The Gonzales Inquirer (Gonzales, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 27, 1853 Page: 2 of 4
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W. SMITH
«ONZA
ftatnrday, Aaguit 97, 1893.
BT V. B. PALMER, the American N*o«r«paper
Ageut, ti Un only atUkuriud Agmt-fm this paper
in the «¡lie* of New York, Hoaton and J'hilatlelpl
duly empowered to
required*; <«•
payment*.
HT E. W, WILEY, Printer and Xewxpapcr
Agent,17 St. I'boritu Htreet, in authorized to act un
Afoul for die Liqulrer in New Orleans.
P ima
wi ji
A good printer, ono of moral habit , can got
a permanent situation, by applying at thiaof-
■ ®cc* . . i V qiie
DeWitt Ahead.—It
onco to our
tho honor thin _
the first balo of new <
bridges, viaducts, culverts, turn-bolt#,' switch-
es, turn-tables, water tanks, pumps, fuel hou-
ses, etc., etc., to bo delivered to said company
at or within three years, from the first day of
December, A. D. 1853, in good running order.
It will further bo seen, that in consideration of
suid road, tho said Jones k Devine arc to re-
ceive the sum of twenty-seven thousand dollars
per mile.
This faWX ! A«!EÜtoLMvLnaflin Wes-
tern Texas, where nature has dono so much of
the work "without, money and without price;"
but then, we had* better pay even this price,
Wá'nté
■Sei
rill be tóeh on fefer-
[3SÍ ET £ri¡¡Tf wil"
yet bo remote from navigation ? would it not
Z^ZTT "AT ^T* V"r w better for every stock-holder to make abo-
. , ,U! ®row,n^ | ¿us of his stock totlie constructors of the road,
raised on tho plantation of Judge Wafford.aiid
arrived at New Orleans on the 9th inst. We
liad hoped that tk|a honor would be cOri-
fbrred on Gomales, the having shipped a bale
to Indianola, on the 20th July, but it appears
that wo wcro doomed to a sad disappointment
Well, we giro It up. «t--
PdD'mc Examination.—It will be seen by an
advertisement In another column, that an ¡ex-
amination of tho Student of Gonzales College
will talco place on Friday, the gd of September
next
HJTW Music room, which Is to be coh-
iteeted with tho Academy, is progressing rap-'
idly. It is being built of brick, tho walls are
nearly finished, and the whole will be cOmple-
ted in a few days.
—" ■
. Hem to Bail.—We learn that tho trial of
Mr. Robertson, for killing Mr. Harris, of 8c-
gnin, took place a few days since in that town,
and that Mr. It. was required to give a bond in
the ram of $5000 for his appearance at the
next term of the District Court ' •
From the annual return of license tax,
collected by E. Mitchell, Assessor and Collec-
tor of Gonzales county, the amount of mer-
chandize received in this town, from 81st May,
1858 to 81st May, 1608, is $140,701 07. The
license tax on this, and on retail liquor shops,
billiard tables, pediere, theatrical performances,
Ac., amounts to $575 03. Thp stock Of Mer-
chandize, by the next annual assessment-, will
nearly double the present amount.
* . The Arsm Mail.—By the following letter
•; received by our Post Master a few days since,
it will bo seen that the days for the departure
of the Austin mail from Gonzales, have been
changed from Saturdays to Tuesdays. The
days of arrival remain as heretofore—Fridays:
Inspector's Office, P. O. D.
Washington, Aug. ft, 1858
.1).,)
fir i
v nai|iii|||i\iiu a a iij^i i'j j t'u
Sir—Below yoft will find schedule for route
No. 6286, which is somewhat different from
tho one you say you havo in your office. Tho
contractors must run by this schedule or it will
be your duty to report them.
Very Respectfully,
JOHN OAKFORD, Chief Clerk.
Route No. 0280 from Austin to Gonzales:
Contract -time of arrival, 8 P. M., Friday.
" " of departure,^# A. M., Tuesday.
For the Sprwós.—Beaumont's Soda and
Hunt's Sulphur Well, do not, it appears, hold
out sufficient inducements for some of our citi-
sens to remain at home. They must go to the
country—to the Sottr Springs—whore, we
suppose, they can not only rusticate to their
hearts' content, but ei\joy some of tho lurnet
as well aa tho Witer realities ol life. Our friend,
the "Corporal" was in the crowd, full of life
and Am. Right-about, foco—march 1 Quick
step, " Corporal."
Ge . M. B. Lamar.—We, arnoug others, not
long siitoe published a rumor that tliis distin-
guishes Texan was dead. We are pleased to
hire it in our power to contradict tho state-
ment A gentleman juBt from his residence
in Richmond, says that tha old General is not
dead; but, on the cohtrary, has recently taken
to himself a beautiftil young wife. This ac-
counts for his reported death.
a road ; for what is
dollars per mile for a
and even double that amount, rather - than to
fail in petting road Y It seems thatrtheije is
considerable oppositf ¿ft Manifested against this
rpad by our friend* on the G«lf,^ut,|vp opine
that if they lived pne and two hundred miles
in tho interior, and had to haul their cotton
over tho rough hog-wallows botwéén tliis and
the Bay, ttyy would hardly set up tliis oppo-
sition, let Um> road cost what it may. It is
true that wc havo been humbugged out of a
few thousand dollars, but then this paltry sum
should not arrest the ónwayd progress of this
noble enterprise. The road is now fáirly un-
der contract. The articles of agreement Iiayc
been signed, sealed and delivered, and the par-
ties should not now $iah to emirftth. The
mills havo been bought for the pujóse of saw-
ing tics, Ac., and will soon be in successful op-
eration. Will our. citizens—for tbe considera-
tion of a few thousand dollars, that do not
weigh a feather in the balances, when compar-
ed to the great benefits they will derive-^—nip
this enterprise in its very byd, <Jr will they
push ahead with the spirit and energy, becom-
ing the ago in which we live, and accomplish
this grand and praiseworthy undertaking, the
crowning step of all their labprs? If wo per
mitfthe cause to stop hore, many long years
will roll away before the work is again com-
menced. If the present enterprise is blasted
beneath tliis spirit of opposition, all subsequent
ones will meet with a similar foto.
¡¡■Let us, then, go on like incn and finish this
noble work, and not attempt fit this lato day
to slip out of a contract which ,wo conceive to
lie morally and legally binding; and in the fu-
ture when we shall let out railroad contracts,
let us keep our eyes open, for thcro are always
sharpers about, even in Texas.
' W® lcwn through the Austin Gazette
that the Hon. Wm. Fields, of Liberty, the Hon.
II. R. Runnels, of Bowie, and the Hon. H. P.
Bee, of Webb, will likely be candidates for the
Speakership bf tho next House of Representa-
tives.
tnit somiern Eclectic.—'The August rium-
btt of this excellent Agricultural Journal is
now befare us. It is published monthly in
tho city ef Augusta, Ga., at tho low price of
$8 per annum, and contains eighty pages of
reading matter.
t3T" A protracted Camp Meeting was liehí
at Columbus, Colorado county, last week, com-
mencing on Thnftday and ending the follow-
ing Tuesday. We learn that about twenty-
fivtf or thirty conversions wcro mido to the
Methodist Church.
- 1 , ''
Tub District AfvoMNEYsiup.—'The Victoria
Advocate informa us that Mr. Glass has not
resignod the office of Distriet^Attoraey.
(Shive, principal of tho
y, died in Victoria on
4fce 17th fast, aged Si years. *
tW A Camp Meeting is~m>w~being held
•on tho Sandies, in DeWitt county. It icoih-
nwnccd yesterday and will continue for several
«hyrs. jteK.il> w .t>' • ,
i" ■! > -ir - -tí '• j j '
BT " Tho Teneliaw Beaoen" is thc UUo of
• new paper recently started at Shelby ville, in
taT" Tlio Bulletin says tliat lndianola con-
tinuesin the enjoyment 6f most perfect health.
&T "Mm Smith" shall appear h our next.
Tire Maim Again.—Our sufferings it intol
lurable. The mails—tho horriblo mails—are
beepming a theme of general complaint Tho
evil is growing worse every day. Failure
alter foiiure is the constant cry, and what
is worse than all, there appears to bo no rem'
edy. Wo must submit Contractors violate
their pledges with impunity, and tho Post Of-
fice Department at Washington is silent as a
mute, notwithstanding repeated information
havo been convoyed to it from overy quarter of
our Stato. Indeed, the present management
ot our mail system is one of the greatest hum
bugs—4he grossest imposition—that over was
practiced on any civilized community. The
Spiritual Rappers can't touch it with a ten
foot pole—Barntim is nowhere. - Bettor—for
hotter—would it bo to abolish tho system on
tircly; for then wo could find consolation in
that portion of thp good Book which says,
"Blessed are they who expect nothing, for
they shall not be disappointed."
Wo will natnc One oi tho many instances of
tliis kind to which wc are, and havo been for
some timo past, sulyectcd. On Saturday last,
tho Stago arrived here from Victoria without
tho mail. Several of our citizens were passcn
gere from Indianola. Wo inquirod of them if
there was a mail by the vessel. They assured
tis that there was, and furthermore, that the
Stage in which (hey came, waited in Victoria
two hour* longer than their contract allowed,
for the connecting line to: arrive; but it oame
not They could not wait any longer; and
consequently the mail which was due on Fri-
day did not arrive here until the following
Monday. Now, how is -it that passengers can
come from Indianola to Victoria, stop at the
latter placo one night, wait two hoúre tho next
day, and the connecting lino cannot? The
roads are good, their horses are fleet, their coa
ches well adapted to the purpose, and the
time consumed in distributing the mail at In-
dianola but a few minutes. There is some-
thing "rotton in the State of" Texas, and if
the papers generally will take hold of tho mat-
ter, and expose any and every abuse of this
kind, much good may result from their labors.
| r Mr. John
Victoria Female "
perance Question.
that thcro is a general move-
n Western Toxas on this sub-
inventions liave beeji held in
ond, Ilallcttpville, gonzales,
calling a State Teliparaneo
Convention at the city of Austin, on the 23d
ííovcmber. Delegates have been clcctod at all
theso towns, and many of them arc members
elect to the Legislature, which ccrtainly speaks
well for the causo. There is a great deal of
enthusiasm prevailing in regard to this impor-
tant matter, and the most influential men in
theso counties hftvo taken hold of tho work
with a determination which betokens success.
, . . jt Jhe Legislature will bo
called upon to pass a general law for the State,
allowing the people in each precinct, county,
town or city, by a popular vote, to decide for
themselves as to whether they will tolerate the
existence pf. grogshops. We can see nothing
ut simple justice in this, for if they do not
want them, it is but right to give the citizens
tho opportunity to rid themselves of tho evil.
The Rev. Dr. Harmon, of Nqw Orleans, the
great'Temperance Advocate, is now on a visit
to Pur State delivering lectures on this subject.
He comes, through an invitation tendered him
by the citizcns of Houston, to start the Tei
perance Reform Movement, which he is the
Father of, and which he has successfully put
in motion in tho States of Louisiana, Alabama
and Mississippi. He is a man possessing re-
markable powers of eloquence, and his lectures
In onr State have already produced a very de-
cided impression upon the miuds of the people.
In our town, particularly, his lecture on Wed-
nesday night, was received with a universal
expression of gratification by those who heard
him. He lias left for Lockhnrt, Austin, and
other points where ho has appointments, and
we bespeak for him large audiences.
Tho proceedings of the meeting will be
found in another column.
The Election.
The returns are not yet complete. About
thirty-five counties remain to hear from, cast-
ing nearly one-third of the voto of the State.
As far as heard from Pease, for Governor, has
8,622 votes; Ochiltree, 0,488; Wood, 8,200;
Evans, 2,49¿; Chambers, 1,281 ; Dancy, 192.
Pease is ahead of Ochiltree 2,184 votes, which
will be increased by the counties to hear from
and the official vote. The Austin Gazette has
a slip from the Fftg offico at Brownsville,
which says that Pease, Dickson and Crosby
got an almost unanimous vote in Comer# and
Hidalgo counties, and that Scurry had a ma-
jority over both Lewis and Bell, of about 800.
Tliis will add to Pease's vpto at least 1,000, jyid
leaves but little doubt of hiifelcction by a ma-
jority varying not for from 8,000 votes.
For Liéfitenant-Govcrnor, Dr. Dickson leads
his foremost opponent 8,750 votes. Add to
this his majority on the Rio Grande, and his
election is an absolute certainty.
For Congress, Gov. Bell leads his foremost
opponent, Mqj. Scurry, including his majority
on tho Rio Qrandc, upwards of 1,500 votes.
The vote of the counties now heard from
amounts to 22,228. The vote of the State will
probably reach 80,000. We shall publish
table of the official returns as soon as they
come to hand. .
mtiuirn!
SIS
number of the
and published ai
a L. French, com
denunciatu
Mrs. French isatrae southerner
in sentiment, bold and independent, and this
one article alone should secure for tho South-
ern Ladies' Book the support of every man
and woman in the South:
Miss Frederhca Bhkmkr.—It will pain many
of tl}e admirers of this lady, to learn that sho
has written a letter to that abolition print—
the Philadelphia S^urday .Evening Post—
cordially approving of Mrs. Stowo's "Uncle
Tom's Cabin," and intimating that she has
l publish a work shortly
Post boasts of a weekly
Later.—Since putting the abovo in type, a
gentleman arrived in our town on Thursday
night, direct from Austin, who states that re
turns from all tho counties but two had been
received at that place, and that Pease leads
Ochiltree 2000 votes. Bell and Dickson are
elected by largo minorities.
Mexico, y
steamship Texas, Capt.
which place stye left on
receipt of puf regular
city of Maxido to tho
-*%m!
o- v Vera Cruz to thi7th.^
Several mercantile houses in tho
N. B.—Since penning the above, wo loarn
that Ma). J. W. Scott, the United States Mail
Agent for Texas, will pay a visit to' Wostorn
Texas at an early day, for tho purposo of look-
ing after tha coudition of tha iuail transporta-
tion in this region of the State. The Austin
Gazette learns that he has lately returned from
a tour over Eastern Texas, where he has iiÜdc
some salutary changes, greatly expediting tho
mails; and wo heartily agree with our cotem-
porary, that his services *re very much needed
in this section at this timo.
PT Tho papers inform us that the Hon.
Stephen A. Douglas, U. S. Senator from' Illi-
nois, now on a visit to Europe, has become a
convert^ the doctrines of the Papal church,
and joined that church at Rome.
HT Th« Victoria Adversareis that the
Calhoun County Court havo reftised to issue
the bonds of the county for $50,000 to tha San
At*** Railroad. v > n
The following letter is from Miyor J,
M. Brown, a resident of this State, to the edi-
tor of tho Washington Ranger. Mqj. B. is on
a visit to North Carolina, and has, no doubt,
an excellent opportunity of judging to what ex-
tent the emigration will bo fl-om that Stato to
this during tho approaching fall and winter.—
Wo hope those persons visiting Texas, for the
purpose of locating, will not foil to pay Gon-
zales county a visit If she docs not hold out
sufficient inducements to the farmer, the mer-
chant and the mechanic to settle within hor
limits, tlicn they need go no farther :■
Askeville, N. C., July 18,1858.
Dear Sir:—I write to inform you that I have
nict with the Hon. David L. Swain, Ex-Gover-
nor of this State, and now President of Chap-
ell Hill University of this State, also wishes to
tako your paper. * * * * *
He speaks of coming out to Texas next Fall
Or Spring, to invest $50,000, in cash, for lands,
Ac. Many others speak of doing tlie same. I
think tho emigration will be large from this
State, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.
Very many have told me so with whom I have
conversed from many of tho States. The crops
are almost a total loss in aU the South, and not
more than a half crop will be made in this
State. Tell onr planters to make plenty of
corn, for tho demand for the article, I think,
Will be greatly increased in Texas, next fall.
"Tho great inconvenienco and complaint in
this vicinity, ariso from tho want of large
Change."—Victoria Adtocat*.
Como to Gonzales, friend, and raise cotton
and corn. You will then havo an abundance
of the article.
__ —gKAUft,
jn that Book, and w¡]
on the subject 1 This
circulation of 40,000 copies in the South, and
Peterson, tho proprietor, is making money by
publishing " Uncle Tom" in a cheap edition
for the million ! Is this the way Southerners
help their enemies?"
AVe copy the above from one of our ablest
Southern exchanges—the Georgia-pitizen.—
And it is with pom indeed that wc' observe
the mistaken views, (for charity compels us,to
suppose that Miss Bremer must imagine them
right views,) of ono whom we had admired, as
ich for her genial disposition, as her undini-
able talents. This lady has visited our South-
i cities, she has met the warm welcomo of
iithern hearts, and been made the honored
lest of Southern hospitality;—it remains to
c seen how sho will remember us, in her
" Homes in tho New World." Although she
sojourned for some time in New Orleans, Mo-
bile, &c., she had but little opportunity of
studying the "institution" of slavery as it ex-
ists throughout the Southern States. She
never spent a day upon a cotton form, or visit-
ed a sugar plantation, but her principal know-
ledge of slavery, is of its most degraded
character, as it exists in Cuba Whether she
will take it for granted that we are all alike,
and put upon us the odium attached-to our
Cuban neighbors remains to be seen. Wc arc
pained to see the name of one whom we have
loved from earliest childhood, sullied by a con-
nection with one, a recreant in religion and a
traitress to her country. The name of Bene-
dict Arnold is branded to all coming time, his
memory is that of a traitor and hia^ epitaph a
living curse; but no epithet can be found in
the language of man fitted to scar the namo of
Harriet Bcccher Stowe. As a woman, she
has unsexed herself,—as an advocate, she has
stooped to falsehood,—113 a witness, she has
perjured herself,—as a mother, left obloquy to
her children,—as a sister in one great national
family, vilely slandered her own sistor,—and
as an American, expatriated herself by her
own act She has thrown a fire-brand into
the hornea of her own people, which she de-
signed should set at nouehtthe great measures
of peace and unity, which cost our beloved
and venerated statesman, the master-spirit of
the age, five years of his natural life! True,
such means as she has used may never be able
to overthrow the tree of our Liberty, or sap
the foundations of the temple of our Union;
—yot we would do well to remember that the
pure soyls are oft' times sullied by the vilest
agencies; that the fall of tho wholo human
race,—that "Sin, the wages of which is Death,"
came into the world by the influence of a rep-
tile, the very lowest of the " creeping things
of the earth." An old lady friend, possessing
much knowledge of the world, once remarked
to us—" There's much* fewer mean women
than men, in this world, child, but when once
a woman is mean, bless you, honey, the men
ain't a circumstance to 'em for meanness!"
Probably she was correct Arnold was a
traitor, but the treacheiy of Mrs. Stowe is a
tltousand times moro black and bitter; the
Silt of the former was the revenge of a de-
ited ambition, that of the latter is the cold
venom of a nature naturally and irremediably
vile.
Louisiana.
The Shrevcport Southwestern says cotton
and corn in that parish are daily improving,
and all that they now ask is a few more weeks
of favorable weather; but adds that cotton is
suffering much in Caddo from the effect of the
late heavy rains.
The same cause, according to the Mansfield
Advertiser, is in operation against the planters
of DcSoto parish, although we see it stated
elsewhcro that the crops there arc flourish-
ing.
The prospects in Claiborne for cotton, corn
and potatoes are usually favorable. In Harri-
son county, (Texas,) tho corn crop will prove
abundant; while the cotton is greatly improv-
ed, presenting a thriving and healthy appcar-
the arrival of
Plf*. «i ~
tha jBth
fllea-of ]
3d hint,
Several mcr&uitlle houses in U10 interior
have broke. Among the principal ones are
Arbido & Co., of Zacatecas, for $121,000;
Yalenzucla and Saitrez, of Sialo, for $80,000;
Yillanucva, of Guadalajara, for $90,000.
There are others of great importance.
By an order from the President, the remains
of the celebrated "guerilla" chieftain, Padre
Jarauta, are to be .exhumed and taken to Gua-
najauto to be there re-interred, aud to havo
military honors paid them, and a monument
to be erected over them; to honor the memory
of he who knew how to sacriüce himself in
defence of his country
They have founded in ^he Seminary of .Mo-
rella, an academy of Bellcs-Tettcre.
Diario Official notices the appearance
in tbe capital of Guerrero of a new epidemic,
of a vi ' "
fever, whichls veiy
appearance in á variei
patients terminate their existence' b
blood. Many of the most respcotaUe inhabi-
tants pf Guerrero have died from it.
cholera has entirely ceased in Vera
The announcement of the fact is made
officially.
We have a specimen of summary justice ad-
ministered in Mexico, which would do honor
to our own "frontier tribunal." The murder-
ers of the Swiss traveler, at Rio Frio, were
tried by a battalion of soldiers on the 20d, at
Tcxcoco. . The 24th was a feast day—the 25th
they wero sentenced, and placed en capilla
(in chapel,), and on the 20 th they were exe-
cuted.
Mrs. President Santa Anna has arrived at
Tacubaya, and joined her husband. On the
1st inst., she received the felicitations of the
various corporations, military corps, eta, etc.,
upon her happy return to her native country.
She enjbys tin ~
Presidente."
The Northern States, Durango, Zacatecas,
Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon, etc., do not enjoy a
moment's quiot from the depredations pi' the
Indians.
[For the Inquirer.
Hymn—L. M.
Inscribed to
km an—Of Gómale , Texas,
iend and Kinsman,
¡l a. seat.
From land to land tho tidings fly,
The precious news of Gospel grace;
And hoary superstitions die
Before the mighty Prince of Peace.
: ?¿¿AW-still th'-ft&i&nifo®-'3
Comes stealing o'er the dark, blue sea p
On christian hearts the echoes fall,
With great salvation's weighty plea.
From California's golden gates '
It comes,—from Afric'B burning sands;.
From Infidel and Moslem States,
! : *ypm I>pal aiid from Pagan hinds, 'i
Ye Saints, arise! survey the field,
Already ta^io harvest white;
And all your vast resources wield,
With all your coiióentrátcd might.
Go forth, go forth, to distant parts,
Do battle for your common Lord,
Until all human minds and hearts,
Shall own the scepter of His word.
Till Christ shall reign o'er all the earth,,
All anti-chri9tian Pow'rs put down;
And man, renewed by second birth,
" Shall hail tho universal crown,
f
At the drawing of the Havana Lottery
on the 8d inst., No. 4881 drew $100,000.—
Why did wc not think to secure that number!
A delightful shower day-bcforc-ycstcr-
day—weather warm.
lie title of "La Exma. Seiiora
Thb Crystal Palace.—The number of sin
gle admissions on Thursday, August 4th, to
th®.$ry8tal Palace, was 8,490; number of sea-
son ticket admissions, 1,428; total admissions,
4,918; amount of cash receipts, $1,712. The
turn of $49 64 was contributed to tho Wash-
ington Monument
Alabama Election.—'Tho Montgomery Ad-
vertiser says there is no doubt that the Demo-
crate will have a majority in the Legislatura—
both tho Senate and the House,
New Export,—The Mlianola Bulletin aays
that Huck ft Ogsbuiy, of that town, havo pur-
chased 8000 bushols of corn grown on tho
Gaudalupe rivof, which thoy design as return
freight on their lumber vessels to Pensacola,
where it is already engaged at paying prices.
anco.
Planters generally are in fine spirits.
1 W . .
oürf*rei,ations wrrn Mexico—Prospect 0/
Exciting Times.—The Washington correspon-
dent of the Republic, in his letter of the 3d
inst., writes as follows:
I learn that the order for an increase of the
United States force on the Rio Grande has
been issued. The ball is fairly open, and wc
shall have exciting times ere it closes. Among
the good results likely to be recorded in this
new chapter of our history is a settlement of
claims of citizens of the United States against
Mexico, to indemnity for outrages and losses
suffered by them at tho hands of Mexican
officials; also for losses incurred through the
faithlessness of Mexico with respect to her
grants to parties in the United States with
whom she had entered into agreement for the
right of way and tho construction of a railroad
across tho Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Auy
new treaty that may bo negotiated between
tho two countries will necessarily review all
these questions, and provoke a decision of each,
one way or the other.
Free Banks of New York.—According to
an article in a New York paper, there arc over
one hundred and fifty banking associations
and seventy-five individual bankers organized
under the General Banking Law of New York.
It is stated that the whole amount of circulat-
ing notes issued by these associations and in-
dividual bankers outstanding on the 1st day
ofyDeccmber, 1852, was $24,800,000 and the
redemption of which securities (New York,
U. S., Illinois, Michigan, Arkansas, Indiana
and Alabama State stocks) aro deposited and
held in trust by the Comptroller, amounting
in tho aggregate to tho sum of 24,000,000.
The entire number of notes numbered, count-
ersigned and issued (including exchanges for
mutilated bills,) by the Free Banking Depart-
ment during the year ending December 1st
1852, was $7,500,612, amounting to the sum
of $9,204,000. In reporting upon the banking
system of tho Stato, the Comptroller Bays thai
the currency of the State is in a sound and
prosperous condition; that not a single bank
failure has occurred during the year and that
the business of banking under the General
Banking Law is rapidly increasing, by tho
creation of new banks and the deposit of ad-
ditional securities as a U for circulation by
existing institutions. jáKm. added that the
charters of the Safety^^K Banks aro grad-
ually expiring, and thcrWsrcason'toconclude
that, as their present priviliges terminate, tho
most of them will reorganize and continue
their operations under tho General Banking
SyBtem, in that mfinner authorized by the act
of 1849,—Brazoria Planter.
VlCKSBVRO, SniIEVErORT AND TEXAS RAIL-
koad.—The Vicksburg Whig understands that
responsible contractors havo offered to build
this road, fully equipped, for $17,500 per mile,
and take part in stock and part in bonds of the
company, and the balance in casli. Mr. Cole-
man is, however, in hopes that lie can raise
subscriptions enough on the route to build it
—and if so, says the Whig, it can be comple-
ted at less price.
Kentucky Election.—Tho returns of the
election show that the congressional delegation
from this State consists of four Democrats and
six Whigs.
One of the greatest outrages ever perpetrat-
ed in a civilized community, if wo have been
correctly informed, took place near this city,
on the opposite side of tho river, on Saturday
last. A Mexican was secretly taken un, whip-
ped most barbarously, hung until no was
nearly dead, and then after being let down,
was shot, lie died of the wounds about
twenty-four houre afterwards. The officere of
justice have made one arrest and are on the
track of others, supposed to be tho perpetra-
tors of this horrid and fiendish deed. It is
indeed high time the law was asserting its way
in this community, unless we as a people,
wish to return to a state of barbarism and be-
come the reproach of our neighbors. Not a
great while ago a roan was taken from prison,
and hung in the same neighborhood—or, at
least, lio left the jail and was found hanging
to a tree on tho other side of tho river some
days afterwards. Every good citizen should
arouse himself and aid in bringing the authors
of this last outrage to justicc;—let us sustain
the officers of the law in the fearless discharge
of their duties, that bad men may bo made to
respect the laws of their country and the
rights and lives of their fellow-men. When
we mako punishment certainly follow the
commission of crime, then, and not till then,
will any citizen bo secure in his life or proper-
ty,—Austin Gotette.
Mississippi.
Tho Madisonian, published at Canton, Miss.,
of the 4th inst., says:
This is so critical a period in the life of our
great staple crop, that we think it advisable
that we should keep our readers at a distance
advised of its progress and condition. It now
presents a growing and luxuriant look, but wo
regret to say the weather continues so show-
ery, it is impossible to tell, with anything like
probability, to what it is tending. If the
month of August should continue wet, tho
cotton in this región will bo worthless.
Tho cotton moth, tho progenitor of the boll
worm, has not as yet made its appearance in
numbers at all alarming. «
The corn crops wero somewhat injured by
tho drought, but will now, in consequence of
the abundant rains, come up to an average
yield.
Good.—The Richmond Enquirer of the 28th
ult, says:
A lady of our acquaintance at tho age of
twenty was a hearty, rosy-cheeked lass, full
of life and industry. Seeing tho prospect for
making a disconsolate bachelor as happy as
herself, she acquired a piece of land with a
view of having "a local habitation." A house
was tho next thing indcspcnsablo to her, laud-
able ambition. She shouldered her axe, went
to the woods, felled trees with her own hands,
choppcd the logs for the building, mado shin-
Ses to cover it, nailed them on, and finished
0 house by lathing and plastering it herself
In a short time thereafter sho " mot, Bhe saw,
and conquered" a deserving and industrious
young man residing in her neighborhood.
They were married, and tho young couple
commenced their married life in the neat cot-
tage, the fruit of tho wife'b industry and,the
work of her own hands. Ail this occurred
about the year 1685. Time has advanced,
and she is now the happy mother «if thirteen
children, (the youngest five months old\ and
he the happy and prosperous hu«band of a
most industrious and estimable lady. What
• is it woman cannot accomplish wt^cn with
; evnestnyss she up<iertak<;s the task?
Temperance Meeting.
On Wednesday night, tho 24th inst., a large
number of the citizcns of. Gonzales county as-^
semblod at the Court House, for the purposo of
hearing a temporáneo lecture from Dr. J. W.
Harmon, of New Orleans. After listenijjr to
an interesting and able effort, the house
ved itself into a temperance convention,^
appointed Rev. Dr. HiUyer President, B. Fl1
Fly, Secretary, T. J. Pilgrim and Rev. Mr.
Stribling, Vice Presidents. On motion, Messrs.
Sarpcr, Jones and Coleman were appointod a
immittcc to draft a preamble and resolutions
endorsing the State Tempcrancc Convention,
to be held at Austin on the 28d November next.
Whereupon said committee, after a few mo-
ments consideration, reported the follOwin
which were unanimously adopted:
Whereas, Tho citizens of the town and coul
ty of Gonzales, believing that tho time has
come in the history of our country, when some
bold steps should 00 taken to arrest tho mareh
of the fell monster, intemperance, in our State;
and whereas, the license system sanctioning
the indiscriminate traficin, and use of, intoxi-
cating liquors, is a source of crime in its most
fearful, appalling and damning form; and where-
as, the tendency of such a system is calculated
to injure and undermine all social, moral and
religious societies—tho happiness of families^
communities and nations—the purity and in-.
dependence of tho ballot box, and the growing
prosperity of our Stato and Country, we deem
it highly important, wise and judicious, to pro-
mote, advance, encourage and sustain by all
laiidable, praiseworthy and honorable means,
"The Temperance Reform Movement" which is
now spreading over our State, and which in
several of our sister,States, his successfully
torn up from its deep foundation this damna-
ble license System, has cxtirminatcd the roots
of this tree of evil, that in our own midst is
"taking root in hélish soil and growing to dev-
lish heights,", ha beat back the enemy and
triumphantly raised the standard of Tempi "
ance; therefore, '
Resolved, That wo heartily concur in tin
tion of tho Conventions held at Houston
various other places in ottr State, and
adopt the call of a State Convention, to b
at Austin on the 23d of November, 1858'
ltesolred, That we deem it highly impoi
essential and necessary to the promotii
our happiness, that the Logislatúre of
State should pass a law granting to tho pefl
of each Justice Prccinct in the State, the rij
to vote for the prohibition of the retail of
toxicating liquors in their respective preempts.
Besolccd, That we petition the Grand Divi-í.
sbn of this State, at Anderson, to adopt some
means by which a dclegato or delegates, may
be sent from every county in Eastern Texas,
to the Stato Convention.
Jieaolvetl, That the President of this meet-
ing appoint five delegates to attend said State
Convention.
Whereupon, Messrs. A. Jones, J. H. Strib-
ling, T. J. Pilgrim, C. C. DeWitt and II. Eg-
glcston, wore appointed as delegates.
On motion, it was
Resolved, That tho President be added to „
the number of delegates.
Resolved, That a paper containing the pub-
lished proceedings of this meeting, shall be
deemed sufficient credentials for a delegate of.
his appointment.
Resolved, That our Senator and Represen-
tative bo requested to urge the adoption of this jmt
temperance movemont by the Legislature. Pv
Resolved, That, this convention return their . 1
thanks to the Rev. Dr. Harmon, for his visit to *
our town, and for his able, interesting and elo-
quent address on the subject of Temperance,
and that lie bo requested to deliver another
lecture.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this mee-
ting bo published in tho Gonzales Inquirer,
id in all other papers friendly to the great
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On motion, tho mcetin
J. F. II
B. F. Fly,.Secretary.
journcd.
fER, President.
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[For tho Inquirer.
Mr. Editor:—I noticed m the last number •
of your paper, that there would be a World's
Convention of tho Order of the Sons of Tem-
perance, held in tho city of New York, on the /k
1st and 2d of September next, and an inquiry \9
to know if tho Gonzales Division would be rep-
resented there. On* Division Will bo repre-.
sentcd there; and I have learned that our rep-. ^ "
resentative, Mr. Charles D. Bennett, on ktt /.
way to New York, was at a large Temporal^•
celebration in Bladensbürgh, six miles from
Washington City, and when the regular spea-
kers were done, he gave the people a specimen
talk and got all , the cheers.
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W. P. Q. D. No. 28.
Spriggins is somewhat remarkable for his
grandiloquence of language, which renders his
society an object to be sought after by those
who are inclined to make merry at the cccen-
tridties of a genius. "Spriggins," said of these,
"yon are a fool."
"Sir," Mid Spriggins, with great dignity, "I
seldom presume, to extend gfptuitoua advice to
gentlemen, but permit ine to sir, that
a reiteration of the Bcntimcnt yoti hayc just ut-
tered, might not prove conducive to a "conval-
escent «tete of your personal individuality."—
Sprigging was roused!
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