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THE SAN ANTONIO LEDGER
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EjtXjOP ft- HEWITT, Editora.
LN ANTONIO.
THUF8DAY.APHII, «9. 18«*.
?osTomcx-W« have petitions
in circulatUm^*g* d*jr thecittaens of tbe fer-
tile valley of the Cíbolo, having for their ob-
jcct the establishment of a postoffice at or
Mr. Weir's tn "^-.Penyman's on said
A postofice in {hat jfl W
•it .vw in fret—
Semana 1R, *m
he subject to the faro rabie consideration of
" the powers that be."
JLf*We are requested to state that any
communications addressed to the Mail Agent
or Texas, at this place, will receive prompt
attention.
Boots? Books!—It will be seen by
■ n advertisement in this week's issue that there
wm be a sale of books at auction on the night
"i the 30th inst. The reading community will
then have an opportunity of furnishing their
libraries with valuable works. Among the
¿ooks to be sold, we have noticed several large
j nd beautifully adorned Family Bibles. We
¿ccjmmend our friends generally, and our
christian friends in particular, not to allow the
facred book to be sold at auction, but at once
fcpair to the Variety Store of Keese & Go., on
¿he Main Plaza, and secure so valuable a work
• ')' private purchase.
Hon. O. F. Evans arrived at liis
residence in our city on the night of the 25th
inst., in good health. It would seem from the
Major's portly appearance, that a trip to the
Northern cities has a very great tendency to
i aerease the size of the man.
Teitt FnkBt Debt
From time to time we have held this
subject up to the attention of our leaders,
expressing our views frankly and freely in
relation to it It has been our aim to lay
faete before the country, to fortify the po-
sition in favor of the scaling system
adopted by the Legislature, and the action
oí that body upon that basis. By enact-
ment, legal, equitable and constitutional,
the mode and proportion of paying the
wiH*e| liatflitiei cf the late Republic have been
established and fixed. It belongs to no
man, to no clique of individuals to modify,
change, or in rnywise interfere with it
It is irrevocable, ana so far as the State
of Texas an C her creditors are concerned,
is binding upon bote But there are
those who, citl ei ignorant ui the whole
facts in the case, or goadea into a frenzy
by their supposed losses, who, being
directly interested, are attempting to
unsettle the final adjustment, or bring
odinm upon the name of the State, by in-
diting petty lampoons for the more repu-
table papers in tire United States. For
nearly two months past has the Washing-
ton Union, a paper of a deservedly/high
^ ink
nonsensical homily upon this sub-
ject. The Union, of the (Oth inst., has a
column and a half over the signature of
Justice, (heaven save tbe mark!) in which
it is proposed to show that Texas swindled
her creditors ; thatjxer acts are unconsti-
tutional and void, and that if Texas will
not, the United States are bound to pay
the face value of our debt. We are in
effect charged with repudiation, having
the additional imputation of adding vil
lainy to disgrace, by concocting and pro-
mulgating a sham payment. Whatever
may be the effect of these denunciatory
calumnies abroad, there is not a single
i. Let it
A Change.—Mr. N. Lewis l as sold
Jut (he Western Texan establishment to Messrs.
.í. Ii. Lyons, J. S. McDonald, Thomas J.
Ivevinc and J. M. West. It is hereafter to be
Conducted by these gentlemen, under the name
and Myle of "Lyons, McDonald & Co." Mr. ! her troubie and distress and thafc yefc
Lyons is a physician ot a fine reputation ; Mr. I , n
hover around
Texan, neither in nor out of the State,
who will not spurn the slander with a con-
scientious goodwill; nor is there one in-
telligent man in the Union, or out of the
Union, who has informed himself of the
history of Texas, and her struggle for in-
dependence, the circumstances under which
this debt was created, who will say aught
of censure against the coujse Texas has
pursued in its adjustment. But the ques-
tion of payment or non payment, or scal-
ing or no scaling, is definitely settled.
The heartless cormorants that gathered
and thickened around her in the houj of
McDonald is a surveyor; Mr. Devine is a
l.iwycr and Judge of the Fourth Judicial Dis-
< ict, with considerable editorial experience,
and Mr. We3t is a practical printer, and a tol-
erable editor. We therefore have every reason
to suppose that the Texan will be an ably con-
ducted sheet. Wc wish our neighbors every
> iiccest, and trust they will realize their best
«.«•pes. ~ -
JO" Wo have been furnished by a friend
w th a printed copy of the speech of O. C. Hart-
ley, oí Galveston, upon the Internal Improve-
ment bill, which was lost at the last session of
th.; Legislature. His arguments in its favor
ar? remarkably clear and lucid, and should
Convince any unprejudiced mind of the vast
advantages to the State that would have been
realized by its adoption. The Legislature,
however, thought differently, and the bill was
it t. We have no doubt, if this bill was sub-
mitted directly to the people, that they would
sa action it by an overwhelming majority.
Bishop J. W. Freeman.—This eminent
prelate and learned divine wjjo, during the past
week, has so closely enchained the attention
and feelings of many of our citizens by his
clear, logical and impressive sermons, is about
to leave ban Antonio, for the purpose, in con-
nection with other duties, of attending an Epis-
copal Convention at Chapel Hill.
The " Fox River Courier " is the
name of a very neatly executed and spirited
Whig journal published by Messrs. Clark &
Morgan, at Elgin, 111. In the last number ot
the Courier, the editor takes occasion to ac-
knowledge the receipt of the Ledger, and says
tha: having " known its editor," he at once
loocrd for the " Whig side of the paper," fwofl-
der if he read our advertising columns,] and in
connection with his laborious and ineffectual
search, be uses the following very evphoniovs
language : " But climate is said to have a won-
derful infltK-nce, and the greater distance you
get from the attracting power, the more the
needle vibrates/' How philosophic our old
friend Charley is becoming; with what won-
«ter'inl facility he arrives at learned conclusions.
Ke.tliy, the editor of the Fox River Courier Is
getting quite fry.
fE3-Mr
^cry bad.
Clay's health is said to be again
He is evidently rapidly declining.
g^PGenural E. Joues, President of the Board
ofKailroad Commissioners, arrived in our city
a few days since from the lower country, slight-
ly shorn of his fair proportions. From him we
learn thai the railroad enterprise is steadily but
surely progressing. Col. Johnson, the engineer
engaged in surveying the routes, will return in
the course of a few d ys. when we may possibly
be able 1° some inklings as
to where the terminns on the coast will probably
be. One thine if beyond a doubt, the railroad will
be built.
For El Paso.—W. T. Smith, the ener-
getic and truly persevering trader, dispatched
his train of twentr large and heavily laden
wagons on yesterday, the S8th inst., for El Paso.
In company with the train might be seen six
line pleasure carriages en route for the upper
country. This is the third, trip Mr. Smith has
made within the past year. With suA enter-
prise, accompanied by such constant energy, it
is no wonder that ike route from the coast, via.
San Antonio to £1 Paso and New Mexico, k
becoming so gener&llj popular. The practica-
bility of the reote is now established beyond a
doubt, and in. A short time no other route will
even hespskok of &arfe parties of emigrants
who fc*«e toast aeistd with the gold fever, have.
ether to their
Uie El Ji¿raúv
her, may continue their
hoarse croaking ; to the judgment of the
enlightened world, willingly and fearlessly,
Texas commits her decision, for its ap
probation and approval, or its dissent or
condemnation.
But it is a matter of no ordinary aston-
ishment, that tboiso whom Texas has eu-
riched, should turn about and snarl in the
face of her munificence, because their in-
satiable thirst for the "lucre " is not yot
satisfied. The Texas debt was created
chiefly by the issuance of promissory
notes; and at a time when her territory
was desolated in its length and breadth.
Men and women wore the regalia of their
savage neighbors; the absolute necessaries
of life could not be produced, and a foreign
market was their only resort. They went
to foreign markets, but the merchants
would not touch the currency of their
country. They were forced to shavers,
extortioners and swindlers generally, and
then having the screw-tap in their own
hauds, ground them down to the very
dust. The gold that was even then so
reluctantly given in exchange for these
notes, was the next moment turned into
the hands of their neighbor merchants,
and was, in turn, re-exchanged, reverting
almost simultaneously into the hands of
its original holders.
And now, forsooth, these same men
come up from the past, and gravely tell
the world that they Tiave been defrauded
and swindled out of their just earnings,
by the recent course adopted by Texas !
But we claim to know something of this
matter.
The greater portion of those evidences
of debt were paid out of the Treasury of
the Republic at twenty-five cents on the
dollar. This was the real 69Bsideration
received. The parties who now hold them
shaved them at rates varying from fifteen
to three cents on the dollar. The State
now offers to pay these same shavers twen-
ty-five cents, the amount at which they
were available to the Republic, with inte-
rest, and after realizing these enormous
profits by the operation of the scaling
system itself, these disinterested worthies
cry out repudiation at the top of their
voices If their object is to frighton Texas
into a repeal of her own solemn acts, the
attempt is idle; on the contrary, every
denuneiation only has the effect of con-
firming their policy.
The fact is plainly this: Texas has
been laboring for the last four years to
ascertain and pay off in an equitable man-
ner her liabilities. Tbi9 she has partly
done, and will complete. And when it ia
said that the United States, under our
recent transactions with the General Gov-
ernment, is bound for the Tesa* debt, it is
an absurdity to say that she will pay
everything that is presented. Before the
debt is paid, it must be ascertained which
wffl she, go beyond this decision
be called by whatsoever epithet of oppro-
brium which may be: suggested to the
imagination of those pecuniarly interest-
ed ; there is but one interpetration, nor
will there be but one result
As to the assertion of these writers that
the United Stalcs.has the power to touch,
one dollar of the Jive millions reused,
without the consent of Texas - is one too
■ . ' í . ? * -
supremely, ridiculous to require the least
become quite frequeu^m^the neighbor- Dopartmftpt, hpik- relating, to .Dflrtmiil t^
171 p.cn -vTTirni 1._ ;n fbo fur- to find out what kind of a place th
of tbeee writers upon thiasubject are either
those who have a direct pecuniary-interest,
or others who are entirely ignorant of the
facts. The first would not hesitate to.
misrepresent the equity and justice of the
scaling system, the others maybe excused
in consequence of their ignorance of the
subject.
life of Sam Houston
We reoeiyed .fey to mail a pamphlet,
beaded " The Life of Gen. Sam Houston."
From a cursory glance at its contents,
we are led to believe that it was written
by some person who believes that u Sam"
is a star in the ascendant, and wishes to
rend*? hhsuhomage in advanee. in order to
seeure the future smiles and patronage
of the President in prospective. It is
altogether a fulsome eulogy, in exceed
ingly bad taste, and displays throughout
a spirit of sycophancy that is really de-
grading.
If Sam Houston possesses the neces-
sary qualifications to fulfil the duties of
tbe office of President of the United
States, he must despise and scorn such
silly flattery as this author applies to him
in this pamphlet.
We notice that the document has been
extensively distributed in our city, and if
this is done by the approbation of the
General, it will do him more harm than
good. The people of Texas profess to
know something of the history ef Sam
Houston, and they dc not wish the aid of
sycophants to enlighten them.
If it be true, as the author states, that
Gen. Houston has " a soul that loves the
truth for its own sake," the people of
Tex*s are very apt to know and appreci-
ate the fact.
The distribution of this pamphlet
where Gen. Houston is not known, might
have some effect; but here, we humbly
conceive it is superfluous It is, however,
unnecessary to notice this subject at all,
as it is now understood that the choice of
the Democratic Convention will be either
Cass, Douglass, or Buchanan, as tbe
nominee for the next Democratic Presi-
dent. Should Houston receive the nom-
ination, as a compromise caodidate, he
would, no doubt, receive the support of
£ho democratic party, without the aid of
such writers.
ae
FROM PASO D:
The arrival of the
o del Horte furn
items of Indian news:
Indian murders and
dations have
hood of El Paso. Bel ween that place
and Santa Fe, New M deb.on $be or\e
side, and El Paso aná he city of Chi-
huahua 4in the othet, (' are is up safSS
in traveling, without tbe utmost prec
only pow$r to dolo..
eraatnt has'So right. cm 'Hzi
[For the San Antonio Ledger ]
Pews in Church.
Messrs. Editors :—Through your pa-
per I would respectfully beg leave to call
the attention of }rour city readers to the
subject of having the Protestant Church
fitted up with pews, instead of the clumsy
benches which cumber it, making it as
unpleasant as it is unsightly. To those
interested in the matter nothing need be
said as to the propriety and comfort of
this modification in the internal arrange-
ments of our church. Nothing .can be
more orderly and systematic, nothing
more pleasant and agreeable. The era-
barrasment and confusion which is fre-
quently felt, and more particularly bv a
lady who enters the church without know-
ing where she may find a seat, if at all, is
too often an excuse for absenting from di-
vine service entirely. But how is it to be
accomplished ? I would suggest that
some mechanic undertake the work. The
church will very easily contain from
twenty-five to thirty pews; each pew may
be easily rented at from eight to fifteen per
year, thus paying from two to three hun-
dred dollars. Let the undertaker receive
the yearly rents until he is paid for his
outlay together with any reasonable in-
terest, and then let the pews revert to the
church and the profits to the payment of
a sexton,, or. for a Sabbath School Library,
or to the support of the preacher. This, as
it occurs to me, would result well for the
undertaker, beneficially to the church,
Would operate to the comfort of the mem-
bers, and be highly advantageous to all
church goers. If no one can be found to
to undertake the work on his own resort\>
bility, let those more immediately con-
oerned form a committee and get a sub-
scription of yearly rents at#stated prices;
let this be presented to some person to do
the work ; let him have a lien upon the
work till it is paid for, out of this yearly
rent system. This looks plausible enough,
and only requires that the first step be
taken to complete the thing. Church-
goers, who have families, think of it.
Yours, r .
Effect of a Railroad Tax.—>
bile Tribute says: " The railroad, tax of two
per cent, has not operated, as was predicted by
the seven who voted in opposition to the meas-
ure, against city improvements. Since that
vote was cast, a considerable amount of real
estate has changed hands at what might be con-
sidered high prices. Nor is this all that mani
fests an abiding faith in the early completion
of-the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and the con-
The best and greater portion of the entire
stock of mules and cattle of tbe country
has been taken by the Indians.
have twice stolen animafc from
ranche, where ten infancy and ten caval-
ry were stationed. Tbe animals af Capt.
Skillman, our energetic mail contractor,
coraled near the houseof Judge Doane,
were also taken.
In March last, the }arty taking the
mail to Santa Fe were aiocked, and Mr.
Craddock, who was availing himself of the
opportunity to return to the States, was
severely wounded in theface.
Las Cruces, a smal« village in New
Mexico, of about 100 inhabitants,
six miles distant from Fort Fillmore,
suffered by the loss of the entire stock
belonging to the inhabitants. 'The In-
dians entered between one and two o'clock
in the afternoon, and drove off everything.
The Copper Minea and its vicinity has
been the scene of xiany robberies and
murders; of the trtops, two sergeants
and three privates ari reported as having
been killed.
On the Jornada, between Dona Ana
and Santa Fe, a part] was attacked; two
soldiers were killed, one of whom was
shot while on a wagon
The losses of the vGovernment have
been severe, notwithstanding the property
was immediately undtr the eyes of the
troops.
In the State of Chiluahua, the savages
are even worse than in New Mexico or
Texas.
Messrs. Wentworth, Munos and several
others, in all numbering some seventeen
or eighteen persons, Mere surrounded at
a well-known Indian range, the Gallego,
on the road between El Paso and Chi-
huahua, A Mexican boy was mounted,
with instructions to return to Sause,
where Mexican troops were stationed,
and ask for assistance. The Indians suc-
ceeded in capturing the boy, after a short
race. Another Mexican was mounted
upon an American animal The Indians
were about four or five hundred yards
distant. To conceal their design, the
party surrounded started the second ex-
press from between two ambulances, drawn
near to each other for that purpose ; and
the speed of the animal was sufficient to
carry the rider through and beyond the
Indians, ere the intent was clear to their
surprised minds. After a fruitless chase
of about ten miles, tbe Indians returned,
and finding that intelligence was gone
that would be likely to bring assistance,
manifested a disposition to enter into
some arrangement. Some blankets were
given them, and the captured Mexican
boy was ransomed ; they declining, how-
ever, to part with the horse.
Caragal, a Mexican town, about 103
miles to the southward of El Paso, on
the Chihuahua road, was entered at eleven
o'clock in the forenoon, and mules, oxen
and cows were all carried off. Some Mex-
ican soldiers pursued them, and so hotly,
that the Indians, finding it impossible to
escape with the property, lanced the ani-
mals, their usual practice under such cir-
cumstances. One Indian was killed.
A party of some twenty-six men, in
charge of a Mr. Calhoun, formerly of El
Paso, it is reported, were, with the excep-
tion of a Mexican boy, -all killed by the
Indians, at some point on or near the
Gila river, while en route for California.
Capt. J. White, who has been engaged
for a twelvemonth or more past in the
buying and collecting of sheep for the
California market, has, with his strong
and experienced parties been broken up
entirely
Some Mormons, who had entered into
New Mexico via Independence, for the
purpose of settling at the Copper Mines,
having been driven from thence, are now
on the road towards San Antonio. The
plundering of the flourishing little village
of Guadalupe, oh the Jtfexkan side of the
j^f vo del Norte, is charged to the account
of these people, they having passed over
from Texas, on the way down, and com-
mitted the outrageous act. ~ i
Sensible to the Last.—The people of
Conneetifcst have, hrthéif íaíeeiectfon.i thrown
the Maine Liquor Law question into the shade.
We are pleased to see common sense stand tri-
umphant, and egBilly <w#llr pleased are we to
behold the oombiaed.fosees of fanaticism and
hum buggery so signally defeated. ; We hfcve
ever looked upf* this Maine Liquor Question
as one ol ^ie chief humbugs of the day, brought
into exis .áee by fanaticism; *nd to be used
. ¿tly as a hobby to ride into office broi£en-.down
politicians and ultraists. ; ; y ;
|Ef- Our New Orleans exchanges are
filled With the proceedings of public ineetjsgs
to forward the New Orleans and Jackson Rail-
road enterprise. • If newspaper influence co^ld
build the road, we should soon have the pleas-
ure of announcing its cdmplftion.
Officii
We gii
fion fro;
Chairm
wise a
nmenU—War Depaitmo$
Below a copy of a comjgunica-
the Secretary of WdPto the
of Military Commitpes, like-
copy of an order from the War
the fur
at* seme
co an<i
abqpes which have appcarady in t
nishing of ¿applies for^ftfe ?
of the frontier posts of Nev
prnuL
These documents are intcr«ting, .uías¿
—wiiÉi! iHimu 11mii Tjrtift
Naca/.—The U.S. sloop-of-wur Viceb-
nes, Com. Hudson, thirteen daya„ from
«'¡.ii . M r—* — - Sandwich Islands, bound home via éari
Ine Irene ral Gov- prebuilding of a "number of blocks of stores in Francisco, was at Puge^p Sound óaihe
«*1^ a , by the proper and
VnsinSe pan of tbe tfrr.
Sib ult
of enquiry in to, and a^letire of preventing
condtret, wfcicb might, if unnoticed, even-
tuate in bringing discredit upon a corps of
honorable men, some of whom, deeming
himself justified by surrounding circum-
stances, might fcféáécetM, 'thrbuglf want of
reflection or zeal in the public service,
those limits and rules of action which
should so strongly influence disbursers of
public moneys.
•It frequently happens that a young and
energetic officer, on the arising of a sud-
den .emergency, will take the responsibil-
ity, forgetting the difference and the ne-
cessity for it, between private and public
agencies. In the former, a. certain lati-
tude and scope is properly admissible
beyond the mere letter of authority, a ne-
glect of which, in many instances, might
be deemed reprehensible ; but in the lat-
ter, and for a very wise purpose, the law,
verbatim et literatim, is the only safe and
proper rule of action.
War Department, )
Washington, Feb 9, 1852. ^
Sir : A great abuse in the army has
within a few da}Ts past come to uiy knowl-
edge, which requires legislations to cor-
rect it.
An officer of the army, stationed in
California, purchased at various times a
quantity of hay and fuel for the purpose
of selling these articles at a profit to the
government, and actually sold them to the
acting assistant quartermaster at' the post
at a heavy advance, and a very large
pifofit. Thus we find an officer of tlie
army availing himself of his position to
enter into competition with the Govern-
ment in the purchase of supplies for the
very post at which he is stationed, and
that too in a country where supplies of
all kinds are procured with difficulty, and
only at extravagant prices.
The officer was charged with these acts
by another officer, before a court-martial,
and was acquitted, The fact charged was
proven beyond a doubt, and the decision
of the court appears to have been based on
the fact that there was no law prohibiting
such conduct. Another officer -was con-
cerned in one of these contracts, aud sev-
eral were witnesses to it.
The consequences that would flow from
this practice, if it were to become general,
are too manifest to require illustration.
Frauds, peculation, and abuses of all kinds,
equally destructive of the public interests
and the character of the army, would be
the inevitable result.
I therefore respectfully suggest whether
it would not be advisable to prohibí by
law all officers of the army from being di-
rectly or indirectly concerned or interest-
ed in the purchase of supplies for the
army under pain of dismissal from the
service.
I have the'honor to be, very respectful-
ly. your obedient servant,
C. M. CONRAD, ...
Sec'y of War.
To Chairmen of Military committees,
of Senate and House of Rep'sentatives.
War Department, March 29, 1852.
The Department has learned with great
surprise and regret that certain officers
in California have been engaged in pur-
chasing articles of indispensable necessity
to the service, such as fuel, hay, &c., and
selling them at a profit to the Quartermas-
ter's Departmant Such taansactions are
injurious to the public service, and highly
derogatory to the character of the army.
All officers are therefore prohibited from
purchasing any articles that are required
for the use and consumption of the army,
with a view to selling the same, or from
being directly or indirectly interested in
in such purchases. All officers or agents
of the Quartermaster and Commissary
departments are prohibited from purchas-
ing from the officers of the army.
Any officer violating this regulation
will be forthwith reported to the President,
and his dismissal from the service recom-
mended. C. M. CONRAD,
See'y of War.
From Mexico.—We learn that Senor
Almonte, who is said to be the chief of the mon-
archical party, has presented to the Mexican
Congress a bill in favor of establishing in the
Halls of the Montezumas a'regular, old-fash-
ioned bank, a la Wall street; capital to be
$1,500.000,' distributed among 15,000 share-
holders, of 00 each ; the bank to be one of
deposit, discount and Circulation- '
Mr. Percy William Doyle has succeeded Mr.
Charles Bankhead as Plenipotentiary Minister
from Great Britain to Mexico.
The unequal operation of the two tariffs now
in existence, that of Avalos at Matamoros, and
that of Congress at other ports of entry, has
created considerable feeling on the part of the
Vera Crúzanos, so much so as to induce them
to refuse the payment of duties, or even inajie
themselves an entrepot for merchandise." urjtil
the adjustment of the difficulty, by the estab-
lishment of a just and equitable tariff, operating
alike at aft points. The Avalos tariff; being so
much more liberal than the legal tariff", will
naturally be the means ot increasing the impdr-
tations thrqugh Matamoros, and consequently
flood the, interior with goods, greatly to the det-
riment of the ports more to the South.
23a Adviees received at New Yor
from Buenos Ayres,< dated March, §d, slate thai
the city had surrendered to «berallied forces
that Urquisa had-been appointed Governor* an.,
the troops fófd sáckéd and burned many houses.
H33 Lola Montes has been jnaking won?
derfol ravages amoág the people of th« land of
steady habits. Thf Bostonin péffecf
eestacie¿ With tjbis fectdiarhf celebrated1a ia
character than thé? other si& of tfr ^ÁJtfeyitic^
What will the Pcrltan? ílñd to do nex!"* '
[For the
life.
brown, or, perhaps
wrectaid, on these shoi
;he first lesson
III} ur IV £ n 1
to take it'for granted that this is a ma
of little or no consequence.
"great secret of wasted talents and ruin
the whole of it, is spent be
awakes.tp a eoaeeioufpc
destiny This is the cafte wit
the noblest intellects that
bestowed upon the world.
most eloquent lawyei
ne—was
m>
formed
an old
in the zenith
menccd his. lfgal e
his plan of life. In ft
class-mate, Wil^^j|rpe,
of his-fame, says : " It is scarce too much
to say that I seem,; to. myself, to have
awakened about nine or ten years ago, from
a dream; to have recovered, as it were,
,tbe us of my reason after a delirium : in
fact, till then, I wanted first principles,
those principles at least whlcfT alone de-
serve the character of wisdom, or bear the
impress of truth."
With many their whole life is a dream.
They awake only on their death bed, co
find that their more than golden moments
have fled forever. There is no mortifica-
tion like that of feeling that, after all, life
has been only a cypher. Every you^g
man, especially, should look about him
and meditate well upon the course he is
pursuing'; fits' éarfy1* ^fear^ áré^íns most
precious. In them, he is tp lay the faun
dation of his after course. If they are
neglected, he will be like the man who
built his house upon the sand. For such
a neglect, no man in our cquntry and in
our day can have any excuse. The bless-
ings of such an education as shall fit him
for his task in life, may find their way to
his humblest home. He need not be a serf
except from choice. If he lives to no pur-
pose, or makes life a failure, his wasted
years write suicide upon his career. There
are huudreds of }roung men in our towns
ar.d country into the hands of some of
whom these lines may come, who have
within their reach treasures, of what val-
ue they have but a- 'feeble ■ conception.
They may be found by the card-table, or
in the billiard-room, at the desk, or in the
workshop. T.hey may seem to themselves
bound for life to an obscure drudgery,
toiling wearily on, from day to day, and
from year to year, with little to cheer or
animate them ip the prospect; and yet it
is in their power to ennoble that drudgery
by high and intel/l^nt purnoses. There
is no necessity that they should sink into
mere machines, They may make their
daily task works of duty, the monuments
of a life of intelligence and industry and
integrity—the noblest proofs of manhood,
of principal aud virtue. They may rise
above serfdom to their trades ; to the true
dignity of men. "They may write ;; excel-
sior" on every stop of their career They
may leave behind them, as they leave the
world, a legacy of more than houses and
lands—a memory that will be blest.
Bunyan, in his Pilgrim's Progress, pre-
sents tís, at ibe house of- the Interpreter,
with some most striking and suggestive
emblems. Among them, is ''the man with
the muck-rake," gathering the straws of
earth, neglectful of the splendid crown
around his head, which is handed down to
him by an angel We wonder at his stu-
pidity and folly, but is not" his case paral-
leled by the conduct of those who, on their
farms, or by their work-benches, forget
their manhood, and value their intellect
and knowledge merely as they do their
plows and planes, for their utility to expe-
dite labor ? W hat should we say of a
man, on whose farm was to be fonnd the
richest soil, that might be easily tilled
aud would repay cultivation with the most
abundant harvest, jf, instead of improving
it, he should leave it to thorns and weeds,
and waste his toil and sweat on some reeky
and bárrenfcpot, that cúuldnnever be made
to produce a harvest that would repay him?
How strange it would be to see him for-
getting that be owned anything else but
rocks and sand ! And yet full as strange,
too, is the forgetfulness of thoae who over-'
look the mind Ihat God has given them;
who make their far'ibs a gaY&en, but leave
their intellect a waste. There is nO labdr
so well repaid as that which a man expends
upon himself. fle,may no^ be quick of
apprehenpion; he may have a rougíi and
rocky, soil for ,the seed 0* knowledge.
-■ ANONYMOUS.
San Antonio, April 22,.1851.
wasthot
Matter
Country- _ . ^
ounces a day was poor diggtul
four dollars,® Hcbl
every kiaé were wwti*;o<na .dollar
half per pound j now, ft "
20 cits; pork. 25 cts; potatoes, 22 els' ,
beans 25 c'j ; sugar, 25 cts; coffee* ^
and all igfeiwNft.rticles in proportion
Quarts minea, arc all the go here y j
some men hate mademoney trop&og t ,\ \
others have lost, and those who hn<$
to lose have held th&iff om very-
There arc thousands of men leavin,
country now. Soin^ of-tbom bavc <
money, but the largest number e(%
will not have enough left after tbeyé
home to treat their friends. Tlu^i
abodt as largt< 4? nuririx**<miiag **|0|
Poor fellows, I pity them. ' u
I want to leave this country in
eighteen months. 1 am qorniug bac*i
Texas, which is the best eemptry*
world, though it has the worst natei
The New Yorkers and DoiffieiiSters
as much afraid of a Texan as the) -i
a Grisly Bear. / , J
Give Mr. r- my oompliments,*
tell him that we found the road
Mexico exactly as he *old us ; als
his letters were of great advantage to u
and by following ffifr wfviee we ir|;*'
•here long enough before tbose that StJ
after we did. to have made k fortui
we had managed right.
Yours,
n
tlenrén have
fc Yjei-
Weit Péilit.
The following tíajp
been appointed by
ters to the Military
for ÍB5 2
1.—Ne\f|H¡
2.—iWode leian
3.—Vermont -
4.—New Jersey -
5.—-pelawaré - - -
6.—-Virginia - -
7.—South Carolina - ft #,
8 J;
(WTennessee -. Pan L J, P^iv, {
10 — Indiana Bet. C. Miller f
11 ,-^IHiiiois-; J T. Worthington.
la-Missonri ..... W * WaiHun..
----- W. A. Howard. '
14.—Arkansa s T Farrelly.
15.—Texas - --- - -. Memucan Hunt.
l^^Caijfq^iia -t fl.
_
astman.
J „aswell.
Hen. P. Baxter.
• A. B. JackddB.
- J P. Cóm
-- Üon-W.
Tambür
onor s
mitation for the linger.
Increase of Population.—Three p^|
cent, per annum is the increase of popal
tion in the United States.; according to
the ceVisus returns. The Bait. Am#
can alluding to this incicaSe, feays :
Leaving out of the account 1 lie Ad-
ditions which are made every year to tae
aggregate of our population by emigraste §
from Europe, the natural increase ofoir *
own people may aflFord the basis of an es-,
timate which could not be appficd to a|iy
other country. We are bound to be the
most populous and the most powerful of
living nations. This is our destiny, and
it is our responsibility also. KossuthF
made his mistake only in the po;
time AVe arc a power on eartl'
a power that its'presence must
nificance. We-cannot abnegate crUI
ing; but it is dpC to our dignity that
raise not a hand except to control,
that at once. No empty vaporing,
bravado, for this American people. W(
hold our own against the world, and xriB
do it. come what may.
UT]r* In Great Britaiu. the populatff j
in 1851. including Ireland and the islgi *
of the British seas, was 27.51í),8Stí éi
number of landholders only about%
000.
In the United States and territoics <
free white population, by the last cea11
was 19,630.738. The number of
holders—the owners of farms—Was 1,
486. Add to this the number of freehol
as contradistinguished from fkrm-oi
being 730,997, and it would increas
number to 2,379,483.
i i —Li /. tt i
Army Movements.—Tbe two com*
ies of the 1st Infantry, recently static
at Ringgold Barracks, have been ord
to Las Moras, above Eagle Pass j
pan ies A an dl to remain at ftinj
Barracks Assist. Surgeon Jf. B. K
is ordered to Las Moras, with tbe li
ion of tbe 4th Infantry, under tbe >
mand of Maj. La Motte.
Mr. Weed, in his European le^9, ^
that a son of Brahain has recentl trf1
his appearance in Italian opera at Nap
and that be was completely successful
conquering the prejudices of the critic
audiences of the seat of the Opcmttie Mut
as Naplei is now called. :
' < .
A Union Convention of Benton me
an ties in the Fourth Congressional l)ir
trict of Missouri, bate -nominated
Birch for Congress. íhfe js file g
man who bas sued Bepf<jn."£ r
Birch ia not defeated it wdlii
_nq(fcbobeca
Benton weti't'ti^y to bedt him.
■■j _ ••■¡'i jmAr r ,4 >/
A Ch\
Rice, the celebrated tl
having caused tubtprinl^i^ie^ 1
gereí^íe#,jWmrfttó^aíd^Kí<l
been in
hibition in the ring, to tic
aeter, Ane.|ur
$1558 against
-Ttsrm ^
—This
|t#e!
huff
Hlusio*
'ííYJJ
put
aísír eollapsed.
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