The Texas Countryman. (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, May 10, 1867 Page: 1 of 2
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BELLVILL^,
. . Austin County, Texas.
Agreements, Contracts, Deeds, Deeds of
Tnut, Mortgages, Wills, &c., &c., neatly
huts, and all otber'Kotarial acta.
)an.l5-g34f
£HAS. f. KAVANAÜGH. B. F. ELLIOTT.
KafuanghA: Elliott,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
BELLVILLE,
• . • V * % *•
Austin County, Texas.
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4. CHESLEY. geo. W. johnson-
Chesley & Johnson,
4 TTORNE Y S AT fyA. IF,
BELLVILLE,
Austin County, Texas,
Or Office in tbe Court House
fec2! ly
A. P. & E. W. THOMPSON,
at Law.
Bellville asd houston,
Aaatin Co. Ii-irrá Co.
. TEXAS.
ill practice in tbe 1st, 3d & 7th District.
A. P. THOMPSON
Will argue and brief caseB in tbe Supreme
Cou t at Austin, Tyler and Galveston.
pr2u tf
B. T. & C. A. HABEIS,
A TTORNE YS AT LAW.
BELLVILLE,
Austin County, Texas.
apr13 ly
Bellville.
W, E. ttJHN,
WÜo^tale and Ret*f|
Bellville, ..,.. Tc^as.
TTAVING completed my arrangements
X+' with tbe manufacturers, I am now
•«ble to sell FQK. C\\SH as low as any
bouse, in T«?aa. f call and examine
my stock wh^ch comprises all of the lead-
ing articles. g5-ly.tj
t EST Loaf and Crusbct Sugar, cbeap for
k W. E. LUHN'S.
W ly
\ Bio Coffee, for sale at
«S-Í/ W. E. LUHN'S-
OEST Superfine and £?tra St. Louis
-LJ Pkipi, for sale at
g^-ly W. E. LUHN'S-
BEST Cheese and Crackers, fresh ar-
'nrbl, for sale at
g5-jy W.RLUHIJ'S.
MACKEREL and FUh, <>f an kinds
for saje by , W.E.LUHN.
HAMES, Traces and Hardware, of
every kind, fors^le by
g5-ly ' ' W.E.LUHN.
WNDOW-Glasii and Wooden ware,
for sale by W.E.LUHN.
A large assortment ofLadies', Children's
and Gent's Shoes, cheap for cash, at
g5-ly W. E. LUHN'S.
AN extensive stock of Trimmings and
Ribbons, for sale at
g5-ly W. E. LUHN'S.
KEBSEYS, Denims, Blankets, stripes
of all kiuda, for sale at
S5-iy ' \V-E-LUHN'S.
/BLOCKS, Gold nd Silvw Watches,
V>> direct importation", for sale at
g5-ly AV. E. LUHN'S.
A heavy stock of j Stationery school
boohs, English and German, low for
cash, at W. E. LUHN'S,
BEST Granite Crockery, direct from
Liverpool, for sale at
go-ty * W. E. LUHN'S.
Notice to Teachers.
THE board of School Examiners for
Austin county will meet at Bellville
on -the ltifh February, 16th March, 13th
April and 13th of May for the examination
of teachers.
X. L. PROUTY, 1
ÉMIL KOCH, I Board of
GEO. W. FOSTER, > Examin-
E.'G. MAETZE, r ers.
A.CHESLEY. J
February 7th, 1867.
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\. G. Searcy, H. H. Boose.
SEABCY & BOONE,
. A TTORNE Y S A T L A W.
ANDERSON,
v Grimes County, Texas.
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J. P. OSTEBHOUT
¿TI! ORNE Y AT LA W,
BELLVILLE,
f Austin County, Texas.
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I llosT N; Holland.
HUNT & HOLLAND,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
BELLVILLE,
Austin County, Texas.
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V I. COCKE, M. D. E.T.BOSNEY.M. D
DttS. COCKE & BOXNEY,
PHYSICIANS SL SURGEONS,
BELLTlLiE,
AUSTIN COUNTY, TEXAS,
—-JOS—
TXAVING had great experience In
Jfx >ur«ery, are prepared to operate
npon and treat all surgical tfsesMa.
.«:19-f46 ' ^ tf
Theo. Bcnacwitx,
maker of
UJEDSTEADS, TABLES, CHAIRS,,
CRADLES, CRIBS, COUCHES.
LOUNGES.
AH kinds of turning performed wtfb
dispatch, such as Billiard Balls, Ten pius
Pipe bowls, Tool bandies, etc.
Spinning wheels, for spinning flax, made
at short notice.
Prices reasonably, I7 hum
*p*M3-1y.
JOHN KENNEDY,
[femar ofKennetly BvlMin?, and occupje p pan
uf <he same.)
Travis St., Houston,
"WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
^S00SA«
Bu
Orneei
'UTS and sells provisions and faulty
series, Texas Flour and provisions
«referral. A general assortment always
Ja baud and for sale at the lowest quota-
*5kb ' •
RUCH & KOPISH,
MERCHANTS,,
BELLVILLE, TEXAS,
Dealers in
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
HARDWARE, CUTLERY,
COTTAGE.
■ ' by k. 'f. willis.
*
Théy tnay b)lk of life ip a fot^age.
And bowers of trellised viae,
C( Nature bewitchinglf simple.
And milkmaids half divine.
Tbey may talk of the pleasures of sleep-
ing
In the shade of a spreading tree,
And a walk in the fields at morning
By the side of a footstep free.
But give me a sly fiirtatiou
By the light «fa chandelier,
^hh jnuaic to play i? Mm piusep, -
" Anct nobody veiy near ;
Or n seat on a silken cofa,-O
With a glass of pire old wine,
And mauima to blind too discover
1 1 -
T^e suiull. white band in mine.
fo«r love in a cottage gets hungry,
Your vine is a neft for flies,
Your milkmaid shocks the graces,
And simplicity talks of pies.
You lie down to your shady slumber,
And wake with a bug in your ear;
And your damsel that walks in the morn-
ing
Is shod like a mountaineer.
True love i¿ at home on a carpet,
And mightily likes his ease,
And true love has an eye tor a dinner,
And starves beneath shaoy trees.
His wing is the fan of a lady,
His foot an invisiljJe tiling,
And his vrrow is tipped with a jewel.
And shot from a silver string,
Tohacco and. Cigars,
A good supply always on liand.
"Will sell cheap,—Give us a call.
jan2ii-3-f'-3
Z, BUSH.,
HAS OPENED A GENERAL STOCK
of Dry
Staple'and Fanev Groceries in the tow
of Hempstead, which he offers for sale di
the lowest cask prices. He solicits the
patronage of his friends and the public.
Cadi advances made on cottou consign-,
edto DICKINSON & COCHRAJt Hous-
ton or Galveston, and forwarded $;ee of
ci^rge from Heuip.sttjad.
octl'2-fJS). if.
Now Livery Stable!
-:o>
rpHE «undersigned have opened a Livery
A. Stable, in Hempstead. Carriages,
buggies, horses, etc., on hand and for hire
at all hours at reasonable rates. By
striot attention to business tbey hope to
meet and recipe, ¡i, sha^Q. of ¿be public
pntroqage.
WEAR & PUNDERSON.
Hempstead, Fob. 15th, 1866. g7-4t*
Notice f
The undersignep have sold
their entire Stock of
to S. J, WHITWORTH, of Hempstead,
aijd .ta^e pleasure in saying that he will
do everj'thmg that is right by their (fid
customers.
Thauktnl foe the liberal patronage here
tofori bestowed upon us. we solicit a con-
tinuation of the same it) the new business
we have established at our old QoBSting
Room in Hemps tead, tor wit \ "
W. A1IRENBECK ft CO.,
COTTON FACTORS*
—■AND—
General Commission
MERCHANTS,
We will make libera] advanees in cashs
on Cotton or other Produce consigned
to us
W. AHRENBECK & CO
au£?7 -(32-t{
THE LADY AND HER LOVERS.
by casby stanley.
CHAPTER XI.
(continued.) 1
The stars were s^ill outt and the
moon shining brightly, when the
Blake's started, before day-break, on
their excursion. Tbe old-fasliioned
huckleberry parties, it ia true, were
nearly done away, when each person
waded in the swamp for the luscious
fruit, and the smartest picker drove
exultingly homeward with filled tubs
and baskets; most now preferring to
purchase of poor people in the vicini-
ty, who made their livelihood by it;
but there were some industrious men
like Farmer Blake* who looked upon
a day of mere pleasure as tbe great-
est toil possible, who still persisted
in gettiag the ber ies as tbey had
done when thév were boys, ajid be-
ginning their day of relaxation as
«arly as. they would a day of haid
labor. Then too, it was a drive of
sixteen miles, the latter part of which
was through heavy sands, and had to
be accomplished before thp sun was
too high.
So, as wc said before, the stars
w;ere still out, and the moon still up,
when the Blake's Eet off for the place
of rendezvous, some fire miles dis-
tant. As they rode along, the silence
would occasionally be broken by a
blast from one of the ion<* tin horns,
without which no p irty to the Pines
is eojnplete, aud directly, emerging
from a cross road, or coming u]3 fuii-
ously behind them, a wagon would
appear, full of people in the gayest
spirits. As they lieared the place of
m^etiqg^ there were answering notes
in every direction; a fear aisa really
well played b/. aspiring musicians j
whilst some, who cared more for fun
than sentiment^ s^ut qut prolonged
groans through the long-throated
horns, or used th,em as speaking tram*
pet8, much to the annoyance of the
musical swains. But soon the sound
of a violin was heard, apd, the horns
became as dumb aacommon birds do
in the presence of the nightingale,
and now-a rough, broad wagon appear*
ed,crowded with merry young fellows,
and in their midst old black G«y,
head and foot keeping time to the
music, as be played away for dear
life, '• The Campbells are Coming,"
Amid a|l the gay jesfc and laugh-
ter, Rosa listened in vain for Mark's
voice, and With* a l,eeliug of disap,
poifttrgjen^s^e drew, back in the wagen.
" We're all here now, I beHeve,"
said one of the young men at last/'ex-
cept Joe Johnson and Rosa Blake.
Wby didn't you make Him keep up
with you* neighbor Blake V*
I am here,"-answered Roga, ener-
getically, as she pat her head out of
tlve wagon s
•• Why I thought — but here he
comes now.'' replied the speaker, &aa
1 of a whip was heard, and Jqq
wagons
practised Jehu-
boy ," 8^d he.
swept in among tl
with theduxterit
" Smart woi^
as he drew his horses ia with so
den a jerk as oi%At threw them oa
their haunches, " f drors them fivp
mile in twenty mf#ate5, eay."
"Better makn.it fifteen, Jae, for
short," called so^e one from the
broad wagon, whdVas well acquaint-
ed with Joe's boastful propensities.
" And the wagon run so easy that
that hardly swua^, an inch from its
place," Joe went !*b,vi hout noticing
the iatemipiioaw JW pointed to a
huge glass horn iuspetnde<||from the
top of the vehicle, ttye triumphant
achievement of some fanciful glass-
blower. N-
"The stars were dying out one bf
one, and t^e. moonlight was feebly
struggling with the conquering dawn,
when the party were again on. their
way.
Farmer BlaSe's wagon was one of
the first to reach the place-of desti-
nation, and when the others came up
Mrs. Blake had already unpacked her
tubs and baskets, and began to make
preparations tyr breakfast.
' The miller who owned the property
derived a snug litltevrevenne from hir-
ing out a long, board building which
he bad eiaaCted* and which answered
the purpose of a dining-room and ball-
room; and hew empty barrels, sup-
porting rough boards, serving for
tables, the breakfast was spread.
The younger part of the company
wandered away in search of amuse-
ment, longing for not only breakfast
to be over, but dinner also, so that
old Gus, and the dancing might be-
gin.
Roáa had been more gratified than
her mother was, by seeing Mark An-
derson assist Mrs. Roberts from tbe
wagon, and Mrs. Blake was kept in a
statüaof perpetual irritation the whole
morning, notwitkstandingdiei triumph
ovor '*i3euly Boberts," by tbe.remarks
made to her by her friends respecting
Bosa and her lovers.
So she's given Josy Johnson the
mitten, I see,said one.
"The schoolmaster is as fine a young
man as you'll see in a day's walk ;
it's a pity he's poor," added another,
who knew Mrs. Blakes's weak points
exactly.
So the good woman was in no ami-
able mood %hen she saw Rosa and
Anderson returning from a walk to-
gether.
•' You're making- yourself the talk
of the whole company by your con-
duct," whispered the mother, angrily,
as her daughter approached her.
" Why, I've only been down to the
swing where all the Qthprs are," was
tbe reply.
" Very well; but remember that
you don't put your foot ijj. a boat to-
day, if you go with Mark Ander-
sqn,v
Bosa did not dare to disobey her
mother, and this was a grevious dis-
appointment to her, for she had'just
told ¿lark that she would go in his
boat to hunt for water lilies. So she
weq.t, down to the edge of tbe pond,
where a large party were waiting for
the boats ty. be unmqored, and stood
looking silently on.
Come, jump in, Bosa," said An-
derson, taking ber by- tbe arm.
'i'be girl's eyes filled with tears a^
she shook her head in the negative
saying in an under tone,
*•1 can't, Mark, mother says I
shan't go with yo1^.''
" She will let, you go in on^. of
the other boats, won't she?'' queri-
ed Anderson, as he 6toopad down
to unfasten the chain.
" But I doa'f want to," replied
Bosa. There were but two boats left,
the OQ9 which Mark was to rove, and
another of which Joe Johnson took
po3session.
v Qom?, Roey," stud Joe, at this
moment, " your mother sent me to
take care of yon; jump in, quick, or
tin* others 111 g«*t' the start of u?."
But Bosa stUl refused, nowith-
standing tb^t tip young girls in the
boat kept calling to her and mak-
ing room. Jqs was grgwiug impa-
tient. Finding Jhat she would be
the. only* one left behind, she was
about turning -pray to join the
matTQUs, wko, ift hi h prepara-
tions for dinner, when Mark cttl^d
out, -
'' Come, Miss Bosa, yon
promised to get yon some water
lilies."
" I guess I can get them ^ ^er
without your, help,'* mattered Joe,
as Rosa at last took her heat in
the feoat. .
CHAPTER XII.
The party sped gaily up the lake,
the musicalcvoices of the girls keep-
ing time to the dipping oars. On
either side the tall pine forest rose,
dense and green,^ blackening ~ tbe
water'* edge as it looked into it
with its dark face, a drooping birch
tree or alder bush, with their more
vivid color springing up like a smile,
now* and then ¡ whilst further out,
the deep, blue waters reposed calmly
beneath the deeper blue of the sum-
mer sky.
As tliey advanced the view be-
came wilder. Gaunt oft) trees, on
which not a vestige cf foliage re-
mained, were draped in long moss,'
hanging in fantastic folds from their
branches nearly to their feet ; and
there tbey, stood, as they had stopd
for years, biding "the pelting of the
pitiless storm," their wrinkled arms
thrown aloft, their grey beards tos-
sing in the wind; like some dethron-
ed old £#ar.
Great beds of snowy water lilies
floated on tbe lake ; clumps of bush-
es sprung up in thp midst of the
water, forming green islands; stal-
wart trees, tbalt for many generations
had shaken their hoary heads at
Time, had at last succumbed before
the conqueror, weary , of the conflict,
and laid them down quietly in tbe
blue waters.
if The party had grown more silent
as they proceeded. At last Ander-
son said,
"-There are too many snags and
fallen trees here for it to be quite
safe. Suppose we take the ladies
back to the rods, and leave them,
and return for the lilies by our-
selves."
The proposition was readily agreed
to, the more especially, as it had
been impossible for several of tbe
girls to suppress a scream^ as the
bottom of the boat grated over hid-
den stumps and branches.
So the boats turued mid sped ra-
pidly back. Bosa gave a sigh of
relief when they were all safely
landed on the rock.
" I'm so glad we are here," said
she t) Anderson, wha, was helping
the girls from the boats. " It was
such a wild-looking place in spite
of the water lilies. Wouldn't it have
been horrible to have been drowned
there ? Everything so still, except
the crows that wheel and 'caw* over
the waters, or tbe dreadfhl moaning
of the wind through the tree^"
Mark turned and looked at her,
and her cheeks and lips were ashy
from emotion.
" I know it's very foolish," said
sdie, trying to laugh, " for there's not
a bit of danger, but 1 wish you were
not going back.
'' Not a bit of danger,'" answered
Anderson, as he sprang into tbe boat
after bis companions and pushed off.
The quick strokes of bis oars soon
pu,t him alongside the other boats?
but he observed that Johnson strain
ed every nerve to keeji ahead. A
feeling of good-natured rivalry iu-f
duced him to put forth all of bis skill,
and he soon shot past Johnson. Tbe
young men who were with him gave
a shout as they glided onward, leav-
ing tbe two other boat.-j behind, and
Joe again bev.t on. his oars, till the
perspiration stood, in great drops
on his flubbed face..
The beds of water lilies were soon
reach<fd, and the bottoms of ihe boats
strewn with the gleaming white
flowers.
" There's something I must get,"
said Anderson, pointing to, a spik$ of
crimson blossoms that grew near to
the shore.
•*I saw them before you spoke, and
intended to bare them myself for
Bosa Blake." said Joe; but Mark was
already steering ia the direction of
the prize.
With a suppressed oath, Joe shot
bis boat alongside of Anderson's.—
Mark, ifith one oar stuck
around to steady himself by.
1 «lready leaning foward, with his
hand alnf&st On the flower when
Johnson took one of his sculk, and
pnsheait against his rival's boat with
such force that it swerved ^oand in
<ub opposite direction, Anderson lost
his batanee, and in a moment was
buried in the blue*watero.
The oppressive silence of the sum-
mer's day wfts unbroken sav by the
splash of the falling body. 'Eterf
tohgue-seemed paralysed with
In an instant a white
4 Pisgusted
Frenchman js this country, -who
little * ' 4
hy
on/the water, made more ghastly
the frightful wound on tbe templei
" I didn't do it," muttered John-
son, between h¡s chattering teetb^as
he gazed with distended eyes and a
face almost as livid as the one which
gleamed on him so reproachfully from
the w^r. ~
But already they w^te lifting the
body ifeone of the boats.
I didn't do it, but I can't row,'"
said Johnson, again, and he cowered
down in the bottom of his boat, not
daring to look on tbe white upturned
face of bis rival; and his hands shook
like those of a palsied old man.
Without a word of comment, one
of bis companions took the oars
and turned homeward, and the two
other boats speedily followed.
The stillness was horrible. Noth-
ing was heard but the "caw, caw," of
tbe solitary crow that wheeled and
circled down the lake. The light
breeze that kissed the water lilies.
ought no responses from them,
and the summer sun beat- down' un-
pityngly on the rigid features of An
dersón.
The girla who were waiting im-
patiently for the return of the boats,
at last beard the dipping of the oars.
Bosa leaned forward anxiously to
catch a first glimpse of the party a6
they came around the point. But to
the astonishment ot all, the first boat
flew past; then some one called
from it,
•' Mark Anderson is drowned !"
The bright, eager faces grew livid;
a short, stifled cry was heard in the
midst; and Bosa Blake sunk to the
ground.
The terrified girls called in vain to
be taken into tbe boat, end when the
next one rounded, the point two or
three cried out,
<>You must take us in ; Bosa Blake
is dying."
With increased terror, at this new
misfortune, the young man run the
boat silently up to the landing-place,
helped to lift in Bosa's insensible
form, took as many more aa they
could passibly carry, and then put
them off again.
The young girls cuddled together
on the water's edge, in hotrod-struck
silence, and saw them bear Anderson
past.
" Don't forget to come back for us'
at last called out one, who recovered
her faculties sooner than the others.
A nod from the rower was the only
answer, and then they were left alone.
With dropping tears. Bosa's com-
panions bathed her face, and eudea
vored to recoser her ^rom l^jr death-
like swoon.
" She's dying on the very lilies that
Mark took so much pains to get, and
1 kflofc they were for her," said one
of the young men, in a whisper; and
in the same low voice he gave the
giris an account of the catastrophe.
" Do ) ou think be is really dead,
or only stunned V asked one.
'' 4j>!¿ad. He struck his temple
against something when be weut
down—a stump, most likely," and
the speaker again applied himself vi-
gorously to the oars.
To be concluded in our next.
■Your Own Gwd Aa>«c.-r.->Som,e
one says to young men, don't rely
upon friends. Don't rely upun the
name ot your ancestors; Thousands
have spent the prime of life in the
vain hope of receiving help from
those whom they call lriends; and
thousands have Starved to death be-
cause they bad a rich father. Rely
upon tins good name which is made
by your own exertions ¿ and know
that better than the best friend you
have, is au unquestionable reputation
united with decision of character.
Massachusetts brandy
partly fjroift cam^hene.
is made
uainted with
b, was once gt
in in the purchase of a atoed. He
gave twenty poundi
jade of an old mare,
fattened up to sell, and
be ringboned, spavined, . . „
wind-hrokeu. The Freuebufta soak
discovered that he bad been «M p
in the trade, and went to request the
dealer to take hack the animal, aai
refuud the money. f'Sar,* said W.
M1 hare fetched back de mare bWse
vat yoa sell me, and I want denitoey
in my pocket b*;k,' "Your pocket
beck!" returned the dealer, fvigaing
fc-mrise*} "14w'tupdeni«ttd rxn! _
ou stand under me,' said the
Frenchman, beginning to gesticulate
furiously; yon stand under mo-rsare
by gar—you be von grand rssealiv.
You sell me von mare for twenty
pounds, and he no vorth twenty pence
by gar V "Wfey4 what was the matter-
with the beast V «Mattair! aa^e!
•nattair1 did you' say 1 Vy, u¿*f all
mattair j he no gaat all, beget no
i^g, no teot, no wind, he b« blinil like,
one ston« mit bis eyes, be no see no -
body vid dat eye; he goes v'heese-o,
v'heeze-ot like von forge-hsnmer
bellows, he go llfcp, limp, he never
go over all the ground, he no travel '
two mile in three day. Oui, sare, he
is oue grand sheat——you must take
him, and fund de money back.' "Be-
fund tbe money ? Oh, no, I could no|
tliiiik of such a thing.' "Vat V ¥ou
jia fund me back the menpy 1 Yout
sheat me vid twenty pound horse.dat
not go at all.' "I never protnijed;
you that she would go.* "By giur!
vat Í3 vou horse good for ven he no
go i He no bettereis one dead shack
ass, by gar i Vi.ll you, sare, take the
mare horse back, and. give my mptjey
vat you pay for I1119 \ "Ko, sir. I
cannot ^'twas a fair bargain; yeur
eyes were your own market, as we
gentlpmen of the turf say.* 4-Cb ntle-
men de turf ! You be no gentlemen
at all—you be no turf 1 Mon Dieu I
you be one graud Turk, you iuferuaille
deceptioneo. You sheat your own
'born mudder i you play your rascalle
tricks on your own gotten fadder:
you have no principad -.' "The
interest is what I go for.' "Yes, sarefc
your interest is no priueip&ite. You'
be von grand raecalW sheat.' Failing
to obtain .redress from tbe dealer, the
i poor Frenchman s -nt his "mare horse'
to the auctioneer to be sold. But he
seemed to be a great deshr for lie.
took good care that ilie fees for selling
should eat up the price he got for the
steed. "By gar,' said the Frenchman^
when relating the 6tory. "1 be sheet-
ed all round. De dc. 1 r horse he
sheat m<< in trade, and the auctioneer.
Jte sheat me in dispose of the han-
imale ; lie sells de maire horse for two
pounds; and be gar, Le sbarzed ny
two pound ten. Mon Dieu so 1 be
.take all round in. 1 loss twenty pound
ten shilling in my pocket clear for
one sacre limp, litnp, vheeze-wind, not
see-at-all, good-for-nothing shape of *
mare horse vers as nineteen dead
sliackw.-s, by gar?"—Foreign Est-
■change.
How Absurd.—Our forefathers-of •
the revolution were certainly great
dunces when they incorporated into,
the Declaration.of Independence the.
following silly objections to tbe con-,
duct of the King of Great Britain :
1—Keeping in the colonies ijp the.,
time of peace standing armies. 2—>
Benderiug the military independent
of any superior to the civil-power.
3—Imposing taxes without allowing
representation. 4 — Depriving the
colonists of the benefit of trial by juiy.
5 —For suspending Colonial legisla-
tures. 6—In inciting insurrection
likely to result in an iudiscrimiuo/e
destruction of all ases, sexes an4
conditions. 7—-Abdicating Govern-
ment, by declaring us out of the.
mother country. 8 — Quartering-
large bodies of armed troops in the
colonies. Q—Sending into the col-
onies swarms of officers to collect
taxes and oppress the colonists. 10—
Befusiug to.pass projidr laws for large
districts of people unless they would
relinquish the right; oSf r-presentatiop.
21—Obstructing and interfiesipg wklpL
the judiciary, tbas denying jastiae-
12—Interfering with tlú) legislative
bodie •, and dissolving them for oppos-
ing with manly finnuess the invasion
ot the rights of the people. 13—Pro-
tecting military o facers by mock
trials for offences which tbey ha\e
commit tod against the colonists.
The Lavaca Commercial gives ae
one reason why newspapers iu Tej-
as art; so poorly supported, is because
there is So. little legal advertising.
Some of out country exchanges from.
Mississippi and Alabama contain,
from five to ten columns of legal
advertisements. In Texas, courts
are htld, judgments obtained áikl
property sold, and the only notice,
given is tbe posting up in some ob-.
scure place, a half legible manuscript
advertisement. The interests o£
creditor and debtor alike, demand
that a more public notice should be
giveu of the sale ot property. The
Legislature of our State is not Very
liberal towards the printe^.
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