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PEOPLE, AtlK THE MATERIAL, AND T II K ONLY MATERIAL, OUT OK tVj! It'll Ell KB 01) V K R N M i: N T S ARE C 0 X B T U t' fc TED. — Jr. r Kit ii son .
BASTROP, TEXAS, SATURDAY; MARCH (L 187.1.
VOL. jtVlII NO I?,
u not.r m'mhfr «no.
lJAHTROP ADVJCUT1SEIIENTS.
THE LAST HOI K.
Tbev ram* to boar I. i cnrp.e *uijr —
Before her (trim mi l itsrk il luy,
Wllb blood besprent from •)>irTii to cIm!,
tin- hr.'sal,
JOB BU1NTINO.
TUB •• ADVICHTIHtU "
JOB VHIST1N0 KHTAttUSHMKNT A"'1 *" """**"> ' ln
b repbU w lib «*er> variety of j J* ,0 h'r' 'n' fn,r " ma !«
1 ' , "brr tn your lover mint lie laid.
f Tf 1 AM® MATBAIAIa And oii nor m* bat* n iiuie t« spare,
Koi lb* Bftl and prompt elevation of ' •'••• *• seek bi* ' •<• to share.'
J o fe-W O tl
Anil fators I* ikwl *'*•
prepared to duU-r upon lhat lifit Hint
u«*vt-r ilira, beyond Hie tomb aud tlio
grave iu Hint bcaUtiful land, "ahue tho
stara shall bo forever spread out l>< fore
tl* like isleud* that slumber ou tbe Wel-au
of eternity, where Ibe rainbow never
TELL YUL'lt WIFE.
II you are iu any trouble or quandary,
tell tout wife—cbat in if you bam oue—
nil About it ut one?. Ten to one ber iu-
.Tiitioii will solve yonr dilliciilty sortie^
fades, and where tho foitns of beauty thau nil your logic. Tlie wit bfr woman
that pans before ua bere nbull linger uu<l has been praised, but lief
LOW.
m'i* I Ir. iT.ti.uM or aaossi.
Pilgrim swallow, skimming fleet
Pa
, Mb* saaWsrrd. -Vet * liule apsci
(lire me lo lock Upon lea face,
, Ifstll tbla Heal liour iped.
Leave me atune bere wntli inj dead.'
,, ,B r r b i k fa i <■1 r * > \ rU) ^ mj.
1 r.M4«abl. ltd nwUfaetioa guar.ntert Al- |rf, b(r ^ w#|jjh ,
it I f' J5 TIf In'f If j Nor alined oh, nor wbliorn d
«r *t llala SiVert
llAHDklO.
UAMMLK LOI'iiK No. >44,
aAfrtlceU «lb9attirdavnl|(blin earhmoinh
1.0 SUOIIANAN, W. M.
M ri« f Secretary.
Iiilt ip, Mareb A. IMt.
It ASTRO** CIIAITKIl N . V
MmU lit Saturday ntjt.i In aarb e«lt
T t KARLBV. M. K. U
it FivM.fW'W'.
Ha<in>i January 14. 1A7V
UirsINESS CARm.
*R. i*; *. LitkiiTT
t fpu*— Dr. D 8 jm' Dr f 8 * t.
HA8TR0P • • • TKXA8.
H«lr. P Tela*. JuH nUtlf.
|^R. T. P. MARLY.
Cfera hi« pfu(r«ni' nl lerHtba !■> ttie rili-
i •• af IU«tri>|> and rleln'itv.
OPPIOK—At tbe drag U re of
K 'ddiag. Baatrop, Auc
t il e a r nilii
POIl TUK
«3 .m. MMP
0
Kail)
l« ly
old,
j lleoiefurlb Ibe «oelal nlllaeM .iirred.
j Oalaidi* ibv MfiaHnw, drolling I>««•
II•'Wined dhotaily aliout ibe tree*,
The bol ma biased along |t.« kf,
The • nadentig wind crept idly l>y.
It *!i<>ob the an<etnear and the lilaom
f'roin tfai'lng tine tcr'«a ilm ro- m ;
line white leal buttered down (o rent.
And to'nod to ciunion on Lia hieatl
, Sbe. kneeling by the awful bier,
Mad* on lament and alo d no tr.ir,
i Hut tbe daiuh anguitli la liei rjrt
Might bate coa|>elii'd tbe ilrad to rl r.
! t'ouId any yeaining look or aju-fp'i,
A Vail, daa ' ih<* ilr*d to re«'li '
An t the atill ll|>« it:at in«di' iio moan
Were pair aa llpa err nit in lo'ii'
Ilia head •i'bin hi>r hi me embrace
Her clieek Ui<l cloa«' gtii.'i hi' far.',
ttll ll« PiIK#'! IpflatlM t| 11 * 11 • ,
; Mtr dark hair in tti«- rn.wn<l
c« ehing •ilrmly ;ivi•! fn f,
A« • uc bi tit.A h«! f?j lim it'* | « •. <!,
Ai«l ••lb !l (UIMII J{ lr if, « r r rr,
lf *r l>rolbf*r* • itl rr<! ai t!.- «K r
lktay iu our preaeuoo forever."
ADA Dhll.
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AMBITION.
Ambitlob is a M.'rd too often mi aj>
pTii d and Miiniinderatood. Frotn this hI
uioat uuiveraal pereeraion of iln m<*uninr
It luia ro*v< lo oouTi«y uu iJta I'litirely
^eigu to itH bigbet" nod 1>"tti*r ei^tiifirn-
tion. Th'i corruption I.iih )>radn«ily
quieki r aud kectict' ttldn
aat uiy window, 'gainat the blue,
With tbr lex it,- aonjr and aweet
ihfttluct* are ' Ev,ry •'• * auew;
her reaaou Wb*t ,'1* ,,0,Jr tllu" ""tild'l tell,
Couubol with your wife, or your motber w'"' rltoaelle?
or hihtur, ai,d bo oanut't'd light will ll mli
up in your dnrkneaM. Wotuau are tor
<• 'tnuionly mljui'.gcil um verdnut in nil but
purely womuniH I nlT.iirs. No pblloao^
phicnl Htudrnt of tbo sex thtia jtidgcx
•lien. 'Phoir ioHtitntioD*. or innigbUi,
trc llle raofit nubtle, mid if they cannot
■eon cat in the meal there is uo ont
there. In counselling a lu in lo tell his
ifj.uwu up u tin* tt-'il, ua ti|•«*ii liiitnlt. >1.1 wife, we farther ami advite
I
'a and after the :<Mbda| of Septesobir, the
i idoi4lgred pro|M> ea lo bire team* at the f..l
I- wiag rate* .
twe horae* and boggy per day
horae •' " " "
• 441* horae " "
I red far herae " *'
I agio leed
► a* paaeaager to MelWe
1 we
Haek and team wlth al dil*er....
Ilec% and trait1 w ith <lriv *t .....
•tage e*r . Htngle Trip
Vewd Trip... ..••••>
Tbiee Pasaeugi rs
Tfcaftitlwl lor pa<t pat-onag* ha
a.aril a (eallniiaace ol lb* earn*.
R. • GRCKN
Fealrap, Aagual 2*. 1*74.
Kir, iiifi'!. t| doanaar-l thioiigl. the lahd
There rauie '.p -e a iie nl liaml
And he who luei its U w ies* h> rile,
U khl i.oo-r bis death hi lire or aoord
i Brief time reMoteal for luneisi lit ',
When need iike lliia arroas her II.srt.
■ fa thet apprnaehcd full a.ire at lic.irl.
To ! u-ati ibal laat einkrace sp4il.
^ ^ I And owe—tbe leoderrat—At her ear,
1 no *P°ke *ix tbing eo'da of hue and clieeh
I «M>
I of others, uutil ambitiou uti.l moral ile-
praviiy tiavo aluiont lieconje synony-
IDOUS.
j It ia our purpose to take tbe word iu
ita better meaning and to utti'Wpt lo
ahow that a win^ dentre to da fri ll, to
nocroed, and even to excel, lends only to
Uuaiau loiproveweul nud to tbe develop*
meat and cultivation of all that ia really
tt<>'"d Ata'd hohle in bumnn nature. It i
lo tins praisi worthy spirit, thin lauilald*
ambitiou, that eferv cue who hit
achieved dintiuctiou is liulebted f r Ini
success. It is t«• this inward uapirulioti
after (joo.t that we are indebted fur till
vict ties of thiud • the pro!'dost achieve
tueiitn of nit ulnl scieuco uud ill Ibe
cnutiliess ileeds of vtrtilo lli.it tllniuine
the iiniiiils of Time. Under its mightr
*tioinliih the school I'oy ploiln Ins weiiry
round and cotijuers nil difflciiUirs, ft m
the j;ritn>! motlVu power nf the luimortnl
soul impelling to high achievement.--
and noble deeds.
Without thin t* Are the henrt nud
nerVe the nr«r tb'-t* -an tie uo euduriug
excellence iu individual life. N^rnhould
tlna .loinrueiidaldc spirit of piide be c*ui
lined to itidtvntafc merely, every com
1 ttoui.it> could not) should tie nnilunted !>v
a firm tiled purpose to lie b-hnid tin
hits to keep noao of his allnirs n necret
fioiu her. Many a home ban beeu hap-
pily wived, and many n lartuue retrieved
by ;i man's fuli couflilo^oe iu his "liettcr i
hnlf " Woman is f .r m ~rn ft fleet1 snd a '
I '".iphet t Ii uu Minn, if she lie given a lair 1
chauce. A« a general rule, wive con- (
ti le lh<> minutest of their plans and
tLi11iglits lo their husbands, having no
in v-dveuienl-i to screen from tbetn. Why
t.ol reciprocuto, if but for the pleasure of
ni' eting eiiuQdeniw with eoDtidence? We ,
ascertain tint uo man succeeds so well
in the world as he, who, ti*fiugit part-
tit' f>r life, makes her the partner of his [
purport-* and hopes. What ia wrong of
In- impulse i judgment she will cheek
and set ii(.-lit with her almost universally
right instincts. "Helpmeet" was so in- To bring back what I love so wel1,
as npplied to man's Swallow, thy dear ritornelle 1
■o« iii" -. lit t tl
c.xDpinion She n a meet help to him
in > very darkness, dilttculty nud sort'cfr
of lif . And wh*,t l:
1
h
tuusl dcHorv"!
i ll love in nev
monl cidveh nud
is i mjltkfiu '—without
r free from a shadow.
Si' su S'" r Au i xi>hange talks on
business in this style,and we can endorse
it, believing our readers will do theiiallio.
It says :
"Take up your town, and yonr towns'
THE PRISONER TO THE HWAL favoring ior paaMge of the bill regulat | aonual ptymint ol iU j,(Wri. The grota
ing the affairs of Ibe Dial uud Dumb earuiugs of the Iuteru*tioii4l aud (lr*t
Asylum. Referred. , Northern Uiilwjy, in 1874, amouoUd lo
House bill concerning litigation wtth a littlo over 9l,i)00,iK)0 on 4fl6 ml lea ol
Ibe New tfrlrana, Mobile and Texas rued. Tbo oaipauy prop ism to pxj'
Railway passed. | l*o p«r cent, on lb it part of the rdid
Houee bill giving merchants a lien on receiving the subsidy, About SK);) mile*,
chips for advance* made, considerably earning* of wuiob would amount to
discusnrd and '4n moti'to of Mr. Dolauy X).000, two por oeot. to#10,000. Corn-
it was indefluiVely postponed: Houic pleted to 8tu Antonio, * proportionate
I bill Sxuig tbo tibe of term* of courts iu valuation on 2T0 miles constructed,
the Thirty-Fourth Judicial District, would in ike S.'J.'i/lOO, two per cent, of
passed under suspension of Htlef.; Hen- I *''1011 anlonntod ti1 JtS.fOO, wherein tlie
ate bill coneerniug vacant lands in Fish- amount to be j.uiil to keep the State
! er'a and Miik't's colony was paased ; also harmless, sbotild bo ^34*i,titXI, nearly
Seoate bill authorifcmg tbe Commission twenty times as lunch ns contemplated
er of the Ocnernl Land oHlee lo ettiplo^ bo paid by Iho aunjiulmeut. ito tie-
eight additional draftsmen at a salary of Hred the road to be built but hoped tliii
£1200 each per annum, and one night I eotnpany would effer more advattt&gc-
I watchman at six bnti'jVoa di'lhm per tJua^erips.
| annum. Mr. Lppersou, iu reply, made one of
! The nonaa did nothing further this most eloquent and coovinoiaf
I day, of iuterest to anybody but railroad *peeehes in favor of Iho amendment and
meu and other ancli corporations. J nXtened to by the House, which
Tbo Austin Stiite/twin says : Newspa- ' wa" A'led to cverrowing With the beauty
pers and people of Western Texas con- j wealth of the State 'capital. On the
IfcttHn denbuu'cibft tttb conduct of one ' eooelusion of lii'i ai-gitment Mr. CBch-
Iluell, who commends negro s ddiers .in rau's aoieiiument wos adopted bjr a vote
the Rio Oraude. This same Buell, Was. of 1 > n, « 30 nBJM-
! a tyrant in Jefferson, some years ago. Mr. Watts moved the previous quei-
tie did not ask, like bis master, tl.at ''on*
hitl'fiax lie suspended ' but filled ^r' Harxiza nflercd an amendment ;
stockades ttnd prisons with people who to by Mr. Epperson, declaring
were absolutely starved and froxen, and i 'I16 ■mendmont out of oVder. Objec-
then tried dvuwbead coirt martial, | "OD '"stained by tbe Chair. Call of tbh
and sentenced by tlii& bo'ciei^ of fndi-1 Uoujmj. The call wis suspended, and A
eial juatioe to the penitentiary, tfuell, ^'0'0 being taken , tbo bill w«a defeated
justly or unjustly, is deeWed a disgrace , n v<,'° °f ""J8 to ayea.
to the unifoim ^hi'eU it ftbtild lie dua Mr> Johnson moved a recouaideratioC
I cult, siuce Qraut was born of it, to dis of the vote iust taken.
grace. It is so odious that people abso Mr. Smitli, of Orinios, nioved to lay
lately abhor brass buttons and stars and • motion on the ta'de.
gilt stripes. fcolijeinen become mort! tho consideration of tbe IntCTnatlonal
. detestable and odioua when uniformed. pending a motion to lay tbe motion
J They accustom people to the semblance reconsider on tbe table, waa postpon-
; aud fact of horrible despotism, and
^(llfiicat Iho.., litte me, poor bird
For thy male, far, far aw ay *
Little wi jow : nil Unbeaid
la tbe patiiori of ihy lay,
Save by me-1 fc l too well
The angulali of tby ritornelle!
Lcm unhappy far than I,
Thou on dsrtln/ wIbrs canst rise,
Skhu the lake and search Ihe 'ky,
Fill tbe rud air with Iby cries :
Ail day loog thy grief ci'.nst tell,
Swallow, with thy ntornells!
Ah' could I but fly wilblbes!
Leave this prison where I pine.
Whence the air I* barred lo me,
tVhsl'V ho fleased aun inav shine
Scarcely to my dietary er il,
Swallow, comes tby rilornalle!
And luitKiiieh, pi'soned bere.
While thou flyest o'er Ihe sesi,
For Septsmher drawelh Bear.
To seek oilo r lands than iheie -
Orei t them for me greet them well,
Swallow, wilb thy rltoraelle !
And each day my weary eyes
1 hi ouch a mist of tears ihull gars
At the anowy winter shies.
'•■ngli'i; for the summer d*ya.
SO
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S «o
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liupea lo
Kill wen no atuwer. Mote a- clay
And Ibotrloaa wa b*r toice she lay.
Then, with • audden Vague slum.
Ile her «h#tk. ht' rui« * y\rr arm -
Tfcp *rm 4r« |*pr«f lt'rl -w« fr >m i> « )i< 11
Th« rbevk «!rr %tji had tumcU n lt|,
Tb^ gi^v« Ihfv halli *rr«1 out fir .rr
llrlU twi> l efort Ih# «U h «! ■ c,
Ar< ii tJ U pb^ji thr Itaillv dinw
Thr luvra alrjit :il pr«cc wi.hifi
♦)IFP. *TH At.NiH. IIX PURPOSES.
ITH DITTIES.
other in public enterprise and jiiibli? '""n n'"1 business men. Give encour
M|>ir it. ment to everv useful mid crcdeutial enter-
i It ia in Ibia way and in no other that Pfts" m your midst, for as certain as ef
the bloaaiugf and comforts of ci*ilirition follow causes, so certain will every
are Spread abroad until they 1-cM like n 1 enterprise of merit repay every citizen,
sweet tienediction npon the nations. i '"an Hot live onto ourselves, nor
liCt its suppose fur instance that tin- discoufrnj^e i'.uy mo.emetit .n oebatf of a
CLAIBORNE HOUSE
Livery sable,
0. W. CIUHER -Proprietor.
How iiifluitely above all other life ia
tbe life of tHdn ! Created but "little
lower tban the augela," in his tiruno na-
ture rrfliotiug the image of Ins maker,
he alands ont tbe great central fliture of
ertmtion. erowued with honor sod power
1 and dominion All na'ore is made trib
' ntary to his waute anu obeiiienl to his
1 Wottl.D I'E^PKOTPULf't IMFOltM p0r hint tbesuu rises sud reigns b)-day .1
•y triewds and ibe puhlie gewi-rall). thai I j(>r u,0 >0t| n„, mvriad hosts
lave baaed lb* , of heaven "imparwdiae Ibe night foy
ILAIBORNE IlKfSE LIVEUY STAIILK. ,bia health and happiness the winds nr..
for t'll'K VKAM)' | unemhridled and Ihe gentle showers de-
scend ; for hiiii the world is curtained
lad bava re*4t«ed tbe asaie in irsl ela s style i tn(j |NMku|y> |nr |aim i
le^lag te utahn an boaeal llviaf--and i« ; "the seaaona walk their splendid sou nil "
live—will ma tha same either wllb or without Ho blessed and favored, it would be
•ipedtloa Irom th« Ant nf Ssptember at the | wuiiderfnl indeed wore not his duties ami
kllewlag responsibibtiee eommeosutdte witii Ins
AfES or OliGCl.
tin-
good people of ItiiMtrop posse.'ie.l more
.if this generous spirit of emulation and
progu'ss, wtiat ii reformation, meiiinl
moral and material, would soon be
wr< uglit in our midst.
tiiir schools would be filled with pu-
pils from si I parts of the State, seeking
the advantagea, social as well as educa-
tional, that our Ir.vely little town would
off. r Our churches would not present
the aCif'srauee of dilapidated hum* and
our pulpits would not be empty. Hilence
would no longer relfh lit the *niititt*nfy
of Ood ; but our people would fill His
courts with songs of lonileat praise.
Our gallant press would not be per-
tui'Uul I I liiliguish , the weeds would dii-
anpear {mm our Mrrotft, aud tbe busy
htliil of a new life would be lies id or.
every hand. The standard of morality
in our midst woulil he highly advanced.
The giddy dance and noisy revel
lie l ss spprecisted, while intellectual
place without inflicting npon ourselves
| personal injurv If you see a needed itw-
p:ov ni. nt'for ,the tokm. detoand it, atit^
'alk it Mg rously until the whole colli
unity is impregnated with the idea, until
a itorm of public sct.liment compels the
work. Don't slop because some poor
mummy out of whom has withered all
public spirit and love of iidvsncemeul,
moans out his sepuleherul wbine, 'it won't
j pay.' Show to your live fellows that it
will pay, and leave your poi'r ihlltStaiy
I tM his er'balWed and swaddled dust and
fltHjiitlltV, atid by-niid-liy you will see the
i result of von- courage and talk in nni-
! versal imi oveinent, incren'ted facilities in
business ■ and abroad, liberal, generous
pnhlio sHrit, that pervades ami makes
plea-ant and beautiful every place il ou-
ters. Home uianafactures should be
eucotimged to the utmost. No man
jsho'tl.) buy an article abroa 1 when the
' same article of mntiufactuni can be pro-
i cured at lion
Tti the sprii.g s Cins of white
'I ton will llnil here, in il.e grass :
In thy circling e> i-niiu tli^lit.
Sometimes by tlist liead-tone pass!
Tliea of'peace alone shall tell,
.^wnllew. thy low ritmnelle!
— [KaTC UlLt.lKli, IN Til* filLAXV.
--is^ • - —
LEGISLATIVE.
should ne^e^ wear tbo garb with which
i tyrants and usurpers invest their tools.
innate, Feb. 25. —Various bills report
ed pro and con by the rea| ective com
mittees, but as they most come iip for
Hual action, we will not burden our col-
SKMATK.
Wednesday, Feb. ai— Standing com-
mittees reported numcroitg bills, which .
will lie uoted as they come up {ol: c'Jnsid-1 un,n# with tlierii now. A bill incorpor-
eri4,|on ' ating Gal^est^u Cotton Ptchauge, Pass-
•the following billr passed, viz ; ed.
Senate bill "to repeal article 210 of Senator Dillard introduced a
od until to morrow.
Senate, Feb. 26.—Senator Ball pre-
sented a communication from M<ijor
Jones, commanding frontier battalion,
referring to Indian raida on Ibe ffddtier
and tirgioR tbo necessity for recruiting i
battalioii at (in cdrlj da.f. Referred.
Senator Baiter introduced a bill "to
aseertaiu the deficiencies of the aeveral
1 departments of tbe State, and to mako
an appropriation for tbe samo." Reed;
and 100 copies ordered priutod.
rosolu
'An act to establish a oode of criminal! ''on "that the (.ommittee on Judiciary Tbe following bills passed ; vi« : Hen-
procedure for tbu State of Texaa." lie inafructed to inquire if any of tbe bill "to regtil-ite the keeping and
House bill "to authorize the County wharf companies along t^ttr coast ' bearing of deadly weapons iu tbe oitiad
CbUrt of rtrsyaon to iiiaue lionda.' 1 collected moie whsi-Wge than is alldfrb!1 tdwus of this State Senate bi'l "to
Senate lull to amend "An act regnla-1to inquire if any legisUt'.'dn «meud au act to establish and maintsiu
ting the eatraying of stock." . " neeessary to protect tbb UgHcHttiirai a system of public free schools."
interest from unjust taxations of this sttiendmeuta to Senate bill
' enootlnlge the cona'.motiou of - -
pleasures would yield enjoyments more
.. . , .establishment von eneonrnge niaiiufacti*.!'-
congenial to the retlne.1 sentiments and , ', ,
ing. and invite lalmr atid capita! by stim-
etnltoil station and his privileges. lt w
important, then, that be should int|iiire 1
Beable Ruggy and Team, per ttoy, •« 00 the pnrpoae of his creation, and * *
tiBfle
■addle lorae
study
the duties of bis life ! As lie was created
higher than other inimals, having do-
minion over them, he should have high-
er aims and purposes, and live up to
tbem. lie has duties which should not
lie neglected, some of whioh ate often,
Mau is here to i tu
ptove hi* time, nol to wastp it in idleness ,
and he sbotild strite tij Hlakehi.t life piitv
and noble, so tlist in declining ^ents hi'
friends msy say, "We bsve wutetieil Ins
' footprints with joy, for they are til the
paths that lead t<> honor and happiness."
| It is tbe duty of each persotl to set ex-
^ ^ an pies for the coming generations to f. I
1 will give tbe litisineU thy peraonal low, to leave some trace rif lilt existence,
•Mention, and will keep ertne bnt th*.1 some bright spot on the record of time
and Driver
■art without Driver
Peed of lorae, per nighl;
•iagle Feed,
Feed for two Horaes,
Om passenger to MelUile;
Two paaasngers to McPadej
half "
3 (10
per day,
t 00
half "
1 5<>
per day
1 50
half "
73
pot day
it 00
n ii
i Ot)
16
Otti
experienced Driver* dud Hostlers
C. W. CitlHER.
I, Aagust '/llth, 1814-y
'l* P. SLA TON,
ft'rtirintj ttml hnnriiritin'j Mrfrkdni,
M'DADE TEXAS.
L. ^oslil respectfully inform tbo Ship
pets of
kiiu itAKinnr. amp t'lmi.t', i. oknkiiai.i.v,
jthal I am prepared to attend to any
"Minsss in Hie Receiving and forward
line, that they may online! lo mv
[ ''We, promising lo tlieiu tuy faithlul sii.l
'Otnpt sttentiou tu everv instance.
I eb. J'l 3-tn.
which will mske h'tn dear to memory.
Fvcry one flholtid have noble aims ami
^(trposes constantly in view, and labor
np to tbem, aud not stluandef both time,
and talents iu grouting pursuits ami
idle pleasures. At an nliould scorn to crawl
when lie blight climb, lie should re
membet that "one sy well spent is
worth an nge without a uahie," and time
once past can tievi-f lie recalled. Faoh
fleeting liloliielit oliglit lo Imi improved,
so that our Uvea will nol lie lihe jiritits
left on the desert stfand Which will van
ish with the rising tide. Human life i-1
| hut Ihe entrance, Ibe vestibule, to i n-
mortality, and this world, though <>
(grand and lovely, Is not our abiding
place. We should so 'ire hi re «« • 1
uhiting enterprise.
CXtTt.l: I'llUlE I'I.iwkls TKXAS A>> )
LoM'ol -There will soon be a live cattle
trade between Galveston and Loudou.
A c uupauy litis recent'v been formed in
the great F.iikIisII capital, of which Sir
Howard l'| person i President. Col. R.
I M. Graham proposes to represent it in
| Galveston. According to the Nc« s, of
that city, the plans of this company are
. bused on a capital of live million pounds,
| atid contemplate the establishlueut of a
regular line of steamers boteiwu Galves
{ton and L union especially to the busi-
ness of "itrtying live cattle lo England
I aud bringing immigrants to Texas. Col.
Gralutm inti im- tin News Ili.it the chief
I peculiarity of these vessels wdlhctnc
application of Kelph's patent for scour-
ing cattle on voyages by a series of e n-
uecled hammock*. It is assorted that
with the use of this patent as many as
15tKI cattle can be safely tranportcd in a
direct trip of about sixteen days. The
company also designs to establish n stud
farm in the inferior of Texas for the n"-
pro*et!joiit of stock. A pioni or Steamer,
the Kinistcrrc, chartered by Ihe conipa
lt\ patronizing your own ' ote of 12 to 15.
The petition,
1 a g% .tti.l ■ a« ■> a 4 • i l.il,..a> iat4 I ndtilln' I* i at a nt . til . _
cultivated ta«tc of onr splendid commit
nity. Commerce and capital, attracted
by tbe thrift of our people and by their
public spirit, would flow unto tis, and
thus onr little stagnant Village, nestling
amid surrounding hills, like a forgotten,
or rtftfcliriwti flower, would sprinp np in-
to a new and higher life, 'thousands
would come and settle among ns for tht
advantages of onr t'onHr.liltiK institutions
of learning thai would inevitably spring
lip tinder the generous patronage aud
fostering oare of onr ambitious citiienn.
They would come to rear their children
under Ihe religious and ri-flned influence
of our progressive society, atid l!a«trop
•tould be like "a city set on an till* that
crttt tt"t be hid."
This 1.1 Uo itUs insr_* picture. It id a
reproduction of What might lie, bad our
people more of thai i/e/ieroM* njitrii nf
uml'illon to keep pace with the age in
which they live, and np to the highest
olvilixati.in of which they arc capable.
Tbe mean* are not wanting. It ia the
public spirit amAfffoil —if yen please
tlist is needed. Ijet ns then chcttsh a
spirit of generous rivalry while In Aehfiol,
and resolve to enfty it wifli its into the
t*alksof life When otlf School days are, . , .„
, i . .. * - ny, has left Glasgow and her arrival i*
over, that we Inajr tedeem the errors of /
, i1 daily looked for in Galveston.
Ihe past. And reap the riMi rewards of * -T .
the fast coming fitture. If we do this A Detroit gentlenisn walking behltil
and Irthor io a btgh and noble end, then j children ibe other day heard
I here can be for n* "Ho such word as ,h)),, Jlin„|rn ..Will von be at the
fail." M. II.
Senate bill "prescribing tha compen-
sation to be paid tbo flnsnoial agent of
the State, or other agent employed by
the Governor to aell tbe bonds of tbe
State."
Senate bill "to reguUte tbe times of
holding the terms of the district court in
Ihe Fifteenth Judicial District" was tak-
eu np, pending tbe House amendments;
and the afUebdmciits concurred in.
Senate bill toamond section :'57 of
"An net prescribing the mode of pro-
ceeding in district courts, in matters of
[uotiate. .
Miscn.i-ASEoi-n.
The Senate bill "tb tt-ansiaie the laws
of the '•'ourtcenth Legislature iu Ger
man and Hpauiab," was defeated by a
character."'
_ 'HO
a canal
. . from or tie* r Marble Falls to tbe etar of
House bill "to erect a monumeut to Austin, ' tfreie coucurrod in. Nonl^
tbo memory of 9ahl Houston," was, af- further of idtorest douo in the Ssdalu
tar considerable debate, referred to tbe ttor"«.
Finance Committee. ( o000imoed tbo time for Uic
en at or Hbepard opposed a reference consideration of the special order, that lo-
ot tbe bill. He, iu hia eloquent stjle. ternatieual compromise question, pending
paid a glowing tribute to the memory of u motion to lay tbe motiou to reeoosidsr
the "Hero of Ban Jacinto," and thought; onA}Je raovei, B caI, of tHu
it was but it altuple matter of justioe to Hounc. The call having been suspended
Har a lofty monumeut to Hut Whb was j on tbo at-ri^al of tbe absentees, a vote
so distinguished a soldier, |iatHot and was tat en,a ml the motou to tablo loot by
present by Senator
Flanagau, of W. J. Dong, e sheriff of
lti>M totlnlj, asking relief, was referred.
Senator Ireland {'rf^euted n favorable
report on the Semite bill "M ilisooitrsge
aud prevent fraudnleut conveyances lo
real estate," with an amendm< ut that
Ihe Governor be authorized to employ
uu agent, at a salary of 01000 per auuttm;
lb' eollefct tbo said fraudulent sesift.
This bill was gotten up by Mr. Prid-
f *n, of DuVVitt county, a distinguished
lobbViftt '*( the three last Legislatures,
who nevet fails to make himself ovrv.o
Vr to Ml' tho Senators and Represents-
ti^es.
Thb HnVetuor sent iu the bsptidtl ot
all billa approved by him since the sev-
enth of the present month.
On the bill "prescribing the compen-
sation to he paid the financial agent of
the State," etc., Senators Inland, Jo-
seph and Wood made aoroe very inter-
esting remarks—all agreeing that this
matter of having bonda engraved aud
statesman ; and oue whose manor* would
bo cherished iu tbu hcUt'tu! cM'V i'exuu,
and every lover of iitx rty.
Senators Wood aud Dilh.rd also spoke
in eulogistic terms of Ibe "Father
a vote of >17 to Id.
Mr. Hayes heiug still absent, Mr.
Messier tnoVed tbe uppolutmobt of tiftecn
additional assistant sergeants at atmd.
Motion lost, as also several motion?) to
if adi mm and to suspend tho call.
Mr. ('urdis moved that lire additional
„ , ,, i. t air. vairuia moveu mm uto nuiiiuona;
lexas, aud an id they lovW tbe name ; at arms be appointed to hnnt
of Houston, lot bis msny great deeds ,,p uu. absent member. Lost,
snd exalted fntriotism ; btt^ they were ' Much discussion anil tilihufteting eB-
afraid that the State cottld nol, in ber , ou the Motion of Mr. ltendei-son, ot
. , , ., I. .-.j n til III), that tho absentee lb etcuaed
present cnppled tlnauclul condition, «p- fl.OIU #tteuJlltJoe; edJisl enly ou tho ap-
propriate tho £12,000 asked for; but
i penance "f the gelitlemiili lit J'do t*. p.
hoped tha day ^oultl como tthen a f.ucr, , The Chair deoiding that Mr. John-
loftier and grander monument would be son a motion was ou< of ordei, Mr. £p>
erected to bia memory tban
could erect.
itofsr.
a,„ persoj moved the previous question ; ho
! was anticipate 1, though, by Mr. Storey,
who rose and slated tlust ho could sup-
port the | re.Vnt bill, rvtn tMih the
Senate bill lor reliel of connties aud amendment, aud therefore offered a sub-
iucorporated towns, making donations to stitute. It proposes to loon the bouds
i • . ,, „ ..iia .v. of Iho State on i iO miles of road, from
aid in the construction of railways. ^ ^ ^ Al,t0ui0( ,t iUo M|e ^
Passed. "lit,000 per mile, ftoO.OOO to be retained
flt'EriAi, ounllr. ^ uutil completed to those plae*s ; this
Ths hour for tbe special Hritcr, tbe loan to bo secured by a liist mortgage
IhtW-naifotisI dnestiou, bsiing arrived, lien on tho properly and nil bug stoc? of
st. t> ,the International and Houston and
Mr. Fperson moved tho adoption of the Sot[hfn Rkilwsy ; requiring.
amendments offered by Mr. Cochran on |,oWeVer, that all atookbolders stiall die
Tuesday last. their acceptance of this act.
itr. Smith, of Grimes, rose and said lhat' Additional to this it gfanl.1 twentjf
he proposed brieltv to sUte hia objec sections of land per tfi'e od the portions
lions lo the amendment offered. Its 'he road as yet iincoustructedl.and
, „ stipulates tbe.buildings of depots at Bin
provisions required the oompany, first, Msr.'os aud Hew llrauiilfes He defend-
to purchase the tmnds of tbe State to ed the .In
tbo amount of 3:i2 ,0J0, bearing intereat interrupted
itute in a lougthy argument,
by Mr. Epperson, asking
people, tbst wort Id in the end plunge «"• * «°,d • •wson(L *° W lwo !^r °"ot
the Ptete Into hopeless bankrnptey ; and
that all such flnsneiering was bnt s sham
and a delusion on tbo people. They
"ortended it wd^ time tr1 "pot on Ihe
him to state if the substitute met with
>
of tbe groan earuiugs ot the r<*itd to pro it.
...Id waa bnt a temporary relief to tbe! * •«#«" P«r cont- onrreney, or seteu |?er ; I'^Vpprovsl
would be useless legislation to adopt
of the company, else It
vide tor a sinking fuud. ft waS Well uu
deratoo.1 that two mortgages, atrtouutiug
to 127,000 per mile, fastene I on all its
brake*." and liVe Inside of f^nr teionr P^perty, Wiling strick iueliidcl. Had
(1(,H | this Icgislatitre a right to d.vest auy uf
Senator Wood said thai tiie financial ,ho franchises of those Mortgages, or
Col, 11. Ihirnwcll Illicit, formerly ed-
itor of the Picayune and nt present re
sidn.g in Iluntsville, Ala., will soon set-
tle in Dallas. Texas, with a view of on-
feiing the journalistic fte'd
ine i y Inquire,
party to night "I shall be there," an
• wi red the mis", "bill 1 may ss well l ll
yon now thai yonr love i hopeless.
Mamtuu Is determined, hither ia set, and
it isn't iif;bt forme lo eneonragc yot-r
attention. I can be a sist. r to • •••> 1 •
fW fttl 't , ''
agent. Celt. Moody, had already made
fd'.'OO an his per cent, lor the bands nl.
ready ."lohJ.
The agent heretofore received two per
cent., and tbo bill lhat panfvl only al-
lows one oefr cent,
fv,s • Of
Would the anoeasors, iu cise of transfer,
bo iKinnd by Iho provirions of tho
amendment ? M irsover, flu road would
lie, by its provi.ioos, forever etewpt
from ta**4iii*), the two per c nt. in u I
ing sit i > '
I Ite wan followed by Mr. Barzizs, whd
took the grouud that the Irion Is rf tbB
i bill had been uncharitable toward tlie
opposition, whioh had treated It ro lit i f-
ii I ly and magnanimously <*n previods oc*
oasious. Ho siid that this act could
never deprive Iho pr -tent mortgagees ot
their right by giving to the State u pre-
ference lien. 1! having eonclndsd, Mr.
Kpperson renewed his uiotuiu to pnt
the previous qii*stiou, but declined to
i couple with it the snlistitnte le>o>ed
hv Mr J'cWTtsn fCtb i ' *'>• il use
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