The Huntsville Item. (Huntsville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 26, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 12, 1853 Page: 2 of 4
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IIU N TSVILL E:
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Apportionment Bill.
Yfe have not yet seen a copy of the
above entitled bill, as passed by both
Satnr'nv lU^iin* TYbrinrv 19 but from what wc cau make out
' J ' "' * o' 1 CUIIIH. > L, by the journal, Walker and Grimes ate
not to have an additional Representative,
as at fir.-t projected. Yet they have
adopted the full maximum of representa-
tion. This is treating those counties
with but little cMcivuce, But still it
A ry.w weeks ago, wo c-opi-jd a para-
I'inpli from the Cotton riant, published
in Washington City, and in commenting j
ihoreon, we intimated that W:> had no
the editor was in the pay of the 1 , , , , , , ,
i . ii »i , vr i . was as much. ;ih i-oiuvi be cxpcctcu by a
bondholders. V\ e have recuvcd : T , ,, , ,, t *■ fi
I JJjCpiylMturc ♦ tkat wol-li consent to tne
<pvct*ou of a now eounty, which by its
creation, has cut down two counties to
less than a constitutional size. The great
Mexican
OMUI
assurance . from the editor, and references
toC!(,n. I'tt.-k, that such is r,et ihe^ease,
«md that nothing "but a - sine ore desire for
the welfare of Texas, induced tha pen-
ning of tl. j ill's article. Yfe are glad
to be able fo retract our assertion in that
West, must- luive its lull quota, and the
great East ; but .Middle Texas,—oh, the
can go to h—11 ! This seems to have
c,, t , _ , • cn * • 4i i- • - ! 3urvr is not warth miiidinir.
Mate, so long .as no Mate in the L nvon|. • '
has acted, or is disposed to act, more hon-
orably than she.
We sent to the editor of the X. Y.
Family C'ottiier some two months ago, for
Harpers' 3Iagazinc and the Courier. The
latter comes. regularly, but the former
•Iocs not. We ju; t want to remind Ool.
"V. ebb of it, as we know it has been inad-
vertantly overlooked.
Tin: February No. of (Todey's Lady's
IJook is before us. It is rich, and like
< rodev. The engravings are master pieces
in their way. By the way, €rodey and
Graham,—or their magazines,—are fur-
nished for $4 00 when both are ordered
together. None will regret the outlay
who cm afford it. The subscription list
of the former appears to have made :him
fat. C rahani,. wo believe, is a bachelor,
s > we need not expect him to maintain a
married man\s 'rotundity. Not'iimr like
marriage—and two or three wives at that
—to make a man fat.
Wi: would direct attention to the card
of Dr. Morgan, who has been here some
days 1 ie promises entire satisfaction, or
will claim no pay. lie leaves in a few
days for. Leon couub'r, we believe.
Look at the advertisement of CoTonejf
Mayes, oh, yr travellers. . Everything is
d»>n»' in order, bv
IV<V
til a .•
a n k l
n> II
•I. 1! nsk, < t enCral
S.un Houston, and Hon. V. K,-Howard,
for 1 nited States-public documents. Also
to Hon If. M. Crabbe and Maj. Mangumy
for State papers. . \>f
Oru Dew Court-house is making nipiti
progress, now. It is thought the brick
work will be completed thi^ week or next.
The wood work is? all ready, so that we
may hope it will be occupied by our next
District Court term.
— • ^ «w " «]
Tuk order ot Odd Fellows are advanc-
ing in number and strengthvin our coun-
ty. '1 hey have removed into one of the
Masonic llall routr.s,—a large jnd hand-
some one, much more suitable for them,
and an effort is being made to have thot
Grand Lodge of tlie State to hold its next
session here. At present, the meetings,
are held in Galveston, and delegates from
the interior dislike traveling so far. The,
advertisement of times of meeting will be
found in our columns.
v a letter received in town, we are
glad to learn that Oen. Frank Hatch and
his company arrived safe in California,
after a passage of six months and four
days. Most of our readers will remem-
ber they took the overlaml route, and re-
cently the repovt was afloat, that all were
.murdered by Indians, or taken prisoners.
Their friends have every reason to re-
joice that the rumor was unfounded. Two
children, we believe, of Capt. W. Pavis,
died on the route, and that was all.
F>v a letter from Hon. Jesse Grimes*
to Col. Rogers, we learn that the bill for
The Legislature adioumed on Monday,
7th. What 'good, has" been done, Cod
knows* we know there has been some
evil, either of omission or commission.
For instance, the Senate refused to sub-
mit the rmestioa of free banking to the
j. O
people,by a tie vote. Then no addition
a|l Jlcprescntative for Crimes and Walker.
The new county of Madison, etc., etc.
Whether anything additional has been
%J c. ^
done about railroads, we know not. Nei-
ther if an act were passed compelling the
advertising of legal sales, and thus pre-
venting the present chances.of plunder-
ing the orphan and the debtor. W e sup-
pose we may learn between this and
August, though it is doubtful. We think,
however, that the delegates to the Demo-
cratic 41onve«tion will have no chance of
d per diem out of the State treasury, pro-
vided one be held, which is now altogether
problematical. Our opinion is, that none
'iill be liolden, and wc are ^lad of it.
. *
i We are informed that a young lawyer,
by the name of Jackson, was shot by a
ijmn named Status white, near. Waco. It
is apprcheuded^that the wound will prove .
mortal. So says_the Lone. Star.
A very uncourtcous :tnd ungenerous
tttaek <in the writings of <r. I!. I!. .)aiu;-s«
H. 1>. M. 't'ousul at Norf<dk, \ a.,
apjicars in the X"W Orletiiis J>ee. That-
VI r. J. is a prolific writer, no one doubts;
hut that his writings are trashv, or not
possessed of Variety, &e well as deep in-
terest and instruction, we hardly think
the l>ee could convince any one, though
it issued column after column for a^year
to come.' James is too- thoroughly ap-
preciated-' to be put aside by such illiberal
criticisms.
Kxtjiact from an Auatia letter in the Pa-
le-3ii(e Advocale:
The Ibmse has passed a bill constituting
the county court a board of Laiuj Comiriis-
s"toners, to issue^ uucomlitioual certificates
to the G/vgnH'./ grantee, where they have
neglected to get them heremfoi e. They are
limited until the 31st day of December,
1853, at which time their functions cea-se.
This is a ve'iy good ainl u 'rse law, it will
preVetit the Legislature from consurniiig sp
rniich time and money 'in granting land cer-
tificates. ' ' ' !l i ■> ■
The House also passed a bill creating the
13th Judicial District, CDinprised ' of the
jCounties of Leon. Robertson. Brasos, Madi>
son, Falls, Limestone and Freestone. And
there is a bill befoie the Judiciary Commit-
tee proposing to take otf the 'counties of
Dallas, Ellis and Tarrant, from our district.
and put them with others in that section, to
form a new district.
. — — —■——
, . We were suspicions, last week, that win-
ter had to come yet : and hardly had our
paper been issued, when the cold com-
menced. jiain and sleet fell abundantly,
aiid Iro/e as it tell, presenting winter in all
its glory, to our shivering view. Houses
tjees, etc., were diippirfg with icicles for
sjime days, though the weather is now fine,
sun shining, and, to all appearance, winter
gone. Such a spell we must take every
winter, though it has delayed the visit some 1 pleasure tHp'evVr yet entertained, and when j
years, until April. We hope we shall have caniedoul {which it undoubtedly will be) 1
Revolution.
MtlSTA's RESIGNATION.
The Tiait d'Union, of the 8th instr, pub-
lishes Gen. Arista's letter of Arriaga. Min-
ister of Justiee, explaining the motives of j
his resignation. Tlie Trait precedes lite let- 1
ler by a succinct and clear account o'f the
incidents that preceded and followed the re-
signation, which is better than any we have
yet seen. We ttaiisjate: — Ficaytufc.
The reverses expciienced by Gen. Min-
ims Government troops before the city of
Guadalajara: the systematic refusal of the
Senate to grant extraordinary financial pow-
ers to the Executive: the revolution in Vera
C'niz: the imminence of a movement in the
Federal capital—these slrong motives
made Gen. Arista understand that he could
no longer hold his official position. The
idea of resigning then took .complete pos-
session of him. The Liberal party, whose
fall would naturally follow that ot Arista,
did all in its power, moved Heaven and earth
to turn aside the blow that threatened it.
On Wednesday, the 5th in?t, Gen Arista
sent his resi(7nati<ui to the Minister ot For-
eign relations, with instructions to hi}'it be-
fore the Chamber of Deputies. Every pos-
sible means were used to induce him to
withdraw it. but he persisted? in his own
course. The Liberal Deputies ^hen declar-
ed thai they would not go to the Chamber,
and so deprive it of a quorum. A dictator-
ship, a popular movement were agitated.—
The President remained unconvinced by
the repres mtations of his friends. An in-
terview which he had with the members ol
Congress generally, and more particularly
with the committees on finances, by show-
ing him that the certainty of a legislative
refusal to giant him any financial powers,
finally decided him to pursue his original
determination^
The day passed. At half-pasjt 12 o'clock
that night, m presence of Anaya, Minister
of War, and Arroyos., charged with the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Gen. Arista lor-
mally handed over the Presidency to Juan
Ii. G'evajlos, Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, dessignated as his successor, by the
constitution, in a case of this Kind. At 7
o'clock, he left for his hacitmla at Anaca-
milpa, some twenty leagues from the city.
He was escorted by fifty mounted police-
men and a .detachment of the oth Regi-
ment. and accompanied by two ot his aid-
de-camps. Mejia and Herreia.
Messrs Prieto and Aniaga, Ministers of
Finances ami Justice, became acquainted
only at o o'clock on Thursday morning with
what had taken place during the night.
Gen. Arista had invited Arriaga to be pres-
ent at lire ceremony of liis transfer ot pow-
er, but accident, prevented the receipt ol
the letter.
The following is Aii-ta's letter to A n iaga:
Alter the interview >ve had last evening,
f was iittoijne.l that in'thc faaboUrgs of tiie
city and some of its distant quarters, assem-
blages of the people were being prepared
who were,to take my name as a signal in
order to prevent Congress from accepting
my resignation and to proclaim me inves-
ted with full and absolute power. This in-
formation was confirmed during the night
from several sources. 1 thought ot the ter-
rible ponsequences which such a disorderly
movement (that f am fiimly resolved to
prevent.) would entail on the good, peace-
ful part of the population, f tfibught ot the
task that would fall upon the Liberal party
and myself if we countenanced this disor-
der. and 1 determined to take the only
course that could avoid so grave a conflict:
that is. not to prolong the anxiety td the
population, and to prevent, by my tesigna- 1
lion and departure this very day, the agita- |
tiou of parties^ arid a movement of which no
yne could tell the results.
"A Magnificent Pi.<:xsl:ie Titrr.—The
r
New York Tribune, says : "A pronfinent
steamboat owner of this city, who has made
aii immense fortune in steamboating, has
devised a novel, most liberal, and magnifi-
cent pian for disbursing some of his gains,
lie proposes to rig a .si earner yacht, in the
most perfect style, and furnishing her in
the richest manner, at a cost of $50,000
over ordinary ships of the kind. About the
first of May he will take on b-ard his sons
and daughters and forty or fifty other guests !
and sail for London, Copenhagen, Stock-j
holm, St. Petersburgh, Havre, Bordeaux '
Lisbon, Libraltar, Marseilles, Naples, Mai- !
ta. and such other poits as may be desira-
ble, staying a short time at each port, giv-
ing fetes and seeing the lions. The entire
expense. whicb>is estimated at more than
$200,000 will be borne by the projector.—
This is about the most extensive plan of a
the creation of Mad'uson county, Las pass- 1V.° »noie: t:" next Clnistmus. Don t3ou. Wljj very apt to give Europeans some
cd. the two Houses, and is now before the j reader? | new ideas 0f the outside barbarians of Yan-
Covernor. The boundary between the | y,,E resignation of Mr. J. L. Watts, of the J keedoom."
new county and Walker, is the main ! editorial department of the Herald took ef-! , I
B >cdi. | f«et at The fAst week's issue of the paper. ! Among the many eloquent, beautifu' and :
[Son Augustine Herald. 5th. | appropriate tributes to the memory of Mr. i
Webster, with which the papers have teem- '
ed recently, we have read few that equal i
the speech of Mr. Eugene Caperly, in the 1
Supreme Court of California, silting at San |
Francisco on tne 23d of November. We
extract the following passage:1'
It is nst for such a< Daniel Webster to die
and be no more. In that iofefnn moment
between time and eternity, when the soul
of a man just about to shake otf its earthly
trammels pierces with new sight into the
future on the brink of which it hovers, his
soul, endowed with prophetic sense, gave it
utterance in tire words, "I still live/' Yes, !
he still lives in his great example and his-
magnificent services, in his genius and his i
patriotism, of which the light and glory are :
still over the whole la nil, and will be with '
us always to guide, to encourage and to ex-
alt—lives in the heart of his country and in
whatever else of her is most immortal, in
In our paper to-day, Will be found the j "They come, like shadows,—so depart."
report ot It. Hooker, Esq., to the Post- j Who is ihe cdi.orprotein, now 1
route Committee of* Greenville, Polk Co. { ^
It will be seen that the distances are laid Sheet of Pap^s. An English paper
down, from point to point, so that the. °'ve;i a de;>ci iption of an enormous web or
Postoffice Department cannot mistake ; Wi'ite paper, which was inauulac-
theni. Mr. II. desorves tbo .tlumks, as tured ia The web is without a
well as ample remuneration from the citi- bieak, being one continuous sheet, three
zens of Polk, for the zeal and faithfulness thousand }aids in length within a lit tit. of
with which he executed liis mission. We •* mile and three quarters liity-four inches
hope the matter will not rest here, but U'"oad,.and weighs 480 lbs. 1 his web was
receive that attention, both from the citi- inai'e; dried and finished, rjady to be des-
zens interested and the Department, patched, within three hours. Ihe cost ot
which its importance demands. <l'Keep *heet was a little more than i.'10.
the ball in motion :,J and do not doubt „ „ ~ TT 0
•the results ! Steam Power in the t nited States.—
. ! The Mechanical Review, published in New
York, gives a table of statistics of the num-
Stabbing in Freestone Oot^ntv.
We are informed, says the Leon Pioneer, ' ^)er vt steam engines and locomotives pro
that
Weill . . I | MM
The knife entered on the right side, sev- i single year in the United States is eqnal to j Constitution live, never to die until they fall,
ering two ribs. It is thought that Culp 713.118 horses, which is equal to the physi- I and the very name of the Republic is blot-
cannot possibly survive. We were not! cai lahor, at the present time, of 7.154.390 tetl irom tl¥3 eat^
able to learn anything of the causes that j nien, and iiV the fourteenth century, of 357.-
led to this fatal result. i
62(5.730.
The mail due on Thursday night had not
arrived up to the time cf our going to press. |
To the IIon< nbh Finance Committee of f
Greenville. Pulk County, Terns:
The undersigned having been appointed j
by your honorable body as agent,for the
jurpose of examining the route from Hunts-
vifle, Texas, to Atohafalaya, or to the mouth
of Red Rivei, Louisiana, do. report to your ;
honorable body as follows:
From Huntsville to Patrick's Ferry, on the
Trinity River, is 38 miles; passing over a
high and elevated country.
From Patrick s Ferry to Green's Post-
office, Polk county, is 24 miles.
From Greeir^s Postoffice to Jourdan's Fer-
ry, on tho Neches, is -10 miles.
From Jpurdau's Ferry to Burr's Ferry , on
the Sabine River, is 4i miles.
From burr's Ferry to Chaneyville, La., is
97 miles; and from thence to Atchafaiaya,
is 45 miles.
In passing over this route. I lied it to be
practicable, and as your agent do recom-
mend the same as being highly susceptible
for vehicles of all descriptions, with only a
lew rmnor obstacles in the way. Those
obstacles to which 1 refer, are brifges over
small streams, and they could be obviated
at a small expense. The ferries on the dif-
ferent rivers are of long standing, and good
boats, with prompt attention, are to be met
with at each ferry.
The whole route crosses over a hi"h and
C3
elevated country, containing no swamps,
excepting immediately on the east side ot
the Trinity River and creek bottoms. Stage
stands can be procured at convenient and
suitable distances on the whole route.
I again warmly recommend and urge
upon your honoiable body the practicabili-
ty of this route for a line of Post Coaches,
and desire that united efforts upon the whole
route may be made for the purpose of soli-
citing and procuring the establishment qf a
mail route from the dilferent points above
named, in Post Coaches.
I do certify the above route has been, and
is uow, the main route for emigrants to
Middle and Western Texas, with heavily
loaded wagons, buggies, etc., particularly
by the way of Burrs Ferry, Greenville.
Patrick's Ferry and Huntsville.
ROCT., HOOKER.
.Igcbt of Ftunncs Committee>
1 n'hanJ-V-T11ko«'f?n Excessive Jov.—A :re-C
Cent writer, describing the lunatic asylijim J
at Blackweil's Island, says there is a woman
Confined there whom joy has deprived1 of
her senses. Her'husband and child were
on board a vesSebwhich was wrecked. Go-
ing down tathe shore every day, as if with
the wish of being nearer the beloved ob-
jects that lay buried beneath the sea, sud-
denly she beheld them landing from a ves-
sel which had picked them up and saved
litem. An overwhelming flood of joy per-
vaded her bosom, and then reason was gone
forever. She never has known them since,
but sits on what she thinks the same reck
where she used to bewail their fate, wring-
ing her hands and moaning most piteously ;
while every week the husband and son come
and gaze on her face, in hope to rouse one
gleam of memory", but in vain.
*/ ',j j i. i v ( r • • i
How Tables a re made Medums.—The
New York Commercial Advertiser says that
ijirthe family of- a friend, several attempts
have been made to divine the secret ot table
moving, chair dancing, and other fieaks of
household furniture, which form part of the
Spirit rapping exhibitions. Last evening
they succeeded perfectly. Standing around
a small table, five six members of the family
kept their hands upon the surfacefor a con-
siderable time! until the magnetic current
between themselves and the table was es-
tablished.
They then found t-h/Tt by holding the band
a short distance from the table, attraction
remained in full force. The table without
being touched was thus lifted, or made to-
loan over at an angle ol forty-five degrees,
and subsequently followed the operators to
some distance.
The table on which these young people
experimented was a very small one. We
presume that when the experiment has
been a few times repeated, the table will
yield to the attractive force with moie ready
and wonderful agility. There can be little
doubt that it is magnetised, and, if so, each ^
trial, we believe, will increase t 3 power of
attraction. This, we take it, solves the
whole seemiug mystery of the " spiritual" .
imposition which has been practiced so long :
upon the credulous and superstitious.
We find the following telegraph dispatch,
in the Picayune of the 25th ult.
War in Feouioa.—Billy Bowlegs and the
Seminolcs under him in Florida have de-!
clared war against the L nited States.
Troops are being raised in Florida by vol-
unteer enlistment. Gen. Johnson, appoin- |
ted by the Legislature, will take the com-:
mand.
Ma. Fii.i.mor's Message in France.—
The Paris Patrie sees in the avowed refusal
of the American Government to enter into
a compact with France and England to keep
Cuba in the hands of Spain, a revolation of
the secret thought of the American peo-1
pie, and an implicit though dissimulated ;
adhesion to the projects of the order of the i
Lone Star.
5—
The corner stone of the new medical .
.college at Savannah, was laid on the 17th, ;
with appropriate ceremonies.
Tiie enlightened citizen who ate his din-
ner with the fork of a river, has gone to New
Hampshire to spin a mountain top.
California Items. [ Telegraphic#
The Winter in the Mikes—The late ' The following is a Nummary of the news
heavy rains and south-cast winds have brought by the Arctic.
wiought injury on bridges, lence*, fauns, pour legitimists, membeis of the Legisla*
mining wo.ks and almost every perishable tUn, }mve ^ their geatg. The p,ince
species ot stock throughout the San Joaquin of w m h<* resiirne(, his cfHce of Sena-
country. Our exchanges cemc to us filled b<TcanM5 he waJ nol appointed Grand
with accounts ol rising waters, jailing snows, i nsman
works swept awav. and machinery, sunk—| ' ' . ~~
iheir owners driven from their claims, and A passenger on the Ameiican ^bip I»aac
in many places forced to leave their cabins l^e',l |'as f iested at Hatic for having
iu consequence of tho cold and scarcity of socialist poblications m his possession,
provisions. The present winter will cause It is reported that France Madaiai, died
more oUtferings aud loss ol life in the moDti- from poison, administered by his own hand,
tain?, fiom privation, than any winter that Madam Madaiai still remains in prison,
has yet been experienced by the white in- Ti ruish War.—--The difficulty between
habitants uf the mining regions. the Turks and the Montegiwnds l;as been
During the past two summers, the explo- settled by the interposition nf the Russian
rations of the gold miners have been push- Consul. The whole Adriatic Ccast is block-
ed deeper amid the recesses of the muuii- aded by the Turkitdi fleets.
Wilis, and more upwnrd towat.l the summit Kowolli in.t I,is fnemfehave teeil rfficinl-
oftlte Sierra \erad;t and the heads t»f the : |y .(ecla.e.l Uu.tora by the Austtialt G„v.
streams along winch gold is touml, than m ; eminent
nil the time of gold digging previous in th» ' Jan. 57.
country. The rainy seasons ha»o hem « Mr. Cass'Monroe resolution camo up
mild since the winter oi 184V. and im btlle ! : »--* .1 e. . . .
iiicouveuience and hardship lias been ex-
perienced from a residence of the miners iu
their mountain cabins, that they have con-
fidently ascended and built their winter
houses amid the highest accessible ridges
where gold is to be found. It is to be fear-
ed that the sudden and most unexampled
violence of the winter commencement, with
its floods, protracted storms, wind, cold
weather and impassible road;3? will canw
again before the Senate yesterday, and Mr.
Seward made a speech iu reply to Mr. Cass
and Mr. Soule.
In the Kou*e, the New Vork Mint Bilf
and the Deticiency Bill were discussed at
*omo length, without definite action.
The Senate to-day, took up Mr. Cass' reso-v
Intion instructing the committee on Foieiga
Relation, to inquire what measures should
b« taUcn relative to tke deelaratiou mmmi*
more distress and death among the seclu- ^d to the i atilicatkm by <»reat Britain, of the
ded places, than the inhabitant* of the moun-1 ^ la}ton and Bulwer 1 reaty. Mr.Mangum
tain towns and citios have yet any idea of' ?noj*cd tviat the consideration of the resolu-
nor will the half, probably, ever be told.
[Stockton Journal.
At Calaveras there has been immense
damage caused by the rain. Several per-
sons were drowned in attempting to swim
the sloughs. The country generally was
overflowed, and mining operations com-
pletely suspended. At Saciamento. Shasta,
Maiysville, Sonora. in fact almost every
quarter, similar accounts are received. We
might easily fill our columns with details.
Take the following as a sample:
postponed until after the 4th of
The motion wa* lost, and the reso'
tion be
March.
lotion was th«n adopted.
The resolution confirming the Mon?oe
doctiine was postponed until Tuesday next.
The Pacific Railroad bill was taken urrand
debated until adjourn men!.
In the House Mr. Stanley reported a bill
authorizing the Secretary of Ihe Treasury
ta deposit wi»h the several States the-fourtli
instalment of money authorised by thcract
of June, 1836, to be devoted to the transpor-
Threc miners were'drowned near KIc- | la^,on ^ree negroes to Liberia, with the
Donald's ranch, by the Calaveras river ris- rePt,nirnendatJon that it do not pass. Ait
ing so fast that they could not get out of the an?endment was adopted to tho bill, appro-
wav. priating $3000 to complelu the ptatue oC
Gen. Jackson. Some further ainuiul.lj,euts
were adopted, aud the Deficiency bill pa&»
sed.
Mr. Buchanan.—Tho Democrats here,
both of the North and South, are delighted'
with a repoit now current, that General
Pierce has offered the State Department Ua
the Hon. James Buchanan.
A Mexican was drowned in attempting
to swim the river at Guardrs ranch.
A California!!, who was in company with
Mr. Stevens, was-drowned in attempting to
swim a slough at Douglas & lleany's raooh.
The water was a foot deep in the house ou
the place.
Tiie Calaveras bridge, although tho wa-
ter rose over; it, stood linn.
oil the
plains
Neajjly every house
moi'e or less iluoded.
Mr. Stevens says that the last five miles
he traveled he could not distinguish the
road, but came tlnough a perfect sheet of
water, guessing at- the path.
Tha San -Joaquin Republican sn5\s that
the streets of Stockton are ma frightful con-
dition. Empty vehicles are stalled every-
W i: pobJijh the iollowing a-* «•« act of
was I Just'ce lw ^r- 11 »P<?aks tor itself with-
out comment of ours. We think the editor
of the Monument, however, had a perfect
right to complain', if he felt aggrieved. no
matter whether private or public. The
rights of h is subscribers demanded it :
Splendid Fapei ~fhir readers are doubt-
less highly chauned with the beautiful col-
where in the city. It tells of no less than ! ('r a"il fine t'J thepaper upon whieh-
ten teams stuck in one corner. !,e Monunient has been printed for som«
1 ^ time past. We have been getting o»k sup-
Indiort ]\J(turo plies tioin ]\Ir. J. o. laft, ol Houston, pavin"
nM " ' , him in advance the pi ice of gouil ouper With
The press is stopped to p ace the annex th„ Ilu,!t;I stunding inat he wa, L il. a _ St
ed items ot .Indian news-f.etoie the pubuc. ! ^()0a quality. Qur subscribers cau sve for
We are acquainted with Col. Jordan and | themselves how fully he has complied with
feci willing to endorse the corlectucss ot his j i,js pr0mi«e If by ar.y possible misehanco
statements.^ flic points mentiuoei. aie those ( w-e should be obliged to spouge'on Mr.Tafl
usually visited by the Indians when they iu- far another supply of his splendid printing
tend making, a foray upon the ranches be-
low Laredo.
The persons killed are among the most
respectable citizens upon the Rio Grande,
The raucho of San Ignueio is foily-five
mile's below Laredo; has considerable Mex-
ican population, who have for years been
subjected to the depredations of theCaman-
ches. It is difficult to overtake aud chastise
the savages, 011 account ot their being able
to pass to the west bank of the Rio Grande
very easily at tiie Paso tie lasMugeres.
[.S' IT. American.
Laredo. Jan. io, 1853.
Sir—Since my last, news has just bet n
received that a party oi Indians, (about 20.)
crossed the Nueces below Foit Kwell, and
took the direction ol the Saltiador where
they passed on Saturday morning, 22d inst.,
and about mid day they arrived at Sail Ig-
Iiacio, and killed within 1500 yards of the !
rancho two men : one called Cesario Zapato, j
and the other Pedro Garcia .They left one '
severely wounded, ami took off a youth !
about 1(1 years old.' The names of the two with the b,.x of paper fbr pampldets: which
at er I have not been able to liud out f ho [ to be of an excellent quality I re-ret
Indians took ad the animals they could get} to learn that your printing paper is so infe-
- "• w he. killed nobody. | TA
Ihe moment the mto.mation came here, however, take four bundle, of it provided
Lieut Burleson^tarteda party alter them, M cau have it sent tome by a wa<mn and
paper, we hope lie will charge U,i at least a
lhiid more, or, in justice to his own pocket,
send us a meaner quality.
[Let Grange Monument.
We are requested by Mr. Taft to state
that as Mr. Posey liaa-troubled the public
with his private a flairs, lie will trouble the
public for a moment with thepiivate-afrain*
ol Mr. Posey. Ha states that Mr. Posey
was not only informed before he purchased
the paper that it Was ot aii inferior quality,
j but he knowing that it was poor paper, de-
sired it to be sent, and did not send the mon-
! ey lor >t in advance either, as the following
1 letter will show. This is a subject iu which
we have as little interest as we have in the
private aflairsof our butcher or baker, and
; we think an editor should never meddle
with the private affairs of any person; I10
! has enough to do to mind his own business:
th
La gaanck.
Air. J. S. Tail, Dear Sir,
[ Telegraph.
Oct. 22, 1852.
Your favor of
te 17th inst., hat; been received, together
and Salvador Cueller
Cuoller went voluntarily to ; „ot'by the «age. J will bo obliged" to you
gu.de them ; consequently hopes are enter- : jf y„„ wil) uko thc „ uub|e ,o s(j= ° >°u_
sr,HI ffiee"he,,| ustrr
Captain Shaw with h,s party are still ab- wo„hl purohaso more ofV tw j
e the Indians niili-,. ^ . . ' .. 7 1
sent, ami doubtless will see
more than once before he gets back.
There are several Indians rumors here, ' ran. .. . • ■ ■
but the only injury done up to date is the what I owe Vo,/ 10 or
above. You are well aware thai now is the
mitst make arrangemenis to secure it else-
where in future. Be assured that 1 will take
time the Indians begin to come down to kill
you.
Respcctlully,
A. P. Posjsk.
and steal. E. H. JORDAN. I —1:-S s1^'1 be put lo serious ''icon
Hon. H.
P. Bek, Austin.
venience if we do not get the paper at or
belofe the end of two weeks at furthest. So
The Sardine Fishery.—During the past ^ easc s«nd it soon. ^
year five hundred and seventy-six millions Mountain of Marble.—J. D. ManloVe
of sardines have been taken in nets 011 the gives the St. Louis Intelligencer a descrip-
coast of Brittany, France, which extends of a mountain of marble which, he
two hundred miles. Half of them are to be sa}'sj exists in the Great Salt Lake Valley,
put down in oil. One hundred and sixty l*e says llJe marble is of almost every color
vessels, manned by five thousand five hun- i am* shade, in slabs of very large area, and
dred sailois and fishermen, are engaged in lrom ar*d inch in thickness to blocks of an
the trade. The preparation, transport, and '"intense size. Mr. Manlove judges the
sale of the fish, employ ten thousand per- marble to be of the best quality, and thr; it ,
sous. Nine thousand of these are occupied 18 inexhaustible.
all winter in the making and mending of A Crust for the Phrknoi
ne*s- - the po.ct mortem examuia>ti<t
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J#F.
On Christinas morning, when the Rev.
Mr, Ciarksou, rector of St. Jarnes' Church,
Chicago, went into his vestry, he found 011
his table a purse of gold, amounting to sev-
eral hundred dollars, with a line saying that
it was the gift of a few friends to a beloved , record, except Cuvl
and devoted pastor. This is a noble exam- i though noted in, the
s, when they have made no special pret\
mains of Amos Lawrence,
Boston merchant, it was
weighed two ounces more
ster's. At the time oi
it was said that his
pie for church members,
confidence in their pastor.
intellectual nttaim$e
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