The Southern Intelligencer. (Austin City, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 36, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 27, 1859 Page: 2 of 4
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alitor and politl
•landing with onu
edge of the great
si Democracy, while
* .1 uppendngo they
i\ semi-circle, wait-
The Profit of Deawraey
Do pro lem. Iim already noticed, witli
ling: effect, the brainless (ling of the
Houston Telegraph, thktuo Democratic
meeting of this Stute lias requested tiiia
paper to publish the proceedings of
theso county assemblages, while the pa
by .«J
ing for a secession plank upon which to p,.,. whiuU ha« received over a hundred
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to be mad, wa«
r lost, hi this city.
roen, SStcq., wan, on Sat-
Alderman of Ward
[. W. Hall, resigned.
James 11. But.
\ Anstin on Thurs-
e Houston Stago, on
Court. The Judge
tb, but much wen-
of *leep.
A letter to Mr. De-
ft friend in San Antonio,
of Indian deprodu
waters of the Quad-
the S«n Ocrorftmo.—
of marauders or the
dono, are mentioned
rcat their groat cloven feot, with more
anxiety tliau ever Ko&h'a dore sought o
twig, whereon to rest the sole of its foot,
after loug serial voyage , upon the wea-
ry wing, now have a firm basis r.pcn
ot V. which to plant their dangling under-
standings, and to cry
'• Co o on*1, come *1'.
Tlu-au rock «bull iooiki fly " éc.
Judge Reagan has thrown down the
glove in good style, lis has, perhaps
not used the strongest urgumonts which
could be employed; but ho has called
men and things by their right names
He has showu that tho party who op
pose him, and, by their secret machtna-
tious, have sought bis destruction, seek
to accomplish their ends outside of the
U nion.
lie lias denounced tlroir purposes with
a boldness and fearlessness, which
loaves tho re-opcn-tho-Airiran-slavc
tradc-freo-booter-fillHbtietero-scocssion-
i s t s no alternativo bnt to back down or
make fight. Itcagnn is a States Rights,
Union loving Deinocuit, of thestrictost
sect, lie is a national man, who preach-
es no doctrino South which ho might not
p>r*ach North, lie is a pnblio man of
tried services—of clever talents, who
has been found equal to whatever oflice
he has filled. But ho has no. such trans-
enndaut talents or abilities—oo. such
fast-hold upon tlic people—no such win
that i
fori
add u
Bvauv Wmr T—On
a very polite stras
ting-ofjice to depos
he had found on the
three miles above
Is at- the Iutelligen
ownor may obtain
, Pmupeirau,
the attention of
much confidence, tho
of this well known bo
ssociation, in our advertising
The managers are very
prompt and just In all their business
and wo have no doubt
applying to tho Institution
•id, will obtain judicious
treatment.
'. 8. Lubbock
. taylor arrived in tho
on Monday morning
with thorn as
opinion that they
tfto IloOston Tap
r they mny return
couv iction, wr
ptroller that tiie law
to the Tap
utatmd
with their
s.vtion.—Mr. 0.
efficient Califor-
in Austin
3ny morning's stage.from whom
that tho mooting of last Satiir
timed until Tuesday evening,
no it will bo determined
the County of Bum will
utatives to tho Houston Con-
ludgo 0. XV. Paschal, the
f the Intelligcneor addressed tho
and iu terms of glowing
d all attempts to di-
t tba rank* of the Dem
■ undertook to
r good people of
intmettt of
commcn-
conserva-
i convention or
wns listen-
ed
i"g
OÍ
ning address, or power of honey-fug
Carter 1st I
gllng, us to make tho contest unequal.
His old competitor, M. D. Graham, hns
also enlarged hfs reputation, and become
the confidant of our fire-eating Govern-
or, tho very Atlas of his brilliant ad-
ministration, stneo his last bont with
Reagan. Jle has had a brilliant career
an Senator, and us Attorney General,
chosen because Willie had refused his
support to a judicial nominee, nnd be
cause Morgan wns a " Union sariug Dem-
ocrat of the Jackson school." Then
there is Chilton, who is rospor.sible for
more of tho sin of etnmpiug it for judi-
cial nominations, than any man in the
St ato. Chilton is also a delegato from
that great, united, metropolitan, tortio
capitoI county of Smith, who will vote
for none but real out and out re-open
tho African slave trade candidates. Chil-
ton is a man of equal talents, and far
greater stature and oratorical powers.
Ho would look bettor than Reagan, and
stand immctvawobly moro altitudinous
than the Young Hercules, who would
roll trll tho Golf State from their Union
moorings. Then there is Kainny, with
handsomer facc and moro addiew than
Chilton. Nor should wo overlook Mur-
rah, wljouo premature Kunsas rosolu
tions spoiled tliu whole gubernatorial
caucus kottlc of fleh, and kept Judge
Oldham out of that " Southcru Congres-
sional Congress, by executive appoint'
incut, by dang." Therefore, tliero need
bo no scarcity of candidatos. One and
all «an run and log roll for the notnina
tiou " upon the principle "—tho issues
which Reagan has accepted. Reagan
is a good Convention man, who would
have been lit that great Austin " all the
decency * oration, ( " where noitiier
whiskey nor lager wa drank,") just to
help along the judicial nominee, if tho
invitation had reached him iu tims. And
oven now ho hazards his chances by
"submitting to a Convention," alien he
might bo electcd at tho polls, by nn
overwhelming majority. Let all tho
" fire-eating "forces, therefore, open their
great guns and their small urms. And
lot its soo how the Convention machine-
ry will work out the principle.
Tho " eomo-onters " have only an oven
shqjr in but oue thing : should thoy
slaughter Reagan, in Convention, the
Union loving, Union saving Democrats,
will have a word ut the polls. Judge
Reagan is not the only mau of his senti-
ments in Eastern Texas. Tho enemies
of " degraded white laborers,'" reduced
i equality with the negroes," (as the
ortnern pulpits taught Cushinpf, and
her " Northern editors with Southern
inks" to chant,) will hnvo to be
' careful how they conduct the race;
if they put the " all or uono" for the
sluvo trade, iu the platform, moy
ugan will nut lot his name go
Convention; ihd if they only
in tho candidate, a fit
tough Judge Reagan
who is not
the Gulf
it, with
Tele-
I oí the
tctfii
thousand dollars from tho pnblle crib,
and which, in tho opinion of the Tolo-
graph, has been so honestly coined, litis
been requested to publish the proceed
ings of many of the country politicians.
Wo might give the Telegraph a strong-
er argument ogainst us, but it would
likewiso go homo to tho editer of that
very consistent paper Many of the
mootings havo requested " all tho Dem-
ocratic papors in the Stato" to publish
their proceedings ; and many of the
liccr homo politicians have, no doubt,
thought that tho appearance of tlioir
important numes a* chairmon, secreta
lies, committee men and delegates, (for
they are generally tho sania men,) is
reward enough, and the matter of gen
eral interest enough to require all pa
pera to publish "free, gratis and for no-
thing." But neither the printers, nor
tho sensible readers of newspapers so
view it. It is a matter of very little
consequence to the public, what Billy
SimpUins, Jo. Sykcs, and Feathers and
Puss do or say at a ptib'ic meeting, nor
sro their stereotyped resolves of much
importanco to tlie cause of the nution or
of literature.
But apart from any political view,
there is a down right presumption in
politicians and "meeting men" general
ly, in asking newspapers to publish all
their flumgudgeon for nothing. Some
religious devotee wishes to give notice
that tho "Rev. A. B. Longstrcet, Judge,
author of Georgia Scenes and Incidents,
and President of Oxford Collego, will
preach at tho Methodist Church on Suit-
day," and straightway he posts to the
printer to get up "Argylo" posters, "all
lor the good cause;" and in order that
there may bo no "blank lines," ho adds
a postscript at the bottom : "D A. has
a new stock of dry goods, groceries,
hardware, cutlery, and every variety of
choice merchandize." Then Parson Pliill-
pot inarrios John Goggles to Mary SI ut-
ter, at tho liotiso of Nod Stijrgens. Now
Goggle, Sluttcr and Stiggons will never
have so fine an opportunity to have their
names in tho papers, so some one writes
out ft flaming "hymenial notice," with
pot hook poetry, and sonds it to tho pa
pets as a great favor. Then the editor
is expected to go to see, and to puff ev-
ery vogabond, phrenologist, biologist,
show, parado and procession, and also
print every fourth of July oratiou, all
for tho glory of the actors.
But all these are modest in their de-
mands compared to tho politicians.—
Posters, calls, appointments, preambles,
resolutions, speeches, explosions, thun-
ders, reverberations, detonations, and
every other "ilion," aro expected,to be
printed from villainous MSS,, and to be
oharged to the good of the causo. So
tho editor is expocted to furnish his
pnp«r to the noisy, empty, insolvent, fko
thy, broken flowu reprobutes, who ex-
pect to rotrievo their fortunes at the
public exponse, without any othür com
peiisation than to have tlioir honorable
numes enrolled on thin subsetiption
lists. And tiien tho editor must be
sure to slash and scalp, to pleaso these
"fervency and zeal," disinterested pat
riots, \Vo feel complimented whenever
meetings upon any and all subjects leave
us out of their requests.
If a matter is of sufficient public con-
cern to justify a public meeting, and
the actors iu it wish themselves adver-
tised, there is enough interest in it to
pay the printers for the calls, and for
printing the results. For it all, the
publisher has to pay by tho "rulo and
figure work." Tho expense he cannot
avoid; tho complaints of distant sub
scribcrs caring nothing for such local
matters; as this lumbering of colnmns
In ttino casos out of ten the paid ad
vcrtisemciits of "Sir Archie &c., or of
Hollowny's Pills, would bo of more
general interest; for tliero are always
more lovers of fino stock, and more phy-
sical valetudinarians, than admirers of
political coursers or boliovcrs in the un
soundness of tho body politic.
Wliero a paper recoives thirty thou-
sand dollars a year for printing by u
loose rule, tho dominant party may
liava soma apology for demanding tlm
publication of convention twaddle, or
notices of great littl men who honor
tho capitol with their.august presence.
But lipón the principle of honor, &c.,
tho proprietors of the newspaper have
a must unequal bargain, and their read-
ers a still inoro unpalatable arrange
incnt.
No one better understands this than
the utilitorian, keóil calculating yankeo,
who docs up short facts for the Houston
Telegraph
Facts, he well knows, aro tha things
for the people—foe the reading, think
itig, independent pcoplo : and whether
these fncts work up or down, thoy tire
better than public meeting notices
Wf-Wc litiderstand Judge Oldlwm
says that eithor lio or General Hamil-
ton, one, Is destined to play the orator
in the next
entatlvM.
w„, would
House of Rep
as is well
chcitm-
as the
pi
W, on
th<j-otltcf.
Tfce Telegraph Again.
"Tho Intilllgi-iicer. after tprmdinf #■<
lias Iiutf an idee yvur full lintf a cuUi.111, in re-
ply to the ronwrk rniulu by u* tlie oilier (lity.
tlmt it lisil Ubea opea {¡round sjjuunt the Dora
•crutic party síTexiin, —
" -For tlie benefit ot the Dcmpcmey we mjy
foil it our duty t.i contrast ibo e ur<e of the
Telegraph nnd tliix paper, and thus to«ho« who
is tho best entitled to the eonfl Jfiicc end Hyinu«-
thy ol the holiest yeomanry of the country. " •'
never '-obtrude our advice ttuon tho i'eniocm-
oy." They do not neud It, llutilwili soon be
seen which has to back down, the Intell'g 'iicer.
wbieli Mauds squarely upon the National líem
erutle Platform, ot- this fnrgers of new pla"k«,
who dare I isstlltte people with the Argument
Ibul'-labor is drgruditift. '
" 'We bad prepared un nrticle showing tnn>
contrasl, but wo give the Telttgmph s:i oppor
tunity to correct a statomeut which hat no foun-
dation in truth.'
•'Tho rcgulnr editor of the Intelligencer un-
dertook to make some such cautrs't some time
age, but hod to abandon th: attempt without
msking anything. The pro tein. will do well to
be quite as careful; first, lest be get into too
deep wuter; and second. Ii-st u contract inight
lie suggested between his position in Know
Nothing times, and tho remark which just pre-
cedes the above in the srtlcle. It is amusing to
henr people talk or'doing battle under tho ft'd«
of the Democrat'c banner.' or not at «II while
a sbred of it waves in tlie b e t ', but it becoui s
nnt mtrtly ntmn-lng to boar people talk In this
way, who but a little while ng«> were idiling
rank and rampant Know -Nothing papers, and to
oo them, in doing It, tuiiko uso of the column*
of a newspnpor, which, while It ha the flig ot
Democracy at ma t head, is loreter throwing
dirty water upon it. and while it iti'lMson being
an honest supporter ol Itie Democracy, lores no
opportunity ol trying to prorent the raising ol
that flag Iu the State for the next casvass."
What visions of swelling grandeur
must havo floated across Ctishiug's ex-
cited faucy, wheu he penned tho above
amusing article. No doubt he imagined
himself, for the time, the monarch of tho
political ocean, moving iu all the mnjes
ty of conscious might and power over
tho "deep waters," which no other craft
had tho reckless totnarity to approach
oven. It is well somo puoplo attain an
exalted notion of their own transcend-
ant abilities. Otherwise, litis dull world
of ours isbo slow to rccognteu tho claims
of silent and unobtrusive merit, thatgc
nius might go unuppreciatoJ.
But really, Cushing, there exist good
reasons why you should not bring your
high pressure steamer to bear with such
tremendous force ngninst our one-wheel
river navigation concern. In tho tirst
place, tho pro tein., whom you warn not
to invito a controversy with a cotempo-
rary of your g'gnntic intellect, fur fear
of getting "into too deep water," never
wrote tho abovo quoted article from the
Intelligencer. It was the reckless pro-
duction of that inconsiderate editor,
Jndgo Pasclml. Pitch into him, Gush-
ing I Cli ind him to dust I Iteduce him
to impalpable powder ! You did exter-
minate him onco, you say. Do It again !
Don't leave, this lime, as much of him as
remained of the Kilkenny cats, when
those ferocious creatures had tho terri-
ble engagement.handed down to us by
the cotemporancous chronicles of the
day I When you have completely de-
molished him by your prodigious on-
slaughts and knightly chivalry, so that
ho can't wink un eye, crook a finger, or
bow to a jug-handle, adviso un of the
fact I Wo will go into mourning for
thirty consecutivo days at least, to per-
petuate tho memory of the wonderful
event.
But tho imputation against us, of hav-
ing edited "rampant Know Nothing pa
pera," is an old dodgo of the last can
vas?, too stale and ridiculous to be oven
refreshing. W anticipated something
more original from the learned, brilliant
and terrible editor of the Houston Tele-
graph, than is displayed in the above
facetious allegation. The first political
journal with which wc ever had any
connection was tho Texas Sentinel; pence
to its hallowed uslies. If you aro at all
posted in the history of tho times, yon
will remember that tho doctrines of the
Sentiuol were as uncongenial to the sen
tiinonts of Know Nothiugism, as is your
ititruism to tho true tenets of canoerv
ative Democracy. It was under the
proud banner of Independent Democra-
cy that wo conducted the lamented Sen
tiuol to enduring ftitno and an early
grave.
By the by, Cushing, tho untimely exit
of tho Texas Sentinel, from tho stage of
journalistic existenco, was rather u ro-
mantic affair in tho anutiuls of news
pnperdom. Many of its patrons were
very modest men, who deemed it highly
indelicate to tendor compensation to the
publishers and proprietors, for such
small matters as subscriptions, job
work and advertisumeiits. Hence thoy
withheld this species of nourishment
from tho young enterprise, until it final-
ly bowed its head and incontinently
gave tip tho ghost. Some of these
geiiotons delinquents, when delicately
reminded of the unsettled condition of a
certain book, in which figure their nntres.
say they will liquidate mutters when
the next crops uic gathered, or some
fees are Collected, due probably n twelve
month «heneo. Others swear they re
gnrded tho weekly mailing of tho paper
to tliem, as a complimentary gratuity,
for which no quid j>ro quo would ever (ie
demanded. But wo have the consola-
tion of knowing they are all honorable
inch, nnd will pay our heirs, if not us,
should they not forget it entirely.
H Our good friend, 0. Roich, takes
strong ground ogainst the resolution
of the Scguin convention, which iu an
expressed contingency proposes to
confer upon Texas, authority to contract
a treaty with Mexico. Yuu are right,
Kcieh ; tire prosltioti is not only whol-
ly untenable, bcconso of constitutional
objection*, but inadmissible in seeking
to bestow upon oue State, a privilege
denied to other members of tho ciwifcd-
(he resolution,
f scarcely under-
. _ "'I majtntklÁi
it# "oie'ifof w
tflrkrition of the Slit lalmfto.
tur pic-vies.
The first of thtso most pleasant par:
tics of the season, owed its inception
and admirable arrangement to Mr. and
Mrs. Smith's excellent school It came
off at tho Spice-wood Spring, a beanti
ful point situated near t''0 delightful
grove in which stands the neat but iin->
pretending residence of our gifted fel-
low-townsman, Judge Hancock.
Being detained in tho city by una-
voidable engagements, until the bal
anee of the party had nearly all left, we
wero among the very last to approach
tho rural sceuo so wisely selected for
the day's festivities As wc drove up
to tho spot wliero the gay congress, cm-
bracing, in addition to tho school, live-
ly groups of both sexes, variously occu-
pied, a spectacle burst upon the view,
which our feeble powers are inadequate
to describo. Tho undulating prairie,
dotted hero and there with agreeable is
lauds of timber, and adorned with an
extended carpet of overliving green,
over which the cunning hand of nature
had planted innumerable beds of wild
llowers, presented a prospect of ravish-
ing beauty which tho pencil of tho most
skilful artist must have failed properly to
delineate. By fur the largest assemblage
of tho happy company was seated under
tlie pleasant foliage of the forest timber,
which furnished a cool retreat near the
clear waters of a perpetually flowing
fountain, which camo gushing from the
liill-sido in tho vicinity ; while tripping
over the prairie, in every direction,
inight bo seen clusters of young ladies,
gulltcring the dew berries, which grew
around in prolific abundance. To ex
cited fuitcy these fair ones, throwing off
the fr'g d trammels of conventional re
straint, us thoy sported among their kin
died flowers, assumed the appearance
of lovely wood-nymphs revelling amid
the. delightful haunts of their native
groves. At lenst tliero was ono male
idolater present, who was nothing loathe
to continue his worship amid tho rural
enchantments of the place, so long as
the slitino of a certain golden-haired
goddess remained to hallow the s>pnt
The dinner was just such an affair as
Mr. and Mrs. Smith's school is iu the
habit of getting up on such occasions
Nothing was forgotten in the way of
delicacies or substantiate ; nothing was
wanting. In fuct, there were enough
tempting provisions left unconstimed, to
have subsisted Queen Victoria's entire
homehold for n wholo woek—unless the
royal children are very ravenous. lie
malning somtS time alter the repast, the
company finally, but reluctantly disper-
sed ; some for tho purpose of mingling
again in the festivities prevailing at the
Harney place, just above tho.Capitol.
Tho Harney place pic-nic was due to
tho arrangement and liberality of «er
tain young Indies, whose grace, beauty
aud accomplishments are loo well known
to need the tribute of editorial eulogy.
To reach the locality, where for the
nonce, unsurpassed feminine loveliness
had reared its temple, we had to lace an
envious north wind, which blew nobody
any good But upon our arrival at the
place of destination, and witnessing the
attractions there, a gonial warmth and
contentment of feeling stole over our
frame, which banished all remembrance
of past discomforts. Upon the floor
were grouped tho most perfect speci-
mens of heaven's handiwork that mortal
vision c*cr beheld. In fact, it is difli
cult to believe that the fair forms which
glided across tho floor so svlph-liko in
every step and movement, ft (id any of
the dross of sordid earth iu their cotnpo
sition. A certain Travis county dele
gate, approaching one of these charm
ing daughters of Eve, in the depths of
his devotions soon forgot all about poli-
tics, contentions, State issues, and all
other mundane matters not associated
with tho graceful fairy before him.—
Poor fellow! unless wo shall havo cause
to congratulate him in the achievement
of his fond hopes, we tremble for his
fate. For snake bites tho Smithsonian
Instituto has provided suitablo and in
fallible remedies. But alas I for unre-
quited love, we know of no healing balm
under heaven, more efficueious than bed-
cords, strychnine, and perhaps, iu some
lew cases, oblivious memories.
It is only necessary to add that the
refreshments prepared for the occasion,
were such as would not h.-.vo been dis-
dained as a fit banquet for the OI\ mpi
an gods; especially wus that slice of
cake, cut by her own fuir hand, and pre-
sented by u certain young lady, the
bright enchantress of the evening, enti-
tled to unqualified commendation, May
the beautiful fair ones who provided
both the morning and' evening pic-nics,
ever enjoy tho richest blessings of life,
and flourish in immortal bloom.
Houston Democratic Meeting.—Tho
meeting which took placo at Houston
on the 14th instant, for the appointment
of delegates, attended to that duty and
contented itself with the passage simply
ol tho following solitary resolution ;
'• fírtohni, That tho Deinorratle party of
Harris county, reaffirm the platform ol ptltiei-
p! a enunciated by the lust State Convention at
Waco, aa buiug a sufficient expression ol their
opiuiou.''
Our fricud J, W, Henderson, is not
npon the list of delogQtes. What is the
matter? ■ ¡
TbeQuitiflif HcraM u. lia . J.H Icapi.
The eáitór of the Quitman Ilerald
seems to indulge In somo very severe
criticism , upon the courte of tlie Hon
J. H. Reagan, from tho fact that tlm
latter has thought proper to rebuke the
disorganizing spirit, so common in the
land. Among other things, our cotem
porni y says :
•'Now w« defy Judge Reagan, or any other
mm to point out a dlsuuionist in the ranks of
the Democratic party. He know* that «II the
fuss about the disunion «lug of the Democracy,
is ihe sheerest stuff nnd that it is employed, by
demngogues for tho purpose of political gam-
bling.
The editor of the Quitman Herald,
though a talented and accomplished
gentleman, is certainly a few decades
behind tho times. That there are dis-
unionists, acting with the Democratic
party, wo thought no one would pre-
tend to deny. If he had read the reso-
lutions of various county conventions,
held in different parts of the State, he
would scarcely have thrown down the
gauntlet so defiantly, in maintenance
of tho position assumed. Especially
would wc refer our esteemed cotempo-
rary to the published proceedings of the
Fort Bend meeting. In fact, tho dis-
tinguished Judgo Campbell of that
;ounty, has openly affirmed through tho
columns of the Telegraph, his willing-
iiess to serve the people in the halls of
Congress, only in the event that the
South is ready 'to entertain, in that
forum, tho'question of disunion. WheW*
will the Ilerald locate tho Judgo and
those of like proclivities?
To such disorganizers as these, Ihe
Hon. J 11. Bengali litis applied tiie lash
of his stinging pen, which constitutes
" the head and front of his offending."
To avert a split in parly ranks, he
should be turned oat, by all means. Mis
sin is loo grievous in tho eyes of ihe
Herald, for any possible atonement,
save the hard fate of political ostracism.
Turn him out.
Tlie Seguin Convention.
Published in the Scguin Mercury of
the 2*Hh instant, is :tu account of the
Democratic meeting held at that place,
with tho resolutions passed on the occa-
sion Our impetuous Segtiin friends
are ill favor of the acquisition of Cuba,
tho reopening of the African Slave
trade, and of an act of Congress confer-
ring upon Texas t'ie right to enter into
nn extraditiju treaty with Mexico, in
tho event that Congress, at its next sea
sion, shall fail to negotiate with that
country for tho reclamation of lugitive
slaves. Tho most ominous feature, how-
ever, of the proceedings of the Segtiin
meeting, is the following resolution :
" Resolved. That- should tho Houston Conven-
tion fnil to endorso the proportion now made
in various portions of the South, to-wit; the
re-opening of th - African Slave trad'1—then the
deleft s appoint! d by this meeting to attend
s.iiil Cnu> ention, lie requo.-t< d to express In
plain terms, their disapprobation of sitó!) n
co;irso."
In other words, according to our con-
struction of the declaration of tho reso-
lution, unless flic political managers at
Hoitst n insert tho re opening plank in
tho platform, tho Scguin delegates are
instructed to enter their protest rtgrmist
the action of the Convention, and be i.o
longer bound by its dictation. Truly
thin&'s are assuming a promising atti-
tude for the general harmony of the or-
ganizers. We regret lo witness such
pregnant signs of irreconcileable differ-
ences where all should act iu the com
promising spirit of unity nnd concert.
The South demands, at this juncture in
her u(fairs, a manly and dignified asser-
tion of her reserved rights under a glo
riohs Union, nnd not the display oftliot
factious temper calculated to lead to
distrust, alienation nnd disaster.
pARAurAY.—From the Oulveston News,
wo see that the embarrassments here-
tofore pending bctweon this Govern-
umM nnd Paraguay havo bccu hunoru-
bly adjnsifi.1,, issua, we
vrülfiva f bMÚ! of t> UT.-mt r,r. •<} '
The Devil arnon; llic Types.
The editor grow Rcriptural last week,
and alluded to Mordecai sitting tit the
King's gate, for whoso benefit llaman
had u gallows erected, npon which he
himself swung, as litis many a scheming
politician since. Our devil having just
read of Absalom hanging by his beauti-
ful huir, and not caring how many Mor
dccais and Hamans shall hang together
in accord, and concorJ, aiíd by a strong
cord, put Absalom in tho placo of Mor-
decai. The difference is very small
among politicians.
And iu our urticle " What Our Fath-
ers Thought," ho transposed "Luther
Martin's" name to "Martin Luther"—the
imp saying that lie was an familiar with
the history of the reformation tts Cush-
ing is with "raw Africans;" bnt ho hud
never heard of Luther Martin.
" Axotiikh Qokstion- ofStatk Rioiits,—The
reader perhaps has seen the statem< nt fhut a
suit has been in*titut< d in one of tho Courts ol
the city aud Sfcite of New York, bv a nlan nam-
ed Ma.oney,against a not hi r named l)ows,a mem-
ber uf tlie 8*n Kranc sco Vigilance Committee
Moloney was obliged to lenve San Francisco by
the Vigilance Committee, and finding pons,
who was a member of that revolutionary organ-
ization. temporarily resident in New V«rk, he
commenced an action ansian aim. to recover
¡ration, temporarily resident itl New York, he
commenced an action agaiii^t nun. to recover
d mages. Judge Pair, in nfeose Court tho suit
was brotiglit.decided that thovitdonre ape injury
complained of having been suffered iu Califor-
nia, an bidvpciiji^it. sovereign State, whose laws
artf supposed to be ample tor the protection of
the personal tight* of it* citizen*, the suit should
have been instituted iu California, and that the
Court* of Kew York can not take cognizanoe of
Mi-tonal itju: t.«inflicted or suflernd beyond the
jurisdiction of the latter State."— Kzchangc.
-• Si^ely no Salamander can My that
bwo ji not. om ipmkL N'or b* n Start
riijrhtw jnjjo.
Journal of Cn|ft. Ford'iCoapiaj Kspcdltluu.
This joujnnl which will b« found be'
low, will férve to show that the galluiit
Ford bus bad something moro to occu-
py his time, than the ncqiiWtion of p0.
liticul capital, as some correspondents
would fnfn havo us believe. The *r.-
rangcuicut of tho various scouting par.
ties, described in the account pnbli8hcd
in many of which lie personally parties
patcd, left him but little time to devou,
to anything else, save his military d„.
t ies. These he has never neglected, but
discharged with a fidelity and zc | cn.
titling him to tho enduring gratitude of
his country:
camp i.üon, April 19. ]&«
Mb. Editor ¡—In order to disabuse theuiil.ii
mind in regard to reports circulated coneíml
Cupt. Johsi 8. Fonn's company, and lo g¡Vo Í
correct idea ol the service we have done v
are request s to publish tho annexed synnn u
Tliero may be come errors in datos, but the snV'
'taño.-- is correct, and tho command generallS"
hold themselves ready to establish tho tr.nl.
all the Tacts set forth
Dkckmiikr. 1858.—I .lent. Burleson niadu
remit oa Lampasas, and wns oitt tüdavs
!3. This day we arrived at cnnip' T«.
scont* were sent ont—Capt. Ford command !
one, nnd Lieut. Gibbon* the other. They w*r
out one duy each. ' ®
11. Lieut, (libho is wns sent with a dsi.il
■nt to Sweet Water O ip, to wateli for the r.
turn of the Indians. Ki-mained 5 days
Capt. Ford went in pursuit ot Indiana r.
ported by Mr. l>oaton. Sheriff of Coinnnel,.'
County—followed trail till nl^ht- learned the*
had stolen horses i i Cora—moved to lt..„ ,t
Mountein niter night- S days.
Sergt. Kirk, with a detachment went to Cera
to follow a downward trail of Indiana—could"
not do so -3 days.
A Tew days after I Irs. Mr. TUev reported In
dlan depredation* near the Cow ilou.se Biyou
about seventy miles down the country C,nt'
Ford took a pnrty or men to the Hound Moun-
tain, and wntolled lor the Indlnna— 2 days.
Lieut. G bboiiH made a scout in ihe direction
)f I'ali) Pinto-5 days.
Lieut. Burleson wo it to Ocd-ir Gap and re-
nainOil 3 day.i. nnd wn« relieved by Sur'at Bun
ictt. w|:o was absent 5 days.
Sergt. Fiddler w.is *:¡.t to S-.veet Water Gsn
and wn* thetfc C days. "
A lew (lays siilk'<|iient Sergt. Kirk made a
'cont oil l*i enn Biiyou, and was out 4 days.
J.VMMHY, 18ÚS1 — Lieut. HtirlcFon malte a rt'-
couiiiiisance on tho San S.ibn, and relumed lo
camp ¡a 12 days.
Sergt. Kirk wn* sent to the mouth of IhcSuv-
annal.a ti Ibutary of the Leon, nnd remained ool
10 d tys.
Serjft. B'linctt wns ortl r d to examine ti
country below the mount dns.b. taecu campsud
the Lena Itiver—absent 4 days.
Small part es w uvient out at various lini" ,
tlid fir different purposes, ol wh eh no accouui
is taken.
Fmircáut.—Lieut. Burleson n turned front
the S in Saba.
Sorj t. Fiddler made a icoul on I'ecsn Huyan,
and wus absent todays.
Parties were ordered out to Hash Cna-k, the
Hoti'id Mountain, the Sweet Wuter Gup, ami
other points, to look fur trails.
16.—Capt. Ford, tiucoiiipnnh-d by Lieut, liar,
losou, left tor Ihe Kewrve by way of the Caddo
Penk.s aud IlublWdV Creek.
March.— Lieut. Gibbous made n scout on Pe-
can Bayou, n d remained ont Ifrdviys.
Sergt. Fiddler wi lit to Sm Saba Peak, nnd
returned by way of the Upper Lampasas, nud
reached camp nt the end of 7 das .
Sei-jjt. Bennett went to the Leon River, aad
remained out tu d ivs.
Sernt. Kirk wus sent to the 'Round M'tintain,
aud w;i* out 2 days
Serpt. Fiddler was ordered to r-main on duty
lor i days near th-- Hound Mountain, in order
lo discover Indians lu tie vicinity.
Private Short was sent to Ccdnr Gap with a
party—wns nbsent 3 days—on his return to
camp wns ordered lo scour Ihe country on a por-
tion of Ihu Cow ili use liayou. lie was cu-
Kajjed lour days iu dhclmrgo of the latter duty.
22. L ent. Gibbons nritle a r<connolsancc oil
O.iw House Biyou,|in renroh ol u pnrty of loot
Indians, reported by e.\pr aunen, and returned
in 3 days.
!M. Lieut, (iibbous made a scout on the Cow
House Buyou, endeavor nf to find the irail e|
tin- Indians who h;id recently depredati d on tlis
settlers, lie wftsoeenpiedin tliis«iry lorfidsys.
Scouts were font out frequently to find trsilr,
and report i hem.
Capt. Ford was absent all this month on a
i-nout to the W.cheta Moiiulaius.
Aran.— Several pnrties w< r.- sent out to hunt
lor trulla ami Iiidu.u sign.
II. Capt. Fold returned from the Wiehi'la
Mount .ins. In his nlwnce he hnd mustered out
nud paid off Lieut. Mniliu's uicu. lie nas
gone 5ú days.
Jti. Lieut. Gibbons made it rccoimoisance on
the Lower part of Pecan, upon Ihe Colorado
River, near the Sim Saba Peak, nnd tho Cedar
Gap. lie wns out 7 days.
13. Cnpt. Ford made a rcant, a nl p:i*«ed by
the H'uttid Mountain up tho Pecan Bayou, nnd
across to the Jim Ned, th-lice lo Santa Ai-
nu'* mountain, and relurui d toenmp by u ó¡Iter-
en t route, lie was iil>s< nt 7 days.
Sergt. Fiddler tnade a scout by way ot Swci-t
WuU r Ua|>, to the he'd ol Copperas Creek,
thence to Round Mountain, n id was occupied
iu this duly lor 4 days.
The w hole number of scouts made hy the com-
pany amounts to thirty one. and the nutnbtrof
days tl-cy have performed nc-tive service ii
two hunelred and rlxtcen.
For tin; maintenance of the above facts n« be-
ing essentially true, the whole command, officers,
uoR-comiuistioucd oOk-crs nud privates, lioH
themselves responsible,
The IWrdville "Ufiioti describí
one of tho severest hail storms over
witnessed in that town. The window
glti88cs on the side of tho houses expos-
ed to the rage of. the descending storm,
were shattered into fragments nnd
immense quantity of icncing leveled
with ihe ground. This elemental dis-
play occurred un the 11th instant; while
on the 12th and 18th, were two addi-
tional heavy nils of rain, completely
saturating the earth.
Hbvivju, at Paris.—The Family Visi-
tor, un excellent literary exchange pub-
lished nt Paris, Texas, in'tinn-i ns tint
the religious revival is still increasing',
in that place. Ministers of different
denominations hnvo been aiding tho
li.ijitists in the work of love and chari-
ty, and the coinbincd efforts "f tln>
evangelical churches have been crown-
ed with abundant sccCess.
Southern Convent Un.
Translated hy tho " OUier C«n oucrr."
Governor Itunut Is has pnblii-licd a !°JK
of Delegates to the Vicksburg. Miss., Soutlie'Sn
(humbug) Convention. These Southern-1-
werly commercial but now political-—Conrc. '
lions nro tlie only camping grounds hjlt '
patriót e dottroyers of our country. Therein ¡
may give Ireu yeut to their liuit feeling'. /
Lot Ihcin epjny this Innocent recrvatiw-
From the O'ahftton Wcilly Union.
TIIE 11 UN. liDWAtlD KVBUKTT ASt> l.0TT*n'^j
—lu his eloquent discourse on tho caree^
character ot Thomas Pownes. the ,. ° rl0t
I'Mward.Evorett lUBntloiis tho interesting
that Ihe tui jeet of his eulogy drew a Prj .
u Ixinden lottery, which enabled tilín tu j«y
foundation of lita furtuu' *, or orotnoted ti • .
an extraordinary degree. In the on*" s.
upon lottir\es, it well to noto this fact.
O *M'B "* t.-
particularly, to remind our r aders '
Sitó1:5 -5SS£ fet
^t^e prire f «?'.r, KV>. «rife pmpit-aon.
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