Tri-Weekly Alamo Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 29, Ed. 1 Monday, April 8, 1861 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. 1.
CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 18G1,
NO, 2 .
Til. A hipA VvnrAcc : SANANTONIO KEMAM: COLLKG E
I ill ilkllhU IjApl too ; The exercises oí this Institution will be
1VKEKL YA XD TRl-WEEKL Y \
i be Weeki.t i* published every Salar- \ Methodist Church in this city, under
dar ovt tine ~ ithe direction of Dr. and Mr#. Boring, vvbo
■ • * y-\a 7: .v.. ! ornimenw eoile.iate education. j
Office opposite the Post Office.;
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NEWCOlfi át-BACCtnS
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Preparatory Department.
A POEM FOR NORTH AND SOUTH.
JOHN M.4CA0HLAN,
V ' ' j i
AUCTIONEER AND COMMISSION Of old sat Fret* dpm on the heights,
The thunder breaking at her feet,
MERCHANT, ' Above her shook the starry lights;
tv,A at ti ct jí r> ' r % , ™ ' She heard the torrents meet.
at the OLI) Stand, Corner of Main Plaza
and Trevemo streets. J Sale Days— Ther6 io her !>lace *he ,li(i rejuiee.
Wednesdays and Saturday. ' j > '•« mind.
? Jiut fragments of her rnuhty voice
jan29 tf JOHN M. CAROyjN Came rolling on th * wind.
Proprietor, and PullUhcr 1 *«? Class-f juvenile j per half year, 810 00
cations now in process of cc>ns«
I ruction.
Major Barnard Mats also that
the United States engineers have
been constantly endeavoring to
construct cannon of extrordinajv'
caliber, as a part uf onr system of
sea«coast defence; it being well
known that a missile of largo
weight moving at a velocity han
TERMS or Weekly
SISOLE COPY p«r ohmmim - - $;
TU CLL'liS :—Five sect to one
address - - -
Ten to one addre*?
TKI WEEKLY :
*S.W (j /' K COI* Y, ]*t annum
** " sir month $
" '■ threi months -
per tceek -
' | 3d i •
CO) Collegiate, ^
[ German, French, and
" 20 i''\*
if> UU
Spanish Lau
12 00 j guages, each per half year 10 00
20 00 j Masic on Piano Forte, per fcalf yeah>5 00
tTse of Instrument, u "5 00
... nn j v<^ l Mu*ic, " " 1 00
^ * j Drawing and Painting, " " 12 00
Í, Landscape in Oil, " " i í 0 0o
P. S. GAMBLE Jfc SON,
To mingle with tE?e human race,
And part by part to men revealed
The fullness oí her lace.
Would respectfully inform the
citizens
KATES OF ADVERTISING:
Or>« Squire far one insertion ft! (;o
" *' for f cere if nt in-
■ - - 50
•mrtion -
tix month § - ,
00 ;
'« '• mnt year 10 CO Í
A liberal difcount will be made from the i
fi'-Oie rate*, for advertisements of mv-re j
than one square. |
A square i.«, twelrc lines or it*?*,
Advertisejments inserted in Spanish, Ger
n.an atd French.
JOB AND BOOK PRINTISO . !
Will bs executed on reasonable terms and
in the best style in the different la.ii¿macea.
All bu&ines# communication ' dares?ed to ,
^TEWCOMB ¿Ir BACCUS,
Antonio, Tern*, j
JAMES VANCE.
President of the Board of Trustees.
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• •• j '' '« • Í . '
KA I LUG AD NOTICE.
The
TIMF. CHAN*
OED.
San Antonio and Mexican Cíulf Rai
firav mother of her majestic works,
From her isle-altar gaziug down,
of San Antonio and vicinity tl.at they have! Who' Go<1,ikft' *ra9Pa the triPle fork«'
I And, Kiug-li^e, wears the crown:
' ,j * ' j j
on hand, and to which they are constantly Her open eyes desire the truth.
j , ! The wisdom of a thousand years
dditJOB , a choice and wellaé I( ln them. Msf perpetual youth
Keep dry their light from tears;
receiving a
ected assortment of useful and euter
taining Books, consistía./ in part of
t . '■ Turning to scorn ttiih lips divine
Choice Literary Works, by th¡e The falsehood of extremes f
Road on and after Monday, Febru*ry 25th
1^1. will r ronsport passengers and freight
between Laraea and the terminus, as foK
low }, uittil further Notice:
L-ave lavaca, 4 30 P. M.
" Victoria (end of track) 8. A. M
Direct conn 'tions are made with
Stage and Steauuhip line for the exjMj*
ditions transportati-n of Mails and
senders. JNO. C. FRENC
Feb. 20th, 1861. Pre ¿
Professional Cards.
PRIVATE BO A Ii DING HOUSE.
— ! MRS ADAMS begs leave to Inform
her frit i.ds that «h* h « p/
nrT1 c i AK iT t'. l.^ifnean^rasr sifi&mffjw rlores street
LiC*iCIi/bIv ot AoA i, near the Presbyterian Church, where a
Land and General Agent , S«* i4«fo*r* i private familia ranf be accomodated
Texas Will attend to tke pnTckase aa with board and «tumi*rooma.
pale of City property. Land and I-and
script, to the location of lauda, perfecting
— i in i —" i '■
of titles, procuring of patents, and pa.\
O. SCHLEICHER.
r Pi
I .^rit of i'ixes. ala > collection and to the
iove«cuu**nt of money in purchase* and
lnftui. uffice No. 0, FrenchV building.
llf
D. L. M.GARY,
Attorney at Law, Uvalde Texas, will
practice in all the court* of 1 ^Abie, lían
den Atascosa, Medina Kinney, and MaV-
jan2^f
Frank yasheTs
er n
k.
i. a|. paschal,
San Antonio.
geo. w. paschal.
Austin.
PASCHAL, I. A. A G. W., Attorney
and Counselors at law, San AptGiitéand
Auftin. w ill practice in the Bu|ireiii« and
Federal Courts at Austin ani Oalv^iton
and in the District Courts of tbe Second
aao Fourth DistricU, aod in Gonzales
an<i G< liad They wiB apecial atten
ti 0 ali land busia^M eatruated to
febltf
TUNSTALL & HOWELL,
. JpiU- i
Have associated themselves in the
practice oí ttolaw in tlie District Court
of Bexar aod the adjacent counties and
in the Supreme and Federal Court# at*
Austin. W Office in French's building'
an Antoaio.Tei as. janSW-tf
L L A R CALLER V. J
French's Building.
?*AN ANTONIO.
Photograph's Plain and Colored;
■ /w On
best Authors.
Religious Publications and School
Books.
Then *tept she down through town and field *tir smasliing eiTeet than
Joiio o^ «mall weight tnoviinf at
(high velocity. A bullet fired
from u pistol will, make a clean
hole through a plate of glass,
while the same bullet thrown front
the hund will break the glass in
pieces.
The practical limit to casting
guns in a solid mass resulted from
from this property of irorn by
which it shrinks in cooling. As
the outside cools first, it forms a
rigid band which will not yield
inward, and as thc^metal inside
cools and shrinks, it froms a por
ous mass of little strength whiclr
rapidly wears away in service.
But Captain D. J. Rodman, of the
ordnance* corps, contrived a plan
for casting (cannon hollow, and
cooling them from the inside, by
having a stream of water circuit-
ing through the core. As the
inuor portioas around the bore
; That her fair form may stand and shine,
i Make brightour days andlightourdreams
[Tennyson.
A choice lot of Pictures—consisting of
REFLECTION'S :
[ By Secretary Chase on taking possession
of the Trtisury]
Here Russell and his partner Floyd
i Imbibed the Treasury swill;
How rich the plunder they enjoyed-
How sweet they find it fctill í
But they have left an aching void
That's devilish hard to fill !
THE FIFTEEN INCH GUN.
PTPTrTi?TG i xiuw awed tuev una u ciui •: cool first, .^hen the outer portions
rivi I idSiS , .. .. cool tbe/find nothing to prevent
them from shrinking, and thus the
whole mass comes together in an
i? • t 'it . tt' i , , , unusualiy solid condition,
l&ngravingi, Lithographs, Photograiha n e have received 1 rom the nub . c.
«C— uwvu% «iav¿ w «ftratfv hrtniM After casting several guns of
little Vólu'wei - '*. I , *<"■ - ^j-a ..I -k «
Hodman undertook the casting of
a gun of 15 inch bore, and this
was succesetiflly effected at the
Fort Pitt foundry of Messrs,
Kitapp,7tudd & Co., Pittsburg, as
has already been mentioned in
, our columns. This cannon is 15
made by Sir Howard Douglas in and 10 inches in length, wiih
Death. Washington Crossing the Dela Sen Coast Detense, bj
G. Barnard, U. ft. Corps of Ln
ingi-
ware. The Trapper's í-aet Shot, The Sign- neers, the object of which seems
U) be to defend the Luited htatos
ing of the Death Warrant, Lady Jane system ot harOOr tortificatien
from attacks in various quarters
Grey, The Puppy and Frog. The Capture an(| «.'Specially from some remarks
tll3
Daughters of Daniel B#.'.ne, The- liia f:".njjua work on naval gunnery
Mnj >r Barnard claims a superio-
rity in the embrasures or openings
W
Speaking Lyes, & c.
Ta-? Wreck
an external diameter of 2 feet and
1 inch at the muzzle and 4 feet at
the breech, and it weights 40,
through which the cannon are dis* ¡ |qO lbs. Ma jor Barnard says that
charged, of the American sec-coast j^p present date, it has been
forts over those generally toun-i in : subjected to 350 rounds with full
European iortiiieations. ^ 1 iie j charges, and that at the three-
the delicate
S. G. NEWTON,
Attorney at Law. Om^c—last deoi
aecoud story. Jones' building, southern
corner Main Plaza, San Antonio, Texas
jan-28tf
STR1BLING k DITTMAR,
Lawyera, San Antonio, Texas, wil.
practice in the counties of Bexar, Comal
Guadalupe, Karnes, Medina, Kerr and
Gill< *pie comities. Special attention
giren to land business and collecting
ry All Probate business promptly at-
tended tí j*n28-tf
(J VüTA V T1IEIZEN,
MAIN PLAZA.
DEALER I HIDES, PELTRIES,
AND WOOL
JOHN C. FRENCH'S
FXtHANGE AND COLLECTION
OFFICE.
Drafts on alt principal points in the
United States and Europe bought and
gold, collections made on liberal
terras. Deposites received and interest
allowed on permanent time deposites.
jau23-tf
THEISEN & DEUTZ,
X *
MAIN PLAZA,
♦
Wholesale and Retail Dealt)
H&Tdware,
Cutlery,
| . — ; i\ "
Wooden Ware
Leather and Findings,
Rope andJTwine,
Window Glass,
s Oils and Paints,
Ac.ricrltrhil Implements, kc. he
Mission Letter Paper; Stationery of all
kinds. The Circulating Library is acces-
ble at all hours. jan28-tf
i PHOTOGRAPHS 1
rhotographa of the principal objects of t-rflare from the inner face uf th- j |,un<frcdlh round,
; wall outward, whoe the cm .o a- tests applied to the bore failed t(
nterest in and around Saa Antonio, New sure designed by General I wtkn ¡ [n(ij( ute the slightest enlargement
in 1815, and bulit in cjur íortsjor dííteriorAtion of any kind. The
Braunfe is, and Fricdricktluig ; tU . previous to IB52, has thf narr >~ |avf.rage charge has teen7'35 lbs.
west portion within twoi feet ol¡0f },.irir0 grained powder with
the outer face of the wall, thus j giieys ef 305 to 335 lbs. weight,
diminishing very considerably li— The solid shot would weigh 425
area of the external opening. ^n j lbs* The range, accuracy, Ac,
1852, General Totten made a j were entirely satisfactory. Major
í still futher improvement, which |Harnar(j think tthat no iron-plated
consists ki lining the embrasu e ,bIiips would be able to bear the
: witli wrought-iron plates, 8 inches ¿ crushing effect of these ponder-
TRUSt SALE. • j in thick nos*, and in some improve- i migs}|e3
By virtue of a Deed of Trust executed merits in form rendered possibly " #
and delivered to me on the 9th day of ^ tjie employment of tie new cientiiic American.
February I860, by Charles Rossy and i na*erja] They have an external
Amanda his wife, conveying the real estate . f o -í in ro feet while
herein after descril ed to secure the pay- ; openings ot o o IU b<{. ietl, w not
menttoS. Field of their certain promts- j that of embrasure found in most ^ ^ ^
eery note for $;>00 in said deed setforth. European fortification ranges from l(jbicago until some grain is
I will sell at public^ vendue to the htgbe*t | gquare feet. Sir Howard ] the elevators to vesüela. It —
bidder for cash at the Courthouse <toor in n_iaq as }ie gavs "after a houses of the company's depot at Chicago
the City of San Antonio, wtthw, lawful ¡ Douglas, as ne sa> s, aii r ., ^ ^ i,500,000 bushels of grain stored,
houtts on Saturday tbe.JOtbday of March careful pel sua ' ' . i The shipments out of Cairo average from
The Illinois Central railroad company
has given notice to shippers; on ¡tu lino
that it cannot receive grain in bulk at
removed from
In the two waro
]g£l—the following real estate to-wit—a rep0rt, condems the plan in toto
lot of ground lying and being in the city j DrtMl0uneing it the very worst
l*SiSRí2StirSí S|?~«* «í
tween the ditch and con<^ption road oppo-1 for such a pu rpose, and states
sité lot of F. w. Poppey, with a front of j at the United States War
dated aud constituting the reply, says that General
h>mestad of said Rossy subject only to i report coi-tains a statement that
this Trust. v J.ULRICH. h;8 p]an had been approved by
By Warrick Tun stall, Att y , ^ Secretary of War; and he
r 1„ .. - 500
futher says that more than
I. P. SIMPSON, j j embrasures,' in accordance with
Attortey at Law, Sw Antonio, Texas ibis plan, have been built within
Office in French's buildb«. \|ati2^ tf ) the last five years into otiir fortifi-
s / .* *
^¿;t
shipments out of Cairo average
16,000 to 20,000 bushels daily !
Tit for TAT.—At8t. Paul CM inn.) re
cently, a Rev. Mr. Fisk declared "that
John Brown was a second Jetus Christ."
Some sensible men assembled to consider
certain political matters concerning the
domestic interests of Minnesota,' and in
view of the above adopted the following:
Whereas, The Rev. Mr. Fisk, of St.
Paul has declared from the pulpit "that
John Brown was % second Jeaus CErist,"
therefore,
Resolved^ That Mr. Fisk has made him-
self a second tíualm't ÁU; provided how-
ever, nothing herein contained la intended
to slander the original asa by intimating
that Mr Fi k ia his Itaeal descendant;
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Newcomb, J. P. Tri-Weekly Alamo Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 29, Ed. 1 Monday, April 8, 1861, newspaper, April 8, 1861; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth181839/m1/1/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Communications+-+Newspapers%22: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.