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JOBS S. roitD, Editor.
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thing wi
counts of j
country i
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was the tie i
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Malevolence.
when we have read any
disgust than the English ae-
eption of the news in that
e death of the Russian Emperor,
been Ae boast and pride of British
rirfah essayists! hat (heir nation
WTtV «lTn r AV AlrtHl -11 wr j w " LUC no jhw ultra of civilization, christiani-
antftormeriv. it was custo-
maryontbe death of a Monarch, many Europe-
an Court, to evince their sympathy and respect
iM ltiTVinsignia of mourning and! sor-
row for a given number of days. But now, the
most {powerful rider on earth passes off the stage
uothfcg
riStKd—For"
(for each.sabee^flw* insertion. Advertise-
l notjnarkad with the number of.insertions de-
continued util otherwise ordered,
I accordingly. A liberal
' to those advertising by the jr?ar.
■Announcement t>f Candidates for State offi-
(tea doll*rs-r-County offices five dollars. " '
Political circulars, tad cocmnnnicationa of
ale or personal nature, will be charged at the
— advertisements.
Aualvemry of Saa JadMto.
Way dawned upon the 19th return of tha^t despise a foe life
glorious achieverunnt of modem warfare
o .final victory of the Texas army over the
idons of Mexico; a victory scarcely par-
in the annals of war, and the results
which have been as signal and astonishing,
it* accomplishment was unexampled. The
t of ancient history whose estimate of night of its reception in London amidst the
tlric deeds is baaed upon an analysis off he
tadfer audfeiH of some semi-barbaric ch ief
I his rut Mess followers in Rome and Greece,
whose performances the "hale df ^en.
i have been thrown, and which a re handed
i to us clothed with all the romance of the
ff, and all the Superstitious tradit jpns of ages
\ gone, may view this remark as extrajra.
t; yet, we repeat, that the records of war
tlhe straitsofThermopyto to the slaughter
^Waterloo, present no confliot to compare
litfr that of the heroes of Texas on the field of
t.jacir.to, whether we view it-simply as a
nph of freedom,- over despotism, o! valor
sr numbers, or the tremendous results which
tve and will ultimately result therefrom.
' Though but nineteen years have "pasted
i that day, but few of the actors is the
are sow upon the 4t*g ~ of life. The
ships which onr patriot soldiers suffered and
Be privations they en do red, have thinned
eir ranks: but sanctified in (Be memory and
srished in the hearts of those who have
Inherited the glorious boon their vaior secured,
Iheir very rames will quicken every patriotic;'
' e. and through alj time tocome, the 21st of
kpril will be held as the*political Sabbath oi
'■ land of the beautiful."
: chisel-wrought statue may slide to dec%y;-
be moaameat fall where it towered sublime;
he coin ran to ru'ius'slowly orumb> away,
their osmiis shall outlast alt the trophies of
- a .
•" ■- -'V^s
Local and Personal Items.
The scarcity of mosey is felt veryserious-
' among our citizens. The pressure has neve{
i -mere severe. ' ; > •
. * ■ ■ ' "T.^C *
!i- The copies of Kelly Bracken sent to. this
ce were sold very readily. It is quite popdlar.
Annie Chambers Bradford bids fair to be-
ome an authore|i of great repute.
18. -i parcel of mischievousieUdm ft
signs of the Mayor and Mr. Stenssy, the
a few nights since. Friend Steassyhad great
udignation thereat, he said" it was contrary to
■ipture, because a wicked,and adulteress geaera-
i had sought a sign and foupd it. '0i* ....
U On first side will be found a teiy iriter-
; letter from a scientific gentleman connected
. the Japan Exp
The dp
kin this ;
crops and gar-
ly. <;
spoke of celebrating
iters Festival. It has
prth of July.
dace makes and sells
[breaking up prairie
between the two
ou Saturday
was fired, it is
eeived somir little
was issued for the
executed because
^ofJcwr.
aflifped by
riding on- (Be side-
!i nmanagaable— kicked
je of oxen likewise.—
to submission* and
i: •
• Nash, living aearAVeb-
Sd in the Colorado river
^hundred appearance ca-
po rt Docket of Travis
oe up lor trial at the ap-
Associatmn gave a per-
ormance on Tuesday evening. " The Heir at
r" was played with a Hpirit aiid ability re-
ting much crsdit oa the young gentlemen
anting characters. The new scenery
nted by Mr. Gambel was very much ad-
Tec!. The Association speak of playing
jigain next week" these preseuialions will
lord amusement to our citizens during^tut
Iner months, u. i '
•• *. JmeHMt
W The anniversary o£ the battle of San
into will be celebrated by a couple of ora
s to be delivered today by Mr. Elgin and
% Chalmers. . y-1 <? ■''
ty 0*i last Saturday night the Good 8a-
aritans marched hi procession from theTem-
; Which place a von- able and appropriate
Lddress was delivered by Frank Lee. oi Ohio.
I EtF"Mr. Tip. Waiker, of Galvestoo, has
l^pn spending several days MrAnsliii^a^
3^r* Col. Fiauii. Johnson, the officer who
eetled Col. Milam in command cf the
rming party at Bexar," left for hom« on Fri-
He has been strongly solicited to be
i a candidate to sepresent Ellis and Tai-
i counties in the appioaching legislature,
t has not consentetl. A man so thoroughly
itified with Texas history and interest?
aid, doubtless, make a good Wpresentativa
| O" Majr'f Bincher and Mr.^elden. of Cor:
i Christi arrived in the city on Monday. .
ey brought bo news from the Western prai-
05*" Au election will Ua^pld
lay to fiil vacancies of Aroesman m
r city wards.
At'ientiou is called to the card of Mr.
iellcy. [iroposieftip tooate ;
The summer- fiyhis have had a *ma!l
nning. Enquire at the Billiard Saloon.
Vr. W«, M. Armstrong, of Galvestoo, h^s
t sojourning here for the last few days. Mr.
.designs establishing abrariWi of his esteastvc
: anil Stationery estabiisltment ia this city.—,
ewant of school books is-severely felt in Aus-
r and know of no point offering m-
eents to a bookseller. Mr. Armstrong will
cupy one of the Sweason bnildings.
, The caseof'Swenson against Case h Bur-
kuown as the "Stable Case," wa« decided
st the defendants W San Marcod-.ou Thursday
t-o<;
i>l ii(e, and
oi joy are heal
uatarily declai
Emperor, tosh
have rendered
world while livi
eration when
generous—the,'
but shouts and exultation
ora a people who have vol-
war against the defuuet
which on his part would
worthy the. reganl of the
his memory from ven-
The magnanimous and
,nd chivalrous could not
hoias, and none but the
less, however interested
evenly could rejoice at
rd and crow will batten
eagle scorns the banquet.
It is said that the hews of the Czar's death
was announced at the various theatres on the
malevolent and
they might be E
his death. The
on the dead, but
most uproarious shouts of exultation, the clap-
ping of bauds, the waving of scarfs, and the
stunning shouts of" God save-the Queen."—
Had these scenes occurred elsewhere than in
that pattern pf cktvalry and mirror of civiliza-
tion, thftBritish press wnuld have thundered its
anathemas against such demonstrations as de-
grading to the' age, arid a remnant of barbari.
ty unlooked for iii^bo 19th century.
Had the death of Nicholas presented to the
•world any hopes of changing a despotism into
a free governmrtit—-had his demise altered an
(Jpj iyssive system of government by which his
millions of subjects would bo emancipated—
IheW might have been seme cause fur rejoic-
ing—not only in England but throughout Chris-
teinfom But such i4 not the case. The same
fetters will still be worn—not a single serf will
he elevated, arid the cause of liberty which
England would have us believe is so dear to
her, will receive no new impulse. RjmiarwiL',-
mmain a despotism still—a despotism quile as
ehdnrahle to ktr people, as the iron rule of
Great Britain is taker subjects in the Emerald
'isle: . . ' " '•
We are also .told that the populace of Lon-
dftn manifested great indignation that the au-
thorities did net cause the bells to he rung in
-merry peals in token of gladness—not tolled
for the mighty dead. Noble, enlightened, re-
fined Christian Eugland, is this thy chivalry!
Has W thy glory, gathered from many a well
fought field, dwindled into triumphal shouts
.over the ashes of one you despised but could
not conquer,'.dreaded, but could" not crush t
Rot are these demons! rations of joy confined
to the rabble. The English journals—-the min-
isterial organs have caught up the shout, and
announce the Czar's death with a flourish ot
trumpets, equal to what might hive been ex*
ctetl at the fall of Sevastopol. /: We receive
says the London Times "with a
of momentary relief and a dawn V'
hejfc;* while ethers evince their joy in lan-
guage less concealed. The fell of Napoleon
called forth similar rejoicings, and the hired
.scribbler? of that day held him responsible, as
they now doNicholas, for the misfortunes which
their own rash and meddlesome policy have"
brought upon themselves. «
What a contrast do the other powers of Eu-
rope present to this fiendish comluct of the in-
habitants of Great Britain'. In France, those
who showed any signs of rejoicing were arres-
ted, all exhibitions of joy were immediately
suppressed, and the Court entertainments, con-
certs, etc., were postponed in consequence of
the startling and solemn news. This evidence
of decency, in a people as frivolous and mirth-
ful as the French are. affords a striking com-
ment upon the boasted^ refinement, and civili-
sation of "Old England." In Austria,—in fact
all over Europe, save in. Great Britain, the
death of the Czar was noticed with respect and
decency. " Noble spirits Wkr not w th the
Kossuth in a letter to the New York Times
rebukes the demoniac joy of the English peo#
pie oyer the spiritless body of the Rntsian
Monarch in the following manner:
V4 strange ^fht forsooth! .We, on our s'nle,
When alwr a hof day of battle^ bravely con-
tested aud dearly won, we found the gory
corpse of a distinguished eriftmy on the balt te-
jeid, mouuteit though our blood has been by -
the battles/age, aiid by the.joy«f victory, we
carnen him to hisgrave with all th# honors we
could.bestow; and our stern warriors, who, a
moment before, faced all Uie horrors of .death,
with a Minie ot contempt on their heroic brows
mtrcbett with eyes du#ncasli in meditation,:
and with solemn silence, near the bier of "the
fallen foe. , • ' - - •: n
u Aud here we. see a community, one of the
pretaded staujlard hearers of Chrisffai. t-iviliza-
carried away to bacchanist ic gambols and
pcanffc?, by joy at the death of a man, who, had
h® wit died a year ago before England was
yef dnffed to war, would have put the Conrt. ot.
Eu;i^rid and all the' fashionable circles iii
mourning for forty days, in spite all the mis-
deeds and. crimes of his former career, in spite
of the Wood oi Pidand and Hungary crying to
high JHeavens, "Murder/* on hiis name." - J
- We do not believe that nndcr ordinary cir-
cumsl ances tliis fee 1 ing of joy Would have been,
manifested by the people of England. T e
trutb is. the war is unpopular, and any (hiigg
which holds <mt the least hope of peac i#
ranee Hall to the schoolroom of Mr: Smith, grasped .it with avidity. By many, the death
, Gen. A. S. Johnson and family left for
jJEy., en Wednesday. The headquarters
t the Gen.'s regiment will remain for some months
i point. The General will proceed hnmedi-
rty to Washington City from Louisville.
. Cap*. Charles. E. Travis Is in the city.
, be seen by reference to {he eorres-
ence that Gen. Johnston declines the accept- 1
La public supper and ball, tendered by the-
ds of Travis county.
• The Kuow Nothing convention at Win-
er, Va_ was composed of forty three whig,
forty seven democrats.
Mr. Sherwood is out in the Galveston
lersiujtfong article on political economy
noticea
of Nicfiolas, it was supposed would erid the
war. wd hciice the ^ndish rejoicings through-
out England tor whieb we lia+e alluded. In
France il is different. The Einperor is safer
upon the* throne with as aruiy outside ot
France—England requires, or soou w ill require,
a standing army at home, Neither one power
or the other have any just cause to be proud of
their progress in the East—not the least reason
to suppose the death of Nicholas terminates
the war. „ ..."
Demand War American Grain.
The American Consul at Rio Jaueria, who
has lately been on a visit to Liverpool, noticing
the great number of men wb have been drain-
ed trom agricultural pursuits by the war,
throws out some hints tothe'larmers of the Uni-
ted-States. which are weK w irth their atten-
tion. it is a self-evident truth I hut w.-:en the
tbouamli u£ European producers are taken
from theft- usetul pursuits to replenish the bro-
kra ranks cf their army in the East, tBat the
fThfted'States must be looked to as the store-
house, f.oin whose products,' not only that ar-
my must be led, but likewise the vacuity nlleii.
caused toy the loss of so jjreat an amount of
agricultural industry' to those coantiies. The
same or nearly the same number cf mouths
are to feed, but less, a great many less to pro-
duce that food. Russia, as a matter of course,
will send nothing from the Baltic and the great
Wheat growing country on the Danube, from
which England has hitherto received a large
portion of her supplies, is now ravished by a
ilesolatiug .war, and will produce nothing'like
a sufficiency tor Hie consumers at hotiic.—
Wbt-at is now higher in the English maiket
than it was one year ago, notwithstanding the
extraordinary crops there made, and^he con-
stant drain ot breadstuff* for the army will aug-
ment the price of every desc.iptionoi grain.
It, instead of the cultivation of cotton, the
pet production of Southern agriculturists, we
substitute tfie growth of corn, and instead of
raising tobacco, we plant grain for the next
two years, it will be fouod that these crops
would much better pay than either cotton or
tobacco. To expect thai the demand undei the
exiatittjE-slate oi affiur* in Europe, of either of
the latter products will be as great as it has
hitherto been, is to-expect an improbability.—
The withdrawal of capital from manufacturing
pursuits in aid of the war,"fcijl curtail thte de-
the great ^American st*pje, while the
from the agricultural interests of Eu.
rill create a tremendous market for oor
gjg- Llgktiibif Rods.
The use of lightning rods ia at the present
day well understood. Most people are cog-
nizant of the fact, that substances are divi-
ded into electrics or non-conductors, and
non-electrics or" conductors. To the first
class belong oils, ashes, lime, chalk baked
wood, dry atmospheric air, white sugar, dry
parchment, silk, glass, &c., &c. A currentof
electricity upon reaching any of these may
be • checked in its course—or diffused in
every possible direction j-^each sub-division
of the current seeming to seek a more con-
genial body, or one for which it Jhas more
affinity. Conductors of electricity are found
among metals, acids, water, snow, living
vegetables, living animals, smoke, steam,
earths and stones when in a natural state.—
Lightning will pass from a non-conductor to
a conductor, and when ,in contact with the
latter will follow it no difference what the
departure from a right line. To retain the
elcctric fluid permanently in & body it is
necessary to place it in a state of insulation.
This can be done by placing a metalic rod
up m two glass pillows, or by suspending tho
same in the air by a silk string. The glass
and the silk and the dry atmosphere being
•non-conductors they will not suffer the elec-
tricity, with which the rod may be charged,
to escape^ The discovery of this led to the
invention of lightning Tods by Dr. Franklin.
In erecting conductors to buildings, it is
requisite they sould be entirely insulated.
There should be no possibility of an esoape
of th© electric fluid from the rod into the
wall or "body of the edifice. The end of the
rod for greater safety should penetrate to the
damp earth, which is a conductor and would
be a security against a diversion of the cur-
rent to the foundation wall of the building,
or to the surface of the earth. This should
be more particularly the case where the fabric
may be -situated on ground admired with
lime, chalk, or abounds with flinty or clayey
roclasxas these substances are all non-conduc-
tors and will not convey the fluid off, but
serve rather to scatter it aud enable it to
seize upon the nearest conductor. The result,
where rods are not inserted to a sufiieicnt
depth in the earth, is that the dangers from
lighting are rather increased than diminished.
The conductor attracts the electric fluid to
the building, concentrates its force, places it
contact with a non-conducting body and fa-
vors its escape into the foundation or walls of
the house. Any person taking the pains
to examine can discover these dangers are to
be apprehended in this city. Let us take,
for instance, the new Capitol. It is argued
the conductors are not sufficiently insulated,
that, they -arc in contact or nearly so with
the stone they pass through on the cornices of
the building—that the house is built upon
a non-conducting body and that in a thunder
storm great danger would e nsue to the structure
the founaation, and what i.s worse to life. The
want of insulation endangers the wall of the
house and the inmates—the want of penetra-
tion through the non-conducting earth near
the surface to the conducting damp earth be-
low threatens great danger to the foundation
of the building. Many other houses are sim-
ilarly circumstanced. Tins matter should
receive prompt attention. The citizens of
Austin should not await until, some serious
calamity shall admonish them of their danger
and their duty.v,
' "f*~ '—i—*3jjn ■ « ««
Barnum's Proposed Baby show.
If there is an an unmitgated seoundrel in
the United" States who can compare With
Barnum, we confess we have 'neither met
with hAu, nor heard of him. Not content
with resorting to every low and contemptible
means togtnass a fortune, he. has lately had
the unblushing effrontery to publish to the
world % history of hie ras Aity, " thns glory-
ing in his oWn%£ame. - In any other city but
Ne#Yttrli he would lie considered a nuisance,
but in" that modern (Wham, the vitiated
tastes of the people sanction every fntud^arti-
fice and falsehood that he chooses topraetice,
and the more outrageous his scheme, the more
tbey are disposed to cry "Great is Barnum."
His temple of monstrosities at the corner of
Annand Jboadway streets, is a monument of
his succe&as well as of the gullibility of his
patrons. But this has become "stale, flat
and unprofitable," and to infuse new life into
the thing, a great " baby-show," is invokad
to coitiajgff soon under the patronage of the
" distinguished'1 ladies of the commercial
emporium, thus placing the images of God,
whom He created-in His own-likeness on an
equality with a New Jersey Jack, ag^ennsyl-
vania stallion, a Berkshire hog, ot a Durham
heifer. We cannot conceive any thing more
insulting to the good sense of a people, than
this attempt to exhibit as cattle, for his own
aggrandisement, a choice breed of human
stock, nor anythingmore revolting to decency
end decorum, than the conduct of those pa-
rents, who have consented to "bring forth,"
for Barnuui's especial benefit, evidences of the
rare fecundity of the human animal. Fatten
upyour slock ladies of New York, to repletion,
and if your babies die of gluttony you may have
the consolation to know, that they outweiged
a Durham yearling, and "took the great prize
at Barnum's cattle—we mean—human show.
. Coffee Houses.
The ordinance prohibiting the sale of
spirituous liquors on the Sabbath, takes effect
from and after to day. This reform has
been brought about in accordance with the
wish of those to respect whose opinions is
nothing more than decency. That bne por-
tion of the community, and that portion .a
minority, nave a right to maintain what a ma-
jority, regard as an intolerable nuisance, no one
will pretend to assert. Hitherto, Sunday has
been set apart especially for Bacchanalian
orgies, and more liquor is sold on that day
than any other in the seven. The gurgle of
decanters and the ru3tliug of glasses, but illy
accord with the chime of the church-going
bell, and hence the determination of the
Council to take this step towards the better
observance of the Sabbath. No traffic on
Sunday should be tolerated, much less that
which is fraught with results so pernicious
as the retail liquor trade. A decent "regard
for the opinions of those who "keep holy the
Sabbath day," should forbid all secular purr
suits. "Six days shalt thou labor and do
all thou hast to do, but the seventh is the
Sabbath of the Lord. In it thou shalt do
no manner of work."
:W$ Grapes a«d Wines. j Peters' Colony Case.
It ia atated in one of our exchanges that; The annexed communication in regard to
during tbe present year there will probably j this case is from the pen of a gentleman con-
be raised a grape crop sufficient to make600- j vemant with the proceedings in the case. It
000 gallons of Catawba wine. The demand j establishe facta in regard t- the agency ot at-
for that article far exceeds such a product.— i |0rnejs in the cause. The Attorney General
According to a paper now before us, if the j j,ag sufficient character and notoriety for le^al
product stated above were doubled every year
lor five years to come, the market for (Jataw-
bawine would not be overstocked Until, Gazette should be bv no public man,
there shall be five millions of acres planted in , a we . "jenn^s would depre-
vines, the price ot wine cannot be reduced to j s
a minimum in the United States. A gener-1
al cultivation of the pure grape is the best;
"Maine law-' that could probacy be proposed.
ability without giving him credit for the la-
bors ol others. Such notices as that of the
Runaway Negroes Caucht.—Six r.egroes
belonging to Mr. Alexander Word, of Hays
couuty, runaway from their master on the 9th
instant, and were out until the 14th. when four
of them weie discovered by two Mexicans, en-
gaged in cow-hunting, on the Fredericksburg
road, about tKirty-6ve miles from Austin. In
attempting to arrest them, one of tbe negroes
advanced with pistol in hand, when the young-
er Mexican, named Hanson Gowan. shot him
thiougb the rigtjt side, inflicting a severe,
though nOtlatal wound. Philip, the negro shot,
was then secbred, together with the two oth-
ers, and brought into this city. A fourth one
escaped. Two otters, it is said, returned to
their master.a few days ago. They are now
confined at Capt. Grumbles' mill, the wounded
negro requiring medical assistance.
JY. 0. Bulletin.
We agree with the Bulletin, that "the
demand for that article far exceeds such a
product," and though the amount above sta-
ted is much larger than the product of any
previous year, the actual supply has doubtless
far. exceeded that quantity. In the good
old wine drinking times of Solomon, there
were men "mighty to.mingle strong arinlc,"
and who .sought " mixed wine," aud in this
enlightened age our wine growers are not a
whit behind those ancient worthies in this art.
Let; it be remembered that all the fearful
ravages of intemperance depicted in both
sacred and profane history, occurred amid |
the general cultivation of the pure grape, for j
distilled liquors were wholly unknown. We j
would thank our cotemporary, who recom-
mends the extensive production of wine as a
substitute for the "Maine Law," to furnish
some evidence, either from ancient or modern
wine countries, to justify the hope that the
cate the false attribution of our neighbor.
[COSIIICXICATCD.]
Honor to whom Honor Is Due.
The Gazette in its-notice of the Peters'
Colony decision last week made several re-
marks well calculated to mislead—and claim-
ing the honor for the decision as a tribute to
the Attorney General. The Attorney General
never appeared in the cause. On the contra-
ry he retused to do so. And if he exerted any
influence with the Court or tlie Judge who
wrote the opinion the fact is not known. The
Messrs. Greens and Col. Hamilton alone repre-
sented tlie locators—and contended that after
the first of July, 1848, the country was open to
location up to the compromise act of the 10th
February, 1852—and that their rights were
nut impaired by that act. This view, the opin-
ion which we have published sustains. It was
contended by the Messrs. Greens, though not
by Mr. Hamilton, who voted for the law of
1852. that it was au infraction of the ordinauce-
The decision gives effect to the ordinance
without drawing any legal sequence there-
from.
The only other point- decided seems to be a
denial of a mandamus against the Commis-
sioner to compel him to patent four sections of
. Correspondence.
Austin, April 16th, 1855.
Gen. A. S. Johnston :
Sir—In view of the many and invaluable
services you have rendered to Texas, your
fellow citizens of Travis county have resolved
to tender you a public supper and ball, as a
testimonial of their highly appreciative seuse
of your conduct aud bearing as an officer and
a citizen. Had time allowed, they would
have been happy to have presented you a
I more substantial evidence of their siL-cere re-
I gard for you as. a gentleman aud a soldier.—
Under the cirsumstauces, we feel conscious,
you will overlook the simplicity of the afiair,
and view it as meant, au uuostentations dis-
play ot geuuine feeling and sincere respect for
a distinguished public servant.
at
;in
You will conler a favor by indicating,
your earliest convenience, at what time it
would suit you to meet your friends as ;
honored guest.
Your obedient sen-ants,
WASH. L. HILL.
•luaLi'ii BLKDSOE.
JOHA S. i'OKl).
Committee on part of Citizens.
vice of drunkenness would cease or be ma- j 'and in the surveyed district, claimed underthe
teriallylessened. If wineshould be produced 9lh section of the act of 1852. This was de-
in sirficient quantities to supply the entire
demand, it would be extensively ■" mixed"
or adulterated by those who would want a
stronger drink; but even if it were nqt,—
"wine is -a mocker, and whosoever is de-
ceived thereby is not wise." .
"gV —:—T
t&BT The Governor of Wisconsin has vetoed
the prohibitory liquol* law, recently passed by
the Legislature of that state.—Gal. Journal.
This veto is certainly in.contravention of
the wishes of a large majority of the voters
of Wisconsin. Two years ago the legislature
of that State submitted resolutions to the
people on the subject in order to get an ex-
pression of popular will and to take the mat-
ter out cf connection with politics. A ma-
jority of some four thousand votes were cast
in favor of a prohibitory law. Hence the
present bill, may be said, to have been passed
under instructions from the people themselves-
The Legislature passed the law over the veto.
Waco Races.—The Waco races will be-
gin on the 23rd lust. There is a Jockey Club
organised and everything will be properly con-
ducted. The course is being prepared by
Messrs. Blankenships. It is situated in a
beautiful and ^almost level spot. A horse
can be seen at every jump all the way round
from a slight eievation. The soil is light—
of a reddish color and has an admixture of
sand. It will not become very hard in dry
nor very muddy> in wet, weather. Prepara-
tions are being made for the accommodation
of man and beast. Eating houses and stables
will be. erected and ready for^use by the 23rd.
To those fond of amusement and sporting of
this kind Waco will, no doubt, offer induce-
ments. j
8@" The Central Texian a man named
Miller was killed at Wheelock on the 2nd
inst., by. Mr. Lewis Tubbs. T. A. Jbhnson,
and E. A. Brown were implicated • in the
affair.' The parties had fled, bijt it was
thought some of them would ■ surrender and
submit.their causes to judicial investigation
- 03?rThe "Brownsville Flag cqntaiiis a "C'-ri
respondence between tlte citizens of-Browns-
ville and Thos. J. Dirgan United states Vice
Consul at Matamoios. The Vice Consul ac-
cented the proffered invitation to a compli-
mentary dinner, and it came off en the 17th
March. : . ■ f, . ....
[£p" Dr. A'. D. Eastland is announced as a
caudidate'to represent the District composed of
the counties of Bell, McLennan, Coryell aud
Bosque, in the next session aPthe Texas Legis-
lature. George E. Burney represented tiiis
district in the last leislatnre.
4®" We have been favored with a letter
from a gentleman in Columbia S. C- to Dr.
J. WT. Robertson of this city. The writer is
an importer and improver of the breeds of
animals foreign to our Country, and as an
evidence of his success we copy the following
.extract, thanking Dr. Robertson for the pri-
vilege q£ doing so:— * '
"My Cashmere and Thibet shawl; goats
are making a great revolution in ail sections
where they have been introduced, in improv-
ing the fleece, and substitution of a material
far cheaper and unmeasurably more lasting
than cotton.
Cloth is now being made, from the wool of
the Cashmere Rams crossed upon our little
worthless native goats that sells ftfr 20 dollars
per yard; to b^ sure, this is in part from its
novelty, but a Cashmere shawl retaing a value
of $1000 to 82000 for 1000 years indicates
an intrinsic superority that cannot be mis-
taken, and. whic-h is appreciated jn this State,
Alabama, Georgia, and the northern States,
by the fact that I have sold about 20 pure
breed Cashmeres in these states for 1000 doliars
each. No degeneration, but an improvement
iii those bred here in their fleeces over those
I imported.
I have gone a little eut of my way to bring
to your view facts notoriously developed of
these animals, for the two fold purpose of en-
listing your desire to introduce them into
your state and causing you forthwith to pro-
cure me two or three pairs of the Rabbits
and sending them to me, by the express com-
ff "J6r
pany. - . J
The gentleman who wrote the above is one
of extensive information he was sent on a mis-
sion to Turkey, by Mr. Polk during his pre-
sidential term, to make investigation^ in re-
gard to the planting of cotton, &c. While in
Asia he procured buffaloes, cows, goats: and
other animals aud imported them to the Uni-
ted States. The Cashmere goats he speaks
of, are said by Dr. Robertson, to be beautiful in
appearance. His object is to awaken atten-
tion to the feasibility and profitableness of
rcarir <r the animals he has introduced into
tbe country. His progress, thus far, has been
cided without any cldar reason beinggiveu, but
we suppose because the ompany had not then
tiled the release contemplated by the act of
7th February, 1853. We say we Suppose this
is the case because we can see no other rea-
son for the refusal.
Indeed 1 he brevity of the opinion and the
total failure to state the history of the contro-
versy, and the issues on the record, and the
argument of the Counsel, render it exceeding-
ly difficult to understand what ha* been deci-
ded.
That the important results supposed by the
Gazette do not follow must be apparent from
this very brevity.
We presume no great mischief can .occut to
any one as we understand the company have
loug since filed the release contemplated, and
returned their urveys.
But whatever may be the good or tbe evil,
let honor be rendered to whom honor is due.
The Attorney General took no interest in the
matter...
As it was contended that the act of 1853
impaired the obligation of contracts and was
therefore in violation of the Constitution of the
United States, we understand that a writ of er.
or will probably be prosecuted to the Supreme
Court of the United States, should the interest
of the plaintiffs require it. No good citizen
but must desire to see the compromise act car-
ried out in good faith.
Railroad Contract Let.
The mail this morning, brings the highly
important intelligence, that the contract for
the first 25 miles of the Galveston and Red
River road, (hence to Cypress Creek) has been
let to Mr. J. H. Welles, of the firm of J. H.
Welles & Co., of the city of New York.—
This gentleman is not only a dian of wealth,,
but a h'eavy and successful contractor, having
built most of the New York and Erie road,
and i^iow .engaged in the construction of the
" DeJQtare, Lockawana and Western," and
"the Brunswick" road through Georgia. The
agents assure the company that this section
will be completed and in running ^der t>y
the 20th of October, though the contract rails
for the 20th of January, next. Mr. Welles
is expected to reach this city by the n^xt
steamer from. New Orleans. This contract
for 25 miles was let by the agents pf the com-;
pany in lieu of one for 70 mi 1fttendered the
company, tb<3 terms of whil
within the pbweiffcf the cojnjpSny to comply"
with, but the former gives the company a
more certain control of the road, and enables
it to let out the remaining 45 miles on better
terms and at a great saving to the Stockholm
ers.—Houston Telegraph.
In addition to the above a letter has been
received from a gentleman of Houston from
which the following extract is made :■ *
" The contractors are looked for on Sunday's
steamer, our dates are of 29th, and Mr. Well*
was to have ielt on the 2nd Texas rias to do
her par1,'we are required to raise $130,000
within the next eight, months payable in
monthly instalments. We mean to accomplish
this, and to do it will require all the aid possi-
ble to be obtained in the country and from
every^yarter. our line crosses the Brazos at- or
near (Koran's Shoals, direcMo Austin, that
is, our branch, as designated, you a^e aware
our charter requires us to reach Red River be-
tween Coffee Station and the Eastern boun-
dary."
The people of Houston and those drawing
supplies from that qnarter may well be con-
gratulated on the prospect" of success so close
ahead. A safe road across the flat, boggy
country between the city and Brazos river
will add greatly to the business and wealth
of the place. The completion of the 25 miles
under contract will have overcome the worst
portion of the difficulty, though the Brazos
must be reached before the full advantages of
the enterprise will begin to be developed
and felt. Houston may never realise the ex-
pectations of its friends, yet it appears likely
to continue a point of considerable impor-
tance. ' A large scope of country is destined to
draw supplies from there. When once in
easy communication with the up country the
trade, which has taken a new direction with-
in the last few years, may again go back to
Houston. It is not out of the verge of or-
dinary events. The prize is worth conten-
ding for aud our friends of* the Bayon City
have entered the lists in earnest.
Austin,Texas, April 17th, 1855.
To Messrs. Hill, ) „
tj u vi V (sonimitttx. ,
Bledsoe & roKJ>. j
Gentlemen—1 have received your letter
of the ltitu inst., iu which you honor me ou
the part of the citizeus of Austin, with the
tender for my acceptance of a public bail and
supper. The orders of the Department of
W ar to me, do not admit of any delay, it will
therefore, not be in my power to accept of
your kuidiy proffered luvitation. 1 greatly
regret that the very short time I have al-
lowed myself, in view of the orders received,
to close my business and prepare for my de-
parture, will deprive me of tne greut gratifi-
cation of meeting my fellow citizens under
circumstances so agreeable.
You have been pleased in your araimuni-
cation to notice in most favorable terms my
public service, for which 1 sincertly thank
ydU; I feel that in whatever 1 may have
tailed, I never was wanting in zeal tor the
interest of Texas. Whatever merit isn-corded
to your public servants for zealous sttorts to
promote thepublic interest, herctofoie, should
in fact, (1 think) be mainly attributed to
yourselves—they were siiupiy the exponents
of the indomitable will of a pa trio to people,
to preserve unchanged, institutions wisely
adopted to their character, and coin try; to
sustain liberty guarded from licentiiusuess by
such salutary restraints as the wisdnu of ex-
perience dictated, to maintain the integrity
of the territory claimed, and the iniepeudeut
attitude assumed for the* State, Sree from
foreign rule and foreign interference of what-
ever kind,—with such marked indi-ations of
the public will, it wouid have beet difficult
to err—unfaltering in its purpose ;he State
has obtained a proud position in tlis great
confederacy—soon, it will wield a power
scarcely below that of the first powjre of the
earth ; loyal to this great Union, it has crea-
ted for itself a glorious future.
I present to you gentlemen and b the citi-
zens of Austin as weli, whom you epresent,
my best wishes for your welfare aid happi-
ness.
With great respect,
Yourob't. serv't, p
A. SIDNEY JOHNSTON.
The Henderson Flag come* to us this
week under a new title—the Star Spangled
Banner. From a leading article introducing
the new name we extract the followiug very
sensible ren arks:
" We will cry aloud and spare n t, when we
think our country's rights are suffering; and
we hope we will as readily endorse all (rood
acts irom whatever party, as between Whig
and Democrat. As vre have for a few years
often said, the mail who can now find ttie dif"
leience is lynx-eyed indeed. To what parly
does President Pierce belong?—to the Whigs?
No sir-ree ; fo he, you all kuow. vetoes Whig
measures as of old, now carried iu Congress
by a large Democratic majority. We allude
to the internal improvement policy, the harbor
aud river bill. &.c. Then he being no Whig,
what is he? A Democrat? We can prove
the contrary. How? Well, it is easily done
if you will accept our authority tnat we in-
vite your attention 13—Old Hickory for in-
stance. How long would it have taken the
old liero to have had satisfaction from Spain
for tbe many palpable insultsto our flag that
are so numerous and glariug that none can
deny the fact. We say, with him such a
state of tbiugs could not have existed many
weeks without ample satisfaction; such as
would have been acceptable to him as the
leader, the head and front, of the Democracy
ot this proud nation. How has G--n. Pierce
done? What is he doing? He cannot even
hohi up the tail of Democracy, much more the
head and front. Is he a Democrat ? or will it
nut be readily smd that the Convention that
nominated him did nut know, but upon trial
find that he is not. The_\ have been deceived;
he is no Democrat, surely; fur the Democrats
as well as the old Whigs, loved their com-
mon country, aud at any moment, were read}
to pour out their heart's blood, under the
tlowiug folds ot the star— paugied banner. A
nationtl insult was a Jackson insult —it was a
Democratic insult. Has it. recently been a
Pierce iusult?—a Democratic insult?—a na-
tional insult ? Or has not the nation been sac-
rificed in an honorable point of view, with na-
tives, Whigs, Democrats, and true American
stamps? We think so. We thiuk. further,
that the time is not distant when it will take a
man with a bright vision to Pierce far euuugh
into the darkness that will surround his *cci-
dency to find him, and when found we fear
he will not only be located iu Egyptian darii-
i es^ but will be found Africanized, that is, a
stripe for him. it we are not mistaken ®
Bail roads in the vv oilld.—l'lie superior
energy oi the American people is nowhere more
forcibly illustrated than in the raiLo.tds taey
have built. It wilK hardly l.e credited that
there are more miles of railway in tbe United
States than in all the rest, of the world. Yel
such is the tact. We have now finished and
in opt rat.on about seventeen thousaud mile-,
while the entire number elsewhere, at thee t se
ot 1853, was, say fifteen thousand five hundreo.
France, with a population nearly thirty per
cent greater than the United States, has on y
about one-eighth as many miles of railroads;
Germany, with her forty miliiuns of people.'has
but six thousand miles of railway, aud Great
Britain'has only seven thousand. Yet, jit al
Europea:; nations, capital is comparatively
pleutj, tli| country is thickly settled, and all
things favor railway extension. But the energy
ot the American i.s wanting, and hence one rea-
sou of the comparative scarcity i5f railways.
Another reason, however, is the fact that, out
ot England, the Governments generally own
the roads; a condition of things w^hcIi dwarts
enterprise, and keeps down leal imp oveiuent.
Even in Russia, a country naturally adapted
fur railroads, iu consequence of its vast plains,
there are less than five hundred miles of rail-
way. Poor old Spain has only about sixty,
while Cuba, her American province, has three
hunreU and fiity-uiue. .
-- rr
The Prairie Flower.
Y tAMU A. BSVEB1BOJI.
Though cultured plants the gu-dta deck,
And shed their rich perfume,
I would not give the prairie put
For all the flowers that bloom.
So wild and fresh, they seem to yj |
Direct from God's own hand,
As if the stars that beam on high f J f \
Were mirrored in the land.
When first the sun has kissed the eat
At morning's early hour,
We mark the trembling dew-drop |
On every opening flower.
And see tne modest prairie plant,
Uncared for and alone.
Suqjass the garden's boasted pride,
Witu all that man has done.
'Tig thus that nature plans her work,
And shapes her great design,
Which makes the simplest thing eft
The care of Power Dirio*— ,
Which leaves the pampered
And lose its rich perfume,
But-nourishesthe-prairie plant
In never fading- bloom. >
-1
Kossuth's Opinion of the nj
—The young Emparor Alexander/I
Czar.
is not
found slow in these revelations., la bis first
manifesto lie declares to take a. solemn oath
before God, to "maintain Russia osthe high-
est standard of power and glory, and to ac-
complish the incessant wishes anc views of
Peter, 'of Catharine, of Alexander, and of
Nicholas." Has the tarantula of personal
ambition stung the young man likewise? No!
He.ifi but the incuruoent of Muscovite Czar-
t's all. Ttffe wishes and views of Pq-
atharine, Alexander and Nicholas!
. what does thatv mean ? Tie wishes
iws of Peter, you.know frou his life,
his last will; and you know, like-
, that he caused'Jfc own son U be mur-
dered in prison, estftfcaflp^ h'ftn intapable of
carrying out Vs view3>$fflie4fchesand views
es3Sorc£7"-*<Th
s ,t " .*
wis equally^ ef Qftharine artf told in thesa or<S. **i'his
is the road to Constantinople." Tlose 6fAl-
exander I, in the §aying "Coc^tartinopja is
the kej of my own house," and by his xBsit
negotiations! Those of Nicholas sre known
from his campaign of 1828;#rom tae repeat-
ed occupation of Moldo Wallachia; ftom his in-
tervention in Hungary, (the foulest act in his
sanguinary carec-r, which I trust :o the jus-
tice of the Almighty, weighed the heaviest in
the balance of retribation to his. Sjtil;} his
wishes and views are known from tbe secret
Seymour correspondence, and from the actu-
al war. " These are the new wishes *nd views
which the new Emperor swears to accom-
plish. Ami England dreams of pesce.
KS, The Erenham Enquirer notices the
the proceedings of a meeting held at that
place, having for its object the mising of
funds by subscription to remove obstructions
to navigation from the Brazos river.
S6F The Know Nothings have' sarried the
State of Khode Island.
The difficulties between the Germans
and Americans in Cincinnati have been sett-
led.—-GW. Journal.
The Rev. Sidney Smith, ii speaking
of'the prosy nature of some sermots. said:—
" They are written as if sin was t( be taken
out of a man like Eve out of Adan, by put-
ting him to isleep.
Gcu. Iiarnej's Expedition.
A late order dated March 28th, 1855, de-
signates the force and its disposition which
is placed under the command of Gen. Harney
for the protection of the Kansas and Nebras-
ka territories.
The posts'to be occupied are forts Riley,
Kearney, Laramie and one to be established
on the Upper Missouri.
The troops will consist of four companies
2nd Dragoons—D. H. E. and K.—light bat-
tery co. G. 4th Artillery, now at Fort Leaven-
worth—six compauies 2nd Infantry—the 6th
Infantry and eight companies Cavalry from
one of the new regiments, probably Col. A
highly flattering and affo.ds every prospect of: Jo^ston a and ne will be placed on duty
ultimate succcss.
From tlie Uio Grande.
Brownsville, March J3d, 1855. ,
The Federalists are in hiah glee. It is said
that the cojn (lame) Santa Anna is offering to
the public the privilege of modifying the Con-
stitution and adopting that of 18°24—he being
always Piesidejrt. * ^ * * Don M. O
is here yet, and has received $30,000 in hard
cash. Every hotly say that the divisions are to
march within a few days. The first division
under the command of Carvajal, will cross at j when organised and placed on dutj
on that frontier as is supposed.
The batteries and four companies "..il' be
stationed at Fort Laramie. Four tompar-ics
at Fort Kearney. Head Quarters t.itu Infan-
try will be at Fort Riley. The II- id Quar-
ters of 2nd Infantry ^rill be at the post to bo
erected on Upper Missouri, between Wh'te-
earth and Chevenne rivers. The fenr corn
panies of Dragoons will be placed on acti- e
duty for the protection of the fronti'-i
emigrants. Two of the Cavalry c > puiiif-
will
Mrs. Partington expresses great appre-
hension that the people of California will
bleed to death, as every paper that she picks
up announces "another vein opened."
Sugar Cane.—We have head of no
place where the cane is bsdly wirter killed,
as was feared, though it is much iiore back-
ward than usual. But backward sjrings usu-
ally forerun good harvests.—Columbia De-
mocrat.
IP" Liput. Randolph, of the Uiited States
Navy, returned from a lone cruis*, anil died
not. lonjr afterwards, and last weti his wife
died in Washington. She was the daughter of
General John H. Eaton^of Tennessee.
Dbath or Baron Rothschild.—We learn
from the Lundon correspondent of tie National
Intelligencer, writing under date of March 16th.
that Baron Chakles de Rothschi'.d died at
Naples, on the 10th ult.
The conclusion of the treaty wife Ecuador
for guano deposits has beeu frustrated, it is
stated, by the interference of England and
France; but it is suggested by a cctemporary,
if there is no other obstacle than the one thus
named to the treaty, <he United .States gov-
ernment ought insist upon its conclusion.
The principle upon which the treaty project is
based is a very fair one. We are tj deposit in
the treasury of Ecuador the sum or three mil-
lions, and she is to permit us to take her guano
deposits. She is to return our money, but we
ire. r- ;to return her guano. We are to lend
; lier three millions, and take alien on the is-
land for security, and be entitled to receive
I f he guano at a uomiual rate of duty. A sam-
I p!e of this guano has been snbmittecLby the
I t-wte Department for ehemical analysis to
j 1' it-sor Horfsford, of Harvard Un^rersi-
i ty, Jiass. In his report, the Professor Shows
t aat this new variety of guano contains more
and the best speeim^ns of Peruvi-
"" . '
The Galveston Journal thus neatly
notices the death of Gen. Hugh McQueen:
Died.—In La Grange, Texas, on tbe 1st
inst., Gen. Hugh McQueen, of this Citt As
we'make this record we feel assured that it will
meet an eye which will grow moist at the un-
timely fate of one so universally known and
justly esteemed for the sterling qualities, and
unequivocal virtue which characterized the
man, the citizeh and the ft-iend. Hugh Mc-
Queen was a native of Chatham County, North
Carolina, where he resided from his boyhood
to an advanced age aud in which, as wflll as
elsewhere in the State, he frequently held
offices of high trust, and, as far as our memory
se/ves us. never sufierccyyjoiiticai defeat al-
though often an aspirffT The l<#t office
Cbich he held befora his emigration to Sexas
-thatof Attorn^Mieneral of jfhe State—will
scru?|||jApw iifcvLat estimation^his legal
ac^iiWments weie held.
immediately sfter his arrival in Texas, he
becam*jp volunteer in one of her companies
then Being raised for the Mcxican war, and
served with distinguished gallantry in the
sanguinary conflict at Monterey. Ketvrning
he resumed and continued'j until a short period
since, the practice of his profession. He be-
came a candidate before the people in the late
Judicial election in this District, and sustained,
in its result, his first political defeat. Morti-
fication aDd disappointment had evidently
much to do with his untimely aud lamented
fete. Thus has fallen, in the prime of ex-
istence, a man, of whom society has unfor-
tunately too few. He was a noble Roman,
and the bright virtues which adorned his so-
cial character, and the high attainments which
marked his professional career will lead us to
forget that his worst enemy was himself, and
that he fell a victim to those mortiid sensibi-
lities over \yhic-h it is man's province and duty
to triumph. We can cherish the remem-
brance of all that was admirable in the man
now that the grave has closed over his earthly
career, and his faults have been buried with
him.
"Requiescat in pace."
Millionaires.—William B. Astor, -says
the New York Atlas, is the richest man in
that city, at six millions; Stephen Whitney,
five millions, and W. H. Aspinwall, four mil-
lions, &c. The literary men figure well.—
Bancroft, the historian, Professor Anthon,
Doctor Francis, and others, have the com-
fortable sum of one hundred thousand each.
And the patent medicine men have very
"steep" bank accounts. Phosnix Bittera
Moffat, Sarsaparilla P. Townsend, Doctor
Brandreth, and Pease, the ginger-pop man,
who took to hoarhoufld candy, are each worth
from one hundred thousand to half a million.
And what is the most remarkable thing un-
der the sun, oue lady in this city has made a
quarter of a million of dollars by keeping
school!!
Death or the Czah in Fbajvc*—We give
the following extract from a rec -ut letterof lh«
Paris correspondent of the Courier des Elate
Unis; ; ^ •
Some time will elapse before their Majes-
ties will again make their appearance at any
theatre; since, from a sentiment w hich honors
them, they have spontaneously resolved ta
perform a public act of reverence for the death^*'
ot the Emperor ot Russia. "They will not take
mou ruing, inasmuch as they will receive no
oiheiat nutiticatkiU of his death, owing to th*
present suspension, of diplomatic relations.—
I'he Princess jlathilde aioue is tp black, hav>
iug beeu, as tbe wilp of P,'
sui- ject ot the Czar, and because, as a __
ier of a Princess of WurtemOdig, she is "al-
lied to tne family of Nicnous. But that\
which oor Government - is not constrained to
iio officially, it has ooue thiough courtesy, in
countermanding a conceit^ iuuoweU by dan*
ciug, which was to have taken place t his evo-
uiug, 8th March, at the Tuiiieries. igwne
news-caniers havingihuugjit tne moment a la-
vorit'jle one To hawk abouf the Boulevards a
song of miserable composition, printed some
Seven or eight months, and wlucti they have
rejuvenated in giving to it the title of u Lament
ou the Death ol the Czar," they were arrested
by the police aud placet! in the hands uf jus-
tice. It is particularly appropriate iu France,
say the ministerial organs, tliat there should
e.\i>t a sentiment of respect tor the dead. Well
1 Ooue, and welt said. -
/ Severe but^Thuk.—The Courier des Etats
* Cnis, thus repiesents't he four stages oi pFuyre*.
sive taste in New York'''city v^.".
Fanny EUsUr—Jenny Lind—Ltwis Kotsulk
—btii i'oole.—To ensure the gnmte&t enthusi-
asm of the metropolis ot the New WorijLy^i
must eitl'er—Dance in a state ol semi-t^<!wf—
'Sing with the reputatioh ol a spi/ w vvfgifl—
Discourse with stormy emphasis iouti private
interests disguised as public —Orjai's *
gambling rowdy, by a rowdy garn tiler's
-
Canada.—Uur telegraphic d< ehi->vUteiv
have maile frequent meutioa <A
which lias passed the k.w'er houws of
vincial Parliament. This measure
sitated by the withdrawal of t he ?r;
lar troops from the Provinces to rei '
army in the Eas\ Men musy bej
take t heir places as detender^cl4h - i*
against loreigu or, domestic troubles, *..<! theN
militia are to be railed upon lorthat purpose.
This is rega'ded by;mauy asa viry linjkirtau*
.-tep iir the career oTBniiih America. Joking.^
to nothing loss than virtual iiideperi- *«-€ .- -
Already the Canadians have a sort «f i*j u li-
can civil constitution, with a r*f!po:i*itfr
lalive body and ministers. If toe -j, fit
of the troops, and the substitution of the i..„ .ia.
be permaoeut, as it now seeius j1 f
there will only remain one re<p "" '
the associated provinces p ju;t«
—namely, an elective
When they obtain that
ing thereto UreatBritai'^teiii I _
iter one indeed. -ami the soverei^x ty st tlm
Queen merelv no-i inal. r.
| The 'Toch Points."—The "fopr point's." a
Guerrero, and the second is to be commanded .stationed at Bort Laramie—4 compauies will uf^r ',ood ty tl,e representatives f the Allki
by Garza, who went to New Orleans, a few days tuho ^ „„ tlle Tln^r i ®! n0W 8a,d lo be l*
since, and is expected to return by the next
I pass the summer in the neighborhood of Fort' ^
al thousand dollars for this purpose. I think
that this timei the movement is general and
popular, and well organized; E. J. McC.
We are indebted to the San Antonio
Atkinson or of the Big Timbers.
take post on the Upper Missouri, luroeoom- oj the exclusive Russian proteJi-*at« of" the
panies of 7th Infantry from Fort Gibson w;il principalities. 2. The free navffenn of hr
" mhe opeiinji of the Bll^i Sea to the
tions. 4. The redn- jjfti of Sebas
c iop'jl u.nd limitation of the Russia ^iaval forces
This force will, undoubtedly, be a lequate iH.ut direction, in order that J-y may no
to the protection of the country it is dcsignud PerP«,ua"y threaten Con ^trnople.
to cover./ Gen. Harney will proceed «> ibe ^ Xhe NueceTvalley con
Bejfereno for the above. The writer has fa- discharge of his duties with zeal and eiik *ncy. ! n;j,f H. P. Bee intends rui
cilities to know what is transpiring in that 'Many of his officers are njen of fin- attain- ,. , xhe Colonel has notit <
quarter. ;■ merits and much practical knowledge. ^ ^ uiu *;;-jot
lictsthe rc-
g Con
i®jr to
The Prospects in Eorqpe.—A Paris
correspondent of the New York Tribune, af-
firnis that the mission of Lord John Rt ssti.i,
is not a peace mission, and no peace will prow
out of the Conference of Vienna. He says:
England, at this moment, desires the des-
truction of Sebastopol more than a peace.—
This is the real sentiment of the aristrocratic
men of England at this time—of those men
who completely failed in conducting the affairs
of State, and who kuow that Eugland is a
great nation, when properly aroused. They
know that if the war ceases now, England will
have sunk to a most degraded position in the
eyes of the world, and they prefer an oppor-
tunity to display her old traditional power,
and thus redeem the reputation they have lost
for themselves and their country.. In this
new contest, the aristrocracy and the people
will be alike zealous for the war, since for the
first time it is a struggle to maintain the
power which has been hereditary in their
hands and which ihey feel gliding away from
them 3 aud for the second, an honest, patriotic
effort to mipe out the stain which the war has
brought t^on the country's reputation. It is
even broadly asserted in diplomatic circles in
Paris that Lord John Russell hasyoneio Berlin
and I ietma to prevent peace; and thedemands
which the allies make of Russia, to blow up
her own fort at Sebastopol, and the remarks
u. by Lord Palinerston >about the speedy
ret' ji of Lrf)rd John Russell to assume bis
po.-1 in the Cabinet, all confirm this assertion.
; ii^g as England' hiay be, she does not
iii -in peace at this moment; and there will
b i. peace—rely on it. All agree that the
in-ti- ctions given, both to tbe English and
I'rom-h Commissioners to the Congress of
Vioma are bnef and abrupt; and then they
li.iv- directions to cut the negotiations short
the minute their propositions ar^flpbsed, or
i y prevarication is attempted; andSMce new
•> - ad regulations in regard to the Black
.> ,i ;i i d Sebastopol are a part of their terms,
it is >-iipossible that any peace eau grow out
The Sioux Indian#.—A ;et;..r
Whitehead, Kansas, dated Marwh T?.
_ ] have just heard of an
;mi
sons who are engaged by tbe Unu
that Col. Vaughan, the Indian A^
liged to keep within the fort and ont of ssght,
and that they are only deterred from destroy-
ing all our officers and property i-ter
position and. influence of tbe agents of the
American Fur Company. Ho* long this
will continue, or what may be the w.-ulf. r
do not know. Itistoo far tosend^ tor -, ,
as t;.e distance from here is some thousand^
miles, and we wiU have toleire 1ke setter in
the hands of Providence.
TheBouu.) Laud Ap
Th& -' Unioti" states that from
the 25th of March, irvc^iV - t!«i
teen thousand four bu/'dit.1 ;-.pfic
to the Pension Officr f': C^v. .
land under the law thn* p-i'w.d ;
gress. The'largest nu4jber af app,l
were made on the SSt: - ami
to threKelljtiusa^d aetva^ji^gtied; Th* V&*
estimates, on officiai ir:''
millions of acres of iv ill
tbe provisions of-ttie act of &ia;.
estimate is as follows: ?
60,000 applications for 80 acres each... 4.600.0&0
125,000 '• 120*" „„..-.15.00S,«<>0
Short service, (less than one month and.
over fourteen days)...... 4u,0 "
Naval 'service,..'.... 30,pi
Wagon-masters, 4c., ; 10,000
Revolutionary .........••••«••. .. .... 8,00®
Ail others —12,000 .
100.000
at 160 seres each.. ...
\
Total.. 35.fft0.fe00
The *-Slar " ot last evening states Vtiat up.
to yesterday morning 24,500 •pplicHtions
bouuty land warrants untier the recent law,
had been entered at the Ptmsion Bureau, mni
intimates a doubt as to whether all the case*
to be presented oan be disposed of in less than
three or four years. We regard this as an ex-
travagant estimate;^ but, sbcuid tbe Govern-
meiit conclude that even two years witibe re-
quired lor the completion of this tiifky b) the
lmce liow authoriitcl, we tim-t that tli«io|p
may be promptly and largely incre&setOTtie
expectants ot these bouuty lands are in gWer-
al poor and aged persons, and any avoidable
detay to consummate the ititer; ku-s <ft tbe
law lor their benefit wili be alike angmcioos
and cruet It i?, moreover, desirable that
Congress should know, as early as possible,
lor its guidance ih iuture legislation, what
quantity of the public lauds will r-e iwjuuau"
to satis.iv all the claimants under !h rfaajglg5y|
Forced Texas Scrip.—It turns t«i thai th*
Peter G. Merritt, aims P. Gfaat
Kew Or tea us police report not
fered forged Texas Scrip in that-«ffl"
peared to have quite a stock oi tlie
hand, is noiie other than Phtnean ^. Mcryii,
lormerly "oi this city—the same «£h*.
law suits, was chaiged betore Lo-'xii if.
State, with having ftaoduleatiy l '
large amimnt of real estate ta in b;s
under the name of a factitious peEasu^
Augustus Cuftis.j: His son, E. Smith Jii
or Edward 8. Merritt, the same uh« left
deuly to avoid the consequences ot
of the name of a menranvils
city in *h re employruent he kgd
the iudividual rrrested m ISew York
iong since fur attempting, to pa*S lorj
Scrip.
Although both father and sob are
lajge, "notwitli!>taiidmg their facility
change tif names and ioealifie . ss-S
ot justice are keeping a sha«p lock <
t hem ai.d are also keeping a ^iff* ryr iyw
their confederates iii this and ii * b.b, utBer
mutters, they will lind it difficult to elusie their
vigilance.—GaL Journal.
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The corrc-spoedeat of tit" Pieaynno 1
writing from Havana, is relation t« tbe exe-
cution of Estrampes, says:
" No means were lelt untried to neve the
stony heart of Coacha. His own;
ter, upon ber knees, prayed to him% tpare
the life of tbe doomed Esoravpes. He list,
ened to ber appeal, which was uttfched1
tears streamed down ber cheeks, all a\mov-
ed."
Sam.—On Saturday afternoon
surprised by the booming of c nn«
enquiring the c-iuse, we were iufdrm
it was i salute in honor of Sara, or, in
words, in honor of tbe KnowN
in New Orleans,, of which that dayV
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