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W. }• PENDLETON, EDITOR-
WASB1SCT0 , TUESDAY, FEB. 3, 1857-
gar We are authorised to announce Rufua H. Fol-
der Eaar , as a candidate for the Legislature, subject
*o tlx Elimination of tiiC Democratic Convention,
We are authorized to announce Thcmas Har-
riatfftt'Saq-, as a caiulidate lor the Judgeship in Uie
Srd judicial District.
JCS" The new concrete Court House has
already been commenced in Seguine, and will
doubtless soon reach completion.
JEST Col. Crawford reached here this
evening in fine health and spirits, we never
saw him looking better.
JG3T We are pleased to learn that Mr.
Bingold, the gentleman shot by Gibney, at
Groce'sRetreat last week, is improving. The
wound at first, was thought to be mortal.
It is rarely that the gloom of our
sanctum is enlivened by the presence of
lovely woman; yet, such was the case last
week; but, we must confess that our fair
visiter caught us in rather an unpleasant
predicament, as we were actually engaged in
the elegant work of playing the Devil.1'-
JJ¡3T A. Coloney of Poles, we learn, have
nearly completed the town of Panamaria in
Karns county. If, as we learn, the town
consists entirely of polea, we fear it may
turn oat rather a slender affair.
JSST The farmers of the entire "West
seem to be much earlier than heretofore in
their crops, many have already planted and
others, doubtless, will in a day or so. Such
evidences of prosperity and industry are re-
ally refreshing now-a-days.
JEST We are requested by the Editors of
the 11 Texas Literár y Journal" to say that
owing to the de'ay of some of the material
the Journal cannot possibly be issued before
the first, perhaps the fifteenth of March.
We know, that the material was ordered in
time and that the matter was also ready, but
in consequence of the delay in the former,
the work will not be ready before the time
above specified.
JC3T Our readers will find that " many
Americans" of Montgomery have nomina-
31 Cot J. D, McAdoo for Governor. Col.
cAdoo, is an able exponent of the Ameri-
can doctrine, and a firm adherent to the
American party and its platform of princi-
ples, than whom, no man more competent
to discharge the hifch duties of the State
Executive could be elevated to so distin
guished a position.
JEST We announce, this morning, the
nace of Rufus H. Felder, as a candidate for
the Legislature, subject to the nomination of
the Democratic Convention. Mr. Felder is
a gentleman of high standing in the commu-
nity, and ene well suited to the office for
which he is a candidate.
EXEMPTION OF SLAVE 3 FROM EXECUTION
The Hon. B. W. Bellamy of Jefferson co.,
Florida, has introduced in the Legislature
of that State a bill entitled " an act to ex-
empt from levy and sale in this State by ex-
ecution or attachment, or other process, one
slave." With but a few exceptions every
Journal in the South is in favor of such a
measure. In order to strengthen the insti-
tution in the South a more general diffusion
of slavery among the Southern people is ab-
solutely necessary Exempt family servants
from execution and in the place of about
three hundred thousand actual slave-holders
we should soon find nearly every South-
ern man a slave-holder. Of course some
difference of opinion would insue as to the
number and value of the negroes, but that
could be easily settled. Another beneficial
result would be, that the slavery agitation,
demons of thfs North would be deprived of
one of their hobbies, namely: the charge
upon the small proportion of the Southern
people who are actual slave-holders, of being
a Slave Oligarchy. Would it not be well for
every Southern State to take action upon this
most important of all subjects to our inter-
terests and institutions.?
The fact of tlio accumulation of slave
property in the hands of so few at the South,
has given the North grounds to charge upon
us division of interest, and unless we can
consolidate the interest the assumption can
never be put down. " There are in the South-
ern States" saj-s the " Eagle and Enquirer"
large districts in which the face of a negro
is rarely seen. These districts are gcnerallj-
densely populated by robust, healthful men.
who have, now, no very great interest in
slavery, and who, probably, in case of civil
war growing out of the negro question,
could not afford to leave their wives and
children at home, while they went off to
light the slave holders' battles.
To consolidate then this most impor-
tant of all Southern interests,- the South
should go in wholly for such a measure,
and we hope and believe the Statesmen as
well as the great mass of the people will
take it into consideration. That our senti-
ments are one no sane man will doubt, but
to tfiis, let us add another bond of cohesion,
the union of interests, and we will insure a
greater unanimity of sentiment and an un-
doubted and complete concert of action.
JEST We were present at the commence-
ment of operations by the Brazos Branch
Tap Bail-Road Company, on Saturday last,
and never before have we witnessed such
unanimity of sentiment and such concert of
action in our citizens. Farmers, merchants
and all were ready and willing to give the
Road a K help." There is no doubt now that
we will push the Road through as soon and
probably quicker than the arrival of the
Houston Central Road to the point designa-
ted. Dr. Flewellen our enterprising and
energetic treasurer of the Brazos Improve-
ment Company, informs us that the require
ments of the law are all fulfilled; and all the
Company now has to do is to thoroughly
organize and commence operations. Let our
sister towns brag of their growth and pros-
perity, yet with our improvements comple-
ted, who can foretell the rapid strides to-
wards advancement, wealth and power that
Washington will make in the course of a
few years 1
the
SOUTHERN PACIFIC BAIL ROAD
Of all the magnificent and splendid
schemes of improvement now agitating the
public mind, there is none which will vie with
Ihe Southern Pacific Road in importance to
the South and South-West portions of the
Union. In fact there is no scheme however
vast and gigantic in which the people of the
whole Union should be so deeply interested,
as the connection of the wateirs of the At-
lantic and Pacific by these great iron nerves
and arteries that are to national prosperity
the avenues to wealth and power. From
ihe repoit of the Company published at the
American Rail-Road Office, in New York— a
pamphlet of seventy-one pages; their affairs
seem to be in a prosperous condition and in
promise of success. The New York
Times says:
" Designing men, Shylocks, and specula-
tors, with their bribes in hand; hireling
irepullers, and pensioned lobby members,
are now at Washington to procure the pas-
sage of a Pacific Railroad bill." ,
Without any wish or desire to deplete the
National Treasury, without asking aid of
Congress oi petitioning for grants of land
furtherance of their scheme. The Com-
pany are pushing the Road on to El Paso,
the "Western boundary of Texas. The first
section is now ready for the rail, and the iron
being laid upon the track; while the money
necessary to complete the second is already
provided. The route of this road being the
shortest, most accessible and consequently
the cheapest, all other schemes and plans
must ultimately merge into it, as its course
lies through the richest and best watered
tract of country extending in that direction
with inexhaustible mineral and vegetable
wealth upon either side.
EEV. J. B- ST1TELER.
It was our melancholy task in the last
number of our paper <o announce the death
of the Rev. J. I>. Stiteler. who departed this
life in Florida on the 25ih day of December
last, in the thirty second year of his age.
At the time of his death Mr. Stiteler was a
citizen of Savannah Georgia, and had left
that c;ty temporarily in search of health hav-
ing labored for several months, a j-ear or
more, under the initiative symptoms of con-
sumption, but the fell destroyer was not
thus to be appeased, he had fixed his iron
grasp upon his victim and change of climate
or scenerj- conduced not to loosen the hold
of the monster. The death of this gentle-
man has produced a void in the society of
Washington and Independence that cannot
well be supplied. For several j-ears pro-
ceeding his death, he-was the Pastor of the
Baptist churchh at this place, and his ser-
mons were always attendod and listened to
bjr large and delighted audiences. He was
also at the same time, Professor of Natural
Sciences in Baj'lor University, and greatly
aided in making that school what it now de-
servedly is, one of the best if not the very
best Institution of learning in the State.
During the time that he occupied the po-
sitions above alluded to. ho labored with
great assiduity, having every hour of his
time occupied, and possibly by his severe in-
dustry, opened the door for the approach of
the disease which ultimately terminated his
life.
Declining health finally drove him from
Texas to a moro genial clime, under the hope
that he might recover. Having been invited
to take charge as officiating minister of the 1st
Baptist C in Savannali.he accepted it and was
engaged in his duties as such when he was
summoned to enter upon a higher and holier
mission. As a mere pulpit orator it is conce-
ded that Mr. Stiteler had many superiors,
but for depth of thought and power of rea-
soning, indeed for a combination of all the
analytical powers of mind, for a rare and
distinguished expounder of the great and
leading doctrines of Theology; lie was but
seldom equaled. His style was plain, pure
and chaste, and strikingly indicated the se-
vere and rigid disciplino necessary in early
life to impart classic scholarship to the hu-
man mind. But he is gone an'l we shall
not agaiirlisten to the mighty reasoning of
, \s mind. lie left behind him a wife and
three infant children to mourn his loss, be-
sides a large circle of friends—'* Requiescat
in pace.''
jBsr In our little experience with
affairs of this world we have been forced to
•n acquaintance with several modes of sha-
ving, in fact, we have occasionally been sub-
jected to the rough process of two and a half,
five and sometimes ten per cent a month
bat we have never before seen so complete and
thorough an operation of barberous skill as
came under our ken a day or two since. It
appears that an unfledged chick from a neigh-
boring county came into our town, and flnd-
ing opon examination that short hair like
short visits was the order of the day and the
peculiar badge of the "beau fashionable'
determined to curtail his fair proportions
of u flowing main." Securing the services
•f the new bqrber with an emphatic " cut
my har short and darn the expense." The
Knight of the razor commenced operations
ajad religiously following his instructions
picked his subject intirely clean of every
thing that bore a resemblance to a har.
8horn of bis strength our would be "fash
ionable" sallied out in all the '* pride, pomp
and circumstance" of a *• glorious beau.:
Yet, sad mishap; the sudden getting up of
Norther, by vigorous and well sustained at
tacks upon his hairless pate, soon convinced
him of his mistake, and when viewing his
not overly handsome countenance in a truth
fol mirror, wept his misfortune loud and
long. The last we saw of Green un he was
bearjpg up against the wind under " bare
polea" his mustang having been subjected
to asimilar 'process simultaneously with
himself. 'Theskillful barber may be found
at all honra of the day and night too, in his
shop in rear of the Post Office.
TWO WEEKS LATEB FEOJÍ CALIFORNIA.
New Yokk, Jan. 13.—The steamship
George Law has arrived from Aspinvvall
with the United States mails and upwards
of $1.250.000 in treasure.
The United Slates razee Independence and
sloop-of-war St. Mary's were lying at Pan-
ama, and the sloop-of-war Cyane at Aspin-
wall—all well.
The dates from San Francisco are to the
201 h December, on which day the steam-
ship Sierra Nevada left for San Juan with a
large number of recruits for Walker.
The Supreme Court of California has de-
clared the entire State debt unconstitutional,
with the exception of three hundred thou-
sand dollars. The Court recoinnienks the
Comimmiattifms.
RAIL ROAD MEETING AT WASHINGTON THE
3ist OF JANUARY 1857.
After a few days notice in the Washing-
ton American, a very spirited meeting of
many of the citizens of Washington. Grimes
and Walker counties convened at the Aus-
tin House. John M. Brown was called to
the chair, and Daniel Trabue chosen Secre-
tary.
The Chairman explained the object of the
meeting. D. D. Grear, Geo. W. Crawford
and John M. Brown Commissioners of the
Brazos Branch Ra^dHB^Mwai^. opened
for subs^^^^^^^^^^^^^fcblicty
by posti^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Hfcn
tock-hq^^^^^^^^^^^^^Biscd
elected
G. W. Crawford, James
Ringold, D. M. Underhill^^WTllutchinson.
Directors choosing Jno. M. Brown Presi-
dent of the Board. Daniel Trabue. Secretary
and Hardin White Treasurer.
Lindsey P. Rucker was selected Engineer
and ordered to make a survey.
By request, Capt. Wm. P. Rogers ad-
dressed the Stock-Holders and citizens in his
usual eloquent style. The meeting then ad-
journed to meet on the East branch of the
Brazos river after dinner.
east bank, 3 o'clock, 31st Jan. '57.
The President. Directors, Officers, Stock-
Iloldcrs and citizens generally, met to com-
mence the construction of the Brazos Branch
Rail-Road company. The Engineers report
being made, Jno. M. Brown President, with
his spade broke the ground and cast upon
the grade the first earth, then followed each
Director in like manner and did the same,
next followed the Maj-orof the city, Officers
of the Roard, Stock-Holders and citizens
generally in the same way, casting the rich
soil of the Brazos bottom 011 the ground of
the Washington Branch, which will, when
furnished, give new life, great wealth, and
imti-ense amount of trade to our little vil-
lage in size, but city in name. Never before
did we see so great a union of opinion and
feeling of our citizens ; nearly all of our lar-
gest as also smallest planters, were promptly
oh the ground, coming on purpose to see that
the Road should be built; offering one, two,
three and four thousand dollars each, if nec-
essary. But the Directors declined any in-
crease of subscription until all the Legisla-
ture enactments could be procured from the
publishers at Austin relating to our charter.
DANIEL TRABUE.
Secretary.
Montgomery. Texas. Jan. 20th: 1857.
Mr. Editor: If Col. J. D. McAdoo will
consent to be a candidate for Governor, he
will receive the votes of man}'
AMERICANS.
I. 0- 0 F.
Odd Fellow's Hall, Washington
January 29th, 1857.
Brothers : Odd Fellowship is again
adoptron of the'debt by the I^is'l'^ure, andlcallcd UP™ to mourn the loss of one of its
that the question of repudiation be submit-! members, and a "link" has been brqj^n
ted to the people. No transler of stock has! from the •'chain" that binds the great body
been made since the decision The people of our biotherhood. A familiar face is mis-
are opposed to repudiation. Meetings have i . , . , , , ,
been called in various parts of the State to ism&and a sca.1 ,s vacant «round our 'altar.'
give expression to public opinion. At the! ^ hilst '"owr" family are clothed in the sad
meeting held at San Francisco, resolutions j habiliments of mourning—Bro. Alfred Mc-
werc passed pledging the redemption of thej Millan is <110 more! Death has shot his
debt *y the people. The amount is over ri shaft and stricken ()(nrn in our
three millions. ., ® , , . , _
n -. , , j , ., . ., ... midst, a brother and a friend. Strong in ro-
1 he Court has also decided that the mill-i, ' ... , .. , ,
ion and a half of scrip is.-ued by the old i bust man-.iood, buoyant with hope, and sur-
Corporation of San Francisco for street as-¡ rounded by friends and brothers, attached
sessments were illegal. to him by no ordinary ties. Our brother is
The Court has also given a decision in the taken away from the circle of relatives,
MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND ALDER-
MEN, OF THE TOWN OF WASHING r
TON, JANUARY 2STH, 1857
Present R. A. LO'l T,
B. F. WII.SON.
D. M. UNDEIUTILL
HARDEN WHITE
B. M. HATFIELD.
J
Mayor.
Aklcrmcn.
TIIE'committee appointed to draft Ordi-
nances for the Corporation reported the
following, which were read and adopted:
Ordinances.
1st. There shall be reserved, on each side
•f every street within this Corporation, a
space of ten feot for a s side walk.
2nd. Any person who shall wilfully place
any boxes, barrels, lumber, or A her ob-
struction on said side walks, or shall ride, or
hitch any horse, mare, or mule on said side
walks, shall be fined in a sum of onj dollar
and costs, for each offence.
3rd. ft shall be the duty of the Mayor or
town Constable, to suppress all riotous noise
and unlawful assemblages of negroes or
white persons within the limits of this Cor-
poration. Any negroes not owned or hired
by some citizen of this town, who shall be
found here on the Sabbath day, without a
special written permission from his or her
master, mistress or employer, or shall be
found here after 9 o'clock. P. M., 011 that
day, with or withftut a pass, unless on busi-
ness of necessity of his or her master, mis-
tress or employer, shall receive thirty nine
lashes on his or her bare back. Or if such
negroes shall be found here on any other day
than Sunday without such written permis-
sion. except he shall be on the business of
his master or employer, shall receive thirty
nine lashes.
4th. It shall not be lawful for any person
or persons, to sell or furnish spiritous li-
quors of any kind to a slate or slaves, with-
out a written permission from the r owner or
employer Forjeach. and every offence there-
for, he or they shall be subject to a fine of
not less than five nor more than ten dollars.
5th. It shall be unlawful for any negro or
negroes to rent, own, occupjT, or keep a
dwelling house or shop for the vending or
trading, seperate from his or their master,
mistress or employer For every such offence,
the offender shall be punished with thirty-
nine lashes, and his or their owner or agent
shall pay a fine of ten dollars.
6th. The council shall appoint a suitable
citizen as Captain of a patrole for the town,
with power to select such assistants as he
may deem necessary, and that his Honor, the
Mayor, issue a Commission to such persons,
when appointed.
8th. There shall be an annual tax levied
and collected upon each and every store or
establishment, for selling goods, wares or
merchandise: of any kind, to the amount of
five cents on every hundred dollars, so invest-
ed, and all goods, &c . purchased from this
date, shall be txaed at the rate of five cents,
annually, on ever}' hundred dolíais, papable
quarterly in advance.
8th. There shall be an annual tax of one
twentieth of one per cent, levied upon all
improved or unimproved real^estate, subject
to taxation under the laws of the State,
within this Corporation; assessed and col
THE SEAECH WARRANT I RUSSIAN PEEPAEATIONS IN ASIA-
There lived not many years ago. a A letter of the 8th ult., from St. Peters-
wickcd wight, whose name was Joe. I burg, says.
Though verv poor, he cschcwed labor Thc complications that have sprung up iri
aud lived by filching from his neighbor. Persia are engaging general attention. The
At last his neighbors always thought ¡even s whic,,r ar* JC,n* P^pared m that
. , ... 1 J V : quarter are of a nature to provoke the anx-
though at it he was never caught, he'd U. óf Ilus.ia, the more so as her own in-
take if he could get a chance, whatever , terests are deeply at stake there. It is very
fell beneath his glantfe; and when a far- well known here that it was the occurren-
mer missed a " hoe or jn ax," it was ces at Ivars which especially induced the
laid to Joe. In fact they made him with
impunity, a scapegoat for the whole com-
munity.
In the same neighborhood there dwelt
an old Dutch farmer, named Van Pelt,
whose wealth enabled him to keep large
herds of cattle and sheep, and often he
boasted of the latter ; no sheep than his
were fatter.—Our worthy farmer, though
no glutton, was partial to fat chops of
mutton. One day, ho labored hard and
long, like the nightengale in the sorig.
began to feel, as well he might, the keen
demands of adpetite, he'd eaten nought
from morn till night, and hieing forth
he sought to slay his fattest sheep with-
out delay. Ho arrived at the field
which he supposed all safe and snug, his
flock enclosed; but though the rest were
on the ground the fattest one could not
be found. The field produced of grass
and clover iu full supply ; it was more-
over encircled by a high fence, too high
for sheep to scale, and hence he argued,
' there can be no doubt, some hungry
thief has been about.' Each circum-
stance proclaimed it so, and who. cóuld
steal á sheep but-Joe?
4 It was he, I'm sure ; I'll bet my life
on it •'
Next day he to the Squire repaired,
and with a solemn oath declared his be-
lief that Joe had got thc sheep concealed
about his cot.
' To prove his guilt, dear sir, I wish
you would instantly warraut issue, and
thc coustable and I together will search
Joe's cot for mv wether.'
The magistrate at oncc complied, and
with the catchpole at his side, Van Pelt
set forth. They reached the spot, a tiny
looking rough built cot, and rudely en-
tered without knocking. Joe's wife sat
darning an old stocking, her feet. the
meanwhile the cradle rocking, officer, in
a surly tone, made at once his business
known.
With much surprise the woman listen-
ed, while in her eye a tear drop glistened.
Her pride was touched, her color rose.
Court of Teher.in to make advance to the
Cabinet of St. Petersburg.
Thc appointment of Gen. Duhamel. at
that time in the service of Russia, to be thtf
head of the staff in the Persian army, in-
stead of the Austrian Col. Karaczay, was a
manifest proof of the influence acquired by
our Court, and if the Shah has been in haste
to commence the war, he has probably taken'
this initiative, because he has been made to
comprehend that, within a few years, when
the projected railways shall have been con-
structed. the English might easily occupy
every one of the Persian ports. In any case,
thc European officers.in the service of the'
Persian army will try and give to that army
the strength requisite for resisting, with
Russia's assistance, the British troops.
Orders were sent from St. Petersburg in
November last to collect an army corps of
at least 40,000 men. upon the Persian fron-
tier. Lieut. Gen. Koslowkif who command-
ed a division of the Caucassian ariny, tas
been placed ut the head of this corps, which
will proceed as an army of observation to'
the neighborhood of Baka, on the western,
coast of the Caspian Sea. The artillery of
this corps is commanded by Gen. Neyer, for-
merly attached to the 2d army corps (that
of Gen. Luders.) The Adjutant Gen. Tru-
loff. is appointed chief of the general staff.
Prince Argoutinsky, commander-in-chief ore
the Caspian coasts, is charged with the duty
of forwarding whatever munitions and pro-
visions arc consigned to his care.
What we have just stated is authentic,
whatever may have been alleged to the con--
trary. It is on account of these measures-
that the Porte has formed near Erzeroum a'
corps of observation, nearly 35,000 strong,'-
under the command of Ismael Pacha, to pro-
tect the basin of the Euphrates and watch
the Persian frontier.
These movements in Asia are thc cauflk
why the troops in Poland have not yet becm
augmented to their previous strength -
FB0M MEXICO
From our Mexican files, by the Minna*
Schiller, which came to hand this morning,
we extracj thc following additional intelli-
gence : ,
The merchants of Zacatecas have loaned?
§60.000 to the Gover-nuient of that State,-
in order to enable it to oppose the San Luis-
insurgents.
Gen. Cruz has rejected the urgent invita^
carnation tinged her chcck and nose, as j tions which the San Luis inscrgcnts have
she expressed in toucs of thunder, Iter 'sent h;m,m the hope of gaining some adhe-
indignation and her wonder. ' It is to rents by having the General'sname coupled
search my house, then, is it. that I'm w'^' their cause.
indebted for this visit ? You choose ' Scno'- 0s^"erra'
t , f. ... . Mcxican Legation, at Paris* is about to pub-
jour safest time to come, lor if my hus-¡ a norkin three parts, the first of which-
baud was at home. I'm very sure you 1 will treat of Mexic<yunder the Spanish rule,
wouldn't venture with such intent the and of the war of Independence; the second,
lectfed by the town Lollector. who shad pay ¡ h0Use to enter. He steal a sheep, he'd ' of Mexico asan independent State; and the
over to the freasurerall monies collected by scorn t0 ^ ¡t ail(] ¡f j0U told him so. third of Mexican literature and arts.
you'd me it.—But if yon can't be satis-! A sliglit shock of an earthquake was ex-
iled, when you've rumaged far and wide,! l'ei'ieuced at the city of Mexico on the 21st
proceed at once, as soon as may bo. and Wek 0SCllIatl0n from
don't wake up my poor sick baby•'TW S¿/0, of the 22d uU., has a lengthy
luen came a ii^ou of tears, tlico more account of an attempt which 200 robbers
reconciled, she sung, or l atlcr sobbed, | made on the Parish of Tecolatlan, where
a ditty to her child. | the3' plundered several houses. It also says
\YOman's threats arc vain ¡ her tears tint lapaljis, lizapan, Agualica. Amatitan
have potency to move the spheres. So 'and Taia hiÍ,v,e ,beel] t'ie_ scenes ofjimilar
bought Van Pelt, whose heart was
NEWLY INVENTED WAR ENGINE. •
A cerresponden t of tha New York Journ-
al of Commerce, alluding to the " Infernal
Machine" which General Walker's fiiends
have recently purchased for his army in
Nicaragua, thus explains its efficiency and
deadly instrumentality:
In form it resembles a small grindstone,
turned by a crank, and will discharge 300
one-our.ce balls every minute, attended by
only two men. Every machine is calcula-
ted co destroy three regiments of soldiers in
the same space of time. It can be directed
with the same ease as a common rifle is
handled.
The inventor, a Yankee, is now in Eng-
land, experimenting before the Admirality.
and a great many old Generals, of all coun
tries, who evince much interest, and have
written him letters expressive of their won-
der and astonishment. One distinguished
Polish General expresses himself to the in-
ventor, "that as soon as this deadly weapon
becomes in use, wars and rumors of wars
must cease." The gun, or machine, dis-
charges without report, and sends the ball
three times the distance of the ordinary ri-
fle or cannon, as the case may be. The
British Government has offered the inventor
£200.000 sterling, if he can enlarge his ma-
chine to discharge a sixty-four pound shot.
This he is now doing, and informs his agent
here he shall accomplish it. The Russian
Minister at London is anxious for the pat-
ent, and has offered him his price, but he
says to his friends, " I mean' no other na-
tion shall have it but England and my own
country.
Previous to his going to Europe, he offered
the right to the American Government at
Washington. Experiments were made with
one-ounce and seven-pound cannonades, be-
fore our naval and other officers, by order
of the Secretary of State, which prove all I
have related above, and go to the entire sat-
isfaction of those present. One of these
Infernal machines," placed upon the deck
of a vessel, one of the Commodores re-
marked. "would sink a frigate in three
minutes." Such a constant discharge of
balls, just as fast as they can be handled and
rolled in with the accuracy with which they
can be directed, must inevitably destroy all
before it, besides the great distance and out
of danger of the enemy's guns.
suit brought by the purchaser of the city
slip property for the recovery of the money
paid to the city, the sale having since been
declared illegal. The decision is, that al-
though the sale was illegal and therefore
the title reverts to the city, yet the purchase
money must be recovered from the land
commissioners who made the illegal sale.
The amo jnt in dispute is $1.200.000.
The Court has also decided that the city is
not liable for three hundred and seventy-five
thousand dollars for the lot purchased for
the county building.s
The Court sanctions the seizure of the
Fremont Mariposa grant for taxes, and that
the estate be sold unless the taxes are paid.
The mineing news is favorable. The mar-
kets were dull. There had been large arri-
vals of gold during the fortnight, nearly all
of which was stopped for lack of demand.
At San Francisco Josey Limantour had
been arrested for an attempt to defraud the
United States of lands in the city by means
of forged papers and peijury.
Dates from Oregon are to the 11th De-
cember.—The Legislature organised on the
first. L. F. G rover was elected Speaker of
the House.
A battle was fought on the 21st November
at Pupet Sound between the Northern In-
dians U. S. steamer Massachusetts. Twen-
ty-seven Indians were killed and twenty-one
wounded, and the remainder surrendered.
But one of the steamer's men was killed.
JG3T Matter of importance has crowded
out the communications of "Veritas" and
" Nora," they will appear in our next.
The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Clipper says:
The "Committee on Territories have pre
pared a report adverse to the petition of the
citizens of Carson Valley, asking for the an-
nexation of that portion of Utah Territory
to California. . One of the reasons for the
refusal is that California is too large already,
and would be made more unwieldy by such
an extension of its boundaries.
The committee believe that some meas-
ures of wider scope are necessary to effect a
cure of the evils of which the citizens of
Carson Valley complain, namely: Mormon
oppression, and accordingly recommend the
passage of a bill now on the Calender for
the prevention and punishment of bigamy.
This, they add, would remove the *' moral
and political pestilence which makes Utah
the scandal of the American people."
The Committee on Territories have also
prepared an unfavorable report on the peti-
tion for the organization of the Territorial
Government of Arazona, in the Gadsden
purchase. From the statements to the com-
mittee, it appears that there are from eight
to ten thousand inhabitants therein, and at
the lowest estimate, from two to three thóu-
sand. Taking the medium, there are from
five to seven thousand white inhabitants,
and this number is deemed too small for a
separate government, and will not warrant
the large expenditures necessary for that
purpose.
friends and acquaintances, and from thc bo-
som of a loving and devoted wife and family,
and taken to that " bourne whence no trav-
eler returns."
lie died on the morning of the 28th inst.,
after a lingering and painful sickness.—
Whilst, therefore, wc bow in submission to
the will of an All-wise, and Over-ruling
Providence, and humbly acknowledge thc
wisdom and goodness of his decrees ; j-et, we,
as •' Odd-Fellows,'' deeply deplore the loss
of a useful citizen, an honest man, a kind
friend, a devoted husband and father, and a
faithful brother. Peace to his remains," hon-
or to his memory, and a brother's tear upon
his tomb!
Your committee, then, most respectfully
submit, that we sensibly feel the loss of our
deceased friend and brother—Alfred McMil-
lan—and as a testimonial of our regret, re-
commend that our Lodge Room be clothed
in the usual drapery of mourningj and our
members wear the prescribed badge, in mem-
ory of a deceased brother, for the space of
thirty days.
That our order tender to the widow and
relatives of our deceased brother, our heart-
felt sympathy in their affliction, and humbly
pray that the " Father of the widow and or-
phan," will watch over and protect them in
their sad bereavement.
And as a farther testimonial in honor to
the memory of our departed brother, this
lodge do now close with appropriate ceremo-
nies. Submitted in F. L. &, T.
him. taking a receipt for the saine.
Dth. That each retail liquor establishment
within thc Corporate limits of thc town, shall
pay an annual tax of twelve and a half dol-
lars. p.-,yal>le quarterly in advance
lOlii. That each Billiard Table and Ten
Pin Alley, which is now. or may hereafter
be used, as a source of revenutf, to the keeper
or owner thereof, shall pay* an annua! tax
of twelve and a half dollar^ payable quar-
ter!^ in advance.
lltli. That each and every Hotel or house
of public entertainment within this Corpo-
ation shall pay an annual tax of ten dollars,
payable quarterly in advance.
12th. That all public exhibitions for
which money is received, shall pay a tax for
each exhibition, not exceeding ten dollars, at
the discretion of the Mayor.
13th. So soon as a sufficient amount of
funds shall be collected, the Mayor and
board of Aidermen shall contract with some
suitable and responsible person, for the im-
provement of the streets, taking bond and
approved security of such contractor, for the
faithful execution of his contract.
14th. Any person who shall discharge a
gun or pistol within the limits of the busi-
ness part of thc town, shall be fined in a sum
not exceeding two dollars.
15th. If any person shall ride ahorse,
mare or mule in thc public streets at a gait
faster than a trot, he shall, upon each con-
viction. be fined not exceeding two dollaas
for each offence.
10th. Any person who shall be found in-
toxicated within the corporate limits of the
town making a noise and using improper
and indecent language, thereby disturbing
the peace of the citizens, shall, upon con-
viction, be placed in confinement until duly
sober, and be fined in the sum not exceeding
one dollar for each offence.
17th. That eaoh Retail Liquor establish-
ment, Billiard Saloon or Ten Pin Alley, shall
be closed on the Sabbath day, and for a vio-
lation of this Ordinance, thtí owner or keeper
shall be fined iu the sum not exceeding ten
dollars. R. A. LOTT,
Mayor.
II. E. LOCKETT,
B. F. WILSON.
J. II. LITTLE FIELD.
Com.
STAR Looge. No 22.1. O. O. F.
January 29th, 1857.
Ordered, That a copy of the foregoing ac-
tion of this Lodge, be forwarded to the wid-
ow of Bro. Alfred McMillan, and to the two
papers published in the town of Washing-
ton with a request for publication.
Signed in F. L. & T.
SEC'TY.
£3T The election for the Supreme Judge
ship to fill the vacancy occasioned by the
death of Judge Lipscomb, resulted as fol-
lows :
FOUR DAYS x.
DATER FROM EUBOPE.
advance in teas and silk.
New York. Jan. 17.—The steamship Ci-
ty of Washington, which left Liverpool on
Wednesday, the 31st of December, has ar-
rived at this port. She brings four dajrs la-
ter intelligence than we had by the steam-
ship Asia.
liverpool cotton market.
Cotton has advanced l-4d. on better qual-
ities, and l-8d. on iower qualities.
The sales for two days amounted to 30,-
000 bales. Speculators and exporters took
11,000.
The advices by the steamship Arabia stif-
fened the market.
money market.
The money market was unchanged.
consols.
Consols were firm at 94 1-8.
canton bombarded bv british fleet.
The British fleet under Admiral Seymour
have bombarded Canton in consequence of
the arrest of British sailors by the Chinese.
The bombardment lasted two days. *
It is reported that the city walls were
breached and the Rogue forts taken.
the pruss-swiss difficulty,
The accounts in relation to the diffictllty
between Prussia and Switzerland are more
favorable.
P. W. Gray,
B. C. Franklin,
O. M. Roberts,
John Taylor,
/Fhos. J. Jennings,
37
45
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0
4
Hollowaifs Pills are of infinite benefit to
persons suffering from nervous tremors and
general feebleness. They renovate the ner-
vous system, and brace the muscles, as well
as give tone to the stomach. Their purga-
tive action is unaccompanied by pain and
as they have powerful stomachic as well as
aperient and purifying properties, they lit-
erally carry on the work of invigorating the
digestion relieving the bowels, and regula-
ting the secretions at one and the same time.
This can not be said of any other medicine
in existence.
; excesses. The band which attacked Tecolat-
i i* i\ ' a • .i i lan passed through Novajas, without any
pained t| see them flow unres rained. Lnc ilinderinK them. J 7
I o leave his comrade iu thc lurch, alone j Ev-Sen. Gutiercz has been taken prisoner
tojjrosccute the searcli( strongly lie felt; by the Government troops.
at first inclined.— He soon, however,¡ Eight pnsbyters, twelve deacons and
changed his m ud, concluding it would' thirteen subdeacons, wjere Ordained during
be better to guard the lady, and i;ot let ¡ advent week by the Archbishop of Mexico.
her be by the constable abused, who. fee-^ „ Judge Juan Jose Subisar, of the Supremo
¡n8 to such scenes M used, seemed
with her grief somewhat amused.
Around now they began to pry, search-
The Voice of Iturbide is thc name of
new Government pa[>cr at Guanajuato.
The work on the railroad from Mexico to-
ing the house with careful eye. The; Tacubaya was progressing, and the iron for
pa tr}' first, turning thc button, they it shortly expected to arrive from England-
looked within but found no mutton ; and j and New York.'
then the cellar, gariet, fall, bedroom,
woodshed, oven and all.—Their search,
however, proved in vain, and they re-
traced their steps again, sure that the
places did not contain thc ínissiDg sheep,
alivo o.r slain.
With head thrust through a broken
light, the womau watchcd them out of
sight.—Then stepping to the cradle took,
and straight way hung upon a hook a
well dressed sheep, as fat and fine as ever
tempted man to dine.
Joc^oon came in, and she related how
nicely she the men had cheatcd. how,
when she saw thfeir step3 directed to-
wards the house, their plans suspected;
so running to the pantry-shelf, where
Joe had put the meat himself, for he
the night before had taken it, and lugged
it home and slyly laid it, she clapped a
nightcap on the sheep, and laid it down
as if to sleep within the cradle, where
its form she covered up to keep it warm,
and rocked and sung to keep it quiet,
supposing they would not come nigb it.
This did old Joe's tenderness awaken ;
she'd saved his mutton and his bacon,
and proved herself a help quite meet for
one who stole the food to eat. So up he
stopped and fondly kissed her, until he
thought he'd raised a blister, and prized
her's as the best receipt he'd ever found
to keep fresh meat.
" What are you staring at, sir, may I
ask ?" said an imperialed, mustached
" blood" to a " Hoosier" on a Missis-
sippi steamboat, who had been watching
him as a cat watches a mouse, for some
fifteen minutes.
" I thought so !" exclaimed the Hoos-
ier, the moment the other spoke ; '• I said
you'd got a moutb, and I was only wait-
in' to be sart'in about it, to ask you to
" liquor.' Stranger, wliat'll you drink?
or had you rather fight? I don't care
which myself.
gy We lparn from our friend, M. A. J.
Evans Esq., that the improvement of the
San Antonio river is now nearly completed
as far up as the town of Goliad. The stream
is in many places narrow and crooked, but
when cleaned out, will afford four feet of wa-
ter from Goliad to its mouth.
We learn that all or nearly all of
the stock raisers from the San Antonio East,
are moving their stock to the Neuces \ alley,
the range of the former section being nearly
barren. We also learn that many of them
are offering their farms at reduced prices.
jesr Since our former notice, we are sor-
ry to learn Mi. Ringgold is getting worse
A PARISIAN BOATKAK.
A queer looking little old fellow, with a*
face like a frost-bitten apple, aud dressed in
the garb of a peasant, was called before t)w
bar of the police tribunal, on a charge of
having stol«h a csp full of potatoes. He
advanced, twisting his cap in his hand,
whereupon the following interesting collo-
qu3r took place:
Magistrate—what is your name?
. Prisoner—Widow Dean.
M.—What did you say ?
P. I say Widow Dean.
M.—Widow ! Are you a woman?
P.—Marie Antoinette Chanbourg, widow
of three husbands, and mother of two chil-
dren.
M.—IIjw„comes it. then, that you are
dressed in male attire 1
P.—On account of my trade; I'm a boat-
man.
M.—A boat woman then.
P.—I,say boatman, because I hare always
been called a boatman.
M.— Are you authorized to wear male
attire ?
P.—Oh yes 1 I've a permit from the Pre-
fect of Police.
M.—You are accused of having stolen a
quantity of potatoes. You shall hear the
witnesses.
P.—I shall be much pleased to listen.
A witness—I was eating my breakfkstr
when J saw a man stealing potatoes from my>
garden.
M.—It was the prisoner?
Witness—Yessil—the man was this lady:-
I ran after him. When she saw me coming,
he tried to cut stick, but my legs were bet-
ter than his. I soon caught Madame, and-
said to him—" what's all this! you old ras-
cal 1 aman of your age to steal potatoes!^
The fact is, I didn't know then that the gen-
tleman belonged to the gentle sex, you know,
M.—And when you had arrested her, she
«till had the potatoes.
Witness—He said she hadn't, but I could
see that she had her cap full, so I just led.
her to the Station-house and gave her in.
charge.
The offence being clearly proved, the boat-
woman was sent to prison for 1j days.
Death of a Veteran of the Revold|
tion.—Died in Dooley county, Georgia, llth
ultimo, Mr. Joseph Calhoun, at the ad-
vanced age of 100 years and 10 months
Mr. O. was a native of Edgecomb county,
N. C., and was born on the 10th day of Jan-
uary. 1756, He was a soldier in the conti-
nental army, and received a severe wound
at the battle of Brandy wine. He was un-
der the command of Gen. Gates at the bat->
tie of Camdeu, and fought under Geru
Greene at rGuilford. C. H. He was in the
continental ranks at the siege of Yorktown,
and saw Lord Cornwallis surrender his
sword to the victorious Americans. He re-
moved to Georgia in 1792. He was a
of powerful muscular frame, and retained
thc vigor and strength of his miad up to
his death.
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