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TEXAS STATE GAZETTE.
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Who shall be our next President 1
Is a question which should'bcgln to engage the attention of the American peo-
nln. The names of several prominent poitlciuns have already been put forward
but we do not find ninongsl them one capable of commanding a general support or
of eliciting the enthusiasm of the people. Old party issues in this country have
died a way and with them have departed the power and the influence which the old
party leaders vere"vont to wield This Republic has suddenly entered upon
a new career; she no longer looks exclusively to Europe but fixes her regards
upon China and the East and grasps at the commercial supremacy of the globo
None ot ihe old party platform it must be manilest to all axe adequate to meet
the altered circumstances of the country. Thejr rmiM therefore be thrown over-
board and with them the old hacks who have for years be-n their occupants.
The people feel that .new nece&bities arc pressing upon the Republic. It is in
the midst ul a mighty prosperity lis .boundaries have extended its people great-
ly increased: its commercial wealth and power attained to an extent that surpri-
ves the nations of the earth ; the arts and sciences are widely circulated lite in-
duMry the genius and even the -wealth of Europe are pouring into it; its lands
aie being turned into fruitful fields by the Jabor of the agriculturalist; railroads
and canals multiply and in every direriion the enterprises of the people arc
opening tip highways for the development of the resources of the soil and
the interchange of all the necessities and wants of civilized 'life. How glorious
its progress how much more glorious the career it promises under right direc-
tion right governmrnt. Bui the path ol its piogress is not lobe through smooth
w ters. lis career commenced through stornii and tempest. Its atmosphere has
been at times dark and Jowering angry winds threatening its safoty and exist-
ence but noble patriots h.ul command and firm and skilful hands held the helm.
Never did it more need the n.nriut heart and hero soul to guide and govern ils
destinies than it does now. Never before were truth and rntriotlsm and single
devotion so rare among men who aspire to command. Never belorc has the
confidence of the people been so shaken by the iu.ii of the men of power. They
are looking among their ambiliour men their would-be great men to see if they
can find one worthy ol their confidence and trust une possessing the spirit the
patriotism and resolution of the Fathers of the Republic fit to unite all the dis-
cordant elements of party and to crush every threatening element of disloyal-
ty and lead the nation on triumphantly to higher glory and vaster greatness.
Can they find such a man one worthy all heir hopes all their enthusiastic
supportl Yes they can find one and only on. They have already turned their
eyes towards him and his name is on their lips. They scarcely need that we
name it but wo name it that in the naming its echo may ring as it erst has rung
throughout these United Stales It is Gcneial Sam Houston of Texas
We then propose in the people's name as the candidate for the next Presiden-
ry General Sam Houston ones Governor of Tennessee the Father of Texian
Independence twice President of the Tex inn Republic now its esteemed hon-
ored and beloved Senator the advocate of concession and the supporter of the
peace measures. Vho Will refuse to rally to the standard of Sam Houston the
true American Patriot ihe fearless anil brave Champion of American inslitu-
- tions a man not influenced by sectional prejudices who will sustain the honor
of the country and th rights of American citizens under all circumstances
the pupil of the illustrious Jackson in youth his bosom friend and councillor in
manhood like him in all the noble qualities that uvike the great and true man.
Such is General Sim Houston the People's Candidate (or the next Presidency.
N. Y. Sun 30A Oct
1 The Colorado Raft.
"Wo learn from a gentleman just down the river that a large
portion of the raft in the Colorado comprised in that which was
generally known as the Raft of '42" has entirely disappeared
from ils strongholds during the freshets. This portion of the
ohstructions of the river was situated at the lower extremity of
the main body below the Kate Ward chute and as ascertained
"by the late survey was about 300 varas in extent. By this for-
tunate event a vast amount of labor will not only be spared to
our friends of the Colorado navigation in tho consummation of
their object but the more immediate design ot placing n steamer
above the raft will be attended with less difficulty. Tribune.
3 Tho consumption of sugar has increased immensely in
the last ten years. England has gone up since 1840 from 200
Q00 to 800000" tons in 1849. The population of the United
States issupposed to increase one million a year and the increase
will consume at a reasonable calculation 35000 hogsheads-
With these facts -before them our sugar planters have good pros-
pects ahead. -La Grange Monument.
Still They Come.
The tide of emigration to Texas this fall has been very great.
Every day and every hour we hear the sturdy teamsters cry as
thev move on their wav to the " Far West" in search of a home.
From every State they come; having fixed upon the land of
flowers tho Lone Star State as their luture 1M UoiaUo ; ana be-
Jievinff that on her boantiful streams and rich prairies they will
find a home which will almost drive from their remembrance the
hills and dales of their native land.
And thev will not be disappointed. Every man will find hero
all thev most admired in their childhood's home. Beauty variety
richness and fertility of soil united with the most salubrious cH-
mate all combiue to rnako Texas tlie emigrant's parariise; in
which labor. though sparingly bestowed is aTwnys richly reward-
ed. Onr nraiiies are larse affording us an inexhaustible range ;
will not our brethren from sister States como and turn upon our
rich natural pastures their starved cattle 1 here the bleaicinlls
and herbless valleys promise nought but starvation to- man and
Least; here both can revel in untold abundance. There it re-
quires all our arithmetic to keep soul and body together; here
we have nothing to do but "laugh and grow fat."
Then come one and all ; get a home worth having. Wc ex-
tend to you a cordial invitation hoping that the honest among
you may.hear believe and como leaving the rogues where they
are. L.onc Star.
Emigration.
We notice in several of our Texas exchanges accounts of the
tide of emigration that is rolling in upon ihe Slate from Red ri-
vir nnrl the Gulf and which from ail appearances bid fair to de
prive many of our citizens of a large poition of 'their lands at(
reasonable prices. Bexar county is beginning lo fnel the first
ripple of the advancing tide of seekt'rs after homes. Within the
last two weeks sevcrafof our cijizens have sold tracts in this and
the adjoining counties at prices satisfactory alike lo seller and
purchaser. We understand one gentleman sold within the last
twenty days land in this and an adjoining county to the amount
of twenty eight thousand dollars principally in tracts to actual
settleis. These judical ions of a demand for land must be grati-
fying to many of our friends and fellow citizens who have been
for Ihe last twelve or ihiiteen years looking forwaid lo a demand
for land with as much interest and anxiety as the storm-tossed
mariner gazing through a fog and seeking in vain for u glimpse
of the friendly shore.
Eight years agp San Antonio was a dcseit surrounded city.
In eight yenrs more it will be in the centre of a well-settled and
prosperous country oxlending over a hundred miles in every di-
rection and places now disturbed by no sound of civilized man
will flourish as the abodes of intelligence industry and plenty.
- Western Tcxcvi 29 hist.
EC3" Mr James 13. Ayres has communicated to the public
through the Christian Advocate and Journal a recipe for cur-ino-
the discharge of blood from tho lungs. It is as follows: take
sixty giaius of sueor of lead ten grains of white vitriol half an
ni'mwirifniim Arabic half an ounce of laudanum and five ounces
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OFFICIAL VOTE OS THE PROPOSITION
Of the United States for the Purchase of 103125 Square
Miles or Go.OOO.OOO Acres of the Territory of Texas with
the Jurisdiction and Sovereignty thereof as far as the same
leas been reported lo the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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Counties. 6 2 oJ Counties. ho o c?
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Anderson 243 31 Kaufman 137 3
Angelina Kinney
Austin 62 (30 Lamar 227 16
Bastrop 108 42 LaVaca
Bell 87 25 Leon 108 24
Buxar 449 32 Liberty
Bow Mi Limestone
Brazoria 54 76 Matagorda 50 45
Brazos McLennan 28 10
Burleson 103 7 Medina 46 6
Caldwell ' 74 ' 46 Milam 80 52
Calhoun 70 24 Montgomery 112 73
Cameron Nacogdoches 381 19
Cass 225 158 Navarro 141 72
Cherokee 492 226 Newton 10S 8
Collin 102 6 Nueces 34 54
Colorado 59 54 Panola
Comal 36 32 Polk 85 62
Cooke Presidio
Dallas 266 15 Red River -237 17
Denton 70 Refugio
Do Witt 42 44 Robertson 87 14
Ellis 55 20 Rusk
El Paso Sabine 157 4
Falls San Augustine
Fannin 342 1 San Patricio 27 1
Fayette 161 127 Santa Fe
Fort Bend 52 30 Shelby 254 83
Freestone Smith
Galveston 137 61 Starr
Gillespie 52 44 Tarrant
Goliad 43 11 Titus 320 14
Gonzales . 62 32 Travis 230 91
Grayson 99 3 Trinity
Grimes 154 5? Tyler
Guadalupe 55 16 Upshur
Harris 244 80 Uvalde
Harrison 272 534 Van Zandt
Hays 16 .. 11 Victoria 135 10
Henderson Walker 271 48
Hopkins 226 11 Washington 160 295
Houston 128 18 Webb 30 4
Hunt 162 6 Wharton 23 32
Jackson 60 3 Williamson 103 20
Jasper Wood
Jefferson 56 47 Worth
Total::::::::- 4920 1990 Total :::::::: 356S 1 177
4920 1990
Total official vote received. 8488 3167
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" The Rio Graade Valley. . ' j J)
bom.Hl.yr?8lnceindJis 'country was an almost
t-T rttuZ r T' Wh0lly scttled. s with a few scatter-
offff Zt ' I? Ih? momh of thorivcr l0 "w old Spanish town
will Anil " Sp?c of n llttl0 mon lhnn tmec yrs
'A"llr'c;" enlcrPri the scene has undergone a wonderful
change. Between Laredo and the month of the river wo now
RO8r3??S5ln?i0Wr yi?: ficllevilleBuena Vista Roma
Rio Grande City New St. Louis Mansfield. Freeport and Browns!
vile with a growing place t tho mouth of tho river. Of these
Belleville is situated opposite the Mexican town of Guerrero Bu-
ena Vista opposite Mier. Rnmn hot. m. a r w:
rande City opposite Camargo Now St. Louis opposite Iieyiiosa
All ot llieso nlacGS are drivinnr n Hnm';inn rri0
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steadily improving at whose wharves with the single
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uu h.wibu r rcenori auq Brownsville opposite the city of
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inception ot ijeiieviiii' goods are constantly beino landed from
7"? "e 0I e worm steamboats now weekly running the river
ciuiu uireui communication with tns Gulf 'and with
New Orleans Belleville and Laredo are at present beyond
navigation though keel boats run far above and supply the rrarri-
sonut Eagle Pass five hundred milos from the river's mouth-
wit h government stores. Recent explorations have proved that
with a trifling appropriation our noble river may be opened to
easy steamboat navigation for hundreds of miles even above
Eagle Pass. Broiunsville Sentinel.
"Quickest Trip On Records'
We received by last Saturday's mail the Galveston Civilian of
June ldth and other Texas exchangees from two to four months
old. l roin this relict of an antediluvian ago we gather the as-
tounding information that Austin W.IS Slinmvsnrl n hn nlnrfnrl thft
scat of Government that the Nashville Convention had actually
assembled and that the Galphin claim was under consideration
in Congress. Of course for ali this we are under the most weigh
ty obligations to that distinguished individual the 'Hon. P.rtM.
General. We have carefully filed tho Civilian away as a pro.
cious souvenir of the past.
Does any body know any thing of the whereabouts of one G
L. Clapp the mail agent? Dallas Herald 9th iust.
i 3 Cr Mnli'owson Esq. in a letter to the Dallas Herald
dated San Francisco August 31 1850 says :
I cannot slate anything positively respecting the agricultural
resources of thecountry.as there are conflicting opinions upon the
subject but the better opinion seems to bo that in the vallevs the
soil is very ferule and well adapted to small grain particularly
when ungated : but with regard to tho gold I feel no hesita-
tion in stating that it is a mere bubble. I do.not mean to say
that there is no gold in tho country but I am satisfied whatever
there may be that it cannot tie worked advantageously as it is
worked at present. The fact js ninety-nine persons at least leave
the mines without realizing anything or every one who has been
fortunate enough to come across anything like a considerable
amount."
Texas Sugar Lauds
As a sugar growing country Texas is unequaled by any portion
of Louisiana. In Louisiana they have rich alluvial soils and the
mighty Mississppi bearing upon its bosom the commerce of half
the Union favoring the occupants of its .shores with hourly in-
tercourse with -the metropolis of the South. But that portion of
Texas whore sugar has been successfully raised and which will
be distinguished as the sugar region possesses advantages and
facilities for the production o( Ihe article unknown to any portion
of Louisiana. Tho soil of the lower Brazos San Bernard anrt
Old Caney will bear a favorable comparison with the parishes of
Terrebonne and Lafourche Interior whether the lest is made in the
yield per acre or in the chemist's laboratory. In Texas there is
no fear of crevasses and inundations. The planter hero is never
under any apprehension of having his crop swept off by the flood
flore too at no expense and bntlittle trouble the planter raises
his own pork and the oxen for his teams. The land here is un-
nvaisea in tne production ot corn by any southern soil from
We gave a short time since the number of persons and ani-
mals who last spring left Missouri for California with some spec-
ulations as to the fate or many. All the result can never be
known ; but enough daily reaches us to sicken the most callous.
A correspondent of the True Delta who traveled bywhaeis
called Carson s Route and kepi a journal of eventj as they trans-
pired under his own eye writing down every circumstance that
occurred during the day before retiring for tho night says he
counted nine hundred and sixty three graves and has no hesita-
tion in declaring his conviction that at the lowest computation
five.thonsand persons havo porished the last season alone. He
saw two meii killed by Indians two murdered by white men and
one killed in a quarrel by a fellow-traveler. He witnessed the
payment of fifteen dollars for a glass of water and he convers-
ed with a man who paid one hundred dollars for a pint of the
same fluid. He -counted also-
Dead mules " io6l
"Horses (. 49(30
" uxen and cowr
Civiliaiu N
3750
D33 A Washington paper contains the following on the recent
Boston notions in regard to the fugitive slave law :
Single-minded old-fashioned Southerners may he surprised
that an Boston the capital of the most union-loving Slate in the
Union a Turkish envoy and a noted British abolitionist member
of Parliament should be received with honpr ond feasting
Whilst a COUnle Of Citizens Of Genrm'n. Im rfnnnlnUr nrrneti
. - "S5J ?"- ..J".... vMy tw.u
111 11. 1 :3 ; - - "i " "? -....-
. ... j w. ..will 1 . nnnnnri nnfi n incTAn . .... .. . . . . .
Inrty to sixty bushels to the acre bono- an nrHiimrv viji i """u ... um U4 iuwii iur piesuming to claim tneic
- - --- ... t iuiii ' 1 : 1 I I I I nUA vn Kl.a . . . . . J .. I . 1 - A .-
bhng fho planter with little trouble to supply himself wirh .this
indispensable at no cost. Another important consideration for the
man who inionus 10 ombaric in the sugar business while land
in Louisiana costs from $30 to $60 tho acre abetter quality mav
be had in Texas for 5 and $8. De Bern's Com. ?.;- '
nf witter: nut them into a bottle and shake it before taken
..or two spoonfuls every hour or oftcper may bo taken according
to the bleeding. In case of emergency common-salt brine should
bc immediately taken or a small Quantity of epsoin salts.
-De Brno's Com. Review.
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SO Our pleasant village is still stoadilv imnrovinrr. Within
the last eight months several good buildings have been erected.
Our new court-house in process of completion will bo quite
an ornament as well as a strong substantial edifice. The beau-
tiful dwelling erected by friend Phileo proves that we have me-
chanics equal to any in the Stale. The various other houses
completed reflect credit ubon the workman and show a praise-
worthy enterpiize on the part of tho projnctois.
The male and female schools of Mr. and Mrs Steyens are
deservedly popular and well sustained. Mr. Guinn':? school is
also well conducted and wc hope will be liberally patronized.
Our hotels arc well kept our morclinnis aie kind and nblip-ino-
our doctors (who nro seldom needed) are well-skilled aud'alfon-
tive our lowers are gentlemen of lalent and industry. In short
wo havo a population as unexceptional as that of any other place
in the State. And wo would say to persons wishing to settle in
a pleasant healthy and prosperous town lo come to Rusk by all
means. Rusk (Cherokee county) Seatiaal. .
B3 We learn by accounts reaching us from oil sections of the
State that the number of emigrants aniyitig in tho State is un-
preccdeiuly large. The roads in Arkansas and Louisiana lead-
ing to Texas are literally thronged with omigrants and great
numbers ore also arriving at the scapoitson the Gulf. Among tho
overland eini.gra.nts are many wealthy plantcis from the cotton
growing sections of Mississippi Alabama and the adjoiningStates.
We learn from our eastern exchanges that reat nnmhnrs nfpm.
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lgrants irom -North Carolina arc on their way to TaxM. Tt
graj)h
property under tho constitution and aws. Rut ibis i nniinnM.
Congress has just passed laws that admit Amin Bey's fellow-subjects
with their plurality of wives in California loo-ether with
George -Thompson's fellow-subjects of Great Britain and cx-
elude slaveholders from there.
If slaveholders are not good enough lo-go into the -territories
why should they be permitted to stay lVthe godly city of Bos-
ton ?
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ICr A number of planters of this country hove gone to Texas
with the view of selecting locations intending soon to leave tho
soil of old Warren for more productive lands in the Statcto
which a vast planting emigration from all parts of tho country is
tending with yearly increasing tide. To reioin their population
agonist such inducements to emi&rutibn as Texas attars tho nlJl-
er Southern Slates will have to diversify industrial pursuits with
in their holders.-:-Vicksburg Whig. ' '
rr We iniaginc'our town never exhibited a finer assortment
of every kind of mtMchantdise tlmn ot tho present lime. 'Groce-
ries of eveiynnme dry goods and fancy aiticles of.evory discrip-
tton hoidwore cutlery and cabinet furniture oLevery shopesoi!d
style may bo found and that too on very reasonable torms.s-
Lavaca Commercial 0th inst.
H3" Don't say you will become rich until vou k havo 'qsl'H
your wife. Of ali spendthrifts 'lhat ovqr nature' invented a
thoughtless woman is the most so. Wo core npt how much
money a man may make if his wife does not second (lis endeav-
ors he is just as sure of dying poor as if he kept a grocery store
and trusted everybody
p Senior Berrien of Georgin mule a public speech at Mocon on the 1-t
ull in winch he declared otiinsl secession but l0o)f Mrous gronr.4 in favor of
defensive unci retaliatory metres fie opfojed gdoraiereodree id ffi2
taxcs as unconst tin dial and exnrtssed t heAviet.-nf i.irM.tit!x... ''WH
cominend.or the ratification of the people aqaWbywhlcjfNorfffern
ter they had arrived in Georgia and had been ileliir.ri im n... L.J
I tlt amrtint rl.iinlil 1rm nhl mail n 11aV .11..! .. t . I "
Yul-vl"""i annum v.aibru a uiyii uiscnminaiiiig lax
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