Texas State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 26, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 16, 1850 Page: 2 of 8
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The tNcws by the Steamer Canada.
From the Ity of the Salt Lake.
The followiii"- (olographic summary of the news by the steamer Hie Si. Lotus Republican hns received u letter dated October
Canada are loketl from the Baltimore Sun of the loth iust: i lSih from the city of the Salt Lake. The writer says it is repnrt-
Tho subject St' the annexation of Canada to the fJfiitcdSlalcs'''! "'tat tlt! cornpiuiy from Missouri Icilltsd some Snake squaws
is producing soma talk. The morning Advertiser -$iys : '' inncl ' revenge they (the Snakes) now attack every company they
"Canada' has' "under consideration the question of severance K01"1' across though he cannot learn that the Snakes had been
between the mother countrv and the Canadian provinces. The q'"oloino or attacked any one for a long time previous to their
conclusion is that linglaud would bo no actual- loser wore ihu!-sn""ws being killed. I he Mormons that have come in are said
tlirefUs carried into execution but mi actual gainer. The main-! l0 mvc brought some two.or three imnurcu inonsana dollars in
tonunca of that part of our colonial possessions costs nearly three . n)ld' Tu correspondent accidontly saw one of their bugs said
hundred thousand pounds annually." j to contain more than .sixty om.ces.of the dust.
Col. James Watson Webb. Minister to Austria linn arrived at
Liverpool in the ship Yorkshire on route for Vienna to assume
IMSjUipiOUiailC uuuus in uiu ;iuiiiuii uwiiii
Business profits are enormous us we learn from the following
paragraph :
. Messrs. Livingston iv Kmkcad merchants of your place have
Russia. An extensive conspiracy is forming at Moscow. It nd m!r -rnf s P" J nt Vvo wcelcs' nnd u 's c"rreutiY
is been 'discovered that the object is to depose the dynasty of '"P01"1"' 1)iy'd nr.e llut. l "? car.ry back. Wlth mml
omauoff coup dc main. A 'demonstration was to have been ''ear .2 )( 00 bes.des paying their bills. I went into their store
luts
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Komatioit coup
made against the Ctfar on New Year's Day. The conspirators
are said" tb be all of the higher order mid nobility and of tho
Russian national paity. It is tho intention of Russia to concen-
trate all her forces on" the Turkish frontier to be able at once to
take advantage of events which may arise. Austria is to garri-
son Poland.
''Austria anp Hungary. Tho mutiny it seems broke out
in one of thb'Austriau regiments stationed at Comorn several
Superior officers were killfcd by the exasperated populace. The
financial deficit of Austria is said to bo about forty thousand
f rou res per diem.
' Rome. The Pope it is said will not return to Rome until the
proposed loan shall have been completed.
"'llraDBMiiON in Sijiivia. -Accounts from Vienna and Berlin
to the 22d ult. state that a rebellion of a formidable character had
broken out in Servia and Sclavonia and tho military command-
ordure up in arms against the Austrian government. Sclnvonian
and Servian boundary regiments have revolted and raised the
cordon of the Turkish frontier so that their rear is fully secured
from the Breton of their rear in Turkey. They are assured be-
forehand ofoll support a circumstance which will complicate (he
r .'lotions already sufficiently complicated between Austria and
Porte. Tho boundary regiments which have revolted are among
the bravest and hardiest soldiers in the American e.rvfce.
The chief movement is in the Servian Petorwardeu and We-
tock military districts which are exasperated at being excluded
from tire wood Schaft. H-'ho military force of rebels is ooiimated
ot120000 which is hourly swelled by desertions from tho Aus-
trian regiments in Peterwardeu Esseg etc.
It is said that Russia has heoif intriguing to get up this insur-
rection in order to have both Austrjo and Turkey entirely depen-
dent upon her. The proof of which Hussion agitation is daily
proving more open and darrugnnd the incredible activity of
agents of that power luads to'vd'conclusiou that sanguinary cm
tuuglomont will speedily breaWmtilTeUveeu Russja and Turkey.
. The Prince of Servia has already refused to pay tribute due
to the Porte of 34000 ducats and the arming of all mule adults
is being carried on with the greatest possible activity without any
puo knowing where the arms came fro.ii. ' -
Tho government of Bengal have offered a premium of five
thousand rupees for the invention of u good economical machine
for separating tho cotton wool of India from iis seed. '
Tho cultivation of flax and manufacture of linen is to be in-
troduced into the south of Ireland.
juA considerable reduction is contemplated in the British Army
and Navy. - t f A
Twenty pilots who manned a' life-boat to go to the assistance
of n vessel in distress during a recent storm at t?ic mouth ol the
Tyne river England were all lost in the attempt.'
Another little addition is anticipated to the domestic circle of
Queen Victoria.
i'o been sent for the
bsorvations as well
purpos
ir J. Frimklin'tf expedition is said to have
pose of completing a series of magnetic obs
as the discovery of a uoithwest passage etc
Married men are by u recent order to be excluded from hold-
ing offico in tho household of the Emperor of Ausiria.
Sixty bills are to bo brought before the ensuing Parliament for
new railway lines in England.
." So rigidly were tho wishes of the Into Queens Dowager car-
riod into effect that not a sinu'Io individual except those officially
..concerned was present in St. George's Chapel during the reading
of tho funeral service. No royal funeral of modern times was so
strjetly private.
Tho Emperor of Russia intends to allow the difference exist-
ing between himself and the Sultan to remain unsettled till the
spring when he will possibly commence hostilities.
Tho miners of Newcastle arc seeking legislative protection
against tho fearful los3 of lifo by colliery explosions by a series
of. monthly tracts.
YjTho excessive transportation of .British convicts into Van Die-
man's Iqnd is said to have frigh ened away fifteen thousand free
jjcnple.
In tho reign of Henry V tho British revenue was tilQ00 now
amounts to 50300000.
It is estimated that during tho last two years 04050 houses
cqllectively 200 miles in length) have been btijlt in London.
It is proposed to ostnb'ish on income tax in Franco.
it is confidently rumored that Canada will bo given up before
Ions' as adepeudeiicy.of tho British Crown. ''
. 'About '100 Catholics havo recently gone over to Protestantism
it) Ireland ; and some 30 Dissenters have joined Episcopacy.
Recovery of a Runaway Slave in Mexico
Our townsman Hugh C. Mclutyre says tho Breiiham Lone
Star has just returned from a trip to Mexico whither lie has been
in pursuit of his Negro boy who it will be recollected runaway
last Spring for tho purpose of going off at tho some time Mercer
Hill's Negro boy was Moleii Ho changed bis notion however
and had safely arrived in Mexico near El Paso. Here ho hd
taken conditionally a Mexican wife and was in a fair way to do
?ell when his matter nccidcnin'ly heard of upd followed mid
scapjured him though not without a littlo brush with his father-
Xklriw itndothers of his new relatives. 'Maj. Scott and other of-
ficers at Port Duncan extended to Mr Mclutyre in tho capturoof
liis property every facility consistent with their duty as officers.
'r iisiJ1'3 sln!cd ft"001 authority that of tho 1200 regular troops sta-
''JiMi'cjljn jgaljfornifi since the 1st of Jonri'ury 1S49 no less than
twoftliirdsMafMie number deserted within' tho last eight months.
iKs Tho-momsimply niitnre'is supriorteduthe.be'ter. . . f ' !
tO In ElltinndlUraro more prtupesJrtliau'voters.' ' ' j
two or thri'o times but could get no more chance to trade than
you could in n bee hive though they had eight or ten clerks. I
called at their store after thev had opened only one day. and by
hook and crook got a chance to ask for a few pounds" of sugar
but was told "wo have sold out."
"What was your price V
"Forty cents a pound when wo had the artiqle."
Poor consolation for a traveller to drink his coffee without su-
gar till he gels to California. Mr. Kiukead goes home with this
mail.
Another store was opened hero four days ago by a merchant
fiom Now York as I understand by the name of Reese. He is
about to return with 85000 the product of four days' sale be-
sides paying his expenses. These seem like big stories T know
but from the testimony before me I have no doubt of its general
truth. If they are not true Messrs Kiukead and Reese will be
there and can contradict it. I write from the best information I
can get ; and what do I care for either side of the question. I
should like to get a law pounds of sugar even at forty cents and
a piece of solo leather (jut to replace my taps worn out on the
plains) at sixty cents which it has been selling for here while
there was any but its no go now for there is none to be had at
any price. I have seen a lew calf skins that were bought at the
slorn here for $0 50 a very common article which yon could
get in the States for SI 50 and an ordinary kip of second qual-
ity so marked at $7 50. Glass is selling at $15 to $10 by the
half box ; calicoes from 35 to 50 cents a yard.
We extract also lhe following :
It is said that but a part of the Mormon battalion has returned
here yet and many others have gone to the diggings and if they
all come in next year loaded as' they did this business will be
lively if there should be any thing with which to carry it on.
These Mormons are pretty good at hatching up things. They
are making a road through the mountains from the Webber to
this place making bridges building nouses etc. and are very in-
dustrious and a good people to live amongst only for one thing.
I broke my demijohn and spilt my brandy on the mountains and
1 cannot get a now supply without giving eight or ten dollar.-' a
gallon. The Mormons havo made a luwthat any one that sells
grog shall pay 50 pur cent duty and it brings it a little too high
for those on their way io the. diggings. After all 1 don't know
but it is a good plan for I have not seen a drunken man since I
arrived here.
T!io Texas Boundary.
The New York Daily Son publishes Gen. Howard's letter in
ctafouce or our boundary and the Santa Fo territory and says:
In io day's Unit will hi' found an inteiesting loiter from one of
iho Representatives of Texason the subject of the boundary of
that Sta'O. Texas claims as she always has churned since her-
declaration of independence that her boundary includod the ter-
ritory of Santa Fo. True she never definitely sustained that
boundary by occupation Mill she was prepared to do so and
would have done so in her independent capacity had she not be-
come annexed to the United States thus giving' the settlement of
her boundary over to the Union. This boundary now sought in
part to be withheld from her was the oiigin and cause of tlfe war
with Mexico .ih! in the treaty of peace thecluirnsof the United
States io it in full were admitted.
Coutiary to all right the U. States has trespassed upon this
Texan boundary by establishing its jurisdiction in a military
Government over Santa Fe. Texas is naturally and reasonably
indignant at the ticspass and holds that her claims cannot be in-
validated because the Union assumed her boundary quarrel.
Had Texas remained independent she had the power and would
havo asserted and held tho boundary she now claims. Tho U.
Slates was aware of these claims in receiving Texas and thus
receiving her at the cost of war admitted and defended her
claims in tho strongest manner.
Tli? letter we publish lays thp question bare : and unless the
Government openly breaks direct( or implied good faith Texas
From the N. O. Picayune.
From Mexico.
By the arrival in Mobile Bay on Tuesday last of the British
steamer Clyde wejiave received files of jjl Monitor and W.
Siglo from the cfty of Mexico to the l()th iust. aud-lhe Vera.
Cniz Locomotor lo the 14th both inclusive.
El Sigh says that of 4000 adventurers from Sonora who
during the past year had emigrated to California the half hud ic-
turned to their homes with JJ .000000 principally in gold.
This circumsitnnce had fed the spirit of enterprise among the in-
habitants' and a company of 100 men had been formed about tho
end of November to ret out for Ariiona or the silver deposits
for the purpose of working them and particularly the mine Coni-
ceros. In the capital of the State another expedition has been
prepared which reckoned upwards of seventy men and it was
to bo increased by eighty more offered by the Government as an
escort. It was destined fo'r the gold placers situated in El Puerto
de las Milks' Sierra de las' Espitelas and other points on tho
frontier. Tho party was to start on the 1st January and El Sigh
expects fro in this enterprise and others since projected insults-
as favorable in gold digging in Sonora as ihose which have fol-
lowed the. labors of adventuiers in California. The same paper
acknowledges the receipt of n letter from Europe announcing
that a considerable emigration may be expected fiom the Old
World to Mexico and that ninety Poles had embarked for New
Orleans intending to settle in tho neighboring Republic. Copt.
Lntowski would proceed to the capital to solicit a grant of laud
from President Herrora for himself and countrymen.
Troops under Gen. Hernandez had arrived in Vera Crux from
Jftlapn for Tabasco to garrison that place. Gen. II. is appointed
Commandant-General of iho State.
The Mexicans are as jealous of State rights as ourselves. El
Locomotor of the flth iust. says that the "Governor of Chiapas
has accused before the Legislature of Tabasco the Executive of
the latter State for acts of hostility against the authorities of the
former.
The funeral of tho late Senor Fefm y Pefm Judge of the Su-
preme Couit. and for a short period Cliief Mogisiiate of the Re-
public after the abdication of Santa Anna was to be conducted
with great cost and ceiemeny. His remains were to lie in state
m the great hull of the Supreme Court at the capital until tho
i mi i-xpuiiMs m tue urneiMi would not be let than
ars.
rth iust.
ten or twelve thousand do
Thp small-pox was i aging in various towns in Tumanlipos.
. u vjiuveiumeni naa laicen extiaorctinary precautions to lessen
its virulence.
In Tampieo the great object of the citizens was to improve the
navigation of the Tamesi.
A valuable train consisting of twentv-eight wagons and n
number of pack mules loaded with contraband goods had been
captured near Camargo. It issunt-d in a paper of that city Hint
immense loss is sustained by the revenue from smuggling' goods
into Tamanlipas.- It is also said that the plan of "the annexa-
tionists consists in establishing depots of arms and munitions
along the left bank of the Rio Grande to enlist voluute.rs (fo-
reigners) to act as auxiliaries of (he native Mevicanr and to pro-
tect tho latter when they raise the cry of independence. Thus
the inhabitants of live other0sule of the liver will not appear tlie
invaders but the defenders of a people struggling for liberty.
Don M. G. Cosio Governor of Zacalecas lately died in" that
State. His remains were to be interred with great cost and cere-
mony. The cholera according to advices from tho capital pf the 5th
had disappeared from Mazntlan- and bad "broken out in a town in
jaiisco. tne liihaDitants ot the capital of that State
great terror at tho fear of its approach.
were in
must bo allowed her cj.nim to Santa
if.-.
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And the sooner tbt
question is adjusted the easier will be its adjustment. Tho Le-
gislature of Texas have resolved not to yield the rights of the
State and have proposed n mounted regiment io proceed to San-
ta Ft" to establish there a judicial district through which the
lows of Texas shall bo administered. Unless some action is
taken by Congress a collision between the United States and
Te.xian authorities must result from tho step proposed by Texas.
Extract from n letter dated Indianola Jan. 21 1S50:
" The brig Matagorda arrived here a few days since. She loft
New York on the2lst ult. making her passage to our bay in 2i
days. Nearly her whole crew were frost-bitten on the night af-
ter leaving New York. Some of them are vory bad off now
and fears arc entertained that they will loose some of their limbs."
California and Oregon Mails.
At tho tips'nn'l(.' of llm your IO'dl. scmi-nminlily mull irvirn U to lc pn: into
oiiiMniiim Iipivio(i Jfw Yurkiiiiil ClingO'? rind touiu luuKeis illlcuutis follov:
ISVw York llm 13ili mid 2!Jili if(Mii:h niinitli. ' '
ClmrliMifin S. 0.. I l)o Uiiluiml 3lM ofijurli iinintli.
New Ojlmiim llm I5ih ;imt:i0ili of oucli montfi.j "
PiuiiirniUliK lt nfrnr.h mitwli v ' '
Tlio entii" poitiign itbovu oil u singlo luttcr U .
To Hawum " J2;l cents.
To CIihripj ya "
Ti I'niimnu .ju "
Tli'nnro in all i'a.o tf Im (irp-p.'iiit. - '
To Mninmy. Stm I'mWlneti. Attima. or ti-iy oilier ppini in Qilifnrnin or Die-
gon nay luttui imiy lm pio-puul or Ijift unjipiri. itt iho option of iho wiitri.
In 1830. inconsequence of tho protracted contest for the
Speakership in tho. United Sfaljos House olteprom'tatives the
Ar.GT.ru. . A foreign letter says that the French are gainm"
ground against the Aiabs but at a fearful cost of blood. "These
defend themselves and their country bravely dying but not sur-
rendering. Eight hundred of them had retreated to an oasis
where they fought until the last man was killed. Literally'
there was not one left to tell the tale. This beats Theimopyla
from which there was one fugitive.
wresiucni's Message was; not oeiverqaMi.nui'tiifif2a0ipf. Qecorn.
bar.x.FresidiintAylor's.'Mesagp was delivered on iho2al.)'of
.DeceiriberlM849.JJ.irf ..." ..ll7 '." '. .V.'' " ?'
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Kijntucicv Lrwisi.ATUuK. Slavery Again On ihe Jih
nit. in the Senate Mr. Mainour offered jouit'iesolntions in ie.
lion to the power of Congress over the institution of slavery and
instructing their Senators and requesting their Hepresenta'tivps
firmly to 'oppose any and every effort that may be made in the
Congress of the United States to interfere with the institution of
slavery either in the States of the Union the District of Colum-
bia or the territories that now belong to or may hereafter be ac-
quired by the Government of tho United States.
We weie shown yesterday says the New Orleans Delta seve-
ral specimens of California coins made by the Mormons of pure
gold. They consist of coins of $20 S'lOond $5 are well tnndei
being more yellow than our national coins. On one .side is the
figure of two clasped hands with the year of our Lord and tho
value of the coin. On the other side are tho worrs; "Holiness
to the Lord" with certain unknown hieroglyphics. These coins
are of pure gold without alloy. Largo quantities of these lieu-
coins are expected soon to arrive in this country. " '
a3- Gon. Avalos; commandant of the Mexican miiiiarv forces
in the Stale of Tamiiulipas has addressed a letter to Col. Wilson
commander of th" American troops on the Rio Grande frontier'
relating to tho incursions of bands of hostile Indians upon the
defenceless unarmed Mexican inhabitants. Ho solicits iho aid
of Col Ramsey in behalf! of the people of the Mexican frontier
and asks his co-operation in defending them from iheir ruthless
and savage invaders reminding him at the same time of tho no-
cossity for a compliance with the eleventh article of tho treatvof
Guad'alupe.being the law on which icposes the friendship and
harmony of our respective nations.
T It wasstatpd by Mr. Wise in his late speech in the Capi-
tol at Richmond Va.. thai of twenty-two vesp detected as en-
gaged in tho slave trade nineteen of them were fiom the North
of Baltimore.
Cr Martin Luther and Thnnws Jefferson learned the trade of
a turner and worked-at the lathe. It is not stmnge that men so
partial to revolutions should like that trade.
sXj The City of Washington is in a most prosperous condi-
tio.. In 1S40 one hundred and' eighty.fonr dure! linn- houses
we.reerected. The whole numbqr of houses is said to bo 6)322
and the population is 37032. '
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