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THE TEXAS STATE GAZETTE
Is published on Saturdays
BY WILLIAM II. OUSHNBY
Public Printer.
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scribers Jiving uut of the County of Travis or the amount assilmeu by a respon-
sible resident of the City of Austin or the Agent. In this particular there will
be no respect of persons or deviation from our terms on any account whatever.
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of seven lines or less for the first insertion and fifty cents for each continuance;
One-half these charges will be made to those who advertise' by the year with the
privilege of changing quarterly.
Business Cards of not more than one square will be inserted'ibr ten dollars
per annum.
Announcements of Candidates for Office and all political personal and busi-
ness Communications promotive of individual interests will be charged as Ad-
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for in advance.
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all cas.es where a dilation or other process is required to be served by publication
in a newspaper1 the officer whose duty "it may be to make sueli service shall be
furnished with the primer's iec for such publication' before he shall be required
to have such service made.
The first .section of the act of February 5 1811 regulating the sale of runaway
slaves provides also that where any slave is commuted to jail as a runaway a
notice of the apprehension and commitment with a full description of such slave
shall be published weekly in one of the papers at the Seat of Government for the
i'pace ol one month and printed copies theteof furnished to the Clerk of the Coun-
ty Court ol'lhc county where the commitment shall have been made.
The ihirdseclion oftheactof February 8th 1859 regulating ESTRAYS
requires the County Clerks to cause a copy of all certificates of appraisement and
description ol an animal or animals estrayed in their respective counties' to be
forwarded to the Public Printer for the Stale at the end of every three months
who shall publish the substance of the same and forward copy of Ihe papercon-
tainiog it to the County Clerk to be filed and preserved in his otfice lor the in-
spection of those interested; lor whioh publication or notice the printer shall re-
ceive from ihe party estraying the sum of two dollars to be collected from the
taker urby the County Clerk and paid to the order of such Prin'er.
To facilitate the compulation of our charges for advertising one hundred words
arless may be considered as constituting a square j over one hundred and under
two hundred words two squares and so on.
Advertisements not marked with the time for which they arc lo be published
will be continued until forbid ana charged accordingly.
Subscribers Advertisers and Agents' may remit money at onr risk and expense.
All communications must be addressed lo the Publisher postpaid.
LIST OP AGENTS FOR THE STATE GAZETTE.
53- Ageuta will be allowed twenty per cent on all moneys received and paid
ovcr-by them for subscriptions and advertising.
IN OTHER STATES.
V. B. Palmer New York Boston Philadelphia;
H. M. Lewis State of Alabama. -- .
II. Morris & Co. Stale of Mississippi.
IN TEXAS! ' " '
O. Erliard San Marcos.
James Nicholson Bastrop.
W. B. Coiree Lockhart.
W-. Basel New Braunfels.
-vJolm 11. King Seguin.
S. A. J. flavnie Webber's Prairie
lidw'd. Miilloch Gonzales.
M. Johnson Port Lavae.a.
John Henry Brown Indianola.
Alexander Somervell Saluria.
W. L. Hunter Goliad.
B. F. Neal Corpus Christ!.
James L. Truehearl. San Antonio.
W. J. Jones Columbus.
J?F. Crosby Brenham
J. B. Robertson Independence.
H. 11. Catltnell Washington.
M. K. Snell Houston.
H. W. Raglin Anderson.
J. R. Henry Springfield.
George W. Glascock Georgetown
C. M. Hubby dmeron.
Thos. P. Collins Crockett.
John H. Reagan Buffalo.
S. G..Newtou Dallas.
John Welch Melton's P. O.
S. A. Venters Alton: -
G. V. Barnett A.Johnson McKir.ney
James N. Smith Cuero.
P. U. Priilham Victoria.
J W B. McFarlane Refugio.
Peter. Mahuny San Patricio.
11. Howard Brownville.
A.G. Stakes RioGraadeCity
H. P. Bee Laredo.
John HofTinan Castroville.
Geo. F. Holcamp Fredericksburg.
W. H. Crutclier. La Grange.
M. M. Bnllle Richmond.
A. Underwood Columbia.
11. D.Johnson Galveston
Hugh B. Boston Montgomery.
Jsaac McGary Huntsville.
John H. Potts. Leona.
W. F. Henderson Corsicana.
John Lund Franklin.
S. W. Kellogg Wheelock.
Harvey Mitchell Boonville.
W. W. Hill & W. A. King Caldwell.
W. H. Hoggins Libei iy.
John P.-Kale Livingston. .n ;.
A. E. McClure Palestine. . tyj
A. P. Sillivant Kaufman.
James Bradley Greenville.
J. Jordan Jordan's Saline.
E. Hopkins Tarraut.
W. D. Fitch Sherman. .
H. G. Hendricks Bbnha'm.
W.H. Mill wee Paris..
G.F. Lawton Clarksville. .:
S. H. McFarlar.il Boston.
Jefferson Cooke Mt. Pleasant.
Si V. Mosely Jefferson. '
John H. McNairyi Gilmer. ti
W.P.Hill' Marshall.
Thos. J- Hays Tyler.
Jas. R. Armstrong Henderson.
J. H. Anderson Carthage :.
L. H. Asherort Shelby ville.
"W. P. Brltlain Rusk.
Thomas C. Barrett Nacogdoches.
O. M. Wheeler can Augustine.
Austin & Clapp Sabinetown.
A. U. uaidweii ivianon.
M. Priest Woodville
Z. Wins. Eddy Jasper.
Tho's J. Booker Burkevillc. .
J. P. Pulsifer Beaumont.
C. T. Hilliard Hilliard'sP; O.
Rev. John Haynie Rutersville.
Gto. Burkhart Matagorda.
G. Eagan Wharton
Eli Mercer Egypt.
Edw'd Purcell Brazoria.
. H. Munger San Felipe.
D. M. Prendergast Spiingfield
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THE LAW ON NEWSPAPERS. J
1. Subscribers who do not give express notice to the contrary arc considered
as wishing to continue their Subscription ...
2 If Subscribers order the discontinuance Of their papers the Publisher may
continue to send them until all that is due be paid
' 3 If Subscribersneglect or refuse to take their papers from the office to which
hey are directed they are held responsible until they have settled theit bill and
order their papers discontinued. . .
4L If Subscribers remove to other places without informing the Publisher
and the paper is sent to. the former direction thty are held responsible.
5 The courts. have decided that rerusiug to take a paper or periodical from
the office or removing and leaving it uncalllfor'ismHartejcvidenceonraud.
Also that where a Subscriber to a periodical failed to notify the Publisher to
discontinue ihe paper at the end of the lime for which he subscribed or pay up
the arrearages he was bound for another year. M
And also that where n Post Master failed to notify the Publishers of Newspa-
pers that their papers were not taken from the post office he rendereu himself
liable for the amount of subscription. . .
The Postmaster General has decided that when a Postmaster is agent or
chooses temporarily lo act as an agent for a publisher he has power to frank
letters forwarding subscriptions lo such publishers. The language of the Post-mastcr-General
is explicit on the point that the power of franking all subscription
letters Is given to the Postmasters with the mere understanding that in doing so
he islacllng as the agent of the publisher and not as the agent of the Department.
He lurther stales that the fact of a postmaster franking letters to a publisher will
be regarded by the Department as a presumption limine is agent for the publisher.
"RS12.5ffif' Estate of Joseph Waples dec.
BF. JCmftsQN?Ximttltrotor of said ostiuo 1ms filed In tho County Court
4 of said county while- aittinp as a Ouurtof Proliolo his final account current
wlh llin(.nmo: and llif said Administrator is 'fully desirous of making a settle-
inont hnd being' dinchargd therefrom
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Tho Graves of Gillespie and Walker.
At an adjourned meeting oi tho citizens of Snn Antonio
held at the court hquse on Saturday evening May 26th. 1850
Hon. J. M. Devjno in the chair the committee uppoiutcd at .the
previous meeting mnde the following reportwhich was adopted :
The committee fo whom was referred ihe snbjdct of the erec-
tion of u monument to the memory ol'Captains Gillespie mid
Wulkerj have had the same under consideration and instructed
u)e to report that they recommend to the meeting the necessity
and propriety o( erecting such monuments;; and to effect the
same they propose tho adoption of tho following resolutions
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1. That a committee of five persons citizens of San Anto-
nio bo appointed to be called the " Executive Committee'-'
whose dtitv it shall bo .. t
1st. To prepare subscription lists and appoint persons to cir-
culate and present them for subscriptions.
2d. To receive and pay over as hereinafter specified all mo-
nies collected.
3d. To devise and adopt the plan of a Mutable monument.not to
exceed in the cost thereof the sum of five thousand dollars and
to report such plan when adopted to .the subscribers.
4th To contract for the erection of said monument and to
disburse front time lo timenll monies necessary to carry out their
powers ; that a majority of said committee shull form a quorum
for tho transaction of business and they shall keep a regular
record of their proceedings.
2. That a committee of three persons be appointed to be call;
ed the " Corresponding Committee" whose duty it shall be to
correspond with suitable persons in various portions of the State
and bolh editors of newspapers and citizens be requested to take
such measures as they may deem necessary to use' subscrip-
tions in the various counties of the State They shall from time
to time submit their correspondence and result of their labors
to the " Executive Committee."
3. That a committee of five persons be appointed to prepare
and publish an address to tho citizens of the Stutc recommen-
ding the propriety of erecting thesaid monument und collecting
subscriptions lor that purpose.
4. That all the funds collected be placed by. the collectors in
the City Treasury of San Antonio and none siall be drawn
therefrom without proper vouchors upon the certificate of the
11 Executive Committee."
5.. That it be recommended .to the corporate authorities :of
San Antonio to appropriate a suitable lot of ground for a public
cemetery of not less than tweuty-Gveacres ; in the centre of
Which a square of not less than one hundred feet shall be resery-
eu to oe caneu " tvionumeniai oquare.
G. That a se'ect committee of three persons be appointed
.whose duty it shall bo to cause to be constructed a substantial
stone or brick; wall not exceeding feet square around the
graves of said Gillespie und Walker and that said committee
open subscriptions (or that purpose.
7. That in the event snid monument should not be erected
or contract made therefor within twenty-four months from this
date tho " Executive Committee" .shall permit subscriptions to
be withdrawn and give warrants upon the City Treasury for
that purpose on applications of the subscribers
On motion the chair appointed Messrs. A.. A. Lock wood A.
Coleman and J. D. McLeod the committee to carry out the pro
visions ot the otn section or said report. ' "
. On motion the chairman was requested to appoint the numer-
ous committees in accordance yith said resolutions at. his
leisure. '' ' . . . ..
Oil motion the papers of our city were requested to publish
the foregoing proceedings withthe request to' the press of the
State to insert the same.i -
J. M. DEV1NE Chairman.
T. Ward Secretary.
' ' The Compromise
" Our right to the territory both North and South of thef Inti-
tude of. 36i degrees says the Galveston News is distinctly ad-
mitted in the solemn compact between the government; of the
United Stntes and the Republic of Texas ; and relying upon the
honor and good faith of the American Union the people of Tex-
as accepted the terms of annexation and became a State of the
Union. Now however a committee composed of the great sages
and most renowned statesmen of America are not ashamed to
assert a title for the United Slates to that same torritory which
title they say shall "remain unimpaired " unless we submit to
the term's of n new compromise which they now propose to us
Where can there be found a more gross and shameful violation
of good faith? We do not hesitate to say that the history of the
most corrupt governments of ancient or modern time maybe
searched in vain for an example of such cool and deliberate dis-
regard of tho obligations of treaties. Such an attempt to tram-
pie upon rights so solemnly and so unequivocally guarantied is
absolutely without precedent. Wo do not admit that there is
here any room for misgonstrtiction or nn honest difference of
opinion among sensible men. The langunge of the compact of
annexation expressly recognizes our right to tne. territory notn
North and South of 36J degrees of latitude while tho great pa-
triots on the committee have placed our limits at about the 32d
degree and then tell us that beyond that tne title ottho unitea
General Rusk.
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;ico is tlwrptoro civen to nil pormns imorcsiuu' wi .. ..... ..
up nt tho Jjipp-Tc.riTiI0j5O.i ofsntd'Court.niid unless good cquco-is shown to
o'continry the sumo will bo allowed and tne saw joiinson mcuuiHr.t !'
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C. C. T. C.
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Cheap Pestairo. - -t ' Vk
c of Texas chairman of the Sonata CommUtse1
on Postal Affairs lias introduced a bill which proposes : " : l
1. Two cents per each half ounce prepaid and fivcentsif
not. . - ' ."' (
2. Drop-letters one cent if prepaid and twp cents if not.-
3. Postmasters appointed by the President urc remAirecl to c
toblish places of deposit for the rceptionof letters and to -em-
ploy carriers Xq convey them to tho post office freo o?a
charge. ' - "
4. Letter'-carriers to receive only ohe' cent' for tho delivery rrof
lettors. - - ' ' " '.'r
5. The chargebn advertised lettors'to bo Only dno centbestdes
the regular postage. .-... . - " ';'"Jb
6. Postage oh tiewlspopbrsahd othorprintedfmrttterj the' same
as now cliarged except that circulars and' haridbills are ta
be charged letter postage. -. . ; n
7. Bound books may be sent by mail to bo charged' one-cent
per ounce. . . -';'
b. '1'hQ Iraniting privilege to no totauy aoousneui exceptifto
persons who enjoy it as a tokeji of respect and honor. . r V '
9. Postage on Congressional documents speeches &c mailed
during the session of Congress to.be paid but of the contingent
fund of the respcclivo Houses. . " 'Ahl
10. All communications to and from the Departments of the
General Governmentproperly chargeable'to the public servfcejtx)v
be marked as such and tho postage to be paid like other contin-
gent expenses of the Government. . t "
Tho other ports of the bill relate to the duty of the P6tmds'
ler-General.in drawing funds according to existing laws to.-dc-fray
the expenses of the Postoffice Department. ""-- ?
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The Pope at Rcmcr . .
His Holiness formally entered the impdrial city frotn' which
he was so long an exile on the 12th of April last! ' He!-wds af
tended bv all the French troops "Cardinals Ministers of State-..
etc. and the crowds that lined the way by which he passed) were-
immense amounting to IUU000 persons. He was received -with
loud acclamation by the people. On the road they were feo! terii
thnsiasljc that one place they lay on tho gromid in order (that .
the Pope might make a pavement of their bodiesand it wasjv.ith
difficulty that they were induced to rise from their degrading
prostration. And yet these are tho people who a year'rigd
drove out the Pope and shouted Long livoMazzini I" '.
All persons seeking admittance to the Vatican Palace are stubs
mitted to the strictest scrutiny of the Swiss Guard. Precautions
are taken to secure the life of his Hdlihess against poison. -A.
new cook has been promoted from ;the CpnventQf'St.. Caltxtu's
and all viands are introduced by such a turning cylinder as is.
commonly used in convents lor tho. introduction ot lood. . .;
Mctliotllst Episcopal Cliurcli South
The minutes of the Annual 'ConTeroncee ' of
Episcopal Churchj'South present" the following statistics:;
t . '. i iu$&'
the Methodist
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Annual Conferences
While Members
rinlni-prl '
Indians
Total ' '
Increasev
There ar.e travelling prcacIjojrsJ.
X I1C lllll.U3 111 IJIUIJ1U12IOI1I' JO HIII.VUI
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Increase of travelling preachers.
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Decroasoof siipcrariuated " ''"
Florida is not reported..
r. Missions 282 missionaries 273 ; churches 147 f church mem
bers 59707 Sabbath schools 108.;. children under rel.igiousjin;'
stmction 20.348; with eight manual labor schopls and. '380
U Nearly every one who has written homo from Califor-
niot speaks of Texas as being far preferable to California - as a
place of residence and all intend. to. return as soon as circum-
stances will admit. We notice also that every one who has "re-
turned has concluded to .stay. This we. think is very pdsiliye
evidenco that Texas is a bettor country tlmrijtjie -El poraclpc-jfj
tho Pacific Telegraph. . f
Liability of Hotel Keepers. .-.v;
In a case before tho Marine Court of New York on the 2d gj Cv
in which a party sued the proprietors of the Howard House for
value of a parcel left there butwhich was subsequently missihgj
the court charged thattheinn-keepen's liable forall packages sent
to his house.and left under tne eye oi me person uuyuig cuargQ
nt the bafrrrntre : as if the rule were otherwise great mischief might
of the baggage
arise from
; might
i tho dishonesty of servants or persons lingering about
f in AsmhlishmeiiMind the want ot vigi enco and care on tne .part ot
landlords to protect the baggage of "their guests they h'lvirigso.
much better opportunity 01 qare in respect io.u; iuau umy inopr
selves If tho jury m this case are i
s of opinion that the package
ivns delivered on the counter. Under the eve ot the; clerk the'
States is unimpafred I 1 1 Such a proposition appears to us gross- j defendant is responsible. Verdict for plaintiff for the p'ricodfi
lyinsuiungio mo unuersianaings oi me peopiu oi :i uxua iu me goods .
whom it is made and disgrace in an equal degree to. thecom-
mitteo who have made it.. i '
td?- The corporation of Charleston South Carolina liav6"de-
cided to erect n monument lo Mr. Calhoun in the public sq'nare
of that cilv. Thev have also nrenared to nrint his last speech
in the Serate on satin iu letters ofgoJdand-five thousand copies
. ttj Why is u-lawyer lilco a tailor?.' Hojlisialwaysreadytd
commence' a suiL
rj A letter addressed by Mr
been intercepted and published.
Bulwer to Mft Cbatfipld.iilasi;
The following passage express
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es tho British Minister's opinion of iho present aammistraiion.--
He says : "It is a weak Govern.met.anabejng unsupportea ay tno
nnnu ar;nar v..is Qver.aira a oi seemu g : u inyjjf. .w-.nny vyuvy
that is ..wPnpuUir; ; 'ljjins though i(uitcionsmay bo .trued
ns(S9y.c.n1!?Pi0e.re?ie.d UW .-t : -i7 itA MitmM
H33 Tho New York Dry yoousiepqrwrjUiujftgittuiti'ttSiJ
of fuir cotton will ultimately return fifteen cents.
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