The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1857-05-30

OF Oar readers we know will excuse
he la,eness Of the hour at which our paper
hs, been issued, and whatever may bs its
shortcomings. when we inform them that
on, time during = greater portion OF the
pant week has been occupied with siek
child. whom We had the misfortune TO lose.
Al our tender and uucess'ng assidu;ies
all ,hs, medicine could accomplish in the
hands of skIlfuli physicians, was in vain
Death had marked him for it's own. lie
came an unwelcoms and unexpected vie
lor aud threw his gloomy pail over our
happy household.
In the mid,, Of the active pursuits of
life and its pleasures. we little think OF
death. It seems afar oil ss something OF
which we need not take account. But
let i, remove from US some dear friend, or
invade our household, then it IL We realize
how close our footsteps pre-. upen the
tomb Then it Is we feel, that We stand
upon tne threshold OF al existence whose
mysteries We have ye. to lalhom--and
that
&C., oar hearts thnua' stout and brave.
~a hk. tA~ muH.d drums st~ beating
iHacta. marches 90 tia grave,
Death, under all circumstances, d. pain
ful. AMI when a dear friend OF mature years
has gone, tho tender associations which
bound Us to lin in lie. seem ten fold
stronger now that he is no more. and ou>
tNine themselves as 81 many tendrlls around
our hearts. Iut then be- may have had
fault. and passions, and his lie may have
been marked with errors, which rise up
like specifies to mar the picture which
memory would create. Death. too, has
produced a physical change which shocks
US No, 50 with the child. All It's a'so>
Citations are lovely. No one uuwt,come
memory rises uubdden. No painful
reflection mars the sscredness of our griel.
There II LAYS, with its liule hands folded
OF is breast smile upon it, face, as II
an angel had whispered to it, g Sweet babe
thy suliefings are DER,
Who shall whisper consolation to the
mother' Who shall reconcile her to this
sad aud unexpected bereavement Day
by day she has watched over It, .ympaihised
with It and soothed ds Gates Day 10y day
she has watched its expanding charms, aud
her mind wandering afar OF into the future,
has given il destiny all i's own. Thus
has it been, until It has grown part Of
her existence. Death has never been cou>
templated by her. and when it comes. she
knows not whsrewith to bo comlof,ed.
81 he STRIFE .sp'er' The 'at.l ono
Ta whom 0pr warming h.7r. hid grown,
H,it lrH 90. Wful Iii~'- ratt~rn2 iears
fu.faggr 4iftN aui a.,ue
Come With ihs s-tihpi lntr NluthdNrt.
Ileaf kept win huly tla shis aud high
Gone as the clouds of etepwg melt
B'Y sHd The dark and 81 'cmn shy
Fine alone VIII assuege the poignancy Of
her gteG And when, in after years. she
btooIs. IN the solitude Of her heart, over
his memory. she will think Of him as some
thing too lovely Cor earth that hc was
fortunately removed from a world Of yicls,
itudo ard trouble that angel bands met
him a, the threshold, sud conducted him,
smiling and happy, amid celestial music, to
the mansions Of the Hest
CT Gen Pam Houston wa, to have at,
dressed the ,Izens Of Galveston on the
18th.
I OF The Galveston Civilian Of the lG;h
saws:
"Nr Lemut D. Evans has opened the
canvass in tho Eastern Di,tict as candi>
date on the X \. ticket for reelection to
Congress"
Truly has It been said tia, man must
60 away from home to learn the news
The legislature OF Ohlo has Just passed
an act making il penal offence to use
.tiychniuc in the manufacture of liquors. /
Erchaucc
The beat plan. we think, would be to
compel the makers Of poisonous liquors to
drink them.
Rrp RIVER .-- The Sonih " estern saws
The river continues to decline slowly
from this place to Grand Ecore. On
Monday evening there were eight lee.
water on the falls and rising slowly
y lNptGNArtoN NEEriNG.-it having been
aece;talned, saws the South Western. tina,
the directors of the Nicksbnrg, Shreveport
aud Texas Railroad Company had made a
hnal location OF the route OF said road aud
that the location thus established was to
barely touch the corporate limits of Shreve,
port, about one mile from the river, aud
thence run east and cross Red River two
miles below town. public meeting was
called n, the Courthouse on Saturday the
23d inst, which was largely attended
Resolutions were passed, setting forth that
they had learned with surprise and regret
that tho road had been located rs above
Sc, forth. and that said location has been
adopted and confirmed By the board of di
rectors. and recorded in the general land
office at Washington city, and a, the land