elitgli Viegiotci
Is published in the porough of Allentown
Lehigh Connty, Pa:, every Wednesday, by
Haines & Diefenderfer,
At $1 50 per annum, payable in advance, and
$2 00 if not paid until the end 'of the year.—
No paper discontinued until all arms:ll;es are
paid.
pi - Ovrlas in Hamilton street, two doors wes
of the German Reformed Church, directly oppo
site Moser's Drug Store.
11:7 - Letters on business must be POST PAID
otherwise they will not be attended to.
JOB PRINTING. ,1
Having recently added a large assortment Of
fashionable and most modern styles of type, we
are prepared to execute, at short notice, all
kinds of Book, Job and Fancy Printing.
Singer's Sewing Machine.
-- Nta
DURING the last four years these machines
have been fully tested in all kinds of ma
terials that can be sewed, and have rendered
generalsatisfaction. Truly thousands of worth
less Sewing Machine.; have been brought before
the public, yet Singer's alone has merited and
obtained a good reputation for its perfection
and real worth. To a tailor or seamstress
one of these Machines will bring a yearly in•
come of $750.
The undersigned baying purchased of I. M.
Singer & Co. the sole and exclusive right to use
and vend to others to be used, the above named
Machines, in the following localities : The
State of WiSconsin, the northern part. of Indi
ana, and Pennsylvania (with the exception of
the counties of Erie, Allegheny, Philiplelphia.
and Northampton) and is now prepared to sell
Machines as above mentioned.
All orders for the Machines will be punctual
ly attended to. In all cases where a \Lu•liitie
is ordered, a good practical tailor and operator
will accompany the same; to instruct the pur
chaser how to use it. A bill of sale will be for
warded with each Machine. The price of the
lachinc, with printed or personal instructions
s 8125. For further information address
B. RANDALL.
Norristown l'a.,
-6111
August 1
TRUSSES, TRUSSES, TRUSSES
C. 111. Meet,les,
Truss and Brace Establishment
South West Car. of Twelfth and Ritee Sts.,
PIIILADEOLPIII.I.
IMPORTER of fine Funscrt Titussns, combin
ing extreme lightness, ease and durability
with correct construction.
Hernial or ruptured patients can be suited by
remitting amounts, as below :•—Sending mun
ber of inches round the hips, and stating side
:Met ed.
Cost of Single Truss, $2, $3, $4, $5. Double
—ss, $6, $5 and $lO.
Instructions as to wear, and how to effect a
cure, When possible, sent with the Truss.
Also for sale, in great variety, ,
Dr. Banning's Improved Neat Body BraeP,
For the cure of Prolapses Uteri : Spinal Props
and Supports, Patent Shoulder Braces, Chest
Expanders and Erector Braces, adapted to all
with Stoop Shoulders and Weak Lungs : Eng
lish Elastic Abdominal Belts, Suspensories,
Syringes—male and female.
la - Ladies' Rooms, whit Lady attendants.
August I.lf-1y
Allentown Academy.
THE Fall Term will begin on Monday, thin
A of September.
I. N. Gregory, A. M., Principal.
Mr. E. B. Hartshorn, Assistant.
Miss Alice Moore, Precepiress.
Miss Lucy Moore, Assistant.
Miss Gibson, Teacher of the Primary Depart
runts.
Mrs. Gregory Teacher of Music.
The teachers are able,' faithful and persever
ing, and will earnestly exert themselves to se
cure the improvement of their pupils.
R TES OP TUITION PER TERM OF
ELEVEN. WEEK'S.
Common English Studies, $4 00 and $4 50
Higher " • " 500 " 550
with Classical,
and French,
Music,
use of Piano for practice,
Fuel for Winter,
August 15.
ATID3II2°3 11D13111
In the thphan's Court of Lehigh County.
In the matter of the account of
Solomop Weaver, Executor of the last
ti; • will and testament of Hannah Zols.
loft; deceased, late of Upper Saucon
township, Lehigh county.
And now August 27,1855, the Court appoint
John F. Ruhe, Esq., to audit and resettle the
said account, and make distribution according
to law.
From the Recnrds.
.1. W. MICKLEY, Clerk
MEI
The auditor above named will attend to the
duties of his appointment, on Friday the 28th
day of September, next, at 10 o'clock in the fore.
noon, at the house of Jacob Schleifer, in the bo•
rough of Allentown, when and where all per
sons interested may attend if they think proper.
JOHN F. RUHE, Auditor.
t-3"'
Sept. 5.
• New Mess Shad. •
N EW No. 1 Saytrook Shad in
rife,tl half barrels just receiv
-449”0,‘):4:1 ed and for sale at the Store of.
THOMAS B. WILSON
July 25. 11-4 w
Ildlthat 11211112 R,
Vctiofc to Total iiiih &mut Illeturi i Agrirtiffurt, eburtition, 31nraiiftj, Sinitairnictit, 3tarlats,
VOLUME IX.
Orphan's Court Sale,
BY Virtue and in pursuance of anorder issued
out of the Orphan's Court o6the county o
Lehigh, there will be exposed to public sale on
Saturday the 22d day of September, at 10
o'clock in the forenoon, upon the premises, the
following described property, viz
A certain tract of land, situa-
ted near Trexiertown, on the public road lead
ing front Trexlertown to Schantz's Mill, in Up
per Macungie township, Lehigh county, bound
ed by lands of David Sehall, Peter Kr:mimes.
Jonas Kr:mulles, John Butz, and Benjamin
'Mintz. containing 105 acres and 5 rods,
whereof 12 or 13 acres is excellent woodland,
and the balance of the best farm land in the
county, and in a high state of cultivation. The
improvements thereon are a two-story frame
. Dwelling House )
iiqSwiss Barn, and all other necessary
S - 74 t:
outbuildings, and a most excellent
apple orcharad : also a very rich iron ore bed.
Persons desirous to purchase, if they wish to
vie % the property, will please call on Elizabeth
Hain , residing on the property, or on Solo
mon k tiler, in Trexlertown.
Bein the real estate of John 'Mintz, de
ceased, late of the township of Upper Macuugy
and county afore::aid.
'kilns on the (lay at the place of sale, and
due attendance given by
1117, ABET] HATNTZ. Admcs
SI /IMAMS KUllllt.
By the Court : J. W. Mickley, Clerk.
Aug 2).
Lehigh' County High. School
al I E 192 F 7 t.l S •
rplIE Lehigh County nigh School will emu
inence the third session on Monday, Octo
Ler 1855.
The course of instruction will embrace the
dilferen bralwiteS of a thorough English EduCa
tion and Voeitl and Instrumental Music, with
the French. (;erman and-Latin languages.
• Young Ladies and Gentlemen, who may wish
to study the art of teaching and may desire of
becoming Professional Tenehers are requested
to inquire into the merits of the High School.
There will be no extra charges made filr stu
dents who wish to study Astro s tlea, Phiioso•
phy, and Mathematics. The 111 tsPlu County.
High School can boast of having one of the
best Telescopes now in use, and also all the
Philosophical and Mathematical Instruments
which are required to facilitate a student. •
The session will last live months. The ,
charges are ten. twelve. and . fourteen dollars per
session, according to the advancement of the
scholar. Au additional. charge will be made
to such students who may wish to study
French. German, Latin and Music.
Boarding can be obtained at very low rates in
private families in the immediate vicinity of the
school, or with the Principal at from 50 to till
dollars per session. according to the age. Eve
rything is included, such as Within, washing,
fuel and lights. The building will be fixed sic
as to accommodate one hundred students, and
the Principal, will be aided by good, and expe
rienced assistants also in Penmanship.
For Circulars and other Mformarion, address
JAMES S. SHOEMAKER. Principal,
Etnaus, Lehigh County.
C. IV. Codium, Esq., Cashier of the Bank of
AI lent own.
TitomAS B. Coor:En., AI. D., Coopersbnrg.
C. P. DwEENsitiEn, M. D.. Lower Milford.
MARTIN KEMMERER, Esq., Salsburg.
ToostAs BITRICIIALTEIt. Enpnans.
JACOBY, Lower Macungie.
SAMUEL KEMMERER, Esq., Upper Milford.
Ennuis, Sept. 12. Ti—tf
(;00d 'ti mes , GOOd nes •
are before •tl.e doors of the penple of Lchuth.
North Impti.o. Bucks and Carbon conntre, 1.4
he Railroad is now c.tinpltted front New 1"-r1;
and Philad.lphia Io Atientown. Mondat
last the it am.,, , r cats rap over ihv entire road foi
the first time, and there were something. let,
ihan 1(111 cars in the train, and I suppose they
have all stopped at
JOSEPH STOPP'S CHEAP CASH STORE,
In Allentown, at Ni, 41, coiner of liatnitto
6 00
Eighth streets, near inp,rlilTiiai; lintel, for
passed his Store, and by the looks of the ire
inendous quantity of goods Stopp and his clei
were unpacking I am sure that the depot must
be right at his Store, and that the whole train of
cars must have been loaded with Goods fur
Stopp.. We all stopped and !poked with aston
ishment at the piles of Shawls, De Lains, Silks,
Merinoes, Persian Cloth, Cashmere, Alpaca,
Calicoes, &c., from the floor to the ceiling, the
goods all new sty es. Then I looked to th e,
other side of 'the Store, and 10, and behold, my
eyeS were greeted with perfect mountains or
Goods, consisting' of Cloths, cassimeres, Salt,
netts. Kentucky Jeans, Flannels, Muslins, Table
Diapers, Toweling, Stocking Yarn, and Stook
ings, Gloves, Mittens, Woolen Comforts, Car
pets, Oil Cloths, Glass and Queensware; Looking
Glasses, Knives, Porks,Spoons, &c. Then
one of the clerks showed me in another room,
there he had piles of
7 50
8 00
2 00
50
Heady Made Clothing,
such as coats, vests, pants and over coats,
all of their own manufactory,and he showed me
the prices of some of their goods, then . I said I
don't wonder that all the people sav that Dan
Rice has the best show and Joseph tittipp the
cheapest Cash Store.
.Si ph 12
A.11:1()%11;11eA Court.
yOtice is hereby given, that an adjourned Court
of Common Pleas, will be held in the
Court House in the Borough of Allentown, on
Friday the sth day of October next, at 10
o'clock, A. M.
F. E. Saxons, Prothonotary.
Sept. 10. IT-8w
REFERENCES
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InD.1111:1 3D1111114a1---Blilliallial 1111 IPCIIII2Mc,
ALLENTOWN, PA., SEPTEMBER 26, 1855.
Election Proclamation.
Pursuant to the act of General Assembly of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, passed the
24 day of Jul.?, 1838, 1., NATHAN WEILMIt,
Sheriff of Lehigh, do hereby give public notice
to the electors of the aforesaid county, that a
General Election Will be held in the said coun
ty, on the second Tuesday in October next
(which will be the Oth of said month,) for the
purpose of choosing by ballot :
ONE PERSON for Canal Commissioner of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ;
.ONE PERSON to represent the district com
posed of the counties of Lehigh and Northamp
ton in the Senate of Pennsylvania ;
TWO PERSONS to represent the district
composed of the counties of Lehigh and Carbon
in the Legislature of Pennsylvania :
ONE PERSON fur Treasurer of the county
of Lehigh :
ONE' PERSON fur Commissioner of the
county of Lehigh :
ONE PERSON for Coronor of the county
of Lehigh :
ONE PERSON for Director of the Poor in
the county of Labi n h :
ONE PERSON for Auditor of the county of
Lehigh
THREE PERSONS fur Trustees of the Acad
emy in Allentown ;
The electors of the county of Lehigh afore
*said, on the said second Tuesday of October
next, will meet at the several districts composed
of the boroughs and the several townships fol
lowing to ‘vit
The electors of the North ward, in the bor
ough of Allentown. will hold their election at
the house-of Samuel Moyer.
The electors of South Ward, in the borough
of Allentown, at the house of George Wether
hold.
The electors of Lehigh ward, at the house of
Joseph Ilex:
The electors of Salisbury; township, at the
house of John Yost, in said township.
The electors of youth Whitehall township.
at the ho• se of Alexander W. Loder, in said
township.
The electors of Hanover township, at the
house of Charles Hitler, in Rittersville.
The electors of Upper Saucon township, at
the house of James in said township.
The electors of Catasamput, at the house of
Muses Allnigh, in said borough. .
The electors of Weisenbrirg township, at the
house of Mrs. Ann Leiser, in said township.
The electors of Ileidellierg township. at the
house of Henry German. in said township.
The electors of ‘Vashington township, at the
house of D. Peter. in said township..
The (lectors of North \V hitchall township,
at the house or Jacob 11.)th, in said township.
The 'eh etors of Lowhill township, at the
house of Jacob E. Zimmerman, in said town
ship.
The electors of rpper Macungie township, at
the liodse of Addison Erdman. in F'ogelsville.
The electors of lower Macungie township, at
the house of Henry Milhouse, in Millerstown.
The electors of Upper Milford township. at
the house of George Beck, in said township.
The electors of Lower Milford township, at
the house of Benry Dillinger, in said township.
The electors of Lynn township, at the house
of David Bleiler. in said township.
The General Election in the said several dis
tricts to be opened between - the hours of eight
and ten in the threnoon, and shall contiv ne
without interrupt ion or adjournment until seven
Mlle evening—when the polls shall be closed.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN,
That every person except Justices of the
Peace, :11ilitia• and Borough officers. who shall
hold any office or appointment of profit or trust
unuler the Unit ell States or any city or corpora
led district, whether a commissioner, officer or
agent, who is ou• shall be employed under the
legislative - . executive Or judiciary department
of the State, of the United States, or any in
corporated district, and also that every member
of the State Legislature, and of the select or
common council of any eity, or commissioners
of any incorporated district, is by law incapa
ble of building or exercising at the same time
the office or appointment of judge, inspector or
clerk, of any election of this Commonwealth,
and that no other officer of such election shall
be eligible to he voted 1111'.
The return Judges to meet
.at the Court
House in the borough of Allentown, on Friday,
the 12th day of October,. 855.
NATHAN. WEILER, eri
GOD SAVE TILE COMMOtiWEALTLI
Sherifrs Office, Sept. 12, 1855.
A SLY HINT TO M BN AND BOYS.— if you
want to tiny a cond. cheap pAle of pants, coat or
vest, please call at Stopp's Cheap Cash Store.
N. B —And if you want money please pass
down on the other side and don't look at Stopp's
Cheap Cash Store.
THE undersigned hereby gives notice that he
I intends to make application to the Court
of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, to be holden
in and for the. County of Lehigh on the Mt day
of November next, for a license to 'sell Vinous,
Spirituous, Malt and Brewed Liquors, at his
store, at the corner of Tenth and Hamilton
streets, in the borough of Allentown, iu the
county of Lehigh aforesaid.
EDWARD SCHANTZ.
:Allentomi, Sept. 12. ¶-3w
(0-The fever is raging all over the country,
among rich and poor, old and young, high and
low, to go to the Allentown Fair on the Ist of
October, and stop at Stopp's Cheap Cash Store.
TV di •0 a 1.111a4
=
A pleasure wagon of the
newest style is offered for
sale. Application to be made
at this office. The wagon is
new, just from the Workshop.
1I —tt
Aug; 20
• job Printing,
Ncatly.Faccuted at the ." Register office."
The Fate of the Seducer,
A TRUE STORY
Tho beautiful village of Corpus Christi, in
Texas—which signifies in English, " Body . of
Christ"—lies half encircled in the bosom of its
placid bay—that bay whose depths are radiant
with shoals.of shining scales, and whose sur
face is dimpled with the continuous flash of wan
ton wings, as many and almost as variegated
as blossoms in the neighboring prairies. Very
beautiful IS it in spring—and a joyous time is
it there too even in the winter months ; for
then the liC l rds of bison return from their north
ern excursions in the rich meadows of Kansas.
and the " watering places" of wide Nebraska,.
rejuvenated, like those human children of the
south who have spent the summer at Saratoga
or Newport. It was here resided for more
than a dozen years, the now famous Colonel
Kinney, of Nicaragua Expedition fame, the first
American settler in the valley. the proprietor
of the village site, and of a large section for
twenty or thirty miles around it. During his
sojourn here, the adventurous Colonel labored,
by all possible means, to people and civilize
the country, and to make a city of Corpus
Christi. In the undertaking he spent a fm•-
tune. Thousands Of dollars were sunk every
year with the auger that attempted to bore an
Artesian well : but the water obstinately re
fused to flosi, or even to be found. Every offer
was held out to induce emigration—the free
gift of farms, and the loan of stock to supply
them. Yet this munificence failed in its object.
The citizens of the northern states are slow to
seek so hot a latitude, and the southern planter
dared not venture, with his slaves, so near the
Mexican line ; and so the great land speculation
resulted in actual loss to it over-sanguine pro
jector. However, population has continued to
cone in gradually, but composed mostly of
a class that may be well exemplified in the
occurrences which I am about to relate.,
It was my first visit to Corpus Christi, and
I had sauntered out in the suburbs to inhale
the balm of the cool air in an evening n•all..—
Upon reaching a somewhat remote point, I
discovered two persons rapidly approaching
each other from opposite directions, and in
lines that intersected the path of my course.—
Both these individuals were thoroughly armed.
for, being without coats, their large duelling
pistols and bowie knives showed distinctly.
even at a distance. T did not, however, regard
the circumstance as at all singular, as it was
the universal custom of the place to carry
deadly weapons, and an instance to the contrary
would have been the subject of remark. As
the men came near each other, I saw that they
were agitated by powerful excitement. They
paused face to face. about four yards apart.
with alierce stare of defiance, and one of them
scowled with a look of hatred that was appall
ing to behold.
The two foes—for ns to their relation of
unmitigated enmity there could not be a doubt
—presented a great difference in their charac
teristics of person. Ono was very tall, at least
six feet four inches in height ; of a lean but
extemely athletic frame ; with features angu
lar, yet still comely, and wearing that open,
reckless expression, which .tells so plainly of
wild life in the woods of daring achievements,
and death perils triumphantly passed.
The physical appearance of the other fur
nished the strongest possible contrast. He
was of a small, slender make, with a face
almost transparent in its paleness, and having
the grace of Mild humanity and tenderness
stamped upon it as with a die, save when ruf
fled with the rage of passion. Only one draw
'dust be made from this picture. The
- -cels„unearthly black, and burn
fire, as to cause
the beholder to shrink involuntan • in their
[NM
eyes were in
tog with so strango, so fear
glance, as we shrink in spite of ourselves
the wild look of the insane
" I received your note, and have met you at
Your request. - Now, what do you want with
me, Mr. Barton ?" said the tall man, in a voice
perfectly calm, without any perceptible trace
of anger.
Does not your own conscience tell you what
I want. Captain Newman ?" replied the other
in tones rendered almost inarticulate by some
terrible emotion. so overpowering as to shake
every muscle of his frame.
" I am not afraid, that you well know,"
answered the one addressed as Captain New
man ; " but I do not wish to fight you, because
I have unintentionally injured you too much
already—at least, - so the world will judge."
" I did not come in search of a light :" said
Barton, " but I sought the interview to demand
justice—and that I will have, at the risk of my
own life and yours also !"
" And, pray, what do you call justice ?" re•
torted Newman, with lin impalpable sneer.
" I will - explain my meaning in a manner
that you cannot pretend to misunderstand,"
remarked the other, in placid accents, but
flashing a look of awful-menace from the depths
of his wild black eyes. " You have robbed me
of the affection of my wife," he added, in a
mournful voice ; " you have disgraced my in
nocent children, and rendered me the scoff of
the world ! Well, then, may I demand justice !
But what shall it be? I will tell you. To
morrow the District Court sits for Nueces
county. I have sued for a divorce, and I am
sure, to obtain it. Then Mrs. Barton will be
free again—free but ruined ! Now, can you
guess what I demand of you ?"
" I am not skilled in solving riddles," replied
Newman.
" I demand that you shall marry the woman
you have ruined, and it shall be so, or I will
have your life!" said Barton, in a voice that
actually made me shudder.
The effect of this unexpected declaration on
the other seemed also very great. He almost
staggered as if struck by the sudden blow of
a cudgel. He had come prepared for a mortal
combat—indeed, for such a contingency he
always stood prepared—but lie was not fore
warned or forearmed to meet this unlookcd
for appeal to his sense of generosity as well as
justice. After a moment's hesitation however,
lie rallied, and retorted iu fierce defiance :
" I am not to be frightened to do anything !
I would not even wed an angel, upon compul
sion : and as you have offered me the alterna
tive of a marriage with your wife, or a mortal
combat with yourself, I unhesitatingly choose
the letter. Name your time, place, and
second."
An expression of dreadful wrath darkened
the countenance of Barton. and I fully believed
that he was going to raise his pistol and ~ . .hoot
the other dead in his tracks. But if such really
were his intention he abandoned it instantly,
and answered, in quiet accents, touched with a
sound of indescribable sadness :
"Captain Newman, do not deceive yourself.
Betwixt you and me there can never be a
duel: In no sense are we equal. To me you
are worse than a murderer, while 'I never in
jured a hair of your head ; and shall take care
that you never harm me again.. In plain
terms, I will not stake a life which belongs to
my helpless little children, whom your, cruel
lust has deprived of a mother, against that of
a wretch like you. But I now tell you, and
fin• the last time, that if you do not marry
that unfortunate woman—your guilty victim,
and accomplice in my ruin--I will not give
you the substance of a chance, but will slwot
you down like a dog wherever I find you!"
and lie immediately turned on his heel, and
hurried away without uttering another word,
or noticing the defiant shouts with which New
man endeavored to call him back.
On my return to the tavern, I detailed to the
landlord,. and old acquaintance, the scene of
which I had been in a manner an involuntary
spectator. "I am not in the least astonlshed,' ,
was his remark ; and Barton is the :nail to
keep his word."
He then proceeded to narrate the personal
histories of the two foes, of which the following
•
is an abbreviated sketch : .
Barton, it seems, had descended from a
family once of immense wealth in South
Carolina ; but misfortunes had robbed them of
all their riches, and this son of a proud race
had been forced into a counting house as a
mere clerk for a livelihood. In New Orleans_
he won the affections of a very beautiful wo-
man, the daughter of a well-known physician.
to whom ho was united, in opposition to the
wishes of her parents, and by whom he had
several intelligent and very promising phildren,
such as might fill any father's heart with pride.
As his family increased faster than his means
for their support, he was induced by those
vague illusions of romance that always charm .
us in the distance, to seek a home farther west,
and accordingly he settled in San Antonio.—
And here'the lint heavy misfortune befell him.
One of those ruffianly bullies, or rather human
brutes, that too often infest the frontier, made
proposals to Mrs. Barton, which she rejected
with. scorn. But not satisfied with this, the
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vengeance, which in such cases, nature incites
and almost nature itself commands. But the
wretched victim did not appear, on that day,
to even dream of retaliation., He raved it is
true ; yet it was only with the delirium of grief
—not with that of anger. Ho took in his arms
his youngest daughter—always the darling of a,
father's heart—and carrying the little innocent
scarcely two years of age, and unconscious of
her own inexpiable disgrace, and wondering
much at her parent's unusual tears, he made the
circuit of the village revealing to all the terrible
tale of his wrongs, weeping all the while as if his
heart Would break.
The following day, however, he was in a more
iational mood ; and the husband and wife, who
had been embarked in the same vessel on this
troubled sea of lifts fur more than fifteen long
years, formally, without any harsh recrimina
tion, or words of bitter strife, separated their
.destinies forever. The only complaint which
fell from the lipg of the wronged one embraced
but a single sentence : "Oh ! Mary, how
could you treat me so 7" What a sigh of un
utterable Jove ! What a wall of infinite an
guish ! The wife went home to her mother,
residing on the Brazos, several hundred miles
distant, and the unhappy husband immediately
sued for a divorce. Such was the story llama..
ted by my landlord ; and it perfectly accounted
for the scene I had previously witnessed, and
prepared me to witnesss the remainder of the
tragedy yet to be enacted.
The next day opened the District Court for
the county, and Sometime in the first week
Barton obtained his divorce, as no opposition .
was offered by the defendant, and the proof of
adultery was most conclusive. But afterwards.
days, weeks, and even months elapsed ; and
Captain Newman, although ho visited the di-
vorcee on several occasions at her mother's
and a regular correspondence was kept up be
tween them, evinced no signs of a tendency
towards marriage ; nor did Barton again ad-
dreSs him on the subject, or notice his presence
in the village at all, save by a writhing smile
of the utmost hatred, and a terrible flash of
those burning black eyes, whenever, by chance
they passed each other in the streets
This long delay of what was genefally re
garded as an act of . merited vengeance, aston
ished the community immeasurably. The
could not comprehend what it
had frequen
of war, and in many deadly perils, on forlorn
hopes and in the discharge of the most arduous
-
duties, acquitted himself with such unexam
pled bravery, and guided by so much prudence ` i
beyond his age, that he won the commission of
a captain ; and from that day forward his
name is identified with the western history of .
his state. He fought in the bloody streets of
Mier, where he was made a prisoner. lie
marched in the ill starred expedition to Santa
Fe, and was conducted a captive to the Halls
of the Montezumas ; and after his liberation ho
participated, or commanded in many severe
battles with the Indians. Besides,,ho accom
panied the army of General Taylor to Monterey
and Buena Vista ; and only the year before his
death was the captian of the company of ran=
gets enlisted to protect the valley of the Rio
Grande from savage depredations. For his sirf
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vices in the Texan Revolution, he received large
donations of land, and adding to this by his
own industry and enterprise, as real estate
rose in value he unexpoetededly found himself .
wealthy. He had hitherto borne a stainless
reputation—was kind and gencrous..to all the
world, except Mexicans and Indians ; and
what is very remarkable, he appeared to bo en
tirely exempt from the ordinary weakness of
humanity, which prompts so many heroic
spirits to throw away the laurels gathered on
the field cf Mars in the lap of laughing Venus ;
for, although bordering on his thirtieth birth
day, no one, as yet, could accuse Captain New
man of ever having been in love.
How guilty passion originated between
and the wife of Barton has not transpired ; hilt
even if it were all known a decent writer
should blush to detail it. A description of
such scenes is as base a work as the selling of
lascivious pictures. And truly, in this case, the
Inception of the crime seemed an inexplicable
mystery : and everybody that heard the dark
story, wJndered how a wife, apparently so af
fectionate—a mother so devotedly and even
foolishly fond of her children— a woman of tho
most relined intelligence and unblemished char
acter— should so suddenly be hurled from her
sphere of elevated purity, and, like a fallen star,
to rise again no more ! Indeed, such sins aro
enough to make one marvel.
I was told, by those who witnessed the sight
that it was awfully piteous to behold the un
speakable woe of poor Barton, when he was
first made aware of the depth of his shame.—
Every one expected to see him snatch up his
rifle and hasten to satisfy .the burning thirst fur