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THE SAM AKTOKIO LEDGER
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OFFICIAL JOURNAL
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SAN ANTONIO.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1852.
The VuU of Schools in Sat AsInkio
The apathy of San Antonio in reference
to the subject of education, is reprehensi-
ble—is positively shameful. The town is
located in the most healthy portion of the
State. Two riñere,-whose sources are
within its suburbs, send their cool and
refreshing currents in every direction
throughout its limits. Medical statistics
establish, that compared with the number
df its inhabitants, there is less disease than
in any other section of sthe Southwest,
Its population in numbers and in wealth,
far outstrip any city of Texas, and then its
corporate facilities are immense. At this
moment, San Antonio, has property with-
in its control and ownership, exceeding in
value the large sum of two hundred thous-
and dollars. With such vast means at
its command, the deplorable spectacle is
witnessed of a large and well improved and
prosperous city, lying dormant on that
most invaluable of all subjects—the cause
of education. Within short distances, in
anirust every "(UTefiuon, smalt towus nave
sprung up with nothing to sustain them
but a sparse agricultural^people, and they
have built costly edifices and endowed
them with most excellent apparatus, and
procured competent teachers from abroad
and filled their institutions with pupils.
All this causes no blush to opulent, com-
mercial San Antonio, that dates its origin
near two centuries back. With no disres
pect to the excellent and worthy gentle-
men in charge, some two or three day
schools are struggling out a sickly cxis-
Sweet murmurings sometimes exude
from the neighborhood of the " Gran Sociedad."
The thirsty draw nigh anú distinguish the bur-
den to be "going, going—gone!'* The inno-
cent surmise the distinctive intonations to con- _ .
vey an intimation of che facility with which j tence, pining av\a} for waut of patronage;
good liquids are disposed of at that excellent i and these constitute the means of educa-
ra treat, and that some joyous imbiber, happy in I tion in San Antonio. It is no exception
IriMiuoiit putaiion*, is rapidly telling bis joy as i #ur proposilion. that we have in onr
he accuu uanies his words with a hash' swallow, t .. , ' , ,
i midst a iNunnery for the education of
Uarii.i culls from the muses to depict, y0ung ladies, sustained by the uuwearied
ti.1 li« rro*sof the tooth-ache, and devotes an en- j ,m
' .. . (.ettorU ot a religious order. The stranger,
tin- poc-u to th« topic. -A maiden, however; . ...
exquisite may be her proportions, whatever bril- j as ,c V1CW3 various improvements, the
liam.-y of eye she may possess, or rubiness of lip> ¡ broad Plazas, the noble structures tor
or vermi lion of cheek, or maturity of intellect,j mart, and is informed of the vast wealth of
or swi-tti.es* of manner, if she have not excel-j the town, is justly shocked when told,that
tent dent.lis, then is she like one devoid of char- i ___ , , . '
,. . e , . . .. , , onc or two miserably ventilated rooms,
irr, unlit e l lor the love ol the male. We do ■ . . .
lo've giKHl and clean teeth, and to the deficient j Wlth a dozen or 80 of «aAocated scholars,
iu this particular, would we commend attention combine our entire cducatioual resources,
to the card of Dr. Kingsbury, who has just re-' and must necessarily form a low estimate
turned IV >m a professional tout in ihe country,! 0t' the morals and information of the peo-
am! «ho has I,a,I his llyr in almost every I 0ur ¡, ##t#d f„ Us mereanti|4
American uiuuth i:i tlie place, in a professional
wav energy. A railway scheme summons the
w „„ T. ñ- i t • masses in convention, and elicits copious
I hat there are three lliehmonds in ¡. . . „. . ,,
,. ,. . ., , .. .. . ,! investment. Trams of interminable ex-
t/ie field is evident Irom the additional card \
Drs. Dorphley and Slaughter, late of New j 'en'; loaded with supplies and merchan-
Oilcans. They propose to operate upon the j dize of* every description, are constantly
masticators ol our good citizens, and when ! arriving and departing. Our citizens are
decrepitude or disease has stolen away these j filling their pouches with money, but pay
no regard to the formation of the minds
or disease
useful instruments, they aver they will renew
find rejuvenate the whole dental fraternity.
and morals of the generation, that must
¡1 our oouiliiuniontion from New i «oot\ succeed tllCm. The yOltng of the
town, are sadly and criminally neglected
Again, have we before us Grahanrs j And tlic matter should arrest our attention
Alagaziii -. The best writers of the country | once. W hy, the little town of Seguin,
contribute the workings of their exquisite brains is already noted throughout the State for
.Again
Orleans unavoidably omitted.
Tha Trido of Tern wit* Hew ttrk
It is very apparent, our neighboring city
of New Orleans, by a course entirely sui-
cidal, has permited a commerce with this
young and flourishing State, to elade its
grasp. It has now departed from it for-
ever. There was a time, when New Or-
leans furnished almost our entire foreign
supplies, and her thoroughfares werecrowd-
cd with our mercantile citizens. "Her pro-
pinquity was esteemed of wonderful ad-
vantage, and, thén, olden ties and associa-
tions bound us to that city. So long as
consistent with interest, a barker there was
enjoined upon us as a partial repayment
of a large debt of gratitude. For in the
days of despondency and heroism, the
Crescent city was the first to wieldits press
and pecuniar}* means in our support, and
contributed to bestow tone and character
upon our primary revolutionary move-
ments. As the struggle advanced, this
same New Orleans furnished and equipped
strong men, whose bones are canonized by
the fact, that they repose in a Texan tomb.
Texas will ever retain for this estijnaJ>ie
city a warm regard, yet, is it n&V iijcum.
bent upon her, to sacrifice herself to award
pecuniary meed for past favors. The
youngest by one, and by far the most
flourishing of all the States, it is ncccssary
for her to gaze about and seek such spots
as offer the greatest facilities for bargain
and sale. Now, let us see for a moment
how the distant city of New York has
managed to secure our trade. Strange as
it may seem, the price of transportation
from New York to Texas, is ten to twelve
per cent less, than from New Orleans, a de-
duction very apt to arrest the attention of
an economical merchant. Again, the charge
for insurance, has always been at more re-
duced rates in the Northern Metropolis
compared with the Southern, and the ex-
travagant demands formerly made, have
lately been increased, for some eccentric
cause, two and a half per cent., at the lat-
ter place. Another reason consists in the
fact, that the prices for goods in New York
are fifteen percent, less than in New Or-
leans. This estimate does not embrace, of
course, products of Southern production.
Now this disparity, in the vast commcrce
of Texas, would necessarily exert a con-
Brief IcTory
A fanny
Thomas Mere,
prophetic ten,"
m
States Government
, ibis pf ours. Old
iirwith something of
te of an imaginary peo-
tle of Libert
period could
man, that fea
upon a purp
nation was
scowled, a na
ngty TV-
pie, begirt with sundry privileges,and bo-
hoofs. But the Utopia of the dreaming
politician.awarded to its favored citizens
but few Of our prerogatives. In ihe days
of that good old martyr, the wildest fancy
could not conjure up those sterling doc-
trines of human right, now gamboling in
unrestrained pastime in these United
States. The Elizabethan era was palmy.
Poe£s sang then- Sweetest sonnets, and
philosophers r<**led from their gothic
chambers piles i Enigmas. Men thought
they were free. %r fools ! An infant
of this day an ^is land, can bettcj prat
^an the wisest of that
lotrse. A ferocious wo-
IW)t God or Daemon, sat
§one. IfCjsBe smiled, a
cd in gladness; if she
•ernbled to its fetlocks.
•>— fount. of edict
and rescript, auu i.er beek the héads-
man of her anti-chamber chopped down
the loftiest of the. land, auu their expiring
breath blessed the lady executioner. Times
are not much changed now, in other re-
gions of the world out of our own. France,
with the white dress and assumptive name
of the Goddess of Liberty, has a rotten
and loathsome heart. The Old Monster
Absolutism, has planted his talons in her
vitals. Yet, here the pure Deity of Free-
dom, is gleesomc and scatters its favors
with the profusion of a spendthrift, and
yet, retaining fullness in its coifers. The
most eccentric portion of our beautiful
govermental system, is the rule of the
People. From the veriest lamplighter to
the Presidency of the Republic, each office
and station flows from the Great Masses.
They build up and and pull down. The
ruler is the slave, and not, as of yore, the
proud and perpetual Lord and Master;
and that ruler must be especially obse-
quious to his controlling constituency.
If he become insolent and drunk with
honor, the good people pluck him down as
was the rude boy oa the orchard tree.
That system of which ire speak, apparent-
glish smuggling er a private release of ber
law of imposts.
We gather from our intelligent inform-
ant that there is a prospect of an emeute
iu Chthnahua, at no distant period. The
particularsof the intended movementhave
not yet-been developed, but-the country
is pregnant with numerous revolutionary
tendencies. The masses seem to hold
the Governments, both State and
Federal, in much disesteem, and an in-
creased military force is in constant .mo-
tion to detect and suppress any open
demonstrations.
Some Indian outrages have been perpe-
trated in the region of country extending
on this side of the Rio Grande between
MagoflBusville and Fort Fillmore. Four
whites have lately been murdercd,andcattle
robberies ate of frequent occurrence. It
has became impossible to retain property
of this description, even iu the most dense
settlements, The Comanches, with rem-
nants of other tribes, commit their depre-
dations with the utmost impunity, aware of
the inability of the inhabitants to protect
tl"Mr property or chastise the invaders. In
.truths this portion of the Frontier is sin
larly exposed. Comprising a population
of two thousand Mexicans and about
seventy Americans, the district for a
year past has received the farcical protec-
tion of a single lieutenant with but twenty
privates, and these were not furnished
by Geu. Smith, the commandant of the
District, but a loan from Fort Fillmore in
New Mexico, and are now under orders of
recall. The people complain bitterly of
such treatment from the Federal Govern-
ment.
to eke out it* contents. It is a rich argosy of
thought &iut elevated sentiment, and commends
itself to patronage.
The Galveston Journal calls attention
to the ca d of the McLcod House of our city,
and thus truthfully discourses: "Judge McLeod
is one of the most popular landlords in the State>
and his worthy lady having had much expe-
rience asa hostess, gives the House a deservedly
high reputation. Traveler may depend upon
finding every thing quiet, pleasant and agreea-
ble."
We are pleased to learn that our friend
Mr. Swilt, having received the appointment of
Sutler for several Posts on the frontier, has de-
termined to make San Antonio liis head quar-
ters. Tit will serve his friends, as usual, at his
old depot on Commerce street.
" nasty Plate" of Matrimony.
Comets speed through the air with wonderful
rapidity, now on the verge of space, and again
ere one can whisper a vow of love, tilt against
the sun, i he centre ot that same space. Rail-
roads have some speed, and so has thought, as
likewise the tongue of woman, and telegraphic
communication. A grave, but amorous looking
old gentleman of Tentonic descent, alighted in
front of a a edi fice, i n ou r c ity, w h ieh is only kno wn
by the mystic letters of S. N. H.—-mystic letters,
which, we fear, contain some hidden meaning-
Thendidthis veteran masculine, proceed to aid
thedescent from the same vehicle, an antique fe-
male. Entering the edifice of the mysterious ini-
tials, they notify the inmates of their desire to
ínter into, and investigate the mysteries of the
matrimonial state. It was suggested a license
was nejffS&WKnrii !*, ^ sympathizing magistrate
noted for his general goodness of heart, passed
by. With a soul alive to their distress, he rap-
idly tied the tender knot, and converted David
Weild and Catherine Elizabeth Giinbler, into one
Human. The period of time occupied from the
:ioment the vehicle stopped in front of the edi-
ice with the mystic initials, to the departure of
the same, conveying away the enraptured Teu-
tonic couple, was three minutes and one half.
We are blessed with the reception of
th« September number of Godey's Lady's Book.
This excellent periodical, especially devoted to
that refined literature adapted to the fairer por-
tion of the two sexes, is eagerly sought after by
the unpolished male. This work is a rich
ornament for the parlor centre tabled far better
than all the tTash novels of the day.
That budget of rare comicalities " the
fiew York Pick," with expansive countenance,
greets us again
Tho September number of the Musical
"World is on hand, with contetents superior to
any previous edition. Rare songs, in addition
to an excellent literary department.
Geo. C. Craig, on his way to £1 Paso,
had his irunk su len by a Mexican servant. The
trunk contained his wardrobe, a gold watch and
¿ve hundred dollars.
1ST A snake waa killed in Maryland
Vatel v, containing within io body s ?V« nty youo^,
its fine schools, and derives a large reve-
nue from its foreign pupils, and but a
week or two ago, we recorded the start-
ling fact, that a large number of families
had removed to Bastrop, solely to procure
educational facilities for their growing
families. IJow shameful and mortifying
then the declaration, that with our supe-
rior natural advantages and preponder-
ance of wealth, we permit these humble
places to outstrip us in this important mat-
ter—that we are compelled to transport
our own offspring to a distance, to secure
for them the most ordinary English edu-
cation, From our souls, we pity the juve-
niles of the poor Mexican population of
San Antonio. Stragglers about the streets,
unable to talk our language, there is noth-
ing before them but years of servile toil
or vicious indolence, unrelieved with one
glimmer of intelligence. But if a system
of free Common ^Schools be adopted, you
elevate the race and stimulate them to no-
ble enterprise. It is high time that our
Common Council should act vigorously in
the premises. Appropriate at once the
waste but valuable lands, that appertain to
the corporation to tho purpose. Let the
subscription book be put in immediate cir-
culation. Let proper buildings be erected
though it plunge the city in debt. You.
K-. *■ -o-■ «—;^ rs and in-
formation worth a dozen San Antonios.
Two beautiful sites at tho head* o£ our
two rivers, are admirably adapted for en-
larged institutions for both sexes. Let
the stain then be removed from our escut-
cheon. We speak feelingly on the subject,
for we think it a burning shame, that San
Antonio has no schools, and that other
towns with infinitely less facilities, have
far outstriped her in this regard.
Bexar Cotton.
Major Neighbors has fully tested this
latitude in reference to the growth of cot-
ton. He has now in a state of maturity
a species known as the rattoon cotton,
a re-spring from the plant of last year.
The Major is confident that the neighbor-
hood of San Antonio is equal and in many
respgets superior, to other portions of the
State for the cultivation of this plant. He
has great confidence in the peculiar char-
acter of the soil, as also in the seasons. Let
ns have the ready means of a conveyance
to market, and the San Antonio valley may
become the great cotton region.
trolling influence m diverting our citizcns , , , .
XT , ,r . . , , ly complex, intricate and difficult ot com-
Northward. let, is there another, and: , . . , ,
, ,, . j prehension, is yet, as simple as the lesson
perhaps equally cogent attraction in that f , , ', , TT
,• oí 11 , , i in the horn-book. Hence another astound-
direction, bnould our merchants proceed . ,. .
« \t y~\ t , f L, , : ing peculiarity. It requives no more sa-
to New Urleaus, before they can succeed . , . ...
,. • gacity and intelligence,to wend to the cen-
m securing a proper credit, tne peculiar °
nature of busiuess transactions in that I
place, enjoins the necessity of obtaining j
city acceptances, notwithstanding the va- j
lidity and strength of introductory letters.
This often throws a stranger in embarrass ;
ing positions, and frequently ctr>vpS n«)v, i
° r - , . ,t- • i •" i Ui lIIU xrctJimil*;
away without enectinii las purchases. ¡ , . ' ,
^ , . . at , , deemed radical a
fetal another inducement to Northward , n e
,. . . , . „ ., : less true. Genius or brilliancy of aeuuire-
tradmg, consists in the existence of the , . „ . . c ,
. „ . . ment. are not essential to a faithful officer
vast numbers of direct importers in the I . rr 4 m i i
r, . ! in these United btates. Ihe ploughman
City of New York. With tho exception1, , , r
J 1 i has been summoned fi
íeve there
are none, or at least a very few Importers
of Foreign Goods in New Orleans. In
News from the El Paso Region.
From late arrivals from El Paso in our
town, we have been enabled to glean some
items of intelligence that may be of inter-
est to the reader. The amount of goods now
at Magoffinsville, the village on the Amer-
ican side of the Passes estimated in value,
at cost prices, at the immense sum of
four hundred thousaud dollars, and there
are not less than from eighty to one hun-
dred thousand dollars worth in transitu.
The peculiar situation of affairs on the
border lead to the conclusion that this
large amount of property will remain
abeyance for at least two years.
goods, it is well known, were destined to
the Chihuahua region. It seems that the
opulent Cordero, Governor of that State,
is a principal competitor in the trade, and
tial seat ofgovernmentand set in tho chair ; au exteu^e(l tiain, that passed through
of the Combined States, than asa conn-1 our town some time since, was laden with
try justice to decide between captious liti-1 '!'s sheets. Either fiom the known per-
gants. We believe, no especial mental J sonal hostility between the parties, or from
calibre, is requisite to acquit with ease and ' a different and geneial reason, which we
credit any official station within the sphere ' soon mention, Gen. Irias, the com-
—nf. nn the Line. 1>ns suddenly enfor-
ced the extremity of the Mcxicai tariff.
Hitherto, the tariff rates have been con-
fined td three cents per vara (33 1-3
inches) f'oi admission into the tcrritor}'.
_ ..onr his corn field to Wlt^ an additional charge of two cents for
of hmitcd French Houses, webelieve there j ^ genatc Cliaiubei.; au(1 jie }ias donc weH : interior transportation, amounting in all
there. The laborious mechanic, with his jt0 ^ve cents the vara. Under the late
. , , . .. . , huge fist, has filled with decency and res-
fact, they procure their supplies entirely ° , • 0- i *i
' J 1 J j pect the juridical chair. Simple, then, is
\ - The loito to Califortia.
Net a seaboard paper reashes us fri1
contains the «ost frightful accounts, ol
hardships and mishaps encountered
travelers'to and frofa the golden region,
who indiscreetly trust themselves to the
wave and the mcroy of sea-captains
we lodk at fho'New Yorkand New Orleans
prints, we detect cards filled with tho
strongest language of reprehension, di-
rected against the owuers and officers of
vessels plying between those per*e
the various poidts eouductiug to the mod-
ern El Dorado'. From pfrow tolielm, ves-
sels aro crowded to intense suffocation.
The poor passengers, dieted on filt/ fare
and imbibing the deleterious odor cf
.crowded holds and foot id bilge water, sicken
and die, * nut singly, but by battalions."
The dreaded Asiatic curse, whose breath
engeuders armies of skeletons, meets tfcfem
in mid-ocean, aud hauls their corses over
the taffrail in crowds, as food meet for
fishes. To all such, who are eager t|) wend
to California, wc have a pleasant and rapid
route, to recommend. Your ficst destina-
tion is to spme point on the Gulf, iu direct
HAhii^SStiOu w ith San
dianoía or Port Lavaca. The
reaching this place are extensive, and the
journey is agreeable. Arrived at San
Antonio, the procurement of provisions
and means of conveyance are easy, and at
small charges. You then proceed by the
way of El Paso, and from thence on to
San Diego on the Pacific, where vessels,
commodious and accommodating, are
awaiting to transport you to any desired
port. The course proposed is but a trip
of safety and pleasure throughout, and
those who have tested its beauties and
merits bestow upon it the most exalted
praise.
The following
letter dated B
Ibeetli to m^entltfm
e information
itn
k tike
t la nade frita*
lie, Angost 12th,
¡to this city. Wo !
mcwhat inters '
csting :
• " There is much speculation in Mats*
moros in regard te the reault ef tho con-
test between the Old fogies arid the Young
Democracy of the State of Tamaulipas,
which comes off at Victoria on the 15th.
The old party, with Cardenea^the present
Governor, declare tbeir determination of
resisting the Governor electVníWe menP
bers by force of arms, and are sustained
by the Government troops. Brie to, the
new Governor, is supported by the people,
and has marched in force, to claim and
occupy bis seat, and those of the new mem-
bers of the Legislatura elect. Gen. Car-
vajal is on this side looking on with anxie-
ty, ready to tako the weaker side, if ealled
on. He is now at Rio Grande Gitj.
u I have been assured by a very respect-
ble resident of Matamoros, that a part of
the object of the visit of Scftor Robles, tho'
Mexican Minister of War, was to take
measures to carry into effect the establish-
ment of a line of custom-houses, according
to Arista's plan as presented before the
new Congress, from the mouth of Tiger
river to China, Cerralvo and Moriclova,
free of duty Roods of all
Antu^ip, say In-^apd admitting frc
The faeilitiesTor fkinds up to that^íuTs-,
a'lic notion muy >e
nd agrarian, yet, it is no
We must take occasion to summon es-
pecial attention, to the sale of city lota, which
aiU transpire en die second Monday eti No-
v mbernext
from the North, and thus enter into com
petition at the samo depots as ourselves.
For reasons such as these, swaying and
overpowering in their tendencies, we are
forced to the belief, that the sceptre of
Texan Trade, has departed from our
Southern neighbor. It may be a source
of regret, that our fair State is thus com-
pelled to abandon its ancient ally and
friend; but the tie of interest leagues us to
another region, and that tie, is paramount.
The facilities for communication with the
Northern Atlantic cities are yearly in-
creasing. The tide of trade has set thith-
erward with such force, as to resist all at-
tempts at change. New York has the
trade of Texas.
Our Graveyards.
" and grave-yards yawn."
This wierd sentiment of the Bard of
Avon, requires a modern illustration.
Now, cross with me the San Pedro. We
approach the Depository of the dead of
San Antonio. Tread lightly, for beneath
us are entombed*the frames of human be-
:«&a, once as healthful and buoyant as
ourselves. They trod the earth with forms
as erect, spirits as bright and hopeful.
TLoac frames, soma'of (bent, law oom>
mingled with the original dust, even to
the tough and durable bone. A reverence
for the manes of the departed is a holy
thing. A melancholy joy it is for rela-
tive, to trace out the tomb of one bound on
earth, by ties of consanguinity. It is but
an effort of the eye, to glance from the
place of burial to the skies. The ?pi«it
that once animated the body, is above
The dust is consecrated beneath, for in the
great resurrection,each separated atom will
be recalled,and the original body,rejuvenat-
ed, will stroll amid theflowry fields of Para-
dise. The stranger must preserve a so-
lemnity of feeling and aspect, when thread-
ing the region of the dead.
But to our text. The grave yard across
the San Pedro, is a disgrace to the city.
It is filled with ugly weeds and chaparel.
In digging new graves, human bones are
cast up, and promiscuously thrown on
some adjoining mound. Tho spectator is
treated in all directions with a frightful
view of skuils and other ossified evidences
of the human frame. The nostrils are sa-
yawning grave
yard" of Shakspeare. We are told some
party is employed to keep the spot in re-
pair and order. God help him!
luted with the terrible odor of dead horses
our form of government, that requires, to
its complete fulfillment, nothing but ac-
tive and vigorous sense. Again, has this
excellent system, not through tho multi-
plicity of office, but rather from the fre.
quent change of officers, destroyed much
of the ancient honor attached to official
station. Abroad, one in power exacts
respect. With his bastinado, he flogs tho
irreverent people, and forces them to doff
the hat and bend the knee. We here kick
asido tho presumptions official. He be-
comes a suppliant at our doors, and meek-
ly kisses the hem of our garment. Hence,
has much consequence and dignity eva-
porated. In other lands, men of all ranks
eagerly solicit station for the honor it dis-
gorges. Here, the aspirant is stimulated,
in the main, by hopes of emolument. We
have known many of sterling worth, liv-
ing at ease aud in retirement, who eschew
office as did the man of Uz the commit
ment of evil. The nasty solicitation of
¡suffrage, the election broil, the constant
necessity of conciliation while the brief
mitre is on his brow—all fill them with
ineffable horror. A well-tilled farm and the
sweet duties of domesticity have more
charms for such, than the Presidency of
these United States. Then, does not our
Great System, attach great honor to offi-
cial station. In giving station, it conveys
but meagre rank. The office holder is les
elevated than the people themselves. But
enough for the present, of these our reve-
ries on our Country and its System of
Government.
The Congress of Mexico, lately adjourn-
ed, refused to make any appropriation
for governmental expenses. Such con-
duct has driven President Arista to resort
to dernier means. A nation, in its corpo-
rate capacity, requires sustenance as much
«s the human body. His excellency, in
the manner of his predecessor Santa
Anna, has effected large loans from En-
gl isli merchants and capitalists located
within the Mexican boundaries. In re-
compense for such advances, while the
duties are sfrictly enforced against Amer-
ican traders, the Englishman secures the
entire benefit of tha foreign commerce of
betray preference, but ber Machiavelian
policy, for long years, requires little tax,
to enable ber to «mile at vbolesale Ea-
edict of the General, the tariff expenses
rise to the enormous sum of uino cents
per vara. The result is apparent. The
goods at Magoffinsville must either under-
go a process of smuggling or linger under
storage in their present locality, awaiting
some modification cf the stringent regula-
tion. From sources ot information obtained
elsewhere, we are inclined to the belief that
this tariff movement is general through-
out the pscudo Republic, and that the ob-
ject is to effect a general prohibition, and
to destroy entirely all commercial Voter-
course with the United States.
Peter's Colony Affairs iu a Nut Shell.
In 18.41, a contract was made by Presi-
dent Lamar, with Peters and others to in-
troduce 600 families on a certain tract
within three years. For such service the
company was to receive ten sections of
land for each hundred families. A sub-
sequent contract permitted the introduc-
tion of two hundred more families on the
same condition. In 1842, an additional
These I con^rac' reserved to the State each alter-
nate section of surveyed land and enlarg
cd the limits of the colony to a considera-
ble extent.
The same year the company were authori-
zed to purchase the alternate sections at
fifty cents per acre, and their privelcges
were considerably increased. In '48, the
company,according to contract,should have
fullfiiled their part of the agreement. In
!50. a law was passed providing for titles
to the colony. T. W. Ward, commis-
sioner uuacr sucu ia-w, «« i,..« j j
certificates. Owing to some previous
misunderstanding, the law of '52 gives
the company 1700 sections to be located
after the colonists supplied. Hence
the chief difficulty. The company, the
colonists say, use exertions to prevent
them from locating good land, and tho
agent proscribed 360 certificates issued by
T. W. Ward. It is the confident opin-
ion of several gentlemen* who have exam-
ined the matter, that under the law of '52,
which placed Mr. Hedgcoxe, the agent, in
power, aud his decissions, not more than
one fourth of the actual colonists would
have obtained patents to their lands.
Through the kindness of a friend we
havo been shown a letter from El Paso,
which contains information additional to
the above. We have obtained liberty to
publish the following extract:
"There are a great many goods here—
say one hundred and fifty carts from San
Antonio, and at least as many wagons
from Santa Fe, so we will be well supplied
this year in this part of the State with dry
goods and groceries. Money is very
scarce here, consequently the merchants
will be apt to send their stocks further on
to the interior for sale.
" The Indians (Apaches) are daily com
mitting depredations on the citizens of
this county. Within the last two weeks
they have taken off all the stock and killed
nine men, withiu fifteen miles of this place.
The men have been killed in their lavores
while they were cutting their wheat. The
Indians have been in number about sixty
near this place for some time past, and
no doubt will stay as long as they piease,
as we have no force to drive them off.
The Government troops are too far from
us to be of any assistance ; it is forty.five
miles from this place to Fort Fillmore,
and the frontier is open from here to Leona
Station, a oistance of near eight hundred
miles, without a single soldier; and even
had we soldiers here, I could not suppose
that they would have time to fight the In-
dians, for the.Apaches are as bad in the
immediate vicinity of Fort Fillmore as
they are hero. Tho soldiers cannot
fight the Indians, as they have to cultivate
the soil so as to raise their own corn, and
they cannot hoe corn and fight both at the
same time. The commanding officer of
Fort Fillmore took a scout a few days ago,
but he had no soldiers except the musi
cians. They all went out with their in-
struments to play the Indians a tune."
MRS. OTTO GOLDSCHMIDT.
She on the rosy couch reposes,
Warbling thus in voce sotto—
<( I,have now distilled my roses,
A^produceiLaliUle/CWto/' * •
tw a movement is made to induce free
blacks to cimmigrate to the bland «Í Jamica. 1 match
Jos. C. Megginson, in retiring from the
office of Judge of the First Judicial Dis-
trict, publishes a valedictory circular.
He attributes the cause of his resignation
*•0 ill health, occasioned by the severity of
his Khors. He says his office requires
close confinement for thirty-two weeks of
the year. He urges an increase of the
salaries of the office o£ Judge, and com-
plains that his two immediate predeces-
sors were compelled to resign on account
of the inadequacy of compensation. He
says the taxe3 of Texas are less than in
any other State in the Union; being about
one seventh of one per cent.
£Cf" The unburied corse of a soldier, lies
on the banks of the Martinas. His bones
have been bleaching there for at least two
months. The poor fellow must have died
from the Cholera. No doubt the wolf and
the buzzard have supped on his flesh.
The Military should see to the interment
of what remains of this unknown subal-
tern. Mr. Pope, who lives nearby, will
point out the spot.
objcct is to break down all trade and com-
merce on the Texas side of the Rio Grande,
by making it en objcct for their merchants
to establish large houses on the Mexican
side of the river uudcr the especial pro-
tection of the Government.
u Rumors are in Matamoros of a grand
pronunciamiento in Cordova, a city South
of Puebla, ami that three aqtions had been
fought and won by the insurgents who
wish to dissolve Congress, and place Arista
as Dictator."
♦ • * % ' .7 — " ■. \ t ,
. lDifian Affairs.
We have been requested to publish
the following proceedings of the citizens
of Magoffinsville, in reference to the State
of Iudian affairs on the frontier:
At a meeting of the citizens of El Paso
county, held at Magoffinsville, Juty 28,
1852,"for the purpose of taking into'con-
sideration the state of our Indian affairs,
upon motion, the Hon. Rufus Doane was
called to the chair, and Mr. F. A. Percy
was appointed Secretary.
On motion of J. F. Grosby. Esq.iacom
mittee, consisting of Messrs. 8. Hart, C
Hoppin, J. F Crosby, A. C Hyde, H
Stephenson, II. S. Skillmnn, J. W. Ma.
goffin and Señor Juan, Montoilo was ap-
pointed for the purpose of collecting in-
formation in relation to the Iudian depre-
dations oommitted upon our frontier, and
to report the same to this meeting.
Moved that the Secretary notify the
persons appointed on the above named
committee of their appointment, and that
the said committee be requested to assem-
ble at ¿his place on th« 1st of August next.
Moved that this meeting do adjourn un~
til August 6th next.
(Signed,) RUFUS DOANE,
j Chairman.
! Frederick Augustus Percy, Sec'y,
; a> a mociinii aí i.liAP.rmiinitte. iannoint-
' ed July 28, 1852, apd held according to
adjournment this day, Aug. 1, '52, at Ma-
goffinsville.) upon motion of J. F. Crosby,
Esq., J. W. Msfgoffin was called to tho
chair.
On motion of C. A. Hoppin, Esq, the
names of the Hon. Rufus Doane and Mr.
F. A. Percy were added to those of this
committee.
On motion of S. Hart, Esq., a commit-
tee of addresses, consisting of Messrs.
Crosby, Hart, Doane and Percy, was ap-
pointed.
Ou motion of C. A. Hoppin, Esq., it
was resolved that cach member of this
committee use every effort in his power to
obtain authentic information as to the
number of animals stolen, property de-
stroyed, and men wounded or killed by
the Indians South West of the "/ornada
del Muerta," within the past year; each
member to report to the committee on id-
dresses on or before the morning of the
5th instant.
Moved, that as Hy. Jaeobs, Esq, is here
the sole representative of the U. S. Mexi-
can Boundary Survey, his name be added
to the lifct of the committee, and that the
Secretary do notify him of the same.
(Signed,) J. W. McGQFFlN,
Chairman.
Frederick Augustus Percy, See'y.
According to adj3urnment,thc commit-
tee on addresses met this day, (Aug. 5th,
'52,) at the house of Simon Hart, Esq.,
Hartsville.
Reports having been received front Hy.
Jacobs, Esq, U. S. M. B. S., J. W. Ma-
goffin, Esq., and Hugh Stephenson, Esq.,
the meeting adjourned until the 6th inst.
(Signed,) FUEO'K AUG. PERCY, Sec..
Newspapers in Texas.
If newspapers are really the vehicles
of intelligence and information, Texas pos-
sesses advantages in this regard of a su-
perior order. We contrast her with two
of her sisters alone whieh are regarded as
possessing well-informed and enterprising
populations. By a recent exhibit, Ten-
nessee publishes fifty newspapers and
Georgia forty-three. And jiow comes the
contrast—Texas, with less than half the
population of either* publishes forty .six !
The approaching marriage of the Pre-
sident Loyis Napoleon, js regarded in
Parts as a foct beyond doubt. The ladv
v8 T " **4 not t0 ^ the
Princes de Vara, but another Baden Prin-
ces, grand daughter of Eugene Beauhar.
nois and of Don Perdo: Tho lady is nn-
"°Tn'r%fT ?,
religion; i„ order to
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At an adjourned meeting of the citizens-
of El Paso county, held at Magoffinsville,
Aug. 6, 1852, on motion of J. F. Crosby,
C. A. Hoppin, Esq t was called to the chair.
J. F. Crosby submitted to the chairman
addresses te his Excellency, Gov. P. H.
Bell, and to Genv. Pfersifer F. Smith, Com-
manded of the Sth%Military Department,
which, on the motion of H. Jacobs, Esq,.
were received and adopted. t
On motion, it waa resolved that sepies-
of the proceedings of these meetfpgs Be
sent to tbe editors of the Western Texan,
the San Antonio Ledger, and the Austiiv
State Gazette for publication.
Moved by 8. Hart, Esq., that C. W!
Howard, Esq., be requested to take charge
of the prpeeediags of these, meetings, an4
to forward the addressesteiiisExcellency
the Governor of this State, and to General
Persifor 8 Smith, pom manding the 8th
Military Department.
Moved that this meeting do adjourn.
. (Signed.) C. A. HOPPIN,
Chairman.
Frederick Augustus Percy, Seo'y.
Poor young men who emigrated from'
England to Auatralia less than 5 yean-
ago, invested their funds in the purchase
of a large' tract of fetid or sheep walk
Tbis land is now fot * '* *
ly acrtift**'!
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