The Morning Star. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 28, 1840 Page: 2 of 4
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Thespian Performances—This Evening.-— It
will be remembered, that all the proceeds of the houses
during the playing of the gentlemen who compose this
society, will be devoted to the charitable and highly praise
worthy object of affording relief to the destitute sick, in
this city, who may stand in need of the kind and support-
ing hand of charity. None, whatever, we are convinced,
can cavil at the motives which induce the raising of a
fund of the kind, and none but the hopelessly prejudiced
can cavil at the means employed The charitable and
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That it shall not be lawful for any
mastci vi , * <»<*reot, nor fur any other person or
person* whatsoever, to bring, import, induce, or aid or aaaiat in the
bringing, importing, or inducing any free pert*oa of color within the
limits of Texas, directly or indirectly; and any person so offending
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her talents had excited in his heart. This interview was
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D- H. FITCH, EDITOR.
Houston, Thursday? Slay is, 1H40.
The Trinity River, is at this tirAc unusually high
is a peculiarity about this river, that its spring flood oc-
cur* four or five weeks later than that of the Brazos;—
and tfo? water is much colder. High up the Trinity,
above the “Three Forks,” a gentleman who explored the
region last year about this time, says that ice was dis-
covered, at that season of the year, floating in the swollen
and tumultuous body of the stream, and the waler of
course was at a very low temperature. These feels show
conclusively, that the Trinity has its eourse much Ijigher
north, and in a much more mountainous region than is
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regular intervals, until she was quite able to resume the
pen Ignorant of the hand writing, Pauline had no idea
who her unknown friend was tie kept his promise how-
ever, and suitable articles were sent at regular intervale,
accepted by the editors of the Publicist©, and the same
remuneration as her own contributions had produced was
thus obtained. By such means, all requisite comforts
were secured to her during her iftness, and the distress of
mind which would have materially impeded her recovery
was wholly relieved.
When Madlle de Meulan resumed her own literary la-
bors, her correspondent ceased to write for her.—She
rpuch longed io know and to thank him, but months rol-
led on and stiH-she had no clue by which to ascertain who
her ben-factor was. At length a y©ung man. pale and.
I slender, with a countenance »f a mild and contemplative 1
; expression, called upon her, and introduced himselias her
i unknown correspondent.
Pauline de Meulan instantly remembered that she had
met this young man at M Suard s soirees, where she had
heard him spoken of as one who had won for himself the ■ v a ■ -
reputatio, ol being one of life most rBing and promising 1Cour'' £ !>» l»r ig4
! young men of th** day. She had been struck, at various And th u if any opposition to his appointment
j times, with his modest demeanor and eloquent and thought- ' ’em© ~ “izhiL dr., , . * 1
ful conversation, and he also had taken notice of her, al- ,hr I*1’1’00 ”• applicant will be ac<ed n
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Negligence in reading sometimes produces whimsical
; they are of a brown color; their usual size is a’oout ay the n<hu of ownership
I from such nle.
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to two inches in length, andithea are sufficiently small to
pass through the stitches of a stocking. They move > end of h» ulavery, he aball be permitted iodo ao^but
quickly, are difficult to kill, and it ;s impossible to divert H t|,
' ,?7 - r — -• -J,x iinmediaU ly upon th* return of any mu h tri* j*r*on of volor a; »i .::2 six
touching the skin, as they are free from the scruples j j- wrek**’ notice in some public journal, and at hast 1bur public places
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They draw a gr«,t deal .f blood; and -f,
is the extent of annoyance Which their biles
Ut anifn«to stiller more . j ^1] |W p^raon of color, shall b© paid into the county treasury, sub-
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Republic of Texas,
County of Harris.
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Probate Court, in and for the cottniy aforesaid, praying for the
appointment of administrator to the vacant succession of John
Richardton, dec’d; andihat if anv opposition to bis appointment
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• .k- 4 r .k u . at i - • . i k- i order of the Court. J A SOUTHMAYD,
in this little drama of the heart are M Guizot and his I Deputy Clsrk, Hanis County Probate Court,
wife. The marriage took place m 1812, the samp year J my2«-KH ~
he became Professor in the University of Paris, which he
see the first appearance of some dozen or twenty on Education, and other works, show that she was a clever
gentlemen of this city, and witness their triumphs or their
failures, will be there; the ladies whom from earliest
childhood, we have been taught to consider the patrons of
charity, whose hands are ever open, and w hose voices are
ever raised, in fevor of the suffering and the destitute,—
the ladies must be there.
The OM scrupuloos Mention will be given lb eecurc hb«an''th.t”ha.“justiwnrf'bta^
complete order and decorum, that the most fastidious may rand lives on sawdust—here’s the warious monkey tribes
have no cause of offence. <■ from the Inlands of Guinea Boys quit pulling the drotn-
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The President has been inviu-d to atten 1 the Amateur here's the helephant, a wery singular hanimal ahat can't
performances at the Theatre, this evening, and a seat has sneeze, and lives on flour barrels—hen 's the hyena, a .
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■old rhuuld be th<- property of any mtii^xlual, he ahall have Ins right
of recovery by due course of law. ;
Sac. 6. He it t fur (her enaeUd, All nmnies arising from the gale of
ject to appropriation by the District Court, for public pitrpuaeii
Sgc. 7. ih it furthrr enacted, Uoob the forfeiture oi the bond of
any free person of color, tbe Mine an nil be placed m ihe hand* of the
District Attorney for collection, who shall prosecute the same
against the securities only; ana the amount of ash*, if such shall
have been made, of the free person of color, shall, in all cases, be
subtracted from the amount adjudged against the securities, and the
rematnd«-r only shall be recovered of them.
Sac. 8. He it further enacted, That two yi
from and after the passage of this act, to all free pei
who now are in chia Republic, to remove out of the
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of Congress shall be arrested and sold
Src.9 He it further enacted.
\ master of a vessel, or owner thereof,
person* w in*M »rr, tu bring, nupu
bringing, importing, or inducing an;
limit* "’■•vi "
shall badeemfa EUflty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be
fin«d in a sum of not less than one nor more than ten thousand
dollars: provided, Uhh cooks and other hands employed on board
of vessels shall not bo considered as comfrig within thsprovimona of
thia set. 3b
Sic. 10. Be it further enacted, That the President of the Republic
do issue his pruclamauon, commanding all free perrons of color who
now are in the Republic, to remove from the tame.before the first of
January^J842, and the Secretary of State publish this act a number
uf times ft all the journals of this Republic
Sisc. jl. Be it further enacted, That all laws contrary to the
meaning and spent of this act, are hereb, repealed.
11 DAVID S KAUFMAN,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
. * DAVID O. BURNET,
♦ PresHient of the Senate.
Approved, Sth Fdb. IMO.
Pl MIRABEAU B. LAMAR.
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Editors of Newspa|,<;rs, thtUfighoiit lire, Rcj ublic, W|U give the
if above law three several msertjons m their reapoctive jourtulr, and
I forward ths* aremmtn to the State Department.
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of the fire fly was on one occasion the cause of nn accident
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rooftt. imagined a fir© fly, which started before him, to be
a lanthorn borne by a servant; the eccentric motions ol
the insect were set down by the mast* r as the vagaries of j
the domestic, until a volfay of oaths and a rush at the re- I
fractory bearer, cut Jiort by a headlong plunge into the
cold lake of Kandy.
Knowledge or Character—-Landlord, wouIdst L
i thou learn the true character of thy guest, accompany him
to one of thine own business and listen to their conversa-
tion. Even so; wouldst thou, lover, become better
aeqiminted with the disposition, far line's and character of
-H thy hrfaved in on** hour, than hyd jy*41ing with h«r for a t
11 * ill,. hi lor an hour in the midst ol her female .
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tggers—here’s the rhinoceros, a werv surprising
here’s the camelion, that don’t eat and can t never be seen
Walk up!’’ &c. &c—HichStar.
The Land Leech and Thk Fire Fi.v of Cey-
.. lon—aOn our return to the rest-house, we commenced
excellent family i divesting ourselves of the leeches, ©nd then tried to staunch
g7en?7ar;C*’ ||the bleeding of their wounds; we had been warned
against plucking off these creatures forcibly dnd suddenly,
attending to irritate the wound ; but we found that touch- ;.
-^Thtun with brandy inf—----** a 4— “xr
. or lime-juice, produced the same effect,
but not quite so quickly. The Ceylon land leeches is in-
credibly numerous on the hills, and such parts of the in-
terior as are exempt from a long continuance of dry wcoth-
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three-fourths ot an inch in length, and one-tenth o( an
inch hi diameter, they can, however?-Mtetch themselves
against plucking ofif these creatures forcibly dnd suddenly,
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the newspapers and magazines, but unfortunately none of ;
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ned more rnehantingthan the refresh-
beauty of tbe nights as you approach
surpassing lustre of the moon and stars be obscured by
clouds, the innumerable fire flits, with brillian v only in-
ferior t > the ligbte of heaven, served to realize all those J
ideas winch fancy forms on fairy land Tbe brilliancy
peciahy tn • metropolis which supplied very many per 2, ‘ ■' •
sons, of no lest wr'h; lor -Xo a gentleman who, on emerging from tne heat of a
the wark — And MadUe de Meulan was fu v aware of : a.. j i_r_
this: to, being thus sensible of her siluahon. and having
and distrew haunted her sick bed
Probate Court, May 2(5, 1840.
Notice is hereby given, to all whom it
andy K. Brown, has this day applied to the
County aforesaid, lot ihie appointment
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ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE
The Paris correspondent of the N York Star has a
Landen, in which the following incident is related:
In 1807, among the clever young worqe
oured to earn a livelihood by contributing to the Parisian
to the 1 ragedy.
To conclude withJhe Laughable Faice of the
LOT T E R V. TICK K T
(GF For particulars see small btil-
"an" act .
1 Concerning Free Persons of Color
See. li Be it enacted by the Senate and How uf Hrprfs^ifa-
M 1 in t'nnn rJM( aurndled, That
, it shallltfot l>* lawtul for
Any free person* of color to emigrate to this Republic.
Sbc. 2. He it further enacted, That if any tree person of color
shall emigiaie to this Republic, it shall be th* duty of the shentf, or
any one of the constables of the county to which such emigration
shall be ma<fe, to arrest such free person of rotor, after giving him
ten days’ notice, and bnng him befor. the Chief Jusuce at the c»>iin-
; ty, or Judge of the district; and t -ha’I h-the duty of the Chief
J ti at see, or Judge of the district, before whom such fr e person of
color may be brought, torrceiveth* bon i ffich fr<-« p*rs<»n f < ofor
in the sum of one thousand dollar*, with'ilui*' unty t a r r.ecn, to
be approved by him conditioned for the n moral of auch free person
of color out of the limits of the Kcpubl <
Ssc. 3. He it further enacted. That if |my free person of color
should be brought before any Chief Justice of any county, or Dis-
instantly made them drop off: met Judge, srufshall not be able to g’vr tin bond pr< *< nbed in
« . .. . • tht. Fx-onj section of this act, ouch Chief Jusltico, or District Judge,
j! shall commit such free person of color to the public jail, with an
! order to the sheriff to expose him to public sale, to the highest bidder,
'• at the courthouse door of his county, alter givnjig four w ike notac
of the same, in the nearest public journal, and at feast four jiubhc
places in his county; and the a«id p*.r< has* r shall and may exercise
1 over awd free pet so© of coio^ for one year
i Sic. 4. Be it further enacted, And if any such free person of
color shall, during the year of such slavery, be able to give his bond
as contemplated in the second section of tins act, to lake effect at the
^ 2 <-—-. l- -*--•» • - - - —j---» - — ' -fjj he shall
| fa l to render the bond, until after the expiration of his slavery, it
1 shall be the duty of the purchaser to return him into the hands of
Sue, 5. He it further enacted, It shall be the duty of the sheriff,
upon the return of any such free person of color, upm------
in Ins county, to Expose the free person o color so return,
shall hniaina slave for life: prmfa/W that d any person of color
pole. Valk up! valk up! ladies and gentlemen—here’s |
t It *> n a s^k \ rslle ti n I >•«* I le sa«r%9 » k
J lions and the tigers, wery ferocious—have tn be fed on / Hcpublic of
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. ,. j hanimal. that can’t live in the water^ and dies on land
notice of M Guizot, the new ambassador of F rance to
In 1807, among the clever young worries who endeav- j
oured to earn a livelihood by contributing to the Parisian ’
periodicals, was a maiden, aged about 18, whose name
was Pauline de Meulan. She was of an <-----’
in Paris, but her near relations, who had given her
w* • • • • • **•*■■ AWW ■ t •
out for the means of living.—She had a lasurfor+rte
a»d determined to try whether she could live by h
She ©ent various little tales, essays and poems to s
cellent education, died, and Madlle de Meulan had to Iook
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tales, essays and poems to some of !i gunjwwdor.
them succeeded in obtain in ir insertion,—editors are often
hard to be pleased. Madlle de Meulan had perseverance
—she had energy as well as tafent—and this made her
continue efforts which were literally made without hop.
of their being successful. Meanwhile, one by vnv, b**r
ornaments disappeared. They went to purchase food,
raiment and fire. At last her perseverance was reward-
ed. The managers of a publication called The Publiciste
accepted some of her papers, they found merit in the opin-
ion of the reading public, and it was found worth while to
engage her as a constant contributor The publication
hail eminent success, and the payment she received was
sufficient to let the young authoress live in comparative
comfort. §he even became talked of and enquired affe-r, J
so that she frequently went into literary society.
time do literary soirees were so well attended as those of |
M. Suard, a well known and wealthy luerrateur, and at
them, an invited guest. Maddle, de Meulan met and ming-
led with the pers
for talent in Paris.
Thus happily did matters proceed until poor Pauline
was unable, from a severe illness, to send anv niore arti-
cles to the Publicist®. It is not the custom loi rditors to
pay when contributions are not s*mt to them, unless the
writers be of snch vital importance to the work that it be-
comes prudent to pay them, during illness, for articles 10
be written when they are convalescent, Now poor Pau-
line de Meulan was very useful to the Publicist*-, but her ’’,\he’l”ghfaof heaven
articles were by no means indispensible to its successes i (t]Pai xvi1]Ch tancy (orrag on
pecially in a metropolis which supplied very many pev-
sons, of no less abukj
the werk.—-And Madlle de Meulan was fully aware of
this: 90. being thus sensible ©f her srtnation, and having
been unable to have saved much money, fears of indigence
and distress haunted her sick bed At this moment relief
came in an unexpected manner, to as to seem quite provi-
dent ul. and relieved her terrors by mitigating the fears
and abolishing the reality of distress
Bbe was lying on bar bed of sickness, one morning,
, Madly mu|mg the evils present and anticipated when
a packet readit*i to?r, ly the bands of an unkuown me*-
which whs directed in a hand she did not know
It contained an article, in her own hne and manner, which
on anonymous note accompany inc it reqn Med b-
^adtoth Publ.-.o- o i g thi i d e
t|e editors in lieu efher own The writer added tUtJI friends and
sur^e of having tbe benevolent stranger her recognized ;
lover. Very tenderly they loved .each other, and they
mairried.
But what connexion has this anecdote with M Guizot?
Why, no more than the little circumstances that the actors
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The marriage took place in 1812, the same year
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of noveltyand variety will be there, those who wish to still holds. But I anticipate.—Madam* ’Guizot s Letton
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been tendered him by the Committee of Management remarkable hanimal, that himitates the tromlwne
every night of the performance while he shall remain in : "'7>' Wcely-C«me stir up lh.se Ixanunals with a lung
« « • i rviLi 1 '.IL' uni lull- nnl lariton nnU trunf lemen l,..r. u
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- 1 r"' . • i ], the. vonderful banimals. Valk up! valk up! here’s the H
■' I li/\vsi!> on/! ♦Hr. tireara f ____nnfr ♦ r\ Kz* in/l
pass through tbe stitches of
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theui from their bloody purpose ; for in pulling
' yoar legs they stick to your hands, and fix in
j on f—u:__.u- k-_ — r. . . -
, and caprice which is sometimes s© annoying in their me-
dicinal brethren. *“
this, with considerable itching, and sometimes slight in>
ffamatton, < _z ^-1L.--L. .l.:_
u give to a man in good health ;
severely from their attacks, and sheep will not thrive in •
pastures where there arc leeches ’
raons, male and-female, most di.*tinguii«b< j t ..^t Hangwella. I was delighted with the softn
! the scene, and the wondrous blaze of the fire flies;
breeze shook them from the dark foliage, and they
s* ve to gam the shelter of the surrounding trees,
mg can be immagi J ~ r .---s.**. .
ning cooinets and
the mountains in tbe interior of Ceylon; for even'd the 1
stocking. They
Negligence in reading sometimes produces whimsical
coincidents. A clergyman reading to his congregation
a chapter in Genesis; found the last s< ntence in the page,
to be •* And the I^ord gave unto Adam a wife." Turn-
ing over two leaves together, he found written, and read
with an audible voice, “ And she was pitched within and
without f” He had unfortunately got into the middle of
a description of Noah's ark.
Life —Life gives but a cold, prosaic,]absurd translation
of our ideal hopes and purposes
EgTRAY notice
Republic of Texas,) Taken up by Wm M White, and es*
County of Liberty | truyed before Alexander 8 Roberts, a
Justice of ibe Peace, in and for said county, on the 27th day of
April fast, a Sorrel Horse, about 14 hands high, judged to be
about 5 years old, has three while feet • no brand prrcrptable —
Appraised by Benjamin Franklin and Fitz //Green, St $40.
J H GRIFFIN, C C Liberty Copro tem:
Liberty, A/ay 1st, 1840—my 2H dlt-w3t
Republic of Texas, )
County of //arris, |
may concern, that T
of administrator to he succession of John Richardson, dec’d;
; be intended, ihe
s»me must be made within ten days; al the end of which lime
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J a SOUTHMAYD, *
Deputy Clerk, Hai ris County, Probate Court.
1‘r.jbate Court, May 27th, 1840”
Notice is hereby given; to all whom it
may concern, that Engelbert Bader, ha* ibis day applied io the
Probate Court, in and for the county aforesaid, praying for the
appointment of administrator to Ihe vacant succession of John
j - be intended, the same must be made within ten days', at the end
| order of the Court.' ~ J A SOUTHMAYD,
Jny 2H-lOt
HOUSTON DRAMATIC SOCIETY,
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The proceeds of each perf«»rma' ce, after deducting the neces-
sary expenses, will be appropriated for the
Relief of the Indigent Ji■>.k tn this (' 'y
Thursday .Evtv.ing, May 2-, 1-40,
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w/ill lie presented Kotzebue’s celebrated Tragedy in .'t At,
? entjtk-d,
PIZARRO-, OR, THE DEATH OF ROLLA
An A bob naa, written fer the oc< a*ion. uillbe del'ivered previous
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