The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-02-05
LA SALE.


rTNHE President and Directors Of the La Sale Cit,
Il Company having made arrangements for tn
early construction Of the necessary works to facil
tate and concentrate the great and increasing trad
have determined hold public sale Of lots on ths
ground on the eighth day Of January next.
To men Of intelligence and sxgacity, who may
wish 10 engage in active commercial pursuits, or
making n profitable investment OF unemployed
capital in real estate, the President and Directors
deem IL wholly unnecessary 70 present the claims
of La Sale their attention in the usual style OF
extravagant encomium. Practical business men
will always consider for themselves the intrinsic
merits or advantages of a great commercial depot.
They may, nevertheless, be allowed here 10 say
that some members of the company have resided on
the Gulf Of Mexico for twelve years past. and at
rious times have made elaborate reconnoissances OF
its whole coast and inlcts, with special design TO
select emphatically the best 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 an carly day
pour across this continent from the Pacific ocean.
That they have succeeded in this design. far az
human sagacity can in the present age decide 80
momentous proposition, they entertain no doubt
whatever. A part Of the leading grounds for this
conviction were imperfectly set forth in pamphlet
published by one Of the company In New Orleans
early in the year lSfS, 10 which men Of intelligence
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 a great connecting link between
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, has gone 10 vali-
date and confirm the essential justice and soundness
Of the views presented in IL.
The La Sale City Company, therefore, not
dsplcascd 10 observe Of late the animated and able
manner in which the claims Of other routes across
the continent advocated by their ellowcitizcns
Of different parts Of the Union. They gratihed
20 find, however, that in the efcrvesccnce Of the
public mind which the California excitement has
superinduced, that there is about an equal weight
Of opinion hanging al present north and south Of
the truly advantageous line Of trade and travel be-
tween the two oceans. And they doubt not, when
this effervescencc shall subside into cool, rational
discussion, that their views this great subject
will be amply vindicstcd and fully adopted. And
whatever may be temporarily said done about
Panama, Nicaragua, or Tohuzntepec, on the south,
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 impcratively demand and finally FIX the great
thoroughfarc and highway between San Diego and
La Sale.
These great matters, however, the Company leave
70 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 s concurrcd 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 tradc,) that other poin,
can compare with Il I'm essential advantages.
LA SALE, LIST December, 1Sf9.
0J-Persops who may wish 10 enter al once and
suitable buildings for business at Ia Salle are in
formed that DR. L. Jones' Of Galveston. is authorized
10 furnish the requisite ground.
Dec. l2-wtSthJan