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iSbEPEif MBlrf ift POLITICS.
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SAN AUGUSTINE, TEXAS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1859.
NO. 39
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Iverson and Houston.
We copy below an extract from the
reported speech of Mr. Iverson, which
Is a fair sample of his strictures upon
Geo. Houston, as well as M Old Sam's "
"happy reply to the same* Mr. Iverson
\iaid:
The Senator talks a boot the Union,
and sings hosannas in its praise. I have
heard those songs sung before > and 1
must say that I have never heard them
Bong by a southern man without suspec-
ting at once that his eye was upon the
Presidency of the United States t It
may require a great deal of charity,
looking at the antecedents, of that Sen-
ftfam and the remarks^ has made here
to-day, to suppose, although his politic
• &1 life is about to end, that he has
lost sight of that long and lingering
hope of.his—tlie great folly of his life.
Sir, it is this very intensity of feeling
. tt'ltich the Senator from Texas has so
long exhibited for the Union, over and
at the sacrifice of thejntcrests of his
Own section, that the people of his State
. Rttvc decided to pat him into retire-
ment ; and for one, I cannot but rejoice
at the decision.
Sir, the Senator undertakes to Bficak
for the South, and he disclaims the idea
which I presented the other day, that
on the happening of certain contingeh-
fcies the South would dissolve the Unldh-,
crmore States than one would take
steps for separation. The Senator has
no right to speak for his State on the
subject. His State has not reposed its
(Confidence in him. His State has repu-
• diated him upon this floor, because of
the intensity of feeling which he has
exhibited in favor of the Union, at the
sacrifice of the interest aud honor of
hi* own section.
That is my reading of the voice of
thC'people oi Texas upon the fate of
the Senator.
Gen. Houston itt his reply, defend
ed himself as fbllows:
I should like to know what sacrifice
of the interests of my country I have
fever caused. Was it for {sacrificing m
country that I was immolated? Of that
toas pretermitted is a better expression,
for I consider it no sacrifice without
some loss of life ; and I ain hot hurt.
[Laughter] The cry was "abolition,
and the three thousand preachers," be-
cause I advocate their right of petition
to the Senate of the United States.
These were the charges made against
toe: opposition to the Nebraska bill,
toting against the repeal of the Mis-
souri compromise. I am satisfied that
this was done, not altogether regard-
less of the circumstances that then ex
Isted, for it was known that about the
lime the Nebraska bill was introduced,
when it was not contemplated to repeal
the Missouri compromise, in Provi-
dence, Rhode Island, I made a solemn
declaration that I would vote against
the bill, and resist it while I lived.
JFhen the alternative was suggested,
" let us bring in the repeal of the Mis-
souri compromise, and Houston is ei-
• ther bound to retract what he has
avowed publicly, or to vote against the
repeal or the Missouri compromise, anc
that will put him down, by raising the
. cry of abolition against him. He will
have to vote with gentlemen who are
Ultra in the North, and that will put
him down, by identifying him with them
Besides, the administration of the Gov
ernment, with all its patronage, with
all the newspaper press, and with the
cry of Democracy^ shall overwhelm this
man, and he is no longer an obstacle
and if we have suspected he had his
eyes on the Presidency, this will kil
him at home, and then he will be kill-
ed abroad." There is a consolation, in
that part of it, and I am much obligee
to them for it
I do not interfere with politics out of
the House or in the House, any more
than I can help j but I see It is com
plained that toe Northern Democracy
is routed and broken down. I announc-
ed in the di&ttesion Of the Nebraska
bill, that if you dared to repeal the
Missouri compromise, it would be giv-
ing the adversaries of the Democracy
in lhe North a weapon with which they
would discomfit them and beat them
down ; that it was not sustaining the
northern DeihbeHiey; that it was lit-
erally butchering them. Has it not
been so ? And what have the South
gained by it? The result is that with-
in a brief space of time, two States that
would have been Indian territory, is ad-
ded to the North. It has placed Mis-
souri in such a situation that she must
of necessity yield to the surrounding
and add another State to
. ihall not cnlartrk UfaOii
this ; but tharTfTwfiai the cuuui has
gained. I forewarned them of the im-
pending evil, and for that I was strick
en down, so far as political Influences
conld .be brought to bear, I was preter-
mitted ; and these were the Offenses
that .I had committed. But the south-
ern vision is becoming clear ; the beam
is being taken out of their natural eyes,
and they are beginning to comprehend
fully the extent of the benefits flowing
from that kind of dispensation. I op-
posed that repeal. I could not agree
with gentlemen who advocated the
measure of repealing the Missouri com-
promise, sanctified by so many Demo-
cratic associations* by the approval of
Monroe and his Cabinet, of Jackson, of
Polk, and of all the illustrious men;
approved by all; rejected by none;
not even a mooted question in the com-
mnni ty> Its repeal was concocted here,
and from here it was radiated through
the country with the eclat of a Demo-
cratic Administration, as a Democratic
measure.
him. The honorable Senator from
Georgia, however, says the people of
Georgia would not even wait for overt
acts. He thinks they would begin be-
fore it came to that. I think there
was ixo danger to apprehend from the
anti-siavery agitation so long aa it was
confined to such people as those who
originated it in the North—a lady or
two, and a gentleman or two, here and
there. They became objects of impor-
tance from the fact that the South,
bhoosing to agitate the matter, came in i
A Thrilling Incident.
Women often present presence of
mind and the power of self-control,
under circumstances of imminent peril,
which seem almost foreign to their na-
and glancing at the young lady. For
the first time, Adelaide's Courage gave
way, and she trSiiiiiled j but it was not
a consultation &gaihsi heh fl§ it trtoVcd:
The leader approached liter, told her
that thev ditl not wish to hnfm her—
was 8 1-2 feet high. His fife's brace-
lets served him for finger rings. His
strength was such that lie could draw a
loaded wagon, break a hon*c's jaw with
liiS fist, crush the hahle£t htoiifc wish
tois fingers, arid cleave trew with hi-
turc, and beyond the endurance Of a j that fthe fras a "jolly wench, reg'lar Wanda. His voracity was equal to l
delicate physical organization. A stri-1 game," and they wouldn't hurt her, but; strength, eating 42 pounds of flesh a
king instance of self-command, by a she must swear not to give the alarm | drinking 10 bottles of wine daijv,
lady whose fears must have been pow-| till nine or ten o'clock the next dav, Byrne and O'Brien, Irish giants, wj
erfully excited;.and whose life of qftlu- when they should be off, all safe, lo
euce had probably never before given j this, of course, she was bound, to as-
her nerves any severer test than is m-jseut, and then they all insisted on sha-
conflict°with° them, and gave themjeident to the vexations of domestic j king handadjyk
prominence, and swelled them into Wires, is given_in Chambers' Journal j ring tMs pMJt
something like a political party, and,
alter a while, they became imposing in
t.hffr attitude, _BuJ* sir; there were
more freesoilers maue oy tne repeal oi
the Missouri compromise than had ever
But did that sanctify that cure to the
South ? No sir ; it could not convert
it into a blessing; that was impossible.
If some gentleman of the North, who
is considered ultra in politics—the gen-
tlCSMgi from Massachusetts, or from
New Yjrk, or from Ohio—had intro-
duced a bill to repeal the Missouri com-
promise, what reception would the pro-
position have met in the South ? There
was hot a man ih the whole South who
would not have grasped his weapon of
war and rushed to the scene of combat,
and bceh willing to have fallen upon
that line in vindication of Southern
ts. Well, sir, did it sanctify it as
a measure of blessing to the South,
that it was introduced not by a south-
ern tnah, but by a northern man with
southern principles? Wheh Hfe intro-
duced it, it was adopted by the South,
and by both the existing political par-
ties which had but a few years before
solemnly abjured the reagitation of the
slavery question* in their political con
ventions. Their solemn pledge Was
disregarded I the torch was applied to
the magazine of agitation ; and what
has been the condition of the country
from that moment to this but agitation
unnecessarily produced, for political
ends and to manufacture Presidents ?
That was all of it, and the South is yet
the sufferer; atta I pray God that
deeper calamities may not fall upon her.
That measure is the initiative of mis
fortune to the south.
These may have been my antece
dents, but they are such as I am proud
of; and I only regret that I did not
triumph and enforce them with ability
sufficient to have produced a trembling
in this chamber, to make gentlemen
weak in the knees who resisted thecOri*
viction that flashed Upoh every mind.
I am sure 1 need not dwell upon this
subject; but I will make a further re-
mark to the lion, gentleman, who on
a former occasion classed me as a party
by tnyself. From that I rather deHved
some consolation, because I knew that
according to my estimate, I could not
have been in bad company if I were
by myself, [laughter,] and that no diffi
eulty could arise between myself and
my companions* [Renewed laughter.j
We should harmonize perfectly. I see
discord in other political parties „
see a great want of harmony j I see
hards and softs politically In the same
party, not exactly harmonizing ; some
going a little too far j some not going
far enough ; some ratner kind to banks,
others a little friendly to internal im-
provements, beyond the standard that
General Jackson fixed.
I am a union man. The great cham
pion of the Union was Andrew Jack-
son* To him descended from the fath-
ers of the Republic, in a direct line,
the principles upoh which he stood /
and his declaration, " The Union, it
must be preserved," will never be for
gotten. Sir, that will tingle in the
ears of patriots for ages to come. A1
the combinations of aspirants or politi
cal demagogues cannot defeat the great
object and aim of our forefathers, ant
of the men who rise in the vista be
tween them and us. I have never, in
my life, seen an Andrew Jackson der
ocrat who Was not a firm and decidec
Union man. He was not a man to
make hypothetical cases, and say that
in such and such events, ia case such
and sttch things should be done, the
Union would to dissolved* It is easy
to make a man of straw and prostrate
her. She noticed, du-
ceremony, that one of
only thred fingers on
for October. We copy the adventure, the ruffians had
premising by way of explanation, that | his left hand. _
the lady Was the, daughter crf~jec . A]oat', an?T Iir the despoiled
tor, resiQiiig in a quiet tingfiih country1 ' * ' '1 '
village, and was upon the eve of mar-
existed before on the face of the earth.
By whom was that repeal brought
about ? Who produced it ?
Sir, I am not afraid of disunion. I
do not think there is any danger, tho'
gentlemen may talk, 'i here are a great
many very gaseous gentlemen in the
South, who have a great deal of time
to play the demagogue, and to become
important street corner politicians, to
talk a"bout it; but there are thousands
of men at home at their work, who
know nothing and care nothing about
what is said at such places and by such
aereons. fi heae men contrive to be
sent to public assemblies on occasions
that they can give expression to their
opinions, or they send themselves vol-
untarily, and they assume to represent
what is considered an importaht class
in the community. But, sir, they are
not going to bring about disunion. An
attempt was made in a portion of the
southern country to start a great south-
ern haguc, to prepare the public mind
for forcing the southern States into a
revolution at any time that might be
thought proper ; but that league was
an abortion ; it failed ; it may have
liad one small branch, but it tapered
down to the mere point of nothing.
That was said to be a great effort.—
From the fuss it made throughout the
Pouth, you would have thought it em
bodied some great principle ; that the
South Were in imminent danger of de
struction, but it happened that the
,South got along very well, and the
Southern league died. That is the
way these leagues will go whenever
they start and are brought to the at-
tention of jthe people. When the peo-
ple reflect, they will be fully satisfied
that it is hot a league either for the
benefit of them or their posterity.
1 cannot for a moment believe that
the wisdom of this nation will ever, so
long as time lasts, abandon the road of
security and safety to it, or that it will
ever forget the wise teachings of the
fathers. * * * *
Now, sir, I want to know when the
North has denied us justice ? and I
want to know whether words spoken
are to be taken for acts done ? .Is it to
be a cause of quarrel between the
North and South that a number of in-
temperate individuals at the North ex
press ultra notions, about which the
masses in the North do no£ agree them-
selves ? Is the language of such indi-
viduals to be set down to the charge
of the North as meriting the reproba
tion and condemnation of the whole
community ? and are they, for that
reason, to be declared aliens, and to
be ostracised? Can we control the ex-
pressions of persons in the North ?
There Is nO constitutional prohibition
that I know of, against the expression
of opinion ; every man has the right
to express his opinions in this country,
and much as I may be at variance with
gentlemen in regard to their vieWs, I
do not consider the expression of them
an act of treason to the South. .
The South very freely exercises the
same privilege } and if the North had
the saffle disposition which is evinced
by some portions of the South; they
could with gOod i-easoh cdmplain of the
constant talk of dissolution and use
that as a pretext for sloping off them-
selves. I do not believe that the ex
pression of opinions is a violation of
the Constitution ; I do not think it is
sufficient ground to keep Up an eternal
quarrel* An overt act df* enGrOatih-
ment on our rights would place us in a
different position. I can see no use in
presenting hypothetical cases continu
ally, and saying that if such and such
tilings were done, that have never been
contemplated or thought of, they would
be good ground for separation. When
those things occur, it will be time
enough to examine the point; we shall
be as well prepared then as we are
now ; but to make preparation for an
event that is not at all probable^ may be
the means of precipitating us into dif-
ficulties from Which nothing would ev-
er extricate us. When an act is done,
there may be* something in it, but gen-
tlemen may express themselves as they
please.
dol-
Human virtue, like the dying
phifl, exhibits its most beautiful colors
in distress^
—t ...
A good citizen is a peace-maker. A
bull in a china shop is a piece-maker^
too.
nage:
The wedding day was to be on the
morrow of that on which our adven-
ture happened. Grand preparations
were made for the wedding ; and the
rector's fine old plate, and the costly
gifts of the bride, were discussed with
pride aud pleasure at the Mare and
Hounds, in the presence of some stran-
ers who had come down to a prize
ght, which had taken place in the
neighborhood.
That night, Adelaide, who occupied
a separate room from her sister, sat up
late—long after all the household had
retired to rest. She had a long inter-
view with her father, and had been
reading a chapter to which he had di-
rected her attention, and had packed
up her jewels, «fcc. She was, conse-
quently, still dressed when the church
clock tolled midnight. As it ceased,
she fancied she heard a noise like that
of a file j she listened, but could dis-
tinguish nothing clearly. It might
have been made by some of the servants
still about, or perhaps it was only the
creaking of the old trees. She heard
nothing but the sighing of the winter
windb for many minutes afterwards.—
Housebreakers were mere myths in
primitive Thyndon ; and the bride-
elect, without a thought of fear, resum-
ed her occupation. She was gazing on
a glittering set of diamonds, destined to
be worn at the weddihg, when her bed^
room door softly opened. She turned,
looked up, and beheld a man with a
black mask, holding a pistol in his hand
standing before her.
She did not scream ; for her thought
was for her father, who slept in the
next room, and to whom any sudden
alarm might be death, for he was old,
feeble, and suffering from heart com-
plaint. She confronted the robber
boldly, and addressed him in a whisper}
41 You are come," said she, " to rob Us.
Spare your soul the awful guilt of mur-
der. My father sleeps next to my
room, and to be startled from his sleep
would kill him. Make no noise, 1 beg
of you I "
The fellow was astonished and cow-
ed.
"We won't make any noise," he re-
plied suddenly, " if you give us every-
thing quietly."
Adelaide drew back and let him take
her jewels—not without a pang, for
they were precious love gifts, remark-
ing at the same time that two more
masked ruffians stood at the half-open-
ed door. As he took the jewel case
and watch from the table, and demand-
ed her purse, she asked him if he in-
tended to go into her father's room.
She received a surly affirmative : " he
wasn't agoing to run all the risk and
leave half the till behind ?" She pro-
posed instantly that she should go her-
self, saying: " I will bring you what-
ever you wish, and you may guard me
thither, and kill me if I play false to
you." The fellow consulted his com-
rades, and after a short parley they
agreed to the proposal; and, with a
pistol pointed at her head, the dauntless
girl crossed the passage and entered
the old rector's room. Yerv gently
she stole across the chamber, and re-
moving his purse, watch, keys and desk,
she gave them up to the robber who
stood at the door; The Old man slept
peacefully and calmly, thus guarded by
his child, who softly shut the door, and
demanded if the robbers were yet satis-
fied.
The leader replied that thej* should
be when they had got the show of plate
spread out below, and that they could
not let her out of their sight, and that
she must go with them. In compliance
with the mandate, she followed them
down stairs to the dining-room, where
a splendid wedding breakfast had been
laid, to save hurry and trouble on the
morro\V* To her surprise^ the fellows
—eight in number when assembled—
seated themselves and prepared to
make a good meal. They ordered her
to get the wine, and cut up her own
wedding cake for them ; and then, seat-
ed at the head of the table, she was
compelled to preside at this extraordi-
nary reveL
They ate, drank* latighed and joked;
and Adelaide, quick of ear and eye, had
thus time to study, in her quiet ttayy
the figures and voices of the whole set.
When the repast was ended, and the
plate transferred to a sack, they pre-
pared to depart, whispering together,
. . room,
Adelaide, fainjfc and exhausted, awaited
the first gleajn, of daylight, then, as
the roubci-s did not return, she §tbi£
up into her room, undressed and fell
into a disturbed slimber. The conster-
nation of the family, next morning,
may be imagined ; and Adelaide's sto-
ry was still more astonishing than the
fact of the robbery itself. Police were
sent Lendbii, and they; guided by
Adelaide's lucid description ofher mid-
night guests, octually succeeded in cap:
turing every one of the gang, when the
young lady had no difficulty in identi-
fying and swearing to the " three fin-
gered Jack," being the guiding clue to
the discovery. The stolen property
was nearly all recovered., and the old
rector always declared—and with truth
—that he owed his life to the self pos-
session and. judgment of his eldest
daughter. 4
The only ill effect of the great trial
to her nerves, was a disposition, on the
part of the young heroine, to listen.to
midnight sounds, and start uneasily
from troubled dreams, but time Und
change of residence soon effected its
cUre.
Western Geography.—7lie fajjld
changes wiiieh have taken place in the
great West, have carried its geography
past the wisdom of many5 Who have, not
studied it siuce their school days. l*he
following definitions of boundary may
be of use to those interested in the
West changes 5
" Dacotah" is the Western half of
what was Minnessota Territory: When
the State was formed, a line was drawn
through the middle of the tcrrltoryjTie is.
from north to south. The eastern part
became the State of Minnesota ; the
western is unorganized and without a
government*
" Arizona,} Is a combination of the
south part of New Mexico, with that
Mesilla Valley strip of land which we
purchased from Mexico in 1854* The
latter is without a local government.
" Nevada" is the western „half of
Utah, lying between Salt Lake and
California.
" Laramie " means the western part
of Nebraska, in which the fdrt of that
name is situated.
" Pike's Peak" is in the Rocky
Mountain chain in the Western part of
Kdnsas, which part it is proposed to
cut off for this new territory.
" Superior " or " Ontonagon " is the
peninsula between Lake Superior and
Michigan, part of which now belongs
to Michigan and part to Wisconsin.
Free Negroes*-—The Slave States
continue ttt shdW their dislike of a free
negro population. A bill has been in-
troduced into the Missouri Legislature
which provides that no slave shall be
hereafter emancipated in that State,
unless the master shall provide for the
transportation from the State j that
any free negro over twenty-one jrears
of age, who may be in the State oh
the fit st of January, I860, shall be
transported therefrom at the expense
of the county, where he may be found,
unless he have sufficient property of his
own to pay for the same • and for the
confiscation of the property of free ne-
groes. Arkansas, Maryland, and seve-
ral other States are making similar
movements. These measures will be
distateful to the abolitionists in more
ways thai! one; The free States are
generally quite as averse to free ne-
groes as the slave States. It appears
from the statutes that, in t#enty-fbur
of the thirty-two Stated,, negroes are
allowed nO political privileges that
place them on an equality with the
white race. Eleven of these twenty-
four States are free. New York prac-
tically excludes them by a freehold
eight feet high. A Tennessee g;a
lately died, 9 1-2 feet high, weigl i
more than 1,000 pounds: The Kc
tucky giant was 7 feet 10 inches hig
dh Nut for the Savans.—a m
Troinby has been sinking a well on ti
western outskirts of our village, la C
progress of which the following t
tounding fact appeared. At the aep
of twenty-five feet the workmen can
upon frozen ground. ThroUgH ih
layer, some -fifteen ffeet ih thickcc-f
they worked their way by dint of pc r
severing effort, such as is always nee' *
sary in digging compactly frozen ear*
At the depth of forty feet water w .
obtained, which nightly froze oVef*—t
iee fbrming some three inches in thsc -
ncss. Will someone account, Oh ai r
known or unknown principles of phi-
losophy, for these astounding facts ?
We learn that the freezing of the water
continues, now that the well is "stoned
up."—Visitor, Brandon, Vt.
v--x«afc & *
Missouri Eloquence.— Mr, riti
Again.— We published aorqg, 'time fego A
model fpeech of Mr. Piu, of the Misstfii i
Legislature, delivered while a moiiou 'was
pending io make an appropriation fbHhe
celebration of the 8th of January.
Mr. Pitt is certainly starring it fii the
Legislature, at least he manager to get bff
some most quaint Mild laUglikble things.
The following is his last, in which he
pitches into the modern disciples of Oid
Hickory:
"Sir—Gentlemen talk about Jackson
Democracy aud Jackson's Specie Circular.
I wish tl ese gentlemen would reflect thai
these are not the times in which Geii;
Jackson lived; that Gen. Jacksonarid hri
Democracy are both, Unfo tttuately for the
country, dead ; and imagining they are
Gen. Jackson, is a wonderful and tacrtle^
gious Stretch; I think pfobably, Sir the
£tihVehi&nke$ of this ball might be greatly
improved by the addition of ohe Other ar-
ticle of furniture—a-iihirror. so constructed
that every gentiemag could gee himself aa
he is. I think some of these imaginative
Jackson men would find, by taking a lookj
about the same resemblance to the behoof
the Hermitage, that the Missouri Ciemo-
tJrat, a few days s'.nce fonhd in me to liord
Chatham."
1 v
Mr. Douglas and the CaA&LEsforf
Convention.—The Chicago Times, the
home organ of Mr. Dottglasj* and which
speaks always by authority, says:
Mr. Douglas wiP not ask a nomination
at the hands of the Charleston convention:
If in that body his friends should present
his name, and he be nominated, he will
not feel at liberty to decline it; if his
friends sbotlld ndt presfebt his harm*, then
the nominee of the convention will receive
his support. The use of his name by any
men or body of men, as a candidate f
the Presidency or any other office, indS*
pendent of, and hostile to, the the ntffftini*
tidu of the Democratic party, is altogeth-
er unauthorized by Mr. Douglas, will net-
er receive his sanction, and is whoUy
pugnant to his wishes ar.d desired. WH
say this much with a full knowledge ofita
truth, and knowing that wfe express iu this
particular his own seutiments;
A Decided Cut.—-Among the thoasaadi
who met at Indianapolis to welcome Cal.
Johnson of Kentucky, when he made bia
electioneering tour through the Western
States in 1640, Was '• Old Charlife, '* i col-
ored man who was on£e a servant of the
colonel, but Was now free and Settled id
Indiana. Charlie was in full leather. He
took the old soldier under his protection,
installed himself doorkeeper, and no one
was permitted to shake hands With his for«
iner matter titilels fry Charlie's introduce
lion. While the crowd was at the door^
a portly, pompous man came np aud tak*
ing Charlie by the hand, said':
* How d'do, Charlie ? Glad to see JrM."
Charlie's dignity was touched by ihii
familiarity, and he refused to recognise the
gentleman.
" Why. I tts-d to kftoW yda," said th<
man; " w hen you belonged to Col. John'
son*"
'«Very likely,' ^4ir," replied Charlie*
'* there Was a great many people that
'knew ns Joliim>n« that we did not know.
The Johnson's didn'' as-ociate with eve*y.
bxly!"
A;ul the pompon* geirleman was decid-
- t'|J * <'ul-
qualification and a long fesulfc'fiCe U-; ; —: ■' ■ ■*> '-
fore voting. Two more States - Ma-1 An intelligent American, now tft*-.
incand Rhode Island-exclude them writes that the people of
by requiring all voters io lie citizens of country are so tierce for a revolu-
the United States. Aiassaehusetts and t«on, and feel such hatred for the pow-
New Hampshire are about the Only crs that hold them in subjection, that jt
States that make no distinction of col- ^ fearful to* contemplate the horrid
or or race.--Cftftet. scenes which will be enacted when the
Giants.—The bed of Og was 27 feet
long and 7 feet broad. The height of
Goliah was 11 feet, his coat weighed
150, and his spear 19 poands. The
body of Orestes, son of Agamemnon,
leader of the Grecian expedition against
Troy] was 11 1-2 feet Higth Ifa&imas,
a native of Spain, the Roman Emperor
was .9 feet high. Maximus, originally
from Franco, anotben Roman Emperor,
atOrm once bursts forth;
Value of Mississirn Steamboats
The Cincinnati Commercial says :
According to statistics, the total talUe
of steamboats ruuuing on th* Misaissii
river and its tributaries is oter 960.1
000, ohd the number over ! 500, having a
tonnage three-fold greater than the steamer
tonnage of Gr at Britain, and more thtfn
Chat.of all the nations of Europe aud all
tb* rest of the world pat together,
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King, George W. The Eastern Texian (San Augustine, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 39, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 12, 1859, newspaper, February 12, 1859; San Augustine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth233734/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.