The Weekly Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 29, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 14, 1857 Page: 2 of 4
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THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.
THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.
A. MARSOHALK, 8 ., Editob.
P. MARSOHALK, Jt., Publish**-
ks:—-- —- — - - ■ 1
Bkltov, Texas, November 14, 1857
SATURDAY MORNING,
PREPAYMENT OF POSTAGE
—To all those who pay in ad came
we will send the Independent FREE
OF POSTAGE.
£W Anything in the way of food or
provender for man or beaut, taken in
exchange at market prices, for subscrip-
tion to " The Independent."
"oíííTagénts.
yip- Mr. Charles C. Maiguo, at the
House of Tyson, Bradley & Co.,
Houston, is our authorized agent to
solicit work and collect money for
the Independent.
The following named gentlemen
are ouv duly authorized agents, and
their receipts for money will be re-
cognized by us:
Waco—M D Herring.
Georgetown—Dr. W I Anderson.
Galveston—David Ayres.
Indituwla—Thomas Rooke.
Lavacca—Dr John.Fretwell.
Scguin—Dr Jno M Anderson.
San Antonio—Jessup M Bell.
Austin—S B Brush.
ImG range—W g Weud.
Cora, Comanche Co.—T. Frost.
Lampassas Spgs—Thos B Hclikg
Fairfield—Isaac Cline.
Galesrilk—Dr g W Taylor.
Perry—Mr Stcbblbfiei.d.
Natchez, Miss.—Sam'l Burns.
New Orleans—3 DeBaun, Arcade.
DIVINE SERVICE.
llev. J. Clabaugh will preach in
the Baptist Church in Belton, on the
Third Sabbath and the Saturday be
Sore, of each month.
Agricultural Club.
The meeting for the formation of
this Club will take place on the 20th
day of November next, at the Court
House in Belton.
To Sheriffs, Ac., Ac.
Art. 1378: That in all cases where
a citation or other process is requir-
ed for publication in a newspaper,
the officer whose duty it may be to
make such service shall be furnished
with the printer's fee for such publi-
cation, before he shall be required to
have such scrvicc made.
TaÑÍTFoirSALE.
The Editor of this paper has for
Bale the undivided half of the tract
of land known as tho lower or
south half of tho R. P. Forbes Sur-
vey, lying on the Leon River, near
where Owl Creek unites with it.
Call and see us, we will give a
good bargain, and a perfcct title.
10* The Commissioner of Patents,
Hon. J. Holt, will please accept our
best thanks for a package of the
"Turkish Flint Wheat.
We have complied with the
wish of "a Subscriber," and the
piece he refers to will be found on
.our first page.
Frost.—A very heavy frost was
•visible on the ground on Monday
morning last. We have as yet
heard of no damage done, except to
late vegetables. The grass fortu-
nately was too forward to be scrions-
ly injured.
We hope everybody will read
the communication of our good
friend "a Subscriber." For the flat-
tering compliments paid to us we
tender him our best thanks. We
re-echo his remarks about the per-
manency of "The Independent." It
is now a fixture, and with the per-
mission of Providence will remain
so for a long series of years. Just
give us the aid ho asks for and we
(tvill do our part.
Mr. S. Kuykendall placed on
our table a few days ago a very fine
variety of squash. It does not
grow to a very large size—but the
quality is very good. We tried one
and found it fine. Mr K. will have
a large quantity of seed to dispose
of next year.
tSf Has ovir friend Bonnet of the
Indianoliati succumbed at last?
Have the energetic people of Powder
Horn and Indianola let "The Indian-
olian" die as they have done three
other papers? Wo have not seen a
copy of that sheet for some three
or four weeks.
Synopsis of the message.
MT On next Monday our District
Court will commence it® Fall Term.
Tho Gov. thinks this will be an
unusually interesting session: pred-
icating those thoughts on various
grounds, among others the financial
embarrassments of the country—
improvident issues of bank paper
&c., &c.
He puts down the financial con-
dition of the State thus:
Assessment of 1856, $161,194,-
479 00. Tax for same $242,99618.
Poll tax for that year $22,179 00.—
Tax on Occupation, Sales &c., $29,-
037 91, making entire tax 294,213,-
79. Increase on 1855 of 8 percent.
The net revenue derived from this
tax, after deduction was $229,289 53.
Valuation for 1857 in $183,594,-
205. Producing tax of $276,901 54.
Poll tax of $24,225 00. Tax on occu-
pation &c., $26,536 34. Entire tax
for 1857 $327,662 88, increase of
about 11 per cent on 1856.
The net amount derived from this
valuation after deduction was about
$255,044 05.
On the 1st of Nov. the funds in
the State Treasury exclusive of
school funds amouuted to $1,230,000
of which $470,000 00 arc subject to
be drawn for appropriations hereto-
fore made, so that the actual bal-
ance in the Treasury subject to ap-
propriation is but 760,000.
The Gov. thinks if the State relea-
ses the taxes for another two years
the treasury will be in a seedy con-
dition, as it will require $540,000 of
the present sum in the vaults to pay
the necessary expenses of Govern-
ment, and with the course heretofore
pursued we shall have an exhausted
treasury by 1860 or 1861.
He indirectly recommends a re-
duction of the advalorem tax for 15
per cent to 10 per cent.
Here follows a page or two rela-
tive to creditors of tho late Repub-
lic of Texas—too long to notice
minutely, and will not do to abbre-
viate.
The Reports of the Superintendent
of school funds show that the princi-
pal of the school fund has been in-
creased to about $2,000,000.
Number of Scholars reported for
1856, 72,826. Amount disbursed
for schools, $101,588 00, being about
$1,38 per scholar. Number of
scholars for 1857, 87,000. Amount
disbursed, $106,000, about $1,21 per
scholar.
Ho strongly recommends the buil-
ding of a State University, and
show that we are in aB good if not
a better condition to build and sus-
tain one as any other State.
He speaks of the favorable pro-
gress of educating tho Deaf and
Dumb, and show that it is no longer
an experiment. But that it has been
successfully done.
Our friend Gen. T. J. Chambers
released voluntarily his claim to the
land purchased near Austin for the
State Lunatic Asylum, and the Com-
mission will soon contract for the
erection of a suitable building for
that unfortunate class of our popu-
lation.
The 400,000 acres of land appro-
priated for these institutions have
been located within the limits of the
Mississippi and Pacific Rail Road
Reserve, and no doubt be sold well.
lie is against donating the lands
already settled upon within the lim-
its of that reserve, but recommends
that an extension of time for the
payments due on those lands should
bo granted—say to one or two years
with interest.
Recommends that provisions bo
made for the sale of the alternate
sections reserved for encouragement
of the construction of railroads &c.
Ho thinks a price should be set
upon the lands "not now liable to
location, entrees or pre-emption
privileges."
Recommends tho issuance of
script by tho Commissioner of the
Gen Land Office in quantities of not
lees than 80 acres, to be located in
a square form, and in one place only
except in cases where previous sur-
veys do not admit of it.
$210,000 have been loaned to the
Houston and Texas Central Rail
under the act providing for that
kind of an investment; and the B.
B. B. and C. Railroad haye made ap-
plication for $150,000.
Considerable is Baid relative to
Rail Roads, but we have no room
for it.
Speaks favorably of the Penal
Code.
Recomends the propriety of requi-
ring Assessors and Collectors to ob-
tain as accurate information as pos-
sible, in regard to the quantity of
land in cultivation, and the value
of our agricultural, mechanical and
manufacturing productions, for the
preceeding year.
Recommends a Geological Sur-
vey.
The vote on the Amendment to
the Constitution proposed was not
sufficient, and the Governor now
suggests that the opinion of the
Electors of this State to fee taken at
the next August election, whether a
convention should be called to
amend the Constitution.
Speaks of Frontier protection—of
Bvt. Maj. Gen. Twiggs doing all
in his power to give entire protec-
tion &c.
Speaks of the relations of our
State with the Federal Government.
The Houston Telegraph.—This
fine paper comes to us this week
much enlarged and improved. But
a few weeks ago Mr. Cushing gave
his paper a new dress of type, and
he has now enlarged it, making it a
column wider. The Telegraph is
now, in our humble opinion one of
the best papers in the South.
All honor and credit to the enter-
prising and appreciative citizens of
Houston, for supporting this paper.
They deserve to succeed as they
have done in building up a splendid
city.
tGgr The Texas Christian Advocate
is now one of our best exchanges.—
It is well filled with interesting Mis-
cellaneous as well as Religious mat-
ter, and in its appearance, typo-
graphically, it will vie with any paper
in the Union. We congratulate our
old friend David Ayres Esq., on his
successful management of the* con-
cern; and hope ho will reap a rich
reward for his labors.
The Agricultural Association.—
We hope our friends will not forget
that on next Friday, the meeting for
the formation of this Club will take
place at the Court House. We
have, as will be seen elsewhere,
received from the U. S. Patent Of-
fice a package of the Turkish Flint
Wheat. Wo propose to present
each one of our planting friends
who may participate in the forma-
tion of that Club, with a small pack-
age of the splendid seed.
Cheering to Sugar Users.—We
learn from various sources that a
very large crop of sugar will be
made this season. The article had
fallen in the New Orleans Market, at
the latest advices to 3 cts ®> for
Fair @ 8 cts for Choice, and it was
believed if the heavy frosts hold off
long enough a larger crop than has
ever been made heretofore will re-
ward the planters. We hope so—
20 cents a pound for short sweet-
ning is awful to think of.
In the late election the following
is the result of the official vote.
H R Runnels 32,552.
Sam Houston 23,628.
F R Lubbock 33,379.
Jesse Grimes 23,318.
French Smith 878.
Th,v shows the voting population
of Texas to be now 56,180 represen-
ting a population, we presume of
about 500,000.
J®-We learn that Judge Hemp-
hill will not resign his position as
Chief Justice until after the .next
August election. ' *
CD11ÜN1CAM.
Gov. Pease in'his last mes-
sage, says that Bvt. Maj. Gen.
Twiggs has done everything in his
power to give protection to our
frontier settlers. Yes, and great
protection it is. We have in anoth-
er place in to-day's paper given an
example of the kind of protection
his forccs are giving. Would it not
be well for our Legislature to pass a
Resolution, requesting either Con-
gress or the War Department, to
"farm out" to us our own protection?
We'll engage that for just half the
money Uncle Sam now spends in the
boundaries of our State, we can not
only protect ourselves, but that we
can do it a thousand per cent better
than does his "Army of the West."
Thanksgiving Day.— We again
call the attention of our readers to
the Proclamation of the Governor,
recommending Thursday tho 26th
instant to be observed by all as a
day of Thanksgiving. It seems to
be nothing more than proper, that
such a day should be observed by a
suspension of all ordinary accupa-
tion by each one, and by a general
assemblage at church, to return
thanks to a kind Providencc^or bles-
sings bestowed.
Wo are now experiencing
one of the most unpleasant, nasty,
wet, cold days we have had this
year. When will it quit raining?
BSS The Messrs. Powers have
sent us samples of some of the late
supply of groceries received by them
at their establishment on the South
side of the square.. The Pickles and
Syrup were extra fine;. Their stock
we learn is full and varied.
. a®- Corn Huskings are recom-
mended by the Picayunte'as great in-
stitution. They have a record of
one held somewhere in the state of
Connecticut at which there were
300 bushels of corn husked, 40 girls
kissed—5 engagements "made up"
and every body at home by ten
o'clock.
a child of S. Kuykcndall's
near Salado, got a grain of corn
in his wind-pipe on Monday. Mr K.
had sent for physicians with a view
of having it cut out, but fortunate-
ly the youngster succeeded in cough-
ing it out, thereby rendering the
surgical operation unnecessary.
WSf We learn from the Texan
that the Grasshoppers have made
their appearance in that city again.
They arc so thick as almost to ob-
sourc the light of the sun. They
were there in immense numbers just
two years ago, last month, and des-
troyed every vestige of vegetable
matter not protected from them.
Mr Paulsen the great chess
player was at last accounts from
the Chess Congress now in Session
in New York, engaged in playing
five games, with as many adversa-
ries without seeing either board.—
This is certainly the most astonish-
ing feat ever attempted. He play-
ed on the 24th ult. for seven hours
with his five opponents—each of
whom are A Na 1 players. The
games commenced at 4 o'clock P. M;
at 11 they had not been finished, al
though in all of them this wonderful
memory player had the decided ad-
vantage. He was to play five
games the next evening blindfolded
Ex-Gov. Foote formerly of Missis-
sippi—now resident of California, is
in Jackson Miss, on a visit.
Death of Hon. Louis McLane.—
This eminent statesman died at Bal-
timore on the 7 th inst., aged 71
years. He was born in Kent coun-
ty, Delaware. In early life he ser-
ved as a midshipman, but afterwards
studied law. In 1816 he was elec-
ted to Congress from Delaware and
remained in the House of Representa-
tives till 1827. He was then chosen
United States Senator. Gen. Jack-
son, in 1829, offered Mr. McLane the
post of Minister to England, which
he filled till 1831, when he returned
to fill the office of Secretary of the
Treasury and afterwards Secretary
of State. For many years past he
had retired from active life.—Ledg.
An exchange paper says: "A cor-
respondent very confidently states
that a certain remedy for warts is
to rub them occasionally for a few
weeks on a sweaty horse. He has
tried the remedy on a seed wart with
great success. We shall not try it;
for first, wo have no horse, second,
he never sweats; third, we have no
seed warts; fifth, we don't'believe in
the remedy: sixth, it will be very
likely to injure the horse; and sev-
enth, it'skind o' nasty."—Err.
Fot the Weekly Independent.
I wish to call the attention of the
readers of the "Independent" to an
article in a lat« number of that ex-
cellent journal, the Houston Tel*
graph, headed " Newspapertorial,"
and I ask you Mr. Editor to copy
it in yonr next Saturday's paper.
That is an excellent article. It was
written by one who is possessed of
good hard sense, and dear teader, if
you have not read that article turn
to it, read * it 'Aver, pouder it well,
and when you have read'it follow
the advice it gives. Let me address,
you further. I toflfc am a citizen ot
Bell county. My interests are iden-
tified with her. I have no interest
in the'"Independent" or any other
paper, more thpn that general inter-
est in thQ* welfare of our town dnd
county? The "Independent" is now
established on a firm basis,
and needs nothing to keep it so,
more than what we, dear reader, are
able to' give, and what it is our duty
to give. The Editor has been doing
all in his power to advance the inte-
rests of our town and county—he
intends still to do so. But what are
we, whose greater interest lie
working for—we who are or may if
we ypll, be benefitted by the paper
as much as the Editor himself—what
I ask, are we doing for it? Are we
following the Golden Rule? Are we
doing for the paper as we would have
it do for us? That we have a good
¡village paper all admit. Its mechan-
ical execution is not surpassed by
any in the State. The Press, that
most jealous of all institutions, have
unanimously admitted that ours is
as good a country paper as can be
found in tho South. It has been
printed under disadvantages much
greater than usually attends the es-
tablishment of a newspaper, yet for
more than six months the paper has
regularly appeared. The Editor has
surmounted difficulties not often met
with, and labored under disadvanta-
ges seldom experienced. It may not
be generally known that at one time
when it seemed impossible to get
paper upon which to print his issue,
the Editor contracted for two bolts
of bleached cotton with the determi-
nation to print upon that, and he
would have done so, had not a lot of
brown paper fallen in his way which
served as a substitute.
I ask again, what are we doing
for the paper? Fariwrs, I appeal to
you. Do you take the Independent
to keep yourself, your wife and chil-
dren well informed in relation to
county matters and general news,
and do you send a copy to your kins-
folk in the "States" or to a distant
part of our own State, to keep them
advised of the "parts" in which you
live? Do you advertise your stray
horses or cattle that run away from
you? Do you give notice that you
can spare a few bushels of corn,
wheat, potatoes, or that you can sell
a cow and calf, a horse, or yoke of
oxen? Why not? The Independent
is read by almost your whole coun-
ty, and in a dozen neighboring coun-
ties. The Editor has offered to take
in payment for subscription anything
that is "food for man or beast." You
can easily send him a bushel or two
of meal, a hundred pounds of flour,
beef, butter, eggs, chickens, turkeys,
honey, or other product of farms and
gardens.
Stockraisers, a word to you. You
wish our county to do well. Then
support our paper. Take a copy for
your own reading, and send a copy
to your old father, or your brother,
or some friend in the States, to let
them see what our new country can
do, and what sort of a country you
are living in.
Merchants, hear me. You wish to
sell goods to as large a number of
persons as possible. This is natural
You wish your county to improve,
you wish immigrants to come from
distant parts and settle here, be-
cause if they come they will pur-
chase from you; and you wish your
citizens to know what you have for
sale. This too is natural. Then
your village paper is the medium
' hrough which those wishes can be
accomplished. Subscribe for the pa-
rar, send it abroad laden with local
news, items of county interest, such
as its products, its fertility, its wa-
ter powers and privileges, its gra-
zing advantages, &c., &c., and my
word for it, immigrants will be at-
tracted to the county, and will like
i t too when they come. Advertise lib-
erally, largely, and let the country
folks know what you have tó sell.—
When the people go into your stores
they can't see half that you have;
rat let them read of it when at home
and they will know where to buy.—
Advertise liberally and your patron-
age will be liberal. No man likes to
trade with one who íb too economi-
cal to make a judicious expenditure
in advertising, lest that man be
found to be too economical to give
him good bargains, or too economi-
cal to deal liberally with him. Then
advertise. Your Editor, I am sure
will not ask you for a cent of money.
Hé has a family to support, and yon
have family goods to sell. Adver-
tise and pay in goods and both will
be benefitted, and in helping your-
selves you will help your county.
Lawyers patronise well your paper
Let your cards appear therein. Let
your pens be ever ready to note down
your well-digested thoughts, and
place them at them at the disposal
of the village Editor, and thus assist
in the general interest of the paper.
Ministers, the Independent will aid
you too. The Editor is ever ready,
willing and anxious to notice the
times of your meeting, the items
of interest in relation thereto, as
well also as emanations from your
pens upon morals, religion, or any
other topic you may choose.
Doctors, you can assist more than
you think. After advertising, sub-
scribing See., send in interesting ar-
ticles upon health, diet, peculiar ca-
ses of disease, &c., and the Editor
will give you a place and thank you
too. A SUBSCRIBER.
KBOZSLATIVB
I® Our thanks arc due to Hon.
A. J. Evans for public documents.
Also to Major John Marshall of
the State Gazette, for a copy of the
Extra of his paper, containing the
proceedings of the Caucus in nomi-
nating Candidates for Senators of
the United States.
t&" We select and publish from
the proceedings of the Legislature
only such items as we believe will
be interesting to our readers.
In the House, Nov. 5—Mr Evans
introduced a bill creating the 19th
Judicial District, and prescribing
the time of holding courts in tho
same; read 1st and 2nd times and
refered to Judiciary committee.
Resolved, by the House, the Senate
concurring that the two houses will
go into the election of two U. S.
Senators on Monday the 9th inst.,
at 10 o'clok.
The election resulted in the choice
oi Hon. John Hemphill for the West
and Hon. J. P. Henderson for the
East.
In the Senate:
Mr McCulloch introduced a bill to
provide for the payment of 3 compa-
nies of Minute Men, commanded by
Capts. Jno. W. Sansom, Jno. D. lTa-
venport and Reading W Black.
Resolved, That the Senate will not
grant relief to any applicant for land
or money against the State of Texas,
except the same has been recommen-
ded by tho Court of Claims, or refer-
ed to the Legislature on its own
merits by said court.
The Case of Madeline Smith.—
Startling Disclosure.— The public
may be prepared to hear an astoun-
ding disclosure in a few days, in
connection with the case of Miss
Madeline Smith. We have been in-
formed, by a most reliable authority,
that one of her servants, in the house
at Blythwood Square, in March last,
has just died suddenly; and that on
her deathbed, seized with remorse,
she made a confession of the impor-
tant fact that arsenic was mixed with
the coffee given to L'Angelier on tho
night of his last visit to miss Smith.
On the trial it failed to be proved
that L'Angelier was at the house of
his betrothed on the night in question
at all, although the servant, who haB
now made this disclosure, was exam-
ined for the prosecution at the trial,
We trust to be enabled to lay further
fiarticulars before our readers short;,
y.—Belfast Mercury.
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