Galveston Weekly News (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 1, Ed. 1, Tuesday, March 18, 1856 Page: 1 of 4
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"The 'Will of the People Should Rule."
PROPRIETORS.
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GALVESTON TEXASTUESDAY MAECII 18 1856.
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TT ElCIunnsON ... P. EICmEDaO
DarinxDUGeiititi'm.'ibrcifiiaiicI Domntlc to
fflgSEi!fi8&&lSE
of the ooantrr to tie improvement and dlworeiles
OomuMTcUlprfMpPritT to routics only so tax as tm
jre'lScSlnScSrfclSa
hittorr Bioeraphical Sketches or crest tnea of
taus and otoer countries to Anecdotes andTalesor
humor occasionally toreugloiucootroTrrsirsrarely.
mndto personal resections on private character
TERMS-
'iLPrrVTrSi"iSInriimonUlJS
" - for to years in aJrance . sou
a utHiircuoa oi ;v percent. hi i"uora rosi .was-
UwboactmsmslnicociirinrahT.piknsand
tnattne rpmf nan erne
IttncTe subscribers at a distance may at their pl-
ure. either mile as remittances at our risk by mail or
procure such private- conveyances as they may have
onndence in as bclnc both safe and expeditious.
ADVERTISING RATES t
For each square of ten lines or pMw'equlvaleDt one
dollar for the first insertion and fifty cents lor each
wiSnMiriBPtinn .. tnki. on .Jtm-w.
meats in-ened r three six or t elre months
n.1 -.j t.i n!..x.
S22?.m JrIJlSf:..
BLANKS BILLHEADS CAEDS CIRCULARS
STEAMBOAT BILI POSTERS &&
VAAntAj vlft iatla anil nn tliia tiint Iflwr!
terms.
The. Job Department of this Office Is kept entirelr
separate. It has ka recently nearly doubled in Its
atauMuU tr materiaK Irenes c liaring; w Se
prewos of dil&rent sices and kinds to anitdlllerent
tlescriptions of work beUdes a larffe power press.
We belieTe this JobikBce will now compare fevorabbr
with anr In the South in point of extent andrarletr
r material u well as in tta mpcrtor rjrle of work
and the dispatch with which it is executed. Prices
have also been materially reduced beta? rarely if
er above andreneraUrfirlow those In New Orleans. -He
lirlte a eomnanwn with other offices In and out
T the State in all respects.
POETIC.
Our drawer contain an accumulation of
poetic contributions which we have thonght
the present a favorable time to dipoxe of in
at.much as the want of the regular mail create
a dearth of news.
Firrt we have the folio ing pretty linen ad.
drttwed to Miis U F. bv N at'
Wht-tt I Lk on this Iiland so lair and so creen.
inth iu eattaces litte and tu dream-tarincins trees.
Then I fed I aoald sine of the U-anUful scene
Buttaj'harpalj'inoanstotbe touch oT the breeze.
And th hind-roarinx m with iu fjam-crested area
dat eadrclea the isle U ruUad over beiire.
Sends its echoes to mo from tu fathomless care.
But tnr harp in ItacrM sends not back the wBd rnv
iilt my borne In my dreams I call lck to my mind.
And the tear of remembrance shines brtsht In my
eye
I would ting of the dear-ones I left tar behind
Hat my harp keeps Its silence and fives l-at a .?.
Bat I rae not to si n&- of the amies of this earth.
Of hs ids or Its streams or the e er-mlUng sea
J btn fftufd t th oner mi my harp ha i mhth.
It wtH now osly tint of ray Inland of foe '
An Anrtin contributor fiirnjhe the work of
a leisure hour when he versified a few ?age
reflection
Why da we hear ever bUsded
With the battle and the strife.
With the mirth and stmt of life-
Murmurs that it hastens not
Why e en while the knee is bended
ffcmblyatthehallowl shrine
AM the thoushts should be divine
jKpeas e harshly of our lot
When wlfl the steam erer pause In Its course unto the
aca?
When will time err ceaae to lar ns downward to
eternity
Seek the festal board and listen
When the wine cup sparkleth briefat
And eyes show that merry light
Known alone to wine and youth
Go where sorrow's full tears glisten.
Where hate s ancersd rieQskeep
O'er fancied wTonjs treaairttl deep
Ml forcetthe maxim truth.
That the stream will never pause In Its ooem ii the
sea.
That time will neer erase to bear w dowoward to
rternlty
Barely God has ne'er Intended
We should murmur at our late
Nor smiles of Joy frowni of hate.
Should chance time's measured tread
Pot whenever lifela ended.
ned It fieetlncly away
Oii hmax weary day by day
"Ti the same unto the dead
.They will find the stream neVr paused in its nnave
unto the sea
And perhaps rejoice that time bore them to eternity!
X reply to a poetic advertisement which re
eently appeared In the "Sews" U th next
document in the drawer
TO MISS M .
X see you want to hold thine own
s down life s stream you elide
A hand an arm. to lean upon
yorcrirbythyslde-
I havo a hand a brawny band.
An arm to lar it too
And both are now at thy command
rm sure they'll just suit you.
-A firm and steady foot." you want
With step secure and free.
To take tu straight and onward une"
Alone life's path with thee.
The nnder-standing I hare cot.
And steady It will be
The size (it covers quite a spotj
I fear will not please thee -
loo also wish "a fcrm erect
A head above thine own.
1fcmuAthaiyoumlehtwalkbeneatbw.j-
IU shadow o'er thee thrown."
lair miss rm sure I have the form
And "Us erect and bleb-
Ed as for passiue neaUi my arm.
I cannot tell cause why
The eye I hare within whose depth.
Thine own might look and see
TJprialncs from a rafleless heart
Eespondint lore to thee." .
AUpIharcaittJchp-
(But tis near hM from view.)
But still a smile will Heht It up.
To speak for only yon.
The voice with "richest melody"
I cannot call my own.
Except responslre to my heart.
It takes afiection a lone
L also long lor a pure soul
To pious purpose ciTen.
That It might tempt my mem alonff
The path that leads to Bearcn F B.
The next is a touching and sentimental
piece addressed to Kate' and if it is not
very elegant it has. at least the merit of
sincerity One verse willerve as a specimen
"It fills my heart with sweet musings Eatc
As I mediute upon by-cono hours.
When we used to roam at erenlnc latt
To the stately old oak that refuse of ours.
It would appear that thU loving pair roosted
together llVe feathered biped-s at evening
late1 in the old oaVM
i oung Poet baa perpetrated a Christmas
OadM which winds np thna
OhI would that 1 were again a boy
Tin nn h.lnt- il fyi- pn npyr TfitinTl
J.or those joys be witnessed again
How oft I wish that thought In Tain.
TUaHln ralnliisallinTala
The author of the celebrated -Oad to the
friar Masliccn has a competitor in Young
Poet
Another piece by the same author Wars
evidence of originality
-Header hae you nerer Mt
That lore of w blch I speak
Has never that holy passion da tit
Within your bosom meek
o" Then p and ecck a partner
To dw lH with you through lift.
ajjd the very first opportunity
Make her to lie your w ife T
This sensible recommendation appeal- to
both sexes as this is a leap year
With a specimen from the pen of a liberal
gentleman in the interior who invites all
the world and the ret of manVind to come
toTexa we cloe our notice of home-made
poetry
1T you wish to raise great stock
Why lmmlgranU to Texas flock
And here youTl find great prairies wide.
On w hlch your stock can tat reside.
And soon you can your fortunes make.
Selling tahuw .beef and raw hide IT
CinctwatiFcoitives MayorJ J Faran
of Cincinnati has discharged two of the city
police for aiding in the capture of the fugitive
slaves now on trial in that city The Mayor
holds that the city police has nothing to do
with fugitive slaves unless called upon by the
United States officers to aid them in arresting
or retaining custody of such fugitives He
holds that any man who wilt neglect his regu
lar business and assist in hunting up runaway
slaves without authority of law and for the
sole purpose of obtaining a reward 13 unfit to
be a policeman Vlaxndealet 9
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AJEGKO DEFENDANT IN A SEDICTION
Case The "African Roscius" as he styles
himself. In England and who has for years been
acting in different parts of Europe as a trace
dian. nas recently been tried in London for
seducing the wife of a brother actor a white
man. The name or the negro tragedian is Ira
Aldndge and he attempted to prove his entire
innocence of the charge but the color and
hair (wool ?) of a child born to the plaintiff's
wf went etTit him. and he was mulcted
In damages. These black Othellos have no
great irouoie in uouiag wucuiuus u ;
otner siae 01 uic aiuui;
X New Tork vessel called the Chatsworth
was lately captured on the coast of Africa
after being desertod by her crewand destroyed
on suspicion of being engaged in the alave
rtade.
I tdesdat. mabch n ism
Wc Mrn throngh Po6tmist t
i lTsliiiigton that that null from Galreston u
from five to twelve honra txhtnd the Kbcdnli!
'm' arriving there and that the mail from
iJo0a.ShngtuU1 aloutun cqn.lk.jrth
pf time tfo late in anlvmg at that place
JThis of course must produce a vc-y general
VraRement of ma.I through a l.rjo portion
tr mnntn
V COT"111 .
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JJ7-A late letter from HalletUviile informs
ug that very heavy and continued rains have
)reTIM '" th" !" of TcMS- and bat
Planters an very backward in preianng for
t. . . . . . .
theircrops The weather is --till unusually
col 1 f r the season
pR0rFcr ok a Fuon ppn.be nsions arc
felt that on the melting of the snow and ice
he Mississippi river will overflow its hanks.
JThc New Orleans papers warn planter to
' look to their levees as there is every reason
look
Q cxpect a0 Bnusual rise A. Cincinnati paper
saya the country drained by the Ohio above
'ttSl-t.U.- 100000 Htak.U
.7 i.i . t.i
of which is now or was lately covered with
mow and ice to an average depth of twelve or
fifteen inches equh alent to at least six Inches
6f water The earth is froze full of water and
cannot absorb much more so that the thaw
must certainly cause a flood
w m m
Minnesota Lakes. It is stated that while
.he laTces on the river freeze to a depth of
hree feet those In the interior freeze only
; ibout two feet and thaw much sooner m
! Spring It is supposed that the Minnesota
' akes are fed by springs which elevate the
emperatnre of the water
Indication Meeting in Baltimore. A
arce meetine of merchants and other citizens
ras held In Baltimore on the 27th ultimo at
which Indignant speeches were made and
strong resolution adopted protecting against
jr ran CIS P Blaib assuming to represent citl
tent of Baltimore In the Black Republican
tonventum at Pittsburg Cock ran thePrci
dent of the Imgus meeting that appointed
Blair wanted to speak but the meeing re
fused to hear him
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C?"Capt. PITTFIH.D of the schooner Jane
EltzahftM on which Garland the defaulting
treasurer of Stwr Orleans tried to escape has
been arrested on the charge of aiding and as-
sisting and required to give bonds for his ap-
pearance before Recorder Bbioiit
r. -U
CyThe Xew Orleans Conner say Mr
HcrTTtthe Sheriff of New Orleans whom the
Legislature removed paid a member of the
bar a sum of thirteen hundred dollar in the
form of a check upon the Saving s Bank of
which Oakland was president Before the
lawyer had thonght of presenting hit check
the BacV. bad closed and gone into liquidation
I "
' Hbdoinu We bare no doubt that many
farmers will be glad to learn that a supply of
the Osage orange see Is and pi nt are offered
for sale at the Agricultural Warehouse of Mr
I. G AiLLlins The hardiness of the Osage
orange and its euperiontyj when properly
trimmed for hedging are so well known that
it Is needless for u- to say anything in Its fa or
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1 lioh TS03 J Rest has our thanks for
the Report of the Coast Surrey for 1S54 with
charts; anl the Hon F H Bell for the
latent Office Report on Vgricnltnrc for the
same car
i iDbst ptiPOhxs It is said that the friends
of thi gentleman Lave determined notwith
standing his disinclination U) present his name
to the Cincinnati Convention for nomination
They contend that as the contest is to be on
the principles of the Kansas Nebraska bill
the author of it j the 1rnper.j0an.jQ ear
the standard
SAt inq s Bank Failcke. The debts due by
the Savings Bank in ew Orleans recently
gave into liquidation exceed iU assets some
few thomand dollars hot the assets arc not
Immediately available and probably a portion
of tium are worthless
f The deport "fere chiefly laborers and r-
(vants who could HI afrord t lote their hard
earnings which according to the wwpaptr
reports were used by G a eland the President
for electioneering purposes
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A bwiNDLER. Vmamrho represented him
self at private Secretary to Gen Walker of
Kiearagua acd bound for Washington on im
portant busii.es was recently arrested in
Mobile He had obtained good df at of money
from different parties on falc certiticates of
ilepomts on bankers on Washington
lEhe legislature of Tennoeehaspavied
a'bill endoMng the Memphis and Little Rock
Railroad That cuttrpn'e i now eon-ilered
safe
f in
tip- The Senate of Maryland has adopted a
resolution which provides for the appointment
of a committee "to contract for a painting
which shall represent the incident which oc-
curred in the Senate Chamber on the 23d
Dec 1783 when George Washington deliver
ea his immortal farewell address and took
hi final leave of public life
j a 1
jWiLL She Come ? The newspapers ak this
question f n reference to an announcement that
Mr Patae of the Agademy of Music New
York will If possible engage Jevnt Jan
Coldschhidt for the next season of the Ital
Ian opera In that city
t-V
'geoeoia Legislative The Lower Houe
of the Georgia Legislature has passed by a
rote of 93 to 1. the bill for changing from
bfenmal to annual sessions and limiting them
to forty days unless protracted by a vote of
two-third of the Legislature
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Jtjie Whig Pabty V meeting was recently
held in Waihigton city of politicians who still
adhere to the old Whig party Vbout twenty
were present representing various sections ef
the Union. They resolved not to make any
movement towards a national organization
The old line whjgs in several States have how-
ever appointed delegates to a Convention to
be held at LonlsviUe Kenrucfcy;
t
tTPfilass Tiles for roofing are now cast in
moulds. They are more expensive than the
plate but they have the advantage of afford
ing light which makes them preferable for
some kind of buildings
Hobe Thieves The Text an notices the
operations of some thieves about ndemon
l.nincs county They recently ttole two mules
from Mr McDamel and subsequently attemp-
ted to break into the stable of Dr Kebr. The
Tkxtan thinks there is a band of these thieves
working in connexion o cr a great portion of
the State
J a-a-a
1ce The ban Jacinto which Is now off the
bar brings a full cargo of ice conxignel to
Capt 1 Moore who will soon Teceire two ad
ditlonal cargoes making about twelve hundred
tons in all There is therefore a fair prospect
that we may keep cool through the summer
fay
17A bag of telute coal was recently sent
from nstr alia to England
ttT" A biography of Mr Bccuanan ij to be
printed and circulated before the meeting of
the Cincinnati Convention.
a
Serioi g Accident We learn from the Ty
Ur Reporter that on the 21st ult when an an
dience of one hundred and fifty persons were
assembled in the cccond story of the Federal
Court House in Tyler the pillars supporting
the floor care way and the audience was
precipitated to the ground floor a distance of
borne twelve or fourteen feet The Reporter
says
jThe confusion that succeeded the craih was
such as we have rarely had the misfortune to
bthold. Husband was exclaiming for wife
wife for husband parents for cbildnn and
the screams of the frantic crowd made the
i try blood chill in the veins
trhcre were some of our citizens seriously in
j tired and warty all present were damaged to
some extent Mr DN Cowsar of this place
had both legs broken and an arm dislocated
and Is the nrincinal su&Vrcr His injuries arc
of a serious character There were about ten
of twelve who received senout Injuries and
wbo are now under the care of physicians The
"Holman House" (near the scene of disaster)
resembled a Hospital and the night was ren
dered hideous by the screams and groans of
the wounded.
Our Di'ferriiccK atitli rie;lniid.
The impre-sion i said to prevail in diplo-
matic circles at Washington that Lords Pal
mekston and Clarendon have so far com
mittedthcmselvcs against the United States
by their epeeche that the w ill not readily re
cede The British Premier Is sjII to lenn
frienlh tothiscountrj and con-cquentl his
prejudices present him from representing the
matters in controcry impartially The Brit
lsu people luc been misled by both the go
ermucnt an 1 rebs 111 rLjurd to scleral impor
tant matter and it a thought that when the
whole correspondence is madv public a difllr
cnt impn-don will K pro lucid on the public
mini in Fuglaud Tht cUtcnicnt that the
United Mates had txfiiae 1 to submit the mat
tcr to arbitration which is untrue and the
n. premutation that an apoiogj nhich was
aniplj and suflicient had bccnofflrcd in refer
encL to the tnlitiucnt question have bteu
calmlitinlto prtju bet the UuiU I States with
our trauolaiitic couins and it was partial!
or this rt 1011 that the United States Semite
caIed on tht President for the corrtondeiice
on the question
This correspond. nie - f which t hate
published a telegraphic sjnop-.is clearly
show thai1 our goemment cannot do less
than demand th? rtcall of Mr CRtMPioianl
the consuls who have violated our neutrality
laws
We learn from the Picayune that a pam-
phlet has 1een published In london which
renews the contro'crsy on the enlistment
question i-rom the. explanation given b the
Pteaynne of the contents of this document it
appears that it I becnu-e of subsequent
developments respecting the conduct of Mr
CRAJirroN that his recall 1 demanded He
apologised for violating our laws anl after
wards arrange 1 his plan so as to evade them
The Picayune says
Between the sen line of the complaint ty
our Government and the receiptor the apolo-
getic despatch from that of Great Britain a
new detelopment of facts had Ken male
The atonement profTired had no 1einng on
the new state of the question of injury inflict-
ed. The prosecutions instituted in the United
States courts bad been brought to trial and
it was proen that tho illegal recruiting had
becniiialcoriginal'3 WU" he knowledge of
Mr Cnmpton and under his authority and
that on remonstrance being made that Minis-
ter waited on Mr Marey anl made the er
planations and apologies which lord Clare 11
don refers to as satisfactory to the mcnran
Stcretnn of State
Had the matter closed here there would
hae been some ground for the suggestion
mat me mencan uawnet is captiou ana
unreasonable in pressing its complaints to the
extent of demanding the recall of Mr Cramp-
ton and the removal of the subordinate officials
connected with the affair
But it was also shown which our Govern
ment did not know before that after the mak
int of this disclaimer and apparent atone
ment Mr Crampton left the United States
proceeded toNovaSeotia and concerted a plan
to evade the law of the United States againut
enlistment it was proved that he there gave
verbal and written instructions and agreed
upon a cipher for secret correspondence with
the distinct purpose of continuing to enlist
men in this country against the known
wishes of the Government and by an evasion
of the spirit of its laws This was a new
question against nr urampton distinct from
that of the original offence for which he had
offered explanation and they had received it
as atonement and It amounted to little less
than a conspiracy to thwart the polic. of our
laws n 1 defeat the declared wishes of our
(overti ment
Hci ce it folhws that the apolocv an I atone
ment which might have been satisfactory un
der the aspects of the case as it stood when
they were presented are not satisfactory when
it Is shown that the offence Is persevered In
and repeated with circumstances of acgrava
tion amounting to insult
.
Dr Davis This gentleman has chosen
ourcit for his resilience anl the practice of
his profession in which he enjoj s a high rep-
utation The Columbia Democrat and Plan
icr in parting with Dr Da.i pays him the
following compliment
XSm Uoa t kauiiL uhiuiii.aluLA4bM(tMvihiiir
which we dulikfd go nw.li to do as to sat
good bye to our old friend Dr J O David
He left here on the Betty Powell Saturday
cening to take up his residence In Galveston
s a physician no man stood higher in this
county in the estimation of the people And
for a whole soulcd first rate fellow every Inch
a gentleman 3 ou might go far without finding
his equal We trust he will meet with all the
success In his new held of operations which he
or the mot sanguine of his friends can wislu
He desert es it
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Tut Vnti Catholic Know Nothings or
I omsiana On the third day of the session
of hie Rational Council Mr HAunircprc
senting the ant t-Ga thai c fortion of the Order
was allowed to read the following memorial
New Oiillans rb 2 I806
lb the Officers and Memlersof the Xatioiuil
Council of the United States of 2ortk Amer-
ica Ik. it known that at a regular meeting of
theN A Upheld iu New Orleans rcb thc
delegates to the States from the various Con
gresioual djtncts drafted the following pre-
amble ind resolutions expressive of two-thirds
of all the members of the tmcrisan party in
that State
Prlamihl 'We the uulersigned ha ing
Uiu apjM 111U I by the State Council to draft
a sines 1 f resolutions indicative of the iews
of the X A U of the State of Louisiana
therefore
Be it result cd That the so called Vmcrican
Catholics ha c tacitly acknowledged their al-
legiance to some foreign power cither civil or
ecclesiastical b repudiating the Sth article of
the .National natiorm
Resolved that wc know no difference be
twecn an American and a Roman Catholic
Resolved That the Catholic appendage in
this State is a serious disadvantage to the
Amencau part- in this State as was manifes-
ted in the election held in November last
Resolved. That wc will not affiliate with the
bogus party in this State till they have cut off
tneir uamonc wing
Resolved. That we hold the union of these
States as paramount to all things else and
for the good of the Union wc will know no
North no Sonth no East no West but will
preserve the Union at all hazards and cursed
be he tcJto males tlte first attempt to seerthe
union of these States
Resolved That we will ahfde by the nomin
ationmade by the nominating Convention to
he holden in Philadelphia on the 23d inst
A discussion ensued upon the propriety of
admitting both gentlemen to seats In the Uon
tcntion but they were finally allowed tore
main
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Hard to Pliase. For weeks and months
past the Abolition Republicans have been
maligning the President of the United States
because he did not order troops to Kanses to
protect the settlers In their legal rights and
privileges and to put a stop to unlawful Inter
ference from abroad At length the President
has issued his Proclamation announcing his
purpose to do exactly this and a little more
viz to sttavrcss insurrection in Kansas
agatmt the laws of ttat btate and of the Uni
ted states mis iai is more man tne nrcacu
ers of peace and good will to men through the
muzzles of Sharp's rifles bargained for They
would like to have the national force employed
to repel the l( border ruffians of Missouri but
not at all to repel hoiition ruffians who
enter the Territory with arms and ammuni
tion accompanying or following them for the
express purposeof resisting the Territorial
Government and setting its officers at defiance
The natftraraav well be thankful that It has
at Its head a man wuose e e anu whose heart
embraces the w-holc country and who will not
lend mmseii to promote tuc senemes 01 section
al selfishness and ambition The troops that
he will send will represent the nation and
under tne leauoi juuicious anu intelligent 01
fictrs will doubtless aim to correct whatever is
outrageous within the Territory whether im
ported from Missouri or Massachusetts The
presence of uch a force Is apparently the only
means of preventing an armed collision at no
distant day between the Territorial author!
ties of Kansas and the Revolutionists Do the
Abolition Republicans of tho East desire to
prevent ncli collision? W c doubt it and
hence perhaps their greatest objection to the
interposition of the national government
They have predicte 1 bloodshed and fomented
it and why should their labor be loat? tool
ish men they tell their dupes that the way
tojirevcnt blood she I in Kansas is to send on
a plenty of Sharp rifles and emigrants
competent toucthcm The way to pre cnt
an cxplosioni9 to 1 uy a keg of powderlight a
match and place it within an inch of the bang
hole7 No in our opinion if Massachusetts
and other Eastern people had not attempted
to forestall thcqucstion of sla. ery in Kan
8.1s Missouri would not have attempted it
The Abolitionist and their abettors commenced
the game and if they were personally there to
plaj it out we should not be much disposed to
complain But to pnt forward comparatively
innocent men to take the brunt of the conflict
while the chief instigators skulk behind pine
boards. ii neither fair nor honorable It is.
however just like Abolitionism Journal of
commerce
The Loudon Times says
"We cxpect to hear every day that our min
ister at W ashtngton has received his pa"port
and'is on the way home This of course com
pels similar proceedings on our part regarding
the American minister here The two minis-
ters will probably pass each other on the At-
lantic "After deplorinc the existence of a domes
tic qnarrcl England has really apologized
enough to satisfy the European empires and
cannot ne neia respo&iuie lonnis estrangement
Americans must reckon on an obstinate resist-
ance if they drive us to it Let them count the
cost before taking the fatal step as after two
or three paces they will calculate in vain."
THURSDAY MAKCH 13 185G
HP" Robberies arc committcl occasionally
In Houston The TffrrcAsa'sthc room of
Mr JonN Docguerti wascntcrcl onSatur
day night last his trunk removed and an ira
portant letter abstraetel from It The trunk
and the rest of its contents were found next
morning on the side-walk
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Buazos Rnut The Vottmbia Vcuocrat
sajs there is as niueh business in the low
cr Brazos as the boats now in the trade can at
tend to
t
Tlxas ind Rld River Telluru 11 Mr
L K Ppestov has adlressed a letter to the
Houston Ttlrgrajfi cxpl lining the lami- whj
the electric telegraph is not in operation The
storms of the past Winter he says caused
numerous breaks in the submarine wire across
Galveston ba and many interruptions on
land Wagoners pasting near the line aloc
Houston do not hesitate to cut down the tel
egraph posts for fire-wood or for levers to prj
their wagons out of the mud when mire 1 Mr
P sashe has spent his last dollar anl ap
peals to those intercstid for a subscription of
$300 to remove the Mili-marine wire to Deer
Island and for repairs which he thinks will
enable tkt line to sustain itself
The Concert At the earnest holicitatiou
of a large number of our citizensthe Blaeelv1
troupgave another concert at Monan Hall
last night when they were greeted b a er
large audience notwithstanding the unfavor
able state of the weather V raassite gold
ting was offered to the gentleman who woull
sell the largest number of tickets for the
performance an 1 the prize was gnlned by the
gallant Deputy Marshal of the Unite 1 States
J A H Cieu land Esq over several more
jouthful competitors
The songs and music of the Ulakfi com
panyhac won the highest encomiums from all
admirers of music anl delighted anliences
would gladlj welcome them again shnnll
the visit our State hereafter
D7"e regret to learn from sugar 1 lanters
who arc now in this citthatfrom careful and
through examination there I scarce a doubt
but that nearly all tho stijbulo sugar cane has
been destroycl bj the severe winter follow
ed hy the heat an 1 cld riinsnf February
and thus far in March The plant cane lias
also suffered severely Wc may therefore
make up our mind that the crop of next
'ear.aofarax Texas Is concerned will bo the
shortest for man years pastIfnot the shortest
ever known We expect to hear accounts
from Iouisiana almost as discouraging
Bad Roads Our exchanges from the inte
lor of the State represent the roads as gene
nil very bid In consequence of the execs
sUety wet weather
The Gonzales Inquirer us sugar coffee and
flour are vsry scarce in that town and haul
Ing is almost impossible
Ploughing Is ont of the question an 1 farm
g operations are several week Inland in
comparison with last year
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Flax MANiMc-rrRBS This brapch of in
dustr; Is at aerj low ebb and there Is not
much prospector improvement Thedut on
raw Sax Is lo per cent and 20 per cent on
the manufactured article The United States
can produce flax in abundance and with profit
but it Is f aid our farmer do not understand the
method of rotting It s-o as to separate the fil-
brefrom the woody part of the plant Most
of the flax used b the mills in this country is
imported from Riga Russia
Tul Wee il V correspondent of the ic
toria Adtocate writing from Refugio aunoan
ccs the destruction pf the wecyil In the cribs
m his fount 1 tit does npt knonr whether frost
-or-&tLrvitiou was-the cauac
The same writer sas that more eittle and
horses have perished in consequence of the
late cold weather than during any previous
winter
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Iy"TheNew Orleans papers ea the ground
at Ration Rouge belonging to the U S
rsenal embraces an nrea of 27 square miles
and that the value of all the U S property
there is sixt one million 01- dollars
While the Government has military magazines
and stores of such immense value far np in the
interior of Louisiana where there is hardly
iiiy need for them we would like some one to
inform ns what the Go crnment has expended
iu Vrscnal or otherwise for the protection of
the whole cxpoied coast of Texas for a did
taucc of four hundred miles
LIP'TIie Massachusetts Senate hate pissed
a bill requiring a rtMi lence of 21 years in the
country to entitle any foreigner to tote
a
tt?" V j oung man named Glo W Dlklis
in custady in Memphis on a charge of having
stolen a negro g-rl
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Colrt or Claims a bill has been intro
daced into the U S Senate to amenl the
act establishing the Court of Claims It con
stiiutes any two of the judges a quorum for
business and provides an assistant solicitor
at a salary of $3500 the incumbent to bc-
llable to removal b the President It further
proposes to authorize the clerk under the dl
rection of the Court to disburse money from
its contingent fund an 1 to require his ac
counts to be settled b the officers of the Trea
sury also after the 1st of April next to in
crease his salary to $3000 and to provi le him
with an assistant clerk at S2000
Democratic Meeting V meeting of the
Democratic citizens in the vicmitj of Ioni
ndorion county was held on the 1st Inst
when resolutions were adopted endorsing the
platfqrra of the State Democratic Convention
and rccomnicpdng a thorough organization of
the part
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Horsestealers Killed We learn from
the Nap-eft 'alley that horses and mules have
been stolen from Corpus Christ! at tanons
times and driven into middle and Ka stern
Texas A party of three who recentl stole
a lot of horses were pursued. At San Patricio
the pursuers were joined by citizens of that
county and the thieves overhauled as they
were going in the direction of San AVntomo
A letter to the Yallpy says the thieves have
been overtaken and are dead " It appears
they snowed ngnt ana tms was tne resnu
Ten horses were recovered
Slow Transportation The State Gazette
says goods shipped from New Orleans to mer
chants In Austin in the early part of January
have not yet reached their destination
m
The Speaker of the U S House or Repre-
sentatives has appointed the following gen
tlcmcn to constltnte the Select Committee to
which was referred the hill to provide for rail
road and telegraphic communcation between
the Atlantic States and Pacific Ocean and for
other purposes Introduced m the House on
Thursday week by Mr Denver
Messrs Denver" of Cal; Woodworth of
III Houston of Ma Mott of Ohio Wells
of Wis Kidwell of Va Jewctt of Ky
McCart of X 1 Evans of Texas Rende
or N C Wood of Me Ltndley of Mo
Kunkle of Pcnn
D5"Mr Benson Biake of Miss states
that a pile of cotton seed near his gin honse
which had been exposed to the weather all
winter became on fire spontaneously and on
examination the interior of the heap exhibited
evidence that the fire had been smouldering
for some time This fact may "partially ac-
count for the frequent destruction of cotton
gins by fire
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H7 The San Antonio Texan says that a
lad named Jones living on the Salado
who was bit by a rattle snake was cured by
administering to him immediately a quart of
pure whisk
K7 The persons who pursued the Indians
to Bandera Pass brought to San Vntomo some
fifty horses some one hundred and forty or
rows one shield several bows many " Indian
fixins" and also several scalps
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Panna Maria This is the name of a new
town built up near the confluence of the San
Antonio and Ciboio rivers in Karnes county
by Polish emigrants The town contains one
hundred and thlrt familcs The Texan says
they are energetic and arc fast acquiring our
language
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liar- company iv 01 mounted soldiers leu
ban Antonio on 3d instant to range in the vl -
cinity of the Atascosa
Tlic (.ahtstoii Ilrulgc.
W e have of late seen manifested considerable
interest among our citizens on the sul jeet of
a bridge connecting our Island with the main
ianu 1 he importance 01 sucn a connection is
manifest nnl lias ulwas Ucn admitted
Imt the people of Gtlve ton like the people
of Texas generally aiicar to uc Wcn
waiting for others to do what the shoull do
uicm-eives e nave na 1 so many tair prom
1 es from railroad companies composed of
uiu e iinoui wnum wc wuvw mcie ur iiuiiung
that our citizens' (who arc uiwas quite will
ing to accommodate these obliging gentlemen
from abroid who hate aslcl for the privilege
of spending their "tirpliis million-on a nous
nn rovemeuts for our own benefit) seem to
hat e been afrai 1 to uu lert ike mi thing them
sehes lest the might mterfere with some 1 f
the charters or tested rights which occuy
ever foot of grouuJ betw etii this city anl the
farthest limits of Texas bounded b Rel
River on the oue side an 1 the Rio Gran le on
the other Howc'cr aftcrwaitingsomecars
without finding anv pi ogress ma le In the pro-
pose 1 connection sine of our citizens hate
come to the conclusion that wc had better
take hold of it utirsil'e more cspcciatl as
wc arc the parties to Im. chiefly benefited bj.
the enterprise and who arc probably injured
fur the want of 1J iverv year more thaw
wool 1 be sufficient to pa for n-TterTTiese
circumstances we have been induced t ul-
lisli the following statement of an actual sur
.e anl soundings made ver carefull some
two or three ears ago 1 r Mr Haw im who
has built all our wharves for so mauv iars
past We all kimw Jfr II uylf to lie u
practical man and reliable in his estimates
as regards the cost of wharves His snrve
across the 1 1 -Inwi that an ordmar bridge
for wagons Ac ma and should Ic constructed
precise! in thesanx way that our wlianes
ambmlt almost the only id litl nal cost being
in troporliou to tleudlitior.il length On
these djta we presimc tint ill who know Mr
Haw LKt will aim t that Ins estimates may
lie lafel relied tiprni as a near approximation
to the actual cost His statement is as fol
lows
Thc shortest tlstanre from (.a I res ton to
the main land is from a point about half a
mile west of I.ag!c(roc on astraight line to
the old wharf at Yirgnia Point which woull
require a bridge 9J00 feet in Ungtli 1 f. un 1
by examining the bottom 1 measuring1- the
depth anl by driving stakes that gool
hardgrouul could lo found all the w ly at
about set en feet from the surface of the groun I
or thirteen feet from the surface of the water
at common tides I drove stakes along the
propose 1 line of Irilge for a Railroad at a
distance of about tlree hundred anl ten feet
nptrt or from stake to stake entire! across
the bay and 1 fount the dipths to he verj
nearly the ame all the way from the surface
of the water to the hard bottom On the
Island si le however there was a less depth of
water but this wis balanced 1 1 creatcr
depth of soft ground On the 1rg1na Point
side the groun 1 was much harder I const ler
the 1 ottom good fo any bin ling jurpose at
thej depth above aanied to which depth I
drove the stakes I have made a circfal esti
mate of the cost cf a bridge similar to the
Galveston wharves twenty feet wide to be
built on palmetto piles with a draw at the
ma in channel and a rail on each side the whole
length anl the cist need not exceed sixty
thousand tlollars for a gool bridge for all
ordinar purposes. This estimate may be
relied on
I believe a bridue thirtv feet wide with an
extra nnmber cf iles nn greater strength
of frame suitable for a railroad and wide
enough for a comrjon road by the side of it
may be built for a sum not excee ling one hnn
area ana twenty t'-onsana aolfars
Jadeinir from tta present ai nearance of the
Palmetto Wharf vhich has been built several
i ears I have nodiubt that t bnlge orcr the
a on piles of tbe same material will last at
least ten years and irobabl much longer '
vc should here remark that Mr IIawll.
has furnished us vith a drawing showing his
surve over the ba and the exact length of
every stake from the surface of the water to
the surface of the bottom an 1 from the nur
faco of the bottom to the hard bottom proving
his statement jhorotut we cannot tonve
nfehttj-vhia tlaw aaftey- Tirtsnth-ftU of
an engraver
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Tut Shells "uniting The Ylluny Argus
Hard ' and the Atlas Soft" hive consura
mafc 1 a "fusion " jud are hereafter to - pear
under the joint management of Messrs Com-
STOt k an I CAs-im the able conductors who
have heretofore ktpt up a spirited fire upon
each other while na in taming the orthodox
of their respective creeds Henceforth the
are to flaunt the D-niucratlc banner in happy
concord and turn heir arms and ammunition
up m a common aevcrsar
It u but reasonable (o cA'ecta fusion be
twecn the various liscordant sections and bub-
div Isious of partict as neccsaary 1 re juratory
step to the approaching Presidential clec
tion for there is 10 other way in which they
can stand the leal possible chance to achieve
that great nattoml triumph and share in the
spoils of victory This kind of fusion has ac
cordingly taken (.lace with great regularity
betwesn the wanrg elements of the two great
parties once in every four " cars 1 fr cacu uas
seen the necessity of marshalling Its forces
preparator4oth.t great contest and of re-
commending "hirmon anl fraternal good
will' until tin. struggle for supremacy has
been decided i For this purpose the party
leaders on born sides strive to outdo each
other in professions of patriotism devotion to
the Union anda profound regar 1 for tbe Con-
stitution of thl country and the rights of the
States and Tcr it ones and of every section of
the'eonfederacf It is then that they su I lenly
become more m I more national in their views
of public pohi and In their partjt platforms
and lose sight nf nil the local questions sec
sectional contovcrs.tes anl antagonist inter-
ests and prcjuhces of the country nottole
revived agaiif nntil the contest for the next
four yearn pe.ses.ston of the Federal Govern
ment has ben decided
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E7" We hive occasionally enquired wh It
is that nothity has been done or is doing In re-
lation to the lew custom house for w hich an ap-
propriation asmadeneartwoearsago but
can' get no sjiisfactory information All we
have heard 11 that unless the appropriation is
applied to tlr purpose for which it was made
w lthin two jarsit cannot be so applied nt all
but must mee into the general fund accorl-
ing to an esublihed law It is therefore rea
sonable to sippose that the neglect to apply
that appropriation ha3 Wen for the pur-
pose of deflating the object altogether by
causing it torevert to the general fund under
that law It would seem to be the dnty of our
members in Congress to attenl to this matter
before it is to late What is done ttall must
be done within two or three months or else
another approonition mut be mile before
any thing can he done
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Indian Depredations The Texan of the
16th inst hasthe following item
On Mnnilnv last we learned from J B
Brown Esq taat three Indians were seen in
th icinit it his ranch and there is hut
little doubt but many are scattered about in
various places Mr Bolt who lives near the
ClDOlO IOSE seTCTU uuruts uj iuuuui .
days since weiI m search of his stock he
round several nluable cattle that had been
killed by Indiinshc ha brought his Tamily
to town
We learn from gentlemen who left San An
tonio last SataiJay night that the Indians
stole a number pf Mr Brown s horses in the
early part oflit week but were pursued
three Indians taled and the horses recovered
Afterwards (slont Fnlay iJst) the same or
some other party of Indian visited Sir
Brown s place again anl stole all his horses
a second time
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The Valce of Lands Vrticles on the
value of fani an Is and of city real estate
fall under our vc in exchanges from the W est
and Sonth. Sane facts which they relate arc
suggestive
V. farmer in Peoria county Illinois living
.n i r0nnir.irm for which he paid bi2G per
nnnnni dirt hii work himself kept a team of
horses paid Hs rent supported his family
i .iAnPmi 41VHI 1.1st vear Another farmer.
in Pike couny harvested 3000 bushels of
wheat from isinsle Bell hired everything
done and cleared &2.000 Vn acquaintance of
this man resiling in the same county emi
srated to that section a few years since with
nothin" sav e his health and a pair or willing
hands and Iart year sol I farm produce to the
amount of $11000 Ilts 1 Ig pen contains 491
! n.nmr i.so lbs each Another
farmer in Magan county sold SC0.000 worth
of tattle lastvear and cleared a pretty lenny
from the sales A Blooming Grove N Y
farmer was ofercd his board anda dollar a
day the car round to induce him to emi
grate to illinnn A- number or Orange coon
ty people have left New York within a car
to seek their fortune In Ohio Illinois and Min
I rnt!i RAnan mechanics some farmers.
j-j oag well when last heard from
lan(i the yiakes' have not yet troubled
them They arc very fortunate
our Relation with I.liclnml.
The threatening prospects of war with ng
land seem to have passed nwav almost as sni
dtnl a theyarosc The opinion appearsnow
to be ver general that all the supposed did
cnlties touching the Clayton Bulwcr Treaty
may be an I will be compromise 1 spec lily It
w supposed that a settlement may be efltctel
In either of two ways hrst b an entire
abandonment of that treat or s.conl bv a
mutual igrccmeiit b both Governments to
execute it stnctlv accordmi to the construc
tion given it bj our Government namely that
both Governments shall renounce absolutely
all pos csslonsor control in Central ltncnci
and its dependencies and guarantee the neu
trality of the Nicaragua transit on the coudi
tion that our Government will expel Walker
and all the filibusters from the United States
and leave the native inhabitants entirely to
them elves. It is now tinier tood that Great
Britain will agree to abandon all her posSClJ
sions there at once and carry out the treat
according to our interpretation of it on this
coalition But it is hardly prohibit that our
'lovernmcnt will tissnme so questionable a
power as that of expelling oar citizens from
Nicaragua who have gone there without v 10
latmg any or onr laws and un ler the right of
voluntary expatriation which all .American cit-
there apparently with the consent of all the
native inhabitants Besides ltwillbeciisyfor
our Kxccutive to show that he has gone to the
full extent if in fact he has not exceeded all
the constitutional power he Nsaes.es In en-
deav onng t prcv ent the present settlement of
Vmcrican citizens in Nicaragua We cannot
therefore suppose that our Government will
consent to execute the treaty on that condition
The Washington correspondent of the New
ork Journal of Commerce indeed says "It
1 is from the fear ofsomesuch condition as tins
' (of driving the 1 irates an 1 adv enturcrs out of
"Nicaragua) that the Executive hasl een can-
"tious to avoid giving an conntenanceoren-
couragenient to Walkfrs government
and lie ad Is that this degree or caution
was adopted to onutle our government to de-
cline interference either for fie protection or
expulsion of the Filibusters on the ground
that it is in no wa responsible for the events
that hive occurred in Nicaragua The Jour-
nal of Coiimeree then suggests that Great
Britain would herself undertake the expul
sion she requires as the price of her with Iraw-
al absolute! and finally from Central Vmer
ica Butconll our Government consistently
permit Great Britain to interfere to that ex-
tent in the affairs of Central Vmenca over
throwing the present Government and estab-
lishing another Our Government ma in-
deed have the constitutional authority to
give Its consent to such a measure but in our
opinion it wonll be morediscrehtable to our
Governmeut to give such consent than to un
dertake the cxpuNion itself Vccording to
all the evidence we have seen. Walkers
Government Is at tins moment as much a
government tie facta smith jure as any gov-
ernment on earth If therefore Great Brit-
ain insist npon the expnNion of the present
government as a con litlon for the oWervancc
of the treat we shoul 1 much prefer the other
alternative an I let the treaty be annulled and
lioth Governments make the most they can ont
ofnn influence they ma exercise in Central
Vmenca It is true collisions would be ver
likel to grow out of the rivaliy for suprema-
cy Ktvveen the subjects of the two govern
ments 1 tit the advantages are greatly on the
sidof the filibuster who arc quite certain
fflct alone to advance the 'manifest destinv T
of Vmencan republicanism in spite of any cf
forts of Great Britain to the tontrarj
The Washington Union seems to advocate
the annulment or the treaty declaring that it
injudiciously pledges our Government to ab-
stain from acquisitions in Central America.
It says
This nid'ctl difteremp betnetn the ton
trading parties vv ith respect t ly far the most
important stipulations of the treaty glres
rise to a question of great moment Vre the
United States under any obligation to observe
a treaty from which Great Britain has thus
exonerated herself? Certainly the United
States have an equal right with Great Britain
to put their own interpretation ou a treaty to
which they are equal parties and in which
the are equal! concerned and certainly
if we arc to interpret words according to
their ordinarj acceptation they have to sa
the least quite as good grounds for their in
terprctatiou as the I'ntish Foreign Secretary
has for his Rut howev er this ma v be so long
as Great Britain insists on this extraordinary
construction of the Clayton Bulwer treaty the
United States It would socni are freed from
all the obligations it imposes upon them and
are at fall liberty to -erect fortifications or
colonize or exercise dominion over any part
or Central Vmarica without any violation of
faith to Great Britain
The London dole which is sai 1 tu support
the polic of Lord Pallrstun seems also to
favor the abrogation of the treaty m the fol
lowing paragraph
' Vftcr tho light thrown on these affairs by
subsequent occurrences the first reflection
that occurs is to question the iwdiey on the
part of this country of an such transaction
with the United States xla the Bulwer Cla ton
treaty of ls30 Vfter the event indeed that
policy is seen to have been more than doubt-
ful' Boton Railways Considcralic excite
ment prevails in anl near Boston among the
holders of railway season tickets caused by
the resolution lately come tu by the directors
to raise the fares fifty per cent They com-
plain that they were induced to buy property
an I bml I houses on the lines of the railroads
in consequence of the cheapness of railway
travel and that now from what they desig-
nate a breach of faith they are forced to sell
their propert nt a great loss and return to
live In the city the new rate being so exces-
sive that they are unable to ne tho road daily
as under the ol 1 arrangement
The above is bit a singlo instance among
many showing the enntroling power that rail
rotd companies can wield over the most impor
tant Interests of the country whenever they
enter into combinations for that purpose
Ever days experience shows the increasing
power of thee monopolies a long as there is a
fair competition between them they conduce
great! to the ropciityof the country but
when they combine together (and there is a
most powerful temptation far them to do po)
they constitute the most U rmldable monopoly
that ever existed for the then have the
power of exaction to an almost unlimited
extent and may enhance nr depress the value
of the propert of the country at pleasure
according jis their own interests or capnee
ma dictate making the wealth and inland
commerce of the nation tributary to their ag
granlizement and power Fren the Federal
Government has already had to choose be-
tween giving them their own price for carry-
ing the mills or depriving the people of the
advantages of railroi 1 speed for mail trans-
portation By adopting this litter altcrna
tive whole States hare been snljected oc-
casional! to all the delas and Irregularities
of stages for mall transportation inflicting
the most serious Injury upon the public inter
est of the country
Iviri ovlment in United Istvtls Vitus
V special message front the President which
was laid before Congress on the 2Cth ult re
commends that recent Improvements in arms
and munitions of war shoull !e applied as
far as possible to the public service
The President says .
It seems proi er that more active and vig
orous measures siiuui 1 now ih. aoopieu tuai
w e shoul 1 increase onr capacity for production
and the force in employment at our armories
and arsenals that we should prepare more
ranidlv armaments and munitions for our for
titicationsrthat we shoull increase our sup-
plies of improved small arms by the mann
hicture of new ones and by the alteration of
those of past uates of fabncation.iuciu ling both
United btates and State arms and that we
should provide ample supplies of amumtion
accoutrements and imjlements for theimme-
di ite and most efficient use of the whole In
order to effect this it is necessary that more
than the ordinary means be placed at the dis-
posal of the Lxecutlve and I respectful sug
gest an 1 recommend that application be made
for the carl appropriation or three millions
of dollars for increa ing the military efficiency
of the countrtobeapplielat the discretion
of 'the President towards the objects before
staled-
fecvcral members of the House regarded this
as awar message designed tooieratcon the
other side of the water
TniLVts The Advocate says that cases of
petty larceny occur every day or two m Pales-
tine - -
$y The Palestine Adt ocate publishes a let
tcr from Hon John E. Cravens giving his
reasons for withdrawing from the Vmencan
patty
s-t-l
The name of the post office at Ciboio Bexar
county iexasuas been cnangea 10 aeima
LCommanicatesJIyT .Dwtee. Corpus Christl.
The (Mexican Litlzen of Laredo renslngthe
Indlau Depredations near Laredo and nlons
the Rio Grande.
The I ipan Indians have been continuing
their incursions from the Mexican side of the
Rio Grande until the excitement an 1 sj int of
revenge amongst our citizens who h ive their
firms an 1 settlements along the river can 1
no longer restrained Vlmost every other day
men arc killed or wounded near Laredo 1 the
I ipans who cross over to commit those itro
cities and return to theirencampmentsou the
Mexican si le of the frontier Nor have their
outrages been confined to this side of the river
alone They have while professedly at peace
with Mexico and under Mexican protection
stolen 1 great number of horses from their so
callel friends living in New Laredo on the
west bank of the Rio Grande and more than
suspicion rests on them of several mur ler
over thoe at first attributed to Comanche
Iu bans They have had the audacity tu n lo
into New 1 aredo on horses stolen from men liv-
ing there In one instance they had the hor-es
of the Alcalle or Mayor of the town Hon
Jt vn Ramos m their possession anl when
claimed refused on some iretence to give
them up an I left the town before they could
be forced to di so The de-ire of General
Vipalrri ascertain the truth of these
ehnrircasiminst the Lipaus. is well known;
unit his disposition lo punish thcni nas oeeu
recently evidenced by his ojjieial organ at Mon-
terey Mexico " 12 Restanrador" in which
on the oth of last month he states that sum-
mary punishment will le mete I to the 1 Ipan
tnbt? on ascertaining the truth of the charges
charged to it
The Mexican born but now United States
citizens of Laredo despairing of any effectual
blow being struck against the Lipans on this
si le of the river last week organized a Iwdy
or sixty men each armed with a Colts revol-
ver an 1 rifle an I h iving di-qutche 1 spies to
asertain the exact encampment le of the sav-
ages left Laredo on Monday the 3d ins t and
were to hive crose! the Rio Grande to attirk
them about thirty miles above New Laredo
Mexico the next day As the party consisted
of the principal men of Laredo and went
thoroughly prepared to take ample vengence
it is to be hope 1 they hav e by this time punishep
them severely It is understood that only one
native Vmencan citizen crossed with the Jrex-
ican adopted citizens and he was specially
invited by them An ample cavalry force is
required along the Rio Grande an 1 at some
posts on the Nueces
aco lebniary; 23 lW
Editors Nfws I fin I in your paper of
the lCth of this month un ler the head of 'the
arrest of ptrties " an article purporting on
the Information of a Mr PrnwELL to give an
account of the arrest or parties sai 1 to Im im-
plicated In the recent frauds upon the Adju
tant General Office and the burning of the
same Iat falL Doubtless Mr Eedwellw1io
it ma be proper t say. Is not the Mr Bed-
well who lives i elow W aco but we suppose
from information is a brother and lives In
Vlahama dil not intend to state anything
el e than the real facts of the rase Be that
as it may the entire article is a most egreg-
ious misrepresentation of the facts Nay
there is not a single troth in it Vndyouiuvc
doubtlesss unwillingly by this publication In-
flicted a eleep and to some extent an irrep-
arallc injury upon those who to say the
leat have heretofore borne irreproachable
characters It is then as a matter of justice
to those injure I asked of y ou that to a simple
unvarnished statement of the fact be given
as much publicity as to the article published
sometime 111 the month of November upon
the confessions of Mr Hines who had been
previously arrested for the burning of the Vd
jutant s Office in October last a warrant was
issued by a justice of the peace or Travis
county for the arrest of J J Buxkenshif
The warrant was pi iced In the hands of the
Sheriff or this county who If our recollection
serves us made these Ineffectual attempts to
arrest him Vfter theseattempts to arrtet him
by the requirements of the Vttorney General
the warrant was returned The matter here
rested for some three or four wcek when a
sccon 1 warrant was issue 1 and placed in the
haii Is of the Sheriff Upon this warrant some
two unsuccessful attempts were made to arrest
BLANKKNSUir
B at each attempt simply eluded the arrest
Soon after th" last mentioned attempt toar
rest wasmadcjB withsome few friends and
some witnesses went to Vustin arriving at
that point on Sunday B and his fnen Is put
up at the City Hotel and on the Monday follow-
ing was delivered up to the Sheriff of Travis
county and immediately placed upon his trial
before a committing court and after a thorough
an I patient hearing with the witness IIine-s
confronting Blankensiup with the whole
official power of the State with able counsel
employed by tbe Governor in the prosecution
with an appropriation of 10000 to back the
whole-l say with all this influence against him
Blankenlhip was acquitted of the charge
settling the fact by the decision that there
w as not even probable ground to believe him
guilty of the charge and all this too in the
face of public prejudice against Blvmcev
siur. and Hines swearing positively to the
guilt of Blan ken smr though not corroborat
cd in a single point by any evi lence whatever
inrcgarltoBLANKENSiiir
Upon the part of the defene-o it was est bl nil
ed Iv unimpeachable evidence that Blaxe-
ENsjnpwas at this place at the time nf the
burning of the office Vnd of course the ver
diet of the court conld have been nothing else
than the one given These arc the main lead-
ing facts just as they transpired and how
such an arttele as the one alove spoken
of coull have got into your paper I am
imal Ic to imagine
As toB J Lewis having been arrested this
will be news inleed to Mr Lewis If there
ever has I een any warrant issued for the
apprehension of Mr Lewis or any prosecution
set on font against him Mr Lewis wonldbe
glal to hear of It at ns early a date as the con
vcnience of those in owcr will permit
It does seem to me that the State is play ing
rather asm ill game in attempting to convict
respectable men of one the highest crimes
known to the law upon the testimony of such
witnesses as Bill Hines
JUSTICL.
--
Vnothek Stevm TtKiGATE The United
States steamer .ij-iin the third of the six
steam frigates ordered to be contructel ly
the last Congress and the only one of the sir
who-e construction was en tins ted to a civilian
has Wen successfully launched at New 1 ork.
Tbe V 1 Post gives the following descrip-
tion of this vessel
I cngth on deck 345 feet breadth of beam 55
feet depth of hold 31 feet.
She is estimated at 5500 tons burthen anl
her cost when finished will be nearly one
million ordollara Her complement of men
will be four hundre 1 The armament of the
fngate will consist of twelve 11 inch pivot
guns to carry one hundred an I seventy pounds
or shot anl a charge or fitteen pounds of
powder
Messrs Pease A Murphy of the Fulton Iron
Works are building her machinery Shew
to have four boilers which will contain over
eight thousan I brass tubes an 1 weigh two
hundred and eighty thoosanl iwunds She
will have three engines the lel plates of
which will weigh 52000 pounds the stralsht
shafts 10 000 the crank shaft 4a 000 the
cylinders 59000 and condensers Csnoo She
IS tO oe mil ngJJCU anu 'ir citis is s.(iiguiiic
the she will make ten knots an hournnder sail
and fifteen under steam.
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IclbekuS The New kork Journal of Com-
merce in noticing the arrival of the steamship
Vsia at that port on the 21th ult from Liver
pool says
The Vsl 1 on Tues Uy last 1 131 in lat 4 1 29.
long 49 10 off Newfoundlanl encountered
icerjwnrs an 1 nei 1 ice. wnicti she was ettrht
honrs in passing An Intelligent passenger
lututius us tuab uk uiu iue iuj; wen Deiore
break fa-t on Tuesday which wa tho fipt rr
they had been In and that soon after when it
had dispersed an iceberg was seen about a
mile to the southward and they slacked head
way and proceeded at the rate of about five
miles per hour At one time eleven were
counted one of them of such dimensions that
at a distance of fonr miles its peak was in a
range with the masts of an American clipper
midway between the iceberg and steamer
s.
C3Thc following is given as the soliloquy
of the Finance Committee of New Orleans
when examining the City Treasury after the
departure of Garlaxd
We feel like those who tread alone
Some City Hall deserted.
Whose Treasury bled
When Garland fled
And all the cash departed.
f Grape Creec Texas )
February 29 IW. J
Editors N fws We have not heard of any
Indian depredations inour section of country
fbrseveral month? but it sccnu as if the red
skins wool 1 trouble us a great deal this spring
for we hear of their shooting men killing
cattle an 1 stealing hordes on many places
along the frontier It is said that a wagoner
without having a riding animal with him was
perfectly safe dnvinghi wagon any road but
th& .safety appears to exist no longer
Three Germans residing at I rcdencksburg
had been hauling corn from the San Marcos.
Returning they went to the head or the Rio
Cljnco about four miles from the first settle-
ments on Grape Creek on the 26th day of
February and camped in a small valley about
25 yards from the creek.
Next morning two of the wagoners went off
to get their oxen and the third named Jacob
KiSenbeegek stayed with the wagons
The first two had been gon about fifteen
minntes when Jacob KrsEVBERrrE who was
stan ling at the fire saw eight Indians coming
down a mountain in full speed right towards
him When he first observed them they were
abjut three hundred yards from him and he
quickly conclude 1 to defend the wagi ns and
himself as long as possible so he took the
arm3 out of the wagons consisting of a double
f'ITt i?" r?mTrt"wtbJatt
thijcotherwiULbuckjii; rf wviiuiiu-u
and a six shooter loa led also. The Indians
dice up to him wttlunaWut fifty yards dis-
mounted got bcli a 1 their horsey and shot a
great 111 iny arrows at KCENEERrrn. He in
that tiu.c had taken up the shot-gun which
did not fire then he took the rifle and shot
one) of the enemy he fell then got up and
ran tumbling to the creek one of his brothers
following luni Then the In lians eauie closer
up to tbe wagons on foot and surrounded them
KtsE-NBEKtaEtt pulled out his six shooter and
now began the clo-e fight He fired three
times and received two arrows oue through
the left arm the other went about six inches
into his back. The brave fighter drove the
enemy from the wagons and soon went off
to hunt np his companions who were not far
from the camp. One of them pulled the arrow
out of his luck and alL three went resting
the wounded man several times to the first
house
Vfter KtSENCERCER had left the wagons
the thieves came cut up the wagon-sheets
taking both gnns. all the provisions money
and 1 laukcts It was too late to follow them
the same day but the next day fourteen
setilers of Grape Creek scoured the country
but on account of having no trailer their
rl le was to no purpose.
soar Ac II W T
Tlorc liurllkf IrlirR in I oittlou
Iapt r..
The London Times of Kb 2d. thus dis-
courses on the state of the relations between
England and the United States
'fThe omission of the United States from the
Qneen s speech provoked the criticism of Lord
Derby an 1 may possibly be a sonrce of addi
tlonal bitterness on the other side of the Vt-
Iantic bat probably the UnitelStates were
well left out for there is nothing that wc
could say about them just now that is likely
to please them r or onr own sake as well as
hers w e eoul 1 most sincerely wish that the
machine of government in the gerat republic
worked a little more smoothly and was not
so apt to get clogged m some places and
stimulated to violent and destructive action in
others.
Differences have arisen as they will arise
occasionally ltween the be-t fnen Is be-
tween ns and the Vmencan Republic War al-
ways odious and destructive would be against
such an enemy a thousand times more revolt-
ing than against any other To sweep her
commerce from the sea' to destroy Ler navy
to ravage her seaboard wonld be feits neither
difficult nor dangerous to a power with such
forces as Great Britain now pospa es but
Uttle would be the honor and heavy the loss
of this suicidal triumph W c are unwilling to
fight not because we fear our enemies for
never were conditions of combat more unequal
than tho- would be between Great Bntain
anl the United States at this moment but be-
CAiie ire caauvt urtug oureli-erf ta regard
them as enemies at all
""i et what can we do and how avert that
which this extraordinary nation or those who
have at least a legal right to speak in its name
seem to be determined to bring- upon ns ?
Were the whole attention of the whoie public
mind of Vmenca bent upon the question we
might hope for a satisfaction and reconcilia-
tion but what is to be done with a nation.
which is dnftingheedlessly into a war with a
people possessing a splendid army and the
finest navy in the world while it possesses in
trrth neither the one nor the other ? V few
thousand soldiers scattered over an immense
continent anl vessels carrying in all about
500 guns are litterally all the resources with
which the Unite I States can confront the enor-
mous fleet and well trained armies of England
about to be set at liberty by tbe impending
peace with Russia If we w ere the aggressors
if taking advantage of thecnormoas dispanty
of our forces we had been mean and base
enough to force a quarrel npon an unoffending
neighbor no words would have been soffi
ciently vigorous to reprobate our conduct but
what w to be said when a powerutterly help-
less; in military and naval resources insists on
forcing us into a quarrel which we have as
lttlc power to avoid as it has adequately to
carry out ?
We find uideed. In Amcnca an Executive
Govcnrment which is ready enough to ex-
change defiance with us but that Government
fs on tiic very eve of its dissolution and is
well known to Toe using a quarrel with Great
Britain as a means of courting popuianty for
the coming elections. W e have a difference
with it with regard to certain places in Cen-
tra 1 America and the interpretation of treaties
relating to them We have offered to leave
the quarrel to the arbitration or any impartial
State and to abide by whatever award may be
giv en Vmenca rejects this offer and contin-
ues the argument which a succession of letters
anl meraonaLsluve worn completely thread-
bare. Meanwhile a band of pirates issuing
from her own sh ires seize npon a portion of
the disputed temtory
The Times here makes tbe untrue allegation
that Walker is assisted by the naval forces of
the United States an I continues
lf wc turn to anotner cause of qnarrcl the
enlistment In Canada of Vmencan citizens for
the English service in the Crimea we fin 1 a
quarrel intemperately urged and vehemently
presse I by the Amencan Government Vmends
more than enough to satisfy the offended pnle
and wounded sensibility of any pnvate gentle-
man have heen offered in vain. They cannot
be content with satisfaction unless it be at-
tended with humiliation and require that we
should withdraw our deservedly popular Minis-
ter from Washington as an expiation to the
injured dignity of the Union We tnistthat
thH rash intention Is not finally determined
on or after so flagrant aad unprovoked an
insult it may be long indeed before Washing-
ton will behold another representative f the
Cabinet or At James"
In an article on the day previous the Times
observes
" Disclaiming then all pretence to any
knowledge of the contents of the forthcoming
speech we can only presume that tbe tone
adopte 1 by her Majesty with reference to the
two principal subjects which nowocenpy every-
one s attention the prospects of peace with
Russia anl the ncndins dispntes with the
United States will be pacific and moderate
without being on that acconnt the less firm
and decide 1 In the one case we earnestly
desire peace in the other we have the most
genuine and unfeigned averson to war bat
neitner our uesire ior peace nor our aversion
to war will Induce ns to forego the objects for
which we have taken up arms on the one hand.
nor to submit to gratuitous insult on tbe other
W e are conscious of our strength an 1 able
from our existing state of preparation to put
it forth at the shortest notice and in the most
effective manner we have shaken off the
lethargy of a long peace and were never less
disposed to surrender to menace that which
cannot be obtained from us bv reason or per-
suasion The London Morning Post assumes a like
attitude and in commenting on what it
styles the truculent despatch of the United
States cabinet to Mr Buchanan says
Mr President Pierce thought Fngland was
in a fix with the Russian war an 1 we migut
be browbeaten with impunity but now there
is a prospect or peace he will pcrceiv e the full
extent of the danger he has incurred. The
naval power of England ras never more Tally
developed than at present conipn. mg a farce
of ships of the line frigates and mortar an I
gun boats in comparison with which the
entire navy of the United States is bat a weak
and Inefficient squadron and will with tbe
certainty of peace be set at liberty to act in
vindication of the national honor in whatever
quarter it may beassailed. Thechange there-
fore whichhas recently come over tbe drama
of Luropean politics will no -doubt have its
6 roper weight with all reflecting men in the
init&l Statw ami thiv will consider whether.
on a point of mere international punctilio
which has been the supject of explanation and
apology a war should be rashly and wickedly
provoked which would sweep Amencan com-
merce from the seas and lay the whole sea-
board of the Union open ta the attacks of the
greatest naval power In the worll To this
extremity tbe dispute will not and must not
come
9 S-
To the Point We find the following
amongst other resolutions that were recently
adopted at the meeting of the Illinois Democ-
racy "Resolved. That we wnll not pretermit an
expression of opinion as to the power of Con-
cress to establish or prohibit slavery in tbe
Territories of the United StatesIut wc expres-
ly ueciare mai lyongress nas no const national
power to do either
CLK.n IG".
A Modern Jack Shefaekd The Mobile
Tnbune of Tuesday la3t says-
da Saturday night last during the stormy
part of tho night a man by the name of lat-
nck Lashley broke ont of the cuard house
where he was confined and made his escape
On Saturday be asked the sentinel to give
him a chair which request wa3 granted. At
niglit dnnng the storm he broke the chair
legs off and sharpened one of them on a bncfc
and with this weapon pnzed tho bnck loose
from beneath tho grating of his cell which
was np stairs and then descended to the lower
floor and pulled off one of the bars of the outer
door which was loose and made ha escape
Iashley was from Ehterpnze MLssissippi
and had been arreste I a few days since for as-
sault and battery with intent to kill a gentle-
man in the above named place some months
sme.
Neutralization of the Black Sea.
The third of the Basis of Peace presented by
Austna and Russia and which have been ac-
cepted by the latter provides that the Black
Sea shall be opened to merchant Terssels but
closed to vessels of war and there shall not
be established or maintained on it any naval-
military dockyards V Vienna correspondent
who is believed to be a diplomatist of rank
says by way of showing that the above ar-
rangement is not derogatory to the dignity of
Russia that it is precisely the terms which
were entered into between the United States
and England with respect to their respective
possessions on either side of the St Lawrence
nver and the lakes and with regard to Intro-
ducing the military flag of either on those wa-
J.SUSO lame- was Mali to see their lonlv'
wearing nice glowy shirt K-cms will dowtU
ounces white gum arabic pow ler it in a pitch-
er and pour on a pint or more water according'
to the degree of strength you desire and
then having covered it let it set alt night
In the morning filter it carefully from dreg
into a clean bottle cork it and keep for use
A tablespoonful of gum water stirred into a.
pint of starch made the usual way will give to
either white or pnnted shirts a look of new
ness that nothing else can restore to them after
washing "
VnotuerCouhodoreDsad Advioesfrom
Hong Kong dated the lCth of December an-
nounces the death of Commodore Joel Abbott
commander of onr East India squadron. This
officer entered tbe navy in June 1SI2 and re-
ceived his commission as Captain and Com
mander in October 1343. Oat of the forty fonr
years that he was in the "erTice he only pass-
ed thirteen years at sea ten years and nine
months having been spent on snore and other
dnty and twenty nine years and ix months
without employment
(JjCtLIFICATION FOR I K ANSIS VOTER.
The Kansas Freeman says that the officers are
rather puzzled how to apply a provision of the
law in that Terntory relating to the nght of
Indians to vote The law says that Indians
who have " adopted the habits of white men
shall vote and the difficulty is to settle what
shall be sufficient proof of such adoption The
last one suggested is that the tabregyne"shaII
be made to drink a pint of raw Kaunas whisky
If he does it he can go in if not he must
stand back till he has acquired tfcat valuable
political accomplishment
One of the superstitions of France is that a
fire kindled by lightning cannot be extin
guished and he who attempts to extinguish it
will die in within the year The Mayor of a
country village lately had to argue with his
constituents on the subject dnnng the confla-
gration of a barn. He conld only prevail upon
ten men to assist him in ponnng on water
The Insurance Company interested made a
iresent of five francs to each of those tea men
or having ansen above the prejudices of igno-
rance and an inadequate education.
Gone to Bed in a Sxow Bavk Between
nine and ten o clock at night a person passing
near the head of the turnpike saw a man un-
dressed with the exception of his shirt lying
asleep in a snow bank. His garments hadbeen
carefully taken off and were scattered all
about htm. He was found to be a resident of the
neighborhood who had got so far homeward
in a drunken condition and supposing himseif
to be snug in his own chamber nad taken off
his clothes and gout to bed Salem- Gazette
Monet Better than LiteraktScccess
Alexander Dumas has recently produced a
piece in Pans -Oreste" which hs been a deci-
ded failure. On coming out from the first rep-
resentation a fnend said to the author squee-
zing his hand " I don t think the piece will
make money but as to its literary success I
guarantee it "Si much the worse said
Duma3 I don t need success and I do need
money ""
Tennessee Railroads From the report
of the Railroad Commissioner we learn that
there are In Tennessee 1611 miles of railroad
Iu process at construction and 451 miles fin-
ished. State aid by the loan of State boutbt
has been granted to 22 different roads to the
amount of 55 07000 more than double the
State s liabilities. By the terms of the aid
granted the roads the State retains a first
mortgage npon them and they pay the interest
on the bonds issued for their benefit
Tns Race. The race which we announced
for last Sunday "was won by the mare A
very large crowd we learn was present and
not less than $IC00O bet besides any number
of cattle cows and calves clothing hats
boots sardines brandy eta etc. The losing
party has contested the race on the ground of
of foul riding Mach excitement exist and
it is thought that a law suit will ensue Gon-
zales Inquirer
Stirred A man by the name of Sellers
was stabbed in the back at the race ground
on Sunday last by another named (rank.
Ryder Though the wound was a severe one
Sellers we understand is recovering Ryder
succeeded in making his escape notwithstand-
ing he was closely pursued by the sheriff and
a dozen others for a mile through the open
praine This is only one among a thousand
of the evil effects of horse-racing Gonzales
Inquirer
V Singular Exportation V. vessel lately
left San Francisco for ChinahaTingas a part of
he cargo one hundred and seven ciiffins con-
taining the bodies of dead Chinese This Is ex-
tdained in this way Chinese speculators hire
argc bodies of men in China to work in the
mines of California. The bodies of those who
die there are taken back to prove to those
from whom they were hired that their services
are at an end.
Reward of CoRJtrrTio'e ix a Cojimov
Cocn-ciijian V member of the Common
Council in Jersey City having been charged
with tned for and convicted of corruption
was expelled the Board. His mdignaut con
stituents immediately re-etected him. but the
Board refused to admit him. The Courts have
been invoked to see that he 1 protected in his
rights
A Good Rl LE. V lady asked the Rev John
Newton what was the best rule for female
dress and behavior "Madam said he uo
dress that persons who have been in yoor com-
pany shall not recollect what you had on'1-
Thu wnll generally be the case where sinaralar
lty or dres3 is avoided and where intelligence
of mind and gentleness of manner arecnltiTa
ted.
The New York Times says that some nf the
letters received by the Vsia mention the ru
mored probability of 3 special envoy being
sent to Washington by the British Government
on the Central Vmencan and enlistment diffi
culties. The letding btnking letters from
Lon Ion and Liverpool attach very little impor
tance to the warlike discussions of these ques-
tions in the IiOndon press
Leaf YeirItreaesop the Ladies The
young ladies of Aurora IILT have passed the
following resolution "Resolved That if we
the young ladies of Aurora don t get married
this year somebody will be to blame Such
are the effects of Leap Year upon the female
character
He who is passionate and hasty is generally
honest It is yonr cool dissembling hypocrite
of whom you should beware uThere a no de-
ception in a bull dog It is only the cur that
sneaks up and bites you when yonr back is
turned.
IU UU5VHC IUC HTW"
-K hiu uai pas.sca doiu uou-ses 01 "c 111-
ssee Legislature raising the salary of the Vt-
torney General and Reporter for the State to
$1500 a year
.t rvamiescne tn me wmta . -
French cafes with the sign of Great Redan
and this inscription underneath "English
men not admitted here
A distinguished hteraryr tounst was once
found tn a paroxysm or tears over the snp-
Eosed tomb of Washington at Mount Vernon
at it turned out to be only the ice-house
Pe-nvstlvaxia Public W oeks Tbe
Pennsylvania Railroad Company have made
a propo-ition to tho anthonties or that State
to purchase its main line of public works for
5700000
V was of an exchange says "New York
city has spent $20 000 in finding out that Mat-
sell its Chief of Police was probably born in
En-laud and what Is to be done about it now
save to pay the bills does hot appear rt
The Cincinnati Slave Cax Decidid
Cincinnati Feb 27 The fajntive slavecase
in this atv has been decided in favor of the
owners. The Sheriff holds the slaves under an
indictment for murder
Barnnm some think Is playing "possam
and after buying up his own paper at 50 per
cent discount will laugh at his financienng
dodge
Boston lost4 in two quarters last year nearly
half a million of dollars by the Eastern war
ner trade with Russia was cut off to that ex-
tent A partizan paper says " it Is a mistake that
the (opposite) part? plays npon a harp i(J
thousand strings. The organ of that party is
a lyre"
The Wisconsin Defalcation. The defal-
cation or the late State Treasurer of Wlscou
sin amounts as appears by a report from the
State Treasurer to $39000:
Queer Decision of an Exglisu Clerical
Magistrate. At Castle Eden recently in an
assault case the ReT Mr Park announced the
decision of the Bench of Justices of the Peace
as follows
"As the assault is not proved we will dis-
miss the case if yon will pay the cost ; bat if
yon refuse to do so we ahaU fine yon for the
asftaalt."
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