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M. Bül/RIvE, Proprietor.
WEEKLY EDITION.
A YEAR, In Advance.
VOL V.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1855,
NO. 38.
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A Iiu'mUtration Notice, Estate nfJos. Malloy.
AiaLury, Hanson, Land Agent, and dealer in
¡"•tone and Negroes, Main Plaza.
An l Trun, F. S., Attorney at Lair, Austin,
Tt X 19.
Vihworth, J. k A. C., Grocers and Commis-
sion Merchants, Indianola, Tixas.
' -hworfh & Bergeon, Wholesale Grocers, etc.,
Indianola, Texas.
Kenmis, Julia?, B<x>ks, Stationery, etc, etc,
Commerce sired.
Bu knor k Leigh, Attorneys at Law, Com-
merce street.
Buch:in:in, J. D , Attorney at Lair, Military
Plaza.
Basel, Wit ., General a id Commission Mer-
chant. New Braunfels, Texan.
Boxar Exchange, James N. Fisk, Commerce
street.
Rurko k Co , Furniture Dealers, etc., Lavaca,
Terns.
J5e!I. J. (J. A D., Jewelers, etc , Commerce st.
Citation, ./. M. Tacrine Jj- Co. vs. Benj. Thomas.
Cnis'i.y & Co, Boots, Shoes, Hats, ete., Com-
merce street.
C'tltiiiner, Geo. 1 ., Auctioneer and Commis-
sion Merchant, Commerce street.
k King, Auctioneers and Commission
Merchants, Main Plaza.
' roigh, C. L., Attorney tit Law, Seguiu, Tex.
Cu'ilcy, A. 0., Attorney at Lav, Fredericks-
burg. Texas.
<'0"k, JÍ. C., Attorney at Law, Austin, Texas.
C.miorbuvy, H., Notary Public and Land
Agent, Main Plaza.
Ca.-tiuvillc Hotel, Madam Tarde, Castrarille,
Ti x.is.
Casimir House, C. Villencuve, Poicdérhorn,
Indianola, Texas.
Csty Hotel, Lavaca. T< xas.
ry. í\, Wholesale Grocer, corner Flores
•md Ritas streets.
O.tiHiH-on, A., Grocer and Commission Mer-
c.'i'iiit, Lavaca, Texas.
i r.iin k Dunn, Dry Goods, Groceries, Hará-
vare, etc., Lavaca, Texas.
Clavel m;l k Mills, Dry Goods, Groceries, elc,
Lavaca, Texas.
Devine (J. M.) & Co., Drugs, Paints, Sta-
t oaery, etc, Main Plaza.
Dovmo, (J. P, Dry Goods, etc., Main. Plaza
I'.ivi-s, F 31, Attorney at Law, Main Plaza.
Duncan, J., Attorney at Law, Flores street.
i'-—"uke k Co., Drugs, Paints, Stationery,
elf., Commerce street.
Kg in, Frank, Attorney at Law, opposite the
Court-House.
fit: e* k Civ, Dry Goods, Hardware, Cloth-
i , g, etc., Indianola, Texas.
Frectnont, II. A , Kroüerion, Warren, Trum-
bull county, Ohio.
i'errill (Hiram) & Sons, Lumber Dealers, etc,
Bastrop, Texas.
l-ulli>u k liensley, Forwarding and Commis-
sion Merchants, Lavaca, Texas.
1 inlay, Ceorge P., Attorney at Law and Land
Agent, Lavaca, Texas.
Forbes (It. M ) & Co., Commission and For-
warding Merchants, Lavaca, Texas.
Fries k Welsh, Stone Cutters, Solidad street.
< • ilbert, E. F., Land for sale.
<ircen k Saunders, Attorneys at Lair, Com-
merce street.
<: rayson House, Tom Grayson, Commerce st.
Gajoso House, Nicholson 4* Co., Gonzales,
Ttxas.
Gardner, Green & Co., Wholesale Clothiers, 47
Broadway, New York.
Hardy, Lucy W., Legal Notice.
Helmbold, II. T., Patent Medicines, 263 Ches-
nut street, Philadelphia.
Hall, S., Bath House, Cárcel street.
Henriques, John N.,: Auctioneer, Commerce
street.
Harwood A McKean, Attorneys at Lav, Gon-
zales, Texas
Howard k Wilcox, Attorneys at Law, Soljdad
street.
Henson, R. A., Attorney at iMir, Main Plaza.
Hall House, É, B. Smith, Austin, Texas.
JIulnall, J., Dry Goods, Groceries, etc, La-
vaca, Texas.
Hoffmann, John, Lost Certificate.
Howard k IJall, Saddlery Warehouse, 3 Mag-
azine street, New Orleans.
Hewitt, II. I)., Music Dealers, 93 Camp street,
New Orleans.
Jefferson, C. E., Justice of the Peace, etc, etc,
Tretino street.
Jordan, «'has H, Commission and Forward-
ing Merchant Lavaca. Texas.
Jones, J. 8 , Attorney at Law, Indianola, Tex.
Kyle k Co, Grocers, etc , Commerce street.
Kingsbury A Butner, Surgeon Dentists, Post
Office street.
Kerr k Clark, Commission and Forwarding
Merchants, Lavaca, Texas.
Lewi?, A. A., Attorney at Law, etc, Military
Plaza.
Lewis, Henry M , Attorney at Law, etc., Main
Plaza
Louisiana Hotel, A. /I. Miller, 265 Tchoupi-
toulas street, New Orleans.
Memphis Medical College, Memphis, Tenn.
M asse, Madame, Bath House, Commerce st.
Mayer k Co., Clothing, etc., Main Piaza.
Morris k Brother, Clothing, etc.. Commerce st.
Mauraux, P., Carpenter, behind the Alamo
Mea.If, R., Commission Merchant, etc., Main
Plaza.
Malloy, John, Justice of the Peace, Military
1'la.za.
Magic Impression Paper, N. Hubbell, No. 167
Broadway, New York.
Marshall k Reich, Attorneys at Law, Frede-
ricksburg, Texas.
Market Exchange, A. Stauffacher, Cartel st.
McCeney, T. N., Attorney ot Lav, etc, Main
Plaza.
New Orleans and Texas Mail Line, Henry N.
Caldwell agent, Indianola, Texas.
Neilson, Wardwell A Co., Hardware Dealers,
241 Pearl street, New York.
Nash (E.)A Co., Receiving and Forwarding
Merchants, Lavaca, Ttxas.
0i(ir ®$bcH¡sií)g ¿BiirecíoHj,
Owings. J.S., Lit cry Stable, near new Bridge.
Owings & Ruckmnn, Dry Goods, Groceries,
etc, Helena, Texas.
Pack, J. L. D., Physician, Commerce street.
Pryor, F. J., Attorney at Lav, Post Office st.
Potchiucky, F. K., Surveyor, Military Plaza,
Perryman, ii. A., Attorney at Law, Seguin,
Paul, James, Attorney at Lav, Castroville,
Texas.
Pittuian & Brother, Tinners, etc., Commerce st.
Phonography, Wm. Tebbs, Providence, R.I.
Rhodes k Co., Sheep and Goats for sale, Com-
merce street,
Red River and Texas Mail Line, Parmalee if
Co. Nacogdoches, Texas.
Reed House, Mrs. Phillips, near Main Plaza.
Reid, iSprague k Co., Hardware Dealers, 93
Pearl and 53 Stone streets, New York.
Rowan, James C., Attorney at Law, Lavaca,
Texas.
Riemann k Durells, Commission Merchants,
Indianola, Texas.
Robards, Willis L., Attorney at Law, Austin,
Texas.
Runaway Negro, Louis We iss, Fredericks-
burg, Texas.
Stoy it Co., Clothing, etc., Commerce street.
Smyth, William S., Civil Engineer, etc., San
Antonio.
Society for the Relief of the Sick of San Anto-
nio, Commerce street.
Trueheart, J. L , LancLfor sale.
Tcel, Trevanion T., Attorney at Lav, Lock-
hart, Texas.
Vance & Brother, Dry Goods, Groceries, etc.,
Main Plaza.
Van Derlip k Mitchell, Attorneys at Lav, etc,,
Trevino street.
Yaraell, Wm. M , Commission and Forward-
ing Merchant, Indianola, Texas.
Wilson k Anderson, Attorneys at Law, Main
Plaza.
Wanted, a situation as Teacher.
Western Texas Mail Line, B. Band, Alamo
Plaza.
Wtekler, Jacob, Attorney at Lav, Flores st.
Woldert, J. G., Musical Instruments, Toys,
and General Merchandise, Commerce st.
Latest from Washington.
Washington, August 11.—Ex-Gov.
Shannon, of Ohio, has received the ap-
poi; tnit-' t of Governor of Kansas, vice
• declined.
' i Shannon, of Ohio, accepted
■ • • vernorship of Kansas, and de-
; I forthw ith fur Lis station. Air.
nun was a supporter ef the Ne-
bí ; Aíi-Kausas bill in the last Congress.
In North Carolina, Bragg, democrat,
is elected by a majority of 8,000.
Alt*. Buchanan leaves London for the
United ^ates, October G.
New V irk, August 14.—The steam-
ship .t City, from New Orleans,
5th, via ' : . , i. 8th inst,, has arrived
at this p
All the .= at Havana, who have
become citi/. ' the United States,
had been orden : to leave the island
forthwith.
The vomito wa¿ raging among the
troops, at Porto Rico. More than fif-
teen hundred of them had died.
Removals, Stop íMY Paper, Exc.-^-By
reference to the advertising columns,
our readers will perceive many omis-
sions of law, mercantile, and other
cards. The upward navigation toward
Salt Lake, is attended, some old boat-
men tell us. with considerable delay, at
this season. "We are promised a large,
cash-paying business from the new colo-
ny about founding homes in that saline
district. During the necessary absence
of the pioneers, their friends of "the
unterrified Democracy " will attend to
any business left unadjusted by the ori-
ginal natives.
N- B.—The Cotnanches and Apaches
have no dread of "foreign influence,"
and favor a "landing of the pilgrims."
P. S.—A Know-nothing friend has
left with us, for immediate sale, an ele-
gantly illustrated copy of Bulwer's
best. He won't have a foreign book;
and must sell "The Pilgrims of the
Rhine."
JE3ET One, if not both, of the pro-
prietors of the New Orleans Delta are
connected with the Know-nothings.
Walker, the chief contributor to that
journal, is somewhat opposed to the
K. N.'s. See extracts of a late letter
of his. in another column,
VICTORY! VICTORY!! VICTORY!!!
ELECTION RETURNS.
Panola County.
For Governor: Pease. 361; Dickson,
250; Lieut. Governor—Runnels, 282;
Jowers, 283 ; Neill. 21. For Congress,
Ward, 25(3; Evans. 2G1. For Land
Commissioner, Fields, 150; Crosby, 101.
"Webb County.
Senator—Benavides,T24; Ilord, 128.
Representative—II. P. Bee, 287.
dem.
Pease, 1GT.
Johnson, 132.
Runnels, 1G4
Neill, 127.
Bell, 302.
Fields, 167.
k. n.
Dickson, 3,
Jowers, 3.
Hancock, 0.
Crosby, 132.
By the last mail from Austin, the
Election Returns show the following
majorities, viz.:
E. M. Pease, 4732 over Dickson.
II. R.Runnels 1909 over Jowers.
P. II. Bell 3532 over Hancock.
Matt Ward 219 over L. D. Evans.
Wm. Fields, 2773 over S. Crosby.
23 counties to be heard from.
Navarro, Falls, Milam, Bosque, Mat-
agorda, Wharton, Hidalgo, Lavaca, Star,
El Paso, Grayson, Denton, Cooke,
Hunt, Yau Zant, Wood, Panola, Ange-
lina, Sabine, Newton, Orange, Jefferson
and Tyler,
Since the above was put in type we
have received verbal returns from El
Paso, which will add nearly one thou-
sand majority to that of Bell, Pease
and Runnels. Crosby is f- id to have
got the full vote of El Paso and Pre-
sidio del Norte.
Arrival of the El Faso Mail.
Geo. II. Giddings' Santa Fé and San
Antonio mail arrived j^esterday morn-
ing at 3 o'clock a. m., under charge of
Capt. James Gross, in thirteen days
from El Paso. The trip would have
been made in twelve days, had it not
been for the heavy rains experienced
during the trip.
In the absence of the regular election
returns, he reports that there were
from 800 to 900 votes polled, out of
which the Know-Nothings, by dint of
perseverance, obtained five, At Presidio
del Norte the citizens organized, and
some 110 votes were also polled against
Know-Nothingism—a sort of electricity
from Webb county, we suppose,
Know-Nothingism is a weak plant, and
not suited to the atmosphere of Western
Texas, Hon. R. Doane was elected
Senator, and Hon. J Crosby Represen-
tative for El Paso county. They will
probably be down next mail.
No Indians were seen on the route,
no doubt owing to the prompt action
of Lieut. Randall.
Maj. Emory was at El Paso, endeav-
oring to raise money for his drafts.
Judge Taylor, Commissioner, and Dr.
F. Giddings came down as passengers.
The mail will leave again as usual on
the 1st proximo. Many thanks to
Capt. Gross for those grapes.
Take a Horn.—One may pass a half
hour in a pleasant way by looking at
a tenth part of the stock of musical in-
struments, wooden, stringed, and brass,
in the store of Woldert, corner of Com-
merce and . . - ■■ streets, Descending
from the harmonic tones of an accor-
deon, look at the show cases and a for-
midably array of infantile pledges meet
the eye; on the shelves, horsemen upon
wheels. Neatly colored engravings
adorn the walls; elegantly shaped China
ware graces the shelves. If you desire
gift for sweetheart or friend, or a toy
for little niece or nephew, Woldert is
the man to sell it,
Know-N othingism
Knows but little, since the election, of
the intelligent " foreigners" who, we
were told, would vote with a party who
desired to exclude from citizenship, if
not from the social right of eligi-
bility for office, any brother, sen, or
other relative who might wish to be-
come a citizen. Now that disappoint-
ment, instead of victory, greets them,
our opponents write concerning "black
robed villians," priestly influence,"
and many other fanciful creations of
imaginations all too vivid—of judg-
ments much too weak.
The principles enunciated—the senti-
ments avowed, by Know-nothing Amer-
icanism, were abhorrent to every gener-
ous impulse, to every manly feeling of
men who, unpledged, and undictated to,
did their own thinking. Reason, not
Passion, governed the majority of our
voters in Bexar county. Let no man
believe, or affect to believe, that none
but men of book education can reason,
act, or feel. "Attack, if you will, a prin-
ciple I hold dear in local politics, or in
the general administration of the gov-
ernment, but, in the name of the Infi-
nite Creator, spare my birth-place and
the religion of my parents. Chance
gave me a nativity on a foreign soil;
education made me a believer in the
faith a mother ta"ght me. My political
and spiritual freedom is insured me by
the laws. As a man I have the same
social right, in society, to the respect
and confidence of all, that you enjoy; as
a Christian, (even of native American
birth,) you shall apply to me,'collec-
tively or individually' no disability."
These were the thoughts that animated
the masses who defeated Know-noth-
ingism.
Christian men, and men whose pro-
fessions were few, aroused by a zeal
which did them honor, determined to
proscribe every attempt at proscription.
Men whose wealth was in their devo-
tion to liberty—voters who had looked
upon the benignant smile of the patriots
who won, and kept sacred, the rights
transmitted from the lion-tamers of the
most glorious consummation in the am-
ple history of the Christian era,—1776,
—could not forget the men who gave
the priceless boon of Freedom. The
popular heart lives more in the Past
than most men think. A more disgust-
ing, profane, unreasonable, and utterly
unwarrantable attack upon the social
and political rights and feelings of a
free people, has never, we believe, been
made, in time of peace, by any party
professing to be free, than the organi-
zation, and general action of Know-no-
thingism shows to have been made, by
confederate counsel, upon the Constitu-
tions, and the laws, which govern Amer
rican citizens.
Two Anniversaries. — August 16
was the fourteenth anniversary of the
first veto of the United States Bank
bill, John Tyler, President. Sunday,
Sept. 9, will be the anniversary of the
veto message, giving a quietus to the
Fiscal Agency, the old bank under a
new name. Both of these measures
were supported and proposed by the
Irte John Sergeant, of Virginia. Ser-
geant, Biddle and others of the Quaker-
city aristocracy, met a terrible defeat
in these vetoes; and thus was secured
a foundation for thp re-enactir>ent of
the Independent Treasury Bill, a mea-
sure replete with provisions of the most
equitable natuie.
What surety has the South
that the alliance of Emancipationists and
Know-nothings shall not Abolitionise
Kentucky ? Elwood Fisher's most de-
termined opponent on the slave ques-
tion was The Louisville Journal.
To those who Think.
Of all who clamor loudest about the
blessed "Dutch," the beatified "Irish/'
and "the foreigners" at large, how many
have energy, industry, or constancy
enough to get their bread, if thrown,
penniless, in a strange land, as many ot
our adopted citizens have been ? Few,
indeed. As a people, we of North
American birth, are fond of speculation,
attached, in brief, to professional life ;
but the mechanics, who are willing to
work, and seek toil, in every climate,
are, mostly, of European birth. Tn El
Dorado, Brother Jonathan strives to
reap his harvest; Patrick and Mynher
find a fair gleaning where Jonathan has,
in disgust, refused to gather. It is the
weakness of man to neglect a present,
and seek a distant chance of success.
This spirit of discontent, this unwilling-
ness to undergo manual labor, crowds
upon our frontier some of the best, and
it can never be denied, many of the
worst epecimens of humanity.
But let none solace themselves with
thinking that political life is to offer
any adequate outlet for an unemployed
mass that home immigration, and over-
stocked professional life has given to
our chief frontier towns. The dissatis-
fied expectants who have met their de-
serts under old, and rational party or-
ganizations, afford but an indifferent
basis upon which new partizans of new
creeds can found a hope. Labor, useful
application, alone, never disappoints a
persevering appliant. In this almost
universal application, and their general
economy in eyery-day life, lies the cause
of that success, (too often envied by
the idle!) which attends the industrious
men of every nationality.
The Day After Election.
" Three cheers for our friend," said
the promenaders. Three cheers were
given. The wife was on the bideony.
" Three cheers for Mrs. ," said
the spokesman of the multitude."
"No; not from such a crowd," said the
lad)-.
Not comprehending the reply, and. at
some distance, believing it to be a grate-
ful compliment to their extraordinary
patriotism,
" Three cheers, more, for the lady,"
cried the chief spokesman, but, before
the cheers were given, the lady spoke:
" No! Never, never, from such a
party!"
The mother was seen that day, with
her infant son, walking upon the greater
thoroughfare. In his right hand the
little boy bore a miniature flag pf the
American Union. Interwoven wit!
the bars of white and scarlet, and just
beneath the stars which are emblems
of the States, were the words— "The
Constitution and Democracy.—No Pro-
scription !"
" Oh ! my little fellow I" cried a
Know-nothing, "this is not the right
flag!"
" Yes. sir !'' said'the mother, "that is
the true flag. " Keep it, my son !"'
"Straws Show," etc.—"I can tell
all the Know-nothings in San Antonio,"
said a young lady, the day after the
late election.
" How 2" inquired her lady friend.
" Oh! because they are all carrying
six-shooters. The Democrats are un-
armed."
Vacant Houses.—The Louisville
Courier says that many houses are no.w
vacant, in the upper portion of the city,
and that "It was not so last year."
The Times charges the fact upon tlie
riotous conduct of the Know-nothings
of Louisville.
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Alabama—AntiJinow-nothing.
Oregon,—to be a State, soon.—ditto.
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