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"WXDHE8BAY, FEBRUARY 20.1860.! augurated.
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jtjr Our farmer* are sowing naoio oats
(Kan ever before.
report that the Southern Con-
aa adopted " free tiadewith all
fcfb been contradicted.
negro boy, Martin, who was
of jail at Palestine by a mob and
a confession implicating a stage
a arrie d Gilbert.
.DJlltoa,-of the Printer, lias got to
wo suppose, judging by the
nameroa* slibr^ sayings in the last number
received, and we are sincerely glad of it
i. Thomas Fuller, Esq., recently
the editor of the Sabine Pass Times, died
a short liase sin<re in Mississippi of con-
sumption.
fW Rev. Jas. C. Wilson, one of the
saoat brilliant statesmen of Texas, died at
Gonzales on the night of the ?th inst. In
bit death I lie South has lost one of her
best friends and ablest defenders.
jar The people of Mesilla, Arizona,
fohj meeting oa the 3d inst., and re-
solved to join the Southern Confederacy.
If.it wat not formed, and Texas seeeded,
then-to fcnnex themselves to the Bepnblie
of Teats. 4 '• ■
* *
J9T New Orleans is now reaping a
golden harvest from the country merchants,
directed into its proper
Most of the South Western
are purchasing their spring
stocks there,
J3T trow certain mysterious hints
dropped by letter writes in the apper coun-
tie , we are led to believe that several com*
ponies of men are bow on their way to
captaré^bC foits on onr frontier in the
«feaxge of the United States Government.
Sweets to them say, we.
#ar Some of our exchanges suggest
that the 4th of March next be observed as
day of mourning, fasting and prayer;
that all pulpits and bibles be shrouded In
crape, and that all newspapers should be
pot m mournipg, but we suggest that all
the old guns be put in order on that day
to set. the Black Republicans to mourning
attempt their coercion game.
Stay Law has passed. It stays
the Justices* Courts nine
of three as heretofore; and
the Supreme Court to be
order. Thus virtually
or five year . This is a
of doingbdniaess, isa benefit
is a disgrace to the State,
to eee the first man in this
of it These are strange
to keep up people must have
ys.
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Gov. Wise, of Virginia, in reply
E. Nelma, of Grimes county, ask-
ae to the beet kind of arms for
soldiery to porcbase, recom
smooth bore muskets, with conical
or doable barrel shotguns. He says
that the minute men of Virginia are thus
arming, with the addition of Bowie knives
atid pistols. A good suggestion. Every
man from the frontier last fal! advised our
young mea who were going to join the
Aati-Base Line Rangers, to arm themaelves
witn double barrel guns, as more liable to
do execution, and a majority of them went
thus armed.
ET The Crockett Printer is resolved
hereafter to charge half price for publish
ing the proceedings of all public meetings.
We recollect when we were a "devil" in
the "States," that each things were always
charged for,and properly too, at fall price;
Why ahoald prints ra do all each work for
nothing f A carpenter, lawyer, or mer
chant would not do as much without pay.
!¿ ja customary whenever a speech is made
at one of these public meetings—be it
good, bad or ind ifferent—fer some friend
of the speaker to jump up and move that
it be published in the county paper, and to
tetr* Mr do so—gratuitously, of coarse—
'r^idered the height of impu-
dence. l<K>r printer ! they, should uot
ct pay iWr their labor, and then they
not be disappointed. Go it,Daltón
we glory in your spunk.
• " :~ldlUr* o/. MI rque and Reprisal..—Th*«
Mobile Mtfcury ic " informed that in .care
any act of coercion is attempted againet
«any Southern State, the Governors of all
the seceding States -will be prepared to
graat.IetUfo of'marque and reprmrf to arm
.and man ships, brigs, 'steamer*, Ac., a*
, to wage war against the United
es flag in e*«*ry sea." The source ot
Mercury' information is <>! given.
s reacheiT us thauTSouftiern
esenting the States of South
a, Georgia, Alabama, Mis-
Louisiana,lias met at Montg< m-
It has adopted the present Con
f the old United States, as a
provisional one, with the exception that
| "free trade wi h all tie w. r d " has been
alopted, as ene of the principles to be in
This policy of free trade was to
be expected. It is, in fact, the coup cT etat,
the check mate which will operate as an
inducement to the North to cukivate ami
cable relations with the seceding States, by
holding out to - them the be&t and nearest
market they have ever had, with the cer-
tainty of losing it in case she attempts
coercion It is true she Teses all inoidental
protection to her manufactories, and must
come into our market in competition with
the nations of the old world. But6he will
not be slow to perceive that sueh a market
as may be had here is better than to lose
it entirely by going to war.
But it is not alone on grounds of expedi-
ency and policy that the principle of free
trade may be justified and maintained. It
commends itself to the favorable consider-
ation of a Southern Confederacy upon
stronger grounds than temporary expedien-
cy, and among these consideratious are the
following:
The question of slavery being definitely
and finally settled by such a Confederacy,
there is but oae other question which can
ever produce sectional contest and local
antagonism, and that is the question of
protection of manufactures. Free trade will
also settle this ground of controversy, and
probably leave it to the States to pass suicb
laws as they may desire, to protect their
products. It is hoped that such may be
the case, and if those ends are attained it
will be hard to find any grounds for appre.
bending "breakers ahead" hereafter.
We think our statesmen have bad enough
experience with the practical operation of
the old government to make a few improve
menta of the nature mentioned, which will
go further towards harmonizing the people
and perpetuating the government than any
amount of concession or compromise. The
rock on which the old government was
wrecked consisted in a conflict or antago*
niam of local interest warring upon each
other in Congress, and attempting to cripple
or destroy each other in order to get an
ascendeocy. It is not to be doubted that
this Lource of danger will, to some extent
arise again io oar midst; and although it
can never assume that blind and wreckless
form of fanaticism which shook the old
government to its centre, yet, unless hedged
out of the Southern Congress by the careful
and watchful circumspection of those who
assist m laying the foundation of the new
Confederacy, it may mar the £>eauty and
injure the harmonious working of the gov
era meat
Therefore, we think too much care and
con8Íderatk>b cannot be given to cutting off
all avenues to a meeting of hostile sectional
interests in the new Congress. If there is
or may ever exist a conflict of interest
among the different States which compote
the Confederacy, let those interests be an-
ticipated, estopped and forever checked by
Constitutional prohibitions, from ever
WÉXT SA TURD A Y. I
publican Governments are
founded upon the theory that the people
have the virtue to respect the rights of
each other, and the intelligence to rule
themselves,it cannot be too forcibly brought
to mind that the right of suffrage should,
on all important occasions, be exercised.
In ordinary times it is excusable, or rather
it is not to be expected that there should
be an atttendance of the entire mass of
voters. But on subjects like that which
is submitted to a vote on the 23d of Feb.,
involving fundamental forms of organiza-
tion, <fec., elementary principles of self-gov-
ernment, no one, however far he may be
from the polls, or however inconvenient it
may be to attend, should fail to vote.
Texas is to-day in favor of secession by
perhaps fifty thousand majority. Every
day has added causes for secession, and
every day has new accessions been made
The question has been, by the secession
of six States, divested of all complexity,
of all side issues, and now comes to Tex-
ians for settlement hi the simple and plain
question of Submission or Secession. Co-
operation Is now out of the question
What will Texas answer. We do not
for a moment doubt what will be the result,
nor did we ever have the least misgiving
on the subject. But now, when the addi-
tional question is added, whether Texas
shall join the States which have seceded,
or submit to the election of a man who is
to be placed over them, and invested with
all the power and patronage of Govern-
ment, because and fot the reason that he
entertains principles of hostility to the
South and the constitution of slavery; be-
cause he asserts that the negro should be
elevated to equality yrith the whites, or
rather because he C^yors degrading the
whites down to a leve 1 with the imbecile
and inferior negro, it eesÜ$s to be a ques-
tion except in form. ButTexas must an
swer it, and let her do it in such terms of
unanimity and harmony-—such overwhelm
ing popular outbursts — as will forever
clear her escutcheon of any taint or suspi
cion.
* For the Navarro Express.
" our rights:'
" Out of their mouths they shall be con-
demned."
Messrs. Editors: After reading the ar-
ticle in your last issue styled "Our Rights,"
astonishment reached its highest point. I
by clearly defined purposes common and
necessary to the good of all the States.
STARTLING.
For the Navarro Expresa
THE CONDITION OF THE BOR
DER STATES.
We are glad to see the stand the bor
der States are taking relative to the coer
cion doctrine of the administration, head
ed as it is by a military despot whofroulc
sacrifice the lives of thousands to gratify
his peculiar penchant for authority and
military glory. Gen. Scott, the real Sec
retary of War, seems to be the counselor
and adviser of the President, and in giv
ing advice seems only to be governed by
self aggrandisement. He would advise
the coercion of South Carolina, and at
tempt to whip her back into the Union
But we suppose that the recént action of
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida anc
Texas, has rather changed the mind o:
Gen. Scott, for he no* says that '* the Fed
eral Government cannot hold what forts
it has, and need not fry to take those in
possession of the State authorities." But,
worst of all, the border States are taking
their proper position, and are proclaiming
in thunder tones to the North that you
shall norcoercc a State. Kentucky, with
ber million of population, says in plain
terms to the would be Federal Government,
showing their beads in a Congress designed " you attempt to coerce South Carolina,
¿you have first the noblest sons of the West
to reduce to submission. It is truly grati
fying to the patriotic heart to see the stand
that old Roman State is taking. The Union
bas always been the idol of this great
State, but now, when she sees there is no
Union, she is ready and willing to cut
loose from Yankeedom and cast her des
tiny with that of ber sister Southern States
The action of her Legislature is noble,anc
bespeaks a State jealous of ber righ ts and
liberties. Maryland, too, is no laggard in
duty, although ber Governor has so far
defeated the will of her people, yet the
indications plainly to be seen by the vari-
ous meetings of her people, tell plainly
that a Marylander was never born to be
a slave to Federal wrong. She, too, has
blood, and to spare, to spill to resist the
coercion policy of a rotten and fallen Gov
ernmént. Next in the line is Virginia,the
mother of States and of Presidents, catch
ing the enthusiasm of her offspring, she
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We are informed on undoubted author
ity, that aboat two weeks since severa
boxes marked "apple trees" were landed
at Jefferson, Marion county, and that four
or fiiy two horse wagons were waiting to
oonvey them to the upper counties. Two
of the wagons loaded and left; the others
having to wait from some cause or other.
In loading the remaining wagons the
weight of the boxes excited suspicion, and
one of the boxes, being opened accident-
ally or on purpose, revealed, to the aston
iabment of all, a number of Sharp's rifles !
The teamsters were immediately arrested
and lodged in jail, the arms taken charge | stands to-day as a great bulwark of&Con
of, and men sent in pursuit of those who stitutional liberty, and tells the North that
bad kit Giir informant states that the a Stale mu8t an<£ slia1' nott>e coerced. No
citizen* of MippoM lb«v h.v. i WODd'r "" at onOT b«conie
u . . k .1 . . -,o very conservative. We imagine that in
been sent out by the Emigrant Aid So- • dreams he hears the thunder of South
ciety,' or other negro worshipers, for tbe-( em artillery, sees the gleaming scimetar,
assistance of Montgomery's band, who are and bears the dying groans of many of
to invade our Slate in the spring. | deluded followers. He bears now
Of all communities in the State ours is'tbeir crJ fo,r b,Pead ; 8ee/ the¡r 'stories
. . , ... , stopped, and the manufacturar be¡reÍD2
the most lukewarm in providing means for collon. How«trange that be could not
their defence. A majority of our citizens fully appreciate the horrors of dissolution
are without arms of any kind, no military until it actually took place. Missouri,
organization, and no effort being made to1 ^ee''nS her interest is identical with
p.,feci Ar. JOU waiting fur Mont ! ih*'of "í? Sou¡b' ia /7*rio« * •P 1'
^ , , . for herself, and no doubt will take the
gome:y 6 band to burn your houses,and cut 8Hine staud with the other border Stales
tlia throats of your wives and children be- Tennessee and North Carolina will all be
fore you awake from your lethargy f j right. With this formidable array of
1 wealth, population and territory, we think
Government lands cost one dollar an the North will be loth to enter into an
acre on an average, and champagne two engagement with men of known chivalry
dollars a bottle, llow many a man dies e8peciaMy when they are called upon to
landless who during bis life bas swallowed
a fertile township, trees and al!!
defend their own firesides.
Dou't read anv more ou this column.
thought at first to pass it by without com-
ment, but as,I am a stickler for old and
tried maxims, I concluded it would be bet-
ter for the youths' good to notice it in a
mild way. " Spare the rod and spoil the
child" was no truer in Solomon's day than
ours. The composition in question is pret-
ty good for a boy " a long gap under
ighteen." True, he ba? been guilty of
several self-contradictions, sudi as " being
excellent in spirit, yet smacking so strong-
ly of censoriousness," yet, upon the whole,
that boys'talents, if bent in the proper
direction, might win honor for himself.
Alas 1 that he has placed himself on the
fast line." He is a fast boy, and, not-
withstanding his stout denial, the organ
of reverence is very small in his " big
lead." II is own words cQndemn him.
He pretends to reverence old age and sa-
cred things, and yet he calls me " the old
'oman," "the old creature," and " respect
fully asks me to mind my own business,"
and winds up by judging from my disgust
at their speeches, that I must be a " hard
shell," and don't blame me since a " bard
shell is better than no shell at all." I
wonder what kind of a shell he will have
by the time he is grown. He tells me he
will astouish me when he is eighteen, bu*
" forewarned is forearmed," and methinks
from present signs it will be a shell com -
losed of impudence, self conceit and infi-
delity, together with fool-hardy ignorance
that will nev4r tolerate the mildest form of
rebuke. Now, was it any of his business
what I wrote about, and is his sense so
obtuse and perverted that he could not see
that the article was written for his good ?
No, he is a " fast boy," in whose eyes age
has no merit, and to give him wholesome
advise is like "casting pearls before swine;"
le can't appreciate it. His own words
confirm my first opinion ; he evidently is
one of the worst cases of the *' big !fead"
on record, and perhaps if he will trouble
himself to consult again the records of
that great man, he will find the lines about
heads to read thus:
" Little head, little wit.,
Big bead, not a bit."
Children have rights, and no one can con
cede to them with more pleasure, and take
more pains to secure those rights than
myself. Old people have a keener relish
for the mirth and gambols of children than
any other class of people. They have
passed the season of their youth, are fast
descending the hill of l*fe, and'tis exceed-
ingly pleasant for tbem to look upon the
face of childhood, and see its exhuberant
spirits burst forth in fun and frolic. No
we never desire to see the proper and true
rights of children trampled upon; and
where we can prevent, it shall not be done
But when children forsake their childish
sports and ape the manners and customs
of young men, they render themselves lu
dicrous, and become the butt of tho ethey
so much desire to emulate. Let me ask
the young lad if he ever saw a monkey
imitating his master ? and if be remembers
the story of the monkey cutting his own
throat from endeavoring to imitate his
mastei shaving ? That story should teach
him that razors, though a most useful arti
cíe in the bands of a man, became an in
strument of death in the bands of the
monkey. And So boys, when they ape
the manners and customs of grown men
inflict a real injury upen themselves, be
side lowering themselves greatly in the
estimation of those they are striving to
imitate. I hope the young lad will correct
his perverted taste, and hereafter respect
sacred things, and fly no more into the
face of old age.
THE CHILDREN'S FRIEND.
Solitude, Texas, Feb. 18tb, 1861.
Fur thee Eggs Pres.
On to a Lawyer that axed Wot I thawt
of hhss Sise and Wait
Mi salar Edward Tu r:
I send yew sum poatree that I mpde bi
miseff. I lioap Mis«t,ar Talley woant krittis-
eyes on to itt, I11T it is sharp like he mai^s
bissef. Soe yere goze
When yoar dimensions yew ask
Tie no very hard task
Without telin of lize
An Anser tew giv
Fur yeu liev an Ass size (assize.)
When in law cotes yew live
Yet frum the smau) sutes yu get
Twood bee verry saiff tu bett
That ure a verry smaul feller in dead
Fur tu frends it aperes and tu me it aperes
That thiss lign to ure paiss givs its meed
That yore boddys tue shorte fur yoare eres
The pounds that yew way
Itt is easy to sai"
Fur this mutcli we no
(When the problim is dun
And bi iiggers we elio)
Ure a sinuthe simple tun (simpleton)
Allsoe the follerin ;
OBITUARY.
Departed this life on Wi dnesday, 6th dar
of February, at the re?id ince of Mr. James
Person on Rush Oneek, i j the 86th year of
his age. DAVÍD FORT, E q.
The deceased wks a aal ive of North Caro-
lina ; born in Halifax coun j, ot that State, on
the 19th of March 1775. In the fall of 1795-
he removed to Tennessee! where he resided
1 e went to live ia
vhere he remained
rate 1 to Texas, and
on Rush Creek, ia
Washington, Feb. 9.—Letters have been
received here from Gov. Andrews, of Mas
sacbusAts, and the mayor of Boston, teo
dering to the President the services of
twenty-six regiments in case of an attack
The troops are described as being ready to
march at a moment's notice. This offer
has been made in consequence of the re
cent rumors of a projected expedition
against the capitol.
Montgomery, Feb. 9. -The Congress of
Southern States which have seceded last
night unanimously agreed upon the tfon
stitution for the Provisional Government
A strong and vigorous government will go
into operation, with full powers and ample
funds. Neither propositions for compro
mise. A reconstruction of the Federal
Union will be enlertained. The Congress
will'remain in session to make all necessary
laws. Hon. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi,
has just been unanimously elected Presi
dent of the Confederate States of North
America. Hon. A. II. Stephens,'of Geor
gia, was elected Vice-President, by a sim
ilar vote.
-Washington, Feb. 8.—The impression
in well informed circles is that the question
of an attack on Fort Sumter will be de
ferred to the Southern Congress. Mean
while the South Carolina authorities will
intercept reinforcements, supplies and mai
matter to Major Anderson.
A dispatch says the Cherokees have re
belled against the General Government aad
seized and occupied Fort Gibson. Senator
Benjamin's testimony before the Indian
Bond committee is very directly damaging
to Secretary Floyd. Despatches received
by distinguished secession leaders indicate
that an export duty will be laid on coUon.
The Nacogdoches Chrouicle saya of the
Stay Acts:
An honest man would no more take
advantage of them than he would of the
statute of limitations, without further cause
A Verse to Matrimony.
That mariaj is _deth
I kin pruve in a breth
Iho to do it I am rather loath
When the man taks wife
He kauls her hiss life
So in taikin one he taiks bathe.
Hopin thease fu lines ma find yew enjoyin
the sam blessin I remane yores AO.
S OUT HERN ILLINOIS.
The submission papers of this State,
without an exception, are constantly prat
ing about, and sneering at Northern born
editors in Texas for being so zealous in the
cause of Southern Rights and secession.
They insinuate that it is done ¡for piofit
and popularity, and not from a heartfelt
conviction of right. If such is the case
why is it that some brave-hearted Northern
editors side with the South and fight her
cause so fearlessly ? They certainly do
not do it for gain or to court popularity
The following article taken from the Ga-
zette, published at Jonesboro, III., show
a spirit that it would be well for seme of
the submissinists of our own State to imi-
tate. We have numerous citizens in ibis
section from that portion of Illinois, all of
whom are s^und on this subject, ard will
vote for secession. Ilere is the article :
Well Said.—In a debate on the militia
bill in the State Legislature on Friday last,
Mr. Green, a sterling Democrat, aud mem
ber from our neighboring county of Mar-
sac, said : "Should this State (Illinois)
be invaded, by the South, my constituents
residing on the border would repel tiiat
foe and defend the honor and majesty of
the State ; but should you of the Nor|h at
tempt to pass over the. borders of our State
to subjugate a Southern State,you would
be met this side of the Ohio River, and
should Sot shed the fraternal blood of our
Southern brethren until you hadfffrstpassed
over the dead bodies of the gallant sons of
about t#o years, when
Lexington county, \Ky ,
until 1855, when he.emi{
settled with Mr. Per^oni 1
this bounty.
His life was contempd^janeous with that of
the great Repubtie. His ayes opened upon the
dawn of American independence and closed
with the dissolution of tile Union. His youth
was temperate and industrious ; his manhood
a hi8toiy of honesty amuusefulness ; and age
had for huu no rnurunirings. Though his mor-
tal pilgrimage was not/without its trouble ),
yet the clouds of misfotitme which wiih some
would have darkened/ into gloom and tem
pest, catching the genial light ot his soul,,
floated like rosy glorias la the atmosphere 06"
his being. In ubsencejfrom all querufiusnes ,.
and cheerfulness of disposition, he was one-
of the most reaiarkahle\ofi men. Even when:
bowed with the weighty? years, and feeble-
with decrepitude, nj ccLiplain* was evec-
heard to leave his lips. lVa old man, he>
sought tho society of the jouog. and see medí
to forget his own infirmitiSslin the presence-
of their buoyancy and vigor. IHe was a prized
ster—a gentle-
t>y nature in her*
'ist¡an whom the-
e influence of fiis-
c, and magnaniint-
that in him was-
f4s never, from ito-
t, profaned'by a&.
^ * - lie
tfa the reins of réa-
>f honor, a heart
nes inconsiderate,
his early boy-
and thence
íe so bore him-
Pmany lo'ed himr
lotent to fix even.
Fend was not up.
Egypt:
Go it, Green
them's our sentiments. In
these days, when a great many people are
blustering, bragging and setting up foolish
pretentions about their ability to defend
themselves under any circumstances, it is
justas well for Egypt to prese ul her pro-
gramme for future operation . The'citi-
zens of southern Illinois, whom the very
intelligent Republicans in the northern part
of this state derisively designate as "the
poor whi • trash from the slave states," a¡
though they may not be their e quals in ex-
hibiting a morbid sensibility upon the sub
ject of negro wrongs, or incessantly med-
dling with other people's business, yet they
claim to be their equals in the recognition
and msintamance of political justice to all
sections of the country, and in patriotic de
votion to the Constitution and Union of
these States ; and if need be, in the exer
cisé of their courage in the use of the dead I v
rifle, when the tug of war come*, if come
it must.
companion, an indulgent
man with manners mouIde<
happiest mood, and a C
church held valuable, (or t!
example. Truth was his
ity his action. The tongj
the oracle of courtesy,
first lisp to its latest
oath. His brain elear wfit 1 native intellect,,
guided and controlled t
sou, and the finest sen
whose impulses were some
but never ungenerous. Fi
hood to his mature
through his declining days,
self that all respected liiir
and detraction itself was in
a blot upon his fame. His
worthy of his life—a grand note closing the
music of a noble march-^n unclouded su
going down to rise on the/morning jof the res-
urrection with increase<ybrillianey aad aug-
mented glory. He sunjt to sleep in the ful-
ness of years and Tirtuqk, and has^eft but few
bis like behind him.
The beauty of his sdul passed like a smile
across the stern face ot the world, aud t«>
those who enjoyed his fWiimacy, its rugged
features will be hencefor^ softened by the
tenderness of his memory. Tfcey will muse ap-
on their bereavement with lentle sadness, for
they will feel that harsh forrow befits not,
nor belongs to the ashes of such as he. But
they will recall, with pleasing melancholy,
the image of his life, his countenance lighted
up with sense and benev«ence, his form vec.
I erable with the wear ofjmare than two gen^
rations, yet enshrining L spirit impregnable
to despondency, and a heart which nothing
could make hard. The\ will remember the
kindlv voice that bade thVqj welcome te the
genial hospitalities, of
recollect tne unruffled serení
which appeared but to gro
inil-Jer with the progress of
remember his quiek appetit
enjoyments? his goodness of *'
fested both in utterance an*
ration of right, his scorn of
independence and cooipr
They will also review the
departure, rejoicing that th
being finished, and that
paign he was coming forth
with the applauding smiles
thev may, in the future, flush
pride, if in looking baek on tb
tories, they shall discover no woi
deed committed, but what may
lei in the example, or would have
approval of I'avid Fort. Then be
written: Here a good man lies
served his friei><fa, loved his
adored hL God; affectum cheered
to the grave and friendship pi
on his tomb. W.
They will
f his temper,
llower and
They will
all social
tion mant-
ón- his aamt-
ig—his noble
uve charity,
ilitv of hi
of life we
a long cam-
tor, crowned
b ; aad
THE SERMON.
On Sunday last Rev. N. P. Modrall de-
livered one of the finest lectures on Tem-
perance that it has ever been oúr lot to lis
ten to. He treated the subject 'in an en-
tirely different manner from any we ever
beard. The subject, which bas nearly been
worn threadbare, and is generally consid-
ered a theme for the display of rhetorical
skill, lofty flights of fancy, and empty dec-
lamation, was treated in a clear, plain,
common 6ense ¿Christian way; and the
stillness of the audience convinced us that
the effort of the minister was hbving a
telling effect.
By the way, we would respectfully sug-
gest that gallantry demands of the minis
tcr that the ladies should not be neglected,
and the habit of dipping should receive a
slight reviewing at his bauds. We think
that it could easily be shown to be unscrip-
turd, or at auy rate not sanctioned by Holy
Writ. We do not read in the Bible of
Mary, Martha or any of the ladies <lbeing
up to snuff." Whether Sapphira or Deli.
lali was or not, history does not inform us.
We,however have a very grave suspicion
that old Mrs. Lot was not. I^might have
been, however, that she bad forgotten her
mop, and was looking after that. Our
devil suggests that dipping might have
been the bottom of the little family difficul-
ty between Mr. and Mrs. Adam, and that
be kno«r6 if Eve had dipped, the old gen-
tleman would have made her walkout on
21, and sued lor a divorce at the next
than merely that the statute existed, while
they would be au effectual Rcreeii for rogues i terui °ftbe District Court,for he was
aud rascality. . i a gentleman of cultivated taste.
A year or so ago, an every one wi
member, a strong revival of religion aproad
over the land, and many hardened sinner*
were hopefully converted. In the interior
of New York* an old lawyer was among
those who professed to have found grace,
but being considerable of a politician.and
withal a candidate for nomination to office,
be commenced taking a sly nip—sly at
first, but the thing began to show itself in
good time. The chureh was scandalized.
One day the most promiuent deacon caught
him standing in his office door in a very
balmy condition. The Deacon went at hira
rough shod. MDeac'n," said old Black-
stone, inserting his thumbs in th« arm-
holes of his vest—" Deac'n, a man o' my
standing ortenter be turned outer a church/
Te!le-wher-I'll do. I'll compromise hon-
or'bly. I'll withdraw my active mom'eN
ship, and you put me down as a 'tribuling
an' Wry member. Come, Deac'n that's
fair."
Aid for Texas.—A planter writes from
Centreville to Peel & Dumble, of this citvf
thus : "If you cannot get any limit on
the eighty-one bales of cotton now in store,
bold on ¿Dd nse it for gun-wadding or
breastwork. It looks, at this time, like wa
will need wadding,. and I would jast aa
soon it should be used in that way, if need-
od to kill those abolition hell-bonads, aa
any other. I ba^e forty-four bales mota
to send down as soon as grass rises, wbidi
I think will make better wadding than
that you have, and it can be used m lik%
manner, if necessary.—Telegraph.
A gentleman was diawg with a friend*
when a dreadful storm arose. The host-
insisted upon his guest's accepting a lodg-
ing for the night. The guest complied,
but in a few minutes was missing from the
parlor. In half an hour he reappeared,
drenehed with rain. MWbere bare yoa
been !" asked the host, viewing the singa-
lar object, which looked like a doe aboat
the paws, and a weeping willow about tha
bead. " I have been at home,n said h*
quietly shaking off the water, 44 to t U
my wife that, as it was such a bad night,
I should not return."
Netlce.
THE partnership heretofore existing Ik-
tween the undersigned as Attoraaja
and Counselors at Law, is this day dis-
solved by mutual consent. All oatstasd-
ing and unfinished business will be afinad
ed to by both members of the late firm.
ALEX. BEATON
R. Q. MILLS.
Corsicana, Feb. 13th, 1861.—nlí <H
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