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VICTORIA TEXAS:
SATURDAY JANUARY 23. 1847.
OUR TOWN.
Victoria although founded in 1828 may
be called a new town. Previous to the
revolution as the capital and only town of
Da Leon's colony it became a flourishing
little Mexican village containing not over
half a dozen American families. It was
laid off on a grand scale on a grant from
the government of four leagues or 17712
acres of land being six miles square ly-
ing on both sides of the Guadalupe river.
Of this grant 640 acres in the centre were
laid out as the town site the remainder
into farm lots of from 8 to 40 acres. The
-town is laid out nearly with the cardinal
points of the compass fronting handsome-
ly upon the eastern bank of the river the
streets 20 varas or 55 feet wide the
blocks or squares 100 varas or 258 feet
square and each block divided into 4 lots
each 50 varas or 129 feet square. Near
the centre according to Mexican custom
are three public squares one for a market
another for .municipal purposes and a third
termed (if we mistake not) the constitu-
tional square for the purposes of parade
promenade etc In addition to these there
are a number of squares set apart for re
ligious purposes perhaps one for each of
the principal denominations suitable
grounds for grave-yards etc.
As we said before however Victoria is
comparatively a new place. Her early
prosperity was cut short by the war of '315
when the entire population were driven
from their homes and the place became a
scene of devastation. The place had
scarcely recovered from this calamity in
1842 when the frontiers were so harrassed
that all the towns and settlements west of
this were entirely broken up and Victoria
lost for a time a large number of her citi-
zens and from her exposed situation her
advance was checked until about two years
ago when confidence was restored busi-
ness assumed new life emigration again
poured in and up to this time her career
has been onward; so that now under the
guardian wing of the star-spangled banner
bright anticipations of unchecked prosper-
ity fill the hearts of our citizens.
Our authorities have lately closed a con-
tract for the erection of a splendid frame
court house to be completed during the
coming summer: the Presbyterian Church
has made a similar contract: a number of
good business houses are now going for-
ward and Victoria is beginning to assume
her proper appearance.
At present she has some 12 stores half
a dozen work shops an industrious popula-
tion of intelligent citizens quite a number
of professional gentlemen &c.
Our sources of amusement consist of
such societies as our means afford. The
young men of the place have in success-
ful operation a Lyceum which meets once
a week for the discussion of some instruc-
tive question. We have listened to the de-
bates of the Lyceum with great pleasure
and much to our edification; and hope it
may long continue to entertain and amuse
our citizens.
A portion of our citizens have recenth-
fbrmed themselves into a society called the
Victoria Reading Club the object of
which is to procure regularly the principal
English and American Quarterly Reviews
and Monthly Periodicals which are to be
kept by a Librarian from whom any mem
ber may receive at any time a number of
any of the works taken by the Club and
keep it a certain number of days when it
must be returned to the Librarian in order
that other members may get it and thus it
continues to circulate until all have pe-
rused it; and as the Club have determined
to take almost as many works as there arc
members no one will be denied the privi-
lege of procuring some one of the works
immediately on its arrival. Each member
pays annually the sum of five dollars in
return for which in the present infancy of
the Society he receives the benefit of one
hundred dollars worth of the best standard
literary works of the day. And thus most
of our families arc constantly and regular-
ly supplied with a vast amount of the most
instructive elegant and interesting litera-
ture of the United States and Great Brit-
ain; and all must see that much good must
grow out of this little investment.
In addition to this we have in successful
operation a large and well-organized Sunday-school
from which handsome results
may be anticipated. We have also a
large male school under the charge of Mr.
R. Thompson whose course we believe
tUfi given general satisfaction; and a fe-
male school under the skilful management
f Mrs. George W. Harrison.
The members of the bar too not to be
behindthe times and for their own im-
provement have established a private moot
ort before which arc argued doubtful and
intricate points of law with which our sys-
tern seems abundantly to abound.
And such is the present situation of our
town which under the smiles of an All-
wise Providence has surmounted many
difficulties to reach it.
SCIENCE REASON AND REVELA-
TION.
It has only been within comparatively
a short time that revelation has been freed
from the shackles of superstition and er-
ror. It is known that the ancient Greeks
and Romans distinguished alike for their
learning and attainments in philosophy
and for their progress in the arts enter-
tained the most abstird and contradictory
notions of the Divine character as well as
for the requirements of religion and the
final destiny of man. They idolized a host
of divinities characterized only by their
impiety falsehood .and revenge. Even
their priests and philosophers instead of
offering a tribute of rational homage to
that Supreme Intelligence who in His in-
finite wisdom made and govern5: the Uni-
verse indulged in the most degraded and
abominable vices. The doctrine of a res-
urrection from the dead never entered their
minds. The height of their glory was to
spread death and destruction among na-
tions to plunder them of every comfort
and drag into captivity King's at their
chariot wheels and for what? in order
that they might enjoy the ephemeral honors
of a triumph.
Thanks to an All-wise Providence these
errors hae been discarded by all Chris-
tendom and the light of Divine truth as
emitted by the Saviour of the world be-
gins to illume many parts of the earth
long shrouded in a worse than Egyptian
darkness. Revelation has called to its aid
the many and valuable discoveries of sci-
ence and astronomy and it has called to
its aid the most exalted powers of Human
reason. These have not been without their
influence in advancing the cause of reli-
gion by explaining many seeming contra-
dictions in the Bible and inspiring men
with a just conception of the character and
attributes of the living God and of the
grandeur of his works.
It is only in modern times that the end
and object of Divine Revelation have been
fully comprehended among mankind. Its
grand object is to set forth and devclopc the
plan of salvation and to instruct blind and
fallen man as an apostate creature and as
amoral agent; to counteract those evil
desires of the heart which sin has intro-
duced; to inculcate those holy principles
which tend to assimilate the creature to
the Creator; and to implant those amiable
tempers of the mind which alone can fit
us for enjoying happiness in this world or
in the world to come.
It is matter of sincere gratulation to
every Christian that we are surrounded by
circumstances so favorable to the growth of
vital piety and to the extension of the
Messiah's kingdom. It is also matter of
sincere satisfaction that the utmost harmony
and good feeling exist among all the ortho-
dox denominations throughout the world.
With such favorable influences who shall
be able to set bounds to the wonderful
spread of the gospel and the signal displays
of the Divine energy during the next half
century? How happy then should Chris-
tians be in 'obeying the injunctions of the
sacred poet when he says :
"O render thanks to God above
The fountain of eternal love
hose mercy firm through ages past
Has stood and shall for ever last.
Who can his mighty deeds express
Not only vast but numberless
What mortal eloquence can raise
His tribute of immortal praise J"
OUR MARCH.
Who can conceive at this day an idea of
the agricultural and moral condition of
the embryo State of Texas ten years
hence? Who can foresee the extent of
the wonderful changes the vast improvc-
provements which the next 10 years must
produce in the population the resources
and the actual wealth of the western dis-
trict of Texas. It really appears to us
when we behold the almost incredible ac-
cessions daily being made to our popula-
tion that no one can !
Wc have just emerged from the horrors
and devastations of a ten years war and
to some extent.are enjoying the inestima-
ble blessings of peace and protection to
our lives and property : a heavy emigra-
tion of the best farmers and planters that
can be found in the western and southern
States is pouring in among us: farms
towns nay almost cities are rising to our
view as if by magic: the spirit of im-
provement is every where discovering it-
self. The patriot's heart must needs re
joice in the prospect.
Indulging in these pleasing reflections
let us admonish our Christian friends
those who love a moral enlightened public
sentiment that now is the time for them
to arouse and take their stand : now is the
time for them to lay the foundation of a
great edifice extending throughout the
limits of our State an edifice dedicated
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to Virtue and sustaincdby morality which1
shall continue to rise as we advance
ever radiating a halo of-glory around the
bright escutcheon of the State.
LATE FROM MEXICO.
On the 19th inst. (Tuesday) a gentle-
man named Killcn arrived in this place
direct from Camargo having left that place
on the 11th Janaary. From him wc gath-
er the following items :
General Taylor was marching from Mon-
terey to the town of Victoria on the main
road Irom Matamoros to San Luis Potosi.
On receiving news that General Worth
had discovered a body of Mexican cavalry
not far to the west of Saltillo General T.
ordered all the troops between the moun-
tains and the Rio Grande except two com-
panies in Matamoros one in Camargo and
one in Mier to march for Saltillo while
General Wool would also advance to that
place. With this united force Taylor ex-
pected Worth to m.iintain his position.
Taylor continued his march for Victoria.
A report had reached Camargo that S
of Col. Miv's dragoons actiiig as scouts
for General Worth had been captured by
the enemy beyond Saltillo.
Assassinations arc frequent along the
Rio Grande perpetrated by Mexicans.
By the hist number of the Charleston
(S. C.) Christian Advocate wc learn from
a letter written to the editor by the Rev.
Henry P. Young the German Methodist
missionary in Galveston that his mission
among the Germans is in a vcr prosper-
ous condition. His congregation consists
of twenty active member?; while his ser-
vices arc well attended and much interest
manifested on the subject of religion.
The Rev. Robert Alexander a well-tried
servant is the stationed minister of the
same Church in Galveston.
HEAVY EMIGRATION.
On Monday last wc noticed in one par-
ty twenty large wagons loaded with Ger-
man emigrants for the Guadalupe colonics;
and on Wednesday wc noticed another of
fifteen wagons. These people appeared to
be in excellent spirits and well prepared
with the implements of husbandry. One
thing particularly attracted our attention
and admiration namely the number of
females (especially the troops of ruddy
rosy-checked girls) that accompanied these
new-comers.
Wc only mention this to give an idea of
the European population now pouring into
the colonics on the upper Guadalupe and
San Saba. Scarcely a day passes but wc
see three four perhaps six or eight wa-
gons pass through this place for the same
destination.
IMPORTANT TO TRAVELLERS.
Wc are happy to announce to the tra-
velling public that Messrs. John F. Brown
and Tarbox have established the .following
lines of stages to-wit:
From Houston via Washington La
Grange and Bastrop to Austin a semi-
weekly line of four horse open stages.
From Port Lavaca via Victoria Cucro
Gonzales and Scguin to San Antonio a
weekly line of four horse open stages.
From Austin via New Braunfcls to Sc-
guin a weekly line of four horse open
open stages.
This stage arrived in this place yester-
day evening.
EMIGRATION."
We learn with great satisfaction that em-
igration is rapidly pouring in above this
place and along the whole valley of the
Guadalupe river. In the vicinity of Scguin
and Gonzales scarcely a day passes without
the arrival of numbers of families mainly
excellent livers with from ten to thirty or
forty blacks. This emigration extends
down to Cucro and even to this place.
Wc say to all our friends in the neighboring
States come to Texas. There is yet room
and fortunes for all in waiting.
The nomination of Geokge B.vxcitorT to
be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plen-
ipotentiary from the United Statesjto Great
Britain and that of Nathan .Cur.FOKn to
be Attorney General of the United States
were confirmed by the United States on
the 23d ult.
The Rev. J. Cross. This able young
minister who has been recently transfer-
red according to the plan of separation
from the M. E. Church to the Church
South has made his debut in Poydras Str't
Church New Orleans. A writer in the
Delta referring to a sermon preached on
Thanksgiving day by Mr. Cross says:
" His discourse throughout was one of
rare excellence and beauty; and as it was
delivered in accordance with .the proclama-
tion of Governor Johnson for the good of
the State the State should call on Mr.
Cross for a copy have it printed and dis-
tributed in every parish in the State. It
would aid much in making Thanksgiving-
day a usage but recently adopted in Lou-
isiana more generally observed and re-
spected." The Rev. Thornton Fleming one of the
first ministers of the Methodist Episcopal
Church who preached the gospel west of
the Alleghany mountains died recently at
Elizabeth Alleghany county Pcnn. .
PUBLIC SCHOOLS INGALVESTON.
It will be recollected that the last ses-
sion of our Legislature in accordance with
the petition of the citizens of Galveston
passed a special law for that city author
izing its authorities to levy a special tax
and take other measures for the efficient
organization of a permanent system of
I'UIILIO SCHOOLS.
Since the adoption of this act the pro-
per authorities and leading citizens of Gal-
veston have been devoting themselves to
the effectuation of this noble object. The
arrangements having been perfected the
necessary instructors procured &.c. a full
and complete organization and dedica-
tion of the public schools of Galveston
took place on a grand scale on the 2.rth
December. The Odd Fellows Free Ma-
sons members of the City Council foreign
Consuls and a large concourse of citizens
and strangers joined in the procession
marched through the principal streets and
assembled in the public school roams.
The assemblage was then addressed by
General Hugh McLcod in a happy strain
of eloquence after which a charming ode
to learning by William II. Rhodes of Gal-
veston was read. Speeches were made
by Mr. McNair the Common School Su
perintendent Mr. Walbridgc a teacher
and ex-mayor Allen while the occasion
was much enlivened by the performances
of the German brass band the Galveston
choir &.c.
Galveston has thus taken a bold stand
in favor of common school education and
opened to her youth the road to a bright
destiny. Wc cannot find words to express
the juy wc feel in reflecting upon the no-
ble course she is pursuing in this matter.
In the language of the ode wc sav
"On on towards the setting sun
The tide of Learning rolls;
Its march to Empire hashezun
Its waves shall spread its waters run
Till wreaths of triumph s-hall he won
At earth's remotest poles !"
Among various letters read on the oc-
casion was the following from the Hon. cx-
Prcsidcnt David G. Burnet now Secretary
of State.
Austin Dec. 9 1S4G.
To Messrs Sandusky and others conrtce.
GrxTLEsrex : I have the pleasure to
acknowledge the receipt of your verv po-
lite note of the 1st instant inviting me to
be present at the dedication of the public
schools at Galveston on the 25th of De-
cember. When I contemplate the many delight-
ful ideas suggested by the fact of dedicating
the first "public school'1 in Texas I can-
not but regret that my official duties should
preclude me from being present to enjoy
more immediately the interesting scene.
Surely there is nothing that can impart a
more profound gratification to a patriot's
bosom than to sec institutions of learning
emphatically public established among us.
Our new country has hitherto been sadly
deficient of the means of education and
our youth have been growing up in la-
mentable ignorance. But we may now
entertain a good hope that a bright light
radiating from this example of Galveston
will shortly overspread the land and diffuse
its benign influences intellectual moral
and religious to the remotest of our scat-
tered community.
Your friend and obedient servant
DAVID G. BURNET.
From the Tcxian Advocate.
JACKSON COUNTY.
No part of our country is more over-
looked than Jackson county at this time.
It is not my aim however to pass an unmer-
ited panegyric upon it; but to speak of its
character in the spirit of truth. The
county is bounded on the west by the Ar-
onoso creek ; on the cast by the Trcspala-
cios; elsewhere by marked lines. In the
interior it is washed by the Lavaca and
Navidad rivers and by Dry Mustang the
Sandics and Caranchua creeks.
The Sandics and Mustang unite with
the Navidad above Tcxana and the latter
stream unites with the Lavaca five miles
below that place. In the greater portion
of its course through Jackson county the
Lavaca is a clear limpid stream bordered
with a densely timbered bottom of the
richest loam from a quarter to three quar-
tcrs oi a nine wmc: DacK ot winch is a
rich prairie bottom generally above all
overflow. Next the country rises consid
erably and becomes in the lower half of
the county a high level prairie; but above
it is covered with post oak live oak and
black jack timber. The same remark ap-
plies to the Navidad except that its bot-
toms are something larger. The Sandics
and Mustang arc large creeks bordered
with rich lands and good timber arc sus-
ceptible of a large population and like all
the streams in that section have excellent
water that great preservative of health.
The prairies of Jackson like those of
the coast generally arc level stiff and
much cut up with hog wollows the most
unpleasant land for roads to be found in
Texas.
In one respect Jackson ranks ahead of
any other county in the coast country viz:
in an abundance of excellent timber for
agricultural purposes. And although she
may not rank among the wealthiest coun-
ties of the State yet she must ultimately
occupy a bri"ht and substantial position.
Texana the county scat and only vil-
lage of the county stands at the head of
steamboat navigation on the Navidad. It
was a place of considerable business in
1839-10-dl but the troubles of the coun
try in M2 broke it up since which time its
improvement has been retarded by various
causes which I hope arc now or soon will
be entirely removed. The place is now
looking up two very good stores have
lately been opened and other changes arc
taking place. Vessels drawing two and a
half feet can at all times reach Texana
with ease.
In the growth of cattle and hogs I rank
Jackson superior to any county in the west.
Sheep will not do at all horses but poorly.
In regard to health I boldly assert that
fewer old settlers and permanent citizens
in proportion to number have died in Jack-
son than in any other western county du-
ring any year since the revolution.
Such Mr. Editor are the reflections of
one who although holding no carthlv in-
tcrest in Jackson has long been familiar
with its character its people and the dis-
advantages under which it has labored and
who has oft times enjoyed the hospitality
of her high-minded noble citizens.
X. X.
BISHOP CAPERS IN VIRGINIA.
It is scarcely necessary fbr us to
say that Bishop Capers (one of the new
Bishops in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
South.) presides over the Conference very
creditably to himself and very greatly to
the satisfaction and comfort of the body.
The resolution so cordially presented and
so unanimously adopted on this subject was
not intended as a' flattery nor offered as a
formality. It has too many elements of
truth and sincerity to be chtrgcablc with
cither. It was the tribute of honest-hearted
piety to modest worth and unpretending
merit. Wc might say more; but our pen
shall not transcend the limit nor trespass
against the meaning of our vote. Bishop
Capers will always meet a heart-in-hand
welcome in the Virginia Conference.
Richmond Christian Advocate.
New Southern Bisnors. The Gene-
see Evangelist a paper published in the
state of New York says: "Our southern
exchanges teem with the most favorable
notices of the labors adapteducss. and ac-
ceptability of the bishops lately appointed
by the Southern organization. Wc con-
ceive that a more judicious selection could
not have been made A ciioicc on which
unusual favor appears to fall. Of Bishop
Capers the whole church is acquainted.
For many ycara past he has been esteem-
ed as one of the most popular and eloquent
preachers in the nation and a man of the
most generous and liberal disposition. Of
Bishop Paine one of the Advocates speaks
in the following high and wc presume just
terms: Bishop Paine presides with great
case and gives universal satisfaction. He
will make a very efficient and I believe la-
borious and acceptable superintendent.
His election was certainly a very judicious
choice. He goes into the work with all the
zeal and devotion of a genuine Methodist
traveling preacher and is very strict in ob-
serving all the rules of the discipline.
BIBLE CONVENTION OF S. C.
The late session of the State Bible Con-
vention commenced at Columbia on Tues-
day December 1st lSili and through the
courtesy of his excellency the governor
held its meetings in the executive cham-
ber in the basement of the State house.
in our estimation it was one of the most
interesting sessions the Convention has
yet held. During the several meetings
the following gentlemen presided viz: Dr.
J. Fickling. of St. Luke's; Andrew Wal-
lace Esq. of Columbia; and-the Honorable
Chancellor Dankin of Charleston.
A very able and interesting report for
the past year was submitted by the Ex-
ecutive Committee which was referred to
a committee. This committee submitted
a report to the Convention with resolutions
embracing the topics suggested by the re-
port of the executive committee. Their
report elicited a warm and animated dis-
cussion on two important points. The first
was an enlargement .of the object of the
Convention so as not only to embrace the
supply of the destitution of the Bible with-
in our own State but so far. as our means
would permit the supply of foreign desti-
tution. It will be remembered that in
1840 on the organization of the Conven-
tion it was thought expedient to limit the
operations of this body to the supply of
the State with a view to conciliate certain
prejudices supposed to exist with a portion
of our people.
Charleston Christian Advocate.
RELIGION IN CHINA.
A lady correspondent of Bishop Meade
attached to the Episcopal mission to China
writing from Shanghai furnishes the fol-
lowing picture of Chinese religion. "The
religious state of these Chinese is to me
a very surprising one. Wherever we walk
through the city wc meet the priests of
Buddha and sec spacious temples dedica-
ted to him all of course supported by the
people; and yet they seem to care not a
straw either for priests temples or idol$.-
The most bitter reproach they can bestow
upon an idle young man is to tell him he is
fit for nothing but to be a priest; and when
wc have seen religious ceremonies per
formed there was not the least semblance
of devotion in either priest or people. .
Their only objects of reverence seem to
be their ancestors and dead friends and
these certainly have a very strong hold
upon them. The Roman Catholics are
quite numerous here and a few miles from -Shangai
they have a village inhabited aI-
together by "them. But although there arc
many priests here they seem able to do
little more than preserve the faith among
the descendants of those who were con-
verted many years ago in the reign of
Kang-Hi by the Jesuits; very few pros-
elytes arc said to be made now. It is re-
ally a most depressing thing to walk thro'
these crowded tlreets sec the hundreds of
children growing up untaught and the hun-
dreds of old people just ready for the grave
who have never so much as heard of the
Savior and then think of the fewness of
our numbers and of the time that must
pass before even we who arc now here
can make any direct effort fbr them. Is it
possible that there arc still no young men
at home who arc willing to leave their
friends and come here to labor? I say
'leave their friends' because really that is
almost our only trial. Wc have all the
necessaries and most of the comforts of
life in abundance and are not entirely
without society. There are said to be
nearly one hundred English merchants
now living here and the number is increas-
ing. It is a great comfort to us to know
that this is a far more fbreiirn community
C7 -
than is usually found in eastern cities. It
is the only city out here I believe in which
the merchants close their houses on Sun-
day; and the English service at the Con-
sulate is well attended."'
Trom the Louisville Courier.
WASHINGTON A CHRISTIAN AND
PATRIOT.
The beloved Father of his Country who
was first in peace first in war and first in
the hearts of his countrymen was first al-
so in his attachment to those great princi-
ples of virtue and Christianity which lie at t
the foundation of equitable law and right
government and arc indispensable to the
perpetuity of our republican institutions.
Having achieved the liberties of his coun-
try and being about to retire from the high
responsibilities of the Presidential Chair
he endeavored in his Farewell Address to
write upon the hearts of an admiring and
grateful nation those sacred principles of
social political and religious wisdom so
dear to bis heart and so vital to the best
interests of his beloved country. "Of all
the dispositions and habits which lead to
political prospcrty" says Washington in
that inimitable address which constitutes
otic of his richest legacies to this country "
-religion and morality are indispensable
supports." In vain would that man claim
the tribute of patriotism who would labor
to subvert these great pillars of human
happiness these firmest props of the du-
ties of men and of citizens. The mere
politician equally with the pious man
ought to respect and cherish them. A vol-
iume could not trace all these connections
with public and private felicity; let it sim-
ply be asked where is the security for pro-
perty for life if the sense of religious ob-
ligation desert tlic oaths which are the in-
struments of fnvestigation in the courts of
justice and let us with caution indulge the
..... ... ... i
supposition mat moraiuv can uc nraiuiamcu
without religion. With a view of carrying
out these important principles a great Na-
tional Society has been established in this
country composed of patriots of different
denominations and of political parties for
the purpose ot difiusmg a christian litera-
ture of high character over the United
States and as far as possible over the
whole world. Nearly ninety million of
these works larger and smaller have al-
ready been issued; and being the produc-
tions of some of the wisest and best men
free from sectarianism adapted to all clas-
ses of men containing only the great prin-
ciplcs of civil and religious liberty of our
common Christianity; they arc exceedingly
popular and loudly called for in every part
of the country; 10.000 volumes having in
a short time been circulated in Boston; near
20.000 in Philadelphia; 10000 in Charles-
ton ; and in New York Cincinnati St.
Louis scw Orleans Mobile and other
large towns and cities in the United States
they have been extensively circulated be-
sides hundreds of thousands through the
country. It has been found that the wide
diffusion of these publications throughout
our country has exerted a most powerful
influence in waking up the attention of the
people to the great interests of the Nation;
in forming a taste for solid and instructive
reading; in elevating the standard of edu-
cation and good morals: in raising the mas-
ses of the people to that industry intelli-
gence and virtue so indispensable to the
fii 1 1 dcvclopcment of our national resources
and our permanent enjoyment of the high
privileges of freemen. A grand effort is
now going forward to place these valuable-
works as far as possible in every family in'.
the Nation ; and as the newly settled por-
tions of the West and South are found to be .
extremely destitute hundreds of families
in a country often destitute of schools and
education of bibles and christian books
the American Tract Society in New York
new propose to furnish books for gratuitous
distribution among the poor and destitute .
if wc on the ground will sustain the col-
portucrs to go out and circulate them. The
communities of the South and- West gener-
ally have contributed with great liberality
to extend this benevolent enterprise as
speedily as possible over the whole field.
Large portions of about fourty counties of
Kentucky have already been supplied and
the citizens of Louisville are now engaged
in a general effort to reach and bless the
whole State. Will not every friend of
Washington of his State and of his Coun-
try cheerfully and liberally come up to this
great and good work?
Yours truly. . F. Y. VAIL.
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McGown, Andrew J. Texas Presbyterian. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 23, 1847, newspaper, January 23, 1847; Victoria, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth80387/m1/2/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.