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LAWYERS' CARDS
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it mT he to mate nek atm .hail be fkrnlatad wlia
;heprtner.r-e!raebpbllct;oa before bo aball bo
reqajred :o haro amwh-kkrwlks' aakke.
FtaiTITl SLA TBS. The Bft wetioa of the act P
raary S 1141 ragalatlkc th aalo of naanr ila.f
nms'.Amm .Ija I.b..aa kH.la i i niRWiiMed TO Ja I
as a rauwar a notice of fhk apprebenkJon and koas-c-i
town: with a fait daarrtpttoa of aocb kikeo akal' bo
tit ooaoti vboro UeeokaBltment shall baTt
i InrrTiiaiiaH ail f tkd kith 1M "t for kUA iboT
are to bo ponHih.k wUl bk okkteaed antu forkM
aaarawa aocorojaaaT.
iabakrlbort AdoerUasri and Afenta ktay remit ntoneea.
oar riak and iipoaae. All miiinkiilfkttnkk akkk bk
addroatod to Iko Kdlton.
ailtaeat with a full doaerlpUoa of oacb klko. kkall bo
published wsokljr la ooo of too papot. at thsSoat of Go
oraanatfar thospakk ofaaataooU. and prtad sopte
t Okroaf famtsbed to tao Okrk t tbo Coanty Oort c
tit saaato whore thoeasnaltment shall baTt boon taade
A. li. EMIti.
Vat PINKVEV UILI..
LAND AGENTS.
' ILL practice in the- 2.1 kn.l 3l .Judicial Di
tricts.the ud Sinrciu.- and Federal Cf.urU
ia:
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i. noRsr.i at raw otrk-Woarst. lii
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h"'er. ut any hoolnen g"-'t- n akaoa. TkX':
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rolin!i BraanrU runtj. ! Will atteml
' l.u.l;i- in the OnrU i.f the Kiril larth 111 li-trirt and
in tl.e t'n n.e e'.d Federal Court ot (he f'.tt. 3-S4
rrouftr-AT'I w. tdln
j. ."tcfl.t;I.I.Al-
tnrs; Itldabo jjniy.
k If Itt'.il. at. C P. -Affonuy an OasoeOo
AT Atr. Brenf.mTea will (.mciiwiu tl!e Oaark.
f the Third Jadirial Oiatriet in Fsyetic sod aaakiacotav.
r-. assl In thrSai.riie and Kedcial Cnuru ut Au.n.
Mit !'".V no-!:i
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if ur.K A f.t'K t. AT-... sets iT I.tr-
Uri tlrUnnl County "ill pr.rtio- It! th
i.nti. - .' M' l.rinn sl. i.ir.--t..i Tr.'.t-.nr sn
Hill '.'!.
. a 14 I.I. . . ArrokNM r Law. W.t
t M.I r .nan rounty Tes Will prartir in
.: it n s; s fc i ta ia .
AltortiC). itntt kounoellera att Law.
aTO. !l CAMP STREET
HEW OKLEANS.
.It ixi-j .Sf.iimes was Associate Justice ef the
Supreme Court ofFlafila lip to hi.- removal to
Hew Orlcarik.
Mi: HtLL. m lieen a citizen of Texas ex-t-cive'y
and lkboriaajkl engne d in the nrtctice
ol l.iw ..r iu.re than twenry years and con5-
dVtrti rnfi-rk i'i the B-nch anil 'har of that State.
auras .7 BO II tl
OWABD Hi S.-.KLL Attorney at Law
I a;i Antonio TeXM il3 "67 aiu
i. Kit. IL i; li AV
I :-'CiCl;V .Mt(USEI.OII ATI. AW
.1 a si in Tct d s .
ILL praetiee in "he Court- of tie Beeatsd
l'h -il ami Fourth Ju.iicidl Diatrietw.
Z'-j- Pri-mjt atteotioa given to tb celie.-tion
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li..;.. P. II. Ut-li. M.mhor of C.aj;re.-H.
S B-Mirbnlk Philadelphia Penn.
Dr. E. D Fenner .Vw Orleans. La.
I. H. Kiiianuel riatiliiiii Misu.
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tA. kavaaaawawanatl Itsasatt at Isasta
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. askbaj ...i iiAu. Artiiiiijnu;.ui
. .. ..a- o u McLeuHsn county ioaaa. o-
nuiKLil j. m.
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-Attorney-sU-La.w Dallas.
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amc- i.si.-.n j. r. raros
MMI.-ttV I'ltl lilt ATT..K.VAV and OOCSlUtL
W um. t Law assk Antoniu Texas. Will practice n.
:he District Count of Bexar Medina Gillespie Comal
i.ua lalupe Caldwell and Uonsalrs cnunliea and In the
I Jeraland -lapremc Cnarts at Anttin.
waV f6ce on Post Omce street oppotke the store
r. beeek A Preach. i7:ly
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). a. on itt w. n. wcain.
U lT A' WOtin-ATToasrrs and CouxiiKL-
toaa aT Law renterville. Leon Conntr. Will pr:u
Uce in all the Counties of the thirteenth Judicial District
cud In the countin of Houston and Anderson.
'Jepictrbtr let ISM. n!-7-ly
L"ts.'ri'l. tt'll. II Arrosxrr asn c.rL..ip
WA at-Law Henderson Rusk county Texas. Wil
ractice to the District Courts or the Sixth Judicial Dis
iricta-id a portion of the firth; also in the Supreme and
Pe rsJ Courts a Tyler. CDdlrided attention will he
lirea to U hualnes. confided to his care. Prrticular at-t-tition
to the collection of t-btims and the prompt -mit-tanceor
money collected to the proper parlies. He will
act a- acent for the purchase an.l also of land and will
tjTeatlgsle land titles upon reasonable teruu.
March ISM. --;.-.
'!!HMIK A VAI.Tt.
( Sur- ..r .. Brmcn cf- GriJRn)
A rORKEYtk AT LAW
CSTIK . THIS.
j ILL ut I end tn ail bu-iness before thp Cour
V ol Claims just e.tnr.lit.lied ny the State to
he oAaTpkass of aKoertainiriz the leyal claims at
in I. j jii I lands .-iifttirist the State.
As tasters) wil! lie a er.-at inanv claitiiaiits. per-
..tis imymi! cinuuK uM 'o well t forward to us
tLiir evident- at an Parly . .
We are alg.' prepare.! to locate eertificafe-
hen olitaiut-'l in the Reserve which will lo-
.i apd ia aaaxrela K.7. Keferenci- "iven when
'1'ii '-.I. no'2 HtiL'IM-tf
rnu veii.ix. i.A.xii Ar;E.v.L. p.
) a. stl.ril.Ktt ot natmntjion tejr-a. ofler. to locate.
I surrey and procure patents for one t I d nf the land .
I IS i-S cants per acre on all claim' t-aa . ng acre ur
f for ten certs per acre on larger at w-nn .
He will also buy or tell lauds in or Lpr-i- Hr7-s and
Northwestern portions of the ftitj irivinir -lie rictest
. ..r ..... .. I aK mi notion It. . 1 1 i- .. t. A .
or sale of lands.
As he hasfuodt placed at Ms disposal to Invst in lands
all persons wishing to sell would do well m fora-nrd to him
a description of the locality of their .a-: ba and alao when
practicable fix a minimuta price m them- otherwise he
could not fetl authorixed to become the purchaser even
as afrent.
A thorough and intimate knowledee of the country and
a personal experience in the baajuesa for the lait ei-rh'een
rears must insure superior locations and safe Invetnieut.-
ftir alt those who may faror him with theii busintien.
Any bttsinesa designed for him may in his absence he
placed in the hands of Hon. B. C Ta tisr. of Wa."hingtnn
1. D. Giddings cf Brenham; Wm. II. King or Houston ;
1. Southwick f (lalreaton; A. J. t'ompton of Austin ..
If.m. G. i. Erath nf Waco.
WaaMufrtun Nov. ioth li55. Dec 1 ul5 ly
l.l.n AfiE-JCV.
A 0. WALKER Land Agent Purveyor etc. will a
.'tl tend in locating and surveying lands In the Den-
ton and Cooke Land Districts. He has been i-ngHged in
imitewtug investigating end irfecting land titles ia
Texas and particularly in the Upper Trinity region du-
ring the last ten years. He is thoroughly acquainted with
the country and is per :.... better prcna.ed to make
ralrhlbtk locations than au one in it. Hewilll.icateljnd."
n very moderate terms aud be pledges r-.iruself that all
hualnesa entrusted to L.iii will be faithfully correctly and
promptly arenrted to. Address Bird ville Tarrant county
mli-vti-T '
LA. Ms
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A.saSs. A. J. An-rjxni.T-AT-I.An Waco McLen- j
can counly. Texas. Will uraetice in the counties
ui asc-enaan Mnteskone rreestone rails siuam anu
Bell and in the Bsipreine Court of the Stale. Prompt
attoatlon given to the securing valid and perfectingcon- ;
iron teal and claims .Office east of Waco Inn. .
July i-Cix. i-4-i
JOIIH SI. BOfSTO-.- II. . BUAPr-ORO. I
lIllklTilK A ItHADI'OHU. Ait-.km.vs-. r
Law aod (ieneral Land Agents Belion.B.-!! county.
lxas. will practice In the Courts of UcLeonan Kell
XiHam Bosti ue. Corryeilaiid Wliliamton. Prou-ptatiention .
g ven all b'jsiccss plaoed kk hia hands. -11
S J. rlllliltr w B. P. CARUNOTOH.
tfllil I I V A tt(aV'i. . -ATTORSgVSAT
9 L.w Au-tii. Texas V il. a' en .. anv oaslnes.
entrust...! t. them in all the or iniies a Aettern IwxaM
an! in task Supri-ne and Federal Courts i Austin.
cr.MP.AI. LANn AOXXCT.
tlec1.al attention given to the inveni- it' on of titles to
'and buying ami veiling land paying mxe-.for non-resl-lents
and the prosecation of c!al ns for ncadright aud
tx-kUktf land.
RsrBCNCis: f F. Rice. Chief Justice oi Aaaham-. ;
B.ker La.i-r i Co. Mnl.iie Ala.; John T. Morgan Esq.
Sjlina Ah ; John T. Uardie A Co. New Orleans; Buch-
nuon. Can. .11 A Co. New Orleans; Coiart Humphries
x Billups Oolumbn staaa; G. i. Coxart Washington.
Qy ; Beijj. V.'liiilovk New York ; North Sherman A Co..
ew Tnrk ; J. R. Frolhinghatn New York.
Feb 24 n27
'ouis'r of f i
HENRY W. SUBLETT& JAMES P. XEAL
AnoitxrYS at Law Austin. Texas pi.i-
lose to nive special attention to all Claims which
may he placed in their hands which may retpiite
In- recviuti tf the Court of Claims recently
stahlislt.-.j by the T. xas Legislature. Mr. Sub
left ht been ill Texak some twenty-two years
j ud im.-... .o l somewhat familiar with the
character of most of the claims likely t.i come he
fore sai'l Cnurt.
.i. Pinckn.-y Henderson San Augualine Terta.
0. M. lloherts Shelby county. Texas
Hon. John Hemphill.
Hon. KT. Wheeler.
Hon. A. It. Lipscomb
Members present Lesislaturjp.
. I vol. S augiW-Iy.
tJKINIU.ir H(K-ATTORiiT atoOoea-s:-.l.!r-at-I.a
Beilton Bell county Texas. 4-22
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
UJtN JOHN P. A-rro-utrr akd CSocssxixoa
AT Lav rsprlDgScId LlmestoDe county Texas.
March 8 Igta5-n2!-tf
HESEaVQJf. D.-ATTORSEY-at-LA w Waco
Texaa.
Austin July ftth. 1S56. itssag
JAillvlOI. W- aaaa) ATTOairrr-AT-LAW LaGrange.
Texas Will attend ta the collacilon or claims in
v.-ugi. ting land titles Ac and all other business con
aecml with bis profession in Western Texas.
NoTcaiber IT pd n!3 ly
bom :
P t-I.aw Notary Public aud ' General C iiectint
HFSS ATTnaxkT axp Cot k.aixnk-
A sol. Helena Texas. tS"-y
Mif.M'Mb. C. C & A. O. ATTdiutrTS akp
O.cxtiatiaiKS-aT-LAW Bastrop Texas Will prac-
tice their profest'oo in the counties of Bastrop Fayette
Buries n Williamson and Travis and in the Supreme and
Federal Courts at Austin.
Part' -nlar attei 'hia given to Laud knits aud the col-
lection of dells.
Hires TO M C Oimon and Nelson Bnrch of Bastrop ;
Hon George W. a chal Hon. John Hancock and John
W Harris. E-q.. Austin. Juae " 'S6 ni
OU i.l. J. IV.-
I.aw Waco. Taxaa.
.ATT..rst-T and Cocsax'-Loa at
''tiltnv llt.Mil' E. Attosxtt axd Cnr
I aKUns AT I.4W l.'U5i.'r. Harris c-i-uoiv. lexas
nil practice la the conntm
Grime . Jvflerson and Liberty.
llarrta MntromerT
March 7 t4. f2--j
w
M. OI.IIUAT W.irhmaker and Jew.lltt
Pecan ateeet. Aaat'n. Texaa
l.-c li. sjfl.
St--Ki .If. T.ATTOksST at-Law namilton. Bur
netconnty Texas Will practice in the courts ot
Brmett snd surrounding counties and will also attend to
te pmohase and salt of l.-ids ibe investigation au-! per.
kc ir.g of and titles etc. II
oias a. t rain aorr. p. rtsTta.
tj I II V POHTBU- ATIciaxk-vs and CorssiL
Unts-ar-LAWIo-kbart Texas. aat
a. ra-cUAL eao. a. tasiiial thus. a. sTRtuuNO
SjH" lllf.N A MHIRI.IX.-Attossxts at
!. mil. -lUn.l the Court at san Antonio ano
V 'in the surr-Hinding c- unties and the Suprecr an"
r'e.Kralcrmrtsa'. Austin aud Galveston. Addretf
GEO W. PArCHAL. Au.tia. Texas.
PASCHAL A STKlbLlKG. ban Antonio Te
Aottiu August JS IS5A. nl-7-ly.
w-.iAjAa w aoOKkk t- o.stAarT.
..i A t:.kl( l. ATTOaXKIS AKP
Oikiskiai lot II I It Waabingtnn Texas. Will
.'.. tie iu in suiircme Court cf the t-ute and the UuurU
ot .re .l.i-i Juuictsl Dixlrirt. 4-2
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A.TKUN UK UILI.
I Lkte of Clarkkville Texk.)
A T T O RN E Y AT LA W
Austin Trias.
OFFVE l?f SWENSON'S KULDIXG.
declar-uolTtly
Hkiklll.lOVI aV TI.HUU.I..
ATTOKNEYS AT LAW
Austin TtTiis.
Ojfir: aSVe'- Xnr BuUdinj
tii.7 oct4-tf.
nB. IVI-LLIATIS ;IIKsK:. A
nath. n.ro.i.s
A TTORNE YS-A T-LA W AND
VENTRAL LANO AGENTS
Parit Lamar county Tejcos
Att 5tS. riO ly pd
c. n. it.-Dof.iii.
ATTOKaNKY AT LAW
A mtltn l eras.
A. U- C0M1T0N & CO.
Vac! tun and ('.lOimisNivn llerchaots
k3-i:ia-At!3Flsa..TrLD W3-SsTNTT
city of Austin texas.
IT7ILL attend'tu thepurchageand aaleofland.
VV in any part of the State; collection of claim?
against the State or individuals buying and sellius
of city property.
Cash paia for aU. S. Bounty Land Warrants.
March T. I.'.?. gfctfy '
( SiARLKS li. J0RD1I.
Uil'TJVnt FOKaVARDIKC cV COM.
.niNsso"ii .vii:itciiA"iT.
l'OKT LAVACA TEXAS.
RE.FERESCES.
UaTi. Gudewill & Mohr Henry Sheldon.
LauMin&Co. New York. Thielej Seller & Co..
McDowcl Mills & Co.. New Orleans. K. & D. G.
Mills Theodore Wagner Galveston Groesbeck &
Pre.-'cli. Vat .-e A Brother San Antonio Samp-
son V Henrichs. F. Dietrich. Austin.
Feb- 89 D28I857 lv.
AGKTtCV. MeKEAN A McMAHO v
I. !.- i i. Texas have entered into partnurshn
ir me purpose ol Duying selling and locating Linda an
cting as general Kn Agents. An experience oft. ; .
ears in the above buainess combined wi.h an intimate
kt.owedge of thw lands in the couatiy sua an extensive
acquaintance -with its inhabitants secure ad ..Mages t.
he above firm which arc pooaessed by few in the same ttnc
tf business.
References Hon. A. J. Hamilton Austin ; Judge Ban
oicx Austin; Hon. W. B. Ochiltree Naiogdochcs; Col. tt
Means Gonzales; F. B. r-cxton Augustine; II. M. Kin
-ey Augustine; A Nellie Seguin p. S. aewton .-i
Antonio. March 4 1853. 4-211
LASS It. L.iY IT CALDIYLLL
THOS C. THOMSON.
IllE undersigned having recently sold out bit
possessions at Biiajtd Rock takes this me
rhod of informing Lis correspondents and friend-
that his place of address alter this will be at
Caldwell Burleson county at which place he wil
resume ins runner occupation as Surveyor a-
General Laud Agent.
Refers to Heads of Department and the
-lerks Austin; and to the proprietors ol rl
State Gazette.
THOS. C. THOMSON
nol'i-nov
OP CLAIMS poa
Monti and Land ajainxt Ae Stale.
ii. P. ROLLINGS WORTH & CO.
Austin Ttxas.
WILL ACT AS AGENT BEFORE SAID OOMMISS'ONEK
OP CLAIMS.
VLL CERTIFICATES of the third and fourth Classes
Donation an Bounty Warrants muit lie presented for
approval by the first day of March; 1S53 or forever b ir
jel (They may be withdrawn from the District Land
.HBce without effecting their entry.)
All Duptlcnt Certificates r ....- chw-Mi-r asaaja i
obtained before said Court.
All persons who were entitled to Land or Money uncle'
any ot the General Laws of Texas and have not ob-
tained the same may do so.
Attend to bnsinest in the General Land Office and do .
General Land Agency Business. Locate Land Claims hav
ing partners in the frontier Land District.-. Charges rea-
sonable. REFERENCES
Members op the Legislatlke.
Hon. 8. Caoflsr Commissioner General Land OOice-
Hon. R. A. MATkBics of San Antonio.
Hon. J. W. Fi.AXAOiN of Henderson.
no2 aug80 tf
GENEBAI. LAND AGENCY.
EFFERSON T. LOVE offers his services to
.J bis old friends aud the public generally to lo-
cate lands on the upper Brazos and on the pro-
posed mate of the Houston and Galveston Cen-
tral Railroad. Having spent several years in the
business he flatters himself that he c.iij procure as
good locations as ran be bad.
He w ill locate large amounts for out third ol
the land and small amounts on liberal Cash Terms.
He will alio attend to any business before the
Oommissioner of Claims.
N. B. Business to go betore the Commissioner
of Claims should be directed to me at Austin and
Land Certificates for location to me at Owensviile
Robertson Co. or to Fort Belkunp.
April 11 '37 n34:6m
ROUT V.". I'AKNrs t.LO. 11. TUATtl V.
CARNES & TRABUE
Rl.CLiVlSC. FORIVAROIXG k COMMI8
SIOS MERCHANTS.
i i A L V " K S T U N TEXAS.
S'i tata hi mi fiaid Oi tl.c mtttnt of. Cfu
K F. P E It N C P. S :
Col.K-L liaison Austin City.
Shelloy it Cairington.
uo4-sipt I'J-tf.
T. H. Me.! An AX
raaJUUk)KK KKt;KIVI.NG A.VO KuBWAKIHHti
KKCanfAICT.
RICHMOND TfSlB.
Will keep on Kimi Rope Bigging. Groceries am! Plan-
tation c-pj 1I--S for s.!e at a a.nall a.i.'ancie aacOAaa fr
aabak.
RrrKKFJsrns
h i. B. L Penan Uartia; 9. M. Swenson Austin; M
J acacktekird Galveston; Messrs. Perkins A Co. New
Drtcaat; M' N. Cl.Tnenta New Yora ; Messrs. Ilerce A
B xaa Bkakt ..
Apr. I l-i-nAt
-sspil.4
GElKiE H VTNTEN.
NEW ORLEANS PRINTERS' WAREHOUSE
NO .ij POYUK I- STREET
AVjfiot.'i Crimp iir cB. C.'utrU StreU
EW IMll.l.ANM.
PHPssasra Types Inks Paper Cards Card B"aydtad
furi-ishitig of every .ie-ciptinn
Se.-ond h .mi materials boagnt and sold sad- "U type
aatam in exchange for new ai i cents per pjui d.
August 16fcT 16-ll
FiTFf DOLLARs R;:u'.lRt.
: ANA WAY from my Piantatinn in the
j lower e.ige of Fort Bend county oo
or nliout the 2'tth tt September last
mv iietro ilau Abraham aged about 34
years dark eonipleai.in in.d.uiu height bux stout
and very muscular quite intelligent high forehea
and one of his uppei front teeth out. Said boj
was brought from Missouri last winter by a trader
by the catne of Latham ami sold to Judge B- P.
liurkoer. of this city and by Kuckner to me1
The kbove reward will be paid to any one who
will lodge him in jail so that I can get bin. Please
address n. c at Houston.
J. p. WATERS.
Jan. 5 3bs.
J.
ATSTI. SELECT .HALE SCHOOL.
T'HE Third Session wil! open on Monday. Feb.
2nd. The rates of tuition will remain as here-
tofore advertised.
Instruction will be iven in French ifJeruiau
or Spanish at a slight additional charge.
Pupils not desirous of pursuing the full course
will not be required to attend the regular school
hours. Competent assistance having beeii secured
patrouage is respectfully solicited.
ak23jaa314f WM. L. KipjX
SCHOOL TJMCHEUU."
Gentleman experienced in teacbiinr aipl
A qualified to instruct thoroughly in all tli.
branches of an English or Classical Eduealion
vUhes an engagement as Principal Professor a
as Private Tutor. Hkk unexceptionable refe.
eueee and teatlmnniaU as to skili cbaract.-r and
-jaalificatioiis. Address
"CLASSICAL TEACHER'
xalveston. Texnt. decl:J-D(17:-t"S-J:pd.'
J. la. IUSMI.I Ma U.
RESIDENT DENTAL SURGEON Austin
Texas. Office 2iid floor Swensou's Bnildin-.
all ot k warrci.ted. satisfacWry refeepnees tjic n
June 1 in. no d:t 'f.
j FIVE III.VDiiLli OOLLABSilEWAUU.
j vINCE the above advertisement was published
! i j the Nettro therein desitrilied waa taken up and
Indied iu De Witt county and baa since broken
out and is again at large- I will now give one i
i hundred dollars to any one who will lode said
l"hi(ibl ColloH a litnttiJioi:
FOR SALll
rPHE Cotton Plantation nowj occupied by tbi
I subrcriber situated aboufctwo miles tr.nii tr.
city of Austin on the west bank of the Colora.l.
River is offered for sale.
The plantation contain "V18 acres of land if 4i;
varas front on the river and runs back for fjitmj
tity ; about 90 acres tri' bottom land are un-
cleared and well fenced ; about l".r acres is c-'t
ereJ with a heavy growtiu of bottom tiuilier.
The balance of the laud is bottom and prai i
The land is well tunv.'j and is esteemed to ba on
of the most compact and valuable tracts of iani
iu the cotton region sal T-xas.
There are two a-.. 4 Spniiijs that never fail fro:
which a portion of the laud c.uld be easily in
gated. There are good negro cabins corn crib .
stables and yards.
To a person haviag a gang of negroes au op-
portunity is now offered that seldom presents it-
self. It will be sold and immediate possess..-
tiiven. Presuming no one will purchase Milium
personally giving the place a close and thorout
examination a ride erf twenty minutes from tin
city of Austin will taite you to the Plantarjon.an
it will be found ready and williiig to speak ior it-
self. For price and u rrms apply to
W. P. deNORMANDIE
Cry of Austin Texas or
THOAlA.S F. CHAPMAN
On the Premises.
Austin March 10. 1 f7. mar2l nUI
BPBECaa Off BsBN. HALKni.
An iiaoteose tlirong o! people assembled
in New Orleans on Canal street to h -ar the
asdresa of Gen. Walker mi the recent iuove-
meuts ia Nicaragna. Toe balconies adja-
cent the stand were filled with ladies while
the street was crowded with Xicarajruan
syjipathizers. The speaker was cheered
roeiferooslj and his remarks received with
great euthnsiasm. We lay the follosring
report of the speed before onr readers :
Fdiow-citizem; I stand before jou not
to vindicate a cause for it ueed-j liouo
A'Jut is just needs no vindication. This
Mncourse of citizens and tliesyuipathj here
uanifested attest the iote.-e-i yon fed.
lint i .stand to riudieate AmeiHcansand the
acta by winch an American cause has been
upheld by American citizens. In exainin
ing the in itives of these acts i ask yon t..
discard :"1 prejudices an 1 I i stand .iere as
il you were posterity lo judge of histury
to judge withoel fear or favor.
Many and unscrupulous havba een the
ueans resorted to to plae me in a faiee light
before my eountryuien. These it i:s neces-
sary to remove and 1 challenge my enemies
to point to' a single aet ol mine which has
ijjeu in violation oi li-.i1 national or inter
national rights. Cheers. I chdlenge
any out- present to na ue any act of mine in
Nicaragua whicu has uot been sUuiped with
. . seal ! justice.
I'nerc are t lose who Lave charged upoi
.- .sii :.i moiives a to. tempi in viudicatc
Liie.ii would De a sheer mooiiery. the
..re tu.j-.e who have charged upon me mo-
tives ot avarice aud ueru pj.-sjual gain.
rroiu sued a sooru to viuilieaco uyselt.
lue ..iju .v.i.i ivere with me iu Xicaragm
uy ieliow uouutrymeu i.i aru- .viii vuidi
cafe me from the charge oi having euter
itueu sucu motives: iat tnere are otliei
:aiici not so degrading at first hiusn : tua
-. irasa mere solo ler ol fortune atteinptin"
o carry out Dj ambition to uaake ior ..i
i--n a name and tame This imputation i
reject as equally unfounded j and i bope t
uoaTince 30.1 tint i was not a more aoldier
.1 lortu.ie risking tao lives and ibrranes of
ay cjuutry.iij.i ur t.io sake of a uoui.ii
Laeacuous o. my luuid prove -1 nob er m-j
ave. li 1 nave erted myself for auy
purpose it has been to eiteud Ameriuau iu
dnence and Amenuaaxiz Nicaragna.
For thirty-live years a otrule for liber-
ty had been A'oiuy 011 among the Central
American Republics. The civil wars show-
ed that the people were incapable of sel.
government: nTcaragua was iu a state o.
anarchy when i accepted the offer of Caa
ulion. 1 retnsed to act in open violation o.
the laws of the Uuited riiaiuN. lint i saiu
tnere was 110 violation iff the laws of ou.
country in tneir asking me to tiht 111 be-
ualf 01 the Democratic p trty.- I sent an
agent to Castilloii Xj tell liim thar. the can-
tract between us must be made accordingly;
that I had an invitation iVm Gen. CaiiJu-
ras to assist the Ilouduriaus aud would tro
i..-. :c n ...:ii.... 1-1
nAt-iu 11 va3iiin-i.i apprcue-uueu any Ganger
iroiu tlie presence ot Americans ia -Nicaragua.
On bended kuees and with sunpli- '
...1- ....... !.. DaaeU I IS...- .:.! ... e
ut . J.11. u..Aiy.llunai 1 IC-.-JCia Ui - IC-
aragua insisted that 1 should remain arid
wished the Americans to b-.'-ia his own side
lor he kne.v them to be :'.ii and true.
After mv success ou tlie tranrdt rouie. 1
-
war. not au-aiust the State but against the I with N
Americans in Nicaragua. This commenc-
ed the war of the races the great battle of
the mongrels aud the white men.
This war then was not begun by the
Americans in Nicaragua ; and 1 challenge
the production of a single act did any thing
but uphold the pledges made by the people
of Nicaragua. After this it appears that
Lhn J'atrieiu Rivas plotted with the Nor-
'heru States for effecting the desertious o
e a treaty by which the presence of
mad
Americans was approved by Corral aod bis
party i did this to secure the good will of
ail. There was no' a Nie.iraguan who could
say iu tue face of this treaty that he had
not approved the presence of the Ameri-
cans. .Seven days after ia the presence of
the priests before whom Gen. Corral and
myselt were SWOro t- the treaty and before
tue ink was scarcely dry ou the piper he
penned .encouraging letters to the Ilouduri-
aus against the Americans. These fell into
my bauds aud 1 ielt that I might have
Drought him to the Mock ; -iid by the pro
visions oi the treaty he eoul 1 no' have eva-
led his execution. This traitor proved to
je gunty plead nothing in hieeateaaatioa
out begged for mercy. I felt then as now
mat a court of justice was an act o.' wia-
ijui and mercy the part of folly. Ap
p..1Us0
1 feit that justice aud inert)' would still
oe meted out andthat in nix months after
Corral's death his party would bj vanquish-
ed. Aiter the execution of Corral the
i.ivas party went over to the Democratic
side and Gen. Cabanas assisted the Etondu-
aatts I went by invitation totheassist-
mce of the Nicaxragnans. (Jen. Ilera-ijoin-.d
in the application which was made to
ar. Every exertion us made i.i influence
.ue to t.;ce the Americaus to iluiui.ira.s. 1
"ph-'d t'iat Americins wre there as fricJtda
' ali pii-fies. By my sugsestibns oxmirnis-
ittch Americans as could not be expelled
by force. American rights were ignored
n Nicaragua ; bribes of money aud even
tands were freely offered iri the face of oui
laving braved war in its worst forms and
suffered the loss of life by the rage of fam-
ine aud pestilence.
They however preieuded to be LOnvinc--d
of my assurances of the merits of m
position aud were willing that an dection
f President should eo before the people.
j This I desired lor i wil knew that tue
n'assof then detested with an iinplacabk
hatred the forced military service of t'ic
Costa Ricans.
The election was decreed but only think.
the result was not declared before Siva
was pi'ittiug a revolution under the pre-
tence that tue people were overawed by my
presence; But "the wicked flee when no
ian pursueth" 1 was not theie ; they
Tere running from their own consciences.
N'otwithstanding this conduct of Rivis the
ilectiou resulted in my elevatiou to tlie
Presidency. ly this 1 stood forth the
only protector aud lawful representative 01
the Nicaraguans. Rivas was previously
1 j
but ise provisional Preside.it. 1 was Com-uon-in-cuief
of one portion of the army
.A :t was through me lie was named ior
the position i was joiut sponsor aud af-
er the death of Corral was the sole cause
of his elevation. I was bound by oath to
put Rivas out when I was sworn in but 1
vis jo ti.ed before the w. rid by the ua-
ustakable -..ice of the people who knew
the facts under which I had been elected
1 need not recount the events v-hich fol-
iowed. I have but to vindicate the acts of
americaus in Nicaragua. You all know
10W long and how successfully 1 strived;
vith wuat uieaus 1 forced bak the enemy ;
Oi-aved that worst of foes the lurking pes-
tilence then raging with violence in Gra-
uada. But for a uew influence which I
regret to say comes but little less from my
own than a foreign country we uiijrht still
have been iu arms in Nicaragua.
it aa-jaohnlilo. we had no right to expect
sympathy from the Hritisn even if a. -.
lined at the saoriSce of the honor and
igbts of British oiScera ; but I need not
icll you that otttcers of the B:itish service
encouraged tle.-e-rtion from our arm-. They
Out obeyed the diction of a superior author-
ity. But whatever the pasitjon of these
officers I should not tuink but that unless
governed by some strauge collusion thev
wouid not thus have interfered with Amcri-
an citizeus.
It is impossible uT explain it except by
supposing that Americans were on the same
side with the British. Gour worst enemies
were Americans. Oh ! that they had been
boru in ;-o:ne other country. It is our
shame that they should at their birth have
breathed the same air as honest Americans.
It was not until the last exigency. that
of reverse and danger an American bear-
ing the name and arms of an American ofli-
cer eonsnmmated what Britis'i interfereuco
had begun. It is a duty to myself to ex-
plain why we are no longer in arms ; and
that however insignificant might be tbo
representative of our Government I shou'd
respect the American flag asi much in him
as in the highest officer; and that in sur-
rendering I reserve the right of appeal
not to the Government but to the governors
to the people themselves.
Capt. Davis made representations which
1 cou'd hardly believe were true ; and Amer-
oan a! he was. ho cmvnitted an act which
licarajnia that slaverv shnnlri Ka. .
eluded. Here commenced British iatri-
gue in the desire to oonfound the relations
of these governments with our domestic in-
stitutions. Here let me say that I do not
wish to excite political feeling on his sub
ject it is perhaps fortuuate that I w
born in a Southern State ; which may be
unfortunate that I cannot consider slavery
a worm or political wrong .jiy teachings
nay not have been altogether of Wilber-
prce. I may have touched a too sensitive
point) but I feel that I have but struck up-
n the proof of British intetference.
Look back to the origin uf slavery iu
American history who introduced it into
this country ? Certainly few have stoad by
her in moral worth than La Gras Casus the
Spanish priest who was the head and front
if tt.is offeudiiitr. He introduced it iu the
tilth century for the relief of the Indians
from the subjection of the Spaniards. It
were better that he had fixed it permanent-
ly nor only in Cuba but in other rcions
I CexT&tfJttnerifil "Certainly he was wis;
snd far more libera! for his day than even
he present followers of Clarkson and Wil-
berf .rce.
Central America was in a worse condition
than under the Spanish rule. he govern-
uent was going to rum. Mongrelism was
:he secret of its waning fortuues. What
was to be done? -Tt was left for us to
Americanize Central America.
Ou whom rested the right of regenerat-
iiig the amalgamated race? On no other
i ban the people of the United States and
especially of the. Southern States lcall
upon you therefore to execute this miss-
on. .You caunot in justice to yourselves
-ariuk from the endeavor. You cannot
but. contribute your energies in carrying
out the great principle of American influ-
ence. As for myself forced here as I m
I can but appeal to you to assist in regain-
ing the American ascendancy. My duty
uas been paid and I would not turn back
ou the path I have traversed. No gentle-
men forced here against my will I feel
tiiat duty calls on nieto return. Applause
All who are nearest and dearest to me are
there. TI ere sleep the men soldier t and
orficer.i whose rights cannot fail to see per-
lected. Here too the heirs of those who have
perished claim that I should return. That
while I draw one breath I chaH not leave a
siugle stone unturned to secure them their
inheritance. I call upon you then fellow-
citizens male and female whose friends
-.wl relatives have perished to lend your
aid upon the ien to assist by their for-
tunes and purses upon the mothers to belt
the swoids about their sons and upon the
maiden as she listens to the lover at her feet
until he shall have vowed to go forth on
the mission of his duty : aye fellow-citizens
I call upon you ai ior the glorious recoll9c-
tious of the past and the bright anticipations
of the future to assist in carrying out and
perfecting the Americanizstiou of Central
America.
Tremendous cheering iu the midst of
which the General retired.
To Contr .- cto - of Building l
COURT HOUSEi OF COMAL CO.
PURSUANT to a de. wee of the lion. County
Court of Comal cot toty.tbe contracts for tb-
.-.--- : ITWI III i I tt I 1111 Html I
H wTTnd . " VueVuat.. wiTV.ee ea." Negro in jail an that I can get him. I am Inform- J ouilding ofa CourtHou w ia ttweity ofNew Braui
eial attention to ali business before the "Court af ! ed that there are strong grounds ot suspicion
fascial
Claims.
Charges reasonable.
aa iirisi to
D C. Htm A Co. New Yort.
W. M. una Eak- Mobile.
A. li. Etas. Csa). Washington City.
. W X PnTTka taslTCston.
" K A Paunat n nasal on
U.H Rpsmaa ftmnii Texas.
'UY 2rxxmaa9m' tesaaaaes d.
K NiTKKsck r-aa Antonio
" r. Oaaaurr. Ousar. Ossnl. Lan-' Oksce.
". fiauta. aUsjry.
-D. c.otctaoa Au.y
"sHkT Texana.
kxD Umf Tkrk th Lr.knarrax. 6kXnxu.T.
sepi6nS 4ta
' against a certain man iu De Witt county with
! w hoia a negro answering the above description
' of mine has been seen. I will therefore give "a
rewanl f Five Hlxorku Dollars for tAe ap
prehension of any white man provided oiiu'enoe
is fumished ausBcient to eamvict him of having
. stolen or sedueed awar said netrro
Feb. 21 ff. J. D. WATERS.
LOST I.IJTIfir a 1 1:.
'S'HE unconaiitional Head right cert ideate of
X u iliiatn U. fcllis issued by the h-ard of Laud
i Commissionerk of Jefferson Ctiuntv fof 60 Acres
nrtiwvpa Z f dat"1 6th January. lS4o. No. IU.
TC!.aXtoo: wasnla if -J rou wWtb the time prescribed by
1 -Tj lsw bail make application to the Commissioner
'ifwA.. bj ..Tl of claims for a duplicate.
aL. ZwLZtVS"0? "" I JNO. F.LUND
raja assaa sv Bskta tf n6 to '
Austin. April 11th '57 tiS4h9w
fels. shall be riven out in tie third Monday m
June (being the 15th.) 1857 at puolic auction
outcry to the lowest bi ider.
According to the eat tuakte ef costs made by th-
Architect v. hose plan las been adopted the rua
son work and materials and earth work amounts
to 9 ilOO.UU.
The Carpenters and Joiners work $f5!3.2.'
"Toe roof work iuclu tang material $385&
The conditions of tl tas .n-jtract will W luadc
known before the begi aaing of the Auction.
The plan as well aa t toe speeilieatious of costs
can be seeu by tho en stactoTk. in my office
ALBERT DREIS3
C'la- C. C. C. Co.
New Braunfolt Ap. M llthA.D.
no352mo ap IS H67
OIL FLOOat CI
A BAArrrlfTJLOUrisal
at. nfektfkTkaae.
HAL LLS.
a sar a aail. bv 1
. a . . - - -- . w
Ufptj at ta UaasHW Okkce.
wis really one of war upou Nicaragua.
But consider fellow-citizens thitthat little
vessel the Granada was covered with glory
bv American hinds She was manned by
Americans had met a vessel of the enemy
ind came off victorious in an enrrafrement
unequalled in the annals of naval warfare
dnce tlie days of Paul Jiopj. Yes follow-
itizens that cronr in which the Nieai'J-
guao schooner was sneeessfnl will be re
ertrred to with prfde by the historian and
the 1 1 h day; of April will lonrrbe remem-
bered by the American people. Who of
you cannot feel prou 1 it tho spirit of n;an-
hiod manifested by in Ameriean born i'i
your midst ? Yes you can but feel that
that Uttlo vessel wis in fact in the histon
-' tmericsn entr-rprisp surrounded with
liters were Bent to Honduras mid all the Icrlorions memories which cannot be erased
Yet despi'e the priories she has attached to
iur f-nie there was not wanting an Amer-
ican to emniiiit an act of which every lover
if his country should be ashamed.
It wis reserved for ('apt. Davis to mke
hboself a party to an alliance with the Bri'
:h and the monerrpls of Central America to
drive hi own race fro n the Isthmus. He
expressed his detennimtinn to seize the
Gnnal-i. and we were bound to yield to
him. Y'es fellow citizens wc were forced
v ites stating that we desired peaue thai
rur pulicy w.is paciao ana thai und-jr um
.ireuiistan'-ies to take sides was iiiiber...
: Fa i ack i v e''l t'i truth of my bus;
gesti ins. He w-s noi a ! n i.-r.-.r and t".i
.it iu favor of assisting Cabanas. Deptt-
ies were sent by my advice. staiiiLT tfan:
t : desired peace Vo shall sen bow f
iii was jrrauted.
. a
in the itieautiiiie an important even:
I'tnFpired. At the snggesriou of Don Pa
.let') Iliv.is an A uericao was sent to rep
-.sent the. G vera..ie:it at- Wvishington.--I
opposed this :.s bidpliey; but I was not
r.utliiiil. a i 1 iiy "pp isi'.loil Wis no..
lili.ng. T.iey wir::ed' an Auerican '
ipeak th-j Auierica language. You all
..tow fello-v citizens ruw he was rec-eived.
a" me can piiut the s-irprise of the Nieara-
ui:is because on the p'e.i of Pierce and
I.ircy he wts rejected on account of hi
being born iu the United States. I wel.
cnew the result aud told them of the re-
lations that existed between the United
States and Nicaragua; but L assured them
ti.at my countrymen knew a power higher
rhan that of presidents And cabinets that
I had infinite eonad.. ee iu that higher
jower which the people held in theti own
nnda the true Auerican sovereignty.
Applause.
The allUnc which foli -wed berweeu tlie
our (titral Anierica;i States the co nbt
nation against Aiuericau citizens in Nica-
mgus ;s due to Pierce and Mare. under
their rejection of t.ie Nicaraguiu Minister.
This brought the matter lp maturity im-
mediately the Costa Kieaus the supposed
weakest power of the combination com-
menced hostilities by an open declaration ol
war. Then followed the almost anomalous
decree by which the Costa Ricans made
to make terms and to surrender to an offi-
cer of tho American Navy.
Grat was our indignation when we
LjAirrred that t'i" Anericins had thus inter
.Sep -or.th the American cause in Nicaraetr
Why this action of Davis ? Because In
id rpoeived instruction. from Washington
But whv were those instructions rjrjven ?
Tt. wa bp"mo here was presented the rea'
isauo b I'wen the Mircv treaty as it wa
nd the Americans in Nbarajrua. Her
was the starting source. The American
Minister to England and the Abolitionists
at the North determined that slaveryshould
be excluded from a place over which Ameri-
cans had no control.
I care not what may be the ideas of those
present or what they may say in justifica-
ion it was but a combination to exclude
tho action of a sovereignty of Hondurans
rrorn the Biv Island. Between the Statei-
i? New Granada and Costa Rica there exis
d a qnostion of. b nnd-try originated main
lv through men at New York the agents o
the steamship company.
There was also a question of territory be
tween New Granada and Costa Rica an
between Costa Rica and N icarufrua in re
lation to Buena Costa and the Mnsqnitto Thompson was placed on thfi Committee on
country. The idea of this question was for Public Lands and took an active part in
New Grenada to enter into an agreement preparing and pressing to a pasgo ttM
From the Washington Union.
Tlie ew h bi ue i rite Secretary of (tie
Interior.
Having published brief biographical
sketches of all the membeis of the new cab-
net with th exception of the distinguished
Secretary of the Interior we popose to com-
plete the series this morning with suchapo.
litical. biography of-Hou. Jacob Thempson
as the materials at hand will permit.
The Hon. Jacob Thompson the present
Secretary of the Department of the Interior
is a native of North Carolina and received
his education at the University of Chappel
Hill in that State. His collegiate career
was marked by that regularity and systemat-
ic puctuality which is one of" his most con-
spicuous traits ; while his quick perception
ind strong powers of analysis commended
him to the favorable notice of hia instructors
and for four years the honors nf his class
were awarded to him.
Oraduatin"; with distinction he read law
with Judge I. M. Dick then one of tho
mast distinguished jurists in the State and
was called to the bar in4 1854. The follow-
mgyear he removed to Mississippi.and estab-
ished himself at Pontotoc then an embryo
village in the very heart of the gieat wilder
ness ttiat nad formed the domain of the
Chickasiws. This Chickasaw cession con-
taining nearly six millions of acres had not
t that time been divided into counties and
dr. Thompson was mainly ins.rumental in
heir organization thus presiding as it
weie at the political birth of the large and
influential constituency he ao long and so
ably represented in thenational Congress.
Mr Thompson was first brought promi-
nently before the people by the publication
of a vigorous and spirited report claiming
for tho people of these new counties a right
of representation in the State legislature
a right which had been denied to them bv
ne State executive. -
In J nuary 1839 he was without solici-
ition on nis part and indeed against his
expressed wish nominated by the democrat-
ic convention on the general congressional
mket. It was understood when he accept-
ed the nomination which he did reluctantly
tat the canvass would be hotly contested.
'iie whigs who had carried the State at the
receding general dection put forward their
ablest and most renowned champions Col.
V. L. Bingamah Gen. Reuben Davis and
the gifted Prentiss in himself a host A-
r.iinst these Mr. Thompson with Gov.
IcNutt. Hon. A. G. Brown now a senator
rom Mississippi and Robert J. Walker
waged for four long months desperate bat-
tle in behalf of the independent treasury
the leading issue of the canvass. Through-
mt the whole of this arduous contest Mr.
Thompson was indefatigable in hia efforts
.peaking every day and visiting nearly
3 Very county in the State and it was con-
ceded that his activity and energy eontribu-
ed largdy to the brilliant success achieved
iy the democratic party in this most memo
tble campaign- He acquired iu it prestige
vhich Le has never lest end won from the
-ople of Mississippi a confidence in his
oility integrity aod patriotism which has I
ever been lflh paired or aimtnianea.
ja tasing ma seat m swisgixsso ..
rious laws ior the promotion of settlements
in the new Sta'es. At this early day he
advocated the principle of graduating the
price of public lands which has since be-
come one of the article of the democratic
creed. Having lived in that portion of the
State where graduation principle had been
carried out in pursuance of the Chickasaw
treaty he bad the beet opportunity of test-
ing the practical working of the system.
During this Congress it devolved on 3!r.
Thompson to adjust an immense number of
conflicting land claims and entanglements
growing out of disputes between reserve
uuder tue Choctaw treaty and pre-emptors
under the acts of Couress and to this bu-
siness he devoted much f his time. The
value of such labor could be appreciated on-
ly by his constituent aud his oddity and
indusiry iu their service secured for him a
permanent place in their affections. He
necessarily acquired iu the settlement of
these disputes a thorough knowledge both
of the theory and the practical working of
our land system ; aud it is worthy of no-
tice here in connexion with the fact that he
was for several years at the head of the
House Committee on Indian Affairs as an
evidence of his peculiar fitness to discharge
the important duties devolving on the de-
partment over which he nas been called to
preside.
In 1840 the whig party swept Mississippi
like a tornado and when in 1841 the de-
mocracy again met to nominate its candidates
very few entertained a hope of overcoming
the heavy majority against them. The sub-
ject of .this sketch though still anxious to
resume the practice of his profession was
a second time unanimously placed upon the
ticket for Congress. Mr. Thompson felt
that ho could not abandon his post at such
a time and therefore accepted the nomi-
nation and entered the canvass with unfaltering-zeal.
In addition to the national issues involv-
ed in the canvass a new question arose to
divide and embarrass the party the liability
of the State' to pay the Union Bank bonds.
This was not a question of repudiation in
the ordinary acceptation of the term but
simply whether these bonds constituted a
debt for which the State was liable or not ?
Mr. T. assumed that the bonds had been is-
sued in violation of the constitution and
sold in violation of the charter of the bank ;
and that not a dollar to any legitimate
sense had lieea received on them by the
people of the State. ' The argument in
which he sustained this view of the subject
is one of the best efforts of his public life.
rnousauAn ff aaaaiea of it were printed and
circulated over the State and it became the
text-book of democratic declaimers before
the people on this issue. The elections
again resulted after a most animated fierce
and bitter contest in the election of Mr.
Thompson.
On taking his beat in the Twenty-scvenh
Congress the position in which Mr. T found
himself was very embarrassing. Many of
the States had suspended payment on their
debt and a strong prejudice existed against
the late action of Mississippi. He did not
tjuail befere the tor re at of misrepresentation
and unjust reflection cast upor his State
and upon the first allusion to the subject ou
the floor of Congress availed himself of the
occasion to place the subject correctly before
the country. His speeches delivered to
this end were striking and convincingly
doquent. Thoroughly acquainted with dl
the facts satised that the most scrupulous
pease of honor would yet sustain the posi-
tion of his State he met and turned back
the' current of invective against her
and closed the mouth of detractieo.
The brief limits of a newspaper sketch
will not permit au elaborate review of Mr.
Thompson's subsequent career as a public
man ; it must suffice briefly to indicate its
cutline.
He was one of the earliest advocates of
the annexation of Texas and in the session
of 1842-'43 urged upon the government
the adoption of that measure. A member
of the Baltimore Convention of 1844 he
contributed largely to the nomination of 3Iv
Polk in defiance of the positive instructions
of the party in Mississippi to cast her wte
forMr. Van Buren. The reason he assigned
for this course Mr. Van Buren's hostility
to the proposed annexation was however
considered satisfactory by the people of the
State and they cordially endorsed and sus-
tained him.
Near the close cf the sesion of Congress
in 1844 a commission was made out and for-
warded 'to Washington by Hon. A. G.
Brown then governor of the State appoint-
ing him a senator of the United States to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the resigna-
tion of Hon. R J. Walker who had ac-
cepted an appointment in the cabinet of
President Polk. This commission failed to
rerv-L him so as to enable him to take his
seat in the cdled session of March 18 15.
After his return to Mississippi another com-
mission was forwarded to him by the execn
live of the State but he declined to serve.
The same year he was re-eleoted to Con-
gress by the largest majority ever given in
the State. He gave a warm support to the
tariff of 1846 the independent treasury
and sustained the war policy of Mr. Polk's
administration with distinguished ability and
unwavering steadiness.
la 1847 he was agdn elected to Congress
by a large and decisive maj rity . After his
service in that Congress it was his desire to
retire to private life ; bnt his constituents
believing that a trying crisis in the history
of the government had arrived theslavcry
question threatening in their judgment to
dissolve the Unionand confiding in his
ability firmness and energy again pressed
him into the service and he was returned
to Congress by a sweeping majority. It
was during this Congress that toe famous
compromise measures were adopted and in
the protracted and angry discusdons upon
the exciting issues involved Mr. Thompson
took an active part. Ever ready to meet
the responsibilities devolving upon him as
the representative of a southern constituen-
cy whose rights under the constitution were
assailed he occupied a prominent position
among the "southern-rights" men and op-
posed the measures with unflinching ietw-
mication. Ia 1S51 pursuant to his prenously-an-
nnnnnnd mrsrssa.. ha faksillnasl a rov
desiring to give bis attention to hie
mini risks Knl aJtaWsnarh ttina AaWI
his congreawonal estmt he had flatd tool
laree a space in the public eye to be per
f mitted to retire into absolute seclusion and
still continued to exert a powerful influence
in the direction of the politics of bis State.
When after the election in 1851 had gone
against the southern-rights wing of the party
the schism iu the ranks of the democratic
party which had produced that result threat-
ened its demoralization and permanent over-
throw Mr. Thompson addressed a letter to
the people of Mississippi and succeeded iu
reconverting the conflicting elements on the
basis proposed in it. Ho wasan active mem-
ber of the delegation thus harmonized by
his efforts to the Nationd Convention of
'52 : and wheu it became evident that it
was impossible to obtain the nomination fur
Mr. Buchanan his first chotoe ( for whom
he cast the vote of his State thirty-three
successive ballots) was mdnly instrumental
in securing it for Mr. Pierce.
Mr. Thompson participated actively n
the canvass that resulted in the brilliant
victory which brought Mr. Pierce into power
delivering speeches at mass meetings in sev-
eral States and at many points in Mississippi.
Hetbeu retired to private life and devoted
his time and attention to his private inter-
ests up to the period when called by Mr.
Buchanan to a seat in his cabinet. At that
time the press and the people of Mississip-
pi had with great unanimity concentrated
on Mr. Thompson as the candidate of the
leiuocratie party for governor of the State.
He would have been elected without opposi-
tion from any quarter.
Mr. Thompson drank deeply at the foun-
tdns of democracy as promulrated by Mr.
Jefferson and even in his early manhood
slept within the ' inner temples" of that
party. The whole of his long public career
has been marked by a consistency a straight-
forwardness and fixed devotion to principle
that entitle him to the respect and confi-
dence of all parties. A bold and uncom-
promising champion of State-rights doctrines
as understood at the South yet moderate
and conciliatory in his policy his appoint-
ment was euiineutlj satisfactory tu men of
every shade of politicd opinion ; while his
long public experience indefatigable assi-
duity systematic and orderly habit of mind
and ictiautaj acquaintance with the subject
furnish the strongest reasons tor anticipat-
ing that the department of the govemment
intrusted to his care will be administered to
the entire satisfaction of the country.
Ttae tam them I hicf ;i n.
We have recently read the gallant speech
of Gen. W. E. Martin on behalf of Geor-
gia and of Hon. Solomon Cohen on the part
of South Carolina addressed to Gen. John
A. Quitman on board of the steamer John.
Simonds. The event transpired on the re
turn ef the delegates to their
es frotii
i
the great Railroad Celebration at Memphis.
The reply of Gen. Quitman the 'South-
ern Chieftaiu." was a patriotic and thrilling
response. Wc give an extract :
" I am peculiarly gratified in being spo-
ken of in connection with the Palmetto
Regiment whose daring and impetuosity
won for them an honorable position on many
a hard-fou rht field iu Mexico. You have
been pleased gentlemen to allude in com-
plimentary terms to my pnblic services. I
thank you for your appreciation of them.
For ;ji years it has been my dm and pur-
pose to maintain the equality of the Southern
States of this Union. I claim no greater
merit than to have expressed my sentiments
freely fraukly boldly without regard to
consequences. It was remarked by the
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Cohen; that
the world is in arms against us on the sub-
ject of domestic slavery but with the cot
ton plant a fertile country and slave labor
we have but to be true to ourselves to main-
tain our position regardless of consequeuces.
I say to you gentlemen that it is our duty
to maintain our equality at any and fiery
hazard. You have been pleased to refer to
my public service iu Mexico. I see among
you an old friend a native of Georgia
a member of the gdlant Alabama Regiment
aod if an opportunity had been afforded
to that noble band from Georgia equal to
those enjoyed by others they would have
won as many laurels and worn them as
gracefuly aa ny in the s.rvice. Of the
South Carolina Regiment I am in a condi-
tion to speak as of those under my imme-
diate command and I have no hesitation in
saying that u braver set of men never faced
an enemy in the held tnere was Butler
my friend the impersonation of chivaliy
and Dickinson Gladden and Brooks thai
whom never did braver men wear an epaulette
and so was the Regiment. One of yon.
gentlemen have referred to me as the fath-
er of the Regimeut. I desire no more honorable-
title than that of the " Southern
Chieftain." Identified with the South in
my feelings hopes and aspirations I link
my destiny with her now Ind forever. In
conclusion gentlemen allow me agdn to
thank you for your kind aud cordid recep
tion"
Msjor Bryan Goude.
Paices of Nehboes. Wc attended
the sale of th property belonging to the
estate of Smith Bradly deceased on Tues-
day la!. The negroes were sold at an
average of $730. Negro women and boys
brought as high as $900. Of the number
sold there was one child two years old and
one five years old.
Ctjse for Dysentery. Recipe for dya
eatery which a Baltimore gentlemen has
never known to fail for twenty vein.
Take 17 grains of rhubarb. 32 grains sdt
tartar 48 grains prepared ch.tlk 4 drops
oil spcrmint 20 laudanum 2 ounces soft
water put into a vial aud shake it well
before using. Dose for a chill from one
to four years old one tcaspoonful ; for a
grown person one tablespconful to either
three or four titn a day each dose to be
sweetened with loaf rugar and kept in a
cod place to prevent it from soaring.
Ceon is Lociblajia. A friend who
has just received a letter from a correapon
dent in Western Louisiana say? that oa the
20th May there was a frost in the Washita
vdiey which did considerable injury to
cotton and that at that time the stand of
cotton ten very indif erent everywhere.
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