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Pine Apple
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TERMS'SSJER ANNUM.
Apple
P.Applel
Straw berriea,
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tfA, iJ rv Syrup,
: g&ck Tea
euolcD to ypiCttiinre, iUisai any,
SAX ANTONIO, BE":
Bnsiitfsf piretrtorri.
mi 5
— unkv * is* P. jonb.?. ! THE VAN ION T. TEEL, Attorney and
i. TrÓCF^ \ t r,"irríe** <>w#« ior it L*«,L*kh rt,C ld«ellco.,To«s,
VAN DÉhV,f*#,í j . ... ' T w,ll *i*ft his prompt attention to «II business, *■ -
aad , n AnbH K'' **. trusted to his care in tlte Second Judicial District.
.. j n ,ítív tt) H Iwftne ® eniru*f«t mm 2.04,1
will altrad pr^fT. '0(.{l)hi,f9, l8r,¿. 20-if 1
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ANTONIO
.OFFICIAL JOURNAL
For Poblishius the Laws of tbe United States.
ma
(i^mcrai information anil the interest of tl)e State.
NO. 34.
DOUBLE
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do,
tic*
ymint,
BILT
COL
Ti, TEXAS, JAUNAki 19, 1854.
POWDE
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
reaching
e and the Duke of ilba
*
s. u. HKVf r S
ME Nit Y C. COOK,
f G ÍTRKE & WEST, Proprietors.
Attorneys j ^TTQJINEY AND COUNSELLOR
TTpiJviTt & NEWTON
.X1-M4 Centra * ^ Foaf,h pr««>pt
"will pfnetfc ,a. vT-tA A at« a-the Sopreme Court against tbe Republic and Staff of Texas, indi-
'«..MiiU ÜW'"W( «■' : r _
Antonio Tesis.
W. AUSTIN, TLX AS.-
attention to the collection
AT
Will ?iyp
oí' claims
SAN ANTONIO.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 12. 18S4.
S-eottd J «'I _ ..... .
at Austin. f^wfñn
promptly " ."L
r. e their Prn®>* ""
«taima «miroated to t w
ral Land-A* 1*
isifd to their cxre, will
l^ded to. They will nls
fe (h> PolleCtion nf ait
r* ana will act as "
TÍdual*. and all feipcls ui
di to his care.
land büsint-s intrust-
8-if
CEO. H, PASCHAL
Austin.
I. A. TAsCB* "
ABSim
fVderal
|R the Di*" ct
IMUQU, «'d
Riot and Murder.
„„ «i «¡i i r— 5 • 4 serious riot occurred on the 4th
"STi Jail^í\í]LIYa!t A?st,^is A«%for Í of December, near La Salle, on the
^Hn Antonio Leiteer. lor tlipcourav üí I rav- f ' '
in. ¡vjr.iiurmii hu8 for sale H irtiey's Digest of thi j Illinois Central Railroad, in conse-
Uwsuf J rS«i and Texas Repon . 4-tf t ■
uuence of the announcement that trie
AND HUGH NELSON, | 1 - „ . . , , "
themsfivps u>r thenarpfmt* ot ws^s oí the laboréis were to be te-
GENLi^LHuigLto(th\ Local j duced to $1 per day. One oithe fa-
, , . "'•«£ oi.La,jdi pav,of I borers went into the store of akI Story,
[ I ¿«xog, r#Jfíeiu*'^ 1-Hiid sol i for the exttrmn *
|T
gives th% f|
trial!
tempt \to ?
territory leno
Valley ui
"Upon
week, the
of
the
~|k* St-rond Btul l-i.tijf i " "f ,'""u T. . . • . i
«mt'G dtad, of th" Teiits j lttte.-yá¿c ; ai «o, to the eolteetion ot«l* m« who was a contractor, and
" Llr-A'lia.ína (1.& ni' Ta v «1 j nrut *• •* ■ A/lii, 1 '
WÍÍi pay •íp-.i.í^ntTon ta ail l.aniJ-
#ntrti'"«d to
*. r.. fOWAaP-*.)
dwards
h" letif- I *
31
f w. H. Ct-f.VEt.AN . t
DWARDS & CLEVELAND. At-'
Uj inrnf v>* and Coumwlom l Lhw, and G^ral
AND, At-
Lal-H "%"7nts""sAN AXTO
im ntrjent of Texas and y,
^."ÜTfStfti to ti>r¡
f (j ilhf'iUv and puncfOHlfy attfiidr-d to. KT
fliehightísr respecta hit itv wit] be given, if required.
' Austin.Jannnrv 1, 1R52. 20 jv
^V^Íu^ís-pay. He was'-"^"fóiníod-4li^"íífcv
h. <•* , p.-,,,],] crpf if- nc cfinri n«j hi<? tnrr, earned
it« entt
- lentfon
and aut
if tbe Pilliiiii'.rs.
stoa News of the 10th,
ing in relation to the
ngaged in the late at-
utionize the Mexican
a? the Sierra Madre
il._ ...MM
of court last
:etí up was that
al the. commander of
fijfced an affidavit pray-
í the court* to with-
nol guilty,pledging
he had unavoidably
d it in ignorance of
er the impression
could get it as soon as his turu cante/. raúted 7him ti
25 b
HM. LEWIS, Attorney aud Coun-
• wli'r at Law. .
Otlice: Jones's IS-" Building, (up stn.rs.) Mam
Pinza, S«n Antouio. IV*n<.
CtIt Nsn.oiis AM) aTT«)UM-:VS AT LAW,
JA.s. «AVFIELD AM) B.SHROPSHIRE
fl of Kentucky,) have associated themselves ¡ shot his assailant doWIl
ics <■!' the ] ,\v, and wilt their prompt i
¡i i.-*nd. Probate, c.iminai and other I of the laborers then rushed upon Story
whereupon the man seized Story by
the throat, who drew his revolver and
A number
io till
Htteution to
business entrusted to their care, in Fayette soil «oír- i < , -, , • /• , • . , , .
(.r rtiijijili:i{r counties in Texas. 'CiP Mr. S. ulil take j ailU (il"0\G lililí líOUl IllS StOie llltO hlS
.'-I—1 the exclusive charge oí the collecting business-, I „ i • ,u„ 1
k \ H kn son ' Office 'at La Grange. 20-lv ' ^OltSC, ÍIOÍ1) lliSi 1IÜUS0 tO tile bail),
A. -°- ®OOBBT, Attorney*t WaTa wbere W0S k"wked d°Wn 8nd
—there is no obstruction m
your harbor; no bay piletage is neces-
sary; and no time lost. Your nob'e
steamer of 1,200 tons come up to your
wharf, discharge, take on freight, and
leave on the next or second day. The
same advantages are open to ships,
brigs etc. These things have I seen
in visiting your city and "seeing is be-
lie vii g." Von possess also this addi-
tional alvantage—a central position
on the first bay in Texas, accessible
alike to wagons, a railroad or steam
Tbe tower Califoriia Kepiklic
The New Orleans Picayune
•! Tho Vitar Vrt lr TV. U,..._
The following is an extract from a j Tl x y . n\.h'
Dee" 1 f -Vrrl'aHS'' "M" "
Dec 4th to the New \Prk Courtes, waiker. lhe head
es ais Lms: .¡cent expediliou fur icroiuuoiiKim-
■Jyjroijoj of the Women o Amen-: Lott.er Ca|ifl)lnm ,nJ ^
, you have undoubtedly heard of, ,he „ew ^ b|j has^-W
er1 well
he resided
She was present with j'"' • ™1""~ "« henc« h
ca
and sail boats navigating our numer- her husband and sou, at a ball given em^S'":j^ to Call otl^a.
our inner bays and tide water streams. | by tlie Marquis de Turgot, on the 15th : , v.'-1 ^?r ^Hati**e oí Tejí-
Goods can be landed and re-shipped ; November in honor of the Eflnpressj at Nashville, ".ve btilieve,
from your place to all navigable j of the French, tfith the brother-in-law j wliere lives secretary o(
His
man Vw
and Counselor" L*-
Ae-nt-. S-n Antonio, Texas, w.lt pract.ce ,n tne * e.l j
■~r il and Supreme t^our!-< at Austin, in the l-oiirts o j
■the Second nnd Fourth indicia I Di^rtcts. and will >
attend to professional business generally in South rn
pt|.t Wesf«>rn Tm . ' j
i't x .-
General Land Agent, Fred-rieksti
kffkkk.MK-:
Hon W.E.Jones,Seguiti, I J.T« hie, San,Anu-nii
Uiij. 2>1. Krskine, •' | 11. M. L"«i^, "
E. I). Lane £c Co., Frederii:.-Uburg. [11-l v
K. ó. «KKf.! .J ll,'_ :,c ' ! T A. POA(jtE, Attorney and Couuse-
RfeikN & SAUi*i DhR ^. Att.t>i!ie\S J « JorntLaw, H.i«trop, 7Vx «s, Will attend to all
* JT* Counselors m L 'v, S>n Antonio, I wi fm-iness intrusted to his charge in the courts of I he
practice in the í2d sn«l ill Oi^tricts ui the. State, and „1(1 Judicial District, and in the Supreme Court
the Supreme Court at Austin. ¿a Au-nn i> lv
r?- Protnftl f tteorioo to hn^ioess entrusted to him. | — 1
Man AntoitÍH, Man li I7ih. [v3-n43-l ] • T) I). JOHNSON. Com niisMoner of
r, i vnnno i\ v \ t -i *■'" Deed . Cir everv State in the Union, Gai.ves-
M G- ANDERSON, Attoprc^V at Law. I ,ON(Tfa,s. Deed.. Morte ges. Powers of Attorney,
i t.
S<n Antonio, Texas.
I'm Court Hoik
Office on Miiit uv
If. lv
FRANK E<rAN. Attorney and ^Uouti-
selor at 1,-tw and General Lmiil Agetit, róin
Antonio, Telas
\ll Ko*hi.'sr «oitiiisfeit to him will receive his
strict an! prompt attentio'i.
fT^OfTre—fIfioiM e r? ■ • Chit 'Imu . 1 ,ri 1 v
fx
E O lí H E C
Z~i'~ < >liice at the
S o \
i;
V
Drus
V L E S,
Store of D
'• oil oilier I nstrnmenfaot Wfitinsr itr.i wn and u then tic- I
a[■ ri for use or record in anv part of the United St.- tes.
tí?- J i.strutnei.tv acknowledged hefoiea JVotarv or
otfo-r competent officer, in anv County in the Stale
of Tf.r/m, nnd certified to b\ me as Cotmei si .ner,
can he tis.jd or recorded in nnv State of tlie Union. !
Diiciimetits forwardeti t - me through the mtiils, will ¡
mee; with prompt attention :}"2 lv
1).
&
TL'CK-
\ ]>. SLOAN, Phvsit-ian nnd Sui
—"A • -S«n V'ltoiii i—W¡li atiend |ir
•"""MOIhI Call- OllicealJ. HI. DeV
Hl.tr*-. f!..siifpnre at .1. '«iihticgs
• «•on.
tupi' V lo ^ti pro-
ne t'o's D ur.
31-1 •
ANDERSON óc (JO_ For-
wardina and (Jeueral <'ominission Jt|Bchunts
impokteks or
WINES. BRANDIES AND CIGARS,
AMI DKAI.KRS *lv
west e r n p p o d rcE,
-1 y | ,S Tf.'A XD C A L YF.S TOS. TE XA S
ÓrcK N KR.& LHIG II. Att.
O at \r.<.iar-.i.
lile Dii'i :r t < ouirs 'irj-.r,
<"oin I, (¡na i itupe. Catdwrll
rile-, aim in the F'dcrn! and
A ioti, .
t.t:i«H.
Of)iO\ ti :i)K
I fj'is. Wl¡
r, ^lednix
an I Can
( 1 Y. Mí TCHÍN'SON, Attorney and
v- • Counselor at Law, Co'iioilom. ('olro -i^#. ........
:iinibus. Culorado coun-
ts I y
"SI 7
y, V
lLL\m il
nu. it w
-i 7 u| tl. •
loot I,, cx,.,., . 0(1
"i .OI .
'• o tiré I tie a-'j .,e,l
Orlí,,.^iUv
V' •'« P.^x,. T.e'-, an.t
•10 KUAN, n ( ¿¡ad
est M-ilical Schools tu t!
ctilatK'i <-f
• la tie> Jif
• il nil .
■ ¡S.« on h.
ieiijlt
t !CÍ
1 I f
th
i tu ^ i
litHl lhe
• t.l t > nil
¿1-1'
it a to of
t the
'if.!'
Civil
sri;v
II 111
-\\r* s sMvrii.
'v tldtf.cf v n i >
t rt'iii|itlv aliei.l in ii 11
(>! riiK— Jones* N> w I'.niit!'.? M |
P K. 1' O'rs H 1 U S K Y#^urv;: vor.
• t.i i 'hartes I lull. noil'.-, on t!<oii-
oi r<'e«-r.- t J--' Aat 'iim "><
l'« >i> —
lie)")!"..-.
Ulan.
( 'our :A '
to all ' :ll
. I.Ie I.-I in-
! i. urler?
Cfi; tieral
.1 pi
t ir ? j it
.r -ion
ESTILL, Attorney
! L IV, lleili'e).-(Ill, Itlisk
•lice iii th" District '• '< uris
.liiin oi the Fifli Judicial
I Ve
'ii to till- ¡I
p jichns i
l. .i :•
arch 17 I.
.'ill tie'.
>e pro
n-r p.'i r
d Hull-
's. upo
-15-1 v
and Comí. ....sit n Busines.
f ¡'ro¡;ei iv o a; I lie-, rip i t!.S hi !'L lit.
!' i'lon. or at 1'iuva t £ saLE. su
-nt-.I Ad'.iiiu-ii-itoi's. Will ,nak« purchases 1
Oiitit. Stiict attention gneu j
most brutally murdered. His brains
was dashed out with stones and his
f;tce all hacked to pieces with spades.
ISot satisfied w ith this, they assailed
the clerks, who rled, they then at-
tacked the building with axes and
stones, and broke open Mr. Story's
safe taking therefrom $5,000. This
caused considerable-consternation in
La Salle. Tlie police officers were
absent at Otíowa, attending- court.
They were telegraphed to return with
a force, which they did about five o'-
clock, bringing with them the Shields
Guards. Several of the ring leaders
were arrested, nfier a short resistance.
j
Most of those engaged in the riot and
'murder of Story, effected their escape.
The keepers' of drinking shops and
boarding houses, are said to have
| been the prime movers. It was
! thought necessary to drive them out
of the country.
A gricultural Fall*.
By a resolution of tlie Bexar Agri-
cultural Society, it was reso'ived that
tiie Aagrieuitaral Fair be held in the
; city of San Antonio, on Wednesday
and Thursday after the first Monday
in September, 1S5-1, and that compet-
itors for the various premiums be ad-
He then filed? a pléa in abatement a-
vering that tlie grand jury who found
the bill were seventeen ia num.'oer,
that five of these Jurors were not law-
ful Gand Jurors, and therefore the fin-
ding was illegal and void*
The District Attorney demurred to
this plea, the legal effect of which
was an admission thai five of the Ju-
rors were not qualified to serve. The
Court overlooked the demurrer, and
decided that the qualification of Ju-
rors in the onited States Court was
the same us that required by the State
oi TVxaS, that the law of Texas re-
quired that thirteen Grand Jurors
Wdíe necessary to the finding of a bill
of Indictment, and that as the plea-
dings admitted lhat five were illegal
(without deciding whether a single
illegal Juror w uld not render the
fiudiii¿*¡1 void,) it would leave but
twelve. Grand Jucor^ on the panel,
who according to the laws of Texas
could not find a bill at all. When
this decision was given, 011 motion of
his counsel Gen. Carvajal was dis-
charged.
taken up was that
:t n. The District
ent course in
uei instead of de-
murring to the plea, replied to it that
the Grand Jury were a good and
lawful Jury. And upon the trial and ,
the issue the Jury found that they i
were, lie then plead not guilty.—
But during the'progress of his trial he
The next en?"
of'Andrew J.
Attorney took a
the prosecution,
combina ó. .M&Mada.i
great efífamereiat-elements. "V * Hfg"1'
^our disadvantage? I answer that! dress-maker of (I
our wagons have to travel 8 to 10 herself. It seéms
miles farther to reach Indinolia than i Alba thought ill
to Port La Vaca—the last 12 miles! bavins a dress
•I'M
^TÜTfs
JáTk
Rounds, Match Planas, I
Queen Isabella
that the Duke of
of Madame Soule
high in the neck,
are bad—the rest better than the Port! whilst all the ladies of the court of
road—make that 12 miles good, aud | Spain wore dresses more or less low
your town will soon get all the trade ; in the neck, and he. had said aloud
now given to both places with its un- j "there goes Margaret of Burgundy.
Just at this moment, Nelville Soule.
was passing near, and hearing the
insult offered to his mother, treated
the grandee of Spain as a puppy.—
Thereupon great disturbance ensued.
Mr. Soule immediately led off his
G
told increase. Within a short time
the New York vessels will be com-
pelled to do as the New Orleans
steamers ha(ve wisely done, make your
wharf the terminus of their voyages
charge extra for lightering goods to
and from Port La Vaca, and final, v son; but the latter, the next day sent
give up so burdensome and ruinous a j two friends to the Duke of Alba,
business as lighterage altogether. It i charged to requtre of him satisfaction
is done by vessels 110 where else and j by arms or a written apology. The
will not be long borne by them. ! Duke at first refused either reparation
How stands the case with Port Lai under the ridiculaous pretext of their
Vaca? I answer, the navigation to j being a political difference at the foun-
that place, owing to the bars, reefs and j dation of the affair; but according to
middle ground in La Vaca bay, is and : report, public opinion having declared
ever must be, restricted to a small j itself unaniinouly against him; Which
of li''!^t!*iíiñls,\ V,*doi.#n nets «f Pot Do", lliod Fa«-
{fy^iujp.v.xjiTor b. k U/,jCtiiv *uonw*
light b!ye eyes, fac^T^u& freckle, hut X-
with an air oí unmiítfakeabie enerar ^
with which his whole character cor- ,r
responds, lie was origiridiy intended
tor tQe medical profession, and studied
m Pafis.
After spedding several years in En- -
rope, in which he improved and dis-
ciplined an intellect naturally stroiiK
he came to- the city of New Orleans
with the intention of practcing. iiut
his impatient dispnsition and his pas-
sion for public life led him to chango
that pin pose* and forthwith applied to
the study of the law and prepared
himself diligentl y for the bar.
Th í bar did not find occupation
enough for his time and being a vig-
orous thinker and a ready writer, and
full of information upon all topics ot
current interest, he took interest in
newspapers and in politics, and in the
winter of 1S48~49 became directlv
\-h from all Texas,
of
K KO , Merchant
or tier \l«in I'l /.*, S¡ n \oio-.
'KV L\K ,Sc CO.. brng£
Teto*
ANUÍ
> K v I N K
JOHN
¡>u>tii..?s%iuruófeti to nim
Ri-KKKKNCt-
tro ward. : Color
north-j
i.T'ju.
sts. Sun-1
A.
A.
•Mejor James Belger, A. (i- M., U. S.
Caput:- L. I!. Wooc, A. S„ U. S
?ti;j(vr*|i. T. It ¡ward. F. Guilhtsu,
:m's. Jal|ies R. S'-veet Co. Devine i>c Brother.
Pas eh a' «i - Richardsou, Dr. J. II. Lyons,
" Lew-s .S<-Groesbeeck, J. D >t<;Leod.
raao.
HOW A li I)
1 \ iitoiuo, Tex
L'O.. Mer
Merchant. Santi An-
TT"
V v
I níitanaía ulínjertisemcnts.
L? ii". WOODS
110 iiKS'A f. E and Retail Deal-^^
'is,in Fine Wutobes, Jewelerv ami 1*y" "
ION KS Oc CO.. Morchaiits.
;itn Antonio, Tesas.
sBt.KC'K. JOHV c. I'ttetCH
; () l-'.S 1; F.F.C K & 1' R E N ( H
C K HIES. HARDWARE,
den W M'e„ Agrienltu. I Implements, iSci-.,
Jloat respectfully titiiioiUice to the citizens of In-
dianola ami iheir trieirds jrntierallv, that they have
ir.Krn the Store uiltí.-r tila ¡Vínsouic Hall, where every
tiling in their line will hh found as cheap us in •niv
other :-tore in thn Southern maiV '.
Not a iinnie article wilt he sold without a full guar-
entee which will ennlde tin: purchaser to buy with
cmiiiiltttce.
Tiieir uasortment is complete and they l ope to he ; 6tll pretil, for the best
encouraged sufficient lo justify them in keeping a full 1
supply at .alt season-. ' . .
... , i, |. , • ¡ .. i The Mechanical pepaitment v ill he strictly at- ' 7th Drem. for 1110 best ram, 1111-
U ALD, Ancttoiieer and Oeneial, ,e„().() „,0 b> , „ vvho flat|era himse|t> t-hu[ lt < 1
S-in Antonio, l"Xas. • work can he done, he «ill he the last to give it up. , .
j All kinds of l ime pieces repaiied and warranted for j Stll pi'eill. ÍOT lllC best 6W? 01"
.t M.in Mi
ZORK, Merchant
I'-T-s
k« .«)N
if Dr. 1
Reier lo
.Ll A.>rU-
llornev mi t.aw.
Antonio.
list of premiums.
Stock.—1st premium for the best
blood Horse, Mare or Gelding
raised we.si of the Colo-ado, $50 00
i 2nd prem. for die best imported
| Horses, now the property of a
I resident of Texas, west of the
| Colorado. - $30 00
i 3rd prem. for the best half bred
horse, mare or colt, raised
west of the Colorado, - - $20 00
4tn prem. for the best Spanish .
horse, marc or gelding - - $10 00
5th prem. for the best mule bred
in the district - - - - $10 00
bull or
cow. $20 00
$25 00
.NKEL & HA FN EE, Merchants'
LSnn Antonio. Tuxas. 43
B. SLAiijilTKr.
fcyTls.T. Koisi. ui the res-%. - ^
ions, or W. 11. Tompkins
twelve ui"ni!i
N. B.—Enpr
neatness nnd ilest'atcli
Rt ti-r to A. A. W¡¡ill
Co.. B itihii'ffo. Spark
-nd R. D. .McColioch.
•of everv des
h.
te «íc C
iption done with
lamb,
9th prem. for
< icorge A. í I ene fee v. - It") wis -
& l."o-,Geti. W. A. \\ oodartl
25-1 v
trict , and to
n kw.fi l.i, a-n 1 witer ggo-ds.
F. are just ui receipt per sctunuiers Htzald.
t Reindeer, Desdemotia, President, an t hri¿
(.«vaca, oi our extensive-tock of FALL and WIN
TER (illUDS, direct from Pniladelphiu, .New York
and Bi'si.in, t'omprisins: Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats,
is. Bonnets, Saddlery, Hardware,
! Uussware. (irocerías. Iron. Steel,
• t, iiwMi nt-rvia « .1 -Stoves. uli we nr.; now opening aud oflermg
\\ \ ' v'3*l IV I AAttOniey-at"LaW , j 10 ,|ie I ■ --\treiue low prices. We would advise
?, Í.-V Terns 33< tour old custoiners* and liie public generally to call
SWEET & CO., Mer;i 300nM,"! «heir purchases earlv.
e^'iitf, Sit Antonio. Tex n".
the Second anil Font
it>f Suy„e Court at Austin. ,
PiouL||eui¡i>ii given to all business entrusted to ■ Caps, Boo.s
5om. , 2 tl' ; fruiterV.1"
lndiano|a,Oct., loó'2-23-Iy C. ÉTTER & CO.
F.
nr a¡
Tnnio, t«x h,
She Stnie. nd
«t Galv* .,n nnj
Auoraeyaod Counsel
«TmSSáíáS 1 g ALBRID6E. 8PAKKS & CO.. C m-
practice
th« Federal anltSupreme Courts
lis tío.
$10 00
the best pair of
- - -* - $10 00
10th prem. for the best sow or
boar, - - - - $10 00
Produce, t)*c.—1st premium for
the best bushel of wheat, - $20 00
2nd prem. for the best bushel of
corn, $10 00
3rd prem. for the best small
grain other than wheat, - $10 00
4th prem, for the best sample of
cotton, - $10 00
5 th prem. for the best tobacco
from Spanish seed, - $10 00
6th prem. for the best bushel
Irish potatoes, - - $1000
was arrested and committed to jail on
a charge of juuider, allec'gcjd lo have,
been commixed eiyh?<*♦ >! months/shice i
iu Colorado bounty. Hi.i w is howev- ¡
er 1; ought before the Court on a writ
of Habeas Corpus, and attended his
trial on S -iiiruay, and was commit-
ted to lhe custody of the Sheriff.—
After Coin-! -Ijourned, on the applica-
tion of the L ict Attorney, the case
was contiuti until Monday, for the
expected'arc a of important witness-
- s. The ease went to the Jury on
yesterday, verdict, "Not Guilty?—
A legal friend has furnished us with
the facts in,relation to the proceedings
in these trials, we will keep our rea-
des apprized of their progress."
class of vessels, as a regular business j is not at all strange in a country re-jco,n5ectc^ with the press of this city,
and even these are so much detained j nowned for the chivalric respect which j one oi porprietors and editors of thr
by the obstructions above named, ¡ it has at all times shown towards '• Lrescent. lhe enterprise did not
prove profitable. The paper was sold
out to other parties in thefail of that
year, and Mr. W alker soon after fol-
lowed the tide of emigration to San
£ rancisco. He resumed his protession
there, at the srme time continuing pur-
suits as a journalist, I one of the
disputes which grew our of his news-
paper articles he became involved in a
duel with one of hid coteniporaries, iri
which he was wounded. He acqtiir-
en further prominence by * public
controversy vvith one of the State
judges, by whom he was committed
for contempt, and gasiied much repu-
tation lor resolution and ability in ttie
manner with which he conducted the
i that I firmly believe an averageÜrom
year to year of one-third of their whole
time is a dead loss to them. I have
seen small schooners detained there
for days and weeks, waiting for a fair
wind and good tide to get out. Who
pays for these delays, useless pilotage
repairs, lighterage'? The consumers,
he farmers and working men of wes-
tern Texas. At this time if the plan-
ter wants to ship cotton to N. Orleans,
(the best market this year.) it costs
him from 40 to GO cents per bale ex-
tra lighterage, besides waiting weeks
or months to ship it,"fully equal in my
—the Duke ended by excusing him-
self with good grace aud acknowledg
ing the wrong. In this he acted hand-
somely ; but the honor of the affair
nevertheless, remained with Nelville
Soule, who had the advatags of per-
forming the part of a filialRodriguez."
invasion of Lowsr Calafornia
By the arrival of the steamship El
Dorado, at New Orleans, we learn
that great excitement was created in
San Francisco, by intelligence of the
partial success of Walker's expedition
opinion, to a dollar a bale, extra for I fg®ist Lowf Otiibrnia. Maj. Emory
i'l a: .i., i had arrived
from the expeditionists
tins is saved, andth'e!obtaj" «án/orcemenis, and ia a few | effort which was made to'obuhT the
lever it many be is al-i thito hundred iugii well uim^d iunpericlmicntarid removal of the
' 1 pud provisioned went on the British j for tvrany and misconduct in office.
The Cali- j Mr. Walker argued the casé before
forma papers say that many more vol-1 the Legislature, with a power of logic
unteers, to the number of over a thou-: and learning which won him much
sand, were unable to get off, but were j esteem.
ready. j The attempt failed. Mr. Wall,.
It appears that Walker witn4o men ¡trien moved into tlie interior, pract'
left San Francisco on the 17th of Oct. j ing law at Marysville, we believe sine
on the steamer Caroline. He took the | which we heard of him only inciden
Port La Ya^a, while if hauled directly
to your w!¡...
cotton cr w¿
wavs shipried .1 one, two, three or ne : f'wVs,"*Klu ,wc ..
er longer man four days. What must Íark Amm'10 lb,e!r aid'
be tl>e result? Í answer, the business
of the country will settle at indinolia,
as sure a. aa, seeks its level. I
know that ! rt La Yaca is doing a
good business, and so far has shipped
most of the cotton. But i also remem-
ber her as a business little place G or
7 years before indinnola hadanexis-;, , , ,
teiice, and in the short space of five I > 31 captured the Governor.
town of La Paz on the 3d of Novern- j tally, until this exqedition brings him
i íe j 0111 as proclaimed President ofau ex-
i::;
•fid
•k-
E dito as Ledger: -As
! yei
a matter i
worthy of the serious consideration of! in l^zc- surpass her in several impor-1
our merchants, and the people gea-| taut branches of trade; take from her - 01 •fcjncenatla?
the California
mission ud Forwaidmg iVIerch iiits,and Whole ¡ , r n(1
inte l)e. iers in General Alercha naise, inditnol.t, i' t.i prem. foi the best s\\ eet do,$10 00
Dry Gods and Groceries.
Texas.
231v j Sill prem. for the best sample of
fruit.
BCAIi&AlHAN announces to hi? j I. A SETTLE. Receiving, Forwarding. , f,
• friends iind\e pohlic, lhat he slill continuas i ' • and Commi.-sion Merchant, Indi iiiolH, Texns, j Jth pyem. IOT tne DeSt lOt OI DUl-
$10 00
ond
lo keep a general
D K Y GO
fc'of j keep- consian.lv on hand a geuerai «s.sortu.ei. of
S. GROCERIES. j Groceries, Liquors. Piovi- ions. Ship Chunnleiy,
RDWaRE, ! t rockery.Ssodleiv and Western Proiiuce. 23-'v
®nd a great «nrietv I other articles, at hi old stand, j —- -- —
i%Mlrllí!,wrh^^win l16 ha!> -v i Neto Dork* 2itoertisements.
lo «rcointrioitue t|]| l>o m r f«vor him Willi a ral!. ! ^
San Anton,n^,nLi3ti,-.is53. 51-iv j " "¡¿iciiarci Patrick & Co.
X> L. CllEKjB, Attorney and Coun-: TMPOR'i'ERS aud Wholesale Dealers
-LV* Kelor atl^ar SvLiu.Texaa.wiUatterdprompt- j X Hartiware, Cutlery, Gur.s, Pistols, Ruit s. ami
"J to hia care in tbe Second ¡ (,eHVv goods ot all dtscriptions, 241 Peabl st., N. Y.
42-ly ! R.'p. &. Co-, are constantly receiving direct from
ter, - - - $10 00
10th prem. for the best lot of
cheese, ... $10 00
12th prem. for the best plough
made in the district, - -
erally, will you be so kind
publish the following communication
written by a planter for the Indiano
lia BulleLn. Dispatch, and cheapness
in shipments are too important to be
overlooked. That Iudianolia serves
the Harbor at Powder Horn has been
made available by valuable improve
ments, possesses superior advantage
to any towuon our coast, there can be
no doubt. It is morally impossible
that any town en the coast of Western
Texas can cempete with her perma-
nently; and notwithstanding the hea-
vy fires there, and other misfortunes,
she is stilPrapidly gaining ground in
the country and can never recede from
the promment position she now occu-
pies. Yours. T.
¡ar¿ I have seen Indianola, by her! P"**1" ,*! «•>« "ear republic free; was tempore Republic in t
iperior advantages, far out-grow her |chosen P^ident, and issued Ins de- qemustila.
si7.p* snrnnss hftr in severnl imnor-' a(-cniomgiy- He sailed IneIKe ' Mr. Vv alker is a very youug man
ida, a roacistead on the jl a- vet to have passed through all these
as to )•-- i tiie travel in and out, the government | ^iuV ljOV'rer California, where vicissitudes. He is not over twentv-
depot lhe'seat of justice a lam- am. j be landed without opposition, ana es-
mication >gf hof M<jJ e¡(. 'and 1U th¡s | thbhshed the seat of Government ot
" before the advantages of your excel-1'he "ow Republic Later advices
lent harbor were made available bv a j 'i™ ®?n.Dl^° had be<'n '.°
wharf, warehouses' hotels, elc. and thü f«' that, t rtjr ot Walkers
followed bv a reduction of freights, mc(n had been defeated by the Mewans
- t i rnvi mir at ftir/iri Itt ur>mnp trtti % •*! Inn
tor these things have just occurred.
Who then can doubt the future?
Some suppose, that the
-ten, out of twenty, being kid anlled
j two teken prisoners. This news had
o-rowth i e^'ect hurrying off the expedi-
of your lower town will miure the up-1 ii0nr on t^16 ^n^ta-
per. This is a great mistake-not lo i ' ,s ruB,0,ed,that ,l"° °¥<*of
sav nonsensical. Look at Memphis, i Walker is lo make a descent on be-
1 ' nora with a view to its conquest.
with 200 yards of landing, yet exten-:
ding her 20.000 inhabitants back for;
miles—so too, practically of St
rrhe San Francisco papers say scv-
L0,jis;eral companies have been formed
i whose destination is the Gila river.—
' For the 'í'r~4inolia Bulletin.
OUR COMMERCIAL POLICY.
Messrs. Brown & Brady:
The interest of every people is to j
trade and travel through the cheapest
places. In this point of view, I con-
tend that it is the direct pecuniary in-
terest and true policy of western Texas
to do all in their power to buikl up
and all other cities. The snipping r . . . , ,
aud warehousing must go to vour main ¡ 'If °, t'iese? wu^ a capital ot $2.o00-
harbor; all othe° branches of business Iuu0. ense aims any hostile intentions
will be diversified from one extreme iaralnst. 1 ie Sonorians. Its avowed
to the other ' °"Ject ls to examine the mineral and
Hence, it'is my interest, and the in-! f§"cultural resources of the Gila val-
terest of all the interior of western! a llcv" Í!> 111(^uc,n? lts set^e"
Texas, to aid in building up Indiano- ment'
li.i-
January, 1854.
PLANTER.
1 s*lor at Uw, ,
Iv lo aUhusinesa ¡at
Jariiicial Dis'rirj ,^|^
F« ivrwDsnv i.. , | Enropeau and American manufactories a supply of
^ -^0iDERi)O->, Attorney and j eveM ,liscriptiono.-HAHD\v akeaí\Dcutle¡.RY,
Three premiums of lei dollars each,
at the discretion of the jury for award-
ing premiums.
The premiums will be in the shape
$20 00 j at Indiaiiolia a large commercial town.
CoutuvtW at | Austin, Teses. 19-ly j which areptirchascd for cash,and greater inducements . n, P , ,
"DICHAK0 M.\SHINN, Attorney and ! ««offered io the merchants visiting New York than j ot articles ot Silver Plate ot the vain
k^kliMt, Caldwell county, k-Qit;Vtifihe partners of the house resides permanent- Set agaiUSl each.
lv in Europc JifitiDwkiuji nil purcl'aiífí ot tiie man- | IntClldín0" COIüpetltOrS ^Vlll t)G 1*6-1 §OOCl WSltiuOUSCS for StOF-
In the lower half of the city you have
a harbor 'offering every possible ad-
vantage to all classes of vessels enter-
ing Mat «gorda bay, drawing, if need
be, ten feet water. You have ihough
t n«* recently, erected an eleg int and
| costly wharf to accommodate such
ioh* UtUtAüD.
TRELAXD
A ney at Law
Texas.
h. a. perky man.
& PERRYMAN, Attor-
General Land Ageuts, Segtiin,
45-1 f
ufactr.rers for cash. give¡
sell at toe very lowest market prices.
ty Orders « ' receive prompt aUeution.
New York, M14. !&•!. nl-ly
age.
C. .VIcGINfilS, Attorney and Coun
Y* Law, H,3tr .p.Tena, will attend to all
baimr-ii 1"(rusted to Kj charje in the Courts of tbe
Wecon Judicial District, and in the Supreme Comt
. a-i
AJMiS PAUL. Attorney and Counse-
fi!'""'í'"' M^diBK county, 'lexis,
illnttend prnmptl in «l| ínsitmn intrusted to hi
—-1 the Fourth Judicial District. 3f.f v
J AS. PUST.
euw'd ritsr.
LANT: BROTHERS, 146 William JseCretary of the
k. GENE- * _
Stkkkt corner of Fulton new Y
KM. COMVirs<IO.\ MERCHANTS. IMPORT- i
ERS 8nd AGENT$ Í. r MA.M F VCTERERS.
. Depot for s .leof the c-lehr>. • t *• Exc 'sior Familv I
Soiip." w, :ch took the First Rremtum it the World's j
Fair iu London. It is sp .¡ally adapted to the Mes-|
icar m-irket. Special attention giren to purchasing |
loiGuoila orders. 41-ly
; quired to to send m their names with ¡ - ,,
i • r i at all
! a statement ot their stock or produce
i they offer, with their residence to the
Bexar* Agricultural
Society, two full days before cha.Fair,
Sign-i, g
GEO.CUPPIiES,) Committee
J. WHEELER, } of
J. II. LYONS, j A'gmenfs.
any man of intelligence
amted with navigaiion,
can see at3| glance that .• vessel com-
ing from New OrLa iÑ Mobile, Phila-
:a, Npw Yc-rk ¿ 'sewhere, can
g freights to } %r w ;arf at from
-fourth tu one-tr >4 >ess than she
can take the same to Tort La Vaca.
Why? I answer, becanse you can
tdf® A legal definition of a fast man
was given in the trial of Bennett, for
a libel on Fry, in one the courts of N.
York.
joys the reputation of being a '• fast
The resolution proposing to present
a sword to Capt. Ingraham has passed
the South Carolina legisla tine.
over twenty-
eight years of age. He is of sraali
size and slight frame, but erect, vig-
orous, used to athletic exercises, very
active habits, of personal bravery ap-
proaching to rashness, and an in-
flexibility of will in tha prosecution of
his purposes which nothing external
can shake. He i of the best stuff out
of which revolutionizing bodies are
made. Wedisireto say nothing of
the merits of his present undertaking.
lt looks like a very wild adventure
touched upstrongly with the mock-
heroic.
Mr. Wi alker is not to be set down as
a common low-bred adventurer, lie
has the ¿earing educntion and accom-
plishments of a gentleman. The re-
serve.of his manners prevented him
from making many intimates here, but
those who knew him well, gave "
their unbounded esteem.
"14-
«ic.
tf
Hill
The Delta's bill for advertising for
the corpoia tiojj of New Orleans, from
April the ] 7th to Oct. 30 amounts to
$18, 04,90.
Commander Ingraham's health is
0 t . , , fatling to such an extent, his friends
Samuel A. buydam, who en-, ¡„ Cha|eslnn hav0 asked the depart-
„ , . ment to relieve him of further duty
man, says, m answer to a question, j in the Mediterranean.
that the phrase means, a "man who
has more money than time to spend it.
Hon. Thos. fciteere, Speaker of the
Rhode Island House of Representa-
tives, it is said has been appointed
consul to Dundee.
Emigration.—We are informed by
the Washington Star that the Gov-
ernment has receiv lad vices that the
emigration from !3r -m i to the Uniied
States,to theendof this year will reach
55,000.
It is said that the amount in the
verdict in Bennett's case is the largest
ever awarded on a trial for libel in
country.
employ vessels nearly double as large' vote of the people.
A proposition is before the U. S.
House of Representatives to amend
the constitution so as to bring the el-
'-mon of the U. S. Senators toa direct
One of the most novel movements
of these novel ' times is the formation
of a free negro company in Cincinati.
A cargo of 4.994 bars of iron, fcr the
Georgia Central Railroad, arrived at
Savsmahon Friday, from England.
All the materials of a printing office
lately shipped from New York, to
Buenos A y res, have been purchased
by Gen. Urquiza.
The Lake Superior copper mines
have proved highly profitable this
year.
%
John Mitchell's paper is to be called
tha Citizen.
The whole number of Indians
within our limits ia estimated at 400,, vvi
000. About 18,000 ' '
some
) yet linger in
of the States east of the Mississipm
river, principally in New York, Mich-
igan and Wisconsin; the Cberokaes,
Choctaws and Seminóles, being in N.
Carolina, Mississippi and Floiida.
The number inMinnesotaand along
the frontiers of the western States to
Texas, comprising mainly emigrated
tribes, is estimated at 110,000; those of
the Plains, and the Rocky Mountain ,
and not within the organized territaries
at 63,000; those in Texas 29,000; thos"
in California at 100,000; those in Utah
at 12000; and those in the Territories
of Oregon and Washington at 23,000.'
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