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*o Use l'ublic.
i emporium, tiiiil its success uivakeu a wuicr ik>oks
ral
""•"Having,. after the most mature reflection, ] effort, anu diffuse a more extended and srerici
determined to accept the Presidency of the ; satisfaction. These considerations have i
for iis buuicripiiou way, unless t!ie
stock is otherwise taken, be opened a> the
determined to accept the Presidency of the ; satisfaction. These considerations have in- President may direct. On said stock, t-j
Southern Pacific Railroad Company, I deem j Gated the liberal offer of removing the office per share s'aail only be cai:cd for and j aid,
it 9 doty to the jublic to state the present j and control ot'the company South ; of electing and no other installment shall ever be called
position ot the coiepany, and its prospective j a Southern President and a majority of ■ for. and this shall be speeihed on the face of
ability to accomplish the great objects which
its charter contemplates.
JL thorough investigation has convinced tnc
that the-road through Texas cau not only be
built with the means which the company must
necessarily hereafter possess, by reason ot he
munificent gmD'sof land to it, ( to wit, 10,-40
acres per mile,) but that a large surplus ol
millions will be distributed among t!.e stock-
holders.
There
Southern directors, and of offering au is-sue of, sai.i stock.
stock upon as favorable terms as the first j . Resolved, That the money paid on the
holders acquired it, to enable tho South to fbrcroini: twelve millions of stock, or other
obtain a majority of the road, in interest as funds of said company, shall be subject to the
well as direction. These propositions have j order of the President, for the purpose of
been carried into effect by resolutions hereto payiug what is due by the company i'.r iron
apj'enued, passed by the board of directors, j rails, grading, debts, and for construet-
and made a part of the enntract of subscrip- ing and finishing said road, purchasing
tion, and §6.000,000 of the 5 percent, stock : engines, cars, supples, &c.
of the Northern stockholders are to be placed ' S. Resolved, That whereas, the charter
3 is no precedent in the annals of | in my hands, as a further guarantee, if wanted j requires that tlie directors of the road shall
public enterprise which equals the liberality j by Southern purchasers. 1 should think, be stockholders, as soon as the stock is sub-
&n<i enlightened "cuerosity of Texas, as cx- \ when this is understood, that every ground o scribed for to the a : oeut which will pay into
bib)ted iu the charter of the Southern Pacific | suspicion,'jealousy or disquiet is removed.— the treasury of the company SiOO.OltO, :l!,d
Railroad Company, and the laws passed iu j No company of men could do more, and lew said amount is so paid in, four directors irom
relation to the construction of railroads in that i as much. j the stockholders, to fill the places ot lour
State. The road, under its chartcrand these j The stock Issued is upon condition that $5 ■ Northern directors.
laws is I mi«*ht almost say, a self sustaining per share is paid at the time of subscription, i r
work which only requires to be begun, i and that no more shall ever be called in or j Mysterils OF the Law.—John
earnestly and zealously, to be completed — ; required of the stockholders for ever. This Sprague has escaped punishment, at Portland,
Tea miles of the road haTe been graded and ; condition has appeared to some as objection- , Me., by bviii_r proved more guilty than he
erosa-ticd. within the time required by the able : but when it is considered that
100,000 TX1LLAKS!!
M A&X &A.KS m Q TTIEY
CN THE
0.i Wit plan!
To be drawn iu Baltimore. Marvlar.il, on Thursday,
-\;>:il J01:i, 1S57.
R. FRANCE & CO.r
SWAN & CO S
LOTTERIES!!
Capital Prize 850,000.
IKS-TICEKTS ONLY
Managers.
Drawings conducted under the superin-
tendence of the State Lottery Com-
missioner.
Owing to the pre.it favor with which our Single
Xumi cr Lotteries have been received by tin pub-
lic, and the large demand for tickets, the Mana-
gers, S. Swan & Co., will have a drawing each
Saturday throughout the year. The following J Planters who purchase
; <£V 0. tUooinnan'o ^Xbocrtiscmcnts.
O.O.WOUDMAX,
WHOLESALE DRUGGIST.
(Succc-ssor to Jarvi$ X
j CORNER OF COMMON AND MAGAZINE STS.,
SEW OKI.EAXS,
MPORTER and Dealer in choice Pings, selected
Medicines, pure Chemicals, essential Oils, Me-
dicinal'Extracts, Fine Perfumery and Fancj Soaps,
Patent Medicines, Surgical instruments, Druggists'
(.lassware, Brushes, French and Americen Window
Glass, l'aints, Oils, Dye Stuffs, etc.
Druggists, Physicians.
Purify! Purify! Purify!
The Great Spring and Summer Medicine.
HURLEY'S SARSAPARILLA.
OF ALL the remedies that have been discov-
ered during the present age for the " thou-
sand ills that llesh is heir to," none equal this won-
derful preparation. Only three years have elapsed,
since the discoverer (who spent a decade in stud-
ying, experimentalizing, and perfecting it) first
Couiftry Merchants and | l?™?l°J.he«nd it is already reeog-
GRAND CAPITAL PRIZE!
;oo prizes oS" $1,000 cacli!
LOWEST P::iZE IN" THE LOTTKItV §100!!
WIioSc Tickets M«.
j scheme will be drawn in each of their Lotteries
for April 1S3T.
CLASS 30,
To be drawn in the City of Atlanta, Georgia.
I public, on
Saturday. April 4tli, 1S3T.
int dicines of best quality
nized by the most eminent physicians in all parts-
suited.
fird, within the time required by the : able : but when it is considered that the money ; was ch irped with in the indictment, lie
cEorter; the iron necessary to lay the twenty ' raised from these subscriptions, and the assets \v::s tried by the Supreme Court tor bigamy
uiiks to be finished by the Kith February , ol'the company are sufficient, as I am satisfied | last week, and the fact of his having had two
next, :s now in this city, and on its way up i is the ease, to complete the road to a point at wives was clearly established, when his coun-
Ked Eiver; the force ou the road, and the which the grants ot'the charter are obtainable, i sel introduced evidence to prove that he had
■ This is the rnos: Mupnitlecnt Srhrmr eeer drawn in the.
L hi tti States. I
OnJy Thirty 'iliousaiid Tickets,
All of wiiicli are printed as follows:
i 5.000 in whole tickets. IO.OoO in quarter tickets.;
| 5,000 in half tickets. 10,000 in eighth tickets, j
As all these tickets will, no doubt, he sold by ;
! the day of drawing; persons at a di-tance will for- i
! ward their orders as soon as possible.
! GLLND CUNS0LIDATi:i> LOTHV OF MD-:
Extra Class S,
I
To be drawn in Baltimore. .Maryland. Thursday*
April 30. 1H57.
CLASS 31,
To be lira<rn in the City of Atlanta. Georgia, in
public, mi
Saturday, April lltli, ($5*7,
CLASS 32,
To be drawn in the-City of Atlanta, Georgia, in
public, 011
Saturday. April IStli, 1S5*.
o 0
00,
contracts already made, will enable it to com-
pletely finish the twenty miles long before the
time specified in the charter, which done, all
the conditions are complied with, and the
chartered rights of the company are forever
secured. . , . j
It w uld be iu vain to enumerate in a brief j
it will be agreed that the limitation is a safe j already had one wife when married to the
one. The company will then be in possession ! other two, in fact, that he had three wives at
of property and means to enable it to go on j once and ys the indictnicnt was based upon
and build the Toad, without a sacrifice of its'the assumption that the sccond marriage was
land, and with a reasonable certainty of sue- the first and ie_nl marriage, it was contended
cess. | that as to the last marriages considered by
The highest estimates mad. for the com-: themselves no bijatny was committed, be-
SPLEND1D
i
Capital frizes.
1 1'iize of
1 "
SCHEME:
.!j'K-rux' 11 Prizm.
S100.000
notice like this, much less to dwell upon the I plction of the road through Texas, furnishing j cause £prague was the legal husband of
results which must follow the completion ot j engines, cars, &e. is tweuty millions of i neither. The Judge sustained this position,
t is road. The dullest intellect cnu embrace dollars. j the case was no/. p,-us'd, and the man who
at once their vastness and beuifieer.ee, as rc- i If the land should only average five dollars! was 1 barged with having two wives got clear
partia lis influence, either on commerce, the i per acre its sales will amount to upwards of bv proving he had three. Great and wonder-
destiliy of empires and the stability and j forty millions. This, al ter building and ! lul is the iaw.—Springjiihl {^Hass ) licpubli-
8treo"th of our Union. These are matteis ot 1 equipping the road, leaves a surplus of twenty ; run.
which every man must be his own judge.— millions.
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1
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10 000
20 000 (
£0.000 )
10 0110 j
10.000 )
6.000 (
6,000 j
5.000
5 000
3 OoO
3.000 j
2 SO |
2.S50 )
1.000
4 ot 800
4 ot 600
!
8 of 450
8 of 350 !
8 of 3o0
8 of 250
CLASS
To be drawn in the City of Atlanta, Georgia, in j
public, on
Saturday, April M5tli. 1S.">7,
0ii tbc plan of Single |liimkrs.:
E.290 Prizes !!
More than One Prize to evert/ Ten Tickets ' \
MAGN LFICENT SCHEME!
TO BE 1>11 AWN
EACII SATURDAY IS APRIL!!
1 Prize of §50.000 is §50.000 1
Believing us I do, that if tins charter thould ; 'j he condition of the company can be seen i feiy*'l'lic editor of the American Flag and
be forfeited, that this great enterprise might t ;i glance, lroni the stateiucnt from its Captain Ilenry, in a rcccnt controversy seem
be rcferaed a lifetime—thai it would be ; W s furnished me by Edwin Post, Es.j. the j t0 vie wilh each other in pleasant and eulo-
eeixed noon and ridcen as a poliucal uoDby—« > ice rresidciit, and herewith appended.— > . . , , , v
that it mold revive and invigorate the strug- j Mr. Post is a gentleman of the highest char I rt,"arKS; wnelnding a compl.mcn-
gle before Congress, for tlie Northern and acter for ii.t. grity and honor. Fro.11 t
Middle routes; that it would engender bad it wiii appear that the whole number
feeling, scctional animosity and bitter con- j shares issued is 440,528, upon which $2,474,- j at present, but if
troversy, 1 considered it, inUepeudentiy of the j 7<jo appear t<. have been paid. j t|ie p.ivt 0f t ju.se'
vast individual profit, which I believe wnl Of this fund, I find there is yet belonging 1 .
' ... J .. ^ : ' «vrp:istr>i r*t Moxicr
8 of 200
8 of 200,
400 of 100 !
.VSO rriir.es, amounting to S 812,900. j
Hholes $'2.0—-JJa/res $10—-Quarters §5.
Now, sir, 1 have nothing more to say to you
you do not quit sustaining
government officers and
greasers of Mexico, subject to their control,
and ever intimate again disrespectfully
t'f our actions at l'i cdras Negras, 1 will pack
up and go all the way to Brownsville, just to
siive 'sou a kick in the posteriorii, and send
\ou paddling across the big river, just oppo-
site vour village and sanctum editorial. '
The editor of the Flag in reply intimates
tolerably broadly that the posterior threat
lie.
JliGEil.
New Oilcans, March 28. 1857.
Particulars oT S.Hitnern Pacific Kuilrcad stock
is.-uefi to March 13. 1 ST.'
Full paid §lo0 h share—number of shares...
«TS1«
stock §5
§ I 50
St
b-t 50
§!
§2 50
j.iiiil
2 'JC.")
" 2.1 :>7
11.125
" 112.:-i7 2
" 52 4S5
446.528
On whTcfi the Cbinjiany have receivCil ?2, fT4 -
190 50. On the above stork the following install-
ments fall ilue. and will be paid, or parties must
liiri'eit their slock
2.2C5 shares
Gran l total
thinks he will say what he pi -uses and risk the
. rg unteitfum ad homnifn.
Frr.Ai.;.\<i at 13bo\v.\svii.i.e.—The Flag
is indignaut at the acts of lawless wretches
in that section of country, who, allured by
The editor n-eotiimends a resort to the Lynch
tribunals of justice.
fcaj- i he Fiag gi\is the names of four per-
sons convicted at Brownsville and sentenced
to five years imprisonment in the peui'enti-
avv. Besides these, are sevuial other convic-
tions for minor olfences, for some of whom the
doors of th? county jail will be opened. In
other cases the often derswere fined.
t-Onre to the stockholders, a duty to accept, to the company assets of the value <-f upwards
the position tendered to tnc, more particularly of 110,000, or assets which. 1 believe, will
when its success seemed to me ccrtatu if) realize tli^t amount; the balance has been
prosecuted with energy. ; expended for making the survey to the
I consider it nut only rs a great national I Pacific, in paying iu pait for the iron rails
enterprise, bit one that will be especially purchased, in grading and eio.-s tying ten
beneficial to the South, and no city in the | utiles of the road, and for agencies and ali
UnioiT^oftld derive more lasting benefit lrom • other incidental expens, s.
its eoaipl<Hion than the city of New Orleans. 1 That these results might have been, with
If this road is constructed through 1 esas, uo judicious management, accomplished for iess
ons can doubt that it must and will be eon- money, is highly probable; but that it leaves Joes not inspire his bosom with a solitary em-
tinned through the Mesiila Valley to the :,n immense margin for individual p:ofit to 0ti„n of terror. On the contrary, he rather
Pacific. By a connection with the Opelousas those who now subscribe for stock, is apparent
road, New Orleans would, for till commercial to eveiy man who is at till aequnintt-d w!;h
jiurposcs, be its eastern terminus. A large the fertility and character of the Texas lands,
part of the immense trade and riches ot the alike capable of producing cotton and wheat
Pacific, the Mexican Provinces, \\ cstem ' and corn in the greatest abundance; and
Texas, New Mexico, a'.', j would, by means which, wiih the revenue that must eventually
of these two roads, be centred iu New Orleans, result from the completion of the road, must
Indeed, so soon as the road is finished to El afford a profit, far beyond anything of the , . . , - f , .^ll and kill oxen in
Paso, it will become the great highway to kind ever before offered to tho r.ublie. r ^' . '
California, as by means of stages iiom that j GEO. S. YEIi<~™ 'order lo so11 the lll,Jos t0 theLrownsville folks
jioint, the m- iis and passengers could be car-
ried to San Francisco in little more than otic .
half of the'time it now takes, and at one halt
the expanse—showing conclusively that the
road must becomc tlie thoroughfare for the
public mails and Pacific travel long before it
reachcs the Pacific.
I can not doubt that this road will prove a
great national bcneLt \ that with judicious
management it cau soon be made ; that tne
charter privileges and grants are oi a charac-
ter to realize to the stockholders an immense
profit; that securing this charter and bulling
at once even fifty miles oi the road, wsil ei-
„ . „ J ... . inneii nieirsioes:
fectaally and forever secure thus route as the : j^taiimemonSiJ stock,2.2C5 shares... $1,132 50
connecting link between the Pacific and At- j « 4 «- 2,i37 '• ... 2.137 00
Utttie oceans. ! " u nTi25 " ic.637 r.o
But in relation to all these matters, a can- " 3 112 372 «• ...224,744 00
did public must judge for itselt, lrom the ^ ~- •>-.-■• 5 ... 5^ 4S.> 00
fobewing stateu cut ol IcCk . ^ I Total am'tofinstallmpnts to be received, 297 lijyjo
The Legislature of Texas passed an aet in- . Ki)iV!N 1'O.ST, V ice President.
corporating a railroad coni[«tny under the j New Orleans, March 25 1S57.
nameof" Texas Western Railroad Company," j Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the
which, by a subsequent act was changed to. Southern Pacific Railroad, adopted March
that of the "Southern Pa itic Railroad Com-j 2S 1857.
pany." This is the charter under which this At'a lneotia£, „r the Board of Directors of
company bas been organized. By the terms ti,c Southern Pacific Railroad Company, held , oli"K'>rs- V!Z :
of the charter tho company is authorized to j„ tjIC c;fv 0f \,"rw Oilcans, on the 27th I John A. Wilcox, Captain.
construct a railrcad from some suitable point M.ire],, 1857, the following resolutions and:
on the eastern boundary line of Texas, and bv laws were unanimously auoptei :
running such course as they might dete.minc : "] R^.h-cd, That the" office of this Com-1
to El Paso, on the llio Grande, giving to the ! T.any 31IUJI here;.Iter be kept in the city of j
corporation all the necessary powers to carry Orient s, where it shall remain until the i
into effeet the object ot the grant. j ruacj js finished through Texas : and all the j
The charter gives the right to take and j books, papers, &s., belonging to, or apper-!
hold so (Jiach of the public land, through tabling to said company shall be. and they i
which the r«ad might pass, not exceeding two are hereby directed to be transmitted to the !
hundred feet wide, for the track of the road, | gecretary at New Orleans. T.:c Secret-iry |
and such additional ^idth as might be neces-1 Hiia l hereafter reside in New < Means. This j
sary for depots, &c. j to take effect sis soon as SviUU,<!(.'') i.*1 cash '
It also gives to the company eight sections j „fthe stock hereinafter authorized to be issued !
of land for every mile of railway actually sh.,ll be subscribed and p id for.
completed by it and ready for use. The j 2. Resoh'd, Lh it if it should be deemed 1
deptii ot three miles ou each side of the road nccesssarv to obtain a loan or loans of money,
m reserved for the use of the company and Por building'the road, or any part thereof,
■the State, each being entitled to alternate t^e bonds of the company may be issueJ
sections. By an act of the Legislature, pass- therefor : said bonds to be "secured bv mort-
1 - 1.1 • 4 .t 1 .*.! 1 . ' _
Attachment.
J lVIase addresj all orders for tickets iu the above ;
magnificent scheme to
T. n. ni'BBAKD k CO. j
No. 3H, Fiyette St.. or / ; ' Mo. 40,!
| Oct. 1S56.—45—ly] Baltimore. .Marvlr.nd,
i T. H. lliiblmrd J: <\v. are our :iutliorized agents i
! to fill all orders for tickets in the Marvland Lot- j
terics. II. KKAXt'E i CO. |
j TI1E t^TATE OF TEXAS—County of Teams. '
GEO. E. bnuissvs |
rs.
Charlfs VOLLKRS. )
i The Sir ft of' Texas to the Sheriff or any Lawful OfTi- |
j ccr of .sdi'.i C"UntJ/—Greeting:
\ir ilEUKAS, (Jeo. K. Robinson, on the 21st duy
! \ f of Murvh. lyr-T, swore out an attachment
' be'bre the nndersigrnec?,a Justice oI the Peace with-
; iu and lor said county, agaiust Charles Vollers,
i for the sum ot* thirty -ei^ht and 25-100 dollars, due
; by account; and. where is. said Robinson on the
I 113d day of Mareh, 1857. also filed his affidavit
: with Miid Justice that the said Vollers was absent
i from tlie said ^tate of Te\u-? so that the ordinary
i process of law could not be served upon him.
; Vju are. therefore, hen by commanded to cite
the said Charles Vollers by publishing this citation
i for three successive weeks, in the State Times, a
public newspaper, printed and published iuthe city
of Austin in sai«l cotinty and i5taie. to be and sip-
' pearbef ire the undersigin*d, a Justice of the Peace
within and for said county, at the Court House in
: said county, on the first Saturday iu May; lfc57,
then and there to arswer this complaint.
T r.^-« ■ > m"«, «H i rt't-mh vf -
| this citation with your endorsement thereon, «s
j the law directs.
| Given under inv hand, this 23d dav <*f March, !
S 1857. " J. T. C-iiAVES, J. P.
i Came to hand same day. issued and ordered to
! be published in the Texas State Times, a weekly
j newspaper publi>hed in the city of Austin, Travis
county, Texas, for three successive weeks, prior
j to il«e return dav hereof.
W. Mc ANALLY, Const.
\ March 24. I*?.?.—12-:«w
1...
J«....'
100 Frizes ot
100 "
20.000 is 20.000 j
10.000 is 0.000
lo.oou is lo.ooo!
5.O00 is 5.000 I
5,0o0 is.. 5,000
5.000 is 5,000 !
2,5<0is 2,".00 !
2,500 is 2,500 \
2,500 is 2,500
2.500 is 2.500
2,500 is 2^.00 !
2,500 is 2,500 |
1,000 is 1,000 |
1,000 is 1,000:
1,000 is 1,000 :
l.ooo is i.ooo I
1,000 is ljooo ■
100 are 10,000 |
50 are - 5,000
may rely upon bein
■ tended to.
. Direct Importation from Europe.
j Receiving by late arrivals, direct from England,
France and tiermany, a larjre issortment ot Drugs,
Chemicals, Glassware, 1'erfumeiy, Brushes, etc.
Among which are
1000 boxes French Window-Glass, assorted sizes.
1G0 Ins Conrad's Hydriodate l'otash.
1200 ounces l'elletier 1 r. Quinine.
150 U.s Mander's English Blue Mass.
loo lbs Mander's English Calomel,
50 j .rs Carbonate Ammonia.
3 cases Curb. Magnesia
10 cases Calcined Magnesia.
From the best American manufac-
ture i>.
1000 ounces of Quinine, Power & Weightman.
50 ounces Sulphate of Morphiue.
10 ouuees Acetate Morphiue.
50 ounces Strychnine.
100 lbs Am. H. S. Calomel, 1 bot.
200 lbs Am. H. S. Calomel, in 25 lb boxes.
30 kegs ref. Sail I'etre.
25 dozen Chloride Soda.
100 lbs Nitric Acid.
10 demijohns Aqua Ammonia.
10 demijohns Sweet Spirits Xilre.
10 lbs pure Nitrate Silver, slicks.
3 lbs pure Nitrate Silver, crystals.
10 bbis Alum.
5 bbls Ground Alum.
Powdered Drup).
Warrant all Powdered Drugs sold bv me as strict-
.. , ., | o'" the country, to be the most sornrisingand effec-
i ers j romp \ a j ^jve remedy for certain diseases, °f which they
have a knowledge.
AU other compounds of syrups of the root bar*
hitherto failed to command the sanction of the fac-
ulty, because, on being tested, they have been
found to contain noxious ingredients, which neu-
tralize the good efTccts of -lie Sarsaparilla, and of-
trtitimes injure the health of the patient. It ir
not so with Hurley's preparation.
This is the pure and genuine extract of the root,
and will, on trial, be found to effect a certain andi
perfect cure of the following complaints and dis-
eases :
Affection of the Bones,
Debiiity,
Diseases of the Kidneys,
Dyspepsia,
Erysipelas,
Female Irregularities,
Fistula,
And all SI. i
Ilabitual Costiveness,
Indigestion,
Liver Complaint,
Piles,
Pulmonary Diseases,
Scro ula or King's Evil,
Syphilis,
Diseases.
Besides curing the above, it is also known to be
a great and powerful Tonic, purifying the blood,
aud invigorating the system.
In short, it is wi'hout exception, in the cases
mentioned, and its general effect on the system,
the most efficacious, as it is the most desirable rem-
edy of the age. It is already extensively used
throughout .lie country, and is fast obtaining a
European reputation. The instances of cures it
has effected, are daily coming to the proprietor's
knowledge, and he has no hesitation in recom-
mending it to one and all who desire to procure-
relief from suffering. One bottle being tried, its
ly pure; having been selected personally, in their effect will be too apparent to Admit of a doubt,
crude state and powdered for my sales. Among ' Recollect, Hurley's Sarsaparilla is the only gen-
Approximation Prizes.
4 prizes of $225 approx'ingio §50,000 prize pr>0
4..." I'JO '• 20,000..."... 640
S..." SO " 10,000..."... 540
12..." 50 " 5,000..."... GOO
2 1..." 30 " 2,510.720
2o..." 25 " 1,000..."... 500
3000..." 20 are 00,000
which are—
200 lbs pondered Ipecac.
250 lbs powdered India Rhubarb.
150 lbs powdered Cantharides.
300 lbs best powdered liird Cayenne.
150 lbs powdered Gum Arabic.
1000 lbs powdered Cream Tartar.
200 lbs powdered Tartaric Acid.
20 lbs powdered Extract Colocynth.
Paints, Oils and Window Glass.
10,000 lbs pure White Lend.
10,000 lbs No. 1 \\ liite Zinc Paint, Am.
200 lbs French Snow White Zinc.
20 casks French Yellow Ochre.
0 bbls Copal Varnish.
6 bbls White Damar Varnish.
3 bbls Japan Varnish.
2 bids Coach Varnish.
000 gallons Spirits Turpentine.
500 gallons English Linseed Oil.
50 casks English Venetian lied.
'io bbls Lamp Black.
uine article in the market.
80b. Price $1 00 per bottle, or six bottles for
$5 00.
For sale at the Manufactory, corner of seventh)
and Gretn streets, Louisville, Ky.
Sold Wholesale,
J. Wright & 3o., N. O., La.;
Bacon, Hyde & Co., St. Louis, Mo.;,
Baker & Smyth, Anstin Texas;
Bowles & Jeffries, Cameron;
Elliot & Co., Houston;
Webb Sample, Paris;
Leaving Paiker, Victoria;
Beaumont, Jr., Lavaca;
Bates. Brcckenri.lge & Co., Texans
And all extensive Drug Houses.
Aug. 2 ; n34—ly
Woodman's Extract of Jamaica
Ginger.
£iCCn is the intimate connection between the-
stomach and the nervous system, that the
100 boxes American Window Glass, assorted '
Prizes amounting to $*204,000
II hole Tickcts §10—halves §5—Quarters
82 50.
Plan of the Lottery.
The numbers from one to thirty thousand, cor-
respouding with tho.-e numbers on llie tickets,
printed ou separate slips of paper, are encircled
villi small tin tubes, and placed in one wheel.
The first 218 prizes, similarly printed and encir-
cled, are placed in ano.lu-r wheel.
Tne wheels are then revolved, and a number is
drawn from the wheel of numbers, and at the same
time a prize is drawn from the other wheel. The
number and :<ii/e drawn out are opened and ex-
lub'.ied to the audience, and registered by the
Commi sioner^: j *
number drawn. This operation is repeated until
all (lie prizes are drawn out.
Approximation Prizks.—The two preceding
bizes, from 8 by 10 to 24 by 30.
100 kegs Yellow Ochre, in oil.
| loo kegs Venetian Red, in oil.
All of which will be sold at the vcrv lowest mar-
ket rates. O. O. WOODMAN,
Xew Orleans, La.
and O. O. WOODMAN & CO.,
| [Vol 4 No 2] Vicksburg, -Miss.
; of the other, and a medicine which is grateful and
| beneficial to the stomach, bas the effect of restor-
j iug the nervous svsieni to its natural tone aud vig-
i or; and owing to these circumstances the Extract
j ol Ginger w ill be fouud an excellent remedy for
| nervous and sick headache, for sea sickness, nau-
sea. etc., etc. The great advantage of the fluid
I extract, or essence of Jamaica Ginger, is, that in a
! very concentrated form, it contains all the active
and ilie two succeeding Numbers to those drawing
Dr. RillillgV Carminative and As- ! P'inciples without any of the inert matter, which
tringent Syrup—An infallible remedy for Clio- j makes it much more agreeable to the stomach.
lera infantum or summer complaint ot children,] Dyspeptic persons who are troubled with nsn-
cholera morbus, diarrhoea, or any irregularities ofi s<"ni or distress of the stomach, after eating, ow-
the bowels.—The long and successful experience in ; ,0 *'ie weakness of the digestive organs, will
t''e nse of this remedy by the iuveutor, in the treat-I find this preparation invaluable, as it usually af-
nient of all the diseases for which it is recommend- j fords immediate reliet, and is far more efficacious,
ed, togelhcr with the highly respectable testi- than brandy or any other kind of ardeut spirits, as
rnony which numbers bear to its efficacy in the i stimulates and warms the stomach, producing a
cu.-e of the Bowel affections of children, diarrhoea, more permam lit relief, without the injurious con-
cliqlcra morbus aud dysentery, in grown persons, sequences which result from alcoholic stimulants.
| eiillile It to a higher confidence titan it' it were one i During the prevatence of the Cholera, it was.
: of tr.e ordinary humbug medicines of the day, | found of the g-eatest benefit for preventing a.
i which profess to perform miracles aud cure all the ! weakness and relaxation ot th« bowels, which
ills of life. Its character has Item fully tstablish- prouuee diarrhea.
Austria and Saudi ma.—Diplomatic re-
lations have been suspen.leJ between Austria
and Sardinia. The Austrian .Minister La-
retired from bis post near the Sardinian trov-
ernnier.t. This is not necessarily an indiea-
ioii oi impending hostilities heiween the two
powers.
tor
Alamo IUei.es.—We are g'ad to notice,
say the San Antonio Ledger, the fact that
on Saturday last this new military company
met, adopted a Constitution, and elected their
Win. 15. Knox, 1st Lieutenant.
John -1. Carolan, L'l.d
F. 1'- J- Meyers, 3rd "
Theodore Oswold, 1st Seanraut.
James Gross, 2nd "
Santos Leal, old "
Win. Elliott, 4;h "
E. L. Violland, 1st Corporal,
(ieori^e Horner, 2nd "
Felix Elder 3rd
E. 1'. Al.-bury, 4th
Jitlics llailner, Secretary.
Edward .Miles, Treasurer.
j Valua!>Se l:ott n 1'lautatiou
."•ale.
rr^FlE Cott n Plantation now occupied by the
i i subscriber situated about two miles from the
1 city of Austin, on the w■ st bank ot the Colorado
lliM-r is offtred tor sale. j
Tl.e |il:intation contains 318 acres of land, is !
417 r.ts front on the river, and runs back for
, quantiir. About Oo acres of bottom land are now
j cleared and well fence.'; about 175 acres is covered
! \vi:!t a heavy gr.ovth of bolfora timher.
The balance of ihe land is bottom and prairie.
The land is well known and is esteemed to be one
of li.e most compact and valuable tracts of land
in the Cotton region of Texas.
There are two good spriag; that never fail from
which a portion of the land could be easily irriga- .
ted. There are good negro cabins, coru cribs sta-
j hies and yards.
f To a person having a large gang of negroes, an
opportunity is now offered that seldom presents1
j itself. It will l e sold and immediate possession
given. Presuming no one will purchase without |
j personally giving the place a close and thorough j
j examination, a ride of twenty minutes from the j
! city of Austin will Uikeyou to the plantation, mid ;
; it will be tonnd ready and willing to speak lor it- :
' self. For price and terms apply io
W. P. DENOU.M ANDIE. Esq.,
City of Austin, Texas; !
or THOS. F. CHAPMAN,
Ou the Premises. ;
Atisfin. March 10, 1^57.—11-if
the first IS Prizes will be entitled to the 72 ap-
proximation Prizes, according to the Scheme.
The 8,000 prizes of S20 will he delt-rmiuefi by the
last figure of the number that draws the $.">0,000
prize. For ex niple, if ihe number drawing tlie
S'.O.OOO Piine ends *itiiXo. l.tten all the Tickcts
where tlie No. ends in 1 will be entitled to $20.
If the number ends in No. 2, then all the Tickets
where the number ends in 2 will be entitled to §20,
and so on lo 0.
Certificates of Packages will be sold at the fol-
lowing rates, which is the risk:
Certificate of package of 10 Whola Tickets; $80
" " 10 Half " 40
" " 10 Quarter " 20
" " 10 highth " 10
In ordering Tickets or Certificates, enclose the
money to our address for the tickets ordered, on
receipt of which they will he forwarded by first
mail.
Purchasers can have tickets ending in any fig-
ure they may designate.
The list of drawn numbers and prizes will be
forwarded to purchasers immediately after the
drawing.
Purchasers will please write their signatures
plain, and give their Post Office, County and
State.
Remember that every Prize is drawn, and
payable in fuil without deduction.
jQf All Prizes of §1,000 and underpaid im-
mediately after the drawing—other Prizes at the
usual time of thirty days, in full without deduction.
All communications strictly conSdential.
Prize Tickets cashed or renewed in other Tickets
at either office.
Address orders for tickets or certificates of pack-
ages of tickets either to
S. SWAN k CO.. Atlanta, Ga.,
& j ed iu the hands of physicians of the highest char- j A tew drops in a tumbler of water, with sugar
, or syrup, form a healthful and delightful beverage;
! this extract counteracting the bad effects of the
1 cold water.
acter, as the following letter from ageutlemau now
a resident of Lockhart. Texas, will show :
Delta, (Coahoma Co.) Miss., May 31, 1847.
O. O. MooJ/nan, <}.—Dear Sir—There are but
WOODMAN'S EXTRACT OF JAMAICA GINGER
a.very fc - of the nostrums now offered to the pub- j is elaborately prepared from carefully selected ar-
lie lo which I would be willing to lend the sauc- tides of the best quality.
tion of my name, however humble it may be, ei- j Caution.—Persons desiring an article that can
ther in tlie world of letters or of medicine. Ob- , be relied upon, prepared solely from pure Jamaica
serration and experience, however, have forced J Ginger, should be particular to ask for "Woodman's
upou me the conviction, that Billings' Carminative j Extract of Jamaica Ginger," which is warranted,
and Astringent Syrup is a very valuable compound, j to be exactly w hat it is representod.
prepared upon scientific principles—perfectly in O. O. WOODMAN, corner of Magazine and.
1 harmony w ith the laws of organic life—and, there- Common streets. Wholesale Agent, New Orleans.
F. T. DUFFAU, Austin, Generel Wholesale and!
Retail Agent.
ROBERTS A CO., Houston.
®ieri«:iinwater, who killed Findiey near
Alto, a fcho t time sit.ee has been sentenced
to the penitentiary for fifteen years. Jr.e
Crockett Printer says:
j- -in-t .i i . •. j . ■ ' ... . - "Tlie facts, as stated by the Sentinel, are,
ed iu 1 Hoi, tie company became entitled to gage w the road, lands, or other property of „,at Fin,;iey improper proposals to .Mrs.
PiACl
HORSE
eight sections more, to be located oa any oi the company ; and it shall fi.r;:i a part of the
the pubhe la n us of the State, making in all coutract of said loan or loans that said property
sixteen sections ot iaad to the io:!c, cr e;p'at: sq morf^med shal! alo >e be relied upon fin
million? and seventeen thousand acresof land j payment ofsii.l bonds; and that there shall
for the whole line of road. j i>e n„ iadividual liability cq tV 5 stockholders,
'By amther act of the Legislature of Texas, i whether for stock subscribed for by thein or
the I'o^rd of School Commissioners were other liability.
.directed to loan to legally incorporated rail-j Ii-solccd, Tiiit no ctlicr live per cent,
road coppanies, out of tho school lund in : stock ou which 8-!> per shar.-? ou!;' shall be
,their hands, (being United Str.tes bonds,' stipulated to be cal.ed for shall ever be issued,
;b*?arip<; five per cent.,) six thousand dollars except the twelve millions hereinafter author-
-for "every uiile of railroad, when said coin- ized ; but the B j.irJ of Directors—two-thirds
.j.any stall have completed, in a good aud of the whole number concurring—may, if the
substantial manner, a continuous section of interest of the company require it, i.-v?ue stock
twenty-five miles, and graded ail additional upon which ten per cent, or more shall be
consecnti.e section of twenty-five miles, and ! called for; said stock to be paid for in such
,t} e.£cj^ic for every additional consecutive sec- installments as said Directors ma
lliinwater. and threatened violen.-e if sh
r. fused. She told her husband, and lie shot
l-'indk-y de:.d tiie day after. Oustht l{:iin-
Water t.) have been punished at all in this
ca>e. lie was a poor stranger and Find ley
was rich.
tifThe hoop movement, the Hanger savs,
has reached Breuham. Xotv, the town of
Jjreuhaui must be a very out of the way place.
The "hoop movement" has been the rage of
Austin for a series of months- longer prob-
ably th^n a year. In fact, we had supposed
that nearly aii the Texas towns had been f.i-
j vored with an importation of the prevailing
ition, of tcn miles, which shall be completed j 4. Resolved, That the foregoing resolutions : fashion, as regards a certain jbuving style of
aud.graded." i are hereby declared to be a part ot the con- fcmrtle dress. About the time hoops are
other
cs of feui- :
Thk Celebrated and Tuorolgu-Bred |
M.
BJxS ."C«. KS. icl ft
l"*\riLL Stand the ensui g season at my resi-
, y ? dence, on the E. leto, 14 miles from the Sul- [
' phur Springs, on tl.e following
TKI'MS:
\ Fifiv dollars the season and seventy-five dollars
; to insure. Season to commence on the 10th of
March and end ou the 10th of June.
Pedigree.—Darby was sired by Imported Glen- 1
coe. and out of Picayune, one of the fleetest'
daughters of the renowned Mcdoc. For full par-
ticulars of pedigree, ste American Turf Register.
CREED TAYLOR. I
Darby has been a winner at all distances from !
one to four miles, having ran a heat of four miles;
over the Austin city course in the remarkably
iFARR'S AGUE TOXIC, OK
Qt L\I.\E SCfiSTITffE.
4 SAFE. Speedy, and effectual cure for Fever
and Ague, or Intermittent Fever. The pro-
prietor would assure the public, no Quinine, or j ju(r people,
am Mineral substance, so injurious to the system, i Remedy—your Cherry Exuectorant—has done tor
riably aflording but temporary relief, en- j tllei when all other remedies had failed to give anv
fori. deserves (although its ingredients are kept
secret) to rjn.k higher in the scale of remedial
agents than t' mere nostrum. It affords me pleas-
ure to be able (without the fear of successful con-
tradiction) to add my testimony in favor of its ef-
ficiency, as a safe ami pleasant remedy, in all the
forms of bowel complaints for which it is recom-
mended. 1 have used ii myself in several very in-
teresting chronic cases of diarrhoea and dysentery,
and recommend it in many others; and in everv
instance, where such a preparation was indicated,
it proved successful.
Respectfully vours,
' *D. M. PORTER, M. D.
For sale, wholesale and retail, by
O. O. WOODMAN,
Corner Commerce k Magazine streets,
Xew Orleans, La.
F. T. DUFFAC, General Agent,
Austin, Texas.
ROBERTS & CO , Houston.
December 17," 1856.—2
The Great t'ouuli Remedy.
CllEli R Y EXPECTORANT.
rj^HE following original letter was handed to us
1 for publication- A remedy which can elicit
such encomiums must be a good cue.
Galveston, Texas. April 25, 1856.
Dr. O. O. Woodman, Xew Orleans :
My Dear Sir—In justice to you aud a dutyl owe
to a suffering, and. 1 may say, a vyorld of cough-
1 suite what vour invaluable Cough
aud inv aria
ters its composition; that it is essentially vegeta-
ble in its nature, may be given to persons of eve- 1
ry age and either sex, and when administered ac-j
cording to directions, never fails to effect a certain ;
cure, and completely prevent a return of the dis-
ease. Price §1 per bottle.
Proprietor, THOMAS A. HURLEY,
Druggist, Louisville, Kv.
CHARLESS, BLOW & CO.,
Wholesale Agents, St. Louis, Mo.
October -). H4A6.—4o-6&i.
relief. In the fall of 1 47, living in St. Louis,
w here I have resided most of the time for the last
sixteen years, I took a severe cold which settled
on my lungs, and was confined to my bed and
dosed and blistered by doctors for several weeks,
but finally got on my legs again, but not cured of
my hard coughing, and rattling and tickling in
my throat, which continued incessantly fof more
than ix mouths, always tile worst in the winter.
My friends insisted I had coughed enough to kill
Patent Medicines.
4 LL the most popular Medicines, by the grog*
or dozen, at the Proprietors' lowest whole-
sale prices. Among which are—
75 gross Mustang Lini-nent.
30 gross Bryant's Pulmonic Wafers.
50 dozen llostetter's Bitters.
50 dozen Wheeler's Sherry Wine Bitters.
50 dozen Ginger Cordi tl.
50 dozen Thorn's Extract Copaiva and Sarsapa-
rilla.
200 dozen Bull's Sarsaparilla.
50 gross Fahnestock's Vermifuge.
75 gross McLean's Vermifuge.
50 grass Winer's Vermifuge.
24 dozen Osgood's Cbolagogue.
24 dozen Carter's Spanish Mixture.
24 dozen Swain's Panacea.
100 dozen Barry's Tricopherrms.
O. O. WOODMAN,
Corner Common and Magazine streets, N. Orleanr.
[Vol 4 Xo 2]
II O >V A It D ASSOCIATION
1UIUADELPHIA.
nrroETAxr a xao uncemext
FTtO all persons afflicted with sexual diseases,
« such as Spermatorrhoea, Seminal Weakness,
Impotence, Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Syphilis, the vice
of Onanism, or self abuse, &c. 4c.
The Howard Association, in view of the awful
destruction of hu"*an life, caused by sexual dis-
eases, and the deceptions practised upon the un-
fortunate victims of such diseases by quacks, have
directed their consulting Surgeon, as a charitable
act worthy of Iheir name, to give medical advice
gratis; to all persons thus afflicted, who apply by
letter, with a description of their condition, (age,,
occupation, habits of li.e, &c,) and in cases of ex-
treme poverty and suffering, to furnish medicines
free of charge.
The Howard Association is a benevolent insti-
I
For Sale.
Offer for sale my half league of land on Brtishv
14 miles from Austin, at one dollar per acre
a dozeu common men, and that I must be in the tution, estabiished by special endowment, for the
I made up my mind i relief of the sick and distressed, afflicted with
quick time of seven mintites and fortj three se-, Ti.ere are over live hundred acres of good cedar.
conds. winning the he.it at liis leisure, evidently vv hicli
lia' ing several seconds to spare.
March 27. 1857.—12-tf
ay rtrjnue.
nam
31 Af-L^iC-Oji Extinct.—A correspondent
of tiie Scientific American says, I have been
informed by a European acquaintance that
ielstro:n has no existence. A nautical
iiiitific coin mi i:o.i went out, sjiicd all
interested ;u t
.Hit] tiil'.C ii liilij
ahv.tys be re.-vii
tiie I -.lOWiO'i ' \
jje it eti::cti
of til.; ."-ourhel
Company
i ii
(J. AW.-
ari'l is L
:f the WOi i:s
.'.1
ii; rectors
Th
•aid
r
after finishing the road leave a surplus of'; is eminently a national enterprise. a-:d that
millions of dollars to be divided among the a* the road is to be constructed sn ti;>- Souih,
stockholders. it is the desire of this board, and of a I:ir<re
Although I have determined to accept the ' majority of the stockholders, as they believe,
0$ee of President, jet I am free to say that that iis management and control should be in the maelstrom has no existence. A nautical
I should not have done so. if the road had Southern hands ; as nearer and more specially
not been placed ur.d ir Southern control and
direction.
The Northern stockholders, however, snt:s-!
fiet' ,k—t t!: y Couid huii.] tl.e load uie.nscivrs,
yet they believed shut it could be more satis- r
lactonly, snMj nnd e*p.diti"usiy iy
combiuitig with the South. Ihe roa'i :u!!>
thrcugb Soutm.-ni territory, and cau be more |
securely i.verlooked fiom the Southern port; oi
of the diicctory. Its mauagemcnt can L?1
jj-.ore economically conducted from a Sonthcm '
AUCTION', COMMISSION", AND
GintllLt!. AtiilM Y OFFICE.
\v T K have opened an ofiice on Congress Avenue
ou the first floor of the Hall House, for the j
transaction of a General Agency and Commission
business, and by prompt attention to the interests of
our employers and consigners hope to merit a
share of patronage.
We nr.- prepared to make liberal cash advances |
on consignments, have ample storage room, and:
o u- location is both central and pubiic.
We will give special attention to the purchase.!
saie cr exchange of city property. To parties !
wisliiu•' to in*estments in lands in the central, |
if sold iu small iracts, or cut and eol.l for
fencing, will produce a large profit over payiug for i
the whole tract. There is laud enough lor a good a bottle
farm, of superior quality, on this beautiful and
never-failing creek. There are, also, several large
springs, and good building sittfs.
For terms, which are unusually accommodating,
apply to Wm. Armstrong, Esq., near Capt. Mer-
rill's, or Mr. C. K. West.
MORGAN L. SMITH.
January 31. 1857.—4
Tulten up ami (.'omiiiitted
r«X> the care of the undersigned, Sheriff of Lib-
I_ erty county, on the 1'Jtb August, A. D. IS'iti,
a slave, who says his name is Charles, and fur-
ther says he belongs to t'ol. Ben. Cage, who lives
on Canev Bayou, Wharton county, Said ne^ro
rn or western part of the St .te we can offer ! is very black ; aS-"out five feet five inches high ;
especial advan'ages, acquired dnring a residence of j spare built; legs slightly bowed, upper row
of more than twenty ysars with ample opportunities i front teeth out; has a number of scars on his . ways keep a bottle on band, and in the comuicnc
last stages ol consumption.
I must cough my life away. I left St. Louis in
Decenibtr last to travel and spend the winter in
tlie South. When 1 called at your store iu Vicks-
burg. you will recollect 1 was coughing so hard I
i could not talk to make my business known. You
said you would cure my cough. As you gave me
of your Cherry Expectorant, I tho .ght
w ould not slight you and your inedicii e so much
j as not lo try it: and in thankfulness shall I ever
1 remember the day I did so. In but a few days it
j began to allay and diminish my cough a.,d all
tickling in my throat; and before 1 had used more
| than three-fourths of the con.ents of that bottle,
j I was entirely cured and for weeks I did not even
I raise a coujji, though exposed day and night in all
weathers, iu traveling, llowevt r, in March, while
j traveling in Xorih Carolina, 1 took a severe cold.
i and my coi'glur.g commenced again, and also the
tickling in my throat at intervals; and before my
I arrival in Xew Orleans, on the 12th ins:., oil some
nights my coughing woald commence and continue
for an hour or two. I soon procured another bot- i
tie from you. ai.d in less th.-iu two days I was en- i
! tirely relieved again. I am cow determined to al-
Virulent and Epidemic diseases." It has now a
| surplus of means, which the Directors have" voted
i to expend in advertising the above notice. It is
needless to add that the Association commands
the highest medical skill of the age, aud will fur-
nish the mc st approved modern treatment.
Just published, by the Association, a report on
Spermatorrhoea, or Seminal Weakness, the vice of
Onanism, Masturbation, or Self-Abuse, and other
diseases of the Sexual Organs, by the consulting
Surgeon, which will be sent by mail, (in a sealed
envelope,) free of charge, on receipt of two stamps
for postage. *
EZRA D. HEARTWELL, President.
Geo. Fairchild. Secretary.
Fenruary 21, 1857.—7-ly
NOTICE.
Fifty Dollars Reward!
Iliad two horses stolen from me about
18 months since, at Cameron, Milam
county, Texas. One dark bay horse.,
for i
aiirjr :in intimate personal knowledge of a
A
n
ii b.
tu
ana
aroUild it11 vv
to i o, Hit- CV.iU
! smooth whore up?;
sentfc'l *1^ *H;:!:
c!ie m net:;a.
'icr* :;ve a
w! '<::i !*Tee
it cii." nTii**.-
tel.
j uri try
tne maelstrom was
\t ; t);:* :
iiiJips it. was repf;*-
;- ai:v u'li-.-r } art t.f
m *iuii t.f iiij
i}y /"'-maelsfnuns
i _r:51• i \ coiJ -o-
• ; rtion ot
it.inee witl
: -or - who
_• Ji::ii't.
the count!y, a
i ";i> citize::;--.
!:::ve de^intole
to t"t!;ni>h
,i jo i
us with
nn>.
M>!it-d
I!
i!:t assuranee tnai it tl
w cl. ;is a wide
in the wheat
'. " ill it to Itu-ir
dederiptiuns of the
prrijianenl 1 j.«si r=.
>i;te.-.« lo c ur
I he iaiihfuilv ut-
back, and rolls n: his eyes when spoken to* The
owner or owners of said slave ate requested to
come forward. pro.\e pTDperty, pay charge
take iiim away, or he wi
fo iaw.
N
If
is .v; -
; .:tid
he de:;ft with accord in-
T. it. FITZtJICKALD.
-4°-tf. fcLerifl' .L C.
' r"!-
cinan
■r to
ssrs. Swensou iV Swisher,
roM^ruN i: CO.
M)!)l HilLR! SOU A HATLU!
.■I' In'' Con/'ctiuunr/ ou l\cau kSirttt.
^lottos and H>sortcd Cainiy.
To ti cat the Ladies so neat and h :iuy,
Can he had so very cheap,
_\i Au 'tin, (i'e.\.t?.,i 011 1'ecan street.
Austin. >iarcti Io07.— 12 .w.
ing ot a congh a very few small doses will reliev.,
it entirely. 1 am now fully satiitied it is the best i
Cough Remedy now known to the world: and it is !
a duly you o\ve to the couching and alliicted part
t>i the human family, lo put &o vahiable a remedy j
within the reach ol aii. lis praise will toon be
upon thu tongues ot tens ol thousands of joyful
and cougitless happy souls. So great a remedy as
your Expectorant should Le brought before the !
I pu«mc.
i 1 am,
Austin. J i
r, respect fully \ours.
K. j/\UMi vrAi:r>.
^;t. Louis. Mo.
F T. DUFFAU. General Ageut.
about 16 haudshigh} his right ear a little shorter
than his left—a plain scar on his right arm in the
heavy part of the muscle—stands very ereet on hit
pasterns, corks himself all round when shod—his
tail and mane quite thin—holds his tail strait out
when under the saddle—trots very rapidly in har-
ness, head and tail nn when he startc—a remarkable
heavy musclctianimal. One black mare, about 16or 17
hands high, a plain starin the forehead, some small
. saddle marks on her back, her left hind foot white
to the pattern joint.
I learn the man who stold them said he was go-
i i'ig to Corpus Christi or Port Lavaca to dispose of
! them. I will give fifty dollars for the above horses
i delivered to me at Cameron.
The bay horses' ear will show it? being shorter
' by gitting ou him. J. P. BOWLES.
! December 1. 1656.— 52-Otn.
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