Texas State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 33, Ed. 1, Saturday, April 8, 1854 Page: 3 of 8
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rv-- Ti ; cnid thtit a mcGinur of the southern whitf members of )
Congress (with a few exceptions) has been held tit "Washington at
which resolutions declaring the whig party as a national party
JiBSolved" and also denouncing the Nativnal Intelligence? foe Its
opposition to the Nebraska bill and calling upon southern Whigs to
abandon its support. Messrs. Stephens and Toombs of Georgia
Aborcrombic of Alabama Rogers nntl Kerr of North Carolina are
said to have been prominent in the meeting. This is an Important
movement that must be gratifying to every southern man.
rrj? We are gratified to learn that the Metropolitan Division of the
Sons of Temperance is once more in a 'flourishing condition. The
followhi"" officers were installed in their respective offices on last
Thursday evening:
E. Raven ...... T.
Robert Green C.
B. F. Carter A.C.
L. Brown ..... I. S.
James Kirk O. S.
David J. Miller . . . W. P.
John Buchanan . - "W. A.
C. S. West . R. S
Ed. Fiuum . A. R. S.
Charles W. McAuuetly . 1. S.
Correction.
Since the first side of our paper went to press the mails have
brought us proof that the pretended extract of a letter from Judge
Bronson denouncing the Nebraska bill is a falsehood. The letter
from which that extract is taken was written some five or six years
u"-o and upon an entirely different subject. The New York Evening
Post is the author of the fabrication. The following letter sets forth
Judge Bronson's opinions upon the subject :
New York February 21 1851.
Dear Sir: The Nebraska bill lias I understand been so amended that it can
neither have the effect of legalizing nor prohibiting slavery in the Territory
tout will leave that question to .stand on the constitution and the decision of the
people who are to exercise the powers of government. The bill is based on
tfce republican doctrine that the people should rule and asserts the great princi-
ple of non-intervention by Coagress in the local affairs of the Slates and organ-
hed Territoncs
The principle ot the bill removes the slavery question from Congress and
refers it to the local authorities where it properly belongs. This is with me
sirnnaest of all the reasons which have been assigned in favor of the meas.
uVe. The moment Congres shall plainly declare that it will have nothing to
di with the existence or non-existence of slavery in the. S'aiesand Territories
slavery will cease to be a subject for political aciion in the free States. Men
llere may still talk and write and preach aboutslavery in the South and so they
ay about t-lavery in Brazil British India Cuba and Russia ; but that is a very
different thing from acting upon the subject as they now do through Congress.
1 In the slave Stales the question of getting rid of the institution will be agi-
sted sooner or later; and it will be done the more certainly and with better
Jrospects for the slave because the people of those States will be left lo deal
. . .rr.:c? ncthair nlonin uritllmlt hu nn iii.ci nnt .n l n. ...:.!....
Willi liluir uwn iiuano j ..-7 '-. ..- ..... t.. jiwtmtui ui.iuu .ii uui.iucio
tv-ho have no business to intermeddle. The people of the Territories will also
aui-nsx the slaverv ouestion in framing their institutions : but il is morallv cer
tain ihal there will be no slavery in Nebraska where neither soil nor climate is
adapted to that kind of labor. And besides most of the emigrants to the Ter-
ritory will be from the free States. If hovever the people should decide for
slavery it is their own matter and they should be allowed to have their own
way.
1 am heartily sick as every patriot must be of hearing the sound come up
from diuerent sections ot the country or conflicting interests and hostile action
and ieeling between ihe free and the slave States. There is no cause for this
save such as has resulted from the action of Congress on the slavery question.
The mere existence of slavery could not have furnished any ground for strife
among brethren if it had been" let alone. At the time of the revolution all
were slave Stales and of course they had no diversity of interest or feeling on
the subject. When the constitution was formed all virtually agreed that each
should ileal with that mailer within its own bordirs as i' pleased and without
the interference of others. Half of the States have since got rid of slavery in
their own time and way ; and nobody complains that they have done so. Sure-
ly there is nothing in this to prove a change in the relations of the two sections
or to induce unkind feelings between them. Eich has acted as it deemed wisest
and best for itself; and wiih that aciion others have no rightful concern. The
lwxsiilp fpplinss which have been manifested have no foundation in the nature of
the case but have sprung out of the great mistake of allowing the slavery ques-
tion to enter Congress. If it had been kept out of that body neither good nor
bad men in free States' would have had any means of acting politically on the
subject. They might discuss it as a moral question but ihey could not carry il
to i he polls. .
It is said lhat slavery is aggressive. But what has it done 1 Has it attempt-
ed to fasten itself upon any State or Territory thai wished to reject or get rid of
it 1 Certainly not. Has il asked Congress to establish or do anything to legal-
ize slavery in the Territories! Certainly not. It has asked for nothing but to
be let alone-Mo have the question left to ibe influence of the constitution without
any Wilmot provisos by Concress to place the people of one section upon a
more favored footing than those from the other in relation to the enjoyment
of the Territories. If the matter is considered with candor it will be found
that slavery has not been aggressive bul has only been acting on the defensive.
It has been resisting assaults from without.
Let Congress re.race its steps and declare in explicit terms that it will not
hereafter legislate either for or against the existence of slavery in the Stales
and Territories and all cause lor strife will be at an end. The people -f the
Nonh and the South the East and the West will soon learn that they are breth-
ren with common interests and a common destiny ; the Union will receive new
strength and the enemies of liberty who now watch for our hailing will find
that their hopes are vain. Our country will be belter loved at home and more
highly respected abroad. .
Such are the views of one of your constituents who has thought a good deal
cf this matter who holds no political office never intends lo hold one and is not
conscious ot anytning 10 warp ins juusiimrin. rui uucnupouun bcuiuncm uu
will be called a pro-slavery man by the abolitionists ; and yet he is as much the
friend of the slave as the best n( ihem.
lam very truly and sincerely yours
GREENE C. BRONSON.
Hon. F. B. Cutting M. C Washington D.C.
Hu.ntivii.lt: Texas April 2d 1854.
Messrs. Editors :
If you would like to know how towns are created and built up in Texa.
hero is a sample. About the year 1810 n certain Mr. Gray bought a tract of
land in Montgomery county built hU cabin upon a ceufal piece of prairie
therein- and laid out bis land in town lots. After annexation Grimes and
Walker counties being formed out of Montgomery Mr. Gray' embryo town is
made the cnunty seat of Walkor county bomo how or other several families
of mora than ordinary intelligence happen to settle in the place and a place
lliey determined to make ofit. And now see on one side of the town tho
Stuto Penitentiary rears its massive buildings and lofty walls. The Siato has
granted the means arrangements are being made ntul soon a manufactory
will bo in full operation therein. On the other side-of Ihe town on an emi-
nence which commands the whole place stand Austin-College. This is not
a mere day school with n sounding uame but a grnuino Collkoe under the
E residency of the Rev. Daniel Baker. The faculty consists of four gentlemen
aving liberal salaries and possessed of qualifications which would givu repute
to any College in the Union. The Institution already possesses-nu excellent
apparatus and Library although yet in its infancy like every thing else in
the Slate students are already flocking to it from nil quarters and a nobler
set of young men you would see in no. College in the land. Fortunately the
institution has a firm basis ofcupital to rest upon and its trustees are determin-
ed that it shall be hero in Texas all that Yale and Princelon are abroad. There
is a fine enthusiasm in the matter firing every soul connected with tho Col-
lege trustees faculty students and all. Tho students board among the
excellent families in the place and the entire community arc unanimousin re-
garding the Institution as the main hope of the place.
There is aUo a Female Institution in successful operation A building for
its use is to le erected on an eminence on trie other s'ulo of town facing tho
College. There is no doubt but that Mr. Gray's tract of land has become a
flack People abroad seem to think so as in the course of a few months the
State Temperance Convention the State Democratic Convention the Masonic
Chapter and on the 16th of Juno next the great State Educational Conven-
tion all assemble here. All honor men to the people- of the place for it is by
their intellKjence ami public-spirit that they lmve won their laurels.
TI.e tabling of Mr. Peters' resolution in the New York Legislature calling
for ihe assembling of .i council of freedom in Albany in order lo devise such
measures as will effectually prevent the extension of slavery as provided for in
the Nebraska-Kansas bill which recently parsed the United Slates Senate is a
healthy indication. This extraordinary propositi m-ot Mr. Peters received a
just and eloquent rebuke al the hands of Mr. Liulejohn representative from Os
wego who designated it as a trai'orous attempt lo mat Ueh
NcW Orleans Electlous.
The Vmi?ict in speaking of tho rcrctit elections for city officers
for? New Orleans says I
" Wc regret to say IhrA the election In live First District is vitiated by the'per-
C el ration ot as jrnjta ah cuirnRe hseVur was committed in this country. A nuiri-
er of armed men sclSed the bnllut box In the Seventh Ward threatened the
lives of the Commissioners and scattered the ballots to the whuls. This was
the consummation m a dtliberr.tely planned conspiracy to subvert the suprema-
cy ot the law by trampling upon the rights of a paition of the people. Wc are
glad however that the names of ihe perpetrators of this outrage are well known
and Hint they Will probably meet the rather unpleasant penalty which the law im-
poses on such offences. We have no time to make further comments this morn-
ing j lOMUorrow we shall have something more to say."
The Crescent has the following version of tho affair :
11 Elfction Riots Bloodsiifd. Last night about 11 o'clock a company of
Men proceeded to the Seventh Ward polls where it was reported the votes were
being counted without the presence of any witnesses of the Reform party and
requested admittance to the room In which it was being done in order to see
lhat no foul play was practised. They were refused admittance whereupon
the door of the room wns burst- open. Those inside fired several .shots fiom
pistols at the parly outside none of which however took effect save inflicting
a slight wound upon Mi. O'Leary Chief of Police who was outside."
The Picayune says :
" We complete our election tabl s this morning. The Seventh Precinct is
lost entirely by the destruction of the ballot box. The returns from the re-
mainder of the cily show the following elections:
"John L. Lewis Mayor; Wm. II. Garland Treasurer; 0 DeBuys Comp-
troller; L. H. Pilio Surveyor; A. S. Phelps Street Commissioner.
" The Mayor elect was the regularly nominated Democratic candidate. The
others are all on the Reform ticket.
"Recorders elected: First District Summers Reform ; Second District-
Ramos Democrat; Third District Seuzeneau Democrat ; Fourth District-
Jackson Demociat.
" Therrener.il result is. that of the forty membeis of the two Boards twentv
were elected as Reformers eighteen as Democrats and two (one in each
Board) were on both tickets."
President Fillmore's Reception at Now Orlcann.
Owing lo the labor ami fatigue attendant on the election of Monday neither
reporter nor editor from our establishment was able to join in the pleasant excur-
sion got up by ihe city authorises for ex-President Fillmore and friends. We
learn thai ihe excursion was a very delightful one ihe steamer passing nbuve
and below the city and affording our distinguished guests a fair view of our
crowded and busy port. On the return cf ihe steamer the President walked
ashore at the foot of Canal street where a procession comprised of a detach-
ment of military under Brigadier General Palfrey-and a number of civilians
was formed and with several bands of music mtrehed down Canal into Si.
Charles street to the City Hall. During the progress of the processionthe ex-
President was seated or rather stood in"an open carriage and acknowledged
with great dignity the loud plaudits and many tokens of respect which were
offered to him by the crowd on ihe sidewalks and ihe persons in the windows of
the houses among whom were many fair ladies.. On arriving in lronl of the
City Hall ihe ex-Presiuent alighted from the carriage and accompanied by the
Hon. J. P. Kennedy and C. M. Conrad was conducted by his Honor Mayor
(Jrossm in antl a uomimuee ot tne council mio me uuy u.m. in a lew mo-
ments Mr. Fillmore was escorted lo a temporary platform in front of the Mu-
nicipal Hall and introduced lo a large crowd composed of soldiers and citizens
Indies and gentlemen. The Mavor made a briet reception speech and the ex-
President responded in a very elegant and dignified address expressing his great
pleasure and satisfaction at the cordial reception he had met with in the cily.
Mr. Fillmore was loudly applauded. His speech was very happy and forcible.
The Hon. J. P. Kennedy ex-Secrelary of the Navy was next introduced and
made a very genial and pleasant speech. Mr. Conrad excused himself in a few
word expressing his satisfaction at ihe manner in which Mr. Fillmore had
been received by hi-fellow-citizens. The ceremonies then concluded and the
crowd dispeised anl the guests ot me city were esconeu to me &t. unaries
Hotel where they will sojourn lor several days. Delia.
INTERESTING GENERAL ITEMS.
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on the 20th
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New Yobk Money Market. The N. Y. Mercantile Journal of the 21st
instant says:
The ease which had prevailed in the money market for several successive
weeks disappeared during the past few days and is replaced by a marked strin-
gency for which no plausible reason can be assigned While this stringency
hampers and affects the mercantile interest rates for discount of paper having
materially advanced business in most branches of commerce is sound public
failures are few and of no material import and altogether llmre appears less of
a speculative feeling abroad than usual after a period of continued ease in mo
netary alidirs.
tThe loss of specie by the banks is assigned as one of the influences bringing '
about the present state ot things bpeeie accumulates at ihebuo-t reinjury ; ine
increase this week at the depository in this city is over $-220000 and the ex-
ports foreign amount to neaily half a million more (a large portion of which
has been abstracted from the store in bank) and engagements aie made to send
a considerable amount by the next steamer so ih l ihe late receipts from Cali-
fornia do not operate to mitigate the drain on ihe banks.
THo Popular Feeling in England ubout tlio War
A London letter of the 21th ultimo has the following: " A liule incident
which has just occurred will indica.e ihe popular feeling here. A private of
the Guards under orders for the seat of war was brought up before a police
magistrate charged with breaking a pane of glass in a shop window. The
man admitted ihe damage said he had no money u pay for it and had done it
under the influence of divers polnlions with divers citizens who drank to his
health "and that lie might return home covered with glory after drubbing ih;
Russians.'' The magistrate said he had no alternative but lo fine the- soldier the
fu I amcunt ot the damage or coiuum nun iu pnu. m unuui u. i..v;m
. . -. l. U.. ..n. n .Innlnm.l Mini 1 .a nnil Id twtt
lluvro cotton Ittnrkol. ?
Tho commfircinl ml vices from Havre are UD to the 8lhilUBt
demand for cotton in that marketfwas moderate hud f
lower. le sales of tho week ending tho 8th inst. omnraced 6250
bales. The stock on hand nt that date exclusive of the nmountoiiu
board ships was 72500 bales. .Jt
Goucrnl Nowm Entcrn Affairs. t "
At tho laics dates from tho East thero was little change- in the'eondi-
tion of the contending armies. No further battles wore reported cither
on the Danube or in sin. .-
Tito Fleets.
The Russian and tho allied fleets were cauising without making
any important movement in tho Black Sea Tho Ilussian fleet.on
tlio Baltic was cutting through tho ico at tho last advices. ( H
TroonH anil SliiitH Cor Tnrlcov. ' . "
division of tho French troops embarked rit Toulon
(?) A part of Admiral Napier's fleet had sailed-from
v V
Ilussian "Withdrawal from Kalalat. '
Previous to the sailing of tho Africa it was reported that tho
Russian army which had so long hovered nenr Ivalafnt and was daily5''
expected to make an nttuck on that strong position of the Turks waa
beiug( withdrawn from that post. The report was not fully confirmed
and received only partial credit though it was considered probablo
lhat Prince Pnskiewitch the new commander-in-chief on tho Danube
would make considerable alterations in tho disposition of the army
unuer ins command.
XJnirland Jlnccn't lroclamatlou War Prizes.
Queen Victoria had issued a proclamation with regard to British
subjects engaged in the service of foreign States declaring her disap-
proval of such engagements. ' -
Tho Earl of Clarendon had announced that in the event 'of
war all Russian produce to whomsoever it might belong even
if found in vessels of neutral nations would be considered ns lawful
prize. " ''
Hluotiuof EiOru Joint ifcusHeis. ?t
Lord John Russell was suffering under an attack of illness vhen
the Africa sailed. -; "
Austria and Prussia. t
Theiisitibn of Austria and Prussia yet remained doubtful neither
of thosu governments having signed the ultimatum a graed upon 6y
England and France and1 sent to the Emperor of Russia. The latter
was reported to have sent another proposal to Vienna but it was" re-
jected by tho tcpresentatives of the western powers.
CSrcoco. v
But little further apprehension was entertained with regard'to
the insurrection in (reece. The troubles had been almost entirely
quelled.
ShinlVrcck. ..&.'".
The Boston sliip Parthcnor was sunk on the 8th imt. off Holly-
head. The fate of the passengers and crew was uncertain.
Cold Weather. Navigation Closed.
The weather here and throughout the Norih'rs extremclycold and
river navigation is again closed. ' -i
New YoitK March 27.--A letter is published here written'by
Kossuth respecting the rejection by tho Senate of tho nomination of
George Sanders as Consul to .London. Avossutli consolers tins re-
The servant who was in court watching the caie declared that he could not ad
vance Ihe needful and the soldier avowed lie una no money ah aruzan who
was among the bystanders cried out" Here 's four shillings 'l is my lays wa-
ges but I give il to liberate the man who is going lo whip the Russians." 1 he
7rn nS hnnipi nvpr- the soldier was set frc : and regardless of the dignity
of the court of jusiice and its president the audience gave three cheeis for ihe
success of the righteous war." I pledge myself lo the truth of ibis anecdote
which tells a good deal.
commenced active
grade three import
lance the acts of '
QoDgres.
.s.
Vicksliurg and Surcvcport Railroad.
Our readers will be gratified to perceive in our advertisingcolumns
that the Directors of this truly great domestic enterprise the con-
struction of the Vioksburg Shreveport and Texas Railroad have
operations and advertise lor proposals to climu and
ant sections of the road. These sections are first
from a poita opposite VicUsliurg to iviciimonn. in juuuisoh pariu;
second. from'ihe Ouachita rit or twenty miles West; and third from
Shreveport to the Texas line at a point on that line in the direction of
Marshall and El Paso.
This ought to be and we are sure is good news to every citizen of
New Orleans and the entire btate ami mo niguebi pnme s uue to
the President and Directors of the road for the commendable energy
and intelligence they have shown on all occasions since theiremer-
nrisa was set on foot.
The construction of the road is not a matter affecting this or that
particular locality exclusively although of course the immediate
country on the line cf the rood will be soonest and perhaps mot
permanently benefitted by it ; hut its advantages- to our sister city of
Vicksbur"- cannot !e exaggerated whlie to Ne.v Orleans it will open
amine of uucxpJo'ed wealth.
Its friends in t.'iis city ought to give prompt and generous-aid to- the
promotion of tie good work aud mir cotton factors dry goods hard-
ware grocery shoes Imt and other merchants owe it to themselves to
come for wan a..d liberally advance towards the advancement of this
truly patriouc undertaking.
Tin: Tiun Way to Rise in the Would h is only by plodding
active hrmts of indttbtry that we can hope to win our way through
this wold. The race may be arduous but it is one that will repay
the conpetitor. Barrow says:
A noble heart will disdain to subsist like a drone upon another's
labor; liken vermin to filch its food out of the public granary; or 111; e
iihiark to prey upon tho lesser fry ; but it will rather outdo privute
obgations to other men's care and toil by considerable service and
bneficeuee to the public ; for there is no catling of any sort from the
centre to the spade the manajrement whereof with airy good buccess
fauv credit any satisfaction doth not demand much work of the head
or the bauds or of both."
jection of Sanders as u.ri expression on the part of the benato againbt
the democracy of Europe and declares ins ueltet mat tne ivmencan
people will notsanction thonct of that body.
A letter from Sanders is also published complaining of his treat-
invent and' thrcalneing to expose the secret history of the last Presi-
j dcntial campaign in a series of letters which he will write.
"Washington March 27. The Union of this city to-day publishes
a letter from Mr. Clemens of Ala. addressed to President Pierce in
explanation of his recent letter. Ho says it! is probable that ho
misunderstood the President in. the conversation between them'ou the
subject of the Nebraska bill'.
Further by (ho Afafca(
New York March 28. The Africa's advices slate that Prussia hatr
refused' positively to join-the Western Powers against Russia. Austria
however has expressed' perfect willingness to do so.
The chief of the insurgents in the late Spanish insurrection hn's-
been caught near the borders of France and shot.
The announcement by Lord Clamclon with regard to the capture of
Russian- produce has created much excitement in commercial circles.
The decision was called forth at the instance of merchants engnged4n
the Riga' trade.
New York March 28. A serious revolt occurred' to-day on board
the ship Vanguard' while she was proceeding down the harbor pre-
paratory to going to sea. The mate wns stabbed and one sailor shotr
during the fight. The ringleader in affair was brought up to the city
in irons-
A late foreign letter says that the new corps of Cossacks has reach-
ed Adrianople and created much sensation. This is the first Christ.-
ian regiment which has ever been formed by any Sultan. Their colors
are a red flag with a white cross in it aud the star and crescent in
one side of the field. It is hoped1 by the Porte that it will become
n nucleus around which. large numbers of Christian Blugarions will
collect.
In the Criminal Court at Washington the two Indictments against
John Charles Gardiner for false-swearing arid perjury charged to linvc
been committed during the trial of Dr.GJardiner have been postponed
to the first Monday in May. The postponement took place at the
instance of Mr. Gardiner 8 coutiisel the U. &. counsel having proposed
togc-to trial on the 27th inst.
The British Fleet
The war preparation" in Great Uritain are on the most extensive
scale. On the 8th of March thero were anchored at Portsmouth fif-
teen ships carrying 800 guns and more were collecting. Thirteen
ships were also expected to reudeuvoua immediately nt Spithead. All
have their full compliment of men and at Inst dates were busily en-
gaged in artillery practice. The " Duke of Wellington" a three-
decker of 130 gnus is to be Admiral Napier's flag-ship. The vic-
tualling of the fleet was going on rapidly and all leaves of absence
had been prohibited. Tho letter writers speak in warm terms of the
gunnery. In one case that of the Drngou they hit the bull's eye
twice with their 8-1 pounders aud struck the target several times
and finally shot it away at a distance of 800 yards. The reader may
infer from all this what may be expected in the event of a conflict.
TeknkviF.v. The Washington Union learns lhat Nathaniel O. Taylor whig
is ele'"ed in the first Congressional district ot Tennessee to stu-cetd Brookins
famnbell who died in ihe early part of the present session of Congress. Mr.
Taylor was elected by about GOO majority over Gen. Samuel Milhgan democrat.
At the Chestnut street theatre on the night of the 18th ultimo. some scoundrel
in ihe -allerv threw a quantity of sand ai.d pravel upon the stage. A pebble
struck Mrs. Mowall lull upon the forehead- arising such intense pain that Hhe
tnrmwlv escaped swooning. Mrs. Mqwalt went on with the piece but uer
memory seemed at fault.
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