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N1EW POSTOFFICES IN TEXAS. 3
Imported in the Dioetict of &zlsuria, from Sept. 18t. 1857, to Jusne 30th, 1858.--4015
pounds of lead; 3190 pounds of sugar; 872 cwt. of wheat flour; 16514 bushels of corn:
20878 pounds of wool, animals, raw-hides, pepper, &c.
Trade of Indianola.-We are indebted to Mr. Stapp for the following statement of the
Indianola trade for the year ending July 1st., 1858:
Imported.-The total amounts of merchandise and groceries received over Sparks' wharf,
rom the 1st July, 1857, to the 1st July, 1858, sum up 169,390 barrels of five cubic feet, be-
sides 88,228 sacks corn, 4,870 sacks oats, 148 bales hay, 261,183 feet lumber, 10,000 bricks,
160,566 Ibs and 215 bars iron, 81 horses, 8 head blooded cattle and 4 sheep, a large amount of
specie on freight, and sundry vehicles. The merchandise received over Runge & Sheppard's
wharf, since May 22d, (the day of its completion,) up to the 1st inst., amounts to 18,437 bar-
rels, exclusive of specie and sundry packages not measured as barrels.
Exported.-For the year ending July 1st, over Sparks' wharf, 5,930 bales cotton, 103 bales
wool, 42 bales moss, 9,532 beef cattle, 10,138 beef hides, 68 bales peltries, 884 barrels pecans.
8 barrels tallow, 47 barrels beefs, 4,622 feet lumber, specie and sundry other articles. Over
Range & Sheppard's wharf, 184 bales cotton, 111 bales wool, 1,586 beef cattle, 4-38 beef hides.
24 horses, special, etc. These exports do not include what was received by vessels in port
from lighters from the bayou landing, nor from other bay ports; and the imports given are
exclusive of the portions of cargoes discharged upon lighters for the bayou landing and other
bay ports, by vessels from New York, Pensacola, etc.
We have been disappointed in not. receiving a statement of the trade of Port Lavaca.
which a friend had promised us.
NEW POST OFFICES IN TEXAS.
The following is a complete list of all the new Post Offices that have been created since the
publication of our Almanac for 1858, so far asFan be ascertained. We must refer our read-
ers to our last Almanac for the Post Offices previously established, as we wish to avoid repub-
lishing the same matter in two successive issues. Some changes have been made in the
counties of the old Post Offices, by the creation of new counties by the last Legislature, and
these are corrected below. Those who wish the full list may obtain it by ordering an Al-
manac for 1858; at 25 cents, of which we have a few on hand.
OurIEs. CourrE s Or.rcas. CouaNIrs. OrIes. Corrrans.
Amanda............McLennan ...Hedwigs Hill....... Mason .......Pleasant Valley.....Palo Pinto...
Anac-sta ...........Panola....... Henry .............. Rusk ........Pleasanton.......... Ascosa.....
Ashland ............Tarmnt .....Hoseead ..... Rusk.......Piedmont Springs..Grimes .....
Abton ...........Shelby ...Ingleside........ Nueces ......Pine Cfreek ......Red River...
Black Point........Refugio ......Islet ...............El Paso.....ine Springs........Houston...
Beckville...........Panola....... rhtown........... Brazes..... .Prairie Point........Colorado.....
Beaslv'Is Stor.....Sabine....Jackson... ......... McLennan....Reunion............ as......
Brusel. . Rusk .......Johnson ...........('aldwell.....Ridge ........... ol... o lo....
Came Branch ....... Leon ......Jacksboro........... Jack ......... use's Sore...... alo Pinto...
Cleavland........... Polk .........Kechiel Valley..... Palo Pinto... Round Lake........ Gonzales.....
eeland .......... Agelin.....Loansport........ Shlby....... Rural Shade ........ avarr .....
Chelsea ............. do Mahomet .......... Burnett...... Spencer ............ Red River...
edr Bluff......... Polk ......... MIcAnnalleys Bend.Lampassas ...Science Hill ......... Henderson...
Cherry prngs ....Gillespie ....McCardy ..........Harrison.... Stricklg's.........Burnet......
olslar ..........Houston .....Milto ..........Andeon ....Shreveprt .........arriso.....
Concord.......... Hardin....... Mt. Calm...........imestone....Sh6ks Bluf ......beroke ....
Delphi .......... Parker ...... Moss Creek .......Jefferson.... ow Hill ..........Titus ........
Double Hon .......Burnett. ....Moods Road....... Leon ......... outh Sulphur...... annin......
Ella ...............Titu ........ an An........... Harris........ South elan........ Bell ........
Rvergree".... ... Washington..NeiU's.'reek........Bosque ....Sour Springs .......Gonzale.....
Flat 'on........ ..Boque .....Noland's hiver.....Trinity ......Trinity i~ ........ Dallas........
Flag Pint........ Iillinson ..Uxford ..........Fayette......Thompolville...... Gonale ....
Frankille.......... Leon ........ Or nge . O........ )range ......Valletto Ranche.... Denton......
Fort Maso......... Mason. -..Parksvle........... Polk.......k.. Wakersville......... Lennan...
Foulton ............Van Zandt...P'.,ido............. Hopkis ..... Watertown ....... Johnson.....
Green Hil ..........Titus..... Pa!oPinbu..........Palo Pinto...Wallisville.........Chamber ....
Golconda ..........Palo Pinto...Perd.nal .......... Travis .......Waller's Stre.....Austin ......
Hanitou ...........Hamlton.... Peytonville......... Williamson...Wichita .......... Wichit .....
Wolf Branch.......Red i.r ..
Texas Cotton Shipped by Red River to New' Orleans.
A gentleman residing in Jefferson, Cass county, in whose accuracy we place much cconfi-
dence, estimates the amount of Texas Cotton shipped from the different points on Red Riv-er
to New Orleans, as follows. He thinks the figures a near approximation to the truth; they
are given for last year's crop:
From Jefferson, 25,000 bales; Smithland, 5,000; Benton, ,000; Port Caddo, 5,00; Swan-
son's Landing 8,000- 5 or 6 Landings on the Lake, 8,000 ; Monterey, 1,500; Shreveport,
40,000; Grand Ilcore, 10,000; Above the Raft, 20,000. Total, 150,000.
This estimate may possibly be found erroneous, but we give it with the hope that, if eron-
eous, some of our friends in the East will give us the correction for our next Almanac.
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