The Morning Star. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 263, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 11, 1841 Page: 2 of 4
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Admitting your correction to be correct, friendEruger,
our argument does not fall to the ground—although it
loses some of its force. In the present impoverished con
dition of our finances, is not the sum of "onh/' $3500 par
funds, worth saving? particularly when you recollect that
the government has no "par funds," and is obliged to pay
out its paper promises ata terfible sacrifice.
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THE MORNING STAR.
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judge Congress should be guided by the partialities
of the people of the District over which they place him.
Judge Morris will be our judge for the next four years
MEAN ANB UNOENEROIS—The Austin City Ga-
zette .has disgraced its columns by copying from the Colo-
rad > Gazette, that very stupiti and very Spiteful p rs nal
attack on Dr. Moore, which in ours of the 4th inst, we
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PAIR Negtol
You have conquered the NAPOLEON of th* WrsrlN
be adduced in opposition to thu remot J, v . out ri . ri i
to misreplest ntatiun or i < ickei \ — 7 • Se nti .
sticks more closely to the truth, he will do rm
than good. I Thervare s st ntialerguminisenou •
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Seat cd Gov
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s hi f clerk.
Assistant clerk.
Engrossing clerk,
Enrolling clerk,
Sergeant :ai* Arms,
Doorkeeper,
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Thus has passed the first day of the session, ‘To inor.
row, it is hoped, a quorum will be formed in the Senate,
and both houses will proceed to business in good earnest,
it is to be regretted, that the alarm relative to the incur-
sion of the Commanches still continues, and an attack is
hourly expected; every unusual norse, and the report ol
every accidentally fired gun, is 1: stenedtowith auxie ty, lest
it should prove the harbinger of the. foe. This is a sad
taste ofaff firs for Congress, when the mind should be en-
tirely at case,and that calmness should prevail, so necessary
for deliberation Anxiety, disquiet and apprehension, now
rule the hour, and totally unfit our legislators for the im-
portant and arduous tasks in which they are about to en-
gage. No fears are entertained that this handful of
savages can match the larger force that is now collected
hern; but it is provoking in the extreme, that these cow-
ardly scoundrels should be permitted thus to disturb the
legislature of the country with, impunity.
TUESDAY Morning.
To-day the hon. C. L Owens, Senator1 from Matagor.
da, &c. arrived, and a quorum was formed in the Senate.
This body organised this morning, and elected its officers,
which areas follows.
In the Senate--
A C. Macfarlane, Secretary; E. 8. C. Robinson, As-
here His manner is ve ry ag ■ blejand h eemscal-
culated to gain many friends. The other officers elected
are ns follows
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Hiouston, Thursday, Nov. 1i, 1841.
Our Austin dates are Jo the third instant. The Presi-
dent's message we furnished our subscribers in an extra.,
yesterday morning. . For Congressional and Indian
news we refer to the communication of our Austin cor-
respondent, which will be found below.
While nearly all our cotemporaries are giving Con-
gress their views of what ought to be done to relieve the
country, may we be excused for putting in our voice?
and what we recommend will not take the members long,
nor give them much labour—all we ask of Congress is,
to let the statute law alone: not that we mean to say it is
so perfect as to need no amendment, but because we be-
lieve it is more fqr the interest of the people to have a set-
• tied, though imperfect, ruleofdecision,tban that the laws
regulating and enforcing their rights, should undergo such
violent and sudden Changes, as they have been heretofore
annually subjected to. Moreover every statute should be
put to the test of experience, should be explained by judi.
cial interpretation, its defects should be thoroughly pointed
out, before the legislature undertakes experimental amend-
mints.’
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Theeditor of the Austin City Gazette of the 4th inst,
i congratulates the President on the coincidence of the
views expressed in his message, andI thoseadopted by the
Gazette since Is “assumption of th* Editorial Chair in
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Aid McAnelly introduced an Ordinance, to repeal so
much of the Ordinance, entitled an Ordinance to • Fund
Houston Change Notes" as al ws ten pet c nt interis
on the same, and the rule b* mg suspi oded the Ordinanc
passed.
The Board then adjourned to meet on Wednesdav ne,
at 7 o’clock P. M. *
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SANTN ANNA — The ■ • ' Mexice has Lecom t
theatre of anothe r revolut on, w hi h pron ., . to
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• I rit a, and the 1 co-adjutors < ni of thi . d
in the conspiracy is said to be Santa Anna IL i as.
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Sales for Taxes—We learn from theTexas Sen-
tinel, that a Joint Resolution has already passed the Senate
by a unanimous vote, and is making rapid progress
through th House of Representatives, suspending all
Sheriff’s sales under execution for taxes—these executions
being considered illegal.
The Hon. Joseph Eves, Charge T^AffnrF^oLthe Uni-
ted States, has arrived at Austin — Texas Sentinel.
Thebusiness-appearance of our streets, throngs of
passengers, the lading and unlading 'of steamboats and
wagons, the new and substantial improvements spreading
in every part, all give the lie to the jealous assertion of
our rivals, that the prosperity bl Houston is declining. •
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Errata.—We apologize o our readers for the many
typographical errors which sHpt info our last. This
arose from the fact, that a press of business prevented the
editor from correcting the proof sheets, as usual. The
following article was so much mangled that we entreat
our friends to bear with its reproduction in a corrected
shape: 1
JcnoE MORRI.— Nothing can exceed the satisfaction
that pervadesthecommtnityatthoctevationofthis gentle-
man to the Bench, and with the manner in which he has
discharged his judicial duties in the counties where he
has already presided Not only the gentlemen of the bar,
but the litigants, and the public generally, express them-
selves in terms of the warmest approbation of his courteous
yet dignified manner -towards all whose business leads
them into Court Unbounded confidence is placed in his
integrity; and his legal learning and talent are of the
highest order. We are quite sure, that if in the selection
Mexico, in the midst of its rt volutionary chaos, n yL
ascribed to his uncommon proficiency in the ku ofdissim.
ulation and intrigue. IL ha earned the a ; • i! ti .b ■
the Creat Magician of he West, much more mt ut ri u:
ly. than that of the Napoleon. With a lead r like .| .
what can be expected for the cause of liberty from thi
present political movements in Mexico? It will end, no
doubt, as have other revolutions in Spanish America. in
elevating a military chieftain to power, who, after playing
the tyrant for a time, will be deposed to make room for a
more successful usurper. Such has been the histo y of all
Spanish Republics, and nothing can save Mexico from im
pending anarchy and ruin, but the rapid progress of emi-
gration, and the amelioration which the Anglo Saxon
race is destined to work upon her institutions
( om Bulletin.
The "WAULLA"—one of the remarkable curiositii *
of Middle Florida —is described by a writer in the Knick
erbocker. After passing through marshes and wet ham-
mocks, the visiting party at length reached the river and
embarked in a boat upon its waters.
He then goes on to say.—
Picture to yourself a river leaping out of the eaith at a
single bound, and running off like mad in a current a
quarter of a mile wide, and at the rate of four knots an
hour! And although your imaginary painting will come
far short of the real scene, yet it will excite in you some-
thing of the wonder with which one actually beholds the
Wakulla.
Our first sensations, when we shot out from the reeds
and brushes which skirt the margin, were those of great
dizziness. The water is so pure and clear, that we felt
CITY COUNOIL
ain, but t exter i membe . t Con-
gress from the eastern sections, were not a liule annoyed
by this event, and their dissatisfaction with the present
locution of the Seat of Government, is i xpressid in no
measured •< i ms.
This morn ing at I 1 o'clock, the ! .. r 11 . t, and
was called to order by the acting Secretary ot State; after
it was ascertained that a quorum was present, the House
adjourned until 3 P M.
The Senate met at 3 P M , and the I istricts being cal.
led th" follwing Sen.iters appeared —
Mr Martin of Colorado, Austin, and Fort Bend,
Sa aw of Milam, and Robertson,
P’illsbury of Brazor i •,
Webb of Bastrop, Travis, Gonzales and Fayette,
. “ Gaines of Shelby, Harrison, and Sabine,
" Gret r of S m Au rusline, 1
Bennett of Washington, Mont gomery, &IN .
“ Moore of Harris, Liberty, and < lalvi s ton,
" Mu?'of Nacogdoches.
A quorum ml bi ing present, the Senate adjourned
uhtil 10 o'clock to-morrow.
The House m* t pursuant to adjournment, at 3 P. M.
and proceeded to t Let a Speaker andother officers, th"
■ acting Secretary of State being in the chair, Messrs. Pbr.
10,000 ' s
2,0001 -j
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suepended in the air, an
we may suppose an’ero
in his sublimnest flights,
more transparent than in
of the cloud-nre w
spread out al th" hott nn
, your boat is carrird dos
its oars and rudder toil
ing with out-stre atehrd
modest fishes hav nos
for them./though buet
safety. You can watei
curately place the tems
r abstracted and innocent
petceptihle fit till vt I v 1
of dm coin isdiscrnibl
f‘he aperture fhirotg
fifty fi< l in met r, h
jaggedeiges 1 : 2 sio
that it is the "3'i t
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certainly to b d '
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ment, but we cannot s1 stain him in ■ ... m i
able misstatements to etfect this subject W.woul
sprctfully udvise him, in concentrating his argunse ua to
keep probability in vntc. Iu respect to the con para
tive “expense of living at Houston or Austin, h, s v •
costs at least fifty per cent less to live economicalLjin
Austin than it dors in Houston. Com s IL in the form r
town at from 37 to 50 cents {< r bushi |; b, . 1 at fros
to 42 cents per lb., and other essari eltf [ g in pri .
tion Here are several errors which candor requssus
to corr ' ( :n s . he . at 75 . ,
at 62 cent per lb. precisely the prices, w, b ve, n w
curient in Houston We shall ever begld tosu hur
Matagorda friend- advocating our
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IB/uslon. November
I he Board met pursuant to adjournment '
Present — Aid. DeChaumes, Carraher, MeAncf,
Shearn, Stansbury, and Bail* y.
His honor the Mayor not being present, on motion Ald
iStansbury took the Chair. ।
! . Minutes of last meeting riad and adopted.
Aid. Eniley asked leave of absence, which was granted
I he Committee on Claims and Accounts reported
favorably on the following accounts, and on motion drars
were ordered to be drawn for the same, viz: r
D Busby, . . . 87 70
Andrews & Swain, . —25 00
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favorable auspices, and proceed immediately to business ;
but lol hardly had the city become quietly immersed in
sleep, when a messenger arrived from the Brushy, bear-
ing the alarming intelligence that a large army of Com-
manches, four or five hundred strong, had been discovered
near that stream, and was moving directly upon Austin.
All was uproar and confusion; immediately, Senators and
Representatives, heads of Department.*, and clerks, in
short, men ofallclasses and grades, and women and chil-
dren were seen running in all directions, some to meet the
expected foe, and some to find a place of refuge. The
citizens at length formed into something like an .organi-
zed.body of militia, and under the direction of the Secre-
tary of War, prepared'to defend the main strict of the
city, where most of the worm n and childreh had collect-
ed, in the strong houses lining that street The Artillery
were placed, under the direction of Col. Ward, so as to
rake the street completely Things be ing thus arranged,
a spy company under the command of Col. Jones, were
despatched to the Brushy, and in the meantime all waited
in anxious suspense for the foe. Morning came, however,
and f mnd .the cit in the c and weary
with fatigue; butnoti ces ol an enemy Ab ut eight
o’clock, A: M , Col. Jones and his party, returned with
intelligence that he could find no trail of Indians, and the
alarm was at once quieted, the citizens returned to their
homes gain, contented and din ful. In the afternoon,
however, another messenger arrived, with intelligence
that the -in lians were nsst n ble d on Little River, but it
was not known whether they came with hostile int ntions,
or merely "in pursuit of the Buffalo. The alarm was re-
DRANDY CIIE
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‘"The Napoleon of the West ’ Elistoi y <jt! ni t it
so remarkable an in st ince of . . n . osity
exhibited at the interview betwern him an ! the T< xi
commander, after the buttle of San Jacinto, where he < x
ims । *• ne : . i El u-• in Y , . . .
putriguer, and -to fuither his onn ends has embr ced - 4
popular side, and . spouse sthe liberalcuuse. Hly 6, ,
is hatural to him, and nodoubt he will play the t, j
to ndmjration. until an opp irtunity offts to throw (
mask. The Dictator wiil be the next charnctert
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sumes, which will soon be changed into the despot,
in the drama he plays as admirably as the byp , rit.
Such, we presume, will bi the < nd of thi p
tionary movement in the M« xucan Cap ital, n
is at its head An arrant dissimulator, a pt i
cian, a vain-glerious coward, he has ab t nsmuchru
fication for an apostle of liberty; as he has for the mlrj
But a silly vanity is the least of his faults. His wh
political career shows that he possesses none of the qu ili
ties of an able statr sman or enlightened pelitician A - to
his entire destitution of principle, none we presume woul I
call that in question. Winther in public orprivnte rela..
lions, he may well be execrated us a monster in hisivice
fur which deformity no offset or compensation is pre sent
ed, as sometimes happens, by the brilliancy ot his genius,
or the glory of his achievements. All of his sm c< - in
sistant Secretary; H. W. Raglin, Enrolling Clerk T
Green, Engrossing Clerk; 'I’. Ward, Sergeant-atArms:
and S. Johnson, Door keeper.
In the House of Representatives little has been done,
both houses are waiting for the President’s Message,
which will be received to morrow, at el* ven o’clock A M . 1
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Austin, Monday, Nov, Ist, 1841.
Well, here I am again at the Seat of Government, and
here is the Congresss or rather a part of it, again assem-
bled. It shall be my province to scan its proceedings
with a watchful eye, and to transmit you a fair and im-
partial account of them. As a preliminary step, however,
I must inforin youofa singular event that occurred, just
on the eve of its session, and-my materially influence its
deliberations, and affect the destinies of the present Capi-
tol of the Republic. Last evening it was ascertained, that
• sufficient number of Representatives had arrived, to
form a quorum in the lower House, and as severui Sena-
tors were known to be on their way to, and near the
Seal of Government, it was confidently anticipated, that
. « Congress woufcommence its session under the most
declared duly Speaker of the House of Represen.
tatives. Ai Andtson, before taking h ; - s, a •td < liv er ed a
short, but very appropriate address. It was delivered
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