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AQ-tlc at price but very tittle above-tt.oee cfNtw Y6rk.
LAWYERS' CARD?;.
OLDHAM k WHITE
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Austin Texas.
VTILL practice in tbe 2d and 3d Judicial Dis
V tnets.the and Sapreme and F.-.irrnl Coart.
.'. Atutin.
We will also prosecute claim for laad 01
loner before the
COURT OF CLAIMS.
n-jO BeptW-tf.
A. Y. FOVLEK
ATTORNF -AT-LAW Fr.aT-Wnrra. Tarrant ream
Texas.
kVr to any TmUness rent eir a' n Aestlr Texas
Boo. Iseae Parker Mrdvflle Ir-; 3o. m. T. Johnaoii
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LAWYERS' CAKDsT
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT. AUSTIN. TEXAS. SATURDAY MAY 30 185?.
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GEO. H. GRAY
TTCB5K.uDCOl.ELOH AT LAW
W . f Ti-za.
tk;J?i D of the Seen!
Tlnrd and Fourth Judicial District.
f daRit"tt"Dti0 gitWI 0 he ""on
LAX!) AGENTS.
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BATES OF ABVBBTlSinC
AdmrtiacBMnU vill a Inmrt! at One Dollar Mr
of right lin or ieat this tixe typ t-ir tM Brt iaaxr-
Uon aad Sfty nnM for aaea eootlaoanc. Oot-hal
tbeaeiiarsClw and toinoa wh adrtrtiM r
fMyaar with th prTil(e of changtef aaatawlj.
Builatu Car la. of not mare than one aqaar will a to -terted
for fa ddlttrt per aoaaa.
Aaaranrmati of Caadldatet fcr Offlce ana an politic
penonal and kamiaoaa eoananaieatioai orometlre
iaUr!d3allntareatswUlbcaar(d at AdrertiaeaeB.
All .'.T?r:'.str:r.: the pobifcation af which It retailed
bj law soat be paid far la adraace.
CITATION NOTICE". Tie twentT-Meoa4 aerlion of he
law regulating frea of oAre. proTidee tht in all can
wher citatioo or othar proeeM la reoairedto beaer.e 1
'r i. .11.'; - i. jr. in a oaejapaper. the aAVicr whoae daty
it mar he make .ark arrvi-.-e aoall be foraiaked with
ih pmcr' ftre fur such poWicatl.in befr. be aha'! b
"lairrii ta hare soeh ..( aiayl-
KC(iITl :l.AvrA Ther.t e. lion cf the act of f-
'tary .'.. Ml regolatlag the ile rf runaway '" "
livk'v iw tKt where anj ilae l cuaiiiel to Ja i
xinitnf. a notice of th apprehension and com-
uiimeat with a full deacrlptton of snch lmT'f!
publiih. weekly ia one of thepapen attkasJaatO1
prnrr.tnt for the space of onemeaU and pi laaeel eop i
thereof runl.hed to th Oark f the Coanly Co011
the county where tbeeonsaltment shall bare been made
AdTertisenenu not marked with the time for which the
are to be published will be contttkcJ aotll rbrkM ana
chanced accordingly.
' Subscribers Advertisers aad Agents may remit money at
. onr riak aad xpenee. All comnianications nu ar
addressed to the Bdltors.
)5R B.AAI D STOCK.
Til U III.IM; L.AJI1 A(;EtV-l p
BOOBS of Washington Tex. oiir. to lo.t.'
; i fl of the lanfl
:' 12sy arrts or
Ikinis.J
Member of Congress
If. AX
Texas.
JOHN X. Arroaxir jt Ijw. Austin
June Slkt. 1855. DO ly
a Ktlfc ltK"JAMI r.-lTiMnriTUa
. CoiombU Braaorta eountj. Texas. Will attend
u. business la the Court wf the Pltat Judicial District and
o the Supreme and federal Courts of the Bute. 844
A J. MrtIEIJ.ASI-AiTOMit.n Ux Edin-
a barg. Hidalgo cowaty. iy g-
BAKIIEK M. C r. Attorney aad OoummOor
at Ixiv Brenham Texas will practice i the Ccuru
I tle Third Judicial District In Fayette and Aastin ooan-
ties and in the Supreme and Federal Count at Austin.
MayltW aeS
i REFtn TO
uou. r. u. Bell
rVZ g"lJM. l-n.
....................... a. j. ocatx.
BI.04KEB A GtBLV- irnwm at Law
Waco McLennaa County. Will practice in the
roaaties of MciiCnnan Falls Limestone Freestone aad
iUL :ty
W. wf. ATToaxrr at Law Waea
McLennan county Texas trill prartic in the
Cocru of the 8d judicial district and In the Bu.reme Court
Austin. n-lo-y
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SIATTLE.
B
'I'KHIH.T fHABLEK-ArmuniTUv
Land and General Agent A us tie Twxas.
nS-ly
Hr n. W. Attorney-ai-taw Au; tifJTexas.
Omar In the brick building opposite Wal.h's Llrer
(table No-Tember -4th 185V 14:t!
CtWaV. A. U. ATroaaai-AT-avAW asp (iuau.
Labp AAsant ATedencksliurg Ifexe.
i.r: rtoces oo. Wm. a. Jonea Comal county; Mai.
.t.i..iuc Ja-vv ; Jotm Twuhlg . At. Lewis San Aa-
uuw A. l. Cia. ruierlcaaourg ; alUott a ihurn
taa-gttui. a-lo
tlesaaJC ItlC'lAUD. ATToaair AiDOooaasx lo
ar-Law Waco McLennan oeonty Texas. -
K4K KBTT J. SI. Attoraey-at-Law DalUs
Texas. l(y
HI KONOK ALTO.
.Suocesaor o rotcn A tfHffi
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Acstix Turn.
rl"1"1 to "ll bnne" before the Court
Of Claims iukt eatahliaheil h ct t
aa.- r . .: J " " .. iwr
m. purpura oi agcertaining the legal claims of
money and lands againtt the State.
A tliiirn - ' I 1 . .. a. a.
.... a great many claimant per-
oq havinj cla.ma would do well to forward to us
their endence at an early uu
-uW" "Uo.KePrd to' locate certificate-
when obtained in the Ite-erve which will be
ra.aed in March 1S57. Reference given when
required. nn2 aug30-tf
Ssi c i i Bwajt -" " " " Haaaasajnaj.
Law Aostia Texas WiL n'ten . o anv olnp.s
entrusted to them in all the counties it Weetern Ta
and m the Supreme and Federal Courts t A7s '
enaaAL hsd aobxct.
laiT.inMen!iion!?ITn. to " '""t on of titles to
'NeHi 'elllng land pying tixe- for non-resi-boSStV'and
pTmecatlm "' 'l:n for neadright aud
r"""1 '-Rice Chler Justice of Autbam ;
STim Ifi rter1poaNI.Aa.; Joha T. Morgan Esq.
Selma AU.; John T. Uardie A Co.. New OrieaL; Buch-
nyon. Carroll A Co. New Orleans; Cowrt Humphries
A BIllup. Columbus MI.p.; O. P. Ooxart Washington
fi ; Benj. Whltlock New Vork ; North Sherman A Co
a "h s eroTjiingnam new York.
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MO a pbiob
J. r.
-ATToaxET and Cotmaax-
the District Couru of Bexar Medina Gillespie Comal
uuanaiupe uauweii ana Uonsele counties and in the
Hers I and Bapreme Ccurts at Austin.
&T Oflhce en Poet Offlce (treat opposite the store
Qrcebeeck A French. 87:ly
A a. DSkAXT W. D. WOOD.
DIC T A OOD-AreoasiTB and ComreiL-
uas at La w Oeaterrflle Leon County. Will prac-
tice In all the Counties of the thirteenth Judicial District
tod in the counties of Houston and Anderson.
September 1st 1855. n2-T7-ly
tsTELL. WM. HAtwDbsbt avd Cotniaarxoi-
AT-LAW Henderson Busk county. Texas. Will
practice in the District Courts of the Sixth Judicial Dis
trict and a portion or the Firth ; also in the Supreme and
fVeral Courts at Tyler. Undivided attention will be
rircn to all business confide J to bis care. Prrticular at-
tention to the collection ef claims aad the prompt ssoit-
tance of moneys collected to the proper parties. He will
act ar agent for the purchase and alao of land and will
13'estigate land title upon reasonable terms.
MirehlS58. 4-83
B'
COITI1T OF CLAIMS.
Ht-AKI W.SLBLETT&JAMESP. NEAL.
ATTORNEVS AT Law. Austin Texas pio-
poee to give apecial atteution to all Claims which
may be placed in their bauds which may requi-.-the
recognition of the Court of Claims receuth
establishes by the Texas Legislature. Mr. Sub-
lets baa been in Ti-xas some twenty-two years
and professes to be somewhat familiar with the
character of most of the claims likelv to come I
fore said Court.
REFERENCES
J. Pinckuey Henderson San Augustine Texas.
O. M. Roberts Shelby countv. Texas
Hon. John Hemphill
Hon. R T. Wheeler.
Hon. A. B. Lipscomb
Members present Legislature.
No. 1 vol. 8 ang-23-Iy.
FEMDLETOX FRANK ArroejtET axd Cocit-siuxn-AT-LAW
Benton Bell county Texas. 4-22
COMMISSIOX MERCHANTS.
E' A.MS A. J. AtToaawT-AT-LAw Waco McLen-
nan county Texas. Will practice in the counties
of Mclennan Limestone Freestone Falls MBam and
Bell and in the Bapreme Court ef the State. Prompt
attention given to the securing valid and perfecting con-treTt-
led and claims .Office east of Waco Inn.
July ISM. 8-48
joaa a. bocbtox w- a. aaADroan.
HttCKTON A UHAUIOBI) ATTOanrs-AT
Law end General Land Agents Belton Bell county
Tiat . Will practice in the Courts or McLennan Bell
Milam Bosone 6oiTTell and Williamson. Prompt attention
given all business placed in h U hands. 4 1
HM AN JOHN P. ATCnasxT axb orxs.nxoi
at Law Sprmgneld Lhneetone county Texas.
March S 185o-nx-tf
HERRING M. D.-Attorst. r-at-LA v. Wco
Texas.
Ausfaa July 5tfa 1856. no46
JARMON. W. R. Attcst-at-Law LaOrange
Texae will attend to the collection oftclaims. In-
vestigating land titles Ac and all other business con-
nected with kia profession is Western Texas.
November IT pd nl8 ly
TOMES. W. HESS ArrownT
tf t-Law Notary Public and General Collecting
Anat Helena Texas.
axd Cotrssm-on-
llectin
00-y
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rrCIITMIS C. C. A A. B. ATroaxxTS A
i Tinas it I itr. xutrop tesas n m prac
tice their Drofeaalon in the counties of Bastrop Kayette
Burlest n. Wiaiameen aad Travis and in the Bupreme and
Federal Courts at Austin.
Particular attat. tfcm. given to Land suits and the col-
lection of debts. .
em o M. O Dimon and Nelson Bureh of Bastrop ;
Bon. Oeorre W. Pa-chal. Hon John Hancflck and John
.tm .-.! In.. 0 e
w. starrss ajwe. amvin.
Jane 2S '56
b45
NOHLIN J. W. ATToasar and CotrxstLLOa at
Law Waco Texas.
HENBV E. Attoxxxt asd Ooca-
Hooston Harris county Texas
H in nr-tfe im the oosmtiee of Harris. Montgomery
wrias..JeSBWe ana Liberty. March 71354. JSy
PFRKIlfS. B
aaxxoa at Lav
w
M. LI r HA NT. Watchi
street. Aaitm. Texas.
tker and Jeweller
Becta. fj5.
inwrv a.
er net county. Texas -Will practice in the courts of
at-IiAW Hamilton Bur-
ractiee in the courts of
BirSett sJtd eau-rosnaaiag eownties ana wu.eiaoaneuu
the purchase aad sale or lands the investigation and r-f
ecUng of aad ittlss ete. 41
vuxiAM a. aoaaai
ElCuEBti
A.t.pa ...aoK.ii.rerB.
K JCE A FBBtEB-ATToeireTs ana wicxsn.-
eT lo -at-La w. Leokhart Texaa. "
A .KIm oao. w. rsacaAL tmo. a. sTarauae.
IB AM. HA l. A SBlBLINt-ATToaaTS AJ
r Law wttl allaatl tie Oonrta at San Antonio and
Austin tae'earrooaslmg . the Sopreme and
Sec.ral court at Asatin and GalveeWn. Aodre.
e0. W. VABCVAL Au.tin Texas.
PABCBAL BTaUBUNG Sao Antonk)Tex.
AtlAsajeeVllBo. n-r1-lf.
I .. t. o-sBAsee.
A SIEAJUJEV ATToa7 .
KAT-trfW waeauncTon lexs.. "'
p-actlce in the Sanreaae Oewxt or te o sno e wr
-i theThtra Jedicial Btttrl"-.- -8
AMOS 'lOBBIIX
(Lte orCTrkTak Texas.)
ATTORNEY AT LAW
.Tfin Twi..
OFFICE IB BWENSON'B ITWILDrNC.
aeji-nol7:ly
" kssT.TH A TEBRELLt
iTS'ORNEY8 AT LAW
Jttta Tun.
Ojfir; n Sx' nc Building
WM M. VII.LIAMS (BICBSKIS) 4
WATH. W.TOWNE8
ATTORNEtS-AT-LAW AND
CENTRAL LAND AGENTS.
AHim Lamar cammty Texas
Au -56. 5-F
A. G. COMPTON & CO.
Auction and commission Merchants
33J'3E3ES.L3L Vtjr-UJNTTJS
CITY OF AUSTIN TEXAS.
TILL attend to the purchase and sale of land i
y in sny part of the State collection of claims
against the State or individuals buying and selling
of city property.
Cp paid for U. S. Bounty Land Warrants.
March 7. 1857. 29;:Iy
CHARLES H. JORDAN.
RECEIVING FORWARDING A COM-
MISSSON MERCHANT.
PORT LAVACA TEXAS.
REFERENCES.
Messrs. Gudewill & Mohr Henry Sheldon
LaweoD&Co. New York Thiele Seiler & Co.
McDowel Mills &. Co. New Orleans K. & D. G.
Mills Theodore Wagner Galveston Groesbeck &.
French Vance cfc Brother San Antonio Samp-
son &Henricks F. Dietrich. Austin.
Feb-2 n281857 1y.
ROBT. W. CARNES !EO. II. TRABIE
CARNES & TRAJ3UE
RECEIVING FORH'ARDIXG if COMMIS
SION MERCHANTS.
OALVE8TON TEXAei.
Strict arttmrivu paid to tie m:ltiu of GotUt i
REFE RNCF.8:
Col. K- L. liaison Austin City.
Shellov A:. Carriugtou.
no4-sipt IS-tf.
T. I!. Mc.M ID AN
00MMT8SIOX aUBL'amVJJIO AXI FOKWAKHLNO
MERCHANT
RICHMOND TEXAS.
WU1 keep on kand Rope Bagging Groceries and Plan-
tation Supplle. for sale at a mall advance oncost for
each.
Hon. K. M. Pease Austin: 8. M. 8wenson Aastin ; M
J. Shaekieford Galveston; Messrs. Perkins A Co. New
Orleans; Mr. N. Clements New York; Messrs. Pierre
Bacon Boston.
April 19-n84
jjsjtjj fn .
GEORGE H. TINTEN
NEW ORLEANS PRLNTERS' WAREEIOU8E
NO. 106 POYDKA8 STREKT
rjftoeer damp oiid St. Charle Strtrt
NEW ORLEANS.
rKESSE8 Type Ink. Paper Card Card Boards and
MT fernishrug of every deaeripUon
Second hand material bought and sold and "Id type
taken in exchange for new at t cents per pound.
August lath 16-pCu
1
trans to
Hew sort.
C. H. BAWBOI.FH
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Austin Itxut.
a the District aad Inferior OourU of Tra-
il I Pf? iSLTT. o-tle.. He wm rive ee-
slelal atttciniawln-- heftre the "Court ef
Claims." Ohargue i
KB
D. C. HrBSJ t Co-
W. M. Surra &
A. B Svaw. Sea.
Hon. M M. ruins
... " .. I
U R BBaaata tasssea i--
J V. TixmoaTO IWUnncy d-
8. Mavbiscx fan Antonio.
- A Oaoasr Cesar. OcaO. Land Offlce.
" W ryj' BaTi'isi'
' F M Wbst Twaana.
jurl MMesvxa4ab tMSaarexi GwaxaAU.T
setfBBt - (UijaVf X S
Waihington
GeJveawu.
Gity.
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARLr
R ANA WAY from my Plantation m the
lower edge of Fort Bend county on
er about toe 20th of September last.
mv nei'ro Man Abraham aged about 34
years dark complexion medium height but stout
and very muscular quiteintelligent high forehead
Bud one' of his upper front teeth out. Said boy
was brought from Missouri last winter by a trader
by the name of Latham and sold to Judge B. P-
Burkner. of this city and by Buekner to me-
The above reward will be paid to any one who
will lodge him in jail ae that I can get him. Please
address me at Houston.
J. u. w A1UW.
Jan. 5 3m.
FIVE HINOItED DOLLARS REWARD.
LNCE theabtive advertisement was published
. ") the Negro therein described was taken up aud
bridged in De Witt county and has since broken
out- and is again at large- I will now give one
hundred dollars to any one wh will lodge said
Negro iu jail ' that I can get hi m. I am inform-
ed that there are strong grounds of suspicion
against a certain man in De Witt county with
yhosn a negro answering the above description
of mine has been seen. I will therefore give a
reward of Fn-EHCNDRKD DOL'-ARS for the ap-
prehension of any white man . provided evidence
is furnished sufficient to convict him of having
iUden or seduced away said negro.
FetTat tf J. P. WATER?.
tlOO REWARD ! STOLEN.
iROM the Ranehe ol Emmerson &. Co. on
' the CihorO two miles below May's crossing
an or abort the 5th of March a monada of seven-
teen FIL1ES three MULE COLTS and one
BROWN-STUD branded S U on the left shoul-
der; supposed to have been driven to Eastern
Texas. The soto iwrard will be paid for the
recover of the animals aad the detection of the
!Sr D. C. ROBINSON.
May
Sutherland Springs Bexar co. April 26 '57.
May 9 '37 n38 4w pd
NOTICE.
TARTEB.
Ja. Law
ooan BA Texas. VS4
AAA au txwsi.... ...... ... -- '"
ffl V. WIS 4k BAB-Attorry.Md
Jk Uw.bIisIisbIBBBI JuaeI
.aax. a. sAvai
seOotaet
!. tfs5 TO
flAEFV NBSsd lodged in the jail of Dallas county
1 one negro mn he says bis nawe wKug he
UBheutaT ye-rs -old five feet ten inches high.
:WekheBbOwtl75n.he is of a perfect black
--TT. .i had on when taken a black blanket
ciat ' If be is not taken out within six months be
wrilT he dealt with as the Taw directs- This May
Si Sw b m hendebson. Shir. d. c.
" May tf'SVn' .
i wTfir sale. Apaij at the Sasetse Ofce.
urvt-y ana procure patents ror on--12
i-2 cents per acre on all clzlm- I -for
ten cents per acre on larger as wan
Me will also buy or sell !aud ir !... L'ppr- Dr m and
Northwestern portions of the Bute ?ivin :h.- strictest
iwrsonal examination in .-.Her e . ri'.'crof ths -urchaie
or sale of lands.
As be has funds placed at his disposal to invest in lands
all persons wishing to sell would do well t fcrwd to him
a description of the locality of their iir. is and also when
practicable fix a minimum price oi them otherwise he
could not feid authorised to become the purchaser even
as agent.
A thorouph and intimate knowledge of the country and
a personal experience in the business for the last eight.-en
years must insure superior locations anil safe Investment
for all those who may favor bim with their business.
Any business designed for him may iu his absence he
placed in the hands of Hon. B. E. Tarver. of Washington ;
J. D. Gidding of Brenham; Wm. II. King of Houston ;
L. Southwick of Galveston; A. J. Comptun of Austin- or
linn. G. B. Erath of Waco.
Washington Nov. 20th 1S55. Dec 1 nl5 ly
LAND AGENCT.
AG. WALKER Land Agent Surveyor etc. will at-
tend to locating and surveying lands in the Den
ton and Cooke Land District-. He has been engaged in
surveying investigating and perfecting land titles in
Texas and particularly in the Upper Trinity region du-
ring the last ten years He is thoroughly acquainted with
the country and is perhaps better prepared to make
valuable locations than any one in it. lie will locate lands
f n very moderate terms and he pledges himself that all
business entrusted to him will be faithfully correctly and
promptly attended to. Address Birdville Tarrant county.
m!7-v6-y
McMAHON
nartnerhio
tor me purpose oi buying selling and locating lands and
acting a general lanagents. An experience of twenty
year in the above business combined wl.h an intimate
knowedge of the lands in the countiy ana an extensive
acquaintance with its inhabitants secure advantages to
the above firm which are possessed by few in the same line
of business.
References Hon. A. J. Hamilton Austin ; Judge Han-
cock Austin ; Hon. W. B. Ochiltree Bsiingilsrhw ; Col. W.
Means Oontales ; F. B. Sexton Augustine; II. M. Kin-
sey Augustine; A. Neille Scguin; S-. G. Newton tan
Antonio. March 4 1S53. 4-29
S AND AUENCV.-McKEAN A
sJ Lock hart Texas have entered into
AT t.AL DWELL.
LA.VM A4.Ki 1'
THOS. C. THOMSON.
' PHE undersigned having recently sold But his
possessions at Kotind il.iek. takes this me-
thod of informing his correspondents and friends
that his place of address after this will be at
Caldwell Burleson county at which place he will
resume his former occupation as Surveyor and
General Land Agent.
Itefere to Heads of Department aud their
clerki Austiu; and to the proprietors of the
State Gazette.
THOS. C. THOMSON.
nol2-nov v
c o nyricis sio nsr js ir.
OF C AI lis FOR
Money and Land against tin' State.
B. P. HOLLLN0SWORTH i- CO.
.1 ust in Texas .
VILL ACT AS AGENT BEFORE SAID COMMISS'ONER
OF CLAIMS.
LL CERTIFICATES of the third and fourth Classes
Donation an Bounty Warrants mut lw presented for
approvi.1 by the first day or March 1S3 or forever bar
je.4. iThcy may be withdrawn froia the District Land
Office without enVcting their enu-j.
Alt Duplicate certificates of every i hiracter must be
obtained before said Court.
All persons who were entitled to Land or Money under
any of the General Laws of Texas and have not ob-
tained the same may do so.
Attend to business in the General Land Office and do a
General Land Agency Business. Locate Land Ci.'.ims hav-
ing partners in the frontier Land Districts. Charges rea-
sonable.
r e f e r e n c e s
Members of the Legislature.
Hon. S. Crosbt Commissioner General Land Office.
Hon. S. A. Maverick of San Antonio.
Hon. J. W. Flanagan of Henderson.
no2 augUO tf
A1
J. DOUGLAS RROWN
GENERAL LAND AGENT
And Collector of Claims against tie Stale of Texas
and the Government of the United States.
GENERAL LAND AGENCY OFFICE AUSTIN TEXAS.
BUYS sells locates redeems pays taxes olL-iins Pat-
ents investigates and perfectsTitks to land! n the
State of Texas.
Gets out United States Bounty Lund Warrants o- Texas
land Certificates buys sells or has the same located.
Superintends the investigation aud perfection ot L.-.nd
titles in any of the Bretee of the Union.
Collects soldiers' pay and pensions and prosecutes every
knd of Claims (gases the State of Texa or Hie United
States.
Kf.ikk.-.
To the heads of Department Austin City Txas ; the
member of the Legislature ; business ard pi efer-sional
gentlemen In Western Texas ; the Kepresentativ and
Senators in Congress from Texas and Kentucky ami lions.
John Henry Brown Galveston Texas; Andrew Neil Se
guiu Texas. Austin Tcxa- May -list 1 -':!.
June 7th 155C. no42ly
Will practice in the Court of Claims and give
attention to all business entrusted to hnn coming
efore the same.
During my absence from home persons having
business with me are requested to rail uponShel
ly & Carrington Esqrs. who are authorized to
attend to the same.
SEVERAL LAM) AGENCV.
JEFFERSON T. LOVE offers bis services to
his old friends and the public generally to lo-
cate lands on tin- upper Brazos and on the pro-
posed route of the Houston ami Galveston Cen-
tral Railroad. Having spent several years in the
business he flatters himself that he can procure as
good locations as can be hail.
He will locate large amounts for onr. third of
the land and small amounts mi liberal Cash Terms.
He will also attend to any business before the
Oooituissioncr of Claims.
N. B. Business to go before l he ComniisMoner
of Claims should be directed to me at Austin and
Land Certificates for location to me st Ovvensville
Robertson Co. or to Fort Belknap.
April 11 '57 n34:6m
AIJSTI SELECT MAEE SCHOOL.
rPHE Third Session will open on Monday Feb.
X tsafc The rates of tuition will remain as here-
tofore advertised.
Instruction wiH be given in French German
or Spanish at a slight additional charge.
Pupils not desirous of pursuing the full course
will not be required to attend the regular school
hours Competent assistance having been secured
patronage is respectfully solicited.
no2:jjan Hl-tf WM. L. KIDD.
- SCHOOL TEACHERS."
Gentleman experienced iu teaching and
X qualified to instruct thoroughly in all the
branches of an English or Classical' Education
wishes an engagement as Principal. Professor or
aa Private Tutor. His unexceptionable refer-
ences and testimonials as to skill character and
aalifications. Address
' CLASSICAL TEACHER"
xdlveston. Teiws. dpcl3-no7:2tr2:pd.1
TRUST SALE-
BY virtue of two deeds of trust to me executed
by S. K. Jennings. I will sell for cash be-
fore the Court-house door in the County of Tra-
vis on the first Tuesday in Juno next all that
certain tract or parcel of Land upon which said
Jennings now resides containing two thousand
acres more or less on the waters of Oni-n Creek
about seven miles from Austiu. the improvements
consist good dwellings out houses Negro houses
and a superior Gin House aud about three hundred
acres ot land in a fine state of cultivation.
One of the deeds oi trust under which I will
make said sale was executed by said Jennings on
the 23rd day of Oct A. D. lc!55 to secure the
payment of four notes to E. & A. Ten Eyck each
for $lt3S with interest at 10 per ct from the
the first day of January 1856 amount due and
pavahle on the 1st day of January in the yours
18o7 1&8 1S59 and 18G0. The other deed of
trust was given on the 1st day of November 1855
to secure the payment of three notes to R. H.
Peck of the saint) date with interest at B per ct.
from date the first for $1901 46-100 due on the
1st day of January 1857 the others each for the
sum of $1183 18-100 and due on the first day of
January in the years 1858 and 1859. I will sell
said property subject to the payment of the notes
still to grow due.
W. P- DeNORMANDIE Trustee
April II 57n34:tds.
LOST CERTIFICATE.
fPHE unconditional Headright certificate of
William B. Ellis issued by the board of Land
Commissioners of Jetferson County for 640 Acres
dated 6th January 1845 No. 114.
If not heard from within the time prescribed by
law I shall make application to the Commissioner
of claim for a duplicate.
Austin April 11th '57 n34fc9w.
Aa?" Mrs. Swanson's orchard on Caddo
Lake escaped the effects of the late frost.
Cotton Seed. We are glad to be able
to inform our p anters that the value of
cotton seed is fast rising in the market.
At New Orleans a machine is already at
work manufacturing oil from the cotton
seed. The '-Creole" savs :
"Five hundred barrels of oil pur day
from the dry cotton seed. A novel and
beautiful piece of machinery hulls it with
the utmost precision aud the greatest rapid-
ity leaving the oily meat free from every
foreign suDstance. Exposed to a consider-
able heat aud subjected to presure oil is
produced which by a new chemical pro-
cess of clarification becomes lit ft r every
purpose for which olive iard or sperm oil
is adapted. To-day it is used on the tables
of many of our citi7.ens as olive oil. It
burns in the solar and astral lamps in our
parlors it is used on machinery as a lu-
bricator and answers every other purpose
for which fine native or foreign oil is needed.
The establishment is self-sustaining. The
refuse hulls furnish the fuel to drive the
engines. Not a single stick of wood has
been purchased since the machinerv was
put in motion. As an experiment a por-
tion of the accumulation of the waste hulls
has been shipped to the North to be worked
into book-binders' boards for which pur-
pose this material is believed to be admira-
bly adapted. Six months have not elapsed
ince the machinery was set in motion and
now the oil is finding its way into the coun
try in preference to lard or sperm oil and
is for sale in many establishments of this
city. The sale is quite equal to the possi-
bility of production."
Freestone We see by the "Pioneer"
that corn has lately risen iu this county
from 75ts. to 8150 per bushel. West
crn wagons are going still furtner east. In
Cherokee county it was bought at 50 cts.
per bushel at last dates.
8fS- A heavy rain fell in Burleson Mi-
lam and part of Washington counties en
the 16th inst reviving vegetation aud
causing the crops to look well for a good
harvest
GONZALES. The Inquirer" says tliat
the crops of .cotton corn and Wheat on
Pea oh Creek promise well and many of the
far;iiei'.s expect to make full crops.
Bea? The rains of the present week have
been felt over nearly the whole west and
all our accounts are favorable for the
crops.
fig?0ur letters from the Trinity valley as-
sure us of fine rains and good prospects of
plenteous crops "of Corn Wheat and
cotton.
The Sandies. The ".San Antonio j
Herald " thus describes an interesting part
of fioii.ales county :
" In the north-west part of the county
rises the i-audies. The Clear Fork of said
stream is one of the most beautiful creeks
we have seen any where. The water is
fine and as clear as chryfctal. In very
many places it ha3 great depth. We are
told there are places twenty feet in depth
to be found from its source to its junction
with the (lundalupe. In this Sandies coun-
try timber is ven abundant its well as wa-
ter. The soil is productive r.ud now dur-
ing this uuiversrl dry season corn looks
quite well. We saw some wheat and also
rye growing that we think will make a fair
yield should rain come soon. There are
also some very good stands of cotton. If it
should rain any time iu this lie. nth our opin-
ion is that good crops of corn will be raised
on the waters of the bandies. lhcre is
one thing that makes thn Sandies a most
interesting country and that is many of
the citizens are intelligent high -minded
and reading people. There we found prac-
tical planters healthy looking children
and handsome ladies. And hood one oc-
casion we heard the Rev. Mr. Hobbs of
Helena circuit preach to a respectable au-
dience with ability and power. Many of
the settlers are religious ar well as intelli-
gent obeying that important injunction of
the Uible that in the morning of life is
the time to give thyself to the Lord."
fgy-Tho" Nueces Valley." pives the
following :
Gen Chilton of Tarrant county with
his family and a number of servants and
working hands arrived here yesterday fully
determined to grow cotton on the Nueces.
May- he succeed we doubt not he will.
SSf The Cherokee Sentinel notices the
call on Mr. T J. Johnston to become a
a candidate for the Legislature and
says that he did yeoman service for the
democracy when the clouds were lowering.
I he compliment is richly merited aad we
can well predict from our personal kn iwl-
edgethat he will make a highly useful and
-afe representative.
ARKANSAS.
We egret to learn the death of .Ben. J.
Johnson Desha county. A Kentuckian
by birth he had made Arkansas his home.
He was a brother of Senator Johnson and
justly esteemed.
- The Poisoning A" Washington. It
is now" believed says the New York Mirror
that not less than seven hundred persons
have been seriously and dangerously affected
by the National Hotel poison at Washing-
ton ; and some twenty or thirty deaths hwc
occurred in consequeuce. There are Bull
several persons very seriously ill in New
York city whose recovery is doubtful. A-
mong others the Hon. Robert J. Walker
is not yet entirely recovered from his severe
attack." Senator Hale of New Hampshire
has become a thin lean man under its rav-
ages. It is now the opinion of many per-
sons that there was a deliberate purpose to
poison Mr. Buchanan ; and that the dia-
bolical scoundrel hazarded the lives of thou-
sands in the attempt.
From the Civilian.
Gen. Iloustjir. Speech '-Mr. Potter's
reply.
We do not propose a detailed view of
the speech of Gen. Houston but a synop-
sis of the points assumuied by him so far
as they relate to quest'nus of present in-
terest. Gen. Houston conteuded that the repeal
of the Missouri Compromise line and the
pas-iage of the Nebraska-Kansas bill had
occasioned all the agitation on the slavery
question that previous to that time 1854
all was peace and quiet in the north that
that compromise had stood sacred over a
quarter of a century and had been respect-
ed by the North. He ensured President
Pierce and Senator Dooghu as the authors
of the measure.
He said that some of the newspapers of
the State which had always opposed him
still did so and never gave him credit for
anything ; he had aided in getting the ap-
propriation for the Galveston custom house
and for light houses along our coast. In
this connection he refers very happily to
his early stand for the Rio Grande as our
boundary and his course on the Ten Mil-
ion bill.
He assumed that the present issue was
"Houston and anti-Houston;" that the
Waeo" convention had made the issue.
That he did not intend to be a candidate
for Governor and especially against Mr.
Runnels who was a relation of his lady
and "a very clever gentleman" till news
reached him at his home that the convention
had made the issue of "Houston and anti-
Houston." He denounced conventions said he was
of old a Jaskson Democrat and had never
done anything against the Democrats.
True ho supportel and voted for Mr. Fill-
more but he wa3 a friend of Mr. Buchan-
an and of all his cabinet. He voted against
Mr. Buchanan because he did not like the
Cincinnati platform ; but he regraded him
as a wise and cood statesman and all his
cabinet Diet his approbation.
He was severe on the Galveston News
as a paper that had always opposed him
and related some anecdotes :;t the expense
of a laugh upon its editors.
Gen. Houston denounced conventions as
cliques and characterized the one at Waco
as self-constituted an allegation .-in-ilarly
out of place as it was butch the largest
and by univessal consent the must fairly
; r.ntcd body of the kind ever assembled i
in the State repTLSUuiB o.-. .uatjes I
through "GO delegate- among whom were
a large number of the most distinguished
and longtried men of Texas and a large '
number of the General's former friends.
Ho closed with an address to the ladies
hoped the mothers and daughters would
induce their husband.- and sons and beaux
to vote for him and if they would not he
trusted they would not give them a enp of
good strong coffee on the morning of the
election.
The Hon. M. M. I'otter replied to Gen.
Houston ia 'behalf of the Democracy.
Mr. Potter said tl.at his opposition to the
General was purely on principle and in no
sense personal ho would not p!mk a lau-
rel from his brow. Dfl voted for him
for President in L84J au J inee annexation
as a member of Legislature had twice voted
for him as United State- Senator but he
could not do so now nor support him for
Governor. Gen. Hmston since that time
had made his own record his public acts
were at variance with the principles of the
great Democratic party composed of the
followers of Jefferson Jackson and Polk.
His opposition to the Kansas bill was san-
ctioned by but one other Southern Senator
Mr. Bell of Tennessee then a Whig and
now a Know-Nothing. The southern mem-
bers of Congress with these two exceptions
were luiruiniously for the bill. The Kansas
bill iustead of being the fire brand of dis
cord described by (ien. Houstou embodied
a great and living principle of constitution-
al right the doctrine that Congress has no
right nor the Legislature of a territory to
create or abolish slavery but leaves the ter-
ritory open alike for the settlement of men
from all parts of the Union with or without
slavc-i and only when they come to form a
constitution as a sovcreigu Stat can they
declare whether they will beslaveholding or
not. That said Mr. Potter is the principle
of the bill as contended for by its frieuds
and the Democratic party both North aud
South. Gen. Houston's assault upon that
bill the repeal of the Missouri Compro-
mise President Pierce Mr. Douglas and the
Democratic party was in ill taste with his
profession of being a Jackson Democrat
and now a friend of Mr. Buchanan although
he led the Know-Nothing party and voted
fct Mr. Fillmore. The Missouri Compro-
mise said Mr. Potter was virtually repeal-
ed'by the Compromise of 1850 for which
General Houston voted the territories of
New Mexico and Utah were created on that
identical principle by that very compromise
and the Kansas bill only declared in express
terms what before really existed. Besides
the Missouri Compromise was originally
yielded to by the South for peace not be-
cause it was just. By it the north gained
every advantage the south lost a just and
constitutional right-r-and how I Because by
it the south was forever excluded from all
territory north of -36 degrees 30 minutes
while south of that line there was no pro-
tection against abolition settlement agitation
or aggression. The line was no barrier
none whatever. Every abolitionist in New
England had a perfect right to come south
of the line while a southern man could not
go north of it. Pretty barrier that ! The
Kansas bill a Democratic measure opposed
by Gen. Houston (as some thought from a
disposition to vanlt into the Presidential
chair by concilliation northern support)
left t'ie whole questbu where the constitu-
tion placed it. That great principle hap-
pily for the rights of the south and the fu-
ture peace of the Union has been solemnly
affirmed as correct by the Supreme Court of
the United States in a recent case. The
principle is sustained but Gen. Houston
holds t: his first love.
Geu. Houston claims to be a Jackson
Democrat and says he never opposed the
party. Names may be abused but acts
speak louder than words. Did not Gen.
Houston after denouncing Pierce Douglas
and other northern statesmen who bearded
the Hon of abolitionism in his den who
nobly asserted and defended the equality of
the States aud the tights of the south yes
did not Gen. Houston assist in introducing
and organizing she Know-nothing j arty in
Texas to rise upon the ruius of Democracy ?
Did he not in the dark aud memorable strug-
gle of 1855 but two short years ago take
the stump for the Know-Nothings to de-
feat the Democracy ? Did he not issue a
circular just in time to reach all parts of
the State just before the election and too
late to be answered denouncing the Demo-
cratic party foreign born citizens :nd Cath-
olics and urging his friends to vote the
Know-Nothing ticket ? Aud iu the autumn
of that year did be not agaiu canvas a por-
tion of the State East and West as the
great champion of the Kuok-Nothing par-
ty and here to-night he admits that he vo-
ted for Mr. Fillmore against Buchanan.
But now when Democratic vote are need-
ed he is 'mum' Know-Nothingim and
a Jacksou Democrat Buchanan man &e-
The Waeo convention made no issue of
"Houston and auti-Hon.-.ton" as alleged by
the General I am informed that his name
was not mentioned iu its proceedings. It
was a Democratic convention legitimately
and fairly called and fully attended to se-
lect Democratic candidates and had nothing
to do with Gen. Houston or any ether
member of the opposite party nothing
whatever. The Democratic party is too
stlf-I ta.. iTT. ill triiii -in. .!. f.11 -li t.ni tiionv .
y.u w i... o. v- "- WW- y "-."V ttllS
battles to give up its time tried devotion
to the constitution to the dictum of auy
one man however high and honorable may
have been his services in days gone by.
G6n. Houston's old story of the ram
butting the grind stone aptly apples to him-
self just now with a reversal of its appli-
cation. The Democratic party is the grind-
stone the General the ram and the after
noon of the first Monday iu August will
see but little of hini left. Yes the invis-
ible hand is now writing upon the wall the
warhing to Belshazzar "Thou art weighed
in the balance and found wanting."
We preseht but a skeleton outline of
what was said by both gentlemen and do
not pretend tc give the language of either.
With the family quarrel between Gen.
Houston and Gen M'Leod members of the
same party and fostered by old personal
autipatbie? we have nothing to do; but
regret the existence of hot blood on all oc-
casions. Gen. M'Leod whose remarks we
did uot hear does not sympathise with the
party to which we belong still" we would
say nothing to foment ill-feelings even
fmnns; .those with whom we differ on polit-
ical principles.
Dow Jb... on Niluers. "I have fancy
tliat the Creator has produced the different
faroilic-iof the human race as they are;
breeds and mixtures all over the world bo-
tor composure of customer and shopman
across an English cninU r would seem to a
Chinese tradesman utterly uubusiness-like.
In joy or sorrow thevare eouallv i l.imorous.
Nothing is so noisv "a a wedding unless it ing as casilv distinguished from pure nativ-
be a funeral: and it isharJ tosav wheth- stock as mules from horses and jack bottoms
cr earrvinc ln.i-io a bri.ta m ...--rw. ....dc ('..mh. rwirtion- are made of certain zoues
tb emptor irti...J - - .-.. .u- ..i:... ..) lo.viUtics. Transplant tnem
e--.v. ......tv.ii -. . .-. i ul .1- k in nit- uuiiai;- ui.
Streets The Chinese nolieemen :.r n.r .1... in f.-rek-H. uue .mgcnial SOU and they dwin
Seient in nentsmaMi !. flu sar.l .... ;.-!. A. r.A ...-.Mil unllv ran OUt. IB ho SUppOS
O '" . pvf .- UK auu v.v. -v --
ments which the sitting magistrates inflict es that a flouris hingcrop of i olar bears or
is of a kiud seldom received in silence j Grcenlauders could be grown at the equa-
But neither the officer.-nor the ministers of tor. and perpetuated sufficiently long for
justice are potent enough toclear the streets them to turn into a horse of another color -
or to itBTJOSe even momenlarw r-.-ilin no thn I Or tli.-jt nn Ktblopun would e.er i"ic u"
passengers. V dead lock indeed is often
more than a daily occurrence. A string of
camels encounters a drove of heavily-laden
L...II ...I. Z. 1 i 1 w
uuitucK- wains or a line oi mules bending
uuder pack-saddles. At the same instant
there is a shout of " room" for a magistrate
and his lictors not unattended with the
cracking of whips aud a hail of bamboos.
A funeral and a marriage procession have
got mixed together and the squalling mu-
sic of the bridal party is not inappropriately
accompanied by the dismal howling of the
mourners. Jugglers conjurors mounte-
banks quack-doctors musicians and play-
ers all contribute their several quotas to
a Babel which might justify a second dis
persion ot mankind ; and in the midst of
wilderness o: discord is constantly
heard the twanging noise of the barber's
tweezers like the jarriug sound of a cracked
Jew's-harp It is fortunate for the senses
of the inhabitants that the setting sun ter
minates this chat..-. The Chinese are not
minions of the moon " Tired nature's
sweet r.'storer" is duly appreciated by them ;
and as Boon as t tie evening shades prevail
the silence of the streets is broken only by
the tramp of watchmen or the howling of
importunate dogs."
A Moment of Horror-By an A rmy Of-
ficer. I do not propose to tell a story either
fo romance or of sentiment but simply to
narrate an incident which happened to my-
self in the fall of 15 . 1 was bound
westward to the city of New York.
The city was crowded with strangers.
- .. s ... eVin .l.-iMt.-il timid
wool straigntcncu auu o .-
Arctic frosts and snows. I don t.
"My friends climate never made the uig-
gtr; on the contrary the nigger was made
fur the climate. So climate in this known
world possesses such a remarkable peculiari-
ty as to cause a downy fleece to cover cap-
uts well enough adapted to the propagation
of hair; to flatten the nose and produce an
under lip capable of cating outside a to-
bacco quid too bulkv aud ponderous for in-
side dutv. Nor is there a soil upon earth
sufficiently productive to bring out a heei
from the foot that possc.-ses it ef such per-
plexin" length as to place its proprietor in
the darkness of doubt as to whether nature
intended him to go ahead or piogress back-
ward whether he should diawa shoe on
over the heel or over the toe. No my
brethren the uigger was made for the cli-
mate and its attributes even as the Arab
and the Ostrich are adapted to the dreary
and unwatered sands of the desert The
brush ot nature has painted bim black
the prevailing color of all animals that in-
habit the torrid zcue in order that he may
withstand the powerful influences of calor-
ic. Because wliv? Black being a con-
ductor as heat ihe latter readily escapes
through it to the relief and safety of the
body just about as fast as the sun with its
fiery arrows can shoot it in And then how
a uegro will sweat and grinningly weather
.t. .?-: f n iv.ted term when nine out
! of a dozen of the flimsy white trash would
lor. and keel over from eerberai cohswhou
"Yes and don't the nigger.
thus
Tlie Claitiese.
The celestials being somewhat interesting
to the European powers at present not a lit-
tle solicitude prevails with a portion of the
scrape a
our At
tested
tida.
burnt shoes and onions '.-the ouo sts
musk and essence of pole cat are wn "-
in comparison. i u.-
bciBe knocked oui oi
iu some respects as upon going to it after jfe igh t)V :t -un-stmke . -0" -' "
supping for the pui pose of changing my for 0ldSol planting his biggest knocks up
travel stained dress I noticed the room had j on a niggers wool patch win trie i """
no-inui-. ;! tk. exception of a souare I rirm of doing damage be migm
"i-ii-in i nrr i tiir- Tt-iil f hrnnreh Txrliirtin llrrTtY
I t.-H liill All -l. IIUIIj IUIVUL.1I rslllLll I'.'ii. i
After unsuccessful applications at several exbae powerful perfume nssoise
hntela fit l.-ist I r.btained lo'ir-s at 's. I ' - .1..oj nnii onions '. the OtfO of r
11 . ) '- - w --0---- '
kept on the European plan. 'Here 1 was
obliged tc content myself with a chamber weakest of odors
on the fourth floor oddly enough arranged I cr heard of a nigger
United States to
acquaintance with
traders of tin
more ultimate
cific friends.
The following extracts are from a
written article in the last WestmmisU
well
Re.
aud air were admitted
room. To the openinc
RESrECT ion AfiRIClLTI KL.
As the patron of useful arts the Em
peror of China is supposed to be versed in
the crafts and mysteries of his subjects ;
and as the tillage of the ground is in Chin
ese conceptions the queen of arts the em-
peror annually inaugurates the seed time of
the yoar by opening the first furrow. He
is moreover chief priest as well as king ;
he is the only meditator betweeu earth and
heaven whom the state recognises. With
all these attributes he is not beyond the
voice of admonition or reproof. A board
of censors is selected from the gravest men
of his kingdom to watch his actions and de-
meanour. A pattern emperor who gives
no handle to rebuke has bo easy life of it ;
he must live by rule must never act with-
out a precedent ; at certain hours be grave
at certain hours merry; and in short en-
tirely foreg his volition In order that he
may infringe upon no oue of the recorded
or accredited practice of the ancients."
ltESPECT FOR EDUATRD MLN.
There arc no barrristers and no clergy-
men and the medical profession has never
been in much repute. A government how-
ever which manages all the affairs of its
subjects has occasion for au immense staff
of tinployes ; aud numerous as the learned
class has ever been in China; it has seldom
been neglected or starved. Education is
common and cheap ; books arc plentiful
and easily obtained ; and ased-y student
may present himself for examination in the .
Civil Service department with the certainty
if he be not plucked of getting some post j
or other no one can reasonably complain of !
the hardships of the scholar s hie. " I he
outside barbarians" arciudecd only now tak-
ing a leaf out of Chinese books iu their
competitive examinations tor public em
plovments. From the learned class an
from such member of it as have highly dis
anguished themselves at the examinations
the Ministers of Justice Finance Police
and Public Instruction are selected uor is
any preference displayed for birth or rank
even though the blood of Confucu flow in
a candidate's veins."
A Chinese City.
' The original type of a Chinese city was
the nomade camp of their ancestorsand to
thi3 day the great cities Pekin Nankin
and Canton reflect the images of an ex-
temporary encampment. The houses are
low with carved overhanging roofs ; no
chimneys or mansions of three or four sto-
ries Uih break the monotonous line of the
. . wliiln vr nciMw ararv nwnllinir
streets iuui "" u-..j .... j .i.wg
as from the booths iu a fair protrude poles
flags and gaily-coloured streamers or pla
cards. The eye is pained and bewildered
by the glare of the gilding the varnish and
the painting of the shop-fronts ; by the
bright colours of the lanterns of horn mus-
lin silk and paper that adorn the houses
or span the streets ; and by the numberless
pictorial inscriptions which parading the
articles on sale assure the passengers that
" we don't cheat here." The ear is equally
tortured and confused by the universal bub-
bub that prevails " from morn to dewy
eve ;" by the indescribable noise of tinkers
cobblers and blacksmiths plying their Be-
eral trades in little portaWe shops and pro-
claiming shrilly (for the Chinese not leas
than thn Arab are veupic criard) their su
perior skill nad their low charges. Buy-
ine selling and bartering are all and each
". .j . and t.ho tntta
COUdUClAJO IU auprauu .vwf;
from the adjoining
too was attached
a shutter in that room. I aressec and at-
tended the Bowery Theatre reaching my
apartment on returning about half-past J-
o'clock at night.
When about stepping into bed I observed
the wicket open and a thought struck me
to take a look into the adjoining apartment.
Why it was I know not ; perhaps a sense
i of my own insecurity actuated me.
I got upon a chair and gazed through a
! window into a chamber. No one was there.
It was furnished like my own. A lamp
was burning uron the table and upon the
table was lying a bolster a whetstone and
a pair of large false whiskers.
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articles ef vrardrobf. After a glance at
the premises I felt anything but easy. I
finally got into bed first placing the lamp
on the floor at the foot; and examining my
pistol I laid it carefully under my head.
At first though quite fatigued 1 could not
sleep; asd when I did doze my dreams
uneasy and trubled. Macbeth had been the
play at the theatre and witches and black
whiskers Banquo's ghost with pistol bols-
ters and the like interesting visitora were
the companions of my dreamy thoughts.
About three o'eLck it might have been
I was aroused bv a somewhat singular noise.
and the sotto
On liste-.ing it evidently proceeded from
the next room. It could be likened to
nothing I had ever heard ; it was low but
regular and metallic in its sound so to
express it such a sound for instance as
might be made in cutting glass with a dia-
mond. Suddenly I thought of the whet-
stone on the table and at the same moment
became cjnvinced the noise was that of a
knife being sharpened. My lied was placed
in the diagonal corner of the room from the
wicket aud 1 had been lying with my back
to the latter. I turned in the bed as noise-
lessly as possible bo as to face the wicket
grasping my pistol. The lamp was burning
dimly and "all was .till as death.
As my eye fell upon the window it en-
countered first a hand placed upon the sill
' then rose bv degrees a he."d with a pair of
: glittering black eves great heavy whiskers
j 2nd a long sharp knife between his teeth.
j 1 1 think I possess the ordinary courage of a
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man out l uiuai wui "- . - j
veins seemed to curdle as I viewed the ap-
parition. Quick as lightning I sprang up
in the bed and pointing my pistol cried
out : " If you move a muscle from your po-
sition you're a dead man!" The eyes
glared the head remaining however as de-
scribed; the man not uttering a syllable.
I got out of bed and with pistol still pre-
sented and eyes fixed on his I backed to
the bell rope and pulled it violently. In a
few minutes a servant came up. I called
to him to bring a police officer as there is
something wroig going on here. In a mo-
ment the passage was filled with the in-
mates of the noose. In a short time a star
made his appearance and took the man in-
to custody. The landlord said he had ar-
rived that evening without baggage.
The next day a gentleman claimed the
supposed assassin a3 his brother a maniac
whom he had been conducting to the insane
asylum in Philadelphia and who had es-
caped from him while in that citv. He hid
made his way to New Vork and with the
well known cunning of a madman had
managed to avoid detection. I suppose the
power of the eye for I kept mine fixed on
hia bad restrained him otherwise he could
easily have mastered me in a moment.
Since then whilst in a strange place l nave
been careful to examine and secure my
chamber before retiring.
- If a spoonful of yeast will raise fifty
cents worth of floor how much will it
take to raise funds enough to buy another
barrel.
as wen
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beat licks at the big be!! of the ifjOaaee
Committee. Of a truth nigger can stand
heat almost equal to a salamander and it w
this that renders him so useful i biped
in the burning fields of the South where a
white skin ifut to hard labor would find
little or nothing left of him to take home
to supper at the close ot the tir.-t day.
'My brethren there are some who assert
that the nigger is by nature equal in intel-
lect with the Angelo Saxon and that had
he the saui" advantages he would raise
himself to as high a notch in the scale of
humanity. U'e ahouldn't wonder if they
could prove it just as easy as I can that my
little terrier tlog knows more than I do.
He ran smell a rtt and tell where it is at
time of nignt aim ' I"" "'.
San Franatco hra.
any
comprehension.
How to Find Distances in New
York. A good thing was got offby a Mr.
W of your city' a partner in the larg-
est distributing hook houses in the Union.
He was in tiooipany with another Philadel-
phian wii'v-e name I do not know but
whom 1 will callSmitJi After the trade
sale was over tor the day Smith proposed
Id W to go up town to call on a friend
in Twenty-third street.
"Yery well" said W... 'Til go; but
having another engagement at nine o'clock.
I can stav oulvan hour."
"Oh well "said Smith" that'll do. I'll
just introduce you and we'll call again.'
" How far is" Twenty-third street?"
Well Idou't know ; but we can go in
a store and ask."
"Oh ins never mind." said W." "I'll
show you how to tell the distance of any
place in New York with entire accuracy
Come with me."
Saving this. W. accosted a hack driver
who stood near.
'We want to go up.to Twcufv-third street
mv friend what is the distance
"Are ye a stranger here ."" asked cabby.
"res."
"Well yer honor it's about six mile-."
"Thank you" said W. "we wont ride
to-night."
Then tarninxr to Smith he said: "It's
just a mile and a quarter to Twenty-third
street."
"Oh no" said Smith ; --did'iit yon hear
that driver say it was six miles?"
"Yes but now for what I promised to
show" you. When you want to kuw the
exact distance between any two points in
this d d city just ask a hack driver and
then divide the answer by four. Von can
tell then to a rod."
W. was right. If ever a set ot rascaLs
deserved flogging and went unflogged it is
these same cab drivers of Gotham.
l.eoruia Wild-I nte
The Editorof the Augusta Chronicle nwl
Sentinel having been interrogated as to
the character of the " Bank of Greens-
boro" and the " Wahoo Bank of Cow-
eta" the latter of which is located at New-
man and said to have a considerable cireu
laYion in west Alabama and east Misaissppi
replies in his paper of thn th inst. as fol-
lows :
The Bank of Greensboro's is a Wild Cat
of the purest blood and is in our opinion
entirely unworthy of confidence or credit.
The WaAoo Hank of Utnceta is an
institution of which we uever heard before
and after om.: inquiry have not been abb-
to find any cne who has We have ex-
amined ths arts of the Legislature and can-
not find that any such Bank was ever char-
tered. We therefore conclude it is a
spurious bogus concern ushered into ex-
istence without authority of law and. if
possible a worse swindling shop than the
Wild Cats."
ifHurrah for Banks ! Why don't we have
some of these thieving shops in Texas ?
the Constitution prevents it.
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