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VOL. 3
WESTERN TEXAN.
NATHANIEL IjEWIS rroprlctor.
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n square.
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by tho yi-tir.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
1 For the Information of thoiu luterwted n the publica-
tion of ndvertiseinriit rvq'irrd by l.iw I we insert the
following extract from un net regulating fees itfoificf
flitch shown the necessity of ad ranee payments in such
cnseslu order to secure prompt and cria in cxciiliou:
' Sue. -i. That in all cases where a citation or other
process Is required to bo served by publication in a
newspaper the officer whose duly it mny be to make
such service shall be furnished with the printer's fee for
fiucli publication before he shall bo required to luuc
rvice made."
Circular of Gctf. Chambers.
.This gentleman is a candidate for the
office ofGovcrnor and lias addressed a
lengthy and well written circular "To
the people of Texas" in which ho ably
presents hi claims and defines his positi-
tion. As he is well known to the voters of
titc Slate having resided within her bor-
ders for more than twenty years wc shall
only give so much of his address as relates
to Stato policy :
From the best information at my com-
mand gathered from the reports of our
Commissioner of the General Land Of-
fice and other sources it appears that our
entire State contained (1212000000) two
hundred and forty-two millions of acres :
and that the territory told out of it to the
United States contains sixty-six millions
of acres; (15000000) forty-fivc millions
of acres have been located ami surveyed
by our citizens and others holding claims
from the government and outstanding
claims for about (10000000) ten millions
of acres remain yet untocatcd making an
aggrcgateof (121000000) one hundred
and twenty-one millions of acres already
disposed of and leaving to the Stato the
same amount or one "half of its entire
domain free from all claims and encum-
brances whatever.
I therefore propose that a pro rata divi-
dend of one half of the ($10000000.) ten
millions of dollars received from tho U.
States be paid to our creditors according
to the respective actual amounts of their
clajin's; and that ihuy bo paid the hnliiuuu
in State boml-adrawing five pnr cent inter-
est. These bonds may be ultimately dis-
charged by future sales of tho domain;
or by granting to tho holdeis the privilege
ofsurrendering them at any time to re
ccivc laud script at a rate sufficiently low
to bo an inducement for them to make
the operation.
In this manner we shall have five mil-
lions of dollars left to the State to bo em-
ployed in tho establishment of public
schools the improvement oftho means of
intercommunication and transportation
and the alleviation of the burthens of taxa-
tion. r
Amongst tho most important objects
of public interest I reckon tho crude con-
dition of our legislation. No people so
Voting ever had a system of laws so com-
plicated. Indeed there is not a nation on
earth however hoary with age so bowed
down with an enormous mass of compli-
cated obsolete and undigested crudities
ns Texas. Tho mon diligent mid inde-
fatigable student of our laws muct turn
from tnem in digut and despair of mas-
tering th'ern; whilst ho must be impelled
to the conclusion that our legislation can
have no other tendency than that of in-
volving the country irretrievably in litiga-
tion. AVc began with tho ancient Spanish
law and Mexican legislation superadded
and these stitl govern the old rights and
interests of the country and yet they re
main locked up in a foreign language
wholly unknown to the people and acces-
sible only to a few adepts who it would
seem have had influence enough to pre-
vent an appropriation sufficient to supply
our courts with tho books and authorities
requisite to ascertain them although
earnestly demanded by the judges as be-
ing absolutely necessary to enable them
properly to dispatch the business oftho
country. After the establishment of our
independence instead of the adoption of
n plain and simple code analogous to our
circumstances and comprehensible by the
people another antiquated but enormous-
ly voluminous system was inilicted upon
Ms from England with scarcely any of the
improvements of modern time: and wo
4iavo subsequently acted to these two sys-
tems legislation enough of our own for
a century ; still rendering confusion worse
confounded. Of this old English system
thus improvident! adopted by youthful
Texas an illustrious English philosopher
.jurist and philanthropist has said: "Hut
in your land of freedom mid go id govern
went for you and your lu iMutor. fiecly
deputed agents and servants of n tree and
clf-govcmcd people thus to ba perpet-
ually on the hunt for law thus to rake
for it in every sink of corruption thus
blindly to keep on irnpoiting u'sucecsnon
x)f deaf and dumb matter from u country
uf slaves what ii thi 'nu treason against
your freo constitution : ' And again ho
wiys you have happily broken tho yoke
of foreign oppression: bnt tho yoke re-
mains ""of English Either&ide exalted
into jnd(j3 : the common law that ti"
of impostures to which you stilt yield your
necks to bo pinrhcd.aud gulled under the
bauds of one cias among you for whom
Avhil' Ihov arc comforted all ollmr at
tt tnT'l Dar bv da" it (orpiii'i- -
and so long as you continue to crouch
under it will continue to bo more and
more bulky more and nioro nfllictive."
Even our last Legislature passed a law
known as the probate law addressed to
unlettered judges for its execution going
home to every family in the State and
controlling and regulating the rights nnd
interests of widows and orphans so
voluminous so complicated and obscure
that it impresses us with the npprchen-
siau that their estates must be inevitably
swallowed up in tho administration. It
is a well-known fact in tho history of our
legislation that many of tho laws seeming
to havo been enacted for general purposes
were passed to affect and cover particular
objects and interests. Indeed it is high
time that a general reformation should
take place nnd that a code should be
adopted comprehensive yet simple so
that it may pass into tho hands of tho
people be understood by them all nnd
become a text book in the common schools
of the country.
It is absolutely necessary that a com
plete collection of the Spanish and Mexi-
can laws under which most of you hold
your property should bo obtained and
translated for tho use of tho government
and courts of the country. Your rights
and safety demand it. It is emphatically
true that upon this subject. "a little learn-
ing is a dangerous thing."
In obedience to tho wishes of many of
my friends I must allude to the present
condition of the Federal Court for the
District of Texas; and I desire that it
should be understood that the viow take
of it has a reference to principles alone
not to person. I feel bound to express
my opinion that tho great extent of our
Stale the vast amount of property which
is already and which must soon be invol-
ved in litigation tho peculiar principles
which must govern it tho means adopted
to carry it into tho Federal Court for adju-
dication and the deep uneasiness which
is extensively felt upon tho subject de-
mand a complete re-organization of this
branch oftho judiciary within the limits
of our Slate so as to secure to us the
presence of a member of the Supremo
Court of the United States as a Circuit
Judge and the selection of tho jurors con-
nected with it from every county in tho
State in a manner analogous to that by
which they are drawn by lot for our State
courts'. Constituted as our United States
District Court is at present with tho
power of designating the place tit which
particular cases shall bo tried and of
selecting by its own officers the jurors to
try them it may wollhfnpprelu'iidcd that
the com i may be re ivcrud into an engine
of injustice and opnr -"on ; and in fact
such an npprchen' n tloi-s already prevail
to a great extent through tho country
the power to acqu r and maintain tho
confidence ofthepe .!o is quite a neces-
sary in a court nsintoi'rity in tho admin-
istration of justice ; and whenever it
organization is such as to render it an ob-
ject of suspicion and distrust it losses its
usefulness ceases to be a blessing and be-
comes a curse' It is true that our State
Legislature has no authority to inter-
fere with the organization of this court;
but it has a right to represent its
wishes to Congress upon the subject
and that body there can be no doubt
would respect them. If I should be
elected I shall bring this matter fully be-
fore the Legislature.
The western borders of our stato claim
by many just and interesting titles the
paternal care and regard of tho govern-
ment; and should I bo tho favored depos-
itory of the confidence of the people for
the distinguished post to which I aspire
I shall tako care that they arc not neglec-
ted. The hope may be entertained that
the peace and protection so necessary for
the increase of their population and their
growth and prosperity will be secured to
them before the meeting of the next legis-
lature by the forces of the United States.
But should this not be the case it will be
come tho duty of tho Stato to protect its
own frontiers and to claim a just indem-
nity for .the failure on the part of the
Federal Government. Something should
bo done to quiet and protect tho old set
tlers in tho possession and enjoyment of
their lands claimed in good faith. It is
believed that this can be done without
detriment to tho rights of others by a
little plain and simple lcgialation. Along
and thorough acquaintance with the sub-
ject will think enable mo to present a
plan to the Legislature freo from objec-
tions. Tho original Mexican population
has certainly now many claims on our
benevolence. No people could bo placed
in a more difficult embarrassing and dis-
tressing position than they have occupied
during our wars. Between contending
and hostile forces their losses havo been
necessarily very great and to whatever
side they might be disposed to incline the
dangers by which thoy wore every where
surrounded were aliko formidable. It is
time that a victorious and magnanimous
people now controlling the destinies of
these victims of a revolution should dis-
card their animosities and prejudices and
convert them into sympathies.
i am in favor of tho prompt adoption
of o vigorous and effective system of inter-
nal Improvements l"i uiir Stato and 1 am
nppord to all delays fur the purpose of
waiting the intercu raising from tho
means at our control upon feeble vncri-
merits. Wo should h cai'jfnl to-praci.' .nfl
treat thohumblosE menial ?whh ouii sy
nt h Ucat'Jtis. wo would siuftptlw :lu.trcn
ot afllucnc pimI honor. Sf shall ye
transfuse m t'n u n corresponding rufme
mont which will tend eventual ' -rlmps
to make them purer in inoial - inn d-
- at id uimmd
SAN MTONIO . .TEIAS THURSDAY JULY -17 .1851.
An Indian's Head Work.
Strongly implanted within their wild
natures arc principles that will compete
with the most brilliant educated minds of
the civilized world. Tho following is
illustrative of their shrewdness :
"As Governor Joseph Dudley of Mas-
sachusetts was superintending some of his
workmen lie took notice of an able-bodied
Indian who half naked would come
and look on as a pastime to sco his men
work. The Governor took oocaiion one
day to ask him why he did not work and
gel some clothes t wherewith to cover
himself? The Indian answered by ask-
ing him why he did not work! The
governor pointing with his finger to his
head said "i" work head work and so
havo no need to work with my hands as
you should." The Indian then said he
would work if any ono would employ
him. Tho governor told him ho wanted
a calf killed and that if ho would go and
do it he would give him a shilling. IIo
accepted the offer and went immediately
and killed the calf and then went saun-
tering about as before. The governor on
observing what ho had done asked him
why ho did not dress tho calf before he
left it. The Indian answered "JVb no
Copojtoh; that was not in tho bargain:
1 was to have a shilling for killing him.
Am he no dcati Coponohl" (governor.)
Tho governor seeing himself thus outwit-
ted told him to drc39 it and ho would
give him another shilling.
This done and in possession of two shil-
lings tho Indian goes dircetly to a grog-
shopfor rum. After a short stay ho re-
turned to the governor aiid told him he
had given him a bad shilling piece and
presented a brass ore to bo exchanged.
Tho governor thinking possibly it might
bo the case gave him another.
It was not long before ho returned a
second time with another brass shilling
to bo exchanged; the governor was now
convinced of his knavery but not caring
to make words at tho time gave him
another; and thus the follow got four
shillings for one.
The governor determined to have the
rogue corrected forhisabusc and meeting
with him soon after told him ho mutt
tako a letter to Boston for him (and gave
him half a crown for tho service.) The
letter was directed to the keeper of bride-
well ordering him to give tho bearer so
many lashes; but mistrusting that all
was not exactly agreeable and meeting a
servant of the governor on the road the
Indian ordered him hi tho name of his
master to carry tho letter immediately
as ho was in a hastti to return. The con-
sequence was this servant got cgrcgiously
whipped. AVheu the governor learned
what had taken place ho felt no little
chagrin at being thus twice outwitted by
the Indian.
lie did not see tho follow for some time
after this ut at length falling in with
him asked him by what means ho had
cheated and deceived him so many times.
Taking the governor again in his own
play lie answered pointing with his fin-
ger to his head "Head work Coponoh
head work!1 Tho governor was now so
well pleased that he forgave the whole
offence."
'La mo1.' sighed Mrs. Partington here
I havo been sufierimr the bigamies of
death for three weeks. Fust I was seized
witli a bleeding phrenology in the left
hampshire of tho brain which was ex-
ceeded by a stoppage of tlm left vcntilla-
tor of tho heart. This gave mo an inlla-
mationof the borax and now I'm sick
with tho chloroform morbus. There is
no blessing like that of health particular-
ly when you're sick.
Bhicks ! Important Inventions.
Letters from England inform us that a
now mode of brick-making is threaticning
to entirely supersede tho older methods.
Bricks aro now mtdo hollow which se-
cures tho buildings from dampness and
besides being much larger and lighter
both money and labor arc saved in laying
them. It is only necessary for one indus-
trious and intelligent country-man to get
an idea of any machine calculated tosavo
labor and money to at once be prepared to
adopt it.
While on this subject wo must not omit
to mention that a certain Dr. Samuels of
Allen-town Pa. has invented a machine
to work by steam which willl turn ofr
ItiOO well made bricks per hour from un
wrought clay. This matter is certainly
well worth looking into when the pres-
ent rage for improvement has raised bricks
to an unprecedented price. If this littlo
notice shall prove tho meansof calling the
attention 'of any of our brick-makers to
these now inventions wc shall bo grati-
fied . T Vash ington Telegraph.
A Nice Coufli: The Paris police
have recently arrested a priest and a nun
who have been for some time heavily en-
gaged in a scries of swindling operations.
A criminal connection having been dis-
covered betwen them in the country they
lied to Paris where they lived inthesamo
houco and kept up their connection al
though they pretended to be brother and
sister-in-law. The female called herself
a Countess tho ncico of tho Archbishop
of Sens and farther said that she was a se-
cret agent of the Legitimists sent out to
collect subi-criptious for those who suffered
ill that cause. Sho was finally detected
however and both tho parties lodged in
pruoii.
How often do wosigh for opportuni-
ties of dointf good whilst wo neglect the
openings of Providence in little things
tJiich would frequently lead to the ac-
coiiipiihmoN' or most important uoful-
Interesting Incident.
With most of us tho first impulse is to
meet antagonism to repel aggression
with force. Tho power of. kindness is a
beautiful idealism a fine thing to dream
over and talk about. But how few bring
it down from tho regions of thought into
daily life. "Now and then an instance
stands out in pleasing relief tho nioro ad-
mired because of its novelty and because
its actual occurrences satisfies us that
what wo hear said and sung about this
wiser and better way to meet aggression
is not all a poet's fancy. An interesting
nnd pertinent incident is thus related in a
lato number of the Patriot published at
Greenville S. C:
The oilier day in conversation with
Miss Dix tho philanthropist during her
visit to Greenville" a lady said to her
"Aro you not afraid to travel all over tho
country alone and have you not encoun-
tered dangers and been in perilous situa-
tions?" "I am naturally timid" said
Miss Dix "and dillidcnt" like all my sex;
but in order to carry out my purposes I
know that it is necessary to make sacrifi-
ces and encounter dangers. It is true 1
have been in my travels through tho diff-
erent Stales in perilous situations. I will
mention ono which occurred in tho Stntn
of Michigan. I had hired a carriage and'
uriver to convey mo some distance through
an uninhabited portion of tho country.
In starting I discovered that tho driver
a young lad had a pair of pistols with
him. Inquiring what ho was doing with
arms ho said ho carried them to puatcct
us as ho had heard that robbcriics had
been committed on our road. I said to
him give mo the pistols I will lake caro
of them. IIo did so reluctantly.
"In pursuing our journey through a dis-
mal looking forest a manrushed into tho
road caught tho horse by the bridle and
demanded my purse. I said to him with
as much self-possession as I could com-
mand 'Aro you not ashamed to rob a wo-
man? I havo but little money nnd that I
want to defray my expenses in visiting
prisons and poor-houses and occasionally
in giving to objects of charity. If you
have been unfortunate aro in distress and
in want of money I will give you some."
While thus speaking to him I discovered
his countenance changing nnd he became
deathly pale. "My God!" he exclaimed
"That voice!" ami immediately told mo
that he had boon in tho Philadelphia pen-
itentiary and had heard mc Icciuring
some of tho prisoners in an adjoining cell
and that he now recognised my voice.
IIo then desired mo to p?ws on and ex-
pressed deep sorrow at tho outrage In
had committed. But I drew out iny
purse and said to him I will give you
something to support you until you can
get into honest employment." lie de-
clined at first taking anything until I in-
sisted on his doing so for fear ho might bo
lomptcd to rob some one else before ho
could get into honest employment."
Had not Miss Dix taken possession of
the pistols in all probability they would
have been used by her driver and perhaps
both of them murdered. "That voice"
was more powerful in subduing tho heart
of a robber than the sight of a brace of pis-
tols. " 'I am going to dine with Villars to
day .aid a.Gaecou officer in tho French
aimy to a comrade. Marshall Yillars
who was passing by in plain hearing
mildly replied. "On account of my rank
and not on Recount of my merit you
should have said Mr. Villa rs. Tho Gas-
con little thinking his general was so near
replied unabashed "Woll-a-day nobody
says Mr. Cujsar and I therefore thought
it would bo improper to say Mr. Villars."
IIeai and Ideal. Dow Jr. in ono of
of his discourses in which ho describes
the contrast between semblance and real-
ity hits off a ball scene:
"A woman" says he "may not bo ah
angel though she glides through the maz-
es of the dance like a sbirit clothed with
a rainbow and studded with stars. Tho
young man may behold his admired oh-
jecton tho morrow in tho true light of re-
ality perchance emptying a wash tub in
tho gutter with her frock pinned up be-
hind her cheeks palo for want of paint
her hair mussed nnd mossy except
what lies in tho bureau; and her whole
pontour wearing tho appearance of an an-
gel rammed through a bruslT fence into a
world of wretchedness and wool"
With most of us idleness is tho par-
ent not merely of uneasiness but withal
of frctfulness malevolence and tho whole
host of evil passions. The phrase "aoh-
ing void;" may be ridiculous to those
who criticise gramatically but is true to
those who feel humanly. To supply this
void is nn object and moreover a certain
effect of a regular and sustained und judi-
cious method of self instruction. Tho
used key is bright. If tho steel be wrought
up and refined to a high temper tho clou-
dincssof the vapor will perish from it al-
most at the instant that it is breathed up
on it.
Fatal Aitr-ay. An affray occurred
near the Ranger Camp on tho Paso Loto
between a Mr. Ilarman and a man by
tho naiuo of Odham which resulted in the
death oftho latter. It seems from all wo
can learn that a dispute nroo between
them and it was mutually agreed to set-
tle U by an honorable exchange of shots.
While they wcro walking to an open
space of ground Ilnrmau suddenly rushed
upon Odham who was armed and before
ho could defend himself in any way inflic-
ted a wound with a-knifo which resulted
in tlio di-nth of Odham hialxmt four hours
afterwards. AVf c Valley
Tho fooling of awo winch sometimes
embarrasses us in thcprcsctica of our su-
periors often makes us unjust to ourselves.
Our timidity drives our senses out otjus.
Wo aro ashamed of our bashfnlncss hifd
this consciousness makes us awkward in
our attempts to 'overcome! tV Wchnvc a
friend who is very lo.qtiacious'ahd always
talks to the purpose save hi the presence
of one man: and before him ho never ut-
tered a sentence woith repeating. Wo
were forcibly struck with tho same kind
of reserve which llazlitt describes in a
visit ho paid to Coleridge. Tho thought
of tho meeting had worn heavily upon
him for ho seemed to disparage his own
powers and magnify his friend's. After
the smalt talk incident to meeting was
discussed llazlitt undertook togivo Col-
cridiro an account of soiiiu thoughts he
had written "On tho JNatuial Dis
silitcrcst-
cducss of the Unman
Mhul." "But."
said he. "I failed: and after I had tried
for tho twentieth time. 1 irot tome new
pens and paper and determined to make
clear work of it. I wroto a few meagre
scntenanccsin thcskclctonstyloofamnth-
cmatical demonstration Cut I was forced
to stop when half way down tho" second
page for I tried in vain to pump words
iinnircs. notion apprehensions fancies1.
and facts from that gulf of abstraction in
which I was plunged nnd concluded by
shedding a few tears of dcspondcncyoii
tho blank; unfinished paper. I can writo
better now? Am I better than I wo
then'.' Oh no! my timidity has left inc."
Great minds undbubtcdly'fecl distanced as
well as attracted hy each other. Only
weak heads with shallow brains will
clatter on regardless of tlicjr superiors?
But wo aro fast as a" mass getting out of
this bashfulness. Wo'nro running too
far at random; reckless of what people
think or say of us. llcuco possessed 'of
oneidca wo carry itabout.with us and
throw it in everybody's' fac; wo write
with lightning speed and:'fhc thoughts
arc scorchmg.nnushowpnlyitho wildness
oftho brain such pcop!e know not the
definition of atvc and woqucstion wheth-
er in tho progress of the nineteenth centu-
ry the word if used at'all will not be
found in our dictionaries with a parenthe-
sis marked (obsolete.) Yankee Blade.
Eloquhnoi;. "But as I said be fore wo
havo proved to you where that town lino
.is. Yes trcntloinen of llie jury there it i
and there it will remain forever; and all
tho ingenuity of my learned brother can
never cfiaco it can never wash it- out.
No gentlemen he may plant one foot on
tho utmost verge of tho outermost ring of
tho plnnct baturn and plant the other on
Arcturus.aud seize tho Pleiades by the
hair nnd wring (hem till they aro dry but
he cannot washout that townlinc" Id.
The most amirove'd Gralmmito diet for
invalids is a cedar shingle fried in sawduft
batter washed down by'n half pint of
brown thread. Id.
Can't put it out Some cute cfnjn
has published a protest against the prpject
of extinguishing .thq fires of Vesuvius by
introducing the waters oftho Mediterran-
ean through a canal into tho baso oftho
mountain. Ho fears (hat thy effect would
Ijo to blow ii p tlio car(hvor at least to
blow off that side of tjiu gIqbowleivthd
machinery being thrown ojit ol gear4 wo
should go to pot; or fiy to the moon iti
double quick lime. lb.
"Gchtlpmcn oftho jury" said a western
lawyer "I don't mean to Insinuate that
this man is a covetous .person bitt I will
bet five to ono that if you should bait a
stccl-trap with a new three cent picco
and placo it within six inches of his mouth
you would catch his soul. L wouldn't
for a moment insinuate that ho will steal
but may it plcaso tho Court nnd gentle-
men oftho jnrt wouldn't trut him in a
room with red hot millstones and the an
gel Gabriel to watch 'em." We'll beta
red apple too that somebody steals this
paragraph witlin tho week. Id.
A village politician in Connecticut no-
ted for his party iscal rather than for his
general information was rewarded for
certain services by the appointment of
Notary Public. IIo managed to get an
idea a rather Vague one it must be con'-
fesscd ofthodutios of his office but in
its titlo-ho was more unfortunate for tho
first document issued Under his hand and
the 'seal official was signed
H M "
"Nomor a IIkpuulic."
Lawutkii. Oh! glorious laughter.
Thou man loving spirit that for a time
dost tako tho burden from tho wcarry back; J
that dost lay slave to tho feet bruised nnd
cut by Units and sharps; that tnkest blood
baking melancholy by the tioso and uiakcst
it grin despite itself; that all sorrows of
tho past doubts oi tho future confoiuidest
in tho joy of tho present; that makest man
truly philosophic couuueror of himself
mid nnrn' Tnnrlifr i ttt tlm fnnn nf IMfUl
what synovia I think anatomist call it
is to the joints: it oils. lubricates and
makes tho human cgimtenanco -divine.
Without it facWwouhlMiavo been rigid'
hycnaIilce;iniquitiesofthchurnnubcnrtwith
no sweet antidote to work upon them
would havo the face of the best among us
a horrid lusky thing with two sullen
hungry cruel lights at tho topfor fore-
heads would then havo gone out of fash-
ion. AVhat was talked of as tho golden
chain of Jove was nothing clso than a
succession of laughs.
Weigh every step that you uro.abont to
take whenever passions become involved.
How often do things a'sumo ajdilfcrcnt
npH't wht-n thoy are fairly coujidtU'd
Character of a Goilllemani
Dr. Licbcr of- tho College of Softtlt
Carolina in a recent address inndo the
"Character of the Gentlemen" tho sub-
ject of an excellent discourse. Jf space
permitted the address sltou u exhibit his
good points by ubifildant.cxtrncts; in the
absence however of largo Quotations wo
give the following:
"I havo stated already that tho forbear-
ing use of power in sure attribute of Ju2
true gentleman; indeed wo may say that
power physical moral .purely socittl o
political is one of tllb t otic lis tones of gen-
tlcmnttship. "Tho power which the husband has
over ids wife in which wc must include
tho impunity with which ho may bo un-
kind to her; ttio father (pvcr his children;
tho tencher over his ptipllsllio old over
the young nnd tho young over tho nged;
the strong over tho wcak;t thc.olllcct1 over
his men; tho master of a vessel over his
hands; tho magistrate over tho citizens;
the employer over the cmploycu;.jttho rjph
over the poor; tho educated ovc.r the .un-
lettered; tho experienced over tho confid-j
ing; tho keeper of n secret over him w(ilcll
it touches; the gifted over tho ordinary
man; eyen tuo cicvcr over tnosuiy
tlio forbearing use of all this power or nu-
lliorityt or n total abstinence from it
where ihoense admits it will show tho
gcntlompn in a plain light.
"Every traveler knows at ouco wheth
er a gcutloinanjy ur rudeoficer is search-
ing his trunk. Biit tlio iiso of power
docs not only form n'toitchstono; .pvert tho
manner in which an individual enjoys ccr-
tain advantages over others is a test. . No
gentleman can boast of tho dtights.pf su-
perior health in presence of a' languid pa-
tient or speaks of great luck .wh.qn in
hearing ofa man bent by hahitttal misfor
tunc. Let a man who happily ojjjojs lio
advantages of a puro ami holiest Jifc
spcaltofitto n fallen criminal fcllbwlic-
ing nnd you will soon sco whether ho bo
in addition; to his honesty a gentleman
or not.
i'Tho -gentleman docs 'not needlessly
and unceasingly remind nn offendorofn
wrong ho may havo committed against
iiim. IIo can not forgive ho cntf forgot;
nnd ho strives for the nobleness of soul
and manliness of character which impart
sufficient strength to-let the past bo truly
past lie will 'never use tho power which
tho knowlcdgo of an offence a falsostcp
or an unfortunate exposure of weakness
give him merely to enjoy thtJ howty bT
humiliating his neighbor. A trifo mail of
honor feels humbled hhriscjf when ho can-
not help humbling others."
Oiiryinu Insthvotxons. A novel case
of obeying order litornily recently oc-
curred in a ncighborhooding county. A
gentleman who carries on a pretty exten-
sive farm purchased a fanning mill at a
cost of soino 30. One of his.mcjicajnu
to him shortly after tho purchase! and
complained that the mill did hot work
well. "Try it again" said tho owner
"and if'lt still prove bad take it into (lie
roadt filljt with straw and burn It.". On
tli.o cotuUrial it did not work nnd he-
ordingl.lio buriicd L as directed. A
few days aftor tho gentleman asked his
man how tho farming-mill operated. I
tried if again? hq( replied "and had no j
ncucr puccc?stinnn nejoro nnu-so jl set
itrctoitl" "That was right" said tlio
owiier with nn emphasis. 'Yoit aro tho
first man I jiver had who would mind mc;
yop shall hereafter havo nn increase of vu?
gesi"
A base' wretch in the form of a man
wns n few week since introduced to a
lovely nndt confiding girl of sixteen lie
presped her liaud nnd said iir a thrilliiig
tone that ho thought the "rcccht fiho
wcalher had rendered tho ladies more
lovely than ever." Sho blushed nnd snid
"very." Her parents considered tho mat-
ter as settled but he basely deserted tho
youiig lady nfyor pddrcssing this pointed
language to her and has novcr called at
her house since. Wo arc glad to learn
that her friends have taken tho nffalr in
hand and caused the monster to bo urrcs-
tcd in a suit for breach of promise dam-
ages laid at six thousand dollars. Tho
scamp will bo cautious in future how ho
trifles with tho nlfcctions of young ladies
and break's in fragments their Joying
hearts the toughest muscle by tho way
in tho whole body.
Haiti: cuaxou roa LAwYims. -Tho
Minnesota Pioneer advertises fpr ono hun-
dred able bodied lawyers who aro want
cd immediately hi that hew country.
Thoy will ho employed in splitting rails
clearing woodland and breaking up prai-
rie soil for suitable fees. This is tho
bct chance for tho profession wo havo
seen offered for fcotuc time. Those who'
accept it will perhaps confer a benefit on
both tho country to which thoy go and
on that which they leave behind.
Tho editor of the Colorado Tribune.
publklfed at Matagorda asks what has
become of his friend Noal of the Nueces
Valley and further inquires If he has been
scare&off hy red skhw or starved out 1
5fuu' with all sorts of good feeling to
opr contemporary wc will answer-
Judge Ncal can't bu scared and ns for
starving out people if tho "lean lank"
cditor.of tho Tribune will pay us a viMt
to Corpus Christi we will make hint a
perfect Fulsinff on tho fat of tho laud.
Indians forsooth! Why Indians in our
Wwn nrc ns scarce as opponents of life
Compromise. Tho former editor of this
paper desires m to sny that ho is nlivo and
if any body supposes him to bo scared
llioy'll find him "kicking" loo. Nueces
10. 40.
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Column of VarlUcs." '
When tho Ettedo Choiscul a remark-
ably meagre iiiaicamotx) London to ne-
gotiate n peace' Pharlcs Townsheadbe-
uigjasked whether tho French govern-
ment had sent tho preliminaries ofa trea-
ty replied. "lie did not know but
ticy had scut the outline of an Ambassa-
dor." i j '" '
"Don't put too much confidence in a
lover's vows and sighs" says Mrs. Part-
ington to lict fiipc; "let jfyn tell you that
you have lips like strawberries ud crenm
and cheeks liko a tarnation and eye like
an astcrstick but such things oflencr
come from a tender head than a tender
heart."
"Oh dear. I can't'bem p have this great
ugly tooth pulled" said a lady to a den
tist who was preparing- .totcxtract one ofj
her molars. "What shall I do Doctor!':
"Do nothing butrWw and bear it." reg
phed the dentist. Yankee Blade
In "A Grandmother's Recollection's
wo'rk just published Grandmother
."Wheji It was a child a vcrtfi
oiic--I itscu to sav that I rrmci
very woll tho day on which I wt5lbprn?
tor inotticr was uowu stairs trymgjj
"Dear mc"saidn little girl when
quested by her motjicr as a test 9J&jK.?iSV
nencvoicucc 10 give i;io nvo uouargjwt -.
coveted new comb wohld cost to a pooriV
relation "Dear mc being good isvejrfe'
expensive!" Menahd women often tlihitej!
whnt children sneak. W
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A young preacher who had just started
on his travels as an itinerant was one eve-
ning holding forth on the Deluge .and afj
tcr describing the manner in which Jtypoli
built tho Ark and filled it with animaU
of every kind by pairs closed in a solemn
topo thus: "You must know my dear hcor-
crs. that it was mi arduou jtnskf forNdal
nnd ltis soils; to get a pair of whales i?ilt
the Ark"
A young lady once hinted to a gentle-
man that her thimble wns worn out1 and
asked what reward sho uieritedforher in-
dustry. IIo scut her an answer in jjlni
shape of a thimble on which the follow
ing lines were engraved:
"1 send you a thimble for fingers nimble:
Which I hope will fit wlicli ou try it;
It wjll last ypu long If fls half to strong
An the hint which you gave me to buy It."
"A traveller from tho European conti-
nent" says Liobor "is surprised at seeing
so many people dressed in black iboth
these countries; (England and the Uiiltcd
States) I met ono day n lady of.pyac-
quaintancc in Hoc k away a village on
the sea shore- not far from New tork.
Site was in mourning; slio told mo tuo roa-
son of hcrsdmbro dress; soino distant rela-
tion had died;
"But" said I "I saw you in mourning
half a year ago: for whom was that?"
'Wo were tjicn in mourning for
Alary nfy dear'1 turning to her sister '
'for whom were wo molirniug thou?1 "
Dr Johnou used to sny "lie wlirt
waits to do a great deal of good nt ohec-
will hover-do ahy." ' -
AH good principles must stagfmtc with-1
out mental activity.
If industry is no nioro than habit it is1 ''
at least nil excellent one.
Riches gd( l!y frahd aro du
o's owh lierirtj add destroy I
tr nut
i.i
'of'
i. Wl.V
oho
tho mind.
Riches got by decoitcheat no man so-
much as tlio goiter ' .
When the heart is pure there isyhard
ly anything which cart mislead tjie undcry
standing in matters of Immediate pcrsonaf
concernment.
Uujiit riches crtrso the owner in( got-
tiiig ill keeping and in transmitting.
.
Thoy; curso his children hi their fathef'i
memory. ? .-
There is n certain softness of- mamici
which in cither man or woman adds a
charm that almost entirely compensates
for lack of beauty.
There arc a thoiuaml pretty engaging
littlo ways which every porson may put
on without being deemed cither affected
or foppish.
till rtlilUliiO .---
Guard against reading toU ; 1S(
rapidly. Read' rather wllljjgp. a
the book off oh down; im JT7V ix 3" '
mind what you luiVo rcae JlJtorW --V
on hi Iifc.TEDI
. u (lrt sldJin'e.flvei
Am. jntiib Boots. "Edition ?hd wW.W.v
tie light my friend: ask proprietors otha
person who found somp d ' . M
telling ah "upright cmuto. ;-
"No" wns tho reply v l MdntK
confounded boots arc tightt;;; do
tighter ever since inoniitAyokcr-60 do-all."
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It is much easier to think n;.;. 5 doteh
oiudojngrfghl thun to do right vA S $ '
think fug 'right. Just thought mat jj JJ;
often do fail of producing just dcedsjn do"
just devds aro sure to begt just thongnV u
No eh'.M possessed of ordinary capacity
is dectuuto of curiosity. Tho process of
popular odiimition has wo doubt notta
many instances sq deadened this desire. '
that many ft "inula and inglorious 'Ma
ton" sleeps in tho multitude of common
mcu- ;;' ; ..-&. .
DKATiiqriAN Old Missionary--"V
leuru xrom;uo.micraKeo Auyocaie.mai
tlio Rcv.DnuielS.Butrickdicd ntlKyigh'y;;
Mission on me ounusi. iur u. una ueun
n. ... . : . n.t j-.... tr.ti i" i 7
a juiMionary among tho Chorokccs for
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