The Morning Star. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 165, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 2, 1841 Page: 2 of 4
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and an opposition
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decip mouth'd
hv vvhich al rn-
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‘ Kir. Bailey offered the following
to thr
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Al the re
kt.
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hey ha
un-; {
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as the
The advertisemem is a comprehensive sign that
___i rye of hundreds who will m v*-r see the
! tome i
some men have Jane a good business without
, _ * They might as
well argwHfcat because some mtn have made money with’
out industry,in lustjry bunneesnry.
.* • •
An odd fellow who was saddled with an ill nntured rib,
b<‘ing '
could mA be a good Christian unless he took up his daily
cruu, wh' reat Tv
her shout thejoorn I
An CMb Fostmastbm
(Jotted Mates, died recently. Henry Tut wilier, P. M st
j ______- ----...... HarruM>nbutg, Va. He was appointed by IVashington, tiimBw w uv •v%,'«mb!u, aurin w I***1'***-
M rafaMB from admomsijfflg yoa that the perscus whom P and had heM the office forty years M by the cammissiooer%f the General I kind Office, that tb©
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except W
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oard then
X. C‘»! -r, ■'! !
»av « di< J
Secretary
ill the d*.
with the
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1 fleeting much er lit
| There, the
giddy dance, mid
lis\RY FhHtR E«’l h
of Notary Public forth' cob
< i ray Esq an ! we are arit’dr
onsrean tk- the oath o: ■
of citizenship, w.thout char<
Fisher.
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BOAR 11 <>F HEALTH
February fe7th, IM|
Present—Messfs Bailey, Blain, Doanellan, PekU
Minutes ol last meeting read and adopted^
The President being absent, it was moved and
For the Morning 8lai
To the Friends of Rogers—I have noticed your .
dress to the sympathies of the voters of Harris county which
W.U kp
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. Editor;—It is rep
iR. Bake a, that he B
”T> r / .
y clerk, and an opposition against him ur at-
op that ground, Such reports arefislse—Texas
s tah^n al par by the county clerk elect, as any
Mtiafy himself by application or by asking
cne ujho has had bwuncaa with him. ;
i FAIR PLAY
f.ixit. in I
u'ld diesai
• panic
to thr
pruv<
in thr
and ’»ft
thw. very ft
® l-.i-.if,' neji
■,. *
j*io, an
i al buz
•edulity
stated in
Mho i
|ih
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Ad.iiil’O!' is like a travellings n No ss
man will h» dilate to pay twenty dollars fof a sign,! where
by me.
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rtCtncM of
is
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(•lassie I
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carri^
The enmmitees appointed to examine the east and wm
retried : which reporte w< re
I. '! -A ! h I
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jrs'i
not answering to In*
shall be considered as n
Mr Felder offered the
were read and adopt* <1
lb I by the Board dJ
ton, That the medical
< x? u i>< and ;ii*f l;<
porta to the Seen Uiry of this B
i h;n < <M‘curr< d. und< i th» if oUm rv r nap,
name, country, ng
1 th** paii« nt mnv I
R. solved,
?ep a
n d dur mg 'h
lor and the
hlvi (tied
Resolved, ThaMhf
cure a portion of v v
line' th
*l’h<.
I* M
iirely^undt r l|i
>>Liu<Ung in ’
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ill move from the Cirpitol, at 10 o’clock ‘
p on i !4e i ■. ' - ' < l< ct,ion and if the)
; I you say, t
Hogers thr
mg ax they da,'that the Lt
tunnpd a'Combin ation, R
M r, Huge rsr e|< ci ion: an
cunt.nu itvm ^f th
1 hrs alo n o,
ibe'jCity
idio
7 k
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Lv
Ma rch 1 t, ! ■ 14.
I cei
Pou
‘■‘SWcar
POW<
(udge, in < t>
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Om d to
hmd w;e *
I of h
Gr.
*n ofi f/o
e- ;S \
itv l ■* t
pr
h, as
?‘n4fd/
iponent
ch, that
is there*
a Vine ;
sufficient to mdude tin
trv’shdp
hav-.X
of your
>> Mi
i i a t n i a v
slate i ’
dabs ■ X
* loin ^nd
I sen-a
nirdkh
IV-
have tht
that ibis ■!?■’ I /I
'A a e.t ill
^Ovf t
T -
red nW
t iy that 1 have
<11. at tf»e Spr
hat hv
s excuse
mqm ih i
d a i n < ait J t a
m- a j m<it-
’d j but ti< »t to
; heuig a ctrizt r
during
H .yo '
X n i . > L
fl’i
»y
bef
made by
e m a rust
cred wal
illy | emit
liile night
I w ith their g<
d Will
.-hKin
t, ttn
ncur
la a f
>- n- I-v
oti Juror
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i nd
th<
- 1 Muph
proceed, not i
leon, the
th' ir path
ulars 5tu<»
. V uoUl,
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ImpolJ
ih< n it
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Tiik Am^iversarv—It is a plcasure to notice the
preparations making for a proper c, h brntipn of the birth
day of Teiian Independence. The importance of such
an event as that which gave existence to a nation. r< ndt r>
it a duty for those w ho prise the boon of freedom, to re-
vive, in the memory of all, the causes which induced that
event an f the b’essin r- ;Lcc?P< r-
A procession w
A. M., mthe order heretofore notified; and at the Theatre
an oration will bo pronounced by our gifted reprfeFt.hla-
livc, Mai Jas lb ilv. , I
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The Milam Guards and the newly '
C rps, w'll,bo in motion today !7'li< _
ized and spirited company will, ris t
join in the celebrations, with the voice v
cannon, reminding ns of the kind of 1
can give a sense ofsttcuriiy th infpnt.frved
In ihv » v rung, a tail will cbim oCat the City Hoti I.
in the most elegant manner, re-
e Uste of the managers.
1 engage in the ma?
me-crv is a mar ria'
irnnari
Bly pr* s
aft;
r B;i
» fact tf
m treginnuig t
and in u rd
S ti matiH d
h had bsp n th*
rged in quirk
The wh.de placg (!<
comparr l4 to an im
the piles of dead had no
ry few bodhjs removed
Most of the doors of the sho
'r’ rn!nr r-
fpr iiKihrti i
>•4 nt then
: t
*
grtitleinf n of lh<
r< <j-p -*< <1 ’ ' -a •
... rw - J oard of the deaths d
togeth* r
isu ho
is intended as a vindication of Magnus T* Roger’s chaste
and spod'UM character. You would have the voters of
Harris county to believe the aland- rons accusation which
have been made against him a<nd U ‘J ■— ---r 11
and fair account of the difficulty, and its cause, which tcok
place m Mississippi, between Magnus T Rogers and Jag.
F, Rainy in which the latter “ * ’ * * c
ped asirfe from those principles which characterize the
msur
h m u ■
n ,>n
thy
in. ant
n low f
t «t»ru
’ aP’ u
no
mg
WHS ru.k
d.from
r of hts
c coon
M1H:
of Hon.
nd the eg*
My n-
iimar
U f. h
m wakh
falsehood of
tempts to lie d
like Samuel G P<
last fourteen years
an “old settler.’’ has c/d< o fought tl
try, and has alwaas sustained
with blood, and untouched by a susf
Such attempts, we say, make it neci
of imbecility which has so long prole
merited rebuke, should no, longer be
malicious, but weak efforts, show the
existing between the characters and Haims of tip tw
didates. Who is Magnus T. Rogers? Accordin
admissions made by himself and his fribnds, he i
tiled fugitive from ajaiiin Mississippi—charged with r
' *
A man
no charge
and who can meet even falsehood at th' threshbold an I
Id rive rt back to kennel. These are the men who are can-
didates for the office of Sheriff of Harris County. To one
ofthe^e must be committed the charge and safe custody of
criminals, the detection of crime, the pursuit of aL • nding
fugitives; and the due execution of nd th hv.' n ' ..
county; andean a patriot or an honest man hesitato which
to choose .F The question will be answered to moirrow at
the polls, and that answer,, we trust, will satisfy the braw-
lers and the low grog-shop politicians that whenever as
now, their calculations of success are based upon the idea
that the people can be deceived by falsehoods or biased I
corruption, the!' ambitious Structures must tumble to t »
dust.
* fully'
Such
if a citi
red nar
det’
n unernnt
of di
w ho never canffii so much violence to thefr own feelings and P that Mr Gazb-y tnk<a the chair
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■wr I •»- www- w-»-•»•<•••• w#-w *9 «• I
In i side wf Main street
and adopted.
The next four names on the list were taken for th'
i« turning wet k, who h w< rt» Mf i
Fckjer, < iassiol and < iazley.
1 " resolution which wy
b read ami adopted.
Rcsolvtd, That the Secretary call the roll at th<
m
there#
r-h ed 'the1 apppintuh nt
h Wm ,i
I u» st.itr, that all p-. r
. i-l . btnigi •'< rji %
y a mbxuijjn to
<nthe van
it H,ilr did Hot O‘'t*u
< ’Ur infbrnuin? vi>
he * iniv • vt nm
x/.lr. «m any of tht sm
<lr eonci
$Mon in i
> US'- his.
in< nse b
i been, ns j
they lay aboUt tn
ps and bom* s
in, many literally smashed—-oh it was a -"t* '
wonder Bonaparte, even ip ’<»*
scarcely ever acceptable to the maj *v
i. ‘ Tbry biw
take up the profession of
Ifeging.t
,* at the i
>r th
DQVV H tlj,
on nt v
- e/ 7
and k
cu
■; an 1.
i nivitiiijj the cpibh 1
Ills pitiable to n
Rogers'' art
Mr. -Powell’
cannot subserve
fore had to bear-facedji
be shunned i
organ worthy
zmg ever a tale impoi
of its cd nor, n presen
court, under oath, that he .was
y-wned no property herp, &c.
aying certificate, in another
falsehood of the boastted Yu
h the character and st
ell, who has resided
bus acquiring the h
dten fought the enem
a re pu tat io
.—ary that th*. -h;C 1
'■51’
regarded These
powerful contrast
m can-
rr (Q (be •
an ad ver-, I
mur-
der. and with escaping from his trial by jail breaking and
bribery. But who is Samuel G. Powell ? A mun as re
presented un« whom truth can b-rin;
H he would mAer thmk of paying half the sum for ndvertis- -j of the
mg The one is a sign seen only by those who j
j store and can sec the goods that are fur sale as well
have been made against Jiimj and hud you given a full * tbe
' lignr'Oy' r 'ha ffi y-
I that beca
q advertising, advertising is unoneetmry.
low and ||
___w-»—, - yo«f
portion of the most worthy and
surtoo, whom you have 'been p
their
with a
n prad
’ shot
n a\
aim'll
ash
wht
ment, and intrigue, topalm upon the people ef Harris ||
county tht■ choice oj then t wh cubals j'-—-----
I of irnqVKyjchpblr character who have the welfare and proa- i
jMirity of oiXity and the Republic generally, at heart, apd
A C KRI)
Ttr-whibh
• ‘ 0i it I wii- i. rt a ctliz-
p». an * th t I had i
hi! I Bild pot
the*e assert.
ir as h
v 1AL-1] N<> .alb
wa.* ever made
le of I he only
ne from
the cor-
i
* Ji |M >WELI.
ba be the
ickfd tk'
I tkeil'karm. fair ski
'" ■ d Now this
< w ho is s jkSntancH
d, with radical
• \ a, t :. -
u.k- hi
•a, iii.y.
so, i
he ;
r ' *
the head of
■ d w : ,.
a of '
no prej - '
i suffer the' j
- 'O’ ,'|H
nronounce ■
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I
ihroA
hffi'd.
fata! r
tlp»M
R rh
(’aim
llS.n lie
tin A »
'< f‘ lUp’ . ’ <«j-
b- h u 1 and n»
ed -- wdh iugitiy<d. j
don n in ih'.tr pasn
■ main body ol the j*<
the easUv.U'J, h'-ip>-
. h(i 1. a* sopn as i’* b
>.imi. fa’e that had al
hoi last h*n;
t an hour liui
get nr of wreck
;' emc pam of gid*
, mg houses4--8Ut
i ur’.ilh-ry discha
? neighborhood
i could only be
1 d.iUght' i iiOUM-
ii le<i, and vc
i dreds
‘ been forced
| ofawful desolatum
palmiest days, was
bourge/tiMt'Or trading class* 8 uf Paris
foolishly Wuh' ircoimtefs to I
—he showed them, by a srv< re fe#si>n. they had shog&fe
'f er in-piu-n the trade In short, th< v nevi r forgnv< !
| turd iy Journal-
leinentary to An Act Prohibiting the Loca: n
nt L ud Claims," approved F-
fifth, one thousand eight hundred and forty.
Sk I It' it rnart'd by the Senate and
Representatives of the Republic of Texat, in ( 4”4
assenshlftf. That from and after the p ipage of this 11
shall be lawful for any legally authorized surveyor ">th*
in the rc|iublic, to receive locations for, and survey hn“8
pointed out by the holder of a land certificate issued by
any of the boards of land commissioners for the couoti^
of Fannin, Rud River, Jefferson, Liberty, Ha if is, Gal-
verton. Motiitfomery H uision. Robertson or 11
tiuiil the y surveyor of the county where such cer-
catss may be^proposod to be located,*shall be u
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41
i principles as well the national honour uf the country, as |
‘ - aid m th* < l< va'tsn (oulh a fjigitive from justice I
e the recent corm t these p r.-ons, ihu> designatni, having
long iHHicedf, Mjth deep r,egr» t.lhal the late sheriff was en- t
‘lemflmn < <oil control of a particular clique, mitU'Sth
in hln rnalMt uf corruption disregarding the
iwsof the la^d—breaking down all rules of deacency, I
honor, Mid morality, which the deviated office he held, i
should command, detenu n< I, if possible bv fair and hon- i
y are. as
nujX\tnd'\Tivourmg to defeat the election of Mr
bijnvn prompted bydhe sarfte principles—‘Im liev
‘ jr sheriff nod Mr.
»r the purpose of ensuring
d if rticce
old adm ni tration. ’J
lidv
Vif
: prosper i
dm this
i* out of tht
d »irr
‘i? I u
r. \!
' appointed for the meeting of the board ; anil
I ‘ 1 * i , a . * *
-*bchev •
Rogers have U
bit,
-xful we shall hav< a
gers, is 11
era of their coun-
it against him You
c i >u upon the minds
i.il i lub nUerapt'xi lu
I.Or cont'-M, and fearing
■•-! rff 'I upon some, I Will
ml mu ! I, lor all of the can
K »t rs included, and an
>ii , ■. !<•■
O 4.0, mid
This Mr Rogers knows
meeting
e vicious,
n Ch elmm «by
You-
srieci-
: j.
o/ I
minds
isly sus-
orruptrun,
d^heilt r v
•i mqusuh s of
vow ai»
rrnwiibic
pi i i< uct. and n t '>bs« r
norv before I close —
ir again, m vindication
with clean hands mid
bloxl Slid i t’e.hooq
arris will
Rfffmgie.
'IjCE
ace maue a
mnanuer to
the mslant
'foremo'U
a rd m
. a mo$
ice iipu
fire;br(
make I
t« r tor th*
■r thedtr<
1 to S Tt
trait to whir
nd qt?j cction s -a ga
is so far abort th
th.
’ifals
tdl after th*-, ti' Cii1 ii.
■ fth* ■ ■ ,t a h
s d upon the w
itmg ffiat Mr1
not a hum
The “Caru
e lurfin. show t
^deniable fact
tiffing
in
)n<
r be
saths that mav
name, country
c Hi V\ h Cl h
tl
s •, r a k i r «
i Paris
ent
b'f!ei" <d ’ -i
of St R
the
k
the chaincler of Mr R
tuuus ah 171)
h) v.(
the i
I Cd
> b
• I
rd Mr
Cour’
Mr
hy.'<h»
inc buxine;
fur -umm
! • i a t < ! -
he g room
b
rept th* o
■, proof uf
—The oldest postmaster in the
i.- t.i____U'.., . _ ij u ..
j, Va He mi appoint'd by Washington
the office forty yearn
ak.U‘
*0W'
and
was slain, and CUM have step-
ped asifle iroia mose principles wnicn cnara
higfiminled and honorable, by disc ending to the
vulgar dartgof <be piuful demagogue, m I
unbMtoflBtog abuse upon a
respect able citizens of Houston, whom vou neve been
to denounce as the dictatorial club, I would not
atdhkifiato have troubled dto public with this notice; but
M M SMOM. from thus ehametor of your voluminous pro j;
docuen. your obj^x is emt so much to vindicma the, rupu ||
udon uf M T Rogers as to van your sptocs wnm par
ttcofer Mkdtrtdsafe m this rAmnnmoy, whose princtplmsiid
farfH<SKSsh«fvdyrt«ro»geoiaJ wuh your own I«Mk ||
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made his <
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surveying
the nu?
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Fitch, D. H. The Morning Star. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 165, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 2, 1841, newspaper, March 2, 1841; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1253464/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .