The Morning Star. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 432, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 10, 1842 Page: 2 of 4
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THE MORNING STAR.
Houston, Saturday, Dec. 10, 1842.
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NEw Orleans, Dec. 1 1 842.
remove eastward have determined to remain at their
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any girl I know”
“You forget, aunt, that she is almost seventeen."
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gentleman who arrived yesterday from
He says a soldier arrived at that place last
they'could pay the duties on the articles asthey took them
out. They accordingly consented todepositethem-inthe
warehouse, and in theoourse of the summer sold out their
and advantage of introducing this system into that country.
The New York Courier and Inquirer of the 8th ult., says.
the eyesand ears of men; and at last Gabriel Mason's
from Liverpool We v lect il efollowing Menis Dews
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United States, when the Collector went to them and in- taken
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of Bexar had fallen and it was thought they would be ea-
witb manif sts and billsol lading, attested by the consul in
. . . ........ -this place, accordng to the ri v< nue laws of Meexi o.
'd is distinctly understood and agreed that the Committee • • , E. I E.A RR AN(G( EZ.
From Iht l> > k
‘ARRIED TOO SOON, ORA LESSON FROM
homes, and others who had r* moved are returning to cul
tivat again the«ields they had relinquished \ We rejoice
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thus depreciate the value of the bills. This objection is
unworthy of notice, for goods snfficient to secure the full |! stated that the French : • he discusord with P
sily forded. The late heavy fains have caused the mos-
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THE Army.—The recent report that the Army start-
ed from the Medina on the 22d ult. for Laredo, is con-
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Tus PRESIDENT —We have been informed by a gen-
tleman who left Washington on Friday of last week that
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•Ind ed ' I thought perhaps you had some good reason
gone t destruction.. His wife was a matron, almost in
the prime of lif, when she ded, but as she kept wearii
away to be other world, bur face told that she felt |_. r
years had been too many’inthis Her eldest son,una--
ble, in pride and shame, to lif up his eyes at kirk or ma
ket, went away to the city“nd enlisted intoarggiment
about to embark on foreign service. His l wo sisters
“Oh no, Lucy has as good a chance for a husband as
liorf to give its countenance to the Army and to afford it
all the aid in its power. ,
The WAREHOUSING SYSTEM. — We are sorry to hear
that the President is desirous to have the warehousing
system abolished. In the United States many of the ablest
and most iutelligent statesme n are urging the importance
until they can obtain Exchequer bills at a low rate and
1842, has almost
most luxuriant growth and the pasturage is excellent.—
The horses will thrive as well on this grass as upon corn.
The troops therefore, will have little difficulty in crossing
the broad prairies between the Rio Frio and the Rio
Grande. The news that the Army has moved westward :
has diffused joy and renewed, confidence throughout the
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D. C.; Wrn. F. Moury, master, Norfolk Va ; P. H. >
l Earle, surgeon, Ga.; Win. T. Brenham, purser, NO;
quit grass to spring up in the western prairies with the T .H .Odell, N. Y. midshipman ; Wm. H. Allen, N Y:
started on the morning of the 22d ult for Laredo.
other companies which were east of Bexar, were to follow
immediately. The Army is well supplied with beef and
corn and the troops were in high spirits. The rivers west
only objection we have heard made to this system is that The v '*(-r <
it enables merchants to delay the payment of their duties doubled itself in
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During the blockade of the port of Campcachy the na-
val forces of Mexico wilnot allow any vessel to enter
said port; and should any vessel attempt to do so. she will
be captured and si nt to some port in Mexico, to be trird
for .violating international laws
All vessels bo,mid for Laguna must provide themselves
the country, it is almost indispensable, to the safe and
econominal collection of the'revenue. Many importers, if
it were abolished would suffer great inconvenience, while
the government would not be in the least bene fitted. The
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ties are ultimately all collected There is no doubt that
many are encouraged to import goods owing to the facili-
By order of the supreme governme nt of the r public of
I Mexico the port of, Laguna is now opened for foreign
■commerce, while Campcachy is in the power of the d.?-
sidents, but the port of Laguna will' be clostd as soon as
Campcachy shall acknowledge the supreme government
i of Mexico. The regulalions which opened the poptof
| Laguna fot the impoitation of flour and corn, are still in
force. , .
western counties. The settlers who were preparing to
on Commerce shal take tip this subject at the next sess.
ion, and prepare a bill, with the aid of the counsel and in
st ruction of our merchants, that will at once meet their
' Thecotton morkret i improving, and higher pricis hav c
bi . a paid 1
In me tcantile matersthere ws
H of a Scottish peasant. What eye beheld the many hun-
dred steps that, one by one, with ...... g..u.cu,
lown, down,lo the lowFstdegths of shame
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went to take farewell of him, but never returned, one, it
is said, having diedof a feter in the infirmary, just as if
she hid been a panp r ; and the other— for the thought ot
sin, and sorrow, and shame, and suffe ring, is ruinous to
the soul- gave hers* If up in her beauty, an ensy pray toa
destroyer, and doubt b st has run her course ol agony,an I
is nowat peace. The rest of the family drop p l down,
one by one, out of sight, into inferior situations in far
ght to have made I wards, sitting by the Way-side. He was once an elder of
a pious man he was, if ever piety ndorned
the temples—Fthe lyart haffets, wearing thin and bar*’ —
tion, b< yond the power of man, and against the d
God So he delivered himself up, like a slave to that
one appetite; and in a few years his whole-bouse bold had
for hurrying her off your hands so soon,” said the old
lady, sarcastically. , ,
ever, fur mote tha the short term of a duv. to ceasehug-
gingthem to his heart. S mblance of all that is m ost
venerable in the character of Scotland's pensantry : image
of A perfect patriareb, walkingout to mrdiate at cv ntide |
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r a omplete drng, and loans on
' stock are cute nily i ed I ' uc ' ■ i . ’ ' . oi
special cases as low n rat c;iff hal per cent has b en
Any thing, in fact, to plac money salt ly, and
where itisthe more easily io be recalird.
do ; James S. Mabry, Kv, do.
Col. T. N. Wood, ofTascaloosa, Ala, was on board
“l don't forget any thing; about it; did’nt I hold her in
H ~ puuua. u _ an. in Rus my arms when she was baptisedI? I know how old she
sia, has been destroyed by fire, and three hundred families is as wel as you do, and 1 say that she '• young rough
reduced to destitution." to be inihe school room yet.", , .,0.
_____________ "Oh,bu times have changed since such old fashioned
Athe Alseranes 1 GRAPHIC PICTURE OF AN OLD DRUNK- | notions prevailed ; nobody thinks npw of keeping a girl
AlD ’ out of society so long.”
Here is a picture, pnint d by the h and of a mast r, “The more’s the pity,” eyclaimed aunt Rachr l; “if we
I is worth a thousand sermons or were to keep girlsand boys out of society until they, bad ac-
re sin of drunkenness; quireda liule more good sense, libink society would be
“Look at that gray headed man of three-score and up- the gainer/ What kind of a wife can a girl of seventeen
formed them that they could deposite their goods in a ware-
house, and as fast as they had opportunities to sell them,
as passenger.
The Mexican Consul at New Orleans has authorized I
the following notice to be published in the New Orleans -
papers;
"Why then do you allow her to marry at an age when
she ought to be at her studies ?"
places; but there was a curse, it was thought, banping
over the family, and.of none of them did a favorable n-
port ever come to their native parish; while be, .the in-
■ n e seemed to have worked nil the u w . . । ■
muinrdin the chainsofhistrannical passion, s, n ,
i lo learn also that Congress has manifested a determina-
The King of the French entered upon his 7Oth ye r on
the 6th ult. H; to j . com ni: ced h public care er at
; 17 years o age, uui has coosequently been occupied
political affirs during 50 years.
j name was a by word in the mouth of the scoffer. One
Sabbath heentered the kirk in a state of miserable aban-
donment. and from that day he was no longer an elder. —
To regain his character, secrm d to him, in his desper-
lecree of
’ every respect a seaworthy vessel, and ouL
the entire trip in twenty-five days at furthest, but has not | the kirk » and
been heard fdbm for nearly ninety days. The San An- 1 -0 temPles
Grace. Darliij.— This heroic ondinterecting female
expired at Bramburghon the2Othult, in her i ven ty-hil th
year. She had been inadelicatestaleof health for a con-
amongst the ci rDL i . - • ■ ' - . -
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a-specdy improv emenk , he > > • »i crspondency
Galveston last spring with a large cargo of merchandise; which corimeseil classes,
but hearing that our new tariff had gone into effect and “inuinue Taihe t to 1"
not having money to pay the duties required, they wr re At Liverpocl m
preparing to leave the country to sell their goods .in the
composod ! There, sitting in the shade of that old wny-
ue, he see ms some religious mi
to and so over the faceol the earth, seeking out sin and
s trow, that ne my tame them under th* word of Cod,
and change their very being into pi< tv and p? are. Culi
himn hoary hyptri for Im cannot hi ip t; ni n I- ■ .
that venerable, thar apostolic aspect, that dignifit d figur
as if bent gently by time, loath to touch it wih too hrav .
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lies afforded by ihe warehousing system, when if it were
not in force, they would not import at all, or "only toa
small extent. As anoinstanice of its advantages we will
vote? for Morion (I) m ) 231, avis ( W !. )
MASSACHUSErrS ELEcrloN—Thercturns ficin all
’ the towns in Massachusitis huve b en receivt !, and ■
i siderable lime previous.
in the warmest c rueroftheapartment restins
whole stock, and sent to Bremen for a new supply.— jj Allan Cunningham, the poet, is d ad. / from the fatigues of a long journ* y in a stage coach, “so
Hundreds of similar instances may be cited, showing that j| A letter from Bitmingham, dated 2d inst., say* a good ■ she is going t be mariied already; well, I thought,
„h;hemerh-ntaeri,e, great d.anto, from thiasea i deal of anxiety wns expe amongst our muon W hen I saw her two yeas ago, that she would grow up
ethemerehd i • . 8’ , . 8" .. . 8! j ers this morning ’ y ike rumor df the failuceoi the house j' to be very pretty, but I suppose she is very,much alter-
lem, the revenue also is increased rather than diminish* d of Messrs Gulind A HMl, Arerican m tchaots and td’
factors, which turns ouy6 be true. 1 "She is one of thre prettiest girlsin the city, aunt;" said
, / . . . . , ' Mrs. Moi e wood, with a slight touch of offended pt ide in
The Belgian Goyrnment has determined to make re her tone r
prisals on the Amrican trhde in consequence of the Gov-
J ernment of theUaited Suites having levied tounagennd
it was currently reported in that town that the President other dutics/not paid by favored nations, on the steame r
iatended to ask for leave of absence in oid r that he may . B itish Qdeen, in her last voyage from Antwerp to New
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visit the United states for a few months It was thought j "
permission wouK be granted by both houses without a X letter from St. Petersburg ofthe 11th of Octobet, si vs
..zam.. • LA-"We have this momeent Ti ceived iulormation that the
1SSSP18 v * ~greater part of the city of Pekin has been destroyed by |
The ScuodsEa San Antonio—It is now generyKy fire.
believed that this schooner was lost in the gale tha pre- The greeter portion x»f the town of Zechnnow, i
vailed on the 5th and 6th of Septinbe r. Shy/was seen ’ 1 " " -
off San Luis on the 2nd of September and Tas not been
heard ofsibce. The vess 1 that was see
on the Sth of October was a schooney*that had been sent
y <^.1« , (professor Wilbon,) that
for thapurpose 0 wrecking y brig Sabine, w meh bag lecturesjagainst the sir
gone wUrs at ihe Alictay. The San Antonio was in
LIFE
BY MRS. EMMA c }MBUR.
Lncyis going to be marri, d," said old aunt Rach*
a band , hit holy sprinkling over his for rowed temples ( !
Lact 20 ycars, ufid that of poun- the-silversof and th*- Sno white hair—-these are the g
I toes be m. period. ' of gracious Nature all, and Nature will not reclaim them
i " ■ uit in “ i i hat is G .»i iel M i'. n,
|j Rumorediceonme-8e- • And n n hour you may, if your eye s can rbenr sje sight,
2. '8 !i 0 ■ nd hear him staggering up and down the village ;
' l- lence the PrDPTe J o abd“lmg the ivone m c .... . swearing, preaching, praying—stoned by black-
g g ‘ b ys an i girls, w ho bound all the dogs and curs n
bis heels, til1, taking refuge in the smithy, or the pot-bouse,
he becomes the sport of grown clowns, and, after much
idiot laughter, ruefolly mingl d with Sighs, and groans,
and t s he is suffered to mount a table, and urge d( pi r-
h < 1 v reckless folly, to give out a text, from the Bn le,
' ich i.-' nearly engraven on his memory—so much til
sme , Other things eff.c> d forever ind there, like a
wil ’ itinerant he stammers iorih’unintentional blasphe my,
.ib i. liquor he has been allawed or instigated to sw j.
low smites him su Idenly sensless, and, falling dowr, he
is hud iled off into a corner of some lumber room, and b it
to i- t p — bitler far for such a wretch were it to de ath
• ■ Tem in.
payment of the duties are al ways deposited in the Ware , ,
v 1 ... ,.2 j r. . . . . . . favor ol the Ducde , ■'
house, and although the payment may be delayed, the du- j
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rimi nd io1«.!IJ„anJuccu.i«ilh (he general systenof 54 545 Senttering 6,600 M n n not elected,
revenue and protectson tol classes." wants 2 500 to give hina
This system has be* n in successful operation io this 1— .......... .
country about three years, and we believe, not the merci rr EunorFAN N " — "h • m - hiP Acadia arHud -Wbat a noble forehrad ’
tile classes only, but the collectors in every district of the 01 Boston on the 1 r h ult, after a passage of 132 days
republic, consider it highly advantageous and useful to
tonio was built at Baltimore. Her burthen was 140 ions,
and she mounted seven twelve pounders. Sho had on " led him down, d
board fifty-seven persons—officers and crew.” suffering, and ruin?. For years before it was bruited
—--------------- ' ij obout that Gabriel Mason was addicted to drink, his wife
. Maj. J. Reily arrived at Gal vest on in the Neptune on used to sit weeping in the spence, when the sons and
, the 6th inst. t daughters were out at their work in the fields; and the
Friday from Bexar, and slated that the main body of the i ------—----- - । infatuated man, fierce in the exciteme nt of raw spirits, k pt
Texian Army consisting of eight hundred and fifty men Welearn from the Crescent City that Com. Moore, that causelesaly raging and storming through every nook of
The ' from the information he lately received from Campeachy that once so peaceful tenement, which, for many happy
by the Valndora, he has no doubt that the San Antonio has ij years, had never been di siur bed by the loud voice of a-
. . m* r ii - i . r.i m i ..a. ger gr reproach. His eyes were seldom turned on his
been lost The followig is a Im ol the officers onboardi : Mhlw wife, except wih a sullen Scow i or Giery „ rath
Wm. Secgets, Lieut, com. of Mass ; Alexander A. i but, when they did look on her with kindness, there wns
Waite, 1st Lieut, N. Y ; Monroe Dearborn, 2d do. Alex., also a rueful self upbraiding in lh*ir expression, on ac-
“ “ " ” ! count of his cruelty; and, at the sight of such transitory
tenderness, her heart would overflow with forgiving af-
i fiction, and her ryes with unendurable tears. But nei-
ther domestic sin nor domestic sorrow will conceal from
imperceptible gradation, •
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