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complexion and manner, satisfied,me that he
was not a mussulraan. I .rode up to him. -
" Hallo 1" " v. ,.,
"Hallo to you!" said he, in good English.
The tone and maner in which he spoke ere a-
ted a suspicion that he was one of us. After
shaking hands with him, he looked inquisi-
tively at me and said
"Stranger, moughn't I have seen you be-
fore?'; "Where 7"
" Why, in New York."
" I belong there, but where do you come
from?".
" 1 traded in a sloop from Stonington to New
York, and I'm right sartin that I've seen you
, often."
"Pray what are you doing here in this bar-
ren and isolated spot?"'
'I keep this hotel.
"Hotel?" . .
"Yes,sir-ee nothing else! It isn't the
Astor House, but I enteitain man and beast
traveling from the Red Sea. They reckon
sometimes to stop the night with me, and get
a cup of coffee and chicken now and then, and
a pie."
Where will the enterprize of the universal
Yankee nation end? ju what part of the
world will they not be ?
" But, my friend, what originally bro'l you
here?"
" I went up to the second cataract on the
Nile, to look for a two-horned rhinoceros for
June, Titus, Angeune & Co's menagerie, but
.gonjdn't get the tarnal critter ; they wouldn't
" bell him at no price. So I resolved to stop
here awhile and keep tavern."
"Is there a good deal of traveling on this
route?"
Quite considerable. I reckon this is to be a
mighty country yet for trade from India. They
bring considerable goods, and when we get
our railroad "
"Railroad!"
"Sartin, sir. . The route has been explored
and this is the depot, and I'm to be the agent
so Lieftenant Waghorn says; and when
we get our locomotive, we shall streak it from
Cairo to the Red Sea in six hours. Won't I
scare the lions, hyenas, and1 other varmints
away with that are whistle !" So saying, he
set up a whistle as loud as a locomotive's, evi-
dently showing that he had been practising.
"Stranger, won't your company stop for
breakfast?"
I proposed a halt for an hour or two, which
was agreed to, and we rolled off our donkeys
and fastened our camels. Josh Hudson (for 1
learned that was his name) brought out a large
wooden mortar, into which he emptied some
moca coffee which he pounded fine and boiled
in a tin kettle over a charcoal furnace, and
served up to us as we sat under ihe palm trees,
with some eggs quite comfortably. We filled
6ur pipes and looked around upon the barreu-
ness which met our eyes in every direction.
. Atja 'distance there were some mounds, some
- brbken'fragments of marble, here and there,
" remains of tombs andbjnldings, denoting that
' -.at6ome time it had be'en-a place of note.
" Josh bustled about and filled the pipes with
sweet .tobacco.
II jtfoughn't you like to buy a mummy?" he
inquired.
"Why, do you deal in antiquities, my
friend?"
"Occasionally. I've got a mummy, and
ibis, and some glass beads, which I tuck from
.a tomb about a mile off; but the beasts in the
-. neighborhood are troublesome, and I dare not
.venture often." 1 ' ' "
" Well, landlord, what's to pay ?"
Josh reckoned the amount on the tips of his
fingers, which came to a Spanish dollar,
which we paid with great cheerfulness, and
shook hands with him on our departure.
As Dr. Pangloss says in the play, "the hu-
emnraind naturally looks forward." This en-
terprising man, no doubt aware that the over-
land route to India would Disestablished, and
that great traffic and commerce would grow
-out of this new enlerpriseJwas determined to
take his position in time ; and so commenced
"Vsguatting on a spot in a central position, to bo
'readyto take advantage.of traveling, and also
the trade in transitu, and have a monopoly
f his.position. "There is stun enough in the
?v: neighborhood," said he, Mto build a smart ho--y
Xel, and when I can get hands, I'll surely put
itun."
Ehis was once the great highway of nations,
when the commerce of India poured its wealth
into the Mediterranean ; when the gold of
upnarwas urougnt to enncn tne coners ot
King Solomon ; .when the whole route was
one-continuous line of noble cities, flourishing
villages, cultivated fields and enterprising in-
habitants, in the midbt of which the Nile low-
ed majestically, as it now does amidtt barren
sands. This is the vanity of .all earthly af-
fairs. The Faults of Children It may be well to
- drop a hint against the folly and impropriety
of making the faults of your children the sub-
ject of conversation with otherpeople. No.
thing can be more unkind and injudicious. If
you wish your children to reform and improve,
you must throw a shield around their charac-
ter. However foolishly they may have acted,
let them see thatyou are anxious to keep open
t ho way for their return to propriety and re-
spectability. Many a youth has been driven
to despair by being tauntingly upbraided be-
ibre strangers with misconduct, which never
needed, and therefore ought not to have been
known beyond his own family. On the other
hand, many a wanderer has been encouraged
io return, by observing, in those mostinjureeby
his follies, a general readiness cordially to re-
instate him -in-their esteem, and to shield his
reputation from the reproaches .of others.
Disinfecting Fluid. The chloride of zinc
jn solution, it appears from the last number of
aneLionaon lancet, employed as a tasinlect-
Jint, .is rapidly gaining the confidence of
.surgeons, pnysician3, and medical officers
throughout England, where it has been used
with eminent success in dissecting rooms, the
wards of hospitals, and in the Royal Navy. It
has been used in removing the smell of putri-
jying animal substances, and the odor of dead
tbodies under inspection ; and appears to pre-
serve the color and texture of the parts very
admirably. Dr. Methven, an (eminent Eng-
lish physician, mentions a case in which the
solution corrected advancing putrescene. He
lelieves further, that it will be .the means of
saving many lives, which are annually lost by
wounds received in the' course of dissection,
as he has cat himself several times while dis-
secting a putrid body without any had conse--quenccs
arising. It possesses, also, the im-
jortant adrantages of not acting on the steel
instrument .employed, and, wien properly di-
luted, preserves the subjects of natural history
from puterfaction. and in a fit state of anatomi-
cal inspection, after morejthan a year has
. .elapsed. In the hospitals, it has been used to
prevent contagion, and has the effect to imme-
. ilately remove any offensive odor that may ex.
! .t. Its influence on board ship in annihila-
ng the-offensivc smell of bilge-water, in de-
f roying contagion, and in sweetening between
ecks, is shown by the united evidence of cap-
ins, surgeons, and masters ofthe royal navy,
'he successful experiment of Professor Rob-
ert Grant, of the U. S. frigate Raritan, will
i o recollected. The vessel arrived at Nor-
uk from the Gulf of Mexico, with the lo3s of
7 men, who had died from what was believed '
I i be yellow fever, and remained anchored off
Jraney Island, dismantled and abandoned.
"I bout two months, when the professor went on
ooard with his gas, and after a week reported
her " sweet as a nut," although five men out
ofthe seven who previously boarded her, were
overcome by the foul stench that arose from
her hold. In case the cholera should advance
to our shores, we may have an opportunity to
give it a fair tiial. Journal of Commerce.
Bishops and Presbyters. Dr. Bancroft,
Chaplain to Aichbishop Whitgift, and his suc-
cessor in the See of Canterbury, was the first
who asserted in England the divine right of
preclay, and the superiority ofthe order of
bishops over "presbyters. It was in a sermon
preached at Paul's Cross, January 12, 1588.
Hitherto, even among the high churchmen, the
difference had been ascribed solely to human
appointment. -"-Sir Francis Knollys told the
Archbishop that Dr. Bancroft's opinion was
contrary to the command of Christ, who pro-
hibited all superiority among the Apostles.
He requested Dr. Reynolds, of Oxford, to give
his opinion of this new doctiine. In his let-
ter, Dr.v Reynolds observes: ' That all who
have labored in reforming the Chuich, for five
hundred years, have taught that all pastors,
whether they are entitled bishops or priests,
have equal authority 'and power by God's
word : as the Waldenses, next Marsilius, Pa-
tavinus, then Wyekliffe and his followers, af-
terwards Huss and the Hussitics ; and Luther,
Calvin, Brentius, Bullinger, and Museulus.
Among ourselves, we have bishops, the
Queen's ProfessorofDivinity, and otherlearn-
cd men, as Bradford, Lambert, Jewel, Pilking-
ton, Humphrey, Fulke, and others. But why '
do I speak of particular persons ? It ,is the
opinion ofthe Reformed Churches of Helve-
tia, Savoy, France, Scotland, Germany, Hun-
gary, Poland, and the Low Countries and our
own. I hope Dr. Bancroft will not say, that
all these have approved that for sound doc-
trine, which was comdemned by the general
consent ofthe whole Church as heresy in the
most flourishing time. I hope he will ac-
knowledge he was overseen when he avouch-
ed the superiority of bishops over the rest of
the clergy, to be God s own ordinance.
Slrype's Whitgift.
THE CHOLERA.
The following letter from Mr. Hcrapath, the eminent
chemist of Bristol, is important at this moment, when
the rapid advance of the cholera is exciting alarm all
over Europe:
The teady advance of the cholera westward, ap-
pears to have called public attention to its probable ap-
pearance in England before long ; and a paragraph
iu one of the Loudon papers of Friday, leads me to be-
lieve that the majority of persons will depend for pro-
tection upon any preparation which is advertised us a
"disinfectant," erroneously believing that all disinfect-
ants have the same power over the virus which creates
disease as they have over unpleasant smells. Allow
me to correct this error by detailing the results of my
experience during the visitation of this horrible malady
in 1832, when as a chemist, I laid mytolf out for a
close examination into the cause, mode of propogation,
and check for it. For this purpose I obtained informa-
tion of, 8jid visited in person, all the earliest cases
which showed themselves in this city generally, and
in each grett public esteblishment iu particular. For',
some time, I attendod almost daily ul the cholera hos-
pitals, and experimented in every way I could think
of, upon the dead and livingsubjects, their contents and
eeca, the atmosphere surrounding them aud their arti-
cles of clothing. The conclusion I arrived at I forward
for the information of those who have not had the op-
portunities. 1. That thocause of cholera is a putrid animal poison,
capable of being recognized by t)e smell, by some,
emanating from and surrounding the dead or living
cholera sebject or articles of clothing.
2. That it is not sulphuretted hydrogen or hydrosul-
phnret of ammonia, as it docs not decompose salt
of lead or zinc, and when passed through nitrate of
stiver it only forms a red solution when oxposed to
light
3. That it is only received into the living body
through the lungs, and cannot be propagated by inoc-
ulation. 4. That infection cau be conveyed by articles of
clothing, bedding, &c; aud that washer-women are
more subject to infection than ordinary persons from
that cause. '
5. That all persons are not equally liable to infection
from equal exposure, and even the same individual be-
comes more sensitive under circumstances.
6. That the poison is destroyed by chlorino gas and
a heat of 300 deg. Pahreiuheit.
As the object of the prcscntcommunicatiou is merely
to give the public opinion a right direction, so as to
help the future boards of health to combat this insidi-
ous and powerful enemy. I must at once state that
the two most popular disinfectants of the day the
chlorido of zinc and the nitrate of lead, known as, Sir
W. Burnett's and Ledoyeu's will be of no avail, al-
thougj they-will promptly remove ordinary putrid ef-
fluvia. The only chemical preventive I depended up-
on in my numerous exposures Jo the virus, was chlorine
gas, and this I believe to be a perfect oue if the fumi-
gation is complete. I invariably passed through an
atmosphere of it on my return home4, and kept it esca-
ping iu my residencee during the continuance of the
disease in the city. I also placed large quantities of
the substance necessary for the evolution of the gas in
hands of the Bristol Druggist, who was kind enough
to distribute twelve hundred auaulities of it gratuitous-
ly to applicants during three days, with instructions
for the use, and am happy to eay that during that time
the deaUis fell from ten to one per day; audi have
but little doubt, that if every ship arriving in England
from an infected placo should be exposed to a porfect
fumigation with chlorine, we .shall be preserved from
the infection. If the disease bhould pass tbi cordon
by any accident, then every house in the infected dis-
trict should bo simultaneously fumigated with it say
three times a day ; unless doue iu all houses at the
aame time, it would bo useless, or nearly so ; and to
do it effectually, a mixture of .threo parts of common
salt, and oue of black oxide of manganese should be
placed just inside the outer or street door of the dwelling-house,
and a little common .vitriol poured upon it.
Thejnward current of air will couves the chlorine gas
to every part of the interior, and w her -ver it can bn
smelt the effect is produced the an asma is destroved.
If articles of clothing are infected, and the colors likely
to be injured by the gas, they may be heated in an
oven or a kiln, to 250 or 350 deg., (about the heat of
baking bread,) when they may be handled with perfect
impunity.
Wool. The rapid growth of the wool trade in this
country, is shown in tho fact, that in 1834, only 9d4,-
000 pounds of wol, valued at .$446,787, were received
at Albany, by tne New York canals, and that in the
year which has just closed, 11,224,384 pounds, valued
at 2,336,407, wtio received at Albany by the same
channels.
Bursts of Eloquence. The following "burst of elo-
quence" was delivered before a court of justice in
Pennsylvania :
"Your honor sits high upon the adorable seat of jus-
tice, like the Asiatic rock of Gibraltcr, while the eternal
streams of justice, like the cadaverous clods of the val-
ley, flow meandering at your feet."
This reminds us of the commencement of a speech
of a lawj er in New Jersoy :
"Your honors do not sit there like marble statues, to
be wafed about by every idle breeze."
Another western orator commenced his harangue :
"The important crisis which wore about to havo
arriven, havo arroven."
Another: "The court will please to observe thet
the gentleman from the cast has given them a very
learned speech. He has roamed with old Romulas ;
socked with old Socrates ; unpped with old Euripides,
and canted with old C.iiithandcs; but what, your hon-
or, does he knows about the laws of Wisconsin 1"
A young lawyer in one of our courts commenced
his defence as follows:
"May it please your honor, the Deluge has passed
over the face of the earth. The Ark has rested upon
the mountain, and the rainbow of justice shines aB beau-
tifully upon my colored client, as it does upon any ono
in this court, including the jury.
What a Comparison. A gentleman (3ay a London
paper) describing the absurdity of a man dancing the
polka, said "that it appeared as if the individual had a
hole in his pocket, and was futilely endeavoring to
shako a shilling down the logs of his trowsers."
THE TELEGRAPH.
EDITED BY FRANCIS MOORE, Jr.
HOUSTON:
Thursday Web'y 17, 1848.
The steamship Portland made her firsttrip
to Galveston from New Orleans on he 8th
inst., and brought dates from the latter city
to the 6th inst. The most important item
of news by this arrival, is the confirmation of
the report, that Gen. Scott has been suspen-
ded from the command of the Array, and a
court of inquiry has been ordered to investi-
gate the charges against him. This event has
created great excitement throughout the Un-
ion, and many of the opposition papers are
'Severe 'in their denunciations. It seems
scarcely probable that the order for his sus-
pension would have been issued, unless there
were urgent reasons for it ; and perhaps it
may yet appear, that he has called the court
of enquiry himself. Public opinion should
be suspended until the facts respecting this
extraordinary measure are made known.
There was another rumor circulating at
Washington, that Gen. Herrera had been
elected President, and had made new propo-
sitions for peace. It was not generally cred-
ited. The Fremont Court Martial has closed, and
the decision awaits the confirmation ofthe
President.
Gen. Towson is nowdh his way to .Mexico,
to hold ihe Court of'Inquiry at the Castle of
Perote, for the trial of Gen. Scott. It is said
by the correspondent of the N. Y. Herald,
A that the charges against this officer were made
by the officers ofthe army high in rank, that
they were considered at three cabinet meet
ings, aud regarded as of so grave a character
that the Court of Inquiry wag immediately or
hdered. Major General Butler who is second
in rank to Gen. ScottAjvill take command of
the forces. ,
We notice in the Austin Democrat, a state
ment that ex-Mayor Harper, died in New
York, on the 2d January, This is incorrect'.'
Mr. Harper was alive on the 20th ult., which
we believe, are our latest dates from New
York.
We are glad to notice that the intelligent
and enterprising planters pf Montgomery and
the adjoining counties are forming associations
for the promotion ofthe agricultural interests
of that section. Thp statements they have
kindly furnished us ofthe agricultural products
of that section are highly interesting, and in
dicate that the undulating region of Texas
will bear a favorable comparison, in respect
to the fertility ofthe soil, with the best plant-
ing sections fif Alabama, Georgia andflFlorida.
The planters of those tates, who intend to
emigrate, may learn.from these statements
the relative value of the lands in the section
here described. We believe we may safely
say, that the whole belt of county extending
from the Sabine to (he San Antonio, and in-
cluding the counties of Sabine, Shelby, San
Augustine, Newton, Poll?, Cherokee, Houston,
Walker, Montgomery, Grimes, Brazos, Wash-
ington, Austin, Leon, Robertson, Burleson,
Fayette, Colorado, Wharton, Lavaca, DoWitt,
Gonzales, Victoria and Jackson, is as fertile
and healthy as the section occupied by these
planters, and is capable of yielding crops of
corn, cotton, and other staples equal to those
mentioned ip their communication. Some
of the counties south of this belt, inclu-
ding Brazoria and the adjoining counties,
and north of it, including Harrison and the
Red river counties are equally fertile, and
the former are well adapted to the culture
of sugar, while the Utter are adapted to the
culture of wheat and other northern grains,
If the thousands of emigrants who are wending
their way to the distant regions of Oregon,
California, or to the nearear and desolate re-
gions of northern Arkansas and western Mis-
souri, could once visit Tpxas, we are confi-
dent that they would conclude to search no
further for an El Dorado that is ever flying like
the phantom-sliip before the longing eyes ofthe
eager emigrant. Here is a lection of country
comprising an area of more than forty thous-
and square fniles, of which, pearly every acre is
capable of yielding from thirty to fifty bushels
of corn and a bale to a bale and a half of
cotton, and yet the greater portion of this
land can be purchased at less than one dollar
an acre. The facilities of transportation here
are also equal to those enjoyed by the plantei6
in the interior of Georgia, Alabama and Mis-
sissippi. We would be the last to hold out flat-
tering and false allurements to entice persons
to emigrate to Texas, who are already com-
fortably situated at home ; but to those who
are determined to try their fortunes iu a new
country, we would say that tho statements
which our Montgomery friends have made re-
specting the average products of this scptjpn
are strictly true ; and the emigrant who brings
with him good habits, and a moderate share
of intelligence and enterprize, can scarcely fail
to render his condition as favorable hare as it
could be, if he were to locate in the most fa-
vored regions of Oregon, California, or the
other regions to which the tide of emigration
is now setting.
Tho cotton market of New Orleans was
firm, and prices exhibited an upward tenden-
cy on the 5th inst. Middling was quoted at
63, good middling, 7 cents per lb.
The, Legislature of Louisiana has elected
the Hon. P. Soule, a Democrat, U. S. Senator.
This result,, when there was a majority of two
Whigs in the Legislature, has created much
excitement among both parties. The Hon.
H. Fcnncr was first put in nomination by the
Whigs, and Mr. Slidell, by the Democrats :
but after severabballotings, a majority could
not be obtained for either of these candidates,
and the Democrats having ascertained that
four ofthe Whigs would vote for Mr. Soule,
withdrew the name of Mr. Slidell, and voting
to a man for Mr. Soule, he was elected by a
majority of seven votes.
Ohegon. The N. Y. Commercial Adverti-
ser has a file ofthe Oregon paper to the 5th of
July, and contains copious extracts, from which
we condense the following items. The "elec-
tion for Governor had resulted, it was believ-
ed, favorably to Mr. Abernethy, the late in-
cumbent. The news ofthe battle of Buena
Vista., and the capture of "Vera Cruz, had
reached Oregon, aud occasioned great rejoic-
ing. There had been a remarkably long sea-
son of dry weather, and the wheat crops were
suffering from the drqught. Flour wasselling
at 812 per bbl. The Indians had begun to
manifest symptoms of hostility, and had com-
mitted depredations in several ofthe exposed
settlements.
The Fremont court-martial has not yet clo-
sed, and there is reason to fear that it may be
protracted for several weeks. It is said that
it has already cosj the government 6100,001).
It no longer excite3 interest, and few newspa-
pers contain any reports of its proceedings.
The ljne of Magnetic Telegraph between
Louisville and New Orleans has already been
commenced at Louisville, and it is expected
that it will be completed, to Nashville, by the
22d of February. Mr.O'ReUy(says the
Louisville Courier,) promises toTcelebrate the
4th of July, by opening lightning communi-
cation with New Orleans.
CmuuAiUA.TrrAdvices have been received
at St. Louis from ChUiuahuat to the middle of
Novrmber. Governor Trias was then in
command in the city, with fj,00 troops.
Several American traders had been arrested,
and their goods confiscated, fMr. Skinner,
Mr. Howard, and two other Americans were
in the calaboose at Chihuahqaat the last ac-
counts. The election iriMheSan Patricio District
for Senator, to fill the vacancy occasioned by
the resignation of Col. Kinney, took place
on the 17th ult. The Flag says, that in
the three precincts in the vicinity of Matamo-
ros, Capt. Walter Hickey, received 511 votes,
and his oppppent, Edward Fitz Gerald, 43
votes.
Sakta Fe. Advices were received at
Louisville from St. Louis to the J9th ult., by
Telegraph, embracing 'the following brief
synopsis of the late'st intelligence from Santa
Fe.
The day Mr. Aub'rey left Santa Fe, the
Senate adjourned sine die. The Houses were
debating the right of the Senate tbus to ad-
journ, and cause an innovation upontheir es-
tablished system.
Capt. Peltzer was still in pohjmand of Fort
Mann. The troops are' now in a state insub-
ordination ; the officers and men do as they
please.
Col. G.ilpin was still at-Fqrt Bent.
Mr. Aubrey, during his joqrney, was attack-
ed by a party of Mexican rpbhers, and had ten
mules stolen from him.
DEFATJLTEn.T--The Philadelphia papers
mentiqq, that Randel Hutchinson, who was
lately a clerk in the U. S. Mint in that city,
has absconded with, S20,00Q, the fund pro-
vided for the incideqtal expenses ofthe Mint.
We understand that a large quantity of the
bills of the "Galveston Bank," are now in
circulation in the vicinity of Austin and in
Robertson count'. The Hqntsvjjle Banner
states on the authority, of a merchant of Spring-
field, that the United States Paymaster, lately
paid the troops iq that section in bills of this
Bank,
We learn that few counties have yet respon
ded to the recommendation ofthe persons who
held the Democratic meeting at Austin on the
10th ult. The State Convention is to bi j held
at Austinon the 22d inst., and we suppo e that
the members elect of the Legislature iHlbe
allowed to act as delegates for the cour itles in
which no meetings have been held.
We learn from the Democrat, that the an-
niversary meeting ofthe Texas Bible I jrfdety,
was held in Austin on the evening of t he 50th
ult. The meeting was opened with prayer
bv tho Rev. G. Rottenstein, and an uddrcss
on the authenticity ofthe Bible was d slivered
by the Picsident. The following officers
were elected for this year.
Rev. C. RiciiAnDso?r, Rutersville, Pfesid't.
" L. S. Friend, Austin,
" Charles Gillctt, Houston,
.R. II. Talliaferro, Austin,
" J. W. Whipple, Bastrop co.,
Vice
Pres'ts.
" J. J. Henderson Galveston. .
Josiah Fisk, Esq., Recording Secretary.
Rev. Geo. Rottenstein, Corresponding Sec-
retary. Robt. Rowe, Esq., Treasurer.
J. 1). Pitts, Esq. . ) r.
m 1 v ' il r? I Jixecuttve
Charles Wright, Esq. r,
t t tj 1 r V Committee.
J. J. Henderson, Esq. )
Tho number of interments in the city of
New Orleans, from the 19th December, 184' 3,
to the 18th Dec, 1347i according to the r j-
port ofthe bVardfOf health, was 7,499. It is
estimated that 'of these nearly 3;000'wcre of
yellow fever. , The number of cases of yellowy
Yever lhaf occurred in the city duiingtheM
year, is'cstimated at twenty-five thousand.'
Fkedehicksbukg. We have received a
letter from a gentleman who recently visited
Fredericksburg, and he gives a remarkably
flattering account of this new town. The
colonists have opened extensive farms around
the town, and are busily engaged in preparing
the land for planting. They expect this sea-
son, if it should prove at all favorable, to raise
more corn than they will rpqqire for their own
c onsumption. The settlers are generally con-
tented and enjoy excellent health. They ex?
pectalarge accessionof n.cw settlers in th&
spring. The JMormons, whp have settled a
fw miles below the town, haye erected a fine
s aw and grist mill, and fwpish the colonists
rith all the lumber and msal that they require.
'. They have also enclosed large fields, and ex-
r ect-to raiscseveral thousand bushels of corn.
'These Mormons have been exceedingly, ser-
dceable to the colonists, as they have notonly
suppliedthem with meal'and lumbar, but have
instructed them hoyv to cultivate their new
' ands advantageously. 4averal bands, of
Shawariese, Delawares, Chfrokees and Kick-
1 500s have been ranging near Fredericksburg
i or several months, "and" have broughHn a-
1 arge quantity of peltry. Tljey serve as scout-
i ng parties to warn the colonists ofthe ap-
roach ofthe Commanches or other wild tribes
t )f the prairie. The colonists feelfluite secure
: igainst the inroads of lostile Jndians while
t liese friendly tribes remain in their neighbor-
I aood. Two ranging compani.es are stationed
laear thti town,von the Pierdinales.t3Ve un-
derstand that no new settlementswill:be open--ed
above the Llaiio this spring, as the Com-
manches have intimated that they are already
'dissatisfied that the settlements Have been er-
tended t hus far, and they threaten to destroy
any set! lements that maybe opened above the
present line ofthe frontier.' If the posts of
therang-ers however, shoukube moved "fiftyor
a hundred mjles above their present stations,
these It idians would,' doubtless, soon change
their tin -eats to entreaties.
A large number of emigrants are now on
their wj y tcTthe, western countiesi A gentle-
man wito arrived ,a few Bays sincefrom San
Augusti ne, states that he passed thirty wagons
on the road, between San Augustine and
Naiogd oches, and a large number between
Crockett and the San Jacinto. Many of
these emigrants are from Alabama and
Gisorgiu. "
i
Eakjoy Px.AXTi:G.-r-Several ofthe planters
m Fort Bend andAustin counties, hav ai-
re? idy finished planting corn, and are now
pr sparing the landfor the cotton crop. It is sol
do m that the season-is so favorable as toallow
of planting until the 15th or 20 th of February.
W e understand that some of the planters in
Bi uzoria -county, had planted tho. 5th Feb-
ru ary.
Corn is selling in this city at fl,per bushel.
x For (he-Telegraph.
f: vrxing upon Montgomery county
pplands, texas."
Astatement of some of thp crops made in
M ontgomery and Grime3 counties in the year
1 )47: "
John Womack averaged 2,244 lbs seed cot-
tc n to the acre, and eishl bales to hand, each
w weighing 500 lbs., nett ; also, 30 bushels of
c 3ra to the acre, or 150 bushels to hand.
CoL Jerry Worsbam, 1,425 lbs. seed cot
t hi per acre, or 6 bales to hand : corn 41) bush-
e lsper-acre.
Henrv Allston, 2,260 lbs, seed cotton to the
a ere : -40 bushels corn pep acre.
W W Sheppard, 1,720 Jbs. seed cotton per
0 tore, and 3U bush. corn.
William Rankin, 1,505 lb.s. sq.qd cotton per
1 icre, and 35 bush, corn, aqdO bush, heavy
1 Kits.
Garland S. Gerald, I,9g0 lbs. seed cotton
er acre ; 50 bush, corn,
John Watkins, "1,500 lljs, seed cotton per
icre upon old land, and J,QQ0'Upon "raw prai-
rie." first crop ; 6 bales to- hand ; 40 bushels
c -n per acre.
Erastus and Bryan Sfonuhi, 5Q0 Jbs. bale
cotton per acre ; ,40 bus, cqrn.
George Stonum, 1,500 lbs seed cotton per
ac re ; 8 bales to hand ; corn 30 bushels to
acare; 100 bush, to hand.
Isreal Worsham, 1.0QQ lbs. seed cotton per
a ere, "taw prairiej" first crop ; 25 bush, corn
p eracre, or 125 bush, to hand.
W. A. Springer, 1.00Q lbs, seed cotton per
a ere ; 23 bush. corn.
Gwyn Morrison, 50Q Jbs. bale cotton per
r ere, and 25 bush. corn.
James Hv Mitchell, 1,700 lbs. seed cotton
I icr acre ; 8 bales to hand':' 230 bush, corn
t 0 hand.
Isaac Baker and Alfreg Devereqjr, from
J 1,200 to 2,000 lbs. seed cotton per acre ; 8J
I )a!es to hand ; 30 bush 'corn to acre,
Messrs. Dupre, Green, and Shannon, it is
. jaid, made crops of like character with those
if Messrs. Baker and Dayafeux.
Geo. L. Stotts, 5 bales cotton 300 bush.-
1 :orn to hand.
J. W. Bromfield, 33, bushels corn to the
. icre.
R. B. Marten, 40 bushels corn per acre.
Jos. and James Clarke, l bales to 12 acres ;
30 bush. corn.
H. G. Johnson, I.35Q lbs. seed cotton per
icre ; 6 bales to hand.
M. Cooksie, 1,270 lb3. seed cotton per acre;
'. T bales to hand. '
J. Conner, 1,200 to 1,500 lbs. seed cotton
p er acre ; 43 buah. cprn. "
William Dunlap, I bale to acre ; 7 bales to
h And ; 35 bush, corn per acre.
Jacob Shannon, 1,250, lbs. seed cotton per
: icre ; 5 bales to hand ; 35 bushels com per
lore, with the usual crops of sweet potatoes,
I jjeas, pumpkins, &c.
These &ums of produce, and bales to the
hand, arc the average productions of each per-
son's croj) not of selected and superior atces
o." tracts. Thocottoq seed was of an inferior
quality, with one or two exceptions, and caus-
ed many replantiigs ; and the crons were
all shortened a Ihirxifplut or more, by long:
drought. The tapleaand quality of cotton
was however very "superior, and the yield of
ginned from 6eed cotton, in larger proportion
than -usual, owing tb'Tne extreme lightness of
the seed, occasioned by thejcfrougbu 4,620.
lbs. of seed cotton generally giving a. 500 lb- ,
bale of cleaned cotton. By bale of cotton we
mean 500 lbs. nett frequently this weight is
exceeded. , -
-4n addition to the crops of qottoa, corn, &c,
many farmers planted patches of sugar cane
for seed, with the intention, of eventually m -'
king their own sugarT and molasses. Tho
cane also was affected with (he drought t but
the returns are sufficiently satisfactory to war-
rant the continued cultivation of'this staple.
One acre of Mr. Redding's cane yielded 40X
gallons of very thick and heavy syrup, and
he has also made excellent sugars Xo, Grimes-
county some three or four planters have made
good sugar, but in limited quantity, from, limi-
ted cultivation. There is no good reason why
sugar should not become a staple product pt
the Montgomery district, and be exported in.
large quantities. The soil and climate pf
31 deg. North Jat. are admirably -adapted to.
its growth and perfection At one time su
gar making upon the Brazos was an experi
ment, ana 01 unsuccessful resnn, soiety now-
ever?from want of skill and appurtenances, as-
is now plainly proven by tne success wnicn
attended the'labocsoStbe Brazos sugar plant-
ers: and so far as. the cultivation of cane has.
been: attempted in, -the Montgomery district,
large and 16ng.canes, ofgrestsweetnpsshave
been produced Nothing is required but thp-
proper mills boilers, and skill to reward our
labors-Jiere equally wota that of. 'hSIjSSgt
live upon the Brazos. "
MoirrGoaEBBX Caqxrx, Feb. 5,J.84S.. ;
Dr. F. Moore, Jr..
Ed. D&m. Telegraphy Htnigqji'
Sir You will oblige a number of our,coun-.
try folk by publishing the fbregoicgmemo-,
randa of some ofthe crops ma'dethis year in. .
the Montgomery district, (comprising Grimes,
and Walker counties,) obtained as chance oc-. r
casion offered.
We have a fine, fertile, healthful, and abunr
dant country, which, will sustaj,a-very dense-,
population," and which we desire to see filled
up and brosght mto cultivatfpn, a3earlyrfife
may be. by industrious and emerprjsjngfdr'
mers The district of old Montgomery coun-
ty cotnbinemanyT advantages, whtojj are how-
ever, eqpally, or to a great extent, enjoyed .by,
other sections of our country : andiwjch also '
Lwe will be'gladto see populated and fruitful,
for the benefiTor their inhabitants and of the'
State, in the utmost degree : bat as this is the1
district in. which, we live, it is natural for u$.
to place it foremost in our wishes. Our dis-
trict of country, as said, cembineslmanyacU.
vantages those of good land, moderate Qt
prairie, and of good title, a beautiful.coun-.
try, of an undulating surface of mixed prairies
and wood-land, which rcnder3itdryand.plear
sant for traveling and farming operations, and!
whickalso offers every variety pf open, pleas-
aut and elevated situations for residences, t
where can be enjoyedpure air and fina.proa
pects. Many varieties of useful and valuable
timber;, largo white oak stave timber, lynn,
walnut pine, hickory, Red oak, black gum,
elm, cedar, ash, Beech, sycamore, sweet gym,,
wild peach, red bay, magnolia, holly, dogr
wood, black: haw Good Academies, Schpols-
and other useful Institutions flourishing towns.
good neighborhoods, and of great convemriijeL
to market, being within two days ride of the
c'ty of Houston j and also convenient of -inter :
course with Galveston island, at either ofT
.which important commercial points can be
procures, an. necessary supplies, 00m ioe mer-
chants and the farming community.
It is probable that the average productions'
of cotton, corn, &c, in our district, for a. given,
number of years, will come near, if not equal,
those of the Brazos farming country bemgr
free from overflows, and those injuries to
which the crops upon the level lands arevsub
subject, in periods of continued rains. We.
thtnk, placing one section of country, against.
the other, that we enjoy the greater advanta- -ges,
which the Brazos farmers willy we- tni3t,,
excuse in us, when they recollect thalve.are.
speaking ofthe section which, we have.fbr. its-
pleasantness, fertility, convenience. health.
&c, chosen for our homes.
We hope that by showing thrcuglftlje'.-cofc
umns of your useful and widely circulated,
journal, these evidences ofthe productions, and
advantages of our country, they wilLhe soea.
and re-published, for the infonnatuK,and ben
efit of emigrants, by the kind editorsoftbIise
States whose overflowing popiiIaIioaiaresQe.
ing new bomes.
We hare been told that tie-cotinuaneeor
the war with Mexico retards, and in agrjeat
degree arrests the inpvemsnl.o ajarge emi-
tion from Alabama, Georgiikaiidjothertates,
and who await its terminationiliefefetheyvdll
adventure their families and) property jnoTex-
as. There is little doubt, butthata bedief or
impression prevails to a. limited exten,tia.se-
eluded neighborhoods i& many of ther. other
States, that our country is-yct in.pomedegre&
unsafe for emigrant families, andstilj disor-
dered from the effects of our wax,-which is as
unfounded, as would be the beliaf thaLthe peo-
ple of Texas in their struggle Gw Lnorty did i
not enjoy the same protecting.'Pnmdence- of
Heaven as did our illustrious- IbrefkUtqrs- ofthe
Revolution. In no part of theJImon are the
blessings of peace, the- security ,of person and
property, and just admintstraUoAAflthe-laws, "
enjoyed to a greater extent thaa-ihn)ur.fa.vored
land; and it is to the enjoyment.oF these bles-
sings, and the many and varied lodyanlages
and resources afforded by oun whole country .
we would invite the participation of the emu
grating community o all the States.,of the
Union ; for here may they AndJthsu: children
find homes of comfort and-abundat plenty,
and all the advantages'bestowed-byvgppd and
equal government. 'r
John Wojiack, Cbcs Dikean,
E. G. Collier, R. B Mahtix,,
John McCreae C. EV'ST'EWAHfS',
II. F. Boston, Jas. WiNTSBT, Jn., "
J. W. D. Ckeatii, P.JVilms'
Raleigh Rogers, J-JI-Pbice,
Rob. S. Simontox, L-G.. Weaves,
A. HnnrHiLL, LEai..G.SCLEPrEn,
W. M. Rankin, W. H.JFqwlek,
Jersmiaii Worshaii, E.. J- Arsojjj,
M. O. Dijton,
Jesse Vojiack,
Tiiosr Betts,
R. F. Olives, 7
Joux P. Hail, ,
W. MvGillaim,
MMcCo5$s, r
J- M.iIL Hcnteh,
C Gahbest.
Elishv Uzzell,
William Dunlap,
W. H. Berkeley,.
Ben. RionY,
H. H. Allen,
Medical Journal. Waha.Te received
the January number of the. Medical and Sur
gical Journal. It contains several excellent
articles, among wbichM.are ene?.entitled re-
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