The Southern Intelligencer. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 11, 1857 Page: 1 of 4
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Olio fqUH^', for iMif ii.j'Ttion. • 1 Ü
One Bqunre, for every aubaaqiieut in«ertiou, Si
Ou« ^MUiy u, «ix.ninths,,« á 7 W)
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Oile floudre. am ytr,. 1 (|<
if A IUie «toli¿imilT «rill .' miutn frhm the ttttm 11ite ,
tpjrf.) fifteen
ft)r (JvwtÍMifi'VlB ai luufn tbui uii «JiUfro.
A nmrpM teii mi^TnbrípircU, jftuií wfzo t
, 4itm hi Mruriy |Hjr«. ri i '
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book Aivif j?i u ✓
Our inHt rlt)l bfiJwff ^(rely, iie^v. we ar<' pxqmpd P
• ' tocrtitl t*ry vánHyíf
■tooft Job, t'iarct, nii«1 OnvAm^nfnf 3*f*««HÍ|f
f- i «t r«MV>u*l>lt rutel, itfuL in n «tyU unmurpriHi^d kf any
ofleéro tho Boutb. , i ^ n)
All buaitWM cmmunicntlons mldri «sert ffi • '
i DAKt A-.fttOOV.
The ordinary exjumaes of the gimmnw in <>pfpMtfc>n t/< the (^ririiktvOf the speak1
myíhat'ifc required It voto of two-thirds
ment, dm
be consitf
fiih (fib txiti"' iihst"' tCarfl. S<*vetal (—.
*Jw<if5éÍft4 piéftTOTSwfll hft'vc'lo'b'ó tfd
táTii'<í(t8ts Hi'drifiifhol'brirtít'bdttdhft, wMeli
nlttíer' thé ptviVlstori " at' flfC CtttJo1 "/>f
Crtriíríml; Procedure, aYfe fto• V"pni(f H;
♦tio Btut«v to elotM 'dnd ut/eritfít, -^(i
líáve to lx> provided foi ,
jmsbablf amitimt that will be ro
«{Mutid tn UHJOt lliu ordiimrj ©xfHjnsea
i4 i" Uie ^ovoi'iuut'iii, dai iujiÜiü iiu*t two
$(htrn.iÍH í)Ü.- [ TAie funds
now in the Treasury will he siidiui««t
U>)\)ny tlwfiw^KiM'iwen, wh! nil *Jau extra-
orUiimr^ appropt'tHtioiiN that n1h>ijJU bu
uiude t t tJiu- tfostíioii ; but if we
é's Juii.Ib aloiie, and wlvuw
ty tiiíí Cffuníie the laxi H wl' thg t,'i|f?uiun'
t^u^eWM, u,a.we¡ha,vu tlu>*o «Í tU) ltml,
Mim .we 8ju U ,4d4 .Vttfw'x,*'8 jvitl -. ¡M'. ex-
hausted Treuisui-y, during the a^cvpediitg
¿.ifur
yoiiiH, by ii fuifure (it
drouth íií'tlíí1 aliníl
cfiiuilrv. 1i(i\ve, liowe<'<-i'; u
..iíGOVEBÍiÜE'8 1UMSASE. ... •
Gentlemen of Hit Señale
(in/I Uüitsf of Representatives:
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The ple;iyuiv pxpi^^vny.ey.ia nii'yf.'W
yiii^ n,ii tliiij occanlyUf .sirtUfwlii^ 1
íoyefl 1>y tlje/ 'fact iliat '.ur ínjítal pro '
perity has bcoii iiitei rupte'd 'in homic
tiona of the fy.'ite, during the [iasT '{wo
' !'4 eViijiáV-ft'uSÁfiiya
itlii. jyj' ji|H,
lihfiftiTant
eauntí fiir'éoli^rwt'ulírtioiV, irt the bounfi-
fnl mrjiply with' v/liioli Mhcr KeetN.rtH
hare ' Mtti ííivíired, the- rernfttrkahki
health that hits distinguished thc'-pikst
(season, the eontinneil inVrvase of oui'
[ population aiiuuii* rapfit' extension^, of
1 our seffli'inciitti. 'ftU'se blcs.singS sh.tuhl
flil' our hehrtB ix'itti dm-oitt tti
that Oninipiitt'nt itoirtg «llrtwé' pr Vti;
and jrKodiH'HS have iiectl so reniidkalily
manifested in our partt histttry. ' '
Many causes combino to refiiTcr yoni!
present sessijin one of Hhusiial interestj
You have assembled át ¡I' (ji'l'iod \<'lict¡
á lai'ge Ito'rtíoii o'f ffle Un'ion 'WfaDor
ing under financial ' emrtarrlissiiiijii'tiS
tiiat have suddenly depreciated the Val-I
tu; of'evi-rv deseriprion rtf propfrty; ami
euspt'iided, for a season, the operatiiitni
oí almost every, b^aneli I oí'* úittiwKPy ¡
the eaus<; uf tlunt w>il>ti>rits«i ^ntm;liiuy
be tnaoed to the vapi|l increase.. A buil^),
itiiiit lias taken, púicuduriiag the l.mt<.;v\'
yeuyn uf unusual prosperity, wJtupv iijw-
proviideiitiii>su^ wf paper oiirrency hava
1 «.mí to ri^Wips.speeulaUoniaHdtJiiJie^tppj
¡t>i,vn,of credit beyond,\Jje iyjusii||¡^l.«,de-
nuindH of buiiiumfs. //
, Our State its but slightly (affected, by
these eahini.ities, and tjnit, we hav,e,( in
a grciyt degree, escaped tlieni,.is owing
p( t)ieJ'iiet, tha) ninler, yur jtrohpjityry
islation, no paper currency Jijjs' evei'
H,
eg
bv.eii .able t" pb|a¡¡.i,a general ciiiadatioii
^aiuong.us.,. " . ' '
ll is to be liopeu thai trié present
' financial en jl< at:<1 f'i-'> • -.iii ;".s fW t luve
fptSiduet.'d 'it.'w'ltf 'fiw iVé'.tfsíbgrtnl.'l) by
fth/)s«> Who art''jkvkiW;''' 1ft" élfíu'rgt! <Air
[¿ol'icy in fimK to BimlítííJ*:'
Iii gfving'y^u ii í-'tat'í'iríetit Wftli'6 f'fili-
"dltioti of our HiiViYkm^, it'is gttifirj'irtg tii
rbe able to eO'.ttrmrtrieaN1, fhfit'tWéFe''
Mlftefl ii'very'Mnaidt'iiiide ibenMwe in the
value of our taxablts • proparrt during
vt1ie' pant twO y<Mi's; though nnt. km jrk'at
«orne t'ortHcr j erii>ds. TIk' totwl
¡ valuation of flw. n«*e.-imrh*it for the yei r
1856, was 4T8 whwh proJ
¡.du.cud iui nd w,if>rm Uifx of $342,UÜt 88
i The poll tax for that year p(:tjdyceil
,$22.1,7 0.0, ¡uttl itlMtlf1* uptyi ."«jrupa
tiona and sales of in.'ivhandnie JJ'J.flvT
!0|, making tJie entire, tax lor that y^tlV
lutujiitpt to about $21)4,213 79, vvliiejj
was an inereatjo of nearly ' eight. l>$
|ceilt. .iiver th it for
i' The ni't' ré'vni'u
t,w4 ymrs.yf 1 and ,1^61. ;,fw w,hhi
• ¡tj¿?tuxes .f}C,JSdQ . wilI,,bo, wwjywt
i ¡lío the Treasury until ^o^i; t¡w mi 4^.''
of the year 1801.
It IWfftiNe/yR>,'lieliHrtio''a 1 nfatter of
ikOlfrsrity t>hnt"\^e'«ball1 Tlo^ ftbairdon
that .pwidftiiie} 1 r' "* '
'Mtoiild' wé'1t(^\n'ér retain'"tlie tairt'V
fVu"thP'ii^f of" thi' í^tafé, fhe bit valrnem
tax niav_ .lie. cedjiced,
present ,ráfe of (Tfteen' ^enjato'twi yeiits
o'i'i' líi.!> imitar; arid íIiéjiolf"táx ítvníflf
ty''td'f!irtv eenfs."' It is'true, tiiat with
tí/is rt-títietWlj, ttii'S* will' nót pmduec á
revVh'fk/ ^itlllrletít "to nidet'flié ordinary
ox|Mid4? <if the'. year f858'* add 1859,
but vvhUtc^'eV dffieltfhcy fhe're i|ia.y be,
<-íiii lie íitif.p1Íe(f'froín'the1 fuiids nb\tf in
•tilt' Tn.'íírrti'y; a'lid 'Ifing fíefoi'é these
fiitniH *w1l!"bi. ¿.rllMisVed in pitying siV'éTi
d.'fif'ien'eieS, ntfd the'ti5cfrábi4dntank ap-
'{fnífiHrttaírrá flifti wHI'lip n'^'riiwd, tlieiit-
eii'tíS(*d,,tn1bifr,''tít tttir tiixlible'priiptTty
wilt produce; frt' thtf'irt'd^ted rates, an
titVi].)l<? yM-entur'^'ytnrt't iHI 'oitf'wiititS
■ A"t9ioitftijKhl ft uf tAis'mbjee/
4m tkñt tM.* rWh)c:r(,,n iifity t/r
i/iatle and tfoef IPtr1 ffnttt sfUl 'Mire ampk
mtiinU tf> tnetí M rAif&o'pHnHml.i here tM-m-
'ifiritVe/t, 'iinilyiÉ lAer'.i' thdijiulúx a nd'snund
'tlh d1fmi"trtrlif* it ida te: ''
1 cui||ni.t í)rtrtt,''dn this Occasion, c^ilf
ui^yóur lifteul'ioii to the fact that' jys-
t'en pas iioir" b'éeii 'dolíe t(j a portion ol
tlit,1 "eu'difin's of* the "Tate tíepulilic of
Tex'aH.' 'Vmr till1 act of the Congress
of tlid tñiífeif ¡^fátes, 'proííiííiiig for tfio
'^(/yiVirrt't i/f tti ose creilii.ois Whose dcjits
Verrt secrtr^d' by' it pledge' Of the impo'st
dfrt res'Of tlié1 IkttV'Ri'pnhfic, Which w as
•*«:<i( pred 'by the last 'Legislature, all
tlnrse debts havo^bebn paid nt thü rate
>if sbrenfy-six tetits and' nine-tenths of
fí leWVnn cwdi dittlar-of tH<Mr 'oMtHáfl'de.
vltlue, hIt lioiiji'h tfiey ^peh* classified and
iUkuowhMl£ed hytbc'Hfute at different,
rates, varying tioiirtttwity to one buii-
drtii r<"frtt4 <*i |tlM'"d<olh¡r. 'Ainoiig thb
debts so ebbshirted ntiil
-prrnenttirives,1 bttt ft ffefled to hemmf'a
itvw, owtnj? to a deci#i< ii of tha H^i se,
glvih llwtntu j pi*p4y, for .Hi
liic, th«j-; c/(iivld miti wtherwlsti. ^avj.
tailed, and will lit tJiMiu herevr^v tl¡
.W'SJWe usVfuI,.inei|ibers oí «oeiety.
f éw cstablihliiiicnt^ of.Um kiuji huvd
fiera.as ¿ueVesafut in ijieju'lt yvar' tj
.... i -• • ■,<...« < 1 < .f. T. ■,'"i ■ ■
(heir organization, alid tins is to be ns<
lu'iltófi to <lid aSfefdio'iia and vvetl1 diíeíU
I
tax, after, deducting tlie expenses ftjfttM
séawing'autl t^illcetiiig. tt'hieif iiniijtiWted
[to about fourteen per cent,, ami the tm
¡•per cent' sét-'ft^art. M.y'the <)ini*titrttíim
lor schools, V^as $229,2wi>'f)3:
TJia total vaiiiatiim for tlie year 1857^
was $183,f)94,¿0¿, wiiiyJ) pnijuced an.
ad valorem tfijt "(ti !fST6, 0l f)4. Tlie
[poll trfx fbr Hie yt:'ti|- prodtf^tf f J4|$¿.Ti
fCtoJVppd flit"la\' iiUld mm* 'L^''
[tialea of luevchai.dize, ií"a-
«i ig tlw otili'V«fti s,l<a- liwyaarv iwrnrtint
to about $327',<)62 8, showing 'tiiY in
treasb of abuiit eleven per (^lit,. yjvp'n
iltii>.t j"or |8af>. ■ t, . ,!
TÍmí net revwulie producod by this tax,
ifter rteditetiug 'HiK expensen for nxsbai-
Jti^nnd c-ol,Vc:tjt 1,11^ >nid 'thj) tírt^íií c'elVf.
ap^vopriitted b.)' ..tiliti Constilutiuji tor
isclwolft, V.1HH abiiMrt $i&ñ,044 0¿.
r 'Somf of tHc.'í*- fiebres may Iw «lightly
Wi^liged! by. tlie'officiíd ic!¡)orts, ' w^ji
ftrojiot yet ftwnplctttd. ,
,It will bo alt*n tiiat the net. revenue
i-om ti *ittirtn,"'ft>f tlx; f«'" ytHtrn oti
J85fl and Í857 was about $484,333 5tf,
which is about! the samp. ai^ the appro
Br tioiis for the tfrdiuivry expenses «f
'♦venimoittJf l' these Vrttrii. 'Irtcht-
m Ihe atiiottilW Upprt^rliUtcl for th.-
4P^ri. of Uw Iwmv
tiiutioiis far. the education tdiUte lili ml,
itcknoWletlgeo,
^t'e1^'47 of feil pof Chit, l.ofids
issued to'Maflntnl ,S'Wiirttf(oil i\nd o'tlVeVf,
'fit if^ffttl 'oNt'rrihód frtVin 'tficih (Hiniig
the" first'year'tit'dfir iefo'lnfiinr, $(>5,'50'8
'W> lit tbf iirst Issii^'.'if pi'oiTiilssory ffkesi
made by the fíbrrtibHé', wlitcli Vere ji/uTd
«t'fMir, 'i'ínif $1WK>,-
4HS irt ten per cilit'. tvonds irtnitd'to the
United StiVtes' Imnl?, for a loan obtained
in tlw j*'tti' 1«39 ; 'fhc'dii'st two of
tthit'h *oHt"t Iiwrfitied and iinknowledg ^!
at tboir estemiible valine,. and flit) bitty
al eightN'-Hilven cents and forty-five bun-
Jinnitlis *>f a. cent On wieli dtiWur of its
(mtmnidtloivakif, ti •• I " ui
•Title holdersM b|ut t* debin receivfd tin-
der tho inctnif'tXMigroHs, heforenrtrferreil.
■hi, witdy «<!van.iy.s^í cents «nil nino-
|.«titUa<«if .Aicttittk>U eaokdtdhtiiinf ibelr
vtptyi oi;,eiijia (.enlfiisiblu vuJiw.Jiud tl*eiHü is atill justly
* duo.llioiu thp jJiffen>ueu lietw^eeli what
thvjr.«i>. itwwit, and wlwt the : Stale
iM¡ki^iwAvdged. V lie due them,¡.which!
iniounts to $123ySl7 ¡Hi.' These deb In
rtivre.^nntjmg the most nuiritofiioiw tiiat
wwb fnv.ing by tU; Republic, and, limy
^rullfKM^UiV Aiutta, fjtuit; fmvu, uwt btfen
p^id '.H a> higji a ruteas they were a^-
ku^v^ij^qd- ,Tlic , kuldera t4' , thcae
dsOt* wrp^tlw^y.s ..willing ,to
it .]
baaed fipritrthc mi«tak<di grnsnwl Wiut,
aa the holdei* of tinao tk>ht*<tutdisi$iKt<j
ltdíBSC'B, wheii tk'J received -tll««ir piv
i'4ta payment wade*-the act oi'Oott£i1 M
titeir daiuis were e*tingtiislH (l, and any
i'tu'th«r.payiiK'nt w^hepi.wa« « gratuity
^)ii«li ct^uld oniy.^o uiado. by a tw«
third ,Tpt(j, ;
AVhatovcr' m^y,. be said in regiiwl to
tiie releat^ea sigued.by these pities, tUe
facts) (n>Q mid^uiitble,,, that n^, by <^it<
legiafation, have apknqwledged tliéú'
Benfii Wm' jn'sfty ane, that they havo
never been paid, that the situation of
these'¿l'erlitorS cibiipefted tlibin ib sign
those releases in Order to obtain frórti
thr United States ány portion of (fidfr
vWitn, «Hd'thaferery oth^r Creditor 61'
tlio Ktjjublic, whose debt was seCiirell
by h pledge Of tlte' impost duties, has
^een'paid the fIt#! atntmnt that the State
aok'nowiedgwi due him.
I have been thus minute in detailing
tÍM i<tÍBc*ttnatanceM 4n I'felatioit to tMse
<jl#ims/iiiOrdwthat the sntijeet ni«v be
properly'niulerstotw}; for 1 feel that the
ijonnr and reputation of Our State rO-
jiiire that they should be paid.
Tlie raportaoi the State Treuwni'er,
its Eh lüilioio Supwruitendent of Goininon
Svh'KtW, for tlie fears I8&0 and lai>2,
sljow, thid, the. priji.vipal uf ¡«uc School
Fund ha:j beon iuei'iea^ed tij about twy
millions and ¿wo liuiidre^! thousand dol-
lars, under tliy provision of two Jaws of
the ljiat session, by wlii^i the ton per
ciéil. óf our annual revenue set apart
by tlie'Coristitiitmn for'school, and the
proceeds of'tiie sales of alf public lands
witWn the limits'of ifio Mississippi lyid
Faritie Hiiili'Oitd reserve, are annually
added to thisfiiiid.
'Siiotdd these jtulTcioifs 'JirpVísfotís'/é-
in'alli'tflidistiirfttíd1, and a similar htV be
VfiWdle'd, for flib sale of ourpnlilit: lands
iu hfheti parts of tlrt State, the hi-iicpei's
to bt' added to t'his fund, it will 'hefeaf-
lei' be inereasi'd over one hundred
(hi)irnKnd d«Nli H eaelfyear/
The number of scliolars reported for
.18.fi0, wan 73,^26, and die amount dis-
biiwed d'orjsdmoliir, from the incoino «if
thy l'uud, was $101,588 00, buing about,
one dollar aud thirty cuute ¡ dor each
j^iioJar.
The,inuij|bej.- reported for 18á7 was
ibout 87,00.0„ and tine amnuut diabui'B-
ei} fpun the income of the i'iii(d. was
$100,POO, being A'toiiV pflu doihu: and
twoiity-oiie cents fin- each school'..
While tint. (Miiended school law of
the last session, has proved,to be much
more jsutistuutory. to tlie people ihan the
(Wunn1 l tw, many imperfections have
been discovered in its details, that will
reqiin;o reyiniiuii, ,
Vy.ti;',Attyitiiyi particularly invit-
ed to tlio isuggestioDsandyeciumiioniUir
tious, cqntained. in these r^iorts, Tbcy
are thó resijlís of experience wf thp sup-
enn,ti'udei)t and.^ílans, ii¿ witjn;ssiugtiic
jjvactioal oper.ajiuii. i|( tJw Vii'eisuiH
lor.ner law, and arc worthy gf j.oav, kc-
iyup .coi^)id<jr^J,ipii. '
Oi| foriiKjr oixasioiis, I have called
tin' aUi,-¡ilion. ,ot.the Legislature, to tin;
impor£'atHH)'of establishiiig a State Uni-
vt.'rsjty,-Wliere.iUl t|i«* ,f^c(jifij!8 tfai|. be
t'tifiiisTied for obíM.iiing a t.l)o|'i;,iigh, (:da,-
ca'tioii that are to be found in .otfier
States* and I feel'that I should be waut-
iug iii duty, didl fail' to íirgó Ihj.- ¿íi'eas-
(iie upon your con'sidei'nfion. No coun-
try \his t'Ver bbftér Sltu i'ted líí' com-
' VI edtrefttlmi of'tlideo* nnfortuliA^
elirts*. ot ottr j^ifwilhtttn í«'tk> fonpef
an cxp<?r'ni nt'in this State.«Thé Tor
w.iu*it¡tnjt,iou l^,«f Pc <tbi'
. . irr
•pasa '«nelr a law This decision wt 4 ^t,lsí,'.vivn pupila, ,a d Alw laHurtdgVWU,
MOli (iDfill fch^/ IlliahllvOll P l*<Mllui \kmi lJl nf whom mifli'l' lili i 11(1 itiuiiM
¿U1 ol vylvmt, .,JHd¿fVMU# i^atm
geue.nt and itistruction of, ihu sup^jul
U'U,'sJvji.t«aml t^Vera, h*vv- uwijo ft^ijd
,.|'í«VÍ v#V divine,tr,utha yj( f,eljg|oi),
r ; | • ',. , . .1
Iwiiuly féHltioiltfe^ UfÁhid Íi tilo early that tiiuasureH be taken to run the line,
üoloaieta and aoMiere of the Kevokition,
wtr* *lopi'i*ri td.ítouprtvtlcpit of Juca
_ id weíi i
taVitirs of tTib Trtjstbes'; filfa
fsti'bi U
¡lítaUfiert arid adMjinttily V(daptt_l3,' fVoWi
'tll?fi^
ftiiod fortune In haVln'g «eciiMí Mib isCi1
Vfc^'V'jf sn'bevlfitlílilícbts', \vho "aré" Vrt>'
iWe'deVIVcrt fro'rh this
awd Dátn*!, ami for
"Feni-
fiwti' ,
ill the State
oft| p pre8eiiUno«l.h,
ale Trwwuiy, ,mnUi
i&NWm . AUhVJikei't P*0)u^q4?i^-
t'xiis, v¡||ty;vm^w,di'íJ, trfrttl'v
other creditors to accede to these terms,
they rf'.^uld iiob' l«* paid),; VV)|oii. •our
■ heifiskature aeeeptetl the net of Con
*fh 3*,Í>cl'i}ré. deferred tiH, the hoMers 6\
fhtjie'dbfits, jtdfirtjjJ^ii the ^rfnciple jjl'a't
11Vi.i pi.i.'vvps'y UY-iv^rned, them, of throw-
tutJ iio tibstavVi .in' tliie way to prevent
'«* iV-m N«tti:lig the Mr.'í|c debt lis Wt
lh'('ilt^hf,'jiroper, fi'iitiHy ¿^éeded to If,
rgceivt'ditheiv pro .ruta a)tbttugh^n«ch
le.-is than W|t; hud . ackwowlútlged to bi
dtifl tlielrt, ¿lid sigueil releKSt^.
When thettiat'tcr Wasliefvnd CoUftless
ft MfiM pbjtitcled to the. bill, thai tlieae
ereditora. worn hi =not receive as much tin •
der its jynivlnbins, as Texits hiid le-know-
fMg^tl to bc.tTuc tfiom, ntu! to d^fale
tlii« objection', ilmtjiroyinioii wat) i,iiajirt '
ed. by wtijcli^^e Dili tea States wore to
tenifid to lis tile utnounf we liad alrehdy
pttid «ft !a portifin'of the ttebt; wflidii it
waa'mippo«?d would be ÍSirtTic'lbtlt toch
able uwto rtiiikb'tiW" tfli thtíiíe erWiitrtrs
whul llteywouW lime by nolceptiivtf <!*■
p«i #ata pa.vntiit.|i*opo«idj .< -
ri) Wo lia*e ro«|ivvid nmier Wiai.pr< vi
sufjt the ^uui of $Jja8,Q(J5 g5, wiiich is
mji ywu doul^ ,f/is. an
P , .L,
is wlimb subject wi
|H
'is anio^üt due to
..TW ,flt ,i o
t'ucty such an undertaking. Wis have
limóle iiieims Iti the Treasury, fiot need-
ed for oflierobjects, with wfiieli to'breb
ÍKfc hbdfSsiU-y bulltllligs ; and wé'üa't1?
two hundred, and trteifty-onb tlionsitfn:
and four hundred acres of hind ivIhVady
let, apart b^ .our predecessors for a Uni-
versity, thtrpWebedfe of 'wnfdi, if proper-
ly managed, Will be a Kbcral t'iidtiW1-
méirt, and will enable us tó 6rtiruniflid
the services of the ablest professors ill
every department of lenrtirlig.
The necessity for audi an institution
Wffelt «nd ftcknowled^nd by every one
and I trust that yon twill not k>t fliia
« enaíon ]Kisa, without adopting moas-
uttiU IIm' its uslw'4ialiinetit ivt an early
day. . v . !..>
TiitMKsidiio.of the University hands,
to make up t)ie,lifty leagues, have betin
sulicteU Aind snrveyud in aceortLuiei
.iv'ith the provi<Hontt *rf au act ol' (lie last
•• "t- •> I .tit -1«,. I <f |
Hat Iktle progreA* baa beeiHnadi , ilff-
der tile not '*athori/.iitg tlio Unlverai
ly La«kls, hetetolton; located, to be di-
viiled into (ftiarter Heetiona, and alter
unit' tracts thereof to be., sold. Only
two District Surveyors have ninth; re-
turns nf tlipjr work to th.e General Land
Ollice; and Otie iSF'tlie.sir/'tí'iís1 so impel-
fort lirat'ki hud' ttv be snnfiVtLek for Cor
Ifectkin. I li*ve ilwt tlwuitflit it Btlvi#^
.ibhiitoicrtinria itne 'the «ale of' any - of
bhaati lamia, uiitif.nlI, that «ré sitimt/'d
in. tlitt Mdtne section, «re ready ft r#nkt,
midef .tlio.1aw., i i,* ./fc> ii.e , i.
■'( fniftstnit, keftewWi, I'M 1 r*íftorta '(I4
■♦lit Trtintefca nd'SnfU fbitendent of fhe
■IriMrtutim* for the Mncation of the
dlindf audi of the Deaf and DinnW.-J
I'll" auiail «MiHii U tippropiti^tiens of live
tboiiaaiuirtluU|ira; inado by tke> last k-
girtlaturwloi' t:a«h ofitfieHH iiiHtil tit ions
iwvp.ileuir auflw^-nU toi put tlww iu ope-
ration, and to mifipyrt'tlieiii duping the
jfear. Many djffitailtiua Jmu pit-
rfW yyJ'iv^YWWBR, i/ coinweu;
N *9 XZttfc&S, ¡BrSKtó
act of Congresa was aeccpted, "and a dilin doe to ihwn far having ho distntei -
'.¡II rnrttarMiKi^.sfflww debts pass-' «ak-dly giwu. Uwr'time d lalwtwiiii.
, . vo^ Ou^lvut fiwipanaatjoiv W tóe a*<í«pl «* -
m lUe JIoubí cif íki | wau oí ttaae benowokut «nterptiiuM , <¡
«'W bei'Kli' «taiftiV litif «* i woo¿ t(lia)(limii " •'•ft
tbéiT'edrttftfíoh, VlIsposíTion turd' hhliPW,
tirthe dtrtiea thej*imvetrtidPftakerf.'•'
Buildin 'ii havo beon few sett ilithe vl-
cinky of thin .eity for th . témpoiary nnl
ot tln ae kiatitntiona, ni*d 1 recomiheivtl
tltat proviaion be madM'or'tbo jant lias «
of akea, and erection of pol nianentbnihl-
inga. The siiggeafkina and 'rtx^un-
iiiHiniatiiuui eoiitttinetl in tUiwia infinita,.
Mv couiuiended to y^nr conaidafatitm,'
\yjth full,cpnlidei|C0 that, you will uot
íiiil- to 1'iMe* aud uncoiwagti, wjuat bas
been so well begn.u, '
.Some delay occured for thp .s^lp^tjoii
o/, a \¡|u. for aXiiiiatic Asv I u 111 ( i u.#
it ajat
róldam e with the provisions uf a law ui
flié last legislature, owing to the fa^jl
th it one of tlio Coiiiii)i|>4oui.'rd was (pli-
able to serve;.
The Uoiiiniis'sion, as uiuilly Organized,
¿¡insisted oí' Siiimtel Bogart' of Collin
county, E. T, Bi'iinl'lV of Tailqriy ciíiín-
tV, tifnl C. K. Johns of Hays bounfv.^
Tliei "Rélei-tcd a site ill t'li'é vielfaH
of this city, coiitaniing fifty ¡iti-feá, Wliie^i
cost twcniy-llve InViitlred dollars, two
hundred and fifty of which Wt> repaid by
tftb State, and the residue by the tVfri-
zens fit' this place. A doubt afterwards
aroaein regard to tin' title 'nbíit'ined by
tho Oonunissioneiv, owing to the exisl-
enco'of an adverse claim to tlio hind.—
'Wtis'lias since befen rertvived t>¡y a release
from Thomas J. Chambers, voluntarily
OiMDUtlKh ; IX ■
Immediately after the aelectinti of
tl e site, the Building Oomniiaaionera
tuiuetl tjiei'i' ulteutioii to tho prepara-
tion of n plan for audi'an inatilution.
Al the. outset, they found themselves
liiubiiifiisaed for wunt of proper iitfor-
i^atiouen tiie subjept. Tlfeir Jnvos|.i<
gatiopa smon natislied tlieni, that will*
out tlie iissista|ice ol', sonic pnv, ^uil¡aj(
with the treatment of insanity ami IJjc
interior of Insane^Jospital^, they, could
not Itiive a suitable' lilaii prepared. It
W.M thefefoi't' deeded best, thai a cóni-
pcten't superiiitcndtm of the Iné'titutf«'di,
shottfd be ap|Voiftted, at rtn't'oi': r.h'Á' tTistf
the necessary building shoulcfbe plan-
THid mid eieotttdi ulider his bupervlbioft
and direction, : tí
Dn. Jo|wi U, i'eviy, a phyniciait,. whose
pi'vakms education aud oxperimeut. in
simibir linatitutioua, render liiiu wull
qaitliiied for Uie station, was appointed
tlrudiianVw i^igagud iu the p cpi rntkai
of,a plan and specifications Jo^a/.^uii*
fVblp,. building,...wliidt will «liwdy be
cont{defed, wlwu the Comni^sjuim'VM w,ifj
Pioccctl to ciinti act for its conatru^tion,
in ^cCpJidaucc with the provisions of.tluj
ll/iW;Uii¡Joi; whidi tiicy.tiot,
( f|ie tour liqiidred thonaund ¡jcrcs,vi
laiid aiipropriated by the last Legl/f.liv
tui'o.lor the.Lunatic Asylum, th ,
t,Utioiis for the edtioation yf the ¿litvJ
,uHl the Deaf und Dumb, and fg¡r an
plititi As>j"m, were all selected w;i,tliii| llj^
linptS .of the Jfississjpjii and . I^ljp
Ha lroatl Reserve, and entries of th(s|fi
xvei'tt ihade in tlie proper land (Ij.sü'icjs,
before the 1st ij'ay of March laslj
part of tfiem were also surveyed be fori;
that dayt and the residue 1iave since b^t'n
surveyed. Tlie¿c lands are be]tevctl bt
be as va|uabTe as iiiiy tiiat wertj viipauj
'¡it fhe tl)Vie. They are ¡h it siictioi{ of
the State, wtdch Is riow k'Ulifig up rtp-
fdly, :\!id wlu.'i'b. If it'is tliOugfit tlb'sil'it-
blb, t'hey njiijf be sóld l'or'good pri^és, tit
an eitriy tímlMC
Appliéatioh will lie madéto yüil, ft if
relict', to tliosC Wlio Settled lipoti lllihllft
itfrtd, Within thO Mississippi and Pacflic
ttaiffoad ílesenfatloh; Tidtwcetl HiC 2I«t
iff 'iffefc'éinber 18ñr3 mid tfte 2(Wi nf Au-
gust t856. It wiH be rcCOllArtí'd, tltnit
finder the provirtloim of the "net to ti'n-
n>orÍ7> the locHtliVti, mile and «eftle
r'neiitnftlie Missiaaipjfl and Pildtlc Ifalk
rtiad 'Kftaerva," all tliose wht> wefe thell
settled within it, upon pnbke Iniid, were
rpqnired to pay to the Uoiimiíssiotiei.
ol *he Getit'ral'haiid Oifli««, on or liefort'
tile 1st of .lanuiuy, l«5t#, fifty cents pef
acre, for their smtkusioMs, «.* to ex
cvml out; hundred and Bixty nores.
KfltH'ts Will dotibtlesa bo Inwltt, to
obtain ■ from the Slate, n tVlease ol
tia-ao Iplida, willioiit any pnynient by
4bri settlera. To uiMlcratatai tlie tiif-rii
«f th«ir duun to thia gratiiity,.#ulViviice
alio 111 1 bo atado to lia; I cirtaim
stances under which they entured
the roaervalion. In December 16Ó3, all
Hie public lauds wltliin certain a|#uwflt;d
limka were reaéffcd from «acHemeut
alid loentimi. Alternate sections theret
ol' wero aet apart to eiieoitrago the eon
at ruction nf a railroad front tlie fa a tern
lino oí tin- St«Us to El Haao ; and tha
realdtie waa reéorved to tbe lise ol tlie
Stats until oHierwlae directed by la#,
with a general uudenttaiiduig tiiat it
aliould cowtitute a fond for purpoaea
of educations ar.ci, internal improvomeata.
VVbiht thia district f country waa tiiaa
reaerved fot object* oí libe greatest in.
i and wbifa tliouaauuB of ourek-
holding headright, donation audi
OiSlfin ItMiTant tp;« K«n'e' In* |iwn *f Ilia
ting them wit|)ÍH¡ts liiui|s, these sctlersj
wwiv/d'U'li.pii bad l^een biit ,a fhort
time*iVi 71i'c í'tRfr, etitl'red (liis ^sérra-
tioa pnd. tyt^k.posaeRaion pf.tlus clioiceatj
ÍÚlMlai tt> ^ .{01111^,111, dii'oet opp*.s¡ti;>n,
to mir policy nn«i in violation uf Our pos-
itive law Being lhaa in pow^ssioit,
wh^iípt¡HW*4KCéte¥*Hltt?jn was opened, they
Jv|A> jiá)'i|úlp¡4,^u..reWn their uuali, at
III paltry price of lifty eeuts au acre, tt
b . paid without infere**', ai tlie txpir
ihiím 1á,wífxteen inoiitliH,' ah hough it ¡W
'/t úuMér of public notyi'.|f:ty„ íl¿;it,tliey
would (lieu havo liro.aH'lO iioiu one to
lire d lü<ts per acre, at iiftblie gakt, ex-
irlhslte tw ttíMífttjíroveiunifa tipou Hitjm.
Tlie uu'.iyi! ^latenient tlieiu' circiiip-
alautes, would seem to bo a auÉcii'Ut
atiaticr to au application for audi a gra
tuity. "■ ; •« •" " 1
.Thi/Sf of you,who. were (icre tlie Ifist
KWiüpu, .-.know liovv peilinacwiialy a
doimiittr.td' tliese lauda waa then in-
sfatedfto, and how dillicnlt it wits to rp-
t¡li(i 'Ihit;, pi'|>yisioii t its 'reteiitíoii wiia
consi4oiA'd; .a* 'tía . lirsjLidcp tabuV to-
warda iiutkiug oiu/fmblic laiitla avalla-
tde'liereafter for objects of ptlbllb' utiH-
ty.; 1 If vie lyiw rei'uso to, reti>ee thut
y^p^iftúr future course,,will be « plain
one, aiabwe may hope, iu time, to real*
ree frotu' the (iffd? of our pu+illc Honiuln,
ílife mdii^ 1V.Í' «i.ipfiMting a gttfloWil
tlilii ¡¡f i^uv*4Í¡<Vk. nM*iding ill,tbe gt«i-
straotutn iifrailroada wit In* it which, we
shall make but slow prnirrese i|i dorel-
the 'rcsonn.'l.'n of life Statb. '
Sliui.dd ihcsi) pjii'tioa limit tfrvu' uppll
cation lor reliof, to an extension of the
t ittle within wlUcli to'pay for their lands,
it ilioYfrd tie gfitiit^rt ; for It is Well
1üi<iw,ii ,^hfit tfoo disasters Unit laive at-
tended 'Uitf cukivatiiMi of the soil iu
I hat section of the State, during the last
two aeasorts, have prevented those en
gaged in this occupation, among whom
aiV niosf of llleao delflei's.'froin ifiakiiig
^'liytliing bbyoirtl' ii subsis'teuce
'"A liiw fU'i'tiiltfing them tti
., "t4t Vti... t*i,
]iny for
one
be
ifiDfr'larltls 1(1 fifí installments, fit
il'nd"twiV ytiítVs WitÜi Interest,' will
elieerfiiliy a[iprtivéd.
Sflmfe prfttnfibli should be rfitide fdr tlit'
shk- vd' tftf Hiternate se^tions of hnitl re-
served tó ttifr'lTse nf tire State under the
ntft -tvr (vuMurtige tlio* cowtnwti'on- of
railroadf by llonntioriS'Of land, and the
act^grauting land to Iho Qii|vei}toftuutl
Bnizos Nayigiition 'Company.
The State ]io\^ has six'hundred arid
fifty'-sbven 'iocffpni},. ctpial to 420,480
Htlre'i of luiit] tfnis'surveyed and reserv-
ed, vvmcK aft! "riiiV liable to locations,
bmHW (>r'pri«l!iii[ltt'(iirpn'Vilegt's.'' Slie
will iu a fe\V months have' four linn
died and the tjuaiitity will be increasing
as other «cclioas of road are comple-
ted.''
Some of titeas fands nro altimted in
parts of the State whero'settleimtnta are
now bdng made and others where they
will lié made before tlie ineijt'ing of tin-
otlit'i; íi'e^istatiiK', préyihus to which
ifAic', U is luo're't'jlati probabtc, fTia't niiiny
dftlitini wilt Havt; 1>cen taken possession ol
b); iildivitfuiilfi, With the hope itia't they will
lie'áíile t'O «Vtit'diVi tftcin by' doftatldh, or be
aWOwed'fo retnin'them for a tftere nonii-
rttil frilce.' If ¡Hthetefoi'edl'fliridile, tlmt
we atititl' noW, before uby interest halt
been created to favor such A misitpplica
tlt ti Hf thein, estdbllah a price at vvliidi
parties may etifer and purchase tlrem
Wo shall thus take away all pretext for
imtpaenHig upon them, ami indicaic iu
the uiost, jKi^ili^e iniiunei', our intention
lUat'.tkcy shall ,be njiplit'djn goot), faith
lo wlucatiun,imd Jptei-pid úiiprovoiiients
as wan originally inti'iidcd. ,
, Ilndei .that proyi«il)ii,] of .tliQ ''act t,o
authorize tjiic location, sale and settle-
ment óf the Mississippi ii.iid I'actfic rail
road 'reserve,"' which allows the Ctiib;
liifMfrotier of tlie General Liihd Office, to
áiSiie f"iiiiVf ser'p, at lllty ¡ífeiiN pcf acre,
tt! bef Íó'ciíted within tli:'it'l-eser\'e, lie lias
s'ince the 1st day of M'.'irch' liist issuetl
57,710 licivtv. "' 1
qr at least to uaeertaiu and mark on the
Í:roui|d, the point at w)iidiit leaves Ued
iiycr, jv'ithout tlie co-operation of tho
piiiteii*tatvu, sUpaid that be uiudi k>u«
gcr dejuyi'd. . «
During tlit* early part of tbe prcsout
year, information waa received tlmt
Many of tho oouuty courts^ wifhiu tl|o
limita of what waa.líiiowu as Peters'
•Colony, were ¡«(.iuivg Ifiitl certificates
upon iih pl evi ienpa, and tú persons
¡Hit entitled to tliom,,
.Quiuaiisiiiouciis were iuimodiately ap-
poi^itUl^. under the authority vested in
thy Executive by tho "act to aacertaln
the le^u.1 claims for nimiey and litipls
agaiiibt.'tlie State," wjio were .instriiet-
ed tu examine the records oflhe county
Courts iu all tluise counties, and to,en-
quire iu tlie .lint ii iter in which they were
kept, and make a full report, us eurly
as convenient, i? rdutioii to all easi's
w'lierij tln^se «guita, or uuy of tlieni,. hud
violated the law^ enacted for their gov-
ci'fliuuut,,i
| Some of tlie oonirnisaioiiers first ap-
pointed, having doolineii to nerve, the
tHganiiiiitioii of tbeJiiiuid was greatly
delayed.
The coininlHsion na finally organized
conaisted of Hi!♦. Hendricks and Jim
Al. Head of Grayiton county, and El P
Nidiolwm of Dallas county. Their re-
port lina uot yut U'ltu rotvivad, bnt may
Ut expected at au oarty period of yonr
adsaiiiili* When received' it will be
transmitted tf> you with such recornniiHV
ikitimm; as the mituro and extent of the
I'mitda ilisolosed,' may seem to veo wire.
The lirst annual report of tho Boai*l
if Sehool ooinmisaioners, organized un-
der tile "net lit pnivide for tha lirvest'
meat of the aprvial school final in the
bonds of liailrinul companies incorpor
altitl by the Statu?," ia herewith submit
ted.
But two loans lntve yet been math
by this board. One of one hundred
and filly thousand dollars to the Hons,
ton and Texas 'Central Hallway com-
pany bn the HJlli day of April, 1867.
under which the bonds thut donstltuie
said fund were taken by the company
at a premium of six percent.; that be-
ing tiie rate,, at which they were then
letloemed at the United Stales Treasury
I'he other was a loan of sixty thousand
company made on
can be coHi|ii«t«d,aud equipped, tweuij-
live ni i lea in length, with an additional
twenty-live mik's graded, at co t, f
leas than tlnqt) liuudrotLand «i«t)r
thousand dollars in actual intuiey ; and
such an aiuounli. cannot bo., raised AQd
invested in a roikoad, at any point in
the State, where there is mit a certain
prospect of obtaining sufficieat buaineaa
to make .tho road. undoubted security
for a loan of oue hundred and fifty tkou-
sand dollavp.
Winlo it lis not thought advisable |p
chango this provision, there would seem
t(> bo no good treason why a company
dollars to* the anfiie
If similar scrip were authorized tobe
iaaned ami located upon atiy part uf mi
public dtiniatin, it is belitmed 1her0 would
bp tmn;|i deiyimd for it, us land m't%
:ates arc becoming vxeecdingly scar.cij,
and their value has appreciated nearly
to Hie prhrt! 'ttf herip. Many w.mld pre-
fer ptirebilsing sfTcli M.'ip, even if tliey
jiay aiore for tit, as 'tboy thereby avoid
till dttOger from tlie iinpoaitiims und
fi'aiu]^ mi idt«n practiced iu, the sale of
ccftifina^es. ,
Should aiich aerip be authorised, pono
should tie sold for i JIt/ss tjiiiiniity than
eighty mW^ru^Wid peicc, of, >t%iip
ought bt located in, 11 squjire fonii
and ¡4/0\jc pli^ixifpi(ly, isncv'pt III, cas.^a
wluife. p'rv,vioús, suryeys tit . ;iot admit
of ii.
A law waa, puaaej bv tlio fifthJ^igi*-
laturc, by which tho Oovcrnor was au-
lliorized to nppoli'it af/onimlasiorter and
Stirybytir to rnji ¿ntí imVík the Diiúd'ai'y
line'between t')ili''Sfat> and tilt! Tbfrito
rica of the Uhifed Stateii, from ttic-jxrfnt
at which it leaves Hutl lüver to. where
il iuterseets the Uio .(iiande, whenot(er
the United. States should appotnl t)ie nu-
ettasary oBit^'rs tin her part to join i^tlie
work, liiiinediately after this law«*vas
pasand, a; coi respondence Wiw tVfmiied
Wltli our Senators and Reptesentrlflves
ilt Cti l!?rcfts wti'i Wert fwpiwiti'dtlVprb-
ctire the |ttisttngo ia law, for thd i<p-
pidntlrteiit of tlifi nectary officers on
thtf^hrt of the1 United H tit lea. They
had rtteWlt%jedt bran girt betbre Ooi*grew.
brtt I am nof aware that any flnAI ao-
tiin: baa boih token upon it m-Uur oitk
tensare now making sarvoya of laial
along that lino, and Millie me nU will
soon follow,, it ia therefore importftot
• Í "In
tlie'28th day ot! OctoSa-r 1857, undei'
which, it la presumed that no premium
will bo obtaiiied'im tins bonds, sinue it
was understood . Item uiiollieitilly, on
that day, that the United States had
ceased redeeming'tlium; a premiam of
live per cent was however retaineil,
nntil tidrit't's call bt> received in regard
to wliaf preniiuui,' if any, they bore iu
New York, when the whole or such
portion thereof, Us may bo right, will
bo retmdd. >
Tire Buft'ilif) Bayou, Brazos and Ool
irado company, appliodsome time aiiiei,
lOP'a loan of tMie homlred and titty thou-
sand dollars, ami an HfigineUr was up.
pointed to examine and report whether
the condition of tbe road was such us tt
entitle the company to the loan, but nti
report has yet been received. 0
Tlio operation ot the law, authoris
iig'Uiese loans, has not proved as'atl
vanlageotis to our railroad companies,
as wmt anticipated by its advocates.
The amount loaned under its provision*
¡s not Sufficient to afl'ord them much
nilief, and they cannot readily obtain
a «fuiind loan after their loud has been
liiortguged to the Statu.
Tho means for grading-, procuring
the cross-ties nod-toying down the iron,
can bo tais d, within the State, by
most of our roads that are now making
any progresa, bnt' tho iron cannot be
obtained without -money, or such paper
as cun be readily converted Into money;
neither wf those can bo obtained from
ourown 'eitiw'na for any great extent
ot road; fewof tlieni have tiny money
or citsh papér beyond what they 'require
lor their ordinary business, und those
who havo, thid moro certain ami more
profitable modes of employing it than
investing it In nwlrond'stock, or loan-
ing, for a second mortgage on a railroad.
It in not belie veil Hint any aid, grunt-
ed to our railroad ciunpitnios/ short ol
tlio means nocesnary to purchase their
Iren, will enable them to prosecute
their naula with a rapidity thut will
meet pwblic expectation.
¡Dot/withstanding- this belief, I nm
not/ -disponed to recommend the sub-
stitution of any otlwr aysUmt for giv-
ing aid by tlw State, In-tlioconstruettoii
of raikoitda, than that n«w pursnetl,
wltilo we retsin in our Ooiiatitution its
present reslrkttieris upon Ihe powaj- ot
the {j« glstaturo^ In regard to lite sub-
jM of itilbrnal itiiprovements.
Tho plvheiit System was adopted itf-
tor mature deli Iteration, and seems t.l
lW aatk-fimtory to the great majority of
our eitir.etls; it is perlmpt as good art
any we cau ndopt without a change ot
■tu' Constitution; it enaldea a low eoin-
ptiilies «o strogglo nhlng and ucctan-
pliah wtmcthing, though it, is much to
itti I eared that the present emUirrassid
situation of the money market will |H't^
yent^eveii these Coinpauk'H, I'm in mak-
ing any progiyss dining tins next.two
yfi^a beyond the completion,,«if such
contracts as have already bean entered
ofrlt
Much complaint in made of that pro
vision of thia law, which requires' a
company tolmv® twonty-livo m i lea griv
ded, in tulvaiK'ti of tlial which.has been
completed, before it ia entitled to a loan
upon any section uf 'completed road,
though this provision is latlieved to be
the Gtsat aacurity the State haa for 41ms
ra-payiBOdt of the loan, since no road
Ti' ,<f .to<4 .TUMiea/Ssl úr •
that, bus received a loan upon twenl|r-v.
five miles of ct mpkted, undt.wenty.f
miles of graded road, should not vet*
a turthcr loan upon eiidi additional i
tioii gf live w leu miles that it may etitm
píete, wúiioiU being required to malm
any addhioiptl grado in advance.
Snail of our rqilroad companies •
liuvo invested any c«alskk'rable amonat
in their rouda, bnt have failed to com-
ply wit,lt all the requirement of tlisir
charter, or of our laws, for the enOowf-
agemeut of their co|istructiou, in re-
gard to Uiiio, aliould be allowed a reas-
onable extonaiim in caaos, where tliey
are uot possessed of [niwei-s aud privil-
egoa which are iiiit giveu to ull com-
panies. But where theft are possessod
of kucIi power | nd privileges, anexten-
tcuMiou should, be guautad oaly on «on-
tlilii>H tlmt tlie company consents .to
siidirc tiicüoua.i>f itti powers and pri-
viiegt^ as experience hna shown to be
necessary (pr f he protection of tho rigbtf
and iutei;cHtsof the .State or auy of its
qitia-'iia, i, ,.„w
It Is much to be regrettU'd that
did not at first, adf'lit, tho priuciplf, «f
granting to al| railroad cóuiptMiitts, sint
ilar powi/rs and pjivileges; if we had,
there,iiever would have been any in-
ducement for besetting tlm Legislative
hulls vyith applications ibr extraordiualrT
favors.
If wo wo^ld now remove this induce-
ment wo might, as early as. possible, to
bring ull railroad charle,rs, to tli« same
stiiuditid; thia we caii easily do, «I
companies jippiy,for relief; fo/there are
few, if any, that will,not retpliro it. i
Belbru dismissing the «mbj'.'ct. of íail-
roads, 1 wish to call your attention spew
cially, to the 12th seitlW'ii uf the "act te
eiicouragu tin; constr^ctiuii of, ritikoadB
in Texas, by dotiaiioiiBof hind" by which
those roads whose terminus ia ou the
Gull const, the Bays thereof or on Buf.
laio Buyojti, are subjected to aprovisiona
thut requires the const me. t ion of twenty
live miles of their r<|iiid,.withiu two years
after the passage of their charter and
tjt'only-five miles oauii year tliereafter.
No good reason caii bo assigned why
these roads idiould be subject to such a
provision, when ull other roads in the
State arc exempt from it; it has hitherto
caused tliem much incouvienieuce and
einbarrasment, uud will continue greatly
to retard Uufir jnogress.
The report« Of the Directo ra, Saperia-
tendent, Financial Ageut and Physician
of the S.tate Peuitcntiary aro herewith
subinitti'd for. your consideration. Ita
affairs appear to have been well man-
aged, For soinethiug over a y«ar, a
largp portion td'tho cofivjcts havo-beeu
employed in the,maQufat;lii.re id' flotto*
ami woollen goods, which luar.^fouud a
ready sale, aigl liso resulta are highly
encouvuging. It i« confidently ex pec- .
Usd,¡|ty the ofilcers, that the Penitentia-
ry will hqreafier hóalde, with the labor
of the convicts, notoidy tosnppti^t itself
but to yield some profit to the State, in-
stead of rcqiiiriug an annual appropria-
tion of about twenty thousand dollars.
Youiwill find .in tlitae reports much
useful infpi'gyitiop in regard to its man-
aj^inent, ami mtv^ suggestions and
rccomuicudutions wWi tliy of your attiea-
tioii.
The Penal Cfdo adopted by tho last
fJegwla,ti,ilro, has now been i i force near-
ly a yeai'j und pratfticul operatiou haa
shown 4otnu omisrtions that should be
supplied, uud s'tme imperfections Uiat
should be umeuded. Tho general prin-
cipies qpoti which it was framed are
wufli as should cotniueiid themselves to
public favor. It ctuitaius within «
small cumpas, aud in intelligible lan-
guage, Hiiited to tho coiiiprohuuaioii of
jthp most prdiipiry capacity, the whole
criuppgl law, of the Stale. I am apprisr
d that it Turn not escaped aeveni censure,
but it will be found that those who havo
condemned.it tlie ino«t, are often thoao
wl|o have pot thoroughly studied its
provisions, mid that many parts of itj
which uro a subject of coiiiplaiat, are
but the re-enactment of provisions $f tho
comuinn law, that were iu forcn hero
when the tjpdo wa adojited. ,
The. most sidutary changos in tho law
often meet with opposition, until the
community, for wlpmi they arc designed
hccoiuo acciistoined to liieir operation j
aud it iiybclicvcd that if thiy Code had
been tried two years, instead of one,
very fovy, if auy, could be found tofaviu*
Its rep.'al.
Tlivi report offjhe Attorney General
Which is submitted herewith, containa
many yalualye suggestions in relation
to the Penal Code of Criminal I' iiceduro
tVfiich ai'fi Commended to your favorablq
coiiaideratioli.
The reports of the present aud formep
Comuiis^ioiuier of Clfiit.;*, will be pre-
srnted to you iu a-few days, with a'
special lucsjiage úffcga
lion of tliat oBicc, and h
.'xperiencp bus shown to bo ne«j
in the law #ti*oruing its bnaítiqas.
It de*0l*0H upon yon, atyuiir
srsaion, to make provision for ' i
meration of tho free inliab
rs of th* Stat* urtder
pkwtor
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