The Texas Monument. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 26, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 21, 1852 Page: 3 of 4
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the Pacific—
Per C. A HARRIS, Agent.
November 14th, 1851
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Also two Farm Lois, with improvements thereon,
near
will be sold low. For further particulars enquire of
Or to JOHN JENKS, Bastrop.
ASA SMITH, *
Sheriff. C. C.
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‘ Inglefield Gregory, Sr., Tullv, Louis “ ■
rv, Montrose. Iowa.
MEDICAL NOTICE.
g A A ING been actively engaged in
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steam voyage occasionally to that dis-
tant continent may
practicability of a
of the South Seas, and be
An act to amend the 151st section of
edings in the
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Tenn. ■
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to
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may require my immediate presence in
« as a I
Lately, there to return my gratitude
JL in sftying topis numerous friends and
patrons, that he has returned from his
cent tour to i
improved, and holds himself
at all hours, to attend to professional calls.
LtF* OlHce at the “New Drug
frosh: supply of Medicines, Paints
, can 1
IV G. GREGORY, M. T).
La Grange, Jan. 11, 1852.
holden at the Court House, in the town of
on the sixth Monday after the
8J for Middling
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eroise bul^JiHle oi that liberality for the
advancement of her interest, that has
’ States of less
might soon situated two miles from the Exchange
; room
decent of the Paris terminus of the line is located.
iiui ivi7-- © feiwale her _______ _____...
in the j fessional, she replied, with as mqch
darkest hour of fate, still twine its ten- as modesty-,
drils around the crumbling altars land
’ next, broken arches of tlie desolate temples of
rs leave our i the human heart!
occur-
Mr. Cor-
e find the - ■ L
the news from Ei
’’my return earlitA, I will
“ even
be named Louis Kossuth.
The New York Board of Aldermen
has adopted a resolution granting the free
use of Madison square to Edward Riddle
and his associates, for the purpose of consideration, conveyed his right i
more than ]
accotinr.
that the peace of Europe will not be dis-
turbed. Tlje French elections are over;
Buonaparte is re-elected by an immense
majority, and for the week 4G,000 bales
were taken on foreign orders—ranjdn^ at
6| for Ordinary, to S a
Fair.
132 nays.
away more
The Submarine Telegraph, connect-
ing Paris with England, has opened to
the public generally, by order of the
Minister of the Interior, iri whose Hotel,
papers.
There had been a
Chagres river. ‘ .
r twenty-five feet, and
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;-The manumission of all the slaves i
j-New Granada was to take
of de-
on the Gth.
the Fremont
strike out westward upon
som of the Pacific—‘■the former to
the route to Australia, an
the Sandwich Islands. T
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nection with Australia by- steam i
yet intended to be permanent—nor is it hundred and twenty members,
desirable just now that it should be—yet , ------
a steam voyage occasionally to that dis- Worth Knowing.—A yomn6 j
y ultimately prove the this city, says the Philadelphia Argus,
line to tl^e rich islands while in the country some years ago,
a stepping j stepped on a rusty nail, which ran through
which st°ne lo the greet desideratum of the day her shoe and foot. The inflammation and
pain were of course very great, and lock-
jaw apprehended. A friend of the family,
A. however, recommended the application
i a decent ol the raris terminus ol the line is located,
made upon . Work is done from 9 to 9, Sundays and
holidays not excepted? The charge for
; a despatch of 20 words from Paris to
.London is $4,56; from Paris to Bir-‘
mingham, Oxford, Southampton, Edin-
burgh, Manchester, Nottingham. Shef-
field, &rc., $5,86. The carrier’s fee in
the various cities is from 30 cents tg
SI,25, according to distance.
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The Vermont Legislature has adj
Cotton.
We have advices from N. Orleans up
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Caption
Fourth Legislature. .
From the Isthmus.
By the arrival of the Pbi adelphia we
have received our usual file$ of Panama
i severe,
they were
perished.—
Francisco,
passengers.
heavy gale
Jon the 28tfrNovember, in which she lost
sails, boats, /re.,’ and had considerable
’ damage dong to her rigging. She was
. eleven days running down froijn San .1 uan
del Sur. 'She reports nothing new at
f that prevailing in Panama that there had
been an insurrection in Valparaiso, which
was not suppressed till 1,200
: of the different foreign vessels of
approved February 8th, 1850.
An acLtO incorporate the town of Jas-
An act authorizing the County Court
of El Paso county to appoint (be place ol
bolding the District Courts insaid county!
and define the lime of holding the District
Courts in the 11th Judicial District.
An act to remove certain Spanish Re-
cords from the General Land Office to
the County Court—Clerk’s office of Re-
fugio county.
i ne v ermoni Legislature has adjourn-
ed, leaving unrepealed its habeas corpus
act of last session, by which title is de-
signated the law intended to nullify the
operation of the fugitive slave laws by
estimated j that twenty-five hundred chil-
dren in this country have been named
Jenny Lind. It is now about twelve
months since Jenny’s arrival in this coun-
try. Within the next twelve months at
Great and Rapid Qhangc—It is not
vet a century since Braddock was de-
feated at Du Quesne, and George Wash-
ington commenced his military life. It
is but 93 years since W olf and Mont-
calm contended on Quebec Heights. It
years since Detroit was besieged
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OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
“Don Grullo,” “P. M. Y.,R and “A.
T. e ’! 1 ' . L. D. M.” arrived too late for the present
Kossuth just as he was !
\ork, said in reply to an invitation to go
to Boston :
“ The steamer which has just arrived t- ~~ ~
from Europe has brought news of the . 7
. i in the Court House,
was not unex- ’
arid to the probability of ”
.... . 10 my
persons frjcn(]5 9ince J have been here, arid
. .Inext steamer may bring such news
war in . • : ••
H.fl harbor were debased for the protec-1 pV, < "",u“7'e tn
. ■ ' I . | Europe, I must leave for Washington
Pr°- imme.f
An^'^•e9tabr.Sh th. Term, of the^ -Po« U t'ni.ed
in the early part o
January. The persons who are em-
ployed by Louis Napoleon in drawing
up this document are principally M. Ba-
roche and M. Troplong, the first Presi-
dent of the Court of Appeal. One of
j the great difficulties to be got over is the
constitution of the Senate, and it is said
the latter to that in consequence of the absence of men
>ugh the con-, of influence and weight willing to accept
is not seats, the number will be limited to one
MASONIC.
T-HE raru'ar meetings of Lm FaytUe Lodge*
34, are held on the third SATURDAY
of every month, nt Ten o’clock. A. M. Brethren oT
other Lodges arc
Masonic labor..
By order o£ Um W.
fc. Stott, Sec’y..
For Sale.
FHHIE Mibseribar < fie<s for sale the Mill aud Kira
JL Hohsc situated on the edge of La
It has a g<»o<l run of custom,’and would not be of-
fered l<»r sale, but I am coni pel led to make a lung
journey before the 1st of February next.
FRED. MERKEN.
• l a Grange. January 7th, 1852. \ 24<4
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(t I fl'lllE undersigned havin?ao|d the Drug buatnee*
■ of the late A. L. V’AlL, and wishing to chase
all outstanding matters connected with the estate»
ns soon as possible, requests all persons indebted to
the same, or to Mrs. C. H. Vail, by note or bouk.
to call and settle, without delav.
25tf M. EVANS^
George E. Roberts’ j
WA S fl ER.
f 11 HIS Machine wns patented February ■
. L 15iL. 1.848, to M r. Roberts, of A ir-
jittia, Birklev Springs, Morgan county.
This machine challenges competition. In
its construction it is simple, cheap, (com-
plete cost $25,) and durable—so plain and
easy to manage, that any negro can use it,
and do the work of four hands.
Clothing washed bv tins machine will
list twice as lonjj as they would washed
in the ordinary way of washing.
It is constructed on the true philosophi-
cal principle—combining the chemical and
SlVIlxll StTMCCS, its A nVSlClUIl illiu 1-1,1 ° ' 1 ‘
, p r /% , mechanical, thereby overcoming cohesion
to the citizens of La Grange and • , ». »« ir r a ° *n
° entirely. Mr. McKean, of Austin, will
be in our town in a short time, prepared to
I receive orders—the only Agent bf Western
j Texas. 25tf
; 'Che sea was very rou
was discovqd, and was, making, a clear
110 board heh Nothing living
onboard of her. The passengers and
, .'JJcrew must bale left the vessel* in the
for die relief of Cassiinero a"d 4 ,he gale *1!"1 l»sen
it is not improbable that *
of swamped, arid all on board
The Oak Leaf iVas from Sati
for Mazailan, with forty |-----
jTIte Imaum^experienced a
A proposition is before the Kentucky
Legislature to remove.the spat lof Go-
vern^^it to Louisville.
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lississippi. ■ - - I -L I
j treat Gazette says that
“We see it stated ■ river bv the telegraph line has at Ipst
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papers, lluit it was repoited
Iria Mas |
l against England. T
_.. a great freshet in the
At Cruces it rose about |
I carrie
plhan twenty tenements.
An act for the relief of William G ibbs, j
deceased. ) I - '
An act concerning the qstates
ceased soldiers. \ •
An act to require the Commissioners ;
of the town of Pans, Lamar county, toll
turn over to the County Court of said
r county all monies, notes, deeds and other
documents in their possession.
An act for the relief of W. W. Woo-
ten, assignee of David Floyd. . ;
An act for the relief of the heirs of Ed-1
ward B. Wood.
A|n act for the relief of J ames M. Day.
, An act for the relief of William M.
Christy.
Ah act for the relief of the heirs of
Sally Owen, deceased.
An act I
'Garcia.
An act for the relief of the heirs
Haden Arnold, deceased.
An act to amend “ An act to incorpo-
rate Aqsliu College.” •
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» An act to amend the Estray Law;
Institute. ..... . /
An act to change the name
Angelina Middleton to Mary Angelina
Gill.
. An act to amend “
tounty of F reestone.”
dollars to pay the Contingent Expenses
of both Houses qf the Legislature.
An act making an appropriation for the
per diem pay and mileage of the members
and officers of the fourth Legislature of
Texas, convened Nov. 3d, 1S51.
An act for the relief of Philip Evans.
An act for the relief of Penelope Hen-
spine.
An act to incorporate the People
Liae of Gulf steamers.
An act to admit Joseph A. Ws. Eve-,
rett, Samuel A. WiUon, Roger Q. Mills
and Herman A. Ferryman to practice
lafw in the several Courts of this State.
An act for the relief of John Owens.
I An act to permit Mary Madison to re-
main in the county of Ghlveston, in this
State!.. ’ • .
An act belter defitiinji I
of the county of Cameron.
Female Institute, in (be county of Bowie.
An act aqthorizirig the Treasurer to
pay to John A. Greer, guardian of J. A.
Greer, Jr., any monies deposited by the
County Court of Grimes county.
An act (p amend “An act concerning
the Book or Register of Land Certificates
issued for rhe county of Harris,” ’
was at one time mislaid) but said book
has been subsequently found and identi-
fied, and unaltered.
JAn act making an appropriation to pay
. William Smith, Sheriff of Starr county,
for taking three convicts, and G. B. Black,
Sheriff of Grimes county, for taking one
convict to the State Penitentiary.
An act to provide for the erection of
public buildings in Kaufman county.\
An act granting Thomas Cevellos per-
mission to remain in. Bexar county, in
this Slate. • • I ' J .
An act relinquishing to the county of
El Paso a certain tract of land.
An act for the relief ol W. D. Thomp-
son & Co., assignees of Johrn Simonds.
An act to incorporate the town of Quit-
man. -J j
An act to incorporate the town of An-
derson, in Grimes county.
An act to encourage the deepening of
the mouth of .Trinity river.
An act to repeal the 24lh section of
“ An act concerning crimes and punish-
ments approved 20th Marchv1848.
An act lo author'ze David Hill to con-
struct a bridgp across Sabine river.
An act changing the name of the
County Seat of Bell "county.
.•^h act fur the relief of the heirs o
. Gedrge Hamilton, deceased.
in person.M have also Ind the
pleasure of accepting an invitation to, . r
Cincinnati, if time permits me. Gentle? l® Grange. C 5.7 -
men—I propose lo remain in the United Qre >nvi<ed to call and exnmme fur themselves.
States during the month of January. If
-jiirope should not require
r "'I visit T
if but a day or two.”
Supreme Court.
' An act making
the purchase of an
books for the Treasurer’s Office.
An act to .incorporate Goodman
Turnpike Company.
An act to amend 1
the Public Printing;
nothing^ oR> jOHX Toliver, Columbus, Coloradoco.| “
Maj. Sam’l. Li\sk, Brenham, Washington
James N. Smith, Esq., Clinton, De Witt
-- - I John A. King, P M., Yorktown, “
Asa Mitchell, Esq., San Antonio, Bexar *•
James Burke, Houston, Harris county,
Conjl da nt.——Make not a servant a con- , S. I.. Fowler, Galveston, Galveston
Freedom of the Press.—Louis Bona-
parte being asked a definition of the free-
dom of the press, replied, that it consisted
in editors holding the same opinions which
he did ! The same idea which many per-
sons this side of France, entertain.
SAMUEL DICKINS,
I tfcXAKES this opportunity to inform the inhnbit
I JL ants of La Grange and neij hborhood, that he
has commenced the businem of
• HOUSE, SIGN, * i
AJMD
. \ Plumbing and Glazing ;
.FCIlcl IIICSS* « Anri hnnnu hv niinrlnn Ktv eri/l atri/vf
,.HM Wl j'I'l I V • I I Uli | IO
•hare of public encouragement. Specimens
O’ Paper llancing. heady executed.
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•iron; and dried 1
LOST, ■
the first day of the present month, aome. '
where between B ack Jack Spring and R.
Gillam's, on Buckner's Creek, a Red Pocket-book,
loleiably large, marked with the letter* A. J. C.
Said pocket-book had several notes, receipts, &.C., ■
in it- one note on C C. Ragsdale, for J25, due ou
the 25th of last month; one on Haywood Moore,
due at the same- time, for $18; one on Quinn
.Mehefee, Cat $27 50 cents, but with some credit,
ihe amount of credit n-'t recollected ; one note <>n
M. L. Bolton, for 6,000 shingles, due likewise on
die 25th of last month; one note on J. C. C. Smih,
for $27—will become due in March or‘April. I
hereby forewarn the makers of the above notes to
mr.ke no payments on any of them to any person
but myself, as said notes have not been transferred,
and they are consequently my own property.
• THOMAS GLIMP.
Black Jack Springs, Jan 3J, 1852. 24tlt
OTICE—Leutrs of Administration having
Im been granted to the undersigned on the estate
of Stephen Townsend, dcc'd.. at the November
Term of the Honorable Probate Court of Fayette
county : Therefore, notice is hereby given to those
holding clhiins ngainst the said estate to present
them according to ,aw-JOEL ROBRON.
: ■ , JAMES C. GAITHER,
Administrators of the Estate of
Stephen Townsend, dcc'd.
NOTICE. f
FW1HE Agency heretofore conferred by P. J.
JL Weaver upon J. C. Cunningham, to sell cer.
tain lands belonging to said Weaver, in Fayette
county, has ceased.
Varieties. 1 List of Agents. J I*. I t
BuMld is not industry, any more than ET Tbn Mowing gentlemen will plwse act .. rg-
iitipudenee is courage.I , Mgenta for the Monu.rtnt:
! . | Rev. Mordecai Yetl, Sbringfidd, Limestone Co
“’Tis/aZ^,” as the gtfl said .when ; Rev p M Yeil, Waco, McLcnnall Co.
! her lover Jold her she had beautiful hair. Jujmje j c Sfence, Wheelock, Robertson C*
Nothing ever touched the heart of a • J- Hill, Caldwell, Burleson Co.
bv Pontiac, when all that the white man: reader that did not come from the heart i‘*r* MvAile ros, Centrevnle, Leon €<>.
' held of Ihe • North-west p ak]a series df' of a writer, -i | S- S- ^.'erievilie, Fayette county,fTexas.
IL M Mcnger, Ru’ersville,
if . r . j ~ ir' ,r • I Ther^ are but few who know how toj. j u Kou,ld T
i ful of soldiers, separated from .heir n^- j be i()|e il)nocent_b doing , •• '
i.liv irrp.ntpr flinn 1 . . ■ .i, ’ ... °
• we learn lo <io ill. j-
The worst education which teaches •
the battle seif-dental' is better khan the best which
i fields of Pontiac and Tecumseh are cov-i teaches everything but that.
Ao act to render valid land effectual to i ered by the church and the school-house.;
i to 1
or which may hereafter • play grounds of the children.
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THE STATE OF TEXAS, >
Colorado County. |
A J. Shannon & A. B.' Bonds rs. Green
r» Walden.—Attachment.
To the Sheriff of eaid couafy. Greeting ;
HEREA^, the said Shannon & Bonds, on
the 22d day nf November, A. D. 1851,
kupd out a writ of attachment before John Mackey,
-• Jus'ice of the Peace in and for raid county, afore,
said, for the sum of eighteen dollars, ($18 00,) date
by account, returnable on the last Saturday in De-
cember next; and haa also filed an affidavit, stating
that the Mid Green Walden is absent from thia
State—
These are therefore to command you to summon
(he Mid (iraen Walden, by making publication of
thia writ in The Text Sionameal, a newspaper
published in the county of Fayette, for three sue.
cesvive wefks previous to the return of the Mme,
to appear before me, as Justice aforeMid, on the
last Saturday tn December next, at tUe Court Houae
in the town of Columbua, to answer the complaint
of the said Shannon &. Bonds, in aa action of debt,
for eighteen dollars, due by aecounL Herein fail
not to make due return of this writ
Given under my hand, this, the 24th
Y day of November, 1851.
JOHN MACKEY, J. P. C. C.
Came to band and publication ordered to be
made in The Texas MoNumeaf, a paper published
m the county of Fayette.
November $4th, 1851. ASA SMITH,
20 3 I Sheriff, C. C.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, ( ~~
Colorado County. £
To the Sheriff of Mid county. Greeting:
W7*OU are commanded to cite M. D. liarman, by
JL publication in the nearest newspaper, if there
be none in this county, for three successive weeks,
(affidavit having been mode of his absence from the
State,) to appear before me, John Mackey, a Jua. *
lice nf the Peace of said county, on the last Hafar.
day in December next, at the Court House ia Co-
lumbus, to answer George W Smith, on account
for $72 57; and make due return of this wnt, thr.a
and there.
Given under my hand, this, the 25ih
day of Nwvembe*. Idol.
JOHN MACKEY, J. F. C. C?* *
The Rev. Mr. Leckie will Preach
on next Sabbath.
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HYMENEAL. '
i fttaprird, on the 6th instant, by John C.
(’aoaniss, Esq., Mr. Wm. Gruss to Caro-
line Gallrad, all of this county. ‘
JOHN ROSENFIELD,
. (Successor of Joseph Jiosenfield)
! ^M^OULl) respectfully notify the public, that
IK v he has now on hand, and is constantly re.
! ceiving direct from the North, the very best selected
ever brought to the town of
His friends and ihe public generally,
N. B.— AH persons indebted by account to the
late establishment of Joseph Rosenficld, are request,
ed to call and make payqient to the undersigned,
Boston ' ho having Purchasi d the sa
JUxlA KOI?r I r.I.LI.
, January, 1S.72, 25tf
The Cuban Prisoners Released ?
JTHE uhdersi’ined takes great pleasure
sftying to pis numerous friends and
,j re-I
the States, with health greatly j
in readiness, ... . . . .. i .
And hopes, by punctuality and sinct application, to
merit a t"_____, ~
Store,” may be seen at this Office.
be’ bought ' J.«n. L 185|>. _____
■ ANTE Ctirranip ; Preserved C
25t3 < dLd Prunes; just reeehed by ROBERTS A, Cu.
leaving Nea jS3UCj but wj|| be ju|v considered by our
next.
Company.” T T
chain lhal.will eventually
Shanghai.
that we have witnessed thus far in Cali- •
fornia, have been undertaken and carried ! effected. r
through private enterprise. If the like this should be known by everybody.
Federal Government would but extend
that fostering care to California, and ex-
*
of Jackson, Mississippi. ■
A lot at the corner of Broadway and : f
Park Place, New York, has been sold to! -
f the Broadway Bank for $90,000.
The shock of an earthquake has
cently been fek at San Francisco.
Forty vessels of 12,182; tons were
launched at Philadelphia last’ year, leav-
ing nine on the stocks.
A despatch to the Boston papers state
that it is understood that the delegates to
the Whig National Convention from Illi-
nois will cast an unanimous vote for
Gen. Scott for the Presidency.
Na.mcs.—A contemporary says it is owner of, and as such entitled to, the legal
.1 _ • - - • --------«--- —J -4-----:— l_r a cer_
tain tract or parcel of land, lying, situated
and being on Peach Creek, in the county
of Gonzales, State of Texas, containing
■ have been issued
be issued in the names of deceased per- i
An act to incorporate Jasper Collegiate sons.
j An act concerning the qualifications of
of Mary Officers.
* ** \ Ao agt to provide for the reception
and deposite of a portion of the iudem-
Anactto create the nity dud the State of Tdxas by the U.
States, for the sale of a portion of her
An act appropriating five thousand north-western Territory, under the pro- llje ivy chn
visions of an act of Congress ; approved *k“
September 9th, 1S50. ' I
, .4,.. . r ceding year; a
A Fleet of ^tc&Mhips.—^e copy something green, somethin
the folloyving from the San Frauciscp
Herald of December 5th :
Within a week from
no less than seven stea
port for various points on
north, west and south—the Columbia,
soon after the arrival of the mail steamer; —It is thought that the new constitution
the Conside, on the-29th inst.; the Re-1 will be promulgated i
public,. Independence and Monumental
I City, on (he 1st nf December; the Gol-
den Gate, on the 4th; aqd the Fremont,
Of these,..the Conside and
are pioneers that are to
be broad bo-
open
jgWT-iT -----------ur nmara
of Acts passed by the
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An act to authorize the County Court
of^0}id> county to levy an additional tax
for the purpose of building a Court House. ,
An act to amend art act entitled “An! Drafts and Bills of Exchange,
act to pennRnentiy locate the
lice of Denton countyaj
vernber 26th, 1850.
An act to make valid the use of c0- ------------------o ...
tain seals by the officers of the County bf the General Land Offi
Court of Galveston county.
Joint resolution to remove the Reports i
of the several Stales and other law books
now in the State Department to the pl
of holding I
Stale. \
An act authorizing the County Court legal claimants, patents
of Cameron county to levy a special .tax
for two years. . ..
young lady of
I i •
i 1st inst.
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arrived at Panama on the 9th
twe’ntyJtwo passen-
1 at San Juan del
i.Sur, and landed 100 passengers. Capt.
! Bachelder reports that the brig Lowell,
I from San Francisco for San Juan, fell
| iri with the wreck of the schooner Oak
Leaf, off Cape St. ticas, full of water.
igh.when the wreck
break over Iter, so (hat it wak impossible
to board her. Nothing living was scan
; Dangerfield.
< An act validating
therein mentioned. I '•
An act to incorporate the town ofi •
Clarksville, in Red River county.
An act to amend the 1 Oth section of in a telegrapi|c despatch to tl
“ An act to organize the Distnict Cowls,: Ion [
and to define their powers and jurisdic- * that Aust
tion.” i *
erecting a building of glass and iron, for
an industrial exhibition of all nations.
The longest snow storm that was ever
known in Great Britain occurred in 1614.
It is recorded (hat it began on the 15th’
of January and continued to snow every
day until the 12th of March. The los.5
of human life, as well as sheep and neat
cattle, was immense.
An Irishman, who had blistered his
fingers by endeavoring to draw
of boots, exclaimed,
them on
two.”
P. J. WEAVER,
22t3
H* . -• 1 -v <5^
11 I * ' I V
the boundaries
J
An act incorporating Milam Masonic
An act authorize
ilh China.
. M A L — _ -
O'
under the command of Capt. W.
I ficr^tious.
appropriation for .
I wine since January, 1850
’»J
James Shey, New Orleans; Joshua Bates
j T • Yx • Al I > ■
> Stanton,
emicssee; J.
; A. A. Short
. Thomas, John M. Taylor
“New Dru
lanes- Dcen eiiecieu, amt inc telegraph >s now ( wherc a frtlsh; 1y of
urope in full operation from that city to Boston, Oils, and Fancy Articles,
i to New York.
on the route to the Sandwich Islands, by pounded fine, lo the wound,
phe “South Pacific Stearh Navigation! done, and the
This is the fitet link in the S
A 1*
A1I the gigantic enterprises changing it for
,T— __ _r._r ------■ seemed to begone,
Simple but effectual remedies
in
pluce on (he
The bark Imaum, Capt. Bachelder,
1 ult., from
San Francisco, with 1
gers : havintg touched
rporate the town ol ■ • j g ‘
River county. | . The Picayhne
a
ble of becoming a rational and a great
I
I
as a brute, and !
Approved March 8|* » BriggsAnderson,Geo.Mar-
Sth, 1848. \v_____ >> o. .
An act to incorporate the town of
Certain certificates:
of slaves ; few years teen have lived .who witnessed
e and other personal property to obtain | these transactions, and now
L I Ia • m « G I* m 4* i ifirilzlor-v/* ri tlOO *11
” V." : r . v . >_Li._ I t_____i I
land, which - I he scenes of their carnage are^ now the for jf pln(j Od( that you dare not Capt. vv?f. Frails, Frailsburg, Colorado
lay hereafter I play grounds of the children. The white , djsp|e^e 1^. }je Wl|| jare* lo displease , Col. W. Al. Ryan, Richmond, Fort,Bend
jeeased per- man numbers millions, while the Indian , I Cgl.R. N. Goode, Marshall, Harris *;
is SO Strange a sight as to be a thing °l* K. H. Majors, E=q., Shelbvville, Bedford “
alifications of wonder in the dwellings of his father.— True.—A reading people will become j Inglxtield Gregory, Sr.,/fully, Louis “
thinking people, and then they are capa-j p gr»g
““ “ * T . • 1 ■
I
Let a man be^ treated as a brute, and ■
he will become more brutish than a brute,
has brought news of the
proceedings there, which
peeled by me, ;
which I have frequently alludei
were killed, and that all the marine forces
of the different foreign vessels of war in |
p i i i i.i.'.- . I
tion of the custom house and the
' petty of foreign residents. We
—steam communication wilb China.
The fine steamer Fremont, however, !j
under the command of <Japt. W. ? ‘
Howard, has been permanently stationed of a beet taken fresh from the garden, and
•, to the wound. It was
bouth Pacific Steen Navigation done, and the effect was very beneficial.
— -- Joon the inflammation began to subside,
terminate at and by keeping on the crushed beet,
’ a fresh one as its virtue
a speedy cure, was
• gin<a,
an
L extensive piactice for the past five
in Somerset county^ Nt;w - Jersey,
since April last have been in attend-
ance at the New York Hospital, and Eye
asked a and Ear Infirmary; and deeming it expe-
the pro- dient to change my locality of practice for
i .. .
- — • - - - « -
an appropriation-forj of deaths of Ameriteans
iron safe and a sei ofi rl?S *l,e c”"’ular dietncl of J.
- * -1’ ie ■
following: Wm. Brogans, Dr. F. A.
Malicaano, H. W. Olmsted, X. Rankin,
“An act regulating
{shall, iWilliiitn Pafi, James M.
, jl 11 ■ 1 J * T _ l_ . 1 _
J A.: McAdow| Missouri;
• •* ______ i
’Indiana; John Wigginton,
“ An act to. regulate pro<
District Court;” approved May 15th,
1846. ’ \ # ;
An act giving damages upon protested
at of Ju$- ■ An act for the relief of the securities of is but 90 }
oved No- John W. McKissick, late Assessor and'
Collector of Fayette courity. ' ! — -- r - V( * i n
An act authorising the Commissioner, half-built sadekades, garrisonerl by hands?-:
ice to issue a ful of soldiers, ! 1 r- * *’
Patent in the name of William McMitf-■ esLcompanions by distance.^ greater than!
numer,Ton certificate No. 508. jthe breadth of Britain. Within a very
An act to enable part owners
lace •
the Supreme-Coart of the (partition thereof.
j I
Telegraph to Montreal.—Thfe Mon-
( a crossing.of the
e Charles- been effected, and the telegraph r
in Ei
preparing fo hostilities by way of Burlington and Rutland, and (cheap.
1BTOTICE-—I am duly authorixrd to settle mm!
1a arrange aft (he unsealed business of tb« lata
mij auu cuv Lunuvr upuiixnu p Hunt, dec’d., and all persons having claims
great damage of letitiouer; against amd deceased are requested io present them
____ __a forthwith for liquidation, and all persona indebted
are notified to makt immediate payment.
M A. C. HALL.
Bastrop, December 1st, 1851. 21(4
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• • ■ I F * 4 - L • • ? . .
Desirable Town Property for Sale.
BRICK HOUSE AND LOT, near ths Pub-
lic Square—a good busincM situation.
Chew's Ferry. The aforementioned property
F. W. & J. W. CHANDLER, LaGrange.
15m2 Or to JOHN JENKS, Bastrop.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, )
Colorado County. J
A. J. Shannon ▼«. Green Walden.—Attachment.
To the Sheriff of said county, Greeting :
HEREAS, the Mid A. J. Shannon has (bis
V V . Iday sued out • writ of attachment before
John Mackey, a Justice of the Peace in and for Mid *
county aforesaid, for the sum of $80 82, (eighty
dollars and eighty two cents,) due by account, re.
turnable on- the last Saturday io D< cember next ; /
and has also filed an affidavit, stating that the Mid
Green Walden is absent frum this State—
These are therefore to command jou to summon
the said Green Walden, by making publication of
this writ in The Texas Monument, a newspaper
published in the county offayette, for three aucces. ”
sive weeks previous to the return of the Same,
to appear before me, as Justice aforeMid, on the
last Saturday in December next, at the Court Houae
in the town of Columbus, to answer the complaint
of the said A. J. Shannon, in an action of debt, due J
by account, fqr eighty dollars and and eighty two
cents. Herein fail not, and make due return of
this writ.
Given under my hind, thia, the 24th
dar of November, 1851.
JOHN MACKEY, J P. C. C.
Came to hand, and publication ordered to be
made in The Texas Monument, a paper published
in the countyof Fayette.
November 24th, 1851.
203
Federal Government would I
that fostering care to Californi
bul ^iJiHle of that liberality for the
been evinced towards other I
commercial importance, we
have lines of steamers to China and Ja- and the Post Office the operating
pan, a mint to supply us with
currency, and a beginning i
ihe great Pacific Railroad.
on a pair
“ I shall never get
i I ■ ®
at all, until I wear them a day or
i I <
.The anniversary of the battle of Tren-
ton was celebrated at that place by a sham
G. W. Mastel has been rejected for
Chief of Police, by the New York Al-
dermen. •
Germany.—The Frankfort Diet, at the
instigation of Austria, has resolved on ad-
dressing a diplomatic note to the English
Government, requesting the surrender of
all political refugees residing in England.
giving jurisdiction to the Slate Magistrates
lo take a fugitive out of the diistody of
the United States tribunals.; A bill wa?
introduced to repeal this aet, but it failed ,o Jan. 10. The arrival of steamers from
by more than two one, viz: 55 yeas and Europe brought news of an advance in
Cotton, and buyers approach the market
Jbroztn. to Death.--A stage-driver • with more confidence under the belief
was frozen to death on the box of bis ,|,,t ;h(> Jill k. ,1;..
coach, on the road near Erie, Pa., dur-1
ing the intense cold on Tuesday night,
the 24th ult. He was sitting upright
when found, but was stone dead.
Boston Post.
A Beautiful Thought.-—The velvet people,
moss will grow on a sterile rock, the : Let a man’be_ treated
misletoe flourishes on the naked branches,
gs to the mouldering ruins, as a^-rational being, and he will showj ye^r\
the pine and cedar remain fresh an(I! that he | t and.si
fadeless amid the meditations of the re-.; I -JI
; and, Heaven be praisedj An inquisitive priest Haying
<r beautiful to!.vouno female her name \fnile in
| see and grateful to the soul will, in the j fe«si°nal, she replied, with as miich wit a milder climate, on account of frequent at-_
. . I - II-------m.*.. “(Father my name is not a !tacks P neumonia, 1 beg leave to tender
I my professional services, as Physician and
I Surgeon, 1
W. H. Taylor has been elected Mayor its vicinity.
Can be found at. present at J. H. Carter’s.
ja Grange, Jan*. 14th, 1852.
(THE STATE OF TEXAS, > . I j
County of Gonzales. J
re” | In the Name and by the Authority of
the State of Texas.
To-the Sheriff of said County: Greeting:
^^7~HEREAS, Henry Bridjer, a citizen
TV of LaVaca county, and State of
Texas, filed a petition in my office on the
27th day of September, A. D. 1851, com-
plaining of certain persons, the heirs, suc-
cessors and representatives of James R.
Bartlett, deceased, late of county,
State of Texas, in substance as follows, to
wit: “That petitioner is the equitable
right, ownership and possession of
l ‘
and being on Peach Creek, in the county
of Gonzales, State of'Texas, containing
1280 acres, located by the Bounty Land
Warrant of Robert Gifford, alias Robert
least twenty-five hundred children will Griffbrd; that Robert Gifford, alias Robert
Griffbrd, by deed, of date 27th February,
1838, conveyed his right in said land cer-
tificate and said tract of land to said James
R. Bartlett, for a valuable consideration ;
that said James R. Bartlett, for a valuable
„ in said
tract of land unto Petitioner, by assign-
ment, of date 28th August, 1848; that said
tract was patented by the State of Tipxas,
by patent of date February 9th, 1849; that
said tract of land is now claimed and held
in possession by the said heirs and repre-
sentatives of said James R. Bartlett, who
have made entry and cut timber upon the
same to the [
wherefore, the Petitioner prays said suc-
cessors and representatives be cited accord-
ing to law to appear and answer on path
the allegations set forth in said petition;
wherefore, Petitioner prays that said suc-
cessors and representatives be decreed by-
said Court to convey unto Petitioner the
said tract of land, and that a ’
posscssioner be granted to Petitioner, plac-
ing him in possession of said land, &c., &c.;
and affidavit having been made before one
Vaca county, by
for Petitioner, de
habere facias
ing him in possession of said land, &c., &c.;
bne
A. W. Hicks, Justice of the Peace of La
Vaca county, by J. L. Dawson, Attorney
for Petitioner, declaring that said heirs and
successors and representatives arc unknown
to him: Therefore you are commanded to
summon, in the manner prescribed bv 1
the heirs, successors i
the said James R. Bartlett, dcc’d., to
pear at the next Term of the honorable
District Court of Gonzales county, to be
Gonzales,
first Monday of March, A. D. 1852, then
and there to answer the allegations set
forth in said petition. Herein fail not, un-
der the penalty ofethe law, but make'|luc 1
return hereof. 1
Witness: D. Willis, Clerk of
said Court, with the st al
thereof affixed, at office, in
Gonzales, this 7th day of
January, A. D. 1852.
D. WILLIS, Clerk.
Per J. T. MATHIEU, Deputy.
I hereby order publication to be made of
the foregoing citation in The Texas
ment, for four successive weeks.
SAMUEL BARROW, Sh’ffi, G. C.
January lOih, 1852. 26t4
THE STATE OF TEXAS, 1 |- !
County of Colorado. f
To the Sherift’of said County, Greeting :
"X/rOU are commanded to summon Greeo-..
JL Walden, by making publication of 'WMT
this writ, for three successive weeks pre-|<Jr ▼
virfus to the return of the same, in The
Texas Monument, a paper published in the
town of Lp. Grange, Fayette county, State
of Texas, personally to appear before me,
at the Court House, in the town of Colum-
bus, on the first Saturday in February, A.
D. 1852, to answer C. H. Giseke, in a plea
of debt, due by account, for the sum of $54
17 cents. Herein fail not to execute and
return this writ.
Given under my hand, this
the 5th day- of January, A.
1). 1852.
GEO. W COX, J. P., C. C.
Came to hand, and publication ordered
to be made in The Texas Monument, a
paper published in La Grange.
ASA SMITH, Sh’ff., C. C.
Columbus, Jan. 5th, 1852. 25t3
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