The Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 29, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 23, 1860 Page: 2 of 4
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Breckinridge would receive
-eservad apawer. Boa. George
adidata for elector on tbe Brack-
r • The Pnraer, Mr. C. Carr. °f
Florida has placed under oWi*at* a
• files of 5ew Orleans peper .
• The Rev. D. McNair, haría* returned
will preach in the Presbyterian Church ant
-Sa6bath, at 11 A. M- aad at 4P.M. Tbepub-
lie are inrited to attend.
__ New post offices bare heea established
at Hico, Hamilton County, Sextos, Sabine Coun-
ty, Union Bridge, Titus County, and Bowery,
J Leon County, Texas.
Thz Schooner Dimn God wis, Captain
Beaston, from Lavaca, bound to PWaaeola in
ballast, went ashore on Last Island, the 2d
inst., during the gale. All bands were aerad,
; but the vessel is a total loss.
t>f The following veaaela were up tor Oal-
veaton at Xew York, October 10:
Bark Xoram'
Jg.jhipR
Ware Crest.
ambega, bark Jasper, schooner
B. Milam, schooner John Boston,
|i* The steamship Florida, Nelaoa coma
der, arrived from New Orleans, on the 10th,
with the following passengers :
Busk, Gammon, H Olstrom, Kennedy, Price,
. Ecberley, Rutherson, and Hollingsworth.—1
on deck.
£3T" The following was an inscription on a
banner in the procession ot Republicans at
Pittsburg, Pa., on Thursday, Sept. 27 : " We
revere ^he memory of John Brown, of Ossa-
watamie." May their latter ends be like unto
bis.
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f3T The New Orleans papers report frost
in that city, and a telegraphic dispatch from
Port (Jibson, says that that seetioa of the coun-
try was .visited by a killing frost on Sunday
night. Similar accounts have been received
from other portiows of Louisiana and Missis-
rffpp'-
A statement is going the rounds of tbe
Bell and Douglas papers, to the effect that, in
a recent speech at Indianapolis, Col. Jo. Lane
"answered tbe > orfolk questions and says if
Lincoln is elected we must wait patiently lor
four years when we may do better." We have
seen no authentic copy of the speech itself, and
do not know how far it sustains this statement.
Cg" The steamboat Neptune, No. 2, Capt. C.
Blake man, commander, arrived from Houston,
thi« morning, with 359 bales cotton and tbe fol-
lowing passengers :
S M Simms, J W Barrett, H Fox, Roaik, Mrs
Wilson A son, Ayres k lady, Briggs A lady, W
H Randle, L Handle, Bishop, Mundine, Parsons,
P W Kinney, W O Smith, Hoffer A servant,
Bellinger, O P Munipand, W D Soders, Dr
Creath, Hardeman A servant, J Roberts, D J
Wollecter, Dr Frost, S Howard.—5 on deck.
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Going Theocoh ths Motions.—We could
smile even at tbe expense of our friends, but
cannot at that of the country, to witness the
manner in which our Democratic brethren in
tbe old States, publish tbe late election returns-
Little Florida appears in half-inch capitals,
with a crowing cock at the head, and diminu-
tive Delaware in letters equally large, headed
by a large cannon, belching flame and smoke
while Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana bring up
tbe rear in small type, and without a word of
comment.
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^xxnsylvania Election.—A Dispatch from
Philadelphia, the 11th, says :
e The Bulletin of this evening claims a major-
ity for Curtin in the State of 26,OVO, and that
the Legislature will stand as follows :
tenate—25 Republicans to 8 Democrats,
ouse—07 BapihliMM to S3 Democrats.
SmIvj (Democrat) is elected to Congress in
the 10th District, instead of Junkin (Republi-
can ).
Stewart ( Republican) is probably elected to
Congress in the 20th District, in place of Lo-
gan (Democrat).
Indiana Election.—A dispatch from Indi-
anapolis, the 11th, says:
Returns from over sixty counties indicate
that the Republican majority on the State ticket
will reach 15,000. The Legislature will stand
nearly aa follows : Senators holding over, 14
Democrats and 11 Republicans; new members,
7 Democrats and 18 Republicans—Republic "
majority, 9. House— RepnM^—*" 38 . Demo-
. crats 42—gi vi * «be Republicans a majority of
over 20 on joint ballot, which will secure the
election of a Republican p. S. Senator.
Tn Panama Inscbmction.—The National
intelligencer, of the 12th says:
The tenor of tbe dispatches from Com. Por-
# ter, concerning the insurrection of negrees at
' Panama, is, that they are some five hundred in
number, well armed, and that they seem bent
on plunder only Both the authorities and the
American citizens there desired the interposi-
tion of the British and Cnitcd States naval for-
ces. These, together, number some four hun-
dred men. It is also stated, that great terror
exists at Aspinwall, and that indeed but little
security is felt in the absence of armed Ameri-
can or British vessels.
inridge ticket, in the Lexington District, am
intimate friend of Mr. Breckinridge, publishes
a letter, in answer to the questions,
1st. If Abraham Lincoln be elec
dent of the United Steten, wouUti ^^*
State* be justified in me—dinf Uro «he Dnton T
- 3^h7^^!!!Sr«rorert act against
thriT&wtitntional righto, will yon «fourr or
\*jfor<* *° thetr *ece*i%o*f
In answer to the first question Mr. John
says,—«fler speaking of the aggressive policy
of the republicans—
«I am still of the opiate that it would be
¡n ike Southern States to seceded poo
hia election; because, I believe, that m the
Union we would still have left to us the means
Of constitution^ resistance to Oe aggressions
Of this faction. Wo would still have in the
Senate of the United States a majority opposed
to the principles sad doctrines 4>f tbe Aboli-
m; and without the consent of that body
no law could be passed. We have, also, the
reme Court of the United States, whose
.r~iions have been clearly announced as fav-
orable to the maintenance of the constitutional
equality both as to rights of person and of pro-
perty, of the citisena of every State and sec-
tion of ths Union. This high tribunal have
the honor of vindicating the Constitution
against unconstitutional legislation. They can
annul any act of legislation, in opposition to
the Constitution of the United States, bearing
upon the rights of Oe people. In addition to
the Senate sad the Ouywase Court, we also
haves majority of the voters of the United
States niinnanri to the (action of which Lincoln
is the head. In the last Presidential election
Fremont received only WW votes, whilst
Bucha- mi received 1,838,233 votes, and Fill-
more o.4,707 votes. Tbe votes of Buchanan
and Fillmore united, properly representing the
oonserrstive strength in this country, are more
than double that of Fremont, to-wii: 2,711,939
to 1,341,514 votes. If Lincoln, then, is elected
President, it will be an instance of one-third
of the voters, "jy their united action, control-
ing two-third*, who for tbe present are weak-
ened and divided by tbe ambition, the passions
and prejudices of politicians. By remaining
in the Union therefore, it is clear that we can
maintain our constitutional righto for four
years; and by an union of the voters opposed
to tbe Republican faction, that we can elect his
successor. I am, for these reasons, opposed to
incurring tbe hideous and unknown dangers of
secession, upon tbe election of "Abraham Lin-
coln," although I regard constitutional liberty
as more valuable than property, and dearer
than life itself.
In regard to the second question, Mr. John-
son says:
It would, in my opinion, be tbe greatest act
of folly ever committed on tbe earth, for the
eighteen Northern States to attempt to raise s
force sufficient to subdue and coerce into the
Union, or " to prevent tbe secession of the
Southern States." An army of_250,000 men
would not be sufficient to accomplish tbe bloody
work of our subjection. Abraham Lincoln,
with an army of 250,000 men at his command
would pay but little attention to tbe constitu-
tional rights of his own section, much less to
ours. Death, with multiplied horrors, would
be preferabls to submission or association with
such a Dictator over thctcitizens of a Constitu-
tional Republic. A war of indefinite duration
would be the result of such advice and such a
policy. A civil and servile war of extermina-
tion and subjection, would-take the place of an
Union of love, for the protection of the mutual
rights of e.ch section. Tbe fierce and un-
bridled passions of war would supercede and
destroy the arts of peace, and the only Consti-
tutional Republic on the earth be converted into
a military and blood-thirsty despotism. Nego-
tiation twenty, fifty or one hundred years; nay
permanent separation would be vastly prefer-
able to such a war, " advised " and waged " to
prevent secession." The mind of that man
who could advise or vindicate such a course,
must be filled with the infernal passions of
hatred and revenge.
If, then, any one of the Southern States
should secede upon the election of Lincoln, and
be sbeuld employ force—the bayonet and hal-
ter—to coerce such State back into tbe Union,
such an act would ultimately, in my opinon,
involve tbe whole country in civil war. I have
already expressed tbe cpinion that it would be
better to remain in the Union than for all the
Southern States to secede, believing that two-
thirds of the conservative voters are with ns,
and knowing that we still bold the Senate and
Supreme Court. Much less would I encour-
age or advise secession to any one Southern
sute, sad inns, perhaps, in vol ve all the friends
of that State in the dangers of civil war. But
in case any one Southern State thauld secede,
rash and imprudent as the act might be, no true
friend of his country could, in T opinion,
advise the head of an aggressive or unconstitu-
tional party to use force—the >rmy, navy, and
the halter—not to prevent aggression *■
State, but its peaceful • cession. How n.uch
better would it be to remonstrate and negotiate
for years, than for Congress to raise and equip
a sufficient army for Lincoln and the AboUiwtt-
ists to conquer, subdtw, J**vw pack and keep
in tbe L~n;~- «-ante determined on secession,
sMccompanied with any act of aggression
upon the rights of others! Who does not see
that, in a war between the North and one of the
Southern States, defending what she considers
her constitutional rights, the first gun will be
tbe signal for a general revolt f
is to say, a star
to the stone part of
Itwaathei ~
_______ that the student of astrology
acquire a knowledge of the virtue and efficacy
of "urn fume, or suffiunigations and vapors,"
which were of force for "the opportunely re-
ceiving of celestial gifts under tbe rays of the
stars. For example, the adept wanted to
raise a storm ot thunder and lightning—what
was he to do 1—burit a chameleon't liter on hi*
htm** top ■' Or if be was anxious to collect cu-
specimens of. serpents, and burning the
in the upper part of a hart's throat was
Us infallible receipt for bringing tbe snakes
together. Supposing he wished to dismiss
them—burning a little of the hart's bora imme-
diately effected his purpose. The lungs of an
asa being burnt were said to put all poisonous
things to flight. The fume of the burnt hoof
of a horse drove away mice; and that of the
left foot of a mule drove away flies.
Suffumigatious were used in all the instru-
ments of magic. Some of the magicians as-
serted that if. any one should bide gold or sil-
ver, or any sucb like precious thing (the moon
being in conjunction with the sun,) and should
periume the place with coriander, saffron, hen-
bane, and black poppy, of each tbe same quan-
tity, and bruised together and tempered with
the juice of hemlock, that which was so hidden
should never be taken away therefrom, but
Ui t spirits should continually keep it, and if
any one endeavored to take it away by force,
they should be struck by frenzy.
The use of snffumigations in tbe manufac-
ture of a talisman was declared to be essential
to their real vglue. If made under tbe influ-
ence of the sun, perfumes agreeable to tbe sun
were to be used ; if made under the influence
of the moon, " lunary things " were to be em-
ployed. It may not be nninteresting to furnish
one or two recipes for the composition of per-
fumes appropriate to the planets. For ex-
ample—Venus: "Take muq^, ambergris, lig-
num aloes, red roses, red coral, and mix them
up with sparrows' brains and pigeons' blood."
For Saturn: "Take tbe seed of black poppies,
henbane, mandrake root, loadstone, and myrrh,
and mix up with the brains of a cat and a little
bat's blood." The twelve signs of the zodiac,
aa well aa tbe planets, bad their own proper
suflnmigations, n imely—Aries, myrrh; Taurus,
pepper—wort; Gemini, mastic: Cancer, cam-
phor; Leo, frankincense, etc. The most pow-
erful fume was said to be a compound of the
seven aromatics—pepper wort, nutmeg, lignum
aloes, mastic, saffron, cinnamon, and myrtle.
In reading these instructions in books on tal-
is manic magic, it is difficult to imagine any in-
dival stupid enough to plsoe any credence in
such ridiculous recipes. We are satisfied that
tbe age must have been dark Indeed when such
things were received and believed ; and yet we
find the title-page of such books bearing the
date of this enlightened nineteenth century!
Tbe crednlitv of the popular mind is not so
great as it was in former times, but it is still
«¿beted by the delusions of the pretenders to
things spiritual and unseen.
Rings, it is asserted by the magicians, "when
opportunely made," impress their virtues upon
those who wear them, and fortify them against
" sickness, poisons, enemies, evil spirits, and
all manner of evil things." A writer on this
subject informs his readers that be is acquaint-
ed with every method for tbe manufacture of
such articles, but prefers reserving them to
himself on the ground that be is " not willing
to throw pearls before swine." He is, how-
ever, good enough, notwithstanding this un-
courteous repnark, to furnish one or two limpie
recipes, which we take the liberty to quote
When anr star ascends in the horoscope
(fortunately), with a fortunate aspect or con-
junction ot the moon, proceed to take a stone
and herb, that is, under the star, and likewise
make a ring of the metal, that is correspondent
to the star; and in tbe ring, under the stone,
put tbe herb or root, not forgetting to inscribe
the effect, image, name, and character, as also
tbe suffume. ,
Tbe obscurity of the directions are in accor
dance with tbe whole doctrines of talismanic'
magic, wherein it seems to have been the ob-
ject of the writers and practitioners to Keep
Ai~a a*a.—The Mobile Adverti-
°f yesterday morning, saya:
We noted evidences of good white frost along
the line of the railroad, from Cttrooelle down,
yesterday morning, and hear that frost waa ob-
served in Citronelleon Sunday morning. Nei-
ther frost, however, was severe anongh to he de-
structive to vegetation.
r Tbe steamer Diana, Captain John H.
Sterrett, arrived to-day from Houston, with 480
balea cotton and the following paasengsrs:
Mrs Young 2 children A servant, Mrs Watte,
Miss Morris, Miss Morris, Messrs Sullivan,
Dowses, Bellinger, Abrenbeck, Meyer, Kernon,
Camran, Tuley. Hubbord, Bond, Morris, Croas,
Whitaker, Gen. J F Beavers A 4 negroes—
on deck.
r* The U. S(! M. steamer A. S. Ruthven,
Capt. Tbos. Peacock, arrived this morning from
Liberty, with 19 bales cotton and the following
passengers:
J C Deschamp, H B Tuwell, J D Skinner,
Pipkin A daughter, J S Gill A daughter, J R
Wilcox, Jose, Mrs Stem, Duston, Tullos, Jor-
don, Cobb, Crank, Dollenhide.
W The steamship Mexico, W. H. Talbot,
commander, from New Orleans, arrived this
morning with the following passengers:
Miss Thomas, Mrs Shellv, Mrs Estes A child,
Morris, lady A 3 children, Mrs Fox, Miss
McMorris, S Williams A lady, A Nelson, wife
A son, Miss Nelson, W A Parker k lady. J M
Foster A lady, McKlenon, lady A serv't Mrs
McMorris A serv't, Miss McMorris Tavlor,
Lend. C F Williams, J Knight, J Carprew, G
E Biddle, B Russell, J S Datos, J F liranan, A
Jackson, W Ferrey, 23 on deck and 15 negroes.
r We regret to learn that Mr. Bisaett,
landlord of the City Hotel, at Liberty, was shot
by an Irishman, in his employ as oatler, last
Wednesday, and was in a dying condition
when the steamer A. S. Ruthven left that place
yesterday. The Irishman waa drunk and dia-
orderly, and on Mr. Bissett attempting to drive
him from tbe bouse, went to the stable, got a
pistol, and shot Mr. B. through the body. A
good deal of excitement existed against th e
murderer; but he was arrested and placed
under a strong guard.
everything as dark as possible. Such things \
kep
The Flobida TrcTtbles.—In addition to the
account published in our morning issue, of the
troubles in Calhoun county, Florida, we have
the following from the Marianna Patriot of the
2d, inat.
The entire force has been summoned by the
proper authorities to be in readiness, with the
entire militia of this county, to march, at 10
o'clock, to Calhoun county, to suppress the in-
surrectionary and lawless band styling them-
selves regulators, who are now violating tbe
laws, creating confusion and terror among the
good citisens of that county, and the lower part
of Jackson. We will endeavor to gather full
particulars as soon as we can, and when in our
power will publish them. We regret the cause
of tbe shortness of our editorial and news, be-
cause it sbows that we are in the midst or near
a baúd of outlaws, who are disturbing the
usual quietness of our happy and prosperous
country. We think it behooves every good
citizen to raise his arm and voice against all
such outrageous and unlawful acts as have
been perpetrated and are still threatened against
our citizens and those of Calhoun. Let every
good citizen discountenance alt unlawful acts,
and frown it down at once.
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The schooner Carrie Sanford, has arrived at
New Orleans from Tampico, Oct. 5. The
Picayune sums up the news as follows :
The military news from the interior princi-
pally concerns tbe siege of Guadalajara,
against which city all tbe available forces of
the liberal army were being brought up. Gen.
Doblado left Queretaro on the 1st with 5,700
men, and twenty-four pieces of artillery, for
tbe same destination, and Gen. Ortega, with
7,000 men and thirty cannon, on the 5th. The
certain and speedy fall of the city before so
large a number of troops was daily expeeted
when tbe schooner left.
The headquarters of the army continued
still at Queretaro, which city was defended by
2200 men, under Gen. Berrionbal. Small
bodies of troops were also collected at Guana-
juato, Leon, and Irapuato. Gen. Ogason was
at San Pedro, where bis original force of 4000
men had joined the forces of Colana, T<
Mazatlan. It was thought to be impossible for
Castillo, who was commanding the reactio-
naries in that region, to make a stand against
sueh odda moving rapidly against him.
This vigorous campaign upon Guadalajara
had caused a temporary relief of the capital.
In the meantime the most vigorous efforts
continued to be made for putting tbe city in a
state of defence. The treasury, however, was
exhausted ; the recent levy had produced but a
few thousand dollars, and no one knew whither
to turn for the money. At last aeoounta it was
said a negotiation was on foot for the sale to
the rich capitalist, Eeandon, of a million dol-
lars church property for $300,000, of which
last $120,000 only was to be ready money, tbe
rest in'old and worthless bonds. A numb of
other schemes are talked of, among them a
forced loan on some forty of the Jpading capi
taliats, hich will probably be ultimately
adopted, unless they come forward with volun-
tary loans.
By tilia arrival we have also the proclama-
tion of Gov. Degollado in reference to the.
seizure of the great conducta of $1,120,000,
hound hither from the minea of Zacatecas add
Guanajuato. He boldly avows'the set, sasum
the responsibility, and attempts to justify it i
the ground that the money belonged to the capi-
talists of the Reactionary party, and tbe Liberal
cause had ased of it
The Prisma, of Tampteo, atetes that the
Miaiaterof the Treasury in the Juarez Cabinet,
St. Gacay, had reaigned, but does not assign
any reason therefore.
Am laaaáatiea in Switzerland.
The following details, published in a Swiss
paper of a recent inundation of tbe valley of
the Rhone in the Yalais are interesting :
At 7 o'clock en the 1st of September, tbe
telegraph of Brigne foformed the authorities at
Sion that the Saltine had overflowed its banks,
during tbe night, and that an avelancb of stones
and pebbles had swept away the bridge of
Brigue. Half an hour later it announced the
carrying away of tbe bridge at Naters by the
Rhone, and already tbe water reached us black
tnd thick—a sinister herald of an inundation.
The waves rose higher and higher during the
entire morning. At 10 o'clock all the barriers
were under water, and towards neon the ever
increasing mssses of water rushed past with
a roar like thunder. Tbe inundation had al-
ready reached tbe left bank on the Champ-
See and Cbadolene, near Sion, and a breach
was being made above the bridge of the Rhone.
In a few minutes all that bank of the river was
a vast lake, under which the crops disap-
peared.
The Rhone continued its terrific ascension
during tbe afternoon, and towards evening tbe
waters reached tbe parapet part of tbe bridge,
against which beat pele mete timber which had
been floated along the river—sleepers of the
railway, beams belonging to the bridge, tbe
woodwork of dwelling-bouses, and an enormous
mass of other materials, with eotire trees,
which threatened to break down the bridge.—
The bed of tbe river was covered with field
crops and spoils of every kind. It was a la-
mentable sight, particularly for an exclusively
agricultural country, and of which the most
necessary resources were thus lost in the wa-
ters. Tbe entire valid population, assembled
by the beating of drums, struggled with un-
heard-of efforts at tbe places of the disaster,
but uselessly. Towards 8 at night two enor-
mous breaches were opened along the gardens
on the right bank, and shortly afterwards vast
masses of water had covered the cultivated
grounds of the plain; the waves descended
nearly to tbe foot of the railway terminus, and
the earth-works of the railway in tbe Champs
Neuf8 having been swept away like sand, tbe
inundation extended even to the high road op-
posite Corbu usieres.
_ Fran the moment tbe plain disappeared en-
tirely under tbe waters of the invading river,
and night enveloped tbe valley of tbe Rhone
amid the roaring of the flood. Tbe railway
train was able to arrive with great difficulty a
far as Ardon, and-tbe entire line is sioce inter-
rupted—we are isolated. * Since daylisht this
morning, people are occupied in saving the uu-
fortunate persons who took refuge on frees dur-
ing the night. Their cries of distress could be
beard at Sion from all parts of tbe country.
They bad paased hours then in deadly terror,
and daybreak revealed to them tbe river flow-
ing over the spot where lately had stood their
humble dwellings and their ravaged fields. A
poor woman has just been saved who succeded
in reaching tbe lowest branches of a tree, with
ber baby at ber breast, and who passed the
entire night in that desperate position.
At fifty paces from the bridge of the Rhone
two coachmen found safety on a willow tree,
while their two teams of horses were drowned
at its feet. The disaster, in fact, is incalcula-
ble; all tbe Indian corn and all the potatoes,
which an the principal support of our popula-
tion are lost, and the earth is carried away over
a coniirterihle extent of country down to the
verygravnL Nothing haa been seen so terrific
during the present generation, and even the
treat inundation of 1834 was less disastrous.
Ths wssthsr continues to be threatening, and
although the waters have somewhat subsided
to-day, we fuel great anxiety tor to-night. The
torrente to the north have net sensibly swollen
* **k°ee of tbe left bank, such as the Borgue,
tt-Ugwh, the SaltiJTare enormous. Thein-
attributed to tbe last rains and to
the hot wind, which continues to blow over tbe
Sigh A?p- t° "«'t the masses of snow on tbe
Fl
neve'r bear the light, and required to be kept at
a mysterious distance from tbe deluded mortal
who trusts in them; familiarity would breed
contempt.
Magical rings were exceedingly popular in
old time, and galvanic rings (a cure* for the
cramp, etc.) are still seen on the fingers of
some simple minded people. There is a story
told of an Indian prince who bad seven rings—
a lucky ring for every day in tbe week, and
who, by duly changing them every day, aver-
ted death, disaster, and disease, tiil he was
more than one hundred and thirty years old.
How he came to bis death at last—whether he
misplaced bis rings or the rings lost their vir-
tue—history saith not. Is it not Plato, also,
who tells lis of that Lydian king, who had a
ring of such wondrous power, that it rendered
him invisible at will 1 And have not other an-
cient historians described the virtue of such
rings in connection with all the business and
pleasure of life ? What if they have ? We
are not obliged th receive all the
stories of the old writer.. •-
old • i it- «j lest lhem by ordinary expert
ence and common sense, and under such
tests, what becomes of the virtues of these
magical rings. tb« irh'• sufiumed by owl brain
ami an. blood, and manufactured under tbe
strictest rules of the cabala ?
The old magician agreed that the efficacy of
numbers was most important in the construc-
tion of talismans ; " for whatsoever things are
done in these inferior and natural vir-
tues, all are done and governed by number,
weight, measure, harmony, motion and light.''
To numbers especially they directed their par
ticular attention, and attached peculiar impor-
tance ; on this subject they became more than
usually obscure, and lefT their disciples in tbe
dark at last One or two curious speculations,
interesting simply as curiosities, may here be
given.
The scale of unity was seen in all things.—
In tbe " exemplary world," there was one Di-
vine Essence ; in the " intellectual world," one
Supreme Intelligence; in the " celestial world,"
one king of stars, the sun ; in tbe " elemental
world," one instrument of all virtues, the phil-
osopher's stone ; in tbe " lesser world," " one
first living and last dving," the heart; in tbe
" infernal world," one Prince of Darkness,Lu-
cifer. All this wes intended to show that the
scale of numbers was repeated'in all tbe divis
ions of tbe universe; and this was supposed
to be of the utmost importance in tbe working
of spells, the formation of charms, and the man
ufacture of amulets. Number seven was, per
haps, one of tbe most curious cited by tbe ma-
gicians. Much of their description must be
omitted. We are told that tbe " utmost height
of a man's body is sevea feetthat there are
" seven degrees in the body—namely, marrow,
bone, nerre, vein, artery, flesh and skin;" that,
without drawing of the breath, the " life doth
not remain above seven hours;" that they "who
are starved with famine, live not above seven
days;" that there are seven modulations of
the voice, seven circles in tbe heavens, seven
days of the week, seven planets, seven stars
about the Arctic Pole, seven stars in the Ple-
iades, and- seven colors in tbe rainbow ; seven
ages of the world, seven changes of man, seven
liberal arts, seven mechanical arts, seven met-
als, seven " holes in the head," seven pair of
nerves, seven mountains at Rome, seven wise
men of Greece, and seven sleepers ¡it Epbesus 1
It would be bard to sny what all this proved,
except the idle fancies and ridiculous assump-
tions of the astrologers. It does show us,
however, how grossly ignorant and childishly
credulous those must have been, or are, who
attach any importanceWo assertions and prac-
tices so palpably absurd.— Cassell'* Family
Paper ( hmjliah.)
To Pkxsbkts Pranmm.—Take good, ripe
- pumpkins, pare, and stew aa dry as possible;
place the pulp on a sheet, and let it remain un-
til thoroughly dried, not baked; then stow
away in a dry place, when it will keep aa in-
definite length of time—only requiring to be
aoaked in milk a few honra before using.
Aggaaiz and Gould estimate that there are at
least 250,000 different specietfof living animals!
rs:
I, of
Tbe recent report of Messrs. Wagner, Hutch
ga and McKeen, the Finance Committee of
tbe City Council, furnishes some intelligible
and long desired, but rather unwelcome intelli-
gence in relation to the Finances of the City.
The direct taxes of the city are now, including
tin bridge tax, juet four hundred perewt
than they were aomefour years aince, while
tbe increase in the amount and value of prop-
erty haa added still further to the amount.
Yet a majority of tbe Council have thought
to increase tbe amount efappropriationa
to a still greater extent, until the finances of
tiie city are now seriously embarrassed and its
credit ia threatened. The present committee
on Finance does not appear to be responsible
for this state of things and in making a full
exposition of the public finances have discharg-
ed a proper and necessary, though unpleasant
duty.
It appears that tbe receipts into, the Treasury
from March 1, to September 30, 1860, were
$56,818 40cts.
Tbe expenses for the same period were still
larger; and the committee say that tbe esti-
mated expenditures of tbe corporation during
the current year exceed the estimated receipts
by tbe amount of $18,315 92.
This large deficiency mainly results from the
vaM amounts appropriated and expended for
atreets during the present year, and has been,
from the very beginning of the municipal year,
a constant source of embarrassment to our City
Treasury. Tbe deficiency has been partly sup-
plied by. the Treasurer using both the Hospital
and Bridge funds ; but still these funds have
been found insufficient to meet the current ex-
penses, and the Treasury has been, and is still,
unable to pay a large amount of warrants is-
sued as far back as June.
Tbe committee'deem it their duty to recom-
mend to the Council to negotiate a loan, to-the
amount of $18,000 to cover tbe deficiency of
this year's budget, but say that this loan will
only be sufficient to meet our exigencies till the
1st of March, and that the Treasury will then
be again compelled to have recourse to loans
until the city taxes of 1861 are being collected,
Tbe following statiatica appear from the late
report of the Finance Committee of the City
Corporation: .
Receipt* into City Ireatury from 1«< of March
to 30th of September, 1860.
gxxkbal rem.
Overdrawn, March 1st 1...
Streets and Alleys
Salaries
Market Expenses
Fire Department
Prison Expenses
Printing Expenses
Taxes returned
Office Expenses.
Night Watch
Special Appropriations
Election Expenses
Interest on Bonds
Surveyor's Dept.
Contingent Expenses
Market Repairs
Expenses of law suite
Sundry Expenses
Paid on Railroad Bondage
$9,351 45
23,077 43
2,917 94
419 00
2,711 94
259 75
452 18
8 00
.61 10
2,010 45
400 00
73 45
3,007 32
494 50
75 00
67« 75
100 00
62 26
3,731 47
Disbursements $49,689 79
Receipts from General Fund 31,003 51
Balance overdrawn
hospital fund.
Receipts
Payments
. 18,086 28
.$16,536 56
. 2,358 20
Balance to General Fond
bridge fcnd.
Receipts
Bridge Boods Interest
Balance to General Fund
. « .
. 14,175 36
..$8,678 36
.. 4,521 04
.. 4,157 32
HTTbe Houston Telegraph gets off a series
of carping remarks on the Civilian,the purport of
which would seem to be that we do not rant
enough on political subjects, and are too tole-
rant to opponents. With reference to the pub-
lication of tbe names of all the candidates for
electors in our columns, the Telegraph says—
"For a political newspaper, however, to fight
under the flag of its own party and the enemy,
both in loving embrace at its mast bead indi-
cates neither fidelity on tbe one hand or inde-
pendence on the other, but a certain purpose of
getting on two stools at the same time. If the
editor falls helpless and useless between tbe
two let him not say we didn't warn hix/'
We should be disposed to pay little attention
to warnings from such a source, were it not for
the fact that the cackling of a goose once served
as a warning to Rome,and saved the city. We
suppose, however, that ths Roman goose was
not -eternally cackling. The cry of " wolf
was unheeded when there was real danger, be-
cause it had been frequently given when there
was none.
Famink id Kansas.—Subjoined is air extract
from a letter from Marshall county, K. *R, to
the St. Louis Republican
There has been here an unprecedented drouth
Scarcely any rain has fallen for an entire year.
Corn is already selling at one dollar per bushel.
and must soon be higher. Potatoes and other
vegetables we can only obtain by going for
them to the towns on the Missouri river, and
i laying for them there extravagant prices.—
Many of our families are disheartened. Some
-have left and others are talking of abandoning
all here and fleeing to the states, where corn is
plenty.
Emiobatiox krom South Carolina.—The
Newberry (S. C.) Conservative complains bit-
terly of tbe large amount of land in that sec-
tion of the State offered- for sale, and adds :
What does it mean T Is fanning and plant-
ing becoming so very unprofitable in South Car-
olina ? Or is it the same restless spirit of em-
igration that has already deprived the old State
of so much of her best material 1 Where, in
times not very far back, were living tens and
twenties of families, in ail the enjoyments of _ ... ¡
rural simplicity, you now see deBerted^g}g£f ffftle Hand engine, prevented the flames from
■h,Ja I nwui 1 .«---¡j- communicating with Mr. Kersch's Beer Saloon,
tbe burning of which would have seriously en-
dangered this side of the square. N. M. Wil-
cox's store was pulled down unnecessarily, as
tlie matter turned out, but. had the fire com-
municated as was feared with Kersch's, its
being down would have contributed very mate-
rially in arresting the further progress of the
devouring element. Five thousand dollars will
probably cover the whole loss.
Thk Souther y LttxrarT Mxsscxora gires
the following directions by which the above
name end mav be obtained. The experimente
certainly would cost but very little, and it ap-
pears to us would surely prove successful :—
Whits Sulphurs-Tic a roll of brimstaae
under your anee, and drink freely of thick warm
water. Break some doubtful eggs is your pac-
ket and round rorad till you are exhausted.
Procure a sxcond-band diabetes, change your
linen six times aday, and strut loftily under a
tree.
Old Swmt.—Get a large tub, and put some
white i .ebb let* in the bottom. Sit down in it and
blow aoap-bubbles. Dress your best, and don't
know anybody.
Red Swbht.—Obtain some iron filings, paint
'em red pnt 'em in a tin-pan or pitcher, and
look * at 'em in solitary silence. Eat much
mutton, and go to bed early. Whiskey julip
eight times a day.
Salt Sulphur.—Call vourself a South
Carolinian, and take things easy. Live well.
Stay in one place a long time. Tincture of
brimstone occasionally.
Montgomery White.—Wear a loose sack
coat and look at mulattoes frequently. Eat a
great variety of raw meats and, undone vegeta-
bles. Play at faro and draw-poker.
Yellow Sulphur.—Get good living on the
top of a hill, where you cant see anything
whatever. Dominoes, draughts and backgam-
mon.
Alleghany.—Sit down in a hard chair in a
hot bole, and drink citrate of Magnesia
Ipsom salts. Gamble some with dyspep-
tics.
Coyner'8.—Take the Lynchburg papers, and
gaze with melancholy pertinacity at tbe side
of a naked bill. Whist and religions tracts.
Rockeidge Alum.—Select some cases of can-
cer on tbe face, with a few necks scrofulously
raw, and dine with them daily on indifferent
victuals. Then catch the drippings from tbe
eaves of a very old house, in a tin cup with a
long handle, thicken the drippings with pow-
dered nutgi.tla, aad drink three times a day.
All-Healing SAisgs.—Throw a green
blanket in a shallow pond, and wallow on it.
Cut off a strip of blanket and clap it to your
ribs. Read ol t novels and talk to pious old
ladies about death and chronic diseases of tbe
digestive tube.
Warm Springs.—Diet yourself on the un-
adulterated juice of the tea-kettle.
Hot Spinos.—Wear a full suit of mustard
plasters, and walk about in the sunshine at
noonday, swearing you have got rheumatism.
Berkeley Springs.—Keep your shin clear,
and know nothing but Baltimore ten pins,
Peaks or Otter.—Climb a high pole on a
cold day at sua rise. Shut your eyes and
whistle.
Old Point Comfort.—Build a bog pen in a
mud puddle; fill it with cockle-burrs and this-
tles, and call it surf-bathing. Drink bad
brandy. Don't sleep. Lie down with your
windows wide open, and no clothing on. Come
home with a fishbone in your throat, and oyster
shell in your head, a pain in your stomach, and
ten thousand mosquito bites in your body.
Cape Mat.—Penetrate an immense crowd of
mala and female rowdies, drop some salt water
in both eyes. Shoot pistols. Eat some ioe
cream and claret, and send up one sky rocket
every night. Have yourself insulted often by
niggers. At midday smell of an oven with a
dead pig in it. Fill your pockets with cut-glass
broken into minute fragments,
Yankee Watering Places Generally,
Keep a stale codfish under each arm, live on
onions and pumpkins, go in strong for the
Union and free-soil, and dance the round
dances in big breeches.
At Williamsburg, New York,.00 Friday, Oct.
5th. Mrs. Elizabeth Pkrrt, mother of Mr. J.
H. Perry of Galveston, ia the 77th year of ber
age. A native of England.
In this city on tbe 19th inst, at the residence
of Capt. J. Page, on Market street, next door to
Dr. McKeen's, after a short but painful illness,
Mrs. Wallace, of New Braunfels, Comal
countv, Texas. Should there be any of her rela-
tives or acquaintances at present in the city,
Capt. Page would be desirous they would call
on him previous to her funeral, which will to*
place to-morrow, 21st inst.
At Brooklyn, N. Y. October 10th, Mr. E. D.
Nash, of Columbia, Texas.
WlHSMWt
An experienced n «Í fall Phyaeian, hai a
Soothing tyrup for children teething, which greatly te-
cilitate* the procew ot wthlna. by softening the gums,
reducing all inflammation—will allay all pain, aad to
sure to regulate the hnwela D peod upon it, mother ,
will give rest to yourselves, and relief aad health ta
your intones. Perfentl v safe tn all caaes. See adm-
in another miman
H03TKTTER8 STOMACH BITTERS. — The
doabt with which an oft deceived community is apt to
look upon all medical preparatioua, haa long aince
besa completely vanquished by the triumphant, ual
venal and invariable auccesa of HOSTKTTIR'S
STOMACH BITTERS. Their effect in all diaordera
the digestive organa are not miraciUou*, bec-use
they are the necessary result of certain medical prop-
erties never heretofore combined in any one prepara-
tion, but they are nevertheless astoniahing. Aged
persona who deemed themaelvea past help from medí
cine, declare (to use the words of a correspondent)
that the Bitten seem to have given tbem a new lease
life. Unquestionably the majority of dangerou*
diseases are the offspring of dyapepaia, and for thia
complaint, aa well the maladies ;out of it, there is
nothing in the world, like HOSTETTER'S STOM-
ACH BITTERS, which is. now.sold by all drnggiata
throughout the world.
Barry's Tricopherous, the beat and
cheapest article for dreartng, beautifying, cleansing,
curling, preaerving and restoring the hair. Ladies,
try It. Sold by all Druggistsand Perfumen.
mart7-wQm. • ■
i I r* " W refer ear readen to the advertisement of
Meaara. CHU2CH fc DCPONT, No. 409 Broadway,
New York. The ' Blood Food' la one of the greatest
medicines of tbe age, aad is rapidly driving out of the
market all the quack nostrums of modern times. Its
efllcacy ia so great, and its enperiority so jastly ac-
knowledged, that it is found difficult to supply the im
mense and increasing demand for the article. Dr.
Eatok's celebrated ' Infantile Cordial' is a medicine
prepared by a regular physician of eminence in hia
profession, and one who has devoted his life to the pe-
culiar phase 11 of infantile diaeaaea. It ia no hnmbug.
but a medicine which commends itself to those only
who can appreciate it."—Apalachacola. Time*, Fa.
Fire at Lagrange.
The True Issae contains tbe following ac-
count of a fire at Lagrange :
Oti last Monday, at 2 o'clock, P. M., a fire
broke ont in tbe rear of Fink k Eilers' carriage
stand, and so rapid was the progress of the
flames, that the whole corner was in a blaze
before any effort could be made to extinguish
the flames. The buildingB were of a light ma-
terial, and so dry that they burned like tinder,
and it was with great difficulty that Mr. Fors-
berg saved his horses, tbe roof and one side of
the stable in which they were kept being on
fire. Mr. Forsberg's Bar-room, Restaurant,
Billiard Saloon and kitchen, were burned. He
succeeded in saving some oF his liquors, but
sustained a heavy loss, all of bis liquors in
barrels being burned, with, we believe, one ex-
ception. It was with the greatest difficulty
that tbe buildings some distance in the rear of
the fire were saved. Mr. Houmnth's house
took fire upon the roof, but it was happilyj¡x
tinguighed. The^nej^^<|^!ne--t and hig
steads whicJbL.bjiy;j,«H(W? has' the tide
of emigration set in upon th
off many of our population
Spanish Designs on Dominica.—A letter
from Washington, of the 12th, says :
Reliable intelligence has been received here
that tbe Queen of Spain has sent out ber regu-
lar officials to take possession of the Domini-
can Government. Spanish war steamers have
landed large corps of military officers and po-
litical engineers, including professors and arti-
sans to the number of 100, to take charge of
the army, the schools, tbe pulpits, the manufac-
turing privileges, and tbe mines of tbe Repub-
lic. A press has been established to advocate
and advance the glory of the Spanish rule, and
to decry Democracy, especially as illustrated
in tbe United States. Spain flushed by her
success in her recent wars, is extending her
dominions wherever there is an inch of- terri-
tory open to her insatiate grasp.
> Alps.
Southern Ca-
^ Socittj have offered
ofj*5, Sx, and a diploma, for the great-
est number of shade and orñmental>treM*to
be set in the Fall of I860 and sS of
1861, whidb shall be alive on the 1st of
A Safe and Smu Rat Potsow.—Rats aad
mice speedily disappear by mixing equal quan-
tities of strong chaise and powdered squilla.
They devour this mixture with greediness,
while it iaimweant to man.
, The statistics show that ths deaths m
delpbia are one in forty-five annually, ;
one m forty-one, Hew York one in thirty-
Baltimore one in thirty-five, Charleston
tonrtv six, ia Richmond oaa in seventy, inNor-
fblk mm in eighty-seven. Norfolk is therefore, th
healthiest >f the seaboard cities.
Paaaion for Ornamenta.
The desire for display—at least in that gross
form of the propensity which finds satisfaction
in tbe possession of gold piste or in tbe wear-
ing of massive ornaments—is an attribute of
semi-barbarous life, which, instead of increas-
ing, declines with the advances of society. M.
Chevalier, in bis recent work on tbe probable
** Fall in tbe Valne of Gold, " alludes to this
subject and says:
" The display of golden utensils, .more or
less massive is the luxury of tbe less refined
part of tbe community, whose eye is instinct-
ively attracted by the glare of a dazzling metal,
and whose desire is excited for an object to
which there is vulgarly attached the idea of
great riches. It is a species of magnificence
which was reserved for tbe sovereigns of prim-
itive nations; it constituted tbe splendor of the
Incas, and that of Attila and of Genseric, and
was the pride of the savage races whom tbe
Europeans discovered in America.
M. Chevalier states some interesting facts,
which show this tendency of civilization to
check the consumption ot the precious metals,
in both England and France. In both coun-
tries the consumption of precious metals pro-
ceeds more slowly tbsn tbe increase of the pop-
ulation. In England dnting t.ie period tbe pop-
ulation doubled, the increase in the quantity of
gold that was manufactured only increased &0
per cent., and during the past fifty years the
mc
Lady Franklin in Philadelphia.—The
Inquirer of the 12th says :
This distinguished lady, who arrived in this
city on Monday evening, left in the train of yes-
terday morning for New Tork, where it is her
intention to remain a few days, as tbe guest of
Mr. Henry Grinnell. The feyr hours to which
her stay with us was limited, did not permit
ber to avail herself of tbe attentions which oar
citizens would have been glad to have shown so
estimable a lady. With the exception of the'
family of her friend, tbe late Doctor Kane, she
received no visitors. On the morning of yes-
terday she visited the publishing house of
Messrs. Childs k Peterson, and spent some time
in tbe examination of the boat Faitb, which, it
may be remembered, was tbe transport of Dr.
Kane in his perilons journey from the nerth,
■and which is preserved by his friend Mr.
Childs, at the rooms of the firm in Arch street.
She alse visited the Hall of Independence,and,
during, the afternoon, was driven to Laurel hill,
where she passed more than an hour at tbe
grave of Dr. Kane.
ncrease of gold plate has not kept pace with
the increase of the population, leaving out of
the account the vast increase of the wealth of
the people. If we take into account tbe quan-
tity of gold required for this manufacture we
are amazed at its smallnesS, as it is but an
atom in comparison with tbe total production.
The Edinburg Review, in referring to this
subiect, remarks:
The same passion for ornaments is a po'
ful instinct among the native races of Hindos-
tán, with whom they serve at once as a mode
of investment and a means of decoration. But,
as civilisation makes progress, tastes of differ-
ent order are developed. Vanity perhaps loses
nothing of its power, bnt it exhibits itselfnnder
a different guise, and is directed by different ob-
jects. Luxury, in its modes is display, as in
other respects, undergoes refinement, and man-
kind seek enjoyment, less in tbe gratification of
external sense, and more in tbe cultivation of
tbe higher fhcnlties. The superfluous expen-
diture of a nation advancing in civilization is
accordingly devoted less and less toolgc
which absorb mere masses of gold and sill
and more and more to purposes of a higher or-
der—to the beautifying of its domains, the em-
bellishment of its bonses, tbe general cnltiva-
uon of its tastes ; and parks and mansions,
paintings, sculpture, and books, take the place
of accumulations of plate and collections of
jewelry.
at^™5^?^^Who
attempted to commit suicide by drowning, at
uoboken, on Sunday night. She floated and
was drawn from tbe water.
• Perfon8 "tested for crime
j in Philadel phia during tbe month of September.
Capture of the Last Slaver.—The steam-
ship DeSoto, at New York, gives the following
particulars of the capture of the screw steamer
City of Norfolk, an abandoned siaver on tbe
Cuban coast:
On tbe morning of tbe first inst., a Spanish
man-of-war steamer discovered a vessel ashore
near Sierra Morena, which proved to be the
American screw steamer City of Norfolk. She
had landed, the night previous, eight hundred
as likely negroes ag were ever brought from
tbe coast of Africa. After tbe cargo and crew
bad landed, fnll steam was put on, tbe valves
opened, ber feed pipes cut, and the City of Nor-
folk was headed seaward' and abandoned, and
it was the expectation of her captain that she
would soon founder, but the current it appears,
carried ber ashore, which led to tbe discovery
and capture of one hundred negroes, together
with the crew. The balance of tbe cargo bad
been disposed of. The American officers snd
crew were sent to Havana and confined for a
few days in tbe Navy'Yard barracks, and final-
ly sent by tbe American Consul to Key West,
on the United States steamer Crusader, which
sailed on the eve of tbe 7th inst.
Soptenii^ or the Brain.—The Report of
Dr. John E. Taylor, Superintendent of the
McLean Asylum, says:
Professional, but more frequently business
men, are its subjects. The predisposing cause
is sumptuous living. After a morning fully
occupied with business matters, a man comes
regularly to a dinner of various and highly-
seasoned dishes of fish and fowl and flesh, with
every adjunct to excite and gratify tbe appe-
tite. He partakes freely of food and wine, in
excess to be sure, though perhaps never to the
extent of glnttony or inebriety. The papers
are read, oigars are smoked, a few hours are
passed socially, and the evening closes with a
hot supper and abundant punch: If aman liv-
ing thus continues successful in his plans and
his business, he may go through life with no
other physical or mental infirmity than the
pain and irascibility of gout or the distress and
gloom of dyspepsia. But if it be otherwise, if
be meet with a reverse of fortune, or if some
grief or chagrin come upon him, then he is ex-
ceedingly liable to this fetal disesse, which is
the joint product of luxurious living and some
torturing anxiety or disappointment.
The Next Congress.—Our readers will
remember what difficulty the Republicans had
in electing a Speaker in tbe present House of
Representatives. After a long time they succeed-
ed in electing Gov. Pennington, of New Jersey,
one of the most moderate of their stripe, by a
bare majority. Well, according to tbe accounts
which have reached us of the recent elections,
two Democratic members have been gained in
Pennsylvania and three in Ohio; total five,
which being deducted from tbe Republican side
and added to tbe Democratic, will a dif-
ference of ten votes against the Republicans,
as compared with the present Congress. Ths
Democrats have lost no member as yet. They
three more in Pennsylvania,
viz: in the 3d, 3d and 4th Congressional Dis-
tricts, if only tbe Democrats and Bell men had
co-operated. But they choose to ran separate
candidates, and so woe both defeated. The
State of New York, which has but five
members in the present Congress, includ-
ing Clark, but not including Haskin and Reyn-
olds may easily gain half a dozen conservative
members, if only tbe conservative men will
unite on Congressmen, as they have on the
Electoral ticket. This they must not fail to do.
We are glad to see that the National Demo-
cratic Volunteers (Breckinridge) are moving ia
this direction.—if. F. Journal cf Commerce.
Peril or Ballooning.—The Albany Knick-
erbocker furnishes the following account of a
recent balloon trip, by which Mr. La Mountain
came near loosing his life :
Prof. John La Mountain made a most mag-
nificent ascension from our Fair ground on Fri-
dav afternoon last. We now regret to «ay that
splendid ascension terminated most seriously,
Mr. La Mountain meeting with an accident by
means of which be came near loosing his life.
Prof. La Mountain sailed off in truly majestic
style, in a course due east. He arose rapidly
until he reached the npper current, when tbe
Atlantic traveled along at a velocity exceeding
one mile a minute. It traveled at this speed
for upward of 30 miles. Prof. La Mountain
was now over Pittsfield, Mass., and looked out
for a place to land. He discovered a fine mea-
dow located between two high mountains, and
determined upon effecting it there. He acted
accordingly, aad the Atlantic descended, jott
as majestically as it had ascended, and alighted
•sate and sound upon tbe farm of a Mr. Wood,
about six miles from Pittsfield. Time from
starting, 20 minutes. But be no sooner ar-
rived on terra firma and was about to vacate
his basket, than a tornado came sweeping
through the vale and carried the Atlantic off
with it. Here Prof. La Mountain could have
landed hat^he seen fit, bat be preferred staying
with bis balloon at all hazards. In a few sec-
onds tbe Atlantic was elevated to a distance of
•0 feet. Prof. La Mountain possesses remark-
able presence of mind, and fully realized bis
dangerous situation. When he left here be had
about 70 pounds of ballast, which the car still
retained. He commenced launching it out. Up
the mountain slope the balloon traveled at a
fearful rate. As it reached the top it struck
the earth and plowed it up with as much ease
as would an earthquake. Over tbe mountain
top it went. At this moment the balloon was
going headlong, dragging the basket and-Prof.
La Mountain after it, at a speed of over one
mile a minute. At times the basket would be
as high as the balloon, and both swaying to
and fro, and clashing together like angry waves
on the ocean. Onward he sped, until the bas-
ket was dashei against a stone wall with tre-
mendous force, by which means Mr. La Moun-
tain received his injuries. By the concussion
his left bip, shoulder and knee were terribl
bruised, and also bis head. One finger on bis
left hand was badly jammed. Carrying awa;
a portion of tbe stone wall, the Atlantic strnc!
a small maple tree, the top of which it whipped
oft as though it were a pipe-stem. Some of the
branches having caught in tbe netting, tore it
considerably. The balloon also suffered from
this collision. The aerial ship next encoun-
tered a larger maple, against which it dashed
broadside. Here Mr. La Mountain was disen-
gaged from his balloon, but by what means he
is unable to explain. He was thrown out and
fell to.tbe ground. He lay here for a few min-
utes in a partially insensible state, and as soon
as be became really conscious of his predica-
ment be looked after the Atlantic. On casting
his eye upward be discovered it wrapped about
a tree in a collapsed condition. It was greatly
shattered a d torn, and tbe basket broken. Mr.
La Mountain laid on the grass until help came,
when he was removed to the house of Mr Wood,
whose family kindly cared for bim.
Change in the Meaning or Words.—How
many words men have dragged downward
with themselves, and made partakers, more or
less, of their own fell! Having, originally, an
honorable significance, tbey have yet, with the
deterioration and degeneration of those that
used tbem, or those alKiut whom they were used,
deteriorated or degenerated too. What a mul-
titude of words, originally harmless, have as
sumed a harmful meaning as their secondary
lease ; how many worthy have acquired an un-
worthy ! Tbus, " knave" meant once only no
more than, lad (nor does it now, in German,
mean more); a "villain" was no more than a
peasant; a " boor" was only a farmer; a " var-
let" was but a serving man; a " menial" one of
the many or household; a " churl" but a strong
fellow; a " minion" a favorite. Sylvester says,
" Man is God's dearest minion." " Time-ser-
ver" was used 200 years ago as often for one
in an honorable as in a dishonorable sense,
" serving the time." " Conceits" once had noth-
ing conceited in them; " officious" had refer
ence to offices .of kindness and not of busy
meddlibg; " moody" was that which pertained
to a man'-s mood, without any gloom or sullen-
ness implied. "Demure" (des moeurs—of good
manners) conveyed no hint, as now, of an over
doing of the outward demonstrations of mod
esty. In " crafty" and " cunning" there was
nothing of crooked wisdom implied, but only
knowledge and skill; " craft," indeed, still re
tains, very often, its more honorable use—1
man's " craft" being his skill, and then the
trade in which he is skilled.
^¿ábfin in its present contemptuous appli-
cation, if the tears of penitential weeping had
been held in due honor by tbe word ?
American Recklessness.—The LondonTimes
in an editorial article upon tbe recent disaster
on Lake Michigan, has the following paragraph:
" If the storv was not so little conducive tc
mirth, it might almost raise a smile to observe
the remark with which the transatlantic re
porters introduce the narrative of the calamity
The like, tbey assure us, has not happened it
America for the space of three whole years !—
A similar disaster- occurred, indeed, in 1858,
but never since. The truth is, however, that
this view of the case is perfectly natural. An
average of three such catastrophes a year,
each costing its 30 ) lives, would not cover the
number of casualties actually attending the
practice of steamboat travell ing in tbe States.
It is not often that single accidents occur on
this tremendous scale, but it was computed
several years ago that a thousand people at
least lost their lives annually on board the
steamers plying on the lakes and rivers of
Amenca. Sometimes these vessels blow up,
sometimes they are burned, sometimes they
get holes knocked in their bottoms, gometimes
tbey come into collision with others but as
they are all slightly built, heavily freighted,
and driven through the water at the utm
attainable rate of speed, tbe consequences
of
an accident are usually appalling! At tbe
foundation the evil lies, no doubt, the reckless-
ness of the Anglo-Saxon character, in which
the Americans surpass even ourselves. What
we are to Continental nations the Americans
sre to us. The feeling is constitutional, no
doubt, bnt it is sad to see that a sentiment s<
valuable in gome of its aspects may bring bu
man life to be reckoned as cheaply among en
lightened people as in the semi-barbarous Em-
pire of China."
Baptist Statistics.—The Baptist Almanac
for 1881 has made its appearance. It contains,
as usual, statistics of value and interest to
Baptists. From the table of " grand total of
regular Baptists in North America," we learn
tbat tbe number of associations in the United
States is five hundred and seventy-six; num-
ber of churches, twelve thousand three hundred
and seventy-on ; ordained ministers, seven
thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven; li-
centiates, one thousand one hundred and fifteen;
baptised in 1859, seventy-two thousand and
eighty-six ; total, one million and twenty thou-
sand four hundred and forty-two. The num-
ber of Baptists in Nova Scotia is thirteen thou-
sand and fifty-seven; in New Brunswick, seven
thousand seven hundred and three; in Canada,
thirteen thousand seven hundred and fifteen;
West India Islands (estimated), thirty-six
thousand three hundred and fifty; making a
grand total in North America of one million
ninety-one thousand one hundred and sixty-
seven rtgular Baptists.
More Burning Stores, Ac.—On last Sat-
urday night the store bouse, with its entire
contents, (from $4,000 to S6,000 worth of goods
and groceries,) of Mr. H. G. Bmdbory, at Pine
BluJC was burned dowr. This was the act of
incendiaries, there is no doubt, as the fire when
discovered though too far advanced to be sub-
dued, yet showed that it had been applied to
the house in three places. Mr. Bradbury was
sleeping in his store at the tiaae, and awaked
barely in time to save his books and aafe. Tbe
loss is a serious one to Mr. B^ who is a young
man of enterprise and industry, and to be thus
half ruined in his early atteapto at huainesa,
ia to be regretted; aad though we are opposed,
aa a general rule, to mob law, still, ewtd we
catch the rascal who applied tbe torch to Mr.
B's store, we would cordially unite in hanging
bim.—Springfield Pioneer.
" I wiah you would pay a little attention
sir," said a stage manager to a careless ac-
tor. " Well, I'm paying aa little attention
as I can." was tbe calm reply.
EXCELSIOR.
"Soldiers," said Napoleon, after one of the most
brilliant of his victories," Nothing yet is done—muoh
remain* to do." Acting upon this hint, the Proprie-
tor ot the NEW YORK LEDGES—whatever the
achievements of the past may have been—regards
nothing as done so long as much remains to do. He
haa the pleasure to inform his innumerable readers
that to the long list of scholars and statesmen already
numbered amoag the contributors to tbe Lanem the
name of Jaxes Buchanan, the Illustrious President
of the United States is now added.
Read the following table of contents, and remember
that the Lidoek will be ready on Monday, Oct. 8,
IS o'clock prtcUely:
Table of renten ta—All Origina
I.
LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BUCHANAN TO
MR. BONNER.
II.
WAR: Bv HON EDWARD EVERETT.
III.
ITALY—A Por*: Bv WM. CULLEN BRYANT.
IV.
CHRIST'S BLESSING POR MOTHERS—A Scair
tl'rc Poaic: By N. P. WILLIS.
V.
ODE TO THE PRINCE OF WALES : Bv John
Saxe.
VI
TIIE DRUNKARD'S STORY : Bv Dr. Taomas
Dunn Ekolisii.
VII.
THE CRITICASTERS. Bv Urn. Gao. P. Morris.
VIII.
THE PUMPKIN FAMILY—IT8 RELATIVES AND
RIVALS: Bv lirnry Ward Bricher.
IX.
QUEEN VICTORIA CONVOKING PARLIAMENT:
By Mrs. L. H. Sioocrsey.
1 X.
A TRIP TO THE NORTHERN LAKES: By íahwy
t'OIM.
XI.
IDLE HANDS-* STORY : Bv T. S. Arthur
XII.
A ROMANCE OF LIFU : Bv Emerson Ben mi r
XIII.
FADED—A Poem : Bv Alice Cart.
XIV.
THE MYSTERIOUS MARRIAGE-A Novel
ELIZA A. DUPUY, Author ot "THE LOBT
DEEDS."
XV.
PAUL MORION—A Talr or the Great Pakic : Bv
P. HAMILTON MYERS.
XVI
THE STEPMOTHER; o«. Who's to Wm: BvJ.F.
SMITH.
XVII.
WIT AND WISDOM : Bv Geo. D. Prektice.
xvm.
THE HANDSOME MAN—Illusteated: Bv Wm.
H. Moaais.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, EDITORI-
ALS, ice., tc.
ING'S
AKOMATIC TAlOTOWt
liquid dentifrice,
AM ARTICLE
ENTIRELY «CPEBSDINO
POVI1I .
PASTES,
- AND ALL OTHER AGENTS
FOR
taming A Whitening «toe Teeth,
' UST received a large consignment, which enable* ns
to fill promptly all oideri from country Merchant*
on liberal term*.
BRIGS It YARD, Principal Agents. Galveston.
EVERETT a CO. Houston,
HURLEY 4c AIKEN, Houston,
K. D CARR a CO, Anstin,
3. C. ATWATER. San Antonio. jnljrl8
be. INtlt
Aromatic Tannine |
j MOUTH AND TOOTH WASH,1
11, CLEANSES AND WHITENS THE TEETH, 4
Impart* to th Breath a Mragmn** j
i Is not only sgrwliki to yvnOS, bat plnnnt to all,
H with whoa yoa may
It prevents the
f* health aad vigor to the Mi
I I mouth, and to diseased gum.
Tl r* Dolbear's Commercial College, of the City of
New Orleans, in the Story building corner of Camp
and Common streets. This institution which has been
established more than a quarter of a century, and
the only chartered Commercial College in the South
West, and the oldest in tbe United States, is designed
exclusively to quality young men and others, to fill
any position in the active duties of lile, whether in tbe
country store, counting room, steamboat or tank.
Young gentlemen who wish to obtain paying educa-
tions in a short time, should send at once for a cata-
logue of this practical Southern institution.
at Tartar ; it gives |
1 of the'
' Its Antiseptic and Amanarte properties are of
such a natnn that O
A FEW DROPS U
O are sufficient to neutralise offensive odors on the'
h* breath, cauaed either fey H
Decayed Teeth, a Fon 1 Stomach
DISEASED GUMS.
CHKWING OR SM OKI If O TOBACCO, '
2 OR WEARING ARTIFICIAL TEETH. _
8 O
Price per Battle, Fifty Cents.
BRIGGS A YARD,
Principal Agent for Tema*.
TI"? Sold by Briggs a Yard, t. D. Allen and *
4 Mesara. C. Branard, Galveston : Everett A Co.,
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3 Houston ; R. D. Carr, a Co., Austin ; Atwater,
San Antonio. Also sold by Druggists and dealers
in Fancy Articles throughout the United Slates.
BOOTS AND SHOES
EOS TEXAS TRADE, e
Mo, 91 Park Row, opposite ths Aster Boom
Hew Tork.
J so. N. Knu, of the late trm of Browning, Stswart
Allen a Co. . ~
THE"POLAR REFRIGERATOR!!
Wttto Fitter and Water Cooler
/~10MBINED. is
KJ tbe best Self-
Ventilatlnr Provi-
sion Preserver in
the world, and the
only one which does
not require scald-
ing oat every few
days to keep dry
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BARTLETT A
LESLEY ■Hautoc-
turs aad furnish in th* best manner Nine Sises of this
Refrigerator, and are prepared to supply the denand
(ran Cuba to Canada Prices for the d.«#entMn
hers aa follows:
No. 1....«16 I So. 4....«30 I No.
- *.... 20 •• 5.... 35 " 8.... SO
"3..Í. 85 I 40 I 75
BARTLETT A LESLEY, lUaurAOTcaaaa,
Wholesale and Retail dealers ia
Befrigemtora. Furnaces. Portable Heaters, Registers,
Ventilators, Cast Iron Cemetery Urns, Garden Vases,
Rotating Ash Sifters. Condensiw Covers, Old Jaaa
ee Pets and Hotel Coffas Boirers. Send for a <m
t)
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Coffee
cular.
No. 496 Broadway New York.
riuieeti
laiOH S.H3«aHJ
Ob the Evopeaa Pía , 6
CITY OF HEW YORK, q
Single Boo ana UO Cents per Day
City Hall Square, comer of Frankfort Street,
(opposite City Hall.)
Meals, as tbey may be ordered in thespaetous Refec
tory. There is a Barber's Shop and Bath Rooms at
tached to tbe Hotel. •
B. B.—Beware of Rimoaa and Hacntmi, who sa
we sre full. B. FRENCH,
augitiwly Proprietor-
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LAKE & BODLET
MANUFACTURER OF
W«od Workiag Machinery,
CIRCULAR SAW MILLS
STEAM ENGINES,
LANE a BODLEVS Portable Circular Saw Mills
are constructed on the most improved Scientific
Principles—are strong and durable—can be worked
with fever bands and less power, and will do mor*
work than any other Hill. They will do, at least,
three or four times the work of a Sash Mill, at less
than first cost and less running expenses.
For descriptive Circular and price list, address as
above. All kinds of Hub, Spoke, Felloe and Wheel
Machiney, Sash and Door Makers', Furniture and
Chair Makers' Machinery, Shafting, Pulleys, fee.. Its.
All descriptions of Plantation Machinery wtf
Herring'* Patent Champion Fire 0
ana Burglar Proof SMttea.
WITH Hall's Patent Powder-Proof Locks, the
aame thai were awarded separate medals at the
World's Pair, London, 1H51, and the World's Fair, N.
York, 1853, aad are THE ONLY AdBrican Safes that
were awarded medals at the London World'a Pair.
These Safes foim the most perfect security against
Fire and Burglars of any Safeevcr offered to the pub
lie. • O O
• 1*000 REWARD
Will be paid to any person that show that a Herrlag a O
Patent Champion Safe ever (ailed to preserve Its con •(_)
tents in an accidenta 1¿¡re.
c. HERRINU a CO., Manufacturera, 851
Broadway, corner Slurry it.. New York, and 59 and 54 ,
(iravier street. New Orleans.
Aoents—Miller, Montgomery a Co., Galveston, w
R. Wilson, Houston, ^xas. ianl<w3m^Q
SHANNON HOUSE,
INDIANOLA, TEXAS.
Situated on Water ttreet, next door to Mur
doclc' Livery Stable.
8 now open for the accommodation of Board- Aáíf .
era and the Traveling Public. The House B¡
is new and pleasantly situated on the beach. JlilL
There will be no pains spire i for the accommodai
of Patrons. Also, fresh mi He at all seaaoni of
year. Charges moderate. T. SHANNON.
octS3 * wly
MANSION HOUSE,
MRS. M. STEVEN8 .PaonuETuaae
(Corner of Main Street and Public Square,)
Opposite the New Wharf, formerly the City Hotel,
Indianola, Texaa.
THE PROPRIETRESS, having purchased this
comfortable and commodious House, aad refitted
it in style, is now ready for the reception of travelers
and boarders. The table will be equal to any in
Western Texas and superior to any in Indianola.
Great pains will be taken to render guests comfortable,
and th« charges will be moderate. Conveyance can
be had to any part of Texas. • oct lttwly
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Saddiery, Coacb and Plantation
HARDWARE, ©
LEATHER OF ALL KINDS,0
STRAND, GALVESTON, TEXAS.
of Pel
tai O
(A branch oi ihe manufacturing eatablisment
Hay den of New York.)
fjlHE undersigned is c ns^tly r*^vl^^fro«a^tb«
O
manufacturera, and will keep on band a full sup
ply of Saddlery, Coach and *^n^on^l^wartj l
y dew _ ~ "
Stirrups, Pad Tree*, I
¿very description, via: Snafhea,
s, Pad Traea, Saddle lie
eyea, TerreU, Bwivles, Trace
Bitta, Buckles, Biags
lives, Pad Screw , Cock-
Squarea, Breeching
SOUTHERN HAT MANUFACTORT.
A. PICKEBT tc CO.,
So. 73 Trent ont it., next South of J. A. Sauters\
Manufacturers, Importers, Wholesale and
Retail Dealers in
OF EVIRY STYLE AND DESIGN.
Hats'made to Order, Renovated and Shaped to the
Head. All hats purchased of us l re tail) will be kept
cleaned and in good order free of charge. We parti
cularly invite the attention of dealers to examine our
Stock and Prices, aa great inducements will be offered
thtm to purchase here. ocf23 wly
NEW GOODS
CHEAPER THAN ETER
GREAT ATTBACTION
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TBI FIRM OF
AT ATHENS, HENDERSON COUNTY. TEXAS.
TTAB just received afull and complete assortment
Xl of Goods of every description usually kept in any
store in Tezas, among which are
SUMMER, FALL AND WINTER STAPLE GOODS,
Ladies Fawcv Goods—a great variety,
iaJIm fancy Bonnets, Hats and Flats of alll
styles Gentlemen'sand ladies'Boots and Shoes _
—all kinds. Gentlemen's and youths' Hats and Cap
a large assortment.
Summer and Winter CLOTHING, including ladies'
Cloaks, Mantillas, Hoop Skirts, als with Bustles, Cor-
sets and everything in that line.
Gentlemen's and ladies Saddles, Bridles—Carriage
Harness, etc. Gold and Silver Watches and Jewelry
of every description. Hardware, Cutlery, and every
thing in that line.
China, Stone and Glassware. Also the usual supply
of Groceries. All of which will be sold at the lowest
■ for cash, or on time to punctual customers.
' Hides and all country produce tbat can be
available, will be taken in payment of goods.
I intend to make it 4he interest of all to purchase
from me. and my motto will be " quick sales and small
p^U." Call and see me. H.MORRIS,
i an30wly Athens. Henderson County
Notice.
TNFORMATION having been received, that certain
-L unauthorized persons pretending to act for the
estate of the late Henry 8heldon, of Rrooklyn, New
York, deceased, have attempted to contract for the
sale of lands, belonging to the estate of decedent, in
Texas, all persons interested are notified, that the
only persons authorised to act in relation to said
lands in Texas, are the administrator of said estate,
residing in Galveston, or the law firm of Tucker a
League, of that city ; and that the pretended contracts
of any other party relating thereto, will not be recog
nixed by the representatives of the estate.—New York
September36,1H60. JAS. W. DUNLOP.
C. V. R. GOODYEAR,
Executors of Henry
Sheldon, deceased, residents of New York.
PHILIP C. TUCKER.-jr.
Administrator, with
Will annexed, resident at Galveston. octl5dlt-w6t.
Clairvoyance •
MRS. 8WAN. Clairvoyant and Botanic Physician,
has returned from the interior of the state and re-
sumed her business over Messrs. Pickert A Co's Hat
store, Tremont street, where she will be happy to see
ber old patrons and others who may be disposed to
avail themselves of her services. It is unneccessary
to enter into detail in speaking of her abilities snd
success in the treatment of diseases as she is wall
known in Galveston. For particulars see band bills,
oct. 16 3t. r
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rigij¡)]jL¿RS can be supplied with harness, skirting
bridle, calf-skin, seating and russet Leather, draft and
bugicy Collars, brass aad silver plated Gig and Coach
Harness, Thread, Saddlers' Tool and every thing want
ed in the line. . ... „
CARRIAGE MAKERS supplied with Ben©
Spokes, Hubs, Felloes, Knsmel Cloth and allkiads
carriage trimming .
CARPENTERS supplied with a suppenor quality
of all kinds of Tools for their use. bench Screws, etc
PLANTERS supplied with Plantation Hardware,—
Hoea. Shovels, Plows, llamea, Oollara, Chaina, ew^
janl7wtf & B. 8PRAGLB.
wm. •*- nonas
Tjft LOR A MOORE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Crockett, Houston County, Texas,
WILL attend to all business entrusted to them in
Houston and adjoining counties. Will siso
practice in the Supreme, and Federal Courts at Tyljr-
r r. /-ii :..r U Viaaláiw JllnffP A M.
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PEELERS'
Patent Plow and Seed Planter.
TTNRIVALLED for simplicity, economy, andeas
vj of draught, is for sale at the Hardware Store of
J, P. Davis, Galveston.
The undersigned, attorney in bet for the assignee
of the Patentee for the entire state of Texas, except
the following forty-two counties, vis : Cook, Ander-
son, Limestone, MrOlennan, Freestone, Wharton,
Aroher, Young, Buchanan, Eastland, Brown, Coman-
che, Lampasas, Burnett, Coryell, Hamilton, Bosque,
Erath, Palo Pinto, Clay, Jack, Montague, Wise, Par-
ker, Johnson. Hill, Navarro, Bills, Tarrant, Denton,
Thousands are daily speaking in tbe praise of
DR. EATON'S
INFANTILE CORDIAL.,
And why ? because it neper fail* to afford inetan-
taneou* relief when given in time. It acts as if by
magic, and one trial alone will convince you that
what we say is true. It contains
No Paregoric or Opiate
of Sny kind, and therefore relieves by removing the
suffering* of your child, instead of by deadening it*
seneibiliUe*. For this reason, it commends itself as
the only reliable preparation now known for Chil-
deek Teethiko, Diareboea, Dysixterv, Grinnu in
the BowrLs, Acidity or the Stomach, Wind. Cold
m - tbe Head, and Caour ; also, for Softening the
Gums, Reducing Infiamation, Regulating tbe Bowels,
and relieving pain, it has no equal—being an anti
tpatmodic it is used with unfailing tuccee* in all
cases of Corvdlsiok oa other Fits. As you value
the life and health of your children, and wiah to save
them from those sad and blighting consequences which
are certain to result from the use of narcotics of which
all other remedies for Infantile Complaints are com-
posed, take none but DR. EATON'S INFANTILE
CORDIAL, this you can rely upon. It is perfectly
harmless, and cannot injure the most delicate infant.
Price, 3S cents. Full directions accompany each
bottle. Prepared only by
CHURCH it DCPONT,
No. 409 Broadway, New York.
3LOOD FOOD
To be Sold
A PLANTATION, with thirty fiv£)Negroes,
Washington count£ containing about 1. AID acr
of Land, good Dwelling House, Stoc* C'Ule, Sheep
Mares, etc., etc. ®
There sre about 450 acres In cultivation, with G:
Douse, Cotton Screw, etc , anAth (;nces aad appoint-
menta are ail of superior oraer, and within three
miles of the liest male mid female school in the Slat
1CP Apply to A. T. JAMEt, Galveston, Land
Agent, or to WOOD A POWER, ttaveston. janittw
H1AKBLE YAK .
THE undersigned beg to lnf< rm the pub* that we
have not told out, and bop.: we shall not soun-
der the necessity of so doing, and still aak for a |pars
of their patronage. We shall sell Monuments, Tombs
and Head and Foot Stones as well as all other-fclnd ol
marble-work aa cheap, and guarantee Ihe workus good
as any other dealer in the business in this or sny othei
State in tbe Union.
julyltstf _ A. ALLEN it CO.
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M1LLEK, MONTUOJIEB1' A CO.,
COTTON FACTORS, COMMISSION, FORWARDIN C
And Collecting merchants, O
Office, in J. Osterman's new Building, up stalra. 0
Galveston, Texas.
HEWITT, NORTON A CO.
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
New Okleaks.
Liberal Cash Advances made on consignments of ot
ton. Sugar, Molasses, Hides and other produce to
the above house by Miller, Montgomery A-^o-
HEWITT A CO. o
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, O
New Yobe.
Liberal Cash Advances made on consignments of C
ton. Sugar, Molasses. Hides and other produce ts 0
the above house by Miller, Montgomery ACo.
JAMES HEWITTl CO.,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Liverpool.
Cotton to the above house by Miller,Montgomery fc Co
Grayson. Collin, Dallas, Henderson, Vanzandt, Kanff-
ins, Rui
Cherokee.
Husk and
man. Hunt, Fannin, Lamar. Hopkins.
No one in the entire State of Texas (excepting in
the above 42 counties in which I have no control) has
any right to manufacture or sell the above Plow or
Seed Planter,but myself or those in writing, anthor
ized by me. I am determined to prosecute all infringe-
ments on the rights of assignees in the United States
Court to the utmost rigor of the law.
DAVID AYRES, Att'y for Assignees.
N. B. County rights for sale on accommodating
terms. octl6-ly D. A.
Dar and Night School.
THB undersigned, a graduate oi the Slate Univer-
sity of Alabama, and formerly a pupil of Dolbear's
Commercial College, at New Orleans, has opened a
SCHOOL AT GALVESTON. In a house on Church
Street, two Blocks east ot the Presbyterian Church,
where young men may receive a thorough business
education, or be prepared to enter College.
Bates of Tuition per month for day scholars. Pri-
mary Classes, 94 : Advanced Classes. S6 ; for Night
Scholars, from 3 to $5 per month, payable in advance.
Reterences—A. Cameron, Jas. Borley, A. S, Labu-
xan. octfl wly JACOB BRYANT.
FKESH '
HERMETICALLY SEALED
MATAGORDA BAY OYSTERS!
THE undersigned intend going extensively into the
business of putting up into hermetically sealed
cans
THE FINEST OYSTERS
that can be found in Mataookda Bay, and which are
justly celebrated as being the laKhbt and best sla
vored Oysters in the World.
These Oysters, when put up In this way, can be car
tied to all parts of the Globe, and be as fine flavored
and twelve months fresher than those Imported
from the North,and will be
Sold at New York Pricea.
We will be ready to fill orders about the 13th No-
vemberf
All orders must be addressed to Barkey Moo net,
Lavaca ; or, Bobsxt Clewekt, Ikdiamola ; who
will always be prepared to fill them.
BARNEY MOONBY, Lavaca
ctft:3m. J. J. HARRISON. Indiakola.
Healthy human blood upon being
ANALYZED
Always presents us with tbe same essential elements,
and gives of oourse the Tars Stahoaru. Analyse the
Blood of a person suffering from Consumption, L ver
Complaint, Dyspepsia, Scrofu a, Ac., and we find in
every instance certain deficiencies ii^tbe red globules
of blood. Supply the-e deficiencies, and j ou are made
welL The BLOOD FOOD is founded upon this theory,
hence Its astonishing success. There are
PITE PBEPABATlONS
to the deficiencies of the Blood in different dis-
eases. For Cocshs, Colds, Brohchitis, or any af-
fection whatever of the Throat or Lenas inducing
CoHscitraoif, use No. I, which is also the No. for De
ntassiON or Brians. Loss ot Aimitx, and for all
Cuaoaic Coktlaikts arising from Ovsa-csE, General
Debility,and Nervous Prostration. No. S, for Liver
Complaints. No. 3, for DvsrErsia.. Being already
ered for absorption it is Taker by Daors and car-
immediate ly into tbe circulation, so that what you
gain you rethin. The No. 4 is for Female Ikasor-
larities. Hysteria, Weaknesses, Ac. See special
directions for this. For Salt Rhecm, ExcmoNs,
ScRorcLocp, Kidney,snd BladderCoMrLAivra, take
No. 5. In all cases the directions must be strictly fol
lowed. Price of the Blood Food tl per bottle.
Sold by CHURCH A DCPONT,
No. 40C Broadway, New York.
And by H. L. C Aschoff and J. Hannay, Galveston.
And by all respectable Druggists throughout the
country. sprl7w—
Administrator' Notice.
T ÉTTEBS of Administration de boni* non on
J-A the Estate of Charles D. Sayrr. deceased, hav-
ing been this 10th October. I860, granted to the un-
dersigned, by the Hon. County Court of Galveston
County, (in lieu of T. O Wilson removed) all persons
having claims against said Estate, unapproved, will
presen' the same to me; and all business relative to
said Estate must be transacted with me only.
BDWABD T. AU8TIN.
octl9dAwfit Cor. Strand A SSd-st.. Galveston.
P. DAVIE,
neehanica* Tools,
BUILDERS' AND PLANTERS' HARDWARE,
COOKING AND PARLOR STOVES,
Kitchen Fnrnitnre,
("«UTLERY, Iron, Steel, Nails, Castings, Sugar and
Cauldron Kettles, Grind Stones, Force, Lift and
Chain Pumps, Brass Moan tings and Packing "
Steam; Paints. Glass, OU,Putty. Brashes, ItaTlH
Iron, Zinc and Antimony ; Wood, Willow, Biithala
and Plated Ware; Agricultural and Horticultural
Implements, Lamps, Globe , Pipes and Wlcks.Cio<
Ship Chandlery, Cologas and French Burr MIDSh
Axels, Springs, Hubbs, fee., Church aad Plantation
Bells, Bolting Cloth, Bonlen's condensed Milk in
sealed cans, Iron Pipe and Fittings for stem and |
Gas Meters, aad Lamp Fx tares.
Agent for Borden's Condensed Milk ; B. Hoe A
Co's. Circular Saws; Architectural Iron Works, X.
York; Troy Bell Foundry.
N. B. Iron Pipe cut aad fitted to order for steam
ostVMfcw
REED'S OSCILLATING
ENGINES AND BOILERS!!
rpaBflS Bngtaes we leeonmod to the publics* the
-a- aaBx,CHEAFarrand host acoeoucALof any now
in use. Tbey do not require a practical engineer to
run then, as we dispense with nany pieces heretofore
4eeawdaccessary,vis: CroesHeads,Connecting
Bnnsaliln, Bock Shafts. Ac., Ae, earing the annual
sapease ef an engineer, as any negro can tun them.—
TW^ are fully guaranteed in every respect. Sises from
< to IS horse power, either portable or separate;
Irsa IS ts 100 horse power, separate.
Celebrated Cotton Fan or Cleaner
By the use of these a planter can asvo all his dirty
dusty and storm Cotton, aad enhance ths vsiaeof hia
whole crop from 1 to 4 eta. per pound, and send clean
asttsu to market. Price #275—folly guaranteed.
Lsvejey's Anti-Friction Cotton
PRESS.—Tbe best Cotton Picas la use tbe cheapest
and best adaptad to plantation use in the United States;
guaranteed to pack from 40 to Mbeüee per day. Tbey
will peck a «OÍ pound bale down to Minche . Prioe.
ooasplete, ready to put up in a few hour , $350. Price
of atoas, with fall directions t$0dt, A sample press
at all tinjas in New Orleans.
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7* R. WITHERS, General Commission Mercha
Ja Houston, Texas, will give prompt attention to t
:lling and shipping of Cotton, Hides, Wool, P/nar
c. Will attend to the jpurcbaaing of supplies^fh
accompanied by Cash or Produce. apMi
p A. BEHRMAN, Wholesale and Retail Dealer,
vT> in Draga, Medicines, Chemlcala, Perfumery,!
Patent Medicine, etc. |
Orders punctually attended to, and goods warranted
IS be of the best quality. My set St., Galveston. [apr4
- W. BlVkLKT cralu.es 10rveix,
BICKLEVA NOBVfcLL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW—RICHMOND, TEX^g.
w. h. eer &dmond eer
W. H. KEB A SON, ®
RECEIVING, FORWARDING AND COMMISSION
Merchante, ^
nov21) Lavaca. Texas. [wt
HIRAM CLOSE,
Galveston Steam Engfie Works,
(Established in 1844.)
GALVESTON, TBXA8.
VTANUFACTCRER of Steamboat, Portable aad
- 'I Stationary Steam Engines and Boilers, Cotton
Gins, Sugar Mills, etc. Iron and Bran Castings of sny
CHAS. W. K1ÑNE,
site made to order,
novlwtf
GEOBGC MASON, Attorney at Law, Office oe Post
Offioe street, near Tremont street. Galveston,
apgTw
TEXAS MILITARY INSTITUTE,
at a dteisv1lle,
/COMMENCES its session on Monday, the 24th of
Vy January. College year—forty weeks—divided into
two sessions, ending Jupe. Holiday of two days at
Christmas.
Tuition—Collegiate, <50 per session, or $10} per
year ; Preparatory, B30 per session ; (English studies
oaly,) B00 per year.
LiaaaaT Fund—(9 per year ; Board, $12 per month,
Deluding fuel and washing.
Payments—Advance each session, invariably.—
Stock—cattle, horses or sheep—taken in payment of
Tuition and Board : debts not allowed.
CanaTa—Twelve years old, snd passing examination
In reading, writing and arithmetic, through the ground
rules, may enter.
Dress—Uniform to be had at the Institute.
Add km, C. G. FORSHEY,
1 jaall,'60 1yw] Rutersville. Texas.
THESE Springs are situated in the North-western
part of Tyler county, an elevated, piney ccuntry
Trier üprlaga
(•rings
Tyler
beautifully undulating, picturesque and healthy. D
H Smith, the Proprietor, has erected a spacious build
ag for tbe reception of visitors either for health or
pleasure. The water as yet has not been analysed,
nut is evidently White Sulphur, combined w! Ih other
ingredients, which have already rendered it celebrated
as a remedy for chronic affections, such as diseases of
tbe Kidneys or Liver, Rheumatism. Dyspepsia, Schro-
fula. Erysipelas mercurial and cutaneous affections
of every variety, it has proved sovereign in all se-
cret disc «se .
Persons residing on the coast and elsewhere, are in
formed that stages from Liberty and many other por
tious of Texas, run to Woodville, distant from this
place 18 asiles, from this a hack, will be run daily to
Woodville,dnring the season; Tbe proprietor can ob
•n any cumber of certificates from Physicians and
thergentlemen of high standing, as to the curative
propertteyof the Water. • D. R. SMITH,
majS4wly Proprietor.
The Elndeey Force Pump.
We guarantee this to be the best pump in use. Pumps
are now in use in wells 120 feet deep.
Many other patents on hand. State and County
rights of the above, and other patenta for nle.
THOS. J. 8PBAB A CO.,
Patent Machine Agency, 42 Gravier at.,
mylt wly New Orleans.
FR SALE—100 bbls of Lime 5 puncheon Bay
Bun, just received per brig B. Churchman.
iulySS WBGMANN A PARIZOT.
CITY HOTEL,
W. H. EDWARDS. Paonttrroa,
1* situated mi the Watt tide of the Public Square
CROCKETT, TEXAS.
lLr" His Motto : " Trt it Once." _TTT
ectS-wly
Protection Engines.
TXTHO Would not buy a Pire Engine T Plantation
* v Engine from $50 to 150.
Persons having good buildings or gin houses should
have one of Cowing A Co's., Protection Engine .
The $50 Engine, one man power, throws one bar-
rel of water.per minute, 80 feet.
The Plantation Engine $ 150 can be worked effective
ly by three nen and throws half inch stream 100 ft.
P. 8 MILLBB A 00..
Agent for Cowing A Co's Pire Engines and Hoae,
lift aad force pump of all sixes. sep3-wtf
Liberal CCaah Advan&s made m consignments of
rfcC.
octS#y
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GW. McMAHAN A CO.,—(G. W. McMahan, Gal
• veston ; T J. Sanford. Wharton county.)—COT
TON FACTORS AND COMMISSION MBBCHANTS
Strand, Galveston, Texas. TTr* Office in Ruhn'
Building. mari&dlm-wly
E. A H. SCHMIDT,
Importers of
HARDWARE^ CUTLERY,
GINS, fcc.,
IETÍIGN OF THB LARGE PLAJOt, _TTI
sepl3) Main Street, Hocston, Texas. iwtf
Texas Land Certificntee.
ACRES each, of the Ilarriaburg Railroad (¿1
vlW Will patent to assignee, and can be sub-divid-
ed to suit' locators. A constant supply on hand to sul t
applicants. GEO. BUTLBR,
marl3w2m Galveston.
•lOOO ate ward. G
STEPHEN G. KENNEDY, a tall nan, with black
eyes and black hair. In company with a little girl,
eight years of age. named Llxxie, and a woman with btaa(:
eyes and enrly aufbrn hair, left Memphis oa the 8tb
of March, a. d., I860, with six stolen negroes: One
man named Joe. very black, aged 25 year*, two girls
named Hagar and Amy, aged fifteen and twelve year ,
rather small for their ages : ons nocro woman, rather
dark, named Mary Ann, aged nineteen ysars. with a
bright mulatto infant, three year of age, and one ne-
gro child named Laura, aix y err of age. The woman
accompanying Kennedy 1 not hi wife, jEboogh be
travel with her aa such. She is a gram widow whose
.real aame s believed to be Mrs-Calhoun. She has re ^
sided in Centraba and Chicago, Illinois. She paased
here under the name of Mias Marion 0. Hatcj£> She
has several cuts on ber right arm above the elbS*.
The man Kennedy has no shadow of title to tbe De-
groe in any way whatever. Tbey are olely tbe prop-
erty of his wife, who hereby caution* all persone
against trading for tbem.
Tbe above reward «rill be paid by the Injured wife ol
Stephen Kennedy and bereaved mother of the little
girl, for any positive information of ths whereabouts
of tbe child and negroes; or five hundred dollars for
the whereabouts of either of tbem.
aprlTwSt M. T. KENNEDY.
a. 1. osaoRN teaoce.
/~\8BORN, A TEAQUE, Attorneys aad Counselor
V-S st Law General Land and Collecti]^ Agenta,
finan, Texas. Will practioe tn and ad
joining counties. All business atrusted to their care
will receive prompt attention
O" Offioe on ths corner of Washington aad Grov
■beets. febl4-wly
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PEEL, DIJMBLE * CQm*
WOOL AND COTTON FACTOR
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General Commission and Fokwardino Nercb
Strand, Galveston.
PARTICULAR attention given to Wool and Cotton
-1- Advances made on shipments to New Osteans
New York Ronton and UwmW IsnwSt/
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REGULAR PACKET
BETWEEN GALVK8TON, SABINE PASS. B^U
MONT, BUBNS' BLUFF, ORAJTOE,
AND ALL INTERMEDIA TE LANDINGS.
THB sloop MABGABBT JANE, J. John-^*
son. master, of 21 tonsburtben. plys regu ^Bfen
larly as above, and takes freight and pangagers at
moderate rates. Apply to Captain on boaHf or. in his
abseac^ to SAM MAAS.
iunew-wly 0 Strand, Gaivestfc.
I a Iran i
^Pll . ... JiiiMiiiimigijiii
tewidim-wtf 1 attention.
MJLtífi, MÓftTfloioKf'
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