The Morning Star. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 379, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 9, 1842 Page: 2 of 4
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THE MORNING STAR.
I dix to those journals.
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We lenrn from one of the passengers who arrived
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relief as their circumstances may demand.
New Cotton.—On Saturday last, twenty bales of.
I at first regarded the affair.as a silly md f it. ttempt _
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Five biles had been previously delivered from the same*
plantation on the 29tn uit.
We understand that in addition to these
24th ult., and notwithstanding the general gloom that pre-
vailed owing to the pecuniary embarrassments, the city
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Some persons seem to imagine that the importers of
foreign goods
are
SAM HOUSTON.
S.. Wright, with any-ol the ificersofthis Liove rnment
will
bo impeached. What the nature of these charges
are we
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search has been made for this bill, but no trace of it can
be found; consequently all the legislation upon this subject
the monetary embarrassments. Only two banks, the State
Bankof Louirinna and the Gas continue specie payments,
- and the bills of these banks are seldom seen in circulation
The bills of most of the other banks are at a discount
some present putpe
past.
vest on.
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• prohibited from whipping them from which my name is connected
the port at which they are entered to another port in the | ’
signed to have effect upon my memory, whe a l might n t
be.living to protect tnyself from an aspe rsion, as foui as its
■, but, upon
ve it ws de
fact of its having been within my reach nd control and
uncontradicted. ’ .
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of the dog star, nor any other cause will break the charm,
and let loose the angry passions to renew the scenes of
discord and wrangling that disgraced our fair city in its
early days.
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Having been unable to publish the following docume n's
at the same time with the journals of the Senate corres-
ponding to the dates on which they,were delivered to the
I Senate, we have concluded to publish them as an appm-
appearance. The commercial sections of the city are
almost deserted, and only a few heavy mercantile estab-
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and of slander, may beenteert d upon the journals o( thr
Senate—and that nothing whatever may : secretwit
by a majority of ten. The Editor of the New Orleans I
Bulletin thinks it will be passed by a large majority in
the House of Representatives. -
The collision between Great Britain and Maine, rela-
tive to the North Eastern boundary question, has prob—
Influenced by a due regard to my present and future
fame as an honest man, and by an earnest desire that,
whilst the memory of events is flilli fresh and witness s
l in market this season. It will be recollected that the
merchants of Houston, with the most commendable liber-
on this vessel, that New Orleans presents a mostdesolate
person. The Diario says “the Texians acknowledged
She brought out about 150 barrels of flour and aqnantity
of fruit. The flour was much needed here, for there has
crop of this great staple, are of the most fluttering charac-
ter. Experienced planters declare that the amount of
cotton raised in Texas this year, will be more than double
that which has been raised in any former year Our citi-
lishments continue business. This is owing chiefly to
' is the Jenson, that several hundred are expected in a few
weeks. The account from all quarters relative to the
dirculating medium. Such is the scarcity of money, that
very few sales are effected in any branch of business, and
produce of any kind is remarkably low. Flour is selling
at from $3 2 to 85 a barrel. The best of new flour can
be purchased for the latter price. The crops of wheat
in Ohio, Virginia, and other wheat growing States have
been immense, and it is confidently predicted that flour
will be lower this fall in the market of New Orleans than
it has been in any preceding year. The crops of cotton in
under what circumstances, &c , &c., has been received, in
reply to which I willherewith give you a co y s an , x
tract (of which I have a copy in my posst ssion) ol a l t-
new cotton were delivered at the store of Messrs • George upo n my reputation for
Alien & Co., from the plantation of Leonard W. Groce, more mature reflection. I am forced to b li
Esq.
These were the first delivered ’ making up this estimate, the fact of cope s h uving } • > n
taken by the Ex President and one, at least, of his S ■
have not ascertained. It is more than probable that they ;
have all originated from the chagrin and disappointment '
of the party that elected him
Dr. Brenham arrived at Galveston on the Henry
Clay. He left Vera Cruz in advance of his fellow pris-
oners for the purpose of making arragements for their
transportation to Texas. He brings the unpleasant intel
ligencethat several of the Santa Fe prisoners that had ar-
rived at Vera Cruz, had been attacked by the vonite or
yellow fever, and three or four had died; among these
were David Lander of Ohio, and Thomas H. Spooner of
Virginia. Only 30 of the prisoners had arrived at Vera
trade would be turned from its natural channels.
VoLvNTEERS.—We are glad to learn that Col. Cook
of Washington county, immediately after receiving the
orders of the President for raising volunteers, cheerfully
commenced enlisting recruits, and had already engaged a
large number to join his company : many of the young
men of Washington county had been long preparing for
the campaign; and obeyed the call with the utmost alac-
• rity. If the other counties of the West should furnish
that cotton will be one or two cents less on the pound • -
than it was last year. As the crops are not yet gathered W”30 has become entitled, therefore, to both the gold
however, these fears may not be realized. There had ' sivercups. We understand that in addition to these
been no cases of yellow fever at New Orleans up to the 25 beles, about twenty more bales of new cotton have
been fought in within the last week; and so favorable 1
their quotas as readily, an army will in a few days be on
the western frontier, capable of doing efficient service
against the-Mexican settlements.
Doo days.— The dog days are at hand, and curs and
puppies are beginning to exhibit the usual symptons of
irritability. We may therefore expect that dog fights will
be for a season quite frequent. We shall be happy if
loafers and biped puppies, do not catch the contagion, and
disturb the usual quiet of our improving city with brawls
and riots We have noticed with pleasure for some
months past, that a happy change has taken place in the
morals of Houston. Scarcely a quarrel or fray of any
kind has occurred; and our citizens have generally ex-
hibited towards each other a courtesy and kind forbear-
l ance that would ds credit to the most refined circles of our
sister Republic We hope neither the malign influence
perhaps give some clue to the motive which induce I its be-
। ing placed, as it was. where it would be most lik< ly to «s-
tirely upon cape the notice of the party concerned, & win uct it might
F • be, at some distant day, evolve, and thrust upon the u uri I
. . - Ju, we ope asiegitimateandconclusiveevidenceofthealedgedcrime
| every effort will be made by our citizens to afford such I and by the world it might be received as such, from the
ceived the substance of the people to fabricate and propa-
h gale defamation. it was no more than I had ground to
h expect; for*,those who are themselves corrupt aud-uu
worthy are always ready to assail that fat , and
continued remarkably healthy. As very few persons re-
mained in the city except those who were natives of the I
source was probably malignant, $< lfish and wicked . In
Cruz before be left The main body about 240 remained
at Jalapa, in the healthy and mountaneous section*, awai-
mg for an opportunity to embark for Galveston. Santa
Anna had made no provision for their transportation to
Texas. They were liberated upon the President’s birth-
lay, and addremed upon the occasion by Santa Anna in r
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Tyler, and some are confidently predicting that he
merchants at Houston can, under the present laws, ship
their goods to the port of Sabine, Matagorda, or any other
port, and, alter, entering them at the custom houses there,
re-ship them to Galveston and thence to Houston, with-
~out being subjected to any additional duty. If, therefore,
the rates of the exchequer bills should continue nearly at
par at the port of Sabine or Matagorda, the merchants ot
Houston may ere long be found shipping their goods by-
way of those ports, instead of by Galveston. Thus our
lands even in the present hard times, might have furnished
means to have defrayed the expense of the transportation
* of these unfortunate men from Vera Cruz, and enabled
them to procure the necessary clothing and other articles
i that they may require on their arrival. The loss of this
----- — -..... , little bi I therefore, may be regretted as a public calamity.
, varying from 15 to 75 per Cent. The bills of the Ohio and As they will now be dependent almost ent '
Kentucky banks are taken by the merchants more readily privatesubscriptions for the articles they need,
than any others, and these bills and specie form the main
i wete procured for private • nds alone, I have not been in
' formed to what extent the y ha ve been circul ite d l have.
' however, learned that threats of disc losing v 1 $ ;
I evidence of my honesty and infidelity, and ins
has been of no avail. The sale of 100,000 acres of publik
which they have not exaltation of spirit sufticient to tmu
late
Without sell reproach, I have tho far performed
obligations which have rested n; n me as , ivat ,
I zen and public officer: and now, without fa;, 1 ap
th" wot Id tint 1 inv t
■ acts and motives.
I have to request, therefore, of your honorable body,
that this foulest specimen of secret machination, of mali
still living, all my actions in life may be subject to th< se-
verest and most impartial scrutiny, I beg leave to lay be- ’
fore your honorable body, as the most appropriate refer-
ence, the enclosed extract from a letter addressed by a
correspondent to my predecessor, and by him filed in the
secret archives of the Department of State
The statement of the present Acting Secretary of State
; accompanies, which will explain the cireumstance s, and
all the southern States are exceedingly promising, al-
though in most sections they are backward, probably ow- ality, promised last Autumn to present a silver cup to the
ing to the copl weather that has prevailed. It is feared planter who should bring the first five bales of new cot- •
that these abundant crops will so overstock the market || ton toimarket this season; and a gold cup to the one who .
should bring to market the first twenty bales. Thisgen-
bly given rise to this bill. Fears, however, are enter-
tained that the bill, even if it should become a law, would
be inoperative, as it involves the question of the right of
the General Government to control the sovereignty of
the separate States. It is urged, therefore, that the right
can 09ly be delegated by an amendment of the Constitu-
tion granting an express power for this purpose.
Impeachment.—It is rumored in the United States,
that serious charges have been preferred against President
MRe,public, without being subjected to the payment of duties j -----—
at the latter port. If these persons will examine the laws - DEPAETXFNI OF STATI ?
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respecting revenues, they willfnd that dune arc only i S>«:-Your note of this date, r qu siin ■ me to ,
t the ri ht to settle all di t be f ‘ । required upon goods and merchandize shipped from a -i what I knew in relation to the correspondence of Mi A
ernmen e ng o se e a ispu es etween oreign j foreign port, and
not on articles shipped coast wise from
Governmentsandthesseparatesstates,hadpassedtheSenatel one port of the Republic to another. Consequently, the
Executive Department,
100,000 acres of public land#, and apply the proceeds of „ .. City of Houston, July 8th, 1 842
no. been a barrel lor sale in Houston for nearly a week the sale for thie relief of the Texian Prisoners detained in To the Honorable, the Senate:
We understand it ho. been equally scarce .1 0.1- Mexico, Since the adjournment of Congress, dilligent
taries, furnishes, to my mind, the strong st data, I: this
against my reputation of the dark'st and most claudestine
nature, have been frequently made by those
sought to prostrate me in the ey > s and heartsol my coum ) -
me n.
If employees of the government have, heret - re-
। this act of generosity with repeated acclamations to the
Mouston,‘Tuesday, Awg. •, 184%.do^i.^'un.^nXi.b1;"
The Vesta arrived on Sunday Irom Galveston, and English language, and misunderstood the nature of their
brought up several passengers who came over in the Schr. acclamations. __________-
Henry Clay from New Orleans. The Henry Clay left Lost We leam that the or the joint resolution
.he. City on the 24th ult. and was fourteen days onthe for the relier of the Santa Fe Prisoners was lost before it
puNge baring been detained by calm, and head winds ived the signature of the President, consequently has
not become a law I It authorized the President to sell
ter from that gentleman, dated New Orleans, March 18th,
1841, to then President, Gen Miabeau B Lamar, to-
gether with a statement from recollection (alone) of what
occurred relative to said letter, viz Exsract of a letter to
M B Lamar, President of Texas, dated New Orbans,
March 18th, 1841.
"Note.—I have learned that Gen. Houston is up for
! President. I would here remark what I have learned
in Mexico, relative to the man; and as a good-w ishet to
the Republic, as well as to the welfare of Gen. Houston,
that it would be well that he should clear up the follow-
ing reports about him, as it has caused, us many enemit L
iu Mexico; andwill no doubt be a grat impediment to
our recognition if he shotfkd again be elected. I give you
as follows. On my way from Vera Cruz to Mexico in a
small village, called Santa Fe, I fell in company with a
German officer of the Mexican Army, of the rank. I think,
of Colonel. He had been on a visit to Santa Anna, at
his hacienda (estate,) and said officer lives or lived at
Vera Cruz Said officer (whose name I have noted down)
informed me that he had been with Santa Anna in the
expedition against Texas; and among other interesting
accounts stated the following, viz: "It was well,” said he,
‘•that Santa Anna had resources to wealth or he would *
have been shot while prisoner in Texas. Gen. Houston
God damn him, I hope in the next expedition to Texas
that I may get a sight of him, if I don’t kill him damn
me) feathered well his nest at any rate, having obtained
one hundred thousand dollars from Santa Anna, (what
is that you say? you most be mistaken said t.) "no sir,"
he continued, "I am not mistaken. The money was paid
and all hands sworn to secrecy, and this was what releas-
ed Santa Anna, and not that Houston expected any bene-
fit from Santa Anna on his arrival at Mexico. The
money was sent to New Orleans, and paid by the house
of Lizardi to Sam. Houston or to his order and those of
his accomplices" He told me much mor about it, but
as it was a long tale, I only noted down the particulars,
and thought but liule more about it, until some time alter
I arrived in Mexico, I was awakened by another confir-
mation from a very respectable gentleman, an American
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place or had been acclimated, and the weather had been
quite cool for some weeks, it was generally believed that
this scourge would not revisit the city this season.
The schooner Henry was loading at New Orleans" zens will have little reason 10 complain of the "hard
when the Henry- Clay left, and was to sail in twoor three j timesr"while the exports ol rhe country are so rapidly
days, she is daily expected at Galveston. The Merchant augmenting
had not reached New Orleans, nof was she seen on the
passage, probably owing to the fact that the H Clay was
driven far to the south of the general course. L
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United States Congress.—It is thought that the
Congress of the United States will not adjourn until the
latter part of August. A bill vesting in the general Gov-
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