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TEXAS STATE GAZETTE
OCTOBER . 21
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iMitotl li? JTOBIN MAUSBIAMi and XV. H. OJ.miAlU.
OITY OF AUSTIN SATURDAY OCTOBER 21 185.
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XST Vn Cull attention to the Imporlnnt Tablm now being published In our Paper from the
Oflfcji of Dip Commissioner of tho Tmhct Offlce nnd the Comptroller. Wo are publishing both
Afplmbcllcnlly. We reach to 0. tills week. Wlillo the Intter shows tho rapid prorosn of tho
a Sterol Conntlcs lh sterling Wealth and Voters the former gives to the owners or to heirs of rnlu-
nblq'Tracts of Land scattered over the whole State such Information n must soon bring most
nf jthopi Into Market mid eventually lend to their occupttlon and settlement thereby Increas-
ing largely the rovenuesor tho State. Wedropjbo cent column In the Taxes In and out of tho
State. In the Total the cents are carried out. All credit Is due the worthy Officers.
C37" G!H.JoiikstoS the U. 8. Paymaster will proceed In a day or two to tho several posts
lii'hls district to pay tin troops. At and about the satno tlmo the several OMccrx of Fort l!cl-
knap who have been sojourning here for a short time will take their departure. We have had
& pleasant acquaintance with some of these gentlemen and they carry with them our best wishes.
Vijrllnnca Committee Tho Members will bcc their Names In tho Proceedings pub-
lished in another column. They meet on Monday morning at ten o'clock nt tho Ofllcc of Dr.
Phillips to transact important business and every Member ought to bo present.
Wuntcil We want nn Apprentice. Ho musfbc well recommended for Industrious habits
and be able to read and write. Application had better be made early.
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37" Whoever wishes n bargain In tho Hotel line will find n flno offer in our adverting
. columns. Wcbburville has a rich country around It and n Hotel must do a good business.
. C3 '- Our worthy confrero of tho Waco Era left for home yesterday after a short trip to tho
West. Wo have found SfaJ. Lamiidin an intelligent and agreeable gentleman and wo are much
pleased to have made his acquaintance. He has tho true go'ahcaditivences for a new country L
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fST Our cotton Planters will and in our paper of to-day tho advertisement of Plant Ilno-
riiKitd Cotton Factors New York It will be seen by their terms that a decided gain is to ensue.
o the Texas Planter. K. NASH & Co. nre the Agents nt Lavaca.
tSSF" "It take Nino Tailors to make a man" Is tho foolish old proverb but Mr. Storm a:
enterprising Tailor In Austin has a Sewing machine that malics him equal to a dozen Tailor:
4 ST Wo have lately had the pleasure of a visit from Mr. Diudy of tho Indlanola Bnllctln. He
as hocn steadily regaining his health and wo soon hope to seo him again ir. tho Press.
The Temple o Sfonor Jon L. Mtuxr. G.W.V.T. for the State of Texas is in
vZ Clty fft''. tle vcff r organizing a Tcmpje of Honor.
The Position of Parties Our Warning; Voice to tho North
- "We have wiped our hands op compromises ! Tho position of
tho South ut this moment is not to be misunderstood. The notion of
Sdiithern .Members of Congress in support .of the principle "in the
tWdtfraska and Kansas bills which porever repudiates tho Compro-
st.p of the Constitution is tho true expression of Southern
Views and feelings. Hero we stand. We demund from Congress
m our declining political power in that body a strict construction
1 ofthc powers of tho Constitution.
" As democrats and friends of tllo Union we look at tlie present posi-
tion of parties at the North with deep solicitude 'in -New York
Qlll0 Pennsylvania and in every. Northern State the question of
tree soil has become the prevailing and all-absorbing topic of inter-
cst. A large portion of tho democracy appear to cling with patriotic
tenacity to the old standard principles and usages of the party. Arrayed
acUinst iheni are the Whigs who are now heading an avowed free
boil movement; and m addition we find a division of disaffected
'democrats who have left tho main wing upon this geographical ques-
tion. In the midst of a heated political controversy which combines
Hyith it notonly tho opprobrious epithets of the lagarbeer politicians
the bitter 'invectives of the religious and abolition fanatics we find
' native Americanism and anti-popery combined into a political element1
. represented m tho very innocent appellative "Know Nothingism."
Tlio latter is as insiduous as it is novel : and could the wire-workers
liQuind the scenes be exhibited to the entrapped members in all their
Jesuitical caut tho clubs would drop off faster than Falstaff's army?
ityia an expedient of the hour whoso knot-like existence will.iiot be
"iufcnvn ufter it shall have perished. - ' '
I?hu whig pres3 of ho South exhibit a portentous silence on poli-
Jttcal subjects and a chart support of northern men and measures
'with some exceptions thatovidently show the counter current of po-
litical feeling in that partyat the South to be not yet prepared for as-
" emulation with the creed of "no more slave territory." The de-
' mocruts of thetSoutl are ready to respond to the orthodox at the North
- vjth the unwavering hope of perpattmtjn'g that noble party which
iifrom the founpation of tho government has always been on the side
fof tho masses opposed to exclusive privileges 'and in favor of a
rsimple aud economical administration of tho general government.
v5y 'Wu arc alone interested in these great questions. Our immense
urpluvlabor furms tho basis of most of the imports of the Norih;
' that is to say tho labor of the South buys the foreign goods and con-
sequently pays most of the taxes of tho Union. The South is the
highest taxed und least benefitted portion of the confederacy. Yet we
aro still unwavering in our support of it. Will Northern democrats
Jay aside sectionalism to meet us in our national convpntions as in
times past for the maintenance of the Union intact?
. Wq wait for the results ofHho elections about transpiringin Ohio
. fIndiajia Now York and Pennsylvania. We expect frcesoilism to
fTRiUMPH. New York will go to tho Whigs ou this question but in
J triumph of X'REE soilism" what is accomplished towards cement-
XNoHhis nationality of the whig or democratic parties 1 Certainly
we of the South cannot bo interested in limiting the area of slavery 1
We are not to he told that Cuba shall not bo admitted if desirable 1
Besides hov? vastly important is it that our Southern boundary should
bo..exteuded to the Sierra Madre as we have always demanded ?
- Jio necessary to the security of tho South and how deeply does
Texas peel its necessity. Then tho tariffou iron and wool "is neoassa-
rily demanded in our trade with Russia who now buys of thn 'United
States over nine millions pf dollars of her commodities aud eight and
a half millions of which is paid for our raw'cotton ! Shall t he South
find no aid from.the North in tluis reducing the tariff which is fiiliug
" tho treasury to a repletion ad surfeit causing tho most extravagant
atid corrupt legislation ? We dottot ask these things us a sine qua nan
: .as an ultimatum without which ve shall withhold all future co-
oooration with the North; but as some of the reasons for a continued
tm of the democratic party of the nation. Shall it he as a unit or
(t tie lost forever in fragments? Let oitr northern uoiemporariijs
uuSer. If New York' Ohio and other large northern- ttues are
yfeUWnojtbeiri .whjgfitfii(l im Uiejjanner orhofarinrj.y JThee-
nUiiMMilmd1 where jltaJI wse atfemoMatgfJongjfftltobfo-Attno?.1
filaidry ! i"v- -:JU jfc
Cuba Frcesoilism at the North
Qua attention has been called to a letter from Gen. Felix Huston
published in the " jtyissitsippian" upon the subject or our relations
with Cuba. Tho main points of this letter as given below are of a
character that cannot too deeply engage the attention of our country-
men. His allusion to Cun.v as ihu fiuld upon which wo shall have to
fight the battle of slavery is rendered more apparent every day by the
steadily growing obnoxious character of parties at the North. We
have witnessed iu tho State of New York the. proceedings of the
State Conventions of boih puttie and we pee clearly that the Free
Soil doctrine is gradually beiig developed like a young giant lithe of
limb and well-musseled to use its sinewy arms in tho overthrow of
both parties. Jt is impossible to avert this melancholy. catastrophe
if the aid and comfort which it is now receiving shall be continued.
The South is' a passive spectator. Wo fan not the flame. Still the
work is going on. ' No more Slave Territory" is distinctly read-
in the proceedings of nil the Northern Conventions. Will our North-
ern friends and old allies pause? Have a care in assuming as your
Shuhjoletii those geographical distinctions which if they must come
will r-omo riding ou the whirlwind that is to upheave all party founda-
tions and bring with it the chaos of the earthquake. Ts this hybrid to
be nursed to the dissolution of the Union? It isa question for the North
to answer.
The national democratic party is now the only link that binds our
glorious Union together. In her arms we haveMiitherto rested secure
amidst all the assaults of enemies abroad aud pie-bald factions at
home. Her career has shed a halo upon our country's history which
in the brief spuce of half a century has raised it from an obsenro and
derided republic too weak to excite the fears of the corsairs of Earbary
to a powerful nation the rival in commerce and resources of hu oldest
iVJonarchy of Europe. We cannot look upon the glittering pages of
our history we cannot survey the vast outstretched Map.of the Uuion
we cannot 'contemplate tlie peaceful progress of Science Enterprise
and Capital in perforating the whole land with railroads aud knitting
its distant ocean shores together without feeling that the present mo-
ment is one of transcendant interest.- We shall cling to the good old
party while a plank of her broadsides remains. There are democrats
in the Senate in the House and in the National Councils who with
the President are still powerful enough to control the ends of the
National Democracy and shape them for the benefit of our common
country. The North has nothing agamst us but our institution of
Slavery. Our trade aud commerce ar.e worth more to her than all the
world beside. 'If we separate she must emphatically be the loser. We
want nothing from her but respect. Our Slave area must be extended
to the Siera Madre. Cuba and the whole of the Antilles may ask
admission into the Union and then they must come in. The Uuion of
the States for Free Trade for Security against Aggression and for
the perpetuatiou of Freedom is all that' it should attempt and why
cannot we have .harmony whether Slave Territory or Free Territory
is to be admitted into the Union? The Constitution has sheltered
both under Washington Jackson and Jefferson. We are satisfied
to remain pursuing our prosperity under the same' policy. Let the
North give us her sober second thought.
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Tho Culmns any tliat if they had unns -and iiinmunition tlipy could ncliiovo
inair liiuuponuuncu. iiii-i iu leiui'uy ims wwii uu tiiuir lining uir sopiiinicil ny
tho form of tho Island they seels aid from abroml nrunnd which they may rally
und which may assist tlicin tu icwst the first concentration of the Spanish forco's.
and piecnt thuMn lioin crushed ut tho onset.
Let it iinL bo Bitiil tliut tlio Cubans do not spoU oinnnripntion from Spanish ty-
rutoriy. Tho number of exiles in the United StnieH. tho mill grower tiutnheis who
hnvo hoen imprisoned and expeutod und lot their lives in ineffectual oHon. n-
U'Bt the eontiary.
I hnvo ponfiileiico in the Creole Cubans and think "hoy will he lound equal to
the Sponintl soldiers nncl iia guerillas far superior. They ure 11 full blooded white
nice und not rnungieW like the Mexicntis und the stule of the island allows that
they me in u revolutionary altitude and hnvp been ho for years'
In it not wiling sir to denounce a misoinhle penplo who ure ground down hy
secret cspiunugo und a military despotism und who every moment dreud that tho
deero mny go forth which muy dosoluto their island und deliver it to bloodshed
and mnssnere.
We ehould encouinc;o and assist poor 'oppressed Culm hHCiiUBO their cnune is
ours There nro ulreuily thiiije thut lulk of Southern imbecility as you speuk of
Cuhnn imbecility "
I look (in this us a home question. Wo tire forced parties and cannot stnnd in-
tliflnrunL to tho fate of Cuba. Tho first buttlo for the niniiitcnaiicj of slavery in
the Southern States has tube futight in Cubu. Thut island if not revolutionized
will he Africanized.
Wo of tho South on nil questions nprortuitiitiff to slavery must look to ourselves
alone. The Adminisfntiqn whether fnvoruhle or unfavorable enn do nothing.
llie present in on unti-slavtny (wongress una ttio neM will no nunc so
J would not have tho (Juhun qui-Htion iu any shape brought bol'oio Congress
wo would only meal willi disapoiiitmmit anil abuse.
Matters arts coming to a point betvcvn tlio North unci South fast onoiigh with-
out throwing into the contest uuy extraneous issues; and there nre diliiculm.M con-
ntipttnl'with the Al'm-nii men in Cubit which must bo determined by the people of
thoislund uncontrolled by Congressional legislation
' It is foriunnto lorus ihut tho poople ofCttbii nto in a t evolutionary state; hut
such is my viuw of the danger which thrnuten the South from tit it quuttur that
(.von iftlje people of Cubu wrre uniting- with Kuglund und Franco and the Spanish
authorities 10 Afrieimizo the IsUnd wo Of the Jjoitth should raise u fotcu and con-
quer regnrdless uf whut tho North .uuy think or do.
Tlie ill nciules ol sott-uuionce uuu so'i-nrosorvuuon wuuiu. muvu uj ui our ui-
nmtive. Yours tespectfully FULIX HUSTON.
Royal Hunting.
MY TlIK ADMIUAIj.
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An ExoeU. ent Move At a meeting of the citizens of the county of Bas
trop held ottihe'Jih Inst. it was declared in public resolution that the lives of
many good etiizons wore in jeopardy; and that therw has been living at the
house of John C. Cunning ham pertons of notoriously bad clutructer nnd upon
whom suspicion of a foul nature real. A Committee was uppointod to notiYy
litis individual that in the evml ol any murders or oilier injuries being in.
llieted upon" llie immedinte friends of the lute Levi W. Young or upon those
who have beeti ferreting out his murderers litis meeting will look upon the
.said Cuntiinghnm as a party concerned nnd take steps to bring the ofll-nderu lo
punishment. Tbiseotirso hus been taken loMisinin Mr. Richard Bntkley in liia
uttempt to arrest those murderers; the deceased Mr. Y oung having bee bru-
inlly murdered in Uastrop county a little over a year atto. We are pleasedAto
hee this move on the part of the good citizens of Bastrop. -It is lime n slop bo
put to the wild oce.ssesof ctime that we arc compelled so painfully to witness
around us This is one among muny oihei simil.fr moves that are now golhg
on throughout Texas calculated lo enfbref respect and obeUience lo the laws
nnd deeenuiesof soeyjtv. The proper judicial nulhoritie.i will begin to dis-
ehnrgo more promptly their duties and juries see1v to render just verdicts after
these events ahnll show them that the people will not allow iheguiliy to go un.
punished. t
Tub PR0N$--The ViRllmipq Commitieo have so fiu promptly carried out tho
viuwa oxp;p4edby their follow-cit'izens tit the public-meeting of Saturday
last. Forming into a cnvu-idp tho committee proceeded to the camjp of
tho
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trtnienf'i!gebns. and ujijver to inein uto tusirimuoifj uuopiuu ut tlio
thiff. ''TliBwliavo thus nmnle'tipticu end wq Jlifnk thut "fut ther trouble
lofbeaTinrebendud. !r .uW .. . "
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(The suljolneil Is from the pen of n fjleml who promises us to continue his racy aketcliceOr
A Texas Jton or Pniiin was lately cj inured near lort Bulknop m
this State by Lieut. Givens of that post measurinrjsix feet six inolie6.
This animal in appearance and conformation resembles lliu African
r.imipss. wit limit. ttn:i;inn' the nrVnits inilirmtimr tliB snniH strotiftli.
tliotiglt it is said to be equally ferocious and has bten known to carry fjl
ofi' full grown hogs and yearling.. They aro found more frequently
on the Iiio Grande and in New Mexico but seldom so fur north as in
tlie present instance. While in inoiiosl they hnvo a ferocious appear-
ance crouch at the approach of an enemy and then bound oft" with
great swift tiess. They make an excellent aud exciting chase and
can he hunted as this one was by fox hounds. When the dogs first
opened on his trail their excitement and animation showed that they
were in pursuit of no ordinary animal' and aftur a hot run of about ;i
mile bayed at the foot of a post oak in the crotch of which the lion
was perched looking almost as largo as a mule with glaring eyes and
displaying a formidable set of teeth While iu this position he was
shot twice through the body. He then made a long leap and escaped
iu a thicket from. which he was routed by the clogs and after a short
run took another tree where he was shot through the left shoulder
which prevented him from climbing again aud gave the dogs an op-
portunity of worrying him. Tlie whole pack now closed in upon him
followed closely by the horsemen at.d alter an intensely exciting run-
ning light for about half a mile ho was shot in the right eye which
ended his run ; the younger puppies then came in for their share of
the sport by seizing hold with great apparent courage.
In the battle some of the younger and lew prudent puppies were
considerably injured ; one had his skull broken in by a stroke of the
claws and another had his fore leg torn open for sor.iu distance.
Lieut. Givens has endeavored to produce'a breed of hounds combin-
ing the strong scent peculiar to the fox hound with greater speed!
than they usually possess. He has succeeded in this by retaining only
the swiftest aud healthiest in the pack and crossing the swift onea
with those having a'fine nose but keeping tho blood pure. Iljs pack
fight well from always running with u bull terrier who&c exampls
teaches them courage they have also been trained to chase wolves
which also developes that quality. The pack he now hunts with is
considered unusually fast for fox hounds beside having a good nose.
The blue hound is the swiftest the yellow largest and Strongest tbu
black the mpst courageous.
Intkupkrcncr in EimoPEArTArFAiiis. It does not suit the genius of this g ir-
ernment to enter into an active participition in the atl'.iirs of Europe. Th
federal government has no powers delegated to it by the States for .that purpose.
It was a wise policy that'led the framers' of the Constitution to avoid a field of
power like this which while involving us in the inextricable labyrinth of debt
a the same lime places the consuming portion of the Union at ihe mercy of tha
manufacturing I-y giving occasion and necessity tor increased taxation and
tarifla for revenue. Foreigners do not comprehend the genius of our govern-
ment.. Wo were forcibly struck with the-force of this fact' in 'reading a letter
from Ledru Ilollin the exiled French patriot to Mr. Sanders our Consul at
London. He there'hits upon the plan of effecting a Spanish Republic by pro-
posing that our Congress oiler hwr good wishes in behalf of the Republican
cause nnd that "sic is ready lo usnst il xoilk 'her vessels and sword.'' However
much we sympathise with the oppressed of E'trop we can do no more than
ailbrd them an asylum in our own land. II we do not obitruct hc la ws of nat-
uralization of foreigners nor refuse to pass others to encourage their migra-
tion hither nor raise thecondiiion of new appropriations of land we will con-
tinue in the old path marked out in the Declaration of Independence and confer
moto real and positive good npou the down-trodden portions of the human fam-
ily than can possibly be accomplished by tho sword with all its innumerabltt
brood of evils engendering waste of publ ic treasure the. encouragement of tm- '
productive pursuits the establishment ot false standards of emulation nnd am-
bition ana the spread of sentiments at war with the peaceful and industrious
progress of the nation We set our face against all foreign inlerlerence.
The Eclectic Seiuies op School Books. We have always desired for the im-
provement of youth that the simplest process of induction in reading arithmetic
and grammar should ba adopted; too much explanation in things which havu
a hundred exceptionsto the general rule is worse th.ttt too few. Our language
has buen built up without system or analogy of any kind and will only bear in
application of very general rules at most. This is the point (Fttppui the falcrtim
upon which to place the lever of instruction to children and youths. Now in all J)
the range of school bool3wd challenge compelilion" with the "Eclectic SertisS'
They begin with familiar words and sounds and ag these become associated
in the memory the series goes on progessing lo other words and sounds bearing-
some kind of similarity or resemblance until the mind of the child bjcomes sud-
denly enlarged and comprehensive without any aciual perception of the process
What we say ol induction in the knowledge of word applies equally as welt
lo tho Readersns to tho Spelling iJouk: nnd lolhe Grammar.; and Arithmetic.
Every regard is evidently had for youthful strength of mind and its grasp
is always keptin view Parents Guardians and Teachers sluuld prize Hi '
Eclectic Series as a most valuable gift to their children.
MuaDKR ot Levi V. Young. We find in Diutrop Advertiser the following :
A little more than a year ago Levi VV Young a citizen of this county held
in high estimation by all who knew him fell a victim to a cowardly assassina-
tion having been wavlaid and shot while riding from his residence to Bastrop.
A huge" reward was ollered principally we believe by the jlusoim Fraternity
ol winch lr. young nail uen a member t Royal Anh Masonlor the di
covery nnd apprehension of the p.tnies engaged in this culd-blmided transac-
tion But U e murder had been cunningly planned and executed with consum
mate slitll aim secrecy.
The elToils of the Masonic Fraternity proved aboilive and the parties in-
volved in (lie murder have conducted Ihoinselves since in lueh an ouirugeou
manner that the community have been compelled to take hold of the matter
and as will b.-seen in another article are deturmined to aid in bringing th
guilty to punishment.
Tun Calamitii's op Lire. We join our worthy cotemporary tho Clarion
of Loekhnn in sympathy: the decease of his fellow townsman R. M. Uerry
Just entering upon wedded life with a beautiful young bride he was suddenly
stricken down at Indi.inola by tho epide mio nnd in n brief time afterwards hii
unhappy widow the flower of his bean drooped likewise before the malady
and both are now sleeping beneath the turf. What hopes were thus erushe.i
what viaio ns of happiness blighted; how much of earth was lorn away by ilia
bliit that blotted out their spirits frqm this world I
Maj. Stain commandant nt Fort Belknap 1ms been here on a hurried viait.
IHn long service in tho army as well as ubottt thirty years experience on ilia
plains of the vast southwest have given to big communications deserving in- $)
torest. He is the man tp lend tho Rangers where they will find Indian fight-
ing. Ho carries with him now on his body a portion of a ohargo from their
rifles. His coolness undoubted bravory and knowledge of Indian character
peeuliuTjy fit him . forour frontier. Thfc army will 'lose nn invaluable oiictrr
and society galn-sr most estimable c-lizen when he leave the' service.
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