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THE TEXAS SIM! GAME.
;OITY OETAUSTItf NOVEMBER 20 1852.
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&T When wo published an article three weoTts ago in roi-
erenco Jo the general scarcity of money in Texas and the consequent
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a 5 Opinions have been delivered by the Supremo Court
jntuo-following enses: '
"7binion ot nl vs; Erskine Chief-JtiBtico from Guadalupe
county; judgmehtrovorBcd and ennse dismissed." j '
Tiek et' al vs. Norvoll. Adm'r from Williamson county ;
'jadgtncntroversednnd cause dismissed. v i
JltfcGohcovs. Shoibr from Caldwell county; judgment af-
'firmed. ; . -
Kiggans ct nl vs. Allcorn from "Washington1; writ of error
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" Tv ' VStr Wo notico the following gentlemen 'of tho Jbar from dis-
''''' tnMt C0lnl'e8 m nttcmla'nco upon the Supreme Court to wit: Hon.
1! I'vi . John W. Harris and J. II. Herndon Esq. of Brazoria ; Judge Robert
r ' Hughes of Galveston; Judges Wm E. Jones and A.M. Dooley of
1 wt New Braunfels: Mr. Harcourt of LaGrangd; and there arti probably
-i4 . others of whoso presence wo are not advised.
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Ts "f vl-rIn our paper of t6-dny willibo found a numberof cards from
-i'-'Vbc commercial and business men of Galveston all of whom wo
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-uuu rucuniuienu uiiu uo moat coruiuuy recoiiiuiuuu w uiu jhil-
;ronago of our friends Who have business transactions in the
" Island City." In reference to the card of Mr I. G. Williams
as agent for the salo of the celebrated Improved Carver Cotton-
Gih .the Jottrnal says ; u The. material and. workmanship of
these Gins with the improvements patented give them a de-
cided value and ndvantago 6ver any other Gins wo have ex:
amjno'i. Tho great number of brushes ono for each tooth of
the saw artel tho wings at tho end of tho brush cylinders
giving a powerful draft must among tho many other improve
ments recommend these Gins totho notico of cotton planters."
rTho list of Houston'iulvcrtisemcnts' will 'bo found on our
fourth pagp to which tho attention of our friends who havo
business in Houston is specially directed.
nressuro ovorvwlmi-c felt in the financial affairs of the
tended to follow up the subject in the next paper wJljjBffi$ rcmnrk8
as to the causes of this state of thiugs and what in ourxriion is the
true rcrriedy. .constant pressure of other engageinB haprevented
us from doing st. until the present time. This vvgBl"'trcfi; for
our first article has drawn out three of our cotenHaries jipNi-
Grange Monument the Galveston News and. the Victoria Advocate
in an expression of their views on tho subject to which wo desire to
make a reply. "
We distinctly stated in iii'e article above alljtd ta that all the ne-
cessaries of life are produced in Texas more ountifMy and with less
labor than in anv similar extent of country on this continent in pro-
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portion to tho population and that tho productions or our state are
more varied and bolter adjusted to a high state of ljrosjtfeijity' comfort
and independence than cau bo claimed for nlgy othcrState in the
NUnion. Nature seems to have exhausted her store ofJcflbrt in ren
dering Texas the home-of healthpulence nndSko-f These truths
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ffiT Mr. Duffau is receiving a'magnificent stock of beauti-
ful articles in his lino. Ho did us tho honor to lay upon our
tablo tho other day a very handsome port-folio for which bo
lias our thanks. See his' advertisement in another column but
"especially go and seo Dnff. and his stock of fiuory.
ggr But fow returns of tho olection in this State havo been
received sineo our last publication Tho .vote everywhere was
unitsually small ndt'linlf tho voters turning out. Wo add a
fow additional counties :
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Pierco. Sc'dtfc'
Xeon' 12A 48 Limestone
Caldwell 235 84 Liborty
.Harrison 373 200 Polk.
Walker '228 72 Brazoria
Pierce. Scott.
171 38
85 37
112 40
143 43
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E. 0. Travelstcd who broke jail in this placo week
before Inst has beon arrested and lodged in tho jail at Bron-
ham Washington county. He stole a valuable ponoy from
CapV.' Stephen Crosby of this city which ho sold iaFajretto
county and then stolo a mule from Moses Evans alias " the
Wild'Mari of tlib Woods" decidedly the wrong man to steal
ji horse or anything else from if an escape is desirable. Moso
thought " as how ho mought as well " go after his mule and
iiiX bringing it back be brought Travelstod along too. Our
iSlenirhas gone do.wn to Brenham to convoy his jail-bird back
t6;hV9olfl'qunrtqrs.'
-' u-'vo havo received tho first number of a new German
paperipvvs;u V11 our umjjiiuurnig wwh oi i'luw jjruunieis j u is can-1
etl jjio jVlw BraUtifciier Zietwg and Organ of the German pop'
ulutioh of Western Texas'" ondrpublishod by Ferdinand Lindheimor.
As it is pri"M entirely in Germoni we cannot avail ourselves of its
contents to eiiiigliteh ounreadbre this week ' but ro poon ns our Ger-
man editor geijR-UitJ.o leisure Iiq will make such translations from its
columns at nitty bo deemed of gcuernf intorcst
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53"' Wohoped to havevTpceived a !ow Orleans mail on
Thursday bvpning but sifpposo ns heretofore it was necessary
-for thrf Welfare of our Galveston or Houston cptemporaries
that it should bo detained a trip at one or; the other of those
.places. t. Certain it is there isS" malfeasance in office" some-
wiiep' below thi8 and it isonr intention to press a correction
of thb evil upon tho attention ofCol. Gboch. For some months
past we bftvo not had a einglb "Jiinil to come through indue
time from New Orleansit is always a trip ortwo behind tlio
tirae-r-the Galveston papors. coining along with it containing
tjio.samo nows as do our Now Orleans exbhanges. This is out-
rageous ; wo would profef havinig no mail at all or only such ns
"iwo can get by private hand ; nnctnless there is a change for
tK8 better petitions vjll bo sent from all Western Texas prky-
ing'tho department lb have our mail sent by way of Lavaca;
"iST Tlio Jlov. Daniel Baker D. D agent for Austin Col-
lege at Huptsvillo while roturningrecently from atrip u to tho
SBteVasrpb'ed on board 6f thebrdt between Montgomery
atfdiMdbUeilA.la.f hbbtit ono tliousand dollars. The rogue
waa soon rtfter arrested and nearly all the monoy recovered.
Tho BctorKvoaKdotoiu'ed' at Montgomery osfa witness for tho
!St0 IsLlParTwy vswu;we hope-bojgain' among His Toxasi
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our cotemnoraries readily admit 'ancl they agre
these rich blessings from tho hanirof nature w& ywiar complaints
of a scarcity of money ; but they all very clearlvyjjxprefs tbclief that
this is caused by the want of banks in th3 Sygte at least such are
tho opinions of the Monument and the Advocate. "Wo havo a very
different opinion on the subject. The evil is one that cannot be rem-
edied but would be greatly aggravated by the establishment of banks
as will readily bo percceived by an experienced obsor.ver.
The true source of the evil we take to be this : Wo buy as a peo-
ple from abroad almost everything we consume excepting the two
articles of corn aud beef. Wo act as if we considered Texas so boun-
tiful a country that we may buy all we need without selling anything
to pay for our purchases and yet have plenty of money left in our
pockets. In not this tho fact? What do the people of Texas export?
A little cotton a Jittlo sugar and molasses a few hides and pecans
and a few beef-cattle ; anything else? And what do we import?
or rather what do we not import? With as good timber in Eastern
and middle Texas as ever saw ripped up we import from Florida and
the valley of tho Mississippi lumber to build our houses;1 withu'lhe
finest wheat-growing land the sun ever smiled upon we hnpt:niue-
tenths of the. flour consumed in tho State from the North :we'have as
good a country for tho rearing of hogs as is Kentucky itself and yet
nearly all tho bacon and pickled pork we -use is brought from Ken-
tucky Tennessee and Ohio and from tho same region we import vast
quantities of lard ; the country abounding in flocks of cattle innumera-
ble where butter and cheese and tallow should be a drug and form a
chief and profitable article of export wo Import and use immense
quantities of New York and Connecticut cheese and butter and can-
dles ; farmers who boast of their leagues of rich lands that will pro-
duce tho choicest potatoes and onions in rich .profusion merely with
the planting buy from the merchant these articles grown on the ste-
rile soil of Connecticut and New York. If the farmer wants a plow-
stock a rake or an axe-helve he does not ms.ke it from the excellent
timber growing arovnd him oh no ; that would take too much time
aud is too much trouble but he just steps to the store and buys one
made in Connecticut or Massachusetts by a plodding yankee ; if his
wife wants a churn or a clothes-pin he does'not make it himself but
goes to the same place anil buys it ready made by the same yankee
industry. And so of almost everything we use our hoes and axes
shoes and hats wearing npparel all wo use in the cultivation of the
soil all wo eat and wear our household goods us chairs tables bed-
steads aud heavier articles of furniture are all brought front the North
ready made by the yaukoes. These are facts of universal notoriety.
We havo heard intelligent merchants express tho belief that not less
than twenty-jive thousand dollars is annually paid out by the people
of Travis county for the single article of flour and over half that
amount for for bacon pickled pork and lard ; take the remainder of the
long list of foreign made articles purchased by our people and then
compute the amount. And for illustration 6ay that Travis county
only pays out twenty tlunisand dollars annually and the other eighty -nine
organized counties in the State pay out the same (and this is
far below a true estimate) and wo have the sum of one million eight
hundred thousand dollars thus unnecessarily drawn from the State
every year for articles which wo can and ought to produce at home.
The merchaut buys these things at tho North and he is paid for them
here how? Does ho take in exchange that which the farmer and
mechanic products and'seud that off North to pay his factor? If he
did so wo would never hear the cry of " hard times" unless we pur-
chase more than we can pay for ; but nothing will answer the pier-
chant's purpose but money and as soon as ho gets this he sends it
out of the country to pay his debts at the North. Is it at all strange
then under such a system; with a constant and enormous drain upon
the pecuniary resources of tho country that money should be scarce
and times " hard "? That the people of auy country rich as that
country may bo in natural resources who buy more than they sell
and pay tho excess in cash will very soon run out of money is a pro-
position that proves itself.
But it is said that Texas is a new country just settling up and it
cannot be expected that her exports should amouut to any considera-
ble onm for several years yet. This is more an excuse for the want
of industry and enterprizo than nnything else. California with not
half so genial a climate or productive a soil as Texas with only nar-
row valleys of laud along tho water-courses fit at all for cultivation
has been settling up about three years and notwithstanding the lrtrge
nmount.of foreign population ot frequent periods thrown upon her for
support exported during tho laijt year over two millions of dollar's
wuuu uj uwuujniu yiuuucuuns sucn as Deeves potatoes onions
beans peas hides &c &c. This is more than Texas exported
though she has' twice the population of California and has been sot-
tl'ing.up for tbo past twenty years. And why this difference in favor
of Pnlifprnia with all her disadvantages of climate and soil ? Simply
thnt OnlifVirnin ij.n liinflir cnfflnl V... .fl.- ' r .. .
"jjpsif 'rw?i'w' -."' ".3 tmwiu. men who are' inn ot en-
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what they should produce by their own industry ...
These may'bo unpleasant positions to TcxirWbut can they be suc-
cessfully controverted? Wo think not. Then what is tho remedy ?
Will the establishment of banks of nny sort improv&our condition T
The evil is that wo buy too much from nbrondiiid -produce not"
enoughs home to pay for what we buy having to pay the excess-
in cash. How wjll banks help us out of this dlfficultrff Jjhey add
nothing to the productive wealth of alBountry. Sifttdown to tho-
truth U is a system by which a capitalist wlp can get a charter fronvV
the State js enabled to loan'and draw interest upon fiye dollars in pa
per promises when ho has only one dollar m specie Joreucom tneso
promises'. Iu"'other words we buy more than wo can pay for and
she surplus wb'get onra credit not lmvingmoney iii'f fie' country to
pay up tho balance against us ; and to mend the matter it is proposed
to multiply our indebtedness five limes over by chartering banks to
loan the people tho means of paying a surplus they should enablo
themselves to pay by their own industry and enterprizo and which
they must in the end pay in cash to the banks with an enormous
burden added. '
f From the above it may readily be inferred that we are opposed
jfto the alteratiWf the Constitution so as to permit the chartering of
banksjn.this Isjjttite. This prohibitory clause of our organic law'Nvc.
rogwas its chiet beauty and strengtn nnu tne aurogouou oi which
wouldcertainly entail upon Texas a train of countless evils.
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Statp Convention.
Wo hearno dissenting voice as to tho policy of a Stato Conven-
tion. Tho only difficulty now seems to be to agree upon a time'
and placo. W hero and when can wo got a full representation ?
Without this it cannot bo expected that thd friends of tho four
gmtlemen who are spoken of ns candidates for tho office of
overnor nor tho candidates themselves will be satisfied with
the action of a convention. To. accomplish this object and to
ensuwtferfect unity and harmony in the democratic ranks
whicnys' essentially necessary to success we seo no other chance
than to adopt the suggestion of a ccotemporary ; viz that the
convention meet at Austin on the 8th of January or some
time during tho extra session. The several counties can hold
jSieetings and instruct their representatives in tho Legislature
represent them in convention. By this a fair and general
expression can bo taken of tho choice and will of the people
;ana aresuic wm oe ODuuneu to wnicji no true nnu ioyui ueino-
crat could iound tho least objection. We know that tho friends
of Col. Lewis are anxious for Buch a convention and will abido
by .its decision. And wejknow Col. Lewis himself is too noble-
minded and too faithful to the interests of democracy in this
State to be other than gratified at the result tho action of such
a convention be ltlavorable or nniavorabie to Ins virtuous as-
pirations. Might not the same convention make nominations for1 Con-
gress? Wo think so and would adviso such a course.
Tho above remarks are .from .the last Texas Ranger. It may
not bo out of placo heretostato that wo are informed by the
chairman of tho Democratic Central Committee that he some
time' since addressed letters to tho various members of that
Committee asking their views relative o tho calling of a Stato
Convention ot the paity to meet either at this city on the 22d
of February or at Washington on tho 2d March ; aud so soon.
as answers are received ho will issue a call for a Convention
to meet at the time and placo designated by a majority of the?
Committee. This was one of the objects contemplated by tho
appointment of that Committc and their action will no doubfc
meet the hearty concurrence of the party throughout the State.
Wc are glad to see that all the democratic papers in this
Congressional District so far as an expression of opinion has
been made arc in favor of making at tho proposed Conven-
tion (a nomination. for Congress as well as for Governor and
Lieutenant-Governor. Tho Western Texan Houston Beacon
Brazos Ranger and the Leon Pioneer all favor such a course.
Tho Pioneer says :
" The Stato Gazette says it is understood thrft the Hon. Vblney E.
Howard declines being a candidate for re-election. As it is probable
that the Convention if'one is held to nominate a democratic candi-
date for Governor will bo somewhere in the boundaries of this Con-
gressional District it is suggested by the Gazette that the delegates
from this District be instructed to nominate a suitable candidate for
Congress.- We think the suggestion of the Gazette a good one. If
the suggestion of the Gazetto is adopted it will supersede the neces-
sity of calling two Conventions. And the same reasoning that dic-
tates the necessity for a Convention to select acdndidatc forGovQrnor
is equally appli6ablo to the Congressional election."
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B21P We are pleased to announce the triumphant re-election
of the lion. John M. Crockett of Dallas to tho House of
Representatives. During tho troubles in Peters' Colony lnsft
spring and summer somo dissatisfaction was expressed by a
P!0J.l of. llis constituents withhis course in the legislature on
the 'bill to adjust tho affairs of that Cornpany and like an hon-s
oat conscientious representative Col. Crockett atonco resigned
his seat and became a candidate for re-election to test their
views as to his course. He has the high gratification of being
sustained in a.re-election by more than two to one over Ins op-
ponent. EST' On yesterday morning we had the heaviest white frost
in and about this city wo.recollect to havo seen during our fow
years' residence in Texas. For somo time past tho weather hue
been cool and bracing andwoJ.avo tho pleasure ot stating
that our city is in the enjoyment of most excellent health.
9omo few of our whig friends are slightly indisposed but noth
mg-less could bo expected from the Piercing norther which has
been prevailing for a week or bo past-tley will soon bo .well
again. ?
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