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MARRO EXPRESS
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FUBL18HSD EVER Y *S A T U R D AT
ix $2 SO, ftn advance.
Hi Union, with the Constitution
urn. H. I*EBI,ETTV ^dito.K.
. J. T. Spence dp Van H«ru,
Associate Editora.
C.QK8IC AN A:
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8AWRDAY, APRljL *8, lSflO,
AGENTS:
SrJf>o Hull.—t>r, (jr,/w. Hill and R. A.
Younger.
Benj> B- Carrol and E. G. MeU'tin.
4í8at*'m.f)*b pojxt.—James r, port^v,
Tlowkbdalk.—W. T. Patton.
JifSH, Ce***,—J. T. fersou f.nd J. Vf. Abb y.
Chxumwk* Stqrb.—J, ü tiiot.
U Boolh and Joseph Cole.
Waxahaíooik.—D. f. Ferris. A. Bradshaw.
Miltobd.—A. i. McCrary,
yjamtibld.—w, l. Moody.
Tahbaca^-tCoJ. John Boyd.
ATB*Na.—Rufua F. Dudd.
ÍBKSIDEITTIALELECTiaN, 1860.
Elector for the State at large.
THOS. N. WAUL
II. D. GRAHAM.
Alternates.
THOS. P. AYCOCK.
• GEO. W. WRIGHT.
For the Eastern District.
A. T. RAINEY.
Alternate.
P. MURRAH.
for the Western District.
JOHN A. WHARTON.
Alternate.
ROGER Q. MILLS.
Far State Wfkenu
For Comptroller.
0. It JOHNS.
For Treasurer.
C. H. RANDOLPH.
For Attorney General.
GEO. M. FLOURNOY.
fW Tk* Express will be sent to no
subscriber out of this county unless the
money is paid in advance.
EW See advertisement of Sanford's
Liver fnvigoratorand Cathartic Pills.
JW Laat Monday the Charleston, con-
mention net, and by our next issue we will
know who the nominee is.
EW Dr. Carter has presented us with
a bottle of excellent Mustang Wine. It is
a first rate article, and can't be excelled
anywhere. He has it for sale cheap.
EST A friend laboring under a bad
*>kl and tragic ideas,tells us he is prepared
to wyriml the ghost of Hamlet, and the
coughing. We would call this a grave
oka.
EST Gov. Houston, has appointed L.
T. Wheeler, E*q., of this place, Brigadier
General of tbe district, composed of the
counties of Navarro, Ellis, Freestone and
EW Our District Court convened on
Monday last, bis Bony Judge Gregg pre-
siding, with bit wonted dignity and abili-
ty—Chas. Stewart, Esq., D strict A tor
ney, and T. J. Haynes, District Clerk.
Much important business has been trans
acted, and there are many important cases
yet to be tried.
EW We had placed on our table, a few
days smce, a head of wheat, measuring
eight inches in leogth, taken from the fieíd
of our goad friend, A. G. Hervey, living
Hear Chat field Point They are not scarce
ilk in that field. This sustains our form-
ing predictions of the abundance of the
graining crop.
• EW The stage line running from Nava
•oto through this place to Waxahachie,
owned by Col. Grant, has been purchased
and is now run by Sawyer, Ricbter & Co.
They are the most punctual stage con-
trae ton in the South, and we are confident
that tripe will now be made regularly. We
wish them every pecuniary success.
EW In another eolumn we announce
the name of our fellow townsman. Col. C.
M. Winkler, as candidate for Judge. A
ftw weeks ago we expressed ourselves as
to Col. Winkler's good qualities of bead
and heart, honestly and heartily, and don't
take back a single word of it—nary toord!
Like the fellow who swore on examination
that the horse was sixteen feet high,
* we said it, and stick to it."
EW Lawyers attending court at Fair
field—or any one else visiting that plsce
on any occasion—would do well to stop at
the old Walker House, kept bv Setb W.
Marsh. He is said to keep the best table
in the Sute, and the first time we go to
Feirieid we intend lo test the trjitb or
fcjsity of the report. Good hotels are such
rare article in Texas, that they aught lo
be liberally encouraged when found.
EW The Circus is eoming ! Come up
everybody-— wife and children—and enjoy
haartily (his most ancient and classical
amusement. Mabie's A Co's. Circus,
and Dries bach's Menagerie, furnish rare
attractions, superior to any otlit r in Texas
perhaps. The collection of wild animals
i* said to be large ami complete, end will
aff«rd amusement, and at the same lime
instruction in \ our little ones. Come one,
eome ail.
S Q ÜA TTER S 0 VER EIGNTY\
Of the many schemes devised bv cun
ning and uapriucipled demagogues. North
and South, stands prominent in. insult^
Squatter Sovereignty. It had its origin in
a forced construction, or interpretation,
placed upon the Kansas N«4>taska bill, by
which its advocates attempt bv vociferous
clamors aijd base bandering, to uph*-', j ntKi
justify the inhabitants thereof wUile under
a Territorial, Government, in prohibiting
slavery by Tentorial legislation. That
such an interpretation of the Kansas Ne-
braska bill is forced aud illogical, will ap
pear by the following extract from that
b¡U :
u And when admitted as a State, or
or Stales, the said Territory, or any portion
of the saine, shall be received into the
Union, with or without slavery as their
Constitution may prescribe at the time of
their admission." Sec. 10.
It may be said of th seciiou, it has
been of scripture, law and politics, that
(here is nothing so plain or clear as to be
placed beyond cavil. Certainty to the un-
prejudiced mind, the right grauted by the
Federal Govern meat to i ts agent, the Ter-
ritory, to exclude, or tolerate" slavery in
their Constitution necessarily by irresisti
ble implication prohibits such an act before
that time.
Now the Abolitionist,. Black Republicans
and Free Soilers, (for they chooae to adopt
lor themselves different uames) after many-
years of laborious and incessant slander of
slavery and slaveholders, have so effectual-
ly prejudiced the minds of the majority
of the Northern masses as to close up ev-
ery avenue by which reason could reach
them, or our rights be recognised. To
such an extent has this influence been
brought to bear tbat with an Abolitionist
it is the first duty of a Christian to steal
negroes from bis master ; with a Blnck
Republican a crowning glory to incite
servile insurrection ; with a Free Soiler it
is his peculiar province to grudgingly ac -
knowledge our rights in the States where
it exists, with stinted measure; but with
the Squatter Sovereignty advocates in
general, 't is their's to give the Judas kiss.
With this kind of material the slavehold-
er has to contend when be emigrates with
his negro property to a Territory. Squat,
ter Sovereignty, not content with denying
bis property any protection from aboli-
tionthisves, Black Republican insurrection
ist, and hypocritical free-soijers, absolutely
makes his avowed enemy bis legislators
and judges.
We do net claim that it is the duty of
Congress to legislate slavery into tbe Tei
riteries, nor do we admit tbat the Territo-
ries have the right to legislate it out be"
fore the formation of their State Censtitu
tion. We believe it is tbe imperative duty
of Congress to protect slavery against bos.
tile aots of tbe people and Territorial leg-
islation, in order tbat pro-slavery men may
bave an equal footing with Abolitionists
in the 1 erritories, and participate iu the
formation of the constitution for the same.
The South would willingly accept her con-
stitutional rights measured out with stint
and grudge, and offer upon the altar of
tbe Union, as she has done the best blood
in her veins, and pour out her treasury
eren to poverty—as sbe has almost done—
for a guaranty of perpetual peace, friend-
ship, and equal rights.
But it is more than can be claimed ef
human nature, to bear without murmur
the seooffs, and sneers, and slander which
has been heaped upon tbe Southern peo-
ple, to have their equality in tbe Union
denied by Black Republicans, and be in-
sulted by a tender ef tbe treacherous
wooden horse, Squatter Sovereigntv.
And yet we hear even our equality in
tbe Territories denied by some Southern
men, upon tbe ground that it is an abstrac-
tion. Are not all the rights secured by
tbe Federal Constitution abstractions until
occasions call forth their application to
secure rights! Are net all rights founded
upon abstract principles of justice I To
accept this abstraction doctrine, is a species
of self-deception or illusion in those who
recognise it in good faith, but base trucu
lent deraagoguery in most of those who
inculcate and defend it. 'Tis more honor-
able to give up our rights at the expense
of our manhood alone, than to do so at
the expense of our manhood and < ood
sense both. To be a fool is not to be re-
sponsible to God or man, but to pretend to
be such, though at cur loss, gives no re-'
lief, but adds the deeper infamy of hypoc-
racy to self stultification and misfortune.
There is a certain class of politicians
who are our beggars in Congress, who
style themselves conservatists—who pre-
tend that tliev are the salt of tne Union ;
who have saved it oft aud over again, un-
til it is noming to be over salt; who. King
John like are willing to kiss the Pope's
toe for their seats in office ; who are wil-
ling to accept of half a loaf of their own
bread, and receive it from an oppressor's
hand, or preteuded friend, *?itb poison in
it. Of these are the advocates and defend-
ers of Squatter Sovereignty. Heaven de-
fend the Sovtb from such. She can de
feud hsi<«]f from sil olhefs. |
A B 0 LIT I ON PLA TFORM.
In this issue will bt found the Circular
or platform of t^ Abotltion o^ l>U.ck Re-
publican party. We polish it for the
benefit of those w^0 make it their daily
business to denounce Democracy as the
agitators of the slavery question, and who
tiold all measures of resistance by tbe
South as tending to disunion.
The programme thus drawn off with
murder-loving monomauia, must have re-
freshed their nostrils with the prospective
blood which must flow ere these philan-
thropists have conssmated their schemes of
delivering us from our unconscious sin and
misery. But it must strike the Christian
that the abolition plan is the reverse of
that set by Christ. His was a redemption
by his own blood. Thirds is redemption^
the blood of the sinner. The Democracy
object to the plan. We know that when
our throats are cut and enough blood taken
to appease the God of Abolitionism, tbat
little will be left. We object particularly
to the quantity, as we know not what mea-
su F8y of what sanctuary they recognise as
standard, and being over fond of the liquid
might be interested judges. Who bids ?
What party will give to Abolitionism the
most blood.(and as these latter day saiuts
are partly men,) the most treasure, and. fine
liuneu, and government pay. We hope
also that those in the South who denounce
fire-eaters as disuuionist, and who bold
them, iu the same estimation as abolition-
ists, may sometime at least be able to draw
the distinctiou'between the position ef the
aggressor and those who are aggressed
upon, and threatened with murder, arson,
robbery, and the abolition lasb laid on with
kind parental authority.
Of the two evils it is considered wise to
chose the least. And we now propound
the momentous question: Which is tbe
least! We hope that all may participate
in settling the question. To advise resist
ance, is to be called Ty the'ugly name of
fire-eater or disunionist; to submit is to be
called a submission ist, and thereby tbe
Union is saved. But what proSts it a man
if he he gai the whole Union, and loose
alt else beside? Why the " Union, and
it must be preserved at all hazards."
Our li* tie town has during the
past week been all astir. Courts in ses-
sion, lawyers innumerable around, ready
to settle the Plug Ugly difficulties of the
'' bone and sinew"—candidates as thick as
pig tracks in a snow, laying up to the
sovs. like a sick kitten to a hot brick—
Circus corfiing, and Jim Porter in town
1
finding out of people what they are worth,
and making them shell out tbe cash.
On Wednesday la&t the grand sparring
scene between the candidates for District
Attorney came off. It was indeed a rich
scene—each of them wielded a Damascus
blade with all tbe vim of a Malay running
a Muck. Go abend, gentlemen, we would
like to see you all elected, but as some
" are too short," some " rech too fur
for tbe butter," and "others will either
jump high enough to break their own
neck, like the deer," or " run off hunting
prairie chickens," and are " Black Repub.
licans," besides—ail we have to say is
" Hold 'em level and let 'em run!"
Mercantile Agency.—We find from
the New York correspondence of the Gal-
veston News, that a mercantile agency is
being established in tbat city for a new
but useful purpose—to spot Abolition mer-
chants, in order that Southern dealers may
avoid them in making their purchases of
goods. This is one case of necessity,where
the end may justify the means. No South-
ern merchaut should fail in discriminating
between a friend and a foe. If any should
we are certain the citizens of the South
will discriminate against him. It is time
that the South should practice the senti
ments which actuates her at tbe ballot box,
and make herself felt as well as beard.
We have been heard without being heeded,
but when we make ourselves felt, tbev
are compelled to feel us, if they fail to feel
except for our pockets.
Mr. L. B. Haynie and Dr. Drane
have shown us, during the week, samples
of wool raised by them in this county,
which will compare favorably with that
produced anywhere. Mr. Ilaynie's sheep
are pure and lydf blooded Merino,
and iu fall he expects to have sever-
al valuable young bucks for sale. Dr.
Draue's sheep are of the Cottswold breed,
which iriake the finest of mutton, and pro-
duces a very long but coarse wool. The
sample shown us was takeu from a lamb
nine months old, and is some eight inches
long. Look to your lauiels, at our county
Fair, ye wool growers.
^ ^
/3f We announce this week for Dis-
trict Attorney, J. D. Oltorf, Esq., of Marlin,
Falls county,aud B.F.Sherrod,of Ceuterville
both good men and true, and either will
attend to the duties of the office faithfully
and impartially if elected.
2ÍEWS OF THE WEEK.
The Kansas Legislature has granted
150 bills of divorcement in forty days.
Gilbert Winne, an old and esteemed
citizen of Galveston, was killed recently
by the overturning of a carriage.
Grimes county sent three men to tbe
State House at Iluntsville at the last Court,
two for larceny and one for forgery.
The ladies of Centreville, 111., who made
a descent on a liquor shop some lime ago,
have been mulcted in $150 for damages.
The Texian boasts of having seen a sot-
ton stalk six inches high,with eight grown
leaves.
The Texian tells of the great improve-
ments that have taken place at Navasoto
within the last year. Railroads will have
that effect.
The Texian thinks tbe practice the
Houston meichants have got into, of pre-
senting suits of clothing to-Cushing, of tbe
Telegraph, is worthy of imitation.
The Texian says an Irishman fell fifty
or sixty feet in a well in Anderson on the
5th inst., thereby seriously injuring his
spine and endangering his life.
EW The Centerville Times says that
JackPonsonby committed suicide near that
place by shooting himself with a gun, us-
ing his big toe to puli the trigger.
At the municipal election held at St.
Louis on Monday the Republicans carried
five wards and the Democrats three, for
Councilmen.
The People's party of Delaware will
coalesce with the Republicans, and will
not send delegates to tbe Union Conven-
tion at Baltimore.
The proprietors of the United States
Hotel, Washington, have chartered a
steamship to take delegates to Charleston,
board them while they are there, and
take them back.
Mr. Eliot, of Massachusetts, has been in-
structed by the Committee on Commerce
to report a bill prohibiting the Chinese
coolie trade by American citizens in Amer-
ican vessels.
Gen. Jefferson DaviB is again suffering
from inflamation of tbe eyes. The surgi-
cal operation performed on one, last Sat-
urday, it is apprehended, will result in the
loss of both.
The editors of the Southron, published
at Houston, say to their readers that the
first two numbers of their paper has been
printed in tbe Telegraph office at a heavy
expense, and that no more will be issued
until their own material arrives.
A number of cities of Michigan held
municipal elections on Monday. The re-
publicans elected their candidates for
Mayor in Detroit, Adrian, Grand Rapid*f
Jackson, Flint, Coldwater, and Hudson.
In Owasso, Ypsilanti, Niles and Pontiac,
the Democratic candidates for Mayor were
eleited.
The Chiriqui gold ¿from New
York city are reported fctr have failSd en.
tirely in the object of tbeir adventure. Sev-
eral of the party died, and others suffered
sadly by fever. Gold was found near
Ecabaoa, but not in sufficient quantities to
repay tbe risk to health and trouble of
getting it.
A medical college has been established
in Houston, and the following Board elec-
ted. We trust it will receive a liberal
patronage:
W. D. Robinson, M. D., Professor of
Anatomy.
T. J* Heard, M. D., Professor of Surge-
ry-
G. A. Feris, M. D., Professor of Theory
and Practice of Medicine.
J. F. Matchet, M. D., Professor of Mat.
Med. Thept.
W. H. Gantt, M. D., Professor of Ob-
stetrics.
W. L. Rogers, M. D., Professor of Dis-
eases of Women and Children.
R. T. Flewellen, M. D., Professor of
Pathology and Anatomy.
W. P. Riddle, M. D.,Professor of Chem-
istry and Medical Jurisprudence.
EW There are charitable people and
charitable objects in our town as we can
testify. Dropping into tbe store of our
clever young friend, J. A. Oakes, the oth-
er day, and whilst admiring tbe piles of el-
egant clothing for gentlemen, and rich
dress goods for the ladies, compassion no
doubt induced him to present us with a
fine white Marseilles vest, fur which we re-
turn thanks, and hope be may never want
for cash customers. His advertisement will
appear in our next. During the next two
weeks he will be receiving a large stock of
spring and summer goods, which will be
sold on as good terms and as cheap as any-
body's. Give him a call.
EW JeBse S. Walton is a candidate
for Chief Justice. He is an eld citizen,
a clever gentleman, and will make a good
officer.
EW The Brownville correspondent of
tbe Crescent says that tbe rangers, on the
Rio Grande, are lo be disbanded. The
news from that section indicate that the
Cortina troubles have not terminated yet.
For the Navarro Exprsss.
Jfy Campaign in Mexico.
A soliloquy of various lines, written by a
friend, of the Author, and spefe u unan-
imously to crowded houses in the ojien
air, and now first published at the earn
est entreaty of myself;
When war was declared with our sister
republic, and Uncle Sam invited his bold
nephews to take up arms in his just de-
fence, I,fired with that elevated patriotism
which burned in the bosom of my revolu
tionary ancestor, when he retreated from
the disgrace of being touched by British
weapons, determined to aerve my country,
if by so doing I could serve myself. So
with a self-sacrificing disposition,worthy of
the imitation of the degenerate young men
of the early times of Greece and Rome,
(and here I would remark tbat during my
campaign I frequently Roamed without
Grease,) I volunteered for Mexico.
Upon leaving home my fraternal uncle,
with eyes overflowing with salt water,
which Lad worn a crevasse in tbeir lids,
and was pouring an inundation of grief
over his whiskers, says to me, in a voice
wet with weeping," Johnny, my son, give
'em bell 1" which pious exhortation was
somewhat inaccurate, as well as prodigally
extravagant, seeing that tbe aforesaid prop-
erty which I was so liberally to dispense,
was a reversion in futuro, and constituted
the whole of my patrimony.
After theso few preliminary remarks, I
started for the seat of war, and set down
upon it before Monterey. When the battle
commenced, I saw the cannon balls flying
through tbe air like blackbirds; I over-
came my natural timidity, on this occasion,
by firing volleys of double charged oaths
at " all the world and tbe rest of mankind."
I cast off alt human infirmities, and be
came a walking malediction. 1 claim for
myself tbe sole houor of discovering this
antidote to cowardice, though I have so
many imitators, practising with the same
remedy, that 1 fear I shall have some dif-
ficulty in establishiog my claim to the in-
ven ion.
But let us get back to our mutton. One
poor fellow was so badly frightened that
be cried like a child. I consoled him with
the information that we should all be
killed anyhow, and tbat there was no
chance of escapp, upon which he appeared
much more cheerful. As for my part, I
expected to be assasinated'every minute.At
night ibe whole sky was darkened by the
ights of flashing bombs, which caused
many of our men to be shot in the lights,
and others to get on a bust.
Tbe next morning, tbe battle still con
tinuing, many of our guns went off, and
never returned—while a great number of
our cannon were discharged on account of
being full of grape! During a lull in tbe
fight we went out to bury the dead, Some
of them were so blown to pieces that we
imagined they had gone into the battle by
mistake, as they evidently belonged to the
piece (peace) establishment. Others were
running about hallooing like the devil,
and as we could not catch them, they had
to go without interment, which was a
source of great mortification to the whole
neighborhood.
I then ascended a bill to see á renewal
of the siege; sat down upon its brow, and
fancied myself Jupiter, or to descend to
eartbly comparisons, Scipio, watching the
incoming victory of the great Nuimidian.
I beheld the sea ?f war, as it rolled on
ward.to tbe walls,and crested with tbe foam
of plumes and banners,breaking with waves
of steel against tbe ramparts of Monterey.
The first billows recoiled from tbe shock,
but tbe great tide of Anglo-saxon valor
swept steadily on. Above the roar of bat-
tle surged tbe voices of the leaders, like
eagles rushing above the storm, and ever
and anon were beard bursts of martial mu
sic, singing tbe life of glory and dirging
the death of hope. In my ears sounded
the dull heavy thug of tbe cannon balls,as
they struck the solid masonry of tbe oppos-
ing walls, and I saw tbe smoke of tbe con-
flict painted crimson with tbe glare of ar-
tillery. It was a grand and awful specta-
cle ; tbat city, with its domes and towers,
hugged in the embrace of war, kiseed by
the fiery lips of exploding bombs, torn and
bleeding with the rending shot, and pant-
ing with tbe thick breath of carnage.
As our troops swept on, through tbe sul-
phurous cloud that partially enveloped
tbem, b«pke tbe gleam of our bayonets, as
they glittered in tbe sunlight of Mexico.
On they went, through tin and ruin, over
moat and bastion, blood and death in their
wake, victory and glory in tbeir front.
In vain were thy struggles, oh children
of the sun ! From tbe career of conquest
the great race of tbe Saxo-Norman never
yet turned back. To day you hear their
bugles at , to-morrow you may listen
to tbe ciankings of tbeir spurs, or if you
prefer it, tbeir sabres, on th$ pavements of
Montezuma. As 1 beheld the closing
scene in this tableau vivant of he'l, I ex-
claimed in the immortal words of Shak-
speare.wben looking*at a rent in bis breech
es, " let her rip 1" in French,u laissez aller,'
(I translate for the benefit of ray foreign
readers.) On tbe second day it commenced
raining, and rained so bard and thick tbat
I could cut it with my knife ; it made me
feel quite royal, quite like one of the ram-
ing family. This put a damper on the
spirits of the whole army, which became
sotfttuted tbat tbey were unfit to drink.
After the city, had surrendered, I
marched into it—at the head myself, and
showed the most dauntless courage in the
presence of all tbe raariageble girla I
chanced to meet. I lodged in a convent,
where I became acquainted with a beauti-
ful Nun, named Fanny. One day while
passing me she happened to drop her fan,
which I immediately snatched up and
handed her, with these words:
The sultry heat of summer now
Is blasting with it^ firey eye,
This fan I give to cool thjr brow—
7o fsn my fair, t© Fe /fly.
Have I mistress, rich or poor f
1 answer, " Yes,if you'll be oo«, (woa.)
And never yet havel loved more
Than at this time when 1 I ove "AW
Tbe week I stayed in Monterey I was
sick a fortnight. I lived on nothing so
long that my strength became short. Oue
day I positively eat nothing, but .a viae
of reasons', and during the whole scarcity
of provisions I supported myjelf by stand-
ing on one leg.
The next fight we got into I got AO mad
that I trembled violently* and qiy knees
smote together with rage. I -link at the
battle of Buena Vista the day after it was
fought. Written in a smiling style, ac-
cording to an act of Congress, ia the
Clerk's Office, Ac.
The reader is here reqnested to stop, as
this is a private letter, and because thieia
the end. A—— Eaota, E <t
: For the Navarre
CORSICAXA^
3
i Well, must I praise it, or not, in trying
to describe it! 1 believe H is customary:to
praise tbe place where you reside. [Tiieret
now, I've gone and told where I live I] and
as 1 like Corsicana very well myseif, I
think 1 will praise it a little:
Take Corsicana, with all its good aid
bad qualities, I think it is a pretty go¿d
little town. It has a beautiful situation :
it is high,and rolling—timber on the north,
prairie on the south. Who'd want a pret-
tier situation for a town} The prairie is
indeed magnificent; to see the vast ocean
of green, dotted over with numerous islands
Of timber, it is a sight worthy the atten-
tion of any artist.
Corsicana is improving some; I'm vt-ry
glad to see it, and I hope it will continue
to improve. I know our little town, called
w Coksjcana"," cannot boast of very due
buildings, but tbey will do for Texas, or for
a while, until better ones can be erected..
I suppose some other towns in Texas have
better bouses, but 77/ bet a sixpence tbeir
inhabitants are not half as sociable and
free-hearted as those of Corsicana.
Well, I do thiuk tbe people of Corsi-
cana, wit b ell tbeir sociability aud free-
heartedness, might afford to build us an
Academy. The one we have looks as if
it were built before the flood. I don't know
what makes it lean to one side so, unless
Noah's ark happened to rest awhile op it.
There are a grtat many boles in it; I do
wonder what so many wax m *de for. Let
me see : I expect during tbe revolutionary
war the British would hiele in the old
Academy, and peep at the Americans; That
is all the use I can think of for them to be
put lo. Ob, perhaps they were made to
ventilate the room, and give us pure Mt 't
Well, as I am juvenile, I reckon 1 had bet*
ter not express my opinion so finely.
Corsicana affords some amusement ,
such as buggy riding, which is very
pleasant sometimes. I he people of Cor-
sicana «re noted for their regalar attend-
ence at church. I like very much to see
that ; it shows tbat tbey are a people who
respect the laws of the Sabbath, and also a
disposition to wort-hip the Supreme Being.
This speaks well of any people.
BKSSIZ.
For the Navarro
THE WEATHER.
Our county hiu been visited by flootfe
of rain within the past few weeks. The
earth,wbich had become parched and dry,
"has been thoroughly saturated. In the
western jtortion of our county, in tbia re-
gion, tbe rain fell in such torrents that it
not only carried away bridges, fences, etc.,
but actually washed the soil fiom the fields*
gardens, Ac., to the great injury of the far-
mers in that vicinity. The water is repre-
sented as having been from one to two
feet deep, and even deeper in some placee,
and rushing along at a fearful rate, carry-
ing everything before it. The bridge,
«wbich opans Ru h Creek, on tbe road
leading from Corsicana to Dresden, was
completely swept away ; and the damage
done to this point of Our couuty is very
<$>naiderable. Q.
Dresden, April 24, 1S60.
Tbe Texian says tbat tba cars run off
tbe Central railroad; tbat Navasoto is -
jammed, crammed, rammed full of goods* .
inside and out, and that wagons don't haul
them away as fast as they arrive, la
speaking of tbe railroad platform breaking
down the editor says:
On Wednesday last the railroad wbnrf
"caved in" beneath tbe weight of freight ?
piled upon it, to tbe no small damage of
barrels and boxes. Liquors, drc., experi-
enced a considerable "fall;" bursthead
barrel heads, as well as tbe beads o( some
of the by standers who " didn't like to sea
it wasted." Every one who felt drouthy
partook, and even the thirsty earth, con-
trary to its usual habits of sobriety, diaak
treely of the aforesaid bust bead. Ufe
have not learned the extent of the <*
though it was inconsiderable.
Tbe order of the 8ona of Temper* >
ance has been revived at Galveston*.
Wouldn't it be a good idea tor the friendn
of tbe Temperance cause here to make an
effort tbat way!
Expulsion of all American Citioens-r-
Confiscation of American Property. AÉ
express arrived at Vera Crux on the SH
with dates from tbe city of Mexioo ta tfct
18th ult., which brought intelligence that
on the receipt of the news of the takiog of
Marin by tbe U. S. sloop Saratoga, Mire-
mon sent to tbe capital immediately, or-
dering Corona to issue a decree to cosiis-
cate tbe property of all Amcricane and
der th«ni out of tbe country. This net ef
sweeping barbarian requires no
Captain Aldham, ofH. B. M.S.
rous,bas written to Miramon, this
protesting very strongly «gainst his wi
and inhuman destruction of English pref-
erir and innocent life.
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Modrall, N. P., Rev. & Van Horn, R. A. The Navarro Express (Corsicana, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 23, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 28, 1860, newspaper, April 28, 1860; Corsicana, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth179242/m1/2/?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.