The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-01-29
LA SALE.

LA SALLEs
rJNHE President and Directors Of the La Sale City
Il Company having made arrangements for the
early construction OF the necessary works to facii
tate and concentrate the great and increasng trade
upon and through the Bay of Matagorda, in Texas,
have determined to hold public sale OF lots ON 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 n profitable investment Of unemployed
capital in real estate, the President and Directors
deem il wholly unnecessary to present the claims
of La Sale 70 their attention in the usual style Of
extravagant encomium. Practical business men
will always consider for themselves the intrinsic
merits or advantages of great commercial depot
They may, nevertheless, be allowed here to say
that some members of the company have resided on
the Gulf OF Mexico for twelve years past, and at va
rious times have made elaborate reconnoissanccs Of
its whole coast and inlets, with special design 70
select emphatcally the beet and most commanding
point for the general trade Of the Gull, and more
especially OF Texas, the northern part OF Mexico,
and the immense tide which must at carly day
pour across this continent from the Pacific ocean.
That they have succeeded in this design, 90 far
human ssgacity in the present age decide so
mcmentoos propost,on they entertain no 90 doubt ,s9
conviction were impcrfcctly set forth in pamphlet
published by one Of the company In New Orleans
early In the year S45, 10 which men Of intelligence
respectfully referred, with the request that they
will bear in mind this indisputabe fact, viz; That
since s 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 20 vail
date and confirm the essential justice and soundness
OF the views presented in IL.
The La Sale City Company, therefore, are not
dspleased 10 observe Of late the animated and able
manner In which the claims Of other routes across
the continent advocated by their fellow citizens
Of different parts OF the Union. They are grstihcd
10 find, however, that in the ehcrvescence OF the
public mind which the California excitement has
superinduccd, 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 effervcscence shall subside into COOL rational
discussion that their views on this great subject
will be amply vindicstod and fully adopted. And
whatever may be temporarily said or done about
Panama, Nicaragua, or Tehuantepcc, ON the SOUTH
or Memphis, ST. Louis, or Michigan on the north,
the true interest and permanent advantage Of the
American Union, and Of the whole civilized world,
will imperatively demand and finally hx the great
thoroughfare 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 20 men Of business for immediate purposes
Of profit, in the conviction, (Which n concurred In
by the Official and scientific agents OF the Govern
ncnt in the sth Military Department., and by All
the IN Westcrn Tcxss. who are engaged IN the
Chihnshus and Santa Fstrsde, that no other point
can compare With i in essential sdyansagesi
bJNPcrsous Who MA y wish 10 enter IT once md
before the public sale of ots upon tho ersctiou Of
suitable buildings for business at La Sale, are in
formed that Dr. L. Jones, Of Galveston s authorixed
| 20 furnish the requisite ground. ...,.
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