The Gonzales Inquirer. (Gonzales, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 11, 1853 Page: 2 of 4
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" Off* TH iU. rmTII??tllkTRIiLltU II* KUNk."
S W SMITH K 1.1 TO I
uo*%An:ft TMAir^
*nlnrdn). Jnik II. IM!|.
FOH <X)N<i3tKKK.
. XT' Vr are uutliori/e<l to ftououore ('?|>t <?. K
LLWIHu n I'utiilklato for ('otitfrfM Cur iliv
? ??ru <'mi)rriwiiiii)iil Dhttlnt at the eimri.i^ Augii?l
I'lwllou.
roll OOVBRXOH
\pti" We in- authorised (?? aunounee Col. J. \V.
DAM'Y of K?ri'lli' ('ounlr if a <iinill<latc lor
Governor *l the noU Au|pi*t el??cliou.
ir We urv authorise*) to announce Huh. II. M.
ri..\>i; i>l IIiii/.uHa hm n caiitlolale to Coventor
hi the August election.
FOH HK SATO It.
Wo uro authorized |?i announce W. If]'MS
JONES K??| ?? a e.tn<IMate 10 rn|?rf??oiit thlr- S?nn-
torial I>i?>ii?i-i. composed of Oki countic* ol Oon/Jile*
(iuatljiloupe CuM* i.'ll liny* ami Coin u ul the An-
g\Ut tll'Cliotl.
FOH HEI'ltrsKNTATIVH.
..PT Wo are rcquculed to auuouiicu STEPHEN
II. |i.\HI(|'N n*> ii candidal" to repreceiit tin* nulli-
ty of Uiui/?lc* In llio State LegMaturo m thccimu-
inp Au|(ii'(election.
fW U i> nr<- authorized to announce UK VJAMIN
\\ KKKlS lift the Itciuoeratic Candidate to represent
Ott:;.*;ili-<< county iu the next I.< f-ifluiiiii' ill tin' cuiui
lug Au^u?t election.
Wanted.
A good ntcruly Printer ?*??? obtain n |>ennu-
ncnt ultuation iu this Office liy immediate np-
plication.
l-ir Hov. II. S. Thrall agent for the Am-
erican llililc Society in Weatcrn Toxiim will
delivt r a lecture on the Hlhle ciuim* to-morrow
at early candlelight in the courthouse prepara-
tory to orgAiiizing an nu:;ilinry HOciety in thin
place.
Latest News!
BY THIS MOKNINCi'H MATL.
Our dates from New Orleans arc to the
nth iiint... .Tiit* only news of Importance which
they contain wo give in u condensed rorm...
The Cunnrd steamer Arabia arrived at New
York oil (lie Hint ult. with three days lnl?*r in-
telligence from Liverpool... .Cotton had ad-
vnnced id. per lb...A dissolution of tin
French Assembly was thought to he inevitable
... .The report in contradicted that the French
Governnu t has tent a licet to the Sandwich
Islands with hostile intention*... .The Anicri
can CoiihuI ut Franklbrt-on-thc-Mainc died on
tlie Oth May Jttclfrc* Petit I'ircctor of the
Mint in Philadelphia died on the Hist ult....
Judge Alexander Walker of the N. O. Delta
lias been appointed Pension Agent at New Or-
leans. .. .'I lie trial of Gardiner at Washington
will probably he postponed till the September
IviTo... .Lieut. Whipple and his a idants left
Washington on the <)lst ult. for Fort Smith to
commence the survey of r. route to tlu Pacific
l?y w ay of Albuquerque... .The Whig ('onven-
tion of Alabama have udopted resolutions in
favor of State Reform Internal Improvements
and the election of .Indicia! olllct rs by the peo-
ple and also nominated ISichard Walker for
Governor.. . lion. Linn Boyd late speaker of
the House of Representatives has withdrawn
from the Congressional canvass in the first dis
trict of Kentucky... .Sterritt Is the only whig
elec ted to Congress from Virginia.. .The Prin-
cess Mill at luix arrived at Paris... .It is repor-
ted that tbeic is more trouhk at Milan and
tliut the militory has been called out and main
persons arrested... .The appointment of Mr.
Soule as Minister to Spain ha-* m ated no little
excitement in Madrid. .. . Blogdcn's cotton fac
lory at Liverpool has been destroyed by tire
....Patrick O'Oonohue the lii-h patriot i.
now mi bis waj to the I'nitcd States h? hav-
ing insde bi- i t ape from \ an IHcinau's I .ami
. .. The British t eminent conq.'lnins of di
predations committed by Americans a I the
I ttlkh'iid Islands to which piarter a foite ha
been sent for the protection of the cili/.cns of
those islands and their property.
J It all'ordit us much sati*fu<tion to find
our Kiibscribei ? so icndy and cliccrlhl in their
pa\ int nt* and so w tiling to do their share to
wards opi' Dtii.: tlicii pr<-- We n< know ledc
our aiiticipatioi in ih*? matter s?c more than
t\all/.ed nnd it idiall not be our fault if thi* hat
n.i niou* state *?( atlnii < iU ? not continue to
exist. Siii. i tin i <o<> of our tii>t nuinbei we
have received at least liftv mw sul^t i iIhT'* i
w f w ould l>c bapj \ to r? i ? ive I hat uumhci eve
rv week for some time to eomc
J. j/ \N c |?ivr Ikm ii anxiously aw .uting th?'
ili. iswii of the clouds <)?:- Wfek a to whrthei
ikill li:it< ??>?> i -ioI but It till t. m* to
l?v qWHlkMl All ?la\ Inn. OM so|
j.our* lo burning ?'ay ? n\u out Odd* and o?
chard* while low ulcmd* lie around the horl-
mon nnd cat l? ??? ninp we think we iiv wuni ?<(
a IhdvV showt:. but a \et #i un\e t^n ili.?
spi-
ted The futon i ?i cntertai
i f?hort crt?p- ? I ? . mi if litis ?ultr) we?
thrr i ntinui ?* a few dnj * long* i
W? ?ut>ioin the *tat? of the th> rmono t< r f >i
the la?t thi' ? 'hy* taken fnolil a r? uodei kept
bv a gentleman of our tow n.
Sun lt??e I P W Sun S?t
Jul*
t?t
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i1
14 hi
? V* The Si* ? Hid nM ?rr*. till * o k?'
tht? morning Wturing * iain* m?"
"? s? ai) Miy q '#'itu> f 1 u
gag*' #rtt il*" knHiu t aioog 1 hi* i* 1
tuiiK slot iii ? i wuhatfiu-'
A t oi i it?h Vic Mir citir?'i'' av\ar*
IbM llxff i* im:w ir. our * ?* '? .
tune rtwininf. Hi* t If not IH llw-m jo?t -i-
?iT??r to the C< ifthou Mxl lh?M the* ? 1
find M? counlrrb' ? Uo hmnai
phi? to ?u< h ?? | ?V< tion. tl?*t o?r ran
! InTht t IV- to W '!? r\: II I t
Tbi** s hh iiVr l?k? w v ? * "f tlo iiim Ii f
*' 'I b*'i t? ??? ' - ? " M' '
V" upw* ^
AGRICULTURE.
Aware of the ilium iwc and peculiar advanti*-
of our Stale over ino.*t other* u* :? farming
ami ?to< k mioiiiK country ami doiring aa far j
as may be to keep pure vv ith Ilio march of hit-
man progress ami improvement wc intend clc- I
viitinj; part of our papt r to tin- Milijeet of Agri-
culture believing lliat we shall thereby ad-
vance the heft int?*re>*tM of our County in a mat
ter the Importance of which must be fully ap-
|iart'iit lu all who have given the auhjcct a mo-
inuntV attention or who have the slightest ?p-1
prcciation of the ailvanti g< a as will us the
great reaourcea which surround u*.
Kroin the earlieat age* of tiie world Agricul-
ture ami |i??rtieulture haw been favorite pur j
suits of mankimi. ('ultivatlon of the noil the
drat ami most innocent labor of man Reeiim to i
have been especially pleading to the Creator
ami though for age* practised iu it> rudcat ami
simplest forma ami but little undcratood it lias
ever limply repaiil th?j toil of the husbandman
not only with abundant harvests ami an in-1
crease of the comforts ami enjoyments <'i life1
but with the usual recompense of honest cheer- j
ful ami well directed industry health and con- j
tcntuicnt. \\ hilu the whole experience of the i
| world shous how seriously the wealth and j
prosperity of a country dependa on the (pian-l
' tity quality and character of its agiiclilturnl I
! productions the thorough and profitable de- j
' velopment of its various natural resources and
j capacities and their proper application to the
i uscb and rc<piircineiita of the mushcR of man
? kind our own actual observation convinces us
that every active ami int< dligcnt (lirmer enjoys
facilities lor study and observation of the most
elevating and strengthening kind on subjects
la thorough understanding of which not only
| would ennoble and dignify individual character.
| but po far towards improving the mass of hu-
| man kind. As every grain of sand tills its ilea-
| lined place in the creation by swelling the great
mass ho it is with the human int? lici t. livery
J inuivulual mind helps to increase the* common;
stock of knowledge mure ?ir less.
| Tho astonishing fertility of our soil ahnost
| induce our farmers to believe that nothing lar-
' tlicria ncctssary to cuaurc tin- perfect hucccs.. j
of a crop in lexas than the simple planting <.l
tho need iiikI oc? a.ionally a ploughing or hoc*
inpr which generally succeeds so well that an
improvc?l plan of cultivation is considered to-
l tally unnccoxaary. Wo hear many (nv " I
| was taught to manage a farm before these new
? fangled notions came in vogue and I believe
tho old way l.s last -at leant it will do." We
j believe ho too in main ca .of hut not in nil.
I We HOC from the actual c.xperlcnco of our ms-
| tor .Stated of the South that under the im-
? proved system ??f agriculture introduced with
in ? few years which had for it* basis the rem
ovation of soils most astonishing results have
boon produced. Immense tract* of hind that
were considered so poor they would scarcely
"sprout peas" have under a skillful and judi-
clous system of mnuuring and a complete and
j scientific knowledge of the peculiar duliciincii s !
| of the soil lieeii made to produce almost rm\
Kind of a ?iop desired. While lands alwaysl
! considered common have yielded for years un
| der wise iiianugement and without exhausting |
themselves a succession of vidliahlc c; ?p??t oth-
er hinds originally much mote fertile ami un-{
dcr a dill'ercnt course of cultivation lui\c de-
clined in their produce until their annual yield
lias heel? merely nominal.
It is not reasonable to suppoKc that land re-
quired to yield only corn for a number of con
[scoutive yeaiH will invariably and without the i
; assistance of immure of some kind giv. abun
jdant crops of the very best ?pi:dlty of that arti
' le. 'I lie average yield may be very good for
many years but it exhau. is itself at last.
Il this great principle of rotation of crops
wen more fully understood and practised wi
should not so olU'ii bun the farmer complain
of "dry seasons" or " iincomiuouly wet wea
ther" as o reason for slim tnc> of crops A
little knowledge ol the necc cities and forma
tlon of the peculiar soil he c'tltlvatc* would
make a icmnrkabie dill'* leiicc to him in hwrti -t
turn and this knowlcdgt c\< n net he farinct
can certainly acquire by a little well dircctcd
<>|tM nation of his own ly the cxpciicnoc ol
hi- ne 'bltoi and by th? important supje-
tions ol agricultural join mils of which then
arc -?? v??cm llent ones published in the
>oiith at prices sullicitfitly model hIc to plnct
I him at the command of cvciy tanner
Oiu oluimi- will ?it nil I ip . be op. o to the
ultui ist for any Hllgtv Eliot's ol lineliil di
t?iU i'ii.iiccted w ith hi irn-at put nit; and wo
will I??? nhfiiM*! (itour farmer-foi an\ bifotma
t???ii u > ful t.i the; dvpartm< nt ol mii p'ltit ?
We d< peinl on yon pi iiiei|ndly lot i know It I..
uf the *y stein of ayii. iiHuic lf-i -nit'd to our
paitt< uiai . .lin.i .il s.t: . tin- k'ii.1^ 1.1 '
produce that l.oiiritdt 1 > ?! here an I art <iiiu.i
jnifltubU the b I fences h.dff. s o. the
irtiml? r of bah >* ot c otton raised and bushel* i
of Ct-m p.t Ac Wfl|h. I.d to til. H. !e U> I
it thet with the amount ol Inml in cultivation t
I h? indbtthtnl ? spct ii'iit > of cu r\ (.inner i? of ?
and we Miiivrely h.-p. th<? rctpicJt will t
U o.mpii^l with.
lltHHI \ ? StMMII t O'lef Int. I
mfUij. n>e?.t* ma.lt by M? >r lUnU.V M.r. n
iriC. tw t? tb?-ii lit s lln> l'i'i>4'ti'!iii;ri t
<0>i \t. M. ' Htltk i I V'll'l Milt 1 IJ <
ft. i. Ni v Orleai. to He.- II*. dunuu ()i? u?t? ?
... !. Vw *?? ? '?- ' > ? ? ...d i
fn?h?ne'!a eve.'^ ^sit'ihi*^.
Ih. J.oui* nn? b?* t v to Net* \ f?r i
rej^iir* ami < I^w ?? ot ti.e 1 p.
t? St s \ I'tit to *? !ipertot? o?? the ? <o- tru? t on j
? >l n?-t ?i. jtl ?'iij . Iltlt I' .? I !"? th? N? ??
t ?. ?>? si.d Vtia t ni* !*!>? i Si ? liiitm.i un I
Tt M"tn>h)| m thtt ?h' itlh WIldtMiii? ?*t? I
m ttr*' will hn>. 'itvii'ito wihI wtsklv
IT St rn<il tin rit^h hi t to
(< Hi |||t> . WplHt'.l" tb ?? not ?* ltl"?tft|W(:5UC ?* ?* I
(tiutiwl ?i-tvit t?y hwr iiv'l \ \tr% ?? p'< ? <>ft r >
pO|H r. we bait! H"t now nir Irrt Ho* t^ke* $
[i<>m "t WW o #
Fourth of July.
Tlib e\ or-mcinoruble aiiniveraory of our Na-1
tioiud Independence in fast approaching yet'
wo hear of no preparation In ing made to celc-i
brute it in nil appropriate manner. Certainly
tliv good ami patriotic citizens of this County J
do not intend per mitt in^r thnt most glorious of
nil days to pnM4 unotwrrriil and unb?'iorcd
without exhibiting some feeling of rw?pcct in
token of (lie mighty deeds of thoyc who now
rest calmly ami quietly. Something should
be done mid that noon; for we ha\e only three
weeks IKifore 0s. (Set lip a Hall a IJarbecue
or anything that will for a while dispel the
clouds of adversity mid make every one forget
the cares troublca and pcrplcxitieu attending
our every-day life.
I'. S.?? Since writing the above we have been
requested to Mate that n meeting of the citizens
of the town and county wiii be hc!d in the
t'oiut IIouhc on Monday ni^ht the l:tth for
the purpose of making some arrangementH to
wards celebrating in a becoming manner the j
Anniversary of our National Independence.? j
We sincerely hope that a large attendance ol
our citizens will be the iespouse to this notice.
" Misfoitunes never come singly!"
miphi very appropriately have bec.t the excla-
mation of n disconsolate looking individual we
noticed iu our streets a day or two since. It
Appears that the person referred to mid anoth-
er man had just arrived in our town from
Mexico in rati If for the gold divings and
while ho was procuring some oft ho "essentials"
in one of our provision stores the horses doing
duty as I?a^isiin** waggon* in his train took a
fancy to } which they accordingly did
to the imminent peril of the goods and chattels
wherewith they wore packed After a vigor-
ous chase they were captured and led back to
their servitude looking as crest-fallen as it i*
possihh for horses to look. Then commenced
a weary search for the missing wardrobe pow ?
der llat-ks six shooters Ac. some of which
were recovered and they went on their way
and camped. On the following morning one
??f our hemes awoke and found to his great
mortification that his tru ted friend had also
"ttu.ifutlal in company with the horses leaving
him to pursue his contemplated journey to the
gold region if inclination so prompted him
"alone iu his glory." Various impulses how-
ever led him iu pursuit of the fugitive the next
morning but we have not luvl any farther in-
telligence from them since.
Z<}" W'*?' kad pleasure on Wednesday
lie l of receiving a visit from tlie celebrated
" \\ i'.tl Man nf I lie Wood#" We have lin*l our
curiosity frequently aroused concerning this
much talked of individual but never before liad
an opporlunity of gratifying it. Moses Kvnns
is ecrtninly a remarkable man. ICntircly un*
educated he possesses more available practical
knowledge more mute discriminating judg-
ment and shrewd application of his observation
to 1111 it and things in general than mo?t men
who are considered highly intelligent. Mose
is a child or nature not only in mind and nun-
tiers hut in personal appearance lie is tall
and athletic formed for strength and activity
with a humorous and intelligent face a tine eye
and a heard that would not have t)cnndnli/.ed an
ancient Jewish lluhhi except in color- Moses'
being decidedly rod.
llu is now going west with a surveying par-
ty as a guide and will doubtless prove an in-
valuable aid.
Some time since a very intelligent
gentleman from Cteorgia Mr. Farley arrived
at this place for the purpose of commencing
here and i xploi ing (he river to iiH mouth w ith
a view of ascertaining w hether or not a line of
keel-boat- could be run during the whole year
or the principal part of it nud in case his ?b
nidations wire favorable he purposed es-
tablishing a line of keel boats to make regular
trips from < ioiiitales to the mouth ol the tiunda-
lupc.
\\ c pul'li-h the re :!'. 'f !li^ ??l??<?! *Jil[i.>|i
given iii a letter to one of our citizens
" I hflvc explored the river ft* (lit* down a<
Mr K M Ihr.htv ^ Guiles below t'ueio and
abandoned the trip n- hop I - to imlivldnnl
enterprise TheieUnot more than two feet
water in a ;???"! inftnv places it is :? veiy rapid
strt.'itn and enpal?le el being made nitiig.ible
for very lkdit nrnught steamers say t or .'on
halt - of cotton; ii is much larger than I ex
pet-ted. th> !?!< rttc t oh ? i. !e i from Clinton
tlown a lai a I explored.'
MMU'UU ? mvi'IIii:m i \ iiiK'dnr eo!n?-i-'
ilvi < ? has trat--p red with us rant? ctcd w ith
lh. |'|i t !n If. *t Saturday th llh of ?fiiiie
|s wi i > --.J (he t i ?.t number of our pnpei
|n thi?t win mid on the Ith ? f .bine 1NI3 We
smed the ti'-vt ntinibet of n paper in \!?? ? ir
Ir.a. I i Tim-. the anniversary* of our tlr-t pa
hi w a ? <-<leh|-;tt'd eight ywis subse-pn utly \
>\ the ? ^Jal.li hmcnt of a ?rcond journal.
? >
IIh l:<>!? I dti'tfing mania muii- to Is-
11liei on the InertH^e io Icxn \\ehaven<>
it. <| ? eve1*1 -n ull parti * on th> ir w a\ thitlu i
V. entlv (III Moin!a\ la-! <piite a lnrg. party
ifyiv looking Individuals pa -ol thrtmgh our
mil KH'illVllll) Well ?>?>?? )<U . I not t:{tlj f>><
i |o- Jourwv but f"?- t omforinhle t m (imp
innt after !h> \ mine at their pl?cv ol'dt tin
item. They had M-vcr*! bft^Agt- waggons in
heir traio e. m l nll<>^> thet ?I'll -.-klitied
nth * All Itl tl \t n prOfJKS'tv Mlltl ipil'e
I |? wl !?> take the w orld eft V Mueowtal
end them
Tub tV;]i? ? N"t?ll!i-<W.?litii th ?t 'jw i<f
hi* Hw?n wt< ? s << *t? <ii t|i --*??*! ? yr!'
lie til i fVv?tl ImW bid t'?f MttBt tlllH-
i-i |i? l^mfhl th?to '<>rv ??? r?p?dlr and
AO
MlWfof Mi ? 11? ? >ntf.rjt t'ottMi l?
I ?ftK t?f tin
t I*
Utft iHm la?t
'? ' I'loffX- >1 lt?':t|| >*h- ?t l*<t MtllttnU
i Itxliiiiii^t It* |?ifiitg tulii|T< iiiilirih t'Om lltr
. i . t.fM rim. W?? t*HH th? !f?wl
ai rtii Miii it cv?tv?u- nt t<? ?Wt our
AnOTIIKK ltmiMONll IN TIIK Fiklh.?Col J. j
W. hancy of Fayette county has announced
hill.M ir a candidate for Governor. Ho
in this placc on Monday last on the various
questions agitating the public mind among!
which ho lulvmitnl uioct strenuously the Fret*
Hanking syhtern and Railroads throughout the
State.
Capt. (?. K. I.ewis candidate for Con-1
gresu a<l<livKn<l the citizens of Intliuiioltt on
the IKt inst.
|9fT John I.nruc Judge of the first dis-
trict court or New Orleans was at the late
election in that city for judge* re-elected to
that olllce. A hotter selection could not have
been made. The papers state that the thieves
pick-pockets etc. voted against him en mute.
r?r From present appearances the party
lines at the coining August election will not he
so strictly drawn us heretofore. There seems
to he a general determination to vote for men
capable of filling the various olticcs for which
they ore candidates and without regard to par-
ti/an prejudice*.
Rick OdiavKI.?Dr. Strange inform* the
Lavaca Commercial that he cultivated on his
farm on the AreiiOKO this season a small
quantity of rice which turned out remarkably
well the grains being large plump and full-
grown. The seeds from which thin rico was
made was brought from Florida. The Doctor
is of opinion that there can be iih line rice
grown here iin in any pnrt of Florida and that
he intends to try the experiment upon a more
c xtensive scale this year. We have long been
I of the opinion that rice could bo successfully
; cultivated upon our low Hat prairies and wo
I trust ihat further efforts w ill be made in the
; cultivation of the same.
?-?7" Houston Telegraph informs us that the
; Calves ton and Ited Hivcr Railroad company
! was organized in Houston last Wednesday.
(Sen. Orvillo Clark was present and subscrib-
ed for one hundred shares at one hundred dol-
lars each. I ie gave assurances that iron would
be furnished by northern capitalists for the
; road that would be graded by March next.
The company express full confidence that the
road will be completed to the lirazoa river
within one year. The stockholders are nil
willing to pay their instalments promptly.
The work is to be pushed forward with em rgy.
The Telegraph hopes to see sixty miles teady
; for iron rails by March next
Tiii: Ni:\t (-'onuiO'-is.?I'lio Inst llvo States
in their conpreHsional elections havo returned
their entire delegation of Democrats. Thus
fur 1 ('?<) members havo been elected?100
| democrat* no whips ar.d 8 aholilionistrt. If
I the remaining 77 (oho elected should preserve
the same political fuith as those of the la.st re-
presentation the whole nninher will htnnd 1M
democrats 77 whips and H abolitionists.
Diti.uirn. OiTii.vor. Thu Victoria Advo-
cate learns tliat three MexicniiH are now in
custody at (lolind awaiting their trial for the
hrutal ninrdor of several Americans near Sun
Patricio ii short time since. The Americans
had a number of horses in charpo on their
way into the interior of the State when they
were waylaid murdered and their bodlca
burnt to ashes by these inhuman fiends.
Till- Tl.\ As A Mil IlKO filVK.lt Tw.KUIIAI'll I.INK.
We learn from the Houston Ilanucr that the
Stock hooks in that city for thin line of tele-
graph have been closed by the Coniuiisssiom rs
the full amount of stork re(|iiired there having
hecn subscribed l>y good men.
Smth.- It is reported at Austin from a rc
potable source that Judge i!cugati intends
instituting units against several gentlemen of
i tho Legislature who animadverted in severe
t< rms upon his c induct in relation to the Pe-
ter's Colony diilicttlty. No mij < the Ameri
can.
At "Tin The sale of \u?tin city lots Rays
the tla'/cttc closed on Wednesday evening.
The aggregate amount of the snhs it learns is
between thirty-fay urn! thirty-thru thouMiml
?The ptecisr number of lots s >ld it
(aos'.ot ascertain (lencrally speaking tlie\
-old At prettv high prices Hut three ItiisincHs
]? >1 h (iii Congress Avenue were offered and one
f the> i broii ht over $I!h>'> The lia/etto
rt ;iu<ls the results of this n!c n?n striking
; ndit ation of th< rapid growth ntid prompt tity
of the t ii v?and < >'linti ? ? nurroiinding.
t'luic I iie Austin Vineiican ;n\s latteiU
thev have had a nuuibet of showers. I he
prospe-1 of n im??hI crop is flattering
I lie San Antonio I .cdgi i a\ tlvt?the
li?rj;e land holders who mbwriliod to the rail-
road mi d wl''? in ?? to be on benefits 1 by it
are iiowi tefu?iii:.* to pav their instalment* and
jiie utakiiig ell'n|t<? ??#hrun disroiimgnueiit on
the n hole proje. t.
J j**" The Jell*'i-"*11 Ibirld coi|?>ty
h >i-1 tin iiMi tfitf Jii" I Mills Joi t">verno*\
ami of l>*uicl ('. IMckson tor l.ieut timvrnnr.
Tie liidicftdowi Ktii thai till" will be n Mro;ig
i t i? t.^-lein Ti n
[ ?* \Vr Ith' nullified toh imlfi.it our old
fl < ud ?fulit) II t xttoti Pmj has Wen i lo twl
i.' j>( |fto l?is|ti?t .tiidi'i ? of New ??iU?i?s
\ ||>I I of lilKtttn. ' llulk?'? Mr*
?f Illicit* i? ??| ital He *?ys
" Meo an* .jualitird t i ? ?iil llbrrtj in e\
.set lin o t<i their disposition to pMt
chains uj?on thelf omn *pi?etite? in ptv?i*>r
lion a? thvir l<?v* of i?*?* i? alum* liitir
iHi??it* ; in proiwrtion ** th?r mouiwIikw
?? ! ?ii.[ti tv ??f ond? i ?t*i.-ling !? *b"i' th*i?
vanilv aol prt?nmpti.in; in pr.?p.?tloti m
t??e\ mote to li?ten to the OHW
???? ?tf the ? ?? wxl jt?**l in prt>nr? i>e to
lilt tt*?l?i > <*' koarr*. S.* ivly < *nr??t > %>:
u'rs* a ?ontrallitip ojhwi lh? \? dl aod
*|'*n tit* i* ii s*?nv?'W here M*l tli* le - >-l
it tfieiv is within tlw tlW tl?*r?' must t^
of ii 'Y.t!*?ut It if ortUmctl in th? rtwml
e.x?tfi>?ii?k <?f O.KirN th.il men ?>f ?iit' mpeialo
tnifHls cannot l<r ftr? f <rpfl I hrlf
<>Slt
[COMM t*N I CAT CD. i
IHTEBHAL IMPR0VEMEHT8.
Mksmiis. Smitii & Dahst?Gentleman?Al-j
low me through the medium of your paper to
cxprcftit the view* of one relative to the policy '
of thin Slate (which he now claims as hisadop-'
ted home) on the subject of Internal Improve-
ments; and them) view* are not expressed
through any personal motives but to draw the
attention of the citizens of Gonzales County to
a subject ? hich is now l>eing agitated through-
out the State. There is not a political aspi- j
rant in tho .State who has not mounted this
hobbj* like- the Romans of old for the purpose
of riding into power. Upon every stump thin
is this favorite theme upon which they like to'
dwell and tickle the fancy in order that they
may please and iniatiate themselves into the
good graces of the people and thereby bo ex-
alted to the station* which they so much desire
to 1111. Hut micIi motives far be it do not be-
long to the author of these remarks. Ami why
this general excitement upon a subject that in
other States has proven so disastrous to the
prosperity of its citizens and its own greatness
as a State? It is because every one feels that
the State of Texas is planted upon a basis
much stronger and that her means of wealth
are much greater than those of her sister
States who have tried this experiment and
I failed. They know'hat she is able to enter
into these public improvement.'' and conse-
quently ibis desire.
| Other States that have tried thin Railroad:
enterprise had natural means of transportation i
: For instance the State of Illinois had the Wa-
j bush the Kaskaskin the Illinois and the Hock
I livers four great tributaries of the .Mirfttis.-iippi
? liver which belts her entire shores on the
; Went; hence it was not necessity that drove
1 her into thi< system of Internal Improvement;
because her natural resources were quite sulii-
i cioiit to carry oil" her products. Hut not so
i with Texas. Mere is a territory more than
j double that of any other State in the Union
I possessing a soil unsurpassed by any other por-
tion of the globe in point of productiveness
| with a salubrity of climate unequalled by any
[country fronting nearly a thousand miles on
j the Gulf of Mexico yet without a single navi-
| gable stream. The Legislature in her appro-
| priations has lavished her stores of wealth for
j the purpose of cleaning out these rivers and
! rendering them vavigablc; but w lit re is the
j llfly thousand dollars appropriated for the pur-
J pose of cleaning out the Guadaloupe?the bun-
. drcd thousand for the purpose of denning out
; the rafl in the Colorado and the same amount
. for rendering navigable tliu RrazosV Yet with
I all these appropriations there is not a naviga-
j bio river in the State. Far better would these
appropriations have been it given to somo old
1 exan. who has spent the bloom of manhood
in defending hfs family and country from the
merciless uttacks of the roving Camaucho or
the ..till more stealthy attack of the Mexican
i I hen our only hope for future prospurity is
Railroads; but the great objection urged
against this system of Inte rnal Improvements
is the history of other Stales that have embitr-
i ked in the rainu noble enterprise. To this ob-
jection we would simply remark that (ho State
i of Texas is planted upon a basis much strong-
j cr that her resources of wealth are much grea-
j ter and that the future greatness find prosper-
ity of the State demand some means of trans-
Iportation F.vcry foot of land within the hor-
| tiers of our State is owned and belongs to the
' State of Texan w hile other Stales have ceiled
| to the General Government all their public do-
main consequently a great source of wealth to
' the State which in every other State Hows to
the general government; hence our indepen-
dence and consequent action if we desire.
I he lone traveller as he passes over our beau-
tiful prairies and extended landscapes views
iu the transparent of joy these illimitable plains
j covered over with tlowcis of a thousand hues
and variegated colours with hero and there a
herd of fleer and cattle (ceding on the jj:coii
sward and growing fat on Ihc miiHquitc grass
that wales in rich luxuriance all around thorn;
?>r pirlmp* hi* gaze iiwij be H\e.l upon the mul-
titude of birds uuknow II |o other dimes which
lu r? ?llspl:i\ their bright plumage commingled
with purple and azure hues to the sweet har-
mony of a world teeming with life and motion.
\!l thee nnlur.il beauties ho admires iu our
western homo fud | ? rhnp* ho may bo foiced
to exclaim iu the language of the poet
"Tin tlit'InikI of cv?ry ln"<l Il?c (iridc
Hdovwl l>v hmvcti o or nil the ? ?i|<I In-vidt*
Win i(t In ijhtri ?>?t? display Hcronif light
Ami niilikt moon* itupnr*<liKo the night
\ litii'l <>f virtuo ?nil if n >n I I rut It.
I????? !nl? ?.. I iu;r ntxl lovo i-Nnlinl youth.
TIk' wnmlrrin ntiirinrr \vh"-c ? vv? vxploiv*
i III1 rii In - |nlc? lit' moat ?'iu limiting fiiorvA
\ icw - m>t ? ii (tint tun) fair
N'nr l?i? itthi * III*' irit i?f porvr air."
^ iiottrith?<nmlht)r? ho may l>? so il.iiulit
uur uHfs'?t?l iii<>>nit?iip>
ri-iliK llkf !???* ?-r)? ?>t t?<? I fur ??i a ??n t "wrini'l
mount tli<>" ho itM?v ?H'w nilhiMiiilil I ho cry <
ihI nliviim|Pi4iih|t from thr irnntnlu n ?i<lraml
rmJtiiil with rapidity ov( r the ru^l 11111*
ami utmhnu their m>.? to thr implitv t?<i!t.
ttit? lt< n??> Ih> w ith tho n?-ntlr litti i'?
?lint CMi Ulow krti?tour CaVonil laml; tho' nil
l|ti m' ronton- l?> Jill In* ??vul with wihHHw ami
ti< klo III* fmiry i'V? n to annotation y ?t w hen
Im> itHMh * -1?*-* iaily if lt? In- ? man of >v. ?!ih
tha' w? havr iw mmtin <>f ttniwfwiftattoitt *11111
it rr<|iiitTi ?it>iil onr-fourth thr Taluv of tun
?t*p!r nrti?*l? * to tln-tn !<? tnatkrt h i? f?>r
?v?| t?? return to In* ??hl Ih^nr * In rr though
the ?o'lu r* 14 Ii ** Mtrto Ii** the w>il l< ?.* |?i?*
ilihliu Aixl the ilinuiti* !<-? rtliiUntii!; Iw i?
xorrwimltil with all thr a<lv?ntac<-? ?>f na*ijra-
t?*m ami where Hity tSMtTWiietW* nf lift ?? at
lii? eo?um*n?l. \n?l 0t:? i* the Itjrht in whi< h
1 vtiy fii?il4i' man vim? thi* *ul;e?t for it
w imH I* lolly fcwr .i n.an thu* t-itoatni miitoun
il^l by *11 iht rnJiifnt? of lifr. to lt?u< hl<
h -r??" juwI ? a?t hi? lot in a country ao remote
1 a?4irtffcn l1"1 *??; p-*?# m 1 S?.t h?
means of trani(|>ortation then all the*e natural
advantages would be a ku(licit-ut iiidticement
to draw from the old worn out laud* of Missis-
sippi Alabama and Georgia thu?e wealthy
planters who now are only kept there by those
conveniences of which we are deprived but
which lie within our reach if we would only
make the effort.
Then it Ih-Iiuotps iih an a people to look to
thin subject and to bo up utid doing that is if
we pride uurnelves in the future welfare and
prosperity of our country.
The great <piestion at issue is would it bo
|K>licy in thin Statu to enter into i| general sys-
tem of Internal ImprovementsT Let facts an-
swer. 1 here is siot a single portion of the
State where thin Mibject ha* not been discussed
ami the wind work of forty different roads has
already been done and no doubt in the imagi*
nation of those who have mounted this hobby
to ride into office the cars hove thundered over
many a thousand miles crossing at intervals
other roads of less importance upon which
likewise the cars hidcned down with the rich
products of Texas were rolling on their pon-
derous wheels into some inaguiliccnt city which
bad sprung up on the shores of Texas to daz-
zle the eyes of the commercial world. Such
no doubt were the dreams of Memucan Hunt
when lie went all the way to 1'elincseoo to
bring out little Jemmy Jones to make liin Kail*
road speeches. It is evident then that it is tho
desire of the people of Texas to enter into this
Itaiiroad system; but this desire cannot be
carried into effect because they have not tho
wherewith to do it. Then if we have roads
at all tliev must be made by the State. It
would be best for her to enter into a general
system of Internal Improvements or io permit
hnr citizens to build her roads than to impov-
erish themselves and ns the contractors of tho
San Antonio and tlulf Kuiltoad company have
been bo duped by the Yankees of the North
and induced to pay t he exorbitant price of $27-
000 per mile when half that sum would havo
been sufllcieut. To prove this statement wo
need but refor to tho New* Orleans and Opo*
lnusas Kail mad w hich is now being construc-
ted through tin; low lands of l.ouiMiina for the
sum of $ III :iu:l per mile. Thus we have been
chiseled out of about $10000 per mile by theso
ever exacting and insatiable Yankees of tho
North who not being contented with chisel-
ing us out of our rights as a Stnte have thus
robbed us of our hard earnings as a people.?
I lius it is evident that our people are neithor
able nor competent to enter into these public
improvements ami our only hope must then"
turn to the State who is only capable of buil-
ding our roads. Suppose the SUite had under-
taken to have built this Son Antonio and Gulf
Itaiiroad she would have built it with the as-
sistance that she w ould havo obtained from her
citizens for about one half the amount which
that company havo obligated themselves to
pay thereby saving to her citizens about $10-
000 per mile and freeing herself to some o?-
tent of the annual tax imposed upon her citi*
/ens. Tint this is not my project. 1 wish tho
State to enter into a more general system of
Itnilroads commencing on tho Rio Grande on
the \\ est and pass through the heart of tho
: country to tin1 >sthine on the Kast and there
| intersect the Now Orleans and Opclousas Road.
Tho benefits arising from such a road would bo
incalculable to tho State passing as it would
1 through tho heart of one of the best timbered
| countries in the world and through the Kas-
lern portion of this Statu which now is worth-
less and as dead capital but which if this road
j were built would at once yield a revenue to
the Statu that would forcw-r free our citizens
from .tax. Not only so but tho annul cmigra-
I tion induced to migrate to this State by such a
! road instead of being au hundred thousand
I would be at least an half a million composed
too of the most energetic and wealthy citizens
of the older States. And the prairies which
now extend from the Guadaloupe Klter to thn
Itra/oH instead of presenting to the eye a drea-
ry waste and desert bare would at once bios-
soin and bloom liko the rose though now in-
acccssahlo to timber would then he fnrnitihcd
from the pine hills of Kastem Texas and Lou.
isiana.
Again hy this means wo would open dirwt
'communication with New Orleans tho Crw-
cent city of the South and which furnishes tin
lic-d market in the world for the Southern plan*
ter and thereby our merchants would l*ia-
dueed to cease their traffic with those Nonh'
era traders who in their hearts nbomioitt
and despise our institutionand support Li.*
industry and trade.
If this system of Infernal ImprOTfr.i'ftti
would imbue to our Stale such a vaster^
tion and support home industry w-miU '^
Im- to th>' interest of the St>?tc and vastly in
eiT?s< the value of her public lands? and thin
in addition t>? the direct ta\ which would bo
imposed upon the emigrants in a few years
? would pA\ for tlie building of the Ko-uf and
the profits !? before stated would foravcr free
the inhabitants ofTexas from that annual tax
which now opprcs> our people. Then like the
1 ? \-ins of old we might toum our prairies
wild and free and exclaim in the language of
the poet:
i
" WVsiwnnl the atnr of Kinpiro take* it* w?y
Thr first four trl.i lln mIv |' ^t
The fifth *hnll elo?e tln> ifinmn of (he <lav
'l ittle* nohh'*t oll'*|>riiitf '"r Usf"
Ami n nut'l of thi* ?Iwrm'ter running *?. it
would through the Innrt of our State would
not ottl\ mlvttttrr our nntioiuil trtvntm ?s nml
pln< e u* lirv oml the rivalry of other States hot
would It'ivl to unite our rtntl forever
htt-h (he rn> intf- ol thouc n*|>inuK ?1?
v. ho tidily *io>ttt forth I heir ' in? ?t?? I kimwinlp^
of State \ and iwphi^lry in fkYor of Utti
din# (he State nml then
" The ti? x around tin* I'tiion Hung
t'*o Rot will lint l?e onil.<ne."
Awl if *%??* 'Ivat *.vl efttadroph* no roocK
feared ?hould I* witnenspd ?h< n the I'ni^n
*hall '>e di**<>lvod when tin i?|orioo? t% |>id>l(c
ereetcd hj our t>ol4e hthefs ?-f '"rt ??hull bo
>? I'liftnl in t!ie fim ? itin o hen the
ptjjlp of HhrtijP ?h*ll .4i! (V-?t > hi* < .sited height
or Mlflfrl ftimi hi* jnmtnt ???!? nt the I told
iiImihm^ ol |w?htir*l ??|MHnt? --WiUi emit ooo
hnvrtrmg look at the n? hV tvMir ?n which ho
?l e iMifflllol to T\*X klMl JltVVl hi* tti'll
th .lr ?l |?lts-? * hut in tl>i? u> ? \{-? ? t< -d llipht
Uinvks thela?*t mkI rv?jtiie?u of ?lriv?rted liberty
? hen the htolortltl *h?it j?a?? alot>? over her
eruniMtn?: toners and ?ilh hi* |w??. i| nv >il?o
on thvU-t <( her mine*I walls-
" Ft lit tllluut ?t inm ph?rw thtn Trta*
oititiininft M *hf dt*1* titlim her ?*n Itoun-
?UrV*. ?o<h ft v*ri?f > of m<*) *r>.| cl'mtt*. wdl
Ik oC uaititatmnx *n iu?U j? nl? <?t <r*?^
I'tnuii nt nml to ?>?< li hrt imlr|nM|fiHT *ut>^n?
th? Mtktun(<bf A TKX AN.
The Mire* t*f Wo Y.nk hty h** flcwl
fit. ?olUi* fr-r allow to* ? ruI tn h??
? >\<\- ' % t<> w **h ih?- - i< in f? ?i^
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