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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF ROADS
AND REVENUES OF HARRIS COUNTY.
Houston January 17 1844.
Proceedings of the Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Rerenues of Harris county.
The Board met pursuant to a call by the Hon A lJ.
Thompson in terms of law. Present A. P. Thompson
Justices McLane and Castanie. There bring- no quorum
present ihe'GhTerJusUce ordered rf fine often dolla.sto
be entered against each of the defaulting members of the
.Board and adjourned to 9 o'clock to-morrow forpnoon.
Thursday Jan. 18 1844.
The board met pursuant to adjournment present his
honor the Ghief Justice Justices Perkins Hendron Cas-
k tanie Weeks.Berden JaegerShryock.
Resolved That the ClerkoftheCountvCourt.be re
quired to furnish the Board with a statement of the am't
of drafts that have been issued by the county how much
has been funded? and what part has been taken up and re-
turned into his office. Also that the Treasurer of the
county furnish a statement of the amount of drafts taken
up by him anil now in his possession and that Mr. D. D
Gulp former treasurer report the amount taken in by him
-and cancelled.
Resolved That the committee on finance make ar-
r.ngements with the publisher of some newspaper in this
city for the printing of the proceedings of this Board and
other printing that may be required by the'eounty and re-
port during the day.
That the committee on roads proceed forthwith to di-
vide the different public roads in the county into prescinds
and recommend proper persons to be appointed overseers
on the same. The board then adjourned to 3 o'clock this
evening.
3 o'clock P. M.
Board met according to adjournment quorum present.
A report from" the committee on public buildings was re-
ceived ; and upon motion it was resolved that the sura of
8100 be placed at the disposal of said committee for the
making repairs and that they be authorised to draw upon
'the county Treasurer for the amount
The report of the commissioners appointed to lay out a
road to Piney Point and a petition from T. B. J Hadley
to change the route were received and upon motion it was
Resolved That the road as reported by the commis-
sioners to have been run on the 16th day of February
and 23d day of April 1842 bythecounty surveyor under
their supervision. shall be considered the public road du-
ly established by the Board.
A report of the commissioners to run and report the
nearest and the best route from Houston to the Liberty
county line was received andafteranexamination thereof
togetbxrnvithtt-pTot-oHn-prcsent route was rejected and'
the road as it now runs was established.
Resolved That Mr. D. B. Penn together with those
citizens living near him have power and authority to
change the present route of the road leading from Jones'
Ferry on San Jacinto river to the residence of Kirkham
on Liberty county line in order to ensure the best route
which can be found. It was
Resolved That the first prescinctofsaid road shall run
from Houston to Ooats' on Green's bayou and James W.
Oats be appointed overseer. Prescinct No. 2 to run from
said Oats' to Jones' ferry on San Jacinto river and Robt.
Dunnian be appointed overseer. Prescinct No. 3 from
said ferry to Kirkham's on the Liberty county line and
D. B. Penn appointed overseer.
A resolution was offered concerning the collection of
county dues. Justice Castanie moved to amend so that
county .scrip can be received in- payment for same at its
market-yalue provided lbatnoscrip issued prior to Janu-
ary 27 1842 shall be so received- whiciunotion was lost.
Chief Justice Thompson moved to strikeiout the words
'one half" in the original resolution which was lost
H-3 then moved to strike out the words "first hands"
which was also lost The question on the original reso-
1 ition then came up which was as follows:
Resolvedr That the Treasurer of the county be author-
ized to receive from all persons owing the county one
half county liabilities in first hands and the balance in
Texas exchequer bills or other current funds The ayes
were Chief Justice Thompson Shryock McLane Ber
gen. Ferguson. Noes. Perkins Jaeger Castanie so the
resolution was passed. The-Board then adjourned until
to-morrow 10 o'clock3 A. M.
10 o'clock 19th Januar' 1844.
Board met quorum present Motion was made and
carried to reconsiderthe resolution concerning the collec-
tion of county dues. Justice Perkins then introduced a
substitute which was adopted as follows" -s
Resolved That the Treasurer be authorized to receive
from each individual one half of his county lax or liceuse
due prior to Jan. 1 1844 in unfunded county liabilities
provided that such liabilities as are drawn in Texas Trea-
sury Notes shall be received by him only at the value of
such paper at the time the drafts were drawn : Provided
further that the other half of such dues shall be paid in
such funds as are received by the government for like
dues
The committee on Roads Ferries and Bridges made a
report laying off the public roads of the county in pre-
scinds and resolved that the prescinds as reported be a-
dopted and established. On the Washington road 1st
prescinct to run from the city of Houston to Glasgow's H.
Baldwin overseer. 2d prescinct from Glesgow's to Cy-
press Creek S B Hamblin overseer. 3d prescinct fiom
Cypress Greek to John Stevenson's John Stevensorfbver-
seer. Prescinct 15 miles from Hamblin's to the county
line M. R. Goheen overseer. Prescinct commencing
at Johnson's and running to Cypress Creek near Coul-
ter's Stephen Chamber's overseer. From Cypress Creek
on Montgomery road to county line J. Cooper overseer.
From Houston to Piney Point B. Canfield overseer
From Pinej' pjint to county line Stephen Habermach-
er overseer. Richmond road from Houston to the county
Jine Coleman overseer. From Houston to Harrisburg
A. Briscoe overseer.
Resolved. That the citizens of this county shall be lia-
ble to work on the roads in the prescinds in which they
reside under the direction of the overseer of said prescinct.
The comtni'tee to whom was referred the subject of reg-
ulating the amount to be charged at the several ferries in
the county for crossing the various streams report the
following for all ferries except the one at Lynchburg :
For crossing each person 6$ cts ; for each person and
horse 12 cts; for crossing each pleasure wagon each
wheel 12 J cts; each living animal 6$ cts; each loaded
wagon each wheel 25 cts; each empty wagon each
weel 12 cts.
For Lynchburg Ferry.
Each person 12 cts; each person and horse 25 cts;
nuui5iui3
-u uaj-uyifeai1jJHy.j;lrrj:
each living snimahl2Acl3.; each pleasure wagon each
weil 18$ cis; each loaded wagon each wheel 37 cts;
each empty wagon each wheel 25 cts.
Board then adjourned to meet at 2 o'clock P M.
2 o'clock P. M.
Board met quorum present. The committee appoint-
ed to procure proposals for the county printing for the cur-
rent year made a veibal report submitting propositions
from James F Cruder and Smith. Benson & Smith
Mr. Cruger's proposals being the most advantageous mo-
tion was made and carried that it be accepted. On mo
lion of Justice Shryock it was
Resolved That the tax lo be collected by the county
shall he the maximum allowed by law for the year 1844.
The following resolutions were then presented by Jus-
tice Castanie and unanimously carried :
Whereas the bad state of the roads through this county
tend greatly to impede all communications between ihe
several parts thereof to prevent commercial transac-
tions and render almost rmpossible for the inhabitants
thereof to procure the supplies necessary to the com-
fort of health of a civilized life; and whereas the City
of Houston is particularly interested in the good state
of the roads leading to the city without which there is
a danger of said City loosing'its trade altogether by 0-
bliging the inhabitants of the Brazos and nthpr nmni nr
me Luuiuy io 1001c ror otner channels or exportation and
other markets all of which is greatly detrimental not
only lo the City and county but also to all the west-
tl .lie. . . r.
em country at lnrgc by exposing them to great losses
by navigation of rivers'now unfit for navigation ; and
whereas by joinig the efforts of this Board" lo those of
thp co operation of Houston greater means can be pro-
vided and better basis given for a solid and permanent
work Therefore
Resolved That a committee of four composed of Jus
tices Perkins Castanie Bergen and Furgeion be appoint
ed by the Board to wait upon the Mayor Aldermen and
inhabitants of the City of Elouslon in Council assembled
to communicate to them the passage of this resolution and
invite them to appoint a committee of their own body to
act in common with this our said committee.
Resolved. That this said committee be and is hereby
appointed and empowered by this Board to meet with the
committee mat may be appointed by the City Council
whenever and as often as they think'nroner iodeiihfir.itP
on and devise the best means to be taken for the purpose of
constructing two roads One leading from the City of
lauusiuu iu wju uounaary line of ihe county lownids
Hodge's Bend on the Brazos or any other point of iaid
boundary line they think best; the other from the City of
"uuauu lu 'ueuuuiiuary 01 mis couniv towards-the town
of Montgomery or Washington.
Resolred That as soon as said combined committee
shall have adopted a plan for the acromplishing of the
purpose above stated they shall make a joint report which
they will submit to their respective Boards.
Resolved That as soon as said report shall have been
tendered to the President of this Board he shall be and he
is hereby requested and it shall be the duty of said Presi
dent to call a special meeting of said Board to meet in
Common Council with the City of Houston and de-
liberate on said report and pass resolutions in Common.
Resolved That the Clerk of this Board furnish a copy
of this resolution to the City Council.
ine tioard then adjourned to meet on Saturday tin
27th of the presenth month.
W. R. BAKER Clerk H. C.
TREATMENT OF HORSES.
No animal is more subject lo ill treatment than the
horse. Some from ill temper abuse this noble animal
and ruin him utterly before he has come to maturity!
Others through lack of judgment induce disease and dealh
before he has lived out haiUhe daus which n.i...o i '
slgfiea mm.
We find but very few indeed who exercise good judg-
ment in breaking in feeding and in driving the horse.
Vicious tricks are learned at au early age and it is often
impossible to correct bad habits when they are once form-
ed. We find some horses of very fine appearance that will
insist on setting their own time for starting. Others will
refuse to draw until the load is fairly under way. Some
will kick their best friends and some will bite the ostler
when he comes to do an act of kindness.
These are the fruits of education and most of the ugly
tricks of horses are learned in breaking. The first step
to be taken in training a horse is halter breaking. It is
quite important when you first undertake to control a
young horse that you let him know that your power is
supreme. If he breaks his first hallrr he will never for-
get it and should he afterwards find mmself confined bv
a cable he will try its strength because his memory is
better than his judgment.
The young animal should be repeatedly made fast in
different positions; and he must have repealed opportuni-
ties to lest the full virtue of a rope about his head. He
should be very carefully tied till he is fully convinced that
there is a power above his own strength. When this is
once properly done a single brown thread will hold him
and a child may lead him.
When you first require him to move he will not be
likely to understand you and you must be very cautious
how you undertake to get him into motion. Your most
prudent course wouldiie to invile him to accompany anoth-
er horse that has been traineJ. After he has been Jt-d re
peatedly by his side he will be more willing to folio W3ou
alone. The first saddle that is put on his back should
not be held up and made lo clatter like a scare-crow. A
padding that he has been allowed to see and to learn that
it is not a wild beast will be more suitable than a common
saddle.
The first load that a young horse is put to draw should
be a very light one. If he gets s tat the first trial he
will remember it as long as he will the weak halter ; he
will suppose every load is loo henvy and that all halters
may be broken.
A well trained horse is a rare chattle yet nothing but
plain common sense is necessary to qualify any man lo
break a horse. Some horsemen prefer to kt a young
animal have his head till he is four years; old and ihen
bring him to the bit and the collar at once but horses that
are suffered to have their own way till they are four years
old are likely to prefer the sweets of freedom which they
have so long tasted to any discipline which ran be con-
trived. The kindest horses are those 'that were halter
broken when they were quite young. Maine Cullivilor.
MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT
ik relation to the cherokee lands.
Executive Department )
Washington January 22d 1844. (
To Ihe Honorable the Senate
and House of Representatives :
For reasons satisfactory to the Executive arid such as he
thinks will be approved by the citizens generally of the
Republic he deems it bis duty to Iny before the Hon. Con-
gress his views and recommendations touching a matter
which has hitherto produced considerable interest and ex-
citcment.
A law was passed on the first of February 1840 au
thonsmg the sectionizing and sale of that district of terri-l
tory commonly denominated the Cherokee Country. No '
appropriation however was made at the time for the com-1
plelion of this design and all subsequent efforts for this
purpose have failed of success
At the commencement of the present Administration
the Executive recommended the placing ol the said landt-
in such a situation as would make the proceeds thereof a
puarantv for the redemption of the currencv then created
But Congress has thought proper not to take the requisite 1
action lor this object and the lands have consequently re-
mained unavailable up to the present time. It is true that
. ' a or $7 a
wj&uJU&UAY rEHKUARY
frrtilJlMje!aS-"'''X"ry-r.w-T--ml
cn act was passed on the 23d July 1342 authorizing the!
survey and sale under certain restrictions of 400000
Bcres
15ut the President haing no available means at
his command has been unable to carry out the provisions
ui uuiu uiese acts wnen tne jaw oi taiu was passed
tae country in question had but. few if any inhabitants
within its limits. Since that time it has been organized
into a County and now contains several hundred occu-
pant families.
At the time this subject was first brought to the atten-
tion of Congress there appeared to be no impediment to
the execution of the law ; and the friends of The measure
confidently believed at that lime that the proceeds arising
from salts would amount to many millions and be suffi-
cient to pay off the national debt th'-n existing. After that
time the national liabilities increased rapidly. The pecu-
niary pressure also in the U. Statts as well as Texas be-
came greater and our lands depreciated in value. And
no action being taken to carry out the law peisons migra-
ted and settled within the reserved territory. This emi-
gration and settlement continued to increase with each suc-
cessive year; so that at the period the hst law was passed
in reference to it even had there been within the control
of the Executive the pecuniary means for survevinxr it
ho was fully assured a military force would be necessary
to give protection to the surveyors. To have done this
would have required means for the support of the troops
while in the field ; and to have suppressed insurrection
would have required laws which did not exist.
Now. since the population has increased to respectabili-
ty in numbers and the people may think thry have a right
to the soil by occupancy it appears to the Executive that
the circumstances and reasons which originally induced
tha enactments of Congress referred to connected with the
difficulties and embarrassments which have arisen cince
that time have multiplied the obstacles to the realization
of the hopes which the Government at one period enter-
tained of rendering the sale of these lands a source of reve-
nue and advantage to the Republic.
Were an attempt now made to survey them and even
prove successful hindrances would nevertheless still ex-
ist to their advantageous disposition by sale. Individuals
would now contend for the rights acquired by occupancy
and locations made prior to any action of the Congress
And were the lands now exposed to sale and personal re
sistance not made rights would still be asserted by occu-
pants and those claiming under locations which would
have a strong tendency to greatly depreciate their value
if indeed they should sell at all. Purchasers would not
desire to be involved in litigation or to become members
of a community distracted by schisms arising from adverse
pretensions to title.
But locality of that section of the country its fertility
its convenience the salubrity of its climate and the ex-
cellence ofits water will as it has already to a great ex-
tent furnish inducements to its immediafe settlement if no
longer embarrassed by the existing laws
From the character of the lands they would furnish
co Jiforlable homes for several thousand families and the
territory lying as it does between the Neches and Sab.nc
rivers und entending to the cross timbers would auiioa' at
once be inhabited by an enterprising eflicent and thrnty
population. Emigrants from the western uojtions of the
U. States would soon ascertain its true condition the char-
acter of its productions and its many desirable qualities
and emigrate with capital to enable them lo acquire and
improve it. It would also give to that section of the fron-
tier a population which whenever required would afford
to it the most ready and efficient proltdion.
Circumstances have changed so materially sin-e the
enactment of the firsc law on this subject; that there ap-
pears to remain no sufficient reason any longer for continu
ing the harrassing question before the nation. At that day
these lands; and our pecuniary condition then required
assistance and our currency guarantees for its redemption.
The payment of our national liabilities has been postpon-
ed for the present and without the additional pledge of these
lands for the redemption of our issues the currency has
been raised to par.
Were this subject to remain longer undisposed of no
probable advantage in the opinion of the Executive would
accrue to the country. Our interests are already too much
diversified to desire either the increase or continuance of
such diversity and that it would create an influence at no
distant day upon the legislation of the country there can
be no doubt. For the a Ivancemenl of local and sectional
interests we often find combinations forced in legislative
bodies and ihe experience of other countries teaches us
that it is betterjto relinquish ihe hopes of doubtful gain than
subject the country to injurious influences which only ac-
quire strength from the lapse of time c.id produce results
in legislation adverse to the general interest Where leg-
islative bodies are composed of but few members as ours
are a small sectional interest can be so managed as to in-
duce and determine legislative aciion on matters affecting
the interests of the whole nation to a most pernicious tx-
tent. The Executive trusts that he has not misapprehended
the true influence and import ince of this subjtct nor fail-
ed to esti mate the general advantages which may result
from the course ho now recommends. He therefoie has
no hesitation in recommending as he does to the Hon Con-
gress the entire repeal of all laws on the subject of the
Cherokee Lands so that that territory may be left in the
same situation in which it was previous to any legisla'ion
in relation to it.
SAM HOUSTON.
"Washington Jan. 26 1844.
Woniers never will cease. On yesterday a most exci-
ting and interesting debate took place in the Kousu of Re-
presentatives between the hon. member fiom Montgome-
ry und Gen. Green of Brazoria. Il was upon the print-
ing of one thousand copies of the Presidents message to
Congress recommending the repeal of all laws forthe
sale of the Cherokee lands. Mr. Lewis of Montgomery
said in the course of his remarks ''that he hoped the House
would print the message for the cogent reasons it contain-
ed had convinced his mind and he should consequently
vote for the repeal &c."
In answer to the hon. gentleman Mr. Green replied
''that upon this subject he stood where hed'd eight years
ago. I am not like the gentleman Mr. Speaker ihe con
vert of this moment. 1 have always believed that the
Cherokee title to -this country was but a shade better than
that of the Buffalo an usufnict right which all theEu
ropean nations from the first settlement of this continent
have alone acknowled. That the Cherokees obtained
neither title from the Mexican government or General
Houston's long talked of treaty is too manifest to require
comment.
How then Mr. Speaker stands this question ? Why
Sir a m ljority of this House possessing ih jse opinu'ia de-
termined lo repeal all laws which President Houston's
influence caused to be passed to sell out the people in that
section of the country. An overwhelming and irresisti-
ble public opinion throughout the country and particular-
ly in that section seemed to requite il. The hon. gentle-
man from Rusk Mr. Gage in response to this public
opinion and what was eminently due his constituents in-
troduced the measure into this House and where did he
look for support ? Was it to Gen. Houston and his friends?
To ihe party and the individual who has always been
foremost in selling out the citizens in that section of the
country ? No ! Did the hon gentleman from Ruk hope
to make a convert of him who had always been fjremost
in his Cherokee policy and his Cherokee sympathies?
No ! but he turned for support of his measure to that par-
ty in this Congress which believes with myself that Pres-
ident Houston has always been wrong upon this measure.
And 1 think I nuy safely say Mr. Speaker he met a
friendly response in cvery individual of the purty and
14 1844..
VOL.
nmjm lVIIJLL
iiJLLAi'CMiiaz.'iuLi.'Ai rjj. ur-Tm
with the exception of your honorabl
others he hoped for no aid from the
e self and one or two
hoped for no aid from the friends of President
Houston. To the rrentlemnn f.nm Rnak. nd tn him n.
lone is due the cndit of this irreat npeal". His untirinrr
industry had already perfected this measure to its final
leading in ihe House; and just before its passage Presi-
dent Houston's political cunning foresaw that it would not
do for him and his friends to vote aaainst it and vhv7
because Sir. the Presidential election ia close at hand and
upon this question is suspended one thousand votes these
votes must be secured to President Houston's candidate
and suddenly a similar bill to the one in this House was
introduced into ihe Senate by a partiz-in of the Piesident
the rule suspended and it rushed through with steam
power. No sooner had it passed the S'-nate and srnt m
this House than in comes President Houston's message
teeming with friendly regards for those very people whom
for the last five years he has never failed to vilify as the
murderers of the "Bowl"
Mr. Speaker no one understands better than President
Houston such political tricks. When he cannnf IPnd
public opinion he never fails to follow it. When all the
vindictheness of his Cherokee affections has failed to de-
stroy our citizens in thai section of ihe countrv. he must
secure them by this sudden somerset; and "to make it
more available lo Ihe individual In intends as his success-
or we are aslced to print 1000 copies of this political tract
to distribute among these long abused people. I have al-
ways Sir understood lhat the true object of printino- doc-
uments for the Congress was to inform that Congress.
Does the gentleman from Montgomery contend that such
is the object of printing the message before us ? If so
both him and the other friends of the President have too
suuaeniy acknowledged their conversion. 1 hope this
House will not lend itself to such political deception."
Bogs Some dogs possess a singular knack for hun-
ting out anything that has recently been in possession of
their masters. There is one ludicrous anecdote of ibis
faculty which we fear is too good to be true. A gentle-
man made a bet that a dog would identify a franc that he
had thrown down upon the Boulevards of Paris. Before
the dog hid discovered the money a passenger had picked
it up Presently the dog caught the scent and followed
the stranger to his hotel remained with him all day and
attended mm to oed to the great delight of his newly con-
stituted master who was extreme !y flattered by his sudden
attachment. But the moment the jrentleman nulled off
ijissm.ui i-iuiues in uiu pocw t or wnich he had placed
the franc the dog barked at the !oor as if desirous to wet
out. The door was opened; the dog caught up The
breeches and rushed away to his rightful master. Shortly
nkcrwirds Arrlvi'd en dishabille the owner of the breeches
trembling for a purse of gold that lay in the same pocket
with the important franc. Qinilcrly Review.
WOMAN.
We have seldom read anything that more completely
fills our id 'h of the criminality ol seduction than the fol-
lowing pissagefrom Prof. Wayland.
' L'l it be remembered that a female is a moral and ac-
count tbl" being hastening to the bar of God: ih.it he ia
t.: il i.t .i. I. . t . . . '.
madf to be the centre of all that is delightful in the domes
tic relations. lhat in her very nature she looks up to
man asiier protector and loves to confide in his hands her
happiness for life; and that she c;m be-ruined only by
abusing that confidence proving false to that reliance and
using the very loveliest trait in her character as the instru-
ment of Ikt undoing. And then let us consider the mise-
ry into which a loss of viitue must plunge the victim and
her friends forever; the worth of the soul ; which unless
a miracle interpose must by the Ios3 of virtue be con-
signed to eternal despair-and I ask whether in the whole
catalogue of cnmTthyej.sODe.jyiat.iDprpjfljtJ.ragjj)
the momentary frratihcation of a lawless appetite will vio-
late all thfse obligations outrage all these sympathies and
woik out so wide and interminable ruin."
The Farmer's Pi of ession- The folio wing is an extract
from an address delivered before the Oneida Couniv (N
Y ) Agricultural Society by Anson S. Miller Esq."
Princely patriarchs prophets kings philosophers the
great of all ages have honored agriculture with their par-
ticuhr regard. The pursuit is indeed laborious; but la-
bor is no longer an evil except in its excess. The cheer-
ful performance of labor by man. has freed it from its orig-
inal course. It is now a boon of heaven the condition
of unnumbered blessings. The farmer's calling is full 0f
grandeur. He supports the world is the partner of na-
ture and peculiarly "a co-worker with God." The sun
the atmosphere the dews the rains day and night the
seasons all the natural agents are his ministers in the
spacious temple of the firmament. Health is the attend-
ant of his labors. The philosophy of nature exercises and
exalts the intellect of the intelligent farmer. His moral
powers are ennobled by the manifestations of snnrpmo
love and wisdom in every thing around him in the men-
ial air the opening bud the delicate flower the growing
and the ripeu ng fruit the stately tree in vegetable life
and beauty springing out of death and decay and in the
wondeifui succession and harmony of the seasons:
Triesc as they change Alnvghty Father thes
Are but the var.cd God. Th.3 roll ne vear
Is full of Thee." &3
We
are now beholding a iniVhtv moml rovnlmmn
Hitherto glory has been found in the destruction rather
than the preservation of man. The history of our race is
a history of wars. An age of peace and philanthropy is
arising upon us in which ren jwn will besought in useful-
ness. Justice will yet be fully done to the benefactors of
mankind. Young "and Watson and Clinton and Buel
and others both of the dead and the living who have laid
society under enduring obligations will receive their
share of ihe public gratitude. How dim how fleet-
ing is the fame of the mere warrior when contrast
ed with that of the phii mthropist. What wasting
battles what fields enriched with carnage what spoils of
victory or what splendid triumphs could confer the last-
ing glory of Da Witt Clinton?
In assuming to ouselves i!i. libtity and responsibility
ofadiocatmg for the Presidency that distinguished indi-
vidual whose name is placed at the head of our columns
we do so from motives of the purest and most patriotic na-
ture. It is almost vain and idle for our pen here to attempt
lo usher into a more brilliant light than it now stands the
name of ED WARD BURLESON ! From eulogiums of
good and distinguished men .m from records of tne past
ihis individual is alone known to us From the many
acts where his reputation as a man has been tested in
his tried friendship for his coantry and in the many pub-
lic stations which the people of this young Republic have
entrusted him with we hiv always mukeJ as still liv-
ing in us original lustre unscathed by the prejudiced vi-
tuperations of ambitious men the name which we now
hold forth as worthy to wield that power which effects
the destinies of this country. And we must acknowledge
thatthfre is a conviction within or breast which we can-
not suppress that the name of Burleson will be heral-
ded by ihe voice of the pople at the neu election as the
man win. -i they would wish to place in the Presidential
chair of the nation.
bjch a man deserves exaltation. Wherever he has
been known in the cabinet the councils and the battles
of his country he ha3 shown that ability which none can
deny lhat good reasoning and correctness of purpose
which none we sincerely believe would attempt to dis-
pute. In building himself a home in the wilderness and
amid the haunts of the savng where stern courage and
resolve were necessary to control the encroachments of the
barbirian in whose conduct has it shown more preemi-
nently than in that of Gev Edward Burleson? Be-
fore his unfaltering tread the red man has flown from the
settlements of civilization where the tomahawk and scalp-
i the end o the year.
IX.-NO. 9-WHOLE
JYO. 428.
1PWP ' ill
uS KUe were ever ready to do-the work of death andf -shrunk
far away into the fastnesses of their native raoun-
tains or buried themselves within the vast expanse of theicw
broad prairies And not the less has IbisMndiwduolahown? --
his zeal and devotion to his country while against our U
semi-savage foe oa would-be Republic ia Change In- '-
Fisher Ames. The followino- nnccr from hn T5; ?
raphy of Fisher Ames by ihe late President KirkWdHs?. "
worthy of being punted in letters ef gold. Would iBaiitf
could be read and regarded as its importance demand by
every young man in our country : ' "
''When vice approaches the youthful mind in the se- "
ducliveform of a beloved companion the ordera!" becomes
threatening and dangerous in the extreme. Few possess
the prudence and unyielding firmness requisite to pass it
in safety. Those who have been accurately observant to
tae dependence of one part of life on another will readily
concur with us that Ames' future character derived much
of its lustre and his fortunes much of their elevation from
the untainted purity and irreproachableness of his youth
Masculine virtue is necessary to real erninance as a
powerful intellect. He that is deficient in either will
never unless from the influence of fnrinifnn i.ii.mian.
ees oe aoie to place and maintain herselfat the head of so
y. ne may rise and nourish for a timetbuynsfalT
is us certain as nis descent to th trrxv TS iS.KrJra?
parley with vice and dishonor is sure tobecome their slave
and victim. That heart is more than half corrupted that.
UUk uu.u ivuu inuignauon at tne-siigniesLattempt to
seduce it." -
Spain. We have not been a little surprised To 'learn- r
lrm so shrewd an observer and profound thinker as Mr?"-
.. lutuoj me convulsions by which Spain-Kasf-been"
auu lumiuues iu oe agitatea "a i? ederalK'epubIicoFfive
great divisions is tho most probable-upshot." He repre-
sents the present administration of affairs n .u.Ji .-
destroy all the remaining feelings ofloyalty in the Spanish
people and remarks emphatically that "the nobility and "
clergy retain not the least influence" and lhat "foreign in-
tervention can be of no ultfmate avail" We attach great
importance to Mr. Walsh's speculations on tkwsabjtctr J
His position is such as to hdoghirr. in contact continnalir
with the leading politicians of Spain and' he wouldbeem
io nave stuaieu intently theanaus of lhat unhappy- coun
trv. Wi hrtrHifr nnorl AA iho .t TT.r i ' Yr. -mmm
j. jr . w fcUUUVUU Liaiuumi inicitigencer
IS thp nrrmn lhrf-iinrh r.Viinr Tyf- I.ITlu r. t-. . '
.a ....5 1J1Uil . Tvmsu.irom fans com-1
uiuuibdua wuu nis countrymen ai home. His KueTsmre'
repieie wun instruction.
Runaway negroes- among ihe Seminolss.We are in-
formed that there are many runaway negroes from Louis- "
lana and Arkansas at the Seminole negro town upon iheSfr
Deep Fork Canadian in the Creek Ration. Of ibis we
have no doubt tpeing somewhat frmiliar wilh thu socialfcs
and local condition of this independent negro town -
The negroes will hide the runaway olit and' feed Jhim -while
the pursuers are iathe country; and no rewafdlwill j
induce thern to betray him; and frequently thry havew
been known to repel by force persons who have found
their slaves and undertook to carry them off!- This is a
matter of serious importance to theStates of LouisioWands: - .
Arkansas and measures- should be adopted to break up
thi3 harbor for their runaway slaves. Ark Intel
A BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT.
How few jupii seem to have formed a conception of the -originahdignity
of their nature- or the cxalted-design'of
their creation regarding themselves as only the creatures
of lime endowed merely with the animal passions and in-
tellectual faculties; ihefr projects aims andiexnertntmnv
(FareircmpscribebvDtbwx
a sunbeam upon all earthly objects thatthis?tvorld witb
all its pageantry and pomp and power is crumbling to the m
dust that the present life is scarcely deserving of a
thought excepting as it forms the introduction- to anotherJ
and that he alone acts a prudent or rational part whol
names nis plans wun a direct reierence to that future and
endless state of being. Sin- has so blinded the understand-
ing and perverted the will and debased theaffech'onsTthal!
men never fail to invest some tempojargooaith'fanciFo!l
perfection and idly imagine lhat the attamment'of'iVwouTd
satisfy the desires and all the capacities ofthe fmmnrtnl
spirit. Vain thought! How little they know themselves-!." '
The soul is not of earth and they will strive in vain-to
chain it to the dust. Thugh iterative strength has Been
impaired and its purity tarnished and its fgIory changed'
it will always be a prisoner here.' SendnV forrfrasjyoa
will to range the whole material universe and like the
dove dismissed from tbeark it with return-without finding
a single place of rest for it has no resting place but tht
bosom of God.
AN ACT
To Incorporate ihe Fannin Artillery in the Cily of
Houston.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the Republic of Texas in Congress
assembled That Martin K. Snell D. E. Smith John W.
Bergen Gatewood Hale Ephraim M. Haines John W.
Moore Robert Watson Frederick Rocky Andrew Mc-
Stea William Ferguson Joseph Grandorff and their as-
sociates and successois ber and they are hereby constituted
a body politic and corporate under the name and style of
the Fannin Artillery with power to sue and be sued
plead and be impleaded answer and be answered unto
appear and prosecute to final judgment in any court or
elsewhere to have a common seal with such device as
thy may adopt ; to elect in whatever manner they choose
the officers necessary to command them as a volunteer
corps ; to establish by-laws for the government and reg-
ulation of their officers and the same to ;.Iter or amend at
pleasure; and to hold real estate and pcssonal property
and dispose of the same provided however such real es-
tate and personal properly shall at no ti.ie exceed ten
thousand dollars in value; and that the said company
shall never bo less than thirty two men rank and file and
never exceed sixty four.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted That the said corps
shall be exempt from common military duty except bat-
talion and regimental reviews and inspections on which
occasions they shall join the Regiment and have the ex-
treme right of the line and be subject to the orders of the
commander of the Regiment; the members of the said.
corps shall be exempt from the payment of the road tax
and ihe service of overseers of the read.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted That said corps shall
have power by their Constitution and by-laws to hold
Courts of Inq iiry and Courts Martial upon their own
members ; to icy all violators of their ordnances agreed
upon by a majority of the members of the Company to
suspend expel and fine not exceeding one hundred dollars
those violating the by-laws of the said Company. -
Sec. 4 Be it further enacted That all fines imposed
by a Court Martial upon delinquents or accruing under
the by-laws of the said Company shall be collected upon
a warrant issued by the Secretary and countersigned by
the commanding officer the fines collected to belong to
the Company except the fines imposed for absence on
Battalion or Regimental Musters Reviews and Inspec-
tions which shall be paid into the Regimental fund- uny
Constable within the City of Houston is authorized and
empowered to levy the warrant so issued as aforesaid
and coerce the payment under the same law that governs
Constables in the execution of civil process.
Seg. 5 Be it further enacted That the officers com-
manding said corps shall be one Captain one first Lieu-
tenant one second Lieutenant one third Lieutenant who
after being duly elected by the said corps shall be reported
through the proper channel to the War Department and
be commissioned by the President lo serve durin the
time of their election.
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