Texas Ranger. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 46, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 15, 1854 Page: 2 of 4
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. THITRSIlXT, JUNE 51, 1854.
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To iaverfisers. Tlfe Texas Hanger offers great
inducements to business men, who "wish to avail
themselves 6f the "benefits of advertising. Being
the largest paper in Western Texas, and having a
circulation in every count y in the State, as "well
as in everjSouthern State, the proprietor flatters
himself that those who advertise in his columns,
trill be anost -amply remunerated.
V?ostmasters will confer an inestimable fa-
fegn the proprietor of the Banger, by sending
iimIie,names of -those subscribers who took the
lUmgerst thelf'Eost Ofiices, previous to the
time of theiurning of his establishment.
See announcement in today's paper of
Adolphia Testard aeandidate for comity
'Treasurer.
JJThe; CentralTexian, is the name of
a neat little "paper published iu Anderson,
bvTT. &K. A. Tan Horn. A
)SSi The Brazos River is again within a
few feet of being over its banks.
The steamer Brazos in command of Capt.
Hatfield, star ted to Sullavin's Bluff on Mon-
day evening.
U Jd. H. .Moore.-of Houston, is infbrm-
ed that wxfteceived a visit from those two
beightTiovs, butiiotlikingthe "cut of their
countenance," we did not feel disposed to
employ them. We learn from one of our
journeyman that they Lad in their possession
an obscene piece of poetry, relating to the fe-
male sex, which they "wished to get printed-
If they are such characters as represented
'ikey should be publicly denounced, and all
printing omeesfcautioned against them.
!kHrBeveridge late co-editor of the
Austin Times, -passed through this place last
week, on. his "way to Galveston. The follow-
ing, complimentary notice is paid him by that
, paper:
" Our columnswill not present the usual
amount of editorial,matter this week. The
editor has but latelv Veturned and Mr. Bev-
eridgehas left for Galveston. Mr. B.. is an
able, eloquent and Te&ay, writer. His pro-
ductions evince much originality of .thought
and a versatility of talenfcquite unusual.
"Our readers willjdoabtless, regret his retire-
ment from fbechairIitorial pro tem-. "We
certainly do.? .
Slave Sict in Boston.
Boston May 2. Gfecxcitement was
'caused in'thc city yesterday by the arrest of
Burns, afugitivc slave. Txie mob made an at
tempt last night to. rescue- mm, ana a umtea
States Deputy Marshall was iiiled while at-
tempting to maintain the law.
A mo"b ot four or live thousand persons
Etsrrqunded j .Court House..
June Sj-TheCommissioner at Bostonjlias
ilecHleji to.iemand the "fugitive negro JJurns
io thc-custody -of-his master.
The feeltug throughout the city upon the
tramonnsement ofshisdccisionwas intense.
Many of 'the stores wer6clo3gd'and buildings
were draped -in nourning. Tkev United
States flagtrashung at-various points clothed
mblack: Every avenue leading to the Court
square was tfensely thronged .with the highly
excited poplace The military efery wliere
were "saluted with hisses. The fugitive was
guarded by one hundred and fifty TJ. S.-troops,
with a nine pounder loaded with grape
shot. A large force of -police are stationed
on Central wharf, wbere'aif immense crowd
is assembling. The bells are tolling in the
neighboring villages. The Mayor placed
the city in charge, of the military.
CoL Sattle, Trirfl'claims Burns as his prop-
ertey, was" arrested oh the 26th on a charge
of attempicg to kidnap a citizen of Massa-
chusetts, and is" held under bail. ThisJs the
old game.
European "News.
At Liverpool, on Saturday,, 20th, the cot-1
ton market was dull; the sales 5,000 bales,
at unchanged prices. 'Breadstufls were firm1
and unchanged. Fine Wieat -was higher.
The allied fleets in the Black Sea had
been trying die range of the guns of the
fortifications .of Sebastopol preparatory to
anattocL The Turkish fleet had entered
the Black Sea for the purpose of capturing
or destroying all the Prussian possessions on
the Circa ssiancoast. The Turks had gained
two victories on the Danube.
In the Baltic the Russian fleet left -Hel-t
sengfors to join the Crpnstadt iloet. Admi-
ral .Napier lay aboat25miles from Croustadt
to intercept them.
The Cologne Gazette states that the Emp-
eror of Russia "hadta-relapse of illness.
-The inhabitanlspof St. Petersburg were
obliged to Imd. quarters tor the troops, and
there are in the jenyirous'of "the city -20,000
Cossacks.
It was stated that the
Bussian goveni-
ment had insured the Greek "overnment a
subvention- Df One" million urachmas per
month, also stated that the Greek Govern
ment granted letters of marque to pirates,
who at the present moment infest tho Levant.
The plan of the campaign is said to be an'
invasion of Bussia proper.
Paskiewitch is turning the front oMhcf
-war to the banks of tho Sereth and the
Dniester.
Austria's position is. decidedly hostile to
Bussia. and 100,000 additional troops have-1
been called out for the protection of her
frontiers.
-,, v j r ii ri
ence would be renewed for the purpose of
T tw p oTnif wl -friof- 4nr TiAnno CfXYtVny.
forming the basis of an Austrian, Prussian,
and Anglo-French alliance.
Awful Conflagration
CoNSTAsTiisrojgLE, Slay 4 An awful "con-
flagratiorr had taken place at Constantino
by which one thousand houses were destroy-
ed. Prince .Napoleon, wi(h other Prench offi-
cers worked hardto extinguish the flames.
The "Vienna Confeience is said to m be re-
newed on a new basis.
Tho Vienna 'Gazette states that' in consc-
m.ntixnYif n crrrtfife fin rtentralioii of troons on'.
XierBrui..m-u - ;- --j
1 . it- . ... Ai-7 su. 4-ai fi nnttAT A ttt t
tna "was raising nineiv-uve lauusuuu lem-uus.
ismeae wa, xcired equivalent toijV "J Pldf " this, every tm
open declaration of JUfton of Ans-1 must make himself heard andknown oth
t ....... 1-unriCfthn.lUjU toll Jlnlllll1 fllo nmrnr!. nP UXc
This
an ooen
tria not to be bullied by Russia
Our River Navigation.
Tho cheering report, which we received
from the-Captain. of the steamer Brazos on
tho substantial completion of the canal has
acted upon 'our community'like a powerful in-
vigorator- and will bring energies and levers
in action yet unknown. From, the time the
'Mustang,7 the pioneer of the steamboats that
ever-disturbed the waters as far as "Washing-,
ton, landed at this place, until the present
day, our navigation has always been at the
mercy of wet-seasons; but with the comple-
tion of the canal our river trade has entered a
new cpocbe. Others may take their fancy in
the "iron horse;" they may call the naviga-
tion of the Brazos at all seasons a chimera
and the river improvcniehi; our "hobby." Be
it so. We have good reasons for it. The
histpry of our commerce and internal impro-
vements in the older states point to the rivers
and canal3 as the best and most available
means for the transportation of heavy freight
and- in whatever direction railroad tracks
may cross the Union, wherever boatscould
run, shippingjwpuld-seeure-the transportation
o"F"bur slaples to the markets, in defiance of
locomotives going at the rate of forty miles
an hour. And why should the people of the
Brazo3 valley not profit from such lessons?
Railroads, whenever they come, will be wel-
come, but as long as .our cotton, sugar and
other products can be boated to our markets
and'hundred miles of navigation obtained
at the same expense as five miles of railroads,
the river improvement should be the favorite
object, under existing circumstances.
"With the final dredging of the Galveston
Bay, the increase of our trade and towns, and
the developement of our agricultural and
commercial resources is'-entirely in our hands
and we have no doubts, that men will come
forward to realize a long wished for desire:
the navigation of the Brazos at all seasons.
.Capt. Bradbury and the stockholders of the
canal have shown, what energy, persever-
rance and determination can accomplish, and
we pay only a tribute, due to them, by ex-
pressing our heartfelt thanks for their activ-
ity. What we- have said here has often been
said before and by ablet pens then ours ;
but truth has never been told too often We
wish we had the voice of a Benton and the
constitution of a Fremont, to preach the ne-
cessity of river improvement as a new gospel
until the subject sounds familiar in every log-
cabin in tho Brazos valley.
The Cuban affairs and Soule.
The ,Cuban affahs have come to a point,
where an abrupt termination cannot be avoi-
ded, without impairing our position as a na-
tion. The Black Warrior affair, the palm of
Spanish insolence, 'is, as it appears to us, not
the invention of Cuban authorities, but its
outlines have long before been meditated at
S the. court in Madrid, and Gen. Pczuela per-
ormedonly a subaltern's office, to impart to
that design those contemptible details, which
roused the indignation of our people, and for-
ced the administration at once to take that
determined stand, either to have immediate
satisfaction and apologies for such a wanton
insult or let the'long restrained wish of the
people 4or retaliation have its way, and teach
Spain, that she. is not allowed to impose gross
insults-uppn-'a neighbouring nation withim-
pnnity. The appointment of Mr Soule for
the ambassadorship at Madridjnetopposition
from all quarters of the Union. A few friends
of the administration called the selection an
injudicious one; for the opposition, Soule's
mission served as a target to direct all their
,attacks, destined for Pierce and his cabinet;
disappointed- office-seekers oared over the
elevationof a political refugee to such anJm-
portant position, and the diplomatistideclared
it to bean open insult to Spain. But Soule"
outlived all those attacks. At the thne, when
iPes. Pierce entered upon his official dutiesi
and a change of our ministers of foreign
courts took place; to expect from an Ameri-
can minister, after what had passed between
Spain'aud the United States, to foster'friendly
relations would be sheer nonsense. iThe'Gu-
ba question could never be settled in any
other way to our satisfaction, than in an ag
gression either by negotiations or force. The
positioa of our minister to Spain was more
that of an executioner to a criminal, than that
of an onroy to meditate friendship between
two pations", who have hitherto been on
such bitter terms. Por such a peculiar'diffi-
cult mission none of our public men was better
fit than Pierre Soule, and he performed his
unpleasant task with undaunted perseverance
and stutdiness. TPben arrived at Madrid,
tho satellites of the Spauish ministry fell upon
him like hungry wolres and every mendicant
coartier was put in requisition to break him;
but he braved tii& assaults. Personal insults,
he retaliated with the arguments of pistols,
and treated the intrigues of a corrupted court
likca true republican, with contempfr'and in-
difference;;?whilc onvtha othe&hand he push ed
every instruction of his govermont with an
imjotousityjiciibxaugat.thing-ftt-onctrto'l
a crisis. ut it took a man like mm, not only
one of stern republican principles, but one
with'a deadly hatred against monarchies and
royal appendages; whom neither the haughty
cirs pf Don's, nor the vile snares of a debased
court could baffle. Tho Africanization of
Cuba with all ita dangerous consequences for
tho southern states will at a glance explain J
theimpetuosity, with which Soule urged his
demands" If settled to our satisfaction, ho
"' "U
deserves the thanks of the American people;"1 v" uc c.a
if not, than we are allowed by the laws of na-
ture and nations, to untie that gordion knot
, - -; J
by cutting it.
$l0O,000;00O5 for Cuba!
A "special despatch to the Kew York
Express,"frOui Washington, dated on the
25th, dves the tcrv probable and reliable
L that r w Winslow, bear
er Of dispatches from Madrid, will be sent
jba-ck immadiaftdy, carciiig instructions
to M. Soule to offer $100,000,000, for Cu.
ba. -
The policy of everv man in business who
mnst live by tho public, is to let the public
-. .
" '
is best speaking trumpet isle. -,,a. ' nr ., 'T u , ...
i i.- .. ? i Simon Lateinan and Mathew Jett, about the
tlfc nei
newspaper advertisraenr. Tn a populons
j . . .,,.,,,,.,, .; ,
lOTWlse-lift will fall behind t.hp rimm-Ass nf Iivs '
r--o -
Jio 'l a .
A Filibustering Expedition for Cu-
lm. The Alexandria Democrat, whose editor
appears to be at home on the subject, gives
us the following edifying revelation on a
coming Cuban expedition :
" The fate of Cuba is seal. Kbthing short
of the hand of Omnipotence can save her
now, and the Queen of the Antilles may set
about preparing a wedding dress for her
marriage to Uncle Sam. It does not mat
ter a straw whether we kick up a war iitli
her about the Black Warrior case, or let
that take its place among the thousand and
one other indignities impatiently endured.
There is an expedition on foot, having for
its object her overthow, of a character alto
gether too formidable to admit a. loop upon
which to hang a doubt. This is positively
true, and what is a little remarkable, there
is no disguise whatever about it. Men talk
about it as an event beyond the surveilance
of chance. " There is no such word as fail."
Blatherskite meetings are not held, nor arc
our risibles excited by symbolic "givings out
and mysterious hints. But what amounts to
something more and better, a hundred sub-
scription books are open, and I state a fact
within my own knowledge, that nearly half a
million of dollars has been subscribed in
Scv Orleans, and paid in. Any one can see
these books, witness the paying down of cash
by what I may call a countless throng crowd-
ing around them, and fork over whatever
amount he may deem proper. Munitions of
war, Luge cannon, muskets, powder, etc.,
leave here almost daily for !New York, and
large bodies of emigrants are pressing for-
ward to the Bio Grande. Up to this time
these public movements have encountered no
obstacles, nor will they in future. Men have
charge of the expedition now who are not
hair-brained fools, but energetic, practical
business operators. They will start with the
sinews of war money with picked men,
not the rag-tag and bob-tails of large cities,
and with appointments for any emergency."
Diplomatic Transactions at Mad-
rid. On receiving the dispatches referring to the
Black Warrior affair, Mr. Soule sent Mr.
Perry, the secretary of Legation, to Caldeioh
the Spanish minister, with the imperative re-
quest to send answers on the difficulty, in
twenty-four hours. The next day passed
without receiving any replies to the demand,
and Mr. Perry requested, with the watch in
his hand, a decisive answer on the matters;
but " holy week" was put up as an excuse.
At this stage of the proceedings,- the queen
sent for Mr. Soule, who, it may as well be
here repeated, is in favor at the palace, while
on the contrary, Calderon is' hated by her.
Her majesty who indulges in a very strong'
diet, into winch brandy and cigars enter large
ly, and who is not very choice in her language, i
wished to know of Mr. boule what the row
meant between him and M. Calderon. On
Mr. S. stating the case, she stamped her foot
violently on thoJloor, and said that" Calderon
was a H d fool; that she wished Soule would
manage the affair so as to get her rid of him
and she advised him to yrcss 7dm hard." It
is generally thought in diplomatic circles in
Paris, that between Mr. Soule and the queen,
Calderon will be brought to a conclusion of
I some kind."
j6- The Selma, (Ala.) State Sentinel, of
the 80th ult., has the follqwing about "pecans"
in Texas, and blackberries and persimmons
in !Nbrtli Carolina
The pecan crop is to Texas what the persim-
mon and blackberry crop is to iSbrtk Caroli-
na. This spring'the blackberry crop in the
old North State has been most abundant,
and sin2e the prospects have been so good
for .the crop of 'simmons in the fall, it is said
there is more independence among the
people than ever was linown before. , The
crop offpecaast in Texas ffids fan: to be
an abundant one this fall, and the con-
sequences is, Jfchat Texas feels herself some
now.
Tlie Morcnons.
Thelast Edinburgh1 Beview contains a
complete history of this corrupt community,
fromrhe origin of the gross imposture through
its whole scandalous progress downto the
present moment. It gives a fair viewT of the
doctrines and the condition of the Mormons,
and holds them, up, by a plain statement of
undeniable facts, to the disgust and horror of
thctciviiized world. The BeviewT states that
more dupes have been made in England to
this mischievous and monstrous delusion than
in all the world besides. Mentioning an au-
theuticporrait of Joseph'Smith the Mahom-
et the Beview remarks: ''Never did we see
a face on wbich the hand of Heaven had
more legibly written rascal." The face was a
faithful index of the character. Astonishing
as the growth of Mormonism seems even to
those "who never knew its founder, to those
who did, ifc is so atterly astounding that they
have no "words to express their twonder. If
the reader will bring to 'his recollection the
most thorough, irredeemable, acknoweldged
scamp of all his acquaintance, and try'tSim-
agine such a man the successful head of a
new religion, he will have some idea of the
mosfc boundless wonder of those who fomerly
knew Joe Surra, at the triumph of the impos-
ture of the most notorious and graceless vag,
abond in all Western New York.
The Fashions. -l
Talhers aq husbands, who are compelled
to submit to monthly shaves of from one to
two per cent., will no doubt feel peculiarly
refreshed after reading the following, para-
graph. It is copied from the Paris fashion
journals, and our lady readers may rest assur
ed that it is the last agony:"
"Dresses of silk, with three flounces of dif-
ferent colors are novelties, and wjll enjoy
great favor during the commiug season
There nrcanany in preparation, havjng a pat-
, i T x! j.t J r I 1 x
A
robe of this description has three skirts, one
over the other, with an interval of six or eight
inches. The lowest is emerald green, the
middle one of paler green, and the third of a
felt gray color. The body is of the feltgrny
color, high and plain, and has a frill down the
breast, of Alencon's lace, in the centre of
which are placed three brooches of emeralds
surrounded with pearls. The sleeves arc
double pagoda, the under one light green,
the upper felt gray, and only reaching to tho j
bow. Thisaleecis slit up behind, and
trimmed with lace, and is fastened by three
emerald buttons, snrrouuded by penis."
On the first of next month, says the Gon-
latter part of'l&JW, is to be tried in Galves-
1-ton. Iheje-is also anndictmeut against him
irom ims uouri ior iuo muruer oi nis cousin.
- n. v . i-i n..i.i i -u v
u ne is not inou in vrniresion, ne win do
fr t jnn !,
Tlio Richest Slaveholder.
A writer in the Richmond Whig gives an
account of a gentleman in Virginia, tvIio is the
richest man in that State, and the largest
slaveholder in the Union, and perhaps in the
world, unless the serfs of Russia be consider-,
ed as slaves He says:
Samuel Uairston of Pittsylvania, is the gen-
tleman. When I was in his section, a year
or two ago, he was the owner of between 1600
and 1700 slaves, iu his own right, having but
a little while before taken a census. He has
also a prospective right to about 1000 slaves
more, which are now owned by his mother-in-law,
Mrs. 11. Hairston, he having married her
only child. Ue now has the management of
them, which makes the number of his slaves
reach near 3000. They increase at the late
of near 100 every year; he has to purchase
large plantation? eveiy year to settle them
on. A large number of his plantations are
in Henry and Patrick counties, Virginia.
He has large estates in North Carolina. His
landed propeityin stocks, alone, is assessed
at $600,000. IIis wealth-is differently esti-
matea'at from $3,000,000 to $5,000,000;
and I should think it was nearer the latter.
You think he has a haid lot, but I assure you
Mr. Hairston manages all his matters as easy
as most persons would an estate of $lu,000
He has ovei seers who are compelled to give
"him a written statement of what has been
made and spent on each 'plantation, and his
negroes are all clothed and fed fiom his own
domestic manufacture; and raising his own to-
bacco crop, which is immensely largel as so
much clear gain every year, besides his in-
crease in negioes, which is a fortune of ittelf.
And now for his residence I have travel-
ed over fifteen States of this Union, and have
never seen anything comparable to his 3-ard
and garden, except some of them in the Mis-
sissippi delta, and none of them equal to it.
Mis. Hairston has been beautifying it for
years; and a good old minister, in pi caching
near the place, and describing Paradise said,
"it was as beautiful as Mrs. Hahston's;" or,
as a friend who had visited Washington city
foSthe first time, remarked, that "the public
grounds weic nearly as handsome as Samuel
Hairston's." He is a plain, unassuming gen-
tleman and has never made any noise in the
world, though he could vie with the Biuccs,
the McDonough's and Astor's; and it is
strange, that while their wealth is co-extensive
with the Union, be is not known 100 miles
from home. I believe he is now the weal-
thiest men in the Union, as Wm. B. Astor is
only worth about $4,000,000, and the estates
of city people are vastly overrated, while Mr.
Hairston can show the property that will bring
the cash at any moment.
Mr. Haiisto'n was raised within a few miles
of where he now lives, in Henry county. He
has several brothers, who are pretty well to do
in the world. One of them, Marshal Hair-
ston, of Henry, owns more than 700 negroes;
Robert Hairston, who now lives in Mississippi,
near 1000, and Harden Hairston, who has
also moved to Mississippi, about 600 slaves.
George Hairston, of Henry, has given most
all of his property to his children, reserving
only about 150 slaves for bis own use. This,
I believe, is a correct statement of the cir
cumstances of the Hairston fimilv.
Jfalip. 13. Gongh.
The London Times thus compliments this
notable and eloquent temperance lecturer,
who has for some months past been lecturing
in Loudon:
He is the Paganini-of orators. He plays
only on one string but one capable of infinite
responses the life of a drunkard ! Oh,
'heavens and earth, oh, angels, men and dev-
ils, what ji tfceme ! running from the cherub
infant, thiough wasted youth, blasted man-
hood, days of alternate levchy and cursing,
a home of unrelieved misery, a death of shame
and anguish ! It is this that' Mr. Gough re-
cites night after bight. He paces up and
down some 12 or 20 feet of a platform, ju
diciously clear for him, paces up and down,
with hands clenched as in agony, or pawing
the air to- keep off the ghosts of memor"
pouring out words with such spontaneity that
they sometimes seem to tumble over one an-
other, and smother meaning in their fall,
scarcely stopping at a cheer, never inviting
one. He tells you with gestures even moie
significant than his passionate and sometimes
beautiful words, how he went out from the
Lhome of .a poor but pious loviug mother, wan
dered from the straight road, was whipped by
demons over an arid desert, fed upon the hot
sand of his burning thirst, felt a word of
mercy like cooling water on his tongue, saw a
rainbow of hope over the abyss of seven years
in sin, and was restored to strength and pu-
rity, if not happiness When he has told
this, he" can turn to other men, can paint so-
ciety with a vivid pencil, and conduct an ar
gument with vigor the more effective because
tolerant, sometimes ne win mtroauco an il-
lustration, like that of a boat on the rapids,
which hold an audience in suspense almost of
agoiry, and foice them to seek relief in ap-
propriate tumult.
Washington, June 1. Tho President
has issued a proclamation to the various U.
S. Mai shals to prevent all Filibuster Expe-
dition against Cuba.
The Mint Defalcation of Philadcl-
pliia. It appear "that M. J". E. Negus, a weigh
clerk, has been for some time, it is alleged,
buying go)dcn slugs from Californians, and
selling them to Decor & Hayes, jewelers.
Finding this a slow way of making money,
he helped himself to various amounts an slugs,
from the the bags of depositors. He sold
Jhem to the n.bovedirmr w-ho-had-uo -suspicion
whatever of his dishonesty. The whole a-
mounfc taken is said to be $10,600. When
the robbery was traced to him, he made a
full confession, and restored the, above amount.
Mr. Negus, who is oue ef the pillars of the
church, and most respectably connected, has
been for sevral years engacd in the mint, and,
until this transaction became known in Phil-
adelphia, has been above suspicion. He
sailed from New York for Europe a few da s
siucc, in the steamer Washington.
Cowliicliug 1J Women.
This innocent aud exoitiug amusehicnt h
indulged in rather too freely and publicly of
late, in some parts of the country. In annr-
cle on the subject, the New York Courier
saj'S:
"Vc notice in a recent exchange paper au
account of a recent cowhiding inflicted upon
a man bv a womom Such things, -to the
shame of woman-kind, happen once in a while,
nml are chionkled by -nme jornals w lth crent
jglee and generally with tho implication at
least that the Tnly hah shown ner-eii a wo-
man of spirit. Wo mention the mutter me-
rely to- say, th-it if there can be a more cow-
ardly act than Uu Mnkiug of a woman by
I ii nuin it. iilyk ri1;iior ol a man bv a wo
man. It is th niuicUon Of the worst of
wrongs shame upnn a Ucfcncelesspcrson"
"Whvisamuflflikonsillv Ecntlemcm? Be
cause it holdsa lady's handsAwthoufc squeezing
Feminine JKbarrassmeuis .
Mrs. Swisshelm the Lady editor of the
Pittsburg Saturday Visitor, in her last issue,
says, with her characteristic candor and
simplicity:
"Indisposition which kept us in our room
prevented our seeing or hearing Miss Brown
while she was in Pittsburg, and a sudden in-j
flux of domestic cares prevented our doing the
usual amount of editorial woik last week.''
In the good time coming, when women arc
to take their places side -by side with men
at the Cabinet board and in our legislative
hall?, we fear that such little interruptions
from "a sudden influx of domestic care" may
sometimes prove embarrassing.
The Washington coi respondent of the
New York Tribune writes to that paper the
following gas :
" The Tribune creates the greatest excite-
ment heie. Little squads are to be seen
reading a copy-Af-heai ing it read. On Sat-
urday night, especially, the newsboys sold
out in a few minutes, and then went round
trading off other papers for Tribunes, selling
the Tribune over two or three times. Yet
many were unable to get a copy."
The members of congress care no more
about Greeley's opinions than they do about
his old white coat, and this twattle about the
excitement the Tribune produces is a mere
" trick of the tiade," an expedient to help
the sales'of a sheet that is fast falling into
contempt by its incendiary and treasonable
course.
The following is tho closing of an obituary
of an editor, published some time ago, which
will ceitainly bear repeating. The writer
says :
" Are we not also glad that such an editor
is in heavcn: The cry of c more copy,' shall
never again fall upon his distracted ears
There he will never more be abused by his
political antagonists, with more lies and de1-
tractions than would shame a deacon to pro-
mulgatc. There he shall no more be used as
a ladder for the aspiring to kick down as
soon as they reach the desired height, and
need him no more. There ,hc will find all
ai tides credited,-not a clap of his thunder
stolen, and there shall be no" horrible typo-
graphical errors to set him in a fever. 4Vc
are "lad the editor is in heaven."
Material for Printing- Paper.
The growing demand for printing paper)
and the present high prices of the aiticle,
render it necessiry that some new material
should -be brought into use, which, from its
abundance and cheapness imy recommend it
to the favor of the manufacturer. To this
end, every experiment should be tried that
may lead to the discovery of the article so
much desired. In the Southern and Western
States, south of the thirtieth degree of lati-
tude, a garden plant is grown fiom which
printing paper may bo4panufactnred in great-
er quantities and of a finer quality than is
made from all the materials now used in the
manufacture of that article. The value of
this material as a substitute for hemp has al-
ready been tested, with results highly satisfac
tory.
The plant flourishes best in damp soils and
'a humid atmosphere. Under the most ad-
vantageous circumstances it grows from six
,to ten feet in height, aid will yield several
tons to the acie. The.stem, like hemp, re-
quires to be stripped of its bark, leaving a
core of a beautiful whiteness, with a fibro of
,tbeJull lqngth of the plant,very strongand
piiaoie. -kxperiraenis on a iimueu scaiejnave
recently been made with it, in the manufac-
ture of a cloth used for bagging, 'withvery
favorable results. In texture it Dears soine
resemblance to Manilla, though it is not so
harsh, and is more readily converted into
pulp. It may be sown broadcast, requites
no cultivation, lipens in a few months and
gives an immense yield. The process of strip-pinn-
it of its bark is simple and expeditious,
and may be pei formed by the ordinary mode
of threshing. Ballivioie Ledger.
The plant referred to is the common okra
of the South, which can be grown, in "inex-
haustible quantities. We have seen speci-
mens of hemp manufactured from it, as well
as small quantities of the. dresied .fibre. 'What
we saw was long, fine, white and strong, -and
seemed well calculated to make excellent
rope. Wd do not sec why it would not makc-j
good paper. TflU not some enterprising in-
dividual try the experiment ? It is certainly
worth the trial.
The following inviting picture of that por
tion of Texas named, may be justly applied
to much ot tne country in tins orate, we
do not exagecrate in making this statement,
and we heartily wish that many of our friends
in other States would come and see for them-
selves, isincty-nine in a hundred would
then endorse the following from the Indiano-
la Bulletin, as true of Texas : Times.
To linger about such streams as the La-
vaca and Naridad, to look upon the surround-
ing scenery, so varied and so lovely, every
tree laden with foliage of tho greenest hue,
grape vines weaving their branches over
acres of shrubbery that bends beneath their
load, rich clusters of grapes hanging above
and around on all sides in unlimited abun
dance, to see herds of deer, flocks of turkc3's j
and other game ; to see the woods alive with
squirrels skipping from branch to branch,
aud hear the song1? of birds on all hands
these sights and sounds, though common to
our citizens, and not appreciated by them,
are worthy of our warmest admiration. There!
are millions ot people m the older btates
that would think these beauties of nature
which may be seen in our county, and other
portions of Texas, perfectly captivating, aud
they would think rightly.
The Wheat Crop in Missouri.
The St Louis Intelligencer, of the 17th
inst in speaking of tho approaching harvc-t,
:? !T. D, Z?Z ?" I r
u uuuai m .u -- " r '" "-
maiket and won d have Western" dea ers J
mindful of the fact that a decline m the puce
of this article must necessarily ensue. Prt-
. in inac region aimo ii -u-u.jr ",
so to oo por cent, upou wjc iirau piuuutuuu
of the new crop. The farmers in that quar
tcr are expecting to cut their wheat and have
iHn market by the 25th of Juno.
J6SJ It a. ing been stated that John Wcnt-
worth was a journeyman printer when he first
went to Chicago, some years ago, the Toledo
Blade denies it, aud says that he was nothing
but a lawyer, yet, as he was an ambitious
chap, and wanted to come up in the world,
he allowed the impression to go abroad that
he was a prihtci, for the respectability of the
thing! His plan operated successfully,
for he Iuh amassed a fortune of $200,000,
and has been five times elected to Con-
irrc.ss. A oSithc heart makes a ulooining
visage.
True ; but it won't do to suppose that every
blooming visage comes from a jolly condition
j of the heart. The cause sometimes lies deeper
''ban that in tho collar
. . .t . . i i : :i.i.. J ..'"'
XJXe in Paris.
Ladies in Paris have the greatest horror
of being fat. Death has a fewer horrors than
corpulency; and I really believe, that if the
Salique law did not prevent a lady from as-
cending the throne, the first Empress would
ordain the destruction of all children who ap-
peared inclined to corpulency. Dnring the
past week there has been hurried at Pere la
Chaise, the Marchioness de " who died
in consequence of having ruined her digestion
by tho excessive use of vinegar; the Princess
de , from the same cause, havingex-
hausted herself by refusing to take sufficient
"nourishment and Mine. . the wife ot an
agens de change, "killed by vinegar" The
mother of vinegar is the fiist cousin of death.
The first and last persons drank daily three
large tumblers of vinegar, and they died
horrible punishment fat. Between vinegar
and cards, the fashionable world here is in a
sorry way. .
Corr. Boston Atlas.
BSI- Our planters, it seems, are to have a
hard time of it this year; cotton has gone
down to a mere song; the late cold weather
followed by the present wet weather is any-
thing but propitious to the growing crop.
We have had, since the first of iliay, a very
unusual wet season for Texas; causi ng the
cotton plant to gi ow, in many places, to0
much to weed, whilst in others it is appea-
rently almost drowned out. The corn and
millet crops, however, were never more pro-
mising. This fall will be a most propitious
season to remove to Texas; corn will doubtless
be sold for twenty-five or thirty cents per
bushel, in almost every section of the inhabi-
ted poition of the state,
Lag Monument.
Death of Capt. Wm. Wood.
This gentleman, on of the officers comman-
ding a company at the battle of San Jacinto,
died this morning at the Pierce House. Capt
Wood had been in declining health for many
month. We understand it ivas one of his last
wishes that his remains should be interred on
the battle-field, where he and his brave com-
rades achieved for themselves an imperishable
fame and for their country, victory and inde-
pendence. Through the liberal contributions of our ci-
tizen, measures have already been adopted to
carry out his wishes, and that accordingly
his remains will go down to the battle-ground
this afternoon on the'st earner Eclipse.
, Houston Telegraph.
1 One answer to six Questions.
The Washington Union partinently says :
Where are the prophecies that the annexa-
tion of Texas would divide the Union ?
Wliere th& prayers for a Bank of the Uni-
ted States asthe only way to save the coun-
try from bankruptcy ?
W here the poverty the beggary, and the
devastation that were to follow the passage
of the tariff of 1S46 ? '
Where the evidence that California i3 not
worth a dollar ?
TFhere the reality of the prediction, that
the Fugitive Slave Law would be repealed ?
Where the thousand anticipations of ha-
tred and revenge called into life by the Com-
promise Measures ?
They are buried deeper than plummet cv-
'er sounded. Thev are forsotton in that un
fathomable abyss -whe;e, in a few months,
the present prognostications of the enemies
of the Nebraska bill will be buried and for-
gotten.., " The Uuntsville Item, which paper has
heretofore' ppposcd the punishment of gambl-
ing, opposed the temperance reform move-
ment, upheld, or rather u winked at" houses
of illfame, comes out now and directly defends-
end-sustains the -perpetrators of the
most 'horrid crime in the calendar, from the
just censures of the press and public. The
infanticide lately committed in a neighboring
city, by those who ' iuhumanly murdered an
innocent babe, excites for the perpetrators
the sympathy of the Item ! That paper hopes
that the guilty parties may never be found.
The "stings of conscience" of the mother,
it says, " will be worse punishment than any
law can inflict." We are at a loss to ac-
count for the position which this vmter takes
upon all occasions against law, of 8er, morali-
ty, and decency. Does he suppose that he
is living in a land where licentiousness and
immorality are the ruling characteristics, and
that he will be sustained in such stuff as from
time to time appears in his columns, disgust-
ing as'it is to every moral sense, and repul-
sive as the sentiments are to the good citizen,
who loves to see the law in all cases enforced
and 'sustained. We believe that th"e citizens
of Texas are a law abiding people, and
we cannot and do not believe that the
sentiments of the Item on the subjects refer-
red to, reflect by any means their opinions.
We should rejrret to see such sentiments go
abroad to other States unrebuked. The Item
says " the Restells of New York, go unwhip-
ped of justice because wealthy." " An un-
fortunate who undertakes it in Texas, how-
ever, must look out for the extreme penalty
of the law." And we ask what crime is
more heinous, and deserves more rigidly the
c.treniepenalty than that of infanticide, ?
Who could expect reasonably to find in the
mother who would deliberately murder her
offspring, anything like " the stmgs of con
science." And who aoes not believe that in
the act perpetrated, and which elicits the
sympathies of the Item, is to be found the
most iuhuman and fiendish traits of charac-
ter. Such monstdm do not deserve a name
or life among human beings, and we not only
rejoicethat one woman is now receiving pun-
ishment in our penitentiary for a similar mur-
der, but hope that she may soon have com
JU- -
pany
Times.
The Boy and the BricU.
A' boy hearing his father say " 'Twas a
poor rule that would not work both ways,"
said: tcIf father applies this rule to- his
work, I wilLtcst it in mv play."
So setting up a row of bricks, three or four
inches apart, he tippedover the first, which,
striking the second, caused it tonfall on the
third, and so on through the whole course,
until all the bricks lay prostrate."
Well," said the boy, " each brick has
d dowa
j qq Qne Now T
. , ' ., . . . . .
j win see if raising one will raise all the rest
q- .
ETc looked in vain to sfio them rise.
" Here father," said the boy, " is a poor
rule ; twill not work both ways. They
knock each other down, but will not raise
each other up."
" My son," said the fathor " bricks and
raankiud aie alike, made of clay, active in
knocking each other down, but not -disposed
to help each other up."
" Father," said tho boy, "does the first
brick represent the first Adam I"
The father replied with the following
MORAL.
" When men fall they love company ; -but
when they liso, they love to stand alone, like
yonder brick, and see others prostrate and
below them "
"Bob, who was the first man, asked one
juvenile of another, the other day.
"Why; Adam, to be sure,5' was the an-
swer. ' '
"Well, who was Ohe first woman then?"
"Why, Adnm'- tnr- of ronrse.B
A. Vicious Sheep.
ilac, who loves a good thing as well as
any body, got out the following, last week,
vouching that it was true, according to the
" Boo-tail"limitation-thatis,, tcas he knew."
Out TTest a settlement was sorely annoyed
by a rouge who stole sheep frequently, but
who by his adroitness always managed to es-
cape diiect proof of his guilt. 'Cases innu-
merable, only three shades below the legal
standard of proof, currently recited against
him. Nobody, however, could furnish the
evidence which would stop up tho Rogue's
Gap of Reasonable Doubt. Pettibone was
too wide-awake for that.
At length, one Sunday morning, a neighbor
on some sudden emergency was passing
across the country, perhaps, for a doctor
through a turned out field but little frequent-
ed and where a small flock of sheep were ac-
customed to graze. Here he saw Pettibore
in- hot pursuit of a fat ewe, and too enthusias-
tic in the pursuit to observe that there was a
spectator of the chase. At length Petli-
boxe overhauled the bleating emblem of in-
nocence, and with glittering blade let out its
life, At this juncture the aforesaid "specta
tor rode up and exclaimed
"Aha! you infernal' sheep-stealing rascal,
I've caught you at last, have I, right in the
act of killing John Simpson's sheep !
c Yes !" shouted Pettibone, thrusting for-
ward his face and shaking his head defiantly
at his interlocutor, while he flourished his
blabe indignantly ; " yes ! and I'll, kilL any-
body's sheep that comes and tries to-lnie me!"
The defense was worth a sheep, and they
only required " Petty' to leave the settle-
ment, lest all the sheep might become "vi-
cious. The Sound of Bells. ,
The nearer bells are hung to Jhe 'Surface
of the earth, other things being equal, the
farther they can be heard. Pranklin Jias re-
marked, that many years ago the inhabitants
of Philadelphia had abell imported fromEng-
land. In order to judge of the soundifc was
elevated on a triangle, in the great street of
the city, and struck, as it happened' on a
market day, when the people coming-to mar-
ket were surprised on hearing the sountPof a
bell at a greater distance from the city- than
they ever heard any "bell before. This cir-
cumstance excited the attention of the curi-
ous, and it was discovered that the 'sound of
the bell struck in the street reached1 nearly
double the distance it did when raised1 hi the
air. In the air, sound travelled at the rate
of from 1130 to 1140 feet por second. In
water, 470S feet per second. Sounds are
distinct at twice the distance on the; water
that they are on land.
We learn from a gentleman wholeffc Dal-
las on the 2Gth ult, that the wheafcrop of
that county had then been nearly all gather-
ed and saved. The yield was never Abetter,
and at a rough estimate will exceed 40000
bushels, for Dallas alone. d "
Hundreds of thousands of acres? unculti-
vated, of this wheat growing land,invite
purchasers. Wheat harvested inStTay, ari
new flour early in June, are things that can't
be had everywhere. The iron horsehowev-
er, is required to distribute it, anftsend to
Xew Orleans "Texas Scpekfixe ew" to be
quoted in the price currents of that city .be-
fore the first July.
Galveston Joracal.
Arise, oh Day! .
A William 'Day is extensively "a'dvertfsed
for,and notified that he may hearof some-
thing.greatly to his advantage. NoMoubtVit
ha c turns Up,f and Qbtains4Wpxp.ndro-
splandence,it.will be all dayy witi? Mm:
JExchangs. r
Mis3 Dobb says that the first time a coat
sleeve encircled, her waist, she thought sh8
was in a prtvillion bnilt of rainbows, the win-
dow sills of which, were compossd of Eolian
harps.
Married on the 7th inst, at the residenc of"
her father, .Miss Bettie Cabler, to Mr.
John Stevexson, all of this county. -
iYew Orleans Marltet.
Saturday Morning, Juuo 3, 1854V
Cotton. We noticed in our last -raview
sales during the early part of the weekofion-
ly 6750 bales, operationshavingbeea restrict-
ed by the unfavorable tenor of "the foreign
news. The market since has exhibited -rather
more animation, and as the demand ha3
run principally upon even running listsj, of
Middling to Good Middling, which ,are com?
paratively scarce, those descriptions Have
commanded fuller prices, requiring'us to, ad-
vance our outside quotations for Strict Midi
aung so. .
Stock no hand 30th ult.,-248,615 bales,-a-gainst
137,917 same time last year. There-
ceipts proper since the 1st Sept. to Mate's are
274, 39G bales less than during the same
time last year (1,311,220 against 1,5S5,616)
and the decrease at 11 the ports up to"' th&
latest dates Is 433919 bales (2,6S5,784a-
gainst 3,119,703.) . ; K
Ordinary 5 a6 1 Good MfddlingU9'
.Low Middlim
7iaZ
Middling Pair QaBh
Fair 9a-r
Middling 7 aS
MoiaVSSES 10ic
Sugar Pair to Fully Pair SjflSic
CqFFEE Rio at 10c. "-
Flour $7 00 bbl-
Pork NewMrsi $12 00c
n
Bacon Sides and Shoulders at 6cta
Lard Prime fleets - 1
". Cheese 10c. . . 'm
Salt Liverpool $30cts; FinelJSocts.
Rice jljc m PKffS
Whiskey 21 a 22c h j . 4
Candles Star 20 Jo" -"
Lime $2 00 bbl. "
Bagging 14al5c;RopeS;ja9c. ' -
3N'ew Orleansv3Ioney Market. -
American Gold Coinage,
California Gold, per ounce,
Sovereigns,
x.
par a spremf
$16 50'al7 2T
4 84 a 4 8fe
3 S3 a 3 86 '
16 60.a,16, 65
IS "7nfr. T'7'
t Napoleons, v
opanisn jjou moons,
Patriot t
Specie, American,
Mexican Dollar,
-w . fVf,
3 a-A
4 a 5
prem.
BANK NOTES,
Bank of Louisiana,
Canal and Banking Co,
Louisiana State Bank,
Mechanics' and Traders' .
Union Bank, 4
Citizens',
Consolidated,
Bank of Mobile,
Alabama State,
Pr
par
PAP""
paa
par'dis
d dis
&2di3
la I'ldls"
lalfdS.
1 a li'dis,
North Carolina, . -
South Carolina,
Georgia,
Virginia,
Northern Bank, Miss., redeem-
able at M'Dowell, Mills & CoVs,
-pai?"
Jfra 1 dSlT
Cincinnati,
Ohio Country, -
Indiana,
Tennessee,
Kentucky?
Missouri . ,
Commercial and Agricultural
Bank at Galveston,
160 Acres, -
a l,dis-
-aldi5
para lSjs';.
.. - '- "
tJLdis
$175 ff ISO
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