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TEXAS STATE .TIMES.
CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7,1854.
NUMBER 4b
tOTHH, gjatlBPAT,
OCT.
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Wham we fcear the universal
ir.ade, in regard to the preesurej
marketed die inability of qit"
ats, it is natural
l of this unusual e
t'of wisdom to
mtLaS <
_ . ifc fc;
a people her riche
geiwi climate and a aoil that
spontaneously an abundant f
that is required to render the U
adent.
i management of
liis reach shook! 1
say, is
. planter in
aims and gase
not east ai
gifts which have 1
upon them.
Bit place, the idea
for 1
and we are de
other States for necessaries which <
; abundance
' which would
of money now
, but the profits of which
per cent, greater than
the culture of cotton,
i to be the constitutional
. planters. Bacon, laid,
a long catalogue of
could be produced here
of exertion, a
t, for which thousands of
r sent out of the State,
Freight, storage,
we know not how many other
p|dd upon eotton to distant
Height, storage and commfiwoi
the same merchants for laid, bui
e^n, in. return for such cotton.
Mvifty'eents per pound is paid
dtalern for bacon, which could be
tints
i money
meet
[inquire
f things;
ta cor-
ent is
nature
gifts—a
almost
i not all
adman
nething
bounte-
lercised,
ibute
, less de-
lierpor-
their
i upon
so lav-
Powkr or the Press.—The community has
had a recent prrof of the power of the press
for good in the punishment meted out to W ard,
the murderer of Butler. He has been made
to taste the punishment of Cain, and there is
no spot ou earth where his sin will not find him
out. A somewhat similar instance is that of
Jo. Abels, the man whipped and banished by
his outraged fellow-citizens, from Crittenden
county, Arkansas. He went to Germantown,
Tennessee, but was requested to leave; he
then rented a house in Memphis, where they
say he will not be allowed to live. Thus, no
crime of more than ordinary atrocity can, un-
der any circumstances, go nnwhipped ot jus-
tice.—St. Louts Intelligencer.
Say, rather, that it is an abuse of the pow-
er of the press, to thus hunt with unrelenting
fury a fellow-man, whatever may be his crime.
In order to pander to the fory of popular
prejudice, the press should not join in the
cry, " crucify him—crucify him." Bid your
erring brother "go, and sin no more;" pour
the oil of kindness into the bruised spirit,
and even Mat. Ward may become a better
man.
in our .midst for one- rd that
idity it
dollars
tin every year citizens
ace either without any butter at , or are
fereed to use that from the New Y ; dairies
fbt which they pay from 35 to 45 snts per
f4ttnd,aaeardrag ta the degree of
^|b attained.
. Then is a discount of over
upon every bale of eotton which tb&planter
t Travis county sends to tie Gutfand we
i ask any practical man if he
i same amount of labor up<
of any other article, whicft. would
And a home markets that wad not
old be-
e pro-
double what he receives
Gspsirc
" Virginia. in this con federacy, is the impersonation
tke wU torn, well riteiflrf, weH-bred aristocrat.
from her derated pedestal, upon
her panatu, Ignorant, mendacious Tankee vilifiers
as coldly and calmly as a marble statue."—Vtr-
gitria paper.
Now, "by all the blood of the McTabbs,"
some member of the "first family" has shown
his hand, and "put his foot in it." In read-
ing paragraphs like the above, we sigh for
the Blue Ridge and the placid waters of the
Potomac. We roam once more in the timo-
thy and clover of imagination's wide domain,
and wandering far back as 1608, to the first
settlement at Jamestown, ianey the arrival of
a cargo of- "first families"—the sudden rise
in tobacco, the barter and sale of that same
priceless cargo, the " well-born " mothers of
the "Old Dominion," just twelve years be-
fore the ancestors of the "parvenu Yankees"
arrived at Plymouth Bock.
Seriously: the American who utters senti-
ments like those in the above extract is to be
pitied. There is nothing very soothing to
the pride of the would-be aristocrat, whether
born in "Virginia or Massachusetts, to repose
beneath the shade of his genealogical tree—
and it is of very little consequence whether
he has the " blood of all the Howards," or
whether
" his ancient, but ignoble blood
Has coursed through scoundrels ever since the
flood,"
" The mon's the goudfor a' that."
Jos. B. Chandler.—The Whigs of the
Second Congressional District of Philadelphia
have called a town meeting for the purpose
of*re-nominating Joseph B. Chandler, the
present incumbent, for Congress, against Job
B. Tyson, the regular Whig candidate. We
are not acquainted with the cause of the feud
in the party. Chandler has hitherto been the
idol of the Whigs of Philadelphia, was for
30 years editor of the IT. S. Gazette, had
but little sympathy with the fteesoilers, and,
take him altogether, was, perhaps, the ablest
man in the last House of Bepresentatives.
Since 1824, Chandler has never been known
to waver in nis devotion to Whigfery, and
when a portion/of that party severed upon
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examined the country on both sides of the Col- 1
orado and Brazos rivers, from the upper San |
Antonio road to, and above, the falls on both
these rivers, and that we have not. neglected :
the intermediate country between them, but j
have examiued it more particularly than a due j
regard to our personal safety did perfectly
wairant.
We found the Brazos river more central, per- |
haps, in reference to actual existing popula- !
tiou; and found on it and its tributaries, per- j
haps, a greater quantity of fertile lands, than
are to be found on the Colorado; but on the
other hand, we were of opinion that the Colo- I
rado was more central in respect to territory,
and this in connection with the great desider-
atums of health, fine water, stone, stone coal,
water power, &c., being more abundant and
convenient on the Colorado than on the Brazos !
river, did more than counterbalance the sup- j
posed superiority of the lands, as well as the |
centrality of position in reference to popula- j
tion possessed by the Brazos River.
In -reference to the protection to be alforded
to the frontiers by the location of the seat of i
Government, a majority of the commissioners
are of opinion that that- object will be as well
obtained by the location upon o e river, as up- ;
on the other—being of the opinion also that j
within a very short period of time following j
the location of the seat of Government on any j
part of the frontier, the extension of the settle- j
meats produced thereby will engender other !
tfaeoripf qf iluf'jiwo |
Is nds now the home of the Comanche and the
bison.
The site selected by the Commissioners is
composed of five thirds of leagues of land and
two labors, all adjoining and having a front
upon the Colorado river somewhat exceeding
three miles in breadth. It contains about.
Written for the Texas State Times.
Contentment.
BY JAMES A. BEVERIDOZ.
•' We may all have what we like simply by liking
vhat we have."
If Peace sits at the frugal board,
And Kindness lingers there,1
If health is stamped on ruddy cheeks,
Though humble be the fare,
You have a wealth which king s and queens
May seek in vain to find—
For gems and gold can never calm
The discontented mind.
If Love sk3 smiling at your home,
To chase each care away;
And Innocence around your hearth
In childish prattle play—
You hare enough to till the heart,
Without the strife for gain—
Your scanty store is better than
The rich man's gilded pain.
There is a wealth, compared to which
The gold of fortune's slave
Is worthless as the bubble tossed
Upon the ocean wave.
There is in every heart a mine
Worth, mora tbfvn Pwt'a veins— r
A gem Golconda ne'er produced,
Where sweet Contentment reigns.
October 1, 1854.
True Courtesy.—'This is real courtesy,'
said Mr. Giles, in his lecture on Don Quixote,
"that which has rcverence for womanhood in
Northern Whigery Fettered by its own ; Life in the Australian Mines. ! The DueU t'8 Room. his horse, which had been hitched near the
Policy—The northern whigs remind us of some ; intelligent American who is seeking — grocery door, rode slowly off in tin easterly
of those supernumeraries who are employed to j hig fortune in the Australian gold mines, is ■ Stevens came to Mississippi when direction.
p^'ip^nfnnl'rtn^hp thev- : writing to the Williamsburg Times a series of i j™1 :l of eighteen. He then possessed ! thc raulrtr 0f tbi8 strange challenge and
tref but who become so encumbered with their i letters, in which labor and society at the the mildest manners and strictest puritanic j prospective duel flow around the neighboring
own armor, and so confused by their own trap- j mines are described with a good deal of tact morality, and was particularly noted for that • country like wind, and two hours before the
pings, that they can hardly move without dan- ! and skill. From his last letter dated at For- j narti-^unang practicability,of purpose and appointed time a larj*e crowd of spectators
ger to themselves The northern whigs are ! es t Creek, Australia, we cxtract the follow- ; pur?u1^ 80 characteristic of his countrymen in j we re "assembled, eager to witness the expected
literalentangled in their own web—fettered j jn<t. j general, rapidly, by his industry and econ-,
he amassed wealth in lands and negroes.
scone.
by their own intrigues prisoners in their own j °( The only amusement iu our vicinity is a j „
suits of mail. Able to vet alonsr with one fac- . , 1 1 i ^„nlro.nnand arose to influence, till he was run on the
tion, to fight through one ism, they nro not con- circus, and singularly enough the only amuse- ; ' on ^e
tent unless they shoulder every new party that; mcnt that coarse minds enjoy; of course the ; "get tor a^ettin timumr liou*
is created, no matter how it may differ with programme is the same over and over again, Ri1<inu%i wtnw>ndtnrtrw r f sl-itwW i i WVV,IW301 - ,Ttv:wiwl0
those already on its hands. Hardly had they j but many diggers miss not a single night, j ,. u. 1 j .' . . * .... | hands long torches made of rich pi
taken up the Anti-Nebraska cudgel before they ! ;lnd lautrh as heartilyat a witticism the thou- wo ^ blacken the hitherto uniuipeachiblc j t™1 n)>nni> ln«tr rpflrv>t*>.l s
were called upon to carry the temperance ban- ! saM(]th t";me ^ when they firsi heard it. ! reputation of the new politician. His name
ri«sr • mill 111«ct nc f nut' cn/< aii>l.iil m (ruttintr . ... - . ^
7,735 acres of land, and will cost the Republic , , , , ,. , . „
the sum of $21,000, or thereabouts—one tract ' ses ^'ie courtesy which has respect for
not being surveyed. Nearly the whole front | others than the rich, and the young—it is
' distinct from the courtesy which blooms only
msr of
where-
annu-
om us
^3
in die
; in the growing of
be saved an immense
for freight ^pon fl<
of those manifold eoi
now feel the deprhrati(^ and in
immense gams extorted]
merchants, at heme,—the
felt in Texas might be
. * *^1^- ' ''- j
: are warranted in saying that tk books
tin exhibit q jstand-
iaj debts against the citizen s of Tram coun-
•^regating Arte hundred thousa d dol-
Uertf and we haaard the remade that Ibill of
itane far this indebtedness would exl jit the
fiMi that moan than two-thirds of this mount
was incurred fer articles whjch a Texai [plant-
haw^ raised on his own & s, and
Ipfk he shcwld blush to see arrayed gainst
mm en the books of an importing me ;hant.
«od has scattered all over this lan , with
{J$digat hand, countless blessings. ] s ha8
pbeed within the reach of all, abundai e, and
the planter #ho becomes embarrassed is un-
worthy thergifts and ungrateful to the Jiver.
We know it is more congenial to ft feel
SSfP leaders to extol their • lergy,
expose their weakness. Buti r can't
i it; the truth should not always « dis-
-1; and if the man of reflect i will
' investigate what we haroT nerely
glanced at, he wUl find that cotton ttl king
tte holds him in servile subjects , and
she sooasr he^throws off its thrafld tn, the
seenn will'he be released from "a
in thermoaey Market"
-j . ■ • .,.5^ Teades.—Hob W. W.
rg^<jr, one of tto (hreuit Judges of T< Inessee,
.^ formerly a blacksmith, and "for tl > fun of
J^he lately made. with his own hands, m iron
ftMBorel, which hd presented to Govtndrew
fa «tora£ew. Johnton, who fras for-
' " cut^a nwde, with his evfhands,
coat, and presented it to the Judge. 1 ,e cor-
lespaadence which passed between th
. jnlHiil and worth/ American mi
WM in tbe Te nnepsee "papers.
We find the above paragraph " riathbg
s^Wnt in our exchanges as something extra-
<*iinary. For the life of us we cannot see
point Two-thirds of the di
is a bluff of from thirty to forty feet, elevation,
being the termination of a prairie containing
perhaps two thousand acres, composed of a
chocolate-colored sandy loam, intersected by
two beautiful streams of permanent and pure
water; one ol which forms, at its debouche
into the river, a timbered rye bottom of about i
in the smile of love and beauty, and withers
and cools down in the atmosphere of poverty,
age and toil. Show me the man who can quit
the brilliant society of the young to-listen to
the kindly voice of age—who can hold cheer
thirty acres. These rivulets rise at an eleva-! fill converse with one whom years has deprived
tion of from sixty to one hundred feet on the ! of charms—show mc the man who is willing
back part of the tract or site, by means of to help the deformed, who stands in need of
It was a.night without moon or stars, of a
thick pitchy darknest, with a dri*zlo or a light
sifted rain from the ebon cMrao^Jow-lying
overhead. The spectators carried ^n their
' ' " ! 1^ line knots,
whose red, glaring lustre reflected among the
, . . , , — , u ,, green bouzhs of the dense surrounding grove;
ner : and just as they succeeded in getting | Tlw negro melodies are just imported and ! filled the newspapers with scandial^mouldedby . aud the clustering vines that were interwined
that all fixed they were invited to help a new ' _
movement against admitting any more slave ; iu"c cri
States. Pleased with this experiment, (for it ' negroes. _ _ _
souuded well of votes in the index.) they j exception are doing well here; they
endeavor to accomodate themselves to it, and j lucky as diggers, always find employment- as
at the moment they think they have succeed- | cooks, at trood wages. Close by us, two black
■ a ri^mnno of plastic hand of fancy for the occasion
■ sa ion. pp po. j , ]• j ue f,Mniini stmiin orators wi
the "colored people almost without !au^ supplied the foaming stump orators with | wans an(j moldering roof of the old building
i are doin<? well here: thev are \a ^eme ^ m^sfc bitter philippies.^ The ^ presentc(j a SCenc at once picturesque and
which the contemplated city might, at com-
paratively small expense, be well watered; in
addition to which are several fine bluff springs
of pure water on the river at convenient dis-
tances from each other.
The scite is at about two miles distance
from, and is in full view of the mountains or
breaks of the table lands, which, judging by
the eye, are of about three hundred feet eleva-
tion; they are of limestone formation, and are
covered with liveoak and dwarf cedar to their
summits. On the site, and in its immediate
vicinity, stone in inexhaustible quantitie and
great varieties is found almost fashioned by na-
ture for the builder's hands; lime aed stone-
coal abound in the vicinity; timber for tire
wood and ordinary building purposes abounds
ou the tract—though the timber for building
in the immediate vicinity is rot c! so fine a
character as might' be wished; being mostly
cotton-wood, ash, burr-oak, hickory, post-oak
and cedar, the last suitable for shingles and
small frames.
At the distance of 18 miles west by south
from the site, on Onion creek, is a large body
of very fine cypress, which is also found at
intervals up the river for a distance of forty
miles, and together with immense quantities
of cedar, might be readily floated down the
stream, as the falls two miles above the site
present no obstruction to floats or rafts, being
only a descent of about five feet in one hun-
dred aud fifty yards over a smooth bed of lime-
stone formation, very nearly resembling col-
ored marble. By this route, also, immense
quantities of stone-coal, building materials,
and, iu a few years, agricultural and mineral
productions might be furnished the contempla-
ted city, as no rapids, save those mentioned,
occur in the river below the San Saba, uor are
they known to exist for a great distance above
the junction of this st/eam with the Colorado.
demned the movement, and ultimately crush-
ed the faction in Pennsylvania. His defeat
will be seriously felt by the Whigs.
Location of tbe Seat of Government.
Below is published the report of the Com-
missiftners for the location of the seat of Go-
vernment of the Republic of Texas. It is
now a matter of history. The speculations
of the Commissioners in regard to the impor-
tance of Austin as a commercial point have
not been realized. The value of the conti-
guous territory has, in almost cveiy particu-
lar, been verified.
No question during our existence as a Re-
public was productive of a more virulent
party feeling than that originating from the
report appended. It induced complete an-
tagonistic organizations in the East and West
The advantages of the new Capitol were lost
sight of in the rancor of party strife. It
was a long while before the people could view
the matter by the calm clear lights of reason
and judgment. Eventually public opinion
settled down acquiescent to the measure.
However, it may be remarked, but for the
resistance of the citizens of Austin to the
removal of official papers and documents, it
is more than probable the seat of Government
would not have remained at this place. This
is designated the "Archive War," and among
the old settlers the feeling originating from it
is not eradicated. The detention of these
archives and the belief that the people of the
Colorado would destroy them rather than
they should be carried from the position they
conscientiously thought the law had assigned
them, were powerful levers in the hands of
the advocates of Austin. The East conclu-
ded they would not jeopardize the existence
of many muniments of title to lands—of
original discharges, for military services—of
papers connected with nearly every depart-
meffi of Government to the mere question:
"Shall the seat of Government remain at
Washington, on the Brazos, or shall the
Heads of Departmprftg return tn Austin?"
irjF "• *
wini in the history of the world have been
ffcjil are styfed self-made men, and it fa more
■feed that the entire catalogue of
amen,' philosophers and teachers ire de-
from the same original parents. ' Why
it so surprising that Judge Pepper manu-
"nred an "iron" shovel! Had he forged
of wood, there might have been some-
Mtrange in it, worth recording. And
Governor Johnson, we are told, made
[ Iw" hands," a coat. Now had the
r made the coat with gome other per-
hands, H would have been an unusual
■i «nd worthy of note. But that a
Gwernor and a Judge should be capable
of <Mng anything useful, we presume is the
eaneef so much publicity to acts that neither
add to nor detract from their true greatness.
V. • A mark, who fain would pass
For lffled of sea and land,
May M * the training of a son, /
. =5*.. Jindftfifef him op full grand;
fcim all the wealth of lore,
" Of eoiiege a$3 <H scirwl,
^ • "ret, cr in. zhut rsakt? r*n more
w:-" Than joat a e.crat fool.
In the end a demonstration was made favora-
ble to the "Mountain City," and in 1845 the
President with his Cabinet proceeded to Aus-
tin. In the meantime it was ascertained the
Constitution of the Republic had not by ex-
press provision vested the power to locate the
seat of Government permanently in any par-
ticular department of that Government, but
that the power was among those reserved to
the people. In accordance with this senti-
ment the convention which framed the State
Constitution provided for the election of a
seat of Government by the people in 1850
for twenty-five years. The popular choice
fell upon Austin.
help, as if the blush of Helen mantled on her
cheek—show me the man who would no more
look rudely at the poor girl in the village than
at the elegant and well dressed lady in the
saloon—show me the man who treats unpro-
tected maidenhood as he would the heiress,
surrounded by the powerful protection of rank,
riches and family—show me the man who
abbors the libertine's gibe, who shuns as a
blasphemer, the traducer of his mother's sex
—who scorns as he would a coward the ridi-
culer of womanly foibles, or the exposer of
womanly reputation—show me that man who
never forgets for an instant the delicacy, the
respect that is due to woman as woman in any
condition or class—show me such a man, and
you show me a gentleman—nay, you show me
better, you show me true christian."
The Pacific Railroad.
The following extract from the Marshall
Meridian indicates an activity on the part of
those engaged in thejprelitninary labors of this
great undertaking boding most favorably for
the future:
The Chief Engineer informs us that the lo-
cation of the Road from this place to the most
eligible point upon the Lake, for its connexion,
extension, and facilities for navigation, and its
immediate construction west, has been com-
pleted. The distance is thirteen and three-
quarter miles'varrying slightly from the gener-
al course of the Road the supposed point of
intersection of the 32d degree of parallel with
the Trinity River.
The grade is easy, the work light, the curves
gentle where any occur, offering no obstacle
to the speedy progress of the work; thereat
umju-hie iuij mip " ,n lim iil-.ijih.^ IwaiU-oLthg proper iniplejuontft, Jiajad^ars,
mile, Spring creek and its tributaries afford, j horse-carts, &c.:~"Ste tw-itrifig to De seriously
perhaps, the greatest and most convenient wa- i the shipmeut of a large lot. Irom Baltimore
ter power to be found in the Republic. Wal- by Messrs. Green and Johnson not having yet
nut creek, distant six miles, aud Brushy, distant
sixteen miles, both on the east side of the
rivar, afford very considerable water power.
Extensive deposits of iron ore, adjudged to be
of superior quality, is iound within eight miles
of the location.
This section of count.y is generally well
watered, fertile in a high degree, aud has eve-
ry appearance of heallh and salubrity cf cli-
mate. Tne site occupies, and will effectually
close.Jthe pass by which Indians and outlawed
Mexicans have, for ages past, traveled east or
west, to or from the Rio Grande, to eastern
Texas, and will force them to pass by the way
of Pecan bayou and Sau Saba, above the
mountains and the sources of the Guadalupe
river.
The commissioners confidently anticipate
the time when a great thoroughfare shall be
established from Santa Fe to our seaports, and
another from Red river to Matamoras, which
two routes must, almost of necessity, intersect
at this point-. They look {forward to the time
whon this city shall be the emporium not only
of the productions of the rich soil of the San
Saba, Pedernalis, Haw and Pecan bayous, but
of all the upper Colorado and Brazos, as also
of the produce of the rich mining country
known to exist upon those streams. They are
satisfied that a truly national city could at no
other point within the limits assigned them be
reared up; not that other sections of the coun-
try were not equally fertile, but that no other
combined so many and such varied advanta-
ges and beauties as the one in question. The
imagination of even the romantic will not be
disappointed on viewing the valley of the Col-
orado or the fertile undulating woodlands and
prairies at a distance from it The most scep-
tical will not doubt its healthiness, aud the
citizen's bosom must swell with honest pride
when standing ou the portico of the capitol of
his country, he looks abroad upon a region
worthy only of being tiie*"home ot the brave
and the free. Standing on the junction of the
routes of Santa Fe to the sea coast, of Red
river and Matamoras, looking with the same
glance upon the green, romantic mountains,
aud the fertile and widely extended plains of
his country, can a feeling of nationality fail to
arise in his bosom, or could the fire of patriot-
ism be dormant under such circumstances?
arrived.
An instrumental survey has been made from
Marshall, west of the Sabine, about forty miles,
and is progressing rapidly to the Trinity river.
About two hundred miles of instrumental sur-
vey has already been made, to enable the Com-
pany to adopt the best line practicable.
A competent corps is employed in locating
the Road from this place to the Sabine river at
a distance ofthirty-t wo miles.
Maj. Blanch with a corps left on the 13t-h
inst. for the Trinity river, to determine the in-
tersection of the 32d degree of north parallel
with said stream; and to select an eligible
crossing for the Road as near the intersection
of said parallel as possible; his report, will be
looked for with interest, and will undoubtedly
convey important information to the Company
and country.
The entire constructive force, now engaged
upon the Road, are operating m detached par-
ties between Marshall end the Lake. By the
first- of October a Georgia contractor will be
upon the ground with a large additional force;
in the meantime it is expected that the origi-
nal contractors, Messrs. Jones, Waggoner, and
Moore, will haye a large and'effective force ;
upon the Road, as their agents, Messrs. Brad-
ley and Gilmer are here, and report their ac-
tive preparation for the shipment of a large
force and all needfnl imlpements for grading.,
bridging, &c. &c. These are the best guaran-
tees that can be afiorded for the speedy con-
tstrnction of this Road, and we have every rea-
son to believe that before the 1st day of April,
1855, the road will be completed from the lake
to Marshall, forcing a link in that great chain
of Road that-is destined to connect the Pacific
with the Great Father of Waters.
Canada.—The Journal of Commerce
thinks the day is not far distant when England
"will dissolve her connections with her Ameri-
ca?! possessions. It says:
"The bonds between Canada and the mother
country, we are told, are becoming every year,
quietly and gracefully more loosened. Her
desires to be left to her own resources are
ed the Know-Nothings appear before them de-
manding all the succor they can give.
It is impossible to resist the Know-Nothings
—especially when it is remembered that the
" rich Irish brcgue" and the '-sweet German
accent" did not mingle quite strong enough
with the Scott, enthusiasm of 1852; and of
course the whigs take the new creed into their
pack, aud pledge themselves to indefinite aid
an3 to unswerving alliance. It is true that
the whigs have a principle, oi a petty , or a pre-
text for evry body in their assortment of ideas
and isms, exactly as a pe ller has a ridand or
a toy for his various customers. But the load
which they have assnmed is too great, even if
the elements of their crecd were not contradic-
tory aud hostile; and uhless, like Sinbad, the}-"
can get rid of their ugly burden, they are
bound to go down in one grand catastrophe be-
fore they are aware of it.—Union.
The Russian Geneial, who command-
ed at Bomersund when it was taken by the
Turkish allies, is said to be named Budisco. but
whetheravelative to the late Minister to the
United states is not stated. He was taken pris-
oner with his 2,000 troops. Gen. Bodisco is as
old man, apparantly 80 years of age. He was
very anxious that the French Geueral-in.Chief
should certify that he had done his duty, Gen.
Baraguay d,Hilliers returned the Russian Gen-
eral's swoul, and at the same time extolled the
valor with which he had defended his trust,
and the prudence which had surrendered it
when further resistance could have done no
more than caused a useless loss of life. The
two outer forts, Tzee .and Nottich, have been
previously captured, the Russian General sent
a priest to the officer in command of Presto
Fort, with orders to surrender. The order was
obeyed—Thus the four forts of Bomerdsund fell
into the possession of the Allies. There is a re-
port that the Russians blew upa fort containing
state prisoners and tne secreted Aland pilots ;
but the Loudon papers doubt its trnth.
True Delta
Buffaloes dv the Acnes.—A member of
Gov. Stevens's Northern Route Exploring par-
ty, in a long communication to the St.Louia Re-
publican, written from the head of Yellow Stone
river, savsofthe incidents of the party thus
far :
"OnjSunday, after a march of ten miles, the
buffakes were reached. They were estimated
by some as high as five hundred thousand. Two
huwlred thousand is considered as a very low
Drawing up the train at our usual
men took out eighteen thousaud dollars from
their claim. Mrs. Stow's work having reach-
ed the colony, a good deal of sympathy is
manifested for the colored people who comc
from America, while those from the East In-
dies perish like-animals- The first step of a
negro when he arrives, is to get married to
a white woman, and a pretty one at that. Sun-
days uo black man Is seen without a white
lady swinging to his arm. If the English-
men were half so democratic as the Engb'sh
women, Victoria would soon be a republic.
i asked a very respectable looking woman
why she married a colored man, and she re-
plied, " Because he would treat mc better
than an Englishman, all the Americans do!"
Do what ?" " Why, treat women well."
" What makes you think so?" "i see it;
there arc a good many Americans about here
married, and they do not strike or beat their
wives,". i said, " In England the laboring
men always give their money to their wives;
in America they seldom do." It honght that
a great compliment to the women. She re-
plied, " May be that is what makes the labor-
ing classes so poor in England; and at any
rate, i would sooner be the icifc of a black
man than the slawi of a white one; besides
my husband is ju3t as much an American
as 3'ou are, he was born iu Massachusetts.—
i suppose you thought to shame me, but no,
i do not feel ashamed." " That madam, is
very evident : you probably have the same
idea of shame that a blind man has of colors."
" Well, you arc a gentleman, aiu't you ?" "i
think so, and presume you arc a lady from
the exquisite delicacy of your taste." "Yes,
have you read Uncle Tom's Cabin ? There
now." "Yes,"i replied. "Well, what do
you think of it—of Mrs. Stowe?" Why, i
think Mrs. Stowe has made more monay out
of the negroes than any slave dealer that ever
lived." * * * *
The slave question meets a native of the
Ivcpublic at every turn, and an opportunity is
never let slip to throw it in your teeth—they
think they have us on that, but i think it as
rather a compliment to us, seeing that it is
the only thing they can bring against us, is
i can use such a term, but whatever it manif
temper of Stevens became roused by the un-
merited denunciations, heaped upon him;
excited to a like fury with his foes, repaid
them in kind for all their unmitigated tir- „
ades of abuse. It was supposed that the} tremdous antldfiej^^rtnd
with their luxuriant foliage all over the lonely
"the old buil<"
picturesque
savage.
Ten iniiirites before twelve o'clock, Stevens,
accompanied by a chosen second, arrived.—
Ilis countenance was Wished, h;s nerves were
\ ankee would not fight, and Allen Simons u | ve €vjjence 0f the high excitement under
noted duelist, was selected by the opposite ; whieh le
was laboring. He appeared to be
party as a proper person to send him a chal-
lenge, and if he refused to accept it, as a
matter of course, he was degraded, and the
political contest would thereby be determined.
They were miserably deceived iu their man.
Stevens accepted the challenge, liis hand
was as firm as his aim was sure, aud he shot
intoxicated. The stranger bwl uot j*t made
his appearance. Minute after minute rolled
on, and still he did not come. The spectators
looknd disappointed. They thoughttbcmse\ves
in danger of losing their promised q rt.
it was three minutes till twelve^' Stevens
stood with his fine gold repeater in hi? hand,,
his adversary through the heart the first firr>! ^ on the s;ow^ovin. ottered
fltk/in nnacnniil *nnn.tnnfoi« 4<\l 1. .ll'.in 111 miM/l « - • _
estimate o
halt at noon, a large herd were about half a ; opinion may be at home, he he is a slavery's
mile ahead. The hunters, six in number, were I man. Ivot-one American in a thousand but
immediately dispatched, well mounted on j advocates slavery when talking to a John Bull,
spare horses reserved for that especial purpose, , j al « ;n>. for sIavery and having seen
and the whole tram had an opportunity to wit- ~ -- - - - - "3
ness a buffalo hunt. The hunters dashed in a-
thc rule of the
English
in some of their re-
the herd, picked out the fattest of the ote possessions, i can generally retort with
" ' ' 1 interest, particularly when i allude to the ab-
originals of this colony, who have been, and
arc slain like wild beasts, One squatter who
was much annoyed by their begging deter-
mined to rid himself of them, and invited all
far and near to come to a feast; they came,
all ages and both sexes, and they were plen-
tifully supplied with poisoned bread—two
thousand died, and now natives shun the place
j calling it " uo good damper ground." Soci-
j ety here is at its lowest ebb—few are marri-
ed ; the diggers preferring mistresses to wives;
they go" to Melbourne and hire women for
from three to ten dollars per week, andlive
with them until they wish to change, and
then gat another. The women are treated
shamefully, beaten worse than slaves. i
speak jiow of the best; but there are women
who drink to excess—disgusting creatures
that lie down where night overtakes them.
Sometimes a woman takes a notion to leave,
and then her lord gives her a terrible beating
which answers as a divorce, and they remain
goo\l friends after. a man may say, " My
Missus," a woman " My Master." „
crowd, and then, separating the selected ones
from the herd, soon dispatched them. In an
hour the wagons were sent but a small distance
from the route to receive the choicest pieces
of buffalo.
"In the next two days' inarch the hnnters
weie kept some distance ahead to keep otfthe
j it n.-a.a-loo only--Un? sn~£i*-pas3-
age of the train could be insured through the
sea of flesh. Thepark-muls and spare animals
following on the train being too numerous to
be separately led, were hard to coutrol: and,
despite evry precaution and care, one horse
and four mules were lost, they getting mingled
with the herd."
Fondly hoping that we may not have disap- i e.u "1R"V
pointed the expectations either of our country- j ^Ta.n. fr Europe of the greater part of t
men or your Excellency, we subscribe our- [ British troops in Canada, makes the followi
[ acquiesced in and eagerly seconded by the
British Parliament. The Montreal 'Herald,
commenting last week upon the proposed rec-t course to cut them off from the sidewalk
6®" The llartford Times relates a singu-
lar story about- rats. a pair of valuable hor-
ses were almost starved to death by the daily
depredations of the vermin on their allow-
ance. The owner was astonished that, with
the quantity of grain he gave them, they
shoidd bccoine so thin; and, upou watching
one day, discovered the cause. After the
grain had been placed in the manger, five or
six enormous rats descended and rapidly de-
voured it, the poor horse approaching his
head to satisfy his hunger, was bitten severe-
ly on the lips by the ferocious robbers, and
kept at a distance until his fodder was en-
tirely abstracted. «
Shameful Dishonesty.—As a proof of the
extensive adulteration of liquors in this country,
the New York Sun says that more port wine is
drank in the United States in one year than pas-
ses through the custom-house in ten; that more
champagne is consumed in-America alone than
the whole chiimpane district produces: that cog-
nac brandy eosts four times as much in France,
where it is made, as it is retailed for in our grog
shops; and that the failure of the whole grape
crop in Madeira produced no apparent diminu-
tion in quantity or increase in the price of wine.
An Outrage.—About 4 o'clock last even-
ing a gross outrage was practiced upon two
of the most respectable citizens of New Or-
leans, one of whom has acted as Recorder and
Councilmen of the old Second Municipality,
and the other is a member of Congress at the
present time. The circunistanecs are briefly
these, the gentlemen had been taking a some-
what lengthened walk, and as they were cros-
sing St. Charles street, at its junction with
St. Joseph, about midway of the street, with
the suu shining full in their faces, a dray dri-
ven rapidly, with au evident intent to run
over and wound, turned suddenly from a di-
selves, your Excellency's most obedient ser-
vants,
A. C. HORTON, Chairman,
I. W. BURTON,
WILLIAM MENIFEE,
ISAAC CAMPBELL,
LOUIS P. COOKE.
Cit}-of Houston, April 13, 1854.
the
following
remarks, which may be received as an index
of the feelinjrs of liberal minded Canadians:
they were seeking to reach. The—old we
were about to say—gentlemen, by putting
forth unparalled efforts, succeeded in reach-
ing a place of safety, whereupon the dray was
about as the natural result of the gradual
separation taking place between the mother
country and the Colony, and of the determina-
tion of the former, since she has no more ad-
vantage or control in Canada, to be at no more
City or Houston, 13th ApM, 1839. ! expense on her account. The Colonies must
We the commissioners appointed for locating | cast about for a new phase of existence; they
permanently the seat of Government of the l.i,.c
Republic of Texas, having met this day by ap-
pointment at. the capitol, the question was put
by the chairman, Col. A C. Horton, as to which
river, the Brazos or Colorado with the respec-
tive selections on each, had the highest claims
to our consideration in the discharge of the du
Sooner or later their removal must have comc stopped, and the rider proceeded toabuse-and
threaten and execrate them
;MO AcccriinT — Tr.nsicuvu b'-lr.u'-inp- f-
bfc- olds & Co/Circus, whose-name wec«ui<l
ncs > <am, waa attacked ami roughly handled
bf i. party of men in a German ball room last
5p y week. when, wishra^ to make good his
" - he led dmrn a declivity opposite .that
0 and unfortunately broke a leg, and re-
- f saaciry ather brHwcs, from the effects of
W' . ho ilicd following Tuesday.— (Fnt-
City of Houston, 12th Ap'l, 1839.
To his Excellency,
Gen'I Mirabeau B. Lamar, '
President of the Republic of Texas :
The Commissioners appointed under the act
of Congress dated January. 1839, for locating
the permanent site of the seat of government
or the Republic, have the honor to report to
your Excellency,
r Ibey have selected the site of the town
ot Waterloo, on the east bank of the Colorado
ncv?l> 7"? lands adjoining, as per the deed
^ShCTiff of Bastrop county, bearing date
March. 1839, and per the relinquishments
of Logan Van-levar, James Rogers, G. D. Han
denounce, threaten and execrate them in
the most voilent mancr! This is the worst part
of the business. The driver was an Irishman,
and two of his countrymen were on the dray
at the time of the occurrence.
Times have really coiue to a pretty pass.
wc know not what the future has in store for
us. We hope it is all good. But, such out-
rages as these must cease. Let those most
O. Bulletin.
ties assigned us. The vote stood as follows:
for the Colorado, Messrs. A. C. Horton, William
Menifee, and L. P. Cook; for the Brazos,
Messrs. I. W. Burton and Isaac Campbell.
The question was then put by the Chairman
as to which of the refections on the Colorado
river, viz: Bastrop or Waterloo, was entitled
to their preference. It wasunrnirnously eeter- ... .
mined that Waterloo and the lands condemned tible abolition party, and if abolitionism
and relinquished around it, was the proper site, j engrafted upon the whig creed, from that mo-
and was therefore their choice.
appeal outpof their own limits; pay their own
troops, if they want any; choose their own interested look well to it —k
Governors, and in short, be what our Scotch |
acquaintances say of their houses,'selfsustain-! Too Much Freedom;
iug.' It is well these changes should not! The Charleston Mercury, in commenting
come upon us too suddenly; but come they ' 0,1 sornc the Northern notions about " uni-
must, and we ought to look forward to them j yorpal liberty," " a great free Democratic
earnestly though boldly, and prepare for them ! republic, etc., expresses its apprehension of
beforehand." i soule awful.calamity to the South. It is im-
, ,,, , ! possible (the .Mercury says) to peruse the arti-
Henky Clay on Fusion.-" But if it (the ' ck'su der notice, and indeed by far the larg-
j Whig party) is to be merged into a conte
ntenipj est portion of the productions of the Northern
is to be 1 press, without realizing the just satire of Car-
Thk Douglas Meeting at Chicago.—
It appears from the Chicago papers that Judge
Douglas, in defiance of the lanaties and row-
dies of that city, did deliver a portion of his
speech in defence of his action touching the
Nebraska bill. He spoke for more than an
hour, when the uproar bccamc so great that
he quietly retired from the stand. The Chicago
Press says:
There was a great amount of groans and
cheers; but there was nothing like a riot, or
any approach to it. He said some bitter
things agaiuat the press of Chicago, and did
not compliment the intelligence of citizens in
very pleasant terms. They refused to hear
him on these subjects. Towards the close of
his speech they became so uproarious that he
was obliged to desist. The plain truth is,
there ave re a great many there who were un-
willing to hear him, and manifested their
disapprobation in a very noisyand disrespectful
manner. Wc regret exceedingly that he was
not permitted to make his speech unmolested.
That would have been far better than the
course that was pursued. We are glad, how-
ever, that when he decided to make no further
efforts, the people retired peaceably to their
homes, and all was quiet. His speech, as was
expected, was an able one.
During the day preceding the evening of
the meeting, the most intense excitement
prevailed throughout the city. His opponents
had the bells tolled an hour before the meeting
assembled, and to add to the excitement,
issued an anonymous hand-bill stating that he
had organized and armed an Irish body guard.
In the meantime the cars from every direc-
tion came in crowded with persons to attend
the meeting, which was the largest ever held
in Chicago. The Times of that city has a
sketch of Judge d.'s speech, from which we
quote: _
He told theui that he was not unprepared
for their conduct. - He had a day or two since
received a letter written by the Secretory of
au organization framed since his arrival in
the city, for the purpose of preventing him
from speaking. This organization required
that he should leave the city or keep silent;
and if he disregarded this notice, the organiza-
tion was pledged, at the. sacrifice of life, to
prevent his beiugheard. He presented himself,
he said, aud challenged the armed gaug to
execute on him their murderous pledge. The
letter having been but imperfectly heard, its « Meet
A. C. HORTON, Chairman,
I. W. BURTON,
L. P. COOKE
wILLIAM MENIFEE,
ISAAC CAMPBELL.
lyle : .
. merit I renounce the party and cease to be a j " To such an extreme length is this Demo-
l whig. I go yet a step further. If i am alive, i pratic tendency going, that, liberty, self-gui-
give my humble support to that man diu is demanded for the lowest slave, for
for the presidency who, to whatever partv he . 7 0 n . , ,
1 ' - • i tnaoo irjosft or all to be governed.—
1 wi" — uance
| may belong, be not-contaminated by fanaticism t no-se uc-ediri;
: rather than to one who, crying: out ail the time "y ian<* 'ly we hour of the cmanci-
| that he is a whig, maintains doctrines utterly i pat ion ot horses; old Sorrel will get some no-
jteg-durin" the late riots in New Orleans, j subversive of the Constitution and the Union.'"'! tions of personal liberty, and will refuse to
help farmer Dodds plow h is field; but woe to old
Other personal rencounters followed in rapid
succcssion, and.in all of frhich Stevens dis-
played the same cool courage, and always
came off victorious. lie soon became insc-
lent, overbearing and exceedingly quarrel-
some. Up to the year 1834 he had killed
his half-a-dozen men.
In the Autumn of that year he was one
day in a country grocery, about ten miles
from Vicksburg. a mixed company was
present, to whom the desperado was boasting,
of the number of victims he had .slain, re-
counting with savage delight the several cir-
cumstances of horror attending the death of
each, and spicing the whole with the usual
exaggerations supplied by the vanity of boas-
ters. As he went on thus, reciting the mcst
enormous cruelties, his quick eye wondering
around the circle of his eager auditors for
sympathy, and the customary approbation
that was wont to salute his ears, he encount-
ered the fixed gaze of a stranger, which rivet-
ed his attention, and made him almost start
from his scat as it thrilled with a momentary
dread.
The man, or rather youth, for to judge
from the extreme juvenility of his appearance,
he could not have seen more than nineteen
summers, was a stranger whom no one pres-
ent knew, or recollected to have seen before.
he was tall, but slender in shape, almost to a
defect. His hand was very small, white as
snow, and regular as if cut with a chisel.—
The face was pale, almost colorless, and
sweetly sad. There was nothing in the ap-
pearance of the stranger youth to excite
alarm, unless it were, perhaps, that steadfast,
piercing gaze of his strange, wild blue eyes,
immovably fixed on the face of Stevens, as
that furious wretch painted with words
steeped in blood, his revolting story.
Disconcerted, surprised, if not alarmed,
Stevens shrank from that glance, and cast his
eyes upon the floor, but still made an effort
to proceed with his narrative. But be felt
that the gaze of the stranger was upon him,
and he began to burn with shame and indig-
nation at the reflecction that he had encoun-
tered one look of a mortal man which had
mastered his own spirit as with a mysterious
spell. He felt in his heart that he was a
coward! Again he raised his eyes to the
stranger, and met the same mysterious gaze,
the same calui, nnearthly look, that seemed
to be a question from Eternity, saying:
" Murderer where are thy victims ?"
He observed now, also, that the* hands of
the youthful intruder uo longer hung motion-
less by his side; but the left was in his coat
pocket, and the right thrust into his bosom,
grasped something which gleama^ through
the clasp of the fingers like silver.
The desperado comprehended at a glance
his peril. He was in the power of an enemy.
Mastering, however, by a gro%t effort of self-
control, his fears, he took his resolution <Jhick
as thought, to gain time, and, if possible, ob-
taiu the chance of an equal combat. This, or
instant death, was the only alternative. For
he was a professed judge of the human char-
acter, and knew that he had to deal with no
common foe, and that a single violentgesture
of movement to grasp a weapon, would be a
signal for a stab at the heart.
He, therefore, assumed a look of careless
good humor, and addressing the stranger in a
friendly tone of well faigned familiarity, in-
quired: "You have listened to my idle sto-
ries with some appearance of curiosity, young
man; what do you think of my powers rs a
story-teller?"
The stranger replied, in a low soft voice;
" i was not thinking of your powers as a story-
tclller; i was wondering at your prowess as
an assassin!"
"i was but joking. i assure you," said Ste-
vens.
" You lie!" was the calm response.
The desperado turned pale as death, but
gulping down his emotion, he proceedsd:—
How do you know i lie! You are to me a
total stranger, i am positively certain that
i never saw you before in my life.
"That matters not, Mr. Stevens, i have
known you as an assassin sincc i was ten
years old; and i now know you for a dastard-
ly coward!"
" Who are you?" exclaimcd the desperado,
in real suprise as well as consternation.
"i am the son of a man you murdered!"
"You must be mistaken in me, young
man; what was your lather's name ?"
"That you shall never know, infamous
liar and poltroon, till i whisper it in your
dying car, as the signal to bind your soul to
etemal torture. Man of blood, your last hour
has' come?"
The sentence was repeated in a shrill
trumpet-tone that made every hearer start.—
It deprived Stevens of the power of specch.
He sat dumb and trembling like a sinner at
the bar of the final judgment.
The strnnger youth contemplated him in
scorn for a few seconds, and then said in
cutting accents : " i had thought to slay you
where you sit, you base wretch! but i dis-
dain to kill even a murderous.coward without
giving him a chance for his life. Paltroon,
is mnd. The weapon of
-ricous bovrie-knire, heavy
beneath the poshed with lae timat in-
tense anxiety. At last both hand"- wore per-
pendicular, one above the other, and directly
overthe figures xii. a sneering smile played
around his cosrse features, and he said aloud:
"i am here r.t the time; bnt wisero i« lie?
Hardly h i fl;-{ w^rds died ou hi:- lips,
when a loud voice from the old house shouted
in a clear, reverberating toso: '• here2"_^i
key grated in the rusty lock, tho bolt was
drawn back, the door opened with a harsh
creaking noise on its hinges, and the stranger
stepped &oni the s'iii.
Wc jwus< ii minute, to survey his friend,
who was by If!.-- side. 1 he was a stranger also
a man of Herculean size, and exceedingly
wild aspect. His h-jir was long, coal black,
and straight an Indian's. His skin was
smartly sun-Lurncd, almost Copper-colored.—
His face and forehead, a huge mass of boccs,
sharply proje< :!ng and repajsively ngly; ttnd
his dark eye Hashed reye^feat seemed sparks
of fire to scorch the be&oid?r.
The arranger., -ats were immediately mado
for the duel. The stringer stripped off hie
coat, vest and shirt, and tied a, red silk haud-
ierchief arori'' his waisi. it: we.-pon waa
a single long '.'...geer, ngt verywrtld, but keeir
as a razor, and doubl$*dgvd. Hi" other arms
he handed to h
Stevens was a:i
as the war club of a savage,
The stranger exacted an oath frcai die sec-
onds, that after the two fbes entered the hou se,
they would neither open the door themselves,
nor suffer any one else to open it. It was
also agreed that all th* spectators who bore
torches should re tin: some twenty j-aces from
the house, sa that no ray of light might
penetrate throuch the ercvices in the wall to
illuminate, he j -ver feebly, th<. deadly gloom
within.
All the preliminaries being thus adjusted,
the combatant - were placod by their seconds
in opposite o>n ers of ths room, when the
latter withdrr-'-, locked the door, and left the
foes alone with death.
At first they both storied down, and stealth-
ily untied at ' l"id off their si:oe^, eo as to
mafea no nois, .'v^r —
The same tho ;.: !' <d struck them at ts*>-
same time—to waaoeuver for tbe advantage.
The young stranger moved in n circle, and
softly as a cat around tho rcons, till te got
within four feet of the corner where his --scary
had been first placed. He then paused to
listen. For a few seconds he heard nothing
in the grave-like rilertce but the qnick bv-aU
of his own fc&rt. presently ««--(; r«pt-
into his ear a iieiroefy
suppressed treat!;iin the opposite *ornw
of the room, which lie had jasi leit. Ilisfoo
was trying the «an«; stratagem. "st^manoeu-
verwas repeated rimes by both, and
with a like result. At kugth the youth con-
cluded to stgad still. -:nd await the approach
of his adversary. Motionless now himself,
and all ear, a soft noise, like the dropping of
wool, became distinctly audible, aud slowly
approached him. w he n : fee ; ,-nnd appeared
about three feet fbolu wl:?re ho stood, ho
suddenly made a biraedin^ piuage, with his
dagger aimed, in the «r where he supposed
the bosom of his foc-io !>c. i-tevetis, at uw
time, was stooped-;#^ ward, fhas k?r
the advantage, and the p ;>rt cf the dagger
blade, by a singular fatality, perforated his
left eye and pierced deep in the.brain. He
fell with a dull, hffivV sound on the floor.—
He had fought his Ifst battle.
The seconds wiiitc-d with breathless anxiety
until the expiration of the twenty fife :ninutee.
They then unbooked the dtor, and tie crowd
rushed in with their flickering tonics. a
most hideous spectacle presented itself, i acre
lay the gory trunk of Stevens, the head severe j
from the body , and placed a* if in savage oic
cry on the breast of the lesd, and th^re was
stiil sticking in t'i- !.'• vy right eye, tjjg fetal
two-edged dagger, almost up to the fcsjfa: tho
now soulless brs in ' /he strangsr^ws stand- k
iug in the middle of thedfoocv a large
hawk-bill pc-.-k u-.fo isaincd
with reekingpors, which he ha-i e ride ntly -
performed the work ot.deeSpitaties. * his
face was still the sanjel look, agcl the
mckncholy smile." He seemed in fast k he
conscious of nvdh'itg save his own dreanre-
thought, tkat{wandered through wide eternHy.
The speetsitoii crowded withraute counten-
ances of horjwr srvnad the j
and for a mo-neat lost
till maddened at the laiueatatle^|k son e
one cried odt:
Arrest art m:
ii
Aud all the irowd eried. " jfc&b hits
him!" Thoy turnedi& ecizi- hite; both ho
and his record had disappeared, and wire no
where to be seen.. js'. ither was ever after-
wards heard #f in wt region of the world.
Eighteen ^lonih^ago -i 'inw. them Loth at
Sac Antonka in Te?o s. The acquaintance
was accidental, and frnfcfcd ■ ■ -.der p- eu'iar cir-
cumstances that gave ine their coalidtntfl*
and, "accordingly, {i {received from tjrsfte a.
clear and oompk'ten&'wtlon fcftkc
before related, masttf w!ri<-h i had prercs
lesrnod from w>tflos>.-s s.* the tmmsactiou -
1 heir history «atv: the:- d.asdfsl eonitat bs
been deeply tinged vhh the ronjrbijr:
will you meat me in a fair combat ?" ^
a gleam of savage joy shot across the faoe j ite ci^urrenfo? juii ; be le& fer «
of Stevens as he answered: " i will. Name i vrorkror other ftii tmti'vme.^
your time, place apd seconds." ! permitted now to th
" That is soon done," replied the stranger. [ ynjv state th-.t on-.- a? tJi;
Meet me to-night, precisely at twelve j bcris^bfe l&urefc m ihe
reading was asked by sonic of tho orderly j o'clock, at the " ol.d Waste House," in the 1 aud
citizens present, but the mob refused to let it ■ woods, five miles cast from this place. Bring! uk&pfjju a"".
be read, when Judge d., at thccarcost request f with you a single friend; -i will contrive to i ——
of some of his friends, left the stand.
suture
* sua not :
ptr utg&ij but trill
has gathered ra-
Mcxican war,
isiost rcuuaiuibig
•.Ol t\jV
a young man by the name of Porter was shot j
dead in Tehopitoulas street. We learn from ! . . t, . ar
, tw , , , e the storm is from the Seguin Mercury:
the True Delta that he was a young man of! _ . _
A Changk in The Cabinet.-
phia North American has the following:
The Hon. John C. Dobbin. U. S. Secretary
of the Navy
ton from a visit
j have one present, also. We two only will | -A Spkr;;.—^ ^
' enter the house, armed each with a bowie- j occurred m o&v osr floailS jas-
•The Philadel- j j-njfu or (JUjrgt.r at our option. Uuv frirndis ."i'tfe^Otwec-ij tuft j u-.<: and a DtSea witness
all
your imuvc fit-
. Wita«as-~1 no ! uve; i'a a
will lock the door from the out.-ddn, swearing
. John c. Dobbin. u. s. ^eererary | firet on the ho, Gospels to leave us alouo
. navinsr iust returned to wasniii£ - i c .* «.•' . . . *
isit to his home in North Carolina ! ^ space of twenty-five minutes. A^ you
— - ~ - "greed7
The Storm.—The following relative to (foolish Sorrell when winter comes, and he |««| "But the house to which you refer," sug
a'ki a^ron Burleson, by j fine education and irreproachable character.
Eitward Bnr'esoi
of March,
fireatest, number
[tagea to the Bep
oi Gove ran
situation which <
within tiie Kmiii
therefore their e
said.
We have the iu
ceHenry, that wc i
under date of tho 17th ; iie
is the site eornbining the
was a member of the Lopez Cuba Expe-
i and most important advan- dition, an(l served in Captain Kelly's com-
1 tc*k^ 'oca,'ou ol 'he j pany, and was one of those who were severe-
;'no underlh^r u^u.p °^er iyl wounded in that memorable exploit.
ft !«-:m Haskev of^5*« i/. S. Army, sailed
ium "Sew York en Wednesday, in the steamer
f Asia, fop Li?cr,;ool,.«u rente'V r the theatre of
your Ex• • j,e Eastern wnr. He i-iteni!« w a nerc snec-
i-.itie,t!i> ,3tor_
The dredge boat at Lavaca is lost and the
! wharves at that place and Indianola were
destroyed by the fury of the tempest. Fears
"' arc entertained for the safety of the Charles
Morgan, and it is thought the Steamship is
lost The flat conntrv as hisrh up,as Victoria
v:s-i<?ne.l them, ami ;•?
iur the liiejij-,;!
'■ represent
traversed
•s fl.jo.led with wHt^r, rendering
; tion with tha trnlf almost im;vj
! have not learned tha* tn- Ti' ■ - ;
| by ibis stoi - • t: r'.e fit
' Ii;ip been very
finds that the revolution which he has made
has cut off his supply of oats."
Very good and very applicable. Liberty
is a very good thing to those who understand
it, and know how to appreciate it. But,
when it gets into ignorant or depraved hands,
it becomes an instrument of blood}-, remorse-
less r.rd e~-T;i~*r~fib!c tyranny, destitute of
every re ' ■ • quality of a respectable de*
! ,v instance, ivitncss dite.Fiv neb
obi'i>-n ot the l ist eenturv—.V O.
memberd that the late election in North Car- j gested Stevens, "has not been inhabited for
olina resulted in the choice of a Democratic ina- | eight years. The window and doors are exeeed-
jorityto bnth houses r>f the Legislature. IHsbe- j ingly strong, almost half covered with bam
i of iron, and are, moreover, securely fastened^
| so that we can not posSiblv gain admission.—
lieved that Mr. Dobbid will be chosen to£11 the
vacancy which already exists in the representa-
tion of North Carolina in the Senate, andthat Mr
Mallory, of Florida, will succeed him as head
of Navy Department.
X~-~" They must dress cool : : Lafa vctte, La
\ > oung ltd-, on being aske i if the intended to
Wr.:that rrre.tt bust-It* t't chti'.-i- caid s're din t
ocar. toivear any iking 'he. S -:1.) 5 al •: x-
'.•hangc
> best to name yomc other
said the ;
Therefore it would!
nlaee " —- -
**! have the key/
satisfied
Ai thir air;wcrof ihodespei^th, x.
man, without ntt^viag auother word
upon hic hec! and left Se ; ntid n
c yimog
turned
rat's yt.ar v-..tliw-too>riu!?
faoer s vr nbn'pe all
. Ju«pe^-. in e* kr j tP.fck luce
guage did y.-m teeie ? ^
did _yousp«civile?
wiuicst —i .;id not fi ei's
the cradle t r. a:i; i o.ab? &
ThVs ti -ir wt - a
tLv ).ii'.«e jsry ano
rtafive , Uruaaf-
. that s^':- of! j
his
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