Tri-Weekly State Times (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 35, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 2, 1854 Page: 3 of 4
four pages : illus. ; page 22 x 32 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
sjj?twrwwr
"EW
I
tewvwtr-KgmmiiiwJuuJiJtf
Several other relief bills unci acts of
incorporation passed.
Tuesday Jan. 31 1854.
Senate. Bill to authorize tho Coun-
ty Court of Upshcrjeounty to ihavc cer-
tain records therein named transcribed;
passed.
Mr. Bryan offered a resolution which
was adopted instructing the Committee
on Private Land Claims to prepare and
report to tho Senate as early as possible
:i bill embracing all tho claims for private
relief for land which have boon presen-
ted and which in their opinion are meri-
torious. Mr. Sublctt chirman on the part of
the Senate of tho committee on enrolled
bills reported some fifteen bills correct-
ly enrolled and this day presented to the
Governor for his approval.
Bill supplementary to "An act to in-
corporate the Tyler and Dallas Railroad
company" introduced to-day by Mr.
liOtt: passed.
Bill supplementary to "An act to pro-
vide for the assessment and collection of
taxes" approved Feb. 11th 1850 final-
ly passed by a vote of 18 to 6.
Bill supplemental to "An act to es-
tablish the New Orleans Texas and Pa-
cific Railway Company for the exten-
sion of tho New Orleans Algiers and
Opolousas Railway through Texas "ap-
proved Feb. lGth 1852 passed by a
vote of 22 to 1 .
Bill authorizing and requiring County
Courts to regulate roads appoint over-
seers &c. passed by a vote of 13
to 10.
Mr. Gage introduced a bill "to incor-
porate the Henderson Railroad Compa-
ny; which on suspension of rules was
read 3 times and passed.
Bill for the relief of the Colonists of
Peter's Colony and a bill to regulate
Mustang chases; each read 3d time and
passed.
Two Joint Resolutions each proposing
amendments of the Constitution pass-
ed. One proposes a change of the time
for the inauguration of the Governor
Lt. Governor &c and the other gives
the Governor the power of appointing
officers in certain cases.
Bill to incorporate Palestine Encamp-
ment No. 3 passed.
Bill to incorporate the Sabine and Rio
G randc railroad company; passed.
Bill "to attach the residue of Cald
well county to the Gonzales Land Dis-
triet; passed.
Bill "to encourage the building of
Steamboats Steamships and other ves-
sels in the State of Texas; passed. The
bill gives 320 acres of land for every 25
tons constructed according to Custom
1 louse rates.
Wednesday February 1 1853.
House. Mr. Lewis of San Augus-
tine offered the following bill as a substi-
tuto to the bill offered by Mr. Turner of
Rusk "to provide for tho payment of
the Public Debt of the late Republic of
Texas."
A BILL to pay the Public Debt of the
late Republic of Texas for which du-
ties on imposts were specially pledged.
Section 1 . Be it enacted by the Leg-
islature of the State of Texas That the
Treasurer of the United States under the
direction of the President be and he is
hereby authorized to pay all the debts of
tho late Republic and which have been
or may hereafter bo scaled according to
tho law of tho 20th day of March 1818
and the law of tho 31st day of January
1852 upon presentation by the owner of
the certificate thorofor issued by the Au-
ditor and Comptroller of tho State of
Texas and upon receiving tho rolease pro-
vided in an act of Congress approved
September tho 9th 1850 usually called
tho Texas Boundary Act which was
agreed to and accepted by a law of tho
State of Texas approved November 25th
1850.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted That
tho fivo millions of dollars of fivo por
ent. bondsretained in the Treasury of
Jhe United 'States and the interest there-
im.')(W.W'iUiiiuSiwiMfPAWiijHWWjwiiaj)jiu
on or so much as maybe necessary bo
set apart and appropriated to carry this
act into effect. Provided that in no
event shall the Government of the Uni-
ted Stales or any creditor paid as above
provided for have any further claim up-
on the State of Texas for any part of
the above specified claims.
Onpresencingthe above bill Mr. Lew-
is made tho following remarks :
Mr. Speaker : Availing myself of the
privilege granted by the resolution we
have adopted allowing each member to
call up a bill out of its regular order to
be acted upon 1 have taken this one sir
in exclusion of other private bills 1 would
wish to see passed ; and sir 1 have done
so because I thought the interest of our
State demanded our speedy and prompt
attention in relation to this subject. Now
sir I have listened with no small degree
of admiration to the patriotic appeals
made by many members of this House
proclaiming their unqualified wish and de-
sire to have our public debt paid ; but 1
have heard none provide the mode and
manner by which this desirable object is
1o be accomplished: therefore I have in-
troduced the subject in order that some
action should be had during this session;
because I believe the policy of the State
requires it and the people of Texas are
anxiously looking for something to be
done in relation to our public debt lt
was generally admitted sir a few days
days ago in the discussion of the bill for
the relief of Gen. Leslie Combs that at
the time they denied any action in rela-
tion to his claim (farther than receiving
it at the scaled rate) all were willing to
pass a general law for all those who have
had their debts properly adjusted and al-
lowed to be paid out of the five millions
of dollars now in the troasm'y of the Uni-
ted States. This bill Mr. Speaker pro-
vides for that object in a manner I think
will be satisfactory to all ; and I do hope
that the same zeal and honesty that has
heretofore prompted the action of num-
bers to speak for the character and credit
of our State will still continue to help
them on to a calm candid and delibe-
rate investigation of this subject: and
when we have adopted a just speedy
and equitable course to pursue in the
discharge of our public debt and one
that will still maintain the honor and fame
of our country I sir will be found in the
field ready to "go as far as he who goes
the farthest."
Whereupon the bill and substitute was
made tho special order of the day for Fri-
day next at 10 o'clock and two hundred
copies ordered to bo printed.
New Pai'i:r. The Bastrop Adverti-
ser learns of the contemplated estab-
lishment of a new paper at Lockhart
by Mr. Crane and others. It is to be
called "The South-Side Democrat."
gg The Houston Spirit of The Age
compliments the course of Senator Pas-
chal on the "Loan Bill."
$? Tho Galveston Journal states
that Gen. Harrison is engaged with the
Steamer Nick Hill in procuring timber
on Cedar Bayou for the Galveston Hous-
ton and Henderson railroad.
gggThe Marshall Republican an-
nounces tho demise of Col. John T. Web
stcr of Harrison county on
January.
the 19th
---
Dn. Dukuin on tiie Turkish War.
Tho Baltimore Times says that Dr.
Durbin latoly delivered a Missionary
sermon in Washington in which he clearly
showed that the war now in progress be-
tween Turkey and Russia had its origin
in a religious policy on tho part of the
Czar who is apprehensive that "tolera-
tion" by the Turkish government of all
Christian creeds may encourage a think-
ing and investigating spirit which may
extend to the heart of his dominions and
thus imperil the stability of his empire.
Ten years ago while tho doctor was at
Smyrna a Christian for tho purpose of
securing by marriage tho heart and
hand of a lady of that city apostatized
to Mohannnedauism. But three months
aftorwards stung in his conscience that
ho had forsaken tho roligion of his Sa-
viour -lie returned openly to his first
love. For this ho lost his head which
was thrown to tho dogs
Austin Fob. 1 1854.
Messrs. Fohd .t Walker
Gentlemen : As in the 'Tri-Wcokly
Gazette' of this morning my name is in-
troduced into the leading article and re-
flections cast upon my business charac-
ter I wish through tho columns of your
paper to sot myself right before the
public.
I did proper as stated by lion. G.
W. Crawford in the article alluded to to
undertake the furnishing of supplies for
the Gazette office and in tho month of
May last did sond forward an order for
its benefit. Said order did not reach its
place of destination and was duplicated
so soon as its miscarriage was known.
These are facts : and had friend Craw-
ford while writing on the subject en-
vuired into the particulars there would
not have been a necessity for my telling
the other side of the story.
At the time 1 agreed to furnish Col.
Hampton agreed to pay for the things
furnished one-half in advance and the
ballanco on receipt of tho paper which
was the article contracted for all of which
will appear by reference to tho written
memorandums in my possession which
can be seen by any one who from the
statements in this morning's Gazette
may have been led to suppose that an in-
justice has been done to that establish-
ment by me or through my agency.
T appeal to facts in justification of my
course in relation to matters made public
through the 'Gazette.' The reader will
bear in mind the nature of my contract
with that establishment and then say if
paying on the 26th January for paper
delivered on the 31st Deccmbr and
11th Jan'y preceding is paying one-half
in advance and the other half on receipt
of the paper ; and if such being the his-
tory of one transaction under our con-
tract I was under any obligation to swal-
low another pill of the same kind ? I say
no !
As to the paper loaded by Col. Hamp-
ton on his wagon at Lavaca and by
me removed from his office after its arri-
val all I need say is that it was my pa-
per and not his ; that he obtained posses-
sion of it without orders from me ; that
he had not put in my hands an advance
payment for paper as per agreement
and that that same jmpv' having been
paid for in advance by yourselves under
a contract precisely similar in its terms
to that made with the 'Gazette' office I
had no alternative but to send it where it
belonged and in all this merely did a le-
gitimate thing and as a business man
should have done.
One word more and I have done. I
have not been a party to any conspiracy
against the 'Gazette' office or in any way
sought to retard its prosperity. On the
contrary my advertising and printing ac-
count of almost 100 for the year 1853
my advance payment for work done for
me and the very generous terms upon
which I proposed to furnish supplies
ought to have secured forme more friend-
ly feelings than I find evinced in the arti-
cle before mo. But be that as it may
having heretofore asked nothing from the
'Gazette' office in the way of business
not asked from others under similar cir-
cumstances and being as ready to fur-
nish them as yourselves with printing pa-
per or anything else in my lino for a
quid pro quo I hope that if hereafter
thejr think they have anything of which
to complain because of my way of pro-
secuting my own business they will come
to me and not go to the public to have
their wrongs redressed.
FRANCIS T. DUFFAU.
--- -
For the State Times.
The SlaniHtiij) Kill.
Mr. Editor: Notwithstanding tho nu-
merous favorable notices of this project
from the press there seeing to bo in sev-
eral quarters quite a misapprehension as
to the extent of the encouragement asked
from tho State as well as tho necessary
results which will grow out of the estab-
lishment of tho proposed line.
It may bo assumed as a fixed fact that
tho vessels necessary to be built and plac-
ed in the lino at tho very outset which can
enter fairly into competition with the pres-
ent line must cost at least six hundred
thousand dollars. Nothing less than four
steamers will answer tho purpose to begin
with ; and in the course of two years some
six or eight will be necessary. Now the
bill before tho Senate does not propono
tho advance of a single dollar to tho com-
pany ; although it seems to bo assumed by
some that the Stato is asked to go into the
Steamship building trade or at least to
give a bon us to this company. What then
are tho facts ? And how stands the case ?'
Tho corporators propose to build a lino
of Steamships and placo in tho trade be-
tween New Orleans and the ports on tho
Gulf coast not to bo diverted from that)
trauo without tno consent ot tho Lcgis-t
laturo. They build these ships entirely
with their own means requiring an invet-
ment at thoir hands of something likil
500000 and that investment in Steam-
ships running in tho Texas trade not to
bo withdrawn without the consent of hoi
legislature. Tho bill provides it iB true
that on tho threo first vessels as they ari
severally delivered m tho trauo there shall
be a loan of 100000 on each providec
a mortgage shall bo executed to tho StaU
for tho amount and likewise a policy o'
insurance delivered mado pnyablo also t
tho State covering tho full amount of tin
loan. In effect then tho company ex-
pend $600000 in Steamships running fo:
the benefit and controlled by the peoph.
of Texas so far as being kept in hor tradk
is concerned whether it proves profitabh
to the company or otherwise. The Stat
makes a loan of one-half the amount a
a large intorcst with the most perfect so
curity; it is not being advanced a
all but amounts merely to the loan o
her credit for the one-half of an invest
ment which is wholly for tho benefit o
her citizens. I do not mean by this tha
the corporators receive no advantage fron
the loan or from the profits of the line
The loan aids them materially in build
ing the ships in the character of a crcd
it for its amount. Tho line while it wil
prove immensely beneficial to tho Stati
of Texas by the saving of hundreds o
thousands of dollars yearly to her citi
zons will also pay the company handsom
returns upon their capital invested a
least they think so or they would not en
gt.ge in it. They may be mistakon ii
their expectations of profit but there cai
bo no mistake so far as tho State is con
corned. Her loan is secure and tho ves
sols cannot leave the trade whether prof
itable to the company or not. Her citi
zens must in any event reap all the ad
vantages which inevitably must resul
from the establishment of a fair competi
tion in the Gulf commerce.
Thus stands the caso so far as the na
turo and extent of the encouragemen
sought from the State is concerned. Bu
it has been said that private enterprisi
should alono bo invoked to bring abou
that competition which our interests so ur
gently require. In answer to this it i
only necessary to say that private enter
prise has been called upon for years ant
failed to meet tho emergency. The legis
laturo has once chartered a Steamshij
company looking to tho association of in
dividual capital in tho shapo of a join
stock company which like all previous
attempts proved a total failure leaving
the existing evil of a monopoly more oner
ous than before. It is now regarded :u
a palpable and undeniable fact that wt
must continue for years to sufl'cr the ex-
panding capacities of our State to be
crippled and retarded unless the princi
pie of Stato encouragement be adopted
It is oven said by some (who it iB be
lioved have but very hastily looked int
this matter) " that the present bill in tin
Sonato proposees to build up another mo
nopoly." I will only answer this bj
asking the objector what ho will pay fo
freight or passage from New Orleans t(
Texas when thore shall bo two lines o
Btsamships competing for business? Oi
does any citizen of tho Stato desire anj
better guarantee that he will bo charget
only a fair prico when this compctitioi
shall be established ?
I hope the proposition will be lookco
into as a plain question of dollars am
cents to tho people of the Stato and thai
the action of thoir representatives by tho
passage of tho lav' will result in a saving
of hundreds of thousands of dollars por
annum as well as an immenso accession
to our population. Should this attempt
fail to bring about tho competition so nec-
essary to the rapid development of the
resources of the State it is not likely that
further eflbrts will bo made for years to
come. IL
$g5'Tho Bastrop Advertiser says corn
is worth 75 cents por bushel in that coun-
ty and flour 14 por barrel.
$2?" Armington complains of having
had an editorial written for his paper by
a "distinguished Judgo." He not only
condemns tho manner but the matter J
Armington is anti-loan and tho proflerod
editorial pro-loan. Our noighbor rojecttifw v
tho judicial offering with spirit
"
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View one place within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Ford, John S. Tri-Weekly State Times (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 35, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 2, 1854, newspaper, February 2, 1854; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth78426/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.