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Removal of the Capital.
Borrowing.
Touching Incident.
The Military Trials.
Investigatimg Spiritualism.
“ My dear,” said Mrs. Green to
the meal
W. G. Barrett, Proprietor.
which we borrowed from Mr. Black,
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April 29. 1869.
“ No,” said the husband, gruffly.
con-
Sam, do you go down to
wants it.
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to chop some wood this fore-
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the investigation of land titles.
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E. P. GREGG.
A little boy enters and says, “ Fa-
8 00 $ 14 00 $ 20 00
newly elected members of the Leg-
in the Union.
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January 3, 1867.
Local Advertisements.
November 30, 1865.
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JAMES TURNER.
M. J. HALL.
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May 8, 1868.
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Sargent," the first Governor of Mis-
Kentucky fixed his eyes upon him,
clusively. Mr. Clay, in his softest and
said he could well conceive how the
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June 10th, 1869.
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The following is from the pen of
the distinguished Thomas Erwin,
CAPITOL HOTEL.
MURPHY & DAWSON, Propritors.
Fare Reduced to $2 50
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H. M'KAY
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100 00
175 00
Latest Dodge of ULTRAISN.—
The latest dodge of the party, whose
creed it is to hate the Southe, to hate
The Dialectical Society of London
—whatever that may be—has en-
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350 00
Judge C A. Frazer.
March 4,1869.
IKIS Association holds its regular meet-
ings on the first Wednesday in every
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per day. Currency.
IHIS Hotel is recognized as one of the
finest Hotel buildings West of the
Floating capital--the
bathing at Long Branch.
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Sept. 3, 1868.
J. T. MILLS.
tice agree.
Marshall, Feb. 25. '69
test mediums and apostles of the
faith.
If this enterprise is rigidly
W. P. Lane, of Marshall.
Feb-25, 69.
Sept. 13/66.
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GEORGE LANE
Attorney & Counsellor
At Law
MARSHALL, TEXAS.
CALLED FOR THE LEADERS OF THE i
if
called mysterious phenomena of spir-
itualism ; and in order to be well in-
formed, has summoned before it as
witnesses the famous Home and other
It is rumored that Gen. McDow-
ell will relieve Gen. Canby in Vir-
ginia, who will be transferred to Miss-
issippi.
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MAMMOTH
LIVERY STABLE.
of Correction, under the charge of
vagrancy. ’ »
" Does any one claim you?” asked
the magistrate.
DR. J. A. RICHARDSON,
RESIDENT OCULIST.
JEFFERSON, TEXAS.
W-L operate upon or treat all
DISEASES OF THE EYE.
North Side of the Square,
Marsinall, Texas.
WAS on hand for sale Gold and Silver
jl Watches, Fob Chains and hooks, Per-
escopic .Pebbles and Gold Spectacles, fancy
gold rings and gold jewelry of all kinds,
Silver Ware, warranted, of every descrip-
tion, Clocks of all kinds, Diamond set-
tings, Guitars, Violins, Accordeons, Music
Boxes, Guitar and Violin Strings, Amber
Pipn stems, Silk Watch Guards, &c., &c.,
Engraving neatly executed. Call and ex-
EUREKA
STABLES,
__ informing his friends and the public
generally that he has purchased the entire
interest of Mr. Win. Bradfield in the
OFFICERS.
President—II. P. PERRY, M. D.
Vice Presidents—E. P M. JOHNSON,
M. D., and W. F. BALDWIN, M. D.
Secretary—E. J. BEALL. M. D.
Asst. Secretary—W. G. THOMAS, M. D.
Corresponding Secretary—B F. EADS.
M. D.
Treasurer—T. M. MARKS, M. D.
W. G. BARRETT,
Proprietor Harrison Flag.
September 19.1867.
A LL JOB WORK
Must be Paid for
On Delivery!
D . McPhail.
Watchmaker assd Jewel8er,
-nS,
MARSHALL, TEXAS.
0. HENDRICK, .
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MARSHALL, TEXAS.
T> F. EADS. M. D. and WILLIAM G.
. Thomas, M. D., having assosciated
themselves in the practice of the various
branches of their profession, respectfully
offer their services to the people of Mar-
shall and vicinity.
TERMS—-Cash.
OFFICE—South-west corner of Public
Square, the one formerly occupied by
" The Court must send you to the
House of Correction.”
" Here I am, sister, here lam ! do
not fear,” cried a childish voice from
the other end of the court, and at
the some instant a little boy, with a
lively countenance, started forth
from amid the crowd and stood be-
fore the judge.
“Who are you ? ” said he.
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The Mississippi and its tributaries
drain an area of 1,226,600 square
miles of territory equal to thirty
States larger than Ohio.
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y T AVING associated themselves in the
JULpractice of Medicine in the city of Mar-
-hall, offer their services in all its branches
to the city and country. Their purpose is
to give prompt and careful attention to all
cases entrusted to them,
Bills due when the case is discharged.
Office—Front room over Dr. A. Sear’s
drug store.
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noon ; ours is dull, and I saw him
grind his last night. And Jim, do
you go to Mr. Clark’s and ask him
to lend me a hammer ; and do you
hear? you might as well borrow a
STEAM SAW
Mixr,
Tvott Miles and a half Sow th West of
Marshall.
POAG & McKAY,
A ttorneys and Counsellors at Law,
A. Marshall, Texas. Will practice in
the courts of Eastern Texas, and in
Supreme and Federal courts, at Tyler.
rj^HE subscriber takes this method of
Marshall, Texas.
Professional and Business Cards.
dairy—and ask her to lend me
plateful,”
Gen. Frank Blair has gone into
the life insurance business in Cali-
. fornia.
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THE proprietor of these —
sn Stables, begs leave to re- M
125 turn his thanks to his H)
friends and the public for the very liberal
(patronage he has received during the past
year, and to assure them that no pains
will be spared to merit its continuance--
He is better prepared with facilities for
your accommodation than heretofore ; be-
ing well supplied with substantial and
comfortable
TACKS. GOOD TEAMS
AND
CAREFUL DRIVERS,
(orthe transportation of Passengers ; and
to those who would take a drive for either
business or pleasure, he would say that
b e has good BUGGIES and fine HORSES
for your accommodation. So come on
gentlemen, select your team and take a
tide.
The Stables will be, as heretofore, under
the control and management of Capt. WM.
r. SMITH, whe is the authorized agent
’for the transaction of all business connect-
■ I
ther sent me to ask if you had done
done with his hoe, which you bor-
rowed a week ago last Wednesday ;
he wants to use it.”
“ Wants his hoe, child ? What
can he want with it? I have not
done with it? but if he wants it, I
suppose he must have it. Tell him
to send it back though, as soon as he
can spare it.
A young gentleman whose bosom
was being rent by the pangs of jeal-
ousy addressed a billet to the lady,
enclosing her notes to him, and re-
questing she would reciprocate the
courtesy. In her reply she thanked
him for his consideration, and said
she would « return his letters as soon
as a young gentleman, to whom they
were loaned, had given them a satis-
factory perusal! ”
It is supposed that the South will
this year sell 3,000,000 bales of cot-
ton for as much as 6,000,000 would
have brought before the war, and
that in the year 1870 she will be
richer than if the war had not oc-
curred, and had slavery continued.
Hair pins are the only sure pre-
ventive against hair falling off.
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We have never read a more touch-
ingly beautiful incident than the fol
lowing, which occurred a short time
since in oae of the French courts.—
The natural nobility of the brother
and the affectionate faith of the sis-
ter, are examples to be followed by
the unfortunate youth of our own or
any other country, as an evidence
that however dark the day, an hon-
est heart and a firm resolve will over-
come the greatest obstacles.
• resolutions will be introduced, recom-
mending the project of removal; but
whether at this time they can be
passed may be considered doubtful.
At a recent meeting of the citizens
of St. Louis the speakers seemed to
be averse to the calling of a conven-
tion to meet there for the purpose of
urging this matter. But it was re-
solved to agitate the question of re-
moval at the two conventions to be
held this fall. New Orleans will be
represented at these gatherings for
commercial purposes, and it may be
well for the Chamber of Commerce to.
express its views upon this subject so
that our delegates may be instructed
how to vote and act when this topic
amount of charlatanism and trickery.
Miserable cheats have taken advant-
age of the belief in the supernatural,
to which it appeals, to palm off their
worthless sleight-of-hand as proofs
amsne.
Feb. 25, 1869.
site of the ruling of Canby himself
Near the grave of Prentiss stands) in North and South Carolina. Can-
T. M. MARKS, M. D.,
AVING permanently located in Mar-
XL shall, offers his professional services
to the citizens of the town and surround-
ing country, and hopes by close and stu-
dious attention to his profession to merit
a liberal share of patronage.
OFFICE—At Sears’ Drug Store.
RESIDENCE—At W. P. Hudgins.
References—Dr. Eagan, of Jefferson :
Dr. Williams, of Shreveport ; Maj. B.
HARRISON COUNTY
Medical Association,
A Princess of Muscovite blood—a
rare beauty—was recently arrested on
the frontiers when coming from Spa.
The stupid gendarme insisted that
she was merely a soldier dressed as a
woman, and a deserter he had orders
to look after. She was being con- "
veyed to prison, neither her beauty
nor her chignon prevailing to prove
her sex, when she was compelled to
be heroic and escape by temporarily
adopting a more decollete fashion of
dress.
. . sissippi," with the date of his birth
and addressed his remarks to him ex : and death. It seemed as though the
clucively. Mr. Clay, in hisooftent and 'friends of these men, who filled so
most conciliatory tone and phrase, i large a space in the eyes of theh
picked with his finger the hair be-
hind his ear, and turned to his writ-
ing. Mr. Buchanan looked and lis-
tened, and when Mr. Clay took his
seat rose and replied with high in-
dignation—was surprised at the gen-
tleman from Kentucky. “He knows
well, and the Senate can bear me
witness, that I am prompt and direct
in expressing my opinions on sub-
jects as they arise, but I choose to
“ Oh ! how good you are, James.”
“ Well, let us see, i
the magistrate; “the court is dis-
posed to do all that it can for your
sister, but you must give us some ex-
planation.”
party.” Mr. Buchanan -appealed A shaft to the memory of Winthrop
to the Senate—the gentleman from
E. P. M. JOHNSON, M. D. F. H. JOHNSON, M. D.
tives taking their seats until certain
things are accomplished and the con-
stitution is declared adopted, and
then they can come in under the
State constitution ! As popular as
we believe Grant to be, if he lends
his countenance or support to any
such exaction, his reputation as a
soldier will be tarnished and his po-
sition as Chief Magistrate even will
not shield him from the contempt of
every honest man now living and
from the scorn of every succeeding
age. We had better have an em-
pire, or anything else, than a Presi-
dent who is nothing more than the
organ of unyielding and implacable,
hate. We cannotbelieve he will allow
himself to be made its tool!—South
Western.
my boy,” said' claimed the astonished Mrs, Green,
holding up both hands, “It is no
such thing; I never had half that
R. H HARGROVE. J. H Johnson,
- . scription “ S. S. Prentiss,” with the
take my own time, and consult my ! date and place of his birth and death,
own conseience. The gentleman ending with a verse from Scripture,
from Kentucky need not expect to Not a word of high-sounding eulogy
force me into this discussion, or any —not a line to denote that he" was
other, till I choose to engage in it.” aught else than a plain citizen who
Mr. Clay in his blandest manner had lived and died. What a com-
MARSHALL,
eeremmzemeemaz
HENRY CLAY.
peace we have not a doubt. No mas-
ter of the English language could, in
preparing the Constitution, have ex-
cluded more explicity and in plainer
terms the power of military tribunals
to try citizens in peace than that
power has excluded in the Constitu-
tion as it stands. There is no es-
cape from its plain provision unless
the assumption of Attorney General
Hoar that there is a condition of war
between the United States and the
unreconstructed States; and surely
there is no possibility of the court’s
recognizing and indorsing that most
preposterous of assumptions. The
decision of the court must necessari-
ly rest on the same law and the
same reasoning upon which the same
court unanimously discharged Mil-
ligan, j owles and Horsey'of Indi-
ana, who, being civilians, had been
sentenced to punishment by a mil-
itary tribunal. The case of Yerger
indeed seems stronger than that of
the Indiana parties, for the latter
were tried and sentenced while war
existed, though there was no war bes
tween the United States and Indiana.
We presume that both Yerger and
Weaver will be relieved from the op-
eration of their military sentences
and left to the disposition ofthe civil
courts, which, we hope will do the
impartial justice which the nation
has a right to expect from them. The
country, thank Heaven, will be rid
of the curse of military courts sitting
in cases where they have no juris-
diction, and “organized to convict.”
But ah ! how melancholy and pain-
ful and yet how indignant and wrath-
ful must be the reflections of the
popular mind, when the judiciary
shall decide that the executions of
civilians in peace by military courts
is unconstitutional, illegal, and there-
fore murder, and when the Govern-
ment and the country shall acquis
esce, as they undoubtedly will, in the
decision, and it shall be the received
and established American theory and
practice. What a horrid series of
murders within the last few years,
and during the sway of Radicalism,
we shall forever have to look back
upon I Mrs. Surratt and those who
perished with her, and all the nu-
merous other civilians who have
been put to death by military tribu-
nals, will be recognized as murdered,
and the voice of their blood will cry
perpetually from the ground in ears
now deaf; but, alas, no Supreme
Court except the Court of Heaven
will have the power to raise them
from the graves into which red-
handed tyranny has hurled them.—
Courier-Journal.
this appeal was too much for the dig-
nity of a presiding officer, Mr. Van
Mammoth Livery Stable, on Austin street,
where he intends carrying on a General
Livery Business.
Persons ishing to hire Buggies and
Horses, Saddle Horses, Hacks, Waggons,
Drays. &c., can be accommodated.
Hia Omnibus will always be in waiting
at the Depot on the arrival of the cars
rfrom Shreveport, ready to carry passengers
do any part of the city.
Horses will be fed by the month, week,
■day, or single feed, at reasonable rates.
George W. Shearer is my duly author
ized agent, who will give his undivided
•.attention to the business.
R. H. HARGROVE.
Marshall, Texas, Jan. 18, ’69. nlOtf
(FFICE.—South side of the public
V square. Special attention given to
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frank' who was a cotemporary of Mr. Clay’s
in the U. S. Senate. it is from the
' which she sees visions of the strangest
character, and speaks fluently in
languages of which, in a normal state,
she does not know a word ; remain-
ing meanwhile, entirely indifferent
to physical sensations, so that the
violent puncture of a pin causes her
no bain ? What is there in the con-
dition of.a young girl—like the one
in Massachusetts of whom the Atlan-
tic Monthly recently told—that
should make bells ring, and marble
slabs throw themselves upon the floor,
and kitchen stoves dance, and other
heavy articles move about in her
presence, as if endowed with sentient
vitality ? And what is the principle
of movement in the little parlor toy,
Planchette, which causes it not only
to write words, but to give intelligi-
ble answers to question, without the
seeming volition of those whose hands
are placed upon it? Scientific gen-
tlemen are very much mistaken if
they suppose these matters are suffi-
ciently disposed of by shrugging
their shoulders, turning up the nose,
and crying out, “ Humbug !” For
the minds of common people are per-
plexed and confounded by such
strange development, that can be ac-
counted for on no well understood
principles of natural law. If they
are the products of deception and
legerdemain they would like to have
the philosophers tell them hoy/ the
thing is done—what are the arts re-
sorted to in the production of such a
perfect imposture. Until science can
demonstrate the worthlessness of
these phenomena, by imitating them,
a large majority will be disposed to
believe that they lie beyond the ken
of our wisest men.
month in Marshall in the room over Dr
Sears’ Drug Store. The Physicians of
Harrison County are invited to attend.
assured the gentleman from Penn- ' mentary upon half the epitaphs on
sylvania that he had no reference the tombs of the departed, which re-
whatever to him. “Far from it,”. he ' cord “ not what they were, but what
said, and with mighty emphasis, “I they should have been.”
T-D friends and patrons in Har-
rison and adjoining counties. From his
long experience and close application to
the profession, he feels warranted in say-
ing that his work will be infenior to none.
Artificial teeth inserted on the vulcan-
ite base, from one to a full sett, and per-
fect satisfaction guarantied.
Office—West side of the public square.
Marshall. Sept. 20, ’66. n45-tf
“James Rome, the brother of this
poor little girl.” • always has excellent butter in her
After a few minutes, Si returns :
“ Mrs, Notable says she has sent
you "the butter, but begs you to re-
member that she has already lent
seventy nine platefulls, which are
scored on the dairy door,”
“ Seventy nine platefuls,” ex-
MILLS & GREGG,
AT ORNEYS AT LAW,
MARSHALL, TEXAS.
VNTILL give promptattention to al
VV business entrusted to them in the
Sixth and Eight Judicial Districts of the
State, and the Supreme and Federal
Courts at Tyler.
April 24th, ’68, n24-tf.
C. A. FRAZER,
Attorney at Law,
MARSHALL, TEXAS
That the decision of the Supreme . „
Court in October will be against the- doubt, is the most disagreeable city
TRS. LEWIS & BEALL are permanent-
ly located, and will continue the prac-
A French paper says that Lucilla “ she can send for it when she
Rome, a pretty girl with blue eyes wantsit. S
and fair hair, poorly but neatly clad, Mr, Brown’s and ask him to lend
was brought before the Sixth Court
W hat should a young man carry
with him when calling upon his affi-
anced ? Affection in his heart, per-
. fection in his manners, and confec-
i tionery in his pockets.
is not a particle of butter in the house, islature, and thus to forbid Conserva-
Si, run over to Mrs, Notable’s—she
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HALL & TURNER,
A FTORNEYS & COUNSELLORS
AT LAW,
MARSHALL, TEXAS.
KK ■ ILL practice in the Courts of the
VV Sixth Jdicial District. All business
entrusted to them will receive prompt
attention.
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case of Canby. Hefuts forth the
plea which is sufficient to blast its
sincerity, and those who listen can
hear the laugh in his sleeve at the
consideration given to the prefession.
Meantime, the Radical editors who
see that Canby’s course will make
every Walker voter a Democrat ex-
haust the terms of law, policy, reason,
and justice to bring the satrap to
their side. It is all in vain. Canby
is playing for the present to lose the
future, and he knows it. The Radi-
cals being defeated at the polls, the
military commander attempts the
sharp game of coercing the election
of two carpet-bag Senators by ex-
cluding the representatives of the
people from their seats. As to this
oath of expurgation, it is against the
reconstruction laws, against the de-
cision of Congress-and of President
Grant requested in the premises,
against the course pursued in any
other State, and. specially, the oppo-
The Grave of Prentiss.—With-
in three miles of Natchez. Miss., in
the grave yard of the Williams fam-
ily, repose the remains of the great
orator. A plain brick wall enclosed
the rural cemetry, and the many
grass grown mounds and weather-
stained tombstones silently testified
that it is the home of the dead. Here
and there are the plain, old fashioned
slabs, recording the name of young
and old—parent and child, husband
wife. And, prominent among the
objects of interest there is the per-
pendicular slab, with the simple in
comes up. Washington, beyond
“ Your age ? ”
“ Thirteen.”
“ And what do you want ? ”
“I come to claim my Lucille.”
“ But have you the means of pro-
viding for her ? "
" Yesterday I had none ; but now
I have. Don’t be afraid.”
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Marriage and Obituary Notices, calls on
candidates, their replies, and their circu-
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ter, (if admissible,) will be charged as ad-
vertisements.
Editorial notices, of a purely business
character, such as calling attention to
cards published in the paper, remarks
upon business houses, and the reception
of goods, will be charged at fifty cents a
line. No ouch editorial notice inserted
for less thantwo dollars.
Standing Advertisements — Currency :
3 months. 6 months. 1 year.
Buren’s face drew itself into I know
not how many indescribable lines, in
which the comical predominated, and
he slid down in his seat until noth-
ing of him was visible but the smooth
top of his head. He soon called
some one to the chair, came down,
took a pinch of snuff with Mr. Clay,
and after a wholesome laugh between
them, the morning business went on.
His classical allusions (English
classics) were few, but sufficiently
happy. His attempts to cite poetry
generally failed. On one occasion
he attempted the hackneyed quota-
tion from Hamlet, “Let the galled
jade wince, our withers are un wrung.”
He mistook the last syllable, and
with great distinctness and fine em-
phasis, made it ^unstrung.” Wat-
kins Leigh sat on his right, I on his
left; both at the same instant in sup-
pressed voice pronounced the word,
lizimorung.” The double prompting
confused him—he drew himself up,
and with a stronger emphasi made
the word ^unhung.” He stood with
a very pleasant and unembarrassed
countenance until the laugh, which
had become general, subsided, and
then with a gentle shake of the head,
and a long drawing out of the first
word said : “A-h ! murder will out.”
I almost imagined he had slipped on
purpose to show his adroitness in re-
covering. But his wit was some-
times displayed in a less kindly
spirit. All will remember Mr. Buch-
anan’s disingenuous letter on the
subject of ‘Bargain and Corruption.
Mr. Clay never forgot, never for-
gave it, and never failed to take oc-
casion—and, if none arose, to make
occasion—to punish it. About 1834
or ’35, n matter of some interest was
under discussion: a leading Whig or
two had spoken, and two or three of
the rank and file of the Democratic
brought before Chief Justice Chase
upon a writ of habeas corpus, and
the Chief Justice has postponed the
consideration of it until the meeting
of the full court in October. Presi-
dent Grant having properly ordered
after consultation with him, that the
execution of the judgment of the
military court, if against Yerger,
shall be stayed till after the decision
of the Supreme Court. The Presi-
dent has not promised that the case
of Yerger shall sustain no detriment
on account of the delay, and his
promise certainly seems to indicate a
determination on his part to enforce
the decision of the Supreme Court
whatever it may be. We are grati-
fied to find thus much of judgment
and justice in a quarter which they
do not usually inhabit.
HPmofessienmT are.
The Yerger case in Mississippi is
now in the situation. The military
court has not yet rendered its decis-
ion. but it closed its session yester-
day, as will be seen by reference to
the dispatch from Jackson which ap-
pears in this issue of the Courier-
J ournal.
The question as to the Constitu-
tional power of a military court to
try a citizen in time of peace was re-
cently, as our readers are aware,
Smalley, Uncle Joe Taylor, Maj. J. F. . . -
Womack, Capt. A. M. Burnham, and Gen. of spiritual manifestation.
party, but no Democrat then prom-
inent. Walker of Mississippi was
speak ing. As he was drawing to a
HOUSTON AVENUE,
MARSHALL, TEXAS.
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’ une seems to admit that a removal
will take place, and says Washington
is one of the wickedest, muddiest,
dirtiest and dullest places in the
world. The legislation of Congress
in turning over the capital to negro
control has had much to do in the
matter. In any other place the
negro element would not be in the
ascendant. But, as it is now, with
its filth and wickedness, it is consid-
ered the very best place for the Re-
publican party to meet in, and the
removal will not be urged until a
new party comes into power.
St. Louis proposes to donate lands
for the public buildings and to erect
temporary ones for public use until
permanent edifices can be construct-
ed. It is also proposed to romove
large portions ofthe public buildings
from Washington to the place to be
selected, such as marble columns,
works of art and works of iron, etc.
The expense is not taken in ac-
count, for what will be a few more
millions added to our public debts.
It will not be felt. The Government
property at the capital could not be
sold for the tenth part of the cost of
construction, for there will be no use
to which the buildings could be ap-
plied, except, perhaps, for lounging
places for the present rules of that
city. The Eastern States will op-
pose the project, but if the capital is
to be removed those States would
unite in recommending New York as
the most proper place- But the
West in growing is strength rapidly,
and the controlling power, political,
agricultural and commercial, will be
in the valley of the Mississippi. Be-
sides, as we proved in a recent article,
that the successful termination ofthe
war in favor ofthe North was justly
due to the foreign element, and as
this element is largely increasing
each year in the West, it may be
able to decide the question, and make
St. Louis the future capital. Some
objections have been urged against
the purity of the water at St. Louis,
but the Boston Post removes this ob-
stacle at once, as Congressmen are
not fond of water. But, if moved,
we would prefer not to change the
name of the capital. Let the permas
nent capital, wherever it may be, be
called, as in the present one, Wash-
ington.—N. O. Picayune.
The Republican papers-with sense
enough to come in out of the rain
are sorely troubled about “ the con-
scientious scruples ” of Major-Gener-
al Canby which lead him to exact the
iron-clad oath of all the members-
elect of the Virginia Legislature.
There is no need of basing this usurs
pation upon any such high motives :
as “ conscientious scruples ” in the :
A Solemn W ARNING to Negroes.
—The whites, says the Mobile Reg-
ister of July 27, number eight mil-
lions in the South, and the blacks
three. You are outnumbered five
millions to start with. To say no-
thing of the superior resources of
the whites in intelligence, experience
energy and wealth, this dispropor-
tion is daily increasing against you,
colored men. While the South is an
inviting open field for immigration
from all parts of the while world,
there is no spot upon the earth from
which you can expect to increase
your numbers. Mean time, hard life
disease and death are fearfully thin-
ning your ranks, for instead of work-
ing to make bread for you and your
developed and encouraged a vast
solemn parting is but a temporary
seperation, and the resignation they
manifest affords an example Chris-
tians might well conclude to follow.
The ceremonial over, the family re-
turned home accompanied by their
immediate fruit and wine and bread
is given to each one in the name of
the dead. By it they promise to
preserve their constancy to each other,
and by their love for the dead per- -
petuate their friendship.—N. O. Pic-
ayune, 30th.
An Irishman’s Opinion of a
Lightning Bug.—The Grand Rap-
ids, (Mich.,) Eagle is responsible for
the following:
The other evening two Irishmen,
now to the country, and belonging
to the better class of emigrants, ar-
rived in Toledo late in the evening,
and stopped at the Island House.
They were shown to a room far up
in the building, the gas lighted, and ,
they were left alone. The weather
was hot, the windows open, and the
two gentlemen sat down to enjoy a
chat. Soon, attracted by the light,
and the prospect of a square meal, a
troop of the hungriest of the hungry
Toledo musquitoes bore down on the
ill-fated Hibernians. They fought
and bled, but the enemy constantly
reinforced, and the travellers were
in dispair. The clerk was summon-
ed, and asked agonizingly “ is there
no defense against these blood-thirs-
ty craturs?” He[told the travellers
that if they put out their gass and
closed their windows they would ex-
perience relief.. They acted on the
suggestion and placed themselves
between the sheets. Just as they
began to doze, a lightning bug, which
had strayed into the room, caught
the eye of one of the travelers. Ho
roused his companion with a punch.
“Jamie, Jamie, it is no use. Here’s
one of the craturs searchin’ for us
wid a lantern.”
A Model Post Office Clerk.
—The Mobile Tribune relates the
following incident:
A gentleman of our acquaintance
went to the post office yesterday and
received three foreign letters, on each
one of which three cents postage was
due. He handed a negro clerk a
twenty-five cent currency bill and
received twenty cents in change.
He counted it over, and remarked to
the negro that he had made a mistake.
The negro replied—three and three
make six and three make nine and
ten makes twenty—no mistake, sir.
The gentleman left, pondering over
the intelligence displayed by an offi-
cial of the- United States Government
at the present day.
must bake to-morrow.’
“ Well,” said her husband, “send
and borrow a half bushel at Mr.
White’s, he sent to mill yesterday.”
“ And when it comes, shall we re-
turn the peck we borrowed more than
a month ago from the widow Grey ?’
RESPECTFULLY tenders
his services to his old
by in the First District is stultifying
Canby of the Second District. If
the Republican administration can
afford to tolerate his usurpation upon
even their usurpations, they are wel-
come to the effect upon the people of
Virginia and of the country. But
let us hear no more about General
Canby’s “conscientious scruples.”
Bosh should hot be attributed to
dignitaries.— N. K World.
he garismnElug,
The same is true of spiritualism. 4 - , ,,J
Undoubtedly this new doctrine has; close I observed that Mr. Clay
. yAvIImA A 4 4 A n 41 A m r
ducted, it may produce important re-
sults. The great difficulty with
scientists is there universal tendency
to dogmatism, and there refusal to
investigate beyond certain points.
They assume that everything must
occur in obedience to fixed princi-
ples and natural laws—which is un-
doubtedly true. And then they assert
sert that are familiar with the basis
and scope of these laws—which may
admit of very grave and reasonable
doubts. True science is humble,
and progressive. Instead of claim-
ing to know all things, the philoso-
pher who deserves the name will ad-
mit that human research and investi
gation has as yet only become famil-
iar with the coasts which fringe the
continent of thought—that vast re-
gions of unexplored facts remain to
be explored, and their relations to
the intellectual and moral life of the
race determined. Especially is this
true of all those strange ■ henomena
which come under the loose designa-
tion of animal magnetism.
Things are constantly transpiring
which baffle the shrewdest doctors of
cience, when they are called upon
to explain the why and wherefore.
How is it that a weak and sensitive
woman falls into a trance, during
■ Cleveland Leader of July 31st, and
has never before been published :
’ “Mr. Clay, with all his terrible
power of denunciation, was in ordis
nary debate pleasant and playful.—
When dealing with an ordinary ad-
versary he often reminded me of the
lines in Milton’s description of Eden
before the fall:
“Sportive the lion romped, and in his
paw
Dandled the kid,”
On one occasion—the year I do
not remember, but it was the first
time the Whigs carried an election
in the city of New York—I found
him early in his seat, wiih a news-
paper in his hand. As soon as the
journal was read he rose—quite out
of order—announced to the Presis
dent (Van Buren) the Whig victory,
spoke of their noble efforts in the
cause of their country, and of their
brilliant success. “Your own fellow-
citizens, Mr. President, the proud
capital of your noble State, has made
its voice heard in our halls, in de-
fense of the constitution of our coun-
try. Ah! Mr. President, does not
this warm your patriotic heart ! ‛‛
They sat down to breakfast, “ O
mercy !” exclaims Mrs, Green, “there
“ Tommy, my son, fetch in a stick
of wood.” “-Ab, my dear mother,”
responded the youth, “ the grammat-
ical portion of your education has
beengsadly neglected. You should
have said—Thomas my son, trans-
port from that recumbent collection
of combustible material upon the
threshold of this edificent one of the
curtailed excrescences of a defunct
log.”
Fifty per cent, on the above added for
double column advertisements.
Persons desiring to do an active adver-
The impudence and absurdity of constitutionality of the trial of citi-
"n- zens by military courts in time of
stranger who comes to town ; who
fish for the praises and compliments
of the men wherever they go ; who
grow outrageously offended if polite
ness is paid to any but themselves,
and who arc always jumping ready
to go out when asked, no matter
whether they have been acquainted
five minutes or five years; who think
nothing of giving tangible hints to
that effect, and who in all this, having
nothing in siew but to fleece their
victims, to trifle with their feelings,
and to satisfy their own poor vanity.
Well, from such the Lord deliver
the male sex both day and night, for
such will make them waste their time,
squander their dollars and do irre-
trievable mischief to their morality.
—Exchange.
The End of the CARPET-BAG-
GER.—The Memphis Avalanche says
it will be a sad day for carpet-bags
gers when military satraps retire
from the South before the march of
public sentiment, and the true people
obtain a voice in the control of their
own affairs. And that day, thank
God! is near at hand. Then carpet-
baggers, like their betters, must rise
or fall, according to their merits.
Then will be no privileged class
to crack their whips over the heads
of the people whom their nefarious
conduct has so long kept in the po-
sition of “ hewers of wood and draw-
ers of water."
quantity ; and if I had, what is a
little plateful? I should never think
of keeping an account of so trifling
an affair; I declare I have a mind
never to borrow anything of that
mean creature again as long as I
live.”
E. P M. Johnson & Son, tered on the task of investigating, i;
a charitable spirit, and with a 1n—-
desire to arrive at the truth, the so-
TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26. 1869.
leans.—In the lower part of the
city are a few familes of Maylays.
By what circumstances they ever re-
moved here is not known, but they
preserve the customs and semi bar-
barous superstitions that have distin-
guished their people and country,
they bury their dead at night, and,
like the American Indian, slaughter
upon the grave some animal the de-
ceased loved in life. Saturday after-
noon a young girl died on Barracks
street, and was buried in the old cem-
etery on Gentilly road. There be-
ing no priest of their religion here,
the ceremony was performed by the
oldest man of their country residing
among them. He was clad in a long
black robe, and preceded, on foot,
the cortege which convoyed the re-
mains to the grave. Arriving there,
the tomb was anointed and a fish and
some cake placed in the vault. This
was accomplished by a ceremony at
once solemn and impressive.
This over, a bird was killed and
laid on the breast of the deceased,
while all the friends and relatives
passed by the coffiin, each one laying
their hand on the deceased and say-
ing in their native tongue the simple
word farewell ! No tears were shed.
They do not view the transition of
the soul an occasion of grief. The
men' Valker closed he sprang to his
feet and spoke for five or ten min-
utes with great vehemence of man-
ner, saying nothing but simply va-
poring. He boasted that the noble
Whigs came out on every question
that arose with promptness and de-
cision, while the Democratic leaders
put their rank and file forward to
skirmish while they lay by and wait-
ed and watched the popular indica-
tions. “ Come out,” he said, “come
out and define your position. Let
us hear from you. I call for the
LEADERS of the party.”
Mr. Wright and Mr. Buchanan sat
near each other, on a line with Mr.
Clay, who obviously directed his re-
marks to one or both of them. Mr.
Wright looked up for a moment,
The Fast Letter Writer.—
Little Quicky continues ' to write
letters to the Houston Union, demol-
ishing Hamilton, Haynes, and the
“ grand army of lounging, loafing,
deceitful, cowardly, uncharitable,
rebel lunatics ! ” He is as defiant as
a little cock sparrow. He says “ he
knows his enemies in Texas, he ex-
pects to live to eat the hen that will
scratch for worms on their dirty
graves.” This.is a small specimen
of little Quicky. Is not everybody
afraid of this redoubted hen-eater ?
How lucky he is so far off! “ His
mission North,” he tells us, “ will
gradually develop itself.” We
“ shouldn’t wonder.” Will anything
be missing after a while ? Little
Quicky should have a sharp eye kept
on him.—State Gazette.
may.” The sinner stopped and re-
flected a moment, and then saying,
respectfully, “Well, I believe I
would,” went on.
“ Prisoner, you have heard the
complaint for habitual drunkenness ;
what have you to say in your de-
fence?” “ Nothing, please your
honor, but habitual thirst.
A gentleman advertises for ahorse
“ for a lady of dark color, a good
trotter, and of stylish action ! the
horse must be young and have a long
tale about fifteen hands high !”
The Faculty of Washington Col-
lege has set aside twenty-five Free
Scholarships for young men intend-
ing to make practical printing and
journalism their profession.
“ Do you seek consolation for your
sorrows in drink ?” asked a pious old
lady of an intemperate fellow “ Yes,
in a horn,” was the reply.
When Jonah’s fellow-passengers
pitched him overboard, they evident-
ly regarded him as neither prophet
nor loss !
of the negro and the degradation, if
possible, of the whith race; of the
party founded on “ moral ideas ”
and championed in its early days by
the “ three thousand reverend scoun-
drels ” mentioned by Douglas; of the
party which drove the South to se-
cession in order to rob and plunder
her, and after a conquest with fire
and sword, had to go “ outside of the
constitution ‛‛ to compress its hate in
ligislative measures for her oppres-
sion, and then, to add insult to in-
jury, stationed its spies all over the
country to advise and organise insur-
rection, to inflame the prejudice of
race, that these spies might appro-
priate all the spoils of office : the.last
dodge of this immaculate party,
which in its origin declared the Con-
stitution was a covenant with hell,
and whose principal occupation now
is to amend it (the defective work of
Washington and his compatriots) as
a tailor would mend old breeches, is
a n ew and original device to defeat
the will of the people of Virginia
and substitute te their wishes its own
arbitrary dictates. It is merely fo
require the iron clad oath of the
her as she was, to destroy her as she
is, and to prevent her development
few days ago, is almost out, and we in all future time, by the elevation
much to discredit the whole body of
phenomenal exhibition. And yet, it
must be admitted that there are some
things done through so called medi-
ums of the other word that baffle the
shrewdest investigation, leaving the
mind perplexed with doubts and dis-
satisfied. The importance of table-
tipping and communications by rap-
ping is very insignificant—and spir-
itualists could well afford to abandon
these altogether to the charlatans, in
view of the much more wonderful
features of the u new dispensation ”
that are constantly revealing them-
selves. Some of these certainly bor-
der upon the marvelous. A healthy
man of ordinary weight in the presence
of numerous spectators, lies down
upon the floor, from which he is sud-
denly elevated with no visible agency ;
floating up to the ceiling as if he
were a feather wafted by the wind,
or even passing out of an open win-
dow, and sailing through the air to a
house on the opposite side of the
street. What law of physics ac-
counts for this ? Or if it is a mere
trick, by what process of magic is it
accomplished? Science, and obser-
vation of law, teach that fire will burn.
But a “ medium ” takes a live coal
from the grate, holds it in his own
hand or passes it to that of a disin-
terested observer, or lays it upon a
lady’s lace garment—and neither is
so much as singed. A letter is written
in a distant apartment, closely sealed
in its envelope, and then placed in
the hands of a medium, who proceeds
at once without hesitation to read
every word it contains.
That these things have happened
will be testified by thousands of res-
pectable witnesses, who do not admit
the supernatural claims of spiritual-
ism. That they lie beyond the pres-
ent bounds of scientific demonstra-
tion, is apparent. It will not do to
“pooh! pooh!” at-them. Without
admitting that they prove the con-
nection of our own with a world of
spirits, or demonstrate that the dead
can return to a mundane sphere, is
it not reasonable to assume that they
point to revealments of phenomena
in nature, and in the mysterious re-
lations of intellectual and material
elements, far transcending in impor-
tance all that philosophy has yet
made known? And may it not be
that the scientific explanation and
reduction of these facts to a system
will prove of the highest value in its
future effects upon the life of men ?
At all events, we are glad that a body
of recognized scientific eminenc
deems the matter worthy of thought-
ful and impartial investigation.—Al-
bany Journal.
PMHE undersgn would inform his friends
A and the public that his Steam Saw Mill
is now in successful operation, and he is
prepared to furnish any amount of lumber,
fo the very best quality, and as low as can
be purchased at any mill in the country.
Bills will be filled at the. shortest notice,
As times are hard I will do - a general I ice of their profession at Marshall, Texas,
partering business, will take in exchange , ,
at the market price, corn, fodder, hides, Liberal deductions for cash payments,
cotton, oats, chickens, eggs, butter, &c., OFFICE—At Lancaster & Garrett’s
Here is a chance to buy lumber cheap, Drug Store,
and on easy terms, warranted to be of the
1 . Dr. Beall s residence removed to Mrs.
best quality. H. JOYCE Van Zandt’s place.
April 4th, ’68. 21 1 Jan- 14, ’69.
“ Ah ! my good sir,” says she, “ I
have no longer any friends, my fa- few nails while you’re about it.”
ther and mother are dead, and I
have only my brother James; but he
is as young as I am. O, sir! what
can he do for me ? ”
i Square, .. $
2 Squares. ...
3 “
4 “
Half Column
One Column 1
The question of the removal of the
capital of the United Statesis under-
going considerable discussion. The
greatest difficulty appears to be out
of the way, and that is the place to
be selected for the future capital.
Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville
have gracefully yielded to the claims
of St. Louis, so that the question is
reduced to the policy of establishing
the capital at St. Louis.
Two important commercial con-
ventions will be held this fall—the
first atKeokuck, the second at Louis-
ville. At both of these conventions
children’s support, you are wasting
your time in politics, and wearing
out your lives in the service of your
office seeking carpet bag masters. In
a very few years the white carpet-
baggers will only be remembered in
the South as a bad dream,
Their harvest time being past,
having squeezed you like so many
oranges, they will be off to their
Northern homes, and you will be left
face to face with the white people of
the south to square accounts for the
past, and arrange for your future
destinies. In that day you will
awaken to the folly of your course.
You will curse the white Radicals for
having arrayed you in enmity to the
Southern people, who alone will have
the power to befriend you. If you
have sense enough to govern a great
country, you certainly ought to have
sense enough to look ahead to see.
what will be your condition a few
years from this date. Choose your
bed now, while it is not too late, and
make up your minds to lie in if you
choose unwisely. The carpet bag-
ger and the whole south is before you
Make your choice.
A melancholy little incident is re-
lated ofthe Empress Charlotta. This
unfortunate Princess has been stay-
ing or some time at Spa. The other
day she insisted with such vehemence
on playing at roulette that it was im-
possible to restrain her. On ap-
proaching the table she deliberately
placed a gold piece on the number
19. The Emperor Maximilian was
shot on June 19. The wheel turned
and, though 37 chances were against
hers her won. She smiled sadly, took
up the* money, and quietly left the
room. On her way out a poor man
passed by. She gave him all the
money, with theinjunction that he
”was to pray for him.” It is known
that the Empress Charlotta never
pronounces the name of Maximil-
ian:
As the Rev. Moses Clampit, an
eccentric preacher, was holding forth
at Santa Clara Valley, a young man
rose to go out, when the preacher
said :“ Young man, if you’d rather
go to hell that hear me preach, you
About a fortnight ago, sir,” ex-
claimed the boy, “ my poor mother
died of a bad cough, for it was very
cold at home. We were in great
trouble. Then I said to myself, I
will become an artisan, and when I
know a good trade, I will support
my sister. I went apprentice, to a
brush maker. Every day I used to
carry her half of my dinner, and at
night I took her secretly to
my room, and she slept on my bed
while I slept on the floor. But it
appears that she had not enough to
eat. One day she begged on the
Boulevard and was taken up. When
I heard that I said to myself, ‘Come,
my boy, things can not last so. You
must find something better.’ I soon
found a good place, where I am fed
'and clothed and have twenty francs
a month. I have also found a good
woman, who, for these twenty francs,
will take care of Lucille and teach
her needlework. I claim my sister.”
“ My boy,” said the Judge, “your
conduct is very honorable. How-
ever, your sister can not be set at
liberty tiil to-norrow."!
“Never mind, Lucille,” said the
boy.” “I will come and fetch you
early to-morrow.”
Then turning to the magistrate, he
said, “I may kiss her, may I not
He then threw himself into the
arms of his sister, and both wept
warm tears of affection.
A beautiful female soothsayer has
created recently quiet a sensation at
Toulon. The Vie Parisienne, a pa-
per of very large circulation, says
about her : “ In one of the most
beautiful houses, on the most aristo-
cratic street of the city, there lives a
handsome young lady who reveals
the future to her fair visitors. My
beautiful reader, you enter a salon,
fitted up in the most sumptuous style,
but only faintly lighted; there .sits
this charming creature, wrapped in
the costliest silks, with a black half-
mask before her face. A pair of
magnificent eyes beam from under it,
a pair of cherry lips open to show
you two rows of the pearliest teeth ;
a tiny, fairy like hand is playing
thoughtfully with the cards lying on
the table before her, and from under
her dress peeps forth a foot so small
that it can belong only to a goddess.
You step up to her, yoa propound
your queries to her. She takes your
hand, studies its lineaments, and you
hear from these rosy lips your future
as correctly and infallibly, as if the
good God himself had revealed it to
you.”
Coquetts.—Young ladies who
coquette with every young man they
meet, who look wonderfully sweet,
and kind and sentimental on every
n
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i i
gentleman from Pennsylvania had
fallen into the error. “I often,”
said he, “suppose that gentleman is
looking at me, when in fact he looks
quite another way.” (Mr. Buchs
anan has a cast of the eye.) I said
to Mr. Clay, when he took his seat,
“Your first blow was cruel, but mag-
nificent. The last, savage warfare—
tomahawking.”
“ Ah, d----n him,” said Mr. C.
“he writes letters.”
her husband one morning, “
Rising business, that is, to change their 182 Office West Side Public Square. cE
xdvertisementsfrequently, will be charged Dec. 21, 1867. n6-tf
-%e usual rate of One Dollar per square, z
Mie usual "a U1 V 1 a A. POPE. WM. STEDMAN, J. W. POPE.
loilh a deduction of fiftyper ccrd., or one half \....... ......................
Mississippi river. The rooms are commo-
dious and pleasant, and are well furnished.
The Proprietors set out to make money,
and, in order to do so, they have deter-
mined to keep a No. 1 house, charge rea-
sonable prices, and by kind, hospitable
treatment, induce people to visit them
again.
Try it Once
and see whether this is true or merely de-
ception.
If good living and attention can induce
custom, it will be forth-coming,
Connected with the hotel is a large
Brick Livery Stable,
that is as well kept, if not a little better,
than any similar establishment in Texas.
The Proprietors have reduced the price
per day, and increased the fare. Try
them and see how professions and prac-
generation, relied rather upon the
; muse of history to record their deeds
than upon the empty panegyric of
the tomb. The grave of Prentiss is
the Mecca to which the faithful of
Themis resort from the surrounding
country. From his biography they
learn how, a poor boy, he came from
far away New England and began
his career as a Yankee schoolmaster;
how he returned to his native State
in a few years, loaded with all the
honors of a civil and forensic nature
which the people among whom he
had cast his lot could bestow ; how,
borne up by his every ambition and
natural powers, he conquered every
obstacle, and died honored by all as
the highest type of the popular orator,
and mourned by the nation. “ Req-
uiescat in pace.”—Tensas Gazette.
he usual price. ! POPE, STEDMAN, & POPE.
The above terms have been agreed upon, A TTORNEYS at Law, Marshall, Texas,
and will be strictly adhered to. LA, Having formed a copartnership in
R w. LOUGHERY, th’eir profession, will attend the Courts in
... ‛ I. the counties of Harrison, Panola, Rusk,
Proprietor of Texas Republican and Jet and Upshur in the 6th, and Marion in the
Arson Times. 8th Judicial District.
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