Texas State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 20, 1849 Page: 6 of 8
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. - Stockton Camfohni a August 26 1849.
W. H .Cushney Dear Sir :-&uco I last wrote you 1
visited tho cold reiiions. nnu wasucu ouisomuy .-
mtltdriol-tho pure gold itrolf. Lurgo mmn .ties ot F
inetalro to be obtained by tuo process oi uujgms
If pdifndi could bo generally procured by'a wiifilo day's labor as
iu some instances ft would be extremely gmtiiyin bill this is
j .! ' mi it ti in nil. I won dwefer some other
SClUUiu uiu liiinu. niu v ... ... "'--
Die mother and sisters of John Mitchel the Irish patriot late
ly arrived in Philadelphia. They will probably reside with their
son and brother W. 11. Mitchel who has an office in one of the
Departments at Washington.
?-:.... ... .. 'nn i.ir iim nmfits. The labor to render it In-
" : i !.. nMim n thodiLrpiiiff of canals or tho
crauve is wuisu man umv npjiv c-s
irradinsrof railroads. . . . . . . t
Tho prices of everything in the mining districts are high.
Flour sells for 75 cents per pound pilot bread 50 cents raisins
gl 00 sugar and colfce 60 cents com and barley for horse feed
kceWsSL?00p
si'bott o ot wnisKoy c " uuujimugu ... . v " --
sellinir for S5U0 per thousand leet. freighting on pack mules
to the mines seventy miles 20 00 per hundred ponnds-on
watrons $25 00. The trip is niado to the diggings m three days
bV tho usual modo of conveyance. A stage (uncovered wagon)
has been running Iroin here to thcSonorian camp seventy miles
through in fourteen hours-charges 32 00
I am domiciliated at present with our old friend J. P. Stephens
who. has a store hero and has made ; $25000 withm the last five
.-...!... Iln hmM rnlnin in 'lV.XflS rich.
Although there is much gambling going on here the town is
vory quiet and orderly. Two men were hung lately for stealing.
' Capt. Haynie's company from Austin arrived lately at tiie
mines and all well Georso Evans in particular.
Alfred Luckett has had his trading house at the Sononan camp
burnt lately and all his effects destroyed. Col. A. A. M. Jackson
Maj. Roman and Maj. Barry all have trading houses at the mines.
Mr. Stephens wishes to bo remembered to you ; and Dr. m.
M.Shenherd. who is here sends his regards to Mr. Shaw and all
'his old friends and associates now at Austin.
W - Yours truly
t 4 CIIAS. MARINER.
- Cnnt. Hnynio. With hU compnny loft Aulin on tho 10th April last by way
of FrcUoricksbiirc mid El Isao. Ho hus nccomplishuUI .0 ammico miro-iioro io
- '- t t !..! .!..).. t..riinmnnt1llnan 7 .I ifif.
U UUIttjl"' 1UIUU nitiVJ tan - 'r w
JO- Col. Martin K. Sndll has been removed and Isaac E-
Wade appointed Postmaster at Houston.
A Description of California.
A California correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune draws the fol
lowing picture of El Dorado :
Why have Col. Fremont Farnham and others so studiously
misrepresented this parched barren mountainous country 7 The
entire Northern portion of Upper California is infeiior to New
England in every respect while the Southern half of the same
territory is baked and burned by a scathing scorching sun for
nine months in the ycur without rain or dews and deluged duf-
ing the other three.
v Tho timber is sparse and almost valueless. It is so dry that a
tree of one-and-a-half or two feet diameter will become thorough-
ly seasoned in forty-eight hours after cutting.
( Might intelligent fore-handed fanners to be induced to leave
comfortable homes and bring their families to a land however
rich in mineral wealth where Indians positiveIycanuot live?
The harvest of gold will be gathered iu two years and the
gleanings will bo poor indeed. After that woo unto him whose
cupidity or stupidity brings him hither.
thftnitnes In about ninety itiyk Including
. ' Cnilinaliua-MaJ Ghcvallio and tho Indians.
-". Wo take the following information from a letter written by a
citizen" of Brazoria county dated at the city of Chihuahua July
6th and published in tiie Civilian. We were reluctant- to credit
tho report that Major C. had contracted with tho authorities of
Chihuahua to furnish Indian scalps at a stipulated price for each.
There is however no longer any room to doubt that such was
tho case. Tho correspondent says :
? Tho Loo-islaturo of this Stale has authorized the employment
of companies of rangers or Indian hunters upon these terms:
The members to arm themselves to have no regular pay but
to receive $200 for tho head of each Indian warrior $100 for the
head of each woman or child and somewhat higher rewards for
each prisoner and to have all tho plunder.
When Major Chevallio arrived here with tho first company of
emigrants to California ho entered the service upon these terms
and made two expeditions with a small company against the In
dians. Many ot trie men were wjtnoiu uic means ot going on
The fulfilment of tho terms on the part of the government was
guarantied by individuals of wealth and standing and some of
tho moro public spirited of the citizens principally Americans
aided in fitting out tho expedition. The result was the killing
and capturing of I don't know now many men women and chil-
dren for whom tho money was punctually paid I never en-
quired the number. I was told by one of the company that he
saw a child no higher than his kneo killed in cold blood and
scalped. They also captured a number of horses and mules
TJio members xC tho company made some $300 apiece by the
operation. Not one of their number was wounded. In one of
their expeditions they went moro than one hundred miles to an
cucamprncnt whero there "were between-150- and- 800 Indians;
and at daylight charged into it
Chavallie nas withdrawn from this business. He started on to
California not far from town shot himselt accidentally was
brought back and is still here not entirely recovered from the
effects of the wound. (
' Another company is out under John Glanton from San Anto-
nio. It numbers perhaps 30 men. They expect to go some 200
miles to find the Indians. They are splendidly mounted and
armed. Many of the y6ung men in our company had made up
their minds to go on this heat and would have done so but for
my remonstrances. $ m -J
Heretofore tho Apaches have been friendly with the emigrants.
They have shown this disposition in more than one instance
where thoy have encountered small parties. Now it is war to the
knife They avow it and swear thoy will have vengeance.
"Now wc shall have to move with caution aud in force and may
Expect all stragglers to bo cut off.
Latest from California.
The steamship Falcon arrived at New Orleans on the 4th inst.
having mado the run from Chagres in five days and eighteen
hours the quickest passage on record. She brought 70000 in
gold dust.
The dates by the Falcon are from San Francisco to Sent. 1st.
Tho number of miners multiplied during the month of Au-
gust. There are no accounts of large pieces being found. The
streams are low. New washings have been discovered and old
ones-abandoned. .
A party is operating with sub-marine armour in the middle
fork of the Sacramento. They think when they get their appa-
ratus fairly at work they will average $10000 per day. Two
steamers are plying on the Sacramento -TherehacLbeenCQii
A Republic converted into a Monarchy and a President
turned Emperor 1
A matter of very serio'is import ridiculous though it may ap-
pear in these times of tottering thrones and fallen kingdoms has
I'onio to pass iu the Negro Republic of liayti. Late accounts
from that Island represent the astonishing fuel that the Republic
of Hayti has become an Empire 1 and the President Sou Unique
declared an Emperor by legislative enactment ! King Soulou-
quc was invested witn tne imperial orown on ouuday tne JiutU
ult. at the Catholic Church in presence of the peop'e.and witli
ell tho "pomp aud circumstance "of royalty. The event was
gotten up by the legislative council of the Island tint "by and
with tne advice auu conseni " oi inu puopio woo u seems were
taken by supprise and amazed at the movement but with the aid
and "fraternization" oflho troops. What the issue will be of
such singular proceeding it is impossible to divine. A Republic
changt'd into a Monarchy is something very notable in this age of
enlightenment and progressive democracy.
fXi3 Semi-official letters from lielyraue .state that Dembinski
was far from intending to imitate the conduct of Georgey as he
had determined to fight to the last but that the flight of Kossuth
had compelled him to relinquish the idea. The last interview
between Kossuth and Georgey was very bitter. All Kossuth's elo-
quence and presence of mind is said to have forsook him and
Wxt day he was in full flight for the Turkish territory and
Georgey for the Russian camp.
The Question.
The only question therefore which the people should really
and truly discuss is: Does Austin possess sufficient facilities for
the people or does some other plnce possess them iu fcueh greater
degree as to warrant ihe expense incidental to such removal and
the loss that must inevitably accrue to the Stale in the value of
the public buildings and lands now owned by the State at Austin
aud which of course will by tne removal oe renucreu entirely
valueless ? Houston Gazette.
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From Santa Fe.
'Advices from Santa Fo as late as the 9th ult. have been receiv
ed ut'St. Louis. -
. Portent was rt short time ago surrounded by Indians and
burnt. William Bent and several other Americans are supposed
to'.havo bTon4murdered. The Indians aro represented to bo very
Hostile tq tlio whites and have beeii very troublesome to travellers.
At Santa Fo preliminary meetings had takenplace for the pur-
pose of holding a Convention in order to forma State Govern-
ment. LTho Indians lately stole 200 Government horses at. Los Ye-
gos and bunied two Americans.
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Tho Science of iUinin
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. ?Tho mines of California have bafllcd all science and rendered
application of philosophy entirely nugatory. Bone and sinew
philosophy with a sprinkling of good luck con alone render sue-
vcess certain. We imvo met with many geologists and practical
"ISfontificrneu in tho mines and havoinvariablyseen them beaten
DtTnskUlpd men soldiers and sailors and the like. Tho simplo
secreti Ja that gold has been thrown about promiscuously by vol-
jbatiicpowgr aud distributed along tho margin oLstreajns and in
siderable sickness at the' mines at last accounts. At San Fran-
cisco the general health w.as good.
A severe diarrhoea believed by some to be the cholera in a
mild form and by others to be the precursor of that disease had
caused a good deal of suffering.
Anew tri-weekly paper called the Pacific News has been esta-
blished at San Francisco. Improvements are going on with re-
markable rapidity. New wharves are being built to facilitate the
landing of goods.
There are six churches in full activity in San Francisco.
Quicksilver is known to be very abundant in the territory and
some of the richest mines are to be wrought forthwith.
A theatre is about to be built at San Francisco and a Mer-
chants' Exchange was-being opened at last advices.
Texas Cotton Crop.
Our information from every section of the State enables us to
state positively that the yield of cotton will fall one half short of
the reasonable expectations of the planters. The causes have
been mentioned from time to time and we need not repeat. The
picking goes on rapidly and the planter will find time this year
to enjoy the holidays. Houston Advertiser.
Texas Sugar Crop
Preparations arc rapidly making to commence sugar srrindiner.
The crop is remarkably heavy and forward and by taking the
eane by the forelock before Jack Frost makes his appearance the
yield will be great and the sugar of a' fine quality. Hotts. Adv.
Yucatan.
Late accounts from Yucatan via Havana represent that the
Governor and people were much agitated by a report that Eng-
land was about to intervene with arms for the pacification of the
peninsula by virtue of a contract with the President of the Republic-
-ou-couduion-that-tho-port of- -Bacalar-and -its jurisdiction
uu uuucu iu uuyiiuiu. ux. uuiuuiumuiiuon h is saia tiad been re-
ceived by the Governor of Yucatan from the Mexican Minister
of Foreign relations embracing the project of pacification initia-
ted by the British Government one feature of which is said to be
that a portion of the peninsula be ceded to the Indians where they
may live entirely independent of the Spanish race governing
themselves under British protection. This looks like another
ambitious project on tho part of Great Britain and so it appears to
be considered in Yucatan as it is stated that the government of
the peninsula will reject the intervention on the proposed basis.
The progress of events in the peninsula and the action of the
British agents should be closely watched by the cabinet at Wash-
ington. The little speck in that quarter may soon become a por-
tentous cloud threatening severe injury to tho interests of the
United States. Has Secretary Clayton any time now he has so
many difficulties with foreign powers on his hands to pay some
attention to British intrigues for obtaining a predominating influ-
ence in the immense extent of country bordering on the Gulf and
stretching from Mexico to the Isthmus of Panama? We shall
see. N. O. Courier.
California Mail Routes.
The Special Mail Agent for California and Oregon advertises
in the Alta California for proposals to carry the mails from the 1st
or October Ib-lU to tiie dUth of October 1850 between the fol-
lowing places :
1. b rom San Francisco weekly via Benicia and Snttervillo
to Sacramento City and back.
2. From San Francisco weekly to Stockton and back.
3. From Sacramento City weekly to Vernon and hnn.lr.
4. From Sacramento City weekly to Cnlloma and back.
. 5. From San Fraucisco weekly via Pueblo San JosO to Mon-
terey and back. '
0. From Monterey weekly via Santa Bnrham. .-. p.w t
Angeles aud back.
7. From Pueblo Los Angeles weekly to San Diego and back.
8. From Benicia weekly via Napa to Sonoma and back.
ECr The New York Express a whi
i. uwosiua recall says
fcCj3 Over twelvo hundred sheep have just been driven in from
Illinois. They are full-blood Merino. The wool clipped from
this flock last season brought 37- cents per lb. in market. They
belong to Mr. Clinton Harris and will be pastured in Grimes
county. By furnishing fine fleeco breeders this flock will prova
a great desideratum to Texian wool-growers Houston Advertiser.
A Rig Lump.
Mounsel White & Co. of New Orleans received a lump of
gold from California by the Falcon weighing fifty ounces all
in one solid mass picked out at one dig. The value of this lump
is i$S00. J
The health of Houston remains good. Business has opened
with unusual activity. Ouimerchants are receiving a heavy
stock of merchandise. Cotton is coming in freely. Many wag-
ons are in from the interior which go out heavily laden with
goods. -Our steamboats aro plying regularly in the Bayou
with heavy freights. We notico considerable improvement go-
ing on in various parts of the city. Houston Presbyterian.
Mctcorological Observations -Austin City.
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Qualifications and Resignations reported to the State Depart-
ment since the 13th October 1849.
ANDERSON COUNTY.
A. E. McClurc elected District Clerk. Julv 13. 184G: oualified Julv 25. 1846.
WHHam Jones Notary Public- qualified Oct. 3 1840.
JiiinsM Perry . ..do. do. . . MnrphSO 1840
Darius H.Edens Surveyor elected Feb. 10. 1819: qualified Feb. 20. 1849.
William R. Anglin Justice of tho Peace prect. No. elected Feb. 10 1840 ;
quauueu reD. iw itav.
CHEROKEE COUNTY.
John Conner District Clerk elected July 13 1S4G; qualified August 1 184.
Nathaniel Killough Notary Public qualified November C 1840.
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"Wo fear there aro Cabinet social diffinnliin Wnnr tin
W T W. yillch hW H ? Stimulated this quarrej-
VVo hTOrfotBcoDMSomowlidtiittilorio tlmse which occurred 'in
the.ealyipwtGoiieral -Jackson's adrainistfatioti.'' ' r
Jesse Gibson Assessor elected August G 1810 ; qualified Aug. 20 18-19.
W. W. Wilburn J. P.prect. No. 3elected Aug. 0 1849 ; qualified Aug. 20 '4!.
W. L. Coleman J. P. precl. No 3 elected Aug. 0 1810 ; qualified Aug. 20 'AS.
FORT BEND COUNTY.
Thompson H. McMahan District Clerk elected July 13 184C; resigned Marcl
18 18.
George W. McMahan Notary Public removed from County .March 1848.
Philemon T. Herbert do. do. do. AprH 1849.
John S. Peck Surveyor elected Nov. 7 1848 resigned April 1849.
HOUSTON COUNTY.
Riley B. Wallace District Clerk elected Sept. 7 184G; nnalified Sept. 18 184.
JACKSON COUNTY.
Nicholas jtfcNuit District Clerk elected July 13 184G; qualified July 30 1846.
LUON COUNTY.
William Kegwin District Clerk elected July 13 184G; qualified July .1648.
D.ivid M Brown Notary Public qualified Oct. 1218-10.
HenryTiebout do. do. Feb. 1 I84tf.
Thomas W. Blake do do. Nov. 21 18-18.
John Patrick do. do. Nov. 27 18-18.
George W. Ellis do. do. Miy 10 16-19.
David M. Brown do. resigned .
RUSK COUNTY.
John P. Grigsby District Clerk elected July 13 184G; qualified July 23 184.
J.B. Oliver Notary Public; qualified July 24 1848.
John McClarv. do. do. May 10 1849.
Julien S. Devereux County Commissioner elected Aug. 7 16-18; qnalifieil-
S.SKHie uarneii no. no.
William M. Ross ' do. do.
Afark Stroud do. do.
WALKER COUNTY.
Jesse W. Wilson District Clerk elected Nov. 1 1817; qualified Nov. i3 1847.
John S.J3esser Notary Public qualified Sept. 8 1840.
Josiah Iemit ao. no. Aug. a ib-Io.
Isaac Tonsey do. do do. 13 184G.
George W. Rogers do. do. January 11 1847.
Joseph W. Hackett do. do. Maich3 1847.
W. H. Davis Justice of the Peace prect. No. elected ; qualified 0t. 19 '4$.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
William Love Notary Public; qualified Sent. 28 1840.
Mises Park. do. do. do. 27. do.
Stephen It. Roberts do.' do. July 27 1846.
Lozenski Gilbert do. do. Sept. 2 1B4G.
Robert B. Well!; do. do. . July 31 1847. .
DavM W. Estls. Coroner elected ; qualified August 5J7 1849.'
Lozenski Gilbert Notary Public tidied June G; 1847. ' V " " ' W
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