, 1840-02-22

From the Correspondent the ~. o. Com.
Bulletin.
CRY OF AUSTIN, Texas. Dec. 5, 1889.
Editor Com. Bulletin:
Dear Sir-Thus far they3 has been but
little business transacted iy our Congress, Of
any special importance to : friends abroad.
A bill has been introduced Sr the erection
of a penitentiary ut this o. 1t has passed
the Senate, and hopes are Entertained 81 its
success in the House Of Representatives.
At an carly period of the session, Dr..
Francis Moore, jr., (the able and independent
editor Of the Texas Telegraph introduced
into tie Senate q bill, to impose 4 tax of one
thousand dollars on every person retailing
Intoxicating liquors in less quantities than 4
quart. This ILL is now in progress IN the
House, and will, it is thought, with some
notifications, become Il law. l's object is
10 ann!hilate the smaller class of drunkeTies,
and Is. OF Course, ~praIScworthy; bat many OF
the friends Of temperance think, that II would
have been better 10 lave enacted i law or
the subject oil the traffic in Intoxicating H.
quois, similar 10 those OF Tennessee, MIssis.
sippi, aud other States Of Tie Amer an
Union. On this, as on all subjects where
illtiSl IA ii!Liti~ ~ A.4h OIb ~. l.Ali-Nbdf EsOuisAs
will not do; the axe mus. be lIil NJ Tie root
of the evil. IN order Successfully to elect lis
thorough eradication. Whatever may be
the fate Of Tic present bill, / predict that in
less than two Yeas, the journals Of our Con
5rcSS VII! contain III act, on The subject Of
The traffic in Intoxicating liquors, similar to
those which arc now becoming the order Of
the day in the United States.
For several days past. the House of Rep.
rcscntativcs ave been occupied in a warm
and animated discussion Of the question Of.
TIE removal Of the seat of Government from
Austin. 1t was finally decided, by 4 vote of
II 10 &c, that it should remain AT Austin. In
all probability, this question will never again
be agitatcd, and Austin will continue 10 be
the permanent scat OF Government OF the
new Republic.
The conduct Of the Government agent,
Judge Waller, has been scrulin'zcd pretty
closely; bat after a careful Investigation. he
Iis ocen cleared or Ihc Si.IrGes preferred
against him, the principal Of which was, the
allowance ol five per cent. to the %aUctlOneer
who sold the lots in the city OF Austin
Judge ". is IN intelligent. polite, and ac-
compiS!Icd gentleman, and an upright and
useful citizen.
Hon. Isaac Parker, of Huston county, has
introduced Il bill into the House of Repre-
scntatives for the suppression OF samLling;ii
imposes heavy penalties on those who violate
its provisions. Ii will undoubtedly pass both
Houses, and become 4 law.
On the lGth December, the Texas Bible
Society holes lis first annual mceiing in the
city Of Austin. Addresses are expected
from Vice President Burnett, and from sew
cral members of Congress.
Presbyterian and Methodist churches have
been organized here. ASuaday school is in
successful operation. The city is rapidly
improving. The present population is con
sidersJ,y over one thousand. \ weekday
School is in operation. Subscriptions are in
circulation for the erection Of two churches
Presbyterian and Methodist.
a building for = Seminary Of learning viii
be erected soon.
TIE two principal Hotels in the place
(that kept by II. bullock, and the one by
Messrs. Spicer& s. Clark0 are both conducted
on the total abstinence principle.
Thus You see that moral ard literary i'm
~provcmcnt, is keeping pace with the progress
Of population in our new city.