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expressly chosen with reference to them, and I
believing it to be the desire -..w every memoer
of your honorable body to carry out in the
purity arid spirit of our Republican Institutions
and form of Government the wishes of those
by whom they have been delegated, I did not
believe that 1 could renderjyou a more accept-
able, and the only practicable, mode whioh the
time permitted, of causing those wishes to be
made known to you before you should be called
on to act finally on a question involving such
high and vital interest to the State.
To the Chief Justices of the different Counties
was confided the discretion of appointing the
day forreceiving the votes upon the propositions
submitted, and I was induced to adopt this ar-
rangement from the very limited time (much
too limited) which the Bill allowed the State
for consideration and action. It imposed a
degree of responsibility that I was assured
would be promptly met, and necessarily excited
vigilance in the duty required, calculated to
elicit a moro general expression of the popular
voice. These officers were directed to make
their returns of the votes cast at the polls
directly to the Legislature, through the pre-
siding officer of each respective branch, and the
Executive is not therefore officially informed of
the precise character of those returns. From
the unofficial feturns, however, which have
been received, thore remains but little doubt
that the people of the State who have rendered
their votes have decided, by a majority, for the
acceptance of the propositions made by Con-
gress, much as they repudiate some of the
features regarding "them (as I have no doubt
they did)as a peace offering, which the State
might receive without any sacrifice of principle
or honor, and as a means of restoring .hat har-
mony of feeling and action which it is so desir-
able should exist between the Federal and State
Governments.
Entertaining then but little doubt from the
fivorable expression of the poplar will that the
impositions made by the General Government
will be accepted by your honorable body, I res-
pectfully suggested in this anticipation, that
immediately after that matter shall have been
decided, some provision be made for the com-
munication of the result to the proper authori-
ties at Washington city, with as little delay as
jnicticable.
It may also be necessary that the Legislature
i-'iould take into consideration other matters
finnected with this subject, and to adopt suit-
:; 'de action in reference to it. The act of Con-
gress submitting the propositions stipulates that
'.e United States will pay to Texas, ten millions
nfMollars in a stock bearing five per cent.,intercst
redeemable in fourteen years, in consideration
ii." her relinquishment of territory, and of all
c:aim for liability of the debts of Texas, and for
e unpensation or indemnity for such public
i avenues and property as were transferred to the
I'u'ted States at the time of annexation: but.
I j-it not more than five millions of the stock
- shall be issued until the creditors of the State
' holding bonds, or other certificates of slock of
Texas, for which duties on imposts were
xpecially pledged, shall first file at the Trea-
sury, of the United States releases of all claim
tgainst the United States for or on account of
saidbonds or certificates."
Itis to be regretted that Congress was not
m.re specific in defining in this article, the
mole' of ascertaining And making known at the
f'i'deral Treasury the amount of debt for which
t is five millions of stock are to be retained, or
i abnot deemed the relinquishment by the
State of all liability on the part of the United
Joules, as a sufficient guarantee: for it is mani-
i -a that the officers of the Treasury can never
k mv except through the acts of, the propeily
.-..lOsarized officers of Texas, what is the amount
-f -bonds or stock" now due from the State,
j 4 1 ''for which duties on imposts were specially
-Jged,"' and consequently can never kuow
i -sin any other source when the time will ar-
v ;i for issuing the stock on the retained five
millions. Every creditor of the State embraced
i.. this provision might file his relinquishment
:u the Treasury of the United States, and still
:i-e stock would not be issued, because under
'.'in law no mode has been prescribed for the
:--jertainment and establishment at thej Trea-
iy of the United States the actual amount
oi debt for which the retained five millions
:; .MjkVere pledged.
We. ought not to presume, nor docs the lan-
j. uige of the act require U3 to do so, that the
General Gorernmant intended to assume the
l .ht of adjusting the liabilities of Texas, in-
srrcd whilst she possessed a separate national
f;aracter and of settling with her creditors up-
i the terms of such an adjustment, without
r-;erence to and respect for her own acknowl-
i! igment of the extent and validity of tiieir
s.iims. We can only suppose that the provi-
sion to which 1'have adverted, was incorporated
: the Jaw as a security on the part of the Uni-
ted States against all liability for the payment
f such legal and acknowledged claims against
Texas as her transferred revenue was' pledged
to protect. Teitas alone, can determine what
those claims are, and to Texas only can they
look now for their adjustment. I would there-
fore, recommend to the Honorable Legislature
the passage of a law (if the present existing
laws on this subject are not deemed sufficient.)
which will authorize and require the Auditor
and Comptroller to make out a tabular state-
ment of the amount for the payment of which
the Custom House revenue of the late Republic
was pledged, and for which the State is now
justly and equitably indebted ; this statement
to be filed at the Treasury of the United States
as evidence: and the only evidence which the
State can admit of her liabilities to such credi-
tors and in preparing this statement, I can
perceive no reason why the rule hitherto adop-
ted for ascertaining the actual value of the debt
at the time it was created, and of allowing in-
terest thereon, should not fee observed.
It was the misfortune of Texas when labou-
ring under a greatly depressed financial condi-
tion in herstrtiggle tor independence, to enter in-
to contracts for different objects, supposed to be
beneficial to her government, embracing stipula-
tions therein, by which the Republic was obli-
gated in -the event of a failure to comply with
the contracts at maturity, to issue to the con-
tractors bonds double the amount called for in
the original contract: some of these contracts
were not cancejled at the time specified, and
bonds of the government for double the amount
actually expended, were issued and delivered to
the parties concerned and the revenues of the
Republic pledged fur their redemption. These
bonds now constitute very material item of
the public debt of Texas, for which certificates
of stock for the five millions of dollars are with-
held. A feature in contracts such as these, if
mode between individuals, would, under the
laws of most civilizod countries be void for J
usury. J.nc creditor in Eome instances would
lose not only the amount of the unlawful cxac"
tion, but likewise hi3 debt. I do not desire or
intend to suggest the adoption of so stringent a
rule to contracts made by governments. The
government should certainly pay to its creditors
the full amount of the benefits received, and in-
terest on the amount from the time when it
should have been paid. This is all that our
creditors ought in justice to require, and itis all
according to the highest standard of moral eth- j
ics tnat we are bound to accord to tnem.
1 would also recommend, that a law be passed
requiring all creditors holding claims against
the late Republic of Texas, and for which the
revenues arising from impost- duties were spe-
cially pledged, fco file releases in favor of the
United States, in' respect to said claims with
the Comptroller of the State within a specified
time, and in default thereof of. their claims
upon the United States for liability of said debts
f rowing out of the transfer of the revenue un-
er the articles of Annexation, shall bo consid-
ered as waived. Measures of this 6ort, it oc-
curs to me, are absolutely necessary for a set-
tlement with the Treasury of the United States
vrithin any reasonable time of the amount which
under the act referred to is to bo retained as a
security against these claims.
In what manner the State shall dispose of
.the five -millions or dollars, tor which certifi-
concrol as soon as notice is given of the accep-
tance of thejjropositions, presents a subject, it
occurs to met of too much importance to the fu-
ture prosperity and advancement of the country
to be acted upon by the Honorable Legislature
atits present session. It is one which will re-
quire much reflection and deliberation, not only
on the part of the Representatives of the peo-
ple, but the people themselves whose interests
are to be so materially affected, should have an
opportunity of bestowing upon it deep and ma-
tured thought, before a plan can be indicated
which is most likely to secure to the State all
the practical advantages to be derived from the
acccptence of the propositions now before you.
Up to the present period, the citizens of the
country have had no means of forming or ex-
pressing their opinions in reference to it, and it
occurs to me, that their Representatives who
were not chosen with any view to act upon a
question of so much importance, and who have
had but little opportunity of acquiring a knowl-
edge of their will in regard to it, will not be
disposed to precipitate measures which might
not meet the approbation of their constituents,
and the delay of which cm result in no injury
to the State.
There is to be superadded to this, the consideration
that the agitation of this subject at your present sess-
ion will, from the great diversity of opinions no doubt
existing in reference to it, elicit long and labored discus-
sion, protracting theossiou and necessarily creating a
heavy draft ou the Treasury alroady iu a feeble and
exhausted state. Though secondary iu importance,
this objection is not without its force and validity, for
the disturbing inc'ideutsof the last year have made onr
state prolific in Legislative bodies, causing a heavy
drain upon the Treasury; and it now becomes an im-
portant desideratum in our political economy to re-
strict ihe action of the one in oiderto curtail the ex-
hausting draftsupon the other; besides the progressive
aud healthful condition of affairs of the. State generally
affords ample aud satisfactory evidence that its pros-
perity is not likoly to be materially retarded for want
of Legislative action.
By holding on to the stock for the present,
the interest accruing from it would' be morn
than aiiiiHent to meet the immediate and
pressing demands upon the Government and
the members o! another Legislature would
assemble belter prepared after the subject lias
been discussed throughout the country toTiiake
such ultimate disposition oft'.ie amount refer-
red to, as would be most conducive to the pub-
lic weal.
I have therefore no recommendations to
make to -our honorable body other than that
the disposition of the fund-? bo postponed for
the action of a future Legislatuie.
In adopting these suggestions, my mind has
been directed chiefly to measures promotive '
of the general good, without for a moment lo-
sing sight of the intoiostsand wishes of our
creditors. In disposing of the five millions of
stock, the delay which I have proposed" is not
with a view to disparnge auy just or equitable
claim. An honest payment of the public
debt and a rigid preservation of the public
faith embraces in nn humble jt:Jgm,nt a prin-
ciple too sacied ever to hi- disregaided, cer-
tainly ever to be abandoned, b) those entrust-
ed with the faith,-integrity and stability of our
state government : bji individual hitcrc-s's
nv.isl, under the circumstances, yield to the
.pablic weal. An im,)oitant p.ittiun of the
pub.ie debt yet reimrns lobe ascettaiiud,
and by existing laws '.he creditors are allow-
ed until September next lo lie. then- claims
with the Auditor and Comptroller for adjust-
mnt. These claims, (if immediate action be
taken,) the Legislating cannot be propeily
prepaied for: when by the delay proposed
at the meeting of t!i3 Ligislalue at is regu-
lar sessi in, the entire public debt -will have
been ascertained, and Legislative action can
then be based upon a thorough knowledge of
the subject.
Within the last year, Gentlemen, you have
been thrice assembled, and upwards of four
months within that period have been employ-
ed by you in Legislative action, subjecting
you to much personal inconvenience and trou-
ble, and the State to an epeudilu:e which she
is badly prepared to meet, and you will, I am
sure, jMidori me i'r suggesting thai neither
the public interest demand-, nor will the. Con-
stitution or the. general sentiment of the coun-
try sanction that your labors at the. seat of go
vernment be prolonged at this timejje.yond a
very leasonable. peiiod afer uu shall have
completed the wurk for which you have been
specially a-aenriied; and in this vie v the
Executive does not desire to engage the atten-
tion of your H-moiable Body with any sub-
jects disconnected, with the grave and impor-
tant question upon which you are now called
to act.
I invoke fir your l.iiiomble Body in con-
ducting the public councils a spirit of kind
ness. cmirte-y awrvonciiiaiioii. coniinen-n.ate
with . ncr high po-itinn am! the s.icred tiust
coniid d to you; aud I sincerely hope that the
result o( your labois may by he decision of
after times prove to have been lor lh happi-
ness and prosperity of our State, aud that you
may return to the bosom of your constituents
with the inward approbation of having faith-
fully i!i?chaiged your duties to the State, and
receive from them the highest tribute awaul
ed to public servants the warm gieetings
and plaudits uftheii fellow-citizens.
P. II. BELL.
ROMANCE OF WAR.
An Austrian cilice r, in the army of the
Ban of Croatia, has just given to the world
a vivid picture of many scenes iu the late con
lest iu Hungary. It is in thee individual in
stances, these persona! experiences, th.it we
can properly realize the dn-adUilness of war,
and estimate its- glory. The incidents record-
ed by this odicei have a sort ol dramatic in-
terest; and we follow, with some wonder,
his iiying corps of horsemen, made up of
Strassaiw, the most singular soldiers in Eu-
rope caps of Brown lir, face- to match- thick
be.cr.ls-, while irowsers, andal shoes, crim-on
sashes, red mantl-' and the plain dres-ed but
romantic Cioat, who-e I:!e i- the life of iui
pe.rin! bandits. fin week- going h m-ie-- and
or weeks rebelling iu the homes of Prince-,
aided by the generous Tokay.
On one occasion, having ridden with his
party from sunset ur.lil da ik it was resoivl
to bivouac, when the .-routs brought inl'otiiia
tion of a large mansion near at hand. Tii
man-ion, "which was quirk: taken pi r
siou of, bail spacioos hat!- dimly iigliit-d. ami
crowded with enurmou- pirtures and aiicieni
armor. Its occupants weie an old Baron
and a young dam-ei. The lone beauty pre-
sently discovered herself as the being who
had previously saved the commander's life.
This at once established friendU inlimay.
Who was her lather' Her lather was th-
Count a true Magyar, but who hid re-
Imiiiecl from joining Ko--u!., les'. (g'od man)
he -hoiiid hae to iiht ! i- Viands. Thi in-
stance is remaikable, hot not mciedioie.
In political wailiirc we too often encounter a
like spirit and a like excuse.
In the ranks of thf Impe;ialists wa- a
young Croalain damsel," a feailes- ridci, and
who headed the most desperate cfiaiges. She
returns, in a descriptive tight, blows for
blows, seizes the bridle of an enemv'- hor-e,
makes the man her pri-oner, and calls the
horse her prize. The. Imperial ranks w re
not all comoosed of this kind ot stuff. One of
Jhebody, a' fantastic dandy, pas all, but in
w.oks, the exact .lntithesjofilu-oiiug C -atian.
The heir.- of Shak-peare tingle, -".a'ui
him for then own : foi he aiway-.-xle h.-hu!
auk-., "disliked iiiMirieclioii," ami u d nt
see what there was iu patrioti-m m make peo-
ple so courageou-.
Certain aspirant- to the h iii ;.i fle-lihew-ing
may gather a hint from the intended brav-
erv of this hopefui ouih. Ouraiithoi is com
pelled to illustrate the magnanimous bravery
of the Hungarian army, evermore or less with
a dash of romance in it. A Hungarian hiis
sar, chased by two Austrian curaissiers, dash
ed through a thicket, and rode to the edge of
a broad, deep -ditch, that separated him from
the officer who had formerly been his com-
mander ; the hussar, in courtesy, saluted with
his sword, and drew up to receive his two
enemies. In one battle with the Magyars,
our author particularly observed the leader of
one impetuous column, that in spite of tre-
mendous moving batteries, "swept, like the
blast of the sirocco," against the most formi-
dable imper.al squares.
He was a man of very tall and graceful
form, elegantly attired, and of unflinching bra-
very. His figure seemed familiar, as he led
charge after charge against the enemy, whir-
ling his bright sword in all directions. On
one of these bivouac nights, made so solemn
by the distinct cries of advanced posts and
patrols, and high blazing fires illuminating
only prostrate forms, wearied out by clanking
spurs and clashing swords, ourauthoi discov-
ered a female lying at the. foot of a tree the
same whom he and his party had mel with in
the great mansion, and who, as already rela-
ted, had saved his life. Thissuiely was the
crowning of romance ! But she was dead.
The life of war seldom so hardens a soldier's
heart as to render it unsusceptible to the gen-
tler feelings. The Austrian officer is great
for once ; and tells of deep inexpressible an-
guish. The ball of one. of the riflemen had
gone through her heart, indstilied those pure,
noble, and wondcrously oeautiful features.
Yet on her brow dwe't peace and composure,
and the lip almost smiled. The Croat soldier
spent the night iu digging with their swords
a deep grave, in which this child of patriotism,
in full uniform, and helmet plumed with he-
ron's feathers, and a light Turkish Sabre by
her side was laid.
Temperature at which Eggs Freeze. An
examination of the rates at which heat was
lost by the several Eggs, exposed to tempe-
rature varying from zero to 10 Fahr., show-
ed that fresh eggs, though they resist freezing
longer than any others, lose heat more quick-
ly ; and that their resistance to freezing is
due to the peculiar prop3rlyof their alhumen,
the temperature of which may be reduced to
1G Fahr.. or much lower without its freez-
ing, although its proper freezing pointMs at, or
just below 33 c . Other Jhan fie-h eggs lose
lieat comparatively sl.iwly, but freeze as soon
as their temperature is reduced lo 32 . fresh
eggs io-e heat more quickly, but may be re-
duced to lu' or lower; then, at the instant
of beginning to freeze, their temperature rises
In oi . Aiiiciillur..i GaZ"tte.
We are. indebted to Mr. A. W. Hieks, As-
sistant U. S. Marshall, for the census returns
of his district, composed of the counties of
Victoria, Calhoun, lie witt, Goliad, San Pa-
tricio; Nueces, and Refugio. We will en-
e'e ivor to lay his report, in full, belbre our
readers in a few weeks. At present, we only
have room for the following statements:
Nueces Valley.
Town of Victoria. ,
Number of while inhabitants, 712
" slaves, 154
County of Victoria.
Number of white inhabitants, 704
" slaves, 410
Deaths wilhia the year, . 20
Dwellings, 327
Farms, 142
Bales of coiton, . 270
Bushels of corn. - 57.800
Number of horses, 1,009
" - asses and mules, . 234
" milch cows, 3,070
" working oxen, '817
" other cattle, 8,Cfil
' ' sheep, 190
" swine, 2,822
Value of live stock, 85,000
teal estate, $100,035
Average, value of laud, per acre, G7c.
City of Lavaca.
Number of white inhabitants, 321
" " slaves. 82
City of Imlianola.
Number of while tuhabilai.ts, 3G0
slaves, 31
Matagorda.
jVumher of white inhabitants, 122
' slaves, 43
Calhoun county.
i lumber of white inhabitant-. 147
' staves, 69
' deaths, 34
dwellings, - 173
" farms. 58
" bushels corn; 7,700
" horses, 285
" asses and mules', 119
" milch sows, 2,189
' working oxen, 380
" other cattle 13,115
" sheep, 480
" swine, 845
ialue of live stock, 13,815
" real estate, 311 35
verage value of land, per acre G7c-
Aggregalc in ths District.
jtumbcr of white inhabitants, 5.002
' slave-, 1-,(;17
deaths, 75
" ' dwellings, 1,034
faims, 509
bales t cotton, dlG
IiikrkIs of corn, 109.800
horses, 5,725
iis-i'? aim mules, 735
milcb cows, 18 834
vi oi king oxer, 3 1-15
oilier cattle. .J -,17
Sheep, 7 ;j;(j
" swine. N 13 2J5
value of like slock, 8-151 405
reai estate, 2.345,205
MANUFCTURE OF COTTON.
In the manufacture of Cotton, the Gist pro-
t -sses are those by which it is freed li oui seeds,
-aves and impuiities by the gin, willow aud
iiicker. Then the fibres are made parallel
i iy the cards. Then the fibres are twisted
ato yarn or thread by spindles. Lastly,
he threads are crossed or interwoven iu the
'ootn, and become cloth.
At first our Cotton plautcrs had no tnaehine-
y of refiuetuent or compression. The leaf
nd the seed were taken out by hand and the
taple was then crowded into bags for expoi t
fhen the cotton gin was adopted aud wo.ked,
irst by hand, then by horses, and now has
. eached its full efficiency by the power of the
steam engine The cotton bags were too bul-
ky, and bales took their place. These bales
were reduced in size, first b the lever, and
now by the hydrostatic press.
What has planter or his neighbor to do
nest ?
He shouljl, as it seems to us, go on in the
natural order. Ho should biiug to bis ad
the willow, picker, card and spindle. These
instruments arc not more complex then the
gin, press and engine. They are as easily
woiked, they free the staple of from ten to
fourteen per cent of its waste, and prepare it
for distant transportation. The bundles of
yarn can be tied with cotton thread, and the
bales of yarn can be wrapped in cotton cloth.
The expediency of getting rid of this waste is
as apparent as that of freeing the wheat from
the chaff, or the corn from the husk aud cob,
preparatory to shipment. That a people said
to be civilized and to be economical of labor,
should, year after year, send three or four
huudred thousand balesof cotton over an ocean
and out of the , direct Hue of customers, to
have it cleansed of fourteen per cent, waste
and reduced iu bulk, by simple machinery of
cards and spindles, and then packed and ship-
ped to India, Brazil and elsewhere, dos seem
to us a most lamentable and singular para-
dox. We have some doubts wheather the South
should have woven a yard of cloth in power-'
looms before she had supplied all foreign looms
whether hand or power, with all the coarse
number of yarns. Perhaps the reason why
this has not been done, ma be found in the
fact that NcwEngland did not sat the example.
The making of yarns was commenced by
Eastern mills; but, after the material had
paid so large a cost of transportation, and when
the home market for coarse cloth had not
been fully supplied, it was found more ecou-
oinical to put th.? yarn into cloth. Now,
when the home cloth market is glutted, it
mightbe good policy for a poitiou of the New
England mills to enter into competition with
Euglaud in the foreign yarn markets.
In the West, the yarn mills seem to have
more than supplied Western haud-looins, and
the Georgia mills are now sending yarns as
far North as Philadelphia.
The quantity of yarns yearly exported by
Great Britain has been :
1S31 5S,S46,30S
IS3G So, 195,702
1S41 115,665,476
1846 157,130,025
The exports of the next fifth year, 1S51,
will doubtless correspond in the ratio of in
crease.
Adding only 10 per cent, waste to thequan-
tity exported in 1846, and we have 172,d43-
027 lbs. or 432,007 bales of cotton, chiefly
the growth of this country, this consumed.
The India cottons are used for padding and
other purposes, where length of fibre is of no
; cons:oueuce.
Now were theso yarns made, at home as
they should be, the exports of the country
would be increased in value to the",arly am-
: omit of fifteen to twenty uiillims of dollars,
the imports would increase in a ratio still lar-
ger, and this city would, through her com-
mercial facilities, secure no small portion of
the brokerages, coiiiinission,frcights. and pro-
fits, attending this branch of expu.-ts, and the
corresponding imports.
The amount, we could thus secure to our-
j selves would be very large, for we should
take tolls, just as Liverpool now does, on the
way to the mill aud on the way from the
mill on exports aud imports; and besides,
get pay for carrying the grist. The whole
capital required to set this machinery in mo-
tion would not amount to one-half the cost of
the Croton Water Works, and the yearly
resulting profits lo us would very neatly equal
the capital.
We do not, of course, suggest the erection
of Yarn mills at the South and West under
muuicipal'authority, but we do seriously call
the attention of our capitalists and merchants
to this important dcpai tment of industiy. The
object can easily be accomplished for the
work, when commenced, would be self-sustaining
and self-increasing.
IV. Y. Enquirer.
THE LEGISLATURE.
We learn from the Texas State Gazetta that
this body met pursuant to adjournment and
the proclamation of the Governor, at the
Capitol on the ISih inst., and that on the
22nd inst.. the following bill was passed by the
! House of Representatives, having previously
passed the Senate: which there can be no doubt
immediately received the signature of th e Gov-
ernor, and is now on its way to thejjPresidcnt
of the United States.- There was one dissent-
i ing voice in the Senate, and five in the fiouse.
j A bill accepting the propositions made by the
United Mates to tiie State of Texas, in an act of
the Congress of the United States, approved the
9th of September. IS-jO. entitle 1 "an act pro-
posing to the State of Texas the establishment
i of her Northern and Western boundaries, the
relinquishment by the said State of all territory
claimed by her exteror to said boundaries and
of all her claims upon the United States, and
to establish a Territorial Government for New
Mexico."
Whereas, said propositions are contained in the
first section of said act, in the following words
and figures, to wit: '-Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives of the
United- States of America m Congress as-
sembled, That the folio .vmg propositions
shall be, and the same hereby, are, offered to
the State of Texas, which when agreed to by
the said State in an act passed by the General
Assembly, shall be binding and obligatory up-
on the United States and upon the State of Tex-
as: prociticJ, the said agreement by the said
General Assembly shall be given on or beforo
the first day of December, eighteen hundred
and fifty.
First. The State of Texas will agree that
her boundary on the north shall commence at
the point at which the meridian of one hundred
degrees west from Greenwich, is in erected by
the parallel of thirky-six degrees thirty minutes
north latitude, and shall run from said point
due west so the meridian of one hundred and
thiee degrees west from Greenwich thence her
boundary shall runduesouth to the thirty-second
degree of north latitude, thence on the said
parallel of thirty-two degree of north latitude
to the Rio Bravo del Norte, and thence with the
channel of said river to tb Gulf of Mexico.
Second: The State of Texas citba to the Uni-
ted States all hM- claim to territory exterior to
tiie limits and boundaries, which she agrees to
establish by the fir-t article of this agreement.
Second. The State of Tcxas relinriuishes all
cliim upon the United State for liability eftho
deb's of Texas: and for coinp.-n-ation or indem-
nity for the surrender to the United States of
her ships, for arscnaK customhouses, custom-
house revenue, arms and munitions of war, and
public buildings with their sites, which became
the property of the United States at the time of
the annexation.
Fourth. The United States in consideration
of said establishment of boundaries, cession of
claim to territory, and relinquishment of
of claims will pay to the State of Texas,
the sum of ti n nuMifii? of dollars in a
stock bearing fhe per cent interest, and redeem-
able at the end of fourteen years, the interest
pa3'able half early at the L'roisury of the Uni-
'. ted Mates.
Fifth. Immediately after the I resident of the
United States shall have been furnished with an
authentic copy of the act of the General Assem-
bly of Texas acceding these propositions, he
shall cause the stock to beissiiud in favor of the
State of Texas, as provided for in the fourth ar-
ticle of this agreement: Pror '.'..('. a... That uo
more than five millions or' stock shall be issued
until the creditors of the State holding bonds
and other certificates of stock of Texas, for
which duties on imports were specially pledged,
shall first file at the Treasury of the United
States, releases of all claim against the United
States for or on account of said bends or certifi-
cates, in such form as shall be prescribed by
the Secretary of the Treasury and approved by
the .President ot the United Mates :' rrovuleu.
That nothing herein contained, shall lie con-
strued to impair or qualify anything contained
in the third article of the second sectiou of the
joint resolution for annexing Texas to the Uni-
ted States, approved March first, eighteen hun-
dred and forty five, either as regards the num-
ber of States that may hereafter be formed out
of the State of Texas, er otherwise.
Therefore, lit. Be it enacted Lu the Legisla-
ture of the Stale of Texas, That tbc said Legis-
lature hereby agrees to and accepts said prop-
ositions : and it is hereby declared that the
State f Texas shall be bound by the terms
thereof, according to their true import and
meaning.
2d. That the Governor of this "-'tare ho. and
he is hereby, requested to cause a copy of this act
authenticated under the seal of the State, to be
furnished to the President of the United States
by mail as early as practicable : and also a copy
thereof certified in like manner, to be transmit-
mittcd to each of the Senators and Representa-
tives of Texas, in Congress, and that this act
take effect from its passage.
THE TELEGRAPH.
EDITED BY FRANCIS MOORE, Jr.
ilonston, Friday, Nov. 29. 1850.
The New Orleans Mail Steamer arrived at
Galveston on the 2Gth inst., and brought
dates from New Orleans to the 24lh inst.
We learn from .Mr. Walker who arrived
from Austin on Tuesday last, that the bill to
accept the propositions embraced in the boun-
dary bill has passed both houses of the Legis-
lature. In the Senate there were only two
votes againsl the bill, and only five in the low-
er House. Several fruitless altempls were
made by the minority lo delay the passage of
the bill.
We learn from Mr. George CaMiard who
arrived iu town on Wedue-day morning from
his tradinir Iimusc at the Comma n.-he Peak.
that a large number uf Indian-: hav Ia:.- vi.
iled the trading hou.-e, and professed lh- war-
mest friendship, fur (he Whites. They object
to meet the Indian Ag-ml. Judge Rollins, at
the. council proposed by him on the L'aiii, as
they fear the people- iu that section are not
friendly lo them. Mr. Barnard thinks but a
ver' small portion of the tiibe will attend the
Council. Cotcmseh, Payayuca, Yellow Wolf,
and other leading Chiefs declare that their
people would readily attend a council on the
Brazos, but they fear bad white men will at-
tack them as they attacked the Lipans on the
San Saba, if they attend the council on the
Llafio. The' say the Northern baiidj late-
ly committed depredations there, and the
white people cannot be friendly to-the in-j
dians. The Tonkeways are now at war
with both ihe Wacoes and Wichitaws.
Since the latter were defeated in the Wtehitaw
Mountains, the Wacoes have formed an alli-
ance with them against the. Tonkeways. A
few weeks since a party of Tonkeways met a
party of Wacoes on Uij Red Fork of the Bra-
zos, and defeated them with the loss of four-
teen warriors. Only two or three of the
Tonkeways were killed. Mr. Barnard says
the Tonkeways eat the hands aud arms of the
Wacoes they killed. The Tiiikewti-ami (
Carancuhuas are the only tribes of T..s that
are regarded as canibals. The other tribes
seem to hold them in the utmost detestation.
Mr. Barnard informs us that Wild Cat,
the. Seminole Chief, crossed the Brazos some
distance above the trading house a few weeks
since, on his way from Arkansas to Mexico,
with a large body of runaway negroes, and
about twenty five warriors. He had induced
Ihe negroes to run" away fn.m their Indian
owners, in the Creek and Seminole reserva-
tions iu Arkansas. Soon after Wild Cat had
passed the Brazos, an agent from Mr. Duval,
the Indian agent arrived and endeavored to
persuade the people on theMrontier to pursue
H i!d Cat, ottering a reward of nlty dollar.- for
each of the negroes they would . apture. The
wily Chief however had probably reached the Prices however are retained, hut the market-
Rio Grande bere pursuit could be made. It ; exhibit- .'ess buoyancy, than it tlld before the
was reported on the frontier that the number of
! negnie- that accompanied Wild Cat, when he
lir.-t.-larted Irom Arkansas was "200. bit ssvty
were recovered near the eastern border of
ihe State. It is supposed iha Wild Cat in-
tends to establish a co ony f ! :;egroe, in
the Mexieau Tr-'to- v, bel.-w th ?ijsi''b
Ri Gian.ii-.
The Lone Stah. - I'hi- '.v-!U anner
has lately been enlarged uhmil quadruple
it-- former size, and i now one of the largest
paper? published in the State. It's enterpri-
sing proprietor Mr. George W. Crawford, is
entitled to much credit for the great improve-
ment he has made in thi Journal.
The price .f lubareo has advanced two
cents a nuiind, owing to the shoit crop.
The ste.-im -hip Telegraph when oft" New-
Castle on the 7tb inst.. on her way from Bal-
timore to Philadelphia, evph-ded her boilers,
and Iwenty-foiir persons were killed rr se-
verely wounded by the explosion.
SlI-THErVGS OF C.VLirOItNIV IhllGRASTS.
Mr. James L. Dernier, in a letter addressed
!- a trtend in St. Louis, dated iu CalHerri,
gnes the following shocking account of' lh
suffeiings of the emigrants who traveled by
the Missouri route to California last spring :-
"The emigrants are coming in by tho usands
across the Plains, but their suffering-? are most
horrible, and a recital of their privations on the
way perfectly eclipes any tiling ever known be-
fore. Many offoosc who had oxen had to kill
a part of them, and pack therest with the meat :
and those who had mules were compelled to kill
and eat them. Isawan individual whoassured
nic that he iived on mule flesh, alone, for six-
teen days : but that is not the worst of the sto-
ry. A great many whose teams gave out at
Mary's river had to leave them and come on
foot without provisions, and when they arrived
at the desert, between the sink of Mary's and
Carson river, they were too weak and delibita-
ted to proceed on their journey, and consequent-
ly a great many perished from hunger and
thirst. One man. who came "in, suffered so se-
vearly from the effects, that his toncrue became
so hailly swollen, as to completely pit his mouth,
aasl he tore his lip off to obtain relief ! IP
Messrs. Talcot anrSBvolbers of New York
in their circular published in the New York
Couiier and Enquirer, estimate the cotton
crop of the -United States for this year at 2,.
075,000 to 2,155,000 boles. Their cstimato-
lor Texas is 30,000 bales. With regard to
the future range of prices, the circular says :
"We have obtained most reliable data for estimating
the yield of the present season, and shonld oiirout3ide
figures be realized, even then the arop will be a vary
moderate one, and shonld no disturbing canses,(nozo -unforeseen,)
occnr in the old world, lifusl authorize a
high range of prices"
The Circular, in conclusion, addresses a few re-
marks lo planters. It says : "Present prices are more
than remunerative, and should be freely accepted,
and it is therefore onr earnest adcice to our planting
friends, to-g'o on selling at the present raUge of quo-
talinii) but so to husband their resources as to be able
lo control at any moment the balance of their crops un-
disposed of should any influence other than that ro-
suiting from the laws of supply and demand be exerted
to depress the value of their products." -
The Arkansas Legislature met on the 4th-
inst., and was organized on the same day.
John H. Hampton was elected president of
the Senate and T. B. Fiournoy, speaker of-,
the house of representatives.
New Jersey Election. George F. Fort,
democrat, has been !ected Governor of New
Jersey. The delegation in Congress stands
I-four democrats to ona whig.
The State Senate. stands 9 Whigs aud ISdi-mocrats:
the A-senibly. 25 whijjs and 35 domncr-Us-giviiig 3
democratic majority on joint ballot. This secures a.
democratic United States Senator in the plueeof ihe
Hon. Wui. L. Daylou, wings.
Saktaix's Macazkci:. We have receiv-
!
' ed the December number of Saitain's Maga
zine, which is an admirable work. It is em-belli.-hed
with filteen beautiful engravings.
amMig which are a splendid colored engrav-
ing of Mount Vernon, a beautifuu! picture off
a lady to accompany a poem by Phoe-
be Carey, and several other' well executed
pieces. The contents are well written, and
are quite interesting. The number for Jan-
uary --vea.ro assured wiil be even supeiior to
this.
Medical JouurcAi.. The New Orleans
MedicaRTournal for November has come to
hand. Among other very valuable articles,
we notice an exceedingly interesting and use-
iul article entitled Researches on the Necro-
logy of New Orleans, by Dr. Dowler, and a
portion of an aiticle. on Conjestive Fever, by
Dr. Ames. We are glad to notice in the list
of paying subscribers, several Physicians of
Texas. We wish the number were much
larger.
Tiie Steamer Ogden was insured, and was
chiefly owned by Capt. Webb, who has gone
to the North to purchase another steamer,
better adapied lo the trade between Galves-
ton and the Brazos, than the Ogden. Tho
ugar trade of the lower Brazos has increased
j , sucil an a,!ent ,hat a baat may profitab!y
be employed in that liver even in the dryest
seasons, during the greater portion of the
year..
The steamer Galveston on her last trip
from New Orleans, brought over 300 passen-
gers, and 4000 barrels of freight. About
2500 barrels of this freight were shipped to the
ports on Matagorda Bay.
The steamer Reliance Capt. Wood, brought
up on Friday last over 120 passengers, and
about 1000 barrels of freights
The late news from Europe has had rather
a depressing influence upon .the cotton market.
news was received by the last Europettii
s:ean.cr. Planters have also turned the seale
somewhat in favor of huvers, by hurrvinT
their cotton to usasket at an eailv wriod. -
T:tiiTATEfEc Route. The Committee
of the Tehuantepec ruilnxid at New Orleans,
havo chartered the seamship Alabama, to
mike the trips t.. the isthmus to transport the -btores
of the company and passengers who.
desire to proceed by this route to California.
The s-enices of Major Barnard have been en-
gaged to -survey the route. The war department
has granted him leave of absence to make
the survey. Sub-criptions of stock lo the
amount of $900,0'!!) have been taken, and
-' rv uie.ni-. ;e employed toefrect this "-rent
ei !.
sSc-inxTiFie Leotc-kks. We would res-
pectfully remind oar readers that thy first of a
series nf Lectures, ou Scietit ijic hihI Literary
Snbjci-wilt be commenced in this city at
the Methodic m win" hu-e m Wednesday
evening the 27:b n.-. These lectures we arc
conJiiteiil will be bigh.y interesting, and in-
structive. A number of gentleman well qual-
ified to lecture upon hese subjects have
agreed to continue the series during the win-
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Moore, Francis, Jr. Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 48, Ed. 1, Friday, November 29, 1850, newspaper, November 29, 1850; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth48609/m1/2/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.