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THE CITIZEN.
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J. . BAKER & BROTHERS
EDITORS ASD PROPRIETOR'S.
COLUMBUS, TEXAS:
saturday morning.... .oct. 10,1857
No Legal Advertisement will be inserted
in the citizen unless accompanied by the
cash, as it is more trouble with such advertise-
ments, to collect the money than to make"it.
ssr The newspaper m^il from the
" States " failed on Thursday morning last,
and we aw of course without any further
* news than that received last week.
jpg* The camp-meeting commenced last
Thursday, at the camp ground, one mile
from town.
—- —■ ♦
■/ m The weather for some time past
.las been cool and comfortable—reminding
us that soon overcoats, <fec.; will be brought
into requisition.
jpy If " Bout DcrMrLiNQ " will let ns
' have her name, it will be a pleasure to
publish bér communication in reference to
a " Gentleman's Lost Heart." We do not
publish communications without the real
same of the authors.
See List of Letters, in this issue.
We direct the attention of the
lovers of the beautiful to the card of Prof.
3l- a. tatdm, to be foand in our issue of
to-¿av. We have examined some speci-
mens of this gentleman's paintings, and
pronounce tliem of the first order. While
to the common understanding the beauty
and elegance of artistic skill, as exhibited
. in his pictures, may not be observed, the
reality of the portraiture, as " a thing of
lifeis prominently clear; and to the con
noisseur in " the fine acts," the bold outlines
and indispensable addendas constituting a
picture, and which only an Artist, " born
with the spirit within," can present with
elegance, delight the eye and cheer the
soul. Mr. tatcm only desires a call to
give satisfaction.
kisdxess is one of the brightesi
jewels of character. It makes him or her
whose life is influenced by it, assimilate
with the nature of angels. It is divine ;
and there is something holy and hallowing
in its touch. It melts the heart, as the
cold snow under the genial rays of the sun.
It falls on poor, unhappy humanity like
lllf snrunt r'f oí Hieran r| ' 11 ■ 'ilfl' "
ing, thirsty plant; ancf the dtooping flower
revives again, when it breathes its " ethe-
Teal mildness" o'er its bending head.
Reader, have you a heart! Yes, all have
hearts; but some have "grown cold.''
Chill adversity and the storms of fate have
frozen many. Bui in the depths of the
most frozen nature warmth may be found,
and the " milk of human kindness" may
be stirred. There is a secret spring to
every heart, and you have but to touch it,
and the fountain of kindness will open and
pour its sweet waters out to gladden and
to bless. Oh, remember this, and be kind
to all. Suet kindness, like the Savior's
lovo—
" Sheds tears so limpid and bo meek.
They would not stain an angel's cheea."
We direct attention to "ike's"
article in favor of the Caucus System in
opposition to the one which appeared last
week by "An Independent Democrat."
The question (and it is a most important
one) is now fairly open to discussion—dis-
cussion, that glorious principle of a free
government by which %Il disputes, ques
tions, differences of opinion and measures
of public policy are to be decided and set-
tled. We have hitherto regarded conven
tioss or caucuses as a necessary evil of our
peculiar form of government. They have,
we believe, existed from the very foundation
of our confederacy, and hence they seem
naturally to spring from the genius of our
institutions. But it cannot be denied that
the caucus systeai is liable to great abuse;
that it has been much abused recently; (as
an instance on a small scale, we might
Tefer to the New Ulm Convention in this
Senatorial District;) and that the corrup-
tions and intrigues of wily politicians, as
manifested in the caucus, call loudly for
reform. We fear there is too much truth
in the charge of "Demagogue Aristocracy,"
and that this phase in the democracy is a
departure from the ancient landmarks.
The subject is deep, and we acknowledge
our incompetency todo it justice. In fact,
it involves the whole system and genius of
the government, and it would require the
capacious powers of an Alexander Hamil
ton to exhaust the subject and present it
in its true colors and position to the public
mind. Meantime we shall wait for some-
thing new from oui fresh disputants in the
political arena.
Advertisement of Sheriff Sales in
Newspapers.
This is a measure that has been advoca
ted during the present ye^r by many Texas
papers, and the poliey of it is so clear and
striking that it needs no argument; and
we merely advert to it jjpw to call the
attention of oar Representatives to the
subject that they may not overlook it in
the coming Legislature. The object of
publication is to give the greatest possible
notoriety to an}' such sale, so that the prop
erty to be sold may not be sacrificed to its
owner.
The present mode of publication, by
posting up three written notices at the three
most public places in the county, is very
defective and fails to answer the purpose
for which it was intended. These notices
may be torn down the very day they are
posted, either by some malicious individual
or by designing speculators, who are look-
ing out for opportunities to buy up property
cheap. The day of sala being known but
to few, they step in and make the purchase
fur little or nothing, and thus make a
handsome speculation at the expense of
tlie'lndividual whose property is Bold, or
rather thus sacrificed. Besides these no-
tices are not generally read. Who is going
to read a notice, a scrawl, stuck up behind
the Court-house door perhaps, among a
batch of other similar scrap* of paper?
and who is going to notice a little slip of
paper stuck up on a post oak at some cross
road, or at some ferry, or on a cotton wood
tree, forty feet high, and perhaps forty yards
from the road? And how is a person in
New York, who may own property here,
to become acquainted with such publica
tion ?
We have been informed by respectable
authority that in this county much property
has been sacrificed on account of this de-
fective mode of publication, whereas, if
the publication had been made in the news-
paper of the county, or in the next nearest
one, the sacrifice would have been avoided
and the person or persons interested not
cheated out of their rights. As the law
now stands, it becomes, in the hands of the
designing, a swindling machine, and, of
course, ought to be altered. Let publica
tion be made in the newspapers, and let
him who is the beneficiary of it pay for it.
We would enter more particularly into
the subject, but the matter will doubtless
be presented before the Legislature, thor
oughly discussed and such reforms made in
the law as the reason and justice of the
case may require.
In oar
be m
irtesrt
icii less
\ oí Tiff
practice of virtue for its own sake, and shall hold
up as an inducement, the love and not the fear
of God.—Bash op Advertiser.
With respect to the grammar of this
sentence, the preposition of, occurring im
mediately after the word ttach, should
have been left out—it stands there like a
stump in the road. With respect to the
sentiment, it is wrong. We see that the
writer, who is a young man, has not lived
long enongh in this 41 present, evil world."
He has, perhaps, thought more upon love
and matrimony than upon the graver sub-
jects of human government. Nevertheless,
we have seen gray heads holding as a tenet
of their faith that the ¡ove of God alone
should be presented to mankind as the
motive to induce them to obey his moral
law. It won't do. Experience has taught
us that the fear, as well as the love of God
must be impressed on man. If the Empe-
ror of France were to adopt the plan of
ruling by love alone, his throat would be
cut in twenty-four hours. But there are
some assumptions of the writer which are
not true. M The practice of virtue for its
own sake" is taught, and *the " love of
God" is held up " as an inducement" to a
moral course of life. And in addition, the
powerful motive of fear is also presented
in terrific colors; in a word, all the mo-
tives which can urge a being who may be
in danger of being eternally lost, are elo-
quently and persuasively extended to him.
Hall, with all Ua terrors, he beholds on one
hand, while on the other, angels in heaven
hold out their hands and the Savior lets
down his golden chain of Jove! Yet men
do wrong, and violate laws which they
know will certainly be accompanied with a
penalty. Why is this? Let others ex-
plain the mystery. But this may be added,
that, as in civil government the mere love
of virtue would avail nothing, so in the
moral government of mankind, all the
motives of love and fear, and even force^
under certain conditions, are requisite and
necessary.
O* The Scguin Journal contains an appeal
from the Rev. J. M. Wilson, to the citizens of
that county, calling upon them to devise means
to avert the coming distress, occasioucd by the
failure of crops.
Mr. Ozcm W wdrnfF, formerly of this place,
was killed near Port La Vaca last Wednesday,
by a man with whom he got into a difficulty,
who broke his skull with a club. We have not
learned the particulars.—Victoria Advocate.
Letters from a. Private I
NUMBER SEVEN, }\
[Written for the Citizen.J
j
She changed her name from lubly Dffie,
To Missus Dandy Jim, of Caroline.—\Jitn Croio.
A little glove stirs up my heart, as <tfps stir up
the occsTn,
And snow-white muslin, when it -flits, wakes
many a curious notion; ' -~4-'
All sorts of lady fixin's thrill my feelings As they
orter.
But gaiter boots agd crinofínes aro dsalh, and
nothin' shorter,— [Old Song.
XTessrs. Editors:
Are you aware of the fact that men of a
full'pattern love the girls? You needn't
laugh ! It is so sure enough, that young
chaps will lake to " caliker" as natral as an
Irishman to a pick, or-ducks to water.
Natur must caper. The extraordinary and
astounding developments that disclose facts
of circumstances actually having taken
place around us in every day life, confirm
and strengthen our belief in the adage
that little female gaiters 44 are death and
nothin' shorter." Go it boots 1
The mania for "lady fixm's" as our
poet has expressed it, breaks out in towns
and neighborhoods, and spreads its conta-
gion like the measles or "hoopln^ koff,"
and with one "fell swoop," carries every
thing before it. A counsel of physicians is
called to devise some means to stay its
dread ravages, but either unable to pre-
scribe with success, or with curiosity awa-
kened to see the result of the tustle between
the disease and the patient, (not caring a
straw which whips,) the malady is suffered
to go its whole length, and often we have
known the unfortunate sufferer to be hurried
tearingly along like a bewildered gander
over a mill-dam, at a 2:40 pace, through
mud, hail and rain, for a distance of ten or
twelve miles, to behold the darling object
of his affections. O 1—my—Oh, dear! 1
Physician! heal thyself! is a mandate
which cannot easily be obeyed, for often
they too are singled out as fit subjects for
an attack, and their panaceas and nostrums
serve them but ill in their grapple with the
fell destroyer. They too bow the suppliant
knee, and totter and tremble as their desti-
nies are fixed. To give an antidote against
this prevailing epidemic is out of our power,
being a "lone, lone man"—for which
Minerva be praised 1 Love, however, is no
dreamy chimera of a disordered brain, but a
living, acting, vital principle. It grew
with Adam's growth, and strengthened
with his years. Yes, Adam loved. Iu
his first heart throb he felt its genial ir.flu
ence; with every pulsation he realized its
life giving powers. He saw our flrit mo-
there, Eve, and his heart bouuded.w
*l inffid np
stuck as close to her 6ide as a sick kitten to
a warm hearth-stone. Love dawned amid
the beautiful bowers of Eden—beneath its
cooling shades—besides its purling brooks.
Empires Lave sprung into existence, and
faded away; kingB have risen, reigned and
passed to their silent homes in the charnel
house; tremendous boberies have been
kicked up by kingdoms and nations* yet
its brilliancy is untarnished, and its lustre
undimmed. In the palace or hut, in fine
linen or rags, it mingles its delicious
sweets in the bitter cups of life, an! died3
a halo of glory in the pathway of can.
Men must love the girls — they cant help
it! Even old crusty bachelors dream of
finding a ruffled-neck, worked-sleeve pillow
slip in bed with them, besides their bnins
teem with visions of rattle boxes, cradles,
et cetera.
There are, however, specimens of the
feminine gender—mere creations of the
milliner—composed of dry goods, whale-
bone and cotton, that none of the genus
antliropos could possibly stand, unless his
own birth was a blunder. These have
more gew-gaws in their hair than brain3
in their head, and it would take as many
of such to kindle the fires of true devotion
on the altar of a noble heart as it would
minnows to feed a porpoise.
But then, on the other hand, there are
joyous, whole-souled girls, worthy the
homage of a prince — whose hearts are
burthened with the richness of pure affeo
tion, and who have combined in their
nature all that is lovely, womanly and
good. Such are worth more thau refined
gold—to extol their virtues is like painting
the lilly. They can play a tune on the
piano or mop-handle; spin their yarn at
home instead of in the street; can be
agreeable in the parlor, or cook fritter
cakes in the kitchen. These are the " tauzy"
for wives and mothers. They can make up
theii own bread and bed ; their husbands'
shirts are looked after, and buttons sewed
on; tho children carefully washed aid
spanked, and everything around the fireside
is in apple-pie order. They «ire not afraid
of tlough, d rs, or dishwater, and are
not despirers of that industry which is the
great corner stone of wealth and distinc
tion. Who is there who would not form a
co-partnership • and trot iu harness with
such a woman for a wife ?
But we are getting prolix. We must
bring this epistle, and with it our "Letters
from a Private Inkstand," (at least for the
present,) to a close. We filled the ink-
stand, and split our quill, not to say any-
thing funny and smart, (and believe in
that particular we have succeeded admi-
rably,) but mérely for the sake of giving a
variety to the readers of the "Citizen."
Whether this has beon the result, we are
not to judge. We wouldn't if we could,
and if we couldn't—why how could we ?
Had we been silent, " Stephen" would
never have dropped his checker board, to
run a " Gilpin race," losing his hat and his
wind in search of some one to defend the
reputation of his "concrete." "Hottentot
Row" would have grown to manhood un-
named, and our mighty river would have
flowed silently on unhonored and unsung.
" Dinah Crow" would not have warbled
that plaintive song, or rewarded her " Mug-
gin's" for his " ambrosial locks" with a sip
ol nectar from those u lubly" lips. Ye
Gods! what viands for a moital!! Guests
would never have been regaled by the
milk-and-water sauce of Paul's pudding.
What a dish! he, he ! he!! ha, ha! ha! 1
[f Paul never drinks anything stronger
than that beverage, he will not be caught
with adobe in his hat. We should express
deep regret if his mind becomes still more
weakened by over exertion, and would
recommend occasional, moderate exercise
in a " baby jumper.''
To the public generally, whom we hold
in the highest esteem, we tender our sin-
cere regards, but not without a long drawn
sigh at the solemn thought that the best of
friends must part. And as our waning
paper reminds us that all things earthly
have an end, except a ring of California
gold and the tongue of a—of a—(we take
that back—we didn't say it.) touch our
hat, and in the very best humor possible
with ourselves and everbody else,
We are subscribed,
Yours, affectionately,
ALPHA NU,
r. S.—Since the above ba3 gone to
press, Dismal u Gim" has written an article
commendatory of our genius. Would be
happy to return the compliment, but being
" slightually" inclined to truthful *s, must
refrain—positively " without reserve." A
distinguished artist, P. Pilgarlic Pigwiggin,
will be requested to prepare a bust of
"Gim" in soft gingerbread—as large as
life, and twice as natural. To bo thus
"handed down" will no doubt be satisfac
tpry to a ballad-monger of his modest
*«q>irations. A. N.
* . ■
itie politeness of Dr.
Harris, we have been favored with a late
copy of the Memphis Eagle and Enquirer,
containing the particulars of the progress
of the Bolton case, which has excited so
much interest at home and abroad: Owing
to our limited space, we cannot give much
in regard to the case. It, however, appears
that Bolton has applied for a change of
venue, to Judge Fitzgerald, residing out
of his (Bolton's) District, and the request
was granted by Judge Fitzgerald. But it
will be seen by the following card that the
citizens of Memphis are determined he
shall not be removed. The card is signed
by a large number of the most respectable
citizens of Memphis:
Memphis, September 15, 1857.
The undersigned, believing that the safety of
life and property is dependent upon the certainly
of adequate punishment for acts of violence and
blood shed—believing that the frequent escape
of murderers, through mere legal chicanery, in
some cases without even the form of a tiial—is
rapidly driving this community to the desperate
alternative of either having no protection for
life, or of protecting it by the summary execution
of murderers;—and being fully convinced that
the object sought by the proposed removal of
Isaac L. Bolton before Judge Fitzgeruld, into a
distant district, is lo prevent, and not to procure,
a speedy and impartial trial of the accused ; and
that, in the granting of a writ of habeas corpus
for that purpose, our most sacred rights were,
•' in the first instance, misunderstood, and in the
next, outraged:"—we hope that the people will
rise in their majesty and defeat this iniquitous
attempt, by preventing Bolton's removal.
MÑMWlfz
In this place on Wednesday evening, 23d inst.,
by Rev. James A. Smith, john vvm. swindells,
of the Herald, and Miss minerva hart crutch-
field, all of Dallas.— Dallas Herald.
We tender our sincere wish that Mr. S. and
his beautiful bride may enjoy a long and happy
life; that his impressions may be good, his forms
well justified, the small editions elegantly dis-
played in small caps, and his proof of devotion
be testified by his never getting out of sorts ; and
when the " toils of this l;fc are o'er," may they
meet in that happy climc where «• Hosannah to
the Lamb"' is Heralded throughout the domin-
ions of space.
In the year 1655, sevcnty.thrce battles were
fought, with an average loss of one hundred men
in each. It is estimated that over 300,000 men
perished by disease and !>attle during that year.
Judge Taney has he'd his office twen!y.one
y ear.-'. His predecessor. Judge Marshall, occu.
pied the bench thirty .one years.
tt Judge gibson, F. F. F., editor Texas
Sentinel, says he would, prefer locks " clipped
from the head of Diana, than from the bald pate
of al," h Nu and wants us to persuade her that
he i* Stephen, and try and get her to visit the
capítol this session. Lord love you, friend, we'll
do our best for you, but we don't think we' have
much weight among '.he ladies. However, if
she does visit Austin, we know she will sec the
editor there.
Tlie Caucus System.
[Written for the Citizen.]
Editors of Citizen: Whilst looking over
vour last paper, I noticed an article headed
" Tbe Caucus System." The author ex
presses himself decidedly opposed to Con .
venlions—regarding them as being at
least a step towards monarchy and a dema-
gogue aristocracy. I hope you and your
readers wiU not think me.presumptiQUS if
I should express sentiments differing essen-
tially with those of "An Independent Dem-
ocrat." That the caucus system is very
much abused, both by the want of interest
taken on the part of many of those mostly
concerned, (the people,) and by the machi
nations of wily politicians, or political
demagogues, is a deplorable fact, and one
too apparent to be disputed ; but that the
caucus system itself is at fault and a species
of anarchy, is something that many of us
would be unwilling to admit. There is
nothing so good but that it may be abused,
and k is our choicest blessings that we most
frequently fail to appreciate.
The gentleman says that Democracy
means a government of the people atlafge.
I would ask him, then, if there be a Demo-
cratic government now in existence ? Ours
is certainly not h government of the people
at large, or en masse, but is generally de-
fined to be a representative Democracy.
The people do govern, but it is by repre-
sentation ; they make their laws by their
representatives, they elect their President
by their representatives, and flíeir Senators
by their representatives; their Supreme
Court, Ministers Plenipotentiary, &c., are
also elected by their representatives. In
fact but a small portion of our government
is conducted by the people in their primary
capacity; therefore, because we do not
perform these duties en masse, but delegate
the power to our representatives to perform
them, we have taken one grand step to-
wards monarchy, and are supporting a
demagoguing aristocracy. By a parity of
reasoning, it is so; but I trust the gentle-
man loves bis country too much to admit
her government to be a grade of mon
archy.
Because of the conflicting interests of
our great people, and the conflicting claims
of our most meritorious aspirants to public
honors, it has been found expedient for the
people in their piimary capacity to assem
ble and choose among themselves men
competent and honest to represent them
and their wishes in some general caucus,
where they have been notified to attend for
some avowed and known purpose-- - If
trnvar-«íSéHlDHés ft re properly conducted,
they prove expedient, and impart general
satisfaction ; if they are not, and fail to give
general satisfaction, it does not result from
any fault in the cacua system, but the
blame rests with the parties concerned.
To do away with the system of conven-
tions, we must at once abandon all party
politics: for no party can he organized and
effectual without concert of action; nor
can a party acquire these better than by
the aid of a well-organized caucus system.
It is not necessary for us to decide upon
the merits or demerits of party politics—
we have them, and that, too, without the
possibility of being without them : some
call them a necessary evil—and they seem
to be a natural subsequent to an established
Democracy.
It is not the caucus itself wbbb is
blameable at this day, but the material of
which it is composed, and the manner in
which it is conducted. A pure political,
National party can by its aid be produc:ive
of great good. If a party is 4* pure and
undeflled," its caucuses will likewise be so.
The materia! which, at this day and time,
most generally composes the conventions,
is certainly greatly to be deplored, but the
system itself is, without doubt, a great
invention.
I wil' stale that I am not a Democrat,
nor ever have been; consequently, am no
aspirant to office. I have been a Kuow-
Nothing, and voted for Sam. Houston.
The Know-Nothing party met in conven
tions, and the acts of said conventions were
satisfactory to many. There were many
who were displeased, probably more fronj
individual chagrin than any just cause.
Their conventions were conducted upon
pure principles, and could not be diverted
from patriotic duty by the intriguing of
designing, selfish men. The consequences
were that all such men left the order, and
became violent partisans in the Democratic
ranks: and, unfortunately, ii was that
material generally which filled the late
Demjcratic Conventions—hence the dis-
gust that universally prevails against
caucuses. Let us strike at the root of all
political evil; if so, the caucus system will
remain unseat bed ; but tho demi gods of
the present day will be made to yield a
submissive obeiiience to their country's
good, mid rely alono upon their patriotic
merits f«>r promotion in tho gifts of their
nation. Mote anon, if necessary.
Yours, with due respect, "IKE."
Columbus, October 6, 1857.
TEXAS ITEMS#
O* There is no section of the State, says the
San Antonio Herald, capable of befog mad
more immensely productive than that within the
immediate vicinity of San Antonio. For mile*
each side of the San Antonio River tbe land can
be easily irrigated and thus rendered perfectly
independent of the seasons. Even this yrar of
unexampled drouth, we have seen sweet potatoes
weighing upwards of three pounds, and pnnsoss
ing all the nutrative qualities of that delfcioua
vegetable in the fullest perfection; and «tallr ©f
corn on which the lowest ear was over fifteen feet
from the ground. The prospect is ggsd for a lair
supply of sweet potatoes, especially if the Croat
holds off as late as usual.
03" We have seen a letter, says the Herald,
from a gentleman connected with Capt. Pope*#
Artesian Well'Etpedition, addiessed to a gentle*
man of this place, from which we learn that the
party are now operating on the Pecos River, tha
first well being several hundred feet deep. Tho
writer represents the party as being in highspirifs
and sanguine of success in the objects of tho
expedition.
O* We learn from the Herald that Gov. Pease
was intending to visit San Antonio, for tho pur.
pose of informing himself fully as to the affiuw
touching the late ontlage* committed on the carte
on the Goliad road.
O*"GenT Henderson, says tbe Intelligencer,
former United States' Senator from Mississippi,
died the other day at Pass Christian.
¡O" We learn from the Reporter that themáft*
ber of bales of cotton received in Richmond thfa
season is 1902.
O* We are glad to again receive the Richmond
Reporter, an interesting and well-filled sheet.
Upon the resumption of its publication, the editor
says: "We undertake the huainess relying opon
the increased patronage which has been prom,
ised, and feet confident that the assurances made
are sufficient guarantees that our labors will not
be unrewarded, and that we shall at least mot
lose money in publishing a county paper. Our
interests, all that we have in the world, are ben
and identified fully with the interests of Rich-
mond, its merchants and people, and Fort Bend
and its planters and farmers. While working
for our?eif we are also working for them, and
while sustaining onrself it will be our first doty
to sustain them againot the world."
O* The weather in this section, says tha
Richmond Reporter, has been most propitious
for the plantas engaged in gathering their crops.
The cotton samples we have seen are very fine,
and with the continuance of good weather, tho
crops will turn out even better than was antici-
pated a month since.
O" The Reporter says that between the 1st
of August and the 37th ult., there where thirteen
hundred bales of the new crop of cotton carried
over the.Harrisburg road from this place. This
does not, however, comprise all received tfiere.
03* The editor of the Houston Telegraph is
mistaken about the quarrel going on between the
Gilmer Democrat and the Citizen, about the
morality of tbe two places. We^iave not seen «
copy of tbe Democrat in two months. Eves in
Jbffjpygt of " qnyr^,rl bwcrM,-wawB tho
advantage of Abney—we've lived in both towns.
tO* The Austin Intelligencer says, wo bear
a painful account of the killing of Mr. franklin,
well known in this community, by A. B. Burle,
son, also well known. The difficulty grew out
of some dispute about rent. Sinee writing above
we have heard a version of the affair which we
trust is untrue. Mr. Franklin is nut dead, but
is not expectcd to live.
ET The same paper says tbe health of Austin
s good; that they have plenty to ent, notwitb
standing the drouth; that tho Artpwfrn well gives
no water; and announces the marriage of Bird
Holland, Assistant Secretary of State, to Miss
Matilda Rust, of Austin.
CT The Columbia Democrat says: " We leem
that the schooner Alice went ashote on the beaeh
bctweeu Vclasco and San Luis, last week The
cargo was saved without material damage, but
the schooner Magnolia got ashore while endeav.
oring to take off the cargo.
O* For the past few days, says the Matagorda
Chronicle, we have had frequent light showers,
not sufficient, however, to interfere with the
labors of the cotton fields, which are producing
crops exceeding tbe anticipations of the planten;
considerable quantities are arriving and being
shipped.
O* An extra of the Staate Zietung states
that all Fredricksburg haa gone out on the T V?
to hunt pearls. A man had gathered a quart of
fiue pearls on the plains in a very short lima
This information is said to be anthsntie.
O* The Bastrop Advertiser says that the
Military Institute, also the Female Institute in
that place, are in a flourishing condition.
U" The Advertiser says then has been during
the past week a revival of Religion piiifussiin
in the Methodist church, in that?tae, under the
superintendence of the Rev. G. W. CoUhtgbnm,
Pastor of that church. We learn than have
been twenty conventions and tirnntj Inn maim
ers at the alter lai^Tnday night.
O* Judge Reagan states that be will net allow
his name to come in conflict with Gen. Hender,
eon, in connection with the office of United
States' Senator.
D* Tho fall meeting of the Presbytery of
Western Texas takes place at Goliad, on the
22ud October.
O* The Democratic State Convention meets
at Austin January 8, 1858.
OT Two hundred and twenty men are at work
on the s. A. & M. G. Railroad; one hundred
and twenty of whoin an at work on the sreund
section above Victoria.
D* The Gazette says that W. R. Henry, ex-
Texas Ranger, has been appointed n Lt CoHmsl
in Gen. Walker's Nicaraguan army. He wSI
proceed immediately in conjunction with OeL
John P. Waters, to organize and concentrate a
regiment of Texas Rangers for Nicaragua, at
Galveston.—Dallas Herald.
Hadn't the Captain better resign his pnidN
among Uncle Sam's officials as SheiiiT of -r
county, before proceeding to Nicaragua I
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