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SOUTHERN
71
BAKER, ROOT & CO.,
NOTHING EXTENUATE, NOR SET DOWN AUGHT IN MALICE."
PROPRIETORS
VOL. 3
AUSTIN, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1 8 5 8 .
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A. ÍTUÍTauTTt t¡s
Attoraej7 & Counsnllo t at Ivuv.
OBQIUiKTtlWN, VV! 1,1,1 AXIS' N tl< ) ¡ TEXAS .
TylJ.r, practice in «ii tlic l'our.. nt' II.. ivfli Ju lirln.1
" District, ami in lif-ll, Burli-toii arid iivia Cuu uliea
R K F K It"VO
John a It. íi'hkiín. Ai isilh Tu*
HlKOl'K & Wk T, " "
how. t. ii. Duval, |
S.KO, W. J-.vhchal,
p. t. Ddckav,
ft. Cnmnr
hall & 1iun i e b,
Attorneys & Counsellor s at Law,
hamilton. vi1ni!t co., t.
TITILL pWBtlci'in til" l'ourt of Ihi' I '
'* triet, and mtuuil promptly to nil In
jto their euro.
,*l] rln, Ancimt IP. IMS — rpl.9ro.Mslj
OK. N. W. HAKKU
)lIff(*ICIAN and SlIHOKOM.OIBtiru
I'uiMinir. No 17. imbuir Aug
P. W. HUDDLEST
Attorney & Counsel lor
TI-'X>'NA .IM'R t'N ' DtlVI'V
' L. A. TIIOMPSOI
Attorney ■& Counsello
<iAI.VBí*TOK, GALVESTON' C(K
"W7P~ íte NORMAN
Attorney at i
avatí . ti'.xa-3
«as,
til J«dte4al twt-
tit>eat e«t ruat.< il
i r+weuaon'an'íw
97
ON.
at Law,
TKX^S
r «t Law.
TESAS
we.
Law,
vV
A. J. EVANS
Attorney & Counsello
WACtt. m'i.V.NNAN 0",. 'i1'
i l. íiüwt'rt
HEWITT & NEW I
Attorneys at
pan an'lvjnuk tkx.v p
s. N. ••• •«•; •; v. i
elliot & mam.
Attorneys & Counsello f
hk(u;in, <!uanai.orri-. co., [f-
t 'Mt Law.
btAS
.r. c. NT wto n
BN,
'Law,
TT. . ■ It. MANKY
t,
s at Law.
texas.
W W DUNLAP
Attorney a t>
Ami Gnifml T.ind A
TKXAS.
nil Li i' (J la iu) tut:
Attorney & Counsello 1
HASTHOP, BASTRt'l" CO., T !•
TiRACTlCEfl In tlif 9oil .IihIWiiI DU'.l i
*■ Siuirrinr' tiud Fflernl Court ni Auac i
Wrl I '. IPSfi— IS.lv
hamu el 11 hen n 1
Attorney & Counsellor
HAMIl.TdN, niJItXF'.TT 00., T
PRACTICK8 in th« 17th JudicW Ditr. *1
■■■ promptly to butloeaa etitrnited to nl *
Austin. April 3 1H57—no7-)v _
WASHINGTON E. GOO
Attorney & Counsellor'
SEUUIV, (¡ÜAHAI.tH'I'E CO , '
Tin LI, pnu'ticc in thl «n.l thfl *ilj.
VV yy Colleetloiii tniwle thron'jhout
John savlrs hhm. h. bamsbtt,.-
sayles & basse
Attorney & Counsellors
BKENHAK, WASHINGTON CO.
Will uriictkse luth* Court of tb« Klr t,
>nih Judicial DUtrictn, Miii in tlie
'''fe?! gourMim Aiittln <""! flnln-Aton.
riM.
Law,
ñl
mt Law.
xa3.
, mid In thr
lit Law.
I 3 AS
t t and attends
t lire.
much,
nt Law.
«xas.
iititiK conntiet.
Ifr-atarii Texas.
....J. DAMSCTT.
n\
uat Law.
TEXAS.
Third and Sev
Supreme and
fg,ng ly
w. Jonba. DUtriCt Attorney
.IONES & PETTY,
Attorneys & Counsellors
BASTROP, BASTROP CO., TE
■fJUACTICE in thn Slid JildtcUi Di«trl.
Hupretne and Federal Courts at Austit
Oct. Itt. 1MB—1.P.I y
H. !•', C A i¿new,
Attorney at L
AUSTIN, TEXAS.
OFFICE in olrt rotate T)epartm«'iit, Katt
grcwR Avenue, above Duttau'a UruK
practtea in the Courts of the and ^17 h
►réeta; an4 in ibe Hopreme aud Fede
Au.tln, 1 '9-noilH.
1. A. & OEO W. PA!i(j
Attorneys & Counsellors
AUSTIN ft BAN ANTONIO, TE.
WI1.L aUvnd the Couru i Han Antnni
aud mrroumling «mntlea n'i" the
Federal Court at Aiwtin kii I (l lyo i
W. PA8CHAL, Amriti, IrarUXo..
I. A. PASCHAL. Han Amonio. Be ar
VVUUAKEU,
Attorney & Counsellor
WMPA8A8, LAMPASAS CO., Ti
TtTII.L practice In the Court of the 17t
trict, and iu the Supreme Court at Au
attention giren to the collection of clalir
"'ííSfereitcí^MetiT . Buhtett A Nial,
C l Thoinptou A. «ton . New Orleana, I.
Harreld. Canton. Mta ; Hon. John Re bt.
Dr. Jun McKay, Poníale . Tena .
. d. T. NEWTON.
Attorney & Counsellor
AU8T|N, TEXAS.
WILL praatioe in the Diwrto,Sopreim
Couru at Auatin, and the iu the I
of the adjacent couuti. . Will gire p rtjc
r the land law awl praatioe, tne,i*re tig
tm land lu., and all profesional buiinna ai
(Jfflce on Congreai Amane, orer the do
KoMmuk & fltellbs.
Au« tin, Dec. 8, I8CT. '
naairniAi.. • ••• • ■
BRIDEN 1'UAL & WI.«
Attorneys at L
HILLS BOKO, HILL Co. TEX
s|9, roi^nsl.tf.
.. e. p, 1'KTTV
at Law.
us.
it, and In the
a W,
«Idn of Con-
«ore Will
. Judicial l)it-
#a1 Courts nt
iy
HAL.
at Law.
MM.
o and Alio'in
Supreme ami
un
Tmta .
Co., Texa .
w. a. tarleton,
Attorney & Counsellor at Law
AUSTIN, TRAVIS CO., TEXAS.
WILL (fire attention to the collection of claim* in We
* tern Trxa , the lnvo ti«Htkiu ol land title , procur
lili! pati-nt to land |iro i'cutioii of claim aualnat the
State for money, headrlfht and bounty land . Will
practice in the Dtatrict, U, s. DiWriet and Supreme
Court of tin- Statt* at Auatin.
Mrofllc.i in Sweiuou' Building, No. S3, alinre Duf-
fau ilruK atore.
Hsncn TO—Scmme & Hill, W. T. Scott & Co, N. O
H. H. Holcoinb, Eaq.. Mobile, Ala.
Poinroy Si (Ireu'ory, Montgomery, Ala.
n. H Hill, K q„ La Oranjie, «Ja.
C. A. Kraüfr, E q.. Judge «th Judicial Dlttricr, Mar-
Hall. Texa . n7.lv
willi l. hoiakd chaalk i . xobaudi
w. l. & c. l. robards,
Attorneys at Law.
AUSTIN, TRXA8.
IITIM. practice In thn Federal, flupremek District
lw Courts and Court of Claims, at Auttin, and will
imiki colli'ctiona in any portion of the Federal Weatern
Diatrlut of Trxaa.
kfkkhknckr avw York: John d. Pcott & Co.; liar-
ral, riproulla 6c Co.; Plant Ar, Broa.; J. H Hunee & Co.
Hankui. Duryee & Co.; Hani'l Ward, 2/5 Houth Htreet,
Mini D Hyd" & Co. Philadelphia: Tyiulale 6c Mit'
'•hell. Baltimore: Fred'k I . Diiwhoii, F.aq. Lou ¡trille:
Hon \V. t*. Moil ley. Memphii: Dr. H R. Itobarda.
Vlcktburg. Ilrown &. Johnston. Natchez: Chat. A. La-
coate, F.aq A'ev Or I rant: Geo. M. Pinckard 6i Co.; and
IlUitht-s, Hyllesiaii & Co. (Jnlventon: Sherwood & God
land'
AflaMii.
Inn.fi. 18.18
john j oood .
liOOl)
vü- no20-ly.
• R. C. aiCXRNZIB
& McKENZlE,
Attorneys & Counsellors at Law,
/billas Texas.
WILL practice their profession in all the Courts of the
Ifirh Judicial District, comprising the counties ot
Collin, Grnyaon. Cook, Montague, Clay, Archer. Throck-
morton, Youn^, Jack, Wise. Denton, Tarrant, Parker
Johnson. F.lli* ami Dallas; and Kauftnau of the Dth; aud
iu ihe Supreme Court nt Auatiu.
Prompt attentiou will be |:iveu to all business entrust*
ed to their care.
Ofth'o on the North aide of Main street, one door
West nfthe CfutfliHelil llouae. | v'J -iio28-tf.
I!. i'. H0LLIN (iSWORTH,
Attorney & Counsellor at Law.
AUSTIN, TRAVIS CO,, TEXAS
VlflLL practice in the District, Supreme, and Fede-
** ral C'ourta of this State, and Court of Claim!,—
Will give prompt attention to business entrusted to his
care. Also, to buaiueas in tbo Ueneral Laud Otilce aud
State Departments.
hkkrkto Gen. K. II. Nichols. Galvetton; Hon .TP.
Henderson. Miirshall; Hon T J Hunk. Nacogdoches; lion
S A Maverick, han Antonio ; Hon J V Wilson, Gonxalea;
Jlon S Crosby, Auatin ; ('aoipbell and Strong, New Or
leant; Col T 11 Lincoln. New York. OtHce, No25, Swen*
fon't buildiutf, n45-tf
PKAKCIM T. DI FFAD,
Importer aud Wholesale and Uetail Dealer tn
URUUS, MEDICINES, DYE-STUFFS,
I'niiitM, ninl Olla
HICH, from the coutuleteneiaof hit arrangements,
he is prepared to sell to Physicians or Dealert for
Canh, on as low terms aa they can be had in the cos
markets; if on time, city acceptance is in ull catet re
quired, and 10 per cent, added.
Aug. 27, nol—tl Congrats Avenue, Auttin
W'
I?l. W. TOWNIIFND,
(auccKtaon to nathanjki. towntrnd,)
DM ALF.lt IN Hardware, Cutlery, Saddle and Carriage
Furuiahing. Saddle and Harneas Leather; Sweedes
TeoiieSi06e, mill American Iron, and Cust, Spring, Ger
man and Slab Steel; Druus and Medicines, Oils, Paints
Window (ilusa and Glaas Ware. Also Sheet Music, Mu-
sic S. Instruinentt, &v, The same variety of Goods at
heretofore kept at this F.atablithment, Low for Caah.
Also a Splendid Husewood Piano for tale.
N. II. Prescriptions compounded from Hchictfelin's
Kxrra Drugs, at all honra. Auatin. ffwpt. flt nS—ly
co win o
MUÑECA F AI.IJ
&
UO.,
new York.
M ANUFA0TU11EBS of all vnrietles t:f Iron
1 ninl limns Mit and Ftirco I'mtips. Gttrden
Eilifiiifn, &c.. riiiliraciiiK sovenil kiiiCn expi'Ma-
ly lot' Uitilrund Water SlHti ii8, Mills, íactu
rien, iVp. Msy 26,n40:tf
winiam oii im*«,
\jtr ATCH MARBR AMD JEWELLER,
VV AiMtin, TeaM. Aug. v
at Law
IXA8
1 Judicial Di
■du. l'r.mpt
I agaiutt the
Au tln tTe'a
I; Dr W m
tiaymond Ml
or
at Law.
■ and Federal
•latrict Court*
ular attention
■don of title*
uruated to hi*
or of Me**r*.
■ftnlSsly.
/. r. wixa.
í1c
.aw,
18.
g. l. hill &, co.,
Law and Collection Offi e( No. 10 Commercial Place,
NE IF 0 It LEANS.
Will collect clainiH In nil the Southern nnd
Wentern títiiti'g iliroii(?U ivlmble oorrcHpondonU.
11 E F ti R S T O
M :*tii. Mclilrny St, Bniillnril, Fricrpnti Con-
wit y &, co.. Scott. Williams & Co., MeL"iWMi',
lln'yliiirn it Co.; Lewi &. Oxlcnliy, CumpMI k.
A. Ji. Jumen iV Un.. Townai litl. Tomp-
kin« &. Co., R. l'itkin. EstJ.j H D MoUlnmi.
Henry ParnnniyQi!0 C Ltiwrwiu. H MKoiiinnoii.
T II Jiick^in, Dr B. F. Taylor—New Orleans.
iliiii. Joint H Heaven. Member of Centre? .
Dunn & Riobh', Shrcveport /.ouisinna. üiillin-
l i r & Jnelt, . Galveston, Taca .
j^i,.We uru also CtitntnisMionerH for tlie Uni-
i pi I Stntw. mili Inr encli '""I 'II tlie Stat'" [tft4Sy
vv. i!. CoYINOToN. J. c. HaIIALSon.
covington & haralson,
general Land and Collecting a o e nth.
Lampasas, Texas.
Vyil.fi pi'rumi'Aliy attenil to Surveying nnti
vv Incaiinp Lantln, pertcctiilK title?, pitying
taxof, preventing trenpassen. biiyinji ami Kt'iling
laniln and ailjustinn all kimln of claim*, nl30 the
enilt'ctiiitf and nettling of all monled claim* en-
trusted to tlieir care.
ukkkrkncks.—W. P. Hill, Ni. O.. La.; Col.
Ivlwnrd Clark. Auutin. Tesne; T. P Hugivn,
E. H. Volitivas, Georgetown. Texan; (}"0.
Green, Cameron, Texw; Jamea Truitt, Siielhy
County. Texas ; Matbew Cartwri;:ht. San Au-
gustine, Texas; R. VV. Dunn. Port Lavaca.
IVxas; John H McK a, Jasper, Texas; .Tus.
G. Collier, Tyler city. Texas; Edward llib's.
Stuul. Smiiii. Sin Antonio, Texas; M. T. .lotiu-
i, Tarrant County, Texas.
April 31' MIH5 l.V.
For Ihe Southern InleUigittcer.
WATER OF CRYSTALIZATIUN.
a pokm ful'nuku on the newspapers.
Far away in th' We-t \ are recently told,
Whet'i tin-fnuserriver is teeming with gold)
And many men. both young and old,
Are Booking together I k sh. ep to a fold,
Remly to buy. or *ell. or be sold.
There are curious tilings—so the pap i> ray.
To lie seen in this laud that's so far away ;
Tbcie are bison , aud Indians, aud bears thai
are gray ;
There are men of each color, and clime and
nation ;
Bui queerest ot all. there are grades, they call
So hard that they have tobe br.ike with a maul:
Ani they're filled with the •' water ol crystal-
¡Hatloil."
"Twa> litre mid the frugnvntsof sIli'V and quartz,
l'ryiestúr Vou Humbug aud Herr Von Schwartz
Discov ri d a yeodt so large and tlncU,
That wondering, they cracked its si ell with.a
pick.
And found in its cavity more than a gill,
Ol Komtthing that looked as clear as a quill.
Quoth Schwartz, "I'll drink it or I'm adunco—
Ilere gt*'s;"and he gobbled it all at once,
MirabiUdietu —lie fell in a trice,
His eyes turned to mica, his tongue turned to
gmiss |
li s body, heart, lungs, and even his bones.
In a twinkling were rubys aud other bright
alones.
From the solo of his foot to the top of bis cap
Was jasper, and agate, and horn blende, aud
trap.
Aud so the unfortunate llerr Von Schwartz,
Became Iront a gill, .t collection of quartz.
Protestor Von Humbug, with real surpr se,
Threw tip bis hands, and rolled up his eyes.
Then slowly he uttered," this beats creation,
The power of the 'water of cinitialization.'
I'll make a report,aud my name Hhail go forth
Renowned in science, and to on und so forth."
Dear Friends, lest you think this is one ot iny
jokes,
It is louuded on pick-axe. aud can't be a hoe-ax.
G. W. SCOTT
AW4M&8NS? &1P
LAMPASAS.. ■ TKXAS.
II.L practice in the District Courts of the
Seventeenth Judicial District. Will nls.> do
aiieneral Laud Looatiun business— perfect ti-
tles. pay i'a\es. and proveut trespasses.
Charges moderate.
Austin June Id 1858. Vili43 ly.
k. l. pafji ual,
Auction and Com'sion Merchant,
San Antonio. Tetas.
REFERS to Vance A Hr ., Orno beck A
tTI rich & Co.,
_.tP Frtncli, J
. F. OuUlieau, llew'.tt ti Newton, H.
Mayer A Co., Hon. I. A. Paiehal, üeu. T. K. '.Vr.til, ai.'
Warrick Tunatall, San Antonio; Judge E. RilMnru",
tionzale*; A. H. Phillip*, Victoria; Kerr A Clark, Kir*.
land A Baughn, Lavaca • Hwcnmii A Hwliher, Avetn.;
K. Si D tt Mill . Oalvwaon, nogHilyr.
A Y, FOWLER
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
ami
general land agent,
FORT WORTH. TARRANT CO., TEXAS.
«TILL practice Is the Court of the Sixteenth Jndi-
" Ci.l Dl.trirt, and \n the Federal and Snpreiue
Court, at Auatin.
L. S. LAW HO N,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
HF.bKNA, KARNES CO., TEXAS
Nay livlnSBily
C. HCOINItlt,.
at
•mal—tr
zona * pasca a. b. *coi"«h
MoOINMS. spence & McOlNNIS,
Attorneys & Counsellors at Law.
BASTROP, BASTROP CO„ TEXAS.
WILL practice in the ceuntHi in Baatrop, Fayette,
" Hurleaoa Williamaon ajul Trarta, aad in the Su-
nrenie and Federal Couru at Auatin.
Particular «tendon giren to land *uiu and Ike codec
tlan of dehi*; *inl .11 liiMiueM liefore the Court of Cíala .
Raraa to—m o IMnion od Netoon Burch, Baatraa;
Hon. John Hancock, Hoa-Oao, W. Paachal, aad John
W. Harrl , E q„ Au*ln.
Communicated.
(In Forage Crops and Grnssrs in Texas.
Tlio cuitare of forage plniitw ¡h an os-
seiitial part of it good system iif improv-
ed independent agriculture, without
which really no perfection in this latter
is possible. It is very properly remark
ed, in the Patent Offlco Report of 1855,
p. xii, that already in old times, Cato
declared the best system of farming to
be "bene pascere," translated to ((raze
well, or to procuro food for cattle.—
This may indeed be called the good
part of farming.
The last three years have shown,that
even the natural sources of food for cat-
tle in Texas—tlie prairies,were not mif-
dci'.'nt to keep cattle from starving and
perishing, particularly where tlio free
range for cattle was overstocked, as in
tlie more settled parts of the country ;
aid the complaint in such parts was
l.'eqilen'ly heard, "the range is getting
too hnd for cattle."
It may bo rb'jii, on somo reflection,
t'ir.t there in something wanted yet, in
the. nyBtem of agriculture followed till
now, which, if not retno(',i?d, together
vitii the increase of population and
| stock of cattle, and the eventual return
oí' similar unfavorable years ami sea-
seos, might bring on the san e kind of
hiii'(! ii-.nes and wants—possibly even
to a' greater degree.
The increased culture of wheat and
other grains, unci the experimenta with
sorgho and different other plantN, sliuw
that the necessity for more varied cul-
tura is recognized in general. Tlie
whole cuu be comprised undar the head
of forage crops, and their proper intro
duction iat j the agricdlture of the State.
It chull be tried here, to show, first, the
influence which u pr -per culture of for-
age plants can have on agriculture, ami
the r.dvantagee it promises, and after-
wards, hov si'.Oh r. culture may b<! put
into practice, ami what hinüs ol' forage
plants are probably to succeed bt st in
the climat? of Texas, which, particular-
ly in the V/estern part of tin State,
through the frequent droughts, acta
very unfavorably on many crops, which
would succeed wall it: ether States.
Forage crops iiñ'urd the principal
means to procure manure and to fertil-
ize and inpror? the soil by rota,ion .—
Manures and fertilizers of all kind, pro-
perly appiiad, are the chief levers ol ag-
riculture*, without which, oolls bej,:mo
gradually oxhausted ar.d impoverished,
and malta farming unprofitable. A good
^ i rotation uf crops, which is wi-do pt Hi
ble only with tlie help of suitable foi'ag.
plants, facilitates a greater variety in
grains anil fedder raised, proijueus bet
ter grain cropa, and secures the fa: ¡tier
against want und total failures in bad
years and aeaecus; aud the remains and
rcots of one plant, prepare tliv ground
for the better production of a loilowmg
different crop, as plants of the same
genus and family cannot, du an aver-
age, bo raiaed succesifuily tor many
years, without interchange on the same
piece of ground.
A rotation of crop , comprising for-
age plants, with the production of man
ure and fertilizers, makes possible the
introduction and extension of frmt cul-
ture, aud is indispensable tor the im-
Srovementof horticulture in generul.—
ut the greatest advantage to be ob
taincd Irom a suitable calture of forage
plants, as mean* of good f'ecduig, ai.d
especially alao ol grasses, will coiiWi
in tlie improvement «in the different
breeds of domestic animals and the pro-
ducts drawn from them, which point
requires to be. treated at some greate<
length.
The prairies of Texas form the most
considerable natural riches, as means
of cattle raising* and these natural
pastures, combined with u suitable eli
mate, made stock raising till now, tin
most important und easiest branch of
agriculture in the State. But this nat-
ural supply will only be sufficient for a
limited number of cattle, and if over
stocked, as happens where the settle
meats are beoome more numerous, tin
pastures, together with the cattle, will
decrease in value, if left without the
propei artificial help, as will be consid-
ered in what follows
The natural pastures consist of a va-
riety of native grasses—some oonrser,
some finer and better, but less of tlie
latter—mixed with other plants and
weeds, some fragrant and aromatic, and
some with unpleasant- smell, smne eata-
ble, but the greater part avoided by
cattle, which prefer the grasses as their
most natural food. Now, where a rango
is overrun with cattle, they will lirst.
eut ni all the gootl grasses, anil leave
such plants untouched, as may bo call
ed weeds. The consequence is, that
year a.ter year, the good grasses are
no more allowed to ripen and drop their
seed, but the weeds the more so, and
tlint these latter will spread and inulti
ply—and the pasture gets bad, as is
very natural -so that iu the neighbor
hood of towns and settlements, lai'gi
tracts of prairie, and even fenced pas
tures, a tew years ago covered with
high grass, are now nearly bare in oer
tain seasons, or composed iii 0-lOths of
their vegetation, of weeds, with hardly
one part in ten of good grasses.
The nature of domestic animals, as
milk and beef cattle, horses, sheep
goats, hogs, aud also poultry, is such,
that they want a certain amount of food
iu proportion to their bodily weight for
mere subsistence, without increase or
produce of any kind, without which sup
ply they would die, und which, accord-
ing to experimenta made on model
farms in Europe, with horned cattle, has-
been estimated at ab ut one pound of
average hay, or its equivalent in other
food, for every go pounds of bodily
Weight of the animal, for one day, while
to their complete saturation, the same
cuttle will consume about the double
quantity, or one pound of good hay, or
its equivalent, for every BO pounds of
body weight, every day. Now, as much
more us a domestic animal will consume
iu food, over and above the quantity
necessary for subsistence, or to keep
alive, without loss, so much more iu
proportion will be its produce, or use
in some way; the surplus of food, or
productive food, above what is wanted
lor subsistence alone, producing cither
inilk with cows, or bodily increase with
youn# cattle, or fat and meat with
grown cattle, or labor with draft cattle,
or progeny of young animals, or eggs
with poultry ; or it may bo consumed
and wasted iu running far about for
food on poor pastures, or to resist the
inclemency of the weather in want of
shelter. If use is exacted without cor-
responding food, the catfle. will get
poorer ami fall nff in flesh. It luis been
estimated from the same experiments,
that evciy 10 pounds of productive fod-
der, it liivy value, (above the subsist
once) produce about 10 pounds of milk
with a milking cow, or one pound ol
bodily weight in growth of the animal
when young or being fattened. It U
farther in the nature of domestic ani-
mals, that improved breeds can only be
kept up by proper, feeding, besides the
breeding, so that the natural qualities
can freely develope themselves ; a g- od
breed of milch cows for example, re-
quire a certain quantity of suitable
food, to preserve their milk producing
quality. In consequence of these natu-
ral conditionu, if a milch cow, having a
calf to nourish, docs not find sufficient
food or pasture, she will (jet poorer, will
furnish only n small quantity of milk, if
milked, and the calf will be poor, while
unether cow of the same quality, with
plenty of food, or good pasture, will
keep in good condition, and improve
even, will nourish a calf wc.II, aud bu-
sideti, give three or four timer, as much
milk a the former. Cows in Texas
come only want about half of the good
season, to ba restored again to good
condition, aud enabled to resist the sub-
secuent bad reason, and so there is on
ly I*, t.liort time left, during which they
can be cf full use, and without their
great capacity to resist starvation and
neglect in bad seasons, Texas cattle
could not etulure what they often do.—
An, therefore the milk producing quali
ty in good cows, can only be preserved
and leveloped by a continual sufficien-
cy of food, so it is more or less tlio case
with all good qualities iu br.seds of do-
mestic animals. Food for mere mibsis .-
i nee can bring no profit, or produce no-
thing; lint good and sufficient feeding
an bring tin highest possible profit, if
pro|H'rly applied Improved pastures
und forage crups will lurnisb essential
means to develope aud preserve good
qualities for use, in cattle, for dairy
produce,for flush, fat, labor, and ruising
of young stock.
The culture of forage plants may be
practiced in two different ways : one is
to improve the natural pastures, and
prepare good new pastures, by sowing
seeds of good grasses uod other forage
planta, which can be mowed In bay, or
gi a zed and used us pasture, and by ex-
lirpatlou of weeds and dressing of ihe
ground ; and the other way is to bring
suitable forage plants into the furin ro-
tation, to intermix between grain cropa,
or to raise such crops asd roduco both
grain and fodder, of which wuya we
hiiali treat more in detail.
(Concluded in annt/itr number.)
Terr,tie \dvcniure in 'he ¡llnmraoth Cave.
Ai tin- supposed cud of what has al-
ways been considered the longest ave-
nue of the Mammoth Cave, uiiio. miles
from its entrance, there is a pit, dark,
deep and terrible, known as the Macl-
stioni Tons of thousands have gazed
into it with awe, while Bengal-lights
were thrown down into it, to make its
fearful depths visible, but none ever lud
the daring to explore it. Tlio celobrut
ed gtiiile, Stephen, vviio was deemed in-
sensible to feur, was offered six hun-
dred dollars by tlio proprietor of the
Gave, if lie would descend to tlio hot
torn of it, but lie shrank from the peril.
A lew years ago, a professor, a learned
and bold man, resolvod to do what no
one before him had dared to do, aud
making his urruugeinents with great
care ami precaution, lie had himself low-
ered down by a strong rope a hundred
foot, but, tit that point, his Courage
failed him, and he called aloud to he
drawn out. No human power could
over have induced liim to repeut the ap-
palling experiment.
A couple of weeks ago, however, it
young gentleman of Louisville, whose
nerves never trembled at mortal peril,
being ut the Mammoth Cave with Pro-
fessor Wright, of our city, ami others,
determined, no matter what the danger
and difficulties might be, to explore the
depths of the Maelstrom. Mr. Proctor,
the enterprising proprietor ot the Cave,
sent to Nashville and procured a long
rope, uf great strength, ejyiressly for
tlio purpose. The rope and some neces-
sary timber wei'o borne by the guides,
and others, to tlio point of proposed ex-
ploration. Tlie arrangements being
soon completed, the rope, with a heavy
fragment of rock affixed to it, was let
down and swung to aud fro to dislodge
any loose rocks that would be likely to
lull at the touch. Several were llnis
dislodged, and the long continued rever
Iterations, rising up like distant thunder
from below, proclaimed tile depth of tin
horrid-chilsm. Then the youi g lioro of
the occasion, with several hats drawn
over his head, to protect it as faraspu>
sible, against any masses falling from
above, and with a light in his hand, aud
the rop..' fastened around his body, look
his place over tlio awful pit, aud direct
ed the half dozen who held the end of
the ropo, to let liitn down into the Uim
meriaii gloom.
We have heard fi'nin h s nwu lips an
account of his descent. Occasionally
masses of earth and rock went wlnzziug
past, but none struck liinr Tinny or
forty feet from the top, lie saw u ledge,
from which, as he judged by appear
anco, two or three avenues led off iu
different directions. ' About a hundred
feet from the top, a cataract from the
side of the pit went rushing down tlio
abyss, anil, as lie descended by the side
of the falling water ami in tlie midst ot
the spray, lio felt sonic apprehension
that i lie lililí would lie extinguished,
but his Care prevented this. Liu was
landed at the bottom of the pit, a hun-
dred and ninety foot from the top. He
found it almost perfectly circular,about
ei-rhteen leet in diameter, with a «mall
opi'iiing.at one point, leading to a Hip1
chamber ol uo great extent. He found
on the floor beautiful specimen*of bluck
silcx of immense sizo, vastly larger
than were ever discovered in any other
pari of the Mammoth Cave, und ulso a
multitude of exquisite formations as
pure and white as virgin snow. Mak-
ing hiinstdf beard, with great effort, by
Ills friends, lie at length asked them to
pull him partly up, intending to stop on
the way aud explore a cave thai, ho had
observed opening about forty feet above
the bottom of the pit. Reaching the
mouth of that cave, Im swung himself
with much exertion i jto it, and,holding
the end of the rope in his hand, lie in
cautiously let it go, and it swung out
apparently beyond his reach.
The situation was a fearful one, and
his friends abovo could do nothing for
him. Soon however lio mude a book of
the cud ol his lamp, und, by cxti. . ling
himself as far over the verge as possi
bio without falling, lie succeeded in se-
curing the rope. Fastening it to a
rock, lie followed the avenue 150 or 200
yards ta a point wnoro he foitud it
tdocked by an impassable avalanche ol
rock und earth. R tin mug to the mouth
nl this avenue, he beheld au almosi ex-
actly similar mouth of auoltiei on the
opposite flui'« of the pit, but, not being
utile to swing himself into it, he refast-
ened the rope around iiíh body, sus-
pended himself again over the abyss,
uv.d shouted to his friends to raise him
to the top. The pull v/as ati exceed-
ingly severe one, and the rejie, being
ill adjusted around his botiy, gave him
tlio most excruciating pain But soon
his pain war, forgotten iiiia new and
dreadful peril. I
When lie was 90 feet fro t the mouth
of the pit and 1 WO from iho bottom,
swaying and swinging in mid air, lie
heard rapid and excited words ol honor
and alarm above, and soim learned thai
the rope by which he *as upheld had
taken Are from the friction of ,.thc tim
ber over which it pasaed Several ino
menta of awful suspense to those above,
and still more awful to him belowy en
■ued. To them aud hiin a fatal ami in
•tant catastrophe aecinCd inevitable —
But the fire «as ext nguiihed with
bottle of water belonging to hirnieif,
and then tlio party above, though *1
moat exhausted by their labora, luc-
needed in drawing him to tho top. Ue
was as calm and self posessed as upon
his entrance into the pit, but all of his
companions, overcome by fatigue, sank
down upon the ground, and his friend
Professor Wright, from over-exorflcn
and excitement, fainted, and remained
for u time insensible.
The young adventurer left his name
carved in the.depths of the Maelstrom
—the name of tho first and only person
that ever gazed upon its mysteries,—
LouitviUt Journal.
Abr the Soúthem lntHI jent*r.
addressed to a young friend.
Hear Richard, accept a poor off'ring of mine,
Design'd to amuae and enliven your time—
\ funo'ful sketch Hit the Muses you know,
Descend Irom Parnassus to regions below,
Aud often a compliment flatters the nine,
And sometimes elicits a spark ffoiu their shrine,
No<v for un oconslon. a beautiful theme/
I must soar to Iho Helicon, taste of Its strenm.
And cull from Psrnassns a chaplet of liow'rs,
As blooming,and bright,they unfold In ber bow'rs,
Fatigued by niy I'hmhle, as mortals will he,
Her odorous sweets proved an opiato to me.
I fell In a slumlier, Iho' dl**y my height,
tV/ien, in vision approach'd lue, the Genius of
l.iglit.
All! could I describe her immaculate form,
Her coronal gem'il by thn dews of ihu dawn,
Iter girdle reflecting the orbs of the night,
As they roll thro' gold ether, In sparkling light,
tier voice was eominanillnir. prophetic and bold,
Inspired by her (heme, the creation of old,
She spake of Ihe mnuntain cliff, valley and glen,
The unfntlinm'd otjean, commented on then,
The tide. In Its majesty, rMng lu height,
The cascade that flashes in spirals of light;
And tlieii.oi the priili'li'l.i'iiiniolled with flow'rs.
Her deep mas*lve forests, her cool shadow'd
bow'rs,
The glory ofGnd. In \ho jirmanmt setn,
In the irorg'nui- dl-pliiy of ih>-sun's selling lienm;
Then, the di ep loamy soil that no footprint lialh
press'd,
In the laud of Ihe free where Ibe exiled may
rest.
To the great gnarled oak. that ihro' ages hath
stood
The net-p howling tenl|iest, tbo storm, and the
flood.
And I lien to the lily that blooms In tho vale,
Iu its purity screen*d from the blast of the gale,
llrvincinu Creation. Its authur, and end,
Eternity pauses, and Clieriihims íiehd I
i'ou m-ek for a thru", tlio' surroiiiidisl by light.
Raise your eyes to the orbs that illumine the
night,
Then ¡louder the earth, and Its rich treasun d
store,
A theme, ill your pride, you can never r,plore. /
A scene without limit.unfolding to v' -w,
The grand and sublime, lu the old und the new,
Still greater than these, hi yourself you muy find
A myst'ry to solvu, in the structure uf mind,
Immortality bound in mortality's mould,
Enshrined in the creature, no pow'r may unfold.
The (ioil of (Jtyiutiou, who reigns iu Ibe sky,
Presides o'er the soul, seils Its yrund destiny,
Tlio' ii Oumet may cross His Planet, thn Earth,
The soul is assured of it* value and worth.
Aa sulo In Ilis keeping, tlio' Providence frowns.
As when, in its full tide, His blea.ing abounds,
l-iicli Shi de tit grass lilis its natural hour.
R-vli'tv'il In Ibe scab) of omnipotent pow'r,
Aud each drop of Hood, tlio' minute, meets f/ i
n/t,
Ere ii bears to its fount tbo vital supply,
\i dear, in His sight lu the soaie ot Its birth,
As Ihu Planet He holds in the orhit of Earth ;
Tho' trail in ourselves, His protection is near,
Our littleness makes us inore precious and dear,
His mlntl gruspt immensity, wond'rous decree,
That u thought should be cast on a biiirj like
thee,
Tho' the elements crosli should (his Planet enroll,
Kvplmle it iti fragments, still mile is thy soul
From the liase to tho pinnacle, vulgar or grand,
In the scale of tho Universe, single ire slaml,
\Yn tread the Earth's surface, utsured by His
pow'r
Tho' silence, and death, should enwrup us this
hour,
AH** in thy inni-sty, stranger, nor deem
That Nature, is barren, Im t make her thy theme.
Oblen days are now mould'rhig nchlev'inciitsart
fien-,
Repiiallon still galh'rlng hef bay/or the few,
Investigate tie- ply, determine to shine
A Patriot. Philosopher, State-man, In time—
Admired for thy genius, stilt more for Its force,
Attractively blended, but never verbose.
Another ess nlial, a maxim divine,
To Harbor no dortrine. you cannot define
Wiiere evidence ,a,U to establish yonr theme,
■Shrink from ihe task, 'tis at In-st but a dream !
Wliure r iguiug authority off i t uo proor,
Confide in illy Judgment ami connw with truth,
(rood uvid'-uee, tound- d on wúilom is best,
New system', requiring philo-ophy's left.
The Genius unfolded the ninC in her hand,
"('was the flag of my couuiry. my owu native
land t
Enwrap'd hi her maulle, in view of ber flight,
She drop d me h r motto, smblatrn'd in light,
Her thtms was Creation ■ moodo-d ii J.ove,
Light and Liberty, one. iu the Temple atsive I
Farew .I, iny dear R chard, the utsion has Jlomu,
Hill let i h< r pun motto of love on the throne
H<)RO
*ar All indigent boy applied for
alms at the house ol avaricious rector,
mid received a dry, mouldy cruet. The
rector enquired of the boy if he could
aay the Lord's prayer, and waa answer
ed in tbo negativa.
" Then," said tin? rector, " I will teacb
you that now. " Our fatherl"
" Our larher!" said tho boy, " ia hi-
my father as well as yours f"
" Yea, certainly."
"Tlieu," asked the boy, " how could
you give your brother this mouhh
crust of bread? "
Friday's Hall.
The news by this morning'a mail ia
unimportant.
The number Of peraona loat on tbo
steamer Austria, waa over 600.
As will be seen by the deapatckes
to Now Orleans, thero ia still acme hepe
that the Atlantic Cable holdB on, and
that existing difficulties may be over-
come.
Secretary Cass, in his despatches to
Gen. Lamar, goes against all interfer-
ence of foreign countries with Central
America, mid decidedly against Mon'a
Belly'B project.
ICS.. Hon, A. K Wright, of Georgia,
in a letter to a friend, saya: " It ia
very Btrange that any Democrat ahould
dcairn Mr. Douglaa's defeat. There is
not an impulse of my soul that ia not
with him, in his contest with tho Black
Republicans."
VS. Of the numerous convictions for
tho Penitentiary, itt the present term yf
our District Court, not o single one was
a citizen of Bexar county They wera
either all brought here for trial, or were
transient persona here, when they com-
mitted the crimes for which they are to
lie punched—S. A. Iltrald.
19m The' Houston Telegraph of the
Otli i list says, there are abont twenty
cases ot fever iu thut city, neMrly all
doing well. Three deaths had occurred
up to that time.
SVThe Telegraph publiahea passages
from an address dolivered by Col. F. B.
Sexton, before tho literary Éocietiea of
Austin college. We havo had no timo
to read it, but know from tho high|famo
of Cot. Sexton, that it must be good.
SS8T The receipts of tho Central Rail-
road for the month of September, were
$12,019 27. This is over 150 percent.
inc:ease on the iet;eipis for the same
month, last year. It ia estimated that
the earnings of the reud, this year, will
reach $200,000.
16. Tho Houston Telegraph, of the
4th iust., learns of several now cubob of
yellow fever iu that city, und two deaths.
It says tlioro are now some ten or twelve
persons down with the sickncss.
BfSu The Gonzales Enquirer says busi-
ness is looking up,und tliinlui the planters
in that county will invest litieralTy in
Railroad stock, before the close of anoth-
er year.
19^ The Fall Torm of the District
Court commenced in Gonzales last Mori'
day, Hon. Fielding Jones, presiding.
ttíf At Louisville, on the 25th, It. H,
Lindsay, killed D. L. Ward. Both
were printers. Cause/ a quarrel (bout
the printers' Union ami a charge of "rat-
ling." Ward was in tho Louisvillo Dem-
ocrat. He loaves a wife and two chil-
dren nt Covington. Lindsay was" in
the Courier office. He is a son of R. R.
Lindsay, for many years editor of ihe
Kentucky Whig, nt Mount Sterling.—
Liiidsity is in jail. Ward, so tho Corn for
says, hud insulted Lindsay because he
would not cooperate with the Union,
and hud threatened to cowhide him.—
He finally met him, called him "rat," and
struck him in tho faco, Lindsay1 drew
a pistol und shot hiin, so that he died
in half an hour,—Neto Orleans Pteay-
tt ne
Accident to Gen. Scott.—Tho Now
York Heruld, of the 24th inst., says:
Gen. Winfield Scott; who is now stop-
ping ut West Point, met with a severe
accident Inst week, which inny confine
liim to his bed for some timo. Ho was
about attending n dinner party given
by Col. Delafield, when, on going down
tho stairs, his foot slipped, and lie fell
to the bottom. Owing to the bullet In
Ins shoulder, und tho RWord wound in
his arm, lie was anable to arrest bia
flight, and tho full woa aevere. To a
person of his advanced years and large
frame, this Is a most serious affair.—
1'lie General wns taken to his bed, cup-
petliund loeched; and though he feela
belter, he is still suffering intense pain.
This accident to the old General will
bo generally regretted throughout tbo
country.
Thc Oouht ok "Pokes."—A siiit was
recently brought before a justicfe of the
peace in Yuba county, California, for
the recovery of seventeen dollars, which
a man hail won of another or rather got
Eossesaion of by " bluffing," while he
ad four Jacks. The Marysville En-
quirer suys the court "let herself loose,"
on the queation, and held that where a
parly cdolly and deliberately "bluffed,"
the holder of a small winning hand out
of money; it might well be cdnaidered
downright robbery, and be pnaiabet aa
audi; but the coftrt stated that while it
would pnnisli tho party who would b*
gnilty of auch " bluffing," it had no pro-
tection or morey for the man who, Ifke
the plaintiff in the case, permitted Mm-
aell to be "bluffed,'' with foura in hie
hand I Snch a mnn, in the opinion of
tho court, should not only loee hie eer-
*uteen dollar pot," but- receive the
jeera of every good poker player in ft.
ba county.
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