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AUSTIN SATffllD AY JUNE 22r1850.
rjr Wo re n-wViorlscd to announce GEO. W TASCUAL ns n candidate
fortheoiSce'ofA3iXORSBX GENERAL "of live Slate at the Augurt clectioh.
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Jjr Ve are authorised to announce JAMES "W. ItElLEY as a candidate ior
tho office oi ASSESSOR & COLLECTOItf for TravU county at the August
election.
IdT We pre authorised to announce EDWIN 8EIDERS ns 'a? candidate
for the office bf DISTRICT CLERK for Travis county nl the August election.
wS3r We nra authorised to announce GEO. W;. SCOTT ns a candidate for
the office of SHERIFF ol Travis county at the August election.
drWcare riulWlied td announce JOHN M. COSTLY as a candidate for
the office of DISTRICT CLERI for Travis County) at the August election t
'lJ$- Werc authorised to' announce E. STERLING C ROBERTSON as
a candidate for the office ol COMPTROLLER nl the August election.
SOr We arc authorised to pnuouncc R. tf. McANELLY as a candidate for
me omcc or stititiua' or Travis uounry ni me ugusi ciccuuuj
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. 33r We are authorised to announced. B. BECK as a candidate tor ine omce
ASSESSOR & COLLECTOR for Travis County at We August election
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rfr We are authorised In announce JAMES B SHAW as candidate for
reelection td the office of COMPTROLLER at the August cUelicn.
'SlJrWe arc authorise to announce JAMES H. RAYMOND as a candidate
orreelcclion to the office of State TREASURER at Van August election.
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WiSr-Weare nothoriifed to announce THOMAS M WOOLDR1DGE as n
candidate for the office of DISTRICT CLERK at the August election...
33r We are authorised to announce A. H. EVANS ot San Augustine as a
candidate fpfthe office of ATTORNEY GENERAL at the August election.
j3rWc nro authorized to announce P. Rl. HARRIS as a candidate for the
office of DISTRICT CLERK fit Ihe August election.
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rVWc are authorized lonnnounce A. J. HAMILTON Lsq.aSa candidate
for ATTORNEY GENERAL of the Stale at the ensuing election in Augmt.
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frjr Wc are authorized to announce HARVEY SMITH ns a candidate lor
siiiiUU''!!' ot xravis county at me AuguM ciceiion
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nfiv other nort. Our fmdlitles lnrirnda arc as eood nslhnl of anv other noil in
Texas and our wholesale and retail merchants liavo constantly on hand an ex-
cellent Variety of goods and In sufficient quantities to supply almost any demand.
Some enterprising merchants from that section of country'have already turned
their attention to the superior advantagesof this hay ns a commercial depot. And
we think others would lind it to their advantage to do the same.
Wcwill odd that (he trade of this section of the State natural-
ly belongs to the towffs on La Vnca bay ; and With proper effort
on thapart of those immediately interested would soon take thut
direction. It will be vain to rely alone upon natural advantages
for they may be overcome by the public spirit nnd enterprise of
less favored places. For the last ten or twelve years the trade of
the tipper Colorado has been confined almost exclusively to
Houston and lias aided in a very considerable degree to build
up and sustain that city. Tho business connections and habit
of trade thus established cannot bo easily broken off; and espe-
cially so if artificial facilities of intercourse as will soon bo the
case arc superadded to the attractive power of capital The far-
mer or the merchant will not abandon the channel of trade to
which he has been long accustomed unless he be convinced that
it will be to his interest to do so To produce this conviction
something more is necessary than the furnishing of goods and
supplies of all kinds upon terms as reasonable as they can be had
elsewhere. Tho meuis of constant regular and easy inter-
course with the interior ajid with distant markets must be
afforded. The roads leading from tho bay to the extreme back
country must be opened and kept in good condition. A stage
Iiiie making two or three trips a week between the bay and Aus
tin an'd JSan Antonio must be established. And last though not
least a regular packet communication with New York must be
opened. JEhese things accomplished no doubt could exist that
the bay lownswould be in a position to compete successfully not
only With Houston but even with the city of Galveston itself.
They would (hen command the trade which is now diverted into
other channels and rise rapidly into commercial importance.
But without these facilities which are to be obtained only by the
proper efforts it is not to be expected that the existing state of
things Will be readily changed.
To open nnd"improvo the roads the services of some suitable
person must be procured to whom the whole matter should be
entrusted. To leave it to every body would be but little more
than to let il alone. Funds or labor must bo contributed by the
people arid applied by so'me one individual. Upon tf lis plan and
in a short time this primary object would be attained but in no
other way. t i i
A. eood semi-weekly or (ri-weeklv stage line wc resard as
cent sheet and;may well be termed the grp.ud$ihileepictoria.svxti secondary in'importance as nn'mixUiary'to the prosper-
Tho eppy pf Washington's farewell address which it contains ity of the bay towns to the keeping up of good roads. Nothing
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niilhhrtzpil In announce Col. A. M. I.RtVIS nf Wnslilnplnn
County ns a candidate. Ipf ATTORNEY GENERAL oftlie State at the eiisu-
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ingJAugust oliffctton
J2r We are authorized toanpouncc A. O HORNlS as a candidate for the of-
fice'of District Clerk of TrnVis'Cbtihty at the next August election
55" JOHN GREEN Jr. Esq. is general travelllDr agent for the Teas State
Gazcl'e.
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n3f Wc arc indebted to the Hon. Daniel Webster of tho Sen-
ato nncl lh.q Hon T. H. Bnylyof the House for Congressional
favors. 1 1 1
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jlCr VVe would cnlj attention to the advertisement of Mr. J.
H. Hutchins principal of the academy in Burditt's Prairie. Wo
speak upott competent authority when we say that Mr. Hutchins
iltf gentleman well qualified inevery particular for the manage-
ment of n school in which tho usual branches of a good educa-
tion are taught. He js well recommended for his .attainments
and fidelity to his duties
- Tewn& h4 Ceamcrco f la Taca Bay.
We published last week saye the La Vacn CiAnmercial amntlcle lrom the
Gazdlt relating to the Impassable condition of the road from Austin to Houston
with a gentle hint to the people living jn the direction of thli bay. We have
o'flcn wondered why this subject has not attracted the attention of the people of
that section of country jnore than It seems to have done. Why merchants and
others should continue to do their business at Houston nnd Galveston over roads
place should have regular and convenient communication with
tho interior only. It must possess tho means of sending offils
exports to tho most distant markets and of bringing back regular
ly and without delay the exchange cargoes. When these means
shall have been provided through tho cntoi prise of our merchants
bad enough nt all seasons of the year but which during nearly one-hnlf of the n .!. i.av .j' v .v:ii rommnntt (uR trade of thi- nnrf nf t ho Rfnfn
tffne nfctruly horrible when th can-reach this buy by a much shorter route on 1c ?av U10y WUI command me iraao 01 mis pat t ot tile btatc
ana on nn inunjiciy ociicrroau. xnc roausxrom mis oay loiuisun fire gcuciunj
cood tticcntlrcycar. It Is true th
bridged and a few nlnccs of level n
Is done wc shall have ns good a thoroughfare to the capital of tlje Slate as from
Ii is true there arc some few dreams which should be
ridged and a few places of level prairie that ought to be Improved. When this
ivKH Wohave received from (he publishers Messrs. Wilson
&JCo!JjNpw York tv ' copy of'thcipmammoth illustrated''' Broth-
eY T6riuthaiifdr thd'hext'FourthV July; the seventy-fifth an-
"u""'i) w- uuwuwiu juv5juiiucuiic ii is wiuucu a. mngniU'
which is now valuable.
P5" In the House of Representatives on tho 30th ultimo Mr.
Kaufmoiurtoved a suspension of the rules to enable him to pro-
sent the" joint resolutions of our last Legislature extending the
State jurisdiction over Red River asking tho passage of a law
granting pensions nTcertain persons who suffered in the Texas
revolution or to their indigent widows and children ; :md in re-
lation to the establishment of another district court in Texas in
order that the same might be referred to tho proper committees
and printed. Tho question was taken on the motion to suspend
the rules andrejeclcd wo suppose by way of compliment to our
State 1 For we see that this refusal to receive the Texas lcsolu-
tions was immediately followed by a similar motion by a member
from Alabama to enable him to introduce a resolution directing
certain books to be furnished his State. Tho question was talc-
en the rules suspended and his resolution received ! Will any
one say after this that a single member of Congress from Alaba-
ma has not more iufluence at Washington than tho whole State
of Texas notwithstanding we call ourselves sovereign and claim
equal rights in the confederacy ?
rCr'We see by the Rio Grande Sentinel of tho 25th ult. that a
call has been made by one hundred and eighty citizens of tho
county of Cameron without distinction of parly upon A. W.
Arrington Esq. to permit his name to be used as a candidate for
the judgeship of the twelfth judicial 'district. Mr. Arrington is
a gentleman distinguished for his varied learning and we doubt
not would make an able and impartial judge.
JO3 Benj. E. Green Esq. son of Gen. Duff Green was some
time since appointed special ogent of the United Slates to Ilayti.
A lato arrival from that empire brings information that Mr. Green
had had nn interview with his imperial majesty Faustin the First
in which he demanded the recognition of our commercial agent
with the same piivileges accorded to the ogents of other nations.
Ho also demanded the appointment of a "person to confer with
him on certain claims he had to present against the government.
Gen. Delvio a black was appointed. The cause of the United
States thus coming forward at the present time with their claims
is unknown.
SO3 We see that Mr. Clayton has negotiated a tieaty with the
French minister Bois-le Comte containing provisions similar to
those of tho Bulwer treaty and pledging the United States against
the annexation of any portion of Central America. The so-called
second Washington General Zachary Taylor seems to have
forgotten the advice of his illustrious predecessor not to form
" entangling alliances. "
is worth ton times jtho pneo of the whole sheet. It occupies a
space bf about three by five feet and is well adapted for framing
or for;suspqnsion in map form from tho wall! and should bey
foundii'ovory man's house throughout tho land. ThOjCugrav-
ingspalsqyofrthe erection of tho first liberty pole in New York
and 06 tho trial of a Salem witch are well executed. The
firs occupies the titlepage and thVlarter a space of about twon-ty-lour'by.thirty
inches. In addition to these there are numer-
una wmy uiuaiiij auu aiumuui imuurus wiuj spirited Descrip-
tions. .The circulation of such a sheet will have a good influ-
ence upbn the tastes of the young and it should pe patronised.
A dollar forwatded to the publishers will procure ten copies.
Washington's address as it appears in this number is worth at
least that amount ' ' 2
s .53" Wo loarnUhat the GovotnoMms issued his1 special procla-
mations to fill existing' Vacancies in theSonatc and House of Re-
presentyos. (TjrvCoJ Jack Hays has besn elected sheriff of San Francisco.
l' tOr A division of thJ 'Sons of Temperance has been formed
ii?iMnthkordalt(undor -tho;m&sY promising auspices. '' -
ffjFrederick iW Smith Esq has been appointed by theRresf
idonfUy'nnd with the advice of tho Senate post master at Hous-
ton in place of the lato Isaac E. Wade deceased.
10s: Wo learn from (he Victoria Advocate that Judge Bellinger
ponalesias obtained tho contract for carrying the mail twice
jTOi?in stage's from Yiglorin to. Now Braunfels. Our friends
on.lhaline between Austin nnd tho bay would do ns n great (a-
vor to co-operafo with us by forwarding petitions to tho Postnias-
leHGenoraj for an increase of service to the sarhe amount between
Juslaco and Gpnzales. Lef. tho petitions be sent tindor cover
loonr; Representative Col. Howard.
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gfjThoSan Antonio Ledger of the lOthhientionsfhodcpar-
W ftW'tl'P?0 tf ho JarSr Portion of tho jrai'rVhieh 'has
been fosomotimo fitting out for El Paso.' v ';
TO Ono hundred and thirty California emigrants haVo arrived
at La Vacato go through by French's tratisportotioivlincby way
-of'El'JPaso and UioGIHm 'Tuoy nre to b'e'tnken through'to Col-
iforrija fqv two hundrdo)harseach. w'
v. S1 heSoUthern'IlSiuoisdvocatThos placed at' tho head
of'ifsoTtimn'sihe rtamesofen. Cassfci'r' President hiid Gen.
ITottstonfor Vlro Pmsirlnnt. in 1QKO L LVl':: ' I ML tjt'W'! .
tE7natiJir!aSbmaci
President in 1862ulijbcf lo ili'etfe'bYston'of
omocratiC'conveniionV '
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nas over done more tor Houston than Us stage communication
with the interior. It has not only afforded the country merchant
and others tho convenient and rapid means of reaching their
place of trade bu. has turned into that channel almost the whole
of the travel coming into the State by way of the gulf. A stranger
does not generally think it to his advantage to purchase a hoise.
to make a short trip into the interior and it frequently happens
that the country trader prefer to visit the coast by the more spee-
dy arid less troublesome 'conveyance of a" stage coach : and thus
it is that much of tho trade and travel which would otherwise
have taken the bay route have been forced through Houston and
Galveston.
Up to this time we have had mail connection with the bay but
once a week ; and we understand that under Ihe late lettings the
same inconvenience is to be continued. It amounts in fact to lit-
tle less than n total denial of mail facilities and cuts us off from
communication with the other States except through the one
channel of Galveston. This is really no light grievance and
calls for the immediate interposition of our delegation in Con-
gress and of the people themselves who are interested. Wo would
suggestthat petitions be circulated inevery neighborhood on the
line and when signed forwarded to our Representative to be laid
before the Post-ofiice Department or otherwise used as may be
most likely to secure the object in view. It is only in this'way
that we can hope to succeed.
The towns on the bay have already regular stdamship commu-
nication with New Orleans ; and in this particular they are not
behind Galveston. But there is another no less important advant-
age which we believe they do not as yet possess. They want a
regular line of packets to New York. Brewer's line has done
more than anything else to divert the Texas trade from Now Or-
leans to New York. Our cotton and sugar and indeed almost
everything wo export from the harbor of Galveston am carried
by his vessols and perhaps four-firths of all the goods introduced
by sea are brought in. by the same conveyance. And this will
not appear strange when we look at the regularity and frequency
of the arrivals anddepnrturosof the vessels belonging to that line
and tho very reasonable rates of freight charged by them. The
extension of the same line or the establishment of another of the
same character we think essential to place our bay towns on an
equal footing in respect to commerce with Galveston. The com-
mercial consequence of a seaport is always to be told bv the am.
ount of its shipping and the number arid length of tho lines of
communication connecting it with tho productive districts at
horrieand the markets abroad. It is not sufficient that such a
SCjr3 The American consul at Cape Hayticn in the island of
Santo Domingo was lately arrested and imprisoned by the autho-
rities. He was released through the intervention of the French
consul and was to appear before a black tribunal at Tort-au-Priuce
to answer for his offence which was a very trivial one.
tdr A dispatch from Washington in the N. Y. Tribune says;
It is now confidently stated that Mr. Secretary Crawford will go
out 01 uie uaoiuei on uie slavery question. He is ultra pro-
slavery and opposed to tho President's favoring any plan of com-
promise whatever. Public sentiment runs high against Mr. Craw-
ford on the Galphin matter.
3 It is a fact not unworthy of notice that in all the newspa-
per discussions upon tho subject of tho compromise which we
have seen in our numerous exchanges from the other States of
the Union we have not met with the expression of a single doubt
that Texas would assent to tho line prescribed in Mr. Clay's bill.
ii. ouumo iu uu umcu lyi giiiuiuu mm sue win rcacuiy ana even
thankfully accept the tender of a sum of money barely sufficient
to discharge her public debt and indeed that she would scarcely
reject a proposition if made to sell out in Mo to the abolitionists
for a few additional millions. We confess that we are a little
surpiised to find this opinion so general and so manifest in
the Southern States. Is there one of them that wouldor any
price yield so much as one of their poorest counties to the sway
of freesoilism? And yet they seem not lo comprehend that Tex-
as would make a great and a dangerous sacrifice by the sale of
nearly one-half of her territory with a certainty of that result I
rd3 In a late speech in the Senate upon the amendment of
Mr. Davis of Mississippi providing a guaranty for slave property
in the Territories Mr. Clay said : " there is a difference between
a title without possession and tho obligations of the local laws
or the obligations of the government de facto to maintain its au-
thority notwithstanding ft is not connected with tho title." And
this remark was made in reference to the existing military gov-
ernment of the President of the United Stales at Santa Fe and
would imply an intention on the part of the great champion of
the compromise scheme to uphold the authority of the said mil-
itary government in opposition to the laws of Texas. How im-
measurably important it is to us then in view of the assumption
of such ground that we lose no time in enforcing our jurisdic-
tion over every inch of our territory. The neglect to do so thus
far is already being used in high quarters to our prejudice.
CO3 On the third day of the session of the Nashville conven-
tion Mr. McRao of Mississippi introduced a set of resolutions
of an ultra stamp affirming the extreme rights of ihe South and
declaring in fuvor of n dissolution of the Union if their richts
are not acknowledged by Congress. Some hot Southern speech-
es were made by delegates fiom Alabama. Mr. Benninc- of
Georgia offered a resolution in favor of the Missouri compro-
mise line. l
Gen. J Pinckney Henderson is representing Texas in the con
vention.
KjT The Portuguese Government having fimtllv refused in-
detnmty in the case of the privateer Gen. Armstrong the A mer-
cun charge Mr. Clay has demanded his passports nnd is now
on his way home
TKr"It is positively stated by a correspondent of the New York
Tribune that Mr. Clayton has it in serious contemplation to re-
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