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IIOITMTON. TKXAM .
i. M. cuomre. uiiok m tnwium.
Tanae.—Weakly, per • months, 991 x months.
•« SO. Trl-Weekly, • months, «10: 3 month.
•S. Advertising, W cents per Une such lassrtlon
ABUT Hut.—'mnntBMinnr winieeye Fetrua-
Sr 8. and will visit the Terry Bumn la dw"
• will msll aB Other totters at Atlanta. Georgt
Carrier'• chim on all letter* to go beyond the
Mississippi, t£ Remit only Confederate mousy. Mo
county Kiip to currenthere.
Inclose letter* U fslegteffc .
on outside envelops, "Amy Mall.''
endorsing
0. 8. Poet
am moat la all aaaaa be prepaid bp a I'P0"***,
ctampe. Local atampe wlll aet de. Aim to gat
yoar Uttate la two er three day* bsfors the day el
departure.
]&> We make reom to-day lor the very ealer-
talaiag leotara af Oapt. Wharton, cm the "FW-
oaaphy af latlng," wWeh ha volunteered by ra-
Saest la rsad at the Concert yesterday ee'alght,
at which, throach accident or dlseourtecy. the
aadteneo did net llatae to. To (Tratlfy lhoae who
daalrad to aaa it, wa publish tt. It will ha (Oaad
to wall repay ptrusal. J*
HyTha price af eotton at Safle Pass la, wa
learn, SOo ipeole. Zt la worth 95a la Matamoros
Ifp Wa haar of aalaa of eorecal State Bonda for
•10W, paying 9 par eeat. lataraat la apeele, at
*355 specie- Thla iaaboat the beat lareatmant we
know of, as It paye over 91 par aaat. interest—
truly a good return for capital.
ID Wa ara lalafciail to T. W. Heaia far a
vary nioe praaaat. Wa don't Uka ta tall what
tt la. ••
TT?* The weather Joat now to extremely fltvor
aWe ta terming oparatlohs. We tea glad to leara
that plantar* ara praparies to make the bast corn
cropa Is their power. Wa hope to aaaoera enough
made this year ta (tad both the army and the
people.
JO* we ara Informed that Capt. 1.0. Wharton
has baaa relieved from eharge of the Clothing
Bareaa, etc., at kla own request, and Capt. K. W
Taylor aaa been assigned to daty In his piece
The change was necessitated by the fact that Capt
Wharton was not able to stake op bis return*
Wharton waa not able to make op his returns |fc,renou lng to Interest the Phllospher'i
while attending to the basinsss of the oflee. We examination of this Iron law that
wish CapL Taylor ]oy of hie appointment, though # Md mftD fr0m vbfc first hour that hi
we qaaettoa Ifhe or anybody else oaa derive much eari|j; It 1* a law as Inexorable as dei
Joy from so laborious and responsible a bureau
, It Is aald that Ool.M^Jora,/who has dons so
ssrrlee hi command of a brigade of Texlans
Br a year pdat, baa bean oommlssioaed as Brig*
adler ueastal. We are pleased to hsar It.
JOT If Mr. 0. H. Alexander Is la the city,ha
wOlooafer a favor by calling at this ofllee, where
he will learn aamethlnc to his advantage.
Editor Teltgrmpk—Allow me through your
eolamas to acknowledge the donatloa of eight
hundred dellara from the oltlsens of Houston .for
the purpeae of haying Bibles for the soldiers at
the pMrof Galveston. The Bibles hare bean
beam end distributed to the soldiers, but we
need ashman? more. I also take pleasure In an-
nouncing to tha well wishers of our Savior's
cause, that we are passing through a most gra-
eMw revival amongst ths soldiers. There have
been etj^ty eenvesslons, with sixty-five aooes-
alonste the Camp Church, which to composed of
each Br angelical denomination of Christians—
Ths good work to still on the inoreaee. The Camp
Ohureh la nightly crowded, and many are seek-
ing the Oreat MI Ami" We solicit ths prayers of
Sod's people far the deseeat ot His spirit upon the
enttrs soldiery upon Galvseton Island.
L. H. BALDWIN,
Post Chaplain, Galveston,
wmmrnmmmmmmbb
THS PH H.OAOP11V OP EATING.
An Essay by B. C. Wharton.
It may aeema deaeeratloa of high aad enno-
bling , Intellectual parsaits. to ally the term
"PbQeeeehyas representing them, with anoth-
er, assimilating, at first glancs, only to matsrial
eecapation and common place idess.
That I may not bo banished for the attempt,
from the realms of good Tasts, 1st me remind yon
that the brilliant novelist, Dumas, would rather
compoaa anew dlah than a aew "Three Guard s-
men" aad that Rossini prldss himself more oo
his skill as a cook than bis gsntus as a matitri ,
that tha author of the "Last Base of Sum-
mer" never sang mors sweetly than at the con-
vivial board, and that Sydney Smith, the choicest
wltefthseountrv.waealsooneof Its most dls-
llngutohsd "Diners out." Who but such a wit
and aueh a g—rwut could have combined rare
humor, deep pathoe and refined gaetroaomy as he
did ao Islieitously, whsn. In bidding farewell to a
clerical friend about to leave Bngland for the
lalee of the Pacific, he hinted at the appalling
fact that the aativee were particularly tond of
"cold, boiled mleelouary"—cheering up the as-
tonished clergyman, however, with the hope that
"he wouldn't egree wHh them!"
And be you surs that the proftmndeet Philoso-
phy of them all. however absorbed by Aris-
totle or paasled by Kant, would not arne the
point with me at all—were he hungry > Bven
that enchanting music of the epheroe.ln attempt-
ing ta bear which high wrought eouls havs for
centuries wasted many weary vigils-even that
divine harmony would not reitraln his eager
aflraiUoo of our proposition thai there la a Put-
losephy In Bating, were some diminutive urchin
euddeniy to open tha stady door, and, heralded
by sATory ooori from savory dishtaf to •zolaini
In elegant phraae: "Slr-wiUlss to up I"
The Columbus of modern philosophy, Sir
Irai els Baem—
"That wlseet, greatest, meaneet of mankind !
loot his life in endeavoring to apply philosophical
principles to the preservation of meat. Shall It
be said that there Is ne philosophy Incident to the
concerning of
"There are more things In Hsaven and Barth,
Horatio,
Than are dream't of lu your Philosophy."
Hamlet would certainly have been a firm dts
dale of Lord Baeon ; for, In those familiar lines,
he evinces all that Sage's oontempt for the useless
systems of the olden Schools, when oomparcd
with his own practical logto. He the first Induced
Philosophy to abandon ths airy rsgion of abstract
Ideas and dreamy theories; and, entering on the
well-beaten, narrow path of every day life, to seek
out the ussfUl and find msrlt In the vulgar.
And first, as to the neoesslty ot eating. Is
to Interest the Phllosphsr>s thoughts
it has gov-
he trod the
earth f It is a law as inexorable as death Itself;
aad, as a sin of eating expellsd our first parsnts
from Paradise, so surety will the omission to eat
sxpel the souls of Adam and Bvs's descendants
from their divinely-shaped, but earth-stamped
tenements. How strangs—that what made saan
perishable should be needed to prevent his per-
ishing I
As lnsxorable as death, said wel Man but
rarely sseks to watoh ths ratal phantom that al-
ways follows, noiselessly, In his vsry footsteps;
he is oonscious of Its prssenoe, and sseks ever to
banish that oooselousness; but ths lnsxorabls-
ness of ths othsr necessity—that of eating—is by
subject for refl
obligation; h«
forward to ita recurrence as ths dusty, hset-
no msana so disagreeable a subject for reflection.
He welcomes this diurnal obligation; ho looks
«
Coast or Texas, Jan. SS, 1864.
Ttltgr*pJk.—Ons of Tom Anchorite's an-
i of Gen. Magruder, published in ths Tsle-
, does a "certain young
Injustice, whsthsr In ten
i unable to say. Being a
friend of said young Captain, and withal a lover
of truth, I desire to correct T. A.'e misstatements.
In the first place.the young Captain d<e not
leave his company "In the face of General Or-
• requiring an oflcers to rsmaln with their
■mauds.*' At that time the order alluded to
he Ca]
e poet
tut necessary for his
had not been laaoed. The Captain had orders
from the comaaftdtr of the poet to go to Houston
to procure articles a&iolvti .
battery. If, therefore, any blame attaches, it
foils oa-
one cbo
edly foe] ...
Information that he"folt he had done wrong In
obeying orders. He fears, however, that your
sagacious tndTeraelous correspondent was tak*
lug an airing on "Pegatsui" when ha made the
to the
on the oflder Issuing the order, not on the
•keying It. The "young Captain*' undoubt-
foels thaakful to T, Anchorite, Beq., for the
tloa of the "ornament"
l usadeno at the suggse
tea thenar of tha moi
tlon of a staff oB
aomsnt, aad certain-
bought of a connection between
as In Houston.
i conversation, aa dstallsd by Tom Anchor-
lto, la tolerably correct, although he dlspleys some
Ingenuity In eauatag it to eonvey a wrong lm-
preeelon. The Goneral'e tone waa quite kindly,
aad possoescd not the least particle of rebuke.
Whoa, too, ea the Several's asking whether he
teotoned oBoer whom
io ot
ould haveaent en thla erraad, the capttla ra-
ked om Tito i— * ■
marked oa tha dlBoulty of obtaining sappllse
firom quanermaaters, &o., there was not much of
tebake to the Goneral'e anewer, when he told him
to come directly to him when he wanted euppllee,
aad he wonld see that the artillery waa properly
finished.
On the whole, tt waa rather a good Joke, aad the
y*aag Captala told hie Monde of It hlssself, aa
sant, aad were tt net for the mlsstatsments and
mlerepreeeatatlene of Tom Anchorite, ealonlatod
to wath toe young oBoer an Injury, 1 should not
have noticed IK If Tom Aehorlte had ever com
ssaaded a company la the told, he oould more
readUy appreciate the dlBeultiea and aanoyaaoee
af a company cemmandor, aad weald not, per-
hape, be qatts so ready to veatUate tavidloae aa<
leirtia. ; tabcbbd.
A SBIMISTRAIOK'8 SALB.—Bear the towa
A aPoptgomery, en the Betate of JaaMC H.
BtteMU, oa Friday the Sth day of f ebruarj next,
i hlgheet bidder, the following,
i, oxen, pork and etoek hogs,
, ot and horee wagone, forming
i tools, household furniture,
A. 8. LIPSCOMB,
HflrUPwIi;, Administrator.
JKbttAALB.'-^Thirty laadoortlfioatoe, 640 aeree
\ each. Xaqalreaf
Jan lOwStdktwSl*
JOHN BURLAGM.
Austin.
■as. *. VBLTON, Piano Teacher aad Tuner
Ordsre left at Derini A Merrtman's.
iooC , in*
COMPANY.—Sub-
bevs Company wilt
, enTuoa
of organ!
the meant y<
said Oompany,
t be paid In
. tKOB, P.LOCBBTT.
' il|Mli' S'rfi'lB
. ieHew
1864.—Wlt4bSWlt*
1100
.-I have lee*
pact month. The I ret
•If, blind In left
into, blind In left Wet
eon from uee of oolar,
■sate mule, branded with
ceancotod, oa the loft hip.
Ither of them, or (no for
1064.
T. M. BAGBT.
—"im
iW,twM
. P0LLAW9BBB, Pies- pro tern-
wearied traveler to the cool epot of groenecy—
the Oaels In the arid Desert; he recognises in Its
regular, periodical retarn,the wisdom of Nature
which provides for systematic momenta of repoee
In man aa in the materiel world, and thereby
flu htm, mentally and pbysleally, for the tolls
and troublee of Hie.
It to the only neoesslty that man's oapriolous-
noss rebels not at. On the contrary, from the
earliest ages, hs has made It the means ot height-
ening domestic pleasurss and extending social
cultivation; of expressing his utmost feliolty as
well aa hie bltteroet sorrow; of ooossemtlng a pub-
lic triumph; of cementing a peaoo; aye, even of
proving of marvelloue powei In the manoeuvres
of ounnlng diplomats or the deliberations of wise
statesmen.
The anolents had a protecting Deity for almost
every bodily or montal occupation; they delfled
wine and be-nymphod water; but they oould Im-
agine no mythological being potent enough to
ropressnt the greatlaw of eating. ,
When they wished to represent their gode as
most dsllgtfully occupied, they depicted them
at a celestial banquet; and the moderns have re-
eognissd this Olympian precedent— for they inva-
riably prooiaim any supcrexoellent repast to be
" a Feast for the Gods l '
But, to reverse the beautiful German saying :
"to this sliver lining there is a dark cloud,"
this Imperious neoessily, If lihas played so agree-
able a role In the comedy of human life, has
aleo oft eon verted that oomedy Into the direst
trupdy.
Tne history of starvation will afford quite as much
matter for tbe makers of books of the marvellous
aa tne annul* or Terrible Shipwrecks, Great Kpldem-
lca or If anions Highwaymen. Oaunt Famine can tell
soorea of heart-break tug tales of bis wasting, relent-
less power over man. Body as well aa Mind surren-
ders to his snmmers; the multitudes that form great
nations, aa wall as the Intellect that makes great
men, are but aa feeble children in bis grasp, "Give
me to eat I" gasped Otway to the pasaer«by, and the
starving author of " Venice Preserved " died, choked
by a crust of bread. "Give me to eat! "cried the
marvellous boy, Chatterton, and suicide counted one
moreVWttm. "Ulve me to eat I" growled tfce glo-
rious old author of " Haaselas"—starving on the mis-
erable pittance of the booksellers. " Ton work for
lame," said poor Goldsmith to the fortnnate Cumber*
land, autuor of tbe comedy of tbe "West Indian."
" you work for fame-1, for food I"
fol'ruly an exhlleratlua spectacle this! a pretty sub
Ject for j our Illustrated Periodical of the nay—title:
"Genius begging for Bread."
Ah I wo may laugh, and heartily, too, at Dickens'
description of the Alms House Boy,"asking for
more, but tbe wisest of the British ststesmen will
acknowledge that thla constant demand of tbelr
pauper masses—"asking for morel "—Is the most diffi-
cult problem tbelr legislation has to solve.
It edords quite an ongtoal point from which to
view mankind, tor usto start the telescope from the
fa off. antediluvian first hater, and sweep down the
coautieoi srrsy of generations of eateto following, till
wo reach the eight hundred millions of eaters ot our
own day and hour.
Xerxee beheld no such grand spectacle as this,
when he passed many daysln reviewing hla
hordes, swarming by him on the road to classic
Greece. Bvejj the conquering Napoleon might well
hare cried. ".Sbtmtotf peal/" at view of a Hoat
that could eat up hla Grands Arnes, bonce, boota,
bayonet* aad all, In about ten mtnutee, aad then
wonder when dinner would be ready.
A vision of tbe millions who have inhabited the
that the Sight Beer would truly exclaim, uke Mao
both,
"I've supped on horrors I"
It would task the oomblned genius of s Dante aad
a Hood to describe the horrible aa wall ss the comical
features of ao vast a panorama, and still, Uka the
blood stained Thane of Cawdor, we would cry out:
"What) shall ths Una stretch on to the crack of
doom I"
Pancy, If yon can, that, to morrow, on one half
the globe, between the boura of noon and 4 r. m.
four hundred millions sets of human teeth will
be engaged la n re morse lees, snapping, clashing,
gnashing and chewing of food, while on the
other hemisphere, the owners of the other four
hundred million eete ef teeth will be at rcet,
dreaming of their feate of the prevlouo hours
and sharpening their hundreds of thousands oi
teeth on lasaglaary whetstones, preparatoiy to
aaother gtand, oomblaed aaeaulton the enemy,
when day ahall again brighten their kltcbene I
Ie net thla a terrific as wsll aaa ludloroue plo-
tnre Why, one la apt to have one*s ideas of As-
troaomy and Natural Philosophy entirely alter-
ed ly It. One might then well lmagtoe that the
malaatte mechanism of the revolving of the
earth en itsowa sxie—the beautiful aad sublime
ordination of day and night—to but n means
adopted by Suture for eelf-preiervaUon, to pre-
vent herself from being eaten up. Per, were
there no inch ordination —were It always day—
ihe two arnica cf eaters wonld no longer act al-
larauely, bat together; they would bo alwaya
eating—and with eight handred million sole or
teeth- each eet ef thirty-two teeth—whloh would
fire twenty-five billions, six hundred mllllone
of teeth—aU chewing together and all conataat-
ly chewing—It would tuck the moot lmagtnnUve
calculator to compete the dtoaatruae results.
▼egetatloa weald act have time to grow, aor
Ihe eatmal kingdom ttssW to produce; there
wonld bene epidemic uasong cooks) fat as so
would disappear myesertoasly; the earth woald
proeently to ae Dare ae the sandy plains of Afri-
sigbt handled mllllone of peopl
fot men andeeoks, would yo about like the lion
seeking whom to devour; and Anally one poor,
lean,starving wretch, aeatei on the bonrs or
eight hundred millionsof men, wonld And no one
to contest h<s right to recite Campbell's poem—
the'Last Manl"
Henceforth let ue not look upon Dontiste as
eomm <n men. I for one. shall always bow my
lowest berore any sign, however humble, that
m y bear the simple but portentous inscription:
MTecth pulled here I"
In foet, the phlloeophere have not looked at this
subject In tbe manner It deserved—or rather, th-y
beve not looked at It at all. They have gone on
for eeaterlee, star-gasing, Investigating mysteries
as distant as the planets, and to mankind as use-
Isss, whlls at their very foot was that famous well
which they bad only to stumbls into, In order to
find ths truth.
It has been reservsd for a witty and graceful
modern Prsneh writer to pluck out the heart of
this mystery, end to elevate the subjoct I am now
touching on, to ite proper position In the world of
intellect. In tbe Introduction to a work on tbe
fascinating subjects of '• Taste and Gastronomy,"
he enunciates this rather startling axiom:
" Tell me what you eat, and
1 will tell you what you are i"
Let ua examine this.
The aacieot Oreek Sage thought he cut tbe Gor-
dlanknotef that diffloult problem—Human Na-
ture—when he brteAy and dlctatorlally said to
poor, pussled man—" know thyself 1*' And for
oenturieathe metaphysicians, tbe moralists, the
philanthropists, the phrenologists, the Roslcru-
elans, ths socialists—even the poets—have been
going mad, and making the rest of mankind crs-
sy with their "confused worse than confoundod"
attempts to put into practice this dictum of the
Grsek phllosi her. If they did not understand it
themselves, at least they made tbe nnlu itiated be-
lieve that they did ; and so generation after gen-
eration of ambitious students have beer vainly
essaying to find the "open sesams" to that
cavern of treasures—a knowledge of tbemselve*.
But the frenchman has solved the antiquated
problem. He has taken the Malakoff, while the
others were stricken down at ths Redan. " Tell
ms whst you eat, and I'll tell you what you are I"
So that Instead of golntrli a phrenologist to have
one's vlcee end virtues felt out by the bumps on
one's head, we have only to preseut this new pro-
fessor with our favorite bill of fare—beginning
with Soup and ending with " Pontic Cafe '—and
he'll give us Instanter our moral and Intellectual
bill of lading.
Ah I why was not our frenchman present when
Adam opened bis mouth to take the first bite at
that famous, that fatal apple f
Tne French author was not for from rl^ht,bow-
aver, and a brief argument will suffice to show it:
Tha observant reader of history—hq who seeks
to learn as much of the morals, manners and
habits of men as of their marches and counter-
marches, their tolls and stratagems of war, and
ounnlng devices of policy—must be struck with
the fact that the condition ofa nation or people-
Its etatus in the scale of power or intellect, can
be asoertained without referring to any other
point than the degree of attention it displays, or
has displayed, towards the means and manner of
acquiring and giving food to its constituent mem.
bers. Ths primeval man's flrst pursuit was that
of food, and he sought for it in seolusion. Nim-
rod hunted slone and for himself alone.
Nlmrod speedily found, however, as his race
increased that it was easier for himself and ninety-
nine brother Nlmrods to chase and capturs game,
and a variety of game, than tt was for him to do it
alone, and that the preparation of this food was
oetter and more carefully attended to, where a
hundred appetites and tastes were to be satisfied,
than where one only was the objeot of considera-
tion.
It was then the neoesslty of procuring food that
first oaused men to aot In concert; the daily ne-
cessity made strorger and more useful the daily
combinations, and thence originated the flrst
oommunlty and the flrst practical exemplification
of political economy.
In a large degree, then, to the necessity of pro-
curing and preparing food for the many, do we
owe the flrst Oovernment; and it would be an
easy task to show that the objeot or all Govern-
ments since has been to settle these all important
questions:
"What do our people oat 1 Have they got it 1
If not, where oau they getit 1 If they have some,
but not enough, how shall we procure the requisite
balanoe 1 If they have more than enough, what
shall we do with the surplus 7"
It Is easily seen that answers to these questions
oontaln the whole necessity of agriculture and the
life-blood of barter, or commerce. And from
those two pursuits, the cultivation of ths earth and
the exchange of the resulting products between
nations. Is woven the vaH|web of human interests
and progress, material and Intellectual.
It would ssem rather a paradoxical solution of
the destiny of man, to state that all the conflicts of
olasses and of nations, all the changes and strug-
gles of opinion and practice in theories of Gov-
ernment— filling the roll of history with a strange
reoord of virtues, crimes, wisdom,nonsense, free-
dom, tyranny—all these have been but so many
experiments towards obtaining the grand desider-
atum : "Pood—enough of it, and that properly
prepared." But let the student examine
history with this view of its construction
before him, and he will be apt to rebuke
tbe laughers, who forget that the lterolutlon of •' '7#"
was tbe result of a qnarrel about so simple a matter
as Tea; that the terrtblo Revolution that followed It
In f rauce, originated in a Bread K'ot; and that a
rejeut bloody war In Europe was canned by a depute
about who shoulJ pick the boues ot a certain " sick
man's" Turkey 1
And coming down to our own day and hour, what
theme Is no engrossing to ourselves as the scarcity or
abundance of Food—MS price, more or less scauda-
lou-ly exorbitant—the boast of a relentless foe to
starve us Into submission—the bounty ofa beneficent
Providence who has tickled the earth until It laughed
for us, with abundant harvests!
Napoleon pithily said: "An army crawls on its
belly." There is a terrible Import In the words to
tbose who, un ierone frivolous pretext or another,
now decline to till the earth for another har<*e«t.
Tney «ow tbe wind and shall reap the whirlwind. As
lor our enemy, to nse the famous saying of an English
orator—thev sow dragon's t eth, whlcn spring up
armed men!
There bo thousands and tens of thousands who
sneer at the praises a warded by epicures, gourmets,
and other men of taste, to the displays of reflued cu-
linary art that characterize and form one of tbe glo-
ries of the highest and most brilliant circles of Euro -
pean civilisation. These critics took upon any de->
parture from the plain rules ot primeval cookery as a
u el< ss waate of time and material, a trifling with
the healthy Impulses of a he ilthy app tlte, a conver-
sion of the fopperies of dress from tueir proper loca«
tlon—the bodies of fools to the bodies of fowls.
So do these cynics cavil at the progress of anv other
fine art which they do not understand : so do thi y
profonely prefer " My Mary Ann" to Beethoven's
•* Symphonies," or " Bobbin'Around" to Bellini's
"Norma"
They have no Idea that ro severe a science as Chem-
istry haa been extensively called on to i>ri>cure th-
aucoess of most of the masterpieces of the icreat
culinary artists; that the secrets of Animal Physiol-
ogy muat be investigated in order that the cul nary
Invention shall both please the palate, and healthi y
nourish the body of the epicure. Let tbese sneerer*
remember that through a tit of Indigestion, conaequeLt
upon a bad dinner, Napoleon loat tbe battle of i<elp~
stc? that the oo'>stant irritation of temper which
Induced Charlea IX or France to consent to. and
share 1", the ~ "
uted b;
wlthd
for my pi _
now acd palataole dish ahould not be rewarded like
any other man of science; and 1 fed confident
Charles Lamb would agree with me that the geulua
who discovered " Roast Pig " was as deserving as
Watt or Wellington, o- a patent and a pension; and I
yet expect to see Jast'ce done to tbe much decried
race of oullnary artists. In the Institution of a Jepart-
ment In the Patent uffice at Richmond, wbero the
latest sherbet, the neweet pate, the most fascinating
_ ahall be exhibited for the eolttcatlon of
the consuming multitude, the refreshment of the clr
cumlocutlon office, and to better enable tbe " youth
rut Idea bow to cook 1"
Such rewards and honors shall surely be mstod
by a grateful Southern people to that Ingenious
spirit who the flrst dcvlssd, from the humblest
homo products, so many dishes, that ths fbrtunea
of war have now reduced, alas t to naught but
pleasant reminiscences.
John Phcanlx*s friend—glorious wag—In nil hla
glory sxeseded not—nay, equalled net those
home-bred, Southern culinary artiste. John
Phoenix's friend Incited Phoenix, John, to din-
ner. There were but two dishes ; and whsn the
rare humorist oohfossed a constitutional avaralon
to rioe,hto boot,In the spirit of the moet liberal
hospitality, immediately offered him the muatard.
But who ahall do Jaatloe to the genius who con-
verts one dish Into three T—who flrst satisfies the
hungry aold!er'a appetite with ooru In theehape
of broad; thoa recalls his boyish tastes by plac-
ing before him corn cake, and wlada up the feaat,
with a oaa of hot corn coffee, before which " Mo-
etires In disgrace, aad " Jura" hides lu
laglortoue head I
Ah I thcee makeshifts may brlag the amllc to
our lip ; but you may rest assured that they
will be handed down to posterity as much part
and parcil of this gigantic atruitnle, as thn «hot
cme«l p tta'.oe, ro i'.e1 In the sdhe*.'' is linke j In
our own memories *!'.h tb« ram? of that gloriju*
old Southern pa- tixan, C ir -lina's Mirioi.
And 0'ir children and our children'* children
will one day pore, with rsger interest, over the
page, that shall rrcord the fact, that their rigned
fathers, after a hard day's flgbt, under Lee, Beau-
regard, Johnson or Magruder, cheered their
evening gathering around the rude camp Are
with a bowl of "Confederate Coffee," ahile
they laughed at d-uzuri pa?t, defied thosa to
come, and sank to rest dreaming of home,of
victory and of Liberty 1
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Bdurutlon of Disabled Holdletra nud tbe
( hildren of Uerenaed Soldiers.
Ths following preamble snd resolutions, pre-
pared by Rtv. W. C. C ane, D. U., by special re-
quest, were adopted by tbe Board of Director* of
tne Texas Baptist Stite Convention at a meeting
held in Independence, Nov. 23ih, 1863 :
Whkssas, There are many children whose
fathers have lost their lives in the defence < f our
liberties and in the ms'ntenance of our rights,
and also many young men who havo been disabled
on the battle-field from further servioe in their
country's cause, who therefore may be deprived
of the means or obtaining education, and who wish
tne advantages which an education would afford,
may b prepared to support themselves and be
useTul In tbe world,therefore
Rtsolvcd, That tl'is Hoird will accept ot the
contributions of all christl >ns und patriots to de-
fray the expenses ol the education of such child-
ren or deceased soldiers, male or female, and also
such disabled young soldiers as may desire to be
educated.
Renolvei. That the Corresponding Secretary be
requested to prepare a brief appeal to all citizens
on this subject, and requesting all pastors of
ohurcbes to take up contributions ror this object,
and rorwar 1 tbe same to the Treasurer of this Con-
vention, (Gen. J. W. Barnes or Dr. J. W.Terrell,
Anderson,) which contributions will be appro-
priated by this board to such applicants, male or
female, as may repair to Baylor University for
education.
The Corresponding Secretary begs letve to ask
serious attention to this preamble and these re-
solutions, and earnestly hopes that a liberally
disposed people will contribute ecncrously to
odacate such as have been or may be deprived of
the means of education by the horrors of the pre-
sent war.
The Directors rejoice to learn that this subject
Is receiving attention from various organisations,
without reference to sect or party. The institu-
tution above named. Is the only one under the
control of the Convention—hence, they propose
to make appropriations to it alone. In It tbe cla^s
of pupils namsd are received, tuition free, and a
respeotable amount has been subscribed to pay
board. It Is this amouut which they aopeal to
christians and patriots to increase, 1 hey earnest-
ly hope they will not be disappointed in making
tnls appeal.
On behalf of thelDirectors,
GEO. W. GRAVES,
Corresponding Secretary.
Correspondence of tbe London Daily News.
The Mexican Difficulty.
Paris, Dec. 3 —The Roman question proves, it
w ;uld seem, a serious Msxican difficulty. The
retirement of the archbishop of Mexico from ihe
triumvirate, which is announced in to-day's
Moniteur, and was announced in last night's
Patrie, Is undoubtedly the signal for a struggle
between the conservative party and tbose whom
they called in to overturn Juarez. Mgr. L^basti-
da is said to have expressed his great eetdem and
affection for tbe French in general, and In partic-
ular for the successor of Marshal Forey, before
he sent in his resignation. It was hardly possi-
ble for him to have done otherwise, seeing the
attention which has been pkid him by the Em-
press, and the protestations of friendship anil es-
teem exchanged between him and the late com-
mander of the army of occupation at Puebla. The
semiofficial organ above cited prepares its read-
ers for a whr between the temporal and spiritual
powera. As the flrst still retains a stong boU
over the minds of the Indian populatson, they
can do much to disturb the tranquility of which
Gtn. Buz.tine speaks In glowing terms, eveu
though It has been muuli weakenod by the confis-
cations of the last President. The prominent
part taken by the cljrgy in the nomination of the
Archduke Maximilian renders them more exi-
gents la Mexioo more than ths?y even are in
Rome, Madrid,or in the west of Frauce. The
urchduke is therefore in a hesitating frame of
mind. He has reoently, I understand, noticed to
the Emperor, that he must eave other guarantees
for the security of Mexican throne than th Em-
porer is willing to allow. The visit ol his impe-
rial highness to Compeigne is no longer spoken
of, and Ihe general reeling Is that Marshal For-
ey's conquest willbe annexed to the emplra of the
Napoleon's.
Editor Telegraph—Wie havo Just had the pleas-
ure of bearing the inaugural address of W.Carey
Crane, D. D ,.upon opening the duties of the Pres-
idency of Baylor University, at Independence,
Texas. The subject—Mind, is the standard of
Man—was treated In a manner which proves Dr.
Crane to be a sagacious and reflecting man.
Throughout the address, there was an air of ma
tured capability. He is also a polished and ele-
gant speaker. It is not in our power to give more
than a mere lynopsis of it—yet we could wish
tbat all friends of education had been present to
enjoy the intellectual feast. First, he touched up-
on the Infinite Mind and man's duty in the study
of Ood. Then treated of thought—its compa*s,
its abstract attributes—action and passion. Its
necessary elements. Thought as distinct from Its
corporeal tabernacle, which it enlightened, and
yet of which it forma no part. His reasoning hero
was dear and Analytic—his r.-Terences the greatsst
of our philosophical minds.
In tbe second pluoe he considered the achieve-
ments of irind—compared the past with the pre-
sent, as shown In the pages of history und in the
developments or science. He showed wh*t su-
perficial vlewa those who reflsot upon their fol-
lows for not toiling with their hands take or life,
while the very Implements of toil, as well as the
conveniences by which they live are tbe results
of mighty mind 1
Thirdly, he spoke of the Importance of cultiva-
tion of mind—because man theu has sources of
hat piness within himself—because tbe age re-
quires it, and because higher than all reasons God
gave us those talents, not to be burled in a nap-
kin, buttobonssd to His glory I
Fourthly, he treated of the manner of cultiva-
tion. Not by orammlng and filling the mind, but
by drawing out the dormant faculties—hardening
and strengthingthem logioally—giving men great
designs and good desires at tbe same time, and
by teaching youth that education is never com-
pleted, for our minds go on enlarging and expand-
ing to all eternity !
This subject, so comprehensive, has been most
comprehensively treated- And we again wish, as
wo close,that all appreciative minds could have
witnessed the Internal evidence borne by Dr. C's
dlsoourse to the truth of his subtest, " Mind Is
tbe stand vd of ths Mas."
All success to Baylor University 1 And although
Dr Crane's ambition Is high, and his aim lofty,
yet we feel that sueeess must crown his hopes-
That the University must prosper under such a
President, and that future generations shall r ap
the reward of his labors. •
_ KbmpsrCiiy, Jau. 15th, 1864.
itUgrapri—I nave m t ced several communlc i-
tlouft in recent toiraes of yoar valuaoie paper, •peak*
Ing or Col. Aihbel Smith and Col. John U. Walker, as
candidates for spoolutment to the podtlon ot Brig.
General of 8tate troops. Without underrating tho
claims of any applicant, I wish to say a word In favor
or Co onel Walker, oeln* wltn him while Capt. and
Lieut. Col. of that gallaut old regiment tbe " Terrv
Ranaer's," I bada good opportunity or witnessing bis
military abilities. 1 know th t he had the unlimited
confidence or bin superiors. General A. Sidney John-
son. remarked upon one occasion, that Col. Walker
waa destined to be a billlla.it soldier, and comman-
der, aud but for the wound received at Woodsonvlile,
Ky.. he wou;d ere this have sbone atone of the
bi lgntest atara of our State. Ills kindness and con-
stant attention to tbe wants of tils men mnde blm the
Ido. or bis reglmint. Wnlle bis dashing gallantry
made blm the teirur of our foes, he Is a good disci-
plinarian, and lr aclou|hasdtsDlaycdiire tstrategetlc
capacity. Col. W^lkei's merits and claim* should tie
well w«lghed by the appointing powers, before til If
(at preseut) Important position. Is given to another,
i'nose who kuow Col. Walker, but are satisfied that
no ore would periurm the duties of this office with
more ability, or In a manner that would bs more
beneficial to our cause or country, as well as satls«
factory to tbe members of the command. Taking all
things Into consideration Col. Walker Is the man for
this position, A TERRY KANUKR.
50
UEAMS—Cheap letter paper lor aale lu
thiaoffloe. Jan96d2t.
Houston . Jan. 25th, 1604.
Received from ths hand* of Dr. Jas. Cowling,
twelve pairs of worsted aoeka, donated to 4th
RegimentT. M. V., Green's Division, by Mrs.
aud Misses West, of Courtney .
SAMUEL B. MANEY,
Surgeon 4th T. M. V. Orson's Division.
WANTED—lto teamsters. Bellabls men be-
longing to State Troops wishing to be de-
tailed, will spp'y to E. P. GAINES,
Capt. & A.Q.M. Houston.
Jan 26 twOt
ADVERTISEMENT.—Dr. Chancey would be
pleassdto know the whsrsabouta of Mr. Mor-
decai Powell and family of Feleoiaua Parish,
La. Any one giving the deelred information,
will be liberally rewarded Ifneeossary, by direst-
ing to this office or to Dr. Chaney, Marllo, Falls
county, Texas. J*n26tw3t*
REWARD—The above reward will be
given ror the apprehonsion of tbe follow-
ing described desertsra, from my company, via:
R. D. Smith, thirty yeara of age, six fset high,
dark hair aud complexion, a farmer by occupa-
tion, and resides in Titus county, Texas.
Isaao J. Ward, thirty-six years of age, five feet
eleven inches high, fair complexion, blue eyes,
and light hair, by occupation a farmer,and reaidea
in Titus county, Texas. C. B.SUTTON,
jan 26. tw3t Capt. Comd'g Graham Rangora.
Orricx of Confbdbratb Tax Assessors, (
Wilson's Building, Jan. 24, '({4. {
TAX NO ITCE—The time for tho various as-
sessments under the tax law was on the flrst
of July, October, November and January last,
past. Those in Houston preolnct having failed
to comply are liable to the penalty.
W. R. BAKER,t I Assessors
J. E. GREGORY, | Harris Co.
j an 26, tw2t
ANTED AT THIS OFFICE—A tew Irish
Potatoes for planting. Jan 26 tw2t*
MARRIED—In Christ Church, Houston, by tbe
Rev. Mr. Eaton, on the 20th of January, 1864,
C^pt. J. Greenville McNssn'of Braxorla coun-
t,, to Miss Eugenia. Pool, of Fort Bend county.
Jan 26, twit
TAX NOTICE. "
Extractfrom -'Circular to Tax Offioers."
Orricx op Commissioner or Taxes,{
Austin, November 21,1813. j
AS many itenerant persons are now In the State,
the same are liable to taxation, as the per-
manent citizen. and will be assessed accordingly,
reporting to tue District Collector, who will pro-
ceed, It necessary, as required by section 15th of
the Instructions of the 15th of August last.
Very respectfully,
GEORGE J. DURHAM,
Commissioner of Texas, State of Texas.
W. R. Baker, J. E. Gregory, Assessors, Harris
county. Jaj29tw2t
W
tosyt 1(1 REWARD.—Strayed from Houston,
p4vJ\J about the 1st of December, two
Strawberry-Roan Horses. One, short, round body,
-hick neck, with one white front foot, scar or
pasture joint of bind leg. The other, long bo ly,
blaze forehead, branded J J on left shoulder.
Both about 15 hands high. The above reward
will be paid ror delivering or Informing about
the above horses, W. E. TOttBK RT,
Jan26-wlt&tw2t Houston
Headquarters, Dis't of Texas, ) '
New Mexico and Arizona, >
Houston,Texas, Jau. 18, 1864.)
General Orders No. 13.
The following Order in relation to Impress-
ments is published for the Information and guid-
ance of all whom it may conoern:
"Adutant and Inspector Gen'ls i
"Office. Richmond, Oct. 24,1863. i
"General Order No. 138
"The following instructions are published for
carrying into effect the 9th section of the Aot of
20th March, 1863, to regulate Impressments In
respect to labor on fortifications and other public
works in States In which provisions have not
been made on this subject:
"I. The Commanding General, or the Officer
of Engineers in charge of the work, shall have
power to decide ou the necessity for making im-
pressments of slaves for this purpose, after mak-
ing suitable efforts to seoure the necessary labor
by contract. He must be satisfied of the neces-
sity of the measure berore he resorts to it.
"II. He may authorize the impressment of
male slaves between the ages of seventeen and
fifty years, but before the 1st day of December
next, shall abstain from impressing slaves from
plantathns exclusively devoted to the production
of grain and provisions, without the oonsent of
the owner, except in cases or urgent neoesslty.
" III. No impressment ahall be madeofalaves
employed In the domestic or family aervice ex-
clusively, nor upon farms or plantations where
there are no more than three slaves of the ages
specified, and not more than five percent, of the
population of slaves shall be impressed in any
county at the aame time, unless the necessity is
very great, and without consultation with this
Department, or the Governor of the State in which
the impressment Is to be made.
" IV. The ordinary period of Impressment shall
be sixty days, but if the owner of any slave shall
fail to bring the slaves impressed to the plaoe of
rendezvous within five days after the time ap-
pointed, the slaves so wlthhela may be detained
ror ninety days, and for a longer term of ten days
for every day of default unless a reasonable ex-
ouse ean be given for the delays that have oc-
curred.
t' V. It shall be the duty of the Commanding
General ic charge of any lines requiring fortifi-
cation to acquaint himself with tha resources of
slave labor within his Department, and to consid-
er with care the manuer In which he may obtain
the control of what is necessary for the public
service by fair and equitable apportionment
among the owners of such property.
" He will consult with the Governor of the
State, and other State authorities, as to the best
mode of proceeding, so that his Impressment may
cause the least embarrassment to the industrial
pursuits of the community.
"VI. Notice shall be given of the number
and character of the slaves required, the time
and plnce of their delivery, the time for which
the service is roquired, and of the arrangements
made for the subsistence, management and cus-
tody of the slaves so required; and ir the masters
of slaves shall agree to furnish subsistence for
their slaves, and a suitable overseer or agent to
superintend them, they shall have the privilege
of so doing. But suoh overseers shall be subject
to the control of the officer In oharge, and may be
dismissed ror any misconduot by him.
"VII. The sum of twenty dollars per month
for each slave delivered In pursuance to requi-
sition, aud fifteen dollars per month for each
slave held In consequence of failure of his mas-
ter to obey requisition made as hereinbefore pro-
vided, shall be psid by the Confederate States,
and soldiers' rations, medicines and medical at-
tendance furnished ; and the value of all suoh
slaves as may die during their time of service or
may not be returned, shall be paid by the Confed-
erate States. iSuoh value shall be coneluilvely
estaollshed by a formal appraisement by a board
or experts mutually agreed upon at tha time the
slaves are received Into the Confederate service.
" Compensation sh til also be made for all Injuries
to slave> arl-lng from the sets of tbe public enemy or
from any Injury arising from a want ol' due diligence
on the part of the authorities ot the Confederate
States. But the ConlederateStates will not be liable
for any slave not returned by reason of fraud or
collu 1 n on the part of tiie owner or his agent, or of
the overseer selected by him to superintend them,
nor It his ueath should be c lUsed by the act of God,
or by i lseaso existing wnen the slave Is received by
the Conlederate autnorl les.
" VIII. Subsistence and provisions furnished by
the owner, shall be comuiuteid for at tne rates allow*
ed soldier* In the service. A,1 slaves sent voluntarily
to the Confederate anthorlths and accepted by them
without other special contract, shall stand on the
san o footing aa those delivered under requisition,
and the owners of all slaves delivered or taksn under
requisition shall be entitled to regard the Confederate
States as contracting with them to comply with the
obligations and conditions herein express ad.
"IX. In case there shall be any disagree-
ment on the subject of ths value of any slave im-
pressed, or m case the Impressing ofllosr shall not
be satisfied of the accuracy of any valuation or
vtluations, the appraisement shall be referred to
the appraisers appointed under the 5th section of
the aos concerning Impressments according to
the provisions of the act of Congreas, approved
27th April, 1863. "By order of S. COOPER,
"Adjutant and Inipector General."
By command of
MaJ. Gen.J. BANKIIEaD MAGRUDER
Stephen D. Yancey, A. A. A. Gon'l.
M
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