The Belton Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 25, 1858 Page: 2 of 4
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Bilton, Tsxa*. : : Seit. 25th, 186S.
TERMS Or THIS PAPEIli
Far Mafia dour. one jr«ur. la
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Club. ofrVi, when Uk«u At the mi inn time
will I* furnljlieii at jn u<>
k j uumber ma/ be adileil t the eluu of «Ix m tlie
HininU. ehárge l butt'J pa. «..jiy, the in..-
To Farmer , win, taguif to pur tlmlr mibKeriiitlóua
-atu( a grnwlug crop, we only oli¡ir«« the wlmi^ce
ink*,pajriibln when the crop I harrullo.]. In nil
tbar ium. uní* * a «pedal contract to thu oonlrurv
' nada. a will charge for kIhrIo «ulxcrlptlon, In nl-
ranee, (2 50; in alx month*. *11: at vlw expiration of
sha year, •«. For SI* Month* Í1 An.
4V So paper aent out of the liiatrlct unle*« the
pajroient of tue lubacrlptlou In fcuarauteeit by mime
paraos Is Belt .
AJDVKllTISEtHENTS
■merte<l hereafter, at the fnUnwr'ng rate : fine
•ifimreof TKV IJNK.-* or lean, one truck |1: oni-li mib-
4M)uent luaortion, AOcentn. One n|unr B inunthaffi
'■"ne xj intra t month , it. A lilierul 'lUrouiit will he
made I tho*e who nilverM.ie by the year.
I*egal aitvertl..emen'«. when I'ul'l or In urlvauce, a
they ought to he, will be pul 1 n «mailer nlzu<l iype
than that whlcb wo have buen lining (luring the past
twelve month . Hut when we are expected to wjlt
10,12 anil 18 montba for our money we inunl ho p.ild
or waiting.
DIVINE SERVI CK.
Rev. Dr. Kendrick will preach in
tho Church in Bel tori, on the second
Sabbath in every month.
Rev. J. Cbtbaugh will preach in
(he Church in Bolton, on tho Third
S iibbatli and the Saturday before, of
*i ch month.
19* For*Honston, Hempstead, N.
Orleans, and other foreign advertise-
ments, Bee 4th page.
Blue Pencil.
When within two week* of the ex-
piration of a subscription, wo will
direct our paper with a blue pencil,
>o that our ¡rienda may know at
what timo their eupscriptious are
out. Unless wo are instructed to
the contrary, by our subscribers at
home, we will continue the subscrip-
tion.
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3^-Wo are requested to state that
Rev. Mr. Clabaugh will not be able
to fill his next regular appointment.
-
KTW« call attention to the notice of
Mesara. Blair A Lambert. Tlioue interested
tad better give it a closo perusal.
tea
■3* The advertisement of Mr. Allen will
b« found iu our columns this morning.—
The books are well worth tli e price.
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87 We cull the attention of " Younj;
America" to the advertisement of Dr.
Sheldon, In to-day's paper. Here is a rnro
chance for the cultivation of a Moustache.
finndnf Dispatch versas Cien.
Jackson.
It h us been said that some men's deeds
go before them and that other] follow after,
but, iu the present instance, we see no ne-
cessity fur either. W« never called oureolf
a Jackson ninn in his time, but, like many
others, cuiild not help admiring the man
and his general character, while we must
heartily condemned some of his political
proclivities. Bui, he is gone, and iu him we
lost a Jackton, and nothing less, a mnn for
the times in which he lived, possessing
enough of sternness and inflexibility
to have great decision of charactcr, when
guided by superior judgment. But the
" Dispitch " has found it in his heart to
stealthily seek his totnb, exhume the wound-
ed spirit, and, in his desire to pcrscuute,
has stabbed and stablied again the soul of
him whoso life rendered him immortal.
The " D¡splitch " wanders back to the liv-
ing dnys of Jackson, and, with the nasal
organ of a blood hound, i-.cuuts out the mis-
takes of that great man's lifj, and then
inanes a foray upon the dead, which Udisro-
putable tJany paper of its character. Not
content with the vitupcraiiens uttered
agninat him, it even publishes the ' Jack-
son Ouffln bill," and covers one whole page
with tho political opposition he bud to en-
counter. In these matters Gen. Jackson
stood cxhouorutcd from all censure, anil
when death closed his career, he fell in the
arms of the American people, and the na-
tion mourned a nation's loss. What does
the " Dispatch " expect from such a tirado
of abuse? Dons he resort to such chicanery
for political capital? If so, his case
roust be hopeless indeed. No American
can pnms3 the pages of the infamy without
shuddering from the crown of his head to
tho soul of his fuot, and feeling that lie who
stoops^o such shameful deeds must trulf
beij^P^jbuucliee of the stagnant pools of
politics. Gtu. Jackson still lives in the
hearrs of the people, and although the Dis-
patch may traduce and villify his great
name, it will continue to shine brighter
than gold, long and long after the columns
of the •' Dispatch " and its cohorts are bu
ried and forgotten Such putrifaction calls
for a speedy dissolution of its parts, find if
thehigbt of his ambition is to heap infamy
upon tho illustrious liarbes of the great and
good/Ulio sootier its decomposition is an-
nounced, the better it will be for the readers
of the ill timed persecution. The people
aro as well acquainted wi th his If story as
aro the editors of the " Dispatch," yet his
name is so revered, that his portrait adorns
the walls of almost every mansion, and his
name uttired by the school boy with the
reverence becoming his high and honorable
position.
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Sprinklings.
The Illinois C. R. R. Company hi-
tend raising and widening the lev-
ees around Cairo immediately.-:—-
a new steamboat voute is spoken of
Blowing.
Wo huve been twitted occasional-
ly, not only by some jealous journals
in other parts of this State, but by
I some few uiin-subscfibers at home,
i Colonel, much against his nice sense
'of propriety, as he never Held' a
j military position,) was a native of
¡ Tennessee, a printer, and for ten
i it «' vears an editor in that State. Ho-
But little overa twelve month ago; y - ™ 1 .
, , ti. p.iiic came to lesas in 18a7—lie'd
lost and mourned hei busk—j
CüBMlMCATIONS.
^Ai Autninu' I.ulives, They
Fall."
Texas
an
By* Godey for October is on our
table. This number is, if anything,
superior to that of last month. We
think that no lady should be with-
out this superior Magazine.
# a a
19" We ask attention to the ad-
vertisement on the outside page,
treaded "Portable Circular Saw
Mills." By somo unaccountable
blunder we made the ownership
"P. Graham" instead of P. R/iam.—
Wo now make the amende honora-
ble by correcting it. We are in-
formed by Mr. Ivens, the New Or-
leans Agent for this extensive con-
cern, that they arts now manufactu
ring a very heavy lot of goods in
their line for tho Southern mar-
ket Those who require machinery
would do well to make particular
enquiries regarding this Southern
manufactory.
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Stic advertisement of A. M. Gen-
try & Co., and know ye that this
concern is unsurpassed both for its
Stiles and character of goods in
this oity They are neighbors of
ours and wo like them all from Ab.
op. Their stock is the largest of
the kind over brought to Houston,
Slid tho cry of tho clerks is "still it
comes."— Telegraph.
KT The extensive advertisement
of the liberal firm will also bo found
in the columns of the Independent.
Tbey havo no doubt one of, if not
th* greatest and most extensive
Stocks in their lino iu Texas. We
know they deal on liberal terms, be-
CSUBS we have tried them.
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19* The card of Mr. E.' Waller
Jr., of Hempstead Texas, has been
added to our columns tliiti week. It
vill be seen by a reference to this
csrd of Mr. W. that he liaB superior
facilities for conducting this business
his house being situated immediate-
ly on the road. Besides this wc see
tlist our young friend Goodwyn,
formerly of Richmond, is in this
concern. This is a further guaran-
tee to \m of safety, r^ced and suro-
loud, most particularly iu reterence i
to tho wheat crop oí tho past season.
Wo have, since tho series of char-
ges have been shot against us, taken
some little pains tu see whether or
not ue have blown too loud. It may
be, that we have "struck the lucky
streak," but as yet we l ave heard
from none of our farmers, of whom
we have made enquiries about tbeir
kucccss in raising wheat, of less
than tefc bushels to lite aero. Many
were inclined not to cut and thresh
Spring wheat at llrát, but wero in-
duced to do so upon further investi-
gation and the advice of friends,
and in many instances, where it had
been the determination of planters
to turn their stock iu upon the Spring
wheat fields, have obtained as much
10 bushels, and in some as much as
12 bushels to the acre
have accused us of "blowing" had
better count the figures before thy
How.
faint] in the Shuttle, 1u« .«inmt; " "• ' 1 «41-atterward. MM
A little Inter «lid i111 Llb"'-V "Í"1 frM" 1S"
' 1853 was an active honest and use-
ful representative hi the Legisla-
ture. In 1856 lie was elected!
State Engineer unper the River Im-
provement law, by the Legislature,
the delicate and lighly important
from, the N. 0, J. & O. N. R. R. to about blowing for Bell County tooj hl tll(, lodieein die city government of Gal
the watering places 0:1 the Southern ' 1 ' -•
coast of Mississippi,—leaving the
point where it crosses Mauripas
pass. By this route travellers can
go to the different parts of South
Mississippi without touching New
Orleans during the fever season.
The celebrated singer Madame Pa-
rodi, has been assassinated in Swit-
zerland. Yellow fever has made
its appearance on Staten Island; 15
cases have been reported. Capt.
«John G. Barr, lately appointed U. S.
Consul at Melbourne, died on board
the Koyal Mail steamer, Emerson,
on the 18th of May last. The cot-
ton crop has been cut off in p u tions
of Mississippi, particularly on the
sandy lands, nt least one third, by
worms. It is rumored that Jenny
Lind will return to the United States
on a professional tour. Don't .be-
lieve it. Tho French (?) inventor
of Crinoline has retired on a for-
tune. In consequence of the
tho hearth stone.
Anson Jones, the last President ol
the gli rious little Republic of Texas
left the fiiild of his labors. In quick
time he was followed by Hiram G.
Runnels, au ex-Governor of Missis-
sippi, but lon;i a respected citizen of
Texas and a Senator at the time of
his decease. And yet, a little while,
and our State was again sluouded
in mourning for one of her mighti-
est sons—fur when Janus Pinckney
Henderson died, ve lost one who
had been approv<-d as eminent on
the Bhl, in tho cabinet., in foreign
duties of which
tho time of his
eliciting general i
proval. Mr. Fiel
strong aud cultiv
rotis writer, a g od citizen aud es-
News has been received from
Salt Lake. Most of tho Mormons
had returned to tho city. Brigham
Young is entrenched in his own
house with a strong guard—fearing
assassination at the hands of his
own people. Crops of nil kinds
looked well in Utah. Gen. John
son had begun to make arrange
merits for winter quarters. Heavy
rains had fallen. A band of TOO
Pawnees had been run off their
hunting grounds by Comanche ,
Cheyennes and Arrapahoes. Tlioy
wore seen on Blue Ridge. The
Pawnees had fought a running
fight with tho threo tribes for six
days, aud had Tour warriors, two
squaws and one pappooso killed,
and several wounded, but succeeded
in killing fifteen Cheyennes and two
Arrapahoes, and wounding quite a
number. They came with the mail
party as far as Little Blue, where
they encamped. Large herds of
Buffalo were seen.
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0The business, freight and
passetigers, done by the Texas Cen-
tral Rail jRoad, from the 1st of
Sept 1850 to same date 1857,
amounted to $38,345 98. From 1st
Sept 1857 to same date 1858 was
$93,372 34, being an increaso this
year over that of last of $55,028 30,
about 143 per cení. Tho Tele-
graph thinks if the road progresses
as last as it now promises, thcro is
no icason why a total income for
the next year may not be over $220.,
000. We ho-pc it may.
m~m~m
05?" We see, by tho San Antonio
Herald, that Messrs. Clark and
Kceu have concluded a contract for
iron sufficient to lay fifty miles of
the S. A. & M. G. R. R. It is to be
delivered at Pass Cavallo at $50
per ton.
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8©- We learu from the Courier
that Wm Brown, a Swede, died in
IlndianoU from yellow fuver. The
caso did not originate in Indisnols,
> but New Orleans.
great amount of filth and mud left
by tho late high water in the Missis-
sippi river, there has been a great
deal of sickness along its banks.
Dr. J. J. Hayes, of New Or-
leans has prescribed a plan by which
yellow fever can be prevented.
The Texas Christian Advocate of
the 2nd iust., says Galveston is heal-
thy—no yellow fever. Spurgeyn,
tho celebrated English preacher,
compares prayer to the rope of
a Belfry; pull it, and it rings the
bell up in heaven. The harder you
pull the louder riugs the bell.
The N. Y. Mails now reach Jackson
in about 4£ days. ■ The Norfolk
Herald announces that oniy two
miles of track-laying remains to be
done on the Norfolk and Petersburg
railroad. Tho lapse of a few more
days will bring the spiking of "the
last rail" in the great iron chain
from the Chesapeake to the Mississip-
pi.—A Mr. Canion, of Holly Springs,
Miss., has a dog which acts as a
mail carrier between that gentleman
ai.d his wife. It is said that tho
yellow fever is more prevalent in
the Island of Cuba this year than it
has been known for thirty years
past.
asa
B&T Wc learn that quite a num-
ber of our planters are sowing and
making ready to sow their fall
wheat, and we hope to learn that a
much greater crop will bo put in
this Fall than was last. We are
having better mill facilities, and
there is no doubt, but if there is a
prospect of an increase in the
amount of the wheat crop, there
will be one or two other mills up in
n mliness to grind it. Tiie Southern
non-wheat producing portion of our
noble State is íeady and willing to
make a market, for all the flour that
can possibly be made in this more
fortunate section, and when we
know that all Texas is ready and
willing to use Texas wheal, we
diplomacy, as first Governor of the
State, and whoxe genius and fervid
patriotism, had life been spared,
would have shed lustre on his loved
Those who! State in the Senate of the Federal
Union.
Next, the vetpran Gen. E. TI. Tai*,
rant, was called hei'ice. But our cup
of sorrow was not yetJnll—more
victims were demanded to satisfy
the grim monster; and they have
been «surrendered.
The last papers from the coast
bring us intelligence in one breath
of the death of Samuel M. Williams,
William Felds, a,nil George T. Wood,
three names not unknown to tin
people.
Mr. S amuel M. Williams (he never
held a military position, though
dubbed with the title of Colonel by
a ridiculous custom of gratuitously
'drlitiii men,) wásbi.ru in Providene.:,
Rhode Island, and in .youth moved to
sentiaily holiest i
men are always
where we may.
he performed to
eath in a manner
ivot universal ap-
s was a man of
ted mind, a vigo-
all he did. Such
iseful, place them
'hey always frown,
upon evil and eipport public arid
private virtue.
Thus within thirteen months Tex-
as has hist Hiiccenjively Rusk, Jones,
lit,
liams^Food ut
tms3P«
than nines men
on, Tarrant, Wil-
Fields,—no less
f more or less dis-
tinction/and eac¡ with claims upon
the hearts ol the loople. ' Lipscomb,
Webb, Menard, ud others had gone-
just before. Trtiy. then, may we
in sorrow oxcla|u--"A8 Autumn's
—the revolutions-
tate. What a íes-
survive! How it
high—"Be ye also
niston and Lamar,
still linger on tho
leaves, they fall
ry lights of our
son to those wh
speaks from oi
ready." Burnet,
all ex-Presidenti
soil they lielpe
brutal foe: bu
to wrest from a
they are old men,
near three seorolnd tVn, and cannot
long delay. Ol'the field officers nt
San Jacinto, I l(iievo Houston aud
, ,, , I ho was associated with Anstin, as
believe it is the duly of rarmors to „ .. .. . ,, , . ,
. . J | Secretary of the Colony, and Inter as
gratify them. It is not reasonable
to suppose, that because the wheat
crop of some portions of the state
met with a sad disaster, the past sea-
son, that it will do so again, there-1
fore as we have before said we hopo ¡
to hear that a very largo crop will
be planted.
Baltimore. In the winter of 1821-2 j Sherman , are alone left. Rusk,
became to Texas, lie has been a j Wharton, Hocjey, Burleson, Mil-
Texian ever since. For ni my years j hird, Bennet, joleiniin, Somervell,
was
i i t
We learn from an
the Indianola Courier of the
iust., that the parties
¡last week; Barnes &c. have been
tttST Under a law of the last Leg- j arrested as horse thieves; also that
islature each organized county ofiu boy named Dainmert, who has
the State was authorised to elect a| been for some time iu the Post Of-
County Surveyor (where they were ; ut San Antonio, has been arres-
not already entitled to one) and form 1 tl ,i Ht tjie first named place, having
a separate Land District. So far as jn his possession, drafts, Treasury
Milam Land District is concerned, ¡ notes &c., amounting to between
the counties havo elected surveyors j 50,000 and 00,000 dollars, which he
under this law, and the surveyors |,ad managed to secure during his
are now engaged iu procuring the i,r¡ef clerkship.
necessary maps and transcripts from
tho mother office in Bolton. This is
one of tho best laws of tho State
for the general good and conve-
nience of the people. In a short
time Williamson, Bell, Lampasas,
Comanche, Palo Pinto, Erath and
McLennan will bo fully organized as
Land Districts, and persons looking
at lands or socking information in
regard to them, can be accommoda-
ted in each county, instead of hav-
ing to travel from thirty to two hun-
dred miles to the mother offieo of
the Land District. Heretofore the
counties of San Saba, Llano, &c.,
had to go to San Antonio; Brown
to Austin; Comanche, Erath, Palo
Pinto, &c., to Belton, thus practical-
ly locking up a large amount of in-
formation desired by every emigrant,
and which he can hereafter obtain
at cacli county scat.
a co-emprisario iri Austin and Wil-
liams' Colony. He was a faithful
and liberal supporter of the revolu-
tionary e.itjse—a member Of Con
grt'Hs in 1839-40—Commissioner in
effecting an armistice with Mexico
in 1843—the first Grand M ister (I
belitivii) of the Masons iu Texas—
extra of ,m(] j-01. Kt.vcnii years has beptjLthe
^'h j President of the only Bank in the
spoken ol g{ilt0< lb; was a man of strong, de-
cisive mind, superior busines capaci-
ty, and, till within a few years, of
retentive memory, rendering his
society exceedingly interesting to
those fond of information touching
our cariy history.
Among the other incidents con-
nected with the history of Mr. Wil-
liams, he informed tho writer of this
that he sent the gallant Col. John
Austin (who died in 1S34. full of
honors,) from Sun Felipe to Natchi-
toches, Louisiana, on a mule, for the
It is with much regret that
we announce the death of Mr. P. U.
Foote, wliom many of our readers' reuní of paper upon which the first
will remember as giving concerts ¡ titles in Austin's Oniony, wero is-
witii Messrs. Becker and Behrman, sued, there being no pap< r in Texas,
in our village some few months ago. These titles were written on the
Hewas a fine young man and a tal- head of whiskey barrel. Also that
entcd musician. 11c fell a victim to the first coat made in Austin's colo-
thc yellow fever, in Galveston.— ny was made for him (Williams)
others are all
sail is the rt
Karnes, Jameitt. Cook, Joseph C.
Netll, Patton, Stherland, Fisher and
>ne! How solemnly
fitior. to those who
cherish the nmory of other men
and other day in Texas.
It has bcen ie fortune of the wri-
ter to enjoy ic personal acquain-
tance of all tl above eight honored
citizens, exciting General Tarrant
--and with me of them to have
been op tern of intimacy—indeed
Iomlv residen! in the county and
circnrnstanci havo afforded him
thegratifyinjprivilogo of personal-
ly knowing,
nearly all tl
have served
twenty yeai
the roll of t
ore or less intimately,
prominent men who
Vxas within the last
LHiking back over
se long years and rc-
£3T Tho following is an extract
from a letter from our Agent in
Galveston, by which it will be seen
that the yellow fever is gaining force
in that city: "The yellow fever is
pretty bad here. 7 died on Wed-
nesday, (15th;—2 yesterday, (16th).
There has been no deaths, so far, to-
day (2 o'clock, P. M.) Some five or
six taken with it to-day. There is
at least 50 cases in the city."
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We learn from the y* that
Another young gentleman who had
but lately become a citizen of that
city, Mr. T. N. Blackmar, has also
died of the same disease.
j|gy Wo learn from the Richmond
Reporter, that there has been five
new cases of yellow fever in Hemp-
stead siuco the death of Mr. Fields.
We have no doubt but what the ca-
ses originated from Mr. Fields,
who carried it tl.cre from Galves-
ton.
a-a-a—;
The Telegraph is advocating
the creation of a gas company in
Houston. Cushing tells the folks
that $40,000 would be enough to set
tho thing up, and we do earnestly
hope the good people of that city
will see the necessity of the thing
us clearly as does C.
Q^Wo take tho following ex-
tinct from a letter, dated Sept. lfeth,
from a v^ry responsible House iu
Hempstead: "Ve y busy times here
under a live oak tree in 1826, by
John (Waco) Brown, just after his
escape from tho Waco Indians. The
cloth was brought from Baltimore
in 182., and Brown was the first
man he had found in the Colony who
could make a coat. Mr. Williams
was eminently one of the patriarchs
of Texas, and died in his 02th year.
Col. George T. Wood came from
Alabama to Texas, and settled oil the
Trinity many years ago. He served
in the Old Congress—commanded
tho E i stem Texas regiment at the
battle of Monterey—was iu the first
State Legisture and in 1847 was
elected Governor. Since 1849 tu-
bus been in private life. Col. Wood
.vas a man of good common mind—
by no means talented—of generous
nature and unqnesfioriei patriotism,
always esteemed by those who knew
him best. lie was a planter of or-
dinary English education and deser-
ved W( II n| his fellow-citizens, by
counting thoames of the honored
dead within nit time, can but fill
one's heart id mind with emotions
ol sadness, hot awe. By so many
solemn lessijt are we warned to so-
live that letie dreaded hour come
when it ma, wo shall bo prepared
to recive thffeummons as confiding
children of is the ir.eck and lowly
Savior of injkind. J. H. B.
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Mr. Mar(ualk:—At a regular
meeting of í "Belton Lyceum," on
Friday eveig the 17th inst., the
following rotation was passed:
Resolved, iat the Belton Lyceum
bo ddjourm until the 2nd Friday in
November >xt—at which time the
privilege becoming a member
will bé ext tied to all.
It is to I: loped that the communi-
ty will not ink tho Lyceum dead"
because oniis resolution, as almost
every meiPr assigned a good rea-
s6n for vijig for it.
M.j- VANDERQURST,
Secretary.
W
Mr. Kiu
sioves
winter
earn from tho Weather-
ford Newjthat two men were killed
in Jack cnty, a few days since, by
Indians.
W aro pleased to learn thai
i has at last procured
his school room for tbe
ifir/e learu that a large flock
—all wel!—no sickness—yelluiv fe- j w'iiini his deiltli is sincerely lumen- !°f sluyi.is passed through Dal-
way to. Bell
tho health ot San Antonio never j vtr ¡n Galveston, aud looked lor, t(,d jlascoi/y oa their
was better than it i at present. | ,ja¡]y ¡„ Houston." | Mr. William Fields, (ofton titled | Oountl
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Marschalk, A., Sr. The Belton Independent. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 25, 1858, newspaper, September 25, 1858; Belton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth180584/m1/2/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.