Tri-Weekly State Times. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 37, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 7, 1854 Page: 4 of 4
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$cientious men, to use that authority in
bringing the offenders to justice, and not
shield them from the merited punishment
which the law, either civil or military,
would in such cases, inflict? But, if to
fulfill these suggestions be in their power,
then the conclusion must be, that they
have fallen far short of discharging their
duties; especially when expressions have
been used against the right of the civil
authorities to investigate the matter; and
obstacles of the most annoying charac-
ter have been thrown in the way of a just
and lawful examination.
For what purpose are the soldiers here ?
Are they here to protect the country
against a foreign invasion ? to protect the
frontier against marauding parties ? pro-
tect the lives and property of, and assist
in securing to citizens the rights and priv-
ileges to which they are entitled?—for
which purposes they are hired and paid
by our Government—or are they hereto
intrude themselves in the peaceful amuse-
ments of citizens, trampling under foot
their rules and regulations, adding riot
to confusion, burning and destroying
property, taking innocent life, and final-
ly, from their peculiar associations, shield-
ing themselves from civil authority which
they boast to have trampled into the dust.
V
-* Address,
to the friends of education throughout the state.
At a mass meeting held at the city of
Austin, January 23d, 1854, the friends of
learning took the initiatory step, and fur-
nished an exponent of their sentiments,
by the appointment of a Central Com-
mittee of Education. As the organ of
the said committee, we would earnestly
call upon all to unite with us in ascertain-
ing the educational wants of the State—
in obtaining statistics of the various
schools—to examine the Common School
Bill with that degree of care that will
enable you to propose those amendments
which will supply any defects that may
exist, and ultimately render the details
of the bill perfect—to hold primary meet-
ings in the different counties, and discuss
the best measures to be pursued to raise
the standard of Education—to devise the
means of placing our institutions of learn-
ing in a position as elevated as those of
our sister States, thereby superseding
the necessity of sending our sons
and daughters abroad, -to complete their
collegiate course—to patronize home, and
not Northern Seminaries, affording en-
couragement to our teachers and saving
our youth from the influence of princi-
ples at war with our institutions and af-
fecting our dearest rights—with one gen-(
eral and united voice to ask our legisla- j
ture to extend that liberal aid to our Aca-
demies and Colleges which will enable
them to become tlie just pride of the
State, and show to the world that we
will not only be the Empire State in point
of territory, but in the number and ex-
cellence of our institutions of learning.
JOHN W. PHILLIPS,
Chairman Central Com ee.
WILLIAM M. BAKER,
Corresponding Secretary.
B.J.SMITH,
DANIEL BAKER,
E. WALBRIDGE, > Clnrtimitiee
L.C.CUNNINGHAM,
ANDREW NEIL,
Papers throughout the State please
copy.
Austin, February 3d, 1854.
Austin, Jan. 8, 1852.
Hon. Isaac Parker,
Chairman of Committee
on Claims and Accounts:
Sir—Agreeably to your request last
evening, while I was upon the committee
on Claims and Accounts of h the Hon.
Senate, "to state in writing t e substance
ot my replies to certain inquires made
by yourself and other members of the
committee relative to the vessels of the
late Texas Navy," that were built under
the contract made with Mr. Frederick
Dawson, in the city of Baltimore, on the
13th November, 1838,1 beg leave to state
that the contract, which is in the pub-
lished journals, " Appendix to tlie Fifth
Congress," as document B, pages 202 to
212, sets forth fully and with great minu-
tiae, the dimensions and quality of the
timber to be used in the construction of
every part of those vessels—the quantity
of provisions, clothing, small arms, ord-
nance and ordnance stores, canvass, rig-
ging, etc.
Feeling, as I naturally did, a deep in-1
terest in the construction, outfit and mo- j
dels of those vessels which were to be
placed under my command as soon as
they reached Texas, I visited them be-
tween the months of May and August,
1839, frequently, and can say that I saw ^ ^
almost every timber and plank of which j ¡Republic! I cannot allow you to depart
they were constructed. The Texas Go- ( without expressing to you my sincere re-
vernment had an agent on the spot all j gret that the legislature, at its recent ses-
the while, to see that the contract was j si0I^ failed to adjust in an equitable and
fully complied with, and if so, to receipt J satisfactory manner, all her liabilities to
for each vessel before she left Baltimore. „ou
the Navy." He replied immediately,
"that he had come from Baltimore to get
this money—he had furnished the vessels
to Texas, and they would be useless to
her unless they were manned and in a
condition to fight—that he wished them
to be of service, and as an earnest of his
professions he would let me take the mon-
ey and he would wait until the Texas
Government could pay him." He then
told the chashier to pay me the money.
It is not my province to make any
comments to tlie committee. I am called
on to state facts and I do so cheerfully.
My recollection is very distinct, for such
an act was well calculated to make an
impression on my mind.
I reported these facts to the Secretary
of the Navy at the time, and they will be
found in one of my letters to him from
New York.
I believe I have complied with the re-
quest of the committee.
Respectfully, your ob't serv't,
' * E. W. MOORE.
Austin, Texas, March 2,1852.
Dear Sir: I am apprized that you are
about leaving this city; and having an
accurate knowledge of your association
with Texas, and the true character of
your claims against her for pre-eminent
benefits conferred during her existence as
I beg leave respectfully to refer you to
his report to the Secretary of the Navy,
and letter to Mr. Dawson, which will be
found in the journals of the Texas Con-
gress, previously referred to, pages 198
and 199. I fully concur in every state-
ment in those documents relative to the
vessels: and will add that on the arrival
At the same time, I declare to you my
belief that more time only was wanting,
and that ultimately, and at no distant day,
you will receive every dollar you claim in
accordance with your negotiations
with the late republic. Whatever opin-
ions may be entertained by the people of
Texas with resdect to the different grades
of the vessels at Galveston, I found a 0f merit attached to the various claims
great many articles on board them that agamSt her as the representative of the j j¡^™'the samew,thra thc
the State should authorize, it is unnec-
essary here to say anything. It was a
generous proposal, and, had it been car-
ried out, wouldrio doubt have induced
others to follow your example.
I shall feel it a proud duty to my
Slate, as well as to the memory of the
old republic, to invite special attention to
your claim, whenever a fit opportunity
shall present itself.
Wishing you health and happiness, and
a pleasant journey to your home, I re-
main, with sentiments of esteem and
kindness, your friend and obedient ser-
vant, P. II. BELL.
Frederick Dawson, Esq.,
Baltimore, Maryland.
Hon. Thomas J. Jennings, At-
torney-General, arrived in this city from
Galveston by Wednesday evening's stage.
jfágf1' The Marshall Republican an-
nounces the demise of Col. John J. Web-
ster of Harrison county, on the 19th
January.
jggpTho Bastrop Advertiser says corn
is worth 75 cents per bushel in that coun-
ty, and flour $14 per barrel.
ffésf Some boys were made very sick
yesterday, by eating jalap root{?) roast-
ed.
MARRIED,
On the 26th ult., by Rev. John W. Phillips, Mr.
DeWitt C. Booth, of Brazos county, Texas, to Mis
Maloi.va a. Boice, of Travis county, Texas.
In this city, on the 2d instant, by Rev. John W.
Phillips, Mr. John M. Tibaut to Miss Elizabeth a.
M. Hamilton, all of this place.
IETTERS OF ADMISISTRATIOlf.
JL Letters of Administration upon the estate of
John J. Roark, deceased, having been granted by
the Honorable Probate Court of Travis county,
Texas, to the undersigned, at its January Term,
A. D. 1854; notice is hereby given to all persons
who may have claims against the said estate to
were not included in the contract, although
they were all useful, and many of them
important—thus showing great liberality
on the part of Mr. Dawson in purchasing
many articles that he was not bound by
his contract to furnish.
The ship was to have been 500 tons
and mount 18 guns—she was 589 tons
and mounted 20 guns.
late republic, in regard toyour3, when ful-
ly understood, there will, I am satisfied,
be very little diversity.
When my country was poor, and in ac-
tual need of help, you, a stranger, and
owing her nothing, and moved mainly by
generous impulses for a people struggling
for their independence, came to her in
Austin, Feb. 3, 1854. 10:6w
o—-- i her weakness and gave her what she ask-
Ihe brigs were to have boen 300 tons j e(j? and as she asked it—risking thereby
and mount 1- guns each they were not only your monev advanced, but the
405 tons and mounted 18 guns each.
stability of your commercial position.
O MdUllllJ U1 JUUI IfUllUiltl tidl
lhe schooners were to have been 130 j lament, therefore, that the risk you so
tons and mount 5 or 7 guns—they were : generously incurred should, up to the
over loO tons and mounted 7 guns. nrosont, nr-rind. havfl rosnltpd so nnfortnn-
prcsent period, have resulted so unfortun-
ately for you. My country will yet grate-
fully remember this and do you the jus-
tice you deserve, which ha3 been so long
withheld. This is not simply the expres-
sion of my own sentiments, but my judg-
ment, based on a knowledge of the peo-
of my State, who, to do what is right.
I feel confident in being borne out by any
naval man or ship-builder, in the assertion
that six vessels of the size, as well con-
structed and equipped as Mr. Dawson's
contract called for, could not be procured
at this time in any city in the United
States for a less amount than the con- U1 my OWM,ej >YI1U, lu uu „ílih(j JS llgllLi
tract, taking into consideration the ex- j neeJ only be rightlv informed. But, you
If VERY variety of BRANDY just received.
A and for sale as nsual "*erv low.
GEORGE HANCOCK.
Austin, Feb. 3, 1854. 10
r,n nnn FRESH OYS-
•/"j'LFvJ" TERS.—Just receiv-
ed, at my Restaurat on Congress Ave- _
nue, 50,000 Fresh Oysters. These oysters were
put up in New York, hermetricaily sealed, and
warranted fresh. Persons fond of the luxury of
Oyster Soup will please give me a call.
CHARLES STEIN.
Austin, Feb. 2, 1854. 10
IUBB
11
FORBES J. HOUSTON. M. D. HERKIKQ.
¡ OUSTOX & IIERR2XG, ATTORNEYS
AT LAW, Shelbyville, Texas.—Practice ia
the counties of Shelby, Sabine. San Augustine,
Newton, Jasper, Angelina, Nacogdoches and Pano-
la. Also in the Federal and Supreme Courts at
Tyler. Feb. 4, 1854. 10
II. B. WALLKR. J. It. COLLINGSWORTH.
ALLER & COLLI\SWORTH,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Richmond, Fort
Bend county, Texas.
Feb. 3. 1854. 10.
pense and great risk of getting them to
a port of a foreign country, situated as
Texa# was at the time those vessels were
furnished. I mean being at war with a
government that had even a small navy,
by which they might have been intercept-
ed and captured, in which event they
would have been legal prizes.
I beg leave to adrl on o ant of \i r
are aware that, with a territory so vast
in extent, intercommunication must be
slow and unfrequent; and since the peri-
od when you rendered Tex<*s such signal
aid, her population has been swelled by
numbers of immigrants who, knowing lit- 9()
A F1KE and full supply of Irish Potatoes,
i JL Onions, Shad and Salmon, Molasses, Pickled,
Peas, Beans, and Goshen Butter, just arrived per
steamer Wo-haw. Tom! and offered ata small ad-
vance by GEORGE HANCOCK.
Austin. Feb. 3. 1854. 10
Some emigrants lately arriving
in this State—say they received no sort!
of accommodation on board the Mexico, j
one of Harris & Morgan's line. Be- ¡
tween two and three hundred negroes J
were stowed away below with horses and j
hogs. A most noisome stench met the I
nostrils at every point. The filth was !
disristingly visible in every quarter.
It is useless to say such a course of
treatment and the unaccomodating con-
duct of officers, not remarkable for so- i
briety, is a drawback to the emigration j
coming to our shores from that direction. .
k20
Deatii ok Gen. Sommervell.—The !
ln&\?LTio\v. Bulletin announces the death]
of Gen. Alexander Somervell. lie was J
drowned at Saluria on the 20th January, j
We regret to announce the death '
of Mrs. Ann S. Morris, wife of Dr. Í
Wade A. Morris of this city.
She died on Wednesday the 1stinst. j
An obituary will appear next week.
The name of William Bowcn, [
should have appeared as one of the dem-!
ueratic committee of MeClennan county.
tie of the early history of the country,
arc not prepared to appreciate at once
-o ~ - — — j the motives and services of men who in
Dawson which I feel ought to be known ¡ early times ventured all for her political
toal Texans. It is this: In November, j salvation. Even old Texans, I find, of
183*, after four of the Texas vessels of j excellent general intelligence, yet posses-
war had arrived at Galveston, I was or-, sjn<r jn reference to your claim, and those
dered to New York by the feecretary of j 0f other persons very little general infor-
theNavy, for the purpose of obtaining : mation. It cannot, therefore, be a mat-
seamen for the Navy, nautical instru-j tCr of surprise that many should come to
ments, Colt s repeating arms, and other j our legislature without that knowledge of
things that were necessary before they ¡ facts necessary to direct them to sound
could venture on the Gulf, where the I conclusions in adjusting cverv class of li- I PIedg^s 1
Sv VTf WC7 cn.7nf, "Ct •>'%• This is evidenced aiwll by the |ab„7^ „„ „„ „
these objects 1 was furnished by the Sec- changes of opinion manifested by somanv j ence in the above business.
retal y of the .Navy with drafts on the j of the members durin** the lato session ^ Shop on Congress Avenue, on the corner belov
United States Bank at Philadelphia,! (some of whom I have" understood, con- j
amoun.mg to forty thousand dollars. I j ceived themselves pledged against your j —
b7r,vÍ839 Decr Aim Mr ,heyrlin ! ^sssssjssstí&sss
jcr, iot J, in one of the brigs mounting (ture not having been previously under- ¡ MeGuffey's Readers, Spellers, Primers, Pinneo'i
after, I went over stood,) as also bv the wry Strong vote it j Grammar, Ray's Arithmetic, Hemau's Young La-
to Philadelphia to get the money for my | received—and this, too, I* was -ratified to I (J]es' Re^er' l{a?8 ^bra, *<*. Depository on
drafts. On entering thr P-inL- I f„nml i ¿ ! resion ¡street, next door east of M. I). Conklin i
w 1 tnicrmg the bank I foun'l, learn, withoutany importunity on your store. Those who nun-has* to «olí ™>n. suddIIm
Mr. Dawson with the
sented my drafts and
the cashier "that, tl>nr«
300 tb Almonds,
For sale low at HANCOCK'S Corner.
Austin, Feb. 3, 1854. 10
KEGS PURE WHITE LEAD, andVgooa
^ , assortment of other brands, just received,
which now render mv assortment of Paints com-
plete. * GEORGE HANCOCK.
Austin, Feb. 3, 1853. 10
\TOTICE TO THE PIBLIC.-
J. R. JONES, Blacksmith, invites the.,
attention of the public to his line of business, v ,
He is prepared to give satisfaction to those who
may give him a call. He pays particular attention
to Horse Shoeing, and hurts in the feet, and also
himself to cure a founder in 24 hours, if
to him in time; cutting out the lampar
,i i j has l «.J nianv years cxneri-
casliier. J pre- j part.
informed by j Allow me to assure you I have derived
Vl.,* crreat satisfaction from having myself ob-
**«au fcUII s uj pircu
at the lowest rates, and on the most accommodating
terms. Orders will receive /ncmpt uttention.
18 .1 \s uri'ur n, incf nn
tJmiiRnrirl dnllnro ¡n fj10 hm.l- t.x tho ^o-ori. i Served (and such is the testimony of oth-
it of the Republic of Texas, which by
instructions he had received belonged to
Mr. Dawson, who was there for tlie pur-
pose of receiving it." j app aled to
Mr. Dawson—"that the money for those
drafts was my only reliance for shipping
crews for the vessels, procuring sur.'i' :ii
instruments, chronometers, sextants,
charts, and in short- every thm^ that was
essential for a complete' ornean ori <if
! ers) the gentlemanly and unobtrusive
I manner in which you have presented your
! claims for the calm consideration and , llU lIie uaiI se
! judgment of the people and their legis- ding's District. \.
| lature. You have, indeed, strictly ad-' Mari"h 21 '
hcred to your promise in your memorial,
and have not urged your claim with any
j unseemly earnestness. Of your willing-
! ]arirc l)0rti0n 0f your
IOST—The Headright Certifuate of Henry
i Iliitschman. for six hundred and forty acres
of land, No. 105, granted by Commissioner Evans
to the heirs of sai«i Hutsclnuann. and appropriated
. fhí l.«ir Xos. 1233 and 1234. in Gid-
i -ued at New Brannfels.
—,, not heard from in sixty days
I shall apply for a duplicate of same.
JU1IN A. REDF1ELD, Att'y for heirs.
Fnvpftr i! i y i * rph 1 Isc'ii li
~«VI! VI JfUUi
hond in such internal improvement* aa
B>. I'f \\I\ CO., General Agents fw
3 A buying and selling property of every desorip-
ion. AtL£¿iil .!:« ',>0 lKr>J
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Ford, John S. Tri-Weekly State Times. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 37, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 7, 1854, newspaper, February 7, 1854; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth181740/m1/4/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.