The Gonzales Inquirer. (Gonzales, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 47, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 22, 1854 Page: 1 of 4
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THE GONZALES INQUIRER.
SMITH & DAB8T .. .Proprietor*. Murt* to all rAwntu?coxtholled by no.nk." 1 EBM8- ? --%3 00 la Advance.
VOLUME 1. GONZALES TEXAS SATUUDAY Al'UIL 22 1851. NUMBER 47.
IE GONZALES INQUIRER
13 PCKLtMUKD CVKUV lATt'HDAY IIY
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At |3 00 j?r Annum payublt tr? AJianc*.
'JENMS FOR ADVERTISING.
?quare (ton bnei or laaa) first Inaction. . $ 1 00
tach subsequent insertion 50
A liberal doductioa will bo iiwle from tho above
to Uioae who ?drflrtUo by Uia year.
All j?ol!tl?\J addrosses will bo chur^cd u* regular
MptlaomonU.
Advii tlftciuiml* not ri'.ai lic l ?ith the number of
IX wili b? published till turbid mid chargcd
ngly.
letters of a budnetf character rnuil if jiunt
to liiaure nitentioti.
Wl*7 communication for publication muH be
iled by the wiitov'a proper name.
0 Communication or a'lverutetneiit of an abu*
?? chamfer will bo publlilied on any tenuB.
For announcing candidates' name* for any oflice
JVn Jiollort
' <??SB ? 1 - - -
Undo Bon'i Ram.
UY lilLI. BRAMDLK.
Uncle Hen wns a queer old inftti ?
A queer old man ? as tin;
' lie owned a ram?a butting rain ;
In furl IiIh butting propensities promp-
ted him to butt nt everything huttable he could
?co.
Unc'e Hen had n fat old spouse
A fat old wifo wns she;
Who uacd to feed and pale hi* cown
That came up into the lawn every night
and i iood under a large pear tree.
Thin fat old wifo neVrr used a stool;
To milk would ne'er sit down ;?
And though Old Hen called her a fool
Yet she would never hearken unto his
dvirc but to reciprocate the favor would say
wa< a clown.
k Hut one sad mom ns hrindlo stood
I beneath the Rtately pear
5; rOld Hen's wife in merry mood
Wok milking her?occupying her usual
position with her nclhor extremity a little
elevated in the air.
g (r The ram and Hen the faet espied
And loudly Hen did fthout
Sjt 'Snnat down! squat down'he aternly cried
Hut (die didn't hear him and bol'nro he
'.tcould interfere the rain had turned hia fat old
I wife inside out.
Now uncle Hen was very wroth
Ah ! very wroth wan ho;
lie took the grindstone from hia trough
And tying ti ropo to it hung it on a
limb of tlio old pear tree.
Then like a heavy pendulum
lie swung thnt mighty rock
Which seemed to say " I'm uj> to fun
Mr. Ham so just "conm in will you
and tako an atle( tionato knock."
Bight briskly then tho fight begun;
The etono would not " give In"
And Hcii'm old ram would yield to none
So he butted all day and when undo
Ben went to lied ho wart still butting like all
?In.
But when old Hon nro?e next day
Ami went into tlio lawn
f gjfno rnni hud hut tod himself nil ftwnv
And everything under heaven' but
About two inches of his tail uu'd up?com-
pletely ROIIC.
I A Stout with a Moiial.? Many yearn ago
[' t inerclrt.it worth tutu- a million of dollnrn
?food upon ii wharf watching the approach of
! ft He' snip jtifit arriving in port ot which he
wta tho owner. He writ elevated ?itli bin good
fortune and looked lofty end arrogant. A
poor seainun Mufoting under grievous mala
titoa stood near and having experienced lioxv
<&ang?.ful Is life bo ventured to tell the trium-
ph?nt merchant that "riches bad wing*."
"Pooh!" mi id ll?o nu n bant "there JTOU
wa that diamond ring I take from tny linger *
S>n? mo fling it into iho ri\?r. Ah well may
you expect ever |o see that ting again ne to
iieo mo a poor man."
Some uayn afterward* tho merchant gavo a
great dinner to bin ft lends. Among tho luxu-
ries provided for tho fe**t was a naliuon fiom
the river.
The cook happening to open the stomach of
tho H*lmon found there to In r prcat Kur|uisc
the men hant'a diamond ring. She carried it
fc> him. Iliti countenance fell fur be rcmeni*
|*r??d hi* boastful language.
Tho dinner wm heartier and tedioua to him.
t The rich wines only tnad<? hi* thoughts the
more poignant. lie alcpt noun that night.-
: He became "an altered man." Hla apecula>
tfonn Mere all unfortunate. l.o?a eumcded
loan; ntul in a few year* he n?a a ix?or nun.
Wealth is the gift of Ood and given for a
gooil purpose. Not to be mptandrrrd not to
r?"ke it* |?ow*?or hard of heart; but to teach
I \benevolcnco to enable him to benefit hi*
f men.
\ % to Maar IrfCP*.- \ l-ashftd gentleman
for imme time admired a lady without
flb<||?c)o* his pan*Ion witting near to
i|w>d?v ai church hit upon the follow.
IB*! of declaring it: rating up hi?
lendtd ?t over to her. having Am
a baf wtvvn whieh n? had m*?k-
Itcil the following in the Kpistto of
chapter Ath wrw. " And now
lady ttol *? though I wmte a
nolo thee hm (hit which we
inninjj thai mm tor* one an
In a few mtmit** rvtmrmi
turned down mm! mtrk?|
ter 16th vmwi ! " Whtth
to; whir* thow tadfMH I
T* ahall be my |mp)? j thy
r? thfM? dk?t 1 w?tt duy
wrt?^l *leo Th? i/H do
aJUo if aught toil 4Mik
vtraogn Rtiat^hMkMi to
Tbrr *re apt tA talk
i tfcHw ?? net a word
lo infeto?th?y are
Ben. Joining's Description of a Walt*.
L i^0lI?rlnK " H'!e "PIiter." "luMratiYc of
* n>ughau<l-rcady \ankcu sailor'* idea of n
fashionable w?|u is from the Southern Star.
1.'m ^ ^?d.b3r ono afflicted with
I Uh i it ?^? "ol UInk tat cv n
l-uSSF *"*' <"U
When wo got into the placo we found a
i C.?. g? roVn- "H y* UH a 'neetln' house
? lighted up with smash in big lamps covcred
Uffovw Will flT l1?lg|Ilf..Tll> Dta'S
LjJ ff!i 111 e faces as white
1 * . hov dipncd them in a Hour barrel; such
red checks I fiaint seen in all Sleepy Hollow ;
j their anna all covered with gold bands chains
and shiny bead. ; such lips you never did seo
thej looked comc kiss-me-all-ovcr;" their
eye* looked llko diamonds; their waists drawn
to the Hi/e of a pipu stem; and made to look
ike they were undergoing a rcgulnr cutin'.fn
ein ? ?nihl I % ^ u SH"K ronl
1ii.i . hosinis?oh lordy f all covered
i up with laceB an muslins they rose then fell
'ulnnI i^Toh ' 1 k'tow what
j it was like except in the brcathin' of a snowy
rroMS'.'.T'' h?* " "?
rJ!2? th|? frAH *r(l younKs<or? *>*??! walked
round and round for a considerable spell the
music struck up?nnd such music I it was a
jig horn and a little horn a big flute and a
little 'lute a bijj fiddle and a litlio fiddle and
bucIi a squeak in squall|i.\ hellowin'groanln' 1
never heard before; it was like nil the rats
pigs and frogs in Christendom had concluded!
to sing together. They called it a German
I oker. I HK?se it was made by sonic of them '
Cincinnati (ermana in imitation of the squeal-
n a a pork Pickery and I guess it was a
pretty good imitation.
So soon ?? the music struck upsuch a sight!
waistM TB t ' '? p?lrt ri?'U "">?nd lh?
"ith ono hand and pulled them richt
smack lit. In kisscn order with the pals'bo-
soms agin their bosoms and the gals' chins
reMin on the fellers'shoulders. At this the
gals began to sorter jump ami caper like thev
were ru;o n to push cm away; but the fellers
j ist caught hold of the other hand and held it
the pais " lo caper too Just like
I swou upon a stack of bibles you never
seed sue] a sight I There was sonio two dos-
en gals held light in the arms of them fellers
ha l!21rfti " i Jumpln' and pushln' Ym
backwards over the room (as I thought tryln'
to get away from them) and the fellers holdin
on to ern tighter and tighter; tho more the
gals Jumped ar. l capered tho tighter thev
sqtieerod tho g?!? till at la*t I beg? to thH
the thing was hcin' carricd on too for for fun I
I was n littlo grocn In these matters and see-1
lur^'Vl" V3"1 h4ri'Cr 901 hortler to get1
away as'1 thought and tho fellers holdin'I
S nf ?h W8H 7er^J10lur*1 1 ?'??<?Id take tho !
part of tho gals. So my dander kept rlsin'!
higher and higher till I thought my bilor1
would bust unless I let out Meant I Ibmine- i
ed smack Into tho middle of the room. "Thun-'
derand lightening I every bt y?mio hero with
ttWT' *'**alMH>U?rs and butcher knives!"
bawled 1 at the top ol my voice; " for I will
>c shot if any dad-blasted long-bearded feller
Khali impose on gala that ar whero I am I" and I
I was just going to Pitch right into 'em pro-
miscuously when my merchant caught ino by
idW "JS* Hon" " l'? ho
i t 'f . *?? ^ tvhnmin' folks
inqmsed on I Look ntai the;. fellers an- do-
n and how hard the gal* are rarin'and pitch-
in to get awny from > m! Do you s'tltwo I
can Stand still as a little post and sro gals suf-
fer hoT Look says I " there's a gal almost
broken down and ready to' give up to that
rangotang of a feller! Von.L is'another
so faint her head ItaR fallen on the bosom of
he monster I I tell you I was ashy I felt
ke I could jl|nip |ljto tJln Ukv a ^
into a pig pen.
When I looKod into my merchant's face I
lI'S 5 ! i i hAV h4v<? 1*1 and I
iAiif qviu down nnd InfL uWhvM
"ays he " lieu that is nothing but the red
tTvhi*to nr ? .CV tlrVlanH ?n bem KaH
tryln to get aw ay from them fellors--they are
onlv eaperm to make the folle.-s hold 'em tight-
cr Vase (hey like It. Tho more tho g?ls caper'
I" l!fhu hv a"
Jo lay in their heads on tho fellers' bosoms
ha s very common in this city. They expect
htt} '""""'d ?ome of Uu mo days and U.ey
wuo to U. accustomod to it so they won't &
a blushn and (?r?n' p?|P when the parson
tella the groom lo saluiu the bride. There is
notion hk*' bein' luted l?? such thinpn '?
- You yay lake my hat" says I to mv mer-
chant; I was tuck in that time." I tell you I
jhough tt was 11.. first lime I ever seed h?
I ke before. I have seen the Indian hue arid'
-.ni"l*? I T' bul 1 hU y? thl" red war |
w?li>i knocks the crown out of evory tiling 1
prwr bwi.
j AfleH ha?l gnt out cf ?.ho way ami *rery
\ thing cotntnencoil R??m' ??n agin thr iuu*k) got
? Uhtcr ami faater. Oh H nana* fa^t im) Al-
rimin a* a nor-*r eater I Tl?? gala rarol
(ho fallvrn hngg* <1 tighter and the ttotaie ntali-
i?ra o?i it lik wn\ Thon tho ??la and
I'vlhia ajmn nnnul ItUo an many i??|?h run in*.I
Tlirt friivrn l.amil liock *t><l tho r?I* leane?l tn
>ro; th? gala' lino frv* k* aailnt ?>ut mul |x>(>*
l?cil in tho air hho ahoota nn * oktthanline of *
wimly iUr ami (ho felloe*' ?"?ot t?la *t?*??l out
*> atraight that an rvn; *<>?M not lia\*> rolM
off; their fk-nn were as !ls?l ami mtou* aa a
#aroie?*i Arwtml they oent it nttkra wo
mo ?i**y to think of U. I*?n? w?it iIm m?I
| tails eraoh *wt tho tnnair ami jmUj- |?tlv
rump ilumplo 4* ilntnp w?Qt the k*t of alt - -
Hr wvl hy i* Iwmtiftil a cmfi a* jrm?
' ?n?l in tho akapoof a unmin tovm* rkxnr np-
'on a lima toon i*k? W*?kin' kller earn* ?a?l<n'
tt the n(? of lihnn kn?i? an himr tlmin mir
way wkilit a tat dampy woman ami a hump
ahoMkt*r?*i brof rati u h?I of a Ulw at lU
?tiK afxtnl went up tho <*htr. 1 ?w4 I her a
vai to ho (mwm iwwmn' iixl naturally tr*?n
Weil (nr tho <oaM?|iwwia Aw? enough ra-
?l*U?p. tht-T earn* together mm) *tap-iU?k
th* ?hok> on W fkll rto< kt tho mkMta of tho
floor eorrrki' w*th tk?* ee*ty b*ly
Man-lift' ne*r
Recto a mi??n on tkift?* aa then V*ok pW?
Mint ariunol Nma ?r *mca okl father Nook
i ?oV*?le?l hta great \rh. TVto ?*a Wra a?*l
?not k??H am! pmnelV p*'**1' k?*k?"r
and Katin gaiters shoe strings and garter* |
neck-ribbon* ami guard chains false curia
and whitkvr* women's bustles and pocket
handkerchiefs all in a pile the pals kickin'
and squallin' and tho fellers a grunt in' and
apologisin'.
" Oh Lordv !" says I?for 1 was considera-
bly frustrated at thu Night?" stop that music
blow out tho light* or nil hands shut their
eyes till theso wimtnin folks get unmixed."?
At this such a laugh you never heard.
" Why Col. Jonsing" says my morchant
" that is nothing it frequently happens mid
is one of tho advantages of the red war waltz.
If the gals aint learned how to mix with the
world how can they ever get along!"
" I would rather have 'em all a little mix-
ed" savs I " but that Is too nuich of a good
tiling However let us leave foKl seed enough
of the Sorry in that pile just now to satisfy me
for n week and at tliol we bid 'cm g?>od night
and left promising to en to the next one and
tako a few lessons in the common Poker and
Shoutish dance llow I came out tuny bo I
may'tell you iu another letter.
Your Friend
?KN. JONS [NO
Of Sleepy Ilolloiv.
* *
Extraordinary Soeno in an Indiana Court.
The Iliehmond (Indiana) Palladium gives
tho following account of a very singular scene
which recently occurred on the opening of tho
Court in New Castle Henry county :
At New Castle we found quite an excite-
ment existing in regard to the present Judge
of this circuit lion. Judge Anthony. The
court met on Monday morning but bo fore
proceeding to husinew a member of the Hen-
ry county bar presented a petition sigued by
every member of the har in that court asking
in most respectful terms his Honor to resign
his seat upon the bench. Tho gentleman who
presented the jtctilion stated however that in
case he could not resign the petitioners had
agreed among themselves that they would not
do any business in the court us long as lie pre-
sided. Another gentleimin addressed the court
re-usserting tho determination they had agreed
to und urged in very plain terms the necesui-
ty of a resignation. Another followed ex-
pressing the high personal respect he enter-
tained for the Judge as a man and a tarern-
I'tfper hut justice required him to say that he
regarded tho present incumbent of the bench
as utterly unqualified for the place ho occupi-
ed and hopcu ho would resign lie was fol-
lowed by another ami then hy another and
he by another until every uu mbcr hud ex-
pressed his opinion as to his incapacity. Ac.
With a nnnchaleneo peculiar to his Honor
lie told the gentlemen of the ha" that ho would
think of the matter and in the meantime would
proceed to business. He culled tho cases upon
tho dockct nnd every case which had not been
compromised was continued until next I'irin of
the court Court was adjourned for dinner
and iu the afternoon a petition signed by the
jury was presented to tiio Judge nsking him
to resign. His Honor asked time to consider
when tho lawyers proposed to him that if he
would agree in writing never to come to that
county again for thr. purpose of holdiug court
and would send so:.ie one in his place titer
would bo content to drop the matter so fnr
they wore concerned. The Judge again took
the matter under tulriMmirnt and we are tolJ
finally promised never to come to thai county |
again for the purpose of holding court until
he shnuld be sent for and would either send
some other Judge to hold tho court or permit
the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas to
hold court in his stead. So ended the matter
for tho present.
Not one word by way of justification of the
course of the Attorneys is required of uh. All
who know any thing of the Judge will sustain
tho plea of justitlcntion.
" Nowonv m*T a PftiirrxR Anyhow"?Some
peraons having uttered this sneering express-
ion within hearing of llio editor of Tho Cincin-
nati Times he Indignantly replies m follow in
defence of the profession ho follows in pride :
" Nobody hut a printer (brsooth ! It mnkes
our blood run rampnnt through our vions to
hear atich expressions IVom the Hps of those
nursed on republican soil. And has labor he-
roine disgraceful I Is the name of a printer a
reproach in the land? We can not hclicvu it.
Whoever gains a livelihood by toil is n noble-
man. Let those who acorn the laborer look
back to their grandfathers and thuy will soe
noblrmen aHsr the mako of (lod's own hand
mm who stood and simp among tho waving
corn men who wore their human naturo like
a crown.
" Nobody but a printer anyhow 1" who w?w
William t'aston.oneof the fatheraot literature? |
" Nobody but a printer I" Who Knrl Stan-
hop#? "Nobody hut a printerI" Who was
Hair. Word#worth the po?t? "Nobody but:
a printerI" Who wan Ben. Kianklin the:
greet American statesman and phiUoopher? i
" Nobody but a printer I Who was (Jovemor
Armstrong of Mavwchuaettn* M Nobody but
a printer!" Who wuUrorft IV Morris Hot- '
ace tlrevly. .lame* Harper N. I' Willis Hob-1
ert Seera aod Kvnatoca Cameron l>lx ami a|
h???tt of lean con?pirumi* name* -who are they * |
"Nobody but printer* anyhowl"~-(K? pa-.
|?er.
And ? ho at tbia moment exercise i might-1
ier Inlliimm for ra?1 t* frr evil that* any i*y-
teotate <m eotth? Who wielda a eceptre bo
far* which ittwnt crumble ami king* tremble
<w their inMtriif thnme* I A power that j
?vaya !? there be peart and 0*re la peee^ or
proclaim* war akn wnttw are mute? It it
iKr |?>*? -?f frvM*hvm'a arotmeia i? the print (
khop; and trvm iwaor a murky ?a?w and dark j
all*y has issued f?wtK edieta that bow wrap-
p<ed tb? world Hi Ammo of war aod deluged
natim.a In blood. IbepHe the priotaf If )ro?|
can but hie m " a power beh??d the throne
Ctvatcr then the tbeeno.JfeaM Timm
Tba Crystal I Valor* directors how agreed 9o
apply to (he Le?>?lau*rr <V an o'etv**** r* Ha
charter The eeHwotttev of Invert tgoita haeo
reported that the aftsaitotlon owea ^vit >;V?.
<Xs\ and the loaa by the evhiMInn tbia year ia
oe*r $f IfcOM; ah*u? petrdat h appear*
tbot the emwpaciy ha* *?r\ Ha ?Vd? ce)4t?I
all its r^tpxs i'naat ft#!**!* and la
in deta ftAM**;:.
Cuba.
The length of tho Islund of Cuba in Ihc
shortcut line from K?i( t? W?t in 08(1 mile*.
In ita narroweat port 20 mile* l>roa<l In the
broadest part 1 :<r? mile* wide. The muin island
contains 45530 square F.nglish mile*. It* re-
lative position from other points is slated to
ho as follow*: From the southern port of
Florida to the most northern part of Cuba the
di>tanco is 11:( inileH. The ifwUnco from the
extreme Houth-wcst point ol Culsi to the
ncaroNt point of Yucatan in 132 miles; tho
Eastern point of Cuba is forty-nine mile* from
tho nearest point of Ilayti iind the iinaront
point between Cuba mid Jamaica is 87 miles.
The population of tho whole island by u
returns taken in 1841 was 1007634 of which
tho white population numbered 41825?1 the
freo colored 108888 tho slave* 42041)0. In
18-10 it was found that while the white p> pu-
lution had iiii:rca*ed in live years by 7530
tho aggregate population of Cuba was only
8118752. a decrcaac of 100872 among the free
colored and *lave* in that period of time.?
Tho increase of white population ha* been in
the country tho town* and villages while in
lb ? larger citicfl it had decreased. In the city
of I lax una in 1841 the totul population ex-
cluding tho garriwm inmates of prisons and
hospitals was 138740 of which 00784 were
while. This number bad fell in 1840 to 105-
761 of which 63044 were whites. Tho su-
burbs contained 25010 inhabitants in 1841
and 1840 only 23020. The entire population
of city and suburb* thus foil from 100750 to
128607 or twenty per cent. In Maniau/a*
during the same period of llvo years tho
white population had fallen from 10804 to
10080 tho freo colored from 4041 to 2738
the slave from 5778 to 4150 and total popu-
lation from 10124 to 10080. It i* thought
that tho slave population is really larger tiian
is set down as tho intercut of the planter* and
their fairs of taxation tempt them to conceal
the real number of their aluve*.
The agricultural and other product* of Cuba
in 1840 were valued at nearly sixty millionH
of dollar* a "ollows: (1 anion fruit $14-
830050; *ugm $18000024; eNculent vegeta-
ble and (odder $5096060; tobacco $5042-
820; cot!'oe $2200131; Indian corn $1884-
082; charcoal $1750110; cedar mahogany
jind other woods $1711103; molasses $1
402728; other agricultural production* $51
772202. Beef $3006780; pork $1840055;
eggs $1100880; bird* $1074210; milk
$320040; hides $180280; mutton $120000.
Total value of tho dairy domestic animals
$7810200; agricultural productions $15-
072202; grand total $50701003.
Tho population is taxed annually to nearly
twenty-four millions of dollars by assessment*
levied upon every species of Industry and
amusement. Tho take* go to aupport an army
of 20000 troop* and ollicial* Kent from Spain
to govern tho inland. Cuba ha* been denied
a represents ion in tho Spani*h Court* and
tho Captain-General is absolute in hi* decree*.
The pre** is under a rigid censorship and the
cititcnH under many vexations interference#
exactions and restraint*.
Thief Hunting in the West.
A few years ngo thoro was no individual in
A.'knnsu:. who caused moro trouble lo tlio good
ptoplo of that State than Dick Hatcher ft no*
tonuus horao thief. Rlchnrd'a exploits were
not only daring hut numerous. ills movo*
mcnts vrere cunnning and stealthy. Ho would
conic down on tho burns and catUc-yardfl of
the community with the suddenness of a hawk
and before you could any ' look and see' would
bo off with booty onough to keep him in Kin
and champagne for a month. ThingH at last
reached t*uch a paws that tho citizens mado up
their mind* to offer a reward of ono thousand
dollars for hU arre*t. Among thoao who went
in for the price was iioh Sniitlicrs. Hob arm*
ed himself with tho uhurI cutlery his bowhi*
knifo and a revolver and sot out in pursuit of
Hatcher. He atnrtcd nt r. m. and arrived
at Old supposed residence of the robbor about
midnight. liob approached cautiously exam-
ined the out woik and took n preparatory peep
in at ono of the window*. '1 hinga wei* just
as ho dvaired no ono at home but tho house-
keeper. Itob knocked and obtainod admission
and took tin a position near a biasing tire of
oak and hickory. Having done this lie asked
for rcfKuhmcnta and commenced looking
around for landmark*. " Who own* that hut*
lalo over-coat and that fox-vkin cap?" he in*
<]ttlrt(l. "Tho gentleman ! woik for" wax the
houae-keeper'K anawrr. u 1 wonder how they
would lit me?" Haying thin Hob got up triod
them on and again ruaiati'd himself by tho
fire
Ilia object in thus disguising himself wnH to
deceive any member of tha flUig who *h<>uld
do as he did? peep In (or t:u? pur|>oae of re-
ponnoltering Hob hail not chuckled over hi*
well laid Mralagtun for mi?ee than five minute#
beforo he *aw three or fbur frrociou* looking
men looking In at tho very window through
which he himaelf had obtained a glance at the
neat houachfdd arrangement* of Mr. Hatch-
er. Not knowing to what It would lead h#;
immediately left Ida mat and made an attempt
to ntah out of dour*. Juat a* he wa* cmaaing
the thresholdhowevera four pound tlat knock-
ed him Hatter than tha atoca market. The
nest thing big fl?t done waa to hang him with
a bandana ami throw him arroaa a mule. Thia j
waa atao done in a moment. When Hot* r* i
ntrrred frnro tha "at?nninv awoon Into which j
tho hh;sf had plnngvd Mm h? undertook lo
right himaetf hut met with such a aa**r? *<??*?? I
rimand from a pair of rowhW|? boot* that he
did not mwwl It Arte* a k*wg tramp through
mud am) dark**** tha eavafcada arrived ami
halted at the magiytraia'a oGh*. An etaaate*
atkm immediately took fla?a when it waa dU-
(wrtrl that poor Boh had fil*>n "a vi?tln to
cifrumataiKwk * Tho Huflalo < vrrovat with
t whtefe ha had rohtd hhr?e\ >wd mtolead a
! party N waHaelne!*'* wW'. vi heard of
"tha treat reward" had mm ftvrih toraah*
the aaaaa anwt U?at It*?
Whethe* tha explanation ?t? ?at?Atek*y to
i?ha h^ured party we oe%vr .miM !?*?!> all
Irwow m tw?i u waa the '?tt the*
jtmiihora appeared in dtagut* ? ?e w<r?? >hwi'
hwatmg
?f aea thiwath It mm%' aa tha waaid-eervaat
i *fer\txK%?l tW bottom <*U ef tV
Lovo and Heroiim.
A KOMA.HCK IN HkAI. t.ltt.
The Yazoo t Miss) Whip of the 17th inat.
hits the following story under the above attrac-
tire title. Of courMi the ladies will read it:
It in not often mi event nurh M the one we
are going to relate happens in the country.
We publish it at the uigt-nt request of a friend
suppressing thu name* of tho parties.
A a few days ayo there wax a great excite-
ment in the MtreetM of Yazoo city on tho re-
port that a woman hnd juat arrived in town on
horseback dressed in male attire Ilow it waa
found out that the person who attracted a
great crowd around her wax a woman we do
not know. Either her long hair which escaped
from beneath her fur cap or her awkward
walk did it hut h)ic wan betrayed. She In-
quired for one of our most respectable citizens
and be entering into conversation with hur
told her that miu waa found out and if nho
would state to him thu motive which had
prompted her to assume the disguiao alio wore
ho would assist her in her enterprise if it waa
n commendable ono.
She acknowledged herself to Mr. tell-
ing him her history which is a singularly in-
teresting ono.
She ia young beautiful and accomplished.
Flur father lives in a not distant county where
sho waa married a year or two ?n'o much
against his will and also in oppoaition to that
o? her brothorH.
Some weeks ago tho husband came to Yazoo
to neek employment leaving hia wife at homo
until be waa settled. lie waa absent some
time and the true heart of the trusting wife
though not changed by hia absence suite red
pain and disquiut from it. An old neighbor
one day met him In Yazoo city and asked him
if his wife was with him. Ho replied in a
jocular manner that he had no wife but was
just going to bo married to a young widow ol'
this place. The man to whom thu remark
was made reported it to the brothers of the
wife and they armed themselves to como to
Yazoo to seek summary vengeance upon tho
destroyer of their sutor a peace. She woman-
like did not believe a word of tho roport and
declared her dotcrminntion to como In search
of her husband. Her brothers reAiaed to let
her cotnc and on her persisting locked her in
an upper room at night intending to start
themselves in the. morning on their expedition
of revenge. Whon all was still alio bribed a
negro woman to bring her a suit of her broth- j
er's clothes in which sho dressed herself and
descending through tho window got a horse
from the stable and htartod on her mission of
love. Hcforo tho stern brothers awoko their
sister was far on tho way to Yatoo city 8ho
arrived here at noou almost worn out with
four and fatigue but tlrm and fixed in her re-
solution to tind her husband and save his lifb.
The gentleman to whom she told her story is
a man of thu kindest impulses and iuat the
ono to assist a woman in audi a predicament.
Ho assisted her in every way alio desired and
nover loft her till he delivered her safe and
sound to her truant but repentant huabaud
that night.
flRRMo* or a PnmNaitmif ed Cot.onicn pKtlfmK.
??Ho evidently felt that hut fmuo had preced-
ed hitn aa ho looked over that diutky mana
now hiiNhcd lo admiring ailonco at hia proa-
cnce. Thiaaablo ('hryaoatom took for hi# text
? Put not your trout in Prineoa*' and after a
S'owing exordium explaining the meaning of
u Kucrcd writor ho infornioil hia audience
thnt thoni wcro but two kinda of great men
?holy prlncoa nnd profane princca. ' In do
ItiKt' Haid he1 my bruddren do world muat
nebher put ita truat Why T Ueca'ae dicr
wava hocomo corrupted on do ycarth and doy
hab no faith. Pcre wna Hminiblo ono of do
groatoNt ginerala and princes dat obcr libbod
in do tide of timra?and a colorodpvmn at dat.
Why 1 aui told ho undoratud tic-tacU bettor
dan any gineral 'ider before ov alnce. Nuflln
could Htop dat man. lie laflod at do Alpa
when dey shook dclr frowning awful browa
?t him; and ho had hia aoldivra walked right
obcr dotn cany as nuflln. Hut nobody could
put any faith In him. Ho cheated ehory body
mt aoon a* ho got a chance. And don what
become ob all dia glory when do Lord atruck
him down? Oh my bruddorn it wa* no
whar. And dens wit JiiHuh Ctoaar ono ob do
earthly princea. Ho de ahako ob whoao foot
mado do whole ycarth to trimhlc w?d all hia
grontneaa nobody trusted hitn Dey thought
ho was a friend ob de people and vet he waa
deir greatest enemy. Ami how did de Lord
puniah hitn? l.?t do awful groan dat went
up from da foet of I'ompey'a atatue where ha
fall anawer. And den coming down to de
modern time* dero waa tiineral Taylor daj
great American prince do great hero who
wade walat deep iu hk?od upon de Mexican
buttle flolda. l>ey make dia man of war presi-
dent ob ?lia grato nation and hia heert awell
big with pride: and like Ntbuchadnefitar he
aaid?' la not uia de groat Babylon dat! have j
boildedV CoaM dey trait fchnt Let da dia-1
ap'inted applicant* for ollJc? anawer dia prog
nant question; day who he had promiaed tMy
thing to aod yet gut' en* noting. And how
dWk de l???rd aarve nlmt In all hk prt?H? of
place tie man dat Santa Anna ojnldn't kit)
waa killed by da contemptible instrument of
eb+trim aa?/ milk! David kil'ed de great
Ooltah wid d? aimnle amooth atone out of da
humble brook ; ami death alrika Otnetal Tar-
hw by too much eating of cherriea and milk I
Hoar Avnarn? W avwwm Pi*m -Xothin*
cm I mi Wtter for wimmtr watering of planta
ami vinea than the mhVi of the weakly waah. I
and no mm who deeiroa a Rood garwn wfli.
aoffor it to be weatod - For oabha#ee cuewnt* i
beta beefa and the l?ka? It wow ?apwiailj!
tilaptoi and one of the thrifty grape vinea
I we fwr aaw ?aa watered with aoap w<h al J
moat d*ily in dry weethev. A Jargn tupfdv U
not e-eeded at w<t hwt freqiwut w?tf*4ne?|
' rapvl and etfamua ttpiMkw- ?
Ma (Mm rttatrr.
Ltma hfWt?c -T?Jt? ?f kattw and Ml
' a?<g?r eeeh 1 I poond beet them to froth and
rtee the teko ef a lemen. grate into U
the yeHew rtnd baked in a moderate onm.
TVa f?e?i (ft'iof
Prediction! for the Year 1854.
Thin rear will Iw famous for ft thousand
wonderful thing*. From January to Decern
brr the day* will constat of twenty-four houfa
each and th?re will he such a numbec of
ecli|wt*. that many wise people will ho In tlu?
dark. There will Ihj fogs in Maine tire* at
Constantinople and a lack of hiairia in many
a fool's head.
Souih America UiIh rear will not extend
beyond Cai>e {lorn; amf the North Polo will
he exactly in ninety degree* of latitude.?
Thou* who loa# money will look aad and thoao
who aro in want of cash when they borrow
will want it more when they comc to pay.
Wiadoin will cry aloud liul few will regard
it. There will he long Kpccehti in Congress
but for all that Laku Superior will not be up-
Mt.
Quadrupeds this year will go upon four
'eg* pretty generally; anil cowa horns will
be crooked. The fh'le of lottciy tickets will
be dubious; but whether there lie a general
European war or not mortal wound* will he
apt to kill and ho that in hick with old age
will have a disease hnrdur to curu than the
mumps or chin-cough.
The celestial aapecta indicate that tho polit-
ical partiea will not agreo for Home time to
come; but whoevor is President water will
run down hill and ducka will waddlo aa here-
tofore.
CahbageR thin year will Ikj rather round
than three-cornured and currota will ho de-
cidedly rod. Coala will to oh hUck an ever ;
cat.s will love fish hut hato to wet thoir feet
and all on account of Klinkcrfhola comet.
Tho world this year will turn upaidodown
hut not in conacquence of the (lovernor'a in-
aftguration. The crop of hay will depend up-
on the weather but whothor it raina or not
there will be plenty of wind at Capo Cod.
Whomever sella his houno to buy moon-
shine will hardly get hia money's worth.?
Whoever runs to catch the raiubow. will gut
out of breath for hi* nainu. For all that eas-
tern ladies may be had for burying.
Locomotive* and auctionoors's tongues will
run fast. Thero will be mortal war between
cuts and rata am well us between aldermen
and roaat turkeys People will talk about tho
world but it ia ten to one that tho aolar ttys-
tcm will not run sgainst tho dog star between
now and next December.
Sra-BcrpentH.thia veer will bo hard to catch
and none but a conjuror will bo able to got *
quart into a pint-pot. Those who hnvc wood-
on legH will suffer little when they freoxo their
toca. Wigs aro expected to be fashionable
among the bald hut blind folks will hare aoino
difficulty in seeing.
Divert* ateamboalu will blow up this year.
Apploa will ripen about October aooner or
later; but that ia all onn. provided we have
cider enough. Poxes will pay particular at-
tention to poultry: thoro will r?e vory fuw old
birds taken with chaff and wild gor.so will not
Uy Unm eggs.
Hut moat of all. them will prorail this yoar
n horriblo epidemic worao than tho cholorn
small pox or plague for which thcro will he
no nure. The Italians call it dinoro; tho
Hermans Mien yl$; the French /Hut* it' agent:
in this country it goes under various appella-
tions but it is most commonly kuown by tho
name of empty jtocJecU
Anotmkr KarxHoa. - Carrcre the Indian
Chief who about twenty years ago omergod
from the mountains Mid with his naked fol-
lower* armed with bow* and arrows defeated
tho dt^unerato Spsniard* of Ouxtcinale drovo
out hia enemies and made himself President
of that member of Uio confederacy of Central
America has we learn from the news brought
by the l>anh>l Webster constituted hitnaelf
Emperor of that formidable State. Hi* conso
oration and coronation are already fixed for a
coi tain day and great aetat and parade arc to
attend the grand occasion. Ill* ex.imiit* I* to
be followed bpr Chomorro tho President or
Governor of Nicaragua Thedcgcnenite Span-
iard* and the ignorant Aborigine.* cannot cer-
tainly lx> blamed for making an Kmparor
out of a bravo but unlettered savage like Car-
rara after tho nxamnle which tho IntelHuent
French afforded in tnoir selection of ami I'm
peror or their older neighbors gave in their
elevation of Santa Anna. (
Some four or live yearn ago it was believed
that Republic* and Republican* were on thn
increase. Thrones tottered and King* skulked.
The People seemed to bo omnipotent. Thn
first part of Napoloon'a prophecy Mimed aUmt
to bo fulfilled and the reign or Republicanism
waa boginning Alan! in how snort a tlmo
haa thn ourrvnt of opinion been *n changed
that the other alternative which tho prophecy
at SL Helena Itekl out to the world " of be
coining aCnaaack in cane it did n??t heontnr
Reimbllcatt." seemed to be on tho very *ve of
fulfilment
A few year* ago ami there wero hut two or
three Kmpererain the who)* world Now thero
are twice end thrire aa many Beside* the
old empire* of Ku**ia end Austria wa hare
tho empires of France ami Marti Mid will
shortly nave tho** of Mexico of Honduras and
Nicaragua. This doe* not exactly aquae*
with the nretatialoa of the preset ago to prt^
?T?m ami advancement It iouks very much
like retrogradation.
Tha man who haa a daughter ami can yet
won't e? locate her Jswrne to hare hee **0
m from htm
The man who struck a key note is *up|?o*
*d to be of a heligvrant torn
The man who held owl an fenWeuKnt heJ.
had a **re arm ever*i?vor
A Chinese merchant u aercM??nta adree
iter* that among kit ?e?k received ha ban
<?M<4 wanwa Int mmf*'
Thee* ia mdf m atyeetf** in piifk wVe
'mean ?*IV Md vha? vtkrv a*ear m
da* to carry tart iMr
la a IMme modi tsliafrcd^ bwt
r*ie?y to he
A wnaiguy w ?w)y elituft#!. IW Imlf
b*4d??e a Jlsy for a oa^pfe *t mm*h\ m ?tt to
Ma?f Idt fee* ?T eaSeef ??*
th?<c *eea etui
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