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u .Editors State Gazette Knowinc tho deen inte'rest vou have1 to-
kii In the subject of internal improvements hi ou'f Sbitc I address
you a few lines to inform your readers of the progress we are making.
You are aware wo had a Ilailroad Convention on tho 4th wltioh re-
solved itself into nmnss meeting. Our neighboring city Galvestotj
sent some forty delegates with the intention of reforming public opin-
ion over to favour their plan. Von have probably seen tho proceed-
inge and will notice the two first resolutions favoring their scheme.
Out of courtesy we agreed to adopt tho resolutions provided they
would give thei'r hearty cooperation to theenlorprize we are engaged
inthat of building a road tho main trunk to Red River agreeable
v to tli2 charter granted Ebeticzer Alfen Esq. und a branch to Austin.
Wo expect! to run tho lino direct to tho Brazo3 crossjhg at Warren
licence by tho most practicable route to Austin. An doing this it hq-
.'hooves every citizen within striking distance to aid tho enterprize
and 'subscribe liberally. The commissioners that Col. Allen has asso-
ciated with him warrant tho work commenced at on early day and
.completed within the time specified Messrs; Wm. M. Rice W. J.
Hutching Jan. II. Stevens P. Bremol.d T. W. noi.se J..A. Tliomp-
son Ueury I? Fisher W. A. Van Alstyne 'purvey IJ. Allen Win.
R. Raker J. W. Shrimpf. These gentlemen opened tho books yes-
terday at the store of Rremond & Van Alstyne. Seventy-five thou-
sand dollars have been (akon. Somo of our wealthier citizens have
not yet subscribed but will do so before the election for Director
which takes place on the 1st November. Qtir City Council passedan
ordinance to subscribe $200000 to tho stock of le company subject
(to the approval of our citizens. The election was held on tho 7th
and perhaps no question was ever submitted to the peopla with a
greater unanimity but six votes in the negative. In a few days or
so soon as Directors are elected it is contemplate to tend an tigeut
at once to the north with a view to increase the capital and contract
'for the work. We trust soon to be ablo to breal ground and saj to
all Texiane come forward aud lend your aid we can't expect our.
nortneru iricnus to neip us unless we snow a proper spirit ourselves
with a determination to push the work forward with vigors
If our legislature will lend their aid to our enterprize by loaning
Rail Road Companies three or four thousand dollars as they may
' .leem best per mile this sum will enable chartered companies to build
limes of 1000 miles of rail'oad through our State developing its vast
resources more speedily than could be done were the State to adopt
the plan recommended by the Galveston Committee. So soon as our
board of directors are eleqted we shall employ n competent engineer
to survey the route. Tu a few days we will appoint an agent at Aus-
tin to take subscriptions and we trust the capital of our Star State
will be true to herself the terms are liberal. I can'uot conclude with-
out exprebsing the hope that our worthy Governor will convene the
legislatuie at an early day there are many subjects requiring the at-
tention of that assembly. Yours A
For tho State Gazette.
Epistle 1st of Tyro to Tcxians.
The United States' perhaps does not contain within the circle of tho
' 8t8tcrhojd a State whose natural advantages can be surpassed by this
' the once Lone Star whose brilliancy dezzed the vision of England's
Lords Oxcited their jealousy and then united with the great consjel-
lation where it shiues with no less lustre thai; before. Her advanta-
ges at this time are peculiar: She gives the agriculturalist n rich re-
ward for his labor and abundant time to prosecute any branch of study
that may be conducive to his health wealth or enjoyment. The
stock rearer can have the same privilege and the liberal price paid by
'.them both to the mechanic and tradesman may afford them equal
nieisure also. Upon this basis the professional character who is worn
thy of his calling may safely expect just remuneration for a course of
.long mental toil and practical labor and have too in common With
.all his seasons of leisure that may be devoted to Intellectual acquisi-
tions and mental pleasures. It will doubtless be admitted that these
advantages are great and in no small degree peculiar to Tcxians. If
they are duly appreciated and correctly applied by the sons and daugh-
-ters of this lovely country they may well expect to reap a rich re-
ward for mental' labor whose salutary effects shall not be eclipsed by
the pleasantry of tho passing moment but will leave aii impress to be
effaced only if at all by tho lapse of time. "Nay ; 'time itself will not
efface that' impress for truths are eternal and will stand the test of
ages.
But there are obstacles in the way which for a while may arrest or
greatly impede the march of progressive' improvement. Information
in a tangible form for diffusion is scarce and funds to be applied in.
this way are also scarce. Then avarice stands just at the door of pro-
gressive improvement declaring it scarcer still and thereby prevent-
ing in a great degree that wjiich would make society more pleasant
home happier and our country more desirable and prosperous.
To remove the first obstacle the undersigned begs leave to suggest
that county or district conventions be held in each county or conven-
tional district for the purpose of encouraging all schools for the diffu-
sion of useful knowledge all trades that enhance our comfort as citi-
zens all honorable professions and moral institutions and establish in
each society a circulating library suited to the wants of the Various
avocations. Let the several conventions appoint delegates to repre-
sent them in an annual association to be held hi the city of Austin or
eome other central point that they may thereby further develope the
resources and combine the interests and energies' 6f the. whole commu-
nity. By this course desirable information may be obtained at com-
paratively a trifling cost ; by this course we may derive benefit social-
ly morally and intellectually; by this course a conservative bond of
union may be formed linking together the diversified interests of the
different classes in a common cause for the general welfare of a and
ultimate prosperity of our common country ; by this course avarice
herself might retrograde leaving thereby a great Vncuum for the ingiess
of philanthropy and all the finer feelings of our nature. TYRO:
"Bennett pf tho JTewYork Herald having been charged with
celling out to tho Democracy for the campaign answers as fol-
lows :
l We have tried tho "Whig party for tho last four years
. and know that they are a selfish scrambling unprogressivc
party nnsuited tu this great country or the go-aheaU principles
oi our people
. Wm. If. Hodge Assistant -Secretary of tho Treasury has is8Ucd a
circular of instructions to tho officers of tho customs in relation to-
goods exported to ports or places in Mexico :
1. Directly by water to porjs or places in Mexico lying dn the sea
cdatit or Rio Grande. "
'5. By lahd or water from Point Isabel to Brownsville' or Laredo ;
thence by wntef'to places in Mexico lying on tho BJlo ' Grande.1 No
gqbds under transportation to bo allowed Warehouse privileges at
cither Brownsville or Laredo '
Tho instructions do away with the necessity of paying duties on
goods prior to tho exportation 'thereof to Chihuahua land authorizes
any imported goods jn thp original packages which' shall have been
duly ei ip red aud bonded in pursuance of tho warehousing act of Gth
August 1346 toJ'be withdraw from the Warehouse at any tuna within
two ydars from date of original hnporta'tiou for" inittiedia'ie exportation
without pavmeht of duties." The section mentioned also modified tjio
provisidns of the act of 1840 respecting the' tMiidporttuiori 'of "goods
by land from Point Isabel to Pdrt Brown nndlnuthorizes their1 trans-
portation from the first mentioned place to ports and plac.es in Mexicd
by laud or water or partly liy land and partly by water qr by .such
route as may be designated by the Seqretary of tjio Treasury
Until orthcrwiso directed by the Department tho expdrtatiori""of
warehouse goods for immediate transportation from PdluV Isabel to
Mexico will be the following routes to yt 1
Goods wares and merchandise propdsed' lo be 'exported to San
FdrnandO Passo del Norte and Chihuahurf liy the routes indicated in
tlid seebnd section Of the act must be entered for exportation in con-
formity with laW.at the port where the same is withdrawn from tho ware-
house and be transported by Water to the port of Lavaca in th6 col-
lection district of Saluria Texas and be transhipped inland thenoo
to San Antonio ; and from the latter place to the before mentioned
destinations in Mexico; either by Way cf Eagle PabS the Presidio del
Norte and San Elizano all on the Rio Grande river. On arrival of
any such goods at the port of Lavaca they will not require to be re-
warehoused butafter. proper exjuninat ion and inspection by thcohlcer
tof tho customs at said port will be allowed to proceed without delay
to San Antonio and theuce by the routes indicated to their destina-
tions in Mexico. At the port where exportation is madet bond v.'ijll
be "uken in double the amount of the duties for the safe transportation
of. the goods through the United States ond their landing in Mexico:
i L w . -t.- - .
saiq bpud to correspond with form E respecting exportations fjo
Canada attached to warehousing circulralr No. 34 dated 17th Teb-
ruary 1840 with a change in the condition of the idst rumen t to con-
form to the facts. The packages boxes cases &c containing the
goods must be secured and sealed in the mode prescribed in the
twenty-first section of the before-mentioned circular instrucions.
Upon production of due proof of 1 Hiding Of the goods in Mexico
as required by law the exportation bonds may be cancelled. '
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APR .ll..U)l M BD JRCrV ! T -
I On tho nicrht.of tho battlo of Brand v.winp. I was "santTVitli
.a message from General J.reon to Oo'tint Pulaski a 6b.oTo-
lander who took n prominent part in our war tir frcVdrJtn1 Ha $as
quartered iti tt neat ihf m7 houso near the uppersf6tffij. vAlior
our buaii.e8a was finished th6 iOount jwkod mavtQitik$ome
refreshments and at tho Bamo tjuxo he called out
"Mary my las Mary 1"
In a minute a rosy cheek girl entered Iter facobcemingwitb.
joy. it would seem at tho very Bound of Pjilttske Vbice.' '
" bid you call mo Count?" Baid alio timidly. ' ''"
"How otton have I told you my littl6 lov6;M htf Bkid1ettd-
ing his tall form to Iobs her chock " not to call tno conntJf. call
irio your doar Pulaski. This is IV I'opublid; my littla favorite.
Wo have ho Counts you know.? ' '
"But 'you nro a Count Bir when at homo and 'theya&yiyou
came h lbhg way over tho Ocean to fightv fbr lis. d i "qx$
"Yes yes Mary very true: I did cdmtf along'iWAy.;;Jsut
one reason why wae 1 7ipd o come in. a measure. ETowj can
you have for this gentleman and myself a litdo refreshment? r M&
has a long way to nde to night." i ' . . ' a
"Certamly sir;" and alio went jout $f the roqna like a fairy-
" A fine pleasant girl" said Pulaski ; "wowclfthat hadttue
nth i. onco had 1 would eivo. nor a portion that woaldisend
t vrmtli lioronKnnfo ifVni! Iitvn ornn fann V ' W
" Wo wattt tnerctoroj to 6eo ine uoinoonuiu iny m ot
from stein tp stern; from tho Presideut in the "White1 House
down to the pages in Congress for at least the next term of oj-
fina ii.inwiiu Hmt. Him.' lyftifp.rjil nolicv is more congenial with
" ihoWrit of tht people of 'tjns country and more adapted to
extend our limits our growth our power and influence over the
"world than tho timid stand-still policy Of tho present order of
Whigs. -
i'.ti-Tha Democratic party have shown themselves to possess
i.moifo of tho old Bnruan spirit of growth and progress thnnjho
"Whigs have ever dohey and it as only oyuiiBBpu-ic tuuuiiu
ITnibu cati "bo preserved intact and tho Abolitionists bo en-
tiroly swamped and )ut dpwn during all future timo." '
- t'AnotQd pllysitfiauBays-that'ono Of 'the 'best things to appease
hunger is Jffl.op-Vm.piH. "We wonder says an exchauge.if the
doctor 'over tried a beefsteak flanked with several dishes of
Diving. John Green the diver uuder I he direction of Ml Maile-
fert succeeded on his second attempt in reaching the wreck of the
steamer Atlantic in Lake Erie. The Buffalo Commercial Adverti-
ser describing his descent says :
" Arrayedin his rnarine arrnor ho descended without anyidiffioulty
and landed directly in the interior of the steamer's smoke pipe the
top aud sides of which he felt with his feeet and hands. He was
then eleyatpd again some little distance and alighted the second time
on tho braces following down until he got up to the cross braces
lie did not however succeed in making a firm footing on the deck
owing to Hie unsteadiness of the s'mall steamer used upon the occa-
sion which communicated too much motion to the hose and ropes.
There was risk of the intrepid diver getting entangled in the ropes
and woodwork so as to be unable to extricate himself or tear the dress
and being again elevated he descended a third time alongside and
clear ot the wreck. He now went down fourteen feet below the up-
per deck aud even with the guards his head being o?ix hundred and
thirty-nine feet and his feet one hundred and forty-four feet below
the surface oT Lake Erie This is the deepest diveeyer .ma'de one
bundled pnd twenty-six feel bejng the greatest depth ever before
reached. The new hose was found perfectly successful ; the diver
felt quite qt ease aud went dowij aud up without the slightest injury
to dress pipes or man.
" The marine armor consists of a- perfectly air tight India rubber
dress topped by a copper helmet with a clear thipk plate of glass in
front. The pipes which supply and exhaust tho air lead from tlie
top of this helmet. The pumping requires much labor; four a'nd
soinetimes six men being employed upon it nt the same time and
compelled to work hard at that. A great pressure of air is expe-
rienced by the djver upoi. his lungs equal to 75 lbs. to the inch and
very few individuals could bear it for any length of time. When
firs' going into tho dress the sensation of oppression is- very- overcorn-
ing but passes away in a great measure alter entering the water.
When a depth of ten feet is reached in the descent the dress becomes
entirely emptied of air and collapsed to the body causing a pressuri
all over the diver equal to the heft of a ten pound weight excepting
as to the head which is protected by tho copper helmet. The diiH-
culty in breathing now becomes great end a painful sensation is ex-
perienced by the diver the jaws becoming distended and the head
seer.iingly splitting. This continues until after descending another
ten or twelve feet when the pai" 's relieved the diver foels comfortv
able aud experience;? uo fuilher inconvenience. Wheu about sixty
feet below the surface hundreds of the legitimate inhabitants of the
water snrrouned the diver nibbling at their strange visitor as though
he weie " food for the fishes." After reaching seventy-five feet all is
perfectly durt a black impenetrable derkne&s aiidati electric flame
plays around the uibide of the helmet caused by the friction ot the
pump. At about one hundred and sixty feet the wnter is very cold
bding in the present 'season Jfaithiu' folir or five1 degrees of freezing.
' " M. Mailefert has returned to obtain a larger si eamer and to wait
for settled and calm weather befoie making another attempt. He has
not the slightest doubt that tho next- effort will bo'erowned with
success."
85PT Judge Douglas Young America's "model statesman
was preseut at the opening dinner of the Metropolitan Hotel
in New York where ho made a laughable speech we jqean a.
speech that excited the laughter of his audience. Hero it 16 as
reported in tho Evening Post: '
"There were loud calls for a speech; but Mr. Douglas Baid
that ho was on his1 way homo from Washington to join in the
political contest and Jo caipe to this city to cngdgq in that
contest; mid ho would not therefore in an assembly in which
there were inCn of all shades of opinion enter upon a speech
lie was exceedingly gratefuh however for tho ejithusih&tic
reception extended to him which was somo recompense for tho
tolls of f.ublic'Uib. 'The last sdssidn 'of Congress; Ut whiclrtho
public business had been dispatched (loud and incredulous
laughter) at auy rate while we were attending to the business
of tho public (stijl louder laughter and ironical cheers well
if Ave did nothing tho country ought to thank us for what we
do (cheers and laughter 'ncaiiAat least it is thankful
Cass
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On tho mornimr of the 11th of September. 1M .the
British army advaucocl. in full force to OmioVs Ford for ho
purpose of crossing the Brartdywine creek; and-bringing on an
action with Washington. Sir William HoWo tlfove Maxwell'
divisions across tho creek by ton o'clock at oWe of the1 lower
fords. ' '' jvU
Tho Hessian General Knouphausen with a largo' force' ad
vancing up the side of the creek and uniting with LOrd'GkJrn-
wallis" Avho commanded tho left wing of the army crossed at
tho upper fords of the river and creek. hjt
It so happened that during the raging of tho conflict irioar-
rying orders I passsed immediately in the direction of. Pulaski's
quarters that I had visited the night before. Situated asithe
bouse was in tho midst of battle curiosity induced me to .ride
up. Suddenly a sheet of flame burst forth. The house was oa
lire. JNear the door step lay the body of Mary her hoadf cut
open by a sabrC and brains oozing out of the terrible wound !
I had not been there more than a minute when Pulaski atthe
head of his cavalry galloped rapidly- to the house i shall
never forget the expession of his face as ho shouted like a de-
mon on seeing tljc jmanimato form ??
"Who did this r .
A little boy that had not before been noticed who wasmng
amid the grass his leg dreadfully mangj'edj said: Usl' a
"There there ihoy gol" ' .'f f''jr "3y
He pointed to a company of Hessians then some "distaucs
off. " t ' ";; ' 7"
"Right wheel men charge 1" f .j
And they did charge; J. did not think that one raanof that
Hessian corps over left the field except to be 'placed ine
grave. u . tM
Tho last I saw of Pulaski was on tho battlo ground of Bran-
tywino. tX'tff
Tho Wrong: Wan. J" '
Justly so reader! A(gentloman of this county oncetook a
notion that ho would keep a Hotel in a neighboring village
and not being able to build a very fine 'house ho built a log
cabin which was very Btnall and contained only two beds ono
single and the other double. So one night a Yankee cametin
very much inebriated called for a bed and tho landlord putfhim
in the Binglo bod. Directly an Irishman came in calledrCfor
lodging and went into the noUsC; he had imbibed sO'tnudkof
the morning dew he could think of but one thing and tliat
was he bad proposed a friend to meet him at a certain place-
(tjie distance of which was twelve miles) and charged tho laiid- -
lord particularly to wake him up early next morning. Sd'he
retired to bed. Directly a colored gentleman rodo up' arid ask-
ed to stay all night ; the landlord studied somo momenta about
permitting him to stay as ho had but two beds a'rtd a wliitc
man in each of them ; but at last he thought to himself thatfbo
negro's money was not to bo despised so ho concluded to let
the darkey 6tay and put him in bed with Pat. After thenegro
had gone to bed sopie time he found out that tho Irishman
was intoxicated and concluded that ho would play him a trick.
So the negro rose and took a burnt cork and blacked thef Irish-
man as black as the old gentleman who inhabits the reeiona.
bolow. ' ( '
Next morning tho Irishman turning about in the bed dis-
covered that ho had a bedfellow ; so he raised up and looked at
the negro and falling back wont to 'sleep again. Directly the
landlord -ent into the room to wake him as ho had promised
and Pat got out of bed and was dressing in a great hu -ry when
happening to cast his eye on his hand ho discovered t at ifj'was
black ; saidj he to the landlord : "Laudlord i that hand blacki"
Tho landlord tojd him it was. Ho looked at the otler and
saw that it was black; he stood and looked with perfect "aston-
ishment and said. "Landlord 'taint possible my face is black
is it?"
"Yea" the Landlord told him.
'After-standing and'looking with astonishment for some rho-
mcnts"a new idea popped into his head and hb' said to'tho
lnnrllrWrl flririlnnnr nfc him with !i iih.ntiiilor nnnntftnnnrH "i.J'l
--PP1."P ..w.... my- .w ... K..M P .' . W w w w m W . w V . .
" 1 have iitst found out tho mistake you have- waTce ilieneqro.
n"t mo fn and Pat jumped into bed again feelihg satiBfled-that
tho landlord had not waked mm. " ' ' j
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PostoJJice Envelopes. rThe post-route bill passed by Congress says
the Baltimore Sun contains a provision authorizing the postofilce
departin-'nt to cause envelopes to be mnde with-suitablc wper .marks
on the pjper identifying them as olpcia I and 'a p'r mtetf stainp for
suigje or double pootage with a" 'suitable device. TJiese efl velojiearo
to he fold at all tlie'potoflioes' at the price of tl(c stampi noVAold
with the very small addition of t'fn actual cobt of'thec'nveT6heV Jl'his
.v;l enable persons to deposu tligjr UHtore pre-fiaid tnlyj postoflices
li uii iKuira wji
of having doubli
ithout trouble or inconvenience aud without th&risk
lo postage charged ori'a letter by reason elf 0iemmp
slipping olT by the t9JifWeyer.geM l the oHIbo.vIPndt beforej
it is too often the caseTJOffi!'' It WilPaisbsodinit of the safe transmis-
siciii of'leiters by privnte hand when preferred without a violation of
tho. ppptoffioe Jniys wbichruftertbq lof Qetobof wjy1jqij;HJJ.triuS-
Red River Raft Tho Secretary of War IiasdvriftfoJro-
posals for the removal of the raft in Ked River. ' --
maBhcd potatoes?
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