The Civilian and Galveston Gazette. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 11, 1844 Page: 1 of 4
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' lO^AIl letter* oabaalneaa of the office must be poat^paid or
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CAftI)a-of steamboat and other paaaenger, and announce-
ment oicimdidatea for office, ara considered and charged aa ad-
verliaeniaiita.
A HTMarriaga and obituary itolieaa ol mora than three hnea III
-.losgthsre charged aa sdvartiameuu.
baa been
baa led to
the piib|i«f
from Texas
between Texas a
than it appears
facta gr«
ammmm&srnp-
tn Ibis country, be relumed on *
land; and to t^e continent of Europa, It
casion of honest-exaltation to the oraban e
' boy to return to the land ot bia fathers, rich in
■ I of tjbis life, and clothed with honora of the
an Senate. But the viait was a melancholy
lim. He sickened at the state of his fellow
in the old world; (I bad it from bis own lips,) and
■turned from that viait with stronger
IKff. in f*Vor of hia adopted country.
and «y several „_■!
opti I mean the t
4 State# >a much gíbate
iu the statistics. ; The lea
owrh I shall probably torWP
in fully:-
" Texas—about 100,-
WBDNE5DAY, MAY 8, 1844,
liVl . r ■ .¿.ii'ini r I i, "I ' I I 11 =g^a=
The U ailed State* man of war Steamer Puinaett arrived yos-
teidsy, morning from Penaaoola. She baa oo board despstehes
from tbe United State# Government lor Mexico, and will leave
for Vets Cfua tbta morning. . Thia vessel bring* no later news
(rum' Washington city than was received by the New Vo«k.
The steamboat Scioto Bali arrived yesterday morning from
tbe Sabine, and will hereafter run in the Trinity trade.
The Exports from thin port for the-quarter ending 1st May
were as follow si : 1 .
0,199 biles of cotton, worth at £35 per bale' £216,720 00
3.234 Beef Hides, Custom House value, 6,643 21
14,W Staves . . . . . • • W4 26
114 Spars . . ... 4,800 00
1 Bok stuffed Birda 60 00
1 ludian Dress . ." , 30 00
1 Bbl. Pecans 10 00
178 Packages Skins . . . . 767 61
Lot Horns . . 36 00
3 Bbl Tallow 720 lbs. n . 49 08
* Boxes Bees Was 305 . . 47. S6
•¿ Boxes Tobacco- 264 ... 18 48
The Imports for the ¿ame period araounled.to
#227,61)5 50
122,471 05
$105,224 45
Leaving a balance.in favor of Exporta óf
i'hat the balance thus exhibited in our favor la not erroneous,
; i* el&arly evidenced in the great increase in the amount of our
- apeaia circulation which has been recently experienced.
The small amount ef.Cotton shown in the table of exporta may
strike soma of our reáúe.'s with fui prisa; but it i« to be observed
that the larger portion of the heavy amoanta recently reí'eiveá-
, from the country U not yet cleared for exportation. There are
now in this port, receiving cargo, five English brigs, three brigs
and one barque from Bremen, a U S. brig and steamer, an A us«
■ trian Ship; a French brig and a Texian barque; fourteen large
veaséis.'eagpblS of carrying a quantity of cotton equal to the a-
bore, and some of which are nearly really to sail with full cargoes.
The population of (galveston is variously eatimaied at from
3,500 to,5,000. The latter, we think, is much nearer the mark
than the former nuuiher. The hotels and boarding houses are
all full, and there is scarcely a private dweiliug to be had. Many
paw. buildings are going upt and the demand issuohaswill
doufatles much increase'the number.
We bear no complaint among our merchants, and our me-
. chsnics appear to be, almost without exception, busy and pros-
perous. Taken altogether', we have never seen a more happy
and thriving community than this is now.
li ■:, . " ' 1 1
Since our.last)we.have had positive intelligence tbat the tres-
,ty of annexation, was before the U; S. Senate on the 22d ult,
that body sitfing upon the matter, with closed doors. It was not
expected, however, that tbe fate o^the.<■ measure would be imme-
diately decided. Great douots were still Entertained by its
¡ friends of the ultimate result, and they alledge that its fate is in
the,hands of Mr. iCla*... He was daily expected at Washington,
and his recommendation, cithér for or against, would |t was be-
. lieved influence a sufficient number of Senatora to decide the
question. t. ' : «
' Wa shall propably lave, by the Neptune? shatter sifiriificant of
• the filial result. ^
1
A corrSspondent of the Raileigh 8. C. Register says, that com*-
mon salt, moistened'Willi water, and boui\,d upon the wound, isa
ears for the' bite of the most venomous snake.
Ardent spirits,'it is said from another source, is an effectua'
femedy foe: the- bite of a rattlesnake. A person bitten, itissaid
may drink quarts Without Decoming intoxicatéd. It is lecqm-
mended.tabs taken in large quantities, immediately after the
person has bean bitten.
t: These,remedies may sometimes be at hand when others, more
: certain dr better known, cannot be obtained.
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A* correspondent of the Nrw York Herald makes
I*
¡'■the following staaements in regard to the exports and
trade of this country. What is said in relation to the
product of Icottrib irt Texas, the modo of getting a
largo jvirfion of it to maiket, and of obtaining goods
in exebau^e, (both to a great extent without passing
'.through a custom house,) is no doubt true. The cir-
cutr.atunco of fld^reat^an amount of illicit trade, which
it' has been, add' is impossible to prevent under a
"filgb tatiff in Texas, has been, the ioorc? of much
viexaiion and injury to oui Government and of jeal-
,ousy and, complaiht among our cili¿e*ns,' who' have
thus been unequally taxed for the support of the Gov-
•^rnni'ent—some pefsons paying a taiiffof about thirty
ppr qgui. ou .«very article they consume, wjhile 0-
theri'pny upon-nothing; Should ¡annexation fail, an
enddavor will probably be made, by means oí" gr ;at-
^ly redüü/íg or aboliahing.our tnriíf, to torn the tables,
,an^ofi#jij to,ow,friends resident on the other side of
Sftbinb, European goods cheapei in Texas than
they b¿tillé hadlirthe U. States. Such is the charac-
ter olwei boundary line between tha U. States and
the people; ill its vicinity, on either side, an
)iippg as the countries remain «epar&te, frill" enjoy all
thftttirantagea of free trüde. ño rpátter what" may be
•ih^Tafifr laws of cither country,'The morality .or
"i^P.1 |ety .of smuggling cannqt.bc defen'ded; and, as 'it.
j^t^ ^iity.oi'eKtry government to remftve témpta-
,tíuriiia*(aií as ít3y be ftotn lrt citizens, \l will certain-
ily be better td maké goods cheap ¿o Texas, and tbua
^r'r pepple all,inducement tú smuggle,
on at the expense of allowing persons in the United
atek is smuggle frotrt iAircountry, if they will, than
smjr{{g^ g,o<j(i(i" ^-em ^ha^ Country ourselves.
-¡ lave ft* tnrtre <hárt a week -past -been making
•fWífi^^its fa procure authenticated facts re^pcc-
,<í ií biiiil *s* T/.ly'i **■'1 k-'! '
go over this same
"Cotton is the great sts
000.hales raised fiftyttr .
"Three years ago there were not 10.000.bale* raised
in all Texas.
Six-íontha (60.000) of all the cotton raised in Texas
are grown in Eastern.Texas, and pass dv.wn the íled
lliver to New Orleaua'. ,
"About 1,5,000 bales gets into the Cusfom' Honse
(three ceiitn duty)—the rest, is smuggled, because
here are no Custom Houae officer , and uo duties can
be collected.; u,.\t . y
This cotton ia worth $40 per .bale, and is estimated
to be worth about $8.500,000. =
"This amouut is all traded at New Orleana for
goods and merchandize, nineteen iwentietbaof which
aro of American origin^ „ The principal articles le-
ceived for the cotton are—.floúr, bagging and rope,
iron of all kinds,domestic goods oí all kinda uted
a new people, and whiskey.
"The same steamboats which take down the cotton
carry back the goods in exchange. ,t ...'
'•Mr. Hayden, Deputy collector at New Orleans,
(and you may use his name for authority) estimates
the value of Northern manufactures tbua exported by
the way of New Orleans into Texas, iu exchange for
ibis (60,000 bBles) cotton, and o'her productions of
Texas, to-be not less than $3,000,000.
"Mr. Hayden calculates the value^of tbese North-
eri: manufactures (and it is specially worthy of no-
tice, that those manufacturers themselves , only can
know through such a source as this where their goods
goods ultimately go to, that are shipped to New
Orleans) exported in this way to Texas, to be about
three times the value of those exported to China—-a-
bout whose trade so much is seid.
"I need not say to y ju thet these facts are of the
very tp the Northern manufactur-
ing and commercial classes. Fof*.'™ the eveut of lo-
sing Texas, we necessarily loose her *&áVkeiív .
this cotton would at once pass down Red, River and
go raund to Galveston, where it would be exchanged
for English goods entered duly free-~aud with which
American goods cannot compete."
• j... 1 ■
At half past 4 o'clock ia the afternoon, says . tbe
Washington city coriespondent of the Picayune, pur-
suant to official notice, Mr. Colt's experiments with
submatiiie-baileiiea, commenced in the east branch
of the Potomac, between the arsenal an<]( the navy
Jard. When the President and the Heads of Depart-
ments leached the point of operations, a grand salute
was fired by the artillery at tbe navy yard. Theie
could not by that time have been less than 20,000
spectators along tbe shore and neighboring heights.
The evening was most propitious—a gentle breeze
blowing up streqjg, The first experiment w¿á to fire
a battery placed in the middle of the river; a wire
conductor leading from it to the shore, to receive
the galvanic shock. The instant the electricé spa' k
was communicated, this battery blew up a column of
water 200 feet high, and at least 10 feet in diameter
—forming a beautiful and sublime object, both rising
and falling. The next experiment was upon the ship
of 500 tons burden in fuil sail, with ajl her sails and
JWf
tackle set, and bearing a pirate flag at the ma§t-head,
she was set before the wind and drifted up the chan-
nel towards the dock, but as if re'uctaot to meetvher
doom, got tardily under way. When however she
yielded to théfim^ulse of the bieeze, although a min-
ute'or so behind time, till she reached the part of the
river where the ambiished batteries lay. One of the
batteries exploded ahead some twenty yards, but sb«Í
merely rocked, stem and stern, as if in a troubled , sea
—•still pressing on. In a.few^secorida another batter".
ey exploded some 10 yardB#n her larboard bow, but
she only rockedta little more, still pressing onward to
her fate. The third explosion, however, wss fatal; it
took her right under the bows, lifting that end^out df
the waljer; and finally blowing her to atoms foi ward of
the mainmast—the rest sinking to the gunwales, the'
shattered masts, sails and poop being a 11 that was visi-
ble above water. So stroug was the interest felt for
the poor doomed .ship, as she pressed onward to her
fate, that when the crash came, most af tbe .ladies
present Were semi shedding tears.
There 1s' no longer a doubt of the value ót this in-
vention ■ for haibVir defence. It is evident; that in
timé of danger from invasion, batteries cqu be placed
in so ms.njf positipps throughout the only accessible
channels'of any harbor, that no ship of war, howevei
skilfully piloted can escape them all. It is, equally
apparent that the explosion which destroyed ibis <500
ton ehipt, would just as readily have destroyed a 120
giih mari of war.; Another water-spout; explosion
closed'Vheexhibition of experiments. ^
An Adopted Citizen.—We select the following ex-
tract"fiom, the eloquent eulogium of Mr. BentQn pro^ head is the hardest,
bounced upon tbe Hon Alexander Pprter,.of {,a^¡fi^na,
in the United Stales Senate, orf the announcement
of thai distinguished Senator's death: ,
' Oiir deceased brother was not an American,citizen
by ihe aefcident of birth;.ho became so,hy the choice
of his b#n. will, and by the operation of our laws.
The eventi of his life and the business, of this day,
show the title to citizenship to be as vplid in our A-
merica as it was in ihe Great Republic of antiquity. 1
borrow |CHib thought, not the language of Cicero, if
his jileadirig for. the poet Archiaa, .when 1 place the
ciliien Who becomes so by law and choice oil an
equill fiMing with ihe'ciiizen who becomes so by
ChttiideT "And,, in the instance now before us, we
•fttsybayttot our.adopted citizen bas repeid'uc forjthe
liberality of our laws—that he has added to thestpejk
Of national character by, the c^nn ibutjoria which he
hSs bibugbt to it'in rjie pijpty of bis private life—-the
ermnetice 'of his" public services—ihe ardor of his
patriotism, and. the elegant production* of hia mind.
I. V f. .
Uent/>fthc Chínete Empire—Jt is calculated that thing*
empire Contains at least half as much wealth 1 himaei
and industry as tbe remainder
ot
great bydy of ibe people are much w«i
roiu^ advanced in knowledge thau the
of any otlier Asiatic country, and the
the globe. The
wealthier, and
inhabitants
. .. ry« Bntl (l)e advantages
which their 6oil and climate give theni in the produc-
tion of valuable articles of export, and the effective
demands which their wealth and laate foi luxury create
the products of other countries, are such aa to
er them capable of becoming better customers
n the same number of people in the laiger half of
rope and America.
from it the junction of tbe "Pacceae or
meu
men
they
means
propel
manís
lakes
ry stream
t'hibtolre .,■■■■■■■
career'it is exposed to the evaporation
iag sun; drawn off into a thousand canals, absort)* '
by pores and thirsty banks, drauk by eveiy living
vtbing; from the,crocodile, to tbe psch*, U seema n
pohr into the sea theu a wider stream than u qia
plays between the cataracts,' Vt thousand miles away. Isi
The Nile is all in all tc tho Egyptian; if it withheld,
its wateis for a week, his country would become a.
thology recognized in U the Creativ«
with the
very poetically, epgagei
dessert, uuiler the name ol
Principle.-*! Divine hone
deity; and it is whispered among ttiyt
the heart's blood pr a virgin was yearly adoeo
stream—not unlikely, in a country where tbey
«hiped crocodiles, an,d were anxious to cpnsult ibeir
k^pr-Pubíin Ukivér Íly Magazine.
í«.
The notortous Wbo has béen, confined for
the last ten years in ihéiiTaunesseei-peniteniiary,
was discharged a lew days sílice, aiicí im2í(^^tóv
/made tracks."
Or cat Commercial Fraud )at BottoH.—Tbe Grand
Jury of JBoston, on the ldth Inst., found a true bill
against Eastman, Fondey Sc Co., meiebante of that
city, for cheating in making heavy purchases to the
amount of some $50,000 under false pretences. The
indictment contained' forty-five counts, charging Ibero
with conspiracy to cheat, and actually cheating in
fifteen .different cases. Indictment! continued to
May next, and each defendant is recognized in $10,
000, with six securities, for bis appearance on tbe first
Monday of May iiext.
Rights of Conscience,—lit.
Decison^-iThe
Hon. Judge Batiks, in a case recently tried in Céhigh
county, Fa., has given an opinión directly the reverse
of that given by Judge Lewis,-.ofLycoming, a yearbr
so ago, respecting tbe rigjus; which a parent ha te
control bis minor children in their religious opinions.
In the opiuioii of Judge Banks, given op this occa-
sion, the constitution guaranties the right of ever^
individual to< adopt any'Creed or mode of worship
which his conscience approves, though this liberty of
conscience is resected tp the worstyp.of Almighty
God, and extends to no other worship whatever.
Judge Lewis, it will' be remembered, gave bis
opinion in a similar case, that durlng legal minority,
the law of filial, obedience takes the precedence of'all
other laws which are binding on the child.
It Won't Do —It won't do to pfiinge iiito a law
suit, relying wholly on the justice of your calase, and
not equipped befbreband with a brimming purse.
It won't do to tweak a man's nose o| tell - bim be
lies, unless you are perfectly satisfied be bs^ not
spunk enough to resent it byvblowing yoi^i brains out.
or, (if jou bive no brains)* cracking your skull.
It won't do, when riding ia a stoge coach, to lalk of
another man whom ypu have not, personally seen, ás
being an "all fired scoundred," until yyu are absolu-
tely sure bé is not sitting befófe you.
lt won'tdofor a man, when a horse kicks him, to
kick bacVinreturn, '■' - - "
It won't dp to crack jokes on old maids *hi the
presence of unmarried ladies "who h^ye passed the age
*• It won't do to imagine á Legislature, fed at the
public.crib will sit but six weeks, when tWo-tbirds
of the members have not the capacity t earn^ a decent
living at honie-. ,
It woi#do for a man to
atono posWniileArs he
Arid here let me say—and I say it with pride'and
satisfaction—our deceased brother Sei
admired his adopted country, itb love an
tior. increasing With his age, and with bjs
knowledge of the countries of the oW woild. fci. u
• ^ - - ■ ' imv
tan to bump bia h«á against a
conscientiously believes tb^t bjs
It won't do when a mosquito bites your face in the
nightj to beat yiHir owa cranium in pieCeS Wftü your
fist,, pr </er an impression that you ar¿ killing tbe
..«li'itooo ui'.i , <■ -m> • •'
It wQift do, wh^n in a lfur,ry>; tp «at soop witl
two-pronged fork, or try |o catch flies with afi '
Ittyvoi/l do tú be désperülély ériámored ota
face until yon havé sbeil it at the breakfast a
It Won't do to be so devoted
acquiring, in
managed, it g
iath# world
learnings but their aetions
ougbly educated. Wa."
man, were, of this class;
striking instances may
To be educated, a man
compare and decidí
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soap mai
stances;
in good coffee1
unground and take ill
or „
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coutnies remain to be beafd fy6u<"
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