The Washington American. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 27, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 19, 1857 Page: 2 of 4
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' W. J. PENDLETON, Editor,
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WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, 1AY 19, 1857.
> We ara authorized to announce General Sam
a, candidato for Governor at tho August
I to annonnce Bufas H. Fel
a candidate for election to Congress
dependent VemocratIe:tisket
re «re authorized by the friends of Htm- B.
Baylor, Judfeoftnia Judicial District, to an-
i him as a candidate far ie-election.
are authorized to announce Thomas Har-
: m\ candidate tor the Judgeship in the
Hjerald reports a complete
otthe wheat crop by the frost.
r Oar merchants are having a more lively
par* the late rain, and we doubt not that
considerably yet. •
• The Supreme Court of the U. S., for
i Western district, meets at Austin on the
kllooday in Jhne. Judge Duval presiding.
*!£ «m i>
We are now having a series of unsea-
sonable "weather, the nights and mornings be-
ing cold to a considerable degree.
J®" If deep was poison to the human sys-
e wot of some who would never see day
light again^ -
JQT We learn from the Frontier Patriot,
that twenty negroes, belonging to the Hon. H.
have recently died of pnuemonia
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' We are told that Austin is now sup-
plied with ice. at three cents per pound. Why
the people of Washington indulge in
Jaxories?
From our exchanges, we learn that the
Indians in Southern Utah are reported to be
J^The late rains must prove of very ma-
terial advantage to many of our planters, as
floe is mack cotton yet to make its appear-
ance above the ground. If we can only have
genial seasons yet a little longer, we predict a
great crop in Texas, yet.
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19* It appears that the Granadian Congress
has voted to borrow $500.000, to be placed at
■tia imt* —1 ef thi Pi i iiiilrnf ht the event of
an invasion by the United States.
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' 10* Our esteemed townsman, Rev'd. B. B.
Baxter, is with us again, after a long sojourn
in the States. The parson looks well; but the
question seems to be, where is Mrs. Baxter?—
We leave the parson to solve the question him-
self!
tttf The Texas literary Journal will be
out and mailed the first of next week. The
volume commences with the May number, and
will, in future, be issued monthly and regularly.
£9" We heard Dr. Ross again last night in
defence of Temperance, in a speech of telling
c&ct, which carried conviction home to the
hearts of all.
Mr We learn that Capt. B.M.Hatfield
will be out in a week or so with a work on
Temperance. We bespeak for the Captain's
woik an extensive circulation, from the fact
that ¡t will treat of facts, he having had con-
: experience.
1® The degree of crime in Western Texas
Mat be rapidly on the increase. There is
scarcely a week passes over our head that does
not bring some miserable wretch through our
I on his way to Huntsville.
We have upon our table the Educa-
Í Herald, published in New York, at the
flmall price of fifty cents a year. The Herald
la a neat sheet, weH gotten up, and we bid it a
God speed, and piace it with pleasure upon our
* We call -attention to the advertise-
of Messrs. G. W. Perkins, & Co., of
Houston* and D. F. Blackburn, of Tennessee.
Mrs Pfetkms, k Co., we doubt not, are well
supplied with every material for an expeditious
aa¿ elegant execution of work upon the short-
est notice and most accommodating teros. Of
9, F- Blackburn's advertisement, we have only
tony,that he advertises "a rare chance to
■take money," not doubting, for a moment, that
he will have plenty of calls from our region in
a short time.
MT Dr. Rosb delivered a lecture at the Bap-
tist church (m last Sunday night to an unusu-
ally large aodiesee. We. do not know when
We have enjoyed a richer treat. The Doctor
kftfine reasoner, and we are free to confess,
takes the boldest and at the same time, the
Cure* ground that we have ever known any
temperance Lecturer to take. He goes into
nothing like abase or billingsgate, but argues
the question upon sound scientific principles,
nd proves his doctrines from nature, analogy
fmd revelation. Tis true he makes many
k—tlmwto, but not one that is not due, and
dbes not eerry conviction heme to the hearer.
Reugjoc* Tox-iratiox.—The half civilized
Ejag ef Siam,in the East Indies, who recent-
ly issued, a decree allowing the free profession
¿i Christian faith in bis dominions, expressed
¿befollowing language:
Persecution is hateful; every man ought to
be free to profess the religion be prefers.—We
annot tell who is right and who is wrong; but
[will pray to my God (Buddah) to give you
' * * sing, and you must pray to your God
i me, and so blessing may descend upon
WHAT 18 BEXOCBACT, ABB WHAT IB
AXBBICAB1S1L
What is Democracy, that is, we mean, of
course, modern Democracy t In the first place>
we find Democracy zealously encouraging an
immense influx of foreigners whom, bringing
with them " the principles of the Governments
they have imbibed in early youth," and coming
as they do from various monarchial Govern-
ments, each having specific principles, are whol-
ly unfit for discharging the duties, the privi-
leges and rights, of American citizens.
To such the American party is opposed, as
the policy would be antagonistic to, and sub-
versive of any form of Constitutional, Repub-
lican Government.
Secondly, the Democratic party maintains
the infamous doctrine, that unnaturalized for-
eigners, aliens to the manor and the soil, have
an equal right with the native born citizen to
the public domain, whether they have been a
day, a week, or a year, in the territories, and
that though still unnaturalized, and incapable
of forming a decent opinion of out republican
institutions, are still entitled to like privileges,
and like immunities with the native born citi-
zen, including the right of suffrage, a right in-
volving an implied right of discision in the
most delicate questions of our national and so-
cial economy.
This the American party has ever denounced
as contrary to the spirit of our institutions, our
freedom, and our freemen.
Thirdly, the Democratic party have, by en-
couraging this immense immigration to our
shores, practiced a vile fraud upon the South,
stabbing it in a vital point, making free State
after free State, thus enhancing by every species
of combination the great power of the North
against slavery.
The American party is utterly opposed to a
measure so fraught with evil and disastrous con-
sequences to the South. Thé late elections in
St. Louis, and Cincinnati, giving ample and
satisfactory evidence that when foreigners have
the power, they not only will not tolerate sla-
very, but have actually, in the city of Cincinnati,
abrogated the Sabbath, and abolished the 4th
commandment. The American party enter-
tain*the doctrine, that the laws of the country
should be made and executed by no man who
acknowledges—either directly or indirectly, or
by implication, a fealty to an^ Prince. Potent-
ate, or Power, superior to his allegiance to the
Constitution, ami n¿ oath to support the same,
and the laws made thereunder. And in vindi-
cation of the American policy, we haVC only to
refer to the Mormon troubles to illustrate it, in
the which, the present Administration is com-
pelled to admit it, to enforce in Utah an obe-
dience-to the laws of the General Government.
Modern Democracy indignantly rejects the
Jacksouian doctrine " that the patronage of the
General Government should not be brought into
conflict with the freedom of Elections." Yet
at the same time,—from the occupant of the
White House down to the meanest subaltern,
the veriest slave that ever fed upon executive
patronage,—unhesitatingly and unblushingly
avows the doctrine of Marcy, and the elder
Yan Buren, that to the victors belong the
spoils, and that the patronage of the General
Government should be so bestowed, as to in-
sure an entailed succession.
Modern Democracy opposes the building of
the Pacific Railroad by the General Govern-
ment, upon the ground, that internal improve-
ment by the Federal Government, is unconsti-
tutional, and an open and palpable violation of
the strict construction of that august docu-
ment ; yet, at the same time, are willing
away millions of acres of the public d<
foreign or private companies, for the
tion of improvements that having not
absolving claim of nationality, are sin
purely local.
The American party has ever advocated the
construction of the Pacific road by the General
Government for national ends and purposes.—
We have ever maintained, that if it beConsti"
tutional to donate parts or parcels of the pub-
lic domain for the building of local railroads,
that it is equally Constitutional to appropriate
a part or parcel of the lands aforesaid,—or at
least the proceeds thereof, fortiw construction
of national highways. 3"*% ^
Democracy adheres to i$e doctrine, that the
public domain is held by . the Federal Govern-
ment in trust for certain porpCBgs, and the trus-
tee (being the Federal "Government,) has no
right to make an equitable distribution, either
of the lands or the proceeds thereof, among al]
of the States.
The American party holds, that if the lands
are held in tfust by the Federal Government
for the benefit, in common, of all the States, that
the trustee under the progressive tendency of
Democratic administrations, has repeatedly and
grossly violated the trust in the reckless squan-
dering of the public lands for local, and not
general benefit and purpose, and that having
violated said trust, it may claim no exclusion
from the political ban, that arising from the ob-
ligations of every good citizen of the older
States, whose blood and treasure, secured upon
the ensanguined field these lands for common
benefit, teaches the right of inheritance, and
points to one common end—the right to wrest
from the control of fi party who have abused
their trust, the common heritage of every Amer-
an born, in order that they may reap at least
some small portion of the benefit thereof.
I^t our readers remember these truths; let
them treasure them as pearls of priceless value,
and diamonds of exceeding richness.
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<St ABB THE TELEGRAPH
As we expected, the news of Sam Houston
determination to be a candidate for the Gover-
norship scarcely reached the city of Houston,
ere the Telegraph opened its little mouth in
denunciation of old San Jacinto,
marion that it had pre-judged hi'
dering itself an incompetent ji
now pending between the enemj
and the friends of Texas.
" The time has arrived for
Texas, and particularly the Democrat?
to be governed entirely by principles. 1
have, in times past, pone by personal
They will do so no longer."
In this we agree exactly with our neighbor
of the Telegraph. We also think that the'
time has arrived when the people of Texas, aní> ¡ !
particularly the Democratic party, should
be governed hty principles.
Tffost assuredly, upon the one principle of "rule
áp]
Yet are they ?— !^ve
iplé of "rule 13 . „ ,
. , * - ., „ , . to conceive, ulMH^^HRffinodore had pre-
tit ruin," as suggested by the " cohesive power I • , , , . . ,
e li. i , „ , , . .. i viouslv determined to rush unceremoniously
of public plunder." Did not your favorite! J , , . . , . , .. „ x,
. . , „ „ „ over every obstacle that presented itself, thus
statesman in times long since,tell you so? Yes,1. i , • * , , iV
• ,, ,, ... , . , •7 ¡ involving a tacit determination to cudsrcl the
neighbor, the time has arrived when the Demo- . , , °
,. , r rr . , , whole navy department, for we very naturally
cratic party of Texas should be governed by . , ,, , . . , . . ,,
_ ® _ , y infer that it is, or at least should be the usare
principles. Let, then, the Lone Star State es-; . . . ,
i i,. Í, ., .„ , .. of that department to require credentials. If
tablish the precedent, and.it will prove abril-: ... , , .... , , , ,,
1 ^ nothing else, however will do but cudgeling old
iiant light, or else a stumbling block to her sis- San Jacint0) we prcdict that the Commodore
ters'in the Confederacy. We looked for noth-
will always find in place.
ing else but to see his American proclivities
thrown in his teeth ; we expected nothing else.
The little cur will snap and snarl at the ma-
jestic mastif, yet never know his insignificance,
until he is crushed into the very earth.
"The time has airived," what time 1^—the
time when the Democratic party of Texas is to
be governed by principles. Now this implies a
tacit admission, that previous to the time which
has just arrived, the Democratic party has not
been governed by principle, but has " gone by
personal favor." Well, we think it high time ¡ °f commendation. By the contract one year
We learn from a letter to one of our
townsmen, that the contract for cleaning out
the Brazos River, has been awarded to Messrs
French and Brown, than which we are inclined
to the opinion that no better selection could
possibly have been made, in as much as the
energy-and enterprise of these gentlemen are
proverbial, and the manifestation on their part
to push the work forward with vigorous pros-
ecution to a successful termination, is worthy
that the party were coming down to something
like principles. Yet, in heralding to the world
the determination to resolve themselves into a
party of principles, whence this vindictive op-
position to Hoaston? Old Sam tells you he is
a Jackson democrat. Are you opposed to the
democracy of Jackson ; or, more properly, has
modern democracy so utterly flouted the prin-
ciples of the sage nnd the hero, as to repudiate
his political doctrines ? If you have deter-
mined to be governed by principles, at least, and
your principles have such a tendency, what in
" the name of all the Gods, at once," do you
intend to do unto such apostates as Ochiltree,
Kitterell, Sayles, and Dr. Ford, of the Times,
who recanted his apostacy before the Waco
Convention, and secured the whole benefit of a
whole resolution ? We wonder, exceedingly, if
that august body, beiuj the representative of
the Democratic party, of Texas', ™av? him, also,
the benefit of final absolution upon íhe princi-
ples of their future government. Weshaii sec,
however. *
I®* While in the face of the re pudiation of
Banks in tolo, by the Brenham caucus, we were
told that the Waco Convention would take de-
cided ground, either for or against an amend-
ment of the Constitution, so as to admit of
banking privileges, wé realize a singular de-
ficiency in the deliberations of that wise body,
the question being completely ignored. Will any
of our representative candidates for legislative
honors, and more particularly our Washington
We I
is limited to its completion, and long ere half
the people of the conimunity have awakened
to a sense of its importance, the swift gliding
steamer will be pouring the goods and merchan-
dize of the commercial world into our mid3t,
to be freighted with the growth and produce
of ae rich a country as the suit ever shone up-
on. What we ask, in this connection, do our
citizens intend to do with the Brazos Branch
Tap Railroad? The time is propitious, the
circumstances favorable. The God of the nnL
verse has supplied U3 with plentiful showers
and the promise of glorions thrift is niahifest
everywhere. Now then is the time, and we
expect to see the merchatits and tradesmen of
the town and the farmers and planters of the
vicinity moving forward in solid phalanx to
stamp the impress of improvement upon the
work that time will prove to be but another
avenue to the wealth and intportance of Wash-
ington and vicinity; but another connecting
link between the interests of the interior and
the tide water marts by the reason of those
great natural and artificial arteries, which are
to the material world what the veins and arte-
ries are to the human system—the sources of
life, health and activity.
OLD SAM IB THE FIELD
The Huntsville Recorder—Extra, of the 12th,
brings us the following announcement:
" To-day Gen. Houston came to town, and
declared uimself a candidate for Governor.
His enemies had declared that if he ran, the
issue would be ' Houston, and Anti-Houston,'
candidates, take ground upon the issue? wci , .... , - rwv^in
. ,. , , e ., r , . . . ... i and upon that issue he appeals to the people.—
don't know where they are, and just at this He ^ys that he ¡s not ¿ '¿ancil^te of a party,
particular period, were we to cast into the po- and if elected, he intends to be a ot
lit ¡cal caldron a bait of specie, and another of the whole people—that he has been, ana ever
a paper representative value, we are by no, ,w'" "J Jackson democrat. His object will
1' ' „„f be to advance and promote the interests of the
means sure upon which hook we should soonest State> ftnd ,c ^ of ol<L„
catch one of the nominees. Yes, fellow citi- guchj we doubt not bag beeu made the igsae
zens, the Bank question is ignored by the Dem- of the cam aign> and Houaton or HoUston
ocratic party. Go to any of our flourishing democratj or Amcrlcan or whatevcr el8Cj ^ be
towns, visit any section of the community and be> ^ h ^ ktform bc bas laid down
the truth is manifest that a majority, and I may doeg not exactl to our Utical creed
say a large majority of the people of Texas,! ^ ^ are ^ ^ ^ conscientiou8
are in favor of such an amendment. And as ¡. .. . J , ■ „
such, we have repeatedly asked why the Bren-1 ^ ^ ^ ^ Sa™ Houston has strong and
ham caucus repudiated the system, and at the abldlDg Prochv,ties ln fa™r of an AmCTICan
same time, what the Waco Convention had to s?fm'thc T*?7 °f the.,me °f f1'1'08
dowith it. Opposition to Banks, in Texas, I pursued by the Waco nominee; and when,
has been, from' the first, fundameutal-a Con- «« now, the contest « between the father of
stitutional prohibition, upon which, should the Texa" architect of her nationality,
people of the State give a plurality and favor- and hero of he* Royo!ut,onary struggles-
able vote, the Gowrnor has no right of action, Sam 1Io™ton-and such men as H. R. Runnels,
until by virtue of an approval by the people, we makc 110 hesitation,-but our instinctive
the Constitution be so amended, and the power ¡love of C0UnllT immediately chooses the lesser
of the Executive—the veto power-be fulmin-!of two evik As such- we hoist our colore to
ated against legislative enactment. USder any ««.mast-head, determined to battle for, and
exigencv, the ouestion was one which could not, i w'th the ^ hero> a-al'ist the lsms and factions
under any state of circumstances, come up un-1 tlft ma? th" tCTn aud mc"ace the P^pctuity
der the next Governor ; hence, having no right [f our.glo ous Union. W e refer our readers
; to an interesting letter, as found uuder our
Communication head, from an old Texian.—
Will his enemies meet him ? Will they dare
come to the scratch instead of skulking in holes
Cost or Gas in Gotham.—It eosts New
York city 5414.000 a year for gas.
New Titles-—" My brethren," said a good
old backwoods preacher, "I am gwme to
preach you a very plain sarmen to-day—a sar-
in en what even women can understand. You
will find my tex in 5 varse of the two-eyed
chapter of one-eyed John." It was some time
before it was perceived that he meant I John,
chapter U.
Old-Fashioned Chükch Sincjixg.—In one
of the churches, or meeting-bouses, where they
keep np the old style of singing, after the pat-
tern of Billings and his school, specimens like
the following are said occasionally to occur:
of action upon the decision of the sovereign
people of the State, the question resolves itself
into one with which no Convention of nomina-
tion for executive officers has anything to do.
The question is one to be confided to the Coun-,and hol,ows' to vex and,chale with envenomed
ty and District Conventions, .and one upon arrows the mighty spirit that they dare not
combat? ^
British Swords to American Seamen.—
which the county and Senatorial candidates
should show a clear front. The question legit-
imately comes within their
alone are to decide a3 to whether
come before the people.
his position on this all important question in ceive them from the British Government, in
supporting the Brenham nominees? Will any testimony of the appreciation by that Govern-
or , t , 4, . ment of their services in the cause of humanity.
of those gentlemen answer? Let them meet h i : „r m i;/i.
the issue before the people honestly, fairly, and
openly, and we are content.
sphere, and they The Secretary of the Navy has received three
... . .. , elegant swords, in accordance with a resolution
..other or not it shall, by ^ ^ sess¡on of Congre3S) author.
Who, then, can tell ¡zing several of our gallant naval officers to re-
They are all beautiful specimens of English
workmanship, and arc described as follows by
the editor of the Washington Union,—Mobile
Advertiser.
" The first that we looked at was that given
by the British Government to Commander H,
A LITTLE 9IHOULAB-
The pressure upou Governor Wise of Vir-
ginia, in refference to his Louisa Court House Hartstene, who commanded the British bark
.peech.inravor^^bnB . „ im-iO i. SSd M
becoming really intense. The oyster fundum. This sword is very much admired, and has been
Governor has at last been unearthed, and ap- pronounced to be decidedly the handsomest of
the three. The hilt is richly chased with gold,
aud the chase in which it is kept is quite per-
fect in its arrangements. -
The remaining two swords are similar in all
pears in " The South" in a lengthy explana-
tion of the many political acts of his life, speak-
ing of which, he says:
. j?ct was an(* t',e respect^, except in their inscriptions, which are
act of 1841 after the Louisa speech; my own1 ^ f0HQ^,3.
real opinions were given in speeches and votes . b tbe British Government to
oo these acts, in my representative place ; and Lieut H Doca(ur Trenchard, commanding the
the Loum speech was made at the hustings m United gtateg ^ 8team y?xen,
an excited political «invass when, as the sj^ech j gratefu| acknow!eagement of the prompt and
í°rfv. -eyeT Can .m. ' i efficient services rendered to the British bark
that the intent was not to put forth my own Ad¡eu A 114 185g „
opinions on measures of policy and constitu-¡ , Pre8ent|d by the British Government to
tional questions, so much as to contrast and! Mr. Morrison, Master of the United States
luted heart. Another
ing rendering: " And in the
, ^#n ?ar^he opinions of Mr. Clay with those surveying vessel Vixen, in grateful
My poor pol—my t 2 ^ fi,„ ledgement of the prompt and efficient
" * i pj dati
—and in the pious he delights." And still an- my opinions on leading measures, as a "pub-
acknow-
S ¿he c.impeüi c.ndi: aSTau|S'5
e pi—and in the pi dates for the Presidency. Once again 1 repeat, jgjg
The heads of the hilts of these sword3 are
surmounted by an eagle's head of gold, exquis-
itely carved, and the guards are ornamented by
anchors and cables. The blades are very hand-
somely carved, and thc scabbards of blue vel-
otber was sung : " And take thy pil—and take ma11 we not to be found in that speech."
thy pil—and take thy pilgrim home."
— A barbecue and bran-dance will be given
Any thing will do to finQish out this in old San Augustine on the day of the elcc-
collumn. ftoi
an for the county seat.
vet, mounted with gold."
Cflmmmiifatai
Washington County, May 14,1856.
Editor American:—
Thé Huntsville Recorder Extra, of the 12th
inst,, announces the startling fact, that Gen'l.
luston is a candidate for Governor. This
p, it would seem, is taken by the General in
order to meet with becoming gallantry the is-
sue tendered to him by the leaders of Democ-
racy. 1 say leaders, for I believe no one abuses
the old General but those who are in pursuit
of office or pbpular favor, in some way. The
loudest-yelpings against him, have always come
from the throats of such as opened their mouths
to catch a crumb from the public table, or of
such whose political deformity and ®anCient sins
have driven from them even the hope of office,
and their only comfort is now to howl in angry
malice like chained fiends at the man who, in
other days, stood in their way. But, in defi-
ance of these, and all these, Sam Houston is
in the field, and gallantly dares the proudest of
them to the conflict. Will they, dare they
meet him ? If they will, the people aré ready
to hear and to decide between them. The fame
of Houston«demands from his denunciators that
they now come forward and make good their
many chargcs, or forever hereafter hold their
peace. He has assumed a position in which
they can reach him ; let them come, if they
dare—if their courage is equal to the task.
The ancient knight is upon the field, ready
to cross swords with the brav est of his comics.
The interests of Texas demand that tkey shall
meet him, or by their silence, receive the brand
of defamers and slanders. On, on, then, ye lit-
tle list of little men. Skulk no longer in your
hiding places. Y our ceaseless grtbble will avail
you no more. Cease your resort to newspapers
for defamation and slander,—and if you have
courage and truth in you, rise in a body and
make your words good. Old Texians—they
who fought, and bled, and struggled by the side
of Houston, demand ife New Texians expect
it: They have listened to your ceaseless gab-
ble in newspapers until they aré tired, and they
now expect you to be men, for once, and
face the man you have so ofteu abused from
dark places. Many of you—most of you, are
would-be political leaders, and many of you
have tried both parties, but generally without
success. You say that you tell the truth on old
9am. tf so, come like men and face him. I
hear you say you will, but it will be through
the newspapers, and under assumed names.
Shame! upon such cowardice ; it is worse than
to slander a man behind his back, and no one
but a base coward will do that.
I am an t>id Texian, and speak earnestly.—
The men that stood by Houston in other days,
and saved him from attempted assassination,—
that fought by him in battle, and suffered with
him on the march, demand that you come out,
They were with him, aiding and supporting him
when he crushed out Mexican tyranny in Texas.
They were with him wlieta he planted the Lone
Star in triumph, and with him when he placed
it as oue UriSong the bright galaxty of stars of
our National Union. They well know the
good he has done, and if you have aught to tel]
about him that is bad, they are anxious to bear
it. If you are men, then, come. Time, place
and circumstancc, are open to you. Houston
is a candidate. The candidate of no party.—
He claims to be above party, and particularly
the party of men who are afraid to meet him
openly.
But you dare not come. You are morally
afraid Oi' the old hero. You know that the day
you meet him iti debate will be your last as po-
liticians, for as little a ' jou have become, you
will then grow less. You hope to assail him suc-
cessfully as a member of the American party;
but in that you will fail, for well do the peop'e
know that Saifi Houston has suffered for his
country, bled for his country, and periled his
life for his country, and they will not forget
him. It is said that Republics are ungrateful.
This has yet to be written of Texas. When
there were abler men against Houston than any
of you, she sustained him. She Will do it again.
His name and fame are too closely interwoven
with Texian history, with Texian honor—and
the glory of his deeds is too fresh in their rec-
ollection. Why is it that you dare not meet
the old chieftain ? You have made tho issue.
You everywhere declare that it is yonr object
to eject him from the United States Senate; in
short, that your object is to disgrace him.—
Why will you not take bold, and open, and
manly means to do it ? Loud indeed are your
curses, fierce are your denunciations when dis-
tance is between you aud hija;—but when he
approaches, your thunder tones become whis-
pers, soft and low. Full well do you know that
he faced the enemies of his country in the hour
of danger, and that he will not shrink from fa-
cing them again. There is not a patriot heart
in the laud but that beats responsive to the glc-
ry of Houston. He was the friend of Jackson,
honored and beloved by that great man. He
was a democrat when many of you were in your
swaddling clothes. He had bled for his coun-
try before you were born, and he gave being to
a mighty nation ere yet you had learned -to
spout your malice. . The issue is between you
and him, and he and his friends invite you to
its fair adjustment, before the people. We
know nothing of the man yoii have foisted upon
us as his opponent. He may be a very decent
fellow; but his name is unknown to fame. He
can look upon no bloody fields, no wearisome
marches, to attest his patriotism.
The people know that Houston is a patriot,
and they will be for him in this race as they
have been in many a race before.
OLD TEXIAN.
San Antonio, Texas, )
May 12,1857. j
Editor American:—
Thinking that you might like to hear from
this part of the State. I will give you a few
items of news: It is twelve months now since
a good rain has fallen in this place and country.
The Protestant denominations of this city, are
requested by their Ministers to fast and pray
for rain, to-day.
I hope their prayers may be answered. The
grass from the Guadalupe to the Medina, is
dead. The stock between these streams are
poor, and if there is«ot a rain soort, many of
them will die. On the La Parita, in Atascosa
county, I saw good grass. The stock on said
creek loók better than any that
west of the Guadalupe. There
rain and severe hail storm in the
Atoscosa county, some two weeks i
seen several persons who were in t
The hailstones were as large as á goose
lasted but a moment, or so. In some
divested the trees of every leaf upon them, aúd
even knocked the bark off.
The county-seat of Atoscosa county has been
located and laid off at Capt. M. French's ranch,
on the Atoscosa creek. It is about ten miles
from the center of the county. No building
has been done there yet The name given it is
Navatozca. A petition has been sent to the
Postmaster-General to grant a mail line from
San Antonio to Lorado, passing through At-
oscosa county, and establishing three nctt Post-
offices. There are about two hundred families
living in Atoscosa county, and San Antonio is
their Post-office.
I have not seen a field of corn since I left the
Guadalupe. Corn is selling at 3175 per bushel
in tbis place.
San Antonio is improving. New buildings
are to be seen in all parts of the city. The Dis-
trict Court is in session here. The criminal
docket was taken up this week.
Ex-Governor Bell has purchased the resi-
dence of Dr. Devine, of this place-.
Yours, &ci,
ROVER.
I/V the Amerita*.
SOLILOQUY
I am lone, and sad, and «tcary ;
No bright Visions 'round mo shine,
Thc whole world looks dark, and drearjr
To this Idnosome heart ef mine.
- I've been gay, and bright, and joyous
In tinie.s past—will they return t
future hopes íhes, scented boundless,
Io my boyhood's dream of Dune.
Yes, my airy castle tower'd
High above the azure sky ¡
Those I lov'd, around me hover'd—
None so happy, t&kx, as I.
Tbkx, a mother's heart beat for me—
Then, a sister's love was mine—
Then, a brother to assist me,
Where affection sat enshrined.
But, alas! how time has chang'd them I
That fond mother's 'neath tbe sod ;
That lov'd sUter is another's,
And this world, alone, I tread.
I haVC rode on Ocean's billow3 ;
In far countries have I roam'd ;
Ah, but give me back the hotneslead!
Give me back my happy qoxk.
Washington, Mey 10, 1857. E. 1
Storm in South Mississippi—Great De-
struction of Property.—A correspondent at
Handsboro, Miss., has furnished the New Or-
leans Picayune Vith the following account of
a storm in South Mississippi on Wednesday
and Thursday last. Which áppteará to háVe beeri
very destructive to property:
Ou Wedriesdajr evening, the 29th ult., the
wind commenced blowing from the southeast,
increasing daring the night to a gale, accom-
panied with torrents of rain, which, with little
intermission, continued through Thursday: Thc
water rose perpendicularly in the Bayoil .Ber-
nard (on both sides of which Handsboro ijg lo-
cated) seven feet above the pile of Septembér,
1855/ The. destruction to the millrtíg interest^
is considerable; logs, lmftber, sheds, Ac., were
Carried away together, and au ided may be
gathered of the strength of the current when
it is stated that in twelve hotírs' time large
quantities .Of .logs aind lumber were floated
round to Mississippi City and the westward, a
distance of over thirty miles, against a heavy
east and south-east wind blowing all the while
uptheib&y; , .......
L. J. Burr's store was flooded about fóuí
feet id the lower^tory, as weje all the houses
in the vicinitv7rnore or less. M. Bean"s bridge
was nearly aircüíried away, as vvas his ware-
house taken from its foundation; and be has'
also lost a considerable quantity of logs and
lumber. Col Humphries lost all his logs dttd
lumber, as did Taylor & Myers a considerable
stock of flooring and dressed lumber. -S. J.
Fowler and G. W. Horn also lost all their
stocks of logs and lumber. On Biloxi river
the flood was equally destructive, CoL R. C.
SufiPild beiuj the principal sufferer. On Choc-
tabuff river^ S. S- Henry lost all his logs and a
quantitv of lumber. The total losses cannot
be mncii less than 830,000 ; it is imbossible at
present to make out anything like a detailed
statement of tbe losses or occurrences. The
water up to 4 PM. Sunday. was< four feet
above ordinary high water.—There* has been
no loss of life, so far as ascertained.
On the seacoast, the water did not rise equal
to the force of the winds.
[From tbe Houston Telegraph.
TfiE WACO CONVENTION.
% Waco, May 5,1857.
The Convention of the Democratic
thc State of Texas, assembled here on M(
the 4th inst., and was
by the election of the following officers :
Prerident.
Adolphus, G. Wier of Travis county.
Vice Presidents.
M. D. Ector, of Rusk
Spierman Holland, of Panda,
Sam Bogart, of Collin,
Jno. W. Dancey, of Fayette,
Secretaries.
R. T. Brownrig, of Travis,
R. W. Rainey, of Guadalupe,
H. D. Patrick, of Leon,
Seroeant-at-Arm8.
A. B. Burleson, •
Thos. P. Ochiltree.
Reporter.
Wm. F. Weeks.
On call of counties, there were found to be
254 delegates present. Among those who
sented their credentials, were P. W, Kittrefl.of
Madison county, and W. B. Ochiltree, (Old
IJfiffalo,) of Nacogdoches, both of whom were
loudly applauded on their appearance in the
democratic ranks. May they do as good ser-
vide there as they have done against us 1
Tbe following, were appointed a Committee
on Platform aud Resolutions, viz:
Aslibel Smith, of Harris, Chairman ; A. J
Hamilton, of Travis;—J. B. Robinson, of
Washinjitou; Thos. N. Waul, of Bexar; W.
B. Ochiltree, of Nacogdoches; Lewis T. Wig-
fall, of Harrison; John A. Wharton, of Bra-
zoria ; S. A. Pirkey, of Bowie ; G. W. Chil-
ton, of Smith ; Wm. Scurro, of Sictoria; F.
W. Patham, of Cameron ; Thos. A. Sawyer,
of Webb; J. M. Steiner, of Hill; F. Brittain,
of Nueces; Jno. H. Moffatt, of Tyler; Nat.
Terry, of Tarrant; B. Burleson, of lampasas;
and C. Upson, of Medina.
Committee on Credentials, are as follows:
mees
The
I am
made
ment of the
but without
by untouched
Today bailóte
tions made for
tion proceeding to
names were presented,
W. Smyth, A. M. Lewis, and
The ballots for Governor
Smyth
1st 26
2d
3d
4th
5th
6th
31
29
23
25
18
Lew
11
7
1
I %
n
Runnels
64
66
68
73
75
78
42
The name of Smyth was withdrawn, and the
ballot was as follows:
7th, Lewis 10, Johnson 40, Runnels 95.
Wheréupon ttie names of Lei^p and JohéMa
were withdj-aWpand
H. R. Runnels, of Bowie,
was nominated by acclamation^
For Lieut. Governor, the names of Frank
White, of Jackson, and F. R¡ Lubbock, of
Harris, were put in nomihation.
On the first billot, While received 4? votes,
ind Lubbock
The name of White being then withdrawn,
F. R. Lubbock, 'of Harris,
wad declared to be the nominee of the Conven-
tion for Iient. Governor, by acclamation.
F<Sf Commissioner of the General Laqd Of-
fice, the nimies of Francis Jiraud, of
Fhutk White, of Jacksofi, and Wm. M.
of Rusk, were put in nomination.
On the first ballot Jiraud received 29, Boa
41, andWhite 69.
Tbe .name of Jiraud being then withdrawn;
the 2d ballot stood—
For Ross 42, White 94, Whereupon
Frank White, of Jackson,
was declared the nominee of the
for Commissioner of the General ,
On motion of Capt. John P. Borden, Johii
S. Ford was unanimously received bade into
theranké of the Democracy. v_
Ford has made a clean breast of it, and looks,
and! have no doubt,, feels a good deal better.
T. K. Williams, of Cherokee, wa§ also teceited
back, and quite a number of others are anxious
to enroll their names in the good old cause
again.
The number of counties fully represented is
ninety-three. , ,
May 6th.—The State Convention adjourned
to-day, at 2 o'clock, p. m.
The Convention of the Western Congressioi^
al District is going on under the same organiij
ation. The names of Potter, Bryan. Bee ana
Wiley, are before the Convention Jbt Congrw;
the8th ballot wa3 as follows!
Bryan 28, Bee 25, Potter 22, and WHey 10:
Twenty-ttinc ballats have been had, and
yet no choice: Bryan is ahead, and his chanooi
appear to be best.
The mail is eloeing.
Your's,
*#* Since thc above was in type, we have'
received additional reports.
Qu the thirty-third ballot, the name of Pot-"
ter was Withdrawn:
On the thirly-toorth ballot, the name of Bee
was withdrawn, and—
OWthe thirty-fifth ballot, •
Hon. Guy M. Brta*, otBrazoria,
received more tbari t*ro4hfrds of all tbe votes:
cast, and was declared, ttie nominee of tfc Con-
fection fof Corijgreis," iaf the Western District."
San Francisco.—The desperate financial
condition of San Francisco, is shown in an ex-
tract from an editorial paragraph t>f the Her-
ald.'
" Hungry officere have drawn her blood thro*
to pay for that hospital's expenses. They bled
her vitally all the way through by swindling
through the convenience of script issues for ex-
traxggant jobs of all kinds. They have bark-
ed at, and bled her until little of her is left save
her tail—the wharfage and dockage revenues.
They are after them now in full cry. No dogs
ever so beset a badger. No poor starving fox
was ever so fiercely run. Mazeppa bound to
the wild horse's back, had a better chance to
escape with his life from the white teeth of the
hungry wolves, which, lean and starving, bowl-'
ed and chased him like devils, than does ~
Francisco to find safety, while die hast
means of revenue which «an be pocketed
the patriotic " men of business " who bark 0
her heels. God help her!
THE SLAVS XBASE
The following we extract from the Mobile
Advertiser. We have for a long time received
various accounts of the direct slave trade ear.
ried on between Africa and Cuba to a a in-
considerable extent. A slaver boond from Af-
rica to that Island, was not Ioqg since
tared, and another pursued. Tbe public
will therefore be at once prepared for (
tract from the Savannah
Notwithstanding the diligent exertions of
the principal nations of Christendom to pat
down this traffic, thert? are indications that it
has largely increased during tl ' * "
and bids fair to do so in a still w
a time to come. The great eeftter of th01
is Cuba, where, we are reliably iotorWed, there
is a large and thoroughly organized company;
with a heavy capital, devoted to Ihé
During the past few weeks tbe foUoWnjg
sels have been purchased, at the prices
bv houses in Havana, to be added, it is
ally believed, to the African line of i
ders, which is said to number at this timb
hundred and fifty sail.
The schooner Tallulah, of New Orleans, kr-~
ST30°. . ,
A schooner—name unknown—of Wilming-
ton, N. C., for $5400. '
Schooner Abbott Devcreaux, of Savannah,
for 96500. . _ t i_
Brig R. B. Lawton, of Newport, R. I., tra-
ding between Savannah and the Cuban ports,
for 89500. , VT _ ,
Barque Minnesota, 324 tons, of New York,
for «13,500. ,
gebooner Joseph H. Records, (well known
from her previous engagements in the trade,)
of Newport, R. I., for $6500.
To these may be added the brig Putnam,
and barque Clara B. Williams, recently par-
chased by a commercial house in Havana.
We have received this information from a
source which we consider entirely reliable, and
it will astonish some people who have been ac-
customed to beliere that thc importation of a
cargo of slaves from the coast of Africa is a
rare occurrence.
I. A. Paschal, of Bexar, Chairman; M. D.
Ector, of Rusk; T. S. Anderson, of Harris;
G. W. Jones, of Bastrop; J. W. Latimer, of
Dallas; John Marshall, of Travis; and S.
Holland, of Panola.
The followin? Resolutions reported by the
Committee on Platform, were unanimously -1 "I have preached against every vice, except
dopted. I good living; which, I believe, i* not to be found
Resolved, That this Convention will support among you, and therefore needed not my re*
no person as a nominee for any office or place proacn.'
A clergyman once preached during the whole
of Lent, in a parish where be was never invited
to dine; and in his farewell sermon, he said to
his hearers:
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