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Hi TEXAS RANGER.
J. IiAKCASTER. Editor.
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LStjtngtou, civets.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 241855.
3fe Advertisers. The Texas Hanger offers great
iTTaucements to business men, who wish to avail
themselves of the "benefits of advertising. Being
the largest paper in "Western Texas, and having a
circulation in vcry county in the Stated as well
ash every Southern State, the proprietor flatters
himself ihst those -who advertise in his columns,
will be most amply remunerated.
ilfj:' Piilndelpllia' is an author"
lxed Bgent for this paper.
Jtrank Lipscomb, Esq., of Bellville, Austin co.
is n authorized agent for this paper.
Capt M. K. Sxeli., Postmaster, Caldwell, is
an authorized agent for this paper.
j See new advertisements.
- Dr. E. R. Hubby, is informed that
webaveneard'notbing of the leads sent by
jSTr. Steele.
3! The Alabama and Rigbee "rivers are
rising, and accoi ding to reports have already
risen two feet.
BgU Mr. Jas. S. Barton, is notified of the
Teceipt of his favor.
1- Dr. J S. Riley, Caldwell, is inform-
ed that his cards will T)e forwarded by next
mail; we would also suggest its publication in
the Ranger.
I. We acknowledge the receipt of the
Galveston prices Current, of the 15th, from
E. B. Nichols & Co., and J. S. Jlhea.
ggl, Mr. J. A.. Hargrove, is informed of
the receipt of his favor, with the 12 50 en-
closed, for which we acknowledge threeyear's
payment on the Ranger, up to October 1st,
1855.
If all our patrons who are owing us from
October 1852, would respond as promptly to
our call as Mr, Hargrove, they would relieve
ns from our present embarrassment, and ena
ble us to give them the most elegant family
paper in the State, and we would obligate
onreelf, Ibat in case we failed to do so, we
ould either refund them their last year's
subscription or present them with one.
Our only ambition is, to publish an inter-
esting family paper, superior to any in the
State, (and the Texas papers will compare
with any in the Union) and this we are de-
termined to do if we-only get one-fonrth that
is owing ns.
Jg? P. Bremond, Esq., writes ns from
Houston, under date of the 16th. He thinks
that matters are so arranged that 25 miles of
ihe Houston-raU-road will be completed this
yearj seems t favor Hill's ferry as the cross-
ing on the Brazos, and remarks that Hidalgo
offers another good point. He is of opinion
that the most level and direct way to Austin,
and the mostnccommodating rout for the
country, is by .Fuller's, -Alexander's and
iyton's
The pamphlet he speaks of we did not re-
ceive. JS We'notice among the arrivals at the
Old Capitol, (published in the Telegraph) is
one J- M. Shannon, with the word "Sloped"
in italics, after his name. We hope this is
not the ease, as we believe he is a subscriber
to the Ranger, and we can scarcely reconcile
it to our feelings to believe that we have any
one on our list that would slope from a tavern;
for if so we are apt to to sloped out of our
pay.
Last week we took a walk down to
the river bank, and was much surprised to
see the improvements going op.
Messrs TJnderhill &. Shapard had just com-
pleted a new boat for their ferry, built, (not
of the cedarsrof Lebanon, but) of the fine
cedars of the Brazos. We venture the asser-
tion that this is the largest, most convenient
and complete ferry boat in the State. The
owners of this ferry are also grading the
banks on either side, determined to have the
best crossing on ihe Brazos.
The spacious warehouse, near the steam-
boat landing, kept by Mr. Anglin, is fitted up
in a secure manner and has been much im-
proved, and all that is now scaded to give the
landing an air of commercial importance is a
tvfo feet rise in the river, and the arrival and
departure of steamboats.
Singular Coincident.
In the Ranger of the 10th we published
flrum.icle under the caption of " I Haven't
Sold my Cotton i" and credited to' the Co-
lumbus, (Ga.J Enquirer. In the Gonzales
Inquirer of the same date the same article is
published as editorial. If the Inquirer is en-
titled to the credit, we would like to know by
what means of conveyance the publisher has
to send liis paper a distance of over one hun-
dred miles the same moment it is published.
There is certainly plagiarism some where.
Jgk-Tbe Washington Monument has reach-
ed the height of 164 feet, and before the close
of the present building season, three addition-
al courses of stone will belaid, increasing the
elevation of the structure to 171 feet, The
association conducting this work memorial-
ized Congress at its last session, asking for an
appropriation of $100,000 to carry it forward,
starting that their funds were nearly exhaust
ed. The petition was not favorably consdi-
ered.
t&- Only two business houses are said to
remain in Granada, Miss., almost the entire
place having been destroyed by the fire on
the night of the 4th inst.
JKSf ThcUth of January last, wastlfe one
hundred and forty-ninth anniversary of Frank-
'., lin's birth-day.
It is said that the Russian war has al-
ready made eleven thousand widows in Eng-
and.
IgUThe weatherls cold and cloudy wind
(fiom the north. The has been a slight Ewell
in the river, within the past few days.
Brazos NavigationThe Canal.
We have been favored by Mr. Winder's of
the new and light draught boat "Port Henry'j
with the following letter :
CSlumbia, February 17th, 1855.
Parson Lancaster Dear Sir: I take
the opportunity to drop you a few lines in-
forming you of our progress with the Boat
through Galveston and West Bays, and the
Canal. We left Galveston on Sunday morn-
ing the 11th inst., with apietty good freight
and twenty or thirtvnassengers : and as we
passed through the Canal to the turn-out to
a heavy gale from the-North, which blew the
Boat out of the channel and the water out of
the Bay. The next day after we succeeded
in getting her off Oyster Reef, from thence
we proceeded to and into the Canal through
the main land found only eighteen inches
water in the Canal, and the lowest tide ever
befoie known, yet we found no difficulty in
passing through into the Brazos. And on
nut irriYol of flnliimViin too norA colt-if! Ttt
i the discharge of Cannon. We have made
pretty good mnning. We made the distance
between Brazoria and Columbia (twelve
miles) in fifty two minutes we leave Colum-
bia to morrow morning for Washington.
I remain yours most respectfully,
James A. Winder.
From the above it will be seen that the
Fort Henry, grounded at the same place
where the Harris was detained one week,
caused by having to 'leave the channel to run
round the Dredge boats that blockade the en-
trance to the main canal. If it be true that
these boats are now doing no service, but, on
the contrary, impeding the navigation of the
canal, it is certainly the duty of the directo-
ry to have them removed. It is thought by
some of the il knowing ones" that those in-
terested in the dredge boats have an object in
blockading the channel.
Bgk. The Montgomery, Alabama, papers
in speaking of the low rivers in that State
say, that in consequence of want of trans-
portation, there is not a doubt there has been
and will be, a dead loss in that city of at
least iive dollars per bale on thirty thousand
bales of cotton. The Mobile Tribune esti-
mates the entire loss this season on the whole
cotton crop of the State, by the inability of
planters to get their crops to market, at two
millions dollars.
Such is the-condition of Texas. Planters,
merchants, mechanics, and all business men
are suffering from the same cause. The loss
on the cotton crop of our State, this season
alone, would have sufficiently improved our
principal rivers to have ensured navigation
almost the year round. We trust that every
county in the State, will be represented in
the next Legislature by men who will take
an interest in the improvement of our rivers,
and not occupy nearly the whole time of the
session in blowing off steam on magnificent rail-
road projects, which it is impossible for the
State to build. Our citizens were beautifully
humbugged at the last elections by candidates
for the Legislature who were elected on the
railroad hobby. They made numbers of the
sovereigns believe that if elected they would
pass a law to have railroads running by every
man's door, and old women became alarmed,
fearing that the railroad would interfere with
their chicken and smoke-houses.
Our policy is, to improve our rivers first,
and then as our State increases in wealth and
population, turn our attention to railroads.
Political
In accordance with a notice given by John
S. Eord, chairman of the Democratic State
Convention, calling on the different counties
to appoint delegates to the Democratic con-
vention, to be held at Huntsville on the 21st
April, a meeting of the democracy of Gal
veston was held on the 26th,and the follow-
ing gentlemen appointed delegates : Memu-
can Hunt, M. B. Menard, H. M. Potter
Hamilton Stuart, H. B. Andrews, John B.
Ashe, Thomas M. Joseph, .C. Fox, Benjamin
C. Franklin.
At the same time and place a,democratic
ticket for city officers was agreed on, viz :
For Mayor 0. C. Hartley. .
" Marshal John S. Jones.
" Clerk L. H. Smith. . -
" Harbor Master David Wakelee.
" --Port Wardens-AsA Uffobd, Charles
Behling, Jj. A. Falvel.
" Treasurer George Ball.
" Searcher of Vessels Geo. Westroph.
" Surveyor John De Young.
" Weigher M. M. Cashin.
c Sexton E. Drew.
FOR ALDERMEN.
1st
2d
3d
Ward Hamilton Stuart
J. L.
Darragh, H. B. Martin.
Ward C- Fox, Medard Menard,
Jas. Cronican.
Ward B. C. Franklin, John B.
Ashe, Milton M. Potter.
Local poui!",s run high in the western
country. A candidate for the county clerk
in Texas offered to register marriages for
nothing. His opponeqt undismayed, prom-
ised to do the same and ihroic a cradle in.
N T. Leader.
Hum ! That's nothing compared to the
county clerk of Grimes, at the last election.
He promised to do all the above, and rather
than be particular furnish a baby to boot.
Presidential Candidates
The New York Herald gives the following
list of candidates for the next Presidency:
"There arc eight K. N.'s Fillmore, Clay-
ton, Houston, Law, Stockton, Davis (Garrett
Davis, of Ky.,) Brown, and Rayner, (of
N. C.) Cabinet canidates, four Pierce,
Marcy, Davis, (Jefferson Davis,) and Cushing.
Kitchen Cabinet and Ostend candidate-Buchanan.
Outside Democratic candidates, six
Cass, Douglas, Rusk, Wool, Hunter, and
Wise. Whig candidates, five Fillmore,
Crittenden, Bell, Everett, and Rives. Anti-
Slavery candidates, five Benton, Seward,
Chase, Hale, and Giddings. Free Colored
and Women's candidates, four Gcrrit Smith,
Fredx Douglas, Garrison, and Antoinette
Brown."
'"'''A CuriouB Physiological Fact.
A French office while making a rcconnoisanco
near Sebastopol was knocked down by tho
wind of -a cannon ball and the shock was so
severe as to cause a paralysis of his tongue,
so that he could neither move it nor speak.
Obtaining leave of absence, he returned to
Marseilles and placed himself under electrical
treatment. After a few shocks he could move
his tongue with more facility, and at length,
after an unusually powerjal shock, his speech
was restoied and he was recovered. j
The Language of Pine Wood.
In North Carolina it is frequent among
her forests of fat pine, for a lover in dibtress
to send the fair object of his affections a bit
of its staple vegetable production, with an eye
painted upon it. It signifies "I pine." If
favorable to him, the young lady selects from
the wood pile the best and smoothest specimen
of a knot this signifies 'pine not." But
if, on the other hand, she detests him, (there
is no middle grounds between detestation and
adoration with young women;) she burns
one end of his messager and this generally
throws the young man in despair, for it means
"I make light of your pining." Ex
jC" Judge Oakley, of Michigan, recently
expressed 'on opinion that when an editor
of a newspaper merely states a rumor that is
abroad such, for example, as that a certain
person, naming him, had issued stock illegal-
ly and absconded lie should be exonerated,
provided it was a fact that the rumor existed
although not true. In such a case there is
no intent to do injury, and there is no mal-
ice. A circumstance that is commonly spo-
ken of in business circles as a matter of pub-
lic interest ought not to be regarded as libel-
lous when an editor states it Judge Oak-
ley is a man of common sense.
E$&-Most of the whig editors of Yirginia
are fighting valiantly in the know nothing
ranks. The Lewisburg Chronicle, however,
a sterling whig paper, refuses an alliance
with the know nothings. It says "If the
whigs abandon their old organization, we
will be left free to act as our judgment directs,
which, as Hon. H. A. Wise is admirably
qualified for the office he seeks, will influence
us to favor his pretensions "
Speaking of the Kinney expedition, the
Jamaica, Standard gives the English view in
the following extract:
"The British fleet in these seas is already
large enough to prevent any attempt at col-
onization by a force, an in the face of a specific
article in the Bulwer,CIayton treaty, by which
the United States became bound never di-
rectly or indirectly to colonize any portion of
Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Coast,
or any part of Central America, no such at-
tempt can be made except at the risk of war
with Great Britain."
. The Biggest Chunk Yet.
By the Daniel Webster came a bouncer
in the way of a mint drop. It was found
in Calaveras countv, Cal. a huge mass of
gold quartz, weiging 160J pounds avoirdupois,
15 pounds only of which is quartz and the
rest the virgin gold; and its value is estimated
at $3S,916 It was brought to this city
by a gentleman who, ha ing given the five
men who found it the round sum of 40,000
for it, intends taking it to Paris next year, to
be exhibited at the great exposition to be held
there. It was viewed with no little curiosity,
we hope not covetuous, by a great number of
persons at the St. Louis Hotel, and has been
placed by its proprietor for safe keeping in
the Bank of Louisiana.
. 0 Pic.
BS&, This beats the chunk, we spoke of
in the Banger a few weeks since.
. Texas Emigration.
The Marshall Maredian speaks thus of the
emigration to Texas :
We publish a few of the numerous Emi-
grant notices we find in some of our ex-
changes. These of course, do not amount to
one-half. Through Marshall, the tide has
been an almost unbroken one for weeks and
months past.
On the lower or Nacogdoches route, a trav-
eler informed usrsomc time ago, that he saw,
in two days, on the road, at least two thousand
slaves. One of our cotemporaries, the Chron-
icle, we think, estimates that one million'1 s
worth of property has entered the State per
week, through Nacogdoches alone.
One'hundred negroes per day, at an aver-
age value of $500 each, and continued for
three months or ninety days, would amount
to four viillions five hundred thousand dollars,
to say nothing of money, mules, horses, oxen
and wagons.
This number would make but nine thou-
sand slaves, and take out twenty-five per day
at each of the four great avenues. The
gross number of emigrants this season can
hardly, at the very lowest estimate, be less
than one hundred and fifty thousand. Of
this number we could not, from what we have
seen and noticed in the papers, set down the
number of slaves at less than one-third, fifty
thousand. This, at an average of 500 each
per slave, would amount to, say $25,000,000.
This amount in slaves, requires one-third more
in other property ; so that at the lowest esti-
mate, the increase of wealth to the State, from
this source, has not been less than $6,000.-
000; while, at an estimate of fifty thousand
slaves, no less than thirty-three millions of
property has been added from abroad to the
wealth of Texas this season.
Steam vs. Fire.
It seems strange that so little is thought of
the well know fact that steam may be effectu-
ally employed in extinguishing fire in the holds
of vessels, or in buildings. In a late fire at
Peoria, in Friedy & Lincoln's factory, the
proprietors ordered the safety valve of the
steam engine to be opened. In a few minutes
the building was filled with the steam, which
penetrated every corner where fire could
burn, and completely subdued the flames.
Fatal Affray in JNavarro.
We are under obligations to Mr. Johnson,
of Springfield, for information of an unfor-
tunate and fatal aflfay, between William
Love and Doctor Win N. yJndcrson, of that
County, that lesulted in the uutimcly death
of the latter. The encounter was caused by
an old fued of long standing. The parties
met in the public road, and after -Ihe ex-
change of a few exciting words, simultane-
ously fired at each other. Tho fire of ylnder-
son proved ineffectual,' but that of Love took
effect in the right side of inderson, aud in-
flicted a mortal wouud. This occurred on
the evening of the Sth and Doctor j-lndersou
surved until the morning of the 9th inst.
His dying statements aie corroborated by
Love's. Much excitement has growu out of
it, and fears are entertained that it
suit in still further violence.
may re-
Waco Era
jCSySuspect men and women who affect
softness of manner, and unruffled eveness of
of temper, enunciation studied, slow and deli
berate. These things are all unnatural, and
bespeak a degree of discipline into which he
mm mis uu aiuiaiui ii.uii.u wuuui .uumit .
to drill himself. The most successful knaves ,
are sharp, and smooth as razors dipped in j
oil. They affect the innocence of the drove '
to hide tne cunning ot toe serpent.
4
J5-In commenting with indignntion upon
the mutinous conduct of the crew of the
Arctic the New York Express gives the fol-
lowing forcible description of the heroic con-
duct of the brave fellows lost in the steam-
ship Birkenhead:
The circumstances connected with the loss
of the British steamer Birkenhead, on the
coast of Africa, not many months siuce, are
still fresh in the memories of all. The steam-
er struck on a hidden rock, stove a plank at
the bows, and went to the bottom, we believe
in half an hour's time. There was a regiment
of troops on board. As soon as the alarm
was given, and it became apparent that the
ship's fate was seated, the roll of the dura
called the soldiers to arms on the upper deck.
That call was promptly obeyed, though every
gallant heart there knew that it was his
death summons. There they stood as if in
battle array a motionless mass of brave
men, men who were men indeed. The ship
every moment was going down and clown,
but there were no traitors, no deserters, no
cravens there. The women and children
were got into the boats, and were all, or
nearly all, saved; there were no boats for the
troops but there was no panic, no blanched
pale quivering lips among them. Down
went the ship, and down went that heroic
baud, shoulder to shoulder, firing a feu de
joie as they sank beneath the waves. Men
like these never perish; their bodies may be
given to the fishes of the sea, but their
memories are, as they ought to be, immortal.
The Way Editors are "Rewarded.'?
The last South-Western Advocate, publish-
ed by Geo. W. G. Browne Esq, at Jeffersou-
vjlle, Tazewell county, says: " We have
published this paper as well as we have
been able under the cirenmstauces, for a
year, at an outlay ix cash of something like
a thousand dollars, and we have received dur-
ing the year from you, our subscribers, the
generous sum of sixty dollars: just about
enough to pay the interest. Notwithstanding
this poor encouragement, Mr. Browne has
determined not to give it up so." With a cour-
age worthy of admiration and a better cause,
declares his purpose to persevere another
year. We hope he may meet with the suc-
cesss he deserves. The Advocate is a good
paper, and should be liberally sustained.
Gods Made to Order,
A queer expression, to be sure, but it only
describes a line of business carried on ex-
tensively in heathen lands. Here is the trans-
lation of a Chinese advertisement:
"I will excute to order idols from two feet
high to the size of a marmossct monkey or
the biggest and most hideous monster that
can inspire the human mind with awe and
reverence for religion. If the idol is the
size of an ourang outang, the price will be
$700; one of a sphinx size will be turned
out for $400, one the size of a bull dog with
horns and hump $650; a bufialo size $S00; a
dog size $200; and the size of an ass, in the
attitude of braying, $1000.
The Dead-Head System.
This is the age of" retrenchment and re-
form;" the " money pressure" is squeezing
matters and things into small compasses.
The Railroads have abolished the " dead-
head" system; that is, taken away the priv-
lege of editors and others of riding free gratis
for nothing on the iron horse. We are glad
of it we like to see economy, and have an
idea of becoming economical ourselves. We
have suffered no little from the " dead-head"
system, and we say, down with it ! An editor
can now pay his fare and steam it along with-
out the unpleasant reflection that he is ex
pected to puff the wheezing old engine, praise
a crabbed conductor as a " gentleman of ur-
bane manners," aud extol the President and
Directors as men of wisdom and energy.
Yes, down with the " dead-head" sj'stem
in newspapers aa well as on lailroads. Away
with puffs, editorial notices, obituaries and
subscribers that never pay. Editors should
no longer be public pi-operty no longer make
themselves ladders on which political aspirants
may climb to place, power and honor.
Henceforth let the word be " JPay." Pay
for every thing. Pay for puffs, pay for obit
uaries, pay for all notices; and pay in advance
for your newspapers and for riding on the
railroad.
The cause of internal improvements must
now receive an impetus that will drive it for-
ward, perhaps all over the State, and perhaps
out of it. The " dead-head" system has had
its head taken off, and of course largely in-
creased dividends must be the consequence.
The State and individuals will willingly invest
their capital in railroads now, well assured
that it will prove a profitable investment.
Why should editors ride free ? What'do they
do pro bono publico ? Make them pay, say we
make everybody pay let there be no kind-
ness, no courtesy, no liberality anywhere.
Exact the uttermost farthing in every trans
action do nothing for nothing, and count
nothing something except money the real
rhino, the ragged bank bills. Then we will
all flourish, we will all get rich, and poor
folks and favors shall be banished. Long has
this " dead-head" system hung like an incu-
bus upon our railroads, and we hail its remo-
val as the dawn of a brighter day, the com-
mencement of a new and golden era . In a
little while everybody shall have everything,
and all will be prosperous and happy. "Pay,"
is the word, and the world will still continue
to turn over, the sun to rise and set, and man-
kind generally to ride on railroads and pay
for it.
Wonder how many railroads there would
have been in North Carolina, now, if Editors
had never published anything about thorn ex
cept wnat tney were paia ior. in some
one make the calculation and tell us? Who
urged their importance upon the people ?
Who showed their benefits ? Who encoura-
ged their construction ? It matters not who
it was, so as it was not the Editors, therefore,
let Editois pay, say we. We trust the press
will everywhere respond, " Amen."
A Brave Girl,
The Martha's Yineyard Gazette tells the
following:
"We learn that an impudent fellow of a
beggar went into a house at Holme's Hole.
a. few evenings
oo
since where there was but
one person a young lady and expressed
a desire to stop over night The young lady
informed hun that he could not stop there,
when he deliberately seated himself and in-
formed her that he vrould and should stay
there all night. The young woman then
went to a bureau in the roonvmid took there-
from a pistol, m,f r can nnon thevsanie '.iml
coollv aimed it at the fellow's head, order-' ,
inr Mm twWnm of nilM ,,. cr,. tl I
consequences. The beggar took to his feet,
and made tracks"
jRWe nerceive that the notorious Haskill.
alias -'Fakir of Siva," has been performing
ln auerveport. it pi inters and notei Keepers
in that sectiou allow him to "do" them as he
has done many others, all we have to say is,
that they deserve it. Look out for him.
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telegraphic intelligence
One We els. JLater From Europe.
Halifax, Feb. 14. The Royal mail steam
ship Asia arrived at this port this morning,
on route for Boston. Her advices from Liv-
erpool are to the 3d inst., being one week la-
ter than those by the Atlantic at New York.
The news from the Crimea, is of considera-
ble interest.
It was understood that the plan of attack
on Sevastopol, by the Allies, would be con-
siderably changed, and that a new position
was to be taken to prevent the garrison from
receiving supplies. The English had, in con
sequence, been obliged to resign a portion of
their lines to the French.
On January 15th, the weather was very
cold, and it was snowing. Snow, to the
depth of three and a half feet, was already
on the ground. Active preparations were
making, however, for the renewal of the bom-
bardment. On the 17th, the fire was almost
suspended, and both sides were seeking shel-
ter from the snow. The health of the En-
glish was improving. Supplies of shot and
shell, and of clothing, had been received, but
no houses had arrived.
The galvanic apparatus, intended to explo-
de twenty tons of powder against the Russi-
an ships sunk at the entrance of the harbor
of Sevatopol, had arrived at Balaklava, and
had executed an explosion, with considerable
damage to Forts Constantine and Alexander.
Resignation of ihe British Ministry. The
British Ministry had resigned in a body, and
the Earl of Derby, who had been summoned
by the Queen to form a new one, had failed
in the attempt. Great anxiety prevailed in
England in regard to the formation of a new
Ministry, and their course in relation to the
war.
Palmerston, Russell and Lansdowne were
all spoken of in connection with the premier-
ship. The Crimea There had been no fighting
of importance in the Crimea, but supplies
were arriving, and the condition of the allied
troops was improving.
Kegolialions. Prussia had gained a tri-
umph over Austria, preventing the mobiliza-
tion of the Germanic army, which was carri-
ed against Austria in the Diet
A Sardinian loan of a million had been
negotiated.
Sardinia had placed her army on a war
footing.
Prussia had refused to permit a French
army of SO, 000 man, intended to guard the
Austrian frontier, to pass through her terri-
tory. The Piussian army is to be placed on an
immediate war footing-
The Greek difficulty had been arranged.
Mr. Soulc III. Minister Soule was ill.
Tie very Latest. London, Feb. 3. Ru-
mors still prevail that Pahneiscon or Lansd-
owne will be called to form a new Ministry.
The Bullion in the Bank of England had
increased 192,500.
New York, Feb. 16. Private advices
from London say that Lord John Russell's
resignation was owing to the refusal of the
Eail of Aberdeen to recall Lord Raglan, the
British commander in the Crimea Lord
Palmerston agrees with Lord John Russell,
and refuses to accept an offer to the Premi-
ership, unless the Queen will consent to the
recall of Raglan. This she has refused to do.
Kiver Intelligence The Ohio Open
to Pittsburg.
Louisville, Feb. 16, noon. There are
now six feet three inches water in the canal,
and the river is still rising. The weather is
mild and pleasant. The 'steamers Niagara
and America have departed for New Orleans,
and the South America, and James Jacobs
have arrived from that port.
Cincinnati, Feb. 16, noon. The river
here has fallen a foot since yesterday. The
weather is clear and mild. Sales of Flour
at 8 15 to S 30 per bbl. There have been
no sales of Whisky; Provisions are very quiet
Pittsburgh, Feb. 16. The river is now
open to this j)oint, with eight feet water in
the channel, and still rising. Many boats
are preparing to leave for New Orleans.
The Yeatman, heavily loaded with iron, sunk
last night.
Louisville, Fob. 16. Night. Naviga
tion is now fairly opened both above and be
low here.
New York Markets, Feb. 15. Our Cot-
ton market is unsettled. Sales were made to-
day of 1000 bales. We now quote Middling
Orleans at S5C. Flour is dull at 8 50 to 9-
00 for common to good Ohio brand's". Corn
is dull, with a declining tendency. Sales of
Western mixed at 9Sc to 1 00 per bush.
Pork is lower. Sales of 1600 bbls, at 12-
75 for old, and 14 37 to 14 50 for New Mess.
Sales of barrel Lard, at 9 to 9c per lb, and
of new Rio Coffee, at 9 to lOic per lb.
iuoney is plcnt; .
Appointments.
Hon. John Applcton, of Maine, has been
nominated by the President to the Senate as
Secretary to the Legation in London, and
J. H. Hunt as Collector at Point Isabel.
Mobile Cotton MarlZet.
Mobile, Feb. 16 The sales of Cotton in
this market for the week have been 9000
bales, including 130 to-day. The market
closes firm at Sc for middling. Our stock is
estimated at 4S,000 bales. The receipts at
this poit are 18S,000 bales less than lastyear
to date.
Post Office Espionage.
The Jackson Mississippian some time since
proclaimed the discovery of an anti-slavery
man in a public school at Jackson, and his
umm ary expulsion from the town. It seems
hat tho opinions of the teacher were discov-
ered by the postmaster, who, finding a letter
in the office which the author bad neglected
to direct, broke the seal, and upon reading it
found the author to be the teacher alluded to,
and that the letter, which contained strictu-
res upon slavery, was intended for a friend in
the North.
It occurs to us that the Jackson postmas-
ter, iu reading the letter and divulging its
contents, has betrayed his trust, and deserves
to be dismissed from office. Whilst he had
a right to break the seal, the letter bavin?
no subscription, yet, when he had ascertained
the name of the person for whom it was n.
tended his privilege ceased, and lo go further
'to do what he did as to violate every
principle of honor aud the solemn obligations
to which he had bound himself upon his ini-
tir.tiou into office If the letter had contain-
ed an account of some plot for murder, trea
' ,T 0luer Srcac outrage, wo presume
e would have been obligated, even thouch
J? . T,ne t0 thc knowledge of the fact by ,
dishonorable means, to rnvost! h to thn com-
munity. Eut when we find that tho follow-'
ing linos-wuioh appear to be the most offen-
s.ve portion of the letter-constituted the great i "-,0r lvum " "u ? 7- 8U tor sraa11
oiimo that has brousht down upon the head . L0tS fr0m Se,C-n hand,wI,Ioh are lhe n'ghest
of the schoolmaster "the wrath of the whole fiSures realized, we believe, since 1S40 or
town, which could onlv be annoased bv his I1841 when Superfine sold at 14 0015 00.
immediate banishment, wo can see no excuse
Lfor-the extraordinary conduct ofUhe riostmas-!
ter, whilst on the part of tho citizens of Jack-; for
son, we apprehend, they have suffered a tem-
porary excitement to betray them into the
moat, unwarrantable conduct. But let us look
at the letter :
" talks as if Mississippi is to be his fu-
ture home. He appears pleased with all things
slavery not excepted. In my opinion he is
one of those men (or going to be) who, cra-
dled in the land of liberty come here to
give up their principals and become the warm-
est apoligists and advocates of the cursed
system of slavery."
This paragraph has been construed to em-
brace sentiments treasonable enough, to jus-
tify a postmaster in violating his oath of office,
aud doing what is commonly considered one
of the meanest acts of which humanity can
be guilty; and, notwithstanding the writer in
almost the same breath added the following;
" For Southern men born and nurtured in
the midst of slavery, and even taught to be-
lieve it as right, and to uphold it, I have the
deepest sympathy and respect, &c."
The phrase " cursed system" is a strong
expression and somewhat objectionable, but
we think the spirit manifested by the school-
master in his confidential lettor, can scarcely
be considered intolerant; and there is not the
slightest evidence that he entertained, for a
moment, the least desire to create dissatis-
faction among slaveholders or slaves. The
driving a man into exile under such circum-
stances, by threats of personal violence, should
bring the blush of shame to the cheek of those
perpetrating the act. We are well convinced
that the hopitahle and magnanimous South
will not hesitate pronouncing the proceeding
at Jackson rash and uncalled for; and we
hope that the good people of that city will in
reflecting on this matter feel and confess that
the extreme to which they have gone is the
result of hasty and inconsiderate action indu-
ced by an undue excitement.
Whilst there can be no act of more dis-
honorable ingratitude than for a Northern
man, seeking his livelihood in the South, to
seize the opportunity for conducting a war-
fare on its institutions, on the other hand the
South cannot justly expect that those thus
situated are to give up their opinions, or even
to forego their expressions in a confidential
communication, intended only for the eye of
a friend, .and written without any intention to
injure or to give offeDce. We should, under
such ciicumstances, place more reliance in
the man who consistently maintained his
opinion than in one who hastily shuffled off
his preconceived ideas, and became the stren-
uous advocate of an institution which his
education and prejudices had disposed him to
look upon with dislike. The latter is far the
more likely to piove the disguised traitor,
covering up his designs by professions that
are but only lip-deep, and assumed for the
purposes of deceit.
N. 0. Bulletin.
Important to the Heirs of those who
fell in the Alamo, Texas.
It is stated that there is due the heirs of
those men who fell with Travis, at the ' Al-
amo," and with Fannin, at the massacre of
Goliad, the following quantity of land, viz.
To married men, 4605 acres, as a headright;
1920 acres, bounty ; 640 acres, donation
total 71 65 acres. Unmarried men 1479"acres,
headright ; 1920, bounty, and 640 donation
total 4039.
This information will be of interest to ma-
ny persons residiug within the circulation of
our paper, and their attention is called to it
in order that they ma- avail themselves of
the munificent bounty offered to them.
Mobile Register.
The Pay .Nothings.
A new order has been established in this
city,tunder the denomination of " The. Pay
Nothings." The requisite qualifications are
that the candidate for initiation shall owe
every body and pay nobody.
They hold conclaves in the open streets,
there being no building in the city large
enough to contain them.
Unfortunately for us, we have made the
acquaintance of a number of these individuals.
Nashville Gazette.
Liquor Manufactured in the United
States.
According to the census returns of the
United States, the liquor manufacture iu this
country is a big business, requiring the sum
of fourteen million of dollars worth of grain,
hops, and apples, and turning out nearly twen-
ty million of dollars worth of distilled liquors
and ale. One bnshel of corn to every fifty-
four ground is converted into intoxicating
liquors. The amount of liquors produced is,
whisky 42,133,955 gallons; rnm 6,500,000
gallons; aud ale 1,777.924 barrels.
The Mormon Temple at Salt JL.alce.
Tho great temple which the Mormons -are
building at the City of the Salt Lake, is des-
cribed as promising to be a wonderful struc-
ture, covering an area of 21,S50 square,
feet. The block'on which it is located is for-
tv rods square, and contains ten acres of
ground, around which a lofty wall has already
been erected, to be surmounted be an iron
railing, manufactured by the Mormons them-
selves, at their iron works in Iron county,
Utah territory. The temple building will have
a length of 1S6 i feet east and west, including
towars, of which there are .three at the east
end and three at the west, and the width will
be ninety-nine feet. The northern and south-
ern walls are eight feet thick The towers
spoken of above are cylindrical, surmounted.
by octagon turrets and pinnacles, and havinf
iuside spiral stairways leading to the battle-
ments. Besides these there are four other
towers on the four principal corners of the
building, square in form and terminating in
spires. Un the western end will be placed
in otto relievo the great Dipper or Ursa Ma
jor. As regards the interior arrangements,
there will be in the basement a baptismal
fount 57 feet long by 35 feet wide, and on the
first floor a large hall 120 feet long by SO feet
wide; while on the third floor there will be
another of the dame size, besides numerous
other rooms for various purposes. Around
the outside of tho building will be a promen-
ade from 11 to 22 feet wide.
36TA wicked wag of a lawyer, in a coun-
try conrt, recently scandalized tho bench by-
putting the following quety to his profession-
al brethren: Why is Judge like necessi-
ty?' The members 0f the bar present quick-
ly answered, 'Because he knows no law.' -
The JS'cvr Orleans Market.
Saturday Morning, Feb. 17, 1S55
The operations in our leadine staDle hav
been on a moderate scale only durin the past-
weeK, anu ouiur uepariments ot trade have
shown but little activity, .owing, in a reat
degree, to the limited supplies of Western
Produce, thc receipts having been cut off by
the interruption to navigation in the Western
rivers. 11 rom mis cause, also, nnces nf ;om
ral aruoies uave advanced to prices higher
articles uave advanced to
an b rea,c.held be(0,re fw nany years,
.ur,ha3 -?ld " h,Sh as ! 50 for Superfine
fcIour nowe,ve M Wl11 be seen by the details
beIow refded yesterday, to 10 OOclO 12i
Superfine
At the date of our last weekly review our
latest dates from Europe were contained in
the telegraphic accounts received of the At-
lantic's advices. We have since received one
week's later advices by the steamship- Asia,
bringing Liverpool dates to the 3d inst., and
reporting sales in the Liverpool Cotton Mar-
ket, during the week succeeding ihe Atlan-
tic's.departure, of 37,000 bales. The dis-
patch states that prices at the close were ea-
sier, but not quotably lower, but it is alsa
stated thac some of the circulais, including;
Brown & Shipley's, report a decline of 1
16afd, but does not appear to have bad any
sensible influence on the market-
The next steamer will, no doubt, be the
Baltic, from Liverpool for New York ou the
10th inst. She was to be followed by the
St. Louis, from Havre and Southampton for
New York, on the 14th, and the Canada,,
from Liverpool for Boston on the 17th.
The weather has been generally mild anoS
pleasant.
COTTON. We noticed in our last review-
sales during the early part of the week of 15,-
000 bales, subsequently to which we heard' of
some further transaction on Tuesday, which
swelled the amount to 15,500. We stated afc
the same time that prices had latterly ruled
more in favor of factors, since which, owing
to the rather discouraging tenor of the Asia's"
accounts, the market has been less buoyant,
and in some instances, particularly in the-
lower qualities, the business has been decided-
ly in favor of buyer's. The sales comprise
5500 baleson Wednesday, 4000 on Thursday,
and 4500 jesterday, making an aggregate for
the three days of 14,000 bales, and for the
week of 29,500. "J
Referring to our remarks above, we now
Ordinary 6ft7
Low Middling 7a7
Middling 7S
Molasses l9c.
Good Middling Sa9
Middling Fair 9a9h
Fair lOalOi
Sugar Fair to Fully Fair 3JU4c
Flour $11 50bbl - " --
Whiskev 30 a 33c.
Pork New Mrss S13 75c.
s.i.
Bacon Sides7i; Shoulders 6; HamsI2cv
Lard Prime 9cts ""
Cheese 12c. 2t 2
Candles Star 22ic
Bagging 1316ic; Rope aSJc:
Lime $1 25 bbl. -
Salt Liverpool $1 50cts; Fine$l 65cts-
CoFFEERio at 9c. - ft.
Rice 5c$ jt t
New Orleans Money Marlier?
SPECIE. ., ,
American Gold Coinage,
California Gold, per ounce,
Sovereigns,
par a, prem.
$17 00 a 1750-
4 SO a 4'S5-
3 80 a 3 Soi
16 G0a4f65&
15 60ohl5"75"
Napoleons,
Spanish Doubloons,
Patriot "
Specie, American,
Mexican Dollar,
ol
a, d t prem.
BANK NOTES". '
Bank of Louisiana,
js a '
"par
" jpar
par-?
" P,ar
Canal and Banking Co, $-
Louisiana State Bank, 'Z-s"".
Mechanics' and Traders' , .
Union Bank,
Citizens', "
Consolidated.
Bank of Mobile,
Alabama Statef .
North Carolina.
- " ;
ishffia
i tr
parrafdis
, 2aJ$dte
2 3dis.
J.flTldis
1 a l'Jdis"
SoutlTCarolina
Georgia,
Virginia,
Cincinnati,
Ohio Country,
Indiana,
Tennessee,
-la. Hdis
: li.a-3' dis-
rW. l1a3,idi&
1 la 2h dia
T o2"dis"
Kentucky,
Missouri,
Gommercfal and Agricultural
Bank at Galveston,
Northern Bank, Miss., redeem-
able at M'Dowell, 'Mills & Co.
LAND WARRANTS-
par al3dii"-
0 dis
" -
ar
160 Acres,
$160a'17v5-
40
- $42 50-a 45
VijttMM-.iVaBy-WV--.-
To All Vi ho use Ida" or as a Medi-
cine or as a Beverage.
PHYSICIANS who prescribe Alcoholic Liqu-
ors for medicinal purposes, should, give the
preference to "Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schr
napps.
1. it is mamuaciurea at ccmeaam, in .HOiiana,.
and exclusively iu the factory of the proprietory
byprocesses and from material elsewhere un-
employed and unknown.
2. It is proved by the repeated analysis of
several eminent chemists, to be entirely free from?1
the pernicious fusil oil, which remains in every
kind of Liquor distilled from grain, and which:
is the cause- of the nervous and visceral derange-,
ment, serious congestion, and morbid desire for
habitual and intemperate indulgence, which such?
liquors invariably tend to superinduce. "
o. It is proved, by the same unerring tests, thafe
this Juniper Gin is not flavored with the coarse,
acrid and indigestible oil jjf juniper heretofore-
used, but with thc specifically lighter, more vol-
atile, aromatic and medicinal of the two essen-
tial oils of the Itallian juniper berry, jieglecte(
by every othcrimanufacturer.
4. It is chemically proved to be absolutely
pure in its rectification a quality obtained by
an entirely new process, and which no otlies-
Holland Gin in the world has acquired.
5. It is proved by extensive medical cxperi-
.ence and testimony, to be an efficient as well asit
an agreeable remedy in many cases of incipien-t
dropsy, gravel, gout, chronic rheumatism, flatu-
lence, cholic, concretions in thc kidneys and.
bladder, dyspepsia, fever and ague, gencraldc
bility, sluggish circulation of the blood, deficient
assimilation of food and exhausted vital energy.
6. It is a most grateful and renovating cordi-
al, and when used as directed, never inflames
the system or induces incbrity, but tendVrathcra
to subdue the latter frailty, by creating a- dislike"
to all inferior liquors. And it invariably-corrects
the ill? effects of bad water, -whether in
swampy or limestone districts. In all of theser
enumerated qualities it has no rival in any:n?v
ket in the world.
Putup in quart and pint bottles with. the
Proprietor's name on the bottle, cork andlabeV
For sale in New Orleans by '
E.-L. Hart & Co.v "
Converge A Co.,
John Wright & Co.,. t
Peters &"Miu.ard, '
JARtvEs & Woodman-.
And by all respectable druggists and grocera.
in the United States. UDOLPHO WOLFE;
Sole Manufacturer and Importer, ""
IS, 20 & 22, Beaver Street, Xew York.
Jan. 17, 1854-18-3m. "
$300 REWARD.
TOLEN on the 29th of October, from theM-?
idence of Mrs. Elizabeth Bucknerr HviSfr
near Mount Hbllcy, post office, Columbia counfyV
. A !.- -nana o TfiiilnTtn 1VTn vtnm ! f rtTivAA ' I
years of age, about o feet G or 7 inches high,
chuncky built, amall scar on his forehead, also
a scar on ono of his arms from Lis elbow downj
one of his toe nails was off, and a scar on the
same foot between his toes; his hair is straight
and generally worn long, and has large oyes. r
He is rather slow in his motion, and has a 'down
cast look. One hundred dollars is offered foEhis.
apprehension. ,.
The above describedrb,oy was stolen by a nian-
named Elisha ITorn. .Said Horn is about
30 or 35 years of age; about six feet 'high, sfout
built; lightrcompection, red face and sandy hairj
he is a great talker, likes to brag, and speak3a
little through lu"3 nose. In his dress he is qnft
showy, and ha? such a genteel appearance that
no 'one except those who well know iim, would
suppose him to be a rogue. Two hundred doUarst
is offered for his apprehension. JT
Any information respecting him, wHl-Jberji5
ceived by addressing the undersigned atJoun,
Holley post office Columbia county Arkansas.
Elizabeth BucsNEp or
James Dcrrr. ,
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