The Texas Monument. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 31, 1850 Page: 1 of 4
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Telegraphed to the New Orleans Crescent.
i! Baltimore, Monday, July S.
The President is quite ill J
sicians il attendance state that
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On Monday (Sth) Senator
Smith, ofConnecticut, spoke in
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the President.
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With the most thorough investiga-
later-dispatch says that the President
was fast sulking, and was not
live through the night.
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Americans had taken about $3000 from
one I
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10 pounds was found in the same vicin-
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at Boston, yesterday.
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The Texas Monument, a weekly
newspaper, published in the to\Cn of La
Grange, in the county of Fayette, for
Three Dollarisi yetirt payable invariably
Press and Type belong tti the
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The following dispatch is telegraphed
to the Merchant’s Exchan
Room:
Baltimore, Tuesday, July 9, 9 p. M.
A tremendous fire is raging in Phila-
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ge Reading
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said Committee shaH elect ja President,
Secretary, and Treasure!1, and such other
officers as they may deem proper.
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the President and four members of said P^ent to the tvorld a singular 'state of
Committee shall constitute a quorum to
do business; and in the absence or disa-
shall constitute a quorum at ahy regular
4 meeting, i H
Sec. 5. Be it further enactedf That w^°
II 1 a* A A X — a* A 1— —— A t— -a. I f I 1 A • *"
Said Committee for the ««■-1
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d they ment a°d laws protectin
that man
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Secl8. Be it further enactedy That
act shall take effect and be^in force
But as yet no such solution has been ob-
, The idea that the whole was a
“trick of the children”—an idea which
some of the papers have endeavored with
great zeal to promulgate, is to every one
who is acquainted with the facts, as stu-
pid as it is false and injurious. The
statement, too which some of the papers
have reiterated so
was found out,” is, I regret to say,
true,
tion which I have been able- to bestow
upon it, aided by gentlemen of the best
talents, intelligence and sound judgement,
in this, and in many neighboring towns,
the cause of these strange phenomena reT
mains yet undiscovered.
About the middle of April, a gentle-
man who was spending the night at my
house, proposed to try the method of in-
terrogation which had been adopted in
Western New York, and to our utter
amazement, a series of responses W^re
returned, from which the inference was
irresistible that they must have been pro-
duced by a being which possessed intelli-
gence. For several weeks communica-
tions were madb in this way relating al-
most wholly to a matter in which certain
members of the family are supposed to
have art interest; at the same time; the
other manifestations continued, and very
great annoyance was experienced. The
mode of'communication was by some
persons repeating the alphabet, and the
letters of the word to be Uttered were in-
dicated by a rap from some invisible
agent. I tried by all the methods I could
devise, to find ivhat the power, was by
which the rappings was produced. I
have heard it hundreds of times, and
have done my best to ascertain the cause, dians
but as yet i have hot succeeded. I have ! wm w—v
been often asked if I believed it was the | the Indian’s bfcats.
I have as often replied
that I do not know what it is. I .have
never seen a spirit, and L do not know
what a spiritcould do ifil would, or-what
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The :
Monumental Committee; and the pro-
k arising, from the publication of the
rr will ^ie expenses of
publication) J^appropriated to the erec-
tion of a Monument to the memory of
the decimated Mier prisoners, and others,
who have fallen io the cquse of Texas.
The paper will be devoted to* no sect
tn religion, or party in politics.
Committee wish it to be emphatically
newspaper tthich wjil treat all sects and
parties fairly—give place to no
The Stratford Mysteries and Kniock-
ings in deneral—Rev. Dr. Phelp^
. The following letter to the New York
Observer, a religious paper, from the
Rev. Dr. Phelps, of Stratford, is a singu-
lar epistle, which will be read with in-
terest:
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To the Editor of the N. Y. Observer:
Mr. Editor : Public attention has
been called of late to certain strange
manifestations which have been denomi-
nated ^Mysterious Knockings.They
first b^c:
of Rochester, between two and three
years ago. Since that time similar man-
ifestations have been in the cities of Au-
burn; Syracuse and in other places in
Western New York, and recently in sev-
eral places in Ohio, New Jersey, Con-
necticut and’ Massachusetts. For several
wo^ks past, something of the same char-
acter has been witnessed at my house.-r-
It commenced on the 10th of March
last, and continued, with slight interrup-
tions, from two'to three months. For
the first five or six weeks, no communica-
tions were made that we could under-,
stand ; but the phenomena consisted in
the moving of articles of furniture in a
manner that could- not-be accounted for.
Knives, forks, spoons, nails, blocks of
wood, etc., were thrown in different di-,
rections about the house. They were
seen to move from places and in direc-;
lions which made ft certain that no visi-
ble power existed by which the motion
could be produced. For days and weeks
together I watched these si range move-
ments with all the care and Caution, and
close attention which I could bestow.—
1 witnessed them hundreds and hundreds
of times, and I know that in hundreds
of instances they took place when, there
was
could have been produced.
inuoity, whose education, general intelli-
gence, candor, veracity and sound judge-
ment, none will question, were requested
to witness the phenomena, and, if possi-
ble, help us to a solution of the mystery.
But as yet
tained. T
manifestations which have been denbmi-
^Mysterious Knockings.,f They
“an to attract attention in the city jon that whatever
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m report both censuring opinion
favor of Crawford prose-
cuting clkim adapted ninetv-one to emhty-
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. that the livers of the twins were connect-
1 ed by a membranous bridle about half an
philosopher’s stone-hunting Louis, now
President of France; should unite with
Austria and Russia, England, by the as-
sistance of her powerful navy, might give
sufficient aid to the revolutionary party
in the different countries of . Europe to
destroy everymionarchy on.the continent.
In such a course the British people have
every thing to gain by going to war with
now,' instead of postponing die
piatter till the Czar shall have all his plans
ready for the great blow which he
pects to strike.
Austria with the choicest'blood of Hun-
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^ary. Prussia is almost entirely depen-
dant on him, and is naw, doubtless, act-
ing under fiis directions.
navy alone saves Turkey from bein
fitioned, as Poland was.
Russia will continue to .push their con-
quests in Asia, until a question tff boun-
dary will arise with regard to British ter-
ritory in India.
able opportunity, an attempt will be made
to deprive Great Britain of her colonies,
to destroy her commerce, (which is the
meatfe of nurturing her seamen, who give
her so much power on the ocean,) thereby
weaken her navy, and render her a second
rate power in Europe.
‘circumstances, it does seem to us, that as
|a matter of policy, England ough| not to
refuse the glove, if Russia throws il down.
The friends of humanity throughout the
World will be on her side: and with the
fifiends of liberal principles in her ranks-
in every nation, the enemies of oppression
id Fiance, Italy, Germany, Hungary and
Poland, would proudly bear the standard
of freedom over every hill and valley of
misgoverned Europe. If nothing hap-
pens to prevent the scheme from going to
matprity, there will, doubtless, be an at-i
tempt made to place a king over the
French, by die Austrians, Russians and
Prussians, in
poleon. They will induce him to be-
lieve that he is to be Emperor of France,
or something of the kind, until he is pow-
erless in their hands,, and then they will
make one out of what they call the legiti-
mate branch ; and perhaps send him off,
with a high-sounding title, upon a little
island, or in some worthless little territory.
Eten that would be too good for a wretch
who is false to every thing
shpuld hold dear. The state of things in
Europe is not very cheering to the phi-
lanthropist. The people, when in the
full tide of revolution* they were about to
ca^-ry every thing before them, stopped to
listen to thk false promises of their rulers,
aiyl thus lost the favorable opportunity to
seicure constitutional right. Since that
time the monarchs have pursued a syste-
matic course of oppression whenever they
felt safe in doing so. Even the President
of France and his party have violated the
constitution to deprive the people of the
right of suffrage. There is an apparent
suppression of dm spirit of revolution, but
we believe it is the calm which precedes
the coming storm. Louis Napoleon is
ignorant of the spirit rtf the age. No
crow’ned head can rule long in France,
unless he is sustained by foreign bayonets.
Let England go to^war with the despots
of^i Europe, and the wliole aspect of af-
fairs will change at’once. The friends’of
tyranny will be alarmed, and the friends
of liberty Will be found ‘ready to assert
their rights/ Under this view of the
case, such a war at this time would be of
I. It would give
a check to the overgrown power df Rus-
and improve the condition fof the
lower classes throughout Europe; anti
eVen the Russian would be improved by
coming in contact with a more civilized
and highly educated race. Whatever
may be the result, success to the friends
of freedom throughout rhe world!
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The Siamese Ttcins Dead.—The’
, Paris Journal des Debars announces tlie
death, in England, of the famous Siamese
Twins. The Debats states that, accor-
ding to the^London Medical Times, the
two brothers died of a marasmus. A
’ post-mortem examination .‘proved what
; has been constantly supposed by the fa-
culty, viz: that the two cavities of the
abdomen communicated by means of the
hollow ligament which united them, and
d by a membranous bridle about half an
expected to
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Baltimore, July 3.—Confession of
Professor f Webster.---Prof. Webster’s
confession was handed into the?council,
► He solemnly de-
that the act of killing Dr. Park man
His object in asking
5 to sue for further indulgence,
lablfe to meet his liabilities.—-
at he did not agree to pay
anyth! ]g. During the interview
jjy of the moment, he (Web-
him on the head with a stick
of wood, which blow caused instant death.
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Paris on \a Sunday.—A Paris letter
224 ultimo,' in the New York Tri-
bune, says : I »
If Paris be the Revolution Astna, rtCv-
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a is horse and equipage
example,
Inside the
affairs. England, contrary to the wishes great benefit to the world
of the Government, would be found fight-
ing for the oppressed of the different
monarchies of Europe against the tyrants
are noMf fUM■■j
. all moneys loaned out at interest by the I themselves and; rule the people with
said Committee i for the purposes ex- rod of iron.- While the British people
p™«d tn the first section of this act-all are far ahead of Eur nations genetr-
fends, tenements, goods, and chattels, - 1 *gener
acquired by said Committee, either by
purchase or otherwise, shall be, anu uicy
; 4r® hereby declared to be free from any
kind of public tax, until they may be
disposed of by said Committee.
Sec. 6. vtf^rthef-enacted, That
whenever anhr vacancy shall occur in said
Committee, pither by death, resignation, -
or removal Qom this State, or otherwise; I Maintain the ascendancy
such vacant j shall be filled by the Com- | | | I
mittee. I I .
. , i me enemy of revolution.
such By-Laws a^:shall not . conflict with ^ie l^e oppressed
the ,.<00
and the
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bis gang were murdered, were long before
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Russia, Great Britain, Austria and
the other Continental Powers. *
The-folldwing is the language of the
eror of Russia, through his Minister,
to tie British Government, in relation to
the demand of Great Baitain for compen-
sation for injuries done to English' resi-j
denfs in Naples and Tuscany, by the
.-Austrian soldiers wfio were engaged in
putling down.'the revolutionary party in
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ally, in regard*to the principles of govern-
ig the citizen in
the enjoyment of his rights, the Govern-
ment has generally been found fighting
side by side w’iih those who are the ene-
mies of revolution and liberal principles.
Her desire to extend her commerce and
on the ocean,
has made her the ally of the ddspot and
In i'contest
she would be
conflict with |tbe alv o’ the oppressed in evrtry king-
r t-r —- An(1 11 tnat wretened
and the Constitution of tbe Unffod btated. ‘caricature of the great Napoleon, the inch thick;
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; might be expected from spirits returned
from the world of retribution, tb “tell the
secrets of their prison-house.”
Similar manifestations are now beinji
made in many other parts of the country.
According to information which I sup-
pose to be’ authentic,, they are witnessed
in from 150 to 200 different, places a‘t
tne present time. In many of these pla-
ces, they are said to advance ideas -on the
doctrines of religion, wholly at Variance
with tbe teachings of the Bible, and sub-
versive of many essential truths which
the Bible reveals. Under the impress-
IIs communicated by a
spirit must of course be true, many per-
sons received these, communications as
the truth of God—as I a new revelation
from the spirit-world. But it should be
remembered that there is no proof that
what purports to be a. revelation from
spirits, is the work of spirits at all. The
most that can be said is, that we do not
yet /<nou' how or by whom these
munications are made. '
by spirits, we have no proof that they
good spirits; 4/
they are bad spirits—dying sprritiy.
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of lyin^—contradicted at one. lime what
they affirmed at anbther-^inflicted injury
on prdpetty in the most wanton manner,’
and have given throughout, conclusive
evidence that the discipline of hell whiefi '
they profess to have experienced for sev-
eral years, has yet been wholly ineffectu-
al in improving their characters, and qual-
ifying them for the “higher sphere,” for
which many suppose that the discipline
after death is a preparation.
I cannot riow say to what conclusions
future developments may lead me; buv
my present impression is, that the whole
•thing, so far as the transactions if‘this1
place are concerned, is to be set down
among those devices of S^tan, by which
he is promoting his work of destroying
souls; and my chief object in this com-4'
munication to the public at. this time is/i
to caution all who would avoicl error,
against trusting to these pretended retfe- .
lations. I have had a better opportunity i
than most men to witness them and to";
judge of their claims, and I have full con-
fidence that the opinions I have expressed,
will be found to be correct. I wilt
merely add, that for some weeks past
these annoyances at my house have been
subsiding, and now, as I hopeK have
ceased altogether.; Yours respectfully,
Eliakim Phelps. r
Stratford, June 20, 1850.,
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California News to the 1st June
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has reached us.
It is said that several i
importance have just been, made on the
river Moqueleme. Out of one bole in three
days, two men took out no I
$4,000, and there is scarcely a man who
is making less than an ounce per diem.
A letter from Sonora says that four
miles from that ^place there is a new en-
campment occupied by about 3000 dig-
gers, and the amount of gold found is
over an; ounce for each man. Four
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hnJer when they found a piece weigh-
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ity. These pieces were taken from the
side of a mountain not more than four *
feet below the surface.
Glanton and his party have b
The papers say—
It appears that Gian tot), the
tbe American party, who with
outlawed, in Texas and Mexico, for their
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had also estab-
r ferry ing over
The In-
postulated against this, butGlan-
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fountains,-statues, walks, nooks, snugger-
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day. Concert by Strauss and bi< band of
All the precision,
j zig-zag and headlortg culmination
of style and execution which have made
fu ly displayed.
a g<
proaching fiftys and does l^is w’ork like
the same Sunday,
which so honorably characterize the En-
glish people, T
e. a perpetual
in cerlain'cases an inevitable scourge.
agitators and perturbators
des would continually appear the
acing eventuality of mtu
on behalf of English subjects, injured io
pression. Every Sovereign
from his relative weakness, would pe
from
)de countries.
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‘jThe Cabinet of Lurtdtftt Cartnot but
J irstand that the present:is a question
of die whole of the Continental-States.—
er was it gayer. The great drive of the
Elysian FieHr ’ * _„2
thronged. iLast Sunday, for
was a plethora of brilliancy.
Hippodrome,Inear the Arch of Triumph,
were six thousand spectators to witness
the circus riders. In tbe Winter Garden,
in the same ,yi< inity, some two thousand.
The.'Wintef G arden is a vast edifice cov-
ering ’Several teres glassed over. It is
filled with great exotic plants, flowers,
fountain's,-statues, walks, nooks, snugger-
ies, chandeliers. Here was given R. Sun-
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seventy perforners.
blaze, zig-zag and headlortjg culmination
of style and exocution which have made
the renown of this famous band an earth-
circle, were fu ly displayed.
ood lookin’;, well-shnped
general-in-chief >
tiie same Sunday, was a
jongleurs, minstrels, quack doctors
sters, shows, erudite dogs, pigs,
fleas,
amused me.
work of spirits.
spirit, .and I-do not know
it would do if it could. The facts, how-
ever are of such a nature, and have trans-
pired upder sucf) circumstances as to
render'the idea of trick or designed de-
ception wholly inadmissible. Still, how-
ever, I have become fully satisfied that i
no reliance whatever is to be placed On
these communications, either as a sourcej
of valuable information, or as a means ofi
acquiring truth. I s[
transpired at my house, and I have the,
fullest confidence, that if it is the work of
spirits, it is the work of wicked spirits.-r-,
Indeed they profess to be wicked spirits j
jr> a rS trkrirrnnt exon Irin nr a initinratirkn I
of their torment, by redressing the wrongs
of which they were guilty in life. I
watched the progress of this matter with I
A.l A., i.— t. -I.
power to learn what these strange things
mean ; and although I have not yet been,
able to ascertain the cause, I am satisfied
► are wholly
—^-frequently trifling
a panacea
with admirable skill.—
: was making faces wor-
thy of a victim oFTorquomanda,. tire trio
oq with the utinost seriousness. 1
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more than twenty.
ty that has-dictated them, and
g to the same s
chattels, that of Naples and of Tuscany.
I of these Courts is I
where existence is only guarantied by the
- ..^eg jugt in-
voked. At tbe present moment^ more
than ever, respect for those principles by
tlje great Powerscan a lone preserve Eu-
rope from the gravest disasters/’
if the British Government should
solve to enforce compliance with her de-
mands, .a war with Russia and Austria
mean ; and although I have not yet been
th a r their communications
worthless. They atq often contradictory of lightning
—often prove false
might be expected of a coin-
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meats and hereditaments ofaany kind, in
fee, or for life, or for years, and personal
' property of any kind whatsoever, and all
sums of money, which may be purchased
by them, or given, granted, or bequeathed
to them for the purpose of building a
Monument over the remains of the deci-
Capuin Dawson’s company, and over
io the cause of Texas, which they
.* , be able to procure. . . l -
said CojnmittCe may have a common seal
br their aforesaid nanfe,
1 mayU.
impleaded, ansvfer and ba answered,- de-
Strauss is
man, ap-
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In the Elysian Fields,
tribe of jugglers,
i, mon-
r mice,
A traveling dentist particularly
e was dressed in black
with a white jtis. In front ofa coach
specially made, with teeth a fool long
painted on the side, and rows of artificial
teeth displayed, he declaimed learnedly
on health and beauty. When he ceased,
musical instruments onjthe top of his big
vehicle struck i p. He sold
and drew teeth
While, the patient
was playing a polka, the crowd lookin
Theatrical
and mules over
without the aid of boats, and to .
'hr _z~ed American and
his party commenced an opposition.—
Finally, Glantpmend his men insisted that
packs upoinbeir
I them, and pay for speh crossing.
, and united together to murder
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learn from good authority ‘
party, either Mexican or American.
in a state of torment, seeking a mitigation |
za I t 11 zn i I- t /"x •* »>i zi <r V'rt /1 »• c a t-a zv 4 I a f I
of which they were guilty in life. I have I
watched the progress of this matter with
great care, and have done the best in .my . Hold Him.—An Abolitionist ii
■ ton, the other day, was heard to ------
the Lord would rain down gun cotton
preparation upon the cotton fields of the
South, let it dry in> and then send a shaft
Jt0
to glory.
What a magnificent “bust
be, io be sqrej
, pany of loafers on a spice, than with what l^pld that chap.—Pitaywtej
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cannot subscribe to
n . ! may
and may have always been, to receive
with benevolence, persons belonging to
the British nation, for whose character
bis Majesty’s esteem is well known, if
reclamations such those now made on
Naples and on Tuscany be supported by
force; He will feel himself obliged, by
necessity, to indicate, and explain in the
most precise and formal manner, the con-
ditions on which, in future, he will consent
to grant to British subjects in his territo-
ries the right of residence and property.
“Tbe Russian Government hop
the English Cabinet will receive i
servations in the same spirit of impartiali-
<hat it will
irit'in the
assign any conduct to be adopted towards the Courts
' —J at--’ a -r m ’ --- The cause
same ; and to I these Courts is that of all wreak Stages,
substitutes, and to do all things whatso-| maintenance of the principl
ever for tbe purposes | a foresaid, io as
ample a manner as any person or body
law.
personal
1 articles in its columns, and give informa-
lion, as far as possible, upon all subjects
of which a newspaper should treat.-
• The papet is presented to the public,
full of confidence that all who feel an
interest in the sacred cause in which the
Committee are engaged, will endeavor to
give it an extensive circulation. The
Committee will procure, and publish in
The Texas Monument, all important
facts which are (connected with the his-
tory of Texas, and particularly facts
relating to those whose memory the
Monument’is intended to perpetuate.
’ t AN ACT, / ' - 1 ■
To Incorporate The Texas Mouu->
mental Committee."
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Le-
gislature of the State of Texas, That
Albert L. Vail, George W. Sinks, John
W. Dancy, ^Villiam J. Russell, Isaac B.
McFarland, Thomas W. Cox, John T.
.Cox, Hamilton Ledbetter, D. G. Greg-
ory, A. P. Manley,^William G. ^Abb,
William Menefee, William P. Smith,
Charles S. Longcope., II. B. Jannon and
Joseph Shaw, be, dnd they are hereby
constituted a body politic and -corporate,
Monumental Committee," and by that
name shall be able and capable in law to
purchase, buy, have, receive and enjoy,
to them and their successors, lands, tene-
fee, or for life, or for years, and personal
sums of money, which may be purchased
2 or i‘
them for the purpose of building
. i ’ mated Mier prisoners^ and the slain of
’ * -At
the remains of all those who have fallen
may
Sec. 2. Beit further enacted, That
said Cofomittee may have a common seal
for the Business oUtbemselves and their
successors; anc by their aforesaid nanfe,
they and their successors shall and t““
be able to sue afi d be sued< plead and be
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fend and be defended, in all the courts
of law and equity in this State, and to | act accordin
grant, bargain, End sell, or i
lands, tenemenlsy goods or
may be acquired by^lre i
elect theit own officers, .employ agents
for tne purpose's jaforesaid, iz
1 or'l
politic br corporate, can or may do by
bw. :
Sec. 3- Be it further enacted, That
Secretary, and Treasure^ and such other
Sec. 4. Be il father enacted, That Wil1 PfobaWy ,h« resuh- Wild
fl._ r» .. . ■ .1 . -■~L-----H • I .
Committee shall constitute a quorum to
*■ bifity of the President, five •members
unde
of the gravest kind for the independence
of die whole of the Continental-States.—
In fact, if the rights sought to be estab-
ect to Naples or to Tustany b
m exceptional position for all British
ects—a position far superior ih ad-
ages to that enjoyed by the native
bitants of other countries; Avbile the
Governments that so received and ad-
mitted them on their territories would be
placed in an intolerable situation. In
place of being, as hitherto, a source of
benefit for the countries where they es-
tablish themselves, and where they trans-
port with tbejr establishments those hab-
its of industry,’ of morality, and of order
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their presence wreuld be-
come, a perpetual source of annoyance,
and in cerlain'cases an inevitable scourge.
Their presence would become for tbe
11 an encourage-
ment to revolt, because behind the barri-
cades would continually appear the men-
acing eventuality of flitute reclamation
23 behalf of English subjects, injured in
tlieiv property in consequence of acts of
repression. Every Sovereign who, by
the geographical position of his territory,
or from his relative weakness, would be
thus exposed to measures of coercion
an -English fleet, would be struck
porierless in presence of rebellion ; he
would never dare to adopt measures of
coercion against insurgents, and = if he
adopted them he would be obliged to ex-
amine the details of every opera,tion, to
under tbe name and1 style of “Tke'Texas estimate the necessity or. tbe inability of
’such or such a strategic measure which
may expose English subjects to injury,
and to recognize the English Government
as supreme'judge between the Sovereign
and his subjects in matters relating to
civil war and internal goveriiment.
“The Emperor i 2-^.2
such a theory, however disposed he
be,;
preparation upon the cotton fields of lhe
i blow up tbe whole country
J up” it would
! Some body ought to
*«•
r?
fo
crimes. At the Colorado they established
a ferry, where the In'dianjjdiL-
lished one, and forbid thbu
any person on pain of de?th.
life h
: ton and his party insisted, and broke up
The savages placed themselves several
‘rtfiles below the Glantoc party, and com-
menced swimming horsea and mules over
eration the above-name
his party commenced
Finally, Glantpn-«nd his men insisted that
the Indians should not swim the riven
even with their private packs upon <heir
heads, but should cross their ferry ’with
; the
Indians became exasperated with the com*
l!131 haS them. But while massacreing these fron-
. • -1 f _ -1— —» A-d '
tier outlawsi.we<
Ol j that they refrained from injuring any other
The Siglo XIX, of the 13tb jnsU, says,
in the city of Mexico had
not made so much progress as was feared.
If
re is tho way dur dispatch
.. e will not venture to interpret
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Baltimore, Tuesday, J uly 9.
|4-5 min. after 7 o’clock a.^i.
norning (Tuesday, 9th,) there
He was still dangerous-
1 *
Baltimore, Tuesday, July 9.
a_ .1 ’ a ■- "in I I* 1 I 1
25 min. after 7. o’clock p. m.
This evening at 5 o’clock, the Presi-
1 » y t ‘ ’ I
still living \ but there was
slight hope of his recovery.
Death of General Taylor.
President Taylor departed this life at
five minu es past 10 o’clock, on lhe night
of Tuesday, th^)th inst.
more, Wednesday, July 10.
General Taylors last words were :
lam waiting death’s approach ;
ready for tbe summons ; I have en-
'aithfully to peiform my duties.
leavt my friends.”—Evening
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