The Matagorda Gazette. (Matagorda, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 9, 1859 Page: 2 of 4
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THE GAZETTE.
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KECEXT KIIIES
A li i Z u \
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TEI.DiK \PIII«'
EDITOR.
Mutch 3o — Tii*? Fos'.-Udice
IVpartiiM-nt luve dispatched two agcuts
S >titb with instructions to inqire into ami
MATAGORDA, TEXAS.
• ••*•••• > i
...APRIL 0, 186 .
B. Morrison, of St Loo-
i papera.
*>* papen re-
expadition w
; Later
aay thai there
i fcf mmk a report
viH be (bond i
'Dltica of aa
i both expei lea
wrfler h a plant*
exchanges from every quarter, have. The writer ,.f the Mloiúr. wcn| ..«t t,. A writer in the lldladelphia Pu«, ml.
some accounts of Crea that have occurred Arizona in o :: panv withfC:.,*. Wrightaon professe- to be well p.-aU l says:
^*¡1 « ^ tir 1#t P8t" a 6re °CCUrred and Be" Burleson, of thé "Arizona Santa " Against ^G.OOO paid away in annual
m the Hantera' Cotton Prees, New Orleans, Rita, Mining Company {State Gazette. salaries t- the Cabinet ' f the United Stat. s. promptly report all ca<<'< of failure in <vn-
by which amo toar thousand balea of cot-, Tlcsmx, March 2nd, 1S58. we have to place $237,900 per annum, re- nectiVns on the two «rr.at Soutlu ru mail
ton «rere destroyed. The parties known to^ «« ¡ was vcry nincj, mistaken in my «.pin- ceived by the present I i-rby Ministry, lie- route?, and especially to report all the cans- «
be losen J the fire an aa follows : ¡ong n^-anlin^ teritory. I expected to sides this, the Prime Minister, First Lord of cs of failure by tlie Mississippi Stage C««oe |
Oakfonl k Co totalloss Bales Cotton. find one of the finest grazing countries ex- Admiralty, Chancellor of tlie Exchequer, pany to connect 1-etwcen the «¡rand .Time- N may r.«!v
Snndry parties, total losa...
Rugely, Blair k Co., total ,lo8s
S. 0. Nelson, total losa
A. J. Tully k Co., total losa.. .
um;u cards.
SAMITI. w. nsiIEK i \Mr¿ H
FISHER Si CUTLER
RECEIVING ANP FORWARDING Mi T.< !¡
ANTS. k GKNFRAI. DF.Al.l K<
J.4K. Cromwell, total losa
Sundry parties oninsnred lost. .*....
S. O. Nelson k Co., the largest co
ees, an ftilly insured.
wish to gain a livelihood through mother
The Boms Insurance estimates their loss
at $40,000, the Cresccnt is estimated at
$«0,000.
The Merchants'will probably lose from
$40,000 to $50,000.
The Union wiH probably lose $90,000.
The CHivae? Ion is estimated at $48,000
Ths Hotels loss is estimated at $30,000.
The Louisiana Mutual state that their loss
will be small, as also the Star. Other offi-
Earth, not to come to this country to do it
Had we protection from the numerous
hords of savages that infest the country,
stock raising wouldpay in some few places
• meeting of the Beard of
e was as-
appointed
aft Ox
Foot Oflos^ the
Office and serení other
never can be made susceptible of support
ing much population.
The gnat Mesilla Valley is a decided
humbug, when we compare it with the ma-
ny cock and boll stories we hear in regard
to it
Ariaona doea undoubtedly abound in
gnat mineral wealth. Silver and copper
an abundant Then is also gold, but it
ia too far removed from water to pay the
common miner. As to copper and ailver,
notwithstanding it is very abundant, the
silunHuu of the country forbids the idea of
ita being anything like a safe investment
It ia literally speaking, "a thousand miles
from anywhere," and the broken character
of the oounliy defies the hope of a railroad
at Joliet, íü, orfthelí|lo®p ;#ÉT-
of Monltón
on ths 18th nit
proceeded to Mesilla, when we remained
two days, During this time, I visited Loa
Cruses and Don Anna. At the latter place
tltey wen having what ia temed the Max!*
(BoH fights.) Meaffia,
Los Cruses and Don Auua an aH insignifi-
cant places. .' ¿ ,
At Mesilla we left the mail road and pro*
ceeded up the Rio Grande Santa Barba-
fi, (Port Thorn.) We fowl the Fort be-
ing abandoned on acboppf of sickness.—
There were only a fjtfflfcldiera left at the
Fort who were to JÉnove to Fort Fillmon
ia a few daya, tejppi their respective com-
weeded them to that
would be entirely de-
\ the acqnaintance of
eaeijetio and worthy
Whom I found to be
"'«lever gentleman,
n good many of the Indiana
andhorid miserable look-
a s personal
article fton
• visit to
worth of
*
recently, but we
¥<*fcOty,
place, When
sorted. I
Wflj.
iri rMtt.
occa-
pasaod inviting
'£
aim Iowa HKn-
encouragingly of the pros*
wheat crop ia that State.
Noiao hi , The erop planted, at fcaat
tf fta State, was not more
Meal amount sad ths
or whig to
HE n«ual Comin.*«iun< will he <*h.ir_
receiving aint ¡«Mwaittunr mpiclu.
o- & .. ¡ ... ...v, • . . ihir !nt n w may r« !\
400 t®nt, and a tolerably fair farming country, uml one or two other ministers, have official tion and the Jackson líailruad—-the object an I atUMitum t;> t>u
s inn in both of which, I have been very much residences, thonirii thev rarelvoccunv them.' l'cin to enforce the faithful compliance u e W,:1 G«* .h
° _YY ™ . . I ,r ' - , 1 • , . . - . 4 _ . _ markft ali>f.!s, a: .l coi
Tlie country (the very best of'Moreover, the L>rd Cliancelloi, wliose sala-¡with the contracts for the conveyance of
y • « fltir p:.\ ii;? p'oni,-!
■i«ne« int>u«te<t ti> ■:
at as Ikvv pnre< i< cut
c«M¡(itie our tiaii<actioiis :>
,m | ' ' • CASH at!.! <uch re<jv)n«ible partic* d< ran
500, it,) cannot, in any point of view, favorablv ry is §50,000 a vcar, receives a life pension ' the mails U'tween New Orleans and ash- mak or h ire maJe s4t««c¡al ananseini*nt< wn.'i
u* :<>r cre 'it. FISHER & ClTI.Fll.
N tnu«iti>t. Ti\n, Julv :it. Iv'iv lv
1*. S.—Mr. C. is now in New Vork. bu\ in^
Fall Stork
compare witli even tlie poorest jxtrtions of of $35,000, on leaving office—an equiva- ington within the schedule timi
. ® settled Texas, and I should advise air who!lent f°r having abandoned a lucrative pro- ^ork, March 30.—Tlie cotton mar-
fesaion to accept the chancellorship, on the 1 kct closed quiet. The sales to-day were 2,
uncertain tenure of the political ascenden- ¡ 500 bales, all made before the Persia's news
PROVISION STORE.
cy of his party; for the rule is imperative
in Great Britain, that he who once sat as
judge shall never go back to the bar—shall
that I have seen, but those places are "very1 never descend, as it is considered, to plead,
few and far between." In the seven or where he once wore the ermine and ooif. ...
eight hundred miles I have journeyed! The vast majority of aspirants to the 03c. for choice white. Pork closed dull ^^^[{"xTRv'aiil!' ^^VIStON^BCSINFss
through the country, I have not seen more highest offices in England, arc men of great-1 and unchanged. Sugar closed steady— in Mataísorua, an.l he ksap on han.t all «he
than four or five places snitable for raising' est wealth. In the present Derby Ministry prices ranging from (í$ to TJ. Coflce ti in :u"cle;i 'hat are usually foumiin uch an estak-
stock. In a word, the country is not, or arc only three men not largely wealthy.
transpired. The quotations arc nominally
the same as yesterday's.
Flour closed dull ; sales to-day 12,500
bbls. at previous quotations. Wheat clos-
ed dull ; sales today 8,000 bushels at 91 to
Pork closed dull
GROCERY
—AND—
liniment.
El Paso Febuary the 1st and he again be placed in office, the pension
in the evening for
éiataat seventy miles,
we traveled through a
"very precipi-
liable at any
fehtjapipfrihy Mr. John Apache,
tfMrtanding he ia at peace with
is not a safe traveler for a small party
ours (three in numberJ to meet in
ypsscfl some fresh,
; met no Indians until
go* tothe-eoae, where we fonad quito
It Was the day for the iastfince
H U. S. Government is*
twice a month, to about
We laid over two
come in, and to
we oo«M in niatSeo
we vpn in qsest
a M
O^chfelB, among whom
Shew
t of the
have to take
or Colorow) waa tike
Be atonda about six
in his moccssins, and looks
aé sterá ¿ád solid as his native hills around
hm Be waf bom to rale. He speaks
SmusK tolerahfr weB «ad can say some
few sné ia liiftjaia Engliah. Be la aaid
to he tf brave maa, Slf a terror to toe So-
Doraniaqs. The rations Issued them by ths
Government suffices, I was fi^caeed, to
them only partof ths length of time
for which ftey are leaned, the balance of
the time, excepting toe muscal that thej
eat, they have to either starve or steal aa
they have no game at all scarcely, except-
These are Disraeli, Walrole, and Lord John
Manners, and the poorest of tbese has at \ Light's mails confirm the report we sent
least $25,000 a year private property, over
and above h¡8 official income. England,
which pays her placemen so well, does not
neglect them when "used up," but has ap-
propriated a large sum to be annually paid
away among retired ministers, after a cer-
tain duretion in office, on their application,
that their pecuniary circumstances require
such assistance.
For example, whenever Mr, Disraeli has
eerved two years as Cabinet minister,
(which term he will have completed in a
few months,) be can claim $10,000 a year
for life as pension. Literally, he has
scarcely an income of his own, his wife be-
ing the owner of a large property. Should
ranging from 10$ to l_e. He ha* «tamlins order? in New Oriean*. U
iORKt March 31.—The Northern mil will Ihj recumng fresh supplier by
/; •/;« V STE+1.M KK.
last night of the seizure of the lake boats He respectfully solicits orden from hi« old
belonging to the Nicaragua Transit Coin- cus'°mer5 and l*\®
pany, and explain the cause of the high
would drop,'while thus employed and paid,
and be resumed on his return to the posi-
tion of private life.
The power and patronage of British min-
isters an immense, bnt they are exercised
quietly and systematically, and the popular
press pays little heed to such matters. Oc-
casionally there are complaints of the man-
ner in which the patronaged power is ex-
ercised, but the mass of the people, who
an excluded front political influence, take
little interest in the discussion. Ministen
provide well for their sons, nephews, and
nlations, in the church, in the law, in the
army and navy, or in the civil or diplomat-
ic service. In fact, nearly all the younger
members Of aristocratic families an quar-
tered upon the public in some manner.—
Talk about patronage in the United States!
It is not a circumstance to that of the Brit-
ish Government
^ Thi Wiso's Vagaries.—Yesterday a well
known gentleman named Joseph Locke, a
contractor and builder, went to the Mechan-
icé' Bank and drew out $180 in $10 bills,
for the purpose of paying his employees. In
going down the steps of the bank, with tlie
eighteen bills in his hand, a sudden gus^rff
wind blew off his hat In throwing up his
hand to recover his hat he lost possession
of toe bills, which were instantly taken by
toe wind in circling eddies, upward. As
thegmle fuite aa much be^fod his imme-
dtáte reach as if they was* at the North
Peie, ttr. L. had nothing dee to do bat to
tun hia gaze upwará^fend patiently watch
their gambols heavenward. Some of them
followed up the trade of the wild geese
northward. The others scattered in vari-
ous directions, every one of the sixteen
points of toe naatloal compass having one
or aaon reprcaentativea. We are happy to
yon may not wish to ssgr that a number ef the missives soon tir-
of toe hsad ed of their fight and dropped when Mr. L
waa able to regain poeecssion of them. Mr.
It's lone by the operation we believe waa
Shout His feelings as he saw the
bankVpromises to pay slowly sailing over
toe housetops, an much more pleasant to
describe than entertain.— [St Louis Her-
ald.
handed proceedings
The advices from Nicaragua were
brought to Aspinwall from Greytown by
the English Mail Steamer, which arrived a
short time previous to the departure of the
Northern Light.
The officers of the British mail steamer
report the circumstances of the seizure, as
follows :
The United States sloop-of-war Decatur'
A. WADSWORTll
Mat ago* pa, Joljr *9, 185ti-3in .
Oyster Saloon,
BY , .
M o rand Nchnrrber.
WOULD respectfully inform the ritisen* of Mutai nr-
T
X da, and the uuMic that mv Ujrttrr &d->uu U now
f,,r 'receptloo of vUitwr*. FetMXu mav l«>
arrived on San Juan Del Sur, and anchored «cct.mmodated at all hour with the br t ojwtw.
• ... « c,. i nerved in a mauuer that will Relight the i>alaU- uud
in tne cove near that port on tlie 15th. i nourish the body.
The Decatur was mistaken far an \meri-i WOrder fhunthe Cimntn wlil meet with prompt
, tmrttab-Sa MOKlvNllSCHJttXBfclt,
can filibuster vessel, and the alarm soon ¡ i«Uata4>oíu>a, September it, isM.-um
spread in every direction that the filibus-
ters were off the coast, and were about
landing men, etc.
Messengers wdte dispatched in great
haste to President Martinez, who immedi-
ately set off with about three hundred men
and took possession of the transit route
to prevent their landing and passing up the
river.
Upon learning the true character of the
vessel in the cove he returned, destroying
the bridges on the way for greater security
from eudden invasion.
During Martinez's absence in pursuit.of
an imaginary foe, the French company of
engineers and workmen, aent out by the
Belly Company, crosse^ the lake and seized
Joe White's tnnsit Steamers, and impris-
oned their oAeers and crews.
Fort Gaatillo and Fort San Carlos are to
be given up to Mons. Belly for his head-
quarters.
The Panama Star says that the Nicara-
gua Government first took possession of
tlie lake boata Ind afterward abandoned
them to the Belly Company.
The British mail steamer aleo brought
three separate treaties, which Sir Wm. Gore
Ousley has negotiated with the Nicaraguan
and Costa Rican Governments, and which
have been ratified by those Governments.
John Steger,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
RESPECTFULLY Inform* the ettisen* of MatapnnU
and vicinity that he has jut receives a tall aud euuiplt-lo
anw>ruiK-ul uf
Broadcloths CaaKuiertu Vesting
&c, Ac., Ac.,
of the latent jmttenw, which he In prepared to make up
at the Mortext notice. I"anta made ia three hour : -
a fall miit of tlie KIN T QUALITY made and guaran-
teed to fit. ia twelve honra.
He ha* aim. on band, large utock of READY-
MAlIK CLOTllINli, which he will Hell at Xr-w York
price* for CAKli, or approved credit. Call and nee him.
Matauouka. Texax, September lH, lKis.-tf
D* B. B* Braman,
ATTORNEY & COUNSKLLOH AT LAW,
MATAGORDA, TEXAS.
HENRY THORP,
ATTORJYEY .#T JL*i If,
MATAGORDA, TEXAS.
w. H. BURKHART.
KATAOOaOA, TBXAS.
The work shops and house belonging to
the Accessory Tiansit Compsny at Punta
Arenas, have been swept away by the
•C* Jnljr ai, 1S58.
The Legislature of Nicaragua on the 4th . —.
of March passed a resolution declaring the
Transit rant*.free to all nations" ...
Chikes* SfOAR Ca\k. A WTÍ
Ftirmtr and Planter, Colombia
na, says j • 1
" Careful experiments; made by distin-
guished chemists during the past year, have
settled the point that the sorghum belongs
to the family Of grasses which secrete "glu-
cose," or fruit ««gar—«ot crystal! bable. or
cane sngar. The value of cane sugar, «ota
pared to gUaoate afrgraaa sugar, ia three to
one. We msgfigrva m then, fta hope of
making engar profitably, .(iaiyfulJy con-
ducted experimpits, during th^an year
however, have 'satisfied >lhe^#0|er that a
very good syrup fan 1m HimnAcliiifd at
the rate of fifty aeup§ per gallon, aud for
even less, by the stq^ll farmer who junoi
entirely engrossed with the cotbm B6p.
rpt • *ff
OUST A V DRE YUNG'S
. 1S8LW 3üküW£
iMBROTYPE GALLERY
. Opposite Gov. A. C. Ilorton's
Residence, Matagorda,
VKKMa
u. 8. Mail packet,
sb aal^mda to mimmii, twwi a week.
THE Fart Sailing CoppsrsJ k Cnpper-
tauened Mail Packet-Schooner—J L U A
A. HODGES, AcaTik, Mauler—will plv
resularljr between Lib place and Indianola,
twice a week. 8be has fins aeeommodations
irv"v." ".— Jj ~1' 1 for naageiiger*. and is lbs fa te t boat in 'lie
This will prove an inestimable b!uMiu& The Captainpiedles himself to ilo hi«
brinjrinir it within the means of almoeteve ^t" >nJ froaJ ^¡g j¿ng experience, thinks he
Hmém too Goon to bb Lost.—^Thursday1 iy farmer owning a horse and an acra of can proa>i*e those wh
night a oouutryman from the county of! gronud to provide their familiee with- 4 j despatch and aafsiv.
Franklin, wandered to the Gmty Tbefttre íMnry.w - i
Franklin, wandered to the Gaiety Theatre
feo witness the tragedy of Othello. Mr.
Crisp personated the " Moor" on the occa-
aiaa, aad we must aay, looked the charac-
ter la great ¡MÉMtion. The delegate from
Frank!ia appeared highly aatiafied until the
Ae Dak<
fat (he Duke's palace, where Othello
ia arraigned for marrying the fair aad beao-
... ,. , .. , tiful Pesdcmoua. Here be knit his brows
' 5 ^ ¡ and locked d g-ere .t the y ty general;
it sacrilege to kil ^ whcn j)es^cmona herself entered and
Why does not the Government pursue ... , . * l u- j a
* . i joinc<l in the defense of ho* husband, and
1 s.C /tuilfrinrv timen In. J
Tbe Captain . piedle himself to do his
ig erpei
bo tfavsl with bina, comíuit
Mondays k Wednesdays
Indiano)a Tuesdays k Fridays.
WILLIAM AUSTIN.
Wbecxixo Y mens on the coast ottéÉM,
saya the CirUianr is almost invariably -the'
result of carciessness or design on tl«j><rti
of their commanders. The water along thaf
coast shoals so gr%dually, snd the ground
is so good for anchoring, that any preefcu
tioo in the
dera it impossible fbr a vessel properly sorti in the Sfste. Tsavblkss and the peaue
equipped to go aahore. We regret to 1«- ima^raUy will fiod as entertainment at
7?1 ^ .. • i |tb« booas as the sountijr atforJs.
Iteve that the coast of Texas is not iho only «s® HI*
locality where tbe " pee of the are' A ' 4
loty 31, 1868-ly
COLORADO BOUSE.
Thi# old and well toA known establishment
, . . . ti slill oontiaasd by Eia the robscriher. It m
of the lead and anchor ren.|0ne o| fhe ^Jüüpiea'an: f-i.nn.er ro-
B some better method of civilizing tliesc In- 'T'"'^ ' ."V " * ----- ' ^ ""^'es ths prsmisss, wsll «applied with :b« !-e«t <-.f
d! V 9 If is tlie end thev wial,' ** tHrDCd threW ge°tly ab°Dt mam,>' ««nbutable to tl« fiiults of the sea- p«ovwhirc will be well fed a-: I
dians . } her waist, the delegate went nff in a tow- xnen. It is the opinion of McCulloch, that taksuearsef. OALF.N HODGW,
to obtain. *fcy o y no se apa som ra8flion goring that it was a "d—d nearly half the losses st sea mtf be áscrib-: f>r„Vr„v
good soil susceptible of culUvation
' W|'CrP Black Kepubican play," not to be tolerated ^ (0 the ignorance, incapacity and care-
they can put t m to wror am "'•* Q 161,1, by Soutltern people, and stalked out of the le^tsness of the masters aad icrewa. Judge.
JT" ie irnírí7~ : Marvin, of the l-nhed Pute. DMrfr. dp
¡ >Mi1nf kceoinsr them, as they now are i . • .... y • . j
nip16 f*pp
MATAGoaaa, Texas. AngoU I, ia5S-ly
¡amination, that
tbe late eeseion of
—ewaj was a dwu^ohn of porting the
• ior*«ljt(.h taMg 't j,., „f ih. Adair
i•
drunk, and eo was
instead keeping them, as they
Nothing . . in idleness and in a sterile country ?
- We • - -- -
at Ker West, who has hsd a
*p ports- Lmoll-Bosom
A Quaker lately popped the question nity for investigating the saby-ct^llat dnly ■ * . ' Check
>
i ni*," int'rn «a iiumtcni sin
spirit urgeth and movoth me wonderfully owners, and it i* probable that lialf tlie «¡1
\ hotel keeper iji Boston boards lov- to l«eseech thee to Hove nnto me, flesh of aiy shipwrecks th it ^*'-ur in difiWrer.t parts of
11 ** * a** C|!f to Quakerrs«. 18 Allows : concnr- in this opini-n. t ut «ays
j^J^t peace and protection.' Í " H°«—Yea 31x1 verilJ- Peneloi^, the th— causes tin? fraud« of masters and vhip-
ikebked Cotton Hiirls,
sup-era for two dollars a week less than lio an,í l>on" r,f m-v UiCworl l may fairly 1* a?cr;i^d to can^ s.
tlie pol-'charges other folks. i " Hum—truly Otad'ah, tbou ba*t wis«-iy other than the peri!s of t!i<- sr-a. Tin* f-x-
y other Sen- There is a philosophy in this. Love L Inasmuch as it is not g^od for man istin_' of marine in- nrane \ n.luM-
anv one from the TOrv rthcrial iu its natar -. and can live «-n be alone, l<>! and beheld, I will s-j .urn o<lly. «• n luces t i tlie pr-ln- ti n of many
iiTjn^: South —[Columbos TOa.; Fnquirer.
Cne«"k Ili *k« ry rhirt^,
Calico Siiirt*,
anrf^otton UiMb-rsliirts,
Merino TadersUirta.
I>rawers,
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