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Itofeisires ofi&e Supreme Court at
Tyler".
.Specially -reported for tie fttegraph by
'Jennings dtfjcanings, Attorneys at Law,
"•T^ter, Texas.
of
'Willis H. §Fbe vs. tl>« State
Toxas—Appeal from Eta-* county.
?Tbe appellant was indicted by the
QTaadJjory-«f Rusk eoaaty, at the
Bptiog terra of 1868, for the murder of
William it. D- Ward.-oa tke 2d day of
April,.1868, ia the coeftty of Rusk.
The accused was put npon hia trial
before the-oourt and U ^ Petit Jury at
the 6ame teim^ and tbe gory, after
beatiug the evidence, returned into
court a verdict that the aecnged was
"griiky of .marder in tbe ifirat degree,
as efearged in the indictment " Upon
tbe-.verdiet the.yadgmeot •of the court
wa^pranoaoeed, and from that judg-
ment, the prisoner has appealed. We
hftve-acratioized the record -af the^pro*
ceediogs in this«ase, widbtbe gravity
and attention < becoming >ae occasion
involving the ^earthly . destiny of a
fellow mor al. This was sfcae to the
mayestp of<the<law, as well as to the
interest of the.party implicated in its
requiFementa,« d by itsaatfaoritative
demand. Wkile the demands of the
law im net be satisfied, it is not less
important that the. citizen should be
fully protected - against a!! Injustice
and oppression hy its maladministra
tion. (Impressed fgith this.eonviction,
without an attorney in this .court to
represent (the .prisoner, we trust we
have <daly and,carefully,considered,
in the light of the law, and
of the interest-of -society, the just
claims and rights ef the prisoner,
as they appear to oa by the record of
the proceeding upon 4is trial before
a jury of bis countrymen. From that
record, it seesss he was fairly and im
partially tried. And up#o that (rial, a
jury of his owa seclection, according
to the provision* of, the law, believed
from the evidence addaced before
them, that be was guilty of murder,
as ebarged. Still, if errors were com-
mitted in the progress of that trial,
eitErer in the introdaetion of proof, or
in exposition of the law, as applicable i
tto the facts proved upon the trial, «
■which might have even possibly con-
educed to secure his conviction j in ex-
pounding aDd interperting the law in
its humanity, which is our boundeu
duty, we Bhould feel neither hesitancy,
nor reluctance, in arresting the pro-
ceedings by reversing the case, and
giving the prisoner an opportunity of
being again heard in bis defense. It
being our duty in criminal, as in other
cases,simply to revise the proceedings
jof the District Court, to.ascertain
whether the law wasproprely expoun-
ded, and whether any improper evi-
dence^ wag-allowed to be introduced
npon the trial; it is notour province to
pronounce upon the guilt or innocence
of the prisoner. • Upon the trial, the
connsel for the prisoner interposed
many objections, to the different
steps in its progress before
the cause reached the jury, and
was snbmitted for their consultation
and deliberation, to which it is need-
less for ns to give any special consid-
eration. The most that can be said
of them, is, that there were slight ir
regularities, which did not, and could
not, affect, or prevent, a fair and im*
partial trial by the jury of the vicin-
age. The. only matters which re
quire our special attention are, the
two assignments of errors* to-vtit:
the charge to the jury, and the admis-
sion of improper testimony. If
either of these assignments be correct,
the prisoner would b^ justly entitled
to a new trial, and a rehearing of his
cause. The indictment w£b in the
usual form, for murder. The evidence
was arrayed before the jury. With-
out rehearsing it in detail, the proof
showed that the homicide was com-
mitted upon the pnblic highway by
some guilty agent, at a somewhat
sequestered spot upon that highway;
that the- acquisition of the money of
the victim was the motive and object
of that gdilty agent, because the
money was taken and carried off. The
circumstances adduced, satisfied the
minds of the jury, that the accused
was that guilty agents/ What law
could be applicable to such a state of
facts, but that law, which denounces
its penalty against murder of the first
degree t
No other charge of the law of the
case eould have been given with any
propriety. Hence all the charges
asked by the counsel for the accused
were properly refused and rejected.
In the brevity and comprehensive
ness of the charge actually given, a
model and example is presented,
which might be profitably and ad-
vantageously imitated, in the general
administration of the criminal- law.
It is the duty of the Judge presiding
at such trials to be vigilant and
watchful, and fully to bear and un-
derstand the evidence given as well as
the jury. It is his province to apply
hypothetically the law, and such law
only as the facts proven npon the
trial will warrant. None other.
Parading law before the jury inap-
* propriate to the actual facts proven
upon the trial, serves only to darken
counsel, to bewilder their minds, aud
to mar and obstruct the adnjinisua**
tion of criminal justice. The charge
9f the court in this case, therefore,
instead of being objectionable «is
highly commendable, and ii were to
be wished (hat the practice may more
uoiveitally be oi'Berved in the inter-
est of administrative justice. In the
examination of the evidence agreed
by the attorneys and certified by the
•curt, we are unable to detect any
testimony which is illegal and not
pertinent to the investigation at
the trial. If there really was
illegitimate testimony admitted,
it is not apparent from the
record. It was the business of
attorneys to except to rulings of the
Court admitting it, at the time of
•ucb rulings, if they occurred, and
to have set forth the special and spe-
cific errors by a bill of exceptions;
which would have fixed the attention
#f this Court, and enabled it to re-
•riew and correct their, if erroneous.
But no such exceptions are found in
tbe record, and the agreed evidence
iseeiAainly indicative of no such er-
rors- In reviewing then, the whole
reeosd,we can discover nothing which
•conduced, in the Blige test degree, to
work injustice to the prisoner, or to
militate against a fair and impartial
trail of the offeree for which he Btood
arrcwgned. -Ffo?n all that appears in
Ibis-record,; justice was done to the
.prisoner, while the majesty of the
law was only-vindicated in the result
of tlse trial.
Tbe new trial-is therefore refused
and <tiie .judgment of the District
-Court .affirmed. Lindpast.
Amanda Hartiess vs. the State of
Texas —Appealfrom Cherokee county.
Judgecent affirmed. Opinion by Jas
ticeiLbnd^ay.
The truth is, in.a case like the pres
e-nt, o&ere the prisoner had confessed
ber agency ia tbe killing, the charac-
ter ot tiie prisoner was of no mouaent
in tue-inve8tigatic*a,and could neither
avail,-if good, i*©r prejudice, if bad.
Itisaiattily iti casas of doubt about
tbe guilty agent criminal accusa
tions;; that character becomes impor-
tant iiij-pubjic tri%ls- As an abstract
proposition of l w,ti$ is readily conce-
ded, that it is not competent for the
State to^ive in proof the bad charae-
terW vthe accused, Muless the accused
first initiates the. inquiry by evidence
otgood .character although a hoini
cide may take place under cir-
cumstances siiowing.no deliberation ;
yet if tbe.peraou guilty thereof pro-
voked acoiitest wich tbe apparent in
tentiou of .killing, or -doing serious
bodily injury to the deceased, the of-
fence does.net come witkin the defi-
nition of manslaughter. This is con-
ceded to be the law.; but if applica-
bility to tbe .case is controverted, we
think it not only the law^ but a part
of tbe law exceedingly pertinent to
the facts of Ibis case, and was unoffi
cially in charge to the jury. The law
does not authorise the granting of a
new trial upon an ex par te statement
of the convict of tbe absence of mate-
rial witnesses, kept away by force,
fraud, or threats, unsupported by
other affidavits; especially, when
that absence was known to tbe accu-
sed at tbe time of trial, and no con
tinuance asked for, though the wit-
nesses were duly summoned.
•The National Intelligencer publishes
the following highly important eircu.
lar from a new officer of the revenue :
M,l. That a person,'firm, or com-
pany having a place ol business where
credits are opened by depqsit or col-
lection of money, or where money is
advauced on stocks, bonds, bullion, or
promissory notes, shall be regarded
as/bankers, and shall in fature con-
sider their liabilities as forming part
of their assets and resources, and that
indebtedness shall in future be regard*
ed as constituting capitaL Parties
unable to make their debts available
as*-capital are referred to section 79 of
the. act of June, 1864, or to tl«e sheriff.
" 2. That the fact of firms, indi-
viduals, and companies being able to
owe largely will be regarded as .pri-
ma (facie proof of large means, and
wili be taxed accordingly. Parties
defrauding Government by keeping
out of debt will render themselves
liable to penalties authorized by nine
hundred and ninety ninth section of
amended act July, 1866.
" * That in the case of the Boston
firm, which two years ago borrowed
$ 1,500)680 of their neighbors, and
neglected to return the same, the col-
lector of the district is instructed to
collect of the members of said firm
one-twenty fourth of one per cent,
per month on said sum of $1,500,000
for the remainder of their lives, or
until said moneys are returned to the
owners.; the one hundred and tenth
section of 6be act of June, 1864, au-
thorizing this proceeding.
li' Firms,.csmpanies, and individu-
als may be -taxed, first as bankers ;
second, as brokers, and then as deal-
ers of some sort. After tbe third
collection, if they seem to have any-
thing left, collectors of revenue are*
authorized to apply further taxation.
Copies of acts authorizing indefinite
taxation,- and instructions for collect
ing the name, will be forwarded by
the Department.
'• * Herman Van Noodle,
" 'Sub ' Commissioner of Internal
He venue,"*
j Richard Nelson, the colored man
who introduced into the Morgan Ham-
ilton Convention,, at Galveston*, the
resolationa censuring Gen. Reynolds,
writes to Flake's Bulletin-:
The resolutions weTe handed to me
by Mr. Ruby, and be said: "Nelson,
offer these resolutions on Platform."
1 took them and handed them to the
Sergeant at Arms to be passed to the
Secretary, without reading tbem over,
and thinking they were resolutions on
platform.
Ruby, however, writes tbe Bulletin.
There was no duplicity in the giving
of those resolutions, offered in the
late nominating convention, to Mr.
Nelson. The latter requested the
privilege of offering the same, well
knowing their contents.
Flake adds:
These resolutions are a child of
many fathers. Their paternity rests
somewhere between Douglass, who
begot them, Plumly, who officiated at
their birth in the capacity of aecou*
cheur, Honey, who baptized them, and
Ruby, who passed the ill shapen
foundling to his innocent and unsus-
pecting colored friend, Nelson. It
was rather rough on the latter to be
thus taken in by one of his own kin-
dred and color It was as if Ruby
bad given his brother the baby to hold
and then denied his own child. There
was one circumstance that adds to the
sincerity of the joke, Nelson is a can-
didate for a high and responsible po-
sition. He desires to be tbe messen>*
gtt to the Custom House. Of course
Col. Haynes is the friend pf Gen.
Reynolds, and it was rather shabby to
damage Nelson's prospects in this style
by using him as a tin horn for-others
to toot through.
Our Red Brethren.—Ft. Leaven'
worth, May 11— Discharged soldiers
here from Fort Hays, give an account
of an attempt made by tbe Indian
prisoners confined there to escape.
Last Sunday, while Brevet Captain
Howard, Adjutant of the Fifth In-
fantry, was changing guard, and as he
was entering tbe door, be was sud-
denly. felled to tbe floor by a chief.
At the same time a squaw, who was
rushing upon him with a knife to stab
him, was shot down by a guard. The
sergeant of tbe guard, named Hogan,
of Company G, same regiment; .was
stabbed in tbe back and was severely
woundedr The guard in self defence
fired into them and killed two, in
eluding the chief Big Head,, and
wounded one or two more, which had
the effect of restoring quiet. The
Indians were all armed with knives.
Chicago, May 11.—The following
items of military news received at
Gen. Sheidan's headquarters in. this
city to day :
Capt. E. W. Clife, of the 13th In-
fantry, gives a report dattd Fort
Ellis, Montana. April 10. of a fight
which took placqon the6thinst., on
the North Fork of Sixteen Mile Cieck,
and near the head waters of the Man*
rfle Shell River, betweeo a fletaclm
ment of soldiers and citizens 'and a
hostile tfend of Indians,, 11 in num-
ber. The casualties we^, of the In-
dians, 9 killed and 1 * wounded ; of
the detachment, 1 soldier killed and
2 wounded, 2 citizens wounded.
C. A. FORSCARD
43 MAIN STREET 43
dbaiier in
BOOTS AND SHOES, ,
Calf Skins, s
Leather
and Findings.
Agent for the Sale of the
u EMPIRE "
SEWING MACHINE,
"NONPAREIL"
WASHING MACHINE,
AND .
Brown's Pat. Baby-Tenders.
The Empiie Sewing Machine received the firs
prize at the great Fair of the American Institute in
Kow Yuik, October 26th, 1867; and the highest
premium for best manufacturing Machine &t Pari
Exposition, July. 1367 The people of Texas, after a
trial of three year*, have awarded it a patronage,
almost exclusive, -which speaks well for its merits.
It is constructed on a new orinoiple of mechanism,
■which combines simplicity and perfection. It has a
straight needle, perpendioular action, makes the
lock or shuttle stitch, which will neither Tip nor
ravel, and is alike on both sides; performs perfect
sewing on every description of material, with cot-,
ten, liner, or silk thread, from the coarsest to th«
finest number. It hems, fells, binds, braids^ taoks,'
quilts, plaits and gathers. As a Family Seeing
Machine it has no superior.
gjr For descriptive circulars and price lists apply
to A. B. Palm. Austin; S.J. Forsgard, Waco; W. H.
Cyrus, Bryan; J. S. Norton, Brenham; or,
ti. A. FOB86ABD,
aur24-d&w3m General Agent, Houston.
MEDICAL.
MENDENHALL & CO.
BZAUCR IK-
First-Class Carriages of all kinds.
may!3- HOUSTON, TEXAS. d'Awtf
'Perkins, Swenson St Co,f
NEW ORLEANS.
Swensoo, Perkins & Co.,
NEW YORK..
General Commission Merchants.
tW Cash advanoes in Mew Orleans on consign-
ments to either house. mayl4-dtw&wly
O. K, BTTXiXJOCS.
MASHJiCTDflER OF
French Burr Mill Stones,
Importer of
OLD ANKER BOLTING fcLGTH,
And Dealer in
EUREKA SMUT MILLS,
Leather and Rubber Belting, &c.
Manufacturer of the
QUAKER CITY FLOUR PACKER.
Ne. 1129 market Street,
icchM-wlr PHILADELPHIA, PA.
•«*' nd for Circnler anl 1'tise Lists.
The State Department ia debating
the propriety of sending a special
agent to Paraguay to hunt np Min
ister McMahon and Lopez.
The last sensation is a longitudinal
railroad, bisecting the continent and
connecting Lake Superior and the
Gulf of Mexico.
The Pacific road is a rery great
affair—great aa a railroad and great
as a swindle. We know not.in which
view it is the graater.—Louisville
Journal.
S:iiSlB....LIO*BL 0. L1TT...PSXB
SIMHSjf LETT & DEKEGEF,
(8ocoesa«ra to EISOOE A SIMMS,)
WHOLESALE CROCERS
DEALERS IN WESTERN PRODUCE,
17 ft 19 New Levee and 15 4c 17
FULTON STBBETS, NSW OBLBANB.
Represented by J. A. OAYMB.
)anl3-wlr
EDWARD WILDER'S
FAMOUS
STOMACH BITTERS
— WILL CUIIE —
Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, rnd all
Species of Indigestion, Inter-*
mittei't Fever, Fever
and Ague,
AND ALL PERIODICAL DISEASES.
It will give immediate relief in Colic and Flux.
It will cure l/ostivene-s.
It is a mild and delightful lnvigorant for delicate
Females.
It is a safe Aoti Biliou) Alterative and Tonic for
a 1 Family purposes.
It, is a powerful recuprrant after the frame has been
debilitated or reduced by sickness-
It (s &n excellent Apetizer as well as streegthener
of the digestive forces.
It is desirable alike as a Corrective and a mild
Cathartic.
The bodr of all rimilar preparations is com-
mon raw Whisky or Alcohol, which contains a lar e
amount of Fusil Oil and other poixoncas substances,
whilst the body of Edward Wilder's Stomach Bitters
is pure i >ld Bourbon or Oopper distilled Whisky—the
best and purest Whisky known or produceo. Thin
fact at once recommends and places these Bitters at
the head of all other known preparations for all the
diseases for which they re recommended, as is testi-
fied by numberless certificates from the ablest Medi-
cal men and from the Ministry.
. . EDWARD WILDER'S
Sarsaparilla and Potash,
Unfailing and Rapid Cnre for Scrofnla
in all its forms,
Every known variety or SKIN DISE *8E8—no mat-
ter how old or inveterate—NED&aLGI A. CHRONIC
RHECTMATIS.tl. SCROFCLutT* SORB EYES, Glan-
dular Swelling's of the Neck or elsewhere. Chronic
Chills and Fever, Tetter, Weeping Sore Leir, Dicers
of every kind, Pimples on the Face, Kingworm.
Hcald Head, Falling of the Hair or AUopecia White
Swelling, Hip Joint Disease or Morbus Coxarius,
Chronic. Erysipelas, 1Jrepay. Ague Cake, ete.
ty For the rapid and permanent cure of the above
Diseases, thisPreparation stands unrivaled. A cure
it guaranteed in every ease where it is need according
to directions.
EDWARD WILDER'S
COMPOUND EXTRACT OF
WILD CHERRY.
This preparation is specially recommended ss afford-
ing certain and prompt relief for
COUGHS, COLDS AND CATARRHS,
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
In Bronchitis, Larlngytis, and Asthma or Phthisic
it gives immediate comfort and relief. It is alBO ad-
mirably adapted to the relief of the c ugh and diffi-
culty of br-athinsr in CONSUMPTION It is also
indispensable in Pneumonia or Winter Fever, Pleu-
risy and every conceivable form of PULMONARY
DiSEAbE attended with cough, difficulty of breath-
ing or pain. For taste, efficiency, and power this
medicine haF no equal; and When used ia aDy of the
above diseases has never been known to fail to give
instant relief, fjllowei by certain and permanent
eure.
EDWARD WILDER'S
FAMILY FILLS
FOR THE CUBE OF
Constipated & Sluggish Bowels.
In these conditio*.p <*t tue a irrentary canal they
are guaranteed to be perfectly infallible Asa Purga
t-ve in all Fer i arri Ihflaminati ry diseases, in Acute
Rheumatism, Influnmntie . of th- Liver, Brain,
Kidneys and Bladder; in Eiysipe as. Fevur and Ague,
Acute Ophthalmia or So e Kyes, Fullness of the
Head. Vertigo. Di. ziu ss, Blindness etc., they cannot
be excelled. These Pills wil b - found, od trial, to be
Jar superior to any known other combination.of med-
ioines inthe-raoid and certain cure of all th« above
diseases. They shoul • be tnken wKh KDWARt)
WILDER'8 SARSAPARIlibA AND POTASH in the
diseases in wnich tl a rem-dy is ecomrarnr'ed; and
with EDWARD WILDKR'S OOMP UNDEXTKACT
O? WILD CHERRY lp ('• ughs t oUs. etc; and with
EDWARD WII/DER'S STO tACH BITTtRS for in-
digestion and Period chI diseases; and with ED
W-ARD WILDER'S CHILL IONIC for Chills and
Fever or Fever and A iiue
MEDICAL.
• Edward Wilder's
obizzjXj itostic :
FOR
Chills and Fever, Fever and Ague,
And every form, type and variety of Malarial or Pa'u-
dal Fever or affection; Twenty-one day Chills, Bili-
ous or R. mittent Fever. Brow Ague. Lum-a o and
every other form of Peri dical di^se wnatever this
medicine has no equal and ia all eu. hca esit ef-
fects a rapid and certain r.ure. It is a purely vege-
table compound, and tne mo t flic ent Chill Tonic
everoffe'ed to the public IV it hll <>u wh > a'e
suffering, as a cure is warranted in all the above
diseases.
■•BTAIU IMA0.....J. T. JOB. 011*1*0**
INBAU* AYCOCK & CO.,
COMMISSION MERCHANT
Tar the sale ef
CATTLE, HOCUI AND 8HEBP,
ly4 STOCK LANDING, *«W OWJAH*. Wl*
If yom want a Coral set or Gold TW7
•heaB> Mil «a K. 8*e«, Tarwtyl^lw#.
DR. JOHN BULL'S GREAT REMEDIES.
DR. JOHN BULL,
MANUFACTURER AND VENDER OF TH
celebrated
SMITH'S TONIC SYRUP
FORITHE CUREJOF
AGUE AND FEVER
Chills and Fever.
Ti
HE proprietor of this celebrated medicine justly
claims for it a superiority over all remedies ever
offered 10 the public for ths safe certain needy and
permanent cure of Ague and Fever, or Chills and
if ever,-whether of short or long standing. He refers
te the entire West- rn and Southwestern country to
bear him testimony to <h« truth of the assertion that
in so case whatever will it fail o cure, if the direc
tions are -strictly followed and carried out. In a
great many rases a siDgle dose has been sufficient for
a cure, and whole families have been cured by a single
bottle, with a perfect restoration of the general
health. It ii however prudent, and in every case
more ceitain to cure, if its use is continued in smaller
dose* for a week or two after the disease has been
checked, more especially in difficult and long stand-
ing cases. Usually this medicine will not require any
aid to keep the bowels in good order; should the
patfent, however, require a cathartic medicine, after
having taken three or four doses or the Tonic, a
single dose of BULL'S VEGETABLE FAMILY
PILLS will be sufficient.
DR.'JOHN BULVS'Principal Office:
No. 40( Fifth Cross Street,
LOUljSVlLLE, KY.
WORM DESTROYER.
MOTHER'S WOiSM bY. UP-
The presence of Worms I • th lot s'l-i s i- ird'
cated by a varietT of i-ymn'onM pniii-in ih st > aeh
swelling of thy' abdomen, - ' nus of Ihe nose an
eois, bad brea h variable a pp.^' t-s i''C- I tb - worms
are allowed to remain which is to "fte*. th case-
death i' frequently t'>e r • tl ' Us M WHIR'S
WORM SYKUP. It is far superior to all otrur prepar-
ations as a WORM DKaT- OYr.K, Bi'iio o e
entirely i t vesetab'.e inL-ivdi ■ t«. an<l fr e from all
nau'eons tasiethat vermifus^ ©> tainn.it s a-"le e-
ant Syrujr that children viil rt-adi y taae. or it m.«
be eaten with '.read.
All worm confpc'iocs anl wnim nand cnn'aii terra
alia a deadly poison, which is iihed to keep tb- con
feetinns aod candy from ruunine tou th riu wuriu
weather Beware o! their U'e. and tuke only Moth-
er's Wurni h'yrup.
JED WARD il lLDEB,
SOI.E PROPRIETOR.
255 Jlela Stnet, (Marble Frost.)
JL'ftiisrilfe, Mitj.
M X! S153 yPL
That ihese ??emf die have all been tested if the Fam-
ily ciicle by Cht-micil a> aly sis, and all tbe Disp <ns.i-
r'ec throughout the country, for each and every
Durase for whicn they are recommenced, and that in
to single c.ise has an> o< th cm nver been kn wn to
tail in giving instant relie lolloped by certain ai>d
permanent cure. Their me licin^l virtue and powers
is attested alike by the ablest II dical men and by
the Ministry, and all, in a word, say of them that
they are truly
The Chreatest Medicines of the Age,
And that no family ought to be without them. They
compose the best Family Medicine Chest that can bo
made-
Call for EDWARD WILDER'S FAMOUS STOM-
ACH BITTERS," EDWARD WILDER'8 SARSA-
PAKILLA AND POTA8H, EDWARK WILDER'S
COMPOUND EXTRACT OF WILD CHERRY.
EDWARD WILDER'S CHILL TONIC, VDiVARD
WILD KR'S FAMILY PILLS, au^ EDWArtD
WILDER'S MOTHER'S WORM SVIitJP. and have
none other, as all others me seeret remedies « hilst the
formula qf EDWARD WILDER'b MrDICWKS will
be shown to any regular graduate of Medicine, use
tbem aocordinf to direction*, and a cure is guaran-
. ST Sold by all Drsrgists and dealers.
EDWARD WILDER & CO.,
' WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
m Mats 91, (Marble Trtmti L—hW+Mr
To My United States db World Wide Readert
I HAVE received many testimonials from profes-
fessional and medical men. as my almanacs and
various publications have shown, all of which are
genuine. The following from a highly educated and
popular physician in Otorgia, is certainly one of the
most sensible communications I have ever received.
Dr. Clement knoirs exactly what he speaks of, and liis
testimony deserves to be written in let'era of gold.
H^ar what the Doctor says of BULL'S WORM DES-
TROYER:
Villanow, Walker Couhty, Ga. >
June 29, 1866. I
D". Johh Bull—Dear Sii: I have recently given
your '-Worm Destroyer" several trials.and find it
wonderfully efficacious. It has not failtd in a single
instance to have the wished for effect. 1 am doing a
pretty large country practice, and have daily use for
some article of the kind. I am free to confess that I
know of no Remedy recommended by the abltst au-
thors that is so certain and 4peedy in its effcots. On
the contrary hey are uncertain in the extreme. My
object in writing you is to find out upon what terms I
can get the medicine directly from you. If I can get
it upon easy terms, I shall use a great deal of it. I
am aware that the use of such articles is contrary
to the teachings and practice of a| great majority of
tbe Tegular line of M D's, but I see no just cause or
good sense in discarding a remedy which we .know to
be efficient, simply because we m<y be ignorant of its
combination. For my part, I shall make it a rule t >
use all and any means to alleviate suffering humanity
which I may be able to command—not hesitating
because some one more ingenion s that myself may
h<ive learned its effects first, and secured the sole
right to secure that knowledge. However, I am by
no meanR an advocate or supporter ot the thousands
of worthless nostrums that fhod the country, that
purport t > cure all manner of diseases to which hu-
man flesh is heir. Please reply soon, aud inform me
of your best terms.
I am, sir, most respectfully,
JULIUS P.CLEMENT,M. D.
BULL'S
SARSAPARILLA
A Good| Keaseu for the!!Capta!n'a Faith.
Bead the Captain's Letter and the Letter from
his Mother :
Bbktov BerbackB. Mo., April 30 1866
Dr. John Bull—Dear Sir i Knowing the efficacy of
your Sarsaparilla aod the healing and beneficial
qualities it possesses, I Bend you the following state-
ment of my case.
I wai wounded about two years ago—waa taken
prisoner and confined for sixteen months Being
moved fo often, my wounds have not healed yet. I
have not sat np a moment since I was wounded. I
am shot through tbe hips. My general health is
impaired, aud I need something to as&itt nature. I
have more faith in your Sarsaparilla. than in any
thing else. I wish that that is genuine Please ex-
press me half a dezen bottles, and oblige
CAPT. C. P. JOHNSON.
St. Louis, Mo.
P. S.—Thj following was written Apri-30, 1865 by
Mrs. Jennie Johnson, mother of Capt. Johnson :
Dr. John Bull—Dear Sir: My husband. Dr. C. S.
Johnson, wai a siillfnl surgeon an' physician in
Central New York, where he died, leaving the above
0. P. JohnBon to my care. At thirteen years of age
he, had a chronic diarrhea and scrofula, forwh'ch I
•:a-e him your Sarsapaiilla IT CURED HTM. I
have for ten year ? recommended it to mat.y in New
Y-irh. Ohio, aa<i Iowa, for scrofula, lever sores, and
n iii-riil debility. Perrect Buccegs has attended it.
The cures effected in some cases of scrofula and fever
sores tpere almost miraculous. I ani very anxious for
n-y sot. to a&ain have recourse to your Sarsaparilla.
Hf is f arfil i f getting a SDurious article, hence his
"■ri ting to yo J for It. His wounds were terrible, but
I beli-ive ht- will recover. Respectfully.
JENNIE JOHNSON.
EXTRA SPECIAL NOTICE.
B. war* < f 0'ttiiterreit«i! Smith's Tonic Syrup hafl
bee counter tiled, and tbe counterfeiter brought to
8"C" kSUTH'B TOXIC 8TBVP.
Tbe genu ne attlcle must have T r. John Bull's
private *tam.' on n h bo'tl®. Dr. John Bull only
huH theiiaht to mai-u'acture qnd sell the original
John smith's Tn-j c Syrup of Louisville. Ky. Examine
w || b-l be! .-n each bottle. If my private stamp
is not on t' «botile. do uot purchase, or you will be
ritic-ic -d. See mv c iu<nu advertisement, and my
how car . I « 1 p. osecote any one infringing on my
ngf t. 'Th genui e iiniih s Tonic Syrup can only be
piepareJ by mnelf.
The public's servant, _
DR. JOHN BULL.
F.OTli^Ti'l* Ev.. Apri 23 1SS8.
is U Xu Lu' S
CEDRON BITTERS
INSURE YOTJR LI3E3SEX |
IH THB- -
MOUND CITY MUTUAL
LIFE INSUBANCE CSa^
OF ST, L.OCJIS. MO-
CASH CAPITAL,
$177,438-
orrioxBi:
JAS- B. EADS, President;
A. H. BUCKNER, Vice-President;
W. HANLEY. Secretary:
CHAS. G MoHATTON, general Agents '
ROBT. M. JfcN NIK GS,
^CTST^5,J^,?^^,Con8nItin* Physician-
JOHN P. THOMPSON, Actuary.
dxbeotobb:
Jas. H- LueiS, James B. Eads, Charles McLilll -
Sam. McCartnty, 8. A. Hatch, A. H Bucks«a ..
A. M. Britton, James Givens, W. H. Jennfjs^wv
JOHN O. WALKM, > ireitrf«3ltas^
Maj. B. S. LXMiiN, J State of StoBMm-
Policies issued on as liberal terms as any otbew^-
liable Company, vi* r
ORDINARY LIFE POLICIES,
Limited Payment Life Pollclotr,,
SINOl-E PAYMENT LIPE POLlClSaS^
ndowment Assurance Policy,
Limited Payment Endowment AsBuracc UMar--
Single Payment Endowment
CH1LDKGMV BWDOWHElWWfe
And othfr clashes of policies. Premiums ean tegptts-,
in annual, semi-annual or quarterly insta]imwtf&~ .
Policies are non-foifieittdg.
Females Insured on eam e terms as males.
Gold Policies.
tST This Company will issue 1 les payahk*«ttcr-
Gold.
Diridends.
- This Company being purely Mutual, each potft -
holder is a stockholder, andean draw his shure tfl(i
profits, in Gash, if he desires. This company ifca*
one-third of the premium without exacting anoMfei_ -
the amount.
Why the " Mound City fflfnttal" at
be Supported by the People of Tu
The '■Monnd City Mutual" is a W«**ers-flH0Krr
Southern Institution, organized and rnnrlmihiii fijpi i
western and southern men, and for this reaeoxt^SE;^
entitled to favorable consideration at tbe lunifni^o i
the people ot the South and West The managamafc -
the "Mound City Mutual" do net claim, hcnemy-*
that for this r eat on r.lone the Company shoutdba*-
oeive a preference over others, if its plans areiSMfc^ -
favorable, 'or the advantages it offers interim. ..
those cf similar institutions; they simply net
the ii habitants of the great fctate of Texas wifesupe;'-
interests are in ooirmon with those of tbe "
carefully consider its many excellent featurei*. .
compare its rates and plans with th se of --
companies before entering into contracts ~rtb
Kastern organizations— col tracts which are efibaac
in drawing immense sums of money to the Id
and which in future years must act as an in«<i ~
upon tbe prosperity and progress of the be«t
greatest sections of the nation. The loss ot wi
occasioned by ti e total ft-ilure of one oottoa > „
is considered almost ruinous t.o the South;
disadvantage then, mu.st it be to bave an amosadCedi ' $
wealth equal to the entire value of two abiui j&nfter ■
crops stored away iu the coffers of eastf-rn life
panics! The people of tbe South and Wert Sawww
such an amount in the hands of eastern ooiporatigBa* -
Reliable Agents wanted in every part of the-81*SBfr
Applyto WALKER * LE>1A „
General Agents for the 8'ate of Tea .u_
Jtulr Office, Main street, Houston Texts- • ;
J nl-doaw-tn goit i '• **
... CAROLINA
LIFE INSURANCE COMPEL;
C£ MempM , Tenn.
capital. 8T1i( K .....95200,000 SK-.'''
ASSETS... ,...../....r....8S7S 9S W?.
M. J. WICK? President,.
J. T. PRTTIET Vice Pres d ^
W. P. BOILS '..BecrfUjjr,.
J. H. KDMOjPiSON............ General Agent.
Texas Kefereaces s.
Gen. Wm. G. Webb, Houston: Messrs. BallinsMir
Jack !l Mott, Galveston; CoL Wm, M. Sltd"c.
dent B. B. B. 4t 0. R. B.; (Jen. N. G. Shfelley, AuiKttr^ -
Gen. J. W.Speight. President Waco Tap tt. B.-'-Jte- -
J. L. Lipscomb Crockett; Col. T J. Word, TViim
tine; MajorB. W. Brahan, tan Antonio; Col^jtiBm*
Ireland, Keguin; Major R.U Ford, Columbus; tvy :
W. B. Jarman, Lagrange; Captain L. K. Ho
Washington oouatv; judge A. iL f asater, GoB*Lr
Messrs. rt. S. Cuumiighnm a Co., Victoria; .
B. M. Ferbs Si V°., L-vsnoca;-Cap* Wm A. 25tfc-"
Indianola; John*A. Bucklult, Cameron; Gen. writ -
Hardeman, Brairie Lea.
Renism tor InsuTfng in this Compass
1st. It has an ample capital for entire s«curfbc-
2d. It keeps and invests the mor.e> for accumnfioH
tion, where Capital commands the be.*- rate i
est.
3d. .The entire profits of the Company will be
between those nsuilng on the participating p'a >a**=-
Stockholders only teieiving. six per cent. ojlT
stock.
4th. A policy-holder who has paid his premium
the participating plan,in cash, ior one or more y . „
may, if he prefer it, puy subsequent premiums wiecZ^r - .
in notes, not) tbe amount of his no es eqnals:9ktt«
the amonnt < f cash paid to tbe company. '
5th. It will thus be m en thai the Company afiom
not to take advantage o- tbe m>s''ortures of its -
holders under sny cicuuistances, but to coadve
business upon the basis of the strictest equality-
6th. All policies noa-forfeitable after fcrst pa}
mm
■.Si
WICKS & BAUCKNr
Agenu for Tein .
1 6 8TRA ND, G 4 LVBSTt tN......... ^
STIRLING IIS HER, Atn-iit Hoastw*. .
■^" •etivK «gen^ wanted. Address atate Ageak-
apr8d-t*.-wly
$25- JJfw«rd.
Si
'TSAYKD "R STOL5S—On th'- 2*3 cf AjKii.
from W. 1>. Fields, 8 gttrla«d. Port Bend i iisnHj.
three Mules, one haj m*re Pi ny, one dun m
with flux mane i\a l tuil, oin mouse eolcred
mule, and on < bay or bro-wa h r<e mn'e. Tbe 3
wsro branded frc«ii on the i eck, tin?, xl;
the thigh or Bhi u'd'-r DW, with an unofibiti
ear. ine brand on tie pr-ny. n> is old. I think uu
Btoclr are going t<- Red K:v-r. l will pay
one returning them, or hall price if stopped
tiee given. * -
maj7-wlai . : « W. P. -VrfiKEtt •-
TKTOTICE.-100 PH0TGGBAPH8 OFTfUS HA3MB-
tomest ladtes in tlie>Uslted- Stales sent(undto*
paid) for Twenty-£Te CMts. EUTB8 ii " JMh.
KassauISt.WitW'i' City; Jct>88-wIbkl-
AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS.
Arkansas Heard from.
TESTIMONY OF MEDICAL M EN
STOHHTPOIHT.WFIMCO. AKK., )
May 23d 1866. f
Dr. John Bull—Dm Sir: Last teuruary I was in
I.ouicville purcba-ing drugs, and I got some of your
£ai>ap&rllla anu Cerron Bitters.
My son-in-law, who was with me in the store, has
be n uown with rheumatism for some time, commenc-
ed on tiie Bitters, andaoon found his general health
iirproved.
Dr. GU t, who has been In bad health, tried them,
and he hIno improved.
Dr. Coffeo) who has been in bad health for several
years—stomach and liver ff cted—be improved very
"uch by the use of you- bitters lod-ed the Oedron
Bitters has riven you treat popularity .in this settle-
me5?'. I wpk I could sella great quantity or your
medicines this fell—especially y. ur Oedron Bitters
IT<^_8Ar2aF)lrl,Ua- 8^* me via Memphis, eare of
Ri;kett * Noely. Respectfully,
_ 0. B. WALKER.
Prepared l r Dr. JOHN BULL at his Laboratory
fifth street, Louisville, Ky.
JBT Sold by R. . GEORGE, Houtw
Wm,an<l by fir g«UU«Ti!y wk«r«.
FOUTJ'S
celebrated i.
This preparation, long and <
y known, will thoroughly w-i:-—
F brokfen down and low-spirfts<!( .
>i(p strength e;Ding and ol >o>*i>e.J—
•stomach and intestines.
It is a sure fe^venti roof -A
_ incident to this animal, sue" '
F EVER. GLANDERS, YELLOW
WATER. HEAVES, COUGHS, DTS-
TEMPER, FEVERS, FOUNDER
LOSS OF APPETITE AND ViTA.V
ENERGY, 4c. Its use improves
the wind, increases the appetite—
gives a smooth and glossy skin—and
transforms the miserable skeleton =|
into a fine-looking and spirited horse.
To keepers of Cows tt'X|p
tion is invaluable. ltfea.sui
vrntivc against Eifemo^.'
Horn, etc. It Las beta pn>
actual experiment to,
quantity of milk end
percent, and make tkt;
and sweet. In fattoeat c
gives them an appetite, loosens their tide, n
them thrive much faster.
In all diseases of Swin*;, such as Coughs^
the Lungs, Liver, ke., this article acts
as a specific. By putting from one-
half a paper to a paper in a barrel of
swill the above diseases will be eradi-
cated or entirely prevented. If given
In time, a oertain preventive and
sure for the Hog Cholera.
* DAVID E. FOffTZ, ProprirttBty
baltihok k,
ST'
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