The Matagorda Gazette. (Matagorda, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 38, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 23, 1859 Page: 2 of 4
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£.
XAS;
APttlL 23, 185
Dwmcr Cocst.—-The District Court f- r
MMj onwiicnctil its session •— fí-
at tida pita Uat' Monday, Judge Geo. Courrier <k« Elats Díit (published
V . Stniüi prssiding. rhe omission to hold W York) of the 6th inst, contains a
'' rt here |«M Fall ban crowd -d tin; pn 'oliB ««"tide n aasirting Ha n-port <if a new
ith an aaasnal amount of baa-!«*|*d'ti« n nrganM in this country for in-
' «d^hiah, we tliink, it inn iibIIiIl revnlutionixiag the Island of
«:<L .> at ' ... . . lilLk.
> }te«-t
eot
i
tu di
the rivet as
rtr^p we
lata flood
KCXfOKED E^PElMTIOJt TO tTÉA. THE IlOlbTON T AP AM UllAZOUlA where tU-u- was ai < M l>uf very !a:
COMPANY, ESTITLElJ TO TUE BEN- ir-n «- k >t x.. u\«.u uh* u k.^pranr,«.d
EFITá OF TUE LOAN LAW ? was thus alio to loach w :h his l..:i.!s the
Aa this cumj«ny is in a condition now. top of tiic «a!!, wl.;ch at that |K int n aU-ut
ia which they imagine thev are entith^l to! twelve feet in height. Three Ion- v rs
the hmefita of the Uaa Bill, it is interest- cU^ e.*fin. niont. had. however, s
^ uig to know the different statutory enact-,.. .
After tU.« r, W * « T«>
f t* •MwWiieij"' K-T journals are untrue, it proceeds to d'Ky^ the various Legislative acta, bearing, U> tlw t end, lie abandoned the attempt and
of h¡s friends, and bear* the ermine with dig- "cri,ie tlie expedition. Tlie following is a-itpou tlie question. Tliat of August 13th r,%vi ¡nt,, privy. whi«-li wheat, d again«t
aity and courtesy. His tact for dispatch-!af a portion of the artick by the j1 5«. aatb. riae* the Board of Commission- |he VVa!, RnHI(. u,. ,|iei.
tkm Immcm 1A Ib Cuwt Meto Uní ap- i ^ew Oikau« Bulletin: "r*""*/.-rvd.<l in drawing up. .nrt a,.™,,..
pxibMkm of ell «ilk wbuta ire here con- " Sot only ie there notliing imaginar)- "JeLuli .1'".. i.ü*.. ,-.1 to drive hi. Wal throuirli tlie r.-f. It
reduced
not a' le t ■ dr.:w*
1 OCAL C.1BDS.
sa«. r.L a". fishfr .... Jamks u.rr . i.:*_
FISHER k CUTLER
UrCKIVIN'i AND FORWxKPINt; MKRCH
AMS k CENRBAL PEALEIS.
The Q ra ltd Jury
i rt i r i if
ts indictments, all
tl
v * i . .. .,. . . land Attorney tionerai to loan to Kail Koad
■ 1 J "* pmo p.-r 11. lo wlit 11 tln'T liar,.,"' J" ' hi- Wad thronrh the
jin the expeditioo we have spoken of; not ;lCt.iaHy csnploted f& osainuoss miles and was strongly secured. h..wever. I.y boards. "• •« «
ere vigilant ia banting doea it exist ; aot only ia it organised; ¡ graded and mude ready f. r tlie cmssties' and his efforts only resulted in his ta*ii>£- nitmíoiü>ji. tm«.
lia Un yiUlUlf. liwil illi'"! t tTir iii mi iii i I write, it is already andj.tlier superstructure, 2 5 additional kmicked aeuseh^ and falling throug^tUej P C' u "
| lojm Cuor* of
ach '«c ship ban
i.
y^é
" rsi
4¿ '
> Ui
^ 9K
we wilt
to
%i1$ 4&SU
Court will
ted to j'n C> nrs * of partial realization. At least
offenses, such *'nc has gone from New York with a
ofoverseers:c'iOSeI> 'ol emigrants ; otlier departures
fue oalj waiting for a signal The plan of
ag£ratkm is for tlie psrty to land at a point
on the aoath aide of the Island, to acqnire
Puerto Pgncipe, and to eatablislt themselves
there with the aid of mformanta that are
provided £>r on the spot This point at-
tained, they wiñ rest there, without ▼en-
taring into the 6pea eonntry, and will await
the ezploaton of the iaanrrectíoaal move-
,'s«iat of tlie closet into a,
imi.1 C •rr,i',.>M'«ii * :!« be c 1 'f
rfc«f ini:g auvi :urwar !irj merrhj -! <>t
PitfJm*.
thir liientf* «nny r*ly our p^yi-.* proirp*.
a-J a'-iciCio.! o bii«in«>« tut: .*!«• i '. > n«
\\> v\,!l **\i Gjo>N at a a ,>. •« it ##f
•narkcl aifnrd«. and confine oiir uau«artion« id
CA>il ati'1 vich mpoo bl« pvlt * as ma?
make or hare maJo apecial ariaucoraenU «rita
FISH EU It CUTLER.
July St. lv v-ly
A—.... v.uow m Nssr Vork, buyuif
■ Fait Stork
of them
hoar
| thal
•djaam
Mf
•d? s&jtfi
imnrwi
To this, the same legislature, Angus! . . , . - . ..... ,
2Gth, paused airan^ndat^' act OHifiniiig:^ fwt ,n of wh>^ ^ UrH-V
tlie henetits of tlie sppropriation to compau- ¡ managedijji/aeep liis nose. All of those
ies chartered previous to the passage of ■ movppsats on tlie part of the prisoner oc-
paeots oa which they think they can count proviaiona and
id smendatory act
Now the act incorporating the Hons to
Tap and Braaoria Railroad Compnny^fMs
enacted September 1850, duri
Legislature and is couched injJ^Tollowing
phiaseology.
Sac, 15, That tni^uompsny may
adopt the ssme gauge |B¿t ia náed by the
lleffalo Bayou Braaiwfand Colorado Rail
Road Company
ia different parta of the colony. It ia ia
every ieepect, a second edition of the abor-
attempt of 1854, which coat some of
lamOies ao many tears.—
we are assured th*&.1 there ia aow, to
the ulterior hopls of the ctwj%
but % few Moulds of time. Imme-j
on seeing tlie door closed upon him,
Mr* Rodcruian again jerkeil it open and ¡
started in pursuit of the flying prisoner ;
but so quick were his movemcuta that all
traces of his whereabouts were lost for
nearly an liour, and notwithstanding he
MOOllT
—AND—
PROVISION STORE.
illR <uh<eriber «lili continent tha FAMILY
'Rovrgjow
1^
CROCERV anu PROVISION BUSINESS
all tho
aa oMab-
iu Maracoan*. ami be
articles thai aro usually
lishment.
He has standing orders in New Orleans, is
privileges and
general law <
may
so ooioruaii nan wu cbmpelled to pass three old and expo- ind will l>e reeeirm« fresh «applies by
to all tlie rirlit" ^ rienced officers, one woman, and possibly £ §*£M 1* iTfcfi ft KK,
-ccruing f. '' 4 -:":J " "r " .11 I 11a «<i!rr>i « —i Ufl from hit
ft wíiich hsve I
enacted by the f
nstrneting of Ri
accrainff from anv! otlier persons. A rigid examination of sil i He respeeifnlly solicits stder* from hit eld
" ° ^.1 a r i i a i . r . customers and the public wnsrallv. s
been, or j parts of the yard was mane, but for an! — — ■ — — • *
State, to Ijoq,. unsuccessfully. Tlie marks of his feet
la thai
ng of Railroads,
ner and to tlie same ex-
guage of «said road was the
xed, or whjch may be hereafter
state."
ie our opinion, and we regret It
of oer good friends a'n
that the H. T & B, R.
be, qpder any fair and
cooatraction of law, entitled to
of the Loan Bill. We have
iHted to read' the opinions of the
"Gtaeral snd of our Chief Mag-
and regard their
the matter, as
upon tlie east wall, where he bad made
such a desperate effort for his life and lib-
erty, ~ were fearfully distiuct, and it was|
generally supposed that he bad in that ¡
j manner succeeded In effecting his escape.
The woman win witnessed his flight how-
ever, persisting in tlie assertion that she
had seea him enter the water closet, an ex
amination of that affair wascsrefully made,
but without any cine beiug discovered
Terms—CASH.
a. wadsw0rth.
Matagorda, Jal) ft. IBM-3a
Oyster Saloon,
BY
Jlorand Sdaicrlcr.
IWOCI.n itwptrtfully tsllw ta rMistas •TMaUfsr-
4*. sod lb* mk" ' *
lead to the supposition that he bad been im-
in reference to the matter, as nM?rc<?d iu 1,iat horrible receptacle. Anoth-
í «tsnrdly wrong. 'cr prisoner finally voluutecred to enter up-
the« Sugar Rosdj" as it is com-j on a dose topographical exploration, and
entitled trithetJenefits of the j Wll8 lowered down. He was successful
The answer
U 114s, sed Ib MbUe. thai ta* OySe Oilwa U a «
• in«n fur U* rrrvfAiaa of natters. hsMts as/ Im
to1 s«f iwriSatr< at all busts trtlfc Iks be* OjAm*.
kvrved is a suaatr that will SrUirbt tha pslsto aad
Sdr unkm frita ths Coaatrr *Ul swi wilb prompt
t. uttoa.'te aoaAXDMCliaUU^K,
AT«sofcPA. K< ptMBbtr It tSM.-ta
in tlie
_ _ a key to the ao-
tutioa at the interrogatoiy. «Iu the me
<|d Jo the same extent, as if the
said road waa the same now fix
which may he hereafter fixed by this
a
m tftiStfeflfce**! of HPVI
. « that the gnage >f the Segar Road, did ao-
tnally ooaSnrm to the requisition of the gen-
era I law
ffeet
., Uiat is, was 54
I feet and eight in-
t width, would that confer
the right to demand the
not; s«d why? Simply
late of die charter o^ the Tap
was subsequent to the act
1856. So it will be aeen,
■peeed'to investigate the
bmifee* S«gar Head to ú portioa of
the loanjlhat the Company could onlyoame
n fbr a share of the appropriation, by ex-
hibiting a charter older than tl>e amenda-
iatended to confer
have manifested
•yment <4 language
«the law making
adopted would have
following:
isy adopt the same
Buffalo
¿ ■&$> ,
t<ef
the gov-
ts
both
JS^t=£Sly : 'TSfci.
as
■PIP
tfaaew
m
fi* the
_ jew «*•** ■
iASNI^tW* ** •
Bayou
, , _-__JUa Road Company
and shall he salject to the provisions end
eethled to all the rights, privileges and
baanlta aCoraiag from any general law ór
laws which have been or may hereafter be
exacted by the Stote* ia the asme manner
and lb the same extent, aa if this act of in-
fporatton Kid been passed previous to
efttwpf Aagast S6th 1856
That the Goveraor and ex-Attnrnew Gen-
eral are both in mrrar iadheir interpretation
•d the several enactments, bearing apon
tie found Ilonser's nw, sud by that mrans
the party snoascded, by sundry appliances,
in disinterring him entirely. When broaght
j out he was quite aeuseless and nearly dead.
A lew momenta more and there woald have
been no verdict af a jury to execute upon
him Be waa taken to his cell, ont of which
he will go but twice more—once to receive
his setence, and then to meet hisX?od.
John Steger,
me it chant tailor,
ROiPKtTV'LU.Y lit II O. fill * M.Ufi.4.
aad rttinltjrtbatks hssjaattsteirsa stall sad eus^lrte
Braadelellu, CaalMera, Vesting*
Jkc., 4c., • ét.,
«fHwblHlytlIsinsMéb
st Um akrtrtcst Muilea. Pskta .
a full suit of the t tXKriY WOAI
HiirTSToBptacorAUAífB.—Bisdmp DeLsncy,
now <m a visit to Europo, says in one of
his letters:'
I have attended ftve or six friii.es in
England and am struck with the following
particulars :
1st The general and audible responses.
2d. The congregational singing.
3d. Tlie reading of the lesean by the
members of the congregation ia their hildes
in the pews. .
4th The patpcjUUr the benediction.
5th. The yery fittle looking round and
staring at ehch other by the r inp^i fflflfciii.
and Im apparent devout attention iBnb-
ited.
la another letter Biabop th-L., apeaks
thus of tlie week'y service held the night!
before in the St Paul's Cathedral, London: j
It waa a most impressive service ; more:
isrrarsr.r'
UTVmdstod fnarss'
I* St. hi MSire binas.
lis ha* al*o, ea baad. a lare* detrfHttM-
l>tíCIXITHINQ. wHtofcas «II asi SI *•« T«.rb
MAUKCUITHIVG.
prirr* U<r C wt, m apprar«4 ciedü.
Mat miospa . Tesas.
is. is*. 4/
D* B* B* Braman,
ATTORNEY b COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
mataookx>a.tkx ia.
HEXRT THORP,
A TT0MLVK1* AT té A If",
MATA00BDA, TFXA*
mnressive service ; more
nd present notwitlietand-
powen
jcstic I
It was
than three thoassi
ing tlie rain. A choir of more thau fire
hundred volunteer singers chaunted and
anng. Tlie voice of the people almost over-
we rod tlie immense oigan. It was a ma-
le sound. Such an smen I never heard,
the fall of Niagara reverberating the'
praises of God. It carried me forward to i
what St. John says: "A voice cnmc out!
of tha Throne saying, praise our God, all
ye EPs servants, and Tbeatd as Ü were the
voice of a great multitude as thavoiesof
many waters, and as the voice of many
W. H. ■DSKS&IT.
Assaaaaé as a aw
a«T*
Jul/ XI, IMS.
ta.
GUSTAV DKKVLLNÜS
the point in contreversy, we hsre no mure j ^,,,"^er8 Pay'n>i. Alleluia! #f«r the Lord.
itrmhl il n m (tin twUnf that nntv n« nt- Gild Omnipotent reignetll." I
doubt than in The belief that only one of
Ahoae ogcials will ever find hm way to tlie
bright mansion ia ths sides. [Intelligencer.
MF The following ia taken from a St.
Loom paper. We uoderatand that the un-
i^rtanate prisoner waa known to many of
ear citisena, while be sojourned ia Texss :
Tha trial of Stephen H. Boaser, for mer^
der, which has occupied tha attention of
the Circuit Court foe eight or ten days,
The jury after being ont baft a few rain-
atea broaght ia a verdict af aanhr ta tkt
fir* degree.
The Caee it a remarkable one In many
of having ita out-
July, 1858, la
erately murdered an
to at est him.
t to Texas
three years,
them wa
.4 some danger is
a naeaa by the people of
other fioaaiirn We
a friend ia thiaaUy, that a large
crowd 'were coming ^to Bastrop from
* Ed. Toney.
q, W.-Jonea had made «dinAh. the
TO, where la
seppoeing that tbe crime
ftwgofctaa, he returned lb
Upon
"tím^rd, be told the teeper
T—* ^ of*0 ftaSTjedgeTwrel"d «• <*dte
all per-
aad gaard the
A*
has been pat off until
■eren the 14th Hmt We hope to
a peaceable termination of da Air.
jy Mr. riiaton, Ageat for the Gal
aviaU
promptly arrested, tried
By snesRs of aew trials,
td venae from one county to
er,
sitinn of tbe <
present time.
a ei - - tl , J I?,, ■■ *• ** ' at
AM tM Ottlfffy OK umi ICIUICI ov BM
jury, the praesir warn it maided to the
cestwdy of the jailer to awil sentence,
was accordingly taken to the jail by one
of the Bepaty Marshals, aad by him deliv-
ered over to Mr. BodJrmsn. Mr. R.
ed wTthfifm from* the jail oflee oa Sixth
street to the calla, the two wstUngxidsIf
aide. Mr. lUmloehed tbe oatsftfon
of dtoe chamber ta
in. Hm
doer ta, leaving Mr.'
oa the oetaide. He
AMBttOTIPE G ALLERV
All "about ns, so far as we cotild tcc « ri . a. . r .
hear, responded and sung, bat no indlvid-l Opposite UOf. A. fiorton «
ual aaicc, male or female, soald l« distin- Retidencc, MaTaOOBDA,
guulied ia tlie "bvcrpourcring snd harmnni.|
ons mass of sound. • There were no pre-
ludes or interludes by the organ.
When the hymn aftar the sermon tss
finished, all hent down and the preacher
pronounced the benediction, to which the
orgma, choir and congregation responded a
most solemn snd impressive esas—and ail
waa silent as the grave, for prorate prayer! meatartv beta ese mis i
to God for his blessing on the? service—si twice a weak. She has
silence overpowering—silence that c*Mtld ifof pwtsenjert, aad it the
i ie i he
be felt The
dispersed.
i
Contact al Tsxatt wot PaaicraT.—Ion,
the Wsshiqgton correspondent bf the Balti-j
a«k tW VMy «.k¿
caá proaúts thass whs travel aüli bim, comfort
licspatch tnd mfeiy. <
Leaves M a tagorda, Moadays t Wednsedays
" Miañóla Ta—i aya * Fridays.
WILLIAM AUSTIN
Ja if II, lMt.-ty
COLORADO BOUSE-
Paxíccat.—
lent bf the f
more Snn, writes:
A treaty ef comemrce end navigation has
undoubtedly been negotiated tpon terms
similar to these which ware granted to
Great Britain i 1858. Under that liberal
may be epenedby the United States upon'¡¡a 0 ol lbo
the Paraaa aad tha Parsgasyi. That re- in
m ia productive of many articles of com- g,go?*<>y aft
which wa-ased, aad woald afford al ^
fbr oar paadacts sad maaafactarea rusmisr-
The tirada with ths La Plata aad ita tribe-- p^ruaria. a
taries is engrossed chisiy by Engiaad aad l*t9m «ere •t
Fnuiea, aad they wg probably ictaia ft an- ¡ HtTisssss, T,
^J1 the ^nfted3<atea-government shall see
fit t^ encoarsge cstr own trade by
t
b is
Tssvatsas aad ths rssus
at
well mpplied with the beet sf
to horses wilt be wstl fad aad
GALEN
I, Ittt ~ly
which asthma adopt—that ia, regalar, fre-j
epsedy mall oommanicatioaa by j
British mail snd
with liberal government
dies, have eecured the commerce of Üm La
Plata for Orest Britain.
MuUra Cora Hatch, tha
lectured ia New York leccsfiy. aad at the
to the aorth aide of the dees of tbe cxerrise berheshaad attempted
ader tbe gallows, to drag her from ths stage, bat was pro-
to the east wall, 'wartsd by «be gsallum pruss it
Linen Bosom Shirts,
Checked SMrts,
Silk
Drawers,
BtjV sdssv, a *«'«• ansrtmsai tam|s ty
«a. jar ÍWN FTTOl.
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