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SAIff AITONIO^
Tbarsday, - - - January 17, 1856.
• v 1856.
PRESIDE^TT,'-^'
STEPHEN A. DOUGLASS,
A /qif ILUNMS.
. JEQft VICE-PRESIDENT,
'-^goarAS a*. rusk:,
01* TEX AH •
Siikjdei p tie JeflUioo of a National Peraocratic
, e.'li ' Convention.
- ' _" R K M O V A I. .
Thf Texas Osfice lias been removed to the norili
. V&Jaoftfte Military Plaza, near the Court House, out
*d6ar Vtftst of Cot. John Mulloy's office.'■where \vc
*&kR& Iiappy !d~sce our old friends, ami become ac-
qnaimed with new ones.
*.Tn r-. . -
Sfi?J Ode cold weather still continues.
ifeiuwly a day has passed for the list three
^jseeks hot ice was found, and often during
~flft-eatire>aay. >•
«& '•«" —^ .<•■'«—
Garden sbeda.—Persons wishing to get
:"a; stipt>ly df Garden Seeds of "every kind, let
iithemcall at tho store of Victor Braclit, South
1-side Main -street. He has just received 1200
papers of fresh Garden seeds;—also any
quantity of excellent apples.
In our Legislature there is but little
.doubt; we think, but the LoanBill will paps.
^Ehis iS what will wake up our State from her
«f*e8iif:#f th<5- past. Good security on all
fosns^uid all i$ well.
"We learn that the Q. M. Depart-
ment at Fort Clack is to be- broken up: we
certainly hope this is not the case, but should
it prove true, and Capt. Van Bokelin is 01-
dered to any other position, we certainly hope
it may br to San Antonio—as he is an officer
■very highly respected by our citizens gener-
ally. .5^,-3f a = -•-
* l*he"Spring Session of the Female Institute
qndO^the Supervision of Mr. S. Newton and
-. Miss L. R. Strachan will be organized on
tfondsy (he 4th February next; we are fur-
therrequested to state that should it be
L— *""*1 a boardin? establishment in connec-
tion with tbis~ Institution will be arranged
" (faring' the present year ; for further parti
culars see Advertisement.
Three city lots for sale,—a rare
ehaocet See advertisement.
«S"By the latest intelligence from Eu-
ro#* wo learn that preparations are bein
-made by the Allies for the largest campaign
for the coining season that was ever known
in modern times. The points of warfare will
''^^ diftcttfd to Cronstad£ and St Petersburg.
Kussia is making preparations to receive the
enemy on a scale equal to the anticipated on-
Next spring we may look for European
.gw^ saws of the most exciting character.
Among the visitors to our city dur-
* - Bg the past week, we notice the smiling
tiranfenaace of E. B. Smith, Esq., of Austin
This gentleman is Proprietor of the i'Hall
House" in that city, and a more popular land-
" ' JokTcaa't T>o TouncTIn our State—our word
_,.s, Now we would merely say to our friends
-ifod^the travclling public, call at his house
and satisfy yourselves.
Mott & Co.—This Grand Circus has
"Tteen performing in our city since Monday
Jas|b-,«and to' large aadiences, although the
l weather has been very unfavorable. The
lact is, this Is the best organized Circus that
ever Visited our State, and a large num-
j, W of the pet formers are residents of Texas.
We learn that their last performance in our
"ftrfty will be this evening. We wish them
• success wherever they may go.
— .
MAN OF THE WOODS.
We all in our youth read with great as-
tonfshm ent the tales of Baron Munchausen.
A''sG?uinver',8 Travels," ' Riley's Narative"Ac.;
bat daring the last week the young and old
cMtfre neighboring town of Castroville were
-much pazzeled to account for the ad-
t vent of a ccrtain personage who came among
them daring a very cold day not long since.
A small blanket covered the few tatterJ gar-
ments of the mysterious homo, he wa-s hatr
less and shoeless, being of gooJ sizo, strong
b^l^ and his face was covered with hair of
'•HUNT a foot in length that shaped to-every
paint: of the eompiss—and the hair on his
head was filled with burs, and looked like a
huge brush broom. His two eyes, which
. I were seated deep in their so ckets. had a fierce
wlfd expression that would have frightened
a Roman Senator in its Fabrician day. The
Children aereamed and ran to their mothers.
JMf ifter his departure mothers hushed the
Wiilfiig^ of their children by speaking of this
jtrange being. Maids, yoang and old. shout-
• edfor their beaux, the dogs howled, the cats
"vriftvled, the cattle liellowed, and it is even
reported that the long-eared donkeys brayed
.as they ran—>aud it is awful uncertain • what
the result would have been had the strange
MMfl Hot left the village of Castroville for
parti OK known.
even reported that this awful man
*waa heard to say—"quantum quantum qui
and thai since his departure various
constructions have been put upon this Ian-
fpage. Some think it is a judgement pro-
noanced upon some of the citizens of the town
for attempting to remove the ancient land
marks of the county and to cliange the name
titf o£ Castroville; others that he is
' £e embodiment of some of the isms of the
N. B. since writing the above we are in-
fntt—\ thai the above person is a man who
UNRTh^a hallow tree some few miles from
^CjBtrovillfe^—that he does not associate with
friends or relatives, and when he sees a per-
son coming towards him, he starts for his
tree, ani ensconced himself. He is probably
fed by his acquaintances who live near by,
and thus he drags out his life in this wrctch-
•d odaditioa—as seldom leaving his tree as
9*ogenese did his tab.
DISINHERITING LAWFUL HEIRS.
We copy the -following extract from the
New Orleans Bee of January 9th, and invite
the careful perusal of our readers and the
public generally:
Aid for the Widow and the Orphan.—
•John D. Fink, a wealthy German bachclor.
nged 69 years, died in this city on Tuesday,
His last will and testament was filed for pro-
bate in the Second District Court on Satur
<lajr. The deceased was a native of Wirtem-
!>er<r. Germany, but had lived for many years
in this city, and had amassed a large fortune,
variously estimated at half a*tnilIion of dol-
lars and upward*. The value of his estate,
we are informed, may be safely estimated at
§500.000. In his will he appoints Dicdrich
Bullerdieck, a watchmaker in Commercial
Place, his executor, and gives him a house
and lot in Poydras street. To his natural
daughter he bequeaths §3.000 and a slave;
'to bis natural son, §1.500; to several of his
nephews residing in_ this city and in Vera
Cruz. §2 000 ; to his sister Caroline and her
twelve children living in German}*, §2,000
each. He then expresses a wish to have his
body interred in the Protestant Cemetery,
and that his executor should erect over his
grave a ^suitable marble monument," with
a proper inscription thereon, and that an iron
railing be built around said monument, the
whole not to cost over §2,000. After order-
ing several of his slavis to be emancipated,
and two of them to receive §20 per month
during thpir lives, the will proceeds in these
words:
" It is my wish and desire, and I do hereby
declare the same to be my will, that after the
the payment of my just debts and the sever-
al legacies herein above mentioned, that the
pnjpeeds of the^g|-holc of my estate, property,
rights, effects, and credits be applied to the
erection, maintenance and support of a suita-
ble asylum for Protestant widows and orph-
ans. to be called -'Fink's Asylum ;" and I do
hereby request and authorize my friend
Diedrich Bu lerdieck, after my decease, to
name and appoint thfee worthy and respon-
sible persons to act as trustees to carry out
my said intentions respecting the aforesaid
asylum."
The old man is said to have been very grip-
:ig and penurious during the early part of his
life, but of late years his disposition had en-
tirely altered, and many are the deeds of un-
ostentatious charity that are told of him. It
may have been that, as the light of life grew
fainter, and the shadows of the grave began
to steal over him, that moral light was grant-
ed unto him which had been dented him dur-
ing him during his youth and manhood, and
that he sought by these signal charities to
assuage the bitterness of the memory of a
long life wasted in greed;1 lust for gold. It is
to be hoped the good intentions of the old
man in founding a noble charitable institu-
tion like this unlike the result which often
attends charitabl • bequests of rich men, will
be faithfully and speedily executed, and that
this as3*lum for the relief of the orphan and
the widow may long exist to perpetuate the
memory of the good old man who was its
founder."
The deceased was for forty years a resi
dent of New Orleans, and his brother Ferdi-
nand Henry Fink, who was the father of
fifteen children, was for a long time Notary
Public at Wirtemberg, in Germany. In the
year 1838, two of the sons of Ferdinand H.
Fink, and nephews of the deceased, came to
New Orleans, constant inducements having
been held out to them to do so by their
wealthy uncle living in that city. After they
arrived at his residence ho enjoyed their
society cheerfully for a time, and even sent
them for some three years to Jefferson Col-
lege, La., and still continued to make them
the same promises he had held out to them
before leaving their native country, viz, that
he would make them a fortune.
After they had left College—their uncle
not exhibi ing any disposition to even assist
them to situations to make a livelihood, they
thought best to seek some employment that
would enable them to meet the rough reali-
ties of life, as thev now found themselves
are still in Germany, struggling with the
world to act honestly and faithfully their
part in the drama of lije which the blind
goddess has meted out to them, nis brother,
the rich bachelor uncle dee'd.,—after living
forty years in New Orleans, with fortune
flooding his pathway with her treasures, has
died—leaving in poverty the family of a poor
brother, and leaving a will which was machi-
nated by a cold calculating head and a heart
that, through some unnatural influence, could
not assist or even ftel for his relatives in dis-
tress, and probably to appease a conscience
that rankled in his bosom, for thus, without
the shadow of a cause, literally disinheriting
his relatives. #
We are friendly to all charitable institu-
tions founded upon correct principles and
through proper motives; but God deliver us
from that charity that can disinherit one's
own brother with a large family struggling
in honest poverty, and pour out its thousand*
into the flood of uncertain charity, to in rea
lity fill the pockets of pampered official?
whose prayers ascend only to the ears of their
brother and sisterhood clothed in soft raiment
Charitable institutions founded upon such
principles have never prospered, and we might
mention man}' instances.
We are happy to learn that an effort will
be made to break the will, and that there i?
but little doubt it will prove successful, and
that at least the two nephews, who have
often been promised a fortune, will receive it
The President's Message.
Pacts and not Fancy.
By the latest intelligence from Washington
we have some rich developments.
It is well kndfrn that one year ago the
sound of rejoicing"svas heard throughout the
south at the victories their party was gaining
in the North, l&w comes the test—these
men that were^Jgn elected are now voting
for, and probabUJiavc elected Banks, the Anti
Nebraska candSte for Speaker, which will
cause the scale wfprepondcrate for the free
soil party in tho north, while Richardson
will be defeatect^-the simon pure Know
Nothings voting^jr Fuller. Grand triumph
this, for Know-KFofhingism. But hear Ben
nett, of the New ^prk Herald, on this subject,
he is the great exponent of the know nothing
party: ^
Speaking of the arrangement of the Com
mittees in the Senate. Bennett, the arch Know-
nothing of the N^f. Herald, uses the follow-
ing expressive language:
'■The position ^ffte democratic party in the
Senate is as clearly defined as in he House,
Their platform for 1850 is thus officially pro-
claimed to be "Dosvd with the Know nothings'
Down with the BfifSk Republicans! Up with
the Nebraska Billl"
Hear Horace Gsee'y, also, on the same
subject. He is heee in all his negro-loving
glory, lobbying fonBiinks, and writting letters
for the Tribune. From his last letter,
dolorot.s effusion ofi*the Senate Committees,
I make the following savory extracts, tore-
gale the senses of yoijr K. Nothing readers.
Democratic
This document has at last made its appear-
ance, and its appearance before the organiza-
tion of the House of Representatives was very
unexpected, and fully as much so, to a certain
class, were its doctrines, and the perspicuty
which characterizes the document. Franklin
Pierce is a true democrat, but it has been
asserted heretofore by a certain anti-adminis-
tratjon clique that Pierce was evidently of the
Freesoil party,—th t he had meeted out
offices to the free soilers, and as they were
now so numerous in the whole north under
the name of ' Fustion" or "Fusion" that
Pierce would be unpopular to take any other
course. But the Message is now published
to the world, and its brilliancy and adherence
to the constitution and the principles of the true
and tried democracy has broken upon the
scattered remnant of the know nothing party
in the South like the rising sun upon a few
flutterting bats. The few members of this
party in the South have, up to the present
time, spared no opportunity to calumniate
Pierce and .he administration—and they verily
hoped to have seen something in the message
to alienate the democrats of the South against
the party—and how now does the matter
stand 1 The message has appeared, and
where are its accusers 1 Not one appears,—
one by one they have dropped their heads
and silently left the arena of their former
vituperations. The plain truth is. no true
democrat can find fault with the message, and
no Southern man, if he looks to the safety of
the homes and institutions of the south, can
do otherwise than speak well of the message
of Franklin Pierce. There is no obscurity—
plain and practical and characterized by its
decision and firmness. Let us hear tho Gal-
veston News in regard to the message, as
this paper professes to be unpnjudiced and t>
good critic. Speaking of the message the
editor remarks:
"The bold and unqualified position which
the President takes in behalf of the South, is
only in accordance with his previous adininis-
tration. but in the present crisis of the country,
his fearless defence of the South, regardless of
who are not
soundness on the-
The Territories is
mittcc for this Scs*
Messrs. Douglas, ((3
Collamer, Bell, of
stiSB. Rea^^
e most important Com
in. It is made up of
Airman,) Jones of Iowa,
Tenn., Sebastian and
Biggs. Of these but Judge Collamer can tie
expected to favor the application of Kansas
to come into the^Jnion on her Free State
Constitution ; he only can be expected to re-
probate and practically oppose the schemes
and high handed proceedings of the Slavery
Propagandists. He, a new Senator, will
stand a'one in that-most important committee,
xcept when Mr. Asll vouchsafes him an en-
couraging word." *
A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.
From an Austin correspondence to the Gal-
veston News, dated January the 2nd. we
extract the following:
A memorial has been presented in the Sen-
ate, from Gen. Thomas J. t hambers asking
for the incorporation of a company to own,
construct and run ccrtain machines of his in-
vention, and of which he will soon be ready to
present a model. The merits the petitioner
laims for his invention are. that it is adapted
to the transportation of produce and passen-
gers, on land and water alike—that it is -par-
ticularly adapted to the sloping coast of Texas,
and to crossing the bays, bars and shoals which
obstruct navigations ; and not only this but
it is also qualified to cross the ocean, and con
nect the Atlantic cities of the Union with the
ports of Europe, so that a citizen of Austin
might, at his own door, select his state room,
or berth and not be required to change his
quarters until he s landedjat his desiii a Ion
in some European city. The inventor says
his plan is bassed on a combination of natural
principles, in which he appears to have the ut-
most confidence. This discovery is of two
years standing, and was placed in the hands
of a Senator of the last Legislature, who so
feared ridicule, that it was not brought forth.
Gen. Chambers in his memorial says that
his invention if successful, will supersede the
construction of railroads, and 4.0U0 miles of
graded road(\t itliout the expense of iron)will
amply accommodate the State of Texas, and
make it traversable by this new vessel or
machine.
I will, if possible, try to see the model of
this invention, and while eveiy body will be
ready to ridicule it, I would suggest to ikv
readers,-to reuitmbci -t£at whert a bill was
introduced in the senate of New Jersey to
run the Morse telegraph from Washington to
Baltimore, every Solon looked puzzled to
know whether, the Senator, who proposed the
matter, was himself crazy, or only the victim
of the positively crazy man, Morse. This
19th century is no time to ridicule new in-
ventions. for it has several times put old fogy-
isin to the blush.
the overwhelming majoriti s in his own sec-
ainong strangers and in a strange land. tion. whose bitter eneinity lie incurs, was per-
Joseph Cohn, who had charge of a German
paper in the city, wishing an apprentice, the
two lads drew lots to see who should have
the situation, and the younger was successful.
Reinhold Fink served as an apprentice three
years and deposited his hard earned, money
with his wealthy uncle, of which money he
has not yet received a dollar, and most of his
time sine then has been engaged in this busi-
ness. having for a long time been a member
of the Typographical Association of New
Orleans, and holding at different times posi-
tions a6 compositor in the Delta. True Delta.
Bee and Crescent offices in that city, and has
been employed in several offices in our State,
among which we might mention the Hunts-
vilie Item and Presbyterian, and afterwards
he became one of the proprietors of the San
Antonio Ledger. Three years ago he mar-
ried a respectable lady in New Orleans, ar.d
has since had two children, one of whom is
still living. Mr. R. Fink, with his little,
family has been a resident of San Antonio
for the last two years, and for the last few
months he has been foreman in the Texan
office; he is known to our citizens as a" gen-
tleman of probity, strict business habits
respectability, and one who seeks only the
recompense of his daily toils.
His oldest brother, Hugo Fink, who drew
the unfortunate lot. commenced the study of
law in the office of Gustav Schmidt, Esq., of
New Orleans; but at the end of six months,
receiving not a dime from his penurious and
h.'artless but wealthy uncle, be could no longer
appear respectable among his former asso-
ciates—and such was his condition that his
outer garments refused longer to hide the
coarse fabric of his shirt beneath. Hugo,
being of a respectable family and having a
heart in his bosom too noble to longer con-
tinue his study, clad as he was in the habila-
ments of poverty, and meeting daily in the
streets a childless enele who was immensely
ricn, he took his budget on his shoulder and
resolved to struggle against poverty among
strangers and in a strange land. He soon
commenced to combat with the sad world to
make a living in Cordova, in Mexico, and is
now living near that city, and supporting his
small family by his daily labors as a botanist.
He has two or three times accumulated a
small fortune, but the instability of the gov-
ernment, and treachery of its rulers has as
often deprived him of all. One year ago he
was visited hy a younger brother from Ger-
many who still lives with him.
Ferdinand Henry Fink, is now in New
haps hardly to be expected."
W e could copy scores of instances of such
remarks from papers that do not pretend to
advocate the principles of the administration.
The plain truth is, Pierce is a democratic
President, and the South and the Union ha\e
nothing to fear while our country is in the
hands of this party. There can be no oppo-
nent in the south to the democratic nominee
ior the next President, and the democracy in
the north will, as heretofore, stand firm to
their principles and party, and the next elec-
tion bids fair for a grand triumph for the
South, the democracy and the union.
.. .*
Telegraphed to the Commercial Bulletin.
[BT THE NATIOXALilXE ]
Arrival of the tfrago.
—— ^
Confirmation of the fall of Kars—Treaty
between Sweden and the Allies—Peace
Negotiations, etc.
New York, January 7. — The Havre
steamer Arago arrived at this port yesterday,
bringing date- from Liverpool and London to
December 19th. being four days later than
the advices of the Pacific:
i Prom tile Seat of War.
The capture of Kars by the Russians k
confirmed. Sixteen thousand Turkish troopp.
with Gen. Williams and nine Pacha's were
taken prisoners, and ona hundred and twenty
field pieces, and other munitions of war were
captured
Gen. Bedutorf has established liis head-
q'larters at Kutai and intends shortly to as-
sume offensive operations against Aiiakala and
the redoubt of lvale. His army is abundant-
ly supplied with provisions by the Armenians.
The defiles between Kars and Ezerouni are
held by the Russians.
Everything is quiet in the Crimea. Great
preparations are continued to be made for the
augmentation of the British fleet in anticipa
tion of the Spring campaign in the Baltic.
Sweden and the Allies.
The London Daily Neics affirms that Swe-
den has ratified a treaty with England and
France. The Allied powcis guarantee tin
territorial integrity of Sweden, an l the latter
engages to not alienate aDy part of her terri-
tory to Russia.
Pcace Negotiations.
Count Esterhazy left Vienna for St. Peter- -
burg on the lfith with important dispatclns
oontainmg propositions for a treaty of peace.
He is instructed to return immediately in
case the Czar refuses to accept them, and it
is stated that in event of his refusal, Austria
will withdraw her Ambassador from St.
Petersburg. —
The difficulty between the French and En-
glish Governments relative to the conditions
on which peace should be made, has been ar-
ranged through the efforts of the King <_f
Sardinia.
The Prussian Ambassador reached St.
Petersburg on the 9th.
The royal mail steamship Canada fiom
n,i„M . ,, ... , . Liverpool' for Boston, with Liverpool dates of
MS, er of the dec d., and the! the 22d, ami now on her seventeenth day out.
remainder of his family of eleven children has not vet arrived.
a telegraphic dispatch of Jan .2d
we have received a notice of the death of J.
Macpherson Berrien, Ex-Senator from Geor-
gia.
An Awful InOian Tragedy.—A Kan-
sas correspondent of the St. Louis Democrat,
in commenting upon the protracted strife b -
tween the Iowa ;and Pawnee Indians, re-
counts the followmg horrible incidents:
"Six years ago-^in the fall of 1849—three
white persons, two gentlemen and a lady,
who had been rejding near old Fort Kear-
ney, and had theJattached to them a beauti-
ful Pawnee girl,® some sixteen summers,
set out for their home in Kentucky, taking
tiie youpg Pawnjunaiden with them. They
had nearly reaclfif St. Joseph when they
met a band of IjJjras. The Iowas asked for
the Pawn e giiC~ She was refused them.
She was on a horsa behind one of the gentle-
men. Several warriors approached and seized
her long tresses,*- and threw her backwards
to the earth. She screamed for help. A
young brave, who seemed to ha. e authority,
approached. She threw herself upon her
knees before him. and implored for mercy,
lie deliberately levelled his rifle and shot her
through the heart. lie then severed her
head from her body and stuck it upon the top
of a pole, and had a war dance around it.
I'hey then quartered her body, and each
warrior of the band bearing a part of il,
inarched after their chief, who bore her head
aloft upon the pole, to theii^ nearest village,
where they held a great feast.
•'In the meanwhile the whites hastened to
this place, and gave information of these dia-
bolical proceedings to Col. A. J. Vaughan,
who was then Indian Agent here. He im-
mediately mounted his horse and rode to
fort LeavenwWtli. got a detachment of dra-
goons, hastened back, and surprised them in
their feast. He arrested those who were
concerned in her capture and death, and had
them imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth where
they remained only several months, and
were released without prosecution of any
kind. The head and limbs of the hapless
girl were put together in a coffin, and decently
interred.
"When the news reached the Pawnees
they made an incursion into the country of
the Iowas, and stole many of their horses.
"White Cloud, then the head chief of the
Iowas, took a band of warriors down among
the Pawnees, and destroyed one of their vil-
lages. killing even the women and children.
In this encounter his right eye was pierced
and destroyed by n arrow, aimed by a boy
but ten years old. In the next instant his
unerring tomahawk was buried in the cleft
skull of the brave child, and the battle ended.
All, old and young, male and female, were
indiscriminately butchered.
"Col. Vaughan* made a report of it to the
Government, and was instructed forthwith'
to depose White Cloud, and have another
chief elected in his place.
"An old man named No Heart was unani-
mously chosen. It is a strange fiame for
one of his charactcr, for lie is an excellent
man. and still enjoys the confidence of his
people and the respect of the whites. lie at
once entered into a treaty of peace with the
Pawnees, and since that time they have lived
in friendship.
"White Cloud retired from the society of
men. lie sat alone, in silent gloom. An
impenetrable cloud seemed to rest upon his
spirit. It was not grief for his bloody deeds ;
it was not remorse for his barbarous butcher-
ings: but it was wounded pride that broke
his heart. He died in a short time, and his
body was placed upon the summit of a high
Still, that overlooks, for a great distance, the
Missouri river. A white post was planted
at the head of his grave, filled with horses
and scalps drawn rudely in red paint, and
which contain his epitaph, showing his glo-
ries in the number of persons he has slain,
and ofhorses he has stolen."
BANKS ELECTED.
Dr. Wm. R. Smith, who ha# arrived this
morning, informs us that a telegraphic dis-
patch reached Montgomery just as he was
leaving, to the effect that Banks had been
elected Speaker. Dr. S. says no one there
entertained any doubt of rhe correctness of
this dispatch. The wires from Montgomery
to New Orleans are deranged, and this is as-
signed as the reason the above dispatch did
not come through.
We obtained the above from the Galveston
Tri-Weekly News of Jan. the 8th, but we
seriously doubt whether the report will prove
true.
We would far rather see the entire session
spent in balloting for a Speaker, than t0
have one elected who would lend a willing
ear to the abolitionists of the North, and who
;eek to accomplish his own diabolical ends
rather than to carry out the principles em-
bodied in the constitution of our countrv.
Snow Storm.
*Nr.w York, Jan. 7.—We have just had
one of the greatest Know storms known for
many years. Tho roads in many directions
are com plotely blocked up, and the telegraph
lines arc down.
The Ohio Frozen.
Louisville, Jan. 7.—Navigation is now
entirely suspended above the Falls of the
Ohio, on account of tho ice. The weather is
vcrv cold.
A ltiL.li
To be entitled ' An Act to increase the pres-
ent School Fund, and provide jor its per-
manent and secure investment within this
Slate.
Sec. 1. Beit enacted by the Legislature
of the State of Texas, That the Lieutenant
Governor, Comptroller. Secretary of Stale.
Attorney General, Treasurer and Commis-
sioner of the General Land Office, shall in
addition to their present powers and duties,
be constituted a Board of School Fund Com-
missioners, tot have the care and management
of the land a|id money, and all other pro-
perty. claims, stocks or bonds, that is now,
or may hereafter be appropriated to tie
School Fund for Educational purposes.
Sec. 2. That a Chief Engineer and three
Internal Improvement Commissioners, shall
be elected by the people, who have the gen-
eral charge of all the Internal Improvements
in which the said School Fund shall in any
way be concerned, or which the State may
in any way encourage, and the said three In-
ternal Improvement Commissioners shall re-
side in. and have more especial charge of the
said Improvements in the District for which,
and by which each shall be elected, and that
the State is hereby divided into three In-
ternal Improvement Districts, to be called
the Eastern, Western and Middle Districts.
The Eastern District shall consist of the
Counties of Liberty, Polk. Trinity, Houston.
Anderson, Kaufman, Hunt, Fannin, and all
the Counties east of them.
And the Western District shall consist of
the Counties of Matagorda. Wharton. Color-
ado. Fayette. Bastrop. Travis and Burnett,
and alV west and north of them, and the
Middle District shall consist of the Counties
and Territories situated between the Eastern
and Western District. The Eastern District
shall elect ono Internal Improvement Com-
missioner. who shall hold his office for the
term of one year from the time of his elec-
tion and the said Eastern District shall al-
ways thereafter elect a Commissioner, once
in every three years to hold his office for
three years from the time of his election.
The Middle District shall elect a Commis-
sioner whose term of office shall expire two
vears thereafter, and said Middle District
shall always thereafter elect a Commissioner,
once in every three years. The Western
Distrkt shall elect a Commissioner who shall
hold his office for three years, and shall al-
ways thereafter elect a Commissioner once in
three rears. AH the Districts shall elect
iointly'a Chief Engineer, to hold his office
for foiir years, and .shall elect one every four
years thereafter.
Sec. 3. That the School Fund shall con
sist of all the raonev now in the Treasury,
either in Stocks. Bonds, Notes or other evi-
dences of debt, or cash on hand, not other-
wise appropriated, and seventy-five millions-
of acres of land, which shall be selected (hy j
the State Board of Commissioners of School
Fund, the Commissioners of Internal Im-
provements. and the State Engineer, actin<r
together, or a majority of each set of Com-
missioners) from that poriion of the Public
Domain most available, and not otherwise
appropriated or reserved, and from time to
time, and in such quantities and in such lo-
calities as the said State Board shall agree is
for the best interests of Education and In-
ternal Improvements.
Sec. 4. That the said Board shall have
I he land when selected, surveyed, and scc-
tionized. and brought into market, in the
«ame manner, and agreeing with the present
Land System of the United States Govern-
ment as near as practicable, with tliese ex-
ceptions, viz: The sales, locations and pre-
emptions shall all be confined to alternate
sections, till the half of each particular Dis-
trict shall be exhausted, and every third
section alternated for sale shall be marked on
the Map. as donation land, for such Internal
Improvements as this Act shall designate to
be encouraged, and that the minimum price
for all lands subject to sale or pre-emption,
shall be fixed by the Board aforesaid, from
the notes that the Surveyors shall be required
to make in their field book, after the return
of said book, and before the sale of said land,
and all 'and not bringing such minimum
price shall remain open for location or pre
emption. until otherwise disposed of.
Sec. 5. That all the proceeds of the land
reserved for School and Internal Improve-
ment purposes shall be kept inviolate for
those purposes, till three main trunk roads,
leading from the coast shall be built, to thirty-
three and a half degrees of north latitude, or
shall intersect the great Pacific Trunk Road
coming from California, if said Pacific Road
should be built between thirty-two and thir-
ty-three and a half degrees north latitude.
Sec. 0. That the nett proceeds of so
much of the Public Domain as is hereby set
apart for School Fund, and all other means
hereby made a part of said School Fund, af-
ter paying the salary of officers, and other in-
cidental expenses, shall be invested in Rail
School Fund, to secure the punctual pay-
ment of the rent, and absolute control of the
Iron. When either of the Companies be-,
longing to one of the three main trunks, shall'
have completed 25 miles of Road ready to re-
ceive the Iron, the State shall loan ar.d de-
liver at the_wharf on Sea board, where the
State officcrs^hHTy receive it, as much Iron as
will supply 25 miles, and from the time
thereafter, a ship load as they may require
it, as near as practicable for the State to do.
And the Company to whom the Iron- shall
be loaned, shall give their obligation to take
and put this Iron down on a certain Road in
a workman like manner, and for the use and
rent thereof, shall pay to the Treasurer cf
this State the sum.of six per cent, per annum,
payable quarterly, on the cost of the Iron,
where the State receives it, and loans it-
same number of the State Board shall make
this contract, and transact the business
agreeable to an OrTTer of said Board, made in
joint session, and in said bargain they shall
bind themselves to pay in addition, an annual
increase of one per cent, per annum, until the
original price of the iron shall have been
paid for. over and above the six per cent, per
annum, the Company always having the
privilege of buying the Iron at any time, by
giving six months notice. The three trunk
roads shall begiu-and end as follows: Eas
tern beginning at some point on the navi-
gable waters, connected with the coast of the
Eastern District, best calculated to accom-
modate said District, and running thence
northward by the most practicable route,
till it shall have reached 33 ° 30 minutes
north latitude unless it shall intersect the
main Pacific Roalfc or route, lea&jag from
California short of slfid^tjflpqE^Middle. be-
ginnmsr at some p^inl ^hJ^e^Tiawgable wa-j
t"rs of Galveston Bay. at or near Galveston-
G:ty. and running thence north-westerly by
tlie most practicable route, till it shall reach
33° 30 minutes north latitude. Western,
beginning at some navigable point on Mata-
g >rda Bay. and running thence te San An-
tonio, thence north-westrrly hy the most
practicable route, till it shall reach 33 ° 30
minutes north latitude, unless it shall inter^
sect the main Road or route leading from
California, short of the latitude aforesaid.
Sec. 7. That no Rail Road Company
that shall receive a loan of Iron, shall be en
titled to more than sixteen sections of land
per mile, as a donation, and every one of the
three main trunk Roads provided for in this
Act may send off one lateral or branch Road
any where between fifty and one hundred and
fifty miles from the coast, or any two roads
may be carried forward from the aforesaid
distance from the coast, to suit the conveni-
ence of that particular District, which shall
be entitled to a land donation of sixteen sec-
tions to the mile, length not to exceed 100
miles; and all that portion of the Pacific
Railroad, when actually built on and across
the northern part of this Slate, between the
32 and 33 degrees of north latitude, shall also
he entitled to /sixteen sections of laigL per
mile, and no other railroad shall^
donation of land. • r rent Tron or borrow mo-
ney. of the State, until the three trunks
aforesaid are completed, and no one of the
three Districts into which this State is di-
vide!, shall receive any more enconra <-
mcnt from the State than another, either in
land, iron or money, for Ititernal Improve-
ments; and further, that no railroad hereto-
fore chartered by this State which has n6t
fulfilled the entire conditions of its charter,
shall receive any State aid in land, mon?y or
iron, unless they shall form one part of the
three great lines first provided for; and all
laws to the contrary are hereby repealed.
Sec. 8. That whenever any Company
Tenting iron from the State Board shall ne-
glect or refuse to pay the rent* of said Iron
NOTICES.
' I >iiK- City Collector is now re dy to receive all moneys
X ou.tax<t and licences, at bis nflce, on tiie Military
Plaza, (office of the feejareuo.) from 9 till 12 A. if. and
from 2 till4 P. M. ' J. A.6.NAVARRO,
13-lt.) . City Collsegpr.
DESIRABLE BIJlLDIlfG LOTS.
rpilK subscriber offers for sale three lota on Florea or
J_ Mission street. They are-a few varda south of the
reside hce of J. Wib der, E qr., fronting on the street
about ninety-one feet each, and running back to the
Jan Pedro stream. G. P. DEVINE.
San A ltonio, Jan. 17, 1S56. 13-6w
TT'stkaykd, hy WSodelia Mittel, before Jf. J. Keiaj
Jji elhoefer JOstiee of the Peace, in and for Gillespie
county, on the 4th December. 1854, a dark brown Mexi-
can horse mule, branded on the left hip with a Mexican
braml, anil blind on the right eye.
Witness, my hand and seal of the County
Court of Gillespie County. ^ F. WREDfcL
13-8t)
Ci'k. C. C. (
ADMINISTRATION SALE \
12,ooo Acres,
Comprising some of the most valuable lands
IN WESTERN TEXAS,
to be sold on the
First Tuesday in February Mxt
IX obedience to an order of sale made at the Deeembef
term. 1855. of the iion. County Court of Bexar Coany,
-citing for the settlement of estates, the undersigned*
will sell, on the l>t Tuesday in February 1856, the 5th
lay of the month, at the Courthouse door, in the city
c f .San Antonio, within legal hours, at Public Auction^*
to the highest bidder, all the right title and interest off
the Estate of John W. Smith, dee'd., to and in the fol-
lowing described property, to wit: ^
1 league and labor of land situated on the east ride
of the Cibolo. about four miles from its mouth, patented'
to J. W. Smith as assigned of F. Carrillo.
1 Quarter of a league on the Leona river, a part of
the league patented to E. Jones and J. W. Smith, assi-
nees of Anto. Gomes, being sur. 71 and sec. 3.
1 Quarter on same riveraApart of^tK® league patfcff-
t d to same, as assignee^of^fa. Anto. Dias, being sur.
9 and sec. 3, situated at the Presidio Rio Grande cros-
sing- * • V
1 Quarter on same fiver, a.part of the leaSDO paten-
ted to same, assignees%f Francisco Herrera, being euA
ol and sec. 3. WWk
L Quarjtium samewfc* P«rt of tiwfcagn* P*ten-
4ed tiu iiuHitf m A^n Capaaap^ Mn
329 and sec. G. • _ k . .
lji>4 acres on the Cibolo, being a part of survey - fc
sec. 1. patented to J. Jg. Smith aa yrigiee of Joae
Xieste.
One third of a leagtxe on the Caleraras, originally
patented to the heirs ef Eugcnio Navarro, being survey
- & sec. 1 .!"■
One-third of a league on the Salado, headright of P.
Caldwell.
An undivided half of two land certificatea for one
Lai for each.
Terms of Sale:—A credit of 12 months, the purcha-
ser giving the security required by law.
Any information that may be desired respecting the
above lands, can be had at the office of Tahderlip ft
Mitchell. it
M. J. t-TT Adm'x. of Estate of J. W. Smith, dte'd. ,
State Gazette, Seguin Mercury, Gonzalea ftiqutrer and
Victoria Advocate, will please insert till time of sale
and forward their accounts to this office.
Trees for Sale*
10Her for sale a choice lot of Peach trees,
grafted and not engrafted, of from two to threefflp
years growth also Bananas which will bear^*^
fruit this year ; flowering Neriums (Oleander) ; several
kinds of Roses, and fresh garden seeds of all kinds.
l*2-3m v PETER MARX.-
1For Sale,
BETWEEN" the first of April and May ne
Two Hundred Superior BROOD MARES..
(with mule-foals) most of which uave been raised in
iiexar County.
Apply to " THOS. J. or DANIEL DEVINE.
San Antonio, Jan. 10, 1856. 12-4m.
JYotice* „ v -
give notice that all flfoiiies dyt«C
fhem, and wlScli have been due over one
amounting to scvchil thousand dollars, wilf"be placed
in oilier bands i'or collection if not paid within thirty
days from date. j. M. DEVINE & CO.
fcan Antonio, Jan. 1, 1856. 12-tf. *
every ninety davs, the State Board shall or-
der the State Engi eer to take powess-on of
the road of such Company or its rents, and
books, and all the running Ftock. and other
things pertaining to the delinquent Com-
pany's Road, until the said Engineer shall
hare received net proceeds over repairs an'1
running expenses, sufficient to make up the
deficit of the last quarter year, and said
Board shall never rent iron to any* Company
without reserving the right above mentioned,
to secure the collection of th? quarterly rent,
and also the rijrht to go on to the Road and
take up the iron at the expense of said Com-
panv. who fai: neglect, refuse or apparently
become unable to fulfil their contract, for the
term of*six consecutive months, and the
Company shall be hound in said contract, to
continue and punctually pay the said interest
of six per cent, per annum, and after ten
years, an increase of one per cent, per annum,
increasing yearly one per cent, till it shall
have equalled in the ajigrecate the original
price of the Iron, unless said Company shall
purchase said Iron before.
Sec. 9. That the Commissioners of the
School Fund..and the. Com issioners oTTn-
ternal Improvements, mentioned and des
cribed in Sections 1 and 2. when acting in
joint session, shall be styled the State Boaid
of Education and Internal Improvements.
Concluded next number. %
Wliat the ¥ew York City Folks say of
DR. JU'LAXF.'S CELEBRATED-VERMIFUGE.
New Yoke, August 25.1-5*2.
This is to certify thai I am \ve41 acquainted with
a man fifty yea s of age, fur many years a u sident ol
this city, who has b *en at times extremely ill, but
could not tell what cause, unless it was worms lie
io d his attending physician his suspicions, but the
physician at once ridiculed the idea, and refused to
attend him any longer. Ilis son then mentioned Dr
.M'Lane's Vermifuge, and asked him if he would take
it; his reply was—I must take something to get relief,
or die.
Thev at once procured a bottle of DR. M'LANE'S
CELKBRATKD VERMIFUGE, and-took one-hail
at one dose. The result was. he passed upwards of
three quarts of worms: cut up in every form. He got
well immediately, and is now enjoying most excellent
health; a.ul. like the good Samaritan etokl, is endeav-
oring to relieve his unfortunate neighbors, lie makes
n his business to hunttrp and selcct all cases similar
to his own, that may be given over by regular physi-
cians, ami induces the in to try Dr« M'Lane's Vermi-
fuge. and in every ea<e with the most happy results
He is a*eII satisfied that Dr. M'IjSto".-' Vermifuge is fur
superior to any other known r^inedv. aiuj llint if more
generally known would n rt fai! to save many valua-
ble lives. For further particulars inquire of Mrs.
Hardic, 1*24} Cannon street. New York City
CJ73" Purchasers will l>e careful to fLsk for Dr
51 Lane's Celebrated Vermifuge manufactured by
Fleming Bros., of 1'ittsburg. Pa AUother Vermifu-
ges in comparison are worthless. Dr. A1"Lane's
genuine Vermifuge, also his cflcbratad Liver PilU
rail now be had at all respectable drug stor<?s. None
genuine without the signature of
FLEMING BROS.
£7" Sold, Wholes-lie and retail, in San Antonio, by
Drs J. M. Deviue. J II. Lvous and Dcstnuke Sc Co.
W
County Court for the Settlement of Estates
&c.. lo January Term, A. O. 1 8.5O.
rilK .-TATE or TKXAS, I
County of Rexar. /
7"1IK1JAS. Francis Guilbeau. administrator of the
Kstate « t Bryan Callaglian, deceased, lias filed in
said Court a full and complete exhibit of the condition
wf said Kstate, together with his final account as admin-
istrator, both verified by affidavit, and aUo his appli-
cation in writing tor leave to r«M*gn and be discharg-
ed, kc.
Whereupon, tl e said County Court, in vacation. k*to
wit:'* January 1 litli. 185<>, ordered a citation returna-
ble at the next January trrm thereof, to be published
for twenty days in tlic Fan Antonio Texan, a newspaper
|'i int«*«l in IVxar county.
Now, therefore, all jn-rofus interested in said Ehtate
i toad Iron, and said Iron rented to the pro-1ar<' c;tr;V° ",pi:;ar nt ^ Januar': 4"m,of f."5
. . . i t> i • court, to be holden at the courthouse, on Monday the
prictors Ol the three main trunk Koad.S, in j vSth day of January, A. D. IS5H. and contest said ac-
enual quantities, each annually, provided al- co "t. if thev may see proper, when and where the said
ways, that the Hail Road Companies or their ' ^U,it' Final accouut aud ,I,1'licaU<m *U1 ,cted
agents shall require said Iron, and are pre- {Witness. Sam. s. ?mith, Clerk of the CnnntT
pared to fulfil the conditions and require- IfftSUl <;'J."rt ?f yilJ t'mnty, ami ii.e *• ! thereof. t
1 , „ ... , , i ■ i_ , WW1 office, in San Antonio, this 12th <lay of Jan
ments hereinafter specified, and which may uirT, a. i . isd«. sam s. smith, elk. c. c. n. co.
be required by the Commissioners of the &>n Antonio. Jan. I'th. i .r«. 13 3t
dissolution.
THE Copartnership heretofore existing between the'
undersized, under the firm of Vull & Hixklet,
is this day dissolved br mutual consentthe account*
of the firm will be settled by B. F. Hinkley, who will
continue business at the old stand.
JuHX 6. TIALL,
B. F. HINKLEY.
San Antonio, January 4th, 1S56. 12-4t.
JYotice.
THE public are hereby cautioned against trading for
any deeds or notes between John Hill ani J. M
Sturgeon, as such documents are of no account, and
parties p;-rchasing will be the losers. 10 4t
sm Antonio, Texas, dcc. 20, 1855. JOHX hftx.,
Sr. McLAWE'S
CELEBRATED
VERMIFUGE
OVER PIO^S.
Two of tiie best Preparation* of the Age.
They are not recom-
mended as Universal
Cure-alls, but simply for
what their name pur-
ports.
The Vermifuge, for
expelling Worms from
the human system, has
also been administered
with the most satisfactory
results to various animals
subject to Worms.
The Liver Pills, for
the cure &£ Liver Com-
plaint, all Bilious De-
rangements, Sick Head-
ache, &c. ' .
. Purchasers will please
be particular to ask for
Dr. C. McLane's Cele-
brated Vermifuge and
Liver Pills, prepared by
sole proprietors, Pitts-
burgh, Pa., and take no
other, as there are various
other preparations now
before the public, pur-
porting to be Vermifuge
and Liver Pills. Alt
others, in comparison
with Dr. McLane's, are
worthless.
The genuine McLane's
Vermifuge and Liver
Pills can now be had at
all respectable Drug
Stores.
FLEMING- BRO'S,
60 Wood St., PrrrsBmtoB, Pa.
Sole ProprleU
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