The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 49, July 1945 - April, 1946 Page: 273
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Notes and Documents 273
Daily Picayune
March 3, 1846
LATER FROM TEXAS
By the arrival yesterday of the steamship Galveston, Capt. Wright,
we have Galveston dates up to the 28th ult., and from Austin, the seat
of Government of Texas, to the 20th.
Washington's birth-day was duly commemorated by the citizens of
Houston, Messrs. J. W. Henderson and Abner Cooke, jr., having made
speeches on the occasion.
It is thought the Hon. Volney E. Howard, of San Antonio de Bexar,
will be nominated for the office of Attorney General of the State of Texas;
Hon. John Hemphill, Chief Justice; Hon. Abner S. Lipscomb and Hon.
R. T. Wheeler, Associate Justices.
The "Army of Occupation" still remained encamped at Corpus Christi
as late as the 19th inst. There were rumors afloat that some of the
reconnoitering parties sent out towards the Rio Grande had met and had
a brush with the Mexicans, but these reports are not credited. The
publication of the Corpus Christi Gazette is to be continued after the
removal of the army.
The news by this arrival, other than that from Austin, is of not the
least importance. We give two letters from our correspondent at the seat
of Government of the new State, giving the proceedings thus far in the
Legislature:
Austin, Feb. 18th, 1846.
Gentlemen-As every important occurrence in this region, in the present
interesting crisis in the affairs of Texas, may be presumed to possess
considerable interest to your readers, I will proceed to give you a synopsis
of the proceedings in the legislative halls of the new State during the
first days of the session.
On Monday, the 16th, agreeably to the proclamation of the President,
nearly every member of both Houses had arrived, and proceeded to
organize. In the Senate, the fine old hero and popular favorite, Gen. Ed.
Burleson, was elected President prQ tem., without opposition. The Speaker
of the House is the Hon. W. E. Crump, of Austin county. After the
election of the clerks, &c., the only other business transacted was the
appointment of joint committees to wait upon the Governor elect, and
inform him of his election; who reported that he had fixed upon Thursday,
the 19th, for his inauguration. After the House had elected the Rev. Wm.
Morrell their chaplain, and the eccentric Senator Williamson had succeeded
in demolishing a resolution to elect a similar functionary in the Senate,
both Houses adjourned till the time fixed for the inauguration.
Gen. Darnell, the Lieut. Governor elect, has not yet arrived. The counting
of the votes polled for Governor and Lieut. Governor, by the Speaker of
the House, as prescribed by the Constitution, gave the following result:
For Governor-Henderson, 8,190; Miller, 1,672.
For Lieut. Governor--Darnell, 4,319; Horton, 4,271.
The small majority in favor of Gen. Darnell, has occasioned general
surprise: as it has heretofore been supposed that he would come out
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