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SAN
% G. HCSTOJf & J. M. SMITff, PROPRIETORS.
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OFPICE-UN SOLID AD STREET
IN THE OL.D VEUIMENDI HOUSE
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TERMS: TWO D^LARS PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.
TOL. 7.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 5,1855.
NO. 38
|kofcsfljM Harbs.
A A. 1BW1S, ATTOmrajKD COCXSELOR A1
• Law, Su Antonio, Teiia, Kill attend promptly t.
entrinrtod to hia care. ^.Office, on aouti,
ia«ICm Ty Flavin the Bejareno (juice. a-iT
▼. b. leigh.
. ATTORNEYS AND COCNSEU,R-
AJ at Law, San Antonio, Texas, will practice in the
Dfetriet Court* of Bear, Medina, Gillespie, ComaL Gua-
dalupe, CaliweU and UonuJes counties, and in the Fed-
, eral and Supreme Courts at Austin. 74y
abus, a%
, anU General
AND COUNSELOR A1
Bjjgan Antonio, Texas.
__ATToa rtj|w^l| wr im GKNERAL LASB
, FUDgiucKg^raCXgris, will practice in
•B the oooruot the FoarmJEBsaB District, and'in th-
Sapreme and Federal Courts It' Austin. -He win girt-
special and prompt attention to the collection of debts.
<SUd to baying, selling and locating lands, and to procur
"frntent* for l nd< in ny iwrtion if Western Texas.
CHARLKS A. KUSSifcL, AliUjtNHY AN1 COU.VSr.LOI
at Law and Voloryrntfa, Helena, Karnes Countv
TexSis, will prs^icf lk the Courts generally throughout
'Western Texas, and attend promptly to business entrust
ed to hit care from a distance. 37-1 y
(garbs.
I DEOSON. f WARRICK TCXSTAI-l .
DENISON k TDXSTALL, ATTORNEYS AND COO-
mlor's at Law, will praetioe in the counties eonsti
tutiac the Fourth and Second Judicial Districts, and in
the District courts of Coliad and Karnes counties, anil
b the Supreme and Federal Courts at Austin.
OSee on Trevinostreet, San Antonio, Texas. (20-1;
DR. J. L DAILEY, RESII'EXT DENTIST, takes plea
sue in announcing to the citizens of San Anionii
and vicinity, that be has permanently located in this city,
and o3ers his professional services to all who may call
Mf<m him. He has a complete supply of Instrument.-
aad apparatus. HUoSee is on Postoffice street, opposite
the atorp of Messrs. Groesbeeck Ic French. 18-ly
AO operations on the treth performed In an improved
and durable manner, and warranted to answer the pur-
pose for wHeh they were required.
K. a. momuK, u. o. a. x. morgan', m. d
Dtw. Jt S. it G. M. MORGANS OFFICE on Flore
street, leafing down the river from Military 1 lata
opposite Mr. Martins store. We have both a good sup
ply of Medicines and Instruments. Will attend to cajl
st any distant* in the county, and hope by prompt at
tentiaa to boshiess.to merits share of public patronage.
M- & Morgan dry Physician. Persons unable to pay a
MH, wiS be attended free of charge by calling at our
e of as can be found at all hours. 18-tl
D
R. K. KAPP*S WATER CORE. SETERDALE, COMA1
county, Texas. Enquire of C. J. Cook, fan Antonio.
DEBRAT & LEWIS, Interpreters and translators oi
the English, French and Spanish languages. San
Antonio Texas: office of the -'Bejareno," Military 'lam.
Ec. HDSTON, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AU
• Law, San Antonio, Texas, will attend promptly to
sUMsas entrusted to him. Bounty Land Warrants
procured for soldiers, or the widows and orphans of -sol
siiers, fat the Vaast possible time, and upon the most reaso-
nable terms. May be found at all times at his office on
SoBdad Street. 35-ly
Fj. PRYOR, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR A1
• law, San Antonio, Texas, will practice in the Dis-
trict Courts of Bexar, Medina, Gillespie, Comal, Guada-
lupe, cud well, Gonzales and Karnes counties, and in the
Federal and Supreme Courts at Austin. $&• Office—On
Fostoffice street, opposite the storehouse of Messrs.
Groesbeeck k French. 16-ly
FX. DATE, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
• San Antonio, Texas, will attend to all professional
business Mist may be intrusted to him in the several Dis-
trict Courts of the Fourth Judicial District, and the
Supremeaad Federal Courts in Austin. 47-ly
Frank boas, attorney and counselor at
Law, and Genetal I^nd Agent, San Antonio, Texas.
All busiaMs entrusted to hhn-will receive his strict and
prompt attention. V Office—Opposite the C'ourt-
Heusa. 36-ly
fl RAVES AND MORROW. Docmaa or Phtsic asdSih -
UwiT, Offer their services to the citizens of Bexai
< il—IJ III H i III lini branches of their profession,
x'tmna, | " w. n. kobbow.
Office at Dr. Graves'
37-tf
aft SOON AN, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT
t Law, Ckstrovilli, Texas, will practice in the 1 -i-tric
Courts in th* counties including the Fourth Judicial lis-
trfct, and. is aba Notary Public for Medina county.
Business from a distance attendei to promptly. 39-ly
G.
B. RIVERS, ATTORNEY AND COUNULOR A1
P. U«, Hrttea, Karnes County, Texas, will practice
in the Courts thraughout Western Texas, and act
General Land Agent. Prompt attention given to all buai-
sess intrusted to his care. 47-ly
TT It unTB, ATTORNEY AND < <<UNSEL0R AT
JtJLa Law, San Antonio, Texas. US' Office—Main
Mo, Brick building, No. 1, up stairs.
I. L USUI 8. <3. NEWTON.
Hewitt*newton, attorneys and counselok.-
at I<aw, San Antonio, Texas, will practice in the
Texas Courts of the fourth and Seeosd Judicial Ifistrict-
and in. the Supreme Court at Austii. Business entrusted
to their case, will be promptly and faithfully attended to.
They will al>o give their prompt attention to the collec-
tion «f all clafrni* entrusted to their care, and will act a<-
Office—East Side Main Plaza.
■milx.
TTOWJ
XI w
hows zd. j. A. wilcox.
OWARi) k WILCOX, ATTORNEYS AT I,AW, SAN
Antonio, Texas. Office—On Trevenio Street
site the Ci
opposite the Catholic Church.
37-ly
charge,
to "
JAMES C: WILSON k MALCOLM G. AXUEKSO.N. A1
toraey? aac Counselors atinw, San Antonio, Texa.-
~ "" promptly to all bushiess confided to tOei.
' iee Wast side of Main : laza, next door
of Geo. D. Collamer. Esq. 18-ly
J&faOGBftXA*, AltQffiNEY AND CUUNSELOl
4 at haw, Saa Anteaie, Texas, wiU give an undivi
Asd sttsntlen to practice. The securing of lsnd titles.
and payment of taxes upon land.-
' soldiers or chdr heirs, upoq tin-
or that of the United States
■ OSee, Military l lsza. nea
-'r-
JH. D05CAN, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR A1
• Law, flan Antonio, Texas. wiH practice in the lis
triat Courts of Bexar, Medina. GiBe^pie, Comal, Guada
lapa, Kernel, Gonzales and Usnlweli counties, and in th<
Federal sniUlnprniap Courts at Austin. S7-ly
PAUL, ATTORNEY AND COUNsEI.OK AT LAW
hs Antonio, Texas, will attend promptly to aL
entrusted to his care. 9-ly
J T. CRATES, ATTORNEY AND CUUNSEIjORATLAW
• Anatin, Travis County, Texas, wiH practice in th<
District and Snpreme Courts of this rtate, and the Li>-
triat Courts of th* UnitM States. Will pey strict stten-
tien to in vestigating and perfecting L ndlit les; collecting
of all elasses of Debts against the late Republic of Texas
and debts of every other description. 5-ly
Jacob waoj er, atioknly and < f r.vsi lob ai
Law, San Antonio, Texas, wfllpradie< is 'he I istns
Caurta of the Fourth JudlcUl district, the Supreme an-
ts at Austin, and will attend to >11 ptofe*
- ttrusted to his eare. My^lffiee in
, two doors west of Yial'sTin shop, firs'
' two story butt ling. 17-ly
T kjobxsuh,
tm w i, fan
M. ! .. OOEFICE, ST THX LlBCG STORE
Kitm Cocsrrv Term i Gash. 20-«m
Jsnif
' MAMA, ATTORNEY AND COU.VSiJjOR AI
~ L*w, and General Laml Agent, Uelena. Karne.-
OeuatTexas, wfll practice in tbhe In.lriat Courts o
" " i, naecef, Bexar, Medina, lomal, Gon
counties, and at the Federal an'
l eaurts at Austin and Galveston. Prompt at
—ntianglvea to all business froma distance. S-ly
I- a rsaeau, 1 San 1 oxo. w. pssoul,
woe. n. mrnoB, XAntonio. / Austin.
T)ASC8AL A 8TR1BUNG, ATTORNEYS AND COUN
* a*MtUw, Ska Antonio and Austin, will practice
tm the ffapasme and Federal Courts at Austin and t.'sl
gstsa, aed in the District Courts of the Second an<
Fourth Districts, and in Gonzales and Goliad, of th<
Tenth District. They wiH pay special -attention to all
i entrusted to them. 39-ly
ATTORNEY A-VDCuUNSELOK ATLAW.
Texas, will practice in the 1 istric
1, Cudwel" -
t> W. ph1pps, a'
1V> San Antonio,
Courts at Bexar,
j- — —, ——, —dwoll. Hays k Med .na
l oantlss, and in the Supreme and Federal Courts a.
AaaWn -ly
OAMUKLU. DAILA.T, would respectfully announce t<
O the etUaens sf Eerneeand the surrounding country
thathe laaaw practicing aa a Physician and Surgeon.
"in raadinees to visit all who may
is- Ha is a graduate of the Medical
la Augusta, Gs., and has bad several year-
>1 had he hopes by strict attention to his business
1 receive a liberal share of public patronage. Office
at " Truestars House," Heleaa. 31-ly.
a. c. rii fur. ■
VAN DERUF k MITCHELL, ATTORNEYS ANI
Coansalara at Law, San Aatoaio, Texas, will attend
promptly to aH buaiaeas satrusted to their care 37-ly
\ETM- T. HOCHTON, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR
Ww at Law, Saa Antonio, Texas, win give prompt at-
-^aMbuslaisa entrusted ta his care. W Offlci
wwmsssm ewMawwsinsn waawa •*• ••• WW ftaa WW^ vyiuc
*a hwlfli Street, first door from the corner of the
"ton. 14-iv
WK, E. CLEVELAND, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR
W at Imm, will praetiee in all the Counties of the
fourth MhU District, aad in the Supreme and Fed-
era! Cuurts at Austin. All business entrusted to bim wfll
be oarafttlly attanded to. w. H- C. is also Notary Public
far Bexar County. My Office—On Florae street, oppr-
Jte Ommno Street, next door to Dsaly's old stand.
gwAthia,!^!. My
K LYONS, WSOLERALE AND retail dealer.
BIACKSM1THIKG J. M. BENNETT & J. C. MOODY.
announce to tbeir friends and the public, that thft
ire now prepared to do Blacksmithing on the shortest
notice. Miop on Solidad streetyttwo doors north of Com
merce, wlieie they will do work in their line of busines.
on as moderate terms for cash, as can be had in the city,
ilorse-shoeing done with dispatch. ' 27-tf
CHARLES IiUMONT, DYER SCOURER AND RENOVA
ter, East side of f an Antonio River, respectfully in
orms the Ladies and Gentlemen of this City and vicinity,
liat he removes every kind of spots and stains, cleans,
lyes, and renovates garments of every description. La
lies dresses, shawls, mantillas of silk or velvet, silk 01
traw bonnets, table and sofa covers, carpets, etc.. etc.
cleanses and renovates Gentlemen's apparel, hats, cloaks,
.•oats, pantaloons, vests, etc., cleansed and renovated in
the best manner and at low pricsfc. 12-ly
N. B.—Mildew and all other stains taken from liunen
Residence—On Villita street,Easfa€ethe;an Antonio rivei
CARI*E.VTER AND JOINER. —;
pectfullv announces to Me A
inues the Carj;enter and Joi%Kiness at his sliop OL
g. cotton, REi-
that he still con
-olidad street, in-1 lie basement of the Methodist Cliurel.
vhere he is prepared to execute all orders entrusted ti
.lis care with dispatch, and on reasonable terms as the;
jan be afforded in this city—terms considerably reduce^
rom former rates. Thankful for past, favors, he earnest
ly solicits a share of public patronage.
CJ, GARNER, WOULD RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCl
• to bis friends and customers, that his Watch-Mak-
ing and Jewerly Establishment is on Commerce str .et
.Vorthwest corner of th Main 1-laza, one door West of
... Viall & Co's Tin Shop, where be has just opened a nev
dock of E'ashionable Jewelry. Watches and Jewelry re-
laired on short notice and on rea-onable terms. i'3-11
CU.-HMAN ft CO., I Ml ORTERS AND JOBBERS (>1
Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, No. 6 Cortland street
■pposite National Hotel. New York. Don A. Cushman,
Alonzo R. Cushman, John H. H. Cushman.
A large assortment of I omestic Goods Constantly or
land.—Messrs. C. ft Co., will also keep a large and wel!
elected stock of goods especially adapted to the Mexi
can market. june 6, '50
CROSBY ft CO., MANUFACTURERS, WHOI.ESAIJ
and Retail dealers in Boots and Shoes, Hats and
aps. Commerce Street, 3rd door from Main I laza, Sat
Antonio, Texas.
DESMUKE ft CO., WHOLESALE AND.RETAIL DEAL,
ers in Drugs Medicinesand Stationery, Comn e -ceSt.
E-JONES ft COTwHOLESALE ANll RETAIL I'EAI.
• er in General Merchandise. Prv Goods, Groceries.
; lard ware. Wooden Ware. (Inthing. ic.. kc.
ii mas bevdek. david alexa.xder.
Furniture ware-room.—Messrs. bender a
ALEXANDER, have opened a FURNITURE WARE-
R'iOM, on Commerce street, in the old American Ex-
change. where theg will have on hand a constant Rupjtlv
of Fcrntitre of every description, suiting the market of
-an AntoAio and vicinity. They are also prepared t<
Man 'ifart t/ rr and Repair any article of Furniture tba'
may be ordered or entrusted to tbeir care. The public■ rc
respcctfully invited tocallandexsminetheir stock. 2-tt
General agency joiin mailoy. Agent for th<
Collection. Liquidation and Settlement of Claims, ftc..
San Antonio. Texas.
REFERENCES.
Messrs. E. Jones It Co. Mer't
G roesbeeckftFrench.
Vance ftBro., Mer't.
Paschal ft Stribling, Att'ya.
Hewitt ft Newton, "
T enison ft Tunstall,
tS" Office North side Military Plaza, near the Court-
house. 19-ly
PIRARD FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY
VT of Philadelphia. JS"Office—145 Chesnut Street.
United States Hotel Building. Authorized capital.
*300.000. Hon. JOEL JONES, President. Hon. GEO.
W. WOODWARD. Vice President.
DIRECTORS.—Wm. M. Swain, Thomas Craven. Wm. P.
Hacker, F. D. Sherman. Wm. C. Rudman, H. A. Shackel-
'ord, J. 1*. Steiner, Jeremiah Walker, Jno. McClure, Paul
Thurlow, Wm. H. Sowers, Furman Sheppard, Jno. Ans-
pach, Jr. H. N. Burrough. Philip F. Snyder. Thos. S.
MitchelL Saiauel Jones, M. D. H. R. Goggshall, Assist-
tnt Secretory. Alfred S. GiUett, Secretary ft Treasurer.
GR0ESCEECK ft FRENCH, Agents, ,
1t>-1y) San Texi«.
1ARMNER, GREEN ft W- „ . _ . _
T 1tTT 1 " York. G. G. ft Co.,
wtualwiiys keep on hand a full and complete assortment
of Ready Made Clothing, Shirts, and men's under wear,
particularly adapted to the wants of Texas and touthen.
trade. They respectfully solicit an examination of theii
-tnck. 37-tf
GP. 1EV1NE, East s-toe Mai* Plaza, Lsaler ik
• 1 ry Goods, Groceries, ftc., has constantly on han
a fair supply in the above line at reasonable rates for
cash. 35-tf
G
ROE-BEECK ft FRENCH, WHOLESALE AND RETA11
Dealers in Groceries and Hardware, Main Tlaza,
GBtHRMAN.—WHOI^AIE AND RETAIL DEAIJ.l
• in I rr Goods, Groceries, Liquors, Fancy Good -.
lotiiing, Hats, Caps, Boots, and Shoes, Cigars, Station
ery. Ac. l ostoffice street opposite Groesbeeck ft E'rencb
an Antonio, lexas. 41-ly
JG. ft D. BELL, DEALERS IN JEWELRY, J-ll.VE;
* Ware., Diamond Goods, Watches,, i-pectaclef, Ma-
ns, 03d Fellows and Sons of Temperance Jewels.
•jigraver - an I ilanafacturars of all articles in their line.
i)eutisU 11 te prepared and Jewelry repaired at short
i tice. .-a die4, Bridles and Walking Canes mounte-
vith gold ana silver in the best style. Orders from :>
listance. attended to with promptness and despatcu.
*3- \f*tn street, two doors ,*st of the Main ' laza.
JJUUS BLKLNliS, COMMERCE STREET. Ot'l O.-ITE H
Rose ft McCarthy, Boom axd Stationert, Papers
uncy Toy-Pooks. l ictures. etc. 40-ly
J.IHN M. bLi-nn, 1-EoUJtlN tlaile ANi EaNCI
boods, Groceries, Hardware and Cuttlery, ftc., ftc.
K-Iena. Karnes County. Texas. •
JC. Hi KM ON, GENERAL I-AND AGiNT, SAN AN
• tonio. Texas. Al-o, General Agent for John H
lerndnn's Kusir.ess. 4-fim
J. -ll<EO> ilit I EAti—,'OiiN MALi.ot , JL^KK
of the leace for the tity of San Antonio. Ofiic<
N'orth side of Military llaza near the Court House, fie
rill attend promptly to business in his official capacDy,
ind the collection of debts, foreign or domestic, or an;
business en' austed to him.
San Antonio. August l'4th, 1864. 4f -€m
JUIES TOINSARD, BUHJ ER BY CONTRACT, FLORE-
street, opposite A. Martinez.' Has the honor of in-
.orming the public, that he is prepared to undertake, a
no lerate ratei. such buil lings as may bo entrusted to
um. and alio interior and exterior decoration. Masonry
arpenter's and Cabinet work, i rintiug. i-culpturean
apering. 1 rafting, Architecture, and Living off of car
lens attended to. I i-e work at fil ,5 per [>erch; an
• l«ialotof parlf.T statutes fr-r sale. P-:m
JM. DEVISE ft co., DEALERS IX ikct.S, PAINTS
• OiCi, Varnishes, Brushes. Window t.lass, Putty
4fiks and Stationery. &c.. ftc. Sign of the Goldei
• nrlar. Main I laza. San Antonio. Texas.
V| 0LEO1 ,
KilJJ-.i ft i.lhAl'i', Auc luueers. iAiudaii'
General Agents, will attend to all business entru-t
■si to their eare rm reasonable terms. Iff UBiee on Soull
Vast Corner of Main 1 laza. JG11.V 1 •• MCl.tOl',
R. V. KELLEY,
May 28. 1855 82-tf. F. GIRACD.
Vf kRBCRG ft iOclER, 44 1IENVHXE, CORNER O!
ill Chart res street, New Orleans, Importers of Frencl
•> m and German 1 ry Goods, at Wholesale. Keep coi
tantly on haBda weU selected assortment of ^ilks, Vel
. ets, ttibbons, Hosiery, Muslins, Ginghams, Madras, an
ill kinds of Silk, Cotton and Woolen Goods, which the.
ell at manufacturers' prices. noS-ly
NJLsU.<, WAKDWKLL ft CO., sLLCKmORS 'Ii
Kicuard Patrick ft Co., Importers and Whole.~al
<ulers ia Foreign and 1 domestic Hardware, Guns, li-
•oU and Heavy ooo>l<, 'J41 t'earl street, New York.
J as Era Takratt, Wolverbampton, KngUnd.
Joan Soaos, New Jersey,
JCBDHAB M. Ward well, )
Walter Terrs, Jr., i-Xew York.
Jaxss C. Patrick. j 3fi*l
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WINGS ft RUCKMAN, WHOLESALE AND RETAll
Dealers in Dry Goods, Crockery and Glass Ware
-tatfamary aad Perfumery. Family Groceries, ftc., Ac.
ielena, Karnes County, Texas.
P1TTMAN ft BKtmiER, MANUFACTUREKS AND LEA I
•rs in Tiu, Copper and Sheet-Iron Ware. Wholo-al
And Retail, Main street, opposite Presbyterian Church
San Antonio, Texas. 41-ly
RM. FORBES ft CO.. COMMISSION AND F0RWA1
• ing Merchants, Port Lavaca. Texas, Wholesale an-1
.f ail I'ealers in Staple and Fancy Dry ''nods. Shoe.
Ha's. Clothing. Grore-ies. Wineg and IJ- uors. ly
UC. . .. O.lt. .. > ., IJI o..i.-.^. A. J. rtAliJ.:
• of Chin-' Glass and Hartlienware, V« *5. Wate
sti-> near 013 -lip, New York. N. W. B 'RTISS.
8. r. SOCTBERN.
OOUTHERN ft WHITE, RECEIVING. F0RWARMN<
O and Commission Merchants, Indianola, Texas, libera!
dvances mad* on shipments to *ur correspondents li
Vew Orleans and New York. 18-ly
1 THUNDER UGHTNING! — LOOK OUT! —t V. DA1J
. ft J. H McVLTT, having bought Messrs. Jordin t
Vhitlocka Stock of Lightning Rods, are prepared to pu
them up in Seguin, San Antonio, Gonzales, Lockhart o
Vustin. and the surrounding country and we hereby re--
<«ctfully solicit the publie patronage. 35-ly
PAINTING. GI.AZING AND
PAPERHANGING.—The un lersigned beg to
inform the citizen* of San Antonio and
vicinity, that they have entered into a ropart
•er«hip. and are prepared to d« all wo'k entrust*,!
them with naatness. promptness and di«| atch. Partic
iar attention will be given to house painting in *11 i
branches : an 1 thev trnst by s+rfot att*n fon to bu.-
i*<a, onmbined with moderate charge*, to merit a shar
of their patronage and support.
Shop on tae Main Plaja, rear of Oallaghan's Ftoue.
S. CLEMCKT.
?a_i7 j BRO'ry
SAN ANTONIO TEXAN
ANCIENT KECORDS OF TEXAS.
THE ARCHIVES OF BEXAR.
TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH
FOR THE SAN AN I'OMO TEXAN,
BY P. L. BUQUOR, ESQ.
CHAPTER VII.
Statistical Report on the District of Na-
cogdoches belonging to. and situated East
of the Province of Texas, between 31° 151
of latitude and 281° 10' of longitude.
FIRST DIVISION.—GEOGRAPHY.
Area.—It extends from West to Ea>t. from
the 278° to the 283° of longitude, is bounded
hy the United States of America down to thr
Bay of San Barnardo. under the 29° of lati-
tude. its Northern section is unknown and
unpopulated. 1 he extent of the known and
surveyed parts is about 18.000 square leagues.
Population 701 inhabitants, or 22 3 4 leagues
fur every inhabitant.
Indians.—The known nations are ai fol-
lows. to-wit: Tahnayases, Tancaques, Viday-
si-s. Orcoqui.-as. Nacogdochitos, Ays, Tex-
as, .Agnais, Quichas, Nacados, and som<>
others stHl unknown, they live in a state of
harbarism, dispersed, and form wanderinp
tribes or nations; without any discipline, or-
ganization or principles of civilization.
Settlements of white people or christianiz-
ed Indians, none.
Rivers.—East of Nacogdoches, is the Sa-
bine nver. which has its head waters under
the 33° of latitude, and 281° of longitude, it
rnns in a Southeast direction and empties un-
der the 29th of latitude and 283 of loi.gitude.
West of Nacogdoches, is the river named Dc
la Santenima Trinidad, which forms the limit*
of that jurisdiction, it runs in a Southeast di-
rection. from the 34° of latitude and 277° of
longitude, to the 29° of latitude and 277 of
longitude. In winter, the volume of water of
these two rivers id in some parts 40 varas in
depth, and 3000 varas in breadth, but much
less in summer. There are besides, some less
important rivers as the Neclias, Angelina and
Atoyague, which have their head waters
somewhere about the 33° of latitude, and join
between the 30 and 21° of latitude, to empty
in the same outlet, then the Sabinii.
Of lagoons, and inlets there are several scat-
tered over this jurisdiction, the roost import-
Tint are on the coast, and formed by the wa-
ters of the gulf and those of the above men
tioned rivers. That formed by the outlet of
the Trinity river, extends as far down as the
Rio Grande and contains several large islands;
it varies in breadth from 3 to 12 leagues.
Next is the lagoon, formed on the same coast
by the waters of the Sabine, Atoyaque, An
<;elina and Nechas, being three leagues in
'•readth and 30 leagues in circumference.
Both these lagoons are deep and may be na-
vigated bv frigates. In 1797. James Elliot,
■n Irishman who penetrated them, found a
channel communication with the gulf, which
he ai-certained to be navigable for the largest
~hips. and owing to an isthmus which protect-
it. it could afford a safe anchorage.
Sea Forth.—Those'formed by the inlets.
That of the lagoon of Sabine is on the 29 deg.
f latitude and 287 deg. of longitude.
Iron mines—there are severiri, but without
•leing worked.
Lead mines,
Copper do.
Tin - do,
Silver do,
Gold do,
Mercury do,
do do
do do
none discovered,
supposed to exist,
do do
do do
do
do
Marble quarries, none discovered.
Lime stone, supposed to exist.
Salt pits, there are three known, but im
perfectly worked.
SECOND DIVISION.—POLITICAL.
Public roads, none—there are only two
■frails leaving here, one to Bexar, ai*d tin
■ther to La Bahia.
Bridges, none.
Inns and hotels, none.
Public works, none.
Distance from Nacogdoches to Veva Cruz
r 00 leagues.
Distance from Nacogdoches to Bexar 20(
engues.
Di -tance from Nacogdoches to the first town
ii the United States, 50 leagues, the wholt
11 rough deserted countries.
THIRD DIVISION.—MILITARY.
Infantry—Militia, none.
Cavalry— do 30 men.
Barracks.—There is one building with two
-mall sooms appropriated for 50 men of regu
ar cavalry, detached for the Royal service
.nd preventing the smugling from Louisiana.
Recruits— none.
FOURTH DIVISION.—FINANCIAL.
Taxes on Merchandize—none.
Tributes, do.
Duties on Gold, do.
Duties on Silver, 100 dollars more or less.
Exportation—some cattle and mustangs.
Tbe revenues are expended for presents to
Indians, the Royal Treasury having still to
.supply an appropriation for that purpose.
FIFTH DIVISIONS-COMMERCIAL.
Consumption of Spanish produces—none.
Consumption of goods from Asia and China,
tone. Coffee, sugar and flour are the only
irticles exchanged by the trading agents
vith the inhabitants, for skin6, which are a
ubstitute for coin, there being none in the
province, with tbe exception of about 2,000
lollars *pent yearly by the troops.
Cacao—none in trade.
Hardware—from amount of about 6,000
dollars, imported by the Indian trading agents.
Exportations for Vera Cruz—none.
Exportation for other ports, do.
Exportation of skins for Louisiana, about
2000 deer skins exported by the Indian tra-
ders, at three bits, each.
Exportation of horses, about 400 head.
Smuggling.—As far as I could ascertain
■luring a residence of 11 months, muslin, cot-
ton velvet, prints, silk and cotton hosiery, cot-
ton hosiery, cotton and linen goods, shawls,
^addles and bridles to the amount of about
300 dollars, are introduced by contract and
luring the year.
SIXTH DTVI?TON~ AGRICULTURAL.
Mais.—About 1500 fanogas. worth three
-lollars a Hinaga. but little of it sold, every in-
habitant taking of it for his own use.
Wheat—about 70"fanegas.
Oats—none.
Vegetables—A small quantity sewed for
lomestic use.
Cotton—none, but would yield very well!
Sugar, do do do.
Tobacco. do do do.
Cacao, does not grow.
Vanilla, do.
Cochineal, (cultivated), none gathered,
do (wild), none gathered.
Dying wood, there is some although of in-
ferior quality.
Jallaps—none.
Sarsaparilla—found in great abundance.
Indian Chocolate, Tea. Florencia's Grass.
Sassafras, Snake Grass, exist m abundance,
hut are not gathered.
Wild Anis, .- do do do.
Balsams—none.
Pepper—very ^Hfrndant.
Upholster's timber—there is some.
Construction timber, in great abundance.
SEVENTH DIVISION—CATTLE RAIS-
ING.
Neat Cattle—about 2,000 head, worth 12
dollars a grown up animal
Sheep—about 300 head.
Goats—about 15 do.
Hogs—about 600 do.
Horses—1000 head, an unbroken horse is
worth 15 dollars.
Mules—100 head.
Asses—20 head.
EIGHTH DIYIsluN—INDUSTRY.
Tanneries—none.
Soap factories—none—(every family makes
their own soap.)
Wool, silk, and ribbon, factories—none.
Distilleries, saltpetqr works, powder facto-
ries, glazing—none.
NINTn DIVISION.
General pursuits of the Inhabitants.
Miners—none.
Mule, horse and cart drivers, about 69.
Farmers—most of the inhabitants plant foi
iheir own use.
Shepherds—none.
Seamen and fishermen—none.
Hunters—most, if not all the inhabitant,
ire skilful hunters.
JOSE JOAQUIN UGARTE.
Nacogdoches, August l.-t. 1804.
A Cure for Hard Times.—If the people
vere to attend less to politics and more tu
larJ laiior, they would have a great r a'mn-
laiicc of too l and at cheaper prices, ^earij
tii the popular movements of the day h ive re-
ference to party politics and the elevation oi
some favored individual to office, where he
can draw a goo ( salary from the public with-
^'Ut work. Were as much zeal displayed in
".preading useful information among farmers,
nech.inics an 1 manufacturers there would be
t much more profitable investment of labor,
nuch more prosperity, and a greater degret
>f liberality ami enlightenment among the
tjeople. If somebody wouid start a national
convention for the purjio.se of setting idlers to
ork instead of creating useless pubiir oflic-
's to withdraw theui from laltor. there would
>e a greater abundance of food for next year,
and laboring people would not be driven to
ne br n'i of starvation, as they now are.
Mrs. Partixoton's Last.—"Speakingof
-nuH," said Mrs. PAi tin^tou smiling, as she
>iuo<l aduiiriug a smnl pot of the pungent
powder, delicately seen ted—she stooped down
md closing her eyes, inhaling the delightful
truma that arose from the jar. • Sp.-akingol
-liult," said she, laying her hand ten leny on
.he brown cover of the jar as though it were
i sensuous thing and she was fear of hurting
t, "sueli as this can never be dilatory to
oealth. The flavor is beautiful as the balm
• f a thousand flowers. Talk of the injurious
tenderness of snuff, indeed! I say it has the
••■fleet to extenuate life, for there was old Mrs.
Aims, who took snuff all her life,lived till she
ivas a centurion, and then at ninety-seven
had her days nearly shortened by leaving oli
taking it. I don't think there is anything
harmonious in it, and many a poor creature
with a guitar in his head has been cured bt
it. There's Mrs. l>oner's"—She was here
brought to dead stop by an exclamation from
ike, who had been quietly trying the effect ol
-nuff upon the cat who was caluin,y sleeping
iv the stove, and had found it was unsafe to
■dininister, unless the feline claws were first
M;cured.
car Some seventeen counties were re-
presented at the late Temperance Convention
at Washington.—The Convention refrained
from any interference with politics, further
th: n to ask of candidates their views of a pro-
liquor law. Of course the friends of Prohibi-
tion will.support no one opposed to such a
law.— Galveston Civilian.
JG5C Judge Munger has rendered a deci-
sion, sustaining the city ordinance closing, on
the Sabbath, all places whe re liquor is sold.
I'he question will be carried to the Supreme
Court; but, in the mean time, all persons who
violate the ordinance are liable to a fino of
§100 and imprisonment until it is paid. A
>imilar derision ha* been made by Judge Gray, |
at Houston—Civilian. i
SPEECHES OF MESSRS. 1. A. PAS-
CHAL. D. C. YANDERLIP AXD W.
IT. CLEVELAND. DELIVERED AT
THE GREAT MEETING OF 'I I1E DE-
MOCRACY OF BEXAR, SATURDAY
NIGHT, JUNE 23D. 1855.
REPORTED BY B. F. WEEKS, ESO.
Durin<r the absence of the committee ap-
pointed to draft resolutions, Judge 1. A. Pas-
chal being called upon by the assembly, ex-
plained the ol ji ct of the meeting in his usual
able and forcible manner.
I am here, he said, in heart and spirit with
the call of the meeting this evening—r meet-
ing assembled for the purpose of organizing
the Democratic party in this county, and
arousing the citizens of B?xar to the necessi-
ty of action, strenuous, hearty, and united,
to arrest the onward march of the parly dis-
tinguished alone, at least ta us, as the Kribw-
Xothing party of this Union—assembled for
the purpose of inviting the co-operation cf
any and all persons opposed to secret politi-
cal combinations for the purpose of influen-
cing the affairs of our government—for the
purpose of inviting our erring brethren, who
may have unwittingly gone astray, to return
to the democratic fold, and rally again, as one
man, with their ancient comrades around that
standard which has so often led them on to
victory. That standard inscribed with the
unchanging principles of true^republicanism;
the principles asserted snd maintained bj
our forefathers, consecrated by their blood,
and which we. as their children, are bound by
every consideration to preserve in their origi-
nal purity.
He warmly denounced the modus operandi
of this new organization, and contended for
the time-honored custom of an open and
manly avowal, and free discussion of princi-
ples and measures. The government of this
great land should be in tbe hands of the great
IkxIv of American citizens, of free citizens,
and not of a midnight conclave, meeting in
the dark, nobody knows where, and secretly
concocting measures to affect the welfare of all
He briefly traced the rise and progress oi
the order from its unheralded and almost un-
noticed birth in the North I* astern corner of
the Union, to its full and perfect development
in the recent legislation of the State of Mas-
sachusetts. The proscription of a learned,
pure and upright Judge, for no crime save
that of offending the moral sent ment of that
immaculate Know-Nothing legislature, by the
conscientious discharge of a duty he had taken
a solemn oath to peiToun, in the fulfillment
of a constitutional obligation—and her nulli-
fication of the fugitive slave law. Such were
the fruits of this movement—such the mea-
sures resulting from the success of this new
organization, which presumed to demand the
confidence of the South—this organization of
recent origin but rapid growth, which lately
threatened and still expected to engnlf all ex-
isting political parties, and to annihilate all
men" of whatever creed who should refuse to
bow the knee to its dictation.
It is well, he continued, it is probably for-
tunate for us in the South, that Ihis party,
hitherto so successful, should have experienc-
ed the fir>t check to its on ward progress in
Virginia—in the Old Dominion—the gallant
State whv.e the first stand was made in 1708.
against that other damnable heresy which
had sprung up in Massachusetts, and resulted
in the Alien and Sedition Laws, that there
this modern abortion has also been repudiat-
ed—that there this all-devouring, all-conquer-
ing monster has proved not invincible. And
though the great battle is yet to be fought,
the prestige of success has forever departed
from "Sam."
The democracy of the country is arousing
itself in every part of the Union, and, taking
*ieart from the result of the conflict in Virgi-
nia—gathering in its scattered forces—calling
home its wandering sons—marshalling its
tried veterans, and recruiting from the liberal
minded anil patriotic of all parties—is looking
forward with renewed courage and confidence
tu the impending struggle which is to real.ze
the dreams and establish the supremacy ol
he midnight faction, or to prove thegloriou?
■ riumph of the great republican principle—no
prnxcriptiunJnr religious opinion—noneJor
b,rth or origin.
He returned to the character and ostensibU-
object of the order. It is true, there may be.
f you will, much th.it is good in the organi
nation. The leaders of the movement may al
*>e men. pure as the angels who once main-
tained their high estate above. They may in
tend our good by the measures they see fii
.n their wisdom to adopt without consulting
us. This may all lie so; but where is the se-
curity that your rights will always be regard
.*<1—that the best laws will always be enact-
j<I—that, whilst you are resting quiet and
unconscious at your ease, some secret con-
cave. at the hour of midnight, may not U-
•joiicocting measures and maturiug plans that
:nay prove your ruin and mine? Where is onr
securit\ ? and, above all, where is the neces
sity for such proceedings here, in this land of
po.itical liberty? What justification can there
i e found for such a course in a government
like ours? Are we not free te discuss the ex-
pediency of every proposed measure—the
.jroppiety of every proposed law? And does
not the ballot box a fiord a safe and a certain
•orrection for every existing evii? Have we
not the power of requiring every candidate
for our suffrages, a declaration of his princi-
ples, and of exacting a pledge in relation to
His future action? Then what do we desire
more? And where is the foundation, in the
past of this secret order, that they know bet-
ter. though they Know-Nothings than all
ithers. what measures will suit the people of
the country? He criticised with severity the
most prominent features of the Know-Nothing
"recti, and especially the proposed change in
iiaturalization laws, which, he said, was cal-
:ulate<l to sap the very foundations of our
government.
He depicted in gloomy colors the alarming
consequences to be apprehende I from the lo-
cation and concentration in our midst, of a
population made alien in feeling and in fact,
naving no interest in maintaining the consti-
tution. no attachment to our institutions—no
motive to fi elity. save the slavish fear of the
power that may overwhelm them by physical
for -e. In this connection he spoke of the
powers of Congress with regard to the subject
iif naturalization, their extent and limitations;
and the inducements that might be held out
by the border Sti.t>s to the foreign immigra-
tion, by the offer of political privileges denied
in the older and more Fettled communities.
Ho give a brief history of our early legisla-
tion on the subject of naturalization, and
flanged at the Alien and Sed tion Laws,
which ga*e to the President alone the power
of hunting down and driving from the coun-
try those he might fear or dislike, or whose
r b dence he might conceive pr-judicial to bis
adiniiii&tratioD. In those day* tbe purest pa-
triots wero prohibited from holding oflW,
Our forefathers who established tbe -Con-
stitution of the United States, fixed a proper
t m , or at least gave Congress the power to
fix that time. The Constitution we art all
a vorn to support, ■authorized Congress to
pass these naturalization laws, by which im-
migrants from Europe or elsewhere may, in
due time, become entitled to the privileges of
American citizens. That time is fixed % the
present naturalization law. And that as it
stands I am ready and willing to sustain* I
care nothing for your twenty-one jean or
your twelve years—or your five years. I
stand upon the present law as it is. A man
then, arriving in the country at the age tf
twenty-one; can become acquainted wiChonr
system of government. This course]
tried for years,- ar>y you n^y s^et&at'i ^
eign-born citizens exercise the right <5f suf-
frage as discriminate^ and justly as any
p irtion of our population. It has beea test-
ed for this length of time, and no eviTfias rt-
s ilted frott it It is well enough; let veil
enough alone. * Vsa-w.-.v
But another thine:—we have not settled
America jet Look at the vast extent of
c<r intry yet Unpeopled. Da we hot need ye't
further immigration from Europe ? And are
wj going to say to them—come here. w«
will give you land, but you shall have no
voice in tbe government of thecountrj. We
will give you three hundred and twenty acres
of land—we will set you down as serfs spoil
our soil—wo will appoint your rulers! . How-
iuany will come? What freeman Would
come upon such inducements? .The class
that would come is not the class that we need.
We need men that will appreciate our insti-
tut ons. maintain our constitution, and cheer-
fully support the same burthens and raider
the same services with ourselves—men that
we can take by the hand, and hail as broth-
ers.
With regarl to this naw society, or party
or whatever name you may give it I really
believe it to be just one of those phantasms
that appeal from time to time, and
vanish as they come—one of those excite-
ments which will have its way and its day.
T: ii movement may take for the moment,
and perhaps secure a temporary triumphs
But if its principles are such as they are un-
derstood to be, ft will be crushed out by the
hard, sound sense of the American people.*
The principles destined to permanent tri-
umph art those of tbe democratic partrv
Those principles which, held aloft in the-Kgnt
of da)% have conducted the country to its
present unexampled prosperity, and are yet
to carry it on j-ard further and further^ until
at last neither you nor I can tell Where it wffll
end—but I trust in God it may terminate
eventually in unthroning every crowaedlead
in Europe.
Russell Howard, Esq., was called on bet
declined to speak on account of physical in-
disposition.
Wm. H. Cleveland, Esq., was called upon*
and addressed the meeting very briefly. Be
said it was eertainly not his intention to ofier
any remarks upon this subject, and it tmU
almost be an act of folly at the present time
for him to attempt to add his feeble aid er
tribute, after the able and eloquent remarks
be had just heard from others. It givearae,
he said, as a democrat, peculiar pleasure to
lind that we are not alone in .this —
that patriotic gentlemen of the whig party,
one of whom has so nobly and so eloquently
expressed his sentiments this evening, are
with us in feeling and action upon this im-
portant question. It is sufficient for me to
state what are my principles. So far as I un-
derstand them they are American principles
—thof e expressed in the American Declara-
tion of In e^tendence—those expressed in our
Constitution, which recognises no religious
test, no distinction on account of religion.
These are American principles, as I believe,
and this is the American party to winch I
always intend to belong; and any other so
called American party I know nothing o£ I
know that if. from a' small republic of three
millions, our country has rapidly grown in
strength and in extent until she has gained
her present proud and glorious position among
the nations of the earth—it has been by in-
viting foreign immigration, and extending re-
ligious toleration to all men, that she baa
bloomed and prospered as she has. These
piiiic.ples, now attempted to ba introduced
<y this secret combination, though newts tbs
United States, are not new in history. And
as an instance of tbe blighting effects of illi-
beral prejudices and religious proscription, I
have but to point to your sister republic be-
yond the Rio Grande. There the principles
contended for have always been ia operation.
There they have always been afraid of-immi-
gration, and have kept it away—they have
always been afraid of religious discussiontand
have kept it down. And where are they now?
We can see what such principles lead to, by
contrasting our own flourishing country with
that truly know-nothing republic <m tha
other side of the Rio Grande.
I have ever believed that those men wfe>
periled tbeir lives and fortunes in.the revolu-
tion were Americans, and that it vnapat;-ftp
served fur this late day. for American princi-
ples and feelings to be thought of ana cher-
ished. Before this mongrel, bastard, So^calWd
American party sprung into existence, there
were such men in the country as Washington,
as Jefferson, as M idison; such men «a jjj|l
C r olls. Catholics—men who if living now,
.vould b.1 proscribed by this midnight party.
In order to show what were the sentiments
ent-rtained by some of the patriots of that
lay, I will read a short extract, which by some
singular coincidedcc 1 find in the San Anto-
nio Herald:
' George Washington says"—now we shall
see whether his sentiments are in accordance
with those professed here by the democrats,
or with those of the party calling itself Amer-
ican;—George Washington says—"Thebssom
of America is op.n to receive, not only the
pulcnt ami respectable stranger, but tbe op-
pressed and persecuted of all nations, andnf
ill religions, whom we shall welcome to a
participation in all our rights and privileges."
The time has been, when George Washing-
ton was thought to be a good American.
I will simply say in conclusion, that 1 have
never had any thing to do with this newiang-
led party. I have been always satisfied with
he principles of democracy, which prtnkte
equal rights to all men, without distinction
of creed or nativity, and those principles I
intend to support-now and hereafter, to-all
eternity.
There is a lady in Dar/ums, fi®""*.
who is 110 years old. She rises ttfjre vunrise,
and possesses more agility than many of tfce
youns females of the village. Such a(e 4he
grandmothers of onr dav— 'grand" iufissi.
proscribed, and pursued as loxes to-thiir lnd-
ing places. Such scenes have never since been
witnessed in this land of li erty, and God for-
bid they ever should be, under the reign ol
Know-Notliingism or any other "ism."
He appealed to the patriotic supporters of
the old. creeds which have heretofore divided
the country, Iks they whigs or democrats, to
rally Rround the ancient standard of their
faith, inscribe their principles Upor. their ban-
ners, ami come out and do battle for them like
men. intelligent men, fairly and honorably in
open day.
Let us above all things, he continued, keep
trne to that very principle which chiefly dis-
tinguishes our own beloved country from her
sister republics of the South—the principle
of religious toreratioir—of no
proscription for opinion's
After some remarks in.relatron to the dan-
gerous ten-iency of the newdoctrine upon this
organization for the correction of existing
evils and abuses, he showed conclusively
that this was an assumption purely gratui-
tous on the part of these lowers of darkness.
The remedy was at hand in the united deter-
mination of the f eop'e to frown down every
attempt to sway by corrupt motives, or any-
improper means.
D. C. Van Derlip, Esq., was called upon:
"He said, if this was a democratic meeting as
he understood it to be—meeting called for
the furtherance of the principles professed
and represented by the democratic party, he
felt himself at home. Upon that platform
he had always stood and expected always to
stand, so long as it should retain the purity
by which it had ever been characterized. It
was a platform he had never forsaken, and
never had any occasion or reason to forsake.
From the election of the first president to the
present time, the conntiy had been guided
and eairicd <nvaid to i s juniii high state
of prosperity by democratic measures and
democratic men.
After a brief and chaste cnlogium upon
Washington, the savior of the country, he
rapidly traced the origin of party divisions in
the United States, the formation of the demo-
cratic party under Jefferson, and its distin-
guishing principles.
It is that democratic ark of safety, he con-
tinued. which floating on the American tide
eversir.c^. has carried our country successful-
ly on to the proud positjgn she has already
attained. Ever since that time, you will s-e<;
a democratic pilot at the helm, with scarcoly
an exception. And you see the* country
from thirteen feeble States, stretching aloDg
the shores of the Atlantic, gradually and
steadily expanding, until it now extends to
the Pacific ocean, numbering thirty-two
States, and with more Jtoo-in the prvspect IT
this is not an evidence that the principles of
democracy are correct, I am unable to give a
better one.
Among questions of importance which had
divided the two great parties of the Union.
was that relating to the revenue. He briefly
stated the nature and history of the contro-
versy on this subject and declared the doc-
trine—a tariffjor revenue and not for pro~
lection—to be the creed of the democratic
party, and the creed that must and will pre-
vail—the creed that is just to all.
But, gentlemen, he continued, there has
been something said about an organization
which has lately sprung up—a foe alike to
whigs and democrats—secret and hidden in
its movements—aiming to strike in tlTe dark
—without an avowal of the principles it in-
tends to act upon—an organization by which
every man, however meritorious he may be.
whatever services he may have rendered to
his country, whatever ability he may possess
to advocate the proper principles at the prop-
er occasion—is to be struck down unless he
swears fealty to the order and bows to its will.
I understand there is such an organization in
existence.
Fellow citizens! the constitution of the
country under which we live shows us our
duties; it shows us tha. power of the people
and the power of Congress. And when t
party appears in the field for the purpose o
soliciting support, or for the purpose of car
rying out principles, let them announce,! say
what those principles are, in order that we
may bring them to the test of that constitu
tion. Can we be permitted to go blindfold in
that matter ? May we not find out, after we
have voted with an organization of that char
acter, that we have voted for a measure
which attacks directly the very constitution
we have sworn to support—the constitution
framed and adopted by the wisdom of our
forefathers I Is such an organization as this to
<>e talked aliout to an enlightened people—to
men of reason—to men who think for them
selves? Are we to take what these men say
for the truth without investigation ? If the;r
principles are so pure, so correct, as beneficial
to the interests of the community as they
repi-sent them, why then veil them in dark-
ness ? If.they are principles of that charac-
ter,the Ami ricnn people would spring to their
-upport. If they are such as would meet the
minds of all reasonable men, why hide them
from the light of day, and then come and ask
us to vote for things they will not permit us
to understand? They say they know noth-
ing. Democrats have always pretended that
they knew something, and they know their
own political principles.
But this proscripuou of persona, who hap-
pen to have been born upon a foreign soil, i
regard as ungenerous. 1 regard it-as contra-
ry to the spirit of the Constitution, contrary
to the whole policy of the American people
from the declaration of their Independence to
the present time. Who are in reality the na
tives of the country ? Nobody but the In-
dians—come to it at last. We all came from
Europe originally. 1 hey are the only na-
tives. and according to this doctrine, the only-
men that should hold ofHce: Let i s run then
a Lipan or a Comanche chief—the smartest w.
can find for the Legislature and for Congress.
But these gentlemen forget, when they
talk in this manner, some of the men in the
revolution that drew their sword in defence
of American libery. They forget Lafayette.
I suppose—they forget Baron Steuben and
others—they forget the aid and comfort—the
money, arms, and ainunition that enabled us
to fight Great Britain at that time. They
would seem to forget that there was such a
man as Lafayette—bom in Fiance—who was
regarded as one of the purest and most esti-
mable of American patriot-'. They seem to
forget that hundreds of others that stood in
the same position, who rushed to our aid in
that day of trial And now. because '-their
children" did not inhale the first breath of
heaven on this 6ido of the Atlantic, they
would crush them, if they should come here.
Is not this true? Carry out the principle
and it would run to this extreme—that if the t
son of Lafavette. born upon the soil of Franc-, - - " , * " ,'T„. ' . _
witu among us to-dav. he could not hold the 5? 'J1® adage of Cnar.ty begins at
office of Justice of th4 Peaw in the county of ,s/'f,un n°Lh,?£ *>ut a
' 1 wnrn by deform*"! selnthneec.
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San Antonio Texan (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 5, 1855, newspaper, July 5, 1855; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth232656/m1/1/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.