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Tke human heart liaa hidden treasures
jji secret kept to sikoce sealed:
Thethooiti.tlMhoptdrrtm.lh'"jnlea nre.
WboMchannawett broken if revealed
And days mtr rasa is car confusion.
AndnlsntsinnouTriotflx. ..
Vh lie. lost in famine a or cat th illusion.
The memory of tbe I" roT
But there ar hoars of lonely mnsins.
Koch . in the evening silence roraes.
When eoft as Mrds their pinions trains.
TheheartahestfeelinEi cithwhonw.
Then In uxsouls thtre r eem to languish
A lender irrfef that ts not woe :
And Uwagtitt that once wrung croons of aneursh.
No caue but some miU lean to flo.
And feelrairi. once as f Irony ajpasdon.
Float softly back a laded i dream :
Our own tha n jrrtefs and wpd sensations.
The asie of other' anfferf nis teem
Oh' whentbeheartWfreahlyl'leediBt
now lonra it for that tune 10 be.
TYtaen throuith the mist of rem recedlnc.
lu woes but live iu rerric.
And U can dwell on rooor.1 cht K'ammer
On cTemnuihadea and tonelloe.
And wliile the sr ST" ""n dimmer.
Feed no untold and atranire dtatrew
Only a deeper impuvi eiven
fir lonely bonr and darkened room.
Ta tolemn thoughts that soar ti heaven.
Seek a life and s ortd to come.
A GEM.
Jennie ohrd and Rohb n tquceied her.
Pretty little tremblinc hand.
Then with octstretehed arms he ac ed her
llallf rIoctant for a and acd
- Lwe me hut he clasped the b Elder
-Jennie aay wilt thou be mine ?"
1 hen herbriirbt eyea trew much brighter.
And be whispered. "I amthmer
rhn tier clai ped eacU other fond'y
ClosetoKMheraitwohncla.
And tl-ey kUsed eten other oiradIr
And 1 left them In that fix.
Louis Iapoleou'i Ape cli.
DunogllKi vlnUf the French Lmpror aiwl Km-
pren In London lby wpr prrseolrd wJh an ad.
dreta at Guildhall by the Lord Major t which the
Emperor replied as fbllnwi:
Jy Lord JJayoT Khcr lliccoidI nvij.tloii I
bare expcriet3Cd Xrum I ho Quern polling co&td
affect me tnftro deeply than Ue renttmeats lonatds
the Em press and KjEtlA lo which jou my Lord
Mayor bTe circa expieaslon on lht pari tr the
city J London ; for Loudon irrraeLta the availa-
b'e resoQrcea which a world wids commrrce Bards
both fur civilization and for war. riaitcring as ynr
pralM I accept them boean they are addrcfied
ranch tnoto to rrance than to rujeelf ; Uuy are ad-
dressed to a naliun whie InlcresW are to-day every
where identical with yonr wu (apjilaus- ; thiy are
addressed to an army and navy vaitod loyoaraby
an heroic compsniunftliip tu danger and .u glory (re-
newed appianse; they ore addrraed to the po icy tf
the two Governments which la hasM on trn'hcn
moderation and on jusJce. lir mymlf I have re-
tained on the ihrons the same eenllmouU of aymj a-thyandetti-etnfortheEDgluJii-euplc
which I pro-f-crdatan
txilekud and jrcdonped rliwrm
whll I erjnyed here Ite hofp'lality id" your Qntn ;
and if I have acted In acco-dance with mr cocvic-
tions H U that the lutcrei ir the nation which has
chosen we no lew than that (.futtitt-rial civilization
has rade it a duty. Indeed Lngland and rranca
are naturally united on all lb great qoeillon of
politics and of hi. man progress lhi n-ita e the world.
From the thorn of lh Atlantic to lhue t C Hie ftle-
diternincan; from the Bailie lothe Slack Sti from
the desire to ebolith slavery to the amelioration of
all the countries of Europe I tea In the moral as In
the political world Tor our two nal'ons but one
com and one end Applause
rutiful rivalries that osr Union eoald be diserered.
f we follow the dictalca of common fieoM alone we
ahall be rare ot the f Qture Lood pp flCfe Vou
are rlglit In Inierprrllng my rwence among you as
a fresh and convincing proof ut my rnrcetic co-
operaUon in the proMcatlon t f lh war ir we Tail la
obtalninuaa honorable peace Applauct Should
wr toMlrdibonghourdi8Icnliit may be great wa
may oreIycouni on a aucce-tfal rctnlt. br not
only are our soldiers and nalor r tried valor nut
only do our two countries posrm within lhemlea
nnnraled Tfoarcct but abovn a I an-1 Iictb I es
ttf ir scpcriorllT It U because ttey are to Jhe van of
allgfnfrous snl ctv'ifh'el Idea. Tlut rye of Ul
who iunr tmtlsctivi. y torn to ihe WraL Thus
onr two nalioua are even more powerful from I he
opiolona they reprrHrnt Hon by the armies and fleets
they have at titmr ctmmand. fflrcat applaUM. 1
am deeply grateful to your Qan fur affording me
this solemn opportunity oTexpretstng to you my own
entintenU and those el France or which I am the
Interpreicr.
I thank you In my own name aud ILat iT ihc Em-
p es for the frt.uk and hearty Crrdiatlly wllh which :
yon have received na. We sba'l taka baek to 1 ranee
ibe lasting fspresalou mads oa minds thoroughly
ablMO appreia e it orthe Irapotlng spectacle which
EnjUnd presents where virtue on Ihelhrone directs
th deatinlea of a country under the empire of a
liberty without danger U lis crnndeor w
la Ihc rvvainc ttaeen ic oris and Prince -Albert
Napoleon and Eugenie vltitrd the Iialun opna.
Five hundred guineas wee aa the qoolalioua for box
rtaod thirty guineas fir single alalia In the favored
parts of the hou where the light of the royal coun
tenance tnlBjil fiM on th occupant. London west
of TemptcbarwaS I loroloited.
On Friday the Emperor aud Empress accompa-
nied by Ibe Qaein and Prince Albert visited the
Crystal Patsce at ydenhun wliere SO WO person
were assembled To receive them. Id the evening the
Queen gave a mpperand concert end Ihe American
Minister was present.
On Saturday their Alijeslits returned home.
ITIarrlng-eot lncr SionciindrrPro-
T. W Uiocisow actida the Worcesjr Fpy Ihe
following
It was my privilege lo eelcbratn May dayinJB
rialinir at a weddlnir in a firm hou amoi it lLe 1 tlti
of Weal Bmokfleld The bridewroom was atuanid
trlrd wurih a leader la van cVera wnli aluvery
movement; nd the bride was ono whose flr Tame
la known tbrocchout the nation one who?e rare in-
tellectual qua lines are ovcrllod by the private b-auiy
of ber heart and life.
I never perform the marriage cetemony wnhout a
reneWHl sent e of the Iniquity d onr prrwnl syiUem
of Iswa In respect to maniac a TV-tem by whica
'man and wile are one and that one is the hnsbaa J.
Uwaswltlimy heaily concurtrncp I here fore thai
the following iirotert was read and igncd uapart
of the nupllsl ceremony and I send It to y u that
olhr may be Induced 10 do likewise. T vII
MLOTIHT.
W bile weacLuOwIedfoour mutual aJfction by
Yblicily aflummg the sacred relationship ortas-
band end wire yet In justice lo ourselves aod a great
t.rlncic'c we deem II a duty lo declare tint this act
on onr part implies no eauc i in of nor promise of
voldniary onniienco ic nci oi me preniiawaoi
tnanlage as re'ue lo reeognie the wife a an lnde
ieoeni iniionai ueim; mir me roi icv upoR me
LnBbaod an injurious ail unnatural superiority in.
vesting him with legal powers which no hoiniral le
mm KOnid rirrcirr mu 4iiiu iuii aiumui pus
Uu rolChl especially ajamil the laws which gire
lo the husband
1 The custtidv of hts wlfe'a tierMwi
.Tliervcludvely criitrolandguardianr-liirthfir
children.
3 Tre vole ownership 4 her ptrwinal mul o-e of
her real e8taie.omejipreviouirtii(d umtn hertr.
placed in tie hsndf of truster a in the case of
mlDOtii lunii'c- aim luua.
4 Theabsolnterighllothe rrodnctof her iodus
lr.
i Alan against lawn which give to lLo wid iwer an
much larger ana more permanent an IntercH in the
property of hldeawl wire Ifaanibey give Iu the
widow in that if b-r deceived hubanl
C. Finally BcainllhewluleyR!emlywIiicliMhc
legal ealstenee or the Wife h sufnded during mar-
r lag" w that in most States she ban no legal part in
the choice of Iter residence nor can she make a will
Dorsueorbnened in hr own. name ror Inherit pro-
perly. e lirheve ILat i erronal independence and equal
human rlehls can cerrr he firfeited. earent for
crime; that marriace should b an equal ard ptrma-
sent panuciauiii inu r ivciiciuieu uy law; and mat
until it it fo reeopilzol married partner should pro-
Tide a?aml the radical Injustice (J prcent laws by
f-Terj uinui lunr puwrr.
e blievc that where dniurvllc diCicuhhs ir se.
no acresl ahouid be made to lenl Inbnml mti-ijf
exlotinx laws but that all d.ffl utlics ehould lm sut-
initied to me rqunauie aojnslmn.l or arbitrators
rontuatly chosen
Thus reverencing law we niter our t-arnest prt Ift-t
gain! rates and customs which ate uuwrrtliy ofthe
Damr;i(irj Ti"iairjDiiceu eesrneeoi law.
HENRY B. BMCkl LLI.
LUCY STONE
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A letter from Toronto to the N. Y Commercial Ad-
vertiser esjs
MTbeiOr'cl of ihe operations of Hie reciprocity
treaty Ihus frhn been logive a wonderful impulsw
otrsDactIons In breadtuffs AboutOalKiObuhels
of wheal and 2 000 barrels or flour have already
been shipped fur the Untlad Slates and about 0000
busbr'a of wheat and 35000 barrels ol flfiur ae
Tnrcd at the wharves awailln? shipment beld a
daily icnntalion nf 3000 1 r 4 000 buhela for ship-
ment alflo.'tTlieprice paid for wheat now lnToronio
is from f S to ?53(tp r bushel oals Gt and C5 cents
peas 8i eeuta to SvSr- 4-C n
CorTaienTorNKwa.--XrrraTtaary lnroram t-
lee on ihe abolition of newpaper stamps the new
EoRlish Chancellor of tie Exchequer ex-dilor t f
the Ediuburg Quarterly Revlcw--prcped 1 1 Insert
clan-es lotfltctually mmtle the press and prevent
the cirenlation of Intelligence II w I roposittoti was
to the effect that a proprietor or a newir-aper should
be entitled to a copy right for every original mrttctt
Jttttr pvmgnpli cawtnua tear ita ai tompoitzton
wkuk shall It fertkt tnt ttwt yuUnkti ra wnck wrra-
foffrt and any person violating the copyright even
by a colorable abrldtcroeni.witbln 91 hoars aflrr the
appearaui e of such article. Idler etc to be flat-d
from 3 10 20
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Nw To ton or KiarnqtAEaa A Committee of
Ibe Frencti Actdcmr of Sciences baa been i-waged
In a contsa of investigation of earthquake and vol-
canoes. They flod that these convulsions are more
frequent danng the moon's perigee and a'ao more
numerous when the moon Is near the meridian.
from three facts tbry infer thai there are tides In
tha central molten bum or earth corresponding lo
those of the water (n this side of the rrust which
when drawn by the moon's attraction wllh the great-
est force rash against tha crnl causing cracks and
shocks and forcing npjclsof liquid.
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Tbe Chicago Democrat edited by the IIoo. John
wiiirth. r member of Con tress a from Illinois.
baa hoisted the names of Samuel (meaning Sam )
Houston ciicxas lor i-reaiueni anu ueiirj fuugr
of IVltconilo for Vice President.
TUESDAY MAT 22 1855.
Railroad Mtmxa.-Another meeting of our cit-
izens look place at Morlnn fla.ll last evening U ac-
cordance with the adjournment orthe meeting on
Friday niahl last. After calls mad on Mr.Stcwart
to continue his speech commenced at Ibe previous
meeting bed been declined Mr. Shcrwr-od was
called no and addressed the andleuce at eons'dera
b'e lengh when m motion th meeting adjourned
to aa.inbe again In a ght at the same place for Ihe
parpoto t f contlcntng the discussion We have no
lime nor an we- able to give even an outline of
Mr. Flioioodnrgmcnt inlatorof LbeStatcSy
tern It Is expected that Mr. Stewart will reply In
btra to night acd wo (resume Prof. Forabey will
alto give Ms views on this great question which en
vitally concern u 1L Wc shall alo ezpeel re-
mark! from Mr. M M. Poller Eq and nlfacrs II U
gratifying to us to witness t d 'ep an inieret imoi g
all classes in Ihwdmcunon. Ufchows that our cit-
izens duly aji rcit the -.l niagnituJo unite
question.
jyCen. McLcod leaves to-day to attend the
Ballroad dnventimi alColamhu having been ap-
pointed lu represt nl our cdy ts a substitute for one of
the commute. Cen.McLeod Informs ns that be con
siders the settlement of oar public debt a preliminary
quest on to be dicpowd of before we can adopt sue
cesKfulIy any general system of Internal Improvement
II is main object therefore In attending the con
venlion wdl be U urge the vilal Importance of set
ttir-s uur public dfbt In soma manner sallsfactory lo
our creditors. He wlahe! not to be considered as
opposed to the State System of building railroad
bntbef ire i ngagintt laila advocacy be wishes to fee
the neceitfary preliminary measnrea taken lo settle
our ouUlandlng liabilities and place the credit oflhe
Stale on a loand acd solid basis.
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J71 U e have bad the pleasure Af a call from Mr.
Cleve'aod lLe popular Mayor of .nslin who no
with bis lady on avitd to our city and will Ibis
evening proceed to Indianola and thence return
bom after visiting some portions or the West We
are glad to learn irom Mr Cleveland that tlc Ordin-
ance In Austin eloains on Sundays nil liquor estab-
lishments billiard rooms len pin atlejt and other
laces of amusement ll Ihero nnlversally observed
A Similar ordinance he Informs Us is now In force
In Houston and ll there equally mpecled. lie
siys le hrs ems ulted gentlemen cf the Mghcct legal
autliorlty who all concnrjnopmivnthal ruth an
ordinstices mil Le lUMalued by the Supreme Court
of the Ria'e f ever referred to that tribunal.
Couta PO Polk Cutott I
UsyI3ihI8S5
EoitoRs Nawat Dunns my stay In this vlcmily
I have bad opportunities of forming a correct cell-
mate of this part of the country and am much
pleased with Iu It Is Indeed a tine fuming region
but this season has been enough lo discourage all
new cn-nerfl mho are prong to imagine that their
short rrperttree during the pl six or twelve
months afljrd a fair criterion lo judge of the
fulure Certainly It In quite enonli to dishearten
any body to have as we have had four months of
drought acd no cuttiin up more than three Inches
high and corn net kneo bight aud very scattering at
that nod thai too now as late as the middle of May
when com i-boiild be in tasel. Wc hare bowercr
been visited by two good thowerr and cotlou ed
that has been laying In the ciounl very near four
weeks ban broke l ho earth and I now coming np
finely Tha proipecl nil at one). Is no Dneouragiug
for a goodUandf cotlou and n good crop too pro-
fited wc have a favoraVa summer and Fa.IL A
consldrrabU quanUly of Corn wi'I however have
to be teplaiiled an I it Is niw sit scarce that it can
hard y be had fr tnnl. The price when It can Iks
bad at all which U Mam is ?l73 to $2 00 per
busheL
Pa rui!; lb m-m n of the Dilrld fiurl In I.lting
Bu.'nand U.e J-ejliC prerioui to adjournment a
man by tha naiut t FerEUsoti teverely cut an
ludian nanrel-Iohudhnwn and In default or bail
I ergtLArti was siul lo Jul from which he broke onl
a few days egs aud -l the county rnis-ing the
Trinity Itiver.
TheTnoity hi still very low ihe rains we have had
not hav.u:; ousts! auj rise. The) ro'ptct atprestrnt
Isthat lite bualii tiowio the rivrr may have lo sum-
mer il where the) lay. However It is an old saying
thai Hlhe darkest hour n just before day" Ibt n fre
we rhonld never give up all hope. I may write again
?-. J. V." IV.
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PiLKtTtM Sunday Mag 13 IB55
EniToa"Kktvf One week ago t day I qulttid
the Brazos country In company with an Israelite for
this region. Hy companion being a J Uy good fel
low and fjo-1 of a joke Ihe trip to Leouawas senl
la humor and jJnwantry. Il la a Cod-setd X assure
you lo hare such companioo especially on this
road for it la about aa dull aud monotonous as tucb
things t vcr gfl lo be. There are bat few houses
along the road but many settlements meet the view
on c-lther ad In the prairie. The country lying
between Leon county and the Narasota river is Im
proving fast which la for the most part rich prairie
lands adapted ti the. culture of corn and Cotton
and I am told ihu successful experiments havobtca
made the pal season wllh wheat. The time Is
near at Lend when nil Texas will hare flour bread
made from wheat o( their own ralidug whea this
stale of thing Lbrouhl about what a buckwheat and
molasits lime they will bave of HT The article of flour
CMfg sells at $M bar el when il is to be baL It's
cerlaiiily precloui dear ealtng when blscnlls get to
be worth a dime a piece Although ll seems ex
travagant lo Indulge In "flour doings" at such prices
aUll I think t could make about a twenty-Are crnt
bilia woiib ve-y interesting Vo me. This region of
the country Is and bas been out or nearly every thing
Iu lb way of edibles lor the who'd Winter and
Spring. The people have put off sending by waenns
to the Cuushle; from time to tiros focany thing in-
dulging the hope lur a tlse la the Triofty A boata
bit river may be looked for sooo as intelligence of
heavy rains In tfao upper Trinity counties has reach"
ed this place. No rain haa fell in Leon county wllh
the exception or that part lying Immediately on the
river ton bottoms recelvlug copious shower. The
farm!- la Jhe country are lo Sue spinla now Since
Ihv snowies- They move ahout with more bouy-
ancy and liiihlnes i o heart give your horse more
corn than befoie and. In fad. show themselves
more agreeably lo every manner. I do not know
what would Lave become oUbe old fellows-if it
bardn't rained when il did for thi weie surely
dying with ennui WhjlfyuU stopped at one of
tteir bouses for the OigbMbe flnt question polio
you would b I say sUang:'liaVthere'leen any
ram where you've been' of course such Inquiries
had a negative re;dy. Tben whit a delightful con
traction of the eye brvwt savoring tn r of pickles
than dried apples followed up a hurried up super
and a rush off to bed I am indeed ibauklul for the
rain as I ey could well be for their lives.
Th crops are much better here than has been re-
ported Elsewhere and I am satisfied from what 1
bae seen of the country so far that there will he as
much proddcod this j ear as wa the last. If hes a'
sons Itonre forward nre good there will be ware
.stuff for marketing.
The steamer Migmiln still remains al her old
quarter in lho river under the blu0near the town
of Maguvlia she has but little room for play as the
hole of water In which sho la quietly eusconcd.
wouldn t hardly ad mil of a yal boat alongclde It
l fortunate tliathe was caught at Macnulla whea
Ihe nrer got down for there are few plae-s that
would have floated her safely.
The town of Magnolia Is quite dull at present
there being no water and n scarcity or goods of
every description together with the absence of
loaded cotton wagons that were usually to be seen al
thilf)?aon of Ihe year rolling In which are now
lakina; It off to Houel in anJShreveport. The latlir
pUce Lai thi ycr ro-elved lmtnen trade from
Cherokee aud Anderson cmintir.
This beautiful town bas Iraj roved much in ap
jiearauco siucc last Spring Tho fine targe brick
Court lloueou the square I now completed. Its
proportions an I eonimodioiH arrangements rt fleet
much credit on Ibe pride and taste of the county
while it rtin 1 as it does a monument to tho vkill
orthe bull Iff. Tho public school nre or a high order
bo'htnaleant female and are liberally patronized
tbrougl out the Stale Tuera are at present some
three hundred pupils receiving dai.y lnl ruction at
Ihe d ff-rrent seminaries of learning.
The Convention takes place lu-morrow atTtler to
nominate a can Ildate for Congress in the EasL
A. J. B.
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Oov. Cardner fcf MassacbURCll In bis message
declining lo comply with Ihe Legislative address
aklng Ihe removal of dodge Lortng gives the fol-
lowing reasons for hit action:
1 That Ihe address was nul necomp-nled by the
ieaanaaaigned for Ihe rtquest; and thai the State
contiitntion properly contracted dws not conter
on the Executive the power of temoval at the meie
wkh of the Legislature.
2. That thcrn Is no iasUfvlnr nrecedent the two
forme Instancra of dermal lion of ludires bT Covcm-
nrs oi aiasf ennaetis not oeing at an appiicaoie 10 me
case of Judge Lortng.
3. That no crime Aid been aiiegca sgairsi woage
Lorln? and nothing; which iltqu-dlfls blm for bis
nlTJcfl of -lodge f f Probate.
4. Tbatcccb deposition nf Judge Lorlog if made
in this quetioniblo manner on account of bis not
serving the popular sentiment ol the day would In
auxuraie a poncy wntcnmignireaci iijunonsiy ooiu
upon Its authors and upon ihe character of Ihe Judi-
ciary. www
Senator Brooks seems to have exhausled bis In-
ventory of Archbishop Hughes' cily property and In
his last letter aires us the particulars of his Calvarr
Cemetery possessions. Thi burying ground embra-
ce tight acre and cost 318000. The price of a
Rr ui icr. wiuc nmitFTen leei long is seven
dollars Accord in z to Air. Brooks the Archbishnn'a
idcqhid .roui iiirao viij iug grounus ia in lot vicinity
of forty thousand dolUra a year One Sunday last
summer there were SSI burials In the Calvary Ceme-
tery from whleb the Archbishop cuuld not have re-
ee'ved less than 1652. During Ihe month of Augoal
lad there were twenty Iwo hundred Intel meats; and
dnrlno- Ihe year IBM there were said to be no less
than eight Uionsanl. The number from the 6th of
January up lo April SSib la set down at 9643. Th
Archbishop In bis forthcoming reply will probably
answer these charges.
Pdncb asya that although ever ao many paralle la
. MniiMrfal yt.rm Sialnrwit t It la ntrr
tcttlffvta ptrIltt!
UifuilDtstmi $Utos.
THURSDAY HAY 24 1853.
tJT We are authorized to announce P II BELL aia
candidate for re-election to Courtcbs from the Western
District of this State.
.Aojocxxxo RaiLKoao Mixnso. Pursuant to ad
Journment our cit'zens again met at Morian II all on
Tuesday nlgl t when the discussion of Iho relative
merits f Stab and Corporate System of Internal
Improvement was resumed by Mr. Charles Stewart
Abu tcjxu d U the remarks of Mr. Sherwood made
at the previous meeting We should remark for Ibe
information of our readers that .Mr Stewart advo-
cated the policy of loaning the money or credit of
the Mala to Railroad Com panic In preference to
tho hla'e'" mine lis ofta money or credit for the
same piirjn. f r Mr. Mew art bad concluded
Mr. M.M Putter wis called for and replied to Mr.
Stewart in one of tho mistconvlnclngargumoats we
have cer heard on I his deeply Interesting subject.
Iu regard to the loaning po!ici ho said I e had been
called njtou lonctln onr Leg I &lc in re where it bad
been adrocated in a protracted discussion by many
of tlm ablest turn In tint body but Ihlt It wai finally
delcitid by a traall vole He said Ibat two millions
of our money bad been t-et aside as a School Fund
and that the majority of lhoe who voted for thla
bill di I m for the avowed purposo of loaniutc that
fund to Railroad Companies at the only means of
evading lb ctmstitultonal prohibition. He himself.
voted fir the School Fund bnt agatnsf the bill for
loaning II and h believed he was carrying out the
wishes of his ron'tituenls W benever he should be
Instructed to npport this loaaint; policy he said he
shruld rense to reresllhls County as afitr the
mo-ldiligsnt inquiry ho hsl nestryel found a sin-
gle Stale oflhe many that hal trie! Ihl policy
which et ergot Us money back again and In most
of tlitm the people bad been So badly swindled that
they hsd formed new Constitutions expresly pro
Llbiting Ihe Legislature from loaning another dollar
to Railroad Companie.
After Air. Poller had roncluled Mr. J S Snlliran
moved thai b tbould berequetel lo furnish an
oulllce of hi it marks for ptibllcMlon which mi Hon
was UOJMimousIv corned. The meeting then ad
journed to meet again i a Monday night next for the
purpose of bearing the views f Pr f. Torfchey on
this aul JucL. The Intenso Interest that appears to be
Ml tn this dicavidD Is dubilts attributable lo
Ihe Reaeral conviction hire that Ihu future detlny
ofourclate for weal or for woe U mainly depend
ent on the Internal Improvement policy we msy
adopt by a contention t-f tho Stale which all believe
ill have lo be convercl speed 11 j for tho formatn n
of a new- Con-l tution. All eyes are looking lo our
next LegKlalme as Ihe ino-t important that haa
ever convened Next Monday night wes hall expect
to ice a very Urge as.emhULe at Marian Hall
p-w-a e
iy t- the o'hrr day puhlithed a tlati inent as
given us of ibe cost of tho Ilarrbburg railroad and
the coi tract l rtcc i f the HouiU n railroad and ac-
companieil the statement with the Inquiry whether
the eoulrn-t price as thus published waalrueor
not Tho Telegrar b publishes a co'nmn arlido In
reply r t d I-i conelu-lon hsks us a an act of j J tire.
t j re-publi-h tls m ply. Tho cd lr of Ihe Telegraph
dors not pub'ih tir arllck at ill and tt cannot
there f re no 'er-Wnd bow he ran makn il out to be
fair plaj"ae be calls it lo rcqnire us to publish
bis Ue nevertheless iublish the Telegrarh's arti
er not because It is due to the- dtlor as an Act of
courtesy but 1-ccanse 1. 1 dne lo our readers cvery-
here t g vo them both tiles of ecry linimrlant
question as far as wo cjh. Wo bave no Inti rtfls lo
stibcrve I y &!i-i.&ting om or then roads and op-
pnFlngthfOllo jrarowe concious o1" having
any l&leresb in inttrral I. pro Yemenis f any kind.
which arp utals common to the (n-opl of Texas
genfrally The Ti'crsi b must ad-nit that wo have
all been rou-ddeniMy humbugged and deceived by
railrovl eompanles and pet pie who luve been In
tho habit of comparing jmst romises and pcrform-
anctma) be rxru'ed if they have Iicconx a litllo
incredulous.
IUis Ojr interior rxcbangrt con.inue to report
rcfiedilng thowers in several part of Hit country
aud consequently the farming Interests are reviving.
Iu tlie extreme West however the drought contin-
ues. A genthmin whom wc mtt this morning
direct from Eagle Pas Informs us that they have
im.j.C.taiit o Mtsrare t-e earth in
lhat vicinity for Iwetse months. Or course farming""
il notprospeious In lhat section.
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Ijf'Tlie Brtina PUntsrdalid yeslerdayt-ays
Ihe court Ihete Isttill Iu ses-il tn and will not prob-
ably cIom before the end nf the week. Iu the case
oftheSlatc against J M. Iblhngsworlh fir the
murder of a iiegro belonging to Wm W ins! on the
jury brought In a crdici of 'not guilty M
c-n-o
EsT The Planter says ihet since the late rains the
a ons have grown almost beyond conception Corn
Cotton and Sugar cane tcarcol; i-ver promised b-t ler
than now.
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ty Sunday tetools in EaJern aud in Western
Texas dmlnng the publ cation oi lie AmcncanSun
day School Union can be accommodated by address
ing their orders lo Herman Packard isew (Jrieans.
es-a
jey The Lon Pioneer noticps tho appearance of
eqaares In a cll n deld i car (.enlrevllle Contld
ering Ihe drought this cotton Is will advanred
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Ma. hasPiiL. Private advices Inform ua that
our MU Agent isfcli'Uil ew Orleans and in con
junction with other. Mail Agents I allcnding lo wat-
tera eonueeted with tha charge against r. nenaou.
Notdoubl is eiiterlained by the Mad Agents that
Mr Kendall will b-j confided al least In three
caee.
In ourJudgeinenU Ihero is not a paper la the Inte-
rior that has t ik ken on I he subject bul bas bandied
ll with more ability than our neighbor at Galvctton
.i irih..tfrtaTireised as much candor. It Is
of thai sort that 1 not compuuieniary 10 in itiicui-
gene.1 Iloutttm Itltgmp
Tlie abovn is the conclusion of an article In reply
to ono in the Ness on the subject cf railroads and
we copy it meetly 1 txpres our regret lhat we can-
not bare the favorable opinion of a journal that
elands so bleb as the Telegraph In the public esti
mation. And we aro the more mortified because
we were eagerly looking for some lulle compliment
from our deemed cotemporary fir some late articles
lo the News and now alasl we are told our liberali-
ty and candor only evidence our want ofintelligence 1
Truly wo are afraid or Houston neighbor Is hard to
please. We would barely Intimate that If he gives
all ibe interior Journal so mucu morecreuu lor aum-
ty and Inti lligence on the sul ject ofrallroadwa may
be tempted to join them io Ibe construction oi a rail-
road to take all Iho frleghl Iu Ihu country to Fnllon
or overlaud lo New Orleans Then what will become
oriloilttonf
t-sV-
Tns Elxcteic nuoiiMt It Is understood that
Hie telegraph line fn m lh acily to RedE-lv-r requires
coufcld-rable repair. The submarine cable ncrol
Galveston bay cannot be n lied upon aud the wls
on the coast have become so corroded from Ibe salt
atmosphere that they will have lo be removed. It Is
thouzhl Ihal it wiltbe belter to run the wire across
the bay on pole. The Crock 1 1 Printer noticing a
proposed meeting of those Interested In this line says:
r-.n ihAinof.infr. remove Ilia irnneoimenis to uireci
communlcailon with New Orleans and tho rest of
mankind.' supply the unices witn zincs ana actus
urnxin few ililtatorv orteraton. enforce thenar
ment of the ballancs of subscription duo Ihe build
ers. Smith At I'rrMmi aiu mo rtoca win pay nana-
some l rodt on the amount Invested.
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TaoM IUvnT A corre-pondent of thePicaynne
m riling from Havana on the 15tb says a new set of
regulatims have been ited for the di -embarkation
of paitst net r.
Ons thousand Coil's pistols have been imported
here for the usotf thoiDJce-s of the Spanish army
each paying for his pistol.
1 trorseil tb Bay one eemng last week lo witness
a regiment or ll Q tiiuniecrs practice nnngai a tar-
cet Tho larcet w as ennMi.rably larger than a man
The dtstancc I bey fired from lLo tarcet was about
apvenir yard; nnu out ot more tnan eigm nunared
shots some fifteen or twenty only bit the target and
not ne struck within a circle about eighteen
Inches iu diameter which was drawn In the centre
of Iho lanrcL.
But one of the entlro regiment hold his musket
propcr!yan 1 didl know his name or I would certainly
send il Many of the balls entered the ground about
half way to tha target wbihl a considerable number
went far beyond It I sbou d guess ihe muskets were
overloaded. One kicked so severely aa to sin ten
one of Ibe gallant Volunteers on the "broad of his
back" at whirli even Ihero was a general laugh.'
Gov. Paast's Lettkx. Since tho Governor wrote
bis famous letter upon the subject of Internal Im-
prpvements several or our exchanges bave wheeled
Into line nndadoptel tho Slate Plan. We bave
heretofore exoreed onr views noon this sub ct
and bave read nolhing since which tbould change
them. We are rpposed lo Mr. Sherwood's State
Plan as il Is called because we believe it Is well
calculated to Involve Ibe Stale in bankruptcy from
which it w ill not recover in nan a cemurj . - - -Butir(ss
Gov. Pease and many olher wise men
Iblnk can be done) constitutional provisions are In-
setted to counteract the logrolling nnd partisan In-
fluences to wblah we bave referred ia previous
articles upon this subject then oar objections are of
no forca and we can consistently and cheerfully sup-
port Ibe State plan as thus modified Texas Sum.
WcVe much gratified to observe that the objec-
tions of nur cotemporary of tho Sun to the State
Plan have been removed by the proposed modifica-
tions recommended by Gov. Pease. Il Is gratifying
to know that measures which are really sound in
principle will Always receive to their aid the assis-
tance of close thinking men to make them practic-
able . In this belief and with Ibis expectation bave
we steadily advocated the Slate system well assured
that ll could be mds sound and efficient as soon aa
the better Informed Intellects In the State rhonld
come lo IU aid We aro grstifled to know lhat Mr.
Sherwood who bas labored so long and persevering
ly folly endorses Gov. Pease' letter and as fully ap-
proves the mod locations mentioned AS our cotempo-
rary bimsclf The public sentiment Is apt to become
right when onr citizens are not loo tenacious
According to a statement of iheTre-surerof Penn
sylvania ihe total defalcation by public onVers of
tka Ol.l. An A.ttw.t Aft . AIM OOt
luf fun ic va.iwatcu at fi4-.
ttal region as a Collou market.
From the notices we occasionally tea Iu our coun
try exchanges we have no doubt the people of the
interior are often deceived both In regard to the cot
ton market of this city and that of Houston. Wc
aw a nollco the other dsy tn the effic. that the price
of middling cotton was eight cents lu Iloustou and
ten cents In New Orleans. Wo are satltflcd that no
such difference exists. The error Is one tbat is likely
to have an injurious tflect throughout the country
and ought therefore to bo corrected. We know Ies
of Ihe Houston cotton market than of our own but
Irom all we can learn we are perfectly satisfied that
every plantar In Texas can veil bis cotton crop lo
much belter advantage either In Houston or Calves
Ion than lo New Orleans. Bul wo mast conflno our
remarks to our own market about which we profess
lo be correctly Informed. We have for years poit
bceu In the habit of giving a fall and accurate
weekly report of our cotton market ndj by side
with tho latest report of Ihe New Orleans market
we say actuate because we bare here always a
latge class of cotton buyers as well as of sellers
ana Ibe two classes are entirely distinct neither
attempting to do the busine of the other; and
therefore aoy materisl error in our quotations
whether loo high or too low would ha a t onco cor-
rected hy one or the other of these claH- as olhtr-
wlio II would show seriously to Iheir disadvantage
lo ibe parlies for whom they respectively act. Aud
beslJoi onr quotations bare always been Riven over
the signature of welt known and respectable mer-
chant (jf oar city whose names are a guarantee
against any attempt at Imposition either upon the
planters of Iho country or tfao large houses abroad
whose money is annually brought here to parcbase
this great s nple of our Stat j. It is therefore at-
wajs an cany matter for our planters and others lit-
Icrctted to compare Cnlveiitoti with New Orleans
prices at any particular time.
In making this comparison however our planters
should always allow for Iba difference c f lime and
the change that has taken place in that lime. As a
matter of courses change Id Ihe Liverpool market
alwaj effects tt corresponding change a Ultlc sooner
in New York than in New Orleans and 1 tile soon
er in New Orleans than In Qalvesto i but Ihe Tele-
graphic hoe will soon nearly aim) hi la to tbat small
d fferenceof lime In making this cumparWon there
is also boo her circumstance to be noted : The class
ification is much more ngtl aud reliable in Ntw
York and New Orleans than In Houston and Galves
ton. hat U denominated Middling In our markets
Is barely Low Middling in New Orleans and Ihe dif
fcrence in the price of Ihcee grades is fully one-half
rent. In making ihe comparison ihl1 difference Is
too (ften )ot sight of to the disadvantage of our
own markrts.
Thire Is some fluctuation In our market as well as
thai of New Orlein on ing to the scarcity or abund
ance of touagc at any particular time as compared
with the demand for freighL The price of freight
affect tho price of cotton directly nnd the latter
always advances Just in proportion as ibe former de
clines Generally freights are lower Iu New Urlean
than bere both lo iba Northern and European mar-
kets thiogh the reverse bas sometimes bappened
This difference In favor of New Or'eans enables the
cotton buyer there lo pay j nil that much more than
be can ay here and this Is nearly all the difference
that actually exbls In the two markets. This differ
ence is now three-eiglhi ol a crnt though we bebeva
one fourth is nearer the average. The actual price
of cotton in New Orleans may exceed the price if
the name quality In this market by a hltle more
than Ihjl fraction bul rarely ever exceeds one half
cent. It never cost Ihe planter less Ibau seven-
eighths or a cent lo ship from Texas lo New Orleans
and it follows therefore thai bo rarely ever luf-cs
less thau one half of a cent per pound on the
cotton he sends to lhat market : thai N be would
get that much more by selling his cotton In this
market. But Iu point ol fact he wuuld gtnerally
save ruoro than IbaL Al Ihl time cotton that is
sold here al mne cents per pound yU Ids iho planter
as much net returns ns il would If sold In New Or-
leans al time and seven-eight ll cents II may he
laid dutn as undeniably true that lbs additional
cost and charges of Binding cotton to New Orkaii
always have been and always must be considerably
greater than any additional price that can theie be
had for II so lhat audi thlpmrnt musl always In-
volve a lo's to our planters. Indeed It will be
found difficult to detect any permanent reason why
New Orleans should bo a belter cotton market than
Galvestou even If II could bo reached al the same
eVpense Oar port charges are scarcely a fonrtt as
higb as Ihey are there In both cities the c tion U
purcha-ed In like manner by money brought from
abroad expressly for lhat purposo and by men who
make lhat their exclusive business r nd It coita them
much less lo spend a fuw u ontbs hero for thai pur-
pose than in New Orleans. There is no barter hero
in ihu cotton business The planter Is here offered
the money In hand for bis cotton ant nothing el se
ts thought of. Indeed very few cotton buyers hero
have anything tlc to offer. There is here always an
active competition among our cotton buyers wbkh
Is a guarantee that ihe highlit prices justified by
the foreign market will be promptly paid. This Is
iroTcn by the actual sales. Having received hu
money Ihe planter goes where he pleases to spend
II; and he makes his purchase far Ibe leteest cash
prices as Le makes bis sales for the htjrkesl
II often happens as It bas done this year tbat the
planter cannot reach our market dltecl; and in Ibis
case our colton buyers are compelled to go to
Hon ilon and otbcrlnterior towns lo till IhelrorderS.
Tnen they usually have to make their purchatea of
the merchants who have previously bought .fine
planters to lhat the cotton I sold a second time
before it Is shipped. Wo presume- much the larger
portioned" the cotton bought in this city this year
has been procured in this way. A welt informed
merchant told us the other day tbat be believed well
nigh half the cotton aold in Houston the present
year bad beeo resold lo Galveston merchants who
have shipped It lo the Northern and European mar
kets. We know of one house In this city who pur
chased no lts than 3000 bales of cotton last week of
Houston merchants for shipment direct to Europe.
We bave extended this article farther than we ln-
lende because some of Ibe Journals in the interior
bavo lately been urging the great superiority Oflhe
New Orleans market over our own for ihe express
purpose of persuading our planters to look solely to
tbat market to the neglect of any in our own State
regardless of the great sacrifices Ihey must make to
do to. Id answer lu this we repeat what bas been
above slated and assert fearless of contradiction
thai no planner In Texas can gel as much for his
cotton in New Orleans as he can lo Galveston
deducting all expenses In both cases. Such Is the
true stato of things al this lime. If we bad a rail
road from Austin to Ntw Orleans and another from
Au Lu to GalvebloD 11 may be proved beyond all
doubt that the differeneo In favor of Galveston
would be much greater than It now is.
Tlie Telegraph and Gen. Hamilton.
Tho Houston Telegraph objects lo publishing Gen.
Hamilton Address to Ibe people of Texas on tbe
subject of our public debt without piy for it ai.'of
course ibe editor baa a perfect right to do. Bnt
though Gen. Hamilton boa probably requested lbs
publication r his address la tbe Journals of our
Stale generally yet we presume the request Is made
entirely subject to tbe judgment and discretion of
Ibe proprietors In tbe tame manner as we aro all
receiving communications from time lo time whleb
we pub1Ib or not according as we may think them
Interesting or otherwise lo our readers But
whether such contributions ure deemed worthy of
publication or not we always icceivelbem thank-
fully as they coil ns nothing aud wo frequently find
matter in them of much Intrinsic value and general
Interest to our readers. Gen. Hamilton bas of course
an end to accomplish bo Is personally and deeply
interested In Ibe selltsmcnt of our public debt ; but
ate not our own citizens abio interested In its settle-
ment? If strictly analysed we doubt not every
contribution ever made lo a public journal Is in-
tended to accomplish some object beneficial to the
writer. It Is difficult lo Imagine any olher motive
But the luesllon with u la not whether tho writer
la Influenced by a desire to promote bis own interest
but whether bis article may piomoto tho public In-
terest. Prlvata interests often and we believe gen-
erally harmonize with the public interests. Indeed
Itwouldlea great misfortune wcrt It otherwise as
Inlhls case every man would become obnoxious lo
the charge of attempting lo undermine ihe best In-
terests of the people whiln pursuing hla own. Such
a doctrine makes ns all tho natural enemies or our
Tcllow men. Wo Iblnk our cotemporary of the Tel
egrapb If unwilling to do Gen. Hamilton the favor
requested should htUast not attempt to do him an
Injury. We honestly believe be bas been a bene-
factor to our State and we cannot Ihlnlr. he should
now be assailed merely because be wants to be paid
for tho atrvlces be rendered us some fifteen years
ago. Bul tbe editor of tbe Telegraph says
We'll put It in es an advertisement. If you will let
us make tbe tame kind of a trade wltb you as you
made wiinxcxas.
Now we are willing though not authorized lo do
so lo guarantee tbat Gen. Hamilton will consent to
this arrangement. Tha Gooeral baa bad le wall fif
teen years for bis pay and bas not got it yet ; will ibe
Telegraph wait that long for bis printing bill and
then lake his chance nf having It scaled or repudi-
ated at Gen. Hamilton's discretion? Gen. Hamil-
ton's trade wilb Texas bas also made It necessary
for blm lo memorialize and petition often for bis pay
as In the present case ; It tho editor of tbe Telegraph
willlog to make tbe same trade with the General ?
" We pause for a reply n
)
Tnx tmm Noam Wksteih ikobtur or
Taxis. A gentleman just from Allan Denton county
Texas states tbat the people of tbat and the surrounding-
counties will give a large majority of voles
at the august election lu favor of the prohibition cf
the liquor traffic.
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t5T A letter dated Palestine the 17tb Inst. says :
"Onr river a till continues low with no prospect of
a Tisa soon inougn we have latterly naa rsiu same-
lent to materially benefit crops."
. . s i t
Washington Irvlnw haa nearlv recovered from bis
I lata nCcWent. Ht Is now labia 73d year.
(aUcsfcu lX list Help Us.
II will be recollected that Ilia above was the cap-
tion i f an article In the Texas Sun a few weeks since
lu which the editor mtdo a strong appeal In behalf
or the Hamburg Bond. Soon after its appearance
we slated oar opmhutrat ths citizens of Galreston
would In proportion to I heir meant do their duty
It now gives us the greatest r leisure lo announce
that onr prcdrtlon thn made hs bien fully veri-
fied. Some dsys s nee a meeting wis called at which a
committee was appointed to call on our citizens
an I get them lo respond b the reasonable call made
on Ihem In behalf of the Immediate completion of
Ihe Ron lo Richmond
The result cf their effort s ct Isted by the energetic
co operation of Col. Kjle of Fort Bend and the no
less cffictlve and disinterested aid rendered by Hen-
ry Sheldon Esq. of New York has been most satis
factory to the fnenls of Ibe enterprise aud credita-
ble lo the public spirit of the Calvesloman.
We therefore now say to ll o San Galve-ton has
In Ihc midst of one of tho nott disastrous tensnns
thai can befall us renlered t icerfully and promptly
all tho aid that was asked or her
Too much praise cannot bo awarded lo those
nraotigxt us wboln our present cramped and em-
barrassed circumstances bare spoken and acted so
cffiClHety on this occasion It f roves lhat onr peo-
ple tin and will co-ope-a.o tvtlh any Company who
will propose to make wotktf great public auvan-
tige nod go earnettty W wo to do ao as Ibe
Harrishurg Company bave done and who will stea-
dily persevere as that Company haunler Ihe moat
adverse and dificnuragingclrcumtances. We cannot
refrain from men'Ioning the fact that amongst the
names of our public spirited business men we have
alo ladies In this city engaged in business who are
no less ablo to appreciate the great blessings ot such
entarprisesand who aro equally Influenced by lhat en
lightened public spirit so necessary to their sncccs
In this connection we hope we shall be (onioned
for mentioning the name of Mrs. Itroniud as one
among the subscriber io this city lo the stock of
tho Ilarrlaburg Railroad
This speaks for itrelf. It is known and admitted
everywhere Ihal ihe Temperance movement and
many otLer movements of the day. in all parts of the
country cannot succeed well without the sanction
and co-operation of thelidiei an I who cin doubt but
even the Iron smew s and arteries of commerce will
receive tew strength if the example above cited.
bo fjllowel up and the lad eslnd their smiles and
aid to tho great eauscef p tblic Improvements
In conclusion wo say now lo the citizens of Fort
Bend and the adjacent counties Galvsston has
given promt H the lirlpasked i f her ; you bave now
only to do your part an I soon tho work will be
done.
The matter is now committed loyou. The Com
pany have douo all it has promised or bceu asked
to do The iron Is partly here aul bills of lading
bavo been received or aiiotlur cargo within a few
days which may le expected soon lo arrive.
Galveston has done what was asked of her to the
entire satisfaction of the Company; now let us hear
from you.
HoriTOt May 23rd 1855
Messrs. Epitoxs Tho prosperity of our city
continues unbounded. Our peculiar institution"
Is in tre full tide of successful experiment.. A stream
of w aeon 3 has been Ibis morning pouring in ever
since sunrise an 1 il continues without abatement
Preparations are being made for celebrating tbe
cninlnz Fourth of July on a grand scale. In this
all parties unite. Shall we not look for some vlsi
lors Irom your city on lhat cession Our political
hO'izon is dear an I tranquil. We have several can-
didates in Ihe fit) J all of whom take the -idcof
jegal prohibition.
We havo now three first class Hotels in full blast
and all I believe doing well. Tho bst opened in
thai of James B. Ilogsn Eiq. Fx Sheriff who has
nobly survived Um double disaster of Fire and Tem-
pet having been burnt out and blown down; but
actios upon the maxim"!. deiptrandumf has come
forth lu bis new and spacious edifice like a second
Phoenix large ns life and fully prepared to accom.
modate In good style bis numerous friends tbe
pub'Ec etc I behera allthreoortho houses Indica-
ted bave advertised. Bul for Ibis Impression 1
should not alludo lo Ihem fori do not think any
business man dcerve In anyway tbe aid of ihe
Pre unless he is willing lo pay ihe printer; and
In few dcpai l-nerds of business will advertising paj
belter tbau n hutelg. WiTjentlemen Ihuser-
gaged not-b. rac
Tho lateiain I am glad to learn bave extended
generally mtf the interior The prospects f our
agrlcullu risks are now considered flattering Corn
It Is thought will be quite abundant and of. course
cheap next autumn I
Our agriculturist S-oeiety has been revived an I il
Is hoped t wilt iow sicwed. What Is your County
doing in that wayr Oar railroad Is progressing
schools doing better lrc-k3 continue In good demand
Lire of Sam II mston gees off fast A second supply
has been ordered. 'llavayou seenPam? IIcw
docs his " Life ' taka to yonr market?
Yours Truly .
From the Hontton Tdtgrapk.
Iloustou and Harrbburs Railroads Tbe Com-
parative Cost dec.
Tbe Galveston News wants to know If it Is true
that the contract given toMr. Welle on Ihelloas
ton road amounts to 2000 per mile nnd Institutes
comparisons of relative cost between the Houston
nnd Harrisburg roads We are glad of an opportu-
nity to answer the enquiry the more especially as
aneffirt has been made lo create an Impression thai
greater economy has been shown In the construction
or the latter thau the former. Mr. Wells' contract
la fully $3000 per mile less than the amount slated
by the News but ibe Houston road we are bappy to
say Is costing acd will cost mors than the Harris-
burg road lor several reasons. First It Is to ba a
first class road In construction and equipment while
the Harrisburg road U under the third class; the
bridge grade culverts ties and the whole super-
structure or tho latter can bo built fur one bait tbe
coal of the nonston road because they are not half
as well made nor half a heavy. Tho ties on the
Houston road are about twice as Urge as those used
on ths other and nearly twice as many lo Ibe mile.
Tbe Harrisburg road Is of an inferior das orthe
cheapest construction and least expensive equip-
ment lathe Item of equipments alone tboe of
the Houston road will cost at least $2100 per mile
more than those now In use at Harrisburg Tbe
grade over ihe same discripllon of country is at
leat twice as blzh and considerable more than twice
as heavy. The smallest bridge of four to be con-
structed on the Houston road will cost more and be
worth more than all the bridges and culverts from
from Harrisburg to Stafford's Point Tbe narrlsburg
road al 314 000 per mile is in feet considering Its
Intrinsic value one of the most expensive roads In
the Soutb. II has now been In operation about two
years and Lbs cnllro track requries to bo relaid be-
fore aoy heavy business can be done. Its cost Is
no criterion of the cost of a good road. The Iron
and equipments also were bought when prices were
SO per cent lower than at present. The Houston
Company If Iron conld be bought at the same price
coukl build and equip Ibe same sort of a road more
easily at $12000 per mile than their road at $21000
which Is about its cost. Including the equipments
and other annurtenances and fixtures of a first class
read and which caunot be provided with cash for
less than $2500 to $4000 per mile while the rolling
stock of the Harrisbuag road ought not to bare cost
over $1000 a mile.
The News puts the cost of tbe grade and super-
structure on the next 12 miles ol tbe Harrisburg road
Including all the bridzes culverts and Irussel work
and Ihe ties through tho Brazos bottom at $45000.
tVe venture to axsert lhat no engineer of reputation
can bo found lu America tbat will venture an esti-
mate for such work on a first class road through Ihe
Brazos bottom for any figure approximating that
um- ami It cannot thi well done for 8100 000 The
Harrisburg Company Is making a temporary road for
as little money as potsiblo. Bat when Ihe cost of
running Its train over abadly laid track of repairing
tDO latter anu di replacing uia wme ui nwu imjuivu
and broken in consequence of a bod foundation
which will be a la nre item wlnm I.-Wotu.siecoa-
sary for heavy trainsto pass over It the nltlmnte cost
OI me roaj win do nearly twicu iu ui juuu uuc.
Tho road Is new but already out ofotder and utterly
Ini-snahle. without retavin? most rf the track.
doing a heavy business. The above facts can be sub
lainort bv disln e rested and comnetent engineers.
and will be made apparent on a comparison of ibe
actual conaition ol tne iiarnsDurg roaa wiin we
work as far as done on the Houston road and the
trm of the Welles contract Tbe nresent condition
of tbe Hamburg road bas sufficiently demonstrated
the laite economr oi cneap consiraciion sou wueo
It is considered that It costs aa much lo operate a
poor road as a good one it will be found thai railway
wnnnmv does not differ from anv other every day
economyand tbo man who would feed one good horse
Instead of two poor ones will apply ibe same practi-
cal sense lo tbo business of building railroads.
We regret the necessity oi making tiiese state-
menls but as Ibe Issue was forced on ns by impru-
dent friends of tbe Harrisburg enterprise we have
given the facts ia self-defence. We feci an Interest In
ibe larther and rapid extensions of the Harrisburg
road and as badly and Improvideolly as It has been
constructed 11 Is better than no road and tbe country
lo be benefited by Its construction should give II all
the aid poss'btelo push it forward.
As the News bas instituted the comparison and In
a way well calculated lo promote Its illy concealed
design we ask ll to publish this reply to Its questions
propounded to the editor of this paper. Its patrons
ia Ibis city and the country above directly interest-
ed ia tbo Hcuston road as slock holders or Indirect-
ly as residents or lbs country lo be accommodated by
It will expect Tair play at Its hands.
Since the above was ia print we have received Iho
v fallowing communication from Mr. Barrett in reply
'to the Telegraph article
lUaiUBURQ May 23rd 1855.
Ms. Edito: I notice an article In tbe Houston
Tetegrapbof May 21il entitled "Houston aud Utr-
rlsbarg Railroad The Comparative Cost fcc.
It contains statements so grossly nnjust and erro-
neous in rc-7ct to the narrlsburg Rood that I feel II
to be das to tU Mends and the public to notice it.
Tbcarliel lasUlules a comparison between tbe
character of Ihelwo roads-oneof which Is so far
completed lhat it may be lodge! or by Inspection
whilst the character of the other except so far as Its
wad-ted Is concerned can as yet bo armed at only
by an effort of the Imagination.
This girts an obvious advantage lo Ihe road ihal is
ret to be bmlt nevertheless 1 should not have ob
jected loltsfnsndsindulglngthemselvea wilb a com
parison of tbe two provided mey naa auoctoo
Ibe (rat lo regard lo Ihe Harrisburg Road. Bat
they have not dona oand at my earliest conven-
ience I iball ask the altentioa or ihe public to an
exposuru ot their misrepresentations.
At present I must content m)selfwilh pronoun-
cing the article In question a libel upon Ihe Harris-
burg Road and lis builders and an imposition and
fraud npoo the public
J. F.BARRETT
Presideol B.B. B. and Colorado Railway Co.
--
Hon. . II. Stevens of Georgia by Tar tbe most
accomplished orator la tbe House ol ReprestDta-
1 lives decline being again a candidate for Coditsm.
It ECOLLCCTIO. S.
Bv II. B. G.
I awoke and found our vessel al anchor In the Bay
of Callao where we bad quietly glided during Ihe
night.
The captain oflhe port soon came on board
When be learned that I could fpeak Spanish lie Tn
viled roe lo goon shore aud breakfast wllh him. At
bis house I was Introduced to Genet al V o who
was sojourning here during the bathing season. Tbe
General made me promise lhat I would spend the
day with him as he u wished to talk with me about
Ihe Untied States."
After breakfast he ordered two horses which we
mounted and at ray request rcdn over Ihe rums of
old Callao. These arc about one mile from the site
of Ihe present town
Old Callao was destroyed by an earthquake in I74C
At Ihe lime of its destruction It contained eight or
olno thousand Inhabitants. Tho sea receded and
before the Inhabltaats bad time to escape It rushed
in and overwhelmed the (own In less Ibnn three
minutes after the first shock Ihe city had dlsap-
pcared! The msssive buildings with their arched
brick roofs and stately columns sank Into the earth.
The roofs still preserve thtlr original form and
project like mounds about four ir fire feet above
tbe surface. As those churches and other buildings
which were but posed to contain treasures bave been
explored and disembowled deep and dark recepta
cles may bo seen. Into which cart-loads of human
bones bave been depoiteL Such a scene of desola-
tion I nevprbefore witnessed and heaven grai t that
itmBybelbelaal!
Turning awar from ibis sad eight we saw in tho
distance a procession and as we drew near it we
boat d Iho muffled drum beating Ibe dead-march. It
then occurred to the General that a pirate was aboul
lo be shot Tbe fjct were these. A few years ago
the son or an Ec-gUsh gentleman who resided In
Yarmouth was teat to a grammar school in a distant
town. Ancr slaying there about two years he ran
away and went lo sea. He became In a sbt rt time
first officer on board of a merchant vessel. Whila
sailing In tho Pacific he was taken sick and Tor sev-
eral days was confined lo his berth. Dunog Ibis
time the Captain became enraged al blm for some
cause and struck him He did not return the blow
but (old the Captain tbat (fever lie rec ivered be
would kill him for striking blm when sick. Shortly
after this the vessel put into Calloa. After obtain-
ing supplies they again set sail On the evening of
the same day when aboul twenty miles from land
Ibis officer went Into the forecastle where the sal'ors
were drunk and Incited them rgainst the captain to
such a degree lhat Ihey resolved to murder him
So going lo hlscabln they seized blm cut hloi la
pieces nnd tbicw blm overboard In piece-meal j
Thty then scuUlcd the vesel look what money was
In tbe ca plain' office and Jumplr Into the ship's
boats rowed ashore All but this officei anl one
boy escaped Into tha country.. The officer remained
and lor some lime spenl hla money so freely that
su-piclon was aroused II was arrested tried found
guilty of piracy and coiidetned lo be shoi; and now
be was on his way to the executioner's block
We stationed ourselves where we could seo the
prisoner when he passed. Soon ba eamo In Bight.
Tie was a yo-iog mm thick set with light hair ard
a fair complexion. He did not appear daanted In
the least bnt marched bke some conquering tero;
saluting those whom he recognized as be past and
in a jovisl way bid them good bye " Tbe proces
ston marched lo Ihe we or wharf from whence the
prisoner was taken loan old hulk aiout two hun-
dred yards distant. As soon as he reached Ibis he
sprang upon the block. Seated himself and bearing
bis bosom d.fledbia executioners. Shool!T'eav9
he "Ho you think you can frighten an Englishman?"
Thej pbced a bandage over his ejes and stationed
his executlonersinfrjnlof him. lis tore tho bond
nge off "J log al Ihe same time that ho wanted to
t seethe cowards shoot" but the officer In command
n-istcd that his eyes musl ba blinded and the pris-
oner consented. At a given signal two halls entered
hi head and one bit heait and ho died without
moving band or foot I
Af.er visiting the far-famed fortress and some
other places of teiei note we entered a restaurant
and called for lunch While sealed two English
officer who belonged on bjard of a man-of-war
Ihcn lying io the harbor came In and I was Intro-
duced by tbe General as aa American." They
were Invited la join as and did so After a few
remarks respecting matters and things in general
Ihey very improperly as I thought introduced their
iSc-a-siT aw j iinwo tutu ions
comparisons were made by Ihem while contrasting
their own with tbat of the United States when the
following conversation took place:
Fngluktnem "What U tbe exact num'er of yonr
standing army !"
.-Ijneiiea " The number lhat can be relied on in
case of an Invasion Is about 11000000."
Fngltsime. "How in Ihe name or Heaven do
vou make lht out?"
.finmcM. " Io tbl way. Our population Is at
present 24000000. Every man nnd womanbetwecn
the ages or 17 and 70 who are strong enough lo
shoulder a gun nre reiaWi in case or emergency
Hence they constitute one lUndtng army. I estimate
their number to be about one-half of our entire
population."
FitfuAniM. ISnceringly.) "Iu order lo make
your population 24000000 yon must reckon about
3000000 slates. You do not consider these "rwi-
lie " do you tn the case of an invasion ?
.fmerican "I think that there can be found among
the 3000000 slaves 100000 who would not fight for
their masters la cae of an taeiuun; aid that la
Ibe reason why I staled the number in Ihe outset.
100000 leu than one half of our entire population.
But I am satisfied that If these iters were certain
that tbe invaders If successful would compel tbem
toworkwnoVrfroirnd for two pence a day II would
be a difficult mailer to find 1000 who would not tight
for their present ma lers and themselves too I
Here tbe subjed took a tern and ia did the bottle
lhat sat before as.
After lighting our cigars the General Invited me
to take a seat with blm la a balcony tbat overlooked
the bay. Here the Captain of the port soon joined
us andfor three long hours we bad ttte atettot a
novel and interesting character. When the Captln
wss about leaving be Informed me that the General
history was an extraordinary one and tbat during
ihn dinner hour I had better "draw bimouL" I
took bis advice and gleaned some facts whlcbl will
endeavor to give in the GeneT-Fa own words
When I was eighteen years of ege" said be l'I
entered the army ns a common soldier- My brother
who was two years older than myself bad then
beco a soldier about eighteen months. We both
belonged to the same company. Al Ibe battle of
B o several or our soldiers acted cowardly so
much so that after the engagement our company
was called oat and as was then a military cus'om
in our country tbe General ordered every tenth man
to be shot as an example for the consideration or
the others la future. White preparations were
being made to carry this command into execution I
reckoned from the head of the company and found
tbat my brother who stood by my aide wjs a rent
man t What my feelings wore when I made this dis-
covery I will not altempt lo decribe. My brother
had 3 wife and child I was atone in the world
Why should be be shot whoe lift was so valuable
to ethers "id I go Tree? Brother said I la a
whisper for fear or being detected 'change places
with me your lib Is worth more than mine for you
have lr lo care for 'No" said ho "I will not
suffer you to die for me." I begged I eutreated
with all the persuasion I was master of without at-
tracting the attention or; he officers he at last yielded.
Slyly we changed places; bnt the manojivro was
discovered by Ihu commanding officer All proceed-
ings were suspended and the General came riding
down to where we stool and demanded an explana
tion of this affile I staled the facts exactly aa they
were. My brother and myself were both ordered to
"step forward." a subordinate officer was catled
and we were commanded lo follow blm to the bar-
racks and there wait the General pleasure We
obeyed In awful suspense. What was to be our
fate Had Ibe General come to the conclusion that
shooting was too good for ns and that we should
die a more Ignominious death ? Or would hopar-
don one or both? WedarednolbopeanJyetsome-
thing whispered encouragingly. We at last sank
down la one corner of our limited quarters and re
solved to abide our destiny
In about two boon which were the longest hours
I ever saw I was sammoned to appear before the
General. I went with fear and trembling; for my
nerves were unstrung. Oa the battle field I never
trembled I "Soldier" said Ihe the General -repeat
tbat aUlement you tnadelo me two hours since
I .-.hoTod. When I had concluded I aduauy saw a
tear In hi eye and It rollsd out on hi weather-
beaten cheek. It teas tA l'gttt tttr I ever saw
"Lieutenant" said the General -tel Ibis man nave
a Captain's Commission ; he is no coward." Then
taming lo me he said "your brother is spared for
yoarsake. Retire air!"
was tbe happiest man that ever shouldered a
gun or drew a sword. I found my brother waiting
the result io deep suspense Wheal made known
to blm the facts we embraced each other and trrpt
'tie jeMierl'
In a few month I was elevated to the rank or
Colonel and In less Iban four years became a Gen-
eral. I bave now retired from actual eerrics acd
spend my lime In reflexllng on the past and In
dreaming of tbe future.
A Sxoaa 1 the Ixtkeiok. A letter dated San
Antonio tbe 18th laiL haa the following passage :
I was la a severe storm on tbe Lampasas on tbe
l2ih InsL Tbe wind blew a violent gale accom
panled by heavy ball and rain. It did considerable
damage lo the crops fencing and buildings. It blew
down and unroofed several bouses at Florence
formerly Brookvllle At Georgetown It blew tbe
tin roof from Mr. Taylor new residence and several
other buildings but so far as I have beard no per-
son was Injured. We bave bad but a light shower
hire not enough to do any good and It look) now
a If It would never rain again. Crops are suffering
seriously."
Col Benton 1 now In Washington and Is prepared
to renew bis labors with the Den wllh bis accua-
tomtd assiduity. II la looking i-troj kably well.
Gen. Ilaniltiou) Scheme for Sett-
ling: flic Public Debt of Texas.
Ceo Ilamlltoa commences bis address to the peo
pie or Texas by promising his entire willingness as
one of our creditors tbat the Texts Debt Bill passed
by the lust Congres thall bo accepted by our Legis
lature. Ho says
Although tbls settlement is unfavorable to wr In
terests yet In obedience to Ibe wlshe I believe of
a numerical rosjomy oi me creditors i snail aex
wilb them of jour Legislature lo confirm this meas
ure wunout mouiiicaiiun or amenameou
I shall do this not lhat I believe It Is tbe best and
most desirable adjustment lhat could be made of the
debt but becanse It Is Ibe most prompt and most
compendious mode or Retting rid of an odious Irrlta
lion and vexatious naestlon. and Of brtnzlnir It Io a
final close Immediately af.er tbe adlournraent of
your legislature.
Oa the bjrolhesU thai the proposed setllcment
made by Congress will be rejected by onr Legisla
ture be then proceeds loffi.r bis own plan of set-
tlement for the consideration of our Cit!zenas fol-
io ws-
Bnt I should bone all ibe creditors would concur
if the recent act of Congress is not accepted and con-
firmed by your Legislature In tbe policy cf taking
commuiaJon bonds fir tho securities they filed with
the Comptroller or Texas under the act of 1849 for
the amount of the principal and tbe interest due on
the face of tbe same In the first January ISjG- This
would amount to nolhing more than an exchange of
tbe evidences of a subsisting debt and would in no
sense of tbe term be a new loan.
Hut to induce the creditors to submit to such an
exchange the most thorough going securities would
bave to be given by your State for the payment of
lie Interest and redemption or Iho principal of the
bonds proposed to be signed ao as to give them ao
Immediate market value and a progressively In-
creasing appreciation.
It may ne aixca now is tots lo D enecledl I
answer by yojrtclveS if you wl I it for Ood In the
Immense resources or your (treat country has en
dowed you amply with tbe required abnty
out i aami. u is no smaii wort to rc-consiruct and
place on a proper basis the public credit of a coon-
try so utterly prostrate as your own for If you bave
scaled your promissory notes down lo twenty cents
oo tho dolla- the wotld has scaled your credit down
precisely to the same level for tbey are In strict
equivalence ulmost as much so as the equal quanti-
ties of an algebraic equation. j.
If however your Legislature takes bold of tbe
subject wilb a clear head bonest heart and Herculean
grasp the work wit) soon be done and Texas will see
Ihebrfibte t day on which tbe Sun bos poured his
golden cffalgcnce on her bright lealm since his rays
rose to light you to glory and Independence al San
Jscinto.
If therefore joa decline accepting and confirm-
ing the recent net of Congress and your creditors
shonl I otTar to conclude tbe controversy wbchyou
bave so fruitlessly waged with then for so many
yea's by authorizing on tho execution of the neces-
sary releases the Secretary of tho Treasury to pay
over the seven millions seven hundred and fifty
thousand dollars appropriated under tho recent act
of Congress lo your public authorities on condition
tbat you Issue the bonds I have suggested the first
step ia this great work will bare been accomplished
for von will bave Brovided for tho naTment. at tar.
of every farthing' of tho piinclpal end interest cf
your u ot. lourpuDiiciaiin men stanot redeemed
and disenthralled throughout the civilized world.
A few words now on the securities which will be
required to confer on these bonds Ibe necessary
credit. Ftrst yon mast provide from certain and
productive sources of taxation an Income lo meet
tbe annual amount of the Interest accruing semi an-
nually on Ibe same. Assuming lhat your debt will
be la round numbers fourteen millions en the 1st
January I85S It wou'd require a revenue or eight
hundred and forty thousand dul are to meet this
charge ofyearly Interest. TbU would be so astound
Ing sum If I did not know wh-t your country Is and
what sbe Is destined to be Tbe only apparent
d fficulty will be in tho Immediate necessity or meet-
ing this charge of Interest for Ihe redemption of the
Ibe principal cf your bonds will be effected through
the future stupendous results oflhe sale of your
public l-nds. Long before Ihey will be redeemed
without tbe burden of one cent on yonr peopl.
Tbe tax to be raised lo pay ihe interest should be
caled ibe Internal Improvement Tax which I ven-
ture to assert will be the most popular tax ever
levied la Texas and Ibe most cheerfully paid from
ibe great objects of public utility it would be de-
signed to promote
1 deem It incontrovertible that the landed latere!
of your Stale shon' T bo Ihe Atlas which ought to
sustain the chief burden or this tax because of all
tbe interests In ihe country It would te moat beno-
ultedbytho Investment of tbe fond the creditors
would concedo to Texas for her Internal itnprove-
meu's. Thelnerest on fiarleen millions of dollars at 6
per cent would ba eight hundred and forty thous-
an I dollars per annum but one-balf of this ineret
would be returned In tbo productive investment of
seven millions conceded by tbe creditors to yonr
State as I will presently ahow.
My next province will be to demonstrate bow the
amount of four hundred and sixty Ave thousand dol-
lars are lo bo annually raise 1 the burden of which
ibe State will have to boar as Will appear by Ihe an-
nexed table viz :
A tax nri cent on 35 millions of acres $2 0000
Do. 50 cents per bale on 300 000 bales
which after next year will be the crop
ot Texas 130000
V per cent.oa every $1000 engaged In Irada 73000
Interest on 7 millions ain't. conceded by Ihe
creditors - 420000
SB93000
There is no I itrre&t in Texas can pay or ought to
nsr mornllbrrallr towards trie coal oCrm i..l
hu pro vein nuts thau yournun Ufre-j r.ir fo tbe
vaaliy cneapened transponaiiou oi inia great supie.
the Cotton Planter would receive s compensation
exceeding tcnfol I In amount what ho would be called
upon to pay From these scources oflaxalion I
conceive the required amount necessary la be raised
may be obtained which would impose scarcely the
weight of a feather on tbe rescanrces of your State
which under a judicious system of internal inter-
course would gush In a votu'ne gigantic and Im-
measurable Since wrlllnzLhe above paracraDb. I have read
with Intense gratification an admirablo letter or
your Governor dated at Austin on the aiof April
In reply lo the Galveston Internal Improvement
Committee. Ho Irrefutably shows by statement le-
yoau exception mat on estimates lounuea even on
existing sources of Income tbe required Interest
could be easily raised on a debt of thirteen minion
with an nnnual augmentation. As bis Excellency's
letter will be far more generally esteemed and ex-
tensively read than this address I content myself
simply by referring lo IL
Il Is necessary as your publ'c credit would be the
stake yoil would put up with the present generation
and pas erity by ihe Imposition of these taxes there
should bo no default or child's play Io their collec-
tions. Tha act should bemade stringent and Imper-
ative. Sales nnder execution should be peremptory
and the facllty or redemption be limited lo one year
and men nnder tho penally of paying a I ripple as-
sessment. In tbe cbeerfiilncis with which tbeso taxes should
be paid every man ought lo feel as I am sure he
would feel the honor ol his State was his own honor
and lhat by payloic his 8esmeots he was lo oi o
word performing the highest duty of patriotism
Having concluded with a discussion of theio ma-
terial and primary securities I now come to those of
a collateral character.
Firii as lo the security afforded by the Investment
or the seven millions of tbe amount conceded by
your creditors lo your State. I say seven millions
because the fraction or seven hundred aud fifty thou-
sand dollars will hive to be reserved as a matter of
abundant caution to meet pro tanto the fint year's
Interest on your commutation Bond until jour tax
system gets fairly into operation which cannot be In
less period than twelve months.
I should DroDose thai von should BDDOmt one
gentleman In Washington City and one In New York
who In an unimpeachable character great wealth
and high credit who out of Stock or Exchange
business should furnish the most unexceptionable
security for the fidelity with which they would da-
charge the important trusts your government would
devolve on them that on Iba execution of the relea-
ses or your creditors your Government should be
authorized to transmit by yrrar Comptroller an order
to tbe Secretary cf the Treasury lo pay ever to these
Commissioners the said sum or seven million That
It should be their duty un ler ibe sanction and appro-
val and by lbs personal attendance of your Comp-
troller to invest as an Internal Improvement food
as speedily as it cnuld be accomplished these seven
millions in Slate Stocks of nndoubtcd value and
solidity which Stocks It should be tbe dnly of the
Comptroller to convey lu the Treasury al Austin.
That for every mile of railroad entirely completed
with Iron laid down on tbe cunstracton and In work-
ing order the Governor on antbeotie proof of the
same ana to a cnanereu uompany wun an rquu
amount or eanital oer mile ra'd to. be should be au
thorized to deliver ten thousand do'lars In value of
Ibe stock so invested at its cost lo the Slate estima
tins tbe Interest due on tha same Tbat this sum
should be loaned lo tbe Company Tor a panod or
twenty years at an interest of eight per centum rer
annum ion advance io uieae companies woniu do
a manifest bouus as I do nol believe the average
cost of railroads In Texas would be over fileen or
sixteen thousand dollara per mile.
Tbat the Legislature should enact a Stationary
Mortgage lhal all roads to which this aid was afforded
sbonll bo ipso fa J mortgaged to Ibe State with a
further clause that Ihs sail debt or the Company
tbould be held in its principal and Interest as an abi-
d ng security for the payment of tbe interest and re-
demption of the principal or tbe comma'atlon B md.
The State of Tennessee on precisely tbe same re$a
latlon. lends lo railroads the same mm per mile en
precisely the same security.
Yon will perceive by lit process your Stale
would not lose one farthing of interest for the mo-
ment the Bonds were iransforred to the Company
with the interest doe the railroad Bonds would com-
mence running
It will thus be seen lhat these sources of taxation
will yield an excess of revenue over lbs payment of
tbe interest of the commutation bonds. If your Legis-
lature was to adopt the policy of Miasissipp I In all aw-
ing tbe counties through which Ibe roads would run
by voluntary compact to submit to an assessment on
account of their construction within the same yon
might raise a sum largely to Inerease your Income to
pay Interest for I presume there Is not a county In
the State that would not voluntarily submit lo a lax
of three per cent to the State on ten thouand dollars
advanred for each mite of construction made within
ils limits for a period of fire years arter ihe comple-
tion of tbe road within the same Which would be
aa long as the State won Id require the tax for I shall
present y show that In fivo years nfler the completion
of the roads the seven millions would build more
lhan one half or tbe commutation bond wnnlj be
redeemed by your j ublic lands.
Col. Walker's Nicaeaoca Exrtnrrios. We are
vet uncertain whether lM expedition has left San
Francisco or not. TheStin annonnced thai Ibe ex-
pedition would sail on theSIst of March but it d'diil
Then tbe Alta California announced the lGin of
April as Ihe dsv of departure It now appears the
expedition didn't ret off then for the San Francisco
Time and Transcript of Ibe 54lh. ult received yes
terday atatcsi. was 10 nave saueu me nigot previ-
ous in the brig Vests. We hare no means of know-
in? whether it got oaiueoor not. we learn irom
the Times and Transcript lhat ibe expedition con
sists ot irom seventy 10 one nnuarea men. T&ai pa-
per says:
Th parties go down from this Slat as emlsrrants.
though la what manner they may choose to employ
themselves after they arrive there will be better
known after their arrivals It Is probable lhal If tbey
conclude to enlist in ctllltarv ooeralions tbev will
join with Geo. Casblllon the constitutional Director
01 tne nation a mere are already a number ot Ame-
ricana In tbat service.
Among tbe company la the Veitaare Mr. Achillea
Kewan Capt Hornsby and several other well known
Individuals. Nearly every one In the company have
been In a short lime. Wba the result of the expe-
dition will be remains to be seen.
--
Tbe editor ef tbe Portland Argus who Is at present
Secretary of Legation at London writes borne to
that piper that the French Emperor darioa: his
recent visit to England received our Minister Mr.
Buchanan with marked civility and Fxprewed the
bops lhal America and France might always be at
RxcartTB roa the Ceisea. The St. Catharine
(Canada) Post elates that there is to be a depot at
Niagara lor uerman recruits rsreu in tne unitea
fltate for foreign service. Tbo lion- Mr. Howe was
there the olher day la reference lo barrack accom-
modations for Ihem. Uowards of fire thousand
men have been enzarted for Ibe foreign tartan but
Ibe number required 1 10000. Five thousand will
be sent to Canada 2 000 lo New Brunswick and
000 lo Nora Scotia. '
Tcxnc Items.
Cirsizxn Thealoop LoneStsr employed In
lightering from Aransas to Corpus Christ! was cap-
sized on the 13th Inst.
Coircj CnxisTT Tho Valley notices tbe estab-
lishment of several new stores In Corpus ChrbHl
The election cf corporation officers lakes place on
thoTth of June.
FroitiTC Slyzs. Three fugitive slaves well
mounted crossed at the Rocky Crossing or the Nue
ces on the S.b insl. Tbey accosted the herder or
Pitymaa'er llilfa train and enquired tbe way to the
Rio Grande. Some of the parly connectei with the
train followed bat did not overtake the fajitlres.
ItorsTOx Committees from several societies Io
Houston bave held a mass meeting to arrange pre-
liminaries for a celebration of the 4th or Jaly nexL
The Segum Mercury says
Everybody should know II that Ihe liscture or
iooeiia 13 a sovereign certain ana imaiuoie reraeuj
for a snake blie no matter of what tribe This is
vouch cd lor uy a pnysiaan oi tnis county aim is
worth remembering
Tbe Hon. P. U. Bell Is sow in Austin and we learn
from the State Times that be will canvass the West
ern District In anticipation or lbs election fa August.
Stork t CtOROiTowji The Slate Times says
lhat seien houses were destroyed In Georgetown by
a storm on the I3th last.
Mr. Shell and lady were slightly hurt.
The stage alYorktown was overturned bul three
passengers r-eaped without Injury.
SnooTisa A negro was shot ia Austin oa Ibe 5th
by Mr. G. B. Moore. The negro was wounded In the
Rosbxet Tbetrutkof tbelaodlady of lhaClly
Hotel In Austin wa earned off last week. Tbe
track was afterwards found and the thief bad only
taken a portion or the money II contained. It is
supposed that the rogue was Interrupted while ex-
amining the contents
Tnx Rasocxs. Tbe State Time asks why It Is
lhal the Rangers are not paid ? It U now more lhan
two months since an appropriations was made to pay
them by Congress They were turned adrift at Fort
Clark without pay or aabsitene and altogether
tbey tare been badly used.
It frequently occurs that ono-half if not two-thirds
r ih.t mail mailer for Goliad Is held over at Victoria
by the Postmaster of lhat place as long sometimes
asoneana iwo week wviornuau.uft i n-j
office. Why this is the esse or by whai aatbonty
ills done we woun oegiau io hbuw-jfbi -
can.
Feask Hill Exicuran. The Gonzales Inquirer
of the 10 h says Frank Hill was executed In that
city on the day previous la ibe preaexce or about
twenty fire hundred persons. The calorlt addressed
tho assembly and referred to his forlorn and neg-
lected youth as the primary cause of bis crime.
Daowaxn The Gonzales Inquirer sta.es that a
man named A. Frank was accidentally drowned
while bathing Fn the Guadalupe river. Fnnk was
a merchant lo Goazale.
Hail SxoaH- The Gonxoles Inquirer says
We learn that a severe ball storm passed over a
portion of tbli and Da Wilt county a few days since
which destroved a erealer portion of tbe crops.
fencing timber &W In Its route. Its track was
bboui three-quarters of a mile In width and tbe
hailstones nearly tbe size of a hen'a egg.
Coat We notice by the prices published in tbe
Bistro d Advertiser thai corn ts still eetPnz at fifty
cents per bushel. Il baa sold for this price In our
vicinity 'or a urge portion oi toe season. aim
Timts.
A Good Snovmo The vbo'e amount or money
lost In Houston coanty from insolvent resident tax
payers amounts to me peny auraoi rainyjoar aoi-
tars.
Tmsoj ox tex FaosTtEs It U reported that n
fight la ely look placo near Fort Belknap between
one of tbe Beef Contractors and a squad of Com an
cues who deAired lo lake Ibe beef before bein-l
areigaf eat. The contractor enceeded at Aral In get
tloir his eail'o back built was only lo inveitrle him
Into a trap. It was nol lODg before he was
again way laid when some Iblny Indians jumped
OUt Ol an amuuau oi cuapar.ii uuu u iuc cuuiru
tuts snide and tbe horses of the com pany. The cat
tle were then stampeded and ibe Comaocbesrecurinz
some of tbem had a lino feast at Ihe expense Of Uocla
Sam. i rale uazeiie.
Tux Cochtt JatL. We have not visited Ihe bade1
logs now going up lir a uourt noose ana Jal. e
learn however lhat the Jail wld contain only oa
fom. For a county jf Ihe size of Travis and the
capital of the btate to have bar one room for white
and black; for the murderer and small offender of
tbe law ; for a gang of felons where ihere might be
strong reason lor placing somj of them In separate
apartments is we Iblnk a m aea policy and if
not correcteu now wui ueisitiaiir wuen wesuaii
be forced to the chanze or sad experience of tbo In
adeouoer of the Dresen plan. We are told. loo.
TBninwvvnt.IatitiKaf "" p-rinmf will hi Irppfr-
!. -irrrg tin-rjz-.
Is this ao? We wereInfornid the other day by
a respectable mlnUler of Ihe Mttbodlsi Church lhat
tbe Lerman Missionary to New Braonfels wben at-
tempting Iwo years bto f- All hla mission at that
town and preach to. The people was compelled by
threats to desist from doing it anr bas not since
judged It Bare to ogam attempt ll. wcy mis snouia
be when Americans are allowed to preach there Bad
are not Interrupted wa cannot see. We hope tbat
more liberal feellM than this will be shown tv oar
German neighbors. We ore sore tbat ihe m.e in
telligent citizens oi new ursunieis must mrcuunie
nines anvthiniT like Intolerance We lea. n tbil Ills
tbe Intention ol the Meihodial to erect a permanent
rhnfch at New Urauniels. and a in nos oeen oaerea
for that purpose by a gentlemen residing at Segum.
Stat ua'ttu.
Killed A man by the name of Davlf who lived
-.hnnt IS miles below Gonzales was. we learn thrown
from bis horse a few days since and Instantly killed.
Tub Caora Tne Bastrop Advertiser says :
The fermers hare cheering prospects before Ihem
since tho codious showers of rain last week. Tbe
cotton crop will he ao average one but corn will be
plent fal as there bas been more planted lots spring
tban heretofore. Wheat too. In adjacent counties
and In portions of this county we learn. Is growing
fine and Dromlsea to vie d well buckwheat and
oats thriving. The farmers bare been paying more
attention tn Ibis quarter of tbe Stale io those
products lhan heretofore as it Is clear It will re-
numerate tbem better tban growing cotton and
until we get carrying laciliiles commemorate to our
wants tnts wm De tne cae.
The TcxrciAitCE MovxxEirT. Tbe corporate au
thorities of Jefferson Cast County have abolished
the liquor traffic in that place.
In Mar-ball 1 quor is prohibited but a method has
been devised for selling if which the Republican de
scribes thus:
'-On the corner east from our office some enler
prUliig Individual hss established what Is termed a
"Blind TigrjfJI for tbe purpose of evading the llqior
law. Ht mains of a box. which revolves like a
wheel and which Is fixed in the partition liqtor la
conveyed to part s desiring it without aoy one being
seen."
Tbe town council however were aboul Io taka
the "Blind Tiger1 In hand.
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Puxches. The merchant asrvie baa always been
looked npon as our narsnry lor seamen. Bnt our
men-of-war offer ns anutter nuraury a nursury for
ii-tr Admirals who wonld make doubtlessly very
good wine merchant' as iheyre only fit to "laying
in ron" .
nnrhmr Admirals are looked udcq very much
like our men of war There nothing worthy of
going Into action under a seventy four.
Tbe moment friendship becomes a lax its singular
at every fresh call it makes how very few persons
It finds at borne.
Why are green peas tike Sevastopol? Because
tbey must be shelled before taken-
Experience I a pocket compass lhal a fool never
thinks of consulting until he has lost his way.
An ugly baby Is an impossibility
It i-Ast in. Ttirnnm it seems bas decided
greatly to Ihe horror of ibe New York Tribune not
to permit black babies to partle'pate in Ibe "Natbual
Baby Show" jo take place In tbe Mas-ram In Juno
next.
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Tbe copy of the subjoined ''Cubaa bond" was seat
tn ih. Naiinnai fntaHit-Mieer bv a gentleman la
Georgia who made tbe copy tor tbat purpose ianri
says sucn oona can oe oougo. in anj 4u.Mi.11j c
present one waa purchased (or 1000.
EatFEXSTTTO raETRIOTICO.
No. U2. Flgore of a Lone StarJ $3000.
JJi REPUBLIC DE CVB.U
lagtra J pirtaioT tret mtt pesos . ca X e-
tnlmtd far la cwie d tn indepndrnni ftantnd
el set par cicala antuit dad tMta
Tn Rmtblic or Ccba prom ties lo pay the
bearer Ihrte thousand dollars contributed to the
cause onndependenee. with six per cent annual in
tereat from date.
AVu OrItat March 3 ld5o.
D. DxGorcocria Tea
Gasp ia BxtahcocRT Pre-.
F.ElU UzrsaxDxz V. Sec
PoTiTEEO VAUXSTE SeC-
Figureof auFagle
Rawbon Wright Hatch A- Edson New Orleans.
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Focl Lixis Bmroas ahh Coat Tail. .n
exchange paper Indulges In the following moral acd
instructive calculation t
-It ba been calculated that lh cost of washing
linen tbat mintian as wen ne worn two aays louger
amounts lo e&xagb la this country tu more than de-
fray tbe expenses of Iba Amricao Board of Fcreign
Missions I Tbe expense of button worn on tbe back
of our coats where tbcT are of 00 earthly use la equal
to tbe support of all our orphan assylumsl Tbe
value cf tails to dress coats fof no value la reality
fiir warmth or entiTnlencel la actual! trreater than
the cost orour excellent system of common eboo Is I
ll
Tn TxLtaaArH at tbi Seat or War The tele-
graph Is now In full play between tbe right attack
Ibe left attack and Lord Raglan' qoartert. From
the laUer place there I also a line lo Sir Colin
Campbell' al KadikoL Tbe scattered camp ts Ihu
as It were concentrated and kepi In close common.'
calico. Lord Raglan can learn tn a moment what Is
going un In front of tbe batteries wben Bring la
heard and be can communicate w lh the trenches
bymeans or orderlies from lh tu.un or w lib Gene-
rals Division la a few minutes.
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lirr FanawTi-The shlosinz iotsrest. wilb all
others if suffering by tbe non arrival of Cotlonv
Freight are no so ruinously iow mat vessels re-
ceive little more than sufficient to pay tbe charge of
toadicg and dUchargtog. Many ship bave been io
our Bay for waiting a rise and are now worse off a
far as prospects for frefa.at go than tbey were on the
dayof tbetr arrlraL
Three British vessels dear In ballast for Quebec
nreferrinz lo ro there for a load of lumber ra her
tban to await looser the rbe of our rivers. .Vat if
Rtgtner ittrnuf.
A Washington 1 'Her saya that It Is considered a
settled among Democratic DoIlHclana that Mr . wu
Ihe Democratic candidate for Governor oT Vtrgini-
wlll be compensated 'or the labors and sacrifices r
tbe campaign by tbe Mission to Pari which Is 10 be
vacated by resiguallon. Tbe health or Mr. Masoo
waa bat partially restored and bswlU be relieved
from the onerous dalles of hU prt seat stsiion about
tho 1st Jaly.
e-av-e
There ha been eatahlitml In M1rlJ an a.1itnil.l
Court or Honor composed of lx prentleintn or tbe
press lo take Into consideration and arbitrate all dtf-
3 I flciltles arising between members of tbe corps The
mtmberi or tbe Court are changed monthly.
Hlorc of lUo A. us Pfews.
The SLreterabur? Jonront publishes an Imperial
rescript expressing tie Emperor sattaTaetioo of
Me&schikeff conduct wltb the hop. that he would
soon be restored to health and b-rawmg on him
and bis decendants a palace at St. Petersburg.
In Par n -.men t much eaerzetic q Jrtts.nli-g of the
Ministers had taken place on ib various Mtj-c a
speet(og tbe war The scpe f all ihe qiB-4uii
l tin-- to baatSa mailers. Sir Gtorge Crry alaiad
ihal authority was given tbe Governors of ihe
Amen can Province lo entjt ma fjr tbe regular
army not for the foreign legion. Inasmuch as all the
celonisU were British subjects.
Tbe Roebaek Committee coullnued Tbe Duke of
Newcastle bad br-j examined and bis evidence
tended toexeulpa tumsiir.
Notice are given of a nuulou for a de Inal coin-
age and to invite a congress to establisn a nalTorm
decimal system throughout the world.
Some notice bas been excited by the report lhat
an American squadron Is lo make demonstration
against Cuba. It is doubled whiter a war between
the United States and Spain would much complicate
present European politic.
Tho new minister oT Belgium- ha declared bis
lateniioD to adhere to tbe principles of free trade.
inepain some advantage are grantoa i loreigs
mporl trade and eansu'ar form are simpbCed.
Tbe Sardinian Ministry has resigned. Tbeeaose-
fordointran was not known. Gen. Darando hod
been appointed to form a new Government.
Tbe Eitgf rsa abtp Croesus fom G-noa for the Cri
mea with Sardinian trooos on board wa burned.
No lives were loal.
The Chinese Insurgents have etacua-ed Shanghai.
A Russian frigate has len lost near Japan.
Tbe niiOcation of tbe American treaty with Japan
was concluded at Strooda February 21
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A New York paper says:
IU. Fisher ibe constmrtor ol the shunt eirrlue.
which has been tried m this city with some success
i Blende 1 to run npon ordinary roid. p'o $ (r
cunatrudoneasalrial spectniMfntitrntr of nby-
icians tie vara ne wm unai-iaae i rots ne roe a
year wllh every coal IncIadVd intercut Wa.tr and
tear etc for the same sum ibit It now com to kep
ahorse and gig. He prop-rao? to lake a suuscript'on
of len dollars per shore ihe ay se-sof of the carnaiw
to be dee'd-d by Int. He I-sIxm his valuabLj col-
lection of picture for te ; fxi success ot the
carnage.
Kansas A corre-pon lent of the Bloa Jnannl
rltinefrom Lawrence Kansas TortUtrT.etT-trs verv
little encouragement for the -nice joung men.' of eas-
um cities to come out ana seme. o man ne s-ys
however much he may bave reader heard upon the
resources and general character ol Kansas can come
to Ibis territory and not feet compelled to own lhat
in some repecis he Is g-eally disappointed. The
writer confirms ihe sutemont copied from the St.
Louis Republican affirming that lartre numbers tent
out by the northern emtarant and aid companies had
returned or settled elsewhere.
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uQa9 of the people" w rik-a in ihe London Times
that In the British G-ivernmenl there are twenty fir
members of tbe aristocracy and but six CumatoOt-ra.
Bul be says: "No hmd sod ras&ionabhr motbr Im-
plores the first lord of the admirably tbat ber boy
may be entrusted vilb a floating battery or friendship
nor does any Inniieotlat W nurqnU insist that tls
son-ln law aball command a squadron on the edge of
Ihe Ice daring the equnox The adders of the Bal-
tic fleet are fldy four common febowa" and (oar of
Ibe aristocracy 1
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3Ieavviss The corporation of Montreal Invited
Sir Edmund Walker Head. Governor General of
Canada to visit that city- at theoprnlojr. m tbe exhi-
bition preparatory to tending to ineparb Exhibition.
They engaged rooms lor blm al Ihr Daontiana
House aud refused to pay the bill. M'ms A Jalien
ine landlady ha accordingly enad Sir Edmand for
the amount.
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Three thousand five hundred annTIcatout for
bounty land under tbe act or 3 J Marco 1855. were
filed io the pennon office on the "it ltww makm?
the total receipt under that act. In Iss ibaa two
months from tte fllllnjr of the first claim amount to
124300. Tnu olTJcera in cnanfe oi mi Dimness nave
learned with pleasure that tte ICO. NO and 8U acre
plates with beawlful and appropriate design and
heads of distinguished gentlemen will be ready for
the Issuance of warrant by the 1st proximo
Mrs. E-OakesSuilb. who was appointed by Bar-
num one cftbe Judges of hi dbao'bby abow.
haa written a womanly letter drcltniijt to have any-
thing to do with Ihe dL-tusiiog affair free tajs
with proper spirltlbat the '-woman to whom baas
beeo delegated tbe fostering cultuie of a beautiful
miniature or Ibe Creator wi'I bMl herself a one
mode boty thereby and she will prolan neither her-
seir m r child by an ontemly ercweuutioas display
of either If her culture be or high order sbe w III
brink from it as from deadly n. If she bave a
shred of womanly pride In tbe fabric of ber being
se will resent ibe implied Insult flared narwbrn
invited to- figuro personalty la n human Mite cattle
show '
m a
Lotd Dundonold states la a teller to the Time
dated SOtb nlL thatSOUOO Briilsb seamen "bsv
been driven by the circumstances under which the
British foreign trade bas been carried orutmo the
commerce or the United States. He add t Tne
probability I that a fvrvg naval enlistment bill
staV ruorttd I for the out St of the next fleet that
bas t-O be equipped.
sjoBw-nsx Tlie conntlesot Leon and Slsdlsotx
are still lbs. iCeae f Murman oxdtament and we
are sorry to aT naC e tBon ot ibQ -Urmon
preachers are nut without success. VW learn that
several men ami .""men bavwjuined the new Jiurta
tht tn rt.Mv i- e.. tu wu wu. u ai-cas
MWMing I'll - imnCT I ' " ---l
bobllrd and that ib--y can
dims id UflkugwD uimtur - -c. " - T"-
ml w.Ho lb. p nnlilj oi ""? u" "J "J55'
moixtroiur u olul dwarlne 0j &? ex.opta to .
. . -IamI It Sim! mnmm
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society. W would nol be surpi
-laed to find some
mfeiionaries at Austin shortly. A ' -"jm.
Was ia Costly The EugiUh are d LseeV'mz tbat
ll Is impossible to carry ou a cheap war ;tl
are b-iinniDg to preea upon tbe nation Tbe n-
doa Times reflecitn; upon the thirty milhun of
fujt sb year whtcnthe warno-v cost. sj mat in
Ht IO py for one aoldter at Ihe --rat of w ar r one
no-se or lo supply a Lancaster gon lor baif an boar
tbey must pay what would maintain lour or five fam-
ilies In comfort keep up a good parish chum; pro-
vide an adlve clergyman fur a neglected district or
do eoroe other good work lhat may be will never
new oe none. a io is now no prospect or a
ptsce new expencee mad be Incurred to carry on
ibe war aoccrasiully.
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The eorrespond-nt cf the Lrmdon Times writing
from the Crfmi-agirea tbo follow in; sUi eoenl or the
present strength of tbe British Army. I have
procured returns which 00 a certain day now poet
were accurate and which show ibe sirrntbci tbe
British army tail mouth according to ibe rotljn
returns Total suengih23 600mn. Of linteatout
6 OUt would only bo available In extremes and ths
ordinary strength or ibe whole army fn bayonet
would nol exceed 15CW) men.
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ELoexnorf tv Paaixf -One day a Utile girl about
fire year old heard a preacher or a cvruin dcitom-
Inallonal order praying most tosJilv ill! tbo root rang
with the strength of tbe supplication. Turning to-
ner mother and beckoning iIit maternal ear down to
a speaking distance she btrpcred: Mother don't
you think uatlf le lived nearer tu God be wouldn't
nave lo talk ao loudf Su.h a qjesttoa Is worth a
volume on Elocution in Prayer.
e we
Bet. Tnxoooas pAtSxa. Tbia designing dtaa-g-iguo
w rtcotved with much ppiu-V of
euurne on tbe occasion of the American nti--iavery
Society anniversary meting.ru the Ale jo-
pOIiUa theatre New York la week. U m mIb cue
of hla blasphemous aiid traitorous aperctn" whtcR
be Is reported lo bave ctotel with evinrariMi ef
tbe Uoiouto a vei which had loot bjm. rudJer
and all U rigging which bad di-iLed on the rvckl
and coiod Out be repaired cuo lending that to such
Case it was 100 part el wno irn wimiiiiod ine wretE
and save the craw. Like t-o aa who wa a-.ad
what ba would do in such s c se be would say "Lei
ber gu lo the devil I
And this ts another or the Ch rial an parsons ef lbs
North 1
Parkerepokeanboarndabaifand made these
six point as tbe bala ol "a union of all parties at
IO ilortn a prectwa piauuim .ibjja
L Abolish slavery u tbe lustrlc. cf Columbia
and-tn all lha Territories under tbw Immediate juris-
diction of tbe United Siaws and repeal Ibe incurve
slav act.
2. Abolisnine Americaniiaretrane on tneies
and make thai also piracy.
3. Declare Ibat no slave Slate shall ever be admit
led Into tbe Union.
4. Declare thai no man who Is at present or proa-
pectitely aa owner ot slave shall bold any office
under the Federal Government.
5. Eecoorlnctttiewbolojiidicial system for tbe
Supreme and District Coojl w a tu have no other
JiL-tices than thjaw who will carry out the great
American idea of joauce to all.
0.. Then declare at a day certain and fixed wben
slavery shall cease to a member ot tbi Uirnm
Tbe ascendancy nt sound American pnacpt ba
tha acesBaioa tu office cf a purely Ammcan party.
bound to maintain tbeconatttutionanldafenl tbo
Union may be safely itMiin by thoae wiw bare
tbeir country tot Crest at heart 10 Here at all such
treasonable ma oinaikm aa these
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Autxiia Biut. A despatch
from Reading
Pennsylvania dated Msy 4 says -
A not haa occurred amon? the laborers at Wo-
tnelsdorf sixteen mites northwest of this place. Th
1 lot er have burned several boutc and barns aud
ten to fliieen burse and male bave peroto-i in the
flames. The Resales battalion conslaliox of four
companies io.lwdinc lb light artillery company
are on tbeir march tu tbe scan cf riot linen ex-
citement prevails la IMS city
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Tho Times ba a correspondent In tseK.N Cct-
veotlon at Syracuse who give the deial iTEe"
proceeding. He aay E-x-tu Brook ts In tbe
Chair. One memter bas been expehad for being
auspected aa the correspondent and nttertcg anil
slavery sentiment.
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Raijsd ttje Peice. We learn from the New York
Courier and Enquirer that the Astor tbe St. Ntcbo-
1 tbe New York and the Clarendon Ilmria raised
the price of board on the 30m OjU iron $2 50 lo J3.
Finn rams hare recently fallen la South Carolina
which bave greatly benefitted ibe wheat aud eat and
other er-ps.
The Massachusetts Committee on ft. ie.-A
Hiss affair has reeommeLtUt that the puppy be
kicked out of ibe House of KepreaiaUv-t7es tn
unmannerly dog should be.
Hon. Wm. L. Sharkey Is a candldaf 9 to represent
nindscoaniy Mtsai-sippi iaibtt r)(ui0trjnor lbal
Slate. He la the American candidate.
-A.r2!ollrti'n" h" been introduced Into the New
ork Common Council tn lav 11. ... .
log lo several million according u tbe resolution
of Bishop Hughes the same aa that or W. B. Astor
and other citizens. The resolution wa referred lo
tbe Committee on Taxes.
The French Emperor during bis rfceot vls.l to
England received our Minister. Mr. Buchanan with
marked civilly and expressed the hope tbo: Amer-
ica and France might alwajtbe at peace.
There was snow and a sharp loneb of wintry wea-
ther in tbe latitude of Buffalo Cleveland and Detroit
on ibe 30th or April.
The Washington Union denies the report that Mr.
Wle bas appealed to the President to remove Gov
Reeder of Kansas.
A gentleman In New York tbe other day offered a
wager of 3IOOOO ibat the Allies woeld not take
Sevastopol la six months from that lime. lb-wa fa
a mixed company nut louu gu vn ui accept Ol
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Ills stated that Mr. Tack fn New Uamnhlre. ba -
withdrawn from the coolest for Senator and tbak.
Ihe prospect I clear tbat Hon. John P. lisle and Mr
Bell tbe ensnecesaful Whig candidate for Governor
will be choseo
Tbe Maine IiqQor law went Into effect m Delaware
on the 3d lostaot. An Increase to Ibe price of
boarding at tbe ttotel went Into operation at the
tame time a general swnng away 01 liquor was
ooservaoie tor tcvera. cays previous.
Wmv B.Scott bas been nomfnatodby th Amerf
can party tor Congress In the Richmond (.Va.) dls- .
incv.
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