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AUSTIN. SATURDAY, .JUNE li 1854
meat insertion. A
A
iadne&Ung by ><* « v«trt
^ ent of Candidates for State ofi-
r . antr offices fir e dollars. JIM
w 1 Circular?, und po^ttfflcations. .>r
* yilt rt! TpWOflaTpatare, will b« eh«*getf«# Ac
tare oagi *'^"^"'cgt3-
cast ten (
« flffr authorized to mmcfc"
teTor re-
. „■> S fc.S B.
tlwtg*
!\V*caadMateTor re-«lecJin->
Hfwwtin of the Stole, at *K/
IaAugort. ^v-,/
l^pWe are imtV^ize- * 1^^r>gn''c
■RAYtfONB cmdiitaiw f' ■' re-<-!A-^«m to <Be offre
THUKIi^ ci' the iJ-aiC; a: "he ensuing etaotwn
ire n«itho 'u*d and requested to n-
nc«n (* A WE*AN!><:K U. CHALMERS, Kml_ a •'
X for re-election to tbe office of metric*
y fcr the second Judicial District
We are authorized to anoance It L. TFP-
4 I present OiAriet^^53^'"—1 t®*
eac&iste for
at fttrt.
election in Aagnst.
the office of
at the *
authorized
idate for rc-c'
of Trttvis ci
wf
ens^inp
to announce Mc-
re-electiori ty the sfiice of
U co«ntT, at., the 'ensuing
art authorized to announce JOfF.V M.
for re-eieetion to the affiee
f# Travis <-oTOrty, at th,e cnsaiBg
are authorized %>
lidate
i election
Texas aiem fayproi the principles em-
bodied in. those sepjjo-: f the Nebraska
and Itanias to&itori i l.;!' timtitave-re-
Jan^pf the presses
of the "State haviHjp expressed theml
selves, some have b^?.-iJent. and a fe^
mt against tw
b.ll^iK "fBejWgmen ->t ti; 'people in
favor of t^e bill ill alw.st a unanimity.'
unequivocally condemns
theeouTSe ef Gen. Houston. We think*
the decision fs a righteous one, and have
s few words to say in its defence. In
doing tfiis we will not deal wit^ General
Houston's motives: it wpdld be unfair
andirt&evant. None know his motives
save God and Irimself; and if they were
vhan its predectfssors?
' ?lhe^ doctrine W loose
i the right of se-
; from each one of the
j the control of their
vera
£<ms*|p|
WL at
only vile"thing to
| r Union. He
1HI
not be
The lH*ra4^
-- • .,4. JTS#- ' , yf .. -jS.y-
ThS discussion on the bill appropria-
ting public lands to y^ual settlers m Utah
has created Considerable interest during
the past few weeks ionhe House of Rep-
resentatives at Wa^n^on. TWdebate
manity, or a " friend to the poor Indian."
Gep.'Honston's iftd/ffw objections amount
to twiddle and nothing more, and . are
unvr<ythy of the iman. His labored de-
fence of the Missouri Compromise is four
Ir. Haunts, the stage-thiver be-
tween this and La Grange, brings the in
telfigenee that Mr. Forrest, formeHy I me why it was, and for what purpose I
Editor of The Tnux Slate Timet: , ; rotuttied tO
Frequent enquires have been made of; in anutW Surveyor's ©fiee,
Wltl
The exis-
Mormons
faHy known to «very body, they would
liave jiothing ti^do with the questions at
issae. If ills motives were bad, his vote
HBght nevertheless ^aje" been a good one,
and the people wonld not do otherwise
than sustain his positions; and'so, on the
contrary, if his posifiuri is clearly wrong,
he shotdd not be peynntted to plead in
defence the purity of his motives^
The Nebraska bill abrogatfiLthe geo-
gritphiijJil established l>y tfiejM'issou-
'^Minpi^pD of 1820, andjd^p"cs that
the constitution was intended,to hi^e the
same force ami-effect in all U* territories
of tl<e Union, whether nprtlj or south of
years too late. H would have served a
better put^ose: In 3850, when Jeff. Davis,
then a.senator.JVom a wmthern State,"
a^ked that-that lino might be established
to the'^acific. ' Mils proposition' was
hooted* at and fejecfed by the very men
who are now weeping bitter tears over
this attack upon one of the most magni-
ficent failures and greatest humbug of
the ^ i the • Missouri Compwii^*fv|;r *
authorized «
k candidate fur fte office ofSnn-
s qeimtr, at U e en«Mg A^ st*lo?*
A '\~M id
to mwm f .
• re-eleet« to the oBice of
f, at the cnSnios election
onzed to
for theqBK-e o
tar Travfrfcoun
Thost- of
BPIhtipl
will haye tijem proupt-
toMr.
[ matter
erfcrc
the parallel of 36
Inures that no pow
(institution to Cougrees,
with slavery n Ac terjitorid^ '
substance of J&ose sections of the bill up-
0JH liieh# debaste has Ml.
had, sirtee 1^8, the pdw-
thc^ ^l^ican slave
<SM ai^dptjpn ©f the eoijji^it^
the paver to proviile for the resto-
of fugitive slaves to their owners,
wwc speeiallv confided to
States, when the fede-
^vlSs created.
Congress ha.^ no more power to le-
about tl® peculiar institutions of
oMKlT€^ t*rltPP^ ,I — ..
to rarliament. 'What jaetiee would there
be Hi^flcwnittjag the Vertftont,
hen- rfpre^ntifttlve in Congress,
to vote on tbfe domestic institutions of
wl y ' d^uoecatj^; govermiirtite a *4&.
best, is because the law-makers and the
Iieopk h^te tbe« tine interests myoh-eJ,
and iegisfateii win aj t be likely to pass
htws % oppress themselves. If tfiie jco-
oi th.e Mprth haa the power, through
tl^ ^rese^ives afeXfengress, to le-
W£".
s atpresep^q|Ouma« m
Hettfonaed flg that he raceatly aaade a
tew of mdk twhre or fifteen of theinad-
dfe ittonStfeB* of the1; State, ^nd that
tlgtwq>hout the extent of his travel, (he
crops4woul3l o Ibga&L, "
.L'. - , '■ 0mmmu m 'f£: .. J
We are pleased to notice in onr
city the pleasant eopptenanee of Mfljor
Ben. McCulloeh^ U- S. Marshal for this
State. Of all the feUant seiM q£ Te*as
who have dnp gaed iwhw atter behaK,
Ve know of no one who hM a strongcr hold
on the affections of ttem^his
some days m
He governors
r ouW bf a go-
has taken a vi
mighfluld, H
gasping at qi
ie spirit of the Co;
tence of polygamy amo
is a fact well known, and the attempt of
Congress to restrain that vice, winch is
not made a crime by the ioca'l laws of
the territory, is viewed as an interference
with the domestic,, the social, and the re-
gions relations of the people.
Where.So many sage Statesmen enter-
tain sppM y contradictory opinions, eacli
of which ® urged with so much.zeal and
earning, it is aljpost impossib%to decide
ich party has the advantssjge hi the at-
piment-T^hc Morm^t m% antl^iormpn..
Nothing can h^vclearer, however, than
that the CqttStittttion emphatically says
* Congress, sfigll pass no' law on the sub-
ject of religion." Then it May be urg-
ed that the creed o£ the Mormons is not
that it is a fillip religion,
right has tlie House df Repre-
what fe and what is not
Extend to members
a stage-driver between La Grange and
Washington, killed a Mr. Holt of Wash-
ington county, a few days since.
A disagreement occurred between tljem
!ome months ago about the stage horses
. Iiieh were kept a Holt's, at which time
shots were fired, and perhaps, Mr. Holt
wounded—at any rate, we are told that
an implacable hatred existed between
them, and that each had sworn to taks the
others life on sight.
V
Sh
called to
tion of the School Trustees to-day.
Is a matter of too much importance to be
neglected.
Let the citizens select three competent
men who take an interest in the subject
of education, and place t^ero on their
tickets. -M T- ,
The office of Trustee is one which would
not be sought, a3 it promises no emohi-
Indents; but we prewane that no good cit-
.feen would refuse to act. *
The duties of the Trustees are impor-
tant in carrying out the provisions of the
law. 1st—They select the' site of the
school-houses. 2nd—They employ suit-
able teachers, visit the*schools, exercise
supervision over ihe teachers and pupils,
and have power, under certain circum-
stances, of discharging^ the teachers.
Srd-—They "certify thpnumber pf scholars
whose parents are too poor to to pay tui-
tion fees, so as to entitle,4he district to
payout of &e''Stile Treasury, ^th—
ection; to prescribe the
4>e ye r %s^6ol
length of '
shall be
tribute tlie ^>ney their District is enti-
tled to: igiii&stly tfiey are made a <?OKr
poratiori undftr the name and style oi
" Trustees pf Common School
Nq. -—V' and are.
giiKte. on davwy^^feFe?wxAld W th^ .nad be sued, to hold and dispose of
unity of interest
Mid tTic governs
absolutism—crnek, uaie-
and irresponsible. Establish a
tSrer-
mi'
you have a goveinment, eompawd with
which the tiiQcracy of Russia wo«ld he
«* infstfinablfi hwsinp : onwi'^mi n'o-
ver ^tended tt^bt it simple democracy.
The two great objects of the fedgfal con-
stitutifinvwas to protect the rights of the
whole peeple *hroad, and of mindrities
at home. Eves in the smallest states,
whert m&jpfitfes and minoriMes have al-
most k perfect unity of interests, written
constitutions are necessary; and that ne-
cessity is tenfold strp^er in the case p£
a general government whole
Union. At the time of the formation of
federal constitution, slavery was
^ would have
esty. :
' Thw is A most important beginning on
the subjectof educatiqji, and ought not to
be neglected.
|#t the jpttors pnv^ t|t|lT tickets
thceM' gpod men and- true^" so that there
sl ll he aj&eketfesies!#® -#&*
of Munutic Pep
• ti
We are advised thajt there has, as yet,
no movement whatever to ascertain
the n"TT"t""'—pf popiiifitin-n.
efibfeea §
m • ;. .m : be^Je& the $s?eif§iye cpntrol of its own
u.Cottrt fbrthB^^j But wewill follow the argnmeirt
ty adjourned en Monday last, after a^fifether. fMs Is no new doctrine, acid
sen ef fow weeks and one day-^adge it would _jmve heen vclI for
Hwack prcaklingt
■Bird
r j State, daring
Clark, left very
; absence of Mr.
iy on Wedn^day
on a trip tmeofid* the coast. jHialriends
are anxious about him and hope he has'nt
of the vidows, Samivel, bevare of tiie
vidows." illSI
lrty of the
the tranqui-
• For a iRonthor two past our citi-
zena hare much regretted the absence of
James F,
off en a trip
'tfaj he return in
health.
bun..
the people pf the
F^M^d
hazards, and to the lasrextre-
every eneroM%ment upon this
doct^ne, and never permitted northern
politicians to settle difficulties of their
own raismg, by dictating compromises
about chartered rjghts, tiiey would not
now have btenasld^g at the hands of the
the poor privilege of Being let
tp the J^Nftka bffl. The bills
tie territories of Utah and
*****
as States, "et$gr itith W without slave-
JH the j&jfe themselves might de-
McLeod arnvetfa few^ys ^j^ These bi^s.4ere pasa^ in 1850,
e attdctp-utii, iere two
AMmie, to eatf. <
m relation to the
Bexar. The Ge
for a slMnlt time.
editor
feksofc!
Hampton's interest in
become Associated with,
in-^
haa
Xii' jWa-iures. os
te great a^ustment
timm very
t*y-rity of the p^- ]% pf the Sooth ac-
i . puie^««l in those- nu^iSwea;- because, as
it v-as insisted by the
soon to ! rriends nf the iMt^.-are^iff the South) that
trfuahle acquisition to
t he never hatf voted
slave "state, and
never «roul(4 Th was the orthc-
^ lag >. dox coustrnetion of the measures in the
DSaSnfcg^.l^has'causedMr. Hamp- North' m,X Ae ^hodox construction in
k&hm* ar^;h, nnfelieatiou of the'the ^ reverse. The
Wie - result Was aci[uiescence evcry where, and
te tuin's Ul?editor with the j great question of the WDmot Proviso
wal - ; was unsettled. The Nebraska bill embok
.... • j ♦ dies the same principles that the South
f • beUeved to be embodied in the bills above
1 J^PU?#*g* -,t°- alluded to. It coee further: W. abrb-
ti es vfitt
^ . . ...t A g°« further: it
' n*™*' **> i gates the. Mifefeuri Compromiso, and de-
-i... chmtlwl! clares the doetrine of non interference in
f^*"rardthew"tor*-l language that cannot be misunderstood
^ m| pHtb. ^ • \
or misconstrued:
Hence tlie very same
j oiii i't) of the La Grange Mon- n,eB at As North who were the adto-
be oSaved for sale by tlie ad- T0catc8 of the measure of 1850, are
of M?« P «y, on the frightened oat of their wits at a measure
July. Any one desirous of c5ac% ,te *an e in principle. We can
1 is the puWeation <^T a paper at j unc*erBtaQ<* w^y tins is so with northern
^t would do well to attend ti e' me®- They are afraid of the masses who
«y . caffenot bepersvaded to give up the che-
, ^ r , itfP% > risked doctrines of the Wihnot Proviso. I short time, hav^n
School' —Oflfr kept in the-'-But why would southern men tack out! other craft of the sr.-
15tory- ^ ^ {from a bill, merely because it speaks j cess to the Water M;
published last January a list of all of the
Land Claims filed or on! deposite in my
office. I propose herein to try and show
the great importance of its being done by
every District Surveyor in the State at
least once a year, for several years to
come, and the benefit to be derived from
it by thf State at large.
In the early days of the Republic of
Texas, and even of the State—it was
-common for -parties holding or owning
However much we may deplore the5 land certificates, to place them in the
Congiflfip^^rer, at this time, and
they may hereafter lop off, or blot out
sect after sect, until we shaffhave one^-
tablished national religion or heirachy.
It is argtiif on the one hand that hy
oting for the appropriation of lands as
lomesteads for the Mormons, they sanc-
tion the existence of polygamy, while by
refusing it they punish the citizens of
Utah by an ex pout facto law, £oi* $hey
are already in possession of a plurality
of wives, and consequently any act now
passed against bigamy will operate retro-
spectively, and at the same time violate
the divine law which says "whom God
las joined together let no man-pnt asun-
The truth is, the whole subject is about
as tangled as perplexity ©an make it.—
' Vlike Walsh desires to give the citizens
mmesteuds, as well as pay the U. S. offi-
cers empl<^§d nv ,the territory high sal-
aries, on.thegrowd that he finds it diffi-
cult tOiSRBport one wife, and sympathizes
deeply w b those who have half a dozen
or so. '• *•
The l^st of persecution which has
been n^ifested in the United States
^bwa^s the deluded Mormons has tended
more to then? prosperity than any ether
could have been devised, sotrue
®^ry of persecution always- en-
t^® eiH?fiofeftfetary
suffoiiB^ and disaster.' ^Driven
to piflar, their prophet'murder-
ed, their cities destfejted, their beautiful
temples overthrown, Mid t\-A.* r every set-
tlement devastated, they foand no haven
ot rest among a christian people, and
wereforced to seek a home beyond thelim-
itsof civilization, amid herds of savages.
This they have made to blossom .as the
rose, and are now humbly asking that pro-
shedding of human blood by the liands
of a fellow-beirig—if men, on sliglt dis-
agreement and quarrels, will hafe re-
course to deadly weapons for an
ment of their wrongs—and aftci, per-
haps, in the heat of passion, hating at-
tempted to take the lifor-of their adversa-
ry, ,.$1$ ve time to refiect on the etormity
of their conduct, in place of havin* resort
to die laws pf their cotihtry for the re-
dress of their injuries, send to each oth-
er nienacing threat?, and declare that
nothing but the sacrifice of hunan life
will satisfy their hellish passions, no mat-
ter hbw much we may regret tie occur-
rence, as one casting reproach on AurState,
we have no sympathy to extend to eith^*
party, and when one is wrapped in the
habiliments of the grave and sleeps in the
galley, if "the other is made to expiate his
crime on the gallows or in the penitentia-
ry. we cannot but believg the community
is the trainer.
It is time—high time that an example
was made of some of the lawless charac-
ters of the country—the majesty of the
law vindicated, and murder disrobed of
its chivalrous garniture.
Y « « m
Tsf. Austin Temperance Assooia-
tiox.— TWs flotmshing Order edhveited
on Monday evening last at the ^lethodist
Church. The meeting was one ot pecu-
liar interest and pleasure. The address
by Maj. C. L. Mann was ene of intrinsic
merit and no ordinary force.
After the conclusion of Maj. Mana's
address, at the request of* the ■ society,
David Ayres of Galveston made a few
refiiar&s apon objects and int^tions
of the ordail^Sood Samaritans" which
is now being established very generally
throughout the State. He explained the
tenets .and principles pf the order in
a very lucid and 6uc<jinct manner, and
much to the gratification^pf all pr^^jS-.
hands of persons engaged in the business,
of locating lands, for the purpose of hav-
and surveyed. The
certificates Mid tlie land to be acquired,
by them were-then not of much valuer
and the owners frequently lost sight ot
them; from1 the delays in tteir survey,
caus«t!by the negligence oftnuents, in-
ns by Indians i
A large n
cates were deposited or found their way
into many of the old County Surveyors'
)ffiees, such as Bexar, Bastrop, Nacogdo-
on file
be M-,
thorized'to demand such duplicate and
have it Cancelled. Suppose again that
tbe Commissioner of the G. Ii. O. be re-
quired to publish the various lists furnish-
ed Mm, also a Kst of all duplicates issued
from his office; suppose, also, that tife
Adjutant-General should be required to
publish a listo f all duplicates issued by
l>«M fite^-~STTppose, further, that bojjk
the Connniesioner of the G: L. G. M d
the Adjutant-General shotdd Be required
to puHish a ^'s^ <gpf*eriy of a« du,
phcates issued from their offices, and sup-
pose, finally, that each Surveyor was re-
quired to keep a copv of these published
d t Judge Jewett evervwhere in
We
of 1,1
e.\e*gi.
(JUt*s.i
'"•Hi
riot. We trust that the citiwns
«st«ne will be able to offer some
for permitting such a dkfrraceful
to le enacted in tkmr midst with
v.—Ballot Herald.
Th
pt;
a^ ofthe Pfoaynnc, ift afitte let-
Paris, gives a i
••v .eptorabie situation
jmtry'or slaves at this
\i-d : nd especially along.-the
tin-, ialtic. In the best of yeai
ih.' > .tiuh of March and A|
uadly>r h off; until the
oiiS^e ij"- hi spring time, and
"lists, and when a certificate is offered. to|«f .%-is4s wiiKjjpplies. they
be filed hi his office, he be regtriifed to | been
compare it with the published rata* and
receive or reject it as he found it good ^ ^
bad. What wonld bt the consequence of
su^i proceedhttg if the officers performed
well their duty ? Woidd jt not effectual-
ly draw out of circulation the vast amount
of spurious claims now used in the vari-
ous Land Offices, illegally ? WoalSfolt
not ^ve greater confidence to purchasers
of claims, and protept^e uninform-
ed in such purchases, prevent much
ture KtigiJSon and restore a more heal
state to the transactions in lan<& and la
ches &c., and the officers conld not tell
to whom tliey belonged, nor w^io filed
them. As time wore on land Certificates
and land became more valuable, it be-
came worth the attention of the owners
to search for their land certificates. In
many instances the original own en- were
dead, and beifs,^piinistr«tors and agouti
were engaged in hunting for lost land
claims.
It became apparent at an early date,
to the people that there should be some
law to obtaiil a duplicate when the origi-
nal land ckim was lost. On the 14th
January 1840, a law was passed to that
effect. Thislaw has been semuckabused
and the effiect.of that abuse so pernicious!
that I propose to expose it, in ordefr that'
the wise mm of the State may find a
remedy for he evil, provided-nty sugges-
tioril may b good and my vjewS correct*
There are; published in fhe State of
Texas between forty and fifty newspapers.
By exnminarion of aBy one or all of them
lit any time of the year, may be found
advertisements for " Lost Land Certifi-
cates." Tlishas4)^ei> the ease for four-
one pr |e d that
all these^^ certificates are - « -
iafiircula^l? if
mistaken^ aa l will sh
About one thousand
and" Dofttfum Wi
sued by the War Dej
The recoriis of lie
show that p
of the last
few hundred
o the-people
.•y to
'.BiaA%atior
sent pknso
A*3ui
ring the
the
capitalist el
are Htftheb'
regarti lic.i'
ned la suffer mcrcii
icvt jf the ordinary j
with Sir Charles Napier rea-
LLvPn
poll the coast
n^r
ik tlie pre-
DU!
. already stated, it is du-
ks of March and April that
and, indeed, all below tho
- tof the "
u .orest plight, not as
but strength
5!!Miififeate8 ixyd been tssSO# by that office
under the feir. Where are the original
AsTv-^Tlie following prions itgtiii^ f't
cut from a summary of foreign news, lat%
ly received. If Mademoiselle Rose^w
a penchant for ants, she shoaH visit this
continent, or rather tfiis part of it, and
she could he gratified without raising
them. Any house-keeper in Austin would
spare her a barrel or so, of fuH-grown,
lusty fellows:
" Mile. Rose, a raiser of ants, in Paris,
earns thirty francs a day. She has cor-
respondents in all the departments, and
never receives less than ten bags a day.
She makes them lay when she likes, and
can get from them, as she says, ten times
teetion which their energy entitles them j what they would produce in a state' of
td demand, thev are refused on account! nature. She sells the eggs to the Garden
of an error in their social organization. !of Plants> M food for certain 8Pecies of
But the enure population ot tue country
are to be made suffer for the acts of the
Mormon, and the man who has no wife is
equally a victim to the proposed law, with
him who has as many as a Grand Turk.
Gannot Congress pass the law protecting
settlers, and leave the, social relations of
the territory to be formed at some future
day, as it will, upon the basis of thp Chris-
tian religion. Whatever may be the
faults of these misguided men, it should
be remembered that they did not hesitate,
when ealled upon, to rally around the
standard of our country- Humanity,
and that liberalty which shotdd ever char-
acterize the tx&e Christian, alike demand
that these people be allowed to enjoy the
homfte they have rescued from barbarism.
v.i i.v-
this county. This subject merits the at-
tention of the public, and particularly of
the County Court, and also of the Asses
sor and Collector whose duty it is to make
the enumeration.
Each county will be entitled to draw
from-the State Treasury its proportion
of money according to scholastic popu-
lation, under the age of sixteen and over
the age of sis years—hence the necessity
of an enumeration, and a full enumera
tion of this character of population.
Tftefuftd created by the last legislature
is one hundred tho^apd dollars per an
num, Which ougTfit to give to this county
about two thousand dollars. In ordef te
obtain the benefits of tlie law for the cur-
rent year, it is necessary that .this enu-
meration shall be returnedinto the Comp-
trollers office by the first of July next,
Tjiere is yet plenty of time to have the
enumeration made for. this county.
We are aware that no provision is made
for the payment of the Assessor and Col-
lector for this duty, and that his duties
are already too great for the amount of
his wages—yet we have no doubt, tha:.
the next le^slature will' pass a law pa^
ing them for this extra labor. In
that this matter should not fail for want
' of a Small sum ef money to pay for this
dtity, we venture to recom&ehd to thie
Gounty Cou5^ an appropriation to ihe
Assessor and Coile&tpr for the perform-
wice thereof,.because the'inibUc ought
not to expect valuable aerviceg. to be ren-
dered to thpm without compensation, par-
ticularly in a matter requiring so'Weat a
degree of faithfulness and expedition on
the part of the Assessor.. An appropri-
ation would be just on the part of the
County Court, and wonld be wkho«iv {-■
doubt refunded to thom by the legfeh
tare. : - —-*** "■
P^Assesisor and Go^««ti... ,ve ore
formed, had nearly completed the ass«-Ts.
ment for the yeaSMt^rlf before the law
was passed. The requisitions of this law 'f$t* iL . 1' W. C^Baker, of the firm
will subject him to the ^pcessity of again : ->f Syr.;'.b & Baker, laid on our table a
making a tour of the county, without an. I -u y.j -:?nce a bottle of Lemon Cream
recompense whatever being provided. , a c;uol and pleasant drink for
We urge this subject upon the Ci r . i;:'- • , ^ing ahSost equal to soda wa-
Court for their immediate action, .- Try *■
case of their^failure to act,'we ho«f r'ac'i 'faf-% gentlemen have just opened on
^present' Assessor will be trifling' iV; thu", Pf - i treet, a very-select lot of all ar-
tht> titles usually found in a D^ug and Chem-
' ! sil csiablishment. Their drugs and med-
f 1-L
virons, and to apothecaries for sundry
medicinal purposes. Mile. Rose and lives-
sleeps in the midst of her insects, and the
skin of her whole body has-grown insen-
sible to their bites. She Is as callous all
over as though she were a universal corn.
The police lately made her remove from
Paris to an isolated house beyond the bar-
riers.
S<iun-
.ve been is-
office
hundred5
etf£
df all these duplicates? Many of them
have been surveyed, returnsd to the Gen-
eral Land Office and patented, many pf
them are lying dormant in the offices of
the different District Surveyors, but
many are in the hinds of land mongers
who use them for the purpose of filing on
land, to hold it until they can either sell
their righa to the location or get a good
certificate to put in the place of the one
they know will not be patented. In fact
it is not a very uncommon thing for men
to purchase a certificate tfhich has beiea
duplicated for tpe sole object of using it
for the purpose of filing, or to purchase
the duplicate after the original has been
patented# for the same purpose. This
case ap^Sies to military claims where
^"^^^eireerrn tue lient
g@f" We received frond the Reporter
in {he House, Mr. Weeks, a few mails
siftge, several speeches delivered during
the.recent session of the legislature, with
a request to publish. We cheerfully com-
pIj^-jBid in this number commence their
ptihiica?t|^n In anotheif column will be
fpptid the remarks of Hon. H. P. Bee
upon the bill relating to the Public Debt^
deIiyeE#P February Tfeli; those of Mr.
iv on thfe Pre-Emption bill, and those
of Mr. Charlton on the bill providing fo:
a Lnnaw Asylum;. jil#o" thte remarks of ^ # . _ . _
Mr. Thorp on the bul making an appro- Vie^pria, tied with a rope; they traveled
priation for the prmCipai rivers of the together, l^an on horseback and
State". f
From the Victoria Advocate.
Another Horrid Murder.
On Saturday morning the 20th inst.,
the dead. body of a' man was found near
the road-side, in this county, not far from,
the residence of Mr. Wm. Rupley, about
four miles below Victoria.
Oorofler Hall held an inquest over the
body, which resulted ih the verdict that
the deceased came to his death by vio-
lence, blows and kie&s given him by Owen
D. Egan, on the 19th of May, 1854.
It is said that the body of the deceased
was most barbarously bruised, a rib or
two broken, and the neck broken; show-
ing a determination on the part of the
murderer, not only to take life, but to in-
flict upon the unfortunate and helpless
victim the most wanton and heartless
cruelty. gN >
The deceased was a stranger, in feeble
health, and evidently partially insane.—
Mr. Egan was a witness before the coro-
ner's jury, and testified that the deceased
hacl stolen a'vest and a shirt from him,
and that he (Egan) was taking him to
Titenrcs
L. O.
Further, duplicates have been obtained
from the Adjutant General's Office years
after the original was patented and the
patent delivered from the General Land
Office. I have the proof.
It is hardly necessaryto say that no
reproach can-attach to e.ither the com-
missioner. of the General Land Office or
the Adjutant General for this state of
things, they act strictly according to
the law, and of bourse can not be cen-
sured.
The'fault is ih the system.
We will go yet a little further. By
reference to File No. 029, Bexar ,C<mn-
lst class tod File No. 570,
ty 1st «las8, -in the Ges
ce, it will be found that the original
claim was sold by the owner, duly trans-
ferred and sui-veved, but prior to its be-
ing returned to the Geheral Land Office
for patent, *hp books of the Genl. Land
office show that the original owner ob-
tained a duplicates thereon
This is no isolated tafae.
Art. 19431 Hartley,; points- out the
punishment for such transgressor as
the duty of the officer.
It costs about five ot six dollars to ob-
tain a duplicate Bounty Warrant. That
kis cheaper' than one hundred dollars,
which a man in an adjoining County paid
Our worthy Distriet Sufcevor Panguage of Epn, the witness,
; ^ iliA w/tn/1 nMA larr nAvrn.
discourses in another column on a subject
he is no doubt conversant with. The
■ suggestions thrown out by him are wor-
!%y of the attention of the public.
etra- •• ; ....
plicated, which he bought for the purpose
of filing.
Those who obtain duplicates should
have an eye on said art. 1943.
ceiled a foot until they got opposite My. %_ What security is there for any one who
Rupley vs, when "the deceased," in the -purchares aland certificate, unless at the
Ihe list f unhwuncements
! fit to-day's issue w'll he toctwi ih? name
J;t. Cruaip «of. County
Ti-feariii " r '■'•BiX vieo. o. Hughes
,r '.ffjilce v>X the 1'eaee.
good«he will accomplish to perfwi-Pi
duty, and look to the legislatur- u i
muneration hereafter.
afr
1
/:
J
>eis!ts are all
avin? been but re-
■*%,
tkl'
The Water Noecnti!. ;;
This boat has just made fpfc Sr
up the river, from Matago^a i- 5k4rd
We understand that her dr.. .^fi' ;_1-"- i
light as to almost insure J\
navigation of the river drr.ug ■ p rtion of which will be a total loss.
She was built sz
•f ittiv imported from the North.
f The Steamer Wm. Penn struck a
,. ■ sti few miles below San Felipe a short
u j jitne since, and sunk in ten feet water.—
f She was loaded with cotton, the greater
mer. she. -was Omit; vz
floated down the river to '-la
she received her ma6hi
when fully freighted,
hundred bales of cott' ii
If this experiment su '?f
tent that its friends e.vr. v
a'vi
J®"Thc Columbia Democrat says that
Columbia is rapidly improving; and among
other improvements notices in the course
of construction two large and commodi-
ous warehouses.
.'x-
ii in a! jflgp. 'fhe Texas Planter says Govern-
ntrouf or pCase was at Brazoria on the ltfth
Sue- ult., in attendance on the District Court
of that county.
stepped
nut of the road and Jay down. He said
that -he wanted water; I told' him to get
tip.and go to the shop a head, and he
:ould get water. He said that he could
lot, that he had the yellow fever. I rode
0 ThorroscnV fen-'e rnd asked for him,
he netro said no ••. .i.- not at ome. I'
,sked if Mrs. Thin; v> or was, and he sai^_
f«i-J '
iotSc : ,i lake th-e -f- io cowa. I
then rode ba- k to the deceased—ne was
lyin^ o.i his i :-ee: he tud' -'i >.-n his
back; he looked vgry pale and his eyes
glassy jjJsw spoke, "but I could not under-
stand lnm. I saw the negro coming
from the house; he said that Mrs. T.
said she would have a horse driven from
tlie prairie; but he must be returned by
si;pper time. I told the boy that I had
n.tt time to do that, that I would return
to where I had started from and get5 a
burse. On^returning from Thompson's,
1 found the body dead."
Owen D. Egan, it will be recollected, is
the same man who recentiy killed Cur-
rati, and wounded Grant/^tythjs county.
He has made his escapep^nd although
the sheriff and many of our Citizens have
ustd every effort to apprehend him, they
hare been unsuccessful, and he is still at
laige. _
A man named Scallion was tried and
bunged on the 12th November, in Santa
Fb| for killing Hugh N. Smith, who is
Wive and "slowly recovering."
A humorist very graphically describes
tlie contention between the " teetotallers''
and those fond of the bottle, as the "War
oi' the Red and White Noises."—N. Y.
Jiurnal. ,. , ' .
cian.
rare.
uch a
for | 280 acre claim that had been ttu-
cSted
certificates ?
Many of the
legislature approved
from press of b
duced relative
t It would cost ti** IW>3
dollars but it would ve
thousands.
Would it not seem wise also to require
every District or County Surveyor to for-
ward to the G. L. O. everj* certificate
found in his office, the owner of which
was not known, or when the person wno
filed the same was not known. *
It is not an. uncommon thing for per-
sons to file a conditional certificate en
one piece of land and the unconditional
on another, therejsy holding twiee the
amount of land that the party was enti-
tfed to. Of course he could not get a pa-
tent on but ene, but hejnight sell his right
to.the other. These things occur.
Hon.; gentlemen have obtained dupli-
cates, aye, and triplicates on land certifi-
cates, being uliable to find the original
ampngst their own papers^-jet it was
there. What become of the original? Did
any one ever hear tell of one of th&m being
returned to the G. L. O. to be cancelled?
In sonle few instances, I am told, they
have been returned to the G. L. O. to be
cancelled, but the cases, however, are
few in c(MnpariBon with the number issued.
■The law requires a party applying for
a duplicate landclaim to publish the fact.
Who ever reads . such advertisements and
remembers them ? Who ever did givej
information of the^bereaboute of a cer-
tificate when he saw an advertisement for
a duplicate ? If such there be let him
answer; sueh acaselhave never known,
case may sometime occur, but the
jn is only obtainable at the Gen.
Land Office. ,
- The legislature when it passed the law
requiring the return of field-notes, did
so with a view to open up lands which
were lield up by kc^ns illegally macks,
and m many instances where three or
four times the quantity of land ealled
for by it wis held by the same certificate.
So far as it went the Jaw was a wise ope,
"but it did not go far enough, and until all
certificates which have been thus fraudu-
lently obtained or been superseded by
the proper issuance of duplicates M-e also
annulled, but a fraction of the evil is rem-
idied. To adopt measures for this pur-
r>nsn would fhrn-.r rmrn t.hnusanda of jaiy
of the best land in the State which is
jl hawdfu
less hous.
burn, it !
sues dis
the maiu i
ver ori ..
are left
tants, v'
rest. '
concern
|tW
eachi
seat of'Government where he can examine
the records of the General Land Office
and the War Department? and even then
he is not (Secure. He may purchase a
duplicate certificate and no evidence ob-
tainaMe th|t the original is in existence,
yet nevertheless, e'er the moon "-*n
"wax andj wane" the original may be
duly returned sweerding^ lew. Tiitrnj
TftBSfii-~VB6 , . laflt Stili at!'! j
loss. Change the figure—let the patty i rp0 Meser? il r
purchase air origin^and frim 1 Hobakt and 8. V.
some causc he is delayed m gettingbis
field notes into the General Land Office
and in making his application for a pa-
tent; but another paity holding the du-
plicate has been more lucky,'has had his
survey returned and patented by virtue
thereof. fW hat is tiie 'remedy for ihe
purchaser; of the original? a law stiit of
course, ^ ' „s '!- ^
These or similar cases frequently oc-
in the General Land Office, but the ma-
jority of the citizens do not know it.
The day is fast approaching when it
will be necessary for the State to ascer-
tain how much public domain it will have
after satisfying all the claims against it:
This (an not be done while there are so
many spurious claims holding land as at
present.
Tom Benton started his ball, this is
mine and and. I hope it will keep rolling
until the citizens "of the State are aroused
to the importance of the subject.
I have stated some of the evils, now
for the remedy. r'-
f Suppose a law was passed
every District Surveyor, at least once a
year—at no particular time of the year—
to furnish the Com. of the G. L. O. witfr sist.
now held in this manner, to the exclusion
of honest holders.
Thus, Mr. Editor, I start the ball, with
the hope that every one favorable to
"moral reform " will give it a kick. ,
H. L. UPSHUR,
District Surveyor Travis District.
June 1st, 1854.
Atrstttf, May 80,1854.
Maj. C. L. Masn—2>«r Sir: The
nndersignei committee, appointed by the
Present of yodr order, fof*the puxpose,
request a c«tpy of your speech, delivered
before thfe Austin
tion on Mondaj- evening last,
cation. Yp'u must allow us
the canse of temperance,
of those of our
present on the oc
cede to our
Most
Your o
v* R. T.
*W. L.
^ C. BLAFTON,
' . '..''V" Committee.
"... *" *• -a
Austin, % 1st, 1854,
Gentlemen: Your very nolite and flat-
teringifavor of the SOti W« is before
me, ^nesting a copy. pf a speech delif -
•ered by me before the Austin
ance Association on Monday evejaag
for publication. I cannot but repel that
it is not convenient.for me to coqjdy with
yonr very polite requegt. It ww^p take
a linger time to prepare it for the press
(from the Imperfect notes I ha4^
to spare from oi
reap;* the assurance of my
thanks for the reasons yoa assign for re-
questing a copy of my poor address,
which it would afford me great plaasure
;to furnish, but for the reason before . ta-
te<T Wil^ sentimimtg pf. h; Jt re^u* . .'
;un most respectful! v,
•" -Vi-fapt
seitt^l stores and
ai^ted hy the long" wintel^ tbat
"even the geftry themselves repair to the
coast towr^fsnd live there until tbe ®a-
views, but tional lardJ i.s supplied; while tbe mass
intro- (^>f the peoile, who have been 'mixing
chopped -tA iv, or bark, or other fond for
beasts, witii th>;ir coarse rye-ionr, and
more and copiously as the winter
wore on,1 : <v now but a pinch of flour to
■" ..l- • w; w <W, if the «are-
■y.'c ailows any loaf or cake to-
4 • = 'ike a torch. Thence en-
: , oi coarse, and death, and
jpulation is swept away by fe-
i iioujj cholera: whole villages
•hout aged or infant lnhabi-
?phus ^reads among the-
riii jdy, so far as the coast is
. is iu the annual marine har-
vest ; bur hi? resource, the present rea-
son, will a the main be cut off by Admi-
ral Nap*A When the Baltic begins to-
toss—whe?, tha strong east winds,
the various <«nd powerful currents ef I
confine ) ajd agitated sea encounter i
other, tlit amber gathering commence*
•The .:; . !ti:r part of the amber in &c-
world c< pes i rom these coasts from whi^h
the n^buiitiints are now flying, bag and.
bsjifegejj m the horror of the English tnr
vasicn. There will be little amber gat|r
erinp tiii: year; and,'if there were ever
so muck there will be no morchanta W*-
the coasts to buy it. Tbe
other spang harvest"is gathered from tbe
herr ins tlx .Us; for, as soon as the fishing
beats cirt get out, they go after the
aniis^—the Baltic herring, and then
inhabitants get human food again.
f\y rjucb will they have this sprins?'
'her are said to be liastening into the
inierior, these poor, half-starved people:
how wil? tbey be off there ? The landed
proprietor* "look as eagerly as any body
for tlit spring- supplies from the Baltic.
At tlis season, the peasantry of tbe iak-
rio: depend wholly on the daily dote fur-
nifiu' rrotn tbe stores of their owneca;
they .-it tK-fore the doors of their misera-
ble lio'rcls, waiting hungi ily for the coanp~ .
flour or bread; and salt fish, when that
luxury is afforded them. And now, wben
there i.-
ao spring
!anvH<led—by a seeond famishing pppela-
tion. who must be fed or die. The Ae>-
atit c^titnerce of Russia, does not yield
food*—little save tea. From Turkey, wine,
.:i!; nd fruit have been obtained; but the;
iidk of Ruudiatt tfCmnuuiu'i; tli ■t Id
tofc^ular welfare is most concerned, is-
front the Baltic; and sorely will the ae-
ctistomcd- cargoes of corn and JBsh be
- y.uv/1 uvu uutuii iUlU aavTTj n uvu
a probability that there will be
ng supply, these villages will be
tWtyon wiD &c-
missed this year. It is nothing to the
peasants of exhausted villages in spring
that Russia supplies corn to other coun-
tries : she cannot supply it to he* own
serfs. There are no roads; there is no
communication ; and the country people
Me often dead before their need is known
in the towns. .. . , -y.4, , . . r
C. J,. MANJv,
i. Brownrigg,
Bianton...^ "s
-*-*r
, We learn from ^"gendeman from Me-
Kinnby, just from the' lower counties,
that Judge Reagan, of this district, who
is holding tbe courts of the ,13th district,
brought the court at Springfield to a prqfe
mature close last week, in consequence
of the outrageous conduct ef a mob, head-
ed by a man named Williams. It seems
that Williams, who appeap to be a des-
perate character, had grossly insulted the
cdurt, and had been fined ten dollars, and
ordered inte imprisonment for two hours.
Onfhi s way to jail, he drew his knife and
released himself from the custody of the
officer, went home and returned with an
addition tg. his force. He was discovered
jufet in the^ear of the courthouse, with a
rjae levelled On Judge R., ja the act of
iShooting him, through a window by which
he was sitting holdiiH the |burt, and the
wss thrown up just in time to save
judge's life. Tne sheriff was order- j
to Simmon air'tlie by-standei-s to ar-
•est bin; /Ibey either would not or could
do lt/ and fhe court then ordered
him to summon every body in town to as-
all at least half million of
This amount will doubtless be
mucbiuweased when tbe shafts that ale
being sank shall penerate the rioh fmt-
phurSLf
But these copper developments, the
Register Bays, are not the tenth part ef
the indications of the very great valuo •
whicl is at some early day to be attached ,
to mheral lands in East Tennessee &ad
Sout-Western Virginia, and which is to "-
fumsh new sources of profit for the great
; rt(ay of the Virginia end Tepuc
aad for the -liffosioo of il
~Ti
ucis the ziur, iead, QTptaij,
oi' fint there^re
n-i>u?i<-tiSK «t iren coal to be
-np and brought iaiotht great kSaratet v
of human enterprise.
i
Mineral Resouhces of the Socth.
The Knoxville Register has an interest-
ing article on some late discoveries, which
show that there is one continuous vein of''
rich eopper ore' between the Polk county
mine in East Tennessee and the mine re-
cently discovered in Carroll county, Vir-
ginia. These Virginia and Tennessee
veins have the same direction north-east,
and south-west, the same dip, the
surface indications, and are in the same -
cbsip ef mountains. In the Tenneflee
vtan, the miners have recently %retf£hed
the yellow Sulphuret of eopper, which is
regarded as an infallible indication of the
inexhaustible extent of the mines, and al-
so their incomparable richness. A new
impetus has consequently been given to
mipingifoperationa, and about two weeks
since ttere were sales of three quarter-
sections of land at about $1,250,000.—
About five thousand tons of rich copper'
ore ar$ taken from the mines monthly,
t-}
Texas Wool.—Mr. Charles
of this town recently sheared abost
northern br e*a,
including the French Merii;% aqd per
common Mexican sheep. S«roe the
wool was as.fine and 6oft as the
tide produced in the Noitii; ii
showed a decided immpoven"' upr'n the
quahty usually producer y
sheep* The heaviestleet > weighc^v^r
four pounds- and tbe lighvest tvi,
raging ihout three peends
These faets oeofirm oer fona^ra/^iflee.
that this climate is well adaptedf^ the
raising, of sheep; and tl -U m Jiid «
article of wool may be pif^Iuetd
in the mo*t favored portions of tbe^^-tb.
Mr. T.'e deep are rennark«VSr
and prolific.— Vic. Advocate.
_ L- - Still failing t§ arrest the offender,
an alphabetical list, such as I published,' Jfiflge IL adjourned tl^onrt, declaring '
of all the certificates in his -office. Sup--: that he would not bo?d; court where the
pose the Commissioner was authorized,tgcivil authority could. notbe respeCted and
?r xlefe.
takes its
*Pt
A Western paper speaks of a man pose the Gomiaissioner was a thprize<ltQ' c
lied without the aid of a physi- ; have these various listscompared, ana : enforced. This affaV, if it has been truly
Such instances of death are very | when he found a duplicate ccrtificatp represented, is in striking contrast with ' much ^ot ideration, they receiv^
filed in a Surveyor's office'and "tbe orig- the courteous ^nd i> spitable treatment nam*" cf iufantrv.
foot sol
tbe ini
the
been
body offSSt-soldiere, and with u - t> en-
gaged and defeated ihe enemy. I.-^eW
ory of Uiis^cvwt, and to distinjm*^ the
foot-sol^e^. who were not before
of Spam, who, bearfe^ tluii
commanded by her fat££f
the Moors, asfc^,V,ed a.
I
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