The Tri-Weekly Times. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 2, 1856 Page: 2 of 4
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'gWefrtfmaife furjiisíiés théin the relief
very sftortiyi t$at justice ^bich they are
so Histly entitled to cannot be of any
benefit to them. *
The minority of said committee, to
have been acted upon by the
cures of the country' for several
And ij| almqst [erary instance,*
ifi wliMftrii ftf thii
Lese blatas have been rejected.-—
And for'wfeát reason T Because thé evi-
dence brought before th§ committee on
Pmblic an| filed jn the Comptroller's
office tia^fKJtfeeen such: as to recommend
thea* t$ the falprkbie action of the Leg-
islature. -a
And vet gentlemen are now argujing
the question 3$* if. it were a .novel one,
ju&t i k-^d«ce^ sto thi& Legislature, and
as if by actin^^ofi and rejecting these
^laimSj we should be cutting off a large
íes of meritorious claimants against
the State,
Now, sir, I lold'it to be a matter of
impossibility- in most of the$e cases to
arrite at eorrect evidence. The holders
of property on our western borders during
the revolution, buffered to. ú considerable
extiht, 14iav# no doubt,- but they fled
from the countrjr, many of them, and did
not stanllup in defence of their property.
And these v&g individuals caaae back
and collected a larger amount of stock
than the yiad
can be wod
fact.
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After some remarks
TRtL,
Mr. STBDMAJf said?
by* Mr. Kit-
move to sup-
pend the rule, and take up* the Reports.
Uñless we scotch this thing now, it will
result in bankruptcy to the State, taking
the statements of genáemen of experi-
ence in this legislature.
Mr. DARBEN of 'Colorado: I desire
to say otie word in regard to the amount
of these dahnsu\ I ask "where did these
spoliations take- place ? ; I ask where
was property destroyed drying the revo-
lution of 1836i? «HWithin what scope of
territory Was this destruction of ^proper-
ty confined ? It extended fr0m Gonzales
to San Jacinto, and nearly pn a straight*
line aloi% theB ne of .march of the two
J|feies. faftfAp -Coflipfetént
authority that these spoliations will not
iHBonnfc to over 50G|t)00 dollars, and
¡"claims is pjre-
to what class it ;
,,-qyed
bv order
whenever One o
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some
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upon oiii
on account of
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tome of these claims
meritj While others
■L^. ,<t softie Will be
, o^íeirá -lirill not. Yet they
Bpi-0_,—_ "the head
w _r. - c!aims,: íttiff "tve al?'to be
i^écSéd/'fhisísiotfair; thiá is not
ju^t to tbose-wlft ' Bugeted'in the hour of
T&r&rf cflim instead qf * being'so
fincrfcfc *4 be exam-
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•entleman from On tora do SUp-
. cladms iü
Coleado'cft%?azes? Is'his knowledge
so Mniited that he is not awáre that wé
¡tier foé .yteafs, extending from
_ . T #mF «Lio Gfati^é, 1 wtt!
s^ lkim tEát I believe from my knowl-
tgé of this 8nbjéct,- that rf we open the
this class of claims, twenty *niL
lions will not pav it. ■ I will state
that I luiVe kndwn an individual to pre-
i sent claims of this class amounting to
feV- 25,fOO dollars when responsible^persons*
t [havestated that they "have known the
«laims
have
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and that will pay them, and the country will be
overwhelmed and will never get out of
debt. Talk about railroads, or' estab-
lishing schools under such circurastancei?
I tey, If you oflTer to pay thém, the tfcb
lie lanfls pf fexas, with all the money In
th* treasury will,not db*it, ThSre are a
few mentorious claims among them, I
admit; but they Nrith all'come here and
claim equal merit; and^rou cannot dis-
After amé remarks by Mr. Aeí)Ret
and others,
Mr. CHARLTON said: tAs this ques-
tion seems to be open for debate, even be-
fore the suspension <# the rule, I will
#in half a dozen in-
for ^joiiation. *
not confined to our
They exist as well
and northern frontiers,
~ indian depredations, and
there is no knowing to what extent.
Some years ago we took a test vote
upon this quesj^pn. And the Legislature
then decided' that no claim should be
recognized ar%alid, under the head of
spoliation claims, unless the destruction
or the. taking of the property was shown
to have been authorized by the command-
ing officers. And whenever a claimant
shall present his account here for prop-
erty^ stock, eórn, meat, or anything of
the kind, thirif taken or destroyed, and
show the proper vouchers, I for one am
ready to votfrior its payment.
Now, the gentleman from San Augus-
tine, (Mr, Arjgey,) say3, let them ^o
fore Úté CófflWr Ofeims. He would
them go before a tribunal consisting of
one man, and' the Legislatures of the
State have beeii standing up against these
ts for ten years. In all human prob-
abüit^ that judj ge will act with all discre-
tion and honesty of purpose. Notwith-
standing, that, claims for thousands and
millions *t>f dollars may be passed and
recommended Uy that* Court, that the
State of ^exas should never pay. That
is one reason J^y I am opposed to the
creation of this Court of Claims. I be-
lieve it to be a"&ad law.
I hope the rule will be suspended, that
the reports may^be taken up, and that the
House may act upon them immediately.
And I hope thM5££sent Legislature, like
*ÍtS predeceS8orSxv¡ll rAÍAPt t.lipqp i>kims.
íor ^
go before the^BK't of Claims, there is
no "iftewiiag what amount of debt the
*State will be in^lved in. We have been
attenuating to pay our debt, and we think
we are paying honestly all our debts, but
to
RanTlolpfe Ree^s, {^chardK, Runn
Rushing, payiqff Selffian, qpth of
ns. Smith oi' "Tti^irfeon,"Uffltth of it•,
Stout, Tari eton, ThrockmoSrtón, Thomp-
son, Tompkins, Truehart, Weel4er, WÜ-
'líamsi oí S. A., and Worsham—50.
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tooker, King, Kittrell, Locke, Mpkon,
Ochiltree, %hephard, Stedman,; Tayfor,
and Wood—18.
Ir. ADRlAJsT offered the following
resolution;
Resolved, That the Kansas resolutions
be postponed sautíí this evening1, S o'c
and thereafter at t]ie until diá-
some remarks by Messrs. Poag
an^ Davis,
Mr. ADRIAN said : Mr. Speaker, I
have offered that resolution in goodfaith;
not, sir, as gentlemen would have you be-
lieve, to cut off discussion, but directly
the reverse of that. It is well known to
every honorable ifiember upon this üeor
that we have not as yet heid an evening
session.
Mr.^ Speaker, I offered that resolution
in effect, that we should come up here of
an evening^ in Order to give honorable
gentlemen*a chance > to let off as much
r owned. The evidence gas as théy may think proper, and not
in this town to sliow th^t consume ^e tiüe of the House in the
forenoan,
I am exceedingly anxious that we4
should get through the business before us,
and relieve a bleeding Treasury—^-Weed-
ing n<5w at the rate of about eight hun-
dred dollars per day.
The House refused to adopt the reso-
lution by the foiloWing Vote:
Yeas—Messrs. Adrian, Bonner, Charl-
ton, Crabbe, Pickson of G., Galloway,
Hale, Hooker, Junker, King, Kittreil,
Lawhon, Locke, Martin of L., Merrick,
Owings, Parker of A., Richardson, Run-
nels, Selman, Shephard, Smith of N.,
Stedman, Taylor, Thompson, Trigg,
Witt and Woodr—28.
Nays—Messrs, Speaker, Ardrey, Bell,
Brown, Bun-ess, Cleveland of L,, Dal-
rvmple, Darden of O,, Darden of G.,
Davis, Dennis, Dickson of R. R,., Dough-
erty, Ellison, Gaines, Green, Latham,
Joag, Pollock, Randolph, Reeves, Rush-
ing, Shaw, Smith of Harris, Smith of
Harrison, Stout, Tarleton, Throckmor-
ton, Tompkins, Truehart, Waelder, Wil-
liams of S. A., and Worsham—38,
iter
i District.
, represents the
District as very
be between Mr.
_ la "Williamson
countj, Yontre# will ^et a large vote—make
a dfVide in Lampasas county, and will get a
very sinall vote over the^halaace of the dis-
trict^JBowers wiU get 150 or 300 votes out
If Williamson coUotyí 'xTUf^st^nld poll a
respectable vote id that county, he will be
^the Judge. vXhe «iectipa 4efpnds upon the
man the wavering may. concentrate upon.—
Shfiul4:it be «peo any one else than Bowers,
Voartreas wilfbe elected without doubt: and
if Williamson county gees proper she can
eledbt^e judge by uniting epon Yon tress.
jupporto>^i e Intt^g goatJ 8aaa«f
and has arrived at these conclusions by ia-
.quiry among the voters* It is a matter in
which we take no concern, and we give the
above merely as a matter of news, interesting
to the candidates and their friends*
Bubolary. — The Independent notices
the fbrcibjf entry of thg store of Messrs. Gan
& Co.? of Georgetown, and the stealing of
about $100 in money, on last Saturday night.
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Willíam J. Morton, Esq.—This young
gentleman has resided in this city several
years, during Which time he has held the
very responsible position of a plerk in the
Comptroller's office.
Mr. Mcrtpo is a lawyer by profession, he
has concladed to try hk fortunes on the
Upper Rio Gcan^. To his new home he
carries with him the esteem and good will of
numerous friends. He is a young man of
fine acquirements, and bids fair to become a
pleasing and eloquent speaker.
This notice is dictated by a regard for the
man, politically we differ, he is a democrat;
but that does not prevent us from lending a
helping hand, and asking far off friends to
treat one kindly who has talent and merit to
recommend him 4o their favor, and whose
future success will, doubtless, amply justify
our hopes and repay their kind offices.
Thj! Colorado.—The citizens of Mata-
gorda county have held a meeting and re-
commended the people of the Colorade val-
ley to meet in convention at Columbus, on
the firs£ J^pnday in November.
Inuring flljélftl' mm «ppoi 4.«t
sent Matagorda: John Rueely, S. W.
THE TRI-WEEKLY TIMES.
AUSTJX, OCTOBER 2, 1856.
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presented the following
. tarea mar tney nave Known tne
par^ fór years, and that he never had
five thousand dollars worth of property.
Just establish th principle that you
r;
if by your legislative action, you recog-
nize the variouslpoliation claims new on
file in the Comptroller's office, we have
not begun to paj|.
The rule was suspended by a vote of
48 yeas to 14 «a^s, and the reports taken
On motion ef >Ir. Davis, the bill was
indefinitely postponed, by a vote of 54
"yeas to 18 nays.
Mr. KING
resolution: ^ .
Resolved, bjjjljie House, tlie Senate
conciWring. I^s8ni>e two Houses of the
Le¿Bl toie \mm^ourn 'On Monday, {fie
25th day of August, .1856, sine die,
Mr. 1>& YJS .moved to lay it en the
table;
The yeas and pays being vailed for,
Mr STOUT; when his name was
called, said; I wish to explain my vote.
It was without my consent that I earne
back here, Che prospect is that we are
not going to get ftfcy pay for coming back,
and now I should 3Use to get through the
busings.
I vete ay?. -■> * i
The Resolution wjulaid on the table, by
the following votf^;
4 Yeas—Messrs. Adrian, Ardrey," Ar-
TT^ptrann
, v. ...
^ouehertv, .Ellison.
Potatoes are selling at §3,50 and §4,00
per bushel in this market.
Corn is offered at $1 per bushel.
Rain.—We have had frequent showers.
The ground is wet some inches below the
surface, which has not been the case for
months before. The weather has been chil-
ly and lowering during a large portion of the
week, but we anticipate a warm term suffi-
cient to bring out the grass and afford a
winter range for stock. This failing, stock-
yaisers would inevitably^ meet with heavy
Lexisgton.—This celebrated race horse
was recently sold <¿0 Mr. „ Alexander -of
Woodford, JCy. He paid 4H&,000 for him.
a üi8e.-—-The Géoreretowrt#índependent
Hardeman, A. C. Horton, John Dunean, B.
S. Hugely, Henry Thorp, A. Wadsworth.
Previous to a survey of the river, the peo-
ple are required to subscribe $1,060, and to
pay 5 per cent, at the time of subscription.
To make the 350,000 appropriation available^
§12,500 must be subscribed, which will swell
the sum to §62,500, quite sufficient, if judi*
cioasly expended, to make the river navigable,
for a large part of the year, up to Austin.
Cleaning «rat the Guadalupe.
The Victoria Advocate announces the
compliance of the citizens of the valley of
of the Guadalupe with the provisions of
the River Bill. It says :
Mr. Nickelson, Collector and Treasarer^appoia-
ted for this place, under the provisions of tbe
River Bill, has raised by subscription the amount
of five thousand doUars, upon which^the five per
cent, required'to be paid in advance, has been
paid.
This subscription entitles those interested in
J stbe navigation of tbe*< Guadalupe river, trora
Wheeler's bridge to its month, to the sum of
twenty thousand tioftarir from tbe State Treasury;
whick, added to tbe vnount subscribed, wiU
make the snug amount of ttfentv-five thousand
é
learns from a gentleman that* the Clear
Fork of th« Brazos had risen^KVor 12 feet,
and the Red Fórk.of the Colorado about 10
Wf.
v
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dollars to be appropriated to the ihorougn clear-
ing out of tlfe river.
Grasshoppers.—It seems from the fol-
lowing, taken from the N. O. Delta, that
Texas is not the only State in the Union oo.
nationally soourged with locusts.
Gb¿8sb< ybb# oh thk Upp r Mmstssirri.—The
grasshoppers, or species of locusts, are said to be
¡ making fearful basroc on the Upper Mississippi.—
Bains.—Mr. McAnelly says,- the rains i At Utile Falls, sa/B the St. Anthony Express, they
have been genend and copious in I^mpasaé t
' Negro DfiowfiEiwThe Independenttays,
a negro has been recently drowned at Waco.
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pnd# surrounding counties. The grass is
springing upJlf Frost does not fall earlier than
usual, there will be a, fine winter range.
•Horses Reclaimed.—Ip tfi<Tlatter part
of J une, a number of horses were stiffen from
McAnelly's Bend. The regulars in their
contests with the Indians re-captured' them,
and they have nearly all been restored to their
respective owners.
Sal® of Lots** Sjuí Saba.—Tie citi-
zens have located the county seat of San
Saba at McAnelly's Springs: The town is
laid off, and a Ale of lots will come off oft the
first Tuesday in October. The purchaser
for lots fronting ¿he square it required tó pay
„one half in cash and thé balance on time.—
This arrangement wjjl cause lote go cheap,
The new town is called ^an 5 ba, and is
situated in a beautiful and fertile countrv.
• n "v m kwvií way. jmh
River they appeared in a perfect cloud, and light-
ing upon a corn field of twenty acres, destroyed
the whole crop in" a short space of time. At
Crow Wing, on the form of Isaac Moulton, they
destroyed 500 bushels of oats.
Frsmont's Blood.—Frsmont's biographer
having stated that the Woolly Horse candi-
date has the blood of Washington in his
veins, the Richmond Dispatch replies :
Col Fremont has no more of the blood of
Washington in his veins than he ha3 of
Julius Cfiesar and Pompey, or Alexander.-—
His mother was a pretty country lass, of no
social pretensions, who came to this city, and
married^ the old revolutionary soldier Pryor.
The advocates of Fremont declare that the
unidü of Madame F. with that gentleman's
father Was strongly opposed by tbe members
of her fcmily. The only member of her
family wjio opposed It was her husband, but
bis Opposition did net avail. The enterpris-
ing Gaul who begat Fremont paid no regard
to anx prior riarht.
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