The Huntsville Item. (Huntsville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 23, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 22, 1853 Page: 2 of 4
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_ Synopsis of the Governor's Message.
We received, by favor of Hon. Jesse
'Grimes, the Message of the Governor, on
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Tuesday. We were almost carried away
with its beautiful, yet simple eloquence,
.and thought of publishing all. Butonmore
mature reflection, we saw* the almost im-
possibility of it. The points, therefore, are
all wc will give. Alter the introduction,
his Excellency gives a considerable amount
of thunder to the Secretary of War, for refu-
sing to enroll the three companies of Texas
Voluntecis, in the regular army,and requests
the legislature to make the required ap-
propriation (or them. We should feel very
uneasy, in the Secretary's place, after such
a scoring. The Governor exempts the Ex-
ecutive of ihc United States from blame, and
lays it entirely at the door of the War Sec-
retary. Then fellows the public debt and
the question of internal improvements,
which we must give in full. It will be seen
that the Governor does not approve of im-
provements by the State:
The adjustment and final settlement of our
entire public debt, without further delay, is
a subject of such immense importance, inti-
mately connected as it is, in my judgment,
with the immediate and prospective devel-
opments of the various resource of the Stat*,
and deeply inrolring her honor, that it
should engage the most serious delibera-
tion of your honorable bodies.
Near the close of the last session of Con-
gress, several propositions in reference to
this subject were laid before that body ; and,
from the zeal with which they were pressed
by their respective advocates, a reasonable
expectation was indulged, although no final
action was taken upon any of them, from
the active and powerful influences likely to
be renewed on the assembling of the pres-
ent Congress, that some one of the propo-
sed measures would be adopted ; constitut-
ing thereby a sufficient basis for action on
your part.
Influenced in a great measure by this
consideration, I believed the day named in
the proclamation for convoking you, the
most auspicious that could be chosen.
It does not appear, however, that Congress
has taken any definite action on any of these
proposition s ; nevertheless, such is the ur-
gency of this question to the State and her
creditors, and 1 may add to the United States,
that 1 sincerely believe lhat it is a legiti-
mate and proper one for discussion and ac-
tion during your present session.
The financial committee of the United
States Senate reported a bill, the object of
which was to pay the revenue debt of Tex-
as at its face value, in three percent stock,
cancelling the five millions of live percent,
.^tock due the State, under the boundary act
of Sept. !>, 1850.
The source from which this proposition
emanates, certainly entitles it to respectful
consideration ; and if il is to be valued by
Texas in the ratio of the pecuniary bene-
fits likely to be derived from it, then indeed,
without ceremony, embrace it and rejoice
over the bargain ; but in this instance it is
my honest conviction that we cannot faith-
fully.serve ourcountry and mammon too;
and if a measuie should be adopted by the
Federal Government without the concur-
rence of the people of Texas, it will mani-
fest an utter disregard of the sovereignty of
the State, and should be indignantly re-
pelled.
While the State of Texas would iiC'1 ob-
ject that the Congress of the United States
should bestow upon the creditors of Texas,
or upon any other class of her citizens, any
gratuity which to that honorable body may
seem expedient, yet we ought seriously and
strenuously to protest against their assum-
ing the adjudication of the character and
amount of our liabilities, and the establish-
ment ot that amount in contravention of the
rules which the State has adopted after
much delay, discussion ami embanassment.
And more especially ought wo to protest
against an appropriation of the money of
the State by any authority other than her
own legislature, when the avowed object of
the appropriation is to apply it in violation
of the settled policy and laws of the Stale.
Does the five millions of dollars retained
in the Federal Treasury belong to the Uni-
ted States? It does not. It is as much the
property o& Texas as was the five millions
which have already been paid to her, and
she alone has the right to prescribe in what
manner it is to be applied. It is true that it
is retained, unfortunately, with our assent,
as a guaranty against the supposed liabili-
ty* of the General Government, for certain
•< , /
debts ot Texas, contracted prior to annexa-
tion, retained however, only as a security,
and without the shadow of a right to appro-
priate any portion of it.
That act of Congress in which this fund
had its origin, was accepted by the people
of this State as a measure of compromise
and it manifestly contemplated that it should
be paid to the State ; that payment to be
withheld until a certain class of her credit-
ors should file releases at the Federal Treas-
ury of all claim against the United States
for their debt; but l>y noi» of its provision#
could it have been intended that these debts
were to be paid out of this fund by the offi-
cers of the United States Treasury, and
much less could it have been contemplated
that these officers, or Congress, or any other
power than the State of Texas, should de-
termine what was the amount of her in-
debtedness; and to assume to do so now will
be a violation of the compromise act, and
a direct insult to us, implying, as it would,
a want of integrity on our part in the adjust-
ment of the claims of our creditors.
Texas, as a sovoreign State, claims the
right to settle with her creditors and to pay
them at her own treasury, without the in-
tervention or interference of any other pow-
er ; but whether they are to be paid here or
at Washington City, is not, perhaps, a mat-
ter of sufficient importance to make it a
subject of contest. We may well afford to
waive all unmeaning punctilio in order to
hasten the desirable consummation of pay-
ing the debt, but it is a question, of very
grave interest, and one which seltrespect
A proposition has been made to Congress , Since the adjournment of the Legisla- ultimately in the prostration ot its energies • /> U * «« t*Vli H £
a portion of the creditors of Texas, at lure, the subject of internal improvements and power. i ' K ^ v **
by a portion of the creditors of Texas, at
whose head was General James Hamilton,
a gentleman of enlightened views, who has
always, I am happy to state, manifested re-
spect towards Texas in all her embarass-
ments, and a willingness to settle with her,
upon just and equitable principles, so to
modify the provisions of the act of 1850, un-
der which his money was retained in the
Treasury, as to permit such of the creditors
as were willing to file their releases to re-
ceive at oncc the amount which was due
them according to the adjustment of their
claims made under our laws. This proposi-
tion, so reasonable and just in itself, should,
in my judgment, have received the sanc-
tion of Congress, without the slightest hesi-
tation.
Jtas unnecessary again to call your at-
tention to that strange provision of the law,
(or more properiy, that strange construction
of the law) under which the entire five mil-
lions are to be retained until every creditor
has filed his release. It is a provision, (if
the act has been properly construed; which
must have been incorporated, without due
reflection upon the elfect qf its practical
operation, for we are net willing to enter-
tain tlie belief that the Congress of the Uni-
ted States ever designed that one or two ob-
stinate creditors should, by refusing io file
their releases, have it in their power to de-
feat the efforts and wishes of all the others
and of the State in the final settlement of
these claims ; and yet such if, and will con-
tinue to be, the practical operation and ef-
fect of this provision, until it is modified in
the manner proposed by the creditors to
whom I have alluded.
The various questions .connected with the
public, debt of the S ate, have been so often
presented by me to the consideiation of the
Legislature, and have been so often discus-
sed by it, that it would seem superfluous to
employ any further argument in reference
to the subject; still it occurs to me that all
hope is not yet lost, and that something may
and should be done by us, to relieve the
State from the unpleasant crisis hanging
over her in consequence of her situation in
this matter.
It appearing, thus far, that Congress has
failed to take any action in either of the
propositions to which I have referred, it
may now be proper for you, as the repre-
sentatives of the people of the State, to in-
dicate by resolution or protest, the views
which all who entertain a just sense of the
rights of Teias and her sovereignty must
maintain on this question.
The proposition contained in the bill of
the finance committee of the Senate, was
no doubt adopted fiom patriotic views, and
with the best feelings for Texas. In her
sovereign character, however, she claims
the undeniable right to examine its mate-
rial features, and judge of their meiit.—
Beljeving, then, it'Ihis measure is allowed
to pass tarndy and without resistance, that
it will sweep away with it every shadow of
State soveieignty, I must be allowed to say
it is. in my estimation, wholly inadmissible :
nor is submission to it, in my judgment, the
proper way to indicate qnr regard for the
Fecletal Union or our relation to it. Asa pre-
cedent it is dangerous and should be avoided.
A very sagacious writer justly observes:—
•"One precedent creates another. They soon
accumulate and constitute law. What yes-
terday was fact, to-day is dootrine. Exam-
ples are supposed to jusiify the most danger-
ous measures, anil when they do not suit ex-
actly, the defect is supplied by analogy.'*'"—
The position which 1 now occupy towards
my constituents and fellow-citizens, will
soon cease to exist; but, in surrendering to
them the high trust which they so gener-
ously conot-M to my hands, 1 should feel
that 1 had acted the part of au unfaithful
servant, if I fail trt i!o all that I*5 in my pow-
er to keep from their escutcheon tnt? foul
blot which, in my humble judgment, t*cpld
tarnish it, were we tamely and silently to
allow the Congress of the United State's, or
any other power, to interfere with our in-
teinnl affairs and to assume their manage-
ment without even extending to us the poor
compliment of consulting us on the subject.
While these are my views as to the true
position the State has a right to hold in re-
ference to this reseived fund, it ma\ still bo
worthy of consideration, inasmuch as she
is at present paralyzed by the non-aetion of
the Federal Government, and may probably
remain so for a length of time, whether, un-
der all the circumstances, it might, not be
expedient for Texas to consent to the issue
of three per cent, bonds in amount equal to
the face value ot the revenue debt, as, a
substitution for an amount of five per cent,
indemnity bonds, equal to the scaled value
ol said debt as adjusted by the Auditorial
Board. That is to say, in illustration, that
the United States issue eight and a half mil-
lions of three per c<-nt. stock on the surren-
der. by Texas, of four and a half millions of
the stock due under the act of 1850.
1 make this suggestion to your honora-
ble bodies, in view of the vital importance
to the interest nt the State, that some plan
should be adopted by which this vexatious
and annoying subject may be settled con-
sistently with the honor and rights of Tex-
as; and unless some better plan shall be
conceived by your collective intelligence, it
may proUat>ly serve as a oasis for your ac-
tion in bringing this matter to a close, in a
satisfactory manner, to the three interested
paities, to wit: the State, her creditors, and
the United States. It ts to be distinctly un-
deistood, however, that the mode of adjust-
ment adopted by Texas is equitable and
just.
By the proposed plan, Texas loses noth-
ing; the General Government, ultimately,
is not greatly loser, (as the dilference be-
tween the rate of interest of the two stocks
—three and five per cent., would almost, at
maturity, amount to the excess of issue in
the principal.) the creditors would be re-
conciled, and a satisfactory settlement of
the debt effected. This is a mere suggestion,
thrown out with due deference for your con-
sideration and better judgment.
The report ol the State Treasurer and its
accompanying statements marked B 1 to 5,
herewith transmitted, gives a lucid exhibi-
tion of his office for the fiscal year ending
on 31st October, 1852. In drawing the par-
ticular attention of your honorable bodies
L! 1.-1-
On the 131b inst., the legislature saw
lure, the subject of internal improvements j and power. . v'^v *'**"" fit, among ofhei matters, to go into the
has excited a lively interest throughout the ; I likewise entertain doubts of the propriety ; II I' \ T S V T T 1 F* election for V. S. Senator. Gen. Sam
State. Public meetings and conventions of the State engaging in works of internal * v ' ' Houston was the only candidate in nomi-
have been held at various points, and at all improvement, to the exclusion of all mdivid- T tor;*} • . .t ,
of them there has been a decided expression uai enterpijze. Experience has shown that | S&tlHU&J J^OimnSJ, oUIUliliv —? ! .).>• nation,^ yet tne^\o c
of opinion in favor of some liberal and en- governments pay higher for public works
larged system, having tor its object the or supplies than indivi inals engaged in
connexion of the various points of the State similar undertakings, and there is. generally
by a rapid mode of intercommunication. j speaking, much less dispatch in their prose-
At one time the improvement of our riv-
ers seems to have attracted the largest
share of public attention; but it now appears
ty be generally conceded, that of them-
selves, they will be incapable of affording
The rain, which we noticed as steady
when going to press last week, caused a
disappointment to many of our subscribers
south of this, the mail-coach not being able
to make the trip to Houston before W ed-
-if it did so then. This is a mis-
the means of transportation and travel
which the rapid settlement and vast re-
sources of the country will require; and it
is at the present time a question of serious
consideration with many intelligent citi-
zens, whether a large expenditure of mon-
ey fur the internal improvements of the
State, and for the facilities of commerce,
would not be better applied to the construc-
tion ot railways than to the opening of our
water courses.
It is believed that no section ol the U.don
is better adapted to the construction ol roads
than Texas. In many regions, vast stretch-
es of country would require very littie grad-
ing, and the facility with which the ground
could generally be prepared for the recep-
tion ol the rails, would more than overbal-
ance the inconvenience which might re-
sult trom the scarcity of timber in some of
the sections over which such ro»da would
pass—an inconvenience that-would hardly
be felt, it the works were commenced at
points where* the advantages of the Gulf
would afford cheap transportation of iron
and other material until the woodlands
could be reached.
Hitherto, seveial charters have been gran-
ted to individual companies, and if the routes
thus authorized can be completed within a
reasonable tirue, the advantages to the coun-
try would be incalculable. By a law of the
last Legislature, a donation of eight sections
of land, of (3-40 acres each, is granted for ev-
ery mile of railroad thai may bo constructed
by these companies: but, up to this period,
that liberal ad is inoperative as a n: ,,-f
capital in the ha;. the •.-.on, mnics r
whose benefit it v. inteuuov'
Among the various plan..; ■. iscussed with
a view to the accomplishment of this great
object, two have been brought prominently
before the public. The first is found in the
bill which was before the House of Repre-
sentatives at the last Legislature, the fea-
tures of which are.no doubt, familar te your
honorable bodies. In addition to the eight
cution. The capital invested by individuals
prompts them to energy and economy, while
public agents have not the same incentives
of personal interest to urge them to eitlier . nos.Jnv
the one or the other. j . " „ , vnnifidlnrl
It has occurred to the Executive, that j l0rtuue we can o 'po - .
the first plan is, in fact, what the second is until railroads ar*j m operation. \> c sim-
confessedly, subject to constitutional objec- j ply crave the indulgence of our readers,
tions, inasmuch as no appropriation can be | till "the good time coming !"
made for purposes of internal improvement I " r
for a longer period than two years. It is be-] TT _ mi .
lieved, however, that no such constitutional Lnfortunate.——^o papers
objection exists as regards appropriations j day, from North, Vv est or South. A let-
for purposes of education. The whole spir-
it of our legislation shows that tins great
object was not only intended to be, but
should be paramount to all others in.receiv-
ing the fostering care of the government.
1 am not prepared to say what amount of
money now in the treasury could be spared
for this purpose, after a fair adjustment of
the public debt. It seems to me, however,
if this difficulty were fairly adjusted, the
friends oi the great interest nf internal im-
provements might unite upon a plan which
would accomplish their favorite object,
without being sectional in its character or
infringing upon any constitutional inhibi-
tion. The Legislature might appropriate
any sum of the United States bonds, now in
the treasury, which could be spared without
injury to the public faith, as a permanent
education fund. Then, as a secure invest-
ment of that fund, its loan might be author-
ized, under certain prescribed guarantees,
to such railway companies as should have
completed, and have in successful operation,
a certain section of road; (the longer the
section the greater the security to the State:)
j the sums loaned not to exceed one-third of
j the cost, at a minimum price, and increas-
| ing the loans with the progress of the road :
, the State to be secured by preferred rnort-
j gages upon the roads, and tire loans ouiv to
terfrom Hon. W. F. Evans, is all we re-
ceived, and no space for it this week. We
will say, a motion was to be made on the
ISth, for the legislature to adjourn to
Galveston, as the smallpox was spreading.
Five cases had been reported.
The last chapter on old Texans appears
We as lookers-on, think they
ted slightly here and there,
ty
spo
;arti
—V
at tnu
and inte-
1 could be profitably inves-
De continued uirtrt toe principal
rest relmburs
ted in some general system ol education.
It is believed that a system embracing
these general features, aided by donations
of land, would, if judicially granted for a few
years, ensure the employment of sufficient
private capital to construct a few prominent
sections of land per mile to be given, the : roads, such as are now most strongly requi-
frieiids of that measuie propose to set aside, : red by the wants of the three great see-
as a permanent internaf improvement fund, i tions of our State, It has been estimated
some two and a half or three millions of ! upon demonstrable calculations, lhat the ac-
dollars. to be loaned to such railroad com- j live employment of such a capital for sev-
pafiiesas shall within a reasonable time j en years, would add over one-half to the
complete a given section of road upon any ; original investments made by the State, and,
projected routes, in amount not to exceed j if continued for seventeen years, the origi-
$4,000 per mile, ami a like sum for each j nal amount would be neatly trebled.
subsequent section that may be completed ;
such companies mortgaging all interest in
the property of the road to the State, and
paying art interest of five per centum per
annum ; which interest is to form a general
educational fund. This is, in effect, a prop-
osition foi' the State to set aside a specific
amount of the money now in the Treasury,
to be loaned to the respective companies, m
sums equal to about one-third of the cost of
constr ucting the roads ; and to be loaned
only as the work progresses, the State se-
eming to herself a lien upon the investments
made by the stockholders, and upon the
whole road for the re-payment of the sums
loaned.
In addition to this, the advocates of this • That the State has money in her treasury he-
measure propose to provide for such pros- yond what is necessary for the ordinary sup-
pective guarantees in regar d to the landed I port ol the government, presents, in my esti-
donatious as will enable the companies to mation, the strongest argument for tho pay-
anticipate the use ol tire lands as a means merit of her debt; and until this be done, or
;>f procuring capital for the speedy coniple- | some certain provision made for that object,
xiui- of .tlni projected works. They also pro- 1 the appropriation of the money to other pur-
In presenting to you the several features
of these different plans, 1 am only influen-
ced by a desire to Jay before you such in-
formation as I have in relation to a subject
which now occupies so large a share of pub-
lic attention.
Whilst I acknowledge to you and to the
country, that 1 am in favor of the construc-
tion of railroads, as well as the improve-
ment of our principal rivers, upon a well de-
vised system, to be based upon the true re-
sources of the country, and adapted to its
wants; I must at the same time confess
that I regard it as secondary to a full arid
fair adjustment of our public debt, as ascer-
tained by the auditor and comptroller.—
pose eucn and town in
Stave shaii be at liboriy. by poplar Tote, to
subscribe in thei: c^rpuiaic? Pqitcuy -or
such an amount of stock in any road or-tu-
terprize as they shall elect; the amount thus
paid b} each inhabitant to become a stock
certificate: the whole system to I e submit
the j poses would be exercising bad faith toward
her creditors, and would inevitably depress
her character abroad, to a greater extent
than Ine accomplishment ol the most stu-
peudous system of internal improvements
could elevate it. Nations, like individuals,
_ should be just in thb performance of their
ted by an enactment of the Legislature to ! engagement*, and whenever they depart
the people, for their approval or rejection.
This cursory view of the general proposi-
froin thisweli recognized principle of ethics,
however tempting may be the lure that
tions contained in the plan referred to, it is ; draws them oft, they will suffer, and they
believed, sufficiently embraces it. Its ad- j deserve to sutler in the estimation ol the ci-
vocates urge with /.eal that the system if vilized world.
adopted would speedily facilitate the con- : It is my anxious desire, then, that in our
struction of several useful enterprises. That zeal, laudable though it be, to develop the
the State would be secure in her loans, as resources and add to the prosperity of our
the individual investments would preclude State, we should do nothing that would cast
unprofitable routes or speculations—that the a blemish upon her good faith. Let this be
land donations would greatly enhance the : Kept free from stain, and I wil! go '"heart in
residue left to the State—that the com pie- j hand" with you, in any measure of internal
tion of valuable improvements would in- j improvement, calculated to advance her in-
crease the wealth ol the country, and add ! terestand give her a prominent place among
to ita substantial taxable property—and ihat'j the States of our glorious Union.
upon the return of the lund to'the Treas- ! The views, gentlemen, which 1 have thus
ury. it'could again be invested in other imperfectly submitted, are intended more
works until every portion of the State would lor the purpose of calling your attention to
derive an equal share of its benefits. • a"n important subject, than with a view of
The ^tlier plan, ami the only one to which giving any directu n to your deliberations
I shall also allude at present, was originally j and acu..v. upon it.
presented by the recommendation ofa con- It mann-.
vention held at Galveston, and is perhaps
familiar to most of you. This plan contem-
plates a scheme of internal improvements
to be undertaken and conducted wholly by
the Stale. These improvements, it is inten-
ded, shall supersede the individual enterpri-
ses already authorized. To raise the nec-
essary funds, it is proposed that the State
should borrow the capital upon the faith of
the public credit. A constitutional prohibi-
tion. it is admitted by the friends of the
measure, stands in the way of this underta-
king ; and it is therefore proposed by them
that the constitutional lestriction be remov-
ed by submitting a proposition to tlie peo-
ple to this end, and if etioctcd. it is insisted
that the State credit would mare certainly
raise the capital than any individual se-
curity.
iuiice. 15lit- as a nbyf,
that those much hiaiidered anu vitupera-
ted heroes have such a defender,—a man
who can feel as they have felt, and speak
as they would speak, did they give ex-
pression to their feelings. We shall ever
be pleased to improve our columns from
his ready pen, when he is disposed to fa-
vor us and our readers.
was not unanimous:
It stood— Houston - 65
Hemphill 14
Smythe 1
We were not aware that this was part of
the business of the extra session, nor do
we think the Governor alluded to it in
his Message. Then why such indecent
haste ? We believe the regular session
of a newly elected legislature comes on
in November, which would have been
! time cBough, and the voice of the people
could then have been heard, 41 hot from
the oven," like buttered rolls. We arc
a stronir advocate of annual elections and
annual sessions. It would obviate the
evil of these extras, at which irrelevant
business is always transacted—"matters
not announced in the bills." A wist reso-
lution was introduced a day or two after
the assembling of our sachems, to thtf ef-
fect that no business, except that referred
to in the Governor'^ Message should be
acted upon. But that was too democratic
and honest, to suit a majority of the gen-
tlemen, it was therefore unwisely reject-
ed The extra petition wns .
spec ific purposes, aud it would have been
w 11 had the members resolved to "stick
to the text."
Daguerreotypes.
We called at the daguerreotype rooms
of Messrs. Bobbins & Gove, at the Kee-
nan House, on Thursday evening, and
noticed some hue specimens of the above
art. The general complaint respecting
likenesses taken on this plan, is that they
fade iu time. Sonic of those which we
saw, have been taken years ago, and their
brightness is not at all diminished. We
• • 4 * 1
would advise our humd:; to give them a
call. See advertisement,
By a letter from Cincinnati, we are
informed that business is /brisk there,
notwithstanding the rain and rauu. On
Friday ^oolc, three boats, lie ivnfo, t-jia—
zos aud Star State, discharged their
freights, the last named boat putting out
over a thousand barrels. The Nick Hill
arrived on the 17th, on her way down,
aud took in some cotton. The river is in
excellent boating order, with a prospect
of continuing so for seme time. Three
other boats arc expected up soon,the Hays,
Washington and Buffalo.
a
We are sorry to ieaui that Maj. P.
Finch, who has been spending Christmas
in our neighborhood, received a severe
wound from a horse on Tuesday evening,
which will place him in "hospital service"
for some time. His friends in Washing-
ton county must exercise patience. He
will "be better by and by."
This week our table is enriched with
the December number of Blackwood's
Magazine. It completes the four hun-
dred and forty-sixth number, which is a
good sign of its unflagging popularity.—
It is a magazine we have read since we
were ten years old, and never have failed
to bo interested in its columns. The
American is a facsimile of the English
edition, and is published by L. Scott &.
Co., 79 Fulton street, New York, at $3
per year. The price of the English edi-
tiou~is $7 fjQ. The reduced postage
must enhance its circulation in the south,
being only 24 cents a year, any distance,
within the United States.
Sec the advertisements. There you
will find some excellent land oftered by
Col. Jake Shepperd—one of our old sol-
diers, and whose word is as good as his
bond, as to quality, etc. No occasion to
be afraid of a "bite" in dealing with him.
Dr. Morgan, it will be seen, is in our
neighborhood, and will be in town on the
7th proximo, happy to attend to those
who may require his services . . . Those
indebted to the late Mersfelder estate,
too, will observe that they must pay up.
Wc are under obligations to Lieutenant-
Governor Henderson, Hon. Jesse Grimes
and Hon. II. M. Crabbo, for late papers
from Austin.
Bii.ls respecting education and the
public debt, have been introduced in the
legislature ; but we havje not space to al-
lude to them this week.!
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1 I
forbids ua to yield, whether the payment is to these important and interesting doeu-
tobe made according to our cvvti ascertain-
ment of tho amounts respectively due to
each one of tho creditors, or whether the
Congress, or the officers of the Treasury of
the United Stales, are to determine that
point for us.
ments, I with pleasure recommend the
adoption of the suggestion therein contain-
ed, and trust that the requested sanction
will be given to the course that has been
pursued by the Treasurer in the discharge
of his arduous duties.
L lUi -1
tron
hq it, I will
pc/'V3,ujii^* t~io ccuiiuy
the great prominence :t
some action Will be ox pen
reference to it. In passin
only add, that it will give me pleasure to j
co-operate with you in any measures con-
nected with this important matter, should I
find them, on examination, consonant with
my notions of a sound policy, and the du-
ties imposed by my constitutional oath.
His Excellency then speaks of the appor-
tionment bill. Peters', and one or two other
colony disputes; then the block of marble
for the Washington monument, winding up
with allusions to the demise of Hon. A.
Sterne, Calhoun, Clay and Webster. On
the whole, although a very lengthy docu-
I am not prepared to say that a change ; ment, we cannot but allow it to be as able a
of the constitutor! i. h't^ :e*.poct v. omu . j grate paper as we have seen lor years.
present aui-
. v \\ 11> >x . declines, on ac-
liis more imperative iseaatorial
bein j; considered as
Ol
Great Speculation.—After the lato
fire at Sacramento, California, several
men chartered a steamboat and left for
San Francisco. They stopped the stea-
mer out in the bay, and went ashore in
a small boat—no one else being permitted
to land for several hours. Tin y made
large purchases, including all the lumber
they could get hold of, and when tho
steamer landed, and the news of the fire
at Sacramcnto became known, the lumber
in the hands of the speculators went up
to $400 per thousand; flour advanced
from $45 to $00 per barrel, and other
provisions in proportion. They have many
ways of making money in California, be-
sides digging yrQ suppose the abovo
is one ! x ..
Wheeling, Buidge.—A Washington
letter says, public attention will soon bo
called to the remarkable conflict between
the United States Supreme Court and the
legislative branch of the governmeut, iu
the Wheeling bridge case. The court,
by a deerce at its late session, after a re-
hearing of the case, decreed that the
bridge should be removed, as an ob-truc
tion to navigation, or elevated to a
height, and they allowed a certain tii
within which the bridge company shcukV!
Comply with the terms of the decree.
Congress', at the late session, and after
the adjournment of the court, constituted
the bridge a post-road, with a view t©
save the bridge and evade the decre!.—
It undertook to legalize what judici-
ary had decided to be a nuisance. ^ P
In February, the United States marshal
will proceed to execute the dccree, and^ W ,
summon a posse, and if need "be, call up-
the President for military aid. The go- t-jf?
vernor of Virginia, on the other hand.f
will resist the execution of the decree,
and employ the militia fqir that purpose.
There is a clash of authority between co-
ordinate branches of the government, and
in which States are deeply interested on
one side and the other. Whether Con-
gress or the Supreme Court is to yield, is
the question. Our opinion is, they will
make a "compromise !"
I
I for Congress.
Tiie Princess Wasa, who it is expect-
ed will soon become Empress of France,
is said to be somewhat of a brunette, with
a candidate ! chesnut hair, hazel eyes, tall, and with
au agreeable and aristocratic face.
Mr. Ward succeeds Mr. Howard in An elopement lately occurred in Jer-
the editorial conduct of the San Antonio gey city, an Italian persuading a young
Ledger. Mr. H. was a forcible and rea-
dy writer, and wc regret his retiring.—
The fraternity and the public can ill
spare such men. They are not "thick as
blackberries" in our State.
lady to fly with him. They were pursued
and capturcd at Albany, the lady being
returned to hui* father, and the gentle-
man quartered in-jail.
either wise or salutary in
tude of our State allaiis. The inhibition
against loaning the credit ol the Slate, was
intended, and 1 think wisely so. to avoid the
embarrassments into which the Republic of
Texas and many of the States of the Union
had fallen. Without such inhibition, com-
binations, or hasty legislation might lead to
such improvident uses of State credit as
would involve difficulties requiring years
for their removal; and although it might
seem to afford a temporary impetus to the
prosperity of the country, yet would result
Mr. J. S. Pike of Maine, well known
as a Washington letter-writer under the
signature of "J. S. P." has become one
of the owners and leading editors of the
New York Tribune. Horace probably is
desirous of infusing a little new blood in-
to his columns, thinking,—and correctly,
—that his readers have been satiated
with the negro taint.
The Jesuits have again taken posses-
sion of Loyola, their ancient scat in
Spain. Fifty to sixty fathers of the or-
der will reside there, in charge of the
missions in the kingdom. The order has
six houses in Spain, but no college for the
instruction of youth. *
There is a law in Boston which pro-
hibits the theatres from being open on
Saturday nights. On Christmas nighy
however, being Saturday, t'
lowed to open, and the feet
in tho newspapers^ under
"Dccline of Puritanism."
ticed Bostonians in
evinced no scruples in i
on Sunday nights, thus si
Gov. Foote has appointed B. N. Kin- * l
„ , . -u- lo i- ; at least, had no liana m
yon of Tishemmgo county, Miss., as I m- !
ted States Senator, to take his ssat on the
4th of March next, Tishomingo, we be-
lieve, was the county which gave tho lar- j
gest majority in the Slate for I*outc at the nised, alter a hard sr
last gubernatorial electiou. ! tion oi Dr. Shs11"^*
Missouri.-
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