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By BARNARD and CALLAHM.
CORPUS CHRISTI JUNE 30 1849
VOL. I-NO. 41.
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H. CLAY DAVIS.
COMMISSION MERCHANT RIO GRANDE CITY TEXAS.
THE UNDERSIGNED having prepared himself with
suitable buildinss in Rio Grande City for the trans-
acting of a General Commission and Storage Business is
now ready to receive Consignments either lor sale or sto-
ragc ; and believes that this point from its central position
on the cast bank of the Rio Grande being four miles from
Caraargo and fifteen from Mier olfers facilities to Traders
and others engaged in the Mexican trade surpassing any
other on the river; a.id his extensive acquaintance in this
valley he believes will enable him lo close speedily all
consignments made to him. He will devote his entire at-
tention to the business and will endeavor to give general
satisfaction and solicits business. Charges will be moderate.
Agents Messrs. Ogdcn & Mosby mouth Kio Grande ;
CapL P. C. Shannon Matamoros.
dl6-tf II. CLAY PAVIS.
C. CAJULL
HAS just received and has nowin store an assortment
of the following articles which he will sell cheap
for cash: Illinois Hour rice navy brcad.com meal dried
apples mackerel butler crackers lard pepper Kentucky
mustard starch salcratus sperm candles soap pickles
ketchup pepper sauce vermicelli niaccaroni young
hyson gunpowder and black tea Havana ami Rio cotl'ee
suar sugar-house molasses brooms letter paper steel
pens blue ink bar tumblers nutmegs chewing tobacco
-lay pipes blacking cast nails; also foreign and doincs-
ticliquors viz: cognac peach and American brandy
Holland and American gin. Monongahela anil Ohio
whiskey Pittsburg ale NeVark cider claret wine lemon
syrup etc. etc. my 1 2 t f
TO THE CREDITORS OF THE REPUBLIC
OF TEXAS.
THE undersigned designs visiting Austin during the
present summer for the purpose of arranging all
claims now in his hands against the late Hi-public in ac-
cordance with the provisions of an act passed at the last
session of the Legislature and will take charge of such
other claims as may be entrusted to his care.
It will be borne in mind by those having claims of the
above nature that unless they are presented and audited
by the first day of November 1S40 they are indefinitely
postponed may 2Ctf EPH. 31. HAINES. '
CALIFORNIA HOUSE.
ULF.S and REGULATIONS of the CALIFORNIA
HOUSE CORPUS CHRISTI.
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Board per mouth with Lodging -
" " without .Lodging
Board per week with Lodgiiur -"
" without Lodging
Board per Day
Single Meal. ...
Horse per Day
Single Feed for Horse
Ijy The Proprietor will not be responsible for any pro-
perty unless placed in his especial care.
apr'7 tf J. A. F. GRAVIS.
- $20 00
16 00
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A 00
- 1 00
37 1-0 cts.
. 1 00
50
J. 11. BLUUD & CO.
COMMISSION AND FORWARDING MERCHANTS
No. DO Common street New Orleans
WILL give particular nttention to the execution of
orders for the Mexican Market and to consign-
ments of Hides Wool etc. addressed to their carejas
well as to all general business.
Rtftr to Col. H. L. Kinney Gen. W. L. Ca2neau Cor-
pus Christi; James Powers Esq. Live Oak Point; V. E.
Howard Esq. San Antonio; 11. Clay Davis Usq. Kio
Grande City. sep2C
WM. MANN & CO.
GENERAL COMM'N AND FORWARDING- MERCHANTS
Corpus Christi Texas.
WILL attend to the receipt of Goods from New Or-
leans and other places for all points on the Rio
Grande and to Bexar. They will also attend to the ship
ment of such articles of Produce as may be sent from
those places to New Orleans through this place scp 1 3
NOTICE. . "
THE undersigned are doing a General Receiving. For-
warding and Commission Business at Bucna Vista
opposite Mier Mexico.
All persons having Goods lo dispose of can have Ike fa-
cilities of our arrangements.
JOHN R. EVERITT
Bnena Vista March fltf JOHN HAYES.
-Will receive and sell
commission and will for.
ward Merchandise entrusted to their care to any nart nf
the State or Mexico. oct lOtf
AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION.
Bijthc Governor of the State of Texas:
A PROCLAMATION
Whereas by a joint resolution of the- last session of
the Mate Legislature approved March 11 ISIS a cer-
tain amendment to the Constitution of the State is
proposed ; which joint resolution is in the words and
figures following to wit:
"Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitution of the State of Texas.
"Section- 1. licit rttatnd ly the Isidalnrc nf the State
oj icjin i nai uie uoiistiuiiinu ol the Mate ot Texas lie
so altered and amended that the Judges of the Supreme
Lourt Judges of the District Courts Attorney-General
uisinci jviiorneys. comptroller or 1'iiblin Accounts
Treasurer of the State anil the Commissioner ofthe Ge-
neral Land Office shall at the expiration of their respec-
tive terms of ollice or in ca-e a vacancy may occur in
eitner oi tliem by death resignation or otherwise after
tins nmcmiiue lit takes eifert. and tin-rentier be elected
by the qualified electors ofthe State in the manner pre-
scribed by law.
Sec. S. lie it further Resnlrttt That the election for
District Judges and District Attorneys shall be confined
to their respective Districts.
Sec. 3. Re it further Rescind. That the Governor cause
this resolution to be duly published in the public prints of
me anno ni least inree mouths belore the next general
election for representatives of the State Legislature."
And whereas the thirty-seventh section ofthe General
1'rovisions 01 the Constitution provides as lollows:
'Section 37. The Legislature whenever two-thirds
of each House shall deem it necessary may propose
amendments to this Constitution; whichproposed amend-
ments shall be duly published in the public prims of the
State at lea-t three months before the next general elec-
tion of Representatives for the consideration of thepeople;
aim it shall lie the iluty ol the several returning Ollicors
at the next election which shall be thus holdeu. to oncn
a poll for and make a return to the Secretary of State of
the names oi all those votmg lor Kcnresentalives who
have voted on such proposed amendments: and if. there
upon it shall appear that a majority of all the citizens
ot this Mate voting lor Kepro-cntatives have voted in la-
yer of such proposed amendments and two-thirds of cacl
House ofthe next Legislature shall.after such election.and
before another ratify the same amendments by yeas and
nays they shall be valid to all intents and purposes
parts of this Constitution: prorided that the said propo
sed amendments shall at each ol the said sessions have
been read on three several days in each House."
Now therefore I George T. Wood Governor of
the &tatc ol i exits do hereby m pursuance of the re-
quirements of the law and the Constitution order and
direct that the above recited joint resolution be published
in the public prints of this Slate for the consideration of
the people at least three months previous to the next
general election to be held throughout this State on the
first Monday (the sixth day) of August ensuing. And
1 do further order anil direct the Chief Justices of the
several counties (and in case of vacancy in the office nf
Chief Justice or the inability of that ollieer to art then
any two ofthe County Commissioners) to cause polls to
be opened at the several precincts in their respective
counties on the said first Monday (the sixth day) of
-liigusi next aniline votes ni an itiosc voting lor Keprc-
scntatives in ihe State Legislature to be tnicn fur and
against the adoption ofthe said proposed amendment.
The Chief Justices ofthe several counties (and in case
of vacancy in the ollice of Chief Justice or tha iuabilitv
of that oliieer to act then any two of tho County Com-
missioners.) will return to the Secretary of State com-
plete lists ofthe names of all those voting for Represen-
tatives in the Legislature: which lists must show who
voted for and who voted against the proposed amend-
ment as well as the names of those who did not vote at
all upon the question as a majority ofthe whole number
of votes cast lor Representatives throughout the State
seems to be contemplated as necessary to an amendment
of the Constitution.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the great seal of the State to be af-
l. s. fixed at Austin the second day of April 1S49
and of thu independence of Ti-x-isthe fourteenth
year. GEO. T. WOOD.
By the Governor :
"W. D. Miller Secretary of State. mayii tl
MISCELLANEOUS.
GIVE ME MUSIC.
Give mo music glorious music !
Let its airy sweetness swell
Till my soul and all its senses
Are enthralled within its spell !
'Tis a thing of wondrous power
For it danccth in each vein;
Till it paint the cheek with crimson
And brings paleness back again.
Hark! with what a wild tornado
It leaps forth upon the air;
With its trumpet voice of braveness
It provokes tho soul to dare;
And my wildest aspirations
All come rushing on again
Till a thousand burning wishes
Hold their rovel in my brain !
But 'tis softer growing softer;
I could almost melt in tears ;
Ami I see. as in a vision
The sweet home of early years;
The glad birds are blithely singing
On the balmy summer air
And deep eyes are gazing on me
As I bend in childhood's prayer ;
Then a silent firm haiul-prcssing
And a mournful sad adieu
And the magic scene dissolvcth
Like a mist upon my view!
Softly still that plaintive music
And a thrill runs through my brain
For it skirts upon the margin
Of the deepest darkest pain.
Death ! death doth cast his shadows
O'er tho clearest brightest skies ;
Oh ! spare me gentle music
Ere the tears o'orllow my eyes i
Bold and strong it swells and echoes
And my heart is all alive
'Midst the busy paths of life
To encounter dare and strive!
Give me music glorious music !
Let it come in varied streams ;
Oh ! life is radiant benutiful
In such entrancing dreams !
FBELDEN & CO. Merchants-
Goods of all kinds oif com
TRANSPORTATION LINE.
THE UNDERSIGNED impressed with the belief that
a great portion of the trade from Rio Grande City
(Clay Davis's.) Mier Laredo ami other points on the
Rio Grande will pass through Corpus Christi have de-
termined to cMnbli!i Lines of Transportation for Freight
and Passengers from here or from ii:vr Orleans to the
above poinfs at the following rates :
From Corpus Christi to Lo'cdo per 100 lbs. S'2 00
Return freight " " " I 50
Corpus Christi to Rio Grande Cily " " " 2 00
Return freight " " " I 50
Corpus Christi to Mier " " " 2 00
Return freight " " ' 1 50
From Nov Orleans lo Corpus Christi per lib!. 1 25
From New Orleans to cither of the above mention-
ed points per 100 lbs. 3 25
Back freight to New Orleans " " " 2 25
In addition to the above points a line will be run to San
Antonio de Bexar (110 miles) from Corpus Christi at the
following rates:
From CorpusChrisli to San Antonio pcrlOOlhs. $1 00
Back freight " " " 75
These wagons will start every two weeks and run at all
seasons and it is intcnJcd so to arrancc theirdeparture that
goods brought down in tlie semi-monthly packets from New
Orleans can be taken away as toon as landed so that the
method of conveyance will combine besides cheapness and
taieiy expeditton.
From the central position of Corpus Christi to all the
enumerated points and in fact to all the Upper Kio Grande
Country the undersigned (latter themselves that their under-
taking will meet with success.
All information desired will be liberally imparUd by the
undersigned.
J. H. BLOOD. Commission Merchant N. O.
E. FITZGERALD Corpus Christi.
H. CLAY DAVIS Rio Grande City
BEN J. F. NEAL'. San Antonio
apr2S dgcntt for the Proprietors.
O
FOK SALE.
NE HUNDRED HORSES and MULES for sale nt
the lowest rates for cash. Aimlv to
marl7 THOMAS S. PARKER.
FILIJOLES.
FOR SALE A large quantity of Frijolcs (Mexican
Beans) just received and for sale by
apr21 f WM. L. CAZNEAU.
D. II. DE MEZA
I AS lint TPPPivvl ft arrri nnil wMI enTppffil nainrt.
JLi mentof DRY GOODS' FANCY GOODS and LI-
ifuuno wiucti no will sell on reasonable terms at the
store on Water street formerly occupied by John P.
Kelsey. may lOtf
IMPORTANT TO CALIFORNIANS.
THE subscriber has on hand and for sale 150 gentle
saddle Mules and 50 pack Mules. Emigrants travel-
ing this way will find it to their interest to- mako their
purchases of me intho abovo line.
Rio Grande City May 31-jcO 3m J. P. KELSEY.
From the N. Y. Sun.
THE GOLD MOUNTAINS.
BY CORA MONTGOMERY.
The existence of a land of gold and gem? of
stately temples and noble cities inhabited by the
remnant of a fair comploxioned race who guard
the approaches to their forbidden regions more-jea-lously
than the Orientals their harem doors is an
old belief among the bold frontiersmen of Texas.
Small lumps of virgin gold and uncut gems of
rare purity have from time to time found their
way into Texas through the intermediate tribes
that swarm between the mysterious and enchant-
ing "Gold Mountains" and the Rio Bravo which
is equally the "Great River" of Indian and white
parlance. However dim and varying in minor de-
tail these precious specimens of natural wealth
wore always traceable to one common origin a
cluster of mountains in the unexplored country
between Texas and the Pacific Ocean. Many in
dications pointed out a tributary to the Gila as the
far-famed and mysterious " bacred River of
Indian superstition and a thousand wild legends
of the Apaches and Navahoes confirmed the main
fact that ruined cities whose builders were depar
ted and forgotten but whose splendor shamed into
insignificance the proudest of the white race still
towered along its banks and the mountains which
overlook the very pebbles and rocks of its source
were composed of sparkling gems and lumps of pure
gold but was all interdicted and sacred to the
dread Spirit of Fire. None of the inhabitants but
the priests devoted to his service were permitted to
handle or apply these treasures to any use and the
few lumps which in one way or another passed
into the possession of the neighboring-tribes were
stolen under the peril of death for sacrilege.
These traditions of a country atounding in gold
and precious stones far beyond the treasures of
Mexico and Peru were vaguely known to the
early settlers of Texas a score of years before the
mines of California proved the possibility of their
truth but with the difference of circumstance and
locality. The gold region of California is on the
Pacific slope and upon the farther end ofthe moun-
tains bounding the California plateau while the
gold mountains of tho Texas legends are on the
hither side of this winding range and nearer the
point of intersection with the great central chain
and thus by geological laws and this inference
is confirmed by the undoubted presence of precious
stones is more likely to contain the largest quan-
tity of gold. Wild dim and impenetrable as once
seemed these stories of an unexplored land paved
with gems and gold and studded with rocks of sil
ver beyond Texas and on the line towards the
Great Ocean of the West one by one their princi
pal and most startling features have been confirmed
by several distinct and unconnected sources.
An officer of the United States while thinking
only of a military surrey stumbled upon the evi-
dence of an Indian worship in which the altar of
their god is kept lighted by a perpetual fire kept
burning like the temple flames of the Itoman
Vesta or the more ancient Persians from immemo-
rial time by a tribe whoso fathers came from the
west. The officer does not extend his researches
beyond the strict routine of his profession but he
unconsciously indicated the precise locality of the
Gold Mountains and tire Worship ofthe Indian le-
gends in giving the unknown country directly
west of the Paso del Norte in Texas as the original
home of this scattered tribe of Watchers of the
Sacred Fire
acouuts of large edifices and great abundance of
gold at the source of the San Carlos and Prieto
two streams falling into the Gila from the unex-
plored American side of that boundary river and in
the direction pointed out by the Indian tradition as
the "Country of Shining Yellow Stone;" but
this military survey was for some inexplicable
cause carried on entirely through the Mexican ter-
ritory and this inviting and important field of Na-
tional interest was entirely and most unpardonably
neglected by the corps of engineers in the national
pay even while they were actually skirting on its
margin.
The same officers hear but take no trouble to
verify some very direct intelligence of a people of
fairer complexion more peaceful character and
higher civilization than Indians and again their
country is indicated as lying where the voice of tra-
dition had located the fair inhabitants of the Golden
Mountains and the Valley of Sparkling Stones.
Old missionary writings also tell of this fair com-
plexion and civilized race on the plains that bound
the remotest sources of the Gila and of the sur-
passing richness of their country which they will
rather die than reveal to strangers : and all these
traditions military surveys and missionary reports
point with astonishing unanimity to a country
which would be traversed by a direct line from
either the Presidio or Paso del Norte of Texas to
the Bay of San Francisco in California ; yet this
most direct and necessary route for our commerce
is precisely the one which has elicited no thought
or care from the Government no consideration from
the press and no exploring efforts from the com-
mercial enterprise of individuals.
The discovery of mines of unimaginable richness
in California or the farther verge of this mysterious
region recalls and strangely verifies the talcs of
an old hunter whose childhood was passed in cap-
tivity under tho tents of the Apaches and Nava-
hoes and who was once ofTered for sale or ransom to
the chiefs of the fair race that inhabits the briglu.
valleys at the foot of the Gold Mo-: ?ains but he
was the son of a race still fairer of the white men
of the cross aMdhc returned to the possession of
the wandering tribes who finally disposed of him
to a trader on the Rio Bravo who grieved to see a
youth evidently of white parentage lost in the
barbarism of savage life. The heart of the young
mail was not entirely weaned from the fond recollec-
tions of his visit to the people of the Gold Moun-
tains and his beautiftfi account of thr. country au.
account which probabiyiio nianLithiic;elf speak-
ing English could give and his imphtienf desire
to raise a strong party of Americanibr an expedi-
tion to it in search of gold whtclrne'tlsclared to
be as pebbles in common gravel obtained for him
the name ot the Gold Hunter.
Up to the period of his death which occurred
when the brave Lamar was President of Texas
and while that able statesman protected the wes-
tern portion of Texas by keeping the government
at its constitutional home on the banks of the Colo-
rado Gold Hunter persisted in his desire to lead
one hundred well armed men to the country of pre-
cious metals and always maintained as cardinal
landmarks of faith three points which later ex-
plorations have confirmed as actually existing in
the direction to which he was so eager to lead the
way viz : A fair complexioned race living among
the remains of stately edifices. An ancient religion
of which fire is the symbol and the duty. A coun-
try rich in gold silver and precious stones.
The first party of daring adventurers that leaves
the Rio Bravo at some point between 30 and 33
N. latitude and steers directly for the Bay of San
Francisco across the unknown realms north of the
Gila will solve an interesting problem and rival
perhaps the gorgeous romances of Cortez and
Pizarro. .
Gold Dollar. The proprietors of the Public
Ledger in Philadelphia recently paid to the nume-
rous employees of their establishment the weekly
salary due each in gold dollars the new coin which
has lately excited so much attention and admiration.
The Bulletin of that city says: "About seven
hundred dollars of these beautiful pieces of money
were thus distributed among as worthy a body of
men as our city can boast of. We learn that it is
the intention of the proprietors of the Ledger to
continue this system of payments to their em-
ployees in spite of the premium that the gold dol-
lar is commanding among some of the brokers."
Dr. Didd of Limerick speaking of the cholera
says he has tried every thing but has fallen back
on camphor. The camphor segars a late invention
in Paris are said to be. useful in preventing the ab
sorption of the choleretic poison in the lungs.
Disappointment. An editor "Down East" ac-
cording to the N. Y. Journel of Cominerce.says
that he hoped to be able to present a marriage and
a death as original matter for his columns ; but a
heavy thaw prevented the wedding and the doc-
tor got sick so the patient recovered. 4.
.
In a time of much relijrious excitement and con
sequent discussion an honest old Dutch farmer- of
the Mohawk was asked his opinion as to wluch de
nomination of Christians were in the right way to
Heaven. " Well den " said he " ven we ride our
wheat to Albany some say dis is de pest .road and
some say dat is de pest ; but it can't make much
difference which road we lake ; for when we get
dere dey never asks us which way we come and
Another officer reports some well-authenticated ! it is none of deir business if our wheat U good ! ".
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