The Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 1, 1859 Page: 1 of 4
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Road*—The ^
onrf t/a Economy—JWe 0/ Travel—
Kanwn the Cook—The Meal in the. Wilder-
ness—The Xght-fiide an t*, he Bivouac—
Mountains never loat Sight of—Mountain
Gorge—Beautiful, Grand and Impressive
Scenery—San Jfttdfo.
On reaching Fort Clarke we had to make our
final arrangements for the long, lonely travel
before us. At this point we bid farewell to the
settlements. For 500 miles there is not a hu-
man habitation except at the military posts,
and tl.ese are from 75 to 125 miles apart.
Belt-re we start, 1 may say .that nothing sur-
prised me more on the route than did the well-
defined, beaten highway, where I had expect-
ed a dim, dulious trail, passable by wheels,
chiefly on account of its simple, natural adap-
tation. We not only have a read well located
but worn smooth and, seemingly, as much
used as though it led to a commercial city,
close at hand. The explanation is found in the
fact of the trade from Xew Mexico, Chihuahua
and Senora, to San Antonio; the passage ot
Government trains between the forts, and the
heavy emigration along the Southern route to
California. Every day the stage-traveler meets
or passes some one or more of these trains, con-
sisting of waggons and carts and herds of cattle
or horses, teamsters and out-fiders, men on
foot, women and children—always a company
large enough to fight a respectable battle if the
Indian.- should be troublesome.
In the solitary wilds it is quite a relief to
see a human being—one of yourown race—and
to feel that, far as you are from home, you ire
not f|iiite out of the world. Sometimes, I con-
fess, 1 felt like a fragment of creation, broken
off at both ends—all the associations of the past
dissolved—afloat and lost, wandering, adrift—
an unknown sky above me—earth, desolate and
bereaved around me, all silence and solitude—
an orphau look about everything, as thouirh
God had smitten and cursed, and human life
had all perished or fled the land. One of these
moving caravans—the sound of the human ! j1(.
aye, pen in the diijty
road—for fear ok "the
snakes in the grW^-and, as they reported in
the morning, slept Well.
Very early we were up and off again. The
whole country is pocftand rocky—a. ted of gra-
vel—treeless, and with but scanty herbage of
any kind- Vaatuer-a is the only attractive fea-
ture ; except in the mountains—some near by,
others distant, dim and blue—are to be seeu
all around.
Indeed, I may as well remark at once, that. I
was surprised and disappointed the whole way.
Perhaps 1 was shamefully ignorant of geogra-
phy, or careless in mV reading. [ have only to
say, that it is a good whil^ince I was at school.:
aud, in my early days, this region was set doivu
as " au junexplored wilderness." Those who
have paised through it have either written of
their adventures or been
Our reporter mused ; as lie sat on a hjftrwat,
on the attributes of the sex~*&Uctse angel^enigs
whose gentleness can only be likeued to tbe'fiiH-
iag dew—and thought (bat if Micheletl had
seen Margaret, he never would have writteb /
Amour. "A high old g.vl," indeed,. j
A NIG^T OF CllIME.
Correspondency tfthffyftfr ^ . ^
1 - Nbw yoEK. Au|^ti\l8fl9.
Messrs. J^iW-fiamlet stfysi' f " i
Oh ! that titis too solid flesfi BhwddVeji, ! '
: Thaw; *nd ? ^ \
Had Hamlet lived in Gcthak, during the
period when the dog star rage*, there would
have been no occasion for such % oryfrom the
noble Dane. He fould rather have pjravedfor
the melted physique to solid'rfv and resolve it-
self into an Iceberg? Old Sol Is pomtively a-
le his bra-
shamed of himself, and begins
zen, Raucy face, behind a dun,
very suspicious manner.
hasy vail, in a
Some one pught< ccr-
ilent. The route is J his aim, a lad seven yours of age, whom hje
always spoken ot as a journey over the plains : | treated for several days, during which he was
accordingly, I expected to see a level country, j pursued. An officer finally overtook him at a
vast prairies—unrelieved, except by an occa-, place called No.uik, took the boy away from
it is a w 01 id ot mountains, j him, aud served oa him a petition for divorce,
* to San Francisco, CuH- j his wife having resolved upon such a step-—
forma, yt-u -never lo<e sight of numataSh* ; they 1 On Monday night iy) returned from Xoauk m
rise up before \ou, surround you—-ri^enp on the j a perfect rage, uut only against the wife and
right baud—on the left hand—you are 071 them, j her family, but agaiust the whole town for ta-
The town of Preston, Connecticut, last Mon-
day night was the sceueof a wholesale incen-
diarism, which is unparalleled iu this country.
It seems that a mau named Chapman had
quarrelled with and abused his wife in such a
manner that she could not live with him, and
nesBI_it is evident that be rises in t|he morn
! ing with a decidedly red phis, and all know
how greedily he imbibes morning dew for hit-
tors. Perhaps Messrs. Wise or La Mountain
will undertake the lecture. *
, . , . / y,ltn dMX : tainly to read a temperance Jpctarew his high-
returned to the bouse ot her father, a iarmer j y u MiAnnt h« riaaa in the morn-
named Y\ heeler. A short time since he drove
to the house of his father-ui-law and stole awa
sional strealn-
brorn Aunt in,
-but,
Fejeo.
below theui, among them, at every step. Vet,
except when compelled to usee ml or cross one
oi' the huge ridjres thjat unite tlie ch .ins, the
road is level or of such easy grade up or down,
as rarely to interfere with the speed of travel.
In t act, it is marvciohs how such a highway
was ever found, amid difficulties, obstructions
that would ses.u insurmountable. Of course it
is zigzag, tortuous—enough, indeed, to well-
nigh double the distance. But I must not an-
ticipate too much.
Alter -i run of two or three hours over a de-
lightful road we found ourselves suddenly des-
cending a canon in tlie mountains of the San
Pedro or Devil's River. This is a very narrow
gorge, and doubles some very sharp points —
the high walls, almost perpendicular, loom up
on either side and throw out a deep dark shad-
ow, and, as you go down, down—the air gets
king her par t. At a late hour he eommancod
j his iieudish career, and, as he passed along the
j read, he fired nine buildings,, most of them
! barns full of grain, wagons, farming tools, &c.,
which created a loss of many thousands of dol-
lars to the different owneip. At length the
stealthy villain came to the house of Mr.
Wheeler, his father-in law, where the closing
scene of this drama oi" devastation was enacted,
and where he, no duubt, intended to murder
the whole family. The VVheeler family were
aroused by the son ot their neighbors, whose
buildings had been tired, who came tbere for
assistance. Before they could get ready to de-
part- to the asistance of others they discovered
In Broadway
I feel like one who treads alone
Some banquet hull deserted, ,
and the mind is kept in a constant state of Ac-
tivity wondering what part of the country has
produced the queer, old-looking people one
meets, obstinately keeping to the left, tripping
themselves and every one besides up, in an in-
sane desire to gaze into shop windows, and ev-
erywhere else at the same time.
August certainly produces the most outre
costumes and personages, who as regularly dis-
appear in the most mysterious manner. Fifth
Avenue is fast taking the place of Broadway,
for a favorite promenade.
Apropos, Mr. TownBend of saraaparilla no-
toriety, disgusted with an ungrateful-republic,
has sold his magnificeut brown stone front and
sided palace, chapel, rosewood .stair case, pistol
gallery, billiard room and all, to Abbott of the
Spingler Institute, for $200,000, with about
heir owu out-buildings on tire, and while they I 820,000 more charged to Mesau. Profit and
i
were carrying water to extinguish the the in ]yjr Townsend retires to a beautiful
the barn one oi thu boys discovered Chapman gantry seat to meditate 011 the ingratitude of
at the corner ot the house, attempting to set human kind The tact is, he was too new an
tire to some dry brush lying agaiust the house, aristocrat for Gotham's upper ten. If Towns-
damper and cooler, aqd you begin to think of
tunnels anil vaults and subterranean dungeons, j ile immediately gave the alarm. A regular en(jt senior, had discovered the merits -of sar-
and presently the roar of water breaks upon | li-lit now ensued", and Chapman snapped a saparilla, and left the present Townsend the
. -j ,, . , 1 the ear, and then, suddenly, right at your instol twice at the head of Mr ",L 1 1 -
voice the evidence that there was some hos- I fee% thorc ro,|9 ,me of fllc ^ighTest 1 1
fond, earnest gaze, and a father's
brooght wrrgwls to watch orer the riambers 01
innocence, youth and hope ! And when at
length woman's instinet wants the trusting na-
ture of a deeper and a purer love than she yet
has known—when she places that little hand
in his on <iarth for ever, to bide with him
through storm aud shine—and then, alas 1 the
sad awakening when /
1 Ruder words will
To spread the breach that Wpras begin.
Oh! man, man! deal gently with tfe loving
nature you have won. Ye may not all strike
with the hand, but know ye not the blow fatia
with a crushing weight upon the sorrowing
heart, leaving a deeper and more incurable
wound than any inflicted upon the person, and
thus the passing years weep over the ashes of
expiring love—living yet dead?
An immense, odd-looking carriage that has
been wen several times on Broadway, has at-
tracted great attention and a great many que-
ries. It is called the " Singer Sociable," and
belongs to Mr. Singer, of sewing machine fame ;
of perfect Noah's ark dimensions, it will com-
fortably seat twenty-five persons. It is divid-
ed into three compartments, and a "oupe at
tached, either for smoking or servants- There
are two tiero of seats, with large windows, and
there are places for baggage, for books, edibles,
and dogs, or any other live pets. The body
of tuis patriarch of carriages is painted bright
yellow, and all the rest as black. It was drawn
fir <w pp'"
fe>> to tflf extol'*
ai xht* J3 yket; and w
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at
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|av (he tfesfi (>isca. rwolustig
ijif ijoaiitstifs", as
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1AMPAGNE—4shoic*M biasv-i*. tor **1* low
% RHiNX * BBtto.
jtterson, Feb. J5tU, !&'>.
rHJSKKY-:^ barrels for xalt- bv
RH1N K ■' BROS.
ifti'rwjo, Fehritury 15Ui, 185V. j
A <X)N- a iarge qpMMsiity ot 'mdee f d ho«I-1
der hums', plaia aud < 5br mk bv j
rrin? i nmM. •
.Jereon, February Loth. tHSt*
vN<"Y GHOCERIER—every Using it that |
line that can be called for - fi a id* aitii
THE ANGEL'S VISIT.
m
On* a beautiful Spring morning, as a young
y six horses—three abreast This conveyance I Ui°ther completed her to-let, and was about to
m ...
Maia* nadnr his
•- im "->3 _ , _ rri '
<*W1WtoflW|S
^ The kite u noted ^1^^'
ia it a shoi^ti^a^o. At the
^iaeveral others were playing, rooki^ the hoat,
it "dip water" when, unluckQy, tfcey
swamped, and this yonegmaa, the
was dnmned. . After
tew seareb after the
novel idu was suggested, which
|>roved auo^essful in leading to the
of hi| «fiereaho«ia. About three
ef quiiukaiher Was put into a loaf of
bread, well bi^d, and thrown out into
.^he lake.1 -The loaf was disoovered to move
^directly against the wind; soon it
^whirled around several ti ines, and 1
immediately rowed to the place and threw oat
fihb grapplers. The first time they hooked
h^s face; the second time the hook fkstened to
his boot, and he was hauled into the boat
>4 Where he was found the water was 70 feet
dee p. In his pockets were a large silver .watch
aoa a considerable quantity of silver money,
which caused the attraction of the quicksilver,
end led to the dieoverv of his watery grave.
The accident, plaoe, and singular circumstan-
ces connected with the «ad affair, 1
markable.
nek. They
was Mr. Singer's own invention, has been pat-
ented, and will be used to take the whole fam-
ily, and the friends of the family, out for a
drive, as well as for traveling purposes. The
different apartments can be closed and made
distinct at pleasure. It is excessively amusing
to watch the look of blank astonishment with
which this novel carriage is gazed at for the
first time.
GEN. SAM. HOUSTON.
PIKE'S PEAK AGAIN.
leave the room, as was her worn, to look at two
lovely sleeping infants, with that fond affec-
tion, and holy love aud beaming joy, wbich
mothers only know. As she turned from the
cradle of the youngest, (qow with the angels)
a little more than two yean old, suddenly
raised herself, and gazing upward, fixed her
clear blue eves on the mantel, whilst her face
wore an expression of joy, such, I am sure, as
angels only wear, she exclaimed, "Oh tU^y ; ^ fha;r ^ at
are gone, mamma, they are aone " What \ x ™
>>«?' id w «***«*
r, render it re-
pitable point ahead, which we met with now
and tiirti, rr*utu icemcTy, Testoret
made me feel that we might once more min"le
one or the t^igltteat streams
« , , • , . , . w. J..U- msimg warrrt pouring over the 'cdircs
and iiicii, rr*utu icemcrv. restored hooe ami i . 1 1 'i , - , ,
, auu I 0t us rocky bed, as it uaaciug in gladness to
. . .. , t, ^ . .- 1 the sound of it« owu uiusic.
with our kind. But. I orget my story. | At tlu iut ut- ,rXin tlu. rivpr is wide_
\\ht-n we were ready tor a start, we found , the battoli a M iinU«Vne n.ek-the banks
our company consisted of three ladies and four | fVit.-ca with green; the mountains, of iantas-
teen men. Ihis latter number includes passe..- j tic ;hape som= lookiri Iikc ]nv,e t(111Hlii-t.he
gers dnver eook and guard; we had two stages, ,,r.ivt.sl of the 5,.ns otj Anak. f)tliers like tern-
one drawn by five, and the other by four mules. | ple3 in rilin. oth,r iiketh0 colurnnar memo-
Laeh stage had a driver and a conductor as he j rials of past history; and, here aud there a
is called ; there were two out-riders to the train, j va...t pi|e *of. boulders" and fragmentary rocks-
evcry j victims of some old earthsptake—foot pri.sts of
a geological 11 pi:cava 1 (j-ust Adamite, I trov. j ;
ht-re too ;:re glens and gorges, cloud-cupped
! towers, and humble riooks; eaves of darkness
| and 7istas of beauty; tlie lonely river, with it*
j flashing water, leaping and laughing as a child
I in its frolic; and, as it sweeps along to the base i
' of:some hoary rook, huge, and high, pausing 1
into a stillness—arrested, dumb, like the same |
child in the presence .■!' wisdom aud years, j
The sccnc is. lovely, gjrand, eii.'bautin'g. Th« j
;ssion is aubliuiie, thril!: ./, religious, j
, . . . . - . v.* feci like praising the G<>d who made it. I
but six in number, and one veiy small one, we j j te]t ir \ ;)ad . uch a K,trc.,{ tof daily pntver, !
had margin for change ot position. The boot1 t wonU U. a bettcr mjiu. Jt humbles, esalt '
The election of this fine old veteran to iU
Governorship of Tex^o. after it Was almost u
stwckj^ zssr* x':;,uT srz 'zzs«z f^rtT4 f" * ,7 Ts n
the mtad lite. vlng8 0nl S.fe, he eould have J™"4 !° lh« ^ ?.*"«!
ly ended by a son of Mr. Wheeler discharging extensively patronized, for the palatiat resi-
and a man, dubbed captain, who o'rde
movement. Myself, wife, daughter, and the
three preachers, occupied one sta-jo, with our
luggage, inside mostly, and yet enough behind
to balance the stage. On the fiontseat sat the
diiver, guard and conductor, each well-armed
with a six-shooter, and one or two of tfha p't
rifles behind the cushion.
The. stage is not the old-fashioned coach of the
East but a kind of wagon, with an oblong bodv
set on leather braces, having three seats, into
which nine persons might crowd\
even six nn'irht find room enough.
but fonr or j IIUpn
As we were i you
,. , f r " ^ "" i l wouia Pe a oetter mau. it nuiuoies, exalts,
ot the other stage was our store-room, co -tar.- awes, subdues exhilirates. Tho vision is worth
ing cooking utensils ana provisions. The Cap- j fiir more thjI, aU the toil and mo.i,y it would
tain gave the woid of command, and away we i ctwt ti> reach it—even thouah vou came from
went
The general plan on the line is to drive the
cam* team ♦he whole day, and to secure good I
speed while in motion and yet save the mules
from exhaustion, this arrangement is adopted.
^<' travel two hours making from seven to
eight miles an hour, thtn stop—strip the mules,
hobble them, let them graze an hour or more—
hitch up again, travel two honrs more, stop
again, and so on till nine or ten at night, then
camp till morning
Start very early, travel two hours; while
stopping to rest and refresh the mules we cook
breaklast and cat it. Late in the afVe: noon we
stop and cook another meal, this is dinner and
supper* compounded. With this explanation
we proceed.
We left Fort Clarke after dinner on the 22d
May ; about sunset we halted on the batik of a
beautiful li.tle stream, and prepared to sup. I
must describe this operation once for all.
Our cook was a Mexican named Kamon, a
bright, good-humored cheerful fellow—but cer-
tainly never educated for his profession. True,
our larder did not tax his skill by the varietv
of its supplies, but bis pe; foi uia'uce over the
coffee-pot and frying-pan would have satisfied
any one, even less ob-en-ant than mjs> 'f that
a more complex operation would have nonpluss-
ed him altogether.
On stopping, all the eniplojees of the stage-
line spwad themselves in quest of fuel. A few-
dry sticks were soon gathered—the fire kindled,
the kettle put on, and water heated ; an old b'sg
is brought from its resting-place iu the stage
boot, its open mouth laid upon the ground, tlie
other end is seized and suddenly lifted, and out
come tin-cups and plates, iron spoons, knives
and forks, helter-skelter ; another fag rol-s
slowly out, containing the bread ; presently an-
other cloth is unrolled, and a piece of' bc< f ap
pears. Now a box is brought forth, the lio is
lSised, and we behold coffee, tea, sugar, salt,
pepper and pickles—a goodly supply. The oo'-
lee-'pot is now in demand—Ramon finds it soon,
and you recognize it immediately as a " venera-
ble institution," a Western pioneer, nattered by
hard service—besmeared with the smoke of
long martyrdom, to say nothing of the dust of
' Jong travel, but still stout and ready for use.
' ground coffee is put in, water poured on,
•nd all well-shaken—the coals are ready arid
the pot bo:ls By this time the frying-pan is
Aroostook or the (Itipedot Floridu. The iStrm-
ish fath'-rs called the river Sar. Pedro, (St. 1'e-
tcr) after the \nostle. Fit name, for tjs bills
and rocks and the waters preach adulation "f
God. What a barbarism!—aim-Kit a prut'auby
to call it I'evil's Kivctr! Alas, we Americans
arc a j>.-ncticu(, not au itsth-:tic people.
G. F- PIFiitCE.
"A HIGH OLL> GAL" IN COURT.
w:is arrested in
slate oi inebrialioi
L'fused to go wi I
;:it flat oil ' lie
til!
We find the following in the Detroit Free
Press.
Margaret Downing
streets yesterday, in
easily described. HI
otlicers, and laid hers
una.
>ing tilt
ritii her
en .-lay, :i
r abuatU
i this
, pre-
• n s,i r> ig
u!
:t the
i:ke
at t
i bre
1 tier
of iiimtiu
oppositioE
top
■it.li
now
shins of
nut o;'
-aoli her
hire the
with her hands gr.
determination not easily
position hl:e made fight
senting a boM front to tii<
both feet in the stomach
l: o detenu1 jied polic.'.iuen wic
This wis aicoinpl'diod by -i
moveme its, by which she m
on ali sides, spinning aioutn
delivering an cncrgetie kick
one, and then kno-kji'.ig i1;;;
another, who, in makiug an >-ti
by the hair of head found the
head was a tuouu nr. since. These novel means
of-defence tptre stceoiitpauicd by a continuity of
the most tBisbolical yells evei he.trd. Kacii
kick brought forth, a y-.'ll, inu cach yell was
more distinctly ciiunciutcd thanjhe last, until
the scale of her vocalisation ran up the ga:uut>
*0 the top, eliiube i over, and coiniucuced de-
scending on the other {side,.with her flagging
energies, which were not Cijual to her will and
obstinacy. I She was flnally overcome and
placed upoil a dray, with her bead to wort is the
horse, and five men sitting on her to keep her
dowu. |
Every now and then these industrious five
would arise suddenly in the air find alo-ht on
the pavement, owing to the elasticity of Mar-
garet's body, wbich refused to remain quiet.
On these o -casions her heels as-unied a per-
pendicular position, and fbu rht the air with a
desperate- and unconquerable energy, much to
the delectation of vulgar juveniles and immo-
dest adults. In this '•Mr.dition the dray backed
a musket loaded with shot at Chapman; the
latter tied It was afterwards discovered that
this shot proved fatal to the wretch, lor when
parties went out to scour the woods the next
morning, his body v>as found near a spring,
where he had gone to bathe his wounds. In
his abdomen were found about one hundred
shot wounds. A general feeling of relief fol-
lowed, when it was known that the incendiary
no longer lived to prosecute his fiendish re-
venge.
A LESHQN FOPt SUICIDAL LOVE11S.
Kicbard Gould, a journeyman harness maker,
of tins city, f-uys Cincinnati Gazette, lias bim-
elf been harnessed by Cupid, and driven to
the very gate, ot desperation.
iiis • slaver is a young lady named Char-
lotte Matthews, whose mother keeps a boarding
hoi; -e (in I im street, and who appears to have
made up her mind lo some more, brilliant alli-
ance than that offered by Mr. Gould. But as
Rich:>I'd has a very good opinion of bis own
merits and qualifications, he judged that Char-
lotte's coolness was mere coquetry, aud believed
that when 't came to the scratch, she would
cave iu at a moment's warning.
lie resolved lo test, at once the soul of the
artful nymph, and to surprise her into au
avowal oi Uer feelings. For this purpose he
proceeded to the dwelling house of Mrs, Ma-
thews, and stretched himself out on the front
door steps, with an empty phial in his hand,
marked strychnine.
" Now, there will be an aflecting scene
when my captivating Charlotte comes out,"
soliloquized Mr. Gould, as he closed his eyes
aT;d composed liis reatUres to a corpse-like iin-
mobility.
Presently Miss Mathews appeared at the
do r, with i broom in her baud tor the purpose
ot sweeping the steps. On seeing the recum-
bent Richard, she uttered au exclamation of
surprise, and then tried to stir him up with
the broomstick; but Uudiug that he diu not
movt, ;;hc caihid out:
A: other, mother! here's Dick Gould coiled
up on our steps, and 1 dout know what in the
w erid ails him."
" Dealt drunk , I guess," said Mrs. Matthews,
as she e;.nie o the front door.
" No; I declare if iic bans't kicked the buck-
et v li aiity," s.aiu Cliariotle, spying tbe bottle,
a u taken strychnine
(vi
, e ar melted, the meat s iced, and soon j Up the door of Jusijijc^ Kd worth's office, and
semes are regaled by the hissing urn and ■ ]Yiar<raret refusing to)'] straighten herself out,
e simmering flesh—the sound is ph asing as ; or ^sume a perpendicular, she was slid down
eTe. 1^8avol7' China as well as Java cater : the gentle declivity caused by tbe uptippiug
. , , ' *n . " e 011P which cheers but 0f the drav, and shot Into the august presence
will soon be ready also. The | 0p jUsti,ce without ant cereraftny. Hho was
.loth ot ®any colors, all inclined to da;k ; thcn straightened out by the weight of two
innocent of water as the loom that made | policemen justly applied to hpr ext remities, and
l. jJ' 'pread upon the ground. Plates, tin-cups, en(jcd up to answer for her manifold derelic-
vm and forks are arranged in order, and Ra- tions, wheti the following colloquy ensued:
All K? j°UDC^ ! "LSaPPer read7: gentlemen." The C .ui tr—"Margaret, what have you been
All hands gather about "the cloth"—oblivious dom*?"
°fdaintie8—and the neceasa" Margaret, singing vociferously— ,
"es of life disappear very rapidly. The frag- e \'t
ttente are left for the prairie wolf and the birds "0h nm i 1 ft h,feL olesPL
aLWT; th® C,°th ,haken' nd on 5t« dingy I | "and dont 1 «° 11 ,,trott* .
more *P°f8 appear, of the same j "Here ! here ! noue of that. ' -Do you know
°Dly * hftle more lively from be- ! where you are?"
t!?.-', nnwaflbed instruments are loxed j I'Look a here, old pestilence, don't give me
ftojwerf, and we are ready to travel. | done of yer sass, or I'll take and punch yer
he tune the mules were harnessed and I head, vis Ij will. I've chawed up lote of suo.i
Ditched night wae upon us. Prudence made it "
to travel twenty miles further for
■w eaeampment.
^Whwe we supped, and for miles, there was a
•h«Si j hushes, fine for a Camanohe am-
.A *• prepared to rest where our watch
«ee for miles around hint. When all were
wfclrled away too fast for danger from
or, indeed, from any but a
About half past ten wet passed
sooa drew up on the
^ jaeparedfor rest. Thje stage
converted into a bed-
[f* ^ «d Abu By a judicious
—d eushiona a bed was
{were buttoned
twrap,
little cusses."
At this juncture Margaret kicked over a
chair, and Btruuk out at an unwary policeman
on her right, narrowly escaping his nose-
"I shall give you thirty dajs."
".Good fpr you old stick-in-theStulld. That's
; tbe style that suits me, Mjike it sixty while
yer about iit. Say you do."
"Shan't dp it." ! , t;
than assumed hor old position by
herself out! at full length on the
refused to 'budge an inch. Tbe
resorted to as before, and,
avoidance off her heels, tbe j&Bce-
Margare
stretching
floor, and
same
with wary a
men loaded
her on tbejdray again nd catted
As she |du appeared down the
back ber. voioe in
clence in Fifth Avenue wife pcrfect, as far as
upliolstorers. artists, architects and sculptors
were concerned—nnd they had carte blanche—
and ceTtainly the library was unexceptionable
when it was selected aud arranged by a first
rate literutenr ; but U was very wrong and de-
cidedly inexcusable, that there were no daugh-
ters or sons of the house of Townsend, for nee-
dy heirs of a father's debts to court, and fidg-
etty dowagers to run dowu, chase to cover and
be in at the death. Tbe Townsends gave sev-
eral jams, to which every body went, half of
them strangers to their hospitable hosts, who
committed themselves by having printed pro-
grammes handed around, announcing at which
entrance, drivers of carriages should set down
their burdens ; when the guests should dance,
when they should eat, when promenade, and
when to go, and wbich way to leave, in order
to gain horses' hoads, die. Costly carpets were
ruined by small lakes ot wine, with islands of
mli cakes and oysters; curtains were ruined ;
and the good* couple discovered that a resi-
dence in Fifth Avenue was more loss than gain.
Since that time, quiet has reigned in tbe spa-
cious halls of the Townsends; experience has
toned down ambition ; and in their beautiful
country home, surrounded by al! the Comforts
and luxuries-of wealthr, doubtless the worthy
pair will glide peacefully down the current of
life, forgetful of the fashionable rook on which
their golden bark was near being wrecked.
The Spingler Institute, which faced Union
Park, near Fourteenth street, is quite too far
down town for tonnish mammas, who wish their
daughters finished off without regard to cost.
Another very exclusive establishment for young
ladies has moved up into Madison Avenue, not
tar from the residence of Miss Flora MacFlim-
sey, for the reason, as the prim lady superin-
tendent observed, " that, in their late location,
there was not materiel enough"—consequently,
Madison Square will undoubtedly appreciate
the effort and supply the material, always sup-
posing that if Madame agrees to furnish capa-
city, rargent is to be unlimited.
Another wealthy Cuban has been caught—
Don Miguel de Godoy de Embil—not;however,
in the golden t.esstis of FAmcricaine, but by a
charming Senorila, native of the Senor's owu
suLiiy clime. The dark-eyed bride has been
educated here, and the marriage came off with
great eeiat at St. Stephen's Church. Senor de
^juibii, though very wealthy, and belonging to
a idNfii P'.I . v •' .. i ? ^ i
Poor sou!, ' signed the benevolent old lady; f. nub*e V'^T la?u,1Jr't C D boaftt,.lc mi1
lions ol beuor hjsteban do Qviedo, who |S soon
to wed the loug-talked-of golden-haired Miss
Fauny Uartlett; therefore, tbe former's court-
ship ami marriage have not created quite so
great a sensation as they would otherwise have*
done. As the important day of the latter wed-
ding draws nearer, it is amusing to hear the
discussions regarding the afhanced pair, and
how rapidly the Soror increases in years and
decreases iu stature. Last year, at Saratoga,
Seuor Uviedo was " ra'her small, to be sure,
but large enough—those great big men were
*<> coarse;" aud " he is rather sallow, but that
is the climate, my dear; West Indians are al-
ways sallow, an interesting palor j and his age ?
oh, he can't be more than thirty-five; people
always look older in thrse horrid hot climates."
Since that period tiom January, the Senor's
age, complexion and sise have been trembling
in the scales; but with every fresh item apper-
taining to the trousseau, the Senor gains ten
years, loses as many inches, and the " interest-
ing palor" is decidedly sooty—he is a pigmj *
dwarf, gray as a polar bear, a mummy; almost
a hundred, face like a wiiened crab apple."
Miss li., from beirtg a Juno, "is a giantess,
aud never could have caught tbe Sdqor oiily
fioin knowing Spanish," and Mademoiselle
Greeneyes makes the fiftieth resolution to learn
Spanish and catoh ti Cuban, just as soon astfie
wedding is over, and she can spare time. It
is perfectly miraculous how tepidly Spanish
has goite up. Seedy Professors are overwhelm-
ed with young lady applicants to le^m tbe dul-
cet sounds, each word of which is strung with
diamonds and covered over with point laoe.
Blondes are all tbe rage, and brunettes ,are
i- teat1 Out their own black eyes with
Spite. Meanwhile tile weeding festivities are
progressing as if New York was the Gardjs* ot
Eden,' and tbe hapipy Senor, "lapt in tbe ely-
sinm ot love/' heaps upon his fair idol all that
tbe wildest tiucy can imagine, more Ehiiu re-
paid by a smile or tender Word
Tbe suicide mani^ seems to be OD.^hs in*
crease. Nearly every d^y. i^e beftr Pjc read at
another unfortunate taking tbe Ufl fatal hpp
l o.v tiiiUnill iie looks "
•• He io'yk;-> about as well as when be was
iv-flL" observed Charlotte, "and that's not
uCt; b.-r his beauty. He never could
camiie to Jimmy liiukuiau. at any
held
time."
This llickmun is a spruce yonng clerk who
Ssonrd-' with ,>J rs. Mathews, and who happened
to come h me at. that very juncture.
When he 'aw the supposed corpse, .Tames
offered to go for the coroner to hold an inquest
over " the poor devil," as he called Mr.
Gould.
" Well, 1 don't like the notion of having a
coroner and jury fellows packed about here,"
said Mrs. Matthews.
" No," edded Charlotte, "just drag the nasty
creatnre on to the cellar door ot tbe uext house,
Jimmy, aud then wash your hands, nnd come
into supper." 1
Mr. Hickman took the corpse by the feet, to
di^ as he was directed, when Gould dealt him a
k'ck which doubled him up like a jack-knife.
Tbe ladies shrieked, and Mr. Gculd, starting up,
wu* beginning to upbraid Charlotte for her.
hardness of heart; but tbe arrival of a police-
man interrupted his oratory, and he walked
away a sadder and a wiser man.
A Bukgj.ah Cot to Pieces.—John Da-
vis is a barkeeper n a saloon and grocery store
on the levee iu St. Louis. The grocery had
been several times entered and robbed, and Da
vis expressed his intention to watch for the-
burglar and kill him. He armed bin,se^
with a revolver and bowie-kuife. Wednesday
uiorniug at one o'clock tbe burglar entered-
.. , f, A , , , " y*'* , ^ i ready to teaf Out their own black Jsyes '
pooket-kniie, and Davis slashed at him with
bis heavy and sharp bowie. The fight oc-
curred in total darkness. The Herald says:
With one blow of his bowie-knife-^a new,
sharp and most murderous weapon, with a
blade seven inches in length—he Btabbed
Wat kins, .(the name of the burglar) to the
heart, tbe knife severing one or «two ribs, and
passing through tbe heart and longs. The
blow j was quickly followed by eighteen1 or
twenty others, some sixteen ot more of whjci
it vyat};found on the post mortem examination^
were necessarily mortal.
interest and much remark in all parts of the
Union. It seems quite a remarkable political
event, and we think It alike creditable to Tex-
as and her Governor elect. It is an honor
conferred upon a true patriot and conservative,
by a people who can appreciate patriotism. In
the next Legislature of Texas, Gen H's. poli-
tical friends will be a majority, aud that body
is to elect a Senator of the United St iter. He
will probably consent to be elected, and so, af-
ter a brief retirement, return to the exalted
body, of which he bad been, not perhaps one
of the greatest, but certainly one of the most
honest and patriotic and fearless members.
His farewell words, when he left the Senate
with net a thought or a dream of ever return-
ing, touched and thrilled a mournful chord in
the nation's heart, and now, if he shall go
back to the theatre of his> tried and unfalter-
ing fidelity, the incident will be hailed with a
nation's applause. We do not mean to endorse
all the vot"8 be has given and : 11 the speeches
he has made in Congress, for we have ■ olt -n
differed widely from him upon other questions,
but we have for years regarded him as true to
his own <oil and to the I Irion.
Sam Houston was Chief Magistrate of Texas
when she was a sovereign and independent Re
public, and when, of course, the office was one
of more dignity, involving higher and more
numerous and far more difficult responsibilities
than at present.—Then as an Eastern contem-
porary says, be bad diplomatic duties of a most
delicate ar.d difficult character to conduct, to
provide for the defence of a weak nnd thinly
settled country against a great and formidable
uation, from wlrcli the domain had been wrest-
ed, and t<> govern with a firm hand a wild,
disorderly aggregation of lawless men. Since
then, both Houston and Texas have changed.
The one hs* learned wisdom and politic cau-
tion from the experience of advancing years,
amid men of superior mould, and in the vor-
tex of vast intrigues at Washington. The oth-
er, no longer feeble and sparsely peopled,
boasts a population of more than half a million
of souls inured to the peaceful institutions and
regular laws of a mighty republic, and addict-
ed to the prosperous pursuits of industry, agri-
culture and commerce.
When Houston was President of the repub-
lic of Texas, he was not regarded with respect
by all conservative persons. His early eccen-
tricities and follies were still fresh in the mem-
ory of men. and perhaps his own'wild, advent
turous schemes of personal ambition were still
crudely mingling with the views of more set-
tled statesmanship. But twelve years of ser-
vice in the robes of a Senator of tbe United
States have given him a new reputation, if not
a new character. The rough edges have beeu
rubbed from his uncouth ways, and he has
earned, by moderate counsels and a sag&cious
course, a place in the esteem of tbe nation.
Just as he had attained this point, Texas,
which embraced him so earnestly when he was
not so worthy of her, rejected her gray head
ed statesman, to gratify the malice or ambition
of sectional fanaticism, wbich soughfto make
the State the hotbed of nullification^ He had
been too wise and just towards the people of
other States to satisfy these gentry. His ex-
perience had enlarged his views, and so made
him a conservative, yet liberal public man;
and so he must be discarded. Luckily, at this
juncture, there arose the question oi reviving
the Afrcan slave trade, w:th all its unmitigat-
ed horrors, and this test has restored Houston
to bis old position, and defeated the malignant
I sectionalism. The Democrats took, a tolerably
fair course, but their candidate for Governor
was a known advocate of the slave trade, while
Houston openly, fearlessly opposed it. This
hai been the issue in Texas, and on it Hous-
ton is elected Governor. It is a great and de-
cisive victory, far surpassing the glory of San
Jacinto, for Houston has succeeded as an Op-
position candidate, where none such ever car-
ried- the State before, or even stood the slight-
est chance of so doing. He ha crushed that
great Democratic party which basely lent its
influence and might to the fanatics who were
arrayed against him, and who had discarded
him from the Senate. General Houston has
been a member of the American party. We
know not wbat be may be now, but' bis battle
|are gone V
j tbat tjie voice would break th
[II!union "Oh. the little babes with wings—= i
1 -so many of th = —and^Ahe booful (beautiful; !
flowers! oh, a^fat'^OS .so pretty; they are;
gone, mamma!" and asHCS^uothe* continued j
to question, the ange! expression Taded, aud a !
look of disappointment settled on her ejunto- i
nance, and dispersed the radiance tbat .shone :
there a moment before.
The child had beeu told of the beauties of
the heavenly home—ol the joy that awaits the
redeemed. The opening leaf, tiie swelling
bud, had been placed iu those tiny bands, their
beauties pointed out—daily had she been told
and taught to admire the skill of the great Ar-
tist. She had been taught to love her little
kneeling place, and at twilight to clasp her in-
fant hands in prayer, before her couch was
pressed by that form. .Was it a wonder, then,
that her infant -slumbers should be sweet?!
into eternity. A young uuff
ly more thaq a gfcj,
refuge in the grave(be't
She was jUikeii Ml
the surgpons hope to save ber j
1 rent's jakc. How biUer piu&t
fowao, scarce-
b§e*i
found Ulead. He hod been, a boarder in
house,where he me( his fate.
r . Li .
Davis callcd, "watobt"-and the officers htoi1- .iM<
ing tbe alarm, and enterin&an awful sfecticle PfK ol "^hopeless, aduing heart, tl tyouU£
was presented to them- Tbe burglar was ^ ^m^WBkiug unaelr tt* «owr **m Jthe
i 4 a shield ber tbr^h £fe i
| Row^ Hbeliandr
Wouldn't go.—Thirty emancipated slaVes tfarubbing beart^W
from Western' V#ginia, <ih ^rottte fbir tbupj In:
under i tiite control-of th 4(|^ t-oC tbe:; '* '
aation bad.^tai'ted for Norfolk by
ii-Xj
We are indebted to Mr. B. E. Brown for
another racy letter from A. M. Gass, who is
recruiting his health and spirits if not bis fi-
nances, in, about, and around Pike's Peak.
The latter bears date, Aug. 27th.
Mr. Gas*, with bis comrade, H. Nixon,
the bar digging*
very satisfactory reasons, and haa been
prospect1 ng through the mountain"—but let
him speak forhimselft
"We have left tbe Jackson diggings bccause
it would not pay us to work tbere. • I have
been out fifteen dap prospecting, across the
Snowy Range, and through the M ddle Hark.
All he way we found fine gold in smalt quan-
tities yet not enough to pay for wotkiog.—
Thence< over three snow ranges past the h*ad
waters "6f the Rio '^r«nde to the South Park,
in which the Arkansas and Platte riven head.
On all these streams and their tributaries I
found a good color, averaging from one cent
downwards, to tbe pan.
"G-'ine on th- trip, sheep, deer, elk, grotne,
mountain <|uails, ground bogs, beavers, squir-
rels, and sundr,- non des cr(pt quadrupeds.
0|n the top of the snow ra^ge I found three
large, deep, cold, clear lakes, fed by the melt-
lug snow, iu which 1 caught thirty-seven fine
averaging from one
that her inlaut slumbers should be sweet't | i
that angel f.™ should throns l.er bed ? that ! ,nd , ba|r, olln(ii'.
?'?.?.11,0 para. f * -I. ««*« 'b\
God, should be scattered thickly around her
Oil, was it—was it any wonder, tbat when that
glorious vision vanished, that pleased expres-
sion lasted until her reason was convinced that
in her sleep, Christ, the Saviour of sinners,
had wooed her spirit. 10 the realms of bliss,
and that in her walking, she was only with
mamma ? that the flowers had faded, tnat the
angel ionm weie invisible?
AUSTRALIAN ABORIGLVE^
The Australian Aborigines are a vorv unsat.
isfactory race of people. They slip -iray frohi
tbe grasp of civilizition in the m-/3t extraordi-
nary manner; aud as to permanent religious
impressions they are. as far as I cm judge, in-
capable of them. With very ai'^te perceptive
faculties, they are absolutely with >ut reflective
faculties, and it is next t? impossible to create
the simplest religious impresiipus in ihe breast
of a being who can't think.. These people, too,
are pure atheists; they do not eyen worship
idols, but they have a childish fear of some
harming spirit equivalent to what onr c' ildren
call Old liogie, and ot the influence which s he
spirit of the dead may have over them. They
believe, too, in magical powers They cling
to the r boundless plains and their forests, with
a tenacious animal instinct which nothing can
quench—neither good masters, good clothes,
good food, nor the most excellent reiigious in-
struction. I can give two or three examples
of this. **♦**
A lady took a girl of eight or nine year-i old
out of the Aborigines school at Adelaide, and
brought her up as a companion to her little
daughter. Tbe child, under the auspice? cf
her kind niistre-ft, real well, wrote well, eiph-
ersd well, dressed well, was cleanly in her
ways, went to church every Sunday, saiir
hymns nicely, and said her catechism perfect-
ly. This lasted abt ut three years, at which
period the girl must have aitiit'Cu twelve.
One day she came running to ber mistress,
looking very pale (for black people can look
pale enough some times,) saying that she had !
seen, in the street, the young ma i dentln^d bv
her family to be ber husJoa^d, nnd tbat she
wished to go back with him immediately. Her
mistress endeavored to quiet her by telling her
tbat if she were so annoyed again, the offen-
der should be given into custody. She also
ordered the girl not to go out alone. For two
or three months all went well, ami the girl had
almost forgotten her fright; when, one un-
lucky evening, the lady ha* ing need of some
little thing, sent ber to a neighboring shop to
purchase it.
In about ten minutes the poor girl rushed in
wildly, and weeping told her mistress that she
must now indeed leave her, for her lover had
met her, and told ber that, having given bis
sister as wife to her brother, her brother had
in return given her to him (this exchai
seems to be a universal custom among
Australian aborigines,) that the old nien ot
tbe tribe had sent to say, that if she would
id
crossing me ranges I had to draw on
my blanket to keep from freezing—aud this
on the (ith, 10th and llth of Autrust
•'Among tbe good things on the trip—mil-
lions of the finest strawberries, whortleberries,
raspberries, red and black currau+s four kinds
of gooseberries, and a variety of other berries
for which 1 have no name, but none tbe wor^e
for that.
In the parks through which I have {utsged,
I found soiie of the finest soil for agricultural
purposes it has been my fortune to meet. . The
SotH h Park is a prairie, dotted with mound. <vf\
timber—about 50 miles long by twenty-live
wide, watered by innumerable streams, wklt
herdsgrass and timo'hy three or four feet
high.. I saw buffalo there, neater, more trimly
made, with longer hair, sharper horns, and
greater speed than their brethren of tlie
plains.
In an extra s.beet, Mr. Gass gives the follow-
ing general intelligence respecting tbe mines,
the miners, the ludiaus, &c.
"Tbe places in Mi is country in wbich tbe
richest deposits of gold are found, is in the
gulches and on tbe mountain sides, iu quarts
leads. These places are high, and the small
streams have failed, so that tbere is not much
mining done.—Considerable is done on the bar
litinc, paying from fif>y ccnta to ten doliara
per day to the man. The miuersare working
•hc*^ only to pay expenses until nezt Spring,
"rhen they will return to their lead ^pd gulch
claims, with plenty of water. There is some
quartz, vciy rich, which cannot be Worked
without .crushing machinery'. The country
here has been prospccted very indefinitely, aud
only a small scope at that. There is no tel-
ling what are the resources of this country
without fnrtber examination—S- veral parties
have been out, and report rich discoveries,
i but it is to late to work th*ta, -ud the parties
are down in the vailics, building cabins, .-nid
cutting hay, preparing for winter, arranging
for an early start in the Spriug with plenty of
water
A few weeks since some lead <*laims sold for
$40,000. A claim consists of fifty feet, follow-
ing the lead, which is generally from one inch
to s^x feet wide.
* A grfcat many persons intend staying here
through the winter We can winter here
inier neve very
well,—plenty of grass for hay, tad game for
meat, and large cherries, of which wa have
dried four bushels,— Vegetables of all de.
script ons grow finely here., Cera is aow in
the silk, but will not mature without irriga-
tion.
The Utah Indians are becoming rather ho*.
tile. They have murdered some prospecting
parties, and it is thought by some (bat they
will make a general attank some time during
the fall or winter. The miners are generally
prepared to reoeive them. Boms wish to form
companies and pursue them; but ** ■* would be
>nge absolute folly in these impeaeteabieMoattemt,
the —Bonhtan Era.
Shockikq tttaoauy Four Criumcrk Iters*
lustre upon his name, when the renown of his
ensanguined fields of warlike strife shall have
iadod into the obscure pages of slighting his-
tory.—Louisville Journal.
Th* Sailor's Surprise.—The Milwaukie
News eoutsins an aecouat of a saiior, who, af-
ter a five years' cruise, returned to that city.
Tbe News shall toll the rest of the tale:
Be teft a idft aud two children when he
|t away, apd the first thing on his return
, to wek out his family. ^ He found them in
,irt£ ward, nod after kissing hi« wife, saw
wtth sitftnishUiept that his children, like sheep
i-t^ the aastj had doubled in tbe five years, as
IJjk '^he place ^ two there were now four, and
~ ' : quite smalV He l^ked at bis wife. He
" iep. Then at his wife,
not obey their law and return immediately
they would solemnly eurse all that she should j derkd.;—The Freeport (III.)
eat or driuk, and tbat she knew their power 5 ^e following particulars of the
so well that she dared not resist it. After dy j® Stephenson county, lit, a
this second interview, not all that the lady which was received by telegraph
did or said could tranquilite the mind of the a8°: j «
scared and distracted girl. She neglected her ' One Peter Arnd, a
duties, she refused nourishment, even that on in this county but;a few
her mistress's table, saying that it was a cur^e ternoon killed thtee of-
to her. The doctor was called in, and both and a fourth probably. ll*
bis rhetoric and physic were unsuccessfully house belonging to
employed. They began to have serious appre- _ miles above Cedl
h nsions abou* her health; when, one morn- Board man. He
ing, her bed room was found untenanted—the 8, and 5 yeeia Mil 6
occupant had flown; yes, had jumped out of unwelL Oa TueroQT awfOillpfSHkeHi at wwk
the window before tbe dawn ot day, and had ia tbe.#|d^'-?Si*-^ir- «irk «t about IQValoek
fled away naked into her native woods, unpos-1 ou si^ipS^ a^w#*s*4, aud going iate (ha
seftsed of a single article of e'othtag, or' any-' ^.jasii^'liwtrbif - wife to work ia bis (taa ?
thing else, to propitiate the anger, of the old * "She worked till noon, weathome aod attea-
men of hc^tribe, and to obey the mysbtifcaus to the children, and returned in fife
impulse of a savage nature. " j temoon- On going home at night ahetiikao-
< eMapaaied by i
'iBtci at
' | f - - —c.AI- ;-ftaai ,, t^i
Hm * w 8iifaiiy
B«^i apd ferth frep
minutes ha fnaed,
at worr fhr
Two music grinders,
espied just on the edge
tie kitten," and caugl
ly dropped tfwi
he has so very loud '
ave | bin
tbe other-fc* ........ ,
"Texas 'a#o v«y powarful smell, said first, had
as be waahed his fnoe and bands in the branch ^e fa*;*
10 is4>mhH> smeU.—Crock* Printer. • to ^
'W-:4
sick chnd.
w«repa iag
Me sight m«t thair
dren laywelterihgia"
: er stood by iHt* '
L1-„ .. *xd whioh hehaddoa*^h «wfaa
very strong,
..i H':
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De Morse, Charles. The Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 1, 1859, newspaper, October 1, 1859; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth234234/m1/1/: accessed June 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.