The Morning Star. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 237, Ed. 1 Friday, January 24, 1840 Page: 2 of 4
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13" W e shall publish in o ir paper of to-morrow, the
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e Cherokee Land Bill.
rim th
late New York pa-
in the sum of $1000, to an v
r to the charge of enlisting
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gable, only reached Brazoria and returned.
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sonal animosity to Commodo
The most positive
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Nickleby.
the 6th for Galveston.
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liged to dept nd upon her
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‘Miss to be place d on ' he
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The above is from the Ra
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this is the route most travelledgnd the only one that would
s
1 to the locomotive. ,
throw stones
he anvil said to the black-
11 rather be a dog, and
' The prisoners were hung up by their feet, and in that con-
The if of the bottle weak s the understand! g —As
As the loafer
ly dismissed from his office, and be considered an enemy
Will I M
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ng of him who lay asleep.
M Hunt
was chairman, was addressed in a very able manner by
rri
that pale face there ci
on
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follows:
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After a short silence he
•I am not afraid to die,’ e
st
You have often told me !
d not blame me at a time
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Weare informed by a gentleman who has just arrived
in this city from Sabine, that all the commissioners tor
t case, they have fortunate-
nd there can be no convic-.
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empt to invade the laws of
‘Colorado's visit has been
4 language made use of against Woodward conve ys the
most unmeasured reproach, and if the facts set forth are
it is I
inly
tail
or t
dant
nal a
end
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Hereafter Texes will be c
own ports for seamen."
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the water at such times, as the western bank spoken of in
the treaty, but are content, as they should be, to take the
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ing
had not fallen into that deep s
there is no waking ,
While he was thus emplo
y the moon”—As the fox
by the hound "
As the engine said to the
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OLAS NICKLEBY.
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repay the expense of such an e
country, arrived in New’ Orleans on the 16th.
The deserters from the Zavalla who were arrested by
our consul in New Orleans, to be returned on board, have
been set at hibertybythe-municipal court
men in that city for the T
were arrested and held to br
following extract from a lett
ed in the True American, J
proceeding emanated:
“ You will have observed
Commodore Moore and-ath
was still there, and that he
true, the reproaches are
see ute all officers under the 8
AF
e 26th
s reque
ALDERMEN L M Hirhcock, jr, P. J Menard,
W II MCullough, A. B SB?pherd, A Turner, W B
Nichols J. E Phillips and E
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difficulties were likely to arise in determining w hat should
be considered “the western bank of the Sabine," i
[almost think if I could r
. in
rior i
completed, and she will sail o
Speech of Gen. Houston on
The Navy—We learn
pers that Commodore Moon
am this city to Austin, as
jr crept in at the open win-
la sound was heard but the
ds him, and putting his arm
r, ‘I shall soon be there
N°
al con
hand I
fully a
Jan 23, Steamer Trinity, from Galveston.
PASSENGERS
sand other accounts of the movements of this army that
reach us, is a rumor on which but little reliance can be
placed. .
The steamboat Friend, which has been up the Brazos
on an experiment to ascertain how far that river is navi-
i bear to part from you.'
The trembling voice am
. A fine stockcof stage proper
ordinary channel of the river when the water is at the qr- as by Mr. Starke, ofColumb
good.’
I have had such pleasi
‘Such pleasant, happy dret
•Of what?’ said Nichola
WELLE
Tight times these—As th
were making their exit from
• ( the llo’s occupation’s got
1 the new city of Austin,
Mr S. passed through
stock on Wednesday last,
consisting of several new
The dying buy turnedtovi
around his neck, made ansv
limber from which on earth ,, . r„ n n.
lining, A C. Lnd, A Maag, John Zirnerlin,Lr. Mars
lan navy.
d, the, closed eyes opened.
the fellow said when he was
decanter.
I relie on the bank for aco
said when he took lodgings o
A SCENE FROM NIC
SMIKE’s
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cans who are friendly with our people, and are engaged . , (
in a commercial traffic with the merchants of this country.
-
con hrs of a superior structuB, has been sent by > a, via
N‘ w ( ) h ans ■
ifor the 0
Se ymou
against
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law,or
require
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THE MORNING ST
On a fine, mild autumn dajwhen all was tranquil and
as iftoasure himself that life
Nicholas.
You asked me why I was
h alone. Shall I tell you
ogg g4 g0 _____ I
Blue Law Outdone—It is very common to scoffat and
ridicule some of the primitive laws of New England, and
particularly the Blue Laws of Connecticut.' The errors
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, Apply on board or to
ZLEY & ROBINSON, Houston.
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Gen. T. J. Green, Dr L Jones, Maj. I. N Mon land,
and others. " nd
The preamble and the first two resolutions were as"
sengers to Houston.
For freight or passa
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earful eye, and the closer I HE superior and
npanied these latter words ......bia, T
aker’sheart, nor were there , fastened
ton and Lady, F Pinckard, P J Evers, J. W Erey, R.
• D. Marston,—and 25 deck passengers.
dinary height for their guide#.
SERVED THEM right—We learn from the Brazos
Courier of the 14th inst, " tht a party of Texian citiz ns
who had gone to_the Rio Grande for the purpost of dri
ving off the stocks of horses and cattle of a class of Mexi-
PORT OF HOUSTON
ARRIVED.
I grasp of the arm which aco
showed how they filled thes
I wanting indications how deep
of him to whom they were j
•You say weil, returned >
i fort me very much, dear fe4
that you are happy, if you $
•1 must tell yu somethin
secret from you. You wa
like this, I know.’ I
•I blame you!' exclaimed
•I am sure you would not
--and sat so ml
In the < mnon ridicule that is often thrown on the
< Blue Laws of Connecticut it would be well to • S rve the
—As tbe stage coac h said * adage, ‘‘that those who .life irt glass house s should not
CONSIGNEES.
Dr. M rston;F. P. Huffman, C. Hussy. E. Blackburn,
J C. Eldredge. Defour & Co.,F. Gaprott, K, & Co,
Capt. Gould, S. Williams, A. C. Lund, J. Zimmerlin,
I J. T. Doswell.
M WoosterF Stersyand Lady,J Stersy and son, L.
McComb, P W Gilmore, W. Lynch. D S. Fifield, W
W .M n >n. W J .Simms, E L D. Riggins, W P
nond. Miss Times of the
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y they had touched the heart f
ddressed.
icholas at length, ‘and com
iw. Let me hear you say I
n.'
first. I should not have a
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well,’ said Nichol® ‘ The sleep has done you
looted' by another with a June 1, molasses was raised £t6a gallon, coffee to £4,
, sugar to £3 a pound—June 10. a man asked £7 4 a bushel
for wheat meal—June 11, green peus sold in Boston, at
£20 a peck ; lamb, £20 a quarter; board, £60 a week—
। June 17, three pounds of halibut were sold for £1; August
23, we bought a pound of tea at £19—December 9, wood
founded. This river, it istcue, at some times of exced-
ing high water sets back into the country from five to t n
miles, but the commissioners on the part of the United
States do not insist on considering the extreme verge of
He had procured a lock of her hair, whichihung at his
breast, folded in one or two slight ribands she had worn.
procured a reinforcement, and pursued the Texian -and u O • hard is my fate" A
overtaking them on the Nueces, shot three of their num- smith.
ber, and took all the others prisoners, except two or three.
inmodation
I the levee,
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of the. route ? It should be f
is £70 a cord—coffee £28 a pound ”
to this country. The meeting, of which Gen
tionincase it should come to trial •
orders are here, and I presur le. also in New ( rlean
attend to an I prosecute any a
neuthality The object of th
s u l when he was hard press
Yfou have strong backing!
st' dmbo at, whe n ordered to. b k water
A Valuable Land for Sale (
। HDJOINING the town of Harrisburg above on Buffalo Bay:
ou a halt interest in about six hundred acres of choice and
.n- • * A good title will be made, tern s cash. Tex-
| as Treasury notes _/J *4 23btf A BRISCOE.
running the boundary line were in Sabine city, and rea-
dy to proceed with their business. The rumor, that
of his official relation to this government, thereby would not wish to do so r av
that we shall meet again-, so very often lately and
I feel the truth of that so very strongly—that I can
ence ---------
" adding to the turpitude of the transactions a sort of stain
upon our national character: Therefore, it is by this meet
ing unanimously <
I. Resolved, That John Woodword, of the city of
New York in the United States, has justly incurred the
reproach of the people and government of this Republic,
■ by his fraudulent practices upon the honest confidence of
persons on the European continent, many of whom have
been distressed and ruined by expending their all in emi ,
grating here, upon the faith of his endorsement upon, and
assurance of, titles to lands which he never possessed.
2. Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting, the
Executive authority of this Republic should hold itself
called upon forthwith to degrade said John Woodward
from the office of Consul General, which he has so un-
wortlily held; and that we will unite with our fellow-cit-
izens in a respectful memorial to the President and Con- so chonsed.
and robbed. The Mexicans immediately returned home,
He prayed that when he was dead, that Nicholas would
take it off so that no eyes but his might see it, and that
when he was laid in his coffin, and about to be placed in
the earth, he would hang it round his neck'again, that it
might rest with him in the grave.
Upon his knees Nicholas gave him this pledge, and
promised that he should rest in the spot he had pointed out.
I hey embraced and kissed each other on the check
‘Now, he murmured, ‘I am happy.’
Hi: tell into a slight slumber, and waking, smiled as be-
fore : then spoke of beautiful gaflens, which he said stretch-
edout before him, and were filled with figures of men,
wo n h, an I in any chi dren, all with light upon their faces
then whispered that it was Eden—and so died.—Nicholas
regard to the business of the ( olorado the consul has d
1 nothing
tend or be ' • d neck and
, <x posh'd Again in the years 1620 21 sr veral cargoes of
young women were sent over from England for .wives for
the Virginians. By law the price was fixed at one hun-
dred dud Dventy-pounds of tobacco. Many of the Vir-
Can any one info us of the " whereabouts
the suits brought in the prese t
ly, not taken the right view, u
have recently met a melancholy fate. It seems that, the
Texians had gone to the Rio Grande and driven a large
number of cattle as far as the Neuces, where they had
made them secure. They then proceeded to return, with
the view of procuring anadditienalstock of cattle or hor-
ses, when they met a party of Mexican treders, with a
cavillade, destined for this country, whom they attacke d
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hblishment Who knows 1
"F.'r the Sa r.
ISMS
Two small schooners, the Wasp and the Frances Eliza,
were wrecked some days since near the Brazos bar—no
lives lost.
The following are
( ialveste ui
—NWe see it staled in the diary kept by the Rev Thom-
"'as Smith, of Falmouth, Me., that on April 7, in the year
1779, during the Revolutionary war, Indian meal was sold
at £90 a bushel—May 27, wood .was sold at £52a cord
! .—and flour at £60 a hundred; i.e,‛ say s the journalist,
‘a barrel of flour is worth more than mv whole salary’—
Psaid8Tam quite contented. ' wel imbered land,
from this bed quite, well, I
Houston, Friday, Jan. ill, 1840.
We learn from Austin that a gentleman came into that
place from the Rio Grande on the 12th, who brought in-
formation that the Federal army had left Matamoros, and
were qn their march to Monciova. This, like a thou-
M i
be held
tions J
PI uGli
dition left to die. A few more such lessons will probably
teach an abandoned portion of our western population that
“ honesty is the best poliey ____
A spirited public meeting was held in Galveston on the
30th u It. to express the disapprobation which pervaded
that community, on learning qf certain frauds perpetrated
by John Woodward, Texian Consul in New A oik,,by
I; of that day were attributable to the times. They not only
existed in other colonies, but throughout Europe, as late
as 1700.— According to Smith’s History a law was made
in the colony of New York for hanging every Popish
H priest that should come volutarily into the province. Ai-
though this law was ten tim x-re and* cruel as any
ever passed in Connecticut, yet no one ever thinks of cast-
ing odium on New Y ork in Virginia, the laws were,
Parsons. if posable, more ridiculous thin any in New England. r
. . . . ! Under the a IministrationofSir Samuel Argil, the advance)
has been taken on to I ex- en goods imported from England was fixed at 25 per ceut,
and the price of tobacco three shillings a pound. Penalty1
for transgressing: three years-slavery.
Absence from church Sundays and holidays was pun-
ished by tym^ the offender neck and heels for one irhdle
nighty or by one week’s slavery. The second offence by
one mqnth, and the third by one ye'ads slavery
in this State also in olden tunes, a free thinker or phi-
losopher, who hated the church service, was forced tint-
at peace, when the soft sweet
dow of the quiet room, and nc
gentle rustling of the leaves, ■icholas sat in his old place
just, and he should be immediate- , by the bedside, and knew thathetime was nearly emm
So very still it was, that ever J now and then he bent down
his ear to listen for the breatl
selling to the English emigrants who came to this coun,
tty on board the ship Agnes, worthless titles to land The
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ot negt
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and alst
n the papers, the arrest of
rs for shipping seamen for
the Colorado, and that theyjhave been bound over in
___________ ' $1000 each, from present apearances, the matter will
M De Saligny charge de affaires from France to this be hush d up, as there is an «ident desire on the part of
the civil authorities to favor 1xas. The secretary of the
navy, however, is dead set ag ainst the country from per- ’
sonal animosity to Commodo e Moore, and he appears
from the best information [ ca 1 obtain, determined to pro-
ntutes of 1802 and ’37. In
MAOR—John M Albil
R ECORDFR—J H WalBn
Whereas, itris represented and proven to the satisfac-
tion of this meeting, that John Woodward, Consul Gene-
ral of the Republic of Texas, residing in the U. States,
has practised, to a great extent, upon citizens of Great Bri-
tain, and, others, some of the grossest frauds mid most
scandalous impositions of modern times, in the sale of pre-
tended titles to large tracts of land in this Republic; and
in cons mmating them has availed himself of the influ-
drevns, was the answer. j
the city] ffice rs re cently ' h cte d
HrGLPRICES. -The B stun Mi rcantile Journal says:
some 1
power
is here
act of
consid
d32
B
theh
en it
ths hi
pertyl
ed, cor
ginians not being able to find the tobacco, had to purchase
wives on credit. Debts of this^h scription were recoyer-
, able prior to any other. ,
prisoners said, while they - .......
ejail in Houston
routebeween the seaboard ’■
the present, seat gf governmel
this place with a portion of : E
The remainder of the stock
Not if it pain you,’ said Nicholas. *I only asked that
I might make you happier if I could'
•I know—I felt that at the time.' He drew his friend
closer to him ‘You will forgive me, I could not help it,
fas arrested and held to bail but though I would have died to make her happy, it broke
my heart to see—I know he loves her dearly—Oh, who
« .. I । ’ j could find that out so soon as I ?’
veia ° ii is । The words which followed were feebly and faintly ut-
on the same charge. 1 he I cred, and broken by long pauses; but from them Nicholas
from New York, publish- h learnt, for the first time, that the dying boy, withall the
lows from what source th ardor of a nature concentrated on one absorbing, hopeless
secret passion, loved his sister Kate.
-y>Nc'y York Express
fpHE subscribers having discontinued their commission busi-
' I ness in the city oi Houston, have placed in the hands of
now Messrs. Harris & Lee, all consignments in their store to this
even date. jan 23 <16 212 J T DOSWELL & Co.
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(ialveslan and New Orleans Steam Packet.
.. _„,l well known low pressure steam ship Co-
Henry Windle, Master, 425 tons, coppered and cooper
This vessel carries all her cargo under deck, and ut-
il fers greater inducemehts to shippers than any other vesseiin
therradnsequenceofthe numerous false reports ini circulation
with regaxd to the Columbia, the present proprietor deems it ne-
cessary to state that it will, for the future, be out ol the power of
any evil or malicsous designed persons to prevent her from as-
suiningher regular trips with her usual punctuality.
N B The Columbia will hereafter leave New Orleans, on
the 1st and 15th, and Galveston on the 7th and 2d, eachmonti
and will under no consideration be withdrawn from the trade
during the summer season. Steamboats will always eina
tendance on th.; arrival at Galveston, to convey freight and pas-
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