not be increased prospectively.
The Seventh Article of the Constitution con-
tains mauy provisions mostly conservative.—-
Many of them would seem to be applicable to
other divisions.
The 1st and 5th sections were intended to
prevent duelling, and they have well nigh ac-
complished it—even though nothing can be
said for the substitute which, for the time, sup-
planted the barbarous practice.
The 2nd section gives almost an useless defi-
nition of treason; the 3rd aud 4th relate to dis-
qualifications for infamous cffences.
The 7th section seems either to have been
forgotten or else has no fixed meaning or prac-
tical application. It would be a great stum-
bling block to a "State Plan." Like the 8th
section it was intend d as a restriction upon
legislative appropriations. The 9th section re-
quires all civil officers to reside within the
State, and county officers within the county.
Federal officers are incapacitated for State of-
fices. The 14th section is exceedingly con-
gruous. ft requires the legislature to provide
for a change of venue iu civil and criminal
cases and for a Penitentiary By an amend-
ment of tbe Constitution all judges are made
elective by the people and hold their offices
six years. The District Judges salaries can-
not be reduced below seventeen hundred dol-
lars per annum. All Judges are removable by
the Governor upon the address of two-thirds of
both Houses > f the Legislature for wiil'ul ne-
glect of duty or other reasonable cause, and
are subject to impeachment for crimes.
The District Court* have all the original ju-
risdiction not specially conferred upon inferior
jurisdictions without regard to any distinction
between law and equity.
When there is cause of recusation against a
Supreme Judge the Executive can appoint a
Judge—for such cause against a District Judge
the parties can consent to a special Judge or
remove the cause to an adjoining District.
The 15th section requires a revision of the
laws—such as it is believed has never been
had. Lotteries are inhibited.
Tbe 19th and 22nd sections relate to the
property of married women and to homesteads.
The 20th and 21st sections were intended to
place beyond legislative control certain prop-
erty and rights about which a deep interest
had before been felt.
The 24th and 25th sections were intended
to forbid "ridersand blind legislation The
26th section very inaptly prohibitsthe holding
of two lucrative offices at the same time by
.~ciKi.ce against any rcltg.us test—the lib- .
aud the pre*-'*cu.ity from ! ,be «""* P*™118" The 27th sec,Kllls ,utelld-
*j,eecn
unieasofiable searches—the right ot hubeaxcor-
pu*— the privilege of bail—the riglil to bear
aims—security agaiu>l ex po*t Jaclu and retro-
active law*—imprisonment for Uebt, &e., &c.,
are guaianteed iu tbe Bill of Rights. 'I hey
are powers denied to the legislature, aud if
ever infringed by any bruucb of the Govern-
ment it is generally unwittingly.
Tbe divisiou of Govenimeutinto three bodies
of magistracy is according to the most ap-.
1-rovedforriS. '" ~ „
ed to equalize taxation.
The 30tb and 32nd sections are restrictive
of tbe right of banking or discounting—and
yet some bauks have had an easy going time
of it. By the 31st section the power is given
to the legislature to repeal corporate charters.
The 33rd section restricts the public debt to
t?e contracted to $100,000. The 34th section
relales to counties and regulates the rights of
suffrage of uew counties—a provision little ob-
served m appointments. —.. ... . ,
~The~Tast geifefaTprovisiorr relates to infr
mode of amending the Constitution by the
joint action of tbe people and two concurring
legislatures.
The 8th article of the Constitution relates
to slavery; the 9rh to impeachments; the 10th
to education. About this last we shall have a
good deal to say.
Thus have we briefly noticed the material
provisions of the Constitution. The advance-
which he offers to vote (ludiat*, not taxed j ment 61 Democratic principles have so amend-
ed it as to make Judges, Attorney General,
District Attorneys, Commissioner ot the Geuer
al Laud Office, Treasurer aud Comptroller elec-
ted by the people. Few would retrace tnis
advpnce step of liberty. One more step and
uo officer will be allowed to exercise any pow-
er of patronage except for temporary purposes.
Other amendments have been proposed aud lost-
Various amendments have been suggested.—
Hereafter we shall show our opinion upon some
of the provisions and rest.ictions. It amend-
ments are to be made it can be done more sat-
isfactorily by the people in Convention.
Tbe Austin Cemetery.
Through the politeness of Mayor Cleveland
we have been favored with the draft ofapro-
poaed*H^^pce for the purpose of improv-
ing and beautifying the spot appropriated for
burial purposes in Austin. More than a year
ago, through the exertions of several benevo-
lent and public spirited ladies, a sum of
money amounting to several hundred dollars
was collected in behalf of this object from the
citizens, which we learn, is yet unappropriat-
ed, owing to the want of action on the part
of those whose duty it is to finish what had
been so nobly begun. The lot set aside for
a burial ground contains ten and three-fourth
acres, and is so situated that it can be ren-
dered all that is desired as a final resting
place, when life's fitful fever is over. Had
the work been left entirely to the ladies, we
city has in its possession, as is well known,
ten and three-fourrths acres of land, wisely
located, beautiful in appearance, and at a
suitable distance from the city proper, for
burial purposes. But although the extreme
limits of this city of the dead have been de-
fined, and are exhibited upon the city map,
the place yet remains in a wild and unim-
proved condition. It has as yet, though we
have a population of four or five thousand
people, been the object of no plan or desigu,
and the dead are interred in a corner, the
slight enclosure of which is broken down, in
a manner unbecoming to good taste, unwor-
thy of the dead, degrading in its tendencies,
end little harmonizing with the chaste und
enlightened age in which we live.
A city, as well as an individual has its his-
tory, and every period of this history sug-
gests and imposes, if it be true to itself, its
honor and its duties, peculiar labors and
tasks to perform. No tasteful or sensible in-
dividual would have thought of building up
this city at random, or of erecting the build-
ings thereof under the promptings of isolated
or individual fancy. It was therefore laid
off into streets and plazas, and blocks and
lots, and in doing this, the tasteful pioneers
of Austin, have benefitted us no less than
themselves, and the beneficence of their
work will only end with time. The city of
the living having thus been planned, laid out
and beautified, why should we neglect to do
as much for the city of our dead ?
It is the sacred and delicate office of us to
reflect honor upon ourselves, and attract the
admiration of those who shall live after us,
to plan, layout and enclose the city cemetery,
where, in the repose of death, through the
eloquent and impressive medium of the
senses, we can teach posterity the classic
chastity and refinement which prompted us,
thus continuing to use an influence, as we
should, in ennobling and elevating our kind.
Let us not, as the inhabitants of the capitol
of the State of Texas, the greatness of whose
destiny is immeasurable, prove recreant to
our duty. From this picturesque and beau-
tiful city shall emanate the laws, whose wis-
dom it is to be hoped will advance the State
in greatness, in influence, in happiness.
Every part of the State, must of necessity,
be influenced, more or less, by this city,
morally and intellectually, and let us know,
and face, and be equal to our high respon-
sibility. Its cemetery is an important fea-
ture in every town or city—one of the chief
attractions of public attention, and must,
where proper care is bestowed upon its plan-
ning, adornment and beautifying, tend in no
small degree to refine and exult public taste.
It is an indication of the position occupied
by a people in religion, morality and intel-
lectuality throughout the world. " The
graves of the dead," says a celebrated travel-
er, " are the histories of those who lived.
The monuments of Greece and Rome be-
speak their greatness. Cities are in a great
measure distinguished for their cemeteries.
Boston for its Mount Auburn, New York
for its Greenwood, Philadelphia for its
Laurel Hill, and St. Louis fcr its Belle
Fountaine, and for the wisdom and taste
displayed in them the citizens are indebted
to their ancestry."
The thorough and tasteful arrangement of
the city cemetery, (or rather the site appro-
priated for it) should be no longer neglected.
This is a subject calculated to elicit feelings
of the most delicate character from any eiti
The third Article li the one deserving most
serious consideration. The first section defiues
the rightwf suffrage ; and it is certainly one
which requires revision. It ileclaresthat "ev-
ery free male person who shall have attained
the age of tventy-one years, and who shall be
a citizen of the Uuited States, a citizen of the
Rpublic of Texas and shall have reside-1 in this
State one year next precediug an election, and
six months withiu the district, county or town
in
Africans excepted,) shall be deemed a qualfie.l
elector." j
Citizenship in Texas is. by tiie next section,
con fiued to male adults with six months resi-
dence immediately preceding the acceptance
of the Constitution by the Cougress of the Uni-
ted States.
The right of suffrage then is extended to all
-citizens of tbe United States, native and
naturalized, of twelve months residence in
Texas.
2. To all residents of six months in Texas,
who were here at the change of Government,
no matter where born, who ha i then attained
their majority. No provision is made for those
who were then alien minors and who have
rince attained their majority—and those for-
eigners who had then a shorter residence than
six months seem not to be included. In prac-
tice, however, all who were here at the change
of Government, (and there are mauy not em-
braced) aud all who have since atiained their
majority, and all renegade Mexicans who have
returned, and very many immigrant Mexicans
who had never been in the country, continue
to ext-rcise the right of suffrage.
The power of definiug suffrage rests alone
with tbe States. Theie is, therefore, a neces-
sity for some more clearly defined rule. We
shohld either extend the right to all "resi-
dents" or more clearly define " citizenship."
The qualifications for Representatives differ
only from those of electors induration of resi-
dence—those of Senator in age and residence.
The Governor of Texas is elected every two
years. His duties are few and simple; his
able, succinct and lengthv speech to a full preparing now to leave Matamoras with four
,11 .1 ' • i:.- i *• _ £• _.:u ... 11.1 l li: TU
pieces of artillery to quell the rebellion. The
force in Mrtamoras is about 1200 men.
There are dates here from the city of Mex-
ico of the 2'2d of April, in which appear ac-
counts of the ylorious victories of Gen. Santa
Anna over the rebels of the South—as usual
at Chilpancingo.
Brownsville, June 1st, 1855.
Editors of the Bejare.no :
* * * *
I send you a bulletin of the news from the
„ interior of Mexico. You will see that owing
ter. lie is also in favor Oi three branch ^ state of bankruptcy of the treasury of
roads from the Gulf, one running noithiioui tjje Mexican Hero, he will be unable to send
Galveston, on the dividing rioge between the ; tQ t|1(3 northcrn frontier a sufficient force to
Trinity and Brazos rivers in the direction ot • ciiecj£j 0r smother in blood the popular move-
Grayson county, on Red River One east : ment gtarted a few days gince at MontereJ)
and one west of the abo\e n^med road. . pon Santiago Vidauvie and his associates.
He opposes the present bill of Congress i j cau assure yOU that the rascally government
re-scaling the Texas debt, and is willing to Lf ganta Anna and his minions will soon have
vote for a prohibitory liquor law if instructed | ccasej t0 exist in Tamaulipas, New Leon and
so to do by a majority of his constituents, I (joa{jUi]a
and crowded house on the various political
questions that are new agitating the minds
of the people
He opposes the State system of internal
improvements but not in toto and is there-
fore in opposition to the amendment of the
constitution of the State permitting her to
embark in that system or enterprise for the
construction of Railroads as advocated by
Gov. Pease in hislast letter. lie is a strong j
advocate of the Fulton and El Paso railroad j
route and for the repeal of the Pacific char- j
branch
provided, however, after obeying their in-
structions they will not treat him as did the
citizens of Dallas by burning him in effigy,
after obeying their instructions to vote for
the Peters Colony Bill of 1852.
He has not as yet any opponent, and it is
generally believed will not have.
Respectfullv yours,
CIVIS.
Editorial Correspondence.
San Antonio, June 17, 1855.
There is little news astir in the city of glo-
rious recollections. The Indians seem to be
doing a small business in the way of driving
off horses. The security of property on the
frontier is incomplete. The late change in
Indian policy of the United States, particu-
larly towards the Texas tribes, has not had
time to produce its anticipated results. It
must have a fair trial before its merits can be
pronounced upon.
Mexican Affairs.—A letter dated the
5th inst. contains information of the activity
of the revolutionists on the Rio Grande, and
of their probable success, though no particu-
lars are giveu of the operations of either par-
ty. The whole population of the Mexican
States east of the Sierra Madre are much dis-
satisfied with the government of Santa Anna,
and are almost in a state of rebellion.
For the purpose of giving an idea of the
manner in which some of the Mexican exiles
deport themselves and let ofl' gas, the follow-
ing extracts are made from a letter directed
to Monsieur Henriques of this city—dated
Brownsville May 10th, 1855. j
There is a small sheet published here by the !
Federalists, called the Kayo Federal, in Span-
ish—there are about oue dozen editors.—
Among them are some who are leaders of the
Federal movement, whom I believe you are
not acquainted with, with the exception ot I subsistence of first necessity—suppression of
Guadalupe Garcia and M. Capistrau, wno j f[ie prohibition of cotton goods—the confisca-
are here yet aud flat broke. They are every U;on tj be the only penalty for smuggling,
day ready to leave the next week, and are The resources thus obtained to be exclusively
mere ado about nothing than the 1 appropriated for a war against the Indians,
which shall be kept up until they are subdued
The Governor and Commander in Chief of
New Leon, Don Geronimo Cardona gave up
the city of Monterey after a short resistance,
and remained a prisoner of war. The revo-
lutionary force took for their Chief General,
Don Antpuio Ma Jauregin, who marched at
once with 400 men to Saltillo.
The Capital of Coahuila was ready to-pro-
nounce itself, and must by this time be in
open revolution.
On the day before yesterday, Gen. Adrian
Woll declared the Departriient in a state of
siege. He has, further, issued a proclama-
tion rendering it obligatory to any persons
proceeding from the bank of the Reo Grande
to Matamoras, to present themselves to the
military authority with a passport signed by
the Mexican Consul in this city.
On thn 27th, 300 men with two pieces of
artillery, marchcd from Matamoras to Cam-
argo, under command of Gen. Don Joaquiu
Castro, whose fair reputation is uncontested,
even among the mochos of the Mexican army.
I heard to-day that the "pronunciados"
have established a custom house at Mier,
through which they will soon draw some re-
sources.
Carvajal has not yet penetrated into the
Mexican territory, but we look at every hour
for the news of his having crossed the river.
The Mexican exiles who lived in tiiis city,
have left to join the movement.
fisf Extracts from No 1, El Noticioso del
Bravo, published at Brownsville, the 27th of
May.
Gen. Caravajal, on the request of several of
his friends, is preparing to join Vidauvie to
give an impulse to the revolution.
Guerrero, Aqualeguas, Marin, Cerralvo Los
Aldamas, El daso del Zacete, and several other
towns have pronounced themselves.
The plah of Guerrero and the other locali-
ties above named, calls for the overthrow of
Santa Anna—such constitution as will be es-
tablished by the nation—the tariff of Ceballos
—free importation for five years of articles of
making
king of France did when he
" Marched up the liill with ten thousand men,
And then marched down again."
They have " musica y viva la iibertad," and
gran '-comidas, (diuners,) and " bindas,"
or exterminated.
Marroquin flew from Mier with one hun-
dred dragoons.
Finally, it cannot be doubted but in very
zen, one upon which, above all others, the (.toasts,) and serenades, and you would think 1 few days, New Leon, Coahuila ahd the great-
i.: i * t e j:..: j..ii ,.k u i— to see and hear them that they were ••goin'r." i net r>nrt nf Tnmnnlims will hnvp ahntcn off
combined taste of every individual should be
ie%cteiLjtod _jmsft
action entertained.
I shall be proud to do all in my power,
But tfiey seem to thi
est part of Tamaulipas will have shaken off
and "gone."—almost! 1 the yoke of Santa Anna. __
TnTTwIien theyTOUR SFtEe T" CandidatjS —There are few candidates
, r , ri™r> that \he ™ter °" th® oth?r s.id* is ! for the Legislature. Col. Reuben Clemens
without fee or reward, relative to this sub- | wholesome for them , for they hesitate, tal- j liag enounced himself. He, it is said, runs
ject, and shall hope for the co-operation of fer and fall back, then rally again ti
whoui devolves the influence of "musica," and "vino," a
uuder the
und await
my fellow-citizens, upon . .
initiatorv steps for the consummation of the j further "orders from the South,
end desired. | The fact is, 1 do not believe that they (tha
The ladies of the city have already done . |s> those who are hereot the exiled federal
themselves great credit in raising a cemetery ists>) will cross at all until they can i
at
fund of $400 or more. They have proved
themselves here, as everywhere else on the
face of the earth, the chief handmaids in all
thst is refining, chastening, beautifying and
exalting to tbe human race.
It is proposed to lay off the site of the ce-
metery into lots, which are to be appraised,
and sold as they may be wanted. At first
by public auction, afterwards as wanted (at
on the anti-K. N. ticket. It is rumored on
the street that, he belonged to the order and
drew out of the truth of the assertion I can
not say. Tom Grayson has enlightened the
reoeuu- i j)uj,j;c [,;s ideas upon matters and things
,, uef„ ° ' in general. He is for the House of Reprc-
bells or Matamoras announce — the lail oi p - -
" El General Cojo Santa Anna." Then
in general.
i sentatives. His circular is rather funny and
, . , ... . ^"n ' probably intended as a burlesque, but ouicne
these valiant sons ot Mexico will rush to the j 1/,_ tW T™, 5* n ™n,,lnr „-:,n
battle-field—all bloodless, and with
: and fury share the spoils, and quarrel for the
| honors—and tight again about which was the
! "biggest iugin," aud who shall be General,
! &c.
All this relates to that portion of the lib-
save as to that. Tom is a very popular man
( c"" a'jc an(j may give somebody trouble yet.
appraised value,) by emigrants to the city— I era^ arnlJ' w^o are here under my imirediate
the proceeds of the sale, with the money on i observation, they have so often in confidence
hand, to be appropriated to trimming up ! told me that they are just ofi on the od, then
have no doubt it would long since have been
want of patronage, the smalluess of his salary [ , . ,
and th« am:ill r* vnr«nr f naitl hu Tfruetn fun. *
However much men may differ upon other
subjects, the desne for an appropriate place
of rest, when the ever-changing scenes of
and the small reverence paid by Texas to fac-
titious greatness strip the office of its accustom-
ed importance. The salary will be within the
control of tbe legislature from henceforth—as I
trees, cleaning off brush, and fencing in the
site.
For myself I am willing to undertake the
entire execution of the arrangement of the
ground, guided by the plans of the most
tasteful cemeteries of the LTnion, in such
manner as may be deemed proper.
My fellow-citizens will but do their duty
to themselves and posterity by signifying
their pleasure and wishes in this regard,
through memorial to the council.
I ain, with great respect,
Your fellow-citizen,
J. T. CLEVELAND, Mayor.
P. S.—A cemetery Sexton whose fees will
be regulated, will of course be elected or
appointed by the council.
Citizens Meeting at San Marcos.
At u meeting of a large and respectable
portion of the citizens of Hays County, as-
sembled at the Court House in the town of
San Marcos on the 13th of June, 1855.
Col. S. R. McKie was called to the chair,
and J.B. J. Oliver appointed Secretary. The
object of the meeting was explained by the
chair. On motion to nominate a Senator
to represent the 27th senatorial district, the
following gentlemen were present- to the
meeting, Col.C Kyle arid Capt. . Cullough
tbe ten years will have expired alter which i life are closed, is, and has been, in all ages,
the salaries of the Governor and Judges may universal. To the living, the grave of a de-
be increased but not diminished. j parted friend is consecrated ground. Here,
The Governor is still the Commander-in- . .■ . , , , ,. , . , e
nuc t . , . i wnen the tempest and the whirlwind of life
Chief ot tne Army and Navy of lexas—may :
H. '
require inloimation from any other Executive
Depart ment—has the power to couvoke the
the L-.gisialure and of reprieve and pardon.
Ilia Lieuteaant-G.ivernor l* ukt'Wis*! elected
i>y tuf peop;e, anu is exojfictu Governor in case
ol vacauc}, etc.
1 ho Governoi of lexas possesse-* tne veto
power. His appointing power, under the Con-
stitution, is confined to the Secretary of State
aud Notaries Public. Tbe Legislature has
somewhat increased this patronage. The ar-
ticle about the Malitia is a dead letter.
The classification of Senators and the rule
of apportionment is a crying injustice. The
inhibition against Legislators filling offices of-
their own creation is a wise provision. The
exclusion of Ministers of the gospel looks like
abundant caotion, but, if we are to judge by
the fanatical legislatures in the north, it should
be continued. Priests and preachers seem to
be unwise law-givers—at least our Convention
so regarded it.
The 35th Section of the 3rd Article has se-
cured the Seat of Government at Austin until
1870, perhaps permanently, unless the contin-
gency, the possibility of which ought never to
have been admitted—that of a division of the
State—should transpire., „
The 3rd Article relates to the Judicial De-
partment. The Constitution only provides lor j
two Courts by name—the Supreme and District j
Courts. Inferior juristln aous, nd particularly j
one with Probate powen. ftraQpntemplated.— i
Justices of the Peace, with such criminal and i
civil jurisdiction as shall be provided for by j
law are particularly enians'-af^d
on the 15th, then on the 20th, and so on, that
I doubt about their going at all, unless the
danger is removed for them. Gen. Carvajal
is at his own ranch, and about one hundred
miles above here. 1 hear from him occa-
sionally, but he has no connection whatever
Col. Kyle received the
Little is being said of the Governor's elec-
tion or of the other State officers.
Crops.—This side the San Marcos the corn
crops have suffered very materially from the
drought. On Saturday night and Sunday a
good rain fell, which will be very beneficial
to vegetation. Some farmers are of opinion
they will make little more than half an aver-
age crop. The Germans in the vicinity of
New Braunfels were ouly hoping to raise a
supply for bread, before the rain.
Germans and Americans—Bad Feel-
ing.—A bad state of feeling seems to exist be-
with this party of Capistran and others here, i tween t|ie German settlers in the vicinity of
He says that they cau go on their own hook, j New Braullfe]s and the Americans. Near a
and he will go it alone—with his men and | month sincej it luay be reCollected, the Gcr-
matenals. 1 have not heard from him since | niung mobbed the dwelling-house of Mr. Sher-
last week, but expected to have heard before | woo(1 a reSpectable lawyer of New Brauufels
now of his having crossed.^ There is no J an(j occasioned his removal and location in
Americans connected with either party that j SegUin. Since that period American citizens
I know of; it is altogether Mexican. Some- I complain of having their property molested
thing has certainly occurred up the river to ! and injured by the Germans. A few weeks
alarm Gen. oil, the Commander at Mata- 1 paS(- a ulob was being gotten up against a
moras, for he has sent off several hundred ; very influential American resident of New
troops at different times to Camargo and I Braunfels, upon the charge of having been
Guerrero, and has doubled his vigilance here, j iniuiical to them in a land-suit, He receiv-
He has adopted a very strict passport system, | e j warning—placed his house in a state of
and hassiezed all tne beats on the river, both j defense by placing some 12 or 15 loaded guns
on this side and the other, except the ferry j jn ;t jn tije mean time a gentleman came
here, and has his pickets in every direction J t0 the place; ^ho exonerated the American
around Matamoras. At night we hear the | froni the charge preferred. The matter was
cry of "Centinela alerta" drawled out on the : dropt.3
bank of the river from Matamoras to the fer- i Qn tjie iQth inst., a man named Lewis was
ry, and down the river in succession like an | jn a grocery in New Braunfels. He had been
echo; then at all hours of night the eternal j drinking and remarked that he had heard
clariqn and drums are going it, a.- though the ■ ([le German's had threatened to drive off a I
place was in an r.ctual state of siege. But 1 Americans. He was unceremoniously
Such a state of feeling is to be regretted.—
Caudor compels me to say to the Germans—
change your course of conduct—convince the
slaveholders you are not interfering with their
property, or the consequences will be more
serious than you imagine. As sure as there
is a God if you get up a strong excitement
against you upon the subject of slavery the
matter will end in bloodshed. To the ras-
cally Americans, who have been the insti-
gators of this crusade against southern insti-
tution and southern property, who have made
the foreigners the cats-paws of their unholy
designs, I have no word of warning—Gentle-
men you are marked and when the great day
of wrath comes, if you will force it upon the
Texians, no power, except that of the Al-
mighty, can save you from the lash and the
halter. This is strong language, it is but
the echo of popular sentiment. I only tell
you what ydu may expect, should you raise a
storm about your heads upon the slave question
—mark my words, if you put the people to the
test they will not belie my assertions.
Should there be persons, who have come
among us, opposed to slavery, it is their duty
to leave our midst and settle down with the
abolition masses of the north. The Germans
generally have made the very best of citizens.
The old settlers of that aation did much ser-
vice under the "Lone Star Banner." They
are almost unanimously iu favor of slavery.
It is the late emigrants—Red Republicans—
men, who never did reform an abuse in their
native land, that have taken it upon them-
selves to work a mighty reformation here and
to abolish slavery. They may not constitute
a majority of their countrymen, however there
are enough to produce a result ull would re-
gret and pray to avert. They are trifling
with a dangerous matter—playing, as it were,
with the very train, which will blow them
higher than Olympus.
Prudent men on both sides ought to go to
work and endeavor to prevent any conse-
quences likely to result from the excitement
and the Germans must cease to tamper with
slaves. For the sake of the right-minded
men among the Germans, it is to be hoped,
this unpleasant affair may be settled amic-
ably. The reflecting and influential men of
that nation are, many of them, opposed to
the opinions and the acts of such of their
couhtrymen as have expressed themselves in
favor ofrabolishing slavery. They have re-
monstrated against the course pursued by the
editor of the San Antonio Zeitung. It is
wrong to condemn a whole people because a
few hot-headed men of their number may
have done amiss—it would not be just. I
know there are many Germans, who have
shown every evidence of affection for the Un-
ited States. They have stood shoulder to
shoulder with Americans in the hour of dan-
ger. Texas can boast of her ranger heroes
and some of the bravest were Germans.—
These men must have justice done them.
The innocent and the guilty must not be treat-
ed alike—gratitude, iu this instance, would
prevent it.
The Cm*.—San Antonio is rather dull at the
present. Many complain of the scarcity of mo-
ney. Business does not appear brisk. The
place continues to improve. The rise and pro-
gress of this town has been marvelous. Not-
withstanding the prophecies of men, who were
heretofore regarded as true prophets—that,
the business would be diverted to some other
point—the trade has continued to increase,
and the wealth, the size and the population
of San Antonio have augmented almost daily.
It is now one of the most pleasant cities iu
—its police
regulations are admirable—its ordinances are
good .and what is better, arc enforced—its
men are public spirited—its women are beau-
tiful. There are as many arguments in
favor of a gentleman losing his heart right
here as can be adduced for any place. If he
dont do so, it may be, because he did not
have the article on hand. I am credibly in-
formed a certain Ex-Governor has taken to
sighing and writing ballads. He lingers
around the river-city as if he felt a pain and
did. not know exactly where, and it is even
said the unreasonable man would, in moments
of delusion, be willing to hug the cause of
his misery. Men of a certain age will do so.
It seems to come on them epidemically and
its chief symptom appears to be an extra-
ordinary development of the organ of hope,
which can only be cured in two ways, by
priest or prunella. FORD.
Mr. Wise and the Democracy. Our Public Debt.
The election of Wise is considered by the j Whatever may be said of the equity and
old staunch Democrats as rather a triumph 1 justice of the principles of adjustment prupo-
1 - - 1 fn •„ aL-. 1\ .1.1 llM 1 Apll* .« 1 a. f. i
over the Know Nothing organization than a
Democratic victory. It is only a faction com-
posing the place men and office seekers,: the
restless, turbulent hangers-on of party, men
who have no fixed principles of their own,
but whose rule of conduct is directed and gov-
erned by constructive precedent and question
Ohlu Oil tll.ifi* ! 1
sed to Texas in the Debt Bill of the late Con-
gress, it enables the State to dispose of the
whole question satisfactorily to the great ma-
jority of the Public Creditors, and the in-
stances in which the scale proposed by Con-
| gross is less than that adopted by our seal
4 j ing law are so few that the State can adjust
able authority, who are always ready, as party ' the difference without detriment to herself or
clacqvrrs, to make demonstration whenever > the parties concerned. There is no question
an occasion offers, that are rejoicing over this I without its two sides. The friends of the
sham victory The true blue old line Demo- ! Texas Scaling law say that it is equitable and
cracy are mum; aad, while they are glad of | fair; the creditors, whose debts are reduced
the overthrow ot Know Nothingism in Yir- j bv it, sav it is unjust aud oppressive and are
ginia, they see no good cause for rejoicing at j not willing to accept it. Now if it was a con-
*i i- w , jroverSy between individuals, it could be set-
nomiriiition
almost ! think it is all Mexican humbug.
The health of this place is good;
are past, when the friend whom we had che-
rished, and the foe we had combatted are
alike senseless to our love and our hatred, a
lesson is inculcated more instructive than
sermons, and as truthful as reality. Here,
communing with ourselves, we may learn,
" what shadows we are, and what shadows we
pursue," and, musing on the mighty past, at
the tomb of departed worth, learn so to live,
that when the angel of death shall fan his
pinions over our sinking spirit, he may be
disarmed of his terrors. It is a duty which
the living owe to the dead to adorn their last
resting place. Though the jewel be gone, let
us cherish and venerate the casket that con-
tained it.
The grave-yard is a record, an epitome of
history. Among its cold tenants there is no
distinction. Thither we are all hastening,
and ere the lowers that may be planted to-
day shall wave their bloom over our departed
friend, you and I reader may sleep by his
side.
'• Friends of my youth I have witnessed yourbloom,
Shades of the dtad I have wept at your tomb;
Tomb, iBave w?e&i.h.= '.liatarf 'v-rthy of : I
Hat who sbaafie gatli^r agra ;aM.J tor r^e r'
\\ e give below the communication of the
Mayor:
Mayor's Offit, <
Austin*, June l^th ISoA. j'
Fellow-Citizens—I fieem it my duty to
call vur attention u; the citv cemeVrv Tim
! thrown out of tbe house—gathered himself
t present. , Up an(j ^00j. j.[,e roaj for gan Antonio. He
Business is not half as good iu the dry goods jwas uiet by another American and while they
line here as it was when you lived here. 1 he | were talking of the affair, a party of ten uioun-
establishnient of the mounted Revenue Guard ted Germans, rushed upon Lewis and secured
herein this collection district has injured the him.
trade materially for this season. 1 he guards J One of them was in the act of striking
drive up every Mexican who comes across the him on the head with a gun but desisted up-
river with his pack mules or horses', and make j on the remonstrance of the other American,
them pay duties on their animals, or J^ive j Lewis was taken to jail. Oil -Monday liecun-
unanimously. On motion to nominate a
representative for the counti s f Caldwell
and Hays, Captain S. W. D;;\is and Col. T.
Kogan were presented to the meeting. Capt.
Davis received the nomination almost unani-
mously. On motion, the following commit-
tee was appointed to meet in convention
with the citizens of Caldwell county at a
public meeting to be held in Lockhart on
Saturday the 16th inst., for the purpose of j them liberty to go back with them to the other ; trived to convey word to Mr. Calhoun, living
the success of Wise
The antecedents of the champion of mod-
ern Democracy are of so marked a character
that they cannot be easily forgotton by those
who, like their old chief and exemplar,
Gen. Jackson, always remembered their
friends, and never forgave or forgot their en-
emies. The worst of it is, that Mr. Wise
would never come to the confessional—he
never would consent to be placed upoti that
awkward political tripot, the stool of repen-
tance. Throughout his late political canvass,
during which he addressed the masses one
hundred and twenty-seven days, he made uo
retractions; he neither took buck, explained
nor apologised for any of those terribly bitter
denunciations of the Democratic party in
which he was so prone to indulge. Profuse
in his professions while canvassing for the
sweet voices of the people, he persistingly ab-
stained from making auy confessions. Up-
on no one occasion did he cry peccary, and
beg forgiveness. For what all the world
kuows, he is just as much opposed to the car-
dinal principles of Democracy, as enunciated
and practiced by Jacksox, and to the rne-
tled by the Courts, but as it is between indi-
viduals and a State, there is no law to com-
pel the State to submit to judicial investi-
gation and judgment. If between individu-
als, one party had the exclusive right to de-
termine controverted points, aud to decide
them just as hisoWn iuterest or predjudices
dictated, justice Would seldom be meted out,
and ail credit and contracts dependent on the
power of individuals, would be at an end.
And we see no more reason or propriety in
the State's taking the law into its own hands,
and deciding its disputes with individuals,
than for an individual who happens to be
more powerful than hie neighbor, to decide
controversies about property or money, that
may arise between them. Every Public
Creditor v. bo has asked relief from Congress
deuies the justice of our scaling law; but not
only so, a respectable minority of our own
citizens, whose interest in common with the
majority is adverse to the claims of the cred-
itors, also deny it. A controversy exists that
Texas ought never to have attempted to settle
against the consent of the adverse party, and
mory of the old war-horse, as ever he was.— if that consent was not accorded, she should
If we are to judge from his speeches, this j have submitted to arbitration or judicial in-
Virginia Paladin has taken "no step back- ! vestigation. The creditors have appealed to
— 1 " i Congress, aud with the consent of our Sena-
tors and Representatives, that body has fram-
ed an adjustment with which the creditors
are satisfied, though several millions below
the face of their claims, and one wjjh which
the State cau comply. If the debts is to be
scaled, if we are to plead partial failure of
consideration, usury, or any other special or
technical objection to the demand, let us not
decide the issue ourselves. It would be very
much like the handle of a jug. all on one side.
But, as Gen Rusk has remarked, if the Debt
is to be scaled, let us shift the responsibility
on to other shoulders. The creditors have
appealed to Congress and Congress has said
how fer she will go, and the appellants are
bound to be satisfied with the result. It now
remains for Texas to give or withhold her
consent. It seems to us that Texas can well
afford to give it. What do you say, reader ?
Houston Telegraph.
ward.
We take the following remarks upon W ise's
election from a leading Northern Democratic
paper:
The political history of this man is before
the country. He was one of the most violent
opposers of the administration of Gen. Jack-
son. He was equally violent in his opposi-
tion to the measures of Mr. Van Buren's ad-
ministration. Violent is almost too feeble
and quiet a term to express the intensity of
hatred manifested by him to the political sys-
tem of those two eminent statesmen. Noth-
ing could exceed the vehemence of abuse
with which he assailed them, and their prin-
ciples, and their friends. The great sewer of
Canal street does hot pour daily into the Hud-
son a tide of more offensive feculence than
flowed at that period in the harrangues of
Mr. Wise. It was pure unmixed railing, an
interminable fluency of vituperation, a me-
chanical facility of abuse, and- nothing more
—there was neither argument nor enthusiasm
in it; it was the mere volubility of a scold.
His disposition to vituperate seemed a sort of
moral disease; he threw everything at his op-
ponents which lay in his way, without discri-
mination, sticks, stones, dirt, the scrapings
of the gutters, clawed up hastily with hands
that scorned all aicetv of selection.
We should not refer to those things at the
Tbe Kinney Expedition.
" Ion," one of the Washington correspon-
dents of the Baltimore Sun, has the follow-
ing, in regard so this affair, about which so
much has been said and written:
The Kinney expedition, which has fur-
nished newspaper paragraphs for six months,
has been absolutely and positively abandoned'
I state tbe fact upon the most authentic and
tie suouiu not reier lo mosu uuui ai iuc ,. . - „ . 1 . i .
... . i j v , *. direct information. The reason assigned tor
present time if they had been repented of. ; . , . . . ., ®. •
iVm to- u j j . . l- ; this determination is not the fillibustering
If Mr. \V ise had expressed any regret at his 1 "
opposition to good measures founded on the
maxims of a wise policy; if he had shown
any sorrow for the injustice he had done to
some^of the ablest, purest and most sagacious
men oFTiis time, tne case wouitTW.s^ry'ini^
ferent from what it now is. We do not re-
collect any public debater who showed less
souse of justice in his behavior to his politi-
cal adversaries than Mr. Wise. lie has
never acknowledged the error of his course.
He is now, for aught that the public is in-
churucter of the expedition—not its violation
of the neutrality laws or its tendency to
complicate questions pending between the
United States government ana that of Great
Britain ralntivf to the fulfillment of the
Clayton Buiwer treaty; not the indictments
and arrests founded upon the information
lodged against Kinney by Messrs. Marcolette,
White, and others; not the bonds, per-
sonal, or with sureties, to appear and answer
to the charge, should it ever be prosecuted;
cor even the cordon of United States steam-
consulting said citizens in regard to candi
dates for the above-named offices, Major C.
R. Johns, F. Kyle, Capt. E. Burleson, J. C.
Wadkins, Dr. P. C. Wood, Col. E. Nance,
Dr. W. W. Brown, and Col. S. R. McKie.
At the same meeting on motion the fol-
lowing gentlemen were appointed to consult
said meeting in Lockhart in regard to a cer-
tain abolition press in San Antonio, Captain
E. Burleson, Major C. R. Johns, Col. E.
Nance and Dr. P. C. Wood.
Oa motion the meeting adjourned to await
the decision of said Lockhart meeting, also
the several counties of the 27th senatorial
District.
S. R. McKIE, Chairman.
J. B. J. OLIVER, Secretary.
The Clarion, Gonzales Enquirer, Austin
Times,. Gazette, Seguin Mercury and New
Braunfels papers will please publish.
For the State Times.
McKinnkv, Coli.in Co.,)
June 2d, 1855. }
Mr. I^ditor—The announcement of can-
didates t(ly represent us in the next legislature
took place to-day. They have been more
backward this year than at any other period
wiihin tl. e i t collection of the oldest citizens,
I know no t the reasons unless it is that they
lj of *ne Know Nothings. I have
V J.-it " Sam" is doing well his
side. Ibis fiiuhtens the timed fools, and ijUgt below the town. In the evening he came
arc atrai
UHiicrsto'
part.
Meior
,iucl Bogart announced himself
ite for local representative, and
sition and gave his views in an
| up and in company with a little boy went to
the jail. The jailer adiuitted them—turned
them and went about his busi-
gives an opportunity to the Mexican custom
house spys to find them out, and go over and
inform on them. The consequence is they
are watched, and when they attempt to go
back they are siezed, and the informant gets
half.
So it is that the traders have directed their
trade mostly to Tampico, and some to Soto
la Marin, which I am informed is doing a
small business in a great way. The Mexi-
can Custom House Guards had the audacity
on the night of the 31st of March to cross
from the other side in a custom house boat,
and land a little below old Fort Brown, and
took eight barrels of cognac brandy and one
box of candles, which was on the bank, and
under charge of some Mexicans, and took it
up to the custom house at Matamoras, and ac-
tually confiscated it and sold it. The matter
is now before Thomas T. Durgao, Esq., U.
S. Consul at Matamoras, who has made an of-
ficial demand for redress.
But that is nothing to what they arc doing
all along the river. I\o man can say after
dark that he is the owner of a horse or cow. i court—burning fences and rendering springs
They even steal children, and it is a regular | unfit for use by a most obscene and beastly
business to kidnap cows. There is no reme-j procedure. The chief complaint is the dis-
dy, and never will be until the b'hoys get position to tamper with slaves. They are ac-
among them again, and stir uji the baboons ! cased of rendering negroes discontented—
with a sharp stick. I of persuading them to run off from their own-
P. S. 1 have just spoken with Col. Langs- ers aud of doing everything calculated to
trof <>f Matamoras, who informs me that they ! rentier them bad neighbors to slave-owners,
have news iu Matamoras of a pronunciauien- j How much these complaints may be exagge-
to in San Luis Potosi, headed by a weal- j rated, if at all, I know not. Tltere must be
thy merchant of that place, and that troops are j some truth upon which topredieatf fojimich
j
i uess. When it suited his convenience he
| came back and liberated Mr. Calhoun and
the frightened, crying, boy. Mr. C., did
not institute immediate suit for false im-
prisonment—he gave the jailer a decided
specimen of an energetic, old fashioned kick-
ing. It is said there was "warm work in the
back settlements." Gen. Scott's fancied fire
in the rear was a tame affair to this. This
is given as received 1 am disposed to think
there is some mistake about it. If the in-
dividual in question was a ecrtain Lewis, who
figured some days in Austin, there is no tel-
ling what the provocation to jug him may
I have been. l e this as it may, he was fined
I twelve dollars and sent on his way rejoicing.
Americans complain of a thousand annoy-
jances being practised upon them by theGcr-
j mans such as the cutting of timber off their
i lands—refusing to pay for it—swearing the
j " horns off a billy-goat" when taken into a
A very rich burlesque has made its ap-
pearance, in the shape of a correspondence
between James G. Bennelt and others, and
Horace Greely, in which the former "sounds"
the latter in reference to his opinions on af-
fairs in general, with a view of nominating
him for the presidency. It is full of capital
hits. Greely is in it made to say that he is
quite prepared to give the enquirers what
they wish, as he has long been anticipating
something of the kind. He thinks they have
shown excellent judgment in pitching on him.
Some men might affect a doubt of their abil-
ity or worthiness for the post, but he shan't;
and as for declining ho shall do nothing of
the sort. As to affairs in general, his opinion
is the opposite of the poet's—"Whatever is,
is wrong," but he thinks if he should be elec-
ted to the presidency, he could soon put things
to rights.
Among his other pledges, Greely is made
to promise that he would "tolerate every bo-
dy except those unmitigatedscoundrels, liars,
miscreants and little villains, who are opposed
to him in politicsthat he would form his
cabinet of one-half blacks and one-half whites,
the whites to be taken from among the natu-
ralized citizens; that he would give no din-
ner parties, hold no levees ; that he would
hire furnished lodgings, convert the white-
house into an emigrant boarding house,
plant the capitol grounds with carrots and
cabbages, sell off the navy and its armament
for old wood and iron, aud only insist on a
tariff of 5000 per cent. No letters should
be written on Sunday, and he thinks by the
assistance of Mapes and Solon Robinson, some
scientific method may be discovered where-
by trees and other vegetables may be preven-
ted from growing on that day, and strong
floodgates erected at the mouth of our har-
bors to prevent the tide from flowing in and
out on Sunday's, whereby a day of absolute
rest may be secured.
He would abolish the judiciary ambassa-
dorial humbugs and congressional per diem;
also capital punishment for all crimes except
drinkiug and woman-loving, those being sins
to which he was not inclined : he would en-
act laws forbidding theuse of the word"south;"
a new mariner's compass should be construc-
ted without the south point; then by setting
all slaves free, all sectional discussions would
be avoided. As to his foreign policy, he
should insist on the restoration of the inde-
pendence of Poland, Hungary and Jerusa-
lem. Turks should govern Turkey, Italians
Italy, Irish Ireland, Greeks Greece, but our
country should be free to the whole world to
come here and do as they please, provided
they don't drink.
formed, iu«t where he was then; the same .... , . ...
,r. , ,. ships ol war and revenue cutters, which are
i enemy ot the maxims of that national policy, .5 , ■ , , ,,
j. _ J . , • « 1 l aniii 4 n Ka «ntn cronm nn irot/ihino tho nm.
• the support 01 which has distinguished the
| Democratic from the Whig party, and ready,
j whenever the occasion arises, to oppose them
with the same vehemence as before. His
election is regarded by the friends of Mr
Pierce's administration as a triumph, but it
is not even known whether he is prepared to
support the administration in auy of those
i respects iu which it deserves support.
While, therefore, we are glad to see a proof
that the Nativisls are in a minority in Vir-
ginia, we have no compliments to pay either
to her or to the party which could so far for-
get itself as to make him its candidate. He
is now nominally ranked with the Democratic
j party, it is true, but we have no reason to be-
lieve that he considers this as anythiug more
than a temporary alliance, for the sake of of-
fice, and involving no renunciation of old op-
inions. In one of the newspapers friendly
to the administration, the result of the late
election is claimed as a proof that the Demo-
cratic party keeps together in Virginia. It
seems to us, on the contrary, to be a proof
that the Democratic party in that State is
losing its unity aud cohesion, receiving poli-
tical heretics into its communion, and thus
tincturing itself with their opinions. If Mr.
Wise is to give character to the political as-
sociation he leads, aud by which he is chosen,
we fear that we shall ere long seek vainly tor
the old Democratic party in Virginia.
said to be with steam up, watching the mo-
tions of the Kinney ship, the steamer United
States, in the harbor of New York.
It was upon hone of these considerations,
or by reason of none of these impliments,
that Col. Kinney is obliged to abandon his
long cherished enterprise. It was simply
from tbe want of money—the want of ready
means to defray the current and immediate
expenses. To equip, provision,' transport,
support and deep in battle array a thousand
men, by mere promises, is out of the ques-
tion. War and filibusterism would be per-
petual aud unceasing if mere promises were
the sicews by which they could be kept in
motion.
Half a million of dollars would have been
the cost of the expedition for six months; and
without half that amount Col. Kinney would
not be willing, probably, to enter upon it.—
lie has, it seems, been disappointed in mak-
ing that pecuniary negotiation which, as he
stated in his manifesto some two months ago,
was essential to the prosecution of his enter-
prise.
Tin captain and owners of the shipping
engaged by Col. Kinney are said to have
been much exercised, of late upon the sub-
ject of their own complicity with the enter-
prise. They wrote anexiously on the subject
to the government here, and the replies they
received convinced them that they could not
enforce by law the payment of any sum con-
tracted to be paid them for their services by
the authors and backers of the enterprise.—
It is probable that they declined further ser-
New York papers
j6SF*"Of all self-aeknowiedged puppies, the |
young man who speaks lightly of the female
character, and female virtue, deserves the j Vices'without ready cash.
highest place in tbe congregation of moral] The statement in the Ne
lepers. There is no more certain indication : that Col. Kinney has been bothered by old
ot a weak brain or a rotten heart than the : debts, that have risen in judgment against
j tongue which would disparage female virtue ! him, may also have had an influence upon his
i —which would forget its mother, or its sister, ! movements.
j in casting its foul venoui upon a purity which ! There will now, perhaps, be room for the
: it can never hope to attain. prosecution of the legitimate and practical
j i and amicable scheme for the colonization of
; Taking it Coolly.—The Richmond portions of the Central American coast, which
TVfti</ man is a philosopher. There can be j was undertaken originally by the compauy
no doubt of this fact in the mind of any well ' of which Ex-Senator Cooper was the Presi-
read " individual" after perusing the follow-! dent.
inur paragraph from his paper: | — T-
Salt River.—Wc speak from experience j APPEARANCES ARK DECEITFtL. ^po
when we say, that there is no more pleasant j subject of dress and appearances e 1
wufu we auy, mat iucic is uu iuuic uieaMiiJL *m, . . .1 i„0
and deii«rhtful stream in the world than Salt I Times says, "a coat that has em
river. We have lived upou its banks all our ! of use UP°D itUa recommendation to people
I days, and nearly all the best friends we have ; °^MIlse! anc^ a k3' H*0 8m •*
i in the world live there with us, and we are iand t0° biSh a,lustre'18 a derogatory circuin-
I utterly astonished at ourselves that we should istance- best coate are on e ac
j ever have felt or expressed a wish to leave it i pennilc-ssfops broken-down met^ants, clcrk.
for less inviting regions. To be sure, there !011 ^ar|e8 an(*, m®n. , .
ar*no Spiles" there to gladden the hearts of |«P Theheav^t gola chainsdangle f«,m
worldly and selfish natures : butwehave nev- ^e fobs of gamblers an ge i -.:^*
er been accustomed tothe "spiles," and in- ^ means ; costly ornamen® onjadu*
deed we feel entirely too spiritual ever to care ! ^ W111£[ for ftt„ds.
iTrauoSnsrrmis ^«—■«« * *
ingly gratified that we arc thus happily con- ."tr^EtionVLdTh^sC
stituted.
&3f"The Woman's Advocate has the fol
lowing pithy and pointed paragraph :
After the first of May next, the citizens of
New York are prohibited, by law, from us-
ing or burning fluid for lights, within the fire
limits. Nobody questions the constisuiiqu-
ality of this law, as far as we hear;
prohibit the use and sale of ram, woul
a constitutional argument. Rum kill
dred thousand, to burnin" "-
I spreads more devastation t
i accomplished by such ligl i
We like to sec a good 'hit,' comc from
whence it may, and the Temperance candi-
date for Governor lets off a good oue some-
times. Here is one:
" An incident occurred whilst Mr. Overby
was speaking in Fayette, which is worth pre-
yet to
! r::is .'
a hi!"
i SSf The report of the
• ir- unfounded
ft • e'
, that she has fair expectations I
! who can show a balance in his favor, tor
: women are like books; too much gilding makes
| men suspicious that the binding is the most
i important point.'
The Ladies Against the European
Plan.—Hotels on "the European plan" have
become quite a feature in our city lately: but
serving. During the delivery of his speech, ' a reaction has set in against them already.
; he asked if there were any present who did j The secret of the matter is, that the novelty
| not believe in the existence of God and the of the "plan "has worn away, and sobor so-
I doctrines of future rewards and punishments, icond thought finds the American> system the
Some in the audience replied. " Yes, many best, after all. The ladies doo t like the i
i an one." "Then," said Mr. Overby. "you j of having to order everything to their private
' are the men above all others who should enlist! rooms, and to have superannuated bachelors
under the banner of Temperance for if your , from the country as their landlord withal;
! hopes are bounded by this world, vou should, ! and what they don't approve is not likely to
U all means, seek to make it a paradise, and j flourish long. They have got the idea that
-his can never bedone as long as there remains ! when they traval they ought to sec and be
,i grogshop in it." The effect of this reply i seen as much as they can, and not lock them-
<vL • lectrical, and brought down thundering (selves up, oil the European plan, merely to
applause from the audieuee to the amazement save perhaps a half a dollar a day. W ho 11
* ! discomfiture of smsr'*1 " say they re uot rijiht?— A. 1 Poptr.
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Ford, John S. The Texas State Times (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 29, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 23, 1855, newspaper, June 23, 1855; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth235764/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.