The San Antonio Ledger. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 19, 1851 Page: 2 of 4
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THE LEDGER.I
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in to-day's paper, some
by the editor of the
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Street, marly
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SAN ANTONIO,
THURSDAY, JUNE 19.
for governor:
thje Ranger.' published at Washington, on the
¡ Congressional election, and a letter from a
; subscriber to the editor of that paper, on
| Col. Howard s prospects in certain coun-
¡ ties. It will be seen by these documents
~ j that the representation! of the Austin
press are cot much to be relied on. You
53* We. five place to-day, to a commu-
nication from one of our most respectable
We extract the following editorial
remarks aipd communication from the Tex-
citizens, respecting cotton growing in this j as Rangef
region. W e entertain no doubt but that j The writer of the following communica-
the country from this to the coast, will be- ¡ tion is a sntleman of this place, whose
come one of the richest cotton districts in ▼eracitv unimpeachable, aud is one wno
the union.
Sugar will, also, do remarkably well here.
P HA\TS;RPnTTW BrTT ¡r ~ Darins th® ocupancy of the country by the
* * PiiLL. ¡prove too much, gentlemen, as a lawyer old Spaniards, sugar was raised without
HOWARD.
FVÉRNOR.
rMW* are authorized to arnioancc Col M
a* a ca"didate for thr office of
wuvEKNOHof iVx.'is, at tbe eubuing general
election in Augiibt next.
We are authorized to announce P. HANS-
GH BELL as candidate for re-election
office o: GOVERNOR.
We are authorized to announce Lieu- of
vernor J. A. GliEER as a candidate ;
£ OR at the election in August next.
are
NANT G OVER OR
ized to announce Colonel
as a candidate for Lieu-
would say.
Within the last few days we have read
letters from all parts of the District, speak-
ing in the most decided terms of the favor-
able prospects of Col. Howard, particularly
from the Trinity and the Brazos. Some
of the most influential men who were op-
posed to Howard in the last canvass, are
now going for him with a perfect rush.—
Our information does not come from men
"Straw.7'
There is now no doubt but that Howard
will be returned by a triumphat majority.
In I.eon, Lime"tol.e/t>vaVTflrio. $flt*-«tlier
counties, where he cot but few votes before. Í CoJ5°n> to be pro
i • • -i. T , , • ,Tr' i cotton seed I ha
his majority will be overwhelming. W e ment
shall see.
difficulty in this immediate neighborhood.
We have seen samples of wheat raised in
this vicinity, which will bear a favorable ! Whig pa
comparison with that produced in any part! an uuflii
of the United States. All kinds of garden i willing
vegetables grow to great perfection, and j ^°.°
3.016 siib.j
effort ti
takes but ittle interest in the election of
any candi 1^e : but bas seen with regre
the unwatrrantable attacks made on
Howard the nullifying press of 4he
State, (wll0 opposed the late Compromise
' • e Col. Howard was the cause
age through Congress. Col.
also obnoxious to many of the I
y, because he has always been
bill,) beca
of its
j Howard i
be satisfied^thafc there is not private indi
vidual intent at the bottom; and if so,
the expmams should be paid by the parties,
interetójw jut of-their own purses. The
comjpjm interest would indicate that the
firswurvey should have been made from
o«r present principal perts, Indianola and
avaea. Our Germans also wish to know
from the City Council, if within the past
three years there have been any defalca-
tion in the city moneys, and by whom and
to what amounts; and if steps have been
taken to recover the mouey from the prin-
cipals and their securities. These are
as regards corn, we cannot be beat. Pos-
atuhorized to announce E. M. i
-"-acHndi ->jor GOV-.. In Leon, L' me« t*oi,.e, '£v*tWro.
sessing all the advantages, together with
a salubrious climate, Western Texas is
destined, ere long, to become one of the
richest agricultural districts in the South.
San Antonio, June 1st, 1851.
ilir. Wallcer: Some time since I offered
matters of interest to all tax paving citi-
ing Democrat, ever ready I **«**<■ "Jstem of partial-
at.le for th, go id old Rupubli- i ff.T/ , "V T"
e. These being his -unpardon.! f®ctcd! al,d. !* Pu,'?es ,u" suffer
kle nnan.!^ * ¡ 0í fti i tax pa j lllg c11 lzdl s of bexar.
his enemies are using everv ¡ r a
put him down—but Texas is
[ From the New Orleans Picayune.
From the Isthmus of Panama-
By the Cherokee, we have Pana-
[From the Scientific American.
blessed iti a sufficient number of "unter-1 Machinery and Labor.
rifled"* Varied Democrats, to elect him j We often hear the complaint made.
by a la<( /majority, in spite oi the perse-, "machinery is making the rich richer and
cutionof enemies. ¡ t¡ie p00r p00rer—it is destroying the labor • t, . . . .
M. Lancaster. : ! of the poor." We suppose that many will 111 anama? which is
An ext ract from a letter appears pub- i ^ ready to use the same remarks respect- 10C°!)tl0il °1 toreign ii
W. American, of the 28th j juS article on our first page, about Saw
3 that thft writer Tiari inst, 1 M ' —fes. We hava heard th« s.im«
apprize o a ^^Tt^whiofa- states that the writer had just • iaiS " ' '- ba- We Kav« heard th« same
small lot ot arrived at Cameron, from a tour through i remarks made frequently, and by men who
JAMES S. GÍLLKT
tenant Governor at th
uthorized to announce Alajor
as a candidate for Lien-
next August election.
California.
e give in another column, the amount
of gold shipped from California durintr the
had imported for an experi-
I am happy to say, that from all
the parties with whom I have conversed, I
receive the most flattering accounts.—
Yesterday I visited J. B. Lee's garden,
where I was shown several specimens, some |
three and a half feet high, perfectly
Í We nr ' authorimi to announce J. AV.
HEÑDKRfiON. oí Houston, asa candidate lor
the office ot 1 r. 0if VKK\OH. at the approaching
August election.
I" í,'" We are nut i <>ri/.-d to announce the Hon.
ti. K Kl'.NAN as a r-ai'.di.late for the office of
Liel tkn/i nt tliivi.knub, at the approaching Au-
gust election.
FOR CONGRESS.
rr we are authorized to announce
K. LEWIS a ean>iidate to represent the
t< rii Congressional District in the Congress of
the United States. Election in August next.
|^c'~ We are authorized to announce the Hon.
VOLNE"\ E. HOWARD as a candiadate for
re-clectior to represent the Western Congres-
iona' District in Congress, at the ensuiiig Au-
&Kst election.
year 1850. Agriculture is improving in i healthy, and bearing bolls one-and-a-half
this new State, and promises to be very i inch long lam also informed by M. Kerr,
profitable. Lynch Law seems to be in the ^'ja^ father had bolls equally as large,
„„„„„ j l t .1 . c i from the same seed, a month ago, so we
ascendant, and the tone of morals rather ¡ ... , . , ' rm ° ,
' ' may anticipate rich results. These remarks
Capt. G.
ie Wes-
I w> are anthorizi
Ml'GH AJ(Li:OD, asa
both side3 of the Brazos river, from Bra
It is though by many intelli- j haVe'beenmduced b7ob7erWn¿7hVnoTic¿ : ZOr|a tot1the FJ1Is' a?d I,iavc freilu.ently
I i :„.j Í.. ^ Al..! met gentlemen from the above mentioned
counties, and I can give you the most posi-
tive assurance, that the minds and feelings
of the citizens of these counties have un-
dergone a wonderful change in regard to
is a candidato for Governor, and it is be- ¡ ° °\ A T,OnK"WOOD Col.ard, since the correspondent of
lieved he will be elected.
-tir c • i • , , Í Ladies Dresses, a la modo de Turque.
W e see nothing else of special interest T i> ,
• ,i n,. . i in Boston and
in the Lahtorma papers.
Robertson, Williamson. Falls, Bell, and
Milam counties. The writer, after notic-
ing the prospects of several candidates,
remarks, that for Congress, all are anxi-
ous to vote for McLeod, many have held
back to see who is most probablv strong
enough to beat Howard, as this is"empha- j proved, confers a general benefit upon all
tically the sine qua non of all I classes,—the poor as well as the rich.
Now, sir, I have within the last three! Severe bodily toil, day by day, as a
days, returned from a business tour on wor^ °f necessity, is coveted by no man
otherwise held correct opinions upon al-
most every subject. The only reason why
people hold such opinions is owing to the
little attention they have giren to the
subject. We hold the opinion that even-
new and useful machine, invented and im-
ma papers ts the 29th of May, from
which we gather the following intel-
ligence.
Gen. Thos. Herrera, who some
yeare since filled the post of Governor
of Panama, has been reappointed to
office and is expected to arrive soon
to enter od his duties, when Governor
Daiz, who temporarily filled the office
will retire.
The rainy season has fairly set in.
The Star advises every body who
proposes crossing the Isthmus to sup-
ply themselves with India rubber
cloaks, leggings, &c., before they leave
home, and recommends shippers of
goods to put up their merchandise in
water proof packages.
A spacious hospital has been opened
intended for the
ception of foreign as well as native
citizens. The Herald says :
'•No distinction whatever is made
in tins respect, nor is tire po^¡ 1 1
from its privilegies, as it derives
From Ne\v Mexico.
The St. Louis Republican of the!
later news
25th ult., contains some
its support from the Government, inate ca. „o}^ates for the
luWhhac fhnc KKorollir Thp ^S1SlatUre.
below par
, gent persons in California, that the Consti-1 of samples received by the editor of the
! tution will be revised, and slavery intro- ' Galveston News, of the 5th inst.,from the
i duced. | brazos country, and to present an idea
ti*- t> « that we may become, some of these times.
Mr. Rumao, on« of our oldest citizens, j a cottou groJw;ug communitJ
A. A. LOCKWOOD.
to announce Gen.
indidate to represent
¿lie Western Congressional District of Texas in
the Congress of the United States.
COMMISSION"Ell OI' THE LAND OFFICE.
§ y We are authorized to announce THOS.
W m. WARD as a candidate tor Commissioner j
o! the General LandOtlie ■ at the election in Ait- i
Jfltst.
j'??' W are authorized to arinounee r'.-ipt.
S J'EPI 1 EN ('1! OSH V—tiie present Chief-Clerk
jn the Cii neral Land Oftict—as a candidate for
< i !tiwir?!t>itrr of the (h n< al Lund Offi'f at the
ensuing August el etion.
FOR DISTRICT Jl'LCE.
|—V Wear auth orize i to announce THOM-
J- DEVINE. Esq is a candidate tor D1S- •
I 1!1CT JL DGEot tii" Eourth JueieialDistrict, i
at the next August election.
§ We are authorized to announce D.
<•; VAN DERL1P as a c:ii.«:i..t!ite lor DIS- I
1 ÜICT JUDGE oí the Fourth Juilicia
at the next August election.
New York, the new
fashion has become quite the ton ; long
France. ; dresses may be considered as fairly explod-
The republican party, by a general con-1 ed. Pretty feet and slender ankles will
vantion at Paris, has nominated a Mr. now have a fair chance; aud we suggest
Xadaud, for the Presidency. Nadaud is for the cumfort of those who fail in these
a printer, and said to be a man of talent. particulars, that all they have do is to cut
Gen. Cavaignac has also been nominated. ; their pantaletts gaiter fashion, so as to
It is said that the celebrated journalist, cover a part of the offending member.—
the S. W. American, visited those
ties. The citizens generally of these
eounties, appear pleased and satisfied with
Col. Howard, and will give him large ma-
jorities at the nest election. Justice to
Col. Howard entitles him to this statement
of his case, as it now stands with the
people. A SUBSCRIBER,
and historian. Thiers, will support Cavaig-. Huzza for la Turque ! say we.
nac. J below articles upon this exciting subject,
The legitimists have at last thrown off from the Chicago Adv. and New York
the ni3.sk. and openly proclaim their design Bay Book.
again to establish a monarchy. ; Dear Day Book—Why not give the
Discontent in the German States is readers of the Day Book a well executed
rapidly increasing. The same may be ! Cut of a ]&dy ou Roadway in the Turkish
said of Italy.
The E mperors of
For tiie Ledger.
Mr. Editor—Sir: It is a well known
fact that when the act to incorporate the
city of San Antonio, was before the Con-
Wc give | veutiou, a number of men in this city op-
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
bread,' was the woe pronounced for trans-
gression, and ever since that moment se-
vere toil, for a bare sustenance, has been
desired by no man. Every sensible man
endeavors to do his work with the least ex-
pense of toil; and foolish must that man
be who does not look upon the saving of
couu- "lavish toil in the light of a blessing. It
is indeed true that the first effect of a new
machine is to throw some muscular labor
out of the market, but this is no more than
adding to the number of laborers—but
wickejd must that man certainly be who
wishes for war and famine to depopulate
the world,in order that there might be more
labor at the common trades for those who
«scape the bullet aud the sword. The
laboring man sees a machine doing the
which has thus liberally proved for
all classes of unfortunate persons who
may wish to seek an asylum within
¡ its portals."
I Richard Rodgers, of Plymouth,
¡ (Mass.) Captain of the ship Persian,
| died at Panama on the 15th of May.
j The steamship Isthmus, Panama,
j and Gold Hunter, sailed from Panama
on the 15th of May, for San Francis-
co, with about six hundred passen-
gers.
Tne Herald says that the construc-
tion of the Panama Railroad is rapid-
ly progressing, and with every reason-
able prospect of speedy completion.
Thery is no unusual sickness, the
Herald adds, at any of the stations.
In relation to the Chagres River
murderers, the Panama Star, of the
20th of May, says :
"In our last paper, we published a
statement to the eifect that the Chag-
res river murderers had been senten-
ced by one of our Judges to suffer
from New Mexico.
Fifteen companies of United States
troops, under command of Col Monro*
were to leave New Mexico on the loJk
May, upon a campaign against Z
Navajo Indians. Major Graham
to have the command of the Dragon,!?
Lieut. Jno. Buford had beenappL,^
quartermaster. This military move.
ment, ii it should have no other effect
will serve to give activity and enercv
to the army, and thus restore their
health, which has been seriouslv in-
jured by the life of inactivity and' con-
finement to which they have bseu
doomed.
The census of the territory, taken
by direction of Governor Calhoun
p.esents the results: Fntire popula-
tion, 56,984—Indians excepted. The
ratio of representation for the country
is fixed, for the Council, at 4,384 : for
the House, 2,172. ' •
7T * y^&tóráetini
te on
1 he following nominations were made
For the Senate, Juan Felipe Ortis
(Vicario,) Jesus Lujan, (Presbvterl
and Jose Francisco Levbe, (Cura U.
For the House, P. J. PiUaus. John R
Fulles, Thomas Ortiá and Candido
Ortis. Speeches were made by Messrs
Reynolds. Smith, Ashurst, Rev. W.
II. Reed, R. A. Johnson, and Tor-
res.
Governor Calhoun, on the 23d April
issued his proclamation for an election
oí members of the Legislative Assem-
bly.
líalph Waído inmerso it on Daniel Webster.
ninee J. O.
¡ate Senp«í-**'?
of
FOR STATE SENATOR.
nr are authorize to
MKUSEITACH as n
IroETtm^IíitfrTPl Tffittposed oi
liejar, Medina andC'cmal.
IV We are authorized to announce I, L.
HEWITT,E.«q., as a canúidiate í.u State Sena-
tor, from the District composed ot the counties ot
Bexar, Medina and Gomal.
Austria and Russia
and the King of Prussia, were to have a
District, ¡ grand conference at Warsaw.
Kossuth was not to be liberated. In
another column we give some details of
j fo£<iga«n/mr* <—^
SCTThe F rench Envoy to tnt ^
Islands, has made a demand upon the j
King's Government, for indemnity to the
proprietor of the Hotel de 1 ranee, for
property damaged by a mob.
; costume ? Hundreds of our ladies are
\pant-wg for the big seated breeches, but
they don't know how to make them. Do
give us the picture. Jane and Saraii.
If our fair correspondents will show us
how the new costume looks, we'll have a
picture of them directly.—v. c.
extort an imprecation from his lips, but in
doing so he forgets that the machine is
working for him as well as for its owner.
If all machines were in a moment to be
banished from the earth, in what condition
would the human family be placed ? In
the condition of the Australian savage;
meu who would proscribe
one machine cannot be consistent without,
proscribing all. This brings down the ;
valuable city property taken possession of i w^°^e matter t0 *t3 radical. Every per-
and some of it. at this time, held by pri- s0.n w"° reilect® calmly upon the subject, j
vate individuals. The question naturally w*ll come to aright conclusion
same work he might have done, and it may I death, but that the decision had been
ed by
posed the measure. What their object
was can bo guessed at; one thing was cer-
tain, that the affairs of the city wire in
great confusion, and that it was the inter-
est of those men to keep them so. The
Platts of the city lands, and other records ; an<* ^et _tll0SC
have mysteriously disappeared The best
of the lauds have been located upon; oth-
reversed by a Supreme Judge, who
had commuted their punishment to
12 years hard labor. A part of this
only was correct. The sentence of
death has been passed upon two of
them, viz: Jacinto Mediano and Jose
Maira Iladillo, by our active and fear-
less new Judge, Dr. Brme. The
third prisoner, Francisco Gonzales,
only 17 years old, having
portant evidence against
presents itself, ';had the city no officers
whose duty it was to see that its interests
were protected?" Iu justice t a few in-
dividuals jve must own, that attempts were
f.e - J Ü^to bringthe ^offenders
Ha also de-
mands that the Catholic religion be toler- garments of the sei now worn, are both
the Islands.—Both demands we | "becoming andI appropnatc. ^
Hurra for "Bioov-*."-
lady out a ^v35i*Líhe upper gar- ,
J5Sh.d littl. I Of th. .;i but, unfortunately ior tne
below the knees. Underneath was a loo ¡ common .nterests of our citj, lt« Councd.
trowser reaching to the ankles, and the I have In clogged by men, who when they
feet were enclosed in neat buckskins. are called upon in duty to ae, against the
A cotemporary of the East says '' the
13ut we believe that machinery does not
throw people out of employment and make
them beggars (the most common argument
was not sentenced to
vears hard labor.
deal 11
given lin-
ii ie others
but to 10
■Ralph Waldo 1-Jmerson, the colc-
prated transcendental |)!iilosipher, has
lately taken to politics, and has been
making speeches against Daniel Web-
ster. His efforts are spoken of as fol-
lows by tiie N.Y. Express:
4*It is the private opinion, publicly
expressed, of the transcendental Ralph
that Daniel Webster "never uttered a
sentiment or an idea that would live
and go down to prosperity!"' Well
there is some consolation lor Ralph.
At least, one idea of his is sure of the
i mortality he denies to the Secreta-
ry.
Ralph and a well known transcen-
dental authoress were once witnessing
a brilliant pas sail of Fanny bJIssler.
together, and at a particular point of
the performance, which struck them
both as exquisitely beautiful, the phil-
osopheress, laying her fan upon her
against it.) No, it only destroys the least up to the Supreme Court for revision
mental of manual
emplovmpnts and cot-
~m , '$.1~ oy lAAeek mure ei<*\ wlufe&re less
laborious and more pruntaSjle, spring up,
phoenix like, from the very ashes of the
annihilated trades. The fields of labor
„ , . - A. , - . . j ¡ have become more extensive with every
interest oi some of taeir particular friends, j proTement in machinery. How many i
disregard their oath of office, and strenu ^ oam g lmv# been crcated by rail-1
ously oppose every thing affecting the pri- ¡ roads td , &c aud all for tbe gGne.;
vate interests of some oi tneir triendb. ; p00(i_ The labor saved by machinery !
We hope that our city councils will soon j .g s^ye¿ to men aut| t]ie mechanical
be purged of all such men. W e must i ^ ^ nat-Qn -lñ a very g00¿ test of its
civilization.
FOR TIIE LEGISLATI VE.
l"^- We are authorized to announce Major R.
S. NEIGHBORS as a can«;idato to tvpresent
Bexar and Medina counties in the Lower House
•t the ue.xt Legislature.
CTWe are authorized to announce Capt. W.
G. Crump as a c nuiJate to represent the eoun- | _
tv ofBexar in the lower fluuse i-i the next Leg-, temporal power, they have abused it to the
kiis!ure- , • , rn ! full as much as the Gatholici. The Protes-
|-xr We arc authorized to announce LD- ¡ _ . .
WARD EYRE as eamiixlate to represent the ■ tant misssionarics in the banciwicn 1 -
Cuimty ot Bexar in the next Legislature. ^ j ^an^Sj control the government, and abiO-
—— ! lutely expelled the Catholics from the
ry If o. Evans will consent to become a can-, j r ...
didate to represent the counties of B.xar, Comal, j Islands. Stick to yonr heavenly mission,
Medina and Gillespie in the next ^Legislature, j we say, to all religious sects.—History
he will receive the support of | abundantly proves you unfit to meddle in
' temporal affairs.
JC^-The Hon. J W. Henderson, can-j Secretary of the Treasury.
didaU for Lieut-Governor, arrived in this j Honest Tom Corwin" seems to be in
city on last Tuesday, and addressed our j some danger of losing his soubriquet. The
citizens on yesterday evening. Our pa-
per being ready for press early this morn-
ing prevents our giving even an outline of
the Hon. gentleman's remarks. We will
merelv remark, however, that Mr. H. is a
service, and if elected, will we have no
doubt, fill the office he aspires to in a man-
ner that will be creditable to the State.
P shaw m n. 11'
ated in th. Islands.-Both d.mands «j appropriate"
think perfectly just. V> e hear a great, ¡n(jee(j5 COmpel a poor man to purchase
deal of talk about Popish intolerance, i sorne ten or twelve yards of silk or satin—
wherever the Protestant clergy have had ! or a "bit" of calico—for a wite or daughter
to sweep the dirty side walks with. We
say, let the new style of dress be adopted
and the scavenger would have his accus-
tomed work to do ; instead of having the
filth of the street dragged in the parlor,
besmearing "the Brussels," it would be
carted away—instead of seeing dresses
worn out and fringed trailing on the side
walk, we should behold the bright stream-
ing lustre of silks, satins and calicos—
pretty pantalettes with a neat gaiter drop-
ping over the delicate foot, keeping it warm
and clean, The "short dresses and trow-
sers" would adorn ladies especially in wet
weather, as they would have no muddy
skirts, soaked with filthy water from the
streets, flapping about the ancles of " the
dear creatures," as is the case now.
Now haven't we said enough to convince
anvbody—man or woman—Turk or Chris-
tian—that the present fashion is a nuis-
ance ? Certainly.
Vive Mrs. Bloomer.— Chicago Adv.
"Waggoner Boy," it appears, wished to
lay by grease enough to keep the wheels
in an oily condition for the balance of his
natural life. Ic is said that Mr. Corwin
has been dabbling in the claims for inter-
gentleman that has done our State some ; est under the Florida treaty, and Mexican
claims which have recently been decided
by a Board of Commissioners under the
three million provision.
. r 4 , f .. companions arm, said,u Ralph, that in
According to the laws of tins conn- jpoctr!/ r To which, after a momen-
tary pause, the philosopher, fervently
pressing the hand of the fair speaker,!
r
trv, the sentence of these men aroes
frf-The Texas Ranger has hoisted the
name cf Gov. Bell at the head of its col-
umna. Bell'* prospects grow brighter and
brighter as the election approaches.
1p¡$
53- The Indians who visited our city
last week, and delivered up the prisoners
mentioned in our'last, after receiving vari-
ous presents from tho Indian Agent, Judge
Rollins, took their cl®p rtTiro last Friday,
under the charge of Commiaaioner Rogers,
apparently highly gratified with their vis-
it, and certainly very profuse in their pro-
mises of adhering to their treaty.
53 We have two or three communica-
tions on hand which it has been impossi-
ble for us to insert this week.
Preparations for War.—Mr. V* m. L.
Yancey, the leading seecesaionist of Ala-
bama, stated at the meeting of the South-
ern Rights Club of Montgomery, that
he had private advices from South Car-
olina, assuring him that the State would
secede next Spring, and had a hun-
dred pieces of field artillery, twenty thou-
sand small arms, and military stores of
all descriptions, to which accessions were
constantly made.
£3= The communication of "Bexar" in
*Htber column treats of matters we know
n#t%g about. It is signed by five or
six resectable Germans of the city
The Short Frock Excitement.—We
have received and shall publish to-morrow
Mr. Fillmore has been as unfortunate i a couple of charming letters on this excit-
. * , . 1 • o 1 e *1 « 1 in0* topic, from the fair Belinda aud her
m selecting hi. Secretary of the Treasu-, atfelld^t'B rite> the Sylph of th. Petti-
ry as was Gen. Taylor. The Northern cQat geneath the sparkling persiflage of
press is down on the Secretary, and it is
thought he will go out of the Cabinet.—
The sum said to be realized by the Secre-
tary's operation is §100.000 !
have men who will act according to
duty and conscience, even a t the risk of
pain to those " who have corns on their
toes.v Our city expenses arc accumula-
ting, and taxes must be levied to meet
them. $50,000 has been subrcribed by
the city to the rail road stock and $50,000
by the county ; it is therefore necessary
that all the city property be looked after
and made available. We also need a Court
House, one or two substantial bridges over
the San Antonio river and five or six over
the San Pedro creek. Our streets are in
a wretched condition, and the ditch, in its
present state, is also a nuisance We need
every dollar rightfully belonging to the
city to effect the above objects. We must
have men in the City Council who will do
their duly. The interests of our city have
suffered seriously already. If the title
to the city lands was settled, or had never
been disturbed by the avaricious conduct
of locators, there have been at this day,
from fifty to one hundred small farms in
our vicinity. Our market would be plen-
tifully supplied and the city otherwise in
a more prosperous condition. Perhaps,
Mr. Editor, you wish to know, by this
time, who the d 1 it is eritisizing our
city affairs. We will satisfy you present-
ly. Wehave in our city, a large and in-
creasing population of Germaus, not
these letters lies a solid and shining fabric | „ . . .
of ffood sense, like the canary coloredjupe ! " Dutch* as some adepts in geography are
of Jenny Lind at her last concert in Trip- j pleased to call them. nrp
ler Hall, palpitating under the diaphonous
robe of embroidered tulle.
53" The President and his CaW"®* have ; ^A« to
been making a tour to Biift l°; | have been urged on all sides to pronounce
king speeches, eating dinners, drinking wt} jeej great hesitancy in defining our
Champaigne, &c., besides various other 1 position. We are clearly in favor of the
etceteras It is plain that Mr. Fillmore reduction of the skirt feminine for walk-
is seeking the nomination for th. next ing-as to the propri.ty and absolute ne-
, ... , j cessity for this innovation there can be no
Presidential term ; and if we are to have quegtion But we own to a great penchant
1 another whig President, (which may God ^or rQStie 0f an¿ the undulations
in his mercy avert from us,) we prefer Mr. 0f the petticoat in the d^iwing-room and
Fillmore to any of the other aspirants of parlor. We feel on this point like the
,. , cotton manufactures of Great Britain—we
his party.
The Godlike Daniel made what is term-
ed a great speech at Buffalo, in which he
coundn't think of giving up our muslin.
We are willing however, to leave the af-
fair in the hands of the ladies themselves,
asserted that whenever any mors territory who certaiuly are entitled to the privilege
should be acquired, that slave labor ought o( doing as they please with their skirts
j , ., c ., l v . : and raising or lowering them at their own
never to descrat. it. Said much about ¡ 0«r coofidenc| in their good taste
th. spirit and genius of our institutions ^ tblt we shaU ¡n n0 ,ttempt
being opposed to slavery, but, in this par- interfere nor give an opinion, save in
ticular, was mum about the Constitution, special aud individual cases where we may
r be consulted.
Mr. E. H. Nelson, formerly of this
city, has assumed the editorial control of
the Lavaca Commercial. Mr. Nelson is
a ready and forcible writer, and under his
management, the Commercial deserves a
liberal support. - j ¿ b0V who fell asleep in the Tabernacle, at
. ' . . , ,,, i St. Louis, rose in his sleep, walked to the pul-
V man is better than lie Should be. : p¡: ami shook hands with the preacher.
113" The address of Doctor Keenan to
the voters of the State came to hand too
late for to-day's paper. It will appear in
our next.
educated men, and from experience in the
fatherland, have an honest horror of all
misrule, and particularly all tending to
increase the taxes. They are generally
small land owners and consequently tax-
payers They come here with a deter-
mined purpose to make this land their
home. You do not see them with packs
of cirds in their pockets,openingfaro and
modts banks; and Pro'. Bono Publico
mayf rest satisfied that so far as the Ger-
mauS are concerned, the majority of them
willnever patronize aristocratic institu-
tions ; they applaud his efforts to warn and
expose them to thehard working and honest
classes as dangerous. Sir, t he Germans
are destined to become the bone and sin-
ew of this part of Texas, to cultivate^ the
soil and develope its resources. If anyone
disbelieves these assertions let him v
the German settlements in Pennsylvani:
or the Miami valley in Ohio, and his doub
will dissipate like smoke. Now, sir. it is
to satisfy these honest tax paying people
who are determined, in future, to have
something to say in the city government.
They have already, some eighteen months
since, demanded from the city officers a
correct exhibition of all the income and
expenditures of the city. It seems the at-
tempt to comply has been again abandon-
i ed. They wish to see the acts of the coun-
cil regularly published. When appropri-
ations of $500 are made to survey a par-
ticular line for the rail road, they wish to
Machinery is the friend of the poor. It
has made those things common which were
once the luxuries of tho rich. The day is
past when fine linen and purple was the
badge of a Dives ; or when Queen Eliza-
beth considered a pair of stockings a royal
gift. The poor type-setter, who once
strained his eyes beside a dipped candle,
now cojrnposes under the blaze of gas.—
The poor man's locomotive is cheapened,
and thdtB he gains a month in every year.
Improvements in machinery enables the
humblest operative to read his cheap news-
paj#CT and book—a blessing denied to him
not many years ago. The use of coal
alone, as connected with machinery, has
given employmeat to hundreds of thou-
sands. The luxury of manufactures en-
genders new wants, which cause new de-
mands, and repay new labora. Can it be
pretended that human power is driven out
of the market ? If one hand can be made
to do the work of ten, the nine are free to
add to the same sort of work or to turn to
something else, or to rest, or to read.—
Saving of labor is increase of leisure. Here
is a chance for the working man, helped
by machinery, to bestow on intellectual
advancement, hours which he never could
redeem before.
We hail every new invention as a man-
elevator. Go 011 inventors, in your noble
work: every new and useful improvement
made by you anlarges your sphere of use-
fulness. and benefits yourself and others.
or nr *ion.
• «i
and did much ctainage to it. ae
Panama Star learns that three men
were knocked down, one of whom was
killed—the others recovered.
Samuel Eckel the recently appoin-
U. S. Consul at Talchauano, Chili,
with his lady, was in Pan-una and
intended to leave for far Valparaiso in
the Brtish steamship 011 the 23d ulti-
mo.
The bark Rowena, Capt. Macy,
loaded with coal and lying atTaboga,
took fire on the lltli of May, but (as
we learn from the Star oí the 16th)
confident hopes were entertained that
she would be saved. Nearly all her
coals had been got out, and there was
every indication that the fire had not
spread to a great extent among those
remaining. The vessel and cargo
belong to Messrs. Zachrisson, Nelson
& Co.
We take the following from the Pa
nama Star of the 19th ult.:
A Serious Fight at Taboga.—
On Sunday evening last, a serious
fight occurred between a large party
of Natives and Americans, the latter
helonging to vessels lying at harbor.
The natives succeded in driving the
whole party to their boats, many of
them being obliged to swim to save
themselves from the vengence of their
excited pursuers and one man was
so severely injured that his life is in
danger.
Wife of Gen. Jackson.—The infiuenc
of this woman over her husband is said to
have been very extraordinary. She was
of obscure origin, and totally uneducated;
she inherited from natu -« those fine
it "CU"' /'
beticie Mr. Webster!
One more occurs to mis. ? (We love-
thus to help 011 the ''ideas" and "sen-
timents" of the sage and the philoso-
pher to their destined immortali-
ty-)
\\ hen Ralph first heard Fanny Kem-
ble read Shakspeaie, he was observed
to be greatly exercised by some deep
revolving operation working in his
prolific brain. What was to come of
it was the impatient expect ion of all
who witnessed it, and at length tbe
moment came. Rising, at the close
of the entertainment, our transcenden-
tal philosopher, following with rapt
eye the receding form of the reader,
exclaimed with his usual jravitj^,
•' Ii hat quantit?/ /"
W ho can doubt that such i "senti-
timent"and 4,idea" as this will be re-
membered, when the best thing a
Webster ever said or wrote siall bave
been utterly forgotten!
yet
•.lid nnblft traits of her to such perfec-
tion that her power was very great. Gen.
Jackson was attached to her in early life,
The Home of Jefferson.—A corres
pondent of the Uniontown Democrat, who i but by some means or other the matter
has visited Monticello, the homestead of | was interrupted, and she married another,
I Jefferson, says:
The interior of the house is just as Jef-
ferson left it, except the furniture, which
is all gone, save some paintings, mirrors,
&c. The house, both outside and in,
bears all the evidences of neglect and de-
cay, but still retains all its fair propor-
tions; and its venerable outline grown
gray and mossy by time and neglect,
perhaps adds, rather than otherwise, to its
particalaaly to a stranger
who proved a villian, and the connection
was a most unhappy one. Gen. Jackson
soon became interested in her, and the
consequence was a divorce—after which
he married her. She is said to have pos-
sessed none of those accomplishments
which are supposed to adorn fashionable
life; reared in the back woods, seeing and
knowing but little of refined society. Yet
fine person, strong affections, and good
sense, the three essentials of a woman cna-
appearaace, particuiaaiy toa stranger mivc cokui ui a numau cua-
And the venerable aspen trees growing I bled her to take hold with irresistible
around, throw a kind of melancholy over j force of the bold, strong and fiery warrior
everjthing, that seems to whisper in your ; and statesman, to whom she was wedded,
and point you about three hundred i It was the lion held in the embrace of the
down in the woods, to the grave of I fawn. The influence she exercised is said
Longevity.—The Marshal's re-
turns of the seventh census funiBh
some cases of longevity, vhich tie
National Intelligencer notices the fil-
io ws :
"Sucky Wright, (colored.) 120 years
of age; 19th Ward, city of Baltimore,
Md. A note made on the return by
the Assistant Marshal say6:
"This old woman is doubtedly the
age here put down. Jacob Enna's,
who is G6, married her grand-daugh-
ter, and, at the time of the Revolution-
tionary war, in 1775, she had a child
as years old. Her documents attest
the fact of her being as represent-
ed.
"Mttry A. Be.atlwa .' ) (whit^J \
years. This old hrdy lives in Tre-
mont street, at the corner of Mulberry
street, 19th Ward, city of Baltimore,
and the day ihe Assistant Marshal
called, she was actively engaged iu the
washing clothes.
"Mary Cross, (white,) 102 years;
South Carolina, Anderson District.
A note of the Marshal says :
'I found Mrs
washing, and was informed that she
carded rolls enoughin a day to spin
six cuts."
íes
itch
who planted them—to the humblest
e, in appearance, that ever held the
of human greatness. I made a
of it.
enclose yon a little flower, from a
,ch of vines, said to have been planted
erson himself, beneath the window
in which he died; they have
all over the side of the house now.
The New Y6rk Courier
is now printed on type with a
i ace.
er
copi
to have bordered on the superstitious —
He imagined that no power or act of his
could succeed, or be carried out, averse to
her will, or in opposition to her feelings;
She seemed his guardian angel by day and
by night; holding in her hands his life,
his fate, his all. An intimate friend of
his says, that so long as he lived, he wore
her miniature near his heart, and never
alluded to her except in a manner so sub-
dued and full of reverence, that the listen-
er was deeply impressed with her trans
pendent worth.
i
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Cross carding, and
They had a shark hunt in the har-
bor of Charleston, S. C. the other day.
The carcas of a horse was used to
attract the ravenous fish to a given
point, when three young men and a
negro boy approached the spot in a
strong boat. Quite an exciting scene
resulted, several of the sharks not
merely making play, but also making
fight. One or two of them seized the
boat and shook it violently. T}le
fight ended in the death of 9 of the
sharks, six of them being brought to
the wharf. Their lengths measured
from nine feet three inches to eleven
feel six inches.- Natchez Courier.
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