The Texas Monument. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 31, 1850 Page: 3 of 4
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n convening the Legislature in
itionists in «New York,
of New Orleans. ”
crimson.; but
olottr by_ passin
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with the States, will do
nous blood is dark
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e week ending July 20, of fully
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from Europe*
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of instruction.
As your- Representative); it is
sire to 1
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exas, Mex
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ted SlaCe^ itself, the claim of Texas would cide
not be worth considering.
as we I 1 ‘ ‘
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In addition to the above, I received fLn 1 B<^ding House
Countv.
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ned. •
the Dnigibusi-
nine years, L
and am competent
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instructions of the 1st of June, but
[ in posssession of a
I to Nfbbile, which
this unofficial copy and others in
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JCotton.—There has been an improve-
ment in the Nedr Orleans Cotton Market
J.e week ending July 20, of fully
in coming to
: House - -
“ Bell
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tbusi-
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in ship-hoard
26 00
18 $8
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sen n
le Senate,:
firmed by that body.
■who
— only claimed the right to adjust them with
the foreign power who did dispute theml
That title being
the right of the Federal Government to
retain this territory from Texas ?
mated as
was unanimously c
Vt'i ' ' • L/l
stored to its red
Ijdstincnt by through ths lungs.
otte County.
to announce
candidate for the
METEOROLOGICAL TABLE,
FOR LA GRANGE-.;
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bal<»s 59745
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Treasurer’s Report
stuff, Bedtickin
n,’ Boots and I
• y 4 • _
or ■
com -1
I
arring-
Upon “There was quite a severe thunder storm
if' r ' ‘ ’ - ■
request for lightning
aVing t
ton. of t
its consideration ;.a
rour copies on any
ha sent to one addrek
J.k*
lisliers,
420 66
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Can that Government
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State with ;•
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i- • . • . - , - . -- . man, tun, uui me
"”-Pr0‘4Tni1S.made for,,h? ^.or,h’ And ^conditions!
is s
; solved—the magic spell wjll be broken,
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and most beautiful of all the works of
‘huma^ intellect, will pass away like
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pion of the Legislature, the boundaries
e defined’by a statute, wliich we here
insert: i;
Middling '’ail
Fair . —,
Good Fair
Good and
the Above
thcreforci
eminently Rational view ofi the case,
or
niyste- i n>ensp region.
1841-’2, a small party of mounted ' .. . -r i.
|t gem;_ Bre Z?e/n/7/i(Zyb?' t/ic Prisoners
FT *
ML i
Sons of -
the 14th’August next,-
temple shall unfold. .
From the New Orleans Crescent.
Texas and New Mexico.
The attempt of the people of Northern
1 <
iment^at this moment, is most unfortu-
:e.
rse
; and that the President be, and 1;
boundaries,
tier
hesitation.
The statute mand of the squadron.
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“ The President will not permit New
posses-
B
I liurs.. 25 77'92 p
5>l;t4|75 75-
2< 73:83 81
2s 76189 83
instructions, 1 shallgladly
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| Inferior ....
i Middlin?
Good Mid liing-
Middling
F.yr ....
Good Fan]...
iGodd nnd
Drugs and Medicines, both Mineral and
t *< T i v • __j i * t ' s > J •
Every article warranted pure and
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Wind b. E.
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terestfinj the National Congress, as well
as throughout the Union, and a project
has been,
Congress
Ordinary o good ordinary
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for drunkenness has been discovered by
I* ro-n/* Ii x* I*fc-ww TL-a *-Ta J- /•
sugar and watcr^ ’
TTTI i,"n
AV hat —
without distrust in my <
with that; prddent and patient invi
' « -• >’•> a • • i * ■
toi our jurisdiction. ,z This is a
irivplving, as I believe, the interest
as the honor of the State ; and
that the action of Texas in
r * •. ’ ' j r_
s, will have much influence
or inflaming
so much excite die natiqn.—
retail.
fresh; if not, it may be retur
Having been engaged in th
iness in this place for about t
style flatter myself with the belief that I know
the wants of the pctqde,
to supply them, which I will continue <o
do so Iona as lhev wish mv services.
| ■ r • ' . <A. L. VAIL. "
La grange, July 20th, 1850.
RANDY? WINE and WHISKEY*
Pure, and for medicinal purposes
“V • • 1 1 ▼ .1 ' W _ 1 .2* *
4
Average Lists : *
lOialif
Extreme prices.
9i a H fl
as against
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r
—
Evaps *N - ,-
Carter jbr stationery,
Stouf for services as
r-iMM
az * customers ;
lie j generally, that they
at thdfr new
Long Row, east side of the Public *Square,
where they intend keeping a f ”
seasonable goods, which will be sold
reasonable terms for cash, or <
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Exported j reviously 758472 ——773282
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Stock on h ird apd 0
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Of the Receipts and- Expenditures of the
County of Fayette, from the 24th April,
1847, io tile 21st May, 185Q.
Receipts.
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n^umeralde demonstrations
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A ne^ro once gavejhe
nJ “De Gobernor ob de
^nein ivid berry little oppo;’
sition—he go put wid none at all.’T
Great Imtcrition.—An immediate
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BY MARGARET J. DEAN.
linary session, I take it for granted ; Spiiir of ecstacy 1 pqetic thotignt
*■■ **•*’'- be pre- j °f thee, though’ nurtured oft by wo I
J The mind that his notinspiration sought,■
011 Of sympathy from torpid founts bolow—
i spar where suns & stars forever glow,
,J And Love imparts her universal fire; . ;
t . I Blest in itself! above the world’s vain show!
1 bis, aipong other matters, has produced ; T|ieranture-tones and visions wfhjchinspire
The angel-hearts of heaven aloiip can wake
its lyre/ r : I ' <•
M' ’ I r ■ • ;■! * -. n ;
Communing with the Universe, the rays
on. the United States, which it
The paper title of Tex-
by the over cupidity of the United
valid
clan
• that business of importance will
-se-Hti
which, •«( least will be, as I suppose, the! Can
subject tff ear disputed title to Santa Fe
filled with air. 11 a string be tied tightly
rounc
can epter its Ijings, and its Ipg
it willpive.
by mCans o
- 81931 84
288 00
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46 00
' io oo
54 99
34 00
her. She is represented as very beauti-
ful in |
in a foreign language
English. She was
!$ __
communication ; and this was Bp ridiculous, as
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correctness n I j
answerjs given to questions. It were of a different race,
incorrect wplies Prejudices, and
supposing that thep’exa ‘had the undoubted,right to shake: Campbell oRhis official dispatches, the
Mfr
ajthe neck of a sparrow’sc
hings, and its lieg
Respiration will
die broken bone.
my appoint-
, as I have
any record kept by
A. L. VAIO
. ^Treasurer.
J 548
■i-r $17548
$33028
Louisiana and Miskiss:ppi: ■
Inferior.. -.10|il0^ North Alabama.
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td Mid 1
Good Mid 1 liing • ]
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car be no difference of opinion. The
claim of Texas must, be respected, her
RO’
alefeit offered as
Texas would have gladly come i
into the Union with proper and suitable
She would have amended
and narrowed her limits without
But now it is too late for the
Federal Government to dispute her claim.
Mr. Webster, we hope, will not falter
1 good work, but like an honfest states- •
carry out tire contract in
If not—rif blood
led in the contest, the Union is dis-
1 by angel-anthemed soothing
* 3
magnets, uitljout doing
of tlw fpur Reviews $>3 fO pcrann’m-
office of Assessor & Collector of Fayette F<jr any three
county. ' : . j ... ~
The Members of “ The Texas
Monumental Committee” arc requested to
meet in La Grange, to-day, the'31st hist.,
at 10 o'clock, A.-M. —
. By order of thc^President,
Jkily 20th. VVtm. G. Webb, Sec?y.
There will be a celebration of the
“La Grange Division, No. 48,
Temperance,” on’
(being the Anniversary of the Division,) ig
betweep the hours of 9 and 12 O’clock, i 1
A M A — • * .1 -t____— -Til 1_ / I T 1 •-
the occasion by L. F. Price,'Esq.
will also Be a l T „
night! by the same. Tlic public ard
spectfully solicited to attend.
By order of the Division,
tdm
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Tuesday 23 71 ;92:R “ “
Wednes 24 78:93 83 wind var. light tain l& thunder
I'1 ■■■-— ot.U-Inn »t tt jieavyi
rainy day, thunder
rain all around us,.
over paid on license - ’-
.. 7| Webb, expense in
' W. G. Sansom
ail, commissions as
Treasurer -z - - - -
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25 50
J ?64 ;.4i
44.54
I2f 113 I—uFi
134a-4- I—a9 7 a7-J
nominal] non)’’.] nom’l
tnul|nom’i j nnm'l
r-vr,—Ttq
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. : • AMU TUE ’ '
British Quarterly R 6vie. •
Pers('ilB|nd features, and converses to the late revolution^ and counter.
' -il” revolutions among the nations cf Europe-
_ ~>uaoe 38 well as m good . wj)K.}j hnvc fi4iov^d eacu other in such quaek auc-
bhe was taken to the Town I cession, and of which nd it not ytt” tha
House, but will not tell where she be-hnv<? ?ecor
ntiddle ground between, the hasty,
w-cjcFsunly imperfect r^rorda nf tho
ti epjto be furnished by the historian at a fu.urn
day. Whoever rCeds these periodicals, obtains a
correct and aonneoted accounvof all the imnort/ini
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arc authorized to announce D. l-iearns the various conclusions drawn from them by
as a candidate for the office! ,thML ,eadi.ng ri’8 ,b* The American Pub-
—r.._ ------ proper to call renewa l
low prices at whtcli they ara offered to subscribers.
ma_ r 11 • • .» I •
Tht London Quarterly Vrrietr,
The Edinburgh Errirgr^
The North IdQtish Eerictr. -
~ The IVastminster Ecrieic^ and
French chemist. -Jt
ilia, dissolved in
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this proposition is not to avoid n
’ one of m| con-
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20 grs Sulph Morphine 200 lbs Tartapo Acid
1/ ■ ‘.
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JL Jayne’s Medicines, generally. Also,
Mpflatt’s, Thruston’s, Chamnian’w. and
Sdenper's, always on hand at the Drug
|Store.of j2t) A. L. VAIL.
- l_ -J— 4 — , j . .jgiafcdfc. ri
£
The undersigned invites the attention of
or imperfect. This appears to us to be
ao Eminently rational view of the ca»e,
ami places thd whole subject, if not out
of the pale of nj\ _w ~ 1^,,, „
.. r|nks of novelty, by including it at once
among the inhc±:2i_L\ 1
of animal njagnetisnu,-4
Good.
following toasf:
- State—He co
HOTEL, ... |
^iorth-West side of the Public Square^
A BOYLE.
GUST. PALM,
WATCHMAKER, .
‘ I.A GRANGE. J
SWANTE PALM,
Dsaler in Dry Goods, Groceries, &c.
LA GRANGE.
NEW AND SEASONABLE
Fayette Countv.
Hi. We are authorized to announce A.
, as a candidate for the office of As-
sessor and Collector, bf Fayette County.
UF We are authorized to
Neill Robison, as a ctHidi
office of Chief Justice of Aw,
I I h?
We arc p.uthorized
Wm. B. McClellan as a
it require
esiden
myself on this subject, than any I Irave’
hitherto met,
• the county tbink proper to furnish
i
J. VY.,Mcl|i«ick, 8726 93 i
which was
ai
I am
131 81
* - $2708 02
, ri, 'i *n bounty Scrip, \
i paid over to the County Court,
nd by the in destroyed.
unnblc to give any statement of the
County finances, previous to r
rnent to the office of Treasurer,
never been able to find
y predecessors.
La Grange July 27, 1850.
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The Mobile* Herald of the 11th sayk :
!”l» av* r» i* a a a f z~w ♦ 1% • » a^
at noon. We learn that the
r in along the wires into the tel-
egraph office where it destroyed two
magnets, m illjout doing any other hdrmfc’’
ITT • ■['■ ''I lil t I,I! ,j, j I I i{ ' |1 '
The hopes of a bird are ijollow (and
, I peiee. <
1 /* tf Hop three dimes, a
that no air p, . T - - -
. P u T Goods to Xv
be broken • , . t - -
IS J.... .J .....W.
tak^ place bands, Braid, Gimp
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» A Wili Girl in Conne
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„ Stat client of Cotton.
Stock on 1 and 1st Slept JS49, balosr
. 2172
.815376-
,no: L. .1
An Irish zirl,
of age,
in t*
thiAuty,Terentiy. Shd appeared i
i
shawl before the .horse of
that wqs passing ; she then fo lowed the
tv a gon
drink in
scoped up
man
and went al er her.
woods and tiade light of lea|
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Days of
the
Week.
.Holiday 22i73|91
Tuesday 2 3'74|92!
From J W. tMcRisick, Assessor
and Cc Hector; e‘
From W.
“ proceeds
L ry Boat’ -
Jail 41-
i 4* <t
I'l2.f
|il3
Ji—
.. I... nominal
Fine no|ninal
Com'para ive prices, of Cotton i
foilc|wing years :
An Address xyill be delivered
There
torch-light Procession at
I o . »
re- i fashionable.
are invited to
' krjown. j
1
I U on
g water from thtf gutter,
i Vfit|i4ier hand.
N\ ORLEANS CLASSIFICATION,
A -iSiniilaiihi to that of Liverpool.
Inferior..
my counjty, and an . honest candor
•. ***■ ■ i > - A f i
means i
dary line, as defined in
Hr'
,n?
reb
gotiation with the Government of the
so Soon as,
opinion, the pubjjc interest requires
dispute between Mexico and Texas is oc-
cupied by American Inoops. Peace is
at lenirth ratified, and Mexico transfers to
puted territory
| Republic
orandeur from her: at all denied by tlfe United States,—
, i ^ — 1.. 1.1^. — «-1 .
• - y 4- .
or its envy e er incite ?
Weaving its visions to her hope’s denited—
t claims the ^plenddrs, heavenly smiles to
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1114719415) 4 »4i
41.54
lG.12i!7^7<5i,5$
B 4^
a9 7 a?4
in the mind of
jiddy <>explains the general
accounts also I for tl
sometimes givkn, by
that of the magnettzeif is week, confused pfeciaely the same right to remain under for their liberation.The Vi
yoke |of its peculiar liberty on Ne
ico, it was guilty of the
ysteryj at least behind the aga’nj|t which it recited.
! was a dead letter.
'• Thi is is the unfavorable side for 1
and were it not for the. action of the Uni- s;on
now quieted, whence Friday
retain this territory from Texas ?
avail himself of the information and ad-
as such,
practically i
with different on the part of the Captain General, after
associations. 1 Whiln the receiot and presentation hv Gon
IF
B. McClellan,
of sale of old Fer-
1 -
; “ proceeds of sale of County
*
“ Estray funds -- -
“ State Comptroller for taxes
ilunty - - - -
to the 21st
. - - j;
plfe of each 3tate asking admission
j dqrife.
I
I
: slavery,
W1 \ ™.
iitcs at larget r. 5. p. 798.
discretio
Fubpcirption for threi—the fourth copyfbeing rrati«.
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always addressed, p<
1- —* '— ■ — -
79-Fulton Street. Ne
'■,i j ■ R'l
HE Plank Road will
t paid or franked, to the Fub-
rcspectfully informs
Houstbn, and the
rally, that she makes Straw,-
Artificial Flowers, Rib-
1 ; quality,
•8 j liberal prices.
’ Tallow, will be ■ taken in exchange for
1 j’l 1UVS.
JAMES C. ECCLES.
La Grange, July, 1S50.
DRUG STORE.
THE subscriber has a large stock of
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cents and Dry Goods always yn hand, wholesale ) Vegetable, which he otteas at wholesale or
or tc
of (Stapl
general assortment of.
I -w zxr* • »-* ■
and Fancy goods, ----- —10.
P’
Muslins df all kinds, and Lawns of the
Ginghams of the best and widest
I for three
j Goods to which the attention of’the Ladies
I is particularly invited, such as Lace, Rib-
>, cotton and silk Cord, I
’»I
| Bareze,
Collars, H<
Ti-H •
|
style, Gold Pen& and Silver Thimbles,
! Cologne and Bear’s Oil, and c A — —
full of trinkets to suit either girls
very low for cash.
I jy si “ ~'W
^STAPLE GOODS.
— ROWN
--Lowiels, Cottonades, Denamsra great;
variety of plantation stuff, Bedticking,
Drilling, bleached and brow
Sho^s, rie{v style, Hals, a great variet
ready tn|tc ‘‘ ’ ‘ “s --•
cash or co'
Lead, Venetian Red, &c. &c., for sa^le by
jy20 ’’ A. L. VAIL.
Drugs and Medicines.
■ 25 Mm Cobalt
10’Mw Kreosoie
5 Iba Iodine
2 lbs Nitrate'Silver
-16 lbs Sulf*. Ether
lOJlba Pi
50 lbs Sp
rk, and ^11
always
Stpre of j20
fHoVHo for California!!
The greatest opportunity for bargains ever
ojjered in La Grange.
und friends, and the pub-1
I I i v are now perma-! planters and citizens ;
nently located in the Town of La Grange, [ an^ examine for themse
selected stock of Goods of every descrip-
I r " ■ t 9 I
York, selected by a first-rate judge and a
1 w • w • . - I — — - — .a I - * a — A . a. X A- 1
duce; but we have made up our minds not I following, to wit i
to sell at c#st, nor under cost; but
willing to sell at small profit,
and let live; and
enabled to pay our debts. Fair dealing is
our motto. J. & P. V. SHAW.
. Timo might j the
I be spent in asserting the claims of
j Great) Britain to the realm of France, or
of the) King of the Two Sicilies to the
icrowqi of Jerusalem.
was received, as a
p, the Federal Government imposed,
1 usai<f State rest
□t
tion o
si]
eq
promise line, shall, be admitted into the
Union with or without slavery, as the peo-
1 rnay
And in such State »qr States as
shall be formed out of the said territory
I ndrlh of sa'4. Missouri Compromise line,
, J or involuntary servitude, (except
crimes,) shall iie prohibited.—Stat-
ulcs at large, r. 5. p. 798.
pn_ But the same resolutions leave it to the
nor the (l’Scret’on ^,e Pres’flent to-submit
' either the resolution already cited to the
Government of Texa^, or to provide for
the formation of that State, with suitable
extent and boundaries, and for the cess-
»n td the United Sfctes of the remaining
J exian territory, on terms agreed upon
by the two Governments. Here is a
clear recognition of the Texian title,
binding
cannot gainsay.
as’ 1
States, has been converted into a
title against the Federal Government.—
t to disregard the good faith
ich ought to pervade all transaction^
■’ ‘ \ ’ • more to destroy’
the Union, than all the fanatical talk of the '
bigots and demagogues at the North and '
the South. ’
U pon this question it seems to us,
car be no difference of opinion.
yereignty recognized, or such an cquiv-
will be accepted by that;
State.
1 ’ T ■ _ i t *
render a goo
bedience. ' 1
lieve that I understand the interest of
j t I > l bin
any or every man.;. -.-j /• y ,
I Ouir oi AIcxico, tlirec Icn^ucs from l3.nd,
t to the mouth of the Rio Grande, thence
up the principal stream of said river to its
J source, thence dONorth to the 42d deg.
. of NotlhJatiVude, thence along the boun-
the treaty between
the United States and Spain, td the be-
ty authorized and required to open
United States of >the North,
Tin hikp .' .
» not it, (O ascertain and define the boundary |
, but; line ns agreed upon in said treaty. ’ |>
investiga-
1 tion which tbc) importance of the subj<
demands. l i t ' '' ’ *
RespecthiHy, your ob’t. servt.,
, I Wm. J. R.CSSELL.
h -'** J * LrlT"'* 1 I' I? ■ —f
The Knockings accounted for.—;
gentleman who has T
attentively the phenomena of the
/ious rapping! f M
Book,)\has, furnished its with his solution men '™s*ent on a setnf-commercial
of die matter, which, tr 1‘ — • • —u------..
rational explanation
serves to be recorded. .
He says the i
y .« ** w
disebargesj of in electric battery, each de-| no actual-claim,
tonation being; double, as is the case with con<juesf, the C
them. Now by supposing that one of, n‘zet*
the ladies is powerfully charged, with
electricity in in a' ’'J' “ ° • 1
the other is negaticcly, the phe- g00tM exported to the Mexican provi
the sounds or rapninas, are at by ’ w^y Louis.; Texas had
apcount^d for. L .
that a person in a magnetic state receives S
and reflects w ialever ‘ * ' ’ • ‘
the person in
rcr .h_
of the
I 1
I \4ould be thought’ of an agent who should’ [
) vantage derived from his position
4 \ i .... i I- /• r •
In a Court of Equity, such a claim would [
a?.i I not Ud tolerated for an instant.
Bnt, aside from ^those principles of i
rqorality which should govern the actioij-
of the Federal Government, the letter of
, , tlie law is clearly in favor of Texas. The
the humble she|dierdis’; third condition imposed by the Annexa? *
«- i tmh Resolufons, is in these words. Do
ey not clearly recognize that Texa^
.J a territory capable of being formed
to five States, a portion of which would
J To caresfi | b^ north of 36 30 ?
Third.*—New’ States, of convenient
e, not exceeding four in number, in
great oxptement and elicited much in-.
thi*bu£hout the Uni
as Vgu are well aware, ,
for some, time, I
. much tiihe has been consumed- and Id-1
i • bor bestow^, having for its object the
settlement of all matters of conflicting
interest. The consummation of an ob-
ject so worthy the efforts of every patriot
and statefcmah, is, as I think, much to be
desired by^everj’ one wbo sincerely de-
sires to perpetuate the happiness, and
with it the prosperity of our beloved-
i I ' - . I • i ' ' I
country. • JFV H . .l . -
Whet he
i • 1' i - • ■ - ■ ’' ”
^ot% and phetber, if donq, it will be- in a
manner acceptable to Texas; I d---
Equally tinable to determine at present, I
Bqt in the act laying off Judicial Dis-
n region. The act expressly declares, <
at Texas shall be divided into four Ju-
r . ; / , , ’ and this magnificent structure, the grand
of the territory are not included est . ■ ’ &.
is any at->
made;*™ on, paper, to exerci/e' lno,Di*n g ex|la|al;on.
jurisdiction over this im-
Opit Gove rnment {and Spain—posl-
, etc.—A
will be strictly attended t>. A large stock of Gro.
or retail, j jy31 ly JOHN CRUTCHER.
in store, a i
J-^f Dry Goods & Groceries; consisting
of Staple and Fancy goods, new i
prints, a great variety, Gingham prints,
Muslins of all kinds, and Lawns of the
finest quality, either by the pattern or the
great variety of Fancy
particularly invited, such
Brat
i, Hosiery, black and white Capes
fine needle work, white; also, Pins, large
and smallj, Needles, drilled eyes, Victoria
n—• —j —Lte. • 1... r
a show case
or boy^
J. & P. V, SHAW.
’ HluckwoJd't Edinburgh *
T’'
<1 firmly PxprcFaed, of
f Radical—Blackwood and tlie London Quar-
'i Im Norjh
V liicil luci y ai iac w hu UTTrcI KAuvCl U“
• * *
tnents.’’ The only boundary in dispute
W’a^ with Mexico. The United States
receive Texas with a disputed boundary,
aqd assume to adjust it. In course of
time, a portion of the territory in dispute
is entered by Mexican troops, and Con-
gress declares thii to be an invasion of during tl
American territory, and an act of hostility.
War followed, and the entire territory in
i • I . i. ( t n r I ■ ’ • I -f i r n •
copied by American troops.
Z 1 ' r i the United States all her rights in the dis-
tedt(,r^ory- c...... = ?
upon which Like guardian angeH in fie flower-wreatlj-1 novy refuse to yield' it to Texas?
. .i r t j Republic was received as a S
nbccncc—unknown to pridie I Certain boundaries : those boundaries not
grandeur from her: at all denied bv th*e United States,—who
. A WiLti Girl in CoNNEbTicki^
The Hartford Times relates tie follqw- (
• I - -
, apparently twlenty yjars
, and frantically insane, was taken
the w;oodp, about three miles wrest [ of
in |be
road, nearly qaked, and wavpd an old [
T a gentleman
distance, occasionally
, which she
■kjjt’ - " T---' j.- -L® Be.n^r
i procurecf assistance at the list house
•. z“t ^f|erj her. She rap into the
[ling an ordi-
RE MARKs;
ind light.
---O'---’*
S. wind stronsr—plensnnt day.
j'rom the j^.O. Price Current, July 13.
COTTON.
T|
er|
le me to under- wM
d your will and wishes on this impor- Pf
.. — - •. h e
A-'. J
I . I i / e • ° *
August i era braced within her own limits.
. Jr «. .j i .
meeting; :
- - I depce, neither the manifesto,
I -f- f V»»» • 041 V/1
/ al *^]°vy °’’ | the boundaries of Texas.
I - • L ‘ 11 ------- av
Ins devolved uj5on me in the discharge t|oh, mentions only districts lying South ®
« ofmy dtrty. My objecttherefofiein(mal$ing! ^jv.er\ L is Irue that in the first ,p
capons1-1 T
one oi m| con- insprt : f<
an opportunity to AN ACT to Define the Bounda-
ries of the Republic of Texas.
, , Section 1. Be it enacted, etc., That
frmp; and after the' passage of this Act.
| d)§ |ci>il and political jurisdiction of this
H is hereby declared to;
boundaries, to
outh oflheSa-
ut a
! gresS—not even so sacred as
constitution. Morally, the claim
i practically it was a
The people of New Mexico day^, bring
While the receipt and presentation by Gen.
impression of the questioner’s mind upon 5 Mexican rule. New Mexico had President will make a positive demand
“ “ . . . * ' ”ixen is now’
it. When Texas attempted .to fdree the being fitted out for the purpose^and cc.r.
jw Mex- modore Morris, or Commodore Warri „
tyrariy ton, will be sent out to assume the com-
• . ______
co to be overrun or taken posscs-
Mby Texas until Congress has de-
I that the territory does not belong to
fnited Slates.
“Measures will be instituted, and doubt-
less Indictments found,! against the Cuba
r* f ■ i i ■ ■ CXP(
Wjien, howevey, ftos
State into tile
acetat^ of ammo- as onirof the conditions, that
lire Texak
' Union,
be fo’med, subject to the
u- u. ■.
we are
so as to live
d by this means we will be
J. & P. V. SHAW.
1 Milliner and Bonnet Maker,
Main street, Houston.
HLXn The subscriber
the citizens of
country gene
Muslin, Crape and Silk BONNETS, from
81 to 88 each.
bons, Feathers, Laces, and every tiling
which a Milliner should have, can
at my store, next door to Mrs. Stansbury
jy31* "WILHELMINE SCHMIDT. I
Forwarding, Commission and General
SAN FELIPE.
rj^HE undersigned being permanently Incited
I at thp above place, avails h;ui^eif of thia op-
portunity n> iflform his friends, and the citiacns of I
Middle Texas, that any business committed to bis
charge, in the Forwarding and Commission line, ■
:as to organize a separate State Gov-
. |t only serves* “tp make confusion
Confounded,” and to—Call intq
cticafexistence, what might otherwise
treated as mere abstractions.- We
•pose to examiqfe briefly the. claim? of
r. ‘ ! sovereignty over the region
j In 1835, at the declaration of indep
1 --------—--J I - ■ ■ *. ;
cqbstitution framed shortly after, define
But the epn-
the ^epresenta-
ion, in apportionin
The images of childhood’s merry hours,
The gold-bright gems thadeck the
-spangled brow’.—-are ever
s sc?m, as in old Palestine,
owned divine.
Yea, and of Heaven thou art, and I will ?
bless i \ • Fl "pd
Thy sacred visitations—charmed by thee, 1
1 by angel-anthemed soothings !
Thou comegt, like the Spring-time. z Thou
art free, j, ; 1 ’ .
And so this thought-awakened mind would addition to Jie said .State of Texas, and
J i' ' i . • • hiving sufficient population, mav here-
Hree to review the past—the future moult! A k ,i . r -i a. . l
the- difficulties 4 Truth to Time novels eternity : , 1 ’ > J’ ‘ ’ r u°"T. °f T“d S, \
I sfre of its trust 1 inspired by thee, behold I [ f<*medi out °r>"e territory thereof; when
, , , lie noon of .wondors, Heaven’s starred efltll,ed ad mission under the provisions
i temple shall unfold. . of the Federal Constitution. And such
States as may be formed out of that por-
’ L. territory lying south ofthirty-
c degiws thirty minutes north latitude,
mmonly known as the Missouri Corn-
in La Gran
F AND CERTIFICATES bou
JLj sold bv L’.. A-. L. VA
-4-----—- L--4■ - ■' _■ -im
IF EATHER, 'Log Chains, Axes, Rice,
J-J Rope, Turpentine, Pow’der, Al-
monds, Sugar, Coffee, Mackerel, Vinegar,
Salaeratus, Tar, Soap, Salt, Tobacco,*1 ea,
and Snuff, at j20 . VAIL*S.^|
r |1 O WNS EN D SA RSAPARILlX
----■--- I ■'
Champion’s, and
A. L. VAIL. -
and bleached Domestics,
of plantation
w style, Hats,
Je Clothing at low prices, 1
•tintry produce.
By J. &. P. V. SHAW,
e, July 31, 1850. j$’ 31
longs.
Carter.
3CF W e are autho red to announce E. Sterling '
C Robertson, as a candidate for Comptroller ut]
lhe August election.
F
G. Gregory
of Countv Treasurer.
• • I I - i • '
< We are authorized) to announce
James B. Shaw as a candidate for re-)
’election to}the office* of Comptroller,
j ’ • I
AVcjjare authorized tcr.annqunoe N. j
; AV. FAisb>j\as a candidate for rc election
. the office of County Clerk of Fayette
■ dcratcly, thou; h clearly
‘ »! ' the three great pat^itji in
We arc authorized to announce L. J . 1.
i and the Westminster Review, Liberal.
' British Review owes i's esiabb^bmect t<> the last
great ccclesits’ical movement in Scot lurid, and is
not <»ltra in its views on any <nte of the grand dc-
& candidate lor re-elec- partinetns ot human knowledge ; it was urigtnailv
- f • ■ — — ! now, since his death.
, / ! js conducted by his son in law, Dr. Hanna, associa.
i ted wi h Sir David Brewster. La literary character
is of the very highest order. 'I ke At esiminsmr^
in Englanu under lhe title of the Foreign Qtiarteriy
I
reviews former I jr published and reprinted under
iWs combination; of uniting in one work lhe best
features of both se heretofore issped^-
- The alovc periodicals arc reprinted in New Yqy!
announce ■ ers, in a beautiful clear type, on fine white paper,,
jdate for the ant^ ore lohhful copies of the originals. Blackwovd’s
burgh edition. I.
F$r any one
For nnv two
For all four of the reviews,
For black wood’s Magazine
tire State better than
jn
compel* me to say that, notwithstandin
I am nqt emifely| destitute of the
cffjudgiog, I have found* more difilcjiilty
^conclusion satisfactory to i
g,ni
If therefore the voters ofi*s h
, n<
receive them
if not> I shall meet the responsibility, i
’ own judgment, but line ps agreed upon
— - — I Ty • • ‘ et
• !-‘e>”' ‘
ee l ;
|ern
that
• dicial Districts. - \ et, tivo-thirds or three- ■
. I fotirt
■withi|) these four Districts, nor i
V temP
heard" and watched anX control
(says the New York £>ayl In
wliich, as being the only ‘conquering embassy To. New Mexico.— special dispatch from Washington to the
we have beard, de5 The ate of that Quixotic 'expedition is Philadelphia Nortfi American, dated the
well cnown. k rom that time,- until the oq.J ./ t . I .
conn iest nf dm rmintrv hi-tlio ult' says:
heard them reminded him ii
bility, but it is that every
stitoents may have
ipeak for himself. Id this way tlje will
of the majority can be easily obtained, ‘
which I should feel bound tp obey,
render a good and valid reasqn for diso-, Republic be,’ and is f
bedience/ ' I have not the vanity to be- extend to the foliowin,
Beginning at the Lx,Uvm y» m.v
river, and runninglWest along the
every i
Fines from Justices’ Courts
npl_______r_ .
due lhe County - - - - 178 33
“ Lice ise taxes collected from
11th February to th_ ’
May, 1850 - - - -
.U J ; I . ‘ <
I ■ L - 'I
Tcta! Receipts - -
"E X P E N DITU RES.
To P. C. BealJ, for building
- - - $1299 96
Bell house on
____ ..r.je - - - - - -
John Jenks for painting the
Court House- - - r -
Paxton and Jordan, flor the
Court House Bel| - i- '
“ Paxton & Jordan fd ^Record
Books for District Court -■•!
. Martin for County
5 ng
“f- N. AV. Faison for stationery,
, offic ; rent, transcribing re-
‘cords, bookcase, press&c.
: for l-ooms for holding
courts - - - - J - -
paid or support of Michael
Shdit T -"
paid ibr^support of Edmond
Theo,
D. R.
i Commissioner , - *
“ Refunded Hill &: MjcCcjy"
“L- pr"
keep ng
“ A. L. Ya
200 ozs Quinine
50 lbs Opium
100 Lbs Calomel ’
200 lbs Rhubarb
1000 Iba Epsom Saha
100 lbs Ext Liquorice
100 lbs Uum Arabic
20!) lbs €up Caffi Soda
I Jost received, direct from New York,
sold at low prices, for cash, by
ROBERTS CO..
- - - ------- . ■ „ , —— -------—
ANTE Curran:r; preserved Curoi
fronts; just received by KOI Efl
t ings guide,
I ed ways'
BOf truth and Innc
Can wealth-cvowned
throne deride 1
Its transports,
Itj pastime in celestial fields of light;
11 ‘ ’
1 cirth invite!
oetic thought! j the. fra grande of swec
ved- UT flowers— J - ’.4 -- __________________________
' | penciling of sunbeams bright and gay ; to speculate at the cost of his principal ?
1 he images of childhood’s merry hours . . . . .it
■Whether this wHi be effected, L know The smiles that o’er the face of iature pl
of day—
arn I Night’s silver
I .. thine!
but it fe e:ipeicted, so fir as I am informed, |,
that the Governor will apply to the Leg-ij
Jslature ffrr authority to send troops to
Santa Fejto reduce the inhabitants of that
section to) our jurisdiction. z This is a
matter i
as well , as
it may bei
the premise
in healing^
which now
Be this as it may, for I ami not attempt-
•4 ing to givd ap opinion as to what‘Course
/Ijexas should pursue, it fe, as I think, a
bject coming within the legitimate range j
* ijiLH
my de-
replresent your best interest, and
in order the better to ^nabl
L stam’
tant subject, I have thought best to call j
4ipoo the vbters at each precinct in the; Texas to the
county on the -first Monday in*
next, to forpi themselves into a i
'■ and furnish me their instructions on this
subject. I have never,
failed to meet any responsibility which' stttn|i
I X-4 a « wi a A L. .1 _ — — L i t 1 Z"V Vt »'
I revolutions among the nations of Et
winch have fullowvd each oiher in such quid
cession, and of which “Me rnd is not yet.
01 ’• iir J' Xi'A*s>d wi*h a t-n’err^t hijner-e unknown,
bne says her name is Margaret Thfy occupy a ! 11 i
**•( I a H w JwuaMMU—
——..—w newspapers, nnlt iVr elaborate nnd p®n<JCr<‘U8 ’
Whoever r^eds thnse periodicals; obtains a
■Am _____
, political events of the old world, as they Occur, nnd
Mate for the office ’ of 'b. ng«.
» ushers therefore dcr'm it pr r
attention to the wojrks they lepublish, ani the very
I The following is their 1st :
Th*. London Quarterly Terietr,
The Edinburgh Eeri:tr\ :
The North tliii
~ The IVastmins^
’ RIack wood's Edinburgh 3ilugnlite*\
In these periodicals are contained the views,
and
England—Tory, JA bif.
j- i . r i ' I lerlv, are Tory • ibe Edinburch Review, Win*:
1 . W EBB as a candidate for re election to nnd l}ln tL m"’.’
the office of Sheriff of Fayette County
£ We are authorized to announce Z
M. P. FrenSh as ;
tion to the office of County Surveyor of ‘ diifcd by Dr. Chahjier?. and
I A1 d. VCt CO C/OUntV, ! ft , . i ’ •LT"!
» ted wi h Sir David Brewster. Ls literary charncftr
. We are authorized tp announce ’s the very highest order, 'i he .U csiminsicr^
Theodoric Carter as a candidate fof re- rcPri,lt^1 under that title only, it-pnWishcd .
election to the office of District' Clerk <.f. n h' h7 8",'(r,'!|r
w*;and Westminster, ii being in tael a union of the
, wo reviews formerlv published and repnnted unde* .
separate titles. It lias, therefore, the advantage by
ibis combination, of uniting in one work lhe best
features of both as heretofore iesped^-
‘ immediately on thrir arrival by lhe British stcam-
— _ KA_...;r i (.(ear on gne wf,rte nener^
— -r — —• - — — — g- -y-— v. > a ri «• -w « »vu W
Magazine being an exact fac simile of lhe Edin-
I TERMS.
; di’to
! ditto
says:
lj Authentic advices, of the latest dates
, are not of satisfactory’ char-
---- General Campbell had not re- m
edved an official copy of Mr Ciayton>
t was!
copy sent by telegraph j <
was imptyfect.
the yesterday
claim by the act of its Con- newBpapers, he had made
a provision ^,e ^e’ease lh° Contoy prisoners, which
- - has hot been acceded to.
“Unless an arrival should, within a few
news of a ichange of purpose
• I '^3
inc both pvic<? |
.IK.— ‘the mw/
} ' ’ * 1
-1- * f lb’ r ‘k-v: M
1’13®
} ---Ji
line a person «an desire
All wishing to purchase,
& P. V. SHAW inform their old offered
the planters and citizens generallv, to call
lives, Before'pur-
Store House, in the center^of chasing elsewhere, his splendid and well
selected stock of Goods of every descrip-
full supply of fl°n« jU3t received from the city of New
. ^v, on i - w, - - 7 Ua A’ Ssi
country pro- very careful purchaser, consisting of tho
’ DRY GOODS. ' - 9
Clothing; Boots & Shoes,
O’ . f
' Queensware^ Russet Brogans.
China and Glassware,
Hardware and Cutlery,
j iWooden Wares.
GROCERIES
i , Liquors, Wines,
Bagging and Rope,
y Salt and Castings,
"Iron;
And in short, every thing'in
s to purcl
I All wishing to purchase, arc,
invited to callTaod examine
as I.tintend sellinjiL __
Cotton, Sugar, Hides, Beeswax, and
'al Doods at Cash prices.
La Grange, July, 1S50.
5 00
«> 7 00' i«* M
8 0 > *• «
3 00 “
For Blackwood -nnd three Reviews 9 <-0 ***
For Blackwood &, thfe four reviews' 1 () (»0 • “
Payment to be made in all cases in advance.
' ’■ ■ ■ IctCBELVO " • . 1
Four copies of any or all of the above works wilf
88 on payment ofs the. regular ’
Remittances ImW corrwnnniraticms should be
»<t»st paid or franked, to tile Pub.
LEONARD SCOTT & COl,
Entrance 5'4, Gold st.
> •
soon be com-
pleted-to La Grange, winch will re-
idncp the price of Goods ten per cent, be-
low cost, (that isj if we are now selling at
on Jc0st.)i Before thttt time arrives I mifet sell
out; therefore I offer Dry Good?, Groce-
ries and Hardware, at prices lower than
|ey|er before. My) stock isdarge, fresh and
Paitie§ wishing to purchase,
i call and let their wants he
Il will n)ot be undersold bv ai
regular house In La Grange.
Jjy20 tf I ' AC L. VAIL.
it fc
4.
rappings when he first c°nq test of the country, bylhe troops ofi * J?
ided him instantly of the. ^,e t “ited States. Texas pretended to *
> Up to the period of its Cuba, art
______________ ...... . t, itoe United States liad recog- acteir' Genert
•y supposing that one of, n‘zet* l^e Mexican authority as existing
~ W;U1 there. An American Consul resided at >
positive form? while Sant^ Fe; and debentures, were paid on "
r ..I-. ----fovinces!
no-
nomena of the sounds or
Il is xvell known ; l^,n®
-_____ .... r_, only. Quinine, Calomel, Lobelia, Ipecac,
andkerchicfs, and Shimezets, Rhubarb, Patent Medicines of all kinds.
Lard, Linseed, and Train Oils, White
Lead, Putty, Glass, Glue, A arnish, Ret!
A. L. VAIL. ’
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