Galveston Weekly News (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 13, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 8, 1851 Page: 2 of 4
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GALSTQNNEWS.
TCESDAV JCLY 8 1851.
tir Wte are aathonzod to announce III Excellency
i 11. MLL as a candidate for Governor of tin Suie
fat the easamg election fa August ncxu
0We are aatMmed to announce BENJAMIN II
EPPERSON bf Rel River county ai a candidal for Cp-
iviuuij t me Acgusi election.
13 VT arc authorized to announce Hon. 11 M. pcaml
as a candidate for Governor at the election In August next
&& We areanthnrirfvl Inennminrc fltni.T. J. HI! AM-
-ttUfci as a candidate lor the office cf Governor or the
Mate; and to say lhathe will shortly give Ids views upon
such topics of public Interest as he may consider iuot
imjiuruim ui mo people.
C?"We are authorized to announce CuL MIDDLE
TON T. JOHNSON as a candidate for Governor uf the
ciateoi Texas attne ensuing August elation.
rr""Ware authorized to announce J MES V. IIKV-
DFJfcSON Emit; as a candidate Ibr Lieut. Cutirnor aftlie
t-lortion to be heldlo August next
Ef We are authorized to announce Capt. G. K. LtU -IS
as a candidate ton. present the Western Copjr casual
Dtnct of Texas lo.Coogres.i
jj?earo m4hprized.toannomicc II. N. POTTER
Esq ofthH cUjas a candidate to re present the Western
i-anct of ihltttate In Congress.
The paper of the Western Congre"ionaI Dt"trict of
r Texas art) roqwsted.10 copy the above and fur ward ac-
counts to this jffice.
3? We ace authorized to announce t.rtu II'GII Mr-
l.hui) as. a candidate to reprvwiit the Weier;i Cun-
prewional District of Texas In Congress.
CaP" We. are- requested to announce Col. V. E. HOW
ARXX as a candidate for re-election to reprwrit tjw.e
nd tXNiirrewional District oftliis State lathe CougHj
tu the L'mted Stales.
CJP" We are authorized U announce Maj. T jOS. B
HOWARD as a candidate to represent the Lrict com-
raised of Colorado and Furl llcud couutiet jn tj10 next
.egislature.
fef We ares tut Krixod lonnnuunc . irv- i nnv v
Eaq. as a candidate to represent iv c0Uuty or Urazuna!
In the next LcgMatnre of thlsSf Jy. J
..rFMVe are "othorizcdoTannonnce the Hon. THO.
W3L. vxaiuj 01 Austin as a candidate fur Conimis-
muiicr n iircw-irc r mj uiee.
IT- We BTO atmriTml n nnnnnt.M rSit CTFIMIIV
CkOSBY the .(uitlt PnUf llnrt in llidKsnDnil I.nn.l.
)ffic a candidate for CommiMoner of the Gi rural
-a-m.ce at the ensuing election in AngtoU
rTy" We are fjithnriiM In announce O. C HARTLEY
Eq as a candidate for KeprvjentaUrc from this county
in uie next ijeemainrc.
rVWu are auihoriznl 10 announce DHNRV AS-
IllttU Eq as a candidate to represent Uaireston
counTjf in ine ncii iegiMaiurc.
TCT Tlie Hon. W. W. Duulap of Urowusville
is annoonccd as a candidate to represent the Sen
atorial District cotnpribing the counties of Came
ron Starr and Webb ; and J. B. Bigclow II. L
Grimetead and. Stephen rowers are candidates to
represent the county of Cameron in the Lower
Uoufc.
ID" Gen. Sam. Houfctou arrived in our clly on
the steamer Magnolia yesterday raprmug. We
uuderstand he has tatca lodgings at the Powhat-
tau IIooBe. Ta. '""
More Steamboat Disaetcils. Within a few
days past the steamers Magnolia and Billow
plyinj Vlween this city and Houston have been
somewhat injured: The former hud one of hex
wheels broken to pieces by coming in collision
with an old cypress stump in BufLilo Baou;
and the shaft of the latter we understand was
r rent in twain while she was ou her way from this
'place to Houston oa Sunday last Verily a pecu
liar ill fata epp;nrs to. Lave been thtoan broad-
cast over the steamers running in the Texas
-trade. . -j
Attejitts to Assasslnatc The Western Tex
an of the 2Cth iosl. has the following account
of recent attemplsto assassinate in that city:
14 On Friday night last a man was slabbed
whose name we did net learn.' On Saturday
night a gentleman by the name of bloniel was
cubbed in the back by an luLnowu assasi'm."
Another Steamer Wrecked.
The Steamer Tom Brown Capt. Tyncr whilst
on her way from Sabiue Pass to the Guadalupe
(on which river he was intended to run) was
driven on the beech about twehc miles Eatof
UolrvarPwinl on Wednesday morning the 25th
v't and became u total wreck: the boilers-and
-machinery which were new were saved. This
boat belonged tuCaptaiuE.M. Tyncr and J. B.
Keea Esq of Victoria. The cntlro loa w cstt-
jnated at about $3500.
JCTThe Hon. C. G. Kecnau a candidate for
Jkt. Governor arrircd in our city ou the stea-
mer Magnolia yesterday mornbg. We are
pleased to find Dr. Kecnan iu fjood health and
piritf- II is a high-toned honorable gLntleman
audit w always a source of much gratificatiou to
ns to sec- sucu mcu ia the ull enjoyment of jiedlth
and happiness.
Loss of the Steamship Globe
Tlie N.Orleans Crescent of the 30lh ult. has
Ihe folllowing account of the loss of the Steam
hip Globe. This makes six steamers including
nhe Fortlaud and Jerry mUh belongin" to Messrs.
Harris & Morgan's N- Orleans and Texas line
inat have been lost or seriously damaged since
tho 1st of January last.
By the arrival yesterday the shooner Alder
man we learn from Capt. Ceilings from Brazos
r-t. lago mat ihesteamsaip Ulobe Capt.Tliomp-
fou hence for Brazos in attempting to cross tho
"bar at that place on the iGih iust struck on the
war and became a total wreck. A pirt of here sr-
po was saved in a damaged condition ; all hands
-LATER FKOMJEW ORLEANS..
akrivalof xiie PAMrrno.
The Btcamsliip Tampcro D. We)s JIaslcr ar--Jived
on Saturday morning at half.patt 8 o'clock
Turing left New Orleans on Thureday the 3id
iiret. at 10 o'clock A. JL We are ind.-bled to the
-poIiteacKs- of her nccommodaling cleik for New
Orleans papers up to the date of her departure.
The following is a list of her
Jr'i?'!:Tt;"iCO'"r 1 ladj; Mr Buckley nd ln-
Jt; D lllL-t;T TTumstali; V J Crazier; R ilcRlrfl; f
AIiwontettJV-Hord; IJ Bemnn: Mr Ch-n-vlicilr: Fl Mc-
n i 1X1 L ""df""!: " ""llow.rd W
Miller; E Hall; Mr Anderson; .Austin; AVvntr Kive
CLMNCrejnor.nMBaxlen E llcndcrwn; Mr Thomn?
Kn: II M Shaw 4 Sitae. Eh S Cram; Mr JVh-2 S
CosioMii-Jones t Cnord; Icndlev .V. Co: Tljom-
ron; HnrLMicKlnli i. Co: Rice L'Meholr; Krown
&.KirKland: Oppcnnin: J C Centner; It A I) R Mill ;
1 Faschal; EKaurmon 4. Co; 3 II nenaetl; E S o-xi' K
n !mrK llngp K Yard; B JlcDonnell; Hitchcock k
0J 1 N Reed
AHItlVAI- OF THE VACIIT.
The stcamriiip Yacht Capt. Forbes arrived
from New Orleans en Salnrday the 5th inst at
3 o'clock P. 31 having left that port on the 3d
it 3 o'clock A. M. Our thanks to the obliging
cleik for late New Orleans papers. Appended
will be found lists of her passengers and consign-
ees :
PiS!tTccs Mr rranan and domhler Mr MeCul-
lough and lady. W Andii-jon T CanOeld.Mr lainljacn
Mr Ilndson Ihos O'Connor. John Comnallr T M I-ratt
Jir Cnmoben McMasIir II B llugsim D Ooefcrs Thos
Cooper 5 on deck-4 negroes.
T- S7fI?If.Me S?'??1' "'" k Co- s ". ll. S. Co
?-r J? H-? 'ihi V.mnSd'-' tC--c -". 'ones C
l)o ns J II Ilhe J c Clmer Rico a. hichol? Mrs John
?" TIic steamer .Magndia Bodman JIater
sarrirol from Houston yesterday morning bring-in-;
lie- ollowing
Pjtarz-eoaas land of SIiific; Cen Sam ITon-lon and
Idj; JuJto WhceJer and la-i-- I' Ilrjanl latir daochler
nnd see art; Capt JWerrcr uhd lady; Mr Jenkim; Mis-i
.KitlrrJtili-rdear; Jti-sArk-rman; Mr HuCraan Mil-
ton Fctt It SeeliE-OTi; W B Harper: S I Sjpcrt: Ml"a C
vdnor; M1b Goree; SiiM Ijcvi; Mrs Rotlenlmn- Tin
aVatkce; J: T Tialole: James Crunican; MeHir Houston-
JV Jones Wit Ehuttuckt Glb.nn; a c Crawford- j'
liatef; S Urora; C Ilomiely; HnJiett;J Dobbin;Jnn
Miea; Gen Cook; It T Jirown; i II Fim en; A G Wan-cr
1' Fydia; S Tompkins; Ulos-man; !-coII: II Stnari; Alexan-
der; HarrK Afh;Charrc3;J Weir: II Wvmer; J II Lone
Jno Randall; V II SelJerii- Fam Perkins Mr SuoinerviUc-DCDunn-
Uondeck;5negrc-es;ldog. '
CovFio-fEEs -Rico & Nichols 5 baif-s ffttlon I box
mdze: J Shackelford & Co 20 bales rotten. Ikn-wr-lL rt.ii
A Co 4 balea cotton 1 bale wool? bi----t do I bale liecn 1
slcinv Hrtcbcoct k. Co 83 Lead beeves; It & D a .Villa I
Kites entton. - -
Polille Ulscnsslon or Judicial Hatters.
We have always entertained the opinion that
while we should maintain perfect freedom of dis-
cussion upon all questions aflectiug the public in-
tereits of the people -.-retthat inveatigatioas
touching the prime and official character of men
into whose hands have been committed the great
Interests of the Stale should lie. conduced with
moderation with great cijcumSDpctjoq and with
impartiality. It is a principle "-Qawrthatit h
better for nhielecn guilty -ieraons tByracape ilan
one innoceqt person should be punished l'Would
seem to follow as a corollary from thh humane
maaint. Uiat it is belter that man-;as't n(l de.
" -"-s--"'y- "M"-nov bo-"tnade rather
than that one shouMbe madwronEfully. For it
oflen happen that a crim:Sal accnsaiiou.'pubhcly
promulgated through Ve j0lrna!s or'tlie c0l)ury
mfliqls a severer p-jnishment than' the penalty of
the law after co-;c.-on. This i8 moro or css -ie
qas with all-pen wKse morj Icutimell aI(i
feelings or self-respect have not become perfectly
callous Dy lo2 famibarity with crime. When we
"'.ilecl how frequently the most positive charges
-all to the ground or fail to product) conviction in
our courts of justice we certainly caunot be too
cautious and circumspect in promulgating such
charges; especially when we bear in mind thai
we may possibly thus inflict a certain and perhaps
an irreparable injury upon an innocent person.
Dut independently of the private injury charges
against public functionaries must more or less af-
fect the public iuteresls or the couutry ; anil those
interests cannot fail to be affected injuriously
should the charges perchance proto to be un-
founded. X
These remarks have been suggested by tha many
severe denunciations against the Federal Court or
this State v. Inch have been so generally endorsed
and circalated tlironghout the country. We have
thour-ht the course pursued entirely wrong and
have not therefore participated in it. Those
charges have been properly brought before the
only tribunal competent to try them ; and wc can
not but lliink our citizens would prercr to waif
for that trial rather than forests! the judgment or
mat tribunal by a public discussion in our journal"
involving perhaps mutual criminatioiis and recri-
minations between the parlies.
We nevertheless admil that there is no depart-
ment or our Government in the honest and filth-
ful administration or which the people are more
deeply and vitally interested than in that of our
Judiciary. When theirdecisions have once been
made v e maintain the right of the people to have
those decisions fairly and rully and impartially in-
vestigated. But in such investigation we can seo
no propriety uo necessity no end or justice to' be
altaiued nor public interest that can.be" subserved
by impeaeuinjr.the motives or assailing the charac-
ter of our Judges. We would prefer that such
impeach -ncnl should ba left to the tribuualslhat
have been ordained for that purpose.
Whilst we approve such an investigation; when
confined to proper objects audjeonducted iu a pro-
per manner we would also invite ita cilensiou to
the whole of our Jadiciary; so that ir anything
be round amis in oth'cr quarters it may receive
that correction whxh is Hkely to be given by suih
an investigation . There can be no m ilive of de-
l.cacy nor respect lo persons that should be al-
lowed to restrain those inquiries when conducted
Tairly and free Mom personal and criminal accusa-
tions. Iu accordance i ith these views we to-day
publish anarticlc from Mr: Sherwood whose char
acter as a lawjer or learning and experience en-"
titles his opinions to rcspectM consideration.' Jlr.'
Sherwood confines. his remarks to tho merits of
some of the decisions of iho. Supreme Court of
tins Mate as declared by two of the Judges the
ouicr dissenting. There is evidently a conflict
among our Judges ou questions or the highest im
portancc. Were the questions or a trivial uature
they might be passed over with but little in
terest ir however aswou!d appear a legislative
provision has been annulledir il is declared that
we have a constitution which the people have mis
understood and ir also a new.and ixtraordinary
mcaniiigis given to the clause of aslatutc involv-
ing the principles of pecuniary faith .-indlhe fair.
ness of our laws towards the citizens of other
State-; it becomes ns to look to the subject effi-
ciently. We trust-the" article of Mr; Sherwood
will be read with that attention which themagni-
tude or the subject demands. .
nettlon of Judges. : r
The approaching election will present the ques-
tion whether our present Judges or the Supiemc
Court shall be re-elected '1 here are now Tour
cindidalrs. Judge Hemphill In s as j-et no com-p-titor
iu opposition Tor Chief Juitice. Judges
v h-eler Lincomb and Webb arc candidates?or
the olice of associate judge. Two ouly of the
latter can be eiecfed and the orohabil tv ia. ll.m
tlit choice of associate justice must fall ou two of
me uirec caua cutes last named.
vJude Webb is so well known through the
Stnte as a finished Uwjer and eminent couu-
silor that the public muid Kill at once ac-
cord lo him every requisite capacity. His ex-
perience on the Bench iu forn e-times will tend
to confirm that confidence Ink the chanict -rls-tica
that adorn the mau and citizen are unexcep-
tionable. Of Judge Wheeler it is unnecessary to speak ;
liuless to contrast his opinions ou the Bench iu
some important cases with those of his aioci-
otes. 'Ibat he is incapable of being otherwise
than uiulevialiiigly conscientious aud upright no
one will question. That he has been guarded nH
cartrul iu endcavojing to preserve aud enforce
sound principles is accorded to him by the Bar
throughout the Stale. That he has labored un-
der adverse circumstances but with eminent ah.li.
ly to vindicate the dicnitv. as well ns lh-tr-;
IMiiioi our ias; enucavormg to keep them aloof
iiuin icrteroion ami misconstruction -is evident
flora the opinious delivered by him on the Beuch.
W e hear of nothing said in any quarter either
caviling with his opinions questioning his capacity
or doubling hU safetv in connet.limi with h nA.
judications of the Supreme Court. L
i mi respect to the swndoeM of aHjndicatijiis
it would be matter of satisfaction could Judges
Hemphill and Lintcomb be snokpn f ; t ..
light. The case however with them h very dif-
rerenl. -Many or theirdecisions have been criti-
cised by members of the Bar and others having
. .uv.uui juniii. wnn great seventy ; and
fjr some ufihci it must be court feed it is dJEcult
to find an apology.
In giving construction to the conMilnlmn j'
laws Judges IIemph.ll aud Lipscomb have cut
off the nghtr appeal from Justices' to the D.s-
trict Courts in one of the forms prescribed by the
Statute. The Constitution provides that" the
District Courts or the judges thereof shall have
"power to issue all writs necessary to enforce their
-own jurisdiction aim to give litem a general su-
perintendence and control over inferior jurisdic-
tions." Thii is the onlj-Trovisiou of the. Con
stitution relating to Justices' Courts except eszs-
iishinjr ike right of mai by jury and providing
also that "Justices o.ae Peace shall hate tuch
cfcil and criminal jurisdiction as may be pro-
tided by late" Iu establishing Justices Courts
the Legislature has given them original jurisdic-
tion in civil causes where the itmountdoes.nol ex
ceed '100 subject totlierighlofappeal'talliB
District Court where the .amount is ten dollars
ortnore. The same act also provides that where
the appeal shall not bo taken ivjthin ten days
from. the rendition of the judgnuuil the party
aggrieved may have a certiorari to arry the suit
to tho Dirtnet Court by showing sp'e cial cause
and getting an allowance of the same wilhin nine
ty aayp hftiT judgment. In cases b."tri by ap-
peal aud certiorari the Statute provide V tljat Ihe
cau-e m tho District Court shall be fe now. The
declsons of tho Supyemei Court on this subject
taken togetherarototheeS"cct "that the Statute
requiring- tHr trial im thrD.isttiel Court to be de
now is i al'ii 7 that-tb hir p-cscribircthevrac-
. r . - . i .- .----.
mc '.i-v ;
i.c-ru tuning no rae cause uu ceriio.
Laill Hilt Ihnl thpl0r.nrnvirliiir fnril.hOnOr b a
method or appeal is unconstitutional ond v "J1
What Judged Hemphill and Lipscomb would sec-he
to asiume is that the Supreme Court instead oi
tne Legislature have the pun er to presenbo tho
method of .-.king the appeal. It might be proper
to place t.at power in the court perhaps had we
tlie assurance they would exercise it discreetly.
Whej however they assume to cut off the simple
liuhod of appeal aud prescribe that the difficult
ana complex one only snail ne resorted to com-
pelling parlies to employ a lawjer to get up the
papers; then to mint up the District Judge in
most cases an hundred miles off to got the allow-
ance of a certiorari it is submitted whether it
should not require stronger reasons than have been
assigned by a majority of the court as an apology
lor.pulling suilulsto so much increased costs anu
Incouvenieuce. 1 aklllg the two decisions of the
Supreme Court ou this subject together the last'
cnucluiou is positively ridiculous. They started
by deciding that the District Court has no a;-
pellate jurisdictwn of causes from Justice's Courts.
This upon rcllecliou threw the court into a di-
letnina. They cast about to escape and in at-
tempting to explain the meaning or their former
decision adjudged that the District Court in the
exerciseuf it jurisdiction must try the cause anets
iu all cases though'it must be carried up through
the instrumentality or a certiorari. The principle
on which the court started is frittered away while
the iuconvenience resulting from the error of an-
nulling the Statute remuns.
At the last January Term or the Supreme Court
a decisiull was made by Judget. Hemphill and
Lipscomb to. the effect that a mortgage executed
by husband aud icife on the homestead was in-
valid: that the pmelige to heads or lamilies iu
giving that security is iu contravention or the
constitution providing that "Tho humeslead or a
family not to exceed two hundred acres of land
(not included in a town or city) or any city lot or
" lots iu value not to exceed two thousand dollars
"shall not be subject to forced sale for any debt
"hereafter contracted nor shall the owner if a
"married man be at liberty to alienate the same
"unless by cousent of tho wife iu such manner as
"the Lcpslalurc mjy hereafter point out." In
the case alluded to Sampson and Keen r. Wil-
liamson and teife both Judges Hemphill and
Lipscomb take the ground "that husband and wife
hae the nower to alienate or convey the homo-
stead by absolute sale of the whole inlerost but
not'lo'conieji less estate than the whole by way
of mortgage.
The legal and known definition of a mortgage
at the time -of' the adoption of our Constitution
was and stillis "the toluntary conreyaneeof an
estate subject to a defeasance." It'is very ques-
tionable whether the Convention that framed the
Constitution or the people who adopted it had
the remultst idea that the fundamental law was
intended to interfere with the right or husband
and wire to alienate or dispose of their property ;
or to make it available to them in the most bene-
ficial form. Very few have supposed tho Constitu-
tion would compel them to sell their homestead ab-
solutely in case of necessity instead or permitting
them to contract for Us redemption utideracou-
ililinunl sale. The principle of allowing husband
and wife lo contract for the equity of redemption
by this decision of the Supreme Court is virtually
.ui awav. Thev are placed iiuder a practical
disability not "imposed ou others.; and the contract.
for the equ ty oi redemption so long proiecieu anu
fostered by courts among ciulized tiations is pros-
trated "in its availability to husband and wire.
One side of theeftect of compelling the heads
crTamili'S in case of their necessity to part tin-
e.oiiditioiialfv withtheir homesteador precluding
alb the possibility to build or improve it by means
raised on its hypothecation me teaiurcoi restne-
littw ihem. iii the power or alienation in the form
most beneficial and desirable is an odious one.
Tliatlaws should regulate the form and manner
of 'alienation is not objectionable: .But whether
they should be straiucd into a meaning never in-
tended; into constructions abhorreut to natural
and individual rights calculated to unhinge the
most beneficial method of preserving interests is
a subject well worthy the puhho consideration.
This decision of the Supreme Court if allow-
ed to staud is of but litllejmportance as connec-
ted with past transactions compared with the
mischievous operations in the future. Tho sup-
posed vested rights under mortgage securities may
be defeated in some cases. Most individuals
however would repudiate the idea of abusing.the
confidence ou which they may have obtained pecuniary-means.
They"would reject the turpi-
tude invited by the law as declared by the r-u-preme
ConrL "The sensibilities of men aoula
rise above the interpretation of Ihe law that al-
lowed one husbantland wife lobe plundered for
the benefit of another husband and wife. The
honest would never take advantage of such ajaw;
and ihe moral sinsc of the commuuity bein'gof a
higher standard than the judicial construction the
adjudication of the- Supreme Court would have
for its companionship only the association of the
dUhonest. Bad faith may beindulgcdiu: a faw
creditors defrauded; but Ihe great practical ob-
jection would be the impairing and lirtually de-
stroying that most beneficial as well as beneficent
security the mortgage.. Connected ivith the
chances of success in life ; where a livelihood is to
be obtained where means of operation jn business
are to be provided credit to be acquired on con-
fidence and security ; is it to be supposed for a
moment that the people of Texas have ever in-
tended to place the heads of families under such
disabilities in Ihe managemcut of their property; or
under such restrictions and surveillance as de-
clared by the Supreme Court?
Another highly obnoxious feature in the adjudi-
cations of the court and quite as important p.er-
hjps is their construction of theStatute of Limi-
tations. Judges Hemphill and Lipscomb have
declared the law to be that no action can be main-
tained on a contract auer four years from the
time'the cause of action accrued aud this in effect
though the contract leas made abroad and neither
of the parlies was in the State during the four
years' This gives an extra-territorial application
of our laws by cutting off the rights of parties who
may never have been within the tate.and whose
contract originated abroad. The Law' ol Limita-
tions in most of tho States is six years on Smiple
Contract andEou sealed instruments 20. A credi-
tor holding a bond in a State where the contract
was good lor twenty yeats indulges hi debtor
for four years. At the expiration of that time the
debtor comes to Texas and is sued the day he ar-
rives. The answer of our Supreme Court is
" The creditor has no remedy on the bond " and
what is morefjtUe debtor is not obliged to plead the
Statute of Limitatious but ' the court will give
him the benefit of it on demurer."
'ITie exception of the Statute saving the remedy
against absentees and persons out of the State
is in the following words: " Be it further enacted
"that if nnv nersou nrainstwhom there is orshall
because of action is or shall be without the limits
otlhis repubheauhctime or theaccming.oir ""P" . th ""L giTi'1"!' Challenge jm
.. . .I. .:... . ri. .....-. ...:..:: .u7 'u . iTiecilerriare be?irdoVuuuucainiiie ner and ai
--.linn acuou o. m.uuj tunc .inB u.i... me
any tune during
" same might have been maintained' then the per-
"sou entitled to such action h.all be at liberty to
"bring the same against such person or persons
" after his 6"r their return to the republic ; ancmhe
"time oiKUch persons absence shall not be ac-
" counted or taken 8s a part of the time limited by
this net." The paving clause or exception as
above in favor of preserving the cause of action
again?t persons not within the jurisdiction nf the
State is the strongest contained in any similar
Statutes known except porh&pj the btottites of
Alabama and Rhode Island. Those iu effect arc
cxitctly'the same. Analogous exceptions exist in
the English Statutes aud mthe Statutes of all the
Uuitei States; though in roost instances less' ex-
plicit in saving tho remedy against absentees.-
These Statutes have received all but a uniform
construction by the entire Bench of England and
of the several United States aud the Judfres in
almost innumerable instances have been drawn out
iu repeated and unqualified sanction of the princi-
ple of civiuff full efl.'ct to the SDirit and mean in rr
of.the exceptions without which the Iawiiseif
would be at best in many instances but a base rob-
bery. In giving effect to the exception in the Statue
of Alabama from which ours is a transcript Judge
L:pscomb as Chief Jtmice of that State in the
case of Towns v. Bardwell I Stewart & Porter
iMtj nfcea tne loiiowing emphatic language:
" Our Statute of L'mitathns then in its limited
" operation could not apply to the contract under
' consideration tintiVthc defendant had nlar.rd
" himself teithin the jurisdiction of the court" to
wnicn no subsequently added m the same case "
is eonftdenttu beliebed that not a an pie advent
authority can be found? The opinion of Judge
upFcuiuu as siucj tiunce oj .iiaoama is roott
fully endorsed. It stands upon reason and au-
thority. Wo look in vain through tho adjudica
tions of an hundred years and perhaps a t housand
cases for a conHictiotr precedent. TheSuDreme
TTourfof Texas is the first to break the train of
rational adjudications; and in breakup down the
current of authorities it is also submitted whether
ihey have not broken over an explicit Statute bb
well us the intent-on of the Legislative uill.
Could this decision in the cas; of " Snoddyvs.
eJOenidhonsualilrelowJIemph.l and Lips
holding l!l)lUf.es orTex- TV" f"" '. -r
rereljecUuiy pledged t Pinc.Pteo fo.mess cr
its next session vlll so atlou might stand upon
be put ia possession oC Hands on no such bsais
?aTf1rSarrSo'
waslmendlsndlf rforo and more abhorrent
Call
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Exe-
e ro
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&
as we
-fl topxeciute reieas-re it.
Judge rsf9theotn?Iiveriug the opinion in this
case more tU--.ii0Wi(ites. that the policy of the
Stnte as developed r-iugh its Legislation has been
to discriminate Qgaiustie non-resident creditor
or rather in favor of he non-resident debtor com
ing luto the hlute. ..Jiowever this may be the
Statute under which thii decision was made does
not show it.. If any such discrimination; exists
it h iu bad taste for 'the Supreme Court to tell of
it on the Bench or io promulgate the idea of a
clauir.li seusibilityat once disreputable and ab-
horrent to u just beaseof State pride. If indeed it
must be spoken of jt would be"ibc duty of the
Judge rattier to rebuke than carry it into ati ad
judication upon tho clause of a Statute bearing
an evidence so opposite m the legislative will.
It isdoiug quite loa much for JuJgei to transfer
the Kpirit of an imm&fallbut disconnected Statute
wilh its infecting coulagionviulo a healthy one:
a species of inoculation ot quite ulla ir able iu the
Supreme Court. it
Could the injurious cecisions of onr Supreme
Court be confined to the c tses in which they are
made they might W ensured without grcaialanr
They however become tlie rule of deciri.n for all
the courts iu the Slate not exctptiog in most in-
stances the Court of jhe United States. It is
therefore of tho greatctt public concern that the
Supreme Court should declare the law with all
carefulness and corrtcness. The inquiry is also
added whether the people of this Slate hae not
a right to tiemantiVaud fbould ml dtmand that its
highest tribunal huLchtracteriie itself by the
inculcation of priacipr founded on judicial mor-
ality principles ihtl under all circumstances ot
home or abroad are alike safe and commendable-
I wilt close this articte by repealing the proposi-
tion filial in t hastiest raying the right of appeul
in its simple method iu cult mc off the priviWe
of the mortgage secwtyju the place u litre of all
others it would be jrnsl.wneacial in tlieuestcuc-
ticm of vestcrighrWlready existing hi many cuses
under it in hnuuWSng the cfitct of the saving
clause in the tatulo'of .Limitations thereby per-
petrating a grow and immoral outrage on the
rights of the citizens of other States as wetlns a
disgrace to our own; the Supreme Court have not
declared the taw. That for these derelictions vi-
tally important the Judgrs who have participated
in them should and ought to be made responsible
on the i earliest occasion on which they can be
made accountable the approaching election
Ehhcrletit be done or let not a majority bereafar
complain. Every one has an interest in the ques
tion ; every one a duty to perfoxn. 'Ine people
have chosen to elect their Judges let them look
to their character nud qualifications.
LORENZO SHERWOOD.
New Tork Correspondence.
Special Correspondence of the "Xews."
New Yobk June 14 1351.-
Editor "News'
I have heard a great deal said and a great don!
read on the uhied of the new 1 urktsft and buck
ish costume uhich Airs. BIomcrof Scuea Falls
(Seneca how hast 'thou fallen I) has the-name of
introducing to the women of America? out my
curiosity was not'-gratified with- a view of the
practical convenience aud good taste o t!i start
ling innovation until yesterday. In my walk
down Broadway from dinner I encouutered
little bunch o' people" consiiiing of men and
boys! escorting two voutig women one- of whom
or Idir but " trail 'appearance wasrlad in the
fashionable street trnilins dress of the day ; while
the other a dwarfish brunette with rogucrsh black
ees a brilliant set of teeth and an expression
shamclet-s effrontery aims attired iu a short bl.ick
silk dress (terminating just below the knees) and
Turkibh trowsers f the same material As uual
with the pantaloons of the Turks they were ga-1
thered at tlie ancle and sue wore very neat black
gaiter boots. 'J his novel dress might have appear
ed simply oufr had not a very foolish little Uip-
sey straw hat and V very broad braid of hair ex-
tending from her head to her waist given the
person a verv funny and nondescript appearance
I think the dress looked. the more funny for being
black inasmuch as it gave the person the appear
ance ot a monkey iu mourning.
Tim is the only 'cast" of what Willis would
cill tstoomrraom that 1 have Fcen yet; but I am
told that on tuo or three occasions one or more
I noted courtezans has lud"the banhLoMl to appear
ill mrj fiirri iiiimo nr-tj tusiuiiic. inov. puuiiv
women play tlid mischief with all "the latest fa
shions" by being the first to wear them. Miser-
bly squalid ragged bloated and disgusting though
thrvat length become some of those unlortuuate
creatures are enabled by the prodigality of their
patrous in the outfcl of their vile career to spend
incredible sums of irioney'for dress ; and they not
only purchase the.rrichest and mct ndoiired pat-
terns that Stewart impoits hut employ tno those
aristocratic milliners who will not look at les&than
ten dollars for making the plainest dress that "erne
nates-' from their elegant establishments." Nor
does the effrontery of these courtezane stop here.
Exempli grafta look at yonder superb barouche
with a span of stately horses almost spurning the
ground and impatient pf the reins which are held
by a sort of pniicetof Guinea in livery; while a
black footman in nniform may be seen looking
over the back; entirety satifficd with his gold lace
and hat-band. Lounging negligently within and
apeing-the fine lady or the distingue isasplen
didly dressed woman or perhaps two of them
at whom all thegeiiteel swells wink or laugh as
tho " mngnificent turn-out" passes. The occu
pant of that carriage is whut the author of
"Consuelo" and "Indiana" and the licentious
novels of the French school (badly imitated by
unprincipled American novelette manufacturers)
have made her. Nor is this a novel suectacle.
xVt most any of thi promenade hours some of
ui ujc&e puur jiaimcu uuuemifb ui u setiauu nuiy
be seen squandering their detestable wages in this
shameless show. These are precisely the crea
tures that will by assuming it themselves kill
quite dead the would-be fashion of short dresses.
I am tint at all MtisHed Willi the present fashion
of low drabbling skirts which the ladies (at least
those who heed anything about it) wear cither to
hide deformity or (all unmindful of the text:
" which of you by taking thought can add one
cubit unto his stature") think by concealing two
feet iu the horizontal to add at least one Cool iu the
perpendicular; but in my humble opinion it is
much'preferable tothc dress I paw yesterday es
pecially for emaciated old ladies or short and fat
oung ones.
I cravo your indulgence for occupyingso much
space wim a msucr entirely out oi my province.
Since the death of a very respectable felnwcit
17 en Mr Brewster fey-falling through the hatch
yL-
a
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I1IIIC lin UmUiJ- 111II naiiiiii' UNIVII III uc-
part for New Orleans on tho 16th hm.. with
Adams tfcCo.'s Express freight which Ms now put
through between this port und .New ur leans in
onlv.six days and a few hours.
-The sieamfchip Empire City left here yesterday
for California taking a large freight for tins great
Express cincern which I believe to be worth not
less 'than; half a million of dollars.
The Empire City caijied 281 passengers among
whom was Cot. MenryjWashiiigtoittsaid to be a
descendant of President Washington. This fine
steamer has brought to Ibis city during' the last
fourteen mouths upwards of twelve millions of
dollars. t T
The story ofrajdiiagrecment and ill-feeling be-
tween the celebrated Swedish singer and philan-
thropist MissLmdLud'Barmim ii all mooushine.
Woman has a right to change her mind especially
wheu she cheerfully pays $27000 fordoing so.
Fatal Accident at 'Lodisvilli:. The Loais-
vil'c Courier o! the 19th ult. says that on the
morning of theprevins day one of the crew of
the. steamboat Huugirian was instantly killed and
another had both hit legs and his back broken by
the breaking of a guy to. the chimneys which the
crew wero loweringiin order to pass the boat
through the canal. Thocrcw were on the hurri-
cane or upper deck of ahe boat when the guy or
rather pole used to lower the chimney broke or
slipped from its sock'et in the chimney and the
two men wore knocked off the deck and fell to
the lower goarda distance of twenty feet or more
breaking the neck and fracturing the skull of one
who first struck upon the edge of the guard and
then fell overboarH. The other man's back struck
the edge of guard and" his legjiung over tho edge
one of them being broken at the thigh. He was
tiken to tho hospital iu an iiwensibie condition
with but little hope of his recovery. The body
of tho man that felt overboard.was soon recovered.
Aggravativg To see a cood -looking man.
wrestling with jourwifa.in a waltz withoutriav
ing the prhilegcof going up and lightning his-neckerchicf.
S
ARRIVAL OF TIIE CALVE ST O.V.
The steamship GuWestonrCapt. Place arrived
this morning at fij o'clock with New Orleans
dates to Sunday mornitig:
HxsiixorBs. Mrs Effing and child Mr Ewlng and 5
ierrAMs Col P Walker Mr Bntree F II Slafflt d Said
Mrs Brim MaxhiaslN 5 Bealc V Dn-dea sndUdy H
Grill Mrs Dyrne F G Pa?ae J Moore T Caslnau.JG
Dud3J J Holt Eesefr HoIliJay Canficld N Q Key
P Bvrne Vnnne and lady Ohcr&nd lady M Us Craden.
Miss Croman Mrs Hacy T II Jackson and lady Dr
IUiudes Alfred DalcostiuO 11 UugUd John Phillips MUa
Rcrfclle Wiamaionii 2Con deck.
We thank the obliging clerk of the Galveston
for files of New Orleans paper? from which we
gather the few following items of news :
The TfiLECiuPirreports the arrival of the Her-
man and: tbfr Africa in N. Y. on the 1st Inst.
Quotations of Fair Orleans cotton in Liverpool
6Jd the same as before. Great violence marks
the deLates in the French Assembly on the re-
vision of the constitution It is thought thut the
reigning family in China will be overthrown by the
Insurrection. Commercial letters fiom Liverpool
predict a decline in cotton. Middling Fair quoted
5d.
The Exhibition in London continues crowded.
Tl.o Democrats have nominated1 John Bigler
and the Whigs Pearson B. Reding far Governor
of California.
On the 3d iust. C&ttou had advanced in New
York cent-
Air. Webster has concluded a treaty with the
Minister from Nicaragua.
A great move wm to be made in St. Louis on
the 4th instant towards the Pacific Railroad.
Gen.Cavaignac declared! for war in the French
Assembly in case the President sliotild attempt to
prolong bis power.
Tlie steamship Promentheus arrived"'."!! New
York on the 3rd inst from Chagress. Tho Pan
ama had. arrived at Panama with 2 milliousof
cold. San Francisco and Stockton hive been
nearly rebuilt and business was active.
Later from Liverpool. The Steamship Bal
tic arrived in N. Y.. oo the 5th inst. with dates
from Liverpool to the 2.1th ult. and bringing n
of a decline in cotton id-
TELEGIIAVIIIC ITjEJIS.
New YonK June 12; The Royal mail steamer
Africa has arrived here bringing dates from Liver
pool up to the met June. Ihe following is u sum
mary of her accounts or tne marked:
Liverpool June 21. A still' better feeling has
shown itself in the C"tlon marltst since the depar
ture of the buropa and witrialair demand pri-
ces of the low and middling quanties have advan
ced fully another d. The higher grades are also
firmer and in soino Instances a t-light advance has
been obtained. The official quotations are for
Middling Orleans. 53 too J Fair Gjtou. The
week's sales are 53000 of which 6000 were tn-
ken for export and 8000 on "peculation. The
stock on hand is n.ny 719000 biles of which
531000 are American. Lat year at this iinie
the stock of American was 373000.
New York July 2. Mrv John Falconer dry
goods dealer has failed for a quarter of a million
of dullars. Mr. Falconer is President nf the Union
Mutual Insurance Cninpiny of lh:scitv.
Tho Cutiard steamer Nirtcara sailed to-day for
Liverpool1. and takes out $950000 iu specie.
CiNCisxm July 21 The Flmir market is mar-
live. The few sales are at $3 15 to 3 20 per
bhl. Com h selling at 3Gc. per bushel and Oats
at 28c
Nfw Yorjc June 30. There was a moderate
inquiry in tfie Citton Market on Saturday and
about 1000 ImVs were ifUposptl of at steady prices.
Wr qnoteJfflUilIiiijr OrIeannl 8J to 9Jc
L- B. Peck the Freesnil candidate fur Gover-
nor in Vermont has written a letter in uhieh he
declines allowing-his name to be brought forward
for that office.
Dispatches from Toronto statp that Fontaine
the Attorney General of the province expresses
the opinion that" the appellation "Secularization
of the Protectant Clergy Revenues" tends to a
dissolution of the Produces.
WamrxGTOf June 29. Pres'dent Fillmore and
suit have returned from their recent visit to Nor-
folk and Richmond.
The court martial of Gen. Tallcott drags along
very slowly.
New York July I. The Cotton rwirketloday
is dull and the sales reach barely POO bales f pri-
ces without material alteration. Flour ia selling
at 4 26 to $4 37Jc. per lb.
Two millions of dollars have been paid out of
the Sub-TrraFurv nf this citv. on- account of the
Mexican indemnity and increase on public debt-
AVasiiinctov July I. Thejcorocr stone of the
rnla.-ge ment of the Capitol will be laid by the
Free Masons. The Grand Master is to wear the
full rettalia of General Washington and use the
same Gael that he osed in 1793 at the timrof
laying the corner stone of the main building.
Hartford July I.-r-Jenny Liud will give a
concert on Thursday the 3d inst. and passes the
4th of July with Mrs. Sigourney.
Bu.timoitk June 30 Thomas B. Johnson of
the firm of Johnson & Lee hankers died sudden-
ly to-day of gout in the stornceh.
The thermometer now marks flO de. in the
shade. The long continued drought has seriously
jnjured the tobacco crop. The plants are already
nearly all killed.
Louisville July 2- The markets are exces-
sively dull. Contracts for new wheat deliverable
this week have been made at 60 cents n bushel.
Freights have advanced to 30 cents per hundred
from Portland.
Nfw YonK. Jnne 27. Advices from Buenos
Ayrcs to May 15 report everything in an unsettled
state.
Hurlhnrt failed to-day. His liabilities are sta-
ted at 1000.000. Protested bills from Havre
caused his failures
Advices from Cape Ilaytiento the 30th contra-icTtfco-Ce7y"tiuTjTislietl
"proclamation- or'ti.e
Dominicans. Each party is bound to give two
months' notice before resorting to arms.
'Buenos Ayreon letteis say that the Brazilians
are threatening to blockade that port. There is
much excitement in consequence.
Advices from Buenos Ayres stale that the U. S.
Floop-of-war St. Ijouis got aground in the river
Plata. She wuukfprocced homeward afiergctting
afloat.
Important Decision. Judge Strawhridgo yes-
lerdar delivered the opinion in the Cotton suit. He
decides in effect lhatiB srle of merchandise by a
transfer on the warehouse books does not consti-
tute a delivery for which it is necessary there
should be the weighing marking and setting apart.
Under this ruling so much of the cotton as had
been weighed marked and carted off; was held by
the merchants-who had made the advance. But
so much of the cotton as had not been so deliv-
ered is returned to 'the vendors who had not been
paid. Delta. .
Splendid Billiard PLAVixa The billiard
playing at Pitts' Saloou.on Wall street Natchez
is hard to beat: Tho games have an excitment
and interest which attacks large crowds of spec-
tators vho loolfSon with astonishment at the sur-
prising perfection of Ihe players. The other day
a gentleman who was. a stranger in Natchez
looked on so long that he became sympathetic
and imbibed the motion.of the billiard players to
such an extent that on leaving and going into the
street he played on a china tree carromed on the
Mansion -bouBC Jamp-pof t and holed himself in the
gutter. Concordia Intelligencer
A Breast-plate for Soldiers. In Paris a new
kind ofcuriass for the use of" the army is shortly
to be tried. This enriass isnf vulcanized India rub-
bpr.ahouthalfan inchthick- This thickness it is
stated is more'than sufficient to resist the action
of a ball projected from any kind oi nre arms
AH the experiments tried have proved entirely
successful. The force of ihe ball is completely
broken by the elasticity or the India rubber and
it falls on tho ground at. the feet of the person
against whom it was senU
Foreign Summary.
The total liabilities of Mr. IL E. Hyde cotton
importer of Liverpool are about ;C3QU.O0O- He
is' known to have pressed as recently as Janu-
ary last a fortune of from JC70.000 to 100000.
Last year he was very successful in his views of
the market and it is probable from the consequent
boldness that he is now ruined.
Another cotton failure has also been announced
namely that of Mr. H. W. Schwartt of Liver-
pool and London whose liabilities are supposed to
be rather considerable although their amount has
not been stated. Mf. Schwartz suspended on a
former occasion in 1848.
Queen Victoria was in attendance at the Ascot
races. There was a brilliant assemblage present.
An unfortunate accident occurred as follows: In
the race for the Queen's va"e Sir J. llawley s
mare Berba stumbled where the course crosses
the road and fell throwing tier rider at me Mine
lime. The mare however instantly recovered
herself and dashed ou down the course. The
oilier horses having previously passed tlie crowd
were walking on the course ogam and several per-
sona tried to stop the runaway. One poor fellow
suatchej at her bridle but missnd if; and she ro-
cpiifn.t ii liv Lidcit.tr nt htm as she went and one
e Kr f...t- in.. jsnnik struck him iu the forehead
i k..j...i ut... .u... tio i-u-JTr-n immediately
ilIlU Ulli'ViVVU 1(1111 UU1YU. M IIC .. ."-- - -
carried him otf the course and it was'iouna ui
ho bad been killed iuslnutfy by the blow. The
rider of tlie mare fractured his coiiar bone oy "-
ing.
Ut the ureal inhibition me Lonuou uww '"j-1
ttmt tliw nnniKcr f vtmti.pR unuldeein to be re
gulated ia exact arithmetical ratio to the prices of
admission: Thursday with its shilling fee draws
iut.53.000 ; Friday at half-a-crowu musters its
more select audience of 255000 ; while Saturday
the chosen day of the ejemt tletacicmc could not
at 5a. get beyond its I3ti7d.
A Paris letter hoa the following account of Fran-
cis Sorel a professional viper-hunter: lie spends
the livelong day iu chasing the reptiles in the spots
which they frequeutandat utght sleeps in the
caverus which abound. in tlie ueigborhood. He
makes nothing ol being bitten a casualty which
often-hoppmis. ia hiinsjite of his skill in seizing
ho vermin by tlie nape of the neck aud thrusting
their tomrue first into the strunMy fortified tiu box.
lie carried a small vnt! filled with a IiquordtstilIedi
by himself from plauts aniisimflM collected alter
the manner of Friar Lawrence. With this liquid
he v ashe the wounds ties his handkerchief around
tho aflVcted part and goes ou hb way rejoicing.
The product of this uniqueoccupatioii he takes to
Paris as often us he finds his box full enough to
warrent the journey. The whole race of vipers is
outlawed and a price is set upon their heads.
The Government pays him tha stipulated sum for
each individual viper and then Uie druggists buy
the lot lo use in the preparation of aeitain useful
medicaments. This done M- Sorel returns to
Foiitaiubleau to resume his agricultural profession.
Another Paris letter sajs fJaro fceTaemont
the most aealous and successful collector of auto-
graphs ia Uils couutry showed me a few days
ago a letter of Franklin of nearly seven folio pa-
ges dated. Bhiladelphia 19th May 1153 and ad-
dressed to-a friend in Eutrland. The-Baron pur
chased it about' a fortnight ago for ahandred and
ten irancs tweiuy-iwo uounra. iis comcuu ate
of the best practical science of the philosopher and
have been well translated intojrreiicn oy tne pres-
ent DroDrielor; He bought at the same time an
autograph letter of. Washington of a page for a
small sum; it relates to the reception of Major
Walker into the GeneraiV military family. Not
havii.ir within my immediate reach Mr. Sparks'
inestimable cdi'Jou of Washington I cannot say
whether the admirable letter is included.
Flx Cotton is E.glanu -The editor of the
iVew York Tribune in a letter from Imdon. after
referrinjr to the discovery of Mr. .Clauhsen. by
which the flax fibre cau be so dissolved through
chemical agents that- it looses its coarseness nno1
hanmess and becomes as soft and fine as the best
Cotton give4 .Mr. Clau&en's estimates of the prob-
able cost of the new material :
"He says the flat straw or hc ripe dry plant as
it comes trotu the field wilh the seed taken off
may L grown even. in England for 10 pertou
but he mil cmieedeits cost for tho present to he
$15 per tou delivered as- it is nccetsary tliqt. lib-
eral induce tubals shall lie given fr its extensive
cultivation. Six tons of the straw or fhmn the bun
dle w ill vield one ton of dressed and clean fibred
the cost of dressing. which by this method so.us to
ui-ike it fljx cotton is 35 pertou. (Our superi-
or western machinery ought considerably to reduce
this.) The total cost of the flux. cotton therefore
will be $X5 ccrlcttorsix ctnts per pound white
flux as-iL oitm sHtasu miT'ueTtu wmtlT0fip?r
ton; should this come down to 10 per tou the
cost of the fibre wall be reduced to 95 per ton or
less than five cents per pound. At thai rate good
field hands' must be rather sUtu tf sale for cot-
ton planthig-at-SJOOO eachorewn 7U0.""
M. Clausseu's process it is said requires but
three hours for its completion. It takes the flax
as it came from the field only somewJiat drier and
wilh the seed beaten of and. reii&rsrtiUlurougjily
fit for breaking. The plant J allc-wad to. rpenv
before it is harvested so that the'seed is all saved;
while the tediousness and injury to the bre not
to speak of the unwholesomeness of Ihe old fash-
ioned rotting- processes are entirely obviated-
Where warmelh is-desirable in the fabrics-contemplated
the staplti is-made to resemble wool
quite closely. Specimens died red blue yellow
&c arc exhibited to show how readily aud satis--
facton!y;thefldX cotton takes nuy colar that may
be desired. Besides these He rolls of flannels
fellings and almost every variety of plain textures
fabricated wholly or m go-xlpart from flax as pre-
pared for spinning under M. Claubsen's patent
proving the adaptation of this fibre to almost every
use now su&ervcd By either cotton or wool. The
mixtures ofcotton and rXix flax cotton and wool
are excellent and" serviceable- fabrits."-
n. B. WALLER. a. TOCfO.
. AVAI.iLER & YOTOG
COrNSiBLLDBS Ac ATTORSNEYS AT LAY
IticnnorDr F Bssv Cmtttt Texas.
TTAVINK associflled1 thenelrev fcujrther lo tho prac-
JlJL tico of Jaw will attend promptly to to all buiness
entrusted lo their car? in the let Judicial District and in
the Supreme Court of the State.
X. B. Land Claims and Conveyancing will reeeiie spe-
cial attention.
SjT'OaiceyRishmopd Fort Bend coonty. ljw
DIC. J. F. UlKKItf
PHYSICIAN AND-SURGEOX
Richmond Furt.Bend County
OFFERS his professioad services to the- citizen of
Richmond and the surrounding neighborhood whero
be hopes from his knowledge- of tlie treatment of South-
ern diseases and hb experience fur two;earsin hospi-
tals to give entire nutisfuction to those who may favor
him with their pal ron ago. Jjt 6 w
SPRATT'S
iwrrxx i.ifaiT.Mxc hod
THIS invention affords by acombtnaUuu of actcntiflc
pnnciptca per e t "ccunty from the effects of thun-
der storms ai a very moderate cost. The points conai-t
of one of solid platinated -ilver twelve inches lont; and
of three gold plated negative nuurnela tho wbobrof which
-possess evlraordinary power and are connected vlih
spir&lly'-twi-ted carbonized annealed Iron rods in lengths
ot ton feet with Accurately fitting brass screw connecting
joint metallic attachments for brick or frame buildings
ami glass Udaiursof a new and Ingenious construction-
Theaboe-nimetiliehtmng rods have been largely sold
In the Northern ana Middle btatee ocd have afforded the
most perfect Imnutni'y In the soveret electrical Etorms..
The price for the appsratus forming the powt is 2f
dollar" and for rod3 20 cents per foot- nothing being
charEed forthenece83rr i-'oUtors and attachments.
The prnnt Bhould b placed Ave fw.t above the chimney
of the building and tlie rod should bt carried into the
ground from three to five feet. Portico wishing to order
them will thus be enabled to ascertain for themselves the
cost ; and mij obtain anv other particulars on application
to BROWN St KIUKI.ANP SiaiwI.
jelO sw ly Opposite R. 4z D. C. Mills.
jr.- S. KNAPP
SITROEON DENTIST
ja rvmurea ms amce irom tne comer
JUL of Common and t Charles streets
tohls new office and residence 7io. 10 fU-
aohc sTRKrrNEw Oblcaxs near Ca-
nai sireeu
JIU Ptrooixo ondArnncuL Teeth are warrnated to
bo of the best material and workmanbhfpt hence he of-
fers no competition as regards prices wttA quacis.
Ncsvesdkstkoted without pain and utt tztratttd
under the Influence of the Letheon or Chloroform without
the patient suffering the least pain or evil consequence.
jyl 6mo w
S. Ji. C. ABBOTT
ATTORNEY AT LAW
IflTNTSYILLE TexiS
Win promptly attend to any business entrurted to
b'm. JyMf
GREAT SO VT Ml Dliy F-XPUESS.
0ENSBAL COJtytUStOt AD FACSaOC RCUVEKV SSEtCT
Central Ojjitt- 61 Camp strut AVnc Orleanr.
il OODS PACKAGES PARCELS etc forwarded by
jr evfiry steamer to New Orleans.and the various cities
in the southwest to St- Louis and Cincinnati in tho
South to Mobile and Montgomery in the northeast to
New Yori Boston Philadelphia BalLimore. Hartford
Washington Richmond and other places to which we
forward In connection with
llarndcn's Great Northern J-Inc.
Afeo to Havana Jamaica: Liverpool London and to
Coliforaia. Inquire of E. O. LYNCH
Agent for. Galveston..
References lit -Vrw Orttana
3 Hintnn Co. I Teter Maxwell & Co.
gamuel J. Peters Esq. John V. Bell Esq.
myle-sw&wiy
fiar and Heantilul
"SPRING AND STJMinER HATS.
V. H. Biebe Ai Cos (Broadwav I- Y.) Sttle.
JtTST received per schoonor Clinton direct from New
Vvrk and for sale at the " Fashionable Store" Strand
by apr23-3 D. NEIL.
The State off Texai 1 County Court ju
Cocstv or Jutttttoi. (Term A. D. ll:Toll
FreJerick Bdrrell minor teirV periotu loUrotcd in tb
of Rabert BurrelL Kobthar- welfare of uaII nwoor
rfillgUArfiAn- J Grtettng;
TX7HEREA3 Robert Barrel!. th naturil guirdian oC
V I said minor has tiled his petition la uid court re
presenting that slid minor has not sufficient meani foe his
fluppon. anu euucauon ana uKing an order to sell th fol
low mg jieai i-auiii; uviougiag h saia muiocioc the pur-
poses aforesaU. to wit: A certain tract oX land utnatej
la the county of Jefferson aixt described as foUows r TL
west half of are hundred acres being part oC the head-
right of Lartla R- Thomas for C40 acres the portion
not herein conveyed was soli t Joshua. Aahworth oat of
the south-east corner of said headrightf the interest ot
Frcdenct Burrell being the west halt of said Are hun-
dred acres located east of the 1'ueces River at a place-
called the Gum Island at the. tower end of Duncan's woods;
and the court aforesaid having at its April Tmn mad-
an order of pubhcalion. for four successive weeks previous
to its July Term. A. D 1351.
This Is therefore to require all persons interested Inc.
the welfare of said minor to be sod appear at the afore-
said term of the said court to be hulden for the county
of Jefferson at the court-house in the town ofSeaumoat.
on the Udt Monday the 23th day of July A. D. l&l and.
show caiue why an order of sale shall not be made ai
prared for in said petition.
WITNESS. J. K. Robertson Clerk County Court
I. S. Jefferson countr with the Seal of said courtr
this twentj-fonrth. day or Jiay A. D. 1351.
J K. ROBERTSON a a C. J. C.
IssBd May 24th A. D. 15S1- je24-wtw
CEDAR BLUFF.
TIIIS beautiful and. pkture-fqoe eminence H situate la.
Polk county on the-west ban!- of tho Trinity River.
8 inUes bv water below SwartwouL. There is no point
perhaps on the Trinity River posseiiing the mbk advan-
tages for a country town as that of Cedr Bluff being lo-
cated in one of the healthiest and wealthiest Settlements
ia this part of the State- This Bluff rises gradually frooir
the rivkrr to a beautiful Cedar grove more than one hun-
dred feet above high water overlooking the met. ft or &
hundred vards each war. A few Tards back rises a sec
ondary bluff on which is a beautiful grove of timber ; here
Is a fine ituation for family residences au. abundance of
building timber oC the best kind are convenient. It is
nell known byaJJ who havtf travelled through this part
of the country that there Is a large scope of nch country
that will ultimately trade to this point. There is now im
complete operation in the Immediate neighborhood &
good Saw and Grist MUL There arc also several good:
Cotton Gins erected ; schools and churches In abundance.
In fact the improvements in agriculture and machinery
and th state of society wiUbekazd to. excel in any part.
its Tesas. ...
The proprietors have opend" a lindinp at this point and
will be prepared by next Fall with Cotton feheds and
Warehouse sufficient to accommodate all who may favor'
them with their custom. Roads haxe already bunn open-
ed to this Bluff and an order has been obtained from tb
County. Court of Pelk county for a road leading from th '
neighborhood cr Danville to this point on theTrinitv
River- For the encouragement of those who would wish.
b take an interwUn Cedar Bluff th undenigned would 1
give Lots to tho who would obligate to improve themy
within a given time.
JeSt-w 4t WILLIAM COCHRAN Ss. A SONS.
K.It DYSPEPSIA-
Prepared from the fourth Stomach-eft the- Ox."
TIIEtrucDigestlve
Fluid or Gastric
Juice prepared from
Rennet fre the atomieh
of the Oa tSlen direc-
tions given by Baron
LeibCg the great philo-
sophical ehemUt by J.
S. noughton. No. 11 N.
Eighth street. Philadelphia the only Immediate and per-
manent relief forlndigestion Djpepsia Jaundice Liver-
Complaint Constipation and Debility curing aflernatures
own method by nature's own agent the Gastric Juice. It
U a certain preventative of cholera as it keeps the sto-
mich and bowels in a perfi'ctlj" healthy condition.
Half a teanpoonful of thin fluid infuwd In water. wUIi
digest or dissolve five pounds of roast beif. iaabwit two
hours out of the itomach-
Scititttfie Rvnlenee.Siron Leibift in hfa celebrated
wrkoniunatehemUtrrsays; An artificial dieeative
fluid analogous to. the Gastric Juice may be readily" pre-
pared from the mucous membrane of the stomach f th
calf in which various articles of food such as meat ti
egg- will be softened changed and digested Just la th
same manner as they would be in the human stomach.'
Dr.Pereira. in hi famous treatbe on "Food and Diet
published byFoler 4 TTells. New York page 33 state.
the same great fact and de-enbe the method of prepara-
tion." There are few higher authorities than Dr. Perclra.
Dr. Combe; in his vaiuabl writing on the Physiology
or Digestion" observes that "a diminution of the du.r-
quantityof the Gastrie Juice is a. gewnjnent and all pre-
vailing eatue of Dyfpeprfia ; and h states that "a dlstln- -ht
nrnfowutp of medicine In Londomwho was severe
ly alllicted with tho complaint finding everything ele to
fail had recourse to the Gastric Juice obttaied from th
stomachs of litiDg animals which proved completely sue-
'ceful." . . ..
Dr. Graham aulhor or tne umons wont on - fgeiaur
Dietnys: "It N a reraartable lact In phyrioIogytbafe
the stomach of anlmibj macerated In water Impart to -the
finsl thej property of divolving various articles of.
r0iiii eSrctinga kiud of artificial digestion or them
in bo. viie di3rt from the natural digestive proee!."' r
Dr. Simon's grctt work. The Chemitry of .Man. (Lr
L BlancbJjdPlUUJelpliil&43) pp. 3-21-2 savs: Thw
di-cbverv tf Pibus fcw a new era in the chemical his-
trvord'igftAiL. jtriMet experiments we know that-
fuoTl is diAiotved as rapidly in aa artiliclal digetive fluid
prepared from Pepsina i is In the natural Gastric Juico-it-eltn
Profewor BungiUfto oy-.lt-Jrfcrson College. Philadel
phliT in hw creat work mi Humaik PIiyHologr devotes
more than fitly pages tsaa eam'u-Ation of this subject
His experimentwitli Dr. Uanmt.e4i thGaricJuiee
obtained from the living hv&MUtstuoach and from ani-
mals are well known. I atinjw." be navs. Hdigetln
occurml as perfectly iu the- aztcial &s is. the natural di-
gestion." I"otfurtberproofrf the rcrorirkailtf ment-toCthisdiae. -w--t-coverr-call
at 72 .Magaiiu street aajytadernptiv a
sheet gratis A. KEDALUAr CO
je27-lyw Genenl gentfCT-Suoheni'SUtea.
C7" For sIe aUo by DrCirgit- genenuTy -
TIIE ELECTRICAL FEKItlFDUE
OR SPEED'S FETER TONIC
rpiIE greatest diiw-nvery of the ate. bv which FEVTR&
JL OF ALLOTYPES ARD GRADES Scam mhiUttr-
caue produced or whatever called can be J5retaally andl
pcrmanontlr cured from TWO TO TWINTT 3I0URS. It
Li perf-ctly harmless In most cws its Kpevatftfl scarceU
perceptible and it Is irarravrerf to perform JKBtwhatifc
promises if the directions are followed.
For a descriptive sheet setting forth Its menb.ans'in-
taming references of the higliet repeet ability from pba
tr phvslciam and dLdlngaUhcd men alt tfcrou-h th
Socth who have used and thoroughly tested Its proper!
pjfcaMfcall on m. or any of our numerous Agents.
PriceSI per bottle; six bottles for $3. One bottle con-
tains sufficient for from 6 to 10 cas
Prepared) only by A. KENDALL & CO.
72 Magazlno direct. New Orleans;
je27-3m2ia. BRIGGS A- YARD Ageit Galveston.
For sale by Druggists and Dealers generally.
Cy CoromoiCtations promptly attended to.
trtH AWNING
JJXJ.
'UFACTOft1-
THE robcnbcr still rimacArtiifes and keeps constantly
on hand every variety cf ?&mp Equipage men's
TENT? or all sorts and slze w uU
Portable Poles-Camp Cots Tables Stools etc
A Iso AmericanvForen snifaacv
Flags Steamboit.and Skip Barges Jaels
Pennants etc. etc
made to order aid for sate in any raantityA
Wood and Iron Frame 'AWNINGS; Plan andi Fancy
WIXDOW SHADES for offices or pr.vate- rwtdencea;
TAUPAULLNSDray; Wagon and Trunk COVEBSfur-
niflhtnl at the shortest notice and warranted pivagaJ4l
rot or mildew.
Every description of Rig?ing Work attended to; Block
strapped Fall Ropes spliced and fnrnisheil &-C.
Orders from the country will be promptlj attended. tofc-
Flags neatly repaired. Goods fur shipment b Cull.
forma or the Mexican Market carefully conipreefiedaau
baled.
II. CASSrOY; Magazine at corner Gravlen.
over A Muaoe- &. Co.'s Clothing Emporium
spi-t nrtw- ly
EXCnimAGR 1IOTIE INDUSTRY!
IAKRL4GES The sufwenber wish to in- r
V form the citizens of GaJretoa and the J
public generally that they can furnish every dewnpUors
of COACHES ROCKAWAYS BCGGtES and SCLKEYS
which for neatness and durability caaaat be nurpaved by
any imnorbd from theXorthornvStatftaDt whh -arill be
finished in any style that may bo desiretL. Thy are prc. t-
vide4 with the very bst materials and keep constantly onr'
band a supply of the best of seasoned Lumber In good or-
der for ue and have secured the services of a most excel-
lent Coach Painter; so that all kinds of Painting can be
done In the neatest -.tyle.
Repairing and Trimming executed with neatness sad
dispatch. J. STOWE & VANCE -h
Market st near TrcmonC-- x-r
Galreiitnn. June-17 lS-TI-nr&wtr
N.B. All Carriages made by them are- warranted.
MOtiSTON RAILROAD AVAKEIIOUSC
"I XHE anderigneil has completed the larg-t and mott
A- commodious WAREHOUSE in Houston and has con-
structed a Railroad connecting it with the wharf so that
Goods Wares and Merchandise of every description may
b conveyed directly from the steamboats to the TVare-
hone without any expense for dravage. All articles en-
trated to his charge will 1 kept under an excellent new-
roof and i0 largo well ventilated rooms where they can
suffer no Injury either from exposure to moisture of tho
snn and will be forwarded promptlr to their destination
agreeably to order. jeit-swiwtf J. J. CAIN.
PL. MASSE Vi Wholesale and Retail Dealer In
DRUGSMEUICINES CHEMICALS etcreicect
fully not i Art Merchants Physicians Planters and Jfa
Families that hia stock is now complete embracing IV
cIe'T article usually called for which he guaranties !l
the Tery best quality and at prices as reasonable as any
bouue-intboeity.
U reeiTin by every arrival fresh supplies of Eng.
Bsh and American Calomel; Quinine ; Gum Opium ; Blue-
Mass; Mercurial Ointment; Extracts of all kinds French
American and English; Surgical and Dentists Instruments;
Trusses; Senna; Manna; Powdered Jalap; Powdered Ipe-
cac; Turkey Rhubarb; Iodine; English Iodine or Potass-;
W; Rochelle Salts; Sal Soda; sponge fine and coarret
Srnnges;5andaandTownsenda .sarsapanlta; B. A.Fah-
nestoefc's VernUftige; Scotch Maccoboy and Rappee Snuff
Liquid Adhesive Plaster ;CastorOilSweOa;Slrfngth-
eniruj and Wanning Plaster; together with every other
article usoaUy called for to a well regulated Drugestab-ment-
P. L. MASSEY Druggist and
Apothecary cor. Camp and Gravier its.New Orleans.
" Order carefully put up and all articles ot warrant-
ed quality. Medicine Che-ts for hipv Families and Plan-
tation n5c put np and replenished at the-siiartCBt notice.
splSIywsw
E. J. IIA1LX k... CO
Grocers and Cdmmission Merchants?
No.79Tchoapitotilas street New Orleaus
DEALERS in Liquors of all kinds Brar.drGlnr"Yhis-
key Rum; Wines CordiaisTeas Coffee Sugar Ci-
gars Tobacco; Sulphate of Quinine by the case and ta
pie Drugs; Paper oC-all kinds; Oils Spices Ketchups
Pickle Soap; Starch Hams Lard Bacon Butter Chpfie
BPork and all kinds of staple and fancy Groceries.
Ct Coleman's Patent TJndolatoiy Corn Mills.
apr4-ljswfcw-
SCOTCII ALE-50doi Scotch Ale in pint a sa-
periorarticlernleby fjc24 JONES & TJFFORD.
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