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TIE- SOUTH-WESTERN AMERICAN.
TEREIS-$3 in Advance.)
3- Pcmocrntic 3Tca)spacr Ocuoicb to Agriculture ""cui5 politics anb Qtcxan interests.
($4 at the end of the Year'3'
VOL. IV.
CITY OF AUSTIN TEXAS. WEDNESDAY JULY 28 1852.
NO. 3
TOE GKEAT KENTUCKY REIIEOV.
DR. JOHN BULL'S SARSAPARILLA ! !
Will Wonders never Cease?
IF the following eurce. iwrfonned alono hv the use of
BULL'S SABSAPARILLA are not wonders then we
acknowledge that ire do not know the meaning of the
word. Head and be conTlnced that facta arc stranger thau
fiction: .
list. P. O. Fulton Co.. Kj Oct. 1 1851.
Dr. John Bull : Dear Sir The two dozen of joor Suraa
parilla ordered in September; came to hand and in ac
knowlcdging the receipt of the came I feel I would bn
doing you injustice to withhold the following among the
many of the instances that haTe conic under my observa-
tion during the last two years of the great curative prop
crties of your Sarsiparilla:
Mrs. Jeannctte Martin a highly respectable lady of tny
neighborhood aged s ixty-Sve year had been long afflicted
with a cancerous ulcer which finally reduced her to so
helpless a condition that she could not leave her bed She
tried the best medical adTice in our county without relief
and had given np all hopes of a cure. At this stage of her
rase I persuaded her son to take a bottle of your Sarapa-
rilla. lie did so. and in a short time returned and pur-
chased another bottle stating the first had had a decidedl.-
good effect. She continued to use it until a fter the ue of
five or six bottles 1 had the pleasure of seeing the old lad;
herself at church. She assured me that she had iilmost
entirely recovered her health and from her I received the
account of her disease andin about the same word I ghe
it to you. This is but one cf a number of cures under my
observation of very remarkable ones performed by the
use of your Earsaparilb in my neighborhood. The de-
mand for it has steadily increased since its introduction
here. Very respectfully your obedient servant
WM. R. DICKINSON P. M.
Botie Cocmt Ky.. Oct. C 1S31.
Dr. John Bull : Dear Sir I have seen the most marvel-
lous cure of one of my patients by your valuable medicine
an old lady who had been afflicted from her childhood
with scrofula and various diseases of the brain. She was
sixty years old. It had run into something like leprosy
and she was the most frightful creature my eyes eTcr
beheld. I called in Dr. SIcFadden. a very fine physician
to consult with me in relation to her. We came to the
conclusion that it was out of our power to relieve her ; but
on going to my office I accidentally picked up one of your
Journals when on seeiDg the wonderful cures your Sarsa-
parilla had effected I nwolved to trj the experiment in this
case. I took her two bottles of it-after taking which I
perceived a great change. I took her some moro. She is
now talcing the sixth bottle and I consider her entirely
cured. I take great pleasure in recommending J our &ir-
sapariila to the afflicted public.
Tours respectfully
jorrx m.ross m.d.
TO INVALIDS
AND THE SICK.
Tlie Celebrated Corn-
slock Medicines. 1st.
The Great Pain Ex-
tractor (ConnePs 'and
Daily's) curing all burns
and all external pains and
sores. 2d. Balm of Co-
lumbia for slaving or re-
storing the human hair.
3d Ilewc's Nerve and
Bone Liniment and Indian
Vegetable Elixir a cure
for all cases of Rheuma-
tism. 4th' McNair's Ac-
oustic Oil a certain cure
for Deafness. 5th. Hay's
Liniment a lenown cure
for the Piles. Cth. Spohn's
Sick Headache Remedy.
7th. Mother's Relief for
all women in the family
tvay. 8th. Longley's Great
"Western Indian Panacea
for colds and feverish feel-
ings and preventing fevers;
Sbr Asthma Liver Com-
plaint and Bilious Affec-
tions; for Dianhoe Indi-
gestisn and Loss of Appe-
tite; for Costiveness in
.females and males and-
oervious complaints ; for
Stomach Affections Dys-
pepsia PileSj Rheumatism
&c. The great points are
it is not bad to take -never
gives painand never leaves
one costive. 9th. Kolm-
stock's Vermifuge (Worm
Killer) for Children or
grown persons. 10th. Mrs.
Brown's Great Pain Killer-
No medicine has
been discovered that is so
happily adapted to use in-
ternally as dropsf o be tak-
en and yet perform such
wonders when applied ex-
ternally as a wash or bath
by friction In bottles
from 12 1-2 to 50 cents
each. 11th. Saunholtz's
Roach and Bed Bug Bane
for driving away Vermin
ina short time. 12th. The
celebrated Lin's Life Pills
and Temperance Bitters.
13th. Dr- Bartholomew's
Pink Syrup the popular
'Expectorant for Coughs
ColdsInfluenza &c. 14th.
The East-India & New
York Hair Dyes the only
tnirc coloring for the hair-
15th.Liri"s Balm of China
a Chinese Remedy for
Cuts Burns Sores &c.
16th. Extract of Sarsapa-
rilla. This article has out-
lived all other Sarsaparil-
las and still gives as great
satisfaction as ever- 17th.
ine celebrated sprcanl
strengthening Plaster
made from Lin's recipe
and the most popular iu
the market. ISth. Dr.
Kline's ToothAche Drops.
A certain and easy cure
for Tooth Ache- 19. Dr.
Comstock has latelybought
the right for the United
States of the celebrated
Concentrated Mi'ncralWa-
ter found at the Salt
Springs of Dr. Wm. C. i
Chase at St. Catherines
C W. This medicine has
attained a notoriety and
popularity never before
equalled byany preparation
at that place andits sale
has been commensurate
with its merits which are
extraordinary. All the re-1
medics are fully desciibed
in Almanacs to be given
to all who call where the '
medicines are kept. ' I
NOTICE. All prepa-
rations hi-retofore krrWn
as "Comstock's" or Com-
.stock & Co's. always be- i
longed and now belong ex '
dusivcly to Dr. Lucius S. '
Comstock; ar.d th'ough.the
signature of Comstock &
Co. will be continued this '
extra label with the fae sim
ile signature of Dr. L. S.
C. will in future designate
thegenuine.
The above medicines
can be had in this place
fcnlyof
Francis T. Ddtfau.
Also by Rvan & Cottinjr-
Siam Webersville; Rogan & Hippingstall Lockhart; also by Eliott
Roberts &Co. Houston who arc the only dealers in the genuine Corn-
Stock's preparations. April21 ly:45.
GENERAL LAND AGENCY.
J. GASTANIE General Land Agent and Commission
Merchant Houston Texas.
V7ILL altecr" to tbe sale of Lands location of cerliBcates recording of deeds
payment of taxes obtaining of patents from the General Land Office per-
fecting of titles settlement of estates and all matters pertaining to lands generally
ia the Slate ol Texas; and also will sell and buy goods oa commission.
Person intrusting business to him may be sure of a prompt attention to the
ame. OiUce Long Row.
RErERENCKS.
Houston A. S.Rulhven J. S.Roberts B. P. Tankcrsley . Wm. R. Baker.
GalVciton Rice & Nichols J. N. Reitl W. Ricli-irJbon John Lew".
Marshall I. M. Hall.
Austin Capt. Crosby Ben P. Hill Lamar Moore P. Dc Cordova.
Caitrovillc James Paul Henry Castro.
Sew Orleans B. L. Shaw R. Kerr F. Brichta.Garducr Smith W. J. Morton.
Cincinnati Henry Miller Shenpard & Armstrong Dr. Darling Sam Wert.
New York.-. A- M. Gentry J. s. A. Lowery.
origin a
I TlKima? A. Itingo. of GraTH Co- Ivy- Tor the fcencfit
of mankind generally do Iien-liy certify that on or nbout
the ICch day of October. 1S47. 1 wis attacked with a Tery
revere paiu in the lover jarr of the nbdomin which lasted
but Jew cilnutes and uioic.1 into the Uft hip and i-on-tinucd
esciolucly painful fur itbout the da." durinjr
which time I had a iiry lyht fetvr. At the end of tint
time the feTur ceased and the pain abated fnra day or tiro
after which it again returned and was much worse than
before. During all this time 1 was under medical treat-
ment. From a fhort time after I wa taken. I w.w unable
V walk or sit up ; the hip in which the pain was fo bad
commenced rMn:r. until pome time in Janniry when it
burst and a number of pieces of bone came out ns m-iny
09 twenty at leant. Some of tlio pieces were three-fourths
of an inch long. Sonic time after thi. a hard knot ap-
peared on my right hip. alo one on my runt wrist and
one oa my leg below my kneu. I continued to get weak
and worse and pain made its apiearancc in my right
shoulder and would move in my breast and stomach. At
this time all persons gaTo meuptodie. A physician then
told me that as a last remedy. I had better use MR.
BULL'S FLUID EXTRACT OF SARSAPARILLA. AJter
the use of the second bottle the knot on my wrist com-
menced getting soft. I opened it and a day or two after
a piece of bone came out. My wrist soon got well and I
continued to gain strength. After I used the third bottle
I could get no more for coma four weeks after which time
I succeeded in getting three more bottles. After using the
three last bottles the knot on my hip became soft ; it was
opeueu jjuii buiuc f-f-tlinr
EmaU piece of bone and the sore soon got well and the
Knot entirely uiappcareu. i uc sore on my icg also opencti
and a piece of bone came out. I continued the use of the
Sarsaparilla until I used twelve bottle? and am now
entirely well and able to do daily labor. It mw scim
strange to some but I will here state that during the
summer of 1S19 1 coughed up three pieces of 1 tone which
can now be seen at the ref idecce of my uncle. Tho. Neal
where I now live and if any persons doubt this statement
I will be happy to convert with them if they will call on
rac. Signed TUOJLAS X. 1UXG0.
State of Kentucky Craves Co. "Set.
This day personally came before mc the undtr.-ined an
acting justice of the peace in and for said count and made
oath in due form of law that the aboc statement is true.
Subscribed and sworn to this 10th day of February. 1S00.
S. V. J10RSE J. V. for G. 0.
I Irwin Anderson Clerk of the County Court of Graves
County State of Kentucky do certify that S. 1'. Jlor
vhosc name is signed to the above certificate is now and
was at the time of signing the same a justice of the peace.
In and for said Graves ijounty duly commissioned and
qualified as such and that Cuth and credit arc due all his
official acts as such.
In' testimony whereof I have hcrmnto set my
rr o - hand and caused the seal of tho County Court of
III. b.j gjjj county to be hereunto affixed this 18th day
of February 1800.
EDWIN ASDERSOX.
Can the reader believe after reading the description of
the above numerous cures that there is still a few human
beings suffering with disease that rcfuso to give Bull's
Sarsaparilla a trial. It is indeed hard to belieTc but nev-
ertheless it is too true. tVhat kind of testimony would it
take to convince the few remaining disbelievers that Bull's
medicine will do more even than it promises? The doctor
could produce another and another euro performed by his
-.l!!. 1.... If .I... j..fm. -..1...1.n.t 1 iMt .111 .iv. nn-
Tice the sceptical it is useless to produce any more and
indeed it would cost a fortune to publish the many certi-
ficates that have been bhowcrcd on Dr. Bull. The largest
mammoth sheet in America would not contain even the
names of those cured let alone full statements of their
cases.
This medicine when used according to directions will
cure without fail :
--crotujaor lung 3 J.vu lancers. Tumors .Eruptions or
the Skin Erysipelas Chronic Sore Eyes Ringworm or
Tetters Scald Head Rheumatism Tains in the Bones or
Joints Old Sores and Ulcers Swelling of the Glands Sv ph-
ilis Dyspepsia. Salt Rheum Diseases of the Kidneys Dis-
eases arising from the use of Mercury Loss of Appetite
Pain in the Side or Shouldors General Debility1 Lumbago
Dropsy Jaundice Costiveness Bronchitis Sore Throat
Coughs Colds TTeakncss of the Chest Pulmonary Affec-
tions and all other Diseases tending to produce Consump-
tion Liver Complaints Female Irregularities and Com-
plaints Sick and Nervous Headache Low Spirits Night
Sweats Exposure or Imprudence in Life Chronic Consti-
tutional Diseases and as a Spring and Summer Drink and
General Tonic for the System and a Gentle and Pleasant
Purgative it is superior to Blue Lick and Congress )7ater
Salts or Seidlitz Powders.
DR. JOHN BULL'S Principal Office
81 Fourth St.. Louisville Ky
TTbcre applications for Agencies must be addressed.
For sale by FKAlSCia T. DUFFAU
the cvclusiue agent for this place. 3
GUADALUPE COUNTY.
Fifity tracts of land from 75 tc 320 acres each out of e
Eznaurezar grant situated on the waters of the Guadalupe
river York creek and Jhe head of the San Geronymo.
358 acres part of the Wm. H. Vauhorn one-third league
fronting the San Antonio road on the waters of the San Mar-
cos immediately in front of the farms of Messrs. Morris and
35 acres part of Henry Kcslcr's bounty land immediately
above the John R. King suf vc'.
J. De CORDOVA General Land Agent
Austin and Houston Texas
FROM THE BOSTON OLIVE BRANCH.
THE MODEL BEAU. Considers himself too
star to shine for one pair of eyes (though that little private
opinion lie carelully keeps to uimselt.) as it is his intention to
make every woman believe that no other .female could bvanv
miracle get up such a ferment in his heart as her sweet self!
When the charm begins to work and her affections are
pretty well ignited he makes himself scarce for a few even-
ings to show her how impossible it would be for her to exist
without and that she had better not blive she can play any
coquettish pranks with such a knowing one as himself! em-
ploying the interval in playing the same game with twenty
other girls of whose existence No. 1 is to be kept in profound
ignorance. He carafully possesses himself of a programme
of the locomotive habits of all these different damsels that
there need be no'chancc. of a c collision" should he desire to
wait upon the Araminta of the hour to shop or walk. Con-
trives by various ingenious devices to extract notes from them
all (for the edification of his gentlemen (?) friends) but is
very non-committal himself in this particular. Should any
of his comrades joke him upon "running after' these young
ladies he elevates his eyebrows pulls up his dickey and as-
sures them that the "b-oo-l is o-n t-h-c o-t-h-c-r f-o-o-t"
Should any fair one honor him with a rose he drops on his
knecv vows eternal allegiance and puts it in the crown of his
hat to present to the next young ladv he calls upon ! Pleads
"near-sightedness" as an excuse for passing any one of his old
flames without a recognition but can spc a pretty new face at
any distance short of ten miles. Doesn't consider the opera-
tion of his magnetic talents necessarily confined to the sphere
of one cily or village ; his stereotype love-making thriving
equally well in a dozen places at the same time. Agreeing
with Moore that
"When away from the lips that-we love
;Tis best to make love to the lips that are near."
Wishes he wasn't quite 'so attractive as. in spite of all his
diplomacy his affairs occasionally get into a snarl and he is
obliged to make a little "business trip" to avoid anxious pas
and meddlesome brothers .vho have a laudable desire to as-
certain " his intentions.' Should money be scarce;a cheap2r
alternative is decided upon by skilfully vexing his-"lady-love
or mortifying her pride till she shows a proper fesentment
when he immediately gets up a fore-ordained fit of indigna-
tion and declares his determination not to allow his happi-
ness to be trifled with any longer ! making his exit w?th his
mental thumb in close juxtaposition with his proboscis !.
Fa if nt Feiin.
THE BOY. A .writer in one of the papers describes a
real boy thus :
He is the spirit of mischief embodied a peifect teetotum
spinning round like a jenny or tumbling heels-over head. He
must go through the process of leaping over every chair in
reach making drumheads on the doors turns the tin-pans in-
to cymbals takes the best knives to dig worms for bait and
loses them is boon companion of the sugar hogshead search
es up all the pies and preserves left after supper and eats
them goes to the apples every ten minutes hides his old cap
in order to get his best one cuts his boots accidentally if he
wants a new pair tears his clotnes lor tun and for ditto tracks
your carpet and cuts your furniture. He is romping shouting
blustering antf in all a terrible torment especially to his sis-
ters. He does not pretend much until he is about twelve
then the rage for frock coats and high dickies commences.
At fourteen he is too large to split wood or do other chores.
At fifteen he has a tolerable experience of the world but
from fifteen to twenty? may we bve clear from the track when
he is in sight; he knows more thgn W astiwgton.and irank
!;. iuUai in oumr huiu.-- im auuwM inuro tin..
ever know again.
-1-UL
ADVICE TO SUNDRY PEOPLE.-When yon feel
vouf passions rising never confine or repress therri. How
many boilers have been burt by too close an imprisonment of
their contents.
Always proclaim the faults of others. There should be no
secrets in republican government.
Never give up your opinion though you know you are
wrong ; it shows you have no independence.
Whenever you attack your neighbor's character do it be-
hind his back so as not to wound his feelings.
Make it a rule to keep company with rascals and rogues
and then if you should be prosecuted for an offence you have
committed and your comrades should be called as witnesses
against you nobody will believe them and so yon will get
clear.
Never forgive an injury ; the power of pardoning only be-
longs to the governor.
When you have done an act ol charity publish it to others
that they may do so tooi; besides every man can preach best
from his own notes.
Never pay your debts it is unconstitutional ; for payment
impairs the obligation of a contract and even the legislature
has no right to do that.
Temperance is a great virtue ; therefore always be moder-
ate in the use of ardent spirits. Six glasses of sling before
breakfast are as good as a thousand.
When you are in church go to sleep. Sunday is a day of
rest.
If a secret has been committed to you to keep take espe-
cial care to keep it safely; and it may be well for caution's
sake to get one .or two to help you And as women is called
the "weaker vessel" she would hive a dozen to help her.
'Fast bind fast find.'
Never sweep your parlor; it makes a confounded dust.
Never brush down a cobweb ; il is a part of a spider's
dwelling house and of course his tastlc therefore it must be
sacred.
When you arc at church be cartful to chew at least half a
pound of tobacco and spit as big t puddle around your feet
as possible ; it shows that the sernon interests you and that
your mind is entirely absorbed by tie subject.
Always subscribe for a newspaper but never pay for it; it
shows a desire on your part to patrmize the great typograph-
ical art of priting.
A Smart Woman. In the courty of Choctaw Ala. a
woman was charged with murderhg her husband and em-
ployed a legal gentleman whose mme it is not necessary to
mention to defend her promising h'm two negroes as his fee.
He undertook her defence and cortrary to the expectations
of all she was acquitted. lie called upon her for the two ne-
groes when she gravely informedhim that the negroes be-
longed to her daughter. Not relishirg the idea of being cheat-
ed out of the negroes he instituted i suit against her for per-
jury which she defended and inucted him for costs. In a
short time she gave birth to an illegtimatc child made oath
that he was the father and compelld him to enter into bonds
for its support and maintenance according to the statute in
such cases made and provided.
SCOTT " RATIFICATION IN BOSTON. The follow-
ing extracts from five of the" daily whig papers in this city
show how the whigs here feel at the entertainment to which
their national convention has invited them
The news is received with evident chagrin. Transcript.
We fear that il forebodes disastrous consequences to thei
whig party and the country in putting the party upon an ef-
ioii which we conceive to be uopelcss. Daily Advertiser. J 3
The announcement in Boston fell like a funeral pall upon"
the spirit of its inhabitants. Courier. '
The nomination fell like a shower of ice over the city. The)
intelligence was regarded as the announcement of a public!
calamity. Bee.
A result which is so much at variance with the feelings and.
wishes of a very large number of the whigs of this State'
can hardly be supposed to give immediate or general satisfac-'
tion. Journal.
The whig dissatisfaction continues in New York and the'
nomination of Mr. Webster as an independant candidate "is
talked of.- At Maysville Memphis Savannah and Richmond
according to whig reports Scott's nomination is received
very cooly.
Hon. Thomas D. Walpole of Hancock county Indiana
who was a whig presidential elector in 1848 writes a short
and sweet note to the Indiana Sentinel -'Opposed as I am to
the election of Scott to the presidency you will please for-
ward to me your daily until the presidential election." The
editor says that thousands of whigs in that State will like
Mr. Walpole refuse to follow the drum.
The whig platform as circulated north and south has dif-'
ferent planks in the Sth resolve. The finality plank is exclu'-'
ded at the north : the words " compromise and adjustment "
are cut out and dates are altered so as to approve of the acts
of the 32d congress instead of the Slst. '
Mr. Johnson of Cincinnati has completed the portrairof
Gen. Pierce which he went to Concord to paint for the dem-
ocrats of the Queen City. It is said by those who have seen
it to be a capital likeness and a fine painting. Mr. Johnson
is a gentleman of fine talents. ""'
At the Scott ratification meeting in Columbus Ohio 'Mr.
Dennison said Scott '-is the very man to drive the Goths and1
Vandals from the capitol." This was an unfeeling hit at the
present administration.
At the whig ratification meeting at Washington a irans-.
parency was seen having on it two smoking hot bowls of
soup with spoons in them. What a falling oft this is from
two dollars a day and roast beef! j
When invited to speak for Gen. Scott at Washington Mr.
Webster replied that he thought he should not be 'available."
Gen. Pierce at the present time we bplieve lives in Gou-
cord. Wabash Courier.
O yes and the entire democratic "party
concord. N. A. Ledsrcr.
A PitorHECY. At a ratification meeting held in Buffalo Mr)
Howard of Tennessee made the following s'atrment which"
was attested by Gen. Armstrong of the Washington Union'
and J. K. Walker private secretary to President Polk . -...
" When Mr. Polk signed the commission of Gen. Pierce
appointing him to a command in the army in Mexico he
turned to those gentlemen and said ' 1 am nolo commissioning
a man who will one day be President - .- '
is also living in
-mrThe legislature of Texas has passed the Maine liquor law.
1 he vote was 40 to 40. Yinccnnes (lihinfcmzeucr "f
This is decidedly rich ! We know that the members' of the
last legislature were opposed to excessive drinking. Six glas-
ses of sling before breakfast was as good as a thousand
but their having passed the Maine liquor law will be startling
to some of them ! Wonder if the Gazette exchanges with
any of the Texas papers. Exchange paper. :jl
An extraordinary hail storm occurred on the 21st ultimo in
Mifflin county. Pa. It is said that hail stones were the size
of hulled walnuts and that they covered the ground tosithe
depth of fifteen or eighteen inches. Sad havoc was played
wilh window glass the crops and fruit trees. The bark -was
peeled off from the trees and persons who happened fo be
out in the storm had their flesh so badly bruised that it turned
black.
During the past month 53206 immigrants arrived at New
York of whom 29128 were from Great Britain and Ireland
21299 from Germany and the remainder from different Eu-
ropean ports.
Some estimate may be formed of the relative frequency
with which tho various letters of the cnglish language are
used from knowing that printers' cases nre made up as -follows
: For every 100 of the letter q there are 200 of z 300
of k S00-of b 15 of c 4000 each of i n o and s 4250 off a
4500 of t and 6000 of e.
There is a rule in a debating society that we have heard of"
which is 'l hat any gentleman wishing to speak more than "a
half hour shall have a room to himself." - "
Among the distinguished persons' whom the courtesy of
a seat upon the platform has been acorded by the democrat-
ic national convention is Lord Wanciiffe a nobleman from
England who is making with somcWmbers of his family a
tour of observation through this coutry noting the workings
of our admirable and happy democraic institutions. He thus
has the fortunate opportunity of gining an insight into one
of the most peculiar and important opular characteristics of
our political machinery. His lordstp is very plain and un-
pretending in his personal appearai e looking quite as dem-
ocratic a3any one of the delegates ttemsclvcs. He is accom-
panied in his sittings by the Hon. R Johnson. Bait. Sun.
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THE OLD HUNDRED INDEPENDENCE BELL.'
This relic of the "times that tried men's soul's" has been
brought down from the tower and is in future to occupy apo-
sition in the Hall of Independence upon a pedestal that' has
been prepared for it. This bell was cast ninety-nine years
since and from tho prominent part it has taken in proclaim-
ing liberty will always be an object of interest to the'visi-
ters to the Hall of Independence. Phil. Ledger.
- A
The amount of specie now on deposit in this city saj'.s tile
New York Journal of Commerce ' is very large amounting
to over 18000000 and our banks are very anxious to ship
some of it to Europe in the hope of advancing (he rate's of
inferrst here which are now reduced to 4 and 5 per cent.
One bank in Wall street has $2182000 in coin now jn .its
vaults an amount inconveniently large and greater than. its
capital." -"
A COMPLIMENT TO THE CRAFT. The following
is from a letter written by John C. Rives of the firm ofJSIair
& Rives at Washington : - j
" I have seen the manuscript writings of most men in this
country during the last twenty years and I think I may say
that no twenty of them could stand tho test of the scrutiny of
one half of the journeyman printers employed in my office. .
' This fact will be vouched for by every editor in the Union.
To the " poor jour." many a " great man " owes his reputa-
tion for scholarship; and if the practical type-stickers were to
resolve by concert to set up manuscript in their hands for
even one little week precisely as written by their authors
there would be more reputations slaughtered than their dev-
ils could shake a stick at in twenty-four hours. 'Statesmen'
would become " smaller by degrees and beautifully less."
Many an ass would have the lion hide torn from his limbs.
Men whom the world had called writers would wake up of
a morning and find themselves famous as mere pretenders
humbugs cheats."
:3.
A difficulty is apprehended between our government and
Mexico on the subject of the Tehuantepec route. Mr. Web-
ster it is said in reply to the Mexican minister insists on our
right to the shortest and most convenient route to California.
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de Cordova, P. South-Western American (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 3, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 28, 1852, newspaper, July 28, 1852; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth79733/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.