The Texas Monument. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 16, 1853 Page: 1 of 4
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place, when . the Jews over their desolated temple, and
of doing so. ! scattered nation. The site of the ancient
is the Main Pass into the bay and
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By the latter name,
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LA GRINGEd TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1853,
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shall here been filed at the Treasury of
the United States, to part of the said re-
served five millions can be delivered to
No apportion-
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Oipar. No Chfestian or Jew is allowed
bj Musselmen. to enter its precincts. The
nearest approach that Jews can make to
it, is to the large and massive stones of
the wall which Solomon built from the
bottom of the narrow valley or ravine
called the Tyropean, for the purpose of
sustaining and forming the terrace or
arches, which were built out from the j hand, and the letters of our distinguished
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which the temple of Mount Moriah
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should be no free schools supported by
government, nor any establishment for
education founded by the munificence of
hose who, in every age, have acquired
ame and riches by their literary attain-
ments. The master of a district school
is paid at the rate of ten shillings a year
for each boy; yet even this small sum
cannot very easily be spared by a labor-
ing man, whose wages are not more than
ourpence a day; so that many families
of the poorer classes send only one son
to school, selecting, of course, him who
shows the most prominent genius.. The
joys are incited to industry and good be-
lavior, by the hope of prizes, which are
distributed at stated periods, and consist
Numerous disasters have
place at see, and on Lal
eral vessels been totally wrecked.
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no power
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is executed by the proper judicia
provided by said treaty, f’
must issue a mandate, when required by
a foreign government, ordering t|je judi-
cial officers to arrest and examine an al-
leged fugitive from justice ; but having
done this, he has exhausted his power.,
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, on any pretext,
would be usurpation and tyranny of the
the Sabbath was one of the leading steps
in their progress to ruin ; that in company
with those who like themselves desecrated
its time, they had taken the initiary step
in vice' that eventually led them to the
commission of crime. And we are taught
to bel.'eve-qhat the parent as well as the
child h responsible for these negligences,
these ijns. How easy a matter it is to
destrcy all desire in the child «o dishonor
this day, if you only cemmence in reason.
First evil impressions are easily eradica-
are
reference to this application?”
Mr./pushing expresses the op
brief, that the President has r
and no duty, except to see that tl
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the top will be covered with a scum, which
by putting a small quamity under the mi-
croscope, will be found to be a mass of.
animalcules, but is only of the lower or-
der, most of them being the monads, tire
smallest of this class being so minute, that
ninety millions can swim about in 1 drop.
A correspondent writing to the Texas
Mercury, (Seguin) from the town of New
Braunfels, under a late date, says the
cotton crop of Comal county turns out to
be very good, no worms having appeared.
Two cotton gins are in active operation,
and the warehouses of the merchants are
beginning to be filled with bales. Corn
is abundant, and selling at fifty cents per
bushel. This-is double the price of last
year, when there were thousands of bush-
els of corn, for which no market could
be had. It sold at two bitts per bushel,
and this probably induced the Germans
to try their hand at cotton. The land in
Comal county is very rich, and settled by
an industrious, enterprising population.
The water power cannot be surpassed in
the State, or out of it, and it will not be
long before New Braunfels will be noted ted—for weedt sown in a good soil
for its cotton mills and woollen factories- quick to germinate.
the come forward and donated from their
as I funds, the sum of five hundred dollars, to
be expended by the general relief com-
mittee of that city. Such a course can-
»w
and every one reading that notice, through-
out the jurisdiction, will no doubt breathe
a cordial approval to the passage of that
resolution. They have also adopted the
resolution, submitted under the direction
of the Grand Lodge of Texas!, at the ses-
sion of 1S53, enabling a brother when
sick, to draw his benefits from any Lodge,
where he may be travelling, compelling
an aged I the Lodge to which he belongs, and from
quietly reading. He pointed which bis card issues, to refund to the
The whole scene Lodge sd advancing, upon t|ie draft of
deeply moving, ^chibiting in such | the brother so assisted. Lodges can now
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valid visiting cards, with the certainty of
We cannot forego publishing the beau-
tiful address made before the Grand
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I judgment is, that in every Stater in which u .
the democracy has spoken at the ballot-
box they-have proclaimed their adherence a country to know the origin of ihe* names
to the Union sentiment. We may now
ask those querulous friends who would
have the President to retrace his steps,
to break up his cabinet, denounce nil who Persons at a distance are often
were once free-soilers,-what better result to ascertain the locality of a
------------------- ..j means of doing so. ■ scattered nation. The site of the ancient
For instance the Pass leading into Mat- ; temple is now Occupied by the Mosque of
agorda Bay lias generally been termed H ’
Paso Caballo, (Horse Pass;) which, by
the way, is incorrect; for Paso Caballo
is the name of the old and shallow chan-
nel between the peninsula and Pelican
Island, while the other and only one in
use
should be laid down
Matagorda Pass. By tlie latter name, a
man of the least intelligence any where
in the United States, would at once know
where it was. But by-term Paso Cabal-
la, no one unacquainted with this coast
would have any idea of its locality. Mat-
agorda Pass is the proper name and the*
most expedient one.
This bay was originally known as the
bay. of San Bernard—why or preeisely
when it acquired the name of Matagorda
we know not. Matagorda we believe,
signifies a copse or bunch of btishesj, sep-
arately, Mata is to kill, gorda is fat.—
The names of the arms, of the bay as La
Vaca. Trespalacios, &c., are of modern
origin, for local convenience.
.The name La Vaca, (the cow,) was
given to the river of that name in 1683
or ’85 by La Salle, the discoverer, from
the number of wild cattle, (Buffalo we
suppose) on its banks.
Guadalupe is the name of the Virgin
or patron Saint of Mexico.
Victoria was originally named Guada-
lupe de Jesus de Victoria, in honor of
the Virgin as
chives. ,
Goliad was <
La Bahia del Espiritu Santo.
passengers
Important Extradition Case.*—The
Picayune publishes in full the opinion of
Gen. Cushing, the Attorney General, as
called for by Secretary Marcy, relative to
the application by Great Britain, for the
extradition of Calder, a British subject,
charged with forgery. The opinion of
the Attorney General is highly interest-
i can only give a synopsis of it.
subject,
forgery,
and having fled from British justice. His
extradition was asked for by the British
in New
York, and upon examination before Judge
Edmonds, that gentleman (fee ared the
evidence insufficient to hold a man for
trial on a criminal charge, were he a citi-
zemof New York, and held, therefore,
that it was not sufficient to demand his
extradition.
A motion was then submitted that the
prisoner be held in custody until new
evidence could be obtained from Great
Britain; to sustain the charge. Judge
Edmouds declared that to grant this ap-
plication was not in his province, the same
resting, if anywhere, in the
of the!(Jailed States; whereupon, the
British Minister applied to the Secretary
of Stale for an order remanding the ac-
cused to custody, until further evidence
sustaining the charge against him could
be brought from Great Britain. The
question thus raised and referred to the
Attorney General was “what is the power
and what the duty of the President, with
a
all much prized by the Chinese, who call | sah?”
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Juan, St. John; Concepcion, Concep-
tion.
Texana once bore the name of Santa
Anna, but abandoned it when its name-
sake apostatized.
Bastrop, was for a time called Mina,
(Meena,) in honor of that great and good
patriot General Xavier Mina.
The original name of Milam county,
was Viesca, for a Governor of Coahuila
and Texas. |
It was proposed perhaps in the second
Congress of Texas to adopt the names
of Texian patriots for all towns and coun-
ties bearing Mexican names, but it met
with little support.—Indianola Bulletin.
Englished,
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was cbangeiLlo Goliad afier-the Revolu- vorite maxims of tbe Chineseis—“By
*““~is an anagram complimentary to Hi-
dalgo, the patriot priest. . ?
Colorado means red or reddish color.
Rio Brazos de Dios—arms of God River
—from a tradition of the drowning of a
body of Indians in that stream.
Navidad—the . Nativity or C
Nueces—Nuts, so named from the great
Corpus Christi—Body of Christ.
Galveston—in honor of Col. Galvez.
Gonzales—in honor of the*then Gov-
ernor. \ ;
Seguin—in honor of Col. Seguin of
San Antonio.
Bastrop—in honor of Baron de Bas-
trop.
San Patricio—St. Patrick. ’ - I „
Mission Refugio (Re-foo-Jie-o,) Misr so material a part of the constitution, there
Grand Lodge U. S.: I. O. or O. F.
C. and R. Secretary’s report to lite Grand
Lodge of the United States, just received
we find that the receipts for the year a-
rnouHst*to4he sum of ten thousand twenty-
nine-hundredth (10,000 29-100) dollars.
The usual table, showing the condition
and progress of the order, has not yet
been received ; but from the report ef
Secretary Ridgely above referred to, ft
does not admit of a doubt, that the Order
is flouriih’ng beyond tbe ex pecttmor»s of
its best friends. Only a portion of the
proceedings of the Grand Lodge of the
United States, held at Philadelphia, com-
mencing on the 5th September, has been
received; but from what has come to
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base of the rock, on its four sides, and on j Grand Representative, the Hon. Anson
which the temple of Mount Moriah was! Jones, we learn, that among other things
originally constructed. that has been done, they have not over-
thirty-five Jews standing, or looked the condition and sufferings of
seated near these stones, all of them bow- the brotherhood in New Orleans, during
ing, and restlessly swinging to and fro, the prevalence of the epidemic, but have
while they read their Scriptures in
Hebrew, and some weeping bitterly,
they uttered their wail of distress.
“Otte roan sobbed as if his heart was
ready to break, w hile he stood reading I not but meet the views of every Odd Fello
and trembling with emotion in his whole
frame. Women with white scarfs thrown
over tiieir heads, passed mournfully along
the waif; so rue kissed the stones with
their lips, others laid their hands on them,
and then kissed their hands, while most
sat in a squatted or Turkish position read-
ing parts of their liturgy in Hebrew. I
ventured, with a courteous salutation, to
look upon the page from which an aged
man w’as quietly reading.
his finger to the place. The whole scene I Lodge so advancing, upon t|ie draft of
was so
a powerful light and sad reality the Jews’ advance with safety to brothers holdin
. -• 1 a a •!»••••• • • • a •
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rush of solemn thoughts in my mind, that • it§Ji>eing refunded.
1 was quite overcome by it.”
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of reve
of dissension for organized opposition.—
It is the period which puts to the test
professions of patriotic devotion to prin-
ciples. President Pierce has passed
through this period; and, in the emphatic
language pf General Cass, be has “had
to encounter unprecedented embarrass-
ments.” We propose to pause here a
moment to see if the developments will
" enable us to form a reliable opinion as to
the success with which these embarrass-
ments have been met. ,---
The selection of his political family of
confidential advisers involved the settle-
ment of the general line of policy, as to
official appointments, wjiicb was to char-
acterize the new administration. It was
not enough for President Pierce to make
up his political household of democrats
of sterling integrity, of elevated sentiments
of established reputation for intelligence
of men of national character; but it was
incumbent on him so to arrange his se-
lections as to cement the union ofrthe
democratic party. Was this to be done
*by following the example of the conven-
tion which honored him with the nomina-
* lion? or was he to disregard the signifi-
cant action of that body, and to take into
—bia councils nor^e bu^^o^jfctwUiaiUX^Rd
longed to-the same section of the party
with which he had uniformly acted ?—
Feeling that he owed his elevation to the
sentiment of union which bad brought
the party together on a common platform
he determined to consult and cultivate
that sentiment in the formation of his ca-
binet. He reasoned and determined
upon bis course not simply as Franklin
Pierce, but as tbe chosen and honored
representative of tbe united democratic
party. Tbe result was a cabinet of
honest and capable men, representing in
their antecedents the different sections
into which the party bad been divided.
It was to be expected that such a deter-
mination would give offecce to some who
claimed for their own past fidelity, ind
their uniform adherance to the section
with which Gen. Pierce has been identi-
fied, the lion’s share in the distribution of
official patronage. * The administration
acknowledges no sympathy with abolition
» journals, by whatever name known ; it
extends to them no countenance, but ut-
terly repudiates all connexion or associa-
tion with them; but whilst it does this
it does not feel authorised to denounce /
and repudiate those democrats who are
faithfully keeping their pledge of national-
ity, because abolition journals choose,
for their own sinister purposes, to sup-
port them. The President and his ca-
binet have had and will have but one
rule on this subject—that rule is to rec-
ognize all as democrats who in sincerity
and honesty adhere to tbe principles fof
tbe party as set forth in the Baltimore
resolutions and in tbe President’s Inau-
gural. This is the only test which has
been or can be legitimately applied. To
apply a test by calling a man a ‘hard’ or
‘soft’ a ‘barnburner’ or ‘bunker,’ is to
abandon principles and launch into the
personal squabbles of local factions. Tbe
administration tn executing its policy
knows no distinction except such as rests
upon a difference of political sentiment.
Upon these doctrines, and upon its acts
io illustration of them, the administration
has gone to the country, and upon the
verdict of the country it is ready to stand
or fall. | Within the first six months jof
its existence, assailed on all sides, embar-
rassed by internal as well as external foes
many of tbe States have been called upon
to render their judgment. The Old Do-
minion led off, and when it was announ-
ced that she presented a unanimous ver-
dict, the democracy of the Union hailed
the result as a most auspicious beginning
to the new administration.- The policy
of the President was then as distinctly
known as it is now. .In due time North
Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky,
Tennessee, all came forward to endofke
the judgment of Old Virginia. At a sfill
later period California and Georgia rdfi-
dered the same verdict, and only on yes-
terday tbe great States of Ohio and Penn-
sylvania delivered their potent judgments,
and we doubt not in the same way. Let
it be remembered that President Pierce
was elected upon the Union sentiment
of the democratic party. E2 r_ 1
been emphatically based upon the
■ sentiment:
i Temus.'
Dollars per annum, in.advance,
93 5 * in six mottha, or at >he end of tbe year.
—91 per sqeare fur tbe first insertion,
end 50 cents fui each subsequent insertion. 10
line*. Or less, to consulate a square.
AJverueementa not marked with the number of
iMertione will be published until forbid and
charged accordingly.
The First Suf Months.—The Re-
sults.
No proposition is more true tbao that
which designates the first sj> months of
an administration as the period of its
weakness. Lt is the period within which
the motives of venial politicians are de-
veloped, and the schemes of disappoint-
ment are hatched into life. Il is the pe-
riod within which aspiring.ambition comes
forward to fohient disaffection, to flatter
unsatisfied vanity to encourage sentiments
of revenge, and to combine every element
De second year
1 only gib five
of pencils, Indian ink, paper, and little dollars. Dat year, de church peepil call
palettes for grinding the ink, which are | me Mister Dickson. Dis razor hurt you
them the “four precious materials,” and “No, razor goestol’bul well.”
teach the children to keep them in very “Well, sah, de third year I feel berry
neat order. [poor—and I didn’t gib nujjin for preachin.
Jn most of the country villages, and in Well, sah, arter dat dey call me old nig-
all large cities, there are evening schools ger Dickson, an’ I leff em!”
for boys who are obliged to work in the j So saying, Mr. Dickson brushed bis
day-time ; for the children of the poor customer’s hair, and the gentleman depar-
are inured to labor from a very tehder age, ted, well satisfied with the reason why
so that little follows of five or six years of Mr. Dickson left his church.
age, may be seen trudging along the roads —
with a stick across their shoulders, carry- Sunday in San Francisco.—kn inci-
ing loads, and they are set to work in the dent peculiarly characteristic of San Fran-
fiekls almost as soon as they can walk.— cisco occurred in the vicinity of the plaza.
It is the usual practice now, for persons In no other city in the United States could
of rank and wealth to engage private tu- so striking a contrast between castes, the
tors for their children; but whether the feelings and the education of the inhabit-
latter are educated at home or at a public ants be exhibited. Between two and three
school, they must undergo the regular ex- o’clock, some Chinamen had erected a
aminations before they are eligible to of- kind of show box on Brenham Place, for
fice, nor are they taught in any way dif- the exhibition of Punch and Judy, and
ferently from the boys at the village semi- had attracted a crowd, by means of gongs
naries. * • ! ! and other outrageous instruments. To
Sabbath.—A history of all the ^lis crowd the exhibition was made, at so
criminals ever sentenced, imprisoned or much a sight. Returning to the same
executed, would show that a disregard of place, two hours after, a crowd might still
the Sabbath was one of the leading steps have been seen—but how striking the
contrast! Instead of a display of pup-
pets, a minister of the Gospel was addres-
sing his fellow-men upon tbe truths of
the Bible, and invoking, from the same
spot which he had occupied almost week-
ly for four years, the blessings of heaven
upon his fellow-men. This is one of the
contrasts our city is constantly furnishing.
An alarming accident recently occur-
red on the Hudson River Railroad, by
^»hich several hundred passengers nar-
7^Tv escaped.
“ I saw
great ara miogled wiijj the common peo-
•* pie.” The beneficial influence of this
maxim is observable in the viliage'scboois,
which are generally well attended, since
Christmas, it is natural for every father to hope that
l one o< his children, at least, may distin-
quantity of pecans growing on its banks, guisb himself by a superior capacity, and
thus make his own fortune, as well as that
of his family ; for, as parents are freqent-
y degraded in consequence of the mis-
conduct of a son, so they are often hon-
ored and rewarded on account of his
virtues.
It is somewhat remarkable, that in a
country where the system of instruction
isentirely regulated by the laws, and forms
wheilwr found in spriqgs, well
n that
creatures* is, as
Edmonds declared that to giant this ap-
Government
appears by De Leon’s ar- great national sorrow, and caused such
1
ing, but we
William Calder 1
and is charged with the criine
and having fled from British ji
Minister. Calder was arrested
jX The Jews.—The Rev. Mr. Duffield,
winter in
the East, in a letter from Jerusalem
_____ v “One of the most affecting
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those elsewhere to be enabled by the witnessed during my travels,
of a plac
oyed 1 pointed spot to hear the lamentations of
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The site of the ancient
No Chfosti
sion of Refuge or Mercy. ’■
Laguna Verde—Green Lake; more
properly, Lake of Green Verdure.
Trespalacios—Three palaces, said to
be from three trees on the river. Proba-
bly from Gen. Trespalacios, first Govern-
or of Texas.
Cibola—Indian word for buffalo.
Espiritu Santo—Holy Spirit.
Leon—Lion ; Leona, Lioness.
Rio Frio—Clod or frozen river.
San Antonio de Bexar—St. Anthony
de Bexar. We have heard it said that
“Bexar” was from a town in Spain—one
tradition says it means bee, and that de
Bexar was added because of a swarm of
bees settling on the church steeple. The
original name was San Fernando, and it
was once adopted for a short period
second time.
Mission San Jose, St. Joseph; San
(ion.
government, ordering the judi-
but having
The fate of the accused, thenceforth, is in
the hands of the judicial officers. They
examine him, and the President cannot
interfere. If they say he deserves trial,
the order for his extradition issues. If
they say the evidence fails, or is insuffi-
cient to hold him, there is no power any-
where to detain him. The President has
nO power except that conferred expressly
by the net of Congress designed to give
effect to the extradition treaty provision.
That act gives him no control whatever
over the man; and however much he
might deem the accused worthy of im-
pjisonment, if the judge who examines
him does not find sufficient ground for
bis extradition, the act of holding him in
custody 4- single hour,
; and the result of the popular grossast sort.—News.
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The reason why Brudder Dickson left
the Church.—Mr. Dickson, a colored
barber in one of our New England towns,
was shaving one of his customers, a res-
pectable citizen, one morning, when a
conversation occurred between them res-
pecting Mr. Dickson’s former connection
with a colored church in the place.
“I believe you are connected with the
church in Elm street; Mr. Dickson,” said
said the customer.
“No sah, not all all.”
“What are you not a member of the
African church?”
“Not dish .year, sah!”
“Why did you leave their communion
Mr. Dickson if I may be permitted to
ask ?”
“Why, I tell ye, sah,” said Mr. Dick-,
sone, strapping a concave razor on the
palm of his hand, “it was jess like dish
—I jined dat church in good faif. I gin
ten dollars toward de stated preachin’ of
gospill, de fuss year, and de peepil call
me Brudder Dickson. ~
my business not good, an’
Mister Dickson.
J Sire, Wilmot G. DeSaussure, of South
learning, the sons of the poor become | Carolina, upon taking the chair of his
great; without learning, the sons of the | office« To do so, would deprive many
of our citizens and friends from perusing
one of the most eloquent and feeling ad-
dresses, we recollect-ever to have seen
published, and tve flatter oursleves that
we could not employ the space it occupies
more to the satisfaction of our readers.—
Galveston News.
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Names of Places.
It is of some interest to the people of of Detroit, who has spent the wi
the Fafl.St. in a IpttPF irnm )•-»»
of places in the same, and of convenience
to l
name of a place 1
to break up his cabinet, denounce all who Persons al a distance
could they have desired i President iu name affords no
Pierce is sustained in his policy by an 1
unbroken chain of stubborn facts gathered
from the ballot-boxes from April, 1853,
down to the present moment, and eyery
fact proclaims the wisdom of his policy.
Under such circumstances, he may well
disregard the assaults of thdse enemies
who seek to embarrass his adminisiraiion
in its onward career of triumph. Con-
trary to the experience of former admin*
istrations—contrary to the wishes of his
political enemies—contrary to the fears
of his friends—President Pierce has had
the proud satisfaction of passing through
the first six months of his administration;
and instead of finding the democratic
party dismembered, its forces broken up
its organization destroyed, ar^d its enemies
rising into power, he can look with unal-
loyed gratification upon the unbroken
chain of brilliant victories which have sig-
nalized this period of his terni| Judging
the future by the past, be can go forward
with renewed confidence, looking for die
same devotion to principles hereafter as
he has witnessed with so much satisfac-
tion heretofore.— Washington Union.
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1 Animalcules in Water.—The idea en-
tertained by most persons, that all waler,
whetlwr found in spriqgs, weljls, brooks,
ponds; or cisterns, or even that fresh rain
water, is filled with living
far as the microscope enables us to ascer-
tain, without foundation. Water is a com-
pound of two gasses—hydrogen and oxy-
gen—and the existence of animalcules in
it is altogether dependant on certain caus-
es, principally on its contact with vegeta-
ble matter; thus, if you take a bowl of
water, and place a handful of bay
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—From the examination of the R. W. G. distance from the city of Boston, there is
now living a whke-haired veteran, a sol-
dier of the Revolutionary war, who is 99
years pf age—one ip whom tine fire of
patriotism still sparkles brightly as it did
of yore—and whose eye still sparkles with
tbe vivacity of youth, when be relates the
events of those days “that tried iDetrfo
son Is.” Among the names of those he
delighted to honor, was that of General
Jackson. That gnan be greatly reveren-
ced ; be admired the man for bis heroism,
ind honored him for devotion to his coun-
try. About the rime when Jackson was
elected to the Presidency, a party of men
belonging to tbe town in which be re-
sided (they were Whigs of course,) made
an effigy of Gen. Jackson, aud io gratify
the malice of their hearts toward* him and
the party by whom,be was elected, they
hung the effigy on a public place clHcd
“The Green.” .A guard of eight men
with loaded guns were stationed near to
protect the image and the men who were
thus endeavoring to dishonor the name
of General Jackson.
Tbe old soldier, at that time more than
70 years of age, was informed of what
was going On, and of tbe threats tliat were
made to shoot any man that should st- -
tempt to cut down the linage. Fired with
indignation at the injury bffered to Jack-
son, he shouldered bis axe and wentxMit,
notwithstanding (he remonstrances of his
family, w’bo treihbletj for his safety, ac-
companied only ey his youngest son, who
would not let bis father go frione on such
a dangerous expedition. The firmness
of his step—tbe determination which his
whole demeanor expressed,—his well-
known attachment to his country and tif
its 'noble defenders, conspired to speak
out his purpose, and the axe on liis shoul-
der needed no comment, as be marched
boldly up to the mock gallows.
“Halt!” shouted the guard, “advance v
another step, and! you are a dead mao!”
Schools in China.—One of the fa- | L.oclge. U. S., by the Most Worthy Grand and they ieveled itheir weapons, pointing
them directly at the old veteran.
“Fire, if you trill,” said lie ; “I'll cut
it down if 1 die for it.”
And down slie’ went—not only down,
but hewed up into fragments by the band
of the old soldier., Tbe guard were per-
fectly astonished—rthey were awed by the -
boldness of that aged man, with bis while
hair streaming in the wind, as he bent to
the task ; and they could not harm, but
they quailed before the fire of his eye as
he boldly marched off to triumph before
them. They had not expected an attack 7
from such a quarter, andh took them by
surprise. They would as soon have look-
ed for a ghost among them as for that
. wAose head was as white
as snow. They gaid it was nothing but
his grey hairs that saved him from per-
sonal violence; he was an old soldier and
they could not lay hands on him.
Ths Suspended Five Millions.—Tbe
Washington correspondent of the New
York Courier and Enquirer gives the
following extracts from the opinion of At-
torney General Cushing, relative to the
application and request of Gen. Hamil-
ton to the U. S. Government that all
cred iters who should consent to accept
the terms offered lhem by Texas, might
file theirreleases at the Treasury, and
have transferred to the Treasury of Texft
in their behalf, a pro rata amount of tbe
reserved stock. According to these ex
tracts, Mr. Cushing says; *
My opinion is io accordance with that
of Mr. Corwin, and the late* Executive, '
that, until sufficient evidence of release,
of the United States, from all claim, for
or on account of the
cates of stock, required to be released,
40 part of the said
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the authorities of Texas. J’
ment, pro rata, according as releases
filed, can be permitted.
If the creditors give to tl»e United
States sufficient releases, or if the credi-
tors surrender to Texas the secured bonds
and certificates of stock, and accept of
new securities from Texas: or if Texas
pays the bonds and certificates in ques-
tion : In either of the two last cases,
the said original bonds and certificates
being filed at the U. S. Treasury De-
partment, with proper Evidence of tbe
extinguishment of claim, by virtue of the
said bonds and certificates; then, in ei-
ther of the three cases, tbe condition of
the compact, in relation to the reserved
five million* will have been substantially
fulfilled, and the certificates of the reserv-
ed five millions of U. S. Stock may be
delivered to Texas.
ago, tbe distinguished
er, died a short time
since, aged 67.1 He was an astronomer*
chemist, logist, legislator, rural and polit-
ico 1 economist, meteorologist, botanist,
anatomist. For thirty years be was the
acknowledged bead of the Academy, aud
director of tbe observatory' nearly as long.
lai^y token
as, and see-
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