The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1853-12-17
State Legislature.

y . "sShN' ttVtu tnt committee ON lii
ternal improvements, reported to the Senate =
bill 10 encourage the building OF local roads.
This bill, we presume, will comc up for consid-
GRAFTON at mn carly day. II is very liberal in its
rroyisions-erants sixteen sections Of land To-
the mile to these roads. upon ti,uif finishing y
section Of twenty-five miles.
thc most interesting transaction in tho
Mouse, is tho report aud bill OF Mr.. Hall, OF
HARRISON. chairman Of the cominittea ON In
tcrnal improvements. This very able and
interesting report, and tho bill accompanying
it, will be fonnd in this paper. The bill has
not yet come up for discussion, but wc pre-
sumo will ia n few days.
On wednesday a very animated debate
sprung up In the House, on n report and re-
solution, submitted by Mr. Charlton, chair
man Of the committee ON Public Debt, on the
claim OF Chauncey Johnson, for spoliatiops
committed by the enemy during the Texas
revolution. The committee Say In their re-
port, that rs there is probably n very large
number Of this class OF claims ready to- bc
presented, Gndccd mny have already been
hled) for payment, If the legislature should
decide that they are valid claims against tho
STATE, to test the sense Of the House and settle
what promises 10 DC u question Of much
trouble and unfathomablc magnitude In n
financial view, they submit for adoption the
following resolution:
Htsolred, That il is the sense Of this House,
that property destroyed by tho enemy, or that
which was unauthorizedly destroyed by our
own troops, do not constitute n good and valid
claim Tor compensation.
The report and resolution were called up on
w ednesday, aud their adoption advocated by
Messrs: Charlton, Billingsly, White, Parsons
ana Wood of Cass. and opposed by Mcssrs.
Mann NNnllpr hapln,, (sn,n n.J N.:.l.
Inc discussion took n wide range, and was of
a very interesting character. Without taking
the question, the report and resolution were
laid over md made the special order for Fri.
day at II o'clock.
On Friday the discussion was resumed by
Messrs. Cone, Hunt and Doolcy, in opposition
TO The adoption Of the report aud resolution,
and by Mcssrs. Marshall and Turner of Rusk
in favor. We had the pleasure of hearing
Mr.. Turner; it was an able and convincing
argument on the subject, and proved Mr.. Il.
to be one of the best dcbatcrs in the House.
AT The conclusion Of Mr.. Turner's remarks,
the House adjourned until Monday morning,
without taking tho question. This adjourn.
ment over one day, was TO give the commit
tees time TO work upon some of the important
measures now before them.
We arc gratificd To announce that the SEN
alto passed on Thursday DIR. Taylor's bill to
establish a system of common schools, and it
~ now before the House. This, or u similar
os'. is demanded by the popular voice, and is
of incalculablc Importance TO the substantial
interests Of the State. Should it pass the
House, of which We entertain no doubt, we
shall immediately lay il before our readers.
.S.-Since the above was written, the
Pacific Railroad bill has passed tho Senate,
oy u vote OF "a yeas to 4 nays, and is now
before the House Of Representatives. The
question has already been so thoroughly dis.
cssscd in both Houses, that We presume it
will be settled in the House of Representatives
with but little delay; and ;f passed, as we
confidently hope it will be, the great measure
of the session Will have been consummatcd.-
dustin Gazette.
s9Y- Tho letter writer's at Washington say
that Messrs. Orr OF South Carolina, Bayly Of
Virginia, breckenridge OF kentucky, olds of
Ohio, Jones Of Tennessee, and Disney Of Ohio,
win be candidates for the Spcakcrship of the
United States House of Representatives. The
former Speaker, Linn Boyd of kentucky, can
not be elected. Col j.. w. Forncy, editor of
the Pennsylvania, is the only candidate yet
for Chief Clerk of the House.
HAtn HN
sSg- Eleven thousand people died in New
Orleans during the present season, and yet
The vote is larger than ever before given.
s3s The Austin Gazette says that the bill
% increase the pay OF the Commissioner of
he General Landcflice, and tho Draughtsmcn
md Clerks, has passed the House OF Repre-
>putufiVnC md tha ~ aI!n,,., t.r .,
tho bill raising the per diem Of members to
live dollars. We hope both bills will finally
pass and become laws--thcy institute a reform
much needed.
TgxAs.-A writer iii tic soguin Mercury
Very Justly remarks;
No maj ut any pretcnSions TO judgement,
cain visit Texas. view her extensive fertile do
main, see her advantages, without pronouncing
her u great country. Sl,c IS rapidly growing
in strengths, in all respects. intellectually, she
is not surpassed 10y any State in the Union. In
proportion to numbers. SO few ot her citizens
cannot read aud write, tha, we may say all
can. aud all have iliblcS. Her agricultural in.
tercsts ate decidedly progressive. Railroads
ate being projected, and eititcns of other States
arr too familiar with the enterprise of the eitt
ikeRs Of this, Cor ihcm TO suppose that this Is
mere miUi'wOtk. Ne sir, every thing i on.
ward. atri your disiea, yesderS Who have an
eve to fcSas, pcsd have no appreheusion< vi
hilure. To ntcifrssing capitalists. Texas pre.
scnls Inducements wlthons limit, that have nev.
81 existed 10 AIRY ether new State
ft@ Washington correspondent ~ Ihe nal
nicfe Sla, utpleF date 81 the 9ist al,, SAYS
~ lcata shrtagh private. hut salheatit
spOtsvs, ihss ai pfo*iHSi of ihc csselnssp, 81
Z trsty h~eteeyn sbe { piis,i states t.ssru,.
'aeri aii that " t'rsai lirlsin Ia fcsArl IN
itv suiicSt ehshs hsbsgeN and ~tyStpnnal tss.ie
has d,NApi~sHti Fhc N.hety h~asiarss III egf
festsin s'stes b tteFet9sH a AN twi The
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