Western Texian. (San Antonio de Bexar, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 11, Ed. 1, Friday, December 29, 1848 Page: 2 of 4
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la pursuanceif tho provisions of the
thirteenth articietTTlhe treaty of pence
friendship limits arw beltleuient with the
Ilepilblio'oTPac&QAjfHyf the net of July
29th t84$nims "r citizens which
luubbecu "already liquidutcd anil decided
against tho Mexican Uupiiblic" nmoiitiung
With tho interest thereon to two millions
tweniy.lliree thousand eitjlit hunurcu ami i
f I ; I
thirtytwn dollars nnd fifty nnu cents have
been liquidated nnd paid. There remain
to - bo paid ol these olainrs seventy-four
thousand oim hundred and u.uetydwo dol-
lars and iwenty.six cents.
Congress at its last session having niado
no provision for executing the fifteenth ar-
ticle of tho. treaty by which the nulled
States assume to make satisfaction (or the
"unliquidated claims" of- our citizens
against Mexico to " an amount not exceed
ing three and a quarter millions of dollars'
tho subject is again recommended to your
favorable consideration.
Tho exchange of ratifications of tin
treaty with Mexico took place on t o 30th
May 1818. Within one year after that
time the commissioner and surveyor
which each government stipulates In ap-
point are required to meet "at the port ol
tiau Diego and proceed to run and mark
the said boundary in its whole course to I
ilio mouth ol he Km Hravodel rsorte.
lUyill bo Hceu from this provision that the
period within which tho commissioner and
surveyor of the respective iroverumeuia
are to meet nt San Diego will expire on
thoCOthMay 1810.
Congress nt tfio close of the last session
madeyftn appropriation for "I ho expenses
of running and marking the boundary
line" between tho two countries and dd
not fi (ho amount of salary which should
be paid the commissioner and the surveyor
to be appointed on the part of the United
States. It is desirable that tho amount of
compensation which they should receive
should bo prescribed by law and not lelt
ag atpre&eut to Executive discretion.
In the mouth of may last I rnmtnunicn-
ted information to Congress that an Indian
war had broken out in Oregon and recoiu
mended that authority be given to raise an
adequate number of volunteers to proceed
Without delay to the assistance of our iel
low-citizons in lhat Territory. The aiu
thority to raise such a force not having
been granted by Congress as scon as thi-ir
services could be dispensed with in Mexico
orders ' were issued to tho regiment ol
Mounted Kiflcmeu lo proceed to Jefferson
Barracks in Missouri and to prepare lo
march to Oregon as soon ns the necessary
provisions could be made.
In this Indian war our fellow citizens ot
Oregon have been compelled to take the
field in their own defence have performed
valuable military services and been sub-
jected to oxpeuscs which have fallen heavi
ly upon them. Justice demands that pro-
vision should bo made by Congress to com-
pensate them for their services and to re-
fund to them the necessary expenses which
they have incurred.
1 roponfthq recommendation therefore
xnado to Congress lhat'.provisions ho made
for" tho appointment of a suitable number
of Indian agents to reside among the tribes
pf Oregon and that a small .sum bo ap-
projirin"tcdto q'mMu these agents to culti-
vato friendly relations with idem. If this
be 'done the presence of a small military
forco Will be all that is necessary to keep
them In check ami preserve peace.
I recommend that similar provisions be
made as regards the tribes inhabiting
Northern Texas New Mcxieo California
nnd the extensive region lying between our
settlements in Missouri and ihese posses-
sions as the most effective means of pre-
serving pence upon our borders and witlu
in tho recently acquired Territories.
TUO Secretary of the Treasury will pie.
sent in his anna! repou a highly saiislacto-
Tystntementofthe condition ofthohnai.cvs.
Tho impor'B of the fiscal year ending
on the 30th of June Ins were of the value
of one hundred and fUtysfnur millions nine
hundred and seventy-seven thousand eight
hundred and seveuiyo&ix dollars of which
the amount exported was tweutv one mil-
lions one hundred and twenty eight thou-
sand and ton dollars leaving one" hundred
and thirty-three million 'eight huudied
and forty-nine thous.uid eight hundred nnd
sixty six dollars in the country for domes
tic use.
Tito value of tho exports for the same
iriud was one utindrid and fifty four rril-
hou MtirlVMWo thoits.u.d one htimhed .I'ld't''1' ' ' " ir md iMe';eii'ifd b mm-os'.H
foirtyom dohtp. rousMing of doni-shc
nriductiou4 am itiuiiug inouehundri-d and
thirty two ni!lh'h ouji huudf? J and fonr
tiiii-aitd Ot't i-iVidioi tU i'vriHv"!
do'l.irs mid tit my oro miljoiii 1 no buns
i.pm.i una Hv'iiiv I'luhi thoii 1 at it ion
dull v ot foitMgTi articles.
The receipfs in tho Treasury for tho
same period exclusive of loans amouuled
to thirty-five tnUbou four hundred and thir
f-SHP-Hl8nlrnf-SFVen ' liundreU nud"ftfl y
dollars nnd fifty.nino cents; of which
there was derived from customs thirty-one
millions seven hundred and fortveven
thousand and seventy dollars and ninety-
six coins ; and from miscellaneous and in -
cidcntal sources three hundred and fifty
one thousand and ilnrty-soven dollars and
seven cents.
It will ho pweived thnt tho rovenuc
from customs for tho last fiscal year ex
cecl by seven hundred and fifty soveu
thousand and seventy dollars and uiucty-
slx. cents tho nstimato of the Secretary of
Treasury in his Inst annual report; and
that the nggreirute receipts during the same
periou irom customs lauus mm nuscella
neons sources nlso exceeded tho estimate
of the sum of five hundred and thirty-six
thousand jwven hundred and ifiy-ouo do-1
mrs anu uuy-muc cem muicaiing now
ovor a very near approach in the estimate
to the actual result.
It is estimated lhat tho receipts into the
Treasury for tho fiscal year eiidiii"; on the
3 (Ah June 1819 including the balance iu
"JL1 -J l ' i-Li.
tno Trcnstiry on the 1st of July Inst wtl
nmonnt to tho sum of fifty seven million
fortycighlthous rid nine hundred and sixty-nine
"dollars nnd ninety cents ; of which
thirty two millions of dollars it is estimat
ed will ho derived from custom : three
'rate
millions ot dollars from the Miles ol inn I
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mihlin lands : nnd one million two hundred
thousand dollars from miscellaneous nnd
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incidental sources including the premium
upon the loan nnd the amount paid and to
be paid into the Treasury on account of
military contributions in Mexico and (lie
sales of arms and vessels ami other public
properly rendered unnecessary for the use
of the Government by the termination of
tho war; and twenty million six liundrcd
utid ninety. five thousand nnd four hundred
nnd thirty- fivo dollar? and thirty cents from j of our country and prevent us from ass
loans already uegociotwd including Tren- suming and maintaining the first rank
snry notes funded which together with j among nations but a disregard of the ex-
ilic' balance in the Treasury on the 1st of perienco of the past nnd a recurrence to
July last make th
o sum estimated.
The expend. tines for tho Mime period
including the necessary payment on ae-
cjitnt of the principal and interest of th"
first instalment due to Mexico on tho 30th
May next and other expenditures growing
out of the war to be paid during the pro-
sent year will amount including tho minis
bursementa of Treasury notes to the sum
of fifty (our million one hundred and nine
ty-fivo thousand iwo hundred and seventy-
five dollars and six cents; leaving an esti-
mated bnlnnee in the Treasury on the 1st
of July 181H of two million eight huu-
I drcd and ii.'iy three thousand six hundred
t . . f . t . .. e
aim niuety-ionr uounrs nnu eiguiyMour
cents.
The Secretary of the Treasury will pre-
sent as required by hiw tho estimate ol
tho receipts and expenditures for the next
fiscal year. Tho expenditures as estimat
ed lor that vear aro &:!8.213.lf3 7.1.
chiding ;!7t.HUa2 18 for the interest on
- - - - -- r 4 i
the public debi and $3510000 for the
principal and interest due to Mexico on the
Mill .May ltiol) leaving tho sum of 5-
871050 35 ; which; it is believed will bo
ample for the ordinary peace expenditures.
Under tho operations of the constitution
al treasury not a dollar has been lost by
tho depieciahou of the currency. Tho
loans required to prosecute the war with
Mexico were negotiated by the Secretory
of the Treasury ahove par realizing a lrj;e
premium to tho Government. Tho res-
training effect orthosyMcm upon the ten-
dencies to excessive paper issues by banks
has saved the Government from heavy
losses and thousands of our business men
from bankruptcy and ruin. Tho wisdom
of tho system has been tested by tho ex-
perience of the last two years and it is the
dictate of sound policy that it should re-
main undisturhed. The modifications in
some ol tho details of this measure involv-
ing none of its essential principles hereto-
fro recommended nro again presented for
your fuvorable consideration.
In uiv message of the 0ii of July last
transmitting to Congicss the ratified treaty
of peace with Mexico I recommended the
adoption of measures for tho speedy pay-
ment of the public debt. In reiterating
that recommendation I refer yon to the
considerations presented iu Unit message
in its support. The pnblh debt including
that authorized to bo negotiated in pursus
nnco ot existing laws nnd including trea-
sury notes amounted at that time m sixty-
five millions seven liundrcd and seventy
eight thousand four hundred nnd h.'ty
dollars nnd forty-one cents.
Funded stock of tho United States
amounting to about I nlf a million of dollars
has been purchased as authorized by law
since that peiiod nnd the public drbt has
thus hern reduced thu details ol which
will he piesouted in Hie annual report of
the Secretary ot the Treasury.
I repeat tho recommendation heretofore
made in favor of tho graduation and reduc-
tion of the price ol tho public lauds as have
been long offered injho market and have
remained unsold and m lavor of extending
the rights ol pre-emption to actual settlers
on the unsurvoyed ns well as the surveyed
inuuf.
V
Of the amount of military contribu-
tions collected in Alexieo tint .sum of sev-
en hundred and sivlynino thousand six
hundred and fitly dollars was applied
towards the payment of the first instalment
due under the treaty with Mexico. Tho
hither sum of thiee hundred and forty-six
thousand three hundred ami sixty-nine
dollars and tlurly cants has been paid into
I rilllMI" ni Hit- funds m di-l'Mslug n'tii'.-.s
' aht tbi' u !.o wc;e naged ui tlir; eol!tv
' !1H1 ! ihe-e t!'on". . u i th p.tud.im .
tofl l' l(' i'" ' 'Vi'T dishu ( lii Ids
U1l tlM1''' uI it;iV in. pi nded uiuDtu
.irisiuy ti'Mii i.: vi.irc
The hahtut'fi- "i
li uid v eie 'trr'.-leit -i m pm. it Ui;
treasury and individual claims on the fund
will remain unadjusted until Congress shall
authorize their settlement nnd payment.
iiuiu uioiiiu urv nut cousiuerauie in num-
ber or amount.
The contracts for tho transportation of
the mail 111 steamships convertible into war
! slt'imu'r promibo to realize all the benefits
to our commerce and to tho navy which
were anticipated. The first steamer thus
secured to the Government was launched
iu January 1817. There aro now seven ;
and in number year tlioro will probably
be not less than seventeen afloat. While
this cret national advantage is secured
our social and commercial intercourse is
nicnnutHl amJ p
I $mii TUxiu n(
1 svt lx xii c'oun
promoted with Germany
nu otner parts ot Kurope
nines on tho West coast
of our continent especially with Oregon
and California and between the Northern
and Southern sections of the I 'nited States.
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Notwithstanding this great increase in
the mail service should the revenue con.
tiuue to increase the present year as it did
iu the last thoio will bo received near four
hundred and fifty thousand dollars moru
than the expenditure?.
These consiuerationsMiave satisfied tho
Posmnstcr General thnt with ccrtnin
modifications ol the act of 1815 the reves
nun mfiv he still further increased and a
reducl
eduction of postages made to a uniform I
Lite nf fivn cents without an interference
won mo principle which uns oeeu cun-
I I I I I
tnutly enforced of makingihat department
Sustain itself.
A well-d uesicd cheap postage system Is
the best menus of diffusing intelligence
(among tho people and is of so much iiupnr-
1 tauce in J. country so extensive as that of
the U. States that 1 recommend to your
favorable consideration tho suggestions of
tho Postmaster General for its improve
nieut.
Nothing can retard the onward progress
unwise public policy. Wo have just
closed a foreign war by an honorable
ncace-a war rendered necessary and una
voidable iu vindication of (ho national
rights and honor.
Tli foregoing comjttificiiporliRpirt triflo over m
foil rlh part of tho Mcaaagft. In our next w will
nivnafew tuuro ritractM unavoidably crowded out
at tliiii tirno. En IVxun.
Krinn the GalveM.m NfiWi"
The Apportionment 35JI1.
The facts connected with this question
are we believe briefly theso : Jj&NMfifl&"
previous to the adjournment oiWHEBns
lature the House of Representatives passed j
a bill apportioning the representation of
this Stale. The Senate on the ovo of ndn '
journment passed a substitute for this bill
leaving out Harrison Upshur and several
other counties ns will appear by referenda
to the journals of the Senate. The jour
mils ol the House of Represeutitivcs show
that the House passed ie substitute of the
Senate. The enrolled bill in the State
Department as published iu tho Statute
Book appears to be a distinct bill from that
voted upon by either Houses tor it includes
Harrison and Upshur counties. Tho bill
was never in the hands of the Enrolling
Committee and was not enrolled or signed
by the officers ol tho two Houses or the
Governor until tho day after tho adjourns
mcut. The Constitution requires the ac-
tion of both Houses to make a law here
it seems a law is made without the act on
oi either. Again it says (Art. 7 See. 24)
that "Every new county as to the right nf
suJVago and representation shall boron
sidoied as n part of the county or counties
from which it is taken until entitled by
numbers to the right of separate represen-
tation." This clause of tho Constitution
has boeu violated iu many instances wc
will name only a few : Robertson Whnr
ton Caldwell etc. The Constitution says
represenlntivcsshall be "apportioned among
thosevoral counties cities or towns accord
iug to the number of free population in
each." Quite a number of counties have
been loft out ot tins hill and are not pro-
vided for at nlJ. Tho Legislature has no
power to disfranchise a single county.
Tho rijht of suffrage and representation is
given hy the Constitution to every freeman
and it is a stretch of high-handed power to
deprive whole counties of their inestimab
rights. n - -
The Constitution says (Sec. S Art. 3)
"Tho Senators shall he chosen by tho
qualified electors for the term of four years
and shall
)e divided into two classes as
nearly equal as can be. The scats of Sen.
alors ol tho first class shall be vacated at
the expiration aClUu first two years; and
of tho second class at" tho expiration of four
yours ; so that one-half thereof shall be
chos.cn biennially thereatter.' Under this
clause of the Constitution the first Legis
lature made the classification required ;
ouu at 1110 last eiccuou senators were
elected for four years. Under tho new ap -
; . .1... r :.. ii..i
poriioiiinent iuo uuvuniui i cnuu upm
to nullify this section of the Constitution
and turn out of otlicc all those Senators
who were elected in '47 for four years ; in-
deed to order an election for an entire now
Senate when tho Constitution saya ex-J
pressly "that one-half thereof shall be
chosen biennially. In tho old apportion-
inout Harris county elected in '47 a Sena-
. A.- .u 111.1. !........ . ;...!. i:n
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Cherokee Andeison and Houston form tho
10th district. Tho counties of Brazoria
and Matagorda in M7 elected a Senator for
the Lth district in the new bill Harris
forms the Fith district and Hrazoria is
connected with Galveston in tho 11th (lis-
tu t. T: e-e difil'.Iiifa hou!d i . I cu
provid i to; in t'e r. -w .n! ihrv Im no!
bet n tn ! ran the 1 ihv.mh r d.ur i as
Siime. jut! t.il ( uver niilii.in! dn SMw
'"' tt (" ei luted to h's mm .mil ih.il iwn
not inm tii he lulie 11. 1 it htnu J tl
orlie '( Jodf nnd s iv that ihoso oouit'i"!
thai l'..w .iul heen nrevided ivi .11 u s. h.-i
shall or shall not be represented ? Anin
can ho take upon himself flio heavy ro-
sponsibility of convening the Legislature
under tho apportionment unconstitutional
no t ii.. it-lit ii . t.:....r ri... a :i.
.o 11 vMiutj 1? iu viuw in mo uivamviis
that roufrt follow For if the apportion
ment is unconstitutional tho body tlmt nss
sembles under it is clearly so und conse-
quently the acts of any such body would
bo null and void and would be so decided
whenever tested before the Supreme Court.
To avoid thuMtevils we would recommend
the calling of the Legislature under the
old apportionment for in point of fact this
is the only law upon the subject for no
new apportionment under the Constitu-
tion" has ever boon made; and wo are
perfectly satisfied that many counties will
not elect under tho now apportionment
hut will elect under tho old. Some of the
first statesmen and lawyers of our coun-
try assert that this course is not only ex-
pedient but lawful and lhat the apportions
ment is nothing not having the constitu-
tional requisites necessary to make it bind-
ing upon the people or the courts.
One thinj; is certain without a call for
an extra session of tho Legislature previous
to the time for an election under this new
apportionment bill sonio serious difllcut-
tics must ensue. For should an election
be ordcroi under this bill n large number
ol the Western counties and particularly
all those bchcvintr the bill unconstitutional
and denying the right of tho Governor to
take upon liimscll the decision of this im-
portant question win cenaimy uuiu uu
election under it. A largo portion of the
Stato would therefore be unrepresented in
the body that would convene under such
an order. On the other hand should the
Governor neglecting to call an oxtra ses
sion also omit to order an election under j
this new bill he would give great dissntis- j
taction to a largo unmoor oi cmmurs in
Northern and Eastern Texas. But as this j q1lentv. receive advertisements from n dis-
bill carries his own approval on tho face U t oce compliance
cf it consistency will require him either r l
to order an election under it or lo submit i Willi the most important itam-pmjmcnt
the whole question to the decision of an in advance. Unless satisfactory arrange
extra Lcgislatuic-called under the present j ments bo ir.ado with our agents or some
law. We have very little doubt that this respoilslbo reference be given in this city-
last is the coiirsethat will he adopted when ft(vBr8ene Clim from b d w
it 13 known that so large a portion of the ' .
country will refuse to elect under the new ! lHs of the town will hereafter be insert.
apportionment bill or to submit to it until '
the present unconstitutional objection to it
are removeu.
In conclusion it is proper to stnte that the
following six counties are left out of this
now Apportionment Dill namely: Santa
Fc Cook Madison GiUcppie Kaufman
and Van Zant ; and the two last are ex-
eluded from the lower House. By not
giving any representation at all to Santa
Fc nor including that countyin any Sena-
totial District the bill effectually excludes'
tha;extensive and important portion of our '
Stato from ull share iu our Legislation. If
this is not in fact a virtual repudiation of
our claim to that territory it certainly car
ries nn acknowledgement that our right to
it is doubtful at least and puts a weapon in
the hands of our enemies to renew and
prosecute their attempts to drive us from
our boundary as established under thcabso-
Into sovereignty of the Republic.
The facts wc have stated in regard to
the apportionment bill have been derived
from a source iu which wo place the ut-
most confidence and will undoubtedly be
found to be correct.
Tub Tekiiitohiks. Tho Washington
correspondent of the Pennsylvania Inquir-
er says:
"1 am informed by competent authority
that a bill (or the organization of the new
Tenitones of California and New Mexico
embracing the Missouri Compromise will
be introduced into the Senate early in the
approaching session by a distinguished
Senator; nnd that a bill somewhat similar
in us character but in regard to slavery
containing the provisions of the Ordinance
oflS7 will also be introduced by a leading
Whig into the lower House bolore tho
Senate will have acted upon the other ; but
the Senate will then strike out the Wilmot
proviso from the House bill and by n
close vole insert the Missouri compromise.
Under no circumstances 1 am assured
will the majority of the Senate at the
ensuing session consent to the adoption of
Mr. Clayton's compromise of the last
session."
Tho Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Patriot writes ;
A statement has been going the rounds
oFteomu of the imwNpapers thai before the
death of Gen. Kearny at M. Louis afriend
ly reconciliation took place between lum
and Col. Fremont. Far from it. Upon
1 the authority of an officer who was with
Gen. Kearny during his illness and. when
he breathed his last. 1 learn that no meeting
and no reconciliation took place between
c
the two gentlemen above alluded to Mrs.
Fremont wrote to Mrs. Kearny a friendly
note proposing a reconciliation between
Gen. Kearny and Col. Fremont; btit Mrs.
Kearny knowing her sick husband's views
1 on tho subject decided not to disturb ins
j mmd with it. and did not. 1 make this
.. . . . . .
correction 01 an erroneous statement wnicn
Jins bee m set afloat at the suggestion of
some ot the f 1 lends ol Gen. Kearny.
FnoM Yucatan. The schooner John
IJell urrivcilut ISTuvv Orleans on the 7th iust.
liritdrui? dates to the 25th hut brought little
uelva 0f interest.
n . 1 . 1 t
Grievous complaints are made 111 the 1 tiol
of Eiiplwh who ere elmrd
lfi : liniirlill(r rtMn(1 r(1.i '..:: r "
New Orleans ioio the Uelie ami then sell-
in": them to the Indians by way of Uncalar.
" ...........- ...... u . Illllll 1 3 I I IMI1
l.A vepbel U mentioned ns regularly engaged in
tins trade winch belongs to u well known
hotiaMit llelize.
C Cm-vm- Turf hn?nhtiHrd n monopo-
ly tl ! isp i"it'lMU!T x'wet!! Si d Mnl Mrn
y iiw. ilr m to put on it fooj
r1 ' . 'Ot K cat.li wiv.
v v '1 mil
.ni'M'vi- n' ' ''" ' " I-' 1 ' &?
M
'he nob tt'v otum f it nmr itiiir-
' ! Ult l I'1'' ''" ! rt in' ahn'
UOI'MUIltv
't'J -net' .slo1 ; the iJiitn i' h'n cow
ftrt3 whenever nitacknl. So sny the report?
hutthe fucts are scarcely worth transluting
-r LAttn.-The Picayune of the 13th Bnyn
We havebeee f-vored with a file of papers
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unm .iieriun to tno a4tiui 11 it. I lie I J old in
frnm Mer'nhi to the Uihh tilt.
OfttlaU of thnt date hiivs tlmt the mlvnnin-
fen ginned by the 3d and hh divisions of the
army operating in the direction nf Vnxeaba
are very important especially the occnp 1.
lion of Tiholop. The whites have thus nen.
pen.
otnued to the very heart of the enemy' cnun-
try beinj: clone upon Peio nndTihomcn their
ltt haunts. The Boleliu complimcnu bijh-
ly the prominent officer for their successes
ami nrgnes thnt the moral force of the In.li-
mis is quite broken by their repeated defeats.
The funds of ihe Stnie are exhausted how-
ever nnd tho Central Government is behind
hand with iu monthly allowance.
Iibiiiiiil' ns the courso of Coiiltpik nniv nn!
prob(.l.ly will (m gremly ir.tl-.-ei.ced bjr Hie po.
man .b... d.ngrt.d gentlemen tti occu-
The survey of the Mobile and Ohio
irnarl line Komi nnmi.iAiiAn
railroad has been commenced.
Political It i hinted that it is now well ueP"ullc was t0 WKe place on Ihe loth of I hour lo the rending of tho Ex-President's
ascertniiteil that both Clay and Cms will be ' November and by the next arrivals from j letters in reply to Mr. Tvler. will bo fullv
rX" sr ' 5r.?rrirs fz;:: cam e rcsu-1 -isfied 4e . ot - 2d-of 6-a-
nrovecnrrec.it wi Imve nwui imnnnn.. " ...w .M. IVII sl-ui nnurcai. 1 01 on wiucu 10 oasu ina latter chnroA
WESTERN TEXIAKT.
CITY OF SA3T AIVTOftlQ
FRIDAY DBHEMBER 29 1818.
EC Single copies of the " Wkstkhn
Tuxia.v" in strong envelopes can bo had
ut the office of publication at one dime
each.
Advertising.
Mj- Notwithstanding our terms are ves
ry explicit ns published on tho first pngei
nnu noi easy iu oc misuuuersiuuu wu uu
ed. Alt those interested will take due no
tico thereof and govern themsoves accord.
ingly.
tt?" An error escaped our notice in the
lpm-rVour Washington correspondent
paper-he gave
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-ien. I uylor u majority of one of the
Statrsin the recent election. The Slates
werc equally divided 15 to 16.
ii -ti fin
Citv Iluction. I he eleclion on
Monday lust for ritv officers for tho en-1
jn r vear resulted in the choice of the
following named gentlemen :
Manor. Dr. James M. Dbyinz:.
Aldermen. Messrs. G. T. Howard B. J matter and says he " would like exceed-
Callaghan J. A. Yrrutin S. S. Smith - ingly well to sec the experiment Iried
Win. Lyile Nepno. Florcs J. N. Fisk j mu ne learned Doctor stationed in one
ami Aniouio .uenenncen.
Triasurer. John Bowen.
Collector. J. Crawford.
ft? Capt. Ben. F. Hill was on Tues-
day elected Sheriff of Bexar county
without opposition.
Q?" There id a Company now organi-
zing in this city fur California. Persons
wishing to join tho expedition should
make early application. See advertise-
ment. Cokpus CiittiSTi. Wo leurn from Mr.
T. DwrERt who arrived in town from
Corpus Chrisii that business nt that place
was active. A large train of wagons had
left for Laredo and another is now on
the road lo this city and will be here in
a day or two. Wc were also furnishecTT
by iIr. D. with a copy of the " Star " of
the 9ih containing much interesting mat-
ter ; but it come to hand too late to be of
any service to us this week.
XjT Moj. Thomas Baths Clerk of the
IL S. District Court at Galveston died 0
taw days since on the Brazos from the els
feet vt an appoplcctic fit with winch he
was attacked a few days previous. Muj.
B. carne to Texas in 1837 and has resided
al Galveston most of the time since. His
loss wih be deeply felt by a numerous cir
cle of relations uud friends.
Sickness among the U.S. Tnoors.
Reports have reached town during the
week of much sickness and great mor-
tality existing among the troops recently
arrived at Port Lavaca. It is said thai
al least fifiy deaths have occurred since
their nrriuul. We are without authentic
information on the. subject and give the
news as we receive it. The repoits come
in so mnny different ways thai we are
inclined to believe there i3 too much truth
in them and shall wail with great anxie-
ty for further intelligence.
The Cholera It is slated in so op
of the New Wl; papers that this scourge
had made its appearance on board a ship
recently arrived from Havre. Nineteen
cases had occurred on board up to the Oth
inst. ten of which proved fatal. The
v3l was detained in quarantine nnd
iheoi-ease irul n'U Intm intindocoj intr
ih'' cuy. Tin Herald and on-y or iwo
Ml.er punen d'-ru Vm it : ihe h(lt.ra
r nt disease .'as 001 I;novi it esisLat
-l'Tra ht; : line r ;r$stK eii that ' .t
The physicians also difTer in regard to
the character of the dieease.
Eh "The new constitution of Prance"
says Mr Kkndall in u letter from Paris
dated Nov. tith "was proclaimed in the
National Assembly on Saturday last amid
loud shouts and universal and miruiugled
cries of Vive la Jtepublique9 nnd to
sprea
I r tt
d the news to the most remote parts
the capital one hundred suns were im
mediately fired. The final vote taken on
the constitution in its ensemble stood 739
to 30 speaking much in favor of those
who have framed and sent it forth "
Tho election for President of the French
tom a" Wfi call mUhcr from our exchnn-
pes tho chances appear to be in favor of the
otartlon of Louis Napoleon-in the event
ot wnicn many ot the letter writers and
journalists of Europe are predicting blood.
t . . . .. . . O
i ier scenes titan ever in France.
wi
fX?" It is " rumored" that tho uncom-
monly cold weather wc have experienc-
ed tho present season has been caused
by tho construction of the Magnetic Te-
legraph or rather that it has been sent
on from the North by ' Telegraphic Des-
patch." According to the theory laid
down hy thu sage editor of the Houston
Tchgraph in a recent number of that va-
luable journal wc cannot doubt that such
a thing isposslblc We believe hovevofr
the idea that tho magnetic telegraph will
have an influence upon the climate-
tending tu equalize it to some extent is-
nut entirely original wild the "learned
Doctor" of tiie Houston Telegraph; but
we b dieve he bus no competitor with
whom to share the honor ol "suggesting""
or discovering an entirely original and
u new wrinkle" in the manner nf sus-
pending the wires of the first mentioned
Telrgruph so as to extend them across
the seas : ii i3 nothing less than that of
having the wires held up between hea-
ven and earth by means of ballons made
of gum elastic. Ideas hove before now
been suggested which al fit si appeared
fully as strange and absurd as this and
which eventually -were. proved perfectly
nni w
m!i
feasible nnd actually put into practice
ho we ask can tell but that this
bo the case with this " airy" sug
gestion of the Doctor's. The editor of
the Austin Democrat makes light ofiho
of the balloons lo superintend the opera-
lion." We cannot but think however thai tho
location of the Doctor Jo the "upper cur-
rents" ho speaks of would prove of great
advantage to the inhabitants of ibis lower
world ns he would be enabled by his el-
evated position to hold direct intercourse
wiih the "Man in Ihe Moon." and couhl
I transmit to us nourly despatches of till
important matter? transpiring on thai pla-
net and that too wiih far greater accu-
racy than he frequently gives the "Latest
News from the West" ihrough ike medi-
um of the columns of Ida paper Tele
graph at Houston.
jUV ci
fi-'V Tim fJnl L'ucitiM YM. ;.. ;o ..i;.
j ..- ''vviii 4t(CJ III lia L'UHI'
comments upon tho letter of E PreM.
dent Jonks which it repnblisnes from
our paper of the 17th ultimo has we think
been in some error The editor says
"some twelve or eighteen months since:
Dr. Jones published in the Civilian a so.
ries of letteis with the avowed purpose of
proving that the writer himself is entitled
to the credit of having been principal agent
in originating maturing and finally per-
feeling the great measure of annexation."
Now wo have carefully examined theso
loiters and can find no such avointl on the
part of the author : on the contrary lie
expressly states tho object lo bo" 10 defend
Texas and her late Executive Government
as well as the European a "rents accredited
to il from the slanders of Ex President
Tyler" having heen called 11pm to do so
" through the medium of the public press
&c." In performing this duty ihe Ex
President has of necessity been compelled
to speak fully nnd frankly of bis own nets
and we think the Editor of the JWirj will
upon reflection be satisfied that he pays the
greatest possible compliment to Ex-President
Jorv-KH in the chnrge he now so
strongly makes. Doubtless in reading
that gentleman's expose l-some ttcelvn or
eighteen months since" our brother of the
News was irresistably convinced that the
writer of that cxpo5o "had been Ihe prin-
ciple ngcut in originnting maturing and
finally perfecting the great measure of an
luxation" and now has unwittingly niista
ki n thi " hy i;oir inclusion " of hh wr
niid for rn acora' n.aJ by th E rx
Mi n'. We . uiu'M Mierwi1'- at .ount for
the mir.tike I . h. 1 1 i:.dr.
We nr.1 b"t j.v 1 1 las: 1 fino w..k aII tho
inglusuunding "charges" made oy the
Ncics against EsPresidcnt Jokes .of
"treason bribery and corruption" and tho'
"high crimes and ?nisdemea7torsu all
tho "alarming facts astounding disclosures
and developements" and all the "corrupt
intrigues" of which he was to besoinelime
proved guilty arc now narrowed down by
the Neiw to the petty offences of "very
bad taste" and a disposition lo "npproprk
ate honors which involve official duplicity"
by defending his country and himself when
assailed. We think however that these
charges like the others are very easily dis
proved though perhaps hardly worthy
; the trouble. Any one who will devote nn
but thnt all his nefotiatinns worn Mn.li
cd in Rood fnith and with a maintainnnco of
the Mnctest nlcgriy-and wc 2 not
aware that the Ministers of England
Franco or the United States have ever
charged him with " duplicity " in his negcu
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