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'Ttit Importance and Advantages of Home Markets
-l 3c Unity of American Interests Extract fiom the
- Speech of Mr. Webster, at tne Agricultural runner at
V x Rochester, on the 21st ujL:
' Gentlemen-, there is another great object which propcr-
ly falls to the care of Government, of interest to all tillers
". of the land who have an easy and cheap transmission to
L fr .market it is of course the existence of such markets.
-- There must be markets of sale, of consumption. Why
l?Tvnfaman toil to fill his granaries and cellars beyond the
" wants of his own family, unless somebody will buy the
f .surplus which he has to sell, and by means of which,
f" ' therefore, he may be able to buy elsewhere what he can-
'''aoi, raise upon his own farm? A market, therefore, a
iV ). ' aiarket of consumption, is a paramount object to nil agri-
iP culturists, who cultivate rich soils, beneath kindly skies
" and a warming sud, and who raise more than is neces-
saryJn order to the susientation of life. It is absolutely
li"' Vv, indispensable. I do not say that it is entirely within the
vf control of Government. 1 know that it is uot. There
jfejl& 7arerna.nv considerations which affect the market, such as
fc? 'impolicy of other nations, the course of trade, the condi-
-HeVrtTon.of-society, and a thousand other causes which modify
igL&& all government. But after all, it is and must be a great
4Z object of Government. Looking only at the question as a
VVC v politjcaLquestion, (and God forbid that i should use the
" word political in a party sense) it is certainly a matter of
" " ."interesting inquiry where the surplus productions of labor
fL lhSU findsale. This is a matter for Government, in an
enlarged, political, philosophic, and I may say, philantro-
pmc consideration oi usuuues. . yuuu uuvciuiucmanno
"53ltSfc.tn nmmnip thp. intprpst nf all citizens, of all vocations. I
'ghave said that to this ohjrcta market is necessary. What
is it to you tnat your flellha uem in il.e at-m-an Tull.j
abound in the richest wheat I believe, on the face of the
"earth what is it to you beyond the consumption of your
qfen households, if there is no demand, uo maiket for it?
:y The means of. transportation may exist ; but at the end of
-' $all'inust alsobe a mark'et.
J-fMP', -How is this lo be had ? Without to-night entering upon
- "any debatable ground of politics upo.i any thing that dos
,-not' partake of elementary truth and Isay it under the
., .T conviction that it is a matter of elementary truth, to which
. -. every true American citizen who will not give nay to
-". navies, but thinks that there is something in things I say
8"' lat k 's 'n le Pmvcr f Government, that it is the duty of
T. ; Gov't, to n considerable extent, to take care that there
v should be a demand for agricultural pradv-cts Cheers
. . I am not about, gentlemen, to enter upon the question
-" "the debatable object of a prot. dive taritfto any considi-ra-
" "" ble extent But I, nevertheless, do say at hast I do think
' and why should I not say it ? Cheers, and crh s of "say
' it," c,out with it," 'go on," I do say, gentlemen, that the
- agriculture of this country is the great natter which de-
mands protection It is a misnomer to talk about the pre-
election of manufuctuns; th.it is not th- thing we want cr
'-s Ibneed: it is the protection of the agriculture of the covn-
T"f7 try! Repeated cheers It is a furnishing to the sur-
-plus productions of that agriculture a market, a near
f " market, a home maiket, a large market! Cheers and
Merit's of "that's it," "that's what we want ' Why, gentie-
vmen, many of my friends and neighbois m my own State
i' "'have invested their capital in manufactures. Of course
they desire employim nt to this branch of industry But
suppose they do not gel it; cannot they turn their capital
into other channels, into a thousand other pursuits to mor-
, row? Are they shut out from all other ways of living?
-. Do you suppose that the protection of this interest is as mi
portant to lliem as it is to you? Is it as essential, as slso-
lutely necessary, to their interest ap to yours ? Not hy ten
thousand times! You want a market for your productions.
You want consumers. You WHiiloprii mouths and un
clad bodies to eat and drink and wear the surplus produc-
lions you have provided for thpm ! You want a home
market, a steady demand for your agricultural products.
jjAnd .this is, and must be, furnished by the commercial
classes, the srafa ring classes, arid all other classes of non-
jirodueers. Now, gentlermn, I ceilainly admit that those
who have invested their capital in manufactures have a
- -tfgreat interest at stake, and it 13 just that they should hate
- secured by law a reasonaole protection to that interest.
But I do also insist, in spite of all the sophistry and all the
folly (as 1 must call it) of this age and this agehfull
of sophistry and folly on ihisubject that the great thing
to be looked for Is that we have at home a demand for the
surplus products of our agriculture, and. on the other side,
a home demand for the products of manufacturing indus-
try. Cheers. This neighborly exchange it is, this
neighborly intercourse among ourselves this supplying
our own wants from city to city, from village to vijfago
from house to house this, this it is which is calculated to
, " make us a happy anda strong people. Enthusiastic an---49tglause
Now, there is on this subject, especially among our
brethren at the South a strange infatuation. They arc re-
r .spectable men, reasonable men, ci.ndid men in some re-
. spects in most respects and yet see how they Teason
upon this subject. Gmtlemen, I belong to Massachusetts.
Applause, Cries of Good,' and three deuftningcheeis
for Massachusetts 3 I have Jaken -the pains to ioquir
what -sums of money Massachusetts pays to Virginia aoa
Carolina, to say nothing of New Yoik, tvery year fnt
their agricultural pioducts, and it amounts to ttveial mtli
ions. If we take the eastern part of Yuginia and tl
- eastern part of North Carolina, what have they for s-Je
but agricultural products purchased by the manufactui mg
and commercial classes of New England? Nothing c.i
the face of the earth, and we pay them many millions
We are their only customer. Does England take their
grain? Certainly not; and yet owing to causrs which
would be easy to explain if it were proper, owing to pi
judice, owing to their pi ejudice, owing to thrii p'c:.-
notions for notions are quite as common t 'e
,are ia New England, though New EngLi. ? '
of notions I" (Laughter and loud ch.;.- ;. -.:.,-.perfect
reprobation of any idea of protective. - :0 - i.
any .sale for their agricultural products, although tL
,. . find day by day, that we buy and pay thtm for their pr
""- ducts by manufactures of the North; and it is the o::!
thing they get a dollar for, and are ready to drive us n.u
raising corn and all the agricultural nroducls for our-
'jt'-selves, they being agricultural, and finding the articit
continually becoming cheaper, and no pe.-tn txcept us
to buy them. Cheers. Now that's a strong l $e, though
perfectly true of eastern Virginia and of Nori ; ,m lina.
Why, gentlemen, 1 live on the sandy sea ehoi- ol M s-i
chusetts, and I get along as wll as I csn. I nm .
poor farmer upon a great quantity of very pooi lij
my neighbors and I, by very great care I haidiy kawv
how continue to live on. We pay for vhat ivr pur-
chaserthough for my life I could hardly teli how ; ihi on-
ly I know, they all get paid in some way. And yet these
v men complain that we do not raise what we want ou;
selves, but buy of them. There seems to be much truth
in nn old saying, that "Maxims which have a seeming
sense lake firmer hold and tndure longer in the mind thai:
those which are founded on nature and expt rience." M-1
like dogmas, they like theory. Ifthryt-an pick up
scrape together a string of apothems or enigmas, tht i.u .
and truth and all the talent in the woild can never argut
them out of them. Equal dclus:cns prerail in ether pans
of he country; as, for instance, the notion that pioteclion
to manufactures is a thing peculiarly beneficial to those
engaged in those pursuits Far from it As 1 have sa'd.
the capital of Massachusetts can go lo conr.t-ice or ce i
;- goto farming; but what can he do whose faim js his !(.
estate but till it? Can he transport it or go into other
pursuits? 'lhe fact is, protection to this class ol society
is, next to the brnificence of Heaven, whose tan shine's
and whose rains fall upon us the highest objfet, th most
absolute necessity to those who cultivate i he laud, and
raisefrom it more than suffices for the wants of iiun
selves und their fumilics. Cheers
Now, gentlemen, we are Americans. We have a st
' country, n variety of climate, and various pursuits. "VVc
have ngriculiural States, and we have plauiaticr. Str,t-s
We have manufacturing interests and commercial inter-
ests. And our business is not-lo a nay oiit vutams inter-
ests into a belligeient and hostile state, uot to :;:fir.iue cur
own passions or the passions c r.tiu rs concrrning the
measures of Government for the protcesioi. of our parlic-
ular intcresfs ; but let ub make the wholeauat national,
Imay say family concern. We should aim not to pro-
J duce the impression that one interest is set against anoth-
1 er, but that we all go for those laws and measures which
will be most conducive to the general good. We should
remember that we are citizens of the United States ; that
as such we are interested in the United States and in eve-
ry State that we are interested in -the concerns of all
classes and of every class; and t do firmly believe that
moderation and wisdom, and perseverance, and truth, and
reason, Will ultimately prevail over all the influences
which seem to separate the interests of one class from
those of another. Why, what 1 have said in relation to
the necessities or wants of Agriculture is strictly true with
regard to our brethren of the South engaged in the plan-
tation interests. The fiist market for their cotton, and the
best market, is with the Northern and New England man-
ufactures of that article, and it is absolutely astonishing
that this is not perceived. The North takes one-third of
theircotton, and that the first third, and fixes the price; it
is sold with small charge for freight, and still bringsa high
price. And I say it is absolutely astonishing that those
whose living depends on the production and sale of this
article should not see to what an extent it depends upon
the consumption and manufacture of the article in our own
country. These truths, these elements of political econo-
my, are as true on the James liver and in Alabama as
here; and let popular prejudice become informed, and
kind feeling mark all discussions of the subject, and we
shall come to see how much our happiness and honor de-
pnd upon a free, and just and liberal intercourse among
ourselves. Cheers.
Gentlemen, I am too long in troubling you with these
remarks. Cries of "go on." I believe they are foun-
ded in truth. I wish for every thing which will promote
the union of the American family. I wish for the preval-
ance of every UiUitr which shall ilMku every manJia
Mainelo Georgia, feel that his interests are clearly bound
up with those of every other man from Maine to Georgia.
Cheers.
French Affairs. Extracts from the Pari3 Correspon-
dence of the National Intelligencer :
"The dismissal of the Mayor and dissolution of the
municipal councils of the city of Mans, for the Mayor's
homily addressed to the Duke of Nemours, have the se-
quel which those liberal measures deserve and every coo'i
observer expected. In spite of unbounded efforts on. ine
part of the Prefect ol the Department and the Govern-
ment functional ies iu th- city, the elections of a, now muni-
cipality have ended in the triumph of the Radical party.
Thf selection ot Mayor depends on the Royal pre rogative ;
therefore Monsieur Trtiu ve-ChauveI,the obnoxious ajtfreS"
ser, will not bo reinsiultd ; hut he cp.oaot full to obtain j
additional innm-nce over the majoni m the couueils, m
which he has been replaced by thd voters.
"The Mouiteur announces tlnscpning of a creditof six j
hundred thousand francs for che Department of Foreign j
Atiaus, chiefly as an appcopnation for ihe jl rench dipic
marie mission to China. According to some of the jour -
nals. it u ill "include three delegates as special represen-
tuiivt.3 of ihf intere:t: o.' Frencn coaimerce one lo the
west, another tbt the e.ibt, and the third for the south of this
realm It uiil i doubt not, be equipped with ability to
purs e all the objects useful for France and the world.
A Prussian consul geueral is about lo proceed to Cantor
The National plausibly reproves the French Cabinet for
the supplementary credit taken u'fthin six weeks after the
prorogation of tne Chambers, to whom the plan and ex-
pense ot the mission might and should have been submit-
ted There is anothe; e-xtiaordmary credit of nearly seven
millions of f'dncs for the Department of War, by leasun
of the i ise in the price of forage. The National denies the
rise, and represents the "monstrous supplement" ass addi-
tional evideuce of contempt for the financial control of the
Legisl.itute The same paper censures a like appropria
tion ol httv thousand francs, for the cost of the funeral ser
vices on the 13th July last, consecrated to the memory of
tne Uuke ot Urle.ins. Liast year four hundred thousand
wer claimed for the funeral. .The National opines that
when France is sad and naked to share the sorrows of the
Royal Fa'nily, the Jatjer should bear a portion of the ex-
penses. We have adIccs from Algeria of a foray against an
Arab tribe of the dese.'t, which yielded twenty eight thou-
sand shvep, seven hundred head of cattle, and a great num-
ber of camels? This is called a magnificent razzia. An
ufficeroftheRoy.il household was dispatched to Algiers
to tender to General Bugeaud the nomination and insig-
nia of Marshal of France. At the grand reception, he de
livered a speech containing frank statements worthy of no-tic-
in relation to French prospects and policy in Africa:
''i'h country js v:ei powered by arms, but it is not yet
subj cled and organize-d. If we wish a permanent con-
quis', ve : .-t aisiiuilate the Arabs to ourselves; they
cannot b; e .,: ti&ud, nor driven away from the pro-
vinces. Two Jiij.-i .r- d thousaud troops would not suffice
to push tnem into the desert or keep them there. How-
ever numerous your forces, they could not occupy so vast
a surface of territory, of which the configuration enables
the Aiabs to escapjynu in a variety of directions before
and behind. Trav. j. rsand publicists may give what sta-
fan 's tVy phas hi.'? tho Arab population is not less than
! ei;'hi .i:!i!!ons. to hai we penetrated into the "vast lnten-
Jnr - ro'ixil ijiilc-h' conidi raL-lf thir numbers must
j br si- dp -. -'t 'il'.ure of the soil anu the amount of
in cm, s. vie. J in .mneciion ivith the short time they
apiJ in ti;i. i'.. '!e men alone execute. We have
oi n able to fo.-ir up Miniate, moicr er, by the populous-
tKcsof the iiiaciy wlb's that have regular ly submitted to
car dominion All aie trained to war; every boy, from
the age of fifteen, possesses a gun and a horse: every Ka-
bvle knows how to handle his gun. Civil colonization
3 will not answer alon the purpose ot ep;pi-.-; we mis!
- 3kiuw tuijjt.wv 'j-jin. r-i 'u ii .j. i .n.aiv IV -
tis: and thus nroiect th-1 .. f . ( ..- ... a
j -- - - -- j- -- - , -. t
r.'iin perpetually iu Africa r j
.J - '. - ' wo? You k -u-" - : .-, .
- : : '" it tsinane.on- uuj A t...cu ' c
uUi'j
u slie countr',
t ,
it"d then w!p' ",r i 'b
M'i . . - - .iJ bridges, and wiu
hu u iiit t,u c .,. : n.ui been their lot :n . ,,
ccuuter. I have convt-yni mei .. lb" substance of some
of his paragraphs: he may over-rate the Arab population ;
i; ; .-Jnc'ip .-or thret i illions, the task befoi' -r.
Frencti ;. .-.till stem 1 1, udous, in advertin-Arab-cha":aer,
habits, climate, soil d . :
tains."
The question (if indeed, for i n t i. . . " . , . -(
,: ,.-non in the mind of any on. tiding zy$ aLii n , t . ,, . -. -Me.he
the Biitish Government iwimadsita ,oi.', -r. j '".,"
neirolulmns w t'i Texas, to com p.-l negro e.-nancsra: i. u i - C'.z,p5 . '
that Republic, as. y now, we suppose, be considered sni . i
Th British M.n.stcr ot Foieign Affairs, m his pi:.--3 in I
..imr-m, ailxiHlsibe fact, ..fid Lord Brougham h .rays
ine motive. iins uiunvu iu ijiuie iium uum t. isin.i-.-.
through Texas, tho Southern States may be op.futed on, j
andslarfry extinguished in them. The d.stinclst-ss and j
KildiiPSo of th s announ-emenis indicate that ti,e plot is j
. ..'.. r;. t- .i. r-.. .... .i.
Ci.ty iij--r ti t. uui ei.... i. m i.tji i.i ii..-tufiv. t(.t . i
iif c 3i f .tin ouhi.c.1 :: 't.ovihi'irdisitr,& -ii5'' - "
It is not m accoid.'cci. vmi;
gsrd i r-th-r . ti'n ..niilihiy have them lo a tram to J
fed pr.-tiy cr:om .;:!:: i; arcomphshment. Now thai ad- j
mission is e-hurly made then fore, after so long a time of j
equivocation that Texas has Leen approached with pro-
oos..:s o. i 'i k. ti.u'uu iu ii:u. i-.ns .luuiiit: iju.uii.otr-
5- iitl rhu -J e exactly th" si.ige to v.hifh the ne'gG-;
tialmos h.i-J mivcJ -vv. nt"ed m.t Ufiurpnacd at any'.e- I slntt-d that they saw no Mexican troops on the Nueces, al-
swit :j d ,y or an hojr m:.y develupe. iho.:fh they he.ud it rejiorted that theie were troops sla-
But, whatever may be the present slate of the negotia
tions whatever may be the present iristruc!;ons for the
British Iinist r, nc are not left at all in the dailc as to
the liisimatr d -itis nnd intrntions of Britain We are
.is$':n-j that all ih- ajpi:r.nces o' coerci::u and persuation
:ti .i i'. En -U! b'-:i I an nils' ih.it, by pressing ' the I
vU eve.-j ju:l, mum i.i uietT power,
her Mai-sly' .Ministers intend to follow up their prtsuit!
.!.; .jJti
n iiMnti."-is hi 3 oxas. with a viw to the d strunioi. of :.,-:py-
Markets -of Georgia, the Carulinns. md Virgm.,i," ,nJ i
of 'uliimatclv extmauishlUL' alaverv thiouchout the whole .m rnn ir?!p' wpr. niMvirLl hv thn ?.1pxii.:tn nmrnifl I
of America" " " ,s0pa tho Rio Giand.1, their coods ouh! be 8eed and gaiH;, and until evidence is furnished that tl
j TheriouthernStates.now, therefore, know what gro:indj'3r: . , a - prt the F.xccu'ive wore bad, uoshnll eontinue to
. , -at upon auu nave ;-- - - "P-uneer fin p" ; lhal hc ha3 b,Jen acturUed in h;3
enemy. Tho avowed enemy and the palpable danger arc spring, and who intended to lemovc to Castro's colony, by a smcere desire l0 promote t.ie good of th
before them : and thev will take steps accordingly. Can
there be two opinions as to the proper course to be pursued
in the emergency-? Do we misstate thesentiments of the
people of the south when we say that, in no event, will
they suffer Texas to be converted into a place of refuge
for runaway slavesja nest for English negropholists, and
a nursing place for servile insurrections in the States?
"By pressing negotiations, and by every other means in
her power," England is bent upon this result. By pres-
sing negotiations, and by any other means that may be
necessary on the part of these States, it must be prevented.
iV. O. Bulletin.
THE TELEGRAPH.
EDITED EY FRANCIS MOOUE, Jr.
Houston, Wednesday, JYov. 1, 1843.
We have learned with regret, that the President is op-
posed to a reduction of the tariff! and will probably recom-
mend in his annual message to Congress, that it remain
unchanged. We had hoped that the many evidences with
which he has been furnished during the last two years of
its injurious influence upon the country, would have in
duccd him to recommend a modification of the tariff! that
would render it more acceptable to thecitizens. Duringlhe
period that it has been in operation, the commerce of the
middle and western sections of the republic has bttn ccn
stantly declining, and in the eastern sections it has txerted
- Lemoxatizin inflnun jnbjbhLmgip injurious in its
tendency than any pecuniary evils it has occasioned. The
voice of the whole, country as it were calls for a change,
and it must be n subject of sincere giicf to eery patriot1,'
that the opinions of the Executive are opposed to those of
the people upon this question. This being the fact, how-
ever there is but one alternative left. The Congress must ,
j aupply the dtficie-nries ot the Executive. A few wetks
since, we doubtfd whether there would be a constitutional
majority in the piesmt Congiess opposrd to the policy of
the Extcutive, relative to this snhjtct. Weyno lcngr. r en-
leitain doubts upon this que. vim. "VVe have ascertained
the vhws of u larg' numbi : ( t the rpregi ntativis elecud,
and are confident thallhtie if a very large irnjorit) in
favor of a judicious modification of the tariff 7 he Eas-
tern numbers almost to a man, are pledged either to ad-
vocUe its total repeal, oi to reducr h. The members of
ihe middle counties, with perhaps one exception, aie pledg-
t0 l0 suvontc its reduction; and most at the Western
i rncTibeis are- also in favor of-redueinc it or of abolishing
jit entirely The pailv in favoi of its entire abolition is
evidently in the minority. Lnst year this party comprised
half ol the members of the Houe of Representatives, nnd
the bill for it repeal of the tariff was, we bclierc, loft by
a tie vote. If this party, instead of persisting in a fruitless
effort to repeal the tariff, had joined with tho modi rate
p irty r.n voltd for the bill introduced by General Dame II
of San Augustine, lo reduce the duties lo an average rate
often per cent, this bill would probably have passed by a
constitutional majority in both Houses, and we should now .
be sharing the benefits of a comparative!' just and equit-
able revenue law. Thai bill, however, was lost, and with
it for that year, were lost the hopes of remedying the
evils, the opponents of the tariff so justly deprecated.
Wc hope the causes that led to its failure, will prove a
warning to those who Teally desire to relieve the country
from the almost intolerable burthen of the present tariff
They should ever bear in mind, that the business of
legislation can only be conducted securely by forbear-
ance and moderation. The man and the party that is
inflexible, will almost certainly be defeated: But by
yielding in some instances to prejudice, in others to
passion, the legislator may often effect compromises that
will result to the common welfare of his fellow-citizens.
If the tariff is to be modified this session, it can only be
done by compromise. Prejudice and party feeling must
be cast aside, and all who really desire to promote the best
1 interests of the country must act in concert to ensure
success.
Victoria. A gentleman who lately ariived from
Victoria, has informed us that the business of tbis once
thriving town is almost completely destroyed, and there is
scarcely a store in the place. The citizens, however, still
retain a share of the enterprise that has always character-
ised them, and are endeavoring to improve the navigation
of the Guadaloupe, so as to turn the trade of Gonzales and
the settlements above it towards Victoria. The few French
families that settled near this town have suffered many pri-
vations. They were poor, and were in some instanc s de-
pendant on the charity of the settlers. They expected to
find a a paradise in Texas, where they would obtain the
comforts ard .- Ii mncs of life with little labor, and of
' i' ' ;'r- : ." ra' nft'.o b:.ta-..r ;s-5Pi'
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Lsu ot --:r:n ii o'"l 'sdr, .'!-. nare 'srl!-;
GaaiJblejrps o. a irg or by e?roe otnev rr,C2,
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,iv.'.Ci'!- uslc;': sr4 ftifcgifctf n: h.'jh fic autf.?"" shj
'is ct.iai-ii.'as a it- fe&d --. i.j-js'v b -3 Aet"dja:--
melanehv ly .: !. cw','iiaac?. zn . - riea L,cn;e -
. me, and ifAnpn.4 Out ,- i our.-.i hit- wcr ii.-7fi tie
.t. offtrntH-U' v u wStHchi lhes!ndv-banf:of.a Guaria
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jf iw, f, nbj- cs'ou'-"! ' ei e!d . s-.i ? oi ris
per s.icd in u
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d,,lIt ,hey fcave CJUSfd f.y fedfem liies
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persons to emigrate ton nsw country, iu whicu they know
net how to procure a swppoit they would shrink with
j,orror from ;wr work or fiaud and corruption if thrir
is jf1 ;:' - 'h'-'.Jy cilices to . very fetiJng rnuever-
,co -
Bkkap.. We learn fioni a gentleman who left Bexar
fcw days clnce, that no further news has been received
fiom tho Rio Grania. A fev traders who lately arrivrd,
lioncdonthe western bank of that stream. Capt. Hays
with a party of rangers has gone out to the Nueces and
intends to scour the country from the sources of the rivtr
to S.in p.tricio.und ascertain whether there are any Mcx
;CiU, troops on its b.mks. The tr-ide of Bexni is very dull.
T. a . jiiPYirnn ,rnt,,rr. who nrriifd hinn.rhi IhiIh rr,.-m-
- ,w.- .... -& - ..-w..
and staled tint they
vere afraid to purchase rrwrf
;o0fis. us they were compelled to smuggle th-m uuo iV
ir.
I'have suffered ureatlv from the acclimative fever. Many
of lnem cra,vratcd from Paris a'nd other cities in France,
and were quite unacquainted with agricultural pursuits
they were also very poor and had but a scanty supply ol
the necessaries of life. It was scarcely possible, therefore,
for them, to escape disease even in the healthy climate of
Bexar. A large portion of them finding that they are un-
able to succeed in agricultural occupations, are preparing
to return to France, or to New Orleans.
Gen. Lamar was at Galveston on the 17th. He was
in very bad health.
American Fleet. It has often been rumored that a
large American fleet would be sent to the Gulf. This
rumor, we learn from good authority, will scon be veri-
fied. The Vandalia, the Savannah, and one or two armed
steam ships will probably soon bo dispatched to the coast
of Mexico. Possibly President Tyler apprehends that
the secret expedition, that has been fitting out at Vera
Cruz, may interfere with the American commerce in the
Gulf.
The passengers who arrived on the Dayton from Gal-
veston state, that the U. S. Scbr. of war Flirt sailed from
Galveston for Vera Cruz on last Thursday morning.
Gen. Murphy went out as passenger on the Flirt. The
object of his visit to Vera Cruz is not known. He has
heen quite sick for some weeks, and possibly may visit the
city of Mexico, or Merida, in Yucatan, to recover his
health.
The District Court of Galveston County, commenced
its session on Monday, the 23rd inst.
Cotton Crop. The crop of cotton on the Colorado
and in all the undulating regions of Texas, has been but
little jnjured by the late rains. Many of the planters will
be unable to pick out all the cotton they have raised. The
plantations near the coast have been injured to a great ex-
tent. Thf average crop of Jefferson, Liberty, Brazoria
and Matagorda counties will not probably exceed half a
bale to the acre. More cotton however, has been planted
in those counties this season than the laet, and the aggre-
gate crop will probably be greater than that of last year.
Sickness ajiono the Indians. Several gentlemen
who have arrived from the frontier, mention that several
of the Indian tribes have been greatly afflicted with sick-
ness this season. In some of the tribes nearly one-fifth of
the warriors have died. The sickness seems to have been
more fatal with the men than with the women apd child-
ren. A few weeks since, twelve or thirteen Indians, be-
longing to a small lodge near Bastrop, died within two or
three daj's. The symptoms of their disease, we learn,-
werc similar to those of the conjestive fever. The Indians
have not suffered so much from disease for many years.
Probably the long continued and heavy rains have been
the main cause of this sickness. The warriors who have
been necessarily exposed while hunting, and, owing to the
difficulty of procuring game, been deprived of their accus-
tomed supply of wholesome food, have suffered most from
its effects.
The small schooner Susan was lately driven ashore off
the mouth of the Sabine, and it is supposed she has gone
lo pieces.
The editor of the Civilian says the account wc lately
published relative to the sale of the two vessels belonging
to the Navy was incorrect The account was derived
from a gentleman who attended the sale, and as the editor
of the Civilian has furnished no evidence to contradict it
we shall consider it correct until he furnishes proof to the
contrary. If he had published an accurate account of the
transaction, we should cheerfully have published it; for
we desire to promulgate the truth, although we sometimes,
deem it advisable not to publish the whole truth. Nei-
ther the editor of the Chronicle nor the News has contra
dicted the account we published. The editor of the Ci
vilian says that the sale of the vessels was not prevented
by threats or menaces. He does not deny that they were
made however, and it is possible, that they bad some influ-
ence in preventing the sale. He adds :
,:Every one here, we believe without a single excep-
tion, is anxious to see kept up a Navy equal to the means
the Government can furnish for its support; every one is
opposed to selling, at present, any of the vessels, and every
one condemns the secret law under which the sale was or-
dered ; but at the same time a majority of the citizens of
Galveston are equally decided against any violent inter-
ference with public officers in the discharge of their du
ties, and with the rights of private citizens; and no fears
need be entertained that the civil authorities, sustained and
supported by the people, will fail to vindicate the constitu-
innt and laws founded upon the constitution of the coun-
Yh..w Vu-:s quo'ed th6 language of the Civilian we
jsu'bj-jifi ?ce remarks of the Ca'vecioa Cnronicie- relative j
I ie e jsiendat sale of the Ship Austin and the b..g I
1 WLj.-vh It? Chronicle savs: -
-As ic prcc.oicd ome time ago, the sale -j.' ths r::t7r,
; or jatbff i'-i3 ztiiZipicd sa!e, or more proper :i: theAic:-!
"; ug a, ck.?3Ctead .---iih in.i Archer ;iv.c San Bernard if
i We now aavenised in tne Ct'.idu. our ncl-le ship J
' 4'siii unci tsaitt ml bri" VVHinon!' itro.v H'if'j -v
I ' i.ts 'i's-r :' -iniveston to say, whtrh"-'?5
. -.- . j- .-. '- ;,ri.-f ;i2. '? '.') the Executive Nf.v
!
01,;-'
in -is one c .J.r.'-m lorm.'i one. vv uuo oeiKvein.u
cL- , .n tm iorm.'i one.
ttt t i . . i .
i
' . . r. .1 :.. .t : .1.. ,-. ..IJ
11 tilt ' 3. is jirsisitu in in: i Hit; me uieseui uuseuiiu
2iate oi .jflai'-b. (th. Civilian to the-contrary notwithstand-
m.) the PEOPLE will, if not by 'threats and menaces,'
by something more effectual, put a ttop. ?.id forever, to
the arbitrary, Uailorous, and suicidal policy of the Exec-
utive." ,
Perhaps the truth lies between the two articles. We
concur in opinion with the Civilian that "no fears need be
entfi turned that the civil authorities, sustained and sup-
ported by the people will fail to vindicate the Constitution
and laws founded upon lhe Constitution," but when the
civil authorities attempt lo vindicate laws not founded up
on the Constitution, they may fail to be sustained by the
people. We regret that the editor of the Chi onicle should
apply the word 'traitorous' to the conduct of the Exccu
tive. Whatever may be his errors, we have noevidenre
that he has been treacherous to tho country,& by applying to
the President the terms the latter has unjustly applied to a
gallant and faithful naval commander, the editor of the
Chron.cle has iuJirectly debarred himself from lhe right
tirnaure.
Ve hold that every public officer as well as every private
utizen should be regarded as innocent until he is proved
ie motives of
entertain the
public- conduct
e country.
Whether those ads will xeally tend to the good of the
country time must determine.
New Road. Many of the planters 'residing on the
Brazos and its tributaries are exceedingly anxious to have
a good road laid out extending in a direct line from Hous-
ton to the Brazos river. Owing to the bad state of the
roads now in use, they are-compelled during wet weath-
er, either to remain at" home, or to carry thrir pro-
duce to Galveston or some of the towns near the
mouth of the Brazos, at much risk and at nearly twice
the pxpense they would incur in transporting it to Hous-
ton upon good roads. During a portion of the year these
planters have no work for their oxen and hands, and if
there were a gooaSj route,- to this city, they could,
send their producejin their ownRfeams to thismarket with
out suujecung lueinseivesiDyscarceiy any expense. Jont
if they transport it by stearalboatjfiby the Brazos, they are
compelled to pay.one-orrtv'oojlars per cwt for all tho "
produce they send'to .market "This is a heavy tax, and
they are willing to aid in constructing a good road to en-
able them to transport it to market witn" their own teams.
The citizens of Houston are also deeply interested in this
matter. They will not only lose a large share of the
trade of the most fertile and populous sections of Texas;
but suffer a decline in the value of their property unless
some efforts are made, to open a communication with the
settlements on the upper Brazos. They have often been
taxed to theamouut of hundreds of dollars, for the want of
good roads to the interior. It isbut a few weeks, since
the ordinary necessaries of life were suddenly raised
in valueXtwo or three hundred per cent owing1 to the bad
state of the roads leading into the inferior. For instance :
Butter which had been selling from seven to ten cents per
pound was raised to 35 or 40 cents a pound; corn that had
been selling at 30 cents a bushel was raised" to 81, potatoes
that bad been selling at 30 cents were raised to 75ce!tsa
bushel ; beef that had been selling at two cents .
pound was raised to four cents a pound and other
articles in proportion. These, high - prices continued
four or five weeks during the wet weather. Tho
citizens of Houston by this sudden rise of theprices of pro-
visions were probably compelled to pay at leasf $1 000
more for the provisions they consumed than they would
have paid, if the roads had been good, and the cuTtomary
supply of country produce had been received. Thissum
would be nearly sufficient to complete a good road to the
Biazos. This tax has been paid in one summer, but du-
ring the last four years a tax fully equal to tbis has doubt-
less beeu paid annually. If the 84,000 thus paid for un-
necessary taxes had been expended in improving the roads
to the interior, excellent roads would now be found
connecting the Brazos, the Trinity, and possibly the Col
orado with Houston; and the trade of the fertile andpop-
ulous vaUies of those streams would all centre at tbis point.
The business of this city would thus be increased four-fold
and'the value of property would have advanced in propor-
lion. These facts are well worthy the consideration of ev-
ery person interested in the prosperity of Houston, and we
hone some measures will be speedily adopted to secure to
our city the advantages, thathave been too lcn- neglect-
ed. S I
History or Mexico. We have recently perused a
work entitled Mexico in 1842, containing a description of
the country and:a sketch of its history, in which is added
an account of Texas and Yucatan, published by Charles
J.Folsom of New York. This work appears to "be a
brief compilation' from the works of Humboldt, Ward,
Pike, and other writers: and we believe is generally
accurate in its details. It will be found a very con-
venienrV book for reference bySH who desire to obtain
accurate1 information relative to Mexico.
z
Exchequers. The collector at Galveston commen
ced receiving.tne Exchequer bills at"80.cent3 on t&e dol-"
lar on Wednesday last There are few of these hills now
in circulation, and as the imports are increasing, we may
reasonably expect that they will soon be nearly at par.
They are now passing in most of tieastern counties at
75 cents on the dollar.
m
P
ollars are now in
circulation in many sections, and aTew gilded dimes have
been passed for half Eagles.
The Trinity. This river has. recently been quite
high, but did not overflow its banks, and commenced fall-
ing on the 20th. The Vesta during the highstage of
waterascended to Cincinnati. She retained a few days
since to Galveston. " .
The Maiis. We receive almost daily complaints rel-
ative to the irregularity of the mails in the eastern sections
of the republic. We have not received any numbers of g
melted Lender nor any other eastern papers for the lasU
,our weeks, and our agent whohas just returned from
Rsdirer, states that cur subscribers in that section denote
r - 'cive V.m c-rers more tb-n oacu sr twice i the
c-?r,e or w or taree nionuja Seunetsceeajjack- - "f
naiI a &zea w; I be. reoeied. ard at crberslSfis i,.
- 7 compleift ib-st we otthe mail riders throv
tbesi " "'hfn ther aadJIe Jjs ari iiy 'wy J
"' "u .UWk KKWK '' "";i! -' a ' Ul"i au" irieyareo:i a
j- ,... .t.., u. uuu;-ii ,;, iiansuw LlieiUUr OI gtl'lc-
'. T..th -"V, wwrl t-rf-irt rt i.f.)TK.. .U . . ...
IR0I;:' :caI the suhscrib-.-s cat: scarcely read th'ir. a
t-.-tv i:j .-. - .
-' ---- -
Wene-.d not say we hope theses evils
will h. ra'iiatW.iA J( t Itc. rFKr,..r- .r. .-. ... !
--... ..w.. n nituiui.i:ij uiyutciumcui imvBaeg.
iecttd the mails for two years, we can hardly "expect any
improvement at present.
Judge Jack arrived in town on Wednesday last, and we
are happy to add, that he has entirely recovered from his
late illness.
The Secretary of State arrived in town on Wednesday
last
The Ship Austin and the Brig Wharton have been ad-
vertised for sale by the Naval Commissioners' at Galves-
ton. It is tjuite improbable however that they will be sold:
and we are sorry for the credit of the government, that it
should take a part ia another ridiculous force, which
might well be styled "much ado about nothing."
Sugar Crop. The sugar crop of Louisiana is esti-
mated at one third less than the crop of last year. A
writer in the Opelousas Gazette mentions that the cane in
consequence of an unfavorable season has not attained its
usual size. The greater part of it has but few joints and
will yield very little sugar. The cane raised in Texas
will also yield little sugar. Owing to the wet season, it
grewvery large; but the juice is very watery and con-
tains little sacharine matter.
The Queen of England prorogued Parliament on the
24th August. In her speech from the throne she avowed
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