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Wastitngton City.—t
idred and fifty ; The subjoined article appeared in
Hampton knows whether theNashville True Whig- The num-
!ed in getting the amoant of tb&j bcr of : gentlemen hat ing emitted to
iilte&er I w%sfcompelled to re-• this State from Tennessee, and after-
ithe order unpaid. After Mr. Craw- j wards achieving distinction, would form
. .« " ... " • _ __ i_j. ' rm.•_ 1 • .
t&rd eame mto the Gazette office, in a
' .jnsioeas transaction with him he fell in
"lay 4ibt seventy-five or eighty dollars, a
i of which he forwarded me from
on, the remainder I was reques-
o«t of debts due that office,
has* never been out
of.tay debt for the time specified. In all
' theSe borrowing transactions I never re-
ceived one cent of interest; it is true I
'never exacted it because I thought I was
accommodating gentlemen-—if appears so
&r as Maj. Hampton is concerned, I„waa
mistaken. ;
if As Maj. Hampton has by-insinuation
attacked my honesty, I will propound the
- In your settlement of accounts with
'•Htv^tiwfbed did you not charge him
v twioewith the same article ?
•A &id you not collect money at different
tlkws which you did not account for until
depicted by him?
. BSdvou not borrow all the paper the
^• ^a^rop Advertiser-had, with the execep-
tion of one quire ? Was you not written
* to tisice i^ regard to it ? and was not Mr.
. Cara^oreed to visit Austin in order to get
the paper?
insin'nates-MaJbr, that it is a crime
to bAila debt-fit may be so—but if tried
jlr stands your account ? Are you not
lty here and glaringly so in
A-%ord to Major Scurry. If .your in-
. Weighed in the scales Major
n has poised in our community,
f jjftn rank above suspicion ?
Tig. facts are before the public, they
canjndge betweenus. Maj. Hampton at-
tacked my honesty in an untruthful man-
ner, itjfrply by statieg'facts susceptible
. «f proof. In leaving Maj. Hampton, I
. can. assure him, that thus far in life I
have never been known to retract an as-
JO. WALKER.
an interesting catalogue. Their history
would well nigh constitute the history of
the "Lone Star Republic." It would
include the names of Houston, the Whar-
tons, the Hardtfnans, K. L. Anderson,
Col. Jack Hays, the McCullochs, Gen.
Tom. Green, the lamented Gillespie; that
renowned partizan, the Marion of Texas,
Gen. Edward Burleson, and a host of
other worthies. We give the extract from
the True Whig.
" Tenxesseeans Abroad.—Tennes-
seeans are scarcely less distinguished for
their success upon the theatre of political
adventure abroad, than for their gallant
achievements upon the field of battle, in
vindication of their country's rights and
honor, whenever assailed.
A few years ago, we remember seeing a
statement that twenty-eight members up-
on the floor of Congress were graduates
of a single college in East Tennessee.—
We have before us, now, a catalogue of
the fifth Legislature of Texas, from which
it appears that of 123 members, 29 arc
native Tennesseeans—more than double
the number hailing from any other State.
Among them we notice the name of Wm.
Fields, Esq., widely known in this State
some years ago, as joint editor and pro-
prietor of the "Columbia Observer," and
author of^Field's Scrag, Bqok." Mr.
#f Mrs. Brewater.
Mrs. Brewster, tie wife of H. P.
Brewster, Esq., died in this City, oi
Thursday the 9th irisV.
Her decease will reuse much regret,
not only here, buVamoag her widely ex-
tended circle of acquaintance.
She was possessed of s^l those quali-
ties, which render a ladv amiable and
* 'j'* '
useful, and endear htr to her friends.
Cheerful and kind, frieidly and charita-
ble—a dutiful, affectionate wife—a fond
mother. '
She leaves behind her, recollections of
many a benevolent act, of a life well-
spent and a name linked with associations
of the most pleasant character. Her
demise rends asunder domestic, parental
and social ties, which can alone be re-
united in another and a better world.
! Fields received a letter from Hon. Geo.
W. Smyth, dated Jan. 21st, from which j
I the succeeding items are<extracted.
! Nothing of any general importance
j has been done in Congress yet. The
iast few days have been wasted on New
York politics. The Hards and the
Softs. We have been apprised for some
time that the thunderbolt mast fall, and
In
I eer a
iht 7Vr«u Stetf Tm r.
fcrriew between a Ututed Slate*' offi-
••gjiffiilo Hump,' the President *u al-
luded tolhrtbe 'Grea; Father." The Indian r*
Colt's Arms. ! now in exiatencfr are prosecuted or aban-
Thc Washington correspondent of the doned. ■ - v_'V - r : ,
N. 0. Delta writes thus, in regard to Col. • The following from the American Rail-
n0it. . road Journal shonld satisfy the most ti- j P «ed. " I have no fatfc* but Heaven, and so o-
n ,, . e lj -j r ' mid that the Red River Railroad, now in *h<r Earth.. and ihrfrci^Unnw> upon tfc
Colt s revolvers arc of world wide fame, . - . ground he exclaimed, "Her wfl] 1 whtiff "
ii . ' : course of construction from this eitV,'
a verv serviceable article in their wav.— > „ >•!
mi ' r .i , - ! striking the Brazos river near Cochran
lhey are one ot the many things that ■ , e .i /• i 4
ought not to be lost on the faceV the ! ®hori' a^from « branch to Aus-
earth, and are not to be "crushed out." tm' mu-st bc- on-«' lf not *e most- Profita-
i
The Indian's R«ylj.
BY JAVr-S A. Bimuiwl.
lowed in committee " of whole. On
Wednesday last, it was commenced by
Mike Walsh and Mr. Cutting, on the part
of the Hards. The next day was ap-
propriated by the Softs, &c., &c. A
member from Ohio now has the floor in
committee of whole. What he intends
to do I have no idea, except it be to
' make-in abolition speech; I judge this,
j bccaase he sits over with Giddings and
j Gcn'et Smith. The debate in committep
| of the whole, on the State of the Union
J oi the President's message, (according to
Mr. Bodisco, the Russian Minis- | * resolution of the House,) is to close on
ter to the United States, died at his resi-1 Thursday next at 1 o clock*
dence, in Georgetown, D. C., on the 22* I „ We havc jiad rbuf excitement in
' Congress, but 1 think there are some
questions a head which will stir up a good
deal.
so the .k. ™ bmc „f
proteoteti by tlo iotitudo_ of .loUtc a!- Hiwy only: in vZaZ&m* i( Ithe ITnion^wlio i
reporteil unanimouslv in favor of the ex- , , . •. , ,
. 1 - e i - „ . , . i can doubt >t, when tliev contemplate the
tension of his patent for seven vears, but • . • • ^ ,
• i , . ' ., , . - ' lmmeiiKe business u^se lines command, i
thev have strengthened their argument ; . • . , , , c • i i
. j , ° . e . .. . penetratiilp the, i-aek boneof ouraffricul-i
to-day by the report of testimony m the ; ^ (Usit3LM tll„ j
case. There is much opposition to the j an j jnwa-f
bill of the committee, on the supposition j
that Col. Colt has made a fortune out of j
his patent. I might, say, from personal j r,
knowledge, that Colt was ridieulouslv
I ead the following facts,
digesi :
RAILltOSis axd railroad stocks.
The folding interesting items, with
uliers, American Railroad Jour-
XV - I.al. wcro rr?^ by Mr. Srjiith, of Indiana,
poor till after the Mexican war, and eve- • ,• J W<.anl,l,v V
Fields represents Liberty coiMity-a.ud bp 0 Pnren s-
M
X
The Nacogdoches Chronicle complains
/of the proceedings of a meeting held at
Ko6ra de City, as being "inflamatory."
. What! frieind Cave, have not the citizens
of tSe Rio Grande a , privilege to com-
iV conceive they have been
their rights trampled upon,
invaded by the military?
. the meeting was composed of
men ttf betd sides—filibusters and anti-
filibusterB. For our part, we can see no
wrong, in a primary assembly of the peo-
ple convening and exposing their senti-
ments.; It is a privilege conceded to all
freemen, and the citizens of Star county
are entitled to its exercise without being
called frqnestion. Their language was
more so than would have
eir doors been broken opt -
only wanted a. few votes of bsinp elected
Speaker .of the House: Fields 38, Run-
nels 41, blank 1. James F. Johnson,
Esq., whom we take to be our old and
much esteemed friend of that name, for-
merly of Montgomery county, was elect-
ed Clerk of the Senate on first ballot.—
He was, some years since, and soon
after his emigration from this State, a
prominent member of the Texas Legisla-
ture. In this connection, we may re-
mark, by the way, that both the present
U. S. Senators from Texas are emigrants
from, if not natives of, Tennessee. Ever
since she wj s fairly established as a mem-
ber of the confederacy, her gallant sons
have borne their full share in the pioneer
labor of political advancement, as well as
in the military defence of the country.—
May clustering honors grow thick and
green upon the brows of our distant bro-
ther Tennesseeans." -
Sabine and Rio Grande Railroad.
In the early part of the, session, Mr.
Burke of Newton prepared and intro-
duced a bill in the House of Representa-
tives, for the incorporation of the Sabine
and Rio Grande railroad company. He
looked upon the bill as ong of great
importance, and used every exertion to
seenre its passage. He was smcceessful.
The bill has received the signature of the
Governor and is now a law. For the fol-
lowing Reasons we deem this project as
only second to that of the gifeat Pacific
railroad scheme. £
This road connectfe witlfthi New' Or-
t Jeans and Opelousas railroad-^ Louisiana,
near the
rough or
crossing, the Sabitf
iii.
inner oi
Starr
aned of theimere fact
of* arrest&g the, filibjiatfers. - ^Jjiey de
. murred to the manner." To the violence
—the overbearing conduct—the insults
offered to persons, who had infringed no
)«w, and to the injury done to property.
If these are not legitimate subjects of
complaint, in a free government, where
the civil is superior to the military law,
then we are mistaken,. Thongh we will
confess they would not be in Russia or
Austria * . •' -
Nev
..Vrtifc.r- of
rt.vihess
January. He married an American la-
dy named Williams: bvher he had sev en
••
children. He was a man of considera-
ble wealth.
The Chronicle announces the
death of a daughter of E. S. Huston by
fire. She was but three years old—fell
into the fire, and could not extricate her-
self. Such accidents arc heart-rending
Gov. Bell has been quite unwell for
several days, he has been confined to his
bed, thongh not dangerous. I think, he
is improving at present. My own health
has been good since I have been in Wash-
ington.
OrpiCMns WJ TITg
The Nacogdoches
and Lodge.—
Chronicle gives the
annexed list of the officers of the Grand
Lodge of the State of Texas for the en-
suing year: *
M. W., Wm. M. Taylor, Crockett, G. M.;
R. TV.. J. C. Harrison, Linwood, D. G. M.;
" J. H. Rodfcers, Jefferson, S. G. W.;
" J. B. McMahan, Lockhart, J. G. W.
District Deputy Grand Masters.
'• James Sorlev, Galveston, 1st Dist.
" J. B. Banks, Weberville, 2d.
'• A. M. Lewis, Brenham, 3d.
" S. G. Newton. San Antonio, 4th.
" T. G. Broocks, San Augustine, 5th.
" J. F. Taylor, Marshall, 6th.
." Henry Sampson. Ilonaton, 7th.
" B. W. Gray, Monnt Pleasant, 8th.
•' A. E. McCiure, Palestine, 9th.
" W. P. Milby, Indianola, 1 Oth.
" Josiah F. Crosby. El Paso, 11th.
" S. Power, Brownsville, 12th.
" F. L. Barziza, Wheelock,13tli.
" E. B. Nichols, Galveston, G. Treasurer.
" A. S. Ruthren, Houston, G. Secretary.
" Chas. Gillett. Anderson, G. Chaplain.
" J. S. McGee, Seguin, "
" M. G. Cotton, San Antonio, G. Marshal.
" P. R. Lilly, Anadarco, "
" F. B. Sexton, San Augustine, G. Orator.
" W. E. Oaks, Corsicana, G. St. Bear. •
" W. H. Milwec, Paris, G. Sd. Bear.
" J. F. 'Williams, Rusk, S. G. D.
" W. C. Chaney, Henderson, J. G. D.
" J. M. Anderson, Anstiif, G. Stew'd.
" C. Hummel, San Antonio, "
" L. G. Harmon, Tarrant, G. Purs'vnt.
" J. R. Bracken, Crockett, G. Tyler.
The next session of the Grand Lodge
will be convened at San Antonio.
Grand Division Sons of Temper-
ance.—The Nacogdoches Chronicle of
January 24th says:
The Grand Division of the Sons of
Temperance met on Saturday evening,
at the Hall of Phoenix Division. But
little business was transacted. The Grand
Division adjourned to meet in Nacog-
doches, on the 2d Thursday in April,
next" 'i" ' following officers were elects
ed for the ensuing year, and duly in-)
Cows.—On this subject the Houston
'Spirit of the Age has the following:
We were shown this morning two fine
V'^Ows, the property of our friend
Hadley, of, the Old Capitol. We
are aftnred that they give ten gallons of
rich mitk every day.
Speaking of cows reminds ns that milk
is about as scarce an article as we have
In thia dty, and «ommands only eighty
emitt« gallon, with a supply by no means
faige enough for the demand.
Daily Tekas Times.—The first num-
ber of this paper has beek received. We
like its appearance, and think it will adc;
considerably to the advantages of the
Galveston people in the way of adver-
tising, getting the news, etc.
Bie subjoined is from the salutatory :
first, then, we design that the Times
shall bona independent sheet. We be-
fore it to be the right, the duty and the
glorious privilege of the press, to speak
fearlessly upon all subjects untrammelled
by any ties save those of duty, truth and
justice." ! v
- In politicsandreligion we shall be neutral
--rfeserving to ourselves however the right
>bOT?Pllll1«ilii 1 ii ii [ii nil—ulicunei ol-
oaaion requires it, from abuses either in
Church or State.
Brazos^ Burleson and*A« *jU: t<> ' he city
of Austin; thence to j the city of San
-Antonio;, thence to thg Rio Grande near
Las Moras, on a direct- lifigYto Guaymos
on the Gulf of California. This road
passes 200 miles through one of the fin-
est timber regions in the world; with
constant and unsurpassed water power.
It is only 525 miles from the 31° of lat-
itude on the Sabine to the Rio Grande
The route passes through the cen-
tre •- of the State, and traverses the
richest cotton region of the same. It
has the advantage of all other roads in
facilities for construction; in the first
place in point of timber; in the second
it has the Sabine, Angelina, Neches,
Trinity and Brazos rivers, «pon which
to transport iron and other materials,
and lastly the Opelousas road upon which
to transport their iron to the junction of
the two roads. The timber business
alone upon this road when completed
will pay an interest of 5 per rant, on the
cost of the road.
(9* The office of the Galveston Ci-
vilian u, ere long, to be removed into a
new granite building. While discoursing to know,
an the subject, that paper says :
John Mitchel a pro-Slatery Man.
—in his paper, called the "Citizen," Mr.
Mitchel gives the following mequivocal
opinion on slavery:
We are not Abolitionists—no more
Cbolitionists than Moses, or Soerates, or
Jesus Christ. We deny that it i& a crime
or a wrong, or even a peccadilloto hold
slaves, to buy slaves, to sell slaves, to
keep slaves to their work by floggng or
other needful coercion. 'By your sience,'
says Mr. Haughton, 'you will becone a
participator in their wrongs.' Bu\ we
will not be silent when occasion calls for
speech; and as for being a participate* in
the wrongs, we, for oux. part, vrisl we
had a good plantation well stocked vith
neaany negroes, m Alaoama.
In commenting on the above, the Cal-
veston Journal says:
What does Mr. Mitchel's great pane-
gyrist, Horace Greely, think of the 'pa-
triotic Emeralder' now ? We should like
stai.'e ■UWL
Wm. p IVtMiUn,
E. Vt. Cave,
C. A. Sterne,
L. D. Stevens, .
j. B. Armstrong,
James Nolin,
Rev. C. Broom,
Bennet Blake,
Foreign Items.
Louis Napoleon lias called out an addi-
/o i. 1 contingent of 8(L$60 men, to re-
place 70,000 destined f8r Turkey. He
is alsir arranging a course of action with
Denmark and Sweedcn, in view of the
approaching war.
The Marqris de Turgot has been ap-
pointed Grand Officcr of the Legion of
Honor, as a reward for his course in the
Soule affair. Young Sonle has published
a long letter, explanatory of the circu j-
8tances attending the recent duels.
The Russian Government has issued
an order, sum .oiling all persons belong-
ing to the navy, now on leave, to relurn
to their posts by the month of March
next.
The No wegian Government has de-
cided to fit out a squadron of twelve ships,
in preparation for approaching events.
Very little sympathy is felt for the
Russians 'mong the Norwegians.
The repo t that the combined fleets had-
entered the Hack Sea has been confirmed.
The Ru sian Amlmssadors at the
Courts of London and Paris have not vet
withdrawn. The Russian Minister at Pa-
ris was reported to have said that he
would wait for further instructions from
his Government.
Russia has rejected the proposition of
the Austrian Government, to allow a
joint European protectorate over the
Christians in Turkey. The Czar declares
that he will consent to no interference
between him and Turkey.
Three slight affairs had taken place be-
tween the Turkish and Russian Troops on
the Danube, in which the Turks were suc-
cessful.
There wa;_,. eport in circulation, and
considered ptrflTable, that Kelafat had
been stormed, but the accounts were not
yet confirmed
Cherokee,
Nacogdoches,
Cherokee, •
a
Rusk,
Cherokee,
G. W. E, '
G. W. A. ']
G. S.
G. T.
G. C.
G. Sent'l.
G. Chaplain.
P. G. W. P.
As soon "as i ^
tie of Sinope ww
Pacha of Egyp' !i
ment of six frig;
thr.-e brigs, to r .-,
j vf*' tnose" uc3tp"\y-
*-nee of the bat-
sunieated to the
ert;d the equip-
in his speech on Wednesday, June 29. !
! at the Railroad meeting at Odd Fellows' j
I Hall, in Memphis, showing the cost of;
i the stocks of 2,2l>8 miles railroad :
Railroads.
i Concord §42,453
■ Nashua and Lowell 42,314
• Vermont and Canada 31,890
. Boston aud Lowe!! 11,244
; Boston ond Maine 43,107*
j Boston and Worcester 70,231
j Eastern 41,60i
: Kiichburg 55,055
! New Bedford ud Taunton 25,024
i Western 65,217
j Hartford and New Haven.. 4S.387
+.240
i Albany and Srheuecteday 104,388
i Rochester and Syracuse.
ry body knows the worst thing about po-
verty is, that it makes men ridiculous.—
He has picked up a little since that time,
and is able to drive a pair of horses, to
the marvel of the community of Hartford,
Conn., where lie also drives his immense
Xnd costly machinery for the manufacture
of his arms. Oolt- is now in London,
where his great factory of his arms is the
admiration of John Bull. It has been as-
sumed that he has made a plum—it is all
gammon. He never could make any
thine; to keep. The committee of the . v. ... ,
T i • i * , ,. , New York and New Haven
House (and it- IS an /able and discreet } Albany and Srheuecteday
committee) have proved, to-day, that all i Buffalo and Rochester...... 30,573
that he has is invested in his machinery ! aml State Line 27,Too
and tools for liis manufacture. There has
been no remonstrance against the exten-
sion of his patent for seven yeurs, but
envy always follows -success. If Con-
gress should not sanction his application,
the consequence will be^fhat the spurious
imitation of liis arms, made of cast iron,
and more dangerous to the owner than to
his ?ntagonist, will take their place. On
the other hand, a few years more will
enable him so to perfeet his machinery as
to futnish the real article at a lees price
than the spurious article now costs. So
much for Co1. Colt's case, which will be
decided in the House ere this reaches you.
There is no doubt as to the Senate—they
go for reliable arms—and the Senate
committee on Patents is composed of the
best lawyers and most practical business
men in Congress.
Co ti per mil?. VaLttock. Sl'U. j
108
107
101
104
106J
104J
407
102
117
102
124
107
135
182
123
15C .
180
195
109
14 :>
141
125
125
102
135
115
102
13G
85
15 i
• T 1
28 j
S3 I
69
75
G2
20
ics
62
CI
17 j
70 i
09 '
184
63
7S
SC
65
31
20
20
192
160
00
88
92
32,570
I Syracuse and L'tica 50,214
• l'tica and Schenectady 51,273
' Watertown and Rome. 1C.§03
i v'amden and Ambov '57,576
I New Jersey ". 104,700
J Krk- and North East 37,600
South Carolina 28,935
Georgia Central 19,811
Cleveland and,Colombia... 27,071
Cincinnati, Ham'n ii Dat'n 43,323
Madison and Indiacopolis.. 27,044
(ialeno and Chicago 21,007
The result of this table is, remarks a
contemporary, that the average stocks of
twenty-eight railroads, the most costly
of construction and equipments in the 17.
States, being 2.268 miles in length, and
costing an average per mile, for road and
equipments, of §40,883, is 25 per cent,
above par. their dividends justifying such
value. This is truly encouraging to our
leading roads connecting with New Or-
leans, costing less than half that sum, and
promising greater business.
Banks.
The Louisville Democrat published the
following on this subject. Any thing
coming from an able writer, who has seen
the workings of banks in old and well
regulated communities, deserves atten-
tion. If such communities as those to
be found in Kentuckv, after vears of
„ j ^ v •
| trial, have not yet hit upon a system of
If the above is a correct view of the
case, we should go for a continuance of
the patent. Colt's Pistols are superior to
any in use—the most reliable—the surest
fire. They carry a ball straighter and
with more force than any other. We
have seen men struck with them over one
hundred and twenty-five yards, and killed^
too. If there is any danger of having a
bad article substituted,-renew the patent
even should the price of the arms be in . „ , , ,, _ . ,
, ., A j- - i xin. safe banking, what could Texas with her
creased rather than diminished. When! , , .
, , ,, .. -' sparse, heterogeneous population expect,
a government can control the matter ot; r ; ° ., r
supplying her soldiery and her citizens
with an unrivalled weapon, as ours can
do, by continuing the manufacture in the
hands of Col. Colt, she neglects her duty
in refusing. If the matter were submit-
ted to the Texians, they would say Colt's
genuine pistols, without rcgnrd to price.
i>8t-mas-
M.ine,
'' *tunes
Nacogdoches,
The Grand Division above mentioned
convened at Rusk, Cherokee county.
Sale of Lots in Gonzales.—The
Inquirer gives the subjoined result of
lots lately sold in Gonzales:
Two lots fronting on the Public Square,
each 25X 79 feet, for . . . $1,358
Eight lots fronting oh the street
leading from Peck's to Market
Square, each 25><J 70 feet, for .
Three lots fronting Market
Square, each 25X 70 feet, for .
One corner lot with stable, for
1,173
. 332
820
Total; . . . . . . $3,683
Settlements upon the Nceces.—The"
Nueces Valley has the subjoined para-
graph on this subject:
In a brief conversation with Judge
Gamble, we learn that the country sixty
or seventy miles up the Nueces is rapidly
being settled up by an industrious set of
inhabitants. In the neighborhood of
fifty families are permanently located
along the river, below the mouth of the
Rio Frio, with every prospect of doing
well, and eventually becoming rich. Be-
yond doubt it is the most valuable portion
of the Nueces Valley.
The country above mentioned is one of
great fertility. The climate is surpassed
by that of no regioritn the United States.
The Nueces and the Rio Grande are ap-
propriate points to be visited by consump-
tives. The air seemsJto exert a decided^
ly beneficial influence upon diseased lungs.
We have mentioned these facts before.
The accounts of aie in-urreetion of
the Wallachian_E*asa try are confirmed.
The Persians-ha re broken out in insur-
rection against Rus.*i-< influences in Te-
heran.—jr. 0. Com Bulletin.
The Emperor Nandeon will have a
force of 700,000 men ready to take the
field in the spring.
The report of the emrance of the com-
bined fleets into the jlack Sea, is not
well authenticated.
The popular feeiing ia England against
Prince Albert, is augmaiting. Since the
return of Lord Palmeriton to office, the
Prince has been excluded from attending
the sittings of the Cabiiet Council. He
is known to favor Rugg$ and Austria.
Additional Item* by Friday's mail.
From the N. O. Picayune of Febru-
ary 6th, the foilowing ittms are gleaned:
The Duke of Alba isais thought has
a large party favoring he ascending the
throne of Spain. Lewis Napoleon will
aid his brother-in-law is thejnovement.
The Soule difficulties ire .justed.
The allied fleets hive entered the
Black Sea. |
Omer Pasha has boek ordered to con-
tinue military preparatives
The Czar declines all^Scr.,, having in
view effecting a peace.
The Russian~"""\re suffering greatly
from disease. Several eivgaments have
taken place between tie belligerents.
The Turks were su^wssfml. In one of
the conflicts at F.alafat 30,000 Russians
were ergaged, they lo£ A000 men; the
Turks 1,000, Persia i ; >>; aid Rus
Already do our printers and their fa-!
millers exult in anticipatjffi of flie eleva- j ^ Beecher
■B@ls.The Galveston Civilian perpetrates
neiiF 14 ' t^ie following sacrilegious paragraph upon
i oi I lie eleva- \ -u
ted position they are tor take in this al- j Dr" Beefer:
moat palatial edifice. From their high! 0ne °J[ ouf exchange papers says Dr.
per eh they will look down alike on editor I Lyman Beecher, in a recent Lyceum lec-
•nd public, though not withdisdain. Al-j^ure, accounted for the fact that there
■ though aware that they will be nearer j yras more waspishness at the South than
the elevation of the seventh state of I ^ North, on the ground that child-
beautitude described by Mahomet than ; ren ^ I^orth are ''judiciously whip-
any other printers in Texas, and as near: Pe,|' while at the South they are not
as live printers ever go, to say nothing of i whipped at all! The same reverend gen-
the defunct, yet they neither wax proud ■ tleman,, in a recent Boston sermon, said,
or kick.. Pride, and even impudence, j that '.'preachers' ideas should stand out
cannot always keep people from falling i ^e rabbits ears,- so that the people
in tKw land of harsh realities, and our ^ grab hold of them, aad get some-
folks claim no exemption from the vicissi- j thing for ^ their pains. The reverend
tudes of fortune, even if they are print- j Doctor s ideas stick out even more than
erg. #****! rabbit's ears—they equal the ears of the
— i animal the Irishman saw beside the hedge,
CORN, btc.—The Huntsville Item gives j and supposed to be the father of all the
the annexed description of things in ! .
Walker county. It must not be forgot- i Look out' Mr" Civilian>the long-eared
> teto that the members from that county' gentleman not beof 80 gontle a na-
ara not very aealous railroad men. Let iture *she °f the ''panniers," whom Ster-
may. jjave a paij.
A School -Master..--
A gentleman, wiitinff^fothe p
ter <>f this place, frrfin Rich* ul
a peftt&arit to try hi?
Texas. The. 'fttapb• Ue_tise= is f
Slight iyijifOvATHii a. .'« v.HiL-h'
envious pet sons, unappreciative of invent-
ive genius, might call innovations; or the
less refined might, in common parlance,
term bad spelling. Accompanying the
epistle/'is a piece of paper embellished
with numerous specimens in capitals,
which the post-master was so unrefined
as to call "didoes." We would say to
Mr. J. Q. B., come, and come quickly;
for out of a hundred Texas boys of twelve
years old, eighty can write a more sensi-
ble letter, in a better hand, spell it better,
and if be don't hurry, the other twenty
will excel him before he reaches the
State. Here is Mr. B's. production.
Richmond maine Jan 9 ,D, 1854
P M Dere
Sir I have hird that the In-
habitance of youre State are in a want of
school ter chers and are willing to pay
good wages for any good competent
teacher, I have taught schools and am
were she to ventnr upon a similar expe-
riment. Not that the people of Ken-
tucky are any better, more honest, or
more wise than ours, but that they have
had the advantage of a longer existence
as a body politic, more experience in fis-
cal affairs, and have the benefits of prac-
tical illustrations of the iuvt :er.
Here is the article:
We =ee that the" €*Qvernor
j thin': it expedient to iucrensiy
ing capital of the.State. nnd|,we believe
I be.is rigbfc'-'-We don't think an evil is
!... 1... less byjwving more of it.—
There was darkness on the cuirAata'i
And sorrow in his sonf;
But his haughty eye quailed not kmmth
The white man's stem control. _
lie stood, as stands the brave old^oak,
As proud—as bold—as free,—
As if his native hills had l>een
Untouched by treachery. _ .. „
" 1 scorn your kindred with mine eye—
I loathe your grasrace;
/ hai t ho mother hut th* earth.
And her vill I tmhraee
My wigwam?, like the prairie grits*
Beneath the bisou^ tread,
Have passed away—my tawny race
Arc numbered with the dead! ,<*
" Ye cannot pive me back again
The homesteads of my sires,
Xor light again on earthly fane* -
Hone's long extinpiisbcd irei. >.
Your lettered towns can yield but this—-
ocr d::sfxh.u cu graves :
Your father has no other gift
Which the poor Indian yraves. ,•
'• A few ytari yet, and ye may trail
My people'.s bloody track;
. But every blow ye deal to us
We'll hurl with vengeance l>ackf
We arc- but few—but hitter hate
Shall nerve each warrior brave—
And the last Indian yet shaK g<>
I'nconqner'd to the grave.'
Austin-, Feb. 8, 1*54.
"v'fc;
SCHOOL.—Mrs. THOMPSON
intends opening a School at the
Old Capitol on Monday next, imtl«
would most respectfully solicit from her former
patrons and others a share of patronage-
Austin,'Feb. Tth, 1851. 10:tf
GKEAT PACIFIC RULROiD!
HO! FOR CALIFORNIA!
The Greatest Ejcn'tement of the Day I
sl0,000 worlb of Geods at AnctiMi
be sold at public sale a large and ei-
T f tensive uss;>rtmeut of
DRY GOODS. HARDWARE, FANCY GOODS,
HATS. BOOTS AND SHOES, STATION-
ERY, CARPENTER'S TOOLS,
BRASS KE TTLES, fee.
Among which w ill bc found 25 bales 4-4 ■""*
3-4 Unbleached Domestic, 10 cases Bleached do.,
10 cases Flannels, 5 cases Satinets, 10 bales blue,
white and red Mackanaw Blankets, 0 cases Saddle-
ry, 500 pair Boots and Shoes, 5 ca-rjs Hats, 3 case*.
Checks, 5 cases Prints, 50 do. Pickles, with Muslin
de Laine, Table Linen Cambrics, aad other Mus-
lins, Blank Books, Paper, Playing Cards, Perfume-
ry, Brushes, &c.
The above Goods will bc sold without reserve,
in lots to suit purchasers from the surrounding
country, both in the trade and for plantation am,
the sale commencing at
9 O'CLOCK, ON WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15,
and to continue each day till the stock shall bo
closed out.
in order to save time to sucu persons as may not
have time to attend the public sales, the abovo
goods will be sold at private sale, at saeh rates aa
'•can't be beat."' Planters can save at least 40 per
cent, in their spring purchases.
Come and see for yourselves, as we wiH make no
charge for showing the goods, which wHt be 'open
for examination on the day previous to the sale, at
mv Auction Rooms, on Congress Avenue.
- ED. FINNIN 4 CO.
Austin, Feb. 10, 1854. TltrlfwX
/- i|
HALLETT St CUM8TOWS PiUHM.
THESE spJendidinstni-jgfc^
are now to be ot-HEs29*
J J 8 "Jtftaiued of the undersigned.^ 8 JS
teaching now and shal get threw in about
one month and should be glad to come
out in that part of the Union if I can
find a suitable chance so as to, answer I
should like to know how much wages they
pay in generald and on what conditions
they hire on and if I should stand a good
chance to get a school if I should come
out there I should like :o have an an-
swer by the time my school is done here
if you can make it convenant.
Tours with
Respect
J. Q. B.
Excuse me on the postage not that I
am afraid of loosing but I think it will be
more likely to go correct for it is a good
way to sccnd I should be glad if you
would do me this favor irf
letter. J*
! It is trutTtEal banking isprofitable bu-
siness ; but it is only profitable to the
banker; the people make nothing by such
institutions. There is a constant loss to
the community upon a paper currency;
and the more banks, the greater that loss.
It is alleged that we have not money
enough for the business and property of
the State; but we dissent. Money may
be scarce—we never saw the time when
it wasn't scarce—but it is a fact that any
one can get money who has anything to
give for it. Prices of property are high,
and sales are readily made; and there is
no evidence of a want of currency or mo-
ney. We grant that our present bank-
ing system is the worst that could be de-
vised or tolerated. A general banking
law, with the note-holder secured by good
stocks, would be far better; but these
free banks would be only lesser evils, and
we don't see that they would mitigate the
greater ones of the system we have at
present, and can't get rid of. It is all a
mistake to suppose that an increase of
paper currency will add anything to the
wealth or business of the country. The
banks we have are of no use, except to
the stockholders. They produce noth-
ing; they are consumers. They make
their profits out of the industry of the
country. The people support these es-
tablishments out of their hard earnings;
and it is all a fallacy that they get any
return for it. We never would vote for
a bank of issue, free or not free; for we
consider it only licensing a business that
taxes the community for its support.
Mr. 7f«m-8peak:
Corn i« selling here at a dollar to a
dollar and a quarter a bushel. We shonll
like to see the county in our State to
beat that. ICoffee six lbs. for th^ dollar.
Flour adollanan" ounce—none in market.
Hauling iroqjjiflpstonper hnn
dred
ture as he of the'
! immortalized.
1 wicked heels, a;
cnlar appendage
whom Sterne
of
well ns elongated auri-
The New York Pacific railroad
company have deposited a bid with the
Governor for obtaining the contract to
build the Texas portion of the Pacific
road.
They propose to give $2,000,000 of
stock to educational purposes, the estab-
Ishment of colleges, asylums, &c. The
above was told us by a senator.
B3F" There will probably be no quo-
rum in either housfT^the legislature af-
ter tc-night.
Harrisbttro Railroad.—The Gal-
veston Journal has the following notice:
The extension of the Harrisburg Rail-
road to Richmond, is progressing finely.
It it believed that it will be complete by
the 1st of July next, although the con-
tract allows till the 1st of September for
the finishing of the work. The interior
terminus of this road is now connected
by stage with all the contiguous towns,
and the travel on it is fast increasing in
consequence.
Hail Storm.—In the early part of
the week, there was a hail storm between
the head-waters of Willbarger's Creek
and Brushy. A gentleman describes
some of the hail-stbnes as having beon
"large as hen's eggs."
sia. t
~ Austria, it is said, hafl^sfcoiru- firmed
and will probabl - < >« au* her Yidhesion
to the course of 0 /.;u
The Mexican 'xaeaXm..— ihe New
Orleans Picayune gives, the subjoined
synopsis of the late treat^r with Mexico:
" The boundary commo.tces three miles
north of El Paso, and pfes thirty-nine
millions of acres to the Ignited States.—
Mexico receives §o,000p00 on ratifica-
tion, and the residue ii. monthly instal-
ments, with interest. live millions are
to be reserved to pay ^laims standing
against Mexico,including^he Garay grant
acatlromis.
The following articleis from the Hous-
ton Spirit of the Age:
The following slip, clipped from our
exchanges, shows the average value of
stock of some twenty-eight railroads, to
be 25 per cent, above par, while the av-
erage cost of construction is $6,883 per
mile. How can the most inveterate croa-
ker reconcile this fact with the idea that
roads built in Texas will not pay. Ask
them for reasons; their response most
generally is: because they will not. This
is about as far as they will or can go with
their argument. All the harm we Vish
The title to the lan«!s on the Isthmus is j the opponents of railroads, Is that they
\vitti compensating frames and sliding desks.
Those who wish for a Piano Forte of the fir$t
vr-ier hie invited to call and judge for tbemsehrea.
J. T.-CLEVELAND, Agent for Manufacturer*.
. ; * rfcfWoa,-Mmv.
Austin, Feb. 10, 1854. lf:tr-jtl,wtf
Craiette will please copy-
FOR HAMJEr—A fine Negro Woman, twenty-
four years of age, a first rate cook, a good
washer, of good disposition, and warranted to be
sound. For particulars enquire at this office.
LOUIS HOBST.
Austin, Feb. 11, 1854. 10:4w
JOWf C. McCOY, ATTORNEY AT LAW,
will practice in the District Courts in the
counties of Dallas, Collin, Ellis, and Tarrant.—
Any business entrusted to ub care will be prompt-
ly attended to. He win also "attend to the presen-
tation and collection of clahns against the Govern-
ment of the United States or of(the late-Republic
of Texas. Office, Dallas, Dallas eoanty. Texas.
Feb. 11, >854. 10:tf
FORBES J. HOUSTON'. X. D. HBRRMO.
OI STOX & HERRHVG, ATTORNEYS
AT LAW, Shelbyville, Texas.—Practice ia
the counties of Shelby, Sabine. San Aogustina,
Newton, Jasper, Angelina, Nacogdoches and Pano-
la. Also in the Federal and Supreme Courts at
Tyler. Feb. 4, 1854. 10 ^ . r H
H. B. WALLER. 3. S. COfctlXgWOKf,
ALLER & COLLIX8WOKTH,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Richmond, Foit
Bend countv. Texas. - . ' .«#
Feb. 3, 1854. 10.
rpiIE undersigned can give to persons holding
JL Land Certificates, some of the most valuable
Locations in the State. Apply soon.
BROWN & GR1KFIX.
Austin, Feb. 11, 1854. ll:6w
II'
w
Desecration.—Cave, of the Nacog-
doches Chronicle, has been peregrinat-
ing in Cherokee county and environs.—
He gives a description of a night with
to be released to Mexico,
" A board of commissioners is to be ap-
pointed at Washing! " to see these pro-
visions carried into eHect.
John Mitchel and Slavery.—Since
the publication of his op.^aion_on slavery,
Mr. Mitchel has receive £ abont thirty
letters," censuring in. ••• <•-< He an-
swers them thus
"We did not expect jtiu.t our simple
expression of a wish to* possess a good
plantation of negroes w<buld have called
forth so much indignation, and never
imagined that America ^required a man
(and one, too, wb !.<•-?
weeks in the con my.)
publican and fri ' i -if L
v k?on and Washi
r.i
.-on —not to
ami Plato.'
american m
Tbfc
-'liavi
SSI
S.K • ii.-
M t«
It is stated on reliable authority thai
: Mr. Stewart lias filed a release .:i the
i t ;. .. ral Land Office in, accordant withj
requirements of 'the lawj
11 v.„
~ak "
Tver-
StHt-
lucking
t
y a few
netter re-
•ha.tt jef-
a. Jack-
•bricius,
be compelled for the balance of their na-
tural lives to drive ox teams from Hous-
ton to the Brazos. No, we take that
back in consideration of the poor ox; hu-
manity prompts this. Who can travel
our roads and see these faithful beasts, of
burthen lying dead by the road side, with-
out awakening in him a feeling to adopt
some other mode of conveying our rapid-
ly increasing products to market? Why,
If railroads will not pay, do we see long
lines projected, and in the course of ac-
tual construction, in nearly every State
in the Union. There is no State in the
Union where railroads are so much need-
ed as this; and the fault of their not be-
ing constructed is with the Legislature in
granting so many charters. There are
no less than three already granted, com- j
editorial implement:
We spent the night at Linwood, under
the hospitable roof of the ex-editor, j. c.
Harrison, Esq. "His retreat at Linwood
is adorned by but one relic of liis former
greatness—that pair of scissors which
were presented to him once upon a time
by us and our fellow typos. We regret
to say they have been turned to an un-
holy use, for his good "better half" ap-
propriates them to cutting button-holes
in the ex-editor's bree—excuse us—un-
mentionables. Shades of Greely and
Father Ritchi%-—the pride of the sanctum
cut button-hoKs!
Rowdyism^—The Louisvihe Democrat
describes the Annexed scene:
Rowdyism seems to be in the ascend-
ant in "Cincinnati, and assaults in the
LOST.—The bounty warrant, No. 3293, issued
May 10th. 1833, to Jesse Sitton." If not fonnd
within tjie time prescribed by law, I shall apply
to the proper department for a duplicate of the
same. N. A. MtFADDEN,
Feb. 10, 1854. ll:9t Admr.
LOST.—The Headright certificate of James A.
Wilkinson, for one-third league of land, No.
32, issued by the Board of Land Commissioners for
Milam county. If not heard of within sixty days,
I shall applv to the proper department for 4 dup-
licate. JAMES A. WILKINSON. -
Austin, Feb. 10, 1854. ll:9t
ot1ce.—Letters of administration having
been .granted, by the County Court of Travis
county, at the January tc ~
notice is hereby'giren to aB per-
sons. having claims against said estate, to present
the same for allowance within the time prescribed
bv law. JOHN BURLBSON,
WILLIAM O CONNELL,
Feb. 11, IS54. ll:Gw
A FRE and full supply of Irish Ptotatoea,
jTJL Onions, Shad and Salmon, Molasses, Pickles,
Peas, Beans, and Goshen Butter, just arrived per
steamer Wo-haw, Tom! and offered at a small ad-
vance by GEORGE HANCOCK.
Austin, Feb. 3, 1854. 10
20
DRUMS Smyrna Figs,
10 boxes Madeira Rcisins,
300 tb Almondsr
For sale low at HANCOCK'S Corner.
Austin, Feb. 3, 1854. 10
;"JA KEGS PURE WHITE LEAD, and a good
) assortment of other brands, just received,
which now render my assortment of Paints com-
plete. GEORGE HANCOCK.
Austin, Feb. 3, 1853. 10 ' *4 •
LOST—The Headright Certificate of Benry
llutschman, for six hundred and forty acrea
of land, No. 105, granted by Commissioner Evana
„ , • , i to the heirs of said Hutschmann, and appropriated
public streets of that city are now sucn a j to the lia)f sect-i0ns xos. 1233 and 123*, in Gid-
matter of fact occurrences, that it requires j ding's District, No. 3, issued at New Braunfrli,
sharp practice to keep the run of them. March,21, 1849. If not heard1 from, in Sixty dayv,
. " 1 ' , • ,, , 1 1 I shall applv for a duplicate of sa.me. „
4 1 Kfit+al ■.♦tool- matio JOHN A. REDFIELD, Att'y for heirs. -
A most novel and brutal attack was made
on Wednesday night, upon Mr. J. Head-
ington, ex-policemen, of the 13th ward,
as he was walking along Sixth street near
the observatory hill. Three men came
suddenly upon him, one of whom struck
him to the ground with a club, afterwards
beating him in a brutal manner. They
then capped the climax of their coward-
ice by an act which only a cannibal could
have conceived, pulling out his tongue,
they bit it nearly in two, and leaving
him nearly dead, they made their escape.
Fayette county, Feb. 1, 1854. 10:9w
& 5 Canal Company.—On the 13th ult.,
mencing at Galveston bay or its contigu- | the following gentlemen were elected dl-
ous waters. The result lias been that no rectors of the Galveston and Brazos Ca-
i sooner has one companv made arrange- nal Company, for the ensuing year: M.
■ - ' 1 ' B. Menard, E. Hill, C. Shaw, W.
Letters of adsiisistbatioi.
Letters of Administration upon the ectate of
John J. Roark, deceased, having been granted by
the Honorable Probate Court of Travis county,
Texas, to the undersigned, at its January Term,
A. D. 1854; notice is hereby given to all penona
who ma^ have claims against the Said estate to
present the same within the time and as prescribed '
bv law. S. G. SNEKD.
" Austin, Feb. 3, 1854. 10«w
ETERT . variety of BRANDY just received,
and for sale as usual very low.
Austin, Feb. 3, 1854.
GEORGE HANCOCK.
10
50,000 t!SE
_ <... t r\
elected ! ments for commencing their works, than
ii G.;or- > another presents itself to the attention of
capitalist?. Some of these projects must
soon expire bv limitation, and we are
" H "■ "glad of it; let our rulers entertain no more -
prWns forlj-ailjBvs until the charte-
Richardson, L. M. Hitchcock, E. B.
J. i.. Sleight, J. Osterman, J.
ivari Close. H. De St. Cyr.
K'- (.-larid-, John P. Davie.—Gal-
2s i eh o is1,
! T
FRESH OYfi
.—Just receiv-
ed, atiry Reswnrat op Congress Avg-
nue, 5'i.ono Fresh Uvj-^ rs. These Wrsters
£ut up i;; Nrvr Ynrk, lifrmeirically sealed,
wsrr.mted I rrsii. rsons fond ©f the hucaryj
Oyster Roup ^i!i V.i-ase"give me a.call.
Ausiin. Feb.
E
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