San Antonio Herald. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 50, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 5, 1856 Page: 2 of 4
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of tbe Sm Aotooio
Company met in
Mid re-organized
lectingtbe following gentlemen as a Boa
of Directors:
LLMORE,
¡T.
DOJjEL.«0\r
tbe
p.—The first elec-
de. fbr county officer*. comet off
Monday ia ¿is month.
The peraoo who dropped a white
embroidered handkerchief, in the
church. Sabbath before last, can
whereabouts, by calling ¿I this
jitrt) % > and Batb-iieafer-Uqc le Nace
lo Inform hit friends and the public,
h« baa removed his Barber-Shop to the
fitted np rooms oaf Solidad streét, two
north of the Main Plaza, where he is
to accommodate alt who may favor
with a call. Xn the rear of his shop, on
tije bank of tbe river.he ha? erected a large
aid commodious Bath-House, for tbe accom-
modation of all who mar wish Is enjoy the
of balfci * "1 '•
I. A. Paschal
W. J. Clark,
J. ITricb.
O.MVwt,
F. GIraud,
J. C. Wilson,
A. Maverick,
J. O. Wheeler,
J. D. McLeod.
W. G. Kingsbury,
G. Schleicher,
J. Wsrlder,
C. E. Jefferson.
At a meeting of the Directory In the eve-
ning, I. A. Paschal was chosen President,
and C. E. Jefferson, Secretary,
Messrs. J. C. Wilson, W« G. Kingsfrnry,
W. J. Clark, G. Schleioher were appointed
as an Executive and Finance Committee.
As yet we are in the dark as to whether
any proposition has been received from Ool.
Osgood, or whether the new Board is m k
condition to receive proposal . The books
doubtless show (the available resources of
the Company, so that the new Board will
soon be able to djilArmise whether they will
be justified in letting /any portion oí tbe
road. We do hope that the Board will let
to Col. Osgood at least that portion of the
road between Victoria and the coast A
\(«mt to tMf Scmcs,—Tbe LefUlaturtf*of H** ^nning ¡.tij tt.t'« "«^7
1. v ;-¿-j . .i give the people interested in the enterprise,
confidence in its practicability. We know
there is no hostility to the road on the part
of the people; circumstances have combined
to cause them to doubt the ability of the
Company to raise the means for its construc-
anti-American
u facture an
prentice tanm to tb« tk.tr .i,#t-:t o«tofertrael.rron.
gloat oeer * declaration made ,!<*"« * «* * «W-
Maj. Donehon. while editor of tbe i'/iion, in "1"'
favorofimmigration. Whathnthen **•
we doubt not were Ma honest «ntimeott.; -1* " BaaU«> * d. «• h«*~k
But the coarae of «rata for tbe laat few!#™ "'* <* lb*
years hat ofcnaed many a ho entertained aim-1 fugitive sla « ;Law, and thkt the I man held
L ria£a Í, a ehanire of oolnioa.'«" «V™1* to t« those of Mr. Fillmore.
Mfiy)
at I
A
mmm_ ih<pjreeelot
were received and
The samé Committee,*to
red the subset! of an
£
r York has appointed a committee to pro-
lo New York City, and overhaul the
houses. The fact that several bun*
dred people are crowded together ia one
bptise, sometimes seven ptories high, is
thought to be neither conducive to tbe safety,
cleanliness, no? health of the inmates^ nor of
the city at large, however profitable it may
bé to those who own such bouses. If South-
er* slaves woo thus hnddled together, to
breed) ¿cines*, disease and death, Northern
faaatkji would have some show of cause for
their miserable, hypocritical cant
Dfchrit Make the Point—The fact thai Texas
flaimti the Santa Fé country, and that that
claim was acknowledged bv Congres?, in the
resolutions of annexation, does not change
the position we assumed, that Texashid not
excised either civil or military rule over
(hit territory. But the fact that the people
of the United States claimed it 'by treaty
Mrith Mexico, justified President Fillmore in
talking poasessioo of it in the name of tbe
General Government And this sict brought
about a compromise and the purchase of the
claim pet up by Texas. Itad Mr. Fillmore
not taken possession of that territory, the
probability is, Texas would never have
received $10^00,000 for her shadow of title
to a section of country, a large portion of
which, issearcly worth pay^ taxes on, and
whkrhhas sad will continue to be for years
to come, an expense to the General Govern
lafnt. Try again, Mr. Mercury man.
^¡£ "Of this character were his (Pierce's)
vgtoea of ths River and Harbor bill, of tbe
Indigent Insane bilí, and of the Collins
Steal iship bill—vetoes that powerfully re-
affirmed the democratic doctrines so firmly
aQaotnced by Jackson and resolutely car
ried 4at by Polk."—Dallas Herald.
Whit called forth these vetoes which so
- í £0* erfully re-sBrmed the democratic doc
turn# i so firmly announced by Jackson It
wis! ¡be action of a Democratic Congress
Even, Texas Democrats voted for these bills
that Ibe ftsH admits was anti-democratic
This corroborates the charge of the Ameri-
ca* party, that the democracy have left the
oil Well-beaten paths of i its fatheira, and
bfcotne hppeleesly corrupt—that they have
Pfiverted tbe government into a gambling
machine. . |
>tfP*Our astute neighbor of theSeguin Mer
r«ry, has discovered that tbe American party
has changed its name four times in two
ling itself Know-Notbing, then
le Order of the Star-Spangled
r, then Sun and now American—and
the* asks by what party it will next be
tion. If these doubts can be removed, we every honest, patriotic nun was bound to! them to neglect business and make it
are satisfied
come promptly forward and in prosecuting ¡these evils. Such has been the case with: feed the babies. God save us from tbe man
Maj. Donelson. He has seen, even now, that strolls into your uffice, sets down on
that pseudo-Americaiis. by unitiug with the'one chair and cocks bij* feet up on another,
citizens of foreign birth, can control the aud asLs •* what's the noos this evening "
affairs of the country to the advantage of a That auger is loo big^ and ought not to be
few at tbe expense of the many, and he array-j used in a christian country. Com
ed himself against such a combination. ; 1 "
the work. They! have long since been con-
vinced that a railroad is necessary to the
full development of tbe country, and that
utUil we get we imst continue to be
dependent upon! other sections for what we
cannot produce, without the means of sup-
plying them wiih what we can produce, in
exchange. This causes a continual drain
court-house on
to ra'ifv the
cau ,v 1U B l j l(ljiruill uiatu W| have been informed that the last!
cauu*xí*c. " u'Jluuni url"'.u mail from San Antonio brought a letter from nartv of Bexar met at the c
upon the cash capital of the country. This|the lmbligber* of the San Antonio /ieraid.\,\
is a self-evidenti proposition. The people ¡ Messrs. Wejst /t'Newecimb, toan «itpreutifciel y eV g' '
have seen that they would be gainers should now iu our office requesting him to leave us^action oi thv Ancricau Sationali on\ enttoo.
they contribute liberally towards the con- ®!tuati"n jn the JLrald held in Philadelphia, which met oh the £id
frnm office- would ,:ke t0 kQl)W of tbese Qf February last. The m^tiiur «a called
structon Of a railroad from Matagoida by what authority th ey have thus in-!. , * ... ¡á
Bay to the interior, even if they never i traded themselves upon the private affairs of!to or^,,r '-T lilt ' iu,i ' l,n ' M>u*
receive one cent in return, in the shape of
dividends. They i)mo* that it would l e
returned to them i0£¡te enhanced value of
their property, *fief increased wealth and
prosperity of the country, and in the reduced
American party, and other organisations ofTork -not to rebel agatost the exertion of
asimilar cbar¡cier have been inexptence? *be fugitive sUve law. Ami in the lame
for vea^s. Tbev have had their advocates]^^le occurs the follow ing: Mr. i more
and journals. 'Efforts have been made toj Patriot hero, because he think the
arouse the native-born population to theought to have tha^ trial, i by jttry.](but
fact that immigration was not only fflli„g yet declares that he will execute the Jaws
the land with paupers and crimináis, but refusing it. Th s Mr. 1* illmore did. Wt|bwi
that^ tbe foreign population was increasing so consulting his private convictions. jThis
rapidly that it would POOH exercise a con- ,act wBot ^r* illtnorc* hack any with
troDinr in9ue.ee in our dectiona Tk«.:««í eoaa«m Te.«f Oe|->li . If iheautiea
efforts bare caiwedthousaods who bad before;111* not «areful. they 4W prove too much,
looked upon sucha contingency aa beyond!AllJ tbose who read tbi; extracts Irom tba
the pale of probability, to inquire into the tf««- "■ ' '^,'r0
facts: and the reault has failed then. « ,! predicated upon tbe bcl,.f U.at Mr. Wetater
there is daTger to be apprehended from the "Poke lb" pen"mMtl! f l'"'s.dent b illmore;
rapidly increasing foreign-hwn population, <" "f* • no e. Idence-nolhu.g but
aud thai in a few years inoro of uncbeckW cou i',cIurt-'.
immigration, and without change in tbe nat-i
uralization laws, would take from Americans?
the power to govern their own country
of Bexar,
merican
Has of
mittee
Mat
Time is Jic&ey.
If you call at a business office, on business,
It transact your business and leave, so tbat
also satisfied the honest inquirer, tbat the ! other people may have a chance to attend
paupers and criminals annually thrown upon to their busines. If you have no business.
our shores,
the people
that the people generally will.un'
a U ÍÍ- • .—.íL- thí
¡ m an
were imposing a heavy tax upon never make it your business, to call on men
Being convinced of these facts. Of business, in business hours, and expect
Yoar<
the imr
and Done
during the Preside
ther reeommend,
ed Presidenta and
H. Stribting, B. R.
Hewitt be appoir.Ud
M. Went and J. T.,
Your committee i _ .
tv central fsommittee lie
Intend generally the or|
tion of the American
and tbat ode number
appointed to the office of (
retary. The said commit
the powe|r jto appoint oi
within the' limits of the
be the duty of the Coi
to attend I* the party
within and outside of
ceive and distribute all
that may oome to band.
Your committee recommend _
ll. A. Howard, A. W. De^muke. i
son, R. A] IIeoN>n, A H.
Lyons, J, ft. Sweet, J. N.
aid, M. p. Anderson, W.
Ulricb, a^nt*rnbertof sai!
name of ——¡— as
effort to check and guard against their business to entertain you. It won't
AMERICA* RATIFICATION MEETING.
Pursuant to adjourntuent, the American
committee, deeply
the import rice of having il
our faith pro|H rIy set forth.
into the iHdit c ti battle del '
ablest poiiitical champions, h-
regret thai; the |fim. J no. A.
to decline ibis appointment by I
Party of Texas as ¡Elector
large. We would ask Col.
sider th> matted and to
ment. if n^t in direct ojr
vate intetiests; and we urp
party to come forward
such prcuaiary aid as win jus
in giving up for the time,
business, and taking tip the
wage exterminating war a ¡mi its
cal enemies. R. A. HEXSOS.
On motioii the rejwrt was
ad^pt'.'d without a di--i
Col. ^:i|co:< rts|Mindi'd to iheir
mad*; upoij him to retM>nsideri hi* >
tion to detiiine the pc t assigned hits I
mo; :o-
nt d •
he
hi?
was even-
st'-ad.
this office. In doing so they have violated a ^1-
breach of: etiqueite and common honest v The report of tbe /Cuitnmktee oft Resolu.a
the first thing iu order. K. A.
sr|.. chairman of *ai<l cótumittee,
less forgotten by these g<>!t&cmen> we accost -1 to lie excised from the duties of Sec--
price of the article, imported. They ki(.w'ff°,'ll,!d t e/W</office .«,tb material wbi- .ft,:-
" , . T .. .. *- .Lthsv could! not procure |th m tt noaie; a ¡«I ,,
tbat if there was a nulroad from the coast;tWa ¡, tbc ^&y xv , itre rf4-ard,.,j f,n- kind. --.
to the interior, ibattbey would not be-pay-|Weíex¿ectjed betntr tr.-aiin itthav this fr<«m!aW
'tbe//fí*-jií>itoea. bu: to vulgar ivtu? («-id! The Couitu tteé ou E ~*'1 ri • ,¡
, 1 . . ... . ,, ; J , „ r , i id came forth unscathed,: reeeif
roi u> nd v> .their Caainuan. then repoif-d th" follow J *; i • 1>1. 1
expected tr->ui • hog: kfsoi rriuvs: uwartl li cungratulations of the
i l¿t. Rwihtd, That the America i party or{ Uit^ patriotic o! all parties. Tbe
H-'xar cttuntv. cord ally rat :y. approve a.id;i -marks C4iie«l forth ftjequeret bursts of
(•ndorse the aetiooof the Atn^r caf <",ouveii-|pi,i(jse.
ing $18 and $29 per barrel for flour here.
while it Is telling at $10 and *11 at
i; •: r , _ , . ¡nothing better caá be ex
eoast—that they would not be paying a ,ruat
or f70 per thousand for lumber here, while; We would l'ké to khow if there ! re-
at the coast it can be bad for $25 and $30,}snoth r publish r iu tie-State of Texas wij
would do as these men have d>t je ? We i.tk
Anufiieain ¡Slate Cunvfntiot^j: of. oaeef
til.-elor fot the Stale at large, ami gtrr j
reasons fbr ! clmiiig tbiit posí of 1
■Uso rcvijecsl in a brief but
«3 aid J. M. West tbe course of Mr. Fill more while Vr*iM€
¿ . the 1'uiteil! States, portraying in i
^iition'í. through!th<> throui^b which be
F-d th" follow;us
tion. lat"lr held |n 1'hilftd Iphia. in nomina
and everv thing in the same proportion.!^, lY""-'" ~ "T Wa. ia1
_ - .F. \ *. .¡the liberty to answer: No, not one!.--f/.rf- : , £
These are convincing arguments m favor of. ad Trne imntC„n, , ; i , , , ,
•1 A TW %. . .. «¡a. i a-fT'i- A;.di">v Jack O'i l).>n<'!soti of Term- "see. a
* 41 f preparen pu ic. Wii have to sav tn reply to th ■ tif>it -ca td dat« < for til h • Pr-'-vd' nev a-id \ iee i'r>. «.¡ •• "creiarv. was tilled bv tae- nam.'i
hearttv encouragement to the . . . . .J. ' j , ideuev o« th" U ;-t d States,*- j ., i-„,
Charge t¡ 4 it^ is a grfoss m sstatement >of / «. •' ^|"M>on. ^iq.
. . , . i I 2nd. That w > adopt ai.d approve m th«v ., " . ,^
facts; but,thst is a matter o! Lttkj tmjwrt. .ilatf)n.,a r^,,.-uiy n ^l^b-d by th- Atm-r , (,n m? ot th« ST*
A lad who formerly lived in oar family, and ca t Co v« ó ioíi át i'hiUdtdphrá asanemÍHid-|"rd r,,tI proceedu £< of|
who is;now in Goliad, wjrote to the brotberi'¡nierft of the principles by^wh'ch .we. as a «• published ft tlhe Saji Antonio
to give a hearty encouragement to
enterprise so soon as there is an assurance
that tbe work isicommenced in good earnest.
We have heard) a nataber express a deter-
mination to make liberal donations in land,
and subscribe to the extent of their ability
to the capital stock of the road, provided
CoL Osgood secured the contract for its con-
struction, on fair and liberal terms. They
do not expect him to undertake its construc-
tion unless be makes something by tbe
ration. And if he will take the contract at
$24,000 or $25,000, per mile, give ample
isfaction of bis ability to prosecute the wj
and make a practical commencement, we
feel assured in saying tbat the stockholders
will no longer hesitate about paying install
menta, and tax-payers will no longer refuse
to pay interest
In the first place, tbe party never
itself either Know-Nothing or Sam.
to iff by outsiders, and
i-word. But it will be
hereafter ac the National Asserican
that ic to rule and govern this great
," intimating
party of tbe
i&e democratic
that the
Mr. Herald, yot nimit the Jad
democracy la the same as ancient
, how came ill tbat Xr. nace*
out by Polk."
Which was It
Herald
apon city and count
We doubt not, tbe Directors can let the c
tract to Col. Ougood on as favorable
igh they had advertised for
tion. If they do not contract with him,|we
shall despair of seeing a railroad betw
this city and the coast for many years.
Properly managed, sire believe the Com-
pany has the resources to justify the Board
in letting the road from the coast to tbe
city iof Victoria. Get that portion of it
under way, aud we venture the prediction
Jackson and that the ways and means for carrying It on
further wUi be found. To effect the first,
will require finaacial skill and ability, a
practical knowedge of railroad operations,
and an acqu&intane in Wall street,
I .
" All nature abhors vacuums and
mongrel*; andjso do conscientious,
constitution-loving wbigs of;
'iter's JLetter.
for Wise's abandonee
¡y-j-ihe "consciencious,
itutioa-lovíng" ebhorei
O i motipn of J. II. I voiss.
f'ie pía. uf orga drtttiki, for C
l¡ , ■ ' : 11
* cr^iarv,
u tison. K
On mol i
>rd *red lh¡
of the junior proprietor of this paper, tbnt;^- i^n.m ^ .„ .nM
;i'r
oiverned. >t¡ll adh"r:íig to our
■i a. Li% ¡mi , . fu , _ resp.«ck¡ a marei
he was out of employ. The junior gave to fcjj arij complete expr^siéivof tire same.
his brother a note to enclose to his friend in:! 3d. That v, eo-rat a late the. people of
Goliad, saying thoitif he was out of employ.' ^e ^ oa lbe prospect ot electing
— j «!x!t,aa^ Lb « ta • a i to office sue h pur- and patriotic statesmen as
and wuhed to return to ban Antonio, he ;mll,rd oa(i .ifdrew Jnokwn Don-
could get a situation in the Iltrald office, elson, and that we will use every honorable
If Col. Crane bad or has any legal claim to effort to secure their election,
the youth, we were'not and are not aware of I 4th- Tbat- while we governed by prin-
tho fact * :ciples, we think it of great importance to the
^people of this Government, considering the
The makriitl about which the Colonel has frequency wilh which new and exciting polit-
made so much fuss, amounted to three dollar*/ ical questions arise during the continuance of
*k ___ „ ...J . . ,, office, that tried and true men should be
It wan a abght «comn.odat.on; lmt wa could ^aied w reaponaibl. political .thUona; and
have dene without it. lie has dunned us for . we believe that the interests of our common
this small amount/tw or six times, and once country will be secure in the bands of Mil-
tbfoagh his paper. Had our agent obeyed' íU!more> mod<il ^«deot, and the
inatructioiu, when in Coiiad. tbi.«™
Idr# would have been paid, and might have. Andrew dacks^p Donelson, the worthy fol-
rinters from that lower and favorite of our former President,
prevented tbe ttamjmk of printers
place. We are not the first who have faiUd tbe immortal Jackson, whose abiding senti
♦«.«.aaaa* «... u.wiKrta- a a ' u L ¡ment was that " A menea should —«««
to meet pur liabilities. And since he has more Americanized.' ]-
informed us that "nothing better can bep .\th. That we invite all naturalized citizens*,
expected from a hog but a grunt," and as good men and true; to unite with its in eleva-
we hays no ear for that sort of music, we! V1 °f?ce men 5*?r t^at
....Ta. . ... , , ' thereby tbe government and laws whiob tbey
shall leave him alone in his glory hereafter, )jave preferred above jail others may be
to dance to bis own discordant notes. sacredly upheld and preserved; and tbat
! p—■■ J i, a)'/ ■ j '■>■ ..i"." . : j . while we still hold out invitations to those of
Bandera Counto—The recent election in foreign countries whoare persecuted for opin-
thi. newcou^LuiUd in the eiection of
the following named gentlemen as county dora, as an asylum forj tbe oppressed, we
officers: I ! ! [object to tbe importation among us of for
Chitf Justice—O
County
Curtis, If.
County Clerk.-
District Clerk.-
Sheriff—A. II
Ammar and Collector—J
B. Miller.
—Wm. Eallentyne, W.
Spencer Smith.
T. P. Poole.
A. Klappenbacb.
P. Carter.
GtiOitij Trcnutt—Gid :CD Carter.
eign criminals and paupers, and political
agitators, and protest against tbe formation
of foreign political parties, and tbe active
interference of foreigners in oar political
¡elections, believing that those "to tbe manor
¡ boro" are best qualified to take in cbarge our
political interests. We reprobate in the
most unsparing terms the course of our for-
eign anti- American opouent*. tbe Democrat-1
ic! and Black Republican parties,, ia bartering
tin motion of U. A. Hei
uljouriit'd to give plaée to aj
Fillmore and Do iels« q Club:
A. á DAVIDSON,
J. M. Wfitsr, Secretary.
the
FIIJJMORE ANO DOXEL^PIÜ'
m
The Pr*«ident being
Beck, one of the Viee Pi
dub to order.
Calls being made for A* H.
Esq., that gentiemen
ful and elofjuent address,
py manner toihe action «if
ventlon. congratulating til#
exellent selection made for
In tbe coming contest, payi
compliment to tbe noml
glowing terras tbe course
occupying tbe Presidents
a striking picture oMbe
and the Arming oóndi
affairs. Tbe addfew was will
J. C. Denison, Esq., also
upon him, in a brief but hap|
lied the nominations, and
national platform. u|
Il i^tis moved and carried^
tbe Club meel on
each week.
On motion, A. H,
and J. M. West, Were appointed
to proourt a suitable place for
of tbe Club, during the
On motion the Club
Wednesday evening, April
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