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GALVESTON WEEKLY NEWS
TBK L&&GCST AT CDEArEST NEWSPAPER I TEXAS
FmUuUd every Tmtaitrg
BT W. RICHARDSON
tte Witm New will be strongly enveloped and
ftca piper directed according lu instructions.
SiDfto svdMcribers al a distance may at their pleasure
Uter aaake us remittances al our risk by mail or pro-
cure aucb private conveyances as they may bate coiifi-
4aca In as being both safa and expeditious.
AGENTS FOR THE MXEKLVL S.
NoUndiTiUcDellro K. USHcUlj.
Jordan's Saline VauZandt co ...U in. Beaton.
Eagle Lake .George WVTUatclier
SanFeUpe W.B IYrry
Quintan. ....T.D Johnson
Ootvmbla E.D.Itosh
IoalasKacogdoche3co. W.J. Moore.
Bouton ......... Charles Bowman.
Fori Lavaca J.W.Hneilaiid.
Victoria Lopmi.Sk rue.
Matagorda D 1 12. Uranian.
Bratona. ....rntriek. JIcGreat
Austin . .1 Moore.
Bastrop Js. Reynold.
OueroVComalwco. C.CardweUr.M.
Gonxalet. ................ ...... F.CucnauU
Seffuln P.Smith.
hewnraunfe1 Ferguson & Hosier.
HaUettLavaccaco. rhllipIlowarJ.
Columbus Colorado co. John II Rofoou.
Uypt .T.J.Keed
Wnartoo. - CI. Eajan
Preston .J. II. iYUev.
Old Chary Matagorda co.. ... . .Thjnnts Janicsoa
Texana......... GUnn.
Industry Austin co.... J G bieper.
FayeUeviUe Fort Bund co. 11. Gaston. '
Cameron co M.M Steven.
Kkhmond Fort Bend co. J. II Ilerndou
Hodge's Bend Fort Bend co.. ...Mr.lIod?eP.M.
Nacogdoches E. Doom P.M.
CUrknrille Kod Riverco. J. M. Birlus.
Gonad J M GoCiP.M.
Sablner&s. OtiiMcGn&t.
Springfield LImertciie co. J. SlcCutchan.
libertr. James Wriclr.
Buffalo Henderson co. L.Goddard P. M.
Crockett Hooeumco. Thus. P. Collins.
BatfllH Tyler co. N.I1 TompVtns.
Lockrauay Cheroteo co. 1 . XV. Frizz.!!.
Oakland Lavaca co..... ..... ... Turner.
XadianoU...! -. Brow n &. Cochran.
WMBOLUlUianuouco. J.O Hire.
McCecVPotfcco. J. T. Patrick.
4aaal2h top o..iw.-t.. sTIift Met artand.
Lagrange ...-. .T....F. W.nnd J. XV. Chandler
LlfsfpoM Brazoria co..... ..... .T.J. Callahan.
Ban Antonio. H. W. Washier
llontriUe. RTS. liillen.
Hand Wit Wagner of San Antoiuu Is the anthunzed
Afent for this paper.
F.W. and J. XV. Chandler of Lajnmpe Favette co
are duly constituted travelling agents for this paper
throujrbottt the State of Texas.
VVm. Cochran is our general arent for Polk county.
tW-Carr isthedulv authoruod advertising agent for
IhU paper (n the city of Philadelphia.
V. B. Parmer is the dulv aotltorized advertising egt-nt
for this paper in the city ofew orfc.
UavUAersC-qtsuiBum guiimuhivu iravtiuJij &em
ferthls nanerthronehout the stale biTexa.
Mr. D Al. reueogiU 1 mo nuiuwizuu nuvcniam:
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sttthscrintlouarcntforllitSTuiierinthecUTof JkistoU.
XV. J. R. Udslone is the authorised agent for this paper
for Washington county.
V. R PALMEKi the American Newspaper Affent
la afent for this paper and authorized to take AIALIi-
TlShMEXTS aad bUIfeUtllTlUNS at the same rates as
required by us. His offices are at
Bostos PniLADKLrm. n-v.cor.3J andClet.t3
2C Yoax Tribune Building. IlALTiiioRE.i-wF.ctr Nrth
and r arctic sis.
BOOKS. STATION IUY WATCUES
JEVLLHANDtANC (.UOD5.
J.M.JONES.
8 STS.LMS OlLVSTO TCXA..
Importer and dealer in
tfTTIONEUV
WATCHUn
Jl.UUnVanI
rANCY (.OOPS
Bepectfullv inrorms hfe fncnJ ami cuU on n lhroi.;h-
ut the Male that lieu recritmgliM pI.l? block at
BlKlkS fcTATIONLllA TOIlr Jl UJ.Lltt M
FACV GUOU& ontuiig w hicli may Lc found
BIWw Prayrr Baoas Allium snd Ufl BooVs
AUo all the Standard Worts of Hie dav; r.u;Lli
French and Cerman fctaHoujxj 1 aptrs etc tic
Merchants' Account Boats County Records and
Steamboat Jlsols.
Also Watches Jeweln Clocks and FanrvCood a"
pveat variei; Cullcry iximhs 1 rushes Ijidn-s AWrL
Wrlllns and l)riuu tu-sr runs 1 1 u r Machlt- (.ikhIs-
KnamelliHl Omainsuial Man eland TjMj GiknIs Mil-ic
autd Musical liislruuKut jc1i ta CmUr Arctrdeujsj
A ndlus. citu
Alo Fisblui; TnctU WT lc" a11 ' f ftI lcJl '
wflered al grulU j?C j- reduced pni.es
t Iiulosulit aud UlUiL h
J. It. JONES ketpsctxtrtniilli u lu ml a flue
rUurntoM.tLl MiMLTJ.lMATilIr ?7
4 the bt makers Fob turJ and est lhauv. -17
SVals and he -"
UOLD PHN.Wn Ph-NLILS.
Thimbles uraamtuts of nil kind- tluyir and Ear
I.ii.s
Bract lets Necklaces aLd UkLcI buckles CUps fur
liar ii.
Miter l re.
SpncuFttcisea Setit and Talle
Ornament anC ltmcilS urr
of alt LtvtU
Bicblsncy Goo.1a.GoM and fciher iMTtar'e" Cutlefi
renmotry Musical lnratuilA Cuiabs tic
Blank nnd Atrotmt Hcok1-
cpLErrLu am) ruivriM: TAPES AND
STTIi)EU
FOR meucujlxts an l-oivtt orncEEs.
febtl ly w j
br. cuuisTiirs CAI.VAMO iti:ir
Rr&cclvlK Necklace and Jlazut-tlc
Hind.
"7V)n the removal and p miaiu nt cure of all nerrous
1 diseases and of those cuiuplaints which are rau-ed
by aa Impaired ueakcuod ur unhealthy coudiliuu uf Um
Aervoos e ? tern.
This beautiful and convenient application oflhomis-
terlous po ers ur tiaivanini and 3Ianeti"in lastlHt.ii
proDOUnced bv distlnsublied phyeiciuns both m liniiH.
end the United Slates to be the nuf calmalnc maLctmal
dutMvny the cu
Dr. Cunie"s Oalvanic Belt and Magnetic Fluid b ued
with pcriect and certain success in all case of piunl de-
bility strengthening the weakened body pvn time to
She virions organs tLU lniorntin? the? Menu
Forodeby J. M JONLS Mate Afent.
febll Iv w
ISroirn &. Hrjan. '
H0TI020AXIISC 1IISJCIAS.
HAVING been educated In llic01d dlooltTj'n:ora
of Medicine and Iming ractla-d at the'North
Weaand south they feel prt pared to mat the 4iea-ei
r this country eilher Acu.e or Chrome upoulhc llo-
nxropathic Syrtuu.
They are receiving TromNew York llomtpopathk books
TUediauesl'auidy cases with guides &.c&-c j
Piiysictaos and other caaalwajs he fupplied with pur
Medicines adapted to the inMcin. i
JCteCI II K. BROWX. U Jl
WILI 1 VM U I'BAAVM. D.
OfflceonChurcli rtrpctnear Tre uonl OalreluoTexa.
rbruary7thISUw
cor.r07iiixA nri:L.
COLUMBIA
Ontkeitrazot.
TTIE nubcriber ould rofitccrully amminon !i
to the Irarehnff common. that be has oppcnol CpTTt?
iMf Hotel for tho accommodation of penni-r?jj
aent and transient Boarders and desires u shafo rt.r
f public patronage '
BXTCS 1
Boarding and Lodguig. per month J...S1G 0
Uoarding without Lodging I .. 13 10
Do. with ierweck J... 4 5U
Do. " nr day i... 1 00
X Boats alwavs top at thu j lace on their way to
and from t aahington and Uichmond.
JOHN' II. U KENCE Pn pnetor.
frblI-Cra w I
doctou oi;itsi::r fou 25 cl: i.
BV means of the rocket litcu'aplus; or ererv one Ins
own Phiclan Twenty fourth editioi with up-
wards of a hundred cncravings showing rlvnle dis-
eases in every sbajxs and form and malionuous of the
ceneratlv system
BV 1V7T. IOClG jr. u.
ITm time has now arrived that persons staVrmifrom
: diseases need no more become tir victim i
fv. tu iiv uitt nrasennuons coniainea in tins Ijoor.
any may cuaabiinsejp itnoui iuniran( i busme
T. . . . . . 1 . .
a mdtUfivm&uu n it i alinwOne ol
l H fuilv explains the cauc t f manhoods
early decline with observations on marriage betides
many ouier aerangenienLs wiucu ikwuuiu umuo jiiujm
to enumerate in the public t not.
ry Anv person ending twenty five cents. fncloetl In
a lettar wUl receive one copy of thk book by mall c r
ve conies will beenl for one dollar. ddres. 'DIL
W. YbG o IW spruce etrccl riIlLDElJIII r
j3Dr.Toungcanb consulted on aiy of the dis-
- described in his different nuhlicatioia at his nflice
155 Bpruoe street every day bcweea 9 and 3 o'clock
135 Bpruoe street
(Sundays excepted.)
uepu ly
a 7knn tiR3i.
WLLIS It. IUSTT &. JAS.F. EDRISCTOV take
pleasure In giving notice to the ciiizct uT nhing-
tAaaadthe country generally that they hie associated
UiiinnrlTrnr tocrthrr in the xkhCAKTllA. t CMMr- in
Sftawn of Uashington. which wQl becoolucted under
mi name and style of ArsxrV i-ljEiaTo4from tho hM
jZjy jf September 1SJ0. We hope to contact this con-
wttM in such a manner as to meet the patroiige and confi-
Snee of the people generally; Vc solicit ie atu-ntien of
Idlers and up country merchants to gh e a call bef re
ntchaamzclwirhcre; we ehall bo receivitr in a few days
mvhlCodweUasortedstockorDi: (.CKlDandGUli-
CBMES bought in ew 'iort and AcwjOrlcans well
apttd to thuijnarkctctmikuToretapli Goods Cln
ofQueenawere Gentlemen's Boots andfbocs ladies
an4 Mtases Shoes; Hardware and Saddler and a large
lot of Ctothmg in met every ranety of g(4dg suitable tt r
ptantatkn use and we challenge the wUle Soulb for
cheapnefv and quality all of which we offerTor cnh or cot-
ton; we alitll also be prepared to pnrchasor advance on
cotton shlrped to our friends in Galrestua jc Orleans
aad New Ysrk. Wearopreparfdto doaicral Kecciv-
inc and Forwardlnff business at thispUcrihavln? a large
and commodious Waro House on the rivet and one other
In the town. AUSTIN It foltlNGTON.
P.8. Wlfta R. Austin Ukes this oppdtonityof reiur-
Binx his thanVs to the public for the hbf4i pat ronaire le
Mowed on the We firm of A. J Anlln It Q and hopes to
conduct the busms of the new firm iasnh a manner aa
to merit a continuance of the same. 1 tct il
A. h. IIUTIIVEV "
WBOLCSALC atn tXTAlL PtALEE Vt SlldOODS GROCE-
HIES 1ROK AM) niRDWAtj.
Vta ttrttt JJuMtn.T
WlVL pay strict mention to the ditcri of Cotton
Hides Peltries rcans r otherrodncc Mail to
HU CBirt uu uu uiucn u uiv iu.im uq pncCS
aec-w 'J w
RN.-75 tacks i mrc XVWe
ellow Com for
J tale tr mxll 20
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GALVESTON
ViOL. VII.
GALVESTON NEWS.
HIIBAI MAY 2 1851.
EFtVe autlinnzed to announce IIU Lxc.llency '
P. 11 DLLL. as a candiJlt Tdp i.nvm.ii- ..r im t.i. N
.1 tit. jitidinn ikfnltnti Tii A iinfifdl .....
nUM .-. ..l.-.... .M .IM)ll-t (ICJLk
rsrWcareauthotizcdtoannouncellon KM PlMs-t.
as a candidate for Go trnor at the thxt'on in tuitntxt
rjrUearoauihorizedtoaiuiuuiutOtn T.J CIHM-
Cht as a candidate tor the fl.ce or t.ocmor of the
Mate; and to ay that ho will shortly g e Ins lews upon
such topics of public Interest as he inaj conaidur inoit
important to the people
jy A e are authorized to announce J il L& U . HLN-
Dt KSON Lso as a candidate for Lu.ut. t.o trnor al the
election to be held in Au;rul m xt.
ZW care authorized to announce J.IIIMILTON
Esq. former ttorney tenendot this Mute bj a candi-
datortprecnt the Western tongre-ional District of
Texts InConjat".
5" U euro aulhorizedlo announce II. . POTThlC
Eq ofthls city as a candidate to rt-precut the U ostern
Punnet of this Matu In Congress T
The papers of the Western Congressional Diftnct of
Texas are requested to copv tho ubut and forward ac-
counts to this omci .
Jjp U e aro authonze! to announce Gen IlUGHMr-
LUUD as a candidate to represent the Western Con-
pressional Distnct of Texas in Lonere.
C e are retiueted to announce Col. . K. 110 W
ARD as a candidate for re-election to rtpreseut tli sec
ono CoiurreRsJonal District of lids fctate. In the Congress
rilie United fatatvs.
CV We are aulhonzed to announce Ala!. TUOfr. B
HOW ARD as a candidate to represent ll e lJislrlct com
posed or uuioraaoana rori iicna counties in the next
Lejilature
CeareamhorizedUawioui!iA. iiUl w. lit. v.
Ef4j as a candidate to nprc-ent the county of Brazoria
In the next Legtolalure of this btate
"?" Q aru authonzed to announce the Hon. THO.
Y M. W VUD of Austin as a candidate for Commis-
sioner of the General I-and Office.
rL aro authorized to announce Dr J Mb II.
MILLH1 of Ilichmond as a candidate to represent the
ftiaatonal DUtnct comiMJFed of the counties or Fort
Bend Austin and V. ashuiLton In the Senate of this
Male.
ty We are authorized to announce Cant. STLP1IEN
CKO&BV the present Chief Clerk In the General Land-
UfHct. ai a candidate for (.otnmWIoner of the General
Uond-OGico attheeii?uiti5eleclioulu ugust.
in Geo. W. Harrt5 Ki of Montgomery Ala
is duly authorized to act as agent for this paper.
OMVe observe Uiat oar fellow citizens C. C
Moore is out as a candidate for rKnmxa Watch-
es and JcweLitr for the people of Texas and a
considerable portion of Mexico He is reccmng
the support of " numerous friends &ud stands a
lair chance to bo elected without opposition. His
past services m t!iL office give him iudiputab!e
claims on the nflrtge of our citizens.
XT Bhop Freeman armed from Houstoii b
tnclat boat andU non presidiuj oer the Con-
vention hi tins city.
Dr. Anon Jni5 ex-rrLSidcUit of 'I exas ato
Lrnved at the same tune.
O" The Episcopal Cuientioii for tho diocese of
Texa-s coimnenccd Us scioii in this citj jester-
di. A con-iderahU number of delegates from
diiFcreiit parts of the .country armed bj the hit
boat Ironi lIuuioii.
TIio SLcimtr Jack Uiyslcft I--st night
alioLt 10 oVlotk for t!ic Trtuity with a full
fn-yliL .
Q3 We invite nltcntioii to the advertisement of
Me&r Auitui ASduor who hae taken the e-nMi-!itnent
ncciitly occupudhy II. deSLCyrnt
a1 corner f Market &Trcmout streets ay will he
teeubv reference itnmrndvcrinui coiuiuws.
2??"Ve Inn! erbal information tint the
Stianer Vasliiii!jtetis Iiiwli nnd dry on Col
Cunij's plantation where it is said she went
to L-Kc in some cotton and was left on "round
b the npidly falling watir. We tru.t this
report may not be true. She has howeur
failed to reach Qumtana where slicjtas due
several da sago.
Since writing the above we find the follow-
in"" in the Lone Star which tends to confirm
the report:
From the -passengers who arrived last eveningou
r1. flrnnt'slmeoi stiircs. we learn that the steam
er Was'nngton which left this port on Tuesday
last for Quintann was run aground somewhere
ncrr Colonel Ciincy plantation and is now on
dry laud. .
33" A valuible gold raiue Ubdid to have been
dcovcred in Greene county Ohio on the farm of
Gtu.Moseley.
The Lone Star of the 2Gth ult says:
The Brazos merhas fallen rapid!) for the past
week but there is still a sufiicicacy of water for
boating purposes.
NnusrAPEOs rvTtxAs lathe ear 1831 there
was but one newspaper published in Texas. In
1841 there were eleven ; ind at this tuna there are
thirty three. Without including many that had
an almost ephemeral existence at diuTrent periods
between these date there has been aa increase of
lJitrfy fico in the last twent) .jcars; or of ten in
the first ten years And txcnty-tao in the last.
O" The first dredga boat we have ever had in
Texas was completed last week under the direc
tion of Mr. Bradbury and left yesterday for West
Bay to commence operations on the long-talked of
canal Before Icatiug she gave our citizens a
small sample of her capacity for throwing mud
from the bottom of the baj. All who witnessed
the performance admitted th it site could throw a
bigger shovel full than any other canal dijgcr they
had uu seen. It is estimated that ihc will throw
nborsfaoi els full tcr minuteeach of which
will Jill an ordinary horse cart and make more
than a load for one horse. But her actunl per-
formances on the canal will be the best evideuce
of her adaptation to the sen ice required. We hope
soon to he able to speak of what bhe has done rath-
er than what she will do.
O" Ou Saturday night last all theborses m Mr
Winner's liver) stnblcwere taken suddenly sick
and all exlnbited the same S)mptoms and at the
same time which led to the presumption that the)
had been poisoned cither b v design .or by accidenL
They had but a little while before been watered
and the supposition is that they had taken the
poison m the water. Wo arc informed that some
six or seven of those horsts have suico died and
some of them the best in the stable. If this wis
the work of design it was certainly one of the
basest acts of villany wc have lately heard of.
A very good reason for mail failures is
given below by the Louist die Courier.
More of Sexatoii Borland's Freight is
thc Mail! This morning sccn more large
bj"s filled with books &c directed to this
Honorable Senator under his ow n frtnk vrerc
sent south from our city pot-ofFce. This
makes twenty bags in all wishing upwards
of a ton tint one Sen itor franks homo to his
ow n address.
Since the defeat of Benton for the U. S Senate
ichsley b on the decluie at St Louis and Jeffer-
son Cit).
Since the jo)ful inauguration of the Governor
of thio Territory liquors of all kind are looking
up and its fnends aro ol&crvcd fcelwgjcr the
TrouidXw Mexican
"THE
"lhe 'Calvestou acivs' and our State Bebt."
Under tins head the State Gazette of Austin
has an article of two columns in length w Inch com-
mences b) stating that the " ' News' seems to la-
bor under the mistaken opinion that we (the Ga-
ziMe) are opposed to the payment of our debt
This is far from bciiij the cae We have neter
for a moment favored the idta of doing less ; hut
conceive that it will satisfy ever) obligation of jus-
tice if the State shouldulou thc prinrip'e of pa) -mg
her creditors at the rate it was available to
her"
Now it appears from this that the onH difficul-
t) in the matter is how to determine what consti-
tutes our indebtedness; for the Gazette sa)S it
does not favor the idea cf doing Its than pa)-
mg the debt whatever it is and certain!) we arc
not in favor of doing in on. Is then the amount
of that debt to he ascertained by the literal and
express promises which the State then made and
according to thc mutual understanding both of the
State and its creditors at that tune of what was
xncas: b)tTiose promises : or must we determine
that debt by the degree of its availability i to thc
State? It would seem from the alxnc extract
that the Gazette is in fuior of the latter method
Our opinion is that this debt was really the price
of our independence and that without the dist-
ance which we procured from these promises the
revolution would have been a failure. If this Lo
so then thoe promises were certain!) available
for a much larger amount than the) call for. By
their means we procured not only the te ritory
which has been sold for the ten millions hut also
other territory of vastly larger extent and a hun-
dred times more valuable. Wc do no therefore
agree with the Gazette that wc should pay those
promises at the rate of tht ir ava ilabil t) ; because
that would make our indebtedness at least ten
tunes as much as thc amount that was actual!)
promised. The obligation of grat tude may per-
haps be just.) measured by tho benefits we re-
ceived from the id rendered us in our doubtful re-
olutionary struggle; but our pecuniary obliga-
tion wc think should be limited strictly to thc
amount which ue actual!) promised to pa). Ac-
cording to the rule of the Gazt ttc that our debt is
lobe measured by the rale it was available"
its amount would be more or less according to our
ability to make it available. Will the Gazette
point out the authority for making the amount o.
obligation of a promise depeud ou the contingency
of its availahiht) ? We do not recollect to have
seen this rule laid down by Totlner or an) of the
writers ou civil or moral obligation All the au-
thorities we hate read agree m adopting tho rule
that the exteut or amount.oC au obligation can on!)
be determined b) the agreement between the par-
ties and that thisagrcenulit is to be interpreted
and enforced m the bins by which it w is under-
stood b) both pirtim at the time. This is the on-
I) rule re have found b) which to K (ermine the debt
n Inch one part) ov es to nuother. If the agree-
ment was understood dilFtrentl) b) the parties then
the debt must be determined b) the rule of quan-
tum meruit fi quantum cahlat tyr ; but even in
this case we have seen no authority fomppljinj
the Gazette's rule of availab lit). If Texas had
been able to in ike 100000 of her debt avail ible
in securing lands .vorth a million it does not fol-
low therefore that she owes a million instead of
1000(10. In like maimer had she ulterl) failed
in securing anything with the 100000 or Ind it
been available to her for nothing it does not fallow
that she would be under obligation to pay nothu g
(as would follow from iheGazi tie's rule ) ulthough
her ability topa might have been destro)ed But
in tins case there is no occasion for referring to
the quaitum meruit quantum ra'elar or availabi-
lity to determine the debt; because that was de-
termined by the parties at thc tune the debt was
created. The only question thin is whether
there was any misunderstanding between the par-
ties as to tho nature of the obhg ition or the amount
of the debt. Did Texas and herctcditors under-
stand the agreement in thc aniecusc? for if they
did that ts thc sense m winch bolh parties are
bound to fulfil it according to all the rules of obfi-
gation wc have ever seen. If it was th- under-
standing that Texas was not t pay merely what
naspromucdin her obligation but the full aiwmut
to which she might make her creditors money
available then we roust be governed by the Ga-
zette's rule and pay over tho proceeds of all our
public domain If it was the understanding that
Texas w as to pay hut one third oiie-fourth or oue-
fiftli of what was promised (acco-dtng to the mar-
ket filue of the promise at the time) then our ac
tual indebtedness is but one-third one-fourth or
one-fifth of what was promised and we may
therefore proceed to reduce it according!). But
if it w as the understanding between I exas and her
creditors that the amount of the debt was to be
the exact sum named in thc promise aad neither
more nor le tl.eu that sum certainly constitutes
the debt. We refer to tint undtMandmg of the
parties nnd their true intent and meaning as the
only rule wo have ever heard of to determine mora'
or I -gal obligation. Tins rule it a true doot not
hold good when thc parties are not competf1 to
contract ; but we presume tint neither Texw ucr
her creditors will plead incompetency.
It now only remains to ascertain what undei-
s'anding that was in order to determine thc amount
of our indebtedness If the editor of the Gazette
can find leisure for another article on this subject
we shall be glad to learn from hi ti as an old citi-
zen of the countiy whether it wis or was not the
universal understanding at the time our debt was
contracted tint it thould be pud according to the
amount promised; or according to its availability
or according to its dtpreciation at that or any
other time.
Wc have referred to thc mutual undertinding
of the parties a"d their true intent and meaning
at the time the obligation was consummated for
we presume it will not be pretended that either
partv had aright to change the nature or the terms
of the obligation at any subsequent period without
tho conaeut of the other pirty.
Wc have thus endeiv orcd as clearly as possible
to give our views as to the true principles by which
the actirl amount of our indebtedness mut be de-
termined It apppears to us necessary to agree
upon those principles at tho verv thresho'd of this
important investigation i for we cannot ei how it
h possible for us to measure the extent of an obli-
gation without appl)ingto it wnv well-krown
and determinate rotes. If wc have been in error
as to those rules wc will thank the Gazette to point
out our error and it shall at once be corrected.
Thc Gazette has touched upon many topics
which wc have not time Bovr to discu-s
WILL OF THE PEOPLE1 SHOULD RULE.
GA.LVESTON TUESDAY
More of Peter Eogers.
Capt.Wood who arrived yesterday from Sabine
Pass with the schooner Uncle Bill informs us
that the notorious Peter Rogers has lately made h.s
appearance at that place. He was firt seen in
that neighborlwod on Friday lost by a person w ho
had known him while he was running a vesel be-
tween that place and this city but did not know
that he had been sent to the Penitentiary. On
Sunday night he took a large skiff belonging to the
bpirtau Mill Compan) then broke into Capt.
Hurd's house and stoic articles valued at about
one hundred dollars and put them on board thc
skiff He nlso broke into Mr. Burkftfs grocery
(Air. Burkett being from home) and took as it is
supposed another hundred dollars worth of prop-
erty. On Mouday night he was seen at a house
ou the sea cost near the month of Mud Creek
where he stopped for supper. He had his boat
and his stolen effects with him and was coasting
his way to New Orleans.
The parties who saw Rogers did no knov he
was a fugitive convict but their devnptrtti of hun
leaves no doubt whatever as to his ideidiiy. It
is well fur the public to bear in miLd that a re-
ward of $500 is offered for hint' 'Hits reward
ma) doubtless be c isily earned by a little energy
and enterprise.
We are under obligations to aU.S Officer of
this city for the result of all the returns of the cej-
susas far as they have yet come in 'I hese re-
turns embrace all tho counties of the State except
the following uimcl) : Galveston Cameron Starr
Webb Wharton Fannin Gra)son Deulou Cook
and Colhn The total of white population of thc
counties returned is l"Jl92j and of slaves is ."i-
55C 35000 is probably a moderate estimate for
thc white population of the counties above named
and 1UU00 for the slave population. This would
make the total white population of the State in
round numbers 163000 aud the slaves G2000
B) adding three filthsoftheslaves namely 37000
to thc number IGS.000 we have 205000 as our
population entitled to representation m Congress
which will secure to us two members in the lower
house. But should tho actual population of the
State entitled to representation be les than 200-
000 still it can on I) fall &hort by a very small
uiimbt r so that we shall be quite certain to have
one of the largest fractions m thc Union h which
wc shall bo eutitled to a second member. Of th.s
we think there can now be no doubt.
The inquiry will probably be made why is it
that Galveston is among the counties not yet re-
turned 1 The only reasun we can assign is that
we had but tiro persons tu take our census and
our nttzens like tho Irishman's pigs were running
about so fast that the) couldn't be- counted
Encouraging Notice of Olu. Cm Our
friend Lancaster of the Texas Jlanjcr after his
recent visit to Galveston gives a graphic and high-
ly pkasiug account of the present piospenl) and
future prospects of our city ; and bestows a nat
tering culogium upon the "intelligence skill and
other requisite qualification' of our "business
men ' Ho speaks also in the following compli-
fcirntarytrrmof ma of our hotels;
The three principal hotels in the citv are tho
T.einout Palmetto ami Mrs J I id ky's which are
continual!) crowded and the ppopnttors doing a
pruhuble bu-micss.
In place of Mn lladley's he ev idently de-igned
to put Mrs. Sydnor or Mrs Yates as the former
is in Houston instead of Galveston The com-
pliment however to Mrs lladley's elegant board-
ing house is by no means inappropriate ; as it
ma) as well as those m this city be classed as
fully equal to any boarding establishment in the
State.
uG The ship Faumn Capt. Norns arrived in
port yesterday having h ft New York ou the 7th
mst Passengers J P Hoffman A Biss and J
Nordhousc.
03" We have direct information from the uppar
Brazos 'I hat river has uow fallen entirely w uh-
in its bauks. Many plantations have been cov-
ered by the overflow and some to the depth of 3
or 4 feet AM thee w ill have to be re-planted
They may y et make good crops of cotton but vv e
fear it is too late m the soafou for the corn crop"
The planters who have met with this misfortune
are now busy in rebuilding their fences and re-
planting. With the exception of the injury from
the overflow the prospects for crops arc highl) fa-
vorable al far us we have been able to get informa-
tion " Gov. tH has beeu nominated for re ele'Ction
by a meetmgof the citizens of San ntomo He
had made a vut to that city and held intercourse
with the people but it is not stated that he made
any pledges A rmjorit) of the people before
they TotCjfor him vram will require tlut he shall
not wnte.an) more vulgiviiig proclamations un
til ne is ULiur posicuw u SUcii suojects man ins
last shovfa him to be. It is melher feasant or
profitable for Texas to beViughcd at from one end
of thc UnUito thcolheru.Ccouutof the blun-
ders of hei Governor Cinit
This pontetnptihle TheCinhan wc believe
w as the titt paper to notice the frror cvtn putting
itself to thi troub'e of quotin' chapter icid veruv
and then filow ed tho "smill frj" of the same -kltP'
uc) over the totnic; troin wii;nce ol course u
parsed to the would be "wits" tf the other States
The Civilian then demurely tails of 'Texas laugh-
ed ut from cno end of the Umou ( thd other."'
llunstrille Item.
Neither d) we think that Mr. Jloward's voting
on both sidi s of the hill rfioull secure him tliu
otes of the trteuds or opposers i the compromise
measure forh politician is muci better to be de-
pended on wlcii his constituent know when and
on what sidp to find him and f neither redounds
ti the credit f a State or tells Jonch for the con-
sistency of is representative wn will occupy the
public tunc h making long speeches against a
measure winch he afterwards jttes for
Mr. Howard's letter to thc ci tor of the Gal vet-
ton New anliniinriinn' the ntviaze of the Texas
bill was not iidited in the spin nor words of a
high-toned politician but sowed much of one
who would beg like a sclioofbuy lor iorgivenc
after committing a youthful ndiscretion South'
Western American.
-
Thc steamer Echo arrived here on Saturday
bringing dales to the 3dmst. jshe broke one of her
wheels at Grand Ecore w li'ia delay ed her sev eral
da)s Jejfersotlt Texas) Ifyatd loth ult.
An eminent arW of Baltimore is about getting
up a "panoramaot a law an." ItopeL3inthe
year one and closel with doon day .
Gallant Soldilr DeaiU Lieut Bell of the
Palmetto regiment im the .Uexican war died in
California lately. He led til "forlorn hop at the
stormiug of Chapultepec '
Canada RAiuiuD ?o the Pacific. A
dispatch irom Toroito ays that application
mil hn mtrlR to PaHianvut next session to
'charter a company fpr biilding a riilro td Irom
Laic Superior to uicjuchc.
LY NEWS
MAJ 6 1851.
LATER MOM JEW OBLEMb'.
Tho steamship flalvctou Capt. Place urnved
this nioniiu having lift New Orleans on Wed-
nesday . We are indebted to her obliging clerk
for files of New Orleans papers to the 30il ult
The following is a list of her
I'AsstNGEr. Miss Shnrloc't Mra Jlill" Man-
ilia King N 1! Posse) and ladj Mrs McNeil)
Carson Farm Mrs T) son and 2 clnldrm J G
Gar McGulTee J S Holt- II T I)a J M
VheelermnirtonCIINevhollE II Hams
D 1) Floivor Giberling liroedmg Caker llarks-
dile.W J Stevens Mrs Kuhey Capt Wood Gen
Hamilton Hunisule.E Wjune.II. W)liueAH.n
M'NluI 13 on deck.
We regret to record a still further decline in cot-
ton 'i ho decline since our last has been about 3
a cent ou low er aud $ cent on finer qualities and
prices are still tending downwards. The following
is thc news by tho Telegraph:
A war between Buenos A) res and Brazil is re-
ported as probable. The Mexican Government
has remo Pirated with our Government for not ex-
ecuting the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ro
quiring the frontiers of Mexico to be fjottrcted
against the Indians.
A fire took placo m Yazoo City on the 23th
ult detro)ing $20000 worth of property.
The Mississippi and its tributaries are falling.
Additional news from the Asia stale that there
arc threatemiigs of warm Turkey irom a vast
body of insurgents.
court in Cincinnati h as decided the merchants
license tax to be unconstitutional
1 he Tree bailers are agaiu triumphant in Mas
sachusetts Chas. Sumner has at lost after a most
unprecedented struggle been elected to the U.S
Senate. 1 his result was effected by a coalition of
Freo Soilers fruit both of the old parties but chief-
ly from the democntic party. This election was
decided ou the 2 Uh ult aud the 2Cth ballot Sum-
ner receiving 10 J votes giving him atmjmlyof
two. Such is the successor to Daniel Webster! I
P. est dent Fillmore has issued a procalamation
warn ngall who engage m tho Cubau Expedition
that the) vvilj thereby subject themselves to heavy
penalties and forfeit their claim to protection from
the U. Mates.
An ofhciil notice stiles that thc aw ards on the
Mexic in Claims w ill be paid in cash after the 23th
of Mav
Archbi-hop Eccleston is dead. His remains
were carried to Baltimoic on the Iitli ult. and
buried on the 24lli.
Gen James Hamilton arrived in our city this
morning as a passenger ou the Galveston.
Maj Heiss formerly associated with Mr. Ritchie
as publisher of the Washington Union arnved m
our city yesterday by the steamer Pampero. We
understand that he is now one of the owners of
tins stea.ner.
Sacramento Citv Cvliforni
irniv
li 1851. 5
March 13th
W. RlCIIlPDSON EQ.
Dear Sir. On my arrival at San Frannsco I
was amazed to see a city of only two years exist-
ence containing nt least 40000 inhabitants The
many most magnificent and costly fitted np saloons
appeared thc work of magic rather thun thc result
of human ingenuity and mechanical labor. The
improvements of the whole countiy are beyond
description The population of this city is about
20000. There aro "about twenty steamboats tra-
ding to th s point; the large class below and the
smaller ones in the upper rivers Also about 400
wagons and as many pack mules are daily coin-
ing and going. It is supposed that 2000 persons
daily visit this city which makes it a great point
fortnde. Stores with a front of 20 feel by 100
feet m depth rent at the" rate of 6000 per an-
num and a year ago they rented for $12000. I
believe it will decline pnc-half in another) ear; and
then rents will be five times greater than m any
other country m the woild.
The gold placer no doubt w ill yield to those ac-
customed to hard labor $9 per day for many a year
to come; which alone is sufficient to causo many
other great improvements m this golden country
and continue a greater amount of travel between
this country and thc Atlantic States than has ever
been over any other route known m thc world.
The climate is really delightful; it is' but ery lit-
tle colder than at Galveston during the day lime
but much colder t night.
It has ramed but very seldom here this winter
and for the want of rain many rauches recently
started in this country will produce but little. The
market is at present well supplied with vegetables
fish en ison antelopes birds veal pork mutton
geese ducks ic The price of board at private
house j is J per day; and at hotels from 3 to 4
I suppose there arc about a hundred hotels and
boarding houses in this city
Yours very truly A TKUE G IL ESTOM V.
A Galyestoman AcroAD The Hunts-
ville Item relttcsthe following capital story
of our respected townsrmn CoI.M. B.Menard.
It ib a good one nnd so perfectly characteris
tic of the frank n ess of thc man that e cannot
let it pass unco pied :
Wehadthchop MeninPs (of Gal-
veston) pcMMM-aixwittf cnn Ui 21st. IIu
w is a listener to thc speeches or tne candi-
dates and h not aerygood speaker of our
hnguige. But he understands it perfectly
and tan also manage to give forcible and con-
cise expression to his view 3 w hen occasion re-
qulrc. He heard one of the spenkers pie tding
outfi and inexperience and observed tn a gen-
tleman near "Well he may be incvperwnce
but be gar be look very old younj man V Of
eour-o thw wa notbiid in a whisper and a
roar of laughter followed.
Excitemfvt i Npw York The Legis'ature
of New York is dished The facts are briefly
these. A bill had been brought forward and passed
by a very largo majority of the Louer House for
the enl lrgementof the Erie Canal by an expendi-
ture ol about nine millions winch money was to bo
paid out of the Fiirplui revenues of the canal as
they accrue from year to year. It was oppostdou
account of its supposed unconstitutionality; the
0 position being con Sued chiefly to Democrats
ihe opponents found they could not prevent it
from pasmj thc benate ; and therefore thirteen
Democrats resigned in a body thereby depriving
thc Senate of a constitutional quorum and of the
power to act. 'I he Legislature was consequently
obliged to adjourn sine die
Gov. limit has ordered a new election and call-
ed an extra session n June next. This bill w ill be
a testquestioi in this election; and thc excite-
ment is such as to merge every other considera-
tion. The building used as a court-house at Peters-
burg Lavaca county was consumed by fire on
the nHit of the Gib inst.; supposed to be the
work of an incendiary. A letter from Mr.
Spencer Townsend to the Momiment at La-
Grange sayb: "Judge Jones anu the members
of thc bar generally are present and seem de-
termined to hold court under a f ironic live oak
lurd by. 'State Guzetie.
NO. 56.
By TelegrapL
Liter from LivFRroou Thc steamship Asia
arnved in New Yrk on the 23d with dates from
Liverpool to the 12th inst. Cottou had declined i
d. Sales for thc week 23600 bales at 7d for fair
and 73 for Ordinary Orleans and 7$ for Mobil;.
The Manchester market is full Money is
plentiful.
E(.laml Itusielt Ministry A Checl to
Rome The Russell Mmistrv continues to be sus-
tained. 'I he last vote ou the Assessed Taxes
question gave the Ministry a majority of thirteen.
The Queen has directed thc Archbishops aud all
the other clergy of the Episcopal Church to inter-
pose their authority for the suppression of certain
Romish practices. Thc order has been complied
with by all thc Bishops except two. A stop is ex-
pected to be put by this measure to Romish in-
novations in England
Fa icc Change of Ministry The President
and Changurmer A change in the French Cabi-
net has been announced and is threatened with
the opposition of the Monarchists. A reconcilia-
tion has taken place between the President and
Gen Cliangarnier.
Paris Bourse April! I Parts Money Market.
The five per cents have closed at 03 francs 25 cen-
times. fawtTZERUND The Government has refitsel
to expel the Frcuch rcfugeeSjSvs requested by the
French authorities.
SrviN. The Cortez has been dissolved.
37 Thc Brazos is now fait falling and is
entirely within its banks. Many plantations
have been overflowed but we hope no very se-
rious injury has been done to the crops. The
cane crop is said to be fast recovering from the
injur) of the fro&t and cold weather.
J5" We Inv e been show n a sample of China
cotton with the seed. It was sent to Mr. II.
B. Gwathmey of New Orleans by a frknd
visiting J3h tnghai China by whom it was sent
to Messrs. Doswell Hill & Co of tliiscity.
The staple of this cotton is remarkably fine
and Ttiy sttong though shorter than the Ame-
rican upland. It adheres to the seed w 1U1 such
tenacity that it is doubttu! whether it could be
sep tratcd by our gin. The seed has been giv en
to several planters with a view to ascertain
what chinge it woutd undergo from our soil
and climate. The seed resembles our upland
thou 'It smaller.
The Crops. From every qu trier of our
State we have account cf the most cheering
diameter relative to the present promising as-
pect of tre corn aud cotton crops. In some
sections it is said the appearances of the
stands are decidedly more favorable than they
have been for several years indicating abun-
dant yields of both corn and cotton. If no
unfivorable change should intervene between
this and the proper gathering season to over-
shadow the present bright prospects of our far-
mers the amount vvhichwill bo realized from
the profits ofthis year's crop will be immense.
J3f After Gen. Scott'b recent arrival at
New Orleans he was visited at the St Louis
Hotel by May or Crossinan Recorder Caldwell
Acting Recorder Tabre (Recordtr Genois be-
ing unwell) Gen. Lewis Judge McCalcb and
Logan Hunter E-.q U. S. Peitrict Attorne).
The usual cerimonies attending snch occasions
were gone through with; the May or in behalf
of the citizens of New Orleans tendering the
distinguished guest ua most cordial welcome
and the hospitalities of thc city.
RtrcAWAT Negho Caught. The Tevas
Hanger of the 23d inst. states that two negro
men were a few days previously caught in
the Brazos bottom opposite the town of Wash-
ington. uThey were on a log completely sur-
rounded with water nnd could not get to the
high land they had not eaten any food for
four d i) s." Mr. B ildridge nUo caught a run-
away negro on the 2 1st inst near the ferry at
Washington.
AOTU& Ass istaation. We I earn from the
Teas Banger of the 23d inst that a "Mr. Neat
Bon en while in a grocery with two ather gentle-
men was shot down with a rifle by some un
known hand" This occurred at the town of
Brenham Washington county on Saturday the
19th inst aud the wounded man died on the fol-
lowing morning. In relation to tins melancholy
affair the Ranger says :
Suspicion rests ou certain individna!son whom if
the least circumstantial evidence fall will we fear
create an excitement that w ill not be Elayed until
blood has freely flown Next week wc mij per
haps give important particulars.
Another Murder Capture of Runaway
NEGROEir OLDOFFESDEPS CAtltHT AND Pci-
isred. We obtain the following items of
news from Mr. J. IT. Brown who arrived yes-
terday from Eagle Pass. A ) oung man n imed
James B irtlett who was on his way to this
nhce havinir in charge a runaway negro be
longing to lus brother who lives on Cine)
which slavo he had pursued nnd succeeded in
capturing at Presidio Rio Grande was pur-
sued bv a Mexican and assassinated about ten
raticfthM mm Ci.rixir Birth tt was shot 4
through the heart vvitliarinie ball. nieir5i:Uiaol
gro returned to Mexico and the horse and pis
tol of Jlr.B. were taken by the Mexican air.
Brown brings in two runaway negroes who
have been fur some time in Mexico. Rafael
Munosell known to cur citizens is in eon-
finement at Sallillo Jor swindling. Ignacio
Mendiolaj otir quondam constable and jailor
has been caught on his way into San Antonio
bringing ncavallade of horses which had been
slolen at Pirras. He is now expiating his of-
fence in thc agreeable occupation of sweeping
the streets ofSaltillo in close proximity to a
ball and chain ItVern Texan.
Aunt Phebe savs it makes her hudder to
read so many advertisements of printers " for
bo)s of good moral eharaeter" for she knows
iliattucy intend making "devils 01 tuem.
IVeclipthe following items irom tho South
IVestern American of thc 23d ult:
Messrs. Bourland and Miller Commissioners
for inv estigiting land titles west of thc Nue-
ces are in tow n ou their way to Eagle Passion
ofhcial business.
Gen. Harnev. accompanied bvhisaid-ue-camp-
Lt.T. J. IVood intends pt)ing a vwt of in-
spection to all the posts in thU district. The
General will leave San Antonio in a few da)s
for Corpus Christi.
Tire Doctors. In the lGlh chapter of Sec-
ond Chronicles may be found the following
severe allusion to K professional failing w I1Ic.I1
very incorrectly is supposed to have jin exis-
tence at the present time: uHis disease was ex-
ceedingly great yet in his disease he sought
not the Lord but the physician. And Aa
slept with his fathers.
3
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d perquartw any time lew than s year I M
do iortwoyeariinadTancf S 0
A deduction of 20 per cent will lie allowed Postmaster "
who act iu agents In gcttiug subscriber and mikinj re-
mittances. 20 per cent will also be allowed to any pcrsoa who wfi
obtain fire wib-criberi and remit us the balance 07 8246
for each subscriber hi advance.
This discount will also be allowed to dabs.
Ten or more copies of the WitxtY w will b for
niched to the ame order at a discount of 2. per cnt. for
the single subscript m price of three dollars per annaa
reducing eoca siucnptIon to $23 in adTance.
.Ind onoormoro copies may bo had for two jws s
the rite of $20 in advance for each copy.
Additional Warnings for the South.
Willing as wo have always been to subott to
thc late compromise or almost any comprom
that would gire the South a quiet and undisturbed
enjoyment of their cojatitutiona! rights we never-
theless feel it our duty to show our readers tha
they are deceiving themselves if they anticipate
any such enjoyment under thc so called peac
measures." With thc exception of one all those
measures were only for the benefit of the North
and that one has been rendered inoperative and
its benefits to the South defeated in ninety-nino
cases out of every hundred by the violent opposi-
tion which is manifested to it at the North. Bat
will the fugitive slave law such as it is be permit-
ted to continue in force ? In answer to this ques-
tion we copy the following passages from the Ohio
State Journal z. leading Whig paper of that State
simply remarking that the same sentiments are
advanced by a very largo number of northern jour-
nals. Those journals may be divided into tw
classes one of which representing the AbolitiomsU
and ultra Free Soilers advocatis an active opposi-
tion to the law by mobs and outbreaks such aa
we have witnessed in Boston and some other pla-
ces and by counter State legislation like that of
Vermont iIassaehtUr'OJiio fS:c- The other-
class piofesscs also to be opposed to the law but
not bysttch lawless means. Those journals repre-
sent the law abiding portions cf the North Twfc 00
object it is to repeal the objectionable law by an
act of Congress. We do not beliero that tn
journals can be named throughout all the frte
States which do not belong to one or the other of
these classes. Tho journal from which these ex-
tracts are copied belongs to the more moderate and
law abiding class :
"The Legislative Department has the power to
make aud unmake laws and it 13 the duty of all
rood citizens to submit to the legally expressed will
of a majority of the nation so hu as that will re
mains in the form of a constitutional law- It is
however just as clearly tlw right of thc people to
change or abolish this law as it is their duty to
obey it while it is on the statute book. Tho power
that creates a law may change or repeal it rio
one has the right to charge a breach of devotion to
thc constitution and the Union upon others who
may desire that change."

"It is almost a self-evident proposition that if a
majority of Congress see fit to alter or abolish any
law upon our statute books wc are ai good alliens
bound to submit"
"Suppose it is ascertained that the liberty of th
free black is not sufficiently protected thereby ; that
it contains provisions that need some modification;
and that a majority of the people of the North
seeing its practical effects a.k to have the law so
far changed as to obviate thesa objections whuo
it still gives the South the substantial benefits of
that clause of die nonstitntion to carry out which
the law was passed. Suppose a majority of tho
members of Congress should see the subject in
this light and determine to make the modification
by changing the obnoxious parts of tins law. By
what s)stem of reasoning have tho South th
slave States a right to complain ?
We say to the South ifthmnibntyof thc peo
ple of the North and a majority of the Rcpresan-
tames ol me people in congress see ni to moony
the Fugitive Slave Law you must submit to it."
Gex.Scoarv In answer to many inquiries as to
the an-e of Geu Scott aud Uie date of his semceii
the Cuicinnati Chronicle makes lite following state-
ment: Winfield Scott was born on the 13th of June
17SC and will therefore be G in June next.
Admitted to the bar 111 IdOb and practiced a few
months in the Petersburg (Virginia) Circuit. j
Appointed Captain of Light Artillery in. May
lt09.
Appointed LientenantColonl of the Second
Artillery m Jul) 1812.
Foutrht the battle of Que cnslown and was taken
prisoner 13th October 1812.
Appointed tingaaier iieuerai in .uarcn jow.
Fought the battle of ChippewaJuly 5th 1314.
Commanded tho mam tody of Brown's army
in th battle of Niagara (Lundy's Lane) July
25th 1814.
Brcvetted Major General July 1S1 1.
Maintains peace in the Patriot troubles in the
affair of the Caroline 1337.
Aids in the Pacification of the MamcvBonndary
in 181 J.
Captures VeraCmze23d March 1347-
Wins the battle of Cerro Gorda. April 18th 1837.
AVtus the battle of Coutreas 29th of August
18-17.
W1113 thc battle of Churabnsco August. 30th
13-17.
Stormed Chapultepec onthe 13th of September
1347.
Entered the City of Mexico on the morning of
the 14th of September 1S47-
Thus has U infield Scott been forty-tvo years
in the eerviee of his country having made somo
of the most brilliant campaigns on record and
never failed tu any undertaking.
E-Govekaor Wood A letter fromllnni- --
sville nnder elate of April Gth sa)s: "Ex-Governor
Wood was in town a few days aince
and expressed hw determination not to be bo
fore thc people for any office at the next elec-
tion." And the same writer continues : ul think
the race-in tbis county will be between Greer
and Bell the other candidates being rarely spo-
ken of. Senator Grimes will perhaps here-
elected without opposition." State Gazette.
The Postmaster General lias established th 0
follov.ing new PostoflTee3 in Terns; ilerrill-
townTravib county NeUon Merrill postmas-
ter ; Vorktown De Witt county John A. King
postmaster. State Gazette.
One of the principal spurs of the Rocky Moun-
tains has been blown up by a volcanic eruption
and destroyed the entire race of Blackfeet Indians;
hoing left to tell the awful tale sava
the Flat Hctd
fltcxican.
" Dowf4Li.of Windmills am Tom Beston's
Defevi The Santa Fe New Mexican of the Sth
March jlhas facetousl) and humorwusly gives a deta.J
of the contents of its latest exchanges:
Our exchanges by thc last mail are filled up with
Jenny Lind's concerts Bamum'a exploits with
Jenny mail rubbcri Decisions of the feuprem
Court of the United States rnuaway niggcra and
their capture murders divo-ces separations elope-
ments and finally the downfall of windmills and
Tom Beaton's defeat
Ajiericvs MAxervcToaiEs mong the many
other advances made in manufacturing hi this
countiy the correspondent of the Charleston
Count r predicts as follows : z
"But a fewyearj hence there will be in this
country very extensive and numerous factories of
monshu delaines. a fabric universally required an
excellant and hani-tome article will be made with
three-fourths cotton aud one-fourth wool that can '
be sold at twenty cents a yard. It is asserted by
cxporicnred and practical men that a factory of
thee mousclics With a capital of half a million
will make a profit of twenty per cent a year.
Jenny Lind's concert at Madison Indiana was
pveu m a slaughter hone the largest building in
the city which was fitted up for thc purpose. Wo
suppose the Mad m folks will hereafter point to
the "Jenny Lind slaughter house" as one of the
"sights" of the place.
Mountvernon the residence of Gen. Wash-
ington in Vt was so nimtd after the English
A3rniral Vernon a brave officer who Jirt
brought Washington to the notice of the Eng-
lish cabinet and which led to his geUi.ig Ina
Grat commission.