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CAMERON COUNTY AND MATAMOROS ADVERTISER.
Vol. III.
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER, 22, 1848.
No 235.
THE AMERICAN FLAG
Is published every W ednesday morning,
Brownsville, Cameron county, Texas, by
E. B. SCARBOROUGH.
in
TERMS.
Subscription.—For one year, TWO DOL-
LARS AND FIFTY CENTS. No tub-
scription taken for less than six months, and
no order will be attended lo unless it be ac-
companied by the CASH.
Advertisements will be inserted at the
following rates: One dollar pet square, (not
exceeding twelve lines) for the first, and fifty
tents for each subsequent insertion. To those
who advertise by the year a liberal discount
will be made. All transient advertisements,
exccpt by persons having a running account
with the office, must be paid for previous to
publication.
Persons at a distance can govern their remit
ON LENDING A PUNCH BOWL.
BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
This ancient silver bowl of mine--it tells of
good old times,
Of joyous days and jol/y nights, and merry
Christmas chimes ;
They were a free and jovial race, but honest,
brave, and true,
That dipt their ladle in the punch, when this
old bowl was new.
A Spanish.galleon brought the bar—so rims
the ancient tale—
'Twas hammered by an Antwerp smith, whose
arm was like a flail;
And now and then between the strokes, for
fear his Btrength should fail,
He wiped his brow, and quailed a cup of good
old Flemish ale.
'Twas purchased by an English squire to please
his loving dame,
tancesfor advertising by the following rates:
One square, ot twelve lines, or less, vviU b« j 8aw the^ cherubs,and conceived a longing
b 00
. 15 00
. 8 00
published six months for
One square lor three months, .
Two squares lor six months, .
" ti three months, .
Notice to debtors and creditors,
Administrator's notices, . •
Announcing candidates lor office,
5 00
5 00
6 00
No announcement will be made unless the
for the same;
And oft as on the ancient stock another twig
was found,
'Twas filled with caudle, spiced and hot, and
handed smoking- round.
Bui, changing hands, it reached at length a
same be accompanied w.thitb« amonnt charged ] w, 1 ^'^Xw Timothy, and tukea little
Editorial notices lor private benefit will be ■»
charged the usual rates of advertising. ; B((t h(Ued'p,jnch ond pre|acJ.. ant) B0 it Wtt9|
: - -• ; perhaps,
R, GARLAND, ! He went iu Leyden, where he found conventi-
Attorncy and Councillor at Law. cles and schnaps.
cameron couNr\, l exas. And then, of course, you know what next—it
WILL ATTEND to any business en rust- [vh lh(j Dutchin/r,^ #hore
ed to hun, in the wnerenl Lours o with those that in the Mayflower came—a
Nueces, Cameron and Starr counties. He will ; hundred souls and more—
also attend the Dislnct Court ol tne Juiied ^j0I1g with all the furniture lo fill their new
States,in Galveston. abodes
OHice at present at t reeport, opposite, ^'"la •! rp0 judge by whatis still on hand, at least u
inoros. September *2, l»4a. | hundred loads.
-- - 'Twas on h dreary wintor's eve, the night was
NOTICE. closing fast and dim,
flJlO dischnro-ed and wounded soldiers, When old Miles istandish took the howl, and
and the "widows and children ol ®"«;d " to.lhe brim,
, , II i a j 1 he little Captain stood and stirred the posset
been killed or died with hm sword,
And all his sturdy men-al-arms were rnn^ed
around the board.
soldiers, who have
in service.
The Congress ol the United
^a^^jaaieltiireejnoiith's extra pay
. 53 I • . L It .1.
actual service
w i clows
during the war,
States
then-
He took a long and solemn draught, and wiped
children, parents or heirs.— . his yellow beard;
i„„,.. u.lt,„ hppn -v. ! And, one by one, the musquetecrs^jthe men
i Jit- oens on aus navo oi&o oeen ca-, . . ■> » , ^ -»>-
i in jjciioh that (ought and prayed,
(ended to the widows or oipnans ol <ui , All drank as'iwere their mother's milk, and
oliiucrs, non-commissioned officers, mu- j not a mnn afrajd
sicians and privates, who have been kill* | That nighi, affrighted from his nesf, the scream-
id or died, or who mnv die, of wounds ! «ng eagle flew, •
I r „ .».iil m hi I.. in i "e heard tlie Pequot's ringing whoop, the sol-
received or diseases contiacted while in : dier>s „i!d hIi|0l,;
the line of duty, during the v»ur u'lh And mere the sachein learned the rule he
Mexico. lauehi. to kith and kin,
The undersigned offers his services i ,r°m ih« white mail wl^n you lind he
.ii c.,,.u ' smells ol hollands gin /
ns agent to prosecute, all such claims, j
also to obtain bounty land or scrip, tin- ; a hundred years, and fifty more had spread
der the act of February 11, 1847. He their I eaves and snows,
ha* received the laws, and all the reg-! A thousand rubs had flattened down each lit-
, * • if r iruotimirimi ' tie cherub's nose:
illations and forms horn r> I when once again the bowl was filled, but not
relative to extra payand pensions, i ni mri(h or joy,
city,
Sept. 11, 1848.
R. GARLAND.
BASSE & HORD,
attornies at law.
ILL attend the Courts of Cameron, j
Starr, Webb, San Patricio and Bejar;
counties.
All business entrusted to them will receive
prompt attention.
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'Twas mingled by a mother's hand to cheer
her parting boy.
Drink' John, she said, 'twill do you good-
poor child, you'll never bear
This working in the dismal trench, out in the
midnight air;
And if, God bless me—you were hurt, 'twould
keep away the chill ;
j So did John drink—and well he wrought that
night at Bunker's Hill.
E. Basse,
flio Grande City,
Starr county,
apdress
K. H. IIORD,
Brownsville,
Cameron county,
Sept. IS, 18i8.
Texas.
tf
ISRAEL BIGELOW.
A TTORNE Y A T LA W.
Office in Brownsville, Cameron Coun
Texas.
I tell you, there was generous warmth in good
old English cheer ;
! I tell you, 'twas a pleasant thought to bring its
■ymbol here;
I'Tia but the drunken fool that loves excess—
hast thou a diunken soul,
[For the American Flag.]
INDIAN LEGEND.
the medicine woman.
The only one ever known nmong the
different tribes of Indians, was "Olitipa,
of Prarie Bird." She lived among the
Delawares, and her first appearance
among them is briefly related thus:—
Their prophet, a great Medicine Man,
dreamed that under a certain tree was
deposited a treasure that shou d enrich
the tribe and render them fortunate. A
party was sent, by order of the chief, to
search the spot indicated, and on their
arrival they found a fern a le child, wrapt
in a covering of braver skins, and repo-
sing on a couch of Turkey feathers,
(these creatures being supposed to pre-
side over the fate of the Delawares;) they
brought back the child with great cere-
mony to the village, where they placed
her uuder the care of the chief, and ^eet
apart a tent for her own peculiar use,
and ever since (hat time had continued
totake care of her comfort and safely.
At this time there lived nmong the
Delawares a missionary whose mime
was Paul Muller, who, from his sacred
office, was denominated the "Black
Father, originating, no doubt in the
black clothes he wore. The Delawares
entertained a kindly feeling towards the
missionary, which gave luin an oppor-
tunity of seeing and conversing with
Olitipa, or Prarie Bird, for so the child
was called, and he found in her as she
advariad in years, so amiable a disposi-
tion, and so quick a comprehension,
that he gave his best attention to the cul-
tivation of her talents. J n rending, wri-
ting, and in music, she needed but little
instruction ; lie furnish* d her, from time
dwellings of some of the people in Mis-
souri, enabled her to practise simple I enlists the most lively hopes and wishes,
melodies, and sing thern in English and and fears, among the* suppoters of the
AN ENGLISHMAN'S AND FRENCH-
NAN'S VIEWS.
In an article on the political affairs of
the United States the London Times
takes occasion to remark:
The United States are the fuel of po-
litical strife and only wait the spark that
is to kindle them into a flame. What
security can there be in such a people?
How long will it be before a personal
contest of extraordinary vehemence, or
a political adventurer^orethan usually
uuprincipled and chralty,' will plunge
the whole country into a civil war? In
the absence of sound political views and
honest political differences, there is sure
to be au evil tendency to personal fac-
tions and quarrels. Such are just the
tunes for a Marius or a SyHa, a Pompey
or a Caesar. For our sake, and the
sake of (he world, we would deprecate
the advent of such men auy where, and
especially in the great Anglo-American
Republic.
The Baltimore American extracts
this passage and remarks: "This anx-
ious solicitude for the great "Anglo-
American Republic," at a moment when
the condition of Europe gives warrant
for the worst apprehensions as to ihe
imminent danger of war, confusion and
chaos, may call for surpise or grateful
acknowledgments according to the dis-
position of the reader.
In the course of some ten days the
American people, throughout the length
and breadth of the Union, will choose a
President to hold the chief executive
power of the Republic for the next term
of four years. If a similar event were
so nearal hand in any European nation
it would be contemplated with fear and
trembling. The fact that the French
people are to choose a President, so soon
• ■ >.
as indicative of a crisis. But with us,
the election of a President, although it
respect for property, the object and law-
ful security of labor; and finally because
he is at once profoundly religious and
profoundly calculating—qualities, one of
which gives him hope and the other pa-
tience.
•'Napo-s
atus
German, and also
Delaware
in the
tongue, adapting them to wild airs, eitht
such as she heard
among
respective candidates, is so far removed
1 j from any apprehensions of revolutionary
_ the Indians | distui bances that the suggestion, if se-
or invented lielself. lie took especial nously made, would be utterly lidicu-
pains to instruct her in the practical ele-j|0ns. There is nobody in this country
ments of a science which his long resi- that would wish to see our government
denceamong the Indians had rendered i overturned.
familiar to him—that of medicine
as
overturn*
Having given the views ofan English
connected with the rude botany of the j commentary upon our domestic affairs,
woods and praries, and so well did she ! We add those of a Frenchman. The
profit by his instruction, that by her own
persevering researches,there was scarce-
ly a tree, herb, or gum, possessing any
views of the two are widely different—
as indeed there is u great difference be-
tween the two iu point of knowledge.—
The one has lived in the United Slates
and knows us well; the other has never
lived here and knows little or nothing
about us. We quote from a recent pam-
the tribe, by which humps they escaped j phlet ofM. Gaillardet, formerly editor
sanitory properties,that she did not Know
arid apply to the'relief of those around
her. Among other things he enabled
her to vaciiiule most of the children of
Napoleon Crossing the Alps.-**
The talk yesterday among the initiate!
was of Paul Delaroche's great picture,;
just arrived in this country, of
lew crowing the Alps."
"Wbi ii atid u Oiild alone stamp
as oneof the greatest living painters"
The style is severe,jpure and classical—- •
entirely the reverse of those crimson
crudities which we have been taught to
associate in our minds with the modern
French School. We venture to say thai
all who stand before this picture will
confess to themselves that here for the
first time is their ideas of the face and
eyes of Napoleon realized. The face is
stern, almost haggard, yet very solemn
and resigned ; and there is a nameless
jnciism in the expression which
draws tears from the spectator. But the
eyes—here is the artist's great triumph-
Deep, fixed, unutterable, calm and lam-
bent, you see that they are full of an un-
accomplished, irresistable destiny, which
is not of earth, and before which earth-
ly obstacles are too insignificant to be
even thought about. Those eyes, once
seen may never be forgotten in this
world. In them, as in those of the living
Emperor, you behold the secret of Na-
poleon's power over others, and almost
over Fate itself. In no bust nor picture,
elsewhere, is this apparent.
The accessories of the picture are all
done in the style of a great man who
feels his power and can aflord to reject
all vulgar and melodramatic materials,
Instead of being mounted upon a fiery
g)«in»cj a* tlio full OVTVOp of S
flying leap, pointing his sword over the
cliflsand every limb and muscle strain-
ed in action, Delaroche and 7'ruth dare
lo place the Emperor upon a mule,
where he sits looking into futurity thro'
the stormy air, his right hand in his
breast and the whole form in complete
and rigid repose. The mule, which is
most truthfully painted, is led by an old
grey-haired guide, who plants his steel-"
shod staff in thn snow and ice and
climbs difficultly up the slippery ledge.
All around is snow and ice and shivering
Winter—«nd afar off in the rear the
corner of a banner flutters in the breeze.
—iv. Y. Tribune.
the fatal eff-cts of a disorder that com
mitted dre idful ravages among the
rounding trilv s, the small pox.
also instructed her in some of the <.
mentary calculations of Astronomy, ow
. i
of the Courrier des Etafs- Univ.
, The bane is in thy
I silver bowl !
shallow skull, not in my
man." She
I Prarie Bird," from
1 i0V? le-™T°.ry. past—its pressed yet j fu|npss and Lrrf,at
Can the Deaep Win at Cards.
A very curious law case eame recent-
ly before a German court, arising from
the following circumstance—A gentle-
man sat at a faro table in the town of
S'JI" ' It is impossible to live in the United Koelhen, Saxony, playing with the
, States for ten years, and observe the gi- usual attention and silence. Several
e" gantic progress of this young people in plays were made, and the card which the
the career of republicanism, without ap- gentleman continued unsparingly to put
peatedly. The gold
inner by the crou-
pier, However, was not drawn in by him,
uminous track. But the more closely j andafter several more accumulations had
made the pile inconveniently large, the
it organ-
ing to which ih> y looked upon her us a | precjatjng the immense advantages it i forward, won ropeat
supeiior being, commissioned by ihe, |,,jS Ji^ri ved from its form of government, 1 pushed toward the wi
Gieat Spirit to live among them, ond do - or desiring1 other nations to follow in its 'pier, however, was nol
them good , thus her petson was safe, |,imjnous track. But the more closelv ! andafter several mnm!
them good ; thus her
and her tent sacred fioin iiiti usion. fciie t|J(? American nation is studied, thn more
was denominated "the Medicine VVo-!heejfu]jy itsgocia| and poliib
-nfe
She
zation is investigated, the more clearly
eeper rather angrily requested the for-
tunate man to take in his money. With
is it seen that this organization has im-1 his eyes fixed on the card, the player
FRANKLIN R. TAYLOR,
Auctioneer,
Commission and Forwarding Merchant,
ftlatamoros, Mexico
Consignments made him will meet prompt
atteniion.
DR. E. G. W. SCHOEN1AN,
Office at the Drug Store, near the
Grand Plaza, Commercial street.
Matamoros.
was named "Olitipa, or!
her natural grace-1
fragrant flowers— ' " illlu gii-at beauty; she wes j mutable laws which alonegive to it sue-! took no notice of ihe request.
The moss i hat clothes its broken walls—theivy J amiabie, accomplished and good, arid j cegs anc} grandeur. It is not merely "Dr-tw in vn»r rrnM "
on its towers- after a lapse of some twenty years j bfcCnuse they are republican that the J g '
Nay, this poor bauble it bequeathed my eyes , residence among them, she was recog- !• a mpririn neonle have become nmvpr
prow moist and dim, i • , , 0 • ,. u i . i American people nave Decome power-
To think of all the joys that danccd around its , n-Ize" "Y Reginald Biandon, a trader fu|^ rich al)tJ happy ; it is because the
brim. . amoi g the Delawares. as the daughter i republic restricts itself to certain condi-
again
ut-
tered by several around the table.
No answer.
"Monsieur, you incommode the other
Then fill a fair and honest cup and hand it of his father's friend. Col Digby Ethel-; ti ' an(i certa;n limits The nroof of i Payers, said tlie croupfcr."
unto me 5 : (*ho lm-fl 0,1 the bimks of the , this is that) while it aBc;nds t0 th(1 high. j The same motion|ess silence.
The goblet hallows all it holds, whate'er the ' ^ a, miles^ from ^'Marietta. ) | est point of civilization, the Republics of! A person sitting- next the offender
liquid be
And may the cherubs on its face protect me
from the sin,
| That dooms one lo the dreadful words—JV'y
dear, where have you been 1
L. A. SHKODES, j F*IEI) Potatoes. The French
AUCTIONEER. j cooks at the large hotels are making
HAVING taken out Auction Li- J this dish very fashionable. The pota-
cence for State and County, will !toes are peeled, wiped and cut into thin
attend to any business entrusted to him
Reginatd Brandon fell deeply in love ! Mexico and South America, which have took hold of his hand. It was stone
with Piatie Bird at their first meeting, j aimost literally adopted its conslitntion,! cold. The winner was dead !
and through his influence with the Del-1 haVeg0ne down the social scale until ii. As the bodv was being removed the
awares, they permitted her to return n^lly they have plunged into the abyss croupier drew back the money be had
home with him to his father s mansion nrdiarchy ai;d misery. In the United i shoved toward the dead player, allegirfg
, on the banks ot the Ohio, where, shortly : gtates the Republic has been successful that the game, based upon reciprocal
alter, they were married,and lived to a because the people are Republican by agreement, could not exist between the
ic°°d old age. character and education, and the system living and the dead. The heirs of the
i is in accordance with the customs. The defunct presented themselves the day
Mouth Rio Grande, Texas, Oct. 9,1848.
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ANTEU—To pnrchasesoldiers
bounty land claims.
R. GARLAND.
Nov. I, 1848.
pan A Pretty Riddle.—"I will consent to' American is Republican because he is after, and claimed the money, declaring
as all you desire," said a young female to i imbued with the sentiment as well of his i that he bad regularly commenced and
n and"crisp her lover, "on condition that vou give |duties 38 of his ri8bts. and he feels lbe I continued the game. The question was
ullender to' me what vou have not, what you never ,ove of discipline not less intimately j carried before the tribunal of Koelhen,
than that of liberty ; because he believes and will probably depend upon the evi-
as clearlv in natural inequality as in le-j dence as to ihe time when the player
gal equality ; because he has a sovrcign ' ceased to live.
slices, then thrown into a frying
containing abundance of hot lard
soon as they become brow
they are thrown into a cullender
drain, are then sprinkled with salt, and can have, and yet what you can give
served up as hot a? possible. It is a mc " What did she ask him for9 A
breakfast dish. ' husband.
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