The Texian Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 10, 1850 Page: 2 of 4
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VICTORIA ,T EXA S:
THURSDAY MORNING, OCT'lt. 10.
Qp"Via cheerfully call ntteution to tha
curd of Lawrenuk IIopsk, Indianoln,
Toxus, which will bo seen in to-day's pa-
per. Mr. Henry E. JUwrence, the |>ro
prietor, is well known to tha traveling pub-
lic °f jyprtern Texaa from his former Con-
nection with our Gulf steamers, as also
proprietor!the Palmetto House, in Gal-
veatSj^ ai fin obliging, active, and utten-
tivé business young twin, and wo hove no
doubt he will muku the Lawrence House
worthy of public favor.
. *W 'respectfully request tlio attention of
' our. reader to tho Proclamation of Gov.
Bait, which will bo found in another col-
umn of tcyfayV paper. The Governor has
now dono- hia duty—he has submitted to
you' the question V occepting or rejecting
the propositions (torn Congress. Ever)
ands upon the people them-
thing.now
^aturda/ the filth ¡nal. J «s beenJJ*ed
'* by Chief Íustíco as tha «toy fur
voting on the propositions contained in Mr.
Pearce'n t>Hf, offering Toxp< ton millions
óf dolías for sixty-six miP^m ucres of lund
«-filch is about 10 cirfits per acre.
/ "■ Wo stepped iutfO. A. Johnson &. Co.'s
store the other Ay, nud svere mueli pleased
to find such us extensive and varied assort-
ment ol H/rdware, Cutlery, Stoneware,
Housolurouihing waro, Mech,iiiich toils,
iron, steel, &c., &.c., in short almost every
thing iu the hardware line. This stock
was receriily purchased in New York, nnd
Mr. JI desires us to say that ho is prepared
to soli these goods and «vares at 25 per
cent, less than lie has heretofore offered to
sell similar articled.
A Lucrcv Fallow.—Charles G. Baylor,
of Texas, Iras boon appointed Consul at
Amsterdam. The Senate have unanimous-
ly confirmed the appointment. Quito n
rise, CharMy. May you well anil faithfully
discharge the duties of your office.
Our reader have frequently had an op-
portunity of perusing contributions to our
columns from friend Baylor, over tho sig-
nature of "Nelson."
of a German by the name of Thomas, llv-
iug about eight miles from Lunar,and cap-
tured two of his daughters, who had gouo
out for the purposo of driving up cattle.—
One they succeeded in carrying off. The
other, about fifteen years of ago, having
suffered severely from their brutal and
shocking outrages, was left in a «tato too
awful to describe, much lacerated and bruis-
ed. She was found the next morning by
a Mr. Fox, who was out hunting cattle, who
carried her to tlio nearest house, where she
wan kindly taken enre of. After these
savages (about eighteen in number) had
satisfied their* sensual appetites, almost to
the final destruction of tlio unfortunate fe-
male, tbey proceeded to the residence of
Mr. Perry, on the San Antonio river, from
whom they stole three horses. They then
paid a visit to Mr. Tom Connor's ranch,
where they stolo ninety hoad of horses, the
property of Mr- Welder.
This is the iliird time this gentlemnn has
been robbed (('hisanimals, by the Indians,
in less than t^o years, lie is to bo pitied.
Ho is a Gerrfin, and by extraordinary in-
d us try twjd exertions, after being twice be
Til® Ven Million ltill. | But we arc extending this article much
The National Legislature having passed boyond wh.it we intended when we coni-
the bill proposing to pay to tho State ol mcnccU it, aod must condense our remarks.
Texas the sum of 810,000,000 for her J There is not an old Toxian in tho State,
North-Western Territory, it now only re-(to our knowledge, who has any love (or the
mains for our people, at the ballot-box and !doctrino of repudiation. Tli'-v abominate
through tho Legislature, to say whether it. They desire to pay < fl" the debt con-
this sum shall be received, nnd peaco nnd tractod by expenses unavoidly incurred in
harm my once more prevail in the councils 11Wo prosecution of tho very war which guin-
ol tho nation, or by rejecting the same,
agiin renew tho fearful agitation and crisis
through which wo have jusl passed.
eil this territory. H >w i-1 this debt to be
p lid, otherwise than by the sale of a pf r-
li'.u of the public domain? H ither than
liavo the damnable Main of repudiation to
Au effort was made in the Senate, which
it is believed will be successful, to incorpo-
rate the Texas navy officers with ours, by
ine'ins of tho Naval Appropriation bill.—
The project is generally opposed by the of-
ficers of our navy.
IN'uw York Markets.
Ctiaiii.i hton, Wednesday, Sept. 25. At
.New York to-day cotton was dull; but hold-
ers were unyielding; 100 bales of rotton
were Mild. Wheat was in good demand;
1 ,"00 bags of llio coffee were sold ut 1^'
to Pije.
Fugitive Sluvcs.
We early expressed the opinion that tin; have the damnable Main of repudiation to One hundred and forty fugitive slaves
people of Texas would gladly cedo t lie ter- blacken our ftir name, we would bo willing ¡¡'¡J' Piltsburg on tho 21st for Canada.—
ritory now proposed to be purchased, for j to see every acre <1 our unappropriated j nU'j^r*£'(y b« capt"ml.UI'd ,C!,0'U(' l0""'
tho snug little sum ol ton millions of do!-1 public dornaif sold. Texiaus will never From uiic i.
lars. Wo still think so: Texas has no use | commit this jritne, or fully, or whatever ^ Nksv Yokk, Thursday, September Sll.
for tho laud or tho iuliabitaats thereof. We ^ else you may please to term it. Advices from Africa to August 2d nnnouneo
will liavo land enough left us, after disp -s- j Less than 'seven millions of dollars will tlmt tho King of Dahomey lias ordered all
in.' of our territory, to form four States as 1 jmv off our idilio debt. We will have at! missionaries and recaptured slaves to leave
Ini^e , Ih« Sl t° of'Shw V«k! Our |,„L. j, «s^jfoo I.:ft ft,o Trcury.- L ímíilZLtl'iLm"
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The Sonato have passed tho bill granting
Bounty Land to officers ofthu late war with
Mexico, and ateo of tho war of 1812, and of
the different Indian wars.
Tlio Pccan crop on tho Guadalupe and
San Antonio rivers are said to bo very light
this season. Tho yield will not be over
' rif-Üm usual crop.
Wo learn that u heavy amount of freight
has been lauded at Lavaca. The wagoners
may therefore expect employment.
Woo mboutlor i he Uuudii I upc It i vcr.
Information reached us by tho last mail,
that our townsman, Capt. J. O. Wheeler,
lias at last succeeded iu purchasing a suit-
able boat to bo placed in our rivor, to run
as a regular packet between this place and
tho bay. This is gratifying news. We
had utmost despaired of the Captain's find-
ing a boat suitublo, which was for sale.—
Tho steamer is called tho Win. Pcnn, nnd
was purchased at Cincinnati, Ohio. She
draffs 17 inches light, and will curry HO
tons of freight on DO inches of water. Sho
was loading at that city for New Orleans,
and may be oxpected hero iu n few wodh.
Success to the Win. Penn and the naviga-
tion of the Guadalupe river.
We learn Irom A. M. Wigginton, Esq.,
who camo passenger on the steamship Port-
land from Now Orleans, that tho vessel
come uear being wrecked in a storm while
off Galveston bar on Wednesday, the 2nd
inst. The passongors owe their lives more
to the presence of mind and untiring exer-
tions of Capt. Buohncr, than to tho sale
sea-going qualities of the Portland. Sho
Si an oid and unsufe vessol, nnd Messrs.
Harris & Morgan should forthwith with-
draw her from the Irado, and fill her piuco
with a good boat. They have alroady innde
money enough off our people, and while
they enjoy the monopoly they now do, they
should ol least give us good, safe,sen-going
vessels. We pay them euough in all con
science for the privileges and benefits we
iticeive from their steamers. Tlio Port-
land should have been laid up long ago,
She invariably makes long trip , nnd is al-
ways behind her time. This occasions
great derangement in our mails. Our poo,
fie «re heartily tired of it, and well they
_
i the vessel is much injured,
bad while coming from Gai*
s, that although the pumps
ctlve operation all tho time,
Pteep the water out of tho hule,
'ihie old rotten steamer has now
Wide her last trip to this bay. Capt. Boeh-
ner la worthy to command a good vessel.
lands, for a similar sum?
But some say tlio lino m otioned io
Poarco'* bill will conic down very near
Austin. This is not so. Hero let iih in-
troducc the testimony of G. W. Smyth, the
intelligent Commissioner of tlio General
Laud Oilieo in this State, and we «ill see
that the nearest point is not less than throe
hundred and thirty miles in n direct lino
from Austin. lie savs, in a seie iblo letter
lately published iu the Austin State Ga-
zette, that—
"The lino proposed in Mr. Penrco's lull
—all the territory of Toxns beyond v. Iiich
lino the United Stales pr .puso lopurelrise—
commences on the meridian of the hun-
dredth degree of west longitude from Green-
wich where it is inlerseelod lis I lie parallel
of :$;;o :¡U' of n >rth latitude, which is about |
half
and
fort broMErtip, hn hud 'again nccrfmnlntíW «Hnsft'íí'iitfMdrtiing IHte sixtorn cénts per
this properly, which in one riight has thus
been taken awny from him, and ho svitli his
young family agaiu left helpless, without a
hope of recovering his property or receiv-
ing any remuneration from the Government
which has sacredly promised to protect him
in the peaceable possession of his property
and his rights, from Indians and others.
flosv long is tliis sad and uncertain con-
dition of things to remain? Are we to be
left entirely without protection? Ilosv long
must our people sufi'or, bccouso of tho lying
mispreprcscntatiens to the Heads of Depart-
ments al Washington, by base and unprin-
cipled villains, representing themselves to
bo Toxians, and professing to be svell ac-
quainted svitli the country and the salo and
happy condition of our people.
It is needless to say that sve have already
troops enough, Cur every day's cxpi rieneo
is a sad and calamitous refutation of the
charge. Our frontier is too large, too ex-
tended to bo protected liy tho limited num-
ber and character of llie troops the Govern-
ment has placed upon our borders. These
troops very probably do their duty, us far
and as svell as they can. They are insuffi-
cient in numbers; and their efforts, though
svell intended, liavo most signally failed.
Wo blush to say that svitbin tsventy-threo
miles of Victoria, the females dare not ven-
ture out IVoui homo n I'esv miles without
great danger of being taken prisoners, and
carried off into almost hopeless bondage by
tiie Indians. Thank God, our Government
at last is waking up from its Rip Van Win-
kle kIobji, end i«'*baut «isilia os that il".
scriptivu Mud number of troops svliieli sve
liavo re isoit to believe are best calculated
to protect our lives and properly, nnd chas-
tise those impudent red rascals in their
mountain homes.
Our svives and children are now anxious-
ly looking to the movements of Gen. Scott
and Secretary Conrad, lor their long-prom-
ised protection. Shall they look in vain?
In tho nanin of God and Humanity, sve
hope not. We hope the ridiculous farce is
now ended. We .liavo had fatal tragedies
enough. Thousands upon thousands of dol-
lars of the people's mono) has been spent
iu Congress while debating upon idle and
ruinous abstract questions; hud one-half
tho money ami time thus svorso than use-
lessly spout, been appropriated to the pro-
tection of our frontier, by calling out suita-
ble troops, to-day svo would be spared tho
necossity of recording these horrible crimes,
and our peoplo would bo Bnlelv and quietly
attending to their farms and their stocks—
snugly seated under the protection of their
own vino and fig tree, with none io molest
or mako them a I ra id.
lie domain, after every genuine land eerti- i The annual jiterost on this sum at ft per
ficate now issued, or to bo hereafter issued, cent., svill ainoiu to about ¡3150,000. This
shall liavo been located, svill embrace some j will establish'¡¿fine general system if pub-
one hundred million* of acres. 'I lie sujui lie schools for'.lie education of the youth of
fiir State—iwvill enable us lo commence '
and enrrmsiijojne neeessary public im-
[trn\-r^níi3pl^í5ij1|fí> fU^«sli,pinSjiil <*f the vast
resource* of our State-Jft ssill supply the
demands of the Slate Government, and en-
ablcour legislators to lessen our taxes. In
proposed to bo, paid us by tho United ^tatts
fur the district of country she wishes to pur
acre. Good lands, already surveyed, nufr
svell situated, have been sold in this coun-
try for a less price per acre.
Texas once offered to sell her entire pub- sho . it will place the I.one St ir State in a
lie domain, embracing an area of over one ' poi'timi far ah id of any State in the Union,
hundred nnd eighty millions of acres, for llalli enable ihe State to pay her svorthy
$10,000,000. She failed to get it. Will j aid tried soldiers, svlio stood by her in her
she nosv refuse to sell sixty millions of her j lour of need—.s ho upheld her by their arms
most svorthless, arid certainly most usolass
mil their pur so"—who divided tho subsist-
iiee provided for tlieii- f.miiies with the
hiugry and nearly famished soldiers—and
Wio, up to this day, bise not received one
ddlar loi their services and their sacrifices,
ii'tsviths.s,Hiding many of theni are now in
neid, and depending upon tliair daily laUr
to ruse bread for their families, ll is time
Iheio men svoro paid—they richly earned
it, mid should liavo it—and as far as our
vote svill go, they shall have it.
A man-of-svar has sailed for England.
Lnti1 i'roin Cnlilbruiii.
The steamship Falcon arrived at Nosv
¡Orleans on tho 28th tilt. We extract the
following items from tho Picayune of the
30th:
The Falcon' \tTaVtcd~from Chagres with
:}1H) passengers; tsvonty-tsvu ol whom died
of cholera—eighteen on the passage, and
four during the stay at Havana.
The cholera prevails to a considerable
extent at Chagres and on the Isthmus, but
principally among those coining from Cali-
fornia, svho imprudently expose themselves
to the sveather, and cat too much fruit.
The different stopping places along the
Pacific coast are reported free of cholera.
The tiesvs from California is important
and interesting.
The following is a copy of thu original
di. patch, furnished by a gentleman con-
nected svilh the Pacific News, svlio came
in charge of the Government Mails, mid
ii av, therefore, be relied upon as correct:
Tuuusn.sv, August—1 P. M.
Very Latent—Fearful Rumor,—Just as
ut the corner of J and Ninth streets, re-; Harris &■ Morgan's steamers have been;
solved to fire up m any one svlio approached ' and they did not reduce their prices until
them. Tho city is declared und< r martial after tho stmimera bogan to run.
la sv, and every citizen required to enrol bis j Third. They had less accommodation,
name at the City Hotel. ; (according to my observation and experi-
Liout. Gov. McDougall i* °'i board, on enee,) and svore inoro overbearing than tho
his svuy down to Ileiiecia, to order up the steamers have been. I again appeal to tho
Government troops stationed there. j unprejudiced peoplo svlio svere then ne-
The odio rs and many of the citizens are \ (¡nuintcd svitli these vessels, if I don't state
determined to pro.-.-the in liter, toa triumph (hi,, truth. 1 must, however, mention ono
of svh ,t they claim to be the law ol'tlie land,1 oxceptlon to my general remark—Captain
and the settlers are equally determined to t j>, Bnisvcr, then commanding the schoon-
resist ss ll a they affirm to le: tyranny and '].; irilpean, is that exception. In my in-
oppi ssion. Anotl;er collision svill be ter- tcrcourse with him, ho svas accommodating
rible; I hope it mas not come. And all fiiisj oontlemanly. These vessels camo into
the bay loaded lor Matngordn, Port Lavaca
and Iiulianola. Ono or tlio other of these
points would have to wait, generally, about
tor laud and gold. I have given the above
'nets I'roin reliable sources, and Irom obser-
vation. W. W. ('111!'.MAN,
of Sacrum uto Heading Iloom.
P. S In ndditi ai to tho order f ir citizens
to enrol their arms at the City llall,4..ieut.
Gov. McDougall al-i directed tin o*-Vr io
In, published, th it all noii-eouihatants keep
clear of tho streets, and directed a cannon,
supplied ss itli t went v-loiir rounds, to bo
placed at the foot of j street; and svill, by
I he Gold Hunter, take up from l> necia, In
Thursday morning nil the munitions of svar,
svitli svhicli he is resolved to take tho ono-
nis', nnd bring theni to n speeds- and sum-
mary trial. W. W. C.
The I'.ieifi: News says that a lump of
gold weighing forty pounds, has been I'ounit
al Carson's difirióos.
l-'nr tlio Ailvocuto.
..((•aiui'is to Iflstt Ki:r<l¡i
BSurrisi Ai Htor^:iu—'í Iiíhk-í h tlsey
Ato—'D'hiing*. :ns tliey Vn ere.
Mi;ssus. Looan Sti;k.\j::
Sirs—A ureal deal has been said ss ilh-j
ten days, to get their freight—there was
no certainty as to time—no merchant knesv
svlicn to expect his goods. Tho vessels
svere often aground one and two weeks in
siolit of Indimiola and Lavaca, without de-
livering goods that lind been ordeicd never
less than tsvo months before, and in many
ea.-es the teams waiting on expenses for
the freight.
Tliia was tho situation of nffnirs when,
in February, 1848, Harris & porgan placed
tin steamer Yacht onlho linofrunningfrom
this bay to Galveston, to connect svitli tho
largo steamers. Her first trips svero un-
fortunate, '', >tio laid aground on tho bars
every U'ip, for the first •« uiglst Ar^ia,
Ono Captain svas discharged fur thus get ,
ting aground, at the request of men on tho*
buy, si ho asserted there svns plenty of wa- *
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ter "ii the bar. A nesv Captain svas placed
on her, but ho fared no better, nnd svns
soon slandered in like manner. A qunrrcl
spr nig up hetsveen him and the merchants
iu tho Inst eighteen mouths against ihe lino I "I I'ort Lavaca. Captain Wilson declared
of steamships owned by Harris Morgan,' it was impracticable nnd unprofitable to run
and run from New Orleans lo Matagorda ¡ steamer.i to that point. I care not for tlio
15. iv. lit forts almost unprecedented have j quarrel. 1 allude to the grounding of the
been made by many interested persons to *1
the smallest steamer they had, to
in i ii iiiMiii,. n* 11 •< i J > imivi -isu |o.i .lone io - - — - -
destroy the eii ¡meter of the line iu the esti-¡ shosv the ditlieuUies Harris &, Margoii had
mation ol the peoplo of Western Texas.—; to conti nd against, ll cost them 8000 to
They base been again and again charged! repair damages cone this vessel at onetime
svitli extortion, monopoly, fraud, knavery, j while aground so Capt. W. hiinseh as-
chicunerv, iiieaiiiiesi, villains, robbery,
Tuen let overs man svlio desires to see ' lh • mail agent was leaving lor the steamer
peae? nnd harmony restored to our State a uentlomuu called at the Pacific Nosv:
and tlsfl Union—who desires to enjoy tho
proud satisfaction of seeing lii.s beloved
Slate.' froeii from tbe sliaekles of an onerous
word ".'iee<///, ' upon
iu the ballot-box.
and npidlj incn asing public debt, and to
see her plaa.d in a position ssliicli will en-
abla^her toaeopt uu asures to dovelopo her
, i ,• i , , . I unrqualed resources—w ho desires lo seo
a degree n rth ol he Canadtan river, hnr J, ür.5lv :iv,. (1„ ¡r dues-go
near the north I,irk of that stream.-- |,() ,L s thi, il|Mai;(,
I'rum tlieneo the ine in lis course svr : svi , ., , i . •,
. , . , . and alier ssi itiuo llie "••"•■i
traverse the desolate svaste ss hie h inter-1,- .• . . , ■,
• . a . i ,. , , . i bis llckef, lie in: II it
venes betsveen llio ( anadian and the Ar-j
kansap, and svill terminal.' at a point in an' The «¡nil h s ben b!.e.. it
iininhabitable region nhout hull'u degree | ill
south of the road Ir ui Independence, iu
Missouri, to Santa Fe. From this point
the line, runnning south along tho UK}-1 of jl"11' 1,1' N r!!l ui:' soon
svest longitude, svill cress tho Canadian at
about yo' norih latitude, leasing that
pretty strong
\i rtli during the last fesv dass.--
I We expericiic d n light Nortiier—an indi-
' nation that t!i ■ rib svintls svill soon ü" t
olliee ( l i*. M.) and slated that he had r -
ceived a letter I'roin Sacramento, brought
bv express, slating that the city had been
bound dosvu the nig!it previous by tie-
sipuitlers, svlio had sent lo the mines l.u
aid amongst the miners.
The gentleman was svell known to the
editor of lh
the ease.
The uesvs from the gold uiin.'S contin íes
favorable ns ever—and i ven m-re so—il
ali accounts told ol nesv discoveries lie true.
The fulhisvinir account of tlie alluir at
lueaiiiies'í, s illutny, robliery, ele.
etc.; all these I.l.-ehoods have been iiset!
in printed articles against Harris iV. Mor-
gan.and their line. Their boats Irise hecn
declared, in printed articles, old rotten liulli i,
unscaicort/ii/, misaI'e, mix* ruble old eraj'ta,
ete. etc. Nosvspap.-r artic es have appear-
ed. svhicli, fur extravagant charges, ss hole-
sale denunciation, unreasonable, unjust and
iinsvarranlable accusations, lire unequ ,l.e,i i
by alls tiling professing to emanate' from,
a respecta ble source, (and I do not deny il-j
re.-pectability, f r such is not ins purpose or
wish,) thai I hive so u appear ill any jour-j
nal ill Texas. I
most extraoriiinar:
News, and it was too probably j t() j,,,,,,,,, minds ol
| cit.'tis of w-l. i n Ti
they
Wot
Otttragca Again.
have again been down in
amenta,committing all man
Thia time t|aey came with-
i of Victoria, and after ste.il-
I commiting an outrage upon
ahoalting and horrible to con-
deacriho, thej auc-
plunder
Mn«noonf thai latinan,,
r came within two mllea of Ae dwelling
A. M. Wigginton, of this place, returned
home from California on Monday night last,
after an absence ol' some twenty months.
He gives us rather an unfavorable account
of the situation of affairs iu that State. But
léj^iorsons aro making moro I Inn their
expenses, and thousands are destined to
suffer severely «this sv inter for want of
means to procure tho necessaries of lile.—
Thousands are out of money, and unable
to «btaiavsmplwyitMut—nud «ti Ü mora uru
anxious to return to their homos coiild they
command tlio means to pay their passage.
Tlioie who svent out to California with
Mr. VV, aro doing about as svell as any olh
ers in the country. All have made some
money, while none liavo accumulated for-
tunes. All have hern moro or less disap-
pointed. Mr. Shanks lias done pretty well.
Ho made $12 a day by working at his
trade, and soon aftor going into the mines
he met with good luck in finding a rich
spot, from which lie dug $1500 in a short
time.
Maj. Richard Roman, formerly of this
place, seems to have been lucky. lie was
elected Treasurer of the State, at a salary
of 90000 a year, ami lias leased a quicksil-
ver mino for a term of years, which is said
to be very rich, and out of which, it is
thought ho will eventually realizo nn inde-
pendent fortuno.
Parson Hill, of Goliad, is also said to bo
making a fortune very rapidly, and baa al-
ready accumulated a very snug pile.
All the Texas boya are determined to
return home aa.aoon na circumstances will
permit. Sheriff Thurmond and Jack Ro>
gera will return home in January or Feb-
ruary next,
**i vor In irtbVvrno ttm i* j
through three degrees of longitude; it ss ¡¡1
pass le'nr the extreme source of lied Jiivo#f
and, passing at least filly miles above the
heads of llio Brazos and Colorado, ssill ter-
minate between the sources of tho Colorado
and Pecos, at a point about three hundred'
and fifty miles iu a direct lino from the
City of Austin. From thence tho line in
its course svest, along the parallel of the
north latitude, svi!l cross the l'ecos.
leaving nearly ene h.lf of that stream in
%/i.
'/llio \ (). Plcajumc.
B.sltimoKk. Frill, >y, tien/enber'Si.—The
it. aniel' Nlag 1 ra has arrived.
bored, systematic and
Iforts bale been made
the in, r haul - and
II I c'< ,s, as svell as ( nil-
| grants tu the country, eg :in>t this line of
si anieie ; mid il It .s l een boldly, but I
¡ think in-st in-oie-iderately, asserted, ibat
i lie coinin ue-o ol tbe bus an i country ssas
i in much b'. It, r e, li il ion hi l' f. . ill ill it h: s
j lie, ii .-iiiee I iie t.> steamers [ ill 11 ú lilis bay .
I'líder Hi 'se eiie.'Uinstance.', Messr?. I'lellt-
1 ors, I ask your permission to, ll*.• r a I'esv re-
mark on ill's mi' j ct; nd I shall endeavor,
I Its . t .tli,::' la, I ■, to do just ice lo 11 .rris &.
] .11 ,rg io ■ ¡ i •, - j the most persecuted men
ol the d,_>, l.y n t'csv p rsons. 1 wish to
' d.lress inv r< iiiaiiis to th.
merchants nnd
But many years will doubtless passasvay
before any State Government ss i I lie form-
ed iu the territory proposed to be ceded to
the United Status. It is svell kuosvn that
the United States are bound lo provide n
homo fur tho Indians new inhabiting our
borders—il is equally svell kuosvn that they
nosv havo iu> territory upon svhicli they can
conveniently place them. Il is also svell
knosvu that these Indians must he removed
from our Stale, and then kept out. This
territory ss ill answer very ssoll for a home
for these Indians. A lino of military posts
must bo established at suitable intervals
along tho whole extent of our borders from
Hod River to tho llio Grande. The inter-
course laws of the United States must he
established and rigidly enforced over the
Indian country, to regúlalo Irado and inter-
course belsvcen the svhites and tho Indians,
othcrsviso there will lie difficulties constant-
ly urising, ond embroiling the frontier set-
tlers. Is not the removal of thu Indians
from among us nn object greatly to be de-
sired by every man in Texas, svlio has n
heart capable of being touched by the
wrongs and miseries some of our fellow citi-
zens lire nosv compelled to endure? It is
tha policy and intention of tlio General
Government to remove our Indians, and
ollVrod Ircdy during the sveek, and again
declined about ¿ -tlio authorized quota-
tions lor fair qualities of Orleans and Mo , ihr is as follows
Texas, and svill strike the Rio tirando about .>,000 bales. American description.; svere
tsventv miles above Ml Paso del Norte, leav-
ing that noble river lo svash our southwest-
ern border through nine and a half degrees
of longitude and six degrees ol latitude—a
distance of at least fifteen hundred miles by
the courso of the stream."
Penree's bill acknoss ledges the claim of
Texas to the territory. It does not propose
to erect the territory into one or nwro slave
Stales or free States—but leaves this ques-
tion lo be decided by the peoplo inhabiting
llio territory at the titno of the adoption of
their Constitutions. If the country is adapt-
ed to the advantageous employment of slave
labor, slavery will go there, and not other-
wise.
;'aci.iin, i,to City, sve take Irom the Pacific
jNesvs of the l.nh August:
We received tho following letter through
thu kindness of Messrs. Dow & Co. Wi
havo iiu room for comments, nor heart to
mtiku ill cm;
On board steamer Senator, )
Pft"|f"n Wednesday, SÍJ o'clock, Aug. 1 I.S . , , . , . ....
.u, .iuis Mditor of Urn Pacilic Nusvb: peoph ss bo are unpr, j idle, d, and willing
At l.iscrpool oil the i;ith thu cot ton mat- A terriblo excitement pervades the e Is 'ote. t an enterprise by its fruits. To those
let svas quiet, svitli a downward tendency, of Sacrament . The Senator delayed lu'r wl,u lln! perfectly svrnpt up in an icy cloak
departure Ibr San Francisco lo gutli r the ! ' gotisiie se!Ji.-iiue.ss--snap;uug, cursing,
particulars. and abusing all svlio do not agree svith them
Tbe issue is one betsveen the squatters.'opini n, It;,ding and interest—1 have
or settlers, nnd the citizens, holders of pro- j noihiug t > sas. ■ n I shall expect, for pro-
perty under the Sutter titles—and a bloods uiuio in an h in,ble was to state soui"
issue it promises tu be. Several persons biets on this s'd j i t, lo in u I. the frown ol
are nlroudy killed and svounded on both
sides.
The history and result of the affair thus
having remained so during the whole week.
The sales during the sseek did not exceed
y 1,0-10 hales, On the Kith the demand
svas again hunted, the trade bus inir mils
enough for ¡>rr.
eluding l,l'.i)0
etil
for
I'll,? sale'-1, iu
ovp rt, did not exceed
ib -ir di-ap¡.r,i
Large tracts ol ground,covering the cits
and vicinity of Sacramente, aro held, by
grants from Capt. Sutter, who claims under
his Nesv Helvetia Spanish grant. The set-
tiers hold that Captain Sutter's grant does
not cover this territory; that it helónos lo
bile being reJueod (', ol a penny per pound.
In luir upliiu! there is no chango. Br azils
Iilid Kgyptiwis are dull of sale, and they
also have dedined J; Sural svas dull; -j5()
bales ol American svero taken during the
sve< k on sjioculalion, and N!J J Ibr export.
Sugars ss en s cry firm, sales being made
at full prices,
Coisgromioiiiil.
The bill linking appropriations for light-
houses, and ¡ranting bo inly lands to offi-
cers and soldiers, passed the Senate, The
House passocuie Navy Appropriation bills.
rresfdt'iitial Nomination*.
ll is unofliiially announced that M cís'-ts,
Maxsvoll, Colector of New York, and Kane,
ol B iltiinoroUiavo been confirmed, nnd Mr.
Peters, of N;sv Orleans, rejected by the
Senate.
IWtiue IHcetioiis.
1, lection r j turns Irom 010 towns shosv
an increase in the vote for Governor of
!5S7,"> Ibr the V'iiigs, and .'¡00 ! for the Dem-
ocrats. Tho Free Soil vote fell off 875
s otes in the ainio tosvns. Tho Fourth and
Seventh Districts are still in doubt.
Cisithuiiiti markets.
l.ot'iavir.M,\ Saturd ty, September 'J 1.—
flour is srfV.g at ¡üv? 02¿ t é3 03 per
barrel. Hbi'skey steady at yOíjc. per gal-
lon. Ceilibe has advanced ,¡ :. Sugar nror- repaired I tho brig to release their tsvo
kct activo at t>f¡e. I Te. per pound. The i companions, svhero they met Sh rill' Mc-
nser is slrtlionury. \\eatlier clear. 1 Kinney, Mayor Bigelosv, and a posso, svlio
t'o¡i'w'i'esisiau¡il, I drove lliein from the ground, but no force
;U, J I t, to
liiilioll. So let it be.
To lief,.in, let us glauco at the shipping
business ol the bay at the liiee of aiinex':-
tion. We svill s,.e that there svas not any , i
thing like a regular pack, t ol any kind ply - j
injt betsveen the has and .Nesv Orleans; on'
ired me. Despite tin ir greatest efforts,
they olien failed to get back to Galveston
in time to connect svitli the large steamers.
Thus batll 'd. delayed, and taxed svilh so
great I, ss of lime and means, they purchas-
ed a small schooner and put it iu the hay
in the fall of 1W1S, io lighter Ihe steamers.
The steamers then began anchoring about
I svo miles from indianoln, nnd ibis schooner
lielii red their cargoes to indinnola and
Port Lavaca, usually making tsvo or three
three trips iu doing so, during svhicli ar-
r myelin nl the steamers laid ut the anchor-
age--all hands idle. This proved to bo
v, rs e.vpi nsive, Iroin the hss ol time. The
sle: niers ^ . i • 111, Globe and Portland, at
dill'-r, nt times during lie sea.-a u, run from
tbi- bay to tJals eston. They first charged
V.'.i f i ca! in passage to .Nesv Orleans,and
•:,'i0 to (i ilvcft. li. I) ok p issage at same
period, h 10 to New l Ir.eaii-, and St to Glll-
si .-ton. In the s | . i 11 g ol IM'.l, tliey laid
nsi le the sail lighter and put ou the steam-
propeller Jerry Smith, and then the steam-
ers Perth nd and Galveston, llio largest of
the line, común need running through from
Nesv Orleans, m rely touching nt Galves-
ton, but net changing bo ts; and n1'
time tlioy reducesl the p ,s. aj¿
cabin lo Ness Orleans and loTTni.
Sw deck to Nesv Orleans and S3 to Galves-
ton. Thev ndoptcd a lie ss' tariff of freights,
charging only M) cents per barrel on flour,
coffee, salt, and gem rally on mensurable
goids, but net by any means altogether so,
and h re 1 join in the g, neral censure of
Hani- év-, M irg'iti, li r 1 am not their apol-
ogist lorss r.-ng. They li ual specific prices
on specific nrtioh s—for instance, on boxes
"I soap, e, .lidies, staleli, claret, etc., three
l,iits per box, by svliieli these specially
nam, d articles greatly over-averaged HO
cents p¡ r I : i r •!. 1 fere is nn crror on tin ir
>.irt. Aiiothi r ss r. ng they commit, also,
and I hope ihoy ss ill soen change their
courso in both respects. 1 allude to their
ihe Government. They have moved
and erected buildings; u suit Ibr forcible j alsvays been lh •
entry and detainer is brought againgt them;; worse.) generally
decided in the plaintiff's favor5 a ssrit of |siX tweniy diss lor a vesse
roslituion issued; tho ollicer attempts to ship on n sin II scho, n r, unfit
execute it; is met hv a body of armed squat-
ters, svlio resist him. This occurred i n
Saturday, the 10th. Prior lo this date, an
appeal lo tho County Court had been made
by tho attorneys Ibr the settlors, Judge
Willis presiding, and Ihe rigbt of appeal de-
nied.
Exasperation of courso svns the effect on
the party receiving redress in the higher
court. Meetings svere hold and resolutions
passed to resist the Insv. Nothing svas done
iu ire by legal process from Saturday until
yesterday, (Tuesday), sv lien sonio six or
eight persons svere arrested Ibr rebellion or j Such, gentlemen, I well remember, svas the
resisting tlio ollieers and the process of the ease ss iih your senior, (Mr. Logan,) in
court on Saturday, and tsvo, in default ol
bail, incarcerated iu tho prison brig—one
of theni is MeCiatchy, carrier of the Sacra-
mento Transcript.
To-day, (Wednesday), a body of settlers
tlio contrary, an occasional small schooner j rub- ol having passengers goto the hotels
—cert inly n t over tsvo per month—was*"1 'heir own expense, while stopping iu
about "he 'extent of shipping done during | Galveston. It is a direct wrong, unless
th • year 1: !3. Perseus arriving in New j 'hey advertised to this effort; because par-
Orleans, bound lor this bay. tinui, ns had , fcngers do not expect such a thing, and it
:se before, (indeed,lunch
hail to ss :iit there froui
and then
,.r passen-
gers, and rem ,in at sea from loar to tsvenly
days. A iriii ol four day s svas extraordina-
ry. I have kuosvn tin ill to he out four, and
even six svei ks. Th vo long voyages svere
extraordinary—but 1 believe t-u duys
might ho'put doss il as an average trip. A
vessel rarely ever made a trip through and
buck in less than two months. I recollect
svell ills osvn ease in ISI;"). Willi my fami-
ly, I had lostop at a hotel in N, sv Orleans
sixteen days—then to ship en a dirty li.tle
schooner, pay round Ibr passage, stop
in at Galveston, and svas at sea ten days
i)'i
nl Diplo-
< ti sut.Mi o.v, Monday, September
In Congress yesterday th • <' i s i I nnd
mntic bill svas discuss.-d, and 810,000 were
appropriated for the improvement of the
navigation of the Ohio river, and SóO.OOO
lor the Mississippi. Several unimportant
amendments were made, when the hill
passed to a third reading.
In lhe House, a resolution abolishing
Hogging in the navy, except when ordered ;
your
is 10, except that lie had to leave his vessel
at Gals eston, and conic round eu a small
sloop. Such svas substantially the case
till die Government began to do business
iu the bay in 1- I'i, svh"u more vessels and
more regular communication s\ is establish-
ed Ibr ii time, But in the spring of IS 17.
and from ill at tiino*till I^IM, sve re-lied en-
tirely on ssil vessels again, ll. has been
asserted that the sail vessels then in the
trade—th t is, in IN 17 and most of Is IN—
svere doing our hur-ilies - svitli satisfaction
nnd hinoy, svns also shot dead. Tho horses of
¡both loaders were pierced with balls. As-
sessor Woodland, an auctioneer, svas also
I killed, wliilo supporting tlio ollieers. Mr.
placo them upon lands to ho set apart for, -
them,as soon ag the Government acquires! 1 > ftio thirteen cents, mostly lie!
a. i fourteen. Flour was duller, t fía in
3 the soil. As long as Icxas re- j chanired
a right to tlio soil
tains the right am
any person holding a land certificate of this
tains the right and pocscssbn of the huid, i|l(.Pnxsagc-Quhkest lot.
by a court martial, was discussed
passed.
IVnv l'ork Market*.
Citsnu;sro:N, Tuesday, September ^¡1.—. - , .
At New York, on the '.'¿Id ins,., the cotton l nr¡10rr'"8M; tan P^'tnnstcr, was shot
market was quiet and .inchanKed. Five ll¿°. 11 ' '''* sl""!|,|,"r' "I,d t,ll !'rs
hundred hales were sold. Coffee was hold Io1 1S'?",e Hltl° Ur°
j ,. I Another man ol the settlers was killed,
u being shot through the body. A little girl
chanired. ". "s ww"M«led while passing along .1 stre. t;
svns used until the settlers had retreated as
far east from tho river, up J street, as the
corner of Fourth street, near the Crescent
City Hotel, when they svere overtaken, and ; ' 'he public, cheapness, speed, ete. Now.
turned .at bay, svilh pistols anil guns. Ports ¡all this I d< ny iu teto, end appeal to the re-
or fifty shots were fired betsveen the par-
lies, nnd iu the period of five minutes May-
or Bigelosv svas shot from his horse, through
the body, arm and in (he face—not expect-
ed to live. Tlio leader of the settlers, Mali
collection of esrry unprejudiced man then
acquainted on the bay , to say if such svas
the case. I ass rt, the I'esv sail vessels then
ill the Irado did not do our biuinius svith
j either cheapness or dispatch, or the satis
fiction of shippers; lo prove svhicli, it is
'only necessary to say that the persons then
most active and infltis 'ii i i :tl in inducing Har-
ris iV Morirán to establish a line to ibis bay,
are the selfsame and identical persons svlio
have abused them most, and svlio nosv assert
that the sail vessels svei, better. But I go
further I ban this, and am responsible to any
responsible aggrieved person for svhat I say
just lu re. I assert, as a business m m on
'corner of J and Fourth streets, and the
i "J'' nt;l,l«1 ;:,m,ynP I ™, of lll« P««*«c blood of the wounded Streamed upon the
Stoto can locato the same upon any portion , was ten dajs, four hours and forty-five mm-1 S¡dewalks as they svero carried along. Ono
,U" •• 1 •' "tes 11 om duck to dock. mnt1) |rm]jng n nul]0 ihe street, svns
Coiiirrcssloiml.
^ Cuahlkston, Wednesday, Sept. 25.—
To-day tho Mexican Indemnity hill passed
- ..IIXV I' ll|0|||- IT <||J , I
the shots flesv in nil directions Hroutid tbe 'his bay, from my own observation and ex-
of tho public domain. Wo venture the as-
sertion, that in less than tsvelvo months
after wo code this territory to the United
State*, but few Indians svill be found with-
in tho borders of Trx i .
shot through the head; from the top, the
ball passed dosvnsvnrd through the neck.
Tho greatest excitement still pervaded
both Houses, and the Fortifica'ion bill pass- the city when tho boat shoved ofl. From
rd the Honor. six to nine hundred settlers had assembled
perience, thot the sail vessels then in this
trade sver<—
First. Tardy in their trips, six weeks
being considered a good trip, and ten days
run at sea about a fair average—though
(ho schooner Adeline, one of the best of
these packets, svas often much longer.
Second. They svere full as extortionate,
in proportion to their power to be m. as
is unheard of olsosvhore. This rule should
either be ndverti.-ed or abolished—to abolish
is much the better plan lo avoid confusion
and trouble; i.nd the specific prices should
bo so taxi d as not to go over SO cents per
barrel. But Harris iS¿ Morgan had to en-
counter heavy expenses. They first made
these experiments," more or less difficult.—
Their loss of lime in tho hay svus indeed
heavy. But for the last fifteen months their
business has been settled, steady and uni-
form. The experiment Ins resolved itself
into a regular, prompt, and quick line of
steamers. During this period they liavo
been prompt almo l to the hour,and rarely
ever missing a day. Passengers from San
Antonio, or Gi n/.alcs, or Astin, can arrive
here in tho morning, and depart on tho
steamers leaving iu the evening. Emi-
grants lo tho country can nosv arrange their
affairs so as not to remain over three or
four hours iu Nesv Orleans. Such iias
been the general promptness for 15 months.
What is tho result? Why, four times as
many emigrants have arrived by svatcr
during the last year as ever did in a year
before. The business of the bay bus in-
creased to the astonishment of business
men. The channel has been opened by
Harris \ Morgan, nnd our bay and its Iri-
bntariesarc becoming svidcly kuosvn abroad.
Hundreds nosv emigrate by svatcr svhero
there svere tins before. The trade of tho
Colorado and other sections has been in-
creased ihis svns ; regular lines of stages
have been established, and nre well sus-
tained, to various points in tho interior.- -
And so many beiu fits have already resulted
to Western Texas from Harris &. Morgan's
line, that 1 think the driisvbneks, (heir re-
puted extortions, etc., dsvindle dosvn ill tho
comparison as mere drops iu the bucket.--
In the single item of shipping beeves, there
have been paid to the stock-raisers sv it hill
seventy miles of Indi mole, where they havo
been shipped, from May, 1840, to Sept.,
1850, over tsvenly-tsvo thousand dollars for
beeves that svnuld have been nearly value-
less, had not Harris &. Morgan's boats been
in the bay. But I ask tbe small dentera
and farmers to look at another fact. Under
the former system of sail boats, no man
could do a mercantile business (I mean
such svns rapidly becoming the cose as men
of capital camo in) unless ho svns a rich
man,because (lie delay in getting bis good
svould cat out his substance. A small deal-
er could not turn bi« mean? often enough
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