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$3 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
NUMBER 32,
THE NEW ANTI-POLYGAMY BILL.
The following is the bill to punish and
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Better have Patronized the Yankees.—
y. T. S. COMPTON.
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up a Black Republican in Cali-
been completed by that gentleman.—
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Agents.—Miller, Montgomery, & Co., Galveston Tex-
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wronged aud suffering class of humanity, |
we should find some way of flaking the measure?
States. It thinks that under the organiza-
tion of the Republicans, and with the mod-
was giva by Jere. Brown of Sumpter
county.
Larg Endowment.-—It is stated that the Democratic controller, in Mississippi, has
one hurired thousand dollars endowment
to the bward College, Ala., projected by
in Canada, desiring a large number of axes
along the line of their road, and not wish-
ing to employ American mechanics, sent to
United States possess jurisdiction, the
former husband or wife being alive, he, she
or they, so offending, shall, on conviction
thereof, pay a fine not exceeding five hun-
dred dollars and be imprisoned not less
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In truth and in fact, (we’ve said so much forwarded a petition to the House of Lords
xu-x we aj.e j-J^x.xxixx --- n trx.L* A .A _
) tbp American ladies are
woman to say, “I
so much trouble,”
the North may be able, without plotting or
bluster, to roll back the tide of Slavehold-
ing aggression
A Difference.—Three hundred women
of the town of Aylesbury, England, have
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A. J. MILLER,
SADDLE AND HARNESS MAKER
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Carriage Trimmer,
ji TAKES to order all styles of Saddles. He is pre-
DJL pared to furnish full sets ui vuuagc, uuu
Wagon Harness at the shortest notice, and trims car-
riages in as neat and substantial a manner as can be
done in the State.
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nance 1
Something it must have been to bring presentatives
down such a torrent of obloquy on our
fated heads. People ask questions about
us as if we were some curious specimens
E. J. LIPSEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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Now we know they’ll be down on us for Territories of the United States and other
what we have said. We know the impend- places’. which Passed the House of Repre-
ing consequences very well. People who sentatives on the 5th inst., by a vote of 149
tell the truth always get into trouble. Only to 6€- 11 wil1 doubtless pass the Senate
please not to be too hard on us, ladies, lest,
driven to desperation, we should “go and
do it” again !—Mrs. G. W. Wgllys.
MAUL ARiLL} GIA'HIAVTS.
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SCHEDULE TIME. Did yOU SVCT kl
Route No. 8510 ; From Matagorda to Galveston, via
Quintana and Kenner Post Office. Arrives on Mondays,
Thursdays and Saturdays, at 1 o’clock a. m., and de-
parts on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 11
o’clock A. M.
Route No. 8508; From Matagorda to Galveston, via
Caney, Columbia and Liverpool. Arrives Sundays and
Wednesdays at 3 o’clock p. u., and departs on Mondays
and Fridays at 9 o’clock a. m.
Route No. 8587 j From Matagorda to Indianola. Ar-
rives on fii,essays and Fridays at 6 o’clock p. m., and
departs on Mondays and Thursdays at 8 o’clock a. m.
Route No. 860?; From Matagorda to Brazorie. Ar-
rives on Tuesdays, Thursdays ^nd Saturdays at 6 o’clock
P. m’., and departs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri
„♦ e o’clock A. M. G. STEWART P. M.
Matagorda, Texas, April 9,1859.-ly
Catch us
making a fool of ourself for their benefit, if
they couldn’t be polite enough to thank us
for it. They need training, do the ladies ! I Prevent the practice of polygamy in the
Now we know they’ll be down on us for Territories of the United States and other
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is asserted that all the appointments of
prefects and other officials for Savoy had
been completed in Paris.
The Paris Patrie publishes a letter from
Turin stating that the question of the
annexation of Savoy had been definitely
perfectly reckless of against the legalization of marriages with
. a deceased wife’s sister, on the ground that
j are calculated to destroy Rev. WS. Bowton, about a year ago, has
J the freedom of family intercourse. On the ! I/ w.uwuV mury f—.a
wretched men. If belonged to the latter other hand four hundred and twenty-eight Twenty-ire thousand dollars of this amount Mary, without life ’ Then give
haye jq favor Qf the------ ’ T ”
The Savoy deputation, consisting of forty
members, had arrived in Paris and had been
received by the Emperor.
A dispatch from Vienna announces that
Austria will pronounce herself against any
violation of the rights of Swiss neutrality
guarantied by treaties.
The treaty relative to the cession of
Savoy is said to have been signed by
France and Sardinia before the issue of M-
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MATAGORDA, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1860.
ARE WOMEN NATURALLY POLITE ? little huzzies know their places.
This is a question that has been asked
’ very frequently of late. We must have
been doing something very naughty, re-
cently, to arouse the puplic to such a state
of vindictiveness. Have we trod on any-
body’s masculine toes with our Balmoral
boots ? Has our crinoline been obtrusively
expansive ? or have we neglected to say
“Thank you, sir,” wheu some wretched in-
dividual in the cars wrenched himself out
of his corner for our benefit, with a face
that was worse than the inflammatory
rheumatism I As if a lady wouldn’t rather
stand up from Yorkville to the City Hall, the census of this year
j^S-Term*.—If paid in advance j
If not paid in sis months $3 50
If not paid until the expiration of the year.. .$4 00
jO*.No paper discontmued until all arrearages are paid.
gSf-Kates of AdverUxing.—One square (ten lines )flrst
insertion™ $1 00
Each subsequent insertion. 50
1 squar« 1 year $10 00 ; 6 months $7 00 : 3 months $5 50
‘ -2 “ “ 18 00; “ 12 00 ; “ 10 00
3 “ 25 00 ; “ 18 00 ’ “ 15 00
column “ 35 00 ; “ 25 00 ; “ 18 00
i •• “ 60 00; “ 35 00 ; “ 25 00
1 “ “ 101'00.; “ 60 00; “ 35 00
Advertisements of a persopalcharacter, when admis-
sable, will be .charged double price.
xarPolitical circulars or public addresses for individual
benefit will be charged as advertisements.
tfcSuMarriage or Obituary notices exceeding ten lines in
length, charged as advertisements.
jer1 Yearly advertisers will be confined to their legiti-
mate ’ business ; if otherwise they will be charged
extra.
jSW*Advertisements when handed in not specifying the
number of insertions, will he continued until forbid,
and charged for accordingly.
WAdvertisements from a distance must be accompa-
nied with the cj.sh, or city acceptance, to secure in-
sertion.
WCandidates’ announcements for County offices, $5:
State, District and Congressional, $10 ; payment re
quircd invariably in advance.
>iSffluAIl advertisements, the publication of which is re-
quired by law, must be paid for in advance.
don Times has an editorial on Senator Sew-
ard’s late speech on the Slavery question.
It treats the speech as the programme of
the Republican party, and sees in it evi-
dences of the dawning of a more friendly
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City of Matagorda, That taxes and licences ac-
cording to the following rates be, and they are hereby
levied In thia eor©arfttiqp for the year eighteen hun-
ibed and sixty :
FnjiSic. On all g«eal estate, an valorem tax of one
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ing consequences very well. People whoj8en^a^ves on the 5th inst., by a vote of 149
also :
Be it enacted, fyc., That if any person or
persons, being married, shall during the
life of the former husband or wife, marry
Effect of the Census of 1860.—The another person in any Territory of the
New York Times makes an elaborate and United States or other place, except the
candid showing of the effect and bearing of District of Columbia, over which the Uni- between France and Sardinia.
? on the representa- ^d States possesses exclusive jurisdiction . mi "
pposite to such a sulky counte- tian of the several States in Congress. It or the marriage with such other persons
figures that the States which will lose re- pa^e piace elsewhere, shall hereafter live
) are : Alabama, 1 ; Connecti- and c°-babit with such-other person in such
cut, 1 ; Georgia 1 ; Kentucky, 3 j Massa- Territory, or other place, over which the
ebusetts 1; North Carolina 1 ; New York,
3 ; Ohio, 1 ; Pennsylvania, 2; Rhode
Island, 1 ; South Carolina, 2 ; Tennessee, 1;
Virginia, 2; Vermont, 1. The States which
will gain representatives are : Illinois, 5 ;
Indiana, 1; Iowa 4; Michigan, 2 ; Mis- tban two years, nor more than five years ; Thouvenel’s dispatch of the 14th March,
souri, 1; Texas, 3; Wisconsin, 2. The Provided> nevertheless, that this section, ' *
other States will stand as they are. The or anything therein contained, shall not ex-
Times sums up the remarkable facts as tend any person or persons whose hus-
follows : band or wife shall absent himself or her-
1. All the old and large States of the self, one from the other for the space of five
Union, without exception, lose ground rela- years, the one of them not knowing the
tively, and most of them positively. 2. The other to be living within that time, nor to
South loses ground largely ; the new State any person or persons who shall be, at the
mustn’t ask Texas having five-fold the territory of the time of such marriage, divorced by compe-
old States, and lying west of the Mississip- tent authority, or to any person or persons
pi, is the only one that gains. 3. The only whose former marriage, by sentence of
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The Savoy Question.—The annexation of
Savoy to France was generally regarded
as an accomplished fact. The London
Times admits that the Emperor Napoleon
had gone so far that he could not in honor
recede without a fight, and says that he
must be permitted to carry off his prey. It
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The Great Eastern.—The London Ob-
server states that the proposal of the di-
rectors of the Great Eastern to raise an
additional sum of d£100,000 to equip the
vessel for the sea, has been attended with
the most complete success. Subsbribers to
this fund are to be guaranteed a dividend
of per cent out of the profits, subject
to the charges or insurance, and redeema-
ble at the end of two years, with twenty The vulgar and useless idler, whose
per cent bonus. The ship will thus cost
’ one i
which is pretty good evidence that every-
thing about her has cost double its value in
one way or another. The Manchester
Guardian says, the Great Eastern will be
ready for sea by the beginning of June,
and that she will accompany the royal
out that we are not perfect ?
Now we don’t like to turn State’s evi-
dence, at all. We shouldn’t dare to trust
bon-
net or a parasol for six months, if we ex-
pressed our real sentiments on the matter !
Bless the dear ladies, we know ’em better
than to incur their vengeance, when a
little hypocrisy will keep us on the safe
side.
But nobody has said that we
questions, and so we can take the Yankee
method of managing matters. Are women
naturally polite, did you ask, dear, good- part of the Union which positively gains is ] competent authority, shall have been de-
natured Public?
Did you ever know a woman to make
room in an omnibus, five on a side, when
Number Six was entering, flounced and
veiveted, until ordered by the driver ?
- a- Did you ever know a pair of little gaiter positive loss of 1. The free States gain 14
ranly tie/#, on the proper business of some person le- v^„x„ .„w„ „ • > .xV , , 6
gaily auihWe, shall on complaint and conviction be- DOOtS to turn one meh either to the Tight
xv or left, when they could have saved you
■ from a streaming gutter by the operation ?
—Patent Leathers don’t behave so—-not
they !
Did you. ever know a
am Sony to have given
when the dry goods clerk had turned the
store topny IsTvey without finding the
right shade of a color that never exist-
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Did you ever know a woman who didn’t
think it was “outrageous” for another wo-
man to travel with a baby, or who didn’t
regard it as “cruel and barbarous” if any
one objected to the crying of her baby?
Did you ever know two women to talk
over a third without ridiculing her even,
if she was their “dear particular friend ?’’
Did you ever praise one young lady in
the presence of another, without being con-
fidentially tozd of some enormous fault or
deformity in the former which you hadn’t
dreamed of?
Did you ev-er
without learning that “it was only that
dowdy old silk dyed, over?”
Did you ever know a pretty woman to
make an impression, without a half a dozen
other pretty women ruining the effect of it
the insta nt she left the room ?”
:now a woman to apologize
for having knocked another woman’s bon-
net into “pi,” (that’s a printerism, but ex-
pressive, notwithstanding,) with the cor-
ner of her parasol?
Did you ever hear of a woman who had
any idea that she was making any trouble
by her little airs and graces ?
There are a race of unaccountablea, these
zornen, j'usv, as isweet and piquant as Juno
roses son
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that the world always honors industry.—
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gies of body and mind are rusting for want
million pounds sterling, of occupation, may look with scorn upon
the laborer, engaged at his toil • but his
scorn is praise; his contempt honor.
Child’s Idea of Mankind and Pigs.—A
little flaxen haired four year old girl in
Palmer, Mass., was looking at some pigs
the other day, when she inquired of one
older if God made pigs. She was told that
he did. “Why,” said the little darling, “I
shouldn’t think he would make pigs when
The managers of the Grand Trank Railway he has every body else to make
At a railways station, an old lady
said to a very pompous looking gentleman,
. who was talking about steam communica-
England to have 2,500 made after a pat- tions : “Pray, sir, what is steam ?” “Steam
ma’am, is, ah, steam is, ah—ah ! steam is
—steam !” “I knew that chap couldn’t tell
ye,” said a rough looking fellow standing
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Levying Taxes and .Licences for
(She Year 1860.
ARTICLE I.
H« U ordained by the Mayor and Board of Aidermen
cording io the fojjowing rates be, g.nd they are hereby
iir.e.d a.nd sixty :
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isaif of per. centum.
Skcgx®. On aE slaves, of all ages, a (tax of $1 each.
Thi»», On each :aadSfcvery white male inhabitapt,
ever the #f/<it»ty-one years, a poll tax of $1.
Four.™. (Qn<®a<ch and every resident free colored
person, a tax of <3&e foliar.
Fifth. Qsf. each a«d every .two-horse pleasure car-
riage, a tax of five dollars.
> one-horse pleasure
■’ rart, di.'ay cr wagon, consent of the martei, mistress or overseer of such
*•' 1'9 bf five dollrrs. r'— .... v_ x-----.■>
SV'3''7? ry cart, dray or wagon, !
whM?h shall bd kept !b. t J >se_ or # d'llar> <
NlM’i-H, Be itfurt ,,[(1 That the assessment 1
j-eturus.or mventort . ___ shaJi be made out
and Umed in to the Collector on or be 1
lore the first da y of Ap-i! ■60 ; and that the taxes so
tievied shall be ggessor and Collector on or
before the first day of<jUj I860 ; and in defaultthere- i
or,_the proper officers anhereby authorized and re- 1
■qaired to proceed accorfig to law, and collect such ]
taxes. Provided, £}laj ,tny of objects of taxation <
contained m the ith, 51 Gtb, 7th and Sth sections of 1
. the foregoing schedule 6 broUgb^ within any of the <
rules nsentioned in said .;::tio^8, after the first day of 1
April, 1860, they shall in‘® diately subject to the 1
respective taxes, as or1 < ned ingaid /ectioa. j
in. lEfJ-
Fibst. Be it Orcmed, That each and every indi-
vidual—person or fni—following the occupation of
Hawker, Poddler or hieraut vendor of goods, wares,
merchandize orjewey, shall pay to the Assessor ai
Collector, the'sun^oiwentv-live dollars, before he or
they shall coinmeitceie sale of any such goods, wares,
merchandize or jewel?; and that a temporaryoccupa-
tjon of any premises (building, by any such person
4»r persons shall not eimpt him or them from the pay- i
went of such license lX; Provided, this ordinance
shall not be so constrt ag to oblige any regular tra-
der or merclian';doinguuness here to pay said tax.
Sbcoxd. Be. it farti Ordained, That a license
tax of fifteen ddlars shabe levied on all places where
*qfiritous, v’n0^, liquors are retailed to be
draDkpi?
Thikd. 'J;
kept in
where com [/I
FOUUTH.) f
jieenseUaJ/W
PlFTw^W
w per LL i.\i
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paid tlwi Jp.
i*nd 1 r , «u
before< 1 ed for
Jess tit a0[. more that-
(cach 0' and jjaU, also
tax foi —.67.6’r.—------------------,
^LareoC such pe.ison or persons, on convictioi.
jdays, shall stll.l continue liable for the tax, fine and
'eoqtis And it shall, /the dutv of the Secretary to im-
mediately call on ally persons liable for license taxes,
and to collect and re ceipt for the same. But shou.d
any person, who may have become liable to pay a 'i-
eense tax or taxes, refuse or neglect to pay the sane,
.as above provided, t^en^e said Secretary shall report
>uc,t.e^efaulter forthwith jb the Mayor.
SIx w. Be it father Ordained, That a ll ordinances
heretofore passed,.fjqd nojy in force, relative to the
g-atee of taxational license taxes, be and they are
(hereby repealed. Dug alii MacFaklaxe, Major.
TgEALL, Sec’j!'.
Relative 4,?
First, fie it Ordained by the Mayffr and Bccra oj
Aldermeit.of the City of Ma tagorda, That it shall be
,the dutv of each an 1 every person og persons selling
beef, or the flesh of neat ‘.cathe, within the corpc rite
-limits of the city of Matagorda, to havi some pubdc
place to sell such meat; an^ it shall be the furl her duty
r>( said person or persops to give notice to the clerk of
th« market of the time w,li<m and place where ha or
they will sell such meat •: provided, that no such po-
tice shall be required of person or persons, who
has or have established a regular market, previous to
the passage of this orftipap&e.
■Second. Beit farfyer Ordaii^.d. That it shall fee
he duty of each and every person who shall sell bepf,
ar the flesh qf neat cattle, in sa'4 city, and of each and
every person whofiali kill 1 ny beeves or neat cai^e
ho be used in said etar, to bring the hides and ears at-
tached of aU such ap-imals so killed for private or pqb- M u u
lie use, to tfee public market place for inspection by the jays at 6 o’clock
clerk, within .twenty-four hours aftea such animal has ’XSgordl Tei
bean killed. .
Thtr,D. Be it farther Ordained, That,’if the person
or persons offering for sale any flesh, or killing any an-
imal as aforesaid, Hhall fail or refuse to comply with,
the regulations of this ordinance, he or they shall, upon
conviction thereof, before tfee Mayor, fee fined ia a snip
ef not less than five nor more than ten dollars,. with
costs’; one half of which dhe shall go to the informer
and the other half to the cjty fund.
Fourth. Be it farther Ordained, 'fhat it shall be
the duty of the Clerk of jibe Market to. attend every
morning at the different places appointed for markets.,
$0 inspect the hide and ears °f each and every beef ani-
mal that has been killed; audit shall be the farther
.duty of said Clerk, to note down the color of each hide,
the brand or brands thereon, and the u^ark or marks of
the ears, and the date of such inspection, and shall
make a retqrn at the end of each monttfe of all such in-
spections to the person who may 6e appointed to re-
cord the same.
cleanly andI orderly condition ; ai d,said Clerk is hereby
suttorizedto abate all nuisances at such places.
Sixth. Be it farther Ordained, That on each and
,c»ery beef killed, the flesh of which is brought within
the corporation for sale or private use, the sum of thir-
ty-five cents is hereby taxed—twenty-five cen.ts . of
which is to be paid to the Clerk of tfep Market, and tep
ioents to the person who shall keep th,e record of the
brand 1. narks, &p., of beeves so killed.
Sevsnti. Be it farther ordained, That jthe recorp
»f animals killed, as provided for in this ordinance,
shall be kept at the office of the County Clerk, in a
well bound book, which shall be written up monthly,
and shall at all rimes be open for the inspection of any1
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Eighth. Be ~i farther Ordained, That this ordin-1
i.nce sh|ll ’.ake effect, and be In force ' ' ~ '
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tremendous perspiration.”
Sam Bell, several years ago a
tern drawn by on? of their scientific men.
The orcbr Yvas filled, but when the axes
reachec Montreal, it was found that not
one of he 2,500 had a hole in it for the by ; “steam is a bucket of water in
axehelu. They had been made exactly Hke
the patten.
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turned
fornia.
Give me death, or give me Mary I
What’s life without Mary ?—and what’s
„ > me death
or give me Mary—with decided prefer-
ence for Mary.
TO THE TAX PAYERS
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jyiatagorda County.
Mb, W. D. Babbour is my authorized Agbn$ for the
cdlection of the State and County Tax for 1859, and
foi tfee assessment of the Tax for 1860.
also for the wansaetion and arrangemepfc of all
business in connection with my office as Assessor and
Collector of Matdgei da County, for my present ■ term of
offiep. W. T. S. COMPTON.
Jajusr, 18, 18<!e,-f. C' Jj&bS
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MUSIC, FRENCH AND GERMAN.
_________icing to tte citizenii\f Mathgor*
da that she will gwz. lessons jn MUSIC
And the Frc ncli and Gp rman Languages.
When desired she Till produce the best of references
as to scholarship and competency to teatSh music, q L ” , ,
For Terms, &c., apply to Plaggeatthe residence ways Choose ;
of Mrs. Stanley. [Feb. 15,186O.-tf
. . . wanted: ....... now- te
tf**- Tbey know that they are queens 8nch marriages
iad .ball .t all imea be .pen for the Inchon if a^ ffij .0Ve.r the f - —
person without fljurge. Apply immediately, enclosing two stamps for return
Eighth. Be farther Ordained, That this ordin-. p.ostage. Address DRAWER ONE,
i,neo sh^llukeeffe ct. <y.d be-in force from and after its f ’ Elmira, N. Y,
rniwigp ; aii ilf eiiher ordinances relative to the same | September 17,18®.-3m
me ?”
f axe’c8a C--, you ebber bin fro’ a
field on wLeat, when he ripe ?”
“Yes, Pompey.”
“Well, you take notice, some ob de head
stan’ up, and some hang down; dem stan’
up got no grain in 'em.”
W A Virginia negro boy, who profes-
took to the woods to avoid it, and was
there found asleep. Being asked why he
went there, he said :
“To pray.”
"But,” said the overseer, “how was it
that you went to sleep ?”
“Don’t know, massa, zactly, but I spec 1
must have overprayed myself.”
A lady tourist in America curiously
remarks : “Boston, seen from the monu-
ment of Bunker Hill, looks like a large
spider that has been dropped into the
water, struggling for the land, in order
destiny."
Every young man should remember
the Northwest—Missouri being properly Glared void,
included in that. 4. The Northwest posi- Sec. 2. Be it further enacted., Thai the fol-
tively gains 15 representativesand 2 Sena-Rowing ordinance of the Provisional Gov-
tors in Minnesota. 5. Tne slave States ernment of Deseret, so called, namely, “an
lose 11 representatives and gain 4, being a ordinance incorporating the Church of Je-
J 8US
and lose 10, being a positive gain of 4, February 8th, in the year 1841, and adopt-
with 4 Senators in Minnesota and Oregon. ed> re-enacted and made valid by the
The admission of Kansas and Nebraska, Governor and Legislative Assembly, of the
which will speedily happen, will add 2 re- Territory of Utah, by an act passed Janu-
presentatives and 4 Senators to the same ar7 10tJb il1 tJie year 185$, entitled “an act
side. in relation to the compilation r.nd revision ja;
won love ™g, Massa C-
young men. If weak on the score of dress sembly of fte Territ of utah whieh es.
and pomp; >f he doated, like a girl, on|taWish, Eapport> maintain. shield or conn-
flowers, on scents, on gay colors, on the
trappings uf a horse ; he neither drank, nor
gamed, nor ran wild and loose in love.
Though armed with the most winning | and co^ued
ways, and the most glazing lip in London,
no husband’s peace was ever hurt by him,
no woman’s fame was ever dragged by him
into the mire. He sought no victories like
those of Blount. He brought no shame,
like Raleigh, to the cheek of one who loved
h.m more than her own good name. No n
Lady Rich, as in Sidney’s case, ever
“Blushed when he was named.”
His life was pure as that of Milton,
, , „ . i poets of
Paradise and the Pensees, he Jived in a
court where gallantry was in vogue and
beauty was bought and sold. How then,
with all these friends, with all these claims
on love and help, did he not win his way
to place ? He sought it; never man with
more haste and zeal, for his brain beat
with victorious consciousness of power; he
hungered to rule mankind, and his blood
had that firy strength which glows into
white heat at an opposing blast. This
questiog must be tried. Why, while men,
with far lower claims than his, got posts upwards of
and honors, solicitorships, judgeships, sec-
retaryships, embassies, did this man come
to pass the ripe age of forty-six without
7 . gaining power or place ? Can it have been
i lUmes, and Lien, again, bristling because he was servile and corrupt ?
logic is a lie, moral theories a sham.
Seward’s Speech in England.—The Lon- squadron which is to escort the Prince of
. Wales to Canada.
I
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that it may spin its web and fulfil its
HphLitiv n
U
Singular Coincidence.—The English pa-
pers inform us that Judge Watson lately
fell dead in England just as he had finish-
ed charging the jury. It is very remaik-
able that this sad event took place on the
anniversary of the sudden death of Judge
Talfourd, whose fate was similar. He too,
died after he had completed his charge to
the jury. Will those versed in suc-h singu-
lar coincidences give us a homily on the
event.
A preacher down South, during his
prayer preliminary to preaching, while
full of zeal, used the following expres-
sion :
UO, Lord, we pray thee to curtail the
Christ of Later Day Saints,” passed devil’s power in this place !”
An old negro, who was already for a re-
sonse leaped to his feet, and exclaimed :
“Auen, dat right, Lord I cut de tail smack
and smooz off P’
“Good morning Pompey,” said a
iwyer.
j (j_____ « g
T^ntory their publication .nd distribu-L -
tion,” and other acts or p—"p t--—~
tofore passed by the said Legislative As- yUr^d^p, like
j Ji l"kl TT r'l-p C-li zx 1 '’zw>•««*4- a mw «X* TT4. ---U ! __
tablish, support, maintain, shield
tenance polygamy, be, and hereby arc. dis-
approved and annulled :
I Provided, That this act shall be so limited
-------------1 as to effect or interfere with
the right of property legally acquired un-
der the ordinance heretofore mentioned, nor
with the right to worship God according sed dreadfully allarmed at cholera,
to the dictates of conscience ;” but only to
annul all acts and laws which establish,
maintain, protect and countenance the
practice of polygamy, evasively called
spiritual mu.rriage, however disguised by
legal or ecclesiastical solemnities, sacra-
ments, ceremonies, consecrations or other
contrivances.
ver tell your wife what a
beautiful new Iress her neighbor had got ^at of Pascal, though, unlike the
pared to furnish full sets of Carriage, Buggy and ,
an accidental tire.
----^r.Tr, „
f0i' 80 offending, nt ^ay,jor. Murray st., New-York, and 52 & 54 Gravier
(’nor more ttwW. <ev .hundred dollars, or | sfrfiet Ww-Ari«>>«
id s^iaU, also./pay t.'.he respective liceisc i
ich iersoi’. Amay have become liable, cir ai
rr- -^reoif BAcli person or persons, on convictioi. -
xa afoneBid, shall be fe^prisoned. not less than ten
' Aud it shall, ,-the dutv of the Secretary to im-
- j.. ^..11 nn oil ' iwrwnnv v’oLIa fnr ImAncA tuvpj
any i<
making any trouble
We don’t believe you ever did, reader ?
I*» A A ill,/ ir» M i’bl A f y« _ A. _. 1_ 1__ 11
, jrisv, as uweet and piquant
roses soi a, - - J •L'L-- • — --
Jke so tiiary small venomous thorn
bushes.
There’s o thing we’ve never ceased to
oe inwarily thankful for—that we’re not a
man, aud consequently obliged to marry
< me of km I Why, she would drive us
< irazy in a week, with her whims and her
'! anciea, her exactions and her pettish ways
Ve should make the most lamentable hen- feeling between the Nothern and Southern
md in the world, unless, in-
had the nerve to ran away from
her, or shut her up in the closet for a week erale programme sketched by Mr, Seward,
until she promised to behave better. When
a woman chooses, she dap be the nearest
thing to an angel of anything in this
wor^, and what a pity it is she doesn’t al-
$3 00 [ subject are hereby repealed. Passed January 21, 1860.
49 Dugald MacFarlane, Mayor.
► Attest Jos. Theall, Secretary.
Ordinance Relative to Swine.
> First. Be t ordained by the Mayor and Board of
1 Aidermen of ‘he City of Matagorda, That it is nof
• lawful for the owners of swine to allow such animals
1 to run at large within this Corporation.
' Second. Be it farther Ordained, That after ten
' days from the passage of this Ordinance, no hogs or
swine shall ba permitted to run at large within the
corporation, and it is hereby declared to be the duty
of the City Constable to use his best endeavors to Pen
all animals of this kind found at large; and the owners
‘ shall have ;<he right of redeeming the same on pay-
ment to th a Constable, of one dollar per head, and
twenty-five tents per day in addition, at any time be-
fore a sale a j hereinafter contemplated ; and, it shall
be the duty of the Constable to sell said hogs by pub-
lic auction at the place where they are penned, at any
time after three days after such penning. Provided,
that said Constable shall immediately after taking up
any hogs, post up three written notices, in three of the
most public places in said city, stating the number
and description of the hogs so taken up, and the time 1
and place, when and where, he intends to offer the -
same for sale. Said Constable shall feed and water
said hogs from the rime of taking up to the day of sale; 1
and the proceeds of all such sales shall go to and be-
long to the Constable for his services ; and, any person
resisting the carrying out of this Ordinance, shall be (
subject to a fine of not more than ten dollars, to be re-
covered bn complaint of said Constable before the
Mayor.
Third. Be it farther Ordained, That it shall be the
igainst every person violating any part of this Ord^Y* —-8J - uCW1y umuuvereu
ance, and every person so offending shall, upon convic- savages. Are they just beginning
tion before the Mayo’, be fined in a sum not more titan , /.To °
ten dollars and costs, according to .the enormity of the WG are not perfect ?
offense, at the discretion of the Mayor; one-half to the
informer and one-half to the city fund.
Fourth. Be it farther Ordained, That this Ordin-
Efw”OTd”8 within hailin» «f»
intent apd meaning of this Ordinance are hereby re-
pealed. Passed Januar y 21,1860.
Dug aid MacF/aKLAN^j TdcAjor,
Attest Jos. Theall, Secretary.
OrdiiM.nee Relative to Slaves.
First. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Board of
Aidermen of the City of Matagorda, That if any per-
son shall sell, give away or deliver to any slave, spir-
ituous liquor of any description, without the written
slave, every such pp’ ;sc n so offending, shall be deemed
guilty of an o ience against this ordwnce, and on
conviction therefor, before the mayo/.', shall be fined
for every such efience, in the sum of not less than five
nor more than ten. dollars, together with the costs of
prosecution ; one half of which fine shall go to the
nformer, and the other half to the city treasury.
Second. ,3; t,/writer ordained, That slaves shall
not be allow;'.’ to congregate in, or about grogshops,
barrooms, or drinking saloons, nor to tarry in such
places ; and every person carrying on, or keeping such
establishments, who shall allow a slave or slaves, to
tarry in his, her, or their grogshops, *barrooms, or
drinking saloon, without such slave or slaves be there
hired by rite properly authorized person, or be tempo-
ttert, on the proper business of sor-----
fore the nayor, be fined in a sum of not less than five
nor morethan ten dollars, with costs ; and it shall be
- te dut; of the constable, to be vigilant in his endeavor
I' dised'or all persons offending against this.ordinance
es, E»d to uing them to punishment.
md Thir . Be it further ordained, that this ordinance
hall b< in full force and effect, from and after the fif-
fenth lay of February, I860,
„ DUGALD McFARLANE, Mayor.
J c Tub all, Secy. . J
Pl'ril Jan. 23, 1850.
IlttRING’S PATENT CHAMPION FIRE
AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFES.
Wit A all’s Patent Powder-Proof Locks, the same
tit vrere awarded separate medals at the World’s Fair.
Pbles, nine or ten pin alleys I World’s Fair, New-York, 1853,
(Il .ouse, or any other place iAKK,U1E 0NLY American Safes that were awar-
y»'ed for their use, ten dollars. mS(ials at the London World’s Fair.
A® .uireits aud eating houes, ai ?■ heiie sates torm the most perfect security against
. * I’re and Burglars of any safes ever offered to the pub-
“«»ffer“C, h .., •ww REWAW>-
31 [7? ■ 3d and 4th sections Auu be paid to any person that can show that Herring’s
11 .j'2,: simultaneously, havin l’atent Champion Safe ever failed to preserve its con-
Lllll.'G/zsuch occupations’, he, si tents ‘n fir;.
BWil- , on conviction therefo, I HERRING & CO., Manufacturers, 251 Broad-
80 c“_ '■
Jed ^hundred doTlars,
, 'pay respective lice
iviiy, :ur. murray sl.,
screet^few-Orleans.
is; W. R. Wilson, Houston, Texas.
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