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THE PALMETTO" SHIECII VOL-l. Rates of advertising. Die Square, first Insertion %] oo To each siilwequent ?urrtin *. 59 One Square, six montim. . ’ 9 o<l One Square, twelve months 12 0) Liberal deduction will be made for con tact advertisements. Enough to pay for composition will be Miarged for change of advertisements. All articles published fr the benefit o parties or individuals, at their iwn solicitation will be charged for as advertisement?. ATES OF SU3ORM TO N copy f,f the one year, $ 2 00 Three copins of the paper one year,.... 5 00 ** copies of the paper one year, 800 Ten copies ol Ibe paper one year 15 00 InvariatHy in Aduancn. &3~ Communications solicited from all sec tions, but in no instance will tin y be inserted *i bout the name of the writer accompany t bem. p3T- Address all communications to O A. CANTU FILL, CONMUniLITI Ei-t. Into my lu-art a silent look Fla lied from thy c roless eyes, An l what before me was shadow, took T to light of summer skies. A first-born love was in that look— The Venus rose from out the and eps Of thine inspiring eyes. My life, like some sad, lone’y spot, A spirit pisses o'er, Grew instinct with, a glory, mt In earth or heaven before. S .veet trouble stirred the haunted spot And shook the leaves ol every ihougt The spirit wandered o’er. My bMil;* yearocl and crept to thiue~" As though, in line of yore, My heart had been a pari, of thine , Aaq claimed it back once more; Thy very self.no lonaer thine’ w a ■' "and in that delicious life Tbit ra.ij •<■>:• c j ore. There bloom and around fh e forms as fir, There murmured tones “s sweet; But o’er thee breathed th’ enchant'd air ’Twas life—’twas death, to meet, An henceforth thou alone wert (air, And though the 'tars had sung for joy > Thy whispers only sweet! FBO3 TEX IS. LAMPASAS, TEXAS, March 8, 1813. Ed Pa/ Shield, Si Enclosed please find Dc * i-ntive Circultr of Lampasas Count? *nd ius trt it or any potion of it; you y tit n’< will ho iff interest to you l tilers, in your coliiini s; creditor g m same to the Lampasas Dispatch, access to my worthy Teacher, Prof. Gr.surge Looney, as well as to your com mendable paper and enterprising little JULIUS C. LAX DRUM, * . Public Free .School, Lampasas, Texas. DISCItIPTIVE CIP.CULAR,OF LAM PASAS COUNTY T EXAS. We Gall the attmtiia of Im migrants who are looking Westward to the various advantage* piescnted by Lampasas County. We claim no sup'ri-u-ity, we exhibit no oxaggera tion, but simply assert, that in point of soil, locality ami salubrity of cli-r mate, we staid co-equal will) our sister counties, am! cordially invite the industi ions, toiling thousands, of all countries, to come and see a “poor man’s country, ad partake with u the many bounties Providence has been pleased to b *sta .v u,)nii us. Era Locality. Lampasas County lies in about SI w N. Latitude, and 21 c Longitude West, f om Washington city; is bounded on the West by Beli and Coryell, on the West by Sait Saha, on the Noith by ,Blown aid IlaHiilti n, on the South by Burnet ard Williamson conn ties. The high grounds and hills, call id the divide’ which sei arate the wa ters of the Brazos and Colorado’ p >ss through tiiis comity. The Surface Is high and lolliig, uud in parts mountainous with a noditai portion of valley land; the scenery everywlr i<J is wild, romantic, nd beaut ifuilly picturesque; the mi nnlains and table Lands Give us led ar and lost—oak,, snd a Sciub- Oik, wjicli, in season.-, yield an im mense mast. In the valleys ad on the margin of streams we have an ex cellent quality ' f timbri. av-ilnble many purposes; the .Prairies are cover ed with a variety of i utritious ras.se among which the Mesquit [ledimi nates. The S il. V aiie according to locality, from bl ck nlluvj al, to b<ack and chocolate colon and san £^METTO I _GEOROiA, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 2(i. !Rr> i in dis very productive. Wheat i Corn, IruW. ..at-, Rye and other small grains, are cnl'ivated succcs | fully—the K* p..,rt of the Agricultural I Bureau for July amt August 1812 j plain s Campus is County among the Best wheat-growing counties in the •State Vegetables of every discrip tiou, and frui; flourish as well here as any portion cl South-VVesreru Texas VVate r 1 lie Count? is well watered, havin _ the Colorado river m ‘it iVester boundary, and the Lampasas rive, with its numerous tributaries, within her Eastern limits, Insoles iuriumcra ble springs flowing ft, inr the in mi tai.is, tire strenns abound with firli and t lie mountains aurl forests with almost every variety of game. Lim estone and Sandstone of excellent quality lire found in abtindanceforbuild g and fencing purposes. An immense Ped of vaiiegated Mai ble is found on Lynch’s creek in the county. 'I HE PoITI.A! NTI Of Lampasas County is estimated ut 2400, and with the exception of 15 or 20 aie entirely of the White race! This is Emphatically a White Man’s Country ! Stock- raising. For maiiv years was the principal puisuit of our people but wit in the past lour years, much attention has been bestowed upon tanning, and w L ‘ are now rapidly progressing in agri cultural attainments, and we wi*ll soon compare with older counties in this industry. The Drouth. The calamity, so appalling to Im migrants, is tendered almost harmless by prudent culture and the irrcsistable and unmistakable vitality of the soil, witness; In the year 1871 we experi enced the seveiest drouth that ever visit' and this (action,our farmers, not withstanding the severe pressure, rais ed a lull crop of wheat, and with few exceptions, half a emp of corn; and those who took time by the forelock planting early ami t, tiding well —realiz ed an overage crop of corn; this year full crops ol corn and wheat have been raised. Corn selling at 50 cts. pr. bu. Wheat fr. <in 75 cts. to SIOO pr. bu. Beef from 2£ to 3 cts. pr. lb., Milch cows, 15a20 dollars pr. head. Educational. There are in the town of Lampasas one High School (private), and two Public Schools, each numbering over forty pupils, besides, Private and Pub lic Schools in nearly every neighbor hood in the county, all of which arc generally well attended. The Price. Of Land ranges from one to three dollars, pr- acre for good arable unim proved; improved tracts command a higher price Stocks o t Cattle, llrse Sheep and Hogs, can be furnished to Immigrants upon as reasonable terms, Mid can be had elsewhere. Sober and industrious laboring men are encour aged and will fiul no difficulty in pro curing employment at remuneration rates. „ The Town. Of Lampasas, the county seat, is situated on the Sulphur fork of Lam pasas river, and is one of the handsom ost.liv eliest and most flourshing town 'll South-Western Texas; has a popn laiioii of ab out 1200 inhabitants, lies 02 miles X- of Austin, the Capital of the State; the town : s noted far two celebrated Great Sulphur Springs, ly ing. ti e one in t&c Northern, the other ■n the Southern suburbs, the Curative Properties of whose waters have been fully tested by thousands wh visit them annually. The Route. T<> Lampasas. Take Shipping a New Orleans fo Calves on, thence by Railroad to Austin, thence by Tri weekly Stage, or suitable conveyance over good road to Lampasas. A number of prominent eitiz'tis nu ll riz *t'n; un I • r,igned lo issue the a hove D (SCl iptive Circular, piepnru’on to tlm organization of an Immigrnlio* Society in this comity. All c. mmm.i cations addressed to the undersigned for further information will rec- iv e prompt attention. Respectfully" Sub mitted. THOMAS PRATT Lampasas, Texas, Oct 20, 1872. CHRISTINE A WAKE I Dex.vjs was too mneli stunned and be wildord to do more than instinctively work his way to the windward as the ' 1 v point ofsafety, hut the fire was now becoming so b-aod In its sweep that to'do this was and fficult. The aw. f nl evni-l he had witnessed seemed to partially paralyze him , for he knew that the oath, lo t ns the scorchi: g names, was scarcely uttered before Mr. Lndolplr’s lips were closed, for ever. He and his ambitious dream perished in a moment, and he was summoned to the other world to learn what his proud reason scoffed at in this. J'or a block or moio Dennis was passiv. ly borne along by the rushing mob. Suddenly a loud voice seemed to shout almost in his ear: Ihe north side is burning!*. 1 and he starUd as IV. m a dream. Tit though' of Christine flashed upon him, peri li i"S perhaps in the flamds. Lie re membered that now she had no protec tor, and that he for the moment had fur gotten hei; though in truth lie never imagined that he north side would burn. In an agony of fear and anxiety he’ put forth every effort of which lie’ was capable, and tore through the croivl* as if mud. Tlieie was no way ot getting across the river;now, save; b; toe L. Salle Street tunnel. Lrto this dark passage he? plunged with multitude of others. It was ind eed as uear Pandemonium as any earthly condition could le. Driven forward b> the swiftly puisuing flames, hem uicd, in on every side, a shrieking," ten or.stricken thiong rushed u to the dlack cave tr. Evciy moral dfleience was represented theie. , . f who icd abandoned lives were plainly their guilty con scicncvs finding exdiosiori in thcii In id lue s. Ihese jostled the (fined and ucncitc lady, in the a u fuf democracy of the hour, brushed abaiiiat thief and li a r lot. Little children wailed for there lost ban nts, and many were trampled m.. tier foot, parents cried fur tljeir chil 'Len, women shriekeds for their hus is bi nd, s. rne praying, many cor-il with oaths ~s hot as the flames that crackled near. Multitudes were in no’ other costumes save those in which they sprang from their buds. Alto gether it,wjs a strange iuepo*r lr .us wit thing mass of humanity such us the *or and Lever looked upon, pouring into what might seem, in its horrors, the mouth of hell. As Dennis entrered the utter darkness t< i .'LHd rear smote I,is ear that might have appalle 1 the stoutest heart but lie was now oblivious to every thing save Christine s danger. With set teeth he put hi ß shoulder against the living mass and pushed with the strongest till he emerged into the glare of the north side. Here escaping from the throng somewhat, be made Ids way rapidly to the LuJolph mansion, which to his joy he found was stilt considers bly to the windward of the fire. But Lorn the southwest he saw that an nth r Hue of flame was bearing down upon it. The front door was locked, and the house utterly dark. Heruugtl.e bell, furiously, hut there was no resoonae' He walked around under the window ami shouted, but the place remained ‘K dark and silent as a toinl) He pounded on the door, but its massive thickness admitted of a leverbera- lion. 1 hey must have esca .ed,” he said • hut, merciful, heaven, there must be nn uncertainty in tin’s eaS( ,_ VV-hat shall I do ?” The windows of the lower story were " st, ' ,,n ? , y fD'areled and hopeless but one .peeing on tr le Imleony of Christ "K's Studio seemed practicable if it he reached- A.hulf. gr0 w„ elm ')( ( Us giaceful branches overfthe m coi.y, and Dennis knew the tough and fibrous nature of ,|,is tree, In the New England woods of his early fi, ,ne he had learned to cl nrb for nut J Oku- a >1 'rel, and so with no great oiflficulty . n ’ .**■ and dr,, PP ed ini .in oveihaiig-iiio Hr llP j. ; a i ® ,ICM •<> trie vuntu^e ; ■ Rhe sought. The window was down .ste, l 1 h- h"t the lower sash ,„ s ht ,." , i . I? <' con'd see the catch he 'k™ i,S”r.rrii ll " . awn Ren Christine f wl,, ar ,! ih.%* ■ ; 'here was no sound He | -““.5,1 v raised the sash and stepped hat a rush of memories game over !“' “ B i' i ,ookpd the fami ia, place Iheie was the spot where he -Ntood and asked for th e | ove | lttl had valued m .re than life There.;'sto o u he easel where tlirono-h m ■* • •sr* 2rsr t Ba“" r '"™ "kl C, HWww.k.t ror prompted , f,eSi r d her ter. ftantoffi; 1 ':; 1 1,, r Btre "Kt PC. that she coul ~. le cried 'apid rush earn'd °" e ‘' r ' B ' ,t . tl,is diate i < ril ”aid I r,n ol)t "I imme fij'ng throng ‘ piP J ß "" gll ' t ., ". ,e,n i,,to the Zz::,r¥^ ‘-’timh nly Chi is line uttered a R i cy of pain. St e had , sl,ar I' *■ aj-r. :.;r “ * b “' first time, i„ | ler ® for feet were bare ,lat Lor . ” 01 ’’ wi *at shall I dof”' K |,, • , P-teously- hnipin- , , bUo oa DemuV arm. ‘ CUI,,U = heavily 11 n C- I ' l 3u save „,t? Oh and, can save „ le? B , L . m ‘ . Ido J”" of fear. ,u an agony T ,'p e | BtJle j '> l *i. ;■ A “J Wilh l)is handkerchief. P ‘a ‘"° l . H •nu f wneis gone Atm . I,I S Ch.istine in to „ Cur * ..! b ell w, P ,n g another hand-k,, , over them. ucs °* JJ “ttle I deseive a || thi ß |'. word* amply repaid him ' ' ,e '‘ S PUl ° UtLer - d clung 1 ! Dh, we shall perish li,. afraid?” A,<S * uu *>“l “Xm 101I 01 Ur> Mi " Gatiolphs’’ -vot for yourself?” ‘‘-'o! Why shouhl I? I am gufe - - “* would give worlds f, your be , ie “GW quick!’,’ cried he, and they J ° ,ned dle fugitives, and for a hujf | pressed f i ward as f->-( . ! ,lou Gle through (heVI V I P ° 6SI •ucrelv now and then" S Wo,d self carried to ' h:t 'ed to one side, and luP;.,. r lr " ™, .rioidi.;,;" I"'* 1 "'* ••Awful - awful jn f’butidenng (, ri( . cdi r.ao scenes and danger were beginn.ng to over power her. A little farther thrv r r '-■* k -t.h;;,gh da : l ;; 0 v l ; l : of, ; and B „t t^dwayt,.rough Jdt T* 8 of ca ‘ iia -'’ ' and “moan beings, and.at last every Cilm ° tIJ “ dead iu k. Their „ tt f :: Pe WUS t 0 i" their place til, the living mass moved on again. trange, grotesque, Ka j beyond ( m(aS,, ' C U, '“ ; (l ‘e Tones by which ,: Vy W "‘ e 81111 ”1 i‘ded. By tL e side of 'he aristocratic Christine, now Bai rn CSS ol Lodolpb, Stood a stout Irish- W ' ,n, *° **"~c<u* - grnm in 2 squoalj, ,r her breast A77,(1,. m advance ah, ok-n„se,J spinster eairied iu a cage ■ '“"k-nosed P -hot, fret ke pt d.scrd antly cry mg, “Pwliy. want s ~ cracker A < Domin’ lc.lt a delicate lady ~f the highest social standing clasped t< U fu ' - y us 111 tlie luxurious nurse v l come. At her Side was * |j U | e J - CU,T > m - “ 8 a large w 4? re'||. A diamond necklace sparkled like a circle: of fin* around the lady’s net: Ifpr husband had gone to the south side, and she h.d had hot time to snatch this and her children. A crowd of obfeene rude profane r w!ies stood just behind them, and with brutal jest coarse laughter they passed around a whiskey bottle. One of these roughs cough' a glimpse of tin- diamond neck lace, and was putting forth his black ened hand (o grasp it, when Dennis pointed Gudgeon’s pistol at him and satJ: l his is law how!“ The fellow Rlu"k track Just before them whs a dray with a corpse hall Covered will, a blanket. The family sat arom and crying and wringr g their hands, and the driver stood on hts se. t, Closing and esticulating for those in advance to move on. Soinf moments passed, but there, was no progress. Dennis became very au sinus,for liie fire ws rapidly approac.i ing, andl the sparks were failing like Every few mameuts some wo mans dress wa ablaze, or someone struck by tire flyiug brands. Shrieks for help were heard on every side' Christine, being clad in woollen, escap ed this peril in part. She stood at Den nis aide trembling like a leaf, with her hands over her face to shut out th terrible sights- At last the driver, fearing for his life, sprang off his dray arid left a!] to their fate, But a figure look his (lace that thrilled Dennis, heart with honor. There on the high scat stood Snsie .W intbrop— rather Jits. Learned, The Light of insanity gl, wed in her eyes .her long hair swept away to the north and,turning toward the fiery tempest B he beut forward as if looking for some one. But after a moment she sadly shook,her head,,as if she had sought in vain. Suddenly she matched out her whi e auur towards the lire, an and rin g and sweet above th" h rrid diu: > ii't'lg lit v. )' fiery snow, Jiury png too. bury me dtp; > levels:*y e tl.y to.r.kn b !r. W ; ?1! .tiu u- Uat l u uy su j ! At this moment a blzing brand fe\ upon the horses’ beads; they started 'orward, and the crazed lady fell ovei on thpeorpse below. Tlie animals being thoroughly 'terrified turned sharp a round on the sidewalk, and tore their way right toward the fire, trampling those down in their track, and so van 'shed with their strangely assorted Uad Dennis fearing to stay any longer where ho wo*, determined to follow°iu there wake and find a street leading t tin; uo th less choked, even though might be nearer the fire, and so with his trimbling compauion lie pres, sed forward again. ltvo blocks below he fotiud one c< in paratively clear, but in terrible pr ox itniiy to the conflagration. Indeed, the h mses were burning ou each side, but the street seemed clear of flame. He thought that by swiftly rut B g they cmld get through. Bat Cmistine’ B strength was fast tailing her, and just as they reached the middle of tin block a tall In ich building fell across the street before them! Thus their only hat of escape was* blocked by a blazing mas of ruins that it would have Leen death to corss They sttnud lit mined in on even side, and Dt nnis groaned ,n agony Cliristiue U<k< and foi . Miami tli, impassable tit i v lan tr, tin n ul I),-n ids, i vvhns, face and-manner sin rend unutterable sympathy ioi herself and tiie tiuth fhibht and upon her. Wi'h a piercing shriek she 'fainted dead away in his arms. The foregoing pages ie lr<>m Bar ners Burned A iV , l.r Rev. E P . (IsleC’hi.piaiu in Ihe Army), lately published in one vol., | aiK , 12- ” e '* l 500 pagps, handsomuU bound in extra cloth, blank ami gold 1 i ice., $1.75. ° By Dwdd & Mead, 762 B.oudway, N w York, "ho will send it by mail post paid, on receipt of the price. To is stirr ivg f ,,j has Iren , unill V througn the columns of a prominent weekly paper, j, f a , t wilMli j, wuv lo an unexampled popularity” i> m ,w sell ">*. '“lt. a I ’-f h * U,h * : '> ;■** We 5,,.,,, Urm'to "1 vri! l li t ‘ i ahd p,wrl he‘trues'i* 1 . tu1,, ‘ h "t leu dollars exlmivjf i"ii ar a^,er having Otsf . " ,ke* a P d b f S " wl *ich Comes to build, we t Glt,eCl he a ” h ' 1 a,, ' J “ i',? graduate by Men cling snow flien he finds a p|, M n “ P ° tCl ' 1U a “ A 't>*ore, and thent" NO 41 repressing his pride,makes hi* way up sep by step The Contradictions if bis cliaiacter and position are made use of very .dramatically by the author Hie heioine is the picnd, cold daughter of the pro] r etor of this sl> re a German nolih Ilian by desooot. “The coin*e of the vicititudes of love vv. ich would naturally occur Lap. tween two such persons in such posit, ions are ably wrought out, and it is not until the Chicago fiiv that th barriers between them aro burner] a. way The plot aid chtractei iz itiou are excellent, and the story is full vf i life and excitenn ut.“ VTA KNT!ON ' T.WIX A hISTs. Tk asury Of Georgia: Ari.ANTA, March 10, 1873. Atr Act uf the ,'last Legislature *a ivorizes and directs the Governor to p-sue Ponds of Georgia to th r amount of twelve bundled thousand dollar* wit h intciest at Eight per cent, payable semi-annually in April and October' These Bonds will boar date Ist April 1873, and will beccino duein unnaal list ailments o*. O.VE UuNDRED THOUSAND DoI.r.ABS, on the Ist day of April, 1875, and the like amount ail tilths ame date each year . hereafter until the whole amotmt au thorized is paid to-wit: ou the Ist day of April, 188(1. Appropriation is made for th ir payment and the annual interest, in the act autlioi iziog their issue, which, being part of the cou lfct 1, Is Irrepp.alable. Being relieved from State, county and municipal taxation, their purchase amounts to almost a ten percent, in terest, to which the attention of Trustees, Guardians, Executors, 's especially called; an 1 as they are iscticd in part for redemption of overdue Bonds of ike State, most of fhicb best only six per cent, interest, they are efferrcl at par for thee securiliea. 1 heir number, sizes, and time payment will boas lollows, viz: 1,000 bond* of $250, ei.< h, due in 1875, 1870, 1877, 1878 SIOO,OOO 800 bonds of SSOO each, due in ISTt# 1880, 1831, 1882 400,000 400 bonds of SI,OOO each, due in 1883 1884, 1885, 1889 400.000 Tiie B inds are in the hands of the engraver, and will be ready for iasue reiy shortly utter they arc received from him. Meanwhile, all who desire to exchange or invest can, by forward ing their old or liitf currency to thiri department, leccivc if ilio bonds should not, be ready, drawing interest from the date of the bond*; inti on notice given of their completion the certificates can bo b. oi gUt forward and the bonds delivered. Go lie; of ootids to fust applicants. J 'UN' J. nb-i, Treasurer All the papers in the Stab* are iequ<-s ted to pile ball until ti e Ist of April and forward their accounts to the Tre asiuy for pr v n rut. That Pale, '■Tallowy Sfkia hi chaiigietl to one of freshm*i*s and nealtii. Those DiseaMCM of tile Skill. 1* imp lew. I’iintulcs, ICctcluis and Eruplifins arw removed. Kercfnla. Herofiilous UiitcnN of tlie Kyc.s, While Swelling?, litu’r*, \>l<l Rorrs or any kind of Humor rapidly dwindle and disappear under its influence. In fact it will do you more good, and cure you more speedily than any and all oUuu? preparations combined. What ii it It is na ture’s own restorer ! A soluble oxyd of iron odmbined with the medicin&l proueults uf Poke Hoot divested of all disagreeable tiling ties It will cure any i’lironlc or I*ona> A-tiiudiiig l)iN<tnK whose real or cause is bad blood, ltboauiafikni, Palin <n lalnibM or Koiion, 4'oUNtiluUaiM br#> keu down Uy Mercurial or other poisons, are nil cured by it. For ftyplailiw, or Synfal litic taint, there U notnfng equal to it. A trial it. ASK FOR OR. 'DR. CROOK’S WINE OF .TAR t A Ten Tears of a pnlrik it®? test has proved Dr.Crolok’R U laaeof'far to have more merit than any similar preparation ever oflterod to tlie public. It Is rtoli lu the medicinal quaMQeS ol TRr 1111(1 unequaled far diseases s c “uu. 4 a bos been proiuunxtotf a specifle &r fiudm oofll- H plaints. Few Plus| ibe pf MUe er Rack, I travel or filituey dta* • - ea*e,disou4se& of the ria , m mry OrsaiiiLiflunidtee: ot any I*iver C'ompJalut it lias ticx’qual. It is also a superior Tonic, Restores the Appetite. Strengthens tbe System. Restores the Weak ana Debilitated, Cansew Cite Food to Dlpmt, Removes Dyspepwia and InnkmUon, t l*reseai(s Malarious >Vv erw, Clives tone to your System.