The Tri-Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 21, 1862 Page: 4 of 4

                                
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Labeissa, May 3d, 1662.
Editor Tslkorapb :
I have just returned from oamp Burnett,
Houston county, to remain at home a day
• or two. We were ordered by our Lt. Col.,
Mr. Crawford, of Newton county, to take
up tbe line of maroh next Monday. When
I left tbe oamp, Burnett bad not returned
from Richmond, but was daily expected.
Tbe boys are anxious to get in tbe ring.
Oar regiment Is composed, in the main, of
fine materia). It is made up priucipally
of men taken from the middle olasses, who
are not troubled, on the one band, by an
apprehension that the enemy will come in
their absenoe and steal away their super-
abundance, noron tbe other, by a corroding
anxiety that their families whom they leave
behind, will be come the subjects of neglect
and want. I see by tbe last Telegraph I
received thityou do not favor t be Conscript
Law. It if, doubt'ess, a stretch of power.
It may be a dangorous precedent. It may
be known only to despotic countries ; and
yet I perceive features in it which offer
some compensation. We are now pr aia?
through a biptism of b}ood. The black
foot of tl,e invader pollutes our fol, .His
bayonets bristle upon u=  from the North
and bis iron-clad v. «se!s Jroicn fr in t !,e
South. Every nerve of the nation nvusi
be stretched to tbe utmost tens! n. Every
erergy must be evoked. Every app'ianoe
m 1st be oilled into requisition to msiin'ain
a conflict With an enemy " who comes with
lus' In his eye, p^var.y in his purse and
hell In his hrart. " Our nrmy must be
kept up to t'e high r mark. Could
this be done OH the Vyluntary system?
To meet 'successfully the enemy, we must
have dj^cijdtncd foroes thoroughly drilled
in military lactic*, and schooled in the
Jaws of obelienco, and inured to the hard*,
ships of tbe camp. Would the voluntary
system secure aU thoje? In time of war
mafiy acts necessary for the public may
seem to partake of the na'ure of ursurpa
tion, and, by consequence, to violate the
spirit of Republicanism. There must be a
sacrifice of individual rights a&d interests
Just go, far and no farther, as may be es-
sential to the. good of the whole. Accord-
ing to this view, if otir cause demand it, I
must give up the 'last bushel of corn in
toy orib and the last pound of meat in my
storehouse. ' But not only must the army
be replenished, but it must be fed. Now,
I think that the Conscript measure adopted
by Congress is happily calculated to do
both. Bringing into the field at once,
those between the ages of eighteen and
thirty-five, liable to perform military duty,
irlli give as a reliable, disciplined army of
eight hundred thousand, while it will leave
those more advanced in life at home to
COMfl.IMt.NT
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SOUTH BUN WO
guard the helpless portion of our popula-
tion and superintend the production of the
needful food. It will do more. It will
forever suppress the olamor which has been
raised against the lioh by (he middle and
poorer classes for their real or supposed
tardiness in hot entering the service. The
only objectionable feature I see in the law
is, it seems to violate the doctrine of State
Rights, and concentrate too muoh power
in the hands of one man. Bat this is, by
no means, the abrogation of a power which
legitimately belongs to the States, but
merely its tuspentibn for the achievement
of a good, wbioli could not otherwise be
effeeted
Oar oorn has been bit down twice, but
sinoe the rains it grows green again, and
romises aa abundant yield. Our wheat
oes not look promising, but it may great-
ly improve. Rye, oats and barley look
well. I- will say nothing of ootton, for we
have planted but little. The farmers ex-
hibit quite a laudable energy in cuitlvat
ing the soil. The music of the piano has
yieded to the harmony of the spinuing
wheel. Linsey-woolsey and home made
ootton ades hate usurped the plaee of for-
eign fabrios. And what is worthy of all
praise, our p itriotic women cheerfully sub-
mit to do without the Rio, and substitute
the rye.
We oou'.d not do without the Telegraph.
You are doing a great work for yopr age
and geoeratln. You are in the right
piaoe. Go on in your laudable efforts to
promote the noblest cause that ever in-
spired the genius of tbe statesman or
stirred 'he patriotism of the warrior. Let
no opposition intimidate your courage, nor
no persecution dampen your teal. You
sbal) have your reward. God will bring
us through. The vessel of State, lashed
by the waves and driven by the tempest,
shall yet outride the storm. Through the
riven clouds of war 1 see the bright line of
peaoe span tbe Southern Wry. From the
darknees of the present I oan catch brigh*
gbmpses of the future. Pshaw 1 Just as
I begin to feel the divine afflatus, my paper
gives out. J. B. R.
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Pneltaatlu kjr the ___
Pl  eflfce Confederate Plates otAmvru,•«.
An enemy waging a>war In* manner violative o'
the uMffos of etymsvt nation*, has Invaded our conn
try. With Pfa dtai-tuou* r*ll*<ice npon «up«rtor
Dauber*, no, h*  decured hit pirpose to reduce ai to
™kmh,ll"i •MjttaiBlo to pretervc oar birth-right
~ ">var mil lund, and aor-
o'our countrymen; bat
roctitade, and faith tu r
IF"*7**
EjUSlSSBSJl
* Statci vb
the
A vile and abandoned abolition sheet,
published at St. Louis, called the Demo-
crat, abuses those heroio women of the
South who sympathize with our straggle
in the following blackguard style. We
can conceive of no greater compliment (o
them, coming from the source it does:
" She Devils."—Seoretary Seward, on
his return from a recent visit to Winohes
ter, was asked how tbe inhabitants of that
place behaved themselves. He replied in
substance that tbe men acted very ration
ally, but tbe women were "she devils.'
This apt response tells the Btory of seces
sion women everywhere. Their conduct
In Nashville, Tennessee, has been tbe
theme of every letter written from there,
and the rema:k of every vidtor. Balti.
more has furnished many instances of the
outrages upon propriety committed by the
secosh females of that oily, and the same
thin* may be said of Louisville, Wheeling,
Washington, and every other plaoe where
Southern sympathies have divided the
female portion of the population. We
seriously question, however, whether any
of these peaces can surpacs St. Louis in
the vio'ence of the rebel women. We have
lately heard s) many instances of this vio-
lence, that we feel tempted to publish them,
names and all.
There is no belter proof of the ma^ta
nitr ity which baa marked the course of
the United States Government, ia the
pro eeuiion of this war, than the immunity
granted to fhe secession women of the
border Stabs, to flout (reason at pleasure,
in the eyes of a loyal community. llort
in St. Louis, the privileges of the sex have
been most shamefully abused. The visits
to the vicinity of MoDowe'l college, atten-
ded by the waving of miniature secession
flngq and handkerchiefs to the rebel priso
ner*, called forth a stringent order from
Gen. Halleck, which put a stop to such
practice. The outburst of 3eoession in-
dignation on tbe part of the women ex
tends, however, farther back than Gen.
Halleck'a advent. The scenes upon ilm
dooriteps of Pine, Olive, Walnut and other
streets, when Gen. Lyon, with the troops
from the arsenal, was marching to Camp
Jackson, are familiar to our citizens.
They have been the subjcot of denuncia-
tion sinoe they happened, and at this time
tbe secessionists of the sterner sex would
gladly obliterate their memory if they
could. Women standing on curb stones,
sidewalks and dwelling steps on that day,
hooted, spat, grinned, jeered, and indulg-
ed in obscene remarks which, at other
ti nes, they would have deemed unworthy
of the lowest outcasts in town. The gal
lant Germans were especially obnoxious to
them.
From hat day to this the same cla s of
females has spared i/O pains and omitted
no opportunity to insult the Union men of
the city, or to outrage the loyal feelings of
the officers and soldiers of the Union army
who have sojourned here on their way to
the seat of war. Of late the frequent ar-
rivals of sick and wounded rebels, in com
pany with Union soldier?, have brought
out the maligni y of their souls in its worst
phase. It is well known that the sick and
wounded rebels have been placed in our
best hospitals, and treate I with the same
kindness and attention bestowed on
our own unfortunate men. The doctors
and nurses have treated all alike, and the
thousand and one comforts sent here from
various ladies' Union and soldiers' aid
societies in the East have been used indis-
criminately for tbe oomfort of all—friend
and foe receiving their quota aiike. This
kindness has had a marked effect on many
of the wounded and sick prieoners. But
this does not suit the secession " she
devils," and they have been trying for
months to get passes into the hospitals, to
remove the impression of this kindness,
and to cheer up their reb;l friends with
promises that the Sou hern Confederacy
will yet suuoeed in obtaining its indepen-
dence.
lion, melt to pity upon any touching or af-
fecting occasion of human suffering, if the
sufferer were a defender of the flag of his
country ? A day of reckoning will surely
come for these misguided women !
, <n  
FOitT PILLOW.
It is situated on the first Chickasaw Bluff,
about eighty miles abova Memphis by the
coarse of the river, which gradually rises
from a lower bank to a shelving bluff a
hundred and fifty feet in height. The po-
sition is not unlike that of Columbus on
the land side, with the exception that the
bluffs are not so steep, and the river
makes a more decided curve under the
bluffs. It may be considered a s!rong
position, not, however, very much strong
er or much weaker than Columbus and
Island No. 10. It is vastly stronger from
i he land approaches, groat cara having
been taken to guarJagaiuet an attack from
the land.
The fortifications consist, first, of a
line of water batteries extending, as at
Island No. 10, around the shore at the
Dend for a mile and a half. These are
mounted by about forty heavy guns ; only
one of which is a ten inch, similar to the
Lady Polk—the rest being rifl d slxty-
foura nnd thirty-twos. The up stream
battery was at last accounts under water.
On the lin>l, the Rebel#have constructed
aline of breastworks, made to run as at
Donelson, so as to occupy the ridges of a
series of hills. They have field and Biege
pieces stationed at the most salient points,
amounting to about thirty in all. Their
camps are situated in the hollows in the
rear of the batteric. Capacious maga-
zines have £ecn dug in the sides of the
hill", which are stowed fu'l of ammuni-
tion.
The Hatohie river fails in'o the Missis-
sippi nine miles below the fort, between
which lie a long line of high bluffs. The
current of the rivtr sets strongly in to the
shore batteries. Another favoiable fea-
ture is found in the nature of the ground.
The bluff is gravelly, and the sides of the
hill so slanting that" the mortars oan land
their shells into the water baUeries with
the greatest ease The number of guns is
about eighty ia al'. The works at Fort
Harris have been abandoned, and all the
guns sent to Fort Pillow.—Philadelphia
Inquirer.
[For the Houiton Telegraph.
ALLEGORY
MHUIWIB, U5
•ubmlaaioU.
ofemuKlttU
oa not be
the martyr# Wj
defence WtM
penaatlon el
wlaalon and I
ere actio ■■
hone *re
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sn  bat
lly relying
eeat down, bat
mean the toaaof
* —"*ced in Ute
a thla dl«
imbte aub-
our hoot
hearts at
b«eeeek° uu
thereto*. 1,
i at I
nth.
, th* ISUt day of the present mont
i implication to AMgMr«a*t> 
i HteMepriiw ee.trarlMtavtd'emnlrf'i tl
then and protect ogr j«eiw: Mai l
By Gen. Halitak's order, no contribu-
tions are received by the sanitary com-
mission for the purpose of be'ng devoted
exclusively to the use of seoession prison-
ers ; the things received must be used for
the comfort of all. The order was a severe
oheok to the first attempts of female se-
oesb, and sinoe then their beads have been
raoked to devise some new expedient to
outwit Gen. Halleok. Every imaginable
pretenoe is resorted to for the sake of vis-
iting the prisoners in the hospitals, and
supply ng their particular wants, and no
others. The result is, that many soenes
take plaoe at the hospital doors, which
are most disgraceful to the applicants for
admission. On Monday last, when wound-
ed Union soldiers were being carried into
the Fifth street hospital, a fashionably
dressed female appeared at the steps of
that institution with a small basket con-
taining delicacies, and solicited permission
(o see some of the rebel wounded. Per-
mission was refused on the ground that
any delieaoles Intended for the siok or
wounded mnst be turned over to the stew-
ards and nurses, to be served equally to
all the patient*. She violently remonstra-
ted, and with a toss of her head, remarked
in the presence of a dozen Individuals, and
la the hearing of seme of our wounded
then lyiog in the halls waiting the prepa-
ration of wards, that she was willing to do
all that she oould for the Confederates;
"hut as for the Union soldiers, she would
like to see the last one of them rot and
, Need more be said to show np these "she
Win their proper light? Is there
'fine of them, high or low, who would lift
n }Utle finger to prevent the sufferings of a
Anion soldier ? Would the
Given i
ate ftuti
mm
A !.
.tnPiii.r*' .£
,i. m:. I'l-U
; inspire such speeches as we have
and have been reported to us abom
la ion 1tidi«vn and the war against rebel
Capture of the Famous Yacht Amer-
ica.—A correspondent of the New York
Herald, who accompanied the expedition
to East Florida, has*ihe following in a let-
ter from Jacksonville:
On Monday evening, March 11th, the
gunboat Ellen and steamer Darlington,
with two cutters and one launch from the
steamer Wabash, each with a howitzer and
some sixty men from the ship, left this
place, under the command of Capt. Ste-
vens, of the steamer, for the purpose of
ascertaining the whereabouts of the yacht
Atr erica, of world renown reputation, and
steamer St. Mary's, betb of which vessels
were lying at the dock here the day pre-
vious to our arrival, but suddenly depart-
ed on first getting sight of our fleet.
On Tuesday morning the expedition ar-
rived at Palatka, a point eome forty miles
down tbe St. John river. They found the
place nearly deserted, and remained but a
short time. Proceeding a Bhort distance
further oa the river, they found a large
mill had been destroyed, and some twenty-
five miles further on, the Ellen got aground
tear where the yacht America was sunk.—
This famous yacht has been lying at Jack-
sonville for some months, in expectation
of loading with cotton and running tbe
blockade. She was purchased in England
by some Southern gentlemen, who came
over in ber. It is to be regretted that she
should have been allowed to be put to so
oontemptible a purpose as she was, but it
is gratifying to know that she will be res-
cued from the disgrace that would have
attached to her. The yacht is run up high
and dry on I he shore, scuttled; but will
be got off without any serious injury to
her.
Camp McCulioch, 1
May 9th, 1862. /
Mr. Editor.—Balow ia a contribution, ra'aed by the
meinbera or company D, 6th Texas lufoi try. Thl*
company lit from Matagorda, ami roans- members of It
loft behind thena, their famf les entirely dependent on
the charity of others, and this charity Is too often (I
regret to say) so nlgzardly and grudgingly doled out.
as to be Inadequate to supply the necessities of life to
the objects of It. I have noUced that while our rich
men will give generously and freely to aocletlea which
are raising money for oar aoldlere in Virginia. Ten-
nessee and Mlsaonti, they refuse to look aroand them
and observe the went and misery at home. While
tbeygive like princes to men In other States, who
seldom, If ever receive these donations, they refuse
often to give anything to their suffcrlnit neighbours.
They caanot, or will not, appreciate and believe the
old maxim, that "charity begins at home."
This contribution waa raised for the families of such
of oar soldlari as had no meaas to leave behind for
their support. You will much oblige us by publishing
J*mes Selkirk     $25 00
a. Ute wart  2ft 00
P. K. Peareson    2ft 00
J>>hnl)ale  S5 00
Wm. Gibson.,.,
C. Waldmann....,
K. Holt....
T. Davie...
K. Hasbroo* 
W. Wadsworth.,
A. Mahnvier 
John CypMan 
George Lewis.
George
F. Batea.
A.DuBy..
Van Bremer..
K. Dyaon.....~ 
Wm. Baxter- 
John Palron 
Sydney Janes....,
if. Inglebart 
Total 
25 0)
.. 2s OO
..moo
.. 22 eo
.. 90 00
..20 00
.. 10 00
. 10 00
. 600
.. S CO
.. 5 00
,• son
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.. 6 00
ft (jo
.. 6 00
.. 6 00
$302 «0
Ah English Opinion of raft Burning
or Ocb Cotton and Tobacco.—Tbe Lon-
don Timss, in aa editorial, says that the
time canaot be far distant when the South
mnst either surrender their eottoa aad
tobaooo or bora them. Says the Times:
If they |l?e up their crops to the invaders
we may eoasiaer they intend to suceumb.
If they give them to the flames, ail tbe
wont that eta happen to them will have
happened, aad that task of eoaqaeet
which never ecu be performed will have com-
menced.—Avpeyl . :
9
F or the last ten or eleven years, the genial rayi
of spring have fallen with mild and happy smilei
upon our cherished little flower garden, which
blooms and decorates a village spot on the banks
of our own meandering Brazos. No wintry blast
has heretofore been so bleak, that the returning
warmth of a milder seas >n would not reinvi|orate
and awake into new life, each drooping flower of
this garden spot. Fond remembranoe can tell
how oft we've strolled along those beautirul walks
on s^rae sultry day, and found comfort and ease
amid the blushing ll iwers, where sweet p:rtames
faned f-ar fevered cheeks with gentle zephyrs of pu-
rity and iunocerce. Or. when the shades of even-
ing drew near, and we returned from the busy (oil
of daily labor, how o't we have he'd family com-
panionship with the flowers, which wou'd meet us
with happp smiles and kiss us with the warmest
and purest breath of Nature. Here we would paunv
and with the rose, the daisy, the lilly, and many
others of our Floral family, hold silent commun-
ion in their own impressive lar.guage, or stand be
hiile the night-blooming jasmine and watch it as
tt unfolds its beauty and innocence to the soft pale
moon. IIow beautiful in early morn to behold
this garden robed in colors of every imaginable
hue and shade, glistening in the morning rays
like a crown of diamonds.
Although the beauty of manj of these fl iwers
rivaled that of the evening rainbow; yet, wo have
looked upon the less brilliant anil delicate Da sy
with favorite feelings and the fondest hopes. tb'«'
was truly emblematic of "be'iutj and innocence,"
and  he i her queen-like charms to all surround-1
ing circles. But while all was business and light
in this beautiful family of 11 .wers, the d*rk
shadows of night came stealing o'er our souls,
ali! too soon < ld Boreas with his icy brea h osmn
stealing near this beloved nursery wSen leust ex-
pected. In the dark hour of midnight the chill-
ing finger of a blighting frost touched and froze!
the heart of ihe e irly budding Daisy. No refresh j
ing showers nor genial rays could warm into new
lifeher p.tU an 1 fading farm. Her drooping h
fell upon the m ther eari.li, and as if in sympathy
and sorrow her kindred Ibiwers fell in wreaths up-
on her silent grave, already c Id and dump with
tears ofdew. But she has nowbeenir nsplanted
to the fields of Parad'se, where her " B -autt and
Innocence'' will fo-in an iir.perl&h-ible wreath
which " fa leth not away." Tims it hath h e<
wiih our Flower Garden—tlie villaga Sabbath
School, and the pious young scholar, de r Sarah
Sullivan— our beloved a.m' e/nrished D iUy
Galveston, 1602. W. 11.
Oh! How Can Oar Hearts Joyous Be?
SMOtsfed nn re uling th  beautiful litus, " Oh ! W>>*
would Strrow Chain our Hearts,by Alullie Moore,"
nr oLIA .
OL ! how can ourtmrta Joyous I e.
In a world of (badows and aloom ♦
How revel in gavety and glee
In our downward paths to tli  tomb,
Know u* all 'Ife'a pleasure* are fleeting,
And cheating is swiftly they Hi ?
Ay. ali earth's J >y.s are retreating,
i he/at. the soonest will die.
Ob! bew can our heart* Joyonsbe,
When eich hour some fond ilwiariven,
And again our grlef'a angry ,-ea.
From dark wave to w<v  were 'Irivan '!
What If h 'pp'n-ss darts a brluht 'ar,
Tolllumli e the eart's somh r Kluom-
D es tt I^hten tbe hi>a'tto decay ?
Ay, It lightens lt but to coniwiie.
Oil I bow can our^iearts jovon* be,
When friends turn cold and betrav.
And love's pinions ever poised to (lee,
When a shadow but darkens the way ?
Oh 1 happiness on earth Is a dream,
Sorrow Is oui heritage here.
Tub prorhet Greeley at tub Pubi.ic
Crib.—Bennett, of the New HerwliI, in a
recent number of bis paper, thus belabor?
the "Horrible Monster Greeley," as he
terms him. The whole Tribune establish-
ment must reel under such a broadside,
wheihbr deserved or not :
Our readers will remember that Fitz
Henry Warren, the Washington corres-
pondent of the Tribune, was suddenly
dismissed about the close of last year, on
account of attacks upon Secretary Came-
ron. In his place Samuel Wilkin on, a
renegade pupil of Thurlow Weed, was im-
mediately appointed, and from that time
the Tribune's attacks upon Cameron ceas-
ed. A full explanation of this change of
policy may be found in tbe reply of Ihe
Secretary of War to the resolution of Con-
gress inquiring in regard to Cameron's
contracts. From this document it appears
that in December last, e.oon after Wilkin-
son was appointed the Tribune's Washing-
ton correspondent, tbe members of the
Tribune association dug up an old char
ter for a concern called the Eagle Manu-
facturing Company, located at Eaglesville,
Mansfield, Ct., and applied to Cameron
for a contract to manufaoture arms.
Of this company, Mr. Almy, the com-
mercial editoi of the Tribune, was treas-
urer ; Mr. Snow, tbe money reporter of
the Tribune, was business manaser, and
Mr. Wilkinson, the Washington corres-
pondent of the Tribune, was the agent to
prooure contracts. Through Wilkinson,
and as tbe price of the Tribune's silence,
Cameron consented to give this Tribune
compaoy n cciilinct for twenty.five thou-
sand mu kets, twenty dollars each; the
first lot of the ^minkets to be delivered in
May proximo—though all our army is al-
ready supplied with arms—and the last in
1868, when the war will be over. The
profits upon this five hundred thousand
dollars of useless and unnecessary mus-
kets will be about two hundred thousand
dollars. With these ill-gotten gains Gree-
ley proposes to re-establish Ihe Tribune.
A more pa'pable job does not disgrace the
history of this war. -
As if to entirely identify the Tribune
with this contract, Secretary Cameron en-
dorsed upon the back of the dooument the
name of the paper, and a telegram from
Snow to Wilkinson, explaining that the
Tribune's Eagle company was not identi.
fied with one in Rhode Island (to which
the contract was first given by mistake)
is appended to the original paper, and
explains the agency whioh influenced Sec-
retary Cameron. Thus, by the revival ol
an old concern, and an adroit manipula-
tion of a Secretary of War, Greeley has
secured a contract paying him more than
Morgan's two and a half per cent, broker-
age; more even than our old friend, the
Chevalier Webb's sale of h mBjlf to the
United States Bank. Dana, wuo is some-
thing of a journalist, and not much of a
jobber, refused to consent to this trans-
formation of the Tribune establishment
into a musket manufactory, and was there
fore incontinently kioked out, and his
shares bought up by quack dootors and
membere of abolition sooieties. .By a sin-
gular chanoe he has sinoe been appointed
a commissioner to examine, at Cairo, the
accounts of the purohase of part of the two
million muskets, costing forty-six millions
of dollars, in which Cameron indulged. It
would be a providential retribution if, at
the close of'his labors at Cairo, Greeley's
old partner should be sent here to inves-
tigate the Tribune's musket job, the first
fruits of which are to be reaped by Massa
Greeley during the sessions of the anti-
slavery societies in May. 
If Joy the be >rt darts a gleam,
'Tls quencbe t In a sigh or a te.n
Ob I how can oni heart# Joynua be,
In a wo-lil dark with misery and wo- '!
Not a moment from Mn is it fiee;
How ran tbe breast wltl' haopineis glow
Tbe r. d wing of Bat! le sweeps by
In its path the I c* wing ol Doath,
A'ul Pestilence dark' ih the sky,
As It breathes ovu tue world Its fi u) breat1
Yh*, sin, the daik btuiu of the sriit,
The source of all rul.-ery on earth,
Cha in u* down, ih"' u«'-s still mil,
, Muce Satun tlr.-.t heralded I's birth,
Tin sorrow must wijie out the s'alp.
And tun wi' the dark oath t'osli'in?
No, bitter tbo' the anguish and pniii,
best, rat for the soul must be win
Then mee'.ly to wend on our way,
Nor turu wo to c .si, oft' the glooin :
Tho' It hasten the hear1 to decay,
Its dross It at length will consume.
By sorrow the heart I« mad 1 better,
Mncti grlei Is h tier thi n |oy ;
Why t miens or to 1 o«en the tetter,
And all Its sweet favor destroy '!
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J. 8. & J. B. SYDNOR,
Opposite C. Knnla It Co., Main Street, Houston, have
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EVERT TUESDAY.
MKKCHAND18K, RIAL B8TATH,
NEGROES, OARRI AO 18, FURNITURE. Ac.,
intrusted to u§ for either private or publto aele
best attention. Ca>h ad*
will elway* receive our
vancea made when desired.
•prtS-lm J. H
k ,T. B. SYDNOR*
Some worthy wives aro much troubled
with evratic husbands, and arc much per-
plexed to keep them at home. If the do-
mestic experience of many of the lair sex
were unveiled, it would afford a curious
chapter of life history. A little incident
in the life of Mr. Josiah Quiuhart, herein
after related, will illustrate our meaning
Mr. Quiuhart is a middle-aged gentleman,
of sober habits; but having read Doctor
Armstrong's po«m on the Preservation of
health, he accepts one piocc of advice given
by the Medical Board, viz: to get tipsy
once in a whilj, believing that an occa
sional fit of intoxication purifies the cor-
poreal system as a thunder storm does the
atmosphere. Since the stoi pige of tbe
sale of liquor, be has indulged io the prac-
tice, by some process only known to the
initiated, and facetiously by them termed
" running the blockade." Mre. Quinhart,
however, has no faith in the anti-temper-
anoe prescription of Dr. Armetrong, and
when Mr. Quinhart bccomes headstrong on
the subject, in order to keep him front
"running the blockade," she purloins his
suspenders, without which, as she sup
poses, *he would scarcely venture out of
doors.
Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Quinhart gave
notice that he felt a billious attack, whioh
announcement Mrs. Quinhart understood
to Bignify that he was about to take the
Armstrong physic, and waiting her oppor-
tunity while Mr. Q. sat dozing in the par-
lor, she contriver to ungear bid suspenders
and slip them out without any incumbrance
to his nap. Mr. Q. waked up, and feeling
the want of stimulating medicine, arose to
leave the house, but immediately difcov
ered that bis mainstay had been unslipped.
Being an ingenious man, he bethought
himself of a substitute for suspenders, and
while his wife was out of the way, he un
tied a paper paroel containing four poundH
of sugar, cut off two pieces of tho wrap-
ping twine of a suitable length, aud mak-
ing loops in the enus to serve for button
holes, he rigged himself up to bis entire
satisfaction. Slipp n < en his vest and coat,
he laughed in his sleeve, thiuking how be
had trioked Mrs Q., and proceeded, with
out a moment's delay, in search of "con-
traband."
Having physicked himself with six or
eight glasses of brandy and sugar, be be-
gan to feel quite vigorous, and left the
repository of the bidden treasure for the
purpose of walking off some of his sur-
plus animal spirits. £xercise only made
him more sprightly; he became as frolic-
some asayoung colt, pra. cing ana skip-
ping along the pavement to the astonish-
ment ot the sober citizens, and the infinite
entertainment of the juveniles. At last,
while he attempted a fquirrel-like leap
over a wide gutter, bis frail substitute for
suspenders gave way, and his progress
was arrested in a manner whioh delicacy
will not permit us to describe. Mr. Quin-
hart was relieved from bis embarrassed
position by an officer of polioiv who
thought he deserved a night's lodging in
the cage, at least, for the shook he had
given to the spectators. On Mr. Quin-
hart's promise to renounce the Armstrong
theory and join the Sons of Temperanoe,
the kind hearted officer let him go.
Mrs. Quinhart is nnder the impression
that her husband's late experience has
effectually cured him of any desire to prac-
tice the Armstrong theory in future, es-
pecially as long as the "blockade" shall
show the effect of "contrabands" when
swallowed in large dosed,—Richmond Ev-
quirer.
Thi Fidiral Flbkt Coming.—At six
o'olook on Sunday owning there were fit-
teen gunboats in sight of Baton Ronge, and
at half paet three o'clock yesterday after-
noon one large frigate.and three sohoonerg
passed Bayou Sara without landing. We
suppose they will reach here Thursday or
Friday. Let ev< ry thing be done to receive
them in a becoming manner. Possibly, if
they get posted before they reaoh our city,
they will attempt to run up on the Louis-
iana shore in the night, but we suppose
the proper authorities will see to this.