Texas State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 51, Ed. 1, Saturday, August 12, 1854 Page: 3 of 8
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sckeowara sends us tho following :
to. Take one largo tablesnoon of veost.
put it -to soak in a half pint of warm water at four o'clock P
M. tho day before you bake. Whon soft mix it with wheat
flour to tho consistence of a thick batter. Let it stand until
light. Take half a dozen medium sized potatoes boil and rub
them through a colander. Take one quart of warm water and
mix your sponge adding tho potatoes and somo salt making
a thick batter Let it stand over night.
lu tho morning add one ogg well beaten one and a half largo
tablespoons of pulverized white sugar and a piece of buttor
tho size of a black walnut. Knead it well and let it rise.
When light mold it and lot it rise again; repeat tho same two
or throe times the oftener tho better. Bake in sheet-iron puns
10 by Mr inches and 3 inches deep making six loaves in each
pan. When you take it from tho oven rub the top of tho loaves
witli butter in a cloth.
Soil of Toxas.
(SIT Wojwore pf.Q8ontod by Mr. Paijka afow clays ago with
a watermelon of a species hitherto unknown to us its peculiarity
consisting in tho detached condition of tho pulp from tho ritul
and its susceptibility of being jpoaled off sonothing Hko tho
orange. "Wo Jmvo saved tho soeoTwith much carc"and will bo
happy to furnish thoso of our subscribers who may desire them.
Central Texoan (Anderson.)
Pears. (
speci nen of
on which it
Col. T. B. J . Iladloy presented us yesterday with a
f this fruit from his garden near this city. The treo
Pleasure Blessed bo the hand that prepares a pleasure
for a child I for there is no saying when and whero it may
again bloom forth. Does not almost everybody remember
8om 2 kind-hearted man who showed him a kindness in tho
quiet days of his childhood? Tho writer of this recollects
himself at thib moment as a bare-footed lad standing at tho
wooden fence of a poor .little garden in his native village;
with longing c;ye3 he gazed on the flowers which were blooming
there quieily in the brightness of a Sunday morning. Tho
possessor oanu forth from his little cottage he was a wood-cutter
bv trade and spent tho whole week at work in the' Avoods.
Ho was come into his garden to gather flowers to stick in his
coat when he went to church. He saw the boy and breaking
off tho most beautiful of his carnations it was streaked with
red and white gave it to him. Neither the giver nor tho re-
ceiver' spoke a word; and with bounding steps the boy ran
homo ; and now hero at a vast distance From that homo after
so many events of so many years the feelings of gratitude
which agitated the breast of that boy expresses itself on paper.
Tho carnation has long since withered but now it blooms
afresh. Douglas Jerrold.
Cuba. The insurrection at Madrid may bo pleasing news to
the Cubans and their Pillibuster friends and we would not be
surprised should the insurrection'prove formidable to tho Gov-
ernment if the Cubans would 'embrace the opportunity to
make a movement for independence. "With a moderate sum
of money to use iudicionsly they might secure the services
of a portion at least of the army in Cuba and one or two
grow was raised from a graftted soedlimr. iB 15
yoars old and about fivo inches in diameter. It was full of
fruit but most of it was pluckod by mischievous boys boforo it
ripened. Tho pears wo saw were about the sizo of a common
tea-cup and well flavorod This experiment pi'oves tho adap-
tation of our climate to the successful culture of this most deli-
cious fruit. Apples and pears flourish equally well in this city.
Our fruit growers have only to take tho needful' pains to raise
an abundauco'of both kinds 'of fruit. Houston SUir. .
23l? A wagon load of fine peaches arrived in our place on
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iuu uny uuiuru yesioruay wuicii were soia one very reiulily tor
three to four dollars per bushel." Fruits and vegetables are
both groat rarities to us. and brimr good nriees immp.dmrnlv mi
their arrival. Watermelons are abundant though of au inferior
quality so tar. JLavaca Register.
Tun Contest of the Radishes. Sometime since says the
oiaricsvuio standard wo maao a note ot some largo Kadishes
shown to us at Fannin Court. Graysou county immediately
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successes ana somo siignt inducements would bring tho re-
uirougn j udgo luomson sent mn statomeht of radishes f
outsizmg the vegetables of Fannin. But it sooms that Fannin
does not die easily but puts in a rejoinder coming to us by
man as ionows :
I see in the Standard of Juno 17th 1854 a description of a
very fine Radish in Gayson county ; but if Mr. Thompson can't
do better than that he may knock under. I have measurqd a
Radish in my garden to day that is 27 inches round and is
just going to seed. Mr. Morris measured the samcTadish two
weeks ago and said it was 26-inches round then. Mr. Morris
live? in Grayson county. Several persons have seen the samo
radish. Give place if you ylease in your paper.
Juno 26th LS5L ( SAMUEL JOHNSON.
Another Beet. Wo Jmvo received from our friend IT. "W.
Cox a beet as is a beet. It weighes 17 34 pounds is 29$ in-
ches in circumference and 24 niches' long. It is the largest
specimen of the beet family wo ever met with. Glieroltee
Sentinel. '
KausaslTWTitory.
As wojatrongly hone to settle tlliB tprritory with our slaves
it will 156 interesting to out reatlora to learn somothing of its
character for production. This territory is boundod on the-
North by the 40th parallel of latitude ; on tho Etist by tfto
westorn lino of tho Stato of Missouri; on tho South by the
37th parallol of latitude ; on tho West by Now Mexico- and
Utah or tho main ridgo of tho Rocky Mountains. It lios
principally between tho 87th arid 41st degrdd of north latitude
and is soparatod from the Stato of Missouri by tho Missouri
river which is navigable for largo cla83 of Btoamers from .Juno
until October with freight from St. Louis at 25 cts por 100 lt$it
and for small 81011111018 from Octobor until December freight
1 por 100 lbs. Tho river froezos over in December aud is opon.
again for small Steamers in March and' is navigablo for stea-
mors over 3000 miles. Tho Kansas is tho only navigablo rivoit
running through tho intorior of tho territory ; it is a small'
stream navigablo by small steamboats three or four months-iuj
tho year. It has many tributaries bordorocl with timber bufct
not in sufhoient quantities for tho wantsxjftlio country ; thoi
country is prairie lios well and is sufficiently undulating for'
thorough drainage. It is very fertile yiolding 50 to 60 bushels
of corn to tho acre 800 lbs of hemp to to tho acre and tiboht
20 bushels wheat to tho acre under ordinary cultivation ; with'
a good culturb and' a good season tho product may bo dOublod..
One good hand will cultivato 20 acres m clovor product? 1'OOt)
bushels at 20 cts. per bushel $200 Eight acres in hemp
product 0400 lbs. at G cts per lb. $384. Ton acres in wheat
product 200 bushols at $1 por busllol $200 total product for
tho labor of .0110 hand. 87SL The samo baud will mako larger
sir J ly Qver enough meat and stock to pay his oxponses. This 'is
in 1 what may bo dono in Kansas territory. It is what is now dona
ltory
by hundreds of farmers on tho other side of tho Missouri river
mainder ever to their side. The soldiers in Cuba could not
pursue a wiser course than to join tho Cubans in a revolution
aud earn a claim to share in its benefits. Indeed if tho op-
portunity to represent tho matter fully to them could be
obtained wo have little doubt but that a majority of the men
and officers would join a revolution -promising success.
U2F Debt is a perfect boie. Llow it haunts a man from pillar
to post lurking in his break fast cup poisoning his dinner; em-
bittering his teal Uow it stalks upon him like a living moving
skeleton seeming to announce his presence by recounting the
amount of his liability ! How it poisons his domestic joys by
intioducing his infernal "balance" into the calculations of ma-
dam respecting the price of a new carpet or a new dress ! Uow
it hinders dreamy plans of speculations! Lotherntion ! Uow it
hampers useful energies cripples resolutions too good to be ful-
filled ! At bed or board by night or by day in joy or grief in
Health or sickness at home or abroad debt; grim gaunt or sha-
dowy falls as nu incumbrance! As no presence is too sacred no
ground too holy to deter the memory of" bills and notes payable"
from taking immediate possession so no record is so enlivening
' no remeniscenco more delicious than the consciousness that debt
has fallen like a January morning 20 below zero.
Missouri Fatoiing. Mr. Nathan Corder of Davistownship
informed the editor of the St: Louis Republican that the following
are a few of the items of his crop for the year 1853. Mr. Corners
field force consists of fifteen men and six women. In 1853 he
seeded 200 acres in hemp. He sold his crop weighing 8S tons
and 46 pounds to Me&srs. Lewis and Gordon of Waverly for
thetsjim of $10153 23. From this calculation it will be perceiv-
ed that he sold at $115 before the market reached its highest
ficrures. It is an excellent crop and purchasers say it is finely
handled.
Mr. Corder also raised last season 800 bushels of wheat 1500
barrels of corn aud a large crop of outs and sold ten mules of
his own raising for $(j2 50 pach making the following aggre-
eate: Hemp $10153 23; Wheat $800 00; Muls $025' 00 ;
Corn at $L 50 per banel ; $2250 00; oats $800 00; Total
$14028 23. -
Singular Disclosure A surgeon in the United States nrmy
recently desired to know the most common causes of enlistments.
Hy permission of the captain in a company containing fifty-five
the writer pledged never 10 disclose the name of officer or piivalo
except as a physical or a metaphysical fact the true history was
obtained of every man. On examination it appeared that uine-
tonths enlisted on account of spme female difficulty thirteen of
tiinin hnrl chnnwd their names and forty three were either drunk
or partially so at the time of their enlistment. Most of them were
men of line talents and learning and about one third had once
been in elevated positions in life. Pour had been lawyers three
doctors and two ministeis.
Mount Savage Yeast. Take a double handful of hops boil
in two quarts of water. Strain it upon some wheat flour sufh-
cicnt to make a thick batter so that it will rise.
When light knead iu corn meal enough to make it stilt as
dough; let it rise then mould it twice. Then break it up fine
andletit dry rubbing it daily as it grows dry till it is nearly
. us fine as corn meal. Keep it in a dry place and where it will
not freeze. Do not put in any salt.
Advantages op Japan to the United States. Japan with
whom we now have a treaty is on our way to China; whereas
w English Fronoli and Dutch who usually double the Cape
of Good lTopo will have togo out of their way to trade with
her. The coal depot which we have a right to establish m one of
the'islauds will be more valmiblo to our Shanghai and other
lines of steamers to China than it can ever prqvc to any other
people in Christendom.
Texas Grapes. Tho climate aud soil of Texas is peculiarly
adapted to the raising of grapes and we arc satisfied from tho
fine specimens wo have seen and some only a few days since
that they will soon bo a valuable arciclo of- exnort. The El
Paso Grape from its beautiful flavor fine size and boino-
indigenous to the soil hero with a little cultivation might be
made the finest that grows. There is also cultivated in our
State the well known Catawba Grape which is raised so
extensively in tho vicinity of Cincinnati O. and under its pre-
sent state of cultivation it is probably one of the most success-
ful kinds of Grape in America. Western Texan
Ear of Corn. We received the other day from the farm
of Docter Maulding of this country an ear of corn measuring
ten inches in length ten and a quarter in circumference and
weighing after being denuded of the shuck two pounds. Thero
were on it twenty-two rows of grains which when shelled off
measured one quart and one gill. Tho corn was not entirely
dry but sufficiently so as to be easily shelled from the cob.
Western Clarion LocMiart) '
$ir Frnits are doing well on Galveston island the present
season. Apples of a good quality have been grown by several
citizens of Galveston irt very respectable quantities. Anion"-
those who have boon successful in the production of this fruit
are Messrs. N. B. Yard Stephen Kirkland H. B. Martin and
J. M. Jones. Others have succeeded. Civilian.
Tun Usury Laws. Tho British Parliament at the instance
of leading merchants in tho principal Commercial places jpf .
Great Britain somo years since modified tho law of Exohango
by removing from them tho operation of tho Usury laws at
least upon all paper having less than twolvo months to mature
so that any rate of interest is legal for such paper On tho-.
2Sth ult. st was proposed in tho House of Commons to abolish1
tho Usury laws altogether. Por this purposo a bill was intro-
duced by tho Chancellor of tho Exchequer. HiB remarks arc
reported in the Times at follws : Tho Chancellor of tho Exche-
quer briefly oxplained tho object of his bill. Tho uBiiry laws
were already repealed oxceptina single instance and the
measure was chiefly intended to sweep away a mass of useless
1 legislation. Tracing tho historv of the Bubiect ho observed
that the great offender against tho Usury Laws had been tho
Stato. The superstitious notions on tho subject partly Judaic
and partly Mahommedan had disappeared and Parliament
had disposed of tho restrictions one by one until tho only one
which remained was that affecting loan of money Becuro.d on
real estate. Explaining tho great inconvonienco which had
been occasioned in Scotland by tho existing restriction imro-
gard to mortgages on land and in England in regard to rail-
way debentures he observed tho usury laws had driven men
to an enormous system 01 evasion ot tho law. Lot us ho urgeu
fully recognise free trado in reference to money and let those
wlio desired to borrow obtain money at tho current prico of
the day.
Comedy oe Errors. A Dutchman in describing a span of
horses which lie had lost said :
iDey was very mooch like 'specially do off one. One looks sp
mooch like both that I could not tell todder from which ; when
I went after do one I always caught de odor and I whipped de
one most deal because de oder kicked at mo."
5gr The desolation that reigns m New York around tho
Crystal Palace is. great. One year ago yesterday it was inaugu-
rated with much pomp and display. It is now utterly abandoned
tovsolitude. There is little in it to be scon and nobody goes to
see it. The shops taverns drinking bars and vulgar show's have
all disappeared and there are hundreds of unoccupied houses in
every direction near it.
IJSgT The Washington Star says that the Postofhce Depart-
ment regards the loss of a key belonging to the mail bags with
out a satisfactory explanation sufficient cause for the removal of
a postmaster. Take care Postmasters.
Democratic State Convention. It will bo recollected that
the Democratic Stato Convention is to bo held innuntsvilloqn
the 21 st day of April. It is hoped that there will bo a sufficibiit
number ot delegates in attendance at this convention to repre-
sent the true interest of tho Democratic party in .this State
and that somo activo measures will bo taken to concentrate -the
party and unite them upon somo sound and orthodox man Tho
last Governor's election should bo a warning to thorn toiusc
every energy and exertion to effect their purpose. Wo sincerely
hope that San Augustine will bo ropresentod with an adequate'
number of delegates to personate tho unalloyed principles' of
democracy of this county. Red Lander. r '
Arthur's Home Magazine. PJdladeljphia J0. S. Artirir
cfi Co. The August number is at hand replete with the usual
variety of matter. The drawing of the "Stingy Traveller" is a
good tiling. We Fee just leaving the "Fox und Hound" Tareno
a close fisted traveller with umbrella hat box and overcoat in
one hand and a light valiso in the other a weight sufficient to
require a brawny arm as well as little soul to carry it. The boot
black and maid have their hands stretched out for the usual fee
but as their faces indicate it is a doubtful matter and Mr. Stin-
giness seems to say in nis sarcastic smile "I hope you may meet
with better luck."
Anti-Meat Eaters. A society of vegetarians in Washington
D. O. boast that none of their numbers aro ever sick from fevers
or cholera. One of them has abstained from animal food altogether
for six years and is said to be a perfect specimen of health
Among all the anti-meat eaters in this country aud in England
but one case of cholera has occurred in fifty years.
Mr. Tv. Tetibroeck has just advertised that he will run his horso
Lexington at Now Orleans on the 2d of April next provided
it is not on Sunday then on the 3d of April against any horse
betting $100UU to $12C)0.
Lauoe Cucumijer. A few days since Dr. J. D. Jtankin of
this place exhibited to us a cucumber raised m Jus garden
this season which measured sixteen inches in length fourteen
in circumference aud weighed
Trinity Adoocaie.
S lbs.
J 'eat this who
can.
Fruits and Farinaoea ; Fowler and Wells 2few York.
By all means purchase this little work. It well-written and while
its object may be disputed it will do much to improve many die-
tetic errors aud give renewod health to the dyspeptic. The author
sets nut to prove from history anatomy physiology and che-
mistry that the original natural and best diet of man is derived
fr6m the vegetable kingdom. It is only f0 cents.
Chops Extract from a Letter. Wo have had several
good rains lately which secures a heavy corn crop. You will
not hear of 75c. and 1 per bushel for corn next season. Cotton
is larger now than at this lime last year and is doing well is
very full and bids fair to make an average crop.
Ftgittvk Slave Law. Hon A. D. Smith associate justice of
the Supreme Court of tho State of Wisconsin has lately given
his opinion that the fugitive slave act is unconstitutional and
void.
K. Y. Press. A rencontre took place to-day in this city be-
tween Mr. Meagher one of tho editors of tho Citizen and
McMasters of the Freeman's Journal in which a cowhide
and revolver were used. Mc Masters shot at oaghor and tho
ball grazed his forehead upon which Meagher knocked
McMasters down and beat him in a terriblo manner.
An
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A liKET. Tho following are the dimensions of a boot recently
received by tho editor of the Galveston Times : Length IS in
ches; diau cfor.O inches ; circumference 2-foot 0 inched : weight 0I TU f 8 l ' T 11 7 " - "ff' Z
Of pounds. This is a beet that wo should say was hard to beat. aSUult wth intont t0 klL Jor J dW-
Affray in Harrison County. Col. C. C. Mills shot p.
f I 11 4.t 1111 II
man 3 lioivsu iroinuiuier nun wuii a uouuie narrciuu gun somo
threo weeks since iu Harrison county. We have not learned
tho particular but understand that ho was held under a bond
of'SSiOOU for his appearance beforo tho District Court for jm
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Scurry, William R. & Marshall, John. Texas State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 51, Ed. 1, Saturday, August 12, 1854, newspaper, August 12, 1854; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth81147/m1/3/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.