The Civilian and Galveston Gazette. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 2, 1844 Page: 1 of 4
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H. STUART.
p01*IiISUBD EVERlf WGDNESIMÍ ' Afíu SATUItÜAV.
Al#S.ft«r auuui ¡)ayablu wítlun Vi* uiuntlm after the limo oí*1
íbwnbing — r ijilO at the «u(l nf Iho yuar. Also, publiíbud
"| fur Jliu eumitry, at $5 por anlmui |>ityal>to ill advmico.
Krtflt't'lálNGr-Oue miuiw,-om: dollür Cor. lita (irni injur-
icé sultoiqueii't ¡nsorUnn fifty cenU. Eight lines tnaku a
■ ■'«'•Uprtmemeuts iutúrted ótico a waek fj<¡l uer square
lion.. ' _
'Í't3< ol" the nfficc must be post p^id or tlioy will
i takitn óiit ol'lito p««i ol!)c« *'
tnent ofc urd'
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UJ'Mttrriiigü nn i obituary notices of. more than tbren Imeu iu
feiigllí aro charged, na -ulvurti.-mtBiit .'
WED N fí SÍ) A Y, QCTOBE lt 30, lsVl.
The steamer Dayton Un ived yestorduy from H jus
t lo , bul brought no news of ínteres!.
A letter from San Amonio, dated the 13th soys—
"At this placo ove"ry thing is quiet—tho trade be-
* ing limited. . The colony of "M. Castro it prospc-
: ri,,f- .
"Gapt. Hays I3 out with his company on an e.xpo-
dition-'-h j been soma iwanly days—but vva cXpoct
>¡to hear of him soon. It
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GALVESTON SATURDAY NOV.'3, 1844.
¿i o! in (i i i u (, i c 111 ri« i'q cttic) rue rebuilt s Tim / ! ■_ t/^ >«1/1 Ipk& uiiikni .kf'iiu
1 number of manufacturers
curasiance
• Tim District
session."-
Hnxf$
Court tor this county ¡3 now in
Wo would respectfully caji the attention of the pro-
. per authorities toAho various acta and ordinances' con-
cerning slaves anofrée persons of color. We oppre-
bend that this restrictions in relation to free negroes
. remaining in the Republic ,—the purchase and sale
E ' op property, house keeping and hit ing their own time,
being out at night, and carrying arms, by slave,s, are
violated in many instances. Wo suspect that there
. are many free negroes in town who have not compli-
ed witli the.requisitions of the law, and who aro exer
sing a bad influence upon the slaves. Tho fact is
||| both classes appear to belaboring under but
igbt restrants, if their frequent assemblies, noisy hp
fafiour, and profane and indecent language iu the
heels are to be taken as evidence* It is also a com-
iorl habit for negroes to gallop hoiB.es through the
jltreets, to the manifest danger of children, and in vi-
olation of the ordinances of the city. Those we re-
gard as growing evils,.and such as should be quietly
checked in their preseut state, lest their increase
should render harsh measures necessary, to which their
j. long continuance is almost certain to lead.
In their zeal for the protection of the frontier, the
jst.Cougrees wholly omitled to make any appropria-
m for the support of tho post of Galveston, and had
piOVbeeii for the jrigid economy which had saved a
ofthe last year's appropriation, by far the most
irlaul position in the country would have been
|iput u dollar f jr its support and defei.ee. We
.tho ¿omitig Congress Will find rtsedf sufR-
vo from party quarrels to give'some attef:-
pn, and that ájt an ea -ly period, to this matter. The
irt stands in need of repairs, .which (here is 110 ap-
propriation to effect, ana it iieeds.no argument to show
importance of providing the necessary means.—
a position is one wh¡ci|j-<shou-ld' be kept in a state of
|mp1ete defence, whetheíúo war or peace.
I At present Texian aiij United States vessels pay
) «amé- tonnage duties upon arriving in the, ports of
ias, while Texian,vessels pay Owe ¿«rilar j er ton
Statts veSaela, are tonnage free, 01
jig to ports of the United States. Tim
jires a ' very decided and important adviBoge to
|H(jd StaVes vessels in the carrying^■tó¿Hn>etween
1 countries, and, we think, reqi^^ the prompt
Ajngt'esa.'—It te I,rue
Tuty be remitted upori.ou.r
^f France and England would have
[ttTénter upon the samo terms, in accordance
¿e treaties jv.lth tlieso countries; but this.would
&e bur, vessels opon .terms of equality vt uh those of
[r nations, whereasj-ih the pi eseiitjjtate^ of affairs,
r are pjaced uudoi; great dlsad.vátítage. A num-
j#'lii0nnging to bur citiaeus have been put
' the íexiftii flag, solely from tite expectation
ley would thus secure the aid and protectionyjf
niment, and it would soetn but an 'a-Jt.o^
jeir owners, were other considerations vJfent-
them upon equal terms with the vesi
PPB^B^PPIIPflpPpPHHI _ The. cir*#: yhUer't Luit Vertió*^
rostance has elicited mú'jh debate, and a good hiany naii Chronicle, who tMU
careless and even haish as^eitions fiom tho Tariff pa- parson Miller in that city, giv
pets. Without etidineiuting these, we will simply* latett ex post ion of the end of tho woild—"
lay before i ur readers a statement of the facta. poses that tho naterial world (vill stand; ibal
i'iret, Tlieti, therq is neither on'our pat t, nor on ' and uioon will shine 4>i>,. and the earth, scourged,
that of the imponer, any deception or false appear- changed in her.stji(bee u«d purified by fire, will al-
utieoji) tyiy paiticular. The goods put chased' in so continue in hor pi esent astionoinictil relations to
¡Vlat;t'hestof wet e purchased ill tho regular course of other lilanets.jThe good ateto bo saved, nnd only the
mercantile business.' They weio not refuse goods v' wicked become victim oil he expected cofifLigiuiimi.
nor surplus goods, nor an odd lot, They wote not Even the lau«n: are uot, some of his followers avur,
mude ol India cotton and pulverized spar,Iter itad t be annihilated, but to live ou and be punished'—
they any tiling uliout tliem peculiar. They were or- The destruction spoken of is to occur through the a-
dered and made in the usual way, and at the usual geney of a ht^il storm to be about sixty-three pounds
price, and any further- quantities of them cin bo pro,- (a talen)) in Weight. The effect of a descent of hail,
in addition to the physical: consequences of iu fall,
will uct chemically upon the air, and cause a sepa-
ration ofthe gassos, and from.this a general combus-
tion will follow."0
K; . V'* •" •' 1 -j"- .1 '
By the glass they count 80
apjf
and English Cotton Goqch,—The follow-^
m the New York Journal wf Commerce
tot wo á shott time since sajd in rela-
fercn'ce in the Cost of A'metican ar.d
goods. The remarks of the Journal
to "domestics," in which the
oufacturer* aspire most to /ival the
d iti the finer descriptions of
rity is still greater, and the ad-
n favor of the English aiti-
article first named, let the
« c ■ "
that we -had obtained
wide bleached cot-
anchester at sov-
Jing exchange at
lid® wa equal
samo width,
t fourteen
of these
mñ
cured at the same price.
threads by 9G
Sccancllt/. The importation of these goods at so low
a price, is no new thing. They have in fact beeu im-
ported all along, costing, until lecently, only 9a tó 10s
a pieco, insfoad of J2s 6J. which was paid for these.
The present importer has been in the practice óf buy-
ing them neto ut about 15 cts and selling them at 16J
cts. The advance in 2?ngland was such as to make
them cost just about 15 cts, laid down here,, which
caused the former importors to abandon them, and
the jobber was obliged to import them for himself.
- Thirdly. The goods, wore not bought in Kiigland
with any reference to this devolopement, nor with any
reference to any thing but the profit olf the business.
The development is tho result of a casual .conversa-
tion The facts present themselves.
Fourthly. fhecottOu of which jhe New Yoik Miils
goods are made, is 'fully raiV New Orleans'or 'Mo-
bile,' and the raw matoiial of the English aiticle is ap
.pafe.ntly tho same. The raw .material for neither of
them, at presevt prices, costs more than two cents a
yjrd, as a pound of the cotton «costs but eight cents,
and makes, fouc yards ofthe cloth: Cavillers, may
perhaps say. that the-raw material cosis two and a
half cents a yard. Let it be 'deemed and taken* to
bo so.
Fifthly, TI10 weigh t^jfl lie two kiiiclí of goods is
very exactly thesam^, biitli weighing within two oun -
ces of 22J lbs the 100 yards..
Sixthly. The English article is as gjod for wear as
the American, for wé know gentlemeu w'hu have worn
both. " ( .
Seventhly. Wo are now prepared to say that the
English article, taking it's qualities in the aggregate^ is
better..than the American, and gains in the compari-
son by washing. This is proved by the opinion of
dozons of judges, including manufacturers and Tariff
men in large numbers, who, when the washed samples
have been put into their hands, have pronounced-al-
most unanimously in favor of'the Manchester sample
declaring that the best. The fact that the English ar-
ticle hut 6old aud is now selling fteely át 17.} cents in
competition with New York Mills goods at 14f cents
side by side, is proof enough of their superioiity for
all mercantile purposes.
•Upon these seven declarations of facts, we beg our
readers who are disposed or even willing to adniii
simple truth, to mark it dowti in their miifds,"ihai ihe
regular nianulacturers' price for fine cotton fabrics v\
England is not more than half.th« price which is paid
to Amei ican manufacturers, for goods of ec|uai quality.
American Proyi«o i.-1--Tliere wás an extensive «
of Amerieati provisio.us itr Loriflon on the 11th ill!
It consisted of hams, pork'elected for the cogiKiy
trade ox tongues, smoked -b^eCrfamily beetanflsau-
sagos, the whole of them imported yaB^pWrcountry.
ancl so'^ (duty P0)1!) fat the, pur doro of ascertainibg
whether it were possible to bjfffg this description of
BpSlplllioii with home produce;—Tho bus-
's of the day cornmenceifwith putting up 975 hams
m'NewJifoi'k, of fair averjge quality,- equalling
hat is^generally found at cook shops iii London.—
hese produced about 42s. per cwt.; a further quan-
ty of 3025 hams.from the same place sold for 37s.
"lie pork; which was a remarkably good article, not
toi. salt,and apparently well fed.fmched 30s.per cwt,,
whilst 100. kegs of ox tongues, which were remarka-
bly good Well flavored, &'equal to anything that could
bo obtained in London, prodticed at the rate of ls, lid.
to 2s. each. The smoked beef, very .fair, sold for
39s. per cwt:, and 150 half barrels of family beef,ap-
parently well fed and iound meat,"tut rather too high•
ly salted to please the majoi ity, of English eateis,fouud
ready pule liaseis at. 40s. per cwt.¡ .the sausages fetch-
ed 9d. peiH^r, and the undressed turtlp 5s. per lb.- -
The quality tífobe provision exposed at this sale was
vdry superior to anything heretofore produced from
abioad; indeed, the improvements made in the art of
curing were the genet al subject, o^iiemark.
TWENTY NINTH CONGRESS, U- S.
. ' Mtmbers Elected Thus Far,,
Diotricts. Louisiana.
John Slidell, Den. . . •
Bannón G Thibodeaux, Whig gain. -
John B.Dáwsonw Dem. . .<
Iaaúc E Jltjtse, Dt^m.
"Illinois', •
Rpbert Smith.'Demwcrat.
J A McCfet fmnd, •Democrat;
3Í Orlando B Fickliri, Democrat.
4 John Wentworih, D^mocral.
5 Stephen A, Douglass, DemOcral.
6 Joseph P Hoge, Demociat.
7 E D Baker, Whig. * 4
Missouhi.
Sterling Pi ice, ")
John S Phelps, J
James RRotvliir, )■ All Dem. cji'wen by
James H Relfe. general ticket. *
Leonard H Sims,* V 3 #Soft
VEnMONT,
1 Solomon Fogte, whig
2 Jacob Collamer whig
3 George T Marsh whig
4 No choice* Now uemocrot
Maine.
1 No choice. Now dem.
2 Robqrt P Dunlap, dem.
3 Lutber SoVe/ance, whig.
4 No choice. Now whig.
6 Probably no choice. Now unrepresented.
6 Hannibal Hamlin, dem.
7 Hezofcinh W:lliumsrdern.
Total, 6 Whigs and 17 Democrate; being a Whig
gain of one member.
labor hi
wi
is
The oili
bi„
:lng
•T'
Tug Popolah Vote.—The foUowitig table,
pared for the National ItteUigtncer, exhibits the vol
> 4ven by each Slute in tho Piesidtuiial ele?'
1S40, and.the iiumbor of YttJes, which, by a fa „
méiitaiion ofthe number of electors may be cust in
the present year;
StATES.
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
C.iciiecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia -i ¿Í'
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Michigan
Arkansas
Votes given
in 1840
92,714
' 58,919
50,464
124,818
8.579
58,100
441,144
61,386
287,693
10 841
62 283
84 228
80.. 153. - .■vy,
By Legislature.
72 197 sm '
62,463
36,403
100,680
91,105
272,946
116,806
98,013
49,454
43,064
10,411
in
109,90
li.
never
eater wi
his mu
house 1
tor is
2,399,054
STATISTICS OF THE
settlements
r 31,760
12,240
2,825,710
STATES/
States,
Florida
Virginia
New York
Massachn
N Hamlpre
rsey
are
laine
Connecticut
Maryland •
Rhode Island
N Carolina -
S Carolina
^Michigan
Perinsylvania^
Illinois
Aikausas
Indiana -
Louisiand
Álabítma '
M ississippi
Vermont
Georgia
Tennessee
Missouri
Kentucky
Ohio
IsllIMUS OF
Dai
m
1614
16^0
1G23
1624
1627
1630
í633
1624
1636
1650
1679
1670
' 1683
1683
1685 .
1&M>.
.16^9
1702
1716
1725
1733
1756
. 1763
1775
1788
states.
owns,
St. Augustine
Jameston
Albany
Plymouth
Dover
Berg?". ,
Cdpe Henlopen
Yoik •
Windsor
St. Mary's
Proyidence
Alabama
Port. Royal
Detroit
Philadelphia
Kaskaska
Ai kansfts Post
- ViucehnéB
Iberville
Fort M.edine
Natchez
Fort Duramen
Savannah
Fori Liiridon
St. Gonevieve
Boonato^b.
Marietta
Nations.
Spjiiri -
English
Dutch
honz
ityappi
at her. t
few feet 1
was suddnnl
horns had t
English
Dane#
Swedes
unmet)
unci
English
English
Eng ish
|"8
Eng ish
$hg ish
EiigJish
F rench
French fe
F rench
F rench
F rench
French
obbed
gained I
the steps I
his eyes
ecting lih
Fren
D Boon
N Eiigland
Panama.—The Idling of Naples has
lately organized a Commission composed of Beyen
members, employed to procoed to explore ®
tifie and commercial relation, the Isthmus of 1 aflama,
aird .a great part of the American coast' bounded jy
the Pacific Oceap; . . . .
The persons composing.ibis cotnrpjttee VÍÍH sh
embark in a-frigate belonging to the Royal l
it; is reported that tlieywill also go to" tW E;
and China, To lake measures for establishing ci
cial relations beiween that country and the kitigtlom
of the.Two Sroilies—Boston D. Adv.
The Si-aíe Business.—The British vessel of ,w
Ringdove, arrived at Sierr® Leone on tho 2JU ^
tnd fouud there the Sponish brigantrne btrius, wit
326 slaves on boar4, bqund to the iia*aon<,a,ld Bent
by H M S Sappho. There were 2500 slaves at ' '
Gallinas, iu the factories, ready for. sn'JP"10"1-
Hydro has lost 20 men byjicknoss. ihe Albat
and Wisp had also arrived at Sena Leone.^ ^
Madagascar had captured ten slave yCssels
slaves. She would sail for England ón un
the Penelope, 'which vessel hád left 1 <
Ascension with fresb water.
English and American Newspaper*.-
the press i an expensive oslablii1""'
necessary to employ tbo highest t"
cess. Here, nowspapeis are
as one wotild set up {^flouring
they are generolly the expuii
us printei, }U t out of his timr
new fledged editor furnish hi
and articles ready made to 1
selection, enables him
readable sheet. T
nearest lawyer of
good essay for his <
prepares a warm
liberty and the com
pulling at the pte
end a leer that wi
his grave
itiati for 0uk/ '
tace and beat C9W
breakJastV
¡CWíi'' ffg
The Brilith Ft
in Chémistr\
pe'rs aroand himi
ble ludor and fa
lira p pei
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