The Texan Mercury. (Seguin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 15, 1854 Page: 4 of 4
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Tut JiwLO or Hohevlindek.—The drums
^ ^ keat| nd thsjnilitiv turned oat tod formed ap in
jfc uad wey: As eaeh company had a different uni-
■ Ibtoi sometimes a Toy odd one—the effect of the
V whole display m a good deal like that produced
by a harlequin's jacket; which did not prevent
of the motley corps from being
prood of hi* warriors, and asking
en he landed, plainly dressed in a
blue coat, and rode into the toftn, upon a horse,
la waiting for him, amid cheers and music, and
by the variegated staff of the militia,
he thought of the American troops? Mo-
feta replied that he had never in his life seen such
soldier*—which he probably never had. A sim-
ilar reply has been since attributed to Generalj
Bertrand, when he landed m the States some i
years ago, and a review was held in his honor.
The speculative spirit of the Yankees, who lore j
to combine business with pleasure, and to turn ;
aa honest dollar whilst admiring a hero or listen-
ing to a Lind, slumbered not in 1805 any more
1km it 1850. The same genios for advertise-
which made a hatter pay some hundred
for the best place at the Swedish Night-
stimulated the promoters of one
to be given, on~ the night of General j
arrival, in the great hall of the City j
en the first in New York—to beseech j
his presence, and, as soon as he had promised it,j
to placard his asme. The crowd was tremend-
ous. Moreas, it was on all hands agreed,
looked very little like a French general, in his
simple dress, without cocked hat, feather, or
eadtooidery: whereas General Morton, chief of
the entitle, had a most martial aspect in his
Washington uniform. He introduced to the
French leader all who chose, and there was a
prodigious shaking of hands. Mr. Xolte was
standing pear the two generals when a Quaker
wae presented, who shook Korean's hand hear-
tily.
"Glad to see you safe in America," quoth
Broad-brim. " Pray, general, did yon remem-
ber what was the price of cochineal when you
left Cadiz?"
[From America's Own.]
* WOULD THAT WE MIGHT MEET AGAIN."
BT ANNIE.
Ah! would that we might meet again,
Nor part till life's decline,
For know thou that a goldteu chain
Doth bind this heart to thine.
A chain whose tendrils will entwine
While on this earth I rove,- -
Which nought bat death can e'er dissolve,—
The magic chain of love.
Ah! would that we might meet again;
For lone and dreaiy are
The honre, when thou art far away:
Yet love's my guiding star;
And still, amid the darkest hours,
'T will sweetly point to thee;
For thou this heart's best treasure art,
And thou shalt ever be.
Yes' would that we might meet again;
Thy smile I fain would see:
? But dost thou, when 'mid other scenes,
Still cast one thought on me?
Doth thy fond mem'ry e'er recall
The hour when first we met ?
?The hour with joy and gladness fraught,
This heart can ne'er forget ?
The State of Texas, Guadalupe County.
DISTRICT COURT, SPRING TERM, A. D. 1854.
The State of Texas to the sheriff of said county, greet-
ing: Whereas, Robert E. Temple, of the county of Al-
bany, State of New York, has filed in my office a petition,
by his attorneys, Buckner and Leigh, alleging that, on
the second day of March, 1844, one George G. Temple
executed and delivered to him a certain promissory note
for four thousand five hundred and seventy-eight dollars,
and fifteen cents; that, on the twenty-ninth of March.
1844, the said George G. Temple, for the purpose of se-
curing the payment of said note, executed and delivered
to him, the said petitioner, a certain mortgage deed to
| all of a certain piece or parcel of land, situated, then, in
the county of Gonzales, Republic of Texas, but now in
the county of Guadalupe, State of Texas, lying on the
north-east bank of the Guadalupe river, being a part of
, survey number fifteen, in class number five, for one
! league, granted to John G. King, as his head-right as a
colonist of Green De Witt's colony, by the Mexican gov-
ernment. and bounded as described in deed from John G.
King, and Parmelia King, to George G. Temple, dated
the twenty-eighth day of November, A. D. 1842, and duly
recorded in the office of the County Clerk ot Gonzales
County, containing six hundred and forty acres of land:
. that, on the first day of December, 1848. the said George
1 G. Temple, then a resident citizen of Guadalupe county,
i Texas, departed this life: that his estate was administered
; upon, and the equity of redemption of his estate in, and
. to. said land was sold to }ames C. \\ atkins, who sold and
transferred the same to James M. Day, who sold and
, transferred the same to Joseph F. Johnson, who is now
i the owner of the same, and that they had constructive
and positive notice of said mortgage deed: that the same
' was dulv recorded in Gonzales county, on the thirty-first
dav of March. 1844; that the said Johnson bought the
. r. • i i i
Books, Stationrey, Etc.
In addition to our large stock of books, we are now
receiving, from New York, a complete assortment of
school books; such as are in general use. Also, a hand-
some lot of miscellaneous books; making dbr stock one
of the largest in western Texas. We call the attention
of teachers to our catalogue, which will be furnished
them at their request. T. H. & G. B. HOLLAMON.
gonzales:
T. M. HARWOOD,
ATTORjXEY A.XD COL'.XSELOR AT LA W.
axi
GENERAL LAND AGENT,
gonzales, texas,
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A SYSTEM OF SCHOOLS.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Texas, That the sum of two millions
of dollars of the five per cent, bonds of the
United States, now remaining in the treasury of
the State, be set apart as a school fund, for the
support and maintenance of public schools,
which shall be called the special school fund,
and the interest arising therefrom shall be appor-
tioned and distributed for the support of schools
as herein provided.
Section 2. That the chief justice and county
commissioners shall constitute a board of school
of said trustees to
out ft
Will practice in the following counties, viz:—Goliad, Vic-
toria. Jackson. De Witt, La Vaca. Colorado, Gonzales, commissioners for each county, whose duty it
Caldwell, and Guadalupe. Any business entrusted to his gball be, during the year eighteen hundred and
care will rt-ceive prompt attention. 17tf ! c,. r ' into
| fifty-four, to form their respective counties into
school districts of convenient size, and number
the same, so that each district in a county shall
be known by its appropriate number. Pro-
! vided, however, that in forming said districts
the convenience of neighborhoods shall be re-
prompt
THE TEXAN MERCURY.
The Mercury is the title of a new and very respectable
paper established at Seguin.—[Civilian. (Galveston.)
The Texan Merctky.—We have received the second
number of a new paper with the above title, published at ~ ,
Seguin. Texas, by H. T. Burke. It is a large, well garded as much as possible, and each school
printed sheet, presenting an appearance worthy of one | district shall contain a sufficient number, of chil-
of the most beautiful little towns in western Texas, that ¡ (jrfen for the maintenance of a school. They
land of beautv. It is well edited, too. ami we place it on I , „ , . , , ori
our excliange list with pleasure.—[N. 0. Picayune. shall also, at the ~ame time, order an election
N j by the qualified voters of each school district,
We have before as the first number of The Texan Mer- ' for three trustees for each district, (riving ten
cury, a paper published at Seguiu in this State. The fjavs'
giving
posting up
Ah' would that we might meet again:
I would the hour might come
That " where thou goest I may go,"
And there shall be my home.
Yet still, as days glide swiftly by,
Though joy or sadness reign,
This hope I '11 fondly cherish still—
That we may meet again.
Mercurv ió to be neutral in politics, devoted to science, i , , ' '
arts, literature, and the general interests of the country, advertisement of the same at on. public place
notice of said election, by
me at <
at least, in each district, stating fully the time
• equity of redemption of said laud with the intoation of It is a good sized, neat paper, and exhibits ability in it-
destroying the timber, and committing waste tbereon: editor, Mr. H. T. Burke. We give it a welcome, and and places of holding, and the object of said
that he had committed waste thereon to the amount of gladly place it upon our exchange list—[Nueces Valley, i election.
' six thousand dollars: that awd note remains due. and . - <i r>rinn 3 Tt shall hp thp dntv of thp rhi< f
í whollv unpaid, and the said nrortgage undischarged: that W e have received the second number oí The Mercury. I section o. It snail oe tne duty 01 tne cniei
' the succession of the estate of the ¿aid George G. Temple a paper published in Seguin, Guadalupe county: H. T. ! justice to appoint a suitable person in each dis-
has been closed; that the jame was insolvent, and no die-1 Burke, editor and proprietor. It is a neat, well printed trict to preside at the election in his district,
tribution was made among the heirs, and that the land, in sheet, of ample dimensions. The editorials are well who shall make his returns within ten davs to
consequence of the waste committed thereon, will not sell written, and we have no doubt it -.nil give entire satis- , chief-justice of the coontv and the said" elec-
tor sufficient at public sale, to discharge petitioner s faction to the people who-- interests it m intended to sub- lfie cniei justice 01 tne county, an0. tne said eiet
claim: that the heirs of the said George G. Temple are, j sene.—[Trinity Advocate. , tions shall, Ul all Other respects, be governed by
John Ro«e. Charlotte Rose. Henry Chapman. Clara Chap- \ the laws regulating elections.
How to DO IT.— ? " How shall I raise mvself «nan. William G. Temple. Charles Temple, Charlotte i~ Texan fceock.-tte have received several j Sect¡on 4 The district trustees SO elected
8CU Tvrn.,iP Welson \. Temple, and Marv Temple: And numbers of this new paper, and have been enabled to ¡ , „ , , - ,
above the rabble?" Í3 a question often asked by whereas W B Lei"h, agent for the said Robert E. Tem- examine it more attentively than at first. We are not in -hall select from their number a chairman, who
ambitious vountr men Franklin bv his earthlv pie, has 'made orthfbefore me, that the «aid heirs are not j the habit of indiscriminate prmise on eveij new sheet shall, whenever it may be deemed necessary,
° ' ' * residents of this State, and that the said Joseph J. John- tnat comes out, believing that it is carrying courtesy call a meeting of the trustees, and preside at
philosophic code, advises him to rise early, to son is absent from this State: farther than wisdom justifies. We feeL however, a pleas- tLeir deliberations, and perform such other
work without ceasing, and to remember that a j ¡ IsWore JL¿ buTS of swJ Li m££: duties as may hereafter be assigned him.
pin a dav is a groat a year. "Thus are perambu- of this writ in Th* Texan Mercury, a newspaper published ¡ its columns are well filled with original ar>d miscellaue- , Section o. 1 hat it shall be the duty
latiog parses manufactured. W.«Mk him to ia tma.of S^¡«. .-.my, for W ^ «***.«* «f*™ °f-Th
, , , , y , , _ cessive weeks previous to the return-day hereof, to be tne larrcers ana mr.nantsji inaineaaiirai p'jrtion 01 durin{r the vear eighteen hundred and
me early, also; but to search for Truth without .„d e mof¡^¿J; «fSLwiZ «**>«. everr'vear tfireafter, to make out
ceaaiag, and never swerve from the path of rec- >' ™ ' ' ■ j inr.odTte Mmtiry, he * « German pajer a« New i a lit of all the free white populatíon in his coun-
titude. Thus are living souls created. Do Herein fail note bat of this writ, with your proceedings Braunfete; and no stream in the State can show more tv, between the ages of «X and sixteen years,
SSÍtet¡¿oanmU- Su':C™ l'J Wr ^'thr-£L^iIl,diaaola particularly designating the number of persons
We welcome to our exchange list a new paper. The between such ages in each school district, and
Texan Mercury, published at,Seguin, by J. b. Buchanan, transmit the same, under hie haiid and official
and edited by H. T. iiurke. The nunJjtr before us, w::h- signature, to the COUntv clerk of the COUHtv. and
C " « « '
of the
in the
Herein fail not? but of this writ, with Tour proceedings
rksU. and 3*« «¡U «on find rourself !■<kSS¡SlSÍS.'SS^: SSU w*h Ik.
removed from the rabble. seal thereof affixed, at my office in Seguin, on this, the
• • ■ - > — j ' twentieth day of March, A. D. \>-A.
paoncd thi AMn SMfFT-IRnil CiPTnDV Issued same day. JOHN F. GORDON.
Wi onttl irlUn rAWUKT. Clerk District Ojnrt CCiadalupe Coontv.
fSttThe undersigned would respectfully inform the Came to hand on the twentieth dar of March. A. D.
^Fcitiz lar "
ooníinue confian tly _ I
The hero of HoheBl'mden shrugged his should- Yvrk Srm. tr^ °[ <* **• ^
. .... swd «ÉieetHroo. from which he will manufacture any, and
ers and confessed his ignorant. - ¿
1 vmmiv9 if Dow*.—" To one who cao prop-1
erly appreciate the " point*," the following inci-
ónat will past u a " diamond of the first water:" ;
A clever fellow entered one of our hotels, not
long
m
^citizens of the town of Seguin, Guadalupe countv, j ^4, ¡kk] «-recuted. by ordering publication io The Texan r ^hare of a/i
adjoining counties, that he bak 'jwA received, and will ifercury, ti* f'MT weeks. WM. DL'NN, , " may never g
Inue constantly to receive, during the yea#, from New ! Sheriff Guadalupe Countv. W™ ,jf n'J
March 20, IKA. m25 it f¿< '
all, article ordered. He will al o constantly keep on i. .. ^ ^ '""i,
the following article* of tin ware, vi/.: ' t?
(nn*- tin bucksk: «lif/ners: nans: hoihr>' 1 Í _ J'
sale
l^ard cans; tin buckets; dippers: pans: boiler : codee-
pote: cullender*: muffin-rings: tin lantern*: gia** do;
tin lamps; cak/:-pans; measures: tin cups:
tttovlds; eaolle-etick*: cake-moaJus; fcash-paxi*: grat-
ers, etc.: in a word, every article manufactured oót of
tlo.
. I. . , „ ' I lit will kl*t attend to roofing and guttering 4^1
if and approaching the bar, called for. boo«^«. at th- shortest n«/tice. líís work «ball be
of good brandy and water. Holding up, t" % " ««tírfact.o* _
. ... . ,, . , , , 1 Terms LberaJ. and prices chear . either at whote a;
the sparkhng Bud before him, he observed to j r^t«iL _yz>] MILTON WATKINS.
NEW ORLEANS^
uva rM
lion
irding m
M
si
A Good Chance for a Barsain.^
I offer T'jt tale ror fc'>m'Ateid, lying onflp
Mill creek, a Wit ei^ht miles ea*t of 8eguin."**^"
on me \1\t\1fr <">ODzal/r< r'/ad. Ti>*. tract contains hun-
'ire«l acre .: eighty acre . '/ which Í . in a high rtate <A
cultivation: All other improvement , w/jrwr te a com-
f'/rUbht family re*idence of a >it<erior cliara/;ter. A lot
of corn and l/acon. aivj, of ;niU;h 'kittle, awi h'/g*.
will t<e *old, if deieir'^1.
For particular* calj. at the premise , on the wjbscriber.
jHt H. C. FOUNTAIN.
out l< -ing larsre, is convenient in size, and beautifully
artistic in typographic finish. It- columns ktart with a
advertis^aients, wh'/he •• shadow" we Lope,
grow lew;" and its editorials evidence a
i/r'iifiary vim and facility.
We feel assured that The Mer'-nry ---¡1! have good local
patronage: and people who sustain such an educati'^nal
enterprise as the Seguin High School, will be found
p^rouise a gv/1 ne* ii|/aper.
_ Seguin >: a wealthy, healthy, and lovely little town,
situate or: the romantic bank* '/.the '>iadal'jp<:,
twenty-eight or thirty miles north-east of hati Antonio, in
the centre of one of the riche t agr.'. .i'. xrai districts in
the west.—{Galveston JourmiL
a certified copy thereof to the treasurer of the
State, on or before the first day of JuJy, in each
and every year.
Section 6. That it shall be the duty of the
clerk of the' county court to file and preserve in
his office the election returns and the list afore-
said furnished by the assessor and collector. It
shall be the duty of the treasurer of the State
to ascertain from the abstracts transmitted to
him by the assessor and collector, the aggregate
population between the ages of six and sixteen
years, and so much of the fund appropriated by
this act as may be in the treasury shall be ap-
portioned among the different counties in tne
>12 y
" 7IU$ i> tramps, ain't it?"
, , _ ,1 MiatxtL uvn r**uov/-., u. *r.tu.u,>/r.
" Yes, I s'poseanswered the man of spinU. | M# HeelU m k. Hons, ■
** !WeD, I declare! It's the right
ain't itf
" 8# it is," replied the bar-keeper, humoring! - - Saddles, Saddles.
the feaej. I qoilted and enameled sad/llea. Bridle , martingales, crop-
The fellow stood a moment longer eyeing the i If"- whiv* '* *"*1
, , Brutsel a «litto. All of which are offered for «ate cheap,
bower i Commissioa and forwarding merchante, 'No. 21 Rank
' Place, New Orleans.
Saddles,
40 Don Hope, superior Texan saddle*; L> ladi<- .: plain,
observed,
t
[nl9tf]
T. H. k h. HOLLAMON.
The
1 having closed bis office, and with
Undersigned,
1 it the practice of the
i law, informs the public, that his hostias baa hern tamed and best selected stock of FALL and WINTER GOODS is a beautiful, romantic, and thriving place, celebrated
orír ^ Ireland ft Ferryman, who have their office they have ever offered in this market, consisting, io part, fpr the enterprising pirit of its ínhals tanta, as well as for
BLACKftMlTHiXG.
The undersigned hare f'/rrried a eo-pwrtoT-
hip. f'^r the purj^/se of carrying >>u the
hlacksmitbing ¡wáw-w. in Seguin. Any
work in their Yw: will be dime with neat-
news and dispateh. W, C. BAXTKH,
Segnia, Jan. 2, VAL [7v] h. H. HODGE,
op-fso
hand pUtatrti* of every variety, and wagons, irwjed 'M in
the best *tyl«-. tie arc prepared to do everh kind of
work in >xn line at the shortest wttice. aod on fair terms.
Fall Trade, IKY.}.
T. II. and G. K. Hollamon are iw/w receiving, from
New York, Fbib/lelphia, an/1 New Orleans, the largest
politics. Here' . our nsjghher li irke:
(verity reward your e^terpri.**,—{State Oazette, Aixthi.
We have before as the first number of another new
paper in Texas,—lite Texan Mercury,—p;xbli*he i at
Seguin, Guadalupe county, \rj J. D. Buchanan, and
edited H. T. Btirke. The Mercury is l>eaütifuily .^tatc, aw/rding t/> the number of the popula-
printed, i/u new type—i^ edited with.spirft; neuUai in tion of s/:bolastic age in each county, subject to
May pfos- 0rd*ir of the coonty courts, and payable to
the respective county treasurers, upon the order
Tsase Jir.fc/.Ti;r^ >'e have received the two first nam-, 'A such county court, under the hand of the
ber* of th: . paper, p xl/lished in Seguin, H. T. Borfce. chl«if justice and the seal of the court, or Such
&*££ sssf&s: rrs -y u "y4 * "s "1st *' r
rnent is co&doeted with ability. We wish our new cotem- V/r and collector of taxes Of inch county, upon
porary all {//«nibl/: which, n/> douf/t, he «-ill meet hi payment into the county treasury of hi* £OUft-
In addition te tlie usual hop-hó«nc«i, we will have on ¡ so enlerprisia^ and ^dic-^BriV^ aeommrinity as that ^he amount «0 apportioned to such county,
" " " w nelghhwmg «Éser, Segoin. [H extern Tessa, ban. ft|jd gljog ^ r^pt of the cr>unty treasurer,
Antonio.
New Paps*.—We have received the ec/ind number of
The Texan Mercury, a weekly paper, published at Segoin,
Texas, by H. T. Burke, editor and proprietor. The first
number was probably lost in Beacb Creek. It hi a neat
and iuter^iting paper, and is edite<l with ability. Seguin
acktiowledge^i by said treasurer before the
clerk of the county court, and by the said clerk
'Well, bow that's too hard—the right bower
I have to torn it down!"
Saying which be placed the glass to his month
Md d «t the liqcwr, amidlhercnof the crowd.; ."■? ! «f.ito h tbeir rwpectire datricU
, pletion, swannlmisfaci boanea as may have remained in prints, of every variety, unality, and price: pla;«!: lm- Snccena to the paper.—[Texan Advocate, Victoria. , / i l
, ins hands. Where soeeial enaacrements Imve lieen made ' .... v,; .. linfrn /losnaab • M--kíf/. r. r./l I ¡ ' 'Of t> iC lOC&tlOD OT < /t. >il 01 0ChOOl bOQ.%S
DV
duly certified, under his hand snd the seal of his
court, with the treasurer of the State.
Section 7. That it shaTl be the duty of the
district trustees to fix the time and place for
Where special engagements Imve been made ;
" A quiet tone ii observable in the Russian | with the undersigned, they will be completed by bim,
'""b
organs!" said ^fra. Partington, as the line in the
aews arrested her eye. She mnsed
it a moment, " Church organs, I dare say;
we heard t'other day that the emperor of
pious man—was organizing the
to go and give the gospel to the Turka
at the point of the bayonet. ! Qniet-toned
organs! Well I wonder if they won't get one
for our church that'll play nothing bnt serious
i hands.
th the i
until other arrangements be
Regain, Jan. 2,1854.
with
ose interested.
A. NOLL.
fit
sey: apron check*; white linen dama*k; white and
scarlet flannels; Georgia#, plains; white linsey, for
negros: bleached drillings: brown ditto: Oznaburgs; ¡ of this new paper, published at Seguin, Guadalupe a presiding officer. That the chail^man of the
's give evidence of ability, add we""*" " ~
Texa.v Mcrccsv/—We have received the fir t naniler within their respective districts) and to appoint
INDIANOLA
ticking; brown and bleached domestics; shirting; j county. Its editorials
Scotch diaper; birds'-eye do; Irish linen: brown havo no doubt The Mercury will be one of the most
Holland; wonted damask; fancy tweeds; Kentucky interesting papers in the State. It can, and will, be lite
J. k. A. C. Astaworth,
COMMISSION k FORWARDING MERCHANTS,
and'dealers in groceries and western produce, Powder-
horn wharf. Indianola. Texas. 25f y
J W BALDOtOOE II P rtKAUK.l
Baldridge, Sparks k. Co.
"LOWER WHARF, INDIANOLA,
for the one we've rot'11 plav Yankee i i'in ,ib^1 cash dances on produce for our
6 * 3 friends in New Orleans and the north.
Doodle jest as well as Old Hundred, and for my
part I don't put no faith into it." She looked at
the vane on fhe top of a distat spire that turned
in the wind, and mixed its vsriableness with
church organs that played many tone?, and men
of the ehorch as variable as the organs, while
Ike was tossing the kitten with a bran new cap
border that the old lady was jnst doing np.
J. H. BALDRIGE.
d24y
Indianola, Dec. 7,1W53.
JOH.V iaiCLAND. H. A. PERKTMAX
IRELAND k. PERRYMA.V
ATTORjXEYS AT LAW,
ASD
GENERAL LAND AGENTS,
SEGUIX, TEXAS.
W. P. H. Douglass,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW,
SEGUIN, TEXAS.
Office, up stairs, over the drug store. 18f
T. C. GREENWOOD,
ATTORJXEY AJX1) LAJXD AGEJXT,
SEGUIN, TEXAS.
. . . Will practice in the counties composing the second judi-
marked, that young ladies take love as thev take ; cia^ district, and in the supreme and federal courts at
.... . ... . Austin.
sea-bathing: some timidly put in one foot, then, I pir Prompt attention given to the collection of claims
Love axn Bathing.—Somebody once said,—
it makes no odds whom, for it's a pretty simile,
aad perhaps quite true,—that he had often re-
and the perfecting of land titles, in anv part of western
Texa«. " sl7 tf
JAS. J. THORNTON,
ATTORJXEY AT LAIV,
with a shiver and a look of apprehension, put in
a second, and then, as they do no more than
make a trembling courtesy in the water, the
element comes scarcely reaching the region .. saoom, texas,
^*1. ♦ ...,i *i _ , _ W¡W attend to all business intrusted to his care in the
tne heart, and then, With a squeal, they run j district courts at Seguin, Gonzales. Clinton. La Grange,
to dry land as soon as possible, and, shivering, 1 Bastrop, Austin, Lockiiart, San Marcos, New Braunfels.
«ra I«« -¡ff s\t i,-__ „■ ... , and San Antonio; and also in the Supreme Court of the
cry, . How cold it IS. Ot.lt.rs, again, shutt- state and in the U. S. District Court at Austin.
ing tbeir seraphic eves to the- dantrers of the ¡vR,efcrences—Gardiner Greene «fcCo., New York: A. M.
. . , ' , _ . . . .,, j rh' ip«r Newburgh. Ia.; John A. Brackeuridge, Boone-
deep, souse in, head and ears, and, rising With ¡ ville, Ia.: John A. Graham. Ke-o-kuk, Iowa; k:.M. Forbes
a Naiad's glow upon their faces, declare the sea ¡ ^ La ^ nca-Texas- siitf
!"Delicious!" fil A. DOVE & CO., a
Khave on hand, and are constantly receiving,
FRESH SUPPLY OF DRY GOODS,
groceries, hardware, crockery, and wooden ware; boots
We have a subscriber to our paper, says a
contemporary, who always pays for his paper in
advance. Hq has never had a sick day in his
life; never had any corns or tooth-ache; his
potatoes never rot; the weevle never eats his
wheat; the frost never kills his corn or beans:
his babies never cry in the night, and his wife
never scolds.
? Reader, have you paid for your paper in ad-
vance? If yon havn't, look out for "breakers!"
and shoes, etc.; tin ware.
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J. J. RYAN,
SADDLE & HARNESS-MAKER,
keeps constantly on hand a supply of saddles, bri-
dles, harness, carriage-trimmings, etc.. which he will sell
cheap, for cash. j2s 6
Seguin. Jan. 23.1S54.
A 6on of Galen, who was very angry when any
joke was passed on physicians, once defended
himself from raillery by saying,
" I defy any person whom I ever attended,
to accnse me of ignorance or neglect."
" That you do safely," replied the wag, " for
yon know doctor, dead men tell no tales."
Mankind, says a paper, mav be divided into
, * i
three distinct classes—superlatively honest men !
—confirmed scoundrels, and no men at all. To
which auother adds the following:—First per-1
son: we are. Second perc" : }c ur you are.
Third pcrtoa: they (the women; are.
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j'-ans; sattinet : black and fancy caasimere: French,
black, and Engli¡á> cauimeres; cotton and silk velvets;
black satin vesting; sergej alpaca: lK>mbaziae; Me-
rino; Thibet cloth; mouslin d'Laine. in an endless
variety; Canton crape; fracchuse embroidered Cash-
mere robes; Italian lustring; Rob Rov plaids; change-
able poplin, Persian twill; Florence silk: brown,
green, and blue barege; embroidered Cashmere
shawls; printed, fan-tail, and Thibet ditto; black and
colored sewing silk; patent thread; spool cotton;
linen bobbins; tapes; linens; b:k kid gloves: white
do; gentlemens' ditto; buck do; b*k silk mits; b'k
hose; white cotton do; bleached and flesh-colored
silk do; childs' white cotton do; mixed, brown, and
b'd halJ-Uose: satin tatfeta, and bonnet ribbons: b'k
and fancy silk cravats; Bumford ties; linen cambric
handkerchiefs; Pongee, Foulard, and brocade do;
worked linen chemisettes; b!k silk Luce: fancy,
Tarleton, Swiss, dotted, and mull mnslins; Victoria
lawn; white jaconet, checked; colored cambric:
And many other articles ia the above department, too
numerous to mention. In addition to the above, we are
receiving a complete assortment of hardware, cutlery,
hats, cape, bonnets, boots, shoes, crockery, sadlery, Yan-
kee notions, and fancy groceries. All of which we offer
at such prices as will insure satisfaction.
nI2 T. H. k G. B. HOLLAMON.
Valaable Farming and Grazing Land for Sale, Cheap,
For Cash or Negroes: Warranty Title.
780 acres Joel Miner, lying in valley of Rio Blanco, 3J
miles east of San Marcos, with cedar 3i miles distant.
JJXBURJXETT CY.. north bank of Colorado, opposite
mouth of Sandy:
1535 acres upper part of A. Luckev league; finely tim-
bered and well watered. JAMES 1. HECTOR.
Seguin. Texas. Dec. SI, 1853. ol5y
TAILORING.
J. Scháfer has settled permanently in the town of
Seguin, where he will follow the above business in all its
branches. From long experience, he flatters himself he
can fully satisfy his customers, of every taste. Every
kind of work ill his line will be promptly executed, in
the liest style. dlOt
For Sale:
Fifty town lots in Seguin, of various sizes, and in eligible
situations; cheap, for cash or good paper. Inquire of
A. NEILL. or
s!7t — IRELAND & PEKRYMAN.
Lumber-Lumber.
Orders, either written or verbal, to our mill for lumber,
in future, must be accompanied with the cash, in order to
secure attention. HERRON & COOK.
Alum Creek. Bastrop cy. August 2. 1853. slTtf
GEORGE W. REID,
HOUSE AJXD SIGJX PAI.XTER,
SEGUIN, TEXAS.
Hrogans: «
000 pairs, russet and black, just received per schr Wm.
II. Ilazzard. T. H. k G. B. HOLLAMON.
Fresh Arrivals.
20001b Rio coffee; 40 kegs nails assorted: 20 bxs win-
dow glass; 20 do star candles; 20 do rosin soap: 200 coils
Manilla rope; Ü kegs Dupont powder: 10 bxs chewing
tobacco: 3 brls dried apples; rice; ginger, spice; tea:
crashed and coffee sugars; vinegar; buckets; tubs: brooms,
and cigar*. T. If. Á (i. B. fiK)LLAMON.
Boots:
30 cases, just received and for sale, cheap, bv
T. II. k G. I!. HOLLAMON.
Ox-yokes and Bows for Sale
At the Gonzales erossing of the San (Jeronimo creek, at
the Old Mill, or at Baxter's blacksmith shop, in Seguin.
t K. H. HUNTER.
erally supported, if the people of Guadalupe county
board of trustees shall cause written notices of
said election to be posted up for at least five
days next preceding the election, in three pnbiic
evince the same good judgment, as to their own interests, ! places in each school district. That the returns
w rr .. rá e]ect¡on shall be made within five days to
the chairman of the said board, who shall exam-
ine the same in presence of his co-trustees; and
majority of the votes polled in a district shall
be necessary to the permanent location of a
school house; and no change of the location of a
school house thus located shall be made, except
by a majority of two thirds of those voting in
such election, taken after due notice as above
provided.
Section 8. That no money shall be drawn
from the county treasurer for school purposes in
any school district, until the people of such dis-
trict shall have provided a gpod and substantial
school house, with the necessary seats and other
fixtures, and that the money appropriate4 by
this act shall be applied only toward the pay-
ment of teachers for each school.
Section 9. That it shall be the duty of the
school trustees for each district, as early as
practicable after tbeir election, by giving due
notice, to call a meeting of all the patrons of the
school in the district, and a majority of those
present shall indicate to the trustees the length
of time during the year they desire a school, the
kind of teacher they want and the amount of
salary they are willing to pay. It shall be the
duty of said trustees to observe, as far as possi-
ble, such instructions, to employ teachers of suit-
able moral character and qualifications, to visit
from time to time the district school or schools
under their charge, to expel a pnpil for miscon-
duct, to examine ,all complaints between teacher
and pupil of a serious character, to discharge
a teacher for incapacity or improper conduct,
and generally to exercise supervision over the
affairs of the school within their district.
Section 10. That the teacher of each school
shall be required to keep a roll or day-book,
and at the close of his term of service to furnish
said school trustees with a tabular statement
of the names of all the patrons and pupils of the
school; the number of pupils sent by each pat-
ron, and the number of days attendance by each
pupil, which statement shall be supported by his
affidavit, made before some officer authorized to
administer oaths, that the same is true and cor-
rect.
Section 11. That it shall be the duty of said
trustees, upon receiving the shares of the school
fund to which their school district is enti-
tled, to apply the same toward *the payment
of the teacher's salary, and the remainder of
said salary, if any, to apportion equally among
the patrons of the school according to the
number of pupils and the time sent by each
to the school; and if any such patron should
neglect or refuse to pay his share of the salary
apportioned as aforesaid, said trustees may insti-
tute suit against him or her for the amount of
money due, and the tabular statement furnished
them, under oath, by the teacher, and mentioned
in the preceding section of this act, shall be
prima facia evidence of such indebtedness.
that characterizes Texans generally. H. T. Burke is edi-
tor and proprietor.—[Bastrop Advertiser.
Thk Texas Mkrcurv. — We have received th^ first
number of The Texan Mercury, a handsome sheet, pub-
lished in Seguin. We are happy to extend to The Mer-
cury our congratulations, and to number it among our
exchanges. We are glad, too, to notice the liberal spirit
with which oifr papers in the west are supported. Almost
every county on the Gaadalape has established a paper;
a medium through which they may speak to the world of
their present happiness and future prospects.—[Gonzales
Inquirer.
The Texan Mercubt.—The publication of this long-
promised sheet lias, at length, commenced. The typo-
graphical execution is good. The editorials evince ability
and intelligence. Texas supports more newspapers, in
proportion to population, than any State in the Union.
The citizens of Seguin are famous for public spirit They
have two of the best schools in the State, which have been
established at considerable cost, and under circumstances
of a character to'deter any people not full of earnestness
and energy. We are glad to see a good newspaper in the
place; one deserving the patronage of the public gener-
ally.—[South-western American, Austin.
Sewing Machines.
These machines for simplicity, durability and
adaptedness for doing, with many kindsof thread,
all varieties of sewing in cloth and leather, with
the greatest speed and certainty, and in straight,
curved or irregular seams, are unequaled. The
stitch is wholly unlike any other rightfully in use.
It is formed by two needles supplied with thread
from stationary spools, and the threads are
securely tied together and fastened at each
stitch, forming a seam far stronger and more
beautiful than any other, which will not tfip
when every third stitch is cut.
Our patents are upon the stitch itself, and all
practicable modes of making it. All persons
making, using, Or vending machines sewing from
spools with two needles, only one of which pieces
the fabric sewed, or which make a fair stitch
with two needles sewing from spools, infringe
directly our patents, and will be dealt with
accordingly.
This machine has been, at great pains and
expense, expressly adapted by the inventors and
patentees to do all kinds of plantation work,
in a manner altogether superior to any machine
ever before offered to the public. The machine
is so simple and durable in its construction, that
any negro of common capacity can do the work
of ten persons' sewing by hand, without the least
liability of the machine's getting out of repair.
The machine is so constructed" that the same
machine can be used with the utmost facility
upon all kinds of negro clothing, and also upon
all kinds of cloth and leather work, from the
very finest to the heaviest.
Price for single machines, and right to use,
from $60 to $150, according to size and style.
Each machine is threaded for use and securely
boxed for transportation to any distance,
accompanied with full directions for using. Pam-
phlets containing numerous testimonials from
using tlieni, sent to all who desire.
parties
Exclusive riuhts for sale on liberal terms.
GROVER. BAKER & CO.
patrons in the district, together with th* I
of money due from each for tuitkm, aadt
the same under their own proper
i the chief justice of the county. •
Section 13. That the chief jqgtiee of each
: county shall annually furnish thetreasanrof the
State with a statement under his hmd and seal
of the county, of the amonnt of money dwe for
tuition from all such patrons as are exempt
under the preceding section of this act in the
county, according to the lists retarned by the
school trustees. And the treasury of the State
is hereby authorized and required to pay «aid .
amounts' of money due from the patrons so
exempt, out of the school fund derivable from
taxation and created by the Constitution «f the
State4 and he shall distribute the same is Man-
ner and form as provided in the sixth section
of this act.
' Section. 14. That the county treasurer of
each county shall give bond with two or
more securities, payable to the county, twice
the amount of the school fund to Which his
county shall be entitled, so soon as the chief-
justice shall be notified by the treasarer of the
State of the amonat to which his county is
entitled, which bond shall be eoaditioned that
| he will well and faithfully keep aa account for
the money to him committed as a school fead
for his county, and pay out the sane only i
the order of the chief-justice ef the
under his hand and the seal of the
Í He shall also enter into a bound book, to be kept
by him for that purpose, all moneys received, all
moneys paid out, and to whom and when paid,
and register and number all orders by him paid
or accepted to*be paid, which book, together
with orden, saeh shall be by fans exhibited
at his ann nal settlement with the conaty eonrt.
That after the year eighteea hundred and fifty-
four, his said bond shall be renewed, between the
first and tenth of September of each year; that all
suits upon such bonds shall be hi the aaae of
the county, and in other respeets they shall be
governed by the laws relating to the bonds of
county treasurers.
Section 15. That the trustees of each school
district 6hal1 be elected annually after the
eighteen hundred and fifty-four, on the
Monday id September, in the manner herein pro-
vided; that they shall be a body corporate and
politic, by the corporate name of the Trustees
of Common School District No. , (filHag the
blank with the number of the district,) and, for
the purposes for which they are created, may
sue and be seed, hold and dispose of property,
aad do *a£h acts and things as are mi idtnlsl
and necessary to the performance of their dnties.
Section 16. TLat the treasurer of the Stale
ahall be ex-ofEcio superintendent of eoaaan
schools in the State, aad it shall be his daty
immediately after the first day of September ia
each and every year, %o record the abstracts of
children of lawful age ia the different enante,
and apportion the moneys as hereia
plated, distribating io the several
amount to which eaclMs entitled, srrordiaj I
.its ncholastic populatioa, aseerti
manner herein prescribed, and also the i
due for the tuition fees; aad it <
the duty of the treasurer of the State, to pro-
vide the necessary record books, to be by tím
kept exclusively for recording
herein contemplated, aad keepiag a I
perfect account of all investments aod
belonging or in any wise appertaining ta
common acbool fund of this State, aad all
apportionments and distributees of aoaey by
him made for common school parpasen; aad be
• shall report to the governor aaaaaUy, an or
before the first day of October, the t oaditisa of
the common school fund, and also make to speb
'regular session of the legislature
tions in regard to the common scb
I may be deemed advisable; that the!
jlastic year shall commence onlthe first day «T
1 September and end on the first day of Aagast
in each and every year from and after the first
day of September next.
Section IT. That it shall be the daty of the
chairman of the board of trastees for each
school district, to present, at least once a year,
bis application to the chief-justice of his
for such amounts of said fund as his
may be entitled to receive, according to
number of children between the j _
prescibed within his district, andT also
his applicatioa to the chief-justice annually for
the amount of money due his district for the
tuition of children exempt from tuition fees; aad
the said chief justice, having dahr informed
himself that the same is correct, shall draw upon
the county treasurer an order, under his hand
and seal of the county court, for the amonnt or
amounts so due and demanded.
Section 18. That nothing ia this net
prevent the trastees of any school district,
being instructed by a majority of die patrón* of
schools in such district, from employing the
teacher of a primary department in any college
or academy, and converting saeh primary de-
partment into a common school for such district;
and that this act take effect from and after ita
passage.
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Job and bii V printing done :tt this ntficv
Razors, Razors.
• Let those now shave, who never shaved before, and
those who have always shaved, will now shave the more."
Persons wishing to indulge in the rare luxury of an easy
shave, would do well to call on the subscribers, where I Patentees and sole manufacturers, 74 (chambers!
they can be supplied with Rodgers', Wostenholm's. ¡ir.d
\\k Hutcher s i «t razors. Also, the lavoritc brand ^ ¿outh 4th st... Philadelphia: 1^*5 Baltimore : ary apportioned as aforesaid, and the said trus-
>t. Baltimore d'ity tee* W -gtjcfjp^ pf thp fa,.f tbc dutv
¡Section 12. If any patron or patrons of the
street. New York: Haymarket Square, Boston; j school are unable to pay their share of the sal-
othei <:
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•lohrptwl annufurturer-.
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