The San Antonio Ledger. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 23, 1856 Page: 2 of 4
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SAN ANTONIO L
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Democratic AnU-fcuow-Hothini Ticket
r«a PRESIDENT,
JAMES BUCHANAN,
0 rairaVLTAKU.
TO* VI0E-PRE8IDENT,
JOHN C. BRECKENRIDGE,
OF KENTUCKY.
STATE ELECTORS., *
" W, R. SCURRY.
DISTRICT - AJ. HOOD.
. " . a. j. Hamilton.
itdL Oai thanks are due to Got. Bell fur valua-
ble «lutble public documentó. We have alto to ac
knowledge the retieipt of favora from our Senator*
Jnd Keprcteotatfres at Austin.
Col. Wilson, who liad been in San Antonio
for some days, returned to Austin by the St ge on
Thursday evening. He goes to take possession of bis
office a* Commissioner of the new Court of Claims,
and carries with ltlm the best wishes of this com-
munity for bis success. We regret his departure
from among us and will mlas him much. We are in-
formed that CoL Wilson's house (a new erection) has
been purchased by Gen. Waul, who, with his family,
«HI in future occupy it.
8. A. ft M. 0. Railroad.—We beg to refer to the
advertisements by this company, in the present issue.
It will Be observed that subscription books havp
been opened in Sen Antonio. Victoria, and Gonzales.
Five dollars per share must be paid at the timo bf
subscription, and the balance within fire years, at
such tiipes as the Directors may order, not to escocí!
•twenty per cent, per annum.
We hope the citizens of Bexar will evinoe their
interest In this great undertaking by subscribing
handsomely. They are the parties who wiJJ be most
benefited by the completion of the Railroad, and they
should therefore exert themselves to the utmost on
its behalf. He gives twico who gives quickly.
To Ritt.road Contractos*.—Attention is request-
ed to the advertisement by the S. A. * M. G. Rail-
road Company, for proposals for the construction of
that section of their road between Victoria and the
crossing at the Guadalupe river; alto for building a
•stone bridge across said river; and for the complete
construction of the road from Victoria to San Anto-
nio. Separate proposals are invited for the grading,
ties and iron, of said road, or any part thereof.
C«r*tt Court.—This Court was in session this
week, and was attended by the Chief Justice and all
'the newly elected Commissioners, except Dr. Hous-
ton. Ihe time of the Court was principally occupied
.in receiving and si proving the bonds ol the officers
elected on the 4th inst., and in sweating them in.
We understand that "Bill" Hart, charged
with killing a soldier in the Texas House, in this city,
•ome months since, and who was lately apprehended
in Mexioo and brought here, is to appear before Judge
:Devine, (under a writ of habeas corpu .) in the Court
Jloase, for examination this day.
Wo had much pleasure in meeting Col.
Uuckner yesterday, and were delighted to* find him
in excellent health and high spirits. It will be re-
collected . ti.at the Col. is a candidato for the office
• of Judge in the adjoining new Judicial district'. His
accounts of his reception in the different points of
the district which be has visited during his canvass
-are most flattering, and lead his friends (and they are
¿numerous) to entertain the most sanguine and well-
grounded hope of his succcss. The election eomes
off on Monday next, and we expect to see Col. Buck-
ner her."} the polls bv a very large majority. In e-
lecting him we are well satisfied that his constituent
•cy will have good reason to bo proud of their choice.
csr We are happy t: Sr.ti that- the Xgw York
"Citizen," the most influential Irish-American jour-
nal in the United States, is going for Buchanan. The
powerful pen of the brilliant and famous John Mitch-
ell has been employed to write in favor of the Demo-
cratic candidate, and an able article of his appears in
the last number. No other journal exercises so much
influence with the Irish-Americans as the "Citizen."
Its circulation, as given by the State Census, for 1855,
is 20,000, and yet the New York Herald, in its "list
of New York papers," published on the 22d ult., ig-
nores its existence. Mr. Mitchell is about to write,
for the "Citizen," the brilliant life of Thomas Derm
.Reiily.
Satisfactory arrangements are likely to be
made regarding the settlement of the difficulties with
England. The. Bay Islands, it is said, are to revert
to Honduraa,-on condition that the latter never cedes
or allows any interference with them.
The citizens of Houston, in meeting assem-
bled, elected Mr. T. W. Smith Collector and Treasu-
rer, to raise 912,500, in order to secure $50.000 from
the Legislature to be appropriated ii. improving the
navigation of Buffalo Bayou.
The Bayou City says that a planter, from
the neighltorhood of San Antonio, laii in his supplies
at Houston, last week, and waa greatly surprised at
the cheapness of the different articles in comparison
with other markets. Add to the prico the cost of
transport, and what becomes of the cheapness 1
Putnam,— Household Word ,—and The School
JelltnoAugust numbers. These sterling and valu-
able productions are now before ua. The aim of each
ta to inatruct and amuse, luid at the same time to
improve ita readers while it ministers to their love
of novelty. The enterprising publishers, Messrs.
DIx, Edwards k Co.,- 321 Broadway, New York, seem
determined to deserro success, and wo hope they may
attain it
Mr. Behrcud, Bookseller, is agent for these works,
fib this city.
Blackwood.—We have received tbe July No. of
-this Magazine. It it an interesting one, as will be
seen from the contenta, wbioh are: The Crimean Re-
port and Chelsea Inquiry; Tbo Snow Storm; The
AtheKng; Travels in ^Circatsia; Metamorphoses;
Greece and Italy; The 8oot abroad j Tbe Man of
«Count# j A Special Embasey hi 1698; The Dispute
with A «erica. For term. Á&, of Blackwood, and
tbe Reviews, tee advertisement.
We some time since cautioned oar reidero «gainst
a pretended deaf mute, who projected to be agaat for
Mesero. Scott * Co. Thie Individual appears to be
•till persuing hie impoeture, and it U necessary there-
fore that iba public be on their guard, as Messrs.
.Seott A Co. bate so such agent.
THE UNION
it of the American Union is now
familiar in our moutlie aa Household words." The
tow mention of such a catastrophe was, formerly,
considered treasonable, and what was then but rarely
hinted at is now the general topic of Conversation
and common alike to public and private circles. Bo
much so is this tbe caae thit the very minds of our
slaves are beginning to bo poisoned with ihe hope
that by the disjunction of the confederacy they will
achieve their liberty. la tbe South prepared fur a
realitatim of this contingency—for tbe destruction
of thst Union wlilcb binds together, in a common
brotherhood, the separate and distinct sovereignties
which compose it; t Union which is for the benefit
of one and all these sovereignties, securing, unabated
to each, the inherent rights, dignities and immuni-
ties. belonging to it. The Cons'itutldi is the article
of compact between tl e different States binding them
to one another. It recites the terms' pf agreement,
and in every particular jealously guards and preserves
the rights of the citizens of each State. Factious and
unprincipled men wiih to subvert this Üition. By pre-
senting, for the first time, candidates for the Presi-
dency and Vice-Presidency sectional in their resi-
dence and opinions, the Black Republicans have
enmmi tted an overt ect of die-union. They have pre-
avowed their intention that it is their purpose in e-
lecting their ticket to wrest from fifteen sovereign'
States their rights snd privileges. They have shown
it to be their object, in the election of Fremont, to
subjugate the whole South, and by the exercise of
their superior political power drive it out of the U-
nion. Are they to be permitted to do tliis. Surely
not. The remedy is before us—Buchanan and the
Constitution—State Equality and State Rights. The
Democratic victories ■throughout tho States are omi-
noti8 of the result in November-,—Buchanan and
fire ckenri cipo will be the tliojee of the people. We
do not think there can te a doubt on the subject, for.
notwithstanding the petty local differences, the De-
mocracy, at this juncture, present to thcirantagonists
an unbroken front and serried ranks, and will march
boldly onward, with courage high and hearts elate,
to do battlo on behalf of the Constitution and the
rights and privileges to which each and all are en-
titled under it. The causo is one as glorious and
soul-stirring as ever was coutended for, and the lead-
ers we have chosen aro in possession of, and well de-
serve. our fullest confidence. Victory cannot fail
therefore to be ours. Hear what our chieftain says,
and judge whether he is the man to vote for.
Internal Polity.—" I most heartily pledge myself,
should the nomination by the convention be ratified
by tho people, that all the power and influence con-
stitutionally possessed by tho Executive, shall be ex-
rited in a firm but conciliatory spirit, during the sin-
gle term I elra! 1 remain in office, to restore the same
harmony among the sister States which prevailed be-
fore this apple of discord, in the form of slavery agi-
tation, had been east into their midst."
Foreign Policy.—"Should I be placed in t''e Ex-
ecutive chair, I shall use my best exertions to,culti-
vate peace and friendship with all nations, believing
this to bo our highest policy, as well as our most im-
perative duty."
1 1
Mr._ClKVELAW j
k i ¿Té.
sir, is a dangerous doctrine. All property ia founded
upon tho laws of society. Without society It cannot
exists all is anarchy and confusion, tho strongest
man has the power to take the property and appro-
?riate to himself the acquisitions of" the weaW.
hese things then rest upon the social system for
their basis. Society having recognized and given va-
i
led by the advocates of this bill
who acquires property, lias an n "
I right to dispose of ft after bis
as competent to direct this dil
acq >iire it, or to make any contract rci
Gentlemen seem to forget that when
wills, they are not alwaya in the possession of t
same faculties, as while acquiring property or actfng
in regard to it in the ordinary course of business.
Wills are very frequently made during extreme tll-
t
Ml.
Mr. OicvcLAtin, of Bexar:
the question presented to this
only. In discussing this question it 1
to notiee briefly some positions that
Sumed upon this floor.
It has been said that we hare no right to ccCrcl
the disposition of a man's property by will—thdlso- m
cK'ty hoB no more right to int- rfere with • free ditJf^jT often shortly "before death, when tbo body is
position of property by will, than by contract. This, «¡lee*
imraj . . ^
feelings frequently undergo a change. Sick peri
become influenced by motives that would not ri|«ralc
upon tlic-m in health, and they cease to possess their
usual good sense, sound intellect and di8tt¿u¡natt{
judgment.—Persons in the last estriffihy™ uiseij,
,- , _ - L , *r« peculiarly subject to the influence of those about
lidtty tp the right of property, it .has the right to glnm, nnd under this influence wfflsihave been made
make all necessary regulations to secure and protect I ¡n favor of persons present or of their friends or fa-
enfeebled bv disease and the ffilnrt H correspondingly-
impaired. Under ttic*c circumstances the views and
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NICARAGUA.
A meeting was held in thi* city on the evening of
Friday of last week for tho purpose of hearing a
statement from S. A. Lockridge, Esq., agent for Gen.
Walker. Col. Clemens acted as Chairman, and J. J.
üiddings, Esq.,' as Secretary. Mr. Lockridge favored
the meeting by detailing his three yesra experience
in Central America; and after teading letters from
Gen. Walker, and other gentlemen, he concluded by
calling on the young men of Bexar to-aid the cause
of Independence in Nicaragua, and stated the terms
on which ho wculd arm, equip, and forward them to
that country. At the termination of MrLockridge's
address, on motion, a committee was appointed to
frame resolutions expressive of the sense of the meet-
ing, regarding Nicaragua, and her affairs. In the ab-
sence of the committee Messrs. Anderson, Slack and
Graves, addressed the meeting in terms highly eulo-
gistic of Walker and his little band of heroes, and
expressive of their sense of the great and incalcula-
ble benefits which would resalí from their success,
and the introduction into that country of American
principles and institutions. So far we agroo with
the speakers, but we cannot sec the propriety of their
keeping back the fact that most contradictory re-
ports are received of Walker's popularity ami elec-
tion, and the friendliness of the natives to his Gov-
ernment. On this sulgect tho True Delta saysj
"It is reported, as a general thing, that the natives
look upon the affair as an usurpation, and the election
* f..ree; and that many natives, hitherto friendly, have
declared against tlie Government. Amongst the de-
serters are Col. Mender and Gen. Chillón, the former
of whom fought gallantly for Walker at the battle of
Rivas.
■Rivar. with other disaffected persons, held pos-
session of Leon. Walker's head-quarters are at Gra-
nada, where he has a force of 300 men. Sickness was
said to prevail to an alarming extent, and tho mor-
tality amongst Walker's forccs was very great.
"Other accounts represent Walker as tho idol of
the natives, and sty nothing of sickness among the
troops."
In justice to the parties likely to embark in this
enterprise, we think it right that they should be
made acquainted with the dark as well as the bright
sido of the picture, and with this view wo must dis-
sent from those speakers who painted Nicaragua as
a perfect garden of Eden. That it is anything but
healthy is well known, and persons who have trav-
elled through it say, that in very few localities can
white people enjoy good health.
On the return of tho committee the Chairman read
the resolutions Which had been framed, and these
were unanimously adopted by the meeting. We have
received no copy, and can only say that they were
highly favorable to Walker and to Nicaraguan inde-
pendence.
Previous to the breaking up of tho meeting Mr.
Lockridgo stated that he was obliged to leave for
Austin snd other places, and that, in his absence
Capt. Henry, and Messrs. E. G. Huston and S. A.
Jackson, would afford the requisite information to
intending emigrants, «nd were fall y authorised to act
for bim.
Tub Wsathm.—Still hot, hot, most tremendous-
ly hot, and no appearance of rain. The only •' heavy
wet" abont the place, for a long time past, is Lager
Beer. Our devil, in an enthusiastic vein, hat perpe-
trated tho following.
The sun's perpendicular rays
Illumine tho depths of the sea—
Tho niggers, beginning to sweat,
Cry " golly, how hot we shall be."
ThcM-tQf agmat atorm in the Gulf last
week, which, Jioarcver, it taid not to have affected
Galveston. fears are entertained for the safety of
ihttteamefs Perseverance and Nautilus, but as no re
liable information haa been received we would fain
hop* that these are unfounded.
fry A revolution is now in progress In Spain,
and Gen. Espartero and his Ministers have resigned.
The National Guard at Madrid is almost entirely
diabanded, and terror and doubt appear to prevail
throughout the whole kingdom.
Its possession and enjoyment, in all the departments
and conditions of life.
Another gentleman has spoken of fundamental
principles. 1 ask gentlemen to go back to funda-
mental principles, at they have been termed, to sec
hew property is acquired, how it is left, and then to
decide w he* hit* it is not light and expedient for us
to maintain the present law.
It has licen asserted by some elementary Writers,
thai sll property was originally acquired by oocupan
cy, that it being in a state of nature, the man who
first took any object, as for instance a piece of land,
and reduced it to possession, acquired a right to it.
which lasted during that occupancy, atnl when that
ceased the right of property ceased itlso. Such is
the theory of the first commencement of the right of
property among men.
Out of this grew the right ol inheritance, which is
said to h.aVe originated in this manner: A pi ron
having reduce i to possession property, and occupied
it. that occupancy ttd possession ceased when he
voluntarily abandoned it. Upon his deatli t\ e pn>
perty again became vacant, anil was liable to be
seized niid appropriated by any other person. Those
who were about him at the time of his decease, as
his children, near relatives, or servants, being upon
the spot when the property became vacant, were on
hand to step in and renew the occupancy, and by
long acquiescence in this usage the right of inheri-
tance is supposed to have become established.
There is nothing in the natural law that gives a
mar, the right of holding or controlling his property,
after his physical ability to do so ha3 ceased by
death, and consequently there can be no natural right
to will it, or to determine its disposition after his
decease.
Whence,' then, is derived this right to dispose of
property by will? From the laws of society. If
this right is created by society, and depends upon it
for its very existence, society certainly must possess
the right to regulate and control its exercise, and
this is what we contend for. This being a matter
that depends solely upon the social system, and has
its foundation in the social compact, it is subjccPto
such rules end regulations as the community may
see proper to make 111 regard to it, and as may be
deemed "best not only for individual, but fur the gen-
eral welfare.
Having shown that society possesses tho right, tve
who represent this groat political community, also
possess the right to regulate these matters, t<j"6Xer-
oise a prudent control overall things that bear upon
the social system, and affect onr social relations, and
none influence them inore than the disposition of
property.
It is contended by the friends of tho bill, that a
man who acquires property, has the .natural right to
dispose of it in his life time, to takfe edict after his
death ; that he -can de'ermine wlxuraall hold, possess
and enjoy it, after his oivn power fo do so has ceased:
that he has the right to make this disposition while
tiring either by contract or otherwise, provided it is
accompanied by an exchange or transfer of posses-
sion is undisputed; but if he retains his property un-
til his death, lie holds it as long as he is capable of
exercising control over it, and toevpposu this control
to exist after death, is to suppose a power in him to
enforce it; that he can act when ho has neither a na-
tural nor a legal existence.
This right of disposing of the property of a de-
ceased person exists somewhere; it descends with
the inheritance to his children a.iul relative*. if there
bej)j£MÁ!i&¡££Jtt! are no l>ciro,lt~rKC|Mi^«9 .thpStaje,
, .„ t preíent i
vorites, to the exclusion of abscrt children or reta
tiret, under circumstancet where the want of the ne-
cessary mental capacity could not be proved, and
thus children and heii* have been wrongfully de
franded of that which should have been theirs.
By retaining the present law, no such injustice can
take place. The adoption of this biil opens a door to
all these abuses.
One gentleman has said that the common law rule,
as advocated in this bill, is in force almost every-
where, and ho objects to our present law because "it
is derived from tlte civil law. Provisions similar to
our own exist ra almost all the countries' of conti-
nental Europe, where civil law prevails, and especially
in France. Prussia and Belgium. The common law
regulation contended for, forms the exception, and
not the general rule of civilized nations.
It is of itself a great argument in favor of onr pre
•lent law. that most ef the common law lawyers in
this House, who ,have come into Texas with all the
prejudices resulting Irom early education and ussoei
ations, who have seen the evils arising frOin allowing
every man to dispose of his property by will, at his
pleasure, without regard to those natural ties that
should bind him to his children, and who have also
«itnessed the operation of our system, have become
its strongest and warmest advocates.
It Deems to mo, sir, that this law has Worked well.
It has been in operation here since Texas has been a
separate, government. There is no just cause of com-
plaint againrt it, and it would now, I conceive, be
highly impolitic to change it.
no hciro,^ oKeh*^ «J" rlie State, maiuritv xif the House voted to let in Heeik-r as the
it becomes tbe profSrty^if-ítié irefegatefróm Kansas, although it fe notbrtons that
1 fiDVEtlTISEMENT.J
[R-oni the State Times.)
Itcgrctable Circumstance.
We aro informed, from a reliable quarter, that
there Is a county in Texas entirely controlled by a
cliquc of ignorant men, misguided by a more igno-
rant. attorney, with the view to exercise a dictatorial
power among the community.
Such Combinations provoke on our part the follow-
ing observations:
In a democratic country like our?, such pretension*
are here stated arc baffled by the laws invariably
omnipotent.
Sítame and ruin must be the fate of any abuse of
poiyl*; and we predict sucli results sosoou as a high-
er court than the comity court has ft chance to in-
terfere iawTully in the matter.
In that case the guilty will bo called to order, and
silenced by the irrevocable decrees of our laws, after
having incurred penalties and damages according to
circumstances. * *
♦
In the contested election 1 etivecn Whitfield
and Reeder, lately decided by the House ot Repre-
sentatives, not one member from any Southern State
voted for Reeiler or against Whitfield, the qestion
being taken separately, first, that Whitfield was not
entitled to the seat, and secondly, that Reeder is,
Whitfield, as it will be remembered, was elected
delegate without opposition, at a regular election,
ordered according to law by the territorial authori-
ties. Reeder was voted for at irregular poll*, called
by the freo State party without color of law, mere
partisan gatherings of anti-slavery men. r Tlie anti-
slavery m <jori,y> in the House determined not to ad-
mit Whitfield; although ite had the certificate of the
Governor, and nO opponent r.t the polls; and a large
jof the House voted to let in Iteeder as the
Targe.
Property being a creature of society, and depend-
ing upon it for its existence, and society possessing
the right of making all necessary regulations in re-
gard to it fcr the general benefit of its members, it
can transfer that right to others, and has, by express
law or by long acquiescence and usage, conferred the
power to make testamentary dispositions, sulj'ect
however to such restraints as it has thought' proper
to throw around it. This right of testamentary dis-
position being derived from society, is to be exercised
in such a manner as may most conduce to the public
interest, and be most consistent with public policy.
The argninent in regard to tho power of controll-
ing and regulating testamentary dispositions having
been briefly dismissed, 1 shall say but little in regard
to tl« relative merits of the present law, and the bill
under consideration.
According to our law, tliere is a natural obligation
on the part of the patent to provide a support tor his
children if they need it. and this obligation can be
enforced upon his projerty; and yet when he dies,
by the operation of this bill, this obligation can be
mado to tease, and the property, which daring his
life time was suljcct to tbe support of his children,
may by liis arbitrary will be wholly transferred to
another, and thus released from that obligation.
A parent who possesses wealth generally educates
his children in accordance with the position ho occu-
pics. They naturally arc led to suppose that that
condition will continuo after his decease; they arc
induced to believe that they will succeed to the prop-
erty which he as tho head of the family possesses,
and their views, expectations and course of living are
regulated accordingly. The children of tho rich are
not generally as well fitted to begin life without
means, to the use and enjoyment of which they have
been accustomed, and to struggle with poverty, as
the children c f the poor, and to disinherit them ar-
bitrarily and throw them upyn their own resources,
without those means which they have a just reason
to expect. 13 an act of injustice to them, and an in-
jury to the community at Urge.
If a person has children, it is a duty he owes tllem
and to society to make a reasonable provision for
them after his. death. I t is a liarth exercise of pow-
er to leave thera penniless, and liable to become a
burilen to the community. I seo no reason why the
exercise of this power, arbitrarily and without just
causc, should be permitted.
The natural law will indicate, and tire natural feel-
ings and affections will suggest, that when a person
dies liia property should be divided equally among
his children. An equal division cannot violate any
natural sentiment, or offend our sense of right and
justice. It would seem that any other disposition
must result from a perverted fueling or misplaced
affection.
The, law in foroc in this State is in accordance with
these principles. When a person is willing that his
property should bo disposed of for the equal benefit
of his cltildrcn, the law does not prevent, it. When,
however, misguided affection or perverted feeling in-
duces bin to violate this naturkl duty, tho law steps
in, and deda.es that this disposition shall bo made in
accordance with what is recognized by tbo great
mast of mankind as most consistent with the dictates
of natural feeling and justice. If tho parent should
be justified in disinheriting his child on account of
gross misconduct of tho child, he is permitted to do
so, for causes specified in the law. if there is a rea-
son or necessity that one child should have a greater
share than tho others, or that any other equitable
provision should be made, the law leaves a sufficient
margin for that purpose, and gives the parent the
absolute disposal of one-fourth. If he has no chil-
dren. he can do with the whole as he may see fit.
The equal division of property among children and
heirs, is one of the essential principles of republican-
ism, for by this system it is almost impossible that
large fortunes can accumulate and be continued in
the samo family more than one or two generations.
The power of unlimited disposition by will contra-
venes this policy by permitting parents to concen-
trate their property upon a favorito child to tbe ox-
elusion of the rett, and the satAe system kept tip by
a proud and ambitious family, would as effectually
lock up property as a law of primogeniture.
he represented nothing but tlie Abolition.party, and
was chosen hi direct con tempt of the law.
There were eighty-eight man who voted to com-
mit this outrage, hut not a man among thciu from
any slaveholding State.
It was base enough to refuse tho scat to Whit-
field, who was entitled to it on every principle of law
and justice, ns much as Speaker Bunks to his own.
One hundred and ten members. however, voted
against him, but not a Southern man in the lift.
The «Northern men who also supported Whitfield
were Cadwalader .of Pennsylvania, Denver of Cali-
fornia, English of Indiana, Florence of Pensylvaina,
Fuller of Maine, Harris «C Illinois, Herbert of Cali-
fornia. Marshall of Illinois, Miller oflnJinna, Peek
of Michigan, Richardson of Illinois, Vail f.W.v Jer-
sey, twelve in all, who have not gone in to the fana-
tical cxitoment which has led one hundred and ten
members from the free States to vote a lawfully elec-
fo/.p " ~
hich Is about tp
sr in t Fremh regiuietit of Uhss-
and tltlet if one of the flrtt*trl-
do.nt of Great Britain. The st iry go#t thai, tla* We
Earl, having sundry reasons for residing on the con-
tinent, had ceased for many years before hit death to
I I hit i
tltm In i
>or trumpeter
o th# estate
hold any communication with Ins-'fiutiHy.
then, the law vert despatched
«•jy anil
to Fon-
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an ac-
my lord,
the forest,
talnelileau, where the Utu Karl bad taki
idence, wmilit^ring ba'.k t e most elteei
the heir apparelu to the title. In the sin
count coni-erning^he misaothropl
who would wandelyilonj^rtioli:
sometimes, indeed, ¿«naming away for dsys together,
and living in the hut of a sabot maker, situated in
tho very bosom of the wood. But tho lawyer, whose
hurry to get back to roast beef and coal fires evi-
lentiv marred his professional clearness of under-
standing. was completely at fault in Ins calculation.
His lordship did not wander ''alone" in the forest,
neither did lie remain in solitude when there. The
sabot maker had a daughter, of powerful mind, voice,
and manner, before whom Ins lor lRhip a ion learned
to tremble like a Tittle child. The trumpeter we
spcik of lias in his possession certain documents
brought to light by the circiunstanoc of lying next to
an English soldier in an ambnlanrc before Sevasto-
pol, which give at this moment sleepless nights snd
aching liearts to a noble English Inmily, whose high
position about the English Court renders tliom pecu-
liarly conspicuous.
These documents prove that the powerful mind of
the sabot maker's daughter was too much for my
lord. And that just before the birth of the trumpeter
she had acquired tho right of placing tho coronet of
countess on a brow remarkable, it appears, fot the
bump of decision, which was developed to an extra-
ordinary degree. But neither the powerful mind nor
decision of character colild avail sho died in giving
birth to the trumpeter, whose infancy being spent in
the sabot maker's hut. without tiie smallest care or
acknowledgment. saVe from his maternal ereat-grand-
father, who, believing him to be the child-of shame,
had Bought rather.io conceal than display his exist-
ence. It was tbe singularity of a French soldier
bearing an English Christian name, which lei to the
liscovery we mention; for the days and nights seem
very long to a man stretched on a canvafs bed and
unable to move from an Ugly wortnd im <1* shoulder
and in such case what can a man so situated do but
talk to his neighbor about bis own affairs? The En-
glish soldier, rather a troublesome customer, who has
been a lawyer's clerk In a little place iu Wales, and
enlisted from disappointed love, has found some-
where means of pursuing the affair in favor of his
friend the trumpeter, and will not allow tlie latter to
omproinile the affair on any terms. A curious sum
is nightly beheld in the good old town of Fontalne-
bleau; two Englishmen at the Cheval füeau, drinking
braiidy and water together, and v. bo, having come
hither for the adverse parties in tlieatiiir, have been
«11 day long busy—the one in ransacking the whole
place for the witnesses of the marriage of Lord ,
the other in limiting up tbe proofs of his Lordship's
Inanity, so as to annul the marriage altogether. Al-
thougli much endeavor is made to Imsli the alfair, it
has got abroad amoog the initiated few. and opinion
is all in favor of the just and undeniable claims of the
lucky trumpeter.— [English paper.
The New York papers contain queer adver-
tisements. The following is one of them:
Somebody, being very desirous of \ ¡siting the
White Mountains, wishes to find another Somebody
who has the same inclination. The first Somebody
being a lady', it would be more agreeable that the
secoud Somebody should be a gentf<>ii'i>n- Moreover.
a3 ihe first Somebody is pai^wirtirly fond of fine
horses, good driving and pleasant 'Company, these
qualifications would be essential in second Somebody,
who would.also be expected to foot t[ie bills, and
would bo fully appreciated by first Somebody. Ad-
dress Jessie, Brooklyn Postofficc.
Washington'* Lust Moments.—Gov. Wise, of Vir-
inia, Delivered an oration on •' the Fourth," in which
he thus described the last inoiucnti of Washington:
He died as he lived, and w! at a beautiful economy
there was in this death 1 Not a faculty was iinpair-
d. not an error marred the moral of his lite. At
sixty-six, nor. quite three score year and ten, bo was
taken away, whilst his examine ivas perfect... lit
to«k cold, slighted the symptons,saying. "Let it go a«
itcAine." In the morning of the 4th if December.
99, he fell severe Illness;called in his overH-er. Mr.
Rawlings. to bleed him, lie was agitated, and Wash-
ington said to him. "Don't be afraid." Wlivn about
to tie up his arm. he said .vrtli difficulty, •'more."
After all .efforts has failed, he designated tlie paper
he meant for his will, then turned to Tobias Lear and
said, " I find 1 am £«mg; my breath cannot continue
lung. I believed from <!*.■ first it «■mild be fatal.
Do you.arrange my accounts and settle.my books, as
you know more about them then any one else, and
let Mr. Rawlings finish recording my other letters
which Im has begun," Between 5 and 6 o'clock he
said to his physican. Pr. Craik, '• I feel myself going;
yon had better nut take any more trouble about me.
but let me go off quietly; I cannot lost long." Shor-
ted representative of a territory out of his seat. me-1 ily u ter. again he said, " Doctor, 1 die hard; Imt I
•«nlir (ji niim «> hdliti/Mil (lilvQiifKTP fit lliii iinniniut r\t' . . r.. • .1 « - T t !• i i> i . . . %
rely to give a political advantage to the enemies of
slavery.—N. O. Picayune.
The Gajsettc saya, that "great exertion is being
made in tbe Legislature to pass tlie bill to provide
for the increase of the Common School Fund by a
sale of the public domain within tbe Mississippi and
Pacific railroad reserve."
Gov. Peaso has vetoed tho bill "for the relief of
individuals who settled as prc-emptors, or who made
locations by virtue nf genuine certificates within the
Pacific railroad reserve." The Governor thinks "if
the reservation is to be opened to a class of persons
who bad no subsisting right therein when it was
made, it ought to bo opened equally to every per-
sons who holds a land certificate."
The following is the rcsu't of tho first election
held in the new county of Live Oak:
J. Powell was elected Chief Justice; Messrs. Lew-
is, Walker. Gamble and O'Haley, County Commis-
sioners; Mr. Mayes, Sheriff; A. McNeill , District
Clerk; A. P.Baker, County Clerk; Mr. Kinlattd,
Treasurer. Mr. Mernman, Assessor and Collector;
J. F. Glides, Coroner.
Between 90 and 109 votes were polled.
Hon. David S. Tkrrvj — A meeting of the citi-
zens of Houston was held on Saturday, the 9th inst.,
for live purpuie of expressing an opinion in relation
to the present situation $f Judge l). S. Terry, of Ca-
lifornia. Resolutions were passed expre-sive of their
sympathy for him in hit present situation as a pris-
oner, under the Vigila nee Committee, and of tho
utmost confident in his uprightness of deportment
as a gentleman, a citizen ami á soldier— having re-
sided in this State, and well known by tlie citizcns as
a brave and chivalrous mail.
am not afraid to go. I believed from my firs tat tack
I should not survive it. My breathcannot last long.
About 10 o'oclock he made several at tenqita to speak
to Mr. Lear, and at last said, "I am just going.
Have nic decently buried, and do not let my body In-
put into the vault in less than two days after Í am
dead." Lear say , i; I bowvd assent. He looked at
me again, and said, " Do you understand nH'71 I re-
plied,' Yes, sir.1 "'Tis well." said he. And these
were his last words, and 'tis well'bis last words were
'•'lis well," dust before he expired he felt his own
pulse;his hand fell from his wrist, and Oeorge Wa -
liington was bo more.
Washing Recipe.—To each pound of common hard
soap odd from one-half to three quarters of an ounce
of common borax, with one quart of water. Put
the water in any convenient vessel upon the stove,
add the borax, somewhat pulverized, and then put in
the soap cut up in thin pieces. Keep them hot.—but
not boiling—for two or three hours, or until the
whole is well dissolved, and then Bet it aside to cool,
when a solid mass will he formed. If the vessel is
set upon tho warm stove at night, the operation will
bo completed in the morning, though we think it bet-
ter to stir the mass just before it. is cooled.
The night before washing, rub the clothes where
most soiled, with tho soap and soak in the water till
morning. This soap, which has been more than
doubled in quantity, will go quit as far, bulk for
bulk, as the original, thus saving at least one half.
The boiling and washing are to be performed in the
usual manner; but it'will be found that the labor of
rubbing is diminished three fourths, while the usual
caustic or eating effect of the soap, is greatly lessen-
ed ; and the hands will retain a peculiar soft am! silky
Rieling, even after a Iai>e washing. The preparation
is adapted to all kinds of fabrics, colored or uiicoiured.
including flannels, and is thought to increase their
whiténeat.—An Agriculturist.
The Spanish Government has promised our Minis-
ter, Mr. Dodge, to make "reasonable arrangements
for the removal from our Cuba trado of tlie present
burdensome restrictions, but declines to pay any
more spoliation claims on account of their unpopula-
rity. It also declines giving such authority to Span-
ish offloci's in Cuba as would e.iabln them at once
to settle-Any disputes with United States authorities,
alledging thai to grant such authority would ho equi-
valent to rendering thu island independent of the
Spanis h crown."
The Washington Star says that charges are
agant to bo preferred before the Ilouse Committee
against Judge Watrous, the United States District
Judge of Texas, against whom similar action waa tak-
en a few years since.
JPJ" It is said that, at the celebration bf ths 4 th
of July, in Binghamton, the Hon. Daniel S. Dickin-
son, the President of tbe day, introduced the follow-
gin toast:
••The Women of the Revolution: Mothers of men
and patriots. The woman of to day—Hoop J hyop!
hoop! hurrah"
ifce of Jl)í JtedijeK
Acstin, August 20th, 185C.
-
i of the Legislature is being transacted
rale. The Senate passed about 50' billa
ist of them of t private character,
e'^cominittee have reported in favor of Ci-
bolo county, Senator Supervicle and two others mak-
ing a minority report, l'be bill was called up this
morning but postponed.
' Tbe Penal Code, and the Cod* of Criminal Proce-
dure, have posted both Houses. The Revised Sta-
tutes, and Code <>f Civil Procedure, will not tie touch-
ed. Tho bill for the Western Raiboad has passed
both Houses, over the Governor's veto; the Housu
first sustained the Governor, but ou reconsideration
two-thirds voted against the veto.
A bill has passed both Houses repealing the Pre-
emption law of 1654; also a bill opening the Pacific
Reserve. It will bo open for location from and after
the first of next march. Settlers are permitted to
buy the lands occupied by them at 50 cents («raeré.
The Spanish language bill lor Justice's Courts has
passed the ilouse. '1 he House tho other day refuted
to engross the bill providing for the payment of thosu
creditors of the old Republic whose claims were ac-
knowledged to be duo to their full amount. Tho
hill proposed to pay them tho difference between 78
ccnts, the amouut paid by tho United States, and th*
-dollar.
A bill makiug further additions to the School Fun i,
and proposing to loan it to Railroads, was lost this
morning in the House.
It is expected that the Legislature will adjourn on
the 1st proximo. The Governor holds ¡i Urce ou
Saturday night. This is rather lite for a commence-
ment one would tfink, but ''better late limn never."
Yours, in haste, 1NDKX.
tCf* We stop tlie press to stale that
we havg jusl received the Gulvestou
Newsgiving an account of -the
entire wreck of the steamer Nautilus—
the loss of til her passengers, (thirty in
number,) crew, and freight. Two hun-
dred persons have, also, been drowned
on Last Island, during- the lale storm
on the Gulf. The Perseverance arrived
at Galveston on Tuesday evening.
TO ItAlliltOAl) CON TRACTORS.
e (Iffii-e of the San Aiii mio and Mexican Gu'f
J ' Ilat'.rotid Company.
San Antonio, Texas, August 12tli, 1850.
SEPARATE, Sealed Proposals, will be received at
this Office, until the first Monday of December
next, for the constructioh of tlrnt section ol the San
Antonio and Mexican Gulf Ilnilxaid UjUveip i|,„
town of Victoria and the crossing at the (inadalnpo
River; also for the bnihimg of a Stone Rriilge over
said ltiver; and also for the Complete construct ion
if the whole road from Victoria to the city of Sun
Antonio. Separate proposal are also invited h.r the
uiiAMNG, Tits, and iron, of said read, or ai y part
thereof.
Proposals EhoOld be addtvsred to the aiitstnber,
endorsed " Proposals for Constrnetio i."
Jé.A. PASCHAL.
30-tlstd, Pies't S. A. £ ,\J. (!. It. I!.
SAJf AN rosso ANO MLXKUX CUH
RAIL ROAD.
BOOKS of subscription fur Capital Stock in the San
Antonio and Mexican Gulf Rail lioad .©mpaiiy,
ivi 1 be opened and continue open, until jlw'püi! <1 é.y
of September next, in Sail Antonio, uncjt*/ ¿¡ip sjijjei-
inteiin'eiice of Hon. J. 1). McLcoil, Hon. if. ¡Mave-
rick, and F. Gimul, Ettjr.; in the Vow'n of Victoria
under the superintendence of Ji-aseO. Wheeler. Km;.;
and in the town of tionzalis under the superiiitei -
delire of E. P. Helhnger, William t'eck, and Ii. f.
Parker. Esq'. r
Fue dollars a share will Wrrquired to bo paid on
subscribing, and the balance within live years, at such
times as tho Directors inky order, not to CMted
twenty per cent, per' iinnuui,'
J. A. PASCÍIiVti.
Vn-Avri. A. A M, (1. tí. R.
San Antonio, August 12th, lHD(|.-^-8Cr-t-Istii;
KOTicii.
During my absence Mr.CtiAHi.fs tl. Fisnrii is fully
uuthorined to transact all Imsiress on njV'pCfojiiit. "
CHARLES iCHElSCIl.
San Antonio, Aug. 1& 'SC.— 29-3Í.
SitHCli Of KISMOVAL.
I HEREWITH inform inv friends, and tho Public
t generally, that 1 have now removed my store to
my new (Stone Building in Cominer o Street, oppo-
site Rose <fc McCarthy's store.
EM AN. MOKE.
emaxukl mok*. icon ¡hoki:.
NOTICE OF CO-PA It TN Kit SHll*.
THIK undersigned respect fully inform the Pul lie
that tliey liavu, this day, formed a co-partnership,
under the firm of
MOKR & nitOTIIER.
The accounts and books of the late firm arc In tbo
hamU of Em M"kc, and all persons indebted to said
firm, either by note or account, arc requested to call
and make early settlements with the same.
MOKE & BROTHER.
San Antonio, August 1, 1856.—29-4t.
STRAY HIJ OH HTOl.tlN,
PROM the ¿Subscriber, living at Comanche Spring-,
t- Gillespie County, Texas, three bead of horses,
vir : One bay American mare, right or nine yetrs
old, about fiftrcifhaiid* high, thick set. has a sear on
hind pasture joint—no brand; One, diltn, six or st<v
en years old, branded PS jui the thigh, a d J (en-
closed in a circle) on the shoulder: One roan I ori-o
colt, year old, heavy sel —lió brand. A libera1 re-
ward will be given for their delivery or information
leading to their recovery.
TIIOMAS II. SHUGART,
Fredericksburg, Texas.
July 15 th. 1850.—20-4t.
| Seal. ^
Intercourse Resumed.—It is stated that Mr
Lumley mid one or two of his associates of tiio
British legation have relnrood to Washington, and
that communications have lately Leon exchanged be-
tween tlie State Department and the legation show-
ing a resumption of intercourse.
Good News.—A roaring Republican rushed up to
a knot of persons on the corncr, a day or tito since,
and rubbifig his hands gleefully, exclaimed v
'•Good news! more good news from Kansas I"
"What is it!" said the quid nuncs, all attention.
"Another encounter, two free State men killed
and two more to be hung 1" and away went the he-
rald to communicate the joyful intelligence to fresh
listeners.— Orleans (N. \.j Rep.
Mr. Hoffman, the Republican candidate for Lieu-
tenant Governor of Illinois, who came to Illinois in
1840, was naturalized in 184G, and it now thirty-
four years old, hat resigned, on discovering that he
It ineligible to tbe office for which he was nominated,
under a provision of the State constitution requir-
ing that the Lieutenant Governor shall bo thirty-
five years of age, and fourteen years a citizcn of the
United States.
\
ESTRAV NOTICE.
TIIE STATE OF TEXAS, i
County of Bexar. y
WAS taken up by Luis Sanchii, snd estrayed be-
fore J. Malloy, Esq., J. P., Precinct No. 2. a
brown Spanish' lí.irse, branded (Spanish mark, re-
sembling N,) about 4 years old, and appraised by
Juan Hernandez titer Ramon ChaIderon,at twenty
dollars.
Witness my hand and the seal of
the County Court of said county at of,
flee in San Antonio, thit 22 d day of
July. A. D. 1S5C.
SAM S. SMITH, Clk. C. C. B. Co.
By EnwAttD Mii.es, Dep'i
San Antonio, July 26th, le
NOTICE.
IHERE is offered for sale, very cheap for cash, tftmo
of the most valuable and -desirable LANDS in
Bexar connty. claimed by tho heirs of Jose Maris
Salinas. All tho interests of those heirs can now
be purchased, or their rights to some of the best
lands on the Atascosa creek, in lots to tult pur-
chasers.
Dun Jutn do los Santot Coy has full power to
make the?e sales for til parties interfiled.
Apply to him at the olllco of J. Antonio G. Navar-
ro. on the west side of tho Military square, or to
R. Howard Ésq. n25-tf *
notice! 4
ON and after the Í5tb of September next, the un-
dersigned will purchase at the Quartet-mister's
Depot, in opon market, in such quantities at It may ,
bo offered for sale, 40.000 bushclt ofgood, merchant-
able corn, shelled and sacked, and will pay iherefor
at tho rate of 50 centt per bothel of 56 poundt. Th«
sacks will be paid for or returned, according to tgree<
ment at the time of purchase.
E. E. McLEAN, (Apt. A. Q.M.
Asiistant Qnartermaater't Office, , '
July 14, 1866. 26r6t,
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