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Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-09-13
DOMESTIC INTrlLlGfcE.
LETTER FROM GEN. SAN HOUSTON
From The Texas banner. August 3.
lluNrsviLI.s. Crexas.A July rs. Isl

hon. Or it the facts stated material Ia the truth
o hs,nrs and the character ct lhpso ha, at the time.
The ehiel nnclonsries ethe Team government.
should feel II less incumbent on myself o solicit some eN
planapn ol the facts alleged. Tho statements emana
tag from high and respectable sau,e are well caru=
lated 10 enfurce them upon The nlnds o load's as anthem
Zee, and not as matters arising inlm the msapWehesian
o truth.
The eN Presldeat, when stating the reasons which III
duced him to propose The subject 81 annexation Ia i1Nas
amongst others, says: NeT WIS II until received d
0tuic lniormaiion that other nations wire oAorlhI an
thesr eili' to induce course OF action o me part o
Texas, al war as hrny believed. WIN iae permanent
Interests oil Inc Iuliei 0laias mat gave u''u'S i,
NY lanenled riend Ahel y l'siaf' theh SECRETARY 3"
S'as' 10 efsah up ana s"''ei - tie 's 'e "' '''
iningues. by direct proposition In ohn, Na"'n i
seems NON ih.s position "sa0n D, NJ WI "' ~
elhier imagined e'e "u'hHfs ~ itAaz "oic "'"'a"ie
10 IN se lAtignes' ana VIE NHHs - ,'HP'"',' '',
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perceive 'nt io'Vt ""u '''' '''ss ~ nun" '"' ''"
s'g 0eeRu aet o't''N' t>'N, '.'.' "''''" " N+
de injustice 10 her CHARACTER ne a4An HllFs o' l'AA'
mao feheo iei seals upon pm" anu I'm ~ '''a
fur ahneAaneh' ahd nae hoie - ~ met - ',l an"
manly aeee lance lmy "fis asaIf,h'p' fN's
was afae' WIN ',.u.,'s w. -
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without nneemnen @gaely' suggested The 'ny ioas'.ie
pan 10 aVas' e's U's' 'ls'tf an ga vas " N'''
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Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-09-13
sOUTHANNA BRIDGE BURNT.

The Railroad Bridge over the South Anna River was
burned down sunday morning Il must have been set on
fire by nceudiary. There was. consequently consd
cradle delay in the passenger trains On Sunday But ar
angenen's promptly made facilitate the trans
fer Of passengers their baggage aud the mails across the
river which will occasion very little detention hereafter
while the ridge Is rebuilding. We have the following
note II IN tie President Of the Company.
Orrlcr OF THE r.. +. ( ?. RAILROAD Co..
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-04
! Of Commerce:

The reader will zee tina, In ISIS, 'l6 snd II,
the acreage number Of vessels built wss lz61;
in 1881, 1852, and 1888, il was $50, In the three
last years IL was lots. The year ls46 was about
the same In this respect as the year lel5. In
tonnage. we hnd the shippins Increases. as to
annual building, only 20 per cent.
As 10 Foreign Commerce, then, we end that
shipping is annually increased only "a the sumo
degree 1t was thirty years since.
But let Us look at the other SHE. HIS Inter.
nal Commerce increased no f.sterl Suppose
that We were TO connect the canal boats snl rsil.
road cars, then We should e md that the Internal
Commerce had In an immense ratio. Ina wi.e.
iy extended country !, must necessarily happen
that the interchange Of its proiucts INST chiefly
be made ruhin itself IL follows, then, Inc, ila-
oily, that INTERNAL COMMERCE must be the gr-a,
commerce OF the country, and such We see ., Is.
The Commerce Of the Ohio, Missouri, and their
tributaries, amounts to more than three huncred
millions per annum. II TO this we acd the
immense commerce Of canals, railroads, and
lakes, we have a business vastly exceeding all
the foreign trade Of the country with al! the
world.
But We have another evidences of this fac, in
the rapid increase Of steamboat buicing. Wa
now build in the United States more than t,ro
hnndyed steamboats, per onnum, who's cost can
not be less than six millions Of Goliars--consli.
tuting an immense business, rapidly increasing.
The following comparative table will illustrate
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-04

The Cosr OF WAR.-FaAscE AMI
ALolERs.-THE UsnED STATES AMI
MExIco.-ln late letter from the Pari.
Correspondence Of the Boston Atlas, an in
tImation is made, in allusion to the present
financial condition Of France, that a storm
cloud hangs over the treasury of that coun.
Try, which must sooner or later burst and
produce the most serious disasters. The
cause OF this apprehended CONCLUSION Is
founded on the following facts:
During seven years, from 1889 to 1886,
the public expenses Of France have risen
from ], LIS, 900, 600 francs TO 1,606, 00O,.
900. or nearly one hundred millions of dol.
lars. During the same period the revenue.
Of the State have risen from 1,l23, 600. 00O
to 1861 900, an increase OF $4,000, 000
or an increase Of expenditures over income
Of 189. 100000. In 1889 there was near.
ly an exact balance between the receipt.
aud expenditures; in 1916 an actual deficit
Of hundred and eighty-nine millions Of
francs.
The cause is thus explained;
"To what is this state Of things owing
Why is it that France. one Of the most pro-
ductive nations on the globe, confessedly
straning every nerve. by the most grinding
and Pervading system Of taxation, that yields
her an income over two hundred millions OF
dollars, is rapidly accumulating an over
whelming public debt, with no prospect Of
liquidating it?
The answer is a simple one: and it is
as applicable to our situation as it is 10 hers
it is WAR"
1t is added that 421 100000 by which
the budget Of France has been swelled du-
ring the last seven years, more than t,ro
hundred millions have been caused BY the
additional expense of the army and navy
alone. The war III Algiers and the navy
now cost France two hundred millions a
year more than they did in 1899 The
more ground she has conquered. the more
territory she has acquired, the greater hel
apparent success, in Just the same proper
ton does the cost increase.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-04

Mrs. Judson in letter dated Rangoon,
March 10. lS41, to female friend at U,i-
ca, N. Y, and published in the Baptist
Register, writes as follows:
"You have no idea Of the trouble i. costs
to live here, and do not wonder that mis-
sionaries wives, who have half a dozen chill
dren to look after, die. | could take care
Of ten children in America more easily than
two here, though my swee little boys re-
quire as little attention as any children in
the country.
"Shall tell you how spend the day !
One is pattern for the whole. AT half
past in the morning | take ride on horse
back, from which return at half past g.
To throw off my riding dress, take bath,
and put on loose morning gown, occupies
scarcely five minutes. Then go through
the house overturning, rectfying, and ar
ranging, directing and praising-teach the
small people, &c. At : my teacher
comes, and with Mama and Mrs almost
constantly ringing in my ears by way Of re-
quest, complaint or question, | stumble
through round Os until By the way,
can read the language quite intelligently and
intelligibly, though | canrpt speak it much
or understand it when spoken. At 8 we
have family worship, and at half past 8
breakfast. AT 10 my teacher comes again,
and keep him as long az can, but find
studying with teacher very fatiguing.-
Alone get along much easier, though not
so rapidly. My Burmn woman mends
the children's clothes, &c, and | have her
sit in my study through the day, for she re-
quires constant showing. That helps to
call the children, and the children the dog
their especial property ard so not unfre-
vuently have little bedlan about me.
divide my time between hooks and family
matters until 5, when we dine. The doc
tor then comes from his study, and after din
ner las he thinks exercise i, li(e) we walk
in the verandah and talk until candle,light
He then goes again to his study, while | SCI
the little ones under Their musquitoe cur
r tains. At we have Buman worship
: After this, the house is still and you woul'
+ think might do much, and with a sufi
!, cient degree of strength ! might, but b.
d this time am quite worn out. sit u
l. and try to do something for the sake of ge'
= ting into the habit.
IS Our castle Of house is complete de
!, Of filth The air is thick with bats, whic
e We have been about ten days with fou
, mem trying to exterminate, without SUI
cess. Add to these lizards, mammoth cocl
reaches, centipedcs, ants, muslutoes, DC
l. &C., and you will have some notion of tn
s tenants that do not pay rent. Sparrow
'e also fly in, in great numbers, and now an
e. then we have visits from such larger era
80 as crows and pigeons. The crows are vel
IT cunning, and snacth whatever catables the
ID can find, with great CELEBRITY and adroitnes
but they afford us more amusement ths
ID trouble-and the poor little pigeons furn
us . grand breakfast .'s,'a,. -s-i
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ROYAL CHILDREN AND THEIR MANAG

ROYAL CHILDREN AND THRIR MANAGE
MENr-In the Princess Anne, her eldest
daughter, the Queen (of George II.) found
little consolation for the wilfullness Of her
son Frederick. The young princess was
imperious and ambitious, displaying from an
early age, most ambitious temper. One
day, on being reproved by her mother for
wishing that she had no brothers, in order
that she might succeed to the crown, she
broke out into the exclamation--'.l would
die tomorrow to be Queen today" Per.
haps it had been happier for herself, and
more advantageous to the country, if the
Queen had employed her time rather in cor
recting such great faults as appeared in heI
children, than in settling points OF con
troversial divinity; but the early separa
ton which in this country has generally ia
ken place between the royal children ant
their parents, the Independent establish
ment, the consignment to tutors and gov
erneses. have laid foundation for that los
of confidence, and consequent alienation
which during the Hanoverian dynasty hav'
ever been so painfully manifested.-Me
moirs of Viscountess Sundon.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-04

SINGULAR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT years
ago, charity sermon was preched in dis
senting chapel, in the west Of England.
When the preacher assembled the pulpit, ne
thus addressed his hearers:-"My brethren,
before proceeding to the duties Of the even
ing. allow me to relate short anecdote.
Many years have elapsed since | was last
within the walls Of this house. Upon that
evening, among the hearers came three
young men, with the intention Of not only
scoi1ing at the minister, but with their peck
cts filled with stones for the purpose Of as
ssulting him, after he had spoken a few
sentences, one said, DIN him, let us be a
him now!' but the second replied, NO
stop till we hear what he makes Of thi
point The minister went on, when tn
second said, We've heard enough now
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-04

PkRsEvERANcE.-A late public din
ner, Mr.. Stephenson, the engineer. said, q"
have worked my way, but ] have worked
as hard as any man in the world, and ! have
overcome Obstacles which it falls to the LOT
of but few men 10 encounter. have known
the day, when my son was child, that, al
ter my daily labor was at an end, ! have
gone home to my single room and CLEANED
clocks and watches, in order that nigh
be able to put my child to school. ! ha'
felt too acutely myself the loss Of an edu
cation not to be fully sensible OF how mucl
advantage one would be to him. Eng
hsh paper.
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throw! but the third interfered, saying,
Hes not 50 foolish as ! expected, lie, US hear
him OUT The preacher concluded with.
out being interrupted. Now, mark me,
my brethren. OF these three men, one
was executed three months ago, at Newgaie,
for forsery-ihs second at this moment lies
under sentence Of death in the Jail of this
city, for murder-the other Continued the
minister, with great emotion)-the third,
through the infinite goodness Of God, is eren
no'c about tn address you-listen to him.
-Neu North Briton.
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Revolutionary Omcer~.

The Cincinnati Adcsrsiser gives the follow
ing record as TO the closing scenes Of life and
resting places of some OF that gallant band Of
officers who figured in our Revolutionary strug-
gle.
Gen. MERCER is usually said TO have been kill
ed at the battle of Princeton. but really died Of
an epileptic nj, in that neighborhood, week
after that affair. The popular notion is derived
from the feet that he received blow on the
head from the butt end Of mns,let- in the hands
Of British soldier, in fu.I retreat with his CON-
rssies- He was knocked down end stuare3 70.
sometime, a. the consequence. Mercer was
barred in Christ Church, Philadelphia
PCTN,N was disabled FROM active service in
the very middle of the strife. 1873. by a pa-a,y-
tic stroke, but survived till Use. being y
Years of age at his death. tie was buried AZ
Brooklyn. Connecticut.
WAIVE died at Erie. Pa, where he was buried.
Vt later date the body was transported 20
Chester County, Pa. Although nearly q qua--
tcrof century had elapsed. the lineamsnis oiths
deceased hero were distinctly visible. snd The
features recognized by persons present: Of
course, the corpse crumbieG 10 dust ON the eI-
posure TO the atmosphere
SCHUYLER, who deserves all the credi, OF the
capture Of Burgoyne, of which he was deprived
By Gen. GATES assuming the command. Just As
all the the arrangements for the battle had been
maze al Saratoga, cleo Al view 4 OK, Aou4- -
STErsEy, the Cnevslier Bsyard Of our Rev&
luton, sans peur 81 sans reyroc5e, sfier vsiaiy
eadesvoring 10 obtain the fuihllnen, by Goa
gress of their engagements 10 him, returned 10
Utica, New York; the Legislature of which
State voted him township six miles squsrel Of
land in that neighborhood. Here in an humbIe
log house he died, and was buried adjacent, IN
1897.
ST. Glars las, resting place Il At Gresns.
burg, WestmorelanG County, Pa. A neat mar
BILE pyramid being erected over his remains BY
his Masonic brethren
MrrLrN, the IDOL of Pennsylvania, died IN
lancaster, Pa and was buried there.
MAXWELL, VINO commenced tho battle OF
Brandywine, by opposing Kuyphausen's troops.
in their ATTEMPTS to cross ChatG's Ford, died At
Fleming ton, ". j.
MoSTooxrRY and McDoraAl arc buried Ia
New York
ALrxAypER-Lord STIRLING, at Albany
Parsons, at MARKETS., Ohio.
MosoAy, the hero Of CowPens, at Winehss.
ter, Va
SULLIVAN, at Exeter, y. II.
Scorr, in Kentucky.
Kvox, ut Thomsston, Mains.
HENRY LEE, In Virgini,.
CHARLrs LEE. lies at the foot Of Gen. Mercer
tomb, In Christ Church, PhiisderhiA.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-04

Be SAvING.-Be saving, not stingy.
There is disposition to waste which should
be strongly condemned. A mean, misery
wretch, we despise; but a wasting, Prodl-
gal, lazy spendthrift, We more than desPls,e
He who will kick aside nail, because he
is too INDECENT to stoop and pick it up, may
set the day when he may be thankful io'
a nails worth of bread to eat. We never
knew prudent, economical, saving maj
to come to want; but We have known
scores of individuals, born to wealth, who
by no, looking out for mills and dimes
have died in want and miseY.-Por'
Bulletin.
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We find, then, In ISIS, the steamboats, built
were in proportion 10 other vessels, as 10 90.
in l-32 as l TO 10; in 1888 in : ana In
l-l6 as in 6]l. Such is the speed with which
steamboat building Is overtaking that Of ocean
vessels.
These tables indicate two facts:-the, in thr
United States, Internal Trade increases mus'i
faster than Foreign, and that Stcam Locomotiais
/. rapidly becoming the great means of Com
mercial Movement.-CiEe,RRatI ChrO1ieie.
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1t is half past 9, and hear the cry il
the street, "Hi! give US man, give us {
man, Hi" We have expected this, and all
the front Of the house is darkened, 50 thai
they will not yell before our house long
The occasion Of the call is to keep up a
watch in the street ON account Of robbers
and il the watch were worth one straw VT
would gladly pay a man to go. Blu,
they get around fire and carouse until
midnight, then lie down and 20 to sleep,
and then the robbers come. The first OF
these robberes occurred about week ago,
only few doors from U.S. A man who
lived in the next house to the one they were
robbing, heard the noise and looked out,
when they shot him through the heart. Last
night they ran a woman through with a
spear, and the night before split a man $
head open. There have been four killed at
as many different times. and several woun.
ded. We are obliged to sleep with our
windows open (the thermometer has been
at "a today but we are not in much dun-
ger Of molesta,ion, as they could reach US
only by ladder. Our one outside door is
very secure, yet when any noise awakes me
in the night, instead Of springing from my
bed, as is most natural to me, lie without
stirring or opening my eyes but very little.
until assure myself that am not watched.
It's by waking that people have lost their
lives, and there is no Use Of giving the alarm
Or attempting resistance. The robbers are
a dozen or fifteen armed men, The Gov
ernor has tried Intellectually to prevent their
depredations, and what do you think is his
last resort He has given orders. or rather
permission, to all citizens, TO shoot do,ra
any man whateper. eho may be seen in
The streets after ten o'clock in the erening.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-04

y POPULAR PoLITIoIAN.-Now, YOU
sec, gentlemen. nobody would have said a
word against that exemption bill. if every
body was as much in favor of the people as
am. don't care who knows it, gentle
men, ! am in favor Of the people. Don't
the people want relief And what greater
relief can they have than not to be obliged
to pay their debts, when they have nothing
to pay them with? tina, is, nothing that they
can spare conveniently. I cali that mea.
sure halfway measure, genilemen,-it is
a measure that leaves way open to take a
mans property if he happens to have lit
tie laid by,-a little Of his hard earnings
gentlemen, and you all know what hare
earnings are.
What is the use OF having the privilege
OF making laws if we can't make them tc
suit ourselves? We might as we'll be &
territory again, instead Of a sovereign State
if we are a going to legislate to favor the
people Of other States at the expense o
our own people. | don't approve Of thu
plan OF creditors from other States coming
here to take away our property. Folks arr
very fond Of talking about honesty. am
good faith, and all that As to faith, the,
may talk, but I'm more for works; and thu
man that works hard and can't pay his debt
is the one that ought to be helped. in m!
judgment.
They'll tell you that the man that sue
for a debt is owing somebody else, AM
wants his money to pay with. Now 1 say
he's Just the man that ought to feel for tn
other, and not wan. to crowd him hard up
Besides, il we pass exemption lows, do"
we help him too Isn't it as broad as it
long?' A murmur Of applause.-.Nr'
Knkland's Forest Life.
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CHILpREx.-Jeremy Taylor says

"No man can tell but he that loves his chill
dren, how many delicious accents make a mans
heart dance in the pretty conversation Of those
dear pledges; their chiIdshness, their stam-
merings-their little xngers, their innocence,
their imperfections, their necessities, nre 50
many little carnations of joy and comfort
to him that he delights in their persons and
society,""
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-04

SMrrH, in his Wealth Of Nations, says
.the patrimony Of poor man lies in the
strength and dexterity Of his hands; and to
binder him from this strength and dexterlty
in what manner be thinks proper, without
injury to his neighb0r, is violation Of n''
sacred proPerty.' s
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LONGING FOR HOLINESS.

Oh, what a WEAKNESS is it to live among
men, and find 50 few men. and among
Christians, and find 80 few Christians, 50
much talk and so little action, religion turn
ed almost to a tune and air OF words and
amidst all our pretty discourses, pusiiani-
NOUS and base, and 50 easily dra gged into
the mirc, self, and flesh, and pride, and
passion. domineering while We speak Of be-
ING in Christ and clothed with him. and be
lieve it, because We speak it 50 often, and
so confidently. Well know YOU are not
willing to be thus gulled, and having some
glances Of the beauty Of holiness, aim no
lower than perfection, which in the end we
hope TO attain, and in the meanwhile the
smallest advances to it are of more worth
than crowns and scepters
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-04

CLOTHING FOR THE YoUNG.-Are the
little "Highlanders" whom we meet during
three out Of the four quarters of the year
under the guardianship Of their nursery
maids, dawdling about the streets, in our
public walks or squares, properly protected
from the cold Are the Enthusiastically -attired
children whom We see stalking an airing
in carriages in our parks, sufficiently and
properly clad! If these questions can be
truly answered in the affirmative, then. and
then only, my remarks are needless There
can enter into the parent mind no more
baneful idea than that Of rendering chill
dren ''hardy" by exposing them mnecessa-
lilly 10 cold, and by clothing them ineiii.
GENTLY. have known instances wherein
parents, acting on this principle. have failed
entirely in rearing then offspring. Doe.
nature treat her progeny thus Does she
not, first o. all, insure the birth Of her young
only mt kindly season, and then provide
them with downy coverings, warm nests, and
assiduous protectors And We must initiate
nature. if we would give To Britain a race
capable and worthy OF maintaining her in
dependence and honor The little deni
zen>. OF warm nursery must not be sub
lected, withou, CAREFUL assorted covering
to the piercing and relentless east Or north
east wind; they must not be permitted tt
inbibe the seeds Of that dreadful scomgc OF
this ciimate-consumption-in their walk:
tor exercise and health they must be ten
ded, as the future lords Of the earth, with
jealous care and judicicus zeal. One siirti
Of The deaths Of young children, it mus
be remembered. result from cold.-Eras
mus Wilson.
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-04

WNLKISe.-W slking Is gooc, not merely step-
ping from shop to shop, or from neighbor to
neighbor, but stretching out into the country,
10 the freshest fields, and highest ridges, and
quiet lanes. However sullen the imagination
nav have been among its griefs at home, here II
cheers up and smiles. However listless ihe
limbs may have been sustaining 100 heavy
heart, here they are braced. and the tagging gait
secomcsbouyant again. However perverse sne
memory may have been In presenting al tna'
Vas apouizing, and insisting only on what can
not be retrieved, here II is at first disregafded'
and then il sleeps; and the sleep OF the memory
| is the day in Paradise to the unhappy. me
| mere breathing Of the cool wind on the lace OK
the commonest highway Is rest and comfort
which must be felt at such times to be be''eveo-
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