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The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1854-03-11

MORTALITY IN pRiSrmG owlcn. - Prentice,
Of the Louisville journal, thus closes beau
tiful tribute TO the memory OF his late partner.
Thomas II. Shrcye, assistant editor Of the
Journal, whose demise tho telegraph recorded
few days ago
"we, the surviving editor Of the Jonrnsl,
feel ,ha, the primo Of life Ia scarcely ye, gone,
yet, az we look back upoa our long career iu
this city, We seem TO behold, near and .ar, ON
~ the graves Of the priced and lost. AL the
numerous ioutneylnen and apprentices that
were Ia our employ when we trc, commenced
publishing our paper are dead, our trst part
net, eur second partner, and our ,hly,l partner
are dcad our first assistant and our las, assia'
tsnt arc also dead When these memories
come over ns, we feel Ike onc alone al mid.
night In the midst ef ehurch.ysrl, with the
winda sighlng 'nournfhlly around him, through
the bsnken tombs, and the voices Of the ghosts
Of departed Joys sounding dolefaliy IN his ears.
Cur prayer 10 God u, that memories may have
= ohasseniag and purifying and clevs,log insiu'
ence apon us, and Ns US to tssohafgv. better
than we have ever yvt ,lene, eNr iusles . ssssh
sai UtsYea.T
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SAN HOOKS LuCy's Gows.--Well, Just as I
was ready TO start way down comes Lucy to
the keepin" room, arms behind her head n
fixin' of the hooks and eyes. "Sfin alive"
sails she, "are you here yeti thought you
was Oft gunin' an hour ago; who'd thought
y0u were hcres" "Gunin'?" snis ], "Lucy,
my gunin' Is over, shan't go no more now
shall go home; | agree with you shiyerin'
alone under wet bush for hours Is no fun,
but IL Lucy was there ------." "Gct out"
sails she, don't talk nonsense, Sam, and just
fasn the other hook and eye Of my frock, will
your" She turned round hor back TO me-
Well, took tho hook In one hand and the eye
in the other; but arih and seas my eyes fair
ly snapped again. never SEQ such neck
since was raised ltsprung right ont o breast
and shoulder, full round, and then tnpcrod up
to the head like swans, tho complexion
would beat the most delicate white aud red
rose that was ever seen. Lick, II made mo
oil cyosl jist stood stock stl---I couldn't
move finger IL | was TO die for IT, "What
ails you, SAM sails she, that you don't hook
III" "Why," sails |, "I.ucy dear, my fingers
Is all thumbs, that's fact can't handle such
little things as you can" "Well, come" sails
she, "mako haste---methcr will bo comm di-
rectly !" and at last shet too both my eyes
and fastened Il; and when | had done, sails J.,
" There Is one thing | must say, Lucy,"--
+" What's thaty" sails she. "rhat you stump
all Connecticut TO show an angelliiorous neck
az you hayc-i never saw the beat Of l, Ia all
my born days--i,'s the most----," "And
you may stump tho State, too" Sais she. "to
produce such another bold, iorrad, impodcn..
opmannerly tongue as you hayoI SO there
nows so get along with youi"
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Rose Gntcrveno) W. Houston; Walker coun-
ty. Reversed and remanded
Wooton VS.. Manning, admir-; Walker coun-
ty Judgement affirmed
Ross VS.. Holloman; Walker county. Judge.
ment affirmed.
Milburn, use Of II. ID. & G. Mills, vs. Walk.
cr and wife, Wharton county. Reversed and
reInandcd.
Shepherd ct nj. vs. White guardian Mont
gomcry county. Reversed and remanded.
Jones, admir- Of Kingston, vs. Lewis; Mata-
gorda county. Reversed and rcmanded.
Wood & King VS.. Smith Grimes county
Reversed and remanded.
Welch W.. the State; Walker county. Judge
mcnt affirmed.
Crozicr, Rhea & Co. VS.. Mckinney d Carr {;
Galveston county. Judgement affirmed.
Teas VS. Robinson, admir- of Mcdonald -
Walker county. Judgement affirmed.
Stewart, admir- dc bons non, vs Hemphill,
admir- dc bonis non; Montgomery county
Writ Of Error-dsmissed.
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SpBr ESorou --." Mother asked little girl,
while listening TO the rcadiug of Uncle Toms
Cabin, "Why don't tho book never mention
Topsy's last namcg have tried TO hear Il
whenever Il spoke OF her, but ]. has not once
spoke IT,"
Why, she had no other name child"
Z" Yes, she had mother, ard know It."
What MAS i,g'
Why, Turyy.- Tepsy Turvy.'
You had better go TO he'd. my dear said
the mother. You arc like your old grsndmo,h.
er, for sho cant cay poyk without bans, for
the hit Of her
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Too BAD" Got a paper to 9arel" "Yes,
sir; here IN ono of our last, Would you like
10 subscribe, sir, aud take Il reguarlyP" ~
would~-but I am too poor" lie had just re.
turned from the circus, which cost Any cents /,
lost time from his farm, bity cents, whiskoy,
Judging from the smell, ut least hfly cents
making dollar and a half actually thrown
away, and begging for newspaper, alleging
that ho was too poor 10 pay for H.
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tW- There is cssion, and good one, in
the following lines. We could wish that our
readers might hear them sung IN the admir-
able voice and manner Of the friend from
whom we derive them:
Let us speak Of a man as we find him,
And censure alone what we see;
And should man blame, let's remind him
That from faults VIC are none Of us free.
If the veil from the heart could be torn,
And the mind could be real OH the brow,
There are many we'd pass by with scorn,
Whom we're loading with high honors now.
Let us speak Of man as We find him,
And heed not what others may say;
IL he's frhil, then kind word would bind him,
Where codness would turn him away;
For the heart must be barren, indeed,
Where no bud of repentance can bloom:
Then pause, ere you censurc with speed
On frown or smile hangs his doom"
The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1854-03-11

A lady ON being tell that . ts'sssi wsshe'i
10 SEQ her. desired her ttlie daughter, ssscal
eight cr nine years ~ age. 10 say that sha Mas
nos IA, upon ihis, the friend hesrg snStosis se
hAvp aa interview, sskei shc child WISER hsF
H,otssee seuld 10 liktly ~ retnfn The lslla
,hine sery .nnorenits sala. calling up ssasss.
" MSa,s,s, tht 'sAy wlshss b kaow wfsa y9a
VII ~ th
The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-03-07

mend a general war in Europe as the best
means Of adiordihg US an opportunity to take
Cuba, and should the auspicious hour arrive,
they most strenuously urge the Importance OF
a flibustering expedition to the Queen Of the
Antilles" that she may be enabled Nenus-like,
to rise from the ocean, clad in the robes and
adorned with the jewels of freedom. They
recommend the building of the Pacific Rail-
road, aud as Il safety valve to those who are
troubled with constitutional scruples, they re-
commend that it be built as a military road,
and that from its eastern terminus suspen.
sion bridge be thrown 10 the Sandwich Islands,
in order that those Islands may be annexed to
us. We are progressing-in a few more years
we shall have annexed to us the Western Hem
isphere, and unless suspension bridges or some
other means are adopted to connect US with
points within and over the ocean, it is obvious
that our manifest destiny must be defeated, and
the area of freedom crcumscribed. This your
committee would regard as great calamity.
For they recommend that the American eagle
he permitted to fly, horizontally to "earth's
lonelieSt bound and oceans widest shore" and
that perpendicular y, the proud bird be permit
ted to soar, until bathing his plumage in the
clouds, he shall settle on the highest round Of
Jacobs ladder" and an eternal sunshine shall
settle on him.
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The mind: what is it 1t is all that gives
dignity aud glory to man. 1t is his intellec'u-
al sun, from which as creature, he derives
whatever allies him to Deity and gives him as
surance OF Immortality. If that is wounded,
corrupted, eclipsed, gone are all the golden
dreams Of humaa dignity and glory. Man
falls down towards the brutes and the lurid
flashes Of his reason exhibit but little superi-
ority to the dulncss of their instinct.
But we delight to contemplate this great
gift of heaven, this spirituality Of ethereal birth
in the nobeness Of its origin and the power
and glory of its purposes. 1t was made to
rove upon earth and see and admire its beau
ties--to visit its fields and bowers and its groves
of every bright hue and flower and truit-to
cross the blue waters and study the wonders
of the mighty deep-to fly above earth with
its cities and hills, its Improvements and its
ruins, far towards the glitterng sun seated in
the bluefesta heavens-there to load its pin
ions with new discoveries and sublime thoughts,
fit 10 thrill it with noble aspirations in search,
ing into the mysteries of creation.
Such mind as this, illuminated with science,
RECALLED with thousand sweet odurs of ma
tures kingdom, and sercnaded with summer
sounds and sweet soft notes borne upon gen.
tie winds-such mind looks out upon the STU
pendous miracle before it exhibited in the ma
jestc oak or the sweet-smeng violet, the
great sun or burning gas.lght, and is enrap-
tured by all that comes within the range of its
vision The balmy air is sweeter to it than
the ambrosia Of Olympus-the perpetual music
Of breathing Nature, in winds, and woods, and
waves, or as produced with such enchanting
power by human art-the blushing fruits which
delight the eye and CRAFTY the taste-the blue
sky above and the green earth beneath-the
consolidated heavens and the sparkling beau
ties of universal naturc-thcse and other laugh.
ing voices, and enchanting beauties scattered
on every hand, make the duly endowed and
cultivated mind overflow with gratitude to
Heaven and bcnevolcnce towards mankind. 1t
is this unison between the mysteries Of Nature
and spirit, between the glory Of the one and
the reciprocal emotions of the other, which
clothes the world in its richest garb and its
highest interests to man. God, who made
them all, sees proper to reveal himself only in
his works Man, then, seizes upon materiality,
and under the great planetary laws which gov.
ern our solar system, he in some measure,
seems to direct the destiny of earth.
Thus gifted and honorcd, the mind Of man
was made 10 flourish like any other of crea.
tion's glorcs, and to confer happiness as pure
aud -~---I .s that much nf the dirine essAnnA-
made separate and endowed with corporature,
could bestow upon created andimmortal beings
Georgia Home Gazette.
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Chairman of Bunkum Committee.
Heart Eurlaings.

Whoever heard of Il marie couple becoming
csranged and "put asunder' by great adver.
sty, by real troubles, by deep domestic atflic-
tons, or the severest caamities2 Yet heart
alterations, domestic dscord, and family dis.
ruptions, occur every day from the most triaing
circumstances from little trials and insgnfi-
cant difficulties The reason is, that great
troubles call up the latent energies OF mind
and heart TO meet and overcome them, while
small things are considered too triAing to be
endured and in the attempt to cure them,
they are often aggravated to remediless con-
dition.
In this world there is and can be no cup Of
earthly happiness unmixed with drop Of gall;
butt on the other hand, there is no cup of bit.
terness without some attempering sweet. The
true doctrine of domestic comfort is, to lessen
every evil that is thrown in our way as much
as possible, and patiently endure what cannot
be helped, while we strive to economize every
Joy and multiply every ray of happiness by all
the means in our power. He who expects to
live in this world without meeting with some
trio ...I ...anr di-oPTU'rr'r'v-.-;- ;-haa r~-I~
wrong estimate of the world. and if ho or she
cannot meet them without indulging in heart
burning and pickering, better that you had
never been born, for the whole of life will be
scene of anguish, followed by hopeless
DEATH We are, in majority of cases, the
architects Of our own misturtunes and conse-
quent IL happiness. We cannot cast the blame
upon the author of our being, for he desires
our happiness, and has provided means where
by we may secure the priceless boon.
II we indulge in heart. .burnings, and make
war upon each other, it is because the great
principles of truth are forgotten.
Alas! how light cause may movo
Discussions between hearts that love!
Hearts that the world in vain had tried
And sorrow but moro closely tied;
That stood the storm when waves werc rough
Yet in sunny hour fell of;
Like ships that have gone down at sea,
When heaven was all tranquility.
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H!igrrllaurull5.

THE Pu1LAyrmRopISr AT !loME.--Ihe New
York Times presents the following picture Of
what philanthropy leaves undonc in that city,
We are not informed that the Anti Nebraska
Convcnticles passed any resolutions on the sub
ject:
Intelligent persons sometimes wonder where
all the crime that inttsts society can come from.
They will cease to wonder, if they will but
reflect upon the fact that there arc ten thou.
sand children in this city alone, who are either
without parents or friends, or are trained sys-
tematically by their parents 10 vagrancy, beg
gary and crime; not only shut out utterly and
hopelessIy from all moral influences, but ex-
posed day aud night to the contamination OF
crime, and taught by example, the swiitest OF
teachers, its worst eXcesscs; growing up into
youth and maturity without even knowing how
to get an honest living, and predestined thus
from their very infancy to become the pests
and the victims of society. 1t is from this
class that our army of thieves and murderers
is annually reinforced Here is the nursery
from which come forth in due time the thou
sands of hardy, expert and reckless villains
against whom we bar our doors in vain. and
from whom We are compelled at last to protect
ourselves by the dread machinery of the dun
geon and the gallows This is the hot-bed in
which society raises its criminals-in which it
trains its children To habits of crme-s shutting
from them the light of knowledge screening
them carefully from all sympathy and kindly
regard from the classes above them surround
lug their budding passions and evil lpropensities
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Mind and Happiness.
"Mind in its own place end in ITSELF
Can make a heaven Of hell, q hell OF hea

"Alind in its own place ond in ITSELF
Can make heaven Of hell, a hell OF heaven
We do not suppose that Milton intended in
these lines to convey the idea, as his deliberate
and honest conviction, that the mind could
make heaven of hell, or Il hell of heaven.
lie was, unquestonaby, speaking hyperboll-
caIly, aud intended to teach, that mind is all
powerful in its influences upon personal happi-
ness. 1t may be made the instrument OF one S
almost boumdess felicity Or wretchedness 1t
is true the mind is, in L great degree, drpcn.
dent upon the body for its sound and healthy
action. but. in most instances it can and ought
to control tic tegumcnt of flesh, wedding. as it
does, unlimited power in this, its earthly tenn
ple. If the body is given up to intrmperance
in eating, or drinking, or in any thing else, 1t
is proof, at once, that the mind has lost its
balance, or is not doing its duty. If the mind
has no startling images of terror to arise be-
fore it-if it sinks into lethargic sleep under
circumstances like these its impressions have
already become morbid, and hopes of retorma-
ton are exceedingly doubtful Such an lndl
vidual is fast sinking into that condition i'll
which phantasma originate. and presents to It's
terror-strickcn subjects, wandering demons OF
night, creatures of phantom and liendish form,
lights of lnrid flame, scrpents splitting fire and
other objects equally as repulsye and terrific.
1t is not, however, only by indugencies, like
these, that the mind can make of itself hell.
\ man may not drink to excess-he may be,
even temperate IN his diet, aud yet, he may
burn up his soul with envy, malice, SANDER,
malevolencc, hate, and other fiery and bale'ul
passions Such persons, sooner or later, have
the stain of blood upon their conscicn"es, or
nestle in their bosons the torturing iiend OF
hopeless rcmorsc. He who wantonly aud per
sstrn,Iy pur>ues course which darkens life
with so many ills-which distills the poison Of
slanderer's tongue--which wthers tho cont'
denco of friendship and blights the fair, sweet
flowers of hope and happiuess-is making
hell Of his own mind, not SO much TO torture
others, as himself.
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
THOMAS J. WARREN.
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Three Dollars if not paid till the expiration ofthe year.
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Singular Case of Insanity.

We copy the following particulars of case
ofinsanity from the interesting report of Dr.
Clement A. Walker Superintendent Of tho
Boston Lunatic Hospital. In aluding to the
patients under his charge, he says:
One case, from the popularity Of its origin,
and its singular manifestation, is worthy of
notice. The subject, young man of fine ILL
tclcctual powers, seemed, on admission, al.
most distracted with fear-not that of vague
form, So often noticed in certain class of the
insane, of imaginary enemies-but of the more
tangible one, Of officers of justice. When,
for the purpose of making remedial applica-
ton, it was deemed necessary to use tempora-
ry restraint, his terror was ptiable. Upon re.
covery we learned that during the incipient
stages of an attack Of the delirium tremeus,
induced by the use of opium and alcohol, he
had taken from the owner a valuable article of
property, and carried it in open day through
the streets to his lodgings. That afternoon
medical advice was called, and he remained
under treatment for several days At length
leep was induced aud he awoke in his right
mind. During that day, while sitting up in
bed, his eye fell upon the abstracted article
At the sig ght of it, the full recollection OF his
crime rushed upon him, and with it an over
whclming sense of shame and terror for its
probable consequences tle bcsousht his
iandady to send for his employer. She feign-
cd to do so, and for long hours he lay tortur-
ed with anguish, till fearing, from the absence
of him he had injured, that all was lost, rea.
son was dethroned, and he became maniac.
Upon his recovery, 4 letter was sent to his en-
ployer, detailing the circumstances, and con-
Tossing his guilt, in terms such as sensitive
and honost mind alone could ndite. 1t is al
most needless to say that it met with a noble
and generous response.
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with whatever can stimulate them into a rank
and precocious growth-and then sweeping
them into its dungeons, or hanging them by
the neck until they are dead, in self:detence.'
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EFFECTS OF PERsEvERASCE.-Some years
ago we mentioned the case of 4 mechanic in
this city, man Of more than ordinary intel
ctt, who, having become very Incorporate,
was induced to join the Sons. He reapsed
repeatedly, aud every time seemed to sink
lower and lower and Of course become more
hopeless. He finally had the Snake Fever
became Il terror to his family and the neigh.
bors, but the same brother who had originally
sought him ont ont, sill followed him with his
kind Offices in his relapses, would bring him
back aud try to strengthen his good resolutions,
and render him pecuniary aid. 1t was near
year ago we heard of him wallowing in tho
ditch, and as it itapprared to us, hopeless
case. But we now Iearu that the same kind
brothc who had 50 long borne with him, was
not yet discouraged. he t;llowed him still, and
the consequence is that for eight or ten months
the poor drunkard has been a sober industri.
uus man. WHO can set limits to the power CT
kindness and perseverance,.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-14

On Wednesday morning, Nnss Esnm I. oeona, Wife
TIE ,sA,v-s and fvsesds Of the family Ao ts. mon
s ss .nnss ,s,s' Lodge sss o. S.. fa.s'
sey nty requestd TO attend her fsnsrs this Alter
soon At three o'sscI, fron her hate rcsdeacs, No %
Charles street
On Monday, Sep. Il, "ARv AMELIA Rxysoxps, wife Of
Cornelius Nesfas, Jun aged 81 ,e.rs aud 90 n rs
The relatives and frisods af family also m
of Lssirg on ChApee M. ", o u 4 ere ~~p.atfiuv
invited TO attend her funeral this day, half past
O'Clock from her ts r-sd-ncs z9i Gold street 81 onk
Ign
On Tuesday evening, Sept H. Of dysen<~rv, AxH,xY,
son Of Edwin and LncindA Aofast aged years and
mon'bs
The frisDds OF the family are invited IN attend the
funeral FRI The r-sd-nes Of bis father Oxford It
bet~srn ayrte and Park avenues, this day
at three O'Clock p. n.
sAfAH LorrA, opl child OF Arthur and AmsA Donnspy,
aged Year and dass
The relative ann friends of the family arc req sstsd
to attend the funeral this day, ct four O'Clock n
without further invitation
On Friday Sept o. At The residence Of his grsndfa-
thsr, VIM X saonders E-q At Hastings con Hudson.
the late Thomas !. ,ichardsoo, Esq. OF tnis city
AT Railway, N. j., on the nng Of the 18th inst.
WILLIAM VAIL. Of the late IsaAs Vail, In the 9th
year OF his age
1he Of the family and Of his brothsr Walter
Vail anc brotber-ip Lac, John Ino,an are ~ spest-
fully invited attend his suueral roe the Of
bis nrcle, joseph ID Sbotw.R shway this aftssnscn,
a four O'Clock Cars leave foot OF Sortandt street, at
two o'rlosk p NJ
At White Plains, on Wednesday morning sspt 49, Mr..
JoHs roRToS in the 7sth year Of his age
he tIisrts ami scqoan,snees OF the family
spectfuily invited to attend the fuuer from hs late
resde tom morning. at ten o,c .k Carriages
VII he in attendance 1t the depot In White Plans to
met the seven O'Clock train from New Yors.
~ At Wsshaey, whirehsgo county ~isepsin. % the
late James Duncan Esq, formerly Of New York aged "a
years.
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REWARDS.

$40 eo ssSps GS sn Of Il. s s;.n sfS. .as
ferry, sopday evening, 'eptomber H. between aod
O'Clock, laoy's g,a hunting watch; Cocoer Lpn1on
msher; pumner ,lf3 any nne returning the -sme -
o. West Broadway Will receive ten dollars ao
the thanks OF tie owner Pawn5fokers ami others
requested To stop the BELLE CLINTON
ts 2 REWARD--srRAYED FROM THE HOU- T. NO 10
koO Leonard strees. white spanel dog, with gnli
clored sod gold bred hs sids add bs,k
Tie above ward Will he paid wh wilt him
10 u hnsop, on the premises and no questions asked
DooMs 0 LET-sFvrRAL PLEASANT pooYs
neatly furnished, TO g-ntlemen ani their wives
a. SO NJ emen, with thout boa-d, ut 80 durrsg
etot Itere IL fist rate res aurant alta he'd a's
baths and everything else for comfort that ons caa wish