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, 7si3RORT FREE SCHOOLS."
. J j From Col. Horry's "Life o Gen. Marion."
' CHAPTER XXXI.
l often went to see Marion. Our evenings were passed
.as might have been expected, between two old Inends
who bad spent their better days together in scenes of
honorable enterprise and danger. On the ntghl of the last
visit I ever made him, observing that the clock was goiug
for ten,sL asked him if it was not near bis hour of rest.
( "Oh no," said he "we must not talk ofbfd yet It is
but seldom, you know, that we meet. And as this may
be our last, let us take all we can of it in chat. What do
.you mink of the times?' j
VOgloriour tiimsl" said I.
"Yes. thank God!" replied he, "they are gloiious
times indeed 7 and fully equal! to ail that we ha'd in hope
when drew ouj swords for independence. But I am
afraid they wont last long"
- Lnsked him why he thought so.
"Oh, knowledge, sir," said he "is wantingl knowledge
is wanting! Israel of old you' know, was destroyed for
lack of knowledge; and all nations and allindividuals,
ha've'come to nought from the same.cause.''
' Rtoldjhim 1 thought we were too happy to change
soon.
"Pihaw!" renlhd he, "that is nothing to the purpose.
Happfht-sssignifies nothing, if it bn not known and pro
perly t'alued. Satan, we are told, was once an angel of
ligh', but for ihe want of duly considering his glorious
state, he rebelled and lost all And how many hundnds
of young Carolinians have we not known whose fathers
left them all the means of happiness; elegant estatrs,
handsome wives, and in short, evr ry blessing that the most
luxurious codld desire? Yet they rould no1, rest until, by
drinking and gambling they had fooled away their fortu-
nes, parted from their wives, and rendered themselves the
variest beggars and blackguards on ear'h.
' Now why was all this, bui fr la-k of knowledge?
For had those silly ones but known the evils of poverty,
what a vile thing it i to wear a dirty shirt, a long'bea d'
and-ragged coat ; to go without a dinner, or to sponge for
it among growling relations: or to be bespattered or run
over in the" streets, by the sons of those who were once
3our father's overseers; I say had these poor boobhs, in
the days of their prosperity, known these things, asihey
now do.wTTiitTTrP'y Uv- -p -...y . pr, ritni"
means of independence and pleasure, and have brougllf
' themselves to all this shame and sorrow? Nol never,
nevt r never.
"And so it is exactly, with nations. If those who are
free and happy did but know their blessings, do you think
they would ever exchange them for slavery? If the
Cnrlhageninns, for example, in the days of their freedom
and self-government, when they obeyed no laws, but of
their own benefit; and free as air, pursued their own in-
terests as they liked; I say, if that once glorious and hap-
py people had known their blessings, Would they have
sacrificed them all, by their accursed factions, to the Ro
mans, to be ruled, they and their children, uith a rod of
iron, to bebunhened like beasts, and crucified like male-
faciors? No, surely they would not..'
"Well, now lo bring this home to ourselves We fought
for self government; and God has pleased to give us one,
better calculated perhaps to protect our rights, to foster
our virtues, to call forth otfr energies, and to ndviince our
condition nearer to perfection and happiness, than any
, government that was ever framed undi-r the sun
"But .hatsignifiis even hisgovernment.divineas it is,
ifit be not known and prizpd as it deserves?"
1 risked him how he thought this was best to be done?
J Why, certainly," replied he, by "ritEE schools."
Lshook my head.
' '-He observed it, and asked me what I meant by that.
" T told him I was afraid the legislature would look lo
Uhcin popularity, and dread the expense.
.He exclaimed, ''God preserve our legislature from such
penny wit and pound' foolishness" What, sir? keep a
nation in ignorance rather than vote a little of their own
.-.motiey for education!"
.
, ' I(sighed and told him I wished he had not broached the
.subject- for it had made' me very snd
i I'lYcs," replied he, "it is enough to mnke any one sad.
fBtityiji-annot be helpid but by a wiser course of things;
for, it people will not do what will make ihcm happy,
HOUSTON,
God will surely chastise them; and this dreadful loss of
public property is one token of his displeasure at our neg-
lect of public instruction."
I asked him il this was really his belief.
"Yes sir," replied he with great earnestness, "it is my
belief, and I would not exchange it for worlds. It is my
firm belief that every evil under the sun is of the nature
of chastisement, and appointed of the infinitely good Being,
for our b fit. When you see n youth, who but lately was
the picture of bloom and manly beauty, now utterly
withered and decayed; his body bent: his terth dropping
consumed; with feud breath, ichorous eyes, and his whole
appearance most putrid, ghastly, and loathsome, you are
filled with pity and with hoiror: you can hardly biliew;
there is a God, or hardly refrain from charging hirn with
cruelly But wiiere folly raves wisdom adores. In this
awful scourge of lawless lust, wisdom discerns the infinite
price which heaven sets on conjugal puiity and love. In
like manner, the enormous sacrifice of public propert
in the lat war. being no more, as before observed, than the
natural efTt-ct of public ignorance, ous. hi to tach us, mat of
all sins, there is none so hateful to God as national ignor-
ant, thutunfaihng spring of national ingratitude,
REBELLION, SLAVERY, and WRETCIItDNESSI
0h"f Wood, u celt bi aft U miser of Gloucester, kept-u little
b)y a huJeone miserably fed and under great bondage,
One Sunday the mast' r was getting riady to go to church, "
but got his dinnet in some readiness first, that nothing
might have to be done when he came home but to eat it.
It was a roast chicken, which the boy staid at home to dress.
The old fellow also got out the quantity of wine he meant
to allow himsplf, and put it upon the chimney-piece, but
to prevent il being wasted, he wrote upon'il, in large letters,
"Poison." So on he went. The lad was cravingly
hungry; and as the fowl roasted, he could not help drawing
his fingers across and tasting it. But this sharpened his
appetite, and he could not resist pulling offa leg. The
theft began, he soon went on to the other leg; and so
further and further, till he had quite devoured the whole.-
What was to be done? for then came remorse, and worse
than that, soon was coming his master! He felt quite des-
perate; and just at tHat mom nt his eye caught sight of the
phial with the label upon it. OfThe drank at one draught,
the whole contents; and old Wood came home to find him
well fed, and in high spirits the first lime he ever had suf-
ficitnt animal spirits to be so since he bad been in his s.er
vice.
The City ofjalappa. "When the atmosphere is clear
you may see the shipping in the harbor of Vera Cruz
with an ordinary spy glass and the white cap of the waves
with the naked eye. The elevation of Jalapa above the
sea is little more than four thousand feet. It is situated
on shelf of the mountain; the summit of which at Perote
a distance in a direct line of about 20 miles, is still four
thousand five hundred feet higher than Jalapa. The
whole horizon except in the direction of Vera Cruz, is
boundedby mountains; amongst them Orizaba, which is
distant from Jalapa about twenty five miles. But from the
remarkable clearness of the atmosphere, and the sun-shining
upon the snow with which it is always covered it
does not seem to be five miles. All the tropical fruits
grow there and are cultivated with great care and taste.
It is not exaggeration to say that it is impossible for one
who has not been on the table lands of Mexico to conceive
of a climate so elysian, There is not a day and scarcely
an hour in theyeai when one could say, I wish it were a
little warmer or a little cooler. It is never warm enough
to pull off your coat, and rarely cold enough to button
it."
"No spot on earth will be more desirable than this for
a residence whenever it is in the possession of our race,
with the government and laws which they carry with
them wherever they go. The march of time is not more
certain than thiswilj be, and probably at no distant day."
Puebla, ihe Lowell of Mexico "Puebla is a beautiful
city, with lofty houses, built in the purest style of archi-
tecture, and broad and remarkably clean streets. The
cathedral of Puebla is a magnificent edifice which has
been said, though hardly with justice, to rival the cathe-
dral in Mexico Puebla is the Lowell ol Mexico. The
principal cotton manufactories arelocated there, and some
ofthpmin very successful operation, which can besaid of
very few others. The English and other foreign mer-
chants ha'l, in 1842. eilber by the force of argumtnt or
some 'other potmtia! influence, induced the President to
consent to theadmissiou.on more favorable terms, of coarse
cotton goods; but the united and violent opposition of ihe
manufacturers of Puebla defeated the arrangement. Very
few of these establishments iu Mexico were prosperous, or
ever have been, although the price of an article ofcot.on
goods is in Mexico thirty cents a yard, which sells in the
United States for six cents. This results from manv
causes, which npnears insuperable. The first of these is
thejhigh price of the raw material, which ranges from forty
to fitly cents p-r pound and in such articles as coarse'eot-
tons, the raw material constitutes the chief element of val-
ue The importation of raw cotton is ibsolutely forbid-
den." Thompson's Recollections of Mexico.
Maj. Browne, of the 7th regiment of Infantry,
who was killed in the attack made by the Mexicans
on his encampment opposite Muta morns, was a na-
tive ol Vermont, and at the beginning of the war in
1812 enlisted iu the army as a common soldier. On
account of his merit he was promoted Horn the ranks
of the offitce of ensign, and served with great bravery
and good conduct during the whole of the wa-.
He was in nearly all the hard fought battles on the
Niagara frontier in the year 1813"and '11. Before
the close of the war he was promoted to the office of
1st Lieut., ami afterwards rose by regular gradations
to the rank of Mtijor, in which capacity he has ser-
vetljbr many years. He, has been thirty-four years
in the army, and has been much irra-cTTVeeTviceirr
the various parts of the frontier.
California The New York Journal of Commerce
con'ains a letter from California, from which we take the
subjoined account:
"The climate or this country contains every grade.
lnAlonterey the year round the thermometer is from 42
to 86 degrees; but little difference between June or Janu-
ary. From October to March, is the rainy season. With
rare exceptions, from April lo October, it never rains in
California, the young vineyards have to be irrigated
When five or six years old, they do not need the trouble.
The wheat fields are never irrigated, and often pioduce
GO fold; 1 10 fold hnve been taken from a field, yet the
seed are planted in a slovenly manner, and the harvest
badly gotin Apples, pears, and peaclus require hardly
any care; and what little they receive, is but from a few
There are many orange trees here in good condition
Perhaps any setd of fruits known in this latitude ran be
here brought forth with ltss labor than elsewhere, yet
wheat is from 81 to 82 per English bushel, corn 81,
beans 82, barley 81. peas 82. potatoes 83 per 100 pounds,
onions 80 ditto Oak wood, cut from vacant land, the
calling being only a mile, 88 per cord. The countiy
round Monterey is full of Umber; trees without nun ber,
10 feet in diameter, 250 feet long. The writer has oltcn,
when on horseback, been unable lo see his companion n
ding 20 fert Horn hirn, a large tree lying between them.
They are actually some 16 fret through and 130 feet long,
yet, with this abundance of timber, window sashes, doors,
wheelbarrows, and cart whet Is, even axe handles and
hoards, arc brought from New England. While a raw
bullock's hide is worth but 82, a half tanned one will
bring 83 When some years, in part of the country,
wheal may be worth but a trifle, a hundred leagues dis-
tant, United States flour may bestlling at 814 per barrel.
Two sufficient reasons are always before us, for this un-
natural state of tilings in a beautiful country; first the little
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1846.
desire the inhabitants, as a class, have for labor; second,
the continual revolutions taking place through the whole
country.
"That which is in all respects-the greatest nuisance,(says
Mr, Waddy Thompson) and the most insuperable barrier
to the prosperity andprogress of Mexico, is the army.- -They
will tell yotnthatit amounts to forty thousand men,
but they never have had. half that number. I ha.ve no-
doubt that the accounts at the Department of War exhibit
nearly the number suited, but a large proportion of them
are men ol straw fictitious names fraudulently inserted
for the benefit of the officers. who.'pay them. They are
paid every day, or rather, that is the law; but the pay is
just as fictitious as the muster rolls.
"Th'-y hnve more than.two hundred Generals, most of
them withcui commands E:-ery officer who commands
a regim 'nt has the title of Gi nt ral, and is distinguished
from generals who have no commands by the addition of
'General effect.' The rate of pay is not very different
from that of our own army. Each officer and soldier,
howover, is his own commissary, no rations bn'ng issued
and they are well satisfi-d it they receive enough of their
pay to procure their scanty rations, which was very rare-
ly the case, except with Santa Anna's favorite troops,
whom he a I ways-k pt about his person, and this made it
their interest to sustain him. ' In one ol the last conversa
lions which L had with him, 1 told him lhatthe army
would remain faithful to hun jiistso long. as. be could pay
them, and no longer, ind tint Ldid not see how it was pos-
sible for him to pay them much longer.
"The result proved tlie truth of both predictions, and
that, 1 have no-doubt, was-the cause of the revolution
which overthrew him. It was not alone with the French
sa7iscuZofesthat 'la liberie et la peine' is a cry of fearful
potency. Shortly before I left Mexico, an officer in the
army came lo the city and settled his accounts with the
War Department, and received a certificate, that twenty
five hundred dollars were due him; after kawking il about
amongst the brokers be sold the claim for $125, which
was five cents on the dollar."
"I do not think that the Mexican men have much more
physical strength than our women. They are generally
ofdimin'itive stature, wholly unaccustomed lo laboror ex-
ercise of any sort, and as a conclusive proof oflheir inferi-
ority to our indians,! will mention the fact that frequent in-
cursions are made far into the interior of Mexico by ma-
rauding bands of Camanches, who levy, blhck. mail lo-an
enormous extent upon the northern provinces-ot Mexico
It is not unusual for bands of a hundred Camanches thus
to penetrate several hundred miles into Mexico and carry
off as many horses, cattle, and captives as they choose;
there are not less than five thousind Mexicansatlhis mo-
ment slaves of the Camanches and of all our western
tribes the Cimanches are the most cowardly the Data-
wares frequently whip them five to one.
"The soldiers of the Mexican army arc generally col-
lected bysending out recruiting detachments- into vhe
mountains, where they hunt the Indians in their dens and
caverns, and bring them in chains to Mexico; there is
scarcely a day that droves of these miserable and more
than half naked wretches are not seen thus chained to-
gether and marching through the street to the barracks,
where they are scoured, and their dVessed in a uniform
made of linen cloth, or of serge,, and are occasionally
drillrd-which drilling consist mainly in teaching them to
march in column through the streets. Their military
bands are good, and the men learn to march indifferently
well they put iheir feet down as ifthey were feeling for
the place, and do not step with that jaunty erect amfr grace-
ful air, which is so beautiful in well trained troops. As
to the wheelings of well tiained troops, like the opening
and shutting ol a gate, or the prompt and exact excution
of other evolutions, they know nothing about them
There is not one in ten of these soldiers who have ever
seen a gun, nor one iaa hundred who has ever fireAone
before he is brought into the barracks It is in this way
that the ranks of the army are generally filled up in par-
ticular emergencies the prison doors are thrown open,
which always contain more prisoners than the army
numbers, and these felons become soldiers and some of
them officers. Their arms, too,, are generally worthless
English muskeis, which have been condemned and
thrown aside, and are purchased for almost "nothing; and
sold to the Mexican government. Their powder, too, is
equally bad; in the last' battle between Santa Anna and
Bustamente, which lasted the whole day, not one cannon
ball in a thousand reached tho enemy they generally
fell about halfway between the armies."
AN ACT
To enable the County Surveyor of Rusk county lo make
a complete map of said county
Section I Be it Further enacted by the' Legislature of
the State of Texas, That the county Surveyors or the
counties of Shelby and Nacogdochee, are required to fur-
nish the County Surveyor of the county of Rusk with a
copy of the fieM notes of so auch of their respective coun
lies, as has been taken for the purpose of creating the boun-
ty of Rusk.
Sec. 2. Be it further enactrd, That the Commission-
er's Court ol the county of Rusk be. and is hereby au-
thorized and compelled lo pay out of any unappropriated
monies that may be in the treasury ol said county, a rea-
sonable compensation to the Surveyors of Shelby and Na-
cogdoches counties, lor making out and handing over lo
the surveyor of Rusk county, a transcript of field notes
and surveys
Sec. 3. Beit further enacted, That this act take effect
from and after its passage.
Approved, March 24th, 1846.
AN ACT
To organize the County of Burleson.
Section. 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of
thc Siate of Texas, Thatall that portion ot territory,
comprehended wiiliin uie ioiiLTwing- huiua . Dcgm-
nmgon the Brazos river, witn uie norm-east corner
of a league of land in the name of H. E. Daisr
known on the map of Milam county as league No. fj
below Nashville, running lrom thence, south, sixty
degrees west, to the eastern line of B.isirop county ;
thence, with the line of Bastrop county, m south-
eastward ly direction to the old San Antonio road ;
thence, along said road in a north-east-wardly direc-
tion to the Southern or third foik of the Yegun;
thence, down said stream to its junction with the
eastern forks of the Yegua; thence, down the Yegua
to its junction with iheBrazis; thence, up the Brazos
with the boundaries of (he counties of Brazos and
Robertson, to the beginning, be, and the same is
hereby declared to be a separate county, lo be known
and styled the county of Burleson.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the town of
Caldwell, which is now ihe temporary c ounty seat
of Milam county, shall be the county seat of Bui-
Icsnn county; and all liabilities due on contracts,
made by authority of Milam county, fur the down of
Caldwell, or creating any public improvements
thei'eon, shall be paid by the county ol Burleson.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That Ihe Chief
Justice of Milam county, and in case of his fuilure to
act, the Associates, or in case of their failure, the
Sheriff shall ordjjr and c.une to be holden an election
for county officers, at such time as general elections
may be ordered bylaw, for like officers in other
counties, and the officers of Milam county shall con-
tinue their jurisdiction over the territory of Burleson,
until the officers of Burleson county shall be installed
into office.
Snc. 4. B" it further enacted, That the county
Surveyor of Milam, shall run and mark the line
VOL.
between the county of Burleson and Milam, for
which he shall receive such compensation as is
allowed by law, one half to be paid by each of tl.o
two counties respectively.
Approved 24th March, 1846. . .
AN .ACT 7 a
Defining Ihe duty of the Comptroller of Public Afc
counts of the'State ol Texas.
Section 1. Be it enacted by' the Legislature of the
Stnteof Texas, That the first Comptroller of the
Slate of Texas, shall within, twenty days from and
after the passage of this act, and every subsequent
Comptroller, shall within twenty days after he shall
have received notice of his election, and before he
emers-upon. the duties of his office, give a bond pay-
ableito the Governor of the State ol Texas, and. his
sticcessois in olhce for the use ot the Slate, in the
sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, with not less
'than six good securities to be approved by the Gov-
ernor ol the Staled Texas, conditioned that he will
faithfully execute the dunes of his oflicp, and shall
take andsmbflcnbe the oath preset ibed by the Con
stitution, which, together with the bond, shall be de
posited in the office of the Secretary of Sjtaler-whieh
said bond shall, riot be void on iheiisst recovery of
hpart or of the whole of ihe' penalty, but shall there-
alter continue in foice lor the whole amount of the
penally thereof, and may be sued on from time to
lime, and shall be deemed to extend to the faithful
performance of the dutiesof his trust, uatil his suc-
cessor shall be duly qualifiecfcaud, shall have entered
upon the dimes of his office.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted,. That it shall be the
duty of thp Comptroller of Public Accounts, to su-
perirueud'lhe fiscal concerns of the Sta e, and man
nge the same in the manner required by l.iwje
shall also perform such officml acts as were requir-
ed of the Secretary of Uie Treasury under the lie-
public of Tfexas,. when not otherwise provided for
by law.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, He shall exhibit to
.the Governor on the first Monday of December of
each year, and at such other times as he shall re-
quire, an exact and complete statement of the funds
of the State, of its revenues, and of Its public expen
ditures during the precceding year, with a detailed
estimate ot the expenditures to be delrayed trom the
Treasury for the ensuing year, specifying iheiem
each object of expenditure and distinguishing be-
tween such as are provided for by special or general
appropriations, and such as require to be provided
for by law, and shewing the means from which
such expenditures are to be defrayetL.
Sec. i. Bu it further enacted, He shall keep and
state all accounts between this State and the United
States, and all other accounts in which the State is
interested, and suggest plans for the improvement
and management of the public revenue.
Sec. 5. B3 it further enacted, He shall examine
and settle the accounts of all persons indebted to
the State and certify the amount or balance to the
Treasurer, and direct and superintend the collec-
tion of all monies due the State.
Sec.6 Be it further enacied, He shall audit the
claims of all persons against the State in cases
where provisions for the payment thereof, have been
made by law, unless the auditing of any such claims
shall be otherwise specially provided for.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, He shall require all
persona who shall have received any monies be-
longing to the State, and shall not have accounted
therefor, to settle their accounts; and shall from
time to time, require all persons receiving monies, or
having the disposition or management of any pro-
perty, of the State, of which an account is kept in
his office to render statements thereof to him.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, Heshall draw war-
rants on the Treasurer for the payment of all mon-
ies direc ed by law to be paid out of the Treasury,
and no warrant sh,-.II be drawn unless authorized
by law; and every warrant shall refer to the law un-
der which it is drawn, and no warrants shall be is-
sued in favor of any person, or the agent or as-
signee of any person indebted to the State, until such
debt be paid.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, He shall preserve
the books, records, papers, and other things belong-
ing to his office, and deliver the same without inju-
ry or damage to his successor.
Sec. 10. Beit further enacted, Hev shall number
each and every warrant he shall draw upon the
Treasurer of the State,.the number shall begin with
one at the commeneement of each fiscal jear and
proceed progressively to the end thereof; they shall
specify on what particular account they are drawn,
and he shall take a receipt for every such warrant
from the person receiving the same to be deposited
in the file of the office.
Sec. 1 1. Be it further enacted, He shall furnish
the Treasurer of the State, at the close of every month
with a report specifying the warrants that have been
drawn during each month, their numbers, their sev-
eral amounts, and the names of the persons to whom
payable.
Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, He shall prescribe
and furnish ihe forms to be used by all persons in
the collection of the public revenue, and the modu
and manner of keeping and stating their accounts.
tgii. Iu.-i-R-fo rth"r PTMnrtj -Mhnr
ifcshalLra-
Settlement.
quire an accounts presented to him tor settlement,
not otherwise provided for by law, to ba certified to
by affidavit token before someNotaiy Public touch-
ing the correctness of the same, or by oath or affirm-
ation which may be administered by himself in any
case in which he may deem it necessary.
. Sec. 14. Be it further enacied, Heshall remit or
make an allowance to every tax collector in the au-
diting of his accounts for all sums of money which
in his judgment have been illegally assessed.
Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, That accounts of
the Comptroller against the State shall not be pass-
ed to the Treasurer until approved by the Secretary
of State.
See. 16. Be it further enacted, The Comptroller
shall, from time lo time, cause to be published at
ihe expense of the State, in one or more of the news-
papers printed therein, such instructions relating to
the payment of monies due this Slate, or the duties
to be performed by the assessors and collectors there-
of as he may deem necessary.
Sec. 17. Be it (urher enacted, That all liens,
mortgages, bonds and other sureties for money gi-
ven io ihis State or any office thereof, lor ihe use of
the State, unless otherwise specially directed, shall
be deposited and kept in the office of the Comptroll-
er. Sec. 18. Be it further enacted, That he shall pro-
cure nt the expense of the State, a seal with tho
words, "Comptroller's Office, Slate ofTNxas" en-
graved around the margin and a star with five points
in the centre thereof, which shall be used as the seal
of the Comptrollers Office in the authentication of
all his official ac s, except warrants Uiawn on the!
Treasurer of the State.
!XL N0.26--WHOLEWO. 549.
Sec. 19. Beit further enacted The aceuunts of
the Comptroller shall be annually closed on the last
day of OctobeTjIind! he shall exhibit all books, pa-
pers, vouchers, aTTdTall other matters pertaining, to
his offii e, for the examination of either branch offfhe-
Legislature or'vany committee which may be by.
thtjin appointed w'henever required by them so to dbi
Sec: 20Beiit'fiirTher effiTctedvThal tb Comp-
troller shalf .examine jthe BisBu fsemeh Is of t.he Trei
surer nt tlieendQfacli,quarWrlifid"shallTtogett
with the Treasurer, cancel ihe warranisXvhichhaveV
been paid in such manner as to prevent their futures-
circulation, and shall examino if the receipts ac-
knowledgedby the-Tieasurer during the quarte?
co i respond' vyithuhe deposits, and il the balance oi
money reported lo be in his possession is actually
in his hands.
Sec. '21. Be it further enacted, That this act take ,
eff ct and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved, 1 Mi April,. A. D. 1846.
AN ACT
To create a county out of part of the Counties of Gon-
zales and Bexar,, to be called the County of Guada
lupe. w . -s6., jUs&l!i&
Section 1. Be it enacied by the Legislature 'of the Statp
of Teas, That all the territory .-comprised within the-fol-lowihg
prescribed Kmits,. shall" form and compose a new
county to be called, the eoumy.J-of Guadalupe, lo wit: Be-
ginning at the mouth of Aash's Creekrcn tha noith east
rbank ofthe GuadalupV, rfvef'in'Gonzabs ceuinty; runoiog
thence, north thirty four degrees east, to the San Marcos;
thence, up the River San Marcos, with its meanders, lo
ihe point where the old San Antonio and Nacogdoches-
road crosses the same ; thence, running with said road in
a western direction to the south west corner of a survey
made for J. A. Musgrove, fronting on said old roadthenco
running north, fifty degrees wrsViwcrlhousandfive hun-
dred vans;. thence,, running's'outh, seventy-five degrees-
west, lo-the ri-ver Guadalupe; thence, down the riven
Guadalupe with its meandeis. to the lower corner-ofsur
vey, No. 21, in class, No 3; made for the heirs ol Thomp-
son; thence, with the lower line of said survey, south, sixty-five
degrees west, to its south-west corner; tbence run-
ning to a point on the River Cibolo, where the lower lino-
of a survey of one league (No 114) made for V. Michilf 4
crosses said river Cibolo in Bexar county; thence down tho
river Cibolo with its meanders, to a point from which a
line running north, tbirty-four degreeseast, would strike
the mduih of Nash's Creek: thence, rtlnning north, thirty
I four degrees east, to the place of beginning.
Sec. 2: Be it further enacted, That tai act be in force.
and take effect, from and after its passage. ,r
Approved, 30lh March, A. D , 184G. - -r v
AN ACT
To define the boundaries ofthe County of Matagorda.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature ofthe State
of Texas, That the boundary lines ofthe county of Mata-
gorda shall hereafter-be as follows: Beginning at the env
trance of Cede; lake into the Gulf of Mexico: thence up
said lake to the upper line of a league of land granted to
G Harrison; thence west lo Lmville Bayou; thence, up-
that bayou to its source; thence, in a direct line to the north-
west corner of the league of land granted to Cacson;
thence, along the upper line of said league, to the south-
west corner ofthe league of land granted to Shipman and
Charles; thence, up the back line ofsid league to its
north-west cornei; thence, along the upper line of said
league to the south-west corner ofthe league of land grant-
ed to Garrett; thence, up the back line of said league toita
north-west corner, on the lower line ofthe league of land,
(No 12) granted to S. Ingram; thence, in a sou I h west-
ward ly direction, along the lower line of the league of
land granted to Edwards, to the south-west corner ofthe
league last mentioned; thence, south, sixty degrees- west,
four thousand five hundred varasuhf nee south-west to the
north corner of a league of hind granted to J. Hugbston;
thence along said league line to its south-east corner on
Matagorda Bay; thence, in a direct line to Matagorda
Pass, on the Gulf of Mexico; thence, east wardly along the
Gulf shore to the place of beginning.
Sec. 2 Be it further enacted, That all laws conflict-
ing with the-provisions of this act. be, and are hereby re-
pealed, and this act shall take efitcl from and after its pas-
sage. Approved, March 30lh, 1846.
AN ACT
To authorize the Governor to make the necessary pre-
parations to transfer to the TJnitedr Slates, aH Custom
Houses and other places for the collection of impost duv
ties and other foreign revenue, and to transfer the
same.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Texas, That the Governor be, and he is hereby
authorized to make the necessary preparations for trans-
ferring, and to transfer the same to the United Slates, all
custom houses and other places for the collection of im-
post duties und other foreign revenue, which belonged to
the Republic of Texas, and now the property of theUnr
ted States;, upon such terms and conditions as maybe
agreed upon by him and the government of the United
Slates, or any agent or agents appointed by said Govern-
ment: Provided, however, that nothing in.Jhi3 act;
or in the deed or deeds made in pursuanceMhereof
shall be so construed as to prevent the e.xecution-of any
process whatever, by the officers of this Stale, in the juris-
diction thereby authorized to be ceded.
Approved, March 3Qtb, 1846.
AN ACT
The better to define and fix the boundaries ofthe County
of Victoria
Sprfinn 1. Rr ?t pnneted hv the roisTatnrn nf a
-ltoTtyeasTJiaUbe boundary lines of the County of
I Viclnnn tip ani tht enmp nrp hnrht ettnhli.haH.nnfl.Av.-
ed as follows, viz: Beginning at the mouth of Garcitas
Creek in La Vacca bay; thence up said creek to the juncf
tion of the Aronoso Creek; thence, up said creek to the
point at which the northern line of A. Dunlap's survey
crosses it; thence in a direct line to the south-west corner
ofthe county of La Vaca; thence, with the line of said
county, to the southeast corner of De Witt; thenco, with
the southern line of said county, to the point at which it
touches the Colletto River; tbence down said river to the
south east corner of the county of Goliad; thence, with
the lower or southern line of said county to ihe point at
which it crosses the river San Antonio; thence; with said
river to its junction with the Guadalupe; thence up said
river to Ihe point at which the upper line of the couniy of
Calhoun touches said river, viz: the south-wesl"S6Tner of
the survey of J. M. Rias: thence, with the upper of'north-
ern line of the county of Calhoun to the mouth of the
Garcitas, the place of beginning.
Sec. 2 Be it further enacted, That this act take effect
from and after the first day of April next.
Approved, 31st March, 1846.
AN ACT
To create the County of Hopkins.
Section 1 Be it enacted by the L?gislature of the State
of Texas, That all that territory included within tho
counties ol Lamar and Nacogdoches, to wit: Beginning
at the south west corner of Lamar county, on the line of
Fannin couniy, as establish by John D. Black, Couniy
Surveyor ol Fannin county, thence, south thirty miles-" "
thence east to a point due south of the east boundary line
of Lamar county thence, north thirty miles thence,
west with the southern boundary of Lamar county io the
beginning, be, and the sime is hereby cieated a new coun-
ty, to be known and called by the name of Hopkins.
Sec. 2 Ec it further enacted, That the inhabitants ree
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