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AGENTS FOR THE WEEKLY NEWS.
KolandsviUeBellco ..... L. Si Ickney.
Jonlan'a Saline Van Zandt co. .. . Wm. Benton.
Eagle Lake ... George UVThateher
Colombia .E. D.Nash
Douglas Nacogdoches co.... ... W.J. Moore.
Houston Charles Bowman.
Port La ace u J.W.Kneeland.
"Victoria 4 Logan &. Sterne.
Matagorda D. E. E. Braman.
Brazoria.. ....Patrick AIcGreaL
Austin......! ....Ik Moore.
Bastrop t 3. Reynolds.
Cuero Gonzales co. C Cardwcll P. M.
Gonzales.. t.F.Chenault.
New Vtraanfels rcrguson &tlesler.
HaUetL'BL&Taccftco. Philip Howard.
Columbus Colorado co. .JohnH.Robson.
Egypt T.J.Keed
Wharton.. ... t...G.Eagaa
Preston...... U II. Pettey.
Old Caney Matagorda co. i. .Thomas Jameson
Texan.. r. Glenn.
Industry Austin co. J.G.Sieper. -
Fayetterille Fort Bend co.v. ...II. Gaston-
Cameron co .".....M.M. Stevens.
Klchmond Fort Bend co.. J. II. Herndon
Uodge'i Bend Fort Ccnd co.. ...Mr. Hodge P. M.
Nacogdoches -...E. Coon P.M.
Oarkr Tille Eed Rivcrco. J. M. Bivtns.
Goliad J.M.GoITe T. M.
fiablnePass. Otis McGaffey.
Ppringfleld limestone co. J.MeCulchan.
Liberty.-..-. James Wrigly.
Baffalo Henderson co. UGoddard P. M.
Crockett Houston co. . ...Thos. P. Collins.
Ratcliff Tyler co. A.N.B. Tompkins.
Lockranzy Cherokee co. i.. .IV. V. FrizzeU.
Oakland Lavaca co.... A. Turner.
Indianola J. II. Brown.
Blue Hill Williamson co J.O.Kice.
McGeeaPolkco. J.T.ratnck.
Gotland. Newton co.. T. S. McFarland.
Lagrange F. IV. and J. IV. Chandler
Liverpool Brazoria co. .T.J.Callahan.
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GALVESTON NEWS.
FRIDAY J ELY 1 1851.
tyWe are authorized to announce Ills Excellency
P. It. BELL us a candidate for Governor of this State
at the ensalng election in August next.
JT-We are authorized to announce BENJAMIN II.
EPt'ERSON of Bed River county as a candidate for Go-
Tremor at mc Angaat ciecuon.
V eare authorized to announce Hon. E. M. PEASE
i. candidate for Governor at IhAolerttnn in An'mtinait
f We are authorized to announce Gen. T. J. C! I A M-
BEK ss a candidate tor the office of Governor of the
Stale; and to say that he will shortly give his views upon
tuchtoplca of public Interest as be may consider most
Important to the people.
3?" We are authorized to announce CoL MIDDLE
TON T. JOHNSON as a candidate for Governor of the
State ot Texas at the ensuing August election.
t5T Weare authorizedto announce JAMES W. HEN-
DERSON Esq. as a candidate for Lieut. Governor at the
election to be held in August next.
j" We are authorized to announce Capt. G. K. LEW-
IS as a candidate to represent the Western Congressional
District of Texas In Congress.
y e are authorized to announce II. N. POTTER
Esq. of this city as a candidate to represent the Western
District of this State In Congress.
The papers of the Western Congressional District of
Texas are requested to copy the above and forward ac-
counts to this office.
p" We are authorized to announce Gen. HUGH Mc-
LLuD as a candidate to represent the Western Con-
gresstonai District ot Texas in uongregs.
rVe are reauested to announce Col. V.E. HOW
AKD as m candidate for re-election to represent the sec
end Congressional District of this Stale in the Congress
of the United Stales.
CeWo are authorized to announce MiJ. THOS. B.
HOWARD as a candidate to represent the District com
posed or uoioraao ana tan itenu counties m iuu uen
Legislature.
wWnara authorized to announce GUV M. BKYAN
Esqi as a candidate to represent the county of Brazoria
mine nexi legislature m nmmtw
.i .. t A n .nnr.T.nf.a Ika I Inn TIIO
WM. WARD or Austin as a candidate for Commis-
sioner of the General Land Office.
t" We are authorized to announce Capt. STEPHEN
CROSBY the present Chier Clerk in the General Land-
OSceas a candidate for Commissioner of the General
Land-ODIce attue ensuing election in Aagusu
Ir-siVoRrftmrnhnrized to announce O.C. HARTLEY
Esq. as a candidate for Representative from this county
in tne nl uegiaiamrr.
-p- rrt nihnnzed to announce HENRY AN-
DRhtts tq- as a cauuiuiuu iwirjiicstm uicsw
county In the next Legislature.
Q3" We are glad to learn from our Dallas aud
Henderson correspondence that the crops in the
North and East are so favorable.
Let our citizens reflect seriously upon the im-
portance of a railroad from this point spoken of
by oar Dallas correspondent. The destiny olthn
city is in no small measure dependent upon the de-
gree of enteprise our citizens imy exert within
the next year or two. Let us remember that if
proper exertions are not made in fin? it often
happens that they might as well not be made at all.
In the competition for trade the race w not to
Pie strongest or fleetest so often as to the party
who gets the first start ; and this is in fact the
case with all other races. It is hard and often
mpoE$ib1eto overtake time when once IosL
DesTRcemva Toekado. la to-daj's paper wil
be found the particulars as far as they had been
ascertained of one of the mot furiou and disas-
trous storms that has occurred on the coast of
Texas for many years. The accounts we give
are taken from lhe'Mala;:orda Tribune of the 2tHh
alt.; and were supposedly the editor of that paper
to be far from givil g a full detail of the damages
actually susltiucd along the entire extent of that
bay. The town of Livaca had not been heard
from; and it is probab'c that much injury of prop-
erty was alo eusta:ned there. We ha'l expect
more of the particulars by the next mail from
that quarter.
Wreck of the Maria Burt.
We regret to announce that the steamer Maria Burt 13
In all probability a total wreck. This steamer left here
for New Orleans at7 o'clock on Tuesday evening the 21th
ult The late heavy gale commenced blowing that night
and the Maria B urt sprang aleak. Next day (Wednesday)
about 10 A. M she put back for Sabine Pass The leak
continued and the hands mutinied and refused to work at
the pumps ; but were finally induced to work some by the
offer of ten dollars per hour by Capt. Emerson. Reached
Sabine Pass at 5 P. M on Wednesday where she lay till
Friday ; when the Captain thinking that the gale had sub-
sided started again Tor New Orleans at 2 P. M. on Friday.
The gale increased again put back about 12 o'clock on
Saturday night and made the Pass striking on the bar In
about 4 feet water about 8 A. M. on last Sunday ; kept on
full sail and forced her. over Into deeper water v hen she
continued sinking
On Sunday at 5 P. M. Dr. Coflln who left this city as a
pasuenfer on the Maria Burt went on shore by the aid of
a boat he had sent for and having spent one night with
his family atSabina again started for the North by way
of Galveston; and from him we learn these particulars.
Several of the hands had previously deserted the vessel.
It is the opinion of Dr. C that the Maria Burt is Irrecove-
rably lost with all the cattlo on board about 100
head fall grown and 158 calves. The cattle we believe
belonged to Charles Horse N. O. Many of them had
died duriBg the storm. The Mvla Burt as we learn was
not insured. She was owned by Captain Emenon and
Messrs. Green Harding a. Co. New Orleans aluo about
$13000
There was also on board 79 bbls molasses belonging to
IL U. Williams.
There Is a.bare possibility however that by the moat
extraordinary exertions since our informant left the en-
tire loss of the steamship may have been prevented
We learn that the mutinous conduct of her hands (the
carpenter being the principal instigator of the mutiny)
jeoparded the lives of all on board. In the opinion of an
experienced seaman and a well informed and highly re-
spectable man the men should be promptly Sint to the
pcnitentlaryTor their criinUal disobedience of orders.
Since writing the above asloophas arrived from
Sabinc.havuig left the Maria Burt about 12 o'clock
yesterday. She v. as still gradually sinking in the
mud the water being even with her boi'er dock.
Bat all her boilers except one.and all her machin-
ery together with her furniture and every thing
of value had been taken on shore. The rennin-
ing boiler was nearly filled with water and it
was doubtful whether it could bssaed. 10 head
of calves had been saved nnd sold bj order of a
magistrate.
A New Head. The Houston Beacon comes
tousthisweek with a beautiful and appropriate-
ly devised head retaining howevpr its old cogno-
men. May the Beacon ever be what its name
purports a con b taut aud reliable light to guide
the wearied and tempest tossed" navigator
through tho troubled sea of lite to the true haven
where he can anchor in confident security.
Col. Potter it Acsm-The Austin correspondent of
the Lone Star gives a very favorable account of the Im-
pression made by CoL Potter upon the "sovereigns" or
that city and the region round about" It would ap-
pear from the accounts given of the different candidates'
impressions upon the good people of the "Mountain
City" that all have madearorafcfc ones barrin' Mr.
noward at least for the time being.
The Buffalo N. Y- pipers speak of several
parties having recently parsed through that city
on their way to Lake Superior for the purpose of
surveying mineral lands. It was rumored that a
company had been formed in Toronto and the mo-
ney subscribed for building a ship canal around
the St Mane Rapids on the Canada side to fa-
cilitate busmcfs operations and travel with the
lakes.
"THE
The "Journal" is greatly in error in supposing
that we would charge it with being tho advocate
of Freesoilism. All we intended to intimate was
that in its 2calous advocacy of a great and distin-
guished man it Jost sight entirely of that men's
rank Freesoilism und of his uncompromising hos-
tility to our institution of slavery. In compliment-
ing the Buffalo speech of Mr. Webster the Jour-
nal at first took no exceptions to any part of it al-
though as we have already shown a considerable
part of it contained as strong denunciations against
slavery as were ever uttered by Seward Garrison
and others of that party. With them Mr. Web-
ster denied onr constitutional rights to a foot of
territory beyond the limits of the thirteen original
States and declared his purpose never to )ield
a single hair's breadth" on that point. He ad-
mitted the coustitutioual rights of slavery in tho
thirteen original States in the same manner that
Seward aud Garribon have done and with them
ardently looks for some remedy by which it may
be abolished. Such a remedy he suggests maybe
in the "dispeniation of Providence." But ho dif-
fers from Seward in this he seeks this remedy
according to the forms of the constitution while
Seward looks to a "higher law." The plan of the
latter would afcotibh s!aery at oncef that of the
former would give us a few jears of respite. As
regards their hostility to slavery and their avowed
desire to bare the institution totally abolished
there is no difference betwecu them. They only
differ in regard to measures by which they would
accomplish ihis desirable object. The Journal de-
nounces Mr. Seward and applauds Mr. Webster.
We cannot blame the Journal for applauding Mr.
Webster's splendid eloquence and many patriotic
sentiments; but ne cannot see why Free Soil ism
should not be condemned in Mr. Webster as well
asin Mr. Seward. We think a proper regard for
the just rights of the South should induce us to de-
fend ihoee rights agiinst the attacks of Air. Webster
as well as Ot" others Wheu Mr. Webster declares
his determination to defend all our constitutional
rights wo are naturally led to admire apd applaud
such expressions but when he proceeds to inter-
pret the constitution against us den!ngus the
rights which we claim under it we thtn see that
his defence of the constitution will only result in
depriving us of those rights. Such defence of the
Union aud constitution may indeed be applauded
at the North but surely cannot be by us who arc
made th sufferers. As n Whig Air. Webster is
entitled to the party support of the Journal but
we thmk thatno considerations shmld induce us
in this great crisis to applaud or pass over in si-
lence Bentimeuts that endanger the safety and
very existence of the South.
We make no reply to the cry of ' mad dog or
to the charges of " hot-brained fanatic " rabid
nullifier or " unholy propagandist of secession
and disunion;' nor to the impeachment of our
motives as " hollow and unpatriotic." Neither
these charges nor a reply to them can add any-
thing to the argument on cither side. Wo feel
conscious of a sincere desire to see this Union
pesencd. But we do not desire to Eee a great
consolidated Central Government established on.
the ruins of the original confederacy of sovereign
States. We desire (o see the South united in dc-
funcohf thtir rights--notin puLmiion to jhe un-
ceasing nggresions made upon them. These ag-
gressions would cease to-morrow were the South
to presenta united front in resisting them. Such
united resistance would sao the Union aud our
rights tngether while we endanger bolli by mdis
criminately applauding our assailants.
With all our efforts the News says we have failed to
answer Its questions. It says that it asked whether the
rigbts not delegated could be exercised by the States
without the consent or affliiut tkc authority of the Gen-
eral Govcrnmeut" nnd that we did not answer. Wo
said that wc believed " that those rigbts and powers not
delegated may be exercised without the authority of
Congress constitutionally ;M " nor Is the cx( rciie in such
ease an act of revolution ;" that the fa tales had agreed to
abide by the action of Congress and Courts of the United
Stales for the vindication of their rights under tho consti-
tution; and that "when people or communities have
agreed to abide by tho decision of the constituted author-
ities they are bound to submit c en though w rouged or
to right themselves by rebellion or resolution." If this
reply does not answer we must give oer tho effort be.
Ctriiiaa.
As therefore ourncighbor seems to consider the
above a full answer to the question whether a
Slate cau exercise its reserved rights " without the
consent or against the authority of the Gcuenri
Government" we can only conclude that the an-
swer to that part of the sentence italicized was
intended to be in the negative ; that is wc under-
s md the doctrine of the Civilian to be that a
State has no constitutional right to judge in the last
resort of the infractions of the Constitution and to
act accordingly; or in qlhcr words that a State
cannot exercise its reserved rights according to its
own judgment of what those rights are and
aga'nit the authority of the Genera) Government.
The Civilian then absolutely denies the constitu-
tional right of a State under any circumstances
to resist a majority of Congress and makes such
resistance rebellion or an act of revolution. In
this respect the Civilian makes no difference be-
tween resistance by an armed mob or by a sov-
ereign State. This is coming exactly up to the
question we proposed nnd makes the position cf
the Civilian free from doubfar ambiguity. A.Bwe
said at first wc do not intend now to argue the
question whether a State by virtue of iw sover-
eignty or of its rights not delegated has the con-
stitutional power to determine w hen those reserved
rights have been usurped by the General Govern-
ment and to resist such usurpation. Our object
was not to engage iu a controversy on this ubjcrt
but merely to understand the position of our neigh-
bor as a professed advocate of State Rights.
We would now like to know in what respect the
State Rights doctrines of the Civilian differ from
the consolidation doctrines of the Old Federal
School. We can see no difference whatever for
they both give the same absolute supremacy to
the Federal Government in the last resort.
ICT Capt. Stephen Crosby a candidate forCom-
misslonerof the General Land Office arrived in our
city on Wednesday evening the 2d inst. We
are sorry to leant that the Captain's health is not
very good having been attacked with agues and
fevers on his way down but health or no health
he evinces the same generous flow of good spirits
and vivacity which has ever so peculiarly mark-
ed him b an affable gentleman and a Ilboon com-
panion" in all circles in which his varied fortunes
have placed him.
Two pnoners in the penitentiary we are Informed. In
attempting to make their eapc cre shot down by the
guards and dangerously wounded. Baton Roust Gaz.
That Is nearly our case. Two convicts attempted to
breakaway from our penitentiary on Saturday carrying
away property of tho State In the shape of balls and
chain which wo suppose they would rather have left
behind. In their flight one of them received an extn
hall in tho Fhouldcr; and on finding that double loads
were being Imposed on them they refused to go any fur-
ther and were airain quartered tn the brick house
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pihlian Crcek'd
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WILL OF Tkj&v
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From tbo MatagoruTribune of June 30.
Violent Gale on Halagorda Uaj-!
THE SlIfZPItfG-tlKIVJCX ASlIORn.'
ScTcral llonses blowliTcwn at Indianola Sal aria
and Port Cnvallo.
One of the heaviest ;u!es that has perhaps ever
been experienced in ?i h section of country oc-
curred within the past week; Early on Wednes-
day morning it compnencetl raining furiously
and continued to pour .down in torrents for nearly
the whole of that dj'f .and the following night
with few iiitermissionv accorrpanicd by ioIcnt
gales of uindfrequtpty veering from the ea:t
northeast and VoutmeasU Although we believe
uo material damage has been done hereabouts
be ond perhaps tlflei elmg of some of the more ex-
posed garden patched the result we understand
has been calamitous ito the shipping And to our
neighbors situated ou the-Iowcr by. From Port
Lavaca we have nkX ns yet had any tidings
but Indianola Saluria and Port Cavallo appear to
hae suffered crnsideiible loss from tho fury of
the gale. At tbo forperplace we learn every
wharf has been carried uway and a number of
houses hae either bt4:n leveled to the earth or
blown from thsir fourtions lt Sa'urfa consid-
erable damage has ar? been done. Port Caval-
lo however has escaped with less injury as will
be seen by the following eitrar .' of a letter from
thence addressed to a cnlleiaau in this city un-
der date of the 27th fut
The Kvfis and injuryretained among the ship-
ping on the hay Ihp vrjlless-btin far creater
than whaTettUfl-jrK
learn at the present writn b a vessel just up
from below that the steamship Mexico was driven
ashore opposite or neur Ponder Horn Baou
and was still lying on the flat in that icmily
when our informant left that the depot or freight
steamer Portland shared the same fate together
with several other smaller crafts. The steamer
William Penn was driven ashore from her anchor-
age uear Sal una and will probably be a total
loss.
There are several other large verse's onshore
whose names we have not et been enabled to
learn. The western mail duo to-day (Saturday)
may bring us some further tidings of this serious
disaster.
Port Cavillo June 27 1S51.
Our place has been viiited by the most terrible storm
which has occurred on this coast within the memory of
the oldist inhabitant. It commenced on IVednewliy the
25th Inst. The aim roe clear v itti the exception of a few
heavy clouds hanging to the northward but the tide com-
menced rhfing with unprecedented rapidity the storm in
the meantime iccreasing to that degree that by 4 P.M. it
was blowing a perfect hurricane Thus It continued all
night raging with frightful violence. What with the tor-
rents of rain the lion ling of the w Indi and the roaring of
the bco it oj a scene ballhng all description. The dam-
age here has been quite trilling considering the great
strength of tho gale Mr-Djcrov had one of the chim-
neys to his new hoosc blown over and his Gelds much In-
juredthe fences being generally prostrated. The ware-
house and wharf otood it bravely. The whirf U uninjured
the warehouse had a few blocks noshed from. under It
which U the only damage it sustained. Mr. Maverick's
house was blown from Its blocks that it to sty the smalt
houie in his yard This Is the total amount of damage
done hen except a fen more fences blown down.
The schooner elasco with a heivy cargo of cotton and
molasses returned back over the bar having pprung aleak.
She made fast to the wharf here and commenced discharg-
ing ; but the gale and leak still increasing she n as winded
around on the flat below the wharf where she now lies.
The schr. Buena Tuta Ijiug at anchor ou the Saluna
Fide dngged and went ashore This morning she got off
and came to on thi side. Mr. Tlarrfcon'a r dot boat went
ashore on the Saluria ude and is a complete wreck. Mr.
Giving house was blown from the blocks and broke In two.
Judge Rode s warehouse at Saluna was alto blown from the
block. Gen Sumincrvillc's house Is blown down and de-
stroyed. Dr. McCrearj's I101130 is much injured gallery
gone.
This is a hasty summary of the damage done In this di-
rection. In addition to the above a letter was last night
rcce'ved by Messrs. DoswcII II ill & Co. from
Cupt. Talbot dated on Tuesday the Gth ult.
which states that the freight of the Mexico had
been discharged before the heavy blow came on.
The Mexico was theu dropped astern of the Port-
land and both anchors thrown out. At 10 P. M.
011 Wednesday the gale increased to great violence
and grew more violent till 11 4 when the Portland
broke adrift and went ashore. The Mexico had
theu gotten steam up and was working full stroke
with 20 inches of steam and two anchors out with
60 fathom of chain but all cujld not resist the vio-
lence of the storm. About 1 o'clock the Mexico
broke from her anchorage and was driven on a hard
bottom with six feet water.
Capt. Bcehncr says he never before saw so high
a tide in that bay. AH CnpU Tulbot's hands
vrere at work gelling out coal aud every exertion
was being made to get her off; but the Captain
has very little hope of success until he can hae
the assistance of the Louisiana. Capt. Talbot
adds:
Capt. Banner's lighter is ashore ; the Wm-
Penn is a total wreck ; sll the wharves at Indian-
ola are gone and some few houses prostrated. The
J. Smith although sunlt decks under water was
driven three-quarters of a mile and is pretty much
all to pieces."
Tub Crops in Washington Couvn. The Lone
Star of the 28th ult in speaking of the prospects
of the farmers of that region uses the following
language: -.
We have never seen the prospects for corn so
gloomy before. All the seasons that cau come
cannot gie us over a half ield. The light show-
ers which have visited 11 iu the last t wo dajs will
almost insure a crop of cotton. Prospects for the
latter staple is quite ns flattering as tho former is
disparaging. If the worm does not mrke its ap-
pearance cotton will be.better than ever before in
Texas.
O" We find in the Texas Advocate the follow-
ing particulars of the capture of the little son of
Mr. Hart of Refugio county whose recovery from
the Comanches we have alreay noticed :
"The hoy states that his horse was first shotby
the Indians and being thus on foot they seized
him mounted him on another horse and bore him
off The next night after taking him he sajs
they seized and rode away Col. Lott's horses
ridino thetn'up into the mountain? as 10 thoir cus-
tom and then turning them loose. He speaks of
his being compelled to subsist upon horse meat as
a hardship he was exceedingly loth to endure. It
constitutes the principal food of thee saages.r
The lad Fetmcd to be rejoiced at his escape from a
captivity so cheerless and happy almost be) ond
measure we presume at the prospect of a soon
returning to a a father's firtb.de 10 endearments
of home and civilized life."
We find in the &an Antonio Ledger the fol-
lowing particulars attending the murder of Mr.
RossBvers of LocMiart.
"About two years siuce Mr. English moved
with his wife and six children to reside in the
hou.se of the deceased with whom they In ed in
a friendly manuerl until last fall when Mr. E.
became suspicious of his wife's constancy and the
guilt of the deceased. A separation followed of all
the parties. At the last term of the District Court
Mr. U. obtained b divorce a few da) s after which
Airs. E.aud Byers wore married. About ten days
after the marriage English returned home from
Capt Conner's ranging company and called and
took dinner at the house of deceased and left in
the evening in on Rpparenlly friendly manner.
English remained in the neighborhood several days
occasionally calling; when on the morning of
the 28th ult. he rode up to the house of deceased
conversed friendly as usual about twenty miuutes
and then without any apparent provocation or in-
timation English suddenly drew a holster pistol
and shot Byers through the heart"
At a recent public meeting of the citizens of Hous-
ton county Col. John Long was nominated as a
candidate for the State Senate in tho district of
Houston Nacogdoches and Angelina. Judge
Sterne has been for some ti mo a candidate in this
district. The same meeting nominated Cyrus H.
Randolph Esq as a candidate for the House of
Representatives lor Houston ana ivnaersnn coun
tics. State Gazette.
lY NEWS
JULY 8. 1851.
Galveston. 3d Julv 1351.
Feflow-Cttizens . Two ordinance hive lately been pro
mulgated ny tne municipal rcproenMiivCH 01 onrciiy
which I wWi to draw your attention tu I deem them
both & violation of our privileges and an encroachment
on our liberties.
The Erst restricted oar hotels find steamboats In the
rlnirlcir of their bells. unJ the secon I prohibits the estab
lishment of private ho'pitals nlthlu limited portions of
our cuy.
As regards the f rat ordinance I admit the right of the
Mayor and Aldermen to ring the market bell to whatever
time they think proper; but I deny their right to prohi-
bit their fellow-citizens in a similar indulgence unlets it
becomes a uuit-ance much lens to the enforcement of pe-
nalties for violation of such ordinance.
Tho second ordinance 11 published In the Civilian of the
27 th ult . it mirport heme the prevention of nrtvute hos
pitals in Galveston. This unconstitutional or-V nance
tins arourary eneroaenmens on our ngnu ana uuertic
has been enacted it appear on cdmplaiat "made to the
Mayor and Aldermen of the city ot Galveston that the
health of tho inhabitants of said city Is endangered by
the establishment of private hospitals in the city."" Who
the complainants are n hether they are competent to form
a judgment on the eubject or whether their complaints
are lawd on self-interest prejudice or fear we know not.
Let uacat our thoughts on the different cities through-
out the entire length and breadth of the United States
the continent of Europe the British Isles and her colo-
nies and we fin I hospital In tho very centre of them!
ATM. then should the establishment of Drlvate hoiitaI
in oar city endanger its health more than el-ewhere I If
sucli ordinance tu these are submitted to vt itn impunity
an ay vtith the taunt of American liberty!
Fellow-citizens with respect and esteem
I am yours S E.
IIesdersov (Texas) June 17. 1S51.
Editor TCeics It gn c me pleasure to inform you that
the prospect of the cropin thu region of country was
never more promising than at present. It U thought that
tho price of corn at the opening of the fall market will
raiige between 30 and 40 cents per barrel (l1 bushels).
Thu will be good newd to those abroad who are contem-
plattug fttrjf migration to thu iUate Tho prospect of the
cotton crop isjalso gMn hate seen Fevpral persons
from the wheat-growing counties north of this who re-
port most favorably iu regard to the wheit crop General
health pre ail throughout every part of the State. Edu-
cation internal Improvements and domestic manufactures
are all subject favorably regarded br the people In this
Interesting and rapidly increasing part of the State. The
sovereigns appear determined that a large portion of the
surplus fund shall be appropriated to common schools and
internal improvements. It would be qulto unpopular to
oppose either of these objects. The people have deter-
mined that the rising race of the Lone Star State shall be
educated and that the navigation of our various rivers
shall be improved ; and that our roads must be made pas-
sable and possibly plank roads turnpikes and railroads
constructed
I notice in the country through which I travel much
enterprise and industry; domestic manufactures of various
kinds are receiving attention. I have Fn some excellent
cotton gin manufactories particularly the one at Cincin-
nati on Trinity. Tan-yards are being (.uceewfully estab-
lished at various points ; shoe and boot making ii success-
fully carried on. l'iantrs are giving variety to their
crops and raising their own meat and horse A.c The
old but ruinous policy of making cotton and buying eve-
rything else is fast being abandoned for the more profit-
able system of making all the farmer needs at hojk. I
find but few loafers about the towns and village. The
people are very generally at work on their plantations; if
even a candidate wishes to elcctioncerwith them he must
go into the field and aid In their Industrial pursuits ; that
ia decidedly tho most successful mode of electioneering
The election appears to excite but little Interest; the op-
posing candidate in this part of the State appear to treat
each other with a good deal of courtesy and rcpect ; I
bear of no personal bickcrimrs or controversies. This Is
right. Why should candidates indulge in unpleasant per-
sonalities? The towns of Rusk and Henderson are both Improving;
the newspapers of each place are handsome sheet of
large size and well conducted. I have received much
courtesy and kindness from their respective editors. The
two towns abore mentioned raised ecrentr dollars for Sun
day-school publication. Would two towns of the samo
population in the older States hate dono as much? I
una mott of the school which I had previously organ-
ized In this part of tho State still In existence but need-
ing a new supply of books with which I shall speedily ;
furnish them. Yours truly v J. B.
Dallas June 10th 1851.
Mr Dear Sir
This warm weather I can't help thinking of
your Galvestou neiitry and enioyinir with you 5 our
slings julips and hail storms. If ou would only
Lester jourselve? aud build a railroad to this re-
gion we would briug 30U abilc of cotton a bar-
rel of flour a grist of corn and. a gammon of ba-
con for every two sqiare acres. 'Ihea we could
enjoy jour ice and good liquors. I have never
seen in any county finer prospects for crops of
corn on is and cotton thau we have here at this
time. The wheat crnp is nude and generally
saved it is equal in quality lo any I hare ever
seen and in quantity per acre is but very little
shjrt of the heat Virginia crops-1 When thecouu-.
try is older anu the wild nature is gotten outul
the soil. I believe the crops v ill fully equal those
of the best nheat-giowmg countries in the United
States. After hating e v. j mined etery part of the
State I am satisfied that this is the best portion
for the product of graiu and cotton. It is settling
more rapidly than any other portion of the State
and will continue to do so The lands are not ex-
celled by any for productiveness. Timber and
w titer is plenty and good ; and the health is as good
as in any uew country. All we look for is conve-
nient transportation for our products to market ;
this however dose not trouble us touch now the
immense immigration pouring in upon us takes
up much of our surpluss now and we have con-
solation in the assurance that before this has
ceased to be the case so extensive a region of fine
country capable of producing such an immense
amount of grain aud cotton must attract the at-
tention of capitalists. The merchants of New
Orleans seem almost to be wakening up to the
necessity of doing something in the way of rail
roads for their city. A road from New Orleans to
this point or some other in the "vicinity would
take to that city more cotton than she now receives
from tho whole State of Mississippi. A road
from Galveston would do the same for that city.
These facts will not be over looked and whichever
Galveston or New Orleans gets the start v. ill se-
cure the prize.
Who arejou going to vote for in Galveston for
Governor nnd C oiigresiman 7 Bell ha lost some-
thing of the vote he got in this section of country
at the last election. Greer was ne er popular here
and Pease and Chambers arc not spoken of at all.
Johnson will get ah atmoEt unanimous vote. The
vote lor a member of Congress in the upper part
of our District will go for almost any one against
uol. Howard ror Commissionerot the ucneral
Laud Office Crosby will get a rery large majority.
A correspondent of the Victoria Advocate writ-
ing from Washington City under date of May 28
say the pay rolls for the Texas Rangers have been
made out at the war Department and have been
forwarded to the proper officers for pajing these
meritorious troops. This will be gratifjing news
to our Rangers w bo have been so long depm ed of
the just reward for their arduous services State
Gazette.
Bennett of the New York Herald thus "modestly"
hit at the Xew York press :
Satjln ItEDrKito Sin The socialists of tho Tribune la
ment with much hrpocrltlcal sentimentality the shock-
ing personalities that have recently broken out between
Mt lib and Willis in the late exhibition they gave of the
morals of New ork jon-nalisin. Not many month? ago the
same philosophers called Bryant the poet and one of their
cotemporines a liar"' and " a villain" in tho course of
an ordimry editorial controversy. After thu 19 it any
wonder that New York journalism with one exception
should be the laughing stock of all Europe ? No wonder
max tne Lonuon lime ana an me rerpeciaDic press 01
Pari and London copy their American new from the N.
York Herald. W.e bccin enlv to believe that we alone
are tho only editor In this mctropolutnat po&essis' any
character at all worth being proud of.
Tns Silt Lake Lieut. Cunntan of the Topoeraphl-
cal Engineers who has been employed for a longtime
pat in the survey of the Great llasjmjn which the Salt
Lake 1 situated speaks of the Lake as an olject of the
greatest curiosity. The water Is about one-third salt
yielding that amount on boiling It density is consider-
ably greater than that of the Dead Sea. One can hardly
gee m wnoiti uotij utiuw me diirjare. iu j eniiu jrjs-
tion the head and "shoulders will remain above water.
such is the strength of the brine and on coming to the
shore the body 1 covered over with an Incrustation of
salt. In fine crvstals. The motnurprIsing thing-aboat It
Is the fact that. during the summer season the lake throws
on shore abundance of salt while in the winter season It
throws up gliuber salt in large quantities. The reason of
this U left to the scientific to judge and also what be-
comes of the enormous amount of fresh water poured
Into it by three or four large rivers Jourdan Bear and
Weber as there is no visible outlet.
At the Democratic Convention which assembled
at Henderson last week Judge R. Scurry was
unanimously nominated a candidate for Congress
in the Eastern district.
Col. Wallace and Gen. Darnell do not recog-
nise the action of the convention and will not dec-
line. Lone Star.
The Ledger published at San Antonio in speak-
ing of Col. Howard says :
'In Leon Limestone Navarro and other coun-
ties where he (Howard) got but few votes before
his majority will be overwhelming." Yes but it
will be to stay at home. Ibtd.
isro. 13.
v From the Lone Star.
"CeiuMcLeod acknowledged that If he had been at
home at the time of tho last Presidential election he
would have voted for Gen. Taylor tho Whig candidate In
preference to Gen. Cass the nominee of the JJemocratlc
party."
We clip the ihov from the Ranger of last Wed-
nesday not thJit we believe that the paragraph
ewill iu any way retard the interests of Gen. Mc-
jjeod oraurtnee that ot Col. Howard on tne con-
trary nothing-in our opinion was wanting to insure
defeat to Col. Howard but the advocacy of one or
two such prints. We quote from the Ranger
merely to show to what mean's some editors will
resort to vent malice " Gen McLeod did not
'speak to the purpose;" he did not propose a fair
consideration ifhe had the fouowing xpIanation
might have been given (in the'uncoutli style pecu-
Iiarto the Ranger alone however.)
Gen. McLeod said that he had intended vctfrig1
for Gen. Taylor and would have done so if he had
been at home. His reasons were that Gen. Cass
had remained silent on the ureat question of sla
very which was at that time and is still agitating
thecouulry. tie did not thinK mat a Northern
man with Northern principles reared in the heart
of an abolition state whose whole life had been
spent among free a oilers and one too who had
pursued a plan from the beginning of non-coram it-
tahsm was worth' of the confidence of the South.
1 he stake whs too great to trust to the magnanim-
ity of a Northern man who would not openly de-
fine his position. If Gen. Cass had declared him-
self at that time as he has since or had he given
any cause to huve supposed that his course would
have been such as it has Gen .McLeod would have
supported him. So wculd many other Southern
democrats butlrcu. ItlcLieod was not gitted with
the spirit of prophecy. Perhaps however if he hud
consulted not with Daniel but Joseph he might
have had a translation of tho hand writing upon
the wall and saved himself tne necessity of so
many explanations.
Gen. McLeod 'a reasons for supporting Gen.
Taylor are the same of almost every other Taj lor
ueniocrai. 11 is true mat uen. tayior aid not
avow himsejf as freely as an aspirant to the high
position of President of these United States should
have dun-j. But ho posessec! every qualification
for a true Southerner that Gen. Cass did for a
true Northerner. Gen. Taylor was bora in the
South reared in the South his education associa-
tion and interest all lead towards Southern insti-
tutions he was directly connected with Southern
institutions by the strongest tie that can possibly
bind some men that is interest. Possessed as he
was at that tune of one of the largest slave forces
in Louisiitua was it not reasonable to suppose
that his inclination and sympathy would all bo
with tho South. Every candid man will admit it.
Yet the editor of tho Ranger would make it ap-
pear that Gen. McLeod was actuated by no mo-
tive but political preference..
f From the New York Christian Intelligence
Be.nevole.nt Efforts is tub South Can any
thing be done in a Slate State ! Wo are aware
that there prevails too enlensively we fear for the
Fpiritualwelfareof many an impression that mon-
ey given to extend the cjuse of Christ iu any form
among our fellow citizens of the South isto say
the best of it doubtfully appropriated. To such
an extent has this impression prevailed that a
very small proportion of the chanties of Christians
nave oeen expeuded on that field- The American
Sunday-school Union whose operations are over
the whole of the United Slates and whose object
isto"plauta Sunday-school wherever there is a
populationMhad according to the last Annua! Re-
port uo ogent in the large and in many respects
important states of Alabama Louisiana Florida
and North Carolina. They have only one agent
in the new and rising State of Texas embracing
fully as much territory as six States of the ordin-
ary size. Concermrg the results of the labors of
this agent we have noticed that the Iat two An-
nual Reports bear decidedly iho most favorable
testimony. The last Report states that "the re-
sults of his l-ibors have been very g atifj hit." Ja
addition to this we notice frequently iu the sccn-
lar ncwupapcnt of Tevas the highest encomiums
of the character and operations of the agent and
his success in his noble 'cause. The agency has
now existed five years. There has been time to
test its success and results and the people among
whom the agency is called to labor bear strong tes-
timony in his favor and in regard to the utility of
the work iu which he is engaged and its adapta-
tion to the wants of that rising Stale Here then
is one Southern State in nhich the results of the
operations of a benevolent institution have ben
found beneficial and the agency successful.
Alight not similar results from like efforts be wit-
nessed in other Sou' hern States?
Complime-nt to Texas Texas too with a
climate and soil suited to the sugarcane and (al-
most) everything else with an extent of territory
many times larger than all New England with
her twenty-seven daily or weekly newspapers
with statesman as sober and as practical as the
world ever saw ; and a people as frieddly and hos-
pitable as the sua shines on is rising up to vast
importance.
All testimony declares that there ia not 011 earth
a community that shows more respect and kind
ness to ministers of the gospel than the people of
lexaa. the lew excellent men who are there
send back the most imploring cries not for a con
stabulary to protect them nor for food to eat but
for more laborers. Correspondent Home and For-
eign Record.
Naval Intelligence. We- learn from the
Pensacola Gazette of the 21st inst that the U. S.
sloop-of-war Albany ComV Cbas. T. Piatt arri-
ved at the navy ard near tha tplace on Monday
the-lGth ult. She visited Havana and Matanzas
which latter place she left on the l6f.I1 ult. touch-
ing at Havana on her return.
The U. S. sloop-of-war Decatur Com'i Green
sailed from Havana on the 6th on a cruise. The
Vixen Lieut. Com'g Smith left Havana on the
Cth also on a cruise in the Gulf. Pic.
Rachel the Actress. A Paris paper states
that Mile Rachel was to quit Paris for England
for six mouths. tShe will be received ataho'el
specially prepared for her by Mr. Mitchell direc-
tor of the Theatre Franchise -Anglais who like-
wise pajs her 100.G00 fraucs for twenty-fire re-
presentations. Having remained there two or
three months and accomplished her engagement
the illustrious tragedian starts for the Betgiau cap-
ital where she is 10 come out in several new pie-
ces. She will then visit An vers and Gand and
several of the Flemish towns and finally repair to
Aix-la-ChapcIle.
As Iitebestivc ExPEElJiEXT. There would seem af-
ter all a deal of amusement In being hung If we can be-
lieve in the reult of an experiment recently tried in
France CbatitIonnaia paper published we believe at
Dnr.n. ha the following account :
A short tune fince three young men of Monliot De-
narimentoi in m- our. were c nailing- loreiner: one
of them remarked that he had heard that hanging pro-
duced the most agreeable sensations and that he shonll'
like to try it. A rope was accordingly put around his
neck and he was hauled uo to a beam Iu a barn and left
hanging for a ft.w moments. When let down he fell hea-
vily to the floor as If dead The two young men although
dreadfully alarmed employed friction and at but restored
htm to life. Instead of being reproached as they expected
they were surprise 1 10 near ine min compiain mat iney
arnuted him from a slumber In which he had the most de
licious dream. He wished to recommence the operation.
but they prudently declined being a party to it tne second
time."
A Vnnvnn TliTcr A lMfPi frnm TtnnlnirnP in
rMnna nil uS flip tlfltf ICIlhirH nf ft fiinrrtlllir dllp!
recently fought near thit place. Four French
meniesiding usually in jonaonjarnvea togem-
erin a steamer from Folkestone and proceed-
ed at once to a place known aa the Pont-de-Brique.
Arrived there the two seconds for it
was a dueling party placed the two principals
tols and the first fire proved ineffectual.
The seconds men reaucea me distance nvepaces
again gave men jiiumju me pioiuie mm u
nA.nnJ Ah urn a nvififnrrpr1!tvilh ihf ?imn ronlt
The distance was now reduced another five pa
ces tne UISLOlH WCIOICiwaututiuu iaill ymi CU
in the hands of the belligerents and this time
one of them received his adversary's ball in his
side and died instantly. The three survivors
then started back immediately for England.
The man killed was named Petit and was a cut-
ter in a tailor's establishment in London.
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tsinglo subscription pnee of three dollars per annum
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And one or more cople may bo had for two years a
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Public Speakingat IlcntsvlIIf.
The Huntsville Item of the 23th ult. has Uhe
following ia relation to the speeches that were
made at that place On the 2 ilh by Col. M. T.
Johnson Gen. McLeod and Col. Howard. .
Iu the afternoon Col. Af. T. Johoson a candi-
date for Governor addressed the people on his
claims and his "talk was well recehed. Gen.
Hugh McLeod and Col. Howard candidates for
Congress next -poke the precedence being given
to the General. We believe his speech had the
effect of making many votes in his favor among
those who had been waiting to bear his views be-
fore deciding. He paid some attention to the
course of the late member dealt freely with his in-
consistencies on the Pearce bill and 111 mercy we
presume did not touch on a point which tells
hard against Mr. Howard with our citizens. We
allude to the jeorpardy in which he placed the
bill although according to his own account in
favorofit by voting against it. Mr. Cobb the
Speaker of the House who is understood to have (
been favorable to tho passagof the bill decided
that his motion to recouMder was out of order
thereby casting aside the bJl entirely except by
an appeal. The appeal was made and the House
considering the importance of the measure and
being as we are informed by the journals of the
time in a good humor consented although by
a very slight majority to forego tho parliamentary
usage and allow it be placed in the mill again
where by the help of the recanting member it
was ground through as fine as sand. This is a
part of the history of that transaction which we
do not think Col. Howard can easily reconcile
w'uh that "virtue of foils' to nhich he alludes
commonly called "consistency." Gen. McLeod
"touched the canuof hisoppouent a!sor cnthe"ln-
ternal improvements appropriation proving by a
very pleasint course of argument that the-CoL
must be a whig. Mr.IL in replying exclaimed
"What! shall I who have been called a Radical
all my life now have my democracy doubted!
The manner in which he made the forefinger of
his right hand work while thus shaking the dust
of the supposed sin off his feet strongly remin-
ded us of the Hon. Quincy Adams and if he dtd
not use it quite soofteuwe should be glad he
had learned something from the old man while in
Washington. Gen. McLeod was so uncourtraus
as to take the Washington Union's account of the
amount of the appropriation to Texas which wa
set down at 9500(1 in preference to that given
by Mrt Howard which wbs 20J000 and even
then deducted $50000 for the coaat survey
which has to be paid irrespective cf any thing
for internal improvements leaving only 150(JU
for Texas against the millions for other places.
This of cour e cornered the colonel who made
amends for the awkward position in which tha
General had placed him by making him the sub
ject of hisdiscourse both at the beginning and the
end and we might add middle. Uur condition
was that both are men of brilliant powers of ora-
tory and had Col. Howard remained firm to his
trust and not acted so inconsistent 11 e might have
continued tobim our support ; but we have some
little respect for ourselves and our consistency;
and if this be folly then are we a fool! We be-
lieve Gen. McLeod to be sound in his Southern
principles and whether he be democrat or whig
we care not.
From the Picayune
Forsirtiov or the Rjver BANks. Quite recent
ly in looking over the history of Louisiana by Du
Pratz we were struck with some interesting por-
tions of his work one of whic'i we give below as
a specimen of the just views and philosophical
spirit displayed by this writer. M. Le Page Du
fratzcame to .Louisiana in me aau remained iu
the country sixteen ears. During this time ho
was in the habit or taking notes lrom wnicnui
1757 he compiled and pablMied the History of
Louisiana. 'I he extract below is taken from an
English translation subscqueutly published :
From Manchac down to the sea it is probable
and even in some degree certain tint all the lands
thereabouts are brought down and accumulated
by means of ooze which the Mississippi carries
along with it in iu annual inundations which be-
gin iu the moutn of March by the melting" of the
snow to the north aud last fur about three mouths.
Those oozy or muddy lands easily produce herb
and reeds and wheu the Misssippi hapens to
overflow the following year these hetbs and reeds
intercept part of this ooze so thit those at a dis-
tance from the river cannot retain so largo a quan-
tity of it since those that grow nrxt the river
have stopt the greatest part ; and by a necessary
consequence the others farther o3 and m propor-
tion as they are distant from the Mississippi can
retain a much less quantity of the mud. In this
manner the land rising higher a'ong the river iu
process of time the banks of the Mississippi be-
come higher than the lands about it. Iu like
manner those neigeboriog lakes on eacli side of
the river are remains of the sea "which are not
yet filled op. Other rivers have firm bank? form-
ed by the hand of nature a laud with the same
nature as the continent and always adhering
thereto. These sorts of banks instead' of aug-
menting do daily diminish either by sinking or
tumbling down into the bed of the river. The
banks of the Mississippi on the contrary increase
and cannot diminbh in the low and accumulated
lands : because the ooze alone deposited on its
banks increase them which besides is the reason
that the Mississippi becomes narrower in place of
washtug away the earth and ei.larging its bed as
all other knoivn rivers do. If we consider these
facts therefore we ought no longer to be surprised
that the waters of the Misitsippi wbeu unco
they have left their bed can ueer return thither
ogam.
In proof of this gradual increase of the land
the writer gives an account of a tree found twenty
feet under ground near New Orleans. He pro-
ceeds: There is nothing therefore more easy to be con-
ceived thau that this river carries down with its
waters a prodigious quantity of ooze leaves canes
and trees which it continually tears np by the
roots and that the sea throwing back all these
things they should necessarily produce the lands
in questiou and which arc sensibly increasing.
At the entrance to the Pass or channel to the
southeast there was built a small fort still called
Bahze. This fort was built on a little island with-
out the mouth of the river. Iu 1734 it stood on
the same spot and I have been told tha: at present
(1757) it is half a- league inland.
To Preserve Hams TitaocGrt Simmer- Make
a number of common cotton bags a little larger
than your hams ; after the hams are well smoked
place them in the bags; then get the very best
sweet made hay cut it with a cutting box or knife
with jour hands press it well around tbe hams ia
the bugs tie your bags with good string put on a
card of the year lo show their age and h ttg them
up in your garret or some dry place; and my word
for it if you let them hang for fite years they
will be belter than on the day j ou put ihcm up.
I have kept them for seven )ers. Thts method
cost but little as the big will lat for years. The
only loss is the hay aud that the cattle will eit.
if given to them in the winter. The sweatiug of
tho hams will be taken up by the hay and it will
also impart a very fine flavor to the meat. Genes-
ee Farmer.
a O..OD A M?iim Hno PVPil-flflnnPMPfl
young lady in a village down east received a
long call the other day from a pr) ing old spins-
ter who after prolonging her stay beyond even
her own conception of the young lady's endu-
ranee came to the main question which had
brought her thither.
"Pve been asked a good many times if you
was engaged to Dr.C . Now if folks
inquire again w hether you be or not what shall
Itell'emlthinkr .
TelI them" answered the young lady fi ing
her calm blue eyes in unblushing steadiness
upon the inquisitive features of her interrogator
"tell them yon think you don't know and you
are sare it is none of your business.'
A Strange Collision The steamer Wyom-
ing on a late tnp In the Mississippi came in col-
Itsion with a floating house. The steamboat got
rather the worst of the bargain.
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