The Texas State Times (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 11, 1854 Page: 2 of 4
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dollars per annum, invariably in
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•4ef,
_______ _ square, of ten lines,
o fess, one dollar far the first insertion, a«d fifty
l (br each subsequent insertfon. Advertise-
i^th the number of insertions de-
aired, will be continued until* otherwise ordered,
flt^rhsryrct -fm'wwngly a liberal discount will
besuute to thoseldkertiaing by the year.
Announcement of Candidates for State on-
••a ten dollars—Codnty offices five dollars.
circulars, and communications of
> prfrate or personal nature, will be charged at the
■ante rates as advertisements.
f® Capt. Charles F. McKenzie is
' authorized to act as our travelling agent.
pi« receipts will be good against accounts
jna the Times office and the South-West-
ern American." . .
School xjt thr Old Capitol.—By
inference to the advertisement of Mrs.
Thompson, it will be seen she contem-
plates opening a school at the Old Capi-
tol, on Monday next. Mrs. T..is an ex-
perienced and able preceptress.
Wejpnitted to call attention to
the card of Waller. ^'Collingsworth. Mr.
Waller has been reared in Texas. He is
-well known by many old settlers. In the
House of Representatives, he has been
one of Its most eloquent
mm
.Attention is respectfully reques-
ted to the law card of Messrs. Houston
Jkfr.^fferring'ivaSs't Secretary in the
His strictpCrformance of duty,
and accommodating disposi-
tion have won him a reputation in that
"body, any young gentleman might covet.
He is a man of ability, industrious,
punctual Le business matters and just the
kind to succeed. Anything entrusted to
that firm will be attended to promptly
and faithfully- :
MCSDiY. Pfchi'Sssy J3tb?
% j|jpiate—-Biii th" Ifith Jijdi-
eialDhtrict, and defining the time of hold-
ing Gourts therein; passed.
Bill to create the 14th Judicial District
and fix the time r f h"
in, introduced to-day <|
read three st'-erai t
Mr. Guin • intr<
an act supph-ineiita.r\
•nu^ourts there-
pi.- Paschal, was
- and passed,
a bill to amend
uf act granting
to the next biennial legislature.
bill is drawn up in conformity to the sug-
MiNATOIl
Hous<*
set forth hi i tten ue of
to settlers oh public •'un.hn, pre-emption
ed February 7th,
oud time and re-
on Public Lands.
,uced a joint res-
of Annette E. Os-
ngrossed.
■ The legal advertisement of our
friend. John C. McCoy, Esq., of Dallas,
deserves a passing notice. Mac has
evinced considerable capacity as assist-
ant clerk in the .House of Representa-
tive He is a gentleman of acquire-
ments and sound views, and is reputed to
be a good lawyer., :
'mr ri
Auction Sals.—Attention is direct-
ed to the advertisement of the large sale
of dry goods, fancy goods, hardware, etc.,
offered at public Auctioft. A chance
seldom presented in this community is now
afforded for procuring goods at reduced
prices. Ed. knows how to wield the ham-
mer, and knocks off goods at prices that
canrsjt fail to induec those in want of ar-
ticles offered to givelum a bid. The sale
is a large-one and witt continue from day
until,tin- entire stock is dispos-
Seeadv
lana in aavertisi
dv^erti
isemeht ofCapt. Cleve-
forthe Piano For
rs Hallett and
'ftmston, Boston, Mass.
elected President
tion privileges, ap]
1853; read first a;
ferred to the com
Mr. McAnelly
olution fur the
born, ordered
Mr. Hill jntrcgHed a bill to authorize
railroad and othgj incorporated compa-
nies to transfer «.ad certificates; read
first and secofcd time and ordered to be
engrossed.
Mr. Durst introduced a bill for the re-
lief of Wyatt Hanks, referred to the com-
mittee on Private Land Claims.
Bill authorizing the Chief Justice of
Galveston county to exercise the jurisdic-
tion of a Justice of the Peace; passed.
Bill making an appropriation for the
improvements of the'rivers of the State;
kid on the table by a vote of 13 to 9.
House ball for the relief of the heirs of
Thomas Scott, dee'd; passed.
A bitt for'the roltef of John J. Linn
elicited an animated discussion which con-
sumed the greater part of the day—
Messrs. Bryan, Pedigo, McAnelly and
Sublett speakin^Tor,~-and Messrs. Taylor,
Whitaker, Guinn and Jowers against the
bill. It was ordered to be engrossed, by
the following vote:
Aye3—Messrs. Bryan, Doane, Durst,
Gage, Hill, Keenan, Lott, McAnelly,
McDade, Newman, Paschal, Pedigo,
Potter, Scarborough, Scott and Sublett
—16.
Nats—Messrs. Allen, Guinn, Holland,
Jowers, Kyle, Martina-Taylor, Weather-
ford and Whitaker—9.
Bill for the relief o£ the citizens of
Mercer's Colony—passed.
Mr. Durst introduced a bill for the re-
lief of E. M. Anderson, Sheriff of Cam-
eron county—referred to the Committee
on Finance.
House.—Bill, and substitute therefor,
offered by Mr. Lewis, of San Augustine,
providing for the payment of the public
debt of the late republic of Texas, taken
up-—and after a lengthy discussion, a
substitute, offered by Mr. Franklin, of
Galveston, was adopted and passed
We have not examined the substituted
bill, but are informed that it does not em-
body the object sought by Mr. Lewis'
bill, but merely leaves the settlement of
our public debt unprovided for, as her«-
tofor. ?
The House receded from its amend-
ments vto the Senate's pre-emption bill.
House.—Messrs. Dulany and Parsons
asked and obtained leave of absence du-
ring the remainder of the present ses-
sion. \
A bill to provide for > the payment of
the first class debts of <^he !*re - Republic
these remarks I
Senators: F<
plimeiit, and for
unltioked-for com-
the unanimity with
which it was bestowed, I thank you.
Duringthe few days I shall have the
honor to preside overyear deliberations,
I shall endeavor so to act as to retain
your confidence and merit your esteem.
* < • • • •
J JfiT'In next weSfc's paper wiH appear a
communication entitled "Fanaticism vs.
Church and State/' in which the doings
of the northern abolitionists are graphi-
cally delineated by a master hand. Those
fond of fun blended with truth, will find
a vein of burlesque, irresitible, humor,
running through tho piece, which will
bring up a grin upon the most sedate
'face.
of Texas, taken «* ■• ^■jtnVth-uhi
jau-' -«tfc ..pie<i?* nd
' —-rule farther suspended—bill read a
passed; by a -vote of 61
Concert.
The ladies and gentlemen of the Epis-
copal Choir, assisted by several gentle-
men of distinguished abilities, who have
kindly proffered their services, will give
a vocal and instrumental Concert on
Monday night, the 13th inst., for the
benefit of the Church. We hope there
wfll be a general attendance. The ob-
ject of the Concert is truly wort hy of pa-
tronage.
gestions of Gov. Pease as
his message.
portant bills that has been introduced
this session; and from its ver^impor-
tance sho^d have been acted upon soon-
er. We trust it will pass the House of
Representative^, and that tho commis-
sioners may be appointed before the ad-
journment of the session. The necessi-
ty for immediate codification of our
laws is well known and generally felt.
Laws, civil and criminal, should be
few and simple and certain in their exe-
cution. '
Our statutes are too multifarious, con-
flicting and contradictory.
Bill prohibiting the Commissioner of
the General Land Office issuing patents
to the Texan Emigration and Laud Com-
pany for lands lying in Peter's Colony,
being on its engrossment, gave rise to
a lengthy and interesting discussion, in
which Messrs. Paschal, Sublett, Martin
and Potter participated.
Mr. Pedigo was excused for the rest of
the session.
It has been difficult for several days
for the Senate to hold a quorum
It is seriously apprehended that the mem-
bers who are wending their way home-
ward, or are already there, will be the
means of rescinding, informally, and
from necessity, the resolution fixing the
time of adjounimefit/ 'Now, when busi-
ness is at the veryjpSfiat of consumma-
tion, a few dafys is^p-imptortant.
Tf members recklessly break a quo-
rum at this late day of the session and
SO near its close; we predict it will be re-
membered in judgment against them
hereafter. The most important meas-
ures of the session—barring only a few
—are still pending.
The general appropriation bill has not
yet passed; and if from any cause, it
should not, an immediate executive ses-
sion will be inevitable. Members should
ponder these things well, and "Count
up the cost" to future success, when they
fancy that they must go home. Let it
be understood we make no allusion to
those who have reasonable excuses for
their absence. Our remarks, wo trust,
in this connection,, explain themselves.
House.-—A bill to change the name
of John Gideon Slade, to John Gideon
Bell, was reported by the committee on
State affairs; bill read 1st time—rule
suspended; bill read 2nd time, and or-
dered to be engrossed—rule further sus-
pended by a vote of 59 to 2; bill read
3rd time and passed.
A bill for the relief of Harvey San-
derson/ reported by a select committee,
and read 1st time.
A bill to define the 6th Judicial Dis-
trict of the State of Texas, and to pre-
scribe the time of holding courts therein,
taken up; bill read 1st time.
A bill supplementary to An Act, en-
titled An Act to encourage the construc-
tion of railroads in "Texas, by donations
of land, approved J.\n. 30th 1854, ta-
ken up; amended—motion made to pass
•n ;he State—passed, j MAj Kyle introduced a joint resolution
bili\ to provide for change ofjlftthorising the Comptroller to exchange j Monument—Ti-V 1*
casesrwhirh the District Judges certain lots therein mentioned. Rales j of Januarv
Tbetif
In reply to our
. La Grange
- a uge Monti-'
?fleets severely j
It lis among the most im-'may be disqualified from tiring—passed, suspended, bill read three several tisfe J upon Senator Gage - r rm ing introduced . ... fe.%: -
It proviJeslhiMgi Wthe«ge! .jV ^oju.i^omiag the Cr-J
Gazette says:
The two burnt
V
les loaned and neter re-
of the District is^tecused, the vniue may j Mr. Paschal introduced a bill to amend j eniof of the State tdsubmit to a vote of, t0 jjy either Mr. Bryant, Stadtler,
be changed to the nearest county in ano- J the 11th section of an act defining the j the people, a proposition to loan the ! or Gossler, istwo bundles of good book
ther Judicial Dis^ict, upon motion of; duties of District Attorneys, approved
any attornev Hiten??! •' I in the cause. j March 13th, 1846, passed.
Hour ; bill auhji tsing patents to be Mr. Whitaker introduced a bill to reg-
issued decided by the Dis-' ulate the time of holding the District
trict Court—passe!. j Courts in the 5th Judicial District, passed.
House bill ^eov^ing for the settlement j The Senate refused to concur in the
of decedents' estates—laid on the table. | amendments of the House to a bill to ex-
House bill supplementary to "An act j tend the provisions of an act to provide
to perfect land titles in Castro's Colony," j for ascertaining the debt of the late Re-
approved January 22.1850—passed. j public of Texas.
school fund in aid of the construction of j paper, a portion of which was used in the
railroads." I I American office, in executing s job for
It is very certain1 the editor of the! S. G. Haynie, in the month of October,
Mon umcnt could notfiave understood the j ^^MrXvLrandX
motive of Senator Gage for introducing
the joint resolution, or he would not have
impugned his conduct.
Senator Gage advocated the "Loan
Bill" while before the people—he was a
is paper of a quality, that at tut date
could be obtained no where in the city
of Austin, except at the Gazette office.
Is here no "shifting" of ground? The
first allegation was that we borrowed p«*
staunch friend of the measure in the Sen-! per during the "summer," now it Is
House bilj tochtngc the 5th section of j Messrs. Holland and Jowers vere al-j ate. An amendment to the bill was pro-j changed to "October."
matter to a vote of the people, at the j founded, and the subjoined affidavit of
liO Holi.
esignation t-
V>ebie health.
Wi*
,r~
" .GeasdMiuiaey Concert.—The con-
cevi given by t ie military band at the
old capital, on Thursday evening, was a
splendid thing. The " Drum Polka" and
the "Railroad Gallope" were performed
admirably by the band, ^fr ^gaiv play-
ed a number of pieces on the clarionet,
accompanied by the guitar, which were
pronounced very fine.
Tke I««t Star minstrels.
The. performances of these gentlemen
are highly Spoken of. Those attending
^ their exhibitions, represent their delinea-
-tions of negro character as excellent.—
They sing well. Mr. Warnick is a su-
perier performer on the banjo. The
Messrs. Cheesman are first rate violin-
ists. Our citizens arc generally com-
plaining of the want of amusements: by
attending their concerts, the ladies and
gentlemen of Austin might spend a few
evenings quite pleasantly. They will
give some.entertainmeats during the lat-
ter part of next week.
• The January number of DeBow's
Review, with its usual variety and quan-
tity of interesting statistical, historical
and literary matter, i#npon our table.—
The following is its table of contents:
Growth, trade and manufacture of
Gotten; The Consular System; The
Turks and the Holy Land; Hayti and
the Hatyens; Clark Mills and his Eques-
trian Statue; Southern Slavery and its
Assailants; Italian Letters; Improve-
ment of Rivers; Free Banking in the
Southwest; The IJnited States Census
for 1850: Agriculture; Internal Im-
provements ; Editorial.
Hendersdn Flag of the Union
■ now neutral in politics. Mr. James
R. Armstrong, a whig, having purchased
an interest in the establishment, will con-
duct it Jn conj^ctionVith Mr. Messen-
ger. a democ
3rd time, And r
to 5. "V
A bill for the relief of Leslie Combs,
heretofore passed - and reported to the
Senate, having been reported back to the
House with an amendment, made by the
Senate, was taken up; and on motion the
amendment of the Senate was concurred
in by the House.
A bill to incorporate the Brazo3 branch
railroad company, having been reported
to the House from the Senate, with an
amendment, taken up; and the amend-
ment concurred in, on the part of the
House. '
A bill granting-" to actual settlers on
vacant public domain, 160 acres of land,
having been passed with an amendment
on the part of the House, was taken up:
and the amendment receded from by that
body.
A bill to create the 14th Judicial Dis-
trict of the State of Texas, and to define
the time of holding the courts therein,
taken up; bill read 1st time—rule sus-
pended; bill read 2nd time and passed to
3rd reading—-rule further suspended;
bill read 3rd time and passed.
A bill making provisions^ for running
and marking the boundary line between
the State of Texas and the United States
of America, taken up; bill read 1st time
■ —rule suspended; bill read 2nd time,
and passed to 3rd reading—rule further
suspended ; bill read 3rd time and pass-
ed. - " V
A bill concerning the introduction of
free persens of color,: within the limits of
the State of Teias, taken up; read 3rd
time and passed.
A joint resolution to provide for the
per diem pay of the officers of the
two Houses of the Legislature, taken up;
read 1st time—rule suspended; bill read
2nd time and passed to a 3rd reading—
rule further suspended; bill read 3rd
time and passed.
Tuesday, Feb. 7th, 1854.
Senate.—Mr Potter presented the
petition of H. McLeod for land; refer,
red to the committee on Private Land
Claims.
House bill, authorizing and requiring
the Auditor and Comptroller to audit the
claim of Jackson McFarland and James
McFarland—rejected by a vote of 10
yeas to 14 nays. Mr. Jowers moved a
re-consideration, which on motion of Mr.
Potter was laid on the table.
House bill to provide for the payment
of the public debt of the late Republic
of Texas, recognized as the 1st class
debt, laid on the table by a vote of 14
to 8.
Bill to have the laws civil and criminal
amended, supplied, revised, digested and
arranged; passed. It provides for the
appointment of three commissioners by
the Governor, with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, who receive an an-
nual salary of $1500; each, while en-
rage in the work contemplated. The
result of their labors is to be submitted
•A biil~for tliereaef of certain persons
therein named (now familiarly known as
the Omniulib bill) taken up; read 3rd
time, and passed by a vote of 40 to 24.
A bill to incorporate the McKenzie
Institute, taken up; bill read 1st time;
rule suspended; bill read 2nd tune and
on motion passed to a, 3rd reading; rule
further suspended; bill read 3rd time
and passed by a unanimous vote of 60.
A bill to incorporate Trinity river and
Galveston Bay Dredging company, ta-
ken up; bill read 1st time; rule suspend-
ed; bill read 2nd time, and passed to 3rd
reading; rule further suspended; bill
read 3rd time and passed by a vote of
60 to 1.
A bill to incorporate Newbern Acade
my, taken up; read 2nd time, and order-
ed to be engrossed; ride suspended; bill
read 3rd time, and passed by a vote of
62 to 2.
A bill to perfect land titles in Castros'
Colony, taken up; bill read 2nd time and
ordered to be engrossed; rule suspended;
bill read time and passed.
A bill to incorporate Stinson's Ferry,
Turnpike company, taken up; read 2nd
time, and ordered to be engrossed; rule
suspended; bill read 3rd time and passed
m
Tai
Wednesday, Feb. 8, 1854.
Senate.—Mr. Lott offered a resolu-
tion, which was adopted, allowing one
dollar a day to. the Porter for each and
every day's service.
Mr. Bryan introduced a joint resolu-
tion instructing the Senators and request-
ing the Representatives of Texas in Con-
gress to urge upon Congress the adjust-
mentof the indemnity due the late Re-
public of Texas, for expenses incurred
by her in defence against certain Indian
tribes belonging to the United States—
read three several times, and passed.
• Mr. Paschal introduced a bill for the
relief of John James—passed.
Mr. Potter introduced a bill for the
relief of Charles Stewart, Jr.; rules sus-
pended, and bill passed, with an amend-
ment offered by Mr. Holland, which adds
the name of Henry Hall, Jr. The bill
allows Steward and Hall, minors, to prac-
tice law ; provided they undergo an ex-
amination, and arc licensed according to
the statute in such cases.
Bill prohibiting the Commissioner of
the General Land Office issuing patents
to the Texan Emigration and Land Com-
pany, for lands lying in Peter's Colony
—laid on the table by a vote of 12 to 11.
Joint resolution for the relief of John
J. Linn—passed by a vote of 13 to 9.
Bill to allow Railroad and other incor-
porated Companies to transfer land cer-
tificates, being on its third reading, Mr.
Kyle offered as a substitute therefor a
bill to authorize the Buffalo Bayou, Bra-
zos and Colorado Railroad Company to
assign land certificates—abopted, and
bill passed.
Joint resolution for the relief of An-
nette E. Osborn—passed, by a vote of
16 to 7. *
Joint resolution, originating in the
land, originating in the Senate, which
have been recommended. Various amend-
ments were offered, On motion of Mr.
Bryan the previouSquestion was ordered,
and bill passed to a third reading, by the
following vote ; ^
Yeas.—Messrs Allen, Bryan, Doane,
Durst,Hill, Iveenan,McAnally,McDade,
Newman, Paschal, Potter, Scarborough
and Supervillc—1&
Nays.—Mcssrs j£rav a. Guinn, Kyle,
Lott, Martin, 3 -' >r. Wfertocr-
fordand Wh'tak«-.- —■
jA commftaiCat^!^
T. Lvtle, tendering
Senator, was read. 1
we regret to say, lias impelled him to re-
sign his seat.
Bill to incorporate the Texas Steam-
ship Company—passed.
Mr. Holland, by leave, introduced a
bill allowing Janes B. Campbell and
Richard D. Hightower, minors, to prac-
tice law—rules suspended, bill read three
several times, and passed.
Bill for the relief of E. M. Anderson,
Sheriff of Cameron county—passed.
Bill granting PeScan Island, in Gal-
veston Bay, to the Corporation of the
City of Galveston—passed.
An amusing little incident occurred in
the Senate to-day. 1 Mr. Kyle was in the
act of addressing the Chair, when a Sen-
ator, with slippers on, slipped up, and
fell his full length 'on the floor. Mr.
Kyle, being interrupted, at once inquired
—"Who has the floor, Mr. President ?"
The question was not decided, as the fal-
len Senator arose and took his seat, ex-
plaining, as he did so, that he had no in-
tention of keeping the floor.
House.—Messrs. Crosby and Wilson
were excused from further attendance on
the house, for the balance of this Ses-
sion.
A bill to change the 5th section of An
Act, creating*the county of Tarrant, ta-
ken up; read 2nd time, and .^ordered to
be engrossed—rule suspended,:' bill read
3rd time and passed, -f "T1 -
A bill to incorporat e the Tex a
Steel, and Copper mamf
ng company, from the Sor
read 2nd time; the Ho^
the bill to a 3rd reading"
Joint resolution for
pended, bill read 2d time and passed to
3d reading; rule further suspended, bill
read 3d time and passed by a vote of 55
to 6. \
A bill to extend the provisions of an
act entitled an act for ascertaining the
debt of the late Republic of Texas, tak-
en up; bill read first time, rule suspend-
next general election. The general opin-
ion was that the amendment was uncon-
stitutional, and would render the bill a
dead letter on the statute book
purpose of obviating such result — to
"An actcreatingtne county of Tarrant," j lowed to record their votes on the Omni- j pased by Senator Holland, to leave the j This statement of Mr. Raven .is
approved Dec. 20th. 1849—passed. j bus land-bill. Each voted nay.
House bill for'the relief of certain per-1 IIocse.—A bill to authorize the Buf-
sor.s therein namtd—alias the omnibus j falo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Rail-
land bill—read lsl time, and amended j road Company to assign land certificates,
by adding all tte"~petitious and bills for ; taken up. Bill read 1st time; rule sus-
un-
Mr. Bryant refutes it:
Ars-nx, Feb. 7, 18&3.
| Messrs. forp & \valk<r—Sirs: Mr ccrtificata
i was given in last weeks i^suc of tbe Trmrt more
For the i witl1 '',e intcntio^o/" explaining than for the ptait-
pose of refuting~an_v thing that had been or
hereafter be said, regarding the coutrorewy at
, .. .„. , 1 _ , r between the Gazette and Times offices. In that cer-
show an entire willingness on the part of j tificale l stated tha.
110 paper had been borrowed
the friends of the bill to place the ques- I from the establishment, and bronght ta&e
o . 1 5. II'. American office, during the summer of 1863,
Senator anj Jjjat Jj,,, on]v paper borrowed thereafter ni
tion directly before the people.
Gage introduced the joint resolution, be-
lieving if it passed it could not invalidate
the original bill. In the event a majori-
ty of votes should be cast against it, the
ed, bill read 2d lime, and passed to 3rd | School Commissioners would be instrnct-
reading; rule ftirtUe;
3d time and pas.^
i A bill to cgtabii^kt■" .f yt|
f-*eek, commonly cflr.«: nu«u..;, « a.*.-'
'Christian Sabbath, <111;! ; pretest vice
; and immorality on the taken \ip,
substitute for the bill <jfferetT. On mo-
tion, the bill and substitute, together with
various amendments proposed, re-refer-
,1,,
tan
money to railroads under
r.ntil after another
in
in the month of October, consisting of 111
quires re/urn.
In contradicting this statement, (he Gazettt has
raised a question of veracity between myself and
Mr. Rarer—inusmuch as he (Raven) states that
two bundle of paper were loaned this office fak Octo-
ber last, n part of which, he says, was used in the
nrintin?' i( • fe- P. f}. TTiynie. Whether STr
u"' '■ i< r u-2S? - hat he htei be
1 ...
? ill ill.- ' ! > * ' -
a-. c bW.l,.*di
Major Gage lias been a long while
the public councils. His course has been
mdfor: jIv straightforward. He has al-
ways been viewed as a man of indepen-"
dence. We believe it is the first time we
have ever known him to be accused of
"truckling," to court public favor.
The remarks of the Monument on this
behalf do him great injustice. It is but
due to place him right in regard to it.
During the present week the
House of Representatives had under
'. Bryant,«
'JT- Iie 5. r
red to the Committee on State affairs.
A bill to provide for the establishment
of a cotton and woolen factory in the pe-
nitentiary taken up, bill read 2d time,
and ordered to be engrossed.
A bill to change the northern bounda-
ry line of Burnett county, taken up, read
3d time, and bill passed bv a vote of 32
to 29.
A bill for the relief of the heirs of Benj.
R. Milam taken up, read 2d time. Vote
upon its passage to a 3d reading 27 yeas,
36 nays; so the House refused to pass
the bill to a 3d reading.
A bill to locate permanently the seat
of Justice of Angelina county, taken up,
read 3d time and passed.
A bill to have the laws of the State,
civil and criminal, amended, supplied, re-
vised, digested and arranged, taken up,
read 1st time, rule suspended, bill read
2d time, rule further suspended, b?ll read
3d time and passed.
Resolved, That the rules defining the
order of business be suspended, and that
the House proceed to the consideration
of 1st House bills, returned from the Se-
nate with amendments, 2d Senate's bills
on their 3d reading—on their 2d reading
3d Senate's bills on their 1st reading.
Adopted.
The House this evening finished the
Iron,/ ordcr of business, under the resolutig
ring, min-.i CaiUi\xr memb'
■, taken up&eailv. v,
5.: 'ate.—Mr. -Joweia introduced a>the
ise to pass : ate.—air. jowers mtrottucca a
,! v;i. tcr the relief of" John Birth; rules
relief^of Mc-®, suspended, read three several times and
Kinney & Williams, ta^en tip; read 1st,; passed*
time—rule suspended^ resolution read | Mr. Potter introduced a bill for the
2nd time, and passed to'a 3rd reading— j protection of the lands that have been,
consideration a bill providing for the pay-
ment of the public debt.—Mr. Bee mov-
ed to amend by striking out all that per-
tained to paying the debt at the "scaled"
rate and to insert a clause providing for
the payment of the whole debt at par.
The motion was negatived by a large ma-
jority, only Messrs. Bee, Crosby and
Kingsbury voting in the affirmative.
There were two or three other gentle-
men who would have voted "yea" had
they been in their seats. This may be
considered a test vote on the question.
The " scaling system" with the present
members in office is irrepealable. In
this matter they represent the senti-
ments and opinions of a considerable ma-
jority of the people of Texas. Though
the action of the House would seem to
indicate a disposition not to view the
Bcaling la^ as a fina^ Adjustment of the
question,-.'for qn Thursday that body I
passed a bill for the relief Linn, !
i wh^c claim^weWBeve |was scaled, ^>nt ■
* said., rtfo
?iptro" -r as- a ••
ftpe'^ r.T«. :<■ ;r
^nfinrr u:? .H
d CoBipt.-ojW. |
it is an entering
bills, and to a
a r -m, Feb. * 1sc4.
■•emfr that theoiilr T -
t ifrr.ciin from tbe
f'Ukc. tlu.—g ilic unman-01 October, T853, waa
U or 13 quires refuse, and that the job <Kecut*d
for S. G. Haynie, on the ISth October, vaa not
printed on paper brooght from the Gtaetit office.
CHARLES C. BRYANT.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, tl<8 Feb.
Tth, 1854. JOim T. ALLAN, J. P.'
The conductors of the Gazette fay .
themselves the following deserved con*
pliment: .
"If we cannot be dignified, we wiU'&t
least be decent." r
Well, we hope you will, but the* mis-
sive of Maj. Hampton, immediately suc-
ceeding this mode§Ldeclaration, is* 1 d
evidence of your ability to keep your* de-
termination. ~
If we owe the Gazette office one cent
we are not conscious of the fact. Dar-
ing the winter of 1853 we had an order
on the Gazette office for some twp hun-
dred dollars. Mr. Crawford settled for-
ty dollars of it. The balance waa not
paid and the order was taken back by ,W.
D. Miller. Now, if we were indebte&o •
the concern, why "Was'the bill not made
out and. the amount credited on the 6rder?
Our neighbors pretend thiq controversy
is of our seeking. We appeal to' the
members of tbe legislature to say. if the
question ef supplies was not used to our
preiudice during the election for "pn^ic
printer. We have only continued, ifce
fight.
We
tkink we have shown conclusive!
t the Gazette madem''^pr«fentation8'
d tc its'sup} «ie$7and facilities "to
itii*®^Sg5the
rule further suspended; resolution read
3rd time and passed.. j. *
A bill to incorporati^Church Hill Male
and Female Acamedp, taken up; read
2nd time and ordered to be engrossed—
rale suspended; bill raid 3rd time and
passed by a vote of 61
A bill to amend Anf Act, entitled An
Act, to incorporate the town of Lock-
heart, taken up; bill read 2nd time, and
ordered to be engrossed; bill passed to
3rd reading—rule farther suspended;
bill read 3rd time and passed.
A bill relating to strveys of land in
certain cases, takeu tp; read 2nd time,
and passed to a 3rd reading—rule further
suspended; bill read Srd time and pass-
ed. . -V
A bill to incorporate the town of La-
grange, taken up; reid 2nd time, and or-
dered to be engrossoi—rule suspended;
bill read 3rd time andpassed.
A Joint resolution for the relief of
or may hereafter be, granted for purposes
of education,—read three several times
and passed.
Bill to incorporate the town of Sher-
man, in the county of Grayson, passed.
Mr. Scott, chairman on the part of the
Senata of the committee of conference 011
a bill to fix the salaries of certain State
officers, reported
1st. That the Senate recede from its
amendments to Attorney General, Comp-
troller, Treasurer, and Auditor.
2d. That the salary of Secretary of
State be fixed at §1800; and the salary
of the clerk in charge of the Tax Bureau,
in Comptroller's office, be §1200; rule
suspended, report taken up and adopted.
A message from the House informed the
Senate that it was also adopted by that
body. The bill gives the Attorney Gen-
eral, Comptroller and Treasurer $1800
each, and the Auditor §1500.
The Senate concurred in the amend-
John J. Linn, taken up; resolution read i ment of the House to a bill to have the
1st time—rule suspended; resolution
read 2nd time, and bill passed to 3rd
reading; bill read 3rd time and passed by
a vote of 53 to 13.
A bill supplemental to An Act, to in-
corporate the San Antonio railroad com-
pany, 1 ad 1st time—rule suspended; bill
read 2nd time—rule further suspended;
bill read 3rd time and passed by a vote
of 59 to 1. „
A biH to change the northern bounda-
ry line of Lavaca county, taken up; bill
read 2nd time, and ordered to be engross-
ed—rule suspended; bill read 3rd time
and passed.
Thursday, Feb. 9, 1854.
Senate.—On motion of Mr. Bryan a
committee were appointed to inform the
House that the Senate had disposed of
all the business before it, and to request
laws, civil and criminal amended, sup-
plied, revised, digested and arranged.—
Said amendment gives the Governor the
power to appoint the Commissioners con-
templated, in case of non-acceptance, re-
signation, death, or otherjjause, during
the recess of the Legislature.
The fo]lowing House bills passed:
Bill to change the northern boundary
of Lavaca county;
report of the Audi
If this is a depart
wedge to further re
system'of future legislation, which will
reduce the scaling lair t<J a dead letter
on the statute book. >
We are not opposed to Mr. Linn's
claim; we think a just one. It was for
supplies furnished to Texas at a dark
hour. We can not well see how the leg-
islature could conscientiously refuse to
pay it. At the samejtime it would be
difficult to say where the matter will
end.
Harrisburgr Railroad Certificates
A special bill to enable the Harrisburg
Railroad to sell their certificates for the
bonus lands granted by the State, was
approved by the Governor yesterday.—
It was introduced as a general bill, and
g^grarinaa-.
=has been
done rV,- w> say 'noi&aBgy^he' mem-
bers will jfidgcrtOr themselves. J3L
Not another word will we publish on
the subject. Maj. Hampton has made*
the matter personal, we shall adjust it ac-
cordingly. We have done,
Washington,/an. 80,1854.
Maj. Scurry—Dear Sin Just before
leaving Austin, I observed in die State
Times a very ungenerous and ukprovoked
attack upon the conductors of the Ga-
zette. You know that, it has been my
uniform desire to avoid all = unkind per-
sonal allusions to the Timet and its con-
ductors; but there is a point beyond
which silence becomes pusilanimous.—
Whoever charges me with having levied,
or attempted to levy "black mail," or of
having taken or attempted to take undue
advantage of any one in business matters,
or otherwise, asserts what he knotn to
be untrue. The article in the Times
should never have been written by the
lost in the Senate, many Senators urging
that no further aid to railroads should be { editor of that paper until he had paid up
granted until they gave earnest of their tw0 bundles of paper, borrowed some time
soundness by building a section of road.
A re-consideration was had, and a substi -
tute for the special relief of the Harris-
burg road passed the Senate unanimous-
ly, and the House with only six against
it. This will enable the Harrisburg com-
pany to realize the market value of their
land scrip immediately if they desire to
do so, and use it as the legislature design-
ed, for a building fund. Mr. Barrett,
President of the road, placed a portion
in the market on tbe 11th inst., to test
ago, and also paid up an amount due the
Gazette office, which has stood on the
books so long that it has nearly gone out
of date; nor should the article have been
published by the profBfetor of the Times
until he had first paid' over the money
collected by him long since as an agent
for the Gazette, and which he has prom-
ised to pay at various times, but which is
yet due. There is a maxim—" Be just
before you are generous." In this in-
stance, I think our neighbors should have
been just before they were censorious.
The bad faith of one in whom I once
had confidence as an honest business man,
their actual cash value, and disposed of j has involved me in rather an unpleasant
mm W EZ,;
will enable the company to realize the j j n0t be long in getting out of
BiH to locate permanently the seat of j \yhole amount of their bonus, at "the j it.
on account of the j
and elected by acclamation.
Lieut. Governor D. C. Dickson has
been indisposed for several days. Though
unable to discharge the duties of his of-
fice, his uealth is improving.
The Senate refused to recede from its
amendments to the Hone's bill to tx the
salaries of certain State officers. Messrs.
Scott, Holland and Kyle were appointed
a committee of conference "ii ihf part of
the Senate.
Mr. Paschal offered a resolution, which
was agreed to, making it the duty of the
Secretary of the Seaate to nou the ab-
sence of each member, and ihe time 'lur-
ing which a quorum is prevented bv rea-
son of such absence, and that the' same
Hot^e, granting Stephen Crosby, Com- be published with the journal of tue>pro-
missioner of the ^CrPfTeiVil Land Oftiro feeding.
Justice for the county of Angelina ;
Bill to incorporate Newburn Academy
in the county of Shelby ;
Bill to incorporate the town of La
Grange, in the county of Fayette;
Bill to amend an act to incorporate
the town of Lockhart, in Caldwell coun-
ty, approved Feb. 10th, 1851; and
Bill to incorporate Tyler University.
, Mr. Allen introduced a joint resolution
the House to take up the Senate's bills, 1 to provide for a 8ettiement between Jas.
particularly those ot a general character. Bourknd? late Collector of Customs for
Messrs. Bryan, Kyle and Whitaker were I t}ie District of Red River, and the State
appointed said committee.
On motion of Mr. Keenan the Senate 1 several times and passed
proceeded to the election of a President j The Cherokee Sentinel has been I treated as a sort of step-child. She has
pro. tem. Mr. Bryan was nominated, ]ed intQ an error by the repul)Ucation of| quietly built and put in operation, twenty
the proceedings of a meeting held at J miles of road, with two locomotives, and
Brownsville in 1849 or 1850, at which a fuH "mipeiment of cars, and yet she
there were strong expressione in favor of I waS b«V SOme oversight> omitted in the 8"/
long in getting
Tfulv yours, - -
* J. W. HAMPTON.
same or a greater rate, i
great scarcity of reliable land certificates, j The above communication from Major
and also of the sudden rise of lands on I Hampton might lead those not acquainted
latitude 32° or above it by tfce chartering | with his duplicity, double dealing and
of the Pacific railroad. The whole amount j Pr°neness to the utterance of falsehoods,
now due the Harrisburg road or due on ; to suPPose that I had collected money for
the completion of their second section in-!the GazeTtte office and refused 10 *
1 over. Hampton utt£^ an unqualified
to Richmond, could probably be sold in;
this market for immediate location. The
demand for them is increased by their un-
questionable character.
tem
! falsehood when he sajn made repeated
promises to call and settle the amount.—
I was waited on by Mr. ReUey with a bill
i from Hampton—he tfas told that I would
A few words are proper in regard to; caI1_j met Hampton; and ^ored by
| of Texas; rules ^ suspended, read three j the road itself. It cannot be denied that ■ ^ hig face ATreathed in one 0f those
J the Harrisburg railroad has hitherto been gyCophantic smiles he knows so well how
the formation of a territorial government.
These proceedings, when they reached
Austin, were published in an extra of the
South-Western American, without any
teen section bill, and compelled to seek
its benefits for her twenty miles in a sup-
plementary bill. Under the rule adopt-
ed by Gov. Pease, he required the compa-
date being affixed. Some two months j ny to yield their branching privilege, and
since, they were republished by order of j to define a single route. They have done
a gentleman, for some purpose or other.; so, promptly and cheerfully, as they seem
The delusion leading to this movement
has long since vanished.
Cholera.—The Spirit of the Age, of
Eeb. 2d., says the accounts of cholera are
exaggerated ; that the disease amounts
little more than cholera morbus—hut ten
cases of that in the week preceding
pi;Micutiot
ie
to'have done all their work. Their route
is now along the lower Brazos to the up-
per Colorado and latitude 32°. , This
brings tbe?o.t* through Austin, and its
friends now <•
railroad, at :
watch its pr<;
"•"fliriT1 sfw:
to assume, that it made no kind of differ-
ence about the matter, I could settle it
at my convenience.
I now assert, and they cannot contro-
vert it, that the Gazette office has not been
out of my debt three months at a time from
November 1851 up to last July. In No-
vember 1851 I loaned Hampton fifty dol-
lars ; during the same winter I loaned W.
EL Cushney, then one of the proprietors
of the Gazette, and for the benefit of said
office, one hundred dollars. These, am-
ounts can be seen on the books of the Ga-
zette placed to my credit. During the J
summer or fall of '52, I loaned ta Mr.
Cushney, (still one of the proprietors of
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this, the first actual j the Gazette,) five hundred dollars. Dar-
Austin r- >d ^Jhey will: ingithe spring or summer of '58, in ba-
•ss and aid it' with sub-j sinaprgnsfcfl.^ with^W^UVJfiiier, J
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