The Northern Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 23, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 7, 1852 Page: 2 of 4
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BYLASTNIGHT'SMAIL.
It is staled in positive terms that Mr. Clay
desires that General Cuss should bo elected
next President of the United States.
Louisvn.LE.Jnn. 13. Navigation is again
closed nbov e this. The river is full of flout-
in" ice and falling. Ice ery heavy so
much so that the Jeffersonvillc ferry bouts
have stopped running. Thermometer thN
morning sit degrees below zero.
Baltimore Jan. 13 8:20 P. M.
Tho Mar land legislature pnssed a resolu-
tion welcoming Kossuth but repudiating his
intervention docttines. Kossuth u as receiv-
ed by both Houses to-day. He arrived from
-Annapolis this evening and leaves for Han-
risburg the l'cnn-ylvau'n seat of Govern-
ment to-morrow.
v .Vcir York Jan. 13. P. M.
Salca nf cotton for the last two dajs O.oOU
bale3. The market buoyant with a good ex-
posing demand.
Washington Jan. G
There is every reason to believe that the
Prometheus nfihir will lead to a better un-
derstanding und that no British force will
hereafter be stationed at San .luan de Nicar-
agua. Mr. Clay's health is improving and he e
pects to-day lo speuk on Mr. Clnrke's te-o
lution on the policy of the United States rel-
ative to intervention m the affairs of foreign
Governments.
Hauiuscuug Pa. Jan. IGth. The Koss-
uth dinner comes oil' this evening. He will
address the citizens at the Court House this
afternoon nnd leaves to-moirow morning
stopping at the "Mountain House" over Sun
day.'
The Legislature has appointed a Comm't-
tec to e-cort him to Pittsburgh Cleveland
and elsewhere for the ne.t fortnight.
The great cnc of Irving is Nicholas Long
worth at Cincinnati involving $50000110
after being twelve years in court has been
decided in favor of Irving.
The Kentucky Democratic Convention litis I
nominated Gen. Wji. O. liUTLEU for Presi-
dent of the U. S.
.Yiu Ymhjun 12i 'I he i-teniiiship Sn-
vannahc bound from Florida for Savannah
jurst her boilers at St. Simon's Jslatid on
Friday last tearing the boat to p'eces. The
Captain Clerk and three other per-ons were
killed. The cabin passengers were all saved.
St. Claik's Defeat. At Fort Recovery
Mercer county Ohio not long since the re-
nuins of many of the victims of St. Clair's
defeat were tound uncovered by the rnins
The) were carefully collected in coffins and
buried with great pump attended by a pro-
cession of 5000 people with a funeral oration
by Belamy Storcr Km. of Cincinnati. It
was resolved to petition Congress to erect a
suitable monument at the place.
An Indian Autiiop.. There is.in a recent
number of tho Minnesota Democrat an able
and interesting sketch called the "Rocky
Mountain Leap" from the pen of the Chief
Jr n if n i -m r .i xt ...
of the HnlkBrecd Clnppevvas of the North-
wet. The author was last year a member
of the Legislature of that Icrrilorv. and is
said to possess fine talents.
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A colony of Jews has. been discovcr-
. . .- r r-M.' i. ... . r
eo in llie inienor oi vmim uv io agenis oi
u t a v ; .- c ; i... 'n
. hvingjlierc in a very abject condition im-
poverished. raciied and unclean but still clinc
iug.to their rites nnd ceremonies. The col- j ask recognition a members. Will it not ba soaie-
ony is supposed to have been seliled in Chi- vvkal nJicalnus upon ihe part of a new Stale en-
na for centuries." Some vnluablc Hebrew tilled to two members to Congress when N. York
manuscripts are in their possession among only senj3 30 anj peiSyUami 26. Wo are pei-
nhiehua very ancient copy of the Pentn- fec( slti3fiej B-lh hfl 8(.lcction of EIecllirs fl)r
tcuch. 1
" 1 the East ; better men ciuIJ not have baan nine J.
Gni:TE Market House. The Philadel-'They
phia Ledger states that their enterprising fellow-citizen
S. IC. Hoxie has taken tho con-
tinct for the granite work of the New Wash
ington market on the Hudson river side of
New Yoik to be built of granite. This U to J
he an extensive building coveting the entire of our electors or they wuuIJ not hifa been pre-
blr.ck three stories high nnd is to be made ferred for their positions. Mr. Brjan is a gentlo-
firo proof throughout. The granite work is'man of very considerable oralonal powers uatuial-
estimated locnsl $120000. and the entire ' yt anJ ioubllesj. s!llllld It be considered necessity
building $3..H00. l(J uU Ue stljmpt U1)ll!j Jo gooJ sen;ce- jrajr
It is proposed to build a rail road from Cin Neighbors has made himself popular in tli2 West
cinnati to Louisville. The distance from'iv actlve scmce un()T le Frontier and especially
Louisville to Covington (opposite Cmcinmti t i a hm .
"" T i ..... as an Indian Agent. When the pr.iper lunj ar-
is less than one hundred miles. Ihe rail . . . t r
from Louisville to Eminence forty miles on "VCS' "e S a" f'0"10 h:lr mma3' M !B h"d
the wav is already completed and in full op- our c"1'1"3- In tl' tlme. wo a"a'1 rt '
oration having but iv.ty tinier to be built toi"u" "' l"e "eiiiocrauc .ijuuiji wuic-iu.i uu
compkte the whole route The Circinnati
Times says.that 'by building only sixty miles
of road through the best and richest part of
KeniurKy uu. . K:.c...7 ;) m
. 1 I... nt.in rAM Ilia .Bt..nf ..... .. f u:if'
VOrCU OV llillUI U'lUI IIIC (.Ifllll UI.IIMII Ul U IU11
'load l.ouirviile and Cincinnati would be
brnu'lit within les than four hours of each
other." .Vein. Expicss
Mrs Partington ov Weddings "I like
to lend weddings" said Mrs. Partington as
she came bark from one in church and
hung her shawl up and replaced the black
bonnet in tho long preserved band box 'I
like to see young people come together with
the promise to Iovo ciienli and nourish each
other. But it is a sole mi thing is matrimo-
ny n very solemn thing where tho minister
comes into the chancery with his surplus
and goes through tho ceremony of making
them man and wife. It ought to be husband
and wife for it isn't every husband that turns
out to be a tnnn I declare I never shall for-
get when Paul put tho nuptial ring on my
finder and said "with my wordly goods I
thee endow." He ucd to keep a dry goods
btore then and 1 thought he wus going to
give me the whole there was in it. 1 wus
young and simple and did not know till af
rcrvvuids that il only meant one calico gown
a vear. It U a lovely sight to see voung
people plighting their trough' ns the song
nays and coming up to consume their vows."
THE VICTORY IN VIRGINIA
In another column will be found a table of the
vote of neatly tho whole Stale. The official ma-
jority will range not far from 7.000. It will not be
p03itivelv Known until the Legislature meets on
the 12ii January next and the v nto is officially
counted ami announced. Tho Democracy of the
East had done so nobly thai we were led lo expect
a murh larger majority. The West however fail
ed ns in many oints "Iaitle lennessre espe-
cially fell back her usually gieal strength is now
fniteied down lo almost nothing. The present re-
sult in the West cannot be regarded as a ttue lest.
Mr. Summers is by jar the strongest man in his
parly and many Democrats in tho West were
doubtless induced by the leading part Air. Sum-
mers played in ihe Convention m behalf of the
West to forego their principle temporarily and
give him their voles. He ran ahead of his parly
anJ any other Whig would have been much farther
beaten in the State. The clertwi is over the
Democratic flag flies more proudly than ever from
the maKlliead of the flag-ship " irginia and we-
appeal lo the Democrats every where lo close their
ranks and rally fur tho nexi great battle in tho curn-
fin year. Eichiro-.d U.qair.
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THE STANDARD
A DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN JOURNAL
Alrucmin:
EQUAL RIGHTS
PRINCIPLES BEFORE MEN
AND OPPOSED TO ALL CHAHTERED M0N0F0UUS
CLARK SVILLJ:
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 7. IS.VJ.
V. B. 1' lr.MKIt I the nnllioriznl ngeiii for
Ihe Miiiutnt.l. nt Xcw Vurli I'liilmlrlpliin ntnl
Ho. ton
C. XV. Wilcr Xu. 17 St. Charles-aircri lor
Ycvr Orlcnun.
No Atlvcrlbing or Job Work will be done
at this oiliceon ;i credit.
Terms of Standard.
Single rltcriilian. in nilinnrc S!l 00
Clubs of irnncli 'J 511
" menu 00
1CT" One more apprentice In the printing busi-
ness will be receive! it this office lie must beoi
good disposition and habits with a fair English ed-
ucation and nut w seventeen jears of age.
IE?" We arc ii.debted to Judge Mills for a Pic
ayune uf ihe 23rJ ult. The Judge savs he wrote
to nslirice while absent but he isticrcand the let
ters are not With Ins knowledge of mill speed.
be ilwuld Irave retained" the litters and brought
them himself.
AVe are indebted to the Hon. Thunas J. Rusk
fur public documents
ITJ Wo are informed tint two Standards nf dif
ferent dates directed to Sloan one of our suhsert-
bers at Dallas. vvereseon in the Post otlue at Paris
Lannr Cuunty. We would be glad to Know how
packages for Dallas com z to be openod at Paris.and
detained there.
The twolast mails fru.n Austin brought us each
one paper an J those not lato. Letters of lite date
came; what have become of the papers'
. "ft
We puhl.sh ibis week the platform of princi
ples adopted bj the Democratic Stalo convention ;
and also the names of the delegates to the Haiti-
more convention the cummtttn.es etc. The Hon
Sam'l Bugirl of (Collin count) v.as President Jof
tlhc convention
""Very ui.rccessirily a long list of delegate- to
tlle JJaltimore conventin i his b.-en nunsd.of which
onv rur ha0 hce her(1 Ti;3Uay of n0rn:na-
. " .. . r - i
ting committees or delegates for a special purpose
" -- .
a"d hcn atM"Z 0 1cn' b' "'u31 Wcsiion
m"'i' a"a who nav be suppose to want to go is
objectionable cnoujjh at county meetings and es-
pecially unbefitting a body assembled for a grave
purpose and supp sed to bn governed by dehbera-
. . . . . r. ....
twn and adueregird to the fitness of things
Suppose the gentlemen who have been named as
delegates to llaliimore all present themselves and
bate standing capacitv and purity of cbar-
acter and will give st rength to the tieket. The
gentlemen fro n the West si fir as we kno v are
unobjectionable and we presuma were thought as
favorably of by the Yv extern delegates ns we think
prcterences certainly in the st-lectnn ot a.anJard
bearers ; but with the determination to support our
principles whosever names may be put forward as
u j esecmor3
n
Wo cannot all have
I oar choice of men but wemay all of the truofiilh.
support our views of right by supportinj the choice
of ihe majority for St indard beirer.
Worii t WorU t Work I
Our farmers are in great number breaking up
and bedd.ng their ground for planting. The weith-
!er is most auspicious the ground breads up m tha
finest possible condition and we hops tint not ma-
ny days will ehpse before every man who expects
to run a plough at all fur the co niiig sunnier will
start it at the prepitatnry hbor. Our district anJ
especially our county has outstripped th c siltrouu
ding country the season pat and one mors goo J
crop puts the reputation of our lands oi a basis of
permanence to v ludi they are well entitled and
uluc-h should long since have been secured tor them
hy the cultivators. Winter ploughing-deep plough
inland beddms.carly planting and thorough work
will make a crop certain; we don't care what sort
of a season it may be wet or dry If tho land is
bedded up and early planted excessive rains will
run off. a drv season cannot seriously injure us
The last summer was proof enough upon that
point.
Another item upon oarly ploiglnn;. Porhips
all of our agricultural fnen Is aio nut awaro that
new Ind broken up in the winter and well pul-
verized will produce as well as old. It has always
heretofore been supposed hero that no sort of cul-
tivation woulJ mike tho product of the land for
the first ear equal tho after product. Hut this
thing w as tried last year by Win. M Harmon;
thoroughly tried no half way work and the re-
sult was.no perceptible difference between the new
land and that along side of it which Ind been in
cultivation some years.
Whilo upon this subject it rrny not bo inappro
priate lo mention that some time since we repor
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j - ir-:...T i... i.. ...i. All r
- ri. I
hia com land with the exception of some lato re-
' I
piailll.lg was rruIlUu lu ..a.o ji.uuucuu uuso-
els of corn per acre. Since than tho crop has bean'
criobed and measured and the avciago was 51
bushcls and a peck per acre. This will do fur a
drv eetson will it net
Tcxnsbcr resource licr Future
It vv ill be seen by the following extracts from tbe
New Orleans Picayune that some of the sleepers
are waking- and thai Texas once looked upon with
averted eyes by the Meiehants of that city and
valued proportionally with tho price of her Prom-
issory notes in the lime of the Republic is really
thought ?iom to be worth looking after. There are
some of us who lecollcct when Texas was a sub
ject of sculling and pronounced a refuge of scoun
drels. Doubtless there were niinj individuals who
in former years found the fionticr of civilizttion a
refuge afier deeds of desperation. These men
have flocked to Arkansas and Missouri in fotmar
years and now go to Cahlonui and willalw-iys
constitute a portion of the advanced guard of move
mcnl in the settlement of new lands. Rut there
never was a time within our recollection running
back tu the date of the Dechratum of Independent c
in 30 when refuges or desperadoes were in suffi
cient number in the population of Teas to imrk
its character; when Willi isolated exceptions they
could have prominence. Certainly in earlv tunes
when boldness nf chancier was useful ti the com
iiiuiulv of a new- country .subject t Indian depreda-
tiniind .Mexican attempts at npprcssionthero were
individuals holding in some localities the character
terof leading men whose foregone history would
not have borne strict scrutiny Rut theic were al-
ways men of generous character hyh toned and
honorable m their personal relations thjuglt so no-
vvhil reckless. A generous hatdthoodj among the
pioneers of a wilderness icrniuly does.xlways will
redeem or pal'iatc some faults. Hut meanness br-
tahly or npacity.netcr had an huur's sway in Tev
as.
The peup'c nf Texas will belt ftvorable eom-
papson for honesty of purpose and a eomprehen-
suo sense of right with any people in tbe Union.
Viewed as a people their impulses are as sound and
reliable as those of any Stat-; Theft was a tiling
unknown when we came o Texas; people nerer
thought of -ecunng their doors to prevent los.
There was no danger of robbery any where no mat
tcr how lonely the road.or how unprotected the trav
ellcr. If you met a man afar from settlement ou
met a brother who was ready lo divide the contents
of Ins wallet or his dial ami you camped with him
it nigbtand shared his blanket withuut fear of harm.
There is less crime here 1js we say than in any
State in the Union. 'I here is a perfect obcdicnco
to law. We know- of but three coauties in the
Slate in which the dominance of ttie laws has ever
been resisted In two of thus; it was by a few m
dividual-; in every cise itfaileJ and lawand order
triumphed. For keen scrutinizing sense; political
discrmi. nation uncontrolled by demagogues; we
mean to siyand we say it deliberately and with a
due understanding of ihe force of tho allegation
that there is no State in the Union the people of
which will compare with those of Texas.
Striking out into the broad prairies and lonkui"
upon the face ol Nature as the Almighty construe
ted it viewing elementary rights thtoih elemen
tary mediunis.wiih no cautious conservative cxpoiin
dcrs; has a strengthening influence upon the iutel-
le ct. Men learn to measure principles and Rights
through natural reasoning unaffected by interested
colonngsorcoislraine.il usages il in- piopie of
Texas in so pushing into the wilderness hid thrown
themselves boyond information and away from all
sources of the rational knowledge which the world
has arrived at after years of enquiri ig reasoning
and experiment tho result would nut have been so
favorably. Hut for most of the it.no they hive not
been ignorant ol the occurrences ol" the worlJ or
the pretentions of tbe woild s leaders.fur ihey hivo
a large number of public journals and books they
have always had in good number. Hut all uf this
thoy have seen and upon all of this thoy have tei-
soned undazzlcJ by individual influence; unheated
by partizin z?z. The result has been the accumu-
lation that's the truo word fur rahcal chinge of
character cannot bo the work of a brief tune. of a
character of sober se nse discrimination and entire
freedom. Thus wo have a population to whoso
sober sense and equity we would trust the deter
imnatioi o any principle or any right. It was by
the rcprese natives ofsich a poaulitioi.in a space
of time far less than baj been occupie I by the rep-
resentatives of tho famous Commonwea'th of Virgin
ia.that a Constitution was constructed fur tho State
of Texas w Inch at once became a model anJ after
whicli.those States whose organization commenced
anterior to the existence of the Union hive not dis
daine 1 tu folluw and copy in 1st l nportant provis-
ions. H it we find that we are expanding too much an
article that was intended to ba only the introducto-
ry of an extract and we will go bae'e to the idea
the rccollectioi which first roused us. when wo
read tho article Iron the Picayune the timi his
been when it was coiveucnt cnoujh and not par-
ticularly harmful lo speak slightingly of Texasand
act in accordance with the se ntimcnt.but the current
his already changed an 1 the fum re I'mpiie State
of tho Soathwest.alreaJy lorjsliadoivs hjr djv.my;
an 1 theie w ill bj pie ity of t'l is i vvb one e curled
the hp it mention of her mm who will hi slid
lo court her patronige or solicit brntlisrh to with-
in her borders She is iij suppliant now; but free
of debt or about to be with Three Millions in her
Treasury public education provided for by her Con
slitulioi and a weallh of sod favored by cl unite
unequalled in the Union she asks no favors solicits
no gooJ opinions. The honorable consideration
of the world she will command by her rectitude ot
conduct and by a progress hitherto unequalled.
From the JS'ew Orleans Picayune.
OUR TRADE WITH TEXAS.
During a rocent tour in a large portion of
the Slate of Tcxus wo look occasion to con-
verso with innst of the merchants iu tho nu-
merous towns cities and villages which it
was our fortune to travorrc more particular-
ly points connected with tho business rela-
tions existing between thorn and New Orleans
and tho Northern cities.
Wc found lhat tho Texas merchants uni
versollv purchased their supplies of every ar-1
ticlo save a part of their groceries from Now
York and Boston. The reason assigned was
lhat thev could obtain dry goods fancy goods
hardware crockery &c. on much bettor
terms in the Northern cities wo have men-
. j "i T r i . iii. .
Honed than in New Orleans. Ihete thoy
found their custom eagerly sought for; Bos-
ptonandNew York contended for it warmly
nun oacn rnueavoreu 10 oner mem gruuic-r ia- -
clinics than tho oilier. 1 no usual crean al
lowed them in both cilios was for six or eight
.i ikT -t .. : i i.. I ici.-.
inonins: in mow vjrmuus u is uurciy nun uiai
Groceries - certain kinds-are purchased here
. .- j' i. :
because they can be obtained at cheaper pri-
j - shorur tra0 hlln rom ho JNorttl.
Jjut it is only a few kinds of groceries that aro
thus purchased horc. Tho moro liberal cred-
it allowed them at the North induces tho Text
as merchants even those whoso supplied can
only reach them from New York in six months
to patronize Ihe New York jobbers. IMuny
of idem get their stock of cotton goods di-
rectly from tho New England manufacturer
and thus save the slight increase in the charge
of the jobbers.
Let not our business men deem the trade
vvilii Texas of lilllo or no importance. The
credit of her merchants is ns good nt the
North n that of any others in llie South or
West. Thoy will bo found to he men of
more thun usual intelligence mid enterprise.
That indeed is a characteristic ol the popu-
lation of Texas 4 It would ai-
lunish the majority nf our business men could
ihey test by actual experience the iuimcn-iu
amount nf supplies of all kinds in nil branch-
es that enter Texas nt her chief sen ports
on Galveston Bay Matagorda Hay Corpus
Christi Bay Brazos Santiago and the lvio
Grande. Thero are wealthy und thickly pop-
ulated towns that arc supported by this trade
alone its receipt and forwarding The em-.
ignition tn the State not only fiom the United
States but from Europe is continually on
the increase. It is already immense There
is n vast Mexican market lobe juppl.ed.
This is for the most part a cash business.
The local custom is that of farmers stuck-
raisers c. sum pay though slow Wo
know of many merchant- we know them
personally who entered into business not
over five yenrs since m Western and Central
Texas commencing almoit with nothing
struggling ugniitst imiiy nnd heavy obsta-
cles Indian invasions ice. and who Have
yet nit unci some to fortunes the rest to a
settled independence We know of none who
have filled.
Besides there is the great Santa Fc and
Chihuahua trade. It long belonged exclu-
sively to St. Louis. Tex is Western Tex-
as now divides it with her and will soon
have the entire control. Wltere a train left
St. Louis for Santa I-'e once a year it can
now leave San Antonio twice a year. The
thing has been done and with ihe utiMOst suc-
cess. No one can travel through Texas with his
eyes open nnd uninfluenced by petty preju- opinion one of t'u best Post misters in the State.
dices who will not see that the State is cer- Perhaps the two post masters between Puis anl
tain to become in the course of the next ten j Hl)I1 coul bv 10 fl. wll!llI1 lhertno hj
years the richest ihe ino-1 densely pipulated I : . . . . .. .
' i i . i r. . -''.' iihrovv-so nj !i"ht upon i in al present dark suh.cct.
and most inilucnti.il Sate in the South ori
West. Nun- York will be her only rival.
It is impossible to convey in a mere para-
graph any idea of the immense and varied re
sources nfsoil climate and products which
this young giant of a State controls and
which she is now rapidly developing. They
need to be examined to' be believed in and
the btatc and its population nocd only to be
personally known to convince the most unob-
serving traveler of the truth of our rem irks.
Texas has long been prostrated under the in
cubus of poverty war and seclusion; she has
nartlv thrown nil' her burthen nnd u II sn.m
be able to run a race for prosperity and pnw-1
er that will sink many of her rivals into ub-I
scurity. I
More of the .Mail.
We shall soon learn something about tlicmichi-
nery of mail transportation heroiboit O lr re-
mirks of ihe last two weeks have elicited the
following com nunicition from the P. M. at Paris
Lamar County. As any true man would who
doc3 his own duty he desires lo see the derelict
exposed and after awhile we shall trace them out :
Pvris Texvs Feb 3d. 1S32.
M vj. Chvi'Les Dt. Morse .
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UEAf. Sic: Wiiile tonkin- over your papers ot
January the 2 lib and 3 1st in y attention was draw u timber and lung some S or 9 miles north west of
to some articles headed "more Mul outrages xc " To so!j fur -ptrce cents an acre cash.under ex
J'hcuiion. Xo one standing around wanted .-
chargeof about three weeks and in Justice to my
self and office I will submit ihe follow i ig slate-
ments which cannot be refuted: In relation to
i -
two numbers nt your paper being received al Hon-
ham in the same mail I will say that not the least
pariiciu 01 nun in uiur o is over lam over at nus
office from one mail lo the next for the I it 3 . ees
but one lime and tint was trombiturday till lues-1
day and the said mail would have been sent on m
particle of mad matter has ever laid over at this
duo time had it not have been tint a pair of extri
mail bags used between this office and Hmliun
were hepi ai minium ; inu uostinasier ai ionua 1 '
rr.;. ! ! ..! i .m ..!
quested some tune hack by the former assistant P
j.M. at this place and I could not procure a sack in
lime tint 1 1 mug in wouiu i.e sate to semi u.e mm I
miflnr in I n riiitltiii tit n nin'vn t nf ifurnnniiu
for Austin being undone when receded it Hon-
ham I will say lhat ihey were not so when sent
from this office : neither have I overseen any pick
age of ynnr papers undone directed to any office
whatever. It is sometimes however but seldom
the ease lhat any package of papers or letters aro
(unci? ilnn rprpived or started from here from tlm
East: and in everv instance when such was the
ciso I have re wrapped them anJ sent then all off
sound hv the Dunham mill ; but to the contiatv. '...
there is scan ely ever a mid received trom Houharn
without there being one two or three packages of
letters undone and scattered through the ballance '"
making a charge against any of those pist Makers
but such is Hie case and it can be p.ovcn if nee-
essary by miiiv responsible men who have seen I
ihe mad bigs emptied al this office for ihe last three
weeks. It is verv strange that packages ot letters
coming from Honham a distance of only 10 miles.
stioulil be recoivcd here m such a predicament. Ii
they are received al Dunham trom those other offi-
ces loose as ihev senerallv are when receive 1
here the P. M. I think oujht to repack and di
rect them as I have invariibly doielus and the
others. It is sometimes tho case that 1 e.iunol find
tho way bill or wrapper when 1 cannot 1 repach
ana send them lo Dillle Kock tor distribution no
ting the manner in which they were received at this
uffiee on the wrapper When 1 could lind the
way bill and wrapper. I merely replaced them and
tied them so thev would reach their destination safe
and sound. Where there was only one or two let-
ters for some near post office unaccompanied by a
way bill that 1 could find. 1 let them go on as they
came here ; and on last Saturday ntghi a package
of letters for Clirksvilla fro.n Djnhain wero un-
done when received here I found the way bill and
placed another wrapper for ClarksviHo. Now this
is not only an occasional thing but frequently and
it is no little trouble to assert repack and ditect
when then is two or three packages undone at llie
samo time. Whether ihey do up their mails accor-
ding to law. or nol or bovv tliey come undone if
done so. is more than I can tell or where the fault
lay I cannot tell. Tho re is one thing certain tho
fault U. n . i; nffi. and if the P. M. at
Honham will return every tune when requested by
mo ihose extra mad bags and sacks used between
Paris and Dunham there shall not at any time the
lcasl pwwio oi man iay over a. m .....-.... .. .a
"r a"' "" '' n ?MV k h"J U3 "- '"""i . ih"i
for Clatksvilo by tlu Austin mid since I have had
. . '
TAnaANr'nuil. lwo weeks ago loiters
HcreJreceivoJ al lis offic0 maied at DaingtrJMd
usus ; allj am l0j tat scarcely ever all llie
mail cuines to Pai is from Tartaut.that should; very
frequently packages of letters and pioars for Tar
rant and other offices in Hopkins county co ni lo
this office by that mail and of course lay hero a
week before they can bo returned. In conclusion
I will say that while I havo had charge of this of-
fice I have done what was required of me by the
department as noir as lay in my power and for the
futute I will do the fame as long as I may have
chaicc ot tho offieo ; an office which ia by no
tncan3 desirable in a town or country like ihis
ii ...o ....... oes.ues pape.s ui.u . .amy a e ;-"'- ...j hence west also the respondence between Ihe husband and wtto
loose letters were PuM. mirked Dunham McKtn- burg and tins potni anu ini-iici. vi.siai-..)iiiu i
nev or Dall.s. I have noticed no W leuer but great opposition met w.lh in New Orleans was regularly kt-p up and the wish was of-
what was Post marked at one or the ether of the Tv Inch lie stated was chiellv based on the great ten expro-sed by ihe former that his young
said offices. T dn not siv it with the i.icniimi nf i i .t. .nnJ ...1 tnnni nf this wile could torn htm in the fur off land ol gold;
. r -i . i i . -i- i .... ti ii .1 .. iir.irnnnmiiii ii inu iuuiu l.ui"-;ii
" ...- -- -- .. .. .... u. iriMiiir.iiiiin 1 I :iiiviiiiiii!:viJ aau - .-.
though a post master at every place should under-
stand his duty and perform it ; and should it lav in
your power to regulate the mail facilities of Eas-
tern Texas I would say go on and expose all P.
masters who do not their duty as you have an in-
terest in the mail matters as much as any person in
Haitern Texas.
Respectfully vours. .fee.
THOMAS F. ki:nwi:dv.
Assistant Post Mister at Paris 'Pesos.
P. S. Since writing the foregoing the Honhan
mill Ins been received and I submit the certificate
below should von see proper lo put it in print von
will mueh o'lhgo yours &c. T. F. K.
P.vnis.Tcxvs.Tucsday Rvening Feb. 3d 1S.V2
This is tu certify that I saw ihe Houhain Mail
bigs emptied in llie Post office at this pi ire this
evening and there wa3 a pickagc of letters Post
marked McKinuey undo u. anil tin kltcrt Irolen
np'n and no way bill to ho founJ belonging" the
said package. aNo a single letter Poit mirke I Hon-
ham directed lo Fulton Ark without a vviy bill ;
and three letters post marked Pilot Crave with
wav lulls accompany l is each hut without wrapers.
I also hive on saveral oeeaiiO h bitbre this seen
i "reav in my loose ic.iers wnen uia ui"s were
emptied al this ofli.v. m
This certificate wa3 lo have be i signo I by the
person who witnessed tlis irregularities named but
lie nas called oT.and the P. M. marked across lt.and
authorized m to emb dv the firtf which can he
proven We hive preferred ti irscrt the certificate
a written which of coins we prssu n etn bj
propei ly attested if desired an I may biousiJered
ut as van I now as if sour o ic tlse hal signed it.
llu tacts list s! rteJ i idtcile that smelling
more thin cirelesueis is going 01 so no where
when letters are nut only despoiled of their envel-
opes hut broken open It is lime now that some
careful exiinui itio i s'iouI 1 b e made anl by co n-
parno i elicit where the wrn ig is eo n nitie 1. D t
ring last siimiiiicr the mad betwee i tins town and
Ml. Pleasant was regulirly rob'ied lot several
weeks perhaps the same operatio i h carne I on
wc3t ot this It not how co.na letters broken
open vv e are gla 1 to get tins letter Iru n fans
We bavo no doubt of the correctu-iss an 1 the care-
fulness of the P M at IlinVim who is in our
Mail matter tor Suartwout oi. the Trinity and
fur Greenville Hunt County arrived at this Post
otlbcfrom Mount Pleasa it.on M in I iy I isl. Tins
inittT should n it h ive corns here and that for
Creeuvdlu will 1)2 d lival m Us progress by this
i "'3 direcuo.i for a wei.k
The rlft-ct of Aiuarillr f.r;;7!ntioii.
We happened o 1 the square list Tucs lay mor-
ning when sum i s lies of laud weie made by the
Sheritl anl witucsse I llu effect ot falsa economy
ot ihe penny uise.and pound loohsh. son. We
heard one choice p ece of Red River land four
hundred and tuny acres every tool goid sold
Twelve months credit for S-53 per acre
no one knowing of ihe sale except a few-persons
who lived near it and tbe lew who stood around
when it was sold. There are few such pieces on
tho river border and those who have the u would
not sell for Te i dollars. Tnere are pro'nbiy sev-
eral new coinirs.hving on rented places wh i would
have been glad 1 1 purchase this land anJ if they
had only raised llie price a dollir per asre would
not this have well pud a charge of threj or five
dollars "-- '.Ivni'-oiuj; ii Wo'-roiii a piece of
I - -r I . . I I.
n..c ii.u- itt.il tirt rurv vnmi'iii. mil r il nn? l null I
1'"' "-" "" "" "" ' "
Those who might have hked to purchase had no no
t ice of the sale which bad been advertised by post-
. -. . Ir .
in" a nniicaon the Court 1 louse door
'"""-'-"" "' """ "
Hut the pa-simjiuous apprehensions of a c.ass ot
persoas who do nol know the use of anewspapjr.
persoas wlio uo not Know tne use oi a.uewspa
1M prcf cntej ue requireme it being inserted in
Statutes that these siles should ba properly
in the
pub-
hshed as they always are in all other civilized com
unmes. Ho v much longer is the State lobe
. . . r I . 1. iUn o
humbugged with this son of legislation at the ex-
penseofthosa who are sufficiently oppressed by their
indebtedness and al the expense ot Urphans thus.
usclc bcarcj
www j OB
The Southern mad bungs us scarce any thing;
perhaps from the cause pointed out by "Observer."
Tram !lircTcpor. nnd Vick.ljurs Kaltroail.
We perceive that the citizens of Shrevepurt held
1 a meeting on the 2tth ult to receive the report ol
their delegates to New Orleans.
l)r. C. G. Young one of tho delegates
t. .rlt.d n.. mid in a verv able man-
explained ihe result of his mission;show
'i. ...! i reat advantages and
s u.v..u...v . a r ... .
Vicks-i
out over tIelr "Opelousas gtand scheme"
aUnuutcj ccn the lillle success they met
" . . ii.i ..
vviiu to ine eiuarguu ." "" - -
Mr. James Ilobb.
On motto i of Dr Young it was
Resolved That a committee of five be ap-
pointed to prepare an address to the people
of Northern Louisiana and North Eastern
Texas in regard to the advantages of the
proposed route.and lhat said committee bo a
permanent committee of correspondence.
On motion of Judge Roysdon. U was
nnl..l That ihn citieus of the btates
- ... ' . - . --..: ...i ..r it.o n-. at.
-bUw..wv.
. c . i ... I.-... n.t..
ol l exus anu " s3Pl"' "" ; . "c' ."."" She started ; nnd almost on the day lhat she
esofDossier Claiborne liienv llie vaiuweil' .. . . . . n- .
Unton OuachiU Catahoula Franklin.Mad- landed in Culitornia with a heart swelling to-
isonNatchS esandDeSotoof Louisiana meet her husband that husband landed o
friendly to the construction of a Railroad tie cilv of Boston! lie had made a sudden
from some point on the. Mississippi river ria determination instigated by poor tiea th o-
Shreveport to and through the State of Tex- "turn home His serious disappointrnent
as be and they are hereby invilcd.and warm connected with the loss of a considerable nor-
ryolintedloynuet the citizen of he pa- " of his hard-earned property bjj .the ft l-
rish of Caddo at the town of Shrcveport. on ol a New York house to .whom he I ad
vt t .i r.i i rli novi for ilm entrusted it so wrought upon his declining
Monday the 5th diy ot April next tor tho survved but about one Week
purpose of organizing a company to construct lJj h &
said Railroad. . ! few days since. No details of tho poor wife's
We predict tint this road will be built and ihat( drca( dwopiiointraent have yet been recei-
vvlien built the trade of Shrevepoit will go to the j ve(j. but the thouglit that whatevermay havo
Atlantic Coast; notwithstanding the editor oi mej
Gazette thinks it will still go to iSew Orleans be-
cause New Orleans is iheir own commercial city.
There i3 a something stronger than Stale pride con
trolling the tendencies of Commerce; and whenev
er the Planter of Northern Louisiana finds that his
cottun w ill pay all charges and yield him a dollar
more per balo in ihe Charleston market he will go
lliere. Co.nmerce like water will find its natu-
ral avenues sooner or later. It may be tor a time
pent up by accidental obstructions.bul trade has nat
ural laws and those laws are the emanation of the
highest nfcrratid will overbear local preferences.
In Peru says a London p:icr horses
nn. I r.i Unrpsn nlentiflll.atltl CatSbOSCarCC.
tlmt n horse is often sivcti in exchange fori
a cat.
DANGEnriELD Texas Feb. 2nd 1852.
Cmnr.ES Br. Monsr. Esq
Sin- I suppose from the quantity of mail
matter now in the P. O. nt this place that
you are needing news very much and proba-
bly censuring somj innocent P.M. for his
negligence nnd in-nttenlion to forwarding thn
mails which pass through his oflice.
I know it is n general custom every where
when mails arc delayed to censure the P.
M's. nnd in order that the censure may fall
upon iho peisou who undoubtedly deserves
it I write tn you o that you throu"h the
columns of the "Standard" (if v on choose)
may let your friends who arc in a Iiko con-
dition with yourself know why their mails
arc delayed.
1 have noticed very closely the proceed-
ings nf the contractor on the mail Route
from this pi ice to Clnrksville and from this
observation I see not un frequently a vast
quantity of mail in the P. O. at this place
immediately alter the departure ot the Wes-
tern Mail This mail should all be carried
away from this place regularly twice each
week but instead of this it is delayed here
some times ns long as two week. For this
' reason it is the contractor's duty lo send tico
Horses on this Route. I Ins he fails to do;
one horse rannot carry it all and the conse-
quence is. a large portion of the mail re-
mains until next trip. When the next trip
is made there has accumulated a still greater
mail and there is a still greater portion lefl
behind nnd so it has been for some litre
past 'there is now in the P. O. at this
place n large quantity of mail matter des-(
tincd for Clarksvtlle and other Offices west
of this which has been waiting for convey
ance to its destination during the last tro
weeks.
This is owing to negligence in the Con-
tractor on the Rouio from this place to
Clnrksville; and not ihe negligence of any
P. M. Then let each one receive his just
rewards nnd not press upon the poor inno-
cent P. MV.. the negligence or bad conduct
of the Contractor.
I am very Respectfully
AN OBSERVER.
So say wo let'the censure fall where it
belongs: and we will take pleasure in pub-
lishing nuv thing which will tend to put the
blame of failures in the mail carriage upon
the proper snnulders; nnd which shows us
where lo work to correct the wrong. Ed.
P3" Set out Fruit and Shade trees it is
just the season now. There is no iruer phil-
osophy than to make homo attractive; shade
and fruit and pure cold Water are the ele-
ments of enjoyment for summer. Those who
have not provided them should lose no time
in doing so
In the Daily Truo Delta of the 8:h ult. we
find some remarks of Judge .Mills before
the Southwestern Rail Road Convention
which wc will republish next week.
We see that Gov. Johnston of Pennsylva-
nia the Abolition Whig Candidate who was
so handsomely beaten a few weeks hack has
al last sent in to the State Senate his veto
upon the bill to repeal an act denying the use
ot the prisons of tho State torlVi-Ictetiol
of fugitives from labor. He kept the bill in
I .: .. :i '.. .i. -i.:
. '
t0 secure the votes of those who favored tho
enforcement of the fugitive Slave law but
being defeated notwithstanding his double
dealing he plainly shows his feelings now.
Drlrsnm to the Bnlilmorc Convention "
The following gentlemen were appointed
by the Mate Convention at Austin to act as
(delegates to the Baltimore Convention.
Tho'sJ Rusk
Col. Mat Ward
E. Mabry
James E. Shepperd
II. B. Andrews
B. P. Smith
Z. W. Eddy
M. A. Dooloy
Wm. C. Pollock
... i V. .
v E Howard.
Charles De Morse
J .YV. Scott
R. Scurry
L B. Camp.
Sam. BogarO
R. IL.rWT .--
James Willie
M. J. Hall
C. B. Stewart
Ashbel Smith
Thos. H. Duggan
A.J. Hamilton.
L. C. Clopton
E. M. Pease
Ool.O. FlJohnjon
H. J. Jones
Win. P. Duval
B: E Edwards
Col. Ed Carkc
H. M. Lavvson
A Touching Incident. Some two years
ago. Mr. Edlon S. Moody of Monmouth went
to California leaving his wife and a young
-lmi -.i. i .i.: T..-.. ti.
child with her mother in Boston. The cor-
but the definite plan and arrangements for
this objoct had been deferred. A short lime
since a letter from the absent husband pic-
tured again the prospects that cheered his
long and weary absence nnd revived again
the liopo that the time would soon come when
he should find it proper lo make arrangements
for Ins wife and child to join him in San Fran-
cisco. Tho heart of the affectionate woman
cast the questions of salety and economy to-
the winds and she resolved in spite of all
obstacles to start immediately for California
and surptiso her husband by her unexpected
arrival.
)ecn t3 cltect a still deeper ailliciion yet a-
waits her adds a most painful feature to the
picture. JValeitillc Mn".
Suicide of v Merchant A merchant o
Middlcburg Logan county Ohio who was
worth some -2oUul). having outstanding
claims lo the extent of $14001) and owing
about $10000 in New York and other places
became partially insane lust week ihrougji
the influences of morbid apprehensions of his
inability to meet cngagements.and wandered
off towards Urbana two miles from which he
turned into the woods and there hung himself
toatrca.
It has cost the corporation of New York
one hundred thousand dollars to entertain
j lvos-suth and company.
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