Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-07-13


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/ CONSTITUTION OF TEXAS
! We are indebted 10 a friend at
), Natc!,itoches, Ia. for a copy Of the
| Constitu,ion for the state Of Texas.
recently adopted at a Convention held
lat San Philippe de Austin. HsProvi
lsions are republican in the extreme,
and some of them curious enough.
We annex the preamble and a few
of its articles. Any person interested
in the at1ars Of that country, can see a
copy of the Constitution, on aPplica-
ton at our office.
! PREAMBLE.
In the name of God, Omnipotent
Author and Supreme Legislator of the
/ Universe:
/ We, the People Of Texas, being Ca
pable of figuring as state, in the man
iner contemplated in the second article
,of the decree Of the General Congress
iofthe nation Of the 9TH of May, 1924.
do ordain the following Constitution,
and dc mutually agree with each other
Ito form ourselves INTO Il full and indie
pendent state of the Mexican COME :
deracy. hy the name Of the'' STATE OF
\ TEXAS"
! GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Art. 10th. The Judges Of the
District and Superior Courts, and the
Attorney General, shall be at least
seventy five years of age, and shall be
learned in the law.
Art. ID. Perpetuities and Monop-
olies are contrary to the genius of a
free government, and SHALL not be al
flowed.
Art. Both. No bank or ba liking instr
tuition, nor Office Of discount and de-
post, nor other monied corporation,
NOR banking establishment, shall ever
Iexist during the continuance Of the
constitution
I Art BID. The Legislature shall
have power to enact laws to impose
. taxes, and collect monies for the use of
1.-The state: hut no curreIcy chall ever
be made lawful tender, except gold.
silver and copper coin.
! UNFoRTUN ATE X Observation-Disclosures
fire has occurred at Raleigh N. G. 1t
ibroke out on the morning Of the 10th
inst, N the building occupied b, Cap
tain Cobhs, as coach shop [Casso's
lcorner] and burnt every house between
that and the dwelling Of Mr.. Stuart,
Including the splendid establishment Of
Turner u Hughes. They succeeded,
however, in saving about two thirds of
their stock, though many Of the books
arc in damaged state. The prinei-
pal sufferers are Captain Cobbs, Tur-
ner & Hughes, Benz. S King Dry
Goods Store and Bernard Dupuy
[Silversmith Captain Cobbs is untor-
|tunate, having lost all his materials.
consisting ofleather, timber, tools and
unfinished work, and among the latter,
an elegant carriage nearly ready for
delivery. The cause Of the fire is in.
volved in much uncertainty, but it is
supposed to have been the act OF an
iincendiarv.
! WARN,NC.--The wife Of Mr.
Chester Beard, of Roc kdale township,
; is lying dangerously i'll. Near year
since she was picking her ear with a
pin Ga very common practice among
females. )tie head Of which coming Oft
lodged in her ear, and all her attempts
Ito extract it proved unavaillng. and it
lis supposed that this will soon be the
cause Of her death.
! A PROPosITIoN.-The subloined
proposition from a very respectable
contemporary of ours, has the air OF
: novelty. but IS not therefore the less
! reasonable or commendable. Every
word IS true of the argument by which
1T issupported; and it comes with Pc
cular propriety from one who has de-
: monstrated the value Of epistolary com
, munications Of intelligence to the
). Public. through the medium Of the
t Newspaper Press. Who, that has