The Texan Mercury. (Seguin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 41, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 1, 1854 Page: 4 of 4
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•apital anecdote of Joe Smith, the Mormon:
gotea persons tisited him daring the troubles ¡
IK Illinois, awl the contersation tnrned npon |
ielf-defence. He was asked what he thoaght of
the words oí Script or es, which repaired bim vrho
tun smitten on one cheek to tarn the other also. |
"A tery remarkable passage," he answered,
"spoken by Jesus himself, and strikingly illastra-
tfre of bia tboroagh acquaintance with hnman
satare. A nun may strike yon at first nnder a
■¡•take, or without intending any barm; and yon
6ogbt not to strike back immediately, bat turn
the other cbeek and gire bim an opportnnity to
explain, or, if be be in earnest, to repeat the
offence. However, yon need not torn a third
tine bat if a man strikes yon twice, then into him
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'**/ideftf'e a /jnill of no Ordinary tm and fa' ility
We feel ftwnred that, The Mercury will hum
f/ft/fd loeal fratfOTtwge; and pe/^,|«. who «uetalrt
such en educational Titerprise as the Ségnln
ffi(rh S/ hool, will he found to patronise a good
I newspaper
,, , ,, i . • , , -j, liii 4 S^guiri is a wealthy, healthy, and lorelr little
If" sha also enter into a hound hook, to he kent . * , , .x' }\. . / '. ,
, . • r i town, situated on the romantr hanks of thf>
Oiiadalnpe, some twenty eight or thirty miles
north-east of San Antonio, in the centre of one
phtcf.c f,f holding, and Mi
H'-' tion It rh!ill It" the duty 'tf the ' h'ef under his hand and the seal of the county court.
jri'-Mee to «pp/rifit a snifahlo jicrson ill ear-h di
tri' f topre- ido at the e|or lion in his district, hy him for that purpose, all moneys received, all
who shall miske his returns within t< ri tlnys to moneys paid oat, and to whom and when paid,
the chief-justice of the county, arid the said elee- and register and numher all orders hy him riaid ,, . , , ... ,,.... . „
, ,, . ,i , , , , i . , ■ . . ■ . . ; .i tne richest agricultural districts in the west
tions shall, in <ill other respects, he governed f y or accepted to oe paid, which hook, together' --
the laws regulating elections. i with orders, such sliall he hy him exhibited
Section 4. The district trustees so ejected at his annual settlement with the county court.
shall select from their number a chairman, who ¡That after the year eighteen hundred and fifty-
. ~ • i • I hiladelpbia, la. Mitchells American •■ystrm s|,a|| f whenever it may he deemed necessary, j four, his said bond shall be renewed, between the
uchard Aikwright, it of Standard «School Geography, in a series, call a meeting of the trustees, and preside at j first and tenth of September of each year; that all
suits upon such bonds shall be in the name of
the county, and in other respects they shall be
A WojfOERFCL MAS.
would seem, was not a beautiful man—no adapted to the progressively developing capnc- • ^fl¡r deliberations, and perform such other
romance hero with haughty eyes, Apollo lip, | ities of youth, ^lhe series comprise I he following J duties as may hereafter be assigned him.
works, viz: Mitchell's Primary Geography;
's Intermediate Geography; Mitchell's
and gestare like the herald Mercury; a plain, \¡¡t/hHI
almost gross, bag-cheeked, pot-bellied, Lan- j School Geography and Atlas; Mitchell's Atlas
cashire man, with an air of painful reflection, yet of Outline Maps, Mfleliell's Geographical Qucs-
of copious, free digestion, a man stationed by tion Book; Mitchell's Key to the Study of the
iin dnstv beards in Í MaPs' Mitchell's Ancient Geography and Atlas;
Mitchell's Biblical and Sabbath school Geogra-
phy; Mitchell's High-school Geography; Mitch-
the community to shave certain dnsty beards in
the northern part of England, at a half-penny
each. To such end, we say, by forethought,
ell's View of the Heavens, one volume quarto,
Scevc ts a Bctchek's Shop.—[Enter an
So dividual with a basket.] Individual: ? Got
•nj meat, Mr. Meat-market-man?
Batcher: Yes, nr, lots of it.
Individual: Well I want some.
Botcher: Yes, sir, what '11 you have, lamb,
pork, sheep, hog, ham, mutton, etc.
Individual: No, that is not the kind of meat
I want.
Botcher: ! What then, air! beefsteak.
Individal: No, sir, I want some "Meet me
by moonlight alone."
Botcher: Ah, well we are entirely out of
that, and the very best thing you can do, my
dear sir, is to get oat of this.
Individual retires, horror-struck at the butch-
er's presence of mind.
Sxakt Girls.—A young gentleman in Kil-
kenny, meeting a handsome milk-maid near the
.parade, said:
t" What will you take for yourself and milk,
my dear?"
" Yourself and golden ring, sir," replied the
girl.
That was a good one, but the answer of the
lirl at the boarding-house was better:
A gentleman called in, and was shown over a
suite of rooms by a very pretty girl.
?"Are you to be let with the rooms?"
inquired the gallant.
" No sir I am to be let alone."
oversight, accident, and arrangement, had Rich- handsomely illustrated. Mitchell's Geography
ardArkwright been, by the community of Eng- Serie3 arc tl,c principal text-books on the sub-
land and lis own consent, sot apart. ' ject of which they treat in most of the colleges
1 academies, and public and private schools of
Dialogue of Fifty Years Ago.—A: ?Do
you know Mr. William Grimes?
B: I have that honor. He is a good writer
an excellent companion, and a very worthy man;
if you ihake his acquaintance, you never will
regret it.
Dialogue of To-day.—A: Say, ? do you know
Bill Grimes?
B: I do n't know any body else. He gets off
A. No. 1.articles for the papers, is a first rate
ebum, and a brick. If you aud he hitch horses,
you will find him all right.—[True Delta.
Latghikg.—A hearty laugh occasionally is an
act of wisdom; it shakes the cobwebs out of a
man's brains, and the hypochondria from his rib,
far more effectually than either Champagne or
Nevertheless in strapping razors, in lathering
of dusty beards, and the contradictions and
Section 5. That it shall be the duty of the
assessor and collector of each county in the
State, during the year eighteen hundred and
fifty-four, and every year thereafter, to make out
a list of all the free white population in his coun-
ty, between the ages of six and sixteen years,
particularly designating the number of persons
between such ages in each school district, and
transmit the same, under his hand and official
signature, to tlic county clerk of the county, and
a certified copy thereof lo tiie treasurer of the
State, on or before the first day of July, in each
and every year.
Section 6. That it shall be the duty of the
the whole country. They are commended to the
public as being unsurpassed in the correctness of dgj-k 0f the county court to file and preserve in
4 It A tvi n w n n Art f v* Arte* /wr Aiilmm aa I A aa«« 4-1 An a *« ^ I . # „ tí* _ i • • 4
his'oflice the election returns and the list afore
said furnished by the assessor and collector. It
shall be the duty of the treasurer x f the State
confusions attendant thereon, the man had notions j the maps, neatness of mechanical execution, and
in that rough head of his, spindles, shuttles, 1 ^or ^ie fullness and accuracy of the descriptive
wheels aud contrivances plyinff ideally within the ¡ Uia^ir'i„ * . i ™ ■!„ i • i v*- —j — —
same- rather hopeless-lookinc which however1 Jolinston s Matinal Philtwophy, rcyiscd edihon to ascertain from the abstracts transmitted to
same, ratner liopeless looking, which, however, enlarged and improved. A Manual of Natural | him by the asscssor and collector, the aggregate
Philosophy compiled from various sources, and j population between the ages of six and sixteen
designed as a text-book in high schools and j years, and so much of the fund appropriated by
academies, by John Johnston, Professor of 2s at-' -- ... -
ural Science in Wesleyan University.
Johnston's Turner's Chemistry, a manual of
Chemistry, on the basis of Dr. Turner's Elements
of chemistry, containing, in a condensed, form,
he did at last bring to bear. Not without
difficulty. His townsfolk rose in mob around
him, for threatening to shorten wages, so that
he had to fly, with broken wash-pots, scattered
household, and seek refuge elsewhere. Nay, his
wife, too, as I learn, rebelled; burned his wooden
model of his spinning wheel, resolute that he mos^ importaut facts and principles of
should stick to his razors rather-for which J tlie SdTe:T DesiS.ncd.as a, text-book in coll-
, . , . . . . . . ' j eges and other seminaries of learning. A new
however, he decisively, as thou vv ilt rejoice to ■ edition, by John Johnston, A. M., Professor of
understand, packed her out of doors. O reader! Natural Science in Wesleyan University:
what a historical phenomenon is that bag- i The Standard Speaker, containing exereises in
cheek, pot-bellied, much-enduring, much invent- i Prose aQd poetry, for declamation in schools,
ing barber! French reflations were a-brewing; I "™^mies, lycenras, colleges, newly translated
same in
this act as may be in the treasury shall be ap-
portioned among the different counties in the
State, according to the number of the popula-
tion of scholastic age in each county, subject to
the order of the county courts, and payable to
the respective county treasurers, upon the order
of such county court, under the hand of the
chief justice and the seal of the court, or such
amount may be placed to the credit of the asses-
sor and collector of taxes of such county, upon
his payment into the county treasury of his coun-
ty tiie amount so apportioned to such county,
and filing the recept of the county treasurer,
to resist the same in any measure imneriaí °r c°™PiIed froiu celebrated orators and popu- acknowledged by said treasurer before the
. . ' f lar debates, ancient and modern; treatise on ora-, clerk of the county court, and' by the said clerk
Kaisers were impotent without the cotton and , tory and elocution, with notes explanatory and ¡ duly certificd, under his hand and the seal of his
cloth of England; and it was this man that had j biographical, by Eppes Sargent. This work has j co^t, with the treasurer of the State.
to give England the power of cotton.—[Carlyle.
been compiled with great care, and contains a Section 7. That it shall be the duty of the
majority of new pieces. It is far more compre
hensive than any similar work, and is adapted for
use not only to a speaker, but to the general
reader, as a collection containing many new
and elegant extracts.
Manesca's French Grammar; or, the Serial
American Women.—The. following charming
passage is from Rural Hours, by Miss Cooper,
daughter of the late Fennimorc Cooper. It so
beautifully expresses the sentiments of all
women of pure feelings and correct principles, and Oral Method of Teaching Languages,
that it should be widely circulated: adapted to the í rencli In L. Manesea.
IIXr « • . ' Serial and Oral Method: The French Reader,
We American women certainly owe a debt: ,,repared [or lLe nsc of studc]lts who |,avc gon¿
of gratitude to our countrymen for their kind- j through the course of lessons contained in the
uess and consideration of us generally. Gall- Method; to which is added a table of the French
antry may not always take a graceful form in vcrhs, arranged and classified on a new plan,
this part of the world, and mere flaterv raav be calculated to facilitate gieatl) their acquisition.
r J J \ By L. Manesea.
worth as little here as elsewhere; but there is a
district trustees to fix the time and place for
holding an election in their respective districts
(for the location or selection of school houses
within their respective districts) and to appoint
a presiding officer. That the chairman of the
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 public
places in each school district. That the returns
of said election 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
THE SOUTHERN ECLECTIC i school house thus located shall be made, except
J. H. F1TTIN AND JAMES M. SMYTHE, EDITORS. | 'jy a inajorit)' °f t\\ O thirds of tllOSe Voting hi
This work, the first number of which was i suc*'i elcct'on> taken aftei due notice as above
glow of generous feeling toward women in the
hearts of most American men, which is highly
honorable to them as a nation and individuals. • ~~r ■ Áí-' u i ur o - "~"1 ¡ nrovided
. , issued in March, 18o3, is composed mainly ef proviueu
Iu no country is the protection given to woman" i selections from the periodical literature of j Section 8. that no money shall be draw^n
helplessness more full and free—in no country is Great JiriH^n, France, Germany and the United ¡ fr°m the county treasurer for school purposes in
the assistance she receives from
arm eo general, and no where does
in no country is Great lirfttun, France, Germany and the United ;lrom ,1(: c'°"ni>.«ca.mirer i jr sen j a purposes in
nil the stronger States^chieky, however, from tliat of Great ¡ an-v school district, until the people ol such dis-
cs; Iter w.-enl-t'Lc Britain. In addition to American journals, we ; tr^ct , have provided a good and substantial
"• iiave ordered and are constantly receiving bv school house, with the necessarv seats and other
.iL . . , ..." have ordered and are constantly reeeivintr, bv
meet with more forbearance and consideration. lIjaH> th<J followini? European publications: "
Under such circumstances, it must be woman's The Edinburg Review, North British Review,
own fault if she be not thoroughly respected Westminister Review, London Review, Quar-
also. The position accorded to her is favorable; ter]J Eclectic, Retrospective Review, Chambers'.
¡i if^fiine f„r i, kii w o ,«i., Edinburg Journal, Eliza Cook's Journal, House- ... „ . . ,
it remains lor her to nil it in a manner worthy . . . ,,r * , .* % i c • > inn nr-icticable after their election
J hold Words, tnited Service Journal, Colburn's i'racu',, 1 , ,
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governed by the laws relating to the bonds of
county treasurers.
Scction 15. That the trustees of each school
district shall be elected annually after the year
eighteen hundred and fifty-four, on the first
Monday in 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. , (filling the
blank with the number of the district,) and, for
the purposes for which they are created, may
sue and be sued, hold and dispose of property,
and do sucli acts and things as arc incidental
and necessary to the performance of their duties.
Section 16. That the treasurer of the State
shall be ex-officio superintendent of common
schools in the State, and it shall be his duty
immediately áfter the first day of September in
each and every year, to record the abstracts of
children of lawful age in the different counties,
and apportion the moneys as herein contem-
plated, distributing to the several counties the
amount to which each is entitled, according to
its scholastic population, ascertained in the
manner herein prescribed, and also the amount
due for the tuition fees; and it 6hall further be
the duty of the treasurer of the State, to pro-
vide the necessary record books, to be by him
kept exclusively for recording abstracts, as
herein contemplated, and keeping a full and
perfect account of all investments and moneys
belonging or in any wise appertaining to the
common school fund of this State, and all
apportionments and distributions of money by
him made for common school purposes; and he
shall report to the governor annually, on or
before the first day of October, the condition of
the common school fund, and also make to each
regular session of the legislature such sugges-
tions in regard to the common school system as
may be deemed advisable; that the fiscal scho-
lastic year shall commence on the first day of
September and end on the first day of August
in each and every year from and after the first
day of September next.
Section It. That it shall be the duty of the
chairman of the board of trustees for each
school district, to present, at least once a year,
his application to the chief-justice of his county
for such amounts of said fund as his district
may be entitled to receive, according to the
number of children between the ages heretofore
prescibed within his district, and also present
his application to the chief-justice annually for
the amount of money due his district for the
tuition of children exempt from tuition fees; and
the said chief justice, having duly informed
himself that the same is correct, shall draw upon
the county treasurer an order, under his hand
aud seal of the county court, for the amount or
amounts so due aud demanded.
Section 18. That nothing in this act shall
prevent the trustees of any school district, after
[Galveston Journal.
being instructed by a majority of the patrons of
schools in such district, from employing the
teacher of a primary department in any college j and the editorial department u
or academy, and converting such primary de-! a. >ilily. We wish our new
fixtures, and that the money appropriated by
this act shall be applied only toward the pay-
ment of teachers for each school. __
Section 'J. That it shall be the duty of the partment into a common school for such district;: potsible aoccew, whkb, no doubt, be
We have received several numbers of this
new paper, and have been enabled to examine it
more attentively than at first. We are not in
the habit of indiscrimina,te praise on every new
sheet that comes out, believing that it is carry-
ing courtesy farther than wisdom justifies. We
feel, however, a pleasure in saying, that The
Mercury is not only a handsome sheet, as before
stated, but one of Rtamina and ability. Its
columns are well filled with original and miscel-
laneous matter, and it promises to be a valuable
auxiliary to the farmers and merchants of that
beautiful portion of Texas. H. T. Burke, editor.
The Guadalupe valley now boasts of the Victo-
ria Advocate, The Gonzáles Inquirer and The
Mercury, besides a German paper, at New
Braunfels; and no stream in the State can sbow
more useful journals. Success to our brethren.—
[Indianola Bulletin.
The publication of this long-promised sheet has,
at length, commenced. The typographical exe-
cution is good. The editorials evince ability
and intelligence. Texas supports more news-
papers, in proportion to population, than any
State in the Union. The citizens of Séguin are
famous for public spirit. They have two of the
best school in the State, which have been estab-
lished at considerable cost, and under circum-
stances 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 generally.—[South-
western American, Austin.
We have received the first number of The
Texan Mercury, a handsome sheet, published in
Séguin. 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 our papers in the west
are supported. Almost every county on the
Guadalupe has established a paper; a medium
through which they may speak to the world of
their present happiness and future prospects.—
[Gonzáles Inquirer.
We have received the second number of The
Texan Mercury, a weekly paper, published at
Séguin, Texas, by H. T. Burke, editor and pro-
prietor. The first number was probably lost in
Peach Creek. It is a neat and interesting papa*,
and is edited with ability. Séguin is a beautiful,
romantic, and thriving place, celebrated for the
enterprising spirit of its inhabitants, as well aa
for the ability and success of her institutions of
learning. Success to the paper.—[Texan Advo-
cate, Victoria.
We have received the first number of this
new paper, published at Séguin, Guadalupe
county. Its editorials give evidence of ability,
and we have no doubt The Mercury will be ON
of the most interesting papers in the State. It
can, and will, be liberally supported, if the people
of Guadalupe county evince the aaaa good
judgment, as to their own interests, that charac-
terizes Texans generally. H. T. Burke fa editor
and proprietor.—[Bastrop Advertiser.
We have received the two first numbers of
thU paper, published in Séguin, by H. T. Burke.
In {joint of typography, The Mercury if Mr-
passed by but few papers, if any, in the Stele,
with
school trustees for .each distrie
Edinburg Journal, Eliza Cook's Journal, House
, 4 , „ ,. „ . . . , 'hold Words, United Service Journal, Colbnrn'L,. ......
... ^ „ - - her own sex, gratefully, kindly and simply; with! Mouthlv, Dublin University xMajrazine,1 ,)0t,ce. ,t0 <:Si11 a °,f aM thepatrons of the
oiue puis. One of the Emperors of Japan is truth and modesty of heart and life; un'wavcr- Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, A ins worth's -''hool in the district, and a majority of tho
ing fidelity of feeling and principle,
cheerfulness and sweetness of tempt
return to those who smooth the dai
her"
:t, as early as j and that this act take effect from and after its ■ enterprising aud poblicepirited a
, by giving due ! passage. ! as that of our nefrLbo
said to have killed himself by immoderately
laughing, on being told that the Americans were
governed without a king.
Ui-i of ii it: 'i j.xan mi.iímíí y.
ffi . . ,.l M i „i i- i i • j
neighboring sister,
[Western Texan, San Antonio.
A youth asked his father's sanction to his
project of marriage. The old gentleman re-
qnesting his son to pray with him, prayed that
if the match was againut the will of the Lord,
he would throw obstacles in their way ami make
it impossible. The *on, interrupting, cried:
" 0, Lord do n't you do it, for I most have
her any how."
Rimxo Ma it.—A German pape
states that a well-known authored
indulged in superstitions, and who adopted all
the re- ent spirit fancier, has j.",rtc stark un<l hope-
lessly iufj'1 on (pirit-rappin^'s:
" Hhe was found the other <Jay in tSe open
i street, as her mother 1 ore her, except she had
a pocket-handkerchief in one hand and a card in
the other She -..aid th-'it the spirits had informed
her lhat if she walked out so prepared, she
would be invisible, Hlie ]■; now in the mad
We have before us the first
Time ' I'mu li ctr under their charge, to expel a pupil for miwon : discussion and investigation of ull «pie*lion* of
'Thes * rare 'and co tlv publica ions embody- ,J,lct. to examine all complaints between teacher i National and State policy; the publisher main-j
inir the latent and rhofee i produei joV- of the a '1 l"Jl'il "f il ^¡ous character, to discharge:| taining his own right and duty to act therein as |
be. i writer of the age will be carefnlh exam- a t"a':,":r f,'r ¡ ''*pa<-ity "r improper conduct, j a citizen of a free and enlightened government
and their mo t attractive ;„A valuable and generally to exercise supervi,iou over the j without allowing his opinion to be prosed upon { D. Hue
Valley.
We have lx;fore us the first number <
new paper in Texas,—The Texan
i tied.
published
ed at Séguin, Guadalupe county, by/-
hanan, and edited by H. T. Burke. W
Effects or tub Hosktmoost.- Fanny, pouting
her lipa: Frederick, you didn't kiss me this morn-
log. I 've a great mlndnot to love you, sir."
Frederick, rushing to her: My love! your|bou^'"
own Pweddy knows he's wrong, vewy wrong ; ¡
let him have two. ¡ Tur. II ri'.ht or His
Fanny, pushing him ofT: No, Sir ! you - hall exchanges tell*, of a lazy geniur. up his way, who
wait till dinner time.
Frederick, in despair: Oh, Fanny; cwtiel
glrll Sinks on a settee overcome by emotion.
Amimtio ; One, of our
article?! reproduced in the columns of the Eclcc-: "r U": m wíU,í" U":ir «I *1"'*. |lhl- public: especially, ii* he exjiect* to derive a j Mercury is beautifully printed, ou new type—is
ti - Thus for a mere fra'tion of the < u-1, of Section 10 That the teacher of each school liberal support from the citizens of Guadalupe I edited with spirit; neutral in política. Hcnre
any one of them, our readers will obtain the shall
'•.elect portions of the whole.
Extracts from the French and German will be
translated expressly for our work.
The ma/ai/.ine we now offer to the public, j'
the only journal of the cla's published in the
.outh; it i' the fir t, attempt, to introduce to th'
f/rcat body of í outherii reader*, and to adapt to
be required to keep a roll or day-book, j and adjoining counties of all partiee [our neighbor Burke: May proaperitj
ano at the cío e of his term of service to furnish j Most especial pains will be taken to advanee, j reward vour enterprise^— [State Oaaette, Auatte.
said school trustees with a tabular statement ] by all means, a system of education in the We have received the second ■«■bar of ■
of the names of all the patrons and pupils of the Stale, as broad and comprehensive as are her new j«aper with the above tit|e^ Dubliabed at
school; the number of pupils sent by each pat-) bounds; believing that such a course will tend ¡ Séguin, Texas, by II. T. Burke. ítiat larga,
ron, and the number of days attendance by each more to the frlory, happiness and prosperity of well printed sheet, presenting aa
pupil, which statement shall be • upported by hi* j the State, than any other subject which could worthy of one of the moat beavtifal little 1
being asked, us he lay sunning himself on the
grasi, what was the heijrht of his ambition,
replied:
"To marry a rich widow that's ¿rot a conjrb."
" Love your neighbor as yourself," said a par-
son to a member of his flock. A woman in attempting to conjugate t verb
" The Lord help him then,' replied the latter, "-aid:
"for I hate myself like pisen ever i.ince I let j " 1 will marry, thou will marry, he will marry, will be spared on our part, to make it in every
Righteous Skinflint cheat me out of the bobtail'7'>a w ll marry, >nd we'll all feed the balm* re pee aceeptable to the
* The Eclccti
their want aud infere--is the current literature of
Europe. As such, it i;* d< igued to upply a want
long felt and acknowledged.
Our r-eleefions will eonsi t of such articl'--. a
po- ' permanent value and general interest.
We will only add, that while we nr<■ olT'-trin<r
the Eclectic upon such terms as will place ii
within the reach of all, no expen-e ha1 been, or
ame i true and < or
affidavit, made before :.ome officer authorized to J be discussed,
administer oaths, that the
red,
h'-ction I I That it shall be the duf
I ru '<•< ,
bind to
t|<-d, to
of till
upon receiving the shares of tin
which llteir school di-trict
the
nool
enti-
apply tne -arrie toward the payment
teacher' • salary, and the remainder of
mare/
i together."
i--
cultivated reader,
bed at Auc'tiMa. Ga
IXQCi.srriVEXESS.—Perhaps some one of your An' Avomai.v.—The recent marriage of Mr
numerous supporters could favor me with the so- Day and Miss Field, presents the singular ambu-
lation of the undermentioned problem. Yours, laly, that although he won the fuld, she gained
A Constant Reader. the day.
"Todiscover the scat on which 'Ycrbum sat.'"
God may have made all men free and equal,
but I know not that he hne> ever promised to
keep them fo.— [Simras
? What is a Bloomer?
for notoriety.
A woman who pout-
public
month, each number confuín-
octavo pii'/es, in double col-
on good paper and new type,
making two volume-i and 9tI0 pages in the year.
Terms for one year: One copy, -ix, $1." ;
in advance.
Liberal arrangement^ will be made with
the first of ever;
ing eighty large
uuiiis, printed
-aid ¡-alary, if any, to apportion equally among
the patrons of the Mhool according to the
number of pupils and the time sent by each
to the school; and if any Mich 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 lie
prima facia evidence of such indebtedness.
Section 12. If any patron or patrons of the
At the same time he shall by all
j proper efforts encourage iiit^-rrird improvements,
believing such means most certain to dcvelope
of said the vast arid mighty resource: of our territory,
(retching half ncro s the continent, with a soil
as productive, a climate a^ genial and healthful,
and a scenery as fascinating, as is embraced in
the same extent in any part of the globe.
To support him in his enterprise, he trusts
that no appeal to the citizens of Guadalupe coun-
ty is necessary. They can not but be sensible,
that a paper established at the county «eat will j
prove of the greatest importance to the town
Young men often mi*1- a figure
after a mis' .
booksellers aud periodical agents for extending school are unable to pay their share of the sal-
the circulation of the work. The Eclectic can ' ^ry apportioned as aforesaid, and the said trus-
tth'-n figuring always be 1 ibtained promptly by addressing. tees be atisfied of the fact, it shall be the duty
J 11 FITTÍ V. Auguitn fin of said tru'tece tr make out a li't of all ncj¡
in western Texan, that land of beauty. It II
well edited, too, and we place it on oar exchange
list with pleasure.— f S. 0. Picayune.
We have received the second number of The
Mercury, a paper published in Slguia, Guad-
alupe county; II. T. IJurke, editor and pra|
It is a neat, well printed sheet, of ample j
sions. The editorials are well written, i
have no doubt it will give entire satisfactiM to
the people whose interests it is intended to a«b-
scrve.— [Trinity Advocate.
The Mercury is the title of a new and very
papeV, established at S^gain.
,, ii.i , ' respectable papeV, established at
and county. Already have they given the most j fc!vilinn> rGílv^t¿n.)
encouraging proofs of their munificence and pub-
lie spirit, by the erection of academies, and in
other ways, creditable alike to themselves and
the State. It is hoped, therefore, that, to a man,
they will come forward and aid in this under-
taking. He relies, too, upon the patriotism and
intelligence of Texans generally, who arc ever
ready to support every laudable design, and he
anticipates much from the known curiosity of
the ritirens of other to inform them-
B LACK SMITHING.
The un'lernigned bave forned aec . __
fthip. for the pnrpom of canyfa* °"
lilarkraiithing taurine** in Scfuin. Any
work in their line will he don® ^. If**1*
ne«w and dispatch. W. C. BAXTER,
Seguin, Jan. 2, 1854. [7yJ B- "• **jjDGK.
In addition to the utnial nhop-ÍitiKÚ>«* *• ,
hand ploughs of every varietj, and wagons, ironed «■ in
the bo*t style. We are prr pared to do every kukdor
work in our line .-it the notice, and on lair terna.
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Burke, H. T. The Texan Mercury. (Seguin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 41, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 1, 1854, newspaper, July 1, 1854; Seguin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth180516/m1/4/?q=+date%3A1845-1860: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.