The Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 29, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 23, 1860 Page: 1 of 4
four pages : ill. ; page 24 x 18 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
9 •
pt&Btik uxs% 9¿r }
"té®®" ®* -i-# w.i í
• 4t*l w: í-
1 atra-k-jí*** :■«*
; / A #*'«£ ....
ramsMim s*¿/r
mp r«*
...,,-.« if. * ■. • —
© o
e
0
* #W3r f arfr
MM Mi
GALVESTON, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 23, 1860.
NO. 29.
CIVILIAN.
Mir per
10 0
sao
fifty cent for co
Por ad
early advertí
16* 1800.
I st New York of
at 16325c.
The bark Island City, Kelley, QaJ yen-
too, arrived at Boa too, Oct 7tb.
HT" The bark Carallo, from New York, ar-
rived off Matagorda bar yesterd iy.
tW Arrived brig West,Captain Applegate,
from Kew York, with merchandise to MeMahaa
A Gilbert.
«ar*Bchr. Ida Delia Tom, from New York
for Texas, put into Norfolk lat iost., leaky and
would bare to discharge cargo.
Labcii Cargo.—The steamship Texas, which
arrived last night, brought freight to the balk
of 5,700 barrels.
0* The Belton Independent state that the
Hessian fly is destroying the young wheat in
that vicinity.
E7*Tbe Victoria Advocate comes to as in
an entire new dress, and presents a handsome
HP The Postmaster-General has re-estab-
lished th« South Snlphnr Postoffice in Hant
county, Texas.
Col. L. L. Bradbury, a prominent law-
yer of Montgomery county, died on Friday of
last week, at Livingston, Polk county.
K9P The steamship Charles Morgan, yester-
day} towed oat from Matagorda Bay berk Lap-
wing, for New Orleans, And schr. Passport, for
Galveston.
E9"The Austin Gazette states that Mr.
John W. Blue, Esq., of Travis county, has been
appointed route agent on the railroad route
from Galveston to Columbus.
Tot Receipts op Peodcce from New Orleans
Uat week essbraeed 315 bbls molasses, 3,599
bbls floor, 8,995 sacks corn, 125 bbls pork, 20
, 510 bbls whisky.
EwPascntfi TU La.ws op nut Uwteo States
-—We have had occasion to notice various acto
of resistente to the Fugitive Slave Law in tttf
Free 8tstes, and hare watched with interest the
results; bee— we believe that upon the exo*
LATER FROM EUROPE.
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER lT 18CO.
The Steamer Africa at Kew York.
|^" Am U. 8. M. steamer A. 8. Ruthven,
Capt. Thos. Peacock, arrived this morning from
1 Liberty, with the following passengers:
Ogleby, Williams, Peasely, Hailey, Morris,
Beanchamp,C D Brashear A daughter,C Dowd,
Wm Chambers, Chapman'wife A daughter.
Four Behd County.—'The Richmond Re-
porter says that, in Fórt Bend county, most of
the cotton is gathered, unless the second crop
should mature, which is almost an unheard of
thing. Corn has turned out better than was at
first expected. Cotton quite short.
Axothkb Town Bdxmt.—The Palestine Ad-
vocate of October 10th, says : " We regret to
learn that the town of Troy, (Pine Bluff) on the
Trinity River, Freestone county, was destroyed
by fire An last 8«turdsy night. We have no
particulars. There is.said to be no doubt but
it was the work of an incendiary."
mr The Victoria Advocate states that tbe
Mexican Gulf railroad is rapidly progressing
towards Victoria. At this date there are about
fifteen miles finished and in running order. It
is being brought forward at the rate of one and
a half mile* pe week. At this speed it will be
completed to Victoria in nine or ten weeks.
Hi Tbe census of 1860 shows the popula-
tion of San Francisco to be seventy-eight thou-
sand and eighty-three—of whom three thou-
sand one hundred and fifty are Chinese, and
one thousand six hundred and ninety-five col-
ored. The whole population of the State of
California does not exceed three hundred and
fifty thousand.
tar* The Dallas Herald, suspended sibce the
destruction of the office by the great fire, reap-
pears among onr exchangee this morning in new
type. Dr. Pryor is still editor in chief, assisted
by Mr. Swindells. The Herald exhibits its
usual spirit and ability. We trust that tbe
justice and liberality of its patrons, will soon
efface the effects of the heavy losses to which
the publisher baa been subjected.
pr The U. S. M. steamship Texas, Chas.
Fowler'eomoander, from New Orleans, arrived
this morning with (he following passengers
Mrs White, Miss Davis, Mrs Dewey, Sears
lady A servant. Miss Green, McNisty, Sears,
Frochleiad, O Farrish lady child A servant,
Wilder* lady, Smith, Batterson, Bradford,
Goodrich, Beaty, Mooney, Wingfield, Capt Tur-
Madeard, Stone, Beacher, Byrnes, Beal.
, Hanson, Boner, Vickson.
eution of the law of Congress the integrity of
the Union depends. We regard the present
constitution and lews as adequate to maintain,
if faithful)y observed, the main purposes for
which tbe Union wss created. An act of Con-
gress, which was approved by the President on
the 3d day of March, 1833, and is still in force,
provides, that whenever the President of the
United States shall be officially informed, by
the authorities of any State, or by a judge of
any eiréuitor district court of the UnitedStates
i the State, that, within the limite of snch
State, any tew or laws of the United States, or
the execution thereof, or of any process from
the courts of the United States, is obstructed
hjr the employment of a military force, or by
any other unlawful means, too great to be ove*--
by the ordinary course of judicial pro-
r, or by tbe powers vested in the marshal
by existing tews, it shall be lawful for bim, the
President of the United States, forthwith to is-
sue his proclamation, declaring such fact or
information, and requiring all such military and
other force forthwith to disperse; and if at
any time after issuing such proclamation, any
such opposition or obstruction shall be made,
in tbe manner er by the means aforesaid, the
President shall be, and is, authorized, promptly
to employ such means to suppress the same,
and to atuse the Mid laws or process to be du-
ly executed, as are authorized and provided in
the cases therein mentioned by tbe act of the
twenty-eighth of February, one thousand sev-
en hundred and ninety-five, entitled " An act
to provide for calling forth the militia to exe-
cute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrec-
tions, repel invasions, and to repeal the act
now in force for that purpose," and also, by
the act of the third of March, one thousand
eight hundred and seven, entitled " An act au-
thorizing tbe employment of the land and na-
val forces of the United States in cases of in-
surrection."
This law, we know, has been denounced as
the foree bill" by some Southern politicians ;
but it was intended as well for the North as
the South. Forty-five Southern Representa-
tives voted for its passage, and thirty-seven
only against it. In the Senate, there were
thirty-two affirmative votes on the passage of
the bill, and tbe only name recorded against
the bill was John Tyler, of Virginia. Mr. Cal
houn, and other Southern Senators, retired be-
fore tbe vote was taken. The Southern Sena-
tors who voted for the bill were: Ezekiel F.
Chambers of Maryland, John M. Clayton and
Arnold Nañdain of Delaware, John Forsyth of
Georgia, Felix Grundy of Tennessee, Josiah S.
Johnson of Louisiana, Wm. C. Rives of Vir-
ginia, Geo. W. Waggoner of Louisiana, and
Hugh L. White of Tennessee.
New York, Oct 13.—The steamship Africa,
from Liverpool, on Saturday, the 29 th, and
Qneenstown. on the 30th ult., which passed
Cape Race last Monday, arrived at this port
last night.
Urerpeel Cetten Cirenlars.
N w Yore, Oct. 13.—The Liverpool circu-
lars, by the steamship Africa, wbicb arrived at
(,this port test night, put down the amount of
cotton known to be at sea on Saturday, Sept.
29th, at 70,000 bales, against 21,000 at the cor-
responding period last year, instead of 79,000
as was previously published.
European Political Rewi.
The Paris correspondent of the London News
says a Privy Council was held in Paris on
Thursday.
It is understood that the proposition of Gen.
Guyon, commanding the French troops in Rome,
providing for the augmentation of the Krencb
army—some say to put down Garibaldi—was
nn amj! J • ^ rv/l «4 * S_ 1 1 L. 1
I yaf*Arrived, the bark Louisa Eaton, from
New York, to Adams, Jordan A Co., with mer
1 ehandise.
Smotb, Smith. Hatch.
11 on deck.
' The steamer Diana, Captain John H,
t, arrived to-day from Houston, with 378
tm)es cotton and the following passengers:
Mrs Bates A child, Mrs Seymour A child,
Childress lady 2 children A 2 servants, F L
Gates, Sam Davis, J P Smith, J A Fisher, R H
Hennessv, Col John Thtmaa Church, J F Buf-
fington, Mr Hill, James Brice, Sutton, W H H
Mr Jones luly A child, Williamson,
Tailing sly, Yeater, Wince, BlakeJy, Lovejoy,
King/Watkins, Roberts, McMlster, Hare, John-
son, 2, Talbota, Wash, Mr Hobermeble.—3 on
N«w You.—The fusion of all praties op-
posed to Lincoln in New York appears to be
complete. Tbe Union electoral ticket was rati-
fied on tbe evening of Monday, the 8th inst., by
•a enthusiastic meeting, or, rather series of
meetings, held in and around the Cooper Insti-
tute building. It is estimated that over thirty
thousand people took an active part in this de-
■ of the city, Hon.'John A. Dix,
presided over the principal meeting, which was
held inside the hall, and strong Union speeches
were made by him and by Chas. O "Conor, Esq.,
Hob. James Brooks, of tbe Express, Hon. John
Cochrane, Jas. W. Gerard, Esq., Judge Thomp-
son, Bon. H. Walbridge, and others.
The greatest enthusiasm is reported to hare
The overland roete Ai Texas to the
Fasüe slope is growing in favor. The San
Antonio Herald says that hence forth the sup-
ptisa for all the Government stations in Ara-
are to pass through that city, instead of
and to sea sad ap tbe Gulf of
California, as heretofore. £
Ths agent for transporting these supplies
hss purchased for ths outfit two hundred and
fifty yefefa ot asm, paying forty-five and fifty
dolían per yoke, thus disbursing considerable
ih " asooag the eitiseos of the west.
-Mow Skht Lynching.—A correspondent
at Dories, G*., of tbe Savannah Republican,
s Ji:
t byVreport iihaj 'the brother'of
been tied aád severely*
ws hare been treated
. No one knows who
—tof the tews T
Ths Knights.—Buckram must be the wear
of tbe knights of the gilded circle. Farstaff's
men in that garb bad not more capacity for
multiplication than our modern Knights of tbe
Golden Circle. The Brownsville and Corpus
Christi papers have recently given the intelli-
gence that a few stragglers, not over fifty in
all, have fonnd their way td our Western bor-
der, looking for others of the mysterious broth-
erhood, who were non est. Yet the Memphis
Avalanche of tbe 22d ult., informed its readers
th t*teint twn |J •' " ,uc
order of It. G. C.'a were then quartered on the
Rio Grande, prepared at any moment to join tbe
Liberal forces in Mexico, at Monterey, and pro.
aeed to tbe city of Mexico. The Avalanche
comes down too strong on the matter. The
Knights were not there, and if they had been
the "Liberal forces in Mexico" were and are far
more disposed to ráieive them with Tom Cor
win's welcome "with bloody hands to hospita-
ble graves," or rather to leave their unburied
bodies to tbe cayotes and Mexican buzzards,
than to welcome them as friends. The Ava-
lanche says—
"This body is under command of Generals
Bickley and Greer, two of the "tycoons" of the
order. Tbe movement is general and wide-
spread. Tbe members of the orderin this city,
to the number of several hundred, are making
preparations to join their brethren on the bor-
ders of the "sick man" of this continent. Col.
R. C. Tyler, of tbe Maryland regiu.ent; Col.
VV. D. Robbins, of tbe Mississippi regiment;
Capt. A. .F. Mallett, of Naahville, and a num-
ber of other officers of tbe order are at present
in the city, consulting upon measure connected
with the proceedings."
We suspect that these distinguished tycoons
are like many of our Texas "Generals and Col-
onels—officers by brevet, who have never set
a squadron in ¿he field, and who have no fol-
lowers to place there. The " sinews of war"
are lacking. A few penniless knights have
found their way to this city, and sought in vain
for information of the commissaries and pay-
masters who were to sustain them.
" The Sick man" does not desire to be leeched
by "the perfidious Americans." He does not
desire to be protected from the weather or guar-
ded by the Tyler of Maryland; he objects to
having his body-mauled by the Mallett of Ten-
nessee ; or his grave built upon and sung over
by the Robinns of Mississippi. The Knights
are premature in their movements.
IT
ingof the Civilian what it is in favor of. It has
both the Breckinridge ticket and the fusion tick-
et at its mast head. The editor-declares for
Breckinridge; why dees he put. up the other
ticket? Is it to curry favor with tbe opposi-
tion ? or is it that be supposes a fusion ol all
the parties possible in Texas ? If you are off
the fence, neighbor, for goodness sake, don't
pretend to be still on it.—Htmston Telegraph.
There is no " editorial heading" in the Civil-
ian, professing to tell " what it is in favor of."
What we favor or oppose generally appears in
remarks under the editorial head. The painter,
who thought it necessary to write " this is a
horse" over his picture, was suppqped to deubt
whether the spectator would recognize the an-
imal without the name. These big heads,
among horses and editors, are liable to create
suspicion of the parity of the breed. Tbe fact
that we publish both tbe electoral tickets in
Texas needs no explanation. The friends of
¡h desire the public to be in possession of
the names when they come to vote. It is no
unusual thing for a newspaper to publish tbe
names of half a dozen rival candidates for the
same office.
New Judges and District Attorneys.—
The State Gazette publishes the following list
of the recently elected Judges and Attorneys:
DUtrict Judgei.—7th District, E. A. Palm-
er; 13th District, H. J. Jewett; 14th District,
Jos. O'Connor. -
DUtrict Attorney .—1st District, Edward
Collier; 2nd District, Tbos. E. Sneed; 4th
District, M. G. Anderson; 5th District, S. S. B.
Boneless ; 8th District, Jno. M. McClarty; 8th
District, Joshua A. Stephens ; 9th District, J.
T. Dechard; 11th District, wm. J. Morton;
13th District, J. D. Altorf; lath District John
L. Henry; 18th District D. C. Dade; 17th Dis-
trict, Joel A. Houghton; 18th District, J. W.
Stay ton. —
TmocsLK in Florida.—Tbe Pennsaeola Tri-
bune, of the 6th inst., reports that Calhoun
county is in a condition of outlawry:
There has existed in that county, for years
past, a set of Murrellitos, whose objects have
■de , fsrt has 1
A few ays ago, eitisens
I the selves into aeom-
for the purpose of ridding
pests. They met several,
upon, wounding two of their
The Regulators returned the fir , killing
Wm. 9 three of this gang. Gen.
company of 150 militia from Jackson county*
to proceed to the seat of war.
San Antonio and Lavaca Rausoad.—The
Gulf Key says:
"f^ere is now thirteen miles of iron laid on
™M. G. A 8. A. R. R. from its terminus at
^-giwi«SS3fft
oo in due time to keen the kud> hn
of that count
Asauist a Hand Oman.—A
Georgian had heard of a gambling game called
roulette, and en arriving at a northern water-
ing place, immediately sallied out in search of a
roulette table. At the first corner he found a
Dutchman turning a hand^organ. There was
" wheel,* sure enough and it was revolving.
Thinking that fortune had guided him to tbe
object ot bis search, he Iwid down a dollar bill
stake and ground away. The Georgian laid
down auother and another; tbe Dutchman
" bagged" them all and steadily turned bis
crank. It was only when his money was ex-
hausted that tbe Georgian quit tbe game.
Wbxat Briao.—One spoonful hop yeast;
two potatoes boiled; one pint of water, and
MabT-TIm Maine
we think they lie-
<asr has eertainlv
certainly
wortdbeiufo,
giTe h'm delirium
who seriouslr beltere*
taken up and discussed at considerable length.
Fears are entertained that tbe result will lead
to a bloody war, or at least suspend for á long
time all hopes of the regeneration of Italy,
It is stated that Austria intended to prot
at Warsaw that the different powers should not
recognize any settlement of the Italian q
tion without her consent.
Rome.
Marshall Vaillant leaves Paris to take com-
mand of the array of Italy, apd will speedily
be followed by two divisions.
The capitulation of Ancona is oonfirmed,—
The vanguard of tbe Sardinian army was at
Vtvoli.
Naples.
The Paris Patrie reports the Neapolitan roy-
alist masters of tbe Yolturno.
It was reported that Garibaldi had withdrawn
the command of the fleet from Admiral Pois-
sons.
Later from Sonora.
Washington, Oct. 13.—Private advices from
Ures, tbe capitál of Sonora, say Gen. Gaudara
had taken possession of Guayamas and every
other town in the State except Hermazillo,
which Gov. Pesquiera was fortifying for a last
desperate battle.
Pennsjryanla Democratic Conven-,
tion.
Reading, Pa., Oct. 13.—The regular Demo-
cratic State Committee met yesterday, and re-
solved that the committee rescind its actions
at Philadelphia, on the 2d of July, anil at Cres-
son, on the 9th of August, recommending the
Democratic party to stand by the electoral vote
of the Democratic State Convention, held at
Reading.on tbe 1st of March. Amendment,
recommending conference with the Bell and
Everett parties, was rejected.
Pennsylvania Election.
Phiapslpiiia, Oct. 13.—Butler, tbe Black
Republican candidate for Congress from the
first district of l'ennsylvania is elected iiy it
large majority.
Congressional Election InN. York.
Nkw York, Oct. 13.—In anticipation of the
possible election of Lincoln, vigorous efliirts
ar; making in this State to sjnd such n dele-
gation to the next Congress as will stringently
oppose any sectional or fanatical 'mensures
which his administration may endeavor to in-
augurate.
There is now a strong majority of Ujiioii men
in the Senate of the United States, and, with
the majority of the House of Representatives
opposed to Lincoln, be would be shorn of the
power of instituting mischievous legislation.
Hon. W. Ei. Yancey at Boston.
Boston, Oct. 13.—Hon. Wm. L.Yancey,of
Alabama, arrived in this city yesterday, and
met with an enthusiastic reception.
He made an elaborate speech last night at the
Faneuil Hall, which was attentively listened to
and frequerftly applauded. The hall was
crammed. Hundreds of persons were unable
to gain admittance.
Large Eire in Brooklyn, N. ¥,
Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 13.—The extensive
kerosene oil factory in this city, owned by
JLI—1)—A ^ —... Mwa «uinaillYlAd bv
fire to-day.
The loss is estimated at $25,000, on which
there was no insurance.
Terrific Gale on tbe St. Lawrence,
Boston, Oct. 13.—A terrific gale was expe-
rienced on the tiulf of St. Lawrence on the 7th
inst., causing great destruction to property.
Several schooners were driven high and dry
into fields, on the shore. The riilway wharf
at Shedrac was washed away, and five build-
ings were blown down by the violence of the
wind.
New York markets.
Nkw York, Oct. 13.—The cotton market clos-
ed quiet but firm, with sales ot 6000 bales at
liy^c. for Middling Uplands.
Cincinnati market.
Cincinnati, Oct. 13.—The flour market clos-
ed active, with sales of 3000 bbls. at S5>^$510.
Western mess pork is quoted at $18 HP bbl.
Uiver Intelligence.
Louisville, Oct. 12.—The Ohio river at this
point is at a stand, with 4 feet of water in the
canal by tbe mark.
American Commerce.—The Liverpool Times
in a review of tbe commercial relations between
Great Britain and America, says :
The commerce of America now extends to
every country, and it possesses a commercial
marine which falls short only of that of the old
countjy, and far exceeds that of any other na-
tion. Like the country from which it sprung,
America offers a safe refuge for the political
exile and an asylum fur the oppressed of every
nation, and the ample shield of its protection
extends over the humblest citizen in the most
distant region of the earth. Tbe redundant
labor and cap'tal of the old world find profit-
able employment with this young ana pros-
perous community, and adventurous spirits
from all countries, impelled by tbe desii e for
wealth, and crowds flying from poverty and ty-
ranny of their native lands, merge their polit-
ical and natural differences in the proui title
of citizens of the United States. The dense
forests, which in tbe time of our grand-fathers
were unbroken solitudes, and the wide prairies
which were the hunting-grounds of savages,
are now waving corn fields, the capitals of
flourishing states, and the crowded g ats of na-
tive manufactures, or the busy marts of trade.
A Letter from Hon. Jas. Gcthrie, says—
Louisville, Ky., Out. 1, 1860.— Qttitlemt n :
1 am in receipt of yours of this date with the
enclosed paragraph from the Sandy Valley
Advocate. You both know what passed at the
time you called on me to know tbe eourse I would,
take as to the nominations-made at Baltimore,
and that I declined to pledge myself to support
either Mr. Breckinridge or Mr. Douglas, and
among other things said that I did noi consider
either the regular nominee of the party. There
were otber things said as you may recollect.
Afterwards, in a conversation with J. C. Mason,
1 stated to him tbe substance of the conversa-
tion, and according t<> my recollection said,
under the circumstances that I would have felt
Sound to have voted for the nominee of the par-
ty had one' been made, but that the division
must result in the election of Lincoln, and that
I bad no heart for tbe contest. A good deal
more was said by Mr. Mason, and probably
more by myself, but made no reflection on either
Mr. Breckinridge or Mr. Douglas, exc-pt to
regret that the two nominations had been made.
* * ♦
Very respectfully, James Gcthrie.
' The Coolie Trade w. The Slave Trade.
—The New York Herald of the dth says : We
are informed that by tbe next steamer the round
sum of (367,000 will be sent in drafts to Eng-
land, to charter vessels to goto China and take
coolies for Havana, according to the recent per-
mission granted by the Spanish government.
Said amount of money came into this country
with the express object of chartering vessels ;
but as the contractors have seen the fate of tbe
vessels going to the coastof Africa, tbey be-
came afraid and decided at once to go to Eng-
land. Our informant states that it is impossi-
ble to obtain a convenient vessel for the coolie
trade, which will not be confounded by the au-
thorities with a slaver; and of course no one
wishes to be in trouble in our ports when it is
bo easy to charter good sailing ships in Great
Britain. We supposed that it was a matter of
little moment to ascertain the difference between
a legal and an illegal cargo, but the rules being
founded on tbe appearance of it, the classifi-
cation depends entirely on the eyes of the in-
spector. If such is the case, sn established
standard should be hsd in this important mat-
ter. Tbe authorities are irresponsible for the
damagfe tbey cause by the detention of vessels;
and the bona fide merchants prefer, as in the
present esse, to go somewhere else rather than
expose themselves to loss in our ports. This
matter should be looked into by Exeter ¿all.
make a sponge, and when light or sufficiently
raised, mix laid and let rise, and when it is
light again, mold it over and bake when light.
{StF~The Era No. 3, Captain Jenkins, arrived
this morning from Brazos, with 390 bales cot'
ton and sundries to order. Captain Jenkins
reports a rise of six feet water on Bolivar bar.
The Era starts for the Brazos to-morrow morn-
ing at 8 o'clock.
Amoblima Cor ntt.—A correspondent of tbe
Rnsk Enquirer, writing from Homer complains
that tbe Nacogdoches Chronicle, bas represent-
ed that Angelina bas not raised half enough
bread stuffs for tbe consumption of tbe people
of that county. The writer states that the
representation is ungenerous and unjust, and
that they have plenty for themselves and
enough to feed all visitors to the connty.
W In our issue of Monday last, we stated
that a difficulty bad occurred between the bar-
keeper of tbe " Favorite"' on Tremont street,
and a man named Harrington. Since then, we
learn that the report had been erroneous in re-
gard to the barkeeper; the difficulty occurred
between Harrington and a man named Keys,—
the latter getting severely cut in the arm. We
learn that Harrington has given bail to await
an examination.
ZS£T° The steamboat Neptune, No. 2, Capt. C.
Blakeman, commander, arrived from Houston,
this morning, with 191 bales cotton and the fol-
lowing passengers :
H D Donald, Eastland, J Williams, Lady A
5 children, Parker, Lady & 2 servants, J Lan-
caster A Lady, J McGarvey, A Coffee, Desel,
Binney, Walsh, Somerville, F Pretty, R B
Wallace, Levy, A-Hough, J E Campbell, F Ad-
ams, Mrs Chambers, J M Weston, Lady, child
A servant, Pevois, W H Clark, L H Woodell,
O Wiswell, — 6 on deck,—5 horses and 218 head
cattle.
tur The U. S. M. steamship Gen. Rusk, W.
Wilson commande'r, arrived from Sabine this
morning with the following freight and pas-
sengers :
T D Sanders, G A Horrel, L H Luckett, J S
Field, Dr llain, G W Tuttle, W R Winbish,
Mrs S A Winbish, G Field and lady, W F Fass-
man, Mrs Martin and 3 children, Mr Bossean,
Mr L Burns, C Rultj R A Mytand, Mrs Capt
Green and sevt.—Five on deck, and three ne-
grota.
26 bales cotton; 29 hides ; 1 bundle skins
and sundries.
Odd Fellows.—The reports of the officers
show the Order to b" in a highly prosperous
condition, viz:
The number of flrand Loil jea In the U. S.
The namher of Lol^es in the U States..'
Numiier ailmitte<l during the year
Number of deaths during ttie year
Whole number of members
Whole number of members who have re-
ceived pecuniary relief from the Order..
Number of widowed families relieved
Amount paid for relief ..1.$44G,!)5962
This exhibit ol tbe Order will show the work
they are doing in practical charity.
31
:t,4M
17.564
l.'IO
177,711
18,131
•2,697
J3^"Liquor is not property in'Massacbnsetts.
A few days since, in the Boston Police Court,
before Judge Maine, Caleb Estes was Charged
with selling to Willard Trull, on 5tli May last,
$91 worth of furniture, which had been pre-
viously mortgaged to Lewis Cook, of Charles-
ton. The Journal says facts alleged were prov-
ed, but it was also shown that the property
- ''' <*■--«-of limiors. A plea was
sred that as liquors are, Dy law, mñ, r_
ty, the sale was not valid, as the defendent re-
ceived no consideration. This point was allow-
ed, and Estes was discharged.
Weight op Men.—The Boston Journal states
that of 4,389-men recently weighed in Howe's
Standard Scales, at the Mechanics' Fair, and
their average weight was 146 pounds 13 oun-
ces. In a recent publication we found the fol
lowing statements, derived from reliable au-
thorities : *
•The mean weight of men in Belgium (Brus
sels and its environs) is 140pounds.
In France (Paris and the neighborhood) the
the mean weight is 137 poundB.
In England (taken at Cambridge, between
the ages of 21 and 28) the mean weight was
found to be 151 pounds.
orr Foreign Commerce.—The following
figures show the trade of America with the
principal countries of Europe, including their
colonial|>ossessions:
Countries. Imports.
Frince $35.530,643
Russia
Holland
Belgium
Denmark
Prussia
Sweden and Norway..
Austria
Two Sicilies
Turkey
Spain
Portugal
2,144,278
7,524.105
3,777,99S
334,933
nil.
619.092
401,012
1,729,328
1,087.092 ■
87,749,527
222,720
Exports.
$33,591,773
4.437,808
8,331,469
3,818,961
83i),093
nil.
585,641
2,184,059
568,249
837,877
25,310,961
505,587
¿3F" The Navarro Express explains its late
statement that four members of the county court
of that county had been hung on the public
square by saying—
" The difficulty grew (Hit of the question as
to whether a frieud of one of the candidates
had the right to contest the Sheriff's election.
Two voting that he had the right .md two nay,
created the hanging, and the ("hief Justice not
being present, court adjourned to the 24th inst.,
when no doubt matters will lie arranged with-
out any more Uam/iny."
The wit of the Express was doubtless obvi
oils at home; but there were those at a distance
who believed that a caso of lynching had actu-
ally occurred ; nnd who consequently regarded
Navarro county as in a state of insurrection.
There has been and still is, too mnch sober
reality in matters of this kind, in some of the
counties of Texas, to make the subject exactly
one suited for jestiDg.
Not Strychnine, bi t Copper and Lead.—
It is a common idea that poisonous bodies, es-
pecially strychnine, are added by manufactu-
rers of distilled spirits, in order to increase
the profits of the manufacturer. Dr. A. A.
Hayes, a practical chemist declares that, from
a somewhat extended analytical observation on
spirits produced from grain in this country, he
can find no good reason for the statement that
poisonous bodies, "especially strychnine," exist
in them. He says, however, that the spirits in
common use often contain salta of copper, of
lead or tin, derived from the condensers in
which the vapors are reduced tp a fluid form.
The quantity of copper salt contained in the
bulk usually taken aa a draught, is sufficient to
produce the minor effects of metallic poison-
ing; and the cumulative character of these
poisons may even lead to fatal consequences.
The frequent exhibition of the symptoms of
lead poisoaiug, exhibited by free drinkers, seem
to corroborate this statement.
Washinuton County, according to the cen-
sus returns published in the Ranger contains a
population of uplVards of fifteen thousand, viz:
Free inhabitants 7,274
Slave 7,941
Total 15,215
In 1850 the nnmber of free inhabitants was
3,116; slaves 2,817. A large increase in pop-
ulation ; but there has been s corresponding
increase in other respects. The value of pro-
perty in the county in 1850 was $5,125,150 ;
now it is $18,239,011. Tbe number of acres of
land in cultivation was then 19,535; now it is
76,411. The crop of corn in 1850, was 166,743
bushels; and of cotton 4,008 bales. This year,
notwithstanding tbe drought, tbe corn crop
was 536,927 bushels; the cotton crop 22,900
bales. The county also produced 4,523 bushels
wheat, though not regarded ss a wheat-grow-
ing county. The live stock of the inhabitants
embraces 12,130 Milch Cows, 4,588 Work Ox-
en, 35,130 Other Cattle, 4,583 Horses, 1,771 j
Mules, 18,489 Sbeep, 26,699 Hogs.
Few counties embrace so many of the ele- :
ments of substantial prosperity and comfort as
Washington. In the character of the popula-
tion, in schools, churches, and the other desid-
erata of good society the county is not to be
excelled.
A Knowledge of the Laws which define
and puuisb crimes should be universal, yet,
even in the most intelligent communities; in the
new States, where frequent changes of the laws
take place, and where many of the people are
new corners, many persons are ignorant of im-
portant provisions of the laws.
Tbe laws of the State are not published by
authority in the newspapers, and only a few
printed volumes are distributed among the offi-
cers of the counties, so tbat the mass of the
people have little opportunity of knowing what
is really the law in most cases. We see that
some of our exchanges in the interior are pub-
lishing the charges delivered by the District
Judges to the Grand Juries. This is a good
work, and one which might be generally follow-
ed with advantage to the public. The Bastrop
Advertiser devotes seven columns to the publi
cation of the late charge of Hon. A. W. Terrill
to tbe Grand Jury of Bastrop ccunty. The
Judge gives an instructive an£ intelligible lec-
ture on the objects of government, and tbe
rights established and guaranteed by our own
admirable S^s' cm. He defines the various of-
fences prohibited and punished by statute, and
impresses the duty of jurieS and civil officers
in detecting crimes and bringing offenders to
justice—a duty too often shirked by officers and
jnrors. The Judge called attention to the fjet
that every peace officer is required to jiroteeute
for violations of the penal law, of which he
may have a knowledge; and for failing to do
this, or absenting himself from a place when
a crime is being committed, he is subject to
punishment and removal from office. He also
referred to tbo provisions for punishing public
officers for withholding monies collected for
suiters, and for allowing prisoners to escape.
The Judge also explained the laws for pun-
ishing offences against public decency; keep-
ing disorderly houses ; passing counterfeit or
worthless moiiey ; establishing lotteries; fur-
nishing negroes with liquor, and gaming. Iii
regard to the latter, it should be known that by
the law as it now stands, sustained by the Su-
preme Court, if any person shall play at any
gam^of ^ards, at any house for retailing spirit-
ous liquors, store house, tavern, inn, or any
other public house, or on any street, highway,
or other public place, or in any out house, where
¡leople resort, he is subject to be fined, not less
than ten t.or more than twenty-five dollars,
whether the game be for anything of value or
merely for amusement.
He also called attention to the laws against
peddling without license—carrying on a busi-
ness injurious to the health of those in the vi-
cinity—selling unwholesome food, drink, or
medicine, and obstructing navigable streams,
or public roads. Forgery of an instrument of
writing with intent to defraud—the passing of
such an instrument, and the preparing of im-
plements for the purpose of forging, are all of-
fences punishable bv imprisonment in the Pen-
itentiary. So if any one shall falsely read a
written instrument to an ignorant man so as to
procure his signature, he is punishable by im-
prisonment in the Penitentiary. The using of
a talse weight or measure—the giving of a false
certificate and the keeping of false accounts are
all made offences- punishable by fine or impri-
sonment. •
After giving in charge, an explaining the
various other states for preventing and punish-
ing crime, the Judge referred to the excitement
on the subject of slavery and said—
The iuquiry naturally arises, what is to be
done to make slave property secur ? I answer,
enfurce the laws. Mob law is a remedy for no
evil until it becomes so great that a revolution
In the midst ot popu
The Days that are no more.
What a world of meaning, as well as of poe-
try, there is in the following lines of Tennyson :
Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean,
Tears from the depth of some divine despair,
Rise in tbe heart and gather in the eyes,
In looking on the happy autumn fields,
And thinking of the days that are no more.
Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail,
That brings our friends up from the under world,
Sad as the last which saddens over one
That sinks with all we love below the verge;
So sad, so fresh, the da3rs that are no more.
Ah, sad and strange, as in dark summer dawus
The earliest pipe of half-awakened birds
To dyiagears, whin mito dying eyts
The casement shnrly grows a glimmering
square;
So sad, so strange, the days that are po more.
Dear as remembered kisses after death,
And sweet as those by hopeless fancy feigned
On lips that were for others; deep as love,
Deep as first love, and wild with all regret;
O death in life, the days that are no more.
Execution of Achmct I'achn 'at
Dduiascu .
liKYKOUT, Sept. 10.— An express 4rom Da.
mascus reached I ley rout to day, to say that on
Saturday, the 8th'inst., Aeliinet Pacha, late
governor-general of Damascus, together with
three other superior officers of the Turkish
arni^all deeply concerned in the late massa-
cres), were shot by order of Fuad Pacha. The
sentence was that of the military court-martial
by which they were tried. The three other
officers executed are, Osinan-Bey, the miscre-
ant who, being in command of the Turkish
troops at Ilasbelya when the Druses attacked
the place, first persuaded the whole Christian
population of the towu to go into the serai, or
government house, promising them protection.
He then mad them give up to him, as the rep-
resentative of tlie sultan's government, all their
arms ; and when .this was done—when all the
Christian inhabitants, to the amount of some
two thousaifU, were perfectly at his mercy—he
let in the Druses, by whom every man and
every male child was ruthlessly butchered in
cold blood—Osman 1 ley's troops helping in the
fearful tragedy, and adding to the measure of
their iuiquity by ill-treating and violating
many of the women.
The next on the list, Ali Bey, was, like Os-
man, Bey, a colonel in the Turkish army. He
it was who, being in command of the troops in
the streets of Damascus on the 9th of July,
j when the disturbance broke out, instead of
regard as right whatever a multitude (vill do", WiB?,tljg.ample means he bad to put dowu the
forgetting that when a body of men act under
excitement, they alw ays act wrong. To prevent
these wild excesses o tbe people, has always
been one of the prime objects in law. When
Government fails to establish the supremacy of
its laws on a firm basis, it is an evidence of its
ueakness, and all experience bas shown that
sucha Government will sooner or later give
way to a stronger one, establishing order at
the expense of Freedom.
The administration of the law, like all things
human, is imperfect. The gutlty often escape
punishment, but is it not better thus, than to
jeopardise the safety of the innocent by extreme
laws ? If erroi must be committed, let it rather
be on the side of mercy than of vengeance.—
Surely no lover of order will upon flimsy pre-
texts lend the might ot his moral influence to
self constituted tribunals, in violation of law,of
order, and the common instincts of humanity,
Ohio and Indiana.—We did not expect De-
mocratic victories in these states; yet we were
not prepared for the losses the party apj>ears
to have sustained. The Cincinnati Gaz tte of
the 11th inst., says :
Sufficient returns are in to indicate the eleo-
tion of the Ohio State ticket by near 20,000 ma-
jority. There is a large increased vote all over
the State. The Ilepublican gains, so far as
heard from, (24 counties,) foot up about 4500,
against Democratic gains of 750. The Con-
gressional delegation will probably stand 14
Republicans to 7 Democrats—a ioss of one
member. Mr. Vallandigham is re-elected frorn
the Third District, but by the meagre majority
of 121 votes.
Of the indiana election the sune paper
says—
Wo have returns, as yet, from only twenty
counties. These show heavy Republican gain:}
in every instance, and if the rest of the State
goes correspondingly well, there will be a ma>f
jority close upon 10,000 for Lane, and the whole
State ticket. Fight Republican Representa-
tives were electcd out of eleven—a gain of one
member to the Republicans. A Republican
Legislature is also chosen, which insures a
United States Senator to the Republicans for
six years, in place of Fitch.
Tiurg.— Gen. Foster, the democratic candi-
date for Governor of Pennsylvania, although
generally regarded as a friend to Mr. Douglas'
does not sympathise in the idea that the Union
is to be maintained by force, in opposition to
the interests and feelings of the States which
compose it. The Union was the work of the
interests and affections of the various States
which com|H>se it; It was not established by
conquest and is not to be maintained by coer-
cion. Gov. Foster said, in a late speech at
Philadelphia:
"Gentlemen may talk of keeping States in
the Union by force. In regard to that, let me
say that if this Union had been formed by
force—if it had been established by the war-
like exertions of the army and the navy—then
we might expect to maintain its integrity by
the same means; but you must preserve"it as
you made it. It must be preserved by a feel-
ing of common affection between these several
parties. When this feeling has departed the
Union is practically gone."
Indian Skirmish.—A letter from II. n. Mc-
Lean, written in Palo Pinto County, Oct. 4, is
published iu an extra of the White Man. It
gives an account of a fight between a detach-
ment of Rangers, under Lieut. Curenton and
four Indians, in the Indian country beyond
Camp Cooper.
Curenton's company struck a fresh Indian
trail leading in the d irection of tbe settlements,
via Mountain Pass, which they followed rap-
idly; and, after traveling fifteen or twenty
miles, saw an Indian running from tbematfull
speed, whom the company pursued, and after
running bim about two miles they came upon a
camp, at which they saw three others. The
company fired upon them just as they were en-
tering the brush growing upon the bank of a
large creek, and wounded all of them severely.
The company, dismounted and prepared to
search the creek and brush. Curenton ordered
his men not to enter the brush until all were
ready. But, owing to this order pot being
heard by Wells, Lane, and two or three oth-
ers, as soon as they reached the brush, dis-
mounted and rushed in. They soon discovered
the Indians, but before they were secure, one
who was concealed within three feet of the
creek, shot an arrow at James Lane, which
struck him in the side and entered bis cavity
passing to hisback bone, against which it lodg-
ed. Although mortally wounded, he shot both
barrels of his gun at the Indian before he fell.
The arrow was drawn out leaving tbe point in.
The four Indians were killed : and nine hor-
ses with saddles, buffalo robes, shields, bows
and arrows and one rifle gnn were taken. There
must have been nine Indians in the party, as
tue equippage of nine were found. The wound
of Lane was dressed, and the company struck
camp on tbe ground, as it was then night.
The next morning the company started for
Fort Chadbourne, 40 miles distant, where tbey
left Lane at the hospital under the care ot a
surgeon. Wiley Peters and McGloth-
lin remained with him; from accounts, there
is no hope of his recovery. The surgeon pro-
nounced his case hopeless.
Three Cuban families are said to own one-
sixteenth of the real and personal property of
the island, and 25,000 slaves.
The' Independent farmer.
Let suitors sing of the windy deep,
Let soldiers "praisu their armor,
But.in my heart this toast I'll keep,
The Independent Farmer;
When first the rose in robe^jf green,
Unfolds its crimson lining,
And 'round his cot ta/e porch is seen
The honeysuckle twining,
When banks of bloom their sweetness yield
To bees that gather honey,
He drives his team «cress the field
Where skies are soft and balmy.
The black bir 1 cluck behind bis plow,
The quail pipes loud and clearly,
Von orchard hides behind its bough
The home he loves so dearly;
The gray old barn, whose doors unfold
His ample store in measure,
More rich of heaps than hoarded gold,
A precious, blessed treasure ;
But yonder in the poreh there stands
His wife, the lovely charmer,
The sweetest rose on all the lands- -
The Independent Farmer.
To him the spring comes dancingly,
To him the Summer blushes,
The Autumn smiles with mellow ray,
lie sleeps, old Winter hushes ;
He cares not how tbe world may move,
No doubts or fears confound him )
His little flocks are linked in love,
And household angels round him ;
He trusts iu God, and loves his wife,
Nor griefs nor ills may harm her ;
He's nature's nobleman in life—
The Independent Farn.er.
the butter oVhis SS !10
to help the mob. Tbe latter, thus taking cour-
age, proceeded from bad to worse, the ruffian
rabble raised the cry that the troops were with
them, and the result was, as we know, the mas-
sacre of five thousand Christians.
The last executed was Mustapha Bey, of
whom it is enough to say that lie behaved at
Rashelya exactly the same as Osman Bey did
at Ilasbelya. and with the same results." All
three—Osman, Ali and Mustapha—were Turk-
ish colonels; all three acted as worthy lieuten-
ants of their infamous superior, Achmet—and
all three have suffered death with him.
|3^~ The U. S. M. steamship Orizaba, H.
Place commander, from New Orleans, via
Brashear, arrived this morning with the follow-
ing passengers.
Anders lady <fc 3 children, Fawcett & lady,
Fly lady & 2 servants, Mrs Wilson & child, J
RCloman lady and 2 children. Smith & lady,
Sherrald & lady, Rev. 1) McNair lady and 4
children, Landrum, Jones, Desel, Davis,S Dol-
son, J W Smith, J W Daniel, C Thompson,
Sfterer, S Frank, J W Fishbm-n <fc brothers, It
Vanissier, 4 A Wardell, C F Gates, lllair, A
Sheppard, Rogan, Wright, Lindsay, Mcllier-
sor., S B Howies, Threltsev, Rutherford, White,
A,Waif—19 ou deck, and 9 negroes.
Execution ok a Murderer.—The Per.sacola
Gazette of Saturday last, says :
Ferdinand McCaskill was executed yester-
day at 12 m. in view of abouttwo hundred specta-
tors. He was attended to the scaffold by Rev.
C. W. Thomas, Chaplain of the Navy Yard,
and seemed calm, collectei and resigned. He
professed to have obtained pardon from that
higher tribunal to which we are all accountable.
In taking leave of the world he hoped for for-
giveness of those whom he had injured, as he
tiuly forgave his enemies. The fatal cap was
then drawn over his face, the drop fell, and he
was launched into eternity with scarcely a
struggle. After hanging twenty-one minutes,
his body was taken down and delivered to his
friends, who brought it to this city, and rro-
ceeded by railroaad to deposit it amidst the
scenes of his childhood at Coon Hill, forty miles
from this place.
Th"3 Victoria ' " T~ ,
constructed by the Grand TrunTÍflñWay
pan j, is declared to be the greatest work of
engineering skill in the world. It consists of
alf?1"1.8 i f eactl; and ,rao "i its center of
oaO feet, with a long abutment on each banic or
the river. The tubes are of iron, 22 feet high.
16 feet wide, and weigh 6,000 tuns, supported
on 24 piers, containing 250,000 tuns of stone*
measuring 3,U00,00(l cubic feet 1 Extremó
length, two miles. Cost, $7,000,000.
Speech op the Governor Elect op Mis-
souri.—St. Louis, Oct. 3, 1860.—The Jiepiilili-
enn publishes s speech delivered yesterday by
Maj Jackson, Governor elect, who recently
spoke in the Breckinridge St¿ite Convention,
and who has since been claimed as a Breckin-
ridge man. The Douglas men, desiring to as-
certain his sentiinente, appointed a committee
to enquire whether be intended to support
Donglas or Breckinridge. In reply to the in-
terrogatories propounded to him, he said
he was never more anxious to be understood
than now, and therefore desired the serious
attention of every one present. He continued':
I stated emphatically before the recentelection
that I believed Mr. Douglas was the nominee
of the democratic party, and I believe so now.
To preveut all misapprehension, I now say 1
am for DouglaA, and that I think it is my duly
Jo support him as the nominee of tbe party.
If I live until November I shall vote for Dong-
las, and I never said I inten<fcd anything else."
Retribution In Syria.—Achmet Pasha,
late Governor-General of Damascus ; Osman
Bey, the commander of the Turkish troops,
who allowed the Diuses to enter the Govern-
ment House as liasbeiya and murder all the
Christians who had taken refuge there; Ali Bey,
who was1 a colonel in the Turkish army, in
command at Damascus ami did not make any
efforts to put down the insurrection, and Mus-
tapha Bey, who behaved at liasbeiya as Osman
Bey did at Hasbeiyn. were all shot, by order
of Fuad Pasha at Damascus, on the 8th of
September, after a trial by court martial. It
is supposed by the presence of Lord Dufferin
in Syria had its effect in bringing about this
act of retributive justice.
Raw Materiai. and Manufacturing Skili..
The London, quarterly Review, in an article
upon cotton-spinning machines and their inven-
tors, thus illustrates the productiveness of
brain and hand, by showing what machinery
now enables the cotton-spinner to do with a
pound of cotton : Mr. Bazley, of Manchester,
exports what is called 240 yarn in large quan-
tities, for the use of the finest foreign muslin
manufactures. Of the fineness of this thread
some idea may be formed when we state that
240 bands, each 810 yards in length, are spun
from a single pound weight of cotton, or a total
length of 11 1 miles ! But this does not by any
means exhaust the capabilities of English ma-
chinery ; for at the.Great Exhibition of 1851,
specimens of yarn spun at Boston were exhi-
bited so fine as No. 700, or equal to 334 jndes
in length, spun from one pound of material!
Worked up into the finer kinds of lace, the
original shilling's worth of cotton wool, before
it passes into the hands of the consumer, may
be increased to the value of between £300 and
£400.
Growth op Western Cities.—The official
returns of the several prominent Western cities,
for 1850 and 1860, are as follows :
Cities. 1850, I860.
St. Louis 77,860 162,179
Cincinnati 115.436 * 160,060
Chicago . 28,680 109,420
Louisville 44,199 75,196
Milwaukee 20,060 45,000
Detroit 21.019 46,834
Cleveland 17,034 45,650
Oran increrse in the population of St. Louis
since 1850, of about 110 per cent.; Cincinnati,
40percent.; Louisville 75percent.; Milwau-
kee 125 percent.; Detroit 125 per cent.; Cleve-
land 230 per cent.; Chicago 290 per cent.
The City op Washington.—The present
census indicates a population of 51,400, which
is an increase, since 1850, of 21,399. Tbe
whole of the District of Columbia contains a
population of 75,365, against 51,687 ip 1850.—
The number df slaves is 3231, against 3687 in
1850—a decrease of 456. In 1850,. there were
but 6345 dwellings in the city proper; tbe pres-
ent number is 10,342, an increase of 3897. In
tbe District, also, there has been an increase of
4549 dwellings.
"Tariff."—Upon a promontory at a south-
ern point of Spain, running out into the Straits
of Gibraltar, stands a fortress called now, as
in the times of the Moorish dominion, Tarifa.
It was the custom of the Moors to watch mer-
chant ships going "into or coming out of the
midland sea, and issue from their stronghold to
levy duty, according to a fixed scale, on all
merchandise. This dnty was called, from the
place where it was levied, tarifa; hence our
word " tariff."
Plain Cakes.—Take a quarter of dough,
half a pound of moist susar, the same of but-
ter, and three eggs; mix well and bake in a
quick oven. Plain school cake : Warm one
quart of milk. Put it in a warm pan, and add
two ounces of German yeast, a quarter of a
]>ound of flour, and one ounce of sugar. Mix
them all together, cover the pan over, and let
the mixture rise and fall once. Then add 34 H>.
butter rub in 5 lbs. of fllour, % lb more sugar,
lb candied peel, 1 ]4 lbs- currants. Mix and
t«ke slow.
flUiMSDAY, UCXOHEB 18, I8QO
New Yoak, Oct. 9.—Cid sch . J. W\ Allen,
Doone, Galveston. 10.—Arrived brig Aurate'
Titus, Galveston; heavy weather whole pas-
sage, split sails,, Ac.
. EST" The steamer Diana, Capt: J. H. Sterett,
arrived from Houston this morning, with 431
bales cotton, and the following passengers:
.Jenkins, lady Jt child, Coleman & lady, Eng-
lish A lady, Gillespie, Meyer, Carter, Poor,
Fisher, Hortimore, Kennedy', Mann, Gervin—5
on deck.
fct?~The U. S. M. steamboat A. S.Ruthveu
Captain Thos. Peacock, arrived this morning
from Liberty, with the following passengers :
Edward Ashley, J W Leggett, A Follaln, G
Lane, J Ferguson, A McDantell, L B Wallis,
aad Greyson.
sr The steamship Texas returned to this
port this morning, having been unable to cross
the bar at Indianola, in consequence of the low
tide produced by the Norther. She discharged
her Indianola ft-eigty at this port, and returns
to New Orleans. The Texas draws too much
water for Texas bars at low tide, and is occa-
sionally detained outside of Galveston bar,
Frost.—As we apprehended, the recent cool
weather was attended by frost in the interior.
We have not yet heard of the effect upon the
second crop of cotton ; but the Telegraph says
that, iu the vicinity of Houston the frost was
heavier than is usual before the middh of No-
vember, and thinks it will destroy what hopes
the planters had of a second crop of cotton, as
well as check the growth of the sugar cane
and set it to ripening.
Texas Almanac kor 1861.—We are indebt
ed to Messrs. W. Si D Richardson, the publish-
ers, for acopv of this work, which is executed
with neatness and taste. The table of contents
is quite comprehensive, and those who desire
information of Texas cannot find it in a more
convenient and comprehensive sha|ie. We have
not had time to examine the work at length,
and do not kuow whether its historical part
will provoke the charge of partisan feeling
which the Almanac has heretofore sustained in
some cases. We trust not.
Tillotson truly says that man counts happi-
ness in a thousand shapes, and the faster he
follows it, tbe swifter it flies from him. Al-
most everything promises happiness to us at a
distance—such a step of honor, snch a pitch
of estate, such a fortune, or match for a child,
but when we come nearer to it, either we fall
short of it or it falls short of our expectation ;
and it is hard to say which of these is the
greatest disappointment. Onr hopes are usu-
ally larger than the enjoyment can satisfy; and
an evil long feared, beside that it may never
come, is many times more paiuful aiid trou-
blesome than the evil itself when it comes.
It is often said that knowledge is power, and
this is true. Skill or faculty of any kind car-
ries with it superiority. So, to a certain ex-
tent, wealth is power, and genius has a trans-
cendent gift of mastery over men. But higher,
purer, and better than ali, more constant in its
influence, more lasliug in its sway,is the pow-
er of character—that power which emanates
from a pure and lofty mind. Take any com-
munity, wilt) is the man of most influence? To
whom do all look up ifcitli reverence'! Not the
"smartest" man, nor the cleverest politician,
nor the most brilliant talker, but he who, in- a
long course of years, tried by the extremes of
prosperity and adversity, has apuroved himself
to the judgment of his neighbors and of all
who have seen his life, as worthy to be called
wise and good.
The Effects of Tobacco.—Sir Benjamin
Brodie, an eminent London physician, was ap-
plied to recently to unite iu a petition to have
a Parliamentary committee raised to inquire
into the effects of tobacco upon the human sys
tem. lie declined, because he did not consider
such a committee competent to investigate such
a subject; but he has written a letter upon the
subject to the Londoa Times in the course of
which be says :
"The effects of this habit are indeed various ;
the difference depending on the difference of'
constitution and the difference in the mode of
life otherwise. But, from the few observations
which I have been able to make on the subject,
I am led to believe tbat there are few who do
not suffer harm from it, to a greater or less ex-
tent. The earliest symptoms are manifested
in the derangement of the nervous system. A
large proportion of habitual smokers are ren-
dered lazy and listless, indisposed to bodily
and incapable of much mental exertions. Oth-
ers suffer from depression of the spirits,
amounting to hypochondriasis, which smoking
relieves tor a time, though it aggravates the
evil aftertfirds. Occasionally there is a gen-
eral nervous excitability, which, though very
much less in degree, partakes of the nature of
the. delirium tremens oT drunkards. I have
known many individuals to suffer from severe
nervous pains, sometimes in one, sometimes in
another part of the body."
It is stated in a late foreign paper, that ba-
thing has been found to be a certain cure for
pleuro-jnteumonia ; That a gentleman in Ire-
land, who tried the experiment on eight cat-
the who were effected, saved Severn of them by
driving them into a bath.
The Survivors op TnE Revolutionary
Army.—A late letter from the United States
Commissioner of Pensions, says, that there are
now but eighty-nine survivors of the army of
ttie Revolution whose names were placed upon
the roll for pensions.
Brown Bread.—One quart rye meal; two
quarts Indain meal ; two tablespoonfuls of
molasses; mix thoroughly with sweet milk ;
let it stand one hour, then bake in a slow
oven.
Camphor a Remedy for Mice.—Any one
desirous of keeping seeds from the depreda-
tions ot mice, can do so by mixing pieces of
camphor gum in with the seeds. Camphor
placed in drawers or trunks will prevent mice
from doing them injury. The little animal ob
jects to the odor, ana keeps a good distance
from it. He will seek food elsewhere.
Molasses Cup Cake.—Two cups of mo-
lasses; two cups of butter; three eggs; one
third cup of cold water; one tablespoonfuf
soda, and bake.
To Remove Discoloration Occasioned by
Bruises.—Should tbe eye or any other part be
blackened by a fall or blow, apply a cloth
wrung out of very warm water, and renew it
until the pain ceases. The moisture and heat
liquify the blood, and send it back to its proper
channel. Never use cold water to a bruise.
To Keep Oranges or I.emons por Pastry.
—When you have squeezed the jnice, throw
tbem into salt water, let them remain for a
fortnight, clear out the pulp; boil them till
tender, strain them, and when they are tolera-
bly dry, boil a small quantity of syrup of com-
mon loaf sugar and water, and put over them;
in a week boil them gently in it till they look
clear.
Is tbe American Government a
Failure !
This question seems to be seriously discussed
by many, and we not unfrequently see the
opinion expressed that fhe objects of the Fed-
eral organization have been wholly defeated,
and that it would have been better if it had
never existed. We think otherwise, and even
should the admirable* structure, which all
admit to be almost, if not quite perfect in the-
ot7 *'"least, should be destined to early disso-
lution, still the grand results it has already
accomplished, are more than a -thousand told
compensation for all the evils with which it
can possibly be charged. Tbe objects avowed
by its framers Vere declared to be—
1. "To form a more-perfect union" than
had previously" existed among the States to
reconcile supposed conflicts of interests, and
establish, with the mutual dependence which
the States felt upon each otber, mutual obliga-
tions and interests.
2. "To establish justice, " not only between
citizens, but between tbe States themselves.
3. " To insure domestic tranquility," provid-
ing for the establishment and execution of laws
and the supremacy of the civil over military
and mob power, throughout the Union.
4. To " provide for the common defence.
The wars which have since occurred, the
burthen of which has been borne by the whole
nation, and their brilliant results, £ ueffiien fl-
attest tbe attainment of this object.
5. To " promote the general welfare. " Vol-
umes would be necessiry to enumerate the
objects promoted and secured, under this head.
They comprehend almost everything in the
history of our physical, mental, and moral
progress. •
6. " To secure the blessings of liberty to our-
selves and posterity." This many have come
to look upon as a mere figure of speech ; but it
was not so when the Constitution was estab-
lished, and it is far from being so in many
parts of the world at present. „
The blessings which we hilve scctired, and
which we seeni disposed wantonly to throw
away, are the admiration of the world ; and in-
telligent foreigners, with the means of com-
paring ours with other nations, know how to
estimate our condition better than we seem to
know ourselves.
The Londoa Chronicle has an interesting and
elaborate review of American progress, which
m'ght bo road with profit by many of our own
citizens. We have only space for a few short
extracts :
The history of no otMsr nation in the world
exhibits such marvellous rapidity of growth
as that of Yon"g America. It is but little
more than two centuries since the oldest of the
States which now make up the groat confeder-
ation received its first permanent colony from
England, and Americans have not yet celebrat-
ed the first centenary of their national exist-
ence. The commerce of America now extends
to every country, and it possesses a commer-
cial marine which falls short only of that of
the Old Country, and far exceeds that ®f any
other nation. Like the country from which it
sprang, America offers a safe refuge for the
political exile and an asylum for the oppressed
of every nation, and the ample shield of its
protection extends over the humblest citizen in
the most distant region of the earth. The re-
dundant labor and capital of the Old World
find profitable employment with this young and
prosperous community, and adventurous spir-
its from all countries, impelled by the desire
for wealth, and crowds flying from the poverty
and tyranny of their native lands, merge their
political and natural differences in the proud
title of citizen of the United States. The dense
forests from which in the time of our grand-
fathers were unbroken solitudes, and th: wide
prairies which were the huntinar-grounds of
savages, are now waving corn-fields, the capi-
tals of flourishing States, and the crowded
seats of native manufactures or the busy marts
of trade.
The foreign commerce of the United States
-■ so extensive that it required in 1858—
the last year r^r «-hich we have complete re-
turns—not less than 21,759 ships, with an ag-
gregate tonnage of 6,605,045 tons, native and
foreign, which carried to the various ports car-
goes from foreign countries. And there sailed
from those ports, with cargoes of American or
foreign produce or manufactures, which were
exchanp«d for those received from other coun-
tries, 21,279 ships," witt. „„ «teretrate burden of
6,802,892 tons. The crews ?m#7>££ ™ th¿
American vessels thus engaged numbered 142,-
234, and in the foreign ships 103,556, making a
total of nearly a quarter of a million men de-
riving their subsistence from the conveyance to
and trom the United States and other countries
of the articles which enter into its foreign trade.
The vessels that carry the stars and stripes
have an aggregate tonnage of 5,049,807, while
those bearing the colors of the Old Country
amount to 5,600,623 tons. Of the American
vessels, the tonnage of which is given Sbove,
not less than 2,361,595 tons are engaged in the
coasting trade. Of steam vessels the United
States is ahead of the United Kingdom, and
IKissesses 729,390 tons, as Against 488,515 tons.
Two-thirds of the whole of the trade of Amer-
ica is still carried on by the Anglo-Saxon race.
By the side of this colossal business between
the two countries, the trade of all other nations
appears dwindled into insignificance. Subjoined
are a few of the figures which tell of the com-
merce of America with European nations :
Amer'n tonnage. For'n tonnage.
Countries.
Knter'il. Clear'il. Knter'd Clin'd.
France anil colonies
210,131
<J27,7b7
1H/ÓÍ)
11,045
Kuasia in Europe.
A sia and America
14,17B
23,276
3,7:,8
5.ÍI50
Holland and colon's
53,171
22,r o3
32.W-J0
Belgium
39£!0I
87,1171
0.740
4,431
Denmark and colo-
nies...
22,5 hi
3,7 7
1 537
Prussia
nil
nil
nil
4J5
Sweden and Norway
ÍÍ.0GG
4,017
Austria
7,G!W
2,1105
1.00!
Two Sicilies
4i.r>:u
4.325
15.2H7
n,7i;:i
Turkey
12,114
HI.7VT
H 7
r-77
Spain, willi Cut>a
and colonies
07^,012
014.530
i J,3H5
7* 859
Portugal and coio
nies
*\3£1
14.710
5,.2U
4,101
Having shown the extent of the foreign trade,
let us pass on to consider its money value.
The gixids imported into the United States from
a>l countries were, in 1S58, ot the value of
£50,522,680, and the domestic and foreign pro-
duce exchanged in return for these goods
amounted to £02,928,SS0. If we compare these
figures with the value of the f'reign trade of
this country, we find the following results :
Our total imports amounted to £164,583,832,
and our exerts to £139,782,779.
Those facts refer tft our commerce alono, and
show how rapidly it has grown up under the
protoctiou of our national flag, which the low-
ers of the old world have been taught to res
pect by tbe power of the nation, and which no
single State could have sustained. The bene-
fits and blessings which have flowed from thi
commerce are, of themselves, incalculable.
Cubing Bf.ei and Pork.—This recipe which
originated with us, and has now had many
years of trial, we believe to be unsurpassed as
a pickle. Nearly all the modern recipes which
have appeared in the different agricultural
papers, partake, in some iustances almost ident-
ically, of the ingredients and proportions set
forth in ours, which we first laid before our
readers some fifteen or eighteen years ago. At
this period in the season, when farmers will
soon be putting down their winter's, and we
may add their next years' supply of meat, it
may be of service to republish the recipe, which
is as follows : To one gallon of water, take
one pound and a half of salt, half a pound of
brown sugar, half an ounce of salt-petre, and
half an ounce of potash. In this ratio the
pickle to be increased to any quantity desired.
Let these be boiled together until all the dirt
from tbe salt and sugar, (which will be not a
little) rises to tbe top, and is all skimmed off.
Then throw the pickle into a large tub to cool,
and when cold, pour it o Ver your beef or pork,
to remain the usual time, say from four to six
weeks, according to the size of the pieces, and
the kind of meat. The meat must be well cov-
ered with the pickle, and it should not be put
down for at least two dtys after killing, during
which time it should be lightly sprinkled with
''"seteríl of'oilf friends have omitted boiling
the pickle, and found it to answer equally as
well It will not however, answer qu%te so
well By boiling the pic , it is purijied—for
the amount of dirt which is thrown off by the
operation, from the salt and sugar, would sur-
prise one not acquainted with the fact.
If anybody can prove that he has a better re-
cipe for the curing of meat, than the foregoing
we will send him the Telegraph for half a
dozen years for the discovery.— Gennantuwn
Telegraph.
Cl're for Bone Felon.—Take a piece of
rock salt about the size of a butternut—wrap it
in a cabbage leaf, if to be had; if not, in a
piece of wet brown paper, and cover it with
coals, as you would to roast an onion. After
it has been roasting about twenty minutes take
it from the fire and powder it very fine. Mix it
with as much common soap as will make a
salve. If the soap be not pretty strong of tur-
pentine—which may be known by tbe smell—
then add a little turpentine. Apply the áalve
to the part affected. In the course of a few hours
— sometimes in a few minutes—tbe pain will be
relieved. After this, if supperation takes place,
it must be treated like a common sore.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
' '{MIWBb oi rum wwi uw uonnaeü uucKí
ARRIVAL OF THK STEAMSHIP ARABIA, i
SUCCESS OF GARIBALDI.
Cape Race, Oct. 15.—Tbe steamship Arabia,
from Liverpool, Saturday, the 6th, and Queens-
town the evening of the 7th, passed this point
Yesterday.
Liverpool Cotton Market.
Liverpool, Oct. 6.—The Brokers' Circular
reports the sales for the week ending Friday,
Oct. 5, in the Liverpool cotton market at 111,-
000 bales, of which 32,000 were taken by spec-
ulators and 10,000 for export, leaving 69,000 to
tbe trade.
The market closed buoyant, at an advance on
all qualities. The improvement is mostly on
tbe lower grades.
The sales yesterday (Friday ^amounted to
10,000 bales, including 2,000 to speculators and
exporters, the market closing firm at the fol-
lowing authorized quotation^
Fair Orleans '. 7lí
Fair Mobile
lairUpland 7
Middling Orleans 6%
Middling Mobile - 6¡M
MiddlingUplands -rMi
The stock of cotton at Iííí-erpool add¿ up
835,000, of which 660,000 are of American
production.
Manchester Trade.
Liverpool, #ct. 6.—The advices from Man-
1 ch^ter and other manufacturing districts con-
tinue to be of a favorable character.
The market for goods anc^amsclose^uoy-
^nt. All qualities have experienced a slight
advance during the past week.
London Money Markdfc. c
London, Oct. 6.—The amotfit of buUion in
the Bank of England has 4«tcí*#4 í5S7,000
during the week.
The money market ¡generally unchanged.
European Political Intelligences
The news by th« Arabia is of more than usual
interest.
A report w<is current that Garihddt in his
march towards the Roman frontier old obtain-
ed a complete victory, and repulsed the royal
troops from Caserto, takin^wo thousand pris-
oners. This statement, however, lacks con-
firmation .
0 ltoiuc.
The Pope's allocution bitterly denounces
Sardinia and the policy of non-intervention, and
calls on the Catholic powers for assistance.
Spain o
A telegram from Madrid states that the Spa-
nish Government has made a proposition for a
Catholic congress.
Naples and sardiuia.
It is reported that a great victory had been
obtained at Caserto, where 2,000 prisoners were
taken.
Bertani denies that he ordered forcible oppo-
sition tu the entry of Piedmontese troops into
the Neapolitan territory, and says that neither
Garibaldi nor himself ever ij^iught of counsel-
ing the immediate occupation of Rome at the
risK of a conflict with Fiance.
The Sardinian Chambers have passed a reso-
lution authorizing King Victor Emanuel to an-
nex to Sardinia the provinces of Central and
Southern Italy, where the population vote to
bc-come an integral part of the Sardinian con
stitutional monarchy.
Garibaldi announces that the Sardinian amy
will soon enter the Neapolitan territory and
establish its headquarters at Aquila, a fortitieil
city of Naples, capital of the province of Abruz-
zo Cllra, 58 miles northeast of Rome. Victor
Emanuel is to command the Sardinian army in
person.
Garibaldi has modified his ministry t* meet
the views of the Neapolitans. Uertani has
been dismissed, and better feeing exists be-
tween Garibaldi ana Victor Emanuel. The
former asks the King to permit him to retire to
his island h<ftne. ®
A new manifesto of Mazzini declares that no
Kinjpof Italy should be proclaimed, before the
Kingdom of Italy is organized at Rome. 0
>yria. °
A letter from Damascus savg that the French
troops are beginning to CxercTsu a notary c<rft-
" _ " ' ui of pa
Druses of the mountain^
trol and creating a kimi of panic "anions tty
" 13.
'i: t
Q ®
Later from itlciWe.
ISDEPExnENCE, Mo., Oct 6.—llie New aiexi- <!
can mail, with Santa Fc dates to tl^ 1st, has
arrived.
Four hundred. Pah L'talis and eight hundred
Mexican and Pueblo Indians lntft; unitei¡LjW¡tl|S)
the regular army for the purixise of .lifcistiog
in the subjugation of the watiikir lndiui« av 11• >
are infesting the Territory.
. .«t, —O
L.oss of ttie Steamship GoMMiauglit.
''The magnificent steamship Connaught, of
the Galway line, was tset on the 7th inst, dur-
ing the passage from St. Johns, 1"'., to Bos
ton, the crow anj pstjjsongers forttrtiately £,s 5
caping, though narrowly, will, lk«r lives. The .
weather had been rough for tw^ or three days®
Mr. 11. Wittell, of New Voik,<3passenger on
the Connauglit, furnishes the fo!¿ wrfl£ state-
ment as to the lass of that fine steamship : ^
While heading westwardly, the wind blowing
a northerly gale, the ship began to roll to the
larboard with a singular motion, going far
down, and keeping that w^ a long lim<-, which
caused some alarm. The captain and crew
could neither tack nor wear gc ship. Soon
after, the engine stopped and steam could not be
raised in the boilers. The ship rolled fright-
fully to the larboard and the pumA were man-
ned and gangs of men commenced bailing w ith
buckets. At 10 o'clock it was reported that
the water was not gaining, but oil the contrary
that the pumps and boilers weregrfMng on the
leak, and if the wind would stiffen l*e would
reach Boston that night; but these lio|^s were
soon changed to extreme terrorcwhen the word
was passed around iu low tones, "The ship is
on tire 1" accompanied by the smell of burning
wood. The fire appeared between the decks,
(latigs were immediately formed, wiUipiimps
and buckets, to extinguish tbe fLame^r"taking
tbe water from the sea and passing it in buck-
ets. As the fire gained, the sailors #-'gan to
slacken work—all eyes staring aroiifid tbe hor-
izon iu hopes to see som'i means of safety-
Several false^eports of a vessel in sight were
made, but at best we discovered a sail to the
northward, and soon afta' another to the WUtt
ward, both very low down; but it became
plain at 1 o'clock that both were ncaring ns,
and the vessel steering north had three masts,
and the one west only two. We soon found
out that the latter was passing, wliA' tho^ther
still neared without showing any sign tlutslK
noticed us, which kept us in exlst-me anxiety #
and doubt until she bore ditsctly for us, evi-
dently showing that she observed the steamers
flags of distress, which had bmii hoisted sirtfc?
mid-day. We then commenced to steeeHvay
and launch boats, w hich was a very difficult
job, the ship lyiug almost An litif side in the
trough of the sea.
By this time the lire liad«ut oil' all cWm«v
n¡cation wi ll the saloon, l'he first q® rti#D
boat lowered o H s struck by tt « counter an.f g
lost, which caused hesitation about launching
the others. But the worst fllour fears wis
that, supposing the boats should ride the sea,© ,
which then showed signs of mo^fcrating, afel
that we could safely launch and fill them with
passengers, there was no chance «Oremaining
but a short time on board, the lire making such
progress. The flames were momentarily <%> ®
jiected to burst out and sweep the decks, the ®
fire gangs having given up all hopes of extin®
guishing tbem, but continuing X > apply w*
blankets, etc. Hie side of the ship was t!®i
so hot that when she rolled it would hiss and
make steam of the sea water. ©
The gallant little Vankec brig sailed ®ong
side and hove to, seeing our deplorabilísima
tion, and shoeing every sign of anxiety foM¡> ¡ t
but we began to think it would be impossible
t? stow all our numbers ou board, she Wf'ked
so small. We have since ascertained that she
was only one hundred and ninety-eight tons
burthen. Capt. Leitch made all baste to get us ,
into the boats, Which was extremely dillicult,
being lowered one by onj with ropes, (Capt.
Leitch stood by all the time) commencing with
the women and children. But with all the ex-
ertions that could be made, when the sun went
'JjM
going down and so many people yet on board
the wreck, settling down and buMiug up. I
will do alt in my power to save them."
Several of tbe boats'crews, on reaching the
brig, refused to return, when Capt. Wilson
said "1 will go almost alongside and take a
hawser from aboard, and then you will be in
little or no danger. I must Iftt every one from
the wreck." This he did, which hjul the efl'ect
of g'.ving confidence, and by great exertions all
were got on board tbe brig by e-evq#, o'clock
p. x.
Capt. Leitch and his firgt office.- remained on
board until almost surrounded in flames, and-
until every soul was saved. Oapt. Wilson then
sent alongside to beg him t come away. The
flames were shooting up the masts, throwing a
strong and melancholy light over the sea. Capt
Leitch reached the brig just at midnight.
Scarcely a parcel of the baggage was saved ;
the trunks and even money of the passengers
being left below during the confusion and alarm
which called them on deck in the morning,
after wbicb communication was cut ofl by the®
water and the flames.
New York Markets. ®
New York, OcL 16.—Cotton closed active,
with sa'es of 6250 bales at U%0U'4c. for
Middling Uplands.
Cincinnati Market .
Cincinnati, Oct. 16.-flour closed dull at
$5 10@$5 20 V bbl. Sales unimportant.
Corn closed dull at 30@33c. ^-bushel. ^
Provisions closed quiet at prev.ous rates.®
Whiskey is selling at 18%c. f gall^i.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 29, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 23, 1860, newspaper, October 23, 1860; Galveston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177471/m1/1/: accessed May 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.