The San Antonio Ledger. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 23, 1852 Page: 2 of 4
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THE SAN ANTQMIO LEDGES Extra Session
is published er: thcrsdavs. j The State Gazette seems to be some-
AT THE OLD NAVARRO liOffE. j what-relieved from its late suffering, and
indulge? in the prospect of an extra
session of the Legislature beinir called in
the latter parttjf the ensuing winter. 6ueb
, mi event i always gratifying to a " State
Powder Horn aid Ticlaria.
The Victoria Advocate assures its rea
ders that the project of a railroad from^
that town to Powder Horn is no joke, an<\
says. speaking of Sun Antonio:
matter quite soon enough for them.
,, , , , , We are clad to hear that they are in
prmi-r. a cfass who are alwavs actuated . ,
t . , *. j eaAest upon tbe subject, and they cannot
Tfc R*M 8:
flíBíCItlPTIOy.—ThreeTlr.ll.-irs a year
3I.V3IÍ,'. iy in advance. Fur tix mouths, one
c<*r+iir mi| «eveuty-üve -cvnJ*.
■ícnpiiun discontinued until al! arrtir-
a%< a repaid.
Al.) \*fe4tTIí*INfr*. —1 One «piare. one i*;«-
í¡ .j o:tr dollar; each *ut>. '.'i-.it' invrriion, li
or4 . Half «fpiare >m<* t;:-f rííon, f¿üv cent
tavh sub&í-quent ins'Mion. twenty five etuis.
IWi Hncs consiíiótc a 5qua:<-. ' i . , . .
A:i transient a^.eits«>enjuii- must paid fuij J A 'l*u ! ' '"a c" f 1 " , d t Antonio entertaining any jealousy of their
iit tne time their ¡n-t-itiyu i.-> oni- I zette to secure this result. Extracts frotn j . . , - . * , .«
St?rscriber.> mny rei,,>i v t v innil at mar! , . i project, the reverse is the tact, anu tiiey
ri í if ciiclo^'-d in the i>r'_w m ■ oí i •. Po- 'wi-;-1 "alt *i dozen newspapers. in various parts . , , • xv\
1 u 11 rr-"1'1 oi tut ro-.m.i: ' , , c. ... anxiouslv desire its completion. When
■ ot the btate, iu iavorof the measure, have ¡ , . . / , . x , •„
1 ' 1 this is done, thefean Antnoio road -will
" Wo opine our project will become a serious work of tome literary merit, published in
the year 4841, at London, is the only one
who has done himself or Texas any credit
by the HK.ftt dui uteres 1&1 motives.
It i:j gomcwh it amusing, however,
complete their road an hour sooner than
5 we desire. S ) far from the people of San
ter
PcH'ieal 'ÁTf ¡lar". and al! communication*: of I
a private or personal nature, wiil be ch-itg,d ai
ilje <arae ratea as auyertifcmenls.
•>o rommimitation or adveitis? oent of an
c;;-tMve chara' ier will b? in vited in oar-cul-
C:rns on any term.
Postmasters are authorized to art as ag.-n'"
and d' du' t Mi per'••'iit. on moneys they r?mit.
Aii kiters must be prepaid.
been constantly paraded in its columns
as the opinions of the press, and the voice
of the people : v.Inie it has been 33 srle'nt
as death upon the expression of counter
opinion?. The clamor upon this subject
induced the Governor to consult his con
tap it atibe most eligible and convenien
point, and less capital will be -required to
construct it to-San Antonio, than if the
8an Antonio-company was obliged to con-
struct it the whole distance. The Advo-
E xi-c
low r
JOB WOlíK
wi'h n'a'.ncs and ''ít'-
which m ist be p:ti i lor on
and at
BLANKS
Of all küiú> always on hand.
THE LEDGER.
! stitutional adviser, the Attornev-General-
¡upon the necessity of a called session
j upon the grounds advocated by its friends, i
• The Attorney-General answers, after an
. examination of the subject, that in his
opinion such an emergency as the con-
stitution contemplates does not exist.
j cate has hardly recoved its temper since
5P
The Hi&tory ef Texas
There have been several attempts at
writing the history of our State, but none
very recent. An English Consul to the
late Republic, William Kennedy, in a
30U&K2 &. HOWARD, Editors & Proprietors That opinion, however,'decs not suit the
tasto of the Gazette,and the opinion of poor
Allen is forthwith attacked and Iran died i
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
F«r PublishiM the laws ofUie I nilc.! díales
SAN A \ Tí)N ÍO.
Tiu itsDAV, sr:i ti:>iBr:u-4i, iH.it .
Tiio Hon. Guy \Y. líryan. of Brazoria,
t'crocratic K! vet or, and tli< Hon. J \>
' •ot t. of Houston, member of t he \ :i i :o;¡al
!> •íiocratic Committee fur Texas may
Lm expected in ír'.tii Antonio about t'-.e lirst
of {) : i éi'. They will address the Dcmo-
«, r-.'*v of lie.xar county on the /subject-ufc
t:f i'reai lential election. It i- hrpe-I ther
witliout merry. He being an amiable raan,
is not disposed to allow hard feelings to
be entertained towards him by any human
being, and thinking perhaps that the edi-
tor of the Gazette may be a better lawyer
the report of the surveyors of the San
Antonio road was made, and the board
postponed the establishment of the ter-
minus until December. There are a few
facts connected with the postponement of
this terminus which the people of Powder
^loru and Victoria seem to be entirely ig
norant of. Af'the meeting uf tIPG- boTT
referred to, two gentlemen
themselves as the representatives
people c-f l'owder Horn and Indianola.
The intention of the board was, to have
established the terminus definitely at the
meeting. Upon the express solicitation ] '^
• of these two gentlemen the subject was
in the effort. All others have been but
the wafture of a single moment, off hand
dashes, borrowing their only «dignity-and
merit from the subject itself. All differ
in their statements iu many particulars?
and ail are alike deficient in fullness and
ness aud otb:r essential requisites of a
and authentic history. There have
•ISO been, in times gone by, individual at.
tempts at forming Historical Societies for
the collection and preservation of the va-
rious historic materials that are scattered
as waifs through the country. These have
uniformly failed, and we may almost say,
that the history of Texas, though pretty
well knowu, is. to this/day, unwritten.
The importa -o and interest of the his-
tory of a State' to its^eitizeus, -is a matter
which nobody uiííd enough* to dispute
<i¿ j|he' older States of the
, t -Union, ¿De ' -formoi
presented ^ e
^ j munificiently 'endowed at the expense of
Texas Jurisprudence
The unparalleled vicisitudes through vhich
the presedt-Siaie of Texas has passed since her
fit;t permanent occupation as a dependency ot
Spain, about the*year 1692. while it may aliord
a brilliant and thrilling theme for the pen oí
the historian, yet more extended field
for investigation by her jurists. While the
practitioner is struck with the simplicity ano
certainty of her practice, he is at the same time
bewildered ia^he labvriuthian mazes into which
•he plunges even i«i the threshold ot'his resear-
ches into the genins of the law iself. T¡w law
of the land as it now star tls, stands almost pe-
culiar and alone. First, thtf-law oí the twelve
talles, asthey were enlarged and auihortatively
collected, amended and compiled in the Institute
and Pandects of Justice, and flowing through
the judioiary of Spain, were gtvcn to-tpe cob^-
nies and presidios of New Spain. Th ?se, under
tl e name of-th* civil law, with slight modifica-
tions Uv the crown, were brought -to Texas, and
Setting -SpiiftUQUi Liquors to Siarcs
There has reeen^^ee^ much compliiint
amongst tho stare owiiers*of this city/and
county, of tho daily and almost hohrly
infraction of the Statute prohibiting the
sale of ardent spirits to slaves. The evil
has become a crying one, and calls loudly
for redress. The Statute is sufficiently ex- Déar SiR:—t no wriüs jail
plicit upon the subject, but its provisions
seem to be constantly evaded, or entirely
disregarded by those frcm whom better
things might be expected. The law upon
this subject is in the following words:—
'•That if any person shall hereafter sell
to any slave, without the written eouseut
of his or her master, mistress, or overseer,
■ any apdent spirits or intoxicating liquors'
he or she so offending, shall forfeit and pay
on couvict-ioa thereof, any sum not less
lemained the sole *law of the counírv until the, A„„ ♦«„, i.-.,:,.,)
. _ . . - . . than twenty, nor more «than two aanured
Mexican Federation, bv act ot revolution, broke - '
dollars."
Notwithstanding this statutory provi
sion, aud the obligation of every citizen to
obev and respect the laws, yet there aie
persons mean enough, for the sake of niak-
itiir a picayune profit upen a bottle of whis-
ky, who duilV*violate this law, without re-
gard to the moral and legal obligation rest-
,ing upon them, and without regard to the
injuty tliey thereby inflict upon the slave
lhe chaia which bound her tolhe motiier coun-
try, and established a different lbrm of Govern-
m -i.t, in 18Í1. Thischange, however, instead
of wot king any radical reform in the law. pro-
duced onlv a moiiifieation in its administration
and application. New tribunals were created
and new modes of dispensing justice were
brought about, but the law and the text were
generally the same. This new order of things
lasted but a few years. Under the system and
policy of the gcnaral government, and the au-
thority delegated to the States respectively, the
the public treaLtiry, for the sole purpose of j colonization of Texas was pushed with a rapid- ¡ a111^ owner. Such persons ought to be
collecting tho history of the State, and j ity only equaled by the prodigality of har land- ] promptly dealt with, and public opinion
preserving it. from that oblivion which |eft munificence. A ne\. tace ot men were
. . ... n roaming her plains, speaking a different Ian- j nt.
i otherwise, woula have swept itawav forever • , " , r | iteaecD.
! _ . 1. " "j guage, ana having Leen accustomed to diuercnt \
rhe co^sideiations impcllitig to some such j jaws._ 'phe speedy consequence was a tlisru.p- ;
sequel:
siiould be invoked in aid of the law to give
eCt.
In order to furnish greater opportuni-
sms
- IFr.| B our Extra of SaMtjrJ
- THE- INDIASfS AG AIN
We have been furnished by a friei
^'ith the following fitter from Caj
VV. A. A. Wallace,, mall carrier
tween here and BI Paso.
September) }{
ties for the enforcement of this Statute
we would respectfully suggest the passage
minfortuna'which happened Qte on jpy f
to El Passo with the mail. * At Big B1
five miles belowjthe CalifornHi S * *
about seven miles above the faint
on the evening of tho 9th,about 3 o'cl
a party of Indians, 32 in number, chai
my camp, whilst in the act of harncssi
the animals for the march. 1 ran out
front of the Indians, aud «eked tbem what
they wanted, and to halter I would fire OA
them, ^received no answer other than the
war whoop aitd the flourish of acms. Wo.
raised our ij^cs (<f fife on tbem at tbe dis-
tance of 14)0 yards. Tom Itife oply fired,
but without any effect. The Indians then
fell back, circling around us, took, posses-
sion ot the *op of Hig duff, directly over
our camp, and then t he fandango opened,
which continued until .dark, tbe termina-
tion being on my part—Rodelph Frie,
slightly wouuded in the left shtffcíder aud
hand; one mufo batlly v/ounded, one mule
and one horse killed. On the part of the
Indians, three killed that we know of, ono
doubtful, but badly wounded. Before snu-
ectthe Indians reinforced 7 or 6 iu num-
ber, and before dark took their stand
around us. I put the threejtnibulanccs ia
triangle shape near the water hole, wT
was the only one within five miles. AH
quietness during the night. Before day-
break. Tom Rifa and myselfcTinsbed totl e
ton of the bluffs, determined to hurt some-
body or be killed, but found no Indians
there. At daybreak, I discovered eleven
of an ordinance by the Citv Council, iu.'Indians ¡rithiu 300 yards of camp Í
Hictina an addüiwwl Sue for the uso of tho i klilo<1 «tw . « '•<! t!"" *« ««re
v:.l r
ner c<
.
r.sar?v we;come
t;-*H
vetve
inly.
The weatner for -< v> ral da v s past
:i delightful. A part of the time
1! -I.; a !>m mtthttu I. .a-z •, lotbe j jresscj t,,
« tracing allí] lUTigorating. OIJ (eouütM
A has ju.;'. Uft tho Kouator on an excur-,
J 1 i Htjitor
sidr tlo1 fir.-t, opinions of our worthy At-
torney General as merely preliminary or
introductory, and wait until he reverses
it by a publication of the second, before
taking any action.
are assured by several members of the
tioñare yet living, who would gladly con-
baa b
wo I:
last o
, . , „ ,, . , ¡ public meeting was called and the same two
I But the Dost j'dco of all is. that the iirst ¡ , °
! . . r ■ > r, ' ¡ mu
• opiuion oí the Attorney-General was ad I , , , , , . ,
1 -tee who reported resolutions severely
1 censuring the action of the board in post-1
board that such is, the fact. YV hat ap , , , . - . .„ , . ,
! trrbute to the historical fund, and whose
conuco- f ...
; contributions could do tmpiicitely relied
on. In a few years, many of them will
have passed from our midst. The Alamo
will have passed into a tradition, the spot o^
pears the more extraordinary in
nection with this fact is; that upon
tlu
return of these gentlemen to Indianola, a i
die meeting was called and the same two
ividuals composed a part of a Ooiumit-
thc
opinion v.as
G overnor.
.ddrcssed to
the I
; poning the subject, when, in truth, it was
Fannin's Massacre will have passed from
tho knowledge of the country, and the mo'
| mentary battle, and splendid victory of San
down south, and while chili-sweet in;? ' ,>
1 >- : tee
Boreas is collecting his forces for the win-!,
re fore to conclude that only the opinions
that may hereafter be addressed to the !
Gazette arc
t • • campaign all unpleasant hostilities of
t';e seasons are for the time suspended.
¿l'* * New poatofJieis have b«in cstab
lish ;d at. the following points in the State :
Little Elm. Denton co., C. C. King, P. ;d. ;
Ba.-.T:)-'. IJa.-trop co., Johnson. }' M. :
Gard-n \ alley.Smitli co.. Davidson J\ M. :
Bunkerhill, iLusk eo., E. Vinzenf. P. M. •
Ashville, Harrison co.. C. Grain, I*. 31.
ÍT3- The editor of the 'south Western I u^oa at thc cxtra scssion' and seems haIf
American and Maj. J. It. Reagan have I dÍ3P0Scd to flc« from the storm itself has
fallen into a war of words about"the Pe- ¡ rai3ed" Jt has alwa>'s showed a di«Posi-
ter's Colony affairs. The contest appears ; tion to °PP0SC any system of Internal Im-
to be Acrimonious, and is tending to per
sonalities.
of the State Gazette/' We . , . .. .
j done upon their own solicitation.
How did this happen ? Did these gen-
tlemen ascertain, upon their return, that
orthodox, lim excellency ¡ , , . ' , , . , e ,
, , , ; they had misrepresented the wishes ot thc
; the Governor, must therefore be under i , , . . .,
... people who sent tiiein, and to avo-id cen-
I the necessity of arriving at the conclusion ¡ . . , . ,, , ,
! " ° i sure.join foremost in the hue and cry
•of his legal adviser through the columns i •' . ^
i _ , ; against the Directors # Or did they in- , , . , ... „ . ,
of a newspancr, and of course will not ® , , , • T i i .i • j moral and social condition oi the people.
1 - ' 1 tend to deceive the board by their apph- l , . , , , .
. 11 their habits, manners and occupation, their
Jacinto, wiil lose the inspiration which is
needed to do it-justice.
But the mention of revolutions aud the
causes which lead to them, the battles?
victories, hardships and courage of a dar-
ing and determined soldiery, do not con
stitute the true history of a country. The
without money or triends. Revolutionary bat-
tles were io be fought, revolutionary vicissi-
tu !es of the direst character were to be eneoun-
t; red. A convention of del gates was convoked.
a provisional government was erected, and a
provisional governor was chosen. Few were
the men in Texas who at that day thought or
cared for judieial stations or mere judicial pro-i , ..
. n . i- • • I effect of abating the evil,
tection. Finally a republic sprang ¿uto exist-1 _
ence, a coiistitut-iea promulgated, a president | DciilOlTílllC Metíillff.
electei1, a congress ordered. But now every
man had his hand's lull. The republic must be
sustained;; the war carried on
, , t ready for the day fight.
| City tor this offence, anu ta.iho icop, o commander came close to camp.
j the law and ordinance to "be posted up at anj lit,hed why we did not travel the road
j the door of every vender of spirituous li' and come out aud fight them. I' replied
iiiors within the City limits^ No one can that i was in no hurry, that I had plenty
i i li- ' , i ¡ of provisions and aumnition and could
! then plead ignorance, and a proper exam-1 1
¡ pic of a few offenders, would have the
whip them on any part of the road Tho
; commander, finding we were all iu camp,
j returned with his party on the road to-
| wards the California Spring.--. As the sun
I rose. I discovered, at about half a mile
Indians,
SiiGüix, Sept. 0th, 1S" 2. | distant, a party of thirty
regard the official reports as of aüy value. r , . ■ ■, . ,
x * cation for postponinent, morder to trump
The Garotte, however, seems to be un-
der some apprehension that other matters
than the apportionment bill may be acted
jr.#* The people of Galveston and Hous-
ton arc 1'ittering themselves that their
towns are the largest wind most important
in the State.
San Antonio contains more population
than either of them, and has a greater capi-
til embarked in trade. In addition to thi«
we have better buildings and a far superior
country.
-The Sable Brothers."
The above named gentlemen, have been
provement by ths State Government. The
Gazette seems entirely willing that the
Legislature should act upon thc apportion-
ment bill, and then go home about their
business. In an artiele in the last num-
ber. after endeavoring to throw as much
eold water as possible upon a system of
Railroad Improvement, it closes in the
following words;
" Should there bean extra session in Febru-
ary next.it will be ample tima for these matters
to be entcttained, and even should they be de-
frrred to the regular session in November fol-
lowing, we believe that the true interest of thc
State will not suffer."
... Now we think this decidedly crucl. Af-
pti.oiu.in,. tin a nutnbei ot e% cniugs. at j ¿er Oa*ette is gratified by calling an
tin aux.n.il Gardens, which place has extra session at its particular request, it
could afford to be a little generous, aud
allowthe members to judge for themselves
plat
been lilted up by them in fine tast; their
performances have given the most univer-
sal .atisfiction. -1 he Sable Brothers' i what business they shall entertain. There
by theii btha\ ior and liberality, have ren- j are 0thcr portions of Texas that arc in-
d« rod the.u.>< Ives especial f.noiites, and we ¡ terested in some matters of public impor-
1 ,u ■' 0 " cU-7-l',1s should extend to tancc and if the expense of an cxtra ses-
t..eiii tu lavoi tlicy areso just- sion must be ineurred they ought in jus-
ly entitled. An elegant goi.d pencil ¡ tice to have a fair hearing.
v.:i5 awarded upon Mondav evening to the
ho! 1 r t f the first drawn number, and last
ev 'inng was to have been the great ni^ht
f >r our ladies and gentlemen, to show their
ted by perpetrating original Conundrums,
b'it owing to the slitil attendance, the pro-
vluction.s wore reserved until some more
propitious time. We understand the '-Sa-
ble Brothers,are making arrangements
for a hall in a inoro central portion of our
c.ty, SO as to irako it more desirable for
ladies to attend. Success to them.
a '¡ vi Di:.\i).— ] ha body of a person
dicsacd in .- '¡.iters clothes, supposed to
have belonged to company (' of the lr. S.
In fa inn. was found about five miles from
San Antonio, on the lSt'u insfc. An iu-
quiMt'.on was neld t>ver the body where it ;
found, tl
rd' i ho crops in North Alabama are
nearly destroyed in consequence of an uuu
sual drought,
AVe believe that Texas suffers less from
this cause than any other South Western
State, not withstanding.the erroneous opin-
ions prevailing ^ttpon this subject. The
story has been so often repeated, that many
well meaning persons believe it, that it sel-
dom if ever rains in San Antonio. Now
up an excuse to censure the directors and Í
thereby endeavor to injure the enterprise ?
It is proper that our friends in the lower
eouuties should know these facts, and call
upon those gentlemen to explain.
Railroad Convention.
Tho last S. W. American publishes the
full proceedings of a late Convention held
at Austin, t&te lion. Joha Hemphill pre-
siding.
Thc proceedings are extremely interest-
ing,and a proper spirit seems to have been
awakened in favor of this importact means
of communication from the sea board to
the interior. This, however, is but an ex-
ample of thc interest manifested upon the
subject throughout the State.
The whole people of Texas seem to
costume and modes of living, their facili-
ties for travel and locomotion from one
section to another, their
merce, both internal and external ; the
qualities and productions of the soil and
the cultivation and development of the
Congress met ! Pursuant to notice previously given, a : leaving a guilv near the road, which it was
talked of .oppression, and devised ways and j birgc number of tho Democracy of Guad- j evident that t hey expected us to pass in
means for the emergence Acts having in I alupc county assembled at the Methodist ] the night, and intended to have a secret
view particular ends were read, discussed and I Church for the purpose ot organizing, auu ; sbot at us. After collecting on the lull,
passed. Statutory volumes were made up an- j to appoint a County Convention. they placed sentinels at_three different
nually, printed and distributed. These were { motion,Col. Jonathan Douglass was
in full lorce and effect ; but there was no for- I ca'leo to the chair and \ . B Leigh, h,Mj .
mal renunciation -of the lufida-inei.-tal law as it appointed Seci etai y. I he chairman brief!j,
stated tiie object of the meeting. Major
Neighbors, the Democratic Elector for the
had stood.
Thus stood our law in the beginning of the
year 1840. The judiciary was in a desperate
condition ; new rights had spiung up all over ill-.
trade and com- counlry> f'rom the very soil itself. A regeneration
was demanded by every consideration of public
policy. This was as difficult as it was neces-
sary. The common law ot England, so far as
it cid not interfere with the statutes then in
same, together with the biography of those j f°rce> was the adopted alternative, still retain-
wli-o were foremost in encountering the
vicissitudes of the early settlement and re-
demption of thc wilderness, &c., &c. No
history is complete in itself without these,
and as they arc first to pass from tlve me-
mory, they arc the first to be rescued and
preserved.
No State in the Union or out of it, has
greater reason to be proud of her history,
or to take to herself higher congratula-
tions in her prosperity and prospects than
Texas. Every rude old Texan homestead
place a proper estimate upon the value of i is a part of that pride and prosperity-
railroads in developing the internal re-
sources of the State, aud are not blind to
the immense advantages secured to other
States from their construction. The reportg
of Committees, and the resolutions adopt
ed by the Convention are sound and sensi-
Every hill and dale from Nacogdoches to
Santa Fe, is full of language to tbe praise
of the many noble spirits, that first -seut
a lcadeu thrill into the savage bosom, wak-
ed the echoes of civilization and kindled
in the wilderness the fires of enlightened
ble, and in our opinion indicate the true j liberty. Ought not something be done to
policy of the State upon the subject of in- : snatch the exciting story from the hand of
ternal improvements. Tho principal fea- j oblivion, and treasure up the dear memories
tures of the Internal Improvement bill 0f the brilliant past? We earnestly coin-
before the last Legislature, are approved ¡ mend the subject to the attention of the
and recommended by an unanimous vote ! people. For the pride and the honor and
of the Convention, and there seems to be ¡ t[ie future generations of the State, let
little doubt, that this system meets with
tho hearty concurrence of a great majority
of the people of Texas.
Id" The Democrats in Texas appear to
be wide awake, and enthusiastic in the sup-
port of their party nominees. The "Wash-
ington Ranger," publishes an account of a
Democratic mass meeting at Brenham^
our portion of Texas is blessed with about ¡ wiUC^ was ^dressed by the Hon. Guy
as many and frequent showers as any other ! lir>*an and several other distinguished po-
portion of the State. This opinion was ! Pu'ar speakers. The utmost enthusiasm
first entertained no doubt from the fact! aPPears to have prevailed, and the affair
that the gardens in the city, and the la-
bors in the suburbs are irrigated. Ditches
¡ for irrigation were constructed by the
Spanish authorities upon the first scttic-
some.body take hold and get. up something
1Ü0B a Historical Society. Others will join;
tbe Legislature will do something, aud in
the coursc of a few years we will have gar-
nered the material for the most splendid
of histories.
The Texas Debt.
A majority of the Finance Committee
in the Senate has agreed to report an ap*
ing the civil law of im-rital rights. Here, ther.,
was lli« Civil, the. Statute anil the Common
Law, all bearing their pait in the interal law of
the land. The labor of reconciling harmony
and systematizing the who3e into a compact
and conistent union w as thrown upon the judi-
ciary. Thc task was very great; the work was
commenced ; but. like the times, it was disjoint-
ed. The supreme bench of judicature was
large and unwieldy. The facilities for inves-
tigation and research were few and costly, and
scarcely to be obtained ?.t all; and not until
the year 1810 have we a single tangible report
of cases adjudicated; and not until the year
181(> have we any regular reports or reporter
of our Supreme Court. While the other States
of the Union have cultivated and maintained
a reciprocal dependence, and have interwoven
their jurisprudence by judicious investigation
and uniform adjudications and decisions, all
recurring to the same source and acknowledg-
ing the same standard, Texas has had the la-
bor of three distant systems to perform, catch-
ing at the right in legal conflicts pretty much
according to circumstances.
Oui of the loose regard and
abandonment of private interest during the
times of the Texas revolution, succeeded by
a rapid influx of population and the consequent
developement of the country, has grown a con-
siderable amount of litigation of the most em-
barrassing character. In almost every impor-
tant adjudication we resort to the three kinds of
points, two on each hill. During the time,
seven Indians came iu from towards tLo
Rio Grande, and from appearances. •* gen-
eral council was held on the hill - Three
different smokes were raised. One w>s
2d Congressional District moved that the ¡ answered west of the Itio Grande. After
Circular of the - STATE DEMOCRAT ! this, the whole party inarched on the roaj.
IC CENTRAL COMMITTEE/' be read 11 came to the conclusion to return to Fort
by the Secretary; previous to putting the j Clark fur an escort to pass the head f
resolution, however, he asked leave to make j Devils river, and it no escort could be fuf'
a fewr remarks. After dwelling a short time j nished there, to go to Fort Inge.
upon tho importance of organizing and j I'1 the first place, my answer was that
exercise of vigilance on the part of the j they had no animals, which I did nop
Democracy of the county, he proceeded, j much expect. I then started to b
briefly but explicitly, to define the position i Ing®i ft®d found but one commission
of Gen Pierce upon the abolition and com-1 ofiicer. He remarked that ho would li
promise measures. After he resumed his ¡ very much to go himself with an escort,
seat, thc motion was put and carried and j but being the oo'y commissioned officer pfc
the circular read by the Secretary. Then,
unon motion, the Committee appointed by
the State Democratic Convention, was con-
tinued. Col. F. Smith, was then called
for to reply to Maj. Neighbors, but declin-
ed. There being no further busiucss.upon
motion the meeting adjourned.
JONATHAN DOUGLASS, Pres.
W. B. Leigh, Sec'y.
After the meeting adjourned. Col. F.
Smith was agaiu called for aud addressed
the audience.
Ilis remarks were confined almost whol
ly to the old issues, which have long since
been considered obsolete by both parties:
and his address might be considered a good
old fashioned whig speech.
In couculsiou he made a bitter and vitu-
perative attack upon Gen. Jackson and
! Gen. Pierce, and attempted, by eulogizing
the generous Gen. Scott's prowess in war, to prove hits
fitness for the Presidency.
When the Col. concluded, D. C. Van
Derlip. Esq., was called for, and replied in
his usual clear, happy and forcible man-
ner. He completely refuted the argu-
ments of the Col , and vindicated most
the post be coald m*t furnish one. That
the non-commissioned officers and men bo •
could not trust so far from the post, r.a
several had deserted a short time previoua.
I wish you to state to the Postmaster at «
San Antonio that £ could not by any
means pass the Indians with the mail on
mule back, for the number which Icept
around us. After they struck for camp, I
retreated for thc Las Moras. They follow-
ed us as far as the crossing of Devil's Riv-
er aud then stopped. I will return to-
day with Uiree hired men, which makes
our number nine, and if we cannot clear
the road wc shall fight :t out with them,
and if any arc left, to make their way to
El Paso for thc return mail.
W. A. A Wallace
beautifully and eloquently, the characters
law of which the State has been the necessary ! of Jackson and Pierce. And iu conclu-
victim. In this behalf the -landed interest j «¡on, admitted that |Gen. Scott was the
has been the largest sufferer. The unsparing i greatest warrior of thc age, aud that it
liberality of previous governments, and the pe- j would be folly for him or his party to
culiarmode ofissuing and authenticating their i deny it, but that his whole course through
grants, left the soil checkered with titles and life, whenever he attempted to intermeddle
tenures. The subsequent profusion of donations
t>y the young republic, flooded the country with
certificates obtainable from stationary and itin-
erant boards of commissioners. League upon
propriation of 88,000,000, three per cent. ¡ league was located, a great many fraudulently,
stock, redeemable in twenty years to pay ; and a great many of good faith. Conflicts
the creditors of Texas. This is about the ! arose between the old and the new claimants, ¡
amount of debt-'- ,'u the United States
with politics, his every political letter,
showed his ignorance of the great funda-
mental piinciples of our Government.
W. 13. LEIGH.
Diplomatic Salaries.
. , , , A report on diplomatic salaries, laid be-
and the co.fl.cu are M.1I harassing ,he tribu- j f Uaiud S'tatcs Senat<, lately C0D.
oals of the counlrv. The tax law. have been i ,a¡ns , copy of a cir(.alar addre«Sed by the
is represented in strong contrast to the
iame Whig demonstration that came off
in the same town a short time previous. tuau 6um üeiug luauou tu A lllc | ye[ amiC[S ine 5Ü1J. A ae immense sates oí lanus j tj¡e repreSentatives of the United States.
:Y monster meeting is to be held at the | pledge of custom house duties, etc. It will under these iaws both of resident and non-resi- j Jn fore;„n countries and their replies
1 dent proprietors, with the equity of redemption j Near, one'of them C0iup)aius of
and the remissness and ignorance of collectors i thc uUer ingu-fficiei]ej 0f the allowance.
is deemed to be held responsible about | also a large contributor to the confusion which | SecretaT/of°station the subject, to all
that sum being loaned to Texas upon the , yet afflicts the soil. The immense sales of lands ! ti0 rrtrirocont„ ne ttlrt TTn;rf„i
so much decayed as i:ot to be identified.
Civil* vs. ^Sililary.
A row occurred a few nights since at a
town of ashington soon, at which it is j be recollected that in the ten millions
expected that our Senators and Represen-; Texas boundary bill, five millions &per
:itives, and the Democratic Electors of cent, stock were reserved to pay these debts:
¿aiucuiuy purposes ' ^1C §tato will bo present to address tho
there being sufficient rain to mature most people.
vegetables. 13ut the principal corn fields
13v the last mail we are in receipt
m the county are never irrigated, and the ! of accounts of very severe and destructive
Fandango among some soldiers, and a po. aTerage crop e,il!í1^ t0 that of any part gt^ruis, having swept over almost thc en-
liee officer interfering was badly cut on the j °* tiie State. W e believe the crop of the tire country from Mobile to Boston. At
head A warrant was issued for the ap-! Preseut Jearj compare favorably with j ^ew Yorl
; •" hension of the soldiir at^d in attempt- rcSar^ to botl1 quality and quantity with j coast 0f Ne
country
rk and Brooklyn and on the
iew Jersey immense rains have
ing to arrest hiui ai. the <wmn on the Sa- 8aine number ot acres in any other j fallen accompanied by heavy winds. At
lado, ihe whole company declared hu county iQ Texas. | Memphis, Tenn.. aud upon Lake Poncha-
should not be taken. Constable Barker; There has been but. one total failure of i train, wind and rain storms have recent-
imracdiateiy returned t'> town, raised a i a croP in Bexar county in the last thirteen ; jy prevailed. The damage has been very
po-se of six we!l armed men, and corning ! ^ear? aT1<l season every portion of the I considerable throughout. The mails have
upon tli£ camp sudden! , arrested the i suffered equally, and thc drought j been delayed, and the telegraphic lines on
principal offender, and ten ethers that he was still more severe iu Alabama, Georgia, j a number of routes broken down. At
Tiie Mormon*
The Utah papers present some curious
features to the reader who is not familiar
with Mormon usages and Mormon phraseo-
logy. An English Morman Missionary,
for instance, writes that he has'-forwarded
thence two hundred and fifty souls,"whether
-in good order and condition," or whether
the precious consignment is insured, is not
mentioned. -Three ship loads of saints"
are reported as arrived at Kinesville.
Thc editorial counsels given iu these pa- '
pers exhibit a strange admixture of the
spiritual and the temporal, with something
in the tone that sounds like reckless irre-
verence about sacrtd things. Ilcieis a
specimen:
O ye elders in Israel, permit us to say to
you that when the revelation came to the
saint of latter days to abstaiu from hot
drinks, our Heavenly Father had no re-
ference to pepper of any kind, cayenne,
red, black or yellow, or any other herb of
like nature, which is in perfect accordance
with the principles of life and salvatio .
He meant what he said—"hot drinks"—
hot aleohol, the hottest and mort diffusive
thing men can think ofr in its natural
state, for he spake of that particularly,
have been fruitful of much embarrassing litiga-1 an(j su,T<rests a lar^e increase. The Ameri- t',at "strong drinks are not good but for tho '
t*on* i can Minister in Paris sends a table of sala- j wa"')'l!g of your bodies."
Despite the indefatigable exertions and tbe ries supposed to be allowed by the French i The following is the concluding para- *
deep and extensive researches of our presen1; Government to their Ambassadors for the graph of another editorial:
Supreme bench, which is an eminently able one, vear 1853. The following are the priuci-
which Texas has so ''scaled," that thc cred"
itors will not accept. These eight mil-
lions 3 per cent., in lieu of the five mil-
lions^ per cent , it is calculated, will only thcre is yet a S100"11 and uncertainty overhang- pal in pounds sterling:
3 United States a quarter of a mil. inS '¡« jurisprudence of the State. As much a ! To Berlin £1000, Brussels, £2,100,
recognized as participator . After ironing
a few of the most refractory, he marched
them into town in triumph.
Sd" A liaifle for auew §40 Rifie, comes
off in a few evenings, at the American
Exchange. If you want a chance call
taon and select your number
Tennessee and Mississippi. AVe can assure | Mobile alone the loss of property is put
those who have beeu misled by such opin- j down at §1,000,000 and is by many esti-
ious, that no portion of Texas will produce ; mated much higher
better ov surer crops of corn and cotton
than the San Antonio Valley.
England has thirty thousand soldiers
stationed in India.
Lieut. T. A. Jenkins, of the navy, is
the designer of tbe novel and unpeopled
<:Bell Ship," to be moored off Ca|>e Hat*
tern
coafrMie United ¡States a quarter
liaá®ore, and discharge tho Texas debt
altogether. It is not probable, however,
that such a bill had passed.
Official advices have been received
at the Executive Department at Austin,
announcing tho death of Hon. Bennett H.
Martin, Judge of the 6th Judicial Dis-
trict of this State.
The final result of the North Carolina
elections stands thus : Reid, (d..) is re-
elected Governor by upwards of 5,500 ma-
jority, aud the democrats have a certain
majority of two, and probably four, on
joint ballot in the legislature.
On Friday, tbe27 nit, 3613 immigrants
arrived at New York from Europe
is to be expected from the bench, as much ue- j (reduction of £400;) St. Petersburg,
pends upon the bar of Texas. The field is a ; £8,000, increase of £3.200:) London, £10,-
large one, and although beset with oillicuities is "000, (increase of £4.000, though in 1847.
yet not uninviting. In the philosophical study j it was £12.000 ;) Madrid. §4,800; Rome,
and investigation of the Texan law, there is ; §4.400; Naples. 83.200; Turin, §2.400;
scope for the amplest ambition. A thorough : Washington, £3.200, (a reduction of £200.
knowledge of its principles and branches, its though in 1847 it was £3,400.)
fundamental sources and ramifications, would j The Secretary of State communicates
vouchsafe to the patient student a store of juri-; the correspondence without comment or
dical information, which would lend a force and , recommendation. #
lustre to the highest judiciary trust in the land. ¡
And we may safely predict, that from the bar of ¡ In the year 1795, Samuel Baldwin~"a
Texas, are yet to rise some of the mo^t astute | a gentleman of Hampshire, England, died,
and accomplished jurisconsults of the times. and opening his will, it was found that he
—-— 1 had ordered his body to be thrown iuto
We see it stated in the Boston papers ¡ the sea, near where he lived. His reason
that Mrs. Forest, that was, is about to for making the extraordinary disposal of
.ar,y a early lore, an EogliaU soldier of!
fortune, attached to one of her ílajesty e; jy 8ai¿ to hitn that she would dance upon
regimentsin Scotland- ibis grave.
Finally, brethren, put on the whole ar-^
mor of God, if you have not already goc"
it on ; and if you have burnish it,aud see'
that all your carnal weapons, suoh as wa-
gons, carts, racks, scythes, rakes, pitch-
forks, cradles, sickles, spades, shovels, hoes,
drags, sheep shears, saw-mills and all other
machinery; and the sisters that their cards,
aud wheels, and looms, and brooms, &c.,
are in order and ready to conquer the
world with diligence and faithfulness in
your several callings; and when our Presi-
dent returns he will say te us, "Well done,
good and"foithful servants, my joy is full;
you have been faithful in my abltettee, en-'
ter into my joy."
The Senate having rejected the item- in',
the diplomatic bill, raising the salary of
the Minister to China from 86,000 to 9$ -
.000, (with 99,000 outfit) it is said the prob-"
ability is now that Mr. Humphey Mar-
shall, to whom the post was offered, ffill
not accept.
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