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For Sale or Rent.
Notice.

Notice.
VRNHE undersigned has the pleasure to inform
IL his friends and the public that he has re-.
moved from his old stand on Public Square, TO his
c"n premises near Capt. Matthews old corner, ST.
James 81. lie has q large stock Of assorted
Goods on hand which he will sell for n small profit.
Please give him n call and satisfy yourselves of the
quality md chcapness. lie win continue business
as heretofore. j. GUICiARD.
Gonzales, March 4, lS5I-4gtf
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HAMILTON iiouSR Bka,evAr, NV Yoss.
~ CoHssE of sSm sgarsY Mrs VAN vi.EEr.
formerly of 81 Rsrciay street. has ,akea tbs above
large house and httci Il ~ sih Gas Csuion Wa.
to- BATHS, etc, and Furniture throughout, Pre-.
fons Vshns Mes YORK sB Gud ~ n,esssnser
house " ,he ciy. II anite. che frceloea 81 : b,.
iei sHh ihe qusi II 4 hssf9ipg boass GarScs
Io dsf 81 50 fey setk g. 81 to-Iy
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DEWITyTS FERRY.

THfS Ferry Is situated South Of and adioin,
= ing the town of Gonzales, about n hal
milo from tho Court House, where there Is an OK,
ccncnt NEW BOA1,
calculated to cross Wagons of the Target size and
stock of all kinds, and on the direct road leading
TO all tho following places from Gonzales up AMI
down tho West side of the Guadalupe River, viz
San Antonio, Helena, Yorktown, Clinton, In De
Witt county, and TO the Cibolo, Santa Clara, Colct
70 aud TO Nil parts of tho Sandics.
The distance TO Victoria, by crossing at this fer
ry, aud going down the west side of tho Guaia
lnpc to BENEFITS ferry and rccrossing, Is short
cncd eight miles.
Persons going to any Of said places can got III,
necessary directions at tho Ferry.
Corn for sale ut tho Ferry.
Nov 70. G. G. DEWITT.
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Fashionable Tailoring.
MCKEE ~ HARRISON,
DEALERS IN
GROCERIES and
ooMNoN srnErr. LArArA. TWAS.
AA| y have now ON hand aud arc constantly re-.
coiving the following articles

N'f"h NN hN'NNtk AEhtttN
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Noiasscs, Fish, Dried Apples and Peaches, Salcta.
tls, Candles, Scar, Starch, Stone and Wooden
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and Bourbon, sud Ill kinds OF Bmndies and wines.
tsge'her with may nthes articles usisily KEEP, IN 4
vel assorted Grocery and rrodaec store, ~ III
ahlci viii be sosd ohcsp for cash. oricrs prcnpt
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Carriages Repaired.
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DR. JOlIN i. COCHRAN.

HAVING loctted ~ the residence IT Nc thss
ftovAaa ou FeAth tfetS. three uiios from Chine
'fote o8vtR " professional services 10 the sur
a. adluV sstltsQeuts
Doasse, cuubty. March ~, isa4-Sm.
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-06

ODITUARY.-Wc have Just heard Of the death
Of Mrs. CAROLINE DANpRIDeE, at The residence Of
her husband, Philip p. cambridge, in Jefferson
county Virginia, on the Goth instant, after several
weeks of extreme pain and suffering, which she
bore with the patience Of true Christian.
Such is the frequency Of long and indiscriminate
eulogies upon the dead, that we have inclined 10
the opinion that departure from this custom was
higher tribute TO those we love thanits observance.
But the loss Of this lovely woman has borne with
it such rare excellence from this wicked earth,
that we must yield 10 an imperious impulse, and
record our deep and heartfelt sorrow al this be.
reavement. II was our. privilege and pleasure 10
know her well. In every relation Of life she
was as nearly perfect as it is given to human
beings 10 become. With nature exquisitely
gentle and refined, she yet was firm and infexible
wheresoever her duty pointed. In her religion
she was pious, without austerty; just, withou,
censure; benevolent, without parade.
She worshipped not by seasons. She kept the
DEGREES of God because they were Gods DEGREES,
and not merely in obedience TO the forms OF church
government Ii is selfish feeling that sorrows
too much for the loss Of so pure being; and yet
il is hard TO spare from the scanty leaven of good,
in this world Of sin and Of corruption, sucha spirit.
All who knew her loved her, and all who loved her
mourn her death. To her noble husband, in this
his darkest hour of trial, one soothing thought may
comc--she has passed from the htful, chequered
scenes of life TO hoer and more genial sphere;
TO her little children the bright sentiment, mother
IN Heaueni
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-06
CLERICAL FANATICISM.

In the Biblical Recerder, of the 3lst March,
published at Raleigh, North Carolina, we find
long well.reasoned and well-tempered article
on the subject of political clergymen, from
which we make the following extracts. We
omit for want of space, portions of the article
as we'll as the extracts which it quotes from
DR.. Waylands speech:
"FAEATIcIsM AT THE NoRTH.--We have long
known that fanatics were much more numerous
at the north than in any other part of our
country but the accounts which have recent.
" reached US from the free States, it appears
that their preseut number, as well as the VIC.
lence with which they act, exceeds anything
which has heretofore been known in the history
of our government The immediate occasion
Of the ultra demonstrations, which are now so
frequent at the north, is the passage of a bill
in the United States Senate for organizing the
territorial governments of Nebraska and Kan.
sas in their opposition to which,. we have
observed with surprise and modification, the
rapidity with which religious fanaticsm has
combined and mingled itself with political
strife. We had occasion, some few weeks
since, to call attention to the humliating fact,
that religious editors at the north were turning
aside from their accustomed duties to engage
in political discussion. Last week we had to
report that the clergy of New York city had,
in their clerical character, presented a remon-
STRANGE to Congress against the Nebraska BILL
We since see it reported in northern papers
that several thousand of the New England
clergy have, not as citizens, but as "we, the
clergy Of New England" &C., presented to
Congress- not memorial, but a protest against
the same bill.
at has generally, and very justly, been con-
sidered, in this country, as utterly inconsistent
with the functions of their Office for ministers
OF the Gospel of Christ to become politicians,
much less the leaders of political factions. So
we have ever thought, and in this light We un-
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-06

ing of practical matters. The character Of
their training and their habits of life make it
impossible that the bulk of them can have any
knowledge of political affairs or of the interests
Of active energy. If our memory is not at
fault, the preachers have denounced nearly
every step in the progress of improvement.
We are sure that they denounced Malthus's
theory Of population as not consonant with
Scripture but Malthus's theory is now sus-
tanned by the whole of Christendom. Suppose
the Bible issue presented by the preachers had
been accepted as perfect and decisive issue,
what would have been the result? The
preachers denounced Hervey's discovery of the
circulation of the blood. Suppose definite
issue had been joined on this point, what
would have been the result? The preachers
denounced Geology as inconsistent. with the
Mosaic account of the creation of the world
Suppose distinct and decisive issue had
been made upon this point what would have
been the result?
The truth is, that the innate religious senti-
ihCut VI ihCh nos uPhCiu ShiiSaahity oSaihob
the weaknesses and the follies of those who
come forward insolently and who pretend to
speak in the name ofthe living God. No man Of
ordinary observation can have failed to per-
ceive the vast strides which infdelity has made
in our country. No man of ordinary judg-
ment can fail to understand that the clergy is
responsible for the spread Of in6delity. If
those who pretend to be guides would confne
themselves to their legitimate duties, and strive
to lead their followers in the way they should
go, we would have the pleasure of recording a
different state of things. But when clergymen
spring into the arena Of party politics-when
they undertake to give to their crude notions
of political affairs the seal and sanction of
Almighty God, and when they add to ignorant
inso!ence and base audacity, foul-mouthed abuse
and profane blasphemy--no sane man can
doubt that the cause Of religion is in imminent
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the profits of his books We think it likely that
most of the confessions by southerners to which
reference is so often made Of the sin and evils
of southern slavery, have been drawn by the
doctor from southern youths who have gone to
study at his institution. He also represents
slavery as an institution unknown to the Com
stitution of the country, and violating its most
essential principles
"We at the south, however, happen to know
that slavery was recognised in the federal COM
pact, adopted at the organization Of the gov
ernment, and that it has been recognised by
the acts of Congress under that instrument ever
since. We happen also to know that it is not
only recognised in the Constitution of our
country, but in that constitution of the Divine
Win, which the Eternal God has seen fit to
give to man to be his guide and direction and
that if slavery of itself be SIN, the error lies
in the record of the divine will itself. But
without further comment, we proceed to furnish
the extracts.
Extracts omitted.
"In conclusion, we have a word of warning
to the aged divine of Providence, and to all his
clerical abolition brethren. They declare to
the world that if the Nebraska bill is passed by
| Congress, and signed by the President, that the
union of the Stltes becomes thing which they
abhor. We understand that there is now very
little, if any, doubt but the said bill will be
passed and become law Of the nation. We
have right to suppose, from what these clergy
men Of the north have snid, that they will in
that event exert their official as well as per-
soual influence to effect the disorganization of
the government. The warning which we wish
to give to them is, whether they have duly con-
considered the step they propose to take in en-
| ploying their influence to excite civil commo-
ton and revolution, and whether they may not
find, after all, in the horrors of civil war, their
priestly garments stained with the blood Of
hundreds and thousands of their countrymen.
We now address this question to the venerable
! divine and those who follow him in his own
| language, and with more propriety than it is
addressed to the President of the United States:
Decide this question in such manner as will
be most pleasing to that great Being, the ele-
ments Of whose character are spotless holiness
and infinite love. Can you as a patriot array
your country in opposition to every attribute Of
the eternal God Remember also that your
life will have a page in this worlds history.
An impartial posterity will judge you by your
actions and will assign you a place with good
men or with bad, with the benefactors or the
enemies of your raceW
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CONGRESS.

In the Senate, yesterday, after passing two
private bills, the Senate proceeded to the con-
sideration Of executive business.
In the House Of Representatives., the Ne
braska-Kansas bill was discussed, pending the
consideration Of the general appropriation bill.
Mr.. Smith, of Tennessee, delivered speech in
favor of the measure, and Messrs. Chandler,
Nichols, and Washburne, Of Illinois, spoke in
opposition to it. Mr.. Preston has the floor to-
dav
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Supreme Court Of the United States,
WEDNESDAY. 413sI s. 1884.

Nathaniel Holmes, esq, Of Missouri, was ad.
mitted an attorney and counsellor of this
court.
No. l04 The United States, plaintiffs, rs.
John F. Leavy. On certificate of division
from the circuit court Of the United States for
Kentucky. Mr.. Attorney General Cushing
having suggested to the court that the Presi-
dent had pardoned the said John F. Leavy, it
was ordered by the court that this case be re.
manded to the said circuit court
No. 50. VIM. A. Smith ct al, appellants, Us.
Leroy Swormsedt ct al The argument of this
cause was concluded by Mr.. Badger, for the ap-
pellees.
Adjourned till tomorrow, at IL o'clock.
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-06
SENATOR HUNTER, OF VIRGINIA.

We take the following from the Richmond
! Enquirer, of the 4th instant
"R. M. I. HUNTER, Eso.-A New York mer-
chant who signs himself B. c., proposes,
through the Journal Of Commerce, that the
chamber of commerce of New York pass a vote
Of thanks, and appoint committee to receive
subscriptions with view Of presenting Mr..
Hunter with gold or silver service. The OBJ
ect of this writer is to express the gratitude OF
New York merchants for the efforts which Nr.
Hunter has put forth to pass the warehousing
bill. The writer says: the advantages honor
ably gained by the merchants of New York, in
the new warehousing bill are great; the two
most important of which may be repeated here,
viz: first, all foreign importations may be
warehoused for period Of three years without
paying duties, in the place of one year, as under
the old law; second, the absurdity Of compel
ling the importer to pay duties upon goods that
might be destroyed by the elements or other
wise, is now done away, as it should have been
years ago.
"He further contends that Mr.. Hunter de-
serves reward, because his advocacy Of the
bill wasdisinterested, and because it was mainly
by his exertions the bill was passed into law.
This is only an additional evidence that our
distinguished senator is catholic and able
statesman. While he is extreme in his devo-
tion to the rights of the south, he is ready to
render benefits to all sections and all cities"