The Texas Democrat (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1, Saturday, March 7, 1846 Page: 4 of 4
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Ait intimately co'inccted with .tin: history of
nu irite resting and most important event, we
give the yens and nays in the House, on the
passage of the resolution to give notice of the
termination of ihe joint occupation of Oregon :
Yeas Messrs. John; Q'lincy Arlams,
Strphfn Adams, Anderson, Arnold, At-
kinson, Baker, Barringrr, Bell, TVnfnn,
Biggs, Juntos -Black, James A. Black,
Blanchard, Bowlin, Boyd, BrinkerhofF,
Brockenbrongh, Bmdhend, Wm. G.
Brown, Buffington, Wm. W. Campbell,
C;thcart, Reuben Chapman, Chase,
Chipman, Clarke, Cobb, Collin, Consta-
ble, Cnlloni, Culver, Cummins,ECnnnmg-
ham, Daniel, Darragh, Jeflerson Davis,
Delano, Dp Mott, Dillincrham, Dobbin,
Douglass, Dromgoole, Dunlap, Edsall,
"Ellsworth. Erdman, John EL Ewing,
Faran, Firkltri, Foster, Fries, Garvin,
Giddings, Giles, Goodvoar, Qprdon, Gra-
ham, Grider, Grover, Hamlin, Hampton,
Harper. Henley, Hilliard, Hog Elias
B. Holtr.se, Hopkins, Hough, Geo. S.
Houston, Huncerford, Washinston Hunt,
J. B. Hunt, Chas. J. Tngersoll, Jenkins,
Jas. H. Johnson, Joseph Johnson, An-
drew Johnson, Geo. W. Jones, Seaborn
Jones, Kennedy, Preslon King, Law-
rence, Leib, Sere, Lewis, Levin. Ligon,
Lumpkin, Maclay, McCIean.Mr.Clellapr,
McClermand, McConnell, McCrate, Mc-
Dowell, McGauehey. McHenry, Mell-
vine, McKay, John P. Martin, Barclay
Martin, Morris, Morse, vMoulion, Nivcn,
Torris, Owen, Parish. Payne, Prrill, Per-
ry. Pitit, Pholps, Pollock, Price, Ham-
5ey,'Itathbun, Held, Belfe, Hitter, Ro
ger's, Root, Runk, Russell. Pawlelle,
Sawyer, Scamon, Schenck, Seaman, Se-
verance,. Leonard H. Simms, Alner-
Smith, Thomas Smith, Robert Smith,
Stanton, Starkweather, Stewart, St. John,
Strong, Sykes, Thomasson, Jas. Thomp-
son, Jacob Thompson, Thurman, Tib-
ialis, Tiden, Towns, Trumbo, Vance,
AVentworth, Wheaton, While, Wick,
"Williams, Wilmot, Woodruff, Wood-
wnrth, Yell, Young, Yost 163.
Nays Messrs. Abbot, Ashmun, Bay-
ly, Bendiger, Milton Brown, Burt, John
G. Chapman, gustus A. Chapman,
Cocke, Collamer, Cranston, Crozier,
Dargan, Garrett, Davis, Dixon, Dockery,
Edwin H. Ewing, Foot, Gentry, Grin-
nell, Herrick, Isaac E. Holmes, John W.
Houston, Edmond W. Hubbard, Saml.
D. Hubbard, Hudson. Hunter, Joseph
It. Ingersnll, Daniel P. King, Leake,
Long, Marsh, Miller, Moseley, Pendleton,
lihett, Julius Rockwell, John A. Rock-
well, Seddon, A. D. Sims, Simpson,
Truman Smith, Caleb B. Smith, Ste-
phens, Strohm, Thibodeaux,' Benj.
-Thompson, Toombs, Tredway, Vinton,
Winthrop, Woodward, Wright, Yancey
54.
Under the head of " Feeling at Washing-
ton," the N. Y. Journal of Commerce says :
"A gentleman who left Washington on
Saturday evening the 7th inst, says people
there were not alarmed. It was understood
that the Senate would arrest everything dan-
gerous. The gentleman heard Mr. Wehster
?ay, in r large circle of gentlemen on Satur-
day, after the Message, 'there will be -no trouble.'"
Election of U. S. Senator. The two
Houses of the General Assembly of this State
met on the 16th Feb. at noon in the Hall of
the Representatives, nnd proceeded to vote for
Senator in Congress. Hon. S. W. Downs
and Hon. John R. Grimes (both members of
the Democratic party) were put in nominn-
jtion. On the firet ballot, Mr. Downs recei-
ved 77 votes ; Mr. Grimes 48 ; scattering 4
Mr. .Downs was therefore declared by the
President of the Senate to be duly elected.
The commencement of the term for which Mr.
Downs is chosen is on the 4th March, 1847.
--N. O. Bulletin
The imports of the United Statps during
the past year, amounted to $117,254,564.
The exports, to $1 14,646,606. The imports
of 1845 exceed those of 1844, by more than
nine millions of dollars ; the exports nearly
three and a half millions. N. O. Bulletin.
The President of the United States has re-
cognized George F. Guild as Consul of Peru
for the port of Boston.
What a Change. Baer, the Buckeye
Blacksmith. has turned artist. He is now
faking Daguerreotype likenesses at Wil-
mington Delaware. ' Of course he calls him-
21 I'rnU'tKiV lUuir.
J -The Toronto Patriot "iusi.-its very strongly
; upon the necessity of opposing the American
i claim to Oregon, not so much from the value
j of the territory itself, as because the claim
J forms part of a 'dangerous nnd extended
'scheme of aggrandizement.' The Patriot
adds: " The first object is Oregon, the se-
cond California, and the u'timate design is to
obtain corumnnd of the Chinese and Indian
Ocean.". Were the United States to include
within he. limits, the whole of California and
all the coast northward of the Russian pos-
sessions, she would, by the excellent harbors,
and abundant materials for j-hij building thus
peon rod, become a dangerous enemy to the
British Jag in the East. Were she, in ad-
dition, to square, her Texian frontier to the
Pacific, and obtain, as ijust follow, the pro-
tectorate or possesion of Mexico, some fu-
ture President may take example from Cou-
stantine and remove the Capitol from Wash-
ington to the liny of San Francisco, for there
would be the centre of his power, and our
Indian Empire would be tenable only by the
most intense exertions'
Santa Anna and his Fighting Chickens.
According to a letter in a Northern paper,
it would seem that Santa Anna has had no
less than two hundred ind twenty game cocks
in training at Havana, with whieh to amuse
himself. We have already slated that he has
won heavy sums at the sport the past winter
perhaps enough to make up for his greul losses
at Encero in IS 11. Picayune.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania is serious
ly agitated, by several questions before it,
invobinga grant of" the right of way" through
the boundaries of the State. It appears mon-
strous tn a disinterested looker-on to see State
pride and local iutercts overruling, or threa
tening to overrule, great national interests.
Picayune.
SPptiblication of the Western Frontier
Whig has been discontinued tit Van Burn,
I Arks., for want of patronage, as alleged by
the editors. They go to Victoria, Texas, to
try the Hucces of their journal there, under
the title of "Texian Advocate." Picayune.
Held to it. Governor Martin, of Alaba-
ma, has vetoed a bill which has just passed
the legislature exempting the lion. Wm. L
Ynncey from all legal penalties for fighting
his duel with Mr. Clingmau. He also veto-
ed another bill legalizing the marriage of a
womnnwho had another husband living, and
exempting the couple from the penalties of
'. adultery.
The Governor vetoed both .these bills on
the same general principles that they usur-
ped n. pardoning power for the legislature,
and were partial nnd invidious in their cha-
racter. He seemes determined that the laws
shall be executed and that consequences of
their violation shall be evaUed by neither high
qor low.
He is decidedly right. Vicksburg Sentinel
and Expositor.
.The Law of the Finger Ring. If a gen-
tleman wants a wile, he wears a ring on the
i first finger of the left hand, if he is engaged,
he wears i" on the second finger; if married,
on the third; and on the fourth, if he never
intends to get mnnied. When a lady is not
engaged, she wears a hoop or diamond on
her first finger; irengaged, on th& second ; if
married, on fthe third; and on the fourth, if
she intends to be a maid. When a gentle-
man presents a fan, a flower, or trinkets to a
lady, with the left hand, this, on his part, is an
overture of regard, should she receive it with
the left hnnd,-it is considered as an accep-
tance of his esteem ; but if with the right hand,
it is a refusal of the offer. Thus, by a few
simple tokens' explained by rule, the passion
of love is expressed.
Curious Facts. In Greece it was the
custom at. meals for the two sexes always
to eat seperately.
The Jtqmans lay on couches at their
dining tables, on their left arms,' eating
with their right.
It is estimated that 245,000 persons
have been annually killed in battle, for
the last four thousand years, to say no-
thing of the wounded.
Noah's Ark was 547 feet long, 91 broad,
and 54 high.
The 14lh of January, on an average
of years, is the coldest day in the 3'ear.
In water, sound passes at the rate of
4,608 feet per second. In air 1,142 feet
per second.
Vinegar boiled in myrrh or camphor,
sprinkled in a room, corrects putridity.
Hops entwine to the left, and beans to
the right.
Flour was quoted at Cincinnati on the 2d
nit., at $3 85. Vicksburg Sentinel and Ex-
positor. ..,.
By ihe Governor of the State of Trxas.
A PROCLAMATION.
Wmehuas, the Legislature of the State of
KT1CB Id) 0TIiA.V32M.ERS.
yfesv Tm: undersigned having purchas
jV;sil ed the large and comfortable build-
!fPing formerly occupied by William
SiSST3'
u' 'Il. .. rrt , ,
Texas, did, mi the 28th day of February, " '"""."a ' . 4. wuui
instant, a.lopt an act, entitled "An Act respectfully inform the public that he will
t provide for the election of Represcnta- b,e prepared at a I times to accommodate
thi to tin-Confess of the United Stairs'" : lh,,S(i w ho ma-v, CS,M UI,,,M hinT a sal,sfact-
Thercforc be it known, TI1.1i T, J. PINCK- T "n-r, and upon ressnuable terms. If
sieany nucuumi, anu u utui-ruuu;uion 10 ac
every thing in his power to please, wifi
avail any thine, the undersigned conceives
' bis portion of patronage will be flattering-and
of Texas do order and direct the Chief Jus-
tice?, or in their absence, the Sheriffs of the
cui-r-il oi!ir to.; rnmiwwiinr fw firl ;ini! si1-
ennd Congressional Districts, to hold dec- 'of tabic
tions at the e-tnblished precincts in their coun-
ties, for a Representative from teeir lespec-
tive Districts to the twenty-ninth Congress.-of
the United Slates; and said election shall be
holden in each Congressional District, on
Monday the thirtieth day of March, 1840,
and shall be conducted in conformity with the
Constituti in of the State, and the existing
laws regulatinir elections: Theirs Con-
gressional District to be composed of the
cnuntiesof Fannin, Lamar. Red River, Bowie,
Harrison, Shelby, Jefferson, Jasper, Rusk,
Sabine, San Augustine, Liberty, Houston and
rVncngdorhes, and shall elect one Represen-
tative: The second Congressional District
shall be composed of the counties of Robert-
son, Brazos, Montgomery, Ilarri-, Galves-
ton, Brazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda, Jack-
son, Victoria, Austin, Colorado, Fayette, Gon-
zales, Travis, Bastrop, Washington, Bexar,
Goliad, Refugio, San Patricio and Milam,
and shall elect one Representative.
It is further ordered and directed, that the
Chief Justices, or in case of vacancy in their
offices, the Associate. Justices, be required to
make duplicate sealed returns of the elections,
one of which shall be transmitted to the office
of Secretary of State, endorsed "Election
returns of County fr Representa
tive to the Congress of thjjgyMJ State,"
nnd the other deposited ingpj'k's office,
of the County Court. &&L
It is ..lso, further ordered nnd directed,
that if the Chief Justices fail to hold the elec-
tions, aforesaid, then the people of the pre-
cincts where such failure exists, are authori-
zed to choose managers, judges and other
officers to conduct said election according to
law, and make returns of the same.
Ufy IN TCSTIMONY WHEREOF, I have
&?&3$fc. caused my private seal to be af-
i5&Kr fixed, having no seal of State.
''"' Done .it the City of Austin, this
twenty-eighth day of February, A. D. one
thousand eight hundred and forty-six.
J". PmCSOtfE'S" I5E3Sr3EKSOj.
By the Governor:
Charles Mariner,
Acting Scc'y of State.
Election I'olsce.
SiV pursuance of the Proclamation of His
Excellency the Governor, bearing date the
2Sth of Feb., IS46, 1 hereby give notice that
an election will be held at the several pre-
cincts in the County of Tnm.-.on Monday
the 30th day of March inslifefor n Re-
presentative to represengjgga Congres-
sional Dihtiict of the StateotrrTexas in the
United States Congress. The following
named citizens will act as presiding officers,
and mako returns of said election to my of-
fice, viz: At Austin: Jas. II. Mathews.
At ITornsby's: Reuben Ilornsby.
At Webber's Prairie : Geo. W. Davis. At
Gilliland's Creek: W. W. Atwood. At Co-
manche; Wm. L. Wallace
City of Austin, March 3d, 1S-16.
JAMES M. LONG, Chief Jus. T. C.
THE head right certificate of Alphonso
Steel, No. 133, issued by the I oard of
land commissioners for Mongomery Count?,
diited 20th of January, 1833, for one third of
a league of land ; afterwards transferred to
W. W. Sheppard, and subsequently to James
Knight. Notice is hereby given, that if no
intelligence is received of the same, within
ninety days from this date, application will be
made to the proper authorities for a duplicate.
JAMES KNIGHT.
Austin, .Feb. 26, 1846. 7::9w
ILost,
rnlHE undersigned has lost his head right
- certificate, for one third of a league of
land, issued by the hoard of commissoners for
Harris county, in 1839, number not recollec-
ted. Notice is hereby given, that if no intel-
ligence is received of the same, within ninety
days from this date, application will be made
to the proper authorities for a duplicate.
JAMES HALFPENNY.
Austin, Feb. 28. 7::9w
JLost.
"Y head right certificate, granted by the
-"-"- board of Land Commissioners of Wash-
ington County, for one third of a league of
land ; No. 369. If not heard of within 90
days, 1 shall apply to the proper authorities
for a duplicate. JOHN M. SWJSHER.
Austin, Feb. 21st.
r..fwrm&.
FRANCIS DIETERICH.
N. 13 The stables attached, are safe nnd
well furnished. F. D.
Austin, Dec. 17th. IS45. 49 -tf.
AUS'jTSIS FERRY.
rjpilfi undersigned takes this method to in-
- form the travelling public that he has
established a ferry at Austin, near the resi-
dence of Mr. Luckett, and that he will be
always ready to cross travellers, either by day
or night. Plis. boat is as good as the best on
the river; and he Hopes by constant nnd un-
remitted attention to merit n liberal share of
public patronage. By crossing at this ferry
considerable distance is saved between Austin
and San Antonio, and travellers will at the
same time be always sure of a safe passage
across. SAMUEL STONE.
Jan. 3, 1S46 52::2m
EMT E RT AmmSSST.
NTONIO LOCHMAR would respect-
fully inform his fi lends and the travelling
community generally, that Ile'has taken th&
large and commodious house, known, as tho
former city residence of Don Antonio Navarro,
here he is prepared to accommodate regular
and transcieut boarders with lodgings nnd tho
best "flour doin's and chicken fixens" with
7ncnavlins, nicitics, &c, &c, that the country
affords.
San Antonio, Jan. 1, 1845. 52::3m
I?iiy Bollars Reward. '
HANAWAY from the subscri-
fhiS-cJ her, living five miles east of Mar-
Kf shaL Harrison couutv. IStb Jan.
last, a yellow boy named John,
about twenty years of age, 5 feet 6 or 7 inches
hi"h ; has a black mole on the side of his nose
and a scar over his eje brow ; quick spoken
and very polite; had on broad cloth clothing
and a fur cap. It is thought he is making
bis way tuWurds Mexico. I will give the a-
bove reward, ($50) for lodging the said negro
in some jail, so that I can get him -again, or
delivered at my house, where all reasonable
charges in addition to the reward will be paid,
FTb. I8::5::4t - HIRAM HENLEY.
Ad23iaat razor's Nlice.
THE subscscriber has received letters of
administration, from the Hon.Probajc
Court of Robertson County, upon the estates
of James Hunter and Samuel Wuddell
all persons having claims against said estates
will present them within the time prescribed
by law, else, they will be barred 1 and persons
indebted will pay to --.- j
THOS. I. SMITHAdm'r.
F.burary2Dth, I8IG. tf::3w
FfJUJE Donation certificate of the under--
signed, for 640 acres of land, for partici-
pating in the battle of San Jacinto, No. 1101,
dated at Austin, Dec. loth, IS 10. Notice is
hereby given, that if no intelligence is received
of the same within ninety days from this date,
application will be made to the proper depart-
ment for a duplicate.
J A COP, L. STANDERFER.
Feb. 25th, 1846. C::2m
rjHIIE undersigned having been engaged
"- in business in this city for many years,
in connection with E. J.IlAirirdP'dftt of New
Orleans, continue the sale of nil kinds of
Merchandise, sale nnd advance on consigu-
J ments of Cotton and other Produce, to be
sold here or shipped to other ports, at the op-
tion of the owners purchase and snle of Ex-
change and all other brauchcsuofr8,,"Iegitimate
business..
I Km Slllnl'TPOrtltn Ti" 1
IT o Houston. -'
Henry Sampson,
E. J.Hart &. Co., 25 Tchoupitbulas street,
New Orleans, Grocers and Commission
Merchants.
SHACKLEFORD, SAMPSON & IO.
Houston, Jan. 1 1846. l 53::'y'
liCSt.
FM1HE headright certificate of James WM.
- for 320 acres of land, issued by the
board of laud commissioners of llarnsoun-
ty, dated sometime in 1S42; number not re-
collected. Notice is hereby given, that if no
intelligence is received of said certificate
within 90 days from this date, I will make ap-
plication to the proner authorities for a dupli-
cate. JAMES WALL.
Feb. IS 5::9w
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Ford, John S. The Texas Democrat (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1, Saturday, March 7, 1846, newspaper, March 7, 1846; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth48308/m1/4/: accessed May 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.