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SENTINEL.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL.
PLAQUEMINE, PARISH OF IBERVILLE, LA., OCTOBER 12. 1850.
VOLUME III.— NO. 10.
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
üfatiial Benefit Life and Fire Insu
rance Company.
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BUSINESS oe tiie company confined to life in
stffeance.
Permanent Fund by Act of Incorporation,
$200,000.
Which permanent fund are to be invested as
per charter, for the benefit of the policy holders,
in bonds and mortgages on unincumbered real
estate valued at double the amount loaned
thereon, and in stocks of the State, and of the
United States Government.
This Company being organized, not for the
benefit of stockholders and capitalists, but sole
ly for the protection of the policy holders and
their families against want and poverty, is in
its operations a great National benevolent in
stitution, conducted upon the most secure and
solid principles,and affording for a small annu
al sum, paid during life, a large and handsome
legacy to widows and children after death.
AU pol icy holders, whether for life or shorter
terms, who continue the insurance till death,
participate in the whole of the profits of the
company, without any reservations.
Creditors can insure the lives of debtors, thus
securing a prompt settlement in case of death.
A married woman can effect insurance on the
life of her hwsband, for the sole benefit and use
of herself and children,free from the claims of
creditors.
Trustees:
John Hagan, Joseph Walker,
Peter Conrey, Jr., Maunsel White,
Robert J. Ward, Samuel Stewart,
|sanc Johnson, Geo. Strawbridge,
John. S. Allison, Wm. E. Leverich,
Edward Sparrow, Henry S. Buckner.
PÉTER Courey , Jr., President Board of Trus
tees.
Directors:
Joäeph W. Stanton, John Stroud, Sr.,
John L. Lewis, John Calhoun,
Wm. M. Goodrich, Joshua Baldwin,
John L. Saffarans, Warrick Martin,
A. D. Crossman, Mark Walton,
Cornelius Fellowes, Joseph Lallande,
Ed. Jenner Coxe, M.M. Cohen,
Preston W. Farrar, William H. White,
John D. Bein, Wm. C. Tompkins
John B. Leefe.
John Hagan , President of the Company.
Tkeston W. Farrar , Vice President.
A. J. Wedderburn , M. D., ) Medical Board
Thomas Hunt , M. D., J of Consultation.
Harmon Doane , Secretary.
E. L. Goold , Attorney.
Richard Beis , M. D., Medical Examiner, No.
371 Magazine st. Office hours for blacks,
to ft}, a. m .; do, for whites, 2 to 3 p. m ., at his
résidence." He will examine white applicants
«t the «ffice of the Company daily, from 12i to
9 o'clock, p. M. He will not examine any one
at his dwelling without a permit, which can be
« had on application at the office of the Compa
ny.
ETThis company is prepared to entertain
application« for Lite Insurance^md issue Poli
cies on all sound and healthy White persons
and Negroes, at the Table of Rates established
by the Board, which arc less than the rates
cnarged by the New York and London offices,
and without their restrictions as to residence in
the South. By the charter, dividends of pro
fita are declared annually, and the profits draw
interest, and can be made available at once to
the extent of two-thirds of their amount,
where the party has paid his premiums in full.
California permits are issued to Life Insu
rance members at New York and London rates.
. Prospectus, table of rates, and all information
•«ta life Insurance, and all papers necessary
to effect Insurance, can be had at the office of
the Company.
, CTExtenpive Travelling Privileges allowed.
Office No. 94 Gravier st.,
«OSS ly Between Camp and St Charles sts
Music Store,
PBvPI - NO. 5 CAMP STREET.,
if' i i" t hree d00r8 from canal st, If . o.
The subscriber offers for sale at very reasonable
Prices and on liberal terms, PIANO FORTES of
- 6.6 !•$, 6 3-4 and 7 octaves, in rich rosewood,
walnut and mahogany cases, made by the old and
celebrated manufacturers, T. Gilbert &, Co. Pia«
Ém nos with the A2oi.ua Attachment , appropriate to
«acred music. The ASolian is guarantied by the
manufacturers to remain in tune 5 years. Pianinos,
■Grand and 8emi-Gratid Pianos from the factories
of Henri Hers and J, Pleyel & Co., Paris. The
beautiful new invention, the Dolco Compana, to
the Grand Action Piano, and Pianos from the fac
tories of Firth, Pond Sf Co., with the vibrating
Oterbridge and the new scale Pianos of Wm. Hall
J Sew York " MELODEONS and SE
KArtilNES, for church choir music. All the
new publications of songs, waltzes, etc,, are re»
ceived soôn as published, with a large stock of Old
"Sf* a ï umu ' ate 4 during the last twenty years,
enable» the undersigned to fill all orders complete.
MKrveum Books far all musical instruments. Se
cond hand Pianos boueht, sold and exchanged in
part payment for new Pianos. Orders for Tuning
and Repairing will be promptly attended to. All
pads or musical instruments repaired. Music
towd to order. Harp», Guitars, Violins, Flutes,
Strings for Harp, Piano, Guitar, Violin and Banjo
—tad all articles in the music line for sale bv
'jau96m WM. T. MAYO.
C&1UA6E REPOSITORY,
THE subscribers have now on hand a large and
w ®u selected assortment of Carriages anH
,r0U1 , lhe ^Northern Ma
Ä^rgiÄaär ,ely - p ' rrhMera
nilr - A. WOODRUFF & CO.,
a * 6 V - 150«». Charles at
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
liOitgley, Uttlejolm & Co.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
no. 66 magazine street,
(Corner of Natchez,) New Orleans.
New Goods—New Goods.
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and Fancy Goods
E. A. TYLER,
39 Camp street,
7m I ' s now dail y receiving additions to
his well selected stock, consisting
of FINE WATCHES of the best make, in Gold
and silver cases; rich MANTEL CLOCKS and
VASES; Gold, Guard, Fob, snd Vest Chains;
Seals, Keys and Chain Oranments; Gold Pencils
and Pens; Thimbles, Buckles, new patterns of
Bracelets, Pins, Ear Rings and Necklaces; a beau
tiful assortment of Diamond Rings, Pins, Ear Rings
and Studs; Silver and silver plated Ware; Silver
Card Cases, Snuff Boxes, &c.; Gold, silver, shell
and steel Spectacles, with glasses to suit all .eyes;
Paper Machie; Fancy Goods, Fine Perfumery—to
gether with a great variety of other articles too nu
tuerons to mention. Strangers visiting the city
are invited to call and examine his goods, any of
which will be sold at very low prices. oclO ly
C. D. B17NCE,
p rh.mv.it rw.fr stork,
9 Canal st., New Orleans.
Hate, Caps, Umbrellas, Trunks, &c. of every
variety—Panama Hats.
0*The latest fashions always on ha d.
Particular Hats made to order. oelO If
This consignment dry goods
HOUSE is constantly receiving from the
northern cities heavy shipments of Goods, which
are often ordeied to be sold forthwith without re
gard to original cost, and will therefore be offered
cheaper by from 25 to 30 per cent than the same
description can be sold at any other establishment.
Constantly on hand a large supply of Plantation
Goods—Blankets, Kerseys, Linseys, Osnaburgs,
Sheetings, Shirtings, Towellings, Table Damasks,
Diapeis. Linens, &c. Dress Goods of every style.
Silks, satins, Cashmeres, Merinoes, De Laines,
Alpaccas, Plaids, Bareges, Muslins, Gingham, and
Prints. Visites, Mantillas and shawls, Parasols
and Umbrellas, Hosiery, Handkerchiefs, Laces,
Capes, Collars, Bonnets, and every description of
Diy Goods, both of Foreign and Domestic Manu
facture.
In connection with this establishment are exten»
sive wholesale rooms, which should be visited by
every Merchant and Trader before making his
purchases. An additional advantage to the buyer
is, that the lowest price is invariably asked at first,
and no deviation made.
KING S WHITE PALACE,
72 Gravier street, New Orleans. je8 ly
Piano Fortes and Music.
The subscriber would resfectfully
inform his friends and the public that
he has on hand and on the way, PIA»
NO FORTES from the factories of
Pleyle & Co. and Favre & Co., Paris; Hallet, Da»
vis & Co., Boston; A. H. Gale & Co., James Gro
vestein and Nuns & Clark, New York. _ All these
instruments aie made expressly for this climate; ma»
ny of them are of the new patent of Charles Horst,
1849—the Double Iron Frame. These Pianos will
stand in tune longer and have more power and
richer tone than any other instruments. Also, su
perior GUITARS, VIOLINS, FLUTES, &c.
SHEET MUSIC —Constantly receiving from
the publishers as soon as published.
He would respectfully inform the friends of Mr.
Chas. Horst, that he has arranged with that gentle
man to take charge of the Musical Department of
his stole.
ETAII orders from the country promptly attend*
ed to. E. A. TYLER,
oclO ly 39 Camp st.
From Gov. Tucker.
For the benefit of suffering humanity, as well as
an act of justice to Dr. SAMUEL GILBERT, I
make the following statement:—That in June last
I had a small tumor upon my face, rather between
my nose and cheek, which gradually increased dur
ing the past summer in size and extent; on accoun
of which I consulted several truly eminent physi
cians, under whose treatment I received no benefit.
In the latter part of last January I visited New Or
leans. In the space of seven days, bofore reaching
the city, the tumor had greatly enlarged, and the
inflammation increased to an alarming extent; so
much so, that from the inner corner of my eye to
the end of my nose, and out to my cheek bone, be«
came literally a lump of putrid flesh; The disease
had also made its appearance on tbe opposite side
of my nose. In this condition I presented myself
to Dr. Samuel Gilbert, not knowing with what dis
ease I was afflicted. Dr. Gilbert promptly pro
nounced it an eating Cancer of the most virulent
character. I put myself under his treatment. He
extracted the tumor without the use of the knife,
and in four weeks my face was well, as I then and
still believe. T. M. TUCKER.
New Orleans, March 13,1850.
(CTDr. Gilbert's office is No. 72 Magazine sU
To the Public*
I wish to bear testimony to Dr. GILBERT'S
skill, through your valuable and truly independent
paper. I was sorely afflicted with hereditary can
cer; the disease killed my father, who had the best
medical aid in the country. The disease made its
appearance on my upper eyelids, and continued to
spread and pain me severely, until I well nigh lost
my sight; I could scarcely discern a horse from a
man across the street. Having often heard of Dr.
Gilbert's success in the treatment of such cases, I
left die State of Pennsylvania and came to New
Orleans—was put under treatment—and, I am
happy to say, soon cured, and no sign of the dis
ease left, and my sight perfectly restored. This day
I leave for home. A. C. CORWINE.
To editors Crescent.
April 15,1850. JVl
Thompson & Nixon's
f è thi*mmHe CMhimg BstmhUthmtrnt,
No. 10 Gamp subît, New Orleans,
(EFKeep constantly on hand a large and superi
or stock of Seasonable Clothing and Gentlemen's
Furnishing Goods, comprising all the neatest styles
imported, and embracing all articles pertaining to
a Gentleman's wardrobe. jan ly
o. 0. dvfcy. i" '• obass
ZARATIN & CO.,
GENERAL DEALERS,
No. 30}
Poydras Street, New Orleans. mb91y
published every saturday,
By William P. Bradburn.
Office on Main street.
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advancc.
PLAQUEMINE :
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12,1850.
O* The New York Mirror says a movement
is on foot in that city, towards raising a sum of
money, for the purpose of making a compli
mentary present to the operatives employed in
the brewery of Barclay, Perkins & Co., London,
as a testimonial of respect for their manly re
ception of Marshal Haynau.
O" In this State the following new post-offices
have been established—St. Cloud, East Felicia
na, J. S Peaeocke, postmaster; Isle Breville
Natchitoches parish, P. O. Chaler, postmaster.
Appropriations for the Writings of the Pre
sidents »—For those of Washington, $45,000;
Jefferson, $49,950; Madison, $67,000; Monroe,
$20,000; for John Adams, $22,500.
C= Intelligence to the 13th ult. has been re
ceived from Kingston. The St. Lucia Palladi
um of the 16th August states, on the authority
of rumor, that Solouque, or Faustin Premier,
of Hayti, has been assassinated by the Prime
Minister.
ET To preserve butter, sink it in the Missis
sippi River. Lately some kegs of butter were
brought up by diving bells, from the wreck of
the steamer Neptume, sunk twenty years ago'
and it was as sweet and good as ever.
O' It is stated that the Sultan of Turkey has
notified our government of his readiness to send
Kossuth and his companions, free of expense)
provided the United States will bring them over
to this country. This matter is to be consider
ed in Executive session in the Senate.
More "Secessions ."—The citizens of the
parishes of Bienville, Claiborne and Bosier, re
cently held a meeting at Mount Lebanon, at
which, among other resolutions adopted, was
the following :
Resolved, That the admission of California
with the boundaries prescribed in her consti
tution is an act of aggression and discrimination
against the Southern States, and should be re
sisted by them, by all constitutional means.
We are curious to know what will be the
first motions of these patriotic gentlemen to
ward resistance. We notice, by the way, that
among those who figured prominently at the
Mount Lebanon meeting, were a few who, two
or three months ago, received such a terrible
lampooning from Senator Downs.
ID* Jenny Lind, it is said, is still pestered
with beggars of various kinds. She receives
on an average a hundred and twenty letters a
day, soliciting a share of her liberality. This
i8 truly despicable. Such meanness is discre
ditable to the country.
The Ruling Passion .—Some of the Down
Easters are so fond çf driving a bargain, that
they purpose to give very extravagant prices
for tickets to hear Jenny Lind, provided the
girl takes it out in trade—tin pans and such like
articles.
Steamer Meteor No. 3, Burnt .—We learn
from the officers of the steamer Patrick Henry,
from Raton Rouge, that the steamer Meteor
No. 3, Capt. Amsden,from Red River, for this
port, with a lot of stock on board, took fire
about 4 o'clock p m ., on Wednesday last,
about 65 miles up the coast, and was burnt to
the water's edge. The officers of the Patrick
Henry did not ascertain any particulars of the
loss, or how the accident occurred.
In addition to the above, we have received
the following : the steamer E. D. White, Capt.
Brady, which arrived yesterday afternoon,
brought down the officers, crew, and passen
gers of the 6teamer Meteor No. 3. The fire
originated in the wood, and spread rapidly aft;
the boat burnt to the water's edge, and sunk in
deep water. Three colored boys, viz: the
cook, the barber, and a cabin boy, were lost—
Her cargo, consisting of abont 200 bales of cot
ton, was all lost.— Crescent.
O" Stewart's store in New York,is to be en
larged, at a cost of $100,000—the marble for
the improvement alone costing $25,000. The
Jenny Lind Hall (now nearly finished) will
cost $100,000. A list is published of 16 pub
lic or private buildings, now in course of erec
tion in New York city, making the aggregate I
of the whole cost £989,000« *
The Presides ï and A win Bey .—The al
lowing paragraph is from the excellent reply ot
President Fillmore to the Turkish Commission
er, when tbe latter was presented to him :
"Amin Bey ! you have said, and said truly,
that His Imperial Majesty, your Sovereign the
Sultan, has won the approbation of the Amer
ican Government and people, by the course
f ursued by him in favor of those unfortunate
lungarians whose recent, condition had claims
on the feelings of the humane and benevolent
all over the world; that approbation, let me say,
is deep, and cordial, and wide-spread. Not
disposed to interfere with political occurrences
which do not affect ourselves, the people ol the
United States are yet intelligent and well-in
formed, and quite observant of all that passes
in the world, connected with questions of na
tional and human rights. While they main
tain a strict neutrality in all foreign wars, they
nevertheless sympathize most deeply in all
struggles against oppression. They are lovers
of justice, of mild governments, of humanity,
and of every thing which promotes the cause of
political and social happiness among men."
The Washington Republic .—It is announ
ced that Wm. M. Burwell, Esq., of Bedford
county, Va., has become associated with Mr.
Sargeant in the editorial management of the
Republic.
Secession in Mississippi .—Speaking of the
proclamation of Governor Quitman, of Missis
sippi, convening the Legislature of that State
for the purpose of acting upon the question of
"secession" from the Union, the Brandon Re
publican says :
"The issue is now made and we are ready'
fully ready for any emergency which the case
may present. Peace and a cessation of unpro
fitable excitement we desired, and had fully
cherished the hope that such might have been
the result; but if the contrary is to be the case,
we say that is incumbent and imperative upon
every citizen, calmly and deliberately to reflect
upon the tendency of the unwise and unwar
ranted course which is now being proposed,
and boldly and determinedly, and uninfluenced
by personal, party or sectional considerations,
on behalf of himself and his common country,
to do his duty as a true American, as well as a
'Mississippian.' "
\W The first Woolen Factory in Texas is
just going up on the banks of the San Anto
nio River. The proprietors intend to manu,
facture the coarse woolens which they will fur
nish cheaper than they can be imported. The
San Antonio and San Marcos Rivers abound
with favorable sites and an inexhaustible quan
tity of water power. The country is admirably
adapted to the raising of sheep. All articles
of food are cheap, the mild climate, and every
thing, is in favor of the new enterprise.
— I ■ i •
Haynau's Flogging .—The London Times
defends the conduct of the brewers and por
ters of London, in mobbing this monster. In
this country, there has baen but one opinion of
this act of popular justice. It was an insult to
the English people for this wretch to pollute
their soil by his step. A more ignominious
punishment could not have been inflicted upon
him, than the chastisement he received. He
will, for the rest of his days, confine his travels
within the limits of despotism.
The Dangue .—A Charleston paper states
that not more than one person in ten in the
city of Charleston eseaped the dangué or
"breakbone" fever. At one time there were
12,000 cases reported as existing in the city
Though there have been so many cases, it is
not a little remarkable that there should have
been none of fatal termination.
The Remains of General Taylor .—Presi
dent Fillmore on the 24th nit., in a special
message to Congress, made known to that
body that the wishes of-the family of the late
lamented President, were that his remains
should be removed to the State of Kentucky.
On motion of Mr. Vinton, the message was
referred to the Committee of Ways and Means,
and ordered to be printed.
A Cuba Affair.—A dispatch of the 21st,
from Washington, says :
"The Spanish minister, at the request of Mr.
Webster, returned last night from New York,
and had a long conference with him. The bu
siness relates to Cuba, and we understand that
another attempt is to be made on Cuba The
descent is first to be made upon Hayti, for the
overthrow of Faustin Soulougue."
Wonderful Machine .—Tyler Davidson,says
the Cincinnati Commercial, yesterday showed
us a wonderful specimen of artistic ingenuity,
which came about as near to perfection in its
imitation of nature asit is possible for human
skill to approach. It was a small box, contain
ing a delicate combination of machinery, simi
lar to that of a watch, which, when wound up,
caused a beautiful little bird, with the richest
plumage, to start out from the lid, and after
warbling sweetly for a while, return to its place >
ihe lid closiug after it. The bird seemed endow
ed with life, moving its bill to the time of its
notes, and fluttering as it sang. It was manu
factured in Geneva, and cost one hundred gui
neas, or #600.
Something M vst be Done .—The editor of
the Providence Journal, in a satirical article
on the subject of publishers of newspapers
working for nothing and finding themselves,
says :
We have noticed several atrocious cases
where editors have had the audacity to demand
pay for cost of publishing matters of the high
est public importance, such as resolutions of
thanks to steamboat captains, puffs of new
schools, ward meetings for charitable objects,
; political meetings, marriages, and obituary no
tices of infant children. Something must be
done to put a stop to this, or editors will soon
begin to think that they have the same rights
as other people.
Taking the Census .— One of the assistant
marshals employed in the western part of New
j York, communicates to the Oswego Times the
following amusing illustration of the facility
with which a man may be misled by answers
that are direct and true, but "nothing else
"I must now tell you of a joke I had put on
me in the good town of Palermo. I called in
at a house early one morning—saw a young
girl, whom I took to be ten or twelve years old.
I told her my business, which she took very
coolly. I asked her : 'Is your father a far
mer?' She answered : 'He is.' 'Is he at
home?' 'He is.' 'Is he in the house?' 'I sup
pose he is.' 'Will he give me the information?'.
'I suppose he will.' I waited a while and then
asked, 'Have you a mother?' 'I have.' 'Is
she at homef 'She is.' 'Will she be in soon?'
'Can't say.' 'Is she gone from home?' 'She is
not.' Well, I saw there was but one room to
the house, and had got tired of waiting, I spoke
to the young girl, saying, 'Where is your fath
er?' The same answer—'He is at home.'
'Well, where is he?' Same answer—'He is at
home.' 'Well, where is your mother?' 'Why,
at home. 'Where in the name of common
sense is their home?' 'Why, just over on tbe
other street.' Feeling rather chagrined, Iask
ked, 'Who is the head of this family?' An
swered promptly : 'My husband, sir.' 'Are
you married?' 'Yes.' 'Have you any children?'
'Two.' 'How old are the children?' 'Two
years.' 'How old is the other?' 'Two years.'
How is that?' 'Very easy, sir; they are twins!'
This solved the whole mystery ; they were
fine looking boys—she, the youngest lookiag
mother I ever saw. It shows how easy a mat
ter it is to be mistaken."
Nest Building Fishes .—During the recent
sitting of the Scientific Convention at New
Haven the following interesting facts were
made public:
Professor Agassiz delivered some oral re
marks upon the care which certain fishes take
of their young. Having alluded to the lower
species of the fish, which lays its eggs, and
leaves its young, who never know parents, and
rise but to be swallowed by larger species, he
said, that when he arrived in this country, he
heard of fish that did protect their young, but
could get no farther information on the subject.
The Professor then proceeded to detail an in
cident which came under his own observation
last May. When walking on the sea-shore
at , he saw two catfish rushing from the
shore to the water. He went to the place from
which they started, and he saw a black mark
formed where they had been. There were
two tadpoles in it; and by-and-by he saw the
catfish return to the spot, and looking as if to
see if their spawn had been disturbed. They
got ou their nests again. He watched them,
for a while, and threw a stone to disturb them.
They ran to the water as before ; but in ten
minutes they returned again; and in this man
ner he disturbed them and they returned, four
times, which convinced him that they were anx
ious to return to their young and protecr
them. •
O* Miss Apolonia Jagello, the Polish and
Hungarian heroine, visited the Turkish Em
bassador, at Washington, on the 21st Septem
ber. She was accompanied by the late Dicta
tor of the Republic of Cracow, and expressed
their thanks for the protection afforded the re
fugees by the Sublime Porte.
D* At the entertainment given to Jenny
Lind by the Mayor of New York, she was ask
ed to sing. She very gracefully refused, on the
ground that she had make a contract with Mr.
Barnum, binding her to sing only for him, or
charity; and the Mayor, as a man of business,
knew she could not break it.
ET A writer in the New York Journal of
Commerce estimates the population of that
city at 475,000, and of Brooklyn and Williams
borough at a total of 130,000. It is proposed to
unite these, in order to enable New York to
claim a population of near 600,000.
Affairs in Cuba.—A merchant of Boston
has just returned from a visit to the island of
Cuba. He represents the excitement there in
relation to the Lopez expedition as still being
very intense. The expedition is the subject of
conversation among all classes and a very
strong feeling against the American residents
and those who visit the island on business has
sprang up. He is confident that the trading
class, the merchants, are almost unanimously in
favor of the revolutionary movement, and would
aid it so far as in their power, without render
ing themselves liable to detection.
Worth Telling Again .—When Nicholas
Biddle, familiarly called Nick Biddle, was con
nected with the U. S. Bank, there was an old
negro named Harry, who used to be l#fing
around the premises. One day in social mood,
Biddle said to the darkey—
"Well, what is your name, my old friend?"
"Harry, sir—ole Harry, sir," said the other
touching his sleepy hat.
"Old Harry!" said Biddle, "why that is the name
that they gave to the devil, is it not?"
"Yes, sir," said the colored gentleman, "some
time ole Harry-and sometimes ole Nick."
Thrilling Incident of the Texan
War.
The tragedy of Nacogdoches, and the roman
tic incidents which led to the Texan war of In
dependence, find their parallel only in the Ro
man history of Lucretia and the elder Brutus.
Juan Costa was a person of geeat influence
and bravery in the wild forests; but he fell un
der the displeasure of Santa Anna, and his mi
nion, Pedras, the Commandant of Nacogdo
ches, was sent to arrest him. He arrested his
father at the supper table, attended by his only
daughter, a young girl of surprising beauty
and intelligence. He loaded him with chains,
and cast him into prison, notwithstanding her
tears and entreaties. Finally he proposed to
free the father if tho daughter would consent
to sacrifice her innocence and honor. She re
jected the infamous proposition with a blow in
the face; when the armed ruffian swora a horri
ble oath to execute his will on them both, and
then ♦*»***
With dark eyes, tearless, glassy, fixed as
those of a corpse, yet flashing a double portion
of luminous fire, she mounted a horse and hur
ried away wildly around the country. She
halted at every house, no matter whether Mex
ican or American, and rehearsed, in tones of
thrilling horror, her father's wrongs and her
own. All timid modesty, all weakness, had
vanished from her tongue, utterly consumed
by the scorching thirst of vengeance. She
painted, in passion's fiery language, and with
awful minuteness, the facts of the damning
deed; she bared her virgin bosom, and showed
the livid marks of the ravisher's fingers among
the mazes of those azure veins along the sur
face of that expanse of snow, now polluted and
soiled, but before pure as the gleam of an an
gel's wings.
And still, wherever the beautiful maid wan
dered, a deafening yell of wrath and vengeance
rose up against the tyrants. The people of
both races and all classes flew to arms,appoint
ing a general rendezvous for the 24th of Jane,
at the residence of the absent and now impri
soned Juan Costa.
It was there debated by the people as to the
mode of attack, and who should be their leader,
but nothing being agreed on, the whole assem
blage bade fair to break up in confusion, when
a tall and powerfully built stranger, who bad
just entered Texas from the States, came for
ward and addressed the multitude as follows:
"I am a stranger, but I am also a man; and I
owe my life, soul, body, health happiness, all—
all to a woman—my mother ! And if I turn
a deaf ear to the prayers of an innocent woman,
asking my aid against a villain, may both my
mother and my God curse me! I go for
one, and, should you stay behind.alone to fight
Col. Pedras, and his armed ravishers of your
wives and daughters."
The speech was received with three trtnen
dous cheers, and th«n a general about, that
seemed to shake the solid earth, uttered the
first peal of the revolution. "We will go.
Death to the tyrants? Freedom, for Texas,
and the giant shall be onr leader."
And then for the first time was heard in the
land of the wild a name destined to become so
echo to the pulsation of all hearts—the name
of Thomas J. Rusk.
The next day he led his raw troops to the
attack of Nacogdoches, and Btormcd every po
sition against immewe odds. After an assault
of four hours, the charge being dreadful on
both sides, fortunately among the slain was the
dead body of the atrocious Ferninand Pedras.
Such was the debut of Rnsk in Texas; and
from that day his popularity has gone on stead
ily increasing, without even a transitory
eclipse, or so much as a cloud to dim its splen.
dor. In vain, for three years, Gen. Cos de
manded his arrest. Mexico had not soldiers
enough to take him, and in 1845-6 he assisted
to chase the last of these out of the country.
Afterwards he amassed a fortune at the Texan
bar, and was choscn one of the first Senators
of the new State annexed—a place which ho
may hold for life, if he wills it.
Laving not always Washing .—Colonel
Kemyss, of the 4th regiment, was remarkable
for the studied pomposity of his diction. One
day, observing that a careless man in the ranks,
had a peculiar dirty face, which appeared noi
to have been washed for a twelve- month, he was
exceedingly indignant at so gross a violation of
military propriety. "Take him," said he to tbe
corporal, who was an Irishman, "take the man
and lave him in the waters of the Guadiana."
After some time the corporal returned. "What
have you done with the man I sent with you?'
inquired the Colonel. Up flew the corporal's
right hand across the peak of his cap "Sure,
an't plaise your honor and didn 't y 'r honor tell
me to lave him in the river?—and there he is
now according to y'r honor's orders." The by
standers, and even the Colonel himself, could
hardly repress a smile at the facetious mistake
of the honest corporal, who looked innocence
itself, and wondered what there could be to
laugh at.
The Doctor .—A doctor in Ohio writes to his
father as follows:—"Dear daddy, I conclewded
Ide cum down and git grinded into a doctur. I
hardly dont think I was in more than 3 ours,
afore out I cum as slick a wun as ever was
seen.
Hale columby happy land,
If I aint a Doktur, I'll be hang'd.
I pukes, I purges, and I swets em,
Then if tha di, wi-then I lets em.
I gits plente of custom, because they says that
dize eery. When you rite, dont forgit to put doc
tur afore my name."
Decayed Sensibilities .—Mr. and Mrs. Bray,
ton had quarreled for nearly half an hour, when
both quieted down, as if by consent. Neither
had spoken a word for some ten minutes.
Mr. Brayton fumbled over a paper and pretend
ed to read, it Mrs. Brayton patted the carpet
with her pretty foot. Bray ton,, at last, ven
tured to observe, "My dear, is n't th« gas leak
ing some where, there is such an odor in the
room." "It is n't the gas," replied Mrs. Kay
ton, almost choking. "What can it be then,
my dear?" "Why, it, is your, your decayed
sensibilities," and Mrs. Brayton burst into
tears.