The Texan Mercury. (Seguin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 19, 1853 Page: 2 of 4
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Noy. 4.—Tiie Cuhard steamer
_ arrirar here,' bringing «lates from
to the 22d ultimo, three dnys later
account# {¿rought by the Arctic. Thé
ary dr her news.
Liverpool, Oct. 32.—There has been a good
in the cotton market here since the
the Niagara, on the 15th instant,
j of the week embracé 45,000 bales.
8,000 bales bave been taken for spec-
_ and 5,000 for export. Prices have
generally teen _ considered firmer, and some
> have advanced |a £d. The quotations
-Fair Orleans, 6J; middling
uplands, 6§; middling
THE TEXAN MERCURY
is published eveky saturday morning, at seccin,
*BY J. D. BUCHANAN.
uplands,
en in áctive demand, and all
have considerably advanced. The
iates ave, for western canal 36s. 6d., and
Is. per bbk
has advanced l-6d. per quarter, and the
macare 4Ís. for yellow, and 42s. per
for white. v
* been quiet, and only moderate
pork are reported, without any
in the rates, v
has been a better demand in
jHirre, and the week's
bales. There is no
A dispatch from St.
the Emperor of Russia
October 13. Active
going forward. ,
c,.i. w ,theTj|B'khh,gfttft, wind had
in that harbor for the Winter, had"
to preparo immediately for sea.
ted fleets had not yet entered the
but were expected daily tordo so.
were tvoluntarfly pouring imiaense
of the Sultan to enable
hüf preparations for war.
been ordered to (he Dar-
tre not to'enter the Black Sea,
of the advance of the Russians.
threatened a war of
is positively
and Prussia will remain
states that the Turkish war
unanswerable document
TEItMS:
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No subscriptions will be taken for a less tiiac than one
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at the risk of the editor. The postage of all letters must
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first insertion, and fifty cents for each subsequent one. A
reasonable deduction will be made in favor of those who
advertise by the year. The number of insertions must
be stated, or they will lie inserted- until forbidden, and
charged accordingly. Professional cards, (per annum,)
of five lines, or less, ten dollars.
Announcing candidates for State, district, or legisla-
ture, ten dollars; for county, five dollars.
All advertisements the publication of which is required
by law, must be paid in advance.
Job work executed with neatness and dispatch, which
must be paid for on delivery.
THE- TEXAN MERCPRlT
' SEGUIN:
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19.
The editor of this paper will be absent for a
few Weeks. During his absence, H. A. Perry-
man, esquire, and Doctor J. R. Johnston, will
act as editors, pro tem.
.
!>•' •
ha* been*greit strike amodfe the oper-
saehire manufactories. All the
have been closed, and 25,000
£* 1'" TiHMpM
has been discovered in
and two hundred arrests have b&en made
those arrested is
of financie in the
1848. v ,
Great activity was shown in the French navy
for emergencies.
in New York have organ-
the title of " The New York Cotton
" for the parpóse of giving
returns of the sales f cotton.
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Falsc Caicclatioií; Aim Mxaxxess.—In a
e village, the centre of a surround-
of .tho ri
richest land In Texas, an
• young man lately established a news-
sch appearance and ability, as to
a very creditable thing to liipiself.
Twe could say its appearance is also crcdit-
the business portion of the C<pmunity
iq which he resides. With the exception, how-
Over, Of a few 'lawyers' cards, there is little or
i^tidng. in its cohunns tending to vary the
t tli« yynT Iri ynMinhwi in n ffilli
One would htive no evidence that mer-
so plentiful elsewhere, had
near. Whereas we happen to
are several large trading, establish-
. We propose to- show, in a few
individual of a community is
" by the establishment of a
_ r therein, more or lesajso in
to the amount of property he may pos-
he may be transacting; and that
not aid in the support of such a
has not sense enough to understand
or hi witying to be prospered by
a and efforts, without offering- any,
return. v .
particularly, which expected
' >n, a person of common
not to be told how % newspa-
In its Columns are set
Country satroundíng, together
both natural and artifical;
of stock, of labor, etc., etc.,
about to immigrate, is vastly
papers find their way in
the immigrating States. From its
learn of the educational and
Of that country, and all
favorable to'their wishes, that is
of eonntry they seek and find, all
inclination received through «its
PWhat iji the^consequence? Why
ividoal too nigardly to pay the
of a year's subscription, sells his
increased price, on account of the
ita influence has brought The
who could not afford to
tiie pitiful amount of a yearly
; the first one to sell a bill of
of from one to five
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or jpst? ?Is there
it?. The feet is, a paper
by a subscription of a few
must be supported by the good
onagt of those to whose interest it
Or it will-go down. It can not be
Newspapers are too numerous, and
- too heavy, to admit of any other dea-
fer a %ounty paper. We say, then, the
support a good county paper is the
either of false calculation or mean-
Tor the prosperity of such an establish-
being universally desired, as being gener-
beneficial, should be generally supported.—
Advertiser.
discovery has been made to relieve
Two aurists in London have th-
at which is placed within the
ecting, and, being of the
Ike skin, is not perceptible. It
enables deaf parsons to enjoy general conversa-
tion, to hetur distinctly at church, and at public
assemblies; the unpfear-nt sensation of singing
jflfass la the ears is entirely removed, and it
VBords aR the assistance that possibly coold be
Fsihtmtiary Labor.--Resolutions have been
introdnced into the Tennessee legislature, declar-
ing: that it is the true policy of the State not to
pemit the labor of the convicts in the peniten-
SfiuT to be brought into, competition with that
of %n0 mechanics of the State, and providing for
a change In the present system, by which con-
victs Mall be prevented from being taught the
: trades.—[N. O. True Delta.
Judge Devine says the work on the San An- ¡
MriO and Mexican Gulf Railroad will be com-
<paeeeed in six or eight weeks, and that the road
#01 bé completed in the time specified in the
contracti Wrs rent Trxau.
THE GOVERNOR'S J1ESSAGE.
The South-western American, of the ninth,
contains Governor Bell's Message. It is a
somewhat leqgthy document, and occupies seven
columns of thaf paper.
He congratulates the people, and their repre-
sentatives, on s&count of the happy auspices
under which the legislature has assembled, allud-
ing, in appropriate terms, to the revolutionary
struggles of Texas, to her successful career while
a republic, and to her unexampled prosperity as
a member of tjie American Union. He states
that the progress of Texas, in physical strength,
and the rapid accumulation of numbers, has not*
outstripped the ratio of moral elevation; and
that the time has past, when the name of Texan
was a term of reproach. In becoming language
hfe deplores the pestilence which has visited the
Atlantic* cities «and some of our coast towns.
He recommends to the serious consideration of
the legislature the subject of a Pacific railroad,
stating, that it is believed that a southern route"1
recommends itself to the public mind; and exon-
erating the general government from the charge
of1 having an undue partiality for a northern
ronte, which has been preferred on account of
the neglect to have the southern route surveyed.
From personal knowledge, and frpm information
derived from the most reliable sources, he is
convinced that the best track for the road will
be found to be from Memphis, or some point
below, on the Mississippi, entering this State
about the thirty-second parallel of latitude, pre-
üeiviiig tkUat-WSMhs , 4fc«ee- to the head
waters of the Gila, and down the same to San
Diego, on the Pacific. The construction of this
road will divert the commerce of the world from
its former channels, causing it to pass through
the entire breadth of our State, and to be
shipped from the various parts of our Union.
He alludes, iu this connection, to the fact, that
a large portion of Texas is well adapted to the
growth of wheat, and that, by building this
road, she will be enabled to pffer it, in the vari-
ous markets of this country and Europe, several
weeks sooner than any other portion of the
United States. Nothing more is wanting, in
his opinion, to the construction of this road than
a liberal donation of the public domain to a
responsible company; and he is, farther, of opin-
ion that, before the various points which will be
rtysed in the general government can be settled,
Texas, aided by her western and southern neigh-
bors, may secure the road, and earnestly urges
hpon the legislature to discard sectional feelings,
and view the subject under the influence of an
enlightened patriotism, and'liberal policy.
He gives his view3, at some length, with
regard to our gulf railroads, an<J, although dis-
posed to speak favorably of them, recommends
to the assembled wisdom of the country not to
be so liberal of charters, as, by those already
granted, twenty millions of acres are, for the
time, tied up, and real capitalists are driven
from the field.
With regard to Indian affairs, he represents
that the plan of defence hitherto pursued by the
general government has proved inadequate, and
attributes this inefficiency to several causes:
the extent of the country to be protected,—bor-
dering, as it does, on trackless Wastes,—the cun-
ning of the Indian, with his dexterity in eluding
pursuit; and—not least of all, we presume—
the nature of the military material employed by
the general government. The principal embar-
rassment under which the Indian Bureau has
labored seeming to be the want of a suitable
locality within which to confine the Indians, he
recommends to the legislature to give tor the
general govenfment authority for the temporary
occupation of a suitable district, stipulating that
it shall revert to the State when the general
government shall have made a final disposition
of the Indian tribes of Texas.
From the report of the State treasurer, the
governor states, that the amount in the treasury
is $3.966.125 08, exclusive of the school fnnd,
($80.285 21.)
He recommends an increase of the clerical
force in the general land office. The report of
the commissioner of this office represents the
residue of the public domain, after deducting
every known claim, as $102.141.301; and, from
the fact that, the choice lands are beincr rapidly
absorbed by locations, the governor recommends
that an appropriation be made for the location
and survey of the balance of the fifty league?,
set apart, by an act of the late republic, for the
endowment of two universities.
From the report of the director.-', it seems
that (h** fiscal affair* of the penitentiary have
materially improved. They recommend the
establishment of a cotton factory within the
walls of the penitentiary, for the reason that the
convicts, as mechanics, interfere with the me-
chanical labors of the surrounding country; and
for the additional reason that the State will be
benefited in a fiscal point of view: but Governor
Bell,—bccan.se the penitentiary is established "as
a place of reform, and where men are to be
taught to be useful to themselves and the'State,
—does not favor the idea of building the factory
spoken of.
He justly urges the propriety and necessity of
increasing the salaries of the governor, of the
judges of the supreme and district courts, and
of other public servants. He pronounces the
present salaries totally inadequate to enable
public functionaries to discharge their duties,
and extend those hospitalities which their situa-
tion renders it necessary, they should extend.
While upon this subject, he qnotes the language
of Governor Helms, of Kentucky:
" I deny that it is either just or proper to
make the allowance of a public otficer barely
sufficient to meet his necessary yearly expendi-
tures. Men should employ the vigor of manhood
iu acquiring the means of support in advanced
age. They must guard against penury and want
when they are no lpnger able to labor. Wise
men plant the tree, iu the days of their youth,
that shall shelter and protect them on their road
to the grave."
He suggests an experimental farm, with a
central locality, to be supported by aimual ap-
propriations, and conducted by a skilful farmer.
Other topics, of general interest, are discussed
in the message; but we have mentioned tb£
most important, and have endeavored, briefly,
to give the governor's views in reference to each.
We think -the message a matter of fact, and
very interesting document. Governor Bell closes
his message by stating that the contingency
anticipated, and provided for, in the fifth article
of the Constitution, will soon occur, and the
lieutenant governor will exercise the power and
authority appertaining to the office of governor..
As he will not again have an opprtunity of
addressing the people of Texas, he expresses to
them, " through their representatives, the deep
sense of gratitude he entertains for the marked
partiality and confidence they have, on so many
occasions, manifested toward him, by intrusting
to his charge, at critical periods, responsibilities
and duties of the gravest and most interesting
character."
We published, some time since, the number of
indictments found by the grand jury, during the
l^st session of the district court in this place.
Since then, we have noticed numerous comments
on the same in our exchanges. It has been sug-
gested that the reputation of Seguin, as being a
moral place, would not be improved by giving
notoriety to the fact that so many bills were
found.
For the benefit of all concerned, weN would
state as our opinion, founded, as we think, on
fact, that Seguin Can not boast of havings*
single regular-built gambler. ' We do not think
we have a single citizen who has not some other
means of support. A large number of.tte'
indictments were against persons who do not,
reside among us; and we presume the*grand jury
for the next court would be willing to extend
the same distinction to any others who may
choose to honor our town with a visit.
Those Cigars.—Our obliging friend, Mr. G.
B. Hollamon, wishing to be perfectly satiefied
with regard fo the qnality of his cigars, and
knowing us to be a connoisseur in such matters,
left a box of thejjame in our office. For several
days we have men subjecting them to a very
good test, and pronounce them excellent. Those
wishing to smoke a first-rate article of the Weed,
would do well to give him a call; and if any are
so incredulous as not to believe our report con-
cerning theip, let such buy a box, and satisfy
themselves that our opinion is correct. But
cigars are by no means the only attraction at
his store. He is daily expecting a large supply
of books, in addition to the stock now on hand,
where schools, and the reading community, can
be supplied with such books as they may want.
For farther particulars, we refer our readers to
his advertisements.
Spgar-cane.—Our friend, T. D. Johnston, has
sent us from his farm, ten miles below this place,
on the river, two large stalks of sugar-cáne.
They are jointed about nine or ten feet. We
are no judge (if sugar-cane, but, from the speci-
mens before us, and Others that we have seen in
the streets, we think that the cane might be
successfully cultivated in this section of country.
There can be but little doubt of it. At all
events, we should like to sec the trial made oil a
large scale, and think Mr. Johnston's farm an
excellent one for the experiment.
In addition to the above, it may be added,
that his social circle has been extended by the
advent of a fine boy, weighing ten pounds. This
would be a twenty-pouuder, according to the
Bastrop man's method of weighing babies. We
wish Mr. J. a continuance of prosperity!
W e publish, in to-day's paper, the prospectus
of the New York Tribune. The Weekly Trib-
une was enlarged, during last September, to the
size of the Loudon News, and is now the largest
paper in this country. The daily and semi-
weekly were previously enlarged. It is inde-
pendent in politics, but has, heretofore, been a
Whig paper. For obtaining general news, The
Tribune has unsurpassed facilities, and we think
it well worth the; subscription—two dollars per
annum.
A New Academy at San Antonio.—Mr. Car-
olan, formerly of Bastrop and Matagorda, will
soon establish an educational institution in the
Fountain City. celebrity that he has ac-
quired as an accomplished teacher, together with
the varied ability that he has engaged, render it
certain that the new school will be one of the
\
best that graces the ancient metropolis—i?an
Anfniro de Bexar.
The character of Mr. Slidell has been under-
going a strict review in the columns of the New
Orleans True Delta. The tendency of the
charges preferred against him is, to establish
that he is opposed to extending the right of suf-
frage to any but property-holders. To confirm
this statement, the writer relies upon the course
Mr. Slidell tóok in the Louisiana legislature, iu
1S38, when he opposed a bill which imposed a
capitation tax, by which the right of suffrage
would be extended greatly; as the State Con-
stitution provides, that none shall vote who do
not pay taxes. Mr. Slidell is also charged with
being on better terms with the Whigs than is
consistent with his professions as a Democrat.
On the third instant, at a meeting of the citi-
zens of Bexar, a committee was appointed to
invite Generals Rusk and Houston to visit San
Antonio, and partake of a dinner, to be given in
that place. General Rusk has accepted the
invitation, and designated Saturday, the. nine-
teenth, as a time when lie could be in San An-
tonio. We presume, therefore, that this is a
day of festivity and good feeling in San Anto-
nio. General Rusk being the champion of the
Pacific Railroad, we hope his visit will have the
effect of hastening the completion of the much
talked of San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Rail-
road.
Cubing " The Bujes."—A physician, iu our
town, has discovered a new method of treatment
for persons afflicted with this distressing com
plaint. He diets them upon a kind of soup,
prepared as follows: — "Procure a lean pigeon;
suspend it in window, in such a manner that the
rays of the sun shall fall directly upon it, causing
the shadow of the pigeon - to fall directly upon a
pot of water in the room. While things are in
this status, boil the shadow effectually. Cause
the patient to drink freely of this soup for sev-
eral hours, and a cure will be effected." This is
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certainly after the homcepathic method. Similia
si?nilibus cur ant uf.
On the twenty-second ultimo, an election of
United States' senator was to commence in the
Tennessee legislature. The Whigs have a ma-
jority of twelve, on joint ballot.
On the seventeenth ultimo, Johnson, governor
elect of Tennessee; took the official oath, and
delivered his inaugural address. He deprecates
the efforts of the Federal party to place a lati-
tudinous construction upon the Constitution,—
having in view, we presume, the contemplated
action of the general government in reference to
a Pacific railroad,—and urges the Democratic
party to recur to first principles, and to confine
the government within the landmarks laid down
by Jefferson and his associates. In regard to
the disposition to be made, by the general gov-
ernment, of the immense public domain, he is in
favor of the homestead policy, and grows elo-
quent over " the great idea of providing homes
for the thousands now living, and the millions
that are yet to come, after we have passed and
gone." We present, below, his remark as to the
mission of Democracy:
" At present I shall content myself by assum-
ing, and taking it as a conceded fact, that
Democracy or man's capability to govern him-
self, is a principle that exists, that itñs inherent
in the very nature of man; that it is that
ingredient in the compound called I-man, which
enables him to determine between right, and
wrong in all political affairs. In this principle,
called Democracy, consists his capability of self-
government.
"It is that which enables him to reason cor-
rectly, and to lift himself above all animal cre-
ation. It is this principle that constitutes the
intelligence of man; or, in other words, it is
that in Man which partakes most highly of the
nature and character of Him in whose image he
is made—which I term the Divinity of Man.
And in proportion as this Divinity is enlarged,
the Man becomes more and more capable of self-
government, and still more elevated in his char-
acter. I will also assume, what I know none
will venture in reason to deny, that this Divinity
of Man can be enlarged, and that man can
become more God-like than he is. It is the
business of the Democratic party to progress in
the work of increasing this principle of Divinity,
or Democracy, and therfiby elevate and make
man more perfect. I hold that the Democratic
party proper, of thé whole world, and especially
of the United States, has undertaken the politr
ical redemption of man, and sooner or later, the
great work will be accomplished. In ¿he polit-
ical world, it corresponds to that of Christianity
in the moral. They are going along, not in
divergents, nor in parallels, but in converging
lines—the one purifying and elevating man
religiously; the other politically. Democracy
Progressive, corresponds also to the Church Mil-
itant: both fighting against error—one in the
mofal, the other in the political field. At what
period of time they will have finished the work
of progress and elevation, is not now for me to
determine; but when finished, these two lines
will have approximated each other—man being
perfected, both in a religious and in a political
point of view. At this point it is that the
Church Militant will give way and cease to
exist, and the Church Triumphant begin: at the
same point, Democracy Progressive will1 give
way and cease to exist, and Theocracy begin.
" The divinity of man being fully developed,
it may1 now be confidently and exultingly
asserted that the voice of the people is the voice
of God; and proclamation be made, the millen-
ial morning has dawned, that the time has come,
when the Lion and Lamb shall lie down together,
when the 'voice of the turtle' shall be 'heard in
our laud;' when 'the sucking child shall play
upon the hole of the asp,' and the 'weaned child
put its hand upon the cockatrice's den,' and the
glad tidings shall be proclaimed throughout the
land, of man's political and religious redemption
and that there is 'on earth, peace, good will
toward men.'
" It will be readily perceived by all discern-
ing young men, that Democracy is a ladder,
corresponding, in politics, to the one spiritual
which Jacob saw in his vision: one up which
all, in proportion to their merits, may ascend.
While it extends to the humblest of all created
beings here on earth below, it reaches to God
on high; and it would seem that the class of
young meu to which I have alluded, might find
a position somewhere between the lower and
upper extremes of this ladder, commensurate, at
least, with their virtue ami merit, if not equal to
their inflated ambition, which they could occupy
with honor to themselves and advantage to their
count rv."
On the fourth instant, General T. J. Rusk
delivered an address in the city of Austin. He
expressed great satisfaction at seeing around
him faces which were familiar in the struggles of
1835-36; but, while congratulating the early
pioneers of Texas on account of their successful
efforts in winning a vast empire, he was happy
to welcome those who have since come in and
aided in developing the resources of the country,
and only regretted that their numbers had not
been a hundred - fold greater. After briefly
noticing the great national events which have
transpired since he commenced his career as
United States' senator,—the settlement of the
tariff of 1846, the adjustment of the Oregon
and Texas boundary questions, and alluding to
the history of Texas, as a republic and as one
of the United States,—Ik comes to the consid-
eration of the great subject of the day, the
Pacific railroad. Noticing the opposition which
the first railroads encountered, he proceeds to
state that, within the last twenty-five years,
13.000 miles of railroad have been built in this
country, at a cost of $500.000.000; that the
profits of these roads exceed the anticipations of
.the builders; and that it is not necessary, to
render a road profitable, that commerce shonld
previously exist, but only that the country
through which it passes should be a productive
one. No country in the world, he says, is better
suited for railroads than Texas; and, as the
result of his observation, during his recent ex-
ploring trip, he states that, along the proposed
route through this State, water and timber for
cross-ties, such as live oak, post oak, and mez^
quit, are abundant, and that but little grading
will be required; the greatest obstructions to be
overcome being the crossing of rivers. As to
the route which shall be selected, he thinks the
southern route far preferable. A road has re-
ceived the approbation of the general govern-
ment, as a 'means of military defence. By start-
ing from some point on the Mississippi lower
than St. Louis, and traeing a route along the
line of El Paso, the road would go along a line
of the frontier of a foreign government, seven
hundred miles, to San í>iego; from which place to
road would Certainly be built to San Franeisco.
Thus, by causing the country to be settled, the
government would provide the surest means of
defence, and strengthen, by the strongest ties,
the bonds of our Union. He does not think
that those in favor of a southern route can rely
upon the impracticability of a northern road.
Capital, and the industry of our northern people,
can accomplish any thing. To secure the south-
ern route, in addition to the reason already
given, that of military defence, he urges the
character of the country over which the road
will pass, which he " believes to be superior, as
an agricultural region, to any other line, of the
same length, any where." As an additional
reason, he states that, although foreign trade
would be the same on either route, yet domestic
exchanges would be increased, and home indus-
try stimulated by a railroad crossing the degrees
of latitude.
He disclaims being opposed to local roads,
and states that the building of the 'Pacific road
would facilitate the construction of local ones.
He is of opinion that the road must be so built
as to afford the means of intersection to those
already bjnilt. The influence of the $500,000,000
already invested must be felt, and will operate
favorably or unfavorably as they will be bene-
fited or injured by the contemplated road.
He says that the only security required, (and,
a la Washington Union, we agree with him,) is,
security that the road will be built.
We quote, from the Austin papers, his eon-
eluding remarks: , ;
" The responsibility rests upan this legislature
about to convene to settle this question, whether
we shall secure or lose the route for this roád.
I know the building of the road will adv^nco^is
fifty years in the scale of prosperity. We are
by no means sure of obtaining it; there are
rival routes^ with powerful influences. It has
been pronounced by the administration to be a
military road for national defence; this ronte can
be shown to be the best.' I think the aid of
congress can be depended upon, and if the State
of Texas does her duty, we shall have the satis-
faction of knowing that the road is to be built
through her territory. All other questions sink
into insignificance, compared with this great one;
postpone it for a year and it may be lost to us
for ever. It has been said that two roads would
be built, Jjnt I. give it again as my opinion that
it will be many, very many years before another
will be constructed. In a national point of
view/, this road is absolutely i necessary. It
will be the very best military security we could
offer to our Pacific coast. It would do more to
develope the resources of the United States and
advance her in wealth and greatness, than My
work of the kind ever projected. It would be a
bond of Union against which faction and fanat-
icism might exhaust their venomous energies in
vain.
?"Its effects upon Texas in her march to
wealth, power and happiness, what man has
sufficient foresight to fairly estimate? We nave
102,141,000 acres of vacant domain. Twenty
sections to the miíe through the State, would
amount to 10,240,000 acres, leaving us 92,-
501,000 acres. ?What could ten millions be
sold for in the market? ?would it bring two
millions of dollars? I am sure that, as soon as
'the road was finished, it would be worth more
than twenty millions of dollars, but the labor
and capital of the builders of the road would
give to it its increased value, and would add an
untold amount to the value of the remaining
92,000,000 of acres.
"Texas has, in my opinion this vast prize
within her grasp, and a fearful responsibility to
posterity wjll fall upon him who shall cause her
lose it. I hope, nay, I feel sure, that the
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of the
A correspondent of the New York
of opinion that, owing to the shortness
crops in Great Britain, and throughout
generally, the price of edibles, especially of
wheat and flour,, will continue to go up. Euro-
peans being unacquainted with Indian corn and
corn meal, as an article of food, the price of
these will not undergo so great^a change. In
the evfnt of a war, the United States will be
the only resource for half of Europe, and can
command any price for provisions that may be
asked.
The La Vaca Commercial, of October 29r
rejoices in the restoration of health to Port La
Vaca; says that the warehouses, and
every vacant house, are filled with goods for the
interior, and invites absent citizens to. return to
' i
their homes.
We would remark, incidentally, The
Commercial was only two weeks on the way
from Port La Vaca to Seguin; a distance of
one hundred and twenty miles, with a m«ii
between the places twice a week.
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to
honorable legislature about to convene in these
halls, will not disappoint the just expectations of
of their constituents, nor incur a reproach which
could not be blotted out in all time to come."
One of the Jokes of the Season.—The
editor of the Washinton Union, who follows the
Administration when he knows its will as faith-
fully as a dog follow its master, says, in relation
to the Administration's views of allegiance,
domicil etc., as expresed in the letter to Hulse-
man, that his own reflections have brought his
mind substantially to the same conclusion as that
announced by the Secretary of State!—[Preih
nee. " " 4j
On Monday, the seventh instant, the distriet
court of Bexar county, commenced its
Judge T. J. Devine presiding. "He,"
The Ledgf, "delivered a concise, 1
charge to the grand jury, calling their attention
to the practice of gaming, which ho
the parent of
of duelling and
the wish of the bar, to i
at Austin, the district court was
three weeks.
Game.—Numbers of our fellow-citizens have,
within the last few weeks, been i
sporting propensities at the
tnrkeys, deer, etc., with which tiie
this season, abounds. A company of four or
five wore out a few "days, last week, and killed
seventeen dieer. Texas against the world for
any tiiingt
^ A^™™_
reported. On the
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+ . _
out in Louisville, Ky.
of property. The losses fall
surance offices. Owing to a
the efforts of the
unavailing.
Our northern exchanges are,rejoicing at the
advent of Jack Frost. Snow has fallen in many
places, and winter seems to have
are more than content with ¿he
*
ent, and cue not if frieu4
wonted visit for weeks to come.
It is stated that
taking place in every part of M<
chiefs of banditti have been put to
Santa Anna seems determined to
those lawless bands with which the'
infested.
i 1 *. i i
Little Rode, Arkansas, will sooi
by railroad, with the Mississippi.
On the seventh instant the legislatnre ef the
State of Texas convened as required, fay the
Constitution. ' ; *
In the senate the honorable
deraoa, lieutenant .Governor and
dent of the senate, took tiie chair'
the senate to order. W. D.
pointed secretary, füro-tem., and
sargeant-at-arms, pro-tem.
to ttie
suited as follows;—\
Johnson, Assistant Secretary,
Engrossing Clerk, R. W. j
Clerk, H W. Ragiin, Second
tary, C. J. Garrison,
Taylor, Dow-keeper, Joseph
officers elect woe then •
On ^Tuesday,
and a quorum being present,
nounced the following
On counties and county 1
McDade, Doane, Scott, Wi
On private land claims
Jo wers, Bryan and Edwards.
On .the land office;—Memn
ter, Jo were, Sablett and
On roads, bridges and ferries:—:
Newman, Scarborough, Burkr '*
On claims and accounts;—•
lor, Guinn and Potter.' V
On engrossed
and Taylor.
On enrolled
and Lytle.
On porfié
. Hart,
On motion of
added to the
tiras.
Committee on tiM
Snbbtt, ■
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Whitaker,
I
On
Dwst,?
Weatherford.
On public lands:—]
Holland, Keenan,
strong.
On State affairs:—-1
Durst, McAnelly,
On Indian* affairs:—-]
Kyle, Sublett, Allen,
On education: — ]
Guinn, Scarborough, Keenan, Lytic and McAn-
elly. * ■ .
On the penitentiaryMessrs. MUKeaa, New-
man, Weatherford, Martin,!
and Burks.
On internal improvements>
Gage, McDade, Allen,
Millican and Keenan.
On privileges and
Gage, yhitafcer,
Doane. -
The foliowing ore the officers elect of 1fre
house of representatives:
H. R. speaker,
clerk; William L. Chalmers,
James L. Roberts, second
Harrison, engrossing ci
enrolling clerk; A- B.
arms, and fcevi Pwi
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