The Morning Star. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 641, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 9, 1844 Page: 2 of 4
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Corfu* CuuSTI —It was stated recently that the.set-
tlement as Corpus Christi was to be abandoned, and the
is predicated upon the fact. thut Col. Kinney has be en
short time since, that Capt
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tegrity, and his industry, won goldem opinions at the bar
We beljeve he will make every exertion to render hi- ap-
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TNn Mails.—We
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"uncertain” speculations, n
may be.
pensethe government have incurred in building theforti-
fications round Paris, and in the anticipated expense in
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FRENCH STEAMSHIPS.—The French papers mention,'
that the French Government have abandoned their trans-
on the 27th u It., within five days of the period dt signated
it appears refused to authorise any hostile expedition to
attack the place, while our Commissioners were at Sabi-
nas, but the merchants of Matamoros have doubtless been
assured by the .Mexican government that the "contraband
trade” as it is styled should be suppressed, and it is re-
ported that in consequence of these assurances, those mer-
chants have agreed to defray the whole expt aces of the
troops that hive been raised by Capt. Vilareal to destroy
that trade.
Capron, J. W. Schrimpf, Geo W Bringhurst, C. C. 1
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The undersigned having understood (but Mr. Elliot
ceived nt Corpus Christi a
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these Steamers would ply regularly between Vera Cruz
and Havre, touching at Glveston and New Orleans and
Mr Ellial to Mt. Jon
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Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires, of the 17th ult. and the 4th
' inst. 2v2.0,,0
But, indeed, i .ii u i
tween its own citizens and those of I exns as contraband.
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their numerous railroad projects, they have no money for
o matter how important these
conveyed regularly by the middle of last month. But
we regreL to say that we have received no mail fromei
ther ofthose places,'for six or eight weeks, and there is
engaged mana ol sepirutou wuh ihe L
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A young man named Coffee was drowned a few days
little probability that any will be received for some weeks
tigaged in business at Matamo: mcome. We believe the contracts have been forfeited.
Matamoros— We have vecently conversed with a
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The Laws— The printing of
in such a contest, (if they intended to prosecute their
claims upon thisgoveruinent,) and that they have always
done, but more than that could mu be expecled of them.
I ne undersigned has already dud the honor to state to
every state of warfare rid nd it impossible ; r them to
complete the conditions fthrirundrrtaking. Alien gian-
tees o' the govt rnmt nt ut Ml xi o, hi th situation i ; he se
parties, were, of course, bound to hold themselves neutral
. confiscation of title to land, righte I
without compensat
justice ag linst i I .. anis
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fhe undersigurd fltiers himself with the hope that the
reasons nesigned for his delays will be t nirely satisfactory
to Mi. kilusi, and eubiaces the occasic n to h new to Mi
Elliot, the assurantes ol the great regad with whi b h
has the honor to he
be h- Id nt that place. This question however, was soon
seuiled, for it was found that there were no buildings on the
on those tontes. Ashe is a candidate for the office of
President, it is of considerable importance to him that the
mails’should be kept in operation: fur he has rendt idso
lew A publics rvice in the country, tbat the p-
Atlantic Steamship Line. It was expected that several of
| Dibble, W. HA. Witham, D E Smith, Jas B Hogan,
R M. DeChene, John Lvj, Henry Levenhagen
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WASHINOrON UOUar_-We learn, that Judge Bnyof,
to tin m was not furnished to the printers until the 6th inst
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THE MORNING FAR.,
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Houston, Tuesday, April 9, 1844.
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Villareal was raising troops tor the express purpose of
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(Signed) ANSON JONES
To Capt. CHARLES Elliot. &c &e
Appointment—James w Henderson, Esq , late re-
presentative of this county yhas been appointed District
Atorney vice;P W Gray resigned We regret thecir
several other American ports. It appears, says the New in the contract of the public printers. 'I hey
York Herald, “that in ex- - er ' ' I* I’111 nent on Ist inst
that the mails on the routes fom this place to Liberty
Beaumont and other eastern towns/ and on the routes to
Brazoria, Richmond and other western towns should be
to abide 1 3ut itis , • se • :
"This fact is a curious one, and dyes not speak in tht
highest terms of the enterprize of the Ftench government
11 exhibits, however, the policy of the existing dynasty of
France.
“In the construction of the immense fortifications round
Paris, and in the covering of France with railroads, run-
ning to all points, we see the determination of Louis
Philippe to fasten the Orbans branch of the Bourbon
family upon France through all time, if such a thing be
possible in such a country With rhe fortifications, which
are really ofa most stupendous character, and the lines of
railroads shooting, when finished, in every direction, en.
tirely under the control of the government, they can at
once put down an c m eate that any tumultuous assemblage
of people in that excitable country may create. So far as
this goes Louis Philippe shows a little foresight for him-
self and Count de Paris, but the stoppage of the trans-At-
(antique steamships before they make one puff across the
ocean, exhibits a want of enterprize and an indecision in a
most important movement that neither the Russian, nor
the Austrian, nor the British government would be guilty
of”
and has determiped to suppress it. Infurmation was re
ernmeot in b half of th-st p
would haveinstiucted Her M
pie ia most sections know very lit le about him And
un l. ss his little services are greatly magnified, ahd some
grand humbug got up to hoist him into public noth f, the
people wi.| be scarcely able to distinguish himirom Davy
Jnes They know at least that he can bear no rese mb
lance to the gallant Paul Jones, for if he did he would
have be» n found at bast once during „lhc last ten 3 e ars
fighting shoulder to shoulder with the brave, patriotic and
warm hehtted Burleson.
, Qur Commissioners, Messrs. Williams and Hockley .
had an interview with the President in this city on Friday
i last, and on Saturday, they and the President lef on the
Steamer Dayton for Galveston l
His very obedirnt servant.
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( GALVE-TON, Augus 174l, 1843
The undersigned mlmm-d the Eul of Ab sd, ri, nh
same despatches, that the land e
desired to represent, appe tied to the Ps -id-nt to b sut
ject foi thedisposulol thi Judiciary, and that in under.
trade with our western towns brok n up This statement
legal acquirements well worthy of the station. His sue- t he subj Ct He wvili mrrely ob eive hat H
cessor although he-commenced the practice of law, under governmett ave, probably. ,< them-ei esw
. i , instructing him ‛o
great disadvantages, has by his perseverance, his strict in
county, and as Farrell’s place had been chosen al the late
elcion as the Seat of Justice of thatcouuty, another argu-
110 ment was commenced to decide whether ihe Court should
fi«d that the Mexican Government regrds all trade be-
la sty M nis N,
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health may Comp-1 himshortltohutethiscmuiry,, ,
whilst he isanxious, therefore, aguinto place this uljek
tmd-i the aiti ntiot -4 hegovermnent, huielst at |<
renewvingi it g- - it d is i v lil • g , b < a u - he ti i
teen favored with any ri ply tofhe I, pres f. , tiong ,
already made in connrction with it; owing, i w vet 1
1o un .. oidable ciy un slum. • s ,ji, i,..
pew site of the county seat; and as the Judge was not dis-, i
posed to dispense justice in the open air or under a tree.
except for capital nffences^lhe Court was adjourned until I
, destroyed the trade at Corpus Christi, and avowed his de- the pjj Term,
termmation to capture that place if nicessary to < tbet his
le thise re
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US. as he pi
and we hope the Secretary of Slate, will make some nr-
rungemnents, to ensure the future regularity of the ma's
since in the Brazos near Richmond. He was crossing
the river in a pirogue/with another man, and tin- latter
fell overboard, upsetting the pirogne. Mr. Coffee was
unable to swim and was. drowned His companion held
on to the pirogue and was saved.
Its completion was delayed owing to the severe illnrss
of Mr Hall the Chief Clerk of the State Department it
will be printed in a few daysand will be in readiness f>r
distribution with the laws this week
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District Court.—The Spring Term of the District
Court of this Cunty, commenced in this city on Monday ( DEPARTMENT or State
fast. Judge Jack presiding. The following is the list of Washington, Feb, 16th, 1843. ‛
James Baily, Sir- The undersigned. Secretary of State of the Re-
Foreman, Robert Levenhagen, Enock Brunson, Joshua public of Texas, has the honor to acknowledge the receipt
o , ,p . r.I N i . ....... .. .... * of two communications from Mr. Elliot, Her Britannic
Burr, Jacob Buchanan, John Newland, William McMil- Mipgg, OAAlgGAfireg Itn, 17th ..h ,, ,I AG
this government, i a note dated on the 8Oth Septmiber
last, respectinz the claims of Messs Cotesworth, Eger-
lon. Pryor, O’Gorinan, and ethers thut Her Majesty s
Minister at Mexico had satisfied himself that they did
trke measures to fulfil their contrnets with ihe Mexican
government; that Some of the partie s actually settb-d on
the lands, and that others had proceeed to Europe for the
purpose of bringing out the stipulated numh r of emigrant
families; but that all these operations had been brought
to a dose by the breaking out of the- war in. 1835
The particulars ofihese grants have nut bi t n made
known to the undersigned, aud he is mH aware whether
any record of them is to be found tn l hr General Land
Otfice. But he must admit, that it is to be regretted they
did not appeal directly to the governmeni of exas at an
earliar date than they appear to have done, though he sup-
poses ibis omission may beparily auributable to want of
opportunity, and partly to the disturbed stale of affaits__
it will, at all vents, be remeinberd that the case was
made known to < bn Henderson by Lord Palmerston so
long back as 1839 nnd that Gen Henderson’s reply was
favorable tothe interests of her elaimants; which ot itself,
would go far to explain their subsequent silence, till an of.
Cer of Her Majnsty’s government was appointed to teside
near this goveramen
‛l‛he case of Beales and those claiming under him, has
been fully statrd in the letter and enclosures which the
undersigned had the honor to forward to Mr. Jones vn the
4th Feb lust.
It is trusted that this conjuncture of suspended hostility,
and the undersigned cordially hopes of approaching per-
object Ifthetrade at this point shuld be suppressrd by
the Mt xican officers, the settlement will necessarily be
abandoned, for its inhabitanis depend for support entirely
on the trade with the Mexicans We have derived our in-
formation relative to this subject from gentlemen of re s-
pectability, and we believe it to be substantially correct
ros. and he promts a singular picture of the decline of
the trade at that place within the last cightyeats lit
says that 'previous to the re volution in Tex as tin- receipts
of duties at the custom house of Matamoros amouuled to
four or five millions of dollars annually. He has
known two millions of dollars to be received at that < us
tom house in three months T. ii.. It with Chihuahua,
Coahuila, Tamaulipas, San L on. I urango and a jail of
Zacatecas was directed to that city. But within the.last
eight years the trade has I • n steadily declining, and she:
receipts of duties at the custom house art scarcely snffi
cient to defray the expenses of collection. Sincethiis.
tablishment of trading lions-s at Corpus Christi, the trade
of the towns above Rhinosa has been almost entirely di-
veiled from Matamoros to Corpus Christi; and the mer-
chants of that city, have become exceedingly hostile to the
traders at the latter point. They have repeatedly solicit-
ed the Mexican government to interfere and assert its ju-
risdiction over the territory west of the Nue ces and to de
stroy the settlement nt Corpus Christi. The government
si2n d, however, will not enter at 11
siood ii wns also thought thete was no ground lur rhe
stateme nt of the claimants that th . qu tsiq’t > 1
not euterinin these cases He will, however, L g leave to
remind Mr Jones that hi- took the lib. ily, in <1 . corner
sition, to draw his attention to the proviious rd thelnd
lw in that prlicular, whjh coitaiuly sum to |,e ve
explicit.
‘he undersigned is npppretensive that th- stati oi his
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Vernon was not the legal county seat of Washington
were assured a few weeks since
to make then-, it it bad bren the L gislutute «n M« Ni o
which had nnul ledthesecontinet- \ v • • 'it ।
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MURDERER PUNISHED—The negro who lately mur-
dered the overseer on the plantation of Mr. Bordet, was
shot dead on the evening of the same day that the murder
was committed. It Appears that he was discovered watch-
ing near the camp of a pedlar, who had stopper! near the
plantation, and the latter not knowing that he bad commit-
ted ihe crime but believing him to be a thief, called to
him to come to him but the negro endeavoring to run
awaythe pedlar levelled hrs rife, intending probably lo
wound bin slightly so as to capture him, but as it was
dark he could not lake good aim. He fired, and the
negro fell dead. What must have been his astonishment)
to leatn the next day that the negro ho had thus accident ■
ally killed, was a murderer ? Thus has been fulfilled the
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hearing by any cthet couutry, in efict, because the cla
the laws was completed But, indeed, t su u i also be distinguished in it this i«
not a case of alledged arbitrary l gislezic n or d fevtive as -1
unjust drcision by the courts t 'h - e untry. of w h
deliv th s parti - b d - r. n . . . • .
and by thejudgieut . I which last th v would be bound
coutract, invol-
thtrri I
1 nd whereat. ■
ers ol said c#
the aforesaid
ty; thereforj
Section la
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assembled. I'm
the S-at - J ust
county ol R ul
Februsr V. one I
and the othicial
said County, nil
acted in the Co
and valid, in al
oticers hid be:
one thousand i J
l»d by the act. 4
, the contrary not
SEc 2 Be
feci, and be in k
had intimated to his Excellency, the President, an inten.
(ion of oming up to this place soon, and having bren
constanly occupied with business consequent upon the
----- r . . . . adjourment of Congress, has delayed making repbiesto
after listening to a lengthy argument, decided that Mount I the communicmtions above referred to, ns he 1s degiisus of
having the pleasure ui a previous peveouaijuterview with
Mr. Elliot, an opportunity for which tie visit ol Mr
Ellit to Washingion would eford him
। should appear to at h« lyas misappr 1 nd. d iny jo.it
which has be • n sig goste -l to him m - vvri-
which he hus collecied by rrference to publie docuns nis
he will, in advance, beg leave luma a ihin -xplanatunui
the misconce ption A
He has reusonio beli ve it has co ol j ctd iu a qua । -
ter entitie to his highrn respe i, hut clanuants nrariy n
the snt situat n di th ■ j ■ al i.;.,i s
Hr Mj sty or Mexirar citizrns, ai.d tfiai it ib-v.H
B itish su je ,, . j i,. ; j o the ir .. i, ,
within the Republic of Sexies , nd that iHth-v -e
Mexican citizens, it would not he with h the nduvi 4
any goveininent, other thin M. xi , to interfere m th r
behall.
Ihe claim of the se -I ntees pn the mtup s T, -
the government of Mexico, is tv no means q-shond.
But in the circumstance of ' bis .case, it do- s r. 1 jw , m -i
the exist* nce of a cl aim to me 1 re in th at q last t I-ai .
the natural claim ol these puli s to n app al 10 ato t
, particularly whilst th" sitnation of at , ,
cumstancesthat induced the latter to resign this important ihat nothing eoufa be , xpi et j fon, Mesi o I , n :
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mandate of the Eternal: “Whoso shed el h man’s blodd, by
man shallbis blood be shed.”
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