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CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, SATURDAY. MAY 9, 1857.
NO. 18-
#• PSniffllD STERT SATURDAY OS PICAS STRSST,
" (OPPOSITE TROMAS PBEEUAN'S STOBS,)
BY JOHN S. FORD & CO.
i- TERMS:
. Three Dollars, payable, invariably, m advance.
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Barley.
From the nature and history of this cereal
we think it well adopted to the soil and
! of Texas, and we are a little surprised j
more attention has been bestowed;
Upon it by our agriculturists. For feeding j
: horses and mules barley is superior to corn, i Happy—he knew
Aodsmiliiisr-
Cliildhood and its^Ylsitors.
BV E. L. Bt'LWER.
Once on a time, when sunny May,
Was kissing np the April showers,
I saw fair Childhood hard at play
Before a bank of blushing flowers.
t whence nor how,
o could choose but love him?
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.
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rtbseflOent insertion, „„
I one year, .$10 00; Six months.?' 7 00
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g •> « " 24 00
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i f — ..31 00
If u u u 34 003%
f ' u « ii 37 00
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9 m " " ... 43 00
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enabling them to keep fat whilst enduring; For oro*
Wos the gay heaven that laughed above him.
| granted to Russia, and we hope now that our
government will unite with the Allies in
I pressing the right of residence for Ministers
• at Pekin. Our commerce is every year in-
creasing in the East and soon the business
| between China and our Pacific coast will as-
sume such importance and will become so
complicated that the presence of a Minister
' near the Chinese government will bo nidis-
Tiic Governess.
It is a sad story. I was a governess—a
poor dependant in a noble house. I had
many times thought of the father of my two
little darliogs. I knew that he was hand-
some, though I seldom raised my cyesto his.
I thought, him unwontedly gracious, and that!
was all. They told me I .wis beautiful, and j
the stately old housekeeper who used to part;
.12 00
<i_ 16 00
19 00
« 21 00
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"... 25 00
« 27 00
<C 29 00
«.. 31 00
.—For State offices, $10; for
County officer*, $5.
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(AT MAY 9, 1857.
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8 Care In Kentucky.
isville Conner says that immense j[ jg the only grain depended upon for the
liesith has been discovered in the interior of feeding of stock, and the hardihood and
J by a poor family living on the fatness of animals is remarked by all who
and Nashville railroad. A young j haye visited the gtate
loan, some months ago, was leisurely plow- j The climatology of Texas is very analagous
ing his field, when all at once ^e earth be- that of California, and we see no reason
nefcth him way, and in the twinkling of w^y barley ehould not succeed eminently on
s bed post-he was precipitated into an im- fut upland and alluvial bottoms of this
neose cavern. In looking about for some gtate. We feel confident from considerable
means of eseape from his subterranean dun- investigation of this subject that the culture
geon, lie discovered numbers of iron safes ; 0f this grain would succeed in Texas, and
and strong boxes, which were found to con- j take deep interest in experiments that
tain gold and silver coin, jewelry, and other may ^e made with it. Should the growth of
valuables to a fabulous amount The plan, barley be found succcssful on the rich upland
tation only being leased, the fortunate finder j prairies of Texas, it will create a wonderful
«f the nntold treasures, is keeping the in- revo]utiou in the agricultural interest of the
tejtrting affair a profound secret, until an gtate. Hundreds of thousands of acres of
eminent legal gentleman can secure him the jan(j now considered valueless would come
"Ownership of the glittering toys illuminating j rapjdly into market at a fair price. Emi-
the Kentucky eavern. .Now, if this lucky : grants would be attracted here from all parts
laborer; sfterJ^a\ing communicated his sin- the United States. We.could say to per-
gulitr adventure to the press, will only whis- sons visiting the State and our waving field
it in the ear of some one or two reliable 0f grain would speak still more eloquently,
ale acquaintances, and it does not be- Jt is true our broad upland prairies are often
«oue a well kept locomotive secret, any too dry for corn, but they never fail to pro-
fjE^ndly ootetuporary in want of a football, is duce abundant crops of barley, which is equal
. perfec'ly welcome to our head for the pur- j,, ajj oar wants save bread, and our wheat
jT&e gold in the cavern may be as furnishes an abundance of this. With barley,
pure as mint drops, but the story has a mar- added to our unrivalled pastoral facilities, we
veloos «' ai-fc «f counterfeit attributes. We could become the greatest mule and horse
fell down the o her day, but it waj^not a ca- growing State in the Union. We could
vern into which we plunged ; nor was it me- supply the sugar and cotton growing region
the greatest amount of fatigue and labor.-
It is likewise equal to corn for feeding both
bogs and cattle. Good land, when the climatc
is adopted to this grain, will bring from
twenty-five to sixty bushels per acre. A
bushel of barley will yield about ten per cent, j
more nutritious matter than corn. It has a !
wide range of latitude for its production, but j
is particularly adapted to dry climates, when :
the rainsoccnr in the winter and early spring.
California yields the largest crops of barley
; of any country within our knowledge. We
f learn from gentlemen familiar with agricul-
ture in that State, that the usual crop of j
; barley is about forty-five bushels per acre.— j Then stepped a gloomy phantom up,
Pale, cypres3-crowned, night's woful daughter
And proffered him a fearful cup,
Full to the brim of bitter water ;
Says Childhood, "Madam, what's your n ame ?"
And when the beldame uttered "Sorrow,"
Then cried, "Don't interrupt my game,
Old Time cam a hobbling in his wrath,
And that green valley's calm invaded ;
The brooks grew dry beneath his path:
The birds were mate, the lilies faded;
A Grecian tomb stood full in sight,
And that old Time began to batter,
But Childhood watched his paper kite,
Nor heeded lie, one whit, the matter.
With curling lip, and eye askance,
Guilt gazed upon the scene a minute,
But Childhood's archly simple glance
Had such a holy spell within it
That xhe dark demon to the air
Again spread forth its baffled pinion,
And hid his envy and despair;
Self-tortured, in bis own dominion.
pensablc. Now we think is the time to sc- my hair with her slender finger ones said, in
cure the right of sucli ministerial residence, a dreamy sort of way, " it s very fine and
and we hope it will, if possible, be done. \ glossy, child; it s very soft and silky. In all
Sincc the foregoing article was in type— the wide world, child, there iS nothing like
four or five days—the Washington corres- a beautiful lace—and the Lord made man in
pondent of the New York Post, endorsed by his image—oh ! be thankful, child, that you
the Rational Intclliyencer, says that the Ad- are lovely, but often, often think that through
ministration has resolved upon the very eyelids as white as yours, through Zips as ruby,
policy, we have urged. The telegraph has on pure cheeks, over lofty brows, through
announced that W. B. Reed, Esq., of Phila- long and golden tresses, between soft fingers,
; delphia. has accepted the Mission to China. , under gleamy teeth, the worms have revelled,
i child."
tallic currency that skinned our shins The
JEJeii. if be has ho better boon to carry to the
gates of l'<ir;.ili-e, way find a few drops of
life's^-riiiisiiu.i-urrt-i.t the .little peb-
blee-on tiij.it' i hid.
** .?} ,
')1 sWT(i .liST.—For the last few nights
the iu.*5itii!i!it air <•'" Aiwsriu has boeo tremb-
ling with iuf-.gir«l notes of instrumental mu-
sic. Wbea tfoe sun goes down and the little
WB&Uila of sight take tbeir position on the
«i*t^!-tower8 of heaven, the French born and
*^^Wfrwsined^"viol, "with vocal voice most vo-
ciftrou3," send forth to listening ears, their
\ liveliest strains. Though "music has charms
\ to jpothe the savage breast," it has not on
•7 this ueeasio« displayedTHe pow«r toirttnre
tile fair of Austin to Peck's lighted halls.—
ilo'S lyre, in ancient times, was said to
be h^ld fn much repute, but in the bands of
the miustrels ofthe worshipped Deity, the
iestr«Qtt)i>t appears to have lost, to the gent-
ler sex at least, its pristine enchantment. —
"Wit, humor, jokes and songs," as far as they
are concerned, "have wa^tod th"ir fragrance
• * i - . ^
OB the desert air." Y e are rejoiced to per-
. ceive such evidences of refinement on the
p«tof Anstin's best population For of all
&ncies of the human heart, a taste for the
:. low buffoonery, the wenched mimicry, and
•tale, and borrowed puns of these itinerant
rovers, is, in our estimation, the most disre-
j potable. We have attended several similar
exhibitions, but never one which improved
the heart, instructed the mind, or elevated
the moral or social affections. The Apollo
Minstrels, we think, may find a more congen-
ial atmosphere than that of the metropolis.
>-
> as4 Lunar Railroad.
Bab Ridley annoanoes himself in the
Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser, as a candi-
date for the Legislature of that State. Bob
is in favor of abolishing dirt roads entirely,
and advocates the construction of the long
main trank of a railroad to the moon, aye to
the moon, making Mobile the mundane
terminus and extending, we suppose, diverg-
ing taps to -the Evening Star, Ursa Jlajor,
Orion and other starry territories, not so
remote as t > wake the enterprise too expen-
sive. If elected, be will move an appro-
priation of 700,000,000 to 'the commence-
ment of the great work and as it progresses,
the appropriations to be increased. He
think' that treasonable compensation, would
jn-iucr Lieut. Maury to undertake the survey
of the route. No doubt of it Bob. It would
afierd the Lieutenant an opportunity, which
he would eageily embrace, of making scien-
tific ofocTvarinns' upon the different currents
of the higher strata of winds. The only
difficulty that we can now fmcy, in the way
,of a successful termination of the contem-
plated project, is the want of suitable places
^for depots, wells and station houses. But to
^ae «f genius, like l* b -Ridley, these ob-
fare easily overcome.
SO less than five English Earls and
EVtonltiss have died within the"month of i thing good and datnly
of this State, and all the States of the South
with mules and horses, and the streams of
wealth that flow to the north and west for this
species of property would be turned in upon
the wide aud bounteous plains of Texas.
I Sufficient attention has not beon bestowed
upon the adaptation of different crops to the
varieties of climate, topography and soil,
embraced within the immense territory of
Texas. We must adapt our agriculture to
the climate and soil of the country and hot
attempt that which is impossible, the adapta-
tion of the climate and so 1 to the crop. Corn
will not succeed in California, but barley
and wheat do; many of our upland prairies
will brings good crops of corn one year with
another, but barley and wheat cultivated with
judgment, we are confident, will scarccly fail.
With cotton and sugar and corn, in the
southern part of the State and the broad
alluvion of our river bottoms—with wheat
and barley and unequalled pasturage on our
uplands, table-lands and hills—with food and
raiment and railroads, with coal fields in-
exhaustable on our i.orthern boundary, with
water power illimitable to open the fleecy
fabric which our soil abundantly produces,
with all these before our mind's eye, we can
faintly immagiue but eannot realise the
glorious future of the Lone Star State.
Let our farmers try the barley, they will
find it a new string to their bows, and no
mistake. It should be cultivated much as
wheat j in this State we think it should be
sowed in January, and put in with the plow.
As in California it will mature before the.
setting in of the dry season.
Bains.—The desired liquid.has descend-
ed in copious showers in Bell and the adjoin-
ing counties. Countenances heretofore elon-
gated there, are now wreathed in smiles, and
a few more similar favors ffom the gentle-
manly clerk of the weather, wilt clothe the
face of the country with a rich and golden
harvest. Poor Austin, however, has had but
a small share of the divine blessing; yet
wheat crops, look as green and luxuriant as
though visited by an overflow of the Xile,
and the dark womb of the overhanging clouds
seems pregnant with the humid element.
Hoops Again.—The N. O. Daily Times
has seen an old lady in hoops, and thinks she
is a fair butt. Our cotemporary should not
signalize the commencement of his editorial
career by butting old women. The hoops
may be larger and harder than he fancies,
and in that event, unless the editor's cranium
is thicker than we imagine, the damage to
the venerable grandam will be less than to the
facctious journalist.
The N. O. Daily Times.—The first num-
ber of this prepossessing guest has entered
our sarctum, proclaiming itself a sort of
newspaper John the liiptis.t,-announcing the
coming of a Sunday edition, devoted to liter-
ature gimerully, and a Weekly Times, appar-
ently to be an encyclopedia of almost every
Toge her, these will
1 prithee call again to-morrow."
The muse of Pindns thither came,
Aud wooed him with the softest numbers
That ever scattered wealth and fame
Upon a youthful poet's slumbers.
Though sweet the lyre and sweet the lay,
To Childhood it was a riddle:
"Good gracious!" cried he, "send away
That noisy woman with a fiddle!"
Then wisdom stole his bat and ball,
And taught him with most sage endeavor,
"Why bubbles rise and aeorns fall,
And why no joy may last forever ;
She talked of all, the wondrous laws
Which Nature's open book discloses;
But.Childhood, when he made a pause,
Was fast asleep among the roses.
Sleep on, sleep on!—Pale manhood's dreams
Are all of earthly pain or pleasure;
Of glory's toils, ambition's schemes,
Of cherished love or hoarded treasure:
But to the couch where Childhood lies
A pure unmingled trance is given,
Lit np by rays from seraph's eyes.
And glimpses of remembsred heaven I
[From Russell's Magazine.]
A witty corrcspodent sends us the following
comic version of one of Jnvenal's more quiet sa-
tires :
Lectus crat Cedro Pocalo, minor, 4c.—<Juv.
Sat. 3. „
Jones once had a single bed,
Shorter than his fonr foot wife;
On a shelf, a loaf ef bread,
Balf a fork and a broken knife,
Lonesome, empty whisky jug—
Iron spoon and fractured mug—
Pipe of clay with horrid crack,
Last year's Miller's Almanac ;
Those were all his goods ; jou add
Jones the next to nothing had.
True ; but though a wretched boast,
or.es his next to nothing lost;
^Sjtud the whole calamity
Of the fire must be endured :
Jones was quite too poor to be
Even "partially insured."
II.
Brown, the bachelor, next door,
Had a house of marble fine—
Rice, and grist, and meats in stores-
Casks ot' brandy and of wine—
Snow white sugar, silver spoons,
Kxtrft nnH panlakma
Tlie Detective Policc Surpassed by
a Lady.
A few weeks since, some unknown persons
entered a fashionable boarding house near
Summer street, kept by Mrs. M., and passed
I from one boarder's room to another, making
! assessments of suc-h articles as they liked
best, and after making a liberal collection,
lelt the place unseen and unharmed.
AmOng the boarders whose goods and chat-
tels were thus unceremoniously taken away,
was Mrs. H., a fair daughter of the sunny
South, who happened to bo spending the
winter in the City of Notions. Her loss con-
sisted of a beautiful velvet hat.
As soon as the theft was discovered, the
police were consulted, and everything done
to remove the mystery, but all to no purpose.
But as murder will out, so will larceny,
| sometimes, and this was not long to remain
a secret.
As Mrs. H., was walking Washington
street one of the pleasant days last week,
i How I shuddered at this! and once, when
she spoke in her cold way, the baronet came
' in saying, "Don't frighten her, good Mrs.
Hunt." Even then I did not think upon
his kind glances and tender interest as some
girls might. The children, fair-haired dar-
lings, how they loved me ! They were both
j beautiful. So lovely ! Grace was a fairy,
' • parkling eyed child. Gertrude had deep,
dark, shining eyes. They were well named,
I were calm and reflective, given to strange
[ sayings, aud dreamy, mysterious thoughts.—
i Grace was only happy when both dimpled
i hands were heaped with roses, and kisses
Is it Anybody's Business.
Is it anybody's business,
It' a gentleman should choose
To wait upon a lady,
If th*t lady don't refuse?
Or to speak a little plainer,
That the meauing all may know,
Is it anybody's business
If a lady hat a btau f
Is it anybody's business
But the lady's, if her beaa
Ridcth out with other ladies,
And does'nt let her kuow 1
Is it anybody's business
But. the yen'.ltmaivt. if the
Should accept another escort
Where he does not chauce to be?
If a person on the sidewalk.
Whether great or whether small,
Is it anybody's bu.-iness ^
Whe-.e that person means to call?
Or if y u see a person,
When he's calling anywhere,
Ii it anybody's business
What his business may be there ?
The substance of our query.
Simply stated, would be this :
Is it anybody's business
What anothers business is ?
Whether 'tis or whether 'tis'nt,
We should really like to know,
For really if it is tiot „ .
There are some who make it so.
Death or Lewis M. Washington.
Galveston, Texas, April 21st. 1857.
Mh. Richardson :—In reply to your re-
quest I give you the following brief - state-
were showered on, her round checks; she ! tnent concerning the dea'h of an old citizen
j lived in an atmosphere of love, i.iertrude, ; 0f Texas and one who did good service in our
, yes, eveo then, I think she had a beiug in ! revolution, I mean Col. Lewis M. Washing-
| heaven. ;tOU- I was iu company A. with him, the
I I was only a governess, and I took no airs ! company commanded, by Capt. Moon. I was
: upon myself. I was very humble-minded,J with him at Castillo a few days before the
, for I had seen great trouble and poverty; ' disgraceful retreat from that place, ordered
| very grateful, for my situation was a delight- by Col. H. T. Titus, the 19th of February
imagine her surprise in passing allege' and IM one> and °vcryb°dJ «;is kind to me.— j last. Col. Washington had been wounded in
masculine looking woman, dressed in the i Ti}cre !™s a fnend .of tkehwnly whoalways the foot a few days before that retreat, while
A Bkaptifol Act.—Ilerr von Bocbow,
by whose hand tbe late President of Folic®,
Ilerr von Ilinckeldey, was shot in a dwel 'sfc-
Berlin in March of last year, has just re-
ceived from the King a remission of the re-
mainder of his sentence, which condemned
i him to five year's imprisonment in the fortress
of Magdeburg. This act of mercy has been
; extended to him at the interccssl w, strange
! to say, of the wiiow of the man he shot. Jf)n
the anniversary of his death, about five weeks
I back, she addressed a letter to tbe Kinx, in
j which she stated that her feelings of ber^nv,.
| raent, which the rocoHcction of that day
j tended only to enhance, led her irresistably
j to sympathise with the compulsory privation
| of ber husband's presence and "sociefyTSe
: l'rau von Rochow was still undergoing, and
! the begged that His Majesty would, in fcind-
j noes to the memory of the deceased, grant
j her the favor of enabling her to restore to
: the Frr.u von Rochow her imprisoned husband
; by granting him a frill pardon. The King
j acceded to this generous pc-tition in a mort
feeling letter addressed to her,"extending to
the length of three pages, writ ten th'rodgnout
and addressed by himself, in which he ex-
pressed t^e extreme gratification he feit in
fulfilling this noble tequert—one bearing so
markedly the impress of the noble chirfietc^
of the deceased, and so highly hononbTe tn
his widow, with many mor& most flattering
aud feeling expressions.: Theddest daughter
of tbe late President is about to be married
to Herr von Munchhauscs, who seconded her
father in his fatal duelj and it Would appear
as if he, who exhausted every effort t j rer
concile the antagonists before the duel, has
suggested this application to the King as the
best means of bringing the sumtors together
with conciliatory feelings.
crossing through an open spice exposed to
! the fire of the enemy, which rendered bim
! unable to walk, but he was taken up and
Who
above
height of fashion, with hoops and criuolinc, affeej®d me strangely. She was a noble ludy,
and having upon her head the very identical ProUfl'y handsome, rich and titled. > he pre-
velvet hat which she had lost. What was to ; ^nded to bo my friedtt, but her cold, sus-
be done? What could be done? Every P'eiousglances confused and made me uuhap- earned to the mam body of our men,
step was taking the bonnet further from its r PJ'- She Save n,e much, advice, was always j were then posted in the rear of the biij a
owner, who was a'one and a stranger in the |tellin? mo how Poor and !ow,J 1 had oceu, ■ the Fort, at the ditch, called Lord Nelson s
citv. It did not take her long to decide. j and how humble I should be, cautioning me i Ditch, from its having been thrown up by
She started in the same direction, and ,to he ware of the baronet, and giving dark, [ that British officer while bombarding the
unn-n wia nlnnv ql.lo r>f th« vph-pt h<it i mysterious hints, that frightened me into a ; Fort, when in possession of Spain. I believe
" WhcrlTdoy^u°rcsidc, madame? " In—— i headache, and led me to shun the good | it was about two days after Col/.W. w*
Court," was the reply. "Are you going | baronet. * ^ | wounded, that Col. Titus ordered tKS^etreat,
home?" "I am." Go on, and don't let me i One day when my brain was hot and heavy, :and as there was no order for the removaFof
hinder you." ! I carricd littleTirace over to Lady Isabel, as Col. W. (who was then th'e only wounded
And onward they walked, now to the ' she had requested me. My brow beat and man at the Hitch) be was left behind,
right and now to the left. At length they burned intolerably, so that I could not lift it Afterwards the pickcts and outposts, who had
entered a dark alley, and after passing several up with ease. not been advised of .the retreat, fell back to
dismal abodes, they halted at a door. ? i "\ou are getting subject to these head- the Hitch, where they made a strong resis-
"Ho you live here f" " I do—upon the ; aches," s|id Lady Isabel; "you suffer, don't tance, but were forced to retreat also with mt
second floor." Go up, then, for I have busi- j vou ?" - •- j being able to take Col. W. with them, and he
ness with vou." They entered. |' " More, than I can tell," I answered fa%jt-1 was therefore left to the mercy of the enemy,
jv • - | The subsequent.fate of Washington was
"I can relieve you, easily," she quietly ; narrated tome by Mr. Einwons, while at
remarked- ! Grev town. Mr. Emmons had been some
"How? tell me, for it is very painful," I ! time residing with Mr. iy?tty at the Fort on
the Machuea Rapids, 12 mi'es below Castillo,
but was taken prisoner a few days after
A Model Woman.—"Did
Ellen, that Mr. B -is poor
jTP
•r-
not say,
After going up two flights of stairs, they
reached a room, in which they found five
women. They entered the room, and there
our heroine made her business known.—
Posting herself by the door, with a calm but ; cricd.
defiant look, she demanded of the woman to | Her look flashed through ray brain.
She
know where she obtained the velvet hat, also sat close beside me; she gathered tip my Washington's capture, on the charge of hav-
the shawl and the basque upon her person. ' heavy curls. our hair, child," she mu^-,ing acted as a guide to Col. Titus; but al-
" I bought them," was the reply. " No, vou j tered with almost closed lips, " it will induce though the charge was true, the enemy were
did not; they wore stolon; aud now take i brain fever—kill you, perhap.s—let me cut it' not ab;e to prove it, and be was consequently
them off immediately." iofF." And she reached her scissors, fastened ; discharged.^ It was while he was thus
Hftd a bombshell exploded in the room, j in their silyer sheath. i prisoner that he learned the fate of Wash-
! the confusion could not have been greater. ! "No, no," I cried, for I was proud of my ingthrr irotn
I But great as"
j owner of the
| It only changcd
! look of a most
r|iiprpil InnV
Costa Rieans themselves.
Old cigars and fcards in packs,
Books in red morocco backs—
All that "many men desire;"
But a devastating tire
Burned the marble mansion down,
And its fixings up. Did Brown
Weep tbe confiagration o'er?
No ! the loss can be endured;
Brown is richer than before—
Brown was "heavily insured,"
trie ciJBroismr,
and own up, a#d bring forward the stolen-* turious pTssronr
goods, for it will be better for you. And1 "Oh' you thiuk yourself a paragon
" Yes, he has only his profeHsion."
"Will your uncle favor h is suit
"No; aud I can expect nothing from
him."
"Then, Ellen, you will have ft twS^b
fashionable society.'' ''5 i 1
" No matter, I shall see themore ofvfse^"
" lou must give up expensive dross.". ;£JB
"Oh, Fred admires simplicity. - .
"You cannot keep a carriage.
"Buf we can hnve delightful walks.**
"You must take- a small house and
nish it plainly." ? -'t p }*.&.
"Yes, for elegant furniture would be oy£
of place in a cottage."
"You will have t> cover your fl.ofs with
cheap, thin carpcfs."
" Oh, then 1 can hear hisstcp the soonec.?
Osty Oxb ^>'Clock.—Mr.——ooroing
home late one night from "meeting," Wjg£
met at the door by his wife.
"Pretty time of night, Mr——-, for yftn
come home—pretty time, three o'clock in
the morning; you, a respectable man-in the
community, and the father ofa family{" ;
" 'Tisn't threes-it's only ouc, 1 h|
"11."r< • l^nnnoi! nlarorc cite till aha r '/i
strike; Council always sits till one e'tppek.
" My soul! Mr. ——, you"re 'drunE—-as
I'm alive, you're drunk. It's thg^i rtbc
morning."
" T say, Mrs. , it's one. I
strike owe, as I caroe roand the earner, The*}
or three Y. Post. '' it }
vs. unmaitrtkd.—w iou've no
,vife, I believe," t-aid Mr. Blank to lnsncijrh-
L-br. " N<\ sir," wns the ref'y. "f'nevcr wss
morris,?" Kb " w.i.1 WimSm
^JUD7~^f0RJ"^5§
by whom he ordered to be *hot.—r
now seeing that I have foun'd the goods, and beauty, I can see. You wish to retain your ; The Its' words uttered by Washington be- -v.01' S
the thief no doubt, I am going for an officer., long ringlets', that you mesh them about the ■ the execution of ihe order, as stated by"
See that none of you leave the room or di:- j baronet's heart. Yes, you think your bright • Mt Lmujous, we.e, "Lam an American-—
turb au article while I am gone." While : eyes will enslave you. Yea, you poor beggar, shoot me !" \\ ith these word - he submitted
descending the stairs our heroine espied a and so disgrace. He knows bow well you 'to his fate with the Siime defiance of the
doctor on his way to visit the sick, and asked klove him—laughs at it; despises you for it; j enemy and -absence of all fear, whichihad
his.assistance. I have, said she, found some j he—he told me so. ' j characterized his life.
-Gtrf. jVfv.s.
tbe
j stolen property, and have it secure in this • 'A blank'came over my life—*3i the weary \
| house; will you call an ofticcr to assist mein i time that passed l.I would not look at nor speak j
removing it. The doctor readily assented, j to the baronet till our little Gertrude died. ;
The recent elections in England having |!lnd whil<j he sought for policemen, she still , I 3aw her well at evening; I was aroused at
resulted in favor of the Ministry leave no j guarded her trust. At length the doctor,
England, Franco, China and
U nited States.
doubt of the popularity of the China and
Persian wars among the masses. Unless the
Emperor has refused to approve the course
of the Governor of Canton there is little doubt
but that England will wage an active and
euergetic war against the Celestials. France,
it is said, will co-operate with Great Britain
and they desire the co-operation of the Uni-
ted States.
In this connexion the X. 0. Bulletin has
* r .
the following:
"It has been asserted that Lord Paliner-
ston has instructed*Lord Napier, the new
British Minister at Washington, to signify
to our government that it would be especially
gratifying to him to have the Hon. Bobert
J. Wa'ker, appointed Slinister to China oa
the part of our government. The reason of
this singular request, if any such has been
made, undoubtedly is, that Mr. Walker was
once offered the mission by President Pierce,
and declined it because he was in favor of a
more rigorous course of action towards the
Chinese than our government thou-bt proper
to adopt. Mr. Walker having accepted the
mission to Kansas, will not, of course that to
China.
Whether our government will accede to
the desire of England aud France to make
common cause, morally at least, with them
in conquering a peace in this conflict of
civilization with heathenism, remains to be
seen. Perhaps the Administration will give
the allies a moral support, but beyond this
it will scarccly go. We have been warned
by the Father of this Country to beware of
"entangling alliances" with European gov-
ernments, though the warning never contem-
plated any such circumstanccs as the present
combination presents, and both our commerce
and our reputation would undoubtedly be
benefited by such moral .co-operation." At
any rate, the Chinese should be made dis-
tinctly to understand, if they do not already,
that they cannot with impunity commit out-
rages upon our flag, American citizens or
February, viz:
The Earl of Elseajcrej the B-al of ■ a' e-
wrjod, tbe Earl of the 1 .;M!e Stmrt. the Earl
of Fife, Earl Amh«*v->t ;it,<1 the Countess of
Hantiogdon.—Err :ijr
In the United Si-t'e-, in tbe same month,
thousands of private American citizens have
died, M good as any Earl or Countess that
ever sported an emblazoned equipage, or slept
the sleep that knows no waking, under the
<skadew of marble monuments. We kuow of
no fascinating Countess, sparkling with jew-
.els.and on the sunny side of forty, who would
yarrow post the hope of recovery, at the news
,ff-onr untimely departure. We would not,
American interests. We hope to see the day,
i and that speedily, when American citizenship
I form a trieuue of journalism, consisting of' will be a shield and a passport wherever such
the Daily, tbe Weekly and the Sunday edi- i citizen may soj.ium. We confess with
tion. The coinpiny undet* whose auspices! humiliation, that it is not so now and never
the enterprise has been commenced, has been
formed as a corporation, under the warrant
of a Louisiana statute -'for the organization
of corporations for the works of publie im-
provement and utility," and is to exist for
tea or more years. As a first number, the i
Daily Times presents claims of a very supe-
rior order, to our unfeigned admiration. Io
the meanwhile we bespeak for it a wide cir-
culation and liberal support, intending to
^ give it a more extensive notice on some fu-
; ture occasion.
Texas
| has been. On the contrary, to be an Ameri-
can is frequently to expose one in foreign
countries to insult aud regression. We trust
this may soon be changed. The British
government in this respcct has ever challeng-
ed admiration. Who to the despot that
tramples upon an Englishman wherever he
may be. Let the United States come up to
j this standard. In all eases, let us be in the
• right, and being in the right, let it be main-
j tain«d. Otherwise, the American name will
' become a by-word and a term of contcmpt
with four policemen, arrived, when our hero-
ine transferred the custody of both persons
and property to the officers of the law. The
remainder of the stolen property was soon
found, and the lady relieved of her borrowed
plumage, was provided with rooms at the
Cambridge street Jail, where she still remains,
waiting the sentence of the law.
We say success to our fair visitors from
the South, and may the courage which she
displayed be imitated by our police generally.
—Boston Journal.
We are not versed in " the smooth Ger-
man accents" ourselves, but for the amuse-
ment of our intelligent readers of that ilk,
we copy the following colloquy from the
Seguiu Mercury,
A Colloquy.
i midnight by the baronet himself. A deathly
'chill crept over me, as I cried, seeing his
white face, "leave me, sir; how dare ."
He had not heard me, I humbly hoped, for
his words dispelled my terror. " My little
NOTICE OF
AMERICAN CONVENTIONS,
To nominate Candidates tor Mate
District and County Officers, for
tiie ensuing Aagos! Election.
It was resolved in Mass Meeting held by
'the ' " " "
Gertrude is dying, and calls for you."
..no American party of Harrison county, in
i (be city of Marshall, on the 20th ult. mm
; thoy deemed it highly necessary in order to
Till she died, that dear heart rested on my 'secure i-oncert of action, and hence the sue-
bosom; in the morning I laid back the damp : cess of the party, to call a State Convention
cuds, and kissed her cold lips. She was ; to assemble t-t Fair Field, Freestone county,
sone. "I must go," I whispered over her |on the first* day of Juno, bringing forth effi-'
clav, "I cannot stay here; it is agony." j cient uien as candidates to fill the various
! Not long after, L gathered my few clothes, I State offices for the next ensuing term ; and
and-stole softly from the house, that envy j that-there assemble a Convention at Hender-
and jealousy had mad<J terrible to me. I | son, Rnsk county, on. the eighth day of Jun?,
shall never' forget that night. The hills I to bring forth a suitable candidate to repre-
were white with moonlight, aud I wanted to ! sent the Eastern District in the next- Con-
plnck one violet to take with me. Jn that ! gress of tbe United States.
quiet hour J knelt sobbing over the mound, j The following gentlemen were appointed
breathed one prayer, gathered my flowers and I to represent Harrison county, in the Fair
j turned to go—1 knew not whither. A tall i Field and Henderson Conventions :
Mjtuwwj ys. Unmarried.—You've no
Wi"
bbV;
married." "Ab," Mr. Blank.
Ttng-r "''STaTftfi OntrmSr^rr-:'
Blank in addressing n married man, said,
" you have a wife, srr " Yes, sir, wifs
</Iad«fd;"-.«iid. Mr.
Blank, "you aic a happy man.'...
'VWhy, Mr. Blank," said one of the com-
panj, "yo^ir remarks t.o the unmarried; an|
the' married, sfcui to ccmSict somewhit W
"Not at all—not ht all, f ir. There is'a'idifr
fjrcnce in my statements. Please he mom
observing, sir; I said the man who had.
wife was " a Jiappy dqy.; ani the man who
bad a .wife, was a happy man, nothing
conflicting, sir,nothing at all; I know, what
I say, sir!".— Olive Branch,
An Anti-Veoi xabian Ymors.—Que nf
our north-country pitmen, who had turned
vegetarian, went a courting to a plucky
in the colliery village, and poppe3 tftfc
question." "On," said she, "go a1ori£ with
you ! Do' you think I'm going to bc flesh, Sf
your flesh, an! yoa live on oubbag^l> i o,
indeed, I don't belong to the rabbit family
—English paper.
D. McKay,
j li. C. Garret,
To such as have been sufficiently initiated ! form stood beside me; I could not fear him
into the musical dialect of "fader-land" by j now> nor dislike him; he was so pale, so sor-
intimate association,political, or*otherwise, j rowful, as he said, "Lillian, what does this '>■ A- ^ lij
the following significant dialogue may prove ! mean' Where are you going, my child ?" j Thomas 1). 1 owell,
as interesting as it is suggestive. i His voice trembled. I turned away, and j Uiehard I eete,
Fritz.—Meiii ijebcr HannesJ wie gates? j the tears ran down my cheeks. , L;011'".
fcans.—Goot, goot, Fritz—und vot you | "Do ot treat you well, Lillian?" he David L. Wilson,
dink? I bin no more von deutchcr; und I ! asked, how mournfully!
vants you no more call me Hannes, for tish "Ves. oh !yes," I murmured, "you have
paper vitch cost me two toller, say I bin Mer- ; heen only too kind."
riken chitizen und my name be Shon. j "And my poor little motherless child;
Fritz.—(Lifting his eyebrows and rapidly j would you leave her, Lillian?
" " : ------ At this I lost all self-coutro}. "If you had
rekindling the fire iu his pipe,) Oh I Mein
Gott! Han—Shon, I no for dinks you peso
dum, vas fur goot pe tish psper ven come <ie
comit to ert und sthrikc you to te Tivcl—
nnd vat for pe goot tish paper, ven ve'r gcts
no leetle more rain?
Hans.—Donner wetter! lieber Fritz; I'se
no fraid von such Know Noting tings, now
vots you tink?
Fritz.—I links notting. (very gravely.)
Hans.—(Suddenly throwing up his shoul-
der, and drawing in bis head likes snapping
turtle,) Dats shust vot I tink, yaw, yaw, yaw!
C.
G. W. Whitmore,
Wui. Woodson,
E. C. Beynolds,
Joshua I'erry,
Joseph Greer,
I. W. Johnson,
W. S. Hynson,
J. Johnson,
A wicked - wagof^kwyer, in one. of bur
county courts, reeetitly-scandaiized the bench
by putting the f^llojjing query to the prqfj^-
sional brcthreu: " Whv is Judge—:—r-1ike
| necessityThe " members ofthe baf then
and there present, answered, "becan^e^fcte
iW'-r-
''A
knows no law.'
A Darkey Theologian.—An old neim>
near Victoria, Texas, who was tlie only B^p-
I tist in the neighborhood, always "stack np
I for his own faith," and was Tcady with %
reason for it although he was unable to read
a wnril llii's wns wfr Iin 'f
A Spunky French Woman.—We find
the following good story on a tour through
our exchanges :
"A youug French woman was engaged as
! not jested at me," I sobbed, "despised me, ' dressing inaia to a lady of rank in- i
j boasted that I I " j One day while combing out her Biisir.ees'
I " Stop, Lillian, what do these words mean ?" S bair> she hurt her head ; the lady
' he asked in stern tones. i turned round and gave her a slap on the face.
I . "Lady Isabel!" I'gaspcd; and as I grew | The French woman, who had hold of her hair,
i calm, as fir as my delicacy would iet. uie, I ' which she was on the point of tying, so
a word. This was the way he '^pu^ cm
down." "You kin read, now, kesnt v« ."
Yes." " Well, I s'posc vmi've xeaa the
Bible? haint yon ?" « ¥es.*^" W#e
\ read about John de Baptist, haint yon ?"
| "Yes." " WeH, yoa never read about Julm
! de Metluidis, did yon? Yousee ;I,Saa.dj
i Bible .on my side, den. Yah, yji?a-h.
.. . -
u.ur 0, notliin' particular, .only .she had--the
that' 'JOOP',i' cough once, and.she hairit never gpt
i gave her cruel language, word f?r word. j ^thered together in her h>pd, grasped I ^"r^ Lspr'te. ^ ^ <
""" " " " "" fa|SCj" jie it tightly, and inflicted a sound correction on j \ m > t'r
Lieber
a mal
r-aa-l
• It is false—false, all
a —j , „v. uv vv^.v.. .. . . -iu, ^ j ; a.'i i vy. .-v-O R^/LROAD
that I kney yov ivwi me,-Lillian, 1 did not |,tj may^be thought that she was immediatelv ! p^xiES.—We learn that a,t tlie April "Term
.dare believe thst one so young, so beautiful, punished by being takeu to the police, or at j 0f"the Superior Cosrt of Taylor county, rwrw
^ so good and gentle, might feel other than ; 'east summarily dismissed from the house- j in session, a caseOf public interest has bM^
r Fritz.VstniiirhtenTn'a inoiself up")"cook ! sentiments of friendship for a man so much ; bo,d- ^ar _lt- . The maid knew the ; involving the liability of llailiWfi $r
here ("esticulatin^Vl'se pe von dimoc- ! older and graver than herself." His voice (characters of the Russians too well, and also : dan^ges, in uesKgently killing a pas^nger.
.' donner blitzen f I grew soft and musical—I was astonished— i knew what she was ahout. She was perfect-1 ^cembcr, 1?55, Uriah Pwulk, ^ worthy
/•VtV-.Yal val den - I sdosc you trinks no • overwhelmed—my confidence deserted me. j-'j awa,'u her ci^txess would not dare to ! c;t;zen of Alabama was killed by.a cwHifeji
>res goot lager beer—und shmokes no j "Yes, Lilian, gladly would I make you [ cx,P0S^"e,r> a,°,c°unt tl>e d^gracc to her- j between two passenger trmnstipoh ths?Aitb
tch bipe—und eats no mores goot kraut— , lnJ 0V- n dear wife, he added, drawing
mores
tutch bip
und sings no mores (singing pathetically,)
mein fader hind, mein fader land-
his side. "True,
! station, but the weal
' heart like yours is all I ask.
, „ me to | sc,f5 for " wcnld have been ac indelible one | Western Railroad, near Flint river, 1
j, you have neither gold nor ; ^or a "oble lady to have been beaten, (in any jor county. An action for damages under
wealth of a pure, g ad young' p'ace hut.Count Orlofl's ofliee,) and especially jjjg of 185'', was brought mraiost-tl «
Hans.—Shtop! Shtopi vou no for shta I bcart 1,ke >"ours 1 a^*- Say, will you wewal; she therefore not only took the : Company by the legal representative of Mr,
i vot I means—rniacin" hie fore finder very ; tokethe Plat e of the sainted one who lies here • wI"'Ie hut presented the French wo and the trial at common law came oTft'
'significantly beside his^ose, and in an aaiuW-l^ Jittle ficrtmde.? LiUmn, tfi 1 me, can ;« " with thirty silver roubles and a new; th;s wwk aiw| resulted in a verdict for tbe
ed undertone,) I ish vot I'se a!vara vas, und i loVe *el1 enwgh t« mw;ry uie?" | her silence.* Sms was ever . pjai^tiff off20,000 damsges. hfarn tho
alvavs vill no. rener-eticalM I votes now i Qh ! Heaven knows I had lo.ugjitng loved 1 !"t0.r Wllh considerate, taken an appeal te* sfMiil
in it te dimocr-a-a-ts, nnd py an pv, I'se vote ! him' not darinS to wh5sP°r t to 'myself in ; a| the timortwaflOOdwl® WM*Wld, she was in (<?«•). ^ tfi«
shust vot our brudJer shernians tid for may- | tbe n'pht;and over Gertrude's grave tU(-' Eani° RKuation. " —. —^ ^
or in St. Louis. 11 uld him " Yes." ^ 2->. . r ~£ Two Jts-lVwiitimti m tfeeuniigf tMw
Fritz.—Yaw, yaw, yaw, den I'sh so pigger Fonr Lidy Is^bel^ she hod trusted to her TlTE ITaBrtson Flao and Free Drecers^^-were at the rhHadelplia Opera
dimocr-a-a t as you pees. beauty, her gold, her pow.>r; and they had i SI0K-—1 he Harrison .Flag, iu commenting ; £ lur^* v nig i. •
Ilans.—(Loud) Mr. Shonson ! O Mr. j failed her. When she first sew me with my toti the productions of Banks aud Lemon,' ^rau ,u u" 1
V
| Shonson !! fur shta you vot I und
j spracken ?
Fritz be , noble husband, she grew white with anger,
; disappointment, and terror, that her duplicity
Banger
. tfcff fu*e, wear aq inch of crape, if, in the
samfrmnnth, six w0p0 of tbe proud nobility ; Texas Practice.—The Texas
had gone the same toad. The Divine breath | sai"s> the Hon John Sayles is engaged in the
made them men and wgujea ; royal patents, i PraParation for the press of a legal work of
Earls and Countesses, in ajl probability, in the above title. Such a guide in the practice
SriSoTinlfn h°re.°ur ^crn.",ef I , JohM°* say J"" be very good ! had been discovered. Poor Lady Isabel f 18,,ns in our n.idst. who ignorantly or wilfully 1 panied by Henry
will seize upon the piesent opportunity to (democrats^and vote just ai wo tell you. she is unmarried to this day, and she loved sand malicionslv contend that it is right, t
Fraukliu Pieroe.
occupied stiusinthe Itox of Obevlp* JB^nry
says: j Fisher, F q- Mr. Y^n Boron looked,^as
" It is unpleasant to know there are per- bNn<! and cheeiful as ever. He was accquj-
'1 —:~1 1 - IT—'" D. Gi^piri, Esq —CTai. Ctv-
ue
secure. It is well known that the Imperial | Hoth, F. d'.H.—Yaw, yaw, yaw, (go out the baronet herself.
govcrnmSnt of China, has steadily refused j singing.) , ' ■ j
till very recently to allow any foreign Min- I " Fader land from East to West. | IIoMECiDE.—From the La Grange Tr
ister to reside at or even approachi the royal ! Aboveal^nils 1 toFe thehest. ' Issue we copy the following:' ' iubbin^ TO^r®n7 Mowrty,' buraio^: our ! ty on Monday next, for the purpose of rcliev-
capital, rekm. V tth a supercilious and: A learned German Iccturer thus illustrates ! " Here an old man, John Williams, some ! barns, "defiling oar daughters, or murdering ins the distressed ccnditierih^'those who>
superiority to all | the glory of science. "De ting that is 1 sixty or seventy years of age, on the verge of oar citizens. . ° 1 euimnng f>yt actaal snbaiatcnees «iC
ip .n the principle j made is more superior than the maker. I j the grave, and "under the tomrne of good re- Extend the right hand of fellowship to
vou how iu some tings. Suppose I ' port," has been provoked toOiike the life of i misguided abolition fanajics aod'tell tbein
j manly and nobler-to permit incendiaries, t« j , ... ..
discuss how, when and where thev will over | CaiJui'OU l«iJJKf. We we requested
ride the Constitution and laws «f the land by j to caQ a meeting of the citizens of thw conn-
robbing us of our property, burning our
too great a condcsccn- j show
- • ■ " .us, . rrr. ~ • . * | ridiculous uffecti tion of s
many instances, it would bav« been for bet- 01 law«n tnc htate of Texas is much needed, J otg-er u.,ti0ns, it has acted u
ter, for the interests of humanity, if the Brit- | ant^ we arc P'eased to learn that, the labor of! that it was altogether
ish Crown had left them in the private stations : "applying the deficiency has fallen into such j sion to allow the representative cf any "bar- j make de round wheel of de coach, Yei^ well; ; a yoith, named James NettlesThis nlichbor! i thev l^ve\he ri"htVpiw.ch thfeir heresies
assigned them by the wisdom of kind Hca- :aWe hanJs- banati government even to approach the city ; dat wheel roll round five hundred miles, and | Bumor says that Nettles, whilst'iutosieated | a:i<i .ibidc among us in peace and security^
• ♦ 1 A .shallow-minded **tjfrnnif--tl : .1 SSr e au" i1 CShn0t ,rol1 0,-3 mPelf! SuPPoso h am ,a ' bad or offended William's daueh- aud how long do you suppose it wo*ld be^re
octo/1 o km, -k S t;3ranJca' peoacoguc, gu>t luonartb. lion. Caleb Cashing, «ome cooper, what yoa call, and I make de big tub ; ter and when tiiex-encaniHer lookDl^ce both ' heic~o ♦Krse re«ultr r-ould follow 9 "
£ at h\]TV' -WW, JuCarS ^ 33 Co™*™™ n- de ; to hold wine' He holds tons and gallons, ipartiesrcre under thSTnflSn^ of ^rituoS I —
l i t^c.at!en,Ft' ,bf ,n- Pei'mitted even to and I cannot MA move than five lottlel So iliquors. Nettles received a tbr^t ir the ^Whr is a short n«rro like
"How long hasye lived yourself sir was the' visit the Camt.x 'V--. recently, however, 1 " ",u ir
UjUirti-- - •«— his rijrltt has been
ven
Supreme Court.—-The Tyler Be porter
i the Supreme Court commenced its ses-
^jojj ac ib.at pl«cc on tcc 1-fth Ap-f -
and I cantiol hold move
you see dat. whit is n.Mlc
than the maker
!- n-ore suerrior
: liquors.
bowel" from a knife in the
• fr-'in which he dir-l."'
a tSrust ir the
hands of Williams
x^2~Why is a short negro like a
| man? Aus.—Because he is not A
Ma-.-k
white
in this and adjoining coupties. 00t
generally known, but jt is too JxoO, that thei i
are persons iiving in seotioaH of c>uj|j'pw."f
county, without the subsistence of lifo, and
are entirely destitute ot Uie meatus tf
procuring even bread. Thosewhoare wijlmg
and are able to contribute their mit®' ti'ftee
relief of suffering humanity, are respect&ily
TAI.L | invited to sttend the meeting on neui
' • dav.— Bastrop Advertiser. ItSs-ft-
Jr.
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