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GONZALES, TEXAS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1868.
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At |S 00 pár Annum, payabU in Advance.
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yjFA'jrS FOR 4DVEKTI8WG.
All political addresses will be chiu^éd u regular
advertisements.
Adv
f
accordingly. . f,-
All letters of a business.character iu«< bepott
paid, to insure, attention.
Every communication for publication "must be
accompanied by the writer'* proportion^.
No communication or advertisement of an abu-
sive character will'b'e published oh any term .
For announcing candidates' names for a
KM*. . ■■■■„■
COMMUNICATIONS.
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rthe.Inquirer.
Answer to *Un«lfe Ned." *
Sacrcd Nine! your aid I -do now implore;
Gome help me as tliou oft hast helped Wore;
Excommupit^te the Centreville beaii
Añd rid Mulo Prairie of a pestful bore!
" Tm good "looking ami anxious to marry;n
The deuce you arc; but may be jOp'Ufcury^
You're " lig-moutlied and hump-booked and
low-legged"
Sour-looking, and in sense, oniy half fledge'd.
'Tis a principio ?mong women
To gull an innocent thro' malm prepon,
And you, with all your good loot s, art the samé,
But your sour looks hadstfcCbest of the game.
That you'd as 4
cook," ■ . ■■/> ■*.
And take
41
s "aid
Lnd take for solace her goodoldlook,
' Mies Mule Prairie " has neVer ¿iifiíc doubted,
And when you asked a kiss, no wonder she
pouted ' MISS MULE*.
August4, 1853. ■
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[Por the Inqi
On Hearing the Praises 6f Persia/
Departed Daughter of Mrs. D."V
In the Masonic graveyard deep
Beneath the forest's whijiperihg shade,
Where grape-vines twine and mossos creep,
The lovely Persia's grave is nado.
> , i'. . : • ■<
But though no polished marble there
Doth gleam in beauty throttgl} the gloom,
The turf that hides her golden hair
With sweetest prairie flowers shall bloom
And whilo the moon her tender light
Upon the hallowed sceno dndi fling, ) .
The mocking-bird shall sit afl night °
Among the dewy leaves and sing.
For never did our western ray
Salute a soul more free from stain,.
More true—and years shall pass
Ere it may warm the like again!
Ne'er did thine eye's deep assure seem—
Nor smile nor cry like tHose of earth,
Sweet blighted orie,*knd well I deem
Tliino was no mortal's usual birth.
But when $iy mother touched her lyre*
A form like thee was born of. thought,
Prolific grown by heaveply fire,
And nature thence llor model'caught.,
And well may thoso believe thee fair,
Who see that dark-eyed mother now
And view, despite- of grief And care,
The charm upon her lip and brów.
Sure Genius has a power to keep
Wrapt in a spell her children true,
And the sweet tears her daughter^ weep
Embalm the beauties they bedew !
But faro the well; the strangce's tear
Shall trickte to thy inomory long;
And should thy gentle spirit hear,
It may not scorn a stranger's sonfr
COSMOPOLITE.
Gonzales, August 8,1858.
Hog Raising in Texas
To tlie Editor «if the Inquirir:
On my first visit to Western Toxas 1 was
struck with the scarcity of whát is generally
termed " hog meat," arid being a greát lover
of the article, I was led to investígate the rea-
son of this deficit in an article so mueh Valued
and so much needed amóhg the'(toners Of
the South, and we may say throughout Chris-
rtendom since tho abolishment 0Í the cdlct that
was proclaimed by Moses, fbrbiding the Jews
to eat the flesh of any animal ,th«$ did not
,c)iow its cud, But it scfems that ftnsliw' is
still respeoted, to some degree, In WeiWfti'
Texas, where all other animals abonád «(rid
swarin in innumerable hords. - Cows,; homi,
shoep, deer, and almost ' every othor! 'abitnal
that can be mentioned,- luxuriate and gTO# fct
on the rich muskete grass that i grows on onr
fertile valleys. Yet swine, the most profitable
.of all stock, are very scarce, Why this acaiw
ty ? Almost every fcnnte that rides over éur
country comes to tW ttaim céttelusion that I
.did—that hogs will not do tteH in
try, and this belief is conlrmed by>tha
,al appearance of the counfry being so very
dry, knowing, as every former does, that the
hog is an animal thas it very find; of water
and soft, wet land t# root in. Bnfcthia •
mistake and an error into #hich strangers'are
led by the nedigence of onr Armera. Oar
creeks and rivers afford a fine rooting grounds
for hogs as can be found in any othsr coun-
try, and I am convinced that hog do as well
.here as in any other Southern State,
cannon and an
com
theyi
mad* the.
tion; of ij
' io motto
loth, ¿¿of 11..
the glittering millions
and strctchino: almost
T^ O
secure the VprCcious
lived in a country nor
Of where cqws governed and
"Mas flor as
are oven
and legisla-
Aiino .- and
the^w,
grass and grass
corn, and the cow
to. keep her fat
l.y*
minds of the
root or
make
What I say is not.] arid
on-terms warram
• ' ' ' ' •
minor^abu-
needs riothing
^ >f the old Texans, for I look
respects, as a noble people,
jhcstpi aisos from a magnai.-
■their noble deods, But: wc
rom the States" v® some-
.. , being^used to that
kmd of meat and not much in the habit of
eating: bee? consequently we like to see the
squealers about,-or at least enough of them
to furnish us our meat—good, wholesomo. ba-
con. From the spare milk of the cows of this
country *e could raise enough of pigs, with
a few bushels of corn mixed with it, ifi furnish
us with .an abundance of bacon ana some to
; work th; able
and
and grass sleepin,
Owner thaif tho mere po^pcct of raising a
calf) which, when raised.iii.^ot worth as much,
by s jvend dol'ars, os it would have bepn if its
mother had been put in a peri and milked reg-
ularly. The spare milk fvoin each-cow would
r^isj at least one pig. whjch. at the age .of one
year, would be wortp as much as the calf at
two years old." Then, Would not the owner
tío grtíatlv benefitted, in a pecuniary view, by
milking his* cóws arid giving the milk to tho
pigs? Taking these things Under Considera-
tion.'it-feáí shan
that is Shipped
sumed by Tcxañs, who have it in their power
á shame to see t
from <" the
of meat
arid coh-
to
atíy other State in the Union.
hen it seems to me to be the duty of every
farmer, who wishes to develope the great re-
sources of our State and elevate hér to that
position to which it was intended by nature
She should occupy, to be up and doing and to
lHpjc-wcll to all of our agricultural interests.
But how can this be done?
thoso who have taken ¿¡
Texas is riot a good licw
by supplying yourself well with "good'young
sows; cultivate your rich lands, milk your
cows and feed your pigs, arid you will be able
Ve independent of the world "and the
ce of mankind," at least as far as hog
quires
m
stock.
more attention, than any ótí
~^~-~,**TOeridod to. paye «ww
tore than any othe
to
ba ,
meat is concerned. The hog, it is tjri
when pi
Utoh'A-cd
The utmost atteritfon and care" of the
fUrmer is callcd into .requisition; he must not
only attend' to feeding, : but he must attend
also to seléctírig his breeders,' and by making
proper selections arid paying strict attention
to feeding, 4c., you caft make a good stock'out
of almost ahy breed. The first to be Selected
are brood sows, and the faririer cannot be too
careful in making his selection . They should
be taken from the most thrifty and best brodd
áows. 'Length, breadth and depth of body
are the best characteristics of a good breeder.
HaVirig selected yours Sows, scperate them
from your male hog until they are nine br
twelve months old, when you may let them
at large with your, Stock hogs. If yon
icnt is riebessary. '¡He
mpact and rather smáfler
small, deep and broad In
^L«> 13Í • ' La 'mÁ«A " é
_^ouia do more i
than the so^i" 'hi
the chest,
well rounded. As tó treatment
before and after littering, particular
is required. Tho sows should be
from all the stock hogs and confín
sows, just
attention
separated
iria'tot
Olá Ones eight; they should bo dpBÍrdyed, as
no sow can raise well more than that number.
When your pigs ar^ thrce w^eks old, prepare
butter-milk. Keep tho pen open and well surir.
plied with corn and <Ulow the pigs to go m
arid Out át pleasure, Shut up your sows apd
* "wJM
should be weaned
at six weeks old Every planter should pre-
pare well for his hog during the súnuner
months, if
old convpl^fik at difforMit intervals, patch#*
In this cóuntry, Spaying
; be done in
and cnarcofti, ana wnen ipc weainer i« uutu
áSSSSrisá;
3 and superior accommodationa will
.,11 . /tur' - t [For the Inquiitr.
. Landahark, Úaroaon 4mS". beg leave to
tender to the inhaMtanta of O. and n
cinity their «Mat egressions of gratitude
fert<M .very liHfltel
have received,
to btulinets an
aecure a continuance of
Fuddle:
on the main road-
within aight of Laay PiaTns and Pova^r
^Someof tho advantages of their eatabUah-
Iffisys
of hi wife. «" }* speedily qualified for the
business at a trifling expense.
their chil-
can be
es, at a price
of any Other institution in
2. Tbow desirous of
dren to become thieves
instructed in the above
far less than
tho country.
8. Should there be those who have more
money than brains, they can spend it here in
a very short time, without any danger of re-
gaining it, so as to embarrass their future cir-
cumstances.
4. Beggars and town paupers manufactured
at the shortest notice and on the most reason-
Any one 1
be fields, ditches, streets, and in
with hogs, Can be initiated into
' in a short time.
a hardy constitution arid
of a long life, can be otado sickly
to and brought to an early grave
■ranted not' to fail.
7._ «Tails, prisons and 1 asylu;
superannuated drui
public is cautfimcd to heware
at pleasure and on terms
coritíécfors. *
8. Old,
gratis. ' |
N.B^Tfaa
of common and' Sunday schools, of ministers
of the Gospel, of temporáneo lecturers and ad-
vocatcs of the Maine law, as they are opposed
to our interests and reputation.
LANDSHARK, HARPOON & CO.,
Porters at the gate of Perdition.
[For the Inquirer.
Mercantile Questions and Answers.
Q. What is double entry?
Charging the same thing twico.
ods but not
em.
at is a banker ?
The man that has the deal
What is the business of a banker?
Catchjñg suckers.
What is an inland draft?
An easterly wind
it is a foreign draft ?
_lass of Cogniac.
fhat is a promissory note ?
Acceptance of an invitation.
What is a negotiable note 1
Don't know; never could make one.
A.
Q. What is single entry ?
A. Charging a man with
crediting the cash he pays for
Q. What is book-keeping?
ji. Forgetting to retuin borrowed volumes.
Q. What is a blotter ?
A. An editor.
Q. , What is a ledger ?
A, A counting-house companion, upon
whfcli people often spend their entiro fortuno.
a!
t
Q.
a.
>i
Q.
A.
Smooi.ar Discovery. — There is nothing
new under the sun. The American coffin
which attracted so much attention at the gri
exhibition of 1851, and which, l y produci
a vacuum by means of the air-pump, was
thought, to be an entirely now mothod of pre-
serving corpses from decay, has been just
proved to naVe been known in tho middle
ages.. While demolishing, a short time ago,
the old church of the ancient Welsh college, at
Helmfetfedt, near Brunswick, a coffin made of
-lead, the lid of which was of glass, of immense
thideness, contained the body of a young girl
apparently about twelve years of ago, which
still preserved every appearanco of youth and
freshness, although the 'coffin bore date 1461.
A private letter from a bystander tells us
that t'thefiice and figure of the child wero
" decay hc-
The
cheek preserved its delicate rose-tint—the'
forehead its snowy whiteness. The hair, which
was of a beautiful gold color, was parted on
the brow, and foil in long ringlets over the
bosom, crisp and fresh as though tho child had
laid down to sleep tho moment before. The
dress of white satin, embroidered in gold flow-
ers, the shoes of wmte velvet, tho lace apron,
all seemed bright as if newly purchased; and
mota astonishing still, the bunch Of lilies held
in the hands of the corpse still looked as fresh
and moist as though the dew still hung upon
it The workmen engaged in the demolition
Of the building wero struck with awe, and im-
mediately Went in quost of the chief magistrate
of the place, who soon arrived on liielpot, ac-
companied by several of the inhabitants. Un-
fortunately, the
centljr béen
he worthy functionary having re-
made the victim of a practical
thp towti, and being half suspicious
the same thing was intended, would not
ve in the reality, and seizing a spade from
the hand of one of the workmen who stood
near, dealt a heavy blow updn the lid of the
coffin and smashed one or two of the diamond-
shaped panes of glass of which it was com-
posed In a moment, and while wo yet gazed,
thin cloud of dust or vapor, like a wreath Of
ike rose up from tho coffin and dimmed the
it, veiling the corpse from our view. When
it~hád disappeared, we gazed downwards in
awe; riothing remained of what had struck us
with so much interest and wonder-—all had
vanished,and left nought behind but aheap of
discolored dfist, a few rags of tinsel, and one
or two, flried bones!"
The rage and despair of Herr W , the
great antiquary and tumnt of the place, knew
no borinds. He did his best- to collect the
that remained, and that same cve-
the coffin was conveyed to Brunswick,
s It will no doubt form one of the great-
est'* ornaments of the iriuseum. There ap-
thst the high preservation of
been produced by the abstrac-
from tho coffin, and it is sup-
that the child belonged to Some great
óf the ÜUiversitywho had performed
UBI uniwuouui <
peats no doubt
the corpse'had I
tion of all air f
lent In secret, as it is curious
is and care coi
no means shbnl
her name from
ven upon thé
but the
ed'or wsi*
•Witt' "
As it should be.-—We aro glad to note any
and every thing calculated to develope the
resources of our country, and especially so in
regard to the prairie Yeuions of which wé have
so mutch that is fertile, be%utiihl and healthy,
Tho Rev. Mr. Cooke, of Green Lake, in this
¡ounty, lias just enclosed 180 acres of pra
and, with pine lumber from Mobile. He
rormsaRi
koooTsut
within eighteen
has all the ad- fe
COOke, V V..WU MWV,
county, lias just enclosed 180 acres of prairie
i pine lumber from Mobile. He in
that the entire cost jpf the fence is
$600; lftt the enclosure is thorough arid will
doubtless last well Jfor ten years, by which
timo ho will have hedges frilly matured The
latid is remarkably rioh, and within
raíles of Ibdiariola; hence he
vantages of good market almost at his
and thereby has a great advantage over
ters living from 50 to 800 miles from us.
intends putting this land m thorough cultiva-
tion, and also to grow timber on it and the re-
mainder of his grounds.
Mr: Milier, of the Lake, we believe has en-
closed over 200 acres and is still góing ahead,
highly encouraged by past trials and suoecss.
Hothlie and Mr. Cooke, as p ell «s many others
believe that our entjre
county aro not only sus
n.
vmnjftftk of decidedly profit-
e cultivation. Eight miles below the Lake,
«isiderable
gentlemen
a,
i Espirito Syvto^Bay^there is a
So
on .
settlement already.
design opening places on the head branches of
Powder Horn Bayou next fall and winter, and
some design doing so too, three and four iriiles
out from this city.
The prairies of Illinois have beon settled 10
and 20 miles from tirabér, and in a few years
they rear fine forests of locust, walnut and
oak. We have seen many such places, and
eXpcct in four or five years to see the rich
prairies of Calhoun dotted thickly with groves
and productive farms. The opinion of spme
that this will not be the case is fallacious in
tho extreme; and when tho truth of our posi-
tion shall be established by a fow persons, oiir
lands Will at once find purchasers, anxious to
be near navigation ana good markets. We
have none but rich land in the county, or
comparatively so, and it will be brought into
requisition within a few years and then Cal-
houn will rank as one of tho first sugar and
cotton counties in tho State.
We know that persons who have alwa:
resided in heavily timbered countries will
skeptical on this point, but we have nover lived
in any other than prairie regions and basó Our
opinions entirely on experience and tho double
facilities we possess of fencing cheaply with
lumber frnd successfully ditching or growing
hedges.
Those who have tested tho matter, believe
also that we can import coal for fuel from
Philadelphia or Baltimore to great advantage,
until timber may bo produced. It is said that
ono ton of Leliigh coal is equal to four cords
«f'bost hickdry wood. Coal, It ia believe, can
be delivered here at $10 per ton, whilo wood
is worth (in Indianola) $5 per cord, thus show
ing a difference of 100 per cent in favor of
coal. On this subject howevoh wo are not
personally advised.—Indignóla Bulletin.
Education.—It is not education to send a
child to school merely, for that will train his
intellect, not form his principles. It is not
education to cram him with four time as muoh
as ho can bold, for that is treating him (ike a
boy that Franklin tells of, who having ¿is
hands full of apples, grai
lost all It is not educai
parsing almost before
age he cannot analyse, and analysis of the
language is tho Alpha and Omega of true
grannner. It is not education to teach him
all sorts of frivolous branches of learning, for
a hundred to one he has to make his way in
the world, and will want all the available
knowledge he can acquire. Finally, it is riot
education if the child is a girl, to "bring her up
as if marriage was the sole object of her life,
so that she need only acquire the acccomi "
menta that dazzle, not the household
that delight. ,
Education is the training a child morally,
physically and intellectually, the bostowing on
it such knowledge as will be most useful in
after me, and the imparting that knowledge in
tho most thorough manner. In that single
sentence the whole circle of education, accord-
ing to our notion, is embraced. We might
enlarge on its several parts almost without
limit; but we prefer to placo it before our raid-
ers in the fcwost words possible, 'that, they maj
implish-
vfrtuea
7
ik
must be principally impart-
o tho child's temper is best
he* affectiontind discipline,
W - .u,
col; nevertheless moral
tion are closely oonnec
ly assisting tho former.
Moral education
cd at home, where
understood, arid
if the pursuits are proper ones, go haód in
hand Physical education is necessary tó tho
future health of the child, without which learri-
ing is nearly useless, andeVon wealth no bless-
ing. Lastly, it is the thorough mail, not the
superficial ohes, who succced in life. A toan
had bettor know
thini
Tho education
similar
position are different, so should be tho kind
knowledge imparted; tho true rulé is that
girls should make useful wives and good
mothers, and not to he belles or flirts; and
some pursuit should bo taught them to be fbl*
principien, it would bo better Dun |
a fortune, for happiness and
would bo theirs
ono thing weÜ, than twenty
ly. ' .:;V'
education of girls should be guided on
principles. But as their, duties and
i are different, so should be the kind of
5v.:w>«*h« to
WIS!
We loom from (
here on the 16th i
Washita, that all the
ordpred out of
at their soV
exception of the Delaware , who
treaty with the Ohickasaws, their
for ^ Permanent settlement
Ihe Chickasaw and Delav
sponsible for the goc * '
wares, aM In case of
or troublesome i
fortbor expense
United State.
No
diana
assistance
Again, on Red River,
tachad to bo sent for, but
ftito with EdmUnd Plckii
Chickasaws, prevented an
and .return of the Datawares to
seven Cherokees entered their . .
nation, soon after top troops from Washita
left, bidding defiance to the agent and
troops at the post An cxpress was despatch-
ed after th«v command under lit N .Barfc
hack
fire,>nd, with bayonets pre-
sented, ciemanded their' surrender. An at-
tempt was madi to resist, but the close prox-
imity of the bayonet soon oooled their oourago.
All were taken prisoners, th¡eir whiskey kegs
knocked fn the head, their horses, packs, arms,
Ac., under the laws of the nation, wore con-
demned, and before Capt Ogden left, all were
on the march for Van Burqn, wb#re a reward
of $300 00 por " " "
Lieut Pcaico
the energy displayed
nights anct^áys ho was on duty without sleep,
and although jaded,and woro out ho toek<tho
road and returned in time to makprisoi
them all. This prompt actiori on hiá
saved the agent múch trouble arid
and rendered the frondes of Texas on Re<i
River much sorvice by the arrest of these des-
^ These Indians only tho clay Woro had been
firod on by the people of Preston in conse-
quence of an attackmad
tnelr dtizeoa I
Wo further learn that a salo of tho Govera-
mcnt train was advertised to bo held on tho
10th inat. In the meantime, Col. Caproh,
Agent, had gone to Fort Arbuckle with some
Comanehes to recover, if possible, from the
Kjckapoos some stolen horses. Col, C. We
understand would leave
salo, and
1st' prox, HV - HLt „
those'Indians are removed at laSt*
os some stolen norses. uoi. we
nd would leave immediately after the
i in all probability will bo here by the
r. It is a source of felicitation that
been a complaint on the part of tho nativo In-
dians tha| the Delawares and others have "
more, injury to the gamo than all t^ia i
tribes. Their superior skill in Area
them great advantage; and besides, t
Indians, just removed, have been in
of destroying game for their hides alono.—-San
i made by them on some of
Antonio.
Interesting Facts.—Man has the power of
thighs and legs. 62 in his a
07 in his trunk. He has also 484 muscles.
His heart makes 04 pulsations in a minute,
and therefore 8,840 In an hour, 92;160 in a
day. Thero aro also three complete circula-
tions of his blood in the short space of oil
hour. In respect to the comparative speed of
to haVe little influence, nor has comparative
strength, though ono body givlrig any
of motion to another is said to lose i
of its own. Tho sloth
IKJ
seconds; but a
times itsown It „
oik can run apMlo-and a baliin
isllS
> %
i
tain General
11; '
wflfM
MM ' ■. -<-3
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ratnr
quonCo to dó i
ThovJa'1"
rum ail
She obtained her
consulate, by qrder of
and arrived
displaced. /
On exsminati
missionor, 9ho |
!:*g|
for tho coast.
inor of African c
Wmmm'
fl-om Nev
TownW"*"
luli
daysout, t
not known to be on 1
mi
Mm
j
iSL
srsi'-uv '
the!
men.
The names of ihe i
.•at ¡
there WH i
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Smith S. W. The Gonzales Inquirer (Gonzales, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 13, 1853, newspaper, August 13, 1853; Gonzales, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth178773/m1/1/?q=+date%3A1845-1860: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.