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Saturday, Feb. 11,1854.
I Senate.—House bill, making appro-
,; priations for the use and support of the
j. State Government for the years 1854 and
■"=" 11855, and other purposes, amended and
AUSTIN, SATUKDAY, FEBRLAR1 18,1854 passed, The House concurred in the
TERMS.—Three dollars per annum, invariably m ! amendments of the Senate to said bill.
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amendment from the Senate, taken up;
and the amendment concurred in by tbe
House.
A bill to repeal a Joint Resoution for
! the punishment of vagrants, approved
! 10th January, 1839, taken up; bill read
! 3rd time and passed.
The NeM
This will soon
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ADVERTISING.—For each square of ten lines.
• leas, one dollar for the first insertion, and fifty
cant* for -each subsequent insertion. Advertise-
ments net marked with the number of insertions de-
sired, will he continued until otherwise ordered.
aad charged accordingly. A liberal discount will
b« made to those advertising by the year.
Announcement of Candidates" for State offi- ! Male and Female Academy, passed
co^tlStions of. The Senate concurrcd in the amend-
a private or personal nature, will be charged at the i xnents of rhe House to the following bills:
e rates as advertisements. j Bm ^ county of Johnson ;
IS> On Wednesday there was a fall! Bill regulating Justices Courts in the
of snow in this vicinage. For some | City of San Antonio; and
years past there has been a fall of sleet \ BUI to grant 94 section of land of 640
.or mow near the middle of February. j acres each to the Galveston and Brazos
— — i Navigation Company.
_ James T. Lytle, Est)., a Senator j jjouse's substitute for Senate's bill,
™ the legislature of this State is dead. , SUpp]emental to* an act to incorporate the
A bill for the relief of James H. Tom,
Mr. Scott offered a resolution, which i taken up; read 3rd timfe and passed,
was adopted, giving the chaplain the j A bill to be entitled "An Act, regnla-
samc per diem pay for his services as j ting Justices courts in the citv of San
other officers of the Senate receive. j Antonio, taken up; bill read 3rd time
House bill, to incorporate Church Hill I an<j passed.
A bill to define the 3rd Judicial Dis-
or-
«a BUI.
ejthe all-absorbing po-
litical topic. -Its agitajtioli bids fair to re-
open the discussion upon slaverv and to
produce the intense excitement ever con-
sequent upon such discussion
In regard to the subject
Herald remarks:
Corre p«idrnce of the State Time#.
AsApiiis. Tennessee, 1
' January 24th, 1854. j
Dear Tijks: Has it ever occurred to
you that the our which I sat out from Tex-
i as to make, -us wholly out of season ? It; holding
, ^ =: is a fact, I'-aiisported with the usual
' c " ./-celerity of,/ sVim, from one of the most
' j genial ofj eliios. within fourteen days. I
Senator Douglas' new Nebraska bill is j*ain in a frozeiregion. My blood is thin,
reported to have thrown a large number 1 and when ice-vegotten winds pour tliem-
of Congressmen into the greatest confuv^*7oIves" along he frozen earth, sudden
sion and excitement. -Seve&fr^aScuses " *" " ~ "
old men ami women. The males were aid of Father McClintoick whose name'
mostly sharp-visaged seniors with low flat could not hear. But ai I gazed upon hit
foreheads, wrinkled and shaded by coarse stout-bow-legs and fine fcrawny back and
wirey gray hair: and the preponderence arms, which contrasted;strongly^wit^ihis
of ears, cheeks and jowls over the brain- i little fiat head, I discovered thathe might
domes of thought" gave the have done a fine business at the lumber
! whole of the male gender present some-; trade if he had not been called to preach
thing of the appearance of a gang of! against slavery, the constitution and the
large Chimpanzees or Bornean baboons, j bible. His black brows met over a sharp
The women bore a family likeness to the : liawk-billed nose whose bridge separated
men. They were generally beardless, 1 two big blue eyes with large pupils which
but exhibited in form and feature nothing dilated and glowed like a madman's.
Hunting.—The hunt mentioned be-
low is not easily surpassed by the most
practised sportsmeu. The coast offers
more facilities for fowling than the up-
lands. The numbers given in the prece-
ding note may very properly go forth as
a challenge to any hunter in these re-
gions.
Mr. Editor: If you deem the follow-
ing worthy of publication, you are at lib-
erty t0rd0-|ptV__ -
" Two gentlemen of this city shot in a
day and a half the following summary of
wild fowl *^12 geese, 100 mallard ducks,
13 golden eye do., and 2 summer do.,
mating a total of 127 head. Our neigh-
bors of Bastrop county^from all accounts,
can probably beat this in point of num-
bers, but when it is remembered that it
was nearly all done by single shots on
the wing, we hazard the assertion from
oar knowledge of the sporting capacities
af the gentlemen referred to* they will be
found hard to beat.
Loait Bill.-—In order that the people
may judge of the character of this bill,
it is published to-day. It is in the shape
in which the Senate rejected it.
Peterson's Magazine.—The Febru-
ary number of Peterson's Ladies Nation-
al Magazine, has a number of original
articles and some embellishments. This
work may be recommended to the ladies.
Nobth British Review.—The No-
vember number has just come to hand.'—
The following table of contents will give
some idea of the interesting reading mat-
er it contains:
Life and Times of Madame de Stael;
Protestantism in Italy; American No-
vels; John de Wycliffe, D. D.; Language
and Literature of Modern Greece; Can-
dle .making and Christianity; Domestic.
, service—N^lly Armstrongs Weld's His-'
tory - -
and
Eutt the State Gazette and
of" tbe Bo;
Pqlitical
itions oif -Russia
ons
MM
Journal.—This
uodi^al ^jo^iits much valuable reading
tnatter. il Ittttrated by a numWr of
h JFaTtuc 13^21 mjiber
rUy; Facetiae.
Brownsville and Rio Grande Railroad
Company, approved Feb. 7, '53, passed.
House bill to provide for the establish-
ment of cotton and woollen factories in
the Penitentiary, passed.
Mr. Jowers introdnced a joint resolu-
tion to provide an office for the Attorney
General. Read three several, times and
passed. ••
Mr. Keeuan offered the following re-
solution,
Resolved,
Times newspapers be furnished and for-
warded to each member of tlie Scnate as
heretofore, until the journals and debates
are published: Provided, the publica-
tion shall be made within one month from
the adjournment of the Legislature; and
the Reporter shall be allowed the same
per diem pay, during the time he may be
engaged in bringing up his work, not to
exceed one month.
'The Senate receded from its amend-
ments to the House's bill, to authorise
the County Courts to issue unconditional
headright certificates, where conditional
certificates onlv have issued, bv a vote of
13 to 9.
Mr. Hill offered a resolution which was
agreed to, requiring the Secretary of the
Senate to remain in charge of, arrange,
and file away, the papers, &c., of the
Senate for two weeks after the adjourn-
ment of the session, for which he receives
the same per diem as heretofore.
The Senate concurred in the amend-
ment of the House to a bill to re-organ
isc the Cook and Denton county Land
Districts
House bill to amend the 2d section of
an act entitled an act to amend the 2d
and 7th sections of an act to organize the
Supreme Court of the State of Texas,
approved Nov. 30th, 1850, passed.
^House bill to locate3 the seat of justice
^Robertson ooanty, passed, -i-*-
A message wa^ received frOW-jtHe trov-
ernor, appointing O. C. Hartley, John
A. Harris, and;James Willie, Commis-
sioners to codify the laws, civil and.crim
ins], in accordant with the act to that
the present session.—
tment.
trict, and to prescribe the time of hold-
ing courts therein, by leave of the Hoftse,
was introduced and read 1st time: rule
suspended; bill read 2nd time and
dered to be engrossed.
A bill to incorporate the San Anto-
nio Lodge, No 11, of the I. O. O. F.,
taken up; read 3rd time and passed by a
vote of 58 to 2. A
A bill for the relief of Richard M.
Collins, taken up; bill read 3rd time and
passed.
A bill for the relief of James McGloin
taken up; bill read 3rd time and pass-
ed.
A bill to amend an act, to incorporate
the Chappel Hill Male and Female In-
stitute, taken up; bill read 3rd time and
passed by a unanimous,vote of GO.
A bill to amendSn Act, to organize
county courts, approved March 16tn
1848, taken up; bill read 3rd time and
passed.
A bill to grant 94 section of land, of
640 acres each to the Galveston and
Brazos navigation company, taken up;
bill read a 3rd time, and passed by a vote
of 39 to 22.
A bill creating the county of John-
son, taken up; the amendment rccom
mended by the committee adopted; bill
passed to a 3rd reading; rule suspended;
bill read 3rd time, and passed by a con-
stitutional majority.
A bill to provide for the investigation
of land titles, in certain counties therein
named, taken up and made the speeial
order of the day for to-morrow 10 o'clock
A. M.
House adjourned until 9 o'clock A. M
to-morrow.
February 11th, 1854.
House.—A bill supplementary to an act
to incorporate the Brownsville and Rio
Grande railroad company, approved
Feb. 7th 1853; read 1st time; rule sus
pend; bill read 2nd time and passed to
3rd reading; rule further suspended; bill
read 3rd time and passed.
A bill to provide for the investigation
of land titles in certain counties therein
named; read 3rd time-and passed.
Bill to incorporate the town *' Inde-
pendence passed.
A bill relating and restricting the
sale of spirituous liquors; read 3rd
and passed^ - ~ -"*1 '*** 12.
T?jH for Reuben and John
?iAe£ i t time and passed.
the town .of Cor-
. Table
Tire Whig Almanac.—The receipt
of the Whig Almanac for 1&24 is ac-
knowledged. It contains much valuable
diplomatic and statistical information.
Business at Columbia.—The an-
nexed extract from the Democrat will
give an idea of the business being done
at Colombia:
The amount of Cotton shipments from
this' point np to date will be seen from
the following statement. We omit the
receipts there being but about 100 bales
in hand and Waiting shipment.
Shipped during Dec. and
January 1412
previously, since Sept. 1st. 821
Total, 2233
Quite a large amount of sugar and mo-
lasses has been taken off. The Bell is
begmmg to make more {regular trips.
Extraordinary low tides have prevented
her taking full freights. The largest
amount yet taken at any one trip was
about 275 tons. The ' Columbia' left
New York for this place about the mid-
dle of last month. Up river steamers
are waiting for a chance to move.
Tim subjoined article from the Leon
Pioneer will suit .other points in this
State. We can say to several millions of
people " come on—we have room for all
of you.".
We have noticed quite a number of
stranggre in town of late, the most of
v« grave of
J'-'Stfcsou; recti .j^ree seve-
f-^sscd unanimously^-—
1854.
HorsB.—A bill to inverj«va.te Tyler
University, read 1st time; ride suspend-
ed; bill read 2nd time; rule further sus-
pended; bill read 3rd time and passed by
a vote of 53 to 7.
A bill to fix the salaries ' of certain
State officers, taken up; a committee of
conference appointed; report of commit-
tee received and adopted; bill passed.
An Act to amend the 22nd section of
™i act to regulate railroad companies,
approved Feb. 7th 1853, reported by
committee on internal improvements;
bill read 2nd time; rule suspended; bill
read 3rd time and passed.
A bill to incorporate the Chambers
transportation company, taken up; read
1st time; rule suspended; bill read 2nd
time and passed to 3rd reading; rule
further suspended; bill read 3rd time
and passed by a vote of 46 to 14.
A bill making appropriations for the
support of government for the year 1854
and 1855 taken up; read 2nd time and
ordered to be engrossed; rule further
suspended; bill read 3rd time and pass-
ed.
A bill for the relief of certain persons
therein named (omnibus bill) with an
amendment from the Senate, taken up;
amendment concurred in by the House.
A Senate bill to extend the provisions
hrthelast four months, our county has
received considerable accessions, both in
population and wealth. Several substan-
tial worthy, citizens have located in, and
in the neighborhood of Leona. Not-
withstanding our population has increas-
ed so rapidly within the last two or three
yean, still we have plenty of room—lots
of excellent land for corn and cotton
lying idle only lacking the plow of the
farmer to add its bountiful crops to swell
the products and wealth of our county
and country. We invite, then, the emi-
grant to Leon, with the assurance that
he will find a pleasant society and fertile
lands. True, he need not expect to find
all the facilities for travel and transpor-
tation than may surround him, if his
home be in some of the other States, but
these inconveniences will soon disappear,
and be amply compensated for in the
cheapness of the soil, its easy culture,
and bountiful productiveness. He need
not hesitate to cast his lo* amongst us on
die score of schools, churches and good
society. True, he may not find in Texas
the "upper ten," '.'the lower ten," and
"rag-tag" circles in society, that obtain
in some of the older States; for we have
no cod-fish aristocracy in these regions
—but one circle in society, and to gain
admission into that and retain it, one
need only to be honest and carry with
him the deportment of a gentleman.
Those who are too well bred for such so-
ciety as this, f had better not come to Tex-
as.
Montgomery's Pictorial Times has
jading matter and some
The plan is a good
orial Times" will meet
Phis
is good news
to,
debt of tnWlate Republic of Texas, with
an amendment from the in which
the Senate had refused to concnr, taken
up; and on motion the House receded
from its amendment.
A bill to authorize and require the
commissioner of the General Land Office
to issue to the heirs of Walter H. Gil-
bert, a certificate.for 4108 acres of land,
with an amendment from the Senate, ta-
ken up; and on motion the House con-
curred in the amendment.
A bill to incorporate the Red River
and Texas insurance company, with an
amendment from the Senate, taken up
and the amendment concurred in on the
part of th£ House.
A bill to provide for the establish-
ment of a cotton, woollen and bagging
and rope factory in the Penitentiary, ta-
ken up; read 3rd time and passed by
vote of 41 to 21.
A bill to change the name of Eliza-
beth Jane Sinclair to Elizabeth Jane
Hampton, and to authorize John C.
Hampton to adopt her as his child, with
an amendment from the Senate, taken
up; and on motion the amendment con-
curred in on the part of the House.
A bill granting to John J. Grumbles
the privilege of erecting a grist, flour,
manufacturing, saw and plaining mill, on
a portion of the reserved lands of the
State, contiguous to the city of Austin,
with an amendment from the Senate;
Senate's amendment, concurred in on
the part of the House. <
\
A l>iil to ; T>yi<io for change of venue
m l* trict^^^^Hfmay
be^/duxi'ial'tii1 -rota an
..T
A bill autb-'T.Jng the Commissioner
of the General Land Officc to issue a
patent to M. Keuedy; read 3rd time
and passed.
A bill granting lands in payment of
an allowance or pension granted on the
18th of December, 1837, to the family of
Erastus Smith; read 2nd and 3rd time
and passed-
A bill to organize the Cooke and Den-
ton county land district; read 1st, 2nd
and 3rd time and passed.
A bill to define the time of holding
courts in the 5th Judicial. District; read
1st, 2nd and 3rd time and passed.
Bill to protect the public buildings and
grounds, at and near the city of Austin;
read 1st, 2nd and 3rd time and passed.
Bill supplementary to the acts, erec-
ting a capitol, read 1st 2nd and 3rd
time and passed.
Bill to authorize the county courts of
Cass county, to re-convev to D. N. Al-
ley, certain town lots; read 1st, 2nd and
3rd time and passed.
A bill concerning the Archives of the
legislature of the State of Texas, ap-
proved Feb. 16, 1852; read 1st, 2nd
and 3rd time and passed.
Bill to prescribe the manner in which
the Governor shall issue his proclamations
read 3rd time and passed.
Bill to incorporate Mann's Bluff Turn
pike company; read 1st, 2nd and 3rd
time and passed.
Joint Resolution instructing our Sen-
ators and requesting our Representatives
in Congress to urge the adjustment'of the
tion has been, or probably will be, deter
mined upon, till the generality of the
Northern and Western members have as-
certained the views of their constituents.
A s^icy debate sprung up in the Senate
on Tuesday on a motion to take up the
new bill, at the conclusion of which it was]
agreed that the measure should be the
special order from day to day after Mon-
day next. Then will commence the strug-
gle, the mighty struggle, for the ascen-
dency, between the friends of the perpS1
tuity of the Union on the one side and
the arch disorganizerSVon the other. It
is understood that the House committee
did not report the b1W before the Senate
for the reason that the committee differed
as to the proposed boundaries of the ter-
ritories of Kansas and Nebraska. A ma-
jority of the committee are, however, in
favor of the abrogation of the Missouri
compromise, which IS the main/ point in
the issue, and one which some of the free-
soil representatives KJve already annotfhe"
ed theirdeternimatiyto resist to the ut-
mosfTTx* eonifectiowrWith this j^atter-,
we observe that Mr. Dickinson on Tues-
day offered a preamhle and resolutions in
our State Senate, in which the features of
Mr. Douglas' new bill are reprobated,
and the New York Congressmen are re-
quested to vote against it; and in the
Assembly a resolution is pending reques-
ting Congress to adhere to the Missouri
compromise. This is another symptom,
a strong and decided sympton, that the
slavery agitation is to be renewed, that
every inch of gronnd will be stubbornly
contested from the top to the bottom, from
Maine to Texas, and from ocean to ocean.
We have carefuly examined and com-
mented upon this new movement in an
editorial.
In the editorial alluded to the Herald
discussess the question more fully. The
action upon the subject, Mr. Bennett
thinks was based upon a mistake—a be-
lief that the compromise of 1850 did not
re-affirm the Missouri compromise. Of
the effects of the agitation, the Herald
speaks as follows:
The finality of the late adjustment,
then, being at an end, we repeat that the
whole question i)f Southern slavery, in
all its aspects, in all its bearings, and in
all that has been done, is fully re-opened
for discussion aid agitation. If the final-
ity is terminate)! upon the Missouri com-
promise the abolitionists it-. ->y claim that
there is an end hf tiie finaiitj of all the
other the schedule of 1850,
and th-t, incha^*1? Fugitive Slave
law, thr are open for repeal. Con-
sequenJj «ilall«oon be involved in the
rc-agit^flon of ^ewhole suiijixt, in every,
shapeFjd fon^ f tJthe Senate have re-
opena^the wh^e matter; and before we
are done with it5*® shall be r-^nired to
come to a eleag^distinct, an>; f settle-
ment of the wh<& subject, hj a. ;fsphas-!
esnand upon brfu&r principle r • • those j
President!* '
"*£he . .cliing
erihg general
deeper, and .broader, and stronger, than
any we baye\yei snflered, are distinctly
visible in the ^horrizon all' .around us.—
Corruption tbe spoils, as predicted
by Mr. Calhoun,jare hurrying up the ex-
plosion, and the corruptions of the spoils
will add tenfold- to the violence and fe-
rocity of this intending struggle. The
Union will be shaken to its centre, for the
contest will be protracted for years to
come. Vain the hope, if such there be—
vain the Calculation of passing this new
bill at the present session. It may be
dragooned through the Senate after a
hard and desperate resistance; but its in-
troduction into the House will be the sig-
nal for another revolution among parties
and factions. The whole chain of all the
instincts, jealousies, animosities, tradi-
tions, and hereditary antipathies, between
the two sections, moral, social, religious,
and political, will be revived again into
active and embittered recriminations.—
Parties and cliques, and conspiring spoils-
men, will be borne down by tlie revulsion,
and their plans and intrigues for harmo*
ny and the spoils will be swept off like
dry reeds in a high wind.
It must be recollected that Mr. Ben-
netts opinions are strongly tinctured by
hostility to the present administration,
which can be seen in every line he writes
in this connection.
_ cs iWcfiills permeatethe bloodgehnnnels of the
have been held, but™9Gl4fcfimto line ofi ®ci-j^raveller. I irTnot old, nor yet young;
r- ".not robust, no. Cassius-likc; neither inur- j
ed to hardsliip.nor wholly unused to ex-
losure; but beig out, f'm resolved to
'let 'er rip."
I left the city if the Crescent as I ex-
pected, on a pactet-steamer of no inferi-
or pretensions, fy this place; had an
[agreeable trip, ai4 in four and a half
idays arrired. Oi the way we had as glo-
P
whatever of
wavy outlines
Hogarth's
of beauty,
outward semblance of nie
curvilinear and
and no other
ie fair sex except
in their dresses which were prim and de-
cent as the ancient blue-laws of Connec-
ticut required, "covering the wrists and
ankle-bones, and touching the chin." I
was disappointed in seeing no young rosey
" Bloomer " in the female crowd. All
were venerable virgins or matrons, "sick-
lied o'er with the pale east of thought"
and divers perplexities, and appeared to
ious a company, 1 dies and gentlemen,. . - . , ... t
as were probably eer thrown in travel- \ b« 1,sten,nS to the speakers wi ll that sort
* - ;i p \ of attentive fixedness ot look which 1
ling companionshlT. Every way-farer
knows how to apprciate good company.
With us a fog or a torm made no sort of
• _i_ i ^ %
difference ; we were entirely satisfied to
remain together as luigasthe fates should
decree,5and no mattjr. On leaving New
Orleans, I wasnit.^uiie.vpectedly thrown
with an oldsi-hool^cjy* j.vlimn lon^ years
had led into diftenjgslarts from myself—
one of the best nSid.s *fonued during
that season i tVienVnip. a school or col-
lege life. We welStwentv four hours on
board before rimriS^S memory thrust up-
on us a kuowleJire^o^ach other, ami the
pleasing remiiui-cvJ|:ce)-c>f timesvearly and
long gone by. ^^diafrily men step from
warm-pulsed boyhood nio the active tur-
moil of life; enter witi a calculating de-
votion into the struggle for dollars, and
soon becoming encased in the hardened
panoply of self-interest forget the noble
and generous prompting, of younger, bet-
ter and purer nature, i thank God that
I have not reached tliatlespicable period
in life when changed nature turns upon
its former self and thruss, and strangles
its earlier loves, but to inmolate to mam-
mon. Our meeting was ncense to friend-
ship. It was ample to repay me for my
trip, if no other pleasuremeet me. But it
is needless to recount incident—in so do-
ing I could perpetrate as long a bore as a
fledgling politician, a Legislator or a Con-
gressman.
Well sir, from my caption you see that
I am on the sun-rise side of the "Father
of waters," and I take this occasion to
prognosticate that I stood to-day upon
the spot which is one day to be the Cap-i
tal focus of the most powerful empire
that ever engaged the pen of history.—
I believe the American Union will stand
amid all the storms, political and civil,
which the world, or a paricidal portion
of its -own citizens may strive to ferment
around it; that it will expand in its do-
minion and majesty, and enlarge in its
benignity and influence, and that this
point will be its capital and political cen-
tre. Memphis is alrvady quite a city,
double the size of any city between New
Orleans and St. Lpuis, and is increasing
in population, business and wealth as rap-
idly as any other east of the Rocky
Mountains. Within the last year the
jfepifit of public enterprize has lashed into
commotion the public and feeling, and ev-
ry thing betokens energy and prosperity.
Enthusiasm prevails on the subject of the
Pacific railroad. Already has the city
dedicated -ufneieut aiva^Sfift-vnjs:
would expect people to give who were
trying to see what lies in the center of a
pumpkin.
The speakers were two Universalists,
two Quakers, a second advent preacher
and another young orator who seemed to
be the " Magnus-Apollo " of the assem-
bly (the word ought to be spelled ass-sem-
bly) and who," I learned from his own re-
marks had been a Baptist minister of some
sort, but had recently thrown off the tram-
mels of sect, and is now fighting the bat-
tles of the Lord like the celebrated sol-
dier, at Yorktown "on his own hook." I
tJSServed that they all addressed each oth-
er during the debate by the endearing ap-
pellations of Father, Mother, Brother or
Sister. But in spite of this, the discus-
sion was quite stormy; and " brother
Smith," the Chairman, had considerable
difficulty in holding the speakers in order,
and his efforts to that effect reminded ine
of the exertions of the keeper of a me-
nagerie to make the animals behave them-
o
selves.
Not having heard the beginning of their
remarks, and learning from their speech-
es no distinct statement of the end at
which they were driving, I was much per-
plexed for some time to ascertain the ob
ject of the meeting. The principal diffi
culty with the speakers seemed to be to
procure a hobby-horse for common use,
upon which they all could ride together
securely and harmoniously; but after all
their efforts to secure this necessary ani-
mal, as well as I could understand their
respective positions at the time they sep-
arated, each one appeared to be sitting
independently upon his own ass.
In the only brief interval which occur-
red in the clatter of musculine tongues of
the ass-sembly, an upward movement made
by a spacious black bonnet, followed by
the slow ascent of a huge pile of black-
silk drew my eyes towards an immense
figure in womanly attire. I learned that
she was the the sister of Fanny Wright.
She reared her head boldly in the face of
the speaker. Her forehead was brave
and unblushing, her eyes large, black and
fiery. Her nose, resolutely prominent,
hooked over a pair of firm, eompre*bed,
thin and passionless lips, and approached
an upturned projecting chin cohered with
a porous skin, over which a few coarse
hairs were sparsely scattered As this
august personage arose aw*
while his huge red mouth foamed and
raved about Southern slavery and broth-
erly love. His proposition was that nei-
ther the bible nor the constitetkm cap-
tained the basis of antisectarian union;
and that the only foundation for it is love
for the black man, as well as the white
man, and of course the black woman as
well as the white woman. As he labored
to establish it, I thought what an excel-
lent wood-cutter, has been turned into a
wretched logic-chopper by a call to preach!
And I thought I discovered a neat old la-
dy hold her nose as though she felt some
dread of the perfume of the aroma Afri~
carta.
At this point of the proceedings, the
meeting was unexpectly interrupted and
brought to a close by brother Melon the
universalist preachar.
Brother Melon arose with a face blancf
as a cantclopc, and in a tone cool as a cu-
cumber made a few remarks which chilled
the assembly, and made all the members-
fumble in their pockets for their parses^
The tightness with which they grasped
them convinccd me that if they all wtse-
raving fanatics, they were yet blessed with'
a little saving knowledge, at leastAthat
brother Melon was not entirely 'green in<
money matters. He reminded fhem very
feelingly that he was responsible for the-,
respectable sum of two doUan and a
half for the reitf of the room in which
tliev were puming their labor of k>vc,
the heavy burden of which he did not feel
at all disposed to bear alone; and he
therefore exhorted them to come to his
help, aud for this object he moved that a
collection be taken. His motion was car-
ried with an unanimous wry face. But
the small silver coins and coppers drqpt
into the hat by both men and women show-
ed that they all knew as well as brother
Melon did what they were about; and
proved that in this great work every one
was determined to shoulder only "the
little end of the rail."
The assembly forthwith adjourned,
through terror at the thought of other
collections, no doubt. For money-rais-
ing is necessary to raise and carry on all
reformations.
Brother Melon must shoulder the re"
sponsibility of thwarting this by a call
for $2,50 which scattered the philanthro-
pists, and prevented their farther at-
tempts to overthrow Church and State,
and to begin all things new.
But when they adjonrned they had
made no headway whatever in this stu-
pendous task. For they had not decided
on what parts of these venerable edifices
to begin to pull down, on what foundation
to rebuild, nor with what tools to work.
In all, there were not more'than fifty
rsons present, and many of this num-
er were strangers like myself, and I was>
gratified to find that this is all furce
•hich infidelity and {anat^i^i eo^ld pes-
ilifi
tiit purpu
nex
are*jssuei
nf a depot;
.-ued he>.\
US. >
and displayed all her
■ in a speaking pasture;
I, what a captain ^ j
11 j. i Now I shall hav
OI Yt nlv'l J..
isrht newsoa
v i is but slight!jvnderior to'that^f New'Or
convulsion, ]eaiia? a-,q as .Wod or better than Mobile.
The building'up of the city is rapid, and
for architectural beauty as fine as could
be desired. J
The upper rivers are in fine navigable
condition, not yet having been closed by
ice. The Mississippi and Ohio, hitherto
low, are rapidly rising. I remain here
onlv a few days. Yours truly,
RANDOM.
of a%^ct^o provide for ascertaining ther -indemnity, due the Republic of Texas
— ' for expenses incurred by her in defence
against certain Indian tribes of the Uni-
ted State*?-read 3rd time and passed.
A bill to amend the 9th and 10th sec-
tions of an act, to regulate the practice
of Attorneys and . counsellors at law;
read 3rd time and passed.
Bill to prevent the sale of intoxica-
ting liquors within 5 miles of Marshall;
read 3rd time and passed.
A bill to amend the 2d and 7th sections
of an act to organize the supreme court;
read 1st, 2nd and 3rd time and passed.
A bill to incorporate the Gilmer Male
Academy, in Upslier county; read 1st,
2nd and 3rd time and passed.
-The
A Printing Office for Sale.
Bastrop Advertiser says:
Mr. Cain who visited La Grange du-
ring the past week, reports Mr. Posey,
of the Monument, as being in a very low
state. We are pained to learn that his
recovery is considered doubtful. The
Monument office is for sale on favorable
terms. For such as wish to act in the
newspaper line we know of no opportu-
nity equal to that presented by the Mon-
ument. It has a circulation more than
ordinary for its class, and a good adver-
tising patronage, embracing several coun-
ties.
Concert.—On Monday evening a con-
cert came off at the Old CapitoL The
proceeds were applied to the building of
an Episcopal Church.
A number of amateur performers-aid-
ed in the affair. The music was good,
very good. The audience we;" *<A'
pleased with the performance, and judg
ing from appearances som« of the
of creation" were lnoro 'hnn velf pit -
with fak forms that >>re*tlu-t n^t
entrancing, liquid, melody
(From the Lockhart Express.)
Rio Blanco, Hays County, 1
January, 1854. J
Mexican Lion.—Mrs. Editress: We
wish to inform you of a varmint of aw-
xid size, that was taken in camps, or kil-
led, as I should say, at the above named
place, on the night of the 15. It came
down in the settlements of Blackwell's
Yalley, and surprised the natives by tak-
ing a two year old hog out of the pen,
(fat at that) and carrying it off. Its pur-
suers were Mrs Stockman, Mrs. Thomas
and Miss Winters, who, with the aid of
some dogs, caused it to take a tree ; af-
ter which Mrs. Stockman procured a gun,
and made an attempt to shoot it. When
in the act of firing, the Mexican Lion—
for this is the name of the animal—made
a spring at her; she dropped the gun
without firing, just in time to save herself
from his claws After this, Mrs. Thomas
retreated, to procure assistance. Mr. J.
H. Blackwell, with his dogs, came to their
aid, and made it take a tree again. When
just in the act of shooting, it made a
second attempt to spring on its assailants,
but Mr. B., more fortunate than Mrs. S.,
fired and brought the monster to the
ground, dead. It measured nine feet in
length, three and a-half in height, and
weighed 220 pounds. Its claws were
■eu As tins '.^biyL-faHy-in Auburn a renncd and ve I-
behold, ^ thy city \\ i 7 , Wft^hal ttAn tr *** -
' -"3J"rtions I ' 4
| from
I bat very deter-*
c 18 ■
i worth hear
to cat<*U
•■M to hai ui
. ..i hi r> erj
' Mr. Ch-ii
For the State Times.
Fanaticism vs. Churcli- and State.
Dear Ford: In order to correct some
erroneous impressions in regard to the
importance of the' movements of the fa-
natics of the North, I will give you a
sketch of one of their meetfegs, which is
a fair specimen of many others which were
held during my tour in that section of our
Union. My notes of it, taken upon the
spot, differ widely from the accounts of
it published in various papers. The Gen-
nessee country, the most fertile and de-
lightful region of Western New York, is
generally regarded as the "hot-bed" of
abolitionism, spiritualism, socialism, ra-
tionalism, and all the other isms which are
the individual leaves and branches of fa-
naticism. But if I were to judge of the
condition of this noxious plant from what
I saw of it where it grows indigenously,
I should decidc that the soil is unpropi-
tious, or that it lacks the proper manure ;
for although it is cultivated with assidu-
ous care, it does not loot thrifty, and "the
nation's field " is not in much danger of
its spreading. I spent a forthnight in
Auburn, the most beautiful city which I
visited in the free States, and where I was
treated with the warmest hospitality.
One day, while there, I saw placarded
at the corners of the streets, and at eve-
ry public place in the City, in large cap-
itals to catch the eye of the crowd:
" Antisectarian Convention at Stanford
Hall, 11 A. M."
In order to make the gathering of re-
formers numerous and terrible every puf-
fing and' blowing instrument in the city
and surrounding country had been taxed
to its utmost capacity.
I concluded to step in "to see the
show," and never before did I see such
" a kettle of fish."
The President of the meeting was the
notorious Gerrit Smith, member of Con-
gress from this district, and known in the
South as the coadjutor of Garrison,
Thompson, Tappan and Hale. His was
the only well developed head which the
operatives presented. He is a stout man
weighing at least 225 lbs., tall and well
formed, with a very florid complexion, in
fact too florid for such a zealous advo-
cate of total abstinence. His forehead
is high and broad, surmounted by thin
two inches in length and its teeth about1, . «=, , , . ' , . • i i ti
the same. The skin, claws and teeth of! a,lk bla<* h/!r. f^}y gn«ed. lie
this animal can at any time be seen at °f hasfaceisspoded byajoit
-, _ . , . ~r, ., | of half ferocious and half maniacal glaie
my residence^ on the Blanco, fifteen miles „ ... . , , ,,
if ,f" apj'7;<- i from his large dark eyes, and the singu-
abovc san Marcos. r
r w ~Rt ir-i.-iiri.rT I lar cut °f bis nose, which is aquiline ot
' ° | the African type, with a point which de-
scends between widelv-distended nostrils
Cape.— Genera
S. Consul at
over little pouting lips, which reminded
" Yir-
[avana, who was appointed by Presi-1 me of the small tongs used by old Yu-
en t Pierce the Commissioner to run the' ginian ladies fifty year ago for lighting
r i , i- • T,r 1" ' —:— His chin projects and sticks
A Remarkable
Campbell, formerly U
Hav
dent riorceuie ijuiiiuiissiuucrw ruu iuc gmmi i.mivo my „ -•" "H'J ""
Mexican boundary line, was at Washing- j their pipes.
ton at last accounts. A letter from that i well up to his nose, and both quiver fierce-
city says:—Gal. Jour. ! ly at each other while he is speaking, dur-
The General has discharged the duties 1 ing which operation bis face wore a pecu-
avigi.cl It;*- " " " " ' ■ " ■
iiiiuor h s :
man, can we -not Tiave an
sion."
sc.
The manner ixt which she _
sized ice, made wa^tbink- tjf otfijr tree chit
and our hat. \ She stood for a moment,
until a satisfactory answer was given, and
then slowly eased herself down, and
sumed her knitting! Knitting? Yes'
knitting—actually knitting in the congri
gatien a blue yarn stocking ! The coladir
of it did not surprise me, but the size®
it did. It seemed to be intended :for a
baby. It was a little stocking about ten
inches long with a blue leg and foot, and
a white toe. I first wondered if it was
for her baby; and then I wondered who
could be the dear little baby's happy
father ? This half-way motion to adjourn
was made by the lady after a long and
smoky speech from an old man primly
dressed in a Quaker costume, but with a
shirt which displayed only the half of a
collar. This half was nicely starched^
and neatly turned down over a white cra-
vat. I could not discover what had gone
with the other half of it; or whether it
was altogether wanting; or whether it
was exhibited as a sign of his ideas, which
although very vague and confused, were
entirely one-sided, and on the side of in-
fidelity. With great difficulty I extract-
ed from this confused and tangled web of
thought these ideas: "the Bible cannot
be taken as the basis of anti-sectarian
Union ; for more than half of it is mans
work, and uninspired. All men are in
one sense inspired. Whatever any man
receives as truth, is divine and revealed
truth to him. He said he did not think
that love for God, but love for man ought
to be the foundation of their union. He
knew a very pious lady, Miss Ernestine
Rose of New York, who denied the exis-
tence of a God; but who evidently had
great love for man. He did not state
whether it was love for mankind in the
aggregate, or for the individual man;
but he asserted that for this love which
she manifested, he could hold antisecta-
rian fellowship with her—blessed loving
saint! This was " the marrow " of the
old gentleman's discourse, who was treat-
ed with great deference by the ass-sem-
bly and called by every speaker Father
McClintock.
Brother Pryne, the independent sol-
dier, then shivered a lance with him. He
spoke with great vehemence, grace, and
unction; and addressed himself princi-
pally to the venerable dames before him,
with the self-satisfied air of one who
thought himself a handsome and well
dressed young man, a ripe-scholar, and
a sweet speaker. But the Conscript
mothers evidently regarded his views as
crude when compared with the ripened
wisdom of Father McClintock. Brother
Pryne's speech plunged headlong into
chaos, and enveloped the minds of his
hearers in a thick fog. The second ad-
vent preacher arose to disperse it, and to
bring "order out of confusion." His
name was brother Eend, and he really
looked as if lie thought the eend was about
to come. He was tall and pale, with great
white rolling eyes which bore the marks
of frequent upturnings towards the heav-
ens, and watchings of the signs of the
times from the faces of the moon and
stars. He reasoned quite ingeniously to
prove that the scriptures contain the only
For ite T- xAt
1'exas.Wor
&
As the
No 8otmc
> inc yiarmor ^r "frateru came
Now faint « wash of a c«inr wMg!w'« wit,
Now loud as hj roar when tbe* ^ndfi jife •«* free;
Were the flowers notgolie; and ttje i
nlJUi'-o
euiiirk'
daMTf
th. !I
>)V
he time designated i liarly funny and contradictory expression revelation of God to men. But when he
ha5 expended less given to it by his frowning with his eye- attempted to give the ass-sembly some ra-
"ropnated and/ he brows while his mouth was smiling, and tional rule for their interpretation
nd Ue has paid) the his grave looking nose seem.-d i«< he try- out a liturgy, creeds, or articieb. "!isr-
vennncnt. ^-This fis a ■ ing to keep the mean between these ex- ion^he lost the thread of his ideas.
tremes of countenance. . _
The audience was^jft)'0^ inauiiy ol
.i! <5
*v:'C
^--*iuis^is a
worthy uf the'-best'
scratch-
i head, and;resumed hir> seat, v
111 On^ie'er would suppose that eoW Winter wm th
y brightly the sun shone, and^o bin* w*s the sky,1
And so gailv the little birds carolled n high.
>
But, hark to that ctaagor—those discordant ciie*,
here the wild geese are githwjjjpg their clans'in
tbe skies—"" • - . '.v
And see how in long lines, as in martial amy,
To the warm suuny south they are winging their
way. .< • ' - "
And saw ye that flash far away in tbe north,
Whence yon dark murky clond comes driving
amain? , ? ...
And heard ye that sound, as tho' hosts bad gone
forth, *
And the tramp of their war steeds was shaking 'he
plain ?
Hurra! 'tis the norther—it is oa us at last—
See how the tall trees bend thebr heads to the blast- -
See how the dead leaves from their branches are
torn, ' ~i
And away on the wings of the wind they are borne;
And now round the house like a demon it roars,
And bang* to the shutters, and dam* M the doors,
Till its fury is spent—and once noit all is still,
Save its low moaning sobs far away on the bill.
Again does it come, as thelion springs fh hislair,
Whlist the thick-felling sleet now darkens the air.
Again does it come, with load uproar and din,
And its cold icy breath thro' each crevice creeps in;
Alas! now for him who bewildered shall mam
O'er the bleak pathless prairie, fer, far from his
home; *
That dear home he never, no, never shall see:
In vain does he strive with the darkness and statin,
The tall grass shall wave o'er his cold stiffened fbrta,
•And the howl of the wolf his sad reqaiem shall be.
Tho' trav'lers may freeze where there's no fire nor
wood, ~. - _ ; *>..
" 'Tis an ill wind they say that blows nobody good,"
And my faith in the adage is firm and unshaken,
Pn* o nnrthar'a ill A VOsthar fnr BATIBV TOWhftCOl!
\%
Wk
For a norther's the weather far saving joorbaeoa!
: .bottle and let us begin,
la without) to .make merry
So then pass roun(MJie.bottle and let us begin,
(Whilst the storm SBwk
within;
Let us feast, let us drink to the verge of satiety,
And to-morrow we'll join the "teetotal snei«*y-"
But now 1 must bring my rude lay to a^loae,
For a very good reason—my ink is alXfrote.
(That last word i know is not the beat grammar.
But then with the right one the stansa would
stammer:)
Besides you may say to this poet and author,
Your verses just suit what is called a dry Mrtlir.
jediatel v-he was as.-n ult
an
An act for the relief ofthe
of Peters' Colony.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Leg-
islature of the State of Texas, That set-
tlers of Pet ere Colony who may have filed
their claims with the agent of said Colo-
ny in error, upon lands other than that
claimed by them, or when the same does
not correspond with the field-notes of
their survey, they shall have the right t<v
correct their files, and return the same,
certified to by the Surveyor of the Dis-.
trict in which the lands may be situate^
upon their filing with the Commissioner
of the General Land Office, to be retain-
ed and filed with the field-notes.
Sec. 2. That files made with the Com-
missioner of the General Land Office by
the Colonists of Peters' Colony, or then-
agent or assigns, after the 7th day of May,
A. D. 1853, shall be as vaKd as if made
prior to that date; and this act to. take
effect from and after its passage. -
Approved, February X, 1854.
flgs=" The provincial government of
Bohemia ha# issued circulars forbidding
Jews to give their children Christian
names, or to keep \Qhristain servants.
"BFg^The Washington Union denies
that Colonel Redfifejd has removed % -sin- ,
j gle appointee of Bjpnson's^and that the .
i son of the latter, has been continued
' Cashier, -* f •
t
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