The Texas Monument. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 32, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 3, 1852 Page: 1 of 4
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Arkansas, and some (jf tbe
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[uestion is most
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small a cost—acquired such a bound-
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Your obedient servant,
1 I, J. Hamilton.
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on them anfl produce un-
limited rents; what yards of damaged
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eathers” I have observed and pitied I—
of three young ladies who regularly take
confer the largest amount of benefit
Texas and largest amount
nearly identical—the road to be however hujnble, exertions of equal zeal I
by the stockholders after a s|ci- in behalf of the prosperity of a State des-
sarvey.
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scarcely any inequality of surface, fori at '
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bv the virions steamers is constantly in-
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route judiciously :
pay
progessions being
sea—requiring
or
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objections of dirt, dang.
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i’er of dtlicacy and propriety, Texas
take the initiative in this, matter.
I would respectfully suggest that the quite sure, however, if the General G:
cession in question he maide to the Go- eminent Submits propositions for the p
vernment of the United States on
impressed bn
What a filt-
er public debt.
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Monumental Committee.’*
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ig the present session
the scale of reduction for the payment of ooo
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the ethi
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offence, that
a State not to
pay her obligations in full, except abso- i (he
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Texas:; you have money, and lands ten ; nf t|)c United States should
pay every I for t|ie territory i
“The Texas
acquainted with a family
might be j,Look! for the peopl
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For the Monument.
ODE TO PLEASURE.
(Continued.)
At pleasure's nod towering ambition soars ;
For her he fights and bleeds and overpowers :
Inspiring love of glory lends him speed ;
Na hjnnnn law bis firery cur impede ;
*>, Bathes the -TjiuOv,.
And breeding nations pour the gushing* flood
• Till earth iS tick and stunned with dying groans,
A'id orphan’s tear* aud plaintive widow’s moans:
For her proud kings he heaps in gory piles.
And pavea his way with crow .is to reach her smiles.
The fearless veteran, the son of Mars,
Follows his martial leader to tbe wars;
Th f bndge of military honors bnd »he noise
Of helidw drums—the canon’d angry voice,
The shdu’ing acclamations of ihe bn»re^
The flag’s majestic wave, V
country’s rights, a soldier’d fame to prove;
The thought of^eme and friends and plighted love;
The fo id hope that when the storm shall cease,
million of dollars
X of her obtaidin
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Ninety-five thousand dollars have been
subscribed in Ohio for a Farmer's Col-
lege \
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' The total indebtedness of the United
territory, for
tible sum of
J ditors who looWo the re
lions of dollars in tbe fedt
• their paymeqt. As an inti
liminary, it is necessary 1
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; reduction you have enacted, by which Ithe
! has btfeu seriously lessened, will be
.nceptedr generally by the creditors.
li do I believe that the prov H lliW wuvi
dary bid befc modified by the Con- polled by other considerations of
so Ml
The Marysville Express says Califor-
‘ nia is destined soon 1
:n-
ford a disgraceful i
feet of slovenly, lazy women and did
• of your public debt, 1 beg leave
I proadb you with proposals for its
i and definitive settlement
I in mj^ humble opinion, v
’ beneficial to your State,
to you, valueless territory, fit only for the ' Britain!
Indian and the buffalo, for a great benefi-
cial public work, which will enable your
citizens to pass from the interior to the
ocean in twelve hours, conveying thou-
sands, daily, to your unoccupied lands to
add fo your wealth, power, and civiliza-
tion? In one word, will vou not exchange
* o
a cheerless and distant region for the
I bright renown of paying every farthing of
your revolutionary debt, and averting for
vour
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PVPLTSHED BY
Vol. IL
30 ; thence emigrants in transportation and freight, it
1 „.:n „.— years t0 the Govern- j
of the United States the whole ; Britain ! America! Mother and Child,
’ * ’ J Heartily; happily reconciled—
Look to the world around,
Stricken by guilt, with frenzy defiled,
A storm-tost ship, in the surges wild
I Soon to be wrecked and drowned!
, more or ; we to omit to take into Recount the im- Look ! fo|r the nations seethe and boil
: a
square
» ' miles each—equivalent to about 15.1230,-
» acres ;—I have but little doubt that
Government would pay’ five millioris for Texas and New Mex
V be-1 such a reservation would be very desir-
w’ able to carry out the philanthropic Views
used exclusively for an Indian
tion ; when this ceases, its jurisdict
should revert to Texas, the United States J
retaining the public lands belonging
! same.
2. That the amount tb$ Government
. , J agree to
. ti *i ________j ’n questi°n should __
nd principal of applied to the discharge of the differer cp
value-
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OUR MISSION.'
d Martin Faiqnhar Tupper gives us i
! limely counsel upon European affairs:
about ,the feet than women ; but
men’s garments were i w
entirely out of the mfid and dust, and
yet of a perfectly modest length, ladies
would soon be as particular about their
dirt" , shoes and boots as they are now about
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Inspire hta woul with courage not to yield,
Bu; bravely to front the danger* of the field.
The pn ud roam over the world in que«t of eyee;
The vaia for toy* and gaudy butterflies:
The pious saint, with willing heart, abstains, -
And patiently his easy yoke aiuhains; y -
The hermit, weary with the jarring strife
And busy tamult <»f the scenesaf fife.
Retires in silence where no cares intrude,
And finds a peaceful home in soli'ude. ■
Jbe f.antic lover, in a magic trance,
Finds beauty tn the hardest countenance ;
Sees wit and charms and loveliness divine.
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And see* those graces where they never did shine £ of suspending the five mi
Breathes out bis soul in moiling sighs
And woful rhyme, wh(eh logic power defies.
I»accLua inspires and marshals his platoons;
They throng his hannts and crowd his gay saloon J
With merry glee the sparkling cup goes round.
And bedlam’, music Ainkes his trails resound 7
- They madly roll in feculence and mire,
And fondly feed their veins with stygean fire
Others, allured by the enchanting wiles ,
Of tbe bewitching goddess, court her smiles,
Adore her tetupfea^asM ta ber-sfetdee, *r" ‘
And revel in her mighty msvqnerades; \
Where female modesty, whpse heavenly charms
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■ Can chain the fierce and stay the savage arm.
Throws off its blush, forgets its sacred name,
Unawed by prudence and unmoved by shame,
While rraaon shudders at its slightest check.
And bleeding nature keeps over passion’s wreck-
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Some mount the spires of ideality,
And inuse on phantoms as reality ;
Send outxheir sportive fancy on the ring,
-dnd feed on fictiun as a luscious thing.
Affliction drives the broken heart of grief
To seek in flowing tears a sweet relief.
While amusement leads her mirthful ban !
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Through all the gambols of|her fairy land ; .
With joyous hearts from sport to sport they bound, '
And linger on her smooth Elysian ground.
Thus pleasure rules and leads the countless throng,
And swiftly drives life’s chariot wheels along :
Stops not on earth, but* soars above the skies.
And gives the heavenly tinge to Paradise ;
Lights up tbe Splendor of that high abode.
And decks the grandeur of the ndghty (£o 1.
women should seek some style
pleasant for “ getting about" in.
, the bliss of walking with draggling, heavy,
think woman s dress, mud-soaken petticoats flapping against |
1 the ankles at evisry step! Consider how
discomfort, ’ pleasant it is to have the feet thoroughly
dredged with dry foul dust on a hot dog-
—, 1 Imagine tbe freedom of running
stairs to the third floor with a candle-
i stick in
. - 'ggage
on inquiry, I have found the patients either
entirely without close-fitting habiliments
or wearing those of
quality, affording no
cynstanuy in- draft or damp. Now, if one* of
n°|t ?r *Van.! the two sexes must needs go about the' ways mark
world in such an ungarded state of body, j delicate
I reallv think we men are most compe-
tent to incur, the risk attending it, for the
higher and more nervous organization of
women renders it doubtly incumbent on
them to be uniformly and carefully wrap-
.ediped about the extremities.
)nsJ In making good my charge of “ t
the world will’admit the visible evidence i their collars and cuffs.
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old, give ornament and the mother dislocated her wrist.
society somewhat j |iavn been ca]|e(] to attend many with
(■ rheumatic affections of the limbs and in-
ternal diseases of the lower organs, when, j
flimsy and useless of the feet, and’ a yawning, half-undone
_own the back, • J
points of personal neglect which al-
a I
woman.
which may be due to him on a settlement
of his claim.
1 have the estimate of a highlv-acco
rig it absolutely to ' plished and able civil engineer that such older States
She a road, of 250 miles' in length, running
What 1 through the most fertile and rapidly
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my opinion.;wi the
object of practical reform in the dress ol otherwise than worship and respect the
As I have a habit of speaking j inate principles which prompt such
you shall hear it roundly, and al ; emplification.
. I here premise that I utterly dis-‘
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iriotic chief magistrate will convene the . cl’‘m ’?/ a,d'"lrat'°n ot ifte exaggerated
Legislature to take them into immediate ' ’"d red,cu1^ ^ncaturp exhtbtted on
consideration. That the final issue will 'he S,,aSe a?J ou’,slloP "tndows, un-
1 he sohmumW m von I r.nnA, ,he ,1,le of Bloomer Costume o ________
Ybu will see ’the preeminent policy of i a. th?aT=4> s'-'.1® “f ’“'’e » "o' .'o I relations, either
voltin’g subject of your public debt, and f .? n10<11,fied Pl,a^
of your enjoying, without ih£ reproach of
friend or foe, the residue of your superb
domain—the rich inheritance of your va-
lor and enterprise.
and So cent* for each eubaeqnent insertion,
line*, or less, to conetitute a square.
Advertisement* not marked with the number of'
inaerflion* will be published until forbid and
- charged accordingly.
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best tribute I can pay to and eften ,0
- 1 sense of justice.
I remain, Avith respectful consideration
United States for the construction of ihe ! an^ sincere devotion,
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. lined to be among the first (if not the first)
4. If the proposed arrangements should ■ ^er southern sisters.
be consummated, the Legislature of Fellow-citizens, I hope you will pardon
I exas should grant to the creditor^ a the freedom of ibis communication,
charter for the constructiorrfcf the mad. ! candor is thte 1 ...
5. That, for the amount of the fi'tyGvour magnarilimity and
per cent, reserved in the treasury of the . . .
ex-
I am no raving enthusiast
it- ©
: seeking to place man and woman in false
; positions, but I am mentally convinced
on j that woman might be invested with a
i freer and safer style of attiire, without be-
] mg disqualified for any of her important
, ’ as a mother, wife, daugh-
be desired, nor would it be imitated bv ter, lister, or citizen.
sbpsibld* women.; but a modified pha^e Now for the “discomfort;” perhaps
of ihe proposed reform iqayr be very ju^ this would be best understood bv adopt-
diciously and becomingly substituted.— jng the practical advice of an American
1 think that the sooner an alteration and |ady to a youn<*
• improvement takes place in female attire, dered his brains and whiskers competent
i the. better. IF j---- -• - - - -- - • - —
qLally TnUreJed I v‘^5ar ridicu,e lnd conceited predjudice | petticoats yourself i
vour State. The operate powerfiTlIy to prevent this being ; and see how yob like therti.” We have
j so many instances | little doubt that an hour’s experience in
ol rl i£’/»/\i’n»-!n« o #1 I .L 1 1_ 1_ 1 • _ 1* . - 41*
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the marked objects of would lessen the wonde^ that sensible
more
fl
farthing of the interest
your liabilites. What i
modern, ever conquered such a priceless
acquisition as your super
tbe comparatively corner
ten or twelve millions of dollars?.
I know that it is asked^ What nation
ever paid off her. revolutionary debt at
i par? The reply to this
Gulielmus.7 I obv,ous’ What nation,
j ever accomplished her independence at
iso small a cost—acquired such a bound-
less territory, or concluded.with another
sovereignty a solemn compact to furniish
; a large fund to pay her debt ?
j, It is quite true, your
i were
voluliort ; but this depreciation amounted
azx zx*Iatmore zwm ~ ~~ ~.l _
• risk of ihe insurance of the fate of yo
Republic. rr‘L---- ----’ ’ L~
reason in reproaching yoibr treasury note entific
office with the same charge, because
75 per cent.
1 known to be
extraordinary
Those who
my object is
of public faith.
have b$en
until a C:
not have purchased a ke; of powder
Nor canj
ruinously depreciated,
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central point in the interior to the waters
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greatly depreciated during your re-
c amount , inconveniently
e to ap-j in those States.
1 eprly inf great importance to the United States
form which,; the Indians in vour own State should
nd which I be- ecj territory, for iheir civilization
gress of the United Stated and your cre-
j thei
mark that 1 donbt whether tbe scale of! Con
reduction you have enacted, by which the
amount due on the face of your securities
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I have indicated.
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public creditors, would result in an act of
Conquering pea
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/^Q-f’^^onian’s Dress.
AN OLD DOCTOR’S OPINION.
You ask me fur
s
women.
' oti4
once
ibili^r.
as will cede to the
ginning^on the north bank of the main P®rty of the btate.
i me-t I believe, moreover, that in augmentin
It would i
pose bringing the subject of this
nication to their ---- ’ ’’
conformity with my suggestion, they
United States on the subject, and
qnivalent for the payment of a public j tore to your State, i
rliich she is bound tri pay, without I for the cession in
! compensation or indemnity, except indeed , earnest consideration of
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of our State. •
I am aware, that, from considerations
i cannot
I am
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the ful- posed cession, your enlightened and pa-
savinff
on five millions)
\wr of the
:ico.
I believe that such a
completed in three years from its
mencement, and abide through all time
proud and lasting monument of your jus-
tice and the gratitude of your creditors.
Will you not exchange a remote, and, ;
HONOR TO THE BRAVE.
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LA GRANGE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1852.
same; thence north, with that meridian, facilities the road would afford to foreign
■ to the parallel north lat. 36 : 30 ; thence emigrants in transportation and freight, it
! west, with that parallel to the 103d me- will return in ten years lo the Govern-
; ridian west of Greenwich ; thence south, ' ment <
! with that meridian, to the north bank ofi amount which they may stipulate to pay
said main fork of Red River on to a point i for the ceded territory, on the increased :
due west from the head thereof; thence duties collected at the various custom-
to the said head, and down said stream, houses in the United States
its north bank, to: the beginning:—
mense annual
than the interest on five millions) on the
freight and transportation of the supplies
and munitions of wr of the troops in
lions for an in-.; her troops in the State at least one-l|alf,
. by which she would save not less,
subject of invidious , presumed, than a
. nually—to say nothin
4s ? .11 . . I ! 3n
States, under tbe declaration of its highest i debt w
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bility pay .the
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SvBSCRirrioir-—$3 Dollars per annum, in •□vaneqj ;
AnvERTisiXG—SI per sqnore for the first insertion^ AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 20, 18)52.
i Fellow-Citizens:
It certainly is
tion to institute an
sion of your Legislatu
I am incapable of treatirig that body with j
i I entertain cordial esteem and
! consideration.
Infixing, durin
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‘ your public debt, they a^ted doubtless i
/•zMifrirmifv tn ’.vliat »lirv rnnJHorpJ th
[ public sentiment of tbe country.
i lieve, on ,i
! be disposed to reverse i
determine at‘once to pay that debt in full, ’ tribes.
lands*
concealment to tbe
" 1 we
dare to inspect the state in which many
keep their ‘ propelling members,” we
should find trodden-down slipshod, rag-
ged shoes, aud unmended, dirty hose to
» a disreputable extent; and this condition
a tinnsy ami useless of the feet, and'a yawning
protection whatever , row of “hooks antfeyes” d<
Now, if one’of ! are ] J *
slatternly and not loo really
■PHiMen in daily life are
invariably neater and better equipped
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short enough to be
lute inability. This plea cannot avail
limes more than sufficient to
ar
nation, ancient or | between the scaled rate and face
of (he revenue debt of the late Rep
of Texas for which the Government of
the United States is liable.
3. On the creditors’ signing the
quired releases to the State of Texas aind
the Government of the United States,
fifty per cent, of the above amount should
be paid to the creditors of Texas, in cash,
and fifty per cent. Reserved in the trea-
sury of the United States, to constitute
the subscription ot the creditors of Teias
, to the charter of a railroad from some
|tr!’S_Ur>L.,!O’eS °f *he Gulf by some"route'which’ sifa'n
I on
the people of Ti
of profit on thelstockholder-
that are r * 1 ’ ’
Fresh f
It is highly probable
tors will meet on f1
at Washington City, ____
they will accept the settlement your Lc- ! And
gislature has tendered to them under jhc
provisions of the act to liquidate and pay ! j-
the debt of the late Republic of Texas,
approved 31st January, 18(52.
In case this meeting takes place, I pro-
> commu-
consideration. If, in
my sug
t is should memorialise the Congress of the;
United States on the subject, and an act '
should be passed making a specific
Inch she is bound tri pay, without | for the cession
. creditors ofi jt ;a »o found in L _____
js quite obvious that those who • she will collect, for ages to come
abl0 to wait will not take from Texas
. centr of lh® I bv that
which jbey have a aight to receive, whje
fair and admitted claim
ordnne hundred Cents on the dollar
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creasing part of Texas in her wealth and various sections o! the countjry, and like ceived a severe concussion of the brhin,
i set in native gi
o and brilliancy to a
in ihe ! rongb» hot with the elements of polish i.
__j , rpjic jndCpCnf]ence? i
from San Join del Sur, had 365 passen- ,
They would run on a i dead level, wlith ! "ers among whom were
least 150 miles from the
very little grading.
I believe a road on a i
WitHfbecoming deference; I suggest a . selected and economically built will
. on an.average*
ed by its justice and polity, and 1 believe, ♦ for the first five years afier its completic-
^sibilifr.: j : ‘ ‘ ‘
If Tqjcas will cede to the <
of the ifnited States, all her territory b|e- j ^undred millions
fork of Bed River, where the 100th
ridian west of Greenwich intersects the the population of Texas by! the immeifisJ: of dollars.
i am( im-
provement. No spot, I have reason to
believe, can be better adapted to the pur-
ipose than the one
believe, moreover, that a negotiation,
dueled with zeal and address by {’bur! ever from the recorded historv of
gress for the purchase of this Urri-
»torr. ’ 1
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The Government of the United Suites, j
| independently of the humane policy by
which they have always been influenced
in the boun- ; towards th# Indian tribes, would be im-
*4° Ttde
# as to permit force to make this purchase. T. ..
those who are willing to sign their releases enable her by the concentration of thd
to receive the money without all the ere- . Indians now iq the territory of Texas on
ditors release, which will have the effect 1 a .riven spot, to diminish the number of
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definite period, in the treasury of he fo
United States—the !
dissention. . - 1 II’
When tbe Government of the United |
I public ^functionary, has admitted its lia-
bility to pay jhe reventie <
Texas^t i
are t * *
twenty^jr thirty per
which (hey have a aight
they have a
| p.ir, Gi w>iig ifwuuicu VCUIS V
on the{federal Government.
I ho£e I have too mm
conciliation a|nd adjustment,
to readjjyou a long homily on the ethics
L” r . I may say
Lvithout giving or intending
no excuse is admitted for
; out serious hiirt, had not her instinctive
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ranged outer garments—she knew she of
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anxiety to prevent further exposure was • likely to step
se of mutiliation of body, I |
ot existence. Had she gossamer, and what myriads of “undone
been accustomed to be well cased inr
some sound material she would have Indeed, I
been less fastidious abou’ showing a leg <
for a few minutes, and the preservation needle and thread to evenSng parties, for
of limb and life greatly facilitated thereby, the express'- purpose of sewing each
I have lately had two female patients, other up.” Just cast yottr eye round a
who fell while going up stairs, in consc-' room during the last “ galop,” and the
to have a population quence ot their skirts, being too long to chances are that you will behold sufficient
them and produce
( r ’ The reply to this
obvious.
—
Charles S. Stratton.—Charles S. I
Stratton, the celebrated General Tom
Thumb, was born in the State of Massa-1
chusetts, in January, 1S32, is twenty-
eight inches high, and weighs only fifteen
pounds. He measures nineteen inches i
around the chdst, and eighteen and a half' (0 nothmg
inches around the waist; and has a well- * -
proportioned head and body. His hands
and feet are small. His limbs taper off,
and are delicate and symmetrical. His
ches| is full and round, and all the vital
orgahs, as the lungs, heart, etc., likewise
his digestive apparatus, appear to be well
developed. lie has a fair complexion,
fresh rosy cheeks, light hair, large, spright-
ly dark eyes, a handsome mouth, a round
fJll chin, open nostrils, and rather large
ears. He ,s quick to bear, see, and act.
The size pf his head is in harmony with
that of his body, and measured with the
tape, is seventeen and a half inches in
circumference. From ear to ear over |
Firmness, twelve and a half; from the
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eleven and a half, measured with the cal-
lipert; from Destructiveness to Destruc- |as doJbdess tlte po
tiveness, four and a half; from Individu-
nlity to Philqprogenitivenees, six ; from1
the ear ttF'Inc ividualitv, three and a half, j einna n
tier tp do so.
is, is established L,
nincipfes of truth, and thi sacred obli<»a-
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seven-tenths, torhdoprogenitiveness four. tjon promises to pay, w
Some miglft suppose that the above This is at once a definitioi in aceerdance
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- 1 - common honesty.-
rado, informs us that he knew him well, i
and that the above description is sub-
stantially correct. Captain D. also states
that Gen. Tom Thumb is highly intel-
lectual, and that his mind is improved by ,
a polished education.—£</.
A public meeting is to be held in New
York on tbe 4th of March, to nominate
Daniel Webster for the PresiJeDcy.
• in ' ; j
It certainly is remote from my inten-
appeal from the deci-
de to yourselves.
, , north bank, to the beginnf
; disrespect, for many of whose members ' containing 23,800 square miles.
j or about twenty-six and nearly
half constitutional counties of 900 si
. ______ ei
acres ;—I have but little doul
to what they considered, jhe t|jis letyitory as an Indian resemnii
•public sentiment of the country. ’ 1
mature consideration, you
be disposed to reverse that decision, and 1 of our Government towards tbe Indian
determine at‘once to pay that debt in full, j tnbes. Z.
, through the instrumentality of your public i settlements i
---< k | ' °tbcr new States, are beginning to
Representing for otherp a large amount i inconveniently on the Indian reservation
. It is moreover a matter
of great importance to the United
n a 1
i! be eminently be concentrated on some nronerlyselect-
£r-i r u_ ■ . . - . . . y 4 . *
lieve will meet with the assent of the Con-
i
served five ttuil-
ral treasury: for
ispensable pre-
tat I should re-
“J ust try long
muddy weather
j, .... ------see how yob like therji.”
effected, but we have r~---------
on record of beneficial discoveries and 1 the dabbling, dirty, trailin
progessions being (••«. tuain^u ui ■
scorn and derision when first discussed, !
that a reflective mind will not be dismayed
at the antagonism oflfered by impertinence
ignorance.
at present arranged, is liable to the j
i _*• discomfort,
and most certainly, despite its “ Alexan- |
drine length," indelicacy. Woman has ! dav !
twa legs as well as man, and it is esscq^pUp
tial <o have them as closely and as sepa- stick in one hand and some domestic
I am not too old,'under!raic^ ciw»e<l t0 insure - from cold and baggage in the other! There is a con-
undue exposure. I have seen accidents, striction of limb and action that makes
| when a xvomah might have escaped with- I the journey more difficult than a round
or two on the tread-mill; and then io :
attention been given to replacing her de- 1 the mazy dance, what total impossibility
Z~ Z active or healthy freedom do long
was insecurely covered below, and her I petticoats cause, when ©Very partner i$
. the direct cau!
i
been less fastidious abou* showin
or a few
* I" I • • V* w
of limb and life greatly facilitated thereby. I the express'* purpose
other up.” ,T—
| room during the last “ galop,” and the
that will compare favorably with that of admit the possibility ef ascending without tattered and pinned-up flounces to sog-
the older States, in a social point of view, raising these ridiculous petticoats with gest the notion of a genteel game at
Every steamer brings out a fair proper- , one hand. One lady, unfortunately, had romps in Rag Fair.
tion ol ladies, nh^settle throughout the her first-born in her’arms; the child re- ralso believp 4^ tong petticoau af.
’ perhaps
American
gentlemkn who consi-
• improvement takes place in female attire, ■
I do not address you as a stranger, biit i.llT be,,.e’- 1 am1 perfectly aware that j t0 rule the Solar system ;
as one of yourselves, enn.llv intern.tod i v,,l5ar ndtcule and conceited predjudice | petticoats yourself in
with you in the honor of your State. The
Congress of your Republic made me a
citizen by a complimentary joint resolu-
tion : my augmenting interests in the
country will induce me to become one
by actual residence.
To the great enterprise I have pro-
posed, if it should be decreed, I am wil-
ling to dedicate a portion of the remnant
of life and human exertion which is left
me. In ihe venerated and beloved State
of my birth, not one of her sons did more
to Establish and promote her system of
railroads than the humble individual who . . r
o , addresses you. I am not too old,'under) ra,Jv c,olhe(i
propositions God’s permission, to dedicate in services, •11 ue exPosu e’
There would be as much se|ected by the stockholders after
holders with usury, as in taxing an insur-
ance i “
they exacted a premium c
on the insurance of a vess
in the very extremity o
perils on the high seas,
bought four treasury notefc at a lajge dis-
| count, boi
and if t^ey had not bought, they would
i----more j1-1-- “ * • >*
art-load of your securities woulld
v • * v ■ i '•i 'J 1 ’ •
in hundred pounds of leid.
r . . .. (itillacy B
rqot of the mm Io ihe occipital bone, ^ion lhJ a i'ta^e'has
, measured withjhe cal- determine what her public debt i
!j|his debt i
iz z k ’ jlions oUjustice which
to CompansO i four, to Firmness four and jj)e f.lce of j(9 ( -
. //on promises to pay, i.
is a Jfction? l»ut our friend, comfnon sense,
Captain Douglas, of the steamboat Colo-honesty. -
. ... .. - r I fte',eve your debt cap pow be paid in
' foil, in a form signally beneficial to your-
selves. "
> i.
I I* v 1 i , . y
plan of adjustment, which is recommend-1 an interest of five per cent.
. - _r„..0n,
and ten per cent, in the succeeding ten
Government ^ear5, a,1(I *,n the next fifty years add one
i to the value of the pro-
| States, is nearly one thousand million
by trailing skirts every dusty or rainy day.
the following J lama tolerable philosopher and not easily
I disturbed by trifles, but when I see ex-
pensive silks and satins go about doing
the work of crossing-sleepers’ brooms,
—when I see several inches of rich dress
trailing through the heterogenous offen-
sive^ gatherings or city-streets—when I
! see. shoes and stockings one mass of mud
—when I walk in a cihoking cloud of1
j dust raised by the fair beings.around me
—really my equanimity gets slightly irri- ,
tated, and I am inclined to apply a pair
of cissors to the “part effected;” and
i here I can say something of the indelicacy
advanced. Women who have a natural
j respect for common cleanliness, as natu-
| rally endeavor to preserve their skirts
from contamination, and frequently on a
i rainy day I have beheld ladies holding
their dresses so high that a most un-
seemly display was the consequence.—
Poor things! they were perfectly inno-
j cent of the same, and omlv exercising a
womanly desire to keep “ tidy >’ but i
vow that I have witnessed indelicate ex-
hibitions, from attempts to keep long pet-
ticoats out of the mud, that offended good
more than any
. reasonable adoption touching Turkish
Dowsers could have done. I have sefcn 1
, women get out of omnibuses ou black,
sloppy daN's, when one of two results
was impossible to avoid,——either the
drapery must serve ^es a mop to the
’: steps, or there must be a very uncertain
: degree of personal exposure ; in the first
case, there is spoliation of a good dress
and great annoyance to the wearer; in
, tbe latter, the unavoidable “ indelicacy”
a Daughter against the world! . • k• , z • • j r u. . a
cr i n r i j ' | is a subject of grinning delight to arty
ir near.eful tups nnfurlnn, i , , & ° J
| empty headed “ gent who may be pass-
hurricane. inxvardlv Furled, opinion that woman s j
Weakens and wastes its strength.
Y ea, stand still, but in ready array,
1 iMin^ling naught lb the nation's fray,
Till thev have fought to their fall;
! over- Then, as wisdom leads in the wav,
, tn favor of a compact < U7n we together the prize of the day,
question, J solicit vour Conquering peace for them all!
a subject which
the vast Revenue wdicli • so deeply involves the interests and honor
;, on y nur j
j consumption. A boon she lias acquired?
.1 act—annexation—by which
Fn liability to pay your debts results,
for i
-
cjh policy, wbien lowing conditions :
1. That the ceded territory should be Legislature to take them into immediate!
reserya-
on ' be submitted to vou, I cannot doubt.
population, might be built for two millions
of dollars. It is scarcely necessary to
inform you that in no 'country i
world can railroads he constructed with ant^ refirierrient.
the same degree of cheapness as in Texias
gers among whom were 41 married wo-
men, 5 unmarried and 24 children.—
The proportion of women and children
creasing, and the day is i
when a crowd of ladies “out a shopping”
will be no noveltv.
on the con
sumption of these emigrants. Nor ought
(certainly not less ^Vith wrath, and fear, and peril, and toil,
A cauldron bubbling up,
Geyser-like, with loud turmoil,
Scattering scum upon every soil
From Judgment's crimson cup.
le arc hot with hate,
. Man agairist man and State against State,
t Watching with wolfish eyes
,Eurbpe’s despots, wise too late.
Helplessly forced in fear to await
The tempest on the skies.
merica! staunch and stout,
Stand together, and rule this rout,
Stern, and strong, and still—
Teaching die brawlers round about
Man’s true liberty, well searched out,
” Is to obey God’s will!
Is to obey—as bond, yet free; .
Lifting the head, while bending the knee ; laste and refined feeling
Order’s imperial race—
Fearlessly faithful found to be,
Tho’ the mountains choke the churning sea
i And earth be moved out of her place !
counl^tlfe ^ain of repudiation.? ' J Britain! Aincrica ! hand in hand.
! that your credi-. Like twin-angels lovingly stand,
the 12th of April next, : Fresh frolm the fields above—
’, to determine whether Linked together in brotherhood’s band,
1 sworn to sow upon every land
Liberty, light, and love !
'• 3Iother and tier againsr i/ie ivorta ’ . • . r • • j »• t. . u.
i Under your peaceful flags unfurled, 115 ’ SU,bJeC,‘ ?f del'Sh',,0
Rights will rally at length; , . 'it •
While earth's hurricane, inwardlv burled, ,!,£’ -ll . ..
Sipent with the ruin of wrongs down-hurl’d, I walking robe should be independent of
----.u drenched flagstones and filthy poddies.
! She. ought to be educated with less of
false delicacy than to entertain the notion
I that the supposed possession of loconto-
, tire power abore tbe ankles is “ shock-
ing,” and “ improper.” Heaven forbid
that I should, in the most remote man-
ner, wish to neutralize th£ exquisite and
\ I charming constituents of woman’s real
Vmodesty.' 11 hffte seen too much of the
ooly worth and moral strengh attached
to woman’s’Itondnci, to be able to do
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Smith, William P. The Texas Monument. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 32, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 3, 1852, newspaper, March 3, 1852; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1291294/m1/1/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.