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Gibson & Cherry, Publishers.
"Error ceases to be dangerous, when Truth is left free to combat it'
B. E. Tarver, Editor.
VOL. I.
GALVESTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1850.
NO. 62.
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T\RY GOODS—Received by recent arrivals
U from New York,
Brown and Bleached Domestics,
Prints, Ginghams and Muslins,
CottonadOte, Denims and Kerseys,
Broad Cloths and Kerseymers,
Satinets and Kentucky Jeans,
Irish Linen, Linen drillings and checks,
Furniture Plaids and apron checks,
Silk, Linen, and Madrass hdkfs,
With a large stock of other articles in this line,
which will be sold as low as the lowest bv
fe7 _ALBERT BALL. Strand.
T?A3VCY DRY GOODS —100 doz. Cotton
T Hose, 50 doz. Cotton half Hose,
20 doz. Silk and Worsted Hose.
20 do white and black Kid Gloves,
30 do Parasols,
10 do Umbrellas,
And every variety of fancy Dry Goods, for sale by
fe7_^_PENNEY & FLINT.
QPRING; TRADE OPENED—LePert &
O Dyer would respectfully inform their custo-
mers and the public generally that they are now
in receipt of a large supply of Spring goods, which
will be offered as low as any goods in the Southern
market. They have made arrangements ,to be
supplied by everj^ packet during the season, which
will enable them them to receive the latest and
newest style of goods as soon as they are offered
in the Southern market.
Their stock is now too numerous te particular-
ize, among which can be found every variety of
Gentlemens’, Ladies’ and. Childrens’ Dress Goods,
Embroideries and Lace Goods,
-Mourning Goods,
Hosiery, Gloves, etc.,
Linens, Table and Curtain Damasks,
Visettes, Mantillas and Shawls,
Clothing. Boots, Shoes and Hats,
Stationery. Perfumery and Cutlery, and
Staple Dry Goods, of every description. m5
©utlerg,
HARDWARE per SHIP TRAVIS. YN
L i Knives and forks, pocket and hunting(pj7|
knives, files, padlocks, knob & mineral locks,
firmer chissels, cast butts, brass screw hooks, car-
penters’ adzes, hoes, corn mills, frying pans, tea
kettles, Collins’ axes, manilla rope, &c. &c. for
sale by a9 M. SEELIGSON & SON.
TTARDWARE—50 kegs cut Nails, assorted
XX 3d to 20d,
Collin’s Axes, Ames’s Spades and Shovels,
Steel Hoes, Garden Hoes and Rakes,
Locks, Hinges, Screws, Brads and Tacks,
Coffee Mills, Bolts and foot Scrapers,
Sash Cord, Linen Twine, and Fish Hooks,
Hatchets, Hammers, Pad Locks, Knives and
Forks.
Cistern and well Pumps, etc., etc. For sale by
fe7 A. C. CRAWFORD, Marketst.
Tj'OR SALE—A well assorted lot of 50 tons
T Swedish and English Iron, of direct importa-
tion.
A good supply of cotton and wool Hosiery, cot-
ton colored Shirts and Swiss Capes and Collars.
Genuine Shiedam Gin and French Brandies,
Madeira, Sherry, Port, Claret and White Wines,
by ' fe2G E. KAUFFMAN & CO.
YTUTLERY—-Ivory, Ebony Horn, balance
YA handles, Knives and Forks in full sets and by
the dozen.
Rogers’ Nortenholms’ and other celebrated Ma-
kers’, Pocket, Hunting and Pen Knives, Shears,
Scissors, and other articles in this line for sale by
fe7 ALBERT BALL, Strand.
TAOMESTIC DRY GOODS — 300 pieces
1 ) Prints, - 20 pieces Denhams,
20 pieces Irish Linen,
• 100 do Bleached Shirtings,
100 do unbleached do
10 bales Lowels, 50 pairs Blankets,
For sale on low terms by
fe7 _PENNEY & FLINT.
YIOMBS AND BRUSHES—Shell, wrought-
vA back, Tuck, Dressing, and Pocket Combs,
Ivory Dressing, Pocket and fine Tooth do
Buffalo-wrought, back, Tuck and Pocket do
Horn Dressing, Tuck and Pocket do
Hair, Clothes, Tooth, Nail, Scrubbing. Horse,
Blacking and White-Wash Brushes, at wholesale
-and retail by fe7 ALBERT BALL. Strand.
TARY GOODS, HOUSE-KEEPING
’ GOODS, etc., consisting in part of
Bleached and Brown 10-4 & 12-4 Linen Sheeting,
do do 5-4, G-4,10-4, & 12-4 Cotton do
Bleached Long Cloth Shirtings
Sup’r do Byron do
Heavy and line Brown do
Bleached. Brown and Blue Drilling,
Brown and Bleached Table Damask,
JYIarseiles Guilts, Furniture Prints,
Towel Linen. Crash, Irish Linens,
Red, green, white and yellow Flannels,
jeans, Linsevs. Satinets,
De Laines. Alpaca Lustres, etc.
Merrimack Prints, Ginghams, Ticking,
Blue Barege. Veils, Shawls,
Apron and furniture Check, Cambric,
Shirting stripes, Suspenders. Umbrellas,
Spool Cotton, Needles, Pins, Hooks & Eyes, Tapes.
Silk and Cotton Hdkfs. Fancy Cravats,
English Hose and half Hose,
Fine linen bosom Shirts, Collars,
Which are offered cheap for cash by
fe7____A. C. CRAWFORD.
TA R Y GOODS.—Black silks—very sup’r qual-
U ity, Bonnet Silks and Satins of every color,
Rich feathers, large aud small,
Kid Gloves, a fresh supply,
Embroidered white Canton Crape Shawls,
do Cap Ribbons—rich,
Plain, Pink &• Blue de-lanes—all wool, aj
fe22 M. BUCHANAN’S Cheap Cash Store.
TT ARDWARE—10 dozen Spades, JO dozen
XJL Shovels, 10 doz. Axes, 10 doz. Hoes,
50 kegs Nails, 50 bags Shot,
Kives, Forks, Pocket Knives, and every variety
of Hardware, for sale by
fe7 ' PENNEY & FLINT.
jp ROCKERY, CHINA & GLASSWARE—■
v_A A complete assortment of Granite and China
ware.
French and English China Tea Sells.
Toilet setts, an assortment of Liverpool Ware.
Yellow ware, cake pans, milk pans, etc.
Cut, plated and pressed Tumblers and Wine
Glasses.
Goblets. Egg Glasses. Glass Pitchers,
Glass Lamps, Lamp Chimneys.
Preserve Dishes, Cake Stands, Salts.
Castor Cruets, Molasses cans, Glass Bowls.
Globe Lgnlerns,Guarded Lanterns, night Lamps.
Stone ware, Jugs, Jars, Butter, Pots, Pitchers,
Pans and Mugs, together with a great variety of
other goods, which will be sold cheap for cash by
fe7 A. C. CRAWFORD, Market st.
TXTIflTE PINE DRESSED CEILING.
VV for sale bv mav3 B. S. PARSONS
OTONE WARE—Received per S. F.
O Austin, from New York, an assortment
of stone ware cosisling of jugs, churns, eov- las
ered pots, butter pots, which we oiler by the crate
or retail. __ je21 M. SEELIGSON & SON.
T UMBER AND LATHS__109.000 feet
Xa DRESSED AND ROUGH LUMBER, land-
ing from schooner Orlando, from Pensacola, viz:
21 M feet Dressed Flooring and 2G M feet do.
Ceiling, well seasoned and tongued and grooved.
31 M feet 1 inch Boards and Flooring.
12 M feet Iff inch Boards and Flooring.
13 M feet Weather Boarding.
6 M feet Joists and Scantling.
ALSO—SO M SAWED LATHS.
For sale bv -mv3 B. S. PARSONS.
Insurance & fEycfiauge.
INSURANCE.
FIRE, INLAND, MARINE, & LIFE INSURANCS, by the
Protection Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn.
Capital stock 200,000 Dollars: and by the
MERCHANTS & PLANTERS MUTUAL INSURANCE COM’y,
Of New Orleans,
Capital stock 200,000 Dollars.
( The above companies have opened offices in
Galveston, and will issue policies pn as favora-
the terms as any other company, on Lives, Build-
ings, Merchandize in stores, and on shipments ol
Cotton, Sugar, Molasses, Hides, and all other ar
tides of merchandize or produce, on the navigable
rivers of Texas, or by sea to any p jrt or ports in
the United States or Europe.
GEO. BUTLER & BROTHER,
fe7 Agents for the Companies.
MERCANTILE MUTUAL INSU-
1VX RANCE COMPANY, New York.—LePert
& Dyer have procured an open policy from the
above office; Cotton and other produce consigned
tous, will in all cases be covered by Insurance at
usual rates. Merchandize or produce insured to
any port in the United States or Mexico. m5
TNSURANCE—Marine risks to and from Gal-
X veston, covered on application to the subscribers
under their open policies at reasonable rates of
premium. fe7— WM. HENDLEY & CO.
Tiff ARINE RISKS, to and from any points in
1VX the State and Galveston, covered on applica-
tion to the subscribers.
fe7 JONES & UFFORD.
TUT OTICE—All consignments to my address,
J_^l westward or from the rivers, are covered by
insurance at the lowest rales of premium.
No commission is charged for procuring insu-
rance. fe!5 LAWRENCE FROSH.
T^XCMANGE on New York, New Orleans,
XX Boston, and sterling exchange on Liverpool,
in sums to suit applicants, can always he obtained
of fe7 GEO. BUTLER & BROTHER.
EXCHANGE on New York, in sums to suit
Xa purchasers, for sale by
fe7 WM. HENDLEY & CO.
T^XCHANGE on New York at 10, 30 and GO
XLf days sight, for sale bv
fe15 _LAWRENCE FROSH.
/CARRIAGES, Buggies, Wagons, Harnesses
vri Horse Collars, on hand and to arrive. For
sale bv fe.7 B. S. PARSONS.
Tj' ASH ION ABLE SPRING GOODS.—
X1 Received per ship Travis and opening,
Linen Ginghams Black kid gloves
Russet cambric Edging, insertion laces
Lawns, embroideries, Linen pocket haiidk’fs
Muslins, silk h’dkfs Black silk cravats
Green berege prints, Mixed & Brown j hose,
White linen drills White cotton do.
Fancy do. Black merino & alpaca
Union do check linen Sattinets, jeans,
Irish linen Ginghams
French muslins Victoria lawns
Cotton table covers. Which we will sell cheap.
a9 _M. SEELIGSON & SON.
JYTEW MOLASSES of superior quality, for
1\ sale by
fe7 W M. IJ END LEY & C O.
TVTOTICE.—The undersigned being about to
-L\l change his place of residence to the State of
Maryland, and not expecting to be again in G-al-
veston for some time, he has appointed Prebert
Hughes, of Galveston, his agent to attend to his
business. T. M. LEAGUE.
July G—sw&wlm.
REE FORWARDING HOUSE—The
X undersigned, having large convenient and
commodious warehouses at Harrisonville, (for-
merly McFadden’s Landing) will attend to the
receiving, storing and forwardingbusincss FREE
OF CHARGE. Any merchandize entrusted to
their care they pledge themselves to forward by
first boat up the river Brazos, and respectfully so-
licit a share of public patronage.
HARRISON & STEWART.
May 24th, 1850. mv28-tf
T)ER MILFORD, From New York—
XT 150 sacks coarse Liverpool Salt,
50 “ fine do.
100 bbls Rosendale Cement,
for sale cheap by jel8 L. FjROSH.
ROCERIES, Etc.—I have received an as-
vJT sortment of Groceries, etc., which will be sold
fully as lo\V as any in market, viz:
Sugar, loaf,crushed and powdered; Saleratus;
Rye Whiskey; Vassar’s A1 e; Plaster of Paris;
Goshen Butler; do Cheese; Colgate’s Soap ;
Pine apple Cheese, Star and Sperm Candles. Nails.
Pipe heads, Dupont’s Powder, Rye Flour, Raisins’
Tea in canisters, Prunes, Currants, s. s. Almonds,
Race.; Ginger, Cassia, black Pepper, Nutmegs,
Pimento, Zedroe’s Tobacco, Goodrow’s do,
Myers’ do superior, do do extra, white Beans,
Ref’d whale oil, linseeddo, sup. and com. P. Wine,
Do do Madeira, Am Brandy, French do, Rice,
Playing Cards, WindowGlass, anilla Rope, ass.
Sisel Bed Cord, Plough lines, Percussion Caps,
Cranberries, Brooms, Mackerel, No. 1, 2 & 3, in
half barrels,
Do, No. 1, in kits, Salmon, No. 1, in kits,
Painted Pails, Liverpool Salt, etc.
fe!5 LAWRENCE FROSH
VYARRIACE REPOSITORY.
KJ itwo horse carriage, leather top (
1 two horse fine Carriage,slidingdo.
4 do do —standing tops,
5 one horse fine Buggys—leather tops,
3 do . dp do , do
Extra fine with two seats and lamps.
2 trotting Wagons, without tops,
Also Harnesses, Horse Collars, etc.
The above are of various qualities, and will be
sold as low as they can be ordered from Newark,
by a2G B. S. PARSONS.
T)ER R. B. Milam, Direct from the Manu-
XT facturcrs, 10 bbls M. Vassar & Co’s ALE in
new bids and perfect order, for sale bv
je 18 L. FROSH.
/CHILDREN’S BONNETS AND HATS
vA —A great assortment of Jenny Lind’s and
others, which cannot be outdone inprieeor quality,
at M. BUCHANAN’S,
m29 Post Office street.
TYOR MEDICINAL USE.—1 half pipe su-
X perior Old Port Wine, 1 do. do. do. Madeira
Wine, just received per bark Norumbega and for
■sale by may21 A. C. CRAWFORD.
TY EMOVAL—The undersigned has removed
XX his Auction store to the store lately occupied
by L. W. Dake & Co., Strand, and will continue
as said firm did to supply families and boats with
provisions, groceries, wood, etc.
ap30 H. A. COBB.
rpHOMASTON STONE LIME —In good
X order, received per Brig Mary, from New
York,'and offered for sale by
apl9 LAWR. FROSH,
TAR. M’MUNN’S ELIXIR OF OPIUM,
Xa an invaluable discovery in the preparation of
Opium.—This article contains all the valuable
properties of Opium in natural combination, to the
exclusion of all of its noxious, deleterious, and
useless principles upon which its bad effects de-
pend. It possesses all the sedative, anodyne and
antispasmodic powers of Opium; and being puri-
fied from all the noxious and deleterious elements,
its operation is attended by no sickness of the
stomach, no vomiting, no costiveness, no head-
ache, nor any derangement of the eonsitution ofr
general health. To support the above assertions,
I have in my store the names of a number of the
most celebrated physicians of New York, both
private and Hospital practitioners, and their re-
marks upon the same, and also the opinion of Dr
Chitton, the celebrated chemist of New York,
iune28 JAS. B. DU NKITM.
TMNE SHIRTS, &c—15 doz. fine Muslin
X Shirts, with linen bosoms, collars and wrist
bands, new style, a very superior article,
-15 doz. do do, second quality,
25 doz. Hickory striped Shirts, large sizes,
5 “ Red Flannel Shirts and Drawers,
10 “ Canton Flannel under Shirts & Drawers,
Also—A general assortment of Shirt Collars,
Cravats, Silk Handkfs, Suspenders, Gloves, Ho-
siery, Carpet Bags, etc., etc. For sale by
fe7 A. C. CRAWFORD.
■QEDSTEADS, CRIBBS & CRADLES—
Xj Mahogany, Curled Maple, Black Walnut,
Birch single and double bedsteads. A full assort-
ment of French Couches, Cribfes and Trundle
Beds at the fe7 House Famishing Warehouse.
p ROCERIES, LIQ.UORS, Etc.—LePert
vT & Dyer have constantly on hand a large and
well assorted stock ol Groceries, Liquors, Hard-
ware, Produce, etc., to meet the wants of purcha-
sers, and are enabled to supply Merchants and
Planters with every article that fihe wants of the
country demand, at prices to compete with the
lowest, m5
MEMPHIS INS T I T U T E .
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
The regular course of Lectures in this institute
will commence on the First of November, and
continue until the last of February. The Ana-
tomical Department will be opened and ready to
receive students by the First of October. The
Medical Department will be under the direction
of the following
Professors:
Z. Freeman, M. D., Professor of Anatomy.
R. S. Newton, M. D., Professor of Surgery.
H. J. HuPce, M. D., Professor of Theory and
Practice ol medicine.
W. Byrd Powell, M. D., Professor of Physiology,
Pathology, Mineralogy and Geology.
J. King, M. D., Professor of Materia Medica,
Therapeutics and Medical Jurisprudence.
J. Milton Sanders, M. Dw Professor of Chemis-
try and Pharmacy.
J. A. Wilson, M. D., Professorof Obstetrics and
Diseases of Women and Children.
Clinique Lecturers.
Mcmcinc—Prof. PI. J. Hulce.
Surgery—Prof. R. S. Newton.
Z. Freeman, M. D., Anatomical Demonstrator.
The fees for a full course of lectures amount to
$105. Each Professor’s Ticket, $15. Matricu-
lator’s, $5. Demonstrator’s Fee, $10. Gradua-
tion, $20.
Those desiring further information will please
address their letters (post Paid) to the Dean ; and
studmts arriving in the city will please call on
him at the Commercial Hotel.
BRIGGS 6i YARD,
TREMONT STREET, GALVESTON.
Have on hand and are constantly receiving by
every packet, fresh from the manufacturers, every
style and quality of Gentlemens’, Boys’ and Chil-
drens’ Clothing, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes,
Trunks and Travelling Bags, Valises, Umbrellas,
Cravats and Tics, Suspenders, Stocks, Undershirts
and Drawers, Hdkfs, Gloves, Walking Canes,
Toilet articles, Combs a,nd Monietairs. Wallets, <pc.,
<pc., prepared expressly for this market and cli-
mate, under our special instruction. Also every
variety of Shirts to please the desire of all. Per-
sons wishing to purchase any of the above men-
tioned articles will find it to their advantage to
call and examine our stock before buying else-
where, as we believe we have the most complete
assortment in the State, and intend to sell cheap
at wholesale or retail, for cash or city acceptance.
We will receive pur Spring supplies by the first
vessels from New York. Remember the
BOOT. SHOE. HAT & CLOTHING EMPORIUM. fe7
A LE—20 bbls. M. Vassal' & Co.’s Ale, just re-
A ceived per bark Norumbega, from N. York,
and for sale by faugl71 L. PROSH.
R. S. NEWTON, M. D.,
Dean of the Faculty.
LAW DEPARTMENT.
Hon. E. W. M. King. Professor of Theory and
Practice of Law.
John Delafikld, Esq., Professor of Commercial
J urisprudence.
Terms—$50 per Session.
All communications to this Department must
be addressed to E. W. M. KING, Esq.
Memphis, Tenn., March, 1850.
The Faculties, for intellectual abilities, moral
worth and professional acquirements, will com-
pare favorably with the most distinguished in our
country. The medical faculty constitutes an ano-
maly in this or any other country—all of them are
able lecturers and the best of teachers.
Those who will contemplate our geographical
position, and the extent of our population, can
have no doubt as to the eligibility of our situation
for an enterprise of the kind. As to health, in-
cluding all seasons of the year, we deny that any
other has more.
A common error exists in the minds of many
students relative to the place of studingy medicine;
those who intend practicing among the diseases
of the West and South should certainly educate
themselves at a school whose Faculty are prac-
tically acquainted with those diseases/
That the public may be satisfied of the perma-
nency of this school, we feel it our duly to state,
that the Trustees, and Faculty form a unit in ac-
tion, which augurs well for its future success;
and that the peculiar internal organization which
connects them, cannot be interrupted.
E. W. M. KING,
a v President of the Memp is Institute
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T O. O. F.—TheR. W. GRAND"LODGE,
X • oi the State of Texas, meets on the first Mon
day of February and August of each year;
I. DYER, G. M. L. W. DAKE, G. W.
J. M. GIBSON, D. G. M. E. P. HUNT. G. Sec
J. W. MOORE, G. Treas. C.R: HUGHES, Ch.
C. / ’ c immunications should be directed to the
Grand Secretary in this city. fe7
TJARMONY LODGE, No. 6. — This
XX Lodge meets every Monday evening
at hall past 7 o’clock, at their Lodge room.
Members of other Lodges, and sojourning
Brethren are respectfully invited to visit us.
order of the W. M. G. B. INNES,
fc7 Secretary?
By
r1 ALVES TON COOPERAGE—*Hf&
vX The subscriber informs planters and fegggf
others that he is prepared to execute all or-
ders in his line of business. He manufac-
turers molasses barrels of Cyprus in the best man-
ner to order.
CISTERNS MADE TO ORDER.
In connection with the above business the sub-
scriber is also prepared to manufacture cisterns,
and will promptly supply any orders either in the
city or in the country. His work will be warran-
ed to be good and prices moderate.
JAMES CRONICAN,
fe7 Corner of Mechanic and Centr sts.
TJGOTS AND SHOES—10 cases tine Cali
XY Boots, 10 cases fine Calf Shoes,
10 cases fine Kip Shoes,
5 do do Goat do
10 doz. Ladies Buskins,
10 do do Slippers,
Boys’, Misses’ and childrens’ Shoes, all of which
will be sold at reduced prices by
fe7 PENNEY & FLINT.
QPRING CLOTHING—The subscribers will
O receive per first packet from New York, a
splendid assortment of Spring Clothing, consisting
of 200 pairs French' Bombazine Pants,
400 do Plaid and check linen Pants,
250 do Gambroon Pants,
500 do French & American Cottonade Pants,
250 do Plaid Kersey Pants,
100 do French Drill Pants,
250 fine Black Cloth Coats,
250 California Sack Coats,
150 Alpacca Sack Coats,
150 Alpacca Dress and Frock Coats,
250 Camlet Lustre Coats.
Also—Vests, Shirts, Drawers, etc., etc., etc.,
which will be offered for sale at greatly reduced
prices by fe7 PENNEY & FLINT.
A TEACHER WANTED—A graduate of
XL any respectable literary institution, who can
come well recommended as to moral character
and qualifications to teach the languages, together
with the higher branches of English Literature,
can find employment at Salem Academy by ap-
plying by letter or personally to the subscriber at
Rock Island Post Office. Austin County, Texas.
Refer to the editor of the Journal in relation to
the health, responsibility and morality of the vi-
cinity-of Salem Academv.
j e25 2w THO’S B. WHITE,
Cor. Sec. Trustees.
TV EMI JOHNS—100 two, four and fi7e gallon
XX deemijohns, lor sale by
jel8 L. FROSH.
TT ATS AND CAPS—Beaver, Moleskin, Pa-
XX narna, Campeachy, Mexican and.wool Hats,
with a large stock of Fur, Cloth and glazed Caps,
always on hand and for sale by
fe7 ALBERT BALL. Strand.
TTMBRELIAS AND PARASOLS,
U PER SHIP TRAVIS. Silk and Cot-
ton Umbrellas, silk and cotton Parasols, for
sale by a9 M. SEELIGSON & SON.
T CARIOUS VALUABLE TRACTS OF
V LAND and-city lots, for sale by
fc8 $1. A. COBB.
lU’X
-25 000 Brick for sale by
H. A. COBB.
UST RECEIVED—10 doz. Market Baskets
5 doz. assorted half gallon Pickles,
l Tierce new Rice, 11 sacks coffee,
1 cask superior Ofard Brandy, for sale by
jc 25 A. C. CRAWFORD. '
"ORAZOS RIVER FORWARDING, RE-
XJ CE1VING & COMMISSION HOUSE—
The subscribers have extensive Warehouses and
Wharfs at Quintana, at the mouth of the Brazos
river, will attend to the forwarding, receiving and
commission business on the most liberal terms,
and solicit the patronage of Planters, Merchants,
and others. All good,s entrusted to their care will
receive special attention, and be forwarded with
despatch. We have permission to refer to the fol-
lowing houses:
Juchonius, Thayer & Co., ) y 0 ,
John A. Barelli & Co., ( Acw °>leans-
R. &D.G. Mills, 4
Wm. Hendley & Co., 1 - , ,
Doswell, Hill & Co., f
Lewis & Co., J
John Adriance, Esq., Columbia,
T. II. McMahan & Co.; Richmond.
William B. Perry, San Felippe.
J. Ralston, Esq., Ralston’s Ferry.
Capt. Hatfield, ' 4
A. J. Austin & Co., Trr , . ,
N. Cheek, Esq., |> Washington.
It. J. French, Esq., J
MATSON & THAYER.
April 15lb, 1850. ap19-tf
~]\T OTICE.—All persons having claims against
Doctor J. C. Taylorare requested to present
the same, and those indebted to him will please
make immediate payment to the undersigned, his
duly appointed attorney,
iiilv 27 C.R/HUGHES.
o
AK WOOD—A constant supply always on
hand, by ap30 H. A. COBB.
(A LASS WARE—Decanter, cut and pressed
VJT Tumblers, Sugar Bowls, Preserve Dishes,
Lamps, and a variety of other Glass ware for sale
by fe7 ALBERT BALL.
Q UNDRIES—50 bbls Flour,
hJ 50 bbls Potatoes, 20 kegs Lard,
10 hhds Sugar, 20 “ Butter,
Received per late arrivals, aud for sale by
fe7 JONES & UFFORD.
OIX FINE BUGGIES & CARRIAGES,
O landing from brig Empire, for sale bv
fe7 B. S. PARSONS.
A RRIVED FROM NEW ORLEANS.—
XX 200 bbls. Flour. 100 sacks Com. for sale by
jylO. ADAMS, FREDERICK & CO.
JAMES C. SHAW,
DEALER IN
Groceries, Ship Stores, Wood and Produce,
At the corner of Strand and Central Wharf.
O ATEltAC’S PALE CPIAMPAGNE BRAN-
O DY, in eighth casks; American Brandy, 1st
proof, in eighth casks, received per Norumbega,
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To the Citizens of Texas.
Having been a looker on in Texas for the
last nine years, it has been with emotions of
pleasure and of pride, I hate marked the de-
velopment of the resources of wealth and of
future greatness of the Slate of Texas, now
the State of my adoption; and everything
that has transpired in our community and
State, tending to good order, peace and gene
ral prosperity, has met my warmest sympa-
thies. I have exulted iu view of our favor-
able position and circumstances as a state, just
having entered the great family of the Ame-
rican Union ; with a healthy climate, a fruit-
ful soil, with bayous, rivers and bays check-
ering the whole, uniting every extreme with-
in her boundaries 5 thus by her natural facili-
ties for internal and external commerce, the
Gulf of Mexico being her entire south-eastern
boundary, she occupies a position surpassing
that of any other southern state. With ample
means, at no very distant period, for paying
her public debt, and yet have resources from
the sale of her immense domain, to construct
magnificent public works, she can still retain
a fund to establish and maintain public schools
—a desideratum by no means to be neglected.
Truly, we may say, our cup is full of bless-
sings. Yet, with all these advantages, by
rashness, imprudence and unwise legislation,
the State of Texas may forever remain in
debt, our public domain be squandered in use-
less expenditures and her citizens become the
most degraded and tax-ridden community in
all the great American family. While my mind
has been thus occupied in reviewing the past
and present condition, and future prospects of
Texas, I have not been unmindful of passing
events in other States of the Union. Affd
what can be more cheering or gratifying to
every citizen of our common country, wljo re-
vears and loves the constitution, which holds
and binds together, in our brotherhood of fra-
ternal regard,the family of States—with such
laws and institutions, of their own enactment,
which secures liberty of person, of property,
and of conscience, to all—availing themselves
of these high privileges, in pressing into being,
and into action, evcjry capability of matter and
of mind, lor the benefit of all, than to contem-
plate the wide expanse of our Republic—to
see the railroads, the canals, and telegraphic
lines, checkering the Union. Again, what is
more animating, or promises more certain bene-
fits to the South, than the spirit of enterprise
recently evinced in her internal improvements,
manufactures, and commerce—thus develop-
ing her industrial resources and wealth? It
is evident the United States possesses facili-
ties, both natural and artificial, to render her
the most prosperous nation on the globe- Yet
it is with pain we may look to our capital, at
Washington, where the representatives of the
several States are in Congress assembled, and
should be engaged in enacting laws, to dis-
pense benefits and blessings to every portion
of the Union, but, for nine months past, have
been wasting their time and energies, in en-
gendering heart-burnings, jealousies and dis-
content, in the body politic; striving about ab-
stractions and precedency, destructive to the
peace of the country, instead of carrying out
the plain and unmistakeablc spirit of our fede-
ral'constitution, which guaranties to the States,
and the people, equal rights and privileges.—
I will particularize. The institution of slavery
is made to enter into, and give coloring, to
every important measure proposed in Congress.
Why is it so? There can be no substantial
reason for it. It is an ignis faluus, a chimera,
which may be seen in its most palpable devel-
opments, in Wiiniot provisos, and in the at-
tempt to establish geographical lines and boun-
daries to States and Territories, with an at-
tempt to forestall the future legislation of a
free people, who, at a lutiire day, mity ask for
admission into the Union, on an equal footing
with other States. This is all Wrong. It is
most preposterous fbr Congress to assume the
right to dictate to the younger branches of the,
Union, the character ol' their institutions, pro-
vided they do not conflict with the Federal
Constitution, and are Republican. I will de-
fine what I conceive to be the true doctrine on
this subject, in which I believe I am sustained
by the supreme law of the land, and the un-
biased judgment of every American citizen.
Then, I ask, where does Congress derive the
power to control tne institution of slavery ?—
No such power is conferred by the constitution!
Then any control Congress may have over
the question is purely incidental, and can only
be exercised subordinate^ to the constitution,
and not in violation of it. The thirteen origi-
nal States, each framed a Republican consti-
tulion, to suit the will of its people. The re-
sult was, some of the States, either originally,
or by amendments to their constitutions, pro-
hibited slavery, while others established or re-
tained slavery. And by the confederation of
Tie States, the power to regulate and control
their domestic and local institutions, was not
transferred to the General Government, nor
abrogated by the Federal Constitution, but
was reserved to the States and the people.—
And at that time, the public domain was the
property of the individual States, and not of •
the General Government. In process of time
new States were formed out of the territory
belonging to the States, with the consent of
the States, and were admitted into the Union
by Congress, with or without the institution
of slavery, as the States asking for admission
determined for themselves. Finally the U.
States became the agent, by cession, from the
several States, of the residue of their vacant
and unsettled land, in trust for the benefit of
all the States, subject to the stipulation; and
incidental powers as expressed in the grant.—
That region of country known as the North
Western Territory, was ceded to the United
States, by the State of Virginia, ahd by the
terms of that cession, Virginia was careful to
have it definitely stipulated, that slavery or
involuntary servitude should never he intro-
duced, or established by Congress, in the
States that might be organized dot of the said
territory, and admitted into the Union. Show-
ing most clearly the power over the subject of
slavery, vestedin the State governments alone;
and Congress, in the admission of States or-
ganized out of said territory, Ijas adhered to
the stipulations in said grant. The same prin-
ciple holds good in any other territory derived
from any State, or even from a Ibreigyjpower,
in relation to slavery. It is based on, find must
be governed by, the terms of the grant, or ces-
sion. But in the territories acquired from
France, Spain, and Mexico, our title is unin-
cumbered by restrictionsin relation to slavery.
It could not be otherwise than free from any
and every restriction, on that subject, as' those
territories rvere purchased at the Expense of
the States collectively, and individually, and
for the benefit of each and all, and of course
is held in trust by the Federal Government
for all. Assuming the fact, that the original
design, in acquiring territory, was to give out-
let to our rapidly increasing population, and
ultimately to augment the number of States,
and thus increase the wealth and power of the
United States. And as in all those acquisi-
tions of territory the United States was the
agent for the States and the people, then each
State necessarily stands in precisely the same
relation to this newly acquired territory. It
must then necersarily follow, that all classes
of individuals, from any one and all the States,
have the right to emigrate and form commu-
nities within this territory, and take with them
any species of property, recognized as pro-
perty; by the constitution and laws' of the U.
States, and, when then* number scntitlcs them,
to exercise the privileges of a"State Govern-
ment. Haying passed ftirough the ordeal of
a territorial government, if they present a con-
stitution, by and with the consent of Congress,
based on Republican principles, and not at
variance with the Constitution, laws and trea-
ties of the United States, with approved boun-
daries, Congress has no right to say that
slavery shall, or shall not, be excluded from
any such state, applying lor admission into
the Union. That right rests in the people,
and when they adopt a Constitution, they and
they only, have the right fin'd the power, to
determine that question. The power to con-
trol that question is not delegated to the gene-
ral government, but is reserved to the people,
(see Fed. Com, art. 4., see. 4). It is true the
doctrine I have laid has not been strictly ad-
hered to by Congress, so far as regards the
Louisiana purchase, in that Congress has
erred, by dividing that territory, by what is
called the Missouri Compromise Line, and de-
claring all north of that line free, and all south
of it'slave territory. That compromise „was
suggested and sustained, by many of our most
patriotic and talented statesmen, yet it must,
ho acknowledged that it has been the ou
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