The Northern Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 39, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 3, 1849 Page: 1 of 4
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CHARLES DE MORSE.
TOL. Q.
THE PR1XTEB-S SOXC.
Print comrades print; a nolilo task
Is tlic one wo gaily ply;
'Tis outs to tell to all who ask
The wonders of earth and sky!
We eatcli the thought all glowing warm
As it leaves the student's brain:
And place the stamp of enduring form
On poet's airy strain.
Then let us sing as we nimbly fling
The slender letters round;
A glorious thing is our laboring
Oh where may its like be found.
Print comrades; print; the fairest thought
Ever limned in Painter's dream.
The rarest form e'er Sculptor wrought.
By the light of beauty's gleam;
Though lovely may not match the power
"Which our own proud Art can claim;
Tint links the past with the present hour
And its breath the voice of fame.
Then let us sing as we nimbly fling
The slender letters round;
A glorious thing is our laboring
Oh where may its like be found!
Print comrades print: God hath ordained
That man by his toil should live:
Then spurn the charge that we disdained
The labor that God would give!
Wc envy not the sons of case.
Nor the lord in princely hall:
But bow before the wise decrees
In kindness meant for us all.
Then let us sing as we nimbly fling
The slender letters round;
A glorious thing is our laboring.
Oh where may its like be found!
PROCLAMATIONS.
By tlic President of the U. Stales of America.
A PROCLAMATION.
"Whereas by an act of the Congress of the Uni
ted Slates approved the third day of March one
thousand eight hundred and forty-five entitled "An
act regulating commercial intercourse with the is-
lands of Minnclon and St. Pierre" it is provided
that all French vessels coming directly l':o:n those
islands either in ballast or laden with articles the
growth or manufacluic of either of said islands and
which are permitted to be exported therefrom in
American vessel? mav be admitted into the ports
of the United States 0:1 payment of no higher duties
of tonnage or on their cargoes aforesaid than arc
imposed on American vessels and on like cargoes
imported in American vessels provided that this act
hall not take effect until the President of the Uni-
ted States shall have received satisfactory informa-
tion that similar privileges have been allowed to
Am-rican vessels and th;ir cargoes at said islands
bv the government of France and shall have made
proclamation accordingly.
And whereas satisfactory information has been
received by me that similar privileges have been al-
lowed io American vessels and their cargoes at said
islands by the govern ncnt of France:
Now; therefore I JAMES K. POLK Presi-
dent of the United States of America do hereby de-
clare and proclaim that all Ficach essels coming
.ltratlr from the islands of Minnclon and St. Picric
cither "in ballast or laden with articles the growth or
manufacture of cither of said islands and which arc
permitted to be exported therefrom in American ves
f1s. shall fiom this date be admitted into the ports
of the United States on payment 01 no iuucr mines
on tonnage or on their cargo-s aforcsiid than are
.mposcd on American vessels and on like cargoes
..nportcd in American vessels.
Given under my handat the city of Washington
the twentieth day of April A. I) cue
thousand cinht hundred and forty-s?v-
" 8-J en and of the Independence of the
United States the seventv-first.
JAMES' K. POLK.
Tli- t1ir President:
"James Bcchasas Secretary of Slate.
By the Frcsidcnt of the U. Slates of America.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas by an act of the Congress of the Uni-
ted States of the twenty-fourth of May one thou-
sand eight hundred ind twenty-eight entitled " An
act in addition to an act entitled ' An act concern
fng discriminating dunes of tonnage an? import. . 1
to equalize the duties on f nissian ves.-is ar.i in.
cargoes' '" it is provided that up.in s-uisi'.irlo'v ev:- 1 -dence
being given to the President of the I nited consi'
States bv the government of any foreign nalioi ' watei
that no discriminating duics 01 tonnage or itnj .u-l
are imposed or levied in the ports of the said nauon
upon vessels wholly belonging U the citizens of the
United States or upon the produce manunctiires.
-raprr!.:mr'-s jrnrotlM in the same from lliC Wi
led States cr from anv foreiau country the Presi
dent is .thereby authorized to isstio hisproSamaiion
declarinrr thai the foreiau discriminating duties cf
jnna-cf.nd impost within the Hailed Slat aretnd
sha 11 be. sus:cndcd ani msconiinuea so iar .is m-
spects tbc-esselsof the said foreign nation and
uie prouuee in-uitu;u;iuns tr hk;ju.h.uim; i;"t""-
ted into tlic umieu stales i: .nc sn iiraiiiu
on 11
said fjrcigii naUon 01 irom any otlicr lorcign erran-
try the said suspension to take effect from the time
of such notification being given to the President of
the United States and to continue so long as the
reciprocal exemption of vessels belonging to citizens
of the United States and their cargoes as afore-
said shall be continued and no longer:
And whereas satisfactory evidence has lately
heca re:eived by me. from his Majesty the Empe-
.. 'MmI
""r r of Brazil through an ofHcial communication of
Mr. r elippeJose i'creira iical tiis charge d atlmrej
in the United States" under date of the 25th of Octo-
ber 16-17.that no other or higher dutic3 of tonnage
and impost are. imjosed or lcvicd.in the ports of
Brazil iion vessels wholly belonging to cit:zens of
the United States and upon me produce manuiac-
lures or merchandise imported in the same from the
United States and from any foreign country what
ever-than arc levied on Brazilian hips and their
cargoes inMlie same ports unoer line circumstances:
Now. 'therefore. .1. JAMES K. POLK Presi
dent of the United'Statcs of America do hereby dc-clarc-and-.proclaim.tliats3much
of the several acts
imp05ingaiscrim)iaiing clinics pi lonnagu aiiuiuipusi
within the United States are and shall be suspen
ded and discontinued so far as" respects the versus of
Brazil and the produce- manufactures and mcr--chanoise
imported into the United States in the
iisaine from Braiiband from any othcrforcitrri ennn--trvvwhalever
the said suspension to take effect from
1 the day above mentioned and to continue thencc-
"forwarJ so lo.ng as the. reciprocal exemption n'f the
vessels jof the United States and the produce man-
'niactarcs; "and merchandise imported into Brazil in
.'the'samc as aforesaid shall be continued on the
K-part'of the-government of Brazil.
vftiGiven under my hand.at'lhe city of -Washington
ibisifpurta day of. November in the year of onr
Lord one thousand eight hundred aqd forty-seven
and the seventy-second of the Independence of the
United Slates. '
- ' - JAMES K. POLK.
By "the President: .
" JiMfcs'Bi.'ciUNAS Secretary of Slalt.
IIesolvtion Public No. 11.
A RESOLUTION to explain an act passed twenty-
fourth June eighteen hundred and fnrtv-cight
entitled ' An act for the relief of W. 11. Slaugh-
ter late Secretary of the Territory of Wiscon-
sin." 1'csolcrd tlic Srnatc ami House of llcptcsenta-
tircs of the I'nitnl States of America in Congress
asseinbltd That the words " late Secretary of the
Treasury of Wisconsin" where the same occur in
the act entitled "An act for the relief of W. IS.
Slaughter late Secretary of the Territory of Wis-
consin" approved June twenty-fourth eighteen
hundred and forty-eight be taken to mean " late
Secretary ofthc Territory uf Wiscnn.-in;" and that
the said act be construed and executed accordingly.
Approved June 2S 18 IS.
From the Xat. Intel of Dec. Ulh.
THE CALIFORNIA UOLD SPECIMENS.
The following particulars have been as-
certained upon a visit to the War Office for
the Mirposc of cxamiding the specimens ofj
California Gold transmitted to the Secretary
of War by Col. Mason.
According to the principles of mineralogy
these specimens may be classified in the fol-
lowing groups: 1st. Small grains and scales
or minute plates of native gold separated by
washing from all extraneous matter. 2dly.
similar but generally minute masses of.
equally fine gold connected with magnetic
iron. 3dly. Two masses of the plate gold
one of which exceeds an ounce in weight.
Ithly. A heavier mass with its original
white quartz still adhering to it and exhibi-
ting marl's of abrasion. 5lhly. Pure iron
sand of its usual color and gravity contain-
ing gold dust. ' (ithly. Small scales from mas-
ses of a light gray metal. 7thly. Angular
lumps of a white mineral which has the ex-
ternal character of pyrites of iron. AndSlhly.
A fine large specimen of the ore of mercury
called cinnabar.
The first four specimens alluded So h ive
all the external characters ofthe native gold
of mineralogy An examination of the inin-
cralogical phenomena presented by all the and the Isthmus to San Francisco is about c( hy the Jesuits about the middle of the last
specimens a fiords evidence were the fact not 5500 miles. Passengers arc conveyed up the ' ccnturv. The Jesuits concealed their dis-
othcrwisc known of the geological position of . Chagrcs river m canoes about forty miles coverv from the Government and the suspi-
the grains and atoms of gold in diluvial beds. w-hcn they arc transferred to the backs of c:on that thev had done so perhaps had
The form of the pieces and their abrasion
denote this. The heaviest lump of gold re-!
ceived at the War Officcf which weighed two .
ounces) was sent to Philadelphia to be assay-j is expected that the steamship California Jornia to ascertain the truth of the reports Without "the succor which American ports
ed and the result has proved satisfactory j which Iclt this port about the beginning of respecting the gold "in the rivers in the could extend to our commerce we have al-
it having been pronounced genuine and al-j October will be at Panama by the 1st of j j.-; nnd in the rocks.' lie was accompani- ready four-fifths of all the shipping upon the
uablc. January to take her place in that line which j od bv the celebrated Don Migael Jose de P.-.cific under our own flag. With the assis-
While examining the above specimens at is advertised to sail the first of every month. I Arcnza who discouraged by the fruitless tance of a secure naval establishment on the
the War Office we happened to meet with j when fairly organized. The Panama and 'search of a few weeks recommended the western roat under American laws our
HenrvR. Scilooi.citAiT Esq. who furnished j
us with the following historical facts winch ;
will undoubtedly prove interesting to some of j
our readers
The existence of gold in California was
not unknown to the Spaniards. Humboldt
prior to 1SIG mentioned that there was a
plain of fourteen leagues (12 English miies)
in extent on the California coast covered
with an allunal deposite in which lumps of
gold were dispersed. The same author states
that a lump of gold was found in Choco
weighing 25 pounds; and another in Peru
in 1700 which weighed 42 pounds. He
gives the annual produce of the gold mines
of the Spanish American colonics at 25020
pounds troy. The gold of Brazil is chiefly
washed from the sands cf rivers and other
earthy depoites which stretch at the foot of
a high chain of mountains running nearly
parallel with the coast which extends from
5 to 30 of south latitude. From this re-
gion nearly thirty thousand Portuguese marcs
of gold are annually exported to Europe.mak-
ing the annunrproduce of the gold mines of
Spanish and Portuguese America forty-five
thousand five hundred and eighty pounds
troy.
Whatever be the value and extent of the
gold region of California audit cannot be
doubted that it is valuable wc should pro-
ceed in ascertaining it with respect both to
tlic ilecisious ot science anu to the experi
ence of other nations in similar positions.
Theory has its value in relation to miner-
al depositcsonly as it is affirmed by experi-
ence. It is one of the traits of the metallife-
rous diluvial deposites of the United Stales
that ' ese deposites spread over very cxtcn-
ivc areas ot suriacc; mat tiicy lie at very
derable elevations above the present
ter lcvl of adjacent seas lakes and riv.
ers: and that as a consequence ot tins alti
tudc of position they arc so long as the
working is confined to these beds explored
with little comparative labor or expense. It
would appear as if diluvial action had exer-
ted itself with greater force and with a more
de-grading power upon our highlands tha.i
I in the old world so as to demolish the solid
isur.'ace 01 tocks 10 a crcaicr ucpiu anu 10
jscaiter their disrupted veins of mineral mat-
tcr over more extensive areas. S'.ich are
tlic impressions in examining the remarkable
diluvial and projected deposites of lead in
Missouri Iowa and Northern Illinois the
gold dilut'ion ofthc Appalachian spine in the
Southern Slates and the wide copper-bould
er diluvion ofthc basin of Lake Supeiior.
In each of these cases the original mctal-
bcarin" rocks have been broken down by
ancient geological causcsand scattered over
vcrv wide areas of country. In each of these
cases also the first discovery or eventual
wonting ofthe mines was accompanied by a
public excitement by the anticipation of ex-
traordinary wealth with at comparatively
little labor and by a neglect to a great ex-
tent ofthc cautious experience of science
and the statistics of practical mining.
As connected with the subject ofthc above
atticle wc copy the subjoined official letter
from the government paper of yesterday:
Mint or the United States
Philadelphia December II I81S.
Sin: On the;8th instant wo received as
I have already had the honor to inform you
the first; deposite of gold.froin California. It
tvas deposited bv Mr. David. Carter.; who
brought it from San Francisco by. the isthmus
route. It weighed 180459 ounces troy; of
vhich 1.423 80 was. from the lower surface
mines arjd'330;79. from those" at Feather
riven On the 8th instant another deposite
was sent by the Secretary of War which
weighed 223punccs. ..
The- gold was of; two sorts iiv external
character though apparently jiot'dificrcnl as
to quality. The- first from the "dry dig-
LONG SIIAL!. OUR. B.IXXER BRAVE THE
CLARKSVILLE RED RIVER COUNTY
gings" was in grains which averaged from
one to two pennyweights; the other variety
from the swamps or margins of the streams
being in small flat spangles of which on an
average it would take six or seven to weigli
a grain. Of these by far the largci part of
the deposites was composed.
The goliLwas melted in six parcels and
the loss by melting due to the earthy and
readable matter which disappears in this op-
eration averaged about 2i per cent of the
original weight. The loss thus reported is
moderate and shows that the gold had been
carefully washed.
Assays of the melted gold were made with
great care and the icsults. showed a varia-
tion in fineness from S!)2to S!)7 thousandths;
the average of the whole being S91. This is
slightly below the standard fineness which
is 000.
Tlic average value per ounce of the bulli-
on before melting is $13 05J; that of the
same in bars after meltingis $IS 50.
The whole value of the gold in the two
deposites was $3!"'192 besides a few ounces
reserved in the native state for the Secretary
of War at his request.
Very rcsectfully your faithful servant
R. M. PATTERSON Ditcctor
lion. Ronr.itT J. Walker
Secretary of the Treasury.
Ho! for California.
Got.n Items. Wc foci bound to keep our
readers advised ofthc interesting movements
for the gold diggins. The N. Y. Commercial
says:
The distance from New York via Cape
Horn is about 17000 miles and the passage
to Francisco will occupy about five months;
the price varies from $3J0 to $100. according
to the accommodations on boaid the several
vessels
The distance from New York via Chagrcs
mules and carried twenty miles to Panama
where they take passage to San Francisco
in whatever vessel they can find going. It
Oregon are both on their way out and by
the 1st of .March the line will he complete.
The distance from Panama to San Francisco
is about 3110 miles.
In the different ports of Roslon New York
Philadelphia and Baltimore at least fifty
vessels arc up for freight or charter to the
gold regions and to record all the expedi-
tions would be impracticable.
ThcN. Y. Sun after specifying several
associations of capitalists and others in that
city gives the following new feature:
A company is about being formed in Wall
street to send out poor men on condition that
each person so sent shall remit to the compa-
ny the gold found it shall then be by them
divided into two equal portions one of which
shall belong to the family ofthc emigrant or
be placed to. his credit and the otlicr half
shall belong to the company of capitalists
advancing the means to send nut the emi-
grant and support his family until remittances
can be made.
The Tribune adds:
No less than four vessels arc being fitted
out at Sag Harbor and it is calculated that
more goods will arrive in California in the
next six months than will supply the inhabi-
tants three times over.
Col. Frcm int's Geographical Memoir on
Upper California thus speaks of the climate
ofthc gold region:
The gold region of California is on the
Sacramento river and its tributaries. The
climate of the country has no winter in the
valley but the rainy season and the dry.
The rainy season begins in November and
continues to the middle of February or
the begining of March; the rest of the
year is without rain; but the streams from
the Sierra Nevada afFord all the facilities for
irrigation in the heats of July and August.
The whole valley abounds in wild horses
elks deer antelopes grizzly bears part-
ridges water-fowl salmon &c. All the
products of the United States from apples to
oranges from potatoes to sugarcane mav
be produced in the valley of the San Joaquin
and Sacramento. The climate remarkably
healthy.
Such is the California on the Pacific; the
richest most picturesque and beautiful regi-
on for its extent upon the face ofthe earth.
Such is the El Dorado of the gold mines;
such is the great acquisition ofthc late war
with Mexico
THE CALIFORNIA MIXES.
An extended description of the gold mines
of California and ofthe condition of things
in that region appears in the Washington
Union ofthc 2"2d inst. in two letters from
Capt. Folsom of the Quartermaster's De-
partment to Gen. Jcsup. The statements
of Col. Mason and others as to the extent
and richness of the mines are fully corrobo-
rated. Capt. Folsom also gives an account
similar to theirs of the desertion ofthe towns
villages fields and shops nearly the whole
male population being drawn to this El Do
rado. J. he lorms ol llie deposites or the
precious metals arc thus described:
As the workmen ascend the streams into the
mountains the gold becomes coarser and
more massive. On the lower portions of the
streams it is found in thin fit t particles re-
sembling small golden fish scales. Higher
in the mountains it is found varying in size
from the finest particles to pieces of five or
six ounces in weight and of all conceivable
forms. Many of the largest pieces contain
small portions of quartz and other granite
rock embodied in them. The coarse gold is
dug out.of the crevices among the rocks in
the dry beds of mountain prrents with
pickaxes small iron bars spades butcher
knives sticks. &c. In many places the
streams flow over stralajifcoarscslatc or Khale
fnitrtiiifr oHtfnllv "rlllll bctWCPM tllf llifTo'r-
r " --"'- ; --...-.
BREEZE THE ST.VXDARD OP THE FRKE.
TEXAS SATURDAY FEBRUARY 3 IS4 0.
cnt layer the gold is deposited by the wa -
(cr
As no one as yet has found the gold in its
native matrix a question often suggests it-
sr-lfns to orh'in. I believe the coarse gold
is found near the spots where it originally
lay in its native bed and much ol the fine
rnll has been swent down from the mntin-
Fains bv torrents of water. Almost all the
rocks in Upper California arc imperfectly
organized being soft and friable and incapa-
!ilo nf resist i'n-' the action of the weatiier.
In the process of time the mountains have
gradually crumbled away into linf dust and
ilir. trnld Imslieeii liheiatcd. The coarse
gold its massiveness and great specific grav- 100 varas and arc in blocks of six. The
ilv was not removed from the mountain streets arc from 50 to 100 feet wide. There
sides whereas the fine gold was swept oil" to aic large hotels here besides boarding and
the plains below. ! public houses. Two wharves are nearly enm-
Thc extent of these golden dopoitcs it is plcted which are indispensable to the-iiu-rcaii-impossiblc
to conjecture Gold has been tile houses am! other important facilities for
found one hundred and forty miles above! trade are in progress."
Sutter's Fort. It is dug in great quantities! Tnr. Climate and PnonccTioN "The
at almost all points along Feather Julia and ( thermometer ranges at San Francisco from
Hear nvers.and upon the American Fork and '(i0 to 75 dogs. A peach orchard bloomed
all its tributaries upon the Consumncs and in January and the fruit uninjured Culinary
Slnnislniis rivers and upon both sides of the 1 vegetables arc raided the year round Wheat
San Joaquin river. It has been found at
ii
RoiWn. on the sc.icoast. and at various
points in the chain of mountains which scp-
aratc the waters flowing into ihe San Joaqi: -
in from those which enter the Pacific as far. vine."
as Ciudad dc Ios Angeles. It-had also been J Valve or iMror.TS anp Exports. "The
found in considerable quantities in the earth . following statistics furnwlied by the Collec-
ofthe nlains near the mission of Santa Clara. ' tor of the Port of San Francisco embrace
If w time l.-nnu-n fr ovist throughout a rroi-
on of county of more than six hundred miles
in extent and probably extends into Ore-
gon. FIRST DISCOVERY OF THE CALI-
FORNIA GOLD MINES.
The N. Y. Tribune ofthc 13th says:
From an article in Harper's forthcoming
P.iographical Cyclopedia we learn that the
cold mines ol California were li
somcthin" to do with their expulsion from
Mexico. In 1709 Don Jose fialvcz Marquis
of Sonora undertook an expedition into Cait-
I abandonment of the enterprise and for con-
tendin
I that-the Marquis was insane fori
proceeding "as inrowu 11110 mi-immi (.-:
be remained several months. Nothing at all
satisfactorily however appears to have re-
suited from the search of Galvez; though the
Jesuits afterwards disclosed 111 Spain and in
France that the charges of discovery and
concealmcnt; made against them were
true.
Wc find the following in the Boston Mail:
The existence of this gold has been known
for more than a century.
In Ward's History of Mexico there is an
account of a Spaniard who had a mine in
California. He would never allow the mine
to be worked but he used to go and take
from it as much as he wanted occasionally
and when he died the secret died with him.
Wc know that many Spanish families ac-
quired vast wcal'h from mines the locality
of which they hid.
Timeros for instance came from Spain
with some capital. He spent nearly the
whole of it in searching forgold. At length
he of a sudden became lastly rich having
an income of a million of dollars a year
and was created Conde de Rcgla.
The Obrcgon family presents a similar in-
stance of luck in discovering a mine. The
ori'rinal Obrcgon came from Spain discov-
ered the mine in Guanajuato made a vast
fortune and presented a Iinc-of-battlc ship
fully armed and equipped at one time to
the'Kin' of Spain. lie was created Conde
de Yalcnciana.
The richest man in America at this moment
ts a Mexican miner Perez Galvez by name
proprietor of the mines of Luz and Mellader
at Guanajuato.
CALIFORNIA ITS COMMERCIAL
ADVANTAGES.
A recent number of that very able work
"Hunt's Merchants' Magazine" contains an
excellent aiticlc 011 the commercial advanta
ges of California from which wc maijc ex
tracts:
When Discoveued and Colonized.-
"Upper California was discovered in 1.11'S
by Cavelio the Spanish Navigator. In I"i7d
the northern portion of it was visited by Sir
Francis Drake who called it New Albion.
It was first colonized by the Spaniards in
1703 and formed a province of Mexico until
after the revolution in that country.
Its Boundary and Extent "It is bound-
ed by Oregon on the North the forty-second
dense of north latitude being the boundary
line of the two territories; on the East by the
Rocky Mountains on the South by Sonora
and old or Lower California and on the
West by the Pacific Ocean; its extent from
North to South being about the same. The
strin of country along the Pacific Ocean.
about 700 miles in length and an average of
125 miles in breadth b mnded on the knst by
the Sierra Nevada and on the West by the
Pacific is the only fertile portion of this cx-
tensivctcrritory." Its Rivers and Noble Valley. "The
Sacramento and Joaquin Rivers have each a
course of from 300 to 400 miles; the first
flowing from the North and the last from the
South and both emptying into the Bay of
San Francisco at the point. I hey water the
large fertile valley between the Sierra Neva
da and the coast range ot mountains this
noble valley the first in California and one
ofthc most magnificent in the world is aboul
500 miles long and 50 wide. It is bounded
on the East by She great Snowy Mountains
and on the West by the low range which in
manv nlaces dwindle into insignificent hills
and has its northern terminus at the strait of
Carouines. on the Bay of San Francisco and
its southern near thcCoIorado river which is
tho Innrest 111 Uner California and has' a
fnnrsn of about 1000 miles emptying itself
into the Gulf of California In latitude about
:i2dcg. North."
l TUvof San Francisco. "The bay
San Francisco is about 75 miles long at its
extreme points if taken in a straight line in
a north-north-west and south-east direction
and its greatest width about ten miles- From
its position and extent the city and port ofj
i the same name must become tlic depot tor alt
the produce of the great rivers and valleys.
It will also become the great naval station of
( the Pacific and here also will be the great
rendezvous for whalers."
j Town or Siv Francisco. "The town of
San Francisco is regularly laid out in lots ofj
inty varas square generally six i wmen
form a bloc!;. Sonic how.-ver are in lots of
succeeds admirably yielding in quality equal
. to Gcnnossec or r.gypjian.
In
rapes a
.id
wine this land will ere Ion
' world. It is emphatically
g challenge the
the land uf the
. the quarter ending December III 1317: To.
the quarter endin
tal value of exports fur the quarter $-19-5G7
53 of which $30353 So wore ofthe
produce of California and was shipped as
follows: To Peru $21. -13- 31!; Mazatlan
$5fi0; Russian America $7.255 50; Tabalta
$700; Sandwich Island-: $320. The b.il-
lance were of the produce of foreign coun-
tries. 19.313 OS 'and shipped as follows:
To the United States $-2100; Sandwich Is
3 Uiittcil btales V-."'". aanuwicn Js-
$12142 IS; Mazathin $3S31 50.
mports for Ihe same period $53. 1S9
lands.
Total im
73. of winch SO. 79951 came from the Unit
ed States $7701 59 from Oregon $3070
1 1 from Chili."
'In selecting the port of San Francisco
for a naval establishment upon the Pacific
our government ha shown a degree of sa
gacity worthy of the highest statesmanship
commercial interests must rapidly increase.
"It has ficen shown that
about S3"20;il)
01 inc traiic 01 sail rraiicis
go for the three
' months ending 31st December 1317 was
j with the Sandwich Islands and mostly for
j articles 110 the growth or produce of them.
: It would be a moderate estimate to allow the
j same amount of trade with all the other Cali-
fornia pruts for the same pen il and tins
would be an annual indirect and costly trade
j of about S 250000. The amount of trade
which the Sandwich Islanders have hereto-
fore annually enjoyed from our men ot-war
whalers and merchantmen is about S450-
000 which must soin he transferred to our
merchants on the coast of California and is
mostly for beef pork flout poultry vegeta-
bles &c."
"A recent arrival from Canton has shown
the practicability of voyages being made be-
tween San Francisco and China in forty-five
days; and the average period of voyages
from San Francisco to the Mexican ports
down the coast and to the Sandwich Islands
is less than twenty days."
piifiiicrISKTE'G
I N K A U F M AN C O U N T Y .
Proceedings of a public meeting held at
the county scat of Kaufman county on the
23rd of December ISIS for the purpose of
giving an expression ofthc views ofthc citi-
zens of said county in relation to the proprie-
ty of a called session ofthe Legislature and
in relation to the course pursued by Gov.
Wood thereon:
On motion ofCol.llcagnn the Rcv.A.Baird
was called to tlic Chair and Col. Crockett
was appointed Secretary.
The Rev. W. Baird then proceeded in an
appropriate manner to make known the ob
ject ot the meeting.
On motion ot Col. Crockett the loilowmg
gentlemen were appointed to draft resolutions
expressive ofthc sense of the meeting viz:
Messrs. John II. Reagan. Nat. M. Burford
A. P. Sullivan Wm.Lovo Nathaniel Daugh-
rty and S R. Campbell; and on motion of
Mr. Burford the Chairman of the meeting
wa added to the committee.
The committee then retired fur a timcnnd
returned with the following resolutions to
wit:
Rcsolrcd That wc have witnessed with
regret the efforts that have been made by
some of our Fellow Citizens to induce Gov.
Wood to convene the Legislature in extra
session believing as wc do with due defer-
ence to those whose opinions differ with ours
that no exigency exists sufficient to justify
such a course.
Resulted That we do not conceive the
apportionment law passed by tha last Legis
lature as being as perfect as the people of
1 exas had a right to expect hut that wc
think its imperfections justly attributable to
the course pursued by members ofthc Leg-
islature representing counties that held over
their due proportion of the representation
in the Legislature and especially to the rep-
resentatives of some ofthe counties in which
the greatest efforts have been made to induce
a called session of the Legislature.
Rasolrtd That we fearthai if the Legisla-
ture were to be convened in extra session
the scenes of the last session might be rc.-cn-acted
of attempting to defeat an apportion-
ment of the representation ofthc State ac-
cording to the requirement of the constitu-
tion by the passage of a resolution to adopt
the apportionment of 1315 in violation ofthe
letter and spirit ofthe constitution with an
utter disregard for the principle of equal
rights for all held sacred by every Tcx-
ianj Resolred That wc arc of opinion that
no good would result from the passage
of a law to legalize former land titles and
the transfers on them. Wc are of opinion
that all titles and the tranfers on them that
I have been made in accordance with law being
aircauy.ap'i require no acttou ot me jjegts-
EDITOR Ce. PROPRIETOR.
NO. 30
jginmaujj.uuijj;in juu tmm . ji. irm
of latino to make them better; and that those
which were granted in frand.or to persons not
entitled to them ar5 er.t'tlrd to no favorabh
considcration from the Legislature. Wc
arc willing to do specially whatever may be
necessary to the security of the rights of
actual 'ocupant citizens ofthe country ami
settlers on the soil but wc are unwilling to
da generally that which might fasten upon the
country the thousands of claims to land that
have hern obtained by persons not rntitled fo
them which wc conceive would be striinng n
fatal blow at the interests of those whom Ihe
movers of a railed session of the Legisla-
ture serin desirous of benefiting and yield-
ing their righls to persons who have been
engaged in extensive Ioosp and reckli-s1?
if not criminal speculations in land. We
know of no other conditions attached t. grant
ofland made under the colonization laws
and contracts previous to the revolution of
1S3G than those canceled by the act of Con-
gress of IS37 that justice to the citizens
and duty to the State would require cancel-
ed. Resolved That the doctrine that individuals
should not he permitted to (dead whatever
the Stite might ph'ad in avoidance of fraud-
ulent forfeited or doubtful grants to land as
contended for by the movers of a called
session of the Legislature if carried out
would in our opinion he to deliver ihe fair-
est portioi: of hc lands of Texas into the
hands of aliens '.Icrcn Leaguers and vet
head-right men and t deprive the scar-worn
soldiers and most valuable citizens of our
country of their homes.
Rewired That wc henr'ily approve the
course pursued by Gov. Wood in refusing-to
call an exfrtt session ofthc Legislature "un-
less called on so to do by a majority of the
citizens of the Slate.
Rcsolreil That the Editor ofthe Northern
Slandard be requested to publish these Res-
olutions and that the other Papers of the
State be requested to copy them.
On the presentation of the Resolutions
the meeting was eloquently addressed on the
subject embraced in the:r.by Messrs Burford
ami Bcagan.
The resolutions were then unanimously
adopted by the nifcting.
The meeting then adjourned.
J. M. Crockett
Secretary.
A. PAIRD
Cfiairmun.
For the Star State Patriot.
Maikiull January Stb ISID.
Mr. EotTon Knowing that your readers
are interested upon the subject of education
and arc disposed to aid in affording means
for the acquisition of knowledge by the youth
ot our country I hope that the followm-
(acts may not be uninteresting to them.
The Marshall Presbvtci y of" the Cumber-
land Prcsliytcrir.ii Church at its session held
a few weeks ago in the town of Daingerfield
Titus county Texas appointed Rev.Jamcs
Sampson an agent to the purpose of solicit-
ing and receiving propositions from the peo-
ple of t'ificrcnt places for the location of a
literary institution empowering him to ac-
cept in the name ofthe Presbytery any pro-
position for that purpose which he might re-
gard sufficiently favorable to erect buiTdin-'s.
&c preparatory for putting into successTui
operation a college or high school under the
Superintendence of said Picsbytcry; and to
report his proceedings to the Presbytery at
its next meeting.
Acting in accordance with his instructions
Bro. Sampon appointed a meeting of the
citizens at Daingcrfield.on Friday before the
first Sabbath inst. to takf into consideration
the propriety of establishing a literary instil
tution at that place. By unforsccn" events
Bro. Sampson could not he present at the
meeting and at his in.-tancc I attended and
acted in his stead. The day was quite un-
pleasant ami there were but few people in
attendance; in consequence of which defini-
tive action on the subject was postponed till
Monday the Stb inst. at which time all the
citizens of the town and a good number from
the country were present.
The result of the meeting was a unani-
mous determination to make an immediate
ellbrt to erect a college at Dangcrfield un-
der the superintendence of the above named
Presbytery. We intend trying to erect two
buildings by subscription within the next
twelve or eighteen months the college edifice
and the preMiicnt's house both of brick; the
former (10 by 3'J feet with a folding partition.
A. Urquhart Esq. has donated to the insti-
tution one quarter section of land upon such
conditions as will I think in a few years be
a source of considerable revenue to the insti-
tution. On the day afler the meeting; I pre-
sented a subscription paper to the people
and in one day obtained $1000 and other
liberal donations I have no doubt can bo
obtained. I have little or no doubt of the
success of the enterprise. In-conclusion I
remark that this is an enterprise in which
not only the citizens of Daingerfield and vi-
cinity arc interested but I conceive that the
people ofthc adjoining counties and in some
degree of all Eastern Texas and Western
Louisiana an2 Arkansas arc interested in its
success. Daiagcrfield is the mosteligib!cbe-
cause the most healthy site for a collcc
within the bounds of (he country above spe-
cified. Hence wc expect to receive assis-
tance in the erection of a college at that place
from the friends" of education in different
parts of the country. If our expectations
arc verified wc will erect a literary institu-
tion at Dangcrfield that wIIbc equalled by
few and excelled by hone in the State.
If these remarks bd plttced before the pub-
lic I will in another communication define
tlie relation which' if is" intended shall exist
between the Church and the College.
G. S.. TE.MPLETON.
P. S. Will the Spirit of the Age North-
ern Standard aud Texas Presbyterian please
copy.
Sympathy. A good deacon making an offi-
cial visit to a dying neighbor who wns a very
churlish and universally unpopular man put
the usual question "-
"Arc you wdling'lS go my friend?".
"Oh. yes" said the sick man. !f am."
"Well" said the simple minded deacon
.
"I am glad you arc for all Ihe nciglthtM-ttre
tcilliris."
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