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WEEKLY TELEGRAPH.
Houston, May 20, 1869.
yipYAi CON VKW®MOpl
Let it not be forgotten^ that at thfe
meeting of this body last February,;
it adjourned to meet at the city of
Houston^ the.2nd Monday, (14th)
of June. Other States- have their
Press Associations, and fire see no
reason why Texas should ,be behind
hand in bo laudable a matter.
Therejwe many matters of interest
to which such an association might
very, properly give attention, sach as
t& consult upon the best means of
developing the immense resources of
our State/mine^ manufactories, rail-
roads, paper miKB,ogc., the encour*
agement of immigration, and in
jhort, there is not a matter affecting
great material prosperity of the
State, -which might not properly be
considered and thereby secure unity
and oonoert of action.
Besides these weighty considera-
tions, our assembling together ill
enable us to form a personal acquaint^
ance with each other and furnish *us
an occasion for personal intercourse.
'Then let each leave his politics At
home and come to the convention,
and if he cannot do so, let him send
his proxy to hia nearest neighbor who
can come, so tint every paper in the
State may be ieffresented.
We promise you that you shall be
well treated and that the people of
Houston will all consider themselves
honored by your presence. ^
THE LABOR QUESTION.
. We Ind in the Planters' Banner of
*■* Franklin, T, -inf" able letter from S.
S. Nelson, orSew Orleans, "whose
jg>ility*#%ays the Banner^'as a mer*.
• chant and a planter commands re-
t Bpe6+.'J, Froffi the increase of the
•^^fcotton "and sugar crops'for eighteen
' -year?^ he shows that the cotton crop
;fof>n the cotton Statea for 1868,
should have been 5,009,235 bales,
when i^was only abont 2,500,000, and
that the^Qgar crop of Louisiana alone,
for the same year, should have been
419,938 Hogsheads, when it was only
about '80,000; and that the deficit of
the two crops was about fifty-two
. and a half per cent. He says . J K
Assuming that emancipation here
inliprodBce in the end the same re-
sults as in other emancipated conn
tries, (and certainly the experience of
a. few years-past justifies the conclu-
siorf*Ehat it will be so,) then what will
likely be the annual decrease in negro
labor as plantation hands, from this
^ fai
" from the r^a^ng, balan^, aflil
' ^firmly believe ft Inore likely to go
ofer, than under that? per cgntage. If
I am tighVthen it would ran in this
way Out of one hundred hands that
. work this year, twenty would drop
4?ut by the beginning of another
season, leaving eighty workers for
Hex! year. Applying the fame rule,
the. number would- be 'reduced the
third year to 64; the fohrth yegt to
5120-100; the fifth year to 40 9f 100;
the sixth -year to 32 77-100; the
seventh year to'26 22-100 j thejrighth
year to 20 98 100; the ninth year to
16 Ji 100, and the tenth 'year to 13
^glOQ. g -
•< This would certainly^)©* fearful
■ decrease, and yet I believe it will be
realized.,^ • *
' I do not wimnso be understood as
saying that negroes in that large ratio
will entirely quit work and become
paupers upon the country, biSt I de
sire to be understood as saying, thSt
in my humble opinion, they will lrf
that proportion cease toW producers
of any gn$* everything that adds to
the national wealth. •
Thisis a sad picture and while we*
believe it overdrawn^ and that be is
mistaken in bis estimates, it yet is
certain that there will be a falling off
of colored laborers, catised both from
- the decrease of that race and the fact
that they will seek other calling? for
their support. The necessity of en-
couraging immigration by everygj'os-
sible means is apparent. Mr. Nelson
urges that our hope -for laborers is in
India and China, and that Congress
should- encourage emigration from
those .countries. There can be; no
doubt that these people wpuld.^iplake
good laborers, but many will seriously
question their making good' citizens,
and we would much prefer to see Eft*
ropeans among us._ ^ IT
' —%
The approaching conven tion will
separate the gold'of republicanism
from its dross, and by its platform
and candidates uAite theMoyalty of
Texas to the |$and national army of
progress, with which our future and
oar hopes are entwined;— 8. A. Ex-
f *
'The plain English ,of this high
sounding sentence is tHat its mission
is, as -projected by the Express,^to
fasten Radicalism, ("the gold") upon
Republican ism, ("the dross.")
'•The Paris Press seems to look- baek
for news about calling a Democratic
Convention, at it publishes in its
issue of May 1st, a list of ^papers
which favored a Convention about
three months ago, Does the Press
ka<|r f that a humber of the papers
opposed^
aCgV—tion, u.n lit, l J
GOING TO CHURCH.
We feel half inclined this Sabbath
scorning to commence reformers.
Going to church? .Yes, we have
been-taught this was a duty, and life
long custom has made it a habit with
many of our readers to go to church.
At the accustomed hour tbe indi-
vidual starts to the house of God.
Noiselessly he steals along the aisle,
and deposits himself in his pew
"wrapped in the solitude of his own"
fancy. Hundreds of othere do the
same. " Punctually to time the per-
formance begins. The quartette ex-
ecutes the music. At stated periods
the people change their position very
much like the figures in a pantomime.
As the preacher rises to announce the
text the whole mass become rigidly
fixed, and gaze at the pulpit as
though it was a photographic in*
strument, and <they were haying
their pictures taken* With commend-
able patience, a bold, upright pQsition
is assumed, and as a meek mtfh "would
- endure a drizzling rain without an
umbrella, this position is maintained
until at another Signal there is a gen-
eral rustling of dresses and a move"
ment throughout the budding. .The
choir chants the doxology, tire ben^
diction is pronounced, and each soli-
tary individul flows down the aisle
with the sfream of hmnanity, - and
reaches his home*** He has performed
his Sabb&th JtevUes; he has'been to
*- i. •* ■ *
church.
This picture is probably overdrawn.
Unquestionably among the throngs
who ^habitually enter the huuse of
God upon the holy Sabbath are many
spiritual worshippers, many who par-
ticipate in the services with genuin
Christian faith, and who are edified
and instructed.
tWe have, however, a settled con-
JLtjpn tljat the influence of these
Sabbath services has not been pre-
cisely what it ought to have been.
'The social element, the communion of
saints' and the fellowship of love has
been almost eintiiely wanting. While
there may have been some intellectual
entertainment, there has been no
awakening of human sympathy, and
but little real spiritual worship.
Under these formalities tbe pulpit
does not exert that control over the
public mind and morals which it is
capable of wielding.
We have unbounded faith in the
Gospel. It is the power of God unto
'salvatioh. It is the Divinely ap-
pointed remedy for the world's
miseries, the panacea for human woes.
It is^o become the religion of our
race,the regenerator of humanity.
The sun.'itselfltinder a cloud loses
'Ua. power. ^No discussion' as*to the
component parts of light or the
sources of the sun's heat, can restore
that power. It mnst be revealed^Let
ita light shiffe. Let its heat jadiatg,
id "then it wift be seen and felt. . j*
The lamentable fact in reference to
Christianity, is that side issues b&ve
monopolized too much the attention
of the charch. The pulpitr and th#
religious press are employed in dis-
cussing abstract? and metaphysical
questions of no practical bearing;
or they are conducting controversies
about forms and endless genealogies.
"Bheae -comparatively unimportant
matters4 have filled so large a space
in the public eye that the jgreat
central • truths of the Gospel are
thrown in the shade. These mists
must be cleared away and the Gospel
sun iaiull orbed splendor revealed to
the-world.
We have admitted that many peo
pie attend church ; but multitudes do
hot. The*rich can, if they choose,
purchase a cushioned pew in a fash-
ionable church, and if it is not very
conveniently located, can enter their
carriages and reach it. Some of all
classes jlfttendf but thousands stay
away. Some^re too poor, or too po
nurious to incur the expense of a pew ;
others are not conveniently located,
or something has occurred to regel
them from the house of God.
We are not going to put in a plea
for penuriousness in church building.
The most beautiful and costly struc-
tures in any city ought to be tbe tem-
ples for Jhe Worship of God. Bat
whei;e it*is impracticable to build fine
churches, exhibiting architectural
skill and ornaments, cheaper and
plainer houses^ought to be erected at
convenient locations, where , the peo
5f$l can meet for divine worship and
their children receive Sabbath School
instruction. In large ^cities there is
not accommodation for the peopl e in
the churches. Something mu§t be
done to remedy this defect, to bring
the masses into direct contact with
the Gospel preaching and ordin^pceB.
"* Twenty-five years ago, when there
were comparatively few churches in
Texas, a much larger proportion of
the people attended religious services
than attends to-day. Then at the
Conferences or Quarterly meetings,
tbe Associations, the Presbyteries
and the Synods, people would come
fo^tKUftes and even a hundred miles
around, ■ Then when such men as Dr.
Daniel Baker, Mr. Tryon, John W.
Kinney, Daniel Carl and other in-
tellectual giants of those days arose
in the rude pulpits erected in the
groves, an impression was made upon
these masses of people never to be
obliterated. At their meeting there
were cordial greetings among friends.
People living in different neighbor-
hoods formed acquaintance with each
other, and politicians, professional
men%nd farmers freely intermingled.
Plans were formed for building
churches and school houses, and mul-
titudes were added to the church.
Some such movement is needed
tsday. Something to bring the masses
together, and to place them under the
direct personal influence of the Gos-
pel.
Had John Wesley adhered strictly to
the customs of the Church oi England,
he would have lived a respected par-
ish Priest, and the world would never
have heard of him after his death.
Butlke lett the chancel, laid aside his
gown, dispensed with the written ser-
mon, and went out into direct contact
with.the masses, and on Kensington
Common, in the amphitheatre of
Gweenap, he di£ected: his -eloquent
afpeals to trom five to twenty thoui*
sand people. To day the Wesley an s
throughout the world Are counted by
millions.
The church of the future: The
chufch that introduces-Siiileneal glory
into the world is the church that pop-
ularizes Christianity ; that moves out.
among masses with the Divine mes-~
sage of mercy, and penetrates thfe"
whole lump of humanity with the
fgiving and regenerating leaven of the
CONGRESS AND CATTLE LAWSi
The outrageous attempt of some of
the States between us and the North-
ern markets to prevent Texas cattle
from being brought into competition
with them, demands that Congress
should take the matter in hand, and
we are glad that Judge Paschal is
giving his attention to it. In his
pamphlet address to the people, he
There itf a general belief that San
Alitonio and West Texas would be
benefitted by a.division oC the Statef
and the Express shares hi that .belief;
but has steadily, firmly and success-
fully resisted any and eye*y attempt
to introduce that issue into the po^-
liticalarena.—S. A. Express.,
Slowly and softly. Hdgr long, since
you commenced this <Z68ge ? How
long since you were clamorous for di-
vision? Think you th|| the people
of Texas do; not remember your
record and how very lately you
adopted this new"policyThey have
forgotten neither, not even the Con-
stitution for the Stat^of Cayota.
They understand your game perfectly
—let us keep division in the back
ground as it is unpopular, let us get
power firet^let us find the way to get
a safe lodgement back injp the- Re-
publican party, let us let control of
its councils and then division can be
brought forward with ly peot success.
They know thai the, nt^n^Vrho expect
to "beoefitted*by a division of the
State," and the men "who share in that
belief," have • not given up the
hope of its success, They remember
the reported declaration of General
Davi*when at Washington, that he
intended to come b%£k to Texas and
labor for division until its accfTmplish-
ment, &nd that he and his party and
the Express, are working under covet
to that end. The ^example of the
Greeks in making a hollow horse at
Troy, has not been lo&t upon the*
Radicals of Texas, and^ they have
built one, which looks fair £nd likely
on the ontside, but withjn, it is full of
those who seek the destruction of
Texas and the Republican party.
But you add to the above :
If the reverend, editor-of the Tele-
graph readB tiro Express, he, must
know this fact j and if fie,does know
it, and still repeats the fiction, he will
be in danger of barking his spiritual
shins against those two tftiarp corner-
ed commandments which read, "Thou
sbalt not lie," and "Thou shalt nq|
bear false witness."
Who edijp. the San Antonio Ex-
press ? Did E. M. Wheelock, tfre
editor, ever take Orders and fill a pul-
pit ? Is he not a Unitarian preacher?
We are so informed, and. will only
add— ^
Behold his spirit! ! ! " ^
The Colorado Citizen is mistaken
in supposing that the idea of a sale
of the public lands to the United
States and of organizing a grand
State bank, waB first promulgated by
it. it was a matter of public dis-
cussion in this State over twenty years
ago and has been advocated, we sup-
pose, a thousand times since .then.
We do not remember who started it,
but neither Judge Paschal or the
Citizen can properly claim to have
first promulgated it, and yet the idea
may be perfectly original with each
of them, as it often happens that
different persons come to^the same
opinions upon the same subjects with-
out either having any knowledge of
the others. This is not only true in
politics but in th*6 whole fi^d of the
operations of the mind, and.it is fully
illustrated in the fact that fiie ques-
tion as to who were the first to make
some of our greatest inventions and
discoveries is yet unsettled.
A correspondent of the Jasper News
Boy writing from Sabine Pass, speaks
in high terms 6t the steamship Gov*
ernor Marvin, running from that point
to New Orleans.
"Certainly I should spare no day
until our cattle and stock trade be
regulated by Congress under the
power "to regulate commerce among
the several States," and until our
beeves, can have transit across the
continent. I repudiate the whole
humbug of well people giving other
well people the measles, and well
Texas cattle spreading disease among
other well cattle. The matter should
at least be regulated by national law."
Under the Constitution of the
United Sfates, Congress beyond doubt
has the power to control the matter
and a law passed by that-body would
override all State enactments. The
laws that have been passed against
the passage of onr cattle are all in
the interest of speculators. Our peo-
ple are now driving many thousands
of beef cattle in the direction ot
Kansas, and will have to sell them for
a song to Northern Speculators, who
know how to get them through to
Northern markets. The consequence
will be that the owners of the droves
will not realise aB much for their stock
as they could do by Belling them in
their ranges at .home, and far
lej|s, than if they had slaughtered
and pickled them for markfet. The
Northern people are motainterested
than we are in securing to Texas a
free transit for our battle to their
markets.? We can derive more profit
^y sending* them dead than live
beeves, and will do it jf they do not
ha^e these *unjust prohibitions re-
moveiR*
Judge Paschal makes a happy hit
at the "bumbug','J, of /Texas cattle
communicating disease to other stock.
The change was irumped^Uip by in
terested"parties to subserve their own
interests.
Let Congress take the matter in
'hand and give us protection.
Tfce New Orleans, Mobile and Chatta-
nooga Railroad.
It will be remembered that the
Convention geanted a charter to the
New gileans, Mobile and Chatta-^ttkig episode to the affair.
nooga Ruifoad Company,-which gaye
to theiy%;!ant8 of land, but the Con-
vention $ fused to grant their applica
tion that the State should endorse
their l&txls. This charter is coril-
moply kaofrn in Texas as the Flaj)
ders' CfiiiF.ter, and many believed
that it w.is a uiere-=speculatiug scheme
got up by. inesponsible parties. We
are convince'd^hat this was an* error?
and in l>c M of it, we only need
state that llu following compose the
officers :
Directors.—Hon. Oakes Ames, Bos-
ton j Hon. Edwin D. Morgafe, New
York; Hon. Wm.^Sprague, Provi-
dence, Rhode Island; Hon. Henry A.
Griswold, Troy, New York;. Hon.
Henry J. Gardner, Boston ; James A.
Raynor, New York ; William S. Wil-
liams, New York ; Henry N. Par well,
Boston ; Peter Butler, Boston ; Tbos.
W. Pierce, Boston; Charles Walsh,
Mobile.
James A. Raynor, President; Wil-
liam S- Williams, Treasurer; John J.
Howell, Secretary.
These gentlemen are among the
most noted railroad men in the United
States, possessing millions themselves
and able to command as many more
millions as they desire.
They have charters from the States
-of Georgia and Alabama, and another
was granted by the Legislature of
Louisiana, granting them the right to
extend their road from New Orleans
to Texas. Under an anomalous ISfw
of that State, the Governor has the
power tfo approve a bill at any time
after its passage before the next meet-
ing of the Legislature, and he has
pocketed their bill and so far has de-
clined to sign k, but has intimated
that he would do so unless the Ope-
lousas Company gave evidence that
they would complete their road at an
early day to the Texas line.
The N. O., M. & C. Company are
making rapid progress with their road
between New Orleans and Mobile.
One third of the grading is completed ;
the iron has been purchased, and its
delivery is to commence in June, and
the road will be completed, it is be-
lieved, within a year between the two
cities.
If the Opelousas Company should-
fail to settle their difficulties, we yet
jnay have hope that the other charter
will be signed, and that we may obtain
a road under it. Whether this hap-
pens or not, the completion of the
road from New Orleans to Mobile will
be ready to give us a connection with
the Southern lines as soon as we can
obtain a road from Houston to "New
Orleans.
1FXA8 ITEMS.
Brother Veal, of the "W axahachie
Argus, sent a notice to his paper,
which read when printed :
A good supply of Methodists for
sale at Marchbanks' store, in Waxa-
hachie. Liberal discount made on
preachers.
The next week it was corrected
thus:
A good supply of Methodist books
for sale at Marchbanks' store in Wax-
ahachie. Liberal discount made to
preachers.
A fair is to be held in Ellis county
in October next.
The McKinney Messenger reports
that for two or three weeks past the
Methodists had been holding a pro-
tracted meeting at that place.
Charles DeMorse, ot the Clarksville
Standard, proposes, as an individual,
to offer a silver goblet and three sil-
ver cups, of the value, in the aggre-
gate of $60 in specie, as premiums for
the best five acres of cotton, for the
best yielding acre of Irish potatoes,
for the best half acre of onions and
for the most elegant piece of female
handiwork, to be adjudged by the
Judges appointed for such purposes
by the Directors of the Red River
Agricultural Association.
Hung.—We learn that a couple of
young men by the name of George,
(John and William,) from Hill county,
who it is said- had been engaged in
stealing cattle in that section, were
overtaken by some-men from Hill and
Ellis, and summarily disposed of by
hanging, last Monday night, some«
where in the vicinity of Pilot Point.
—McKinney Messenger.
From the Waxahachie Argus we
learn that at Dresden, one negro
killed another in a fight about a gun.
On the following Friday, the negroes
in the vicinity banded together and
arrested the negro offending, and pro-
ceeded with him to Dresden. On ar-
riving at that place they found no
county officers, and were at a loss to
know what disposition should be
made of him. The citizens of the
place advised them to take him to
Waco, and place him in the hands of
the military. This widnkt first ass
sented to, and they proceeded about
a mile on the way.. They halted to
counsel together concerning the pro-
priety of giving their criminal over
to the military.' It was feared that
the military commander would cause
the negro to join the army, and that
he would come back'to avenge him-
self upon those who then held him.
They finally concluded to bang him,
which was done "in short order." A
negro in the party raised such stren-
uous objections to the procedure as
to raise the ire of the mob, and they
proceeded to hang him also, as a
A great deal of cotton has been
planted in Denton county this season
m patches of trom five to forty acres,
and there cannot, we are told, be less
than ten thousand bales raised.—Den
ton Monitor.
The Clarksville Standard reports
the capturing of three more despera-
does, who are new occupying quar-
ters in the barracks.
Letter From Austin.
Austin, May 10, 1869.
To the Editor of the Telegraph. •
This is the first timeJ have been
able to make good promise of
writing you an occasional letter from
this point.
For this part of Texas, the past
winter and spring has been unusually
wet, though a finer prospect for abun-
dant crops we have seldom had, both
of grain and fruit. There is corn in
this vicinity as high as the head of an
ordinary sized man, and which is
secure for a very fair yield without
another drop of rain. This is a forci-
ble illustration of the advantage of
early planting.
For Beveral years the seasons in
Western Texas have been changing.
In 1857 the farmers in the greater
portion of the country did not gather
as much grain as they planted, and
for several years previous to that
date a bare sufficiency was raised to
supply an economical use of bread.
Since that time we have a succession
of fair crops, each succeeding year
being an improvement on the last.
I believe it is conceded by all who
are acquainted with Western Texas,
that it is the moBt healthful portion of
the United States, . probably of the
globe, but it is noticed that its health-
fulness each season is in inverse pro-
portion to the amount of rain.
'Speaking of crops, our present
prospects are peculiarly fortunate in*
view of the probability of a foreign
war.
Considering this probability of a
foreign war, a question of considerable
interest is, what will .be the feeling
and action of the South in such events
It is feared by .many in our midst
connected with the Government, that
the Southern people would eagerly
grasp any opportunity giving reason-
able hopes of snccess, to renew the
civil strife, but this fear is simply the
bitter fruit of conscience, and the pic-
ture it conjures not more substantial
than the "baselessfabric of a vision."
Our people have seen quite enough
of war in their own midst, besides,
underlying any bitterness of feeling
they may still entertain towards the
old government by reason of %rieVn
ances, real or fancied, still lasting,
there is a spark of the firg which in
days of old burned brightly *in the
breast ol every American, and Which
qeeds only intelligent nursing to re1*
kindle it into that spirit which pro-
tected the "beauty and booty" of
•New Orleans, upheld the arms of
Taylor on the plain of Buena Vista,
and,-carried Scott without a check
from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico.
And why not? Junius, Jb.
Great fears are entertained in New
Orleans of an overflow in the Missis-
sippi. Several orevasses have taken
place already.
KNOLIS ! FiSlIALE BITTERS is the great female*
mfidioine o tli; age. 9 .
!•.. F. B. Ssfci- beauty to ti e cheeks, lustre to the
res «n.l brilliancy to the intellect.
K. F. H ri'-t res nature and gives reiief.
K. K H. eu incases of years' t-t Hiding.
'Do Lot despair, t. F. b. will cure you.
Tiie mjHlioai profession all over the country praise
:e K. f B in caring female oomplaints.
* B. COTTER & CO.,
mayS-dtwli wlm Wholesale Agents for Texas
San Antonio Item*.
John C. French, President of the
M. G. & S. A. Railroad, has gone
North with a view of making arrange-
ments for extending that road fiom
Victoria to San Antonio. At last
Bexar county is waking up to the im-
portance of an early completion of
. the road.
The Charity Hospital'in that city is
approaching completion.
The city is infected with a* very
poor class of Mexican beggars.
The Herald says good horses are
oftered on the Plaza at $25 per head.
The new clip of wool is appearing
in the market, and sells at good prices.
A pedestrian of that city proposes
to walk thirty miles in six consecutive
hours on the San Antonio Race
Course.
The Herald, says Mr. Degener is
about to give up political life.
We clip the folio tving from the
Herald :
We have been informed th^t our
fellow citizen, Z. Van Ward, who. bad
gone up into McCulIoch county and
purchased some three hundred head
of cattle, and was driving them dojro
through Masoa Co. when some officious
person reported that the cattle had
been stolen, whereupon the military
authorities demanded to see Van
Ward's bills of sale. These were
regular and in form, with the excep-
tion of the want of the county seal,
which cbuld not be obtained for the
want of a County Clerk. The cattle
were detained by the authorities some
eight d^vs, herded by the negro
tioops, when Van Ward was told he
could have hia cattle. Going to re
ceive them, there were but sixteen
head out of the three hundred. Of
course these he declined to receive.
Thus things stand.
If there should be a war between
the United States and any other
country, would Congress require the
late Confederates to take the test oath
before receiving them as volunteers f
If they are not fit to hold office, be-
cause they cannot take the test oath,
wonld they be loyal enough to be re-
ceived as soldiers to fight the battles
ot the nation f
Siokly females should nse English Female Bitte*--
£. F. B. on res prolapaus uteri and lenoorr hoea.
For ulceration of the womb, B. F. p.
E. F. B. arosses, restores and regulates..
K. COTTER fc CO..
mayS-dtm Wholesale Agents for Texas.
Railroad from New Orleans to Texas.
The following from a: communica-
tion iai the New Orleans Republican
will be found interesting. - *&■?
The Ne<£ Orleans, Opelousas and
Gspat Western^JBailroad. was rncor-
. porated f>y aCT^fff the General As*
semblybt Louisiana, in March, 1852.,
more fhan seventeen years "ago, with
•a.capital stSck of three millions of
dollars. In A^ril the Jear^ibllowing,
^n amendment fixing the capital
Block at Six millions of dollars, and
exempting the corporation and all its
fixtures and property from taxation
for a period of ten years, after its
completion within the limits of the.
State, ^was passed by the General
Assembly and three days thereafter
the General Assembly by law ape
proved April 28, 1853, authorized, on
behalf of the State, a subscription of
one fifth of the entire capital stock of
said company of $6,000,000, viz:
$1,200,000, in aid of its construction,
providing that the State on said sub-
scription, should only be called upon
for, and pay an amount equal to one-
fourth of the amount actually received
by the company fjrom its other stock-
holders, individualcorporate municipal
and parocial. The State, under this'1
subscription and the law authorizing
itr, has become liable and paid into
the company the amount of $650,000,
thus showing that the capital stock
issued, for which money has been re-
ceived by the company, is $2,600,000.
Of this amount, . $1,500,000 was sub-
scribed and paid by the city under
ordinance adopted May 13, 1852, two
months and twoidays after the legis-
lative enaotjneni incorporating the
company. *'®hia ordinance was rati- .
fied by a vote of the citizens June 22,
1852, by a vote of 2932 for, and 490
against; majority £442. The balance
of subscriptiqps was principally, if
not entirely, ^taken by parishes, thus
showing that the enterprising gentle-
men incorporators furnished no cap-
ital, ana risked nothing in this paying
and worthy enterprise. £
Besides %U-,this, the State donated'
to the road 720,000 acres of land, and
jBince private individuals have done
so little for the road, it is high time *
that they should help it. The ne^n^*
papers of the Crescent City are devo-
ting much attention to the matter,
and express great confidence in the
success of the efforts being made to
raise the means to pay oft the indebt-
edness of tteb|pad and to hurry its
completion to Texas.
The Register says the contract for
grading and furnishing cross ties for
the Waco Tap Road has been let out
to Messrs. Boudell and Boyce. Work
is to be commenced by the 15th of
June next, and completed in eighteen
months. ^
The Spanish Minister at Washing-
ton protests against the right of the
United States to concede belligerent
rights to the insurrectionary Cubans.
The Mount Vernon estate of Genu
eral Washington was advertised tobo-
sold on the 10th instant at auction.
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Webb, W. G. Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 20, 1869, newspaper, May 20, 1869; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth236678/m1/2/?q=waco+tornado: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.