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JOHN MABsTfALL Ki'.n-n
AUBTIM ftATUBPAT AUGUST W i-
Olir I nil- nil. .1 ii. .
In taking fan well (if our late cill-:i-rvw
IN part With I high minded and libeial
heaitod man F.ndnwcd with I OHM and
lojiotil minil hi-writings have shown great
readiness ami a fund of practical Informa-
tion Am I debate ou the stump !"' nil
evinced a nlwnmj of oonooptioo ud a
font of thought which bun done much to
one conviction upon his SUdlOUM end
m iko him . iiioosasfiil speaker. At the
came time his bearing in debate has been
always courtt'ons and manly. With this
deserving tribute to his character we cuu
only add whil pi.rting with hint that the
memories of tbe put will always cause ui
to recall his name with pleasure) and tofetl
gratified tl hi- g nl f triune iu other pur-
suits. asm. The communication of K V. 1'v.t
TT is unavoidably crowd d out this week
hut will appear In our next.
ssV Tin- art tola translated from the
Spanish and Cjininunicated to the Gazette
has been in type for the last two week-
and will be published soon. " Tho certain
Future " from the pen of an i .teemed cor
respondent will appear next week.
Hon. I iiiin. I. Witann.
Our readers will find by the letter of Col.
Wihon published below that ho is not a
candidate for the office of U. 8. Senator.
Deeply will his many friends regret the
determination he has made. No rurer
heart no more gallant soul no abler chain
pion of the Democratic party fills a larger
space in the affections of the Texas people
than James 0. Wilson. History has made
his memory a household word and his elo-
quent lips have loft their bright gems upon
niuuy a page of our history.
His letter roflccts his character. Uusclf-
ish impulsive ready " to pcml and be
tjient" he shrinks from a coutoat where his
own interests might be advanced and stead-
fastly refuses the offer of his friends to pro-
mote him to position !
Gr.sz.vLBS August 24th 1857.
Major John Marshall
Editor of the State Gazette :
My Dear Sir : The time has come
when it is proper that I should determine
whether or not I will become a candidate
for the distinguished and important position
of I' S. Senator ; and as my mind is fully
made up I select this mode of placiug my
friends in possession of my determination.
In short then I will neither on the pres-
ent occasion nor at any time in future be
a candidate for that or any other political
office or statiou.
Let me assure tho friends who have
solicited mc to become a candidate that I
neither doubt their sincerity nor question
their ability to elect me. I decline to en-
ter upon l political career simply because
uuty poinis me to a pain wincn leans in a
different direction.
Tin- polities principles that I love and
shall uever cease to cherish arc triumphant ;
if it nj time inj liumtilc efiorts have con-
tributed in uny degree to promote that re-
sult the consciousness that such is the case
will eonstitnte the only reward 1 seek cr
would receive.
In withdrawing probably forever from
the arena of political strife I have nothing
to wish except that my efforts on behalf of
Soul hern rights and sound Democratic
principles had been more worthy of tho no-
ble cau.-e to which they were devoted. ; and
nothing to regret except that I have not
been able uior J effectually to serve my par-
ty and through it my country.
Very truly your friend
JAMES C. WILSON
THE CODES.
In our paper today we publish by re-
quest twj communications upon the l'eual
Code from gentlemen of high legal charac-
ter and whii h will command the attention
of tl e enlightened reader.
The iirst is from Hon. C. A. Frazer
Jo (go of the Sixth Judicial District criticis-
ing closely the merits of the Code. Tin
sccoi.u is from lion. Jamlh WlLLiK tin-
Attorney (icneral and who whs one f tin
Commissioners for preparing the several
Codes.
Our position is well known. We lay ii
d;wu as an incontrovertible fact that iu i
Government of tho people the laws shoul.
be distinctly defined up in the statute book
and nothing left to the breast of the Jud.i
which might in the slightest degree all c
the rights or restrain tho liberties of the
citizen. The establishment of a Code has
alwayj been a matter of expediency arising
from the multiplicity and the conflict of the
laws; and as the great object is to enlighten
the people we know of no State that has
onco adopted a Code and afterwards aban-
doned it. States have revised and corrected
them and In regard to the Texas Codo we
approhtud the samo course will be pursued.
It has not happened that we have had oc-
casion to observe tho actual working of the
Codes since their adoption. Other duties
have absorbed our attention ; but we are
satisfied from tho observations of Judge
Frazier as well as the Commissioners and
others that ninny useful alterations and im-
provements may be made. This will be a
matter lor the attention of tho next Legis-
lature ; and from the eminent legal and po-
litical character of many of its members we
feel satisfied that the Codes will be thor
oughly and ably revised and amended. To
that body we submit the whole matter with
entire confidence in the result of their de-
liberations. The communications of Messrs. Frazier
and Willie will be continued.
Gen. J. P. IltNDiBHON. A private
letter received in this town from Ran Au-
gustine announces we learn the senous
indisposition of Gen. Henderson. We
deeply regret to hear it and trust that he
has since recovered.
Sad AociIiF.NT. A German of this eitj
engaged in digging a well was killed on last
Thursday by the breaking of the rope at
tached to a tub used for hauling up the
earth. The accident occurred in the morn-
ing. Ho survived until the afteruoon when
he expired-
RtOAMAdl A.
Tho presence of Col. Lin kiuui.i. in our
own for a few days rent w. 1 to ntM ex
tent the NioMOgni fever. Indeed as
Southerners WO cauiiot ei.iiten.pl.ite will-
ont emotion and sympathy the Bovthern
extension of American Ml I lenient- Upon t!
continent. The pt Ition of Kan ISMi n I to
offer I uf a VOTJ l.iint Imp" ol stowing -lave
Institutions in thai territory at present
We I ;. therefore to tho contingencies to
arise from to Inoreaso of In .t State- with
well founded apprehension of serious cri-
sis iirour country May i.e hand e ' t
States KkIim Democracy prove itroti and
truo enough in that crisis to sway our dot
tini'-
From a letlcr of Capt .T. t'. (.1. Key
pub'i-bed in th i Q mules Inquirer Itwould
appear that 'it n. WAXKIR designs leaving
-Sew Orh.ins for Nicaragua on the Qral ol
October hex) j and thai he will then hare
tiuder his command three thousand in i
How tar this may be oOTTOOt WO I iOOOi -ay.
Tt i- likely that the dola:' of" General
Wai.kk.h's movement are not a matter ol
nOWSpSpor publication at this time. Wc
ah)0 learn from Col. LoOK&IDOl that Col.
W ATI. us is now recruiting men iu Texas
for tho expedition.
The qnottion of luooea In Nicaragua i.
I lit to probable If the state of parties In that
ountrv has been properly represented to
OS There is row a deep and unappeasable
strife occurring between the rival powers
OOOoeming the occupation of the Transit
Route; and Wen WaI.ki ii his doubtless
been invited link by each party with a pro-
puitiflu to join one against the other.
I i this condition of affairs the defences of
Nicaragua will rtoeive no attention and
when Wai.kui lands he will lind little to
oppose a complete subjugation of the whole
country. It is Walker's intention tose-
tiii: i. ATI' nv r. W WWKII
When 1 IIA.NK I. IN W. lhiWHtiN died one
of the strong men of the Stale lUghls party
rested forever from hi labors. 'I hat pletl
Ing nfleotton of the ptttriot thai In- memorj
oay still live even when tlie earth shroud
rtal oxlttenoe is portrayed by the
memorial of the Alumni of the Ala) lami
LTnivenity published In another oolumn
Bdttottod In a Southern Institution and en-
tering in early life into tin political areni
his own State and indirectly the Smith felt
tho force and influence of hi- public earecr.
One anion;' his ablest "pr-cohen in C. igrcss
while a member from Alabama not only
lb wed his thorough knowledge tt Te-:i-history
but won for him the ndmiration ol
our jieople for his ih-fense of Texas in ni;on-
laitiii g the full extent of her olaitn to t i
ton He iMonded thu efforts of Kaufman
and mida a most ffoettve itnpveasion up mi
tiie iiiembers id' the Huu-e Be contended
that had Texas leuiained out of the nion
she would in I short time have mad" her
inchoate title to New Mexloo pel I' i ami
t at up in annexatiou this title by BVOTJ
rule of justice and plighted faith inured to
the benefit of Texas.
Wo inculion these facts to inoWthodeep
Interest for Texas which had been shown
by the deceased long before he settled in
our State. When Mr Bowdon beeamc per
manently located iu Texas he never ceased
1 1 put forth sound Southern sentiments and
well do we remember hearing from one of
his intimate friends at a time when the la-t
deadly assaults of his disease were beiiifr
made thick and heavy upon him that if he
oonld only havo the strength to mount the
stump he would meet Sam Houston in this
cuiva an I vindicate the violated rights ol
the South before our outraged people ! Could
health only have been guaranteed to him
this past Lumnier we should have had tin
pleasure to record some of the most elo UCO
OTJ iH. STATENEWS.
In' Late Tuoti J. Ruhk. fur oo
lary i f the ItfkfvilM
1 . Bltina tribute to ti e i
Pi uator.
Slumlord"
nory of our
H" Buum up his public
cure a good regiment of Rangers to rout and convincing appeals which he had eve
the enemy in their retreats to places difli-' made on the stump. Useless is it to repine
cu.lt of easy access to other service. They Rgtmst the iusatiatc archer Death ; but txdlj
will be disloj 1 at every attempt to hold ' iIU' wc deplored b less when wo reflect-
a position in the i vautry and the fighting d upon the cri-is before us wherein lleii-
will be short and decisive. Of course we I Ul" had abandoned hi.- )iarty; abandoned tin
now only speak from the representations ! "'out'1 and with tie picstige of old Utool-
made to us of the rtsjurces of Gen. Valk- ' -'lions around him had sought to pervert
er iu this new expedition. Wo uudcr-tai.d i d mi-lead public lentiment in Texas. IK
that he Will be well supplied with funds " ll evun endorsed r illmorc after the con
quartermaiter stores field pieces and men. j Mntlon wlli(il uomicatcd him had repudi-
We also learn that amngemtota have been : i"-''1 ;l slavp :0elion of it8 platform. See
entered into which will secure ne comma- ' 'v'""'c Rowdon said of Fillmore in 1S1W:
nication to emigrants by iteamshios be- "It is gravely oontonded In eomeportiont
l r.e .i f. i..:ll : ..... .1
twecn Nioaragua and New Orlj.ms. QalvM. ' '-"" Ml 'JI- r"'inoie is uua
ton 1 nd other Southern porti at short and
regu'nr intervals.
Again if we correctly underst u I the
mission of W. Cakit Jones the ; sit n
held by the Administration of Mr. Hi-
ciianan is that Costa Rica will not be per-
mitted to assert Buy jnr.siicii.il over Ni-
scrviei-s
' '' believe he was in the (!rs tight
in m he w 1 a nieiuber of the Convention
whii ii doolxred the Independence and fram
1 I the Constitution of the Republic of Tex-
as ; he was the first Seerctnry of War of
thi Repnbllo of Texas and dbtinguishod
hi. 1 It Sm Jacinto being the only
member of the Government who was with
the Army. He lead in a dangerous fight
wiih the Klokapoo 00 thii Northern fron-
tier before any of the present setlicmenbi on
tho Upper Trinity He took command of
the arnr. In the fill of '.' cnlliug for vol-
1 . rs when in Invasion was reported) and
no there until tho meeting of the
fit 1 1' ingn . of which he was a member.
Tl hi w looted Ohlef Justice of the
- ; 1 1 Cnnrl "i Texas Then ho oom-
mended In the campaign igilnsl the Ohero-
ki OS and after their defeat drew soural
small predasorj tribes out of the State.
Then ho took oom mend of no expedition
Ii ii- 1! 1 Rivet against the Indians in
Is B8. tub- qnently be practiced hie pro
fees and while doing that was here in
Olerksvtlloi when wi were taking measures
to express oublii opinion in favor of A::-
Doxeuon to the Dnton in which ho took
mnelt Interest When annexed he wa-
ohoeen one of our first Senators In the Coii-
gn 1 of the United Ststee ai we believe
unanimously. His oareet in the Senate has
bei :i fall 01 honor to hiuitolf and to Texas."
fiiff A number of citizens of Washing-
ton oonntj held a meeting on the 18th inrt.
to pay a suitable tribute to the memory of
the lamented Thomas J. Rusk ; Hon. R.
T Wheeler In the Chair and John Alex-
ander Secretary. An extemponneonsbnt
eloquent eulogy was pronounced by IDn.
II. Mi Wi!liauiou On motion of Dr. J.
1! Robertson a committee made a report
paying a high panegyric to the deceased.
c 11 :ittce was also appointed to select an
orator to deliver a eulogy on tho life and
oharactet of Gen Rusk this day.
BsfTho citizens of Harrison county met
on the -tii intt. at Marshall to payn trib-
ute to the memory of the late n. Tho J.
Ru-k lion T. A. i'aillo in the Chair;
I-!. A. Blanoh Secretary Messrs. ('. M.
Vhuns M. J Hall J. W. Barrett W R
D. Ward Geo Lano P. Murrah R. R.
Baynoa aud (Jil .McKay were appointed a
c immlttee and re i rted suitable resolution?
Dr Ji - tph Taylor i- Haiti to have delivered
ad- " n-d !r "iid of the ilmot proviso
N'j . I .- .r riskei iiis repuration fo
truth id cri by n aking -nc-li a d ri -itati
-. it on t' i- " - iltnongfa i -formation
I frenm ntly eal
Many men an b ildii eats ii thi
Houso ith I . atlemi
he was a mi uib .' Ci nan -
reti I red as thi zealous udt ite
must greatly advanoe tbo cause ol General
WaUUB and wc believe that he is fully
satisfied with the position of Mr Id . iiin-
A.v. Indeed such is the pointe 1 oh ir.i.-ti r
of the resolution in the Cincinnati platform
in regard to Nicaragua that wo could net
look for any other ; ilioy to be adopted by
the United Btal The resolution to which
wc refer sets forth that
" A'o poirtr on h arth ulioiilil he iulTer-d in mi
-peil" or clue its progress (ir.-e loter-ooeanla
"e.iinuiiiiji-ntiiiii! b nn Interferenee with tbe
u relations It ma tult our policy to establish he.
'tween our Government ami the Government "i
" tLe Ststet i-.itlun whose dominion it lies. We
" can uuiIit do olroumstancei surrrndei ot n cm:
"pomiirxm b in ihe aojoitmentof all qaesttoai
"(rowing nut nl it."
This strong language sustains very prompt
measures En the present erisisr
Rut aaiu the Cincinnati platform is still
more explicit :
itrsotrttt. That levtewof soeommanoing an in-
tnrit. tlie people of the (Jolted siut. cannot
-lint srmpsthUe WITH THK EFKORT8
"WHICH AKE BElNOMADE HV THE I'Kd
PL?: OK CENTRAL AatEltK K to regenei
Mate-ttust portion of the eontlnent which coven
''the passage aorosi ilie Inter-oeeaate Isthmns.'i
Wc have full oonfldeUOO in Mr. BVOHAR-
an's Administration that no obstacle will
he thruwu in the way of the aoeomplish-
nent of 'his g-i-at end. Indeed we see
he reornltiog of men and sale of bonds o-
ug on in all parts of icir eounliy without
my interruption by the h'cdcral Govcin-
nent. In this itntt of things we lock for-
ward with Unshaken confidence to the n--;.
iteration of ( 'cutrii! America and we ten
i .' t sec the n cafure of Gen. Quitman
to abolish the neutrality laws w irmly sus-
tained the next Congress
The day for tho spread of American Re-
;iublu.s is upon us; and it is one in which
very patriot may we!! suffer himself ti
-pcud and be spent.
i.ate i.-i;rui:TnY oonni.
We deeply regret the loss of this worthy
man He was born at Fayettville North
Carolina in 1814 and was in hi- I Ith year
oaragui by right of conquest; that the Uni-jna il I nk as a ohief defender of tin-
ted 8taies will not oonseat to tho prop lei baokrupt law a .i e ot the loading an
partition of Nicaragua; nor the right 0f thore of the tariff ol 1842 as a supports
.. di . . i .i F the most lalttudinous system of intern.'
Lo-ta tU a to keep the Inter-oceanic t.an . J
t route closed. This course therefore. t it. .! '- t).. .(.;.. f Jif
l Hit I'tAl-lI t4IMr(i III. i II "1 i k .l li
101 f -ring the agitators in the moat .
tionable measures proposed during hii rr-
vice in thii bodjf.
hen champions upon whom wo etui nil
to shield the South from her bitterest foes
lie among u- with their armor on well ma
we pause to reflect upon their many virtues.
A teat of pity will never cea.-e to ehasi
djwn the manly cheek of every Texan whi
recalls the memory of the yOUOg and gifted
orator Franklin W. Bowdon.
Tin s. Wc deeply regret to learn the
death of John T. Harris Esq. the lately
elci ed Representative from Titus. His
high and honorable bearing in society had
made him universally beloved and respected.
11- was formerly from Autauga county
Alabama. He Was a most worthy Demo-
crat and the nominee of cur party iii the lati
contest. It is a singular coincidence thut
at the last session the Representative ol
this county Dr. J. ('. tiuy also departed
this life.
Oliua Ui'M'm I'rtuo. r:i(U Aanoeiatioll.
Wc return our thanks to the Young
Men's Association for their very Oomph
men taiy resolution. Ithaabeeuom go &
fortune to find at the Capitol during the
past canvass an Assciation of DeiuoCK.t-
who have labored ardently and y.oaloush
for tho organization of the party. VV(
have had est client speeches and wttneiscd
their salutary effects but the influence I
the Association has been felt in other wa-
than this. Iu their intercourse with thcii
fellow man they have been found well posted
on all the issues of the canvass and read
to correct misrepresentation! ; while in cor-
respondence with their friends abroad tin
have sedulously obeckmated tho stratagem!
and machinations of the eucmy. As portion
of the Association was comprised of oui
Gcrinau fellow-citizens than whom mon
faithful and devoted lovers of principles di
Dot exist in tbe State. They have fully
redeemed their name from all the slander;
n r-Air.i ... t't....i ii.ii ;. moo ;i ' l:Jl-
. . B . rr . i of their enemies and won lor themselves
high honors an 1 oon entered up. n the . .
ti 140 ho was -cut . . .
me eigntnoi uanuan next win oeagrano
profession of the law.
to CoDgress ud after discharging his du-
ties with satisfaction to 1 is people he
voluntarily withdrew from public life. Up-
on the formation of Mr. Pierce's cabiuet he
invited him to the office of Seciciary of the
Navy. In the perform incu of his ofiojal
obligations Mr. Dobbin sought to effect salu-
tary and important ohaDgM. Uudei his ad
ministration tho retiring list was established
which if judiciously carried out must give j
groat efficiency to tl - branch of OUT national
isfenoot. Mr. Dohhin was a gentleman c! i
aary staturej his face was Ii' up with i
1 piercing eye mingliug with a DOI V0
em sxpressiou i and hi domeanor among
strangers as wel
general esteem.
as friends won for him
The -: Mill Indir.lootl.
The following from the State Rijktt
Dnueral puhllihed at Uelsus Arkansu
-hows that the game of Houston was well
understood abroad :
'If Houston is loatcn as.wc believe h
has been he and his partisans in iexas are
utterly ciushcd If he luooeeds we pre-
diet that he will have a strong support la
the North for the Ulaek Republican nomi
nation for I'lesident ho being regarded
there as virtually a member of that party."
Hon. M. P. NnRTON has been re-elected
Judge of tho 14th Judicial District.
Icbilce at the Capitol. Wo shall have fir
ing of oaur.on b ufirco and illumination.-.
I Our Democratic l.idies will on that day ton-
i dim the victory over Sam Houston by t! i
i resentatiou of a Banner to the oounty giv-
ing the highest majority for all the candi
dates on tbo State ticket in propcrtioo to
the VOtl oast What county will be tin
bun id con ty of Texas wo shall perhsp.
not ' ro' u nl 'he Gukernati rial vote I
i i i ul wit tever county gel
-. . : 's t.orihj Mid loLj; 1. .
.u of the fair daughtt
o'' Auiti- v.... present It as an emblem
the devotionof Deu.ocratt to prineiplei ..
tcud of mc:. and may the maxim go forth
to be ti.igh. :. .very youth in our State.
rhe Association have already oommenoed
0; critiout by appointing a committee aad
wc shall furnish cur readers with the a;-
jointmDt fortlie Eighth of Jauuary as Sjon
a- the programme shall hi reported.
Rreecii LOAOIfd RtFf.EH. A board of
:V: en an. now at West Poiut making Iti-
uls of all i.hc breceh loading rifles kuon
in tins and other countries. Inventors have
boen roqueted to submit their rifles for
trial. The result of this examination will
bo givcu to our readers at the earliest opportunity.
J. II. A. soiiiotiiiin ago wrote an artioli
whi"h apppared In the Texas Christian .1 '-
vnrnte. He tame down hot and lnaw up-
on the landlord of Ihe "Oilmer Hotel."
He has waked John (I Cromer up who
indignantly replica and among other things
leys i i
" I hav nev f knowingly charged ainin-
Itttt of the Qoopel ; but there are some who
have took a dash of flic rowtly and black-
guard about then that olio would not sus-
pect thein of belonging to any society ex-
cept that nf a thieving association; of such
I may have occasionally exacted pay as iu
the ease now under consideration.''
tW The Southerner of the 1212d inst says
of Maj. Scott the Mail Agent :
" He intends at the next letting of con-
I) n't- to use his influence in getting a line
of four hor i- mall conches from Waco via
Corsioana sndPaloatlne tTjIcr ; be dea
InoroSxlDg the Ipei 1 of those already iu op-
sratlOn by putting them tin- ugh from
Austin to Waco and from Wtn-o to Pallas
In one day and night. We are satisfied
and havo on (onset occasions stated tbnl
Major Boot) is one of ihe most efficient
Mail Agents Texas has ever had "
war The cause of religion in Freestone
is noticed by the Pioneer. The oamp-
meeting at CleaeCt'l Springs was largely
attended but closed without accomplishing
nni'iy conversions itevn. Alexander (late-
wood Willinghiiin Hubert South and Yell
wci prtSt utr.ri preached.
ri. I'. ('. Bell who has resided In Bra-
IgOtin for upwards of thirty yer.i- i- ;i can
didate for Chief Justice. lie ilainn Ii
OUI PAETY.
lie! onitlllon of Ihci lonlli.
Hun. Jacor TllOMPHd.s our able and
worthy Seerctary of the Interior NOentlj
responded by letter to an invitation to be
pi MB) at Old Point Comfort at tho Con-
vention held there iu favor of establishing
a line of Horace Mann's Mniiimouth Steam
Ships The project is warmly endorsed by
him ami al-o Hon. Aaron V flrown the
IVl master fleneral A portion of Mr.
Thompson's lettei briefly reviews the con
dition of the Soutli at the present time.
and oomlng from a Hmnd Southern State
Rights Democrat who has been fully en-
d irsed by his adopted State of Mississippi
and who holds n place in her sympathies
and her i-onfidcncr We deflir" to lay it be-
fore our readers' :
Then Ii at this moment a tid of pros-
perity mOVelng throughout the southern
States which has never been equalled iu all
their pest history. Our system of labor
which has been forced to encounter the most
violent piojudioe and the most unscrupu-
lous opposition is daily vindicating itself
before the world. The interest- and neces-
sities of the age have combined to commend
lor it to the favorable consideration of foreign
nations and to compel it- imitation if not
Its readoption by them. 0"r rights are
acknowledged at home by all departments
of the government nr-d at no timo since
the formation of tho constitution have the
southern people felt more confidence in the
tenure of their property ot entirtained
more just and well .founded assurance that
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llii lull; juiu uiuti.in w mv .
lanuou pus essiona 01 tne country ana eqw
timii HenstsnSi
The Standard tho Hon ton I
view of futun :i -lion noder his deb il i
" lie II n very auto ratio I "itleiiian tho
Ancient Hamuel i of muoh mon oonae
quenoe in hi own eatiination than "V tie-
I pic of Texas i blned i ami it will not
suit him to It knowledge in the Senate the
reproof (ha) the people of Texas have ad-
ministered to him. It will rather exoitl
his wrath and aggravate hii high self esti-
mate He will go through thi Bentonlsa
course and the more he la admonished of
miraonduot the grander will he become
within himself. There is one difference
Benton his been a man ol lab n ninl then
foro still remains mentally a man of Power
and (ills in larRO a space aside from Politic-1
ot tins
V Al.t K HI Ml'NKV.- -It il
.istaken men thai th
is less whro there II pll
where there is none. I h
the Railroad iimord Ponccrnin
elnnafl m mi markel on thi
" Honi J ei ttl is ar in tl.
rativelj coi fo
readily It 0 to 1 per
'ind OWSS pS r i 01 '
per cent."
These rate; aie all
lee-al rate I :ii"' ' ' I
"comfortabh " althou Ii
thnro are a hundred thi
and plenty of banl
paper money frotn othi r
as he BV ' did. Ilousten lis i none
reserved oapaoitv tor h leotnai i one and. st.lt( :j lumunding E
cannot eomm i I the oontideration of th N
multitudes moi eol pa t Ins official exlsl r
s.e- lit in hh own heart he Will slwajl I ''" New ork I
be the (IKK 'i Mam Houston the Hi ro t flsayit
lmA r.M.i.le! 1 mi-er In ltr;.oria thin am l tiartners in iti creat future At no time
e J .. i ..i ' . .. ....
other mail. Braaoria is one among cur
oldest counties and it will thus be soen
that our State is yet quite youthful
tii. The fiiends of U. W. Chilton Esq
will be pleased to hear of his election to
the Legislature.
With IiOtt in the Senate and Chilton in
tin House the yrjlerests of Smith county
will be e.bly guarded. L'pshur Democrat.
tsfc. The State Engineer. Hon. Win.
Fields has re'urned from the Eastern wa-
ter courses. He let the coutraet for itn-
proving Oypn -s Bayou while at Jetrerson ;
and surveyed the Sabi'.r.e on his route-
home. to
Mr. Fields has pi oved himself to bo a
most faithful and energetic public oflin r.
well iUi'ifted for the duties assigned him.
Ilali imi Civilian.
Stay- Capt. 10. S. Jonea recently left Mat-
agorda for Cancy On reaching the bridge
at Peyton'l creek he got out of the carriage
and went into the woods. After.7 r ' his
. -i ' ' . . - irw.wi f .nl .in tit ii iii'iinl Kb ii V A
ng and eloquent speech on the oc-l .. ..
r dilliLCiit scare" tor him has yet proved un
availing
have they hid reason tr. contemplate Willi
a prouder sat isfsstion the magnificent dee
tin) which awaits our common country
I destiny which if wise counsels continue
t i pn vail and potriotic purposes continue
to control the minds of the people promis-
es to be more brilliant and more prosperous
than the history of auy nation the world
has hitherto recorded.
The products of the South are absolute-
ly necessary to meet the wants of the civ-
ilized world. Without them the onward
S:i Jacinto ; the founder nl I .Natl n al-
beit the t'tleof Father of tho country prop-
erly belongs to 0n' I Austin and waa al-
ways oonferrod upon him by the old Texan-
who know hoiv 'L'cTas was K tiled and
ii hn procured the grants of land from
Mexloo who In. .nght the 'ir.-t population
to Texas and tcAo governed it and provi-
ded for i' like i parent duting long yean
of sore trial."
Wihi Mnnv Afn iwvi. Chii.uken in
Ait-.ni' a More than lour-seventlil of
the marriages in Mas-aehn-etl are among
the foreign born. Why is i' . Memphit
Eagle (K..X.) Aug.Ut
What a commentary upon tin meal ol
humbug arguments against foreign Imml
!I
"l'rime cn'ioi'Pii mi i
tinues quite torco and
per cent for sal foul '
cent for longer dates i
transection In farorite
names at Insidi tho min in i
not so Wi II known thi I I
W( lve per cent bo I thi .
i. ..i. I.. . i . ...i :
. ...j -tan e..'.. i- i. n
negotiated even It the di
The best single ii n
ten per cent. jtol into r
have bei 0 taken
K r eellt "
Tho JJuf.im Stat
-ays :
inc uauKs are non p
gntion do these few lines offer 7 We may remain so until tboj e ii
leplyllo the question by siytng thst i; li
virtuous sod good habits which itimnlata
men to man; and thattbesbovi admission
from a K. N. Journal Is the hlgheil tribute
that could Le paid to tho character of niniii.
grants who flock to our shores.
hn- iiivin
t icir lost specie in th
larger "outside" lendi r- on '
tago of the withdrawal . (
for first i lass paper. Tl
demand loans and investini
own price al.uost. The n
per cannot no'v be quoti 1
per cent. and it H I vcty I
that arc taken at that. Fil
Saf It i- laid that Houston
out. that he will again be a eindida e ranges from 8 to 10 and i
for Governor in is'.!'. Miapewl Should P"" J?1 onqueaUonabh -
. . to lli.
two oenaton oc ooosen .u um uoi uogw
progress ot mankind would be stayed and I at aT (1 ; uake tho riprie. j No cities of fie Union
e auvancement a. u prospenty o. u.: lp . . vcr0 uu(r :f. papv-. tuai. toe .o.egoi..
Christian nations would receive a shock from ' . . . alio a dense population an
which they would not recover during the l"-uHies let him take war ing by the fate
next half oonturv of MoKonkoy Ho took arsenic found ho toM nvel and yet tl
are as high as In some ol
Enaland and France under the euidance of did not die ; eul bll ibroa still lived:
a false and mistaken philanthropy abolish- jumped into a well -Was tu rllve "" Arkansas and Mississippi w
. i . i . ... nr . . - . i.. . ... ...... il .D I -
i . n
II M M PoTTBB We notice that
lent of the Galve-tou Newt
forv rd tho name of Hon Mark M.
Potter for the vacant Senatonhip. Mr
Potti r' . h character il well known to the
H trnlj worthy of a position
i andidatea for that office We
.ii to be a firm and sound Demo-
i and i ipable of conferring honor upon
tiic 1 tu'
A Novel Toadoxdy. The Trinity Vd-
vocati relates a (novel tragedy which took
pi e . : Palestine A Mr. Brown took
i fan i i the wife of Arohibeld Brlggs
mi the letter Anally consented to Brown
I '. t l.er to his (Brown's) house and li-
rlth her. After the expiration of two
n 'I : edayssayi ihoA U vote Mr. Brown
risited Mr. Briggs and informed him that
he could t tke his wife back he was tired
of hii barg dn" or words to that offeot To
be injur ! in the manner he had and then
to be thu.! iu-ulted was more than he could
bear with aQy degree of patience ; conic
quently be leixed his shot-gun remarking
" Brown you have had your fun now I'll
have mine" I '. ' liberate aim at him and
d killing him almost instantly. An in -III
held over the remains of Rrown
ind averdiol rendend In accordance with
the abovo facts
ns" Many of the members and others
led the last Legislature will re-
John M Gib i . one of the clerks
of the Uoui through the kind aid of Mr.
1!. wai drowned on the 18th inst.
in Clear Cn t near Galveston. With ma-
nyv!rtu tboi itoxicatingoup unfortunately
i. ti iyod Ilia u fulness and doubtless led
.inally t i his unhappy cud.
JWTho Indianolian mentions a gay
party ol Louisisnisns who preferring the
lighti in Western Texas to a trip to Eu-
rope lately landed at Powder Horn. Be-
on: taking their tour among the natives
thej gavt I ipl mdid dinner at the Cassimir
House to tho officers of the steamer Ope-
looses Their horses mulos etc. were
brought out by John G. Carey and the
sompany mounted their steeds on the 11 tb
Instant and departed. Tho company was
oomp'osed ol R. 1'. Niohols andTh Thayer
of Now Oil. ii- and W. II Smith and T
Klhs of Thibodeaux
fsV0apt F. E. McLean of Fan Auto-
nio asks for proposals on the 11th iust.
to furnish -Wi toniof hay. Tho time set
for receiving 'o'ds terminated last Tuesday
being ten day-notice. Some of our friends
have written to u.s complaiuing against this
action as ueoeasarily excluding many bid-
dera. We expect that Capt. McLean has
been governed by the usages of the Quar-
ter Master's Department at San Antonio.
Ho?" For the Information of our country
readc-s wc state that sealed proposals will be
received by ("apt. B C McLean at San
kntonioj until the loth Sept. next for th-
following supply of corn :
.V Port Ince 11700 bushels ; at Camp
Vi 0.800 bushels ; at Fort Mason 15-
bushehj at Fort McKavitt S500
ieti ; lit damn Colorado 12500 bush-
els ; at Fort Chadbourne 6500 bushels.
Bi i m ii.i.E. We learn from the In-
.- !- o. 'in.; a customhouse and fortare
i ihottiy to he built at Browusvillo by tho gov-
lot it a cost of not less than half a
lot dollars unwnsviiie addttholn-
lianoliaD. is now in point of population
ml l npertauce the third city in the State
and she bids fair from her advantageous
geographical position soon to become the
lir I iu lite aa ho i-i in enterprise.
fei'- .1 K .'-l no.'.' of Lockhart requests
ns to as) t1 at be II authorized to receive
Ignatures to a memorial to dispenso with
the eaployntout of Chaplains in Congress
aud iu the Army and Nvy
ta. We learn that Major. flen Twiggs
has ordered a survey of the Wagon route
from Ssn Antonio to Galveston by wa;
Columbus and Houston. This i- - ii i to be
in consequence of the late outrage- upon
Mexican cartmen on tie Qoliad road.
Thi Youthful Colomxl. The iron
tier Pstrfot says he recently met with Col
W 0. Young who appeared as youthful ai
when he saw him in 1844. It is the (.' !.'-
cay conscience and big laughs that have re
juvenatod him.
sa-Mr Lung of J la-1 1 op recently oaugbl
a negro belonging to John II. C irter of La-
grange who had been at large three mouths.
Longhunted for him with his dogs. In the
pursuit they crossed the ('dorado four
times.
BOi At the term of the District Court
of Calhoun eoumy. there was no one lent
to tho Penitentiary. In Calhoun there an
the towns of Saluria Powdcrhoru Indian-
ola and Lavaca.
The Trinity Advooate of tic- 10th
inst. is led to believe from the return- thai
1! A Buvxa Esq. is elected Judge of
the ninth Judioial District by some 50 ma-
jority. ssT A bright little boy the orphan
Grandson of Capt. Place fell overb. ird
from tho steamer Charles Morgan while
at her wharf .a Powder Horn und a-
drowned. Mr The citizen- of Starrvillc Smith
county will have a Female High School in
operation f u the fust Monday in October.
It is a highly intelligent neighborhood.
no? The Planters of Braaoria arc anx-
ious to start the building of the Tap rail
road and the line is beingsurveyed through
tho Brazos bottom.
STor Wi learn from the Frontier Patriot
that the surveying Corps of the Fulton and
Kl Paso railroad are now making out their
maps of survey at Pari-.
Day The servant crirl of Mr. Llffering of
San Antonio lately took a pistol left at her
mister's kitchen by a negro and by acci-
dent it i.. said shot Mr. LilTeiing's son.
gQk The Inquirer says that there were
some twenty-five or thirty conversons totbl
Methodist Churob of Gonialei at a late pro-
tracted meeting.
jjJamei D Penteoost ot' Fort Bend
county recently committed suicide by shoot-
ing hitu.'clf. A letter left behiud explain-
ing the 080 has uot been published
assy The Waxabatobia and Huntsville
stage lino is regaulcd by the Pioneer a- the
nearest routs fiom Faiitield to Houston and
Galveston.
ed the system of slave labor iu their West
Indian poaseanons by which acts as is now
apparent to tho world they have iullictcl
and entailed numberless evils upon the slai
and sunk all their most fertile aud beauti-
fol blinds of the Antilles beneath the wave
of birrennness and barbarism ; aud to-day
they are considering with favor and pr
po-iui; with earnestness plans for the re-
newal of the African labor system in ordci
to r ivei the pearl they have throwu away ' "
in a moment of misdirected and infatuated i th.
benevolence ; and tn order to avcid the . .;
n i.i tlou-ion ""- "o imum
i p ilitioal tod
Blrdville Tarrant county has an in
teresting and intelligent society. A Lyce-
um has been lately established and is like!
to bed popular resort.
SOT Ben F. Adkins is elected Mayor of
Richmond Fort Bend county
Mix. The money to extend the Galveston
Railroad seventy-five milts is t.-.ii to be se-
cured teg The Cjiuako Inouirer iutimate- a
rumor of Maj. Ben MoCttllough'l going I i
Nicaragua to join Walker.
The b'tilding of the bridge from
not ion bi
Wi '' .
penalty ct piracy ana j.-t .-cur. w.e oenc :
tits of Atrican labor for which no sunsti- .
tute of equal efficiency for the production ; '
of the staple- most needed bv the civiliz' d '' ' '
world can be found it is proposed to in-
troduce the African upon their OOtton plan-
tations and sugar and eoffoc estates under
the milder and less unpoiiular name of nii-
! prentice. He is to be indentured or sold
1 F..r .. tent of i-nnr. to In. TrorL-mt until iip
I - - '- j-... . - - -
. : ul . r ll 1 .1. c
IJ.'C nut's iiicapauic oi lauoi ami ineieioie
worthless with no claim upon his master
beyond the time for which he is bound aud
subject to be driven off wheuoierworkand
cruel USSgl shall have enfeebled his eonsti-
tion and rendered him unfit for labor aud
unable to earn a livelihood a system more
barbarous and inhuman than any ever bo-
for di vised by the cupidity of man.
Since then our rights are secure.'and
since our products can only be raised in
sufficient quantities in our climate and by
our system of labor may we not hope to
have our own line of -learner- established
and thus tcure the advantage of direct
trade with the European nations?
Iu conclusion 1 bid thj- enterprise god-
speed i.i wi-c in it- eoneception and . --
tmed to be most important in its result.-
and for whi !i iionioro appropriate starting-
point cm be found than the Bhores of the
i 'id Dominion.
1 have the honor to be vour obedient ser-
vant J. THOMPSON.
tjj- The e liter of Ihe Texas Republican
. nil B an excellent article upon the canvass
in Harrison county. He thinks that the
majority against Houston ought to have
been n uch greater. It should be borne in
mind that the K. Vs. had previously tri-
umphed over ul in Harrison. Lnthiseleo-
;yu an entire change was wrought aud a
full democratic delegation to the Legislature
ei ured. Mr Imghery however iu con-
templating the fact of the largo planting
population of Harrison thinks that our
majority ought to have been much larger
la accounting for the pcrtenacious support
of Houston he iays :
" It wa- not Houston's military fame
it did not arise from admiration of the man
r from an innate 1 ve of his principles but
-imply from i Wi'if' obedience to party ami
a hatred of dt moi racy !
" Men who dream about a Uuion of the
South in defence of her constitutional
rights aud who conceive that those who arc
honored with high position should be held
accountable for a want of fidelity men who
expect that Northern l'emocrats should
-laud firm and steadfast amidst the fanati-
cism with which they are surrounded will
have to diaw largely upon their fancy it
they find anything particularly consoling in
tholr reflections connected with the positiou
the Houston party occupied in this canvass.
" There is ono thing however which
chec.: us. Houston is beaten. The po
tential influence which he exercised to dis
tra.'t and divide our people is gone forever. '
" There is no doubt then that in crush-
ing out Sam Houiton and the Koow-Noth
ing party as wo did on tho third day of
August we have struck tho Republican par
ty as severe a blow a- if the contest had
been directly between them and the Demi .
hut died -'Coi oi r
not to be in a Inrrrs .'.' '.
He will die i in enou
We see t! t Dr i'. .. i ain a candi-'
date fi rolectii Ai 'I." ei ; - cut ofDem-
ooratii prii i we do trust
or its will I I the are tiin i . :t in
i
11 u
will be iu ban our Fayette sul
hers thi ning the pa
j our voli od Dea
Three Clirrra foi il Smith I
hen e not tl mpts
made to carr; - th for H i ton wo mnj
well be inspired with rejoicing at her .-.ife
and happy deliversnci Well and truly
have tho Demo rati ; Smith fought the
battli and It will be n bright jewel in their
memories when they Bhalli rer nak for their
choice tl oufidi oce or rapport of the
party I
Thus stands the story end thus i; will
stand as lone; a.-party oonti -I- are made on
the present political basis How Jong
Lord '. before men will r . -on sensibly and
abandon a lystem marked only with defeat
disaster and the icon!:':'- i in of true men.
Atabam J a I A. A".)
'1 bus j ;ik- the K. N. Journal at Mont-
gomery after adn Ltling the utter defeat i i
the K. .Vs. in that State The good Lord
!:: - something else toatu nd to than lo- kin.
after a party with no principles no organi-
zation and nothing on earth to mark it
existence but an unsorupuli ua warfare foi
jowcr and pla i.
This paper saya Mi Terrell has In no
manner beet oonni oted with the tat-.- Con
tral Committee V - oppose ho meanl
publicly connected Uarrisim Flag
We meant just what we .-iij. We don't
Wonder however thai a K N. mi-ht cs.
peet n politic! in to say one thing and mean
another. This used tobi ..i n's rule w
believe when he was asked whether he be-
longed to the (Jrdt r.
I.t'l Kcr Iti'jnicr I
A Ma Meeting of the Demooracy take-
place at Marshall in Harrison county ou
Monday next. What county can more fit!'
rejoice over the Waco platform triumphs n
Let her send up a democratic ihout thai
will never be forg tleii b) the enemy !
W. J. Dowerton l'.-o of Hallettsville
we an glad to learn has beca elected rep-
resentative from the c unties f i ewii ui I
Lavaca by a very flattering ii joritj lr
Qoworton is tbe son of our foruntr Sheriff
ind brother to tbe present incu I ut e
ms formerly Prosecuting Att i .i-
Distriot is atdeiitt llo-. ud H.i ;ihe
an able representative--Vntitu'i u Bulb
tin.
It. cann-ji be
! apci makes cheap Interest "
l'xiniri from our Corrospc .
D
It ruli lor ( niiieion t Th
I i nun I'll
Bbownsvtlle An
Major: Above you wil
from this Seoatonal District 'I .
' Minted aud faithful ohsm
;. E B SOABBOROUOB
ntly re-elected to t! -
ill rac-nts of the opp .-i
ivould seem l
U tl be b - nobbj .
ii I dei '' nstrates to thi i -State
tint the '
... ... y . : :.
I S. Collec
tel !-. ui i . .. lem n
l'n ask Latham is
same issue as Re; . -liture
from Cameron and D
EUMArT of Hidalgo ( mnty
Cameron and Hidalgo
ceived in these two countii .
Runnels 98 I . I. ibb ck I""
! . " 93. Tbe opp id .
misstoner of tho I lencral Lai
phen Crosby wh i n oeii -d 811
Frank White tlved 658 i
about the regular Demi
Yours truly
Harris.
Houston
" "Hurrah f r W
State Bight- Democracy i
stand- now b fire hei
with " garrai nti as s b
has covered her enom
bi rself with blushin I
enough for one d 13
Ntteci -
COBPUI I 'illti-i !. Au
"; ' yorf.- Bril
to i a bed from ink ;
tor:.- fri m f. I
e. ii .--. gave I -- the
Koough baa been In .
to '.now that Britton will b
500 votes say 175. He I
100 and 180 n Hord's
in Webb count he r ; hi
Will send you tho i
received."
l.rn voia
Snr.HMA-
' i' . I . ..
aid I From di 1
I
Sec
r 'at J lirool
over 13
'-
Tin' late linn i . .. r:
i
.'
LV0KY linilii - I:
our confren i been u. .
borough of tbe Plag ;
to the Senate bv a Ii
ie recent election
i mi. car.
r.N.' i :- i oi
Erokohun Hall
Maj. JolIS M.MthllAl.I
.'-. a regul ir n
ui Society In Id this day th
amble and rtsolutioni wer i
bj ' oommittoe oom
Foster James S imen ill
Clements and unanimously ni
II 'i rtat it has plea
the dispeusatious of Iiis wi-
froni the scene of life an I
brothers Alumni. Feankli
Galveston to ihu main land is soon to be
undertaken.
SsjyTho Lower Brains rose fifteen feet
at Bock Island on the 7th inst.
racy. Again wo congratulate tbe OOUntj - Mr II y Q
upon a happy deliverance Iron a thrtaten-
ed danger. IsttMl Ka qcr.
WACO IIIJIIUIM.!
Wo see by the Southerner that the re-
turns of tho election havo made tho Demo-
crats of Waco do some tall crowing. On
the H?th -nd 19th inst tho cannon was
brought out and fired off in the niidbt of
lheretore ! - Ived I
been returned ben of the tame Society
li .ne maioritv one who bv his gentl t
I'.'hn Henry Brown ol I ivilian and as well an his intellectual
Somen Kinney of tho V itb whilst oonneeted with tbe i
eleoted npmeotatlvos " .. r Alabama both the ooofideuci
)ou gentleman np in you i i ope p nd tho respect of his fell
that It ill M a ter honors i a. Indian- R silt el '26 That t! -
v'it Bulb ni has lost in Ins pcrsoi
' able members who WSl
peech of ma Mater and an honor
es.
day a . u-
effi i
over listen .i .
ci. rin.
Th.. wofth
eight h.... Ircd tuilei
received i ..
We must acknowledge an ovsrtight in j the young men" aud adds that he has scl
not eirlicr uTtieing our eoteutporary the doi.i seeu such euthusiaam. ''Numerous
loud huzzas. Ou tho night of the 0tb ' vote- Hutu D 15 id ;. . ' Wi
the cannou continued to roar its thunders have ;.- '. . . the vote u '' c-u'-i t tell bow
and a hugo balloon was sent up into the many ballott wen oasl ... White.
Heavens by the delighted Democrats. The could no' havo been mon t! in fifty. It
editot says " the ladies flod bless them I ww expect ehand that Crosby would
left Prayer meeting and singing and cheered : gel the VOtO of thil but WO shall
S !'n- wealth in which be reiidi '
lie survived wuuld no
.oup the moxt Uluatrii U
ing for an hotiorabl fi
tioi aud letters
' - !ivd 3d That v.
vmpathiea to tbe fami j
the Secretary b
. eopy ol tin -.'
ol !. Itb '1 '
utjrally be requi itot
MILFORD '.
'Jndiauoian" edited by Ai.F P. Br.N.NLT
Esq. It is irood shcit and uMMrVM to
bo well supported We exchange with it
with great pleasure.
are the hats boots coats pautsi and vests
says the editor which "Little Dick" il send-
ing to hib friends." Merchants generally
have no reason to complain of the result.
Bi HOOIJ. Ths B iho
find hereafter that White will be tu.ly a .agcm of Kev m. m I
-non;- -be' ie the psoj l ol BI Pan u his op u i Monday II
predecessor. vVUUaB Baker and 1-J
Josiah Crosby waaeleotod Judge. Moud-y followiog Thi la
A. 0. Hyde Ksq was elected Senator mal Bobools nd their
and Jef. liall Bafl K-;prescutauve. w"l bofuuad ia Mother.
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