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letter from Santa Fe.
Special Correspondence of the State Times.
Santa Fb,;New Mexico, )
May 31st, 1855. J
Editors State Iimeb : From the
tenor of-accounts from tke Bangers, I judge
the different expeditions sect agrinst the' Ti
dian enemy in Texas have wrotght no re
suits beneficial to the fuuntry. Evidently;
tician suggests that hia
equal to much better
e enemy no les-
le or the other,
The blame, I
ral Persifer F.
war has been
the vast extent of her territory and its adapta-
tion to al! the products of slave labor. It is
therefore our doty to more at an early day in
this matter. Oar next Legislature should not
qnly pass such laws as would prevent the pros-
ecotion of future claims by citizens of Massa-
chusetts against citizen* of Texas, but should,
by express enactment, ;lay such a duty npou
all goods m^nulactureJ in Massachusetts, as
i would prevent their introduction iuto this State.
In all our /subsequent transactions with her,
she should be regarded as au outlaw, and
treated accordingly. Iftby fhis course she is
Unnatnral and vindictive as has been the not brought to her sense^ we shall have to do
•pint hitherto manifested by the Northtowards j our duty, and she be leftjtotake the consequen-.
-the inhabitants of the South, the late action of ces of infamoas c0n*ict
'the Native American Convention, which as-
sembled in Philadelphia, will have a tendency
to father increase the bitterness of that feel-
ing on the put of Northern free soil era. Nev-
er before in the history of parties, has such a
platform been presented to the people; for
bow^vQr overwhelming may have been the
strength of the democracy, hitherto, the en-
croachments of the Noith against the South
w«m no time s* signally and trinmphantly
rebuked.
It is true that the same necessity never be-
fore; existed that now exists for prompt, deci-
sive and determined opposition to Northern
interference with Southern right*
shaiseful act of the Massachusetts Legisla-
; tore, by which a law of Congress tfas declared
null and void, displayed a wantonness and
recklessness unheard of in the legislature of
the Und. §o long as the efforts of the deluded
fanatics were confined to petition, remonstrance
and persuasion, the people of the South were
willing to " be to their faults a little blind,"
but when forbearance ceased to be a virtue,
when citizens were murderedjin the attempt to
' recover their property by a due course of law,
and ttp,statqtes of the country scoffed at, de-
rided, and. the decision of the Supreme Court
ovatruied by petty State tribunals, even then
the eldpaitier foiled to throw to the breeze the
banner which has been left to the A merican par-
ty to nnfori Availability and policy have too
long1 Stood betweentheSonth and her rights,and
the'iithafesaftd mode of redress had become a
su6|^t of deep' and constant study when a
party sprang, into existence possessing the
■courage sod honesty to give to the world a
platform in winch Southern interests can be
vindicated, and the letter of the Constitution
be sacredly observed.
Th exclusion of the Massachusetts delega-
tion from the Convention will only tend to in-
crease the passion and fury of the North. The
good and true men of the- Know Nothings in
-that section of the country, who look upon the
' .perpetuity of the Union as paramount to every
- other, consideration, will still vote with the
Southern wing of the American party, while
the. free sailers will return from whence they
■ cu% either into the ranks of the remnants of
<th partis* to which they formally belouged,
'or endeavor to farm a great geographical par-
ty, under the fratricidal banner of "down with
thfcSbnth." In Maine, New Hampshire, Ver-
■moot, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode
island, as well as in some of th^ Western
States, this party may be predominant. But
the good old democratic Keystone State will
cfing to the Union. Occupying as she always
has, a proud rank in advocating Native Amer-
1 icanism, she will not now sacrifice the princi-
ples of that party tor the sake of gratifying
any "single idea'' clique, and this more par-
" ticularly, when that'clique has for its object
the dissolution of the Union, and the destruc-
tion of the South. ^Virginia, now that the par-
ty stands nnattainted either \with abolitionism
CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1855.
I
NUMBER 31.
to the party with his own hands. The lad
was given up, and yet remains in this city.
He is, I believe from the State of Durango,
in Mcxico, whence doubtless he was captured
by these Indians, in some one of their nume-
rous incursious for booty into our sister re-
public of Mexieo. He had been with his
captors several years, and now speaks their
language even better than he speaks his na-
tive tongue. He is about 15 years old. His
name is Anselmo.
On the following day the party left. Before
leaving the Governor distributed among them
. a small lot of presents—consisting principally
of shirts, clothes, butcher knives, &c. &c.—
The Governor, I understand, would have
given presents much more liberally to his
red friends, but for his belief that these In-
dians came from Texas, and came therefore
from beyond his jurisdiction.
These fellows were doubtless the Texas
the whole plan and exedtrtkm was Hsdij -2?a- j Coruanches. There is no telling what crimes
kins. The
ye warriors,
Ir some time.—
lily some eight
while the ene-
jforty-8:x killed
it fiftf on as pri-
*ide of-her eld co-laborer in the cause of de-
•mocrcy, and long before Mr. Wise's term of
service shall expire, the sober second thought
-of the people will rue the confidence they
have reposed in the political weathercock of
Accomac. If they do not, he will act with
more consistency than has ever characterized
-his political life before..
- -these two great States, and perhaps
one or more Northern and Western free States,
and the* entire Sooth acting in concert, the
hnHish designs of Northern fanatics may be
held io check, if not entirely frustrated. Upon
ttm American platform alone can this be ac-
complished.
But is it not the duty ot the South to resort
to other measures besides adopting a platform?
Is there no fez taglionis which would check
the headlong fuiy of these Northern madmen?
Is there not a mode of touching a New Eng-
Tankee's conscience more potent than
and expostulation? There is. Let the
peoplo of the entire South combine to ex-
clude, as for as possible, those states which
are continually waning with our institutions
(and particularly Massachusetts) irom any in-
terccurse whatever with our people. Let oar
professional men refuse to aid them in the col-
lection of fbeir debts, or. the prosecution of
their claims. Let us have perfect non-inter-
course with them. Let our bankers and bro-
kers nej&se their paper. Let our citizens re-
ject their products, as for as possible. In short
let them touch their organ of acquisitiveness
and they will accomplish more than all the
sermons could effect that men have preached -
from the time the Puritans burped the Salem
witches, down to the present day.
On this subject we append the fbllowing,ex-
eel lent article, from the Houston Telegraph:—
"All the political and many of the moral
questions of the day revolve around a
common centre—the slavery question. It is
the great question of the day,
naged. General Smith certainly night have
done better, if he had Been disposd. His
The last i military reputation as a irarrior and-is a tac-
' in fact
eat. As it is,
you have, I think, taui
son that will benefit on<
but probably injure bi
think, justly attaches to
Smith. ,
Here in New Mexico'
conducted vigorously anu .H some tangible
purpose. General John Gtrmd of this mil-
itary department was ditfixzi to carry it on
energetically and to the Advantage of the
country. The repeated igagements and
successes of the troops sao^low handsomely
he has done so. The white fer the red man
in New Mexico, I think, Irosy now safely
say, has got the upper hani I will recite
to you the Indian news of £e month.
On the.28th ultimo, Col.-Fountleroy had
a battle on quite a respeetak* seale with the
Yutah Indians in their owa -ountry, which
he had invaded with the objet of finding the
enemy and chastising him own dung-
hill. The Indians, it appeas, had on the
night of the 27th, a graad ife daaee, which
lasted- the entire night, anj of 'which the
troops, somehow or other gt wind. Hear-
ing of thq whereabouts of fle Indians Col.
Fountleroy set out in theiight for tneir
camp, intending if pussibfcfto attscfc it by
surprise. He reached it abst daylight, and
immediately pitched into t' " "" mi
enemy stood their ground 1:
and maintained it manfully
la the fight the whites lost
or ten in killed and wonndi
my are known to have 1
outright on the field, and ti
soners. The arms of the iwjans—including
bows and arrows aod aom^tre arsns—were
all taken, together wife aUsise in their pos-
session. 01
Several days previous to he above battle,
Col. Fountleroy had a figW with a party of
Indians, wherein hef-killej several of the
enemy, and took about a dozen more as pri-
soners. Besides thes< two accesses Colonel
ill hi fetnid tiji Ihu |~yotHttlero.y has had several, i^her tilts .with
the enemy since his irvasioaef the countrj. -
He has been, euccessnl in L.he expedition,
although when he unlertook it there were
many who laughed at he idet of following
the New Mexican Indians to their homes
and getting hold of tlem. He has proved
the thing can be done. The feet is a very
important one to the Gjvernment, and they
should stick a pin to hdicate it. I do not
believe the mountain fastnesses of New Mex-
ico are as insupe'able as the swampy ever-
glades of Florida are impenetrable. A war
of extermination nay jet have to be waged
against this enemr.
Some ten days lince a large party of Co.
manche Indians arjived in Santa fe—some
forty odd, or fifty si number. These Indians
wore an air of conidence or of self-sifficient
independence rathtr, and came boldly into
the city, as had always been their bearing
and their custom on visiting this tapital
while it was undepthe former governments
of Spain and Mexico. The Comasches
have much more respect for the Ameiican
government and jeople than they ever had
for the -4«rmer gcvernments and the Mexi-
cans. They seem^as yet I understand hardly
to believe that t{e Americans have the care
and control of this country. Once the Go-
manches frequently ranged near Santa Fe aid
plundered the Jew Mexicans at will, but
their visits are now few. Their range is con-
fined to Texas, and their field of predatory
operations is the frontier States of the unfor-
tunate Mexico. New Mexico has long since
i been poverty-stricken by the depredations of
her Indian enemies, and the Mexican fron-
tier states must also, before a great while
experience the sime results, from the con-
; tinucd and exteusivo depredations of the
they may have lately committed below, or
what their present intention really is. They
were probably run off from Texas by the
Bangers, now waging war against them. All
.this is rendered still more probable I think,
by an item I observed sometime since in the
Times of the following tenor: "The South-
en^CJomanches are leaving for the up coun-
try: They design joining the Northern
bands. Shanaco tore up all nis papers, and
said there was no longer peaoe. He took his
bahd and left for the head of the Canadian.
The general impression is that a war is in-
evitable."
The Apaches entered the town of Pojuaque
the other day, we hear, which lies some three
leagues from this city. They stole some
stock, and murdered two Mexican citizens.
Last Monday the mail rider arrived here
from Taoe, stating that he had been attacked
by the Indians on the road. He had one
pretty severe wound in the arm, and a shoti
through the saddle. He states that he killed!
one of the Indians, after which they retired/
On the 16th instant, Captain Cunningham
of the volunteers was attacked by a war parti
of two hundred Indians on the Upper Bio
Grande. The Indians were the Utahs. J*he
volunteers however forced them to retreat,
leaving several dead on the field. Captain
Cutningham followed in pursuit, with what
success I have not heard.
On the 18th instant an Indian arrived in
this city from the town of Abiquiu, stating
Tae American Banquet.
At the dinner oi' the American party in
Philadelphia, on the occasion of the late na-
tional convention, Albert Pike, the poet,
made the following remarks, as a representa-
tive from Arkansas:
Gentlemen.—The State from, which I
come is one of those rude, wild States in the
backwoods, for which, so far as numbers,
wealth, and influence in this confederacy go,
but little can be said. I am, therefore, quite
satisfied with the space of live minutes allot-
ted to me within which to speak. We of the
backwoods have an instinct—and we are all
Americans. (Cheers.) We have an idea
that he who is born upon American soil, un-
der an American sun, is a little better and a
little nobler man than any one born anywhere
else. (Loud cheers.) I recognise, Mr. Pres-
ident, your own pride of birth, but I dare to
tell you here, that proud as you may be of
having been born in Pennsylvania, or as my
friends whom I have heard with so much
pleasure, may be of having been born in
Maryland and Virginia, and other States of
thi3 Union, I feel myself a little better than
any of you, because I was born in the good
old commonwealth of Massachusetts.
(Cheers.)
Sir, I know it is the fashion now to talk
about the "aocideut of birth," but let me fell
you that we in the backwoods are not philos-
ophers or metaphysicians. We do not go to
the books to learn what are the springs of hu-
man action. No wise statesman ever did.—
Long essays and lucubrations upon those
springs of action that govera the human race
have never done good in the history of the
world, and never will. We feel, by instinct,
and we are proud to feel it, that it is a merit
in us to have been born upon this soil of ours.
Mr. President, when the great Emperor
of France said to the army of Frenchmen, in
Egypt, " from the summit of the Pyramids,
forty centuries look down upon you," to
whom did he address that speech ? Was it
to the Pyramids, hoary with forty centuries
of age ? No; it was to Frenchmen, and it was
because they were Frenchmen, that they bore
the eagles of France in triumph over half of
Europe.
"Up, bills and bows I
Up, men of Kent and Sussex I" j
was the English cry; and the drum-beaj of
England is heard all round the world. {Let
us, then, have the cry—
The Rjqdts of Teachers axd Parents.
•A"citizen of Newton, Massachusetts, was
tried recently for assaulting a publio sohool
vsucher at Cambridge. The teacher had been
iu the habit of keepiug defendant's child in
after hours, with others who had missed
tiieir lessons. The parent believing the de-
lation to be illegal, went for the child after
regular school hours, and the teacher refused
to give her up until she had recited her les-
son. The parent attempted to enter the:
school room, and being resisted by the teacher
assaulted him. The Court ruled that the
keeping of a child until the lessons of the
day had been perfected was legal; that the
parent iu attempting to enter the school
room in opposition to the will of the master,
was iu the wrong; that a child placed at
school by the parent is under the control of
iho teacher until regularly dismissed; ahd
that a parent cannot withdraw a child from
school during the day against the master's
will, except through the intervention of an
officer and the school committee. The de-
fendant was .lined 830 and costs.
Treatment or the Cholera.—Mr. E.
W. Lane, the well known Eastern traveler,
gi^es this receipt for the treatment of chol-
ttfa: If the patients have vomited the pois-
onous matter which is characteristic of the
ffecase, £ud'which resembles rice water, give
a table spoonful of powerful mustard in:a
tnmbler of cold water as an emetic. After
the vomiting (whether produced by the dis-
ease or by the above means,) within a few
minutes give a wihc-glass of brandy, with
ten grains of powdered capsicum (Cayenne
.pepper) stirred up. This generally produced
almost immediate relief; and in an hour,
rest, perspiration and sleep. In a few cases
it was, found necessary , to give a half dose
of the brandy and capsicum, after half an
hour or more. A second half dose was nev-
er required; but, should it be required, it
may be given. To accelerate convalescence,
it has been suggested that fifteen drops of a
mixture of spirits of ammonia and sulphuric
ether, ih equal portions, may be given three
or four times the following day.
A Windfall.—It is stated that Mr.
Albert Morgan of Boston formerly proprietor
at the Pavillion at Gloucester, received in-
telligence a day or two since, that an Eng-
lishman, named Mortimer Erskine, recently
deceased had left him the sum of £25,000.
The donation is one of gratitude for the kind
"Up, Americans! for your country and your care which Mr. Morgan and his family be-
printiples!" (Cheers.) jetowedon Mr. Erskine in 1849, at which
You may utter long philosophical disquisi-1 time he was taken sick with the small pox
tions about the human family, and tell me as whil# stopping at the Pavillion at Gloucester,
oftei* as you please that he who comes to this (fhc Boston Mail says that jthe information
country from choice is more deserving of j came through the British consul, Mr. Elliot,
credit than he who was born hereby necessity, j who in a day or two will place in Mr. Mor-
but I tell you that the same principle which j gan's hands a draft for £500, with which to
j has made the aristocracy of England the great pay his expenses to England, to take pos-
bulwark of that country—pride of blood—is j session of his property.
that the Apaehe Indiana had made a descent j that which has governed the human race from
in the vicinity of that place, carrying off all
the animals they could find, though commit-
ting, so far as he knew at the time of leaving
no murders or other personal outrages upon
the inhabitants. Most of these animals were
driven from the fields, where they were at
the time employed" in cultivating the soil.
The people of Abiquiu have for a long time
been apprehensive of an attack from the In-
dians. They have been looking for an attack
upon the very town. Some weeks since the
citizens sent a message here to the Executive
asking assistance and security, but he could
do nothing for them. They'asked authority,
to fight the Indians themselves. They are
anxious to do sp. They are, however aw^i%
that to do so without such permission or au-
thority, would deprive them of their right
to receive indemnity for spoliations. On the
return and report of the messenger to the Go-
vernor, the people held a public meeting on
the subject, and resolved to defend them-
selves. They stationed sentinels on the sur-
the very beginning of the world. (Cheers.)
I am proud of my good Anglo Saxon blood.
If I had been born of that good old stosk that
first peopled New York and Pennsylvania, I
should have been proud of my German blood;
Revolutionary Language.—The fol-
lowing lahguage, says the Washington Union,
was recently used by Lord Ellenborough in
his place in the British House of Peers.—
We regret our inability to insert the whole
- ; speech, which is but a reflection of that reform
and if I had been born in Eolith Carolina, and J movement in England which is now shaking
had had the good fortune to be a descendant j government to its very centre: _
of the people which first peopled that State, I j "But my lords, how can we, sitting here ! ^llt unqualifiedly condemning the transmis-
Tlie PbUi\delpiiia Platform
The followiijf are the platform and prit?
[ciples of the American Convention, &s final!
adopted at Philadelphia. We have already
published a synopsis, which was in some parta
imperfect^^The present is complete and
authentic: i
Platform and Principles.
I. The acknowledgment of that Almighty,
Beiug who rules over the Universe—whofc
presides over the Councils of Nations—who
conducts the affairs of meu, and who, in ev-
ery step by which we have advanced to the
character of an independent nation, has dis-
tinguished us by some token of providential
agency.
" -II. The cultivation and development of a
sentiment of profoundly intense American
feeling; of passionate attachment to our coun-
try, its history and its institutions; of admi-
ration for the purer days of our national ex-
istence ; of venerati^ for the heroism that
precipitated our Bemution; and of emula-
tion of the virtue, wisdom and patriotism that
framed our ^^lstitution, and first successfully
applied its provisions.
III. The maintenance of the uniitetf these
United States as the paramount political
good; or, to use the language of Washington,
"the primary object of patriotic desire."
And hence:
1. Opposition to all attempts to weaken- or
subvert it.
2. Uncompromising antagonism to ovary
principle of policy that endangers it.
3. The advocacy of an equitable adjustment
of all political differences which threatens its
integrity or perpetuity.
4. The suppression of all tendencies to
political division founded on " geographical
discrimination," or on the belief that "there
is a real difference of interests and views "
between the various sections of the Union.
5. The full recognition of the rights of the
several States as expressed ?,nd reserved in
the constitution, aud a careful avoidance by
the General Government of all interference
with their rights by legislative or executive
action.
IV. Obedience to the Constitution of these
United States as the supreme law of the land,
sacredly obligatory upon all its parts and
members, and steadfast resistance to the spirit
of innovation upon its principles, however
specious the pretexts. Avowing that in all
doubtful or disputed points it may only be
ascertained and expounded by the judicial
power of the United States. And as a corol-
lary to the above:
1.A habit of reverential obedience to the
laws, whether National, State, or Municipal,
until they are either repealed or declared un-
constitutional, by the proper authority.
2. A tender and sacred regard for those
act of statesmanship which are to be contra-
distinguished from acts of ordinary legisla-
tion, by the fact of their beiug of the nature
of compacts and agreements; and so to be
considered a fixed and settled national policy.
V. A radical revision and modification of
the laws regulating immigration and settle-
ment of immigrants. Offering to the honest
immigrant, who from love of liberty or hatred
of oppression, to seek an asylum in the Uni-
I ted States, a friendly reception and protection.
or does not recognise the institution of sla-
very as a part of its social systetn; and ex-
pressly pterinittiug any axprataon ofjpni-
nion upon the power of Congress to estaElish
jor prohibit slavery iu any Temtory, it is the
'•sense of the National Counoil that Congnaa
sought not to legislate upon the subject of
(slavery within the Territory of the United
ptates, and that any interference by Congreas
with slavery as it exists in the District of
Columbia would be a violation of the spirit
and intention of the compact by which the
State of Maryland ceded the District to tho
United States and a breach of the national
faith. >
XIII. The policy of the Government of tho
United States, in its relations with foreign
Government, is to exact justice iron the
strongest and to do justice to the weakest, re-
straining by all the power of the Government
all its citisens from interference with the
internal concerna of natious with whom we
are at peace.
XIV. This National Counoil declares that
all the principles of the Order shall be henoe-
forth everywhere openly avowed, and that
each member shall be at liberty to make
known the existence ef the Order, and tho
fact that he himself is a member; and it re-
commends that there be no concealment of
the place of meeting of subordinate Counoila.
E. A. BARTJjETT, of Kentuoky,
.President of National Council.
C. D. difihler, of New Jersey,
".. Corresponding Secretary.
Jamks M. Stephens, of Maryland,
Recording Secretary.
Fankt Fern at a Premium.—The Now
York Mirror avers that it know* that the pub-
lisher of a weekly newspaper in that city has
actually paid to Mrs. Farrington, (" Fanny
Fern," " Buth Hall," &c.,) in solid oasn
82,500; for a story of twenty-five columns in
length, which he is now publishing iu his
paper; and, adds the Mirror, he assured us
yesterday, with a smiling face, that he should
double his money by his venture. We only
wish says the editor he may do it.
We do not know whether, upon the whole,
we do " wish he may do it." And yet we
have no other reason for withholding our
sympathy from the Mirror on this point, than
the apprehension we entertain that the cause
of American literature is not likely to be very
greatly subserved by such an arrangement.
How many of our best writers could com-
mand such terms as these for the best pro-
ducts of their brains ? Would this publisher
give that amount to Washington Irving, for
example, for an equal amount of literary
matter? And yet "Bracebridge Hall" is at
least as good as " Buth Hall," and Geoffrey
Crayon's " Sketch Book " is to the full
creditable a contribution to our literature as
Fanny's "Fern Leaves."
W A new secret order it is said has
been organised in Philadelphia. The objeot
is neither political nor religious. The pur-
pose is simply to obtain a drink of the "^ar-
dent," in spite of the law on Sunday. A
head quarters has been established in a sub-
terranean place, and regular signs and pass-
words have been devised.
shonld have been proud ot my Huguenot , "by the hereditary-right corifcrred/for the most
blood. Let every man be proud of his own part, upon our ancestors for their services to
blood and country. It is a feeling with which ■ ^ gtat8) for their fitness for public eniploy-
God has inspired us; and that feeling whicli n,ent—ho\7 can we refuse to adopt that prin-
God has put into the universal heart of the cip]e? It ja the principle of our own origin,
human race is right, because God has planted j j-(jhcere.] It was because my father was a
it mere. (Cheers.) * j great lawyer, not because he was a party man,
That feeling has won all the great victories ; that he was selected on account of fitness for
of the world. That feeling it was that, j&ir-
ried the army of France into Russia. ~ TJj^t
feeling it was-which urged Ney, with iayen
thousand men, to charge sixty thousand Kus
sians, and cut his way through them. It is
that feeling which has carried the flig of
England all over the world. It is that instinct
that we, on account of our own birth, and our
own ancestry, are better than any one else.
Prejudice you may call it, folly you may call
it, but destroy that principle and you destroy
the mainspring of human improvement.—
rounding hills to watch for the approach of ((Jheers.) I care nothing about your theories.
It is enough for the people of the Western
country to know, there in their rude back-
_ ., before which ^ „„„
mere temp rary and techuica! political differ-i „ j .u . u
ences dwindle into insigmticence. It is a Loluanche> and other formidable warlike
. question which has more than once shaken the . tribes who arc ctnstantly eating out their
pillars of the Confederacy to their very foun- j substance and murdering their people,
dftftoiis; .arm which, though slumbering for \ mu n • *
awhile under the influence of compromise! lhe Governor of the territory received
■ortrnms, must ere long be met again and ' these Indians vcrj kindly, furnishing them
fought with still more determinate by the | g<wd qnarter8j au(I sendiug them ampIe pro-
It i* an issue between two great sections of j T's*°us in the way of broad and fresh mutton,
the country—an issue in which fanaticism on i They \^rc very gou t looking Indians. They
the one hand is arrayed against the plainest
principles of Constitutional right upon the
other. One section, regardless of the welfare
' or the rights of the other, wishes to prescribe
such laws and such morality as it may deem
best suited to the other. The former section
has been arrogant and dictatorial; the latter
patient and submissive. The North assumes
the right to interfere most radically with our
domestic institutions, while we have never
said or done aught against theirs. They would
be outraged to a man if a representative fiom
the 8«u«h shonld rise up ih Conaress and pro-
pnee the repeal of a law which secured them
in the enjoyment of their peace and property •
yet they think, or affect to think, it a duty they
- - - ♦ a tv ■«« 2n#l r% - . >1 I U..'. _ a
were as fine and portly and dignified sons of
the forest as I evtr saw. Their heads, I
thought, indicated an intelligent organiza-
tion.
In the evening Governor Merriwether had
a " talk" with them, at which I was present
in the Executive office. The "talk" was
long and tedious—for the words of the In-
dians in their translation to the Executive,
passed necessarily through five different
mouths. The Comauches, they said, under-
stood neither Spanish nor English. Their
an enemy and give timely warning of his
coming. Yet with all the precaution of the
citizens of Abiquiu against the Indians, their
wily enemy proved too smart for them, as
the depredation above mentioned indicates.
On the 28th inst., Governor Merriwether
left Santa Fe for the treaty ground near
Santa Barbara, lower down on the Rio Grande.
The Indians had sent in word to him that
they were ready to meet him in treaty. He
went well prepared I believe, for giving pre-
sents to the Indian?. It is not known how
many of the tribes engaged in the present
war are willing to treat. Several branches
of the great Apache family will be there at
least. This manifestation on the part of the
red devils of a willingness to enter into a
treaty of peace, shows conclusively that they
have seen enough of the war, and are anx-
ious to retire from it. Else why sue for
peace? No peace between the Indians snd
the people of this country can be a permanent
one so long as the relative condition of the
two remains as it is. The IndRms-must be
settled down, they must be civilized. Some-
thing on this head might be learned from
Texas. The tribes she has settled are doing
well I learn, and have a bright prospect
a head that the wild Indians have not. Iti
New Mexico the very best portion of the po-
pulation is said to be the Pueblo Indians,
i who were once s warlike and as uncivilized
as the Apaches, the Comanches or any other
of the wild Indian tribes. The Spanish go-
vernment civilized them and converted them
to Catholicism. I presume they number ton
thousand souls in this territory. They live
in houses and towns and arc altogether a very
valuable people and form very peaceable and
industrious communities. They are, too, a
prosperous people. So much for civilizing
the Indians. It is the only practicable me-
thod of benefitting the red man and provid-
ing for hit future. The condition of the
woods under the shelter of those glorious
trees and breathing the free air of the prairjjs
—it is enough for them to know that they are
American-born citizens; and to believe, as
they do, in the inmost fibres of their hearts
believe, that being American-born citizens,
the world does not hold their equals.
A Scene in the New York Board or
Alderman.—Alderman Briggs presented
the following:—Whereas, David O'Keefe is
or has been employed in the Street Depart-
ment, and whereas David O'Keefe, Jr., is a
member of the Legislature from the 1st ward,
(although said to be an actual resident of the
13th ward) and is also a member of the Police
Investigating committee of the Legislature,
at $3 or f 4" per day; and whereas, Frank O'-
Keefe is Health Officer in the 13th ward, and
whereas Joseph O'Keefe, who is only 21 or
22 years old, has recently been appointed by
the Mayor, a lieutenant in the 13th ward pol-
ice, in place of a meritorious and experienced
officer, who has discharged his duties with
true fidelity to the ward; and whereas Simon
O'Keefe acts as deputy to one of our city
officers, being too young to legally hold office
yet, therefore.
' Resolved, That Mrs. O'Keefe, the wife and
mother of the above named O'Keefes, be im-
mediately appointed by Mayor Wood, as
matron of the 13th ward station house, so that
Mayor Wood can congratulate himself on the
liberal public provision for the entire family
of the O'Keefes; and further.
Resolved-—That- it Mayor Wood has any
doubts as to his power of appointing Mrs. O'-
Keefe, that he i.s hereby authorized to assume
the "One Man," or even unrestricted power
to make sneh appointment, a!thr>'.ijrh the ex-
ercise of this dangerous power in the heart of
oar country might ultimately blow our irr:e
institutions to atoms, and erect on the ruins a
throne and sceptre for some such ambitiuos
and cunning partisan as the Hon. Fernnando
a great office, that of chief justice of the
pleas. He had no family, no connexions; he
Tosc altogother by his fitness: [ylheers.] It
was no favor, it was fitness, that made Mr.
York Chancellor and Earl. [CheersJ It
j was not favor, it was fitness, that malfevSir
! James Harris, the great diplomatist,-Kip*' of
j Malmcsbury. [Cheers.] It was not favor
j which raised the father of the noble lord op-
j posite (Viscount Canning) to that office the
| reward for which was the peerage whieh the
noble viscount now holds. [Loud cheers.]—
It was not favor which raised the brothers
Cecil to be ministers of Elizabeth and of
James, and the founders of two great families.
We are here for the services of our ancestors.
Is it for us, then, who sit here by that right,
and enjoy dignity and honor by reason of
their services and their fitness for public em-
ployment—is it for us to turn round and say,
' It is true our ancestors rose by fitness, but
our relatives shall enjoy advantages from con-
nexion with us, and from favor?' [Cheers.]
No!"
sion to our shores of felons and paupers.
VI. The essential unification of the Natu-
ralization Laws. The repeal by the Legisla-
°' thfiy look upward is erarr p —f
Through thia beaatifiil world of oura.
And dear m a smile on an old ftiaad'alaoa.
Ia thanoila of the bright, brieht flowwTl
They tell at
Thej tell as of lanes Aid trees *
Bntthe children efehowars *id eanav k—
Have lovelier talee than these. aaa*,
The teUof a aeaaon whan man ware ml
When earth waa bjr angel* trod,
And leave* and flower* in every not
Burst forth at the call of God-
When spirit* singing their hymsaat
Wandered by wood aad glade
That blesalag remainath upon them atffi.
Though often the atom aloud lower*!
And frequent tempeett m aoilaMdehiU
The gayest of earth'* fair flowera.
When Sin and Death, With their (Irimf
Mad* a home in the hearta of man
The bleaaing of God on each tender laaC
Preaervad their beauty
W The GermanM£$iril]tam8burg, N. Y.
had a meeting -IStely and resolved to resist
the liquorglaw by foroe if necessary 1 A com-
padV of armed volunteers itisaaidwas formed4
to this all Americans, friends or foes of tho
law, will support it t&*the last.
A Nun's Wish-—Southey, in his "Omnia-
na," relates the following:—"When I was
last in Lisbon, a nun made her escape from
the nunnery. The first thing for which she
itxjeired when sWreached the house-is vUL
sbe was to be secretcd was a loOKing gTafiS.—
She had entered the convent when onljf five
years old, and from that tune had never seen
her own face. ;
'owe to their God and their country, to pursue \(Te T
this coarse towards us. There are many peo- iirst therefore communicated with a
pie in the Northern States who are cot obnox- j Pueblo Indian in Comanche, he with another
lous to these charges, but it is ev ident that Pueblo in Pueblo, he with the regular inter-
this number is growing gradually smaller, , . „ . , ' , , , °
While the other ii increasing as well in arrol ' Prcter ln Spamsu, and he to the Governor in
fmce as in numbers. Did Washington, when ! English. This long process, added to the
leading for the whole country, imagine that, j fact that the interpmers were generally
at a subsequent period a portion of that coon- !, ... / °
try would couple his came with infamy, aud j s'ow spoken individuals," made the parley
by its Legislative enactments destroy the sa-' exceedingly monotonous and tiresome.
cred rights of that part of the Union which ! Ti.;,, u-j -.r 4l
birth taught him to love and love to defend? j. , ^ had wllh them a Mex"
fiot the State of Massachusetts has seen fit ilcan 'ad, as a servant or slave, whom the
to treat us as enemies because she dislikes our j Governor demanded, but whom they stoutly
Inil in catror tlta nr 1 ■ i/>I■ Kinr) n t . «■ "
Wood, whose bad antecedents arc now being
daily continued." The paper was twice
read, and disapproved of in the strongest
terms by Aldermen Ilerrick, Lord, Howard,
Kelly and others. Alderman Howard, in
_ . the course of his remarks, reflected ujion tho
American Indian who live «poW the products j iiterary acquirements of Aid. Briggs, and
of the chase, and a war of plunder and blood i charged that he had to get some person to
Bussian Losses.—Lord Lansdowne said
the other evening in the House of Peers,
that the Russian loss since the commence-
ment of the war had been 247,000 men.—
The following are further details. In the
month of January last a report was present-
ed to the Emperor Nicholas, stating the loss
ofthe army at 187,000 men, including those
who died under the severity of long marches
and of sickness. A new report was present-
ed to the Emperor Alexander in April, fising
the total loss of the army to March 31 at
250,000 men. In this report especial stress
was laid on the effect of the marches, and
some disastrous incidents were particularized.
It was stated that an entire company had
perished under tne snows between Odessa
and Perekop, and another between St. Pe-
tersburg and the south. An entire battery
had been lost in the same manner, with the
men and horses. The guns were found after
the thaw, and are again in use.—London
Daily J\rcics. t
tures of the respective States of all State laws ; on "nie spot. The Express says that if it came
allowing foreigners not to vote. The,Repeal,
without retroactive operation, of all acts of
Congress making ^jranlsAf land to unnatu-
ralized foreigner!, and allowing them to vote
in the Territories!
VII. Hostility to the corrupt means by
whi'-ih the leaders of party have hitherto forced
lipeu ua our rulers and our political creeds.
Implacable enmity against the present demo-
ralizing system of rewards for political sub-
serviency, and of punishment fof political in-
dependence. Disgust for the wild hunt after
office which characterizes the age. These on
the one hand. On the other—Imitation of
the practice of the purer days of the Republic;
and admiration of the maxim that " office
should seek the man, and not man the office,"
and of the rule that the just made of ascer-
taining fitness for office is the capability, the
faithfulness aud the honesty of the incumbent
or candidate.
VIII. Resistance to the aggressive policy
an<! corrupting tendencies of the Roman Cath-
olic Church in our country by the advance-
ment to all political stations—executive, leg-
islative, judicial or diplomatic—of those only
who do<not hold ci-il allegiance, directly or
indirectly, to any foreign power, whetter civil
or ecclesiastical, and who are Americans by
birth, education and training—thus fulfilling
the maxim, "Americans only shall gov-
ern America." The protection of all citi-
zens in the legal and proper exercise of their
civil and religious rights nntl privileges; the
maintenance of the right of every man to the
full, unrestrained and peaceful enjoyment^f
his own religious opinions and worship, alfd
a jealous resistance of all attempts by any sect,
denomination or church to Obtain an ascen-
dency over any other in the State, by mefts
of any special privileges or exemption," by
any political combination of its melnbers, or
by a division of their civil allegiance with
any foreigu power, potentate or ecclesiastic.
IX. The reformation of the character of
our national legislature, by elevating to that
dignified and responsible position men of
higher qualifications, purer morals and moYe
unselfish patriotism.
The lily 1* lovely a* when It slept
On the waters of Bden'a i«ir ;
The woodbine breathes sweetly ksMhen It anal
In Bden from brake to brake j
Th®J left aa a proof of the loralincsa
Of Adam and Bve'a first home:
ThV «« here aa types of the Jors twfrW
The just in the world to corn*.
Tfe# SatlMMl Convention.
Tho New York Herald speaking ef the split
in the American Convention on the mutiuu
of slavery says: -
The result has been generally anticipated
But instead of this split being a disaster*)
the Know-Nothings, we art inclined to tkkk
that it will constitute a stronger ground for
them to acquire further, victory and power
ever the old parties in the separate
It was idle to suppose in the present of
excited feeling between tka North sod South
en slavery, caused by the Pierce ■amfa.lptfit-
tion, that any common ground of agreement
oould be found for the constitution of a na-
tional platform other than opposition to
imbecile administration. They were oompel*
led to agree to disagree on slavery. This will
£ive the Know Nothings the vsotago^round
in future contests, both North and South,
each in their own State. They will now fall
back, each State on its own paafrtw; prin-
ciples, and prejudices, either on slavery ot
an ti-slavery, and thus have a better
to carry the elections of thif year «* " they
Otherwise could have. done. In dim of
twelve months they will be abb to call an*
other National Council or Convention, simply
for the nomination of President and Vim
President, and We Venture to say that on that
single plank there will be no split—no divi->
eion—no flare up. ^
We rather think, therefore, judging of
these matters in a practical way, Sat the
Know-Nothings, as a party, will bow become
in each State the most formidable at any oth<
erin the field. Take, for iostanoe, the Know-
Nothings of New York. The ooune of the
Northern.and Southern men, relieve thest
from all compromises to Southern sentiment,
and they can go into the election next fall
on any platform that trill be the moot popular,
or carries the most votes, without regard to
slavery or anti-slavery. We verily believe,
that by the droll result or split of the Oovn*
cil in -Philadelphia, both the Semrd party
and the Frank Pierce party are completely
caught in ntrap. The several Rnow-Noth*
ing State organizations over the Union will
never be abandoned till aftefthe Prudent*
ial election of 1856, and for that single m*
test they ean bring already nearly 1,Sb®,00O
absolute voters into the field, besides tho
volunteers they may pick Up^by the way.
Mr, Thomas Harrison, of Montgome
ry Ala., who held the office of Commissioner
of Deeds for Massachusetts, has sent his
commission to Governor Gardiner, " not
wishing, he says, to hold an appointment
from a State that does not recognize the con-
stitution and laws of the country." This is j any influence or direction of a denominational
right." Let, every one having any offi- j or partisan character. And inasmuch as
cial connection with the recreant- State Christianity by the constitutions of nearly all"
speak out till Massachusetts shall fully rea- j the States, by the decisions of the most emi-
lize the scorn and contempt with which *he j nent judicial authorities, and by the con?fent
is regarded by the people of her sister States, i of the people of America is considered an
t /v T • : element of our political system! and as the
iSy-Mr. Jones, after havinc spent an even- ir , , *'
,. . *Y,., i Holy Bible is at ouce the source of Chnstian-
mg over his bowl, went home a little '"how .. - , , .. , „ ^ ■ e ,,
ir <• x , . i ity and the depository and fountain of all
come you so. lie was fortunate enough to \ s., , r • 1 ,, _
j find his better-half asleep. He went to bed, Icml and rch^ fTCC<iom' we °PPose ever^
and after amomcnt's consideration, he thought
Gen. Scott.—Bis Appearance.—In
ing down Twelfth-street to-day,.(May 21st,)
I met, for the first time forjjwny months,
Gen. Scott. He resides-iir a spleudid man-
sion in that street, whiolThe purchased sinee
the title of Lieutenflfct-General was given to
him with the salary added from the time of
the war with Mexico. He grows old quite
rapidly, and the change in his appearance
since the result of the campaign that elected
G en. Pierce is very apparent. His lofty form
is bowed down—his clastic step has passed
away—a look of sadness and weariness has
settled upon those once expressive and decid-
ed features. He leads a very retired life—
sees little company—-rarely appears in publio,
and usually walks alone.
. [jVeto York Cor. Boston Jour.
Abuse of Lacdangm.—The New York
Evening Post contains a communication from
a private source, calling attention to the in-
creased use of laudanum by many young per-
sons of that city, who procure it, the writer
says, " in large quantities at the druggists,
and sicallov; it like water!" Adverting to
his own experience, he goes on to state that
his "feelings are daily harrowed by the sight
of a young relative who has taken to this aw-
ful species of intoxication; every means have
been tried to break her of it: money has
been withheld from her—the druggists near-
est home have been warned against furnish-
ing her any—but all has been in vain. It
'is idle to think of being able to warn all the
druggists in this vast city. She procures it
in immense quantities in various places, on
X. The restriction of executive patronage j trust, gives a false name and address; ahd
—especially in the matt^of appointments to j w^eu s^e is prevented from going out, bribes
office—so far as it may be permitted by the j n'J servants to get it for her. In despair at
constitution and is consistent with the public j J-"^8 things, which iw fast hufrying
c,00(] | her to her grave, 1 have sought information
= XI. The educatiou of the youth of our | Respecting this singular species of vice, and-
provided by
, , -j , i ., 0. . [ have discovered, anions: families known to me-
country in schools provided by the State; I , „ ' - , ,. j . *
, i ii i i ii -ii. I i no less than nve persons whose lives and m-
which schools shall be common to all, without i „ . . , ^ .„ , . .. , , .
,. .. .. . , . ■,? a ; tellects have been sacrificed to this deleter-
distinction of creod or party, ana tree ffom , „
- - -- -- - 1 - - ious drug.
There cannot be a doubt that of late years
the consumption of laudanum and opiuiu has
greatly increased, especially iu the Atlantic
States. It would be well if some method
were devised to put a check to the growing
evil. In Europe its sale is forbidden except
under an order from a physician, and a simi-
lar regulation might be of service here.
thus
against the whites, has already reached a
crisis. The country cannot support them
much longer. Civilization witn its conse-
quent annihilation of all the essentials of the
poor Indian, is becoming too universal. His
write the resolution offered. Aid. Brings in
return remarked that the character of Aid.
Howard was as black as the darkest night,
and that he came from an unenlightened dis-
trict and was universally known as a pauper.
[On this, Alderman Howard became excited,
institutions, ind to sever the bonds which bind i rpfnsed to dAliro- „„ tu ■, ^
tfaer to the Union. It is not the rash act com- ; ® t0 uf Thfc>'sald lntend"
-milted in a moment of phrenzy, but the result jea taKlDg "ln* to Mexico to sell for stock;
•of many years of fanaticism, evincing a set- I and at length proposed to trade him off to
tied purpose to break .town every barrier be- j Gov. Merriwether. The Governor responded
tween her ami the gratification of her lawless ; , „ re. punui.u
spirit. She is no longer a member of the Con- j "e w°nlu not buy the prisoner, but that
federacy—let the Sooth at least treat her as a ! he would receive him with all his heart as an
owoigii State. She has no sympathy iu com- j evidence of the friendship which the Co-
.moii with os. , a. . _ 1
Texas idjJestineU to become one of the 1 mall0"e profSssea for our peoplo; and thrt
?oo4t influential of the slave States, both fiuxii ion his delivery he would distribute presents j
great means of support, the buffalo has com- i and threw an ink bottle at Alderman Brieg's
heftd. The latter dodged the niissilo, and
the Chairman, Alderman Voorhis, as such
, temporarily called the indignant members to
abandon the chase and settle down as culti- on]m-.] Alderman Kelly and others contcn-
vators of the soil. Otherwise they are bound
paratively disappeared. The only way for
the Indians to maintain their existence is to
it would be policy to turn over lest his bread
should betray him ; when Mrs. Jones opened
her eyes, and in the mildest manner in the
world, said : "Jones, you ncedu't turn over,
you're drunk clear through."
constausly to deteriorate until ofthe red mau,
now lord of the plains and the forests, not a
vestige will remain.
APACHE.
attempt to exclude it from the schools
established in the States.
XII. The American party having arisen
upon the ruins and in spite of the opposition
of the Whig and Democratic parties, cannot
be held in any manner responsible for the ob-
noxious acts or violated pledges of either.—-•
The Benton Slander Suit.—The tele- And the systematic agitation of the slavery
graph, some days since announced that old question by these parties having elevated
Bullion had been mulcted in §5,000, for slan- sectioual LostiIity""into a posUive element of
dering Judge Birch of Missouri. The Os-j political power, and brought our institutions
ceola (Mo.) Independent says : J into peril, it has become the imperative duty
of the American party to interpose for* the
purpose of giving peace to the country "and
ded that the Chair should not entertain such
a paper. The Chair contended that the p;t-
i per nmst be entertained and submitted to '
and was sustained
'The alleged defamation consisted in char-
ges against Judge Birch, touching him in a
tender point as a husband. The proceedings
the disposal of the Board
in his decision. Alderman Brown moved
that Alderman Briggs have leave to withdraw
his resolution which was carried.
Gov. Reedcr passed through New
York 011 the 14th, accompanied by his sec- j The political guillotine at Washing-
retary on route for Kansas. The journey j ton continues to fall without nicrcy on the
was expected to occupy about ten days, so ! necks of persons suspected of Know Nothing-
that by this time he is nearly at the end of 1 ism. Among the late victims is Mr. George
it. The Territorial Legislature of Kansas j Wilson, foreman of the engineer department
meets on the 2nd of July at Pawnee, but I of the Navy Yard at the capital, certified to
took at one time—for the suit has
gging for sis years—a political com-
plexion. Indeed, the slander, as it is casyto
Adventures of a Letter.—The Tolland
county (Conn.) Gazette gives the following
particulars of a curious affair connected with
the transmission of letters: *
A letter was written and duly mailed at
the post office in this town, directed to a lady
in New York State—the town we do not re-
member. Nothing was heard from it, and
the Writer had no means of knowing whether
it reached its destination or not. Sometime
after one of the paper mills in this town re-
ceived from Bostou a quantity of Waste pa-
per, &c., in bales, to be used as stock in their
manufactory. One of the bales was found to
contain a lot of letters, with tho post office
"Ttie-wtnfl passearpvara, iiM His gpmr. —
How oflen we hear men eager'in the pur*
suit of partners for life, inquire for a beauti*
ful wotaan; and yet how brief and transitory
the existence of what they seek, and bo*f un-
productive of happiness is its possession.
We know full well the satisfaction that
sleeps beneath the snow-white lids of a bea *
tiful eye, in the haughty curi of IB exquisite
lip, in the blush of a rose that lean in the
budding cheek, in the fine tarn of a twan-
like neck, the gentle motions/of a symmetri-
cal form, or in the redundance of dark and
beautiful flowing tresses. The hearta of the
young and passionate leap gladly, and as*
filled with wild impulses, whilst galing opoo
these things—but when the soul issorutiniaed
and found unblessed by elevated thoughts
and generous imaginings, when the intellect
is uncultured and the imagination oold, die
slumber of forgetfulness will soon fill upon
the dream of beauty, and the flame of affec-
tion that burned so fiercely at first be quench-
ed in colj indifference and disgust.
With men. of genius, strong feelings aad
powerful passions are ever associated, and if
beauty is linmi&gled with the qualities of
wild thought and affection, if delicacy and
virtue are not admirably blended with men-
tal attractions, the light of love will soon be
extinguished, and the generous impulses of
the bosom chilled by spathy and contempt-
Many men of intellect may yield a mo
mentary homage to' a beautiful woman, dis-
possessed of other fagainations, even * vil-
lage urchin trill chase the gilded wings of a
butterfly; but in "both cases the externa!
splendor palls upon their senses, and some-
thing of an innate character ia sought for, to
sustain the regard which beauty excited.—'
toothing is so flattering to the finer feelings
bf man, ss the exhaustless and queoohkM
regard of a female, and no incense so rich can
be offered upon the shrine of a woman's am-
bition, as the avowed and enthusiastic affec-
tion of a man of genius. Beauty, thou art a
poor and unmeaning toy when contrasted
with depth of feeling, power of mind and
nobleness of soul, and she who would ag-
grandise to herself consequence, from the
little ambition of personal beauty, is too Im-
becile in her aspirations, to merit the atten-
tion of an elevated, high-toned thinker.
Sale of a Valuable Present rtott
Loum Napoleon.—There is to be a some-
what singular sheriff's sale at noon to-day, at
the City Hall- It is a magnificent gold snuff
box, mounted with brilliants, which was seat
as a present from Emperor Louis Napekoa
to a gentleman, whose name we have not
learned. The cyphef and imperial crewn of
the French Emperor are upon the cover of
the box, which is edged with precious stones,
It is said that this snuff box Was seised Sir
debt, and that the gentleman to whom it was
sent had never Seen ft. There lift no deafct
be a large attendance to witness the tale at
the eesaect of a living Emperor.
[Al T. Herald, 13tiL
see, was instigated by personal animosity j submitting to the laws, the National Council
growing out of political differences. They j ]iaR deemed it the best guarantee of common
found a vcrdict for *5,000 against Mr. Ben- [justice and of future peace to abide by and
ton, being for half the damages laid. J maintain the existing laws upon the subject
though there is very little in Judge Bircli s . 0f slavery, as a final and conclusive settlement
antecedents to inspire any large amount of j 0f [bat subject*in spirit and substanca-.
public sympathy, it can scarcely be doubted j And regarding it the highest, fluty to avow
'l rl Present 'nstance> grossly j their opinions upon a subject so important in
slandered. | j;stinct and unequivocal teruisj it is herefiy
perpetuity to the Union. And-experience —
nas snown it impossible to reconcile opinions . T>fi ]etterg ^ J ^ d
so extreme as those whic^arate {h^- Workmen amused themselves by opening
anbeno dishonor m them In golneof ^ wap foundry.
putants, and as there can"
Would you like
will probably adjourn to Shawnee, Missouri; j by Commodore Paulding and others as a most j Dickens's Household
some two hundred miles east of the former skillful officer and exemplary man. lie dared j sombre-looking ma pa si
place.
" wt-i'' '"-^efore seem to be totally crime. Such acts can only give power to the
proscribed party everywhere. 1 henpecked husband
ike to subscribe for | declared as the s^nse of this National Co^<
Words?" inquired a i that Congress possesses no power under tl
ilounded.
;he
me agent. "House-1 Constitution to legTsTate upon the subject of
to vote the American ticket—that was his j hold words have played the dickens with me ' slavery in the States where it does or may i
crime. Such acts can only give power to the j long enough was the feeling reply of the.' exist, or to exclude any State from admission J
into the.Union because its Constitution do«s
in small sums and, strange to say, one of them
proved to be the identical letter mailed in
this town and directed to New York. The
letter was returned to the writer, after having*
been for some months iu the care of the Uni-
ted States Poet Office Department, and at
last returned to to a paper mill not ttio miles
from where it started to be used in the manu-
facture of pulp. Now, what explanation can
be given of this matter ?
Died.—Mr. A. J. Rose who was shot in
on affray by Mr. G. W. Jones at Bastrop,
died from bis wounds
Hon. John Hancock.—Thw veil know*
and distinguished gentleman and jurist,
though not formally announced, it is g«e-
rally understood is a Candidate for Congress
from the Western District of Tcxa*. U m
said by the knowing one# that the p***3*
incumbent, the Hon. P. H. Bell, will he
his only competitor.
Hancock and his friends may not fear, Wit
rather dejpre the application of the old def-
fersonian test,' is he honeet T Is he capable F
is he fivt&hl to the constitution T in all tbtsc
he has fully proved himself to a
fespoctjAIei portion of the good pt
posing the Western District. For —■--
presage a hardtimeih giving an ac«*nt of
his stewardship. .
By the way this will eaase a
the judgeship in the 2nd <1 Udioial District,
to fill which we wferatead Jwto
land of Ia Grange will be a candidate, Mc.
will be hard tflr beei; *ry him who will —
Clariem.
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Ford, John S. The Texas State Times (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 31, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 7, 1855, newspaper, July 7, 1855; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth235766/m1/1/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.