The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-02-02
Dec. ls-thf
LA SALE.

THE President and Directors of the La Sale City
Il Company having made arrangements for thu
carly construction Of the necessary works to faci
upon and through the Bay Of Matagorda, in Texas,
have determined TO hold public sale Of lots the
ground on the eighth day OF January next.
To men Of intelligence and sagacity, who may
wish To engage in active commercial pursuits, or
making a profitable investment of unemployed
capital in real estate, the President and Directors
deem il wholly unnecessary TO present the claims
of La Sale TO their attention in the usual style OF
extravagant cncomium. Practical business men
will always consider for themselves the intrinsic
merits or advantages Of great commercial depot.
They may, neverthelcss, be allowed here 10 say
that some members Of the company have resided on
the Gulf Of Mexico for twelve years past and at va
its whole coast and nlcts, with special design TO
select cmphatically the best and most commanding
point for the general trade Of the Gulf, and more
especially Of Texas the northern part Of Mexico,
and the immense tide which must at an early day
pour across this continent from the Pacific ocean.
That they have succeeded in this design, far as
human sagacity can in the present age decide 80
momentous proposition, they entertain no doubt
whatever. part Of the leading grounds for this
conviction were impcrfectly set forth In pamphlet
published by one Of the company in New Orleans
early in the year Ists, 10 which men of intelligence
are respectfully REFERRED with the request that they
will bear in mind this indisputable fact, viz: That
since its publication every authentic report Of any
reconnaissance Of any part Of the route therein pro
posed for making great connecting link between
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, has gone TO vail
date and confirm the essential justice and soundness
Of the views presented in H.
The La Sale City Company, therefore, are not
dspleascd 70 observe Of late the animated and able
manner in which the claims Of other routes across
the continent advocated by their fellow
of different parts of the Union They are gratifed
10 find, however, that in the cffervesccncc Of the
public mind which the California excitement has
superinduced, that there is about an equal weight
of opinion hanging at present north and south OF
the truly advantageous line Of trade and travel be-
tween the two oceans. And they doubt not, when
this cfervcscencc shall subside into COOL rational
discussion, that their views this great subject
will be amply vindicsted and fully adopted. And
whatever may be temporarily said done about
Panama, Nicaragua, or Tehuantcpcc, on the south,
or Memphis, ST. Louis, or Michigan on the north,
American Union, and Of the whole civilized world,
will impcrativcly demand and finally FIX tho great
thoroughfsro and highway between San Diego and
La Sale.
These great matters, however, the Company leave
to time and the sober conviction Of practical and
scientific men. They offer at present positions at
La Sale 10 Of business for immediate purposes
of profit in the conviction, (Which is concurred in
by the official and scientific agents Of the Govern
ment in the sth Military Department, and by all
the men in Western Texas, who are engaged in the
chihuahua and Santa Fe trade,) that no other point
can compare with il in essential advantages.
LA SALE, LIST December, 1s49.
0J-Pcrsons who may wish 10 enter Mt once and
before the public sale of lots upon the erection Of
suitable buildings for business at In Sale, arc in
formed that DIR. l.. Jones, Of Galveston is authorized
10 furnish the requisite ground.
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