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'Mf# Yokk, ; Feb.- 7.*-rSfc« ^
« «P Asia, captain
Liverpool on &tuiw, flw 22d ijlt.
Liverpool^ Jan. 21.—Tbe mm
during the week fopt p jM>6W
market closed with a
The stock at Liverpool iaz46,0OO
which 212,000 is American. We
loans fair 7id; middling, 6i& >j
Liverpool, Jim 22-*3phe
Aknchssteri
ontne
steam
She left
i ' i (■
of cotton
r- The
have remainetHong
m. faleb&«,f
jth
jft
hearing ot
on the
|me effect
on the whole^ , ^ _ ,
been a falling off
ulaffi. Cloths were in good req
prices A partial revival of the
Paris bourse irtepe^B, whieh has
on the London texchange.
Xft: XuodoB, American securities we re skMr of
sales. Oficrations have been c^uite limited du-
ring most oi' the week, and quotations are ir-
regular- ,| hi!.
Havre, Jan. 21.-Jbo sales of cotton dn-
rijig the week, were bales, ^ perfect
panic prevailed in the market at one itimp, ow-
ing to unfavorable rumors in regard_ tjo the re-
lations between Prance and ■ Austria*. Subse-
(jucntlv tbc tor.ft^ftbe market somewhat im-
pcovuf and closed dull..
The Austriab government has issued a con-
ciiatory note upon the Servian question, which,
it if thanjrhi, wiHl create a peaceful turn of
affairs in that direction.
A larjre number of French transports are
props ring for .sea. " ' M j '
The Jlonitenr announces the entire
abolition of the use of passports.
I t is reported on what appeares to be reliable \
authority, that the British minister at Wash-j:
ington v.-ill be instructed to ask for the opening ji
. of the coasting trade of the Unjted States to j
Ilrti'iKh vessels, jn return for a like concession j
on the part jof Eptrland. :|. ' ■ j | "j
The EnJltsh psirlihnient will be asked for a >
considerably increase lit the naval estimates.
Accounts froty hombardy still speak of the |
disaffection of the people, and notwithstanding
the assurances oJT peace by Austria arid France,
the confidence o? the pi-ople in their being able
to maintain peatt: is losing ground.
The warlike preparations in Francc are stead-
ily continued, aid upon a scale that weakens
public confidence in tho peaceable intentions of
tlie emperor.
It is reporied'that an offensive and defensive
alliance has beeu formed between France and j
Sardinia. . ; .1 ; i
It is announced that the Austrian govern-1
mcnt is about negotiating for a loan jof £0,000, j
000. The depressing effect upon the Paris i
bourse and London exchange, prevented its |
negotiation. :
An expedition against Algeria i$ reported j
a < 'teinv fitted out. The insuigents are gain- ;
ing <;round, Inning been successful in Several
minor engagements.
At Turin the belief in the probability of ap-j
pi>jacbinjr war is increasing, i
It is st;ited that the movement of troops
1'roni Austria to Italy has been suspended.
Another account .-ays that large reinforcements
am constantly passing into Italy Or moving
thither.
The Ae;ipolitan political amnesty requires
that released prisoners shall emigrate to the
United States.
The leading journat of Germany are excee-
dingly violent in denunciations against France,
i! e uovernincnt urges the necessity of a per-
IV; r understanding between /¥ussia and Aus-
tri:; and the (>crman States.
Advices frr in Bombay to the 21th of De-j
had been received in England. Nena J
>*.i: ib. *he ureal rebel leader, had fled to the
ji-i.Je. and ijuiet was being restored throngh-
ont ;1c.' kingdom of Oude. S '
\ ■■} A han. a prominent ri-bel chief, bad
«•!! to the British.
hi*re is iso r-oliticail news of interest from
1?
r cotton,
ritiosin
Mobiler
in the
NUtflM
ii th* Rational Era of January 20th, the
T-* ,T ^ 4
popur|
breadth
vatwm
of the Repw
ion of
,hasa ten
can issi
soope, and
'dubious gen
pontons to coi
ay principles of
nctive
conser-
oes not
leading
| is to isolate to PfM ""T"" 4
! Negro labor in Abe hand* «f the few—*e *Mit
to see it in the hands
every th
1 Vfbor, and the
|tia Ke^, to improv
bis Edrei; give ratio]
"fiuancuu
been extensively employed in
operations in the East, is 4he
to investigate a new field df .
West,
ceive that Mr. Yalen^ne, of * *ndT^r*
Rhodes, of London j are now in Galveston. 1 hey
are largely interested in railroad operations in
this State.—CcocJcett Ax$m. |.j|f
edcwation of Idiots.—at the 'clwo of
the sitting of the house of representatives ar
Springfield, III., last week, the clerk read the
following: ;.. . « «
"I am nested to announce that ttev. mv-
Farlantl will deliver a lecture this evening in
this hail, on the education of JdiOte^ Mem-
ben of the legislature are mvited to attend..
The announcement was received with shouts
of laughter by the members present.
the in mi* b
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SCIENCE, ARE ONE AND INSEPARABLE!
clabksville:
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AGENTS
THE STANDARD.
itebino Coantv.
Young Co. Bclkn
.lin k Countr.
Johnnon < ouuty,
III!) ami linkup,
Lamar County
J. A. WhittleMij Kwj.
Wni ilouJ.
T J Ki-agtn, Co C!k.
IJolIis. 1'. V.
Janiiis II. Torbetf, Co., Clark.
Wm. 'K l'mvong, ,
Jnci'l' Lonz. County Clark.
Itcnhrtm, II- U II"fT*r, P. M.
KlertteGroye, J. C. Purrfab.
X. Sulphur, Joseph Henslo*.
K. McOown
Sttpp.
di ittonn for the purchase of the le- i
unship Great Eastern, have been !
She ha* been sold for £300,000. j
Gravi>on
B. \Y. Bradley.
Ky-town,
II. P. Dy*r.
Cookf
Aaron 11111.
I^nton *
O W. Welch, Ksq.
W. W O. Stan field.
Pilot Volut,
J. P. Hutchinson,
Dallnt*
T 0 Flavrp^ f Esq*
O dar Hill,
«i«o. Wilson.
Tarrant '
Julian Fields. Enq.
Micajah Uotnlwlu*
MrKinottv
Collin County,
Jacob Sterne,
G.eo. White, I
Geo 11
Kaufinan "
J T 1 Cay el.
FJIjah Ktiran Ks'i,
Wni t*il bard. P My
Otiar («row.
Uock Wall.
S S McCurrv,
Hunt %*
W T Thnjer.
J i) McCaniant, County Clerk,
Wiley Mattox,
Titus 4
Joshut Stephens. County Clerk
- Monties P. O.
Maj Wm M Bou^htou.
44 l.ont* Star P. O.
Pr Wm C Wright,
Hopkins *
Wm M Ewitnp. Distrift Clerk#
Th^>d .-ln,
W. Y. Box.
Cass
Ellis
Wm P $aut!ar.
B F Hawkins. County Clerk,
Van /.Hiidt
County,
O A Hill.
Upshur *•
Navarro "
ritt^l'urtf.
M T Hamilton.
Corsitana.
John II fulluw.
A/IJishop.
Parkur
John II Prince, County Cleric
. • ! ♦
W G Veal.
Gain«* L
ndini*, Ark. '/
A A
Covinurton.
Tipton Co Tf«n
•lotiH T t>> n'/las,
Columbia. South Carolina. J hu A Ruff, Eitq.
NEWS FROM PARAGUAY.
' from Paraguay, says the J/emphis
Av.;]i:pche. through .sources unfriendly to the
A.:•••• Icaus.that ionezwas actively' mak
ir. prcpafatinns for |v r, in expectation of the
iV: ;n: of negotiations with Mr. Bowlin. A
p;.-r> n ('name not pjven] who left Asuusion
•j.'. Movent! cr. HO, reports that he saw eight or
tei. '.housaud troops,t in the highest state of
iT- lil'iic. and conjiuanded by French and
E iuliso office-w. Ilp declares also: that Fort
liur aita was perfocaly mounted with fine ar-
til'.ery, atsd the i;arrii:on was composed of the
army. 1 res-i dent-!.|>nes was very Iii nd in ex-
{irc- !: „ h's iletermijnt'tion n t to yield to the
< ■•-.<$* <4' tbe I clfd H'ates. lie contin-
c«'vi'i: :n the (vmanario thajt he would j
• ■ i a m-hny. . The last number of the So- j
4^1. We are authorized to annonnro B. F. EST<5S K*q . of
Route l ountj. as a candidate for District Attorney of the 8th
I Judicial Dwtrlbt-
^**0 tre authorized to announce E. I). McKEXNBY F.*i
of JIopki*u« county, ns .a Candidate for the District Attorneyship
of thr- Slli Judicial District.
4)Gg^Weare authorized to aunoun'-e JOHN' C BTTKK9, Esq.,
w a Candidate tor District Attorney, of th^ 8th Judicial District
Red River.
We learn that the river baa risen two feet; wa-
ter from Kiamitia. This would let boats up, and
out again.
ismi, for strength. R fi^th^oss of ^owe^
from the abandonment of distinctive principles,
and i the temporary success even, of a many si-
ded ;co*nbjhs^rtrMfh Kk<thj late Airierican
partv has not sufficient honest' and well defin-
ed hoBtaeid intont, for permanent cohesion.-1-^
We! think it probable that its fears are well
founded, and that fanatical organisation has
reached itis aeme, and will retrograde.
The article of the Era is ably and plausibly
written, as almost all its leading articles are,
but its basis of anti-slavery sentiment is unreal,
All the anti-slavery fanaticism is founded on
incorrect assumptions of the reality of slavery,
and the objects of what it assumes to call the
Slave power—a mythical monster which exists
in the brains of the anti-slavery partisans, and
nowhere else.
It speaks of the acquirement of Texas, from
.Mexico, as an act of prc-detcrmined policy of
the Slave holding interest; tin absurdity amus-
ing enough to those who were here in early
times, and knoir that such a thing was not
thought of, for an instant—that the first settle-
ment was the private enterprise of individuals,
wbo had about as much thought of Slavery in-
terest to be promoted by it, as Columbus had of
the future settlement and independence of the
United States, when he anchored off San Sal-
vador.
It is useless to answer these anti-slavery men
in detail.i The representatives of the South
have committed an egregious error in doing
this, from the first, and in evincing any sensi-
bility for their harangues. They discuss the
merits of an institution, whose actual features
they know nothing about. Some of them are
honest, and fanatical, inflamed by imaginary
conceptions of Slavery. Som« are merely in-
tent oti keeping alive a party, to live upon.—
The doctrine of Mr. Calhoun, about enlarging
the area of slavery, which is so large now, that
not one tenth the labor wanted to make it avail-
able, can be got; and the useless propagandisin
of the Virginia and South Carolina press gen-
erally, and some others—all misjudged, have
roused and given strength to the apprehensions
of timid people in the A'orth, who have had
this policy and this argumentation, held up be-
fore them, as a bug-bear, and hare been made
to believe that the supposed slave power or
slaveocracy, was continually intent upon over-
reaching and controlling the Government, and
striking at 'he interests of free labor. Aothing
was farther from the truth. Whatever may
have beeu the objects of Agitators South, anx-
ious as are their brother Agitators North, to
of I making
be ensjbled for fi
a serjrant in
seven triwtdred, a
HeveAiiirttr1
ularity or power, but for the domestic jconven
ience and mental^impfov^m^nt of t^e
the greal mass of free -White
SHf© I flt
of dependent Northern laborew-Tmerej instru-
ments by whieh Capitalists attain wealth,while
these who make the wealth, are affected by ev-
ery monetary revulsion, or victims to any epi-
demic which may unfit them for the daijy tread-
mill round wbioh feeds them. . I
Here, in the Slave States, we have no pau-
JVobody ever suffers here for food; at
pers.
least not in Texas. As population becomes
denser, we do not wish to see results similar to
those which have followed its denseness jVorth.
The only difficulty in our way, in the procure-
ment of apprtSbtices by the authorization of
State law, is, that in framing the law against
the Slave trade proper, the exclusion of impor-
tations comprises those "held to service or la-
bor." Now. undoubtedly, the intent was to
prevent and suppress the Slave trade. 1 here
was no thought then of preventing a voluntary
migration. Such a prevention is contrary to
the spirit of our institutions. Voluntary Af-
rican apprenticeship, was not then known or
thought of. It would be an outrage upon the
principles of freedom,^and'upon^State rights, to
say that a State should^not allow to comc with-
in its borders, such^frce persons, as it chooses
to admit. The compact of confederation gave
no such power, and upon a fair interpretation
of the several acts against the Slave trade, no
prohibition of the introduction of voluntary
i in migrants could be deduced. If our State
legislature then, would provide for the intro-
duction of free African immigrants, providing
that they should be comfortably quartered, well
fed, not crowded, and come of their own accord;
even the Libcrian Government concedes that
it cannot oppose any legal obstacle to such an
immigration; and if it cannot, vhy should any
District Court of the United States decide
against it, upon a fair interpretation of the law
against the Slave trade. No humane objec
tion can be^interposed, if the business is con-
ducted in the proper spirit, fairly and justly,
getting the consentfof the Africans for a con-
sideration—treating thorn well, and providing
by State law for the protection of their inter-
ests, and'the enforcement of their rights.
Then.seeking for immigrants among the most
industrious and intelligent of the tribes; and
not taking at all, such worthless brutes as those
captured upon the Echo, who would not be
worth to any Planter, their food and clothing;
fan and keep burning an intense feeling upon I yKvsbonld 'we not increase our moui* of pro-
. . , ,. . ' . , . . i duction, ana benefit the Africans, while beue-
whicn tliey could riac into place ana lntiuencej, j ourselves?
the Southern people, as a mass, have no desire j
, . , ,,T The Pacific Railroad,
to overreach the iVorth, or the W est, or anv „ .
, , '_ | J he unat project of the Age, we fear, is
party or body ol men, or to propagate cr extend , „, , , „
. . i shuffled by,-U)i^another session of Congress.—
the area of Slavery. There are, in all the I ,m , /
' ihe Washington .StatosronrrratuifliS? ^s read-
ers upon this misfortune to the Country. Some
of our readers may know, that there was, in >ir.
Southern States, not more negroes than could i
be profitably employed in Texas, as strange as
this may sound to the writer in the Era. Tex-
as. Arkansas and 2/ouisiana have immense bo-
dies of fertile land, land rankly rich, and reek-
ing with useless vegetation, to cultivate which,
labor cannot be got. Negroes cannot be procur-
ed in Virginia and Maryland, at prices which
any sane cultivator of the earth should be wil-
JefTerson's time, a great, prejudice against the
Aavy, and a decided opposition to it, on account
ot its cost. Trifling gun boats, such as are oc-
casionally useful in shallow waters, against Pi-
rates, or other irregular and half armed miscre-
ants, were to do the whole defenee necessary for
@uW' e call attention to advertisement of house-
hold furniture, etc.. for sale bv Rev. 13. C. Bnrrus, | extend the area of Slavery?
at Auction.
ling to pay—not fromi these old, and compara- j J,e Auie,ioan and American Commerce,
tively worn out States, where tha racc has been! |rherearein ^V^ional Legislature, certain
increasing until these States are considered i ver? WOrth-y ^ntlemcn' *'hose notionB of Polit"
breeders of laborers,for sale. Why then,should !,Cal ngllt aml V'TOn-£? a rc bounded Avhat th^
the Agricultural peonle of the South, care to I WCre ^U8ht ,n their bo^nood- In thc Pro?rcs"
Does the mere ! S1°D °* a around fbem, they have not shared ;
.Hit! Ii
s i-.ni)nicneeri by insulting the
ity of this (Joveriiment, making
w hicii can in no case whatever be ac-
'ilr.s t iovcnimcnt is required to in-
I'm rcantile ci>mpany with the sum
'iadtieu th'.nsand dollars, to give sat-
• to (i:o N> r'.h American flag for the
■ u iroiu tl.L fortress of Itapiru at the
n.7 r Water Witch, and to allow the
ns v on iimw demaud indemnity to return
<1 ix . ;;i,l..-h their business in the territory
liic llepuj.lic t * * * I * *
Committee of the United States Senate
>iioss wifh to make Paraguay the laughing
•ck of the. world. ..u: a thousand times no,
• •hough vie cannot promise ottrse'ves the
:ri.'lsf0t vii tory, we can at leust be assured
tlie ivward which all the world {accords to
e hujitir.-sbiy defeated. > It is not powder and
'.'t that t.c>troy a nation, but the opprobium
ai. lads upon hor \v4 en she submits dishonor-
ly to humiliating gonditons. ^ * *
•v.-ir is brought upon us to rob the mon-
'''jiu the Paraguayan Treasury.—Who
'hat it k not tree [a,s we have been as-
'1 hat it is) that Buchanan has a private
iu the private interest in the triumph
company, as others have whom we do
to name? A refusal will be there-
to reclamation, for we know, now, thc
. the demands to be made upon us.
consequence will be war; and for
5 .tic-public of Paraguay is prepared.
• opts. kkb.-4.—George B. Miller, the
ti'® I nion Bank at ./aekso*;, Tcnnes-
attacked in the bank last night by some
unknown, was «ti uck on the head and
: :ik w;:s then robbed of a large amount
• parties decamped.
has been discovered to the perpe-
1' this outrage.
four years ago Randal McOavock was
of Aashville—a village containing
r \ JO persons, without even a turnpike
. v':iag it. Now, his granf nephew,
. n.T. McGavoek, is mayor of Nashville
-rlth $0,000 inhabitants—approached at
J~ > iints by railroads and with several others
iOta-empljtion.
1 h01 telegraph line to Cuba is progressing,
i he poles are being planted in Savannah, and
the hne is extending thro' south-weBtern Geor-
gia to Kernandina, Florida, and will soon be
pushed on to conipletion.
""i'
Late Uavuna dates state that the negroes
were iuraewhat unruly, and many of th^m had
been arreted and imprisoned, T*b thousand
five hundn i kriives had been sold tb them du-
ring a i'ow dhys.
' ;■ f ■ j ., i
Heavy M. Pcctor, has been elected to the
Snpiw e heiichvto fill the vacancy occasioned
by the doath of the Hon. O. U Sccjtt.—51
Democrat.
General Quitman left a
come of which ranges from
per aimum
the in*
$60,000
B©.We are indebted to Hon. John If. Reagan,
for /ante. Currant firape Vines, which get to us
in growing condition—a most acceptable favor.
l®uHome communications for publieation.have
to wait till next week.
Public Debate.
There will be a public debate, by the mem-
bers of the Bed River Debating Society, held
at the Clarksville male, and Female Institute,
on Thursday the 24th inst. The Ladies are
especially invited.
Question—Should Benedict Arnold, excita
mast our Sympathy or Contempt.
J6T" Our subscribers in the neighboring
Counties had as well be on their guard against
a travelling pedlar, calling himself Lincburg,
who sells bad jewelry, with a lottery privilege.
His tricks here, made it necessary for him to
leave town this morning, and to refund the
money which he received for his worthless jew-
elry.
Acknowledgments.
We are indebted to Senator Ward, for tw>
bound volumes of The Congressional Globe and
Appendix, and papers.
We are indebted to Hon. John HI Seagan,
for continuous attention, documents, spetc-bes
and newspapers. •
We are indebted to The State Gazette, and
The Colorado Citizeu, fpr kind and complimen-
tary notice*-of the Standard.
extension of territory, nominally open to slave- j
ry, increase the slave laborers, or increase our
representation in the popular branch of Con]
gress? What would wo gain? We doubt
whether, in a hundred years, we shall have
slave labor enough in Texas, to develop its re
sources: and no other labor will develop it, ex-
cept in parts. Upon our prairies, white labor-
ers may make cotton, corn, and wheat—-do,
do it; but upon the river banks, and on the low
flat lands of the coast, free white labor would
never suffice. W hy should we be anxious to
extend the area, when it neither gives us in-
i and in this day of light and reason, they abso-
lutely assume that the building o? a railroad for
Actional defence, isjiinconstitutional; orjfnot
exactly that, at least unwise. It might be wise,
s> their conception to procure the same result
3C some other way, at twice or thrice the cost;
hut as the Constitution does not say anything
tbout railroads; or their own States do not ex-
pect to derive any great benefit from a road
connecting the valley of'the Mississippi with the
Pacific; they are willing to risk the immense
danger of a rupture with Great Britain or France
and a loss of our Pacific sea-ports, only to be re-
crease of industrial power or Political represen- C°?red by a" °Utk>' f°r tran*Port«tion of men
tation, except in one branch of the National and MunJll0us ofWar, that would construct two
legislature, and in that branch, no possibility *«ch ^ .f applied to the construction. Any
of making or retaining enough for sectional T ord,nary F^ution, ought to see, after
Control? | a' 8 transpired, several times over, within
Diffusion of unincreasable strength, weakens j & ^eW years l'lat a( an^ (me a rupture may
it, whatever view Mr. Calhoun may have had, | °°me' W'th EnS,and or France> or bf*h. It
or his immediate school of followers may still | n"^t ^ave come w't^1'n fcbe two years past, if
thiukof it. Every sensible'man who looks at I e^'ier P°werhad beeu in convenient readiness
* Weather.
On the day of our last- issue, we stated that
the weather was delightfully Springlike. We
had been gardening; and it was too warm for
fires, or closed doors. On <$unday it continued
warm, but looked a little murky. On Monday
we had a few drops of rain in the morning; a
slight rain just after mid-day, and at night,the
wished for rain came down heavily, continuing
at intervals we believe, during the night. On
Tuesday there were a few dro^s, and then the
skies cleared up, bright and beautiful. We
had expected and hoped for a. river raider • but
-t disappointed us. The rain that did fell, wm
desirable for Wheat. • [ ,
On Thursday, the sky was clouded all day,
and it thundered heavily just at night, and then
came a clear sky aad a bright and beautiful
moonlight. On Thursday morning w0 noticed
that Peach trees were in bloom, and the weep-
ing willows getting green and graceful.
On Friday, occasional clouds, and indication
:,ofrain. ii . ii -I
actualities as they exist, and not through the
theories of school, knows that this proposition
is unanswerable. Having then, more than am-
ple space for all the laborers at our command,
why should we be anxious to diffuse, and thin
out,and waste our compact strength? Nor have
we, any hope or prospect of a re-establishmenl
of the Slave trade. We know that the major-
V i*-y in Congress is immoveably against us—even
tire oldest of the Slave States would oppose ii,
and the discussion is a mere futility, without
profitable object.
We want more Slaves—wc nrrrf them.
Great numbers'ot Africans might be greatly
benefitted in persons! condition, in the comforts
of lite, and moral advancement, by being sub-
jected to industrial use in the South. It is no-
torious here that the Slaves, are a careless hap-
py race, enjoying life far more than their mas-
ters,who have the nominal supremacy, but car-
ty all the burthens of lire; of which the slave
carries none that do not end with the day's la-
bor. But we know, that this fact, so apparent
to us, is not apparent to all our fellow citizcns
northward and, that the slave breeders of the
older Southern States would be opposed to the
diminution of the money value of their negroes, j wealthy, would not loan money for large,
by the increase of number from importation; j est, from fejir that tvmehow it might be lost—
and that thc hlave tnidp *iinlr «• // u/ An • If t.tiACA nonn 1 a i.i ■ . ^ .
for it. But it is always impending. Perhaps
5fc would be better that it should not oome, and
if we were fully prepared, it would be far less
;ikely to comc. But the hot blood of this peo-
::. s will not •ubmit to a great deal of arrogance
either or both those Powers. It will force
s central representation to act, upon any un-
-• i-i -fied. ov ert act of assault upon our rights or
Haiianal honor. Then what? Fleets attack
C'ir Pacific coast, and it is defenceless, and prop-
erty to an immense amount will be destroyed,
and our Actional prestige discredited. Then
all these wonderful, fire-eating Abstractionists,
who never had two grains of practical sense,but
h*ve an immense amount of Conventional hon-
or Mid chivalry, will feel as mush aggrieved as
ar-j body, indignantly patriotic—boiling over
WEia patriotism; and will of course vote all
BEKKuts of money necessary to defend the coun-
l 7- _ But they will not vote it now. They will
issaive the insult and aggression first, to propel
&3ir intellects, and then the road will be built
for the next emergency. They belong to the
cfess, whose wisdom is evinced and represented
by the maxim that a " bird in the hand is worth
two in the bush:" and who, if individually
;e inter-
ror of emancipation; are also first iu the aban- j 8t°P the enormous leakage for slops about
< onmentof the system which they have led us j ashington, and put the millions annually was-
mto, anu which we persist in; while they are j t*d, for want of industry and nerve amono- Onn
troduce African apprenticesinto! Texas,ie wish } Great worit of Aational defenoe;
FA QAA V f /t /\ * * a _ - P ' .1 /\m writ « I. 11 i. . 11 #
• Thw morning, it is quite dark and lowering ;j| ^ done-—not for Ae specific object to ! on wiicl1 follow immense contingent bene-
and the atmosphere damp. j f^1? ♦ • ° Te powCT 88 a political power, j fit«—if they would do this—cojunromwe with
Apprentice labor ministers to this' whv
* .J pie wui iorce u
W what we wank The
rs to this, wh
tender of
have; and what the Sovereign peo-
ple will force these drivellers to {rat in course
they are many month* older,
w. «,p, uki j,
call for a J
liuy 1859. It
:y of Northern
FMCillCto, ^ I
, and send delegates
at Houston. It
to send coniide-
minds imbued
for
m
weB for t!
organize regul
Conventions
[his Genei
lime to takeKeps, and
ite, prudctt^ien, b
AdistiriotTvp W,H
be proposed to the Convention; and the proper
a get of resolutions, for adoptiom^thers win ol-
fer amendments.' A'o half-politically eaueated,
windy member, will be a safe representative of
a constituency. It #iH, in many etjses be diffi-
cult to get the right sort of men to go: *hd in
no case, unless the delegate himself insists upon
it. should it be expected, that a man will loae
his time, and spend his money also, to serve the
people, without compensation. Each County
meeting should provide for the collection of
voluntary subscriptions to pay the expenses of
their delegates.
We say again, this Convention may have an
DISS).
Near ClarksviUe, on
ai
bter
tgom
County
Lynchbu
larksville
Col.
please
county
m)M
MKlt.
... cfterbwp on
|y occupied by Wortten
itly by Faant 4 |K
mUx of such Buri ,W
with rimpU note lta« o ">*
w' ^r1 rf'
ectjacy, jP—*
eta-, tkn mm -
which they will offer^ their ftiendt i
lie ii ;
ThaiTirtock is now very good, and
have a material enlargement, and m
vile a call and examination oftiieirj
HARRIS**0!
iag folly! that duty whicb *11 rod W
tt! wudta i-
i-. ATiTENTIOl
MUiOVnUTBElVEilil
ALL THOSE who are indebted to «s,Wlj
wroj.f i ,'accdunt, are earneeUy ra^i
Conu- fprw-ird and pay up. as we are be
money. W« iuive jUwaye been vtrv
wards >ou, and never piwbed
CO
r vou, but we|
to have money, and if you aiei
frieiKbyou will walk nptothe
We neod ow. principally, CASH, and
who owe us. don't come forward, and pajr *4
ly. we have to try to collect our claims in |i
eat way, although with reluctance.
We Kept our door open for Cuuht sau <
last thirteen years, but with our goods (
and no money coming in, we would bi
"therefore, stand by us now; walk upaai|
what yon owe us; and we will continue U>i
goods on as long a credit aa ever.
6 H, RHINE t M
Ffbnutrff 12th. 1859. (No. 4—t£i
SO large a mass evade the 0^0-
ing; that it is his due, that jhe
away like a dumb animal, uuhonOicd in*
gotten. !; . . - t.i
Col Burks set: led in Efel Bfvrr cpun^r tn
1846, coming originally from Merriwether
county in (ieorgia, and lastly from Atala ednn-
ty in Mississippi. In 1S50, he bought a plan-
tation in Bowie county, and lived there until
i854, when he returned to Bed River county.
t While living in Bowie, he was twice theSe*.
important influence upon the Democratic ascen- j atorial representative of Red River and Bowie
dancy in Texas, and the Democracy everywhere j in the Legislature. Once he had been the rep-
should see to it, and trust nothing to accident, resentative o 1 Red River in tlfe lower ouse.
If the Convention should adopt unwise resolu- j He received confideuce without urtsor^e^ ,
tions, the body of the party will be certain not j from the palpable uprightness and rehab
to sustain them, and we apprehend that very ! his nature. Not especially talented; e Was
dangerous resolutions will be offered. If they j man of perceptive good sense, and indomitable
are, and should be adopted, then the Party will ■ determination. Iu thc middle ot t e pas
have to disavow thc action of the Convention, j summer he took cold, which settled upon n
and place an unfortunate discredit upon future j lungs, and never released its hold. V* hile wc
assemblages of the sort, which are really neces- i were at thc Springs, (in the heat of summer,,
sary mediums for thc success of principles; or j he came down, got wor.su instead of bettor, re-
if the pj,rty should determine to maintain un- j mained but a day or two, and left. Ever sin**.
tenable declarations, because they come from j he had nursed his debility, but it never left
the party Convention, then they stultify them- ! him, and lately, he wasted, and went out sooner
selves, and prepare the way, for future defeat.- j than we could have expected from his natural-
Conventions are invaluable aids to organiza-1 ly vigorous mouid. In Georgia he held the of
t-ian, if properly managed; but they should rep- j fice of Sheriff of Merriwether county, an un
resent the popular will, and not the will of a j derwent severe service; having been several
few politicians, wbo may have personal objects j times shot, in performing his official uuty. Ac
in mis-directing their action. "We are solicit- j was also a Colonel , f a regiment JU a service
ous that the Democratic party of Texas should i against the Creek Indians., Again we say he
do itself full justice, and look closely to the ' was a trur man, and as a friend, true as steel
Houston Convention. The people should in-1 thrice hardened, and that is wb::t can be said
struct fully, and permit nothing to be assumed,! of not a large p .rtion of the world s population, j
by would-be party leaders. Above all, there j It was but last week, we clipped iroui the State j
should be caution about the enunciation of new | Gazette, the following notice, and intended pub- j which we otter to our-friend* and the public,
fiicta. The old Democratic landmarks are j lishing it, as a just credit to him while living, as tbev can^ brought in this market. J
broad enough. It will be well to adopt no fire-: What we did not do, last week, can just as ap-
eating resolutions, to be backed out of after- j propriatily ba done now
three FUfE PIAHOB.
THESE piano/ received the
! medal at (he Worid'e Exhifa
' London. For sale by
li. rhine i)
February 12/^, 1^59. (No.
FINE BUGGIES, and fami!y Ca
ceived, and for sale on reawMiable
H.RHINE 4 B1
February 12t/t, 1858. (No. 4—
DR. J. B M aitland
WILL promptly respond to proicsaional «i
Office with Dre. Wootten L, 1
fflW,
14
ClarkrtnlU. Feb. lit. 1859.
No. Z~<C
FELLOW ES 1 CO.,
C0MKIS8ICV MERCHAKTt^r
149 Ccmaon Street,
nwouuiii
[no. 34—tf)
GROCERIES fGEOCER ES H
XBATT SUPPLY.
ON Monday nex':, we will begin'
to receive, direct iroui New Or-,
leans, our large and '.veil selected ;
Staple and Fancy Groceries,
Hardware, Wood ware, Ac., to.":
for Caah, and Cash only.4
lot aflord to sell Groceries on
we positively will not kc«ep any Bo<>k« for ]
cr bis heart has
wards, discrediting ourselves, as State Conven- ! ceased to beat, anu his eye hits lost the power j We'hope our friend# will t*e the necessity ef§p,.
tions have done in some States that we know j on this earth to brighten at the kind recogni- J ""g^J^anktS
of: fight no wind-mill battles afar off, but act tion of his worth. j t\il!y solicit a *bare of yatroiuige. faring tbeppl
firmly when it becomes necessary. I llou. joskpii IJritKS, thc Representative j entj ea^ Call and e3uoc«ne our Stock, and *M|K^
Under the apportionment determined by the j from lied River and iwww < j weViKable4!^??^"^^^?^ ^
— ,-x'ter in the btanelard declining positively j * - J\r< «.
last Convention, Bowie is entitled to one dele-
esa letter in the Standard declining positively \ w,il -
to run asain for the office. MT.Durks pursued a I .
gate, Cass to four. Titus to two, Hopkins to?j confSiste;it course in the legislature, and won; ''"T °' r;,10"e-v- -.
„ - r. . . : „ . . ,, , , 5, 3 ! onr freight Bills. Vr>.. au who know theniselv«j
Collin to five, Denton to for himself toe general eonuoenee aud respect : ddjto| f0 w for fiT^,er:e^ ;a5l year, wili a*
three, Hunt to four,
two, Parker to two, Johnson to two, Young to ' °f the member;
'if-
one, Palo pinto to one. ./aok to one, Wise to one,
Cooke to one, Montague to one,Grayson totwo?
Fannin to two, Lamar to four, Kaufman to
three, and lied River to four.
We attempt to do oar duty, in time, we hope
The point of this, which was not intended as j
a eulogy; is what we commenced Trith, that be
was a man of substantial worth.
( quite a tavor t y settling up at oar*.
I
cmAi
.SIMS
No. ;>
SISU.
n;06.
MARRIED.
At the residence of John Ih;ke. nenrClarks-
our friends will do theirs, carefully and ener-' ville, on Tuesday the loth, by the B v. J. W.
getically. ! P- McKeuzie, I'll. P. T. lH.Vf.it, to Miss S.\-
m m i rah E. I. ckk.
E®,,. We have received tae usual evidence
sent up to ihe Standard OJico, arid wish thc
parties all the good fortune t ^at th.y hope for i
NEW ORLEANS MAUKET.
CALL FOR A STATE CONVENTION TO BE 1
HELD AT HOUSTON, MAY 2, 1859. |
In compliance with a resolution adopted at j
the State Democratic Convention, held at Aus- \
tin, on the 8th January, 1858, it is made my j
duty to call a State Democratic Convention at ;
the city of Houston; on the second day of -
may, 1859, for the purpose of nominating a j
Governor, and land Commissioner.
Appended is a table prepared under a reso- j
lution of the Austin Convention, proposing a !
basis of representation.
I am informed that there will be ampie ac-
Februiru 11.—Wsifiilay :;iovr> wns r.n active <f<s
mand for witton. an«t the t<tlos umouute*"! to ivmi
11,GiK) bales. Prices, however, have been still more
in favor of buyers, ami we-now .juoic;
regular prices, but mostly at a decline o: fully jc.
Inferior, H(<h 7 j Middling, 105 (.. ■ 1
Ordinary, J Gwd •• ll| (■, 12
Low Mid'ng, 10|t«,lOJ | Mid'ng fair, 1 _A12J !
The receipts (including 30.H74 baV - n
since the 1st September, have beeu l,3S?.>:t;o bales:
comodations in Houston for the reception of ,,f ha«jnku v^..:t« ,
,l„ j„i . .1 ■ n .. . Exported duimg .-ame time, b*l2jw<.
the delegates to this t onvention, and thatevery j Flovu—S rfiife, ?5 2-V„ m cx-.ra, ; ■ 00^
eflort will be made on the part, of its liberal and ! ~ " '
Pouk—Me.-s $19 0<V'?20 o0\
bacox—Side?. 10(n.UJc: «houlder«. SW-SJc.
Lakh—!U(«',12}c. ft lb.
Coax—85c.(fl)90c. >>usiiel
Hay—§17 su(«.20 00 ton.
Oats—7G(5;80c. f3 bushel.
CorFEF.—llio, l<>i@ll|c. "J? Ri.
Sitgae—4ib.
Molassrs-—;StVtf-3t,ic. -p gjillon.
Wuiskev—Re "" -*
:o
(Mark\mll<r, Feb. l>'n,
AD I5I8TEAT0S S SALXi Jj
IN PCI!- I'ANCE of an orfo#*
the County Court oi'He-i River
made at the -lanuary Term, ItSM y/
will expo&c- to public tale, at ii
Court House door, in the town o; Clarksville,
tlie frtt Tuesday in March next, gg -gj
320 acres of land, lying on Red Rim,
tlie projxrty of James H. Johnston, iccrastd,
ing a part (>f the William May> t-.n -ey. ' 'wk 0.
1 will ulso sell, in the town of Corpicana, Nattfrlea
ro County, on the fi.-st Tuesday in April DfHwWoe I
the Court Hotise do r, ' §t
425 2-3 aorea of Land. *-?.
situated al>out 0 miles North-Wen from '"orsict^
on Chambers' Creek, known as the James H.Jo)# ,
fltc-ti eurvey. "••♦l
T E B * S .
Twelve months crMit. with approve! eeenrtf .
j and a lien fur the pun.-.ruv- money.
JAMES C. CALDWELL. Aam't.%
or' JatuvS II. Johnsti i, deed.
'c.rLtvtiU, Fclrucny hi, 1859.
FAIR WARNING IS FAIR PLAT!
SI S<t(5 il 40.
Lime—At re' ,-—Tliomasion
tern. Oil.
Land Warrant*. 82trt ',ii>c. a<!rc.
Exchange on N. \ ., sight, c. discount.
enterprising citizens to make thc temporary i
sojourn of the guests agreeable and satisfac-1
tory. _ !
The present is a period of more exciting in-!
terest in our Actional and State affairs than I
any past. Viewed as this body must ba, an an |
exponent of the sentiments of the Democracy j
of Texas, to be asserted in the next Charleston |
National Convention, the eyes of the whole '
Sonth will be turned to its action and the char-1
acter of its Platform of principles. There can- i
not be a single staunch State's rights democrat ■
in Texas, who will not feci it his duty to be j
present ; and it is bclived that no public spirit- J
ed democrat in any country of the State, will I
neglect to urge it upon the party to hold a
County Convention, and send delegates with
powers to appoints proxies. !
It is with the Democracy of the South alone, I
that its people can expect to secure their rMits '
in the Confederacy. D is useless to attempt it'
outside of its organization. As the guardian !
of the rights of the States, and the Citizen, !
whether Native or Foreign-born, it has been 1 T ,^1EL offer for Bale, in the town of Clarksville,
tried in every crisis, and found not only relia- ! j in *iiver County. Texas, to the hiehest bid-
ble but fully equal to the hour of danger and i on Saturday the 2« th of February, inst., at my
finaly emerging from it in national triumph and ! 1"°*'/ I0VVI;' art ,!llf " . <-Yur^';!/-c -bWe
of freedom throughout the world. It i for-1 M beds, bedhead., l«,Wotl,int. eonlwrnl^wm.
ever riveted m the aflections of the people of j cliairs, five tables, a good safe, a splendid new
Texas. ^ j cook stove, i>ota, ovens, water vessel?. ,Vc.. &c. I
Proud of this great party, invulnerable iu the j 1 a'f° ee'' 111 .v present supply of liacon. and
majesty of its power, let us meet together on i t , ^ hundred pounds of lardLa Bug-
the SECOND DA Y OF MS. Y NEXT AT ' P,a g°od old plow-horse, a wagon and two
HOUSTON ,„d with eye si^gie ,oL il j IZ&Z&ZSX " "
f/ivncifr, nn J —f . I' i . v
A_LUv.
indebted to the firm of WII
| xl. & J At"JLSON. at Clarksville, TetfU. can I
an opportunity to settle with TIiop. r. Wilson,jq
the firm of Wileon & Jackson, if they will calltj —
stairs, at Bagbv. Corley, & Co.. (our old stand) 1^ ,
tw^eu this and the sixth day of March next.
A\ter that date, they will l>e compelled to .
We - I and relieve us of the i!.«igrocable necessity of I
' ing you. The treat is sti!l due. if vou come up*
pay. WILSON A JACKSON.
January 29<A, 1859. j (No.il—6u)
Cattle Mimmr, February 11
Beef—Western, fine H|(Sllc. ?> lb. net.
Tcxfts and Lake, §13@4a "ft head.
IltKJs—7 (i,-Sc.
SiiEEr—S3 75<« 5 00 ^ head.
Calves & Yearuxos—(h)(,7v9 00.
Milch Cows—$35 :*o"
SUNDRIES FOR SALS.
$800 R,B"W"-AJR3D
STOP THE MUBDEBEB.
THE above reward of $840 will be paid for
apprehension and delivery to tLcThmffof Gi#
son county, of Edward Williams, who committed!
heartless ratuder on the person of Abram Myora
?:i.lay the !7tb inst., near his residence in tin™
eoanty.
AiiJ Williams is about 30 or 35 years of age,
six l'vet high, .spare built, weighs about 150 or
pounds, has rather large light blue eyes, dark
and inclined to curl, forehead full, features &
ready spoken, when addressed, but has rather
down leok. He is supposed to have left here,
a Urge light sorrel gelding, with a large blase
bald face. All good citizens are earnestly reqi
to aid in bringing the murderer to justice.
TAB1THA MYERS,
Wife of the Ihttatti-
JESSE MYBB&
WILL YOU SETTLE!
\X7~E have been very indulgent to you, we 1
f v t.ever sued you, we have never dunned
Smta*AJt, December 2£th, 1858.
e nnle'i coivs. and about : |
of <-orn. a lot of splendid Car- .1
;ivin«r been used more than
saddle and bridle. &c &c. , _ _ , ._ .
under five dollars, CASH I , i.«*er sued you, we have never dunnedt
, . . - Christmas bv giving bond j "°ro ^ '"°? ln tny wav, for money. M
ana security if roquirod. it < •" ni'UlilTs . we nre sued an<| dunned, and pmwed in even-
P. S.—I nil all hoard at Sims' liotel.and still eon- ! ^°,neto our w« don't wish to sue you, ft I
tinue liiv fine and flourishing Schuol P*.v have trieel it. If vou i
T?U "Pen o riinn usquick, we will have to hue in self deft
FRESH S10CK SPRING GOODS. j we will gtve you a liberal price for your Co
•IC.ST UP. bv the last l>oat i a,V^ thank you. nearly to death for your
lerson. a jgflg .. Owr Iiooks are kei t up stairs, at lW-v
Large and choice assortment of
j . fresh Spruig Goods,
threaten the safety of the very citadel of Con- ! 'atefit patterns, and best fabrics.
stitutional liberty, itself. " < .le au"8ee them, and detect while the assort-
.1 OHV \f \ tjvjti it, i menI ls. ""broken, such articles, suitable for the
pi • ' I "eason Just breaking upon us in warmth aud bean
t hairman Mate Committee.
0 — - ... i.K V^wiicueraey, ana Its
clear enunciation oftbe doctrines of tbe Constitu-
tion,shall commend itself to the regard and confi-
dence of every Southern sister State, and the
applause of the good and true meu in thellnion,'
and which shall, as emphatically and with stern
indignation, repel the Vandal approaches of
squatter Soverignty on the one hand,and Black
Kepublicanism, on the other hand, whick
.—; V'll
, bejK up stairs, at Kag*'y,
& <x>. s. our old stand, where you can always
51lson, ready to settle with vou. and stand
when you pay well. Come to see us! anirk!l
WILSON & JACKm
ClarksvtUe. Texas, Jan, 1. 1859. (n.W*£
ty, as you want.
Beautiful Goods for the Ladies,
who can array themselves to suit thc season, at its
The River and Weather.—Red Ri^r is
^mauest class or roats being able to reach Pul- J A. S.
A steamer from below, we did not learn ! Fib. 1M, 1x59,
1 M
FROM JAMES B. 8U ANN A HAN. I
BANAWAY,
ton
her name but suppose it to be tle^llfitte"^". 1
nved at Pulton on Jfonday. On Monday niirht I
and yesterday, we had several heavy showed of j
KOTTW1TZ.
Im or.tf.
A St^OUNDRBL AND SWINDLER.
rain fwi«. i,; u ". r—owners oi 1 ., Rockv Comfubt, Ark., Feb. 11th, 1859.
riwr l~ weR,'ticipate a rise in the! i-iR:r-tUn lttbt night, at a late hour, a man bv
name laul, and a gambler by profession, eloped
with a woman he called his wife, from the Hotel
ot this place, without paving his Ivoard and an
amount of borrowed money,(m0.) ii'c is of sallow
complexion, thfn laced, dark hair and wears <x cap.
weaL?l ft rCSUmptlon of ligation. The
X "w!"""6 " w,m *n,i ^-
The river con^nucs to dedine and th* 1.™.
foto oxperieaced (BOnsidoraW^difioolW
U ts running above also aiuphin ofSe sour-
ftmm: l£-
^dJ?i P« > l e carries a slung-aliot, a pair of
p t ki! .a ^t,e Ha aold a sorrei horse
wVltJiT" wl,n.c!l there 5s some suspicion.
to^aS«^mi vt *h ^ % 'our miles
'ark8vilbj. Vhere he got in tlie Stage for
Aelhr:
i_mt. .' ® we can hear of thfe man
% FRANKLIN h. REID, 9. M.' ^
8 AND F.
m,im. 1(1
nts,euchae
Jpii'
m
.
ing in Clarksville, Texas, cometinie ia
,Jfc^tober litet, a negro maued BRAD. Skidl
gro is about 4o years of age, dark eomplexioa^B
dowu when sivjken to, but speaks smilingly if
, °"e of his thumbs, cut close to
hand, which shorn a sear, heavv set . weigltfS
u P?und*LtB S f«et 9 or 10 iucbes h«|
nrad m a Preacher by prolecuoo. and if *
sett.cineiits, wjfl « jk to demonstrate bis
sjonal pioobvitk^. A liberal reward will be,
for the apprehension and confinement of Bn
jan, so that I can him. * *
JAN E fiAGBY, Admi
some jail
JNVJ—4M
POCKET, TOILET, AND„
t BLE CCTLERY—an extra f
sorrment, jtwt received, at
/W. F*6. l&A, 185B.
Coffee, Sugar,
ParU, Feb. 18M,
w.'t tafw .r-
ffe t4fefep itSf
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