The Morning Star. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 64, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 7, 1840 Page: 2 of 4
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retreating swamp, obliterate a forest of useless trees, and
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give to the inhabitants the most healthy summers, and
winters with a disease less disjointed and of hss frequent
occurrence than that of the Nile, whose nature is ideal.
Thus we inay hope to find an
extensive region of most valuable country at no very re*
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'hich float within the bosom of its waters, by a system o r
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it serve to obviate
the low and
BlOUMOII,
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cans ling, which shall relieve the hliMirei
accumulation of waters—-not only will fit
GAZLEY A ROBINSON
LEAVE GaLVXs
ton. for New Orleans, on ti^e Hh !k-t
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Tnh v. - •*] < itfr». all h<-r < <ir?« uii =■r < ’ ‘
| tulfilkd, and will not be bfodtag oa me
lion than the Mediterranean regions to be attended by
moderate and timely rains. The Nile is not subjected to
the same extremes of elevation as the waters of the Mis-
sissippi, but a double fatality attends it, in rising too hi
or not high enough—for. in either case, a famine folfol
De Saligttv, Charge, de Affaires, from
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COnr,’’ I.- Gfizr
Cviiner,
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listed in
L UAani
We are indebted to Messrs Carns & <’e.. for the re-
ceipt of several numbers of the Laidy’s Book, the Ever- ;
green, the Southern Lady s Book, the Lady's Compan-
river consists of a volume of water about four hundred I YIN*
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one eighth of that of the cotton regions of Mississippi
advantages to;
ments, I
stable, Ac.t
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s
who wish to cultivate the sod, whether on
a Large or small scale, can du better in no country than
Texas Stock can be reared with less trouble and ex-H
pens? than any where else; hands can subsist cheaper. I!
and the products of the soil are i
prodneed/as any one can imagine, while the market is Gnl
assure: '* *
may be bought c from 50 cu. to >2 per acre, and the la- j |4^e circumstance* of the two rivers,, are constrained to al-
hor of opening a plantation whe re the two arecombined, | |ow to lhfc N(le a Urm of rg vagtJ ?reater gince
as they generally are, is light and expeditious. alluvial land has been in a state of accumulation. 1
Young men unused talabor, and having nothing upon !
which to commence- business but a small stock of iotelli-11
gence and a laige ooe of self-conceit, not unfrequCntly
think, like Jack thought of getting to the wood, if they can |
only get safely to Texas, the y « „ -
to desire. They come, and the i
their investment in intelligence is enlarged, while that in
self-conceit proves a total lore and they go back to give the
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via the grog shona, ar in a few rare instances, resort to ,
_ L or and Ix-rome useful citizens Young get
of the kind described, w ho wish ts avoid these site!
will generally do well to remain out of Texas
vm/rea r
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G, AND
ppi of its annual
the destructive effects of inundation, but increase the aceu-
mulattos'ofearth at distant'points, bring
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cause the great vale to smile with the fruits of her clime.
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winters with a disease lere disjointed and of If re frequent
and mortality ignorance. Thus we hay hop- to find
extensive region of most valuable cbttntry at no very re*
mote period, disarmed of that snp-rat in L.nr< of moisture
i in the atmosphere, which, if it should r|ot. arm E jypt and
$yria, deny to reptiles poisonous qushuca and secure to
dogs safety from canine madness, will, nt feast, pretf ni a
clirnate. for health and salubrity, hitlu rto unknown m the
American States. ,
HOUSTON DRAMATIC BSSOCfA I ION
TTEN'I’ION. A full rehe»*-al of the new plav
J “THELXSI OF THE Moillr ANb’
Ibiseveniag at early candle light. Every member «>f tr e.
is requested to attend. There will al.M» be other bu iqev ©firm
parlance * |
»y name, in favor of £ D J n, no- null and .
riven, havin? been uq-
henerfQiWH A.
COU RTNEY
N B A< I m anxio’isto tfloee mv basiotNK in ‘«-u8ron for thie
present, all those indebted, and ih<»*e o v H«»tn f am in <.rrrar ,
will pka.4e all and adjutrt the exi-’inz ditl r o*eB
without delay. I can be found at Dr. Wallace**
Main street.
Hcjti*n>n, July 7, Pin—/. 7-iGt ~ •
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Brar-
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Ihseini
and pab*
are eutirelv dissipntc’i The impression now prevails; sireippr, and is more fertile thn*
(noB m probahiv is •»<* u lioily without kfoundation) thni |
A.rvya has received orders from the Government oi Mex- |
tco. t(Trespect the Territory of Texas, and an armistice a fn|| of lco fifteen feet,
or treaty will soon be fortned between the two Govern- | L
' W. dnubt nol. thnl the visit of CSh. Moore, to / lion of bwah This we infer, from finding the basalt
she const of Mexico, will soon
Liiivvtn the probability ut this ruinof. I paj* of the mountains of Abysinw.
Th« Boi ndary QrwTioM.'—We have been inform H
t-d by a gentleman recently trom San Augustine, that the
< '‘ommireioners appointed ttAsurvey the Eastern Boundary
«.f the Republic, have suspended tbeif labors on account fomide, the otDpnng.of excess or deficiency of rain—
But tor the damp and chilling south winds of the w in
ter and spring seasons
country in the world.
shall have nothing further >upo8Oftfae lion, whose centrifugal forces foil upon the
1 eyei9°d superficial glaude of the body—hence the drasd-
|| ful scourge of blindness, and the no lere calamity of the
results already experienced from the
L^Stthil clearing and cultivation of the lands of the region
of the Mississippi, goes to show the great i
j be derived from such measures as will render the atmos-
- pbare of the vale of the Miashreippi still drier, and when
UH'. MORAiMr
-/ru. -dn*. J«'I? v\
VW b iru fvnm u-nll-ni^n wIm> have just arrived from
dk^imt.bn* lhe wbah caBhii w»«in« <|uite tranquil.
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cover or soften the lands in the rear, notonly are the |
i farmers unable to irrigate the first crop.coj
rice, cotton, flux beans, and dura or gujHiea corn, but are
H to sow the wheat and barely crops.
The JNile, like the .Mississippi, has its limited region
for the growth of the cotton plant. While the Mississippi
L containsUhree degrees of latitude most profitable for culti-
vation, the Nile has one and a half degrees which admit
u of such a cultivation
invested by about 3000 t j
I *w<| M| XIlV, I 1 V VI , VV lllvH C U| I H JJ W Hlllll |lO sfBSV-
rhe Uk apprehensions of tbs advance of the Mexicans, ^1 of the earthly matter found in the waters of the Mis-
> fhii river, but lew so than
Red River of Louisiana, Wh4i thr river is nsin-
even until it returns within its; b*nks, the water —
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The blackness of the water
an 1 soil seems to be communicated from the decom
tion of b uwilt
For freight or pa>^pe. :>h- <h> boirj or’<•
ap G dJii.il i;AZi.l.V«* KOHlNSOX.fi
l.’l’.l’ITlI.!'' <•! I HA \S
T THE under-, .. H ..
lq lie of i • ' .tu certify ihat the law
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, , .. W Mil*-*, Judge of
Probates, of the County of Li<»eriy, 1 »h«dj < r for
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iA reque-oed to atiend.
rpHE Public are hereby warned, that two notts of bond,
JU my name, in lavor < "* “
the consideration (or which they were
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F^gypt would be the most healthy
1 ai/of these perioeb is detected in a derangement of the func-
perficial glaude of the body—h
i of blindness, and the no lere
selt-concen proves a total lore; bdo tney go back to give the diB( a.o c.ILd
country a bad name, take the idlers road to the sand hilb, fhe beneficial rei ‘
via the grog shops, sr i“ “ f------:—■——--* “ *'
manual labor and beemire useful citizens,
men i
rives,
Ifalrofdtfn
entle- ]:
fna*!
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C*ajr’<w itrfrt. to be H5 A'- • M g tino
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. IS leave to inh»rrn j. ■ fucr M th.j iw h;^ remr 7fd to tip-
_J ’More lately orc,npi d hv (’ i & G * - I'
trihet, and hqpex bv aii«nn >n io b’t-.ne-.-, loAbatv tin- a:n» pi-
rfliillCFfr* Skflil u 11 * tri ♦L*xt Ha* Lt F,.
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TUodav evening ncx»,at 8 < ' -I’ M. ai be drill io m -t~
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tkb will take place to 611 eanev. Bv order W
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i{ Pmcc, Sep’y.
J^fECEl VED. p0r Sier (M nubia,
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rapidly forming than at auy other time of the I
"7 uut high enough—for. in either case, a famine foil
If so high as to pass freely over the banks, the sixfi
and fall crops will be lost; and if not sufficiently high
insisting of cane,
11 ironage and support that he bi herto ha* dune.
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HE Houston Drag Jobs will bold tbeir mon’hly meein?
Io consequence ut ibe re? gnation of Lit uteuant J<4 • *, an e|e4-
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IlTCHCOCK. Canqin
Jnlf 6 ft3.
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SUCCESSION Tie SAM. ROGERS.
PubfK of Praptrly
i Y vHrttie of a dwree. mad* by the hon John
I’r 7 it ■ I ’?»•: » ■liOtv of Li'..! V IM l r for t-nie, at
public nnet on, at the court bouse m rhe town of Lil>erty. on tht 1st
Samu« I Hafers, dec <1, corwihnng of front 15 to 20 (0(.< «<■»< a. I vu g
emtnure of Liberty and JeflerwMi.
Th*- above Landa I „ ,
situated in a nch and healthy n «u»n of country, w... -------
The baneful influence of the damp j timbered, lying contiguous to navigation, and in ibf b*an Ot a
-- - and rapidly increasing actitemtnt. To be Sold in quant tn* a to
purrhaners. Plats of the surveys can be aeen until the day ol rale,
at the Recorder's office, at Liberty.
TtvMe -—Twelve months eneltt; notes with security rwjutnd, and
a lien upon property untd final HvjwnL .
H H L1TILEMELD, Administrator.
Liberty, June 13, 1^46—jy 3-dlt wtds
FOR SALE, LEASE OR RENT
HE YeH°w Ho®’*, former)) occupied by the Ordnance,
QMrler-M*Mer-General, and General Pom Office Depart-
fronimg an Milam Street, with a convenient kitchen,
k(J well calcu iaiad, either for offices or private dwelling,
GEO FISHER, General Agent
farmers unable to irrigate the first crop:
unable to procure water to soften iheback lands by which
tn «nvv th»» who»t and Larr-lv crons. • r
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The Nile, like the Mississippi, has its limited region
for the growth of the cotton plant. While the Mississippi
The product is one-fifth in quanti- H f
> of that of Mississippi The difference in qmmtity to
the acre is in part owing to the high water which occurs
I at an unfavorable period—a time when the cotton bolls
are more i
•nly three hundred annual growth, and when the tap root having descended
fifteen feet, suffers decay from being soaked in the water.
1 The fibre is long au4 silky, possessing, a like number of .
New York on the 15th nodules, and is often found to partake of the cream or
crange color, which it acquires from a union of the oil
and alkali of the fibre. This occurrence is less frequent f
(I with the cotton ofthe Mississippi, on account of tuo much
Sb? was to make one more trip to J dampness of the climate—but where it dors exist, can be
Charleston, after which, she would be laid up for the |l detected by entering a gin cotton room at night, as it foils
1 not to impart the »m<*ll of soap The cotton of Syria,
Pal-stine and Asia Minor, is without this color; the fibre
i is short ami less fine, and the product to the acre is about
ZZ2 eighth of that of the cotton regions of Mississippi. , n * v>v»u«»w a »>u >.<
Such a difference in the quantity a»d quality ofthe cotton , the Ut arid I5tb,and Galvrsu n
may proceed from too much drynereof the growing perind sn*1 w,5i under n<» consider-*’’
( Thus it flaring the summer season
iber Jobaathao. the World and New Y -rk Mirror — ‘hat,i,’»11 cou*rtri[9 where ,the are *«h-,
The**? excellent literary periodicals contain a large quan
> tily of exceedingly interesting reading matter. )
We believe that Texay presents greater natural advan- !
rages to emigrant, than any other country , but there are. ; by such circumstances, or,
nevertheless, many men who would by no meant improve a . j . .. -
iheir condition by removing here—Whatever political ;;
economists'may have written lot he contrary, we believe
that in almost every case, the general comfort and ease in
> the condition of a people, depends upon the amount ofthe
agricultural products of the country C _ 2
national wealth but they tend to place princely fortunes
’ t a majority of the population
destitute of the common comforts of life.—The great- '
<jpilous rock, where rain never falls, and vegetation
STAR,
Contract Bktwbxn ihk Nile amd Misaireipri— 1
* — | The following is the conclusion of an elegant sketch from |
the pen of the late learned savan and traveller, Doctor
Nutt, of Rodney, Mississippi.
•‘The vale ot the Nile, so long the admiration of the
traveller, fojsoerving of praise, both for the fertility of its
soil and the absence of frost. It fo formed entirely of the
deposition of the river, which carries within its bosom ohe-
it river, but lere so than '
g, and
u- r ”as a I
* very dark color, which it exchanges for a light red after
H a in it ui ww vt huvcii irrv. ---—— _■
treatv will soon be formed between the two Govern - | and soil sarms to be communicated from the decompofi-
■ ••• dnubt Ml. Ihm the visit of USm. Moore, to ,* tion ol banlt This we infer, from finding the basalt to :
enable us to deciders, ’mderlay the nd granite at the firM cataract, and the sand- |
rumor
ecotiomistsTnay nave written tot be contrary, we believe
tjjiat in almost every cas*’, the general comfort and ease in , • glal,.s—an(| considering the continued waning of the
ries will continue-to be the,most profitable cultivation of
The Nile, unlike all rivers known to os, divides a des- . \y
( ert of tvyo thousand miles in extent, consisting of frightful f>>h<
i plains of shifting sands, and mountains of lofty and pre
cipitous rock, where rain never falls, and vegetation r -
never exist. Amidst these dreary abodes of perpetual si-
lence. a majestic river flows from south to north, and like
the Mississippi and R d River, ever bearing to the east-
ward, and ever wearing the cliffs off that side. This
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yards wider than the Mississippi, with less than half its
depth, and nearly one third lere in velocity. T he Nile,
like the Mississippi, has its oceanic lakes. Their con-
have burnt Mt befere the coming of tho»e they de,ired to Thev traced onc hnnJrcd and eighty mil,« up
the river, fake Meris being the highest, while on the vale
I of the Mississippi, detached portions ol the Gulf of Mexi-
co are delected four hundred miles above its mouth.
The vale of the Nile, for one thousand miles in extent
S. HENRY
SeHy.
-3 qr ca-k> Madeira Wine,
U0 boxes claret do
20 do cherries,
10 bUs fresh beans, for ns!p by
jy 6-tf C_L—___
Steam Packet COLUMBIA wili;
. Columbia, Helhry Windle, Masi. 42b run*, cof p* r* d and r< j p> r
! (aliened. This vessel faeries all her < argu under dec«. and‘<'
I lets greater inducements to shippers than any other ve-sel m
I the trade i
|n consequence of the namerons falsp reports in eircipa- i• n
wi|th regard to the C'niurnbja, the present pr< ; n»- ■ eetn-* h $u
ceisavy t<> state that it u-iU, it/r the future,be <»u of he p»w» r f
anv>vi1 or malfo*ons designed p r-un* 10 prevent het t am a
sujningher rerulnr with her usual punctuality.
Nt B The Columbia will hereafter leave Neu iirle;,n< on
lOa rhefoh and 2®ti, each m* nth,
. . •* ‘ nrj iv proceed from too much dryness-of the growing per i<wl and will under n«» cun-Mth-raMon l- v i
k>n and various copies of the Boston Notions, the Bro. and the cnoluewnf the sprmg and fall season. Thus n ^fCe%X“r' “mVc
out rain, an 1 the atmosphere as dry as in those ofthe i
j countries above mentioned, the cotton plant cannot be very
profitably cultivated.
We are inclined to think that all the cotton regions of
’ South America, as well as those of Asia and Africa, are J
aecoaipaaied by such circumstances, or, as m the East n«*4xpaperS viz u A d u ( r < ; 7
. Indies and Mexico; attended with too much ram during Hou*'on frl sraph, Ri< hmnr.d j .
. ri .u i- .1 l rexa* Eimc’ant. aTc d-.»n>-bv au h<
growing season Hence the conclusion is, that the (entitled
cotton pl mt is most profoably cultivated in the United H laws” appr
' BtMes —and that considering the continued waning of the Ausiin City Gazeie, d ud 5 h r b<n i
Commerce and ! P“Ple°f aH;"lherA°"™ ■ / J> VPU •
manufactures’ may frequently increeio lbe aggregate of SaiTtlTe prMSrW oftb7AmJ^an Stat77
J-_ — i 4Bak».^Mh,.Mbflte L« u# ilk^UV WS I -Z-* rt IT« V* » an Z* I WZ^ «»n ...» a *
in th** hands of a few, while
are <
and almost thr only advantages which Texas now holds
out to emigrants, are directed to those who cultivate the
soil We have merchants enough,the learned professions
are crowded, and we believe the present supply of me-
chanics is sufficieot |o the demand When wc have more
farmers, wq shall w ant more of the se classes, but the farm-
ers must cone first We havo also a sufficient supply of
land speculators, many of whom would be glad to sell off
at cost Ththr came too long in advapcc of the nse: and
their lamps, like those of the foolish virgins in the bible, ;
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see
But persons
’ in 1
Stock can be reared with lere trouble and
as abundant and easily ; I
»nd convenient The best wood and Dram lands V ,La ,T- a,«uy .ai.u ? py virtae of a d-crer, mad- by lhe hoa John ’
ina cGnvtnicm anq Pr,nll L,an|as . the Mississippi, and when we take into consideration all i jj 1 J ‘j|
! Tuewdti* m AuguM next, all the lands belongin', to iht suctcmhoi. < f
Hamu» 1 Rog< rs, consisting ntfrom 15 ui 20,000 am», lymi?
•nd being wituated upon V dUge Greek and its tn uiamn, in the
hold out great inducement* to ran aliata. being
II reutind and
c<
The Nile
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HKr liir? liaa 113 IttHC® IflVll wit* f*YT
figuration distinguish them from those formed by the cut- I JL
i d,«<su.*hol lands and lui«; th- r— t... '♦ , .
iey are trtcea one hundred ai
; like Meris being the highest, while on the vale
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I exas Emii-'ant, ate ducc by an hoittv 1
i »n Act pfuvi i; ■■ <• u-■? <•1 <
2!
entitled to lull faith andertdn a< v.-h
)y e-wlffi-217 _
KITTEN PROPORALS «iU be received at ihi
it, the Iffih tn*» , a:
for tfe of Brider , aert^s, he gulls < :
„t7 l wet ly wide, to h v-
can - ** piers or al'aitmeaits, and 5 sleeper*. in ih** - irngi^s to b< 2
j by H; the timber* for the piers io be 12 in-i h»
feet higher than the present one , two M
j- can be n-ed. By order of j
John H. Bmowm, Serretjirv.
. Civil. ENGINEERING
XjENERAL4,AND 4GEN< y
’ HOTSTOW, TKXAS
igned having opened an- ofli--■>■ hi Mn it *-m !
OtficC, wilOttbrni ui the ,<uirv« y. th ‘;t». anon.
u#, prviih>, and
' reporta, connected with Giin! Enenu.cring; t y wpHFtn!vtc *n « a ‘
i c>na ruction<»f Public Works 1 and,the purch;<»,. and kl u. La. -
and Ii« al Estate in c rwrtit.
Tiiey reapectfuily aulicii a ahare of publ
__la.u ' -LAi-u*. H iijaton, Jtdy 1—wdtf
may average fifteen miles in wi^th—while the Mississip-
pi, for th$ same distance, will average forty miles. The
Nile appears to contain two thirds more arable land than ‘
i stone of the second cataract, and may constitute a great
part of the mountains of Abysinia.
Egypt, in an agricultural point of view, is peculiarly
situated. While all the regions of the Mediterranean arg
favored with rains during the winter and spring seasons .
—plenty, the result of moderate and repeated rains; and
ol the adtince of the warm season. They base, however, Egypt is acounlry of perpetual growth—a country wWe
, 1 - l i If v lull rain never falls, and where cultivation entirely depends I
«abltahed the pomi where the 32nJ degree of N fan- j • of ,g ^1. f
tilde touches the Sabine Agreably to their observa- uin to arrive at the convenient and happy point <4 el» va-
rious this point is east of the station previously designated,
and will probably leave to Texas a whole line of town
ship « hich have been hitherto considered as tFj: territory
ol the United States
The hon. M L,--------- „ 3
France, near our government, left this city last evening,
■for .Austin, where.he intends to reside permanently
The Steamer Dayton. Cannon, master, will leave to-
day for (ialveston, In time to meet the Columbia which
leaves to-moriow.
Campfac hv.—The New Orleans Bulletin of the 18th
ult., contradicts the report of the capture of Campeachy
by the Federalists The place had not capitulated by the
latest intelligence; but was closely i
Federal troops, and a fleet of five or six armed vessels.—
The Centralists still held possession oi the fort near the
middle of the city, they numbered 01
men. and have prsbably ere this time surrendered
The steamer Neptune arrived in
June. She arrived two. days in advance of the mail
from New Orleans, and one day in'advance of the mail
from Charleston.
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