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•Jf* AVTONIO.
a - - Juu« 14,
1855.
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1856.
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' Sa^Mt to the deddw'iif a National retoocratic ■
. ^ Convention.
( * jC^^TBcTB necms to be a great calm in
Ihe politick! world in our city, about thes'
"^TiflKSS; werf&sisiinre it is tft?sjgii&l to prepare"
:8fifra political tornado that is fast approaching.
s'-M. \ -' " "
. ' -■ A rare ehmce is offered for purchas-
- iaf rtridencca and city lots in San Antonio.
. ^^Advertisements oCMcLeod, Kelley JE Qi-
''tajwin a'nothCTColmnr,. . v >"
; :^TA music Teacher has lately arrived
' in our eity. He has of late been teaching
. = wiuxic m New Orleans. For particulars''see
. -adtrcrtisement.-
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KST ■We " are informed that there ."will
• roon be. a street opened near the Alamo, pass-
• in£ through. we believe, where the Govern-
^ Kent stable now if . •
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■ 'JC5C^Weg0n loads of watermelons are an-
chored in onr streets now, and the resuft will
be, many citizon.< will soon be ancltored in
bed, aad physieiaos will soon be seen going to
and fro,and walking up and down our straets.
. ■ Otirfriend Kelly, will soon leave on
.« surveying tow; here will be a fine opportu.-
- nky for persons wishing to sec frontier lands,
of to have any business done thereto pertain-
ing. See his notice. ...
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F.^' Those in need of a superior gold pen.
..'canbe supplied by calling on Messrs. J. G.
i. D. Bell, who have just received a large as-
sortment of the best pens -ever brought to
thiamas-ixt.' - ~ ? *-• - •
«* --*
| H. Seele and T. J. Mackey, will at-
te*l totrreSwmiiiggs of JaeobWailder during
h||TaI^ijcefTOm.ourcITTr-S«e^JIr. Wadder's
«" rd relating to Una m another column.
Ti*eee gentlemen mav be found at ail times
at the office of Or. Waelder. *
. j
far There is a grejit quantity of411th . in
ihe hack streets and back janes of onr <aty,
and as wc hear'of cholera in the distanceTand
the warn season is before us, would it not be
policy to employ afew extra- teams and have
it drawn off. •.
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-JBSTXhe Government Depot i^just about
to remove to San' Antonio. Thu fact has
OUR NEXT LEGISLATURE:
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It will be-$at j few weeks before *tha<vo-
ters Texas will be called upon to elect
these men who are to compose the law mak-
ing power of our State. , Each voter has it
now in his power to say,' ih a measure,' what
shall be the political character of that body.
The nbxt^Legislature of our State should be
composed of men of good sound practical
jwuv.—meri who eah turfl a deaf ear to all
outside influence, and look upon each mea-
sure thit may comc before that body with an
eye Singled to the future prospects and welfare
of the country. There "is to be a desperate
effort mztde. no doubt, to alter the constitu-
tion of ouV Ptatefor, as we are told, just and
wise purposes. ^ Among the Constitutions ef
the different States of our- Union, there pro-
bably is none better adapted to the practical
requirements of the people thai? our own.
Onr Constitution is not a creation of the"con-
stituent elements that compose it, but a com-
plete formation and superstructure, whose
separate parts have been taken, here and there,
from the constitution, of the several States of
our Union, avpiding in every particular those
provisions that have led our sister States into
tlic shoals and quicksands&f taxation and
bankruptcy, that have ciflchcd the few by
taxing the many. Now, ten years have scar-
!y passed and our constitution is to be alter-
ed, Completely rlmodled. Let ns ask,—has
the political policy of our State materially
changed in this brief sp-ce of tima? Have
those inherent principle, become null and void,
that form the elements 6f our constitution ?
The persons who comprise that class who are
anxioua to . renovate baa laws. wHi t*ll you
that they want, no •material change in the
constitution; but let us inquire what they
wish tp do. In the first place they wish to
have it so altered as1 to permit the State to
engage in internal irtiprovemejHp; anicf second-
ly, to permit chartered companies to enjoy
eertain privileges granted to them by law, so
that private e nterpmc.will never be able to
compete with then^or in other words, hate
a legislative enactment to -enrich the few, at
the expense of the many. . \ ... t •- ■
. As i^regards in tenia 1 i mprovemcn~ts by the
State, this has been tried >n several instances
in many of the Statc%and has almost invaria-
bly proved a failure; becausrf it is not to be
expected, that labor performed in this way.
will be characterized by that economy of
means that it should be,—such has never boen
the case. In the second place, where money
is. to be- expend ad by the State for this pur-'
pose, c^ch part of the State wishes to get
more thal its share.—and jLo satisfy all, mo-
ney must often be expended to no purpose.
does not in the least. We have heard many
attempts made to overthrow the legality e|
-this system, but every attempt has proved
abortive. In speaking of the bill that passed:
Congress, irt reference to the payment of the
creditors olour Btate, Senator Rask, m hi|
late letter, remarks:—"If the bill had not
contained the clauseio submit.the whole mat-
ter to the decision of Texas, I should have
voted against it." Avery prudent remark by
the wily.
The Texas creditors and their sycophantic
agents raise the cry of repudiation, and no
more credit to our State, when the scaling
system is mentioned; and all they want is, to
get as much money from us as possible, and
then tliey care as little for the honor or credit,
of Texas, for the future as they do for the
Pagoda of India. As regards this snoject. let
our State maintain the honorable'tourse she
has marked out, and never compromise her
dignity as a State, or sacrifice a portion of her
just dges under the plea of "policy,"—but
confefld fi^nly for our rights if we loose the
whole 40? in the effort. Let such men be
sent to our next Legislature who,are sound
upon this subject, and who will give ^heir
views without the least hesitation. Finally,
let men be sent to our next Legislature who
caunot be reached by outsiders, and who will
not barter their stewardship for a meis of
pottage. f - - ; ,: *•
THE LATE INDIAN DEPREDATION
The following"account ha3 been-furnished
us by a friend who visited the spot and'con-
versed with the wid^w of the murdered man:
• On Saturday the 26th of last month, Mr
"Lawhorne. who was overseeing for Judge
Jones, living on Curry's creek, (a tributary
of the Guadalupe, about 40 miles above New
Br&unfefc, near the Fredericksburg road)
was ktfled by a party of Indians. He ' was
6ut in the morning hunting cattle with a. nc
gro man. unarmed, about three miles distant
from his residence. About eleven o'clock in
the day, they caine upon a oompany of four
Indians, and "One man dressed with hat and
pants, which in.the opinion of the negro was
a white man. The company was dismounted
close by a stream of water, in a secluded
{dice near the base of tfic mountains. Mr.
Lawhorne scbingJiis critical position, having
the company between bim and the good run*
ning ground in the direction of bis heme, im-
mediately turned his horse and tried to make
his cscapc. He and the negro were toon sep-
arated—oneN of the company pur3«ing him.
and the other four Mr. Si- The negro fell
--"EDITORIAL BREVITIES. f
The Boston spring trade is about one half it
infest year.: ; ; > • t
The (Tops are considered very promising in
many p|,rts of Eastern! Texas..
L. M. Archibald, of the Alexandria (La.)
Democrat is dead. *
Judge Leving will be a candidate for G ov-
ernor in Kentucky.
The tolls on the New York canals have had
a falling off tfiis year of §104,000.
The peach crop near Pittsburg will be very
large. .. < *
Owing to the late rains, crops arc reviving
of late m Alabama.
sBan Rice is building a large theatre in Al-
bany, N. Y.
There is of late a rise of five feet ih the
Missouri river. ' .>
The Aretic expedition will soon leave N
Y.'city, in search of Dr. Kane.. >
Senator Toombs'of Ga., is preparing a letter
on Know Nothingism.
The Railroad cars run into a flock of sheep
in Northern Ohio, last week and killed 60.—
Quit's a wool-gathering.
There are now 22 insane Asylums in the
been mentioned so often % some of our con-
feeres Munewspaperdom that we fcar that no-tBttt wc have "no intention of discussing this
bodjwll t*Kev tt; but we are bs'{subject-iki&^'.. crineipMthat has long sincc
those who shonld kuosrihatit. isa reaLfacL, '7'=
~ ; ; : ^jbeen jespunged from the democratic creed.
A_ ^ . ,t /W1 " rr« ^ • > v« - -'tr . ....
Robbery.—On Wednesday night "the 9th
itlst& the House of a; Mexican by the -name o(
Carreta street, was entered and
0 in gpfet,and many other val u-
v' We article*. No clue has. as yet, been had of
4he jtarpetntor."
Col. For^ of the '"St^te Times^" hasl
... :tateaaqjourning in<our city a few days. .The
CoJ<tte! is in good health, uid young ap-
pearance. A person unacquainted with him
«m*i]d hardfy believe on first sight tliat he
«wpT<Uiave taken an active part in the frontier
warfare of Texas. >
, : The Fourth of July will soon be
here,—how happens it that theije are no ar-
made to celebrate this ever
toetnorahj||jar. Here* now is a fine oppor-
" - t unity fWtncKnow Nothings to exhibit their
patriotism, and for foreigners to show their
let there be a truce for one day, and
feelebrate the birth'day of American freemen.
Let a meeting be called, and have a committee
at Arrangements appointed and for once have
this day celebrated in San Antonio, the mod-
el city of the^WetC"
• if *
EST AlFoor citizens that wixh to get gert-
tnoe articles pf Jewelry, of any kind, or pro-
can a first rate article of Silver ware, Dia-
mond'goods, Watches, Spectacles. Masons,
Odd Fellows and Sons of Temperance Jewels,
. • Cades, £c- , let them call upon J. G. t D. Bell
at their store on Main street. These gentle-
men manufacture the above articles to order,
and in a maimer rarely cqnakxl in our coun-
try. See their cards in this number.
On Sunday last we had divine ser-
vice fe tbe Methodist church in our city,; by
the Rev. D. M6rsc, the presiding elder of ihe
Austin district of Texas. Thia gentleman
was formerly from Mississippi, and an old ac-
quaintance of o«r* ia former years. life has
an interesting family living on his ranch in
(be vicinity of the' Brazos river, surrounded
bjhaUtheaecesM iries of life, w^ile he, deny-
>M Willi If of gte blessings ef the family cir-
^.,j8: travcrsmg the frontiers of our State.
PWbi|g the gospel and exposing himself in
the pane of life to the danger of the fron-
tier, for the good of his fellow man. We will
ventage to say that there will not be a station
on the district that he will not visit, besides
qrtabhshingjnauy near ones, and supplying
M#ylhe bier sings of an ovcr-mlmg Provi-
dence rest upon his family, and finally remu-
nerate him for his toils.
tar Wa learn that a few evenings since.
A German living near Hillsboro'on theCibo-
lo went a hunting on foot. As hedid not re-
turn that night, the neighbors searched -for
Htm to the morning, found him dead, with
oik. leg much swollen, evidently bitten by a
make. The poor man had crawled quite a
distance in the direction of bt* home, hut the
fetes were against him, he was no mora to
see bis family ia Gfo. K6w true the oft
quoted sentiment,—'In the mid*4 of life wa
are ia deathyet the busy throng reflects
not upon fbo consequences of firing and dying,
poisonoo# reptiles that 9c snugly coiled
the elements which play
o't WX httds, the wale spread malaria in
SsetU^r thcat^oaplUntt and taking off our
f;'Jo*s by tbooKinds, by the many are h«od>
cd not. These instruments of death are quite
toajafe— man mii<t tax his inventive gen-
X-i^M'ta manubcttire aad wield others—and the
t hpit time allowed i to live must be enj-
v 0' jptomote ' "enmity, hafrefi and
. ^fcOti^Wleelrcs and Icrv :rnc! vnrs
^el^^ert&swftt^r,."r'
The next feature efthe t!woo3eJr^*«se!' that
presents' itself- is the disposition that is at~the
present time stalkiilg abroad in the land
among a certain class, to. have our constitn
lion so altered as to giant chartered privileges
to incorporated - companies; a principle, that
bas do «e mereJojjji&c the rich ri^cr 'and
the poor pdorcr, rifice tTic" JMBilioiT dr our
government, than any Other. The principle
can be explained in a few words.—i Us.giving
to a few wealthy individuals ft privilege, not
granted to private citizens, to make fortunes,
uid taking from them that legal restraint
that is cxercised upon others, so that they
may continue making money by wholesale, a*
long as they can, and then break, and as act
of charity of course, they compound with
their creditors, who are private citizens, by
paying them thirty or-forty cents On the dol-
lar, while they themselves will retire with
their fortunes thus made by a system of lega-
lized robbery. Our constitution as' it now is,
declares that no new corporate body shall be
created with banking privileges; that the
Legislature may repeal acts of private incor-
poration; that the State shall not be p^rt
owner of stpek belonging to any private cor-
poration; and that the State shall not incur a
debt exceeding one hundred thousand dollars
except incase of an invasion; or borrow money
without the consent, by a two-thirds vote, of
the Legislature. Now, are these previsions of
our constitution to be thrown aside as worth-
less? The moment this isdoqe, tfie great
mass of our citizens in humble life may.s^y
'•fartwell happy fields"—hair-poverty and
labor! . ' • "
It is a weH known -faftt, that tiwing.to the
war ia Europe, the great drouth'.of laafc-yesfc,
and. the unhealthy, reaction' that ig-pow.upbn
us, occasioned by. an "Imprtdrtrf'l'ush into
speculation in Any of ffee States, during the
last few years,-there has beeu bublittle-im-
provements going etvm oHr Statf of late; and
wewtU'here casually observe,'that had the
constitution of our State, given fi^ee scope to
incorporated companies, during thia time, as
in some of the other States, and permitted
the State to become part owner in private cor
porations, and to indulge in a system of inter-
nal improvements, out Slate would, ere this,
have become bankrupt for millions, and mul
tiHides of our citizens reduced to poverty and
ruinwhile an insurmountable incubus of
taxation would be hanging over tRe rest.
How is it now? We have avoided all these
arils, and the State of Texas is out of debt,
and her citizens feel "the' crisis" less than
those of aay other State in the Union. But
it is not our intention to enter upoi. a discus-
sion of this subject at this time; for the prin-
ciple of granting chartered privileges to the
few, has long since been expunged from the
democratic creed. The great question is, we
must have men seat to our next legislature
who do not vaser. in the least, on these two
great and important principles. There should
be no parleying on these points.—they are
too well known to need the hesitation of a
candidate.
The nut subject of immediate importance
to our State is, the acceptance or non accep-
tance of the bill that passed Congress, at its
last session, in regard to settling with the
Tern.creditors. Aty we have to say on this
subjcct is, our State has adopted the ''scaling
system,"—let us carry it out to the very let
ter. This bill that passed Congress, if car-
ried out, will leave the stain of repudiation
upon onr State.—Tkor: as the scalir.g system
from his horse in crossing the creek, hk purf oflen.poVnds\
PLAZA HOUSE, 2
San A«t'onio. June:l4th. 1855. \
MeSsrs. Editors:—Having read an edito-
rial in the "San Antonio Ledger," evidently
'gotten up. ahd propagated for some sinister
motives and malicious purposes, against Rev.
James Young, of Louisville^ Kentucky. I
regard it as-a duty I owe to society, to
the cause of public virtue and good morals—
to volunteer my humble testimony in behalf
of a gentleman and fellow citizen, whom 1
have known personally for more_ than eight
years. Separated from him by a diversity of
opinion, both upon the subject of religion,and
his -views'on temperance. 1 have rarely known
a man, that has sustained and extensively en-
joyed a Wigher reputation, for evefy moral,
religious, and sociaLvirtue, that should.char-
acterize a minister of thq gospel. Indeed, I
do noV know, among my extensive acquain-
tance, but very few persons, who for so long
a time, have given higher, proof, of more fixed
habits of temperance and self government, in
the social relations of life, and therefore I have
rarely, or ever been so shocked as -by the un-
called for attack upon this truly good man.
But as it often.happens, tins Fama clamosa
is so palpably overwrought and suicidal as to
defeat its own object, and cover with disgrace
its malignant propagators—I have cheerfully
volunteered on my part, and 'were my solemn
affirmation necessary, I would cheerfully ten-
U. S. with 20,000 Inmates. We have notj'der it before any tribunal,
learned how msuiy of these are in Texas. —
BreAdstuff is so scarce in Canada that the
Public, authorities have prohibited any more
being carried out of the country.
. TheimmeJBe cost of Provisions in N. Y. city
preventaover-foeding, and this, says the phy-
sicinns, is injuring tUbmedicai practice.
Major Dusenbury of the U. S. Army, died
at Santfc Fe in New Mexico, on the.First of
April, says the Baltimore Sun. ■«'
The IaW. abolishing imprisonment for debt
in Massachusetts will go into effect on the
4th Jtriy next. ',
The majority for Wise for Governor of Vir-
ginia is thus far thought lo.be .over 9000, and
some 40 counties to ,be heard from.
The sword of Andrew Jackson has been
presented to the Congress of the United
States., f. " •
Two men were lately taken into custody in
New York, for fitting out a xessel for the
slave trade. .
By the last census, Cincinnati contains 25 -
668 white male inhabitants of the age of 21
years and over.
Ifouso- rent in Xw York city ha.^/allcn 25
per cent in the last four months, and there are
how 4000 buildings to let. '
The "Southern Watch Tower,"" published
25 mil&s'frOm Natclies Miss., cdtnplains of the
drcuith there. '
Tlic English papers report that the celebra^
fed Writer, .Dr. Dick j has actually received
surer shot'fiom the opposite side, but missed
his mark. The negro left' his ItOrsO and was
out of sight before the Indian had reloaded,
and made his escape home, ' An alarm "was
soon raised in the neighborhood,- a company
collected and repaired-to the spot, and at sun
set found the dead body, in the edge of•
thicket, with an arrow by. ,JCs side. Mr. L.
as swot with a large ball. He had about
his pcrsOTHfifty^dol lars in money which was
taken. He lixs left's desponding widow anil
two orphan children .to lament his loss. Thir-
head of horse8 W«* 6t0l«n frOW the
neighborhood. }■]r y
A company of 16Varmed men wer* soon
in pursuit of the marauders. Up to the 7 th
itistant they had not been heard from. . As
our government is doing little else for the fron-
tier of Texas fhan to excite the Indians,thereby
enabling them the b6tter to) butcher our citi-
zens and steal their property, we. must learn
to protect ourselves.
What does it "avail to' say, "they are not
Indians V ,If they, are Mexican, Or Anglo-
Saxon thieves and desperadoes, do onr hon
est settlers need the less protection from these
merciless and cruel robbers ?
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"UP-SALT RIYER.^
TJu6 Marshall Meridian comes out very se
verely against Gov. Pease.in an article head-
ed "Securing a passage up Sajt river." This
paper some two years ago. came out lii flow-
ing colors for railroads, and then, a person . to
have read its -columns, would. have come to
the conclusion tliat our country would, -ere
this, have been eove'red with railroads, and
one chartered to go tojthc moon. This paper,
we believe, has changed proprietors since
then, and Is only half its former size, but the
editorseems to think that Gov. Pease is now
the only obstruction to railroads in our State.
.The truth is, Governor Pease had too much
good sense to be gulled by the security of
men who never paid a debt, who were backed
by the "Sussex Soft Soap Whitewash, Paint-
Jline and Irpn' Company;"—although 'it was
Wckoch by the 'certificate of (pro tempore)
Chancellor Kent.,in scmblanco-ofa man who
bad been ch^ad several years. However disa-
greeable it may be to Mr; MerriTafi) Otfr.
Pease will-preside-over our State another
term, the edict has gono fogh
We learn from the State Times, that
they have had sufficient rain in Austin, to in-
sure a bountiful harvest of the early planted
crops. Flour in that city is selling at
per barrel, ahd corn meal cannot be had at
all tjmcs, at any price.
Coprt Martial,--Lieut. N. C. Givens,has
been arrested at Austin, on the charge of be-
ing the author of some communications which
appeared in the State Times several weeks
sincc, signed "One who knows." The Court
Martial will be convened on the 5th July,
at which time Lieut. Givens will be tried for
the above offence.
We are indebted to the kindness of
the Editors of the "El Bejarefio," for the fol-
lowing letter:
Laredo, May 31st, 1855.
Gentlemen—Yesterday at 4 o'clock, P. M..
Antbnio Rodriquez was bung on the Main
square of this town, for having on the day
previous, most barbarously-murdered Carmen
Bustamenta, who was on tho ere of being a
mother. After tbe arrest of the murderer, a
mass meeting of tbe people was called, in
w hich he was sentenced to death, giving bim
the necossary time for receiving religious as-
sistance which had been requested. The Rev.
Planchet, Catholic curate, accompanied Rod-
riquez from the jail to the gibbet, exhorting
him to a christian death. Yours, itc., S. A.
« i ■ ■■■
£3T Tho cholcra is raging in New Or-
leans to an alarming extent, the want of 'cis-
tern water seems to be the chicf cause of the
prevalence of the disease.
The. council board of Aldermen of --Nero
York meets .five times a year during the
montlis of June, Jul)' and August.
Samuel C. Gage is nominated by the-Know
Nothings of Maine as a candidate for Gav'er-
itor.' ■■■?* ' '
1263 dozen eggs from the British Provinces
entered the Boston market in one day, free of
duty, under our late reciprocity treaty.
About the time Bamum's "Baby Show"
comes,of in New York, it is feared there will
be a great squall in that city.
The receipts of the Board of Missions in the
Presbytejam-phtirch this ypnr nrp IftLRi OOO,
with 5ft midsionnries. JL46 teachers. 6 3 com
municants. and 4,708 children in schools.
A man lately died, in Missouri recusing to
have "any one administer On his estate, his son,
however done so, and soon after died from re-
morse of conscience for so doing.
The'Negro Government in St. Domingo,
are in great tVouble -wlth negro conspiritors.
who" are reported to be under the protection
of the British Consulate.
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%A writer b^Unckoster. Coffee Co., Tenn..
says, there are in that vicinity millions of lo-
custs, and tkat they, are destroying all the
timber. ■>" • " '• -
Thcdroutt stHl continues in Arkansas; the
wheat will be good but many others are al-
ready much injured. Tbe Arkansas river is
still very low.
There are 260 locomotive engines running
.on different roads from Chicago and twenty
years ago there w^ere not 30Q inhabitants iii
the place. , ~
Parks, sentenced to be hung in Cleveland;
Ohio, for murder, lately made an* atteirtjitto
escape, bu( failed, by the breaking of a key.
He says hs intended to kUl thejaflor. .
A Sandwich Island paper says,—of 3,178
criminals there, 1,200 were foreigners, the N.
O. True Delta remarks that this looks signifi-
cant. '• * /•
Allowing two cases to be disposed of cacli^
day, and then it will take the New Court of
Claims ten years to dispose of all the cases
that arc now before it.
Says the Superior Court of New York,
"where a wife is killed by accident on or bj-
a Railroad the husband cannot recover dam-
ages therefore.
June the 2d.—This evening one hmidred
and ninety three guns jwere fired in New Or-,
leans in honor to the friuraph of Democracy
in Virginia; one gun for each county, and fifty
for the three counties of Sheuaudoah. Rock-
inghatttrind Page. • ,
- May 22d, this day a dreadful whirlwind
passed over some parts of Wisconsin a few
miles from Chicago, many fives were lost—
bodies of men and animals, trees, &c., were
carried to a great height in the air.
The abolition of newspaper stamps has ta-
ken place in England, and the result is nu-
merous cheap pipers are being started for Ihe
benefit of the great mass of the common peo
pie—This will soon prove a death blow to the
English Aristocracy.
There is a report in the musical journals of
Europe that all foreign musicians coming to
the United States, are to be hereafter taxed
55400! It is to be hoped they may not discov-
er the error.
A train of 144 cars left the city of Buffalo
N. Y. lately, over the central Railroad, drawij
by seven locomotives; 60 of them were loaded
with cattle, the rest with other freight. This
train must have been over a mile in length!
A fugitive slave was lately taken to Kansas,
by Abolitionists, under promise of assistance,
in which being disappointed, he jumped over-
board and was drowned, being refused assis-
tance to return to his master.
A patent has been lately sccured in New
York to aid digestion,—we have not been in-
formed what it consists of, but suppose it is
out door labor. It would not be nccessary
to get this patented, for there would be no
danger of infringement.
Tbe State Department at .Washington has
been officially notified that the Vicecry of
Egypt has adopted the project to have a canal
cut through the Isthmus of Sue: thus short-
ening the distance to the Baft Indies from
New York 2.4S9 leagues. A company of all
nations will unite in the work.
New Yorkj June 3.—Ac
est despatches received her
W. B. ERSKINE.
TERRIFIC WHIRLWIND IN ILLINOIS.
•LOSS OF LIFE—DAilAGE TO PROPERTY, &C.
, The New York papers, received this morn-
ing. hava the following despatches, dated Chi-
cago, May 24: _
Accounts reached this city last night, of a
most terrific hurricane and whirlwind, in the
town of Jefferson, Cook cojjnty, and other
places north and west of here. -On Tuesday
afternoon, a revolving funnel-sliaped; cloud
passed along near the ground, about sixteen
miles north of here, carryin'g'up large sticks of
vVoed, stones &e. It described'« semicircle
towards the southeast, twisting off lurge trees
'and whisking them out of sight instanter.—
The whirlwind then broke in two and'disap-
peared, but almost immediately formed again
and passed directly back North and West
with redoubled violence.- It. struck ahea-vy
frame house one mile from jtlie lijinoii and
Wisconsin Railroad, tearing The roof instantly
ofF, and almost immediate^ afterwards taking
the whole. heuse--ins{antly Tip from the spot-
ivith, all its.contents. _ *
Nine persons in the Jjguse^frere d/awn .up
and liurled down in differest peaces. Four of
them were instantly titled.*ari(i others niutfla-
fed beyond any prospect of recovery,.' The
whirlwind then^ passed over a. post £lid rail
fehce; leaving not the slightest vestige of it.—'
ft next took up a barn'and threw it upon the-
horses and-cattle it contained, crushing them
at once.. The timbers of the house and-barn
were hurled down, to the ground with,such
violence as to bury them almost out ofsij
Tfie honse belonged tovMr. Page. who^c*yi^
son and two gpandfchildren were killed..
Sebond- Despatch.—AdditionalintelHj
from "the locality more than confirms t
above. Accounts are given of persons he*ir?g
carried tipTOO feet in thc air. and^hejfchurled
down with gr^at viojenc. A "fttrmber'of eye
witnesses lrayo testified to the ravages of the
tempest, and describe it-as most territkr. I he,
same afternoon*a severe hail storm occurred
in this city,' after which the sky presented a
very singular appearance to the northward,
and the weather changed from the mo'st .op-
pressive heat to the most chilling,atmosphere.
The following TitrtTs^C v u view of tlra , ... . . .. .
road route from Baltimore to the Ohjriver in tliePtreet^f,
is extracted from a lively sketch in the Wash,. Tnd**at n and reform meet!
ington Union: ^
For the entire distance of three hundred
and seventy-nine miles, the length of the rail-
way from Baltjmcre to-the Ohio river, the
traveller is delighted' with the most stupen-
dous, sublime, and bewitching scenery. There
is nothing like it at home or abroad; and men
from foreign lands have attested it over and
oft.. In crossing tire Alleghanies, ftmmstaOce,.
you arc 2,li)Q Xuet above Baltimore, and on a
continuous iron raii! Thirty miles .farther
west 3-ou are in the Chc^t River country.
through which no man ever -yd passed with-
out fdoling awed afr the overwhelming gran-
dcur-ef the scenery.' Then the- Kingwood
thnncl. dashing one mile Under, tlje weight of
the Allegliank's; -emerging, agaiii into ev.ei;-
varving and exciting landscapes.— 4'rid so on.
nntil the steam-hor«56 halts at tli£ banks of
La Belle "ltiviere. where _vou are transportedT
withojit.delaj-, to.tlie Central-Ohio railroad^
rushed on to Columbus, 612 miles, and thence
to Cmcmnati, in all 631 miles! and accomplish-
ed in fcweoty-six hours "from Baltimore. This
is tbe quickest time tabic that lias ever been
attempted. ; „
. . *
• 'LATrjj.-^-KBocause we ventured last week,"
says air exchange paper, ' to introduce a fbw
Latin- words into a paragraph, just to make a
little* show of' our knowledge, a cotempocary
quotes"Latin at lis* in a most ferocious man-
ner. ' He says 'A7&7 Jft.' Who is Nihil?—
Who did Jie fight, and whatjdid he fight for?"
— —
Mississippi.—The city- of Yiclsbuig was
lighted with gas for the first time on Wedncs-
day night last
We learn from the Brandon'Platform that
a negro man was killed a few days ago by tbe
cars on the railroad between that place and
.Jaqoksn. It was thought be had purposely-
placed himself upon the track.
From the Canton. Citizen.wa extract the
following:
Since our last the clouds have made sever-
al desperate efforts to drop rain, but enlv par-
tially succeeded twice—on Monday nijSit and
then only a lazy sprinkle. Siiice the last dem-
onstration referred to, the weather has been
so cool, night and morning, as to render win-
ter clothing, and even fire, necessary to com-
fort. In this section the com crops are doing
well, notwithstanding the droughth, but the
growth of the cotton plant, even where a stand
is obtained, is greatly retarded. Breadstuffs
are enormously high, the times are tight, and
things generajlyt very .dry, and we jyre all
waiting, rather impatiently, for a "movipg of
the waters," and the "good time coming.'"
VIRGINfA ELECTION.
LOSS OP tbe KEYSTON:#STATE.
ing to the lat-
to Virginia,
the majority for Wise appears to be about
10,000. ' xT V
All the Democratic Congressmen have
been elected.
Baltimore Markets.—Baltimore, June 3.
Cotton m the market has advanced half a
cent per pound since the arrival of the Pacific.
Sugar and coffee are both firm and scarce.
Steamboat Burned—Loss of Life.—St*
Louis. June 2.—The steamer Keystone State
was bufned this morning on the'Lower Mis-
sissippi. The boat and cargo are a total loss.
Several lives were lost The full particulars
are notygt received.
On? ttetk Later from Europe.—The
steamer PSOific arrived at New York on the
30th. with advices from Liverpool^to the 19th
The circulars she brings from Liverpool
mark an advance of from*! 8d. to l-4d.\ per
pound in tbe price pf cotton.
The sates of the week are reported at 113,-
000 bales. Jk-', * . >
The quotations are for Fair Orleans G ItSct
per pound; for Fair Uplands S 7:8d.
Consols had advanced^ 1-2 per cent. Bread-
stuffs. of all kinds, ba<J also advanced.' „ * * ]
The'Crimea.:—:-Gen. Canrobert has resign-
ed, and'is sucoee^edby Qen. Pelissier.
• The state of affairs before Sevastopol is re-
ported without change.' 1
Tremendous rams had.again fallen in the
Crimea! so that the trenches werp filled with
water, «nd the continuance of operations — *
dered impossible. "1 .* - •'*
. Reinforcements of 14JOOO Sardinians'had
arrived in tho Crime%since the la§$ adv|.ce%
The latest despatches state that desperate
sorties had been made by the Russians on the
16th, but that as usual, they were repulsed
with gr^at slaughter,■- - ^ .. g .
> The total Russian los^since ilie commence-
ment Of the sit?geis estimated iit 250,000.
Omar Pasha and the Turkish troops have
returned'to E.upatoria. - ' *
' A bofly of 15.000 ^Allied troops left Sevas-
topol for the Sea of Azoff, but had returned
immediately afterwards a"nd hastily disem-
barked. The object of their expedition was
unknown. " *
The Baltic.—The Allies hare ^presented
an ultimatum to Sweden to which the Gov-
ernment of that country had responded by in-
corporating the militia* ^ -
France.—-Tianori, the assassin who at-
tempted to kill Louis Napoleon, has been
guillotined. . - . * i
, The great .Universal Exposition had been
opened, but the affair is regarded as a failure.
Th^. Poles of Paris-had presented an ad-
dress to Louis Napoleon,.congratulating him
on his escapcufrom assasinafion.
The Emperar was about to is^i^ a rrianife?-
to tb the Army in the East; giving his. reasons
for not proceeding to'' the seat of war.
The Paris journals are very hostilefia then-
tone towarda Austria:
A perpetual peace treaty has been conclud-
ed betwfcpn England anil India, [the-peweis
n India with which.she b'as been a6war?J
Austria and Prussia— The relation# be-
fween Austria and Prussia hatd gi-ow'n more
ihtimate."
, The state of the negotiations, between the
Allies .and. Austria.remained without change.
Austria has agfeed. with tfife Allfcs that a
Snal* ultimatum shalrbe presented to Russia.
* England>— Rnnjors of dissensions in the
English Cabinet were current, but thoy were
flot Credited, • ■ * .
. Many incidents were transpiring ii Eng-
land tending to'show that a democratic
change i^fcoming over, the nation.
- Queen Victoria has bestowed medals
ation and reform meeting
tinuedto be had in various parts of
ti-y. - J [ ,
An exciting siobata had taken place is the
House of Lords ujion the .question of a re-
form of tfce_.Go<verit9eflt This arose out of
aii yffort against the Ministry; but the Jlories
were defeated.
Russia:—Count Nesselrode lias isstfed a
■ncw'crrc'ular, but the contents are unknown.
Russia has notified the German Powers
that she will hold only to the firsCtwo points
of the guarantee, and that only oir the condi-
tion of their observing a pcrfeet neutrality.
' Russia has consented to allow tke export
of grain from the Danube, f *
^TardfK;'a.-rThe King of Sardinia is said to
5e "negotiating~for marriage to .the eldest
daughter of Queen VRstorifc r
SaiUng-af the Baltic.—The Collins steam-
ship BalttQ, Capt. Comstock, sailed from this
port to-dav, with three hundred passengers
and §1,050,000 in specie.
Kinney's Expedition.—The departure of
Kinney's expedition has been deferred to
Saturday next, the 10th iiist , .
The Government lias ordered several ves-
sels to watch about the steamship- United
States, forming part of the expedition^and to
prcveut its dejjarture.
The Emperor of tbe French made himself
quite at home in England, and oue of his acts
there seems to be an anticipation of the des-
tiny in which he so confidently trusts. He
dated a decree at "Windsor Castle," The
Prefect who received it exclaimed: 'This is
a la Napoleon! This is not the last of the
Emperor's decrccs from the British Capital!"
Nothing was better calculated to gratify the
national feeling of the French than this Napo-
leon assumption. It is evidently a little mor-
tifying to the English press, w hich treats it
as a theatrical flourish, as it truly is, but it be-
fits the part which the expoliceunn is to play
in the great drama of his own production.—
There is now no doubt that his next decrees
will be from Constantinople. Whether he
will be able spon to date another from Sebas-
topol is a question.
—a-i-.
Produce is high enough everywhere, but in
Xova Scotia nearly every article of the kind
seems to have reached famine prices. On the
5th inst., Hour was selling at Halifax at six-
teen dollars a barrel. When we consider that
Canada raises a large surplus cf breadstutfs
this is come what extraordinary.
We see it stated in the GalfolMt
Journal, that the barks WeseraodfraaotfpB,
forty-five days out from Brenham.has aachared
in the harbor of Galveston, with four bSMl-
red German immigrants on board. And that
the ship Miles, from Hamburg, with a latge
number of immigrants, was.lying off ihe fair,
and would be in on the evening of tbe 6th int
, J53?T-This. San Francisco Herald of thoJEth
ult., says that.on the 24th, the head of j«a-
quin. the'once notorious bandit, wasattachtd .
by the sheriff to satisfy a judgment for debt.
Although Joaquin is no longer ale^r<£- to Ike
Chinamen, it appears that therp is still a pries
upon his head; " - -T £***-*«!• W
. .1'.
Distress ik Alabama—TheSelmaSen-
tinel says:—"While other. sections oC the
State are oo the eye-of starving for i
Would seem some persons in i^ir *
innnitjt'^et^ not entirely indca
were "'lnforined by a gSntlemj
necked with one of our milling
that within the last few days, he„
number of'applications from destit
for meal,and that in one instanee^^fe
ent Widow lady" the mother of.^Several c
ren^who stated she had not a monthfid ef
bread ih her liouse for three days."^ >
Lynching at H'gal |t.
Republican learns, that an abolitioiiist named
;PliUltps was tarred and feathered at W«s| b
* n the 17th inst. The Republican Sayg:
"He then went to Leavenworth, aad oa the
18th the people there were getting ap a*«x-
citement in his case., Public o^aion wa
yided in relation to this affair, FrtO Soiler*
and pro-slavery men denouncing it Phillips,
if we mistake not, was the man who put the
pistol in M'Crea's hand with which he killed
Clark, and this, it is presumed, was the pri-
mary cause of the excitement against him."
- — -" ■ •■.. .
Crops in 'Arkansas.—The Little Rock De-
mocrat of the 22d says: "We had fine raiaa
bn Thursday evening and Friday night last.
The crops, which Were before beginning to
show evident.signpof suffering, in cons&jaeace
of the long drouth, have been completely re-
vived and now look vqjy promising. The runs
throughout the State have been very partial;
while in some counties fears are entertained
of a failure of crops—4n others they are unu-
sually fine. The wheat crop, we believe, is
excellent throughout the State, anflfcijl be
by far the largest ever made in Arkansas.
——
Famine in Georgia.—Accounts' from the
northern part of Georgia, represent that qppiy
geople? iir that .section are without corn or the,
means to procure any. There is none fer ii3e>
and there is serious danger of famine,
and'mulesare turned out ipto the vjMkto
wait'for grass or starve, so that no j
can be done, and planting mn^
tl e hoe. Unless relief be extended, tile poorer
class of that section must perish.
1ST The San Fraucisco Herald remarks,
that. the emigration (ram the Western
States overland has greatly fallen oft' aad
says:—'Unless we can obtain a large acoes-
sion to our numbers from among the sturdy
settlers of the West, our State is lrRely to
stagnate, for up to tlie present time, thrde-
partures fully e'qnal, if they do.aptexnrrJthe
arrivals at our port bv sea."
■' ' 1
The whalrship Zone, at Jiew Bedford, &Mn
the Pac'ifw Ocean, reports speaking iat 16 45
S., Ion. 34 25 Wi, English ship Matouka^ 33
daj's from L'verpobl for New South Wales,
with 202 unmarried female passengers. ,.
We find pt ih#.
• The Boston Transcript says it is not impro-
bable that the whole doings at Roxbury will
be the subject of legal investigation, and that
all the gentlemen who visited the Catholic
School will have an opportunity to defend
themselves before a jury.
somewr
dered.Wm. Pitt1
and,for whom • a i
was captured by t.
t Blythe, on
stanf, near the mouth of Black River, <n.l
was taken on boird the steamer W, W.Far-
mer to Harrisonburg. TLU fellow ia an old r
offender!
Bishop Doane, in his late adebess, before
the .Female graduating Class in-N- i remark-
e l, that in, many instances fc {Aioa-aad edpes^
tion without proper chastcnings were
ingupon the world many monsters, tfho will ^
exceed in their fierceness evtn. the ancient
Amazonian's crew, whov are clamoring ftr
"Woman's Rights.-' ;
. ?. .1: V: t** - •
MAIL AltRAKGENE T9. -\--
YOBKTOWS. '• 'j. SEGUES . V .
The cnaxt imil arrives in San Antonio lis timariVMk^
and loaves six limes a «s<k. -' '
JLKKIXXS.
Thncsdays, .
Saturdays, _
at 1 r. m.
ALVflX.
OKPABra.
Sonrtaya,
TuesH-irs,
at 10 r. x.
Chicago still continues itrwonderful career
of expansion. A recent number of the Times
savs that every house in the city is full, and
that rents have pone up to enormous"rates.—
Since the 1st of May the increase of rents is
stated tohavc beon twenty-five, seventy-five,
and even one hundred percent, a story whkh
seems rather fabulous, but may nemthejegs
be correct, as alk the lines of travel leading
westward are crowded with traveleisand cm-
jgrafcts, ^ ^ ^
The sub-marine cable from Cajfe Kalti-ga,
in Bulgaria, to the monastefy of St. George,
in the Crimea, lies a length of three hundre<l
and one raileS across the bottom of the Blaft
Sea. It was laid down on the'lOth, 12th and
13th of last month.
- *. on the Efgfat of departures. JKO. uvWut, P.
Drs. Wm. McMillen ancJ A\Tn. R. Thrall
left Columbus, Ohio, on the 11th inst.,-with
the intention of visiting IluSsia and entering
the service of the Eirtperor as. surgeons.
The pay of the French soldier is one cent
per day. Out of that munificent endowment
he must provide himself with thread, needles
&c.", to keep his uniform fit repair. Then he
mnst replace all things loss or spoiled while
in hi? possession, from theiarmy stores. He
is furnished with one pair of pantaloons, and
one pair of shoes }>er year, and one coat every
two years. Oi\ leaving servicc at.the end of
the seven years, the gun, sabre and coat are
taken from him, and whatever is left, he is
entitled to.
The Chicago Democrat says Messrs. Gibbs
& Griffin have at present over four hundred
thousand bushels of wheat and corn in their
immense warehouse on North Water street
This is the largest qnantity of grain ever gath-
ered together in one warehouse in that city.
They have funny names for newspapers out
in Towa. The three daily papers published
at Keokuk are called respectively: The Gate
Citj', The Morning Glory, and The Keokuk
Nip-and-Tuck.
The <;New Church Herald" of Philadelphia
remarks that several of the doctors of divinity
believe that Christ will cake his personal ap-
pearance on earth, bodily, soc-s to collect the
Jews to Jerussleir.. for the 1000 r?ar«.
ABitirns.
Tuesdays,
Thursday*,
Saturday*,
at 5 P.
EA1
ARRtVS?.
-Saturdays,
at 12 v.
«5le
l>i.TA<!T*.
Sunda;*,' ,
Tuesday/,
Tbnrilay.i,
act 10 r. v.
PASS.
PEr^rrs.
Monday?,
at 6 A."*.
■■I
Sunday *. j
Wedne daj , r
Friday a, pi
at a.
goIjai
nnnl H. - aW«WS9*
S& i*S!S5.'
r
SL PASO,
Moorm.. 1, Krtm.
C5th of •rerjr ]il t of ti«l'J
Month. y -t Hoath. -«
FI1EOERICKSBCRG MATT.,
Arrive Satur^avs. ~ P, M.; depart Mondats, I A. K.
XEW qBLEANS MAIL. ' 5
Leaves every Sunday. Wednesday and Friday at'M
P. M.. an l arrives twice a vaek. irregular.
"All mail matter most be dropped in tbe OCctbj • r.
ANOTHER LETTER FROM TEXAS.
Travis Co., Texas, Aug.-IS, 18M.
Messrs Flomminjj BrotUere—T«ar Sire:—There Wit
several easts of (feiik and fever in mjr
at the time we received the H'Lane's Liver FSfc uMH
in my letter of Jane 12th. And a ft^jwii atehWki
in cach case produced the desired effect, thaa tau|.
strating the efficiency of these eckhrated Tflh in
disease. , **, •
' "Slot jf-r has not V>cn'tron%| l
since she has commenced ttffcing ihrse HBa, aad as vt
have hut few of them left jrta will phase Mad as aaetli-
er dollar's worth Direct, as before, te Aastin, TllU
Respectfully yours, MEREDTTB^T. BBXt.
Purchasers wilfbe careful to ask for Dr. WtM^
Celebrated Xiver PQlf, and take none else.
other Pills purporting to J>c Liver Pills,
public. Dr. M'ldne's Liver rills, alio hi*
Vermifuge, can bow be had-at all respectable ]
in the United States.'
Sold, wholesale and retail in San Antonio, by la#
H. Lyons andL'esmuke a Co.
m
J^-OTICL.— During- my temporary
absence
e will be
Antbnio, ti^e Ifusineyeef my office
ed by H. Skvue and T. J. Mackct, Em., who wtU mm a
prompt and strict attention to all maneta eolrustM'to
their charge. [25 UJ ,'AOOB WJELUERt '
I.I SSOX8 IN MUSIC.
MR C. STtt'HAS". Professor of Music, from
x'ew Orleans, respectfully offers his servic-
es as a Teacher of Marie on the Piano Fertr, r!-1
olio. fcc. For particulars inquire at the Texan
Office ; or any inquiries or orders left at the Poe Of*
flc$ will bJ promptly attended to.
N. B.—Mr. Stephen will repair pianos tee., open *ort
notice. S5 4t.
TAKE NOTICE.
I WILL leave San Antouio on or about the Mth of
Jane, on a SU&l'EriXG TOVt, oa tbe watnfa ef
tbe Honlo, Sec3, Frio, Leona aadVfuescee rivws. att
business entrusted te me, will be attended to ]nMpt)f.
t'ersons desiring to see the Country aad Ota tJJBS,
will have an excellent opportunity.
R. P. KELLEY,
Of the firm of McLeod, Kelley a Oiraud,
Sj-lt Land and General ^fppta.
NEW ARRIVALS.
cer stock of JEWBLtLY, consisting in
part of Gcll and Silver WateEes,i
-nectacles, ThUnblcs. Ear Kinn ~
hare just receivedja Jarge^addition to dar
part of Geld and . „
_ s. Ear Rings, Bra
Finger King?, Ls'iies and Genta Watch Cliaiaa, F<
bell Buekeis, Silver Card Cases and Port Moafet, '
Keys, Chares, Iith.es, Gold and Silaar AW)_
?eir, a'.jCi—a large a-scrt^ect cf Pecs frcs the
of di5erert celebrated aakera. n-'irt'
•with glars chides. Fffstacle asd Watch Gimps. 1
fww'r <-ti h>=a ;*s tn jc.t c. ftu.'
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