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THE CIVILIAN AND GALVESTON GAZETT
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By STUART & DURxNETT.
GALVESTON FRIDAY APRIL 28 1818.
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vDft wet-k 3I per square far each inerlitti.
Litters cin buuies nfthe office rnost m post piii1
or Uoiy will not be tkrn mil nl the post oftcc.
CARDS of ktiiatibnat ami rthr saseiirsaiid
iiiiiiunveineMt4 of em didnicsfur oflic ara couiJcied
nod Ch arjf d adreriiewnti.
CMarnif anil obituary noirtrnpf more lhaa thror
l;ne ia length are charged a fltJirimroeiii.
CIVILIAN AND GAZETTE.
XX. STUART Editor.
MONDAY APRIL 24 1847.
Hie scbr. Star Capt. Parker arrived vesterdav
JonriSraiB iawl!JOj.kaviog (idled on Thuradnr.
She encountered Lead winds ana heavy rain for the
Crst forty-eight boon of the voyage.
By this trriral the Flag of th lSUi inst and pri-
vate lettera of a liter date bare been received from
llatamoros. The news is not important. Business
ma very dull or rather the merchant! say none.
TbeTIag mentiona that the atcam boat Tom Kirk-
nan was sunk in the Bio Grande about Ere milea be-
low llatamoros on the 14th with a Taluablc cargo be
longing to merchants.
Great fears were expressed of the loss of the steam
ship Fashion which sailed from New Oilcans on the
6th and had not arrired ai'tbc Dratos on the 14th.
She had put back to X. Orleans in consequence of
some damage to her machinery.
The act (tgulating elections under the ballot sys
tem which goes into effect after the Srrt day of
May proximo requires that the clerks of the election
shall write and number the name of each voter at
the time of his Toting and in case the voter be not
entitled to rote for all the officers that the election is
&eld for at that precinct the clerk shall set down op.
font to his name the o&cor or officers for which
such voter is entitled to vote for the purpose of after
wards purging the polls in case the election shall be
contested ; and one of the managers shall in every
ease at the time of receiving the ticket or ballot write
cpon it the voters ncmher corresponding with the
clerk's li6t; and no manager cr other officer of an
lection shall unfold or examine the vote received nor
shall they examine the endorsements on the tickets
when the votes are counted out nor at any time sub-
sjequent to their being received into the ballot box and
co ticket not thus numbered shall be counted or no-
' Seed in counting out the votes."
The banquet in this city in honor of the French
Revolution was as spirited and enthusiastic as might
bare been expected from the people who enjoyed and
she occasion which inspired it. An appropriate and
eloquent address congratulating the people of France
trn their late splendid triumph in the establishment of
republican principles was reported by Messrs. D'Allis
Theron OrTeciers Laudc Breaux D'Aume and Vio-
lett the committee oppointed at a previous meeting
for that purpose and unanimously adopted.
The banquet was given at the Alphonse House; the
refreshments were of the most abundant and wiuri
ccs description ; and the entertainment well prorided
and earned out in nil respects.
We shall be ahla to give a regular report of the pro
ceedings in our next.
The act to organise County Courts passed at the
recent session of the Legislature provides that j ro-
tate powers shall ba vested in the Chief Justice of
the County to be styled the County Court after the
xtext election (1st -Monday in August) and also that
the said Courts shall have power to by oh" and divide
their respective counties into convenient precincts far
the election of Justices ot the Peace and Constables
to establish public ferric to licence ferrymen and reg-
elate the tolls to 2 charged; to lay out and establish
abanze and discontinue public roads and highways;
to buW bridges j to appoint overseers and apportion
sands to work on public roads highways and bridg-
es and exercise general control and superintendence
ever all roads highways bridges and terries in their
counties; have power and it shall be their doty to
provide Court Bouses Jails and all necessary public
buildings ; to allow and settle all county accounts and
direct theirpayment in such manner and at such
times esmsy meet the public interest; to try con-
tested elections for county officers ; to appoint patrols
i for their respective counties whenever in their opin-
ion tue public welfare may require it ; and to exercise
general jurisdiction over police matters in their re-
spective counties ; and it is the duty of said Courts to
provide for the support of indigent persons resident in
the county who cannot support themselves and for
the bvrial of paupers.
The County Courts have power to levy and CfHect
ataxfor county purposes upon all subjects of taxa-
tion in their respective conntws on which a tax may
be levied by the State; provided said tax shall not
exceed ia any one' year one half the amount of the
tax levied by the State; and that such tax shall be
apportioned in ths asms manner as the State tax.
T9Tbe address of T. M. Josxtb Esq. delivered
at the Lyceum Hall on the anniversary of the Battle
ef San Jacinto "is represented by these who heard it
to hare been well adapted to the .occasion eloquent
and foil of interest.
JLsTZCToIcnTjrT. Pope the actor well known
for his dsvotion to the culinary art In general and to
Tenitoa in particiilar received an invitation to dinner
aocosapan'ied by an apology fur the simplicity of the
Intended fare a small tsrbot and a boiled edgeidne
of beef t
The vary thing of all others that I like" ex-
claimed Pope: "I will come with the greatest Jpleat-
orer" and come be did and eat hs did till be could
literally eat no longer when the word was given and
a haunch of venison fit for an emperor was brought
la. Pope divined at agbnee the nature of the trap
that ha4 been laid for him but be was fairly caught
and after a puny effort at trifling with a delicious slice
be laid down his knife and fork and gave way to an
hysterica burst of tsars exclaiming "A friend of
twenty years' steading and to be served in this man-
." Ajecrngleayh Lawreneeborg la baa tort sn
Sby toe tw rfchicTofwra the optic pern being
srpyed.
While the northern abolitionists clamor against any
further acquisition of territory by the United States
unless with the proviso first cr prohibiting slatery
upon it some of the Whigsond Xillificns of thcSouth
imagine that the only hopes of the Union and of the
South depend opon the entire rijection of oil new
territory. It is difficult to say which of these parties
has most reason upon Its side. As far as the inter
ests of the slave owner arc concerned it would appear
that his property is more safe when the adjicent ter
ritory even though slavery is not established in it is
owned by tlo United States and be bas the right un-
der the constitution and laws to reclaim persons held
to service who may have escaped to another nortion
of the Union than it would bo adjacent to territory in
possession of Mexico where tho prospect of political
and social equality would continually woo the slave
to escape and where neither the laws or a regard in
the people for tho rights of the owner would hold out
any sanction or inducement for the restoration of fu-
gitives from service to their owners. Slaves escaping
to the free states of the Union are continually recap-
tured and restored to their masters ; but they arc nev-
er recovered from Mcxioo or Canada.
If as is alleged and we believe to bo the fact on
account of the want of adaptation in the climate and
soil slavery would be unprofitable in -Mexico and
could not exist there for the samo reason that it has
ceased in the Northern States of the Union self-interest
then why arc our northern brethren so anx
ious that it should be prohibited by law as well as mo-
tives of policy and eipcJiencv ? IVj not people of al'
classes know both at the N'ortli and the South that
the establishment or prohibition "of silvery in anv new
territory does not increase or diminiah the number of
slaves ? JCo law can be pasted and no one desires
the passage of a law to increase the nun.bcr of sin es.
The African alive trade has been alulished by the do-
sire and action of the South a well as of the Kortb
Texas at the very outset of her cour.se ns an inde
pendent Government prohibited the introduction of
slaves not only from Africa but from Cuba ahd eve
ry other country except when they were already
unni-u u) cuurauis irom me ijiiitca states. JVSnny
slave states lime now and long have bad laws in
force to prohibit the introduction of slaves as mer-
chandize eicn from other states. This docs net look
like the propagation of tlavery was the grand olject
of the South.
As far as the prospect of gain is concerned the
Southern States have no cause to dciiro the increase of
the territory on which Iaery may be established.
Every acre of such territory which is added- to tho
Union cotnee into competion with that already in pos-
session of the South. There are millions of acres if
fine lands adapted to slai e Luwr.now wild and uncul
tivated the prospect of the improvement and the
value in the market of which is diminished by every
new acquisition lexas nlone has Lands enough in
tho market to employ profitably all the slave liber of
the Union. Is it interest alone with her then which
causes her people to dcira to seo no aggression by
Congress on the rights and interests of new territo-
ries by which they woujd be debarred the advantages
and benefits which she enjoys and the same right to
regulate their own affairs which she possesses and
which is guarantied to her under the Fedtral Consti-
tution. Kestrain slavery to its prcjcnt limits and
Louisiana and Texas have a monopoly of tho sugar
market which will enrich tl.cui fur all time ; and this
too at the expense in a great degree of tho North.
The same holds true to an extent of cotton. If sla-
very is njally odious in the sight of northern men
the further they remove it from them the less liable
will their sensibilities become to be shocked bv. its
contemplation. "Extend tho area of slaiery" (as
they say with holy horror) in the extreme South bring
in fresh nnd productive Lmds at low prices and the
abolition ct slavery iu Maryland Virginia the Cam-
Unas and other woni out slave states is promoted iu
precisely tho same ratio that that institution is ex
tended at the South while from Uie greater abund
ance and facility with which provisions are obtained
ana the better adaptation of tho climate to the con
stitution of the negro his condition is ameliorated and
Jus comfort health and longevity promoted.
Mr. Jefierson although a Virginian nnd a slave own-
er was nevertheless ao friend to slavery in the ab-
stract. In lSJOhcwrctoas follows in reference to
the Misssouri question which then threatened the
Union :
" I can say with conscious truth that there is not
rnnimrnilaMr until lliry brr.imcsrnil!e lhatihey
vera infiinnf instead of siding the real interest"
of the slaves sud :hej bail been ucd incrrlj lis tools
or cirriionerine. purposes; ami that trick ol h)-
pocraey then (ell nsquirklyasit haitbccu tuiup."
THIXITr TRADE.
The steamer S. .V. Williams Capt-Enicrsn. totred
dorm yesterday from the mouth of the Trinitv thrw
flat boat" with 6S4 bales of Cotton and a quantity of
o'.uer articles on board viz :
One of It. Pavis. from .Magnolia with ISO bice
cotton and n quantity of hufTiifo horns ;
One of Bigclow & Jones Magnolia 167 bales ctt-
ton; One of Mr I'onirov. Cintiimiti. 337 Lai mii.w
G000 feet lumber. '
The n'illiams left at the mouth of the river a boat
belonging to G. W. Duke of Jlaolia with 215 bales
cottou and 3(M bushels corn ; and two of Messrs.
Shelton .t Fulton with 375 bales cotton corn etc
One of Mr. Ira PrewittMsgnoluitb 100 bales cot
ton and JUU Iwshels corn ; and"one of Mr. R. C'riss
I'arU-r-e Muff with SO bales cotton buffalo hides and'
norns peltries corn etc. havo probablyarrivcd before
trie present time.
Ihc 11 illiams immedlatelv returned to the mouth
of the river and will ho back to-day with other boats.
1 lie miloic alo wcut up to assist in bringing down
uie cargoes ot tnc Mat boats arming at the month of
the river. In addition to the cotton mini;.n.l !.
I rVJ4 laics there are yet some 3000 or 4000 on
the river to come down. The wati r is at a good stage
for navigation nnd the two steamers which ne.it up a
few days since arc cxiccted daily.
The growing crops i f Cotton and Com are highly
promising upon the Trinity; the people are actiitly
engaged in farming operations; and the projects if
mat set uon oi our Mate in w liiih Galveston is uv n.
ly interested are represented as highly cncouragni:
st wm oc seen tuatmost of the boats ircniioi.e.1
above ore from Mngnoiia. The siition or com.try
from which they come Anderson count is said to
be highly flourishing. Many new settlers luivc come
in within the past year the quantity of land in cul-
uvaiion nas been much extended .and the ?oili produc
ing finely. The same may be said of most ef lie
country upon the river.
I'.o. ihc&iffoirlia returned; and reports the
arrival of the JI'JTiii vry at the mouth i f the river
wnere sue was Jclt taV.ing cotton from flat boats. 51
had only been as high up asSniithticld.
THE FlilsT COrCtJUEST OF MEXICO. I t.rnan I original pimio prewnttd to tho l'eiinsvlvimu Hospital
j. io- isri-uiiuvii on tnc men siucoi me nou-"c
wiicrettis inmrti as a relic The hfturp rrom is
fumMied with a barrel or-m whifhii ncd Ijifore
-L'id after the lettures and exhibitions tlat takto phico
the.e.
JOHN JACOB As-IOR.
John .T.vti Aster was lrnia July I7C3 in the
Cortez left the shores of Cuba with a tt.rce of f"!
soldiers to conquer the tjowcrful empire r .vleiict.;
and be did conquer i: with all its tica-urcs end mil.
lions cf inhnl hunts. Ilcc.ily know that somewhere
in that direction l.iy a riih country abounding in zold
and bilietia in idols but the very mystery which
bungorcr these enchanted realms ruly seemed to
?Z i i"Ti " Vm V. 3 TillSe "f W'''"'l' -" Heidelberg m the DucI.t f
been.tartlcdby the apparition of the nhite-wml . GtwMx.1 His father was. very worth man
hru-antiiiesorMiniu l.er water-and I i.i.'.cr Cor- i tcU lhe o uf uiiff. At tho nge of eihteen
let aierrnl tn m.ili flm .hrlmi. m.t. it ln nl.11 . . .. . . ?
j. : . :: t V ""i" rears .tstor on mc eve oi icavinnoinetoraforciCT
discovery and congest. lUlhunderorartJfc
;r " z'"" ".:r.'i. "? " "":"r: w ws.'. m mi.. mi i landed n this
f""-i(Hui viii nji st-iiit trt iiui 1 in tuiiicoia
ft!.d treaties with them proJuccd 1ut one riult of j
fie Ii)Ji.iu MaiJcn. wlio fulIoAiiJ tiU iter thnm-Ii
tho utiuIcuF Jji5i)crUiiu-icrecr with such faitFfuI.un
ftlirhiLirig t!cotion and who undewtotMi the Linui(
01 llio uccrtiutty of Ei.M" of tvLiLhho wna in acm-h
ua xioodtculnjr IbtUortci landed (in the prcn-
.. fiiu vi iu: uit vi 1 era ivnir ftuu ucxianm to me
mtunl-hetl tir.tivia th.lL he wan the AmImv.iJnr of
Lilian inlliljtutlieir own potnt and tivtnificrat
Suicitin. n old tnidiiion waj among th-ni of .1
lVi'jshct-lMnee with hair and comj-Iexiui. like Uimo
.pi-in wins ijhij rmeu oi;r mcir auteamrn ur n
lm t:me and then drjwirttd from tlicir cckvU And
thi tnidi;ijii Mccmcd rralircd hj tho advent nf thce
woiidctfullj enauwed wliitoif.cn & that surtoratUion
did iUwurh virile Cortct htuJicd l.'n porniion und
Ic.irnel t!ie htjt: uf the cnijiirc. He found It rich
iro4tru!sj andextcmivc.hutnotfirniij-knit in the
UlJi of a juit gurtnuuent. One uf the-c diitContriiN
tdtrilici the Ti tuiiai'if int.int!y toughtthc aHinnce
of thejJKnlard-:and the quick and jviwcrful mind of
Curtcz liail tsocurcd the eoinmand of on cxtciime
const territory guiJci etiMiirra und proi"tins w here
with to j ircfnite the country sod a refuse in "irje!
try a steerage pa-itcner having Allied from Locdun
in iVovcinl-or Cd had lcin dttu'nctl hy tho in tiireo
months. On fall ycvnie he Iwcaruc n;qa.-ditec. nitli a
fellow countrymen of l-wio induccJ Mr. A. to learn
his art. The main irtiou fit r Astor's property
at thii time contKtot of Km I?'1- fy ui hroth-
cr'H manuractorrat lysiidon wliich "Ub a few other
nrticlcj of mcrcuondie he miM and inrctOl tho small
prtwx-di in Tum and commencfd Iwirntn tho fur trade
in(ii)M utrect I'Tl.entln'tvtir."). IIwaa Bion after
rniged its drtfin ltd fur HtaMicInnnt of Hubert
Ifctwne a sxd old QuaLcr who inted Mr. Astor Tery
much for hu uutirio; Industry and tidclity. SuW-
qucntly l.y the aid of u few th'jusandi from his broth
er 1 miry a ncii jwwrry Lutcnrr he enpica in uuax-
nens for himIf associated with the b.to Cornelius
Jle.er.
At tho clftw; of the Rcrolutlorary War Oswego
.Xiajmra Detruit and other runts. Lemzin i)0"-C3iion
of a fijreign power a senuu-t cmlnrr.i64inent was
thrown in the lur trado. Soon .iTut Mr. Antor entcr-
cd the huMnej1. In I7U1-G thes pest were fnrren-
tecred. when contemplitin the grand opportunity
then .lifi.n.'d to him he said : Now I will male my
fortune in the fur trade." Ilti prcJktiuiiwrreicn-
TIio Austin Democrat hn account- from Captain
Vioch's coinpaiiy or Tt'xaa Uanqtrs hcrctcforo .ta-
tiunfid at Fresidco llio Grande to the $th March.
Capt. V. had received orders to move his encairpment
up the river about -10 miles near the read IcadiV
from San Antonio to Sna and San Venmndo. Tlie
health of the company at present is good ; 1 ut one
death 1ms occurred a young man ty name cf ISolcrt
Calcut from Houston county. The i)racrat ttatoS
that the Mexican citizens of Presidio uim.t ivrettfc
the company Iciving that place. The Indians hW
lately killed two Mexican men and n 1oyt and took
woman prioner between Presidio and Laredo.
"The country around tho present encampment is
rcprecnted to be almost without a parallel fur Iwauty
and picturesque scenery the toil of thcv.dlevfi rlcl..
incningy gumanu game 01 many kincupKntr. At
a distance of thirty miles U the town of Ifm 1 crnan
do eontainji' a rypuhtion of -1000 inhal.iLir.tx. 11
Mexicanc lids city U rtprcsfinted as a little paxa-
ui3o iitJuuuujiijj in ti mi irt-c ni'iny 01 tVlik'Il oO.ir St
all seasons; among them are the IV mcnicreo. char-
ncaro. granatha mauoana pca-.Ii apple and pear.
llio town of Naa is 2-j icile distant with n f ula-
uon 01 jw. inc innauiutnw are ineniuy.auilans-
iouJ for the Amcrivaiii to Fettle anion.; tUrn.
I5everal American mcrthants had pisd t!.rcc-h
the cncarapmeiit bound for San Kos.i and cihi r JI-
ican towns. Manv Americans are taid to cettiiug be
easi 01 me muunuiuia.
j 41 it. wild iiwisirj nnu saiciiv uup.irai-
reiL-TuTl ;.! " ' v """T1"- 1 11' improved his opportunity and hfter the L.e of
i?. M"tP.;i l.i erefis.d if tl'e.irTc. during the hr-t vearof thepres-irteenturr
fi? I ll J11"1 'J'"" :eP''-J- ""''". Ju"-i he hul a'Ksed something hU jd&LCOO. Uy the
ted Lortet prepared to .li.nb the mountains that r nmal?tl th: t
Hit ."rf"l"'rt.e .rtecs and surprise Cnt time and without lu'ou!l have amount
)"?Z ?.' .f'-i r"P';r'1?""-dpr- WSSUUjOUO-but in Mr. Asters hand it basin-
lion Lc burned his licet and comnclled his peovlo tu i. ' .. ...;. ... ..... ...
uii tu uiun; tnnn lite tinier tn it ainouni.
Xim years latir at the age of forty-Cve .Mr. Astor
put Li himself their amis und the nosaes-iun of the
toV; i i i re i i n tic founded the American Fur Company rr the purpose
l.r? . t H 1 ir I'uIrc"il;IrT r'f ".Petin; with the powerful' liriu ass(43o
l ird and twenty-three hundred of his allies he t. I. i ; ; ... . i: ... ... :.. .'
bis tray to the couutrv' of the unconquiniblc and to
that d tv uitcoiinucrpJ.nuoTili of TbLsciLi. lt.e homo
lav beta an the fricniifv Toton ic and the ri.h v.dley
Mexico. To win lIeaU became an important
ob'ect uitli Cortez and an emhntsy chosen from tho
Totonac chiefs precttle! his army to invite that brat c
nation to unite with him in Muting the pride of their
iccimnii cucnii ; but they projsed to rcciete these
mystiriojs strangirs who seemed to have risen from
the diiiths of the sea as enemies. The profound t.tcl
and warlike slill of Cortez triumphed oter n'l things
then iu n fair way to monopolize the tratic in fuw
throuihout the northern and south-western renium.
of our continent. Thonutposts of this ncwconiptny
stretohisl into new and hitherto uutrodJcu litld". and
secured the rkhest spoils of beater otter and butTtlo.
1; had indeed previously as v.ell as now been the
policy of ilr. Astor to extend Ids conquest into new
territories. His grand project of the Astoria settle
ment was now formed. It was his deign lu estab-
lish a series of forts along the Pacific ocean nnd on
the Columbia river in cmncction with our Govern
ment and thus monopolire the fur trade west of the
rt . i-J l V . r ' ment ana tnus monopoie tr.e turtraue west ot tne
andaft.reontini.ngthcnior.nshF.rvtesHnev.jUKtvjmIt;lins- fiBt .. Astjril .
erallurd-rou-ht battles he entered their Capital as a ub!i.h;: &0p hy t ofrilt . nnJcr t(ic
friend and ally lie left it as the iluefof its military mnm.M.l of -Mr. W.'l'. Hant. Thi Kt:!em.-nt whidi
cum nisuwn mm aiicr wa. Jestiitfl to be the ccminercial emp.riu-n of the
"Je' ." V"?"1 trc'l(: .Vortheni 1'aiinc was to l supplied w ith commiKii.
r of LluMiU he resumed I ; from Spt York and the same ves-el vas Io to
a man on earth who would sacrifice more than I would
me a second thought if iu that Kay expatriation
could be rffected; and gradually and with due" eac-
riSces I think it might be. But" as it i" we have the
wolf by the cars and we can neither hold him nnr
safely let him go. Justice is in one scale and self-preservation
in the other. Of one thing 1 am certain
thatasMejxMJffffe cf stares from one State to
another vould not make a slate of a single hu-
man beinc Who tcoutd not bt o wUhuul it.aa their
diffusion onr a greater surface would make
them individually haooier. and nmnnriinnntmhi
facilitate the accomplishment of their emancipa-
iiulsvyaibiafnjri'icouracft on ugreaicrnumocr
of coadjutors. An abstinence too from this act of
power would remove the" jealousy excited by the un-
dertaking of Congress to regulate the condition of the
different descriptions of men composing a State.
au bvtuuuijr u uu cuuoia ngni ot every siaic
which nothingin the constitution has taken from them
and siren to the general Government Could Con
gress for example say that the noL-frcemen of Con
necticut suaii oe irceinen or inw ittey snail not em-
gralt into any other Siatet
" I regret that I am cow to die in Uie belief that
ths useless sacrifice by the generation of 1776 to ac-
rruire self-government and happiness to their country
is to be thrown away by tho unwise and unworthy
passions of their sons and that my only consolation
is to be that I live not to weep over it.
"Of they could but dispassionately weigh tho bles-
trnes they will throw away against an abstract prin-
ciple more likely to be effected by onion than by scis-
sion they would pause before they would perpetrate
this act of suicide on themselves and cf treason
against th hopes of the world."
Fortunately the patriot and sago of Montieello liv
ed to see this danger pass away; and in 1623 thus
wrote to Gen. Lnfsyctte :
"Uu (he eclipse m Icileralum with us although
not its exiiuetinn. its lenders cot nn the Missouri
question under the false front of lessening- the
wwsures of slavery.Uul nilh the real view of pro
dotioga esogniphical division of parties whicn
tnit.ni insure mem ine next rretuent. The peo-
ple ef the north went blind Md into the mart
followed their leasers for a while with a reel truly
NAVIGATION OF TIIE TKIX1TV.
A Inrje and respectable iiierling f llio citizens of
fn K ami Hit titijoiniiig counties was held at tht
courthouse iu the totru orUtingstui n ijle
10.li inl. for the ptirpme of lakiue into cim.i.l
eratinn th imponaiieo mid propriety of rcmuv
iog the obstructions and improving' the naviga-
tion of the Trinity lliier.
1 in motion of Cen. James Davis Jai. V Ahbei
Esq- ttas called to the CiiHir nutl on motion of?.
Matey V. llriJ Monn- was appointed Sfrrctnry.
(el.. J. Davis offered thefolloiwug preamble and
resolutions aim supported Iheni vtilb warmth and
aliilit):
Whereas the present merlinf? from an rvlrntivc
Kutinletlf;e ul Itie J rimly Kirir mo sati-l.rd thai
it affords a suhliient volume ol tiater for hln
uraugni Rieaniirs ni an seasons ti me year hy re-
rnninr iiico-iiuciiuiis in me nter ns ni:i upas
on iiuusiou.ur (uniier. niiieii obstructions rio
sislnf lo;l in the tied uf the river ami a lew unim-
portant shoals of soft rock: nuil ti hereas w o deem it
important to the cnunlir ailjrent tu the riier that
llir works tif iiiiprnvcn.ent sliuuld he rommriiced at
as early a dale us practicable as said cunnties are
untv mpnlly settling with an industrious and enter-
prising population: and whereas rte are satisfied
thai much ran bo done at this lime by tho prcieut
population in uniting in removing tho uhMruc-
lions in said ritei su ns to eive a Ireo nnR.atr f.r
sicatnooaii 01 a ujnt urangui at all senmsis of the
year: .
He it thereforeKesolrcd That thr cnunlies
interested in the improtrment of the Trinity be
requested to tend ilrlrgttes to a Convention to be
held at lliinlsville. Walker county nn th. ill .l.v
"I July next to take into consideration the slore-
ssni oiijrcl.
Resolred Thst we sunrest six representatives
from escn county to sttend said Convention.
Uesolred That this 'meeting now appoint six
delegates to represent Polk cuuniy in raid Con-
vent inn.
Kesolred Tint we do hereby earnestly request
each county interested in respond to this meeting
by srnding dcUrMes to said Convention.
Sosohed Tint the GalveMon Houston and
Huntsville psiers be requested lo publish the prn-
recdingsnl lliu meeting and that the scrr!ry
send copies or the same to the Sheriff end Clerk
of the District Costin each county.
Col. II. Jackson. J. M. Msxey and M. Iluliert.
addressed the meeting st length in support ortle
resolutions snd on motion they were sJopted
unanimously.
On motion the chairman appointed John F.
Csrr. John R. Johnson. lUlph MrRrr Jsir.es
Davis. John O. Slubhlerield. and a. I.. M.riin ..
delegates Irom I'olk county in sttend the Con.
vention to convene at lluctsville on the 4th ol
July next as contcmplslcd in the previous rrso.
lUIK'U.
On motion James M. Ahhe v added tn flu
tist ofdelrgates lo attend said t'onvt-ntion.
Un motion thrmertinc sdionrned.
JAS. W. A TIBF.V Ch'mn.
". Rein Meiu Sre'e.
arniy which bo nott united to his own nnd after
cliattiurg witti terrtnc seventy
erv of the liciihlMirine' city of
his in tn.li to Mexico .'lootezuma saw with dismay
and -nri'rite the stransem nt the gates of his i-lmd
city but he h.id nut the courage to oppose their en-
t r"ltird liitsj tfm I. fills ttst evriil rrtjnlitfn ftaitiint. It-t.l
shsivs.. nun eisu ! 14 a t.'Viillv VUIIIUVIUI llstll
f-uht and nt-pitiat'ed his way U.rough every peril to
tho heart of the great empire of which he did not
etenknow the immo uhcu he ct forth lor iti enn-
3U"(it. llien. ns n.-iir. the eale tnr.d-irrl wa thn fl
of a prut American Confederaiy but tlmii it repre-
st-tiiou n u-'imut iji-m.ii. rj u'jjii."3t.u itiiu itiscon.em-
cd tribci'; now it symbols al.muly of cqnal.pro-tper-ous
and United Stateo.that hac found Mexico as f.i-
citeoi cinques; as the was three centuries n! and
fur ths same rea-H-n them.ie are In tHind? and
h.ie no heart to fight the quarpjk of their bondmas-
ttl. -. l.iuu.
rnxxsYLVAMA hospital ran tiik jn-
SANsC i1ie rscventh annual report of tho Pennsvl.
. uiia Hosj ital fur the In-.inc.ju;t hsucd by the Phv-
icia lh KiilbriJc is a cry intercbtinpublii-atiwn.
During t'cclitycor 210nat.eats hate been admitted
2Io hne been discharged or died. and lb3 remain uu-
r troatmjiit. ne total number under care lias bean
-lOLUiii-rannTiraccf nl-otxt 13 and as manv as
"-0J h.ivc lcn in the iii-titutioii at ono tinie.and ton-
(li'linl.'ll IlH)(lllf t llTls. Ijsrxi evidiFllvnsJ 111 iiiuj'.nitnn
. ...-'.p u.u..... ... vvwil s.sit IIVMU SSS Ml -'' IIS."
iLtinall the iJitditaut thoti-rh no proncr ca luii
beeu n.luci. Of the n iticnt- disci-arced durioz the
year 111 were cured lit niuchiniproTPili2)iinpraved
and XT? stationary; the do-tths aniuutited to O). One
ofthe pvjents who died had passed in er fifty-i-ii years
in the two brmiche- of the Hospital and ancthcr
wlmio dUt:i-c vi'ium(nceddurin!r stronir ment.-il e:-
vlteiiient in the epidemic yellow- fever of I7&? had
pent nearly lortv-hve years of her life in thcs.imetn
sutulKii. ru ot the uvatUi that oeenrred durn
yt-ar r.erc consequent upon a teure pi
tery prerailii. not only in the int!tuti
was general in the section of country ic trliicfi the
IlonitalI situated. Anionztho tsues of recovcrv
was ono w ho hud been insane nearly eight years mx
of it huh he had .-jeiitiii the institution tlnce the
oi-'ii'ii of t.V; institution lls'O cases had been ad
mitted (Wo miles und 51b feuialet. Of the m.dcK
iivr w ere fin-e 210 married and 35 wido-iicr3. Of
thefc:i:n!cJTl were jingle 2i married and 7U widow-?.
cVt-iriy one thinl of the whole number of pa-
tienttLavc Lceiiadoiittcdwhen bctwceatheagc'i of
A) and SO.
The prd i of the institution which now contain-'
three and a halfocreK is kipt in order hy the patients
and their atrend.tnts under the super I-don of the
girLcner. ine patients aiso rentier cuceriiu ana v.u-
a.ihlo asslstsnce upon the farm whenever their scrti-ce-
urc in ariicul..r requiMtbn but it is in tho culti-
ration of irgctaulea and flowers and Lcepin-; the
grounds in order that tho moat desirable f.nn-i of la-
bor for the inline are found. The preen house is an
nl Jt-ct iff reat interests and h diily vwrcd fy great
nun'tyrs of the patient". During the pttw-ir near-
ly all the wrHd-W"rk fur a cotLnge put up on the
grojnd' devotod to the females has been prpnrcd in
the carpenter shop bcil-lcs a large amount of other
worK oy theicocter jnecuanieassiatra by the pa-
!isnf sjnrl ftf iiJinte tlnwnn" tits tiitt r-nn ti if.
toeheil cittace has 1-een built for the acconunndatiuw
or a piticnt wtitrseinend-i were smkuou? to pvc her
a scp-irate dwelling ami till be ut.der the general su-
per islon of the institution. Tho structure lias cost
about J 00. the greatest portion of which was con.
tributed by the friends of the patient. It is built of
stone one story in hot 'lit -lb by zj lect witti a puiz
za 7 feet wide extending along its whole front.
Thn Jlufcnm to which the patlcntis aro to have ac
cess when properly arranged is rapidly incroain.
A m'-anij ol instruction ana mcantai enjoy ment in
louud in the annual courrt ot lectures runnins liironth
nout six months in tho year. Amonp the Iei-tures
delivered vras one upon the Magnetic Tcleprnph and
the report gic due credit to the coitrtcou; fpcrator
on tho WchU-rn Tcl.?2Tpli Line for havin- exhibitctl
one of the appiratus to the patients nnd showing it
in actual u-c to their comp'ete satisfaction. The li-
brary contain.-: eleven hundred volumes; with a large
assortment of newspapers and pcriodicab.
The patients occasionally indolee in lcie walks nut-
sidolbf the f nclotsurc: short excursions are made on
railroads and steamboats; the carriace and hor&H arc
in constant use; and many enjoy the exercising swingo
al.. -I tl J iL. 1 i it... --J -.1
inc irMi-urR roiiniiUu-.' icn-pin unvy iuui f-iiivr ui;-
tire gaine-i in the open air. Vctrimwmusieal intni-
mrnts afe nrd by mdivi lual patients and concerts
j nnd pfc.nl part 5s are nf froqaent peenrrene. There
jareno.v thrw pianos inth fctnale -mri-'j and tha
convey supplies to the Rua-Lm settlements farther
north and reeeue furs in .xrha:ige. AWth the furs
from the Huiiiin pfnt4and from Atoria.she was to
proceed to Clinton then the be-tnarLet fur furs and
return home with teas silks and nankeens. In the
projection of thi xnogiiiGvicr.t cntbrprie. Astor an-
ticipated that the settlement w Gold prove a I ill of co:
for the first two yarandth-it no considerable profits
would be receiTcd ia lew th.ui tcnyeius. Atthe cx-
piniuon ot iweniy years l.e countcu on rrccivin n
million of doILarsannual pnSts. Tlie Tteiquiu the
first and the Lark the third ve?scl dcp-itchcd for
Abtorli ifvo lust yet notwitls-tan-llng tha enter-
prize would not h ive failed had not Auoria been sold
to the .igents of the Brit Mi Ni rthwes; Fur Company
ihrough the treachery of one of Mr. Asto's partners
a Siotchnun namtI McDtHigal. Astriahad to Urug-
g!o through inuuy dif5.nlties in cnnscqi.eiice of I ting
captured during the war and just as pc-u-e wa de-
clared and as it was to be restored it w.ls wrcm lied
from Mr. At tor's hands by the treachery of his jart-
ner. From the time of tho establishment cf the Aireri-
can Pur Corap-iuy Jlr. Atr bctanu-' I irge K cntged
ia commerce ills sbijs freighted with "furs for
France EngLtH. Ucnnanv andlliu-'sLa and Deltries.
giii5ingand dollar for China now ploughed evuy sea
to receive these pn -ducts of the Xew .rl I. nnJ ex-
(.hunire them for the l-a-uible -oninn-i:i . of tlu Old.
Mr. Astor's instructions to his capt.aius were n Inula
a."" eicecuingiT pariKUur. lie ewiieca a:mo-t rs in-
timate a knowledge of the various iarkts in which
he traded as though ha had been a resident of each
rcsivectneinart. In the distribution of h:s cargoes
at homeland in cxcliangiug his comm.d.tics with tho
natives Mr. Astor cxerei-d a mli.ute in-iic:ion even
Teddurln" the I t-''rn;i-'et details and seemed to puseis an al-ideniiedven-irIua-ntu-tvcinoW-c'-e(jr
tht market not only in
ion but whit h I th0 L-"tcJ tt:ft- lt alo in Canada. Vet -Mr. As-
vi usvi si'js. iiutun ut ma tiUUUV-illOU''l liiutr aiKUi
half the time mot mercluauU feel compelled to gnu
their concerns. It has been tx; narked of him by one
of hi intimate friend a man of eminence that .Mr.
Ator was capable of comman ling an army of .000-
UOO men. Dnrin a god p-'ttifln of r. Ators ac
!irc life he roMed in a large house in the 1 jwer part
of Brwidway nnd livel Ina ntleof princely mcpiifi-ccn-e
attendcil hv servants from some of the various
nations uitb which he traded and among them some
from the Umpire Celestials. Hishouewasfiirniivhed
with the riihest pi ite and his anartments adorn
with works of art amon which wa a Cupid bj Mig-
naril which was re-trded as a wort of rare merit
auJb-r which Astor paid a princely sum.
Xotwithstan Iin-f the magnitude and success of Mr.
As tor's bti-iness operations yet the greatest source of
his wcnuti n.13 resulted trum the (ncruasetl aiuc ot real
estate not ona Toot of which l.e ercr mortgaged. It
has been his policy to in. est in m"rtgagcs on thebeftt
r. .. .it..i i ? .r c -.! . .z .i.
fiunij i-ul-'(---ii '. in i.im: vi iuii-;ii3ijn. niuu
h it often Iiat-ocncd. ho has bou-rht th nroDcrtr in at
much lest than the real value. In this m xic together
with Uie continually increasing value ol real c-tatetn
this city he has mu.tiplcd his wealth far lcyond the
naturd nccumil.itioii of riches by the ordinary inter-c:-tanJ
thciHC too the bulk of his property. Mr.
Astor has va-it tniettr of Lmd iu Missouri Wi.nn$in
Iowa and othi-r parts of the West the prospectite
viduu of which is very great. Tha greater portion of
nts property is real estate nnd mortga-rcs tn this aty
Could .lr. Astor1 property be kept unbroken and un-
der its present management 1; wuuU soon become
tho largest indrndoal estate ever known on thcglol-c!
1 1 e estimates or tfta TaJoe ot his property are vari-
ous thfekmrninghrsalTurs bet placing it at $30-
00001X1 and some ut high as $"-0000UUO ! His in-
come on amodcrnte extirpate n'ust have been of Late
$000000 a yeart ox 16oOa) a niQnth I Mr. Astor
some tiuie ainot ronde a donation of $3o0000firali-
bnryin thiadtyb tlie intcret of which is to be ei-
nendedin employing iigcntt- to purchase btHlc5 and
in the erection of a btnlding. 31r. CopwelI late edi-
tor of the N Y. Re-dew is tha agent and librarian.
Mr. Astor-' fmilv tVinHidtci rtf two sons. illiMm
B.. and anotiier who is Imbecile also teveral daugh-
ters. WUIiittn B. accompanied Cliurchill C Cbmbrel-
eng to nrf)pe during the 'war ami we believe re-
turned w;tb bira. He was well (-dsoited -partly in
the German qoirenitics and has tho reputation of
being an aocomplisbtd scholar ; but he is penurious.
He married a daughter of Uie late Gen. Armstrong
wha-wtnft Senator of the Cnited States Ambassador
from this coontry to Napoleon Secretary of War in
1913 tcj WIstsMuotlvilisecelehrawdm the annal
rJ . us. .i-i rn
vi ff-ir'kswiiij. iney nave a ian-e lamuy.
lin from New B-df..rdof tliQ hon-e'.r Grinnil
turn &. Company ; another raarried Samuel Wart
who Furriies her.
OneoOIr.Astor-6danghtc-7marric'lCf'in'rM- .
the Minister of Paris from the llcsc-tiit; J-i.
wasmous and Ifiievoknt and is dc.id. .i.
daughter married Henry (or Walter) bipgdon of
Hampshire who is now In Europe. A tr.ird our-
act. .ur. aimtfl eiiiui(.r.tl-r I is ie-.inn.ig ant ti
snitC!ivls Iiristcl was c-lncatpdntKton aird il
bridge England and marrie-I a danhtir of He
BreTurtof this city.
STArCZAS.
bt RorrRT joszz.t:..
Ono fummcr ere when twilight soft leen Jir
Her grateful shadow cat o'er earth and -ea
And in the wcta tlu--iud btiA- wcr Mendi.
V bile dew-drops gathered en th? dowery Ita ;
I etood beside a clear and gentle river.
And Writdisd the windn.g icrrfnU1 casdcse C-
Alas ! I tinted eoald life he thus f.jicver!
Tho streamlet's purity the fubSkfj low.
IJt via I gazed the rosy col-.rs f.ideil
jemj cstunus clouds in billowy masc- rr.-e
And daiknes. gloomy cud prof'-ord. p-rvadtd
The scene eo lowly at the eTinlnjfs t!uy.
Adown the valley rushed th fyanin; rorrti.
With Ilghtniu-r's flvh and thuod-r's iVsrfulitU.
Ah ! fiucii I crit-2 to love and joy abherrent
?he turlid pasaiooi of th; daikcntd aou!.
AN ACT to prociitcfor iisccrt.iiuizz the. 2r; t
thelitis republic f Tej'u.
sScctiov I. Be it enacted b'j iJntL'Walnr a
tltStaUnf Tcj us That the Auiitir nf;I i. y
tn-l!.r of 1'uMic Acrwunts a-jroonas pr.u-tiv.. 2 Ji
tcr the nasjge of this ait. shall ran-c '.z rrr .-
t:ce ti (sigh-en by publication in annie ne.v' z
ptiblM.ed weekly in thcdtyr.f Au:in.Ne.vOiT.
Washington est v. and Xew icrk.reqniriiii 1! . .
having any cloiia or deman I for money r.
late Kepubli: of Tetasto pre-ert the rcino
An Jitorand Coinptrol.er of Public Xccrtrit. '
btft-re thcErcoiidMond.tvinXovtmhcr. lt; an'-1
claims tl at sull not be precot'-d oa or Lert re .
tune shall be p-j-wponcd.
zcr. 2JetljurhreiiaciCizs irat.i-'S-
;lutv of the Auditor and ComT.trollor. yfrsl? " rr
ctlpt under their sc-ils of o.5-.ci-ra!.cbun-"
ta 10 triem itiung iunn me par s.ism? 1.' -r-ji --
time the stme accrued cr w ere isjod the v -j
the person tn whom the debt accrutdth
amoMiit thereof. The Aulitor and Cctr.pf
each keep a correct Ht in biuks kept for tivt -1
acp.ira.ely; Iirst the Audited or li.-cirtaint't
"tt-.li as sto-k boxds Treasurr inac; a.illL.r" -any
other au'litcd or a'certaineJ cl.tim. fc'
cLums with ui3.i"-nt cvidem-es and vcj-brr- t
thorize thvm to audit tinder the late Ilfpi' " -
ns. lhirdlf uch claim a" are not suc . - -
thcnticate-Ibv toucher-. It i hereby Tr-i-- r
of the Auditor and Cmrf tMllT to report tjr' e z
c--.ionn ti.e L"fpiaturction:t- actim
$fc. 3. Jtc it further enacted. ItKiisSd!
duty of tlie Cotnp'rollor and AuJitor. jolrtl re
port to the next bunnial sesrion of the L'i .c
fir final adju-ttnent tho who-c anwunt ar.d c!-i er
of the Public debt asecrt'dred. acooralr.r ta the
vi-ions cf this act together with such su:' "s
concerning the eamea-. they may diciu jiut and p
er; and they shall hkcwisereportj.cnu-.anrt .i'-.
the It of 5iiy IS5totLe Goen.or tic ;j
and character of-tloims precnted clu Cbd in
office; and it shnll be the duty of the Gcvrr-
cnuse a sjfnopis of the report to be prii.ted la
tierpapir at the scat of Government in th? -t
Skc. d. Bt it further enactnL That i: -TiJ-
duty of the Auditor and Comptndler cf rulT-
co:nt3 to claSMfy all claims preBenM urder .- -risir
ns of UJs act reducing die fame to thcetua
value thch may have Im-cn realized by the hi?
public. and miy report sa;b further classltl-at'i n
they may deem lest calculated to prc-wne the n.
if the stat?. and to do equity to the holders c
tLims; and the iLusification.and rate of p?yta
recommended by the Auditor end Comptroller. In. j
sL.ijcct to the retiiion. arendment nndrati.V-a'it..
the next I.e-!!aturc ; and tl.at tLts act take it '
fron and after its passjgj.
AnrorUj.iiarcJi'j; IM?.
AX ACT tam.ike attachments which are med c-
der profopt usumg from the courts cf tin Lr
States confirm to the laws reguhtia sutli a -.--ment
in the courts of the State--.
Be it eiiacttd far the Serate and Have rf -;
reitatattrcsvf th? Vnited States cf Jneura
Coheres csscmbtedf That whenever uprn pro-v
instituted in anr of the courts of the Cnito! if.te-
pn'pertysh-IIhere;iftcr bcatrached to sati-fy f-ct--judgment
as may be recOTore-I by the p!aia:iiT :
8 it-h procrs. ami any contingcmy occurs ty wi ir-
aco'rding to the laws ef it t:.e su-h at -"
would l-edisoIuil upon likepiccffs pf-n'dr.q 1
returnable to. the State court then su--h ctttt'-c .
or attainments ryadi upon process i"--uhg f:rr -r
pending in the courts of the United fctate v-. -su.
h Mate fhall be dissolved the intent and rc6 1
of this net Vting to place m.h attachmjr.t3 in t!
courts of the States and the United States cfn ;. i
sicic footing: Provided. That nothing tcrcio cc
t. lined fchali interfere with any exi-ting or tut are isi
sving priority in pavrccnt of debts to the U. fcul-ri
KOBT. C. WIXTIIKOP
Speaker of the House of Kcrrtati.iatlvcs.
G. M. DALLAS
Vice President of the United Sttt:-s ard
President of theScnat'i.
ArroiDMarchU.lSJ3.
JAMES K. rOLK.
A Bit or Humor. We dont nh"j tie ".
tlie less for being occ.iona!Iy spiced w itii a I t f 1-
mor. Tha following extrrct from tfco r.p ri oi z. o
conimittto on Hogs read lfore an Agri:ulta. )
ciety -doww Hut' cont.ii.os Kime ctceilcat I'.:s r
-'JLprzi : So.m? tolks accu-e pis of b?ipg G ry :p
their habits and nc;licnt :n their pcrnal -pp ar
anee. But whether food is btjst cattntiTthegrnirtd
or from China pl-te i it seems to n.e cerd a rcr.:
tcr of titatt? and cent cnlence about wUch t hi and r cr
may honestly differ. They ujgfct then to te ju v
rharitably. "At any rate pigs are not filthy en.-i r
to chew tobacco i.or to poist-n their Lreath by CtlI:
ingwhi-kcy. And as to their pcr.nal apjars
you djn't catch a pig playing the ckndy r.or the td
niale ameng them ritkin btir way Lp this nrztiv
vilLage after a rain in kid sb j.erj.
Xotnithtandinj their hetcadox nation hegs La?.
some exctlleut traits of character. If tac charct3 ta
he Iti. tber treat him as such.
And when a hog has no merits of his awn ! rev.
er rut on aristocratic airs nor cluiir.s anv rfit-cdtr
repect on account of his family toncectlcr-: trd yt
tfome i"iTJ have dcsciuded Irtm very arcint f-5-lh
s. Tliey understand fall well the" tv.n.mon tnz
maxim e.ery tub must stand on its own bctUm M
Welx. Said. Bishop GruwoId-anEpNcopil r'sh-
op at an ordination onco said Brethren rttn
vouf mirJptr nreaches tolitlca. tell him be i? out c
his place. If he persists in it Kcr.diin home.
bun yu haw nothing more fur him to do."
It 19 a ftiniruW fact that when nun ir ccrntJ Lid
thic W tieit daMjhter man ediviicv U. rrtitlt-' fvVe n huy.
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