Weekly Texas State Gazette (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 20, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 21, 1869 Page: 2 of 4
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Hon.
tA úattmee W. M.
i Cengreasibi
escaso for
ft, when they are
purpose
will not hear the day-light— sonathiag
to announce FERG.
) s Candidate % State Senator of the
District, composed of the
B, Travis, Williamson, Bell
, Lampasas, San Saba, Hamilton, Co-
Concbo, and AIc-
t Representative. 28th District.
to atiiiouaee BE Yd
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District in the Lo>ve.
' the next Legislature.
ey 2d Judicial District.
Fe are authored to announce R. A
, of Travis county, as a Candidate fo:
r of the 3d Judicial District
E election. Subject to deeisioi
i citizens of said District.
§§119
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For Sheriff Travis Connty.
We are autboriied to announce JAMES
SWISHER as «gCwsiidate to:
of Travis county, at tiie ensuing No-
vember election. ;S^§¡I¡|§gR§ •
Travi
Wo are authorized to announce
is a Candidate for
Election 30th November.
ithoriied to announce RADCLIÍ I
& Candidate for Sheriff of Travis
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For Clerk District Court.
F.P.DE
aa a Candidate for Clerk oí
"Traviscounty. JSleetior,
Fe are
FRANK
of th(
A Long Scuiracc.
> is writing- Essays for
Kg|fe
one
as, No. % on the Coarse of Commerce
su ia a style so inflated and long
i to attract special atten-
dowa over oae sen-
, we had the curiosity to count
the iines it contains. They numbered
We take this to be the longest on
rd. John mast have slopped for
t refreshment during its execution,
from the style, the essay shows
l aad good sense.
High JEIorse. *'4 ■
3 is going it strong ia Mis-
mee his retara there. Sé ie
oat of office every man, who
t the Dent movement, iacladiag a
' the Supreme Court. He in-'
to ride "rough shod" over the
ite, but he
neckyefc.
WM¡
3d
Me-
¡ with
t we are troubled
pass over
g it for a no-
Og for sale, A castiga
immediately fol-
Remedy,
the Eng
confused
of the Telegraph.
; mix ap matters bo much, brother
mmrnMBrnmBSmmm
Tj'i i ■
• .Bitters,
m
thffli
warning to the
t not to interfere farther
) elections? President
i not let Boutwell and
w«
SPIES'
will condemn a
V( e have
political organizations as highly: im-
p roper and dangerous in a republic.
The iir3t, which attracted oar atten-
tion, although there may have been
others on a email scale previous, was
the Know Nothing organization, which,
springing up somewhere in the North,
so fruitful in isms of every kind, spread
all over the country and became a for-
midable political party, aominatiág its
orships and for the Presidency.
The Know Nothing societies were se-
cret and the members were bound b^-
oaths, one of which-compelled them to
declare to the world, that, they knew
nothing at these societies ;or their pur-
poses, and to deny membership with
them. Hence the curious name of
íaow Nothing. Not to dwell on th
•ho narrow and bigoted political an
religious features, which difigured them
—this, of itself, was a most damning
paper,,tart
a common
will not
. We arc pot
since it has
Washington authorities
receiving government patronage,
been lately speaking out ia an article,
¡atial
with more than its usual plainness
the situation in that Goagressional Dis-
trict, and it lays down flatly what th
moderate republicans will do and wL_,. . ... ^ .
tfcey will not do&V Wo t noT1™ S° «* «*•
dispoBÍtiojs lo «le with the Congres- i !°s %?°* «nploasant to
sioosl election in that Dfetrict further ¡M' ™ 'hreate. hot we de-
than to desire a union ol nil medente \ SIre*]'° _ .
men to prevent the Snceo«S of the ne- ¡ Tlut ,s a" we haTe ">** Jost
gro candidate; for, however estimable j ~~ • 1
may be the private character of Gen. ¡ íoiaaicQicaíed.
Clark, or his abilities, such we hold
him to be. We do not consider the
present black pópalation of the South,
lately liberated from slavery, fit to take
the lead ia political affaire, and we
should regret very much to see thi?
first effortjia Texas ^ucceed, The iro
portaace of a union of all tho'deccnt
whites ia that District, said to contain
"a clean colored majority of three thou-
sand votes," to prevent this hateful
consümation is evident. The Bulletin
proposes Gen. Shields of Falls county.,
as a compromise candidate on whom
all modarate men may unite. We have
nothing to say against this—it may be
jibt, calculated to destsoy all that frafl&l -for the best—but we have serious ol>
md bold demeanor, which ought even-
to characterize the citizens of a proud
republic. Men, that are men, should
never be engaged in anything of a po-
¡itical or religious nature, which com-
pels or encourages deceit and ialse-
aood. aggjj
The Know Nothing order went down,
iud the unfortunate war gave rise to
the Loyal Leagae, a secret, oath-boand
organization to effect political objects.
This, originating in the North, has been
aulUplied throughout the South and
used to control the ignorant negroes
iad prejudice them against their late
Piasters. Whatever its professed orig-
inal object, it has been used and contin-
ues to be used for the moat pernicious
Mid uaholy purposes. We have never
liesitated to denouce the Leagues as
aalawful combiaations of the most dan-
gerous character, and we shall continue
to do so antil the last one be disbaaded.
Thé foraiation and influence of the
Loyal L cagues caused the creatioa of
she Ku Klax Kiaas, avowedly to coun-
teract them. We have no more knowl-
edge of these secret associatioas thaa
we have of the ¿Loyal Leagaes. Re-
port says, that thsy, too, originated in
the North, and that the Grand Head of
the Order resides there. We think this
liighly probable, as the Southern mind
is not quick to inveaf or couatenauce
3UCÜ, tiitngs.
jectioas to the whole tone of the article
and to several particular statement*
and expressions therein, having a gen-
eral beariug throughout the State ai
this time.
It would- appear to be the intention
of both branches of ths Repúblicas
party, if we may judge from the utter-
ances of their presses, to exclude from
all participation in the offices of the
State, high or low, every man not be-
longing to either, or who took an?
part in the late Southern Confederacy
or even sympathised with the lo:
cause. Those, not proscribed by
acts of Congress, may generously I
permitted to vote, if they will vote ft
otherwise, we are told, the
voting should be and will be set aside
—but not oae of them must have thg
presumption to asgire to office! To
use the language of Flake's Bulletin
"they have no right."
the party of the rebellion, they
no right to elect those, who are oppos-
ed to the party that has preserved this
Government." That is—they have no
right to vote for any body bat a repul>-
lican of some sort, black or a shadfe
whiter. Now, it is untrue that the
Republican party of itself "preserved
this' Government"—it would be much
nearer the truth to say they destroyed
it-—millions of democrats aided in the
smv n a'uíia tu iwc K" t-be Por%Qd'_ (Ma ®,) Argus,
LI- ^ - T- ' • ■ . " í ■ a*
made considerable progress m some
portions of the South, and fearful sto-
have beea told of their horrible
doiags. No doabt much of all this is
invention, and many crimes have beea
perpetrated by others, oatside the Ku
gClux, throw odium upon the orgaai-
zation. But this matters little—what-
ever may hav« beea its object, it is
certain that th® society is a secret one
of a political character, and, as such,
has received our atter condemnation
the begianing. One wrong does
not justify another, and, from
can learn, the Ku Klax is too mach like
he Loyal Leagae to receive any coun-
tenance from us. We repudiate and
denounce the whole batch of secret po-
litical societies, the Know Nothings,
the Loyal Leagues and the Ku Kluxes.
Though their objects may he entirely
lifferent, they are a!I to a great extent
dike in their character—-they are se-
cret, oath-bound organizations of a po-
litical nature, and th at is enough to ea-
sare oar anhesitating opposition. We
entreat oar Southern friends, who have
at heart the welfare of their
to - abjure
do we call up-
on every democrat aad conservative to
wash Mb hands clean froiaaay^Ka Klux
ation. Let our warfare for the
Constitution, and the restoration of the
Government to its original form and
' " on openly aad boldly
invoking the aid of
wbichjnay
on.
and the peace of
them áR, a
r,be
Doings o
.Y. Star.
It woald
us all trouble.
"Tie
from the Associated
i Washing-
■ láeut.
Texas and save
Executive Committee
Republican party would have been no-
where—secession would have been n
complete success. Is not this assump-
tion a gross insult to every war demo-
crat of the North? Is it not equiv;
lent to saying, that, every man througi
out the whole couatry is disloyal
is not a republican f Have the Nor
ern democrats "no right" to vote
any one they please? If they ha
the right, why not the Southern de¡
crate? The twaddle about coaquc
is ridiculous. Bat we are told,
we "claim the
whose
right of electing mi
only renommendation is tl
they were Confederates." This is
trae—our candidates are selected
their known qualifications-—we
claim the right of selecting them wi
out regard to their being Confederal
or Union men. Whep Union men
equally sound and qualified, we ta :e
ihem in preference as a matter of polic r,
not that they are purer or better, b it
that they may be able to do us rue si
good. ~ T '' I
v - - - • r--:: - .
is just as uutrue that we are d b-
posed "to reject mea whose only fai It
is and was their adherence to the T n-
ion." No such thing. Who adher id
with more fidelity to the Union than
John and George Hancock, Janees
Armstrong, Hamilton Stuart, Sam U
riB, and many others we might meat
Yet these men are with us now
exceedingly obnoxious to yoa
forbid us to votefqr^jeefe^you
or re
own acknowledgment,
test of loyalty bat party. Oat
ooaveaes ia New
meet at the Union
Philadelphia, o* We
iastañt, at 2 o'clock P
will be
and
thes®
« This, d
ed to
Quic
York, will
in
egates from
hFiIS Hi
patriots.':
But we aro obliged to the Bal
this plain talk—this ah<
i hands—an i we will one
repay the obligatiou in kind. We 1
a little plain talk for the writer in ¿
Bulletin, and for ail the \
efate republicans, headed by <
Hamilton.
11th tion and anión, we have propa
bnstitatioa, made for us, i
as all. We.have pr
have no tici
Tfee Jute Edward Oliver iiaile.
—
But little is known here of the pást
history of the sabject of this notice':
In company with his wife he arrived in
Anstin, about three weeks since, in the
last stages of consumption, but not-
withstanding he. was an invalid his
mind was unimpaired, an^-b^ h¿-jovial
disposition and sparkling wrt. he soon
brought around him devoted friends
who gave him every att^tiod^f^a^ af-
fection and kindness corffa saggest. "1
He saw the gradu^lapproacti of death
and would often ai% his friends how
long they thought be could last, deal-
ing to keep it trom his wife as long as
possible. On Saturday morning he
asked his physician to give him a
truthful statement of his condition, and
when told he could not live more than
tweuty-four hours, he went calmly to
work arranging his private affairs, dic-
tating and signing letters, conversing
pleasantly and cheerfully with his
¡rienda, and often, by his sallies of wit,
almost causing them to forget they
were by the bedside of a dying man.
: Socrates died a philosopher, E. 0.
Haile died like Socrates. r«-
The commander of the "Old Guard"
of Napoleon has been handed down to
fame because, when commanded to sur-
render or to take death as the alterna-
tive, he only smiied at his fate. The
subject of this sketch did not laugh at
deatu, but when he saw it was inevita-
ble he expressed no regcats either by
word or action. No aervous restless-
ness, no eager, anxious expression of
the eye, but a steady manliness, a per-
fect composure, anda uniform cheerful-
ness we nave never seea equaled. His
chief regret seemed to be leaving his
wife, whose kindness to bim, during so
many long months of suffering, was a
sabject ol frequent'conversation with
his friends.
For maay years Mr. Haile had beea
prominently connected with the South-
ern Press. Like his intimate friend,
Artemus Ward, his education was par-
tially gained in the printing office. We
first hear of him as one of the proprie-
tors of the Mobile Times, during
which time we hear his paper was oace
or twice sappressed by military order.
Later he is known as the .sparkling con-
tributor to the xiew OrfeaiSs Orescent,
and other Southern papera, over tho
nonide phtme of -'A Head," "£. & O.
ijmg -ajií
rieans Com-
and still later as the fl
An-Thrope" of the New
mercial Balleiia. ^ .
A few years since his physician re-
commended atoar to the Old Couatry,
and at the great Paris Exposition he
represented the New Orleans Press.
Early in Jaly Mr. Haile was advised
to make a trip to Texas, having been
assured the cool nights and bracing air
here would restore him, but he came
too late to fiad relief.
Mr. Haile was a Royal Arch Mason,
aad a member of Lin wood Lodge of
New Orleans. It hávíüg 6eea deemed
inadvisable at presentóte remove his
remains they were interred here with
Masonic honors.
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Interesting Correspondence
road TiarougI Texas to tlie Pa-
h CWC. h ,rf- -.tí "
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Lexis«to!í, Kéntucky, >
August 4, 1869. }
C. R. Johns & Co.,
Gentlemen —Some time ago 1 addres-
sed yoa a letter in relation to our pro-
jected railroad. Siace tlien we have
began to act, and every friend of pro-
gress in Kentucky is delighted to find
that our people are fast awaking to a
perception of the necessity of connect-;
ing the State with the grand commer-
cial enterprises which arii now in pro-
gress. Oar city and county have jast
voted $500,009, or $250,0€O each, to-
wards completing the Bastera end of
the Elizabethtown, Lexington and Big
Sandy Railroad. This road will con-
nect with the Baltimore & Ohio and
the Pennsylvania Central, or both of
them, and with a road throagh Rich-
mond, Virginia, to Noriplk, These coa-
iiections will greatly abridge the di
,' ~ ^
munication 3^^^ 0Íui1Wri T
jailes shorter than thr nearest route
to New York. The State.- of the North-
east are also seeking «cess. to the
ocean by that point, a
road is i a coi
little Rock,
and from Little Rock to
int in Western Texas. It will
extend to Belton or Waco,
'acific, from St. Louis, has reached
Springfield,. Mo., and will be speedily
extended to Prestoa, Teias, aad thence
to the main trunk, in whatever part of
Texas that may.
The roadYrom New Orleans to Ber-
wick Bay will be earned throagh to
some poiat in Texas. Thus the enters
prise of oar State, aad of the States
North and South of us, is pointing
largely ia the direction of Texas aad
the Southwest. Our roads and our
commerce are seeking outlets in that
direction. In the judgment of the
highest railway authorities, Texas will
be traversed by the dominant road to
the Pacific. I have been through a
portion ff yoar State, and consider it,
and especially the Western part of it,
the finest country in the world. All
that she needs-is a system of railroads
like that which hap caused the splea-
did progress of so many of her sisters
who are inferior to her in all aative re-
sources. Urge on a road to the Paci-
fic, aud when you have secured a de-
termination to succeed, the Centre aad
the South and the North will seek to
share yoar advantages aad will aid-
your efforts. Direct railroad comma-
aication with Texas will contribate
more thaa auy thiag else to make men
uainted with her vast resources, aad
invite to her immense territory a
tide of immigration that will speedily
enrich her present inhabitants, aad
give her a namerous aad thrifty popu-
lation, who will be able, without sacri
fice, to make all the improvements she
will ever require. -
Respectfully,
B. F. GRAVES.
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BIO GRANDE CORRESPONDENCE.
Mexican Depredatiojis Continued
—Condition of Mexico—Twelfth
Judicial District without a Dis-
trict Attorney—"A Speedy Trial
not to be bad—Good Crops and
brisk. Trade—Immigration—Tht-
Shrewd Mexican — JLaughable
Incident.
L>. Bbowksvulk, Aug. 10, 1869.
There is aothiag worthy of aote to
write yoa. The robbery of stock is
kept up with fearful tenacity of pur-
pose. It is a matter of daily occur-
rence for a stock-raiser to see his aai-
mals driven off by armed men. It is a
little hard to saflfer loss and be deaied
the privilege of protesting;, A little
grumbling woald help the loser some.
An indalgence of this kind would be
answered by a six-shooter. Silence is
personal safety.
Bauds of organized robbers from
Mexico are depredating daily between
the Nueces and the Rio Grande. They
have regular crossings. At one they
have built a corral and are doing the
business systematically. They sell
thoir stolen stock in Mexico. The
cattle-dealers of Matamoros are ac-
cused of being the receivers of stolen
property. The price of a beef there is
about three ¿pilars. Hundreds of
stolen hides find buyers in the Heroic
City. ; .. ,*!
Judge Manchaca has done a great
deal towards checking this nefarious
traffic, ¡ie caanot put it down entirely.
He deserves great credit for his merito-
rioas efforts.
Ia process of time the people of
ea done. A
„ E..BH
of that «
apon áH the prisoners. w
strange why a matter so important—
involving go many personal rights and
privileges—should be so neglected.
The public interests suffer by the dire-
lict omission to do duty. H
f '% WEBB COÚSTT. s*:.,
Judge Basse spent some time recent-
ly io'^Webb county. He speaks in
high terms of the people. They are
remarkably honest* In Lsiredo the|
people sleep with-their doors open, and
thefts from houses are almost aaheard
l of.
The crops are very good. Sheep
raising is becoming a source of much
profit. There are 200.000 head of sheep
in the county. The wool yields a large
amount aunually. There is a brisk
local trade. Merchaats are doing
well, <■
The Mexicans of Webb county are
brave, faithful and reliable. They have j
had many affairs with the Indian's, and
fought them successfully. In these
campaigns Col. Santos Benavideshas
geaorally been the leader. His two
brothers, Capt. Refagio and Capt Cris-
toval Benavides, are gallant and trae
meo. |í§¡ ' j
These people took part with, the
Soath in the late civil war. - They did
good service. On foot, or moanted,
charging, or receiving a charge, they
were Bure to do all that a good soldier
should. They never hesitated—they
"weat iu" in atter disregard of odds
in namber and they staid. They never
recoiled. It woald be injastice aot to
mention the fearless old man—St. En
genio Garza. He was always ready
to fight, and he always eviaced indom
itable courage. Brave men are apt to
elicit respect even from adversaries.
Among the residents of Laredo are
some Americans who made splendid
soldiers. They have seen service on
many fields, and ever proved indomita-
bly courageous. * :t M I
These aoble old frontiersmen are
passing away. Death has thinned
them. Wherever met with, you may
rely apoa them for anything which men
can do, whero -danger threatens and
honor is. to be reaped.
M '"% emigration. ^Pɧ^tf¡|
.ere is a wakening up on the sab-
jv-vf of emigration. A namber of gen-
tlemen, joint owners of sixty leagae
grant, are canvassing the propriety of
an immediate partition of the same,
and the publication of terms to be of-
fered as an inducement to emigrants.
A beginning is required to ensure
the early development of the agricul-
tural resources of this section, and to
render it one of the most productive ia
the United States. "
At present there is very little local
trade. The supplies required by Mex-
ican raucheros are iideffinitely small
when compared with those of Ameri-
caa and European farmers and me-
chanics. -
.letters of little
Houston Uaioa. Of a
tus will be there.
nado up
what a sweet concern
in will be niade"
and Bomba hold
'provision" if. it gets into
are now
are either
iPiiiMtfniiiiro
^ equal to the
The vote will soon be taken
the lino East of us to raise one million
of dollars, exclusive of private sub-
scriptions. That amount when raised
will secure the completion of the road
to the Virginia line, inasmuch as about
one-third of the distance has been al-
ready graded and about one-twentieth-
been taken in oae
of us, and lhat couaty
th considerable alac-
end of the road
, _..jzabethtowh with a
neáííy an air line to
the road now Dear-
cab, and from that
cbn&wt with the
■t-'has dona-
M , carry it to
of Texas. Oar road will
" One or more routes from
the Pacific, which will
t, and pass through a conn-
mmr - ~ -
so well adapted to
sol well provided
Texas wiU be goaded almost to des-
peration by their losses, aad they will
retaliate. The day an armed body of
Texans Grosses the Rio Grande will be
a sad epoch in the history of Mexico.
It will be the only method by which
they; can defend their owa property.
It will be a lessoa which the Mexicans
will long remember. They now laugh
at the idea. They are occasionally re-
mi tied that the people of Texas would
willingly take up the gaage of battle
whenever Mexico chooses to throw it
down, ~ They withstood her power
when she was more aaiteU aud more
powerful than at present. They do
not fear her millions, and feel perfectly
able to place the banner on the walls
of the National Palace. '
pacification of tahaoupas.
In the newspapers yoa will see re-
ports of aa arrangement effected for
the pacification of the State of Tamau-
lipas. If the rumored agreement has
been made, it is probable Gov. Garza
will not actfede. He has been elected
the legal and the constitutional gover-
nor of the State, He will hardly sur-
render his position without a straggle.
There is au avenue of honorable escape
he can avail himself of.? ;He has beea
elected one of the Judges of the Su-
preme Court of Justice, and cau ac-
cept. Hé hates Caaalea aad Vargas,
and may not accord oa that account.
It is impossible even to guess what
may be the resalta of the revolution.
Peace with one faction generally means
war withr another. It is like the
sargery of the devil when he mended
the dog's leg.
ility" prevailing in nearly aillthe
gSfjgjw. A dangerous revolution exists
iu th-.; State of Jalisco. Lozado seems
to lord there. He is dividing out
thc'Iroperty of the richer and reward-
ingi his followers. There ia almost
anarchy over the whole State. In
Chiapas and other States the Indians
are waging a war <rf extermination
against the Mexicans. Late papers
eak of an anticipated outbreak in
Lais Potosi, headed by Doa Juan
This "aaaiterable tran-
local incidents. •.
The cattlftigstealing is carried oa in
open daylight/regardless of consequen-
ces. The organized bands of Mexicans
engaged are getting rich. <ffhi3
has given encoaragement to all kinds
of rascality. Thefts were of nightly
occarrence antil the organization of a
Police, ^ This was a measure
ty. 5íú<?e flien there have been"
a few petty pilferings.
jr. Not long since a Mexican stopped in
town for the night. He was one of the
"old ones"—no chance to steal from
him. He placed his horse in a cotral,
lay down by him, and kept the larialo
iii-his hand. No oae could get that
horse—-ao such a thing possible.
He surrendered himself to the god of
sleep, perfectly conscious of security.
He was awake at different times during,
the night, felt for the rawhide rope and
found it there. In the moiniaghe rub-
bed his eyes, and felt fully satisfied he
had given the pelado thieves of Browns-
ville an evidteace of his shrewdness.—
He pulled \&lanalo in triumph—it of-
fered aq resHyfiihce—his horse was very
mach hghteaed. A successioa of Mex-
ican oaths was soon heard, and a
friend discovered the sharp one stand-
ing up with half a rope iu his hand—
the contingent remainder of a horse,
saddle and bridle. Leather ropes make
knives laugh. Sancudo.
! -•— —
<. J The Next Legislature.
I ■ . :r: ;
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There will be in the next session of
the Keatacky Legislature a greater
proportion of geatlemen who served
the Confederacy thaa was observed in
the last session, and the circumstance
is made the occasion of considerable
disquiet ia the patriotic bosoms of ojir
Northern brethren.
This is sad. But yet it has its con-
solation. There is never a pound of
bitter withoat an ouace or so of sweet;
and the faithfal and the ardent oa the
other side of the river may take_our
a8saraace that oar local Ie; '
be no
.rcoantry bled.
Going to war is like goiag to cbllege.
A man cannot spend four yer
army
went
we j
tives, besides
to the
Economy.
The power and
RRHHI
social order
are largely i
hensioa aud a
teaching
to the classcs which enjov
the |
wen
life wliich coianian
ber of hearers, and
opportunities
I am not exaggerating 1
of the science which i
explain, when I affirm
Oxford with a clear
effectual mastery of its
will have acquired great
eessfuily filling any pos
yoa may hereafter be called. Your
ficiency, yoar command of
elements of modem civilization,
ability to take pah; in the
of the world, in its debates aad
tice, will be euormously
The need for good Political Economy
will meet you at every turn, in public
or private discussioas, in meetings of
every kind, in tjpe solemn debates
Parliament. Ttórdemand for the couu
ried asit will be large. * Thiak of the]
history of your country during the last
forty years, and you will see how
a portion of its public lite has been
hinged on Political Economy; No|
question, except perhaps the peculiar
ly-exciting topic of Reform, has rivaled j west
in pablic interest the greatTjnestion of j few
Free Trade. The agitation raised on jdeg
the laws which governed the importa-1 eleven
tion of food long convulsed every por-
tion of English sopiety. It was a battle
which raged upon a doctrine of science.
The straggle for Jhe repeal of the Co
Laws cost sevea campaigns to one o
the most eminent of English statesmen,
and its resalt iafinitely transcended iu
world-wide importance the effect of the
famous war of the great Prussian King.
It stormed with the angriest passions
and the fiercest animosities. The most
numerous and the richest classes ia the
coantry alike believed that their prop-
erty—nay, that their very existence,
was at stake, and thé fury with which
they fought was proportionate to the
strength of the conviction. Ah«í yet
the questisn at issue was oae of pure
science and reasoning. Its descision
belonged of right to Political Economy,
to the students who had mastered its
principles, and could predict conse-
quences with the authority of cultivat-
ed intelligence.—Bbnamy Price's hec-
tares to Oxford Students.
■ : Tr^T
mous nation for the last fifty years.
T9E ELECTION.. ' BjjlBI
ft is the opinion of men wise in elec-
tion-matters, that Gen. Hamilton will
beat Géi , Dati fo
He ís tÉe cham*
.le, not from
votesfBBI
They know he has
aeering ' ■ —
pion of
love for them, bu
is said to have been .
the race just before the war.
to Send Judge jHHH|
man out of the room,
not-few* her to the *
He has grown suddenly fond
in an
out at the same hole he
e picks ap a deal of odd
scraps of worldly wit and wisdom. He-
gets rid of a deal of provincialism.
Travel is a great civilizer-and the Con-
federates traveled smartly from first to
last; so that, having got their hand in,
they are li
They are worth cultiv
óf abu3ing.thein the Repab
to conciliate them. They hold the
ion. .'j -fir;
A qaestion which vitally iaterests
the whole people of Texas, but which
since the adjournment of the Conven-
tion seems to bedost sight of, is the
question of dividing the State. Al-
though nothing comparatively is being:
satcfoa f5a sut>J<^t T3y"'tfIo^TavTJffiig^
it, does any man think they have aban-
doned it? If he df>es so believe, he is
greatly mistaken. Division of Texas
is a radical dogma held aot only by
radicals Sontb, bat by inflaeatial.lead-
ers of the party North, both in and out
of Congress. Does any man believe
that if it shall appear to Congress that
a division of the State is necessary to
the existence of the party, that that
body will hesitate to divide ? It is
true that the articles of annexation
provide a means whereby the State
may be divided, but if accessary Con¡-
gress will not stop to inquire on that
sabject—they wiU and an easier and
shorter method. The party which so
incessantly labored in the Convention
to accomplish division is not dead, and
it is not even sleeping ; with Argus
eyes they are waiting and watching
tbeir opportunity, ready should that
opportunity offer to take advantage of
it and accomplish their desires. The
success of the Davis faction in Texas
opens the door to the easy accomplish-
ment of their object. The articles of
annexation provide fe^ the formation
of new States out of She Territory of
Texas by the consent of the said State
of Texas, with a radical State govern-
ment, headed by E. J. Davis, the con-
sent of the State would be tendered
without asking. If we oppose the di-
vision of Texas, we should not trust,
to appearances—we should not
pose that because its advocates are at
present Silent, they are idle by any
means. ■1 / • ''5'- ' -
respOL
tic
visible on the:
the eclipse two
prominent and
less. The cusps
ragged aud
^KA aaI] nca '•
Irtfti ^ _
tho forai of the i
Near the cusps of
totality "Bailey's
distinctly by all the
ing through aa M
«reiser
aaces
distin
limb
Napoleon and His
least seven or i
all visible.
or lower!
aace of a:
Ia its part:
or three jet-bis
ed eye it seemed as 1
side, aud one oa
Jast after the tot
openings the lurid glow of the sun
distinctly visible. The corona was i
as generally described in books,
aJialo of light surrouadióg the j
two prongs on 1
These points [
pearance. The ¡
ory regarding tnis corona,
the atmosphere of the
seem to be sustained by
made at this point. It is
that the corona is in í
by the phenf
through the
search was ms
were observed
the Sup. De
Mercary, Venus,-
urn, Denebata, and
visible. The
at the beginning of t
enty-sevea degrees
forty-five desees, an
oi-lvM
otner
At in the
thermometer
tol
«<?qc
public. Witiroüt j
may say at once J
acc^t^a^ifte;
He English
■ÉÉÉÍ new Government.
quility" has existed in toe magnani- balance of power between the twoexr
^ ■. . - r il 1 Wimu anS rflAV OYC. tÍlfirí>HSÍltT~"mOCl-
mes, and they are
ate and enlightene
repentant, we admit;
certainly not ashamed
times look back with
era in which they are vain
are not
They arc
eace the new French governmer
the government of Great Brit
sists ia the fact that the F
tends to be his own
This-is ia | ■■HnM
we have said on this
Ewpéror, we have Pi | . ... ..
never let go the reins. This we think was
is a great mistake. The beauty of the r
Ihn m.qru
think they did not disgrace their man-
d. They walk up HM
ore them, and ask, and are
e to get, that respectful considera-
tion and courteóns treatment which
merit is entitled to "wherever found.
:y, we have forgot the war,
never, except by sheer folly,
part ia a political conflict.
#>n~%^ ■■■■■■
self «ítt briar him into
t, look straight ^ with _ - .
* Senate. • It will not
altor alllllR
houses m collision with each
one-or boih in co'lision
peror. Ia such
coléted wo ™
i f
: i [J
1
fjiiiiyji.i
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