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Hon. T. Pilsduits
Dear Sir Enclosed pleases find a copy of preamble
and resolutions adopted by a. public meeting held in the
town of San Felipe on the 24th of November-
lls unnecessary sir for me to add to the sentiments so
-folly expressed in the resolutions. They contain our
eminrentSj and ills our deslrethat you-will accept them
- as"ihe expressed will of our-county. Your character is -welfTtnown
to us and we haye Apt been hasty in making
choice of yon to represent our interests In the Congress
of the United Stairs The meeting instructed me to fu
nish you with a copy of the preamble and resolutions
(which. I take pleasure in doing) and jequest ) our answer
thesothe. " - -
s cplngyou will'duly appreciatejurehtiments and
accepiahein'omination v - .'
Vi "T" " lluivfc iho.fionor to remain.
. ixour mosi uueuifui iei vum
;; t " EDWIN WALLER
- - ... u.j:.. . -
'Chairman.
RniTftnTAtSthnpp ...JR45
TtIonEdwinWaLler Chairman ' -
UEARStR-phave the honor to a knowIi3ge the re-
ceipt cf.ypurcommunicatio"n dated the 9th instant con-
"lainingtne proceedings of a public meeting held at Sun
Felipe on the 24th of November solicitinjfme to bpcome
n candidale for- Representative loathe Congress of the
United Stated
Tiiis testimonial of consideration from the citizens of
t Austin county Ireceive with sincere and gratefuPVespect.
1 acceptJjieMnyitation of my fellow citizenstp become
a candidate for Representative to Congress. '
However iar-l may come shojlnf 'theability so gene-
rously ascribed to me'in -tlte resolutions I shall entewipon
the canvass with a sincrre desire to do'tio discredit tolhe
good -opinionoftbose by "whom "they -were adopted.
Should the suSVagesof my fellow-citizgnsrelecrmfi lhir'
Representative injCongresr all'my faculties shalljie ex-
cricil uiinIeavoring'TO'earn the"?n putation lEe resolu-
tions so kindly award to meadvance. lr" -
I'ask through you iMrChairman to express lo the
meeting at San Felipe my grateful stnse of their kind
confidence: ancljbr the flattering manner in'which you
have conveyed lo me.the "desire of the meeting please
accept liiy profoiind'acknowli dgmenls.
1 have the honor to remain dear sir
your obliged humble servant
T. PILSBURY. '
-v- v City of Houston Dec. 16th 1845.
Gen'M. Hunt
Dear Sir Our separate existence as a Government
haying nparly terminated and the period for the consum-
ation of the measure of Annexation having also arrived
it 'now behooves us as citizens of the State as individuals .
and members of the community lo settle upon such per-
sons as fiom their puhlic services ancplong tried merits
are calculated to-take charge of our interests as a State in
ihe Senate of the United States. We are u el aware from
our own knowledge of your standing as a gentleman the
part you have borne in the struggles of the country for
National freedo . the reputation you acquired for us as r
"the first accredited agent ofTexastothe Government of
the United States your strict attachment to Democratic
principlesr and finally though not least your efficient
exertions in accomplishing the annexation of Texas to her
1-Tnrlro.l Monnln .ntit1n tinn In hf rpcrfjfnefl fQ nnp nf f hp
.x.v.- 1...- - jw- ...... ..& ; ...w
public men of the country whose srrvices may again be
nlledJnto action as the associaof Gen'L Houston ii?
the Senate of nhe United Sutrt; we very respectfully
therefore call upon you to Icdo'w whether it Avill be con-
iislent with your inteiestjan congenial to your feelings
to allow your name to be made use of among your
friends as a suitable one to be presented to the Legislature
of Texas to fill in conjunction with our illustrious fellow
citizenGen. Uoason the important and responsible sta-
tion of Senatorid'the Congress of the United States.
. We expectour reply to this note at an early day.
' "' Yours very respectfully.
A- WYNNS
m WILLIAM P. MILBY
. ' J. W. HENDERSON.
-
w Houston Dec. 20lh 1845.
jESjLEN;rV
I havu had'the honor to receive your complimentary
noleof Che 16th instant.'inriting me to allow my name to
be placed before the legislature of the State of Texas for
ihe office 'of Senator in the Congress of the -United Slates.
Tbedulfes which will devolve on the first representa-tivi's'-ofthe
State of Texas in the Senate of the United
Stales will indeed be "important and responsible" and
that I should be looked to as one of those best suited to
fill one of those stations by gentlemen oT your -experience
in public a flairs is lo me a source of hi?h ratification :
ami in reply to your-invitation I have to say lhat should
votiacftL my other friends think proper to place mv name
bpforelheLfgislatureund I should be honored with the
distinguished station which your parlialilyliaslnvited me
to allow my name to be used for it will be accppted and
ihejirincrplps of thecreat Democratfc party introducpd
and'taugbt by Mr. Jeffersnp and since maintained and
taught b' the illustrious Jackson principlts which 1
nave always advocated will b -st ictly adhered to by me. -
- ' ' X an w"n greal respect gentlemen
tl Your obedient servant -
5f ; .MEMUCAN iHUNT.
Toteisk A. Wynns W. P. Milby and J. W. Hen-
dersqnEsquires. "
Tht Business of a Christian Nation during One Hun-
drednd TtcenlisevcnYears. Great Britain has spent
GSyearsin.war and 62 in peace. She borrowed in seven
wars u-hich occupied 'the 65 years 834000T000. Tn
thesame time she jaised bytaxes 1189000.000 thus
forrnmgsa total expenditure or$8982I20 000 in our
enrrenry. -This enormous um extorted from the taut- J
strained sinews of labor uould have constructed fiftern
railroads around ihe globe allowing 825000 per.milel
To raise another s ich sum would itquire a lax of 810 on
every human being on thegiobel The inter st of this
sum for orifmpnih at five per cent. excerds thewhole
amount contributed sby the whole Christian world for
preaching the gospel ufibe heathen for the last ihousmd
years! -
Washington City
" .. Nov- 17J845 5
MS1 William Cjones Dear Sir .-The Bulletin
of the 8tti!instrwas duly received to-day and this evening
scanninglts columns my altentioh vjasarrested by an ex-
tract hhm the Houston Telegraph commencing ''Im-
mense Fps3iIJRemaid3 " If you -will find it convenient
toHnsertihe following in your paper it may call out sorae
reminiscences."
When'in the latter part of 1805 I-visited for the first
time that fine section of Louisiana comprising Ojielousas
and Attakapas I got acquainted with Dr. Raphael Smith
wno informed one that on the Op'elousas side of the .bayou
Carrion Crow some very large bones had been found.
On further inquiry I learned that the late enlightened and
.highly respectable Martin Duralde had in a letter to the
learned William Dunbar of Natchez informed the latter
gentleri?an of the fact of the discovery of the Temains I
havefmetjtioned and stated further that the Indians found
ihercjat'the first settlement made by the E'rench about the
middle of last century had a tradition that the name of
the'Boyou in their language meant Bayou Carrion .
Crow and wasgiven from the circumstance that in the
days of their fathers an enormous wild beast came and
died there w
The asiomshing fact was that the Indians pointed out
the spoU .and stated that the vast flocks of the Carrion
Crows whjcb came to devour the flesh of the monster in-
ducedibetr fathere tdjgive name to th3 Bayou. The spot
pointed put was as I have staled on ihe Opelousas side
cihe Bayou and near a house inhabited when I was
there in 1804 by a man of the name of Burleigh. A
wash of a rut by rain disintered the remains at the very
place pointed out by the Indians. Dr. Raphael Smith and
some other persons with myself found a grinder tooth as
weH as I San -remember about four inches across.the face
and jjix-inches in length. On the same visit I lodged one
pight with Mr. Durante who informed methatbehad in
his letter to Mr. Dunbar stated what he could learn on the
subject and that Mr. Dunbar had communicated the in-
formation to the Philosophical Society at Philadelphia
and lhat it was. publish' d in one of the vol. of the Trans
actions of the Society. Mr. Duraldegate me thejiumbr r
of thewolume in which I rea'd the account many years
afte?wards.
My residence or at least that of my family was from
1805-to JSloai Opelousasbut f had too much to do to
procure bread to have time to seek fossils The subject is
one how ever of -very intense interest and with many
umers uisimiiar imponnnce goes lar io jusihv me conclu-
sion that the time is comparatively not very remote when
trje Mastodon or fossil Elephant was lVaclual existence.
The' tooth I saw was that of the Elephant.
. 'Yours t WILLIAM DARBY.
.the" te1;egraphT
EDITED BY HANCIS MOORE Jr.
Houston Wednesday JBec SB 1845.
Appointments by President Polk As there no
longer appears to bea shadow of doubt lhat our new Con-
stitution will be speedily ratified by the American Con
gress it willsodndevolve uponPresidentPolk to appoint
the several officets of the genetal government whtJareto
'exercise their duties within tbe limits of-the new Slate '
We have' received information' from various respectable
sources that hebas long'since ex pTessed a determination
to'select none but-citizens of 1 exas fortbese appointments.
The gratification we derive f ronf this information- how-
ever ism some degree alloyed by learning that already
crowds of importunateapplicnnts are besieging the Piea
dent to extort from him "ihe promise of aa-appointment to
some one of these offices. It is said "that not lets than five
hundred applications have been made: and ere the organ-
ization our State government this number may be
greatly increased We have learned thnt among these
applicants are some individuals who now claim to be
Texians: who had abandoned the country in disjjust de-
claring lhat they never intended to return to it: but since
il ofTers the glittering allurements of officis under tr"e
United Stales Government they are proud to claim it as
their adopted land and now lavish upon it the most ex
travagant praises. Among the applicants who are really
entitled to the appellation of Texians we are hapy to say
there are several of .oux most-estimable citizens"; . men
whose-characters are unblemished and who have stood
by the country through good and ill report. But iiile
these with becoming modesty are preerring their claims
we regret to say others are found whose characters are
blackened by degrading vices: but who by their great
activity and unremitted importunity are endeavoring to
supplant their more worthy but Ies3 importunate coniptti
tors: We have witneul this struggle for .jffio- with
feelings of deep and poignant mortification ; aBd wejiave
some reason to fear lhat it will result in serious disdvan-
sorae reason I0 ear lnal t w resujl n serious
? l0 ?uc counlry- We are we" re lh
Presidmi
Polk is actuated by ihe most noble and generous motive?.
We know also that he is characterized by a discrimination
that has seldom been equalled by his predecessors:
but he has difficulties to encounter in making selections
that never affected them. Texas has until recently at-
tracted but a small share of the notice of the public men
of the Union.; and her citizens of real merit are compara-
tively little known out of the limiis of the Republic
Many of them are loo poor to visit Washington and en
gage in extravagant expenditures while they seek for
office Their poverty is not the result oHheTr own neg-
lect or indolence: but has been brought upon them by the
war thai has so long been prostrating the energies of the
counlry. These men although justly admired and
esteemed for their virtues and tdhnts in the panjuular
sections in which they reside are but little known it
Washington. It is scarcely to be e.pt ted that Pn-sidi nt
Polk can acquire accurate information respecting the
claims of many of our mo2t estimable citizens for they
have not the means of presenting their clnims to him in
their iruo character. Noisy bran ling politicians who
.have heretofore by accident or electioneering tricks bren
elevated to offices that they disgraced and who now
could scarcely be elected in a decent community tolhe
lowest office in the gift oL the pjople will press their
claims backed by petitions to which they have obtained
signatures by incessant impoitunh; and unless. President
Polk possesses a discernment and discrimination almost
super-humanhe will be liab!eto be deceived by their
or .ho Some of these men -we notice hayealready
j-. t.v.7v... .gn.jr i"kiiKuii cuuuis oi me union
ana induced them to believe that they are regarded as
eminent men in Texas - hen 'in fact we may justly say
here there are
"None so poor asdo (theni) reverence."
The day their glory has past; would that we could
say past is their day of shame
We have just reason to rejoice that PresiUe'nt Polk is
actuated by the most liberal and truly patriotic motives
and we cannot for a moment doubr that he will be duly
cautions in making his appointments. ' If he should
unfortunately err in any instance we shall cheerfully at-
tribute tbe error to causes over which human w isdom and
foresight could have little control. The appointing power
is one of the most delicate and'difficult trusts that the Exe-
cmiveris called upon to dfschargeT When "it is entiusted
to an ambitious and designingipolitician whose sole" motive
in exercising it is to advance his own interests the people
subjected to its influence have just reason to grieve as i
suffering under ihe rod of a Tyrant: but when exercised
by an honest upright and benevolent manactuaud by a
sincere desire lo advance the best interests of his'country
it proves a source of pure and unremitted happiness and
prosperity. President Polk has no unworthy ambitious
desires lo gratify. "He looks lo no political future"
Honest upright and benevolent in an eminent degree his
earnest wish is to promote'the political and moral advance-
ment of his country. Texas with cheerfulness and con-
fidence confides to him this high trust. By fillin"- her
officrs with men eminent not for talents only but for
moral worth he will confer upon her the highist benefits
that it is in the power of a Chief Magistrate to bestow.
-.Owing lo the bad condition of the roads the election
returns of but few counties haCe been received. The Red
Ltnder mentions'that Messrs." Sublet and Edwards have
beenIecled Representatives in San Augustine cutintv
Col. BR Wallace received a large majority of votes for
SetiBtor and is probabl y electtd. Gen. Henderson receiv-
ed 250 votes in lhat town and Dr. Miller 1 1. Gen. Dar-
nell's majority over Col Hoi ton in San Augustine was
60. The counties east of the Trinity have given large f
majorities for Gen. Henderson and Gen. Darnell.
Snow. On the 1st inst. snow fell to the depth ofthTee
menes at oiarKsviue in Jted JXiver county i
HARRIS COUNTY ELECTION OFFICIAL.
For Governor.
Henderson 318
Miller 236
- p. For Senator.
Brashaarr $r
McAnelly v
Henderson jLi
For Lieut. Go-vernor.
Darnel
Horton
317
229
20
196'.
117'
454t
373!
326.
297
A FdrRepresentaiives.
m
ray ' "
Smith j
Tankersley
Cooper
We learn that accompany of genilemen of .VIobile in-
leiiil establish a regular line of steam packets? between
I thai city.and Galveston; connecting the line ivilha Houston
by a line of light draft boats They expect ahat- tbe num
ber of migrantsthat will wish to remove to T xas by
this line and the increasing business bttween i bese cities
will yield a fair profit on the capital invrstid They cx-
pect.also perhaps to convey the U. S mail by this line
It is estimated that at least three hundred pais 1 1 igers fiom
Alabama Georgia and the neighboring States h ave passed
during the last month through Mobile and taken the
.steam packets at New Orleans for Galveston. The ordi-
nary rate of fare 'charged by the steamships 1 iom New
Orleans to Galveston is $20. The sum paid by these
passengers therefore during the month mus l be about
860 000. These gentlemen believe lhat a la i ge portion
of'the emigrants from the south eastern State s would be
induced to rmburkon thesteamshipsat Mobile ii "a regular
line should run from that city directly to Galvt 'ston.
Congressional Globe We have receivi :d the first
sheet of the Appendix to the Congressional G lobe pub-
lished by Messrs. Blair & Rives at Washif jton City.
It contafns the President's Message the repf ins of the
Treasury arrd War Departments and reports o i the pro-
ceedings of Congress up the 4th inst. The Aj ipendix is
lo be published regularly during the session of Congress
and will contain the full reports of the procc edings of
Congress The price of subscription is only $52 per copy.
As the" people of Texas are beginning to iden tify their
national interests with those of the Union they will find
this excellent work well worthy of pafonage.
The Washington Union of the 9th inst annoi mcea the
arrival of Gen. Dirntll in thatcitj with the oifii -ial copy
of the Constitution of the Slate of Texas. On th- 2 follow-
ing day the Constitution was transmits d to Con jress bv
President Polk and immediately afterwaids ri: solutions
for the admission of Texas into the Union were e fii red in
each House of Congress. The resolution offer d in the
House of Representatives by Mr. Douglass we I ave pre-
viously published ; another similar'to this was o fFered in
the Senate by Gen Dix of NewYork.
Wild Pigeons. Immense flocks of wild pigeons
have recently cor.gregati d in the woods tfear the i nouth of
the Trinity and in the lower portion of Mom gomerv
county. The presence of the se birds so near thr coast of
the Gulf is considered an indication of a seun winter.
The editor of the Natchez Free Trader mentio ns that
immense flocks of wild pigeons lesembling larg e black
clouds were seen passing over that city towards th e south
a few weeks since.
Pririedom We were recently presented- by the
author a neat little book tiituhd "Prairtedora: I'riam'-I.j-.
and Scramblis in Texas or Ni w Ea'erinndura " Ti5c
author visit d Texas a f w yars since. .nd I ratylhd
through most of th- sculed ponuuo ol Ut cou:n rv and
thia work miyje r. aardfl a a s-jrK? of i a v jklchfs
of the scns he-.wsttMi His hvflv and Uir'i 'tin du-
scnptions cannot Jaii io rentier the woi tc not only a 'tracfiie-
to Hit "old ietller" as ".til k theet!fMihf
r
Captive Boy
The Austin Register meniion f thit a
captive while boy has hi en found ar.-ong the Kt kapocs
by the Delaware Chief Jim Shan He wa& pu -chased
from the Commanches by the Kuf!?tipoos. tuid is sup-
posed lo be the son of Col Colm.in whose widonv was
murdered near Austin about si years ago Som d of the
riends of Col. Colman intend to purchase him of tl.c
Kickapoos.
. I r
jCherokee Difficulties- 'i;hc Ross parly ha e driv
en large numbers of the treaty party from their sett Jement3
in Arkansas and have murdered several more of the re-
latives of the Starrs A body of about one hundre d of the
treaty parly have fled to Foit King for proteclian and
small bands of the fugiiiv s are found in nearly all the
vilbiges and towns near the Cherokee reservation. The
intervention of Gen. Arbuckle has been of little a.vail in
checking the violence of the Ross party. It was reported
at Fort Towson th.it a party of warriors had crossed the
Red River and gone toxvards the Trinity to kill the
Cherokees who have jrccenlly been lo tbe Colorado to
selects new home for (heir relatives who are dissatisfied
with the Ross party.
Canal. A canal has been nearly complete d between
the mouth ofthe Nueces and the Espirito Santo Bay. It
Lis sijttit ii'tt wido and 3A- Fed lccp. This CanaJ Will pnn-
ble the light draft steamers lo pass directly from the Nueces
to the camp at Corpus Christi by the inland passage.
Wrecks. The Schooner Braunfels with a large
number of German emigrants bound from Galvesion for
La-Bacca Bay was lately driven ashore on Aransas Bar.
No lives were lost. The Sloop George Washington was
also wrecked lately neat AiansasBar.
Texian Indemnity The amount of the indemnity
which President Polk in his late Message recommends to
be paid to Texas we understand is nearly $100000.
About seventy five thousand dollars of this we believe is
forthe injury sustained by the disarming of Col. Soively's
men. If this sum should be paid to our government a
question will arise whether all oi a portion of it is to be
divided among the officers and soldiers of the expedition
or applied to the use ofthe State Governnipnt. If applied
to ihe use of the Slate it vould nearly defray the civil ex-
penses for the first year.
Fire in San Augustine The Red Linder men-
tions thata fire broke out in the storehouse of Col T G
Brooks in San Augustine on lh. morning nfthellih
which destroyed tbe store und dwelling houses of M
Wade Horton and Mr Thoma The prdperty destroy d
was valued ot .fifteen or twenty thousand dollns f'ol
Brooks is the principal sufferer
The Ohio river was completely blocked up wah ice
on the 9th inst and sc-ve-ial sttame rs loaded with flour
weie "frozen in" at the towns above Cairo. The news
hi st ihe navigation of ihe Ohio was thus closed for the
season caused the price of flour to advance slightly in N.
Orleans on ihe morning of ihe 20th inst.
Prosperity of Houston Not withstanding the bad
stale of the roads large numbers of teams daily arrive
from ihe interior with cotton and the business of the citv is
steadily increasing. Four or five new stores have been
opened here within the last month and we are informed
that several merchants are preparing to open stort-sassoon
as annexation is consummated There is not a house in
town to rent and several new buildingsare going up
The hotels are literally crowded with boarders The
value of real estate in this city has advanced at least a hun-
dred per cent within the last two months. The favorable
position which Houston occupies will necessarily render
il the depot of the most fertile and productive sections of
the upper Brazos and Trinity and the intermediate re-
gion It is quite probable that the whole trade of the vast
ind fertile region extending from the Trinity above Cin
cumati to tht Coloiado aLoe La Grange including an
area of 30000 square milt s will be diverted to this
city The tide of emigration now setting lo that fertile
region will ere long bear to this city treasures more
valuable than the mines of Chihuahua.
The steamship Galveston arrived at Galves'on on thp
22d inst and brought dates to the 20th inst. Dates have
been receivfd from Washington to the 11th insl; butai
lhat time Congress had not ratified the Constitution of
Texas Bills however had been introduced into each
House for the admission of Texas ino the Union and as
they were supported by a powerful majority no doubt
was entertained that they would be passed in a short time.
The Hon J Q Adams had presented several memorials
against the annexation of Texas and evinced a detaani
nation to retard the progress of any bill for theadmiron
of Texas as long as possible. Similar efforts will pro-
bably be made by Mr. Webster in the Senate.
The commercial news brought by the Galveston is
important. The advices by the Cambri-i had been re-
ceived in New Orleans and had caused a slight advance
:n the price of cotton. The price of flour and bread
stuffs has drclined. l300bbls. were sold in New York
after the arrival ofthe Cambria at 86 25 per barrel. In
New Orleans on the 19ih flour was selling at 86 25 for
Ohio and 87 25 for St. Louis fancy brands. Corn was
selling at 62 lo 65 cents ppr bushel.
By reference to the letter of the Hon. T. Pillsbury in
another column it will be seen that he has accepted the
nomination of his friends in Austin county and is now a
candidate for the office of U. S. Representative. This
gemleman is deservedly popular in all sections of Texas.
He was a staunch Democrat previous lo his emigration to
Texas and his political course here has been characterized
by unyi Iding integrity and independence. He has been
one of the firmest and most energetic advocates of Annex
ation and m Ins tour through a large portion of Texas to
aid in consummating this gieat measure he won odder?
pinions from all parties He is tht first candidate we
believe that has been nominated at a public meetino- for
thiJotffict1 and his talents and unquestionable integrity
tid patriotism evidently entitle him to the confidence of
his fellow-citizens.
"Wei were rejon.t-tl to receive several numbers of the
Northern Standard by the late mails. This paper is al-
w jys welcome: for although we have had some differ-
nets with us editor or rather he with us we h.ive always
!-i t-' i ihe candor and fr.in km ss with which he discuses
jtri vanouq q; -spons of public policy which attract his
affuuon l an. happy io learn from the recent num-
BsrsoMfets joltfual that the "Red River country" is steadi-
ly adv-siH m? in prosperity and continues to attract
crowds of oi'iitrrants l'Our fnend'ofthe Stamford mentions
tJj.Ulhe fe.irs. ihet were cotertaitii d stime months since that
there v.ould bea scarcity of corn in lhat section owing to
I the eevere (iio-ight have prov. d groundless He 'says
there is. a ldrg' quantity ot coin for sale in the vicinity of
ClarksvilK parts and other settlements along-the Rd
River. Several Germans were m Clarksvilieon the-24th
uh who were seeking for locations for forty German
families who were at Alexandria. 9
Fair Postponed We have been requeued to men-
tion that owing to the inclement weather the ladies ofthe
Baptist association have postponed the fair intended to
have been given this evening until further notice.
Important Improveme: A machine has been in-
vented by Dr. Putnam of New Orleans that may possibly
within a few years be of immense importance to our citi-
zens; as it may be useful in clearing out Red Fish
and Clopper's Bars so that vessels drawing six or eight
feet water may be brought directly to Houston. Experi
ments have recently been made with this machine at the
mouth of the Mississippi and a channel was readily
formed through the mud which forms the bar. The N.
O. Bulletin makes the following notice of these experi-f
ments :
"The machine used in the experiments was eighteen
feel long ten and a half feet wide and two and a half feet
deep with one cutter or scraper. The cubic contents
by calculation ten tons oTsand. The steamer in towing
the machine when filled exerted a power equivalent lo
107 horses. Many ofthe trials were made in water from
three to twelve feel in depth. In all cases the machine
filled rapidly say m leas than a minute or in dragging il
ibout twice its length. The load was discharged by
dragging to deep water where the machine emptied itself.
Time occupied in each dray from ten lo fifteen minutts
which includes the dragging running to deep water to
discharge the load rounding to and dropping machine
for a new drag. The bottom of the river in using the
machine should be free from logs and other obstructions
of cimilar mture as in every case in the above trials
whenever an obstacle of that kind was struck some part
oi me macninc was oroken
It is well known lhat Clopper's Bar is formed entirelyl
... J
of soft mud and steamboats in low water often plow near
lya foot deep on this bar. The above mentioned machine
could doubtless clean out a channel six or eight feet deep
in a very short time through this bar. At Red Fish Bar
some difficulty micht occur as there are extensive beds of
oyster shells growing along the bar. These beds probi-
bibly might be removed by other m 'ins. and the channe'
could be easily cleared by the Dredging Machine as the
main portion of this bir like that of Clopper's consists ol
a end and soft mud. We hope the day is not distant when
' h ?e bars will l.e so improved that steamers will run us
;iii.ii I v between Houston antl New Orleans as between
tin laltt r city and Galveston.
the pexsai
lines were no: and coald not be drawn when there was no
p.. t.i -.. v. i v siori !i.r s-ilted in thf iomphie I th' BriWh Plenipotentiary of Mr Polk s- proposition1
d.ira. J th. I B-r-fi b'U int was fi.st organJZPdJfe. ffm-Jmn paralM of i or'h kttttud asthe
... u.j-'-'' 'IfC I ween th" to eci:r 'r!"S so tar from off'rfe m
Th- C Unfe feonrevtr sta"shallbt8is fienrJic..l.ntf1 - "-1 '' fa- .. - . k..- -i
.; " j . f ill: ir-sti vc IWSli ui untie wv-k. vwtrsiu-
ns ate'ctea nro not uemocrais tie say "par'v d Hv S J ruish government Htse strp .ehjiny.
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Whig ticket." Col. T F. McKitmcy was elated Senator
and Messrs. Savage and Cbronican Representatives.
The editor of the News thus consoles himself:
"The agony is over the election is past and we-confess
ourselves beaten but our defeat is not so decided as to de-
stroy hope or everr lo create discouragements it has been
the result of our own folly and oversight rather than the
strength of our opponents."
The Elections. Vr a'fe unab!&1o give the result
ofthe vote in Fayette county officially. Hmdefsotl and
Horton received nearly the entire vote of the couu'y for
Gowrnor and Lieut. Governor.
ForSenator.it is pretty nearly dr'udfd betwfenJriabb
and Baylor Colorado to hear ftom which wilt most
likely claim the Senator. John F Miller ofltbal county
was a candidate. "
For Representatives James P. Hudson and Charles
Mullens were elected.
We learn thatCapt. Ben McCullough hasbren elect-
ed to the House of Representatives from Gonzules county.
In Travis county as far as he-ard from Henderson's
mujoniy for Governor over Miller is 111 Horton re-
ceived a majority of 69 dver Darnell for Lieutenant
Governor. Two precincts to be heard from
Gen. Edward Burleson is elected Senator for the Dis-
trict composed of Travis and Bjstrop Gen W. L Caz-
neau is elected to the House of Representatives from
Travis county.
In Bastrop county Henderson received a large majority.
Hon. E Mabry elected Representative by a small majori-
ty. Intelligencer. '&''
Letters from the United States ThePosr-
master General of the United States has contracted with
ihe proprietors oi the Steamships New Yortaand Galvrs-
len to'carry the mail between that city and NewrOrleans.
According to the new arrangement ten cents postage will
be charged on all letters forwarded by this mail from
New Orleans to Galveston and the letters will be de
tained at Galveston until the pos'age is paid. Persons in
the in'erior will be compelled to send to Galveston and
pay the postage there before they can obtain ihe letters
sent from the United States. Even letters on which post-
age has been paid in the United States wilf be thus de-
tained until the extra postage is paid. Thfs arrangement
will operate with peculiar hardship upon our citizens in
tbe interior: but the evil we hope will soon be remedied
by ihe consummation ol annexation when letters will bo
forwarded to ail parts of Texas at the same rates they are
forwarded to the oihersections ofthe Union.
Mormons. We learn that the people of the'ReaRiver
counties have been thrown into a state of alarm by a
report that aiiumber of Mormon families were emigrating
from Missouri to the colony in the Cross Timbers. A
similar report was circulated about four years since and
caused great excitement in that section : some oGthe set-
tlers threatened to turn out with their rifles and drive the
emigrants from the country: but their ire soon subsided
when they found that ihe reputed Mormons were'peace-
ful honest backwoodsmen from Kentucky and Tennesse.
We suspect that the recent report fs as unfounded as the
former. Il it should prove true however-the only legal
remedy for the evil will be to establish a missionary sta-
tion in that section. The Mormons doubtlesu:ouId be
converted with much less difficulty than the heathenand
they surely aie objects more deserving of compassion
than the Hindoos or Chinese.
Indians again We mentioned a few weeks since
when the late" treaty 'was made wfth the Indians at Tor-
rey's Trading House that we migbt'soon expect to hear
that some more horses had been stolen on the frontier
and our predictions are verified. A paity of hostile Indi-
ansJately stole six horses from the Tonkewa camp and
their tiail was discovered leading'to wards the Rio'Blanco.
It is supposed lhat ihe marauders wereVWacocs 7
Supreme Court. The Austin Register mentions
that Chief Justice Hemphill and' Judges NortonW.. J.
Joms R E. B Baylor and-J B. Jones were in attendance
on the Supeme Court in Austin.- -"
The StPamship Cambria arrivnl at Boston onttb&4th
inst and brought advices from Liverpool to the 19th Nov.
The principal item of intelligence is of a negative char
acler the ports of Great Britain are not likely to be
oppned for the free admission of foreign breadstuffs. The
price of flour had not advanced on the contrary it had un-
dergone a slight decline and wh it is a little singular
several cargoes of potatoes had been shipped f5om4British
ports for America at the very time that American specu-
lators were earnestly engaged in shipping potatoes and
flour to England. The demand for cotton had increased
and tbe price of this staple had slightly advanced
The extraordinary warlike preparations ihatpontinue
to be madpby the Britishgovemmentare commented upon
by the editors in all quarters: but none appear to know
the object of them. The impression thata war is expect-
ed with the United States h giving way; and it is now
believed by many intelligent persons that a war is appre-
hended with France or Russia. This seems the more
probable from the fact lhat the government is expending
. p-. .w.uuaauBu .
mK m rv n n .4 r olnna farvill1 tt-A fnlihiinhiinnnLnA(ii D??.L.
WUU31. XI bUIIUJJUUUtuli J1 tub lll.ll Jl uiu U'lUlllt-'i IUH.
letter dated Liverpool 17ih Nov. alludes to these prepara
tions as follows i
"NejrersinceJLha jtImfi.oLNapaoon-4jove"sueh immense
;such extraordinary military and naval preparations
been making in this country as at the present time and
for many months past. Fully six months ago was my
altention first attracted to this subject. The activity nre-
ailingat Deptfort Woolwich (parliculatly for guns and
steamers hi mis vastestaDtisnment.j Sheerness Chatham
Portsmouth Plymouth and Pembroke is really wonder-
fuk Not only in the Government dock yards" are ships
and steamers being prepared with the utmost expedition
but also in private ship building yards are iron warsteam-
t ers being constructed not only on the Thames but also at
Liverpool and Glasgow."
The news from the continent is scarcely worthy of
ce. In France the resignation by Marshal Sqult
met nf irviet ar rf XXTr kiKaan Mnnr! k T strttn
..t '. ' V.
Philippe and General Saint- r on. who was a Colonel
at Waterloo and who it is said has had considerable ex-
perience n an eminent post in the War Department ha3
been appointed his successor.
The I.. vest in Spain has been abundant and the mer-
chants oQhat country express surprise that the British
capita I isffOo not procure supplies of grain from Spain in-
stead of sending to America or the northern countries of
Europe. .'
The
r'sw York Journal of Commerce state that?Mr.
Packenharrhthe British Minister lias been recalled byhis
Governitvnt. The Journal says; v ?".
t-
We learn from various sources that th mjectiort-By
md that
. Packenham haslwen recalled ihfcrejfor and
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Moore, Francis, Jr. Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 52, Ed. 1, Wednesday, December 31, 1845, newspaper, December 31, 1845; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth78130/m1/2/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.