Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-12-24
FROM TEXAS.

AZ the latest accounts from Texas being from Calves
ton 70 the 18th nsant the Legislature was still in ses
son Dill has passed to athird reading in the Senate
Prode Tor the construction of the Mississippi and Pa
oinc railroad places the initial point on the east at
point not north OF Fulton, ARK and appropriates
twenty sections OF land for every mile of road The State
retains supervisory control of the work when
ed and the contracts all to be made by the
Inc contracting company required to depose $500 600
MS guaranty for compliance with their contract As
soon as the track is selected the company is required
survey the public lands each side Of the same for
thirty miles, and these lands from other oca
ton and divided in alternate sections between the com
pany and the State All the vacant lands of the State east
Oh the lood parallel OF western longitude and embraced
between the parallels Of latitude SO and 33o north md
all OF the vacant and unapproprated land belonging TO
the State west OF the l03d degree of longitude and
braced between the parallels Of latitude 800 3O and 800
north are held in reserve for the purpose of promoting
the objects Of the act.
vote taken in the Senate on a motion involving the
general question whether the State will give lands to
railroad companies in aid of the construction Of the roads
showed that there but three negatives in the whole
body Il is thought the preponderance in the House
quite as decided
The work has commenced on the Galveston, Houston.
and Henderson Railroad The first spadefu of earth was
thrown up with much ceremony at Virginia Point on
Galveston Bay several weeks ago. This is designed
to reach henderson, in Rusk county and from that point
to connect with Fulton and the northern routes to
the mississippi and from the point connect with
Austin and III Paso. The project is large one and ex
hbits another proof Of the lively interest which is felt
every where for railroad connexions with the trunk rail-
road which to form the great of travel between
the Atlantic and the Pacific.
The report of JAMES b. SHAW, the Comptroller of the
State has been laid before the Legislature. From
that the receipts of the State from
October5lst 1884, to October oIst, ioSs, ~
,2O5, OF which 900 900 received from
the Government of the United States in FIVE per cent
bonds The expenditures for the period amounted
to Isl, 135, 900 leaving balance in the Treasury of
3d. ,3O a. The total amount Of School Fund now in
the Treasury is $50, 1913 80.
The increase in value of the taxable property within
State for the last eight years. but especially the
past three years. affords unmisakable evidence Of the
prosperity and growth of the country In 1916 the
gregate taxable property of tho State amounted to
1884, 39l us; in 1885, SOL, Sl4,6l5, and in 1853,
500 l55 ll4an increase within three years of almost
100 per cent
bill has been ordered to be engrossed in the Senate
setting apart two and half millions of dollars per-
manent school fund.- the interest from which shall be used
IN the establishment Of system of free schools
charter for company to manufacture cotton is pend
ing in the Legislature.
HuGn L. DUNCAN, I'd Lieut. 4h Regiment U. S. Artil-
lery died of yellow fever at Fort Brown the 10th
instant