Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 33, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 20, 1857 Page: 1 of 4
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|9~ Hon. F. B. Lubbock, Lieut. Governor eleot,
paid Galveston a visit the beginninj of the present
weak. Si is ita his usual fine heath and «pirita,
s aa though the improve! state of the
range, since the fall rains, agreed wiih Mm. :.
' . in i ' i•— fím r\
EST Maj. J. W. 8oott,U. 3. mail agent, arrived
at Galveston this morning, from a tour up the
Trinity, and through the adjacent «untry, aa far
aa Woodville. s-;"
L. Steel,
arrived last sight from Liberty, with 88
John Hall
Fuld; 2
®-Gen. Thomas J. Chambers iain the city.
Hianama has been suggested by the Macó Souther-
ner,'Belton Independent and Baatnp Advertiser
aa theauooeeaorofQen.Bask. jr >
Hxw Yobx, Oot. 8, 1857.—The following vessels
ara now tip for Galveston Ship J. W. Fannin;
brig North; bark Golden Age and baik Anna.
W. J. Harrison, E*qr., ia now editir and pub-
lisher of As "Banger," Mr. LancasY having re-
tired fcr'thé present from the laboreif that posi-
No change will be made in tje politics of
the Babger, ind it will dobbtieas bea well-man-
aged and interesting sheet. I -f
HP The overland mail from California arrived
at San Antonio the 4tb inst., bating left San
Siego on the Pacific, Angnat 9th. QoKe a quantity
of mail matter was brought. -
■ QT A second spring baa visitad Galveston,
since the aatumn rains net in. Gartens and vege-
tation generally present the most thrifty and luxu-
riant appearance. The supply of green Vegetables
in market is large,- and present* almost every
variety., The season for fall gardena has been
batter than the spring. Trees and shrubbery about
the bouses are in foil and fresh verdure, and mock-
ing and other aong birds, like tlte thanksgiving
turtle, are beard -in the land.
HT The Houston Telegraph says;' in reference
to the dead body of a man found near that oity a
few dayaainoe, that the throat waa cut, and a razor
waa lying a abort distance from bis feet. The body
Irn lying on a blanket, and a pair of saddle bags
ware near by. About the waist was a web belt,
wfaleb it waa supposed had been need as a money
No money Or paper of any description was
1 about the body and no clue has been obtained
name of the person. Whether be came to
i by foul means or bis own hSnd the coro-
1 not determine.
t C. Jones, of whose wounding in
i Missouri, a short time, we have hereto-
fore spoken, arrived here yesterday by the Gal-
veston. We are gratified to say that he baa quite
recovered from the wounds received and is now on
his tray home in Lavaoa county. The Mexican by
whom he waa «tabbed had accompanied the party
from Texas, and made hia eeoape at the time of the
renoountre. ' V
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tar* Mr. Jones informs us that about
of Texas horses and oattle were
aaaaon at and near Kansas City,
plains. They arrive there from T<
dition. He thhika, however, tbe
ben vety profitable this year.
BT Several Know Nothing
havo kindly recommended pen
United States Senators. That
manifests a more neigl
prevailed. Their suggestions,
not, will doúbtles be Mndly receiv
gp Some of our readers suppose tbe United
Statee excel all other countries in tbe production
of Indian corn. It Is stated that near the Gulf
OTMt. ia Mexico, even with the Imperfect tillage
of that country, the grain is large, one bushel
weighing about 62@88 pounds. Tbe color of tbe
eorn is yellow and white, the stalk growing from
10 to IS feet high, and tbe crop yields generally
i to 90 bushels per 88 yards square.
V
VmoLta, of Mexican blaok betas, are beginning
to attract attention in tbe United States. In Mexico
I is sowed generally between tbe farrows
ducing a crop in ÍJ to 8 months of
i bushels per 82 yarda square in a field ol
and without 80@70 bushels.
Pbsaombs.—The Louiavilla Democrat thus dis-
criminate in reference to the two classes of minis-
tare in tbe country:
"The number of preaohers that have been exposed
for their orimee of late baa been unusually large ;
and their sins are publiabed apparently with much
•atlafaction. Thia iacomplained of by many as in-
dicating no friendly feeling toward religion. We
think thia an error. These hypocritles, so far, had
ouit preaohing Christ, and goue to preaching poli-
tice ^They have diegraced then- calling, and Pro
vidanoa luia"allowed them to disgrace themselves.—
The ioiurr will not fall on Christianity at all, but
ón the hypooritiea that pretend to it. Beware ot
these pareona who love the applause of jnen ; who
make sueechee to political meetings, and make dif-
- - ■ -• 1 bodies o*questions involved
got to beso holv they can't
« people ; who na'
on the
good eon-
eaa has not
i in the State
i suitable for
kind, and
I'formerly
■ adopted or
F"* q'iri.--1- that the
,ve taken it
of men in this
it they must make
Let Christians
nnlittaal soeechee on the subjeet. Let Christians
over tbe expoeurea of their evil srimes."
Tbe rati""* of the Know-Notbings is to be sore-
• triedUThalr great ohampioa, Mr. ex-President
ia about to marry, so the pspere say, a
tdv of Montreal—think of it, a fnrrmer
~ia other dsy the ex-President
inroh at Montreal, and reoeived
and nice wafer. He aotually
ith hia lady-love, and paid tbe
respectful attention to the de-
- • ' - kissed the Pope's
run for thePreei-
in tbe direction of
Com. 18U.
and * . . ..
visited a Catholio
Sobool Union, of Phila-
, cud announcing the de-
[Secretary, Mr. F. W.
d-not to exceed $88,-
[ aooeptancea at vari-
i without entering them
Department has
bark Ellen,
ved tbe livea
her with two
to Europe. The
Yard, undergo-
theexcitement about
people of New York
'bleeding" purees to
thrown eat
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«-0 Spi ML- - -
.WrtK.ice,
ipi
i— who loves the
1 never knew
ntities in
Í 1 '
toiao might be produced in
Mexico, if Uie people were
to its cultivation, but in the Statee Of
Chiapas, yet still considerable quantities
-*-~2d. The whole region bordering on tbe Mexi-
Gulf is doubtless adapted to the Cultivation of
Should the war in India be- {M traetod
again become an important producer
of-this valuable dye-
Bbehhax, the Banger says, never preeented a ,
inore bnainesMike appearance than at present; the-
streets are thronged with wagons, and the stores
with people, buying in their fall and winter sup-
plies of goods.
Thestndenta of the Law Department of Baylor
University, held a meeting on the 24th day of Sep-
tember, and passed resolutions highly complimen-
tary to their instructors: Hon. B. T« .Wheeler;
Hon. John Saylea and Capt. W. P. Bogers, for
their «ble lectures to the class. íf j ' ,
The school is doubtless a good one, and offers
advantages to tbe law student in Texas which he
eould not obtain elsewhere.
or The schooner Atta, Cepfc—^,'Wriyed
thia morning from Sabine, with CWe.OOO abinglea,
to B. 8. Pareona.
' Faox Bootob.—The ong
Miller,-cleared at Boston for Gal veston, Í
Sí.....
Woll with railroad irOn for the Galveston áli4 that did so at length attracted the
Henderson road, from Cardiff, Wales,
bar this morning; Wé-have not yet received
manifest. .,.if -^-'f
. i t- ■ f-m "
ftiiCK.:—The sohr. Nymph, Capt. F.Losk>from
Brazos riaer tor :.Gaiveaton, .with- 40 beles cotton
from the plantation Of iíre. llanor, oapsignevO
a & Williams, w«; capsized, last Saturd^r
t, about lb o'clock, in the gale. The captain
bis assistant, who were the only persona on
each took a halis of ct^topami drifted ashore
inday afternoon, near the mouth of Caney. The
•Ron, we learn, was not insured. Nothinghas
:en beard oí the' vessel since the accident;: bu t she
is probably afloat in the Gulf.
|^" Several lots of fine horses, jacks, cows and
bulls, have lately been brought over on the Néw
Orleans steamers, destined for tbe interior of Texas.
E7" The editor of tbe Telegraph took %°trip last
week to Hockley, the new town at tbe present ter-
minus of the railroad, 85 milea from Houston, and
was. agreeably surprised to note the activity of buai-
nées at this new place. He says:
The prairie round about was filled with oxen, .,4-^
whose driven ¡ had transÍBied tbsir cotton to thejbut everybody who has never tried if, but who
Our fellow-citizen, Mr. N. B. Yard, who!
ihed home from the North on Monday, repre-
sents matters aa fall; as bad if not worse, than the
-'-wspaper accounts indicate. He thinks that
long solid business men, the pressure will fall
more severely upon hat and ahoe dealers^ than any
bther class.
■ - : :t .*-., 'ir -:tr i' . . 'f'l. *";■'V
: fgTOnr exchanges are full of wise directions aa
to the beat modes of making sugar from Sorgho.
No. body has made any' worth: the name as yet;
care, remembering with dread the horroraof Gum! read upon the auHect, khows bow to doit
;g^sy¿¿!aggigi)h 4 ***** -«iA •«>"«
onston tb Washington. The_ citizens writers deserve credil. for their ingenuity. Sofá*
have a smart go ahead look whieb promises well
for their enterprise. Their houses are not of the
most substantial obaracter to be sure, many of them
no dhubt intending to keep at the end of the railroad
wherever that may be. ;
—— ' ■i. m i ' -
Stobms oh the Ocean.—A Philadelphian gives
an interesting theory of storms. He tbinks that
the late deplorable event ought to induce attention
to the peculiar class of storms by whiobit was pro-
duced, since the existing knowledge of their laws
is sufficient to indicate the safe course on the part
of any ship of .seaworthy, character encouaterini
them. In thia case the steamer Columbia, bourn
South, passed the entire storm in twenty hours,
while the lost Centrirl America was at least two en-
tire days ^ftnfjfcit, going down on .the 12th, and
the Empire City had its violenoe continued to the
15th, at least fonr and.a half days. The error of
these vessels waa In keeping on their courae.north-
ward, and therefore traveling with thestorm. Few
ships of any class oan run with a hurricane of this
character throughout its usual course from Key
West to Norfolk, trlth any prospect of surviving it,
and steamships are far less safe than sailing vassals,
under such ceaseless violence. The severest storms
of Augnát and? September along tbe ooaat of the
South Atlantic Statea are tbe continuation or pro-
longation of West India hurricanes ; and they_are
scarcely lesa violent than when among the West
India Islands. The only safe course is to mn out
of their path—to lie by, or put back when they are
encountered. Any steamer tan do this, even when
carried 'Within their full foroe, though sailing vessels
sometimes cannot.
jh :
Ukiteo States Stocks Abroad. — The London
Times, in the course of a recent article, stated that
the United States etooka held in England were to
the extent of from eighty to one hundred millions
of pounds sterling, that is from <400,000,000
$500,000,000. This must be an eTror ; for, accord-
ing to the United States Treasury Beport for 185S,
the total amount of Amerioan stock held by fore-
igners, so far as the returns were reoeived, amounted
to $202,922,987. Thus-
United Statea stocks. $5,000,000
State stocks ..A....72,981,507
Cities and towns..~i>. 16,462,822
Counties V.. 5,000,000
Ballroad bonds.. ......' .78,871,000
locks
Ballroad stock
Banks
Insurance com panics..
Canal bonds
Canal stocks
Miscellaneous Btooks.
Miscellaneous bonds..
9,000,000
6,638,996
878,172
1,967,547
554,900
802,720
265,778
as we have seen, however, the nearestapproach ol
tbe product of this new cane to sugar has been mo-
lasses and rum. If it would yield these articles
without the intervention of negro labor, it Witt
probably be enough to render the Greelyites hap-
Pf
Kg- The people of Lampasas, in public meeting,
bave presented the claims of that place as the site
for the contemplated State University. We do not
wish to discuss the matter; but the feeling of the
last Legislature was dearly in favor of some point
at least as high aa latitude 81, between the-Brazos
and Trinity, aai likely in all time to be most cen-
tral lor the whole population of the State,end we
think some such location is the only-«no that Will
unite the whole State in favor ef one institution.
Otherwise two Universities-will be advocated, and
probably none established
A Wobd to thobc Comcekhd.—Citizens of Gal.
veston county having business to come before the
Legislature, would do well to have their papere
properly prepared, and plaoe thera , with necessary
facts, proof and explanations, in the hands of our
delegation before they leave home. It often occurs
that persone thus interested, neglect these steps,
and rely upon letters, after the Session has com-
menced, to inform their members, frequently lead-
ing to exchange of letters, delay and defeat. A place
like Galveston, neoesearily has many measuree de-
manding attention at every Session, and it is Im-
possible for the Bepreaentatives or Senator, to do
iustioe to his constituents, unless they do their part
in furnishing him with proof, vouchers, or what-
ever may be necessary in each particulars case. To
defer the matter for correspondence involves num-
erous diffioultlea. Parties should have their papers
prepared by competent persons, so that the faote
are olearly set forth.
Our membere expect to leave on Saturday, Oot-
ber 24th
i^V ffiiv ii in- ' 1", rí !>m r r
t>ue r.'^. J
eriure.
' the New York HeraM, writ-
r date of; tbe 28d uH., says
ntly two «rivals at that
i colonists—the first on the 15th,
460 in numberj Under the French flag, tbootber on
the l«th,849 in number, under the Dutoh flag. Of
the first cargó sixty died at sea. The following country north and west of
chcamatancw, says tbe writer, will prove to yéu
the cruel treatment these pew white alavee «nd«r-
go upon the sggar estates in thia island :
A wealthy Creole family are the - proprietors of
several sugar estates. One of these is tilled almost
iltottther by Asiatics, who.ant in derision, I sup-
>h this estate, re-
a, three or four of
i. The number
attention of the
,, n-rini.-i ... [T.waaentered into,
so' as, if possible, to ascertain the cause of so many
of these unhappy men taking their own lives. By
examining the parsons, not only ef the deceased,
but also those of the living Asiatics, it was dis-
covered that they were covered with scars caused
by ths Whip, from the nape of the neck, down to
their-very ankles—that'ifo negro had ever been
more cruelly whipped. Under the terms of the
oontract entered Into by these Chinese—a copy of
whiob, in Chinese and Spaniah is in my possession
—tbey are bonnd to submit to tbe discipline of tbe
estates upon wbieh they are engaged. By this, I
find from an intelligent Chinese, tbey .understand
conformanee to the hours of labor on tbe estate,
the performing suoh work as they may be directed
to do¡ to tbe beet of their ability, and, in abort,
conducting themselves jw g6od laborers should- do ;
but they did not suppose they Were, under any cir-
cumstances to be whipped with the lish. "If,"
said the Chinese to me, " any one committed a
theft, then we thought the punishment would be
imprisonment, and in bad cases, the bastinado."—
In reply to my inquiry, "what he would do were
he whipped í" "I wdffld," he exolaimed passiona-
tely "first kill the man who whipped me, and then
nil myself. I could not live after I had been
It is right to add that all the returns were not ob-
Ined, but, making the most liberal allowances for
accounts, it may be fairly inferred, that the
amount of stocks beld in Europe does not ex-
ceed $800,000,000. Sucb at least was tbe impres
sion when a previous return was ordered.
Denhabk.—The Bev. Dr. Baird, in a letter to
the editor of the Observer, dated Copenhagen, Au-
gust lltb,says:
Few cities in Europe contain more objects of in-
terest for an intelligent traveler than Copenhagen.
Ita population is now all of 150,000, it is believed,
and within the last eight or ten years it seems to
bave received quite an impulse, ao that it is grow-
ing with a good deal of rapidity. The city is ex-
tending considerably northward beyond tbe Tam-
parts, and even beyond a long- and narrow pond
whioh lies in that direction, and-from wbioh it has
hitherto been supplied with water. The railroad
across the island of Zealand, from this oity to Kor-
sor, 56 miles in length, has contributed mnoh to
the prosperity of Copenhagen. So, too, did tbe in
trottuotlon ot ateam boats, Of which Denmark now
possesses a large number, and whioh run to every
port in the Danish Islands, as well as to those of
Jutland, Sléswiek and Holstein, provinces whi-h
lie on tbe continent, and constitute what was called
in.the oldon time the "Cimbriarr Peninsula." They
run also to Bornhoím, a Danish island in the Bal-
tlo, and to Faroe Inland and Iceland in the Atlan-
tic. In addition to this, they also run to the ports
of Sweden and Norway, with, the latter of which
qoUntries the Danes have still intimate social and
commercial relations.
Chanqiko tbe Name ox Steamees.—The cir-
cumstance that tbe Central America was the Geor-
ge Law under a new name has given rise to some
discussion as to the propriety of such ohange She
waa not liked by many "who bad sailed in her. It
is stated that Bev. Dr. Happersett, one of the sec-
retaries of the Board of Domestic Missions, of the
Presbyterian ohnrch, sent a message home that he
should leave California on a certain day, provided
tbe George Law was not the connecting steamer,
on this side of the line. The George Law was the
connecting steamer, but disgnised-aa the Central
America, and hia friends are uncertain whether
Doctor Happersett has thus been allured to his
death or not. It ia remembered that the steamer
Norfolk, which foundered in Chesapeake Bay, was
old Penobscot. She first ran between Boston and
Bangor; having been muoh used and worn, she
oame to the Delaware river, shd was.put on the line
between Philadelphia and New York. It is re
markable that the only two steamers lost were
tboee whioh had 'changed their names. The old
law which made it obligatory to have an aot of
Congress for this purpose ought to be again en-
forced.
A Model Obsanization.—Among the names of
"American" Clubs recenty assembled in tbe bloody
city ot Baltimore were the following : -
"Tigera," "Black Snakes," "Stay Lates," "Plug
Uglies," "Gladiators," "Bough Skins," "Hard
Timea," Little Fellows," "Blood Tubs," "Dips,"
"Banters," and "Bin Baps."
The Baltimore papera tell us that three riotous
attacks were made upon one house in that oity in
one week by the "Bough Skins." On the laat occa-
sion the assailants were in a back and armed with
muskets. Baltimore is ruled by a mob, and will
be ruined by it if there is not virtue enough ia her
people to overthrow the horde of oath-bound de-
speradoes who now are the "higher law" governors
of the town. Already Baltimore ia regarded with
distrust by all respectable people, and it* business
is suffering severely. The merchants whi have en-
couraged tbe bands of assassins who claim to be
partxeeUenee Americans, are now reaping their share
of retribution. They have not. yet gathered all of
the horrible harvest.—Cinncinati Cmit.
Rxtobnins to EnaoPE.^-The Philadelphia Pen-
lvanian, of tbe latinst., says:
~ > living tide is flowing back. Ourpacket ships
verpool, Ac., on every voyage to Surope, take
out a considerable number of passengers who are
returning to their former homes in the old world.
Tbe present monetary pressure, and the want of
employment, are adding to the number, and the
improved state of agricultural affaire in Ireland,
holds out inducements to return, whioh appear to
be readily embraced.
Tbe Norwalk ( Ohio) Befieotor saya that I. C. Ben-
nett, one of the itinerants who are engaged in expos-
ing "the horrors of Popery," waa bound over at
Fitohville last week on a charge of bigamy. Fail-
ing to give the required bond For hia appearance at
Court, he waa committed to jail. He waa recently
married to a daughter of tbe Bev. Mr. Johnson,
leator of the Congressional Church at Fitohville.—
:t is said he has a wifc and five children residing
in the State of New Y<
HJPThe News announces that the Texas Almanac
for 1858, will bé issued about the middle of No-
vember, containing valuable statistics, historical
and biograpbioal sketobes, and much other matter
of interest.
UT A correspondent complains that some par-
ties who do the begging for certain works of chari-
ty and public utility, give but little themselves,
though tbey are strenuous advocates for liberality
in others. We see nothing new in this matter of
complaint. It is related, of Book, the actor, that he
once advised a soene-ebifter, who Itad met an afeci-
dent, to get up a subscription. After á number of
ethers had subscribed, the poor fellow said :
"Mr. Bock won't yon givs me something t" "Is
it me you mean I" said Bock; "why, zounds, man,
didn't l girn the hint V'
So it-is with'a good many of our modern direc-
tors in matters of publio«barity- They give advice.
Tan Nobthebn Bank or Mississippi.—The fol-
lowing announcement from the financial oolnmn of
the New Orleans Picvytuu of the 1st, tells the tale
of this delectable concern :—[Mitsiuippian.
The notes of the Northern Bank of Mississippi,
redeemable al McDowell, Mills <& Co.'s, of this city',
were refused this morning, as the institution had
provided no fuudf for their redemption.
Okba.—I look upon this as the manna of the
Sou'h, and I am only snrprised that it is not more
generally cultivated, cooked and eaten. If Okra is
boiled to serve up whole, it should not be oooked in
iron, but in brass or porcelain. Okra should have
a good portion o f salt in the Water that it íb boiled
in; when done tender, drain off the water that it is
boiled in and serve up with butter, pepper, &o.
Tbe Frenoh make a famous dish called Gombo,
from Okra. I don't know how many unmention-
able things they put in it, but I will tell you how
to make American Gombo, that my family are very
fond of. For a large family, take a peck-of okra,
cut into thin slices, put into a pot of cold water,
and Btart it to boiling. Now take two tender chick-
ens, cut them up, and with a hammer or mallet,
mSserate the flesh and bones until almost a jelly ;
add this to the pot of okra; scald and peel a quart
of full ripe tomatoes, and grate fine four ears of
tender green corn, which add to the mass; stir fre-
quently, to prevent burning. Season with fresh
butter, pepper and salt, and when nearly done, add
a stalk of flnely-ohoppcd celery, with a few sprigs
of parsley and one onion ; continue stirring, and
when-the.mass becomes ropy, and emits a grateful
aromatio odor, servertup. If you would A«ncA -
fy the dish, add, juét before it is taken *ip, a gill
of pureteifM.
Jalapa boot—called Purga de Jalapa—grows
principally on the high mountains in the States of
Puebla and Mexico, as Huaohinango, Hualla, Co-
colía, Zacoaltipam, Santana, Tisnguistengo, and
Molangy; but ia also raised in the oold regions near
Cordova, and Huatusoo. The jalap root is gene-
rally oollected by the Indians during tbe month of
September, until November, when they dig out the
root and dry it by smoke. It is then taken to the
neighboring small villages and disposed off to shop-
keepers at 1<§1X reals per lb., and finally brought
by mules to Tampioo and Vera Cruz in lots of 25
to 200 quintals, at prices varying from $82 to $40
per quintal.
Ixpbovxb Implements.—If farming was done
uow as it was fifty years ago, the rush of the peo-
ple from the agricultural distriota to the cities
would produce a famine, but the planters, mowers,
reapers, eto., have oome into the saving, it is
thought, of three million able-bodied men during
the two busiest months of the year. 8o the ootton
gin supplies the plaoe of millions and millions of
slaves, and without it the world oonld not be sup-
plied with cotton, andso tbe spindles and the looms
of the factory are made to perform more and more
work and turn out mere and more yards of cloth in
a given time, Supplanting human labor so much,
that England alone oan produoe more cloth -now
than the whole human raoe could, work as hard as
they might, in the manner the East Indians for-
merly manufactured.
F«ee Love nr Viehha.—According to the offi-
cial tablea, the illegitimate children born annually
in Vienna, comprise nearly one-half the total num-
ber of birtha in that oity, aa will be seen by tbe
following figures:
Ligttimita. Illegitimate.
Number of births in J858, 11,264 10,686
.. 1854, 11,252 10,801
1856, 10,650 9,522
1856, 10,870 10,811
RavoLUTiouAET PiNsioNiBS.—The names of 55,-
099 of those who served in the revolution have been
placed on the pension rolls since the 18th March,
1818, and on the 80th June laat only 846 of this
number were reported living.
Ought not the above piotttre, drawn by a North-
ern man, writing to a Northern paper, make every
Southerner feel proud of slavery, as -it exists in
these Stalest Did any-Southern man ever hear of
negro elates being, so treated f Never I Suppose
those poos Coolies were negroes owned for life by
white ma8^rs, would not self-interest, sside from
humanity,«induce the master to treat tbem kindly
ahd well, that tbey might be willing workeis,
able-bodied and long-lived 1 AH experience gnawers
yes! '
. I • • • •
Incompetent Salabies.—Owine to the universal
inflation of prices, the long-established salaries of
many public officers—Judges in particular—have
tor a few years past been -wholly inadequate, not
only to the labofs and responsibilities of the posi-
tion, but forthedecent support of the incumbent
and his family. Many good men have quietly
withdrawn from ^.positions of great responsibility
and trust, without stating the reason, in which the
public have á direct and important interestbut
Judge Curds, of the U. 8. Supreme Court, states
hiéftéason for resigning bis office in the following
letta^ dated September 14th:
if I had only consulted my own wishes, I should
probably bave retained the pltfce. If Í had added
to these the impliedvobligation, (the force-of Which
I. feel) to retain peruianently an office, whose ten-
uire haa been made permanent 'for wise reasons, I
certainly should not have resigned it, save from
considerations which seemed to me imperative.
The salary attached to tbe office is utterly inade-
quate! toaffard a comfortable home for my family
at Washington, while in attendance on the Court
there, and to pay my other necessary expenses.
There has not been-one year since I was in office
th$t I have not expended my: entire private income,
and some years I have exceeded it; and certainly
you will agree; that at Washington I have not lived
extravagantly. Indeed I have lived in such a way
as neither my family nor -myself bave ever been
accustomed to; and I must be allofred to think in
such a way as is not . consistent with the .dignity of
tbe office I have held; ,
e Ojrivaea *Ullna«.
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• 0'"; l.'d-
Report upon the I
New Obleanb, Sept. 17th,
To. e. Hswea, Iat}., President of the «—
Opetonaaa and Qreat Western t "
[ Sir—After the preliminary
September aind October of
Directors, under the date
definitely fixed and *
trallineof their
tarTbe stMtmer J. Jenkins, Capt. N. P. Speere,
arrived this morning from Houston, with 814 bales
cotton, $S Wdea and ■ th e fotlowin g passengers:
Mesare. Mrs. Spooner,
tuff, Hamilton, Leviaher,
W The people of the North are olamorons for
legislation to relieve them of the evils of the present
hard times. The evil is beyond: the reaoh of relief
laws. It is true that, in too many instances, the
laws have permitted and encouraged men to run
into speculation, extravaganoe, and debt; and other
laws may enable the unscrupulous and dishonest-to
avoid the obligations which tbey have voluntarily
incurred; but no legislative or congressional enaot-
ment can restore to property its late fictitious value
or reimpart'to worthless rags the potency of gold
and silver. When legislation can repeal the flat
that man shall live by the sweat of bis brow, and
enable the whole, human raoe to live in idleness and
luxuryj it will be time to expect it'to relieve the
publio from suoh calamities as the present—the
inevitable effeot of their own oonduot A man
might as well expeot to be drunk for ten or twenty
yeai«, on bad liquor, and eeoape head ache and de-
lirium tremene. Industry, economy, and prudence
are the only buto guarantees of .permanent public
prosperity. Government is intended to protect the
people; but tbey must enrich themselves. When-
ever laws enrioh one olass of men it is apt to bé at
the expense of others.
Tb* Lexon Cam.—This, case between the State
of Virginia and the State of New York, has again
oome up. in Court on appeal from the deoision by
wbieh, some years ago, the slaves of Mr. Lemon,
arriving in New York with their Master, in transi-
tu for Texas, were declared free. The Herald says:
As" the question at iBsn'e involves the constitu-
tional right of a citizen Of a slave State to pass with
his slaves through a free State our readers will per-
ceive tba.t this is a second Dred Scott oase-in its na-
tional importance. In this view, whatever may be
the decision of the present court we may expect the
oase to be carried up^ib our Court of Appeals, and
thenee to the Supreme Court of the United States,
as tbebonrt of last resort. In the interval, this
Lemon slave casó will be made- to subserve, as far
as possible, the purposes of onr^anti-slavery agita-
tors, though we must say that upon the heels of the
financial crisis the nigger agitation, with all its ap
pendages of " bleeding Kansas," Dred Soott, Uncle
Tom, Louis Napoleon and the Lemonsj sink into
utter insignifioance. Twelve months ago the Le-
mons, brought into court again, would have raised
a breeze; but now, in the midst of this terrible
presure^formoney, nigger philanthropy is below
par, and the Lemons may be disposed of without
tbe slightest fear of a revolution. Proceed with the
oase.
n,.Ta" Independent Tbeabubt.—The New York
Time bestows commendation upon Mr. Cobb, Se-
cretary ef the Treasury, for shaping the government
disbursements for the last thirty days, bo as to afford
the largest measure of pecuniary relief to the com-
munity. Sinoe August 24 he has reduced his bal-
ance in the sub-treasury at New York /rom 22K
millions to $2,760,000, nearly all of which haa gone
into the banks, reinforcing them with that amount
of specie.
Southern Wheat.—The Charleston correspon-
dent of the Memphis Bulletin writes:—"It is esti-
mated that the wheat orop of Tennessee, Georgia,
North and South Carolina, will amount to four and
a half million bushelB, and that of this amount
Charleston is likply to receive 250,000 barrels of
floor, and 1,600,000 bushels ef wheat. Forthe last
nine months there bave been exported to Spain
from this oity 60,000 bbls. flour. There are now in
Georgia and Tennessee twenty large merchants'
mills, with the capacity of. 200 bbls. each per day,
besides a large number of smaller capacity. There
are alao several large mills in North and South
Carolina, and a great many smaller ones, so that
Charleston may now be termed a flour and grain
market."
Gxoboe D. Pbentioe.—Prentice, of the Louisville
Journal, says:
"As the reader of a slanderous journal would, if
he had the talent, become a malefactor had he
the opportunity and the courage. He who stabs
you with a pen, would do the same With a pen-knife,
were be equally safe from detection and the law."
Prentice is aocustomed to say savage things, if
not witty ones; but the way he satirizes himself
(and his subscribers);in the above paragraph beats
any truculent sentence he ever wrote against any-
body else. But then he had never had so proper a
subject for sarcasm before. So says the Boston Post.
.Anecdote ov tbe Pbesident.—Mr. Buchanan ia
said to be a very pnnotual man. The Washington
correspondent of the Charleston Mercury illustrates
this obaracteriatio aa foliowa. It must be premised
-that the President had taken a run to his home in
Pennsylvania.
"Haa the President returned to Washington!"
— " won muj, uub m isaiu iiu u come, ana oi
course he's oome." It is even so; our President is aa
prompt as General 8cott himself, and aa punctilious
in business engagements as the most scrupulous
broker on Wall street.
Cottoh in Switzerland.—The manufacture of
ootton by Switzerland has increased with great rap-
idity. In 1880, tbe republic bad in operation 400,-
000 spindles ; in 1840, 750,000; in 1850, 950,000;
tbe number having donbled in twenty years. The
progress in ootton manufacture is the more surpris-
ing because of tbe heavy expense with which the
raw material ia burdened by transit tolls before it
reaches Switzerland. In 1851, the importation of
cotton into Bwltierland amounted to 878,085,725
pounds, of whioh aboutone-half was from Eng'and,
In 185$. the amount received from England had
reached akouteighteen and one-half million pounds,
' * " eturaed to the Da-
maps deposited bi the office of tbe U. S. Land
Commissioner in Washington City, D. C., in office
Of the Secretary of the State of Louisiana, in Baton
Bquge, and in the U. S. Land Office; for tbe Booth
western Land District in Opelotfsaa, La.
Pursuant to an order of the Beard of Directors,
I bave made'and completed an instrumenta} sur-
vey of this line between the town of Opelousas and
the Sabine river, for the purpose of obtaining the
necessary data for estimating closely, and for pbfe
in^.the whole under.construction^, Stakes were
driven every one hundred feet and observations
taken at each, station, and intermediate where ne
ceasary, as is customary. Of course the line sbown
upon the maps filed as above has been strictly fol-
lowed .and adhered to, there being but two tan-
gents or straight lines bétween Opelousas and (he
Sabine; the ope about 25 miles, and the other
about 65 miles in length. The total distance, in-
cluding the curves at Opelousas and Pine Prairie,
is about 92} miles.
Tbe instrumental survey* has fully confirmed tbe
preliminary examination in regard:to the favorable
character of the route; the comparatively low cost
of construction, easy gradients and value of lands'.
No obstacles worthy of the name occUr to prevent
the rapid and cheap construction of your rqad on
the line adopted and fixed. The maximum gradé
will be 80 feet per mile. This, though greater than
I bad anticipated, is yet very far below the maxi-
mum of first class roads in our country, and re
markably light. • .
For the first -27 miles from Opelousas the line
traverses a very level country, alternating with
prairie and hard timbered lands. A large propor
tion of these lands arte very fertile and truly valua-
ble, and. this section generally affords many sices
for plantations, farms and private residences that
will be much 8ought after when once your road is
in operation.- It is beyond all question a very beau-
tiful, healthy and desirable location. The next 65
miles, extending to tbe Texas boundary at Thomp-
son's Bluff, traverses in tbe pine woods tbe entire
distance, with the exception of river and creek
bottoms, which contain a growth of oak, gum,
beecb, maple, ash, hickory, black jack, sassafras,
&c., &c. The wild grape (of a species affording a
very large and good fruit) grows spontaneously ana
very luxuriantly through the pine woods generally,
notwithstanding the periodical- fires-. Were a stop
put to these destructive burnings, tbe lands would
rapidly improve in fertility as is proven by experi-
ence in tbe pariah of DeSoto, where similar pine
woods are now thickly covered with a large under-
growth of black jack,' hickory, Sassafras, &c., &c.
The experience of many years, aa testified toby
the moat reapectable residents, proves that a very
large proportion of those pine lands will, without
artificial help, grow a bale of cotton per acre for
years in succession. It is customary to compare
ail lands in Louisiana with the Mississippi bottom,
and to term all that fall much below thia standard
worthless. It will not do to mske such a compari-
son ; it is false and deceptive.
Tbe construction of your road, ita operations, the
stoppage of the annual fires, and tbe gradual set-
tlement ofthi* section, will work a great, a vast
change in the present aspect of things. The pine
generally ia of the largest and finest description,
and veix valuable for timber, lumber, and suoh
products as turpentine, rosin, ¿o. Springs of pure,
cold and excellent water are abundant, bad or un-
wholesome water is unknown, the rivers and creeks
mostly-supplied from springs, throng with trout;
while, game, such a$ bear,deer and wild tur^sys, fill
the woods. Limestone, perhaps suitable for use as
marble, but certainly affording lime equal to the
best Thomaston, and in quantities next to inexhaus-
tible, is also found. r
The one only curse of this portion of our State
is its remoteness from market; connect it with N.
Orleans by means of your road, and you make it
very valuable at once. The spontaneous growth
in such luxuriance of the wild grape, indicates a
soil admirably adapted to the culture of tbe vine.
I am credibly informed that a German has raised
and manufactured ten barrels of excellent table
wine from an acre of land, and from the native
grape cultivated on lands near your line. I am
more than ever convinced that you have acted
wisely and judiciously in adopting this as your main
line to Texas; in all and every respect it issuperior
to any other. Detailed maps, profiles ¿te., of the
line willbe made out and submitted as soon as tbey
can be prepared.
Very truly, yours, &c., G. W. B. Batlkt,
Chief Engineer.
Saeett Deok Faloon Cabin.—Capt. Herndon,
sagaciously availing himself of those means of safe-
ty which gave the most promise of preserving life,
cut away tbe deok of his vessel, that it might serve
asa raft; but catching the rigging, or being imper-
fectly detached, it was drawn down with the snip,
and failed to subserve the purposes in view. Capt.
Luce, of the Arctic, iu a similar attempt, succeed-
ed.no better. Mr. W. B. Jaokson, of Baltimore
has contrived a "Patent Dstaobable Safety Cabio,'
which embodies the idea possessed by both thtf
steamship commanders, Luce and Herndon, and
commends itself for Universal adoption on sea-gr—
steamers, aB a precautionary measure- In bi
the plan contemplates such a construction of the
saloon deok of steamers, generally sixty or eighty
feet long, that they may bedetaobed at short no-
tice,.and form a buoyant raft, capable of sustain-
ing a large number of persona. In the year 1865,
tbe ship William Penp went ashore on Hatteras
Shoals, and nine outof twenty five souls on board
were saved by floating off on tbe roof of her deck-
house when the small boats were entirely, unavail-
ing. At first thought it appears ridiouíous to so
construct steamers that they may sink with com-
parative safety to their passengers ; but we have
melancholy evidence that such a contingency may
be reasonably contemplated, even of steamers clas-
sified "A. 1." Mr. Jaokson proposes to build the
deck saloon separate from the vessel; the inner
and outer ceilings to be filled in with air canisters^
and the floor work to be of heavy oak or pine —
tbe first to impart buoyancy-, and the latter to serve
as ballast. Thus arranged, the deck, when launch-
ed, forms a capacious life-boat, while its qualities
are not at all impared for ordinary use, nor does it
occupy more space than the common saloon. If a
vessel sinks, the saloon will float off; but in case of
fire, it mnst be launched, and rollers and a wind-
lass aré provided for such an exigency. Even if
broken in pieces, each part is still a raft, or life-
boat, available for the preservation of life. Tbe
top is furnished with a chest, raiÜBgs, <fcc. This
>l&n is highly commended by Bobert B. Forbes, Of
ioston, and Lieut. Maury.—2f. Y. Jour, of Com
merce.
Three Men Killed.—On Sunday evening, tbe
20th September, a Mr. John and George Watts and
the elder and younger Holland, meeting at old Camp
Colorado, in Brown county, Texas, had an alteroa
tion and difficulty, during whioh the latter were
warned to leavo. The next day, Monday, the
Wattses, armed with revolvers, proceeded on horse-
back to the residence of a Mr. Turner, living in tbe
neighborhood, at which the Holland's were staying.
When the former made their appearance in front
of Turner's house, old man Holland exolaimed,
"good morning George, I suppose you have oome
to take me," and stepping into the door, grasped a
double barrel shot gUn, whioh he aimed and dis-
charged with deadly effeot at George^ who at the
report of the gun, fell lifeless from his horse. The
old man, then ineffectually shot at the brother of
deceased. Witnessing the fall of bia brother and
being shot at himself, John Watts dismounted and
without effect fired his revolver at the slayer of
George and then turning towards the younger Hol-
land, discharged at him, with death'dealing accur-
acy, a second barrel of his revolver. At thiB juno-
ture old man Holland, seizing another gun lodged
ite contents In the body of his second victim. Out
of the four combatant's 'who went into the mortal
combat, old man Holiond, isnow the only Burvivor.
John Watts, after lingering a week, followed to the
grave his younger brother and the slain Holland.—
Auetin. Sentinel.
Homicide.—Captain Conner gives us the follow-
ing account of a fatal difficulty near Fort Mason,
in which a Mr. Collantine, who had been discharged
as a Hospital steward at Fort Cbadbourne, was
killed by Mr. Curtis, a tailor, who onoe resided in
AuBtin. Both parties were staying at Mr. Conk-
lin's atore, the former in the capacity of olerk.—
Some artioles of goods being missed while Curtis
was in tbe act of removing to some other place, the
clerk charged him with the larceny. Cnrtia denied
the imputation, but submitted to a search, saying
at the same time, be was an honest man. Although
tbe examination resulted in no discovery of guilt,
the olerk still persisted in maintaining hia suspicions,
whereupon Curtis went off and procuring a double
barreled shot gun, returned and shot Collantine,
who lived only some three hours. Curtis was com-
mitted for trial before tbe Distrust Court at Freder-
icksburg.—Auetin Sentinel.
The New Tebbitobt of Dacotah.—The last
Congress, it will be remembered, formed a new
territory under the name of Daootab. The Inde-
pendent, published at Sergeant's Bluff, says the
Territory includes a great part of the valley of the
Sioux, the valleys of the James and Vermillion
rivers, and large tracts of beautiful bottom lands
lying on the Missouri. In regard to the climate, it
becomes milder to the westward, so mnoh so that
tbe winters in the north-western part of Daootab
are said to be net much more severe than in north-
ern Pennsylvania. Tbe prevailing want of this
entire region is timber. Ita chief attractions are a
fertile aeil, pure air and water, and unusually
¡2?
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Mail steamer Betty Powell* Capt.
ved last! night from Liberty, with 18
cotton, 15 hidee, i bundle peltries,, and the
following passengers ^
Bembert, Lauran, Kirkpa trick, M. Half, Bread-
bury, Dr. Carry, Peaoook.
The U. S. Mail ateamer Island City, Capt. J.
Q. Sterritt, arrived last night from Houston, with
250 bales cotton and the following passengers :
S. W. Noyes, W. G. Nolan, son and daughter, H.
Ellinger, Wm. Bovals, Patt Perry, John Barnett
J. B. Williams, W. J. Phillips, win. Byne. W. C.
Perry, Huchea, W. Hay den, lady and child, Mrs
The schooner Ninney'arrived-yesterday
from Liverpool, Texas, with 24 bales cotton.
br The schr. Bebecca, arrived this morning
from Sabine; with-6,000 feet cypress lumber.
The bark Trinity,Capt. Dodge, oleared to-
day (Oct. 15,) for-Boston, with 570 bales eottoa and
368 hides, oonsigned to Pisroe A Baoon, -and 104
bales ootton to Prtchard & Co.
HF* The steamship Mexico, Capt. Lawless ar-
rived this morningfrom Indianola, with 32 bales
cotton for this port, 61 beeves, 248 bales cotton
for New Orleans. She takes on board here 168
bal*8 cotton, making 408 bales in all for New Or-
leans.
meeting of the Stockholders of the Canal
Company, is to take place this afternoon at-4 o'-
clock, at the office of the Secretary, E. L. Ufford
A general attendance is desired.
Somera Kinney, Esqr., ex-editor of the Nue-
ces Valley, and now Bepresentative from that diBt-
riot, is in the city to-dsy.
0" Mr. Wm. A. Bush, newly conneoted, as
associate editor, with the State Gazette, is now in
our oity on business for that widely circulated paper.
The Gazette, having a large circulation throughout
the State, is an excellent midium for Our business
men to advertise through. The accession of Mr'.
Bush to its editorial eorps,- with a large- experience
in TenDtoee, will materially improve the Gazette.
Saddlebt.—Those in want of saddlery and har-
ness will find almost every tbingin that line, made
in superior style, at the establishment of Mr. E.
Hughes, whose advertisement appears in another
column.
W See the advertisement of new goods by Mr
J. Dyer, whose stock has just been enlargod, and
embraces al moat every artioleof general merchan-
dise. -
W J. M. Swisher, Esq., late Auditor of tbe
State ofjTexas, passed through town to-day, on his
way to New Orleans.
y Col. Wm. B. Henry, of tbe Nicaraguan
army, returned from Houston this morning. He
will proceed to Potvdei Horn by first steamer. It
is said'that companies are forming in various parts
of the State. •
er Samuel Munks, seaman, it native of Liver-
pool, England, fell overboard on the 14th inst.,
from the Bevenue Cutter Henry Dodge, and was
drowned whilst the vessel was beating op the Bay
off the Point of Pelioan Sheal. Every effort was
made to save him, but they were fruitless. He
oould not swim.
Habbis oountt 8tatistios.—The Telegraph is
indebted to the Assessor and Collector of Harris
county for a statement of the value of taxable pro-
perty assessed in Baid county for the year 1857. It
iBas follows:
491,924 acres of land, valued at.'.
Town lota........¿
1,177 negroes
1,947 horses
42,667 cattle....
598 sheep....
Moneyjat interest....
Merchandize on hand 1st Jan., '57
Miscellaneous property
Total..
$663,708
869,619
708,800
44,520
224,144
1,117
140,489
582,008
101,750
.$8,885,600
M? The benevolent and publio spirited citizens
of Guadalupe county have called a meeting to take
into consideration tbe furnishing of food to those
whe may be destitute, owing to the great drouth
we have had during the past year.
Cotton Seed.—You are now ginning, and your
cotton seed intended for manure, shonld be kept
from ihe weather and under cover. In no item of
the ssme value does tbe plantation lose so mooh as
in ita cotton 8eed intended for manure, which are
thrown out in beapa against the side of the gin
honse, to lie through'the winter, decaying and ex-
posed to the sun, wind and rain. In this Condition,
a heap of cotton seed loses 80 to 60 oer cent, of its
value by tbe middle of February. ' We shall call
attention to tbis subject again in onr article of work
for January, when we shall go' fully into tbe sub-
ject of applying cotton seed as a manure for both
oorn and cotton, in their unrotted state. This may,
to many persons, appear paradoxical at first view,
as nothing is properly food for plants in its un-
deoayed condition, yet our experience of aevef-al
years haa proved that snoh is the solubility of oot-
ton seed, that put into the ground in January c.
February, they furnish food for tbe young plant,
either corn or ootton, as boob as it is up. In this
way, none of the valuable grases are lost by eva-
poration, eto., as in tbs caae.of rotting the seed in
bulk.
A Slioht Specimen.—Tbe editor of the Conetitu-
tionaliet, published at Doniphan, K. T., thus inti-
mates his remote intention of pitching into the ed-
itor of a Black Bepublioan sheet:
The editor of the Chief wishes us to bring him
into notioe, but we do not wish to pollute our ool-
umns with such trash, unless forced to do ao. We
would gently hint to the croas eyed, orank-eided,
peaked and long razor-nosed, blue-mouthed, nig-
ger-lipped, white-eyed, soft-headed, long-eared,
crane-necked, blobber-lipped, squeaky-voiced,
empty-headed, snaggle-toothed, filthy-mouthed,
box-ankled, pigeon-toed, reel-footed, goggle-eyed,
hammer-hearted, cat-hammed, hump-Bhouldered,
bandy-shanked, splay-footed, ignoble, Blaok Be-
Íiublioan, Abolition editor to attend to bis own af-
airs, or we will pitch into him in earnest.
A Todoh Cvstoheb.—A letter from Carrollton,
Missouri, to the Fairmont Virginian, says:
"Our Dearest neighbor 1b Joseph Webb, who was
born in Riohmond, Virginia, in the year 1758, Sept.
8 ; he fought under George Washington, and voted
for every President from Washington to Bnohanan,
William Henry Harrison exoepted. He was also
shot through the abdomen at tbe battle of Lundy's
Lane, and reoeived a slight wound in the Florida
war, and was knocked down and severely shocked
in the earth-quake at New Madrid. Taking it all
into consideration, he has been a tough old ons-
tomer."
Gbain at Bufe alo, New York.—A letter from
Buffalo states that the warehouses iu that city are
orammed to their utmost capacity with grain, flour
and general produce from tbe West. Fresh cargoes
are continually arriving, but there Is no one to re-
ceive them. The banks, in many instancea, have
advanoed tbe freight, taking tbe whole cargo as se-
curity. One firm has now thirteen boate lying at
WeBt Troy "heavily laden with valuable produce,
and tbey are unable to raise the money ($8000) to
pay the tolls.
The Calutobnia Steakebs The owners of the
California steamers are taking -a lesson from ex-
perience, and are now adding to the security of
their boats by providing tbem with water-tight
bulkheads, each steamer being divided according
to build, length, ¿co. The fire and engine rooms,
in all cases are to be inoloeed, and extra pumps
supplied to each compartment. The "Granada"
is already constructed in this manner, and the
"IUinoia" is undergoing the necessary alteration.
. _. —panio .
Be volt! lie! The question is—Did Saint Paul
ever visit Great Britain 1 a vital question in our
age and country 1"
_ The marine losses for the month of September—
inoluding the Central America, whioh is plaoed at
$2,000,000—foots np nearly $8,000,000. In this
sum are comprised losses both total and partial,
and damages on vessels and oargoes.
A milita captain, on receiving a note from a lady
requesting the pleasure of hiaoompany, understood
it as a compliment to those under his command,
and marched tbe whole of tbem to the lady'* house.
Tbe Supreme Court of Ohio haa decided that a
wife ia of nó pecuniary vain* to her husband ; that
Wkde. The Ben14
of the' ^
with great
aid) as the moat important
occured in the. annals o^San Dugo, and consti-
tutes an epoch in the history of the Pacific coast
of ft Union; which wül be remembered with pride
long after the mails wül'have been tranaported on
the great oontinental railroad, thefiret rail of Which
may thus be said to have been laid.
The Ledger aaya that the lato trip
under great disadvantages, and the men who ac-
complished the feat say that the entire trip can te
made mSfi days.
We learn from the Victoria Advocate that a few
nights sinoe, while Mr- 'John Stewart, a planter
upon tbe Garcitaa in Viotorla oounty, was in bed,
and asleep, an assassin attempted to take his life by
shooting him in the face through an Open, window,
near hia bed. The weapon was probably a pistol,
loaded with common duck shot , and waa held ao
near as to burn his face and tongue severely. Four'
shots took effeot. He is greatly prostrated from the
loss of blood—bnt hopes are entertained of his re-
covery.
Sin Antonio and Mexican Gol Railboad.—
We learn from the Ledger, that at the late annual
meeting of the stockholders, held in San Antonio,
the following gentlemen were elected as Directors
for the ensuing year: W. Í. Clark, L A. Paschal-
S. A. Maverick, F. Giraud, G. Schleicher, S. C.
Childress, B. W. Brahan, Asa Mitchell, O. E. Jef-
ferson, Tignall Jones, W. Kirkland, J. J. IJnn aad
J. B. Fretwell.
The friends of this enterprise seem to be stUl Ml
of energy and hope.
Lavaca.—The following municipal officers were;
chosen at thu late election in Lavaca.
A. W. Canfield, Mayor; Jas. Gardner, Recorder;
J. W. Snodgrass, Assessor; D. Montier, Treasurer;
and G. W. Pendexter, D. A. Clark, Thomas Wil-
son, W. G. Randall,). B. Fretwell, W. H. Woods,
W. P. Baughn,C. Mousd, Aldermen.
Libxbtt.—The Betty Powell and the Gazette
continue to oome to us with their wonted regulari-
ty, from the laud of Liberty,and they are ever wel-
come. . Business appears to be lively in Liberty.
The Gazette mentions large atocks of goods, offered
"at as low prices as they can be bought in Galves-
ton," and says ox wagons may now be seen in
goodly numbers at the landing discharging produoe
and taking on up-country cargoes.
The Gazette'has a long and sensible article in re-
lation to the improvement of tbe roads, a matter
too much neglected in Texas
Dr. J. O. Shelby,-has taken the hotel lately oor
cupied by Mr. Boone, and known aa the Planter's
Hotel. The bouse will hereafter be known as Ka-
lela Cottage, and promises to be a pleasant resting
place for the traveller.
gr The Houston Telegraph haa discovered two
smiling faces among the merchants of that oity
Of these two men, one had barely aeven bales of
ootton on hand when that staple fell, and he had
sold it on the first fall at 18 cents, and the other
but 14. The1 first lost but $100 on his lot, and
tbe second but $80. "Blqytéd are the poor." Those
who have least property of any kind are likely to
suffer the least Iobs from the decline in prices.—
Every thing is-falling exoept gold and silver, but'
the eagles on Uñólo Sam's coin, have grown won-
derfully of late. Ike Partington says there never
was an eagle more than eight feet from tip to tip,
but at tbe present rate of growth we shaU soon
have birds of muoh larger dimension —or at least
they will look larger at a distance.
W The St. Louis Bepublioan, of tbe 8d instant
speaks as follows of the suspension of the great
house of Chouteau, Harrison & Valle :
The pressure for money is still very, great in this
city. Tbere ia abundance of " currency," but this
haa ceased to be available in the payment of debts
where specie funds are required, and for this reason
another of our largest and most Important business
houseB suspended payment yesterday. We allude
to the bouse of Chouteau, Harrison & Valle. Al
though the owners of tbe Iron Mountain—itself
a mountain of wealth at any time—and each of tbe
members of the firm possessed of individual wealth
—they have not beerr able to escape tho general dis-
aster. It ia bad enough wben the uaefnlneaa and
enterprise of auch men is crippled and stopped
even for a time, but it is still worse when so many
hundreds of operatives are thrown out of employ-
ment. We understand that orders bave been given
to stop-operations at the Iron Monntain, and that
the number of operatives thus discharged will
amount to 450. At tbe Laclede Boiling Mill, in
thiscity, and the Coal Banks, tbe number is stat-
ed at 400. A good many of these men have fami
lies, and-the prospect for tbem aa well as others, is
a gloomy one, unless the price of provisions, Ac.,
should experience a rapid decline. We have had
high prices for a good many yeara, and bow tbey
must yield to the preaaure which is so generally felt
in all our cities.
The house of P. Chouteau, Jr., A Co., in New
York, it is understood, suspended payment yester-
day.
Which birdlike fluttering 1
By timeWild lessons yet«
It Is en Ignis Fatuos I
Decoying with delusive 1
Deep In the gloomy dark morass,
The way-worn wanderers, as they 1
Who fruitlessly pursue the prize
As child-hood chases butterflies.
It is a star whoee calm cold rays,
Shine down, reproving our rapt gase
We watch tbe tenant or the sky,
And wondering, mark its brilliancy,
Forget our being in its light,
And only mourn when lost to eight.
The monarch and hia myriad alav
Have bowed in chains, no high
The timorous girl has shuddering (
Upon deadjlowere, tbe loved once]
Vain lights have led the sage afar;
Fond hearts have idolized the etar.
And yet with uncontested sway,
Bright Beautv's sheen, still guides-our i
Though countless hearts have known the i
Her tyrant hand, profUBe bestows:
Till toying Time shall fold bis wings,
Will thraldom live that Beauty beings.
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Woodville, Oct., 1857.,
Tbe Hopeless contest.
For over a quarter of a century the States of Nv
- York, Pennsylvania and Mm>sacbusetts have me'
talned an earnest but vaio oontest with the Misi
sippiBiver. For over that period tbelr walkin
and their sleeping dream has ever been bow tb
oould most surely, first, co-operate together in 1
ing from the'Fatber of Waters the stup
neroe which in spite of all combinations an-
nually floats upon bis mqjestio bosom to tbe ocean ;
and. seoondly, each seaure for itself tbe larger share
of the trade so diverted. They have built roads of
stone.^nd of wood, cut oanals and constructed rail—•
ways, find the result of all this now that their' syS*
tern was expected to produce mature fruits, is gen-
discredit, bankruptcy and dishonor Of the ooa-
Wbat has Pbesisent Buchanan Done eob tbe
South.—This question is triumphantly answered
by Hon* A. H. Stephens of Georgia, in a late elec-
tioneering discoBslon, as follows:
"What bad Mr. Buchanan done to recommend
.him to tbe confidence of Southern men t He had
appointed four Southern men as members of his
Cabinet, and from the North he bad selected three
others who had been distinguished for their firm,
unyielding and unselfish devotion to tbe constitu-
tional rights of the South. Two of them, Gen.
Cass and Mr. Touoey, had sacrificed themaelvea at
home,-and been defeated by Black BepublicanB,
because tbev stood by the South in her hour of
need, and Mr. Buchanan bad shown his apprecia-
tion of their broad nationality, and his inclination
to protect the Northern defenders of Southern rights,
by cslling them to high office and selecting them
as his Cabinet advisers. What had he done f He
bad in his Inaugural address, done more than any
man who had preceded him in the Presidential
office ever had done, in giving in his adhesion, in
advance of its delivery, to the principles of the Dred
Soott decision of theSupreme Court, and proclaim-
ing, aB a rule for the conduct of his administra-
tion, the true doctrine of Southern equality in the
Territories of ¿fee Union. What had he done I He
bad given us the whole governmental organization
of tbe Territory of Kausaa; had recognized the
laws ot tbat Territory against whioh tbe Black Be-
publicans had revolted ; and bad plaoed Southern
men in every office of honor or influence in tbe Ter-
ritory, and he had placed no man in office in Kan-
sas, or anywhere else, who waa not pledged to sus-
tain the Kansas-Nebraska act, and all tbe other leg-
islation of Congress, which secured to the South her
rights under the Constitution. What bad'he done!
What bad he not done whioh a Southern man with
any propriety could ask tbat a President of tbe
United States should dot"
Sweet Potato Vines as Hat.—It Is remarkable
that planters will allow their potato vines to be
killed by frost, to tbeserioua injury ef the root, and
total loss of the vines, previous to gathering, and
yet they will spend time in saving pea vines that
are done growing, and partially dry, and fodder
(corn blades) after tbe corn is mature when neither
or both together are worth as much as the potato
vine for stock food, by 25 per cent. On tbe 20tb of
tbis month, and earlier, in propotion aa yon go
northward in tbe cotton region, tbe potato vine ia
in a state of luxuriant growth, having shed noneol
its leaves, full ofsaobarine matter andatarcb. They
may be gathered with great rapidity, and easily
cured, as there is rarely rain about the 20th of Oc-
tober. There is no forage in tbe clase of of hays,
for stock-cattle and mules, to be compared to well-
cured sweet potato vines.
A Connoisseur in Abt.—Tbe Boston Herald is
responsible for tbe following:—" A down-easter
strayed into the square in front of the City Hall,
lately, and planted his brogans in front of the
bronze atatneot Franklin, looking upwards to the
benignant face of the old philosopher with'great
apparent interest. "What ole feller's likeness is
that I" asked be of a bystander. " Tbat, sir, is a
statue of Benjamin Franklin." -'St a tew of Frank-
lin, eh t Wall, I've tread all about him. Putty
good old feller, in his way. Never fit much in the
revelushun, but waa great on aoft sodderin tbe
French. But I say, yeqp 1 bow darned ycller he
VMM f "
eral
lUion, .
The old Mississippi rolls still as turbid, noiselees,
yet defiant, as ever before ; tbe larger proportion or
tbe products of its vast teeming valley pass our
doors, or rather stay, on their inWior voyage to
the ocean, to pay tribute to the Queen of tbe South,
and in spite of the unholy and unnatural alliance
we have neither repudiated our just debts, like Penn-
sylvania, been a constant suppliant to 'Cons
like New York, for favors, nor invoked, like!
saohusetts, the loathsome aid of all tbe fanaticisms
to swell our gains or maintain our credit. We bad.
like those StateB, our railroad 8olona, who would
have had na imitate the North in tbe construction
of railroads for tbeir individual particular advan-
tage, and tbe ruin of their dupes tbe stockholders ;
and we were not without a convenient judiciary to
justify any imposition a corrupt Legislature might
authorise the exaction of with that intent from the
tax paying public at large, on the pretence that the
Mississippi is an old fogy, and no longer suited to
the fast times in which we live ; but our losses, al-
though heavy from tbis eource,,are not insupport-
able, and without making any vain* or premature
boasts on the subject, we think we are safe in pre-
dicting th%t neither our credit, our domestic in-
dustry, nor our general commerce will suffer stain,
dishonor, or serious detriment from what has been
done in this line of what is termed internal improve-
ment. Our Northern rivals with their blurred
credit, bankrupt corporations and shut fa oto i lea,
can now review at their leisure all that they have
done to break down tbe Mississippi Blver and its
rich affluents, to say nothing of tbeir generous inten-
tions towards thia city and its good natured, easy,
don't-care-a-cent sort of mixed popularon.
The contest, we bave said, was unequal between
the oanalB and rail roads of tbe Statea we have en-
umerated and onr own noble and exhaustless and
costless river. British gold, however laviahiy In-
vested in the rotten corporations of the three States
in the c.utting of caoalB or tbe construction of rail-
roads, must give out, we bave always contended,
in the eLd ; no amount of chicanery, dishonest divi-
dends, lying of Presidents, Directors and newspaper
editors, being able to save them uny more than tbe
same aort of proceeding will make people believe
that the decsyed old hulk.George Luw, alias Cen-
tral America, was a aeuworihy veBsel, or that any
Postmaster General could disinterested ly and honor-
ably accept of her as such for tbe performance of a
publio oontraet. No, Jobn Bull muy be as great an -
ass in money lending aa tbe apecnlative world givea
bim credit for, but even if bia available mesne were
bb large as bis national debt, they would all be ex-
hausted in the bitter end, sho'ild he adventure tbem
under Yankee advisement in the attempt to break
down by artificial means the trading capacity of
our great river.
Congress and federal functionaries may -«till con-
tinue Oo vote aod dlapense iinmebse sums of i nblio..
money, under one pretext or another, to Our North-'
em rivala, and the departments at Washington may
continue aa heretofore to deny us tke benefits of
every law and regulation they are called on to in-
terpret or oarry out,"either from ba«e subserviency
to northern influences, or from tbe attractiona the
aavory odors of New York flesh-pots bave in their
nostrils, but so long as the old muddy river mean-
ders through our glorious valley, so long can we
bid defiance to all opposition and Iauzb to srorn
northern combinations and federal iujustice.—Irvt
Delta.
A Cow Coustbt.—The Viotorla Advocate of the
8d says : The Guadalupe Valley, and more espe-
cially Victoria county, have long been ceieb-ated
for the abundance or oorn whioh tbey produce.
The oldest Mexicans, whose recollections and tra-
ditionary knowledge extend far back into tbe early
history of the provinoe, affirm that thia region was
alwaya favored with good eropa of corn; that dur-
ing tbe wont of eeaaona, when it seldom rained,
and the crops failed in other portions of tbe oountry
they were generally good-here; tbat thia waa the
Egypt where the Israelites during a famine pro-
cured tbeir oorn. Sinos tbe settlement of tbe eeon-
try by Americana, nothing haa transpired to render
auch aooounts improbable.
The Brownsville Flag contain the following
item of Mexican news :
The Governor of Nuevo Leon and Coahuila baq,
imprisoned the Bisbop of Monterey, so ssyg El
Pueblo, beeause of bis refusal to Swear allegiance
to the new Constitution. We have subsequently
learned tbat the Bishop had beeú banished from
the State and bad departed In tbe -direction of
Guadalajara. Gov. Vidaurri seem* determined to
maintain tbe obeyance of the laws in his 8tate.
The matter of religious tolerance is fast becoming
a favorite theme of -discussion in Mexico.
The Ranchero and Pueblo, of Matamoros and
Comargo, both publish a petition from many pat-
riotic Mexican citizens, now residing at San Anto-
nio in this State, to the Governor of Tamaulipas,
begging permission to fight tbe battles of their
country in tbe event of a war with Spain. These
men, through their Spokesmen, Francisco CanenO,
Francisco T. Val'asana and Guadalupe Leal, say
that they can form a company of 200 men from
Bexar county, who are anxious to enrol themselves
with tbe army from Tamaulipas..
White Slavery in New England.—The Bich-
mond Diepatch publishes the following facts and
comments :
An intelligent Boston correspondent of the
Southern Monitor states the astounding fact that
slavery—while slavery—exists in Massachusetts,
the boasted stronghold of freedom and philfinthro •
py. The writer Bays that, in nine cases out ot
every ten, when the banda in tbe manufactories of
Massachusetts have been dirqnalitied to perform
manuel labor, tbey are thrown into tbe almshouse,
or set up at public auction and sold for one year to
tbe lowest bidder who will support tbem tbat
length of time! The condition upon which these
sales are made is, that the individual who thug
buys them ia entitled to their labor for tbe year,
and, in most instances, physical labor is exacted of
them beyond tbeir power of endurance, and fre-
quently before tbeir bondage is expired, death ter-
minates their misery. If they are unfortunate
enough to survive the first year, tbey are re-sold
the next, and so on adinfinititm. Here, then, ve
have a system of white slavery in Masaachusett*
which ia far more atrocious and cruel than any
system of slavery in the South can be. White men
and white women—white flesh and white blood—
sold and purchased for a consideration! Yet, these
things occur every year, under the very eyea and
noses of those pseudo philanthropists, the Garnso-
nian, Republican fanatics, and do not excite pity,
tears, nor a warm sentiment of brotherly or sisterly
regard.
Whilst these unhappy beings, once the joy and
pride of a happy home, drag out a miserable exis-
tence m an alms house, or in tbe more horrible
condition ófslavery toa bad master, tbe very men
and women who make all the nonsensical outcry
about Southern slavery, parade streets, dressed in
costly fabrics made by tbe wbite slave labor of
fourteen hours a day, and never have a word of
sympathy for the laborers, nor a syllable of con-
demnation for a system wbieh, having broken
down its faithful employers with bard work, turns
tbem adrift tbe moment tbeir strength givea way,
or consigns tbem to hideous slavery 1 Was ever
sucb a palpable disgusting hypocrisy as tbe pre-
tension of ancb people to philanthropy ? What do
tbey care for human suff ring? What is their phi-
lanthropy but a fashionable excitement..which they
substitute for drinking liquor and smoking tobac-
co, because it is cheaper and more tbe vogue i
Someten years aiaosanold Dutchman purchased
In the vicinity of Brooklyn a snug llttie farm for
nine thousand dollars. Beoently a lot of land ape-v
culatore called upon him to buy him out. "
ing hia prica, he said he would take sixtj
dollars. ."And how much remain ou
"Nine thousand dollar ."
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