The Civilian and Galveston Gazette. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 10, Ed. 1, Friday, June 9, 1848 Page: 1 of 4
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( CAjLeT0ru
THE CIVILIAN AND. GALVESTON GAZETTE.
Three Dollar a )
In Mrtmcc. J
Bv STUART & DURNETT.
efbflfart ajrtr cralDtaton (Snjrttr.
ISSUED MONDAYS U'EDNCJiUAlS AND I'dUAlS.
TKIt.WSH
3Y-wlr liitirrevrlr la imIthiic $0 oo
Wekl! u.. 3 OO
!lVIJtTISIMC One sn.iianiiiio dollar Tor the
ftr-t insertion 3ChsubeqilcullurrlMiu fifty (Cuts.
8 linos make a "so. isre. Adt ortiscmetits incrted
unce t siL $1 per timaieTor each itiseiliun.
letters on hnsitt ofllie office must ba postpaid
or tlivy will nut be uLu out of Mir pott olace.
CAIIDS of slagibnl anil other passengers and
antiuuiteemeiitiircatidi'l.itef fur oflicc are considered
andchargrdss adiertueuinis.
(CTjIarriaeH and obnnarjr not ire n! more than three
lilies in letitrlh ate charged as adverltsrpriit.
FK1DAY JUNE 2 15)8.
THE MAILS. PUBLIC MEETIXO.
iVe have been requested to state that a public meet
ing will be bold at the Treinont House to-morrow eve-
n'nSi u candle light to devise measure to secure reg-
ular and continuous mail communication between X.
Orleans and Texas as well as to improi c the internal
mail facilities or this state. It is believed that a
fresh interruption in the New Orleans route is about
to tako place and the object of the meeting is to male
ftuch representations and remonstrance to the Go em-
inent as will placo Texas on an equal footing with oth-
er states in regard to the mails. Citizens of other
counties who may be in Galveston are iuvited to at-
tend. JCj A report has reached this city that Mr. V.
11. M'Cutchan formerly of Galveston and his wife
with perhaps one or two other persons have been
murdered by Indians a short distance from Spring-
fiild in Limestone county.
JX2 The steamer Reliance returned this morning
from Trinity having ascended to Leon county. The
river is up in good ruiigablo condition and ctUI ris-
ing. LAWVEltS AS WITNESSES. The Philadelphia
Ledger states that a fews days since in that city one
of the counsel in n case before Judge Stroud offered
himself as a witness to prove his client's case. His
admission was objected to on the strength of tlio de-
cision in relation to attorney being witnesses lately
made by tbo Court of King's Bench. The Judge said
that the reason of that decision was tliat the attor-
ney afterwards addressed the jury and it was difficult
for them to distinguish whether bis statements were
made as counsel or witnoss. It having been decided
that the same person could not appear both as law-
yer and witness the party declined appearing as
attorney and f alisficd himself with giving lus tcsti
monv.
Kev. Dr. Pierce recently made application to the
Methodist Episcopal General Conference North in
session in Pittsburg to be admitted as a delegate from
thcJSouthcrn Division of the Church. The confer-
ence declined to receive him as such Delegate but in-
vited him to a seat on account of his private person'
d merits. IJc replied in his oXcial capacity dedin.
ing to accept the invitation under such circumstances;
and in his note said to the Conference:
Yen will therefore regard this communication as
final on the part of the M. E. Church South. She
can aever renew the offer of fraternal relations be-
tween the two great bodies of Wcsleran Methodists
. 7 s r.. . b . .. ... . -
in meu-acMM. uxxi mcrropowtion can be renewed
propo .
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REITILECCIUOSTTV
appeared under tins Lcadj
Charlettoa Courier and Iia
of nearlj all the papers in the (J. States.
"Wc hare in our office a specimen of what is termed
t:iLauu una iiui nuive uiai uiuc luruiKen oi any
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errotct ajrunst thu attempt to rob Texas or
at anv time either now or Jtereatter. hv the . L
Church North. And ir ever made un the basis ur iT.Trw' .'. i
.u- -1 r ..: i.i 1..! .i.. r.. r. cd and made fast to the wl
j:r.' Vi-.C"' 7u . . :..i."" T'"'Vr Packet snun2 out. she cm
oi lo-ts liiv .uurai uuui win coruiaoy entertain inc
Tiu. r. it.'.. ..!. l0 cover anu secure winch she Sad p ured lierscu at
. Tlic foUowing paragraph -j . mi. '..... . . ...
a fewwccUfincc.iu the T(Ved bv the comience i.f the VuIusLi. who niderwl
a 'Texan frtg' but as this reptile if a native oHex- V' '"; r '" ' "S '". "T ' i "V""" "
.smuSthveermgrated!bcingtakeninandf.raard- 2?Tlf?.n oJ I V""iCfinC V' "S "T''
ed'rroin Mexico hi must be considered n citizen or " 'V' " ": aJ '. ''.c ''" "?!" ' T
Uiat Republicid wc shall therefore callhira a'.Mex- t ' ? " '.'-U t'.w"tl' J1"; $- A0!iat
il'4' Thi. creature is really a curiosity. It -''' t'"cd the cotisigiicc of the olusia that
with another was forwarded some months ince ''lF 1 fZ 1 . fTl T i?V ' ' n"
rromMexicobT.Mr.R.P.K.i.tol.isfaronvintl.U 1VS "fusj tly hllled the olo-ia.
licrfrogs and giethcin to Mexico. TlieMine thing 'a usage if prue.l. to exist. "n cimtmry to reason
has been attempted in regard to our territory bv ' a".d tIi'rtfra phmltl 1 abolMied ; that "a mcixliant
.l.- !;.. - . -M u i .1 1 wgnt insist upon the uw of the insdc birth as c-
northcrn vrh.gj butwepvc notice hoUi to them. I e)aUo thc ' . - . nor.:ftnninert wll:ie.
. and to Southern men with &orthci n principles that
as much offended at the character given to them by
tho Charleston editor as some politicians arc at the
term " Mexican whig." The epithet of " reptile n is
equaUr u tolerable and not to be borne." While our
not only the Linds but the frogs lwlJng to Texa by cupinp theomeidc birth he would be making his own
right of conquest occupation and prcbcriptW The nrfulnct.nmt one prejudicial to commerce !i
f"- .v 1 i 1 1 mi 1 jitiucatwn ; and that he could not fur tut reason
frogs arc native and to the manor born ; and will be "L 1ircumJ m nssrnt t tl. nr5-ii. ..f Mrl ...
people clatrs " bears with otlier inbcct" it is absurd to
designate the gentle and innocent little frogfrhich
infants handle by a term so unplcashig.
Although doubtless a curiosity in moat portions of
the Union these frogs aro as plenty as blackberries in
Texas. "like the chameleon" they exist on air
yet not on air alone. The sternest anchorite or most
devout christian is not equal to them in fasting; yet
they etill cat occasionally and as u a snappcr-up of
unconsidered trifles w even his frogship occacionally
exhibits a readiness and Uct which we of tho corps
editorial would be happy to imitate on such occasions
as the present when frogs are far more abuudaut
than news.
N The Highland Messenger refcring to the gold fever
J in North Carolina says :
We attended Burke Court last week and found our
friends in that county still Uborin under tlic exciting
and cxnuaniung eaecu 01 toe guia lever wmen tue
recent discoveries in Kandolnh and otlier counties has
produced on the other aide of the Mountains. Every
man wo met had literally his "pocket full of rocks"
commenting upon the richness of some recently dis-
eovereaiein. He learned Uiat iniuuigut excursions
and John Gilpin rides were of frequent occurrence in
the direction of these new undeveloped treasures.
In sober seriousness from the hasty conversations we
had with several gentlemen we arc induced to think
that the' wealth of North Carolina in gold hi not yet
lulf known. If these mines should as we sincerely
hope they may not fail to realize the sanguine expec-
tations of those engaged in working them their ex
ploration will we think hare one beneficial eoect at
anr rate a mora complete development of other rain-
era! wealth which we humbly conceive may at a fu
ture day be more valuable to the cmzns ot this part
of the country than the richest gold mines.
JYAUMATIOli'OF THE TI1IX1TV.
We extract the following remark from an nrticlo
in the HuntsviUe Banner on toe subject of the im
portance or measures! fur the improvement or the
navigation of the Trinity : i
The counties alonjt the river raised this year; for
exportation fifteen ihou'aud laics or cotton besides
other product lhe average expense of tailing this
cotton to market was three dollars per bale. The
loss this year in failing to get the benefit of nn early
market was immense we will not pretend to estimate
it. Everr farmer knows the difference between 10
cents and 6 cents for his cotton. Taking one year
with another we imv safclv estimate the nvcrare
''"? ?J ""r dollars per bale. Had we enjoyed the
facilities of mvigntion as n e could and must and will
hae it on the lrii.it v the costof transporting cotton
by steamboats would be reduced on the nicraeo to
... iiuiuu i-t u;m iuiu it mue romiKiiuou anu a
dear riier will .bring it down to 50 cents and we
wuuld Imo suffered no loss by delay in getting to
uiar&ui uow ict ns see mo result:
Difference of freight on 15.000 bales of cot
ton at 2 00 J30.000
Loss sustained in not getting the cropiuto
market at the beginning $00000
Total loss on cotton $1)0000
ao ims we win adit loss on Ircight ol goods
and groceries brought to the interior.
say . Slii.OOO
11T(J00
nereis a total estimated loss ot one hundred and
file thousand dollars sustained by the ieople of the
Trinity counties in one y ear by reason of a want of n
natural outlet on the article of cotton alone. Just
three times as much as we want to take out every snag
and remoi e et cry obstruction in the rii cr bctn ecu the
mouth and Fort Houston.
But let us talc another view of the matter. In ten
years these river counties in the natural course of im-
provement will raise for markit 75100 bales of cot-
ton per annum also wheat com. sugar bides tal-
low etc. etc. Estimating the amount of all other ar-
ticles sent down the river lit that time as equal in
value to the cotton we will find the Ios upon such
an amouut of exports for the rear (at the period we
allude to) ONE -MILLION AND EIGHT! THOU
SAND D0LLA1IS! We hope our readers will not
tnxe our word lor ir out make the calculation lor tncin-
sclies. We have supposed the product of cotton toincrcasc
five fold in ten j cars. Open the rhcrand it will be
more. The upper counties have scarcely yet begun
the planting buMncs. The richest and best cotton
growing lands along the river are up there and even
now vast quantities of cotton is hauled to Itcd Ither
Sabine Houston etc.
Lpon looking over the whole cround. it does seem
that the direct interest of el cry farmer land owner
anu iraucr along tlic mer or within reach ot it re-
quires that n sneedv. t Iron? and united effort should
lie undo to remote nil the accidental obstructions in
the river and if sufficient means can le rai-ed the
channel should be narruued and deepened nt some few
points and thcac arc Lut few only where the water
is shoally.
WHARF PROPERTY. The U. S. Circuit Court
at Philadelphia niado a dci-Uion on the lioth of April
wbUh runs somewhat counter to the prevailing opin-
ion altliough wc never doubted the law on tbo sub-
ject. The following is nn abstract of the case :
Lincoln SfCn. vs. srAoooer I'utnaia. This was
a libel in Adioirality Lincoln & Co. were the lessees
or n wharf and proprietors of a line of Boston pack-
ets that loaded nod unloaded there. One of tluir
packets lying at the wharf was covered by the Volu-
sia which Liyidonide of boron the ouUidc birth.
Tulie Slllln' Illtnttirrrr tlio linn nTn.nl nt- I .aan-n
of and at right angles with then barf: with her head
' " " ' "l r . .i .y ""''
swun" out stern rorniint. and tlti tniiili m wpi!k.
I - .1.- l.. . .1 l .. e m i
ti If ..u.. . ri .. "i "r-iSi.
iicli tlic talla w.t vrarp-
iarr. A llie Jcp.irtinc
iwJetl the Volnsin.of cuursc.
Jfectually prevented lier Inmi ocvupjiiitlie iniilcijirtlit
iui mi j- irwn uic iiaicn .. icre s ic uou.u ne. anu ci-
Uncoln Si Cu. ordered the cautain of tho SulU to re
tain his pl.ice. Tlic harbor mastcrsucd the captiun
n was urccu iiihi ine cusioni oi ui port
i. J..... r . t i t .1
r.....:. -..re r i a .. i t? . t.
wcxmntiiHirei vi liiu iHiri wiium; iiireciiun- arc u-
n-itu.n it- roQtnu.rHlwi..Mi.wjtf...f .-h
if to rotoct it he was oUx to Veep off rebels oc-
or to yield hid acqulcenrc to the notion th.it because
he did not order off the outride tcm.1 he thereby sur-
rendered hit right- to his own wharf iusilo ; an'l that
the orders of the harbor master were IiLe the orders
of any other officer obligations to fur and no farther
tuan tiiey were latrjui commands.
The decree of the Pintrtct Court of the U. States
give the libcllantd $2 per day the usual wliarfagv.
On this appeal to the Circuit Court the decree of the
District Court was refused and a decree for $10 per
day entered for )HcllaiiU but without co-ts ; thus as-
serting the exclusive dominion of wharf owners ocr
tlicir property and asMnnutins it as nearly iw the na
ture of the property will admit to otlier descriptions
oi real estate.
K.M1CB ant Ships. The British government has is
sued an order in council relative tu the police to be
olreened onboard of emigrant ehip wliich cannot
tail 10 cneck disease n tiguaiiuy enforced. All jkis-
senccrs who arc not nek are required to ripe at 7 o1
clock at which hour the fires hall be lighted and the
passengers shall liavo the uc of the fire phecs all day.
IJedfi are to be rolled up and twice a week beaten
the decks swept and cleaned before breakfast prop-
er ventilation and various other useful and conncna-
th e arrangements of great value. These regulation-
were much needed in British .cssel.
FoMPr.ii a Railway Station. Amongst the
ucw enterprises w Inch are encouraged by the Human
Pontiff is the building of railroads through the prin-
cipal tnuelling routes in the Italian States and the
modern tourist is now expedited in hi wandering
way over some of tho most attractive places of the
old world bv the aid of steam ami iron ribbons. The
Rev. Frederick Hedge of Bangor in a letter from Na-
ples contributed to the columns of the Christian Rec-
istcr s-iys that he arrived nt Pompeii by a method
never dreamed of by its former inhabitants to-wit a
railway.
If rich it i easy to hide our wealth; but if poor it
is not ouite so easv to conceal ournovertv. e shall
find it less difficult to hide a tbouMTid guineas than
one hole in uur coat.
ince travelled the round the i-'uILi w to are the wh.irf-nLue t the Volu-ia
i!. mat
(WEEKLY-FOR THE COUNTBJs)
GALVESTON
GEN. WORTH'S POLITICS. It appears that
every officer who has distinguished himself. in the
ii i i a j.c ;.. . ...t:
ncxican wars rcquuvu iu ucunu iuajumju mljwu-
tics; though for the most part they have appeared
more ready to set a squadron in the Geld or face a
public enemy than to take open and decided ground
in political affairs. Having declined to discuss the
course of others or criticise the disposition to quibble
and equivocate which lias been supposed to have ap
peared in some high quarters wc aro gratified to
hate an opportunity to express our high gratification
at the appearance of letters from Gen. orth in ro
plv to Questions touJiin't his political opinioua. TVo
liave always looked upon Gen. Worth as the real he
ro of Monterey. Ho led the division wkiih saved the
battle and the reputation of tho army. Without him
nnd tlwc who served under him including the Texas
loluntccr that well earned victory would in alt hu
man prob.ibiIityh.iic been a disastrous dsXcatJ and
the whole fcub"Cqucnt bUtory of the war aud of tho:
who h.neinco reaped laurels might have beeu tery
different from the present state of facts. We arc
glad that the frank firm and decided course which
has characterised Gen. Worth in military and civil
pfc has not forsaken him in politics. We make the
following extract from Gen. Worths letters in ans-
wer to questions prooundcd to him from which it
will be seen that although he has not mingled active-
ly in party politics he has been an intelligent observ
er of event and I km formed decided opinions. He
iys in regard to the Graduation and re duction vf
the price of public fond :
I would vote nnv reduction necessary to place firmj
within the reach of industrious honajidt settlers or
emigrant regarding the early occupation and culti-
vation of the public domain as the richest public
treasure; hoping still to sec nn annual surplus o.er
and above expenses of administration as suneyi
sales etc. carried to the public treasury to be ap-
propriated among other national o!ject to the im-
provement of our great lakes and rivers to the extent
of constitutional penniion. It is my settled eon-
iicti.in that within twenty oars the- commerce of the
great lakes nnd western rivers will reach a magnitude
tar exceeding and ever thereafter taking the lead f
that flowing to and from the Atlantic; and when our
line of communication with the points now attained
on the Pacific arc once established and opened to the
enterprise of our people there will hanllv bo found n
ttrm of comparison. Wo shall exhibit tlie extraordi-
nary spectacle under our free and gloruu institutions
of clutching and controlling the commerce or Europe
with one hand and the riches of China with the oib-
irrcakf ncUen : buttlierulnlnientorourluzu
ynlitiral aud social destiny U the prominent and
rana cuuiiienuion.
Thctftopnicer.
Tliis I rcg:ird a the (rilunitial powers essentially
democratic popular and ftmcrvativc; placed by the
constitution in the hands of the Chief Magistrate to
represent in his pernou the aouffioereiguty of
tho people; and it must bean extraordinary abu-e
of whkh we hate had no example that would induce
me to vote fur any changcur alteration. I hate sup-
posed that the constitution only looked to its exercise
in thccac of hasty or unconstitutional legislation or
(an insupposable case) fraudulent or treasonable leg-
islation. The riffht of the people of the different vr-
tiunsof our Union to carry their pmpeilynnf
whatever kind or compla ion! to. and vaititi-
pate iii ine territory aooui 10 ue itopnreii jrom
Jcj-iror lor acavirea Jtom anu other power on
this continent I cannot suppose to be acriouly
questioned. When the acquired territory shall be
admitted into the sisterhood of States it will be fr
the admitted States to determine all thing1 relating
to their own social condition. Congress in its reo;-
uiticii of these viewt- will doubtless p.er recur to the
principles ol that great Iunlm irk tue .Missouri com
prume to guide its decision.
The Mexican tear.
War ever to be dctilorcd. kIiouM le avoided eo lone
as may.be consistent with national honor nnd nation-
al rights. In my opinion there ha been no war in
our history (always excepting tint for independence
wiiicn staiiiis out and wm inruugu all time a cae oy
itself) nor in that of any other people commenced
under greater provocation or waged with higher hu-
manity. Regarding then this warns eminently just
I sincerely hope it may be the pleasure of government
suMained by the people to pruwute it with vigor
until ample atisiactiim for indiiitic and fuU in-
demnity fur iacrilicc be received.
A United Studs Hank.
When the question was affitatel as a measure of
financial and jtolitical cxiedicncy I louke-luo further
into tho subject than tu keep myself informed jrcner-
ally on inatterb of public interest. During its strug-
gle fur a rechartcrnnd when writhing and reclinguu-
dcr the blows of the patriot President Jackson mv
judgment was instiucted that nuch an institution
uunetir v -viy rvsinciea orcauiniiiygnarucuinui
of necctty. have within itself elements dangerous
to publie and private irtue if not to the appropriate
and be-althful action of pnmimcnt. So the pcojjlo
tcem to hae regarded and decided the quitin; and
it is difficult to conceive a urate of affairs to tempt any
nine or excuse any honest man iu the effort "toghe
it italitv again."
The following are Gen. Worth's replies to the ques
tions preceding them :
Independent Treasury. -" Are vou in favor of the
present independent trearury'"
Decidedly in favor of the principle ; of its work-
ing in respect to economy and convenience in receipt
and disbursement of the public moneys uninformed;
although under the impression tli.it in thoMj re
spects iks iimcuiucrj rj niouiurauun may oo uesira-
Lie; nnd ii so mat luu wisdom ot Uongres wm ap-
ply the remedy.
Public Lands. Do you favor or oppose the dis-
tribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public
lands umong the different States ?
Were I in a position to vote or excrcle personal
influence. I shouldoppoeitt3 the uttermost. How-
ctcr honestly dcsignedit is as difficult to imagine a
scheme frauirht with ereater evil or more iii'reniouslv
de Ned to corrupt uidh iduals and masc9 States and
Congress. Besides will not such a disposition of the
proceeds operate ns a fraudulent stewardship of the
great trust conuueu logoiernmcnt lor tue general
good?
Tariff'. Are you in favor of or opposed to tlic tar-
iff of liAG?
Absence since the passage of that act has deprived
me of tlie opportunity oi informing myseJt by obser-
vation or by communion with others aa to its prac
tical opeiution. As a general principle of political
economy appueuuie iu uurmsuiuuon anu nrmin
stances I should h'pe to see a tariff for revenue.crit
ically adjusted to the rarious ifierrxjand rightjuf
c. crj pan iu mc wumr aiiuutij Kincuv iu iiiciuv.uif
necessary to an economical administration oi cue ai-
fairs of the country including every proper and con-
stitutional internal improvement protection regard
ed as purely incidental trustinz nevertheless to see
the day nnd tint not remote when trade will be free
and unfettered; when no interest of our country will
need or desire ought of protection against foreign
competition.
Publie Domain and PostoRet. May it not l
well doubted whether the public domain and thvPot
n vit si"M"if ti m ncMHi am. I'uuui uuiiuiu ansa iw .-..
Office Hcpartment arc legitimate or othir than inci I
FRIDAY JUNE 9 1848. .te
dental sources of revenuo ? our policy being to peo-
ple the former and to nioW the hitter (as it was de-
igned) a convenience to the jwhole country by the
rapid transmission ol intclliroico. If either ilrfniji
iU own exp ensoa will not flUktional objects be ful-
filled aside from surplus fefMcr great national ob-
jects? '-i ...
lbco arc Gen. Worth' Prson prominent politi-
cal questions. They are Democratic throughout.
He scouts the idea of being a candidate for the I rca-
Idencv. and wits
Ihavo never had a party tie ora9ioriationin any
partiiau seine; nor ever failed in social aud familiar
intcrcoiiicou proper occasions freely nnd frankly
io uiicr sucn opinion n i nmy nine unuiwuini v
qucstions of general rfHlical interest to my country.
As a soldier. I have held it unlxcominz to iningle in
n.artv strife or take cart in local politics. God fur-
hid that wc should ever ei en seemingly witue. a
union ct tbti Lallot-bjX and the cartnUgc-box.
In the course of tLj debate iu the U.S. Senate on
the )jS question Mr. Hannegan n few days
sincHAUoiviiig as the history aud import of
thcBPuuiT orrrcident Monroe that the United
States could no longer regard territory on the Ameri
can continent as su'jcct to the acqui-iitiim andCuloni
ration of Kuropean jKtwcrs :
I happen tu know the history of thi- memorable
tcntimeiit. 1 obtained it some lour or fhewecks be-
fore his death from that illustrious man vl o for more
than half a century adorned the political aunnU of
ins country and whose name will In e while tue i-un
Millies In brightness in the heavens. I rpcak of John
Uuinev Ailuiis. Tliis declaration was so endeared to
ine by its true and lofty patriotism that I -ought an
inteniew with that citcrable man in order to make
some inquiries iu relation to this very sul yct. He
gaicmc an inteniew of two hours. He his descend-
ed tu the tomb and there can bo no indelicacy in re-
lating the substance of the conversation llo rated
tome th.it Mr. Monroe w:i3 in the habit when prepar-
ing his mcsfc.izesof calliniiin the different iiicmlcr'
of his Cabinet for suggestions in relation to the affairs
of their respective dqurtnient;. About this period
tue gocrnments ol .Alexieo Lentral Auu-nc:i I Ium-
bia and o on. had ueceeded in establblun thciriu-
depeiidcuccTand these interesting andimportattt events
w ere the sulject of conversation between Mr Monroe
and Mr. Adams. Mr. Monroe asked him wliat duty
was indicated to the tinted States bv the occurrence
of the gratifying changes in tho aspect of affairs up
on tins comment. Mr .d.ims replied tliat it would
be a proper occasion on which tu announce this prin
ciple tu the world. He was requested by Mr Monroe
to reduce it to writing. rextilay Mr. Auam return-
ed toPrcMdent Mir.rK that dixlaratton which with
HisMbly a few Might .crbal alteration was ineorpo-
nited in the message. W.is it meaning less? No he
replied; it w.i- Imu'hf with meaning intended to
convey all that it expresses; and Mr. Adam added
that neither the Nrnator Irom South Lanlina nor any
other memUr of the 'Cabinet heard of it until he
heard it read in the message. a-kod did it mean
that w e should ajipe-al to ami ? No wai the reply;
that when an attempt of this kind was made we
should first try negotiation and exhaust it; and ne
gotiation having failed it would theulte time to con
sider the quettiim f peace and war which would de-
pend entirely upon the inijMirtnnce of the olject
Tlie decltrattou was officially communicated to the
amliasbadorfe of the various lairopean powers ruprc-
betited here. The Kuglish ministiv instantly pn-test-tilailntt
it. Tin other Kurvpcn.ii ininiAtvrs silently
acquic'-Mcd with the exception of the Russian ainlas-
sador who took it with a jt;a-i protect auiiounciug
bis intention if communicating it tu the Ktiicrur for
instruction" but the opinion of the emperor wanei-
Jer returned. Now 1 ha.e the authority of that ven
erable man in iimkiug this statement which l com-
mitted to pncr on thecictiing of the dav on which I
had the interview. It kIiows that Mr. .Monroe and
Mr. Adams meant something of that character wheth-
er other meant any thing or not I think it present
n principle upon which ulouo I would be willing to
place 1113 clf on the present occasion. I withdraw
the appeal to humanity altogetlW nnd I take higher
ground. Iet us s.iy to tlic eopIt of Yucatan that
wc will act we will preserve yon from destruction
wc will prevent the aciiuie of your territory by any
foreign mwur.
Tin: Stars .i Stripj i.v Vknick. At Venice.
on occasion of iiinsccrating the tri-colorcil bonnet by
the Patriarch of that city in front of St. Mark's the
American Consul is Mud to Iuuo been the only foreign
diplomat invittl to be present and in the course of
the ceremonies the commander of the troops on pa
rade exclaimed -Attention! Honor to the flag of
the United Myites of America ! "on which thcdcne
utas burst forth with shouts of applause with cries
of " Iong live our sister Republic!" Tlic people of
nil claiscs and couditiuiis soldiers nnd civilians threw
thenishcs into the anus of the Consul embraced
him. nnd L'i--in- the u tar-frpanded banner." pressed
it to their heart-; while many with moistened eves
reaching their bauds through the dense crowd mere
ly to touch it could but just articulate Vint it
Console I Vira gli Statt Uniti! t Vita la gran
Rspubtica ! I " And in the evening at the Theatre
therewas a repetition of the enthusiasm on the Con-
sul entering hi box with his wife.
The Fbtnch Kllctions. The Boston Fostsays:
Mr. BaneToft tiur Minister to Kuglaud w.isui Paris
during the elections of April ii3d of members of the
rsattonal AsMMiiMy. Jtwas an occasion tor au .1-mcrii-:ui
to be proud of fur it vindicated the capacity
moderation and intelligence of the moskcs. Mr. B.
writes that th election1 pnssed off with more of or
der mid quiet and good humor than w e are accustom
ed to in tnc states ni any excuingeieciion. iii rant
was divided iiitoarrundissemcnts or wards and each
of them into pub-dirittions so tliat none should ex-
ceed u thousand voters. These again were arranged
under sections of tbo alphabet at which were t-ta-tioncd
the checkers of the voters Kacli voter was
previously prepared with a us containing his name
nge place of birth which had been obtained of the
registers. Willi this pass he presented himself ; it
was examined the end clipped off and with this ho
passed into another nartiuent. where unseen he de-
posited bis secret ball jt for his candidate which was
recehed bytersuns who could not see the depontor
who then passed out. In this way all voted as rapid
ly as w as iiecest-ary and none knew for whom hit
neighbor cast his otc and no excitement disturbance
riot or dissatisfaction appeared.
u Happy has leen the beginning of the elections in
France. Gloriously the nennle. by their prudence nnd
Cscretion are putting to shame their shnderens and
the uubeitei en. 111 sen-got crnniem. Ji is uuucoiikhi
that the elt tions have generally gone in favor of the
moderate republicans."
It seems "cnreelv conceivable' tliat 11 piltanec should
tempt a man to uVe his fellow1 life that he might
toll thr !ndr to n stirm-on. In ISOi) Burke was cx-
ecute.1 in fclinburgh for this species of murder. It
was his trade. Victims were lured by this vampyre
to"thecliamlrsof death" strangled or suffocated
without any visible mark of muidcrond Uiensoldto
tho surgeons. This trade has been attempted in Ixm-
don. at a much Later day. Deccmlicr 3 lS3Ia wretch
nniTowl BUiinti. nnd hi ru-cntnnlico HHanis were
hung for the murder of an Italian boy Carlo Ferrari
poor and friendless whose lody they wild to the sur
geons liwy cowesseu wo. munieroi rcnaoniw
several others whose bodies were disposed of In a
similar manner.
(ta stint tn VirsiWrin. Ilm .inMil Hirmrtl tV t'lC fi'
uwu -"'fa .. .... ....p.- --
unl cubing clyi is 6fty fuien Uojrcer.
MONDAY JUNK 5 I&18
j3 Dr. Beaumlkiy an old citizen of Galvcsbm
and one of the men of tt Thirty Six" died in this city
last night
JQ-TiioMH Joiissof once Judge of this IHa
trict died at his residence tn Rrcnhitn a short time
since. He was at the time t.f hi douoosc State's
Attorney for the third Didtnut.
JlJ" R- D Johnson Kq.of this city has l-cn
appointeil 'Coirmissloncr of Deeds fcr the State of 1
Maryland.
JCJ" A seven ptnmi of hall oecurre-l in Brazoria
county last wcofc. We undcrtind that considerable
damage was dune t. the growing com and cotton on
th plantation of Col. M. L. Smith but have no ac-
counts of any other injury.
Jr3TIicsteauerS..1.WiiaiiwasstiIl aground
by tlic List accounts. We are informed tlmt there w
agooldc:dor prwluccon tho nver awaiting trans-
portation to this port. A gentleman from Columbia
informs us (Jut lie left six hunJmd bolct of cotton
there ; and that there U at least two full cargoes of
sugar and niulac at Aycock's landing.
H3TIic crops of corn cotton and sugar aro un-
commonly promising in Brazoria county. The amount
of tmgar is much greater tlian that of last car.
Tlie amount of cotton recched at this port since
1 st Sept. according to the best uceouuts kept (Iy Ios-
wcll Hill t Cj.) is WpiS bales. Amouut at other
jwrt 51U. Tlio amouut exported irom lexas is
given as follows:
To New Orleans 'r
Hthimorv. Atl
New York IS 1 73
JJtittton
Kurope
31
TI1XAS INDIANS. The following paragraph a
from the list number of the Austin Democrat :
The nortitio of the Comanche tribo under the Chief
Santa Ann 1 canie into town list Wednc-day. Tlie
old ihief professed much friend.hip. He alleged as
the reason lur coming into lire bcmemenw uw uiu
buffalo had left their ranges farther north and had
cuiiiis down in this direction nn J that it wa ncccssa-
rv for them to follow the Urdsiu crdr to their sub-
Mstauce. Tlic old Chief and party visited the Govern-
or with whom a talk was bad. '1 hry were required to
n mote immediately beyond the dc-ignited hue and
they took the bint .and "sloped jctenhiy morning
Capt. Conner's compauy ii following thciu.to watch
their movement.-.
The Bonliam (Fansb comity) Argus contains the
folluwing :
We Imia heard many rumors of Indian difficulties
and depredations non the upper waters 0! the Trin-
ity but the accounts are so contradictory that wc
cannot venture to pubfiih them without more rcll-
nTaiofi.rniTifi.)n. th.in nrcnow have. That blood has
been spilt by both Indians and whites neenis toler-
ably certain but Is-vond this wc know nothing for
certain. Wc would thank some one living near the
ccne of action 10 Inform us upon that matter.
s
R3luc Austin Democrat states that that region
hat'been visited bv a refreshing rain and that the
prospects of the farmer were neur more flattcrmg
tlua at thU time.
Tho HuntsviUe B inner of the 1st inst. says
" Va learn with regret that the cotton worm Iiah
appeared in boveral sevtiois of the country. A gen-
tleman has informed us that there aro many crops in
Washington county almost entirely destroyed- ine
ravages of the worms are also complained of in Hous-
ton county.''
This is the only account of tho wormwehavcMon
and we hope it may prove to lave been exaggerated.
We hear nothing direct of the worm m W aahn.gton
county.
JEj"M;tiiissiii Houston AuJcrsonnnJ ClicroI.ec
counties to aiipant Jelejatci to the Huntsville Con-
rcntion arc mentioned in tho lUnncr.
E3"TIie steamers 31'Uan ai.J Eillotc recently
ruu together or nearly so from this city to lteJ Full
Uir 11 distance of t euty miles in one li jur and tn en.
ty minutes or at the rate of about fourtcui milci an
hour.
TEXAS WHEAT. Tlic tiuic ooxupieJ in the
tran-niisslm of the mails from our northern counties
k-.iic3iis with Tcryiuipirfcit accounts of tlic ai.tu.il
reeult oT tlic wheat lianct. Tlic Uonliam Argus of
the lTth May rciHjrts the prospect of the crop in Ian.
nin county ai reinatlaUy good and s.iys
Tin- lme hi-arv rains we undcretand from prac'i
calfaniicrsjureiiut injured the .-tandnur is it thought
the nipins frot alsiut the rt of Marcii did any e-
rioiu dauwge to it. If the weather continues good
for tend.it longer the Iirgcrt crop of wheat ever
ruiMl 111 the county will Letale. tiluitueliaiesaia
of this eouutv is we understand equally true of Col
lin K'Mon and llniyMjn.
The Telegraph of List week nays :
We have learned from a mintlenun from Gorsicaiu
in Umctonc county tk.it about forty thousand liu'li-
ils of wheat h.iveljecn raisodin I.imetouu aud Na-
tarni counties tl.i season. A part ot tins was nar-
etel as early ns the !)th of Jlay nnd is of nn excel-
lent imality. "The grains areplumpnd large and the
wheat it is lxlicied will average oicr siity pwundd to
the huihelind wme w cighedas high as sci euty lounds
to the bushel. Wc understand tliat a large quantity
of wheat lias also been raised in the Trinity valley
iiloie Pallas. The experiment in the culture of
this grain indicate that the whole region watered by
the '1 rinity and its tributaries aboie Nnlthncld is as
well adapted tn the lulture of wheat as the best
wheat growing regions of the Middle States. Tlie
soil in tliat section contains n large proportion of liiiic
and it is probably owing to the presence of this min-
eral that it is better adapted for the culture of wheat
than the-eoil near the roast. Wc are confident that
there is a btlt of country extending quite ai rois Tex-
as from Itcd Hiiertothcliio Urande nnd including
most of the undulating region of Texas tint is as well
adapted to tho culture of wheatas any portion of the
I'uion. Tliis tcction comprises at leat thirty millions
of acre and may at some future day yield breadstuff
sufficient fur the consumption of more tlcui teu mil-
lions of people.
A letter from Lord Shrewsbury states that the Tope
on receiving the Eutoy from the IT. States accredited
to Home said :
" I shall lie extremely lmppy to enter into a treaty
with so great a nation" especially with one in whiili
the church lias nothing to fear from the government
nor the government Irora tue cnurcii."
Thk Pf-mi tt. In Enehml. the penalty for wait
ing upon a railroad tract is JEW in this rouutry it is
(JcuM uriaiMisac.-oruinjtoenum-:.'ince.
Three Copies ro
Eight Vollurs.
VOLUME X
The schr. Eglanlinc Cnpt.
- arrived on
Saturday evening from Brazos Santiago. Wo haw
the Mnumoros Fug by this arrival but discovor noth-
ing uncommon in iu columns except the folfcrviu
story of a
" W0I.F ! " Wc have read of the story tf Putnam
ami the wolf ho dragged out id" tho cute and heard
sung tint song of unequilled p ithos commenting
- Tho picture of the wolf in the ielling book" but
do not rocollci.to-.er hearing of nc'ions so stringo aud
cxtniopliiinrv uu tho nart of one as that which inadu
an onslaught on the town of Santa Ilita a ferr night's
sinco. 1 lie story is told to us by .Mr. rcnnc.or that
town who Touches for its correctness ho Laving tho
still to exhibit to tho too sfcptval. A few iLiys ago
U wolf of enormous sizowns discovered makiug dp.
re-htions ujkhi a slieepfold near tho rcotitii ot tho
Hirer. Ho was tliascd away but not niitil-after ha
had destroyed thirty of the llos !c He took his courso
directly up'thc riicr until within n few miles of Mat
amoros when: ho tilled forty more of tho mutton
tribe. After this bloody feat ho eoncluded to pay our
good friends of Santa Kita a tisit and iutroducoii
hiuicir while thev w ere indidging in a gcn-rnl w:dl:
nt a fandango 'ho Sftinritiu jnt streniiie! ti.c.i
fuintcd; the 7omdrtthiiiting the Diall-i wastiirr.e.1
lisc among thorn sprang towards thcihapparol
and a man and hop iust after the former had mount
ed. Tl.o wolf was fortunately shot and hi!U.! !f ro
ho had sueeolcl in making oa. Alter he w .is uea !
he measured fnon the isjint of his no-e tn tl e tip of
his tail twelve feet on sowe inches and from the win:
of his shoulder to the lKttom of hii paw l ft S in.
Theixtraurdlrury size of the anim il as itate-1 by
Mr. Ferine wc know will excite doubt in the winds
of many but Mr. I. is a man of t crauty an 1 rcfirs
to numerous witnes-e who were present at the fl:i
dango which vus held in an open "pace out doors in
tlio town. It is siippocoirom ine .ingin.ir moieim
and niinearaiicc of the wolf that l.c wa" u3iring from
hydrophobia lliey are very nunieniis lhnsi'i.ut
all Tex is and Mexici).butarethoTighttolcmorclurui
less than thodc met with in other regions.
" XMing tile .cu'icr." Every body tnows nil
about tho city of Lynn the great shoe place t'.c
grand monument of the magnitude of the business of
providing for the physical understandings of men nn-
ineiinud children not to say "niters" -who nro
supplied purely from the benevolent institutions of t'io
North on something less than the homopatlic prin.
ciplc. Still I.tnn is but a circumstance a single n.
slance tliming nn iitcc-ivu trade it is true yet in
'iivappli races and means to Imul" scarcely a peg-
above many other places which inur great rapid
ly aiil promise end equally great. In proof of th
remark at the head or this artiile (mode by Sluks-
peare whotnew every thing a long chile ago) wo
quote the following opinion of a modern writer who
ii evidently aware that it is leather which distinguishes
ciiiiizcd from savage end simi-savagc l.fc the whit6
race of America who make and ue it from the Indi-
ans who use buckskin and the Mexicans who usa
raw-bide nnd npply it to as many furposes u we do
leather:
"Tlic history of this manufacture is a s'riking ii.
lustration of tiie loundIes ingenuity cf man and of
the multifarious wants of utilized life. If we lool;
abroad on the instruments of husbandry on the im.
rlcmcnts of most of the mechanic trades on the struc-
ture of a vast multitude of engines and machines ; or
if wc look at our own clothing shoe liouts gloves
capscte; or at the furniture in ourhi-uses the books
on our shelve the harness of our horses and ever
the substance of our carriages what a multitude ot
instanics and Tonus of thus manufacture wrougLtou;
by human ingenuity meet our eye ! V hot an spti-
tuue bus this -ingle material for the relief cf our ne-
icssities and the supply of conveniences in every
ttc and stage of life ! " Civilizedsktr would suffer
iiiimiiise incontenience and dLcomiort from the losa
of this oi.e article."
Hunts' Merchant's Maglzine states that the aggre-
gate annual nmount csj ended in the Loot shtsi and
leather lusincss of this country nearly reaches tha
total value of the cotton enp of the United States.
Tlie statistics of productive industry in Massachu-
chusetts for 1S-1G show that there was made during
tliat year the following amount ot Lsxits ana sliocs.
cKHifJ.
Uoots. puirM S.'Ktfritrst Vidie.
l'SirU SA:0ir9 4761
321AM 3.(X0f'S L'2T17I!I
lsK).(kS 2.01-107 2KI74J
3167 ' l.td'3 CS77.".
VfiOi UlU'7 "llrl
MIJ 32.IM) fcil
IC.I6S 0357U 103.JS7
KKlt 1(W.1B-1 2ii"7.0IO
HJ.73-J mziti 191714
O-Jl.SiO ail4'(WH li'.IH
30Wi5 17VK1 27.K.
210 17511 32zr
270 2oMJ 8V)
Suffolk
&ex
Middlesex
Worcester
Hampshire.
Ilain'wlfii
FranUin
IJerkhire
NVrfolk
UriH-l.
IMvuiouth
JJarmtaUe
I hike
XantutLct
Total -J.7U5.ira 17.12S.IM f 1 l7l-yU0
.nitinnt of leather made in said Mate iu
164li. 33bbo7
Value of hoc3 nude in 1S1 lSfii
Litj J50'5
Iudla rubber shucn 3IL'K'U
Totil for Massachusetts 1L'WGJ)
A thw iiiiiiu'itfc quantity ol boo's ai.d !oci u
made by band uo ouihinery bein euiplnyed cxcc i
for the nianuficture of last and peg. It is (-aid tl at
tat a the fiipplru. the market wreur uur stock
ed. The twenty mil!. on of pairs nude erery ienr
iu M L3achuH-tU are nut suffiuuit Hr the UtMini
market; and we leani from thellixhester Am-ricai'
tint Wes-feru dealer are comrellol ti leare their or-
tlers alieaa or po witnout tlie artuie. iany ueair-r
Y.el of the lakes found the market so limited Uu
fall that they were unable to pet tluir uu.il fuj-ply.
As regards the amount of crnital and nnraUr of
hands euiplo en. says the Troy Whip the rtlifo tr.M-
nest U said to take precedence of any other branch of
iiuuiu factum carried on in America prcxlucinp coni.
niuaittes to toe value oi xww"'uannaauTnnun-
inrr emplovinent to between lOO.UX) and 5UU.0CX) op-
er.itivc men and women.
We have long expected and still hope to see tha
bsusitiCN of tanning prow into impoitance m
Texift. The country aSbrds the raw material as
cheaply and abundantly as any other; and webeliev
that immense fortunes wdl yet I-e made by tbe manu-
facture. Some of tlie wealthiest men at the Xortlt
have made their money in this way.
JCyI announcing tne fact that tha.s!eamcr 8
21. rTiViunwhasgot aground the Telegraph cay-.
uTbei-c is great dinger that she uriy le filled with
qukksand if a sudden freshet should raise tlio wnttr
o cr her decks." Our Houston brother i as funny
asevcr. lleinformsus tliatif the ricr riwrs w) ra-
pidly that the steamboat cannot rise alun with it
and keep on tho surface "there is great danger
that she may l filled with quicksaiuf Ho Ira.c u
in the dark as to whether she may rccvUt any water
'q'.o her hold
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