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county commissioners, one sheriff one coroner, otic coun
ty.clerk, one cleric of the district court, and two justices of
lhe peace and one constable for each justice's precinct, and
such oilier county officers required by law to be elected
by the people.
Sec- 4. Beit further enacted, That i: shall be the duty
of the chief justice of every county in this State, from
which any new county has been taken at this session of the
Legislature,-or from which the greater portion of any new
county has-been taken, to cause an election to be held in
nil such new counties on the second Monday in July, 1 846,
for all such officers as are named in the preceding sec-
tion: Sec. 5. Be It further enacted, That the elections pro-
vided for in the two preceding sections, shall be conduc-
ted in all respects in conformity with the laws regulating
elections in this State; and the returns of elections in all
new counties, shall be made to the chief justice or officer
xirJcring-the election in such new counties.
Sec. 6 Be it further enacted, That in counties where
there are no county commissioners, the chief justice and
any two justices of the peace, shall perform all the duties
Terjfaired of the chief justice and county commissioners in
tWlwo first sections of this act, and in counties where
IhefhiSio chief justice then the sherifTshall perform all
iheutteVrcq lircd of chief justices by the provisions of
ihisic
5SecT7. Be it further enacted, That the present incum-
bentS'Bfall county offices shall continue in office, and per-
form all the duti'S required of them by law, until their
successors, or officers performing similar duties shall be
elected tinder the provisions of this act, and enter upon the
discharge of their duties, when they shall hand over to
their successors, or officers performing similar duties, all
books, papers and other effects, belonging to their respec-
tive offices: and until the new counties established by this
Legislature shall be organized tinder the provisions of
this act, they shall be considered as forming a part of the
county or counties from which they were taken.
Sec. 8 Be it further enacted, That until the county
seats of new counties are established as required by law,
the courts of such new counties shall be held at such pla-
ces as may be appointed by the county courts thereof.
Sec. 9. Bv it further enacted, That this act take effect
from and after its passage.
Approved, 11th April, A. D. 184G.
AN ACT
Creating the County of Cherokee.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State
of Texas, That from and after the passage of this act all
.that portion of the territory now includtd within the coun-
. ty of Nacogdoches, within the following limits, to wit:
Beginning ata point on the Neches River due west from
the sonth-west corner of the Neches Saline survey; thence,
east, with the southern boundary line of said salice survey,
to the 'south east corner thereof; thence, due east, to the
western boundary line of Rusk county; thencr, south,
alongsaid county. line, to the south west corner thereof ;
thenco, cast, along the southern boundary line of said
county, to the Angelina River; thence, south, down the
said river with its meanderins, to the lower end of Juan
Cruz's survey of an Island in said Angelina River, to a
point opposito said lower end of said island on the west
bank of said river; thence, runnning south, fifty degrees
west, to the Neches River; thence, north, up said river
with itsmeanderings, tolhe beginning, be, and the same is
hereby constituted n county.
Sec; 2 Be it further enacted That the above descri-
bed county shall be known and styled by the name of
Cherokee county
Sec. 3. Be it lurther enacted, That Elisha Mosley,
John H. Irby, Col. Park, Keelo, William Roark,
W."Y. Licy, Samuel Box and William Box, be, and they
are hereby constituted commissioners, who, or a majority
of whom, shall proceed to establish the lines of said county,
as herein described and to plainly mark the cornets and
dry lines of the same.
Ssc. 4 Be it further enacted, That the said commis-
sioners, or. a majority of them, shall proceed to ascertain
the centre of said county as nearly as may be, and locate
the county site thereon, or at some point within three
miles of said centre, if they can find an elevated and well
watered site within that distance.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That should the said
commissioners not be able to find a suitable place at or
within three miles of the centre, they may establish the
same at the best point within five miles of the said centre.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the said county site
of Cherokee county, shall be stylrd Rusk.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That the said commis-
sioners shall have the right to purchase at a fair cash
valuation, or receive by donation, three hundred acres of
land, including the said county site, or should the owner
or owners of such lands refuse to sell or donate the said
lands, the commissioners shall condemn one hundred acres
including the said county site, they giving a just compen-
sation therefor, and proceed to lay the same off into town
lots, reserving a lot for the court house, jail, and such
other public buildings as they may deem best for the interest
of the county, and sell the others to the highest bidder on
such time as the said commissioners may determine, the
proceeds of which sale, shall be applied to public buildings
for the useofsaid county.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That the said commis-
sioners shall select from among themselves a presiding
officer, who when so elected shall have power to convene
the said other commissioners to transact any business ie
quired of them in this act, a majority of whom in all cases
may act.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That the said commis
sioners, before they enter upon the several duties herein
required, shall take an oath to faithfully and impartially
discharge their duties as commissioners of the county of
Cherokee, before some acting justice of the peace.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That the citizens of the
county of Cherokee, are hereby entitled to the same offi-
cers and courts as those of other counties in this State,
except that of separate representation and right of having
a separate land district.
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect
and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved, 11th April. A. D. 1846.
AN ACT
To define the boundaries of Robertson County.
Section I. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State
of Texas, That the following be, and ure hereby declared
to be the boundaries of Robertson county, to wit: Begin-
ning at the north-west corner of Brazos county on the
Brazos River; thence, up said river twenty-five hundred
varas, above the north-west corner of a survey made for
John Welch, as represented on the county map of Ro-
bertson county ; thence, north, sixty degrees east, to the
Navasoto; thence, down said river to (he line of Brazos
county; and thence, with said lino tolhe place of begin-
ning on tbethc Brazos River.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect
and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved, 11th April, A. D. 1846.
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN HOME MISSIONARY
SOCIETY.
This Society held a meeting on Saturday evening in
the Upper Saloon of the Chinese Museum. William J.
.Mullen, Esq , President, Thos.S. Cavenaugh aud E- N.
Stagers, Secretaries.
The proceedings were commenced by a prayer from
tho Rev. Dr. Ely.
The Constitution of the Society was then read by Thos.
S. Cavenaugh, the Corresponding Secretary, who explain-
ed its objects, aud moved its adoption, which was seconded
bv the Rev, John Chambers in a neat and appropiiate ad-
dress, when it was adopted by the meeting.
- Gen. Sam Houston, the hero of San Jacinto, U. S. Sena-
tor from Texas, was then introduced by the President to
the meeting, and was received with a hearty welcome.
Gen. H. spoke for about one hour and during the whole
time rivitted the attention of the audience. His speech
was well conceived and beautifully delivered. He has a
line view of the orator in bis style of speaking and never
fails to win the applause of a' public audience, no matter
what maybe the theme of his eloquence. Tho General
h his remarks referred to the great moral and intelleclua
change which had taken place in Texas of lute years,
whilst he, at the same time, took occasion to repel'and in
dignantly deny the numerous allegations which have been
made as to the immoral and shocking state of society in
that country. He stated that there are already four church
es erectea in Houston that the cause of missions was go
ing on prosperously, and that churches were being rapid
ly built in various sections of the country.
The General during his speech was interrupted by fre-
quent bursts of applause from the audience.
Tho exercises of the evening were closed by that model
of a man and a Christian, the Rev. Thomas H. Stockton,
whose chasteness of diction, brilliancy of imagination, and
fluency of language, places him on a level with the best
pulpit orators of his age.
A subscription will be opened for the erection of a
Houseof Industry in the southern section of the city.
We hope our citizens will liberally contribute to this lau
dable woik. Phil. Amer. Sentinel.
Hon. T. Pilsbury We make the following extract
from a letter from a-democratic member of Congress from
Maine, relating the pleasant incident of meeting as a fel-
low member, a former citizen of this State, who now rep-
resents the extreme south-western section of the Repub-
lic: " Hon Timothy Pilsbury, from the western district of
Texas, has arrived and taken his seal in Congress. He
was heartily welcomed by the democratic members from
Maine, to whom he was known as a couiteous and talen-
ted man, a sound and consistent democrat, and an expe-
rienced legislator. The extreme western district of the
Union,by sending a man so generally and favorably known-
to the eastern section, have acted wisely. Those to whom
he is best known are confident his position here will be
highly creditable to himself and hononble to his constit-
uents. It is to be hoped that his services will be contin-
ued in Congress. " Belfast (Me ) Journal.
THE TELEGEAPHT"
EDITED BY FRANCIS MOOEE, Jr.
Houston, Wednesilay, July 29, 1S4G.
Dimsion f Texas. We learn from a gentle-
man who has recently visited the city of Washing-
ton, (hat some of the members of Congress are de-
sirous that Texas shall be divided immediately into
two States , the Brazos forming the boundary be-
tween them. He says that a proposition has alrea-
dy been made to our Senators and Representatives,
to introduce a bill to effect this object. We can
hardly believe that either of out Senators or Repre-
sentatives would be so regardless of the interests or
wishes of their constituents, as to introduce a bill
for this purpose without having previously obtained
the consent of the people of the State, or of the Leg
islature. By the terms of the joint resolution for the
admission of Texas into the Union, it is provided
that "new States of convenient size not exceeding
four in number in addition to said Stale of Texas,
and having a sufficient population, may hereafter)
by the consent of said Slate, bo formed out of the
territory thereof;" but we had supposed that the
proposition to dismember the State would first come
from our State Legislature, and not from Congress.
The people of Texas desire that no such firebrand
should be thrown among them at this juncture.
They are contented with their government, and
with the State as at present constituted. However
agreeable it might be to some short sighted politi
cians to add another southern State to the Union,
the people of Texas have sufficient discernment to
perceive that this measure would but open upon
them the floodgates of evil. So far from strengthen-
ing the institutions of the South, this measure would
but tend to undermine them. If the Brazos were
made the dividing line of the two States, the Mexi-
can population on the Rio Grande would out vote
the Anglo-American population, and it is easy to
foresee that the Abolitionists would thus be fur-
nished with a lever tenfold more powerful than they
have ever before wielded to overturn the institu-
tions of slavery. The great body of the peons and
lower classes ofMexicans like Messrs. Tappan, Gal-
atin, Garrison and their fanatical associates, consider
the negroes as their equals. They are accustomed
not only to associate with them, but to intermarry
with them also; and the negroes in the Mexican
settlements are entitled to all the privileges of citi-
zens. The population of Santa Fe, the Passo del
Norte, and the Mexican settlements near Laredo, is
probably thrice as great as that of the other portious
of Texas lying between the Brazos and Rio Grande.
If this territory therefore, were to be formed into a
new State, the Mexican population would neressa-
rily control all elections. If they could be always in-
fluenced by such intelligent and truly patriotic coun
trymen as nuvurru, uiu eiuer oeguiii auu simiiariuui-
viduals, we should have no reason to fear for the.
future. But when we notice the untiring efforts that
have been made for years, and are still making by
the northern fanatics to undermine the servile ltisti
unions of the South, we have but too much iea3on
to fear that these fanatics would rush to this new
arena like ravening wolves, and Would never cease
their efforts until slavery had been abolished in the
new State, or a civil war had been excited. If Tex-
as is permitted to remain as she is, no evils ot this
kind are to be feaied. The Mexican and Ang'o.
American population having no conflicting interests
nor mutual prejudices, will gradually blend together
and become as one people, like Uiose of Bexar.
Harmony, ppace and mutual regard, will charac
terise these different races, and thej will act m con
cert to sustuin those civil and political institutions
that have so long been the foundation of the pios-
perity of the older Slates of the Union.
Commercial Review. We have received the
number of the "Commercial Review of the South
and West" for July. It contains a number of inter-
esting and valuable articles from the pens of several
of the most lah tiled writers in the South. The ar-
ticle entitled The Mexican War" from the pen of
Mr. J. R. Poinsett, of S. Carolina, and the arihle
entitled u Elemetita Juris Ctvilis" from the pen of
Judge Porter, of Alabama, are peculiarly valuable.
The Commercial Review deservedly ranks among
the most useful and interesting literary works of the
day. lis editor, Mr. Charles IV Bow, has long been
favorably known to the public as one of the most
able and accomplished writers of the Union. As
this periodical is intended to diffuse im, ostant and
useful information among the mercantile cla-scs ol
i
the South and West, every merchant in this section
should feel an interest in sustaining it. Mr. H. G.
Thwing, the agent of the publishers, is now in this
city to procure subscriptions to the work, and all
whodetire to obta'n it should not neglect the oppor-
tunity thus offered.
We feel a pleasure in calling the attention of our
citizens to the series of astronomical lectures which
Mr. Stanly intends to deliver in this city. This
gentleman has devoted many years to scientific in-
vestigations, and is eminently qualified to communi-
cate instruction upon the most absiruse and myste-
rious subjects of Astronomy. The lectures will be
rendered doubly interesting by the use of two large
Te'ecopes which exhibit the rings of Saturn, the
satteliles of Jupiter, and other heavenly bodies t! at
are invisible to tho naked eye, to great advantage.
It is worth ten times the subscription price of the lec-
tures, to behold the planets ai.d their satlelites, and
the mountains, volcanoes and deep mysterious aby-
ses ol the Moon brought as it were comparatively
near to the observer by these magnifictnt instrti.
ments.
We have been informed by a gentleman who has
recently visited Matamoros, that a Frenchman ar-
rived in that city about the first inst., who had es-
caped from Monterey where he had been impiisoned
for some time. He stated that the report th. t Pa-
reds had reached that city with 15,000 men, was
wholly false. At the last accounts Paredeshad on-
ly advanced as far as San Luis Potosi ; and the
Mexican officers in Monterey, stated that the troops
under the immediate command of Paredes did not
exceed 6000. Some officers stated that they did
not exceed 2000. On the 15th ult., Paredes had not
taken up the line of march from San Luis Potosi for
Monterey. The forces at Monterey were under the
command of Gen. Mejia, and consisted chit-fly of the
army that retreated from Matamoros. The Mexi
can officers stated that they amounted to 7000 troops
Canales and Carabajal were ranging between Mon
terey and Reynosa, and had only a few hundred
troops under their command, chiefly ranc!ieros.
Since the ineffectual effort made a few weeks since
by some of the Texian rangers to capture Canales
at a Fandango near Reynosa, he has not been
heard from ; and it is believed he has retired towards
the main body of the Mexican forces. He will hard-
ly feature near enough to the American lines, even
to "attack the Yankees morally." A band of rob-
bers, supposed to be a part of the gang of Ramon
Falcon or his brother Bias Falcon, has for several
weeks infested the road between Point Isabel and
Fort Brown. They have robbed several persons.
Three of the gang of murdereis who murdered the
party of fifteen Texians on the Sel Colorado about
two months since, were captured by a party of ran-
gers above Reynosa a few weeks since, and were
sent in irons to Matamoros. Seveial of the Santa
Fe prisoners and Mier men, have m t with some of
the Mexican officers and soldiers who insulted and
ill-treated them while prisoners in Mexico, and in
some instances they have fearfully punished their
old oppressors. One of the Mier men recogni-
zing in a party of Mexicans, two men who had
insulted him and his companions, while on
their journey from Mier to Matamoros, attacked
them in the streets of the city, a fray eusued, and one
of the Mexicans was killed and the other danger-
ously wounded. In another instance a Mexican
who had shamefully ill-treated the prisoners at Pe-
rote, was shot and dangerously wounded at a Faro
table, by one ot the Perote prisoner.-. Gen. Taylor
has endeavored to aid the civil authorities of Mata-
moros in preserving order ana preventing collisions
between the Americans and Mexicans; but tumults
occur almost daily, notwithstanding all his efforts.
Both the Americans and Mexicans have police guards
patrolling the ciiy, and they are often foutid acting
together with the utmost harmony, to suppress riots.
The Mexican Police Guards have never attempted
to arrest Americans, but if they find Americans and
Mexicans engaged in a broil, they rush in and ar-
rest the Mexicans and drag ihem away to the city
prison. The business of Matamoros is slowly im-
proving, and it is believed that the trade with many
of the interior towns will be resumed in a few weeks.
The late rains have caued freshets in all thestreams
around Matamn.os. The Rio Grande had over-
flowed its bmks and inundated -the lower poitiou
of ihe city. The river San Jaun had also overflowed
i s banks aud inundated the plains around Comargo.
The name of the "Rio Grande Republic" has
been changed to that of American Flag.
Court Martial. The Court Martial for the
trial i.f Capt. Thornton, was convened at Matamoros
on the Cth inst.
Ii was reported in Washington on the 26th ult.,
thai the nomination of Mr. Buchanan, lately Secre-
ary of Slate, for ihe .Mice of Judge of the U. S. Sn-
pre.ine Coun, would be presented to the Senate for
confirmation in a day or two. T ere weri: other re-
ports that he would be appointed minister io ring
land in place of Mr. McLaue.
About 10J wagons with subsistence for 1300 men
started from Fop Leavenworth on the 2(jth ult., for
Santa Fe. Two companies of mounted .men one
from Jackson and one from Saline county, were io
follow ihem on the 22nd. Seveial companies of
dragoons were in advance of ihem on the roud to
B:nis Fort.
Th; Arkansas pap. rs mention that Gov. Yell, Hie
repr seiitative fioin thai S'ate in Coiigr.'.s, ha en
li:ldas.t privatum the lompaiit of mourned im
.ixn under Hit: command ot Capt. B rlaud.
We learn that a leport ha been widely circuia
ted in the interior, that the Yello. Fever is prevail-
ing ai Galveston. Tins repoit w.i. cnciilated at
Washington a few days sincel Ii is .not in-edlcs;
to say that tills mpor is ult- K la -e Ga
we, believe, is a- hialthy no a as h wa .ip . e
wi ,ter.
. The Legislature ol Connecticut adjourned on the
17th ult. Previous to the adjournment a resolution
of thanks to Gen. Taylor lor his brilliant achieve-
ments on the Mexican frontier, was unanimously
adopted.
. We have received a number of the Colorado Her-
i aid, a new weekly paper published at Matagorda, by
j James W. Dal lam. Esq. It is similar m size and
appearance to the Matagorda Despatch, and is pub
lished with the same materials. It is well conduc-
ted, and the editorial department indicates that it
will rank among the best conducted journals of the
State.
We regret to learn that the worm is extending its
ravages along the line of ihe Trinity and Brazos ;
aud it is feared that the cotton crops in those sections
will be deminished at least one third by this de-
structive insect. In some instances they have com-
pletely desiroyed ihe crop. One of the planta-
tions near Swattwout, which should have yielded
about 200 bales of cotton, will not yield ten bales.
The worm has also made iis appearance in the up-
lands of Austin county. The crops on the Colora-
do have not yet suffered much from this insect, and
it is probable that the crop in that section w ill be
better than that of last year.
The Louisiana papers mentiou that great numbers
of cattle have died in Opelousas, and other sections,
owing to ihe wet weather. Tho prairies have been
almost inundated, and the cattle have died by thou
sands, either from starvation or from the effects of
disease originating from the cold, wet weather.
Health of Houston. This city has been so
lemarkably healthy this season that several planters
from the Brazos and other sections, have removed
here with their families to reside during the sickly-
season. Jt has often been noticed, that in wet and
rainy seasons, when diseases aie most prevalent
along the settlements on large streams, this city has
enjoyed an almost perfect immunity from disease.
The rains which cause vegetable matter in the bot-
toms to decay rapidly, and thus to throw out pesti-
lential effluvia; wash away ihe impurities that are
liable to accumulate in the cities, and thus remove
the sources of disease. We believe the citizens of
Houston, are as healthy at this season as those of any
of the northern cities of the Union. We hope our
Board of Health will continue their laudable efforts
to remove all sources of disease. It must be ob-
vious to every observing person, that it is mainly
owing to judicious sanatary regulations that the
health of the city has been so admirably preserved.
Indians. We learn from the Democrat, and from
persons who have arrived from Austin, that a small
pany of hostile Indians were discovered near that
city about the 7th iust. They stole several horses
and fired upon a German, who was going to the ci-
ty with beef, but did not injure him. The compa-
ny of Rangers under the command of Capt. High-
smith, attempted to pursue them a few hours but did
not even fiud their trail, and returned to the city.
The people of Austin are warned by this visitation,
that they are still as much in danger from hostile
savages as they were before the conclusion of the
treaty made by Messrs. Lewis and Butler. We
have often remarked that the frontier settlers will
constantly be liable to Indian depredations, until
military posts are established directly in the Indian
country. A line of posts should be established at
least seventy miles above the present settlements,
across the country from Rid River to the Rio
Grande. The Indiatis would seldom dare to de-
scend below these stations to commit depredations ;
for when a hostile party should be discovered
in the settlements, an express could be sent
to the military stations above, and the troops start-
ing from the stations with fresh horses would soon
overtake the Indians, whose horses would be exhaus-
ted by tlw time they reached the vicinity ol the mil-
itary posts. Twenty rangers thus stationed 70 or
100 miles above Austin, would be more efficient
in checking the incursions of hostile Indians, than
a thousand stationed directly in the suburbs of the
town.
A Hoax. We find iu the Democrat, a thrilling
account of the death of Van Amburgh, the celebra-
ted Lion tamer, copied from the N. Y. Sun. Accor-
ding to this account, Van Ambuigh, was torn in
pieces iu the most shocking manner ;y a Tiger on
the 15th ult., atSciluate, R.I. This story is a hoax,
and was long since contradicted in the New York
papers.
We have been unable to obtain the election re-
turns of many of the interior counties. We believe
that Col. Wood has been elected Major-General, ol
this division, and Col. Nichols Bngadier-General,
of this brigade by large majorities. The contest
for the office of Major General between Col. May-
field and Hon. W. E. Crump, in the fourth divi-
sion has been v-ry close. Col. Maytield has re-
ceived a large majority in the upper cjounties, and
Mr. Crump has received a majority in the lower
counties ; but we have been unable to ascertain
which is elected.
We notice in the Georgia Journal, n communica-
tion signed by a Mr. Diomaiari, addressed "to ihe
Farmers of Putnam county, in which i.e denounces
Texas in no measured terms. He mentions in this
aiticle, that he was sick during all the period that he
visited Texas; and it is evident from his exaggera-
ted misiepres. ntati ns that he saw everything with a
jaundhed visum. Mr. Diomatan, as we learn fiom his
acquaintances, has only visited Ihe section of Texas
extending along the main road from Houston by
San Felipe to Columbus. At the time he visited
Columbus, rainy weather prevailed, and of course
ever) ihiug appeared to disadvantage, ll he had ex
pended his visit to the undulating and hilly regions
ol Texas, had enjoyed good hen th in ihe meantime,
uid Ii id avoided the gambling labh- while on hi-
journey, he would doubtless have given a more flut-
teriug account of the country. A man who" has los
iiis money by gambling and his health by dissipation,
is certainly an unsuitable person to give good ad-
vice to honest, industrious and temperate Farmers.
Steamboats wanted. The agents of the U.S.
government have chartered both of the sieanVboatsf
that have lately been running between this city and
Galveston, and we fear our citizens will be put to se-
rious inconvenience on this account unless some
light draught boat shall soon arrive from the United
S'ates. The demand for light draught steamboats
has been so great since the commencement -of the
war that, we believe'if a dozen had been brought to
Galveston, they would have all been readily engag-
ed by the government agents. Some idea tf the
value of the trade between Galveston and Houston
may he formed from the fact that neither of the
steamboats lately engaged in this trade could be
chartered by the U. S agents for less than one hun-
dred and fifty dollars a day. We believe one of
them has been chartered at one hundred and seven-
ty dollars a day.
German Settlement. Wo have learner! with
regret that the settlers in the German Colony at New
Braunfels are suffering severely from disease. Sev-
eral of the colonists have died within a few weeks,
and a large number have been attacked by congei-
tive fever. The disease we believe is confined
chiefly to the colonists who have lately emigrated
from Europe. Seveial hundred of these colonists ar-
rived on our coast late in the Spring, and were com-
pelled to travel to the colony under the scorching
sun of May and June. The roads were rendered
almost impassable by the heavy rains that prevailed
iu those months, and they were consequently delay-
ed a very long time upon their jonrney. Many of
tho?e who arrived at an earlier period in the colony,
were exposed almost as much as those who were
thus detained on the roads, for they engaged in ag-
ricultural labors of the most toilsome and fatiguing
character, and many of them forgettiug that they
were in anew climate, labored in the same manner
that they had been accustomed to labor iu tfieirnative
land. Disease has followed as a natural consequence,
and we have too much reason to fear that scores
of these unfortunate people will fall victims to its
baleful influence. We understand that many of
these colonists are not provided with the ordinary
necessaries of life, but are dependant upon the crops
that are now growing for the means of subsistence.
If this is a fact, it is not at all surprising that they
have been visited by disease. Even the emigrants
from Southern States who have become in a manner
acclimated, are liable to suffer from disease when
removing to a new country, unless they take with
them an abundant supply of wholesome provisions
to sustain them until their first harvest is secured,
and if persons who have been acclimated are thus
liable to disease, how much more liable musWhose
be, who have emigrated from the cold and healthy"
mountains of Germany to the sultry prairies o the
South?
The City of St. Johns (N. F.) has been almost
desiroyed by a fire which originated on the 9th ult.,
and continued its ravages three or four days. Sev-
eral soldiers were killed while attempting to arrest
its progress by blowing up buildings.
The election for Brigadier General of the Texian
volunteers had not taken place at the last accounts.
We believe the President has appointed the Briga-
dier Generals of the volunteers for all the other
States, and wu suspect it will be found that the.righr
to appoint a Brigadier General of our volunteers
will, be claimed and exercised by him. Indeed it is
quite probable that he has already appointed the
number of general officers that are allowed to the
forces that have been called into the field.
Mormons. We learn that the Mormons that
have lately settled near Austin, are erecting a
large flouring mill on a small stream about
three miles above that city. They will probably
form a permanent settlement at that point. The
country in the vicinity is well adapted to ihe culture
of wheat, and a large quantity of this grain was
formerly raised near Austin ; but owing to the want
of a good flouring mill its cultivation has been aban-
doned. There is no doubt that a sufficient quanti-
ty of wheat could be raised in that section to supply
all the settlements on the Colorado ; and it is possi
ble mat the Mormons by erecting suitable mills for
the manufactuic of flour, may give a new stimulus
to the culture of this valuable grain, and thus confer
a lasting benefit in n country where it was feared,
their presence would be but the precursor of evil.
A gentleman who lately arrived in the western
settlements from the Army, reported that Gen.Taj-
lorhad established a military depot at Laredo, and
sent a large quantity of provisions aud military
stores to that place. If this report is correct, it is
probable that he intends to garrison that town,
or that the troops that are now at San Anto-
nio are to march by way of Lai (do to take
possession of Chihuahua. We believe the most
direct route from San Antonio to Chihuahua is
by a point on the Rio Grande called Porto Carlo,
about one hundred miles above the Presidio. The
Chihuahua traders were accustomed to travel to
Bexar by this route before the revolution, and we
believe they estimated the distance from Bexar
to Chihuahua by this route at only three hun-
dred or three hundred and fifty miles. The route
by the Presidio we believe is over five hundred, ai.d
that by Laredo about six hundred miles. The road
from Bexar by Porto Carlo extends overan elevated
undulating region, and can be traversed by cavalry
without the least difficulty.
Friendship. When I see leaves drop from the
trees in the beginning of autumn, just such, think 1,
is Ihe friendship of ihe woild. While the sap ot
the mnintninarn e lasts, my fne-ids swarm in abun-
lance; hti', ti. tho winter of my ii'i'd. they leave me
naked. He is a happy man who hath a true friend at
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Moore, Francis, Jr. Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 30, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 29, 1846, newspaper, July 29, 1846; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth48419/m1/2/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.