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THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.
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THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.
A. MARSCHALK, Sr., Editor.
F. MARSCHALK. Ja., PUBI.IMW-
| The Bread Question lit Settled. | ¡)&a We learn from a gentleman
Our friend Bob Taylor brought us j travelling up the country from San
1 a few days ago, a quantity of flour 1 Antonio, that almost without excep-
' made from the seed of the Chinese j tion, the printers who attempted to
Bklton Texas, September 26, 1857 ' Sugar Cane, which on yesterday stop the publication of the "Herald"
~ SATURDAY MORNING, ¡ morning wo had baked into bread, of that place by making an unjust
' i nml mum which we imule a most, ov. and uncalled for "strike" against
PREPAYMENT OF POSTAGE ^client and palatablo breakfast.— the energetic proprietors, have been
To all those who pay ut advance T t, |jrcaj }IÍU] a deep pink compelled to seek elsewhere for
w<? will s'-nd the Independent P REE ' 1 1
OF POSTAGE.
color, but tliat is imparted to it from
the small particles of the hull which
"ri z ««=<*>* <* ««-
It will not be long however, before
some of our ingenious Yankee breth-
provender for man or beast, taken in
exchange at market prices, for subscrip-
tion to " The Independent."
ron will have invented a machine
for hulling the seed, and then we be-
lieve it will make as pretty and
whito bread as the flour from wheat.
Our cook informs us that this cane
flour makes up, and kneads precise-
ly like the shorts from wheat, and
Wood.—We would like to have
some of our "Wood Subscribers"
haul in their appropriations, just
about this time. Cold weather is at
hand, and the babies need (ires in the
morning. A wink ought to be as
good as a nod, in this matter.
jgfejy- We had the pleasure of sha-
king by the hand a few days ago,
Gen. T. J. Chambers, who in our hum?; ufactured, molasses, sugar, alcohol,
ble opinion is the man for the United ¡ sparkling and still wines, beer, ci-
work. Of one of them, and we be-
lieve the instigator of the movement
we cannot say that we could expect
any better. When we lived in San
Antonio, there was not one of the
six or seven printing offices in the
city, in which he was a wecolinc
guest. He could not or would not
do two good day's work in succes-
sion in the week, yet looked for the
best pay. Yorily, to use Turkish
axiom, "Curses like young chickens
that it has all the properties of it.! come homo to roost." This young
According to all accounts, from this gentleman fermonter, has had to seek
remarkable plant will now be man-
Slates Senato, in place of Ru.sk.
Hut of tliis more anon,
JO®** Just as we were putting our
paper to press last Friday afternoon,
the longest and heaviest rain we
have had in years, fell upon our
town and vicinity. All the creeks
and rivers in the neighborhood were
swelled so ¡is to be unfordable for
some lime.
Do uno Coax.—We have it from a
reliable source, that a planter In
our country has fattened upwards of
1,500 lbs of fine pork (Yoin the pro-
duct of a fraction over one-half an
acre of Duoro Corn.
By-the-bye: We learn that our
old friend Thus. McSpadden Esq-,
has a lew bushels of the Duoro for
sale, for seed.
A New Paper.
We learn from our New Orleans
and Mississippi Exchanges that Ma-
jor McCardlo, who has for time been
occupying the Chair Editorial of the
Vicksburg Whig, was to have com-
menced on the 15th instant, the pub-
lication of a new paper, in the above
named place, to be callcd "The True
Southron. This paper is to be an in-
dependent southern Journal, and will
be issued weekly and daily. In his
prospectus, the Major says:
The True Southron will be a thor-
oughly independent Southron journal
and will recognize no allegiance to j
parties, politicians and party plat-
forms. It will maintain earnestly
and with whatever ability the editor
may possess, tho rights, the honor,
the interests and the perfect equality
of the South in the Union, so long as
these cherished objects can be main-
tained there, and when the Union
fails to afford us the protection which
Ave aro justly entitled to, it will take
bold anil manly ground for their pre-
servation out of it.
We know the Major well, and can
say this of him, that in our humble
opinion, next to Giles M. Illllyer of
the Natchez Courier, we look upon
him its the best editor lu the South,
and we predict for his new paper
a brilliant success.
der, vinegar, paper, starch, dye
stuffs and broad. Mr. Taylor shew-
ed us a pair of pantaloons which
had been dyed with a decoction
made from the fodder and the peel-
ings of the cane. It makes a pret-
ty purple. The hull of the seed
makes the finest and most lasting
dye. ____
Veff* We learn from the San Anto-
nio papers, that the "Cart War"
still goes on.
Attacks were made by a party of
about thirty men with blackened fa
cos
was under the command of Capt.
Bill Tobin of San Antonio.
Many shots were fired, and an old
Mexican named Antonio Delgado
was killed, and others wounded.—
Two of the ruffians were probably
killed
in Now Orleans, a wider field for
his labor.
Lord John RukscI.
A London correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press, noticing a de-
bate in the House of Commons, thus
sketches the appcaranco and man-
ner of the distinguished Whig lea-
der, John Russcl:
Lord John Russcl rose in reply.
This celebrated statesman is rather
a pocket edition of humanity, with
clever restless eyes, wrinkled cheeks,
rather a low but broad forehead and
a complexion of a sallow hue, con-
ed assistance, in men and money,
with which he returned to America.
In 1780 ho commenced the advance
guard of the army, and in the fol-
lowing year was intrusted with the
defence of Virginia against Corn-
wallis. Being joined by Washing-
ton and Rochambcau, lie aided in the
operations, in consequence of which,
the British general was obliged to
capitulate at Yorktown. Ho was
afterwards at the head oí the van-
guard of the army, when it trium-
phantly entered the city of N. York.
He returned again to France, and
soon after his arrival, peaco was
concluded between tho beligorent
governments. His next visit to the
country, for whose liberties lie had
so gallantly fought, took place forty
years afterwards, when he was re- ¡ng on the weight of the mails trans-
ceived by the united voice of the j d Qver the route
whole nation with a universal ac- r . . . .„
claim of enthusiastic welcome, He ! I ca" fol ward 011 thc Petitions if
was literally tho "nation's guest;", desired^to the Department, but would
and thc motto "welcome Lafayette," recominend that they* be altered
was, for the space of a whole year, | 80I1^ our representativo in
the " household word" of the Union,! • '
Congress. I send it back to the
The following letter to us from Ma-
jor Scott, our efficient Mail Agent,
explains itself:
Houston, Sept. 19,1857.
Sir._I received from your place
a petition asking me to recom-
mend to the P. M. General a stage
route from Hemstead to Bolton, and
have since received similar petitions
from other points on the route indi-
cated in the potition from Belton.
It is not in tho power of the P.
M. General to establish a new route,
that is dono by Congress and tho
grade of service is established by
the Department, very much depend-
JOHN H. ISBELL,
Sent
trusting shockingly with a ludicrous-
ly high and very white shirt collar.
, on a portion of thc train which heI? a p^postcrously largo hat
, , e tor such a head, m one hanu while
the other was stuck deep in his
breeches pocket. His mode of spea-
king struck ine as singularly poin-
ted and copious. lie appeared to
talk as a man of business, and yet
there was a coldness about it that
, chilled the sensibilities of an Amer-
as they fell from their horses Jean used to the placid, florid style
and were carried oil' tho grounds.
Captain Tobin who was with the
balance of the train, about six miles
behind, reinforced them and camped
with thom during thc night, and
thus prevented the success of the at-
tempts of the ruffians to divide the
train and destroy it. Upon hearing
of the attack, many citizens of San-
Antonio went to the assistance of
the t rain, but their aid was not need-
ed, as no other attack was made.
From a gentleman of our acquain-
tance, who has for something more
than a year past been a citizen of
San Antonio, wc learn that this war
has not been waged against the
Mexican cartmen on account, of the
difference in thc prices they charge
for hauling, nor is it believed that
other Wagones arc the only ones
who attack them, but it is on ac-
count of tho thieving of those grea-
ser wagoners or cart-mcn on thc
of home speaking. Thc frigid, sharp
voice, the didactic tone, thc reserved
and catlike gesture, consisting of
cautiously placing his hand on the
table, and then withdrawing it, were
all rather chilling to an American
who cannot understand how so cold
and formal a speaker could ever
have bccomo a loader.
From the N. O. Picayune, of Sept. 5th.
Centennial Birthday of
Lafayette.
This day is memorable as comple-
ting a hundred years since the birth
of Gilbert Mottier, the Marquis de
la Fayette, the companion and friend
of Washington, and the coadjutor
of the illustrious Pater 1'a tria in
working out the independence of
our beloved country.
The affection which thc events of
the Revolution created and cement
ed between Washington and Lafay-
ette, was cherished to the last of
both their lives, and, in all its man-
ifestations, was one of the most
beautiful recorded by the pen of his-
tory. In a letter addressed by the
former, while president of the Uni
No ovation, in all respects compar-
able with the memorable reception
of Lafayette, in 1824, by thc Amer-
ican people, was ever decrced to
mortal man:
" Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
But they'll remember, with advantages,
What things -were done that day.
The story still th® g°od men tell their sons;
And Chrispin Chri>pian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of thc world,
But he in it shall be remembered.
J8§y The editor of the Independent
then a child of but seven years old,
with twenty five other children,
marshaled by his venerable father,
each one carrying a beautiful ban- j
ncr of white satin, with thc name
of a state or territory, and "Welcome
Lafayette," printed on it, were
marched out on thc "Bluff," at Natch-
cz to meet thc Nations' Guest. Well
docs he remember thc enthusiasm
and feelings expressed on that day,
altho' it is thirty three years ago.—
Each boy, beautifully uniformed in
white and blue, with a red ribbon
round his left shoulder and waist,
thus showing the colors of France,
was prepared with a rose or boquet,
and as the old General stepped from
his carriage, we little ones threw
our roses at his feet, and sang out
P, M., and if you should prefer it to
go to the Department you can in-
struct tho P M., to remail it to mo.
I shall take pleasure in aiding thc
petitioners as far as lies in my pow-
er.
I contemplate going to Washing-
ton city in November next, on offi-
cial business and may remain until
thc opening of the Congress.
Yours trillv,
,T. W. SCOTT,
Special Agt. P. O. D.
Thc first regular "Norther," of the
season visited us on Monday night
last, the 21st inst. It lasted about
24 hours, and was extremely cold.
Some have even been bold enough
to say there was a slight frost.
This Norther occurred just two
days prior to the first cold one
' which blew last year; that occurring
on Sunday night tho 23d September.
Gen Sam Houston.—The San Au-
gustine Eastern Texan, of thc 29th
ult., has the folowing:
We have heard it stated priva'ely
that Gen. Houston intends handing in
his resignation, to take effect on the 1st
of March next. It is not known wlietli-
in our tiny voiccs, "Wclcome Lafay- er he will return to the Senate during
road. In many instances they have
i.:ii,..i r,.i <• .. *i.„ ,t ted States, in 1791, to the latter, at
Killed a tat ocI loi tlie purpose ot .« . . . . n .« i
. . . , , ... , that time at the head of tho trench
taking but twenty or thirty pounds National Guard, Washington uses
of meat, and many depredations this language to him: "Our country,
of a like nature arc committed by '".v dear sir, (and it is truly yours,)
, . . . i is fast advanciii"; in its political nn-
tl.em in almost every trip. Ipürtancc and social happincss."-
If such bo tho case, we cannot ¡ ft8 tnj, afi W((s ^ nation
wonder much thc people on the road j t|l0I1( t|ic 0bj0ct of Lafayette's love
which they travel should show a de- j and idolatry, so it was to the day
A Newspaper Change.—Our old 'sirc to ffet rid of them at any price. of '•>* death. And the sentiment
. —'—i was, and still is a reciprocal one.—
friend Flanagan retires from the Thc largo travelling wagons, I All true hearted Americans will ever
publication of thc Henderson Ban- which our friend Cain of the Bas- regard Lafayette asa friend, bene-
nor, and is .succeeded by a Mr. Mo. J trop Advertiser spoko of some tactor and brother, and will cherish
Cormick, who in his Salutatory ex-: months ago, passed
otto." Thc old man was affected to
tears. He stood still and for a min-
ute or two thc tears rained from his
eyes. lie then carne forward, and
taking us each up in his arms im-
printed a kiss upon our cheeks, a
yet cherished souvoner.
We have received No. 13,
Vol. 2, of a very neat and well prin-
ted sheet styled thc "Texas Pioneer,"
published in Fairfield, Freestone Co.,
Texas, with a request to exchange,
which we do with pleasure.
For tho Weekly Independent.
Now that rains fall frequent-
ly, and cool nights arc prevalent,
while the mid-day sun yet shines
with much warmth, we may reason
ably expect sotno disturbances
the winter.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE.
A LL persons are warned not
to trade for a note for thirty nine
dollars and fifty cents given by me on
and
Belton, Bell County, Texas,
TyiLl attend to locating land in the
* * upper Trinity, Brassos and Leon
country, and also the payment of tax s
and perfecting titles. The District
Surveyor's Office for Milam Land Dis-
trict beinj located in Belton, affords
him superior facilities for giving bis
personal attention to all business with-
in the District. He haB a thorough
knowledge of the country, having been
engaged in the busiuess for ten years,
and pledges himself that all business
entrusted to him will be faithfully and
promptly attended to upon reasonable
terms. sept26:22v2:Iy
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
The Stale of Texas—County
ol Bell,
THOMAS C THOMSON,]
VS. V
WILLIAM R HADDON. )
THE STATE OF TEXAS
to the siiehlff of bell counti—'
greeting *.—
WHEREAS, ThosCThom-
son, a resident of the county of
Burleson, has filed his petition in the
District Court of Bell county, against
William R Haddon, whose residence
is in the State of Indiana, alleging am-
ong other things that, on or about thc
13th day of February, A. D., 1855,
Petition 'repurchased from the said Wm
R Haddon, fifty four acres of land, sit-
uated in the said county of Bell, for
and in consideration of the sum of
Twenty dollars in hand paid, and his
promissory note tor Two hundred and
fifty dollars, due in October following;
that defendant represented that said
land was valuable and well-timbered
i-edar land, when in fact there was no
cedar timber on the same; that he pur-
chased said land without making a per-
sonal examination of the same; that
said noto was iransfered to an innocent
party before the same matured, upon
which suit was instituted against peti-
tioner and a judgment obtained, which
lias been paid, and that he has sustain-
ed damages to the amount ot Five
Hundred Dollars by thc fraud of said
defendant.
Petitioner prays that said defendant
be adjudged to take back his deed for
said land, which has not been recorded,
and refund said consideration money
with interest, for his damages and
{costs, and for his writ of attachment,
| and for general relief:
, Petitioner having made affidavit that
i said William R Haddon is not a resi-
dent of the State of Texas.
Now therefore this is to com mind
ou to cite the said William R Haddon,
publication in "The Weekly In*
the 21st day of August last"to 0ne dependent," a newspaper published in
G. W. Sea)', as the consideration for town of Belton, four successive
which said note was given has failed,
and I am determined not to pay it
unless compelled bv law.
sep;26:6t] PEYTON TURNER.
THE
presses many fears of his "insuffi- j town on Tuesday last, on their re-
cicncy" &c. That will not do Mo,, turn from Lampasas Springs, where
.. . i his memory with thc sincerest affec-
through our t{on
but you will. Just go ahead; take
our motto, "Please yourself' and
you'll be sure to win.
We liavo some little curiosi-
they had boon during a greater por-
tion of the summer, to Louisiana.
From what we could glean from oth-
ers, we learn that they wore the
beautiful State in width and breadth,
hud those convenient vehicles eon-
Born in September, 1757, at Chcv-
inac, in the present department of
the Iluate Loire, this remarkable
man married at thc age of sixteen,
M'lle de Noaillies d'Ayen. When
the American revolution broke out,
lie made an offer of his services to
Benjamin Franklin, (then in Paris,)
which being accepted, he armed a
vessel at his own expense, and lan-
ded in Charlestown, Mass., in April,
1777. 11c was warmly welcomed
by Washington, who offered him a
STATE OF TEXAS—COUN-
TY OF CORYELL.
GEORGE W JOHNSON, Adm'r. )
VS. \
ISAAC I REDDIN. )
to the sheriff of coryell county,
greeting:
of \l/'HEliEAS George W John-
,, „ , ,. son« Administrator of the Es-
tile health ol our bodies. Chills (ate 0f Abraham Johnson, deceased,
and fever, disturbances of thc bow- ■ has filed his petition in the District
els, disorder of the liver, and those ! Court ot Coryell county, against Isaac
affections, commonly styled "bad J Reddin, whom he has made affidavit
colds" should be trnardod ao-ainst ! d°eS not reSlde m lh,s St,,te; tt,lt'tfing.
^nanita against.; tjmt on the 20lJl day 0f june j84o(
Wc have had so many years of al- Defendant executed and delivered his
most uninterrupted health in our bond, conditioned that lie make a good
portion of Texas that we may have an^ perfect title to his Head right, 320
grown too careless in this respect. a.cres,. °[ 'an^.' .so ,soo1n as a Patent
, .. should be obtained: that patent has
Ihis should not bo so. Wc should Issued and that the ]lind is £ituated in
adapt our clothing, food and habits the county of Comanche.
to thc changes of thc season. !. Petitioner prays for a decree of title
Our clothing should be ™thcr: ImmTohnLÍVcct^ed^L^the^i^
warm than was worn a short time costs of suit and damages, and for ge-
sincc. In regard to food we should neral relief.
n.s
weeks, to appear at the next term of
thc District Court to be held in Bell
county, at the court-house thereof in
the town of Belton, on the 9th Monday
after the 2nd Monday in September,
18Ó7, then and there to answer said
petition.
Herein fail not, but make due return
thereof as the law directs.
WITNESS, A W RICHARD,
Clerk ot thc District Court in
and foi said county, and the
seal of said court, affixed at
Belton, this September 21st, 1857.
A W RICHARD,
d. c. b. c.
Came to hand thts September 21st,
1857, and executed the same day by
ordering this Writ to be published in
"The Weekly Independent," four suc-
cessive weeks prior to the return day
herejf. WM REED, tfhff b c
By Joseph Cater, Dep Sliff
sept26;22v2;4t.
now be more careful In eating mel-
ons than was neccssary a few weeks
since. The dampness of the mor-
nings should be avoided as much as
These are therefore to command you
to summon by publication, as the law
directs, Isaac I Reddin to be and ap*
pear at the next Term of the District
court of Coryell county, to be holden
UK n structod and being a gentleman of I'"8.'1'0!1 honorable command,
excellent story i . , . ? which however, he declined, preler-
ife of Hector I ""10' time. When ,.¡nj? to serve as a volunteer. As
ty to know how Ben McCulloch,! Pr°l)0rty 11 ^h sugar planter of
Gen. Henderson and Jack Hays will st- Mar?'« Parish, Louisiana, who
relish thc yarn lately gotten up at! possessed with a desire to see our
their expense, which we see publish
ed in several papers, and which is a
mere change of an
published in thc life ,, , ,. . , . . , . , ...
OHullarnn.'tlic ncem> of which ! '" 'T "7 "I""1 "1; 110 b?¡'VÍ,".w
. house is ready. He carries along Biandywine, September 11, 11 • 7, in
1,ir,M* I everything necessary for comfort. ?vhiVh hc. ^as wounded. Congress
A man named William Am-; T| / * .lb nlt tW(,ntv.livo having given lum, at ash.ngton's
. . . . . i ,,lc wagons aic aioui iwmij mi ,suggestion, a major-general's brevet
be!son was hung two weeks since,! fcetloIlff by eight feet wide, built J,e continued to serve in the North,
near the line between Atascosa and ¡ with three apartments in each, and was at tin- battle of Monmouth,
Live Oak counties, lie was taken! ^.[,¡^1, tU(, f„r bedroom, parlor, di- J""<\ 1778, and received thc thanks
ton, hi, bed, Wng behind hi ; ni„K kitchcn, crv nt. r™n„
wife and two children. The cause, &Ct( &0. Thoy 8m„od to be easily In 1779 ho returned to France, the
foi the hanging wc have not learn-1 drawu i,y 8jx mules each. Government of that country having
ed. He lived quite a distance from i They were the most complete af-i acknowledged the independence of
any neighbor. 'fairs for travelling that we ever saw. the American States, and lie obtain
possible, and in case one is obliged 'n t'ie town of Gatesviile, on the 8th
! to go out very early, his system ,lJie 2nc^ ^ond y in Sep-
, ,, , f ,.r i ... , , „ tember, 1857, then and there to answer
i should be toi-tified with a breakfast said petition.
[before going. But such a "fortifica. J Herein fail not, but make due return
tion" as a glass of grog, a cocktail this writ, certifying the manner you
et id omnc genus, should bo guarded ;',iu e executed the
. . • .i x. r, Attest: T B POLLARD, Clerk of
against more strictly than thc mor- the District court of Coryell C(m
GIVEN under my hand
ning's dampness. If we have to be
abroad at night we should be warm-
ly clad and in motion all the while.
We may brace our system against
"catching cold" by using a sponge
bath night and morning; and indeed
my hand and
[l. s.J private seal, having no seal of
office, at Gatesviile, the lith
day of September, 1837,
T B POLLARD,
d. c. c. c.
Came to hand September 16th 1867
In obedience to the above writ I
one of our most learned jurists , , , ...
... , , , , . Al order the same to be pub hshed in the
says it may be done by bathing the BeUon indcpendent a Uekly newspa-
fcet in cold water in thc morning, payer published in thc county of Bell,
and he practises what he says. A for four successive weeks.
little care, thought and attention) G W HALEY, Sliff c c
may ward off a spell of sickness and By D W Sqykes, Dep Shff
save a doctors bill. SAN1TUS. sept26;22v2;4t;pfSl7$
the state of texas—county of milam
- Taken up by Daniel Culens and es-
trayed before Jos Wheeler, J P Milam
.county, on the 29th day of June 1857
a Sorrel Horse, 2 yrs'old, both hind
feet white, blaze in the face and bran-
ded on the right side of the neck with
a small heart, valued at $50
Taken up by S M Davis and eBtray-
ed before D G Davis J P Milam co.,
on the 7th day of August 1857, a Span-
ish mare 13¿ hands high, blaze face,
3 white feet, branded on the leit tlii^h,
and branded reversed S on the left
shoulder, blemish in left eye, 7 yrs old,
valued at $33
Taken up by S W Smith and es.
trayed before Wm B Streetman J P
Milam county, on the 14th Aug. 1857,
a flea bitten gray mare 10 or 12 years
old, Spanish brand resembling a y on
left shoulder, valued at $5: also a dun
stud, 4 yrs old, bald face, 3 whit legs,
Spanish brand, valued at $2-5: also one
strawberry roan mare, about 8 yrs old,
bald face, 3 less white, Span, brand,
val. $25; also an iron gray stud, 2 yrs
old, blaze face, 3 legs white, no brands
val 825; also a black or brown filly, 3
yrs old, no brands, valued at 310; also
a bay horse 10 or 12 yrs old, branded
R L en right shoulder, star and snip
in the face, heavy blaok mane and tail
inclined to curl, valued at $60
STROUD MELTON c c m o
sepl9* by W D King Dep.
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