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THE LEDGER.
Office on Commerce Street newiy
Navarro House.
opposite
SAN ANTONIO.
THURSDAY. JANUARY 16. 1851.
Anticipated Revolution is Meiiaol
By the arrival of several Mexicana from
Monterey, we gather the following partic-
i ulars as to the state of affairs in that city
— i and adjacent country. Wc have received
Texiw Appreciation of the Agency of the
American Sunday-School Union.
Some time since, the Sunday-school
Journal mentioned, that a gentleman in
(Georgia who had the control of a certain
' no information from other sources to cor-! *rail™ad, had given to one of the agents of
roboratc these statements, but doubt not the American Sunday-school Union, a free
foft coxghem PROM THE wEHTKF.M DlSTRJCT,
• they are true in their general features, passage*any where on his line. This was
From these accounts it appears that the noble for the good old State of Georgia !
people of Monterey, and eastward of that! Recently the agent of the American
VOLXEY E. HOW ARD, j city to thc Rio Grande) have long been ! Sunday-school Union for Texas, was ten-
OF ABÍ AXTONIO. j wear¡eJ of the exact¡ons and oppressions j dered hJ the contractor of an extensive
^ the miUtar^ aud haye been desirous to ; line of stages in this State, a free passage
83- We publish this week, in the ab- • imhatc thfi eVainpIe of Xcxa3 and throw j any time he might be disposed to travel on
thc ab-
sence of our regular New Orleans mail, j Mexiün yoke^ They have lately | his route- The contractor and the agent
a somewhat lengthy story f*om the Flag ^ ¡q arm8 in'Monterey and overpow.; are both old Texians, and have long been
of Our Union. W e hope it will be ac- ^ ^ miütarv autl)0rit¡es The cele-' acquainted with each other.
ccotable to our readers.
brated Canales, whose former career is j
Failed Again —Yis, the mail for last j well known at least to the people of Texas.!
Saturday night failed to bring us our New j has espoused the side of the people, and is
Orleans and other exchanges from the j probably the leader of the popular move-
ment. Such has been his past character,
States. This happens so great a portion
, of the time, that we are unable to give but
little of the current news from other parts
of the world. Wiry it is that we are almost
totally deprived of mail facilities, we are by thc Mexicans, that in the usual style of
unable to say; bat we feel the effects in a Mexican warfare, he has put to death some
peculiarly unpleasant mraner. We have/^&uiteen or fifteen officers wlifohad fallen
complained iñffft afc^ ****** The peó^irfer saia to
without producing any beneSeial re*-*8.¡ t>e triumphant in Monterey. An attempt
We hope, however, that when the new j was also made to get up a revolution at, or
arrangement of Mr. Saltmarsh goeiintoj in the vicinity of, Camargo, which failed,
effect, we can be indulged with a more
frequent mail than ha9 fallen to our lot
for some time past.
Thanksgiving Day.
As we to-day publish the Proclamation
of the Governor, setting apart the first
Thursday in March as a day of Thanks-
Silas Wright.
The following s|ld ress, deliveitd by
Gen. Wool upon tharecent completim of
a monument to SilasWright. does thai dis-
tinguished statesman no more than jus-
tice.
Fellow Citizens—
It is a custom universal amongrt
all nations, when a great man dies to do
HYDROPHOBIA.- .
M. Buisson has written fo' the Paris
Academy of Sciences, to claim as his,
a small treatise on hydrophobia, ad-
dressed to the academy so tar back as
1836, and signed with a single initial.
The case referred to in that treatise
was his own. The particulars, and
the mode of ««re adopted, were as
something to honor his memory and to iuAfollows: He had been called to visit
struct posterity of "bis virtues. In such
cases the pages of the historian have nev-
er been sufficient to satisfy the common
desire. Hence m^umcnts, in all ages,
have been erected to the memories of he-
roes, statesmen, patriots and others, who
have performed gr« actions or rendered
great services to theur country. In thus
transmitting to poáferity the names and
| woman. Who, for three days, was
id to be suffering under this disease,
rhad the usual symptoms—con-
tion of the throat, inability to
swallow, abundant secretion of saliva,
and foaming at the mouth. Her
neighbors said that she had been bit-
ten by a mad dog about forty days be-
The Suspended Five Million* j NokthCaroljíía.—-In the North Car-
nrn,« Washington correspondent of ¡ olina Legislature & joint legislative com.
the Philadelphia North American, re- i mittee of eighteen, to which the slavery
,' . • opma(] m-ia em bar- question was refered, has introduced re-
ferring to what in regard to the solutions whic'i affirm the right of secession;
rassment of Texas, in
rctósiiicui ui i™*-' mííH ins which recommend tuat toe repeal or essential
distribution of the five m"¡J> , modifiattion of the fugitive law be declared
is to be retained in the ilea- ii y ja canse for final action," and that the South-
¥T until releases are ttieie ¡— a*a¿ca lltiite in demanding the rccog-
by Congress of the right of the
the U. States, until releas
filed by that class of the creditors of
Texas, to whom the duties on imports
were pledged, savs that the w ntei is
well acquainted with the purpose of
the author of the bill, and that the ob-
that there is a probability he will betray) g^ing throughout the State, we doubt not
the cause he has espoused, should a favor-
able opportunity present itself. It is said
23-At New York 011 the 30th ult, 3,000
bates fair Orleans cotton sold at 14 3-4c.
tCJ?" The German girl who was captured
by the Indians last fall, near Black Point,
has returned to her friends.
£3 The fjierman brig Joan Frederick,
laden with emigrants for Texas, reached
the pass on the 29th of Deqainbcr.
Jeepinb
Jd^The New Orleans papera contradict
thc report that the cholera was prevailing I
in that city.
53"* The Huntsville Item, states that the
a negro slave recently condemned to the
Penitentiary, has arrived at that place.
£C!r* Maj. James Kerr, one of the first
settlers of Texas, died at his residence in
Jackson county on the 25th ult., aged 60
years and 3 months.
JE5=*A number , of planters with their
families and servant^rf&oonting in all to
eighty persons, recei^^arrived at Galves-
^ton from Wilmington, North Carolina.
Irove of 400 head of pork hogs
^Austin on the Gth, from Cald-
fy, and were readily disposed of
5eT^éfi*d.
jtfig
join}
profift-
ralveston, has been
appointelTby his Excellency, Gov. Bell, to
superintend the selection and transmission
of articles from Texas, intended for the
Great Industrial Exhibition in 1852, at
London.
ÍE^The Galveston and Brazos Canal
"Company have contracted with Mr. Brad-
bury for the completion of the entire work
for the sum of sixty thousand dollars. The
canal is to be ready for navigation by the
first off January, 1852.
The County Court of Starr county,
at a special session held to try the contest-
ed election between John H. Lund*and
Peter Dowd for the Chief Justiceship, has
set aside the election and ordered a new
one to fill the vacancy. The functions of
the office have been exercised by Mr. Dowd.
and many of those engaged in it had
sought safety in Texas. They believe,
however, that the attempt will soon be
renewed with better success. Such is the
substance of the information we have been
enabled to obtain. We cannot vouch for
thc truth it. We are of opinion, however,
that 110 doubt exists as to civil convulsion
being prevalent in Mexico. Whether got-
ten up by the wily Canales, to forward his
ovn selfishes and ambitious purposes, or
whether it is the result of the late Presi-
dential electiou, or has really been pro-
duced by the oppressions of the military
and a desire to imitate thc example of
Texas, it would be difficult to say. But
whatever may be the causes which have
occasioned it, it may possibly, in the end,
deprive Mexico of her north-eastern prov-
inces.
the subjoined extract from the Picayune
giving the orgin of this custom in this
country, will prove new and interesting to ! unborn will be elicited, to rival toe great
; _ j deeds which are thua commemorated I
part in offering a
^e memory ofei great
From El Paso.
By late arrivals from El Paso we are
furnished with intelligence by which it
would appear that the Boundary Commis-
sion have made an unpromising commence-
ment of their labors. Many of them were
inexperienced in the ways of life in the
wilderness, and are now repenting their
temerity in venturing upon scenes to
which they were unaccustomed. Insub-
ordination and difficulties of various kinds
have occurred to throw a gloom over the
commencement of the expedition. They
suffered on the route from a scarcity of
provisions and forage^—-•> ^ ^
—43$&£aid that Co'I.^Sj.Mellan, the*com-
mander of the escort, had left the expedi-
tion and gone onward in advance to El
Paso, for which it^l^saitl he has been ar-
rested. Many attached to the expedi-
tion have been discharged and will proba-
bly return.
We hope that we shall soon receive more
ample information from that quarter with
regard to the situation and prospects of
the Commission. We should deeply re-
gret that any unfortunate combination of
circumstances should destroy the efficien-
cy of an expedition which would have been
of such importance to the United States.
many of our readers:
"The origin of Thanksgiving day in ¿lis
country is not perhaps as well known here "a*
farther North. Wetind a brief account of it in
Hutchinson's History of Massachusetts. It was
in the winter of 1630. The colonists a: Boston,
Salem, Medford, Roxburv, Charlestown, «See.
were preparing the materials on the Gth of De-
cember to fortify the neck of land between Boston
and Roxbury. They afterwards laid that plan
aside and agreed on a place about three miles
above Charlestown, and most of them engaged
to build houses there the next year. On the 24th
of December the cold came nn with violence.
Such a Christmas Eve ihey had never seen before.
'From that time to the 10th of February, 1631,
their chief care was to keep themselves warm
and as comfortable in other respects as their
scant provisions would permit. The poorer sort
were much exposed, lying in tents and miserable
hovels, and many died of the scurvev and otaer
distempers. They were so short of provisions
that many were obliged to live on clams, muscles
and other í-hell fish, with ground nuts and acorns
instead of bread. A good man who had asked
his neighbor to a dish of clams, after dinner re-
turned thanks to God, who had given them to
suck of the abundance of the seas and of the
treasure hid in the sands. They had appointed
the 22J of February, 1631, for a fast; but on
the 5th, to their great joy, the ship Lyon, Capt.
Pierce, one of the previous year's fleet, returned,
laden wifh provisions from England, which were
distributed according to the necessities of the peo-
ple. They turned their fast into thanksgiving.'"
from the Union Sunday School. To im-
press on all, the importance of education :
to show the necessity of it in all the rela-
tions of life; to create a thirst for infor-
mation in the breasts of the young, and
convince the old of their duty to encourage
it, are among the objects and offsets of the
Sunday-School Agency. It is because
these labors do not always immediately
produce fruit, and also because more has
beeu accomplished than meets the eye of
the casual observer, that we compliment
Mr. B. on the success of his laudable ef-
forts in behalf of education.
[Galveston Jour.
says—
deeds of the illustijbus dead, it is only i fore. A.t her own urgent entreaties, j interested, or lavoraole to
yielding to the inhwent propensity of a! she was bled, and died
common nature, displayed alike iu the J after, as was expected.
rude tumulis of the barbarian, and in the' -- -
grave-yards, cemetries and classic monu-
ments of modern ages. This propensity
ought not to be discouraged or neglected,
for the sorrows of living friends and rela-
tives are soothed by such posthumous hon-
ors and the emulatitm of generations yet
ern States
nition
Southern people to colonize the territories
of the United States, or a division of the
same between the two sections.
A biH has been in troduccd ¡11 thc House
icct was to make the accounting offi- j providing for lajing the tan of 10 per Kllt
nfthoTT S Treasury th3 auditor lor, on all goods ou Mle in t ic States on tho
(Sougl«-to-b,) ut of January. ISS2,andtl,crcafter.„ntl,e
privilS class ol claims against Tex-: cat.rp amount of salc^annnally;
as. The writer, who is ev
inst Tex-' entire amount of sale annually; but ou
evident! V proof that the said goods are the product
ihnse whb 'ofany slaveholding States, or of foreign
j countries, the said tax shall not be collect.
M. Buisson, who had his hands cov- ■ '-It is difiicult to understand, vv
ered withblood, incautiously eleansed; Texas has to do with the five ninlions
them with a towel which had been j which have been appropriated foi t.ns
used to wr>e the mouth of the pa-; particular purpose. And it may be
tient. He then had an ulceration up-i doubted whether Texas lias any au-
on one of his fingers, yet thought it j thority to interfere in the liquidation
saflicient to wipe off the saliva that ad-
hered with a little water. The ninth
day after, being in his cabriolet, lie
was suddenly seized with a pain in
atex
liant bodies, gave him a painful sensa-
tion; his body appeared to him so
light that he felt as though lie could
leap to a prodigious height. He ex-
perienced, he said, a wish to run and
bite, not men, but animals and inani-
mate bodies. Finally, he drank with
Education in Texas.
In Texas, perhaps, more than any other
State in the Union, in proportion to her
population and means, there is a fixed de-
termination to have the rising race proper-
ly educated ; this feeling is manifested in
the encouragement of schools, even in very
sparsely peopled sections, as well as in the
remarkable success of the American Sun-
day-School Union. From what we can
learn from our exchanges, and from our
own personal observation, the agency
of the Union has been more successful in
this State than elsewhere. The agent, Mr.
James Burke, has, by his energy and per-
severance, done more than we could believe
a single individual capable of accomplish-
ing, not only for Sunday-schools, but for
education generally. In a new country
like this, the information imparted to a
child is not half the benefit -that results^ ¿ijs chief^jiviser.^eyorlfíd oyer.
am here to perform
tribute of respect
and"got)fl SS:3«W^rísí<vI>.is tiiroat, mid oui
tinguished in the Councils of the United eyes. The saliva ""was
States. Ilis rise and progress in life in- pouring into his mouth; th
dicate in a striking manner the peculiar j 0f a current of air, the
advantages of American institutions.
lie was born in the State of Massachu-
setts, and educated at Middlebury College.
His mind was early developed, and receiv-
ed its first training in the town of Wey-
bridge, and it was the good fortune of New
York especially, but also of the whole
Union, to enjoy the fruits of its maturity.
He reached the high stations by the unsup-
ported force of his own merit and talents.
The son of a farmer of humble means,
with no train of family connexions or
wealthy friends to aid or assist him, with
no historical associations clustering around
the names of his ancestry, he placed him-
self in a remote part of the State of New
York, and there, as a lawyer, pursued the.
noiseless tenor of his way, until the people,
with much unanimity, called him into
public life as the true representative of
their feelings and interests, first as a leg-
islator of the State, then as comptroller,
as a member of the House of Representa-
tives. as Senator of the United States, and
lastly as Governor of his adopted State.
As manager of the finances of New York
he displayed great ability. At the head
of the State government his firmness was
often put to the test, but he never faltered.
A philanthropist in feeling, he execut-
ed the laws with impartial and inexorable
justice, and restrained the impulses of
mercy only when duty demanded the sac-
rifice. In every station, whether public
or private, he maintained an incorruptible
integrity and an untarnished reputation.
As a statesman he was profound, true
to his principles, wise in council, and ever
above the tricks of party. Belonging to
the Democratic party—during the admin-
istration of Andrew Jackson—he acted a
prominent and distinguished part, and in
the succeeding administration, if he was not
sight
impression
of bril-
Census Returns.
We are indebteded to Mr. H. K. Jcdd, .
\ • 1 , n -i 1 ot 1 *r 1 1 j. ,t |in which the indispensableness of such a
Assistant tutted States Marshal, for the „„„„„„ fnr s,
Opinions of the American Sunday-School
Union in Texas.—From the Annual
Rqtort of 1850.
There is, perhaps, no part of the country
census returns of Hays, Comal, Gillespie,
and Medina counties. He has also kindly
promised to furnish us the returns of this
county in time for our next issue.
Hays County.—Number of families, 41;
free inhabitants, 259; slaves, 128; deaths,
£3" James B. Shaw, Comptroller of 6; farms, 23.
Public Accounts, has been dispatched to j Comal County.—Number of families,
Washington city to receive from the Gov- j 368; free inhabitants, 1662; slaves 61;
ernment of the United States, the bonds to j deaths, 23; farms, 56.
be issued to Texas under the provisions of
tho Pearec bill.
Wc learn frem the Austin Gazette
that the election for city officers came off
in that city on the 6th, and resulted in the
elction of the following gentlemen:
Mayor.—Dr. Samuel G-. Haynie.
Aldermen.—John M. Swisher, J. M.
W. Hall, Thomas Ward/ James Cole.
Thomas Bostic.
Recorder.—Francis T. Duffau.
*
53* The Fort Smilh (Arkansas) Herald
thinks that a new slave state will be formed
in a few yeaTs by the Cherokees, Choc-
taws, Chickasaws, Creeks and Seminóles,
who inhabit the country west of Arkansas.
They are generally an agricultural people,
and own a considerable- number of slaves.
In a few years they will again bo encircled
by the whites, and consequently will be
organized into a territorial, and ultimately
a State government
Gillespie County.—Number of fami-
ilies, 274; free inhabitants, 1235; slaves,
5; deaths, 33; farms, 40.
Medina County.—Number of families,
177; free inhabitants, 881; slaves, 28;
deaths, 33; farms, 40.
W e are indebted to the same gentleman
for thc returns of Gonzales county, which
were kindly furnished him by Mr. Cham-
berlin, Assistant United States Marshal
for that district.
Goxzales County.—Number of families
188; free inhabitants, 1045; slaves, 1008;
deaths 22: farms, 85.
Distressing Accident.—Thomas Dil-
lion, a driver on Coi. Grants mail line be-
tween Austin and Houston was instantly
killed in Austiin on tho 4th inst. He was
about leaving Austin with the mail, when the
horses attached to the stage became un-
to have been
man
Emigrants to Texas.—The Caddo Ga-
zette states that from the 15th of October
to the 1st of December, 395 emigrants had
passed through that place. In addition to
this, the numbers crossing at various pla-
ces above Fulton, Clarksville and Laines-
port, greatly exceeded the crossing at that
point.
distinct missionary agency for Sunday
schools is more clearly demonstrated than
in Texas. Our straitened means have not
allowed us to strengthen materially the
position of our solitary missionary there,
but the results of his labors have been very
gratifying. The opening of a single school,
about fifteen months since, at Brownsville,
on the Rio Grande, opposite Matamoras,
with a donation of $20 worth of books
from the American Sunday-school Union,
was an event of deep interest. The liber-
ality with which the infant effort was sus-
tained, awakened general attention. Near-
ly $130 were invested in more books for
the library, in addition to the donation.
The leading inhabitants of the place coun-
tenanced and aided in the enterprise.
Nearly one hundred scholars are now un-
der instruction, and they and the families
they represent have access to a library of
nearly seven hundred volumes, and the
Sabbath, which before was regarded with
little outward respect, has become compa-
ratively a hallowed day. This of itself
must be regarded as a blessed result. But
such seed in such a soil soon vegetates.
Three similar schools have since been or-
ganized at different points on the Rio
Grande, and two gospel ministers have
been attracted to the valley as their field
oí labor, and have established themselves
at Brownsville.
At the Limpia, Mr. Wakeman, a wagon
master of Capt Coon's train, was killed by
a man nain^d Dobbins. Wakeman having
probably been out of camp, on his return
found a light burning which he ordered
to be extinguished, whieh order Dobbins
, refused to obey. An altercation ensued
manageable, and when oppoa.tc the Or- Dobbin3 fired twice Waieman, each
leus Uouw he waa ¿hrown froiu hia seat ,ime ^ effect- one sbot 8trit¡ h¡m ¡„
o. the Bto^uaderpum* of the side-walk | thc ankle and one ¡„ the lnee ^
and instantly failed Mr D,ll,on u, said ¡ iü the ankle mort¡fjing] OK18Íon<Kl the
• sober industrious young ¡ death of Wakeman oa the fourth day af.
. tcr thc occurrence.
Murderer Escaped.—Eli Blackurn,
imprisoned a short time since, in default of
bail, for the supposed murder of his daugh
ter, broke jail a few nights ago and made
his escape. No one is surprised at this, as
the jail was known by many to be entirely
worthless. Is any body to blame? If so,
who is it? By whose negligence has a man
been allowed to escape, believed by the
whole community to be a murderer of the
deepest dye—a murderer of his own child?
Let the County Court look to this matter:
if they neglect to provide some means for
the safe-keeping of the man who sets at
defiance the eriminal law of the land, then
we have no safety, no guarantee for the
protection of life or property in our county.
Blackburn ia a low, heavy built man,
about 45 years of age, of hang-dog look,
and extraordinary large mouth, with a
most villainous expression of countenance.
Hender sen Flasr.
it an important influence. In the Senate
of the United States he was often called to
contend with the master spirits of the age.
In these contests he exhibited reasoning
powers of the highest order, and his skill
in debate was conceded to be unrivalled.
In the most violent paroxysms of party
strife, he preserved his equanimity and
temper. He never was roused into anger
or betrayed into asperity of language.—
However great the provocation, he never
retorted by personalities. He was bold
and energetic, yet courteous and conciliat-
ing, and no less tolerant than just to his
opponents, whilst the latter, however
much opposed or wearied in debate, always
listened to him with pleasure.
He left no sting in the memories of
those with whom he contended, and in this
Monument you have the esteem with
which he was regarded by his adversaries
as well as his friends, for eminent persons
of all parties and of every shade of politi-
cal opinion, have mingled their offerings to
erect it.
Silas Wright was aman without ostenta-
tion or pretention, and always the same,
whether in a public station or in none.
He was an affectionate and devoted hus-
band, and a steadfast and enduring friend.
These qualities, with his unsullied purity
in all the relations of private life, and
with his mild, calm and social demeanor,
gave a charm to his character that never
failed to command admiration and to exert
an influence over others which few possessed.
Discovering no taint of avarice, and nev-
er dazzled by visions of an exaggerated
ambition, he lived contented with his lot
on his narrow farm, which he frequently
wrought with his own hands. He refused
the nomination of the Vice Presidency of
the United States, when his election was
almost sure, and it required great pursua-
sion to induce him to accept the office of
Governor of New York. But whatever
his ambition might have been, I can say, as
the immortal poet putin the mouth of An-
tony, that "He was a friend, faithful and
just to me." In common with the whole
people, I honor the memory of the patriot
and statesman, but I grieve from the very
depths of my heart the loss of not only my
friend, but the friend of my country and
of the Union. Such as I have briefly
sketched was the character of the illustri-
ous dead, whose name and deeds we would
commemorate. It is a character which
presents a moddle that the mature of age
may contemplate with profit. The young,
if they would do honor to themselves and
their country, would not only study it, but
copy it for their guidance through life.
Illustrious indeed are those who can re-
pain in his throat. These symptoms
recurred every five minutes and it ap-
peared to him as though the pain com-
menced in the affected finger, and ex-
tended thence to the shoulder.
From the whole of the symptoms,
he judged himself afflicted with hy-
drophobia, and resolved to terminate
his life by stifling himself in a vapor
bath. Having entered one for this
purpose he caused the heat to be rais-
ed to 107 min, 36 sec Fahr., when he
was equally surprised and delighted
to find himself free from all complaint.
He left the bathing-room well, dined
heartily, and drank more than usual.
Since that time, he says, he has treat-
ed in thc same manner more than
eighty persons bitten, in four of whom
the symptoms had declared them
selves; and in no case has he failed ex-
cept in that of one child, seven years
old, who died in the bath. The mode
of treatment he recommends, is that
the person bit, should take a certain
number of vapor baths (commonly
called Russian) and should induce
every night a violent perspiration, by
wrapping himself in flannels, and cov-
ering himself with a feather bed, the
perspiration is favored by drinking
!'re(4y-i£a v,-f> decoction of sarsapa-
rilla. He declares, so convinced is he
of the efficacy of his mode of treat-
ment, that he will suffer himself to be
inoculated with the disease. As a
proof of the utility of copious and con-
tinual perspiration he relates the fol-
lowing anecdote: A relative of the
musician Gretry was bitten by a mad
dog at the same time with many other
persons, who all died of hydrophobia.
For his part, feeling the first symp-
toms of the disease, he took to danc-
ing night and day, saying that he
wished to die gaily. He recovered.
M Buisson also cites the old stories of
dancing beiug a remedy for the bite
of a tarantula; and draws attention to
the fact, that the animals in whom
this madness is most frequently found
to develope itself spontaneously, are
dogs, wolves, and foxes, which never
perspire.
Horrible Murder of a Boy in
Jail.—A colored boy, aged about fif-
teen, named James Cox, was most hor-
ribly murdered 011 the 30th ult. in the
county jail at Pittsburg, James Kelly
and Jacox, white boys, and Alfred
Butler, James Miller, and the murder-
ed boy, James Cox, all colored were
inmates of one cell, respectively aged
from twelve to sixteen years. James
Kelly told the other boys that he in-
tended to punish James Cox for tel-
ling lies to Mr. Glenn, the jailer, about
him, (Kelly,) and commenced beating
Cox with a stick, after which he strip-
ped him of his clothes and forced him
to sit down upon the hot water pipes
which warm the cells, held him there
and beat him over the whole body with a
bottle, the hot pipes in the meanwhile
burning into the boy's flesh. After
Cox became insensible tinder his inju-
ries, the three boys, Butler, Miller and
Jones, alarmed the jailer, who immedi-
ately rescued the unfortunate lad
from his murderer and called proper
aid, but to no purpose, as the boy ex-
pired the next morning at 5 o'clock.
The other three boys stated during
the inquest that they were unable to
aid the boy, Cox, as Kelly was strong-
er than all of them, and abused them
also.
; , -- - J,im« cuuuutw, — -o W tuucci-
few hours i are interested in this species 01 ciau ^ The law is to remain in force until the
; fugitive law isfaithfully carried into effect
throughout the United States and until
all the territories of thc United States are
opened to the people of North Carolina, to
to carry thither any species of property
they may think proper. This act s to he
recommended to the other Southern
States for their adoption.
S^MBTiirxcr Pithy.—Four clergymen a
Baptistü£résby1«riaii, Met hod ist and R0.
!. 1: """emeui. to dine
íolic roso, armed with a knife and fori
ííd taking about one-third of the fish,
comprehending the head, removed it to
his plate, exclaimed as he sat down, with
great self-satisfaction, "Pajui est, caput ec-
clesieethc Pope is the head of the church.
Immediately the Methodist minister arose,
and helping himself to about one-third em-
bracing thc tail, seated himself, exclaiming.
uFinis coronat opus" thc end crowns the
work. The Presbyterian now thought it
was about time for him to move, and tak-
ing the remainder of the fish to his plate,
exclaimed "7/¿ media est Veritas," truth
lies between two extremes. Our Baptist
brother had nothing before him but an empty
plate, and the prospects of a sliin dinner,
and snatching up the bowl of ^awn (melt-
ed) butter, he dashed it over them all, ex-
claiming "Ego baptiso vos" I baptize you
all.
at all, unless by the entire consent ot
the creditors, who may voluntarily re-
linquish their claims by arrangement,
and confer the power ot releas? upon
i the>Sí3te^antlju?ri¿ies. sug£"s"
nuo.lly tions nave* í>eenlíiVoV^Cout wifho ^
consultation 111 any official quarter, biit
with some understanding of the bill
when originally introduced. The de-
sign was to make the United States
the agent or trustee for the distribu-
tion of one half of the ten millions,
and to give the State ofTixas unqual-
ified control over the other half."
Some very smart people have over
difficulty, and the sight of water was j reached themselves before to-day; and,
still more distressing to him than the! if this arrogant scribbler, and the class
he represents, do not yet find them-
selves wofully mistaken, we certainly
shall be. "Ko"one but the authorized
agent of the state of Texas can draw
one dollar of the whole Ten Millions
from the U. S. Treasury; and those in-
terested will yet find out "whether
Texas has any authority to interfere
in the liquidation at all!"
California.—Thc steamship Phila-
delphia arrived at New Orleans on ill.?
20th inst, from Chagres, with papers
from San Fraucisco to the 14th No-
vember, 332 passengers, and but $11,-
000 gold as freight. The crowd of re-
turning adventurers is reported to be
great 011 the Isthmus of Panama.
There is not much of interest in the
news by the Philadelphia. Details
are given of some skirmishing with the
Indians on the Cosumnes river. A
despatch from Gol. William Rogers is
published, stating that on the 31 of
November, ten of his men routed 150
Indians, after an engagement of five
hours, killed 15 and wounding many
more. Of the whites, two were killed
and wounded. I11 a subsequent skirm-
ish, in which the Indians were again-
routed. Lieut. Col. L. A. McKinney
Rfmedy for Shout Sight.
TurnbuII has discovered ^ tei
short sight, whteh he
• 1 i c i • i 1 i*a 1tc^ to lhe mcdjfeal pubT
received a wound, of which Imbued.*p„wnprr-yrt^¿¡JLnJ 4
í. «linrttimp í^nl Wm T?r £rr rssí>\rnr(°s<5ps " °
Small Pox—We regret to have it to
state that the Small Pox has made its ap-
pearance in the North Eastern part of
this county. Several cases we understand
have occured 011 the plantation of Mr. Tram-
mel—also at Mr. Cullen llobiusons, at
which latter place, one death had taken
place from the disease. So far, the disease
has been confined to one neighborhood,
and we think from the prudent preventive
measures which have been taken, that it
will not likely extend its ravages very gen-
erally. We would advise all persons
however, to use thc utmost prudence iu
avoiding every unnecessary exposure to
this most terrible contagion. We presume
our physicians are prepared to vaccinate all
who will apply. This matter should not
be postponed.—Henderson Flag.
* short time. Col. Wm. Rogers expresses
his determination to subdue the Indi-
ans, and states that there are white
men at their head. At last dates he
was in full chase of them.
The cholera had been worse in Sac-
ramento than in other portions of Cal-
ifornia. The deaths in that town had
been very considerable, numbering
some hundreds, whilst in San Francis-
co. during the three weeks preceding
the 14th, the deaths by the scourge
had not exceeded 135. The disease,
however, was abating when thc steam-
er left.
Business, in consequence, had been
prostrated in a measure, and trade was
dull.
A much larger number of miners
were preparing to spend thc winter in
the mountains than in former winters,
and in consequence a much larger
yield of gold is expected in the ensuing
spring. The health of the miners gen-
erally was much better than at the
same season last year.
comtnuvwcA-
litiousC The
pro-
'-ce I applied
ichiwas rtib-
Message of Governor Wood, of
Ohio.—In the Ohio Legislature, on
.the 12th, Governor Wood delivered his
count a life devoted to great and virtuous ^augural, and was sworn into office.
action—a mirror reflecting light and virtue
for all time to come.
Fellow citizens, the Monument erected
to the memory of Silas Wright is finished.
Its structure bespeaks the affectionate and
sincere feelings of its founders. It is no
less an offering to the illustrious dead than
the offspring of noble and generous hearts.
It will be as a healing balm to the strick-
en hearts of relatives and friends, whilst it
will call for'the admiration, sympathy and
gratitude of every stranger who may pass
this consecrated spot.
^ tch from Columbus says:
He vindicated the constitutionality
of the sla^e law; he warned the people
of Ohio to beware how they followed
the lead of Sotitíi Carolina in resisting
the law of Congress. He discussed
the bank question, and thought they
should be taxed as other property, and
advised that those banks which would
not come into this arrangement, should
be forced in by refusing to take their
paper in payment of taxes.
New Mexico.—Thc Washington
correspondent of the Charleston Cour-
ier, in his letter of the 9th, says:
The Senator elect from New Mexi-
co, Major Weightman and the Repre-
sentative elect, Mr. Messervy, are here,
and intend to present an application for
a recognition of the State Government,
which was formed last summer. Of
course,Congress will not heed it. The
Territorial Government will be put in
operation, under the act which will
take effect when the assent of Texas
to the proposition oT Congress shall be
formally communicated to Congress.
New Mexico will then be entitled to
elect a Delegate. There are not want-
ing numbers of applicants for the fed-
eral offices in the new territory.
Message of the Governor of
Ohio.—Governor Ford, in his mes-
sage, delivered on the 4th inst., tates
that the finances of the State are in a
sound and prosperous condition. Th<j
interest upon the State debt has been
punctually paid from the current re-
sources appropriated for that purpose,
and a large surplus remains, which is
applicable to the reduction of the prin-
cipal. The State debt is rapidly de-
creasing. The Governor advises the
establishment of an efficient system of
common schools and a revision of the
statutes upon the subject of education.
He dislikes the fugitive slave 1 aw, but
goes kfor upholding the laws of Con-
gress.
New Law in Vermont.—Sale of
Liquors Prohibited,—The Legislature
of Vermont, at its recent session, repeal-
ed all former laws regulating the sale of
liquors, and enacted a new statute on
that subject, prohibitihg the sale al-
together except for medical, chemical
and mechanical purposes.
Y
cess: "In
the extract ol ginger, \?
bed for five or ten minutes
whole forehead, with the view of act-
ing upon the branches of the fifth paif
of nerves. Afterwards I substituted a
concentrated tincture of ginger, of the
strength of one part of ginger to two
parts of wine, decolorised by animal
charcoal. The success of this opera-
tion was remarkable. In many cases
it had the effect of doubling the length
of vision. In sonu persons I found
the iris was not much dilated; but
very torpid. In these cases I applied
the concentrated tincture of pepper
made of the same strength, and in the
same manner, as the tincture of ginger.
This 1 used until 1 observed that the
iris had obtained a greater power of
contraction and dilatation, after which
I had again recourse to the tincture of
ginger. This plan of treatment lias
been attended with the most signal
success, and persons who were ex-
tremely short sighted have very soon
been enabled to permanently lay aside
their concave glasses."
He wore a Flashy Waistcoat.
—He wore a flashy waistcoat on the
night when first we met, with a fa-
mous pair of whiskers and imperial of
jet. His air had all the haughtiness,
his voice the manly tone of a gentle-
man worth forty thousand dollars, all
his own. I saw him but a moment,
yet methinks I see him now, with a
very flashy waistcoat, and a beaver on
his brow. And once 'again I saw
that brow—no neat beaver was there,
but a shocking jy^d.-^g was his_
and^aaitcecrwas his hair. He wore a
brick within his hat, the change was
all complete, and he was flanked by
constables, who marched him up the
street. I saw him but a moment, yet
methinks I see him now, charged by
these worthy officers with kicking up
a row.—Hampshire Independent.
A Great Wrong.—When a dissi-
pated youth goes astray, friends gather
around him, iu order to restore him t®'
the path of virtue. Gentleness and
kindness are lavished upon him to wia
him back again to innocence and peace-
No one w oil Id suspect that he had ever
sinned. But when a poor confiding girl is
betrayed, she receives the brand of so-
ciety and is henceforth driven from the
ways of virtue. The betrayer is hon-
ored, respected and esteemed; but hi
ruined, heart-broken victim know
there is no rest for her on this side of
the grave. Society has no helping hand
for her—no smile of peace—no voice
of forgivness. These are earthly mor-
alities—they are unknown of heaven-
There is a deep wrong in them, ana
fearful are the consequenccs. The
injustice of society is vividly brongh
to mind in the case delinated
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