The Texas Monument. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 27, 1851 Page: 3 of 4
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OF THE FLOWERS.
BY «. IHiKJEUB BANKS.
on the
in
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W. Dancy.
ttorney for Petitioner.
are
o
one
[L.S.]
1
There is to be a convention! of spiritual
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Other jithofAju
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On
his writ commanding the Sheri f or
in a;.mighty revolutior
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Throck-
n
Coll
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ton,
wav
the foregoing writ, I
4t4
I
Azariah J. Hood and B.
de bonis
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Monument, a newspaper
streams of blood :
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wood and oozing
II
first rate Bacon, just received in store received and for sale, cither b
, on
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of twelve dollars and twenty
cents; anil whereas the said officer returned
i, was
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n and earth would
jodies, and nearly
the
Thespian Society
ks.
of
, He
ith him, but this
»ne of the family
jj vies t. patton, Jdm’r.
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H. ROHDE.
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a view
, and
with
, at a
fourth
before
I
Members Elect to the 4th Legis-
lature of Texas.
. • 1 SENATORS.
Travis, Hays and Gillespie—Edward
Burleson.
Bexar, Comal and Medina—John O.
Meuscbach.
Bastrop, Fayette and Caldwell—John
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August 13th, 1851.
t
now setting
Wollafstorie’s experiments)
greater than that of the full moon, and
sun to exceed that
so-I ...
.....’ ''-‘"n j m
ood and valuable ' p
large family, to ;
1, to mourn
3 iff
within
die.
L . . .
the brightness of the
of Sirius twenty thousand million times.
Hence it follows that,
lodged distance of Sirius, he must send tac 10
forth 63 times as mulch light as the sun. !?°'?ei
TE LEA EX—2 tons of White Lend, just
r eceived from New York, and for sale by „
ROBERTS A Co, Houston.
TE2^S, | I j
R. A. Ferguson.
fcks.
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Tex'ii
wards in the infinity of space, probably
in a-mighty revolutior round some more ’
wontdrous centre, and the place of that . i
cenfre is approximated | Ge?l#a. Ann].y?»ngest daughter of A. F
What would be the result if the canopy i
over us was covered V ith stars in succes- j ’
sive strata, till the wh|nle was filled with )US’
stars, even more than the galaxy, and if
the light should pass without any infer-
•> V V.-4
ost by lire distance verely
moon appears
on 1
by theAvind fell^on it,^< ve the appearance Fayette county : Notice is hereby given
an ap- ; estate ta present them within the time pro-
arid also saw the scribed lj>y law.
GUSTAVUS MARTEL, Adm’r.
i Of estate of Fred. Martel, dec’d.
ige, August 25th, 1851.
lTg
ftihe
'i W . inn
la SCHq
A. SMITH,
Sheriff, C. C.
Masonic Notice.
a <
-ZTL Lodge, No. 34, held
. Texas, 2d Angus
T. Banton and J
T(ie Erie Railroad has a motive force
7 engines,
o
FannydElssler has purchased at Vi_
of the finest houses in the Kohi-
1 o’
of Texan,
receiv e Lewis W
n20
UININE — &>0 ounces Quinine, just received
April 5th
ain| for sale by ■ ROBERTS Jt CO.,
Wholesale and retail Druigi’ts.*
a
go off without them.
La Fayette Lodgd, No. 34, of Ancient
York Masons. ’
This Lodge hold their regular meetings the third
Saturday in each and every month, at 10 o’clock,
_i. M. Membeis of other Lodges ftnd sojourning
brethren, are,respectfully invited to visit us.
i By order of the W. M., D|avi^ R. Stovt.
a21 ly ' “ ’ ’ ’
DIALING ROPE AND ItWIXE—
Also, i
S 8. MUNGER,! Fayetteville.
DMINISTRATOR’iJ NOTICE.—
Letters of Administration having been
ourtof Bastrop county, Toxas, at its July
upon the estate of William Lj
: Theo. Carter, Clerk
of said Court, at office, in the
town of'La Grange, together
with the official seal of said
Coun; affixed, this 8th day
' of Avgust, A. D. 1851.
THEO. CARTER, Clerk
Of the District Court, F. C.
In obedience to the foregoing writ, I
order the same to be published in the Texas
Monument for four jsuccesssivc weeks.
L. P. WEBB, Sheriff, Fayette County. |
La Grange, Augusjt 8th, 1851.
THE STATE OiF
l*«%i
k Yawful officer of said I THE STATE OF TEXAS,
1
BWl’l
or single bottle, by
November 13th.
Saturday, 23d instant, of apoplexy,
-----E,—"-------, son < ~~~
be Earthman, of this county, aged 31 years.
■ Mr. Fields Earthman had been blind for
While several years, ihe result of severe cerebral
revolv- He .was a good and pious
! Christian, and at his death was a
of the Baptist GKurfch.
Ne.'ir Rutersville, on P
Robert Eastland, Esqr.,
Vashingtop county, on
BIRTHS.
Mrp. Socrates Darling of a son on the
.-igust, near this place.
MARRIED.
this county, on Monday, the 11th {‘JIT0-® ‘K
• rooms for families. . . . .... ,
J B'~The severaJ Stage Offices arc kept in the Christian Hudth vs. 7 Icxander H. Phillips.
• • ’ 1
of Mr. Henry house is a large!, and weH.ventilated stable, wi-h i HERE AS, th J plaiutlff.in tlie above I
U I I v . ' L - L
? ISAAC THAYER, Proprietor, tion, and made oath
\ ’ 3 ly ’ ......
is now under the
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Caldwell, Hays and Guadalupe—T.
M..Hardeman. ' T
Travis—Andrewy J. Hamilton.
Bexar and Medina—Major Robert S.
Neighbors and Samuel A. Maverick.
' Bexar, Cdmal, Medina and Gillespie
—(InesirnustEvans.
Fort Bend;and Colorado—Thomas B.
Howard.
Brazoria—Guy M. Bryari.
Milam and Williamson—William D.
Thompson.
Collin- and Denton—
m orton.
Leon, Robertson and Brazos—John
Patrick.
Calhouni and Victoria—Darwin M.
Goliad and De Witt—Dr. R. It.
Peebles. [ i 1
Gonzales and LaVaca—Amasa Tur-
ner.
-------on
her next, to answer said plea.
■ my hand, 1
August, A. I). 1851.
JNO. C. CABANISS,
Justice Peace, Fayette County. r
I order the above to be published three next regular term of our $aid Dis;rict Court
successive weeks.
L ■ . JAMES T. PATTON, .
i 4t3 Constable, Fayette County.
icnm Houston House,
CORNER MAIN AND FRANKLIN STS.,
HOUSTON-
rSJTIIE subscriber, having leased the above estab. 1
M. lishrnent, and had it thoroughly refitted and
pijinted throughout, is now prepared to accommo- ;
date families, foreign or transient boarders and
visitors, upon as reasonable terms as any respect '
able hotel tn the State. •'
supplied with the best the market will afford ; and
from the long experience of the proprietor as a hortl
■ keeper, he feels assured that he Can furnish a com
furiab’e home, to thosj who may give him their!
- . r
Large and airy Bed Rooms with priva’e sitting !
X I REPRESENTATIVES.
Galveston—Henry B. Andrews and
Oliver C. Hartley.
Harris—benjamin F. Tankersley,
Thomas Harrison and James W. Scoit.
^Montgomery—Dr. Charles B. Stewart.
slowly approaching
pjirt of the beSVens, j -“j; /eo.OOO^ieding!
opposite part. . 1
e whole solar
’ department for a duplicate.
F. VV. CHANDLER, Administrator
Of Lewis WrjBickerson. dec’d.
july9 9w
NOTICE.—Letters of
Administration having been gianted to the
. :r,n U " ~ ~
of Fayette county, Texas, upon the estate of Fiede-
, u,a f.v.ovriio- vioimd j , j - v 1 1
are required to present me same manufacturer’s prictfs, and upon the usual I
terms; anil warranted to perform well inj
all cases, where the machinery is not defee-j
five. R. M. FORBES & CO.,
I ; Jjily, 1851. Itf : J LaVaca.
T>RIME CANVASSED HAM®; also; JLV
IJL I
and for sale by
/Xu^ust 6th, 1851.
County of Fayette. > '
To the Sheriff or any lawful officer of said
and James j I. Norton, Merchants County, Greeting :
i, name WMTHEREAS, Anderson J. Ross
ope & Norton, havenyj sued ont an attachment agaii
Ia r —
. dollars and forty-five cents, and die
oss las
nst Na-
poleon B. Fergusson for die sum of six
_____2 2,_ __ _* ' t akid
Anderson J. Ross having mode oath t|is
i the said Fergusson secretes himself so tna
serve
tnjed to
in The
ublislicd
ree <«c-
beforc mcr
Cooke, Collin, Denton, Dallas and
Grayson—Samuel Bogart.
■ Milam, Williamson, Leon, Brazos,
Burleson and Robertson—E. M. Millican.
Washington, Austin and Fori Bend—
William .S. Day.
Grimes, Walker and Montgomery—
Jesse Grimes.
Harris—Peter W. Gray.
Galveston and Brazoria—F. H. Mer-
riman. ./>[•_
Matagorda, Wharton, Colorado, Cal-
houn and V ictoria—James C. Wilson.
Guadalupe, Gonzales, Goliad, La
Vaca and De \VilV—Thomas II. Dug-
5«»- I
Rusk and Smith—Stephen Reeves.
Cherokee and Andcrsoul—Isaac Par-
ker. ?
Nacogdoches, Angelina and Houston
—Adolphus Sterne.
San Augustine, Sabine, Jasper and
Newton—Z. Williams Eddy.
Shelby and Panola—James Truitt.
Harrison and Upshur—W. T. Scott.
Polk, Tyler, Liberty and Jefferson—
Gen. Janies Davis.
Nueces, Webb, San Patricio, Refugio
and Kinney—H. L. Kinney.
Fannin and Lamar—Win. M. Williams.
Red River and Bowie—Joseph H.
Burks.
I Attached to ihe ;
large and well.ventilated stable, wiih j
carefbl ostlers.
Houston, Augnst 6, 1851.
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
member, County of Colorado. ,
! Tojtlie Sheriff <>r any lawful officer of said county :
Sunday, the 24th ■ '^M^’HEREAS, VV . B. perry has
the Sth inst., I Is
and Hmily OliphanF. ‘ interest, due by promissory note, and has
On ]rhe 4th inst., of apoplexyat Colum-
, Colorado county, Armstead Carter,
' aged about 5G years. He was n native of
Virginia, and 'emigrated to this country j ijcLion "j
several years .g* His loss will be si-! su(,ccssivc w.
. I ----J felt on the Colorado, being a man nie
Olbera maintained the fir- ( of great enterprise, and a gt—2 .....1 . '
-o..*. | Be has left a large family, ly | turHay in
be distinguished ; " hien he was devotedly attached, to mourn r
d be known; the | ft* ^os *•
the light should pass
ruption, and none bf
of the stars? <
mament would be onle glow of light.— citizcff.
The stars would not ' *’ *’ • » • ~ -v 1
no constellation wou
sun ’tvould be noticed only by its spots, j
and the moon appear as a black disc.
The advantage of.th; present arrange-!
i
would be true, also, t)hat if the
shot its rays across
spots on the sun an
the moon would be
the sun, or the moon be
its present polar light,
come brighter by the| reflection of light.
Certainly the sun, moor
pc the only celestial b j
ihe whole of astronomy would be not;
even imagined. What a world of won-
ders in astronomy !
Andrew Morray would.be produced.
• j
. !■ ffj” Nanic can be learned at this Office ; or by
addressing r n c n,._ ro
5ni3
Walker—Gen. Frank Hatch.
Grimes—Dr. David C. Dickson.
Washington—James W. M’Dade.
Washington and Burleson—B. E.
Tarver.
Fayette—I. *B. McFarland.
Bastrop—Dr. E. Mabrjs
1 1 { it r t 1 xa “ ---
E. L. MOORE, J. f.
I solemnly swear to execute the
appear at the ! writ according to law.
L. M. NAIL, Deputy Constable.
Sworn to before me, this 6th day or Au-
Just, A. D. 1851.
EDWIN L. MOO^RE, J. R.,
F. C., Beat No.13.
In accordance with tl»e above command,
I hereby order publication to be made as
! above directed, for three successive w *eks.
Given under my hand, this 6th day of ,
August. A. D. 1851.
L. M- NAIL, Deputy Constab
‘ ’ 43wt
Liberty and Polk—William Fields.
San Augusjine—VV’. C. Edwardi.
Rusk—Henry M. Lawson and James
VV’. Flanagan.
Sabine, Jasper and Newton—J. H.
Speights and Jas. S. Noble.
Nacogdoches and Angelina--
Pollock. V i
San Augustine and Shelby—Ijmory
Raines.
Tyler and Jefferson—-Napoleon B.
Charlton.
Cherokee—•.
B. Cannon. '
Cameron—H. L. Grins ted and L. A.
Bryan. <
Gillespie and Comal—Alexander Ros-
seJH \
Harrison—Joseph Taylor.
Shelby— ■ Daggett.
Smith—Elisha E. Lott.
Anderson and Houston—VVm. G. VV’.
Jowers and Cyrus H. Randolph.
Harrison and Upshur—L. B. Camp.
Dallas—John M. Crockett.
—— *
A Fatalist.-—.\ Western newspaper
publishes the following: • *
1 knew an old man that believed that
“ what was to be would be.” He lived
in Missouri, and was one day going out
scrotal miles through a Vegion infested in
early times by very savage Indians. He
always took his gun wi * * ’
time found that some pne of the family
had taken it out. As he would not go
without it, his friends tantalized him by
saying that there was no danger of the
Indians; that he would not die till his
time came any how. “ Yes,”
old fellow, “ but suppose I was to meet j
an Indian, and his time had) (come, it I
wouldn’t do not to have my gun!"
I • *
The Paris journals record that the
Prefect of Police ha* authorized the Di-
rectors of the Paris and Orleans Railway '
to establish saloon-carriages for smokers.
The price of each place is fixed at fifteen
francsl -
that the ip
j die said defendant, Alexander H
jis unknown to petit oner; that he is the I
owner of an undivided, one-half interest in ' G. ‘Taffeijer,' at
* fourteen hundred and
the sun, the sky and earth would be 63
times as bright as it
full-orbed sun, and Ithe light would be ... ,
insufferable by our eyes. Sirius may | '/|ung la^es are hke arrows, they
then be 63 times as Urge as the stm ; or, ■ ‘ ’,n
-- - - - “ ? - can’t
What
itnPa,t 10 of n
Bastrop, August 1st, 1851. ■
THE STATE OF TEXAS, )
I County of Fayette,
of bark, for llothe Sheriff or any
said Countv, Greeting:
“HEREAS, John SI
1 ▼ out an attachment against Napoleon
B. Fergusson for the sum of seventy-six
dollars and twenty-five cents, and the said
John ohearn having made oath that the.
said Fergusson secretes himself so that the
ordinary process of law cannot be served
j upon him : You are hereby commanded to '
.cite said Fergusson by publication in . iuui
Texas Monument, a newspaper published i quieting
in the town of La Grange, for three '“*J
ejessive weeks, to be and appear before
Humboldts Cosmos,-
The thy d volume of Humboldt’s Cos-
mos, just published by the Harpers, con-
tains much information on ! j
tronomy, which is not easily accessible, ble loss of insterucc.
'Such a work is important to show to a mejeofologist. .
multitude of minds the subjects which | killer is
have so many philosophic heads
some of which are so L. _2
the usual fields of thought:
hand, this
, P., C. C. Grange;
' 1 ■ .
I appear at the next rj ’
i District Court, to be
county of Fayette,
called meeting of La Fayette tj1(?n anj (
La Gra_n?e’! of said plaintiff,
due return of this writ to our said court
. the law directs.
WlTNES
lie resuk from independent calcula-! jn
lias been reached , jnstal1lt-? Jtcy. James Burleson to Miss Me-
le equator; but m ‘ uona j
EXHIBITION.
• THE | The Texas Monument foi| three successive {
_ ■ J • - i - wee
Monumental Thespian Society
Will perform
g, the 29th inst.,
AT THE . -j ]'
' igiate Institute, in La Grange,
The laughable Farce of
The Mock Doctor.
Also,
FORTUNE’S FROLICS,
i • * i
I* . . • ' ■ ’ ■■ •
The proceeds of the Exhibition will be!
donated to the Monumental Committee.
y I Admittance 50 cts ; Children half price.
trices will commence at half-
past 7 o’clock.
can be had at the Stores of]
rs. Shaw, Rosenfield, and Sinks;
and also at the Hotels.
L DMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE.—
JL Wliereas, letters of Administration, j
de bonis non, 1 - .
estate of Frederick Martel, deceased, were Vuca <7u,ntJr1* Mt ‘^ Apr’1 thereof: All per '
rd and make payment, arid those having claims
inst th<—-• ..I
HEREAS, W. B. Perry has made,
oath before me, that J. H. Otkold
ustly indebted to him in the sum of) - ,
r i tt- i h j • . p i -i waters of Buckners
lortv-hve dollars and Mxtymvc cents, with !, , XT
- f* i. lower part of league No.
instituted suit for the same, and has further
majde oaji that the said Otkold is* absent; p, *7... '
, from this State : You are therefore hereby I P \ T -’as ' .. .
i j. • • i in u of the other undivided one-han iritcrest of i
• commanded to cite the said Otkold by pub- ... , , , . , - '
Ii.-l *n The Texas Monument for three ' ^4Cour^een hundre(| and eighty-fh e acres, ;
eeks, to be and appear beforq
at the Court House, m the town
Columbus, in said county, on t
i August, 1851, to answer said
coilplaint. Herein fail not.
Given under my j
23d July, 18J1.
JOHN MACKEY, J.
I order the above to be published in
Superstition in Austria.—A singular)
story is told, which exemplifies the
in which popular superstitions spread The performa
p rvi r»t no/t I A • » • A ♦ • I* A *« • I 1 a mm I
ofPaak, in Styria, a
while tending cattle in
tree, from the trunk o
bark, about half a foot
torn off, laying bare
from which turpentine
forming a varnished surface with reddish
blotches. The sun shining on this spot, esuuc °,' r Tcrlc* *'lartcl; aecca*d-
.... | , r l i r i granted to the undersigned at the August
while the shadow ofsorpe branches waved of the )lonorabl°e ProbaU; Cour\ of|
VJ0V aay AM V W *1 |JV/UI U IJVXs
of a moving light. I be child ran home
and told her father she had seen
parition ; the man wen| i
sight, find told his neighbors that the Holy
Virgiiihad appeared tojhis daughter, giv-
ing her two consecrated wafers, and said ( ^a GraI>
that unless a chapel were erected to her.
honorron the spot, she should withdraw |
her favor from all Styria, which would be |
visitedf with a terrific famine. ,7"
story was first spread, hundreds of people,
not only from all parts of Styria, but also
from Karinthia, flock to the spot and shall
bring contributions for he intended cha-'z’ 11
pel. The singular par
that t&ese people peri
that tliey.really see in
p r /• . 1
ip * a
with r$ys of glory and
and any body venturing to say that it looks
rather more like white
rosin, »
eyes ire not worthy o
earn has sued fom that ti
ment of the stars is most apparent. It'
! canopy )
the sky, the dark i
littertmiS af| °" FlllOA¥ Eveni"
distinguished by 1
if it did not be-'
successive weeks, to be and i--------
at La Grange, in said county, on the first;
Saturday in September next, to answer !
i said plea.
Given under my hand, this 5th day ofi August, A
August, A. D.. 1851.
JNO. C. CABANISS,
Justice Peace, Fayette County. I
I order the above to be published three
successive weeks.
JAMES T. BATTON,
4t3 Constable, Fayette County’.
4 VERY’S*COTTON GINS AND
JB CORN MILLS.—The above Gins
and Mills will lie furnished to Planters, de-
liverable at La X aca, free of freight, at the
\ ’ J
-----; an<l warranted to jierforin well inj
R. M. FORBES & CO.,
Itf
The steamer Sunny
■ lately at Tate’s Shoals
I river.
; raised?
A German named
was killed at Richmond, Va.
: instant^ by the sliding of a
DIED,
ar system and the *Mr. Iqields Earthman,
appear to I
astronomy.—
magnificent result,
i are
ing»round the sun ab their centre, the'
sun
among ignorant peoplu:—At the village ;
m I* I 1 r 4 0* n zitzvlif m 1. 1
a wood, saw a fir
’ which a piece of
square, had been
the white timber,
and rosin oozed,
• ITJF-J
His Sanship one morn left his pillow at three.
An thoughtful and grave aa hi* Sunship could be,
For dreams of old Bacchus and fantasies light
Had troubled his visions the whole of the night,
When, casting a glance from his grey bastern
bowers,
To wake from their Mumber the indolent hour?,
His Snnship beheld, what astonished his view,
'Die flowers getting drunk with the globules of dew.
•‘So, so,” thought his Sunship, :*thus much for
your pAins,
I’ll scorch yon all up till no lifc-j iice remains
Then he sent forth Lis beams, like the simoom’s
hot breath.
And the floWcrs hung their heads as if s-nking
• j death j
Put no sooner did Sol, in the cool evening, wane,,
Tbsrt these bacchanals turned to their org es again *
And nightly, since then, like bold spirits and true
dew.
J • * , ’ ■ I
are said to live generally to
age of ttvo or three hundred years.—
had to Raymond
mush light as the sun. Po^e(
back
was Carried from Bengal to London.
A
granted to tlip undersigned by the Countv
G 1 ' T
I'erm, 1851,
assey, dec’ll., all persons holding claims ■
agreement to make a good title to him ot )
same within the time prescribed by law.! said land
A. M. BROOKS, Aldministrator - *^aI *n fU ■ < . . • i .— — ■ -r -• —---r» -r-—
■ Of \yilia.n L. Massey, dec’Ji »! nBt,tO bc f°Und in ‘*is COU’"* : ** *here-
■1^ | tiir said bond or agreement,inorlhatsaid Matthew’s a>’ * - -
---j heirs or representatives since hi? death, have com-
plied with the conditions of said bond : tiiat said
! Coleman’ continued in the possession of said land
" ' > day of July.* 1837, when
, he departed this life, and bis heirs and representa-
tives have been in the peaceable possession thereof
time until the I8ih day of June, 1851,
appears by the several depds filed and exhibited
with said petition,, marked
bond or agreement cannct be produced, and he
prays that verbal testimony
contents thereof; that the heirs and representatives 1851, at 10
(unknown to hint, (except'
! cited according io
, and confirming ihe title to said tiact of , rects.
, tor three sue- I tana, in him, as perfect and full as if the conditions , I
, lne, | and sirpu4ations of said sale and purchase
at the Court House in the town of La)
Grange,
1 ______
Given under
I
quiver till the beauxi comes, and
F. M. McGEHEE, Sheriff, P C.
j August 6th, 1851.
j THE’STATE OF TEXAS,
County of Fayette. 7
In the District Court—?all Term, A. D. 1851.
hopse, and opposite, where all iuformahon as j To the .Sheriff of said County, Greeting
stage routes can be obtained. . Attached to ihe -w-w-t-
! W
SA the 1
i honorable County Court for La. Vaca county,
the estate of William Jones, dec’d.: Therefore all
persons
come I
claims against said estate
duly authenticated, for settlement, within the time three
anent; whilst th^ course? of study ■ ,
all branches preparatory for I
. t .. , . .. ... | or
It of the affair is, practical) life.
suade themselves I
South was sunk
on the Alabama a young m
It is thought the vessel can be
--------L I adapted to) any of the various branches of
| merer, i
Satisfaction guarantied
Salary, S1.000.
r. B S., Box 58;
Memphis, Tcdiicsscr.
Petitioner prays that said fourteen hundred ; ’
. , j. and eighty-five acres if.—2 7_I____L*
Ac last S.’. be‘w*n said Philips ■
j are therefore hereby commanded to
mon i
publication in The
in said county of Fayette and
prior to the return c ay hereof, to be and
y j Coleman continued in the possession c
7lawful Constable of' lhc of
lives have been in the pearpable possession thereof
.;r.;a untif the l8;h day of June, 1851, )
when Petitioner purchased the same from thi rn, as
A, B, and C; dial said
may be received of the
of said Matthew, and their place of residence, are
law, to answer his petition :
The School is designed Pr<«cribeH I-’’; d_.,vl, ,
. o- . i JAMES BROWN, Administrator.
July 2ilth, 1851. j [ ’ 3 6w
OST.—Bounty Land Warrant No 4419, issued
by he Secre«ary of War of the late Republic
on the 12<h day of November, 1838, to
Dickcr»<»n, for 12cfO acres of land. If
------—_.z is not found wtihid the |
I time prescribed by law, application will be made to
i ’ department for a duplicate.
F. W. (‘HANDLER, Administrator
La Grange, July 2d, 1851.
A DM INI*! RA ZOR’S
undersigned al th* July Tei
rick Martel, deceased, all persons having claims
against said estate
within the time prescribed by law.
La Grange, August 6, 1851.
THE STATE OF TEXAS; I
County 4>f Fayette. ♦
James C: Taffender vs. JV B. Fergusson.
To the Sheriff’or any sxxorn officer pf said
County, (Greeting:
"VAUIIEREAS, the undersigned, an act-
v ▼ ing Justice of the Peace, in t.no for
said County and State, at the insLinceof
. -•* C. Taftender, plaintiff, did,
1st day\ of August, 1851, issue hit writ
commanding the Sheriff’ or any officer of
said county to summon the defundant, N.
B. Fergusson, to appear and answer the
complaint of said James C. Taffendtr,
i>my, nucenccu, Justice’s Court to be held on the|f-
id Coleman paid ' Saturday in August, A. D. L851,
VlAv. ICAIA U lllV'UUl vz 1 ll|V w • v • 1 ,
J | for said land, and then and there took possession of) A M jn of Jue
sum of twelve dollars and t .ventv
civil | against said dstfitc arc requested to present. Load
1 1 k X . w w * a ♦ I “ 4 I w . -X 1 ' I 1 - — * I. * I A « ^4
‘ that in
to discover the in- performs
: sun, moon,
The dilierence ip the light j ver is
frn
determine the rela- engineer
any accuracy ) but (constructs
It was a good keep them dry.
‘ the a regular army
moon, paper manufacturers.
1TO silk-spinner^,
which the with a chip
if of the same magnitude as the sun, must
scatter 63 limes as nuch light,
magnificence does such
the heavens—to the stars !
While the fixed stirs retain their rela-
tive distance they are
each other in one |
and receding in the o
sclicl inferred that tl
tern is moving towards the former, and I
IB. ’. . -1 - I • I
j plULVVUUU LUUJ|)UIC IIIC piHlll iV UU HI!
■ or near the constellation of Hercules,)
whi|uh is on the meridian a little south of
us it nine o’clock in t le evening. U
astronomers have aniyed at nearly the
satr
tioiis. This result
from starsrnoith of t
a feftv past years the s line conclusion has
been derived from thq southern stars.—
The motion of the so
dird^tion of that motion
established conclusi^is in
‘Thfe IS>-2| -------...
planets and their secondaries
and all his attend? nts’are moving on
! install
In ’
tree an apparition of the Virg'm and Child, 1,JPor,rJ
Elementary Principles
Advanced
decried as a heretic whose sinful La G
-j the immaculate
says the presence^—London Globe.
erm
hold on i
at the Court House
tliird Monday in Se Hcmber, A. D.
_1 there to answer the said petition )
I in La Crrange,! -..... t . i
2d Angu?t) 1851, A. L. 585L Joh^ Court’
ames f
| iMasqns, were EXPELLED from the Fra-1
tetnity for gross unmasonic conduct.
ISaKd Buntons are twin brothers, bc-
tweey 25 and 30, years old, about 5 feet G
or S.inchcs high, dark hair and complcx-
ingularly formed heads, keen and
searching eyes.
All newspapers friendly to Masotffy will
please} re-publish this notice, to prevent
imposition, and for the good of the Frater-
nity. I By order of the Lodge.
DAVID R. STOUT, Scc’y.,
La Fayette Lodge, No. 34.
LaGrange, August 6, 1851. 3 4w
Administrator’s Notice.
"■* ENTERS of Administration on the estate of
, Anthony Brown, dec’d., were granted to the
House thereof, on
i "
! answer said Petition.
. you at said court this Writ,
3 lilt; lun ClllvViSa •
Witness: Janes P. Wallace, Clerk of)
said court,
r .. _
of said court
August, A. J. 1851.
JAMES P
non, with the Will annexed of the undersigned by (he honorable County Court of La i
1 sons indebted to said estate will please come for.
i ward an
— I against
to authenticated, within the time prescribed by law,! anJ style of Lor
i.l I or (her will be barred i U i
of land be partitioned
°u
commanded to sum-
the said Alexander H- Phillips, by
; Texas Monument, a
I newspaper pUl>liSl.e|l‘in the town of la|office at a jostice.s Court to'be Wp
o - /• rn c ~ , Beat No. 3, oril the first Saturday in $c
State of Texas, for fjmr success.ve weeks, A. U> l851j at i0 <fcloa A.|X
- , . . , j to answer the complaint of said Jam
ofthc honorable Taffendcrt hayc then and
— an _°r * e;this writ, with your endorsement th*
thereof in the town pf La Grange, on the I
' 1851’| August, A. D. 185'1.
, now on file in said Dis-1
Hcreqf tail not, but make
; as
Her-1
sys-
t. L, . j rappers at Rochester in'February next,
proceeded to compute the point to be in
and the magnitudes pf fixed stars, it be- his sails, cdsts and weighs anchor, and I
conies a great matter to discover the in- ) performs other ‘nautical acts. , \\ hole .
tensity of the light [of the
and stars.
df day and of the rtigbt undjjr the full)
moon is obvious to the common eye ini
/Mia uig»tiy, auiw kivii, line u<»iu spirits tutu tru'_. . i . .
The flowers have got drunk with (he globules of l‘,e gC,iera‘» yllt lo
1 live degrees of light with
is not so fcasy a task,
while ago concluded that the light of the!
sun is 300,000 timeis that of the
Seen by day, the
brighter than the clouds
stm is shining.
of all the fixed starts is Sirius,
dog-star,> which is
with the sun.
make the light of the sun 801,072 times
1*1
to exceed that
6t6
ranse Polytechnic School.
° 'T- * ,
undersigned would respectfully
q. | | iiiibrm the public, that he will open
J^mce tlie; SCHOOL in LA GRANGE, on Mon-
’ j day, the 25th inst.
to be pc
'1 embrace s
College, or business—for professional
The elementary principles will
the'patch on the ^Eat strict attention which their paramount 'said Bounty Land Warrant i
-- - 1 Joe demands. ) -» •• •
— UV Tuition Fees per season of 5 months, ithc Pr°P®
------_3 . _ $1()
ditto -4 - - 1,5
I THOMAS LECK1E, A. M.
. Range, Augpst^Oth. 5tf
BOOK-KEEPER
1K)W7’OU'LD like • situation as Book-Keeper in
▼ V ad enterprising Mercantile House, in some
of thcj towps of>tke Colorado rir Brazos valleys, by
“3 ~rin desirous of locating in thai country.
F«>i energekic business qualifications, and a scicu-
i tific and practical knowledge of his profession, —
to, any of the various branched of com- wwr
the best home reference (Memphis, T«-nn.)
the 6th otherwise no pay.
bank of earth,
at the base of which he Was digging.
Curious Facts.—Bees ^re geometri- L
cians. ‘The cells' are so constructed las,
wit i the least quantity of material, to have
subjects in as- l’ie largest sized spaces, ami least possi-
' ’ ’ r ‘ The mole is a Z
tcorologist. The bird cialed thexiine-
fur is an arithmetician as also the
•, and:crop> ll,e turkey, and some other i
far removed from 1 birds. Llie torpedo, thc ia\, and the )
u t i . 'electric cel, are electricians. The nan- l>jy
As affecting the distances of the bodies I filus is a navigator; he lai&es and lowers ;
; other‘nautical acts. Whole
? ! tribes of birds are musicians. The bea-
— ■’’> an architect, builder, and wood-
.jicuttbr; he cuts jiown trees, and erects
in i houses and dams. The marmot is a i
; he does not only build houses, j the
aqeducts and drains to
The white ants maintain )
; of soldiers. Wasps are |
. Caterpillars are
The squirrel is a ferry-
, or a piece <
The largest and brghtest a sail, be crosses a stream. Dogs, wolves,
—I o—our (|)e i jackals, and many others are hunters.—
nearly I he black bear and the heron are fisher-
imcnts!,ncn’ Ihe ants have regular day labor-
lers. The monkey is a rope-dancer.
Elephants
the :
with the acknoW-i ^helwell known elephant Columbus, al-
l’s menagerie, is sup-1
to be upwards of 150 years old.— J
If Sirius were at the same distance with his age can be regularly :liaced
- - .i . back to the year 1701, at which time he
land, in hWi, as perfect an
! were oom- |
p ied with by said Matthe^', his heirs or represen- '
, P o > • o 11 lalives- JAIMES A. POAGE, •
the first Saturday in oeptein- , /attorney for Petitioner. .
I These are therefore to command you to • cite fhe I ,» .<*»
this 5th clay rf, unknown heirsof Matthew Doty,deceased,by mak. ' dehutiso L. M. Nail.
i ing publication of this U lit in The Texas Mohii- 1 —
| ment, a public newspaper, published in the town of i
La Grange, in this State, for eight successive weeks )
previous to the return day hereo‘, to r-------*t_
t, to be ;
held in and fer said count) of Bastiop, at the Court,
House thereof, on the second Monday after the third j
Monday in September next, 1851, then and there to : o
i . Herein fail not, and have i
with your return thereon j
endorsed, ps the law’ directs.
it office, in ihe town of
Bastrop, tog< ther with the official seal
affixed, this sixth day of i
WALLACE,
lerk D. C., C.B.
In obedience to the foregoing Writ. &c , I order
I v» * Kz ■ • I ■ K7 M O ** 1 • • A O k * V» V* b I ■ ’ ’ -------------------------------------------------------
The table will alwavs be ( tae sarae t0 be Published in Ihe Texas Monument. r£JfE STATE OF
- ' ------ . tor eight successive weekn. /. r. r i
I. & --- r----- ---- [ County of Fayette. £
James C. Taffendcr vs. U
To the Sheriff' or any sworn officer of said
Countv, Greeting :
* * •
j 'V<7“HEREAS, the undersigned, an act-
¥ ▼ ing Justice of the Peace, in and for
; the County and State aforesaid, at ths in-
j stance of James C. Taffendcr, plaintiff, did,
... • ,i - • p.ij i- • on thc 1st day of August, A. D. 1351,
entitled suit qa\ing filed his pen- ;ssuc xvriy commanding the Sheriff or
° l aDy lawful officer of said county to sum-
. T8’1'nion the defendant, R. A. Fergusson, to
° appearand answer the complaint of (said
C. «.* a Justice’s Court
a certain tract or parcel of land contou.tog L, bcld o„ tbc follrlb Saturday in'Au-
fourteen hundred and ci?hty-five (U85) I gus[> 185i, before tbe undersigned, a[his
acres, snuate, lying a.dbemgan the county at 1Q- o,cltlck A M in a j ' of
| of Fayette^ and bt^te of lexas on th. ! debt duc , accounti for dic of rour
roe ', and on of the . jo]iars anj seventy-six cents; and wheieas,
_r xxy.j,. - i , , .granted to t|ie said officer returned that said defenc art.
Samuel M. Wilham!. by the Government: R. A. Fergusson, was not to be-found in
ofpoahmla and lexas; that said A. H. eount ® and whereas, the said James
C- Tafteudcr has sued out Ids write'at-
----- —r~ - ---------11 tachment aguinst the said R. A. Fergus »n:
51 Now these arc therefore to command that
! you cause publication in The Texas Monu-
ment, a newspaper published in the town
of La Grange, ^nd County and State afore-
said, for three successive weeks, command-
ing him, the said R. A. Fergusson, th be
and appear before the undersigned, at his
a Justice’s Court to be help in
| sued out an attachment against Napoleon
B. Fergusson, for thc surii of fifty-eight
dollars and forty-five cents, and the "said
Charles S. Longcopc having. Blade oath
0 theordinary process of law cannot best
e upon him : You are hereby com man J
■' cite said Forgusson, by publication in
paper p
I in the town of La Grange, lor th
ccssive weeks, to be and appear **»v,
appear |at the Court House in the town of
lie first Grange, on thc first Saturday in Septem-
ber next, to answer said plea.
Given under tnv haSid, this 6th day of
. D. 1851.
JNO. G. CABANISS, I
Justice Peace, Fayette CouiMT.
1 order thc above to be published trace
successive weeks. •
JAMES X* PATTON, .
Constable, Fayette Ctiuntv.
ASH ADVANCES.—The und£r- .
^7 signed are prepared at all rimes*tqjL
Advance on Cotton, or other Produce, cdn-f
signed to their friends in Galveston, Now
Orleans, and New York.
R. M. FORBES & CO.,
July,1851 Itf La \ aci .
Cod-Liver Oil
USHTON Ac CLARK’S pdre
Cod-Liver Oil, a fresh supply/jljst
‘ ivXhe doz in
ROBERTS &C>.,
’ Wleuston.
TEXAS, )
County of Fayette. ♦
To thc Sheriff or --------------.
Countv, Greeting :
jTXTHEREAS, Charles S. Longcope
I WV ,-r I -r -w- .r S' 1 I
v v ana o ames a. xvanon, mer
e same will please present them, duly and partners, trading under the firm
all persons holding claims against said ! or ’hey trill be barred.
' - ' - - JAMES BROWN, Administrator.
July 28th, 1851. _ 3 6w
Administrators Notice.
ETTERS of Administration were granted to that thc said Fergusson secretes himself so
undersigned at the June i'erm of the that the ordinary process of law cannot be
on served upon him: You arc hereby com-
:o tnjdebted to said estate are requited to ^‘^nded to cite said 1’ergusson, by publics- Texas Monument, a newspa
tor vaid aud make payment, and those having tion in The "1 exas 1
will please pr<-sent them, published in the town of La Grange, for
Taffendcr, and have you then and
as the law directs.
Given under my hand, this 2d daxl of
EDWIN L. MOORE, J. P ,
F. C., Boat No. 3.
For want of a lawful officer, I hereby
deputise L. M. Nail. * J
E. L. MOORE, J. P.
I solemnly swear to execute the within
writ accorffing to law. I t ’
L. M. NAIL, Deputy Constable.
Sworn to before me, this 6th day, of
Augurt, A. D. 1831.
EDWIN L. MOORE, J. P.,
F. C., Beat Ne. 3.
In accordance with the above-comma i
I hereby order publication to be made
above directed for three successive, wool
Given under my’ hand, this 6th day
| August, A. D. 1851.
L. M. NAIL, Deputy Constable!
I August 13th, 1851. 4 3wt j
THE STATE OF TEXAS, (
• County of Bastrop. J
District Court—Foil Term, 1851.
In the name of, and by the authority of the State
. of Texas.
'To the Sheriff of said County, Greeting:
• HEREAS, Frederick Jorden, of the county
v V of Washington,- in said State, on the sixth
Sec’y La Fayette Lodge, No. 34 m day of August, 1851, filed his petition in the clerk’s
—------1--•—-------- office of the District.Court) of Bastrop county, in
which he alleges that “some time in the year 1834, i -
ER RSH FLOUR, for sale Robert M. Coleman jHircbast d of Matthew Duty,
H 1\fTTXGER l Ravrttovillo hve huudied and titty: five acres of lend, lying on
I the eastern margin of ihe Colorado river, about
i)Velve miles, and north.uest ol the town of Bas-
trop, now in the county of Bastrop, being the lower
one fourth of one half of a league of land originally
granted to the heirs of -'■ofnnon Duty, deceased ; T ,
that at thc time of ihe purchase, said Coleman paid Saturday in Augmt, A. D.
the full amount of the purchase money to said Duty^ the undersigned, at his at Iff o’clock
I thc same; that said Duty executed to Coleman a) r \
I purutiniont tn 111:1 Lr* fl CTalllfJ 11 tip ti* Bill) of !
nd, agreeably lo tbe contract of purchase; ••
• that in die month of June, 1836, the said Matthew that said defendant, N. L>. Fergu^soii
! departed this life, without complying on I
I executing lo said Coleman | n.le, in conlor.m-y i»|as lbe soid Jamas C. Talieixler ha| .ucd
I out his writ of attachment against th|e said ’
N. B. Fergusson: Now these arc therefore
to command you that yon cause publica-
tion in The Texas Monument, a newspa-
per published in the town of La Grange,
and County and State aforesaid, for three
successive wefcks, commanding him o ap-
pear before thc undersigned, at his office,
at a Justice’s Court to be hold in Best No.
3, on the first Saturday in September, A. D
o’clock A. M., to answer tlie
complaint of said James C. Taffendcr
jiu-;) that they may be )jave yon t}ien anJ there this writ,
l *1(1; that he may have judgment and decree, perfecting, i Jour endorsement thereon as the latV al-
l l eci-s.
Given under my hand, this 2nd day of
August, A. D. 1851. :
EDWIN L. MOORE, J. ?.,
F. C., Beat ? o. 3.
For want of a lawful officer I I.qreby
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