The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-01-26

TNHE President and Directors OF the La Sale City
IL Company having made arrangements for the
early construction OF the necessary works TO fscih
tate and concentrate the great and increasing trade
upon and through the Bay Of Matagorda, in Texas,
have determined 20 bold 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 a profitable investment OF unemployed
capital real cstate, the President and Directors
deem IL wholly unnecessary TO present the claims
Of La Sale 20 their attention in the usual style Of
extravagant encomium. Practical business men
will always consider for themselves the intrinsic
meris or advantages Of great commercial depot.
They may, nevertheless, be allowed here 70 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 10
select emphatically 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 early day
pour across this continent from the Pacific ocean.
That they have succeeded in this design, 20 far as
human sagacity can in the present age decide 30
momentous a proposition, they entertain no doubt
whatever. part Of the leading grounds for this
conviction were imperfecty set forth In pamphlet
published by one Of the company In New Orleans
early In the year ls4s, TO which men Of intelligence
respectfully referred, with the request that they
will bear in mind this indsputablc fact, viz: That
since lie publication, every suthentcrcport Of any
reconnoissnce Of any part Of The route therein pro
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, has gone 30 vail
date andconfrm the essential justice and soundness
Of the views presented I'm II.
The La Sale City Company, therefore, are not
dsplcased TO observe Of late tbe animated and able
manner In which the claims OF other routes across
the continent are advocated by their fcowcitixens
Of different parts OF the Union. They are gratiicd
TO find however, that In the ef1crvesccnce OF The
public mind which the California excitement has
supcrinduoed, 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
discussion, that their views this great subject
viii be amply vindicsted and fully adopted. And
whatever may be temporarily said or done about
Panama, Nicaragua, or Tehusntepcc, 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 10 men Of business for Immediate purposes
Of profit in the conviction, (which is concurred In
by the Official and scientific agents OF The Govern
the men in Western Texas, who are engaged in the
chihuahua and Santa re tradc,) that no other point
can compare with Il in essential advantages.
La SALE, LIST December, 1s<9
0rtPcrsuns who may wish 10 enter at once and
belore the public sale of lots upon the erection Of
suitable buildings for business AT La Sale, are I'M
formed ths DR. l. Jones, Of Galveston, IL authorized
70 furnish the requisite ground.
Dec. f2--wtsthJsn