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BDITO& AM
m
TWO DOLLARS PE1&MUM,IF ADVANCE*
OFPICE, WEST
PLAZA.
••" '• " -
TEIAS;
Im'j.briint Army Orders.
The Meeting of tbe Emperors.
H AMERICA.
Bolivia. &c
[Fiont the Charleston Courier.]
FOUR HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
€arts
v.tkl.
, In the
totries «sd
the &eu« of
of g<jr.orrhoem aod
eh-Wren;
the new
the second street $Tcnk of Vance
But aide of the river. Office at,
, '. Bl Cottons Eivery 8(
Uaj U, IWt.
•ouno lunn,
n. brattos mcsoie.
1 OsnnsMlers t
„, .. , North side of
the Plant. JfSn practice in the Charts of the Second
and Tenth Judicial Districts, and in the Snpiefee and
federal Coarts at Austin * 41-ty
111 I IIAIIT^AHrft^
-mm. h VvHImRKITi
,ti. EDV^IN C. ESTE18',
jfiEHE&ikL COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No. 71 PUie Strwrt, N«w York.
CJOLICtT8 consignments of Cotton, Wool, Hides
others. • -r -•"« -. ■ • '
&rikn*cx«:
' " " *
1 attend &tthfnlly to all business entrusted to
his care in the Counties of 17th Judicial Distrtct.
> 18-* y.
BKALEBS IK JEWELRY, SILVER
. Qeods, Watches, Spectacles, Ms-
aad Seas of Temperance Jewels,
1 Manufacturers of all articles in their line.
i jnnpared and Jewelry repaired at short
1—, Bridles and Walking Canes monnted
" rer in the best style. Orders from a
I to wUh promftnesi and despatch,
four doors esxt «f the Main Plata,
-JE"
QHARLK3 A. RUSSELL, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELGK
at Lav and Notory l'ablic, Helena, Karnes County.
Texas, will practice in .the Courts generally throughout
Western Texas, and attend promptly to kuiM>s eatrast-
id to his care from a distance. 37-ly
G. H0S9ON, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT
u< Law, dan Antonio, Texas, will attend promptly to
ill business entrusted to hija. B&tmty Land Warrants
procured for soldiers, or the widows and orphans of sol:
I iers.in the least possible time,and upon the most reas-
onable terns, fiay be found sit all times at the Texan
Office.
FUANK EUAN, AXTOKXKY AND COUNSELOR AT
Us, and tienentl Laud Agent, San Antonio, Texas.
tllbusiness entrusted to kia
prompt attention..; "
Goilbema * store. ■
bis strict and
Offiee-B-Xeaity <(pp-x<i*e t-.
S5-ly
fVEALEK is Books and Stationery; Paper of all
■jJ hinds, Toy Books, Fancy Toys for children; alio,
*eeaapletea
, Faftey Toys for
itfStuieW of the most popular
Periodicals, Magazines, l apci
SWVe^ACainmerce Street," nearly
fc McCarthy. ... ;■
San Antonio, Apri\S3,1857.
rs. tee;
opposite Rose
fir. Alexander H«
, Bexar Conniy. 21-ly
WILLIAM CHRYSLER,
WHOLESALE AND RETAJL
Manufacturer and Dealer in «li kinds of
CABINET FTJRN ITU KB, CHAIRS,
Mattremesi dbo.,
LAVACA, l'K X AS,
He HAS also en hand a large supply of Wraow
Sash. which he is willing to sell at reasonable
rates. Also, a large supply of Waggokb of different
kinds, all of a superior quality, and Plows of the
latest improrements. which he is offering: very low.
All orders from a distance will be punctually attended
to- Goods packed for shipping at short-notice. 14-tf
PEMTENH1EDGB AND BiERSCH.
MAIN PLAZA, SAN ANTONtO,
TT7 JoiS5^ndStS%e2er^*
W Instruments, Fancy Goods, Toys, Books,
Pictures, Stationery and Yankee Notions.
Pontenreider k Blersch. keep the largest as-
sortment of Musical Instruments in Texas; alse-a'fihe
election of Variety Goods, for country merchants 40*tf
JH. DUNCAN, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT
« Law, S u Antonio, Tax**. •riH^nWStice in the i)is
iriet Courts of Bexar, Medfata, wffospie, Comalj '.u:ula
. upe, Karnes, Oouzaies anil Gaatweil counties, and in the
if ederal and Supreme Courtsat Austin. 37- ly
TAKES PAl
«J Castrovi
CT., ATTORNEY iSiV
iHe, Texas, wf
business entrusted to his care.
NfeElArtt-A
d "preispMy to al
LAtr
to
9-Iy
JT. GRAVES, ArWMtNEY'ASD COC>«£I^Il.¥r%att
Austin, Trarls County,TfcSdtev *
•istrict and Supreme Courts of this
irict Courts of the United States, Will f f strict atten
'-HI practice in the
and the Oi*
tion to investigating'and perfecting i ami Title?; collecting
>f all classes of Debts'against the late Republic of
nnd debts of erery other description.
5-1 v
JACOB W-iELPER, ATTOR^KY XN1: e0QK3KL0Ji-.Al
Taw, Saa Antonio, Te^s^-wUi prarctfjeljk tlie l.'jiitfici
' ">urts of the Fourth Jodicial Dis'.riat, tb? Supremo .tad
i->ileral Courts at Austin, and will attend to all pr jfes
-jional business entrusted to hi* care. £5~Ofiice—! u
'ominerce street, two doors west<^f Vial's Tin siiop. first:
loor of his new two story building:. 17-ly
AMD EL G. DATI.F. V, waald respect f-jlly awuounce
15 the citizens of Karnesind '^rrouii-iingoountry,
that he is now practicing as a Physieiau ih■*. Surgeon,
tnd holds himself in readio$iis to risit all triio may
i hU serrieea. He if a graduate of the Medical
aa., and haa, had
require
oilers to '.Vaj jHta
.raetiee, aaik* hopes by
reeeire a liberal share
t " Trarefers House," Hele'ila.
31-ly.
OfBcc
iU"AUL, k CLEVELAND, Arroixerr CorssKi.
If oiw at I.SW. will praetiec in the Distrfct. Supreme-
ind Federal Courts of Texas, anil attend promptly
o all bu*iaes* intr'u'stied to their charge.
: On East side of Main 1'laza, front rsotn.
upstairs, in bride building- n ly
GP. DEV1XE, East «ide. Main I'laza, Dealer in
• Dry Goods, Oneeritt, tr . lias constantly on
band a fur supply da tbe abore line at reasonable rates
for cash. 85-tf.
G. P. POST,
Has just received a complete assortment of
aair ©®®a
Groceries, Bonis and Shoes, Clothing,
QtfEEN^S WARE, FLOUR, Ac.. &c.,
prut. *t
All of which will be sold at- the lowest markrt
WBiolesale and retail.
B. ftuessel, '
SO*^'.DAl> >TRKKT. at the AVto Bridge.
DEALER IS
Gfoceries, Dry Goods,
HARDWARE, CROCKERY. BOOTS and
SHOES, ifcc.. &c.. &c.
•ry Coutitry Produce boiigtrt tdul sold. _^T)
Grocery 4 Provision Store:
Mrs. L. iMaurer has opened a Grocery ami provision
More, on A iaVed.n ^irce! near the Madre ditch. She
wiii k«ep consiauiiy on h*n<i u i^ood snpplp of every
variety < f article* in that line of business tvhirh.-hc will
m-11 cheap for cash Mrs. L. MAt'K KR.
WiW were thy plains, Columbia,
Thv phhbs of evergreen;
Aod ne'er before upon thy shore
Were foreign footprints seen;
But through tby groves the savage rov'd,
Where mountain' streamlets flow,
Where'brave Columbus cross'd the <
., Four hundred years ago!
With heart of steei that feared no ill3
With followers true and brave,
Be bade farewell to hid native dell,
And tried the treacherous wave;
He dar'd to roara the ocean foam,
Where stormy breezes blow.
And to thy shore-g^ftd i
fdur faowktid fern
continued, and sev-
bad taken place,
the two armies,
en struck. Nu
rntnent or Cas-
tioned, and the
W^uld seem to
ion was still in
are re-
Faith was the guide—Faith Ihi^ and tried—
, That cherished him on his way,
Add pointed oat the pathless route
. To where tni'n? islets lay;
Hope wasthe star, which shown afar
With bright and daz'ling glow.
And .steer'd his, bark 'mid dangers dark,
Four hundred years ago !
But chang'd the scene since then, i weVn—
Thy savage chieftain fleW;
And wherppf Of'^lhe grim.woJf stroll'd.
Proud cities rear their head; -.
And fertile plains of golden grain
In rich luxuriance grow, ^
Where h11 was drear as autuinii seaf,
Four hundred years ago"!
How many a crag our starry flag
Waves o'er the brave and free,
And their navies ride in all their pride
On every sounding sea;
And nations* gjize in stark amaze,
For-well1 the nations know
Our name and fame were not the same
Four hundied years ago! y
And far away where the wild winds play,
Thro' the forest's dismal mght.
An iron steed with lightning speed
Dai t like a ray of light; -
And steamers glide o'er the sparkling tide,
When* wear}', faint and slow,
The red man drew hr- light canoe.
Four hundred years ago !
LATER FROM
Affairs In Peru,
The Havana papers ijbpy from thqse of the
Isthmus, by the otar of the West. very full
intelligence from the southern Pacific coast,
brought to Panama by me steamer Valpa-
raiso. Dates are to the ilth ult. from Peru.
«|The Vivaqoo-Castillo
efral minor engager
with varied fortune
but no decisive blow
merous desertions to
tilW party, however,
prospects of the
be less bright. The
session, but none of
ported.
The#
lands _
51,600 tons, in sixty-four vessels.
Advices from Chili are to the 1st ult. The
political affairs of this republic; also were
troubled, the old Cabinet having suddenly
been broken up by the resignation of three
of its members. A pew one had been par-
tially formed, with Sr. Geronitno Urmeneta
as Minister of Forre&n Relations, lit his head,
but the -crisis" was not thought to be whol'y
over. There were rumors even, of the resig
nation of the President but this was not
generally credited. S( ..
Tn the southern provinces of the Republic
there was a scarcity of provisions, even of the
first articles of necessity, and the people
were in some cases reduced almost to starva-
tion. A subscription had been opened at
Santiago for thn> relief, which had reached
the sum of $2 578 50 when the steamer lelt.
Mgn;.y, was every wheVe ve*y-&aVT>e. •
Ine new revolution in- Bolivia broke
JM. MORPHlX Att nu9 and Counuhn Wt&ne.
• San Antonio, Texas, will practice in the. ldstrict
'Oirti of Bexar, Medina Gillespie, Comal. Guadalupe.
i-aMvell, tionzales and Karnes counties, and in the
Federal ahd dupreihe Coilrts at AustM fl^-OBice—
■rer tbe Drusstore of J. M. herihe.f^ont room. 10-ly.
H II NoRTos. C. U. XoKt-'N E. R. Nobtos.
H. D. NORTON 4 BROS,,
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS.
HARDWARE, {Rti^AiLS & SftSTIHGS,
TVOODH ARE, SLASH,
WT§ OD-L%a .
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
SADDLERS' AND SHOEMAKERS
FINDINGS,
GADDtiSTLY, COACH MjkERS'
TRIMMINGS,
jam ics vaxcs.
WSi,
Man Antonio Triw.
Xl AP A TH06 Il. tTfimi.ING, Al-
J "lion
i at La*-.
<£-tv.)
MA
ILLBKf 1NCR1«<M k CO.,
Ijicn ANTS,
iS
VANCE & BRO.,
DEALERSJN. GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
sjjsr jljs'tojvio, texas.
AGENTS IN TTE*fr V0#K.
COMMISSION MX
FMT LAVACA;
J. C. MA1LKB, GEO.
narnaixcta:
Moans, (bttlud. Bn. A Co. 1 u - . - .
" Keil. Bro.ACo., > ewQrto«*a.
Rossel * Vining, >
" ~ *! Lord, J-Kew fork
w. Ha LECHFORD & CO,
SO. to BROADWAY.
■ 1 Et'KlV llfG ahd Fo^wirditt'g at Port Ijtraca.
. \ Texas, X3. H. JotVdij. 4 Urn.
M. Knight fc Co.
18-ly
JOBS A. WILCO*.
WILCOX
W. a. fcKTCH
* LBlCH.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Oinin the Bast end of the Navarro ftoose,
MD AUrTOXfO, ftioi- B-ly
a. LAWH03T. V C. K. STK1BUXG.
LAWBOI * STRIBIsIHG,
Attorapys art ONUHellors-at Law,
HU£NA, Kane* Ca-
ll. S. L. i. Vjb ifrMMMHTTS.
C- E JEFKBHSONf Agewt? <-
Nohtb Side, M,litary Plaza.
SAN ANTOHm, Term.
UNDF.R the act of March 3d.' 1855, all Regulars,
Volunteer Raageta or Militia men. including
Waggon Masters uiii Teams
Land Warrant for 160. acres.
^ynj. practm in
A. fowl C5 .. IVtM.
■ the Courts Of Karat?, Goliad.IJre
Oak, De Witt aad Gonsales.
to the
Title*.
SpoeUl attention riren to the collection of debts and
lareatlgaUou of Land
aeral Land Agents.
They will also act
62
mi. P. BRAVES.
Attanni lid Coioselw it La*.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex
OMce opposite Guilboau's Store.
r PtTBIiXO
An
OIN1RAL AOENT.
Nerth side of tbe Military Plaza. San Antonio.
R Is. GRAVES,
Doctor of PSysic aad Sargery,
RESPBCTMJLLV offers his services to the pittzrn*
of San Antonio aad vieinity in the various bran
ehes of his profession.
OSce. oppoailo SnMbeauTs 'tore, urhere iie .nay he
oaad from toff F. M jan. -tf.
J.
BDOUSAM, ATTORNEY tn [t cocnhfuik
Ln«,'8ta Antonio, Tons. 7-y
Court-Houae.
D.
at Las,
OSce Hearth*
I. A NSCUt,
San Antonio.
QASCHAL, t. A. «
II. VAJCK
THOUGHT AND DEED.
BT C B.KENNEDY.
Full many a Ii<rht thought man may cherish,
Full many an rife deed may do;
Yetnota-^eed or thought may perish—
Not one but he shall bless or rue.
When '• y the wind the tr<-.>. is shaken.
There's not a bough or leaf >:an fall,
l!ut.of its falling heed is taken.
By One who-sees and governs all
The tree niay fall and beVorgtASSB, * *
And buried in the earth remain;
Yet from its j; sices rank or rotten,
Springs vegitating life again.
And world fit with Creation teeming.
And nothiug ever wholly dies;
l'he things that are destroyed in seetrihg.
In other shapes and forms arise.
And Nature still tiqfelds the issue.
Of uuseen works by 's*p:rit wrought;
And not a work but has its is&ue .
With blessings or with evil fraught
And thou may'st seem to leave behind thee.
All memory of the smfal past,
Yet oli, he sure thy sin t-hall find thee.
And thou shalt know its fruits at last.
INGRAHAH * CO.,
General Commission Merchants
LAVACA, Texas. ,.
Lavaca, May 33, 1856. 62
Fte Contingent, and
above agvikt.
all
Men, are eutiUed to
expenses
paid by the
P-Gm.
SKDVB
rO all whom it may csnsin . J have appointed Ms.
Jorta C. Alferatriu. of tliis city, as my agent in all
matters during ihy i
San Antonio. June 1st, 1857
! froth the State.
J. M. DEVISE
31:rtf-
R. D. JOHNSON,
GALVESTON. TEXAS.
AMD
MASTER IN CHANCERY
— ALSO—
co njmr ssiojvbr of dkkdh
FOR BVEST 8TATE IN THE UNION
V I JSTKTJMEstS acknowledged before a Notary or
other competi nt officer in any Coaaty in tie State of
Texas, and certified to by me a* t'ommissoner. ran lie
u«-d and recorded In AST8TATB I.* TH< CnMs. Docu-
ments forwarded to me tbro igh the mails,'will met-i
with prompt attention. Fee (j.
Particular attention paid to taking deposition*.
Office in front the New Costom House.
ano. m. PAscHAi-
Ao.tln
PASCHAL, (.A. AO- W.. ATTOIM \ • > i Ol
selors at Law,San Antonio and Austin. >ll j.. - .t
in the daptane and federal Conrt-- at Vustir. <n 'k
veston. and in the District Courts of tlte -.-con'. iud
fourth DUtriats. and in Uonxale^ sml •; « •!. •>!
Tenth iMstriet. Thoy will pay special ttreatlei. in
and husiaass entrusted to
ANGEL NAVARRO Attorney and Conne-I*
at Lneo, 8a Antonio. Teaae. will stt.f?
promptly to all harness entrusted to th<-lf eare. P:ir-
ucolnr attention paid to any busiaess before the Court
of Claims, agaiast the State, for Mon. y and lrftn-1.
OSre, corner of_Flnres and Commerce street, i
positcF.
J HEGET8CHWJELER.
painter.
o
. Ouifbeaa's.
op-
H-tl
La
M. A- W W
DOOLET k TREL,
Law.
• -f f l- txai.
Attorneys and ronasell. r« at
_ r.'San Antonio, Tela*. Will practice in the
Courts of the Fourth. Second and Kiehteentli Judicial
Districts, thu Snpreme and Federal Court, at Austin
r_j a. Iras toil Prompt attontlon given to *11 ho-i-
aess entrusted to thair care, either in perfecting Ijand
Titles, or the collect ion of money
<f*n OSes.«n Tfatflnlo street. n rtn of tlie old < a h-
•tic Church, oasdoor nre«tof Oarolia * King s suction
Oil
Is of riH>m>. Varnishing^of furnilure. of the
S*"t *t>|e mi<l Glazing Ac. Ac done opun ilie
ehoriesi u< tire, for cash.
tup oil --fllioud street, opp-isiie Tensn Office
(:M Ijr.)
An Editor's Soliloquy.
The editor of the Springfield Republican
thus soliloquizes upon what his fate tiiiight
have been if he had not been an editor
He wou(d have grown up stalwart and
strong, with horny hands, and a face as black
as the ace of spades. He would have taught
school winters, worked on the farm summers,
ajtd gone out haying for fifteen days in July
ht a dollar a day. and taken for pay the iron
work and running gear of a wagon. At two
and twenty, or thereabouts, he would have
begun to pay attention to a girl with a father
worth two thousand dollars fe&d a spit curl
on her forehead—a girl who, always went to
singing school, and "sat in the s< ats," and
sang without opening her mouth—a darnation
pretty girl, any way. After seeing her home
frohi kinging-school one or two seasons, and
taking ht-r to the Fourtu of July, And getting
about a hundred dollars together, he would
have married her and settled down. Years
woUld pass away, and this girl with the spit-
curl woutd have had eleVrti children —seven
boys and four girls. We should have had a
hard ttme bringing them up, but they would
Mion Ik- able enough to do tbe milking, and
help their mother on washing days, and I
gelling independent at las£ and feeling a lit-
tlf stiff' in the jmnts. should be elected a
inetuber of the Legislature, having been as-
sessor and school committee for years. In
the evening of uiv days, with my pipe in my
mouth thirteen barrels of cider in the cellar,
anr] the Springfield Republican in my hands.
I should sit ati-i look over the Brighton mar
k> t ' through a pair of gold spectacles, and
wonder what you put sttrh a strange, silly
Vtter as thin in thf paper for.
Military Institute-Pa«s Chftstlar.
Tlie fifiii «e«sion of ten eonwu'ive HtonilK com
niriices February 1st and ends Dxemlier IH37 —
Only fifty hoarders ate received, and none enter ov
the age of fifteen, remaining after entrance s ions: i
desiroi.
Application* tti All vacancies, and lor circulars con-
taining terms nf admission, rules d reference* to a
large nnrnher of Southern gcntlen.en. Whose suits have
entered the Instltnte can be made by mail.
Address A.GREKN.
Superintendent M. M I.
Pa.^s Clirisfian. 18ST.
Referenre. San Antonio: VANCRA BROTHERS
out
the 20th /of September; on which day the
pronunCia&ejitd was published at La Paz. It
Was Very numerously,. signed attd ever}"where
Well received, upon wh^cb rather than upon
any derisive event the opinion was founded
that tfte Cordova Government was at an end.
By t&is irrival, also, we ^ftave late geifteral
intelligence from Btieiios Avres, the southern
provinces of which were suffering from most
disastrous flood. The people had. in many
cases, been driven from their homes, and the
damage, it was feared, would very great.
Extravagance im.thf. Olden Time.—
A very aged inetuber of the police depart-
ment: who retains itt a wonderful degree the
recollections of boyhood, states . that in 1798
the women wore hoops, butuatas at present,
conformable more or less to the figure.
Then each woman wore a single hoop, and
this was as large as the lower oijie now worn.
The hojp was worn as high as the hips, and
below it depended a train, often five or six
yards long, that swept the sidewalk, or was
carried by waiting maids or boys. "The old
gentleman recollecls seeing Mrs. Morris, wife
of the walthv Robert Morris, of Philadel-
phia. walk along Broadway in company with
Aaron Burr, while her ,train was borne by
French tnustee
women, richly dressed, and with showy tur-
bans on their headg. The women then all
wore stays, and shoes with heels two or three
inches high, immense silver buckles being on
the shoes Silk dresses were not then com-
mon. and those muslin ones worn were ad-
mired according the sfze of the flowers that
were on them, roses as laige as one's, hat be-
ing considered the "ne pins ultra' of fashion
able display and taste.—Balt. Sun.
4-3
The long expected interview between the
Sovereigns of France and Russia has now ta
ken place. The details have been read by
those of ns who can feel an interest in any
thing which does not coneetn the position of
«ur Indian Empire. Brilliant eqtiipages,"fine
hi forms, visits to*theaper > and dinners on
a magnificent scale have delighted tfieassgp
bled guests at Stuttgart; but the meeting 1
self, though held jost fifty years after Tilsit
and on the anniversary of Erfurtj will hardly
recall, except bycofitrast, those ceJebVated
'Tearful Explosion;''—A jolly Hibernian
living on York street, carried home a bottle
of whiskey to aid him yesterday in. suitably
enjoying the Sabbath. His wife gaified pos-
session of the bottle, and wishing to mtwitain
soberness in the head of the family, hicrit in
the oven of the cook stove. When a fire Was
kindled, the "crather" began to cook, and
*oon, burst the battle, blew up the stove, set
the house on fire, alarmed the neigh ors.
called out the fire department, and seriously
disturbed the deVoutaud church-portion of
Portland citizens.—Portland Adv.
interviews. If anything were required to
prove die advance which' Eur pe hps made in
intelligence and political morality, it is the
small results which follow from the scheme B
5er^*PUr?*Se8
While, then, we must regard the present
and all similar interwiews as of no great and
durable importance, it is yet undoubted that
the personal relations of the rulers may be
improved by them, and thus a more cordial
understanding exist between the courts of
Europe. _ Where people have to correspond it
is certainly an advantage that they should be
acquainted and know something of each oth-
er's characters and tempers. We may, doubt-
less. expect from these gatherings of sover-
eigns, a facilitation of the transaction of Eu-
ropean business, which is not undes;ra le.
This result will also probably be advanced by
the ascendency which the French Emperor
will obtain over his legitimate brethren. If
the accounts we received are accurate. Napo-
leon III. has no cause to regret hiivingshown
himself on neutral ground in company with
his northern rival. In genius in manners,
in ffability. in all that commands respect
and conciliates esteem, the French Emperor
manifested his superiority; and" if it be true
that the Empress if Russia condescended t->
deception in order to put a slight-.on the Con-
sort of Napoleon, it improbable that the inci
dent will only lessen Muscovite influence with
all beyond the narrow circle of German roy-
alty. ••
The position of thFrench Emperor is now
one bv which any ruler might e elated. He
has achieved a ''onble triumph; he has extor-
ted fraternity from militaryt despots, and con-
ciliated good will from a free people. He
has been successful in war and yet is looked
upon as the mnin upholder of peace. What-
ever may be the instincts of the old race of
Kings, they have been one by one, Obliged to
accept bim as ah equal, and any want of
grace in the act has only added to their own
humiliation, as showing their pride has been
uuwillingly sacrificed to their interests. It
is as the final triumph of Napoleon III. that
the Stuttsrart meeting is chiefly remarkable.
In other respects it is. perhaps, of le*s impor-
tance than the interview between Alexander
and Francis Joseph.
Here indeed, a work of great interest may,
be accomplished—the reconciliation of the es-
tranged Courts of St: Petersburg and Vien
nt This consumation no one more heartily
desires than ourselves. When Turkey is se-
cure and the Moldo-Wallachian question set-
tled, the hostility between Russia and Aus-
tria can only tend to impede fhe progress of
both. We English do not enter into all the
niceties of continental politics, we see things
from a distance and merply in the gross; but
our feelin • is that a .good personal under
standing between all these proud and punc
tUlious rulers is the best means of delivering
Europe from the incubus of armed prepara-
tion which now presses on its energies.
London time's, Oct. 3.
fWfefy J* Brick Making.
rpHK undersigned lias opened an c'tai-li-Uimsni frr
J the m-'ttuiaeture of Pottery, of all kind- tdai'.-aiid
fltney, - •!< Brick for building puti^'ses. i-idc wr-.lk-.
wells, kitchens Ac., Crockery \V rc, Flower Poi« fcr
Having spared no pains, sxpente o' labor, to establish
this business in your city, the undersigned ttusw
■ for tbe kind patronage of a liberal psople^s the reward
'-"vsr-—'■ T.fcta.™.
Nsttlw.a: Characteristics
The highest erjoym^ht of a Fren htnan ts
to have a CMntatrkf in a fashionable opera
The Spatiiar V Jfansport reaches its climax
when in the arena the matador with skillfu1
thrust, etretclies his antagonist in the dust
The Neapolitan finds hi« paradise in the
lengthening crnscio sn«-ss of maccaroni. The
German rises to his heaven on the cloud of
his drea ful pipe, and mistv metaphysics
The Englishman grows comfortably ext tic
over roast beef and naval glory. The Turk
ascends to I he seventh heaven among the
bouris while he smokes his natghilac ami
sips his mocha. The African, with his banjo
on his knee, is 'off for the otl.er side of Jor-
dan. 1 The Iri-titnan'schief jov is to tnk*' off
his fri< ze co; t it a fair una with shillelaii
whirling inviie am gentleman to ^lanilWht-
fiwe iu for the love of Go i just to step on^L-
the tip end of his coat tail, and he- -smashed
i to smithereens.
But tht American—
"Fttidsnot in the wul- worM a pleasure so sweet
As l'- sit near the win low mhI lilt u{ his "fcet;
Puff away* *1 the Cuba wlio.se fUvor jam uil*.
iud gn/#at the world lit tors of hi?* boots.*'
From the State Gazette.
GEN. HOUSTON .
It must indeed be a .sad spectacle, to wit-
ness Gen. Houston again in his seat at the
present session of Congress. In the last can-
vass, he openly urge the issue that the reso-
lution of the Legislatuie^of 1856 was not sup-
ported y the people, and that it was a brand
which should have to be removed before he
could take his seat again in the IJ. S. Senate.
He spoke, it is well fciiown, to large crowds,
over the whole State. He had no interrup-
tion at any point A full and fair hearing
was given to him. After making this appeal
the ballot was taken, and he was found to be
defeated by a large and overwhelming vote.
The people have spoken. They have spoken
in their majesty, and the recreant servant
stands before them condemned and re-con-
demned. and bearing upon his front still
more indellibly. the brand which he has
sought with .such desperate attempts to
pluck out. He stands there deserted and
alone—his own party denying him and scram-
bling into all corners for shade and for ob
scuritv! Look. then, at him, aivl ask our
selves, what must be the sadness of the spec-
tacle. when with this picture ef evident dis-
trust and dissatisfaction—this unyielding de-
termination of the people of Texas to condemn
him—he still holds onto he barren office
and sits in his plstce among fellow Senators
merely to receive his per diem all-wance!
Most t.itialile infamy ! Who that could
sit for the picture would not scorn his own
existence ! Who that could sink so low,
would not be fit for treason, abolition fellow
ship and K] ck i epublii an spoils !
Irishman's description of making
long hole and poor brass
An
cannon: "Take
around it
Mr«. Cunningham was again in court on
the 20th ult. Though her l>ail was declared
insufficient and unsatisfactory, she still re-
mains Iree. The effort.el the District Attor
ney to haVe her mcacerated in the tombs was
unavailing, as the matter was aguiii laid over
Hef trial will take place some time iiiring the
present rtiotith in another county. A New
York letter says that Mrs. Cunningham, in
her Voidmtft weeds looks remarkably wel'
Every one notices hef improved personal ap
pearance. Unlike most mothers her late
'confinement' did not enervate her physical
constitution, while her interesting situation'
rather added to the color of her complecion
and the vivacity of her manners.
A Sit oCRomawce.
Ten years age a yotrn^EugUdfoia'ti mil
away from London,-wliere lt^ was
connected, came dmvti to Liverpool, tool
a ship that wsu^ up for New Qrleaus, aud
in dge course ot" tifue landed m thiiPtfe
with a light heart in his breast,"aitiFbe
tvveen one uitd two hundred ponnds p
bank of Euglaud like* "1 hi^pockel. Hi
had been & mauv'ts snjet at hdfee, atK
what between writieafid wo men, had mail
aged to squander a large fortune, be«-i(Jt s
iuvolvirig himself ^griouslv in debt, lie
had taken the precaution to provide him-
self with letters of Hitrcdoctiau to respe.-
table parties in Uu cit^a
The-sn 1 joined assignments
1J. ers of |he caips of engineers have beeixnade
l j by the Secretary of War, and will be carried
into t-ffvet ttnder stidi special instructions
fnay be given by the chief of tbe oorpg:
_. Lieut. E. R. DeRussy to take charge of tha
tforfcs at Fprt Monroe, Virginia, and other
works now under the control of Brevet Col. J. <
L. Smith.
BrtfS't'dl. J. L- Smith to take
t;he operations atj^andy Hook, N«w Yi
' of herfaih«,haoi
lady, who, by the'
just been left sole hairessio a large estate.
A warm attachment soon sprung up be-
tween the two, and our young English-
man. one fine day,made the lady a formal1
tender of his hand and heart. The an-,
swer he received was the following: "I
love you and will marry yon, bin only oti
these conditions : In the first place yon
tiiti8i stop drinking; 2d', you must pay
your debts; 3d, yoit have squandered one
fortune, you must set to work ahd make
another/' The lover entreated, but ihe
lady was inexorable. Just tlieti ifre go d
fever broke oui, and our hero determined,
without loss of time, to try his fortune
on the shores of the Pacific oceau. He
sat down, Wrote a letter to the lady, iu
which he announced Tiis intention, assur-
ed her of his unalterable affection, and
begged ber to be faithful to him-, and,
Without further adieu, started for Hew
Fork and took ship for San Francisco via
the Cape.
In California he led for soqie time a
wandering,diSsolute'life, and finally join-
ed the tuifortuuate expedition which Ra
ous&el de Boulbon had fitted out Tor the
conquest of Sonora. It was known that
he was among the few who escaped to
tell the fate of their heroic leader, bnt
noiliiug farther was heard of b>m or his
whereabouts until last Saturday, when a
friend of his in this city received a tele
graphic dispatch from hireij stating that
lie was one among the fifty persons sayad
from the "Oe'ntral America," atid brought
into Norfolk by the brig "Eloise." The
dispatch further stated that the Writer
had lost $150,000 iu gold, which was iu
the hands of the purser, but that it was
luckily insured for its full value in a Lon
don office. We learn that the lady to
whom he was engaged is still unmarried,
aud it would not be strange, if, in the
course of human events, we should be
called upon to indite a paiagreph with
that fashionable heading, "Marriage in
high life."—New Orleans Bee.
Brevet J
•jiyJrqai
r:'
m^wtnoy mook, ;*ew xoric.
J- G. Barnard re ieved tempo-
works in and
ut New York harbo£ and to
temporarily, of < he-works about
Alabama, now uad
,er. who
i e co tn-
Magistrate—"What has brought you here?
Prisoner- -Two policemen, your honor.'
Magistrate—'Then I suppose liquor h&d
something to do with it 1
Prisoner-—-1 Yes, sir, they w«re both drank.'
Underground ItailrCad Return Tralna.
The Cleveland Plaindealer states that eve-
ry steamboat arriving at that place brings
back frora Canada families of negroes, who
have formerly fled to the Provinces from the
States. They are principally from Canada
West. They describe the life and Condition
of the blacks in Canada as miserable in the
extreme. T^e West is therefore likely to
have large accessions to its colored population
and it is not at all improbable that Black
Republicanism and Abolitionism Will ditnin-
ish, in consequence, inproportion as the n—
groes increase. The Canada folks do not
want them, and have shown a disposition in
their Parliament, and otherwise to discour-
age their coming to remaining in the Provin-
ces. In some instances, the question of eject-
ing those now resident. there., has been dis-
cussed. Our Western States will be likely
to experience a similar attack of the black
vomito, when they shall have become satis-
fied with this peculiar Southern luxury. In
some localities the superabundant free negro
population has already become a burden,
while in others they are under severe restric
tions. which amount almost to an exclu-
sion from the limits of the State.
Should this exodus Xrom Canada continue
to any great extent, it would throw such a
burden upon those States which have adopted
the most liberal policy towards the negro,
that it would occasion a reaction in the pub-
lic sentiment, which would compel them to
abandon their abolition doctrine and practice,
for their own self-protection. We should
then hear of fewer attempts to abduct slaves
from the slaveholding States; Stock in the
Underground railroad would become worth
less and the Abotitionists would be content
to allow slaves to remain under the care and
protection of their masters. Ev^n though at
iieart sympathizing with the oppressed and
task-worn negro, and yearning towards him
with al, the love of the professed philanthro
pist. he would still be permitted to toil and
Meed; for now that the route to Canada has
been closed, there is no alternative but to
take them to their own bosoms; and tbis they
will not do for love—no not for money !
Thus, is one way at least the country
inay and probably will, be rid of the political
plague spot which has disgraced it. and prey-
ed upon its vitals for so long a time. The
disease is one of that kind which, in time,
will care itself.—New York Jour, of Com.
A fact for Ladies.—A writer on fashiou
says that flounces, by marking the higlit at
regular intervals from it. and making a short
figure look shorter. For this reason, short
persons should not wear stripes running in
parallel rings round the dress. Perpendicu-
lar stripes upon a dress make the wearer look
taller, like the flutes in a composite. It is
too much the costume of all who would be
considere fashionable, to imitate the prevail-
ing mode, regardless of its suitability to the
face or form. When flounces and h<<ops, as
now, are worn, short, dumpy ladies flounce
up to their ears, and extend their diameter
infinitely beyond their perpendicular measure
which gives them a ludicrous appearancc
enough, somewhat, similar to a Dutch built
brig, under full press of canvass.
Cotton will yet Triumph.
Our readers,will liave observed that fi-
nancial men boih North ahd Sonth all
concur in looking to the great stapje,cot*
ton, for ultimate relief from the present
wide spread bankruptcy that has dver-
whelmed the country. It is admitted on
all hands that England must have onr cot*
ton or all her manufacturing machinery
from one eud of the kingdom to (he other
must stop, and thousands upon thous-
and of her operators must be thrown ont
of emeloymeui. If cotton cannot be
bought and Ghipped to England by our
own merchants for want of money for it,
aud lhat soon. The New Orleans Delia
concludes aa article on the subject as fol-
lows:
It is certain thai cotton must ultimate-
ly be able to- make its own terms with
the European market. The crop will
not be a large one, and, be it as large as
the most exagerated prediction Would
make i>, it cau not fully supply the de-
mand. No combination of speculators
and spinners iu England to put down the
price by delaying purchases could ho d
out longer than two mouths, alter which
those very speculators and spinners might
expect a reaction that would carry cotton
up to prices of which they scarcely dieam>
ed. jit all events; col ton must ultimate-
ly command mobey at rates corresponding
to the relation of demand aud supply.—
The solid gold will corrle for it in niliHons
if it cau be had iu uo o'be^ way. Why
should the future wearan aspect of gtooni
aither to merchant or planter? I Here is
no earthly reason why. Courage, confi-
dence, hope then! •
Counterfeiting by Photographic
Process—A man named A Campbell
was arrested, as mentioned iti this paper
•a few days since, for passing counterfeit
money. He divulged the fact, 11 is said,
that John aud Ilenry Dtggir.s. firoprie
tors of a dajjuerrean establishment iu Cin-
cinnati, made counterfeit money by pho^
tographtc process. Information was there-
upon given to the police of Cincinnati,'
who arrested the parlies, 'and they were
held to bail to answer. One hundred aud
five dollars of ihis kind of money was
found un the person of Canlpbell wheu
arrested here.—Louisville Courier.
Destitution in Mt EsoTa —A com-
mittee Irom Stearns county, headed by
Mr. Tenvoord, late member of the Con-
stitutional Couventicu, were in St. Paul
on the 20th inst., to solicit contribution*
for the relief of persons in that county,
who are on the verge of starvation. For
the past two years the crops in Stearns
have been totally destroyed by he grass
hoppers. There is uot a bushel of wheat
or oats in the county, raised within its
borders. Farmers but two years since
comparatively wealthy,are now suffering
from a want of the necessaries of life.—
Jver two thousand people, it is estima-
ted, will require aid. The Mayor of St.
Paul had called a meeting of citizeus to
consider and adopt measures of relief.
Capt. C.W.CuHorii relieved from the works
in Chaileston harbor. South Carolina, inclu-
ding lighthouses, and to assume the charge of
the work at Wilhtt's Point, N. Y.
Capt; H W. Benhara to take charge of Ifca
engineer operation# at. Fort Adams. Rhode
Island, in additoin to his present r
Lieut. G B. Fant assigned to the chX
Fort Taylor. Key West,^ relieving Capt.
Woodbury therefrom. J
Brevet ua^'t. FoStqr, relieved fro ;
temporary measures preliminary to tWs
mencement of the fort at Willitt's Point, N.
Y., and to take charge of the works about
Charleston harbor, Charleston. South Caroli-
na,, under the Superintendence of Capt. G W.
Galium, including,his light-house duties: ' - ^
First Lieut P. E. Prime to take charge of
the works about Mobile ba)r, Aiaban>a, reiiev- v
infc Brevet Alaf. J. G. Barnard. ; ,
Second Lieut. J. B. McPherson relieved
from duty as assistant on the works onder -
the charge of Brevet Maj. J. G. Barnard; aad A
to take charge
land, San
Second
from duty as assistant to the Board c£ £q^&-
eers, and to report for doty as assistant on,,
the .works now under the charee of Brevet
Maj. G. Barnard, in and about me harbor of
New York. ' ':s
i | i« - «
The Cleveland Discnion Convention. t
—Slave Insurrection .Advocated.—-
Notwithstanding tbe notice
postponement of the DisudToa
tion, over one hnmlred ^elegate&fram 9
or 10 States met at Cleveland, Ohio aa
Wednesday, anil organized by electing
Marcus Robinson,ofOhio, President, and
Vice Presidents from each of t£a free
States. - ' . i 'vaBaBE'
business committees were appointed,
and addresses delivered by Messrs. ParfcV
er Pillsbury, Abby Kelly, Foster aad
others.
A series of resolutions were adopted,
declering that the signers of the call for
delegates and others friendly to the4<&-
jects of the Convention, conld see no suf-
ficient reason for a postponement,.especi-
ally at late a period that mangr dele-
gates only learned it on arriving \here ;
that good faith, self-respeet,and responsi-
bility to the cause of' humanity and free-
dom, compel! their adherence to tbe orig-
inal desigu.^md without questioning the
motives of the committee of arrangements
in postponing, they would hold-a. Con-
vention for the promotion of the object
contemplated in the original tiajt.
During tbe afternoon session, tbe Bus-
iness Committee reported a series of reso-
lutions, setting forth the antagonism of
freedom and slavery, and the imposaibiii-
tv and guilt of any attempt at the union
thereof, and recommending the slaves to
rise in the spirit of '76, andachwye their
own independence. IT :
Speephes were made by A. M. Powell,
of New York, aud C C. Burleigh, of
Conn., setting forth the doctjines of the
disuhionists.
State Convention. 1
It is rapidly approaching the time for hold - -
ing our State Convention, and every count j-
shoald now be on the move, in holding
primary assembly to appoint delegated
BE SURE TO BE REPRESENTED f
This we say to all otir bounties, aad we
know that the Democracy will not fail to
make the effort In selecting the delegates.
lePthe responsibility bp fully fc!t of carry
ing aut the wishes of the primary convec-
tions. and let no delegate accept unieas be :t
fully determines to be present at the Stated
Convention. This is a time for well organ>
ed action. Tt is a time when good aad tnw
Democrats should lay hold of the wheels ef
the party, anddrive them on in the good old
cause. ..
It is the time for the consistent atatc-
rights men to stand prominently forth an "
watch the interests of the South with a jeal-
ous eye. We most warmly appeal to the
masses of the party, and most earnestly urge
them to see to it, that in the primary con-
ventions their voice shall be heard. Let it
be t-emembered that a State Platform is again
to be recognized, and that in the midst of a
large and powerful party, we have again to
consult and advise as to the great atand
points of State or National policy whtek shall
then be presented. Our glorious flag, ever-
triumphant will again be thrown out to the- "VA
A
breeze, f*nd whether its emblems shall con-
tinue to awaken the same deep concern, and
array together the same vast numbers as in
bright and eventful past, must wholly de-
pend upon the course of measures then aod
there to be declared the platform of tile De-
mocratic party.
The right men must be in the January
Convention ! Who shall thet afe t L<?t
the masses of the Democratic party—eves
on the alert for its existence and perpetuity
—RE3PON0! We repeat, the right men,
and a full number oi theiti, must be in the
January Convention! Democrats, do not
forget that I Sleep not on yonr oars! The
enemy lies in waiting; he sits sometime*
among us; and ho is ever ready to sow th?
seeds of division, to widen every breach, and
aid in our ruin.—[Gazette.
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Crawforb—The death of Mr. Crawford,
the American Sculptor, which has been for
sometime expected, took place in Lond-
on Saturday. October 10th. Siace 18S4 ho
has resided in Rome, where his (grata* ~ 35'
highly appreciated.
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