The Goliad Express (Goliad, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 32, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 14, 1857 Page: 1 of 4
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| For the (jolmd Express.
0*!.¿~!p my peregrinations in
Jtb, not a hunched miles from
«picturesque village, so quietly
' in its beautiful, evergreen bower of
live-oaks, T chanced to be presjttit at the
close of a female school. The occasion was
not a " public examination," yet there were
present a nu:
of the "Instituí?
who like myself, always attend, wbefl con-
veiiieut, to scrutinize the care with which
thoee delicate Southern bud* of promise
have been cultivated. The larger girls were
\ culled out to rend their "compositions," pre-
pared for the occasion ; and the smaller giris
to recite appropriate little pieces, generally
of poetry, which they had memorized.—
J?ayh one performed well her part, until at
the call of I he Principal for " Anna O'Neal,"
h little girl, some seven or eight year
Klx advanced and, ascended
liere was something touchingjy sad in her
appealanee and movements—her dark brown
hair was neglected, her dress coarse and not
well fitted, her shoes were large and heavy,
indeed every thing about Iter bespoke an
orphan who had no mother to care for her.
She attempted to smile as she turned to face
V the audience, but it was but too plain that
the emptioiis of her heat t were not in unison
wtyli the effort. It was a vain struggle to
her real feelings. She commenced
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stippn
with _
nqw, *
was very young ^ ...
But her voice faltered, and soon her emo-
tions entirely choked her utterance. Avert-
ing hér face, she raised her little faded apron
st the big tears as they, sprang from
blue eyes and chased each other
melancholy cheeks. A few mo-
stood silent to overcome her feel-
mfdry her tears—then proceeded, as
best «lie could, to finish' her task.
Redlining her seat, the tears she could no
longer suppress, she could at least hide from
spectators, by burying her face between hel-
arme as she leaned on the back of a seat;
liut the pent up grief shook her delicate
'fvnme, and she sobbed as if her little heart
«ere breaking. I turned to sec if others
Wére affected as myself by the scene before
.. Who could be otherwise ?
learned that^Annie was an orphan whose
parents had moved into the neighborhood
• some yean before, and that her mother ¡ui
intelligent soon after died, feaVing
only child, little Annie, on whom she
bestowed much care, for oné in her cir-
cumstances, to an intemperate father. He
Soon committed his charge to the hands of
ftiangers and left to wander to parts un-
known. I also learned that Annie, was a
ge title affectionate child, and had tenderly
jove4 bar mother while living; and that
now, whenever a spirit mother and lonely
orphan are the subjects of her thoughts, her
itive nature only relieves itself by
tears. RAMBLER.
It Cab?— THe"Wasbii gtou Un-
Uni
m6st*"cMii
tellect. Indeed very*
ena known to exist in connexion wit!
and matter, are at present not Understood.- —1
We know that matter is governed by cer-
tain laws; but the modus operandi of kumrvn
laws is often incomprehensible—at leasi^m
the present imperfect state of the sciences.
Light is a well known agent, or, property,
the physical universe; but whether it is
composed of material particles, which are
thrown off from a luminous body,,and pen-
etrates space with a velocity of two hundred
thousand miles per second, or is **Iy the
effect of vibrations produced on eye by
an undulatory motion of a material but ex*
ceedingly subtle fluid, which to" support this
theory must fill all spade, the scientific
world have not yet determined. Sir Isaac
Newton adduced the tornar, or "corpus-
cular" theorv : whil« the Initur Af W nttrlii.
in tlie Supreme Court of the
of Scott and others, involv-
ing the question of the question of the
power of Congress to pfofiibit slavery in the
Tarritories of the Untied States is
of greater importance, or oiee in Uia^jr existo in
which such a general and deep interest is
piiscular theory was discarded because it
would not explain some; of the phenomena
known to exist, and is'liable to this1 objec-
tion, viz : If light be material particles, then
like the,roBjB that imparts^ ito-odqwiApar-.
tides to the surrounding atmosphere the
source must ^become exhausted, and dark-
ness again enshroud the world, and chao*,
reign supreme 1 <
To prevent this calamity Newton supposed
ral lights was convert into particles of
light and sent on errands of mercy to warm
and faliffkkn the* worlda. •• : ••• t"'
Again, if .ligh t be material particles what
becomes of tnem i No theorising- philoso-
pher has ever provided for their return; to
supply the ever continued wasting of the
original stock. Even comets, if they ate
not "new creations," would give out inn
period "short of eternity." '<•}
The " undulatory " theory saves the sun
from Wasting itself to give us light, hut sub-
stitutes a ' hypothetical medium called the
" luminiferous ether" pervading all space,
the undulations of which produce en the
eye, from four to seven hundred millions of
vibrations'per secohd. '
This ether is supposed to be material; and
propogates light exactly as air dots sound,
or as uni jlations are propogated by water,
when a pebble is dropped into it. The diffi-
culties of this theory are the following:—
How this material fluid is set in motion.--
It cannot be merely the agitation produced
by a body passing through it. If so, one
body of the same size would propogftte as
much light as another, and the light of-'the
moon would possess the same properties as
suns. If light is corninumcated by a burn-
ing body, which is _ ¿rally received
hypothesis, and is certainly the case in most
instances of artificial light, why is thejna-
.terial not consumed? It is possible, a has
íteen demonstrated by galvanic batteries, that
under certain circumstances a body may re-
tain its density and bulk under the action of
extreme heat; but if there be, in this case,
no waste of the body itself, there is probably
a very great consumption of the supporters
of combustion, extracted from the atinbs-
phere ; so that unless some way be provided
for the reproduction of these, as is done on
our earth by the process of vegetation, thev
must fail at length to supply the demand,
and the "stability of the solar- 4'* 1 * ~
endangered. But the most sei
to the ucdulatorv theory is fouu
to a late writer (Dr. Leedum,
nia,) in the American Journal of
Science, in the structure of the eye. Dr.
Leedum affirms that no anatomist ever yet
discovered any arrangementn the ejre, such
found in the ear, by which the undú|at«ry
theory of aourn.. ^
be
ie least degmenr si
centripetal, f>nce or
itatiob lessen their %rbits until «he u^aT-
Jést planet falls into the sun—the greatpt-
traotiiig pontiH of the solar system? Then,
}W«ífe!iJi| g U> nil the knowu laws of physics,
the-moment mercury is addud to the already
controlling body would a general revolution
take, place in the system.
Orbits would be suddenly contracted, the
bodies of the planets condensed, and new
velocities acquired; all organized beings
would cease to exist, and the planets would
enter upon a new cycle, until this resisting
substance would again produce a like result
atld so on, until the remote Uranus is swall
lowed up—then the mighty globe, e pluri-
bus unum, would rolt oti in solitary gran-
deur, still acted upou by the destroying ether
until *all matter is conglomerated into the
great central sun of the universe !
" C. w. c.
(To be continued.)
[From the N. O. Picayune.
Memo ry.
Wandering on the shores of memory,
Gathering up the fragments, cast
By the surging waves of feeling,
From the ocean of the past.
Here a shell, ihere a pebblp,
With its edges worn away
By the rolling of the waters—
J&lbe dtj8l)imr nf thnj
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m
v
did edifice in
Catholio Churfifvl took íhy fcay
The river flowed on smoothly
reflecting back the stars whi '
'down from Ileayen. I rec
and passing tip the street u<
not over-well lit up, and where
already beut with years, Was preaching
goodly audience. I passed iii and sat dctwnT
I was too late to know from' what part of
holy writ his text was taken; . but h« was
discoursing against siu and all its aliurewents.
Amongst other things, he spoke as near a* I
can recollect as follows: . , it ,
"I have stood up for many years to ad
rnonish men to avoid sin and to lead holy
lives. In' early life, feeling my proneness to
sin, and having become satisfied tljjit my
soul would be irrecoverably lost if X did not
it
slief in an imiülortal soul
Jelusioii, it can
Some He smooth, an3 mi
Others, sharp iihd freshly scattered.
Wound when taken in the han'*.
Qere are wrecks of by-gone treasures,
, Garnered in our early years ;
Gathered now in hidden oiiverns,
Crusted with the salt of tears,
Every hope, and every sorrow, ^
That, the world has ever known;
Vessels launched in youth's bright houri
On this shady beach are thrown.
Here are pleasure boats, thpt glide
,0!er smooth waters" for awhile;
There rich argosies of feeling,
Freighted with a kiss or smile.
Joy that ,vanished, 'ere 'twas tasted,
_ Is but seu weed, with, spray; ,
Eagerly we seek to grasp It—r.
Lo! its beantiet fade away;
Floating in thó distant future
It was dipped with, rqinbov?. dyes,
But upon the sands of mem'rjr,
Now iu tangled masses lies.
Here arp wrecks of early friendships,
Living onjy in the past;
Vessels which were far too fragile
To withstand misfortune's blast.
By them nobler harks are lying—
B >rks that weathered every gale,
till on tieath their life boats shattered,
They wore never known to fail.
Round about are remnants lying,
Of the oargocs which they bore,
• And on eacb, these words are
" Friend, we've on'jr gon
Oh, it giv -s both pain and pleasure,
To reflect that when we die,
Shattered on the sands of Mem'ry,
We,in other hearts will lie.
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IBpHH ■ . .. preacb
told us of sin,' and of, iU,jBp.ij8«quence8, arid
that God wonld not look upon sin with the
least allowance. I returned to my home and
entering my room sought reli^f in prayer,
and then sought rest Sleep refused ^ veil
my eyelids. I lay waiting for day to d*wn,
when a lethargy came upon me. I dream
diere were frowning thuuder clouds
e whole heavens—low mu
in the distance—a 1m
misty darkness—the thunde
proached nearer and neitrer—menjell
in terror and hid tbeir focal —tl
opened—light ineffable filled the UMavent
above, clothing the aperture with iriore
golden splendor—an nwful peal of th
throughout the vast concave—^thef
shook and trembled—vrdcani^fires died
An Angelic form appeared for a moment
h ivering over this celeotial door. when down
towards the earth she-took her fearfiO flight
—down to the realms of darkness,—forever
fallen,-^—cast out forever from heaven. An
awful silence followed. Then that voice,
which speaketh from eternity to eternity,
proclaimed, "Sin cannot dWell in heáven|
let it not dwell on earth."
"Again the thunder rolled, shtfkirig the
earth to itacentre, and teVetfctfratfttg through-
out all apace. Darkness again assumed do-
minion and the «cene was closed. l 'Bwotasi
and though year* have passed since thfi
majestic view passed befort) My dreamy in-
tellect, and this form now bends forward to
its mother earth, silently aiskitig her to
ceive me to; her bosom, still.that nwful '
ion standB before ipe in all il
nificence, and those sottpds.
dwell in heaven^ let it not dwell on eai
stiU continue their solemn and warning
'tmpn my car. It is <M's decree—let
taU hear it and obey*", ; *
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nent, Jehovn
gtiili" £
over obst^cleh whioh to fevery other delusion
of the kind have proved iu uperable. Other
delusions have shuuned investigation and
' id themselves in darkness aiu| mystery ;
is has courted inquiry, and challenged in-
ttigation from every quarter. Other de-
isf^fis have obtained the belief only of the
ignórant and superstitious, or of those who
d not caliuTy investigated them; this hai
tai lied its most sitial victories O^er th^
ost learned, the farthest removed from st}*
ion, and over those who httve ttodtl
tháWf^ly
the m<
the eai
I k; -t,
ceeded
Other d
their votai
manifestec
proofs a*
the cofa vert?
1
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informed themselves cono<
Other deluiion's hav<
the eloquence of fanati
1 of believers; thishaspi^
kiiil , «... i. !\U . "
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mptlyto the unbellét
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prompt the
lien, in an
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CAUTtow.—A young child in Bal
recéntly gót hóld of a box of friction mal
és and ate their ends off. It wps soon
seixed with spasms, an¿l notwithstanding
eve rything tliat medical aid .could advii^
was done, the little sufferer died next morn-
ing.
Iberville
LoUisiaka Spoa* Cajtb.—The
Sentinel says: We have been' informed by
gentleman, who has given hie attention to
the subject, that the tugar crop of our par-
ish, the past yew will not exceed 8S0O
hogsheads, which is lftssllf 1600 bogabeads
of being a quarter of the usual yield. ' wi
e supposed
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the1
«k
jws wÚich ¿bey Bavé
teem with the old argumento* ¿if
deists, ludicrttys enough when i
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Wiggington, A. M. The Goliad Express (Goliad, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 32, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 14, 1857, newspaper, January 14, 1857; Goliad, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth178747/m1/1/: accessed May 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.