The Daily Ranchero. (Matamoros, Mexico), Vol. 1, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 8, 1865 Page: 1 of 2
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II. MATAMOIIOS, MF.XICO, Till IISDAV MOUMMl. .11 NK s, ih;;>.
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To ( omnit ii ial llrii,
arc fully |»r»'|mrvil t«* • vt*« ate, in a HiijM-rior
I uuutier, all kir.'ir of
n> III NTI N O!
KIVII AM
|<arda i iuij, pHAM,
I 1*1 R«T'LARH. BILLS i»K LADING,
\ wkdihkg cards, | hi; lifts,
I*OH TBUM, BLANKS.
I HAND BILLS, | WAV IULM,
/>.. Vtr.. t'Jc.
We have the only
MACHINE JOB I’KlviS
Li II. MuLonoro*.
I
Artvrrtiocmchts.
m u \ nuitoi noi r.i..
l urnrr Miitunutro* anil /turhide Stirrrt*.
IH il I* M7M1BK.
The proprietor of thin well known hotel i« -iill
tl ,u,<1 mIm ,»v* n-a<l\ to nitord the traveling
anti I'H'al puhlK' witli every eoiufort within lb*
power. G o'»t« «t >|i|oot( at the H. Mutant1 to*
Hotel, will ret rive every attention that t an lie
ahown.
Thi’ Table nhniiiMh with the le*t the market
afford*. ami the It..r ‘implied w itii an < i client
lot oi Wine*. Loittor* ami i igar*.
The »( •«<* foi Itix o del Lio leaver thia hotel
trt drtilv ; aUo the Minii weekly -tag'- line lor
Moiitciey and t'amurgo. hi*
‘ r xi.i. i.im: i'ttit i
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MUSE’S
v.w
MONTKItKY TO BAN M’lt-
1*0TOHI, Conn* ttn-* w ith 'lata
rnoro*. Che *uti*crii>er* have pnr> hav-d the In-
lent improv'd pa»-eiiger co#eli#« a ad new „t<M K
and are prepared to convey their paanciigcm witli
► pe» d and coWlort.
Staler will have Monterey for San Lut“ P 'and,
on ThnpMi.iy, at •* oYIn k. A M . connecting
with l .i da> * -t.tK'e li<nn Muuttnoro*.
Stag*-* will leave Kao l.uia I'otmi on every
T'itir»day, at * oVI ,, k. A M., arriving hi time
to eontiC't with ‘tape for Matamoro* Maine day.
t'ottnneto iiig Wednesday, April ,'»th, l**»A.
4i AHltil.L A lilt A.MS.
ell L. SAUGKNT.
i «>-*l M) . lt< 111. KIM'tl It %T«
I I tppocite the itew Theatre. f
The iinderaignctl iiilorm lit* tri'*nd*
und the p ildie in general, that he ha*
opened a lir-t-' Uw U<*lMiir.it in In* heitutifni Sa
I'Miti, (np ‘teir»>, mliuti'd on AlNtmda at reel, op
ji -it«* the new fh'i'utre, it ml that he wiil take the
otmoht care to eati*tv hi* patron*, it la-mir .fi-
ne ted with a line li viMiUtlU. wlikii i* titled
out with the «'h"lcc*>t " men and Liquor*.
||c al*o not like* t lie public of hi* iil!S|('AI,
r.VKMMi KN fKit I’ \ I N MKNTS. I n c admit-
tan, e fiihii 7 to II o'i I ,, k. P- M.
i "•-tin JOB I’At SKA.
\ ' K 1*1.t •* t I.TIt \ IIII.I.I Mtl» •»\L*M»V
< Tl * 'tlpiel ill Ulld It.llhlo'* *11 eet».
< Formerly the ||«Ketla ) Matamoro*. The Pro-
prietor, APOI.PHI S I.ANDO. T, solicit* the
patronage <d in* old friend*, and the pnbiic iu
general.
He keep* constantly on ham) a general eaoH-
tnent of Foreign and Domestic Wine*, Liquor*
und Mait Liquors; al*o. tin' clioiieat Havana
« igar*. Fancy lingerie*, Mate tub for Ihlliurd*.
c7*liu
i ill* >101*01.1 I \ % IIOTK.I. i'll l«l>-
I T \I II AT, Hi* -ar -treet, II Matamoro*. J.
It. HHiDN A CO., I'roprietor* Thi* favorite
hiMiae i* centrally located and poaM'*«ca all the
coovenieiii'e* usually found alioot a flr*t-<'la**
r*tnidl*hiiH>nt. No elfort will la- apnred that
will conduce to the comfort of those wlm may fa-
vor ua with their patronage. cll-3ia
VUluXU, IIOI *K—!t*atnurnt Pniii*
,1 im-e. M ib aiiina sti«•* t, I«two • n M tt.om
i'M and AI»H'«»la. A. V. POINT, Proprietor.
I* fully prepared to entertain the Pul»li«' with the
t***t th* matki't afloid*. at all hour* ; uNo.to fur-
ni«h Lodging* fur the convenience ot rraveli r*.
The hat I* anpplied with the choicest Wme*,
I.Kpior* and t’ig*r*. The Pr« prietor would
most happy to serve hi* frit iNi* and t lie puliln
generally, feeling confident he i an plea*)*, Vein
I ft \ It I'Ll . I T' «\> HOlUiK'H Moll mil I'.e
I | el i
will leave Matamoro* and Bagdad every ilay at
? and :• o'clock A. M., and at I und .1 o'clm k P
M. Oltice and Begluter at the H MntamoO'* and
tilolw HuU'l*, Mataittmo*; ami st. i hath** Hotel,
Bagdad. BAKTI.BTTA HOROK.
clo*|f pMprhtorw.
». mAM'HIm t-t-t • 1
I llttNBtKhv ||Ot *•»•'.. l ommeM lot "In > t,
I Matamoro*. |tl VNf’IIINI A NPM Lit, Pro-
prietor*. domici led with thi* e«tahli*him nt I* a
tine OYSTKIi and ( (INFW TIONKHV Depart
ment. The BAR i* *upplied with the chtme*t
Wine*. I.iqnom and Cigar*. c7-3ni
t IDIOLU \\ 111 KLI’.It’s
;\ I <’4ve M ATAMOllOr* ami B(M \ Dll.
BIO every <1 m> at h | 2 o'cl'N-k A. M . ami - I't
o'clock, P. M. oMcc at Uoani" poll tan Hotel.
■’ AI KD" A BDS \ ■
1 \ sp.l.m IV* Hinge* leave
I I M \ I \MM I M'»N I I IU ’ ■
Wednesday und Saturday morning at P o’clock.
Office at Poamopolltan Hotel.
c:i-:ini A. II. ANDRKWft. Agent.
a it ri l HY -H4^ rtna. I'm kil Kidvn of
\ vaiioim pitiern* for sale low. 100 gn*s* of
Table unddarving Knive* for sal a by D. K Lll-
N HiilAN. Imp'iler of Watches, Ac., corner
of Mutamoroa ami t’olan *la. Matamoroa. ell Ifh
ll'.VLKMf «vf v'< llllllar«l Snioon, t «•*
\f sal St , near Main PI i/a. Matiiuiuro* M**x-
<11 .oi
.ItI lit
' *ale by
din
AM) MKIIK INK* I.OW.
MKTCAI.K* A CO.,
Druggist', Brownsville.
n F. LKICllll\ltl)T. fftdom llonae
I*# Broker and Commission Mer hunt. OfTite
mil deorfto Cnimnerrlal Hmne, op|v»#itt CiiMttiua
Monae 11 Matamoim* e7 Iia
liitn «*aliiiK 1 )«••»€• i i|Hion oi C la«*
Oil llcgion oi Weal Tluiiiiu,
(Friim durrcapoudciji c of the New York Worbl.)
lit ItMMi SPRINUS, West Vir^iiiu, l
March 14. (
viHi.i,sia wvi> and parkkrmbi’ho iiok ki;
Oil — imuj »|H*culatiini! T'bd sacrinl noil
nf Yirgium i* being atirrod. mixed umi
splualied ground by on army of oil in n -u
brigade of ^capilgliata a corpn tif clear
headed baaineaa men now in tin - part of
Western Virginio. locating oil lutid* atnl
laying fouudutiouifor luturc wealth, which
iu tunny inataucea will Ik* Imyond entimute.
NN eatern Virginia would n« *'er bi* culled
tin* (Jardeti of the NVorhl except by M»tm*
plebiuti decidedly Andy Johnaoiiijad on
uativiA|i,uirboii • »r ci>rn cid*'r.
The aoil I* cold, clay mil loam, in many
plucea fairly iH'ggmg lor aome frrtiliaing
agent. The liouacs are more rustic than
other win.
IMP ROTKWgKTg.
The dintgnee frein f*arkepal»urg to Ibirn-
iug Springe, the note»l oil well wet ion of
thi* region, i* about thirty mile*
A lar'Xi* portion of tin* aenaon tin* littl<
Kanawha i* navigable lor email stern-
wiiH'l Hteainboata, which arc kept Ini'*)
taking oil down from, and freighting tner
chwndiftc and mnehinory from I'urkereburg
ia point* np the river, even beyond Hum
ing Springe A company hu?* been orga
niz' tl to make by meant of cuts through
ntlle roek*. him] dame, tin* little Kanawha
liuvignhle at all eeueotie of the year. I lii'
will Ik* of great beru-lit to the rapid lv in
creaaing buaineta of tin* reel ion, which in
a war will lu* Qve fim<*awhat it now i*.
at the lowest possible calculation.
im kkask, in prick O) umih.
All through thi*arction the price of oil
land* lias risen rapidly ainee last winter
Oil lieRfing farm* bring rtnidely, in »:aeh
from one liuialred lo five hundred dollars
per acre, and the price ia atill upward
bound. Person* all about this vicinity
who were a year ain«*e having uii under-
hold in the flerce atruggle with |w»verty
taking out a scanty uubstanoe by dint of
laimr, economy and privation, are now
troubled with ni .re money than they know
what to ilii with. One farm on !Ts*dy
tJreek, offered for three thousand dollars in
ii'J wa* *•,Id the 7th of March, to New
York parties, for fifty-one thousand d dim* ;
and oil the hth resold to < Tuciiiliuti parlies
for ninety seven thousand.
9
IIROKKN VP.
War and iipeculutioii have broken up
nearly all the old Virginia famdlie* once so
r adieu I in their pride and conservative hi
enterprise. The young men have gone to
w ar. either for nr ugainxt the Union ; the
negroes have Imen starved off. while the
women mid ehildrcu are hi funds from the
sale of oil producing farms of this section.
oil. AMD INDICATIONS Of Oil..
Itnrning pring* are on Burning creek,
a tributary of the Kittle Kanawha about
the mouth of Nettle run, a little stream
putting into the Kuuawha about two miles
north ul Burning springs. Oil ha* been
b en struck m every instance where a well
ha> lieen sunk Killing uiong the road, one
can see old derricks half destroyed by the
rebel tienerul Jones in I8t!2. when his
great raid through here was made, await-
ing repair* to he put upon them this spring.
I lie first well on the rottd is n flowing one.
from which the owner has Imt to barrel oil i
from a thank and tnkc life easy while
wealth come* flowing from the bowels of the
earth at every ebb and How o! the tide.
There »n* scores of wells along the ravine*,
which resembles in a great me.istire Oil
enrk. ‘I he stream is a muddy, crooked,
shullow affair, with hills rising high on
cither side. The mud here is deep beyond
description. Herricks, tanks, receivers,
engine*, engine houses, und pile* of empty
and filled b f.rrels, lire so thick that the
view up, down or across the ravine in
greatly obstructed.
The people are dirty—the team* are
dirty—the bouses, such a* they are, look
a* though rolled in dirt, nnd tin* children
wallow like pigs iu the mud. There are
scores of wells on this creek, and scores
more going down ns lust a* machinery w ill
do the work. The upjier water* of Horn-
ing Spring creek, Keedy creek, the Two
rims, Itifile run. and all thoscclion within
the great oil licit which reaches Bern**
(iilmer county, south of here, i* fall of oil
Iu fact, oil the line of the bell south of
Burning Springs in every instance where
a well has been put down from sixty-four
to two hundred and fifty seven feet oil ha*
bom obtained. The largest yield from uny
ojm* well here is claimed h* be five thousand
barr«*l* a day, but on careful nii|uiry the
facts cninc out that tho greatest run wo*
twenty-three hundred barrels a day. t^uitc
a difference, but still a profitable well. 1 he
nextjurgest well yielded twelve hundred
barrel* a da?. B ith these, with nil the
others on the stream, were filled up by :
order id’ (»en. Jones, but arc now In iug i
opened again. I hrii* new well* have jii-t
tK*en si ruck here l hie yielded one him '
diet] and ten burri l* the first iluv of pump !
ing, before the pumps wore in iH-rfeet order.
him) reub/iMi on the spot eleven hundred
dollars profit to the owner lor the d.iy. |
Men bore on the water* spoken of with
certain us-unm-e of finding oil, almost
Cipnil to the certainty of tiuding sceils on
cutting into UII apple.
• here ur*' numerous spring* on the
wulets ol the different forks ut Minnie '
Spring creek. Keedy croek. Straight
ereek, etc.; while (lie surface show iu some ,
place* where the oil ooz * from crevices (
III tile llpheuved focks are almost sufficient
to pay for gathering without sinking well*. I
A portion ot NN’irt. Hume uiul tjiliner
counties, ioming within the oil bill, w ill
prove the great oil territory of the work!.
Large mi *il»ers of operator* are coming
here from !'eiiii*ylvutiia and other state*. I
NIi'ii of experience sav tin' iinlicatioii* are
bftti r here than in other state ol the Union
T i • i-t \.. ! i • >>l | ■ 11 ■ i• .hi and I* . • !••{»
iiM'iit* are tluily proving the oft-repeated
as.'<rtiou.
Tl»* Hiniuiit I.uiiiL
Where ijost thou lie, O Lund of PesCe !
A< l-os-i wlnt foii.iniiir ' • mV -vs* II?
My heart, witli High*that u«-v«*i m usc,
Y earn* in thy |mlaee* t > • I 11
But yet, <1 I,nr and ili-taut i.uid,
I vuioett see thy shining strand.
Rotnetlmeu when morning'* iri* light
I* ttaiiunir in tIn* e.istern -ky.
I nay, la-ueath that rose and aTiite
Tue hi* "i'd realm inu*t surely lie '
B it iiiot niitv * hr<>w by noon i* fanned,
And thou art »UU the distant land*
And ' :t when suii'-et * ImriiUhi'd gold
Fall* warm upon the water'* Lreu-t
| i«- la-youd the clorh’iiH (old
Must gleam the island of the LL->t!
B it shirs steal out, a silent hand.
Vud thou ail still the distant land.
And then I dream a Misstnl dream
That I have gained tlay trua'piil bower*,
And lo' life's sorrow* only «*-i-iu
" ue! that a moment he lit its tlow**r*-
I Wilke, I i'l-isp ttomigel hand.
And thou ait still the distant land.
Idllil Dtlibx * i il lie) i it 11 • | || d( j|.
lion
The following extract from Lord lh rby s
*|H*ecli in the I Ion-,.' c>| Lord* oil (lie addi • •-*
I to the i^ueen, contain* the pu"aoo which
: wit* tuken in u sinister s._use und which he
| wus called sul»*a ipieutly to cxpluin. ua ni.*
led in our lut< st advices from Kurojie. T he
off- nding lunguage is that which *>ub«tun
HulJy ({Uott-M, und nppli* .s to the Inixdhcti-
cai coiiipiiciiy am) sympathy of rebel nu-
tlmrilie* witb tin NYu.'hmulMi nssi • : • ti• >o,
i the famous *uying of T*»lu-yruiKl, that iu
public idliiirs a bluuiicr iu w orse than u
j v in, . The speaker was susj i el dot mean-
mg to insinuutc that if in tie* suppoaed
case, no liluii'ier was committed the crinii-
■ imiity would iiuvc Ikvii liettcr tlum inito-
e* uce. lint it will be obxirvcd that Lord
herby. a* regards poliiieul u»>assinuti«>o,
j «iv>es not omit licit in any «ircumstaiiceH it
•Said land
W A N O RMI N<» I mil* K M KN.
Urcry day a •• sol Bury horseman ” ac
compsiiied by one or more oil meu can be
wen picking Ins way along th muddy
roads, or splashing straight through, a* hi*
ehuruetur t* iwdicutcd. I lot ses are scarce,
but frames arc plenty. .Men are here from
New N ork, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Bos-
ton, Chicago, and other cities, and such a
crowd! Iligh top boot* heavy enough to
kick u nigger over an oil barrel, slouch d
hat. iitdiu rubber overcoat and leggins,
unshaven faces, und hats co< ked side wavs,
w
lor oil on tin' brain. <Hd men witli gray
hairs, young men with blood m their eye,
iimldle-uge men—they come hero with
pile* of money to invest, and nineteen out
"f twenty will make well. Nine out of
ten will tnuke fortunes. 'Three out of five
will iiiuLo immense fortunes. These liorw-
men go prowling about the country, eating
fat pork Mwittiniing iu greu.«e —hot corn
bread and " Iruil " (joke understood by ^
those who know the point,) sleeping on
the floor or in u bed a* luck decides. The
boldest ofierutors are the most successful.
RICH,
'The owner* of the land about this little
village ol (<tur hundred regular inhabitant*
are rich lieynnd comparison. Th© royalty
from the wells is ni iking 'n 'lionuiiv* of
them, while those wlm operate on leased
land* W ill ultio do well.
OOl.D.
\Vo sow* yesterday some of the hand-
somest specimen* of gold-bearing ipiurtz
taken from the rap rock on a (arm three
mil©* from Burning Springs. Il resembles
Ualiforma more than Colorado (piarta, in-
asmuch a* the virgin gold i* to Ik* seen iu
the little cells. One nieces ol rock weigh
could be other than u hlnudi r.
ikirby on the occasion referred to :
T here may Ik* a difference of opinion as
to the ni< rils ol the two parties who ure
contending, one for empire, the other for
independence, in the United State*—1
follow the word ol the*noble hurl op|»o*ite
—but there is, atnl there can be no d:ffe
reuce of opinion a* to tin* -that the holiest
and
tie lamed by any attempt to promote it hv
a measure so infamous a* tin*. (Uhoors )
It it v.erc possible to believe that the Con-
led'Tate authorities encouraged, sympa-
thized with, or even did not express their
abhorrence ut thin crime. I should sav
they hud committed that which wu* wor*e
th in a crime—a gross blunder—because,
iu li.o face outlie civilized world, a eau.se
gentleman looked required or submitted to Ik* promoted
by the crime of u*!>a*Miiiutiou would lo.-e
all sympathy, and ulienute every kindly
feeling toward itself by which any ol its
supporters might Ik* actuated. But I am
as well *ati-.lied us I cun Ik* of anything,
that this detestuide act of assassination is
so en tier ly alien to the whole spirit iu
which the South have conducted tin* war
timtiiv,
*
course
1 Wrtti'li. I long. I faint for th«*o'
< a at-1 thou not i»|m*ii wide tin- door,
That I may ' liter in und bn
Part ot thy pence for ever more ?
O send that sleep ho sweet **< grand,
And tliou shall be lio distant land 1
—■*— ■< • ^ -
Kkariis and tiir Ladiks,—The ifotne
Journal trunsiates a good utory Iront the
h'bench pnj*«• r in New N ork, the Uourrier P11 r*,'‘* "111 ' cmi'e* is de«-crated
des Ltuts I his :
It i* of u youth of Lyons, who was
made painfully aware that hut strength,
like Hamsun'.*, lay in his In aid. This mas
online florescence had been ullowed lo
utlaiii its full length and beauty, when it
became expedient to unite the fortune* of
two iumiiie* by inurryiug the wearer, Mon-
sieur Lugeii'* IS —, to Mademoiselle
X-. Proposal mud
at by the lady.^in presence of her parents
—found to bo handsome—accepted— en-
gagement i at died. Thu* much done, tiie
lather ol Monsieur Kugetie counseled bun
to gtv.j the young lady one more proof ol
hi* willingness to abandon all hi* single-
blessedness for liei >-a' , by shaving oil'
that very unconnubia! looking beard.
NN’iiit one sharp razor, und many sighs (cheers) — to the courai:<'om., tin
the .sacrifice wu* mad". T hat and ut the same time forbearing
superb beard, the growth of the very which they have ml >pt«d in struggling lor
ci-rseoce ol juvenese me. wiim removed, and everything that is dear to them, that I am
to the ki.*s«-s of misses, there wu* now no convinced that apart from the error of
bar or impediment. And, to be thank'd judgment which would have been involved
lor thi* really most inunense m!f ubnega- in sanctioning such u crime, they cannot
turn, the shorn and shiny-laced youth pie- have Ir*cii guilty ol *o great a blunder, und
Rented hiinmdl. one niormng.to Ins affianced cannot have failed to express their detesta-
one. Rapture? Not a bit of it! On lion of it, and at the same time to feel that
the contrary. Mademoiselle Louise started, t>° step which e uld have beer taken could
grew pale, fell back into he© mother’s have inflicted so grent nn injury ou their
arms, und would have nothing to say to
him. She had fallen in love with him
with hi* heard on --?he had lalku out of
love with the sight of the heard oflf. No
use to icumju with her—she was disen-
chanted .
T he last news of the parties was that
Monsieur Lugene was wholly discarded
ing about four ou.io ha, in it nearly half
a dollar s worth of pure gold. The property ........... * .......
is now in the hands ol New York iucu,nnd
is not for sale.
lA'ST OK rt’TTtX'J down wri.t.s.
The estimate for Ninkmg a well to the
oil here i* about 97,000. Thi* includes
engines und tool*. Lngme* rating ut leant
twenty-horsepower i-houid lie u.*e»f. Those
of le*M size are too light, und give way in
some part in a bad time. A twelve-horse
power engine will pump or bore one well,
u twenty horse power "ill work two or
three, and seldom get* out of repair if run
by a competent engineer.
Pkatii or an Kccrstric Physician.—
A letter duted Montpelier, Yt., Dec. ‘JO.
in the BoNtnn I niveller ray* :
There die<l in tins villug", last week, its
oldest physician, about eighty, whose sin-
gular eh»raefer has often been the theme
of comment in tins section, and which, in
announcing hi* death, may, |ieiTtap*. be
worthy ol a passing note lor the public at
large, lie was a Free-thinker, and ut one
time, like Tom Paine, thought to overthrow
the Bible, and like the latter, published a
li«>"k for the purpose. But seeing it fall
dead fiom (lie press, nnd no: meeting hi*
expected success in proselyting, he soon message
turned hi* attention lo music, ami from
practicing on violins, went to making
them, which thenceforward occupi'-d his
leisure till at the time lie was taken down,
he hud aecmmilated lo the numlior of
about lift, having a* he deeiie'd them
equal to Oh- Ibili * fiddle, and *et enormous
owe cause. 1 "ill not venture to follow
the noble Lari even into the *liglit discus-
sion which he bus originated with regard
to the internal polities of the United .State*.
I will not discuss the question with regard
to which at thi* moment they ure iu the
utmost difficulty- 1 mean thut of glaverx.
9 V
It will not even express uti opinion us to
the question wheti tlie lute iTh .n-, ><
hope* either of a renewal of the previous rious is they aru, and apparently fatal to
fascination, or the getting up ol uuother. i the cun* ol the South, have produced or
— — ■' —are likely to K.nl t" an early termination
Rkvoi.i this aky A nm dotk. ft >nc of the- ul the war. In whutever way thut war
regiuteuts in the battle ol Beimington, may be terminated, it must Ik- iln- d«--ire of
was commanded by a colonel who, when ut every friend ol humanity that it should be
hom.', was a deuoon. lie was a (aim, tenninaled sikhi, and without that uniieee*
sedate, determinate man. and went to the hiirv < flii.-iioii ol blood "Lu ll lot* Urn going
battle because lie was iiii|m lied by a sense on for the lust three years. I not only
ol duty. His whole parish was in his join with the noble Lnrl hi lamenting the
regiment; sown* his beloved pastor, with- loss of n man who cerluinly has concluded
out whose presence and blissing, they the uffair* ol that country under circum
scarcely thought themselves in a way to ntunce* ol great difficulty with singular
1 1 1 ■ i at ion and pt tult uct and who, I h
Man terefator........ of tin- wings, which u, ve, was bent upon trying >«■ the utmost
wu* suffering severely. II" marched at Hie
instant, with bis forces, but as slowly and
compoHodly as if he had In-en marching t >
u conference meeting. T he officer in e<>m-
maud of tin* corps to he relieved, fearing
that he should he cumin-lied to give way.
sent to hasten the colonel. “ Tell ’em
we're coining,” said lie, and marched
steadily on. A second messenger came,
with tho intelligence that the wing was
beginning to lull buck. “ That will make
room for us. •• Tell 'em we re coming,'
replied the colonel, with unmoved counte-
nance and anaccelcruted pace. A third
rcnched him. ju*t as hi* troop*
-tern a* conciliatory .i- was consistent
witli the prosecution ol the great war iu
which he was engaged ; but I also agree
with the noble Karl that the death of i-uch
a man, in such a manner, and nt such a
time, is not ooly a subject of the deepest
regret ami abhorrence, Imt that it is a
serious misfortune lor the country over
•
which he exercised authority, und for tie?
prospects of an amicable settlement.
Alluding to Lord Derby's spcach on
this occasion, the New York limes ol tho
1 ,'ith sav* :
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This speech of the Conservative lender
is so irredeemably bud. that even the Lon
don T ime* i* eouipi lled, in tiie interest of
common decency, to protest against the
levity ami laid taste which mark it almost
from beginning to end. Jt is Certainly
little T ** tlinii atrocious to h«.ur fretu a
prices upon them. sold few or none o them.1 success in the deadly straggle they were
lie died ns he had lived, stoically IndiffTer- j about to begin. IVaycr being ended, the
ent to death, prescribing for himsidf' lo the eolonal addressed his men in a speech
last, predicting the day of hi* death, watch-1 wlm-h. lor brevity, conciseness and vigor,
ing the symptom* of his approaching dis-1 may bear comparison with an) that t a-snr
solution a* unconcernedly ns those ol or Napoleon ever addressed lo their troops,
another patient, an I coo’llv commenting *'^«ldiera,” oaiftf he. M our wives and chil-
on them ns a mere matter of seientifie in- drew are in the rear, the Hc*stuus are in
H-rest. And, yet, lc wa* a most skillful front, give it to thaw.”
physician, very bcncvolont, givnur hall hi*
eincrgcd from b-hind a coppice, in full
vit*W|of the enemy, whose Lull* now
bogan to whistle about them. “Halt!”
commanded the colonel : •• form column
nnd attend prayers.” And there, in the
ln"e th" inv. il:.I t, regiment pMM*P
while solemn prayer Was offered for their P,,*,l,r m,in U1, ^ot' *!><>* mi on, that
tin murder, vii w. d is a political act in th©
interest of the reb'T*. waa “ iwrv than a
mwr it ihis a blum.ir.” In the saRM
spirit it is easy to m-p tlu.-Jspeeeh altogeth-
er lia* l»een (-oncciveil.
praetie© to the poor, und with all his
idiosyncrasies, not half of which I have
nsined. will find manv sincere nioaritcr*
Mastfu* and Skrvants—
master, lie sometimes blind :
somotiuicft J"al
If thou art a
Hu servant,
laxT Mr. Snub perceived that the milk
lie was pouring into his coflfev-cnp waMsms
of the richest- On this he said to Ins
hostess i “ Haven’t you any milk that it
more cheerful than this?” “NVIiat do you
mean by that ?” " NVhy, this uidk wuia
•vsrpowered Uy thv blu«» "
im
4uaci
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Maltby, H. A.; Maltby, W. H. & Kinney, Somers. The Daily Ranchero. (Matamoros, Mexico), Vol. 1, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 8, 1865, newspaper, June 8, 1865; Matamoros, Mexico. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth849471/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .