The Northern Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 35, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 6, 1849 Page: 2 of 4
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VASHINGTON'CORRESPONDENCE. Gentlemen I thank you hcaitily for the
Kinaness witu which you have welcomed mc
W.SHI.NCTOX ClTT
Dec. Oth lSIS S
Mr Editok: Congress met on Mon-
1nv last the 4th inst. On Tuesday the Pres
ident's Message wns read in both houses of
Congress; and it is considered one of the
eldest public Documents that has cer issu-
ed from the ''White House." I have nlica-
tly sent you a copy.
" Nothing ofunv interest has as yet occmrcd
in cither home except the introduction of n
proposition to admit California as a italc in
stead of organizing atcrntoiial Government
there. If this done the agitation of the slate
iicstion will be av oided as all parties admit that
:i state hns.lhc ri;ht to judge oj that matter for
t-clf.Tlic fate of ibis measure is ayetimcer-
tain The popuhtiou ofCnliforninvvill increase
more rapidlv than any New Country on ac-
count of the immense quantities of Gold
which have been lately discovered there.
Numerous specimens have been sent to the
WarDeoartmcnt In Gov crnor Mason. and they
h.tvc been pronounced genuine by the Mint
-f Pl.ilndelnhia. This ranid increase ofl
population may enable California at an ear-
ly day to be admitted as a state.
The Democracy arc muchninrnhcd at the
result of the late Presidential Election al-
though they arc by no means disheartened
We hive carried as man States ns the Whigs
havo although our States did not hac as ma-
ny Electoral voles as those that voted for
Taylor St Fillmarc. Tins final result wus IG'3
Electoral voles f.ir Tnv Isr 1-27 for Cass.
There will doubtless bca good deal of discus-
sion this wintcr.on the subject of Slavety and
the Texas Boundary. I will endeavor to keep
vou advised of whatever of interest lakes
"place in tcgard to theso interesting ques-
tion. Generals Houston and Rusk are both
licrc in their scat. Judge 1'illsbury is ex-
pected this evening.
The committees in both houses havo not
yet been appointed but will be on Monday
nest. The weather has been extremely
warm here for the last week.
The Cholera is said to be certainly in
New York.
In great basic
Vcrv truly yours
DAVID S. KAUFMAN.
P. S. Postage on all single letters howev-
er great the distance will probably be re-
duced to fiv e cents this session. ). S. K.
From the .Yew York Tribune.
BECEPTIOX 0F3IR. FILLMORE
AT NEW YORK.
The latest Recounts fiom France come
down to the 4th instant. The city full on
the 31st. On that day the Imperial troops
had penetrated into the interior oi the town
h.iving first possessed themselves of the
suburbs.
Till the 2Sih ultimo six days were vainly
consumed in endeavoring to bring the Vien
nese to submission. Among Windischgratz's
conditions imposed oh the city was the dis-
arming of the populace and icmnants of the
academical legion remnants consisting of
desperate young men v nllai-hinns lurks
Poles Italians Gnllicians and Germans
many without the means of returning home
many reckless many still clinging to the
desperate notoriety the soit of theatrical
sovereignty which they had assumed. To
thec demand the Town Council the only
authority recognized by the impeiial gener-
al replied that neither the Senate or the
Academy nor the heads of trades nor mas-
ters of operative! had the power to enforce
or even demand obedience; therefore if the
Field Marshal insi-tcd upon submission he
must come himself and cnfoicc his demand.
To this half truth half irunv Windischgratz
replied on the 27th at night that he was
not disposed to compromise bis people in
street fighting and that he should first pos-
sess himself of the suburbs and then decide
upon the fate of the city.
On the 27lh the rngc of the Imperial bat-
teries was tried upon the suburbs and as
the city continued obstinate the attack was
commenced on the 25th in earnest (the bom-
bardment being limited to the external parts.)
On that day Windischgratz entered the
southern suburbs he having carried his posi-
tion by the mnft unremitting fire of small and
heavy altillery from all points. On the 29th
the attack was followed upon the Wicden
Mariahclf and 'acliottcnln'Id suuurSs ami
the Viennese resisted h'S atlvr."lCc at everv
point with he mast determined bravery.
urgcJ un ny the Polish propagandists with-
in the walls headed hy General Rem those
of doubtful fidelity bein placed in the front
rank Windischgratz found overy iuch dis-
puted On that day however he obtained a
position beyond the glacis which divides the
inner citv from the suburbs at a distance of
only two hundred to four hundred steps from
the wall of the inner city.
On the 29th a truce was agreed upon
I u tiirti eYtrnrlpfl tn ihn filllml llirr itriv nt nnnn
Wo nnlT lll( aildrCSS Of Mr. Hone St'TU- llm ITiimrtrlfinc U'lm liil rrnccnJ il.n
thejrvmg House on the night of the l lth front;er) maie ?n attack on tho Imperial
ult. with Mr. Fillmore's reply. troops in which they were assisted by a
Mr. Hone chairman of the Whig General .solljc 0f the Viennese but they wcie
Committee spoke as follows: completely defeated. Accounts in the Bres-
Sir The Whig General Committee wait jaf). ZcUting dated Rreslau October 31
upon you in a bod to express tne pleasure state tjlal (hc Hungarians eighteen thousand
thevfeel notonlv in ttietnumpn oj meir princi
ples but a pleasure augmented by tlic agret-
nble fact that it elects jou to the second of-
nnd I wish you all happiness and prosperity
prolonged cheering. J
SIEGEANT5CAPTnHiATrON OF
VIENNA.
lice in the Federal Gov eminent you a New
men strong attacked the left wing of Windis
chgratz s and the right ot Juliacluc.li s army.
Messenhauscr made a sally from a gate in
the vicinitr of the Red Tower. The Ilun-
Yoikboy born on our S)U a noble son ol J &arianSj h0Cver it was said woio com-
our own institutions who has made his own petely routed and driven into the Danube
way-ahead by his own industry and energy ' jtvas repoited ttiat soonafterthe commciice-
nud devotion to correct sound principles. It ncnt 0ft10 battle a great part ol the Hunga-
is known to )ou that the first choico of thor;an tro0pS wcnt over to the Austrian army
General Committee was not the illustrious an)ong others the regiment of Lichtenstein.
man just elected President for our heaits The struggle in the sticets of Vienna was
w ere pledged elsewhere but for the posi-j 0r snort duration the whole town was in
tion you arc to hold you were our (irst p0S3ess;0n ofthe Imperial troops on the 1st
choice and whatever temporaiy disappoint- November.
ment we felt in the first result of the Plula-j t was on tnc evening ofthe 31st that the
dclphia nominations vvas immediately a!le-( Imperial troops made their first entrance into
viatedby the agreeable inteligence ;h t you t'ie inuer town after having taken all the
were to share its fortunes and honors. faubourgs. White flags were displaced on
New York knew you. Your name was fam-J (1C bastions and in consequence the troops
iliar in her cars. You were the real favor- advanced but were received with a discharge
itc son of the State and from the moment cf firc-arn-s. Thereupon the bombaidmcnt
the ticket was fortncd.wc gave to it our hear- commenced with grenades and shells. At
this moment the palace and the library took
fire. Some say that the fire was not caused
by the grenades but that the people did it.
After the bombardment the city capitula-
ted and the troops occupied the castle the
Karnthncr Strasse the St. Stephen's Plaz j
and here uiGy were nreu on oy tne populace i
ty energetic and undivided support.
Sir in tendering you our congratulations
iv e may add that vvc look to yon to contri-
bute jour part and wc know we look now
with no prospect of disappointment fiom you
to a sound licattliy anu painuuc uumun-ura
tion ofthe Government. You will do al
awful a crisis. Tho Town Council exercised a'' UB occurrences of tho times worth transcribing
considerable influence and ultimately voted! whether of politics literature business or plcas-
iii ttipiiuiuuoii; uui iiic largest amount ot
actual power vvas doubtless that of the mili-
tary commanders General Rem (n Polish
officer who may he reckoned the candollicii
of the revolution) Messenhauscr tire com
mandant wtne national guaid and the arm
ed students. Rut nothing can he more ob
scure at present than the whole history ofi
tins protracted Itruggle. c neither know-
by whom nor by what means nor for what
purpose it was so pertinaciously can icd on.
In the whole course of events since the filh
of October no name of eminence on the Lib-
eial side in Austrian politics has ever been
put forward by the insurgents. No specific
demands of a practical kind were evcrprc-
Icrieil; no delinitc rallv uig-cry vvas laiscd
Yet by some means or othcithc extreme par-
tynidcd by theRepublicans from other parts of
Germany by I-rtnch and Sardinian emissa-
ries by PoIUh and Hungarian malcontents
succeeded in inducing or compelling a very
large number of the populace of Vienna to
make a defirnce against the Imperial troops
which would have been heroic if it had been
directed against a foreign enemy. The pro-
bability is that the revolutionary paity
who had rccko-ied on more effectual sup-
port from Hungary and haJ sent out their
laents tn Kindle a general insurrection in
the provinces succeeded in no part of their
plan but (hat of establishing a sort of terror-
ism in Vienna.
Tiic unfortunate inhabitants were divided be
tween their dread ofthe terrible chastisement
hanging over them for murder of Latour and
the cpnNion ofthe imperial family and the
no less formidable evils of a revolutionary
dictatorship within their walls. They were
kept in ignorance ofthe temperate proclama-
tions of Prince Windischgnil. whilst a knot
of adventurers and dospetadocs plavoufhc
tvrant in the town The lower orders were
doubtless incited by Communist doctrines
and hy that mkfurc of fear and audacity
which makes an ignorant people rush fiom
'lD grasp of law into the horrors of anarchy.
but sucli is the ignorance and infatuation ol
a populace in th's state of confusion that it
is probable not one man m ten Knew lor
what he was fighting.
Although the battle was sharply fought
during the whole ofthe 23th and a cannon-
ade which is described as incesBnnt was di-
rected against the barricades the loss of life
and the destruction of property will probably
bc far less than was at first supposed and in
particular less than that sustained by the
people ofParis during the days of June
when the actual conflict was three or four
times as long. Some ravages by fire are to
be deplored in the suburbs and according
to one account even in the Rurg and the im
perial library which arc situated within the
glacis.
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THE STANDARD
A DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN JOPRNAL
EQUAL EIGHTS
PRINCIPLES BEFORE MEN.
AND OPPOSED TO ALL CHARTERED MONOPOLIES
CLARKSVILLE:
SATURDAY. JANUARY 0 1849.
The Banner Smicof i!ie Democracy
Wc pcrceire that our coaftcrc of the Detroit
urc and a complete compendium of everything ii.-. Free Press claims the Hanncr for Michigan which
tcrcstmg in the Foreign news. AYe believe that
the excellence of a public journal depends as much
upon the labor bestowed upon us sclcctiunsas upon
its original editorials. Indeed with us the selec-
tions comprise much the heaviest portion of our
editorial labors.
Wc did not start upon our article with the inten-
tion of making any great promises of improvement;
for uc arc in the habit at all tunes of devoting
much labor to our profession; but wc tlanh we shall
be enabled tn lticwasc somew bat fur the present
vcar the amount of reading matter ia our columns
and to improve in some degree aficr awhile its
appearance; now perhaps as good as that of any
paper in the State. Having tins impression and in-
tention we stale it with lbs sune view tint a mer-
chant sets off to the best advantage the doirablc-
ncss of his wares with the hope tint somebodj
may be attracted to purcliasi. We labor under a
difficulty winch prevents us from Ics-sriiing our
price of subscription as wc would like to do which
is that from the limited extent of tile mill service
in anew State wc cannot reach a large rtmn of
the population which is in it and cannot get tint
fullness of subscription winch would warrant a re-
duction. Wc regret this but can only in place of
a reduction promise that our columns shall as fir
as wc have the power to ma"e them satisfy our sub-
scribers for the amount they pay us.
In conclusion we beg to say to some of our old
friends who have stood by us now for several v cars
that they know that we never part company with
true men for a paltry consideration of dunes; but
still wc need money all the time; all newspaper es-
tablishments do particularly in new States and
there arc some thousands due us for advertising and
subscriptions together. We have considerable
sums to payr and the additions vvc propose to make
to the machinery and materials m our office will
cost us not less than two thousand dollars and the
addition necessary to be made to the building will
cost us a few hundreds more. Therefore we need
the little individual debts due us aggregating as
they do a large sum; and wi: trust they will march
up to our assistance promptly generously magnan-
imowtyr and disgorge the paltry dimes of which vvc
trust their pockets arc fuU wc know-they ought
to be.
Will y0 I10t com0 Up t0 tle rescue old friends'
To those in our immediate vicinity our remarks
are intended to be of immediate application our
friends in the neighboring counties wc will wait
upon at the Spring Courts and shall never doubt
their regard for us until they compel us to do so.
Thi Vrtli-" 1'njMT.
We present with this number the Presi-
dent's Message complete; and not being will-
ing to deprive our columns of all variety
we have placed it in an extra sheet.
This will fully compensate in quantity of mat-
ter for the half sheet which a press of busi-
ness in our office compelled us to issue a
few weeks since and which we then promised
to make up to our readers at another time.
Bret I bin -who cnn'.
There were presented to us on Thursday last by
Wm. Sims Esq. two beets the growth of his
garden; one mcasiiring22 inches around and weigh-
ing eleven pounds the other smaller in circum-
ference weighing nine pounds.
1st they were still in possession of the bar
racks of Salzgrier; the university was entered
by the I;..ocrial troops and at noon the3C
barracks vcre taken by assault and many
nrisoners made Oi !JlO s.l'dCIltS.
Viex.va Nov. 3. The Spirits' of the Vi-
ennese of all parties are quite cast oO'vn.
The state of siege will not be so lenient mas' tunc. Our friends of the Masonic fraternity
.. -l t i.p.. l r-l 'Pl. l.lr I . ... J
us ui r raiiKiuri unu vuiugui:. i nu suiuiers lnjertoJ: to U up an excitement in the way of a
occupy all the streets and public places. . ... jmm;ltr ni ri.i
The Croats have pillaged the' faubouVgs. It Pro bl " was sUt " J1'
is not true as asserted th.-t the people set j and hc ancient fBtfy lljJlJ COntCnt Ulcmsclrcs
all
you can to put the ship of state on the right from the windows ofthe houses. The sol-
track lou will engage m no iiungue anu
no corruptions that think only of party and
nothing of the Republic. You will exercise
what influence you haveto protect commerce
agriculture and manufactures to save the
country from foreign wars when -vars are
unnecessary and to preserve the public
peace when with honor peace can be pre-
served IndcedjW-c may say wc look to ton
and to the illustrious man connected with
vou to undo much of what has been done
orifnot able to cfTect all that certainly to
lo little or nothing the like of which has been
done for four ypirs past. Wc w ant .a pa-
triotic honest Government. We want a
Government for the good of the people not
the good of party only and we are sure that
in lookinir to VOU we iook 10 unu wno win
ever maintain atid never desert the right.
Mr. Fillmore replied in mc toiiovving
words'
Mr Chairman A compliment from a city
like yours the Empire city not only of the
-Rmnire State but the commercial emporium
.r.t Kchnin common country could never
be properly replied to by me even if I had
time to prepare but the suddenness of your
announcement and tbc warmth and hearti
ness with which vou have welcomed ine.quite
unfit me to make any reply at all. I can
only lhauk you in my embarrassment but I
am sure that it is not to mc this tribute is ren-
dered but to the illustrious man under whose
name and whose principles wc have achiev-
ed the brilliant civil victory that the tele-
graph for the week past has been sending to
us. In that man and his simplicity energy
nn.1 straightforwardness I have the highest
confidence. I have never had the honar of
taking him bv the hand or of meeting him
face to face' but I have studied well his
character and I feel therefore that I know
v.: oilfor it ia s. character plain and o-
pen to bo read by every body and not oil
that complex nature tuai ucmu Um -..
the observer.
I have no doubt that under his Adminis
tration you will realize all the high and pa
triotic expectations tlial you cmcuaiw uuu
that the country will receive on impetus and
direction under his honest hands that
will go far not only to make it flourish-
but to make its institutions endure.
I look to him with confidence for n res-
toration of sound republican principles
and for an administration of honsst men; and
with him I am sure we shall have tho gov-
ernment ofthe popular voice not the ex-
pression of the arbitrary will of one man.
What the people demand the people will
have and upon them will depend the success
orthe Administration of Znchary Taylor.
Ch'cc rs -
Dragoon on tiia Fronilrr.
.-....... s 3 1IU vursicana. oi date.
December 17th savs that the company of dra"oor.
for Connor's late station hail arrived ai.d that the
Rangers were on their way to Anstui to be mus-
(tcrcd out of service.
To onr Rentier.
The Tloljilnj-s Our ovrn Mnllrrn.
Happy New- Year to you gentle reader a happy
new vear to you! We are again in our place after
diers broke open the Burgthor and Karnth
nerthor and they took the castle by assault.
The flames were seen rising above the cupo-
la ofthe library and on the 1st instant efforts
were made to extinguish the fire and hopes
were entertained ofsavtng the manuscripts the Christmas festivities and take the earliest op-
and tho most valuable hooks. The students portunity to wish von what wc will do all m our
nciu out tne longest in mat part oi tne town
in which the university is situated. On the
power "in our line of business" to afford jou.
The bolv day week passed off in cur quiet town
without any misfortune more lamentable than a
cock fight or two and the eating of sundry licartv
dinners not so good by half as they might have
been in more favored regions; but still better than
common and eaten wtth peculiar gusto from the
fact that dinners arc presumed to be good at Christ-
fire to the Imperial Castle (Burg) and
Windischgratz was wrong in saying' so in
his despatch. It was merely a pretext to
make arrests. Lists of proscription are be-
ing circulated in which appear some Radi
cal journalislt and ollicers of theAcadcmicLie-
gion. Several it is said are already ar-
rested and others have killed themselves in
despair. The system of espionage is exten-
sively carried on No one can leave the
town the Duputies even being refused pass-
ports. Yesterday Jellachich made a triumphant
procession through the city at the head of
his "Red Mantles." The appearance of
these soldiers in their chequered uniform
caused a very disagreeable impression.
The damage caused by the Ore and the
bombardment has been much exaggerated.
Nothing certain is yet known ns to tho num-
ber of the killed on the side ofthe Viennese.
It is said to amount to as many as 1500.
The army has also lost a number of soldiers
and many ollicers out u is ioruiuucn to ine
officers to disclose the amount.
The CommonCouncil issued a proclamation
on thb 4i'i. notifying the fact that Windisch-
gratz had aiadc tho restoration of ihe free
intercourse belwcn the city and the suburbs
dependant on the apnryhension ofthe follow
ing fire proscribed individuals I'uisicy.iiem
Messenhauscr Fenncberg and Schuttc. The
Council accordingly enjoin? those .who may
be harboring those persons to deliver ffiftn
up within six hour under pain of being
brought before a court-martial.
rilOM THE LONDON TlMEt OF NOVEMBER 8.
For a space of twenty-four days the city of
Vienna remained in 'the hands of tho insur
gents. No supreme authority existed but
that of tho Diet and in (he Diet fevr mem
bers appear to. have allcmptcd to act tn so
by doing like the King of France who marched
his army up a hill and then marched down again
making not much of a march they found pave-
ment for about two hundred feet and marched on
that to Dr. Look's house and then marched up the
stairs listened to an oration and then marched down
again and betaking themselves to the Star did
their best to cat up all tbc dinner prepared for them.
This finished tbc day's achievements so far as they
were concerned; but in the evening the votaries ofi
music and motion assembled at the Star and to the
music of a part of the Band from Fort Tow son
managed to pass the hours right gaily. Although
the weather was most inclement the attendance
was large including persons from Bowie and
Doaksville and some of the officers from Fort Tow.
son.
We propose trying tho coming year to furnish
to our subscribers the very best sheet wc arc able
to; and are making arrangements to procure such
additions to our establishment as will give an ap
pearance to the paper equalled by few in the State.
We propose also to give them as great a quantity
of readable matter as our space will permit and
to give to that matter as much variety as we can.
so as to make it acccptablo tn as large a class ofi
readers as possible; occasionally spicing our columns
The Rennll.
In our lost we gave a tabular statement of the
way the Slates divided upon the Presidential can-
didates. From oversight the calculation of votes
was allowed to show a majority of only 32 votes for
Gen. Ta)lor. It should have been 30.
Arknnns Scnutorin! Election.
Wc have omitted heretofore to state that the
Stnatonal clecuon in Arkansas vvas at last decided
in ftvor of Major Bourland tUio received near-
ly all the democratic votes; Col. Sevier having
withdrawn from the canvass.
Gov. Drew who was understood to have resign-
ed the Governorship to become a candidate for tbc
Senate received some 7 or 8 votes and apparently
vvas not virtually a contestant for the scat. The
vvhifi votes were cast for Dr. Gibson 18 strong.
Hrceptton of Mr. Fillmore nt Xrir Yorii.
As a part of the news of the day we in
sert the reception of the v ice President
elect by the whigs of Nc.v ork. If it
were not for the silly twaddle about " the il-
lustrious man under whose name and ichose
principles (can any body tell what they are?)
wc have achieved the brilliant civil victory"
and the stuff about "the honor of taking him
by the hand" (as if it were an honor for an
American freeman to take any man's hand)
and the "studying the character" of a plain
unlettoicd old gentleman whom Mr. Fillmore
wc have not a doubt considered fur below
his level until office increased the stature
I of the plain backwoods veteran wc say if
it were not for this which is nearly nau
scous to all those who know in what light the
politicians of Mr. Filhnoro's stamp really did
look upon old Zach prior to his obtainment
of the nomination the response ofthe Hon.
gentleman might pass as a very fair speci
men of the humbug and cant common upon
such occasions.
Principle of tho in-coining .Vdmininirnlion.
Wc learn by the Star of last week which
wc suppose may be considered " official "
authority that a good portion of the sess-
ion between this and the fourth of March
will probably be spent in canvassing and
mana:uveri)ig the principles and appointments
of Gen. Taylor prior to his inauguration."
This of course refers to the action of the.
Taylor party and is a valuable indication
coming as it does from a distinguished organ
of the party for this Stale of the manner in
which Gen. Taylor's principles nre to be
The Cherokee-..
An excellently written article entitled
' The Cherokccs: their history present
condition and future prospects" appears in
tho Arkansas Democrat of the loth ult.
signed by John It. Ridge. It i3 addressed
to the people of the United States nnd pro-
poses the admission of that nation into the
Union a3 a State thereof. Wcvrill repub-
lish the article.
Xevr lper in Chcro'sce CouaZj'.
We have leccivcd the 5th number of tho
" Democratic Herald" published in the town
o( Rusk Cherokee county by Parsons Sc
GlidewcII. It is issued upon the materials
formerly used in printing tho Rusk Pioneer.
That viperous concern died Irom the malig-
nity of its own venom and has given place
(oa respectable journal which we presume
from the number bofore us will be a repu-
table representative of the county and its
interests as well as an advocate of the polit-
ical preponderance which the county so de
cidedly expressed in the late oleckion in the
face of the sturdy and unscrupulous effort
made by the only journal in its midst.
Men Froioj.
Asa R. Cook whose disappearance and
supposed drowning vvc mentioned in our
paper of the lGth was found on the 22d ult.
hy the side of the road about eight miles
frnm .Tllllire PJtnilfS mwl lilo linrcn M na ftmrwl
icCtatc the remainder as in A r-L. . .3 .
kansas satisfied of the Democratic preilomm ! 'u.ng in mc t.mncr perl.aps a quarter ol a
ance did not attend the polK It may bo safely i lc fr0tn '"n' 0tl tIie otIlcr side of Litf
calculated that of ths five or six thousand vvho!IubanS- JlaPPear3 now that after driving
stayed at home eight tenths wore democrats Wei11'0 Sulphur and finding it dangerous he
opine that u will be very difficult to point out a turned around and managed to disengago
Tavlor man who did not attend the polls if his his horse from the carryalJ and get out. IIo
health would permit. hcn aUcmprcd to t bac. to Jud g
And now for our own region the sonrn of but aficr oss; LltlIc Must wIlIch w
lexas wo wish to say a fovvsordsof the gallant- . . . . "
r-! !. tii i ir .i (swimming and where it is supposed he part-
ry wuli wliica she bore herself in this eoatest and i " r
how gloriously she contnbut;.! to discharge iicre from his horse he valkcd along the road
portion of her duties to the Democracy of the untl1 probably exhausted by the severe cold
Union and her indebtedness to Lewis Cass for c dropped by the side of the road where
personal services rendered. Except our neighbor 'le 'ia apparently turned out to avoid a mud
county of Bowie which Was claimed by the Whigs 'hole aud tottering from exhaustion fell
and which gave us only a small mijority the whole never to rise again. This vvas on tho 6th.
north gave the greatest proportional majority given i The reason he vvas not sooner found was
in the State for our candidates: and in Bowie as!that Ilo onc travelled theioad sooner on ac'-
has certainly done nobly fiir her favorite citizen but
she cannot have it. Nobly as she has done and
triumphantly as she has refuted the representations
of the jealous enemies of Gen. Caas who sta'cd the
vote of the State as doubtful; ami generourly as
she lias testified herennfidence in that eminent man
there is one other member of the confederacy the
youngest and proi.dest of the Democratic galixy
to which the It inner will luvc to bs jielded with-
out a contest or a question.
Michigan has given General Toss a majority in
his own ward in the city of bis residence and in
every county but two m the State; giving bun in
all a majority of abovt 7100 in a population nearly
or quite twice as Urge as ours we have no late
evidence of its precise population and the number
of the Free Press vvh.ch we refer to shnvvsonly
tbc niainl.o and not the aggregate vote. But
Texas Iio3 done more than this. She has given
a majority of more than 0000 m a vote of hss
linn 17000 and although thnc count'es have
giv -n slight majorities to Taylor it must be recol
lected that two of the counties were the ground of
his military operations and held among thair pop-
ulation followers of the army who were immedi-
ately about his person. In no one county or rounty
tow n so fir as w e are informed east of the Colora-
do river has a majority been given for Gee. Tavlor;
but with unparalleled unanimity the population of
tha State has expressed its confidence in Demoi ratic
principles and policy. This majority too it should
be recollected has been given by about three-fourths
of the voters of the
vvc are told o-r majority would havo been larger.
but for some whig votes from Lafav ette county
Arkansas polled at one ofthe lower precincts
Look at the showing.
Cass. Tjy.
311177
333180
215 S3
Cass. Tay.
Cass 2J8 107 Fed River
Bowie 127 111 Lannr
Titus 200123 Fannin
Hopkins 227 70 Grajson
Hunt 70 12 Denton
Henderson 03 13 Collin
Kaufman. Dallas
Van Zandt 03 20 Navarro
Limestone 151 10
200G. I ISO
Ncarlv three to onc.
with one of those really choice tales of fancy j" fxcd UP'" Wc all recollect how lamcnta-
which do now and then appear of a quality to. uty deficient 0f them ho was prior to the
please the most enlightened taste. The silly love
sick improbable stuff with which most of the so-
called literary journals of the day are stuffed we
election and it seems now that the adoption
of them was deferred until the present sess
ion to be " manoeuvred " between this and
will not discredit the taste of our readers by prc-I the 4th of March in tho political hot-bed ofj
senung i mem. uu w. . uhu .y Thia .g a noyej anJ (.
a gem vivid in language sentiment and plot.l ;i: i r j . .i l
r . "' . ' military mode of determining upon the basis
and such we will occasionally copy. We shall al- . . p ti
ways keep up as completely as a large and choico . . b
exchange list will permit a regular transcript of r9 rae SralnS
It must be recollected too that three of the onlv
five Whig Journals then in the "State (only four
now-) were m this northern district onc in Cass
one hi Red River and one in Fannin.
As for Fannin she did nobly. With no demo-
cratic press nearer to her than 70 miles ai.d with
an active whig press at her county seat constantly
representing in very unfavorable light the Demo
cratic candidate giving garbled extracts from his
spcchcs and writings which byan uawarrantable
separation from iheir con'ext were made lo express
exactly the opposite of what the writer and speaker
really did express; and suppressing all that might
benefit bun in the cs'unation of the people: still old
Fannin struggling for the right and getting occa-
sional glimpses of the real state of things from the
copies of our journal circulated within her borders
aided bv the zealous exertions of a few of the rmln '
ettnn rfillni! lit. i m.in. i. .. Ii.aI. ... 11 . .
o. .'.f .!.. ui itiujuiuv t.llilll 111 till .LI(L I.U1C
vviU be a source of credit to her true hearted Dem-
ocracy. But it is difficult to award the palm in a distric
where all have done so nobly. Tor iistancc look
at Hunt and Van Zandt which oach gave more than
ix to onc; neither how ever polling anything like
a full vote.
It is with a great degree of personal satisfaction
that thus when the prospect abroad has been dark-
ened by a variety of sinister causes and in some
slight degree by a temporary aberration of the people-.
that we are able thus proudly to point to the region
of our own labors. It repavs us in a great degree
for bitter enmity and personal detraction which is
the inevitable lot of all those who labor for the
people and oppose the policy of the monopolists
and money changers that thus those to vv bom we
have addressed oursclf l.avc coincided with us.
Not however with a vain spirit of importance d
wc make this allusion: for we wish to expiess that
very much of the gratifying rcsuh in this region
is attributable to the personal exertions of the Dem-
ocratic orators who with great zeal addressed the
people in a portion of the district; and gave much
actual labor to the cause for which their recom-
pense in addition to the favorable expressions at
the time must be the kindly remembrance of those
of their fellow citizens who feel an interest in the
prcdomimnce of true repi'dlicamsm.
Texas; all Texas; in this contest ha3 achieved
glorv enough. It is enough for us that in the dark
hour when old leaders of the faith faltered when
those who had bcrnc the colors in a hundred fights
quailed and surrendered; that wc the ncwlv admit
ted have crowned our initiation with so gallant a
feat as to w in the banner the Demociatic banner
of the Union. Texas will receive it rcvcrentiallv
receive it to be preserved in her safe keeping for
better days to our glorious faith when it shall be
unfurled again to the shouts of the returning thou-
sands who will once more rally around it to disen-
thral the land from false doctrines glittering with a
reflected lustre u hich gilds their deformities now but
which will fade away like a sunset glow in a few
short months.
The masses will rally again to the old banner
tha reign of the false prophets is but brief. Eqcal
Rights the corner stone of the true faith will
soon be contemptuously spumed from tho base of
the Governmental policy by the Whig rulers and
then will gather as of yore ftom mouatain and glen
from field and workshop from the forests of the
west and the dense hives of the cities the stout
hearts who are tho real "people."
connt of high water which forced the travel-
ling around to Ringo's Ferry. The mail
rider who was the last traveller prior to tho
finding and must have passed the body two
days alter the death recollects that in the
night when he came by that spot his horse
started at some object which he did not see.
When the body was fr.und the wolves had
13 17 gnawed tiic lace and when Judge Stout went
ir 7 'back to bury it a wolf was at work at it.
Qj jj On the same day of this unfortunate oc-
.. 'currcnce a man passed Black Jack Grove
"' 'in Hopkins county with a cart and oxen.
-' 1" ' fl.il lllltllr. lift? cnn it I. 1.7.n ..- CI 1".
t.tiu im.iiii Ills am lllt Jlllli SUUIC UlllCll Ul
sitecn ears of age. It vvas so intensely
cold that at the Grove they eudeavored to
persuade him to stop but ineffectually. The
next day he froze to death on the road be-
tween the Grove and the Sabine. I lis son
took the body to the nearest house and
started for home some fifteen miles west of
the Sabine to apprise the family of his
death. After two or three dnjs hearing
nothing of the boy search was made for
him and he was tracked to a slough on the
other side of the Sabine where on a drift
the last sign gave out and it is supposed he
vv as drow tied.
These are calamities which have seldom
to be recorded in a Southern clime nuil
seem rather to pertain to extreme Northern
regions; the wilds of the far Northwest.
M. Lamartine received 300000 franca for
the History of the Girondists.
Cholera.
This dreaded scourge is undoubtedly at New Orl-
eans raging with violence. The Delta of the Z31
savs.
The disease exists amonj: ns in a severe
and dangerous form. Wc i-an hear ot the ra-
vages ofthe disease in evey direction and
the mournful signs of death arrest the atten-
tion wherover vvc turn. Its approach is so
sudden its course is so soon determined anil
the power ofscience and ofthe curative art
seem so vain and impotent to subdue or mod-
erate its ravages that it is impossible to keep
pace with its progress or familiar with its
operations. In the mean time it becomes our
citizens to maintain a firm and contented
state of mind and to abstain from all excess-
es and excitements. Let them be prepared
with proper medicines.. and meet the first ap-
proaches of disease bv frompT reins dicfi
1 lie slightest tendency to diarrhoea or loose-
ness of the bowels is dangerous and should
be immediately attended to. Cholera can
only be arrested in this early stage. Whin
it has reachnd the spasmodic condition it
uencs me skiii ot medicine. e have not
heard of a single decided case that has not
proved fntnl."
The following is the report ofthe Charity
Hospital for the twenty-four hours ending at
six o'clock. P. M. Dec. 22nd :
Asiatic Cholera admitted 41; originated
in the House 2: other diseases admitted
bl T.ltnl nrlmlltnJ fit
Asiatic Cholera discharged. 2: deaths. 2Q:
other diseases deaths G.
The Steamboat Bclvidcre which arrived at
Shrevcport on thc2SthIost herniate and two hards
by Cholera aad the Caddo which arrived on the
23d brought up some deck passengers afflicted with
Asiatic Cholera or something very hie it. At all
events it was aggravated Cholera of some sort anil
proved fatal. Three deaths also occurred on tho
"Violet" between New Orleans and Shreveport.
It is not at all improbable that this traveller may
visit our district shortly and next week and contin-
uously vvc will rc-publish all the valuable directions
of the Boards of Health elsewhere as to tbc pre-
ventive course proper to be observed and the treat-
ment immediately upon seizure.
In the mean time vvc recommend to our citizens
to kepp dry and remove all unnecessary moisture
and all immoveable filth from about their dwellings.
We should regret indeed to see this at all times un-
welcome visitant in this region in the present con-
dition of tho earth and atmosphere.
However wc have no means to repel it and al!
wc can do is to be cautious and prepared.
Red River. "
The river has been in bontable condition
for some time past.
On Tuesday of last week the Envoy past
ed up to Wright's landing dropping part of
her up freight at our landing. The rirer is
now nearly bankfull anil several boats aro
expected hourly.
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