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,SffiT- 29,1855-
Advertise-
I tk« a «mber of insertion a de-
lot •urerwiM ofcww,
A Stall discount will
bjrthe/ttr.
" dates far State offi-
fire dollars * i
4 eommmnkatkms of
will be charged at the
fcvi.t
the attention of oar
;af 8.8. Pen rod,
> the
has *'
of C. A.
assortment of
1 after tbe 1st of Goto-
hsve a semi-weekly mail across were discovered coming into the setilemeot.
i we have only a weekly.
Coobt.—The appearance
rlBttriet Court willte umwual-
, IW1 Term—casee principally
i tlnoet unprecedented hard tines
t#«n, will result in great distress
•" ISST'' '
have been unremitting in
their exertions to break op the wttlements
on the tipper Guadalupe. Jadge William
fi. Jones iaa resident of that region. He
haa been spending a few days in Austin.—
The from the Indians haa become so
imminent that seme families have removed
temporally from the upper Guadalupe, among
the number the Judge's. He has directed
a letter to Gov. Pease detailing the Indian
depredations, and the operations against them
for some weeks back. The skirmishes • of
Lieat. Kyle and Sergeant Lewis-a*$ omitted
because previously published. .
Austin, Sept. 22nd, 1855.
His Excellency, Gov. Pease—
In accordance with your request, made
while I was here last July, I riow attempt to
give you a statement of sSleh depredations,
as have been committed on that portion of
the frontier in which I reside—all of which,
I think, may be relied on as substantially
Use.
* * - * ♦ #
On die 31st Aug., near Smithson's valley,
16 pules from New Brauw&ls, four Indians
week several
I in the horse thieving
: have been committed for
shave bee a ar-
oames are
Martin Joaes, Frank
t ifeWilkins. The parties live
, Sam Jfwes, is about 65 years
lived in Eastern Texas,
in his pa*-
the preemption is that
1 the b*i n to perfection in car*
No examination has yet
ay committing Magistrate,
f postpone any remarks on the
with two or three othera pur-
the trail and found the Indians in a
ravine .roasting a beef they hadkiHed.—
They nafc th«I*.e«ape, leaving theirhorses
bows, arrows and butcher knives. Some of
this party were afterwards seen in the moun-
tains, two or three times,. by persons in the
neighborhood. L .
On Ac same day,'3l4 itug? tw$ Indians
rdde up in front of Mr. John H. Hedges'
on Curry's ereek, about 8 o'clock in the mor-
ning, and drove off four head of horses—not
more than 150 yards from the house—and
in open vifiw of the whole family, who were
in the gallery of the house. Mr. Hodges
and Mr. Newton, accompanied by a negro
man, immediately gave chase on foot. Af-'
ter following about two miles, through a
rough and brushy country, they came in
sight of the Indians, seven in number, with
about 20 head of horses herded in a prairie.
They were engaged in catching the horses
just driven from Hodges' house and putting
their saddles on them—all of them being
hones. The Indians were not aware
of the pursuit by Hodges and party. As
i af most ex-
, jpppji, JOamale fijend^
after-supper the prairie was too large to justify an attack
* * • * they quietly waited till the Indians.had sad
by
their lo-
of Lexington
and such sud-
agitite him. This
witt be taken by all
of tbe Hosts ville Item,
question? If tbe gov-
Statea and Great Brit-
yoa bear arms against
! invite the attention of our
fi to naex-
SkdaUic Calender,
f, by Mr. H. B.
er of tbe right of sale in
examined it, and do not
H ooe of the most in-
[ inventions of the day. It
i in relation to
5 ef tbe pceeent century, past, present,
It should be the
i of every one, and especially
. We predict for it an ex-
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in some places, forty miles within the |ettle-
ments, stolen horses and made their escape.
I conceive that the only remedy is the or-
gan isation of a sufficient mounted force to
traverse th% whole exposed frontier almost
daily, across the direction in which the In-
dians enter and leave the settlements and at
the, same time a strong party to be sent out
to search for the rendezvous of the Indians.
Wherever there is a mounted force in the
neighborhood of the frontier, the settlers
can, and will always render efficient aid in
assisting the military. But where no such
force is. near, the head of each family consid-
ProscrlpUon.
The' modern democrats pretend to be
dreadfully shocked at the prescriptive fea-
tures of the American Order. They go in
The Pope
<1 ocfi not Interfere
Politics.
In
This has been the senseless cry of anti-Ame-
l)etention ol' Papers.
There is every reason to believe newspa-
rican demagogues for the last twelve months. ; pera advocating the principles of the Amer-
ican party have been detained on the road j
test between the foreign and the native born along with other nnpatritrtic slang: they have j an<* not allowed to reach subscribers in due j
citizen. Which is more prescriptive, the prin-: harped upon it on the street-corners: they have j time. The game was played during the ean-
ciplesof the American party, or the practices j so4ni'®t' "P0" str.'n?; every ira- vass< but we had thought it would be stopped
c u tv u„ „ I agmable metre, until the twang of it has be- „ . , . J,. . .. t
of the Pierce democracy? How many men j come "stale, flat," and altogether " cnprofi- ;:lftcr the election. The communication be-
lias President Pierce caused t« be dismissed j table," anil with sensible men it has no other low, copied from the Confederate, looks as if
from office because they were native born j effect than to excite disgust for the reckless ! (hc samc fou, , haJ not bccn abandoned:
Americans anil believed Americans bad ai |mie-serving of its ret.-iters, or pity tor their ,
right to rule America? Let the records of the ^ T- ^. wh have made ; Messrs. Editors :-\Vhy is it that the
® , , , use of their own eyes in viewing political mat- ! Confederate has ilofc reached this office or
Departments at Washington be searched and ; tors, the following fact, in additional proof of the
|it will bo seen how
out of office or employ
' are in hopes it may reach the eve of some '";r> s,nc® 30ll|c time pr
who may never have given the Pope's claim c sec m the last number an editorial re- :
to temporal power more than a passing glance. ! mark, that some papers have been returned, i
To such we say, | not taken, &e. With your subscribers at!
LOOK AT THIS! this place, so far as wo can learn, it is alto- i
His Pontifical Highness has recently issued gether unauthorized, but on the contrary,
.ers it a paramount duty to protect his own r of having been born in America. The Amer-
placc and property, and concert of action, ; jcan party do not propose to dismiss any man
among the settlers, is prevented. j from office because he is a foreigner, or be-
About two weeks ago I saw Capt. C:>Ha- ' cause he may think foreigners have the right
han, who not having the opportunity then of to govern t he United States, but Gen. Pierce
communicating with your Excellency,reques- ! has deprived sons of thest.il of office and em-
ted me to inform you that his command had j P^ent simply because they were of opiu-
. , * a j* Mon America belonged to the Americans, and
been actively engaged m scouting and follow- , of ^ ^ ^ by (h;,m Now. wa
ing trails in the district o country assigne j kerc jj. reaj proscription and for opinion's
for him to protect. One half of his compa- , sajje_ Must an American born citizen be op-
pany is stationed 16 miles N. E. from Fred- ; posed, of necessity, to the present auministra-
ricksburg, and the other on the Guadalupe, j tioo, on account of his preferences for native
above the road from Fredricksburg to San i born citizens to (ill office ? Is there anything
Antonio. That no party of Indians had j really at war with true democracy in these
penetrated through his line of operations up- j °Pini°"s • Iw ' Tesas we ha?0 °"e
ou the settlements so far as he knew,although
Indian signs were abundant on that part of
manv havo TI ' ,orx-fct',lk'w''"S fact in additional proof of the ! c;,u)c to hanJ for ()Ver ope nionth t until
mar.} havo been ttimed . soundness of the position the American party . . ,un.i, T,r . , , * , '
ployment for the offence assumes on this point, is not necessary : but we ? cfhun °nly num-
A . are in hones it mnv rennh the ere of some !)0r> smt'J *>' « time previous to the election.
the frontier when his command was organ-
ized. Every party of Indians known to
have committed depredations, approached
the settlements above or below his line of op-
erations, cven^ those who took ^Mr. Hodges', tor—tbia^Slafek list—thi force4 resignktiJnNl
horaes on CurtyV eroek came from the di- ?r Forthe crime of believing that
rection of San Antonio, and retreated in the
certain names, ami this is to operate as a fcar
to future advancement, to the holding of office
or admission into the ranks of the pseudo de-
mocracy , another proposes a call to be made
upon Gen. Houston to resign the office of Sen-
ator. \Vhat are these penaltiesto be infficf&d
died all the horses and started in the direc-
tion of the Guadalupe river, then about one
mile distant. Mr. H. and party now again
followed on foot and through a rougtreountry.
Keeping themselves always out of sight of
tbe Indians and intending to overtake and
fire upon them while they were in the act of
crossing tbe river. They reached the river
jost as the Indians had Teached the opposite
side and were still in a small bottom. One
•hot was fired at them by the boy, wounding
the Indian. Mr. H. and Mr. N. could not'
get shots on account of the Indians being
eoneeded by the brush. The Indians imme-
diately fled, leaving twelve horses, which
they had stolen tbe previous night about six
miles from Mr. H's. residence. They rode
off Mr. Hedges' own horses. The Indians
crossed the river in full-view of a German
family, unprotected, the husband being ab-
sent, and who, but for Mr. H's. pursuit
might possibly have been attacked.
On last Monday, Sept. 17tb, a single In-
dian made ab attempt to steal a staked horse,
in open day, from the same prairie in front of
Mr. Bodges* house, and almost from the!
same way.
He particularly requested me to say, that
in hi* judgment the ejcvjenrics of the fron-
tier required a much larger force—three or
four additional companies—and that quiet
and safety coidd never be attained till it teas
done.
Gapt. C-, at the time I saw him, was pre-
paring to make an excursion westward with
the principal part of his company and such '
volunteer assistance as he could get, in hopes
of finding the rendezvous of the Indians,and
attacking and breaking them up. I learir
that he has left with a considerable force.—
It is to be hoped that he will be successful.
I am respectfully, &c.,
WILLIAM E. JONES.
In addition to the above, Judge Jones says
there iiHiot a single settlement, within the
district of country in question,which has not
been visited by tlie Indians, so tar as he
knows. Indian sign has been seen in all of
them, and the fact of their not having com-
mitted depredations in any given locality may
result from accident or a lack of opportunity.
Here is ample proof of an invasion by a sav-
age foe—of a systematic Indian war upon
the border citizens of Texas. What has
been done to check it? A company of
eighty-eight men has been sent to protect a
line harrassed by two or three hundred Indi-
ans and too extended to be covered by less
than a battalion of the most efficient men.—
Has the requirements of the Constitution
been complied with ? No person cognizant
of the facts would have the hardihood to say
they had. It is the duty of the Governor to
protect the citiiens of the State at any sac-
rifice of money. The general govern-
ment has failed to discharge its duty,—the
people have but one officer to look to for
protection—the governor of the State. We
do not believe Gov. Pease is indisposed to
protect the frontier, but wo fear he takes
icrat.ch "f hi« pen, at once, priests, peo- ; is made about its not coming regularly to
king! Here is a direct effort to anni-i hand. The Austin Gazette, Galveston News,
an allocution, addressed to the bishops and the Confederate is in high esteem, and will i
priests of Piedemont, an indepkndf.nt State. , have an increased circulation in Eastern ;
ln no wa>' °^'"S temporal allegiance to the . Te u coul,j be-reatly so, if an effort ware :
rope or any other power, declaring all the law.s i mi • " , / _ ir v 7 j
Ktnrf enactments of that Government ntdl and void . . c, c ^ u,' el i "1 c ' l,u 's . i
and excommunicating, in one bull and by a 1 ]n Austin, the . tate rimes—great complaint .
einjjle scr:
pie and
liilate the entire past legislation of a country, j &e., come regularly, when due.
knd to give tone anil color to that which may j i'car that something is wroni; in this :
come after. It is plain, t he Pope considers it, matter Ls it becansc therc are too' many 0f :
among his prerogatives, either to damn a here- m xi p - _l
tic or wipe out a nation. Are we again to ; our Deputy Post Meters that arc foreigners.
hear the cry that the Pope does not interfere j ' that it might be thought best, by them, j
with politics?—Galveston Confederate. j to suppress the circulation and reading of
' j your paper as it is rather too tight a document I
• The above bit of news evinces a slight dis- t0 suit their appctite? if s„ch be the fact, |
position on the part of His Holiness to in- j please sty to them, that they will be relieved :
terfere in matters temporal. • IfTcadcrs will j in lS.>fj-7, from the onerous duties of office )
Hake the trouble to oxaiuinc they will see in I hofdwj, to which tlicy are now subjected. i
-a. . , j-1 v * • • A SITRSPRI"RKR i
what position an excommunicated sovereign j
isbeld to stand, as regards the allegiance of |
has
jaonths, and
worthy the atten-
ent of tbe young gen-
•ftmr <*y. Sinoe its meetings have
> pibfic, a large and respectable
> bcre been in regular attendance.
t eooktaotsfend an evening more
f « profitably than by attending its
Jfei only the young
some of the older and abler
bar constitute its member-
igp the ardor and eloquence of
, jipfaii<i> thought and abler logic
tad experietu* give. The ques-
r j literary, scientific, k&toricnl, poH-
etc. .*
on Friday evening of
i wmkj at tbe Federal Conit Boom.
Kem eays Gov. Woed
of establish i g a commisrion house in
■ MiM Ada Theodore is playing in Wa h-
I on tbe Brazos. Her performances are
of. It is said proposes to
> tbe winter and give some
; entertainment i.
ii I «« « . i
pabliihes the
«t a meeting ealled for the pur-
for a big democratic barbe-
at Jaekmnritle on October
-Tbe Central Teams anuonnees the
theft in the room of Dr. J.
The articles stolen were vatebes,
t enff-pin?, etc. Tbe ttief must he
t. Boyce has been re-elected
10,000 or 15,000 votes. The
I largely American and Repnbli-
. —The N. Y. Herald says the
i have revolted, deposed their
!<•rfa* ftewliW ttesejj idians
of -colored men, in
'. ado{Aed -a platform,
^t^tVoy yesterday,
t ffcey state they will "gire the people
s untit they shall repeal
r in itfgard to eolored
1 the property
' men.
pnrity of our institutioiif, t he perpetui'y of our
republican form of government, could best be
secured by elevating Americans to office, is
not this proscription, and of the native bom
citizens too? The uhti-Amoricans are willing
to proscribe an American, but when a mere
test isapplied to tho foreigner for the noblest
ot all purposes, the preservation ofonr miglity
confederacy, then their tender natures revolt
at it. Some may believe this thing uf intended
proscription is an idle tale, but such is not-tte
i fact. II is stated in this place, upon better as-
thority than mere rumor, that Gov. Pease, Hon.
J. M. Scott, (U. S. Mail agent) Judge Old-
ham and others had a grand consultation, yi
which they tivided out offices, as the trium-
virs Mark Antony, Augustus, Ceaser and Lep-
idus, divided out the ancient Roman provinces.
It vras decided to pass resolutions of censure
against Gen. Houston, for his Know-Nothing
proclivities, and to invite him to resign, to al-
low no man to coalesce with the Bomb Shells
who had remained in the American Order un-
til after the August election. The time was
regulated so as r.ot to decapitate certain gen-
tlemen. who had bolted from the order,, when
they found no nominations in waiting for them.
We have no doubt of the substantial truth
of the above. It certainly smacks as much
of modesty as anything could. There may
be some foolish enough to ask why Maj. Scott
was not attending to the duties of his official
station instead of being thus engaged ? And
others might question the authority ot a self
appointed conclave to distribute offices.1 Do
the offices of Texas belong to these gentlemen,
to be given cut as rewards to their triends or
political adherents? Is Texas a conquered
! province-to be distributed among the follow-
ers of a few fortunate leaders? There is nf>'
secrecy in this—no dark lanternism—oh no!
It was bold, open and undisguised. There was
no slipping about iu dark alleys and creeping
into back rooms —nothing of that sort. Every-
body was apprised, all ther^ire hungry bomb-
shells were invited—certainly thfey were !
The little knot of precious celebrities were loo
much opposed to secret societies to be guilty
of holding a seciet caucus. They did'nt care
who saw or heard them—not they! Now this
driven
frightened—broke his rape an d ran to the
house. The Indian ww then seen running
into the brush, by several members of the
family. In the evening, about dusk, he
made his nppearrance again at the same place,
when Mr. H. shot at him, but failed to kill
hiin. These acttf manifest great boldness on
the part of tbe Indians.
About Sept. 6, a German belonging to the
settlement of Sisterdale, in passing, unarm-
ed, from Fredrieksburg to Sisterdale, wts
chased by an armed Indian for a considera-
ble distance—and about the same time Mr.
Dressel, of the same place, in passing home
from New Braunfels chased an Indian on
the road, for some distance. „
Between the last of Aug. and tre 5th of
Sept. a number of horses were stolen from a
settlement on the Cibolo, about 15 miles
above the road from New Braunsfels to San
Antonio, but how many I could not learn,
aad the names of the owners 1 do not now
reeaOect.
Far several nights in succcssion attempts
were mack to steal the horses of Mr. Bee he
on the Guadalupe, 25 miles N. W. from
N«w Braat&ls—betweenubhe 30th Aug. and
8th Sept.
About the latter date an attempt was made,
I am well satisfied, to take horses from my
place on Curry's creek, but being securely
locked up, they failed.
From all the information I have been
able to obtain from reliable sources from va-
rious quarters of the frontier, I think it
safe to eonclude, that, at various
feints between the Nueces and Colorado,
about 100 Indians must have visited the
frontier, between the 22nd August and 10th
Sept.—-and that some small parties, which
have been unsuccessful in stealing, are still
lurkiBg abeut in the mountain distAts.
I regret odd that, on that part of the
frontier in nfrkfc I reside, a great deal of
uneasiness is it&mfesied by' tjrtf people.—
Property is not considered safe and there is
question
one proposed by Capt. Callahan, would bo
popular with the members of the approach-
ing Legislature, has nothing to do with the
constitutional obligation imposed on Gov.
Pease. Let hiin discharge his duty fully,
and then let the Legislature refuse to- sup-
port him, if they dare. Call on the men—
protect the frontier, leave the matter with
the people and*they will support you. Dont
let it be said the cost of the thing ever weigh-
ed as a feather in the scale against the lives
of our pioneer citizens. Give security to
those already here, and the wave of emigra-
tion will continue to roll onward until our
whole State is populated. Let the cry of in-
security once get abroad, neglect the fnmticr
and let it recede before savage aggression's,and
the development of Texas will be postponed
indefinitely. The chicf magistrate against
whom this record shall be made may look for
a day of fearful retribution—the Texians
will fill full to the very brim the cup of wrath
and he will be made to quaff its very dregs.
his subjects, by the Church of Home. The
change of manners and customs • uas done
much to weaken the effects of excommunica-
tion upon a sovereign. This arises from a
want of faith on the part of the people and
not from a surrender of any power hitherto 1
claimed by the Popes. There can be no
change in the Church of Rome; if its tenets
are correct it is infallible, and therefore can-
not abate or improve one jot Y/liat is per-
fect requires no improvement and can retain
its perfection by remaining in tact. If the
Pope of Rome ever claimed or had the right
to excommunicate a sovereign, that right is
still existent or the Catholic Church is not
infallible. This power has been exercised.
In 10T7, Pope Gregory VII, excommunica-
ted and deposed Henry IV, of Germany—
absolving his subjects from their allegiance.
On the death of the Emperor his excommuni-
cated' body lay above ground for five years,
no one daring to bury it. In 1208, Pope
Innocent III, excommunicated King John,
and laid all England under interdict for six
years. The King fiually yielded and re-
ceived back his Kingdom as^ papal fief. In
1588, when the Spanish Armada sailed
against England, they had on board papal
bulls denouncing hell-fire to Queen Elizabeth
and plenary indulgences were offered to all
who should assist in deposing her. Pope
Pius VII, excommunicated Napoleon I. in
1809. The power, without diminution or
abatement, is still claimed by the Popes, but
they can not enforce it it? in former days.
This is the only difference between now and
the times of popish arrogancy An interdict
is an ecclesiastial censure pronounced against
a whole Kingdom, province or town. During
its existence, no kind of divine service can
be celebrated in the country under sentence
—the sacraments are not administered—the
dead arc not buried with the rights of the
church. The pensflty of disobedience to an
interdict is cxcommunication. Interdicts
practical manner their utter contempt for
clandestine proceedings. Where was your
holy horror of midnight meeting), of out house
gatherings then, gentlemen? Yuu found
room iu your hearts to allow a small departure
'in this instwee from your oft-repeated declar-
ations. P^tpubf yea- will stiU.be enabled to
hold these nice little office-distributing con-
venticles, without doing seiiuus injury to your
deliberate modern democratic sensibilities.
js a^sjwcimim of the faifhess, the pl^in ije4U «fo often proriouneed flgainsta single'p'ersoh/
iiig of the Auti-Atnericajis, and shows m* it a country whose inhabitants belong to the
Catholic Church, these arc most powerful en-
dgnger that persons in passing about will be
attacked «by small bands of Indians; and
can no longer find horses to steal,
■*m-0n ly will, arttack families,
'TheHouston Telegraph says; 1 "a letter
received thi* morning, says the Gal-
i of 13th, from the President of-the
, Houston and Henderson Railroad
■toting that the iron for laying
I of the road has been purchased
i Gonder, Goode tt Co., of London, and part
f ha« already been shipped."
Cniftun Philaxtmopist. — This
! is published monthly at Palestine, Texas.
| September nember contains a speech de-
1 by tbe editor, C. Kendrick, at Palestine,
4th, 1855, on tbe subject of " Romanism
ablicanism " The subject is treated
and with research and ability. The
' denies any connection with the Ameri-
y, further than can be found in a simi-
• ot sentiment upon the danger to be ap>
1 from the aggressive polio; of the
i Catholic Church.
iibBui —DtD. C. Bellows, whs shot
_ stoe, on Poach Creek la<t week, has
reqakred to sive bond in the sum of
> for his appearance at the next term of
\ Court for Lavaca county.
Jackie, we team from his physicians,
reeoreriag from his wound.—Gon.
The editor of the Marshall Republican,
i in doubt wBether Ward or Evaasii
i from the Eastern district.
whose situations aygfoelrted and where there
is a probability of getting finder. Some
families have already broken up and left the
frontier. Some other persons, have removed
their families temporarily, another# have
removed theiv stocks of horses to more se-
cure points below tbe mouirtdNis.
It is reasonable to expect the Indians will
■gain return the latter part gf this month, or
during the next. It is believed that, they
are Li pans and Coaianches, and possibly
soil# of Wild Cat's Seioinjlcs are engaged
in the business with them. It is known
that, some of the horses stolen are carried
across the Rio Grande; and it is generally
believed that, most, or all of them go to the
same place. I think it reasonable to believe
that there are two or three hundred Indi-
ans engaged In depredating upon the fron-
tier. Those who are familiar with locali-
ties on the frontier, do the stealing, while
ethers. receive the stolen propc rty bejon 4
the seUbmeats, and conduct it to some point
of security on one side or other of the Rio
Grande.
The Indians generally come in on foot and
their presence is notknown until they have
perpetrated their outrages and are on the
The Trick tlie Boys did not Play
on tbe Indiana.
About ten days ago some of the settlers
of Hillsborough and adjacency were compar-
ing notes. All hands were convinced the
Indians were lurking about iu the neighbor-
ing "mouutaius"—in small squads—await-
ing an opportunity to steal animals. It was
agreed to drive a large caballado—led by a
gentle marc, with a big bell on—to a point
near the hills—to secrete a guard in their
proximity and let "Mr. John" come to steal
them and "get his foot into it." The thing
was accordingly done. All went well and
promised success. Late in the evening the
boys began to feel the want of something to
strengthen the inner man and went to a house
to get supper. They were gone bat a little
while and returned. On the way they heard
the bell rattling a way. No doubt some of
them were engaged imaginatively in shooting
the red rascals just as they were in tho actof
appropriating horses. These pleasant fancies
were soon interrupted. On reaching the
venerable leader of the caballado they found
her alone—not a single animal with her.—
The Indians had, doubtless, been spectators
of the whole affair and amused themselves at
the idea of out-generalling the boys. The
alarm was immediately given. Early the
next morfting twelve men started in pursuit.
Tho Indians had succeeded in securing some
sixty head of horses from that part of the
Cibolo. At the latest accounts the party
were still out. It is to be hoped they will
overtake the scoundrels and give them a good
thrashing. The above report reached here
from two credible sources and is considered :
truthful.
Vituperation.—The Trinity Advocate
dulges in a tirade of- virulent abuse
the American Order. Tbe annbxed extract i*
a tine specimen of Anti-American feeling:
VVe see the fruits of these things at Louisville
and other places, where the streets ran with
human gore,—where the torch was applied to
the houses of peaceable, inoffensive citizen^"
—whose homes were burned over their heads,
—and the charred and blackened remains of
men, women and children, as they were er-
liumed in all their deformity fioin the smok-
ing ruins of their homes, point their fingers at
these zealots and indelibly stamp upon their
brows the word "Murderers"-' in black and
damning characters
If the editors of the Advocate had taken the
trouble to read the evidence iu the case before
forming conclusions, they might have found
little cause for these ill-natured remarks. But
they were, probably, so much prejudiced in fa-
vor ol foreigners, that, they care not to do na-
tive born citizens justice. They preferred to
condemn their own countrymen in the face of
facts, of testimony elicited from natives and
foreigners. Go on, gentlemen, you have your
preferences, and possess the right to makethem
known.
Galveston and Red River Railroad.—
gjnes to be wielded against the head of the
government. A nation composed of such
men as Dr. Brownson, would be entirely at
the bidding of the Pope. Its chief magis-
trate could be deposed—its people absolved
for a violation of their oaths and the authori-
ties would be powerless to inflict punishment.
What Catholic like Dr. B., would raise his
hand in defence of a prince excommunicated
by His Holiness ? Dr. Brownson says: " the
Pope is the proper power to decide for me
whether the Constitution is or is not repug-
nant to the laws of God." Now suppose the
Pope decides the Constitution is contrary to
the laws of God, would Dr. Brownson obey
it ? Certainly not, he would obey the Pope.
If all the people of tho United States were
good Catholics like him, would not the fate
of our free institutions be essentially, unrc-
deemably, in the hands of the Pope of Rome?
First would come an interdict; if that should
be disregarded, then would come excommu-
nication and the depositionoftho government
authorities and anarchy, unless some devout
soul should step forward and accept these
United States as a papal fief and govern them
as the representative of His Holiness.
Protection of the Frontier.—By the an-
nexed article from*the San Antonio Sentinel
shows the feeling ol insecurity is very gene-
ral among the citizens of the West. Some-
thing must be done for the border settlers.—
The people, it seems, are adopting the only
Considerable activity has been displayed by j true method to protect themselves—they are
road. The work is organizing into companies:
We learn that our fellow-citizens of Sulphur
Springs, and the neighborhood, met on Mon-
day, 17th iust., at the store of John Irvine & Co.,
the contractors on this
progressing with a fair show of accomplish-
ment The Houston Telegraph has the an-
nexed notice:
We learn from private letters received in
this place, that $60,000 in stock of fhis inte'C
prise have been subscribed in New York and
Boston; also, that JMr. Welles was to make an-
other shipment of 1000 Urns of iron, together
with rolling stock, cars, &c., by the 10th inst
A cargo of the previous shipment was landed
1 VMot-our-wharf^n-MOTidayhtet.' Tfcenrtrre
ins betweeir 258 and 3®0 hands-at work on
for the purpose of organizing a company to be
■held in readiness to follow the Indians in case
they should again visit the country. Richard
Howard, Esq., was appointed Captain; Col.
Wyatt, 1st Lieut., and Jas. Soacuck, Esq., 2nd
Lieutenant. We learn that a similar compa-
ny has been founded iu the neighborhood of
ffiov. Mr. McQee, whereof Mr John Wicks is
Captain: We are gratified to learn that our
HraoHwoir, Texas. Sept. It, 1835.
Tlie State Gazette, the News, the Civilian, ;
all Co without hindrance to their respective |
points i>f destination, but tho Confederate or j
tho Times cannot be received at a post office
until they are almost out of date. IIow is
this? Whose fault is it? The Times has
failed to reach subscribers in duo time at
Round Rock, at Georgetown and San Marcos.
The Gazette goes regularly. Some body acts
the rascal, and some of these days that worthy
will be caught. Speaking on this subjcct
the Confederate says:
This, then, we suppose, is to be the argu-
ment of the Anti-American Party, in future.
They are the political Jesuits of America;
those whose example they follow are afraid of
the influences exerted by the Bible, and,
therefore, suppress it—they are afraid of the
truth spoken by American papers, and try
also to suppress them. But it will not do.
The dirty tools of such despicablo meanness
will be ferretted out and exposed. The
people will read American papers in spite of
dishonest and corrupt Post Officers, and the
time will come when all such will be abolished.
The Postmaster here intorms us that our
packages for Henderson is 'regularly and
punctually mailed every Saturday—the fault
then is beyond here. Look out, gentlemen,
we are after you.
Cottou and Sugar.
The following from the Columbia Demo-
crat and Planter, contains information every
one interested in Texas should know. The
editorial gives facts, which persous desirous
of emigrating to the State ought to be in
possession of. Newspapers cannot perform a
better service to the country than by pub-
lishing data by which the capabilities of the
soil can be estimated approximately. The
vast and varied natural resources of Texas
present a wide field for the investigation of
cicntifip men to verify jnd point them out.
"o the agriculturist, the^ stock-grower, the
machinist, in fact all the lhdustri^fend other
pursuits, every inducement is oirated for
them to come among us aud aid tp rendering.
these elements of wealth' appreciable to the
world. Texas preseuts an immense body of
cotton and sugar land to the euterprising for
reclamation and cultivation. Her resources
for the production of these articles arc almost
inexhaustible. Here is the article in ques-
tion :
Which is the most Profitable Crop.—Now
that the cotton planters have been attended
with bad luck for two successive years, there
aro many of them beginning to enqnire as to
which is tho most profitable in Brazoria coun-
ty, cotton or sugar. And the first thing to be
considered is, which ii the most certain. When
sugar cane was first introduced into the coun-
try. the sugar works were ofthe rudest descrip-
tion, and the product, with all the patience
which planters bestowed upon it, was at best
a very inferior article. Yet it brought a good
price and labor was well remunerated. After-
wards improvements were introduced and a
larger number of our citizens began to turn
their attention to this business. For years, even
while cotton was selling at ten and eleven cents
on the plantation, sugar was found t<J be the
most profitable cropof the two, and sugar plan-
ters advanced rapidly in wealth. Subsequent-
ly sugar fell in price, and cotton fiom a previ-
ous depres-ion rose to a fair rate.
Whilst sugar planters were only making but
little more than expenses, there were one ortwo
good cotton years, and large crops sold weil.—
Since that time, however, the droughts or the
worms or the rains have cut down the cotton
crops, and the wars abroad, and speculation
at home have kept down the price until many
are casting about tor some better business.
It isconsidered, we believe, an established
fact that in the coast- country, cotton can never
be a certain ere p. Our wet seasons and our
dry seasons are often too extended, and occur
at the wrong times in the year. In the Spring
too much rain or too little is fatal to the crop,
or at any rate, causes long delays, whilst Fall
rains will almost always rot the bolls; and gen-
der the worm.
With sugar it is different. Cane being plan-
ted only once in five years, does not. require
that the winter or spring dressing of the ground
should occur exactly at one time. A month
earlier or a month later makes but compara-
tively little difference. Proper cultivation and
thorough ditching has, we believe, beenjfound
to obviate all the difficulties of a wet season.
We have been assured by planters that with
rains until the middle of September they have
made most excellent crops. It is generally
conceded, in fact, that sugar is the most cer-
tain crop in this county.
The value of a crop, of course variable. One
year sugar may be down to four cents and tt e
ruad between here and Cypress. Every thine cittsens are thus organizing to protect their
promises well for Railroad communication with lives anil property, even though it bo but for
the interior by Januaiy. To do this, the Com- the moment, it-will impart a greater teeling
pany needs eash, and we trust those who owu | of security to tho country. But at the same
stock will maet their installments promptly,
and that those interested (and who is not?),
who have not alreauy subscribed, will do so at
an early day.
time it furnishes a memorable commentary
upon the tardy policy of our State and Federal
Executives. We do not wish to censure any
one unjustly in this ort any oher matter, but
we feel assured Gov. Pease need not bo afraid
<f public opinion should he authorize the im-
mediate calling out of two or more companies
of rangers, to protect the lives and property «>'
his fellow-citizens. The people of Texas would
IJUI
cretsMlla
together
aBlit
diminski. of the Boundary Sur-
with about twenty-five men,
Hunter's Medical Specialist.
The above is the titie of a periodical pub-
| lished monthly in N.-w York, and edited by . . - -
! Robt. Hunter, M. D. The work is devoted to stoP a,ro°me"t to count the cost of proteo- cron on ail accounts. Many are, however det
' tion afforded to their fellow couutrymen. Tlie ered from changing their crops by the cost of
in every way uf one honest, industrious, productive ci!i- j the buildings and machinery. Some ofthe
next as high as six. We suppose however that
it will average with cotton in price, a hhd. of
a thousand pounds being worth a bale of cotton
of five hundred About the same proportionate
amount may be made to the acre. If anything
sugar makes a better yield than cotton. We
have known of a crop of 256 hhds. of sugar to
be taken from 130 acres, in this country. . It
will be hard to find as many bales from the
same number of acres either here or elsewhere.
Attention.as before stated, has been drawn
to these facts, and many are well satisfied that
sugar is not only more certain but more profit-
I ! able. We believe it will yet prove the best
' Sam in Hays County.—A late election
in Hays county shows Sam is still existent.
A correspondent writing from San Marcos
isays:
Sam is not dead in Hays yet; we had an
election #n the 22d. for a county officer in
which the question was run. The result at
this box wag as follows:
The American Ticket - - 42
The anti-American Ticket - 0
Two others to hear from.
diseases of the chest, and is
worthy of pationage. Medical men should
avail themselves of the writings and experi-
ence of a gentleman who. has matte affections
of the chest- his study. These diseases have ;
not been well understood, if we are to judge
from the want of success with which they j tect himself, his family and property from the
have been treated; therefore, an attempt to j hand of the ruthless savage, because tlie State
direct inquir/toward them should be encour- has failed to render him that security ™ , c~
retreat. In this way they hav.e penetrated, i
There are eight hundred American
j councils in this State, with a membership of
, over seventy-five thousand.
zen, nay, of oue helples", innocent child, is ol j sugar mills in this county have cost their own-
jjooie value and consequence to the country I ers many thousand dollars. These mills, where
' than the cost of supporting a hundred compa- j all the improvements are introduced, and only
nies of rangers. It is a hard fate when the . the best machinery used, will undoubtedly
honest husbandtnan must abandon the tilling i produce the most satisfactory article of sugar,
ot his field, and be forced to quit home, to pro- Vfet with those who have not the means to put
up extensive works, cheaper mills and less
costly machinery will be found to answer a
good purpose. A sugar house and mill for a
small place need not cost much more than a
good gin and gin house. And at any rate it is
much better to commence with inferior works,
out of debt, than to pay more in interest on bor-
rowed capital than can be received in improved
produce.
life
and property, which she is solernuly obligated
jo do.
aged. When a work comes with just preten-
sions to the claim of being something more
than a pursuit after ligftt, when it advances
facts and arguments which may be used ag , i . a- ••
i u ii • a • ... i turned without effecting anvthins—beins ab-
data by others, then it occupies a positron emi-, gent ten (Iays. 0ne of the} company reports
nently meritorious and calculated to effect L " " ' '
ReTURNEn.—The Indian hunters have re-
and calculated to effect f having met the Attuscosa company—headed
great utility, more particularly when it is di- by Capt. Peter Tomlinson—who had, a short
vested of technicalities and written in plain ' ^ime before, a fight with eight Indians—kill-
\La Fayette (Tnd.) Gazcttv
The Crops.—Since our last issue, the weath-
- , er has been more favorabls to the cotton crop
•language. The Specialist is a pamphlet ofi]!|f , "'ooiit recapturing the horses \ nf the county—very warm aud with but one
16 naces and is nubli-hed for Ovc Doi t m m,4 i r °,ra ? Town, on the neighborhood j or (wo light showers. Cotton, however, par-
„ „ r j afew miles above tins place, on the river.— j ticularly tho short staple, is suffering a good
Four Postage Stamps, for one year, by Messrs | fhe company were trailing (he Indians down j jea| with the rot, caused by the late excessive
Sherman & Co.. No. 1 Vesey Street, N.York. | the *an Antonio river when they met them j rajnS) whilst, the Sea Island looks more prom-
! Tetur:iing on the same trail, with the horses, j jsjnrr and, with the exception of one or two
t^One evening, as Jonathan was leaving ; a, appr^l ' qu'ie near bttfo[e ,hf. Indians farms, gives every indication of more than or-
xi—a. ! discovered them. So soon as they discovered j ,n„ary crops. The worms have appeared in
the In- ; several of the short staple farms, and are do-
kill Li- j jng considerable damage. The early plant-
imert- j j,1£?i howevar, cannot suffer much from their
IC"' ' depredations.—Gon. Enquirer.
Sally, she intimated to him that another visit
would not be unwelcome, by saying, '•[
be at home next Sunday night." "So
! I? hy golly," was the gallant reply.
Tbe Runaway'* Lament.
BY MRS. THEO. H. RKVEHIDGE.
"Way over the far bluo mountains—
There stands my home.—
'Mong de Southern groves and fountains
Dar's whar my brothers roaiu;
Gaily, at de old horn's winding
Rising at morn.
Light-hearted when do inoon am shining
Sing, as they shuck de corn ;
While aloue, in grief I ponder
On dat evil day,
Strangers, lured my steps to wauder
From that dear home away;
One day, I met him in de valley
He say, to me.
Good Sambo, your courage ratlcy
Come—de great North to see 1
Here, toiling a slave and martyr
Wretched, you'll be I
Fine times, and de freeman's charter—
If you'll go, off wid me I
There, de big bugs, high are flying,
Plenty cash, they pay,—
Rule Sambo—no use of trying,—
He'll be as big as they.
Dera eyes, like the black snake's glistened,—
While 'mazed I beard 1
And to dat lying voice I listened
Like some poor charmed bird ■
t)h! that was my hour of blindness
AH things, forgot,—
Even my good massa's kindness,
Then, I heeded not;
From my cabin slyly creeping
Ere de break of day,
A11 de darkies quiet sleeping—
With him I fled away I
No^in dis far Yankee nation
Dark days, 5 see I ,
Ilard times, and half starvation—
None, to pity me I * •
Cold winds, de trees are waving
Snow's on de ground,—
Work scarce—and Yankee saving,—
Home, Iv'e no where fonnd!
Sickness comes—but no kind massa
Bids poor Sambo rest,
No good missis, from her store room
Sends him of the best,
Here, white man too, am toiling
On, to Ilia grave,
Work—work!—no tear is faUing
For the Northern slave I
Rich man, he lord's it o'er him—
Dat's plain to see, «
Poor man, must bow before him,
Yet, he thinks, he's free!
Plenty work, when bad they need him,—
More work than pay;—
Keep me, from <£ kind of freedom,
Lo dis darkie say!—
I'll back, to the old plantation
.Massa to see!—
Tell him 'bout dis 'ceitful nation—
Then he'll pity me 1
' Den missis, she'll come smiling
' Forgive,'—she'll say!
Abolition man beguiling
Stole poor Sam away,
Young massa too, lord bless him!
Ile'll climb on my knee,
Little missis, shell come pressing
Dis old face to see 1
I'll hunt de nuts and 'simmons
All round de plain,
To see dem little dear ones,
Smiling on me again;—
Don, 'mong the cotton, hoeing
Joyful, I'll go,
Sweet South wind gently blowing,
, No more frost and smow!
^ Night come,—in de snug old quarter
£ B|b child, he'll be, . *
i_-. Ajrops in, wid aunt Juney's daughter,
Dance, round de christmas tree f—
Boundary Survey.
Sec
vey,
reacho#*twrr?ity en I'uesday evening last.—
They-report1 the survey completed *as far'as
Las Nogales, which is about thirty-five miles
west of Santa Cruz, or to the end of the last
Western parallel. That being the point at
whieh Maj. Einory was to meet Lieut. Mich
ler. who was to have commenced at the Colo-
rado, and come east ward.
The drought in the forepart of the season
was so extremely severe, that Lieut, llichler,
was unable to proceed. He surveyed about
twenty miles, aud was obliged to desist.
Maj Emory's train met Lieut. Miclder and
his train, on the 21st of June a few miles this
sjile of Las Nogales, on their way thither.—
Lieut. Michler intended, on reaching Los No-
gales, to begin his survey from that puint, and
run westward to the Colorado. He supposed
that it would take about four mouths to com
plete the survey; consequently, if noting pre-
vents, will get through by the first of Novem
ber.
The country all the way, with very few ex
ceptions, is entirely destitute of timber.—
Along the streams, (which are small,) there is
more or less timber; which along the bottoms,
is generally cotton-wood and a?h.
The soil is described as being generally fer-
tile, and in the valleys very rich. The places
where water is convenient, is well adapted to
stock-raising. The Grama grape grows almost
universally oil the highlands. It may be call-
ed a winter grape, and from the month ot Oc-
tober till May, it is equally as good for horses
as corn or oats. During the summer months,
it is not very good. Different kinds of grass
grow in the valleys. The country along the
line, for about one hundred miles west of El
Paso, is almost destitute of water, and is gene-
rally a sandy plain. From thence to the San
Luis Springs, a distance of about forty miles,
water is abundant. About ten miles west of
tho last named place is the Canon de Guada-
lupe, which is the dividing ridge between the
the. waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Along the line from the Guadalupe Canoit to
Santa Cruz water is abundant, and the coun-
try finely adapted to raising stock.
It was reported that gold has been fonnd by
the Mexicans near Santa Cruz, but none was
seen by the party. Butsilver ore was found
in abundance near Las Nogales, at the termi-
nation ofthe last Western parallel. These
specimens are generally very rich.
It is said tnat there is scarcely a hill or
mountain in that vicinity, but what is covered
with rock containing rich silver ore.—S. A.
Sentinel.
New York Nomination s.—The New York
Herald publishes the following nominations:
soft shells. • - hard shell lb
__Secretary qf State.. -
Israel T. Hatch. Aaron Ward.
Comptroller.
Samuel Stebbins. L. B. Mitchell.
Treasurer.
Andrew S.Thurston. J. M. Lyons.
Canal Commissioner.
Curtis Hawley. Fred Follett.
Slate Prison Inspector.
Patrick H. Agan. Darius Clark.
Attorney General.
Samuel J. Tilden. fi- J. Dillon.
State Engineer.
John B. Jervis.
Judges Court of Appeals.
Short term—John A L-itt, John Williams.
Loujj; term—Sam. S. Selden. Sara. S. Selden.
The Soft Shells are the Pierce democracy,,
led by John Van Buren, aud others of that class
The Hard Shells are the old line national dem-
ocrats, among whom are Ex-Senator Dickson
and a host of true friends to the South.
A Freak of mature.
Mr. Editor:—On the 2d day of August, 1855,
55, in Cass couuty, Texas, Mrs. Bushong, late
of Pickens county, Ala gave birth to a fe-
maie child having two distinct heads aud
faces. The heads are united at the ears, only
one ear being visible between them. The
eyes are blue—stand wide open, and one pair
are crossed. The neck is very short—the body
well proportioned in length, but one third
broau'er ill Hi usual across the chest. The
heads are bare except a slight streak of hair
across them from ear to ear. The child's birth
was premature, supposed to have beeu caused
by exposure in travelling to Texas. It was
dead when born, and I presume may be seen
at any time, at Dr. B. V. Patterson's, Cherokee
settlement, Cass county, Texas, (who has it
preserved in alcohol,) where I saw it myself,
a few days ago.
H. B.HAMILTON.
Linden, Cass county . Texas.—Christian Ad-
vocate.
The Fugitive Law i
A gentleman by tbe name of Jons 6. Har-
ness^ of Virginia, hearing that his slave, who
had absconded from him some six years ago,
was in jail iu Buffalo, New York, where be
had been sentenced for some misdemeanor,
went in pursuit of him to obtain pooeaien
of nim if possible. Tbey found upon their
arrival iu Buffalo, the negro fellow still ia
jail. They applied to every lawyer of any
respectability in the city, to prepare the ne-
ecssary ppere, but could not obtain one,
though liberalwere offered! Several
lawyers were caned on, but tbey positively
refused having anything to do With the mat-
ter; owing, as they said, to the excited state
u it l£l>ul;ir u,i.nd.ou t!>c subjcct. BOVUi,
the U. o. Commissioner, refused to aid them
in any manner in preparing their papers.—
Th® Hon. II. W Rookhs, the law partner
of Howes, and tlie President of the Hacl
Democratic Convention, which assembled ii\
Syracuse, New l'ork, last week, upon bei: ■:
applied to, through a friend, positively it -
fuscd to act in the matter! Thus we see
how professions and practicc differ; bat a few
days before, this gentleman presided over a
meeting which passed strong resolutions,
South advising in effect the carrying out the
provisions of tbe Fugitive Slave Law; when
applied to a few days after, he refuses to aid
a gentleman seeking to obtain his slave un-
der the provisions of that very law. Jud"e
Hall even said to a friend of Captain if,
that Captain H. had better not push matters
—that even if he obtained possession of the
negro, the mob would rescue him—but that
if Captain H. insisted, that be (Jndgn ffarj.)
would do his duty. The reason assi
these lawyers was, they were afrai4<i
Captain H. was finally compelled to leave.
The eitisens to srhcTm Capt. mi'X
Iressed himself am the Subject, advised him
to desist in his undertaking—stating that
such were the feelings of the masses, -a
fugitive could not be taken from tbe akf: (bat
a riot would inevitably ensue on the attempt.
[M O. Bulletin.
American Part* te i
A correspondent of the I* Fayette Gazette
reports the fd lowing to have oocurred at an
anti-American meeting held in that city,
August 29th, 1855.
The meeting was addffeseed by Ex-Mayor
James O'Brian—who everybody knows is a
member of two or three temponnee orders,
and is, also, a high officer ia the Grand Lodge
of the Independent Order of Good Templars,
(a great hypocrite is he, and a draw back on
the temperance reform)—who denounced tbe
" secret order of Know Nothings" and join-
ed in the spirit of the Bieetng the
temperance law, where the Know Nothings
and temperance men were cafttd a set of
midnight assassins. Mr. O'B. drew heavily
upon his imagination, went in Jbr tbe .Sag
Nichts—a secret political order eompoeedu-
most entirely of foreigners—but loved to bate
Native American organisations—"tbey are
anti-republican, and seek to deprive foreign-
ers of their liberty." He exported the foreign-
ers to come, "go up to Indianapolis, aad we'll
pass resolutions, and sweep tbe Know Noth-
ings from the land." ("T^T says a Ger-.
man, half drunk, "we'll just bent these d d
temperance fanatic^and tbeye d—d ynAW
Nothings, and d—d Native American*, and
just show them that they are not g<j ng to
pass such d—d temperance laws,") which
sentiment Mr. O'B. responded to.
Property in Richmond.—The certainty
that the Harrisburg Railroad wili -reach Rich-
mond, will have a tendency to increase the
value of property iu that place. The Sun has
the following:
Durin^the present month
twenty town lof#have e
#
pricgsja few of them passing into the
personWrho intend bnilduig upon than
iately. Lots on Morton street ran;
upon thamiuBned-
bom $30*.
those on the back Greets
to $500 each, and
froqp S50 t^Sl50.
False Sia^Iment.—Dr. Owiugsauthor-
ises us io say thatk4he statement,'that he,
company with a Catholie priest, heeded n
lawless band of drunken Mexican^ and a
few whites, with lighted candles, and march-
ed to the grave of Col. Fannin, and there
shouted over his (the Doctor's) victory, is
untrue.—5. A. Herald.
It certainly can not be true that any one
committed such a sacreligjoua. aet, . We do
not believe they offered an in dignity to tbe
grave of Col.lrannin.—State Time*. '
ft "certainly" is "true"—or those who
have testified to the facts, havo been gnilty
of perpetrating a palpable falsehood.—And
we believe them to be all honorable men.
Will the Times and Herald take the trouble
to publish the statements we have in
this matter ? We think this is a courtesy
they owe us as an editor. We will gee.—
Goliad American.
Certainly, friend Crane. We have net
seen the number of your paper containing
the statements alluded to. Send as a copy
and they shall appear.
Indians on tbe Medina.
On Friday night last the Indians made
their appearance on the Medina, on the Buicfc
of E. Jones, some 15 miles from San Antonio.
They wounded a Mexican with an arrow, aad
we have learned since that some others had a
narrow escape. On Saturday night, Sfept.
15, they stole several horses in that neighbor-
hood, and the next day Messrs. Jettana Hod-
ge rs, supposing that there were but few of
them, started in pursuit; they soon struck
the trail and found to their surprise that there
were some fifteen or twenty in number, and
they oamc to the very wise conclusion that
they had better be making tracks baek.
Arrangements have been made to form a
company of over one hundred men and take
the old trail and follow the Indians to the
mountains. They had eighty-five enlisted on
Monday and tho company was to leave on
yesterday.—S. A. Texan.
A writer in the Civilian, signing himself
"Jackson," says:
"Mr. Wise has the prestige of a reeent
glorious Republican victoty over a dange-
rous, corrupt combination, on his brow.**
Jackson happened to tell ope truth—that
Mr. Wise had a "dangerous, corrupt enmhi-
■mMaom>«-bSrBfSw7r'J
braces all the miserable corruption ofthe mod-
ern tories—the anti-American party.
This great Republican, Henry A. Wis<\
was a most bitter reIentlo6S whig. Heist
man who told Jas. K. Polk that he was «
petty tool of a d d tyrant." He was at.
terwards a Tyler man. He was then a dem-
ocrat. He is now an anti-American, opposed
to his country and his, countrymen.
Our opponents need just such a man for a
leader.— Goliad American.
The GnosT.—A foolish fellow went to tbe
parish priest and told him with a very long
face that he had seen a ghost. "When an1
where?" said the pastor. "Last nigbt,
replied the timid man, "I was passing by the
church, and up against the wail of it did I
behold the spectre." "In what shape did it
appear?" said the priest. "It appeared to
be the shape of a great ass." "Go home,
and hold your tongue about it," rejoined the
pastor, "you are a very timid man, and have
been frightened by your own shadow."
8®* Col Mooney gave us the limb of a
Sea Island cotton stalk the other day, irhicK
was almost perfectly straight, and measured
11J feet in length. The main stalk from
which it was taken, was 4 feet longer, and
contained several other kmbs of a similar
length.— Gonzales Inquirer.
MEW BOOT, SHOE
and Leather
HOE ^
Store,
S. S. PENROD,
DEALER in boots, shoes and leather. Be
keeps constantly on hand an assortment of
sole leather, calf skins, linings anil findings.
Boots nnd shoes made to order on tiie shortest
notice, of finest material and best workmanship^
repairing neatly executed.
Shop on Congress Avenue, Austin Texas.
Sept. 29. 1855.
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