The Ranchero. (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 5, 1859 Page: 2 of 4
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IIKMH A. IHALTBY.
CORPUS CiU.
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sa% *• iu from our FrU*inl»I—The
Frontier NOT to br l*r«Mr« led
b) the Ft-«leml (*ot crtinitnl!
____ ______ Hikicr sou BapwaitviMJ—HttUr Lott
T"TlQ Xl , -udTTI * a* than \«-*rr.—The I«»||i>«.iik di>i*ulcli wan
.*-(l.».tIk j. »Cvr j M-Htenuy tree* iud by Col. 1. (’. Harris,
I’i' xidcilt ol t l*o Southern Sti-atiediip Coin*
I mb I'iTBiilK llll Hi u (.'oaris 1'
M.m» *1 u«m o utm k A M. iVity aundu*
a! lutil ]uo>l iium>.
SHr< lax jm\< r*. nu*J thu uolui
• a*or wild Collector, in another *
ou-1i.--
NIUt»h
uf the
oiuiiin.
!>|n\ ill i.i«- u( tia lu>i< In-iii.
ImiMiaiant from llu* Kio (j run tic.
Littsl
N>h» from
(iianilt'.
Ill# ItIO
Ita«- NN c fuel ui. kt obligation- t<> the
Fr**a* fur ntunv kind gourtoaica extended to
The llumtor.-
tK0' .1, (’ McFonuid, better known u-
* Fox.’- has cxtubli.-licil him.-elf ul tut Mu .
quote fur the pur|*oxc <»f supplying Spanifdi
inur* * to uny one w i-hlng to purchu < II*
hut u lurg*- nutnUr of maraaoa haiul, am)
Citu supply any •k'tnan«l Sarnia attend
you Mac. Hee his card.
fiijrr The mail from Hrowc-vilJo, due
at thin place on lurt Thursday, has not
arrived. The mail currier on the upp r
tnd of the route, reported that the ri»k*r
ui.d nmil on the lower ind uus taken t>y
Cortina.' und forced into tin camp u pn-on
it, und of aours* tfi«* mail riff.-d ol it.'
content*.
fforTUKiu* 8t*ini*hii* Coni'any. Ily re-
lereiKJi Ui the adveftiiiweut of the Southern
Htcuin-hip Company. will be found the
tune of the nrnvul und d» pnrtnros of their
•Vainers ut the porta of llraso* Suiitiago,
Jndiauola, <»ulv**tun und N« iv Orluin- an
accommodation and information to our peo-
ple never before properly given
fray* The inauguration of < bn Sam
Houston a* tlovemor of Texas, i.- to take
place ou tho 21-t day of PuivniU-r next.
In all probability the event will cause u
greater a.*- inblage of the people . f T*\u.x
than ever liefore ha* toon within her bur
dii*. Many person* from this plan* are
pre;luring tin ihm iv**s to be there at that
time, uu<l w»» notice in nur4i x. hungc paper'
a general movement^ of the kind through-
out the State
fit# We heretofore inadvertantly n*-g
leettsl to notice the depurturei* oi (’apt
Fori*** ltritt ti. State Senator, and (Nil. II
L. Kinney. 1^ pr*.-» ntutive, for Austin, to
take their respective seat*, lit tiie opening
of the forthcoming legislature. truest imi.-1
of i ital interest ‘to this portion nnd the
Stute are now purtially in th ir hands, and
we can r*-.a> inably expect from such men
constant attention and demotion to our in
tin -N - ’ii •<„' * it’I r .ml.,'
measures.
— ■■■» us4«
•fr* What owner of u watch in th • city
ha* not been annoyed and plan'll at no little
inconvenience in Mtiditig it to suns* distant
i
puny, from the Adjtttaut (ieiwral ul NN’a*li-
mytuu :
•' NN A-1H\>lT*»X, Oct. 25, I **.’»
• I Ilarn-, I're-id' iit .Soulhern Steam-
ship 1'otnpuny Your despatch to Secreta-
ry of War received (’otnmander of Ih*-
partinent of lexiu has l*eeii directed tore
garrioun Fort Itrowu by twru companies of
] artillery troiu Fort Ciuik.
^Signed) S. (' k>i*icu, Adj. (ieo.”
| We clip the foregoing from tlie New
* (trlui Tru> ib/r*. of OetolaT 2titn. I'-.itf.
, Our rendu know p. i imp- that Fort Clio k.
! wlieinx'tin iwo eKiupanie.'ol io o artillery
are to procc .] to the relief of our unfurtu-
nsle i ir > tv. I trow ii* v ilk . is situated
m ar the •• • i« >foi .- Mills.^”about 10 wiles
north -t K../Is l'a •,about a.'»*» ntik> from
Isiredo. Irom Um (iruixk C'it\. nnd at
least i<oo tutU. from the poiut we -ro relief
i> neided Nt w, und where it has beeu ueud-
»d lor the n j>a*r. Supposing tliat ex-
traordinary dilig' net and di'pateh Is uw*d
in the trun iiu- i«»n ot the nei VHMiry orders
from Washington to San Antonio, ami
tin nee t > l'ort (Murk, a* al-» that the great
est seal I** exhiioted in the execution of
th*1 orders at tliis latti-r point, then nr nn»y
fairly reckon, tinf tlii - »-k .i artillery may
prj.wA/y eomnicuce their march on or ah >ut
the 7‘h inpt.; and nl.i wing the tuunl time
for their progres , nt ihor.do of uIm*u* 'Ji*
miles a day, thi'eointnatiil mny/> "iWy reach
their destination towards the beginning of
th*' month of 1 ►eeeniber. Now every mm
women and child almost, in Toxas. kieiw
that tliO'o tr<*>»•)»■* ran pmci-od by no oth* r
short*:r or quicker r*uit*' than over laud, a
PMi,«»s a im i ! NS ■ a 'k it H «•
not wvm that the Administration, either
through ignorance or d« dgn, is determined
ti*»t to protect our frontier neighbors?
Hero we liuve tu n m wt^i* ela|*ing, after
tlm (Jortinas outr »«'*s, wer* committ*d. l»o-
for*‘ th«’ governiiHMit atf >r*ls the reli* | songiit
by onr neighbors, and t«i which they are
entitled. A* well almnat might tla? War
Mepiirtment have said : Yes, yon dial! have
relief, nnd at oner., and then send umund
(’ape lluni t*>t. n. 11 anii'V at S.m Juan,
with ord' r* to rt onr, piooced with ail
hi« infantry, but in the most direct line
across the plains and mountain* inter veiling,
to drive out and rlumtts* the in- A .t (’or
tins* arid his bund of outlaws, lifter living
him more than ample time to burn, suck,
pillage, r »h >r plum to I5r-*wn dll*', and
kill evigy Awerieau on th* liio (»raiii| !
I’rotection with a vong**anc«', we sav;
and with to every reader i . iy aiy/’Savi to
from our friends."
Itio (•HAxiir ( iTtr, i | gy reference t>» the communication from
(M.JkMh. !*.»#. ) Itio(JramleCity,aifsa'il*(i,Mwhichruadiid
I » ar Sir . In Jjjjuj |,v (.Kpft'M. it will lie sivu that th*'
ConM-que.icv of the interruption- -Wilyr, of j of pkee urvexp.rtmg to he
our mail ktv if** on tlie II. > round*'. In
I It.say A NIaithv l.*q
K.f Tin IU:, bro*.
IhU’ilr Uailiomt.
Mu FioToa The project uf a great
Facile lUdroad has oceapied the mill*!* of
our |M»litieiuii- and capitalists now these
luany years; but it is only of lute they have
And tliiv trs>. nt h time, win u a portion
of the 1 nit* •! Stub s regular army is an«l
t *r s* rue time ha* Urn nt New (Means. [.*» .
, . . , engaged I ugh >r i»lv as sp*1' iul i on tis
point from th.s wlien netslmg r* isi.r-* # • , r
It I..-. ... ............ :• ........■■
return ? That difficulty i- now retm-lie*!
K 1’hiHip*'has opened a watchmaker’* shop
oil Chaparral p*r»*«'f win re lie i» ready at all
inn*-.- to r*‘,'.»ir waU'he-, rlock- A c . \c
'!’ho«e for whom ii*’ has done work, repre
'- ut hun ax being the UKt «*f w rlcmen
S'** Lis car*! in unnthor e'd'imn
luj Our fra'iid M
the San Fernando, has 1 u *|>endirigii p'>r
tion of th*’ past w<>**k in our city on hu-i-
urns connected with his rancho lie in-
t inns u-* tlust f**r Ins wind of the last sh**«r-
me. ho had received .MO *n nt- net r pound,
n :' li sp**uk- well for hi- wh.'ii con*
d*T'*! Texas wool seldom brings <>v• r I’J
n nt- II" exports to r< cx'ive much higher
pro- - th** corning sea-on. having improvi d
hi- flivrk fr m ■ Mia* of th** la'st in th§ I ’nion
We have ul.'O 1-an plcux**! w ith u virif
fr in Mr Itryikni, who is enguged in sheep
i .using, * n th • Santa (Jertrudns. ami has
met with great st|eei\'S with ios truprnvcd
(look
15 th of th • lb iv ,<ntlemon hove pro-
miad u.- soiiv vuiuabkr statistics in regard
to their aim *>t unfmralleli d success in sheep
raisin'/ which we \v.|| t.»y before r'is r* ;ul
irj.
1 ai -'UX nisi kin«li«s| spirits) and earning
pay only as bo*ly-guar«ls to (>li«et<*r Hatch
and Mar dial Kennedy. NN’as th«‘re ought
' <“ prevent P*crr‘.«ry l-Moyd fr >m nt once
ni'h'riag the einbarhution <’f th* -*« trooin
I on ths Jlri\7 m* -u amers, ami in three «l;.r-
1 to I and tln>ni st Mrs/.*- Santiago, urnl on
1 the/*s*rfh day relieving flic wearied citizens
Uue, wle. r**uto on ' 01 ttrowma.lle. and j, -toring to thoir city
tint s«'i'urify t»nd j-'nre which the stars and
•trip-- should ufl-rd them t Wc are of
opini 'ii that Mich an order and proceeding
l*y th*' Secretary would have di^ptn.
"me sernr, and proved tho sincerity of ib
Adminbtmtion iri wishing to protect our
frontiir; bnt tho unto actually issued, un
d* r oxinting cireomstaloes, proves eitlnr
it- utter ignoranCM <*f <>nr section of coun
try, or utter want of administrative cnpuci
ty, total indifTerenre to our misfortunes,
ami unwillingn* -s to relieve or redre* our
gnevane* What cay tho p» opk«f
('ortinus an«l ln» party, und ul-o r-port-
which obtain cr* dc?icc In tliis pin**** tliat
he liu- part lea of men on all the mail
rout* - from ihi* river to th** interior of the
Slate, for the purpose of o|N'iiing ami ex-
amining ull mail mutter, I have thought it
might interest you to leurii snimdliiiiir of
allairs on tin- frontier. N ou ure awai*’
that (’* rti'iuM ha> now under his command
u lores of Hoiii*. iloo jiclado-. They iuo * n-
camjK*! i.«ar Mrowiuvilie ami arc still
tin uUuin/ th* place, (hi Monday lust a
party con-isung of sun*' t’.n white men,
and b(i Mexicans (from Mutnmorus) went
(>iit to give him buttle ; we I* urn from the
lirowi^vilic mail carrier that the Itrowuw
villc party wa re defeated with u lots of no
lives, ami l"iir wkuu*1i-I. The Mrowiaville
party lia*l two pirn ol urtilk ry which was
umlcr the eommand of I>. Miguel Tejerioa
who comm.unlcd the M» \ieun force from
MsUiniora.- ; the-o tw*i pieirs were captur-
ed by (Vrtinos uml an- now iu hi- jMts-ies-
•don. We here ure at u Ios- to conceive
why tli artillery «a< placid under the
command ot Mt.n<nn< Injifrhl Mtjiuin*.—
Our mails are continually cut o|* I! und the
contents destroyed, and iu ccuisequencxi of
thi.- vro ure oblic**! to dc|>eiid ujs*n the
vertial statem* lit- of the mail ri*ler. Wc
are in *)aily < \fxTtation **l an attack on
tlii- i»l.i*x', ns w* have harm'd on whut wc
consider giK«l authority, tImt it i» the in-
tention ol Ios baud of grsussr p</u*/**.' to
cxterminati; tin* gringo* on this river -
(»en. ('uruvujul, very kindly, has otftrcd u-
ussistancu, l»ut we have declined; we ar*
determined to accept r»«■ a#si.-tanee from the
other si*lc. and if we are attacked, we in
tend to give Mr. Cortina* and his |wrty th*-
b* at light we cnn. I think tin re i- now u
go*M| opportunity for sonic of yur unquiet,
spirits (and who can •**• qi'k*t?) to got into
service on tin-river, uml they may lie heart
Iv sure that if they come they will U* wull
received und will liuvo oyqinrt uni ties to wipi
out some old .•< r<-*<. (Jen. (’aravajul i- now
orguiii/ing hi Mil .uk? in ('anlargo and
wi iild no doubt l**1 pleased to receive nome
few ffiit, r*c. I n'IhI this by all l\pn "•*
kii.'lly furm-hed by Col. II. C. Mavis, vv
cannot *1 • • j»*-ii*I up"ii th* in.wls.
Yours truly. (».
uttio k***! by (’ortinus party It will !-•
wall for Mm* ItuugiTM to watch ta< ■*'»«•
tnetits iif ’.lie l»undi«s. and ace that tliey «l*>
not murd'-r un*) plniahi OV * '
other jaiii.t-after forcing him fr**m llrovvns-
ville.
1 iik l.n.iiT ll*>i«r —| wa* n»rry to mi-s
the ek ur shining of tin* light into tay win*
d"W lost night, If hud bou there '0 h>eg
that it wum like an old friend. I had h-arned
to love its vHiection un my wall, ami to re
in*miter l*ow many huiiiuti lM*ingi> it lt;wl
kx-eii lock mg at the im-tVusihk . if tot the i,,,u lM,rl 1 renamlwncd how
I only tea**bnt route tor such a load.
l or years it wa> u-aini< d that St l*»uis
ami San Frattciscu mn-t be the t*Ttnini «»(
, tin* ron*|, I’hc gn-at length of that Im*
| ever 2."(Ml mil-- th< unman*, oh tacic- to
recently, m a stormy ant dark night, iu
clear, steady light gave h *j*- to a crowd'd
cabin * f pa"' ng* r* t*» this filar**. | re-
incwilsred how. hull more reci'iitly, when a
v< * el wa- leaving tin city,and ene oi th<*
In n p. i v a (• i, 'ie our « i,«-p"mlnt i: {•« • v* rcnine in the Itoeky Mountain pm, ‘T***?! ^ ^ "* * ^ffcl m
fight, and
n •inclhing
'Ye notice with pk'asure, the return
to our city of Col. K T. ( lym< r, Judge J
H. JohtiAOQ and Mr. ('. Meuk \ who hav*
a**vi rally boon on a business tour through
tin* eastern jvirtion of our Sfuto. The ac
counts they bring of the ratroees of th<
yellow fever In tho town-of flcmpstend.
Cypres* City ami the H*ljucent country, ure
truly hewrtrending. They reprceent the in-
habitants us fk-’ing in every direction to
escnjie the epi*1< mlc ; leaving tho sick cn-
rare*! for, ami truly telling ‘ tho dead bury
the dead,” I low long thi« seonrgn wJI
continue to davristate our towns and cities,
without any specific to stop its ik-nfli-dca!
hig course, I* inoru limn man can divine. ...............
«e is'opie in this eity ami vicinity have I of the Staf*
'* reaxon to be thankful to Him
who eomplo ate t
‘h the a im! to th* -horti ismp that ^ J
, •! ru fr*»m this d*.fAdfttor of human
Tur Sri-nKwr Coii.r.—The conrt eom-
ini'Oeed its acHtdon *»n Monday last with a
large docket ua u.-uoi. ’] h* Jmlgo* vvir*1
all tn
The business of this court Im- inerrased
tn an extent to require an addition of at
hast two ntnnilsT- to th<* pr«>.-*'iit Im-iicIi.—
1 here are now and have Is-en cases la-fore
it aufficient to keep the court at Austin
open the whole year. As u m* astire of n-
IjcI to the bench as well a- a r* form of vi
tal importaiico to the |»©opk’. the numlicr
of Judges should l*> Inert awd. It will uh
rays occur in the crowded state of the
il<K:kct. that attention to u em»*‘ noerssary
for it- full afipr* h< uslon in nil it- legal
hearings, will not always !*<• given, and thi-
evil in a court of last re-»»rt i- one of -erj
otis enii'id* ration. Another important laet
i- however, that the litigants are wearied
ont by delnvx. until justice liccom'-s so tardy
and costly that nnnn but the rich can pur-
chase It.
Wn regret the recessify of a change of
the t’onstitutinn in order to accomplish
thi- reform ft seems almost Impel*'-* to
expert it. The exiM however, nt present
exi-ting are of a magnitude which mu-t
enlist friend- to the tn ,***nr*' in many part-
To scrure it, we wonkl not
proposition with anv other
exi-ting law We eonkl Is-
wilimg to r- -t a reform of tin Court at
th
(inti Hit*— the Poor Sailor.
Si err < ir In t i- je. the or*kT of th
I.'.ht Hon-* M ud. d -eontii/Uing tin r
pu- ( 'iir -ti light, ha- Iteen earrie*! int >«
edition, and now th*.* many vc -cl- navigs
tii i our buy ui at the mercy of the c
rue 11 la.
NN h» n Mir li*g! t him«e wa« rstaoUsh- 1
we had only tw<» and "*,•• half feet • '
l<vtw*-*'ri this nnd Ariiinu* May, and <•«»
* inmerec (whieli was tlmn insiga '
eomparMl tn what it i- n *w), vv:u
on by small light itrati jhf v * "•!- Now w*-
have >n the-hip cbannel. a!mo-t * vmpl* te*j
more water than ran b" curre <1 *n - Mr a
*os Santiago, and two Ht**ani r- ar, > "eral
large schooner.-hav* t-en ptireha* Ibrour
trad*-. N\« are Itll entirely without a light.
NN *• l< arti that our citiz* ns have j- tilioo-
el to have the ord'-r revoked ; and if this
cannot 1-* obtained, let us fry uml imluo*
th*' "powi rs tlmt b ” tc* permit th* city to
t im: charge of 1h*J light IlOu*■’, and have
the light kept up at tin* expanse «»t the city.
Something -houhi !-• done very soon to
fr'inedy the evil, or we may * \j*e*:t to hear
of Herious h# . - *»( life uml projK-rly.
NN *> feel sati-lied that *li*l tlie Ligiit
11 oils** JJourd know the great importance
of k' • ping up th*> light iu this port, it never
would have ta* n discontinuol It i- to Is
hop' d they w ill lully investi rate the sub
,j*ct. and if they have u just ntgunl for out
commercial interest*, the order discontinu-
ing tie light will Is* countermanded.
|
imt* Mr. (tint erk**, who left Mrownsvillc
la«» Fritlav. nnd is now with the ronipnny
of lUngers. r< [iri « nt- th*' p*-ople of that
city ns l- ing iu great distri'-a, expecting
hourly for (’ortinus tu nttack them (’*»r-
tinns had wntli u a letter to the Chief .lus-
tier of f’nrnemn county, ordering that the
l-'t.-on of Mr. (llnvccke -koqhl be iuunedi-
ately delivered into his humls ; and in am
of refusal, threatened to march on ami «|*'-
Ltroy the place immediately.
The guerrilla- have taken the nnils nnd
made lh*‘ri»k’rs prisoners upon the route-
k aning from Ifrownsvilk* to Itio (iramk-
City, oml from Hrownsville to thi- * ity,
thereby cutting off all mail communication
with ot|jer portiiMis of the Slate. They
have nl-o 1aken the Ifc-puty ShetifT, F.
f'omplieH, K-q , pri-on* r. -ince which noth-
form u-that th* re an
icon- in that place, but w ill all
a^ks tor hoine a-'Utunc* ( an
In* done for th< in ?
Th*' -' in Antonio // i/J miv- it i- not
improbable that (»ov (1Cuhin'Im might liuvi
doin' man* thing for tlie cilizeii- of Itio
(iraialc City, laid they uotitk-l him *>f tlmr
wutils.
S I ll.l, t.ATKK.
( r(/*" * Until It'i.it lint 1 • n’t'At ( */*/
I’Ulmiii ii l^irt a it nj Uu I’ ii, I ht ( ih
sm* I'i hi mu th$ <». 11, n,if fur I! uf -
I hf hthiihlttliil m i Ihtnpfi A«., «N
Since the ubovc was in type, we havi
learn* d that a (airtiou ol Curtimis’ bat.*)
have attacked Kio iiramle City and piling
i'«l ull the liounes * \ecpt th**' tying iu the
Otntre of the plate, vv In* I* wire |>i*il>ubly
protect* d by tlie eitiz -ns
An express was MMit imtn*s)iately to the
(foveruor, asking for a i*tanci forthwith,
to prevent the bandits from burning (he
city and inimh-ring its inhabitant* The
c\p: >inan pa *1 the Mampiet** on Thurs-
day last, on Ills way to Aii-liu, fr«»ui whom
tin* al*oW’ facts wire * Illumed by i iliseiM
of this place.
All ,,i*' raneheros on the Kio Ciande ure
driving toeir stix-k into the iut<‘ri«*r of the
State, to pluou tlieiu b*y»nd the reach of
the on*law -.
M seim- by reports from authentic
ure s that Cortina- ha-* two b*sli«t of
t" ii *•*•;:ai /*ii, uml hm loro** is <
by sons' to amount to 70<i men. Traiy a
sad state of afi.iirs , but u- -ong m the
•• foot urtilk ry can march to tbeir reiki
it will Im- nil right. NN**th g*»ud iMk Ih<*\
will l>cth* it in In ire unnUfu.
kuIv - in. 2i• A - .-r with th* tact that the rood would *•- rt.Ji.ly *** ,hr *'#w! b.T 1^rr'»r
up for month* every y*or. pre ,or ‘h'' "ithcml •b*ch bo
would have Iwen |«wt. I thought how mum
ti|U< • that light would lx is*d**l by tlw*
A l ight ilh CortlaMi
(tur tinfortiiunte city i- in yw^rll beyond
any which lia> le r> tolore thiculencd It. *IT>«'
lbr«T which wud up to ullurk Portion*
«*.i111;lie t wot! a h d< f* at on y*
it ' ini 'i t ua to chromed
c<. of alM>nt sixty
tu . t ricuu- on our -ide,
tie N a- Infantry under
..»ir. ^ -i no force I rom *iur
Umk r • command of t ’apt. 'I
They uurri**d with them a 4-f
1 ' 'll: M' AO an foil*', lilt
howitzer. I-longing t0 Capt. K.
After giving "iir ace*»uut of
which th* Americana tot tbfio
of lo illi ry, the /i..g cmitinu— |
SnfTnx' it to say, that CortiimP has won
a victory. i> in i-rs-t-aioa of two wry * Hi
c* ieut p.oc* - of artillery and aJltbe amnia-
nit ion Inrlonging to them, of 0 large io-g
ol nil* (Minder, ai d some profWons which
w*re on the route when the fifbttook place
It is Mini that he has two met ol least kill-
ed. it not more, wink* on <»ar aide four ol
th* M* xieuti force were wounded at their
gnu. but none killed. One of the men from
lirownsvilie, pi Mexican,) was badly wound-
ixJ.
From what we ran Judff and divine
from the statements of th««a pr«'w-nt. es|w
ciaily from tbcre|iori of Lieut. Col. lairun-
ca und Mr. Thomson, Cortina# had aome
tw*» hunikrd and fifty or thn*e humlr* <1
men. Tlii* i«, however, conjectural, a* oth-
ers estimate it far lesa. Few of the bandits
were wen at any one time, bit an old (’.
S. soldi* r ot/M’rvcd. fifty man, bid a* they
were, could have Matni*ded five hundred in
u road guarding di-mountod cannon Cor-
tinus will of course Im ubk- now greatly to
increase hi- bund, having artillery und the
prestige of a victory to aid him. Indeed
it i> ulrcady known that he received a cna-
silk-ruble accession ou the very night of the
route of our men. lie has gcsM) arms, and
hi- men ure under disciplimt uud light with
leal. _
Yistenlay he again stopped tho U. 8.
mail coming Irian I-nredo, cut it opan, Ml*
amiueil each letter in it, opening all bttt
two, kept tho mail rider until to day, and
then sent him down with such of the open
letters und way bills as he did not care to
Main. Thi- mail ri<k*r I* ft him this day
examining the content* of the mail bag
which 1* It lirown-villc this morning.
Wc are now Uirrirading our streets ami
preparing for an uttue!; upon (bo town,
which we may px|«cct night by night. K**r
U n day- pa-t nearly every mun Iihs remain*
ul on the watch all or most of the night.
NY*- are well nigh worn out, but will |s r-
seven*. Imping for tlie arrival of (lie prom-
ised lUngcr-. If there un* any friends of
our- within striking distance, we hope they
will not fail to come at once to our n-lief.
—“American fV#*g extra. Oct. 25th 185D.”
—-......
Fi.ost rv tiik Amman* ('orron Krm<*v,
II.' M"lul* Tribune of t bt 11 -t says 1
came
Is- 'UoW'i-l
vi-ntid eapitaliaU ami the government from ;
attempting its eon-traction.
V \t M* inphi* w.i* thought to Is* the
lx >< eu-teru term inns ; and a road running
nearly w< t Iroin M'-mphis wotikl luuct with
I* i-ngiiK cring difficult*<t* ami not Ih; sub-
j- t to th' inti rriiptiou- of tlie snow lik*-
tli* n rth* rn trie k Mut even tin* smith* rn
pa i- net en-ily enreotm; uud tie* gr* »t
I* ui/1 Ii ul thi lout* i ul it n*S 'll*« ly i x-
j- a-ive.
(»f late, the very "bv imi- troth, is, thut the
(»ull- of daliforniu ami Mexico uppri*c)i
e«Hii|*aralivoly near each **ther, within h»
than nttu Nsm/ml noh ; that tin* cugi-
neiring ob tacks are trilling; that the
whole route is well '•applied with wood uml
water. Yh*-e truths, I -ay, have forn-1
themselves ii|mhi the attention of all tlibnk*
iug men. Tlie *|uinti(ai is asked, why not
use the higliwuy tlmt Pod has pr* pared m<
far as it goevT Of eoarve that r«|«i'—ti<Ni
will be asked, and ft will he answered by
capitalists when they really coins to nmkit
the road. The |s>inU mwretd of a|*f*roMeli
in tb«‘ greut natural highway within tlu*
temperate soue, wlu re g*>««l harImra can at
all times be rt iied u(-*n. ure Mazallan ou
the Calif*>riiiu. and Corpus Christlon tiai
Mexuini Cuifs. Ho long a* this route is
open to American ropitul uml anter(*ri*e,
no other mud will ts- luult by men who
look lor the greaU-«t returns from the smal-
lest investments. HuOli men will always
use the means the Pod of Natan- ha- put
iu their hands while they can. They will
rely on steamdiip* and merchant clipper-
to traverse the last practicable mile of the
route, iiwtead of running thousaixbof irito
up and 'h.vvn the Mii«i-*>ip(d. and t|»«-n mak
king an iron r>>ad over other iu--dio>a thmi
M»n*I** of miles. To siipfAHii' otbrrwia is tn
sup|MWH* not only that men are without n-a
SOU. hat against all good rcu-"»M.
1s t it then be the Rix-ioa of ths ’I'exan
press to gath«*r uml ili-Menniialn light on
this, tlie shortest, eaxieat and ls«t route for
the Pacific lUdroad Nix* w>
Vi* The IU*s her**
Ms. Fnrros 1 here are few thing*
which do more to give character and influ-
ence to a place than a well conduct**! news
pop«‘r. ('hurrhet ami schools may (sMsubly
lie place*! in the list above the I’ress. but
it i« apprehen«h>d that then* is not another
agency ao important as an able an*i tho-
roughly imk-fs-mh-nt j*Nirnul. It is a b*»ml
of union to the inhabitant* of a town ; it t«
a medium of r*»mmuni(*ati<Mi to the outside
world ; it is a reflection of the intelligence
ami moral stain ma of a fwople . it is a
incur.-> of imparting a k'lowh-lge of the nat-
ural and rr«*ated facilities of a place
tiiiiis i 'OS Isstt- eoiinitg to aud h aving our
whurve* h**w, perabaare, sum*' i*f them
Would lot lost |«»r want of this faithful U a
»on. I cannot appreciate the economy or
jii.igiis'iit thut put «»ul it- twinkling fight
Tiir Maim. Although I nch* Hum has
Mp|s»intnl unto ii- thrr*' *iiail- j» r w*vk
from New (trloaim viu Haluria. no mail
mutter has arrietil from Ibut ps^il, later
than tic 22nd ull.. uudonly two uiaiFlMg-,
ami both of them a w«*'k behind tunc. ^Itaa
i'k-a *>f makiag up a pa|wr containingA\iM
lale«* im w- frnm oliter Mat*-- uudtF p^ebt
mail facilities, may sc* m to one who hwa
m ver uiukrtakeo -well a j**'* proltabl*-; hflb
t*» as. it is au impossibility.
As an item of late news pad a* tbchillf
we shall h* r«*aft* r tell the tuamael **»ir c*>n-
tinu«-l mail failure*. We do net for ajn*>-
ns-nt w ish to riMivi-v the i.|>-a that Wr are
fault liudiog. (th no. far from It: all our
tuail facilities ale e*»mhiet*-l W(^t If tln-y
ware not it w*»ukla t he so. Would it,
Mr He*at ?
Kiami*at!o* or iPvis r<>R k inAfoo f
Hi hi rrr - NY« hau-n from a (ro od i*i«t tu*m
Austin, that th* riMiiiwlusi uf Ikavia Jhr
killing I’ol. Sublett. I«*4 t»laea«Hi Haiacdhy
and MihhIuv IkM. th* ri**ifil uf who h was,
thut l*a*a was la-ld to hall In the *OH of
#5,mm. for his apiH-arsnee at the nr.it ilk
(net Court to trial. Sul not U mg aMu to
give the m-*w«iry se* unty, he wax cmnwnt
nd to jail. The • v ideiK*’ Wr uiehTotursi,
-bowed that C**f Hubh-Jt was (ilayitig < ard-
with Mavis and that *i}«*u the «!••«• v*ry e|
some false playing by ih* laMer th* tomer
rvuomhxl him of it. win r*h|m*u, Havi* at
trmptid to -trike him with a chair Imt did
not -Ui-n*d, in roms'qiM-nep <d Mh ista rf« r
cnee **f -**ns- byMas>*hrs A M-*ifft.« then
eosmd la-twe*n tlw*m during wtu<h Co| H
up|s-ar- to have lemved ibr fatal injury
bv th* fr act arc <*f hi- -hull, wloeh n*sult«*|
in his 'VatH. It wa- u«*t till alter hi-*h-a*b
ao*i Imrial, that the true rous» of hi« *l<a(h
Wa- su«|» tvd, when apoa the dw inter merit
of the IniIv, the skull was found to I-- true
turej. aid all the eirmimstancr- devekq-*i
on the fXaimnalnm. ktwl tn the (retM-ral tin
|,r« -siKf* that tlie fracture wa- oreasiohrd t*yr
a covt rsd dung -hot in the hamis of Havia.
Il' ii*-- the ciNianitmerit for want of bail
11 if. .Vevs.
-..—a.. ■
Imrrrstimi rsow rn* Kaosnrs -Ad-
viceafrom Ni lrfU'ka of a r* «-'iit *lute, in
fo* in a-1 iiat a trrnbV r>*almi)f is prevailing
ani'f'g the * 'rnuiia ludiaos carrying oft
\"Ui g and old t»y ► ■ < The li.dta.m rail
the disease the I - \»* f* er, or M unam, tl»»*
sagre coiilago a that has *icwtr«*rxd the *h*r
ltd cattle in *►"! *e **• **f Mm**hiit. ami i*o|tv
mkted -itch ra*ug<* -mong the uufTaloe- ou
Ms- plait**.
A heavy fr '*t fell m Netea ka last W**» k,
V*--troy mg. it is said, at least one hah ol
polatoe*. h*'W* \*r, Wrie
the oorn crop
Tberr was soand philosophy as well a- ^lmndant ami of the liest <pialiiy
I h«* (irainas along the river iu Ncttraeka
were ou fin- la-l week. The tlwuie-• XU'in!
ed nt far as the **ye mu d reach presenting
a magnificent qwetarle, and •!*•- siuoke on
the river was ao thick thut t-oifr could
scar*xly make their way.—A him /.’r.
An/-*, 1.1|A.
. . , ,, ... , Wc learn from passenger* who
mg has tax'it licnrd from l.i.u, ,u.J it is sup- L,own on the rnilnsid yesterday, that thrr.-
I*0*" *1 •'*- has l»een killed. was ii frost vestefday morning all the any
f'ortinas sav- ho will lav in nmhiidi for 'kiwn from NN est I’oiat to within to-than
the purpose of •< rutting of and murdering °"r ^ was not
ih. punt, if ii can ha made sacccMfal — l,"r 1Un«fr», their sppioach to 1 th<. roMnv) We saspcct th«v ii a frod
’ ' Miown ville. I thi-’ morning of m**rc severity.
sharp retort in th«- rv(»|y of thu legi-lator to
the ignorant braggadocio of a fellow mem-
ber, when be b>uxtcd there was not a sin
gk* newspa(ier in ail thu throe counties h<
rsf>rear ntad. *• ’I’hat accounts for tlie gee
tleinan having a M-at on this floor." |h
truth a very fair telimate of the intellecttbl
enterpnas of uny city or town may Is- antic
by thu fact aud tlie kind of new>|i*|«er
liahcd ther*'. A majority of men. prrlilp*'
would look no farther than into the vilfrgc
paper. A few would go into the chughea
ami schools in a«i«iiti*»n. A man iiiuA Im
dull imlerd if lie could not soon mfraur*-
the ehata* nw the eiiter|gisii)g, inti b‘*-tu-
al ami moral cliar;i*-taigd> a eonnfonity.
Andos intimated ulnsva. most men wonkl
lot look Iwyoml the pnas itself fo» bis ca-
aMte.
If a person deaigbs locating in n neigh-
borhood, how carofolhr will be nolb the ed-
idaaoe thus affordad. lie wil seyd for tie
paper la advaaea, or b« will cn*|ire for it
the first thing oabia arrival. If will n*a*l
H with interest to get the membra of that
place. The knowledge conwunfinth-d uml
the principles inculcated sm»i ik lcrmiiM-
him whether to hsik there or go fiirtlmr.
Kven the advertise .* ut« havt o voice to
him in forming his estimate.
The press then -the troth tolling, tlie
law abiding, th*- lilivrty kariag, the princi-
ple inculcating press -lei it ho well sup-
What tiik West Warts That most
eccentric preacher, Eev. iVler Cartwright,
has been holding forth in I’hiiiak Iphis,
somewhat autobiographically. Hen: i-
something he is re|Mirte*l tu have aanl. con-
cerning tin- preacher- now sent out to the
Far West, in contrast with those of carlo r
days:
Of late years, my fri<*n*N. anoth*T bra* <1
of preachers i- truu-fern-l to us ; these are
the hysterical, dyspeptic, son* throat, Mac-
ginger fie* I sort of preachers. Thry travel
among you ; they *re unai-A-ptable ; they
aro ustto- lumber ; and lo! their seal au
at once move* (like a seventy Imir ngg*M
for F.nglsnd). to go to th*- NV»jat, and “iM'lp
the NYivt." Wa don’t wuut aoy sack rat
tk. 1 tell you now, in my Seventy filth
year, I enti **utpreach amt outwork a dozen
of these old «lys|R'ptic things.
«■ ■•* *■
l»vrrvni*i.T — H*»nfi of the slave trade
opposition Otgatu* are jiilulating over a let-
ter carry ing fraud ii|m*h it- fa*x . |>ur|M>rting
to Is: ilat*-l at Nncogdoeliex. nnd puidi«he«l
in the Washington New Fra. renuntnend'
ing (Jeii Houston a- the K* ('iitilicaii eandi
•lat*- f**r the Freakl*ncy. b,ven the New
Fro dmcmlit* it,amiop(ssu<a(ioii. 1I»h*.-umi
as a davery man. not til for then |*arty.
_. . . .. .. New we will wager a rom press with any
porl.,l I, link' vou lo no* «H'th*r. .ml In; ,„r ^ |K|. tr„„kT, Ih„ Wl.r
the world around It glresfoar cbildrrna Wftt, written l»y on* **f the l»ww*t. meoaent.
lore of hoine and hoiiM' so ige.
■ •• —» ■ -
iMF* Many of the pluntrrs no the lower
(•aadalupa river ma*k* mare cotton than
their forces can gather, 'fbacoosl country
nev- r tails to make gufnl crop**. Ho says
Hie fndinnola Courier.
nast tent ami ims»t di-honest acavengiva. wh**
doss the dirty work for the “rule nnd tigur**
men" **f Texas Hamilton and HeagaM bx
*|t*maii<l tli** name ami determine tba </i*no<-
ter of the writer. Intrlligrnffr.
-*uO»»>-
tMT l-»uifl L Wiglall. is sp»ken of aa
s proper |ier-ou fet V, H Scnutor.
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