The Texan Mercury. (Seguin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 28, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 1, 1854 Page: 2 of 4
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t uniform system of books,
standard, which are elevated
literary merit,
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Tii': Gardiner bf u ti-/
partí':* accmed were convicted
and the Tlti* day m-her* in the month of April, The
JJy th': tr*;;jf v term April, we believe, i/.derived from tbe I,atin j
By T«jl« gr'iph to Rotinton.
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jr *r, nitfe* by upseml •^rwiwtit.
All ilnen fnajr !*• rwnítt'-'l l>y m.iil, hi avallóle j
Sof Giiadalupo Hidalgo, concluded in IApenV, to open; bc-aw, about, this time, Mexico just arrived at h -r wharf, bringing ifit^t-
>2*0 ; % 1 1 '000*000 W:
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fitate*. Out of thU snm % '<V 1 ü-VOOO was re- her warm embrace. In this latitude, the name
served for the satisfaction of claims of American would apply better to the third month of the
citizens who were damaged and interrupted in year. The March winds are proverbial, in «om
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ere to be paid to M'-xico * an root!** Earth displays the treasures which, dnr- ¡ g^'« as late a* ti ej ;>tli.^
territory ceded to the Unit** injr the bleak storms of winter, are ,sheltered in '
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ant qiiaiter<
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twenty-eighí
forage for
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'> [ that the authorities of Cuba have imposed a fine ' °r'ep n ^
e of $25,000 on the iilfu:k Warrior and her own- a*Wrii /f0" tyWT'
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patches from Havana, wiucn port he left on the
Hth innt. ha.J- arrived here, brinping int<;Hir/eiiee
at the ri*k '/f Uw wl¡V>7. Tbe j>'^t
be pal'l, to irmufe
Term of tAwtii*í«jc, «ie dollar jkt wjnarc, oi
lined, or lew, for tb; tint in^rti'iii, awl fifty cento f' r
each Mibsequsnt ow. A reasonable *le*J«ctiofi will bo
made in favor of tboxe who adrertiM; by the year. The
aamtier of ínaertion muxt be itated, or Uiey will If: in-
serted until forlfl'lden, and charged accordingly, l'ro-
femional carda, (per annum,) of five lines or lew, $10.
All advertisement*, the publication of which is rcrjuircl
tiy law, mint tie paid in advance.
Job work executed ★ith neatneas and despatch, which
miut fie paid for on delivery.
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THE TEIAN^ HERCURY.
SEGUIN:
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL
the act of war. Doctor John A. Gardiner, and appropriately named in honor of the God of
r v ,i, Doctor John A. Mear*, appeared, as claimants, war, Mars. May is so called in honor of Maria,
for a portion of this sum. Distinguished counsel June takes it's name from the God/less Juno, the
urged their claims before the commission, eon- ! sister, and spouse, of Jupiter. July perpetuates
sisting of George Evans, of Maine, Robert T.j the name of Julius Osar; and August the
Paine, of North Carolina, and Caleb J3. Smith, ¡ name of Ciesar Augustus. September, October,
of Indiana, appointed by congress to adjudicate , November, and December, are so called from
such claims/ Gardiner claimed indemnity for a, t'ic Datin numerals, signifying seven, eight, nine,
silver mine he had been compelled to abandon in aI,,l *cn; September being the seventh month in
San Luis Potogi, to the amount of $420000; • the primitive Roman year—which began in
Mean? claimed, for a mine of quicksilver, the March, but the ninth in our calendar. January
of'$153 000. The commission allowed |« named in honor of Janus, whose temple was
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From The Ledger, we learn that, on the ninth
instant, a party of Lipans attacked a train of
Mexican carts, within a few miles of Laredo,
oaded for II. P. Bee. The Indians killed one
Mexican, and stole a few of the gpods. Another
pdrty made itrf appeafyce within six hundred
yards of Larédo, on the twelfth; killed one
horse, and drove off twenty bead. Several
Mexican herdsmen are missing; supposed to
have been killed. A public meeting of the cit-
izens of Laredo has been held, at which they
adopted a report, in which the inconveniences
suffered from Indian depredations are feelingly
recounted, and resolntions were adopted^ to re-
quest his excellency, the governor of tbe State,,
to inquire into tbe question of the guilt or inn -
is. cence of the Indians, in the most speedy and
effectaal manner; also, to appoint a committee
to correspond with the adjoining counties, with a
view to raise two hundred volunteers, to carry
into effect, at their own expense, the civil
process of the connty against these tame pets of
thé United States.
The citizens of our frontier are justly incensed
at the intolerable conduct of the Indians; and
. i > '
the question m their minds, as to ?what shall be
done with the Lipans? is reduced to a resolution
to exterminate them. The troops stationed, by
the federal government, on thjs frontier, being
infantry, are unable to afford the necessary pro-
tection. While the time and attention of con-
gress is engrossed by such all-important themes
as the Kozsta affair, the fusion of the antag-
onistic wings of the Democratic party, in New
York, or the "cradling out" of one of them, ox
by an uncalled-for agitatibn <jf the slavery ques-
tion, for the purpose of creating political capital
for the next presidential campaign—while such
momentous tópica command the undivided atten-
tion of the assembled wisdom of the Union,
Texas should take measures to protect herself,
and forward her bill for the expenses consequent
upoof such a course to the proper office at
Washington.
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time; wgret
Ve lay our
fiar coming tin
It cornea and
re unmoved by
5; never still: awake,
i bodyto the toml^. and
étená^r. ?Whó can count tbe
TWho can tell his pulses
i to come? lot who can
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None can telL
and plan, and hope!
11—1 Ought a business-man, who
, to teeeive tibe support of the
•i
to every " In union these is strength," is the principle
e. whichrgoverns the advent of our mails. The
is an ele- mails from beyond tbe gulf came in on last Satr
urday,. bringing New Orleans papers, and again
last Tuesday. We will now have another^
to probaUy, on Saturday, the eighth proximo, and
one .on the Tuesday following. We dislike, ex-
dingly, to notice the delinquenciés of the
ma0«: it has become, us it were, a stereotyped
úr; a tale that has been told: but we also
dislike to get our exchanges all at the same
time; and the subscribers for those papers, In
this place, are subject to the same inconvenience.
? Is there a good day coming?
At a public meeting, recently held at Hous-
ton, the following gentlemen > were appointed
delegates to represent the county of Harris in
the State Educational Convention, to be held in.
Hantsrille, on the sixteenth of June:—Honor-
ables, David G. Burnet, E. A. Palmer, James
Riley, Ashbel Smith, M. D., Peter W. Gray;.
Reverends, Mr. Nicholson, Episcopalian, Mr.
Fairbairn, Presbyterian, ^erguson, Methodist;
James Burke; Henry Moore; A. W. Boyd; S.
Singleton; W. B. Adams; Robert Lockhart; C.
F. Duer.
sum
these claims, to their full amount. Mears' claim
was drawh entirely: $83 000 of it was paid to
Gardiner; half of which he retained as his share.
This scheme of swindling was originated by
Mears; but he, not being competent to parry it
out, associated Gardiner with him. Gardiner,
in view of tbe field before him, grew ambitious,
and concluded to put in a claim on his own
behalf, of which we háve been speaking. After
the adjudication, Gardiner went to Europe;
having $200 000 subject to his order, on deposit,
in Washington City and New York. It was
ordered, that all the papers in the Mexican
claims should, after the adjudication, be filed in
the state department. This duty devolved upon
Doctor Charles W. Davis, secretary of the board
of commissioners. This gentleman is a nafive of
Washington, but had resided fifteen years in
Mexico.
Upon an examination of the Gardiner papers,
his attention was airested by palpable evidences
of fraud. Having satisfied himself that these
claims were entirely spurious, he communicated
his impressions, in a letter, to Attorney-general
Crittenden. Finding that his communication
?[as not noticed, he published a letter m The
National Intelligencer, avowing the detection of
the fraud over his own signature. The matter
was then disenssed by Presieent Fillmore and
his cabinet. Inquiries were instituted; several
co:omissions were appointed to go to Mexico,
and visit the supposed localities of the mines,
and collect all the evidence possible. To the
honor of the jury before .which the trial was
held, the accused were, finally, convicted.
Shortly after their decision was made public,
Gardiner died; having, according to the verdict
of the jnry of inquest, put an end to his life, by
taking strychnine.
?Does he take the Papers?—This week, an
acquaintance of ours drove up from the coast
country, and stopped in Séguin, for the purpose
of attending court. Conrt does not sit here
until the first Monday in May: he Will, therefore,
be compelled to try it again. We recollect hav-
ing met our friend in Austin last winter; and it
was then suggested to him, that he should sub-
scribe for The Mercury, and, among other rea-
sons for so doing, this was mentioned—that he
could thus learn when the court would meet.
He declined doing so; and has saved.money [?]
by the operation. Now, our Texas friends feel
much interested; we are sure, in knowing what
is transpiring in New York, New Orleans, Ru-
ssia, and Turkey; but they should be equally
concerned about affairs neare? home: to learn
which, their home papers will be found very nec-
essary.
We learn, from The Picayune, that Senator,
Gwin, of California, is rejoicing, in anticipation
of a large accession to his fortnn^. Mrs. Gwin's
first husband, a Mr. Logan, was a citizen of
Texas, and held an immense landed'estate. He
died during the revolutionary struggles, while
his wife was absent, in Kentucky. His partner
administered upon the estate, but his wife re-
ceived little benefit therefrom.
By a recent decision of the supreme court of
this State, Senator Gwin may still recover the
estate, in right of bis wife. Judge Ocheltree
accompanied General Rusk to Washington, for
the purpose of making arrangements to become
the agent in recovering the estate.
f
the fisher of n family,
" * ' wiQj * news-
• good aticen?
in Bul Life.—There is at'pres-
Orphan Asylum an orphan
of married eoople of the
loth uf whieh .ill-fated pair were
twelve months ago, of want
The woman fell down d«d in our
begging from door to door for
followed her a few days
place, having been con-
, where he died. Their sole
five years of age, was
lum, and has now
by the sister of the
they were very highly
man having been an
•f the Choreh of England,
the wife m married to a colonel
Item, speaking of the great
which now engross the
daim attention, we presume,
dodger and half an onnee of
will be recommended; or per-
from eating! The one
as good as tbe other."
i, George. The man who fires
you while it is burning, is
by the law; and he who
withers the hearts, aad blasts
should be amenable to
.If moral suasion will not
any thing, let the strong arm of the
B progress of the ear of this modern
of oar Urfhtunted race.—[State
The names of A. G. Martin, and John F.
#
Gordon, appear in this week's paper, as candi-
dates for the office of clerk of the district court
*
for tiiis county.- Mr. Gordon is the present
ineumbent. Ether of them is well qualified for
the office, and capable of giving general satis-
faction. ! We wish them a merry time of it!
During the present week, Mr. Richardson, of
The Galveston News, called upon us. His stay
in our town was short; but he is a man to make
every moment tell. The News is always a wel-
come visitant of our office, as is its gentlemanly
proprietor.
|
Suicide.—A young man, named Bell, commit-
ted suicide, in the lower part of this county, on
the Cibólo, on Wednesday, the twenty-second
instant. He placed the muzzle of a rifle against
his side, and pnlled the trigger with his foot,
We have not learned the cause that prompted
him to commit the deed.
We are under obligations to Mr. Jaine3
Burke, of Houston, for a copy of the first tel-
egraphic dispatch from Galveston to Houston.
We hope that news, transmitted by this line,
may secure a better character, as to veracity,
than is usually the case with other lines.
The flan Antonio Ledger says, that Mrs.
Wall, wife of a soldier who went with Messrs.
J. R. Sweet and Company's El I'áso train, was
killed by the Indians, at the spring, near the
first crossing of the Limpia.
open in time of war, and shut in time of peace.
We stated, above, that the name April would
apply better, as regards its signification, to the
third month; as it is in that month that the
buds open, the flowers and grass spring up, and
Nature assumes her livery of green: But a
custom has been established of playing off div-
ers pranks on the annual return of this day, by
whicb.thc people are caused to rtopen" their
eyes, and hence the term is still significant.
The beard movement is the subject of muclf
diseoteion idfthe journals of the day. As have
all important questions, so has this, two sides.
According to The Picayune, the ladies are in
favor of letting it grow. That paper goes for
it, unabridged, as Nature intended; and* will
never say dye.
The rains, which fell during the first of last
month, did great injury in Alabama, Georgia,
South and North Carolina, flooding the country,
and rendering the roads impassable.
Carson,—Benton's "authority,"—has recently
expressed his opinion that no railroad can be
built to the Pacific, north of the Gila.
Mr. Seward, in his speech in the United
States' Senate pays the following tribute to
Clay and Webster. The subject of which he is
speaking is the abrogation of the compromise of
1820 by, the resolutions of 1850:
Sir, if it was not irreverent, I would dare to
call up the author of both of the compromises in
question, from his honored, though yet scarcely
grass-covered grave, and challenge any advo-
cate of this measure to confront that imperious
shade, and say, that in making the compromise
of 1850, he intended or dreamed that he was sub-,
verting, or preparing the way for a subversion,
of his greater work of 1820. Sir, if that eagle
spirit is yet lingering here over the scene of his
labors, and watching over the welfare of the
Republic he loved so well, his heart is now
moved with more than human indignation
against those who are perverting his last great
public act from its legitimate uses, not merely
to subvert the column, but to wrench from its
very bed the base of the column that perpet-
uates his fame.
And that other proud and dominating sena-
tor, who, sacrificing himself, gave the aid with-
out Which i the compromise of 1850 could not
have bjgen established—the statesman of New
England, and the orator of America—who dare
assert here, where his. memory is yet fresh,
thongh his unfettered spirit may be wandering
in. spheres far hence, that he intended to abro-
gate, Or dreamed that, by virtue, or in conse-
quence of that transaction, the Missouri Com-
promise would or could ever be abrogated? The
portion of the Missouri Compromise you propose
to abrogate is the ordinance of 1187 extended
to Nebraska. Hear what Daniel Webster said
of that ordinance itself, in 1830, in this very
place, in reply to one who had undervalued it
and its author:
"P spoke, sir, of the ordinance of 1781,
which prohibits slavery, in all future time,
north-west of the Ohio, as a measure of great
wisdom and forethought, and one which has
been attended with highly beneficial and perma-
nent Consequences."
And now hear what he said here, when advo-
cating the compromise of 1850:
"I now say, sir, as the proposition npon
which I stand this day, and upon the truth and
firmness of which I intend to act till it is over-
thrown, that there is not at this moment in the
United States, or any territory of the United
States, one single foot of land the character of
which, in regard to its being free territory or
slave territory, is not fixed by some law, and
some irrepealable law beyond the power of the
action of this government."
We copy, from Thfe Galveston News, the fol-
lowing notice of machines kept by Mr. I. G. Will-
iams, of Galveston. Sec his card, in another
column:
" Our associate, writing from Lockhart,
speaks of the disadvantages the people of that
and &her sections of the country are laboring
under, for the want of agricultural implements,
and such labor saving machines as are kept by
Mr. I. G. Williams, of this city. We would
take this occasion to remark, that Mr. Williams
has recently greatly enlarged his establishment.
During the past winter be visited all the large
cities of the north, expressly for the purpose of
examining the latest inventions and improvements
in the various agricultural pursuits, lie has sup-
plied himself with all such articles as are most
in demand in this State, or as he believed best
calculated to promote its improvement and pros-
perity. He has the largest supply of cotton
gins ever imported into Texas, all of Carver's
latest improvement. In addition to which he
has a large assortment of corn mills for steam,
water and horse power, together with steel
mills of improved patterns. He also has ploughs
of a different pattern from any we have before
seen, and which, we think, will lie found a deci-
ded improvement, especially on our prairie lands
But we can not pretend to enumerate the various
agricultural implements in Mr. Williams' ware-
house. We shall take another occasion to speak
of some very late inventions in machinery,
which Mr. Williams is introducing into our
State, such as the hand-loom, the hydraulic ram
for raising water, the cotton spinner, etc. Mr
Williams has procured the patent for a new4
cotton press, altogether on a different principle
from any we have before seen. He proposes
soon to give our planters an opportunity to see
it in operation.
The steamer John T. Avery left New Orleans
on the seventh ultimo, for Cincinnati. She ha(
,, i • m ' i • * *i • a large freight on board, and a great number
Meaphu, Tennessee, who is on n vi ,t to tli.s of °¿6; ¿£Tb^,tmiír all Jay lo
portion of Texas, in company with Colonel kefcp ahead of the Sultana. When about two
Murray, of the same place. hundred yards from the Louisville shore, she
(struck a suag, and sunk almost immediately
The district court, for Fayette couuty, ad-! by which, it is said, one hundred and twenty lives
United States' war frigate Princeton has re-
ceived orders from the navy department to pro-
ceed to Havana.
New York cotton market firm; holders asking
advance: sales to-day 700 bales, of which export-
ers took 400 bales. Sales week, 1100 bales, of
which exporters took 400. Middling uplands
quoted at Gj; middling Orleans, 10^; fine Orl-
eans 12£.
Judge Davis, Supreme Court, Massachusetts,
decided the liquor law unconstitutional.
Difficulties had arisen out of the personalities
which took place between Messrs. Hunt and
Lane, but have been amicably adjusted.
No congressional news of importance.
Steamboat Caroline left Memphis on the even-
ing of the 4th, took fire in White River, twenty-
one miles from the mouth, and burned so rapidly
that over forty persons lost their lives.
Galveston, March 18, 11J, a. m.—News
by three successive steamers from Europe, has
come to hand since our last, the latest dates be-
ing to the 25th ultimo. Political advices are
of a warlike character, and dispel almost the
last chauce of settling eastern questions without
resort to arms. ,
Galveston, March 17 114, a. m.—Veiy little
cotton for sale here. Middling 8|a9c.; good
middling, 9Já9Jc.-'
Barque Nornmbega, cleared yesterday for
New York. Freights—Cotton fc. per pound
to New York, same to Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Boston. Steamer Brazos passed Magnolia
Monday, with 587 bales cotton. The Harris
with a heavy load, Nick Hill with 200 barrels
molasses, arrived at Columbia, Tuesday. No
New Orleans steamer in sight. A government
steamer just passed, was supposed, at first, to be
the Mexico. Weather clear, warm and pleasant.
New York, March 5.—The steamer Nash-
ville' has arrived, having left Havre on the
14th, and Cowes on the 16th ult. She brings
dates from London to the 15th.
In coming out of Cowes, the Nashville passed
through the English fleet, concentrated at that
port, and about to sail for the seat of war. Prep-
arations of immense magnitude are being made
by the English government for the great east-
ern contest. It is stated that all the Cunard
steamers will be chartered, and many East
India sailing vessels were also employed to
transport troops and store? to the Baltic. A
fleet of thirty-six vessels, chiefly ships of the
line and screw frigates, was to assemble in tbe
Downs on the 6th inst., where it was to be joined
by thé French shipsof war; the whole destined
to operate against Russia.
Paris ¡Money Market.—At the Paris Bourse
on the 14th ultimo, the fends wore greatly de-
pressed, in consequence of the reception of un-
favorable news from St. Petersburg.
The Liverpool cotton market, at the time of
the departure of'the Nashville, Was active, and
closed at unchanged prices.
The sales since the departure of the last
steamer amounted to 18*000 bales. [This would
intimate that she brings later intelligence than
that brought by the Andes.—Eds. Pic.]
Consols remained without any change since
last reports.
New York, March 5.—An important debate
took place in the British House of Lords on the
14th nltl, of which the papers brought by the
Nashville give full accounts.
Lord Claxenden is reported to have declared
that all negotiations were at an end, and that
hostilities might be considered to have com-
menced. He expressed it as his opinion that
Austria and Prussia were quite independent of
Russian influence.
Mtxr or Tuoors,—Qi
Belger, tbe índefatigat/lft i
Wife eharge of tbe San j
a well appointed tr*ia of •
with stores, provisions n&d
{ranger's company K, lest
has been ordered to take poif-
hnndrad to on* hundred and flty
Tim road.
[The commanding officer, in making the selection,
is to be governed by a doe rqgint to a good
of w^ter, ftsM
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and
requisition
We notice that, in many counties of this
¿state, meetings have been held, and delegates
appointed to the State Educational Convention,
to, be held in Huntsville, on the sixteenth of
June. It is time that those interested in the
all-importaut cause of education, in this county,
should move iu the matter. W<j await a sugges-
tion of some day suitable for a public meeting,
to take this subject into consideration, and ap-
point delegates.
See the advertisements of Messrs. Strong and
Foster; also of Campbell and Sons. In the
variety of goods which the latter have on hand
may be found a really beautiful article of Ma-
son's aprons and sashes, and a neat assortment
of jewelry. See, also, the advertisement of
Diences Beattv. '
A destructive fire occurred in New Orleans,
on the sixteenth ultimo. Thirty-five brick stores,
with most of their contents, were destroyed.
Several firemen were badly injured, and one lost
his life. The loss is not stated; but is pretty
equally divided among the insurance offices.
A new paper, called Der Deutsche Reforma-
tor, printed in the German language, has been
published in Galveston. It is in charge of Rev-
erend Peter Melling, pastor of the German
Methodist Church in that city.
. Last Sabbath, we had the pleasure of listening
to the preaching of the Reverend Mr. Gray, of
¡ journed on the sixteenth instant
were lost.
Washington, March 3.—Quite unexpectedly
to every body, the jury in the case of George
*A. Gardiner this morning entered the court-
room about half-past eleven o'clock with a verdict.
The prisoner was seated- in the court-room,
as the party took their places he peerod
tmizingly into their faces, as if to elicit one
favorable indication. Disappointed in tins, a
death-like paleness spread over his featon
mortification and despair appeared to paralyze
his whole system. The verdict was guilty.
After the verdict was announced, Mr. Brad-
ley, one of the counsel for the defence, stated
that the counsel had prepared to file a biH of
exceptions, and they would prefer to have judg-
ment pronounced immediately.
Dr. George A. Gardiner was then called npon
to stand up and receive the sentence of the law,
which Judge Crawford pronounced as follows:
" You have been convicted by a jury of your
country of tbe crime of false swearing, touching
the expenditure of public money, ana in suppc
of a claim against the United States. Peijta
in its nature and general sense, strikes at the
root of all the securities which society is bound
to extend to and maintain around the citizen.
The particular efence charged upon you, and
upon which the jury "have passed, whether con-
sidered in reference to the complicated plot by
which its objects were consummated, or to the
amount of money obtained from the treasury on
the award of the commissioners appointed to
decide upon the claims under tbe treaty with
Mexico of February, 1848, is one of unusual
enormity.
"to address such observations, as must seem
to every man who knows the circumstances that
surrounded you, to a person of your conceded
ability, it would be useless or vain—unless, if
they have arisen in your own mind; vain, if tbey
have not. From your fate others should learn
that no plan, however remote its origin, with
whatever forecast laid, however stealthily or
adroitly pursued for yeurs, and at length execu-
ted, or with whatever success for a time attend-
ed, -can be so cunningly devised as to escape
detection. The unexampled ingenuity, or teh
net-work spread out on this trial, and the fact
that it lias been exposed at the last stage, ought,
not to fail of a-beneficial effect in convincing all
men that if they will trample on laws, human
and divine, they shall suffer for it.
" The sentence' of the court is, that you suffer
in the penitentiary for the District of Columbia
imprisonment and labor for the period of ten
years."—[Baltimore Sun.
We learn from General Harney, that a mili-
tary court-martial, to be composed of officers of
high rank in the army, thirteen in number, will
assemble in a few days in this, city, for the trial
of Dr. Steiner, upon charges connected with the
killing of Major Arnojd, which occurred some
months ago at one of tbe forts above this city.
We also learn, and with regret, too, that
Major Wood has been ordered to Corpus Christi,
to join General Smith. Since Major Wood's
residence among ns, the commandant of the post
in this city, he has made many warm friends
here, who will part with him with sincere regret.
—fStatc Gazette
encampment, an abundace of
wood.
The commanding officer of
orders to dispatch a company of the ttrst i
stationed there, as soon as
be furnished from Corpus Christi^ to take .
tion from two hundred to two hundred and fifkr
miles above Fort Clark, on the El Paso road.
In the selection of the encampment, the
manding officer is to be governed by tbe
considerations as in the first inptsnee.
companies will be supplied with rations
hundred and thirty days.
Major Belger has received
fifteen Wagons, to carry
etc., for Captain Joseph
of mounted rifles, which is
to accompany General Smith
Páso. The company is to be
full complement, according to the
lishment, by picked details from
panies, and will be furnished with tbe
necessary for a trip for three months.-
Antonio Ledger.
Learn to " Spout."—This is the first advice
that a
to
capable of
meeting can reach any
people, 1)eginning with
and leaving off with the
jresent congress there are
orty-three are or have been lawywt,
thirteen for all1
is this! Why
hare eight
senate as the
people? Fori
that lawyers are;
why should good
profession. We know not of a
son. Every school should have
club connected with it. Boys of
should be initiated in the art ai
persuasion. With early training
and farmer would become as suceenM " on th
gentlemen who consume tifeir oil in
pouring over the old fbgyism of Coke and Lit-
tleton. To be a good speaker, all that is re-
quired is a first class memory and a little
Tbe former can be
practice at any tune; the latter,
only-1>e obtained by
our school-boy days. Again we ssy,
spout."
Painfcl .News.—We
painful intelligence from The
of the 9 th instant.
We stop the press to give the
lgence, which
George Butt
had received a letter
garrison, except
of themnrderen
Indian warriors
the commandant,
They had .despatched a
government cattle, of
giving!
of succu, _
or from two
pected.
Fort Belknap is n
an open C ÉCL
tie for its defence! Ui
reach them soon afta the <
Iain's letter,
mandare i
Decidedly Oool.—
says:—A leap"not
of Samad Patch,
by the conductor ai
ton and Lexington
m aeraep tiw
after
brought in
re, of Prest
few tno
jr *
at n rapid rate.
side of toe bridge
the ca^s; the only.
into tbe creek,
below.
oars and
struck tbe water,
stopped, but, to the
tbe perilous feat aune
himself, and walked off,
" Jováaa isahaid ra
rx
items <£fl
persons ever think thnt ii<
Cost or Preachinb.
great deal
keeping
expenses,
such
millions of dollars to
lawyers, him
annually to keeflonr
of dollars to koen tl
alive;
annuidly to sustain aix
United States? These are
will show them to be to
exerts suet a mighty influent hi
mighty Republic from falling to
Bible and its ministers. .
Atmospheric teumaspa.—-Mr.
urdsou, tbe inventor of the
spheric telegraph, by which the
packages weighing several tons,
mitted the whole distance
aad Boston in at least mm
spheric pressure, through a tube af
asked of congress an , *
thousand dollars to test
president, pro tempore, of the
pointed the following tota
sider the petition of Mr.
Messrs. Shields, Everett, Mallory,
and Thompson of Kentucky.
nnderstond, receives favorable
Washington.
The Costume Question.—1
vertiscr says:—"It gives us
be able to state that the qnee
iously intimated to Mr. Buchanan, th
icau Ambassador, that it will in feto
to his excellency to appear at state
her majesty's dinner parties, in
tume is most agreeable to himself. The lofd
chamberlain has also made a similar temmuni
cation to his excellency, relative to his certnm
on tiie opening or closing of the sessions of part- ♦
iament."
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