Texas State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 9, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 21, 1854 Page: 3 of 8
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TEXAS STATE GAZETTE.
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n3 Tho Hon. Joseph W. Jackson late Member of Congress
from Savannah District died of yellow fever at his residence) in
Savannah. A man of scrupulous honesty and the most chival-
rous and unbending integrity ho goes to the grave with the re-
spect of all who ever knew him.
TjT The epidemic in Savannah has nearly disappeared.
Arkansas.
Increase op Voters.- We learn from the Little Rock True
Democrat that the number of votes cast at the late election for
members of Congress was thirty-one thousand. This is greatly
larger than any previous vote showing an increase within the
last two years of at least ten thousand voters.
ggr-'Col. A. H. Rutherford of Sebastian county and Dr.T.
13. Aloon of DarJanel'e are candidates for auditor.
ffjp Tho Clerk's office of Prairie county is destroyed by lire.
Everything was consumed and Mr. E. M. Williams the clerk
lost $2500.
SO The question of calling a State Convention in Arkansas
has been lost. The majority against the proposition was 3000
55jT The Fort Smith lib mid man is not hard to please. He
says : New Subscribers not Wanted. While other newspapers
throughout the country are calling out for new subscribers and
offering inducements to clubs offering-premiums for the largest
list ifcc we wish it distinctly understood that we do notwish
to extend or obtain any new subscribers. Our reasons will be
given in a future number. Fort Smith Herald.
Alabama.
(ggr Captain Jackson a gentleman well known on the Ala-
bama river intends about the 1st of November to place in the
New Orleans and Alabama river trade a first class steamer to
be called tho Montgomery which is to ply regularly between
New Orleans Montgomery and all the other landings on. the
Alabama river.
Q5ir Judge Nimrod E. Benson one of the oldest and most
valued citizens of Montgomery lately died of yellow fever lie
was receiver of the Land Office for the last quarter of a century.
Henry Peebles Sheriff of Montgomery died lately also.
Mobile and Girard Railroad. The Chief Engineers have
advertised for the construction of the several sections to Mobile.
Tennessee.
iSpr While passing along the street
a few days since we
observed a long lean lank copper-colored winding bow-leg
ged darkey leaning up against a lamp-post resting. Up come
a round slick black faced drayman with a white oyster-shell
grin. "I say look here you niggar dar leaning dat post dar
up agin yourself what you gwine to do with dem legs dar
-when Massa Abraham goto put you in his bosom? lie ain't
gwine to put 'dem legs in his bosom so you'll jest have to left
em hanging outside like a dead robbin'slegs. You don't low
dem legs to sleep wid you does you? L? dem was my legs 1
would paint em striped and straddle the Mississippi for a South-
ern rainbow.' This was too much. Legs picked up a barrel
stave and exclaimed "Leave here you black hydrofodimus 1
A Remarkable Woman The Roformor published at
llandsboro' on the sea coast m this State gives the following
of a woman residing in lLirrisnn county:
There is in this (Harrison county) a woman who hi5 setthd
in the woods three miles from any other habitation. She has
cleared a small farm split the rails and fenced it round. She
does every kind of work required on the farm. Shu has no help
of any kind and no human being lives on the place with her.
She will sell this year 100 bushels of corn from 12 acres in cul-
tivation besides potatoes and other Vegetables. A friend of
ours who has been on tho place says' sho can ' lay off" tho
straightest corn row hoover saw.' She can stand on the ground
and leap on the tallest horse; works out all day and spends a
good part of the night in knitting sewing &o. Where can be
found a match for our JFemalc " 1 Vonian. of Harrison county
Mississippi t
flSr Quarantine to prevent the rage of yellow fever are all
tho rage now in this State. Natchez led off' followed by Port
Gibson then Jackson Raymond Yazoo City Warrenton Bran-
don Centre &c. &c. What good it will do is yet to be seen.
It does not appear to have prevented the disease at Jackson or
Yazoo city several deaths have occurred since the establishing
of the quarantine.
ICr" Air. G-. Lewis editor of the Union in Tishomingo
county recently died.
SHT The yellow fever has broken out at Jackson Misp.
USEFUL INFORMATION.
Picking- Cotton. Once again we suggest the advantage of
nice handling. You can gather it hulls trash and all very
soon when nothing better can be done. Let this therefore bo
the last resort. It is a great outrage upon the beautiful locks
which now hang in snowy whiteness to have their fair texture
spoiled by the careless mingling of the leaf unfitting this most
matured pari of the crop for tfie manufacturing of the liner
fabrics for which it is so well suited. No No! Strive to han-
dle nicely at least until necessity shall drive you to gather it
as you must. The probabilities are that the discriminations in
favor of fair cotton this season will pa' for tho trouble and
moreover we are disposed to think that there is an obligation
to use the utmost skill in the passing of this great Southern
staple through our hands to send it forth in good condition.
Careless hasty picking and bad ginning do an injury from
which it is difficult ofterwards to relieve the lint so as to lit it
for the manufacturer. After the frost has come to impart its
stain or when the product is so largo as to preclude such pains-
Wheat and Ryk for Pasture. Thoso who hro short in
grass and corn foddor should immediately put in a a good
quantity of wheat or ryo for pasture Tho former is so
much tho most nutritious that it will pay in pasture for stock
for tho difference in tho price of seed. Tho ground ought to
bo made- rich so as to insure a rank growth tins full. It may
be pastured again in the spring and then produce a fair .crop
of grain. Farniors lose much annually but moro especially
during a drouth by not paying moro attention to cultivated
grasses forlheir stock. Under this head wo mime- corn stalks
as well as wheat ryo clover &ci Even tho wild sugar cano is
nothing more than a grass botanically speaking. American
Agriculturist
To kkei Worms from Dried Fruit. Placo y.our fruit in a
steamer over a pot of boiling water covered tightly. When
thoroughly heated tie them up immediately in a. clean cotton
or linen bag and hang them up. This method is preferable
to heating in an oven as that is apt to render them hard even
if you are so fortunate as to not burn thorn.
. Cream Caki:. One cup of sour cream one of sugar two of
flour and two eggs and two tca-spoonsfull of salaratus.
How to Makk a Horse Carry ins Tail Straight. I had
a very fino colt that carried his tail on one side and was con-
tinually throwing it over the driving line when to euro him of -this
habit I braulod a loop in his tail and tied it with a string
to the traco on the samo sido on which ho carried it and when
he found it was tied he would pull on it when I would lot him
up a little gradually on tho string until at length ho came to
carry his tail perfectly straight. Boston Cultivator.
Catching Flies. Tho Prairio Farmer tolls how they catch
flies in England. It is dono by "fly papers" and tho process
is called "fly torture" on account of tho manner in which tho
insects have their feet fastened in the "stocks." Tho article
used is rosin and sweet oil mixed and spread over tho snrfaco
of a newspaper then slightly sprinkled with sugar dust. Tho
moment tho fly puts down his foot ho is fast. They hro thus
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caught with great rapidity mo "torture" appears 10 uonaibi.
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m a want oi liberty to go wnere they pieaso.
Cui- Cake. One cup of butter two of sugar three of flour
four eggs one cup of sour milk ono tea-spoonful of salaratus.
Bake in small dishes.
nolo cat wid vour drav niercrer wulfricitvl Ef von don't Ize
gwine to broke your back for sartin. Fore de Lord I will."
This interview was wound up as usual with a deafening yell
of laughter. The Southern negro as he is needs to be no
. happier. Memphis Appeal.
Memphis. A census taken in July last by air. Ranks reports
12G37 as the population of Memphis. It shows an increase in
one year oi twenty-live per cent.
Mississippi. f
Horrible Murder. A Father hilled by his own Son. On
Saturday night the 10th inst. William F? Carr of Pike county
Mississippi shot down in cold blood his aged father Mr. Wil-
liam Carr without the slightest provocation. Young Carr had
been recently married and was living with his wife in the same
house with his parents. Three or four mends ot the iamily
were passing tho night at the house and observed a coolness
between the father and son the latter behaving in a very dis-
respectful manner to his parent. Nothing serious occurred how-
ever until the family and guests had retired for tho night to
their various apartments ; the old man with his aged wife the
mother of young Carr occupying a pallet on the floor in the
main body or ropm of the house. Shortly after retiring the
aged couple were heard in a low conversation apparently in a
pleasant mood whereupon young Carr rose from his bed and
went into where his parents lay and commenced kicking his
father in the side severely as he lay there on the floor. The old
man arose to his feet at the blows to defend himself whenyoung
Carr seized a chair and struck his father with it several times
over the head. A scuffle ensued the nature of which could not
well be distinguished by the 'dim and expiring light on the
hearth but which resulted in the old man's thrusting his son
.out of the door which was open into tho yard. Young Carr then
returned to his own room seized a rifle gun which ho kept there
loaded and went round the house to whore his father was yet
standing in the door.
One of the guest;: who had loft his bed at the disturbance
endeavored to wrest the gun from young Carr but upon his
taking less care and more speed are allowable but in October
there ought to be put up a large amout of cotton of a high
grade in quality and for which there is always a good demand.
Putting ur tue Corn Crop. The corn crop suffers less
from exposure to the weather than cotton but is nevertheless
losing and wasting all the time which it is permitted to remain
in the field and ought therefore to be gotten out and securely
housed as soon as possible. When the cotton is Open and ex-
yoil DiaCK nyuioiqaimns i t) wp.lt.m. f.lVnr.ihlft for Tiinlrinir. ir wnnlrl mt ho
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Good Advice. "Take care" recommended a father to his
children "when you find yourself in tho presence of persons
who see you for the first time to display only tho best qualities
of heart and mind. Thoy will always judgo under this first
impression." That father knew the world.
5ir"Somo old bachelor down East who is opposed to tho
"strong-minded
man's rights:"
women" perepetrates tho following on "wo'-'
"Whoii woman's rights are stirred a bit
The Hist reform Mie pilches on
Is how she may without delay
Just ilraw a pair of breeches on! "
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threatening to shoot him also he desisted. Young Carrthen ap-
proached his father in tho door threatening to kill him before
day light. The old man said " Don't shoot me Frank you
know 1 would not hurt a hair of your head for a thousand dol
lars. and that 1 would share with you the last dollar I possessed
the gun at
im :i little
below the breast and lodging in the backbone. Tho old man
turned an1 fell exclaiming to his wife " Rhoda I'm a dead
man!" and instantly expired. Young Carr then mounted a
irl belonging to her to a
loin he related the cir
Know 1 would not hurt a hair oi your head lor a thoi
lars and that 1 would share with you the last dollar I
in the world." At that instant young Carr presented t
his father's breast and fired the ball passing into hii
horse and took his wife and a negro gi
neighbor's house not far distant to w
cuinstance and to whom ho related tho circumstance and to
whom also ho sld the negro girl and in whoso charge he left
his wife while he made good his escape. At last accounts he
had not been captured but the Sherifl of the county was in hot
pursuit.
General John A. Quitman. This distinguished soldier
and citizen arrived in our city on Thursday on the Magnolia
lie Inur" been invited to be present at a celebration at liolton's
Depot Hinds county to-day in honor of the battle of iMoiitorey
and would have left for that place on tho cars this morning
escorted by the "Volunteer Southrons" but for the news of
the postponement. When that news was receive'1 he returned
on the Magnolia to Natchez. Vicksburg Whig.
deemed good advice yet awhile to stop to make a business of
gathering toe corn ; yet rains come occasionally which wet
the cotton and unfit it for nice picking for a time ; these occa
sions should be well improved in attending to the corn which
is nothing worse for a little wetting. Ihe outside shuck may
be reached by the rain but the ear is not easily wetand may
therefore be gathered at such wet times. Wo have found
those who advocated tho putting up in the shuck when tho
corn is wet enough to heat and kill tho weevil. This may be
good doctrine and a safe practice. Wo arc not of those how-
ever who believe it. We think the corn ought to bo dry when
it is housed and kept so. For corn which is to stand through
tho year we regard tjie plan of slip-shucking as very good
keeping it in neater condition and freer from waste possibly
freer from tho weevil. Ihe history and the habits ot tins little
insect we do not claim to understand so well as to speak con-
fidently. It is sometimes possibly always carried from the
field to the crib. Wo do not yet say more about gathering
tho corn than that it would be better off in tho crib or the barn
than in the field and as soon as you have opportunity put it
there and if you have not made moro than some other folks
you had as well put a lock on the door. It is often a great
blessing to see danger when it is yet in the distance. From
what we hear it will not require much of the-prophet's skill to
"see that corn is going to be dreadfully scarce. Take care !
Borax Washing Receipt. Our method is as follows: To
every pound of hard -soap add from one-half to three-quarters
of an ounce of common borax with one quart of water. Put
the water in any convenient vessel upon the stove add the. bor-
ax somewhat pulverized and then put in the soap cut up in
thin pieced. Keep them hot but not boiling for two or three
hours or until the whole is well dissolved and then set it aside
to cool when a solid mass will be formed. If the vessel is set
upon tho warm stove at night the operation will be completed
in the morning though we think it better to stir the mass jtibt
before it is cooled. The night before washing rub the clothes
where most soiled with the soap and soak in water till morn-
ing. This soap which has been more than doubled in quantity
will go quite as far bulk for bulk as the original thus saving
at least one half. The boiling and washing are to bo performed
in the usual manner; but it will be found that tho labor of
rubbing'is diminished three-fourths while the usual caustic or
eating effect of tho soap is greatly lessened ; and tho hands
will retain a peculiary soft and silky feeling even after a large
washing. Tho preparation is adapted to all kinds of fabrics
colored or uncolured including flannels and it is thought to
increase their whiteness. By using this preparation with the
previous soaking over night we have had sixteen dozen pieces
finished early in the forenoon when by the old process it
would have been an "all day's job." Auterira?i Agriculturist.
How to Oct the Real Flavor of Oowle. In Knighton's
tfc Foreign-Life in Ceylon" are tho following hints on tho pro-
paration of coffee derived from long experience;
The subtle aroma which resides in the essential oil of the
coffee berry is gradually dissipated after roasting and of eouroo
still more after being ground. Lu order to enjoy tho full fla-
vor in perfection tlie berry should pass at oncd from the
pan to the mill and thence to tho coffeepot and again after
having been made should be mixed when almost at boiling
heat with tho hot milk. It must be very bad coffee indeed
which if these precautions be taken will npt afford an agreea-
able and exhilarating drink.
Of Special Interest to Publishers and Book-Sellers.
Books not weighing over four pounds may be sent in the mail;''
prepaid at one cent an Ounce any distance in tho United States'
under Ihreo thousand miles; and at two cents an ounce over
three thousand miles provided they are- put up without a cov-
er or wrapper or in a cover or wrapper opened at tho sides so
that their character may bo determined without removing tho
wrapper. If not prepaid the postage under three thousand
miles is one cent and a half and over three thousand miles in
tho United States three cents an ounce.
USE?" I' tin's part of the Union it is usually considered a
great bore to be caught on a jury. The case iB very different
in California; at least so we infer from tho following bill of re-
freshments furnished for tho Grand Jury in San Francisco
while holding the grand inquest:
1 doz. cherry wine $2000
Martols brandy 2400
1000 cigars -..125000
2 baskets Heidsick 5000
.do do .' 7500
2 tins crackqrs SI 000
1000 Cigars 125.00
500.. do..1. 6250'
1000.. .do 12500
Sherry wine 12000
$0S95t)
j u.r uuii iv;n ji
5 gals. M artel Brandy 5000'
1 bottle bitters
rni 1 -i i it . 1 . . t
ihis would give ench ot ihe twenty-tour lurors
Sherry' 150 Cigars 2L bottles of Champagne and quarts of.
Lsrandy.
Before this bill was ordered to be paid the following discus-
ti.)ii took place among the Supervisors:
Air. Nightingale. It is impossible that they could consume'
so much.
Chair. (Atwill) Their deliberations were so intense that
they required some artificial stimulants.
Air. Nightingale. llow'many Cigars did they smoke?
Clerk. Three thousand five hundred.
Mr. Atwill. According to that; their deliberations must have.
ended in smoke.
Cheai' Gas. Two or three of tlio principal hotels and as
many theatrical establishments in .Now York manufature the
gas required for their own consumption and thereby effect a
great having in expense. Tho St. Nicholas has had its new gas
apparatus in operation about four weeks and the saving is
considered equal to 100 per cent. Previous to the enlarge-
ment of that establishment tho gas cost wmiethiug like $20
per night. The number of gas burners has since been increas-
ed to 2100 and the oot per night is not far from $18. It has
not exceeded this sum. Tho apparatus is very bimplo. A
fireman and two laborers are all the men employed. The gas
is manufactured from. rosin and after tho old style mid is of
an excellent quality.
A Ciu.nicsi: American Citizen. To-day there was issued at
tho State Department a passport for Young Wing Fsq. who
has jtibt graduated at Yalo with the highest honors. Air.
Wing is a young Chinese gentleman with ffne talents and groat
learning for his ago ami has been eight years among us. 11q
is about returning to China to see his friends for tho first time.
Vuahinglui Star.
Hot rjdu Texas. A train of twonty'eight wagons confab-
ing ten families in all seventy-live prisons 'from Caralh e
county Va. passed through Richmond on tho 27th ult en ronlg
for Texas by land.
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Oldham, W. S. & Marshall, John. Texas State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 9, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 21, 1854, newspaper, October 21, 1854; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth81157/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.