Matagorda Bulletin. (Matagorda, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 6, Ed. 1, Wednesday, September 6, 1837 Page: 1 of 4
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MATAGORDA WEDNESDAY MORBflWG SEPTEMBER 6 1837.
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TEU3IS.
Five Dollars per Annum in Adrancc.
J. W. .T. Xir.KS. KtUr nml Pr..Tirli-tir.
A.lrr.u.cnt. ofl.l 1 and under. ti.t '''' 0';1l"!:7''';'
sequent inscrlions SO rents.
Literal arrangements made with
thosp desirous of adveni'injhy"'C5car.
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Matagorda Bulletin.
IX pnUlnS furtli our I.cc:. arc aare l!.ai tl o rniblir will
Inn for a Tin-face !.1a.atorv. a. rerds our licatiun. prcenl
vitw -ndfaurei.ros.eri.. llcfore uc proceed locniimcraiconie
friv of the ninny advaniMM ! Hi our location so rniiiicntly pos
.' and wl.tch c thii.t. calls fcr tiic .pedy Kal..ll.iiirat of it
rrc--.. we ould remark. Hut uM nut elalmiic fur oorselie. a
crentcrTO-tii'iof.li-iute.e--el tetiln; rl.an fill's 10 the l..t of man-
kind H -fieral e l-'.i e !" ''' '""" " ourwsltiM fioia
nubM'.i"'.niidnot less to our jntrons from rcadin;- fl.at while it
isfurour"iivr.'st to print tinny wl. through the information we
lioi tn communicate ilcru- oquai wnen..
Tciasissti'! m her iniancy hut while in lier cradle she lias
Aushei llci-crprat. Wn li.cn may we not anticipate fiom her
Hctccle-in proSi maturity I Her territory Is at citsnsive ns
l!:al if France I.er climate the climate of Italy tier mineral
rirircuiilh found to surpass tl.ov; of all Euroe and in her
natural fertility of soil she can ehallcnjc Utp world for a compari
son. PowiiiS sucli mi.'liiy reourcc ior w.iai may si.e nui
hope when It ls.reinem''crcd"t!.:.t these reonrc arc at the com
n.and of. and to lm deve 'oped by. tl.c Anirlo Saxon lace?
Vl.e (trounil upon which tvr found our l.opes of i-i.ecr in this
ruMicaton-ts a knowledge of certain fact" and a conviction in
our own mind nf tl.eiinvital.le results to which Ifccic mul lead.
- Tl c Eay of Mniiuonia. tinc at tl e extreme o.f t! c (treat north-
west lndof tl c Gu'f of Mexico and airbrdinj n I arlmr for ec!s
urratiaiteil In- auv lothf mutli or we-tof it must nccev-arily I-
cuuin tl c zretit "commercial cnirorS-im of an immense extent of
country diverjin: Irom tl is point ft an anz'c orat least ninety
!e:rcriaiidexlud!n: umnirJMI e interior to the outsVirta of civili-
zation Tl e nn cli-s which mav v proluccd in this extensive ic
gion if cxpottcd at all. must t from this lj: and in a -ery few
year- Caney ami the Colorado alone will pr'odurc tl cir hundreds
ofthoasandsl-alf-of cutton- I-a Uarra.NavidaJ.thc Cuadaloupc
San Antonio and Medina. their In cnty tliou.-andeacli-attd when
i: iscon-idweSI that in thishroid field lnr:c quantities of otlur arti
c!e- mavt he proJuccd and that tl e product of the vast mineral re-
Sion cannot naturally flow through any other channel that the
si vcr and copper from the mines of San Sala mu-t pas throush
Jla'arorJ.i and tnrt tl c import must of neces-ity I co extensive
v. itli the txport-" - and n I en w c consider tl.c prodi;lous population
wliicii t t rc;inn is capaMc of su.-taiatnj iu a condition of atHu
cue- and co:ufo:t unnrpared nnjuallej eketvl ere -we look at
the fii uri' with a lope a si-!f aratulatin? confidence of success
both of lccuniary reward and of HI ins our station with profit to
our patrons which cl ecrs us to the attempt.
Ifanyon-doiiM the feasibility of drawln: the trade from tl.c
Guadiloupe and Sin 'Antonio rivers to the Bay of Jlatrionla. we
as'- l.iin to ren.ember that a Kail Itoad tnay.and irill incrilcb! tc
constructed from tl e bay to Ucxar; and to rememl-er also that the
bay awards two feet of water more than any hartor hctivecntliis
andTnmniro: and that a ship may Ij" constructed to carry acar;o
of one liuusasd laics cf cotton f raj ttt bay to r.uropi an.: if
lie I a man r"Sc.In; faculties capable or appreciatitu me results
v?l icli tl e-. causes must produce his doubts will nust cease.
U'ehope to contritu'eoitr mite to the deveiopement of tl.c re-
sources of Texas hy rii-cininatin: useful infurnation a liiow-
SeJlie at tl o cnump'ty uuil MjO"t-iibyt as w."H.ai of the laws and
it s:itutl.ins uf il c country c shall make it our business to
seek out and puMis'i eve y tLinp which nnv 1 useful tn emigrants
ard tl osew il.inrtoemi:r.ite. In our politicks w e lake the broad
giound tifthe gooJ efttc ciuntrn for our guide will advocate
every mccsure which :' jur mind will l.aica tendency to advance
this interest and as resolutely oppose every mcasurc.w hicli wr may
think contrar to this interest; all .local petty panyi'in we utterly
cs:l'Cr. and Juld ourselves aloof from lieirde:radiu: intiuencrs.
With ihere'vicws.wchopctorcceivethat paironase we are de-
tersiiacd if honest industry alone! wanting to merit ami doubt
not ucalirill U rupportcd in our endeavours by all who have the
rae prosperity of Texas at I cart.
DUTIES OX HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE &.c.
A trcre l.a5 Letn crc'oforc wme dout.t among pcror.i iniend-
in;i cmr-ratcto Texrs artoiit tt cDuiic on Hou-cl.oM KurHiture
jC.wel.avc i) oulit it'sdij:aMe. for tl cir Information lo puhMah
tLcfoIioc.'in? from tl.c 6tfc faction of il c Tariff of 1S36. wliicii
clause '.e are inforii.cJ by tiic Collector of Hie Tort of Matagorda
it HJII In force.
AU;oods. wares and nicrc1iandIsc!mportrdliy fca or land hy
nny cail;iai.t or cuirr.ntf fucIi as Implements of htis'iand ry
liouschoU fttrnl'urc and itrnfilt provision!! and stores and every
description of marliincry intended for the fce of raid r migrant or
emigrant- and not for ?a!e: and all puh'lc property of any kind
wliauoevcr esprcstly and knowingly imported or introduced Cor
the iif-e of lite covrrnniput of Texas (except sutler's stores or he
lonjrin to tlctam;) or wtieilcr expres'y and knoninply intro-
duced and iiapmied for tlie uc of tl.c army and m.vy tlicreof: and
allhncon pirk. I tread stuSb. and lumltcr for hui'diuz. frhall tc and
the same arc hcrchy declared free of nil duly during the war "
Planner in chick lulis are payable Ail sun s of.C10D and
under cash All simi over KMI and not exceeding 850" three
moptl s creilit And all turn atiovc $50. three and ix monlhs
credit; to I-e !ivided infntwnrqual amounts and secured by bond.
Ti'ithtno-oodfccurities satisfactory to the Collector.
PERFUMERY ffic.
"JUST received and for sale at the Publishing Of-
fice of the Alatagorda Bulletin an invoice of
first quality of Colooxe Florida and Lavender
Wats::s Extra Superfine Powder for the nurserv
and toilet Rose Scented Rowland's Macassar Oil
Bear's Oil a variety of Soaps some of. superior
quality sucu ns niyiiij stuutuu ioilbtcOAP ot the
following varieties: Millcfleur Violet Olive Orien-
tal Livender Vegetable Cinnamon Jessamine.
Lose Vernacular Ceylon &c. The richness of
the perfume together with the real excr Hence of
these Soaps never fail to give satisfaction. Ellis's
Compound Krcosot Tooni Wami an excellent ar
ticle for preserving the teeth and gums and purify-
in" thejbrcath. Colummax Lotiox an antisceptic
and antiscorbutic wash for diseased gums. Creme
j)EPf3tscfor the skin and lips coloured and highly
scented. Essexce of Peppermint Seidutz Pow"-
ders &c.
Matagorda August 9 1837. 2-tf
Jlcdicine t'.hcsl for Sale
A FINISHED article well fided with Medicines
-- containing Scales-;Lani:ct &c. suitable for
family nsc. Apply at this office.
. Matagorda August 9 1837. 2-tf
Journeyman Printer Wanted"
A LSOrALAD from 14 to 10 years of age as nn
apprentice to the' praunlf Y smessoncwlio
an como well recoinnienficu l. Vepeive ljberal
encouragement enquirct tins' OQi-Se.
Matagorda Au3ust2'1637.
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JYoticc.
np E silo to have- taken plncc at public auction.
-- on the 23d instant of Farming UlctiPtls and
Slnck Cattle Hops &c uf the estate of William
Kinchcloc and Jacob Iirth deceased is poslptiiftl
until Tuesday (lie 12th day of September nest in
consequence of short notice and ihe want of genc-r-1
information being given through the country.
Sale to take place at their lite residence upon the
Colorado wiiliiu the precincts of this county. Sale
positive; and terms approved paper six mnntlis.
MARY KI.NC1IEL0E Curatrix.
August 30 18I17. .r)-2t
Aliuinitratora(lCuratoisXoticc.
rgnilE subscriber having been duly appointed Ad
-- minisira'or and Curator of the Succession of
DANIEL IJECROW deceased Notice ij herein
given for all ihoso indebted to the said succession
lo make itnmcdi.'te uavment; and all who have
claims against the same lo present them duly au
thenticated for adjustment and Itmud.iiiou.
THOMAS.' DECROW .
Administrator and Curator.
Matagorda August HO 1S37. 5 if
Ifimiiiistratnr ami Curator's Sale.
Y virtue of rn order of the Hon. the Probate in
and for the county of Matagorda will le sold
on Saturday the lfith of September next at the
Court House ol stid countv a quantity of jloviuli'
and Personal Properly consisting of one-third of
the Lighter Tom Paine some Cons and C.ilvesanu
other Movable effects belonging lo the succession of
Daniel Dccroiv deceased. Terms of sale nude
known on the day thereof.
THOMAS DECROW
Administrator and Curator.
.Matagorda Augu-t 30 1637. f-3t
Curator's Notice.
THE undersigned lining been duly appointed
Administrators and Curators of tl'o Succession
or CHARLES WILLSON deceased hereby re-
quest all persons indebted to the succession to conic
forward and make immediate payment as it is ne-
cessary to close ihe alfiirs of the succession; and
all persons having claims against ihe esfite will
present them duly authenticated in the time pre
scribed by law or they will be forever barred.
HARVEY KENDRICK
WILLIAM WILLSON
Curators c.
Matagorda August 2 1S37. 1-tf
Notice.
HJ3AVIXG obtained Lcttets of Administration and
"- Curatorship on the succession of DAVID C.
COLLINSWORTH deceased this is lo notify all
persons having claims ag.tinst siid succession to
present them duly authenticated within the time
prescribed by law or ihcy will be barred; and all
those indebted to the si:d succession will make im-
mediate payment lo the undersigned.
GEO. M. COLLINSWORTH
v Administrator and Curator.
Matagorda August 2 1S37
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cff;i in intra tor's Sale.
IBY virtue of an order from the Hon. Silas Dins-
more Judge of Probate. I will ofier for sale at
public auction in the town of Matagorda on Mon
day the ll:h day of Si ptembcr 1637 a Quarter ofj
;i League of Land on the west sideof the Colorado
river near the Atoscacito Crossing; the same being
thi upper half of the halfleague grunted to. James
Cook deceased; the half le;.'tic of lip.d is'clissed
as first rale iand and was an caily selection being
one of the first three hundred.
He will also sell at the sjiiic time and pi ice all
the l'crsonil i'roportv beloii2in!i to the Estate of
Jamefi Cook deceased.
II- L COOK. Adm'wistrjUor.
Mitanordi Annus; '.' 1S37. if
Volice.
"N pursuance of a Decree of the lion. Silas Din.-
nrore Judge of Court orProbr.tesof2d instant
will be sold at public auction at the court house door
in Matagorda on the 11th day of September ut-xt.
all the Hcid-right to one third of u league of uulo-
cated Land ot J. h. Uutneld deceased: and s.i
much of the Headrights to one-third of a league of
unlocatcd Land of each Thomas Anderson Robert
ucauinont and 1 nomas rowler deceased; ;is will
be sufficient lo pay all the ci-sls chimes and fees
of office for'clearingoiits.iid headrghts" estimat-
ed (o be one hundred and forty dollars for each.
Terms of Sale Credit until 1st day of Januaiy
next the purchasers giving bond and approved se-
curity. - ' R. R. RC'ALL Curator.
By Attorney SPKNCER. II. JACK.
Alatagorda. August Hi 1S37. 3-3t
Public .Vol ire.
A LL persons entitled to Transfers of Property
-cm-' sold or donated by the former proprietors or
owuersin common oi roc iown ol Matagorda arc
hereby requested to present their res'pcclivo Certi-
ficates durinc the current year fand in cism nf m.r.
chases the notes as evidence of payment) and rc-
uuiii; xiut-a tut uiuir respucuve I01S.
IRA INGRAM
President of the Board of Proprietors.
Matagorda August?. Ifi37. tf
- Jl'olice. "
TJERSONS holding Certificates for Property sold
by mo individually in this town aro requested
to call during the current year and present ihem. to
gether with their notes paid as conditioned and re
ceive titles for their respective lots. -
IRA; INGRAM.
Matagorda August 91637
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fflISCFLMPrS.
Oeaili of Mural.
The Court Mini Isit ml u..ilst tiny were jurf
ing him the King who ii d ordered the C pi.iiu nr
lo say a word iu his ih Unci' w ts quiiilv conivism;'
with I'nurofiiceis to whus? care he h .J baen cntnis"
cd. Tito last moments of his life were those of ;
hero. Tno King was still conversing with the nff.-
ccrs when the door of h;s ro m was opened; th?
Recorder had come lo infi rm him that he had been
sentenced lo death and that his execution was to
t il:o place in half an hour. The King wl.o had '.?.
'curd witli great sang froid sit down and wrote hi
lifectionate letter lo his wife Gucci ';r. line; in
.hen cut o.? several lochs of hair !.m: !i W.ig enve-
.op.ed tbi'ui with the Itltur he ilul.iii.d lUiuscaleo
to C.ipt.S'larrgp requesting him to transmit it lo hi
family :ird also the seal ofhis watch which wouL
be found in his right hand after his death (it was ;.
cornelian reflecting the face of his wife.) lit thei
said to the Recoider "Do not wait any li.ngcr; i
un prepared lo die." The King was ihen lid ou
if h:3 room that is heunly stepped out of ihe door
ml beheld twelve soldiers drawn up who wur
w.uting for him
. -He. walked towards item with i
I with a smiling countenance aiu!
steady step and
"soldiers! do not let me suffer pain; ihe situatiot
you
are placed in even nnders it necessary to fi.
muzales of your muskets on my bo'sotn."' IL
the muzzles ol your musket:
then p lintcd lo his heart and looked sJcadftstly al
the seal which he held in his right hand. The twelve
soldiers fired. Tfiiis died vihg-. Jhschim al four
o'clock on llic evening ofyiib 11th of October.
Trf.-u tl.c SouUietn Literary i!escii3tr.
Deaf Smith.
There are few persur.s who have not heard of
Deaf Smith. He is one of the most d-iiing of the
many brave men who will be remembered in the
history of Ihe Te::as revolution in which reality has
surpassed the fiction of rormncc
As Jack or Billy or Mr. Smith is next
to no name at all the Harvey Birch of Texas is
known by the simple soubriquet of Deaf Smith
his christian .vamc (.vhich 5 do not rerncinbcj to have
hear.) being obsolete in speaking or writing of one
who has rendered many signal services in the strug
gle for Texian independence and liberty. He is I
suppose -bout forty-five years old of very muscular
though not robust proportions a little above the or
dinary height with a fice deeply bronzed by severe
exposure a calm and not very unusual countenance
except the eye. which ''in ihe sstllements" or iu the
social circle indicates by i!s keen searching glance
just enough lo give warning cf the intrepidity and
energies of the s-pirit that slumbeis within. He is
a native of the state of Nctv York and went to
Texas about the year 1S22 in very feeble health.
His constitution was soon renovated by the effect
of a good climate and active exercise.' lie married
a Mexican woman by whom he has several children
lie is a mm cf limited plain education speaks the
Spanish language well is a close observer of men
and things thoroughly acquainted with the manners
and. customs of the Mexicans and with the top -gr.iphy
of Texas and the frontiers. At the coin-
msncciuout of the revolution he resided in the
town of San Anton'o or Bexar on ths Sin Anion'-
river and about ih! pcrietl of its capture by the
Mexicans removed his fsiifily to Columbia en the
Brazos. He ins been engaged and with distin
guished coolness and courage in most of the hard
fighting that Ims occurred in Texas happening al
ways to '"drop in" as by chance just on the eve of
batllc though lis was never regularly attached to
ihe lino of the army1. He has the entire confidence
of the President and Cabinet and indeed of the citi
zens of Texas with authority to detail such men as
irregular excursions in which he is continually en
giged require. On these excursions he is accom
panied by some twenty-five or thirty picked men
well equipped and mounted who are generally com
manded by Mr. Smith. Tims attended he
leads these scouting parties far into the interior rc-
cdnnoitcring the outposts of the enemy surprising
their pickets capturing their cxpftissos and bring-
ing to head quarters the earliest and most authentic
intelligence of events in Mexico. Such a man on
such enterprises must have mot many a perilous
risk and shed murh blood. The history of what
this man of the prairie and the woods has seen and
suffered would cast the fabulous heroism of romance
in the shade. '
Deaf Smith is a man nf great modesty and pro
priety of deportment and when he.can be prevailed
in to narrate some of liis adventures he does it ss
if he tver'e not at. all conscious ofthe thrilling intc-
rest' "which .they arc calculated to excite. Like
ihous nidi of others w ho have been iinjunly and ig-
norantlv rcg.r.hd r.s iiglitiiig for the spoil of con-
'1 1 s'. In; has ? krd his ltf for libf-rty. against the
npprrss:on of a corrupt clergy and an impotent court.
Like !iia nrnredi s in rnns he is nerved forthe une-
qual hut silently g.!i csly succcssftl s:iugt:le by
the sacred impuian o! freedom and both he and they
Invo learned lo t r.c'ire hardship? and to encounter
danger? trillion! a doll ir in their pockets oraration
;ti their knapaicks.
Deaf Smith bears (he character of a frank open-
hearted boncsl r.it'1 humane man for humanity is a
r
virtue not unknown ;n the camp Ihe best soldir-r is
le who can and dec-- feci of iho stiiTrrirj which
luiv cornpr-Id him f i flier. He is very deaf and
hence his name. When asked one day f he did not
find much inconvenience from this defect when on
hi3 campiigns ho answered '-No I sometimes
hihk it an advantage -I have learned to keep a
sharper look out and I am never disturbed by the
whisiliiignfaball I don't hear the bark till I feel
the bite."
Deaf Smith Inii just returned from one ofhis in-
cursions on the Rio Grande when I saw him. He
'trough I back many hr-rses. and soma valuable infor-.
j "nti"n ad 0 ho !1r)?lin? mojirnia of the inert
P";". ' tarried just Iong''egh to greet his
twj
family and refit his party; before Iir?sJal.out on ano
ther expedition. Scveraji'fripnds who had gone
from tho United States to sec the young republic
j' lined him. They could not have found a better
pioneer. As the parly took leave o. us and moved
off iu fine cheer. Lwas struck" by.their appearance
tud we mutually wondered if they would be rccog"
niscd at homo in their present caparison. Each was
mounted on a mustang (Denf Smith's horse bore
evident marks of superior breeding) with rf Mexican
iiddlc consisting of the bare tree with a blanket or
'reat coat covered over -it. Mexican sp'irs the
shank about from one1 lo two or three inches long
bridle of ponderous and very rank bits a Mexican
gourd swung from the saddle how holsters pairof
pistols and bowio knife in the belt a rifle on tho
shoulder amackinaw blanket rolled up encroupe
a cabarrus or rope of hair around the horse's neck
with which tho snim.d is hobbled while lie grazes at -
night-T-a sumpter mule cither following or driven
diead laden with supplies of salt sugar liquor a .
imall camp equipage cooking implements &c. occ.
for ihe campaign.
Truni tl.c Euston Atla.
Canadian Politics.
Lower Canada which for the first half century
and upwards aftcritTdn" under the British dominion
was one of Ihe most silentitiiet of all possible
colonics cf laic years has afgaol itself from the
lethargy in tvhich'ifemed-sajjfejinfliasdisplayed
.." Ki '' '.'3. '"n'l'zt;
not a little political actitiiy. !" !..
The state of the case at present is shortly this:
Tho g:al bulk of the people of Lower Canada are fv'
of French descent. A very small proportion ofthe
people are of British origin. This small proportion
of the people however have till lately engrossed
ihe whole paliiical control of the province. The"
Legislature ofthe province is composed of a House
of Assembly elected by the People and a' Council
ir Upper House appointed by the Crown. This
Council is cjmposjd entirely or almost entirely of
Eng!i?li born citizens or ciiizun3 of English descent.
Its politics are and hava been ultra Tory. The
Council has uniformly opposad ajl reforms and all
improvements iu the colonial laws and administra-
tion which being founded upon the old French
system stand in great need of improvement in scve- '
ral very important particulars:
The Canadians have therefore "ono for Parlia
mentary Reform. They have demanded that the
Council instead of being appointed by the Crown
should be made elective. This reasonable request
is peremptorily refused by tho British ministry. The
House of Assembly havingno other means to en-
force it have voted tot'jp the supplies; and the
British ministry have sent out orders to their Gov-
ernment to collect the taxes notwithstanding they
arc r.ot voted by the itrovincial Assembly. It was
this very same despotic attempt on the part of tho
BrjtMi ministry that gave rise to tho American Re
volution.
Tho Canadians are highly-excited at tlu3 insolent
invasion of their chartered rights; and they are re
solved to resist it at all hazards. Meanwhile the little
knot of British Tunes who liaro altvhys looked upon
Ihe Canadians as their slaves and sabjectsynra not
a little excited at tho resolution they exhibit :o vin-
dicate Iho righl3 of freemen; and according to the
usual custom of despots they make a forcible out- "' r
cry as if their privileges were jnvaded because " ' '
othcrncople choose to vindicate their rights! . tA ' '
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Niles, J. W. J. Matagorda Bulletin. (Matagorda, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 6, Ed. 1, Wednesday, September 6, 1837, newspaper, September 6, 1837; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth80324/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.