The Texas Republican. (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 30, Ed. 1, Saturday, March 28, 1835 Page: 2 of 4
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'$ Jonie such course speaking confidently so far as my own Depart-
confidence butallav partv spirit and be productive of much g:od
M to all parties interested induces me the more earnestly to urge
your Excellency to press this matter heforo the honorable Cou-
i crrcss. mor.iermai it receive mai sneeav nun nrainru kiiumiioii.
wfctch i he" importance of the subject requires. -It is confidently
honed that vnur Excellency and the honorable Congress will
make such i disposition of the subject as to voik Excellency and
thcPhonoraide body may-deem thebest calculated to promote the j
general good. I
Wirh sentiments ofthe highest respect and consideration I sub
scribe mvself vour obedient servant. God aid Liberty.
TIEiNRF SMITH.
San Felipe de Austin-Februnry-2d 1S35.
His Evcellenoy the Governor v
oltheotuieot uoahuila oc lexas. 5 y
shall be carried into execution. . ' now Ja war rt itli France a
Art. 11). Provides the manner in which the Judges iR the first Calhdm aaj(j lhc worst.
instance are to be appointed in such towns. ahno.-t worse tlum all othc
Art. 20. As soon as the. lodges of the first instance shall he cr. bK Wenmst go ahca.
established in their offices the respective Alcaldes shrill pass lo can sj.
rnad
lthe
Whethrr the J
necessity or (tic
them .-til iudicitil business which inav he pending before them
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Thcrotore I order Utoiie pnnteii.p'innsneu.aiHi cir'joiiiir.i. iv yi lilit it ever wn'a iju
nl due Compliance be given to it. Given iii'the City of .Monelo- ceasd JO ut; one.
o'd be as
It would hb
rs put togetlu
' for ought I
'resident lls
probability-
cs'ion will
that due Compliance be gi
va on the IthUav of .March 1S3-1.
FRANCISCO VflMFRIU YND VILLASEN OR
Hose Mioukl F.tteo.x Secretary. ' P'""! the Post. Office hi. 'I una
The above law I transcribe ic you from the translation given ; 1 he dfaiU of the organ izutt
IO II nun' uuu I iiiiaiim u iuuu iisi iuui iinv.nii.Mw.. ... - - iixii' Mil; WIKlOl UlKlri fS
l"avoonl) lime to say of
i thai iftcr n onr so'ion.
respondency elTecls.
Supreme Government The. Governor
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of the state Coahuila
of the frcr Mate nf Coa and Texas to all its inhabitants: Kxow
huila it Texas. ) Vi: that the Congress of tt:e same .State
has decreed as follows:
Aut. 1st. The Ayuntatnicntos of those towns which of them-seUeso'.-
their jurisdiction !me not mure Than Jive thousand ouls
shall bo composed of one Alcaldcsvho shall be the President two
Kegidors and one Prcirador. la those which pis- this number
whatever their population maybe snail have two Regulars more
observing for their election pud 'periodical renovation the provi-
sio.is of the constitution cad the law regulau.ig the Goverument
of the towns.
I'tiole 05th of said law is hereby repealed.
Art. 2nd. The Alcaldes .'hall exercise exclusively the otSrc
of '":ici!iators and shall likewise have the attributes-winch as po-
liti ii nutinntiis the law No. '37 gives them.
Und and Liberty
HENRY SMITH.
San Felipe de Austin Feb. lSo.
I S. Dinstnore Presiding )
Judsc. Columbia.
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3RAZOHIA. m ARCH 20 1335-
but
To the exclusion of several articles prepared lr this day's pa-
per we lay before our readers the petition ol' Col. Benjamin R.
Miltitn tog. thcr v.ith the remarks of the Political Chief of this De-
partment upon the same. The .whject m itter of the petition is
one of deep importance to every land holderin Texas; and as stich
we lay it before our readers and invite their attention to its con-
tents. A Jvocatiitg the interests of the largT bod v of the people
without ain particular devotion to any set of men we should like
jioseelhc people themselves- take more interest in matters in
t winch tl ey are generally and individually etneerned. We con-
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i.i". i. i... .. . .r . ' cuuc bv wishing Col. alilam success m his trulv honorable pro
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contain a'thousand souls vfc.n those which have from this number Meet.
up in five thousand there shall be one ridge oi' tue first instance; in
th'-iC vrijici 'iave frc.r. thi-i.t-rnbcr u fo eu thousand there shall
be appoinied two; in those which have over ten thousand uhate-
ver 'heir nopiilation may be .here hall be appmuted throe c.-
c.')i San B'?enavcntiii-ain which ther shall be appo.nted two judges
ofilietirst iusiancc although it -dues not contain Jive thousand
souls.
rt. -1. The aUrib'Jtes-nf'thcse judges shalf he the same which
th? la.v roija!.ttio the .td.ntni-t?.iiiui of justiee Vo. 39Jand other
similar laws.m that subjc" heretofore committed to the Alcaldes
as .veil In verbal demands- as in written pleas mid shall receive
in nvil c ises alone the fi-o- wnich the iaws provide.
Ar.r .T). Thc-s fuiicnonarie- shall use as a badge of oliice a cane
with black "as-ils and when ttiev concur hi acts of public solein-
nitv ;hev ha!i !.e rationed in liie iVyuntamiento next after the .'!-
caldf. Tneir appointment shall be made in the manner provided
for in 'lie Oiiowmg -articles:
Aft. 6th. On the second Sun-lay of October he Aynntamin-
?o"s having met saal! form a 'ist ol" four individuals for each judge
which. hoy ouglit to have in iheir town .ict-ordiug to the bast4-
laid down in the 'bird articles which list they shall transmit by the
nct mailtotbo respective-cinef of parndo.
Art. 7 h. The chiefs of nartido can vary the numerical order
of the per?jns .mrehended in tiiese list and those placed by Nim
at the head of the list shall be considered us appointed judge or
judg-.
A UT. 8. The said duct shill remit to the respective Ayuntami-
ento's. the list vvh:ch they had formed au-nentieated with Ins sig-
"na'are. anJ theys'iall nnneJiatcly pos' ip a cor- of the same on
the door of the CjuTt-housc the original rcmnning in the Ar-
chivr.
Art. fi. The President of the 'Ayuntamiento shall omebd-
ly communicate their I'ppointmeni to the ciitzcns who may
have .-roivcd it to the end thr.t tney nnv present themselves
on the tirs1 tiv ot Januan touowin to tat;e (osscssiou n
their office and take the oath prescribed in the 2 2d arfcle of tin-
C M.s:ituti in which act cannorbe suspended except it 1- when
tho .ppomtH slnil be ptivsically prevented from attendiiig. lh'-y
having :ho right aftervards of shetvmg the causes -which they be-
lieve will excuse them from serving.
rt. 10. Those apointfd shall be removed cverv year and
can be re-anpomted but are not compelled Jo serve unless they
have had two years of rest from these and all other burtheusom.
ofiices.
Art. 11. If any of these Judges should die rtr should have
anv lepal impediment or from anv motive whatever should vacate
his ofhee he who standsuext m order on the respective list shall
lie substituted in his .stead of which notice must be tven to hire
&Bi by the President of the Ayuntamiento.
0$i Art. 12- Tuse Judires catnot neglect the exercise of their
functions on accomu of their own private uines nor for the same
cause go o-it of the town in wh.ch they reside except by leave of
absence from the Poh.'ical Chief who can crant such leave or
th" petition of the party interested who can grant such leave for a
term not exceeding three months in the whole vear.
Vrt. 13. These officea shall be accepted in preference to
Jluotcpaltrusts. and the same qualifications shall be required for
Ihe one as the other.
Art. 14. The Ayuntamiento'sin three days from the receipt
of this lav shall from the lists npokenof inthe fith article which
thev shall remit to their respective Political Chiefs and those act-
ing in conformity with the disposition of the 7th article thall re-
turn them with all possible brevity it the President's of the A.yunta-
miento's and these corporations themselves shall procc d by con-
tinued and snccissive acts until they have placed the persons ap.
pointed in possession of their olhcos.
Art. TS. Tor this time alone the Judges in the first instance
can be chosen from among the individuals spoken of in the antcri-
our article or from among those compobing the present Ayunta-
miento's. Art. 16. Speaksof the manner in wh'ch the Ayuntamientos'
-are to be reduced to the standard spoken of in ar'icle 1st.
Art. 1-7. Provides that in large towns where heretofoit' two
Ayuntamicnto's existed that they shall be consolidated and form
but one.
Aet. 18. Provides the maincr in which the preceding article
Correspondence ofthe New-Orleans Bulletin.
LETTER LII.
Vasuigton- Feb. 7. 1S35.
The French subject is up again and it assumes a serious aspect.
Uen' minds are more wrought up as the tiiRj anproa'.-iies w'len
in the common cou-so oi things we must hear the result ofte.e re-
ception of the President's niessagc in Pans an event of v. Inch in-
telligence is awaited '.uk grea' anxiety. I have intimated biforc
what I supjobed and what I conceive the largo majority of to
lerably uiformeu persons su;v. se here would be that result. I
looks more ami more likci.. Tue London letl?r writers anticiptr
sue'i an issue 'The pi ivi'o advices lecetved here as I tin
derstand universally look lh same way. The Intrdhuenccr of to
day publishes a specimen to :1ns efiect that while tne fate of the
negotiation is quite dotibiful at the best the reception o any Ihhg
like a treat .vi'.i inevitably ' kick over' o u-o a homely saying o'"
the Cape Cod men "the vvii ' kettle of fish." This Is.r. is a
specimen of all the private ;ulv;cps now received from ou'-'mini-tfr
lo the same effect. I he Pre.-idcni senrinto the house this mornins a
special i-oinm-in:catio:i s'l.-pofod to be instigated bv this arrival
o-ieosibly in answer to :! application made by the UoTise some
week since on the ug stion of .loim Quincy Vdams for the pub-
liceticn of the corrcsa.ndoncc so fur as it m-ght he deemed con-si'-tont
with the p.:bhc int-rest. Tins commaincatton suge'ed t!ie
ide:t that uit'iing ''his fu-had been L'liuJ by del 1 . and how
ever unreasonable it hippened so tocuime n with the chafed pa-
triotism ofihe li-ry spirits as to operate on lh House like a watch
uiiin's rattle and erv of tio on the denizens of a house in a flame
or in imminent danger of one at the best. It "sonin'a debate
forthwith aud there was
"hurrying'to and fro
And talking in hot haste.
Mr. Adams was warm on the subject- The blond of hh Hither
ran in his veins and h give veui to its impulse. He found fault
with the Committee of Foreign llclati wis for its neglect of this
great subject and wished to hav litem (or tc have a special com-
the Senate
hev have
miou.lv.
Oil. I rtjjl
" delav-
reinaiv nportant
ii ofihe
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h t f
T
JiiUat be content nmi To
Uisiigti'iiIljiILTiJciiioi Hi
le..tiJro erhipS rc hep.irt ti.
accOing fJopartmeut from th
i 1 "II r " vt -w
CO!"Tiissioner of eaual rank n
' oStinaster General.
(-otr'cspondeticc of he N. 0. IJjJ ' "tm
LETTER LI.
Washington Feb. 0. i:r
he house have been alf day on pr. -V!1c
bills of no general; interojt. The
&cite have been coMiniimr uc dt
cuion of the Post-Office bill! 'W.'n
11 '-I settled I will gi-.e vou the o'nm.
7-itl(jii as It s'auds. Then- is a gcaeral
"uicjnni nation now mnnife:H m Im
"filled some how or other. Ur. Gru.i.
'V Wanted to pr-jS an airicnoYieur t
ari"-oiriiuo inoiiev generally f.r tu.
j';li 'lent ofihe d.-b's of the department
re was most l.-cided cpp( si.ion t .
it of-
I'nlirco I i..r. . .. ..
n-x.v..o. men: is UK prop:if 1
u' ns tilings n stand. When th.v .trc
r"'ificd there w' ho time to pu r
01(1 'Jebl: and whi'iievrr that is 1 Mr
Jerc must be a searching and l-.h
ou- discrimination of the jus; from '
ira1dulent and fal-o. The oru i
!lon is the firist thing the sine qua n
!"rt the second is ah evhib. :on f t ..
"el;s and ofihe money wanted .. the
!cPartment. You know there Ins .;)
:i "lonstrotif descrepancy in the nr
cc:iits heretofore given "ofthe de..
lncy ofthe department. This r .
n-e
. if
II-
I 'I'tllnil vnii ljii. .. .11 i
. ....... ... ivv mil CUIilpt! 1
"M oe. as a requisite to the :mv rue
lndebn.
f Miere is one good thing ahou: ;
r-v'gtaia that is his giod hu.nour.
e a good many fiurd rubs and :
n vfll. Tnere v.tssmo sm.x v
ni!iing ofthe rrt today annnjr .i
'cr work. .Mr. South.ird had e";i
"J "imscif strongiy i the refo-m v
'IS indispenMble to justify tne ;.
' 'V ..f the debts by the g"vr r-.
NoIhingin tiie way of removal be s;
l"'4hi a::sfy hitn. Giundv i. .
u' this: -no sir' he said '"if ti; '
""-iter general liime.'i were .
0lt with all his cla;ks it wonhl :u
isi him. .Sir if the President of
u"o.i sn.juld lu.-n lnmse:f
U1 do for him. Indeed sir ihe.-v w i .1
'' a reason uv it for the geafion. n
y'o usually occ.tpie your ch nr sir.
ySng in the chair) would be tinned n.
"rtj:b.iril was itv- hf"n in I.;.- :. .
J . -.--..-.. ...ma ij. hi
IP
w m'-l
- on the unlucky predicament .f
I ""n tmr.M a ttilm !-. I .- . I I i
mittee) take this message and np irt upon it and upon the whole iH ' K. '" "l: ' "e.-i-ieo to
subject at a stated and early dav. Tlie discussion was carried or 'h Ir P(:icri1 prclercnrcs just ah . r
with spirit by Gilmer Evans Iv-oreU Pa'ton I.vtle Col. John- J s '""cso miHi sr sis u.it to d.
son and various others hut resulted in oothmif more than the re. ...ov.nro?s Jcnse!v.-s to their rno' ...
nu i ui r
I" tlrs vou perceive. JucWe life
'"Skod droll. ly the 'way. it is uid r
'"od that a White paper is to be sn v.
"ure forthwith. Tins is an im . .x -t
Women:. It shews what I ha.o
d you that
'Tiio.
ferenceof the whole matter . the committej without qualifica-
lion. I don't see that auy thing ele coaid b'e expected. What is
proper to he done now is simpiy ns it has been agreed upon bv
the Senate explicitly and practically by the louse nothing a
very simple and intelligible cour-c of conduct. We must wait
that is' for he action ofthe French: and uvat will be then oriper
to be said or done must in tiic nature of things be determined and
can only be when that crisis occurs. .Meanwhile I see no want
of a just and generous mencan feeling in regard to the 'whole
subject- s Mr. Ewrrt remarked there i a disposition to de
pend on thehonor -f 'he French government as long as possible.
Ofthe --Ulcere exertions of the King in our behalf no distract
otigli? to be cherished even in thviht. If however the pay-
ment shall he refused if especially n shall he refused in such a
manner as to add tithe aggravation ofthe delay of justice bv no-
siuve aggression by -aggressive measures (as has been intimated'1 ! .lercwis a prodigious rush. O. B
aizinil nur squadron in the Mediterranean why then will he tune I "own was there and hung aro.m 1 the
enough to act as that crisis shall demand us all. For hiiiis' lf omin n'l;o ashadow. Tne infer-
hc could not doub' the result. The officer and tl.o!cns ".tt he was kicked o it (as
men of that little squadron small as it is would need in s lJC a 1 '"iindy ndmit'ed today) because the
!.. !..!. !
-ram nicnus. i nero w.is
arc in blood
Steept in so far'
"it there ?.s not only on backing out let
0iKspn. it;on todoo i deter .n-nn.m
uJlin . ... ..:i .u n. ... .i
'". UliirLLl. IU I1L1II liil! II i:r (u i(
in:
tary
T
t.
no President gave a levee last nigV.
case no --instructions irom a committee as to lhc.r duty.
They would repel an aggression to the last drop of the. blood of
every man of them. ud the country would do the pamc. This
Congress and this counlry both would unite as one' man m
defence ofthe great in! crest and sacrod honor of i'hc nation. But
he repeated he would anticipate no such nec-essitv. He would
anticipate nothing. And so it stands. I viP. M n ;nciM.
tton of the feeling here that at the President's leave on Thursday
evening a rumor was started that intelligence had arrived from Bal-
timore ofthe reccruionnj t7io Ifestagr Li Pari i and that it had pro-
duced a mort tremendous sensation there and had b-en circulated
with prodigkms rapidity iu every direction over tho country. It
turns out rnt rue Hju-? far but whether it was ono of those cases
where- "coining events cast their shadows before" you can de-
cide a cosily as I I iopk not in God's name. Qf calamities
iblic demanded it. uo as tue nerson-
a wish ofthe president. You will no-
ue Judge Porter's further remarks ou
'.o charge of the president against
Sur senators. Thov were highly spir
'Vd and gratifying to his friends ini-
'jrsaiiy.
r
A most niiinrni and well aiie 'ed tw-
i-t71. - t'hilatfelniiia nannr eontu-is
bout four pohimn1; of matter Inuehitifr
jio sovereign virtues of some nostrum
hr the cure of consumption we be-
il i: though as So this ue find it
ssible to Lc particular as we-
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