South-Western American (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 15, Ed. 1, Wednesday, October 20, 1852 Page: 1 of 4
four pages : illus. ; page 24 x 16 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
it SOilintBWtlfcIl lilEllfalii
-
TERMS $3 in Advance.)
21 Dcniocrtitic -Newspaper Dcuolco to Sericulture "Nicnis Politics anb Sxjtrm interests.
VOL. IV.
CITY OF AUSTIN TEXAS. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 20 1852.
($4 at the end of the Year.
NO. 15
CARDS AND LOST CERTIFICATES.
- .. ' T ' ' - -- - --
-."fH.At I. A. & Geo. W. PA&HAL $ GE0- "sohax.
8u Antonio $ Aflorntys-at-Laiu. - Austn-
GEO. "W. PASCHAL wihcreafter reside permanently at Aus-
tin. Their business at Galveston will also receive the personal at-
tention of one of the firm. Office inAnstin at the Old State Department
April 15 1852. no 44
. V. AITCHESOJJ. - WM. ALEXANDER
AITCHESON & ALEXANDER
Attorneys andCounsellors at Law
atig20 Galveston Texas.
R. J. M. LITTEN. has removed his Office to the upper story of the
corner building on Congress Avenue opposite the Orlears House and
respectfully tenders his services to the public in the various branches of
nis profession viz. lueamnc ourgery ana uoszctrics
Austin. Oct. 22d 1851.
tf.
3 AS. A. POAGE. C. C. MC GENNIS
POAGE & McGENNIS
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
nUl::ly bastrop texas.
E. P. HUNT Notary Public
Galveston Texas.
07 Particular attention paid to the taking ol interrogatories ang!
A WHISPER TO GENTLEMEN.
BY-FANNY FERN.
RICHARD B. KIMBALL
COMUISSIONER OF DEEDS FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS.
WALL STREET NEW YORK.
1 B. F. CARUTHERS.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Austin Texas.
WILL practice in all the courts ol the second Judicial District in the Supreme
Court or the Statciitl in the Federal Court. 43 tf
r ALLEN & BAGBY
Storage and Commission Merchants "
CORNER OF MAIN AND COMMERCE STREETS HOUSTON TEXAS
HAVE the most extensive and secure accommodation for storage of Cotton an
Merchandise immediately adjacent to the Steamboat Wharf. Aug. 2l)j
RICE AND NICHOLSJ
HOUSTON TEXAS
TVnOLESALE &. RETAIL MERCHANTS
TfT" EEP constantly on nana every description of Dry Goods Groceries Hard
ware and Cutlery. c6:ly
Houston August 39.
nng20
W. HARRIS. E. M. PEASE
HARRIS & PEASE
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law
Brazoria Texas. -
J. A. GREEN
ATTORNEY fy COUNSELLOR AT LAW
Austin Texas
WILL practice in the 2nd Judicial District amd adjoining counties.
. Oct 29 1851. 16:::tf
AW NOTICE. JAMES S. G1LLETT Attorney and Coun--
sellor at Law. Having located himself permanently Trill attend
promply to all business entrusted to his care in .the different courts held
at the Capital of the State and. will act as generaljent in the transaction
of business with the different departments of State.
JS?Omce Adjutant General's office Austin Texas no 37::tf
aug20
J. H. 1LLIES & CO.
IMPORTING AND SHIPPING MERCHANTS
Strand Galveston.
ang20
4HUGH McQUEEN
A'l tome ycat L-a iat
Galveston Texas.
t.2..)S. Milam Lougej No. 23 1.O.O.F.
"& meets every Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock.
Officers.
P. DeCoudova N. G. Geo. S. Deats V. G.
II Hatnme Trcas.- Jons Brandos Sec7y.
" J A SETTLE
RECEIVING FORWARDING & COMMISSION MERCHANT
Indianola Texas.
KEEPS constantly on hand a general assortment of Groceries Liquors
Provisions Ship Chandlery. Crockery. Saddlery and Western' Produce.
References Messrs. R. & D. G. Millis Lewis & Co J. Shackleford &
Co J. H. Bennett Esq Dr. Wm. R. Smith Collector of the Port Galveston.
Messrs. G. Burke & Co Williams Phillips & Co R. M. McAlpin &
Co New Orleans. Dec. 30 '51.
private boarding
MRS VAN VLEET No. 63 Barclay street New York.
A Terms $1 25 per day. no46
PETER MacGREAL Attorney at Law
Brazoria Texas.
THF PRESIDENT'S HOUSE.
BT MRS. SMITH AVIOOW OF THE LATE J. N. O. SMITH
Corner of Main and Preston sts. opposite the Post-office' Houston.
Rates of Board Per montb with Lodging 16 00
Per month without Lodging -J400 --
(no40) - Per day 1 00
DOCTOR S. W. BAKER has removed bis office to his resi-
dence on Pecan street next door below Spence's Cabinet Warehouse
and is now prepared to devote his exclusive 'attention to his p'rofes-
Eion. Austin May 4th 1S52. - no 47
H. S. FULKERSON & CO.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Produce Groceries Staple
Goods Elc at the Government Wharf
INDIANOLA TEXAS
WILL open first September 1852. Cotton Hides and other
Produce of the country bought at the highest cash prices or liberal
advances made on shipments of same to our friends in New Orleans
New York or Boston. 33
V. E. OLDHAM. J. T. MARSHALL.
Oldham & Marshall
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW "CITY OF AUSTIN TEXAS
PRACTISE in the district courts of the 2d and 3d judicial districts
and in the Supreme Court of the State and in the United States
district court at Austin. They will also act as land agents and at-
torneys for soldiers or other heirs who are entitled tolands under
jthe laws of the Republic of Texas. 4
LOST The conditional certificate no. 1286 and unconditional
.certificate no. 587 dated February 2 1846 issued by theboard of
Jand commissioners of Hanis county. Unless heard of within the
;timc prescribed by law I will apply for a duplicate.
Aug. 18. J. DE CORDOVA Agent.
LOST Land Warrant issued to Willis Avery No. 9491 for 320
Uteres unless heard of within the time prescribed by law application
will be made to the proper department for a duplicate.
4:9W ' P. DeCORDQVA Agent.
LOST Bounty Warrant No. 1170 issued to William Munroe
for 320 acres ; unless heard of within the time prescribed by law appll-
cation will be made for a duplicates 4:9w E. H1CKEY.
LOLS The Headrisht Certificate of Peter Kervin No. 194 for
640 acres issued by the Commissioners of Victoria county ; unless
heard of I will make application at the expiration of the proper time
for a duplicate. 4:9w P. DeCORDQVA Agent.
HOUSTON AND GALVESTON V. S. MAIL STEAMER
FARMER
J. S. STERRETT. Commander
- HAVING undergone thorough repairs and being newly furnished will leave
Houston for Galveston every Wednesday and Saturday
at 3 p.m.; Returning leaves Galveston Tuesdajs and
' Fridays at 3 p m. The Farmer arrives in time 10 meet
'sssslssssssssKss'issssstsisssi the mail steamers from Galveston to New Orleans
rr5" The accommodation line of stages leave for Huntsville and Austin im
mediately after the arrival of the Farmer. Passengers can leave (or the. interior
''without any delay in Huston. Houston August 20.
A - sTrv
NEW HOUSE OF ENTERTAINMENT AT LEONA.
rBIIE subscriber informs his friends and the travelling community that he has
M opened a Honse of Entertainment at Leona which he is determined shall not
be surpassed by any other in the Stale of Texas. Having travelled much himself
"tkroaeu Texas and found how acceptable and re invigorating to the wearied traveller
are the comforts to be found at a well spread Table and a comfortable lied be is dc
itermined that no pains on his part shall be spared to giie satisfaction to thoae who
'mar natronise him ; and while the traveller is enjoying these eomfdits he may rest
-aasored that bis Horse will not be neglected. His Stable will be in charge under
his own inspection of a faitblul and experienced hostler who will be amply pro-
vided with the best qnality of Corn grown on old ground Hay and Fodder. From
the care and attention that ill be bestowed on this establishment by himself his
'wire and father he is coafilent that crca the most fastidioai will not leave his
lHdue.dissati.ficd. MATTHEW TAYLOR.
Jupiter Ammon ! donH I wish Iioas a man just to show the
masculines how to play their part in the world a little better I
In the first place there isn't a mother's son of you that has
got as far as ABC in the art of making love (and I have
seen'a few abortions in that way myself as well as the rest
of the sisters.) What woman wants to be told her that "her
feet and eyes are pretty" or "her form bewitching?" Justj
as if she didn't know all her fine points as soon as she is 'tall
enough to peep into a looking glass. "
No you ineffable donkey if you must use' the small coin
of flattery to pay toll at the bridge of her affections let mc
whisner a secret in vour lone ears. Compliment her unon
"some mental attraction she does not possess (if vou can find
one) and don't wear the knees of your best pants threadbare
at her feet trying to make her believe she is your first lovet.
We all know that is among the things that were after you
were o"t of your jacket and trowsers.
What a splendiferous husband I Fanny should make to
be sure ! had Providence only ordained it ! Do you suppose
when the mother of my glorious boys wanted a sixpence to
buy their shoe-strings I'd scrowl at her like a hyena and pull
my port-monaie out of my pocket as if I were drawing a tooth?
Do you suppose when her blue eyes grew lustreless and the
rose pale on her fair cheektrotting round the domestic tread-
mill day afteT day that I'd come home at night sulky end
silent and smoke my cigar in her face till her eyes were as
red as a rabbit's? or take myself off to a club or a game at
nine-pins or any other game and leave her to the exhilerat-
ing relaxation of darningimy stockings!
Do you suppose I'd trotiloiig like a loose pony at her side
in the street and leave her to keep up with me or not as her
strength would permit? Do yotf suppose I'd fly into a pas-
sion and utter words to crush the life from out her young heart
and then insult her by offering a healing plaster in the shape
of anew bonnet? And don't you suppose when the anni-
versary of our wedding day came round I'd write a dainty
little note and leave it on her toilet table to let her know I
was still a married lover ?
Pshaw ! I m sick of you all ! You don't deserve the love
of a generous high-souled woman ? If you want a house-
keeper hire"one and be done with it. If you want a wife
but you don't. . 4'
One woman -will answer as well as another to sew o.n but-
tons and straps andstrings and make your puddings and- so
on and so forth.
Do you suppose we have cultivated our minds and improved
the bright and glorious gift of intellect to the best of our ca-
pacity to minister only to your physical wants? Not a bit
of it 1 When that's ovei think of that you selfish wretch :
when you sit with your feet on the mantle piece reading the
newspaper all to yourself or sit from tea-time till ten o'clock
staring the ashes in the grate out of countenance.
Lord Harry ! "if I had such a block of a husband I'd scare up
the ghost of a lover somewhere if there's any wit in woman.
MpcD What You Say. It is always well to avoid saying
everything that is improper. But it is especially so before
children. And here parents as well as others are often in
fault. Children have as many ears as grown persons and
they are generally more attentive to what is said beforethem.
What they hear they are very apt to repeat; and as UleythaVg
no discretion and not sufficient knowledge ofstnejiworl&tln
.i: .:..- i-i-.. :. : -ll..-r i .u "UsiTiTT-rlJj
uis'iusc iiuy tiling ii ib ijuiiuiiuiy iuuiju limb lUlllureifailU
. :i . .i -. . . ..... . . .. . wr... -
ioois speaK me trum. eee tnai mtie Doy s eyesgiisten while
you are speaking of a neighbor in language jou would not
wish to have repeated. He does not fully understand what
you mean but he will remember every word; and it will be
strange if he does not cause youjo blush b' its repetition.
A gentleman was in the habit of calling at a neighbor's
house and the lady had always expressed to him great plea-
sure from his calls. One da- just after she had remarked to
him as usual her happiness from his visits her Utile boy en-
tered the room. The gentleman took him on his knee and
asked
'Are you not glad-to see mc George?" '
"No sir" replied the boy.
" Why not my little man?" he continued.
' Because mother don't want you to come" said George.
"Indeed! how do you know that George?'
Here the mother became crimson and looked daggers at the
little son. But he saw nothing and therefore replied
"Because she said yesterday she wished that old bore would
not call here again."
That was enough. The gentleman's hat was soon in re-
quisition and he left w ith the impression thai great is the
truth and it will prevail."
Another little child looked sharply in the face of a visitor
and being asked what she meant by it replied
"I wanted to see whether you" had a drop in your eye; I
heard mother say you had frequently." "
A boy once asked one of his fatber.'s guests who lived next
door to him ; and when he heard his name asked if he was
not a fool.
'N67my little friend" replied the guest "he is not a fool
but a very sensible man. But why did you ask that question?"
"Because" replied the boy ''mother haid the other.day that
you were next door to a fool ; and 1 wanted to know who
lived next door to you."
The Trail of the Woodcock. Some years ago an Italian
singer of a very gentlemanly and amiable character named
C went over to England to sing at the opera. He nev-
er loved the stage and finding an opportunity of entering into
some mercantile speculation he quitted his original profes-
sion dropped the Italian termination of his name and became
highly successful in his new pursuit. His distinguished man-
ners and the respectability of his character obtained for him
an admissjon into the first circles of London ; and the Duke
and Duchess of R looked upon him with a particular re-
gard and esteem admitting him on familiar terms to their do-
mestic circle as well as to their more public parties. He
never could wholly master the English language however.
One day dining alone with the duke and duchess the duke
sent him some woodcock but omitted to send him any of'the
trail.
"I will beg vour Grace for some of de bowels" said Signor
C . .'A
"Oh fie ! Mr. C " said the Duchess. "I ask your par-
don for correcting you; but we call that in England the trail."
' I thank your Grace a thousand times" was the. rcplv. I
will not forget de trail I shall remember de trail. How do
you spell it V
The spelling was explained to him and the maltefpassed
over. About a month after a large dinner party was given
by the Duke of R and Signor C was invited but did
not appear at the hour appointed. After waiting a few mo-
ments the company sat down to dinner and the soup was
hardly eaten when on of the servants brought in a note to
the Duke who on opening it appeared convulsed with laugh-
ter. The Duchess insisted that the whole party should share
in the fun whatever it was and after some slight hesitation
his Grace read as follows :
" Mv Lord Duke I am profoundly grieved that I cannot
have the felicity of attending upon your Grace this evening
and have waited to the last moment in nopes tnati snouia oc
better. I find however that it would be vain to attempt it
as I am afflicted with excruciating pains in my trail and can
only sign myself with very great respect your Grace's faith
ful servant. . " .
An Infidel Mother. Can it be? can you look into the depths
of those clear blue eyes that seek yours in such confiding in-
nocent trusl? can you deck those dimpled limbsso "fearfully
and wonderfully made?' can you watch with him the first
faint streak of light that usher's in another happy day? can
you point out to him the gold and purple sunset glory? can
you look upward with him to the shining host? or placejiri"
his eager hand the fi ld flowers that bend their dewy eyes
with grateful thanks and never name ' Our Father?"
When at dead of night you watch beside his sick couch ;
when you hush your very breath to listen to his pained moan";
when every gust of wind makes your cheek grow palej wheli
you turn with trembling hand the healing drops; when every
tick of the clock seems beating against your heart ; when the
little pallid face looks beseechingly into yours for the help
you cannot give ; oh ! where can you turn the suppliant eye
if you seek not the ' Great Physician V
When health slowly returns when the eye brightens and'
the red blood colors cheek and lip; when the vacant chainus
again filled ; when the little feet are again busy ; when lov-
ing arms in playful glee twine again around your neck;
comes there from that woman's heart of thine no burst.T6f
grateful thanks to Him who notes even the sparrow's fall?
j-i
bupposc Death come? Yon fold awav thp. little. nseTess
robes; you tarn with a filling eye from toys and books and
paths those little feet have trod; you feef ever the shadowy
clasp of a little hand in yours.; you turn heart-sick from hap-
py mothers who number no missing lamb from their flock; a
sunny ringlet a rosy check or a piping voice gives yourv
heart a death-pang. You walk ihe busy street and turn your
head involuntarily when a Utile strange voice calls Motherr
Oh! where can you go for comfort then if you believe not that
tll "14nrw1 kli1 t..A .. 1 f.. I.:. !..: 1 .
v wuLjiuciu luiua vuur lump uj ins luvin uieasi.i
the
are
Ihere is perfidv at vour household hearth! There
broken vows which you may not breathe to human ear.r-j
j-ucir; is ireucnery repaiu lor trust: unilUUood looks on witn
a sad wonder; you must "go backward ami cast the mantle"
of evasion over the moral deformity. Whence shall strength
come to your slender shoulders to bear this heavy cross ?--"
How silence the ready tempter's voice? Where shall all
those warm affections now be garnered up if not in heaven? "
Oh you have no anchor no rudder or compass! Your little1
bark is adrift at the mercy of every pitiless gale. The seai"?
dark and fearful ; the billows mountain high ; the sky black"t
with darkness; if you turn from the Great Pilot. f'
3J
A Ncio ' Balm of Gilead." Mrs. Credulous issues the fol- $
lowing certificate through the Belknap Gazette and though
it appears to be an advertisement we insert it Vithout fee or f
reward for the benefit of fier numerous relatives throughout'
the country : -s
J Cordelia Credulous having been for years suffering from
universal debility spine in the back tape-worms rheumatis
and a long standing rebellious complaint making me despert
costic betimes and besides these I have not felt well myself J
so it was not long afore I was brought very low and my most
impudent friends did not know me and the reglar faculties did-
not expect me to live from one end to another. After years of
suffering and sorrow Ant Dorothy Tripnos recommended as
the last resort that I should try a few bottles of the Pictorial
.Accellerated Compound Extract of Gillioverthejiround and
tbesyrup of Ignoro and Hucklbernes and to be sartin to' get
JSgjMj e--IlrPi9iL4k4lojlse. wasenu
me:;Lhave taken three bottles and am a new cretur andV
expectby the time I take six bottles more I shall get the spine
out of my back entirely. I cheerfully recommend this medi-
cine to all sick or well. Cordelia Credulous.
Not Bad. Taylor the Democratic Elector for North"' Mis-
sissippi told an anectode in his speech the other day illustiat
ing the position of the Scott Whigs which will do to ciicu-
late. Two brothers old bachelors lived together for many a
long year at last one of them courted a girl that the other
opposed strongly and spoke of as " red-headed cross-eyed
freckle-faced snub-nosed and snaggle-toothed." Despitethe
opposition his brother married. After the wedding the op-
posing brother claimed a kiss of the bride. --
" Did you not" said she "say that I was red-headed cros r
eyed fieckle-faci'd snub-nose J and snaggle-toothed andnovr
you want to kiss me."
"Yes" answered he "but I've got a strong-stomach anlrl
can stand it." vT
The Whigs abused Scott as an egotist aristocrat-'aboIi4
tionist etc. before his nomination but on it took; him down
they too had strong stomachs. North M ssissippiUhioni-
Irish Wit. Not long ago a destitute daughter of Erin
walked into an office in Wall street and in a very insinua-
ting tone begged for a little aid to support her starving fam-
ily. ' "
"Why my goodwoman" said the comfortable looking
gentleman to iwhom she had addressed her petition "you
ought to go to the poor house instead of begging about the
streets in this way." ' jsffc
"Sure yer honor" she replied "it wouldn't be aisy to go-to
a poorer house nor my o.vn." V JV J'
'Ihe rich man could not answer this clincher withfanytKing. " '
eioc uut iwu aiJiiuiiga uuu J.uiuii nuui uui Willi UBmiling
IPLO.P.. . -
Wisdom of City Ladies. "Pa why don't vou buv a'hensov
we could we have all the eggs we want ?
'My dear one hen would not lay all the eggs we want." -
"Why yes it would Pa we only use a dozen eggs a day-af
good hen would certainly lay that many." .
Jonah our devil says this young lady is the sister to 'the" -
one who thouglt) thatmilk was pumped out of cows and that" '
the tail was the pump-handle. - - j
Rights
anl Lefts. A Mrs. Boots of Pennsylvania has
left her husband and strayed to pars unknown. We presume
the pair are rights and lefts. We cannot sav however.-that
Mrs. Boots is right but there is no mistake that Mr. Bootsis
Ielt. " -r
t
t.
The man who thought he could learn to make boots'by
swallowing "sherry cobblers" has just got out a workin
which he attempts to prove that by eating hops you will ac-"
quire a knowledge of waltzing. Queer customer isn't he?
There is a schoolmaster in this city who has an easy way
of teaching children to read. He tells them to skip all the
long jaw-cracking words as they are only names of foreign
countries which they will never visit. . "
A blind manufacturer in the north says he can manufacture
a blind so effectively that it will keep a sharp-sighted creditor
from seeing a poor debtor until he has the cash to cancel'his
obligation. . "i
What meaning and unique expression was that of a young
Irish girl who was rendering testimony against an individual
in a New Orleans court-a short time since "Arrah sir'V
said she Tmshure he never made his mother smile!" There
I is a biography of unkindness in that simple sen'ence.
When Jackson and Adams wero candidates for the presi-
dency a Jackson paper in Pennsylvania charged Adams'vrith
having for his wife the daughter'of George III. An Adams
paper conceded the fact but stated that Jackson married two
of thnn.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View two places within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
de Cordova, P. South-Western American (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 15, Ed. 1, Wednesday, October 20, 1852, newspaper, October 20, 1852; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth79743/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.