Matagorda Bulletin. (Matagorda, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1, Wednesday, September 27, 1837 Page: 4 of 4
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POETRY.
THE rAUTlXO.
We part ob wouMthat we lind met.
Thy hurl tUy hand as free u mine
Willi touli to cherish not regret
The feeling! that hare made me thlnt ;
Then had I prized each hope that now
Fllogt but remorse across my brow
For what must leave no sign.
Recalling with despairing tears.
Those dreams of execrated 3 eare.
The sun that rote In burning gold
Was darkened on its nay;
And lore as deep 'as mine untold
Mutt wither in decay;
And smiles deceiving smiles hide well
The tale no living lips may tell.
While agony must prey
Upon each thought's unchecL'd career
With naught to hope but all to fear.
Thou canst not feci as I have felt
For guilt is not thine own :
The cares that in my soul have dwelt
Arc mine hut mine alone.
And others deemed my gladdening tmllt
Could grief of all its stings beguile
As if it were unknown
At If no falsehood could be there
T veil a broken I cart's despair.
Farcncll ' but aecm not thou my soul
Can part with thoughts of the;
For it were vain as to control
The billon s of the tea.
In every scene through joy and grief
sly heart nor hopes nor seeks telief
Nor wishes to he free;
But to a thousand feelings still
It clings with many a madd'nlng thrill.
MISCELLANY.
Nantucket silk. Handkerchiefs made bv the
Atlantic Silk Company of Nantucket are now c.v
-hibitingin the Boston market. Those uho have
seen them say they bear a strong resemblance to
the Pongee handkerchiefs but are of a superior
fabrick and certainly of equal firmness. They are
afforded at a cheaper rate than foreign goods of the
same kind. A shrewd political economist has said
that the American manufacturer of silk needs not
the aid of protective duties fur its oun intrinsic ex-
cellence is sufficient protection.
Life in KETrcKv.-The following story of "Life
in Kentucky1' being in print ought of course to
be believed! The gentle partner of the bear's an
tagonist however is somewhat different in her style
of conduct and feeling from some of the Kentucky
ladies we have seen Mrs. White for example
could scarcely seem to have sprung from such a
soil. But to our paragraph. N. Y. Mirror.
"Early one morning the shouts and cries of .1 fe
male were heard all ran to the spot. When thev
arrived they saw a man and a bear engaged in com
bat. -They had it hip and thigh up and down over
and under and the man's wife standing by and hal
looing 'Fair play!' The company ran up and in
sisted on parting them. ' Nono' said the woman
4 let them fight; for it's the first fight I ever saw
that I didn't care which whipped.' "'
feet and a short stick was put into his hand. In a
loud voice he related his deeds and named the one.
mies who had fallen by his hand; and as he pro
nounced each name he broke otf a piece of the
stick which he threw into one of the pits and con
temptuously trampled under foot. The shouts of
the indignant hearers became louder and louder
and the women transformed into furies answered
withycllsandscrcamstoevcrynewname. One lance
after another was lowered & pointed closer & closer
at the breast of the scornful enemy. The last piece
of the stick was dropped; the last and greatest of
all the names was pronounced; and at the same in-
stant resounded from a hundred throits the fearful
war-cry of the Chibotoo. Twenty lances pierced
the prisoner who was lifted high into the air and
then fell dead upon the ground.
Legends of tub rose. The follow iug.lelails re-
specting the rose are taken from a cry able and
scientific work now in course of pullication enti-
tled Arboretum ct Frvcticctum Britann'tum: "The
Romans were fond of roses. CIcopat
tony at one of her banquets in an
with rose-leaves to a consid
tony himself when dying b
tcrcd on his tomb. The Roma
achieved any remarkable victory w
have roses sculptured on their shields Kosewatcr
was the favorite perfume of the Jtonnn ladies and
the most luxurious cen used it in their baths. In
the East the rose has always been a favorite with
the poets. They represent the nightisgale as sing-
ing for its love and many beautiful versos are de-
rived from this fable. In a curious fraemfnt bv
the' celebrated Persian poet Atter entitled "Bulbul
Nahcm the Book of the Xighlingnle' all the birds
appear before Solomon and chirge the nightingale
with disturbing their rest by the broken and plain-
tiff strains which he warbles forth all tin night in a
sort of frenzy and intoxication. The nightingale is
summoned questioned and acquitted jy the wise
king because the bird assures him tint his vehe-
ment love for the rose drives him to distraction and
causes him to break forth into those pisiionatc and
touching complaints which arc laid to lij charge.
The turks believe that roses sprang from the perspi
ration of Mahomet; for which reason they never
tread upon a rose-leaf or suffer one tc lie on the
ground; they also sculpture a rose on the tomb
stones of females who die unmarried.
Dusseldorf so far as genealogy can be credited de
scended in a direct line from the nocturnal assas-
sins of Edward's sons!
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dnutstsMted
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isssssKn had
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tied to
A Love Storv. The Claremont New-Hampshire
Eagle tells us a love-story. The editor says :
"Dick jiad been jilted by a flirt and felt awfully
all down from head to foot that is to say 'down
at the heel' and 'down at the mouth.' To 'sumto-
talize' tho whole he had the 'sulks.' As he came
out of the house of his lost Dulcinca ho was met
by a crony with 'All Dick! good morning to you
what a glorious day!' Oh come now none of your
blarney' 'Blarney ! why what's the matter? By the
way Dick did you know I was an excellent ther-
mometer I can tell by my feelings when it is going
to rain' 'Pooh! pooh!' I should think we might
have lightning soon' 'Very possible quoth dick
for I myself Aofecl like thunder P"
South American Indians. It is very seldom
that these Indians take any prisoners and every
one fights to tho last moment rather than expose
himself to the more or less dreadful fate which
may befall him according to the humor of the vic-
tors. During my residence at Antuco a military
party which returned from the Southern Andes
had succeeded in capturing a chief of the detested
tribe of the Moluches. The unfortunate prisoner
was destined to be a victim to their vengeance and
the intervention of 'the Chilian commandant and
the offer of considerable presents had no influence
over'the incensed Indians who impatiently waited
for the next morning. The prisoner looked for-
ward to his inevitable fute with that stupid indiffe-
rence which has nothing in common with the cou
rage of the hero. The man who more than half
degenerated has never experienced the happiness
of a softer feeling resigns without emotion the
cheerless boon of existence. Tho noise of the fes-
tival in honor of the triumph resounded throughout
the night and at day break a largo" circle of tho
men and all the women assembled before the fort.
The praonerstood in the centre of a smaller cirdCj
composed of twenty warriours each armed with a
long l&nce. Three shallow pits had been dug at his
Haiuts of sheep. They pcrscvcringly follow
their leader wherever he goes: but if in case of sud-
den alarm any one of the flock runs forvard to cs
cape and thus takes the lead the rcstgcaerally fo).
low him regardless of any obstruction. Of this sin-
gular disposition. Dr. Anderson once witnessed an
instance in the town of Liverpool. A butcher's
boy was driving about twenty fat wedders through
the town; but they ran down a street along which
he did1 not want them to go. He observed a sca
venger at work with his broom a little way before
them and called out loudly for him to stop the
sheep. The man accordingly did what he could to
turn them back running from side to side always
opposing himself to their passage and brandishing
his broom with great dexterity; but tho sheep much
agitcd pressed forward and at last tnc of them
came right up to the man who fearing t was about
to jump over his head while he was stoiping grasp-
ed the short broomstick in both hands and held it
over his head. He stood for a few seconds in this
position when the sherp made a spring and jumped
fairly over him without touching the brooii. The
first had no sooner cleared this impcdimeM. than a-
nother followed and another in such quick succes-
sion that the man perfectly confounded seemed
to lose all recollection and stood in the same atti-
tude till tho whole had jumped over him not one
of them.altempting to pass on cither side though
the street was quite clear. As this took place du
ring wet weather the man was entirely bespattered
over with dirt before they had all passed; and it is
impossible to conceive a more ludicrous appearance
than the poor fellow made on the occasion.
The descendants of the murdere
THEriFTn. When Tltcodore Hildj
his picture " The sons of Edwafi
moment the ornament of the Berlii
deemed it necessary in order to bo crfrcct in the
details of his work to cover his model ith the silk
tissue which the eldest prince wears in the picture.
Hildcbrand selected and ordered that tissue in a
shop of Dusseldorf known by the name of Tyrrel.
The vender was supriscd and required why the
painter was so particular about tho article. When
the explanation he demanded was afforded him and
he was told of tho historical subject jvhich Hilde-
brand had chosen he seemed much berplexcd in
presence of the buyer and declared that it was
most extraordinary that he Tyrrel slould be se-
lected to supply the tissue. Tho motive of his as
tonishment was soon accounted for: the murderer
who by the command of Richard tho third put the
princes to death in tho Tower of London was com-
pelled to leaveEngland and settle on tho continent.
The present proprietor of the commercial houso at
fLJAssmVABP
fHHlCO.
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Ladt Jane CouRTNEr.Lady Jane Courtney
was a native of Scotland and in her youth was es
teemed one of the greatest beauties of that roman-
tic land; but the writer of this paragraph only re-
members her when her light and delicate figure
bowed beneath the hand of time. And the head on
which the snows of eighty winters had gathered
was enveloped in tho little black bonnet that sha-
ded an eye still beaming with almost youthful
brightness and instinct with sensibility. The edu-
cation of Lady Jane as far as the lighter accomplish-
ments go had been a good one. She spoke French
and Italian with fluency played on the spinnct and
excelled in all those fine works of the needle which
in her day were considered indispensable in the
education of a gentlewoman; but these accomplish-
ments were only the flowers that wreathed the outside
of that fair temple of purity and grace within burned
the sweet iuscnsu of early piety poetic fancy and
clear reason; and together with a joyousness of spi"
it that tinged with its reflected sunshine every object
within its influence and a temperswect as the gather
ed honey from a thousand flowers made up a charac
ter of fumeninc excellence which she retained
through a loiigand honored life.
Anecdote of a Highland Soldier. No man
who has lived among the peasantry of Scotland will
deny the effects produced on them by their popular
song''. During the expedition to Buenos Ayrcs a
Highland soldier while a prisoner in the hands of
the Spaniards having formed an attachment to a wo
man of tho country and charmed by the easy life
which the tropical fertility of the soil enabled the in
habitants to lead had resolved to remain and settle
in' South America. When he had imparted this re-
solution to his comrade the latter did not argue with
him but leading him to. his tent he placed him by
his side and sung him "Lochabcr no more." The
spell was on him. The tears came into his cycsand
w rapping his plaid around him he murmured 'Loch-
abcr nac mair! I maun gang back Na!" The
soDgs of his childhood were ringing in his cars and
he left that land of case and plenty for the naked
rocks and sterile valleys ofBadenoch where nt the
close of a life of toil and hardship he might lay his
head in his mother's grave.
HORTON & CLEMENTS
General lgcncy
and
t'omm ission illcvchants
LAND AGENTS &c.
9IATAROU11A ITEXAS.)
J'olice.
PERSONS holding Certificates for Property sold
by me individually in this town aro requested
to call during the current year and present them to-
gether with their notes paid as conditioned and re
ceive titles for their respective lots.
IRA DIGRAM.
Matagorda .August 9 1S37. 2-tf
List of Letters
"REMAINING in the Post Office at Matagorda
July 1 1837. (Krlf not taken out beforo the
1st of October next they will be forwarded to the
General Post Office as Dead Letters.
James G. W.
Jones Arch.
Keller F. 2
KeepE.S.
LenisG.W.
Maccy. W. F. .
McFarland Mrs.
. McAubrey M.
McLellan R.
Martin Mr.
McHugh M.
McConaghy Wm.
Moody Jas. A.
McHenry Miss Lydia
McNair James
Moneng Geo.
Nicolas George
Perroncel C.
Petiy Geo. M.
Pears Lyman 2
Percy R. C.
Percy J. C.
Randal O.M.
Richardson. Henry 2
Royal R. R.
Read Ezra
Riddle Sam W.
Roblcos
Richmond L. C.
Sheppard A. 2
Simpson Wm.
Stewert Mr.
Sears Myrom
Sherman & Co. A. G.
StoykerJno.
Shacklcford Jack
Smith Brusly
Smith Jno. W.
Smith Geo. W.
Smith Hezekiah
Stern J. C. 2
Summers II. C. G.
Sanders Uriah
Whitny Joseph W.
Wood Hiram G.
Amleton Jno.
Abel E. J.
Augburn Jno.
Arra Alex.
Brown T. H. 2
Budger Thos
Boyce R. H.
Breaumaut R. 4
Briggs J. C.
Bostwick Mrs.
Bridges W. B.
Bolin A. R.
Brean Wm.
Belknap J. G. 4
Belts Jacob
Coleman Young
Corbin W. P.
CarminJ. M.
Cook Geo.
Diggs Geo. P. 3
Duval G. M.
Don Felipe
Evans Geo. E.
Edwards Jno.
P'ulton G. M.
Gove H. N.
Grcgsby. Joseph
Gray W. 2
Gardiner Geo.
Ganes Bazcl G.
GiImoreJ. W.
Goodman C. C.
Carson Wm.
Hubbard L.V.
Hotchkiss Wm.
Hicks Andrew
Hughs Thos. J. 2
Hancock J. K.
Huff Jno.
Highsmitb R.
Henderson J. F C.
Hanison Brcy 2
Hirom S. C.
Howtli W. E.
Hill Joseph
James Daud
07"Persons calling for the above will please say
thev arc advertised.
S. B. BRIGIIAM P.M.
Matagorda August 2 1S37. 1-tf
caution.
f WAVING been informed that one ISAAC E.
ROBERTSON has attempted to delude the
unguarded by offering to sell a Derd purporting to
be a Title to the League of Land No. 17 bounded
on the west by the Bay of Trespclacics and south
bv that of Matagorda;
This is to make public that I hold a valid and
lawful right to that property and that the Deed pur-
porting to vest a title in said Robertson was fraudu-
lently obtained; that he had previously received a
title to a league of land as a colonist and that he
has forfeited his protection to the Rights of Citizen
ship under the Constitution and Laws of Texas; all
of which will bo made to appear if the subject be
investigated.
HENRY L. BAIZE.
Matagorda August 2 1837. 1-tf
hav-
TTWIE undersigned from DeKalb Co. Geo.
ing recently settled in Columbus Texas offers
lis services as a General Land Aeenr. He will at-
i'lid to selecting and locating Lands and will
ransact any business pertaining to the Land Office
jvhich opens in October next.
The heirs of persons who have fallen in the cause
of Texas arc entitled to locate in addition to their
bounty for a married man five thousand two hun
dred and forty four acres of land for a single man
two thousand one hundred and sixteen acres.
Persons wishing the first choice should apply im
mediately to Iho subscriber who will attend to any
business f.r a reasonable compensation.
All letters post paid and directed to tnc care ot
Wm. BRYAN & Co. New-Orleans will be forward
ed to the subscriber through Messrs HORTON
&. CLE.UILNT3 at Matagorda Texas.
JAMES R. STRICKLAND
References. Baily Kcelerifc Rimsen.-Laverty
Ganley & Co. D. Forrest &; Sons; New-York.
Thos. Fleming ; Miller lliplcy oi Uo. Charles
ton s. C.
Geo. C. McNeil ; Hcwy Shotwell & Co. Ma
con Geo.
Richard J. Bland &. A. W. P. Parker. Port
Gibson Miss.
Hon. J. T. Clcavcland Ruben Cone ; Deca-
tuk Geo.
Rev. Simon Strickland Conn Co. Geo.
Elisha Wynn Esq. Lawrenceville Geo.
Matthews Bites Campbell & Co. Geo.
Columbus July 2S 1637. 1-tf
Public Sale.
Tf Y order of the Probate Court tho Subscribers
-- will offer for Sale on the 11th day of October
next at 1 1 oclock A. M. to the highest bidder on a
credit of Six Months the purchaser giving bond with
approved security the following property to wit:
' Lot No. 5. Block No. 7. Tier No. 2.Mata-
"gorda Front Lot No. 6. same Block Tieraiul
"Front except ja parcel of ground adjoining S.B.
"Brighani's Lot having 25 feet front on deader
"Street and running back the breadth of Lot No. 6.
"Also Lot No. 5. Block No. 13. 'Tier No. 3.
Matagorda Front according to the intent & mean
ing of an agreement entered into by E. Merryman
uee'd and J. I . lie 11 knap in reference to said Lots.
JA'S T. BELLKNAP.
R. II. WYNN. Adm's
( & Curator of the Sue. of E.
( Merryman dec.
Matagorda Sept. 1837. 7 tf
Ctirfor' Notice.
TQTAVING been appointed Administrator and Cu--
rator by his honour Silas Dinsmore Judge of
Probate Court in the succession of JOHN J.
HAND deceased This is to notify all persons
having claims against said succession to present
them duly authenticated for payment within the
time prescribed by law or they will be barred :
and all persons indebted to said succession will
make payment to the subscriber without delay.
ANDREW MITCHELL
Administrator and Curator.
Matagorda September 4 1837. 6-tf
Administratorand Curator's Notice.
THE subscriber having been duly appointed Ad-
ministrator and Curator of the Succession of
DANIEL DECROW deceased Notice is hereby
given for all those indebted to the said succession
to make immediate payment; and all who have
claims against the same to present them duly au-
thenticated for adjustment and liquidation.
THOMAS DECROW
Administrator and Curator.
Matagorda August 30 1837. 5-tf
Curator's Notice.
npHE undersigned having been duly appointed
-- Administrators and Curators of the Succession
of CHARLES WILLSON decoased hereby raj-
quest all persons indebted to the succession to com
forward and make immediate payment as it is ne-
cessary to close the affairs of the succession; and
all persons having claims against the estate will
present them duly authenticated in the time pro-
scribed by law or they will be forever barred.
HARVEY KENDRICK
WILLIAM WILLSON
Curators Sfc.
Matagorda August 2 1837. 1-tf
Notice.
"XAVING obtained Letters of Administration and
- Curatorship.on the succession of DA &
COLLINSWORTH deceased Ibis is to BCtify all
persons having claims against said succmmm
present them duly authenticated within the IhM'
prescribed by law or they will be barred; ud all-
those indebted to the said succession will
mediate payment to the undersigned.
GEO. M. COLLINSWORTH
"Administrator and Cuntetv
Matagorda August 2 1837. 1-tf
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Niles, J. W. J. Matagorda Bulletin. (Matagorda, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1, Wednesday, September 27, 1837, newspaper, September 27, 1837; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth80327/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.