TO CONCENTRATE THE EFFORTS OF ITS ENLIGHTENED CITIZENS OF TEXAS ON THE COLLECTION AND DIFFUSION OF CORRECT INFORMATION REGARDING THE MORAL AND SOCIAL CONDITION OF OUR COUNTRY; ITS FINANCES, STATISTICS AND POLITICAL HISTORY; ITS CLIMATE, SOIL AND PRODUCTIONS; THE CUSTOMS, LANGUAGE AND HISTORY OF THE ABORIGINAL TRIBES; THE NATURAL CURIOSITIES OF THE COUNTRY; OUR MINDS, AND THE THOUSANDS OF OTHER TOPICS OF INTEREST WHICH OUR NEW AND RISING REPUBLIC UNFOLDS TO THE PHILOSOPHER, THE SCHOLAR AND THE MAN OF THE WORLD.