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I'l ltL.IMIi:i> ÍVHüULV BV JOIIN f), LOG.l>y^'ll 'J1IONAS S'l'EKNE,1
VICTORIA, TEXAS^^m
ADVANCE.
Horal Cttrft*.
ROBERT RE\1CK & CO.,
dhatilírs in
MUGS, MEDICINES. PAINTS, OILS, DYE STUFF, &C.
SEGUIN, TEXAS.
~F AM IL Y GROCERIES,
Di'u¡|ti, Qcdiciiifiü, faints (tils Act;.,
.AT" ^.fcBTTSyiLLE..
THE subscribo* , oto-just opi ning'full and
compote asaortintíiit . of art1 clou in the
above line ,.which they wi'faell low for cash,
as their inutU Is, n qiUcttoniiyMii hotter than
ft slow sliilir 1 -
U.
give them a oil!
to ilioir frioiids. to
SANFORD.
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• BEKN
ciarla, Texas.
S. GOLDMAN,
molerte nxxt tail
DKALKtt IX
Dry Goods, Cltthing, Graeeriet, Ilardicare and
(¿urénswart, Furniture, Hunt.', Sitúes, llatsx
Cans, all kinds of Liquors, Tubmen and
Sega rs. _ 30-ly.
AND
FOR W AimiJV(j! BUSINESS.
r«TllE''~unilersigiml having just built n
-S- new nml subslatili il ti.ii'l. is in i ver
raspoei prepared lo mid l«trw:i¡\l ^oods,
,nd w! i i, < produce to llie Noiihevu it ■ i" New
Orleans. A ' ''■ '
I ml i a not a, January I, I Hoi— lla-il
~-~N Kr|,. j
Reerlrins. Forwarding, nml Coin miss i on
3RKE3ms.c3v ar
Jntlianolt, 'JVxitt.
lefer to Mwa. Tvwisít tírnesbeck, ]r.mir>h
Jones ¿ Co., Paschnt it. Kicharilwn. \ ■ A. I.ook-
woud, Messrs t. Y. DnslilH, l'avmastcr I!. S.
a., L.G. Cnpurs, S:iii Antorii ; Mij. M. I!. H l>-
Vltt, CJunrleriniMlcr U S*. A., Jae.ib Maan, An[f.
Kratntoe, I ml i ii no! il: II mill ton 11 h neock A lis-
tín ; Menrs. J. 11. (',roves ¿ Son, Oivralii Wick-
h>iu, New Orleans. 38-1 jr
TIIO'S JENKINS & CO.,
AGKNTS VOU «AM UK
' Albina,'' > Crescent,"1 ' Rockpnft' 'Scotia?
itnd till other brands of
jjtNüujüVjyLíie
Also, u general supply of
PORK, LARD, AND BACON.
Vistorii, Oic.40. 33-1 v
■ 1)11. s. (i < l)WI1
HAS removed to ihe brick house formerly
occupied by Mr. J. B. (¡Sit, slew doors
north of the "Globe ll u e."
Feb. I, llióO,—40-tf
. TO 'WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.
"'Your fAnil business shnll ha attended to first,
nml withiml pay.
I WILL attend to buying and eili r lend. ax-
ainining rounrds, paving tax i, and every
thing connected with h general l.snd IJur.noie
wsst of the Hriir.oi river.
Refer tn every U. S, Senator aad RepreeeaU-
tive in Congress, to the present, fo near twen-
ty years pant, from M inHiflMippi.
■ Ref ra to everv Governor, Auditor, 5>.icretsrv
ol Stale, and Treasurer, lor 20 y«nr« paal, iiil
to every Statu .«nnatnr, but one, in I8&I, o! tlie
Btste Senate f Mieaissippi.
Refer, to Hon. W. M. Owm, Hon. Sam Moss-
ton, T. J- liuek, U. P.Senate.
« te V. K. Howard. U. Hcurry, M. r.
« to J. l)-,v'i , and T. H l>u|f?SB, Tens
Pisto Senate. ,
t« Oov. J. Morelinad, M. <>.i (iOv. n.
O. Runnels, (¡alveatos, l>r. T. Hunt,
Independence.
Cel. D. 0. Tompkins, Q. M. U. R. A., 8«ti
A etnnio; and to lion. J. f. II. Claiborne, Col.
n. Rayhurn, Commission Merchant, N.t>.
I sm also U.S. Commissioner lor lexss, ami
Commissioner of Deeds M ^''"■"'l'¡,':p
bsma and Kentucky. I 110. B. IV T.R.
Tistoria, Jan'y ?4 lfl.«-M-t(
JOHWP. McKENMEyr
Attorney and ('imnscll«r at Lnw,
OOTJA1), TEXAS.
■w. «. wsns, j. t, «n tin.
WEBB &, IIARCOUIIT,
Attouwiis axi> c(hi>'setmk at Law,
LiiO'r.ingf, Tcxtu.
R, B. Williams,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLINTON,
DuWitt CornTY, Tbxas.
WILEY f" ROGERS,
Attokkki at Law, IIai-lhttsviim, La-
vaca count*, 'I'llta? :
Will prsctiee in Ijuvaeu and adjoining eo*nlies
7-iy
WM. IIESS JONES,
1TT0RKBT Bt LAW, and NOTARY PUBLIC,
Gontnlr*, Tcxtu.
2L0Cstl ©fltUfii.
C I.AHK ij. OWEN A < 0„
l)i:.\LKIt8 IN
DRY-GOODS, HARDWARE AND CUT-
LERY, GROCEItlES, Ol'MI'.NS
AND GLASSWARE, SAD-
DLERY, HATS, HOOTS,
SHOES, iV.c. 6¿c.
,(ttr Cit h ndv.mt-os nindo on coiisinnnients
ol Coxton ii ml oilier produce to our liiends in
New-York mid New-l)rleiuia.
Toxunii, (lib Oeo.-ltlljl. 33
• TH^'S ri. ÜTRiBLING,
AUiywy «ml lonnsdlor ut Law,
San *(lutimio, Texas. ,
VÓfi • i,.:.i;d r<nmtlu.Ut,Mi .biisini' onirust-
ed to'his cure." 57-1 y
RICHARD" M. SHIN N,
ATTOHNliV AND C0UN3KL.L0U AT LAW,
Loekhart, Caldwell county, Texas.
w. . i,s:i<i5f,
ATTORNEY, AT LAW, Seguln, Texut.
lli.Piiiti'.M'i:#:
Juilito .1. A. l'uflelial, San Antonio;
W. II. ("iori'on, Austin; Texas;
H. "VI. 1'orben, Lavncii, i1 •
John lieni v Ijjow . /nTfronolt. 49
vTff. LAWItF.Nf't. rn-oB asi.su.T.
].A )VREffCE A .YtCLSi >.Y,
GENERAL LAND AGENTS,
Will attend piilictunlly to nil liu iiiM.i relutive
to In n .I—ul hi, to the collection of el aims iioiiiiiHt
ill - <¡.iverinnt'iil of TuXuk and ounilist iililivi-
,¡ii-.; - A ii.- tin. I'Yb'y, Idó'i—40-tf.
Vs . I'uscijiil A 1. A. t'usrJiiil,
.Uloriii'js ami I'oiinsi'liors til Luw.
C*o. W. l'isciui, will reside p riuivnemly ai
Austin, and (. A. P.iseiur. ut San Antonio
Olio of lliein will repirnrlv attend tin ¡üiipri mi
Court, in A ustin, mill tin) I'llited Stuti .* I.iistriei
Court at (ittlveaton.
All biiBÍni ss enlriisti'd to their care ill W"
tern Texas will nti ive prompt attention. Tlioii
lirni niav l e addr^ pscil m uitlicr place.
'44-tf
TiK(). N. WILL1A.MS(>.Ñ
AUurni'y nml I'onnsi'llor at Law,
1'i.rr.KsiifKU, Lavaca Cuuntv, Tkza«,
Will j)r.nc!i¡f ' in il ' BoViTitl coiir'.s ol the lOih
juilifial Dinirict. lit- will utioiui puiictual!v
id nil husiuiírtí cotiitiiilli'ü to in car* .
4?-ly
DR. J. L. M'KENWEY,
\VrlI«L continuo tho Practico of Mcdicinv,
VV ftiid ii* (?nl 1 Ate ral ! rfiiifhf«. in tlm to\Tn oi
(soliadt nnd i tn vicinity. Hit rlinrjr * will con-
forni t<> the ra'.o uat:;bliali<-«2 hj tht Physicians
ut Victnrin.
(riiliad, Marth 0, 1 RA*—45-11
¿> £ Cm L l.V, 'IK X.A Ü,
pi TIÍK «ubicribar would
inform the? trfirt^linR; public
that he has taken the tiiYcrn
stand fornit rly occupied by
J. F Johnson, and pledge*
liiinne f that no exertion
•hnil he npnred to render hi house worth) the
public pntmiiftga. 11 in table will always in? fur-
nished with an ahundanor of the very best the
inari;«t allo'idi—which he thinks, with a good
hostler, ami th" plentiful sup;)li< s of c«kii and
I'odtl r, with which his stable* ar* constantly
filled, will lendor his house inferior to none in
the W i st. M. IJ. RtíNlCK.
Sstfuin, April I, IP.ÓÍ—4'il-tf
A CARD.
DR. O. F. RENICK,
'I'snders to the pffopl* of 5f^uin,
and of thv surrounding country, his
serfirrs in the various departments
of his profession, vix: Medicine, Sur-
gery arul Ob'tetries.
Office st the New Druur Store, Sifwis.
k'ebruarr J?, |!t.Y¿—*l3-tf
wis t. CUNNINGHAM. OKO. M. KIIII).
CUNNINGHAM & REID,
.1 VTQ&M VS A T LA ir,
Will practice together in the eounties of De
Witt, Gonzales and Ls Vac . Nov. 22-31
NOTICE—The partnership herefSfore exist-
ing betwroeh A. S. Cunnimham and S. A.
Whito, is this dav dissolved by mutual consent.
Victoria, Nov. 22, 1060—31
WILLIAM S. GLASS,
Attorney a i Lam ,
Victoria, Texas.
JAMES W. ALLEN,
SlttOVttCtt itt
Victoria, Texas,
WJLI. practico his profession intheenn
tits eomposinjj the tenth Judicial Di-'
triet.
DUNCAN BEAUMONT,
WHOLESALE DEAI.ER IN M RCIIAN-
niZK,
-IITOULD rospentfiillv call the nttontinn of the
VV publia, to .his slock of Good in this place.
The prices nro as low a any establishment in
tho country, nnd the stock is large and well as-
sorted.
Drv-Qoodi, Clolhinjr, Hnrdwnri?, Crockery
Wiire^nnd Cliinnj Boots nnrl Shoe*,
Cutlery, Blnrksmith'a Tool ,
Western Produce, &e. &-.e.
Which will bn sold low forsaih, orthsprodnse
ef th* conatrv..
Inditnolo, 7s«. 1. ISW. 35-
inc. A • 11. HAISJIAIV,
n A VINO lorat il himself permanently at Mr.
Js'i II. II ii «he ' plantation on the San An-
tonin River in Helm.' " coiiuly, lenders his ser-
vieee ill the dilf reiil brunches of his profession,
to the citizens on the East nnd West side of the
River; slso to tho citizens of Lamar, Copan .
Mission of Refugio, and lllack Point, ilr will
he found at Ills office at all hours, uxeopl when
professionally eii((:i|{eil.
Refufii^ county, Teli'y 17, I OAS—43—1T
SMK TOIt II.HIAIEV
rj^ENDKRS bis professional services ts the
i eiliiens genernlly. OfTiee in the frsnie
building vac rfo.ir suatk of Dr. Webb's resi-
dence.
44-1 v
ms. j. itojv.iiUY,
HAVING located himself permanently in
the tor-n of Victoria, olfors his services in
th.' various branches of his profession, to the cit-
izens of the town and surrounding eountrv.—
lie may be found at his office one doo north of
the Victoria Drni{ Ploro, or at his residence, *
few doors North of ihn (¡lobe Hotel, sxeept
when professionally engaged.
Victoria, Aprils, 1050—49—tf.
SADDLERY!
Tin: Hubscriber has just recpired
fro in New-York s lai|(o assort-
ment of Siiddb s, Side .Saddles,
Spanish Sr «ldl« s, Uridh s, Mar-
tingales, Smldle-h.iqs, II irness-
os of every dor-cription, Whip*, 'J'runkx, ('ar-
riado Trimminjxs, ¿c., which will be «old low.
lie has a so mndo arrauj ruents to rcreivc
regular supplies of sSADDIjDUY and all oilier
articles in his line from New-York, ed will be
able to supply the trade in thi«* poriion of Wes-
tern Tex s upon accommodating terms,
fi^/*AII kintls ol work done to order as usual.
Hisstoro is noarly opposite ingrain's Hotel.
V. .«iCIIUIJMANN.
Victoria, Jan. 2, IBOt. 35-1 y
WAGON MAKING
A N I)
Itlitl'liMililllill^.
Tor. subsaribor respectfully
nnnounccs to the pubiic. iliat
he lia mud- arrangements lo
curry on at bis old and well
- known stand in Victoria the
WAGON MAKING
<Sf lihiek vilthlnfi Kuxinc/in,
in nil their V irions hr.m hce,
nnd hopee by strict ntli i.iion
to Ills business to receive 11 share of the public
patronage.
Morse shoing done with nentness nnd doepnlch.
N. B. All kinds of Repairing done nt tho
shortest noticc, and uimn the most reasonable
terms. ALEX. I.OW'K.
lie wnuld alio notify all pi r^ons iluli bled to
him to enme forward and make pnvmant, as he
is unnblo to extend any further indnlgenen.
A L.
v'ieiori , Ja.i I, 18«: 3S fy
Tlie ffliii'tj'i'ic oí' Ittissiu.
I lint truth i> siiMii^cr than fiction is n
truism iiuiio will now veiituro to 'dispute;
but ol nil tlio ruinmieo of liislorv that tins
t ct cinnnnli il from tho evcr-lct'iuiiiir props,
most fcriniiilV tho work of Michel"t is tho
in'ft eNtrnordinnry nnd tho most iippiilling.
i lint i'l tho liiiiclrrnlli conlury tin im-
monso iinlion shotild J,o oxifitin^r ia which,
iiiniilft growing civilizuiion, tho most odi-
ous hiii'burisin only should ho rocngnified iih
tho governing principio, iri on o of ihogi;
loots thnl stngiri.Ts crodulitv. The ilisclo-
suros of M. Miohclet will ho rend wiih.don-
hlo interest tit this moment,, nijd the trnns-
l"(ion iius been rendered witli grent fitleli.
t\'. ..Tho 1.11..—' i,, -T" n pMe-
I'i'ct view of Riissiu™ society nnd its para-
lysing in/liionco upon hum unity:
SiniiRiA.—Much has been s:iid of th'
martyrs of Siberia; but why dislinguisli
them 'I Tho line of separation would bo
altogether fictitious. With the oxcrption
of mi aggravation of cold, ilio whole of Rus-
sia is Siberia—be|iiiitiing nt the ViVmfn.
One speiiks of lh<> wriclriiined; but eve-
rv Uuaemri Is I'Ollik'llillcd. Ill II culllltn
where the low i< n mere inuckerv there
can bo no serious judgment. All nro enn-
demned; nnd yol no nne is judged; there is
no distinction between sulfering and pun-
islunent.
Tho univorstil punislimt nt is not sm-li
and such a positive evil—it is that break-
ing "of the Itenrl, tli.it moral anxiety nf a
spirit, crushed beforehand,.bv an iiievitulile
coiiibiuation of uiisfortunes. In that mor*
eilesB world where every thing seems lo
possess the fixed rigidity of its nativo lee,
nothing is li.tcd-'-all is pregnant with chance
and doubt.
All are condemned, said we; the iprf per-
haps the IciiSt so, even in his servitude ond
misery; lor lie is not even sure of that very
misery—ti -in irrow, all may change for
him; lie iua> perhaps bo curried o|}', either
lor the army or the factories; his wife giv-
en t" another; hi> I'nini y dispersed.
Tiio so Id i i r is cniideium d-- not only be-
eause. lie was, nil ol n sudden, curried off
from bis home, an.I lias ever since been s:ili-
j < t to tint ei.iittuu.il biistinado, called mili-
t i \ service; |j.,t til.-o liceaiise lie is totally
ignor.iit of the time ul bis liln ralion; the
l iW was thirty years lorni' rly—now twen-
ty ; but what is the law in Russia?
The ollieer is condemned; lie is forced
against his «¡II into a military school—lie
follows, in spite of himself, the rude and
monotonous path of unceasing exercises,
parades, and ehangis front one g.ir'risun to
allot her. Sail priest of war: even whilst
his fortune pioniiscd him the enjoyments
ol the world! But what befalls him if lie
dots.not serve? His finnily is tlicncefnrlh
suspected—perhaps ruined and degraded—
and lor himself-—lie is lost forever!
Lost! What means that word? Killed?
But it is apparently something moro than
death, u'neo it is the occupation of the olli-
eer to fight tilul so exp >m himself to death
—otherwise, says he, he would be lost.
The serf, who is sei/.rd lor the army,
says, "I am lost." Hi ¡sin the very depth
of his misfortune; ho can desesnd no lower.
But tho officer can descend; ho has yet
something to fear, which is worse to him
than death—he fears Siberia.
When the serl is made a soldier, les bo
dv only is taken. 'J'hey care not for his
lieurt; but with the ollieer, it is tho soul
that is needed; the problem of the Russian
government being, how to seize tho soul of
it man whose life ol insupportable misery
renders dcalji indifferent to him.
This soul litis been early deadened in
those schools where is taught only the void
— nothing material — nothing moral; so
that, from very weiirinc ", ho is thrown in-
to the arms of those enervating pleasures
which deaden it yet more. But even Ibis
twofold operation docs not always succeed
in extinguishing a strong mind. All thai
still remains of the limn must be restrained
—must bo overeóme—and that by n moral
terror. What terror? An unknown pun-
ishment.
The Catholic Inquisition, besides its dun-
geon* and tortures, continued to the end its
physical torments, by u moral torment—
on eternal bell—the infinity of lime. Rus-
sia has its hell—an infinity of space—the
horror of the desert, and ol the iuid.
A never-ending distance. He who makes
tho journey on foot, loaded with heavy
chains, starts young, and arrives aged—a
mail, twenty-five y oars old, full of heiltli
and life, started Irotn Poland; threo years
after, a shadow dropped into Kumtsclialkn!
A multitude of sufferings result from the
climate it.-ell—merciless climate ! Some,
few degrees nearer to the Polar Sea were
sufficient to cause death.
If the Russian, (iven tit home, .'hut op
six months in bis oven, his heated room,
oiiii with difficulty keep out the furious
north wind, what must il be in this second
Russia, where the cold cits into you, w here
steel breaks like glass, where even the dogs
that draw the sledges would inevitably per-
ish were they not cased with fur?
To arrive there without resource would
be deliverance, for one would di. ; bul death
must not coino too quickl*. Established in
a small li.rt, in the oriisl of the icy desert
—during two or three years, sometimes
longer, digging the earth, or drawing the
b now, loil upon sour milk and bad fish,
the exiles die si a! , beneath the lash.
Even ill so who are nol condemned to
this terrible doom, but «lio have a kind ol
half liberty—a sort of physical existence,
a m'Sl tolerable, find Ilio moral i fled
scarcely less dreadful. If, to them, Sibe-
ria is not an eternity of suffering, it is one
of Inr'gotfuliioHs, where they feel tin enselves
disappear — dying awny from the living
world, from their familir s, from their friends.
To lose one's unino, to bo callcd'Ntirtiber
10 or Number 5J0, nnd, if your family s.till
remain, to beget children without a name,
a miserable race, which will perpetuate it-
self in eternal wretohodpess! The ruined
mnn ruins bis children—lie-is cursed—so
are they—nnd by n frightful crescendo it
happen?, that Ihe children ul a man who is
himself condemned tó'thf
years, will rein:.in mil*
■yours, or evcn.unU
alter them, ond nfr'i
Siberia not only t
persono, (heneo trails
tilings. A bell was
haying- sounded thci ti
—cannons were iri
the knout nt Tobolsfett
indeed it most
where it,implies
Hud the c.viles
change In their Ii
indole" f jifbj ¿{tt'L
Ii .i if .'
It ,V.. i I |
dutiwi upofr
nt nlsa upi>n
jl
TMr.NT —M>
ii Goon i el'
liéjtlaitbe-iUíwtC
feminhte mode ol
easy existence of tile Wcstjol Europe. A
Russian lady decltirwl to me that it was
impossible for her to evi. t in France; mi
infinite number of Eastern luxuries were
wanting to her. Our .Wvmils appeared
too rough !'• r In r; their Voices harsh and
proud. Sha could not support the natural
Irietion of n world of 0i|tlaltly. She missed
the flatteries and attentions of Iter women
THREE DOLLARS MSR AN ft (JHI, INVEHIA
kY, JUNE 12^
M 1 L! . "■ i
lowing npppijj 4u the Araolienrf
is ono to which go pntrfbt cwi feel
6^lo which none wlio roverence
of Washington, or in the memory
rlucsand his Achievements .eft ii roiil
without emotion. It is a reproty-'l^-lo Amer-
Ican |tntriotism that this de erv'étl memori-
al of our grntiludg to the Futbnr ji( 'hB
Country is not already completed—i.t n
burning'shame it should now bxthrnineneri
Will "failure, wheii unocent per capita ou
the iiihubltanis bf llle Ul States would lilr-
nit>|i it; '■
al.fi liiptoiiVii t'iolin
mdnt.
To the America 11 Pcoptff
From the great decrease in the receipts
ufcontributions to 1I1 ■ National Monument
(luring ihu Inst six months, the B mrd of
Managers feel i' lo bo their duty to make
another appeal to the patriotism of tlm Am-
ciiciin public. Tliey arc unwilling to be-
lieve that the people of this eountrv, under
poii's 1
r> a 11 a an
is; Bulk
f-udrri
Iw r life of heated rooms
n ncj (njtlis-
pid ntmosphern of her Russian house.—
What would bine become of this poor wo-
man, if, instead of the journey to Paris,
which she found so puinlut, she had per-
formed the voy ago to Siberia?
There is a tradition in Russia that Ca-
therine, (or. p"flinps, one of the empresses
who preceded her.) in order to lower the
pride ol certain great Indies, occasionally
favored litem with tin order for their flagel-
lation, which was to lie performed by their
servants in their own palaces. The chiel
of her secret chancery intimated tiio order
w ith respect, and himself superintended its
execution. The sail opera lion being fin-
ished, tlm patient dismissed him, with
thanks, holding herself happy in being let
off at such a price, and in haying avoided
Siberia.
Judge of the horror of a poor timid wo-
man, dragged from her palace, her volup-
tuous ease, nnd lyr everlasting summer;
perhaps thrown at night intoa strong chest,
lined with iron, and roiled along some, four
or fiie thousand miles; or, perhaps, she who
lias hardly ever walked, is forced lo make
this I'riglitftil and begging journey on foot,
goaded on by tho whip, nnd receiving on
her rond some miserable sustenance from
the charity of serfs!
In whatever way sho may go, it is, in-
deed, a frightful torture lor a woman, leav-
ing her husband, her children, nnd all she
loves in the wide world, to wnndcr alone
and in the darkness of night, in the north
and in winter—and in the horror of the un-
known! To pnss from Europe into Siberia,
is like Hilling into chaos; u desert of men
-tho tc-1 i-'"eh deep and h.sting obligations ns thev
are to the founder ol their liberties, and
feeling, as they must, a profound sense of
gratitude for the inestimable services which
ho rendered to them, will suffer a monu-
ment commenced in his honor and to aid in
perpetuating liis nnmo to the last ages of
tho world, i.i remain unfinished for the
want of mentis necessary to complete it.—
il need scarcely bo suggested tliat n, fact
like this in the history of our Republic
would not fall to reflect everlasting discred-
it on tho gratitude and patriotism of its
•itizens, nnd prove to the world that repub-
licans are too apt to bo forgetful of wlr.it is
duo to themselves and to the memory ol
those who, undor providence, have made
them grent, prosperous nnd happy. It is
often tho fate of the most distinguished and
illustrious to bo netirly forgotten alter they
have mouldered in the tomb for half a cen-
tury. In tho busv and ever changing
scenes of the world the stage of life is con-
tinuously occupied liv those whose acts ex-
cite the interest of the living, nnd exclude
tho memory of such as have preceded them
though their reputation may have been
more brilliant, and their deeds moro glori-
ous. But it wus believed Unit Washington
wns one to whom the American people ow-
ed the greatest and most lasting debt ol
gratitude, and to whoso memory every
honor should bo paid by his countrymen;
that to honor him was but to honor tlie-n-
pelvos; and that they wore willing nnd do-
.slrous lo pay a just tribute to preeminent
patriotism, and to. unequalled public and
prívalo virtue.
Upon fliis impression a society was os
nod
OUt UIMlury) wiiliuui tiuuiiiMi., «mu "UllU'U
religion (other than witchc-nfi,) so com-
plete a void, that oven the religions which
have penetrated, such ns the Mohammed-
anism of the Tartars, loso their dogmas,
their legends, nnd their halo, ond become
pale, dim, and nothingless, cien as the in-
visible sun of Siberia.
Few can resist this destroying power of
the void. Lost in this ¡inmenso waste,
they are stamped with its very image; and,
losing all personal identity, in their turn,
also become moro nonentities.
In a journal |^ttblishe<l at Vilna, under
the Russian censorship, in lb50, Madame
Eve Folitiskn describes the ccjilorable con-
ditiou in which sho beheld n Polish colonel,
at TobolskI. Iniplicntcd in the transac-
tions of 18Si.r>, lie had been condemned by
the Senate to threo years' imprisonment,
merely fur non revelation. Tlie emperor
paid not tho slightest regard to his sen-
tence. He caused him lo be transported
to tho nor,h of Siberia, as liir ns tho sixty-
third degree, from whence, in mercy, lie
wns allowed to return as lof as Tobólslti.—
"This unhappy mnn, who liad been former
ly one of the finest men ¡11 the army, was
no longer to be recognised. He was lying
bnck in 1111 nrm-chnir, for so wonk wns he,
that lie could not stand; his hair, (airead
while.) though very thin, and combed with
care, fell upon bis shoulders, nnd reached
as far as his elbows. His face was very
pale and swollen, and his look vncniit. His
eyes and lips trembled with oinolion. We
could see that he possessed the- wish, though
not 1)10 power, to speak, lie motioned us
with his hand lo draw n^Ap, that he iiiiyht
salute us. For a moment, his mind re-
gained its reason, but sft affeWid was be,
that he could, with difficult v, uso hrs almost
piunlyzeu tongue. Finding that we were
Being to BereZ'iwn, will re lie had once re-
side!, he w ished us I , tal.o up our abode
there, with bis I'ornic.r hostess. All this
conversation proccitied
«L Ib.srrl ona-^:. n • M3&+. M'-Uej??.*)' *• * «=*cntr*m yj¡w*«¡¡p,Ju tho
history, without tracritTon, nnd without city of Wnshiiigionyfbrtltft purpose oferoct-
ing n inagnificient monument to the
"Ftttlior of his Country," mid Ilio Board of
that society linve, during the long interval
tunde gratuitously every effort in their pow-
er, from a pure feeling of patriotism and 11
to nH,nnd.íliiTllio co|l
insuflieient to rnisn tho 1
its pre*otit«e!ovnllon.
nnd mor11fvI n
the duty of Ihu
Union ¿0 «how tho In
this noble iindcrtn "
estimation liud i
thfle.h'tructe
irt'eon tribu
monument that
may hnve.thc hon
to his moinorv which \
able memorial ofiheir '
titudc. ' ■* **>■
A fti'B rro\ op not'.N'dahy.—Ii is uu
stood that Mr. Ross, tli'b principal Chief ol
the Cherokee nation,has obtained sufficient
evidence lo establish beyond 11 doubt tho
t'iet, that through a fr.idulunt survey of the
western boundary line of Arkansas, the
Choclaws and Clierokees have been de-
prived of a large portion of territory. It is
also understood that Mr. Ross, ou the part
of the Clierokees, will lay the matter be-
fore tho General Government this spring,
and demand that the line bo rpn over, and
that tho Cherokee nation bo put in posses-
sion of territory which it hns so long been
deprivod of.
The strip of country that it is alleged:
will fall into the Indian territory, runs hieing
tho wholo breadth of the Slnrfo, froni'tho
Missouri lino to Red River, varying from
nine to nineteen miles in width, cuttingofT
portions of Bullion, Washington, Crawford,
Sebastian, Scott, Polk, and Sovier coun-
ties. Fort Smith will fall into tho Choc-
taw; Van Burcu, Evnnsville, Boonsboro,'
and Sylvia will fall into the Cherokee na-
tion/
The tract -of country that it Is contended
will fall into the Indian territory has 11 pop-
ulation of muro than ilUOO souls, whose im-
provements would lie estimated, at n fair
valuation, at over $1,000,000.
Tho extent of the claim ennnot impair its
justice, il will rest upon tho facts; nnd if
the line has been run fraudulently, nnd tho
territory claimed belongs to the Clierokees
and Choclaws, tliidr claim cannot bo gain-
said upon account of its extent. Tho Gov-
ernment will bo compelled to purchnse tho
relinquishment of tho territory from tho
Clierokees and Choclaws, which wo have
no doubt can bo done nt much less cost thjin
the amount of spolbilion that the Slate of
Arknnsns would bo entitled to ruo.oive from
tho United Stntes, wore thoy to give up to
the Indians their settlements.
difficulty i wo wvrv almost/obliged to goes
his meaning. AltyetigUi we pereeivcil th;
lie ii oí exhausted \Jio use of his fiicnltici
for lie informed us that we should find at
Berezown, melons,grupos, nnd oilier south-
ern fruits, his imagination, no doubt, wan-
dering to ilio liordoriiiofStho Tagus nnd tho
Seine, which he had known so well. With
sorrowful lienrts,' ,vti shortened our visit,
but he still sought to reUiu \fmby his ges-
tures, vainly eiidcavorinjfito nrlieuliifc the
word: 'Stnv.1"
iirinffii
á
Fnt'.ncir Raimmaii.*.—The Paris corres-
pondent of the Nev York Express snjs
that I ho locomotives on Ino Orleans Rail-
road have each been furnished with nsnmll
magnetic battery, and tho engineers are
required to lie acquainted with the modus
operandi. All the electric lines iu Frunce
follow tho rourso of the railroad, so that nt
any point on the road the engineer mny
rig a communication between his machine
nnd the wires, nnd announce to tho station
either before or behind him any accident
that mny have happened. Ho may thus
immediately call for tiny nssistnnce, ns ho
may require, and warn ofT approaching
trains. The experiment has been already
several times most rucRestfuüy tried.
desire to honor his memory, to obtain the
means necessary to nccomplish the object
of its origination. By unceasing and un-
tiring: exertion they have succeeded in col-
lecting 11 sum sufficient only to carry up
the proposed structure to an elevation ol
one hundred and five feet above tho sur-
face, about one-fifth of its elevation; and
they now regret to say that unless the con-
tributions tire larger and moro frequent
than lliey have been lor the past six mouths,
it will be impossible to continuo the work
any further. Tho blocks of stone which
have been sent Irotn the different States,
nsHocintioiis, etc., to ho placed in iho monu-
ment, have done but little to add to its ole-
vnlion, though they mav contribute to it
interest. That the public mnv understand
how expensive such u structure must be,
it mav be proper to state that onch course
of two feet iu height costs npwnrdo ol ftii-
000, though exocuted with tho strictest re-
gard to economy. The materials nnd labor
with n small annual compensation allowed
to the superintendent, and a still smaller
to the architect, amount to the expenditure
which has been mentioned, and the Board
of Managers are well satisfied mat, had the
work been undertaken by the Government',
it would have cost double the nmijlinl ol the
obelisk so far.
From two to threo courses can be oojn-
pleled in a month, liieh requires Irom lour
to six thousand dollnis, while the monthly
contributions have not nveraged for the past
linlf yenr more than two thousand dollars.
It will, therefore, be observed thnl the work
must necessarily be stopped if 11 inore nr
dent and pntriotio feeling does not prevail
among the people of this country, nuil 11
«ith considerable uiore extended nnd liberal contribution be
' ' t made.
To rhow with wir.il ease this great ob
j ct could lie elfi eled, it is only necessary
to state that three cents from each white
inhabitant of tho United Slates would be
sufficient to complete the monument jn a
lew years; and y el such appears to bo the
npu'tiiy nnd indifference existi.ig iu relation
to ibis undertukiiig, that even that small
sum ennnot be obtained for so patriotic and
glorious 11 purpose.
lit Norway, the three-fourths of tho n-
mount wicessnry to erect u monument in
honor of Chorlos XII was raised lately by
voluntary contributions in two days; while
in tho Republic of the U. Stntes, brought
into existence by tho valor, perseverance,
energy nnd patriotism of Washington—in
n nation which now contains a population
of nearly twenly-fivo millions of souls, en-
joying u freedom, independence and pros-
perity nowhero else to bo found—one-fifth
only of the amount required incomplete h
monument worthy of the man in whoso
honor it is now being erected, hns, after
tho most unconslng effort* for seventeen
years, befn contributed. To tho people,
Iho ormy and navy, Masonic, Odd Follow
nnd other associations, tho colleges, acade-
mies and schools of tho United Stales,
banking institutions, city nnd town corpo-
Aurkst of an Amkuica* in Rona.--
The Providence Journal, commenting up-
on the arrost of an American Hutned-Jui
in Rom'o, for refusing to luk* ofl' his lip't
when the Pope was about to prouounco n
benediction, makes the following very just
remarks:
We do not think that Mr. Jones mani-
fested good sense or gO'.itl taste iu making
his appearance at the ceremony, unless he
was willing to conform to tho usual tunrk
of respect manifested by those prsssnt. If
Mr. Jones objected to taking off his hut to
the Pope, lie should not have voluntarily
placed himself in a position where «very
gentleman was expected to do so. Had llo
been forced into such a position, his refus-
al might have been proper and creditable,
but we do not see why ho should sci k it.—
His treatment wns hnrslt, but ho knew ihut
lie wns under n despotic and bigoted gov-
ernment, nnd thai his conduct offended the
wo lía
p
biink
contal
the bou ,
was mol
drtfing rrtbbi
Tbxns.—Wt
Fjmalis InfiVknce.—"1
says Washlngton lrving,' "th
man, falling Into rrK fortune, L ...
retreivo his si\uatidn*ln tho wor!
single one, chiefly iftcaate his
soothed nnd endenrSd'by domestic
monts, and self-respect kept «live I ,
ing that thouglj all abroad bo darkness and
humiliation, yet iheVo is still n little woild
of love nt homo of which lie is monarch.-t
Whereas a singlo man is npt to run
and sclf-ncglect, to fall inta ruin lib
deserted mansion for wqqt <
1 have ofton had occasion to
tiludo with which womon suijain
overwhelming reverses. Those
which broak down the spirit of "
prostrate him in (he dust, seem
all the energies of the softer sos:
much intropldity nnd elevation to tffcircha-
rater, that nt timos itieppronchos to sublim-
ity. Nothing can be moro louciilng than
to behold a soft and tendof female, who had
been all weakness and dcpondcnco, nnd a*
live to every trivial roughness, while tread-
ing tho prosperous paths of life, sudde
rising in mental force to be the comfot
and supporter of her husband under 1
tunes, abiding with unshrinking firran
the bitter bluets of adversity. As the
which has twisted its graceful foliag
tho onk, ami has been lifted by it in t
sunshine, will, when tho hnrdy plant ia
riven by tho thunderbolt, cling nroünd it
with caressing tendrils, nnd bind up its
shattered brow; so, too, it is boautlfully or-.
dnined by Provldoucc, that woman, who la -
the ornament nnd dependant on mnn in hia
ing herself into the rugged recesses of bia
nature, tenderly supporting his drooping
head and binding up the broken heart.
An Owicjiu op tiih 'Anti-Slavhhy 80-
eiHTir OoNvicTKnop Comma—TheN. T.
correspondent of the Washington Union, in
his lettor of the l'lth ult., says :
"A trial lately had in tho United Stats*
District Court for this city, before Ji
Judsoii, tends to show where at leasta ,
ol tho money comes from thai supports'th*.
under-ground railroad nnd other contri
cea by which ihe Anti-Slavery Society car-
ry on their machinations against tho peace
mid prosperity of tho South. Mr. \y¡llinm
Johnson, tho treasurer, wo believe—at nil
events, 0110 of tho lending officer*—of tha
Anti-Slavery Society, wits nrraignod, tried
and found guilty of tiio offonco of coining
nnd passing counterfeit money. Ilnppeura
ihnt fliis worthy, who was an English abo-
lition emissary, had for some years been in
Üi
■:/. . v • -ara
¿*ÉáÍl
deepest feelings of tlip people, besides be-
ing in resistance to an officer, which is n
serious offence everywhere,. I
Apart from the indelicacy of attending a
religious ceremony, where ho was unwill-
ing 19 conform to so usual a custom, we
cannot se« why unv Protestant should
have n religious scruple against uncover-
ing his head in the official presence of n
high civil nnd Ccclesiaslicnl dignitary.-—
Wherever people nro assembled to worship
God, bo it in church, convcnticlo, syna-
gogue or mosque, the proper sentiment
with every man of religious-feeling should _
bn that of respect, if not of owe. Howevoj his nofnrous purauíts. But the eye oi
faulty inay be tho worship, if it Í8 sincerF, i¡cc wa* upon Mil), and its hand event
we may hope that it is uccepttible to God, gmsped him. lie proved a most oxec
and we may be certain that it is entitled to
respect upon earth. We have no sympa-
thy for those who intrude upon the worship,
or upon the religious ceremonies of others,
lor thu sake of iulcrruptiu^ or of offending
thorn.
A Damiyo I! ion way Rouniinv.—On
Wednesday evening last, between sunset
and dark, 11 gentleman by tho name of Fú-
gate, a citizen of*Guadalupe ifronty, wliilo
travelling the road from this place to Inde-
pendence, was accosted near the residence
of Mr«Win. Hallas, two miles this sido of
the last named town, by a mat' who stated
that lirj, hud a sick friend lit his camp just
below the road whom ho was exceedingly
iitixious to got to n house, inasmuch ns ho
wns dangerously ill — requesting nt iho
same time the friendly aid of Mr. Fúgale
in gelling the sick man to the house of Mr.
Dallas, winch wns in sight.
anything wrong, Mr. "
nnd followed the slra
small ravine, lying about filly yards below
the road, where ho discovcrodn man stretch-
ed upon the ground groaning most pfloously,
nnd nppnrantly in groat nguny; And anoth-
er mnn sitting by him, as If endeavoring to
minister relief. Mr. F. immediatoly (lis
mounted, tied Ills horses, (having nu extra
horse,) and approached iho supposed suffer
er. On getting up to tho spot, he stooped
down to look fit'tho ngonisiiug man, and In
nn instant, ho wns clnspod around tho arms
and body, from tho renr, by the man who
ifhd mm ""
the
same time.
tho iinbit of manufacturing largo quantities
of spurious coin—-tin occupation for which
hi" original culling as a silver wurker par*
liculnrly qualified him. lie joined
and soon look 11 high rnnk in the ol
for spiriting nwny foreign slaves.
Money spqedily" beenmo more plenty in
the coffers of tho kidnappers, nnd Mr.
Johnson, thinking doubtless that he waa
doing God and himself good at tho samé
time, waxed bolder and more trickle
his nefarous |
licc was upot
grasped hjm. He prove
character, but in vain.
pliirjt pitety, hie philanthropy n
losophy could sava him.' The
his guilt was frrosintoblo} ho wns convicted
Society upon tholl lose of such ftmluébl
"V ' • — « v>.., trj lliv " ■ —
id conducted him thither; tho persous on
le ground risi.-ig mid soling him nt the
He drew a small knife from
hi* bolt and atlefnpted fo cut himself loose
Jrom the* grasp of tho rufliarts, bnt tha knife
rations, applications urgently requesting I was instantly, «rresiad from him and. ho was
pecuniary nid have born mr.de by circulars I choked duwn, ssqieleis upon the ground
m
Society upon
officcr and such a
respectable frnti
11
tofolrc this west I
shall how be ii
mountain., so that i
nnefft
mir r
scene l0rbüsiness ir
mastcrly'^ffórt of iho Brit'
MeSIco, having'
why bi
sight. N t suspecting goods through tho Cua
; F. turned oil'Iho road Cruz nnd Tampico, pay
inger to tlie hood of n nnd thoy now find^hn
nt
t«n estén
for Hi
ried on to so
that it is. imp
Heretofore th
cities of pftmnrg
Qiinnnjunlb, the r
public, have alwd
at the- capital.
t rada, has been drawn
stead of goods being sent, 1
from the oapiiol lo Moi
- A u
sent froün
e largo
rein* of
«¡riprap,
ngso.
afo noW
retrieve
clh fortunes.
my Kunhln opinions on.i
they seem to me pretty
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