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Btitution nay, I am now higher, for I am one of repre-
sentatives; T therefore claim for myself and fellow jurors,
liberty of speech."
"The Judge-here-resumed his complacency and the
orator continued his address: " We have nothing to do,
my lord, with your private character in this place; it is
veiled by your'official one; we know you here only in
that of judge, and as such, we would respect you you
"know nothing of us, but as a jury; and in that situation,
we look to you for reciprocal respect, because we know
of no man, however, high his titles or his rank, in whom
the law, or ihe constitution would warrant an unpiovokcd
insult towards that tribunal, in which they have vested the
dearest privileges thev possess. We sit here, my lord,
sworn to give verdict 'according to our consciencies, and
thjs-best of our judgement, on.the evidence before us
We have, in our minds, discharged our duty as honest
men. If we have erred, we are accountable, not to your
lordship, nor to the king who appointed you, but to a
higher power, the Kingof kings!" '
The bench was dumb; the bar silent; astonishment
and applause murmured through the ciowd, and-the poor
man. was discharges!."
Frovi a London Paper.
TEXAS.
The .following correspondence appears in documents
entitled -Correspondence with Foieign Powers-?-not
Parties to Conventions giving Right .of Search of Vessels
suspected of the Slave Tradej" presented to botli Houses
of Parliament, by command of HerMajesty, on Thuisday
last: -
'frnPTi POIEP.STO Tff GENERAL HAMILTON.
S. v Foreign-office, OcL, 18, 1S40.
"Sir Her Majesty's Government is willing to enter
into negotiation with you. for a treaty of commerce and
navigation between Great Britain jind Texas, believing
the time to be now come whenthe m lependence of Texas
maybe considered as being d facu, lully established;
and when the interests of Great Butain nquhe that the
commercial intercourse between Great Britain and Texas
shall be placed unJer the secuihy to be afforded by a
treaty.
"But I deem It right frankly to state to. you in the out-
set, and before our negotiation begins, thai Her Maj. sty's
Government would not be willing to conclude a.ut-aiy of
acknowledgment with any new state poss sssug- a .naval
flag, unless Such state were to consent 10 conclude at the
same time, wjth Great B. ilain. a treaty foi the suppression
of the Afi ican slave ttadc; and there aie many circum-
stances -connected with the geographical position and in-
ternal arrangements of Texas which would icMider it
peculiarly incumbent oo Her Majesty's. Government to
make the.conclusion of such a ttediy . sine qua rsn con-
dition of any other treaty .between Gitat Britain and
Texas.
I am aware that, as a considerable poition of the prople
of Texas have come thither fiom the Unittd fci-n-t some
prejudice may exist among th in against tile concession
of the mutual rijht of se..icn which s th" meessary
foundation of all treati. s foi the suppn s'siem of the slave
trade but I trust that-a little refkaion, aud vn a cur-'
sory examination of a draught of snen a treaty,, which I
now send you, will be sulhciint lo show that any objec-
tion of this kind, on the p.nt of tne people of Texas, would
not rest upon any substantial ground; for the right of
search which the people of the United States have object-
ed to, and the right of s-arch granted by the numerous
slave trade treaties which have bem condudrd oy Great
Britain with other Powers, though snmi.ti in name, are
in Teality, two entirely diffen nt things
"The right of seaich which na0 been the subject of
discussion between the United States and G.eat Biitain,
is the right to be exercised by a ship of wai of eitliei coun-
try to search during war, a merchant ship of the other
country, in order to ascertain if there be on board of her
deserters from the naval service of the country to which
the searching ship belongs; and, if such deserteis should
jbe- found on board ihe ship .searched, to take such desert-
ers back to service which they had illegally, and in breach
of their duty, abandoned. But the mutual right of search
to he exercised unJer the slave trade treajies, and especial-
ly under the treat- of which I send yon a draught, is a
right to sea en merchant vessels which may, on reason-
able grounds, be suspected of hi ing engaged in the slave
trade, in order that, if upon examination they should be
found to be so engaged, they may be sent before the tribu-
nals of their own cpnutiy, ib he ihne adjudicated accoid-
inor to the law ofthr-ir land, .iiifl u is also tp be obseived,
that the search is to bw :u ed by the t-a idling ship of
war, not "by any righi or authority conveyed to it by the
Government of '.he counti to which it b longs, but in
virtue of a warrant to be gi-ii to it by the Government
of the country to which the vessel that is 10 be searched
belongs; so that ihii-searching orijcei may be considered
as being, for that purpose and occasion, a speci.il constable
appointed by the Gjveinment of ihe other country, lo
assist in preventing the laws of that country fioui -being
violated, and to aid in biinging htfoie the tnbunalsofihat
country an v persons who may have attempted in eeilain
matters to violate ll.csejaus
"You will see th t there- are, moreover, in this draught,
various pro. isiocs -ifjerialiy ealeulited to pu vent, or to
punish, any abusive irciee of the jo.w-rs given to the
naval officers of the two en'miiies; an 1 1 tiust th.it if you
are willing on the put of Texas to epter into n gotiations
with me on this m liter, we 5hajl be :jble to conclude a
treaty which on the o:ie haiH, will place, in security the
just rights of the fl.ig of Texas, while, on the other hand,
it will prevent tint fiig from b ing illegally .employed to
"protect a crime to which the seven st penalties have been
attached bv the Texiao la .vs.
"PALMEgSTON.
''General Hamilton, &c."
'(Printed draught of Treaty between the Five -powers
enclosed )
"Viscount Palmcrston lo Genfrp.! Hamilton,
Foieign-ornV. , Ocl 20, .1840.
"Viscount Palmerstou presepts his compliments to
General Hamilton; and transmits to him for.pisjinforma-
tion the accompanying p.pers relative to the suppression
ol the slave trade:
"Draugh.s of treaty tvtwern Austria, .France, ..Great
Britain, Prussia and Russia.
,'Trealies between Great Butain and Spain, of S17
-aud.,1835.-
Treaty between Great Britain and the Netherlands of
1818, and additional aiticha therein."
-
.General Hamilton to Viscount Palmerslnn.
"London, October 20, 1S40.
,t (Received October 20.
jlittliMy Lord: I have had the honor to receive your
-Gbrdship's despatch of the 1 8th insL, in which I am in-
"'ionned that Uer Majesty's Government is prepared, de
-. 'facto, to recognise the independence of the Republic of
Texas, and to form a commercial convention with it, pro-
vided, likewise, a special convention for the suppression
of ifao African slave trade is concluded, which is made a
T -sine qua, no 21 lo the former treaty.
-. "And for this purpose your Lordship has enclosed me
the draught &f a convention which h:is bnen negotiated
with nearly oli the naval powers of the civilized world
which have colonics or depend -ncies, in whiih or by
which their flags might he prostituted to the purposes of
the traffic in question.
" "You have justly adverted to the extreme sensitiveness
"pf the citiz ns of the United Stairs, and of all those who
are descended from or connected witbihern, on ihe subject
jof a fojcible and unauthoriz. d search of their vess Is on
' - the high sees; and I must confess to you, that as valuable
5,asJ-he recognition of so august and powerful a option as
Great Britain unq'irstionably is to the Government I have
",the honor to reprtsit, I should not I1I.-1 to purchase this
'Z, -"bootf, if I could suppos" for a mnme nt th. i was about, as
"itsprice, to surrender a right essential to the S'cirily and
..'honor of Texas.
' "The truth is, my Lord, I have read with extreme Pali3-
. faction ,the draught of the convention you have sent me,
mid. with" a few modifications, which I shall have the
'" honor to-suggest to your Lordshipjn a verbal conference
'ftvmorroWj I will be prepared to sign such a convention
Ifjfcai,;! "--""JBj.'Aag '
without the slightest hesitation, as 1 belief such a luaty !
will be nromutlv ratified bv the Government of Texas
The first great cardinal feature of the convention is, that
the right to search is incident to a warrant, issued by the
Government whose vessels are to be made the subjects to
the exercise of this light, that it is not only a matter of
agreement between the parties but is founded on a piinci-
pTeofthe most perfect reciprocity. I concur, theiefore,
entirely in opinion with your Lordship that there is no
analogy between the piivilege we mutually concede, un-
der special warrants reciprocally, lo certain designated
cruisers, under the Hag of both nations, and the exercise
of a belligerant right to search for deserters, which led to
the late war between England and the United States.
Besides, by the provisions of the Convention, according to
thedraughl which your Lordship has sent me, all vessels
detained under the exercise of this right are to be sent to
the country to which they belong, to be tried by its tribu-
nals, and under its own laws, and the faith of the treaty in
question.
" I am, likewise, gratified to perceive mat an aouscsare
carefully guarded against, whilst their occurrence is to be
met with redress and punishment, should the naval officer
intrusted with the warren, of search in any degree violate
hi duii' nr ihfi siinolations of the treaty
1 must, however, make it a matter of express and preli-
minary condition that the coast of Texas, by such degrees
of latitude and longitude as we shall mutually agree upon,
shall be entirely exempt from the exercise of the right, to
guard against the possibility of her coastwise trade being
interrupted by subjecting her vessels lo vexatious delays.
" I must, likewise, suggest the expediency, in the case
: of the. condemnation of the slavers under the Texian flag
by the Texian courts of justice, that instead of the slnves
being manumitted in Texas, they should be conveyed by
the British authorities to one of the British West India
colonies, and in case of captures on the coast of Africa,
that the slaves should he sent to some British settlement
on that coast, however necessiry it maybe to send the
vessel, master, and crew, to some port in the Republic of
Texas for adjudication and trial.
" Texas, by a fundamental article of her constitution,
has declared the African slave-trade piracy. I believe she
will willingly concur in any measures with the rest of the
civilized world to make this declaration effectual.
"It is true she permits the emigiation of citizens of the
United States with their domestic slaves to her territories,
hpmusft she does not desire to deny herself the valuable
contingents of patriotism, -courage and high faculties for
public service, which characterize the citizens of the
south-western slates of the American Union.
" But to the African slave trade, and the indirect and
illicit import of Afiicans from the West India Islands,
she is as much opposed as the Government of Hor Britanic
Majesty, and I believe she will embrace with cheerfulness
hp. nnnnrtunitv. bv ratifying the treaty we may conclude,
not only to mark her reprobation of the attrocities of this
trade, but to put down the unfounded slander that one of
the causes of her separation from Mexico was the annul-
ment of the right to hold slaves under the laws and con-
stitution of the latter country,
"But as a discussion of the causes which led to this sep-
aration does not belong to the topic which forms the sub-
ject of our correspondence, I shall content myself, in con-
cluding, by remarking that, in however mitigated a form
domestic slavery may be destined to exist in the great riv-
ers of Texas, on which the man of African origin is alone
able to cultivate the soil in the enjoyment of bodily health
and vigor, that seven tenths of the whole country are ad-
mirably adapted to the purpose of European colonization,
in which the white man may labor not only in great safety,
hut with the certainty of his reaping in vast abundance all
the comforts and conveniences of life. This insures the
settlement of the fertile and salubrious prairies of upper
Texas by a free, gallant, and intelligent race who are des-
tined to diffuse over a new region the geiros of that civil-
ization and power which have made, my Lord, our country
what she is
" I shall take the earliest occasion to send you the
amended draught of the convention you have enclose d me,
in order that we may -concur in the pioject of a treaty
without delay.
"J. HAMILTON.
"The Right Hon "Viscount Palmereton, G. C. B &c."
Remarks of General Burleson, on taking the Chair as
President of Ike Senate.
"It is with no small degree of delicacy I rise to address
this Honorable body; but gentlemen, wlrn duty calls, I
will not shrink from the responsibility which ihe station
imposes upon me. xou are aware geniicmen, uuu vvmi
out my solicitation, I have been called to enter upon ihe
dutiesof this high office. I have received the honor from
the voice of a free, sovereign and independent people: to
whom I feel a gratitude beyond my feeble expression
And, gentlemen, if error has been committed in my elec-
tion to fill the second highest office in the Government,
a free people are answerable for its commission. I an
well aware of inexperience on my part to fill the honorable
station to which I was called ; but at the same time, I
have the satisfaction of knowing this fact, that no individ-
ual in this Republic could fuel a deeper interest for the
promotion of the interest of the country than myself. And
when I look around me and see older and perhaps wiser
heads than my own, it inspires me with coniidence, that
through your aid, gentlemen, I shall at least be able to do
justice lo the Texian people. We are laboring, gentle-
men, in a common cause, and our interest should be a
common interest. I have disavowed on a former occa
sion being n parlizan ; and I take this occasion to repeat I
that 1 am a partizan of the whole people 01 the uepuuiic,
and not any particular section. I shall endeavor to co-
operate with the Executive department of the Government
in all proprr measures freely, to the best of my ability and
judgment; and should i err in doing so, it will be an
eror proceding from. the head, not from a corrupt heart."
From the Morning Star.
There is a vast deal more talent and genius in this "in-
fant Republic of Texas," as it is called, an infant, although
supposed to be in its swaddling clothes, yet, like the in-
fant Hercules, possessing gigantic energies,) than is con-
ceded by our enemies abroad. In using the term "ene-
mies abroad" we do not mean to say that, in any foreign
country, (Mexico always excepted,) there 13 a settled and
general feeling of hostility to the progressive perfection of
our Institutions and the advancement of our national pros-
perity. We are proud in being confident of the friendly
interest of three or more of the most "important and mag-
nanimous of nations. But we see, with regret and pain,
that, in all countries with which we hold correspondence,
there are many, who, either from a most rancorous preju-
dice or from an absolute ignorance of the country and its
People, morally, intellectually and politically considered,
are in the wicked habit of condemning us by ihe whole-
sale as being deficient in virtue and intelligence, and incon
siderable in point of resources.
There is no character so pure, cither among individuals
or nations, that envy and malice may not find a feature in
it whereon to perch themselves to gratify their lu&l of de-
traction; ajid it is to the jcalovsy of our traducers God
help them to better principles and manners! that we
may attribute their bitterness towaid us
Our limited experience in I exas, (embracing a period
of upwards of four years only ) justifies us insiying. thai
there is to he found here a degree of talent, genius and at-
tainments, chastened by a pine morality, which, in our
candid opinion, will compare, not unfavorably, with the
toasted advantages of that character ascribed to distin-
guished writers and speakers of oilier countries. We
have statesmen amongst us, likewise, who are piofmindly
real in the science of government and the complicated
and intricate principles nf Political Economy.
If it is asked, then, why are our Institutions so frilly?
why has our fiscal policy resulted in lain to the coun-
try? why has the legislation of the "ountry bm in so
many instmces characterized by inefficiency and iniquity?
why have the pace and good order and dignity of the
Commonwealth been violated with impunity in many of
the counties of :he Republic? why is not the nation ad-
vancing, more steadily and visibly, to that political impor-
tance and moral grandeur which its boasting friends have
marked out as its dcsliny? We answer: first that the
J reins of government were unfoittinately, for the three
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years las: past, placed by his unwary fellow-eilizens, in
the hands of one whose, character and abilities were en
tirely misconceived; and secondly that those who are
most worthy of the public confidence, and best qualified
lo render themselves useful in public slations, are not apt
to have the effrontery of the demagogue; nor do they often
permit themselves "to be inflamed by aspirations after
political consquence. We know of many meritorious
and competent citizens, whose modesty has hitherto re-
strained them fiom thrusting themselves forwaid as can-
didates for office, who, if called by the People into the
public service, are capable of redeeming the country , and
if thai object is desirable1, the work of reformation cannot
be too soon taken into hand by our fellow-countrymen.
The ciisis has now anived, when impudence and imbe-
cility must give the road to modest merit and capacity
Woithless and incompetent men must be made, by the
discountenance of the People, to permit the scats in the
Legislative Councils of the country to he occupied by
representatives better able to promote the general good
and redeem the national ch iraeter. Thus, and thus only,
may we be enabled to bring about a political millennium
in Texas.
THE TELEGRAPH.
BSontfQiU We'Jncsdasj, Jan. 12, 1S49.
Direct Taxes. Some apprehensions have been f-It
that the laws lelating to direct taxation, would be so modi-
fiid as to become more burthensome lhan heietofore.
The plan suggested by the Presid. nt, to levy these taxes
in specie and to fiv the assessment at one half the present
rate, in gold or silver, whih would be equivalent to an
increase of the present rate to nearly thrpe times their in-
trinsic value, finds but few advocates. The citizens ap-
pear to be unwilling lo pay their direct taxes in specie.
They have found it difficult in many instances, to pay their
late taxes even in promissory notis, and if they had been
required to pay oncfouah of one percent in specie instead
of one half of one percent, promissory notes, they would
have been almost overpowered by the burthen. The citi-
zens of the counliy have ever manifested a willingness to
contiibute all that patriotism and justice could require for
the support ol Government, and, now lhat they have
placed by their suffrage, at the head of the Government
a man who enjoys in an uncommon degree their confi-
dence and esteem, they are. actuated by the most powerful
impulses of patriotism to sustain that officer in the dis-
charge of his high and impoitant duties But they can-
not perform impossibility s. They are poor, and such are
the privations and embarrassments peculiar to the settle
ment of a new country, that the majority of them find it
difficult to procure the ordinary comforts and conveniences
of life, for their suffering familis. The binthen of the
Government then-fore should lest lightly upon them.
We hope Congress will act with due disci ( lion and fore-
thought in modifying the laws 1 elating to this subject, and
so adapt them to the situation of people, and the necessities
of the Government that they may lend effectually to sus
tain the one without embarrassing and oppressing the
other.
Since writing the above we have learned lhat a bill
has passed the Senate authoiizing these taxes to be col-
lected as heretofore in promissory notes, &c, at the rates
now fixed by law, or one sixth of the amount in gold
and silver.
Indian Difficulties We undeistand that the
Government of the United Statis, has lately made some
complaint against our Government, on account of the
difficulties between the citizens of Fannin county and some
Indian tribes of At kansas. It is stated that a paity of the
citizens of Fannin county, lately m:ide an incursion into
the Chocktaw country, and massacred several families
belonging to this tribe. The Govemni' tit of the United
Stales considers this a voilation of her rights of sovereignty
and demands redress. We are not disposed to justify the
conduct of our citizens in this instance; but we cannot
refrain from expressing our surprise lhat the Government
of the United States, should he so very prompt to make
complaints against our citizens, when she has been so very
backward in checking the aggressions of her own people
upon our territory. For more than five years, the Che ro-
kees, Caddoes, Delawares, Kickapoos, Shawnees, and
other tribes lhat she has concentrated on our eastern bor-
ders; have.been accustomed to make periodical incursions
ino our f onticr s ttlemrnts, commit murders and degra-
dations of the most fiendish character, and win n pursued
by our rangers have fled for protection to the bolder ter-
ritory of the United Slates. Nor is this all, trading houses
have been established in this border territoiy by citizens
of the United States, and our wild Indians have been sup.
plied from these trading establishments with guns, powder,
lead, &c. the very materials to carry on their bloody
wars more effectually against our frontier settlers. In
many instances after a successful foray in w hich they have
captured horses, mules, and murdere-d our settlers, they
have returned directly to their trading houses lo dispose
of their plunder; and, shame to the Government that
could tolerate such villainy; these traders have been
known to purchase the very children whose parents had
been murdered by the weapons sold to the savages. Such
is the tender mercy of these avaricious fiends. Can the
Government of the United State's expect our citizens to
fold their arms, and look on unmoved while such villain-
ies are perpetrated at their very doors? Justice cries
aloud for redress, and the I lndmaiksof countns or nations
are forotlen in the impulse to avenge the wrongs of hu-
manity. When the Uniied States shall have pet formed
her part by keeping her savage tribes within territory
allotted to them, and prevent them from desolating our
borders, ihe-n may she with propriety demand of us re-
dress. But while the f-arful ballance of blood and mur-
iler isse much against her she should at J.-ast remain sib nt
We njoice lhat at this juncture the Goverement of the
United State's, has in our R public a Charge d' Affaires
so distinguished for candor and intelligence'. Any lepre-
sentalions that he may make relative to this unpleasant
affair, will be entitled to equal confidence by both Gov-
ernments, and we feel confident that through his efficient
agency the whole affair will be adjusted to the satisfaction
of the citizens of each countries.
Westcrn Tkaof. We have been informed by Mr.
Campbell of Refugio county, that large numbers of traders
fiom he Rio Grande-, have been arriving almost daily at
the e-'.ern towns, for several week past, and have pur-
chased up euarly all the diy goods in that section A
party came into Victoria a week or two since and pur-
chaseel "oods to a very large amount He-says then are
very f-w goods ad 1 pled to the Mi-xican trade', mm- lo be
found wis-tof the G tud 1 loupe. S-veral of ihe merchants
of Bexar, Victoiia, and the se lilemmis on Corpus Chtisli,
have gone to New-Orleans to pionire new supplies
Nkw mutiiod or rwNixNi:
II K 1'lIDLI'J Dkbt.
A bill has been introluced in the House nf Ivi-pnsuna
j l,ves, that provides for the funding of all the Government
ttr&'JrJdrJl
csssssa
w r
liabilities, including promissory notes, bonds, funded debt,
audited drafts, &c. All these liabilities are to be thrown
into a common fund, to be styled the"Consolidated Fund-
ed Stock of the Republic of Texas." The interest al
lowed for the first five years to be one per cent., and this
is to be funded annually with the principal. After the first
five years and for the su:ceeding ten years, the interest
continues at the rate of one per cent, payable semi-annual;
ly. After fifteen years and during the succeeding fifteen
years, the interest is to be 2 per cent, until the principal
is paid. By this means the payment of the whole nation-
al debt will be deferred at least SO yeais. The bill also
contains a provision authorizing any person to purchase
any of the public lands, at the rates of SI 25 an acre.
Said lands to be exempted from taxation for a certain
number of years. We should be happy if this or any
other expedient could be devised, to revive public confi-
dence, and cause the Government bonds or promissory
notes to appreciate in value.
For the Morning Star.
r3By our Austin correspondent, we have been put in
possession of the following Bill, as it passed the Setiate,
and is now before the House. A strong probability existed
at Austin, we are informed, of its becoming a law without
maieiial alteration. Its vast interest lo our merchants
and the community generally, induces us to hasten to lay
it before our readers without comment:
A.BILL
To be entitled an Ad supplementary to an Act entitled
"txt Act to raise- a revenue,by impost-duliesL approved
the fifth day of February, one thousand eight hundred
and Jorty.
Section. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the Republic of Texas, in Congress
awmbled. That there shall be levied, collected and paid
the following specific and ad valorem duties, in lieu of
those now paid by law, to wit:
On Flour, one dollar per barrel.
Com and Corn-Meal, thirty cents per bushel of fifty
pounds.
Ous, twenty cents per bushel of th rty-lwo pounds.
All other grains, forty cents per bushel of sixty pounds.
Salt, five cents per bushel of fifty pounds.
Sugar, (brown) one cent per pound.
Coffee, one cent per pound.
Teas of all descriptions, fifteen cents per found.
Allspice and black pepper, five cents per pound.
All other Spices, thirty cents per pound.
Sperm Candles ten cents per pound.
Tallow Candles, four ceuis per pound.
Sperm Oil, thirty cents per gallon.
Tobacco, manufactured, fifty per cent, ad valorem.
Spanish Segars, fiye dollars per thousand.
Ameiican Segars, three dollars per thousand.
Butter, six cents per pound.
Laid, thiee cents per pound.
Cheese1, three cents per pound.
Chocolate, three cents per pound.
Beef, h barrels or otherwise, three dollars for two hun-
dred pounds.
Pork in barrels, or' otherwise, four dollars for two hun-
eiied pounds.
Bacon, three cenls per paund.
Peas and Beans, fifty cents per bushel.
Rice, two cents per pound. 'J
Pickles, Sweetmeats and all kinds of Conserves, thirty
per cent ad valorem.
Fruits, lire-served, dried and green, thirty per cent, ad
valorem. .
Loaf Sugar and Candies, three cents per pound.
Havana Sugar, (white) two cents per pound. '
Vineorar. ten cents nor gallon.
Shaving and all perfumed Soap, thirty per cent, ad
valorem
Poicelain and Crockery-Ware of all kinds, thirty per
cent, ad valorem.
Cabinel-Waie, and all manufactures of Wood, or of
which wood is the material of chief value, thirty per
cent, ad calorem.
Ail manufacture of Tin. or which Tin is the material
of chief val e, thirty per cent, ad valorem.
Shoes and Boots of all kinds, twenty-five per cent, ad
valorem.
Hats of all kinds, twenty-five percent, ad valorem.
Lidies' Bonnets of all kinds, twenty-five per cent, ad
valorem
Pleasure-Carriages and Harness of all kinds, thirty-five
per cent, ad valorem.
Ready-made Clothing and Wearing Apparel of all
kinds, thirty per cent ad valorem.
Hard-Ware and Cutlery of all kinds, twenty-five per
cent ad valorem
Chairs of all kinds, thirty per cent, ad valorem.
Saddlery of all kinds, thirty per cent, ad valorem.
All other articles not herein enumerated, fifteen per
cent, ad valorem, except spirhous liquors which re-
main at the present rates in specie.
Sec. 2, Be it further enacted. That Horses, Cattle
and Stock of all kinds, when imported fur breeding shall
be free of duty.
Sec. 3. 15c it further enacted, inat an tne uuues
made payable by this act, or any law heretofore passed,
and not repealed by this, shall be receivable in gold or
silver or money equal in value, any law or obligation
heretofore made to the contrary notwithstanding.
Sec 4. Be it further, enacted, That the act supple-
mentary to "an Act to raise a public revenue by impost
duties, approved the fifth of Febiuary, one thousand eight
hundred and forty," approved ihe fifth day of February,
one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, be and the
same is hereby repealed, and also so much of the act, to
which this is a supplement, approved one thousand eight
hundred and forty, of the fourth session of Congress, as
conflicts with the present act, be and the same is hereby
repealed.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That the provisions or
this act shall take effect and be in force from and after
the 15th day of February, one thousand eight hundred
and forty-two, for all ports in the Gulf of Mexico, all other
ports on the Continent of America, after the 1st of March,
all olher ports after the 1st of April next.
From the Star of Tuesday, the 1 1 th.
rr3 Welearn. by a gentleman who arrived in this city
yesteiday, Horn Austin, that information had been receiv-
ed, when he left, of the capture, by Capt. Cames and
twenty men under his command, of an advance guard of
Mevie-ans, 400 in number, uneler Gonzales. Messrs.
fv u-i -y & Aubrey were apprehensive of an attack on
their Raucho. and had made preparations to re-sist. Be-
sides having iwo or three pieces of artillery, Messrs Kin-
ney & Aubrey have, we are informed, -a force of men
under pay suffiVienl 10 make, perhaps, available resistance,
if attacked. Capt. Cames and his men were a pait of
the force alluded to
The above intelligence was received in Austin by a
letter from Major Rinnan to the member of the House of
Representatives from Gonzil-s county.
We learn further, that additional news of the capture off
the Santa Fe Piom-ers had be n received at Austin, by
the an i val of ihe member fio-n San Antonio, Col. Van
Ness, who h-ul been on a visit to the latter place. It is
staleil that Col Wm G Cooke, Maj Geo T. Howard,
Mitchi II Caldwe 11, and two others, had beem killed in an
,. . .1 .1 .1.... at...,.,.., vr..
attempt tO elleCl llieir escape, .uiu mui in.uiu, tun
Nss (brothe r of the member fiom Bewar,) Dr Bienham.
and Gin McL'od. were in chains and on thiirway to
the city of M'ico The mam body o th pnemers
were in confinement, and we-re shoitly to be s nt on after
the others
The GaKston Civilian, nf the 4ih ins' , sy- n j
American B arrived yrd V 1 veiling with th ms
senc-ers of lb. English bug Jolly I at, hound ur tins poit. J
which was wn ck d on tu South side of Cuba, ahou: Mi-!
mielelle of last month. The vws-1 a;H cargo are i.u-elly j
lost, but the passengers all saved." - j
Items from, the Morning Star.
We have been told that Austin has been unusually gay
this winter several grand Balls having passed off in
rapid succession. When -the-ball of pleasureis in motion,
of course the ball of business stops. Thus, we may in
some measure account for the tardiness with which the
affairs of the nauon have, been despatched ; and, the unfit
ness of things in some- ol the measures that have been
adopted, which, to our senses, savor aJiltle of intoxicaiioni
Not the least amusing of ihe scenes bting enacted at Aus-
tin, are, we learn, the turnings and twistingsand manceuv-
rings of parlizan politicians. We have more to fear, for
our counuy, from the seivile adulation which ambitious
aspirants for office and distinction pay to men in authoiity,
than from any other cause. The President, because he
is a liberal distributor of patronage, is regarded by, the
Representative as his constituent, in place of the Peoj.le
who sent him 10 Congress; independent legislation a
legisjation. looking solely to the good of the country is
consequent!' sa.-rificed to Executive caprice; and our
boasted system of Representative Government is conven-
ed into a farce, in being only affected so as to coverihe
arbitrary authority concentrated, as In Monarchies, irrthe
person of one individual;. " ' .
fCs The Ex-President, Gen. Lamar,' and Maj. Jahes
Reily, our recently appointed Carge d' Affaires toUhe
U. fc., arrived m this city on Thursday the 6tb inst.
Peter W. Gray, Esq , has been re-appointed "Dis-
trict Attorney for the 1st Judicial District, by eudjvith the
advice and consent of the Senate.
A report had prevailed in this city, for the last day or
two, that a new execution law had been passed by Con-
gress exempting all descriptions of personal property from
execution. We learn, on the contrary, however, that the
law passed by theJnst Congress, exempting negroegjfom
sale under execution, has heeifrrepsaled.
We are Informed that a Bill providing for an adjourned
session of the Supreme Court at Nacogdoches, has passed
both houses of Congress, but had not baen approved by
the Executive, at ihe date of the latest advices from Austin.
We omitted heretofore to mention -a most interesting
item of English intelligence, namely that Queen Victo-
ria had been delivered of a male child. We wish ihe in-
fant heir apparent an exemption from all the ills and
dangers that usually beset royal children. We. do not
want to see a girl again, succeed to the sovereignty over
an Empire that extends over upwards of 2,800,000 square
miles, and contains a population of 179,235,000 souls.
Pe'licoal government, we think, if permitted to exist any
where, had better be restricted to individual families
The surname of the baby Prince is said to be the same as
that of Prince Albert, Buzici.
CalclHem and Kisiem. There is said to be a retail
dry goods establishment in New York, conducted under
the firm of '-Ketchum ty- Kissam," which is patonjitd
largely b the-ladies.
Seat of Government. The question of the re-
moval of the Seat of Government from Austin, hds not as
yet been agitated in either House of Congress;" and we
are informed by a friend, who writes' to us from Austin
under date of the 29th ult., that it was then impossible to
pi-edict ihe result of it when brought up for consideration.
We have various reports on the subject among others,
that it will certainly be removed, andx in all probability,
to some point on the Brazos, Washington, San Felipe, or
Fort Bend. We await with. some anxiety the action of
Congress upon this interesting subject.
A removed Postmaster in Massachusetts, in a paper of
which he is editor, good humoredly gives out the follow-
ing: "Reminiscence. What hour of the day reminds us of
what we are? Why, X P. M., to be sure." - -
Racing. Tne challenge of Boston to run against
Fashion, jauir-theJUnion Course, Long Isjand, four mile
heats, in the Spring of 1842, for twenty thousand doll us
aside, one fourth forfeit, has been acce pled by the friends
of the latter, and ihe second Tuesday (the 10th) of May
next, is the appointed day of the race.
The Houston Jail. The Raleigh (N- C.) Regis-
ter, iu commenting upon a remark of the Houstouian of
this city, made some time bide, lhat this building "was en-
tirely unoccupied, and doubtless could be rented on reason-
able teims," which, the N. Q. Picayune had obsevedj
"could be said of but few jails in the U. States" holds the
following language: "and the reason is, probably, that in
ihe TJ. S. we take the trouble-to catch rogues, while in
Texas they let them run " Whereupon, the Picayune
re-joins "you reckon without your host, Mr. Register,
and know but Utile about Texas j they do not let; but
make rogues run in the young Republic."
Thank you, Mr. Pic, forMhis and numerous other
fivors.
Qur Representative, Mr. Wynns, has introduced a Bill
to authorise the City 'of Houston to remove obstructions
in Buffalo Bayou.
The Bill to establish a Penitentiary in this Republic
has passed both Houses of Congrtss, by large majorities
our Seuator voting lor, our Representative against it.
Our fellow-citizen, Maj. JaEs Reily, has been ap-
pointed by the President, by and with the advice and" con-
sent of the Senate,, Charge d' Aflaires to the United States
The Judiciary. We are gratified :o learn,-that the
Hon. Richard Morris, and the Hon. P. C Jack, have
been continued in iheir offices as Judges of the 1st and 6th
Judicial Districts. The election, by joint ballot'of the
two Houses of Congress, took place on the 28th ultimo.
There was no opposition we believe.
The publication of the uSan Luis Advocate" which
has been suspended for sevcial months, has again, very-
much to, our pleasure, been resumed, under auspices which
(if we are not mistaken as to the gentleman who now pre-
sides over its editorial columns, Mr. F. Pinckarij,) guar-
antee its continued rfspectabiliiy and .usefulness.
CITY COUNCIL.
Houston, January 5A,1342.
The members elect of the City Council for the year
1842, met pui&uant to a call of His honor the Mayor.
On motion His honor (he Mayor appointed a committee
of four, one from each Ward, to examine the returns of
the t lection. The committee retired, and after having ex
amined the retuines, r turned and made the following- re-
port, which was read and received:
We ihe Committee 0:1 election of Mayor, Aldermen,
Recorder and Constable, for the year eighteen hundred
and forty-two. feirjfily of Houston, he kl January 3d, 1842;
hereby respeclfujry -report that they have examined the
returns made by ihe judges of elections in the several
Wards, and report the following gentlemen were elected j
John D. Andrews. Mayor.
John Scott. Recorder
Hnery T. Woody, Constable.
ALDERMEN.
M. DeChaumes, First Ward,
T. DONNELLAN, " "
C McAneliy, Second Ward. ' J
Ciiari.es Shearn, " "
G. W. Kimball, Third Ward.
George Uazley, ' "
Thos -STANsnuR .Y, Fourth Ward.
E. 3 Perkins, " "
The oath of ofBtfe was administeied to Johnr D. An-
drews, Miyor i-bct, by the hon. 1. N. Mortland, Chief
Justice of the Cnnty of Harris.
The fullowhir geiitleim n. to wit "M De Chun'esv
T. Donnedlan, C. McAn !ty G . KuiiL..!l. Oeoi.
y'uxzl V T i mas St iish lid E. P l.m?. Aleie tp.i It
I i-: tppeu d, nd t' ':.:!) ol eti:c .$ minis. d v
t is h mni th M .y. r.
On motieiii 4 Hi rd ssi, ;vi.i neiatY.pn :et
The rui ? lor t"ii'lue tm hu-m ;S n c ai - ih,i
rn I ihe-pi- vin : Bu.itd if i.'io anil ade-pted
Aid Ds Chaumt'S moved that the Councilat its tit:x:
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