The Civilian and Galveston Gazette. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 9, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 10, 1847 Page: 2 of 4
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AN
v.
Tlio Orphan Bov-
"He Csilcd yel eacalni and raeae.
So eenltjr e-aa loiweflly weak."
The bustle of the fight was over; ihe pria-
oners had becnsecurcd.and llie decks wash-
ed down the watch pipfd and llie schooner
had once marc relapsed inlo midnight quiet
and repose. I sought my hanrr.or.k and soon
fell asleep. Uul my slumhnrs wcrcdlsturbcd
hy wild dream-' which like the visions of n
fever agitated and unnerved me; the last
strife the hardships of my early life and a
thousand oilier things mingled 10 gelher as
figures in a phantasmagoria. Suddenly a
hand was laid upon my shoulder and start-
ing up I beheld (lie surgeon's mate.
4 Little Dick sir is dying' he said.
At once 1 sprang from mv bed. Little
Dick was a sort ol protege of mine. He was
n pale delicate child said to be an orphan
and used to gentle nurture; and from the first
hour I joined the schooner my heart yearn-
ed towards him for 1 too had once been
friendless and alon3 in the world. He had
often talked to me in confidence of his moth-
er whose memory he regarded with the
most holy revcrtnee while to the other boys
of the ship he had little to say; for they were
rude and coarse he delicate and sensitive.
Often when they jeered him for his melan-
choly ho would no apart and weep. He
never complained of his lot though his com-
lad 1 his heart was in the grave with his lost
parents.
! took a strange interest in him and had
lightened his task as much as possible. Dur-
ing the late fight I had owed my life to him.
for he rushed in just as a snhrc'slrokc was
levelled at me; and by interposing his feeble
cutlass had averted the deadly blow. In the
hurry and confusion since I had quite for-
gottrn to enquire if he was hurt though at
the time I inwardly resolved In exert all tin
influence to procure n midshipman's war-
rant in requital lor his service It was with
a pang ol reproachful agony therefore that
I leaped to mv Icct.
My God!' I cxclaimeJ 'you don't mean
it! tlcis not uvinc!
'I fear' said the messenger shaking his
head sadlv 'ihat he cannot live till morn
ing.'
And I have been idle here!' I exclaimed
with remorse. 'Lead me to him.'
Ik-is delirious but at the intervals of
lunacy he asks for vnu sir' and as Ihe man
spoke we stood beside the bed of the dying
ooy.
The sufferer did not lav in his usual ham
mock for it was hung in the very midst of
the crew and llie close air around it was
too stifling; but he had been carried under
the open hatchway nnd laid there in a little
open space about tour left square rrom
the sound of the ripples I judged the schoon
er was in motion while the clear calm blue
skr seen ihrnuEh Ihe opcninc overhead and
dotted with myriads of stars betokened that
the log had broken away. How calm it
smiled down on the wan face ol the dying
boy. Occasionally a light current wind
i'h ! how deliriously cool in that pent up
hold eddied down the hatchway and lifted
the dark chesnut locks ol the sufferer as
with Ins Iicail reposing in the lap of an old
veteran he la; in an unquiet slumber. His
shirt collar was unbuttoned nnd his childish
bosom as white as that of a girl was open-
ed and exposed. He breathrd quick heavily.
The wound of which he was dvinz had been
intensely painful but within the last half
hour had some what lulled though even
now his thin fingers tightly grasped the bed-
clothes as il he suflcrcd the greatest agony.
A battled stained and gray haired seamen
stood beside him holding a dull lantern in
his hand and gazing sorrowfully down up-
on the sufferer. The surgeon knelt with
his hand un the boy's puke. As J approach-
ed ihcy all looked up. The veteran who
held him shook his head and would have
spoken but tears gathered loo chokingly in
his eyes.
The surgeon said
He is goins fast poor little fellow do
you see this I" as he spoke he lifted up
a rich gold locket which had lain upon the
boy's breast. -He has seen better days."
I could not answer for my heart was full
here was the being to whom but a few
hours bcforcl had owed my life-a poorslighl
unprotected child lying before ir.e with
death already written on his brew and yet
I had never sought him after the conflict.
How bitterly my heart reproached me at
that hour. They noticed my agitation and
Ms old friend the seamen that held his
licad said sadly
'Poor little Dick you'll never sec the
shore youhare wished for long. But there'll
be more than one when your log's out' he
t poke with emotion lo mourn over you.'
Suddenly the little Icllow opened his eyes
and looked vacantly about.
'Has he come yet T' he asked in a low
voice. 'Why word he come.'
I am here said I taking the little fellow's
hand don l you know me Dick V
He smiled faintly in my face. He then
said
You have been kind lo me sir kinder
than most people are to a poor orphan bov
1 have do way to show my gratitude unless
youwill take Ihe iiible you will find in my
trunk. It's a small offering I know but its
all 1 have.'
1 burst into tears : he resumed
'Doctor I am dying ain't IV said Ihe little
fellow 'fur my sighl grow dim. God bless
you Mr. Danlorllk
Can I do nolhing foryou Dick T' said I ;
'you saved mi lile. I would coin my blood
to save ; ours.'
I have nothing to ask I don't want lo
live only il it's possible lei me be buried
by my mother you will find the name and
.all about it in my trunk"
Anything everything my poor lad'
answered chokingly.
The little fellow smiled faintly it tris
like an angers smile but he did not answer.
His eyes were fixed on the stars flicker-
ing in that patch of blue sky over head.
Ilix mind wandered.
li's a long long ways up rticte hut
there aicbrighl angels among them. Moth-
crwed tu say that 1 would meet her there.
How ne.ir they come and I can sec sweet'
est facet smiling on me from among them.
Hark ! is ihat music V and liftinir his finger
he seemed liatcninc for a moment. He fell
back and the old veteran burst inlo tears.
The child was dead. Did he indeed hear
angel's voices God grant thai he did.
WEDNESDAY. JULY 7 !SJ7.
Capt. Hornsby'a company recruited in Gal-
veston left this morning for New Orleans on
board the steamer Yacht.
Capt. Symplon will leave the last of this
week for Vera Cruz with a body of teamsters
lor ihe army lie has noi yet engaged all he
requires and those who may wish to go still
have an opportunity.
Tfic U. S. District Court for Texas commen-
ces its next term at Galveston on the third
Mondnv in November next.
We caution our citizens against leaving their
doors open cr bouses otherwise easy of en-
trance sit night. We have heard of two or
three cases of petty robbery some of Ihcm
committed in rooms where panics were sleep
ig.
The letter of Gen. Houston --- we copy
-. a euiiicicnl refutation of a slander
which has been circulated in various shapes
fur some time past wiih more industry than
tact or effect. Founded if it ever bad any
foundation in tact in Ihe remark of General
Houston ihat he preferred the Texian plan of
conducting the war against Mexico light
troops quick movements end ready blows-
pouncing upon guerrillas in their lurking pla
ces and dispersing armies before Ihey could
be ready for service the story hat grown by
frequent repetition or the bold bounce of some
adventurous scribbler to the hideous dimen
sions it beara in the letter ol the Evening Mir
ror n e do not believe that any man has ever
heard Gen. Houston utter a remark in disnar.
agement of Ihe services and fame of General
Taylor. In the Senate of the United Stales
las' year the Hero of Sin Jacinto was the
first man to more fur a suitable expression of
of the national appreciation and gratitude for
him of Palo Alio and ltcscca dc la Pal ma.
Last fall when opinions were divided and mur-
murs were heard on the events of Monterey
Gen. Houston in his public speeches in Texas
never failed .o render to Gen. Taylor the meed
o hit praise and admiration. It has only been
since the decisive and glorious affair of Bucna
Vista that "old Rough and Ready" has grown
so hugely in the favor ol certain political ba:ks
and that they have determined to become the
exclusive champions of his lame and if pos-
sible drive those against whom they entertain
feelings of jealously and dislike into the oppo.
sition. Gen. Taylor is and will remain the
favorite of the whole people and we arc con-
fident that sooner or later the political huck-
sters who arc attempting to appropriate him to
their own vsiluaivo ueo will he wnfnlly dt'enp.
pointed.
Havti Dreadful Expiation. By the arri-
val of the sloop John Bull Capt. Paitcn in
four days trom Port au Prince we leara that
the Haylien barque Le Prcsidente was blown
up at 20 minutes to 12 o'clock on the 23d ull.
whilst she was firing minute Runs in eclebra
ting mast for the repose of the soul ofPresi.
dent Guirricrc who died two years ago. At
the time she was blown up there were 60 con-
vie's in chains on board in the hold who all
peiished. The Captain in going on shore lelt
Ihe first Lieut in charge who followed after-
wards leaving the boatswain in charge who
at the time Ihe accident happened was en-
gaged with others on board smoking drink.
we and playing cards. I he accident oc-
cured from a spark lighting on the powder
whirh was placed on the deck lo be dried.
Attesit at Release Baton Roige Pes-
itentiabv. On Tuesday evening last one of
the guards handed a convict a candle telling
him lo light it. 'Ihe convict was obliged to ap-
proach a table on which blood the light and in
doing so he perceived a loaded pistol. Seiz-
ing il he presented Us muzzle to the head of
Ihe guard and with a terrible oath said "you
are now in my power" At the same instant
some twenty convic's suddenly appeared all
intent upon some hostile purpose. The guard
nolhing daunted look his hanger a heavy Ro-
man sword and cut down tho conspirator with
the pistol almost severing his arm from his
body cutting open his head and otherwise in
juring him. The rest of the convicts teeing
tins tied lo their cells ana the mutiny ended.
Too much praise cannot be given lo the Les-
sees of the Penitentiary for their efficient po
lice. Aufiunaf.
A Railkoad EscArE. On Sunday morning
asthe Fall River steamboat train was approach-
ing this cily at Ihe rale of twenty-five miles
an hour and had got to tho vicinity of Ran-
dolph a large rock of the size nf a half bar-
re) rolled from the bank above and fell partly
upon the track. As this was at the entrance
of a curve Ihe engineer had no lime lo stop
Ihe speed ofthe cars. The cow catcher struck
he rock and was shattered lo pieces. The
collision however displaced Ihe rock from the
track so at to allow Ihe cars to past in safety.
Botton Trav I9M lt.
Col. Bakes. This gentleman arrived here
on Sunday morning last. Col. Baker says
Ihat no man can form a coirect estimate ofthe
termination of our difficulties with Mexico.
There may be peace in two months; Ihe Mexi-
can armies and citizens may be organized in
guerrilla parlies lo harrauour armies seize
trains and kill our men by skulking round our
camps and posts and by attacking detached
parties; or Santa Anna may yet raise armies
and give ua battle.
Col. Baker says that Santa Anna it a great
man and that no other Mexican could control
Ihe population of ihat country raiso armies
and ibspire them with courage lo fight the
North Americans equal lo himself. Had he
succeeded at Bucna Vista he would have been
regarded at one of ihe greatest Generals of lira
age Springfield (111.) Journal June iDl
Wnri-j Contracts have bull made for two
thousand bushels of wheat delivclahlc in Cha I les-
ion iu July aud August at $1 12J per bushel.
Sljc fiiil)u ana
Ihe Sojnr Interest.
Our Matagorda cotempornry makes some sug-
gestions relativo to ihe liability or communities
with ihoir whole interests devolving upon a single
article to reverses. The application made of this
idea to ihe poning almost universaldcsire of our
planters to embark all their energies and resource!
in the production of sugar has not escaped ui.
At present prices. Sugar probaldy pays heller than
cotton or mixed ciops. Yet wo do not think thai
there is that degree of certainly in Ihe coutinuauco
of this state of facts which many of our citizens
appear lo suppose. It must he recollected that the
sugar crop of Cuba last year was as near a fail-
ure as the cotton crop iu Texas. ThecAcclofthij
was both a diminution of the export and an itr
crease of price. Yet notwithstanding these cir
cumstanccs there has been a great increase iu the
amount of Sugar imported into tho United States
from foreign countries thus far the present year.
The Collector or the Port atNew Orleans has
furuihed the papers of that city with the following
statement of ihe quantity of foreign Sugar import
cd iulo that port since the 1st ol December last at
which time tho tariff of 181G took cflclt; as also
a statement of the importations of tbe previous
year fur the same period of time lo wit; from
the 1st of December. 13J-". to 25th June 1SIG.
SMrariirpmltilfrem 1st Dtumltr 16-16 to HCltJ-"
Ilote.. .. 3luO
llhtlf .................. ... tlio
llbl .. ................ Itj
II8..... .......... ........ ... 1 UUa
Tierce ri-fined. 41
Pa-kare in all 39i77
tmportatiomt of Sugart from 1st Deunttr 1645
wJUkJunt 1840. iaruitr
Doles .. 4903
llhds JO- 4933
dliowin an excess of importations fur current
-year of 24 914 package 31911
From ihe aNiivelable il will he piri"ed itiat thi-prrs-nt
var Ihe impnrtaiiim was 16394 (Till tb. Ial
year 1 9M.IIU0. m.lin: an iiiwiseof I4.4W.G.V) lb.. or
snekKiidrtdandJiJty ptr cent in ouo year from tliia
pirn alone.
The tables have not appeared but it is believed
that there has been a corresponding increase iu the
Atlantic ports.
The N. Orleans National says Ibal the exporta-
tion of Louisiana sugar it nearly oneahalfless than
last year showing that the demand abroad is be
ginning lo he supplied by other than Louisiana
sugar.
The quotations for Louisiana Sugar at N. Or
leans by the last accounts do not show that Sugar
has ceased lo recompense II planter for its pro
duction iu that Slate notniihstanding this great
increase ol foreign competition. It is difficult to
say what turn turn affairs may take in future.
The men engaged in any particular pursuit are
generally most competent to judge of iu profits and
its pinspects; acd Sugar planters are not less ca-
pable iu this respect than others. That ours can
sustain themselves as well as those of Louisiana
we do not doubt; and that both wiLi.be sustained
we have great confidence. We think it however
erroneous for any particular branch of industry to
couut long upon extraordinary profits. There is
always a tendency towards equality; and changes
usually go even beyond that point before things
assume their natural position as falling bodies
sink for a time bcacath the surface of the water
though specifically lighter. It has proven so with
cotton and abo once aheady with Sugar in Lou-
isiana. When such changes come it is well for
those who have other tesources as our planters
may all continue to have. The mixed production
of grain stock cotton and sugar may not be so
profitable at present as sugar alone; but might be
more so in a series of years. .
In his answers to the questions proposed in the
circular of the Secretary of the Treasury Judge
Rost of Louisiana said "The average price of
Louisiana Sugar last year (18451 was not much
over 8i cents and a considerable quantity was
sold at 2J and even 2J ceots notwithstanding the
duty of 21 cents pel lb. on foreign Sugars." In
the same paper Judge R. says "Cotton at from
six to seven rents a pound it a more profitable
crop than sugar can be." .
RECErrio.-v oftiieRexaissoftiie Gallist
Dkad. The Louisville correspondent of ihe
Cincinnati Gazelle under dale of June 21
thus feelingly speaks of the reception there of
Ihe remains ol the gallant AlcKee Way ate.
lle speaks as it Ihcy were to be buried there
which wo ueucvi is a iiusiukc; tucy arc wo
think lo be taken on to Lexington for final
interment.
"At an early hour this morning preparations
were commenced for the funeral procession and
escort of the honored remains of Kentucky's
gallant dead who fell at Buena Vista. Minute
guns were hied throughout Ihe day and Ihe
business of Ihe city very generally suspended.
It was an imposing and impressive scene and
one that will be long remembered in Louis
ville. As the mournful pageant filed through
our streets deep feelings were expressed by
cur citizens for Ihe brave spirits whose ashes
they were following and many a silent tear fell
from fair faces and rugged forms as they be-
held tho biers of McKee Clay Vaughn Wil-
lis Trotter and Powell borne slowly past in
all tho solemn panoply of death. And long
will the memory ol their virtues their patriot
ism and their gallant deeds be treasured up
in tho inmost hearts of Kenluekians. But a
short yoar since and they were in all ihe vigor
and prido of glorious manhood and they are
now lo be entombed in Ihe silent grave. The
most touching event of the mournful scene
was beheld in the bereaved and weeping faces
of tbe orphan children of the lamented Clay
as they followed Ihe hearts ihat carried his
mortal remains to their last resting place.
Major Fry and upwards of 150 of tho Kens
tueky Regiment were among the mourners
ihat swelled the immense funeral cortege as
it passed through the principal streets from the
steamer to the grave-yard."
Retbibutiox. Tho London Spectator al
luding lo the horrible altrocities connected
ith Ihe conquest ot Mexico by the Spaniards
says:
"The crimes of the conquerors spread over
Europe raised a settled distrust towaidt ihe
Spanith name till Spain became ton contempt
ible to be hated; the postessionol Mexico and
Peru save a false color lo her power Ihat drew
upon her attacks she would otherwise havocs-
raped; and events are now in progress in ihe
New World that teem likely lo blot out Ihe
Spanish name and supers' do Ihe Spanish blood
throughout the countries attacked wiihout Ihe
shadow or an cxiuse and subdued by t(cacll-
ery cruelly and crime."
tKalXic.sJtoH iffaKW.
I.ETTEH FltOH f'B.N. HOUSTON.
Rav:.x Hill Trxat June IM 1647.
i) y Dear Sir: On yesterday 1 rccrited n
ccpyofthc "Evening Mirror" published in
New York on tho 1st of April which contains
a letter purporting In be written in New Or
leans on ihe -3d of March last which I con-
descend to notice onlv because it contains a
twofold slander. It imputes t me an expres-
sion of disrespect (which I never used) for an
individual whom I have long ngarded at an
approved soldier and a gentleman.
The writer says "Sam Houston left heie on
ycsteiday and well lor l.im bat he did. It will
hardly be believed that Ibis man while here
had the hardihood lo say that our felnrious Old
i Rough nnd Ready was not fit lo command a
r....ni'. r :..... i
vvii'wiui a uuaiui
In the lust sentence the writer intimates that
( the slate of feeling in the rily of New Orleans
was such as lo render my departure necessary
for my safety. This is incredulous. It was an
insult to the citizen' who arc notoriously well
regulated and intelligent to suggest that ihcy
would not allow the free expression of opinion
by any individual whether it might be in bar.
many or not with the general scnlinicn.
Although the pandercr lo vitiated appetites
hail every disposition lo slander me he has
taken care not lo atierl that I used such ex.
pressinns but says " Kill liartlly he belieiea
that this man while here &c. Ax." He intend-
ed it thnuhl be lilieteil while he knew it was
Unite and without any oumhit'wn.
fortunately Tor the refutation ol such cal-
umnies I have not only appreciated the glori-
ous achievments of Gen. Taylor and his gal-
lant command in tho various successes of our
arms but I was among the first of Senators to
accord to the General his officers and soldiers
an expression or national gratitude and admi-
ration lor their noble and generous daring.
My feelings in support of Ihe war have not
been questionable in their character. It is true
that 1 preferred that the additional corps ol
len thousand men should be composed of vol-
unteers instead of regulars. For this I rens
dered my reasons publicly not without defer-
ence to llie opinions of others; nor did I ac-
cord in the plan of withdrawing our troops
from Ihe interior of Mexico and forming a
cordon or line of posts on our frontier as a
wise or judicious mode of terminating Ihe war.
My opposition lo the measure was based upon
a belief that such a course would protract the
war for many years with boundless expendi
tures of money while on ihe other hand if
our armies marched directly lo the heart ol
Mexico and let its inhabitants feel the calam
itics af war; war when conducted upon princi-
ples of the greatest humanity possible that
public sentiment then would coerce Ihe pres-
ent despotic rulers of the country to seek for
peace or ihcy would be abandoned by the peo-
ple ohile new leaders with less tinster views
would arise and being sustained by the mass-
es would accord lo the United Stales such
reparation at we have a right to demand. In
all this I never denounced those who advoca-
ted a policy different from myself nor am I
prepared lo do so. The opinions which I may
entertain in relation to public policy have not
been formed in reference to those of other men
hut to what I may think or believe accordant
with the best interests of the country.
Had I envied Gen. Taylor hit well deserved
fame I would have advocated a policy which
would have withdrawn our armies from a the-
aire where so much renown has already been
acquired and where I trust new glories will
be achieved by our gallant armies until Mexico
is cuuiueied.
It has been my lot to be assailed by various
letter writers wbo have circulated much false
hood nnd slander against me. '-Tis their vo-
cation." Up to Ibis time I have not conde-
scended lo notice them. And I will for the
future say lo those anuntjmoui gentry who are
disposed to employ their leisure in propoga
ling their senseless and wicked slanders: Lie
os. Truly your friend
SAM HOUSTON.
To Elijah F. Puiinv Esq. New York.
GjtLVAMSEn Iito we notice has ol late been
taken as a substitute for tin slate zinc etc.
as a covering for roofs. The wires ofthe best
telegraph lines have also been thus prepared
and we sec il staled;lhat the iron work of tome
ol the Government steamers in France has
been already galvanized. There it cause for
congratulation therefore lo be found in the
tact that our great mines of iron are likely to j
become more valuable than ever This mate-
r;a j applied in a thousand ways and lo a ihou-
sand objects whicn a few yi ars ago would have
been deemed impracticable. But even when
thus applied we are met with an important
difficulty in ils rapid oxidjtion. The galvan-
izing process however obviates this creat ob
jcclion and there would now seem lo be no
hindrance lo its universal use. In every situ
alion expoaed to moisture iron may now be
employed wiihout the possibility of decay or
deterioration in countless forms.
FanGatsT' raois Swipes. About four bumlred ems
itranta from elweden arrived at Chicago a few day-
aso on their way to llrnry county. Ills wuiihwr five
hundred of their cminlr men bad preceded llirin by a
jesr. Their properly is all held saja die Chicaco Dem-
ocrat m common ahliouch some are wealth v and others
destitute m hive lillle or no money and others
J9.000 or $10000. This cummuni'jr. embracing about
eleven hnndred persons have purchased sIuiimI the
whole of Henry Counly.eoiifammxaoms of ihe fine-t
lands in Iha west. Ther are mmuf iclnrers of a I eicet
lent quality oftinen-and have brooght with them laree
Juanlity of fljs-eed with which to experiment on the
llinois aoH. lo Ibeir religion. Ilies people approach
the Lnthcran denomnialitw. although noo-conforifista
in regard lo Ihat church. They reject all prescribed
liirms and cereaiontea in th sr worship and etaim no
cuiilebultbe bible no spiriiuil aothorily other than
Uod'a.
TnE Pcstilkxce 1.1 Cbao. Dr. Douglas
Health officer below Quebec wrote to Mr..I!uch.
anan lor the information ofthe Mayor dated
Crosse Isle June 8 as follows:
"Bat out of the -1000 sr 5000 that lelt this
since Sunday at least two thousand will fall
sick some where brfote three weeks ate over.
They ought lo have accomodation for 2000 sick
at least in Montreal and Quebec as all the Cork
and Liverpool passengers are half-dead from stara
vttion and want belore embarking; and the least
bowel complaint nhich is sure to come with
ehtnge ol (ood finithiag them without a struggle.
I never ttw people so indifferent to life. They
would continue in the tame berth with a dead per-
son until the teamen or captain dragged out tbe
corpse with boat hooks.
Good God! what evil will befall the city
wherever they alight! Hot weather will increase
thctsvrl.
"Now give the authorities ol Quebec and Mon-
treal (air warning from me. Public safely re
quires it."'
The Montreal Herild of Saturday remarks':
"Dr. Douglas' apprehensions are already ful-
filled here. Our marine llotpllal is rilling tip
last 8St patlrtitt ill It this morning and trnjrris
only r oni for 30(1. Sheds arc hrinff erected the va-
cant crnund adjoining that hundlug. Several
dtalhaliavi-iA-i'uted ill the hospital."
Address ut the Itepcnl Aswcintlon oo the Death
or O'Counell.
The Repeal Association issued the following
Address from Conciliation Hall on the 2lhh ull.-
The Aihlrtti ol the Loyal Kaiional Repeal
Attociutitin to lit people oflrclani.
"Fellow.Cniinlryiiien ( I'Connell is no morel
The unimutiog spirit of Ireland has passed
away. The lijjht of the nation is exlingiii-h-edl
Weep and wail ai.d let your grief be
wiihout limit O Children of Ireland! lor the
rup ol your alllictinn is full and the extent ol
your sutfuring wiihout mccsure. The pride
of your heart has been slrirkcn down. The
bright one of Eiiu is removed. 'Ihe Libera-
tor of our country has drpailcd ! With a sea.
sen nf sorrow il hat pleased the Almighty to
alllict us to the uttermost. Pestilence and fam-
ine blight our people; mid in a foreign country
far away from his own loved native land low
lies the Veteran Champion of Ireland's liber-
ties ! Oh ! well may we mourn him lor the
whole human race deplore hit loss and Ihe
gloom of our bcreavmenl affiicis the world.
Fellow countrymen how shall we best prove
that we loved him whilst living or mourn for
him when dead? By reverencing hit princi-
plesby obeying his dictates by pursuing Ihe
same noble objects in the peaceful steps he
trod. In one sense in the Irue sense O'Con-
ncll is not dead ! Men like unto him can never
die. All that was mortal has passed away bu
Ihe immortal part remains. His spirit lellow-
countrymen abides with you. Hismnral teach
ings arc spread for over through you. mimI
ill rough the universe. No time can extinguish
the lessons of his wisdom. For ourselves as-
sociated as we were hereby him our purpose
is determined to stand by bit principles and
lo abide by his doctrines and them alone. ThU
is our fixed and uuallerab'e resolve. Through
out Ihe wide world a mighty void is felt. Who
shall fill it up? What nation what people has
not lost a benefactoi? Our country has lost its
guide aad leader. Oh! It-t that country still be
directed by hi wi-dom and be marshalled be
ncath his standard. His paths were the paths
of peace. He walked in Ihe ways ofthe law
and ol ordi-r. Remember still remember his
motto of ihe Association the moral of his
wisdom and experience 'The man who com-
mits a crime gives strength lo the enemy.'
"By his long and faithful services by the
noble example of his hfe by the glory ol his
immortal name we beseech we implore you
fellow countrymen swetve not from Ihe
prinicples desert not the objects nor abandon
the doctrines of O't'onncll!
"Signed by Order
"CoaEurs MacL"oiih:t
"Chairman of the meeting.
"T. M. Rxr Secretary."
IRISH CRATITUDE TOR AVERtClX KtSDNESI
ADnsEss of the ciTr or ncnu.
To tht IJight Hart A-ui fA Mayer .Wie Vera s
The Address of the ltijilit Honorable the
Lord Mayor Alderman and Burgesses of Dub-
lin in Coryoralc Couneil assembled.
Rigid Wortltifil Sin We the Lord May.
or Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin have
hailed with delight and gratitude the truly sub-
stantial tokens ot Ihe enlightened and free
People of America in regard lo their fellow
beings in Ireland.
The feeling of man for suffering man was
not in their estimation to be limited by Slates
or Kingdoms ; they heard that man was suffer-
ing in a distant land and they felt that the god-
like virtue of relieving distress belonged not
lo Ihe clime or the countrv; Ihat it wat an
ordinance from Ihe Mntt High the giver of all
embracing all the chitu" -w. .- .-
ng on thai sacred Impulse they without hes-
itation poured forth their abundance lo raise
tip (lo save for the Christian family) their
stricken brothcrr in Ireland.
Permit us lo request Ihat you Sir as the
chief Municipal officer of the first city in ihe
United States will convey the expression of
the gratitude never to be lorgotlen ol the Irish
people lo the citizens of the vast western Re-
public for the zeal and liberally displayed by
Ihem in attending (o the calls of suffering
humanity in our forlorn ennntrv.
MICIIEAL STANTON.
Seal ol the cily. Lord Mayor of Dublin.
The Steamboat Race. Tie VTatliiKcton
vs. the Britannia. The Boston Traveller of
the lBth ull. has this article on tho subject:
The steamships Washington and Britannia
look their departure from Ibeir respective ports
Tor bngland on Ihe same day and within three
anda half hours of the same time. There are
we understand bets in this ciiyandNew York
to a considerable amount as to which steamer
will first land her mails in England. The dis-
tance from New j'ork to Southampton where
Ihe Washington is to touch is as near as we
can ascertain 3120 miles whilst from Boston
to Liverpool the distance is about 2S40. The
Britannia had Ihe start of the Washington some
three and a half hours but Ihis will probably
be lost by the stopping at Halifax. The start
nf the steamers then may be considered about
even. The Washington however has 231
miles further to run than the Britannia; but to
offset Ihis it is claimed for the Washington Ihat
her speed is much greater than that ofthe Cun-
ard line being it is said fifteen knots an hour
while the average speed ol Ihe Cunard will
not probably exceed ten knott. The Cambria
on her last passage averaged about nine aud a
quarter miles an hour including her stop at
Halifax; now if the Washington can make fif-
teen knots or even twelve oo an average she
can easily beat the Britannia for twelve knots
would carry her To Southampton in ten days
and twenty hours which is shorter we believe
than any passage ever made by one of the Cu-
nard steamers. But the great question is can
Ihe Washington make that speed across the
ocean? Since she left New York she has been
seen three different tiroes first by a brig sev-
enty miles soulb by east of Nantucket on the
2d inst.; next by the Burgundy on ihe 3d about
three hundred and seventy miles from New
York; and lastly by ihe Thetis on the -1th
about five hundred and eighty-five miles out;
and up to that time she had averaged only
about nine and a quarter knots an hour so
Ihat unless she mends-ber pace materially she
will not reach Soothamp'on short of fourteen
days and will probably be beaten by the Brit-
annia from thirty-six to forty-eight hours.
. The Washington has since been spoken by
a New York packet when seven daya out.
Her situatian on ihat day wat in ronsoonnco
with the reasoning of the Traveller above.
Tho highest fountain in the vtoild It on Ihe
grounds or the Duke of Devonshire In England
where a tinila Jet Is thrown ap to a height of 21 i7
feet more than one hnndred feel higher than Ni-
agra Falls. The eight acre resevior which sup-
plies It It 380 feet above.
Tho collections of the United States hi fovm of
Ireland amount thus Tar it it estimated to tnuro
thau S4''IKXi.
CIVILIAN" AND GAZKITF-
H. STUABT Editor.
FRIDAY JULY 9. 1SI7.
0We are auihorirtj lo aanuvnea Hon-J-B. SIILLfcK ol
Furt Brnd coun'; u a car.Jftlstt for ihe oflce of Goternof.
TaiM.UKrrarsaa-liliaabe.naeel.leil Sr ihaPonnarer
Cenrral.lt at all .e. paper seat Ionti iLe office orpublkalien
arinailatlilliuiillhepipajineat nrpeeuee. Coasrtiijenl-
1 p-rMns ho atre id em papers la ilmanl correspwndrats
wiih.ul b-ejminc reeularsabcners. wajdaeo br callinf al
IheoCltr where IheajelMaerl.
N. 0. Tbe ui eefcl Civllran ataj he maile-l. lo anr aaao-
taj. al IS J cents per copy Tbia ta wonky of Ihe atlentloo or
ajremasrs.
Important Humor.
Cnpt. Horn who arrived here this (Fri-
day) evening on a sloop from Brazos San-
tiago brings a report that news had reached
that point that a deputation Iroin the city of
Alcxico had waited upon Gen-Scott inviting
him lo occupy the cily that he advanced
with 1700 men found the outposts aban-
doned and entered ihe walls when he was
surrounded by 30000 men and compelled
to sunender. This report needs confirma-
tion. We notired some time since a case in South
Carolina where the owner of a slave whi
death had been produced by intnxicalioi
posnre to the weather bad obtained a jud
the value of the negro against the party wbo
sold the liquor which was the prime cause of his
death. An appeal was taken by the plaintiff but
the decision was sustained in tbe Supreme Court
of the State. We find in the South Carolinian
an abstractor the opinion ol the Court ofApprtls
from which it appears that it is decided that
the act of giving or selling spirituous liquor to a
slave is not only a violation of a penal Statute
punishable by indictment but is in itself a private
wrong- to the master; and independent ol any ex-
press statutory prohibition is so contrary to his
rights and to the duties imposed upon other per-s
sons in a slave-holding community that the per-
son who does it without special matter ol excuse
subjects himself to liability in an action of tres-
pass on the case for all the legal damage that may
thence ensue in like manner aa if he had care-
lessly or wantonly placed noxious food within tho
reach of domestic animals.
The Judge (Wardlaw) remarks
'It would be vain lo attempt to lay down any
general rules by which consequences that shall be
answered Tor and those which are tco remote for
consideration may be always distinguished. But
according to the general course of decision on this
point it would seem ihat where as in this case
the mischievous purpose is manifest or could be
foreseen by ordinary prudence there the wiong
consists in ministering to that purpose. And the
natural consequences oftliat purpose are the legal
consequences n I the injurious act. The drinking
and intoxication ol the slave were the natural anil
probable consequences of selline; liquor to him.
The lying out all night was the immediate effect
of the intoxication and the two produced the death
Thus without any unconnected influence to be
perceived the death has come from the intoxica-
tion which the defendant's act occasioned. The
proximity in order ol events and intimacy ol re-
lation as cause and rnert between the injurious act
and the damage are sufficiently great to free the
verdict from the objection that the damages weie
too remote.
Retcbs or as I.tniAS Can-ivr. The Vic-
toria Advocate contains an account of tho re
turn from captivity among the Comanche In
dians of a young man named Warren Lyons
whoso mother a widow resides on the upper
Navidad in the county of Fayette. The Ad-
vocate says
This jriuoa: man. al the aje of 12 rsr. av caplnred
al hta miMher'a liou-e. and hi fuller murdered in Octo
ber ISS7. K.ir enrne f ii or eight years hr ag-r! and dis-
tressed rnnther had im account whaleeerof hucxieienecs
bnt within ihe l.sl lwi years he had been seen anl eon-
reread with by AmerKan dnraeyore on two or tl'ree ce-e-i.iona.
IU ripreeeetl a wdiingnesa lucnmo home. Ill
eie he emild 6rt are Ida bioilier. and etinnld like iheir
appeiranee; but circumstances hid o far never favored
an iiitertiew up to tbo lima of his unexpected return
not ithstanding Do Wilt l.jon (now lam.of Capl.
Gray's companynf Texts Kan-ere.) had accompanied
evry empat-ti into ihe momtlains einco his cp:rily
in lbs hope of reenveiint faim.
From a note written lo us annnuneinjc hi' retorn.wo
learn that a short lin.a aco- two perron. whoe name
are not given met wrbhiji near Castrot ilte. on ihe Me-
dina learned who he was.and with much difficulty in-
duced htm lo come in lo see his muther sial Lrothcis.
The note alluded to says
When young Lyon arrived al hta mother's oneofhls
companions aaid l Iter.'wlten did you hear from your
captive son. nndamt' 'Nut fnr tMe frme' she an-wer-el.
'Uo you ever expert to see himf ' he itqiiied
Khe repheit -I do nol know sir.' Yonna; Ljoos. who
was pre-eot in Ihe mom euuld restrain himell no long-
erhe -plans forward grasped Ihe old lly in hi' arms
and in a lood and ahnll looc exclaimed "Ob! my
motrieit"
Wo learn thltyunn- l-ynn. in ilre-a aninners and
lo a considerable eatenl in his g-neial appearance is
Isnu. lie apeakl his mother loagne very indidelenl
Ir. btittil h tlioo-lrt will arq-itro il aa well as ever in a
The remains of General Howard of Indiana
(the U. S. Minister to Texas who died at Wash-
ington on the Brazos in 18-1-1) which were
recently carried back in conformity with a res-
olution ofthe legislature of that Slate arrived
and were buried atRockville on the second of
June. The citizens of ihat place showed their
high appreciation ot the dead by closing ail
business and engaging in the solemn proces-
sion which followed bis remains to Iheir Ial
resting place.
I.iijbititvde PixitBKO. A illustration
may be hxind in ihe following clause from the
last will and testament of an attorney in Lon-
don by tbe name of Ay lilt Snow who died re-
cently :
"I do hereby direct my Executrixes lo lay
out five guineas in the purchase ol a picture
of Ihe Viper biling the bencvoltnt hand Ihat
saved him fr:m perishing in the snnar it
the same can bo bought fur Ihat monoy; and
that they do in memory of mo present il to
Ksq n King's Counsel whereby he may
have frequent opportunities of contemplating
on it; and by a comparison between Ihat and
his own virtues be able to form a certain judg-
ment which it best and most profitable a great-
ful remembrance of past friendship and almoat
parental regard or ingratitude and insolence:
this I direct lo he presented to him in lieu of
Ihree thousand pounds I had by a former will
nuw revoked and burnt left him."
During ihe last year nol less than six lhou
sand five hundred bales of cotton were for-
warded from Ihis cily to Galveston and in the
preceding year overthirlcen thousand hales
were forwarded from jhis place to Ihat ppm'
and other products ofthe country in proportion.
This year it is e?tjn)aed that a least 2'1000
bales w'll ho forwarded ijirnugli the sarpo clia.
net. Till graph.
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