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THE CITIZEN,
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J. D. BAKER * MOTHERS,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS?
COLUMBUS, TEXAS:
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Saturday Morning, Oct 30,1858
o3-41 ¿rya/ advertisement toitt in future
be inserted in the Citizen, unlets accom•
¿y tfír cr fa eu iI is harder to called the
money than to make it.
JUHito tor tbe CitlzcB,;
The following named gentlemen «re our
thoriief Agents:
J. W. Dm, New Orleans, I. .
B. F. Dm.t, Fayetleville, Fayette Co., Texas,
T. D. StMmri Jiftrson, Cm couu *
William E. Joma, Hempstead. Texas.
Lamsbkt A A lib*, Austin, Texas.
for district JUDGE,
f3TWe aw authorized to announce GF.O-
\V. SMITH «a a candidato for Judge of the
First Judicial District, to til the nteee made va-
cant by the resignation of theJSlB^Jwoes II.
Ball. JShetion 8th Noftmbw
pg* We are authorized to announce JOII
T. HaRCQVRT, of LaGiange, as
laic for Judge of the First Judicial District,
he place made vacant l>y the resignation
cam
to
«f James H. Bell.
Elect 8th of November.
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p1§?ír
. iXW We are requested to attaewacetbat
the last quarterly meeting pf the Methodist
Church óf ib placo will be held on the
first Satufdajr *>d Sunday in November
jpy We had quite a 81071 be re on
Tue^Jáy evening. A strong wind from
the North-west cam* tip accompanied with
lights wig,, peals of thunder-, aodrain^The
winfl was so strong we feared
be blown down, but fortunately no serious
damage was sustained that we baoo- board
of. A few fences were blown down.
jgr See the adrerffasi|itnfr m another
column, of Messrs. FaiEWrtuGBa, Hnumo>
>er é Co., who lave- peoently located- in
our t«wn for tho purpose*
the mercantile business.
remarkably cheap , and
reive a liberal aharo
0ir Jtott Jai
here. His
in the pulpit
He witt preach to-sienrew at 11 oTolock in
the Metbodfet Church.
• jar A «M^v by tit# n«mt of Bunt
was drowned on Tuesday night at Boxdb'
ferry in this county. He waa- pushing the
boat across and tho pole broke, and'he fell
into the river and was drowned. We an*
dewtand lle-bad $250 in. silver upon his
person.
EST A valuable horse belonging to L. M
Newsom was drowned at Mr. Daniels'
ferry at this plaee on Friday. Geered in a
wagpa wftb< another horse, a negro boy
drove them into tho river to water them,
and. tho boises- taking fright, got into deep
water,, and becoming entangled, one of
tbein was drowned before ho could be
rescued.
jty Gen. Sa^Houstom hasremoved to
Cherokee county and settkdnear«thotewn
of Rnsfa
i
jar A quarantine has been established
in Corpus Cb> ti, and boats-are not allow*
to-enter the rounder a penalty of $100.
' -"M'h i
&r It will'bo nee. that we bave dévo-
ted a good deal ol onr spice i this issue
to the eiectioa lor Jhdg*. Wr bare done
so because wo deem tho eltotiett of owr
District Jiidgt of «unuch importance, and
that it should be ae interesting.- to the
people of. tho First Judicial Districtaa anw
K -public matter that-could «orne beforothaflfr
for their decision; sa¿ because desperate
«efforts are being mad# in Fayette—the
ativngest voting county in .tho District—to
defeat Smith; and further, because the
moat unfa meant were resorted to to do*
feat bt'm when ha«Mt for this office before,
fearing ¿«en slaadeaedae a. Know-nothings
that' wh.ush nothing, could bo more unjust
to Mi.;. Sm*tb, who waa never inside of a
X. N. Kodg* in hit life, and never baa affili-
ated witi't tlHat defaaot party in«ny man*
neK, shapv or form. Mr. Sutra ia not a
politician,, n^or rioea he believe that politice
shook! bero**ted to i* itfaking Sndgea,
He believe - ia * J " and independent
Judiciary. Ife>oi'r Gionon Wt Smith
peasants thé |>eet ft. laimjJ and >the best qual-
ifications for tbeoft*®® aftd iavview of the
injustice dono him bel^re, ere tMafckwould
be adding injury to in if ^ pao^o of
the First Judicial Distriv^' didnOt elevaU
him to tho Beacb.
■ i i* >
JW A violent storm iwd occurred .at,
Hempetead, blowing dowir building , I
ÍMsees, trees, é%, and doing-
4fn* ge.
Remember the 8tBi of November!
Have we a choice in the ensuing elec-
tion between Mr. Smith andMr. Harcourt!
Whom do we desire for onr Judge for the
next six years ! Whom do we think most
lit and suitable to wear the Judicial ermine!
These questions we aák the people of Col-
orado county, and presume that a great
majority of tbem will answer, with us,
that Geo. W. Smith ia their preference,
and they are anxious for his election.
Now, we say to Mr. Smith's friends not to
content themselves merely with wishing
him success, but carry their wishes into
effect bv attofiding the polls and giving
him their votes! The whole result, as we
tbmtr, depends upon Colorado county.
She has now tho opportunity of electing
the man of her choice, which can easily be
!cpt by ber eitizens remaining at home on
the eighth of November.
We hear it said frequently on the street,
that Snúib will surely be elected ; that
Harconrt will be beaten by hundreds of
votes. In our opinion this is very^doubt-
ful; if the people generally turned out o
special elections,, it might be so, but we(
well know how great is the apathy anion
our fellow-citizens in these special election
It they have the least' business to engage
their attention at home, there they remain
and let the election* take eareot itself. As
a matter of course the people of this
county -are moat interested in the election1
of their candidate, Mr. Smith.. Here the
victory most be lost or won^ and not by
our citizen wishing him success, but by
going to the poils and voting for him.
MjvIEarcourt's friends in this county, to
aman, will attend the election; while it.
is certai that many of Smith's, who, if
present, would cast their votes fur him,
thinking his election secure will remain'at
home. It i a proverbial saying, that
nothing ia more uncertain than the result
of an election ; and* we often deceive our-
selves when we imagine our candidate is
aa& and the victory won before the fight
begins. We are apt to Judge the whole
country from the improHiona we receive
from our own county; and as all around
ua aro- for Smith, we presume the same
feeling exists tfarought the Diatriatt- But
bow easily be may be mistaken
Tbe Judicial Race.
Mr. Jlarcoiul'a Mends claiia- for ^him. Democracy," and of bis " support of
four btñídred majority in Fayette and two ffoiÉlf¡ffffiiftrlng tbé canvftw, hi pnsfrfly
hundred in Austin county; and though
we don't think it is possible for him to
obtain such laTge majorities, yet, as we
aaid t^tre, it isa di$c\}lt¿bmg t^kno^
t^e isane of a popular election. If, then,
the people of Colorado county desire (be
election of 6eoige W. Smith, who ia ¿heir
fellow citizen, their acquaintance and /riend,
if tbey want bim our fudge, in our opinion
it i necessary for them to go to the polla
on election day. They know hi qualifi-
cations, bis legal attainments; they have
already made him what be is ; they know
his pare and upright character; and that
he ia worthy, of the office which he seeka;
they can- make bim their Judge if they
choose on Monday week. And we do hope
that K& friends on- that day, throughout
the county, will, to a man, attend tbe polls;
for unlesa tbepdo so tbey. certainly jeopar-
dize bis cbances of election.
Military Oroakizatiok.—A project is
uow on.foot and agitated in some of tbe
papapa to have a meeting and drilling of
the Afferent military compaoiee in- the
State. " An Officer^ in tbe Telegraph,
auggeets an extensive military organization
for tbe State upon a pian similar tothat of
the States of Mississippi,. South Carohaa,
Alabama and Pennsylvania Companies
should 'be organized in the different counties
and meet ai some central poiot and'drill
it* BéHaliiona; Regiments- and" Brigadas.
This- would- conrey- a practical instruction
i military tactics, which companies could
not acquire in their detached capacity.
The- marauding Indians rafeeling our ex-
tenairo-frontier and tbe uncertain, r<:vola
tionary character of onr neighbor, Mexico,
are given as reasons why hk-Ii an organi-
zation should exist. 'This " Officer" sug-
gest Lavaca or Color .d.> county a a
convenient poiut for ibe meeting of the
different companies now organized. We
haroaaplendid mustering ground—a large
prairie aa level as a floor—just in the sub
urbs of Colatabus. This, we think, would
be a very suitable point; and we would be
glad it could he agreed upon as the place
ot'union.- Capí* W. J. Herbert would
probably bring out hia oompany of volun-
teera.
Such aa organization would doubtless
be of service to Texaa and tbe world ¿ for
according to the "signa of the times?' there
will be " wars and rumors of wars" for a
long time yet—probably «till Gabriel blows
his bora.
A man by tho name of Mimms was
* fe ,,'r *hl<¡* Hemprto«d by
DrI,
At the beginning of the canvass for the
Judgeship between Messrs. Smith and liar- '
court, it was not only publicly avowed by
both candidates, but generally understood
by tbe voters of tho District that no-polit-
ical issue* were to be made, or party influ-
ence brohght to bear in tbe race ; but that
it should be a question of personal mtrit
alone. .
Mr. Smith was actuated by mo tires of
principle in adopting this course, {being
opposed to the introduction of political
issues in Judicial contesta,) but Mr. Har
court, as the sequel will show, acquiesced
in this course of tactics alone froth motives
of policy, (knowing that tbia Judicial Dis-
trict, in tbe election of Judge Bell, bad
just gone nearly nine hundred votes against
that political heiesy,) and moreover know-
ing this was tbe only course calculated to
conciliate certain prominent Democrats ip
Fayette county wlio a re opposed to Jtrdieiaf^bft
nominations, and whose support K© was-fOi
anxious to secure. Thus it was, under the
banner of an "Independent Judiciary,"
Mr. Harcourt began hia caavaaa
Judgeship, evidently fearing to
claims to the people as the nominee of a
District Convention, or even to intimate
that he favored any such move on the part
of his friends.
Had Mr. Harcourt adhered to thts ptu-
dent course of aetit as the canvas pro<-
gressed, (Hat his private opinions of the
system of Judicial Conventions be what
they may,-) we should have said nothing
more editorially than express a- preference
for Mr. Smith ; bat when we see Mr. (Har-
court-soliciting suffrage upon the rffretrgth
of his " merits*' with one individual, and
upon his "Convention Democracy? with
another, and upon his "support of'Bucttey"
with a third, we think it high time tjvis
double and Vtoxtew game he is so re£blesfcly
playing should be exposed.
We make tbe above charge of fncon^s-
tency and unfairness openly and candid%,
and should Mr. Harcourt or his friends
deny ita truth, we are prepared to offer in
evidence some certificates of tKe fact tchicTt
cannot be contrwerftd.
As Mr. Harcourt has more than oace
had occasion to speak of his " Convention
^Estimate or the Corn and Cotton
Crops op Colorado County for 1858.—
;No of acres in cultivation 15,663
'Number of bales of catton atan aver-
age of three-fourths of a bale
per acre 11,896
Number of pounds at four hundred
and fifty pounds per bale 5,353,650
Value at 10 cents per pound. §535,365
We think the average at three-fourths of
a bale per acre ia a reasonable estimate,
some planters making two bales per acre
and aome falling shoft of a bale. The
crop la turning out much better than waa
anticipated some time ago.
coaa caor. %
Number of acres in cultivation...... II,052
■Number of bushels at 40 bus per acre. 443,080
Value at fifty cents per bushel $221,240
Value of corn and cotton.
,.$156,605
Northern Mexico.—We learn from a
letter to the Cmi/an lhat Gen. Santiago
Vidaurri is completely whipped out and
used up i Gen. Mikamon attacked bim on
29th ult. at San Luis Potosi with 11,•
00 men, and making a jadicions charge,
outed ViDAgRRrs 8,000 soldier*, killing
00 and wounding lr000. "It was a 'San
acinto' victory 1" Gen. V. in an expresa
Monterey, wrote M A el -ra ItpsT.*1 Thirs
the hopes of tbe Lihera'ists in Northern
Mexico have died, Perhaps it is immate--
rial, as it would seem these people have
not the stamina iti them to maintain* a
peacabte and permanent government, and
if they once were free, if is almost certain
that the Liberator would become the
Usurper.
Gsorse W. Smith, Esq.—Tho following
just notice of Geo. W. Smtt is an* extract
of a letter of Live-Oak" to tbe Houston
Telegraph: ;
"Eleven years ago he came to Columbus,
then an obseure village, a stranger, without mon.
v and without friends, to embark in the practice
of his profession. During this period Smith-has
given his whole time and attention to the law.
'I'bc consequence ik; that He has eitjOyed a 1 !$&'■
praeticc, and has established a reputation co-
extensive with the iimilrof< Western, Texas, and
now, in the vigor of maiihood altd the maturity
of his intellect, he presentshiitiself to the people
of the First Distrfit as eanrfid«te for the honors
of the Judiciary. The people may select another
man, but none worthier of better qualified than
h Smith ?'
can have no objection to our telling the
whole truth, that the " wayfaring man,
though a fool, need nor erW as tó hia true
position. Jiow i| is a fafei thH>fe Har-
,court was a delegate to tjhe Austih €wiveri
tion, ana that he supported Judge Buckley
in that Convention, (and for all we know
ia a good Convj-ution Democrat,).'bnt we
should like to know in what. his i' support
of Buckley" lino-consisted since the.Conven-
tion adjourned; tor he has proclaimed it
by letter and otherwise that he did Hot vote
for Buckley, but remained neutrul ui the
polls. This Mr. Harcourt-will not deny..
What claims, then, we ask, has fee upon
hie Convention Democratic brethren, or
tbe friends of Judge Buckley, for support,
when, after haviag endorsed the nominee
in the Conventiou by hi vote, then refuse
to ratify that nomination at tbe ba$j6t box.
Should Mr. Haroonrt everagaio have oc-
casion to speak of hia "supportof Buck-
ley," we hope be will be careful and state
when, whktr and how long that qupport
was giren, at he íb somewhat ambiguo ua
on this point.
JHT Matrimony is now the wtfncipal
theme for reflection and conversion at
this time in out town, rendered doubly
interesting by the many practical «viden-
cea that it is an 44 institution^ v We re-
cently recorded the marriage ef ciÉwo of
our friends, and we this weefe publMi that
oft oor neighbor across tbe stYcet. Tom
von did*a good tbin'g when you;made this
aüiaoee-r-tHe best thing we l^avEnowrf1'
of you lately. We acknowledge the re-
ceipt of a portion of tbe wedding on Ire,
which the office joined4 in " d^oirring."
We beg leave to tender our congratulations,
aud to offej,our beat wishea for. $|j> g and
happy life 4b tl^ejjfy married H^ople.
Though sorrowing long from " hopíi deffirred"—
Moát miserable of men—
Tom has caught at last a pretty bird, . -
And 'tis e. sweet little Wren !
J3T Tile News says- tbe yellow fever is
decidedly on the decrease ifl Galveston.
Títere had: been but few new cases yet, it
advises unacelimated persons to keep away
,nn$ tjte epidemic ,is known to % t an
end. All ^tmacclimated persons slfonld
keep away ftem yellow fever diatrictfe until
the fever has entirely subsided, which will
not be till a good froat—44 a' killing: frost"
m ^... ■ - . .
MIUI IIIIVLIir '■ i
Wé learn from the Telemrqph that
Mr. Wit. M. Thompson, formerly of Mon-
treal, died last Saturday, of yellow fever,
in Houston. He was principal boolr-keeper
in the house of C. Ennu <k Co. He was
an amiable young man and greatly esteem-
ed for his virtues, and his death waa that of
the righteous.
The Fairfield Pioneer is*becoming
ubiqqitous in it* character, and will here-
after be published aimaltaneously at Fair-
field and Springfield. May fair winds
spring-up<for tho Pioneer ia tbeae fields of
literary Bailing.
J&~Dr. Hale, the lecturer on Electro-
Biology, is now is tbe ci'y of
Tire JudfeeeblfFv
[Written for the Colorado-Qtfien;}
EntTOitSr Citizen : The contest for the
Judgeship row-pending in tbe First Judi-
cial District should excite no little interest
in the public mind ; for the existence of
a pure mid able Judiciary is the best safe-
guard of popula! rigWtt in our govern-
ment. CorfeiderHig the moral qualifica-
tions of Messrr: Smith and Harcourt equal,
wo should iook well to their respective
legal qualifications, a d elevate to the
Bench the man most skilled in the princi-
pas and science of the law: That the
District Judge *&uid' not only possess a
vast fund of legal learning, but also much
practical experience with it, (especially in
our mixed system of practice,) is essen
tially necessary to a successful administra-
tion of justice. lit'tbia latter particular,
Mr. Smith has greatly the' advantage of
his oppoaewt, having for the last eleven
years applied himself closely to the 8t0dv
of our Statutes and Supreme Court Re-
ports, which alone enables the lawyer to
master our peculiar system of jurispru-
dence. Mr. Sonth- is, strictly speaking, a
Texas-bred lawyerhaving begun bis pro
fessionnl' career here, he has grown up;, as
it were, wfth the litigation o£ the country.
His exrensSve practice haa tbor furnished
a rich field of1 experience, from which be
baa unavoidably reaped-a vast harvest of
that practical knowledge of thc faw'no in-
dispensable to a Judge. Independent,
however, of Mr. Smith's legal attainments,
he it a gentleman of tbe strictest temperate
habitsf while his courteous and unassuming
demeanor particularly recommends him for
that position- to which he would prove a
worthy ornament
Yours, Ac., COLORADO.
Columbus, Texas, Oct 26, 1858.
No Politics in tbe Court-b
TO THETÜBLIC.
Since J. T. Harcourt, Esq., ia endeavor-
ing to give a .political cast to the present
coataat for tha Judgeship of the First Ju-
dicial Dia^rict, aa evidenced by hia conver-
sation with Masara. Millioan and Churchill,
of Brazoria county, iu which they asked
bim if party politics would be run in the
can vasa, and he replied, in aubatanca that
44 so far as he wás concerned, they would
not, but that he had always voted (hi Dem-
ocratic ticket, whilst he had understood Mr.
Smith to be a Clay Whig alto his atate-
ment to F. Englekitag, of Austin county,
that " he had been the only lawyer in La
Grange supporting Bttcitey;" and his state-
men t to Ernst Klebeig, also of Austin
county, that 44 he was a Convention Demo-
crat, and was in the Convention that nomi-
nated Buckley;n we deem it a duty we
owe to the District to give a few facts in
relation to Mr. Harcourt's political history.
We knew him in 1853 as a Clay Whig,
desirous to become the Whig candidate
for Congres , when there were several
Democrats running. Not long thereafter,
in a conversation with one of bis Whig
friei.ds, on the subject of seeking to organ-
ize the Know-Nothing Party in Fayette
county, he used tbe following emphatic
language: "If it does' n& other good1, rt
will help to break down this confounded
Democratic party."
He was for many months a member of
the Know-Nothing party after ita- organi-
zation in Fayette county, and held a prom-
inent office in said organiaation/dwelKngf
in his speeches with peculiar emphasis on
that portion of Washington's FareWell
Address which" Warned h& country against'
foreign influence.
He was a candidate in 1855' tof nomi-
nation by said party for the office' of
floater. The last act of service ever dbne
by bim to that now defunct and'anofl'■to-be-
forgotten party<some of the former mem-
bers thereof fteep' recorded as a precious
memenib' to be used only on extraordinary
occasions, is a letter from which wo are
permitted tc copy tlie following extract:
. 44 July 31st, 1855."
JortírT. HoísttN, Ésd—
My Dear Sir: " It seems that GayVoppo-
" nonis wfc determined to .defeat him at all w
" hazards'. You doubtlees hay? beard of * tit
44 positim ¿efóre the Dutch."1 likink he hat
" uroq£ but at (be same Umi4 am not
" to lena'úiyself lo any seheaa to elect I
The' Ameritan party (ahd t slend npon
26febi\858. Ili&Jl
Youtif jsnd beauty
flo«ma^n<9n stns^ their path through lifo'e
rugged mazes, till they arrive in tbe bloommg
regions of immort ality.
ItJ* Memphis Cht
CoLuiiBrZ—Tti. J' d '
crop of Brazoria
The prospects for
cork.
the cotton and
county will be lar^e.
the sugar crop have been btjghtenmg' ®«r
teriallv within tho last V ^
arerage «op > «*' «
many planUttiofis.
The Democrat wf* that tttt^**
held over tbe body of a person fóaüt? in tint
river several miles ahora Colnnifcí , it few.
days ago. T¿bódy #*9 ttypoMá to b&
that of a negro., -
ted him i
Mr. Chas. E. Barnard writes to the Waco
Democrat, from Brazos Agency, Oct. 1st.,
that Jim Shaw, the famous Delaware In-
terpreter for the Texas Reserve Indians,
fell from a fence adjoining his house at the
Agency, that morning and -dislocated his
neck, killing him instantly. He was fifty-
eight years of age. and had been identified
with the Itidian affairs on our frontier for
tbe last fourteen or fifteen years,
Tho new steam machinery for boring
the artesian well on the Gipitol square,
saya tha Austin Intelligencer, ia now at
«oí k, and tbe digging is progressing finely.
We notice that the cartels iraj
from tbe Canary Islands were being dis-
charged yesterday from tbe wo «easels that
brought them. Some apprehended that
their strange appearance would caused
stampede among the horaes, but thougtr
their singular add hago* forma attracted
soma attention, fet they are so docile
gentle that no alarm was manifested by ¿tir
domestic animals. These camels, 8g in
all, are imported oil private account, aad
the owners are ready to aeH them either to
the Government-or to private parties. They1
are almost the oftTy domestic animal in the
Canary Islands for service, and they aro
used, not only for transporting ail'burthens,
but also for ploughiog-aod nearly all other
púrposfa on farms. No carts, .wagoua or
carriages are there used, but the came!
supplies their piteé, ft is believed by
fome that this animal will be foftnd profit-
able for similar uses in Terfaa, and tbe.
experiment already made by flie* Govern-
ment proves entirely' successful.- But one
of those imported two or three féáts ago
has died, while there has becfl quite, ah
increase by b:rths. The climate and foo<l
seem toawfc diem admirably.—Galveston
Nevté, 20ith^ ; i
The Tar Pe'olAR.—O^ie of thoee North-
Carolina tar pedlars Insd found hia way td
a little inland town of. Middle Tertnesaoe,
and1 Wat aaunterihg dfown thfe
letting Bill todrtve the stteer-te« n:
ing along, prtitl^ soon he cattle to i
where a lady wfaa playfhg upon tr plkno.
Ht stopped nght opposite'the ééor, ifrhen
a e:ent1eman; wlm haii be«n w'atchihg him,
of fhtertst,
sootier said tl
be rtr
fe^t tsfOnishr
WW . gftlly '. thatTs qneer,% ^
"endbrse their platform) met to-d^, at the ln^ ing back to'tlMidoof, deliberately- throwin<r
íofh^t a great chew4 of toMftcco oilt of his md|th,
" tof mined to nominate a th]Mlmun.,, "
(XjtfWedr. -JhWJT. I^AJICOURT.
lie has*since called himself a Democrat,
and, we Qnderstanvf|^|p ported Buckley
until about the day of tlia election, when
he rrfusfd to vote for him, ns he has pub-
licly stated on the streets of Lt Grange.
Had not tho effort been made & run
politics in the present canvass, we should
bave remained in rcspectfui silente;: but,
under the Citcumstances, we believe the
above un varnished statement of facts should
l>e Wuowtf to the voters of the District;
and forthe:^ truthfulness~we refer'to'the
gentlemen named, and to the public in and
about La Grange, and Mr. HarCourtVnfbst
intimate acquaintances. Áhd if their pub-
lication shall in any degree promote tbe
public good, by inducing tbe voters of this
District to observe the precedent tbev
theraseivi-3 have established, in só lately
defying the aifthority of a State Conven-
tion, and triumphantly electing over1 the
nominee'thereof a gun 11 «man who based
hirclaims for the offióe sought on-his mer-
its alone, and'to discard'nil ptfitfcal and
other issues trot involving' Ufa' personal
qualifications of the candidate, and* apply
the favorite ¿éf&rsomku test—tbe test of
honesty, capacity and fidelity-*rn the elec-
tion* of so'important an officer as-that of
District JiK^ge, we shall be amply rewarded
for out trouble. If this-be done, we shall
be satisfied with tho result. >
Citizen8 of Fayette Cocntt.
N.4£ The above letter to Ür. Holman
was signed by Mr. Harcourt and three
others; whose names we do not give
¡3T Under tlie bead of hypercritical,'
the Austin Intelligencer says;
Some of our small papers are criticising
tbe misprint of 44 Erasmus" for 14 Ríaselas"
in this paper. If their printers had to read
tbe editorial MSS. of tbe Intelligencer,
taey would often be worse pusried than our
friend John H. Robson, who read our Cus-
tard into seven proper names, and then
sent back for information. One of our
private lettev* once passed through all the
learned aocietiea in New York, and cauaed
much debate as to whether tbe cbaractera
were Arabian or Cbaldaeic. The. editor
rarely reads the proof, aad the compeaitora
cannot always guess out the proper uamea.
Of course, everybody understood the mis-
take, which was not as bad as $108^ over-
paid, which these same critics never notice.
So goes it.
Newspaper Change.—Wo understand
from the La Grange True Issue that Ben.
Shropshire, Esq., will soon discontinue
his connection wi'.h tliat paper. I
riglit tliar, did you ever sen thi nice
bom days—a woman pctisirtg mrfmc Jut of
a Cupboard ! * " ~í lif*
After eying tlie woman p;iwíu ^iÉlBj¿t
. of the cuplnjarJ for somei " < . He- twiied to
1 the gentleman, says he. 'Can't'f- v II ycnt*a'
keg of tar to grease i t with ! '
The quickest rate of ftttonwtióttafter the
electric spark. light,i0und arf4c5rtnoii MM,-
is ascertained to be tbo fiíglít df a «§n¡low.
One "of these bir«ie wli# 1 ért ^ofF- atGheiit,
ard madc iU Wav to its rt**t t Antwerp,'iu
wehfe inmutes' and a1 balC g^Hig at tbé
rato of four arid a half miopia a minute.
Gojüzáles:—The Inquirer «ays the J) -'
trict Court of that county a^ouracd on
the l8lh histn after a'sesslosf of two weeks.
About one thousand cásea weredisposaii tff.
The stme paper expresses feat flint the
amount of cot'on lo<t by the recent rkioa
in the South-extern poilion of tht cOun#f
ii verjr^reat.
Hie same paper sny& the
Waalern Ttxas met in the B*pti«t Church
in that place or. the r 1st iij&f".- There ty
a- full attendance of minialeis ahd '
m
eldera.
COLJiWBÚS CHAP1ER, No-J w
46, R. A. Masons, meets 3d Saturday in' rñb
-month-, at 10 o'clock, A. M.
«ürWfNfiUtOW, Sr. t. If.%
R. fl. Jo.-«e#V Sfctetary. 48.1
— 5-; t[. '
MOFFAT^S VEGETABLE LIFE MED-
ICHÍES.—-These Medicines aré inMttd
tor their name to their ti|ntfest and sensible «c
in purifying the springe and channels of life"
and endowing tbem with reu * — - - -
tion
wing tbem with renewed tone ud virer
(0 almost every speeics of diseaae to which tbe
homan frame is liable, tho happy offecU of nT
Moral's Life Mllá an# Phoenix Kttera have hnnn*
gratefully and' publicly aehnowled«d ^**
persona benefitted, and .who an prcViou.lv«
qnaintcd with tbe bcantifally phit - -
ciple upon which thev are tq
£™E!¡&2¡ KfLIR'
pfore keepers mm uragpiU CT^tfillTi
I860 mt I860
S* T.fyJ.Harbert
"T" * ""MB -SK2SBM
Jan
QPE1V
V w for a new year from the 1st noVl
next until- the ht January, 1661 As «tw
are. very much behind, we have u> ad««,
Goods Che
Colnmbiip., Oet gO, 1858
of a.
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