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#otei and Decisions of the Supreme Court,
at Galveston, January Term, 1851.
J.P. Smith
ta.
Tnt State of Tex
Writ of Error from Uu District Court of Goliad
la this case a motion was made to the Court,
below, on rhe information oí A. S. Ctitining-
í a3. |
.
The election to Congress of Robert Ran-
tonl. in the Second Congressional District of
Massachusetts, has had one good effect at
least: it has made a party resolutely aod pub-
licly committed against the Free Soil opinions
which he advocates. Previously, although
there were three candidates in the field-
Whig. Democrat and Free Soil—the declura-
, • . , ... . fioosol" doctrine of all sides were a nsat ¡¿lac-
tam and \\ m. S. Glass., two practicing attor- fory OIJ thpge Bnr afler Mr. Ran_
beys. for a fine to be entered up against the j touPs open detection to the Free Soilcrs. the
plaintiff, in error, for prartisiug law without j convention ofthe Democrats in this district
license. The plaintiff, who was defendant in Itlirew ,lirTI overboard, and nominated a candi
the proceeding in the Court, below, carne and ' °n ÍXfr.c~3 ground ot thj-ir approva
r * 'ot the compromise measures of the Inst Con
answered, admitting the fact charged, that he
had practiced Jaw, but alleged that he had re-
gress as constitutional and expedient, and their
entire disapproval of the base barman in the
gularly received a license from one of the Lfgislatiift* which elected Chas. Sumner Se-
Judges of the District Court. There was a | ¡^'l.'or* Thei. candidate did not succeed ; but
replication admitting that he had received a
license asan Attorney as stated, but that the
license was subsequently revoked and can-
celled by the Hon. Wm. Jones, at the Spring
term, 1849, of the District Court in and for
the county ol Travisto Ihe Court for contempt.
The defences set up all went to attack the va-
lidity of the judgment revoking and annnlliog
the license that had been previously granted
to the defendant. The grounds on which it
was alledged that the judgment was void
were, that the deiendant resided m another
county, to wit: in the county of Victoria, and
was not KaWe to be tried lor a contempt in
Travia county. That the contempt for which
he was tried was in the use ol language ani-
madvering on the conduct of the said Judge
Wm. E. Jones and the Hon. R. E. B. Baylor,
in a written argument in the Supreme Court,
ia a case, where he, the defendant, was ap-
pellant and one Powers defendant in the said
Court. That the language was not used by
him as a:i Attorney, but as a party. That,
for the same language, he had been attached
by t|ie Supreme Court for a contempt to that
Court; for such reasons he insists that the
judgment ol the District Court ol Travis
county was void for want of jurisdiction.—
These defences were all overruled by the
Court below, and judgment rendered lor a
fine of fifty dollars; and we can perceive no
error in the judgment. The defences ail
amount to an attempt to impeach the judg-
ment of the District Court,in a collateral way.
Now this cannot be done unless it should ap-
pear. to this Court, that the Court rendering
the judgment had no jurisdiction. We can
entertain no doubt but that the Court had ju-
risdiction of a contempt; whether it exercised
ii correctly is a question that ran on!\ be in-
vestigated on a proceeding having directly i:i
view its reversal. None ofthe objections tak-
en go to the jurisdiction of the Court render-
ing the judgment, but all of them constitute,
at most, only such matter as should have been
offered in dele nee, on the trial of the contempt. ■
It they had been offered and overruled on the
trial, the correctness ol' the decision of the
Court, in so overruling them, could have been
examined in this Court on an appeal or writ of
error from the final judgment or iire"Court in
the matter. The judgment of the Court of
Travis county, being a Court of competent
jurisdiction, whether it he erroneous or not,
inust be conclusive in all Courts where it may
be drawn collaterally before them, until it has
been reversed or set aside, by a Court ol com-
petent jurisdiction, to try the errors that may
have been committed in a proceeding institut-
ed for that express object. This doctrine has
been so fully discussed and firmly settled that
it is not now to be questioned. Sutherland
vs. De Leon, 1 Tex. R., and Lynch et. al. vs.
Baxter and wife, decided at the last term ol
this Court, but not published.
We are therefore of opinion that there is no
error in the judgment of the Court below.and
that it be affirmed. LIPSCOMB.
it is a point, and a strong point, to have an
organization commenced on such a sound and
honest basis.—Picayune.
w hat can be seen gratis in london
Every one knows that in London a charge
is made fir entering r^nost ol the public build-
ings and institutions oí that city—the Tower
and Westmirster Abbey for instance—whil
i.i Paris such places are thrown open freely to
all comers. Under the head of " C-. qiCon
roil gratis a Ijmdres," the great French ca-
ricaturist. Gavarni. has recently issued a series
of drawings, admirably well executed, giving
faithiui and life-like pictures of the beggars
ranging the different localities of London.—
We find them in •' L'Iifustratíoá, Journal Uiii-
versel," published at Paris, and the hit at the
Londoners is one of the hardest conceivable
In this connection, we might say that a late
number of the London Times contains an ur-
iient appeal, to all the nobility and gentry ol
England, to throw their rich írállériesol paint-
ings and statuary open to the crowds of for-
eigners who will visit the country during this
summer. The suggestion is a good one! and
lor the sake of our countrymen visiting Eng-
land we hope it may be acted upon.—Pica-
yune.
PmniDEN'r Fillmore and the Cdban
Expedition.—President Fillmore, on arriv-
ing at Buffalo, was~welcomed by the Mayor
of thfit city in an address to which he made a
reply, from which we extract the following
significant passage:
"Your illustrious Mayor has also alluded
with approbation to the fact that the Govern-
ment exerted its power in preventing jggres-
sion on the territory of a foreign nation with
which we are at peace. In discharging that
duty, fellow-citizens, the Government was ac-
tuated by precisely the same principles as it
would be in enforcing the laws of our own
country. There is no libei ty. there is no se-
curity "for any one, unless law. whatever it is.
is enforced. There would be no justice an
our part towards foreign countries, unless we
maintained those friendly relations, and ex-
tend to them the rights which are due from
one friendly country to another. We might
posh headlong into a conquest of Cuba, or
into a war against any foreign Power; but do
you not see the consequences that would arise
from such a state of things? We would, by
bo doing, destroy the very principle on which
our Government is based, and our ruin as a
nation would be the result. Our only securi-
ty, therefore, is in our justice, mid in our mo-
deration. Hence our Government, hence our
Congress, made it a criminal offence to invade
the territory of any foreign country with which
we are at peace. In the suppression of tl e
invasion of* Cuba, I did nut execute the law
which I swore on the Holy Evangelist I would
execute, and which I again swear I will con-
, if God in his providence shall
A small mo-
has lately
at Wash-
Naval.—Insubordination in the Mediter
ranean.—The Philadelphia Ledger has a let
ter from on board the Únited States ship In
dependence, giving some news from the Med
iterranean Squadron. Is is dated Bay of Na-
ples. February 13th:
The squadron are all at anchor in tin's
place—officers and crew ail well. We came
here on the 9th of October, and have been
lying here since. I am sorry to say that things
go on ^ badly in this squadron since the aboli-
tion of corporeal punishment. Thefts.drunk-
enness and deasertion (or what is termed tak-
ing French leave, that is leaving the ship for
a lew days without permission) are much more
frequent than common, and the officers not-
withstanding the greatest exertion, cannot
preserve even tolerable discipline until Con-
gress adopt a moré efficient mode of punish-
ment than mere confinement, those scamps
(mostly landsmen and boys) will continue to
i'Uigh <it ail order for what is thirty or sixty
days in a prison room in irons to such men.
many ol them boasting of having served five
and six years iri a State Prison.° There are
at presen thirty of those fellows confined in
this ship, of which fourteen are lor stealing
their shipmates' clothes and carrying them on
shore to sell for rum.''
M. Ecehnen, the director ot the national
porcelain manufactory of Sevres, has succeed,--
p|| m jnrn/liix*—f 1 ■. - * -rr",xr - "1 "
bfing very closely those produced by nature
—chiefly precious and rare stones employed
by -jewelers* To obtain this result, he-has
dissolved in borie acid, alum, zinc, magnefeia,
oxydes of iron, and chrome, and then subject-
ing the solution to evaporation during three
days, has obtained crystals of a mineral
substance equalling in hardness, in beauty and
clearness of color the natural stones. With
chrome, M. Eeeleman has made most brilliant
rubies, from two to three millimetres in length
and about as thick as a grain of co-n. If ru-
bies can be artificially made, secrets which
were pursued by the alchemists of old cannot
be very far oil".
ITEMS OF ALL .SORTS.
Two-Sidóo Pafeh.—The Hamilton coun-
ty (Ind.) Register is edited by a Whig and a
Democrat, each ol whom stands up for his
own peculiar political faith. The salutatory
address says:
' Every Democrat should take it, because
it is a Democratic paper—every Whig should
take it. because it is a Whig paper. It will
contain facts and arguments lor and against
the doctrines and doings ol both political par-
ties," &c.
Philanthropic.—Among the prominent
benevolent objects of the day, for the relief of
the dovvn-trodden female race, we perceive
the call in the New York papers for the for-
mation of a society for the amelioratiation of
the condition of women with snoring hus-
bands.
Australian Gcano.—Informationhasbeen
received at the British Colonial Office that a
discovery has been made of very extensive de-
posits of guano on the coast of Western Aus-
tralia to the northeast of Swan River. It is
understood that several vessels have already
carried cargoes of this guano to the Mauritus
and that the quality is luliy equal to that
which was derived from Ichaboe.
The Oldust Inhabitant.—The oldest
woman in the world is supposed to be one
Mary Benton, now residing at Elton, in the
county of Durham, England. She was born
on tiie 12th ot Feburary. 1731,and is ofcourse
in her one hundredth and twenty -first year.
She is in possession of all her faculties, per-
fect memory, hearing and eyesight. She
cooks, washes and irons, in the usual family
avocations, threads her needle, and sews with-
out spectacles.
Washington Irving—We hear it stated
on the authority of one of the interested par-
ties. that Sir Walter Scott, anxious to secure
the brilliant pen ol Washington Irving, offer-
ed him the editorship of a new Edinburgh
newspaper at a salary of £500 a year. The
offer was declined, but the reason for declin-
ing it was peculiar. Mr. Irving stated that
he could not write impromptu. He had his
moments of inspiration, and he was obliged to
wait lor them.—European Times.
Swindlers and Beggars.—There have
lately arrived in New York nearly a hundred
Italian beggars, armed and equipped with
documents made out with care, purporting to
prove them "political exiles." "shipwrecked
passengers," or persons who have been rob-
ned, &c. These persons, there is good rea-
son to oelieve, are professional beggars, whose
business at. home is begging. It is supposed
that there are twelve hundred of these now
in the United States.
The New York Journal of Commerce states
that the two steamships lor Harris & Morgan,
one of which is to be called the '-Texas Bell,"
are nearly in frame in William Coliyer's ship
yard.
A French Expedient.—We see it stated
that it lately transpired that the French au-
thorises are in the habit of transporting bad
and troublesome characters, especially for-
eigners without means of subsistence, to Eng-
land. '
Jenny Lind.—There were not less than
ei^ht thousand persons at the Lind concert in
New York, on Mon lay night. May 18, when
Jenny sang '• Hail Columbia." A N. York
correspondent ol the Ledger says :
í; I have not seen Jenny since she was last
in New York; at Trip'er Hall, last evening,
she seemed to me at least fifteen years older
than she was a twelve-month ago; the long
journeys she has* traveled, the great exciteT-
ment through which she has passed, the se-
vere and extreme changes and variations of
climate which she could not avoid—have not
been without an influence upon her physique.
1 thought, painfully manifest. Her voice,
however, was as gl r ous as ever.
Movements of Troops.— Four compa-
nies of the 7th Infantry, under the command
of Brevet Col. Plympton, arrived at Fort
Smith (Ark.) on the 14th inst. One compa-
ny, under the command of Major Gatlin. will
remain at that post. The others were to pro-
ceed to Fort Gibson. The Fort Smith Herald
of the 19th says:
'•Two companies of the 5th Infantry, under
the command of Bvt. Brig. Gen. Belknap, left
Fort Gibson on Saturday last, for the Brazos,
on the route of Capt. Marcy, from Dona Ana,
New Mexico, to this place. The eight re-
maining companies will soon follow, and will
be placed at different poiats.
'• Four companies ot the 7th Infantry, ar-
rived at Fort Qjf^njJg^week^asm*-Popí
Leavenworth."
The Cuban Expedition.—The U. S. rev-
enue cutter Taney, Capt. Randolph, arrived
at Savannah on the 19th from St Marys and
a cruise to the south in search of the vessels
and men of the Cuban expedition. We do
not find any account of her operations in the
Savannah papers. The News of the 19th
says :
The steamer William Gaston, Capt. Clag-
horn, arrived at this city on Saturday, and
brought some twenty or twenty-five men who
were connected with the late Cuban move-
ment. During the past week there had arrived
in the neighborhood of Jacksonville, some 300
men, with upwards of 150 horses, from diffe-
parts of this State and Florida, whose in-
it was to have joined the Cuba expe-
These men have been encamped near
town for upwards of a week, and having
their arrival there that the expedi-
had been postponed for the present, are
returning to their homes.
that since the commence-
upwards of 1500
to time, arrived in the
with a view to embark
by the de-
leaders, they
return.
Cuban expe-
80 for as
Arrival of a Revolutionary Leader
In New Yoric.—We see it stated that Struve.
souin'n)ateiycoxui,u&^^11wJfh{il"-'t'nT?Tnhi£xe HWü
years since, has arrived in New York.
A Tolerably Hard Hit at Sumner.—fn
the Boston Post of the 17th inst. we find the
following hard hit at Mr. Sumner, the newly-
elected (J. S. Senator from Massachusetts:
Love, for the Union is very natural and
becoming in a person chosen to the U. S.
Senate for six years. II the Union doesn't
last, the Senator's -'occupation's gone."
Poor. Weak Woman.—Miss Susan Nip-
per, who lives in a small tenement, a lone
woman, was quite :;flustrated" the other morn-
ing by an early call from a bachelor neigh-
bor.
"What did you come here after?" said Miss
Nipper.
"1 came to borrow matches," he meekly re-
plied. —
' Matches ! That's a likely story ! Why
don't you make a match 1 I know what you
come ibr," cried the exasperated old virgin as
she backed the bachelor into a corner. '*You
come here to hug and kissmealmcftt to death.
But you shunt—without you're the strongest,
and the Lord knows you arel
The New York Sun has the following notice
of the arrival of Cubans:
•' Yesterday morning sixteen young men,
from among the first families in Cuba, arrived
in this city, and put up at the Howard Hotel,
where they will remain for a short time. Their
object in coming here is to attend school and
receive an American education.
Short Dresses.—A Western editor says
that short dresses, if adopted by the ladies,
will have one good effect, at any rate. It
will oblige them to mend their stockings. An-
other one observes that short dresses are a
fashion which ladies may carry as high as
they please.
A Great Truth.—In the long secession
speech of Mr. Rhett, of South Carolina, we
find the following "Great Truth"—being a
grain of wheat in a bushel of chaff, it should
be preserved—
"liItTjbiir&rjar easrer'Tn my'opimon, to get
out of the Union, than to keep out of it."
THE ELECTRICAL. FEBRIFUGE,
ok
Speed's Fever Tonic.
THE fii-Nt public
announcement oi
this wonderful reme-
dy was on the 7th oi
July, 1859. and yet
such has been its suc-
cess that no prepara-
tion (we care not what
its age) fcan boast O:
equal testimonials oi
favor—the spontane-
ous expressions of its
delighted acquaintan-
ces, which come pour-
ing in by almost every mail, s-ome having used it
in as many as five hundred cases of the various
fevers as they met with them, curing every case
in from Tilo to Eight Hovrs.
We have no occasion to exaggerate or misre-
present. The voluntary and spontaneous testi-
mony oí disinterested parties prove more than we
ever dared to hope, and far more than we set forth
when we affirm that it will cure all Febrile Dis-
eases in from two to twenty hours. There are
now hundreds who have been" drugged for months
to no good purpose, for simple intermittent fever
(chill and lever) who need not have another par-
oxysm ; if they will call on us they shall be cared
upon their men terms !
{¡JT Principal Depot No. 72 Magazine street,
New Orleans. A. KENDALL &, CO,
Sole Proprietors.
Columbia, La., Sept. 1G, 1850.
A. Km,Jail Co.:
Geutlemen—I am still further convinced of
the superiority of the Electrical Febrifuge over
any other medicine that has ever been discovered.
Besides fevers. I have cured one case that was
certainly remarkable—an old chronic case of an
enlargement of the spleen, of twenty years' stand-
ing. The gentleman now pronounces himself
perfectly well.
yours, etc, B. F. FLY.
September 22, 1850.
The Electrical Febrifuge has been given here
in a hundred cases of fever, more or less, and has
never failed to cure in a few hours. You will
please send me five gross by the next boat. Ship
to Eli Noble's plantation, Ouachita River.
Respectfully, B. F. FLY.
Grenada, Miss , August 2o, 1850.
A Kendall Co.—
Gents: Dr. Seat left me three dozen bottles of
your Electrical Febrifuge, and ordered a gross
by the way of Yazoo City. I sold more than half
he left in two days, and for fear I should fail to
get it, you will please send a gross to Leflore,
Carroll Co., care of W. A. Clarke & Co. If I
should receive both boxes., it will not be too much,
as it is j ust the very thing wanted here.
Your ob't sev't, JAMES SIMS, P. M.
New Orleans. Oct. 11. 1850.
Messrs. Editors—We make the following ex-
tracts from letters received i'rom General W. L.
Brandon, oi Miss. We ask a candid perusai by
all who are interested in the welfare of man : anu
particularly, the prosperity of the South. They
will give you and the public somi idea of the vir-
tues of the Electrical Febrifuge—how it is viewed
by those acquainted with it—whether it deserves
the sneers and contempt of physicians and philan-
thropists, or their attention "and investigation ;
aDd what has been the universal result, wherever
it has been fairly tested? We shall open a depot
for its sale in a few days, at 72 Magazine steret.
Respectfully, A. KENDALL & CO.
I
Mr. Tupper, the English poet, was to sail
from New York, in the Arctic, on the 24th
alt.
All persons are cautioned against
tradiug for two promisory notes drawn by iny-
Notice.
trading for two promisory nc
self on the 6th day of May 1850, and due on the 1st
January 1851; oneot which notes is for six hun-
dred dollars, the other for six hundred and fifty
dollars, and both payable to P. Edmonds or order,
f have an obligation from P. Edmonds in writing
that I am not to pay said notes until I collect cer-
tain moneys from one R. F. Smith of Caddo Par-
ish. La., This is therefore to caution all persons
from trading for said notes, as I will not pay them
un'il I collect a certain note from said Smith. Per-
sons are also cautioned against irn.ding for a draft
drawn by myself on McCrae & Coffman, of New
Orleans, for seven hundred dollars; dated 6th
May, 1820. and payable to P. Edmonds or order,
as the consideration for which said draft was giv-
en has failed, and'l hold good offsets against the
sama. A.D. LISTER.
Marshal, Texas, 20th, April, 1851. ma 12.
COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
rpHE undersigned have formed a co-partner-
X ship in the mercantile business, at Swart-
wout Polk county, under the firm of.McCLEN-
NY & BAILEY, successors to McCLENNY,
BAILEY & Co. Those indebted to the late firm
will make payment to the undersigned, who are
alone authorized to settle the business of the con-
cern. S. G. McCLENNY.
A. P. BAILEY.
Swartwout. March 1st. 1851.
Arcóle, £9th July, 1850.
Out of some forty or fifty, I have had
but three who have had a second fever, and each
oí the three had taken damaged quinine. * * *
Thq physicians have found great difficulty in
* Kiv r : gntrl.liCjy veill
not get their patients in a condition to take
quinine. * *
The Febrifuge prepared by you have given
great satisfaction, and so entire is the confidence
in it by some, that two gentleinenr of immense
wealth, who were always great sufl'erers whene-
ver they were attacked, and were always sur-
rounded with physicians when sick,,were recent-
ly taken down with fever, and used your Febri-
fuge, which relieved them at once, without a
second fever. One of thf-m says he will write to
you and get a bushel of the little bottles, and
place fevers at defiance. ,,
3lst July, 1850.
Gent: Since writing the above, I have been
at Woodville, where 1 find great enquiry after
your Febrifuge. * * Many applications were made
to me for it, and many wished me to write to you
for them. In reply, 1 told' them I would request
you to appoint an agent, al Woodville. * * * *
One physician, of extensive practice, has tried it
upon himself, and was relieved, which enabled
him to continue his practice.
This is a very enlightened community, and the
planters, as a class, are 1 think, the most intelli-
gent and liberal of any, agriculturists in the
United States, and would frown down any pro-
fessional opposition to so valued a medicine.
But the truth is, our physicians are oi' a higher
order, and their great zeal is the advancement of
their profession, and. I believe, would sacrifice all
of their professional g:iins. to find a medicine
that would accomplish what, í feel confident*, the
Febrifuge will do—for it hás been a great desi-
deratum with them to find something to prepare
the system ibr the. safe and successful adminis-
tration of quinine. The fevers this year have
been of a higher grade than usual, and have been
more difficult to manage—they have been gener-
ally accompanied with great pain in the head and
back, and other symptoms of yellow fever. If, in
these cases they administer quinine, without a
previous and successful preparation ot the sys-
tem, all of the more violent and alarming symp-
toms are aggravated. [ Yet with the Febriiuge
he gave it without any preparatory treatment.
A. K. & Co.]
It would, perhaps, be wrong in me to allow you
to replace the medicine I have given away, for I
did it for my own satisfaction, and I have enjoyed
the gratification which the conciousness of have-
ing done a good act always affords me, and this
is my .reward; in fact I take as much pleasure in
bringing forward, and feel as high a gratification
in the 'Fever Tónicas" sucess, as you possibly
can flo. * * * Sfsdt oblidge your obedient servant.
" W. L. Branoon.
Arcóle, near Fort Adams, Oct. 8. 1850.
Drs. A. Kendall & Co. Gents—I am in re-
ceipt of your favour of the 27th ultimo; and in
ans\rer, have to say, that I am, if possible, more
satisfied with your Febrifuge than ever. I kept
no topies of my letters, and hardly remember
what I wrote; but no matter how extravagant my
expressions may have been, my subsequent ex-
perience would confirm them all. So, if you
think it will enlarge the circle of its usefulness
you may publish any extracts from my letters
you please. * * * * The impression of some
is, that the Tonic is made ofthe root ofthe yellow
jessamine, and I understand that some of the
apothecaries ofNachetz are giving a dollar a
pound for it. * ♦ * * With great respect, ,;
I am your friend, and obedient servant.
— W. L- Brandon.
We are requested tó call the attention of the
pubbc to Kendall & Co.'s Electric Febrifuge.
Gen Brandon, who so highly recommends this
lightning medicine, is one of the most respectable
citizens of Mississippi. N. Orleans Crescent
To be had wholesale and retail at
BRIGGS & YARD'S
Clothing Store, Trerno^ Street* Galveston.
' w & s.w. '2m.
E. S. WOOD.
WHOLESALE & RETAIL
HARDWARE STORE,
Galveston, Texas.
BLACKSMITHS' TOOLS —
Assorted, viz: Anvils, Vises,
Hammers, and Sledges Screw-plates Í
Pittsburgh and N. Y. Bellows.
Carpenters^ Tools, Assorted viz: Tress hoops.
Stock Howels, Crosses and Axes, Knives, Joint-
ers. Froes, Wedges and Adzes. The above
tools are received direct from the manufactories
and sold chcap.
Hoes, assorted, viz:
Polished Caststeel Cotton Hoes. Nos. 1. 2 £ 3,
Half bright do. " J,2&3,
Caststeel Sugar Cane hoes, " 1, 2 & 3.
Hilling & Grubbing do. " 1, 2&8,
Iron aud Steel, assorted,
•oiler, Bar, round and square Iron,
'aststeel, American and Eng. Blister Steel, &c.,
Plough Iron and spring steel.
Ploughs, assorted—
Cutter & Subsoil Ploughs, assorted
New York Ploughs fr im 1 to 4 horse .eiougit,
Pittsburg wrought mould-board & steel point do.
Revolvers and Rifles, assorted.
Double and single barrel Shot Guns.
French and Water Proof Caps. Shot an I Powder
Stoves, assorted,
Parlor, Office and Cooking Stoves.
Ten Plate, Six Plate and Franklin Stoves,
Tiuware of every description always oa hand
anH manufactured to order.
Bar Lead, Block Tin, Tin plate, wire &c.
French Glass, assorted, irom 8x10 to 24x36.
White Lead, Paints, Turpeniine, Oil. &c. &c.
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THE Manhattan Life Insurance Company
of New York, with a cash capital of One
Hundred Thousand Dollars in addition to the
amount received for insurance, is also especially
empowered by its charter, to insure persons a-
gainst accident or violence.
The following are (amongst many others) some
of the causes from which death by accident may-
occur, viz:
By Falls of Earth or
other materials,
Falls from Build-
ings and other
Falls,
Suffocations,
Scalds,
Burns,
Lightning,
Murder,
Bites of Animals &
Reptiles,
LIFE INSURANCE.
MANHATTAN UFE INSURANCE COM-
PANY. No. 108 Broadway, New York, es-
tablished under the new law of this State with a
cash capital of §100.000 invested in United States
Stoets, ofl'ers, upon the mutual principle, to in-
sure—
1st. The lives of individuals, for one, or more
years, or for life.
2nd. For joint lives, the amount payable at the
death of either.
3rd. Against accident by travel, for long or
short journeys.
4'h- To insue the payment of a certain sum,
at a tuture perrod by the payment of a small an-
nual premiumi the oasvred, m all cases, to partid-
: pate in all the. profile of the Company. Payihents.
' of premiums arranged to accommodate the as-
sured.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Mynd' Van Schaic-k, David Austin.
Caleb S. Woodhull,
Edwin D.Morirán.
Wm. Burger,
D. Henry Haight,
E. J. Ander&on,
Eleazer Parmtv,
John J. Williams,
D. Austin Muir,
Geo. D. Phelps,
Denton Pearsall,
Edward Haight,
Win. J. Valentine,
Humphrey Phelphs,
John S. Harris.
George Hastings,
Silas C. Herring,
A. A.
By Gunshot and other,
Wounds,
Horses,
Coaches,
Carriages,
Wagons, Carts,
Railways,
Shipwreck,
Machinery,
Assassination,
Drowning,
Explosion,
Manslaughter,
RATES OF INSURANCE
Against Accidental Death, without regard to
Age, Sex, or Health.
1st. The First Class comprises—Professional
Men and Private Gentlemen, Farmers, Clerks,
Shopkeepers and Tradesmen, and all females en-
gaged in the usual household occupations.
All of this class will be insured at the rate of
thirty cents on a hundred dollars for one year,
with a deduction of 15 per cent, when the policy
is taken for five years, and 25 per cent, when ta-
ken for ten years, and the premium paid in ad-
vance.
2d. The Second Class comprises—Printers.
Builders, Carpenters, Sawyers, Blacksmiths, Ma-
sons, House Painters, Coopers, Millers, Common
Laborers, and all persons engaged irj.friVa.?
Ambrose C. Kin gland,"
Enoch Dean
Nath'iG. Bradlord,
Edwin J. Brown,
Jas. C. Baldwin,
Win. K. strong,
Lewis B. Loder,
John R. Brown.
J. B. Herrick,
John P. Ware,
Danl Burnett,
George Webb,
John A. Merrilt,
Henry Stokes.
Jas. Van Norden,
D. S. Mills, Jr.,
Alvord.
ALONZA A. ALVORD, President.
C. Y. Wemplr, Secretary.
Reynolds & Vvn Sciiaick, Attorneys and
Counsel.
Abram Dubois. M. D., Medical Examiner, at
the office from 2 to 3 o'clock daily.
Willari) Parker, M. D., Consulting Phy-
sician.
Pamphlets and any other information desired,
will be freely given, by application to Messrs.
Jones & Ufford.
The subsriber. General Agent for Texas, will
receive applications, post paid with refferences,
for Agencies of this Company, for different places
in this State. F. A. STOKES.
G. Holland, Medical Examiner.
Galveston, December 17,1850.
U. S MAIL
COACHES.
THE subscriber having just returned
from New Orleans with a large and
varied assortment of materials, is prepared
m
Exchange on New York at 10,30 and
days sight, for sale by
T.A^
L WHENCE
* d"
is
to execute orders to suit the most exquisite and
fastidious tastes, from the Latest Style of Fine
Boots. (mode de Paris) to the broad bottom, easy
walking shoe, Buckskin or Lasting, for summer
wear.
. Pegged Boots, which he has now
to manufacture, will recommend
Ibr comfort and ewnomy^tc^aU ^who
Trémoht st. opposite the Bank
tie rate- of 50 cents on a hundred dollars, with
the same deductions as are made in the first class
when the term is extended to five or ten years.
3d. The Third Class embraces—Engineers,
Conductors, and all other persons employed on
Railroads and Steamboats, and all persons having
the charge of steam engines. Also, all Express
Agents, Travelling Post-masters and Commercial
Agents, Sailors, Pilots and Boatmen, Miners,
Colliers, and all persons employed := the construc-
tion of Tunnels, the Blasting of Rocks, Digging
and cleaning Wells, and all sii vllar occupations.
All comprised in this class will be insured at
the rate of 100 cents on a hundred dollars, with
the same deductions as are made in the first and
second classes, when the term is extended to five
or ten years.
Persons employed in Powder Mills, and
in the manufacture of Fireworks, are not insured
by this Company.
gjgp No risk taken for more than $5,000 in one
policy.
RATES OF INSURANCE
Against Accidental Injury and Death, for
Persons Travelling by Railroads, Steam
hoats, etc. etc.
£3?" All persons travelling by land or water
are insured against Injury by accident, or acci-
dental death for any teim of time, at rates aver-
aging less than one cent per hour.
TERMS.
For 6 hours 6 cents.For 6 days 70 cents.
12 hours 12 cents. 7 days 80 cents.
24 hours 25 cents. 10 days Si 00
2 days 30 cents. 30 days 2 50
3 days 40 cents. CO days 3 20
4 days 50 cents. 90 days 4 50
5 days CO cents.
CONDITIONS.
In the event of an accident by which the holder
of a policy maybe injured, one of the following
sums will be allowed and paid, viz: For an inju-
ry that shall detain the insuied ten days from his
or her ordinary business, one hundred dollars.—
Or for an injury that shall be so severe as to de-
tain the insured for thirty days, two hundred dol-
lars. Or if death results therel'orm as an imme-
diate consequence, five hundred dollars. Pay-
ment will be made within thirty days after notice
and proof are given to the Company.
Travel policies are issued to operatives on Rail-
roads and Steamboatson terms stated in the same.
ggr When an accident happens, immediate
notice must be given to the Company by mail.
This Company is now prepared to issue risks to
persons in Texas, on more favorable conditions,
than any other Company extant, which the pub-
lic will at once see upon examination, ot the
great advantages offered to the insured, who be-
come members, and participate in all the profits,
without personal responsibility. Pamphlets, to-
gether, with all other information incident, to
this subject, will be obtained, by ^p^Uc^thmto
Galveston, Feb. 20, General Agent for Texas
SEMI-WEEKLY FROM HOUSTON TO AUSTIN.
Fare through 818.
LEAVES Houston every Wednesday and Sat-
urday at 4 o'clock a. m. and arrives at Aus-
tin every Tuesday and Friday at 9 o'clock p. nr
Returning, leaves Austin the same hours and
same days it leaves Houston, and arrives at Hous-
ton same hours and same days it arrives at
Austin.
This line connects with the Galveston boats at
Houston, which leaves the latter place on Wed-
nesday and Saturday, at 3 o'clock p. m. It also
connects with the eastern line of stages from
Houston to Nachitoches, La., and that from
Washington to Huntsville, twice a week. It also
connects with the line to San Antonio, which
leaves Austin every Tuesday and Saturday morn-
ing at 4 o'clock.
The following gentlemen are agents for this
line:
Hon. James M. Reynolds. Houston.
A. Hood. Independence.
A. Boyle, La Grange.
Captain James G. Swisher, Austin.
Henry Fantharp. Anderson.
Mr. Ousman, Washington.
ATr f!ninnit>p^,Br<!nheo; uan-atnn:.
The subscriber pledges himself that his line o
stages shall be conducted in the most energetic
and satisfactory manner. His motto is—' Safety,
speed and comfort." He is determined to carry
the mail through in schedule time, if it be in the
power of man to do so. He has had many difii-
cu ities to encounter in getting his line into suc-
cessful operation; but with good horses, comfort-
able coaches, sober and polite drivers, and a con-
stant desire to please and accommodate all who
. pa ■■
eral share of public favor.
Eleas
is line, he hopes to receive a lib-
Mar24.—Wsf.
GEORGE W. GRANT.
Plantation and negroes ag
for sale, situated 1 mile east of W
the town of Liberty, containing 6Q9 acres -Je-
well timbered land—125 acres in cultivation and
under good lence, 45 acres in cane and 80 acres
in corn; a I§ story Log House, 18 by 20 feet,
kitchen, negro cabins, stables, corn cribs, out
houses, &c.; Sugar Mill, 30 inches cylinder; a
bet óf 4 kettles, 64 inches grand; Sugar House, 40
by 35; Mill House, 40 by 40.
16 likely Negroes, II American
Horses & Mules, 30 head Stock Horses,
1 fine thoroughbred Stallion, 5 O head _
gentle Milch Cows, 3SO head Stock Cattle,
300 head Stock Hogs, IS head Sheep, 5 yoke
gentle Work Oxen, 2 Ox Carts, 2 pair French
Bur Mill Stones. Farming UteDsils, dec., alio
' • * ~ lowest cash rates. Posses-
on or after it is
„ —„ State for the pu,
would do well to visi
which will
sion given
Planters
chashiug
of its"
rs applv to
É. O. LYNCH, Strand.
Galveston April 17—6m.,w.&s.w.
_
ATT
Bellville, Austfiit County.
-|ttii.i. practice in the courts of the first Judi
VY cial District; in the District Court for the
county of Washington ; and also in the Supreme
Court at Galveston and Austin. feb 20,
CARRIAGE
REPOSITORY
2 large and light 3 seated stages, well finished,
3 fine Family Carryalls, standing leather tops,
2 2d quality, do do do do
1 Family Carriage,
2iight Trotting Wagons, no tops,
14 buggies, 1 & 2 seated—1st and 2d qualities of
various style and pattern,
To arrive—1 fine omnibus,
4 do Prince Albert buggies,
4 do Rockaways, 2 seats,
2 two seat Coach,
1 Jersey Wagon.
2 do two-seated Buggies, for two horses each.
The above constitute the largest and best as-
sortment of vehicles ever exhibited in Texas ^
they are ofNer ark manufacture, and to some ex-
tent warranted good. For sale as low as they can
be ordered from the Noith, for cash or city accep-
tance by int l7s&w B. S. PARSONS.
Orders solicited for any and all kinds of Bug-
gies, Carriages, Stages. &c„ &c.
WHOLESALE & RETAIL
GROCERY ESTABLISHMENT,
at LEONA, LEON COt'NTY.
MATTHEW TAYLOR respectfully informs
the citizens of Leon and surrounding coun-
ties, that he offers for sale a very extensive as-
sortment of Groceries, Liquors, Hardware,
&c., consisting of Flour, Coffee, Teas, Sugar,
Molasses, salt. Brandy, Whiskey, Wines. Cast-
ings and a variety of articles suitable for planta-
ton purposes; all of which will be sold low for
Cash or Country Produce. mrl7wt£
A. s. ruthven,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
tH^ASDMER-
N" HA^T^l^e^undersigned are
to manufacture};^8*
est notice, and vtl
and are
kinds of tin-ware?™1 are FT
kinds of tin and c?P?r 5,D(L? !
uintly on hand all
pared to repair all
^ sheet iron ware.
tA. G. K. & J. B. SPANN.
Velasco. T.„. «an* 39, 1851.-3m.
W.VTE.n Trfnmered Dollars, at 92c.;
may I J *
L. FROSH.
Wis ¿ave an open policy
Moments to us " * *
or for reshipment, and valuaii
portion to market prices
oct29 , .
X'over all consign-
s of produce, e"H>er for sale here
.and val
pro-
R. & a G.
—- l- -'' "-'hJ' ""
Administrator's Notice.™^*
HAVING been appointed bv the Hon. County
Court ofjGalveston county, administrator ot
the Estate of Robert Watson, deceased, at the
March Term of said Conrt, (l8ol) notice is
herebv given to all persons having claims against
said estate to present the same to the administra-
NOTICE.
THE subscriber being about to
for a short time, hs
manufactory in charge of Mi—
and Paschal P. Borden, and has
P. Borden his general Attome,
sence.
April 7, 1850.
INSURANCE—Marine
iTyeston, covered on a
mister their open po
premium. fe7
ALE.—10 barrels Vassar's XX
and just landed from ship J. W.
sale by may 8 JONES & U
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