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W.J. PENDLETON, Editor.
WASBlMiTOifr ft?ESDAY^ MARCH~ SD, l¿Í7.
' We are Mithorued.io announce Bufoa H. Fel-
eamlKUe for the Legislature, subject
a of the Demoeratic Coarctation,
re are authorised to announce Thomas Har-
fcaq, aa k candidate tor the Judgeship in the
Sri JwHcUl Diaufct. '
We ■«, yesterday, Dr. Qregory's Ant-
It seemed to work welL
tSt" TWe advertisement of the Atlanta Med-
ial College, will be found in another column.
The publishers are busily engaged up-
II entiie " Texas literary Jourual." The work
wffl be forthcoming soon.
'>*É®"*We Jearn ffiat Alex. McGahey, Esqr.,
of Waco, was shot a day or so since, by a man
named Blankiuship. As yet, we have not learn-
ed tlie fail particulars.
I to be fine sport now-a-
: Bob, of the Austin House, can
rbody preparing them for the table.
• Pora day or so back we hare had every
: of an approaching sleet, but this morn-
\ lug the air is soft'and balmy, and feathered
* warbling upon every bough, give
f of an early spring.
(0" Our piasters are mach earlier than usu-
al season. In many instances crops are
«Pl and growing. The meadows are again
i; the prunes clad with early flowers—the
dai* and the violet—and the busy hum of vig-
i toil, bespeak* a goodly harvest.
The Columbia (Tenn.) Mirror has
heard of no less than seven persons, three
«bite men, one white woman, one negro man
udtwo negro women, who froze to death
in that coonty during the last two weeks.
Notwithstanding Englands h
mense naval strength, she is now construct-
ing steam vassels amounting ¿o 574 guns,
and propelled by six thousand three hundred
and fifty horse power.
1®- Attention is called to the proceedings
of the Nicaragua meeting held in Houston on
the 24th ult., as pafiHshed in another column.
It wiB be seen-that the meeting adjourned to
meet again on the 18th of this month.
BST Preaching in New York must bea
good business from the fact that the New
York Evangelist heads one of its columns
* Sunny Side." This eolumn contains eigh-
teen items, ail relating to presents to pas-
tora during the iecent bolydays, amounting
in the aggregate to 910.000.
' ji ^ l
The last phase that we have noticed
in the political horizon of Washington City, is
th¿ Semttfcr' Hunted éf Virginia, is to be Mr.
Buchanan's Secretary of ^tate, and that Wise,
din Gizzard-foot, alias Ebo«hin, is to succeed
him in the Senate. Republics may be ungrate-
fal, but who s*ye thai Democracy fails to re-
ward her tim&nerrmg tools? ,
—'—■
Tun Cheeks for Harhíb ano Mor
can.—We notice that the passage fare of
the Charles Morgan is now reduced to $7,-
50. She will leave for New Orleans on
Thursday at —P. M.
This reduction we lboktupon as simply an
act of justice to the traveling community,
who hate heretofore been subjected to most
eihorbitant and ruinous charges, the high-
est we ventare to assert ever enforced upon
arij*kimHar route.
'JtSh Engineer Koese, with several of our'
townmen, —'I* an examination, a day or so
sinee,-ef the Mferent routes through the Bra
aos bottona by one of-which the Central Road
mo^t approach the Navasoto; and from ex-
andhifión, the engineer is of opinion that the
mitin trade of the road will not be distant
from as more than a mile and a-half or two
Ere óur neighbors of Brenham have
awakened from a pleasant (beam of railroad
facilities, Ac., the whistle of the engine upon
our tap-road will startle the wildfowl from the
water of the Bhusoa and Navasoto, and the
iron boree will,be speeding his way to the Gulf,
fate with the productions of our wealthy and
prosperous community. ■
What cam rr Mkak.—It seems that Major
Heissy formerly toe of the proprietors and
of the WaAmgteo (Union, intends
¡j, upon the first of March, a new paper
hi Wadd^oa,.^ The evening Times." As
the Major has always borne the character of
aa inveterate Democrat, we are not a little
ponied to know what this project betokens.
Will the Times become the rival of the Union
in competition ft the dripping that fall from
the Exeeative shambles of the Pennsylvania
Buck T Let uahear—we are deeply concerned.
19* Notwithstanding the late rains, the
still continues low. Now, we would
, is the tram for making a survey of the
river and letting out the contracts, as the con-
tractors would doubtless be greatly facilitated
hi their operations by the low stage of water.
Yet eren low aa it now is, there is from four
to eight feet water for miks below Washing-
ton, the only obstacles in the way af steam
navigation being the number of logs imbedded
in the river, and, here and there, sandbars and
shoals, occasioned by reason of obstructions to
the free passage of the current. Recollecting,
then, that the Brazos rarely gets lower than it
now is,, and in view of its present depth of
riband, we are led to the conclusion that, were
the obstructions, consisting principally of old
lop, with an occasional ledge of rocks or bed
of sand, removed, the stream would be naviga-
ble the year round.
POLITICAL DUPLICITY
In our last, we published Mr. Buchanau's
letter to Ilenry S. Mott, Esqr., a "valued
friend" and one of the present Canal Commis-
sioners of Pennsylvania, whom, by the way, it
should be borne in mind, was elected to the
office he now holds by the Know-Nothing par-
ty of Pennsylvania; in which Mr. Buchanan
makes a palpable interference in the; Pennsyl-
vania Senatorial election, in favor of Mr. John
W. Forney. In his letter of March 31st, 1845
Mr. Buchanan, says:
" I have arrived at the conclusion, after much
reflection, that it would be improper for me,
especially since I have become a member of
President Polks' Cabinet, to criticise or con-
demn the Legislature of a sovereign State for
electing whom they pleased to the Senate of the
United States."
Yet, with this antecedent before him, Mr.
Buchanan, in his letter of January 7th, 1857,
in view of the "highly confidential relations
which a Pennslvania President ought to sus-
tain towards a Pennsylvania Senator," urges
upon Mr. Mott a cardinal support of the infa-
mous and notorious Forney. Was ever such du-
plicity manifested by any one holding the ex-
alted position in which Mr. Buchanan stands
before the American people and the whole
world ? Interference in a Senatorial election,
then in 1845, appeared to the Secretary of
State as the acme of baseness. Yet, the Sec-
retary, by fraud and corruption, transformed
in 1857 to President of the United States
must, per force, discend to its terpitude.
" Thrones got by blood, by blood must be
maintained."
Annexed we give the letter in full:
Washington, 31st March, 1845.
Gentlemen :—I have had the honor of re-
ceiving your communication of the 18th inst.,
censuring the conduct both of General Came-
ron and of those Democratic members of the
Legislature, who, in union with the Whigs and
Native Americans, elected him to the Senate;
and stating that you deem it proper to afford
me, as a l'ennsylvanian, an opportunity to ex-
press my opinion concerning what you term
"this unnatural and unexpected result" Whilst
entertaining for you the most profound and
grateful respect, I have arrived at the conclu-
sion, after much reflection, that it would bo im-
proper for me, especially since I have become a
member of President Polks' Cabinet, to criti-
cise or condemn the Legislature of a sovereign
State for electing whom they pleased to the
Senate of the United States.
Jealousy of federal inteference and federal in-
fluence in State elections ever has been, and I
trust ever may be, a prevailing sentiment
throughout the Democratic party; and if, in
the new official position which 1 now hold, I
were to pass sentence against those Democratic
members who voted for another Democrat, in-
stead of the caucus nominee, I might justly be
asked " who made me a ruler or a judge" in
this matter. They are responsible to the sov-
ereign people of their respective districts and
counties, and in the hands of their constituents
they shall be left, as far as I am concerned.
Besides, I might add, that any interference on
my part in this delicate question, wouldinevi-
tably tend further to distract and divide the
Democratic party of Pennsylvania, ata moment
when I am most anxious it should be united in
supporting the National and State administra-
tion. I remain your friend
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Findley Patterson, Samuel Fegley, John
Foulkrod, Joseph Bailey, Israel Painter, J.
K. Heckman, Charles A. Black, J. P. Hoo-
ver, and Benj. Campneys, Esqrs., and others,
Democratic members of the Legislature of
Pennsylvania.
Mr. Buchanan was jealous in 1845 of Fede-
eral interference and Federal influence in State
elections. Democracy South in numerous in-
stances has indignantly flouted the truth of the
allegation that the President elect, sought to
influence the Democracy of the Pennsylvania
Legislature, to sustain Mr. Forney in 1857 for
U. S. Senate. Yet, Mr. Waggenseller's speech
already published through the various journals
of Pennsylvania, and as yet without contra-
diction, produces " confirmation strong as proofs
of holy writ," that such was the fact—that the
President elect did exercise his influence in the
Legislature to sustain Mr. Forney, and to ele-
vate him to a seat in the Senate oft he United
States.
We are, and have always been, opposed to
Mr. Buchanan, politically. We do now and
•have always believed, that his election to the
Presidency would prove a great political curse;
yet, much as we deprecate his election, and
much aa we are opposed to him, we regret ex-
ceedingly the writing of his " Mott" tetter*—
We had hoped that our fears possibly might
be ungrounded, yet the.truth will out,-and we
are left in the fhll realization of our most fear-
ful doubts. We have long since told our rea-
ders, that the more prominent opponents of Mr.
Buchanan, were bought up by the friends of J.
W. Forney and the President elect, and we as
firmly believe that the thirty pieces of silver,
shaken in the faces of traitorous leaders of the
American party, secured the October election,
as we believe in the immaculate doctrines of
Americanism.
Money was furnished by fifties and hundreds
of thousands to that efiect, J. W. Forney had
the control and disbursement of the supplies,
and it is not to be wondered at, that American
hypocrite should be bought up and disposed of
according to t^eir treason- Thus by bribery,
fraud and corruption, the October election was
secured for Mr. Buchanan. Had the election
in October gone against Mr. Buchanan, so
would the election in November have gone.—
Is it surprising then that Mr. Buchanan should
wish to reward the arch fiend of political de-
pravity for his truckling obedience te his will ?
Let the Democracy answer; let them stand be-
fore thapeople exhonorated or condemned.—
As for us, we protest against the traitor's be-
ing paid after such a manner. He who has
cheated his country once, will, should the blind
ed fanaticism of party prejudice place him in a
suitable position, do it again.
MISSOTJBI EMANCIPATION ■
The fact is now pretty well ascertained that
in Missouri, Freesoilism is steadily but surely
progressing. Its withering presence, already in-
creased to a formidable power, is rapidly ex-
tending its "influence over the whole State.
It will be remembered that in the August
election of last year, the District of St. Louis
sent the first Black Republican to Congress
from the South—F. P. Blair, Jr.—by a large
majority. The same district also gave Col.
Benton, whose Freesoil proclivities have long
been known to the people of the South, an
immense majority for Governor. Thus it will
be seen that this evident tendency towards
Freesoilism, as foreshadowed in the action of
the Democracy in both of the foregoing elec-
tions, is speedily approaching an issue direct
The St. Louis Democrat assumes and endeav-
ors to maintain the ground that Missouri would
be greatly benefitted by the emancipation of
80,000 slaves, and says:
Viewing the question as a subject of State
policy, we will venture to say that it is the
grandest ever propounded to the people. If
it were affirmed in a constitutional conven-
tion, and thoroughly carried out without any
violation of vested rights, Missouri, in a few
years subsequent to its consummation, would
be the foremost State on the American con-
tinent Population would flow in from all
sides, were the barrier of negro slavery once
removed, and in place of 80,000 slaves, we
should have 80,000 white men, which, in addi-
tion to the population we should have at that
time, would give us at once an aggregate of
two millions.
Here we see the first step towards abolition-
izing a slave State first taken by a Democratic
journal. We have all along charged upon the
Democratic party North the foul taint of abo-
litionism, but we did not expect to see a South-
ern journal of influence and standing the first
to kindle the fire of discord in the Southern
breast. We have been accustomed to the
clarion cry of Northern malcontents until
familiarity with their brawling notes has begot-
ten within us a supreme contempt, but we
must confess that the first note of alarm, as
sounded from the Legislative Hall of Missouri,
and echoed back J y the St. Louis Democrat,
breaks on our ear like "'a fire-bell at night"—'tis
the voice of warning, summoning every true
and loyal man, of whatever party, to rally in
support of the rights of the South, to stand by
our institutions foot to foot and breast to breast,
firm, fearless and dauntless still, and invoking
the aid of the Almighty, swear by them to
live, or by them die.
Nor is the simple induction of a scheme
so pregnant with danger to the South all that
we see. The Democrat suggests the manner
in which this emancipation project may be
carried out.
The opponents of the movement will urge
two objections to it—the debt which the pur-
chase of the slaves would entail upon the State,
and the agitation which may ensue. By the
last census there were, in round numbers, 80,-
000 slaves in Missouri, valued at $50,000,000.
Our railroads, when completed, will have cost
that sum, and the State, so far from being im-
poverished by the expenditure, will be much
richer than it was when those great works
were commenced. A few years hence the State
will be better ahle to loan $50,000,000 than it
is now to bear the burden of the $19,000,000
given to the railroads^ and no one cau say that
this burden is onerous. England, with a debt
of $400,000,000, gave $100,000,000 to the
Jamaica planters as compensation for emanci-
pating their slaves. Eveu as a financial ques-
tion there is nothing startling in it, especiallv
when it is remembered that land umdd double
in vedue simultaneously with the passage of the
constitutional amendment authorizing its en-
actment.
The people of Missouri may impose upon
themselves the onerous burden of $50,000,000
tax, to bless, or more properly curse, 80,000
Africans, and the St. Louis Democrat may
preach emancipation and free-soil as long as H
pleases. ít is their right, and we, of course,
have no right to interfere in any action that
the State may think proper, to take; but we
have the right to hold up to the public scorn
and indignation of all Southern men so infa-
mous a proposition. Will the people of Mis-
souri acquiesce in such a scheme; and thus open
the door to the advance of Free-Soilism, seems
now to be a problem of considerable doubt ?
We, however, await farther developments, giv-
ing these particulars as signs of great import
and worthy the consideration of Southern men,
from the fact, too, that we see, under the ope-
ration of the Kanstó.bill, two new States are
about being admitted into the Union as free
States, that severed ^Others, in the course of a
few years, will "he asking admission upon like
terms, and that a powerful movement is even
.now on foot to make Missouri a free State.
Our sanctum has again been invaded,
and again we have fallen a willing victim to ft
wiley fo<!. Oil Monday morning last, while
the-dull monotony of our printer's paradise
was undisturbed, save by the never-ending efick
of the type, or an occasional stave from the
discordant music-box of the devil, our moments
of melancholy were very agreeably dispelled.
We never knew any good to spring from other
than a woman's inluence, hence our idolatrous
worship of the sex, and we are free to confess
that in our disturbance aforesaid, the hand of
fair woman was plainly manifest. We have
always been told that resistance to tyranny
was obedience todBttj^k^u^nstance the
better part of
induced us to
Taking ad
we advanced
being there en
a breastwork
defiant, displaying as"
as we ever encountered, yet whiter still «'as
the mountain of snow that loomed up in front
of his dark visage. At this moment, when all
seemed lost, our second in command came to
the rescue; courage returned, and determining,
at all hazards, to risk a sally, we attacked our
enemy, and strange to say—now, ladies, do n't
laugh—what our excited imagination had pic-
tured to us as an enemy, under cover of a
mountain of snow, was simply our swarthy
friend Jim, bearing an enormous cake, that
might well have deceived the most vigilant,
from its fine proportions and snowy whiteness.
With the motto of Packenham at Orleans,
" Booty and beauty," upon his lips, our second
pitched incontinently into the enemy—so did
we—and all we have to say is, that if it was
not snow, it certainly melted away with exceed-
ing velocity. Thanks, we say, to the fair one
who planned our surprise and captura
GEOLOGICAL STTRVEY OF TEXAS.
The Telegraph, commenting upon the com.
munication of Dr. Moore to the News, makes
the following suggestion:
A geological survey ought to be provided
for by the Legislature of the State, and no
better man than Dr. Moore could be found to
conduct the survey. Ae lias given much at-
tention to Geology and Mineralogy hi Texas,
and is now giving his time to the preparation
of a book, which will add much to the world
of knowledge. We trust the next Legislature
will consider this matter, and assign to a wor-
thy citizen the performance of a necessary
work, and one for which he is every way quali-
fied.
There is no State of our Union to which a
brighter prospect of progress and prosperity is
manifest than Texas. With lands that for fer-
tility of soil and general productiveness, may
successfully compete with the world; with a
climate unrivaled in its uniform adaptation to
the pursuits of the planter, and as hardy, vig-
orous and enterprising a race of people as can
be found, the " manifest destiny" of Texas, as
seen through the shadows of the future, as
bursting forth from the gathering mist nf timo,
must end in the bright and glorious fulfillment
of man's most ardent desire. Yet we should
learn wisdom from the past, and in developing
our future greatness add every auxiliary aid
to speedily accomplish the end in view, to
which consummation a Geological survey of
our State would contribute greatly. The News
SIGNS OP THE TIKES
From late proceedings in Congress, it trill
be seen, that arrangements are making for
the admission of two more free States into
the Union, Oregon and Minnesota. Kansas
and Nebraska are already asking admission,
and we doubt not that before the close of
Mr. Baclianan's administration, both will be
admitted into full fellowship and communion
with the older States, and as free States.
Thus it follows that the North will have
twenty and the South fifteen States. The
North with a small deficiency, having the
two-thirds power necessary to alter the fun-
damental law. Utah. New Mexico, and
Washington territories will in all probabil-
ity, come in in the next four years to com-
plete the residue. Thus having the power
under the working of the Kansas Nebraska
act to alter I he constitution, does any body
suppose for a moment that the North will
be reluctant to put that power in force?
In view then of those facts there is
great cause of alarm and it wou!d be insane
in the people of the South, to suppose for a
moment, that the Statesmen of the North
would adhere to a constitution already de-
nounced as a '• covenant with death and a
compromise with bell." Something must
be done and done within the next four years.
Under the auspices of Democracy, will the
administration prove itself equal to the
emergency ? The time has come when in the
language of John C. Calhoun "temporising
expedients will not suffice." Let then
Southern Statesmen look danger in the face,
determined to meet any and every exigency.
Oregon.—From the fact that the people of
Oregon are taking the mitfatoiy steps towards
admission into the Union, we presume anything
in regard to that territory would be interesting
to our readers. Oregon is now bat a part of
the former territory. The whole territory was
dividfed by Congress in two parts—Washington
and Oregon—the latter lying south of the Co-
lumbia river and latitude 46°. There i an
abundanea e£ good land, the whole inhabited
range lying between the Cascade Mountains
and the' Pacific. Itg principle towns are Ore-
gon City, Portland, Salem, Cincinnati, Daton,
and Umpqua City. The Territory has an ex-
I tensive Pacific coast.
Burned to Cinders.—Professor You.
man, in a learned lecture on chcmistiy, re-
cently delivered, said—
11 What is the relation of oxygen to the
living body ? Every animal is busy draw
ing in and throwing out air—an increasing
tidal ebb and flow. The oxygen of the air
passes through the membranes of the lungs,
is taken up bv the blood, and carried to all
parts of the body. It does here what it
does everywhere—it burns. Slow combus-
tion goes on in the body, and carbonic acid
and water are produced. This combustion
is necessary to keep up heat and fever, and
the oxygen of the air must have carbon and
hydrogen, in the form of food and drink, to
feed upon. Cut off a man from every thing
but air, and the oxygen at every breath will
cut away a portion of his own frame. 1 he
most combustiqle parts are first consumed;
lie grows lighter and more emaciated every
hour. First, the fat disappears, then the
muscles are assailed, and lastly, the devour-
ing giant, oxygen, attacks the brain and
nerves, delirium ensues, death closes the
scene. Men say he has starved to death,
but the scientific truth is, that he has been
burned to cinders."
£S* ^hc Mobile Tribune thinks the De-
mocracy have loit nothing by the defeat or
t. W. Forney, for the Senate. So do we,
nor do We think that they have gained
much by the election of Cameron, a Black
Republican* The Tribune says:
" No man—how sound soever his party
opinions may be—who has played a part
similar to that which the Pennsylvanian
played in tlie Forrest divorce cases is fit to
stand within the United States Senate*
Such a man as John C. Calhoun, or any oth-
er as pure and dignified a man, would shrink
from personal ass< ciation wi|h hftn. even
though he were clothed in senatorial robes.
The records of his shame in that case have
been published, and never been denied by
him, or, indeed, as far as we know, authori-
tatively by any of his partizans."
TES ASCEKT'OF" POPOCATEPETL-
[By Dr. S. W. Crawford, U. S. Army.}
" And tiierf. were Giaxts in those Days."
We thought the discovery in the " Big Thick-
et" some, but the following "startling an-
nouncement" of more recent explorations in the
bowels of the earth puts us to a foil:
A correspondent of the National (HL) Em-
porium, writing from Cleves, Ohio, says : A
few days ago, while Wat Eckman and Mike
Shots were digging a well for James Malson,
Esq., near North Bend, Ohio, the skeleton of
The following are the particular of Dr.
Crawford's ascent of the peak of Popocate-
petl, as given by himself:
Our party, originally consisting of eight
een, with servants, 4c.. arrived at Amecame-
ca upon the evening of the 14th inst. Four
of our number had been obliged to return,
and another, with servants, left us at Ame-
caraeca. At this point, through the Kind-
ness of our hospitable friends, we procured
our guides, and made the necessary arrange-
ments for the ascent of the mountain. When
our object became known we were at once
joined by a number of volunteers, all anxious
to accompany us to the summit. While
some spot e of the season of the year, and of
the intense cold we might anticipate, others
told us of a path to the crater, made by the
Indians going up and returning with the
sulphur, and assured us. that at some sea-
sons the ascent was by no means as difficult
as imagined. But we found that but few ol
our friends liad been beyond tlie snow line,
and that the mountain had not txen ascend-
ed by even an Indian for months, the wont-
ing of the sulphur ceasing with the com
mencement of the rainy season.
The morning dawned beautifully, and as
our arrangements were not yet completed
we rambled over tbe Sa;i amonte, at the
back of the town, and visited the beautiful
grotto upon its summit. A lovely view
awaited us, and we have rarely seen a more
enchanting spot At Amecameca our ob-
servations showed an ascent from «the city
of Mexico of some 500 feet, and the increas-
ing cold assured us of the fact. At noon we
took leave of our kind host and turned our
horses' heads toward the mountains. VVe
soon reached Tomacoca. a "small runcho,
where a good mill is in operation, turned by
a beautiful stream from Iztachihuatl. We
were here joined by a party, among whom
was Don Pablo Perez, a gentleman who. had
been engaged in extracting the sulphur from
the volcano^ and who had pursued the occu-
pation for three years.' His ascents bad
been frequent, and we felt reassured*hy his
resolution to accompany as. Our i oad mow
was up over steep ascents, through the ce-
dars and pines: wild flowers of every.hie
grew through the tangled shrubbery. The
labored breathing of our horses plainly told
of the change of atmosphere, as oar path
gradually led us through the clustering .frine
trees to Tjamacas. \V e were now ascending'
the monniam; and the rich loomy soil and
ashv earth thl«ugh-w>iehMHU*way led gave
evidence ol the fact.
By sun-down we arrived, nruet fctigoed
from our day's journey, at Tiauyicas. a set
crater, the crater I" Up, up, «gain Í diuifeJ,
clinging to bf8 footprints; one loaf.
struggle more and I sank est
its brink
I looked arotmd tac. and the world aeemedf •
stretched beneath my feet The krvrly Mi-
ley of Mexico, with fts lakes aad moun-
tain . lay Uke a map beneath me} to the
sonth and west lay the Tierra Caliente, He
hills red in the setting sun. A misty tim of
silver showed the Gulf of Mexico f¿r to the
eastward, and tbe frosty top of Oriasb*
rose grandiy from tbe purple landscape.
Though conversant with Mtttre, 1 hid never
before beheld her in such magnificence. Te
remember that sight *uat pvef he a glory-*
to forget H can only eccut with tbe geUerat
decay of the faculties.
It was fast growing late, and planting at?
snow spear, 1 hung up my barometer. I
looked around for ray guide: he bad fUlett
asleep. Arousing him to a s¿nie oí his dan-
ger. he implored me to descend, or we would
be lost. Not a foot would lie return fti any'
direction ; as deaf to my entreaties to tnitt
me to enter the cráter, he proteste# and
threatened to leave-me. Id
distance into the crater for i
of lava and basalt and returned to
arouse my guide, who. exhausted ftronTh
efforts and overcome with the míenee cold,
had again fallen asleep. It was now highly
dangerous to stay any longer, aad cavafullf
says:
When we bear in mind that many of the
most valuable mines of the old Atlantic States
are of but recent discovery, owing to the long
neglect of those States to have scientific sur-
veys made, in consequence of which they have
been deprived of an incalculable amount of
hidden wealth for more than a century past, we
are more deeply impressed with the importance
of profiting by such examples, and not per-
mitting Texas to be thrown back, in the bright
career of prosperity that lies before her, for
the want of knowing and applying to a profit-
able use, the vast mineral resources that now
lie unexplored beneath the surface of her soil.
Another Legislature ougfat not to adjouta
without appointing.a Geological Surveyor foj
the State, and Dr. Moore i undoubtedly the
man who can best fill such appointment. He
has all the requisite qualifications, and in ad-
dition, he already possesses a fund ^f valuable
information from explorations heretofore made,
together with a love for thg science, andean
enthusiasm in its pursuiV«6<^ding the highest
guarantee that, the State will receive m<5§t
valuable services at his hands.
man, or rather of a giant, was found twenty- tlement create d tor tte convenience of those
nine feet below the surface of the earth—who,-
when, living, towered to the enormous height
of twenty-three feet and ten inches.
Professor Liud, who examined the skeleton,
say : ;
" The os-humerous of the skeleton
six feet four and a-half inches^and the s
condyle, where it eaters Hie glenoid
the scapula, measured eighteen and thi
inches in diameter. Henoe,
"admitting the proPtetion- de;
comparative anatomy,^ that all n
condyles of th^fronbs to which
attached, we nñtéf arri\p-¿t "the startling fact,
that this monster matf while in
of life," Was twenty-three feet ten ii
aid waff capable of wielding the forearm
a*to have thrown« cannon
ibg eighteen pounds frofia Cininna*FHo
lapolis, or a distance of eighte-eight
mifes; or to have taken a large miü-sfone in
each hand, and walked with perfect ease at the
astounding rate of thirty-seven and oneeighth
miles anjK)ur.r"
er$ageef in fh* extraction <a#.;tbé anlj ftúr.
Tlie night was exceedingly cold.and comfort
less. The thermometer mood at 28 Pah
lenheit, while our barometrical observation
showed an ascent from Ameca of over &.000
Instead of the rest so ni^cessary^jft^s
Talk about pleasure trips to Ntfhant,
Cape May, Saratoga and the Fa^they are
comparatively nothing to an exploring expedi-
tion we undertook a day or so since. With a
couple of friends we descended the Brazos about
three miles in a sort of indiscribable species of
vessel usually known in these parts as a " Dug-
out." To what genus it belongs, we are una-
ble to say, hut to onr mind it seemed more after
the order of an inverted coffin than anything
else. Suffice it to say, however, our voyage
down, was speedily and pleasantly accomplish-
ed, but the ascent, O! horrible. Three miles up
the stream, through three mortal long hours,
and that too with hands unused to the oar. Oür
venerable friend tuged manfully, so did we, but
'twas no use, for every inch of ascent, we made
a regularly guaranteed scale of two feet descent
our helmsman informed us. By working
our way, however, through innumerhble rocky
6hoals, countless thousands of snags and quick-
sands that would have instantly overtoped the
tallest liberty pole in the Union, we reached
home just as old Soli was spreading his couch
of gold along the Western bills. Such things
in Texas are called pleasure trips, but if we are
ever caught in another such scrape, may the
■'Devil admire us."
Land WaUraxts-—It seems that Land
Warrants are upon the rise in Washington
City. The annexed quotations we clip from
the American Organ:
Land warrants have been in active demand
for the last week, and prices have rapidly ad-
vanced. The market may be quoted as decid-
edly firm to-day, with rather an upward ten-
dency. I am paying {he following prices:
For 160 acre warrants #1 01 per acre.
" 80 " " 1 01 « «
" 120 " " "
« 40 " * 1 12 "«• •«
SQUATTES SOVEREIGNTY
The Washington Union Says :
We have the approval of Mr. Buchanan far
saying that the following- extract from the
South Side (Va.) Democrat states-correctly
his position:
" As iar Kansas, Mr. Buchanan has never
expressed an opinion, either one way or the
other, in favor of its coining in as a free or
a slave State. He has prudently conceived
that it is a matter with which he has nóihing
to do, and with, which . S' does npt mean to
meddle. * '
It is a question exclusively with the people
of the territory, with whom" he is content to
leave it for solution. He will see to it that
the principles of the Nebraska law are carried
out, in letter and spirit, impartially, and with-
out fear, favor or affection.'
Does it, indeed? Why, we would like to
know did not the Democrat give the Northern
or Southern construction of that Nebraska
bill, which Mr. Buchanan is determined to see
" carried out in letter and spirit V Will Mr.
Buchanan* or will he not, in carrying out the
" letter and spirit" of the Nebraska bill, see
that in accordance with the universal demo-
cratic construction North, that the Territorial
Legislature shall be permitted to abolish slavery
if it chooses ?
We are told by the Southern supporters of
the Nebraska law in Congress, that its North-
ern supporters contend for what is directly
opposed to the spirit and meaning of the law
What, then, we would ask, is the spirit and
intent of the law ? Senator Douglas, its re-
puted father, says, " Squatter Sovereignty."
In the absence, then, of any better definition,
whence this miserable howl set up by the Gov-
ernment organ, that Mr. Buchanan will see
that its principles are carried out in " letter
and spirit?" We did not expect else. We
well knew the proclivities of the Cincinnati
nominee, and the South has nothing to look
for but a religious fulfillment of the Democrat's
prediction.
An old negro crossing tho river from a
dancing frolic, lost his oars, and came near
swamping. In a terror, he down on his
knees, and exqaimed—
" O, ma*8a Lord, if eber gwine to help ole
Ira, now's de time!"
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILHEAD.
The Harrison (Texas) Flag saya thft there
are 500 or 600 laborers employed upotUbe two
first divisions of this road, and the Vfcksburg
papers assert that their rood to the Texas line,
to connect with the Southern Pacific road will
be ready for use during the present year, so
that the friends of the Pacific ^road, may be
able té eat their next Christmas turkey at
Marshall, m Texas, or. Tyter, thirty ipiles be-
yond Marshall, and-tiavel sdl the way thither
on a railroad from the Mississippi river.—
Memphis Eagle and Enquirer.
We are gratified to learn the facts above
from the Texas Flag—a paper published at
the seat of operations by the Southern Pfcifie
Railroad Company. Many of the most promi-
nent and influential papers in the South—from.
New Orleans to Cincinnati—have expressed
themselves in the strongest and moBt unequivo-
cal terms in favor of tlie great Southern Pa-
cific Railroad Comtaot or Texas ! We in-
vite the attention of the entire press, North
and South, to the subject. The Southern Par
cific Railroad is now an existing fact; all that
is necessary for its vigorous prosecution and
triumphant success—laughing at the objections
of that species of fogyism which has held up
the Atlantic and Pacific railway connection,
remote and over-difficult—are the facts of the
se.
It is incomparably less difficult, as a work
for the nation than was the Baltimore Mid
Ohio Railroad, from Baltimore to Wheeling,
by Maryland and Baltimore, at a cost of twen-
ty-five millions of dollars- The Southern Pa-
cific is now beyond all doubt, and its speedy
and rapid completion to El Paso, through Tex-
as, an absolute certainty. Nous Perrons.—
Financial Express.
Quick in her Application.—''It amazes
me. ministers don' write better—I am sick
of the dull, prosy affairs," said a lady in tbe
presence of a parson.
••But it is no easy matter, my good wo-
man, to write good sermons," suggested the
minister.
••Yes. rejoined the lady, "but you are so
long about it; I could write one in half the
time, if I only had the text"
"Oh, if a text is all you want, I will fur-
nish that. Take this one from Solomon
It is better to dwell in the house-top than
with a brawling woman in a wide
house.'" >
'•Do you mean u e, sir?" inquired the lady,
quickly.
-Oh. my good woman,'' was the grave
response, "you will never make a good
serinonizer, you are too soon in your appli
cation."
taking barometrical * and" thttl momeft'iuS
measurements, I prepared te descend. OtSS
more look at the abj ss—black aad dreadful
in the deepening shade—out aavro Imaging
gaze at the glonot prospect as it grew more
lovely in the evening twilight, aad I left thw
scene.
For a while we descended rapidly ce we
followed our ascending tracks, hut at lust
they had frozen, and ae if suddenly, the-
whole mountain had booome • sheet of ice^
It was this that my guide- had feared; the*
sun h«d now set. and darkness was fast com-
ing on, and our danger increased at every
step. My guide lost me, and I had tw taker
my dangerous way alone. The ice had aow
become so hatd that it was almoat-impemh
ble to break it, and it wee with difficulty
that my snow spear sustained my weight.
Striking it m advance of me, I slid down
gently to its foot and sustaining my weight
as 1 best could while I-struck into the ice id
advance of me. I was on the edge of a great
baranca or ravine. Excitet hy the peril of
uiy situation, 1 progressed rapidly en. I
know not how long I was in descending.
At last the black ashes appeared beneath me,
a d 1 heard the loud shouts of the guides
sent to .ook for me by my friends, who had
thought I was lost
(lue more slide and Í was upon the solid
earth. The nerveus, excitement that had
sustained me was now gone. I bad taken ae
food or drink the whole day, and aa exhaust-
ing depression toijowed. My guide, agañ
joined me, and we took our road towards
tbe rancho. Near La Cruz. I met my horse,
with, tlie guides that my thoughtful friend
Fearn had sent, in search of me. la a short
tim Ir was among my friends, and with a
hearty supper around a blazing fire, my
toils were forgotten.
QP^pBAj&GHIA
Pursuant to a call, a meeting of the friends
lendence was adj^lpt tie
We have had
week or so-
we.passcd another disturbed night, bat' day
at last dawned beautiful and dear, and our
guides aroused as h^the ascent.
Oar party wwaberifd twenty, including
gwds#and pes up.. -Wonei ou* from Tlaina-
cas on 11w aet-H& as La Cruz, some
thousand feet ai^^ Jiere(*vith:taro of my
companions, I set out O fbot, the remaiiider
rode casóme distance At the same ,titn*
li e all joined, ahd -aTier our final arrange-,
menta of ^ajf packs,. Ac, we grasped our
spears, and "protecting our ejes from the. re-
fleCti n, set opt upon- the snow, our- guides
tlie Indians with our packs following,
t start out was steep and amldftio-
ow. The guides and Indians struck
l>oldly out. without spear or staff: the rest
of us, dinging to our snow spears, slowly
followed. Up«we went some 800 teefcrwhen.
patting in ad*smee.of the party, we halted
to taktf breatliT—respiration had become la-
bored and difficult—and a&I sat exhausted
on thg snow, a dead feeling, akin to sea-stck-
ness, came over me. Rallying, however. I
looked around me for my companions, and
of all those who had joined us at Amecameca
not one «feiuained. Tworof my friends, with
tlie guides, were above me shouting to tis to
follow. On we went, slowly and rediously.
The difficulty of traveling increased with
every step. The servants who accompanied
us had all given out. and taking the befom-
eter from one who had sank exhausted, I
joined thy companion above. On we toiled
some hundred yards further, and again we
stopped to rest: Our number was now re-
duced to four and our two guides. Tbe
same sickness I had experienced was now
felt by others: the oppression was extreme.
An angry cloud swept around the brow of
the mountain, aud a snow-storm seemed in-
evitable.
The cold was intensé. My companions
complained loudly of their feet, and so great'
was the suféring of One of them that I per-
suaded hi to- return. One only accompan-
ied me for a short distance, when he return-
ed with one g- ide to- follow his descending
companions. Í *-vas new alone with one
guide and but half way the summit, and,
as dinging to the ice-, i looked down at my
retreating companions and heard the sliouts
of those at the foot of the mountain I al-
most regretted that I had not yielded to
jheir solicitations to accompany them. My
solitary guide now rebelled, and I was
obliged to bribe and even threaten him to in-
duce him to accompany me. Up, up. for
what seemed an age. w« clambered over fields
of frozen snow. The ascent had become
more and more difficult, as breaking the ice
at every step we progressed slowly and te-
diously. Once more I turned to look back
from my dizzy height. One mis-step, and
inevitable destruction awaited us in the
abyss below. The stillness of the grave
was over everything, and recoiling from the
sight 1 looked down no more. To go on for
more than eight or ten paces without stop-
ping to take rest was impossible, so rarefied
had the air become. At one tmie after an
extraordinary exertion to reach my guide 1
fell exhausted, and for some momeáis was
unconscious. The blood gushed from my
nostrils. Checking it with the frozen snow
I rallied and dambered on My guide, more
inured to such trips, had now got far ahead.
The sickening sensation lhad at first expe-
rienced returned with redoubled force. As
I again sank exhausted on the snow a heavy
weight seemed pres.-ing upon me and every-
thing appeared to grow dim again, when I
very fine whether for a I was aroused by loud shouts from my guide.
ofjjitt
OeCrt House atJlouston on Tuesday even-
ing, February 24th. 1857.
The meeting was cal|ad to order. On mo-
iion of C„B. Sabin, Jas. 'k.'ITogan took the
Chair, and V. A, Bkron was appointed Seo-
retary.
Whereupon. F. R. Lubbock explained the
object of -the meeting and suggested that,
owing to the inclemency of the weather thia
meeting adjourn to meet again on tbe 18th
proximo in support of which, he lead the
ffillofring xesolutio* offered bar Col. Craw-
ford: -
Whereas. Southern interest demands of
the people of the Sonth an ictcveand united
demonstration in behalf of the muse of Gen.
William Walker in Central America and
whereas, the present condition Of aláira m
Nicaragua has been caused mainly hy tha
decree of Gen. Walker «instituting slaaetjr
in that Republic r^-Therefore
Resolved, That we. tbe people of fianh '
county wi)l tender all the aid in our power
to the North American cause in Central
America.
Resolved, That the chairman of this meat,
ing. appoint a committee of -five to recruit
emigrants for Nicaragua 4b co-operate with
a committee heretofore appointed t«
funds for said cause- ¡ r
Resolved, That the peopfe in this
District and throughout the State he i
ed to call meetings and appoint <
to act with these hare appelated.
Resolved, That each gentleman present
will use his best euertibM te procuré emi-
grants to stent foe tfito point on the 20th of
March and monthly thereafter,
Resohed, That this meeting adjourn te>
meet again on the I8th of March, and that
tbe publicaie hereby requested to Attend,
and the counties composing this Judicial
District are requested to send Delegates to
said meeting, so that unanimity oC action,
may be had.
C-B. Sabin made* few remarks, cal Wag,
upon the citizens generally to nee all thein-
efi'orta, especially meterial aid, te fowanfc
the. glorious cause.
Tire Chairman appointed ed the Commit-.
tee Dr. Waters, F. R. Lubbock, C. B. Sabia*.
C. F. Duer, and Geo. W, Frazier. Oa mo-
tion of F. R. Lubbock, duly seconded, Br..
McMillan of Cypress City, was added tethe-
oommitte.
On i
band;
fort
the meeting adjourned to. meet aa.
above.
All papers friendly to the oause will1 pleas
copy. J AS> EL. BOGAN, Pres.
J. A Baron, Sect'y.
MAC*. •>
■nation the Seeretaay was requested *)
th ae proo0sdin^8 tertha eiiy papers.,
Attention. When, eft motiomot C. Ik
THnr« urarowm.
Show us tbe young lady whoea waist ham
ever becu encompaséd by the arm of tb*
sea. 4
Who has ever seen the eofcr thai had
calves to its legs ?
Where is the identical noae-of a bellnwm
that smelt a rat?
Where is the person who hm **•* bee
felt for by the heart of an eah t
Was any barber ever applied too shave th
heard of an oyster ?
Where is thegfrl who- waa aver manned
to a pig's "chap
Where is the man to he found who ha*
ever been sensibly felt by a hand of "po-
ker.*
What vocalist can lay deim to hearing,
ever been listened to hy an ear ateorn 1
Who has ever been pushed hy a should-
er of mat ton? [We know of saany who-
have been pushed for one.
The individual who has bee seen by the
eye of a potato has never been visible^
Barnummay possibly discover hila
Was there ever an iadividual unlucky-
enough to be abused by the mouth of a
river 1
Who ever felt the breath from the hap
of a chest of cfrawers.
The Delaware Legislature has just pa am J
b iruui my gmue^ i*® *ct newly incoporating the Maryland Do*
las standing high above me he shouted. M the la ware Railroad Company.
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