The Civilian and Galveston Gazette. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 23, 1844 Page: 1 of 4
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. *UBMSHM> BABEY WEDNESDAY ANU 8ATV#HA*.
! M W PV «'«W Vfiihip 9*, m«pth« after the
AD V ER'l'H)IN G—One «qtiar*, on* dollar Ibr Ihe firat'imer.
ion, each «iitwequeat ¡ncertioD fifty cent*. Eight lino* make a
upare!. A<H,afiiaem*iita iuaérted onea a, week «1 pe
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they wHInoít fee taken out oftL
. 1 C*BI S*«¡9 Staawiboal.-aad
wants of cíiicJiíUleífor offiqei.are considered and phased a* i<f-
per aqvare
of the office must be post puid or
the post offish l> - > •
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tar
Ih, t.l jri|,V i«. '¿m¡ w- ¡«2¡WJJJh If -
on the San Saba—tha fifty first found there by that i J*l «
paper in the lákt1 two years: It had discovered. uo I**-1*;
more lakes of tar, pitch, and turpentine, or soap miéis ¿Wse "Texiaií ouUaw !*'
ii t ¿.
Uttkirfg KOrbusbatnii d
H r of these * '
at the last accounts.
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sigh at the frailty of |
Way ther
ooi
the way there ii a rumor or
wbiaperingin certaift circlea Vera,
so) tu eft la
or, tl}JW
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>i JW vi wo .He'irn {Hp |RI
By the sloop Tom Jack,) which arrived,:on Suu-
duyi fVom Corpus Cbristi. we have later acaoutife
froffr' bttr; Coajmissioriets lb México. They were at,
J¡ía^morba on the 1st instant, expecting to leave in a
"ígyv,4ay#M ¡Corpus Ciiriati.on tbe F return to Gal-
veston, and (the Tom Jack waited some days in the
hope of their arrival at that place, and in order to
bring therfa up, though*,they had not arrived at the
í^í8?Ci,*®r dt,Parture Wo expect them by next
vesBef from that port.
Although nothing of a public'character ,'in relation
to'the negociations concluded, has reached this city,
f i V f "A .. v.l; • .fft /v'l '' Í'' ' V* ' *'■ ''. ' . *' ^ V :' ' ' ■ *4? 11
we mq confiijeat that afraogeqaepta havo been eji-
.tered into which will have the effect of securing a ces-
sation of hostilities until measures for a final and h'on.
orable peace crfn be effected. Peace, with a ful) and
complete separation of Governments, and a clearly de-
fined and fully established line ofboundary, is as ob-
viously the true policy of Mexico as of Texas, and
wewre sanguine that such a course Will o'jtéiú with-
- bat- iurther bloodshed.
•ii c ,.) v «vv.-í Jt. 'Jtjilwu 'iíJ i, i-\,i i,i <| . .
A| yet tbe itnpjroyem«ut,ÍD.tíe popdiUo? H'.. .
pects of ihe- country has net bad the effibet lo "™al,hi9It bailker, in tíu
deprive our citizens, tfcr any pércépúble extent,' of thé | ' ¿^aultfóiTiciuse in Téxks.' *
prudence, ecofiomy andi industry éo lavorábly lmpies-1 Baid for your government to take i> settled
sed • f*f kÍ'ol*r w^el*,er anuexuiion or bo aunoxftl
abé last tew years. Our city baa, during «he ^intérí ibft,w|o|;4, .1 u,u ¡ ;
be«n Visited by llrrge "numbei v 'tif' planters -and< far-l' !' eir -P-*
mérs from tKp intei joi , for this sjile 6f tbeir produce
^nd th^ purchase of i^ír ^Warfy^auppíie^. Bi t in-
stead investing Lbe wboía ptoceeds tbeirxjrppa in
superfluous furniture, jewelry, extravagant clothing,
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and fine carriages, and leaving besides large balances
wiib their merchant, to be adjusted from the com-
ing crop, as has been too much the case with men
of their condition in the TJ. States, tbey buy notjbing
but what is necessary or useful,'are proud to practice
economy, and, mostly prefer carrying away with
them sovreigns, eagles, and half eagles,-^-substantial
evidences pf a course of industry and frugality-
things which do not like the showy but useless orna-
ments of the ostentatious, loso their value by remain-
ing a few months or years on hand, or by a reverse
of times, which compels people to confine themselves
to objects of use and utility. Many a man baa gone
home this winter With one: hundred or five hundred
hard dollars in his saddle bágs,: 'the savings of bis
ci <~"r ;.•W\e!¡LF'h m
connect the Brazos toGalyeston and —
and to remove the raft in the Colorado
pay in the public lands; which public
will be settled by the laborers
P W flwinFrsnce and
intei nal improvements.
K - prbp^alstO th
itx Congress tbís win-
reseni
ed to pay the sta
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"ü .V?.
'fpeehwi'^w
ter.ui it is certain a very able en¡¡ineer hat quietly
run over,Texas,ai)d «toni ^mining.A? WWW P"1"
Hon to a miílron Of dollars, iti thls firte country Wheth-
occüéatiotí."
Treasury as
reat piSSd atSSuritJ, tvoni a fcaffi mil-
,,on to a million Of dollars, in thls fitie«oustry wheth-
er it be annexed to the Uiiited States or remain in-
dependent. Ife also, said; 4'Iftb® WW "j
faailities in their river navigation already suggeated
were carried into execution, the convenience and ad-
vantage thereby offered to actual cóltfVátor 'bMhe
soil would be such as to render Texas the most deai-
We noticed in a recent Brazjria paper the cal! for
a public meeting, the.jpbje£t of which appeared to
, be to-devise means, ,on tbe part of the people, to
- invade, or postpone, the payment of their
One attempt,to g&t up such a meeting had
from the waot of attendance on the part of thi
people, and as no notioe of a complince with the
second call has reached us, we are led to hope that
"that also failed. We know^of no county in the'
Republic better able to discharge its, taxes than
Brazoria. It has been long settled, is in a high state
of cultivation, and in possession, we believe, of more
' Wealth in proportion to its population than any otb-
"er. Nóthing tends more to impair the obligation of
lawp, or weaken and discredit the Government, than,
these formal and organized attempts on the part of
the people EO defeat the action of their legal re-'
' presentatives and rulers. It is useless to send men
to Congress to legislate for us, if we retain the
i l ight to set aside t*)eir acts, whenever we may find
'■a'compliance with them inconvenient to ourselves,
11 though obviously proper and necessary for the slip-
port of the Government.
The rapid increase of population in the Western
• 'part-of the United Siates, is the subject of general
remark, though many persons tyre not aovare of the
precise iptio> ip wbic^ it advancbs, Üor is there any
"means of ascertaining it for thw last three years, or
since (be last cOnsus of the U. States was taken. Du-
ring the tén y ears between 183 0 and 1840,
Alahama increased,
Mississippi, (V
Lousiana,
Arkansas,
Missouri •
Ohio., ;
Indiana,
j Michigan,
> Illinois,
farm for a year, feeliíig moré coil te kited add carrying
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more happiness to his fomtfy tn?p they. exp^r^Onced
five or ten years ago, with resources that might have
placed them in the possession of méáná to ten times
the amount. Our real and rational vránts are cheap-
ly and easily supplied, and their giatififi^jopiís, sa-
lable of affording more substantial satisfaction than
of all the artificial and imaginary
tastes-m^ appetites created i}* a courW (pf/wMon-
able indulgence. Suddenly acquired and excessive
wealth, with luxury and dissipation,1 have invariably,
proved disastrous both to indiyii
While the steady apd gradual improv
suits from frugality, iudustry, and viri
ductive of the most Substantial benefits tb 'both. We
are glad that our Countrymen have learned to be con-
tented with the wealth which is accumulated, like the
hike from the still, quiet, and fertalisjiug brook in the
allegory—finding that that which comes bounding and*
Bashing,like the mountain torrent, is too apt to be dissi .
pa'ted and dried lip suddenly, without bestowing any
substantial benefit.
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rabie point in the world teemigrants from Europe.";
Will the TeXians welcome with cordiality^thts fceoei-
sion of wealth or have tbey learned to be illiberal aid
selfish in their speculations? ,
Qalvetton, March 15, 1844-
Mr. Stoabt—Dbab Sia, We would-wish to pall
the attention of the citizens of Gal testo - a Subject
which is of equal interest td them tad to the section
Of OOuntry in which we live.
. It may hot be known to many of the business men
of Galveston, that within eighty or one hundred teiles
of this place, on the waters of Big Sandy and: Walnut
creeks, in Jasper, and on the waters of Bush, Wolf,
and Billams creeks, in Menard coütotJf¿ there are the
best settlements and more cotton produced, lhao no dippute. ^s,
. «g—w.• MJ centra——"
platedbj
a legal
ther, tha
*f CKis settiea.
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occupant
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the defendaut be
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nut [and alsp
aaidjji
ituáted on each side of the Necbes riven Tlje
11 for the present year be, it) these neigb-
"es of cotton* Heretofore much o
uion of country has gone to Na-
ódsia, wei landre distance of
double the distance that it
, tb Necheai
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LIST OF VESSELS IN THE PORT OF
GALVESrON
on the 17th March 1844. ¡¡j
Vessel . Flag.
Steam Ship Neptune XT. 3.
'Eng{ '
90 .per cent.
174
G3
221
173
62 ,
99
570
202
For the last four years, perhaps, the population of
Wisconsin and Iowa has increased more rapidly than
that of any oihcr portion of the. U. States, but no
statement of tbe actual amount has been obtained.^
" By ibmpar irig the above list with a map of tbe coun-
" ! try it will be seen'that, with the exception of Ohio,
1 Indiana, and Lousiana, which may be regarded aá
- states comparatively old, the ratio of increase in'
- population has dépended very muéh upon the ease,
"! Oortv^nience and pheapiéBi' oíVettíoVihg frbrii'thó Au
yii n«M , ~ •
lantic apd wore populous states to thp new ones,
-v The cost ,of going from New York; to..Michigan bak
'; heeb'liSSi by Wore than one'half, tWt of retaovirlg to
nfty other neW álate} and thé éfféctf W'ibe'én iu thé more
¿t*im PíÉWIft PC population.
, Jte, average amountt«f ioP?ease, ip the, iuhabitants
T of thq whole Mississippi Valley, duribg the period'
named, is 80 pe^ cent. Texas, although ¿he has fal-(
len behind tfie highest, has far exceeded the general
aVerajge, in hdjf the time allowed W>, those,states, , 1
►atiflSY'l jo bi«a .i in 'i i. "W< ■«.or ;<o f ,e
'Tho Telegraph recétitly read' the Brazoria Plant-
*Jtól5?^aBaical lectuI 6 f,jr baviftg ÍÉÍTÍ! a ''per"
, V^íommunication,'' to Whi<ph the Planter retoits,
in langu'age both just and pointed, as follows: .
***' ^Birftt strikes us that'th6 "'mortification and grief'
uuder which the righteous editor cants over the sub-
ject, and i« consequences.-Woiild1 have bébh'bestow-
ed with Oiore grace^ on the files ot tbe Register, ->
"Among all the party editors of Texas there is not.
^^é.WBoSO gratuitous or paid abnse, has been of a'char-
acter so malevolent <0d personal., No sanctuary bap
**^Bve)r slVed the political opponent if the Editor from
crtaVse. alnd'Vituperous bitterness Of bis invOctiva.
""'We haVfe hitherto béén ataioss to understabd what
"'wiidld* lAi] préíérved'hlm, from thé consequences of
* attacks on xpHmtt' repitatioH."
«■ 4, t.< v*>- "0 • a~tr- ■■m"'¡ C'l .< ' ' * '*•
Barque IrOne, off bar
Barque Antonette
Ship John 'ÍBarhes
Brig Weser
Brig Hesperus
Brig Ferdinand
. Brig Garonne
Brig Herschel
. Brig Die Union
Brig Nómade
Brig Britannia
Brig Theseus'
Hbnover
Texian
Bremen
do
do
áo
°-i '■ do
Mo
French
England
From.
New Orleans
Liverpool
Amsterdam.
Liverpool' •
Bremen
do 1
do
do .
do
do
Marseills
Liverpool
cogdi ,
loo to _
to Galvestoi
not narigabl
this defect of
country to Bolivar >oin¡
of about ten miles which, woujd
and ditchiig; ánd a fbw posts set .
ces as goldw. to maka an íexcellent' ,
tha whole diítaincé. 'The* Rot of tra^l should be from
Nacogdobbes tttíid San Augustine to Town Bluff on
the Nechds, from there to Jackson's cih Village oreek, . .
from there to Roberts's on the helrd of Taylor's Báy- P W
ou, and down though thé prairie between Taylor's or
and East Bay Bayou to tbs «oast, 4; Bailes a>ovt
Dunman's. The riad upon the' whole lina above
pointed out is already very good axcepting on ths flaf
country between*the Báyous near tbe coa«, which at >sx'
timés is almost impassible for tbe want of «d?ainága^| .
and difficult tb1 find
guides. In co
heiaiu
'"ey
w^aflai^'1 ;,'t
ifaro-7. BeÜj
duty ofSecretary of State, i
pro
Brig Theseus do >
Bng Challenge do do
Brig St. Lawrence do do
Brig Galveston, U. S. . New
Man of war schr. Flirt do Norfolk
SchrRanger do "
Brig Matilda ,; . . ^ Hanover
Fanny,Ruaría, do ;
Brig Hepnch Belgian
Scbr Luda Texas
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Schr Surprise do
oloop Tom Ja,ck ' do
Revenue Cutter Saiita Anna do
. SloopCutter U.J}.
Sloop Jane Eliza do
SJ9op Washington Ht do
- Sioop of vyar Austin Texas
5'ig " " Archer do
[Brig " " Wharton do
Schr. " 11 Sau, Bun.ar4 do
rmuda
remen
do
ntwerp
•assoji.
do i
ll'tbei
ftfll!
or cobtraot,i
^ligation, pr i
terdsta of said <
Baltimore
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,, I wish, frW4 eait9r,I,hw sometlung.inurwing tp
communicate from the cuyofíowtfiflfl,, „Jac(t
has hfmbt OW*. thing ihat ere while; mafJo,our, J^tt
pleasant, tq¡ a .ptand. Ihe proton Hy4
Which we glorified so npM/?0r wA introqucpfl
rants .^yer,
W. Wuth0
H m..., «ñau* ¿n*
th^ Fou^aM discouHt ¡ opjiy at, .lúiemis, and ih«u¡
with manifest reluctance. LeoUtip^jf^ d|i)l, balls
flasny and-jthes, drapnaany,thing, bpt ¡"legMWata thi#
t woof twelve, millions, have stopped payment and
■■■ Ü the iv
nftnd for üe want of posts 'flut • up' a 'P.a ei
guiñes, ra coiisequence Of the nature- of the country ■P«5'' . r
oh this partof thé route, being unfit for settlement, . f*
there is bo force iri the vicinity tomake tbo rwees-
SArV imprdvemebt> aud it devolves upon tbe whole I W "
country interested in such a road to contribute a smalK ®Jp■
sum to effect the object by em^oying and éeéding la- ™
borers to do the work. By tbla road a large number t
bfbeeves would be driven from theprairieáaf Jeffer/'WwaWBB,
son and Liberty couiitiOif *4ibis «iai-kéj a large ndm-'
berof waggons would éeitoe down 'with cotton tO
Bolivar Point and carry back gOoda, and being
2 days the tÜeáfést riáe from Nacogdoches and San
Augustine to Galveston would bring dóWn a constant
' - - j|r " ' V % ckiaen* of
mount '
h W- so
greatly to iheibterOst both of toWn and courttry^
A <).. W. A. FERGUSON
JOHJÍB.DODD !f
a, Ó-/.0Í C.
WM: &. McDANlEL
J N. tí.'Mr. Dúnman of the High íálandswoüld be J
au exiiellent átónf to superintend the improvemSnt.
OflfJ ,)u fTÍ() 'WfiVJ .«-kti, U« y
For the benefit of settlers in good foitb, aM W á!tt en/í
an act "To provide"the mpde Hf trying Titles to
!!1sLübga^appíWVéa'É¿* . fithl^tO.
'^"iSBOtW'l." ->BetytyfMkt '
bf áép+éténtative* bfthe Re
'.ss assembled, That iti th
irnentortressjiais' to'
ofthiiabtiifA^roVy
óám>
winter, t
jtradesay
ÑpiWthstapáing, all,;
business is looking up moi
I hope,tbe piuph«4, SBXÍ«lW, 9«M. bluev
i the streets will in due season thaw iotoi^o some
semblance of cheerfulness. Since Corlóse was sjhot
Corlo
fL,.tpf ffiu- se
ad^a.nwqppóly of murder, i A owl
down in the street by a womai
havo made a monppoly,, f>(m
stabbed Ba'Urd /?n,4bo steps of the
She, did #>0t kill lum,which was. a pity.
quitted her by way of example to 0«r, "«ay
Lydia Maria Child a wbmao «f,TSr* talent,.,,.,
priuciples.albeit a little iransCendantal op samo
has taken tbe unfortunate,girj m|d«?r h°r
While this case was yet pending Polly. )
arrested for murdering, |he wife S0'' «WW of hor V'0"
ther-Capt. Hou )0mair, and witb t visstory.yet,ripg7
iug in out ears, there coows an accfWt p( a woman
try* *•***< íjm /«tttt
I
poi
an awa
by virtue of
Jp^eratsell,;bri
ifl'm «fit m Jo
a
thO plaifttiif for tbe land
(iff ShaH rrot recover
r
to tho
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c0Ter from th¿ pos'W,. ui gop,
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