The Gonzales Inquirer. (Gonzales, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 20, 1853 Page: 2 of 4
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TEX AM:
MntNrMir Aaiu?t SO I MA3.
or v.?. p A IM Kit itic Aitu ii. nii Si ? i
Ap'nt. t? the only authoriinl At/rut Tor tli!a paper
in the cllit'Mif S?w York llonton ami l*liiljMl**l|*h;a.
?Inly riii;x>?<rod to take a<Irorti*?mciiU at th?? tale*
ro?|ti5re?l by u*. llii rccclptt *111 Ik? regarded us
t'W" E. \V. WILEY Printer ami N*#w?p?pcr
Agent 17 Hi. (Iiarloit atrcH in nitlioHwil to net ha
Agent for the Inquirer in New Orlcati*.
To Cokk?3?poxii?:*t*.-?Wo must decline civ-!
ing " Asiiju*" n ptaco in our columnit for the |
Miuple iraKoti that enough -too much?ha*
Wen Mid on the subject already.
Our fair correspondent " K?lnn" is rcspcct-
fully informed that her production will appear!
jicxt week.
To publish the articlv over the signature of j
*' A Member" w ould only bo the moans of
drawing forth n reply nud consequently keep
our columnH Hllcd with coinmuuicutionH the
Mihject of which in not of Huftlcicnt interest to
the public lleuce its non-appearance.
Tiii: Cotton Cuor.?Since the Into rains the
only damage which the cotton eroph of this
county have exi>erienced in the rihrdding of
young Iwllh formed during the dry season.?
The extent of this however is not very great.
We have boon particular in our inquiries con-
cerning the worm* and we arc pleased to state
that so fur as we can learn they are to bo found
nowhere In our county. Nearly all of our plan-
ters have commenced picking a majority of
whom arc averaging from 160 to 200 pounds
per hand. These figures do not of course ap-
ply to the new grounds. The crops generally
arc in a nourishing slate ami should they es-
cape tlie thousand and one diseases and annoy-
ances which Iho plant is sulijoct to wo may
reasonably calculate on 12000 hides being
shipped from this county next (all and winter.
Wo may possibly have over-reached the mark ;
hut whether wo have or not more will ho made
than can he gathered.
llitoki: Stakk.*?Among other animals that
are staked out around our town during the
Mimmer for various purposes in the absence
of a moro convenient domicil lor him our
Shcritriias had a prisoner staked out with a
strong chain at the foot of a tine old live-oak
in a retired portion of our town for sot no time
past (hi Sunday night latit having by hook
or by crook obtained possession of a llle ho
suddenly came to the conclusion that he had
ltfon lucre long enough and after having filed
oil' his irons left in utter disgust we presume
and has not been heart) of since t'oino Moo-
dv hurry up the Jail; "staking out" don't al-
w ays answer.
** Mr. C. ('. Cotton who stabbed Mr. K.
I hiboso .it Cox's Precinct on the tiny of the
? lection whk brought before Justice (ioss for
trial <m Monday last. Alter a long ami patient
investigation Mr. C. was required to give n i
bond in the sum of $3000 for bis appearance i
at the next term of the I >if?tri? t Court.
Hku k Pavkmknts.? We are pleased to .see j
that one of our enterprising firms Messrs Pen
ml ?!t l?ovetl have set nn example worthy of
imitation to those who have stores offices At'.
around the Public Square. \\\ allude to the
brick pavement that gives such nn air of m at-
iless and comfort (o the from of their new
store. Such pavements would add much to
?lie appearance of our tow n and as for the con-
vcnitinco to pedestrians one can easily estimate
it at it? proper importance hv glancing at the
long stieet.s scleral iridic* devp io sand on
which the miii poms In- burning Wains from
morning till night making it quite difficult to
determine whitlur it i* hottei oieilu.nl < r nn
? lii fm.t \\ ? >.i\ nothing i I tin adiaiitngv??
to Ih deiived from them in the Reason of rain
and mud.
I ? i<!i Mm o\- vviei.11 tutu' I ?'ur
town and n'iinty have within the lust frw
?lavs |si<k*d np l>ag ami baggage and go?i? to
lotticate a lew wnk> in the Mountains. Pun-
air delightful mnifi) nml water fine lulling
and tMrlVnl hunting air inttlnlv verv jrvvat
ti d'n cn.? iit> to |de*>ur\ .v<vktn>; and \et
we Lair tinm nit in (<ui imn imuily av?\
I
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Sh?ep.
Wc notice that the wool crop of 'k'rxu* is re-
garded with considerable iutcrt-nl not only
?tiiung 'JmIitm in that article hut many w ho
ptxifrM extensive acquaintance with the habit*
?ml inodt h of raising sheep look forward to the
time when our Stnte will supply a considerable
portion of the increasing home demand for
wool.
This kind of atock mixing is yet in itn infan-
cy with ns ami inany 'rial* will of course have
to 1m1 mado before it can Ix; ascertained poid-
tiveiy which breeds can bo rented with the
greatest advantage. VTcbelieve that the com-
innn hardy Mexican idieep would croaa well
with many of th? liner varieties ami yield very
superior wool in great abundance. Some South- j
Downs have Ik'CIi imported and we are told;
that our German residents in the connticH |
nbovo us haw brought over u Tew Merino
sheep for the purpose of trying them here.? '
Our knowledge of wool growing Ik very limi-
ted but wc do not Kec why the experiment
bhould not Huccccd fully. They w ill probably
require more of a farmer's personal care than
' cows and hornca but any man who is really
I interested in agricultural matters would com
sider himself amply ivpaid for a little labor and
trouble by the production of a handsome nnd
profitable flock of dieep Asyet.it Inui re-
ceived but little attention Irani ihe farmers of
Gonzales county hut we should t;iink that the
investment of a small sum of money in good
sheep would yield a handsome profit with com-
paratively small rUks ns well here as elsewhere.
In our county and indeed ill all Western Tex-
as fanners seem to consider cows almost the
only kind of stock necessary to their comfort
at least they seem to take but little interest in
nny other animals. This is not fair. In such
a country as this every planter should raise at
home the principal part of his subsistence.?
This can only be dono by tlrst stocking your
farms properly ami then giving a little atten-
tion occasionally to the rearing crossing and
improving of the dillerent breeds.
For more general and interesting particulars
connected with this subject we refer the rea-
der to nil article in the agricultural department
of to-day's paper. Wo shall probably revert
to it again.
(?oN7.ai.ks A in: a i?.?The Savannah (Ga.)
New s of the 20th duly crows over the receipt
of n sample of new cotton fi-oin Scriven county.
Well this inay be something to crow about in
the w orn out lands of Scriven county Georgia
but it won't begin to do for Gonzales county
Texas. Why man on the Nth of July we re-
ceived a sample of new cotton w hich had been
picked one week before it reached us making
just four weeks earlier than your Scriven short 1
weed. Now allow three weeks for our late I
spring add together and what is the result ? '
-?I iiijfi rcnce <>f ttewn icctls only J lint this is
not all: On the 20th of July three days be
fore von rocoived your Scriven wimple a halo
of new cotton of suporior quality was shipped
from this county for New Orleans! Where's
your Scriven county short weed sample now?
Over the rich valleys ami fertile liottomsof the
(iuadidoupe echo answers " Where?"
Katai. An nav in Si:?;rix. ?We learn from a
private source that a fatal nflVny occurred in
the town of Seguin on .Sunday Inst hetween a
Mr. Robertson a citi/.en of tliis county and n j
Mr. Harris of the former place. The latter!
gentleman received live wounds from a knife 1
the tilth of which felled him to the ground I
and ennsed him to expire almost immediately. I
We have not learned the full particulars nttcn- ;
ding tliih sad allair hut have been informed
that it originated lYont an old grudge which
had for pome time previously existed hetween
them Mr. II. was at the time advancing up
? mi his advei ?arv with a drawn pi.itol hut it
appein ? had not time t> use it. Mr. II. inline
diateh after surrcndeiing himself dispatched
a m< ? en^er to >ur town for W. II Stewart to
deft nd him Wlun h> return!* we shall
he enabled to ^ivc the lull putliculat-
N Monti l S? n Wcwilnt mi| it few d?\s
-inee a \ou111 o ic.U' h intoxicate*) that hi-
? ?> I fnttu . wlii slim 1 lit :vt by w .i > t'in|- !?< <1
to ?vo*t hiui upon hi<? hone nud place him in
the *vldte. Such ? h.i| - thei*o are tlie pMt
[<t r for the Soii of Temperance to
i x.iHM th< it 1* i.evidence ii|hhi. 1'ot Innately
iHiwrtrr th?t? nn but fi? wry few ? el
th>* knot to U* ftuiml in our iuiri*t
J.?*' 1 h> wiio%* tv\?>r m prexadu ? to a
frightful * vtent in Ni'? OiU n.-. rite I 'if* <
utw * ( ihv Nth ih>l mu that the inlet no lite
Imt the wttrk ri*din> SklNfil*vi July Md KM*
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The ElMtion.
As vd we lure no official return* from A us.
tin ; but enough in known to render it ccrtaiu
tliat IkII iiieivctal to Congretw by ? laige ma-
jority.
The UoTcrnor'a election In atill iu doubt?
So far a* heard from in the Weft I'enxe ia about
2000 vote* ahead of Ochiltree. In the KuM
however Ochiltree is reported to have n large
majority. The report come* through the (ial-
ve*ton Journal of the 4th hint and we give it
for what it ia worth :
"A gentleman of tins Democratic party who
arrived here Uii* morning from Harmon coun-
ty bring* the intelligence that many Demo-
crat* rh well a? Whig* iu Kjutteru Tcxjw
made the tiovrruortdiip n sectional question
and united upon Ochiltiee. He Hays Ochiltree
will cro*K the Trinity frotn the Ka*t with 0000
majority."
Next week \\c hope to he nblc to puMidi the
olllcial vote of the State.
Latest from El Paaso.
W'c learn from the Shii Antoni > Ledger of.
(ho 11 til inst. thut Skilhnan's Train arrived in |
(lint town on the 7th ins(. from hi 1'nso ma- j
kill); the trip of MO miles in twelve days nn*l
ten hour*. We gather from the Ledger the
following interesting intelligence:
The roads are reported to he in most excel-
lent condition. Water in (ound in abundance
at convenient intervals. The Chief ('astro
with some 03 warriors was encountered on
Devil'* River. Ne?r by them were encainpod
some thirty-live Muscnlaros and Lipntm?all in
a most frieuillv comlition.
On the departure of the train from F.1 Pnso
a rumor wuh receiving credence that (Jen.
(?arlnnd was on his way to the Mecilla region
with n force of one thousund men nnd that the
Mexicans were making preparations to eiicoitn-
tcr him. This is only a rumor.
Ln(e advices from Chihuahua state thai there
is to he n new governor and commanding otll-
ccr of the militury in this State sent hv Santa
Annn to supersede the present incumbents.?
It is also reported that (Jen. Trias is to bo or-
dered to the city of Mexico.
A valuable silver mine has recently been
discovered at Snutn Zusann iu Dona Ann
county Now Mexico. Some of the metal was
tested at the mint in Chihuahua and the re-
sult shows (lie yield to he about four mark.-
($U2) of silver and 20 per cent of gold to the
cargo nl 800 lbs.
Santa Fki: Iti:>is. - ficn. Garland the new
military cominaiidnnt l??r this Department lcl\
Fort Leavenworth on the 2(lth of June with
about three hundred recruits to till up the dif-
ferent companies in the Department and would
reach Santa Fee early in August.
(u>n. Garland had under his charge some
three hundred thousand dollars in coin for the
use of the nrmy.
The Indians on the plains remain pcaccuhlc
ami seem desirous to maintain a friendly in-
tercourse with the whites.
In Me xico as far south as Durango and Ja
liseo the Indians are committing frightful out-
rages.
It is believed that the Head-Quarters of tlio
army will be removed (o Santa Fo immediate-
ly on the arrival of the new commandant.
Santa Fe papers claim for Now Mexico the
Mecilla Territory.
Hen. Trias had returned to Chihuahua.-
Previous to his len\ing the Mesilln he deliver-
ed an address to the citizens in which he sta-
ted that the Mesilln belonged to the United
States and strongly condemned those who had
been the cause of getting up the opposition to
t iovernor Lane's exercise of jurisdiction over it.
Tito San Antonio Ledger says that a
mild t\ pe of a species of inthien/a is prevailing
throughout (hat tow n and that it is epidemical.
Al?o (hnt (hero i.-> considerable hillious fever
on (lie ('ibola.
Tm: I'mimi Si vvi I.am. /wjmt.ntt />
<?/#/<" 110 Syracuse S(?r of the 2-?l ult
It nrii? tl?nt (lie >w|ireiiws Court ol the Stutv of
New York at it-- sit imp hvlil ft short time Mitre
pronounced a ilecUion ?liMiivtl\ anirtuing the
Constitutionality ?>f (lie Fugitive Sl?\e l.?\\ of
I 11 will I i t *?ol!e? tvtl that nlWr tin? riot j
which ihaRTmctl Ihnt?it* on the Ut of Ovtolnr
IH.M ami the re#cue of the fugitive "Jwrr"
the dtolilion trtM'sator* of the moh brought an
jfiitw tif nxx4tiU uiol Udrrv in the name of
thr >]ave H'a"*>l w?tm- of flu? |t<rsoin who n?
1* <1 AMM*tAltt4 O' til M&r?hlll Oil thai ?v . A
?.ion. Th?> m'( u|t lit their il<frn.v the war
miit it>*ue?l fix the arrv>t of iht fugitive un?hi
the at t tit <}tte?tHtH
M kw?ih l >rr??\ Mi l<l?nnl l>v?*e of
< lithoitie ha* |u*v -< ttlc<t the e<ht?<r of Owe iNril
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Attain 10 Waaluogttm.
M'e clip lh? follow iay front IM Washington
?t>e>ip of the Republic ?>f the I'Kllk uH.:
More limn a year ago. during tlw temporary
nUtna'ofMr. Maoli U. S. Minister Rcsidrnt
the Austrian legation a i'ottstantiuopla vent mi
nrmcd forcc to the American consulate at that
place who broke into the Consul's olHicr
violated his papery hauled down the American
flag closed up the place and put the seal ef
Austria upon it* door. The American Consul
the suhjeet of this outrage in now here de-
manding redrew. Surely extraordinary acta
of national courtesy toward the representatives
of Austria from the deck of an American i
vessel were hardly to l?e expected while an
affair of the character described remained un-
explained and unsettled.
Hop. Robert ?). Walker I am happy to
learn is in much improved health and quite
busy making his pit-natations to depart on the
minion to China. 11 is present desire and ex-
pectation is to rail (br Kngland alxmt the
middle of AuguM ; but norhing la definitely
detortnincd. lie leaves for New York to-mor-
row to arrange hi* businct-x affairs thc.e for
his contemplated absence.
No further developments have transpired
relative to the fishing negotiations. It in
known that Messrs. hvervtt and C'rampton
had nearly concluded a treaty settling the
dllicidty ere Mr. Kvirett left the State Depart-1
ment. Since then Koine new issue is believed
to hnvo arisen making an arrangement more
dillicult. I am inclined to think tlio British
Government is not ko well disposed as it wax
formerly toward a settlement on tlio basis of
reciprocal free trade between the United States
ami Canada?fearing that the relations which
would lie likely to grow up between our|?eople
and the colonists would tend to eventual an-
nexation. It is an interesting fact thnt pence
between the United States and Great Britain
depends at this time uliuoht entirely on the
prudence and forbearance of our fishermen.
A Itritish fleet guards the shores of Nova
Scotia ready to pick up our fishermen if they
violate the treaty of 1818 as the crown law-
yers construe it even though they keep the
three marine mile* from the shore beyond
which wo admit wo are ordered by that
treaty except for refreshment and refuse.
Com. Shubrick will endeavor to induce
American fishermen not to provoke an armed
issue. Hut if any one of them choose to as-
sert the right which the Administration de-
clares to be his undes the treaty; if in other
words he crosses tho line draw n from head-
land to headland according to British con-
struction and if while throe marine miles or
more distant from the coast he shall be mo-
lested by nnv of her Majesty's cruisers. Com.
Shubrick will bo compelled to defenu to the
last extremity in the rights the Administration
assorts for him. I am no croaker and do not
mean to be understood its prophesying trouble.
I refer to the facts simply to show how thin a
veil hangs between war and peace while 1 still
believe peace will be maintained. Advices
from the Commodore will bo awaited with
deep interest.
Mexico.
On tho 28th ult. cholera continued to rage
at Vera Cruz ami was on tlio increase. 'J'lie
black vomit vw ulso making terrible ravages
and had frightened the physicians who wuro
unable to save more than a tenth part of their
patients. Chofcra was also sorer? nt Jalnpa.
Tho American steamer "Santa Anna" was
running on the Lakes of Mexico.
We c'>py the following from tho Now York
Tribune:
Santa Anna had taken up his residence at
Tasubanja and established telegraphic commu-
nication with the Capitol. Gun. Parodi had
hucu promoted to the grade of Urigadier (Jen-
oral in consideration of his services at tho bat-
tle of Bucna Vista. Tho CJovernmont declared
tho defence of Lotopingo by Col. Anastacio
Lenecoro against the Americana on 2Uth Aug.
1817 ?heroic.
A new oath had been established which all
employers were required to take. One clause
is to sustain the independence of the nation
and the integrity of her territory.
Tho Mexican papers are filled with news as
to the Hllibustenng expedition from California
into Sonora and manifest considerable anxiety
in regard to tho matter.
Concerning tho difficulties between Mexico
and the l'nite?l Slates The Tmit Union
?av?: " If war i> imminent in Kurope wo
" think it may bo considered equally so under
" certain cimmodances between the United
" States ami Mexico. The violent language of
"the official journal at Washington bodes
" nothing good."
Mississippi.
I lu ( .Ultt'll (Mi.?> ) M.uti-oiti.111 of tin' JmIi
m?\ -:
II10 wcsilin l?oro for some timo |>?<t lm*
(?con iiiiUAiMtlr wot sn?l fears aro mtrrtsincd
tint injury will l*?Kme tho cotton < n>|?. It is
vjruwiitu n>*w too f**t jiihI In tUiip^r ?>f running
l? -? much to ?oo?l I here are also some ?|>
l?o?t)u?ov* of th?t (lo?truciltc ??????? t the boll
n>iin The moth which pmliitM il i* soon
(I villi! alx'llt in <(H:illt?!K a t?Stt tiH? ii?ilillOttslv
Itlttm r?W!V
Tho K-> hit v. Mi ? Itnllrtiii ?*y*
\ omttomii o nf mi oh rainy wroather a* ?f
havo l.a l lately will mMrrislh ilclrrlnnlr thr
Vftlttv of 1*1. toMon itflji. The plant K*?h? *i|C
?m iv hit il.x> \<* tvnch f> ?i-r lh?n thr*
hate t- it f ?! the | ? t two or thr<v trirs
r V tti'l \rt? Uto thU ?*??m
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Ttlegrapkio Xtoai<
TIIK AMLR1CAN SEAMEN AT HAVANA.1
Nr.w Vukc Julj Ut).?It is understood that.
the (ioveminent will interfere in liehalf of ihr
tlirco American miuut pari of the. m?r of |
the ship Jwiht who tit in prison nt Havana
on a charge of being implicate in tho slave
trade.
U. S. TREASURY.
The balance on hand in the U. S. Treasury
is nearly $23000000.
THE STATUE TO WASHINGTON*.
The President has selected Clark Mills as the
sculptor of the colossal statue of Washington
ordered by Congress.
FATAL DUEL.
CnAULRSTox August 2 r. m.?A duel was
fought hero thfit morning between Capt
Dunovant from Chester formerly of the Pal-
metto Regiment and Mr. I.cgarc formerly of
the U. N. Navy. Legare was killed at the first
lire.
ALABAMA ELECTION.
Momtcouickt August 8.?Abercrombic the
indci?eudent candidate is supposed to be ulect-
ed in (he Second Congressional District; Har-
ris Democrat in the Third Diiitrict; aiul
Dowdell Democrat in the Seventh.
Mr. Phillip* the Democratic candidate for
Congress from the First District is elected by
117 majority. ?? nvtx !
DEATH OF COL BLISS.
Mouu.k August 5 r. m.?Col. W. W. 8.
Bliss IT. S. Army died at l'ascagoula this
morning about 1 o'clock.
KENTUCKY ELECTION.
Lorisviu.r August 1.?The returns of the
elciftion in tins city as far as received shim- a
majority on the congressional ticket of about
BOO votes. The *otc was very closo at 1*2
o'clock.
In the Ashland District regarding which
much excitement has existed the election of
Brckcnridgc Wliig to Congress is conceded
by the Democrats.
Lorisvii.i.K August 1 i\ m.?Preston hns a
majority in the city of 1250. On the State
Senatorial ticket Wolfe has n majority nud is
elccted. Breakenrigde is elected in the Ash-
land District by a handsome majority.
LouisviiJiK August 2.?The Whigs have
carrsed four members of the Lower House on
the State ticket. In the county one Whig and
one Democrat arc returned. No returns have
yet been received from the lower districts.
LorisviLi.R August H.?Returns from the
Mu vsvillc district show the re-election of .Stan-
ton Dem. to Congress by a small majority.
In the Ashland district Breakenridge Whig
has a majority of 580 over Letclver for Con-
gress.
The returns so far show a gain for the
Whigs of two members in the lower house.
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE CASE.
Philadelphia July 20.?Tho fmbnii corpu*
in the fugitive slave case wasarged this morn-
inir before .ludires K. Tlinntnanii ami Allium
The court was asked to remand the prisoner j
into the custody of his surety to answer for i
tho offence charge against him before the
Criiniun) Court. The court decided tlmt (he
surety having failed to bring bis application
properly before (lie court not having iaken
out a bail-pioce there was no claim upon the j
prisoner.
Thi haImai corj'ti* was therefore dismissed |
ami the prisoner remanded to the marshal of'
the United States for removal to Marylandj
under the writ of tho I'liited States I'otnmfa- j
sioner.
[Second Dispatch.]
I'liii Aiii.i.nii A July 26.?After the fugitive
wns placed in tlw* hands of the marshal u
bail-piece was got out by tho Abolitionists in
order to rcclaim him. Officers wore dispatch-
ed to tho Baltimore Railroad depot expecting
that he would be sent on in the 2 o'clock train.
The fugitive was not there however and the
supposition is that he was tuken out of the
State in a carriage. The officer with a bail-
piece went on to Wilmington in tho train ex-
pecting to head the marshal off but there is
no intelligence of the result. No riotous de-
monstration occurcd in tho city though the
carringe containing the fugitire was pursued
by a crowd of blacks.
Georgia.
The MlllcdgevlUo (Gi) Hccvnler of the '26th
ult. My*:
We haro within the p?*t few weeks had u
line number of rains ami en?i>* have l>ecii
much improved by them e*|?ecially U(e wn
A number of planters through this section
taking the alarm from the drought upon the
occurrence of the tlr*t tain in June planted
more corn which now promise* well Ac-
counts from other ?mu ts of the State are now
al?*o more encouraging undue begin lo diainiaa
the fear of any great famine the coming y? a?
as to the uevcaMriea of hie.
The ThomanvUle (tit.) Watchman aay*:
From the l>eM itnA'VfnitiiMi whk*h we have
Uen ahk? to gstltcr from the planter* in th?<
section tli* rm> crop will no* tic ao short af-
ter all an wir* at one time femvd it would !>e
s?<mething like an average corn crop w counted
on In the country. Ifct crop*in bwndw an-
much U ll? lliA'i MplrtMl ''tw" o4Imi crop
in joinr place* <u> h?*r heard i*f ?? very
and the m?**t |*at t a pretty ftir cn>p if not
an average *?ne. will I* nwlr In of
Morula |w?rt'< ularly m h tf?i??*n "t^int*. we
i?'<trn the crop w?< iirvrf Mlrr In I trwh
ami arv in t?*-*?cgia. Mli itwn -*nd
cotton arv evcvllcul
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POSTSCRIPT.
NEWS! NEWS!!
The Stage arrived hist night but brought no
mail. I.. 11. Russell merchant of our town
wan among the stage passengers. He has kind-
ljr furnished us with the New Orleans Daily
Picayune of the 14th inst. from which wo
obtain some interesting news....Mr. H. con-
firms the report which we publish in another
column of the existence of the yellow fever in
Galveston... .Vessels are quarantined oil" the
island and are not permitted to enter the port
under five days... .Mr. Mays has also return-
ed. .. .Both of our ftiends are in excellent
health... '.The yellow fever is increasing at a
fearful rate in New Orleans... .The total num-
ber of interments in all the cemeteries fur tho
week ending at (5 o'clock Saturday morning
13th inst. were 1201?making an average of
al?out 180 per day... .The citizens were leav-
ing the city in large numbers.... A destructive
fire occurred in New Orleans on the night of
the 18th inst. Two persons were burned to
death. The loss is very heavy... .The steam-
er Africa arrived at New York on the 11th inst.
The Sultan of Turkey has accepted the pro-
position of the Ambassadors of Kngland and
France... .The Costa affair of Smyrna has
assumed a more threatening uspect... .Fur-
ther di (Unities have taken plncc in Smyrna
between the Austrians and the Americans
concerning another Hungarian refugee who
had been placed under the protection of the
American Consul at Smyrna... .Tho cholera
is raging in Denmark... .The Kussinn Km-
pcror's answer to the joint note of Kngland
and France was expected to be received by
the Government* on the 10th of August. If
he reftised to accede to their proposals those
powers would order their tleets in the Medi-
terranean to assume a hostile attitude and the
Turks would proceed to attack the Russians
in the principalities. The Itnxsian armaments
continued... .Everything was in a very un-
settled condition in Italy... .In China the re-
bels capturcd the city of Amoy after a severe
contest on the lUth of May. The rebels
showed no disposition to attack Shanghai....
Meetings are being held everywhere for tho re-
lief of the sufferers iu New Orleans. .Now
York subscribes over $20000?Philadelphia
$'.1000?Baltimore $3000?Washington hni;
also subscribed something... .Thirty deaths
| occurred in New York on the 12th inst. in
j consequence of the hot weather... .Five com-
i panics of 1'. S. troops -as taken to Itnixox
Santiago per steamship Louisiana on the 11 111
inst. bound for the Kio (Jramie... .On the ]:>tli
inst. extr Hour was worth $7 -o iu New Or-
leans... .Middling cotton lojnll; Fair IJ
....The Austin Statn (jaxetto publishes the
election returns IVoni 4."? counties out of i>4....
The tiazetto sayR that Pease in elected Uovcr-
nor Dickson l.t. Governor antl Hell to Con-
gress. The river hill is rejected hy a large
majority ami the Amendment to the Consti-
tution carried hy a similar vote.
I For the Inquirer.
The Death of Monroe.
Affectionately 1 foliated to hit Sister
MISS M. A. MINI Kit.
Beside the tiny hod
VVc watched that dying hoy;
And anxiously we ga/.<d to see
The eye tlut Warned with joy
Again to conscioumiew reatored
And iu our grief hc*ought the l.oril
To slay the hand of Death awhile
And spare to lis the darling child.
We plead his youthful yi ai ? ;
We plead a Saviour's hive;
We plead hi> parents weeping hearts
And prayed the tiod aficnro
To spare for lli* own merry's sake.
Nor cause "the silver cord' to break ;
Hut tears could not avail in now.
And to stern fate we liumhh how.
Hf ilint - ihtit lore!? l*>v
Deep in the SahlmthV night;
We sbu the ?*!?? < k grt?w and pah
\nd then Itcheld the light
Of this drear world shut out at la>t.
Vnd ?>a\* tho l(?\?'il noes tear* llmv t.ist ;
Ami heard fhi- i ? *?>rrt'wiog ^luau
Aa he P'!t the ?phil imw had Hnwii
And thi n w e httrh d him
l#?w iu the dark iol?l ^mv< ;
And o'er hi* torn 11 we wept tin tears
The hiart>' affection ua\e
Foe we ilnlloo' lhat tender tlow < r
"Cut don It and Withered iu an hour"
\ml w? we wait till he ?* ?<mm >1
To dwell for a\e wluie iMratwd.
Thu? ia 'he innrn of hi
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