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CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1854.
NUMBER 14.
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SCRAL said—Mr." President:
that it is necessary to say
in regard to that ai&end-
Senator who has offered it
to be to secure the
that is really hi3 object,
offering it ; because the
companies will have
credit upon in their infan-
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s erthcr given to railroad
; them to construct their
I believe those
i to aid them^-that they
• to base their cred-
not as a mere donation,
htbera mortgage their roads
d them, I would
i is your boasted liberality to-
>tbing? Thatainend-
to a prohibition. I
opponent of the
that amendment,
j? TV secure
., but to defeat
that is the object
en have in view.
i not making an
the view of convincing
Hopkins,. (Mr. Wren,)
~ les hisown opinions.
. independence
effected bV
! no gefcd in the graft
V and therefore made >©
t afterwards did show
-for it wften he
a*g and El Paso
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for its
uriinit
P| iift'dtng
bilf does not
^security that
Vthe treasury
i this floor
i to-lo'an
| of $200,000 as security for the' amount
borrowed. I would tcfl you that it was
like childs play—-that you were foolish-
ly spending your time in such legislation;
and yet you, require the same thing—
you are pursuing the;same course of leg'
islation, when you require them to pledge
their roads with all the property belong-
ing to them, and afithe la ads which we
have donated then*. We might just as
well reject the bill at once, as to adopt
thai amendment. It would defeat the
very object sought? 4 -be carried out.
The value of the land granted for the
construction of thirty miles of road >at
fifty cents per acre, would amount to over
$150,000, and ^ost'of . buflding flint sec-
tion of 30 miles (would amonnt to over
f500,000.. Now the amount proposed
to be loaned up<mV.fke construction of
that section of road, amounts only to
about §180,000.j #Su it w31 be seen that
the land itself, aLtlfe low price of fifty
cents per acre will Snarly amount to the
money loaned; ^ud yet men who know
the great cost of £h$ construction of rail-
roads, profess net tcr be satisfied with the
security offered, un|jjiiS|the land is
pantes talcing the benefit of the act to
give 3 much larger amount of security,
than tlie money borrowed. Does that
•look like encouraging /the construction of
' railroads ? Or is it hot holding out in-
ducements calculated to deceive those
engaged in works of that kind? This
amendment will cripple the whole policy.
I was fully aware that the enemies of the
bill would support this amendment to a
many knowing that it would kill the bill.
You propose to take the very means that
they had at their disposal, and tie them
up aa security to the -State, thus crip-
pling them in their infancy.
companies which we have charter-
re compelled to borrow
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the money
will be necessary to build their
roads. There is not enough surplus capi-
tal in the State of Texas to build fifty
miles of" railroad—and I will state an-
other fact, thai capitalists never did
build railroads, btit they may and do
lend thfsrr me'aiis to help others. All
tho railroads which have been built in
the United States, "have been built in
this manner. Supposejthat you can make
the people of Texas believe that one of
your roads which" have been chartered,
say 400 miles long, would pay an extra-
ordinary dividend. Would they invest
money to any amount in it? Suppose
yon could make-them believe that upon
the completion of 25 mites of the road
upon the
rbn procure any
them to in-
you could go
row money at
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money. As
"tjOOO could
tfte^hole State; but
srspns.afe*adistanee ready to
ir cent, because mon
eare conceited to look abroad tor tne
capital to build our roads, and the news
which has reached us aince we have been
discussing this questfcn, induces one to
believe that it is more necessary*than ev-
er th^ the State shield lend her aid to
' 2 ■' n of railroads—the news
here this morning conveys
the intelligence that a general war is ex-
pected in Europe, and upon such a state
of affaire it is almost impossible to ob-
tain mogtey. I hope the amendment will
not prevail.
After some remarks by Mr. Potter,
Mr. J OWE RS'said—M^r President:
I am conalraihed to make a few remarks,
feeling a -deep interest as I do in this
I hope the Senate will not
ttfct amendment. We have
donations of land to enable
dispose of that money, and not till then.
My amendment is intended to show
what dupes we arain legislating for the
speeial benefit o£ m^n who have deprived
themselves of the payment of their claims
against Texae, and crippled, disabled and
disgraced Texas with the foul slang of
repudiation. Etow .did it happen "that
our money was boiawl up and retained at
Washington ? Who caused the retention
of our money; or what caused it? In
1&5#, vwheri we were negotiating with the
government of the United States for the
adjustment of the boundaries of our State,
and the sale of our north-western terri-
tory ; the creditors of Texas—t'lat class
of creditors w£o hold claims against the
State for the payment of winch the ex-
cises arising from imposts were specially
pledged, and it is to this class of credi-
tors alone that I allutie. Whilst we were
consummating a civil contact with that
government, I sayj these men gathered
in'clusters and prdialed around Congress,
urging upon that" governinem. th^t she
"was bound for the pavmeut of the&r<
and thus caused thal.goYernment to~re-%ment, the de,
tainfrowi qs half - of ever re]
Now, sir, I know, that this ftiet is de-
nied by gentlemen here-—and they, ask
for proof of this fact. It is a notorious
fact, known in the history of the trans-
action. And more: I hold in my hand
the speech of Gen. Leslie Combs, one
"of these creditors, delivered before the
Public Debt Committee of this House, a
few days ago, in which he openly ac-
knowledges the fact. I will read from
liis speech. He says—"I have never
doubted the liability of the United States,
legally and honorably, to pay your whole
debt, and have so urged my demand at
Washington.'' Now, sir, here is the point.
It was this "urging at Washington"—
this impressing that gentleman that she
was "iiable to pay the whole debt of Tex-
as," that caused her to keep and retain
from us our money as surity—until she
was released—until that "liability " was
removed, and she receipted. Sir, it is
clear that these creditors tied it up there.
They have interfered with the fiscal trans-
actions of this State—have taken the
"agency" for the State in their own hands,
and distrusting the honor of the State to
pay her debts, have, so to speak, appoint-
ed a guardian and disbursing officer for
us—the Treasurer of the United States;
and it is to this ridiculous position into
which we have been thrown and in which
we now stand, that I wish to call atten-
tion in my amendment; and, sir, a/ier
thus depriving us and themselves, [for if
we could have carried out our contract,
we would have got our money and paid
them off long ago] they come now and
wince, whine and tease around us for
may~go back to Washington-^and draw
my—that would inflit^S^oul blot upon
the fair eifeitcheon o^^iis State; and
which, I feel, would |p indignantly re-
pudiated by the generoiftod noble-heart-
ed people of Texas. M
Sir, the only groun^fehich gentlemen
of the opposition ean e^akistently occupy,
is that of direct reputation of all our
debts wliich were not j&bmitted to the
action of the Auditorii®Board before it
was closed; at least, Jpm their argu-
ments upon this subjeet«;can place them
in no other position, ifbgii the question
of repudiating debts notsfibmitted to that
Board, I will> remark, it was never con-
templated by those whojfoere instrument^
al in passing the law u jjeh put a limita-
tion upon the Auditolal Board, that
those persons who did ikh make applica-
tion to the very hour ;«d moment, and
have their claims scah^C should be ulti-
mately cut off, and such tebts repud
No, sir; those who adrased that
were gentlemen of to^j
honor, and regarded
Texas too dearly, to j
one
_.
" inward grief" was not preying-^Sh
my spirits, and Old Fogy as I was, I
have admitted the softimpeachment, and
did not dare as Young America wi
have done to coioeoat I
my fashionable boot #as clampings my
and w§?-\forn veterans of the revolution, " inward nri< f" ^nr^Mrinsrrritiith~W*fr~i&d
you will find one advocating an honora-
ble adjustment of all the liabilities of the
State. Believing such to be the true sen-
timents of flie great mass of the people of
Texas,Tnost 'sensib^ fn&f T _
am giving utterance to the sentiments of J biff toe with all the force and energybf a
those whonf-I^have the honor to repre- 1 bull terrier puppy ! Hail Columbiit!—
sent; and believing, sir, that the honor j Under the rod of that sqpnc tyrant " fesli-
of Texas is sacred, and should be care- ion " what have I, audi no doubt all of wtio
fully gua^dilQ by us, I advocate the pass- us endured in a " close fitting cloth coat" j brtfion. The
Vexas
Hocsioir.
Feb. n.1
.• The anniversa-
of Washington's birth day was cele-
brated in otir. city yesterday, in a very
appropriate manner—a style of which I
am confident the father of his country
would most heartily approved, had he
been present in person to have witnessed
! it. It" was strictly a temperance cele-
of the "Sons of
ictly a
order
our money and get it of our pitifulmoT^
sel we have here; /and we, sir, listen and
legislate for their ^benefit with great care.
Yes, sir, after th^y have thus treated - ub,
we still set here,'like a,nest of young
time taev knock jit ons door
[own every word they Say to us as a sweet
and just morsel. [Stamping and laugh-
ter.] ; I am opposed to this legislation—
~ regard as an acquiescence in their
age of this bill* and do mi*^ earnestly I of a warm sultry evening, when we might, | Temperance," and of "Samaritans," and
consideration by the 'just as well have been gerfectly eas^'and | "Daughters'of Samaria," united in the
~~1~* j comfortable, without any coat at | celebration. It took jjlace at candlelight-
f How often at the Leek and will of that j in„ tllc two ordcrs meeting and marek-
Times. : ®amf.dfP°t> do we hinimer, our, ! ing up Maine street to the Baptist church, ,
TA** n 1 (*n f . I * M Ik vba'Ma.i n« 1% AVi ^ n « rt « • « « • a _ . . •
desu-e it^%vi
members of
"islature.
For the State
WIFE WASTED.
Having tried? all the usual
for high sounding phrases, when thesim- j ugc ot- wMch had been politely grant-
d ansv^r every purpose . ed for the occasion. The audience was
plest words would answer every purpose
methods of j For instance, a youngljady may ask jer
obtaining'a wife without success, I have j neighbor at table for a small (quantityiof
concluded before I entirely succumb to jtlie " essence of ham " instead of lookflDg
my fate, and resign myself henceforth to j up boldly as Young Aifterica would do,
battle alone with .the " ills of life," to savi and request to be help ..f
nothing of " chilling north«s," that.^Bf No, Mr. Editor, unl
would make one last effort in the way of j shall be able to enter
I' am the more readily society witliouf Joosin,
^^drwfth^con- roundabout-and
[ to plenty of s^p.
tYoung America
i saloons of good
aste thereby,- in
, if such a •os-
largc and respectable. The public exer-
cises were introduced by a prayer by
Rev. Mr. Dickson, and singing by the
Sons and Samaritans. Able and appro-
priate addresses were delivered by Rev.
Messrs. Ferguson and Dickson and Dr.
Smallcy. -V s
Rev. Mr. Ferguson took grdtad bold,
lyand dfi
tunate creditor did not a me forward to
the moment, and have his claims scaled.
The cause of the limitation upon the Au-
ditorial Board was simply, that the set-
tlement of our public debt might be liast-
enedX It was expected, by designating
a limited period of time, in which claims
against the late Republic should be pre-
sented for examinationj and scaled, that
we should soon be enabled to ascertain the
whole amount of all out liabilities; and,
I repeat, again, it was never contempla-
ted we would, as a State, plead the sta-
tute of limitation. In proof of this, I
have only to refer to honorable gentlemen,
members of this body, Mrho were members
of the former legislatures, and some of
whom were of the publics debt committee
of that session of the legislature which
placed the restrictions and limitations up-
on the Auditorial Boardj—they will bear
me out in the assertion.
Well sir; such being the facts, and
claiming^ as we do, to be Texians—rep-
resentatives of a people taadc free by the
assistance of those who now hold debts
against us.—are we, by an act so disgrace-
ful, to endorse the hated doctrine of re-
pudiation ? No sir: in justice to our-
selves, and those whom ye represent, we
cannot do so. No true-hearted Texian,
(I mean a Texian, sir, in the fullest and
broadest sense of that iterm,) will never
consent to such a policy. If I know any
thing of the feelings of the people of Tex-
as, they will submit to any degradation—
suffer any other stain upon their charac-
ter as a people, rather than repudiate the
debts contracted dm ing their struggle for
fr^cdolST'ari&^higb go materially contri-
buted to make them ati-V^ene ndent peo-
tesBP
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The member- from _Rusk asks, with
:eat concern, if we intend to pass this
"Ell, and Jtnake an "invidyus distinction"
between •Qxr^ creditors ?/ For one, sir, I
don't tliinlr ~
that we intend to be
a creditor files his reli
city, and comcs here
companies
their roa*
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for the
tre made
he in his op-
an irgu-I
to efieet. I
1 from Galves-*
to make that point,
he dearest headed law-
tould not "wish
it-Vstt*
WD ^ving the
road, would
i ail mon-
Stete would
bid we
stand under
satisfactorily
> position.
raid be of bo
of tibird per-
s State to a first
rreeorded in the coun-
raise
but this
prevent thttse taking
monej^ to construct
his amendment mil
biH frem realizing any benefit
lands in tl^ir infancy; ifed tl
time
tanee.
construeao
P^sage
must not
irith that
acat-
► be
or
re-
■I the
State could
i a legal mort-
it could
as well
elieve that
d recreant
r«f the^as
[vantage of this
from their
that is the
: companies most need assis-
re intggji to encourage the
raiRads at all by the
bill, that amendment
adopted. If we wish to
ients but to deceive the
%t us pass this bill
enfe. If we intend to
^d to-morrow repeal that
law, let us adopt that amendment and
we have succeeded admirably^; but if we
intend to encowage the copstruction of
raijroads, I weald as soon see the enact-
ing clause struck out of that bill, as to
age that amendment become a part of it.
The people of tSis State expect that this
legislature will do something liberally in
aiding the construction of railroads; and
if we do not do something their disap-
pointment will be great. Pass this bill
with that amendment and I could not
return to my constituents and tell them
that I had aided any company. I should
be obliged to tell them that I had placed
works of railroad improvement in a worse
situation than I had found them. Could
I expect that such a course would meet
with their approbation??
We have passed a bill giving our rail-
road companies land to aid tnem in the
iafancy of their undertakings. This bill
is id give them still farther assistance,
but the proposition will Ve defeated
we give the State mortgage upon those
Adopt that amendment and we
have done nothing by the way of aiding
railroads—the bin will be worse than
worthless with it.
course, in the appointment of their guar-
dian for us; and I design to spurn all
sueb measures. But, sir, I want us to
adhere strictly to that mode which was
adopted in 1848, commonly called "the
scaling system"—which I understand to
mean simply "to pay back to our credi-
tors what wc received from them with in-
terest froth the time we received it, up to
the time we tendered it back to them,"
and no more. This principle, sir, isfound-
ed in justice and the laws of equity, and
this mode I intend to advocate and main-
tain. It has been over and over again
ratified by the sovereign people of the
State, and for it I expect to vote, though
no other member upon this floor should
dbso; and here I'll stand till the heav-
ens fall before I'll yield an inch ! No,
sir, there is but "one course for us, and
that is to remain quiet until they who tied
up our money shall go and cut it loose
by filing their releases ? it will then tum-
ble into qur treasury, and we shall have
the exquisite pleasure and honor of pay-
ing our debts; there is, sir, not only ho-
nor in paying a debt, but there is nonor
in creating a debt. We have had the ho-
nor and benefit of creating the debts,
and in the name of Heaven let us have
the honor of paying them off—or shall
it be said that the creditors of Texas, to
secure their debts, were forced to run a
garnishment and injunction upon the
Government of the United States. No,
sir, let them alone, and they will, when
they find that they cannot take us by the
nose and wring us to every point of the
compass, always, go and release the mo-
ney to us, and we will then paj them off,
and for my part I will not vote them a
dollar till they do it.
These remarks have been made extern
poraneously and upon the spur of the
moment, and were elicited by the sarcas-
tic and gutteral mutteringsof gentlemen,
upon the Teading of my amendment.
I hope I am understood.
before
mort-
have to
mortga-
secure
before
mon-
u*'-:
ike amendment offertd by
him-
ssBfi-sr."'
to a^Ul " To pay the Public Debt
of the: ufo Republic of fezat, for
which the duties on impostk were spe-
cially plfdged" f
Mr. Speaker—As -fhe
which I offer seems to have
eitemciit, and ia not lik ____
stood—that is its intent anl*meaning is
net likely to be well comprehended, I pro-
Us explain. The amendment is in-
~ to exhibit the superlative folly of
whole measure—that we jure legislat-
the disposal of the five millions of
now locked up in t&yffeaSury of
States, and over which we
the least shadow cjr control, and
cannot eofttrol til? the injunc-
id b^ tSe creditors
pleaees and re-
fullpf all
lent
Remarks of
Mr. THROCKMORTON on a Bill for
the relief of Q-en. Leslie Combs.
Mr. Speaker: There is a marked dif-
ference between the claims of General
Leslie Combs, and those of the other large
creditors of Texas. He has complied
with the requisitions of the Boundary Act,
as it is commonly termed, so far as he
possibly can—he filed his release at the
proper department at Washington city;
and'pomes here and asks permission to
comply with the laws of our State, by
subimtting his claims to the Auditoria'
Board. But sir, it is plead, by the mem-
ber from Rusk (Mr. Turner), that Gene-
ral Combs did not submit his claims to
the action of the Auditorial Board, when
it was open for that purpose, and that we
should be eareful how we make distinc-
tions ; and, if wc do open the board, that
it should be general. Now, sir, I hold to
a very different opinion; and ask the
question', if we are to place those large
creditors, who have refused to file releases
at the federal treasury, and who still re-
fuse to submit their claims to the Audi-
torial Board, upon an equal footing with
the only man who has shown a disposi-
tion to comply with all the requirements
of every law passed in regard to our pub-
lic debt, by tho United States, anil by
ourselves. Honor, magnanimity, and the
of even-handed justice,
t wc should do such an act—an
net ion
onest; and when
se at Washington
d asks to submit
ed, in accordance
his claims to be
with OUr laws, as Gei?. Combs has done,
we intend he shall be paid—or at least
ive him an order, as we now propose in
this instance, on the reserved five millions
inng up in the United States Treasury.
But, sir, the " invidious distinction"
which my friend seems so fearful will be
created, I regret to say, has already been
made. By an act of the last session of
the Legislature, the Auditorial Board was
re-opened for the presentation of claims
against the late Republic, on account of
supplies furnished andservices rendered;
rat the individual who has a claim of mo-
ney, notwithstanding that identical mo-
ney may have been received for supplies
furnished, or services rendered the go-
vernment, yet, sir, he . cannot present it
to the Audit©! ial Board, and receive a
certificate of indebtedness. He cannot
even have the satisfaction of getting his
clainrof money scaled down to seventy
live cents, fifty cents, or twenty cents on
the dellar. This is what I"call "invidi-
ous distinctions;" and It is this land of
legislation that the friends of this mea-
sure are endeavoring to wipe from our
statutes^ '
By reference to a statement of the
Comptroller, it will be seen that the total
amount of Gen. Combs', claim, principal
and interest, is one hundred and sixty-one
thousand four hundred and sixty-six dol-
lars. The bill upon your table provides
that this claim shall not be presented to
the Auditoria! Board for a larger amount
than #137,246 66. Thus it will be seen,
that the committee have scaled the claim
from $161,466 66, down to $137,246 66;
and then, sir, it has to be scaled by the
Auditorial Board, and what it will be fi
nally reduced to, is beyond my ken.—
Well, sir, after all this, do we pay the
debt ? No, sir; not at all. Not one sin-
gle cent do we pay. We only give Gen.
Combs an order on the reserved five mill-
ions; a fund specially pledged for the
payment of this very class of our liabili-
ties. Now, I ask gentlemen, in all can-
dor, if they can possibly refuse to do so
srnirkfo an su t. nf instinA ?
(see speeches of niembers of legislature)-
but essentially practical hnd commercial,
as a proof of this, how often do- We see it
the case, that mercantile establishments,
amply endowed with capital and every
other ingredient of prosperity, still dwin-
dle along for years, scarcely, to use a
common expression " holding their own,"
until finally a little judicious "advertis-
ing '' or some similar tribute to the " spir-
it of the age," place them at once, with
"ease and elegance" in that position,
which long before they ought to have oc-
cupied " on 'Change.''''
Another example of the benefits re-
sulting from "advertising" (thechief ex-
ponent of the spirit *'of the age) is to be
observed in the rapidity with which enor-
mous fortunes are oiten made by the ven-
dors of "quack nostrums"—nostrums
either wholly inert or absolutely injuri-
ous. But the proprietors thereof having
the tact and sagacity to " bend the pli-
ant hinges of the knee," to the spirit of
the age," by a wide spread and judicious
systom of "advertising" are soon ena-
bled to dispose of immense quantities of
their " villainous compounds," and at the
same time fill their pockets with the law-
fid monies of the realm. Even merit
without advertising stands but little
chance of success. As a case in point
see "Robortson's Bitters " a most excel-
lent remedy for many of the ills "that
flesh is heir to," but until judiciously ad-
vertised, scarcely known beyond the pre-
cincts of the town ; now, wherever mias-
ma pervades the tainted atmosphere, they
go off like hot cakes, and with a rapidity
second only to John Bull's compound syr-
up of Sarsaparilla! But, Mr. Editor,
you may-suppose I am wandering from
the legitimate^subject of this advertise-
ment : not at all—of "Advertising can as-
sist a man so readily to a"fortnne, why
may he not by its njeans, as easilyibtain
t ! Ill ' * |T—nm—• vf* If] ■mWr~-*3
own mind, if I had only adopted ^this
simple an act of justice ?
It has been to me a most heartfelt con-
solation, indeed, to hear the aged and ve-
nerable gentleman from Bexar (Mr. Ma-
verick) advocate the passage of the bill
now under consideration. I would wish,
sir, that every man, woman and child in
this broad State, could hear him plead
for the injured honor of our country.—
He, sir, bias been identified with all the
interests of Texas, from the earliest mo-
ments of her existence, through the dark-
est hours of her gloom, when her very
destinies hung as it were upon the slen-
derest thread, up to the present moment
of her unexampled prosperity. When we
gee one who has devoted a long life to the
service of his oountry—one who has been
immured arithin the loathsome walls of a
Mexican dungeon, atid worn for many a
weary month at a time, the galling chains
of Mexico's hated tyranny; one, sir, who
has literally poured out his heart's best
blood upon the sacred Itltar of Texian
liberty, as has the noble-hearted patriot
of Bexar, standing up here in his place,
vindicating the wounded reputation of his
country, tend so earnestly advocating the
payment of all -our just debjsj we can
come to no other codclusiop^than that he
is actuated by the puresi motives of pat-
riotism, and the truest^ devotion to the
best interests of the Stjte. And. sir. I
j feel proud iii tho beli
that would brand us with infa- j wherever you Quay ti;
course in the first instance, I should long
ago have left " bleak and barren shores
of old bachelerdom " and have now been
luxuriating in the " flowery fields of con-
nubial diss," and perhaps "sby this time
would have been one of the honored pat-
rons of the flourishing institution at Se-
guin ! Hail Columbia happy land ! For
I cannot, Mr. Editor, attribute my want
of success to any deficiency of merit.—
As in the case of Robertsons Bitters be-
fore alluded to,jthe actual merit was, (I
say it humbly,) not lacking, but like them
only needed to be known to the public to
be duly appreciated. But, sir, I was un-
fortunately a long way behind the age,
and consequently I depended upon such
old fogy methgds of winning my way with
the fair sex, as I ought to have known
were long since expunged from the doc-
trines of Young America. For instance,
I wrote sentimental and sickening verses
to the object of my adoration, so much
on the mawkish and namby tamby order,
that on a second perusal they invariably
caused even in myself a qualmish sensa-
tion about the region of the system, gen-
erally more or less .affected at sea! Then
again I would take sentimental " moon-
light walks " with my dulcinea, and talk
pathetically about the " star of my desti-
ny " and the "union of congenial spir-
its." Sometimes I varied my tactics,
(still, however, on the "old"fogy" prin-
ciple) and would often take pleasant jaunts
either on horseback or more cosily in bug-
gies with my inimorata's amidst the ro-
mantic and picturesque scenery of the sur-
rounding country. (In proof of which I
refer you to divers unreceipted bills for
horse and hack hire, now in the hands of
Messrs. Walsh & Burditt, who, by the
way I have dodged for the last two weeks
with an ingenuity and adroitness, worthy
of a better cause.} But, sir, all this ex-
pense of time
lost and thrown iway—-and I verily be-
lieve I am now doing pennance nightly in
my lonely couch and cold slick sheets,
for having put my trust in such old fogy
methods, in lieu of hoisting the flag of
Young America, and advertising as I am
now doing, (alas! perhaps too late) for
a wife. By the way, Mr. Editor, speak
ing of Young America, I would here beg
leave to make a slight digression. It is
true that Young America has done a great
deal, but it is also true, that there yet re-
mains much for him to do, before his mis-
sion can be said to be accomplished. It
is true that the fervid beams of the rising
sun of Young America has melted away
the guady tinsel with which the rotten
despotisms of Europe were once adorn-
ed, and left the dilapidated structures
standing in all their naked deformity.—
It is true that by the aid of those power-
ful assistants, annexation and fillibuster-
ism, she is-daily extending the area of
freedom and equality. (Hail Columbia
happy land!)—all this I say is true, Mr.
Editor, but at the same time, strange as
it may seem, there ex sts a despotism in
our very midst, nearly, if not quite as
atrocious as was that of the Inquisition
with all its racks and engines of torture;
I allude to the despotism of fashion.—
How often, under the iron rule of that
despot, have I sat for hours suffering tor-
tures unspeakable, endeavoring the while,
to hide my anguish under a faint and
sickly smile; or, failing in that, have tri-
ed to conceal my agony beneath a sail and
melancholic expression of countenance.
In thjs I have sometimes so far succeed-
ed, ;is on Several occasions to have exci-
ted the pity of some tender hearted dam-
who perhaps would softly enquire in
rgTlrm irhfil,! ftp
er rubbish of by-gone ages; w^Smiot,
with propriety term ourselves the free
and enlightened citizens of this "glori-
ous Repdblic! (Hail Columbia happy
land!) I would most respectfully call
the attention of the •' Lone Star Order "
to the importance of this subject.
It is customary, I believe, in advertise-
ments of this sort, to say something of
one's personal appearance, age, condition,
prospects of life, &e. Personal appear-
being a belicate subject, I approach it
with much diffidence. I hare been told,
(sometime since, I admit,) that I was pas-
sable in point of looks, and I have no
doubt that even at this "present sitting "
that I should be considered well enough
in that respect, except, perhaps, fry such
young ladies as may have just finished the
perusal of the " Children of the Abby "
or the "mysteries of Udolpho." Age,
also, is a delicate subject to approach,
and I cannot help feeing anN invincible
repugnance to writing it down actually in
figures. I will only state, as a sort" of
rough approximation towards such figures,
that I. came on the stage of action some-
time after the memorable battle of New
Orleans. I am sorry to say, that, as yet,
I have made no great sfcjr in political life.
It is true that I was once elected Alder-
man of the City of Plain, Dealing in tlie
State of Indiana, and on one occasion de-
livered a public speech before His Honor
the Mayor and Council, relative to a new
plan for the construction of severs, which
was highly applauded; but as His Hon-
or the Mayor and Council at that partic-
ular juncture, were in that happy state,
at which people sometime Br rive, through
the aid of champagne or o|^er stimulants.
I mean that state in which it is more-than
probable anything said or sung by any'
body, would have befei* applauded or en- -
cored. I have never for one moment
supposed, if my speech had bee i publish-
' " ft*"' jV j
h Clay or W ebster. * ^
body'of the public'of Texas werendw
prepared to vote for this *taW7 especiaHyy
he said, was this the case with the peo-
ple in the region of country between the
Brazos and the Colorado, among whom
he had recently traveled, and with wh6se
sentiments he was well acquainted. Mr.
F. said he Was aware that the opinion
was entertained by some that the people
of Houston were not prepared to give a
majority vote in favor of the Maine Liquor
Law; he, however, thought differently.—
He Believed a majority of the people of
Houston and Harris county were pre-
pared to sustain the law, &c.; hoped the
friends of a prohibitory law would ''keep
it before the people," that such a law we
were determined to have in Texas, and
;as soon 41s we could by proper means ob-
tain "it. He dealt some heavy blows at
tlie grog shops of Houston.
The renifwks of this gentleman were
received with loud chef ring, sherilng that
the feelings of a large majority of the
audience were deeply enl£$tcft on the side
,of..the sterling sentiments hewas so elo-
quently'advancing."^fie evidently was
favored with a Maine Liquor Law au-
dience. .
Rev. Mr. Dickson also expressed^^im*-
self decidedly in favor of a prohibitory
liqtfor law. Me said he stood, aa it were,
upon the threshold of his advent into
Texas, and was much gratified to meet
with such an audience, and to participate
in such a celebration. It made him feel
more confident in casting the lot of him-
self and family among such a people.—
He said that he believed that the good
people of Limestone county, among whom
he contemplated settling, were decided-
y in favor of a prohibitory liquor law.
rMr, D^Qy also spoke decidedly in f*.
votr of a prohibition.
It was resolved to send five delegates
to the State Temperance Convention at
Hiwtsville. lo& heldt2flth_
■5b-
H?As to my worldly prospects they are
what might be termed brilliant one6 in ex-
pectation ! I have always been consci-
entiously opposed to slavery, (of course
I do not avcriv my sentiments publicly in
this section) and consequently have nev-
er accumulated any property of that kind.
I have, however, leagues and labors of
land somewhere above the 3_° parallel
of latitude, considerably trespassed upon
at present, I must confess, by Comanches,
Kcechies, Beadeyes and Tonkawas,—but
~ shall shortly insert another advertise-
ment in your paper, warning all such tres-
passers that they shall be punished with
the utmost rigor of the law. But it has
just occurred to me that our last Legisla-
ture has appropriated some three leagues
of land for the permanent abode of these
wild tribes, which may do away with the
necessity of advertising as I proposed.—
* must confess, also, that these lands are
of no great value at present, but when
the Pacific railroad with its engines, cars
and steam whistles shall go snorting thro'
that section, I have no doubt I shall wake
up some fine morning and find -myself a
millionaire at the least. I also1 intend
purchasing at an eavly a day as practica-
ble, some five hundred liead of stock, and
if any young lady who designs answering
this advertisement, will only procure the
requisite table of "statistics" and sum
up the rapid increase of stock upon pur
luxuriant prairies (Hail Columbia happy
land!) she will perceive that at the end
of five years we shall be the joint own-
ers of three thousand head of cattle!—
I know, Mr. Editor, it is not considered
precisely the thing according to the dog-
mas of Old Fogyism to discuss in the so-
ciety of refined young ladies the subject
of "hides, horns and tallow," but as I
have stated before I no longer take Old
Fogyism for my guide, but look alone to
'pillar of-fire "
the deserts of
bachelerdom to the luxuriant plains of
matrimony. (Hail Columbia!) But gen-
erosity, Mr. Editor, is a weakness of
mine, and for all these "brilliant expec-
tations " a very moderate amount of rea-
dy cash on the part of any young lady,
will be considered a fair equivalent. That
however, as diplomatists say is an ultima-
tum.
But to conclude, so eonfifient am I of
success when this advertisement shall ap-
pear in your paper, that I have already
purchased a family bible with blank leaves
for the record of marriages, etc., etc
Any neat little three cornered note,
addressed to O. H. N. will meet with
prompt attention; no confidence b<^i ayed.
N. B.—Please pay postage. *
For fear I may have omitted to say
something in this advertisement which
ought to liavc been said, or said some-
thing which should have been omitted, I
have had it (as you see) examined a
approved by the proper authorities^/-'—
Ilail Columbia happy land !!!
Approved:
WM. WALK
President pro. tem.
By S. A. Filibuster, Si y
money was so much- .Young America as the
HP#«s!s:la* —-:i- that is to lea 1 me from
I-'Ml
Plato says—then
delightful as the hearing
of truth. For
conversation so
man of integrity,
intention to betrq
any intention t
nora.
this
nothing so
r the speaking
i*fi8en there is no
able as. that of a
o hears without any
and speaks without
went on we
A decidedly ^iod impression was made
on the community in favor of legal pro-
hibitiOn. The dealers in Alcoholic drinks
were .made to tremble. They evidently
feared tharof them it might soon be said,
" Othello's occupation is gone."
A Z.
San Axtonio, Feb. 20^ 1854.
To the Editor of the Texas State Times:
Deak Sie—I was #ell pieas$£ with
an extract frotn the N. O. Defta with
editorial remarks in your paper, dated
11th inst., respecting tliereneWal of Colt's
patent for fire arms, and believe that ev-
ery frontier man will respond jjps, were
their notice called to thjfrquwe;.
In July, 1851, the writer pf \
occasion to purchase hx ttolcit
co , six of Colt's six-shooters,'-j
about, the city, found at the- largest gun"
shop and factory (which was carried on
by a German) in the city, a large lot of
very good looking pistols of Colt's pat-
tern and size, marked Colt's patent, of-
fered. at §35—the regular price for one
alone,being $40. Upon a close exami-
nation I thought them inferior, thinking
Col. Cblt; had manufactured them for the
Mexican market. I did not purchase
there, but found in tlie hands of an Ame-
rican* house a large lot of Colt's genuine
article. Relating the circumstance to a
friend, a French gentleman, who had re-
sided many years in western Texas, and
who accompanied me to new the arms on
my second visit to purchase, the moment
he saw the pistols at the German shop,
cried out, "Belgian fabric," to the great
mortification of the shop keeper, adding
they were worth nothing compared with
Colt's make. After a thorough exami-
nation, I purchased the genuine Ameri-
can article from the American house, at
$36 eaoh, two of which I yet cany when
necessary, and expect to do so as long a*—
I have occasion to carry arms. I subse-
quently learned from the German thop
keeper, that Belgian six shooters were
slow sale. Truly, yours,
VOX VERITAS.
The Remains of Pulaski.—A report
that the remains of Pulaski had been
discovered, has caused a great controvery
in Georgia. A letter from Col. James
Lynch, of South Carolina, states that his
grandfather was a ssirgeon in the army,
and extracted th^bullet which gave Pu-
laski his death wound. He also says—
[iV: O. Bulletin.]
"Although a desperate wound, my
grandfather thought the Count could have
recovered'froni it had he consented to re-
main un^r his care, and follow the Ame-
rican army on a litter. Count Pulaski^
however, resisted this proposal, becausc
btyfeared a sortie and pursuit by the Bri-
ll army, and his consequent capture;
in which event, he believed that the Bri-
tish government would have sent him to
Russia, a power with whom he w s in
deatlily hostility, and who
had driven luio fr^m -
nsartyr. Rather than':
should prefer death, and ^fSke the chjince
of a ctire in'the French fleet, command^^ . ?
by D'Estaing. Accordingly he was car-
ried on shipboard, died on the passage .
round to Charleston, and his b(5uy was
buried in the seas." .« iT
he
ipathising
voice, 11 some
Longevity of Fabmebs.—It appears
from the Massachusetts register of births
and deaths, that the duration of th<P lives
of agriculturists was thirteen years above
MenAvho do not profit by the ex- j the general average, fcearlv ninetm
ample of n*We exertions, are"iinworthy i above tliatof common laborc. jn-i near-
citizens, and may he looked upon as ene-! lv nineteen per cent -:!?. • v ih-
mie? to the peblic weal.' . ' age «l-lfeiQ^«fincchanic?.
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